“A History of Wayne, County, Ohio, in the more tangible form of a bound volume has long been a desideratum of an intelligent public-spirited class of our citizens. To wrence from “Dumb forgetfulness” and recover from the dim and shadowy past the story of the struggles and privations of the pioneers; of their trials, hardships and suffering; of their bitter experiences and victories of hope and faith; of their disappointments and triumphs, and crystallize the same upon the printed page, is certainly worthy of an honorable ambition.”