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Dedication and Acknowledgments .............................................. iv

Keys to Numbering System ..........................................................  v

List of Photographs, Figures and Tables ................................... vi

Photo Gallery .................................................................................. viii

Preface ..........................................................................................    xx

Chapter 1 The Great Black Swamp (Allen, Paulding, Putnam

and Van Wert Counties, Ohio)   ................................................... 1

Chapter 2 The Levi Tope Family ..................................................... 7

Chapter 3 The Family Moves West............................................. ...17

Chapter 4 Hiram J.Tope .................................................................. 27

Chapter 5 Martha Alice Tope .......................................................... 49

Chapter 6 George D. Tope .............................................................. 55

Chapter 7 Mary Catherine Tope ..................................................... 63

Chapter 8 Sarah Elizabeth Tope .................................................... 75

Chapter 9 William Vance Tope ........................................................ 81

Chapter 10 Melville Freeman Tope ................................................ 87

Name Index ........................................................................................ 94

Source Notes ................................................................................... 100

Appendix Some Reunion Minutes ................................................. 120

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