Donson wrote that "Mark Township was the last township to be settled in the county due to the level, wet, swampy condition of the land. In the early 1850s, only a few families were in residence. From 1880 - 1900, it was still a pioneer period in Mark Township, as forests were being cleared away and drainage ditches constructed so that the land could be farmed.
In the period around 1900, my great-grandfather, David Gusler, was a trustee of Mark Township. I have copied excerpts from his notes which he kept during these years. The spelling of the names is his - phonetically correct, but not always the way the names are spelled at present. I copied only the most interesting entries, or the ones naming the most Mark Twp. residents.
May 29, 1900:
Sold Thomas Haver, job grading street from town house to Hiree's store. Amount for work: $16.
Sold Chancy Curtis, job grading road, $19.
Sold Charley Miller, bridge job between Sect. 14 and 15, to be completed Aug.
15, 1900. $7.75.
June 18, 1900:
Making application for Ida Hart 5 children to be sent to the Children's Home.
June 25, 1900:
Accepted the road job of Samuel Byers in District 8; 5
June 30, 1900:
Accepted Charley Garver raod job, District 2; 5
July 3, 1900:
Sold gravel job to M. Huber
Aug. 10, 1900:
Sold George Wonderly a bridge job, and looked after John Crawford's road work.
Aug. 24, 1900:
Sold two jobs of work cleaning Spindler and Colby cemeteries.
Sept. 11, 1900:
Accepted George Baylee road and bridge job in Sect. 29 & 30.
June 27, 1900:
Taking the Hart children to the Children's Home. $3.00, paid out for help, 20 c and 25 c paid for crackers and peanuts for the children.
June 29, 1900:
Sold Benjamin Culler South Platter Creek bridge job.
Sold to Jasper Huss road job north of Albert Burd's corners.
Oct. 9, 1900:
Taking care of a man that had a fit, and hauled him to the Hotel for lodging. John Barr, a hobo.
Oct. 27, 1900:
Taking Edward Kelly to the Children's Home. Cost $2.50
Nov. 26, 1900:
Made a visit to the quarantined family and looked after their child.
Dec. 26, 1900:
Paid William Winterhalter 25 c for notifying Mr. Theil to meet at my house.
Jan. 7, 1901:
Looked after smallpox family. Telephoned Cecil for information.
Jan. 17, 1901:
Looking after the support of Emiline Jackson, pauper, age 73, paid W. E. Hire for groceries for her for 6 months, $15.00.
April 19, 1900:
Mark trustees met Crane twp., Paulding Co. trustees and located a tile drain near Nicholas Arend's house on the county line road.
July 7, 1900:
Paid for groceries furnished by L. A. Pugh for John Boyle, age 68. Reason for relief, broken wrist.
Jan. 8, 1901:
Paid L. A. Pugh for groceries for George Arend, age 25 years. Reason for relief, small pox. $2.25.
July 26, 1901:
Paid Dr. Fraze for care of Maggie Hemlinger, daughter of J. Hemlinger. Reason: scarletina.
June 21, 1901:
Paid L. A. Pugh for groceries for Ezra Cole, age 51 years. Reason, sickness.
Sept. 25, 1901:
Paid Dr. Fraze $24.70 for care of Howard Horn, age 22, sick with typhoid fever.
Aug. 19, 1901:
Trustees of Mark Twp. of this date were M. Thiel, David Gusler, and W. H. Miller. Paul Hagen, Clerk; Treasurer was E. J. Pugh, his sureties were: L. A. Pugh, W. M. Hammon, Ludwig Klein, Henry Wonderly.
April 11, 1903:
Trustees were the same as above, G. A. Gecowets, Justice of the Peace. Signing Gecowet's bond were Frank Gusler and Houston Hanna."
Among the Trustee notes of David Gusler was this list of Mark Twp. voters in his neighborhood, sections where they lived and party affiliations. The list is undated, but was probably around 1900 when he was running for trustee.
"DEMOCRATS
Section 29 - John Walters (Gusler's son-in-law), Erl Bevington, Jacob Sigg, ? Etchie, Vincent Brittenbaugh
Section 30 - David Slattery, David Conley, Harvy Watson, William Watson, Charley Walker, Jonas Rigle (Gusler's son-in-law), Thomas Conley
Section 31- Jacob Hinch, George Hinch, William Hinch, Jacob Cloventin (?), Philip Dirr, John Conley
Section 32 - David Gusler, Clinton Gusler (David's son), David Slattery, Tomas Slattery, Frances Slattery (?), Charley Hinch, David Hinch, David Hinch, Theodore Hinch, Frank Gusler (David's son)
REPUBLICANS
Section 29 - Charles Gillespie, Joseph Horn, George Spealman, James Spealman
Section 30 - John Treaster, Brice Evans, Jasper Evans
Section 31 - John Spindler, Edward Spindler, Lonzo Spindler, John Ashliman, Elmer Listen, Ephrim Detter, ? Detter
Section 32 - Amos Conley, Milo Beam, ? Chester"
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