Ohio History Journal

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REMINISCENCES OF A SURVEYOR1

REMINISCENCES OF A SURVEYOR1

By JAMES T. WEED

In November, 1888, I was elected county surveyor of Gallia

County, Ohio, and on the first Monday of January, 1889, I

assumed the duties of the office.

In the forty-five years since then I have done a great deal

of surveying of land and

city lots and highways, and

a little in mines. Most of

this work has been in Gal-

lia County, though I have

practiced a little in the ad-

joining counties of Jack-

son and Vinton, in nearby

West Virginia   and   in

Franklin County, Ohio, and

in the West. I served as

Gallia County surveyor for

nearly ten years, until 1898,

and again for six years

from 1911 until nearly

1918. Services as deputy

surveyor and in private

practice make up the re-

maining time.

There are plenty of hills

in Gallia County, and quan-

tities of brush and weeds

along the line fences. I have climbed up and down hundreds of

hills and hacked my way through miles of the brush. I have had

1 A talk given at the Ohio State Museum, Sunday, November 20, 1933.

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