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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Anthony Wayne, Wooster, Ohio, West Salem, Ohio, Doylestown, Ohio, Fredericksburg, Ohio, Norton, Ohio, Dalton, Ohio, Creston, Ohio, Rittman, Ohio, Shreve, Ohio, Mount Eaton, Ohio, Apple Creek, Ohio, Burbank, Ohio, Orrville, Ohio, Smithville, Ohio, Marshallville, Ohio, Congress, Ohio, Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges, Ohio Light Opera, Sugar Creek, National Register of Historic Places listings in Wayne County, Ohio, Ohio State Route 57, Kidron, Ohio, James Akey Farm, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wayne County Courthouse District, Killbuck Creek, Wayne County Airport, Secrest Arboretum, Ezekiel B. Zimmerman Octagon House, Orrville City School District, Wooster City School District, Brown's Lake Bog, Funk, Ohio, Sterling, Ohio, Gault Recreation and Fitness Center. Excerpt: Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796) was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to the rank of brigadier general and the sobriquet of Mad Anthony. Wayne was one of five children born to Isaac Wayne and Elizabeth Eddings Wayne on the family farm in Easttown Township, near present-day Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was educated as a surveyor at his uncle's private academy in Philadelphia, as well as at the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania), where he was in the class of 1765, although he did not earn a degree. In 1766 he was sent by Benjamin Franklin and some associates to work for a year surveying land they owned in Nova Scotia and assisting with starting settlements there. In 1767 he returned to work in his father's tannery, while continuing work as a surveyor. He became a prominent figure in Chester County an...
