. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . 6 Washington, 214 • 1,384 Hopewell, 1,185 Wayne, 377 Population of Mercer in 1830, 1,-737; 1840, 8,277; 1860, 14,104;1880, 21,808, of whom 17,882 wereborn in Ohio; 586, Indiana; 451,Pennsylvania;. 154, Virginia; 93, Ken-tucky; 87, New York; 1,773, Ger-man Empire; 105, Irela
. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . 6 Washington, 214 • 1,384 Hopewell, 1,185 Wayne, 377 Population of Mercer in 1830, 1,-737; 1840, 8,277; 1860, 14,104;1880, 21,808, of whom 17,882 wereborn in Ohio; 586, Indiana; 451,Pennsylvania;. 154, Virginia; 93, Ken-tucky; 87, New York; 1,773, Ger-man Empire; 105, Ireland; 62,France; 42, England and Wales; 27,British America^ and 19 in , 1890, 27,220. This county was named from Gen-eral Hugh Mercer, who fell at thebattle of Princeton, fought January 3,1777. He was born in the city ofAberdeen, Scotland, about the year1720; he was educated there at theUniversity; he held the position ofassistant surgeon in the army ofPrince Charles Edward in the year1745; in 1747 settled near what isnow Mercersburg, Pa.; was woundedin Braddocks expedition; at the out-break of the Revolution was practisingmedicine at Fredericksburg, Va.; in1776, by request of Washington, wasmade brigadier-general; led the columnof attack at Trenton; while rallying his men at Princeton was felled by a. GENERAL HUGH MERCER. MERCER COUNTY. 485 blow from a musket, and, refusing to surrender, was bayonetted five times,and died some days afterwards in great agony. His funeral in the city ofPhiladelphia was attended by 30,000 people. Congress provided for the ed-ucation of his youngest son, and the St. Andrews Society of Philadelphiareared to his memory a monument on Laurel Hill. St. Clairs Defeat. This county has been the theatre of a most important event in the early historyof the West—St. Clairs defeat. It took place on the southwest corner of thecounty, within two or three miles of the Indiana line. The great object of St. Clairs campaign was to establish a milit
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