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Preface 


[HE  aim  of  the  publishers  of  this  volume  and  of  the  author  of  tiie 
liistory  hiis  been  to  secure  for  the  liistorical  portion  thereof  full  and 
accurate  data  respecting  the  history  of  the  county  from  the  time  of 
its  early  settlement,  and  to  condense  it  into  a  clear  and  interesting 
narrati\e.  All  topics  and  occurrences  have  been  included  that  were 
essential  to  this  object.  Although  the  original  purpose  was  to  limit  the  narra- 
tive to  the  close  of  i()0<5.  it  has  lx:en  found  exped.ient  to  touch  on  many  matters 
relating  to  the  year  1907,  and  also,  in  some  measure  to  the  current  year  1908. 

It  is  impossible  to  enumerate  here  all  those  to  wdiom  thanks  are  due  for 
assistance  rendered  and  kindly  interest  taken  in  this  work.  We  would,  how- 
ever, mention  Rev.  A.  C.  Crist  and  Dr.  S.  ^^'.  Fowler  as  those  to  whom  we 
feel  under  an  especial  debt  of  gratitude. 

In  the  preparation  of  the  history  reference  has  been  made  to.  and  in  some 
cases  extracts  taken  from,  standard  historical  and  other  works  on  different 
subjects  treated  of. 

The  reviews  of  resolute  and  strenuous  livt-s  which  make  up  the  biographical 
department  of  this  volume,  and  whose  autln^rship  is  for  the  most  part  inde- 
pendent of  that  of  the  history,  are  admirabl\  calculated  to  fester  local  ties,  to 
inculcate  patriotism,  and  to  emphasize  the  rewards  of  industry  dominated  by 
intelligent  purpose.  They  constitute  a  most  appropriate  medium  of  perpet- 
uating personal  annals,  and  will  be  of  incalculable  value  to  the  descendants 
of  those  commemorated.  These  sketches,  replete  with  stirring  incidents  and 
intense  experiences,  are  flavored  with  a  strdng  human  interest  that  will 
naturally  pjrove  to  a  large  portion  of  the  readers  ot  this  book  its  tiiost 
attracti\e  feature. 

In  the  aggregate  of  personal  memoirs  thus  cc>llated  will  be  found  a  viviil 


'md^y^^i 


epitome  <<i  tile  ,i;ro\.;li  vi  Delaware  C'uLint\ ,  \\lii>-!i  will  lilh  ~u]p|)lenieii!  ti^; 
historical  statenier.t.  fnr  the  (!evel(<piiKnt  i>  ideiuifie'l  with  that  ni  the  men 
and  women  to  whom  it  i.-  attnlnuable.  The  piiMisl-.ers  have  enileavored  to 
pass  over  no  feature, of  the  work  sligluiiiyly,  hut  lo  tiniri-l\  supplement  the 
editor's  lahnrs  by  excrcisitig  care  over  the  minute---t  detail-  ni  puhlicat  ion,  and 
thus  j^ive  to  the  volume  the  three-fold  value  of  a  leadahle  nanative.  a  useful 
work  oi  reference,  and  a  tasteful  ornament  to  the  lilirary.  We  believe  the 
result  ha-^  ju-Li;:ei|  lu>-  care  tnu-  extrcised. 

Sp  ci.d  iirominence  ha-  beett  i:;i\-en  tn  the  [n'riraits  :if  repn  sentative 
citi;^en>  which  ajipear  throughout  the  volume,  and  we  believe  tliat  thev  will 
prove  not  its  least  interestin;;  feature.  \\"c  liave  .■>nu.t^ht  in  this  ilepartmeiit  to 
illu.-lrate  the  rliti'erent  spheres  (>i  industrial  a)id  |n-i.fessi.)ua!  achievement  as 
conspiciKiusly  as  possible.  'I'o  all  those  who  have  kindly  juteresied  themselves 
in  the  snccessftil  preparation  of  this  wxuk,  and  who  have  voluntarilv  contributed 
most  useful  information  and  data,  or  rendered  oilier  assistance,  we  heieb\- 
tender  our  g-rateful  acknowledgements. 

THE  Prj'.fJSHER.^.        • 
Chicaeo,  III. 


•.T!Ji.:.i    .,.1,     ,.wo    .o,.| 


All  the  bi...yrai.hical  sketches  piiMiMic.I  in  this  volume  were  submitted  to 
their  rc.-pecti\e  sulijecls  i^r  to  the  suliscrihers.,  from  whom  the  tacts  were 
pritiiarily  ol'tained,  tor  their  approval  or  correction  before  going  to  press;  and 
a  reasonable  time  was  allowed  in  each  case  for  the  return  of  the  type-written 
coiiie.s.  Most  of  them  were  returned  to  us  within  the  time  allotted,  or  before 
the  woik  was  printed,  after  bein;^-  corrected  >>r  re\iseil;  and  these  may  there- 
fore be  regarderl  as  reasonalih'  accurate. 

A  few.  however,  were  not  retirrned  to  us:  and.  as  we  have  no  means  of 
knowing  whether  they  contain  errcirs  or  not.  we  cannot  vouch  for  their 
accurac}'.  In  justice  to  our  readers,  and  to  render  this  work  more  valuable 
for  reference  purposes,  we  have  indicated  these  uncorrected  sketches  by  a  buia'l 
asterisk  ('■').  placed  immediately  after  the  nanie  of  the  subject.  They  will  all 
be  found  on  the  last  pages  of  the  book. 

THE  i'L't'.lTSHERS. 


(Ci^ni-ontc^ 


CHAPTER   I. 


Geology  and  Topography 

Bid  Ro:kG;ologv— The  Ice  Age— Water  Sap,>ly-3 
Mineral  Springs.. 


IAN    Occupation -41 

Prehistoric  Kaces-The  Red  Race-Ths  Dclav.ares -Relations  i^etween   the   Settlers  and  the  Indians-  War  of 
ISl  2— Anecdotes. 

CH.VrrER   III. 


Settlement  of  the  Nokthuest  Terkitoky  and  Organization    of  the  State  of    Ohio - 

Boundaries  Difinsd  — Derivation  of  Title  and  Early  Explorations — .Aclievement  of  George  Rogers  f'lark— St 
Ceisicns  and  Indian  Treaties-Settleraant— Indian  War,-St.  Clair's  Defeat— Wayne's  Campaign  and  Kattie 
Fallen  Timber — Organization  of  the  Northwest  Territory-Organiiation  of  the  State  of  Ohio. 

CHAPTER  IV. 


SlTTLEMENT    A.ND    ORi;ANi7ATION    OF    DELAWARE    COrNTY •- 

Derivation  of  Title  — First  Settlement — Growth  of  Population— "First  Events — Pioneer  Industries— Early  Roads 
and  Taverns — Organization  of  the  County — Early  Political  History -County  and  Other  Othcials. 

CHAFTFR    V.  ^    .   ■       ,  w  .      . 

Delaware— The  CotrNTV  Seat 104 

When  Laid  Oat  and  by  Wh:iro  -Its  Settlement  and  History— Early  Military  Importance— Stores  and  "fiarly  In- 
dustries-Growth of  Fopulatijn  — Incorporation— Citv  Government  Organiied — Roster  of  Officials — Public 
Buildings-    \V  .iter  Work  i — lire  Departmrnt — Cemeteiies, 

CHAPTER   VI. 

Transportation   Facilities ^'^■'^ 

Early  Roads  and  Stage  Coaches— Turnpikes— Proposed  Canal-  The  Railroad  Era— First  Successful  Railroad- 
Other  Railroad  Enterprises— Railroad  Shops  Located  in  Delaware  — Electiic  Railways. 

CHAPTER   VII. 

Manufactures I'O 

Manufacturing  Possibilities  of  Delaware  Count\ — Early  Mills  and  Mill  .Machinery  -A  Tranic  Occurrence - 
Chair  Manufacture  — Lumbar,  Furniture,  Etc.  — Flour  Mills— Distilleries  -Leather-Te.'itile  Products— Paper 
Mills -Oil  Enterprisjs-Foundries.  Etc.  — Artificial  Ice-Light,  Huat  and  Power-Brooms-Evanoraied  (Joods 
— Clay  Products  — Cigars — Creameries — Lime  and  Stone— Gas  Manufacture. 


S  CO XT EX TS 


CHAPTER  Vlll 

Hanks  and   Banking 

A  History  ot  the  lianks  of  Delaware  Coun.tv— fast  and  Present. 

CHAPTER   IX. 


.ISil 


.  ii;c 


Public  Institltions 

■.    .,  T.;.'i»s    Ci,;:..:;.,.'  Vui. -.;■;:.:•  -  '  ..   .    .     :ifi:.;..-_,    -  ~i.:i.^ .  u',.    IIo;iie    of   l1ela\vare--Horac    for    the 

Ag.d-Jane  M.  Case  Memorial  Ho.spit.il     fiirls^'lodiistri.  1  Home. 

CHAPTER   N. 

The  Press '■ I'^S 

Newspapers  and  Editors  of  the  Past  and  of  the  Present. 

CHAPTER   XL 

Edlcation   (I    '■'•' 

Introductor)— Pul>lic    Schools    of  the    Citv    of  Delaware— Distrirt    Schools    and    Early    Teacher.9  -St.  Mary's 
Parocnial  School- Statistics-  Delaware  City  Library — Delaware  County  Historical  and  .Vrchcologica!  Society. 

CHAPTER   XII. 

EurCAiioN  (III     ■ -'■ 

Ohio  Weslevan  University. 

CHAPTER  XUI.  ''■■'       :       ■-•"■•'■''     ■■':■'      '-      ' 

Rkligiol's  or  Church  History  of  Delaware  County 2:V? 

First  Churches  and  Piouser  Ministers— General  History  of  Religious  Organizations-  Churches    and    Clergy   of 
Today. 

CHAPTER   XIV. 

The  Bench  and  Bar -'■'' 

Early  History— First  Ccurt  and  First  Lawyers  -The  Pre.seu:  Bar  and  Its  High  Standing. 

CHAPTER    XV.  .  - 

The  MiiDicAL  Profession ^'2 

Delaware  Countv  Merlical  Men  of  the  Past  and  of  the  Present. 


CHAPTER    XVI. 


MiLITAF-Y    HiSrORY    OF    T' 


.37S 


Rev-oUitionary  Vs'ar-   War  of  l.SPj -Seminole  War- Mexican  War-   War  of  the  Rebellion- -Spanish-American 
War. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

Fraternal  and  Benevolent   Organizations    

Masons -Knights  of  Pvthias -Independent  Order  of  Odd   Fellows— Benevolent  and   Protective  Order  of   Elks 
—Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians  —  Improved  Order  of  Red  .Men  -Other  Societies. 


4  If. 


CHAPTER   XVIU. 

Townships  and  Towns '^•'•' 

Settlement  and  Organization  of  the  Townships— Settlement  and  Founding  of  the  Towns— Sketches   of    Ashley. 
Galena,  Sunbury,  Ostrander,  Lewis  Center,  l^owell,  Radnor,  and  other  towns. 

BiO(;RArH.CAL : .  .  iVu 


■J  V,  -.iar.fi  srii  lo  V  .1,1(1  ;. 


iinbcx 


JSioorapbical 


PACE 

Adamsoii,  J.   1 7.27 

Alhright.  Wcrter  E 33^ 

Alexander,    Dr.    R.    C 367 

\  ":->,,.  Fmpn,-,-!    80.3 

Andrews.    Dr.    Frank 365 

.-Vndrcus,   Dr.   Hugh   B 6St 

An.lreu-s,  Joseph   H 681 

Armstrong,    Charles    738 

Arm-trong,  George 738 

Athcnon.   Lee ' 717 

Au-tni.  Prof.  Cyrus  B..  D.  D.  681 

Aven..   Dr.   J.    \V 37^ 

Avery.  R.   M .  .  .  835 

Ayres,  Isaac  562 

Ayre>   John  J 669 

Ayres,  Col.  Jacob 562 

Bagley.  Andrew  J 606 

Bank  of  Ashley.  The 660 

Banker.  Judge   Gideon   G....  328 

Barbour,   Dr 349 

Barnes,  James  M 303 

Barnes,    Dr.    Lewis 368 

Barry  .   Geo.    VV 341 

Bart.'n,   Clay   \V 79.1 

Ba.xter.   George    W 867 

Bean.  Hiram    573 

Beecher.   Harry   H 329 

Bdl.    Stanley 674 

Benedict,  Griffith  G 721 

Bennett.    Dr.   .A.    E .^67 

Benton.    Benj.    T 52S 

Bcni..n.    Burt    P... 3,W 

Be'M.,.1,  F.dw.  W 528 

Benton.  J.   R 528 


PAGE 

Berlett.   J.  hn 799 

Besse.   Dr.   Henry    ;.  371 

Bevan.    David 667 

Bevan,    David.    Sr 533 

Bevan.    Wnlliam 535 

Bigelow,   Dr.   Alpheus    346 

Bird,    Abner   J 490 

Bird,   Oliver   Perry 499 

Bishop,  James   530 

Bishop,    Levi 5,to 

Bishop.  Wesley   5,^0 

Blakeley.  Theodore  F 778 

Bliss.  Dr.   David   P 362 

Blynier.  Dr.   S ,^69 

Bonner.  Dr.  O.  \V 361 

Bougher,  John  F -824 

Bove>',  Emanuel   504 

Bo\  ey,  William  C 504 

Brandebury.    Edw    F 330 

Breece,   Lewis    694 

Breece,  Tobias  C 694 

Brewster.   Dr.    Charles    B 361 

Bricker.  William   M 896 

Brooks.  Cyrus  C 3^6 

Buck.  Dr.  Arthur  H 356 

Buck.   Israel   E .306 

Bucky.  Dr.  Wm.  C 365 

Bumstead.   Dr.   Lencius 371 

Burkard.  Ferdinand  J 750 

Burnside.  Thomas 751 

Burr.    Dr.   Jona    H .346 

Campbell.   Dr.  J.  C .?73 

Caninbell.  Willi-im   Bazil 759 

Carlson,    Charles 597 


P.\GE 

Carney,  Dr.   Elijah    347 

Carpenter.   Geo.    W 330 

Carper,  Homer  McK 310 

Carr,    S.    T 701 

Carr,   Wray   H 843 

Carson,  Cicero  T 614 

Carson,    Wm _..  613 

Carter.   Hugh    356 

Carter,  James  E 556 

Carter,   John    H 893 

Caruthers    Dr.  Jas 349 

Charles,    Bruce 5i>S 

Charles.    Simou    598 

Chase.   Rev.   Ira 634 

Cherry,  Dr.  James  M 36<5 

Qiidester.  Dr.  Cyrus  W 360 

Clark.    Elihu 640 

Clark.  Isaac  640 

Cleaver,   .Amos   G 575 

Cleaver,    Samuel    M 574 

Cline,  Corrington 662 

Cline,    Samuel    D 662 

Cochran.  Dr.  M.  M 367 

Cole,  Capt.   Elias 839 

Cole.   Edson   B 322 

Cole,   Joseph    5.30 

Cole,  Thomas   323 

Cole.  Thcmas  M 826 

Cone.   Cephas    607 

Cone.  Hon.  John  A 817 

Cone.  Judge 'John  A 321 

Cone.  John  W.. 608 

Cone.  Titus  King 607 

Conklin.  A.  v.,  M.  D tm 

Conklin.  Dr.  Abraham  V 3S8 


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INDEX 


PACE 

Coiiklin,  Ashtoii  Stover 687 

Conklin,    John    687 

Constant.    Dr.    \Vm.     T 356 

Cook,  John   J 894 

Cook,   Justine 300 

Coomor.  Dr.  H.  X 3^5 

Copeland,    Dr.    Eleazer 346 

Coiirtcr,   irlenry   Al yxi 

Courter,    Peel    Teed 720 

Courtright,   Fleei'.vood 633 

C&urtriglit,   John    623 

Cowels,   Dr.   G.    E 376 

Cowgill.    Charles   C 76/ 

Cowgill    John 723 

Cowgill,   Otway   C 328 

Cowles,  G.  E.,  M.  n 768 

Co\vles,   Leonard   H jgg 

Ccx.  Robert  J 502 

Coyner,   George    850 

Coyner,   Judge   Geo 334 

Crane.  Dr.  .\.  M 368 

Crane,   Elbert    616 

Crane,  Ho-vard  Clifton.  M.  D.  616 

Crawford,  Col.  James  M 593 

Crawfo'd.  Col.  James  W 305 

Cray,   Dr.    C.   Churchill 374 

Cray.   Dr.   .Alice   B 374 

Crego.    Charles     699 

Crego,  J.    Monroe 699 

Crickard,    James    604 

Crickard,    Dr.    \Vm.    F 359 

Crickard,  William  P.,   A[.   D..  604 

Crist,   Rev.  A.   C 559 

Crist.  Hon.  Harvey  \V 338 

Critchfield.    Leander   J 311 

Cruikshank.   A.    S 782 

Crumb,    James    H 637 

Crumb,  Lyman  Jerome 6^-7 

Cryder,   Charles    581 

Cryder.   John    M 582 

Culver,    Henry    S 324 

Cummins,  Dr.  S.  P 368 

Cunningham,    Geo 672 

Cunningham.   Joseph    H 672 

Curren,  Capt.  J.  F 785 

Dalton.    Dexter    X 732 

Davids,    Benjamin    F 699 

Davids,  David  699 

Davids,    Sylvanus    700 

Davis,  H.  H 704 

Davi.-..    Robert    R 743 

Day.  Dr.  H.   M 371 


P.\GE 

Decker,  Alexander  X 623 

Decker,   Frederick    625 

De  Good,  Orlin  C 860 

Dickcrson.    Lewis    609 

Dickerson,    Ruben    G 609 

Dill,    Augustus    B 551 

Dill.    Joel    W 5.^0 

Uilsavcr.   Guy  Ernest 576 

Disbennett,    I'liomas  \V 892 

Dona\in.  Col.  George  B 885 

Donovon,    Taylor 668 

Dumm.   Dr.   A.  \V 366 

Dunlap.   Calvin    C 831 

Dye,  Thomas   F 533 

Eaton,    Henry   J 316 

Eckelbery.    Dr.    Frank    E 37 1 

Edwards.    Dr.    J 3/1 

Ekelbery.  Dr.  Xorton 367 

Elshree.  Collins   P 701 

Elsi>ree,  George  F 701 

Eulenburg,    Count    Botho....  657 
Eulenburs,      Countess      XcUy 

Lytle :  657 

Eury,   Jesse   M 744 

Evans,   Thcmas    659 

Evans.  Wesley  Z 659 

Fairchild,  Ben.i.  M 748 

Fairchild,   Sherman   748 

Farmers    Savings    Bank    Co.. 

The     7.?8 

Fay.  Benj.  A 544 

Fay.  David    -. ...  544 

Fay.  Dr.  D.  C 375-344 

F-aster.  Dr.  H.   P 359 

F.eld,  Dr.  Erastus 376 

Finch,  Judge  Sherman   302 

Foster,  Dr.   Geo.   F 37r 

Fowler.  Dr.   Silas  W 376 

Fowler.  Silas  W.,  M.  D 539 

Freese.  I-aac  Marion 771 

Freshwater.  Judge   Beni.   F.  .  329 

Fryman.    Geo 588 

Fryman    Thomas   A 588 

Fuller.  Judge  David  T 302 

Furniss.  Dr.  Henry .373 

Gabriel.   Horace    521 

Gabriel.  Luther   521 

Gage,  Dr.   Fred.  L ,361 

Gardner.   Irvin   X 583 

Gardner.    J.m.i     583 


P.\GE 

Gardner,    Joseph 5S3 

Gardner,  Seth   777 

Gaynor,  John   5r3 

Gaynor,   John    Francis 513 

Gerhard.   Dr.   M .uS 

Gerhardt,  Dr.  John  H 367 

Gerhardt,  J.  H.,  M.  D 71^ 

Gill,  Judge  John  S^ .;26 

Gillett,  Allen    8,^6 

Ginn,   Moses    692 

Click,   Lynian   T 596 

GHck,  Meivin  Cass 596 

Glover,   Hon.   John   J 318 

Godman,   Henry   C 314 

Gorselene.   Dr.   \".   H 375 

Graham.  John   544 

Graham.   Milo   D 543 

Crasser.   John    P 690 

Gregg,  Dr.  Henry   349 

Griffin,   Thomas   J 5.13 

Griffith,    Mrs.    Emma    Chain- 

berlain   S36 

Goodrich,  A.iron   S 876 

Goodrich.   Allison  .Ebenezer.  .  875 

Grant.    Charles    T 764 

Haas.  J.   E 616 

Haas.   Hon.   William   E 616 

Haggett,  Dr.  Walter  M 373 

Hall.,  Dr.    Edw.    M iSQ 

Hall,   Edward   M..   M.   D....  668 

Hall.   Wm.    A 3-M 

Hamilton.   Eugene   D 3-'8 

Hamilton.  Dr.  Lewis   376 

Harris.    William.    A.    B 786 

Harsh,  Caleb  619 

Harsh,    James    W.  . . -.  .  ^  . . .  . .  619 

Harter,  James.. \.  H 8.34 

Hawes.  Clinton  0 6c8 

Hawley.   Dr.   X 345 

I       Hawes,   Benj.   A 608 

I       Hawes,    Orlando    609 

I       Hazlton,  Wain    815 

i      Healy,  Ebenezer  677 

Healy,  Erem  J 677 

Hedges.  Dr.  W.  B 361 

Heinlen.   .-\hram    693 

Hemstead.    Edwin    Luthben..  67r 

Hendrixson.   Dr.   .Alex ,367 

Hill.    Murtlo    879 

Hills   Chauncey 510 

i       Hills,    Fred    Palmer    5'>0 

I       Hill^.   James    Harvey 50<j 


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INDEX 


pai;e 

Hills.  Dr.  James  H 346 

Hills,  Dr.  Ralph  347 

Hippie,    JacU-son     317 

Hodges,  James    B 58r 

Hodges,   Xathaniol   W 581 

Hogans,   George   F 8j5 

Hn<t.:ins.    Alr.nzo    Fleming...  670 
Hough,      Lieut.-Col.      Benson 

Walker 712 

Hough.  Benson   W 338 

Hoskins,  Jacob   679 

Howald.  Jacob 845 

Howald,  J.   F 605 

Howell,  Dr.  D.  W 349 

Howland    Andrew 605 

Hughes,  Dr.   D.   E 35S 

Hughes.  Rev.  Jos.  S 524 

Hughs,  Joseph  F. 524 

Hubbell,   Hon.  Jas.   H 308 

Humes,    Edward    337 

Humphreys,  David   318 

Humphreys,  Morris   714 

Iit,iiHjiirc>>,    WiUiaiii    M 71,; 

Hunt,  Dr.  John  B 372 

Hunt,   Dr.   Maurice   P 372 

Huntley,    Albert     803 

ngalls,  Joseph  B 627 

ngalls,  Pearl  Parker f27 


ackson,  James  B 

ackson,  James   William..    .. 

ackson,   John    S    

ackson,    Louis    B 

acobs.  Alexander  M 

ames,    Anson    

ames.  Dr.  J.  K 357 

ames,    Jonathan    Kelley.    Mr 

D 

unes.   Lemuel      . .  . . 

ames,   Rev.   Evan   P 

amison,   Harry   J 

arvis,   Henry  John    

ay    Hen.  Fred.  M 

ewell,   Harry  W 

ewell.  Harry  W..  B.  A 

ewett,    James     

ohnston.   Dr.   Wni.... 

ones,  Carrol!  H 

ones,  David   

ones,   Edward    

ones,   Edward   D 

ones,  Edgar  


Jones. 
Jones, 
Jones , 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones. 
Jone<, 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones, 
Jones. 
Jones, 
Jones. 
Jones. 
Jones, 
Jones, 


I'.AGE 

Evan  T 7i^ 

George  W 628 

.Hon.  Thomas  C 863 

John    P 719 

John    P 749 

Gen.  Juhn  S 313 

Nicholas    689 

Herry    J 502 

Philip 719 

Rees  T 709 

Rees  W 709 

Thomas   850 

Thomas   B 689 

Thomas   Clive 822 

Thomas    S 503 

Timothy   Gnmer 7.^0 

Dr.  Titus  K 375 

T.  K.,  M.  D 673 

William    749 

Wm 67^ 

Wm.    B m 

William  W 569 


K.iuftmun.   Frank  A 330 

Kearney,   Dr.  Ben.   F 362 

Keit'er,  Dr.  H,   A 367 

Kellogg.   R.   H 861 

Keudrick,   H.    E 53' 

Kent,    Edward    626 

Kent,    Elijah     626 

King,    F.    D 597 

Kinntl.  Jacob    854 

Kinney.   Dr.   Charles   E 371 

Kious.   Dr.   H.   C 365 

Kirby.  George   556 

Kistler.   Dr.    Henry   .366 

Kistler.   Henry   B.,   M.   D....  89S 

Kohler,  Charles    7i7 

Kreininger,  Jacob   833 

Kroninger,  John   544 

Laird,    Gilbert    W 774 

Lanil),  Dr.  Reuben  344 

Langworthy,  Dr.  James 347 

Lathrop,    Dr.    H 348 

Lea,   Gen.   John   C 3'6 

Lea,    Thomas    W 658 

Lee.  Charles   B 759 

Leonard.   Harry    5,36 

Leonard,   Harry    337 

Letts,   Joel    673 

Liggett    Jriab   553 

Liggett.  Milton   553 


Little,  Charles  Otis .>«6S 

Little,   Dr.  John   .A 351 

Little.   William    871 

Loofbourrow,  Dr.  B.  F ,349 

Lupton,    Dr.    L.   S 371 

Lybrand,   Edwin   G . .  .  .?35 

Lybraud.   Hon.   .Archibald :i,2Ci 

Lybrand.   R.   G 554 

Lyon.  Rev.  Aann  J,.  D.  D...  5^7 

Lytle,   James    Robert.   A.    M.,  603 

Maddox,  Henry  C ' ,'n'^3 

McAlester,    Fred   A 340 

Arc.-\Uister,    Coridon 760 

McCable.    Robt.    L 3.32 

McCann.    Dr.    J ,:, 

.McCarty.  Dr.  J.  T ',6= 

McCarty,    L   T.,    M.    D 670 

McClary,   Slias   C 345 

MciCIure.  James   521 

McCurdy.   John    670 

McCurdy,   Wesley    G 670 

McDowell.    Dr.    J'.hn \.   ,,60 

^rcElroy.  Judge  Charles  H..  .    ^Ki 

McEUvee,   Charles    E (iSo 

.McElwee.    Joseph    e.'^o 

McGonigal,    Dr.    M.    A 36; 

McCk>nigle,    Josepli     6.59 

McGonigle.    RnJney    D 639 

McGonigle,    Robt.    J 6,9 

Mclntyre.   Dr.   Wm ^7  • 

McKay,    Hugh    BoyI, 8,33 

McKenzie,    William    W 6,39 

McMaster,    Benjamin    F.    and 

Lyman    P -27 

Mc.Araste:,    Robt.    G 72S 

NrcWilliams.  William   H 771 

M.iin.   Dr.    A.    E ;^-^ 

\raloney.'  J.    P -^j^q 

Mann.    Dr.    Austin    D 374 

Mann.    Dr.    H.    C 349 

Mann,  Silas  J ^--j 

^fa^ble,  Xathan 663 

Marks,  H.  R .S03 

Marks.  Winfield  Scott   800 

Marriott,  Hon.  Francis  M.   .  .   325 

Marriott.    J.    Coleman ,:!4o 

Marriott.   William   H 709 

Marsh    Lucius  P 307 

Matthews,   W.    B isQ4 

Ma.xwell.   C.    H ,41 

Mercer,    Dr \h- 


INDEX 


PAGE 

Meredith,    Meredith    752 

Michener.    Dr.    F.    E 361 

Miller,    Albert   C 5^4 

Miller   Brothers    638 

Miller,   Charles   C 733 

Miller,  George   F 822 

Miller.  George  W 740 

Miller.  Henry .   734 

Miller,   Hiel    Sig 

Miiler,    H.    H 6,^9 

Miller,  Dr. J.  H '.  i72, 

Miller,    Jacoh    529 

Miller,  Jacob   A 744 

Miller,  John   740 

Miller,  John  Hiel,  M.   D 529 

Miller.    Jr.hn     J 730 

Miller,    John    J 743 

Miller,    Martin    549 

Miller,    Nathan     524 

Miller.  O.  F 638 

MiUer.   Dr.   \V.    M 347 

Mills,  George  P 500 

Mcrdi.u.e,    Geo.    W 374 

M'lrri-on.    Dr.    F.    W 371 

Mo.-^e.-.  Andrew   F 652 

Moses.    Albert    Ingham $62 

Moses,   Flavel    652 

Mcses,  Salmon   816 

Moses,    Salmon    652 

Mosher,  Dr.  E.  B 367 

Moulton,  Dr.  Samuel 345 

Moore,   Sidney    497 

Moore,    Samuel    Anderson...   761 

Murray,    Dr.    Francis    M 369 

Murray.  Rich    300 

Myers,  Christian 573 

Myers,   Samuel    B 573 

Xash.  John   Washington 767 

Xewhouse.    .Alex 535 

Xevvhouse.  .Anthony   565 

Xewhouse.  John  Richey 787 

Xewhouse.    Samuel     534 

X'ewhouse,  Thomas   B 534 

Xewhouse.  VVm 565 

Xye,  William  C 5^3 

Ou.-ey,    Edward    546 

Owen,  Griffith  C 512 

O.-ey.   James    546 

Owen    John   P 512 

Ovcrturf.   Hon.    X'lrnian    F. .  .   ^i\ 
Owe'i.  Eugene  S ,->,},$ 


Owen,    Franklin    V. 
Owens,  Thoma>  ... 


P.\GE 

■   566 


Peet,  Lester  Gilead 678 

Peet,    Wm.    J 673-731 

Peet,    William   L....' 731 

Perfect.     Dr      M^-- 3(TO 

Perkins,  David   T 687 

Perkins,   Schuyler  687 

Perry,   Albert   T 662 

Perry,   Henry   662       j 

Perry.   Piatt  H 662 

Perry.  Robert   683 

Peters,   .Abram    753       | 

Peters,    Oscar   .A   753       [ 

Pickett,  Dr.  Chp.nt-  H 347 

Plumb.  Hon.   Prcs-..3n   B 823  n/ 

Pollock,  E.   1 680 

Poppleton,  Hon.  E^riy  F 315 

Poppleton.  Hon.  E::-rIy  Frank-  I 

lyn 870       j 

339       I 
-63       I 

570     ! 
368 

57t 


Pcrterfield,  Judge  E.  Lee. 
Porter,    William    Ross.... 

Potter,  Christopher 

Potter.   Dr.   Lymar. 

Potter,    Francis    

Potter.  Geo.  F 572 

Potter.   Israel    753 

Potter.  Xicholas 570 

Potter.    Stephen    543 

Potter    Stephen    571 

Potts     William    ..-. 555 

Pounds.    Dr.    .A.  J 362 

Powell.   Gen.   Ecsene 804 

Powell,    John 574 

Powell,   Hon.   Tl::.rras   E....   789 

Powell,  Hon.  Tv,-~.  W ,300 

Powell,  Hon.  Tnr-ras  W.  . .  .   794 

Poweil,    Robert    574 

Powers,    Beniamif.    618 

Powers,    George    W 6g8 

Powers,   Robt.   B... 698 

P-wers.   Dr.    Ro}-^!   X 346 

Price,   John    H.  . 702 

Price,  John   R 704 

Price.  Rees 704 

Prouty.    Byron 828 

Pugh,   John    E 827 

Pultord.  Dr.  W.  Henry 359 


Qi-itman.  H. 


■ir  A. 


.301 


Ransburge.  Dr.  C.  C 347 

Ray.    Dr.    Kingsley 347 

Reid,   M.   Clason    .  . .' 501 

Reid,  Sherman   501 

Reid,  Col.   Wm.  P ,^09 

Reid,    Hon.    Wm.    P 501 

Richey,    F.    H 722 

Richey,   Isaac   X 520 

Richey   James   520 

Richey,  James  M 5J0 

Richey,    James    M 722 

Rittenhouse,  Hamilton  W....  6gC' 

Rittenhouse,    Henry    691 

Rittenhouse,    Henry   G 5.!2 

Rittenhouse^.^oseph    H 532 

Rittenhouse,  Samuel   5.U' 

Robinson  Bros HoTi 

Robinson,    Harry    W 806 

Robinson,   Dr.   J 365 

Robinson.   Sherwin   S 806 

Rodefer,  .Albert  P 749 

Rodefer.    Silas    740 

Rcgers,   Henry   M 741 

Rogers,    Dr.    Ivadale 360 

Rogers,   Jeremiah    742 

Rogers,   Samuel    741 

Ropp,  Dr.  W.  T..' 358 

Rosenthal.   Jacob    G 71  r 

Ross,  Dr.  D.  R 368 

Rosette.  Judge   Egan 307 

Rutherford,   .Archibald   H....   754 

Salmon,  James   Standley 760 

Sampsell,    Dr.    X.    S 369 

Schaaf,   Peter  J 504 

Schaat.   Peter  J..   Sr 504 

Schaffner,   Jacob    M 572 

Schaffner,  John    572 

Scheble,   Dr.   Miranda    365 

Scott,  Tilden  Seymour 758 

Sedgwick,  Kimball  733 

Seeds,  Thomas   Mercer 781 

Seese,  George   Henry 653 

Selcver,  James  R ^^6 

Semans,  Dr.  Edw.  M 356 

Semans,  Dr.  Wm.   M 356 

Shaffer,  Rev.  John   Franklin.  584 

Shaffer.    John    S 584 

Sharp.    Clinton    E 878 

Sharp.    Henry    E 824 

Sheldon.    Henry   G 331 

Shively.   Charles   M 844 

Shoemaker.   Adam    S 780 


;      i     :  : 


IXDEX 


Slioup.  James  T 3.^2 

Shuey,   Dr.   A ,^75 

Shiir.  Samuel  P 827 

Shuster,   Geo 703 

Sinister.  George  Albert 703 

Siegfried,    Adam    560 

c;:,-,,.v..,,l     Ticoh    ^61 

Siegfried.  \\  m 5O1 

Silv.rwood,    Horace    .V 74^ 

Simnis.  Dr.  \V.  M.  T .!fi7 

Sin>p-on,  Dr.  L.  B 37i 

Skeels,  Dr.  Daniel  .?49 

Slack,  Dr.  Geo 361 

Slack.  Wellington    739 

Smart,  Joseph  Williams 835 

Smith.    Franklin    Ellictt 661 

Smith.  Dr.  Geo.  M ,347- 

Smith.    Dr.    Helen    K 359 

Smith,  Hon.  Henry  R 629 

Smith.  Dr.  Robt.  B 37: 

Smith.   Rodney   691 

Smith,  Hon.  Thomas  R 691 

Snodiira.s.  Dr.  J.  M 3(^8 

Spalding,   Dr    Xoah    .545 

Spencer,  Dr.  Charles  H 371 

Sperry,  Charles  F 660 

Staley.    Charles    H 770 

Stanbery.  Charles , 586 

Stanter>-,  Jonas   586 

Stark.  Cepter    757 

Stanbery,   Charles'  853 

Stanberry,  John  Rathbone...   5S6 

Stayman,   George    F 700 

Stayman,    V.    D 700 

Stedman,  Charles  Curtiss....  654 

Steyle.    Rev.     Phdip Sjt 

Stickney,  Dr.  Frank  A 368 

Stickney.  Frank  .Albert.  M.  D.  814 

Stone,    Timothy    C 853 

Stokes.    George    633 

Sycks,    J.    M 711 

Tailey,  Charles    Francis,  M.  D.  617 

Talley.    Dr.    Charles    F 374 

Tailey.  .\elson  E 617 

Taylor,  Dr.  A.  P 366 

Taylor,   Dr.   Alonzo   W 366 

Thomas,   James    684 

Thoinas,  James  R 684 


Turner.    Charles    F 513 

Turner,    Ephraim    513 

Uchtritz,  Baron  Edgar  von..  697 
L'clitritz,      Barone--       \'ioIa 

Lj  tie  V.3I1   698 

Ulrey.   Asa    816 

L'!rt>,   Ciuirics   M 503 

I'nion   Handle  aid   Mamifac- 

tiifiiig  Comp.ny.  The...  734 
Utley,  Dr.  John   366 

Van  Denian,  Rev.  Henrj-....  540 
Van  Deman.  Hon.  Jchn  D. .  .  540 
Van  Deman.  Dr.  Joseph  H..  352 
Van  Kirk,  Dr.  Charles  C...   .?66 

^'eley.    J,  hn     851 

Verg.iP.    Frederick    P jig 

\"ergon.    John    G 70S 

Waldron.   DeLacy    779 

Wallace,   John    624 

Wallace,  John   C 844 

V.'a'.lacc,    Robert    624 

\\"arren.    John    H 773 

Was.-TTi.   W.   McC 714 

Watkins.    Charles    R 327 

Watkins.    Edward    527 

Watkins.  John   W 777 

Watson.  Hon.  Cooper  K 303 

Watts     Dr.    Wm 365 

Weiant.    Thomas    872 

Welch.  Dr.  Calvin  372 

Welch.   Dr.  Ella  D 365 

Welch,   Rev.   Herbert,   A.   M., 

D.  D.,  LL.   D 345 

W.Ilcr.  Dr.  G.  B ,376 

W^;ler,  Victor  B.  M.  D....  832 
Westbrook.  Dr.  .\lbert  Erne^t  613 

Westbrook,    Solomon 613 

Wherry.  John   : 638 

Whipple.    Edward    740 

Whipple,    Frank    E 664 

Whipple,  James  Clark 859 

Whipple,   Lewis   740 

Whipple.    Xcah    664 

Whitacre.  Dr.  F.  R 375 

White,   .\rthnr  J 335 

White.  Geo 747 

White,   Dr.   Horace .560 


While.  Dr.  J.   H 353 

White,  Zenas  Leonard 747 

Wickham,     A-a     (,30 

Wickham.    Emmett    M 333 

Wickham,  Hon.  Emmett  Mel-  ' 

ville    649 

Wickham,    Kitridge    H 651 

W'igton,   Elmer   A (.-143 

Wigtcn.   Sylvester   643 

Wigton,    Thomas 643 

Wiles,   Capt.   Clifton   W 619 

Willey,  Dr.  Arthur  J 374 

Willey,  Dr.   Perry  W 367 

Willey.   Perry   W..    M.    D....   ,^05 

Williams,  Edson  R 339 

Williams,    Hon.    Hosea    852 

Williams.  Dr.  T.  B 350 

Williams.    Dr.   Thos  J 306 

Williams.  \"ict.ir  Arnold 626 

Williams.  William   626 

Williams,    William    W 599 

Willis    Dr.   P.  A 34Q. 

WiNrn.   Au-tin   B 849 

Wilson.  Dr.   Eugene   375 

U"ih.   J.    F 729 

Wintermute.  .\.  P 682 

Wintermme.  Dr.  J.  C 367 

Wintermute.    J.    Perry    500 

Wintermute.    Dr.    Robert   C.  .   360 

Winston.  Thomas  J 513 

Wise,   Dr.  L 367 

Woltloy.  George   T 6^2 

Wolfley.   Leo    6S3 

Woodworth,  Dr.  John  B 357 

Woodworth.   Dr.  William  H..  337 

Wornstafif,    Chesley . .  .   553 

Wcrnstafif.    Lewis    553-75-! 

Wornstaff.   Lloyd   K 314 

Wornstaff,    Sperry    752 

Wright.   David    707 

Wright,  Hiram    707 

Wylie,   .Abraham    P 648 

Wylie,    J.    K 64S 

Yates    Henry   D 7:-'' 

Young,   Henry   Clay   89 r 

Ziegler,    Frederick 738 

Ziegler,    William    738 


■A.  rn,-; 


IFUustrations 


Chlkches. 

Anbury   j\t.    E.   Churi:h    364 

Baptist   Church,   Ostrander    812 

Baptist   Ciiurch,   Radnor 320 

Baptist   Church,   Sunbury 464 

First  Presbyterian  Church.  Delaware 268 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Ashley 364 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Sunbury  364 

Old   Stone  Presbyterian  Church,  Scioto  Town- 
ship       812 

Presbyterian  Church.  Ostrander 812 

Presbyterian  Church.  Radnor 320 

St.     Mary's     Catholic     Church     and     Parochial 

Residence    364 

St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Church,  Delaware 268 

St.  Piiui's  M.   K.   Cliur^ii,  l^c'.attdrc 20S 

William  S*reet  M.  E.  Church.  Delaware 268 

Crystal   Spring   Farm 68 

Delaware   Children's   Home t68 

Delaware    City    Hall 112 

Delaware   City   Library   168 

Delr-v.are    County    Court    House 112 

Delaware    County    Infirmary 168 

Delaware  County  Infirmary — Insane  Ward 168 

Delaware    County    Jail 112 

Girls'  Industrial  Home. 

Administration     Building l~6 

Assepibly    Hall 176 

Central    School    Building 176 

Cottage  Xo,  8 176 

Honor  Cottage 176 

Home   for   Aged    People,    Delaware 168 

Jane   M.   Ca,e   Memorial   Hospi-al.   Delaware 168 

Knights  of  Pythias  Hall.  Sunbury ,464 

Masonic  Temple,  Ashley 158 

M(X)re'5  Masonic  Temple.  Delaware 112 

Ohio  Wesley.xn  Un'iver.sity. 

Art  Hall 230 

Charles   Elliott  Slocum  Library   230 

Elliott   Hall 230 

Gray  Chapel  and  University  Hall 200 

John    Edwards    Gymnasium 230 

Monnett   Halt 230 

Perkins    Observaton,- 200 

Sairges  Hall 230 

Old   Barnes   Homestead.   Delaware 158 


PAGE 

President  Hayes'   Birthplace.  Delaware 112 

Public  Square  Looking  Xorth,  Sunbury 464 

Residences. 

Residence     of     .-Mlison     E.     Goodrich.     Liberty 

Township 68 

Residence  of  Clay  \V.  Barton,  Berk.shire  Town- 
ship       792 

Residence   of   F.    P.    [-[ills.    Delaware 320 

Residence  of  V.  T.    Hills,    Delaware 158 

Residence    of    Mrs.     Sllaj    J.     Mann,    Harlem 

Township    6S 

Residence    of    Dr.     Herbert    Welch,    Pres.    O. 

W.     U 200 

Residence  and   Barn   of  Hiram   Wright,  Scioto 

Township     706 

Sandusky  Street   Looking  South,  Delaware 112 

Schools. 

High    School,    Ashley 158 

High   School,  Delaware 200 

Public  School,  0-trander   812 

Public    School,    Radnor 320 

Public   School.    Sunbury 464 

West   School    Building,   Delaware 200 

Sunbury    Co-operative     Creamery 464 

Three    Dollar    Bill    Issued    by    Bank    of   Delaware, 

1818    158 

Town    Hall,    Sunbury 464 

Y.  M.  C  A.  Building.  Delaware 364 

Portraits. 

Atherton      Lee 716 

Ba.Kter,   George   W   866 

Bevan,   David    666 

Bevan.    Mrs.    Eliza    D 666 

'  Bush,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David 848 

Cole,    Capt.    Elias 838 

Conklin,     .\shton     Stover 686 

Courtwright,    Fleetwood 622 

Crawford.    Col.   James    M SQO. 

Crawford,  Mrs.   Sarah  H   591 

Crist,  Rev.  A.  C 5=8 

Curren,    Capt.    J.    F 784 

Dunlap,  Mr.  and   Mrs.   Calvin  and  Family &^o 

Eulenburg,    Count    Botho 656 

Eultnburg    Countess  Nelly   ( Lytle) 656 

Fowler.  Silas  W..  M.  D S.v'^ 

Gardner,   Mr.   and   Mr>.   Seth   776 


INDEX 


IV/^' 


PAGE 

Goo'lricli,  Aaron  S 873 

Goodrich,    Mrs.    Sarah    H 874    I 

Hazlton,  Mr.  and  M^^.  Wain  and  Dauglijor.  . .  814    ! 

Healy.   Erem  J 676    1 

HilU,   Fred    Palmer    506    | 

Hills.  Chauncey   507 

Hodires.   James    B 578    • 

Hodgres.  .Mrs.   M.iry   H   57y    ^ 

Huntley,  Albert 802    1 

Jones,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  W.  and  Family.  .  568    : 

Kohler,   Charles 736    ! 

Lyon,   Rev.    Aaron   J..   D.    D 5^    ' 

Lytle.   James   Robert.   A.    M Frontispiece    j 

Lytle,  Mrs.   Cornelia   Chase   Frontispiece    ; 

Lytle,   James    William 602 

Maddox,     Henry     C   88.2    ; 

Mann,    Silas   J 856    ; 


Mann.  Mrs.  Julia  S 856 

Miller.    Martin 548 

Moore,    Sidney 496 

McMaster,     Benjamin     F 726  ( 

McMaster,    Lyman    P 726  j 

Xash.   John    Washington    766  I 

Stark,    Cepter 756  ,( 

Ste>le,   Rev.   Fhdip    820  j 

Stokes,  George , 632  ' 

Uchtritz,    Baron    Edgar     von    696  '  ( 

Uchtritz,  Baroness  Viola   (Lytle)  von 696  '■■ 

Vergon.    Frederick    P 518 

Westhrook,   Dr.   Albert  Ernest 612 

White.    Zenas    L 746 

Wigton,   Elmer   A 642  ' 

Young,   Henry   Clay 888 

Young,  Mrs.   Emma  H 88g 


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Bistort?  of  Beiaf  are  gotiniy 


CHAPTER.  I. 


GEOLOGY  AND  TOPOGRAPHY 


Bed    Rock     Geo'ogy — The   he   Age— Water  Supply—SoHs—Swrfacc   Featun 
Agricultural  Products — Mineral  Springs. 


-Timber- 


GEOLOGY   OF   DELAWARE   COUXTY. 

Geolog}'  is  the  history  of  the  earth  as  that 
histon,'  is  read  from  the  rocky  structure  and 
surface  configuration  of  the  earth  iiself.  To- 
day we  find  changes  constantly  taking  place 
over  the  land  about  us.  Every  shower  and 
every  freshet  leaves  the  surface  changed  and 
sweeps  toward  the  sea  land  waste.  The  min- 
eral content  of  such  springs  as  the  Odevene 
shows  that  material  is  being  removed  from 
below  the  surface,  that  chatiges  are  goinf.;-  on 
there,  though  concealed  from  our  direct  in- 
spection. The  study  of  geology  teaches  us 
that  we  live  on  a  constantly  changing  earth, 
that  in  a  very  real  sense  this  earth  is  not  dead 
but  living.  We  should  be  prepared  to  expect 
that  a  study  of  the  geology  of  Delaware  Coun- 
ty would  show  us  that  past  conditions  here 
were  very  different  from  those  today — indeed 
that  several  different  kinds  of  conditions  have 
held  at  successive  epochs  of  the  long  period  of 
our  county's  history,   geologically  considered. 


BED   ROCK   GEOLOGY. 

The  oldest  rocks  of  the  county  are  the  beds 
of  limestone,  shale  and  sandstone  which  make 
what  we  may  call  the  bedrock,  the  solid  rock, 
as  contrasted  with  "the  unconsolidated  surface 
deposits  of  clay,  sand  and  gravel  which  over- 
lie and  conceal  them.  The/  run  in  north  and 
south  belts  across  the  county.  West  of  the 
Olentangy  River  the  surface  rock  is  practically 
all  limestone;  between  the  Olentangy  and 
Walnut  Creek  it  is  black  slate;  on  Big  Wal- 
nut the  Berea  sandstone  outcrops,  and  this 
formation  or  an  overlying  formation  of  sandy 
shales  forms  the  surface  east  to  the  county 
border.  These  rock  formations  are  not  hori- 
zontal but  drop  or  dip  to  the  east  at  the  rate 
of  twenty  feet  to  the  mile,  so  that  the  lime- 
stones which  are  at  the  surface  on  the  western 
boundary  of  the  county  are  .some  800  feet  be- 
low the  surface  on  its  eastern  boundary.  The 
succession  of  rocks  ^vl^ich  one  would  pass 
through  in  going  down  below  the  surface  on 


JHPMij 


I'^f.^l'CK-  .    O'AA  YOOJO. 


,it;-.Jm 


i8 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


the  eastern  border  of  the  county  would  be  as 
follows : 

Formation  Rock  Thiekness  in  feet 

Cuyahoga Sandy   Shales    — 

Simbury Black   Shale    lo 

Berea Sandstone 

r.  .iford Pod  and   Gray   Shal-. 

Huron Black  Shale 

Olentangy- ..Blue    Cliy    

Delaware Blue  Limestone   

Columbus Gray    Limestone    .... 

Monroe Magnesian    Limestone 


30 

to  300 
30 
30 
80 


Several  of  these  formations  are  of  econ- 
omic importance.  The  Columbus  limestone, 
on  the  Scioto,  and  near  Radnor,  is  burned  for 
hme.  The  Delaware  limestone  on  the  Olen- 
tangy  and  especially  at  Delaware  is  used  for 
road-metal  and  for  building.  The  Olentangy 
clay  at  Delaware  is  used  as  one  of  the  mate- 
rials in  the  manufacture  of  tile.  The  Berea 
sandstone  is  the  extension  into  central  Ohio  of 
the  great  sandstone  fi^rmatioii  of  Berea  and 
Amherst,  and  was  formerly  quarried  at  Sun- 
bury. 

These  bedrock  formations  point  to  geo- 
graphic conditions  very  different  from  those 
existing  today.  The  rocks  are  all  old  sea-bot- 
tom deposits,  the  lime  muds,  muds  and  sands 
of  an  interior  sea.  Their  composition  sho.vs 
this.  The  Berea  sandstone  layers  are  marked  j 
by  the  ripple  marks  made  by  the  currents  of  I 
the  shallow  sea  of  that  time.  The  limestones  I 
consist  in  large  part  of  the  fragments  and 
sometimes  whole  shells  and  skeletons  of  the 
animals  then  living.  What  the  exact  limits  of 
that  sea  '.vere  no  one  knows.  It  extended  be- 
yond the  present  Ohio  basin  in  all  directions, 
to  an  extensive  land  mass  in  eastern  and  cen- 
tral Canada  and  to  a  land  mass  which  we  dc-  I 
nominate  Appalacliia,  stretching  along  the  At- 
lantic coast  east  of  the  present  Blue  Ridge. 
For  uncounted  centuries  sands  and  muds  were 
swept  into  this  inland  sea  and  organic  deposits 
ffi-st  limestone  and  later  coal)  accumulated. 
L-ntil  forces  which  had  been  long  gathering 
head  were  able  to  make  themselves  felt,  and 
the  area  between  the  Ohio  and  the  Atlantic, 
crowded  tf.^gether  as  in  an  immense  vise,  was 


pushed  up  alK>ve  sea  level  and  in  part  thrown 
into  great  folds.  The  strongly  folded  area 
v.-as  in  central  and  eastern  Pennsylvania;  the 
Ohio  region  was  raised  above  sea  level  but  was 
subjected  to  only  slight  folding.  This  period 
of  uplift  was  the  Appalachian  Revolution;  it 
closed  the  earliest  and  longest  of  the  geologic 
periods,  the  Paleozoic  period.  In  Ohio  it 
marked  the  passage  from  water  conditions  and 
rock  deposit  to  land  conditions  and  land  sculp- 
ture by  atmospheric  agencies  and  streams. 

The  land  conditions  thus  inaugurated  have 
lasted  on  until  the  present.  Little  is  known 
definitely  of  the  conditions  in  central  Ohio 
during  this  long  period.  It  is  a  fundamental 
teaching  of  geology  that  streams  will  cut  their 
beds  to  near  sea  level,  and  that  then  the  inter- 
stream  areas  will  be  lowered  by  valley-side 
wash  until  the  whole  land  area  is  not  far  above 
sea  level — a  lowland  plain  produced  by  ero- 
sion. It  is  another  fundamental  teaching  of 
geology  that  broad  areas  are  slowly  uplifted 
through  the  action  of  internal  forces;  and  in 
this  case  a  lowland  plain  formed  by  erosion 
might  by  uplift  be  again  exposed  to  erosion, 
might  ultimately  be  reduced  a  second  time  to  a 
lovvland  plain.  It  is  likely  that  this  process  of 
uplift  and  subsequent  reduction  of  the  land 
surface  to  a  lowland  plain  has  been  several 
limes  repeated  in  ''entral  Ohio.  A  large  part 
of  the  surface  of  central  Ohio  today  stands  be- 
tween 900  and  1,000  feet  above  sea  level.  It 
was  probably  formed  by  stream  action  and  near 
sea  level.  Since  its  formation  it  has  been  raised 
to  its  present  altitude.  In  southern  Ohio  it  has 
been  dissected  by  streams  since  its  uplift  so 
that  the  Ohio  River  region  is  a  hilly  country. 
In  central  Ohio  this  plain  does  not  seem  to 
have  been  cut  up  to  the  same  degree  and  what 
inequalities  it  did  possess  have  been  largely 
concealed  beneath  a  mantle  of  glacial  drift. 

THE  ICE  AGE. 

This  long  period  of  normal  land  conditions 
was  closed  by  the  Great  Ice  Age  and  the  de- 
velopment of  the  Canadian  ice  sheet.  There 
were  two  centers  of  accumulation,  one  east  and 
one  west  of   Hudson's   Bav,      These  two   ice 


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fields  grew  and  merged  into  one  which  ex- 
tended north  to  the  Arctic,  west  in  British 
Cokimbia  nearly  if  not  quite  to  the  foot  of  the 
Rockies,  east  to  the  Atlantic  and  south  to  the 
line  of  the  Ohio  and  Missouri  Rivers.  At  the 
time  of  its  maximum  extent  its  margin  crossed 
the  Pennsylvania-Ohio  boundary  in  central 
Loiuuibiaua  County,  extendea  west  lo  Aiaus- 
tifld,  then  south  to  Lancaster,  and  from  there 
southwest  through  Chillicothe  to  the  Ohio  in 
Brown  County,  the  ice  sheet  thus  covering 
about  two-thirds  of  the  State. 

The  Ice  Age  is  sometimes  spoken  of  as  if 
it  were  the  time  of  the  formation,  development 
and  disappearance  of  a  single  continental  gla- 
cier. In  reality  it  was  much  longer  and  much 
more  complex  than  this.  Several  times  did  the 
ice  sheet  form,  advance  south  from  its  Cana- 
dian home,  retreat  and  then  readvance.  How 
long  the  whole  story  was,  no  one  knows,  but 
reasonable  estimates  make  it  several  hundred 
thousand  years. 

As  the  ice  sheet  moved  south  into  Ohio  it 
found  a  surface  "deeply  covered  with  residual 
soil  formed  from  the  age-long  decay  of  the 
underlying  rock.  The  ice  pushed  this  before 
it  or  dragged  it  under  it;  it  pushed  av.^ay  the 
more  or  less  rotted  rock  which  lay  between  the 
soil  and  the  sound  rock,  and  it  slowly  ground 
away  the  upper  portion  of  the  sound  rock,  for 
wherever  we  find  the  bed  rock  under  the  later 
glacial  deposits  it  is  today  sound  and  un- 
v.-eathered.  The  upper  surface  of  the  bed  rock 
was  polished  and  scratched.  The  polishing 
was  done  by  the  finer  material,  the  clay,  which 
was  dragged  along  between  the  ice  and  the  bed 
rock.  Coarse  particles  and  corners  of  rock 
made  th.e  scratches  characteristic  of  such  sur- 
faces, and  from  the  study  of  which  the  direc- 
tion of  ice  motion  can  be  known.  These  gla- 
ciated surfaces  are  often  well  shown  on  the 
limestone  and  sandstone,  but  are  poorly  pre- 
served on  the  shale  surfaces.  They  show  well 
about  the  limestone  quarries  near  Radnor. 

The  ice  during  its  advance  was  thus  erod- 
ing. During  its  retreat  it  was  depositing  the 
bowlder  clay  or  till,  which  now  lies  on  the  bed 
rock.  As  its  name  implies,  the  bowhlcr  clay 
consists  of  two  parts,  a  brownish  yellow,  oc- 


casionally blue,  clay  in  which  are  scattereu 
bowlders  of  different  kinds  of  rock  up  to  sev- 
eral feet  in  diameter.  The  clay  is  in  part  com- 
prised of  the  "rock  flour"  made  by  the  glacier 
as  it  ground  away  the  underlying  rock  surface 
or  rubbed  together  the  rocks  which  it  was  car- 
rying beneath  it.  With  this  rock  flour  was 
mixed  the  sod  which  the  glacier  found  over 
the  surface  when  it  invaded  the  region.  The 
bowlders  were  torn  by  the  glacier  from  the  sur- 
face over  which  it  came.  In  all  except  the 
eastern  part  of  the  county  a  large  percentage 
of  these  bowlders  is  limestone ;  they  agree  then 
with  the  bed  rock  of  the  county  and  need  not 
have  been  carried  far  by  the  ice.  In  the  eastern 
part  of  the  county  where  the  bed  rock  is  sand- 
stone the  bowlders  are  in  large  part  sandstone. 
A  considerable  portion  of  the  bowlders  are 
crj'stalline  rock,  granite  and  other  rocks  and 
belong  to  types  not  found  in  the  county  or  even 
in  the  State;  those  have  been  brought  from 
north  of  the  Great  Lakes,  from  the  gathering 
ground  of  the  continental  ice  sheet. 

The  whole  surface  of  the  county  is  covered 
by  this  mantle  of  glacial  drift,  a  covering  \-ary- 
ing  in  thickness  up  to  a  hundred  feet  and  a\-er- 
aging  from  twenty-five  to  forty  feet.  At  the 
time  of  ice  occupancy  this  was  spread  out  to 
make  a  nearly  level  plain,  concealing  inequali- 
ties in  the  rock  surface  much  as  the  mason's 
trowel  spreads  over  a  rough  brick  or  stone 
surface  a  coat  of  mortar  to  give  an  even  sur- 
face. When  the  ice  retreated  from  the  region 
this  glacial  plain  probably  extended  continu- 
ously across  the  county.  Since  that  time  the 
larger  streams  have  cut  their  valleys  below  this 
surface  to  a  maximum  depth  of  fifty  to  seveii- 
ty-five  feet,  but  that  surface  still  is  largely  un- 
touched back  from  the  rivers,  and  makes  the 
present  upland  surface  and  the  most  conspicu- 
ous feature  in  the  scenery  of  the  county. 

The  general  drift  surface  back  from  the 
streams  is  level  or  gently  rolling.  There  are, 
howe\er,  two  belts  of  more  rolling  character, 
some  two  to  three  miles  across,  which  run  from 
northeast  to  southwest  across  ■  the  county. 
These  tracts  are  seen  only  back  from  the  stream 
lines;  they  may  rise  to  a  height  of  fifty  feet 
above  the  upland  south  of  them  and  they  have 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


a  steeper  slope  to  the  south  than  to  the  north. 
These  belts  of  higher  country  are  belts  of  ex- 
cessively thick  drift  deposits,  and  mark  po- 
sitions where  the  front  of  the  melting  glacier 
stopped  in  its  gradual  retreat  north  across  the 
State.  They  are  the  moraines  of  recession  of 
the  ice  sheet.  One.  the  Powell  moraine,  ex- 
tends irom  Jerome,  through  ir'oweii.  soma  of 
Orange  and  then  runs  northeast  to  Big  Wal- 
nut at  Galena.  From  Galena  its  front  follows 
the  west  side  of  the  Big  Walnut  to  beyond 
the  county  line.  This  is  the  better  developal 
of  the  two  moraines  and  all  the  railways  be- 
tween Columbus  and  Delaware  have  cuts 
where  they  pass  from  the  plain  north  into  the 
•moraine.  The  other  moraine  is  well  shown 
about  Ostrander,  makes  the  high  country  east 
of  the  Scioto  due  west  from  Delaware,  but  is 
less  conspicuous  near  the  Olcntangy.  It  again 
shows  clearly  east  of  the  01entang\  some  four 
miles  northeast  of  Delaware  and  thence  con- 
tinues northeast  through  Ashley  to  ]vIount  Ver- 
'ncn,  where  it  unites  vrith.  th.e  Powell  mo- 
raine. 

It  is  interesting  to  consider  what  was  hap- 
pening when  the  stop  was  made  by  which  the 
moraine  through  Ostrander  was  made.  The 
northwestern  part  of  the  county  was  covered 
with  ice,  reaching  southeast  to  within  two 
miles  of  Delaware.  The  remainder  of  the 
county,  but  recently  abandoned  by  the  ice.  was 
covered  with  glacial  deposits,  probably  but 
poorly  concealed  with  vegetation.  The  melt- 
ing of  the  ice  produced  large  streams  flowing 
away  from  the  ice  front.  It  was  these  streams 
which  laid  down  the  coarse  gra\els  which  are 
now  found  in  the  upper  bottoms  but  wh.ich 
at  that  time  made  a  level  floor,  twenty  to  thirty 
feet  above  the  present  stream  beds.  These  grav- 
els were  laid  down  along  the  Scioto  and  Olen- 
tangy  Rivers  and  Delaware  Run. 

A  considerable  part  of  the  drainage  re- 
sulting from  the  melting  of  the  ice  surface 
found  its  way  through  cracks  in  the  ice  to 
the  bottom  of  the  ice  sheet  and  then  followed 
a  subglacial  course  to  the  ice  margin.  Along 
such  courses  beneath  the  ice  gravel  deposits 
were  hid  down  and  these,  when  the  ice  re- 
treated to  the  north,  were  left  as  more  or  less 


continuous  sand  ridges  (^eskers)  rising  above 
'   the  general  level.     This  is  the  origui  of  the 

series  of  ridges  which  are  found  in  the  tri- 
j  angle  between  the  Scioto  River  and  Hocking 
,  Valley  Railroad,  for  six  miles  south  of  Pros- 
I  pect.  When  such  streams  ended  their  sub- 
i  glacial  course  at  the  ice  margin  they  deposited 
j  more  or  less  saud  and  gravel  among  the 
;  knolls  of  the  moraine  itself.  The  most  con- 
j  spicuous  area  of  such  origin  lies  south  and  a 
1  little  east  of  Radnor. 

I  WATER    SUPPLY. 

\         The  water  supply  of  the  county  is  chiefly 
j   from  wells,  the  supply  of  the  city  of  Delaware 
1  being  drawn  from  a  gra\el  well  and  from  rock 
I  wells  sunk  in   the  bottoms  of  the  Olentangy 
!  some  three  miles  above  the  city. 
i         The  geology  of  the  wells  is  simple.     On 
i  the   uplands   all   wells   commence   in  the  gla- 
1  cial  clay.     If  after  reaching  the  ground  water, 
j   a  vein  of  sand  is  reached  in.  digging  the  well, 
either  above  or  at  the  surface  of  the  bed  rock, 
1  water  may  be  obtained;  if  not,  the  well  must 
]   be   carried    down    into    the   bed   rock    until    a 
j   supply  is  reached.     The  clay  will  not  furnish 
!  water,  for  while  it  may  stand  below  the  sur- 
{   face  of  the  ground  water,  its  texture  is  so  close 
that  water  will  not  flow  fast  enough  from  it 
into  the  well  to  make  an  adequate  supply.     In 
the  bottoms  the  problem  of  obtaining  water  is 
simpler.     The  ground  is  so  low  that  water  is 
everywhere  near  the   surface  while  the  open 
texture  of  the  sands  and  gravel  gives  a  good 
well  as  soon  as  ground  water  is  reached.     It 
is  only  where  an  excessive  amount  of  water  is 
needed,  as  in  the  case  of  the  supply  for  the  city 
of  Delaware,  that  the  gravel  wells  are  inade- 
quate and  that  it  is  necessary  to  eke  out  this 
supply  by  other  means,  in  this  case  wells  to  the 
rock. 

The  most  important  matter  connected  with 
the  water  supply  of  a  family  or  city  is  its 
purity.  There  is  a  great  underground  sheet 
of  water  filling  the  openings  between  the  rock 
and  soil  particles.  This  is  the  ground  water. 
The  surface  ''>i  this  ground  water  rises  in  times 
I  of   rain   and    sinks    in   times   of   drought   and 


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comes  to  the  liglu  oi-.ly  where  it  makes  the  sur- 
face of  ponds  and  permanent  streams.  This 
under-ground  supply  comes,  of  course,  from  the 
rainfall.  All  the  rainfall  which  d.^es  not  join  the 
iiymediate  run-off  soaks  through  the  loose  up- 
])er  rock  until  it  reaches  the  surface  of  the 
^,-,-,'i;ul  y.-ptor.  In  '•■0  doing  it  nnis  ('/>nCTPr  of 
infection.  The  rainfall  is  itself  nearly  pure.  On 
and  immediately  below  the  >urface  it  gathers 
more  or  less  impurity,  either  organic  or  inor- 
ganic. Such  impurities  may  not  be  harmful; 
generally  they  are  not,  but  at  the  same  time 
that  the  chance  is  offered  for  the  water  to 
take  up  these  harmless  impurities,  the  water 
has  the  opportunity  to  take  up  dis'sase  germs, 
especially  those  of  typhoid  fever.  Fortunately, 
the  water  which  is  thus  always  impure  and 
occasionally  infected  is  usually  naturally  puri- 
hed.  It  is  known  that  the  upper  layers  of  the 
soil  are  inhabited  by  countless  bacteria  and 
these  microscopic  form':  pf  plant  life  feed  on 
the  organic  matter  which  is  in  the  soil  work- 
ing its  way  from  the  surface  to  the  ground 
water.  By  this  agency,  this  organic  matter  is 
destroyed,  is  reduced  to  simpler  and  harmless 
forms  and  any  disease  germs  which  may  have 
been  in  the  water  are  either  destroyed  or  else 
die  from  lack  of  food  or  from  other  unfavor- 
able external  conditions.  As  wells  draw  their 
supply  from  the  underground  water  which  is 
normally  thus  "filtered,"  or  better  "disin- 
fected" in  passing  below  the  surface,  they  are 
usually  pure.  They  may,  however,  become 
contaminated  in  two  ways.  If  they  are  im- 
properly made,  water  from  the  surface  may  get 
into  the  well  "either  at  the  top  or  through  the 
sides.  Or  if  wells  are  sunk  in  ihe  neighbor- 
hood of  cess-pools,  they  are  liable  to  infection. 
In  that  case  infected  matter  may  work  directly 
along  a  buried  sand  vein  from  cess-pool  to 
well,  and  the  well  become  a  source  of  disease. 
In  such  cases  the  natural  disinfection  by  the 
soil  bacteria  is  impossible,  while  mere  filtra- 
tion through  sand,  apart  from  the  action  of 
organisms,  does  not  purify.  By  dilution  with 
the  ground  water  and  by  unfavorable  environ- 
ment the  disease  germs  may  have  their  strength 
impaired,  but  it  remains  true  that  wells  in 
the  neighborhood  of  cess-pools  are  unsafe. 


A  large  part  of  the  rainfall  never  gets  be- 
low the  surface.  It  makes  the  wet  weather 
run-off  and  goes  at  once  to  the  streams.  In 
dry  weather  the  stream  flow  is  maintained  by 
the  ground  water  contributions.  In  so  far  as 
river  water  is  made  of  run-off  it  is  liable  to  in- 
fection. Surface  water  is  not  suitable  for 
drinking  purposes.  Exceptionally  it  may  be, 
in  the  case  of  small  streams  whose  whole  drain- 
age area  is  known  to  be  free  from  sources  of 
contamination.  But  in  the  case  of  a  stream  of 
any  size,  no  individual  can  know  that  the  drain- 
age basin  above  a  certain  point  is  free  from 
sources  of  infection.  The  Olentang}'  River 
has  been  condemned  as  a  source  of  water  sui> 
ply  at  Delaware  because  in  time  of  low  water 
it  is  exposed  to  contamination  from  the  sew- 
age of  Gallon  and  from  private  sources,  while 
in  time  of  the  spring  freshets  it  is  probably 
quite  as  dangerous  by  reason  of  the  washing 
which  the  rains  give  the  frozen  land  sur- 
face, sweeping  to  the  streams  the  winter's 
wastes,  which  may  be  easily  infected  by  reason 
of  cases  of  disease. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  things  con- 
nected with  the  water  supply  of  the  county  is 
its  sulphur  springs.  These  are  so  named  from 
the  hydrogen  sulphide  contained  in  the  water 
and  which  gives  it  its  characteristic  odor. 
Quite  as  interesting  as  this  gaseous  constitu- 
ent, is  the  mineral  content  of  the  water.  An- 
alysis shows  that  the  water  of  the  Odevene 
spring*  in  Delaware  cont?'.ins  361  grains  of 
mineral  matter  per  gallon  -.nd  nearly  one-half 
of  this  is  common  salt.  The  water  of  these 
springs  is  really  salt  water.  The  composition 
of  the  impurities  carried  suggests  that  the  wa- 
ter has  followed  a  long  and  deep  underground 
course,  reaching  levels  much  lower  than  those 
touched  by  the  water  of  ordinary  springs.     In 

•InlSl'JTrum.-in  ThomusotSunijury  hired  a  man  to  di?  a  well. 
This  well,  which  resulted  in  the  Oderene  sprins.  was  drilled  for  ?aa 
or  oU.  The  man  ffot  down  about  twenty-four  feet,  when  he  was  over- 
come by  gas  and  had  to  be  pulled  out.  Thinking- it  was  damp.a  U=rht- 
ed  candle  was  sent  down  in  a  bucket,  but  it  had  not  descended  more 
than  s't.'c  feet  when  it  Isrnited.  sending  a  column  of  flame  up  for  forty 
feet  with  an  explosion  like  a  ten-pound  cannon.  The  well  burned 
about  forty-eljht  hours  with  a  Hame  about  two  feet  hl^h.  wlien  wa- 
ter seeped  in  and  put  it  out- 
There  Is  a  ?as  well  on  the  farm  formerb'  owned  by  O.  D.  Hou?h. 
insitle  of  Sunbnry  corpor.ition  limits,  that  is  about  ilOtJ  feel  deep,  but 
which  Is  DOW  iilu;r^f-l.  It  is  supposed  by  o'.l  and  g-as  men  that  this 
territory  is  on  the  outskirts  of  the  gas  and  oil  belt.— [Ed.) 


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this  course  it  deri\-es  its  chlorides  from  the 
limestones  which,  being  old  sea  bottom  de- 
posits, probably  still  contain  a  part  of  the  salt 
water  with  which  they  were  saturated  at  the 
time  of  their  formation;  while  the  hydrogen 
sulphide  was  derived  from  the  decomposition 
of  oT-;;^nn'c  m^.tter  l)i'»"ied  in  the  i^ne^'-O'^'^p  "ivd 
subject  to  slow  decay. 

SOILS. 

The  soils  of  the  county  are  derived  from 
the  mantle  rock,  either  glacial  till  or  stream- 
laid  gravels.  As  this  diiYerence  between  gla- 
cial till  and  stream-laid  gravels  corresponds  in 
general  to  the  difference  between  uplands  and 
bottom  lands  we  may  speak  of  upland  soils 
and  bottom  land  soils.  As  the  valley  sides 
which  run  from  the  upland  to  the  back  edge 
of  the  lowland  are  underlaid  by  glacial  till, 
their  sf^'ls  belonr^  with  the  unlnnd  soils. 

Upland  Soils. — Almost  everywhere  under 
the  upland  is  found  the  brownish  yellow  gla- 
cial bowlder-clay.  The  scattered  bowlders 
are  ordinarily  inconspicuous  in  the  soil  layer. 
As  a  result  of  a  number  of  mechanical  and 
chemical  processes  the  upper  foot  or  so  of  this 
clay  has  been  changed  to  soil,  to  a  layer  ca- 
pable of  supporting  plant  life.  Two  kinds  of 
upland  soils  have  been  distinguished  by  the 
United  States  Bureau  of  Soils  in  its  survey 
of  the  southern  part  of  the  county — the  Miami 
Clay  Loam  and  the  Miami  Black  Clay  Loam. 

The  Miami  Clay  Loam  is  the  common 
soil  of  the  county,  making  up  nine-tenths  of 
its  surface.  This  soil  is  light  yellowish  brown 
at  the  surface,  passing  below  into  a  compact 
brownish  yellow  silty  clay,  sub-soil.  The 
"clayey  character  of  the  soil  is  due  to  its  deri- 
vation from  the  glacial  bowlder  clay.  Its 
silty  character  is  due  to  the  fact  that  that 
clay  is  made  up  of  finely  ground  rock  which  is 
not  properly  speaking  clay  and  which  gives  a 
different  feel  to  the  glacial  clay  when  it  is 
moistened  and  rubbed  between  the  fingers, 
from  the  feel  of  true  clay.  The  Miami  Clay 
Loam  is  uniform  over  wide  areas.  It  is  es- 
sentially a  grain  and  hay  soil  and  is  well 
adapted  to  general  farming  purposes.  Back 
from  the  streams  where  the  surface  is  level 


or  only  gently  rolling  the  natural  drainage  is 
defective  and  ditching  and  tile  draining  is 
necessary. 

Two  varieties  of  the  upland  clay  loam  are 
to  be  distinguished.  The  first  is  the  some- 
what poorer  soil  which  underlies  the  valley 
=idej.  These  areas  are  better  drained  and 
drier  than  the  uplands  and  hence  the  soils  con-  • 
tain  less  humus.  They  are  exposed  to  rain 
wash  and  so  lose  much  of  their  finer  and  richer 
portions.  For  both  reasons  they  are  poorer 
and  the  yield  is  from  ten  to  thirty  per  cent, 
less  than  on  the  uplands.  The  second  variety 
of  upland  soil  is  the  Miami  Black  Clay  Loam, 
found  in  the  depressions  of  the  upland  surface, 
either  at  the  heads  of  shallow  streams  or  in 
low  basins  without  outlet.  Here  the  surface 
has  been  moister,  vegetation  ranker  and  hence 
a  larger  portion  of  vegetable  matter  has  be- 
come incorporated  with  the  soil.  The  mineral 
content  of  the  soil  is  not  unlike  the  common 
upland  soil. 

Bottom  Land  Soils. — The  streams'  which 
flowed  away  from  the  ice  front  as  it  retreated 
north  across  the  county  were  heavily  loaded 
with  gravel  and  sand  which  they  laid  down 
in  the  valleys.  Since  that  time  the  rivers  have 
been  cutting  into  these  gravels  and  into  the 
underlying  rock,  so  that  flood  stages  of  the 
present  rivers  cover  a  part  of  the  bottom  de- 
posits but  not  all.  The  higher  portions  are 
covered  with  a  soil  called  by  the  Bureau  of 
Soils  the.  Miami  Gravelly  Loam.  It  is  open, 
usually  contains  considerable  rock  fragments, 
and  is,  on  account  of  its  position,  nearly  al- 
ways adequately  drained.  It  is  admirably 
adapted  for  corn,  when  the  drainage  is  not 
too  free  and  the  soil  in  consequence  droughty. 

Another  type  of  soil  covers  the  lower  parts 
of  the  bottoms  which  are  now  subject  to  over- 
flow. Here  the  annual  additions  of  clay  by 
the  flooded  streams  and  the  abundant  growth 
of  vegetation  have  combined  to  produce  a 
dark  soil  more  clayey  than  any  other  of  the 
region,  the  Miami  Loam.  It  covers  the  flat 
first  bottoms  and  makes  an  excellent  soil. 
though  subject  to  the  danger  of  floods. 
Lewis  G.  Westgate, 

Professor  of  Geology  in  Ohio  Wesleyan 
University. 


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TOPOGRAPHY. 

Delaware  County  is  located  near  the  geo- 
graphical center  of  Ohio,  and  is  bounded  on 
the  north  by  Marion  and  Morrow  Counties; 
on  the  east,  by  Licking  and  Knox ;  on  the 
south,  by  Franklin,  and  on  the  west,  by  Union 
County.  It  comprises  283,289  acres,  of  which. 
;iccording  to  the  1907  agricultural  statistics, 
237,966  acres  are  farm  lands,  divided  as  fol- 
lows:  Cultivated,  72,903  acres;  pasture,  142,- 
205  acres;  woodland,  21,168  acres;  King 
waste,  1,690  acres.  The  principal  rivers  are 
the  Scioto  and  Olentangy,  which  flow  nearly 
parallel  across  the  county  from  north  to  south. 
The  former,  which  is  the  larger  stream,  enters 
the  county  between  Thompson  and  Radnor 
Townships  and  forms  their  boundary-line ; 
thence  it  crosses  Scioto  Township  in  a  south- 
easterly direction,  leaving  the  county  as  a  part 
of  the  boundary  line  between  Concord  and 
Liberty  townships.  The  Olentangy  enters  the 
county  aijout  midway  cf  the  northern  bound- 
ary of  Marlborough  township,  and  courses  in 
a  southerly  direction  through  the  tier  of  town- 
ships south  of  Marlborough.  These  streams 
with  their  many  tributaries  give  the  county  an 
excellent  drainage  system.  Since  the  forests 
which  held  back  the  water  have  been  cut  off, 
the  Scioto  and  Olentangy  Rivers  suddenly  in- 
crease to  great  volume  after  long  and  heavy 
rains,  or  when  the  snow  melts  rapidly  in  the 
warm  days  of  spring.  The  water-power  fur- 
nished by  these  streams  is  described  in  the 
chapter  on  manufactures. 

SURFACE   FEATURES. 

The  eastern  portion  of  the  coimty  is  rolling, 
particularly  in  the  sandstone  districts.  The 
whole  limestone  district,  which  embraces  all 
that  part  of  the  county  west  of  the  Olentangy 
River,  except  that  underlaid  by  the  water- 
lime,  is  moderately  undulating,  the  surface  be- 
ing worn  by  erosion  into  shallow  depressions, 
which,  near  their  junction  with  larger  streams, 
'"ecome  ravines  bounded  bv  steep  bluffs.  The 
district  of  the  waterlime  is  flat,  especially  in 
the  townships  of  Radnr^r.  Thompson  and  Scioto. 


The  deeply  eroded  valleys  of  the  Scioto  and 
Olentangy  constitute  the  most  marked  topi> 
graphical  features  of  the  county.  In  the  south- 
ern part  of  tlie  county,  these  valleys  are  deeply 
cut  in  the  underlyinir  rock.  The  divide  be- 
tween them,  at  a  point  west  of  Powell,  is  125 
feet  above  the  Scioto.  The  descent  ot  the 
Olentangy  is  usually  very  gentle,  occupying 
sometimes  a  space  of  a  mile  or  more  on  either 
side;  while  the  valley  of  the  Scioto  is  narrower, 
and  its  banks  more  frequently  rocky  and  pre- 
cipitous. In  the  northwestern  part  of  the 
county,  the  valley  of  the  Scioto  is  strikingly 
diff'erent  from  the  southern  part ;  the  bluffs  are 
never  rocky,  and  the  general  level  of  the  coun- 
try is  little  above  the  level  of  the  water  in 
the  river.  _  The  following  table  of  altitudes, 
which  was  prepared  by  the  Big  Four  railroad, 
is  interesting: 

Ft.  .\bove  Ft.  Above 

Lake  Erie  Ocean 

Morrow   County   Line 403  970 

Ashley   412  977 

Eden    405  970 

Delaware   378  943 

Berlin 381  946 

Lewis   Center   3S7  952 

The  soil  generally  is  dependent  on  the  na- 
ture of  the  northern  drift.  In  this  the  various 
essentials  (State  geological  survey),  such  as 
iron,  lime,  phosphorous,  silica,  magnesia,  alu- 
mina and  soda,  are  so  thoroughly  mixed  and 
in  such  favorable  proportions  that  the  strength 
and  fertility  of  the  soil  are  very  great.  Its 
depth  has  the  same  limit  as  the  drift  itself, 
which  is,  on  an  average,  about  twenty-five  feet. 
The  soil  is  more  gravelly  and  stony  in  the  roll- 
ing tracts.  The  stones  come  partly  from  the 
underlying  rock,  but  mainly  from  the  drift. 
They  are  common  along  the  valleys  of  all 
streams  and  creeks  and  in  shallow  ravines. 
The  northwestern  part  of  the  county  has  a 
heavy,  clayey  soil,  with  some  exceptions.  This 
clayey  flat  land  is  comparatively  free  from  su- 
perficial bowlders.  Very  little  gravel  can  be 
found,  except  in  the  line  of  gravel  knolls  that 
passes  northwestwardly  through  Radnor 
Township.     The  valleys  of  the  streams,  how- 


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ever,  show  a  great  many  northern  bowlders, 
as  in  other  parts  of  the  county.  Besides  these 
general  characteristics  of  the  soil,  a^great  many 
modifications  due  to  local  causes  will  be  seen 
in  passing  over  the  county.  There  are  some 
marshy  accumulations  which,  when  duly 
drained,  are  found  to  possess  a  soil  of  remark- 
able ammoniacal  qualities,  due  to  decaying 
vegetatinn.  The  alluvial  ri\er  margins  possess 
a  characteristic  soil,  strongly  contrasting  with 
the  general  clayey  lands  of  the  county  ;  they  are 
lighter  and  warmer,  while  they  are  usually  re- 
newed, like  the  countries  of  Lower  Egypt,  by 
the  muddy  waters  of  spring  freshets,  and  are 
hence  of  exhaustless  fertility.  One  of  the  chief 
obstacles  which  the  pioneer  farmer  had  to 
overcome  was  the  immense  quantities  of  sur- 
face-water which  covered  a  large  part  of  the 
arable  lands  of  the  county.  At  first,  open 
drains  were  dug,  but  in  the  black  lands  these 
filled  up  rapidly,  and  to  avoid  this,  drains,  in 
some  parts  uf  the  county,  ten  to  twenty  feet 
wide  were  plowed.  Later,  in  some  of  the  best 
flat  lands,  oak  planks  were  set  up  at  the  sides 
of  the  ditches,  and  the  tops  covered  over  with 
staves  of  the  same  material,  placed  just  low 
enough  not  to  interfere  with  the  plowing. 
This  method  drained  off  the  surface-water, 
and  at  the  same  time  permitted  the  cultivation 
of  crops.  By  this  method  some  of  the  white- 
elm  swamp  lands  were  made  to  produce  corn 
as  well  as  the  best  bottoms.  Drains  were  also 
constructed  of  poles  and  broken  stone.  As 
soon  as  the  method  of  underdraining  by  means 
of  tile  was  demonstrated  to  be  a  success,  tile 
factories  sprang  up  all  over  the  county,  and 
thousands  of  acres  have  been  reclaimed  to 
bring  forth  bountiful  crops,  and  the  work  of 
tiling  is  still  going  on,  year  after  year. 


The  entire  county  was  originally  wooded, 
and  in  certain  localities  the  timber  was  heavy. 
The  prevailing  varieties  are  those  common  to 
this  part  of  the  State,  and  consist  of  manv 
of  the  different  kinds  of  oak.  hickory,  black 
and  white  walnut,  ash.  birch,  sugar  and  other 
kinds  of  maple,  and  many  other  species.     Many 


of  the  more  common  shrubs,  such  as  hazel, 
willow,  sumac,  etc.,  are  also  to  be  found  in 
profusion.  The  work  of  clearing  the  land  of 
its  timber  has  been  going  steadily  on  since  the 
arrival  of  the  first  pioneer.  In  those  days  it 
was  necessary  to  clear  land  in  order  to  raise 
the  necessary  crops,  and  the  value  today  of 
the  timber  that  the  early  settlers  were  com- 
pelled to  destroy  would  in  many  instances  be 
more  than  the  present  value  of  the  land.  It 
is  to  be  deplored,  however,  that  while  the  work 
of  cutting  off  the  timber  still  continues,  little, 
if  any,  effort  is  being  made  by  the  farmers  of 
Delaware  County  to  replace  the  forests.  The 
shortsightedness  of  this  policy  from  an  eco- 
nomic point  of  view  receives  so  much  atten- 
tion in  the  many  agricultural  journals,  one  or 
more  of  which  nearly  every  farmer  reads,  to 
say  nothing  of  the  va;luable  pamphlets  on  this 
subject  distributed  freely  by  the  federal  gov- 
ernment.  that  it  is  unnecessary  for  us  to  dwell 
at  length  upon  it  in  these  pages,  much  as  we 
would  like  to  do  so. 

FRUIT    CULTURE. 

\\'ild  grapes  and  plums  were  found  here 
in  abundance  by  those  who  left  the  comforts 
of  civilization  to  make  their  homes  in  this 
wilderness,  and  for  some  time,  these  with  ma- 
ple syrup  and  sugar  sufficed  as  dessert.  It 
was  not  long  after  the  first  settlers  arri\-ed  here 
before  small  apple  orchards  were  set  out  in 
dift'erent  parts  of  the  county;  but  it  is  impos- 
sible at  this  late  day  to  say  when,  where  or 
by  whom  this  was  done. 

For  many  years  Delaware  County  has  been 
kept  before  the  eyes  of  the  horticulturalists 
of  the  country;  latterJy,  through  Mr.  F.  P. 
Vergon.  one  of  our  oldest  citizens,  who  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  great  orchardists  of 
the  country  and  the  "Father  of  the  Grass 
Mulch  System,"  which  is  explained  in  these 
pages.  In  an  earlier  day.  Delaware  County 
was  advertised  far  and  wide  as  the  home  of 
the  Delaware  grape,  the  finest  of  all  American 
grapes.  Yet,  notwithstanding  this  promi- 
nence, fruit-growing  has  never  reached  large 
proportions  as  an  industry  here,  and  this,  no 


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doubt,   is  due,   largely,  to  climatic  conditions.  ! 
The  variableness  of  temperature,  especiallv  in  j 
the  winter  season,  when  the  thermometer  fre- 
quently drops  from  a  point  above  freezing  to  j 
one  registering  the  extremes  of  cold,  the  early  ' 
frosts  in  the  fall  and  the  late  frosts  in  spring,  j 
give  this  county  a  climate  which  can  hardly  j 
be  called  ideal  fur  fruit-raising.     It  has  been 
demonstrated,  howe\'er,  that  with  proper  care 
and  attention,  hardy  fruits  can  be  grown  here 
with   profit.      Probably  every   farmer    in    the 
county  grows  some  fruit  for  his  personal  use. 
and   in  these   family  orchards  will  be  found 
apples,  pears,  plums,  peaches     and     cherries; 
small   fruits  are  also  grown  to  some  extent, 
whb   a   constantly   increasing  acreage,   as  the 
towns  grow  in  population,     affording     better 
markets. 

About  1837.  B.  J.  Heath  and  his  family 
settled  in  Concord  Township,  bringing  with 
them  from  New  Jersey  a  grape  vine,  which 
tliey  planted  and  nurtured  with  care.  In  1853. 
Mr.  Heath  brought  a  basket  of  grapes  from 
this  vine  to  Mr.  Abram  Thomson,  the  editor 
of  the  Dclaivarc  Gazette,  and  Mr.  Thomson, 
who  was  an  enthusiastic  horticulturalist,  recog- 
nized immediately  that  here  was  a  grape  of 
unusual  merit,  and  to  him  belongs  the  credit 
of  naming  the  grape  and  of  bringing  it  into  i 
public  notice.  He  sent  specimens  of  the  fruit  to 
the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society,  which 
presented  Mr.  Thomson  with  a  vase  and  a  sil- 
ver medal.  A  Dr.  Grant,  of  lona  Island,  in  the 
Hudson  River,  became  the  largest  individual 
propagator  of  the  grape,  and  had  Mr.  Thom- 
son's portrait  painted  in  oil.  presenting  it  to  him 
as  a  mark  of  his  ajipreciatif'U.  At  one  time  Mr. 
Thomson  lost  nearly  20.000  young  vines  in  a 
greenhouse  which  was  destroyed  by  fire.  ]\Ir. 
Thomson  also  brought  the  grape  to  the  atten- 
tion of  Maj.  P.  Barry,  who  was  at  that  time 
editor  of  the  Horticulturalist.  Its  superior 
qualities  were  instantly  recognized.  and 
brought  to  the  attention  of  the  public  by  the 
Major.  A  big  excitement  in  the  horticultural 
world  resulted  from  the  introduction  of  this 
grape,  and  a  furor  in  grape  culture  was  de- 
veloped, \\hich  has  been  often  referred  to  as  | 
the  "grape  fever."  I 


The  wildest  ideas  prevailed,  and  thg  most 
extravagant  anticipations  and  expectations 
were  entertained  as  to  the  profits  of  grape 
growing,  and  thousands  of  persons  embarked 
in  this  pursuit  without  either  the  skill  or  the 
knowledge  requisite  for  success ;  and  the  result, 
so  far  as  the  great  mass  of  ine.xperienced  culti- 
vators was  concerned,  was  just  what  might 
have  been  expected — failure.  During  this 
time,  the  demand  for  vines  became  so  great, 
that  they  were  sold  in  immense  quantities  at 
prices  ranging  from  $1  to  $5  each,  and  even 
then,  the  propagators  of  the  vines  were  taxed 
to  the  utmost  to  keep  up  with  the  demand. 
Thousands  of  horticulturalists  went  to  New 
Ijersey  in  the  hope  of  finding  more  vines  like 
the  original.  Mr.  Heath  had  secured  it  from 
an  old  Frenchman  named  Paul  H.  Provost, 
and  this  gave  rise  to  the  story  that  his  vine 
had  been  sent  from  France  with  a  lot  of  other 
vines,  about  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth 
century;  but  the  most  careful  and  thorough 
searching  never  brought  to  light  a  similar  vine, 
either  here  or  in  foreign  lands,  and  it  is  now 
the  opinion  of  those  best  able  to  judge,  that  the 
original  vine  was  a  chance  seedling  which 
sprang  up  in  Mr.  Provost's  garden  from  some 
native  grape. 

Among  the  early  and  most  successful  prop- 
agators of  the  Delaware  grape  in  this  county. 
we  may  mention  the  late  George  \X.  Campljell 
and  F.  P.  Vergon.  As  secretary  of  the  Ohio 
State  Horticultural  Society  for  many  years.  ]\Ir. 
Campbell  was  widely  known,  and  his  efforts 
helped  to  make  the  Delaware  grape  a  success 
from  a  commercial  standpoint.  In  this  con- 
nection it  is  hot  out  of  place  to  mention  that 
in  1857,  Mr.  Campbell  established  a  grape  and 
small  fruit  nursery  with  greenhouses  in  Dela- 
ware, from  which  he  shipped  all  over  this 
country,  and  to  nearly  every  quarter  of  the 
civ-ilized  world,  as  many  as  seventy  varieties 
of  grape  vines,  including  the  Delaware.  This 
nursery  was  maintained  for  many  years,  and 
■small-fruit  plants  of  all  kinds  as  well  as  green- 
house and  bedding  and  flowering  plants  were 
propagated  here,  supplying  not  only  the  local 
demand,  but  going  to  all  parts  of  the  country. 
Mr.  Campbell  induced  Mr.   Heath  to  take  up 


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the  propagation  of  the  Delaware  vine  by  the 
"layering''  process.  Some  years  before  the 
"grape  fever"'  broke  out,  the  elder  \'ergon  had 
received  a  vine  from  Mr.  Heath,  and  planted 
it  beside  his  house.  Mr.  Campbell  suggested  to 
the  youthful  F.  P.  Vergon  that  he  "layer" 
his  vine.  This  was  done,  and  young  Vergon, 
upon  selling  the  vines  to  ]Mr.  Campbell,  found 
himself  in  possession  of  S37,  which,  as  lie  says, 
"was  quite  a  bunch  of  money  for  a  young 
man  in  that  day."  He  realized  at  once,  how- 
ever, that  he  had  made  a  mistake  in  disposing 
of  his  vines,  and  the  next  morning,  heading 
off  ]\Ir.  Campbell,  he  \vas  at  Mr.  Heath's  place 
and  purchased  all  the  young  vines  he  had  for 
sale.  Beginning  in  this  way,  Mr.  Vergon 
continued  the  propagation  of  these  vines  for 
eighteen  years,  dating  from  1855,  on  an  ex- 
tensive ■^cale,  selling  them  mostly  to  Mr. 
Campbell,  and  always  at  wholesale.  It  is  de- 
plorable that  in  the  county  where  the  Dela- 
ware grape  originated,  there  is  not  a  grape 
vineyard  of  any  importance. 

At  an  early  day,  Titus  Knox  liad  an  apple 
orchard  of  twelve  acres  in  Trenton  Township. 
It  was  a  good-bearing  orchard  in  1845,  '^^'^  '^ 
now  owned  by  his  grandson,  Alonzo  Knox. 
Amzi  Swallow,  of  the  same  township,  also  had 
a  twelve-acre  apple  orchard.  William  Little 
and  Rev.  VanDeman,  whose  names  are  so 
prominently  identified  with  the  early  history 
of  the  county,  set  out  apple  orchards.  Horace 
P.  McMasters  of  Brown  Township,  at  a  later 
date,  had  an  orchard  yielding  from  one  to 
two  thousand  bushels  of  apples  annually,  and 
this  was  considered  quite  an  orchard  in  those 
days.  About  i860.  Joim  Veley,  of  Troy  Town- 
ship, set  out  an  apple  orcliard  of  seven  acres, 
and  about  twenty  years  ago  he  set  out  twenty 
acres  more  in  trees.  Quite  a  number  of  good- 
sized  orchards,  many  of  them  quite  young,  are 
now  to  be  found  in  the  county.  The  excep- 
tional success  of  F.  P.  Vergon,  as  an  orchard- 
ist,  no  doubt  has  had  much  to  do  with  stimulat- 
ing the  interest  in  this  branch  of  horticulture. 
In  another  part  of  this  chapter  will  be  found 
2  paper  by  Mr.  Vergon.  in  which  he  sets  forth 
the  methods  to  which  he  attributes  his  success. 
Mr.  Vergon's  orchard  covers  between  fifty  and 


sixty  acres.  Three  or  four  acres  of  this  was 
set  out  fifty  years  ago,  and  about  three  acres 
thirty  years  ago;  the  balance  was  planted  in 
18S8.  Reuben  L.  Hudson,  a  neighbor  of  ^Ir. 
Vergon's,  has  a  fifty-acre  orchard,  thirty  acres 
of  which  are  nineteen  years  old'  and  twenty 
acres  are  ten  years  old.  "Cobb"  Gavitt.  as  he 
is  familiarly  known,  and  who  resides  near 
Ashley,  has  an  orchard  of  from  twenty-five  to 
thirty  acres,  which  is  twenty-five  years  old. 
Samuel  Willey  &  Sons  have  a  sixty-acre  or- 
chard in  Troy  Township,  which  is  in  its  seventh 
year.  They  also  have  600  pear  trees  and  100 
cherry  trees.  James  Ousey  has  twenty  acres 
of  apple  trees  in  Delaware  Township,  which 
are  seven  years  old.  William  H.  Fisher,  of 
Liberty  Township,  has  an  apple  and  peach  or- 
chard of  about  four  acres,  and  a  number  of 
others  in  this  township  are  starting  similar 
orchards.  Among  others  in  the  county  who 
have  orchards,  we  may  mention  Ezra  W. 
Koeple,  Thomas  A.  Kennedy,  Walter  M. 
Glenn,  of  Delaware  Township,  who  has  forty 
acres  of  trees  two  years  old,  and  Dr.  J.  H. 
Miller,  who  has  a  three-year-old  orchard  of 
sixty-five  acres,  on  what  is  known  as  the  Hana- 
walu  place.  A  reference  to  the  statistics  which 
we  include  in  these  pages  will  show  that  other 
fruits  are  not  grown  extensively  enough  to 
warrant  extended  notice  here. 

Delaware  is  fortunate  in  having  as  one  of 
its  citizens  the  most  successful  apple  grower 
in  the  State  of  Ohio,  a  man  who  is  known  and 
looked  up  to  as  an  authority  in  all  the  apple 
producing  regions  of  this  country.  We  refer 
to  Mr.  F.  P.  Vergon,  who  has  been  called  by 
the  Ohio  Experiment  Station,  "The  Father  of 
the  Grass  ^lulch  System."  The  following 
article,  which  has  appeared  in  substance  in  a 
number  of  the.  most  widely  circulated  publica- 
tions devoted  to  such  subjects  as  agriculture 
and  fruit  growing,  has  been  furnished  for  use 
in  this  chapter  by  ]\Ir.  Vergon  : ' 

"I  have  said  so  much  on  the  system  of 
grass  mulch  for  fruit — in  which  I  am  a  pio- 
neer— that  it  may  seem  monotonous  for  me  to 
say  any  more,  so  I  will  take  the  short  cut 
across  the  field  and  be  as  brief  as  possible. 

"What  may  be  used  for  mulch?    Anvthing 


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that  grows  out  of  the  ground,  if  sufficiently 
decomposed  so  as  not  to  be  in  the  way  about 
the  orchard,  will  answer  a  good  purpose.  Grass 
mulch  means  not  to  plow  or  cultivate  the  or- 
chard. After  you  once  commence  this  system, 
leave  it  continually  in  grass.  Timotliy  is  not 
desirable. 

"How  the  work  is  done.  ^SIow  the  orchard 
once  or  twi'-e  a  year,  as  the  case  may  require; 
rake  and  drop  opposite  the  trees;  place  it 
around  the  trees  out  to  or  beyond  the  drip  of 
the  branches ;  put  on  sufficient  so  that  grass 
or  weeds  will  not  grow  through  it,  say  eight 
cr  ten  inches  thick,  evenly  spread.  If  very 
dry  and  fluffy,  put  it  on  heavier ;  it  will  soon 
settle  down.  If  the  ground  is  improverished, 
coarse  manure  is  very  much  better.  In  this  case, 
let  the  grass  lie  where  the  machine  drops  it. 
It  is  surprising  how  trees  will  grow  if  not 
permitted  to  suffer  for  want  of  moisture  ;  water 
is  a  wonderful  factor. 

"Perhaps  one  of  the  greatest  objections  to 
this  system  is,  to  the  minds  of  many,  that  they 
cannot  realize  from  the  crops  in  the  early  his- 
tory of  the  orchard ;  but  I  believe  there  is  no 
other  way  so  successful  to  get  the  land  back 
to  its  primitive  condition — rich,  porous,  and 
full  of  humus. 

"It  should  be  remembered,  if  the  location 
is  a  good  one.  good  orchard  land,  rich,  you 
are  laying  the  foundation  for  an  orchard  that 
will  last  for  generations,  if  this  system  is  ad- 
hered to.  It  is  true  that  trees  cap  be  grown 
quite  successfully  by  the  system  of  cultivation 
up  to  ten  or  twelve  years  old.  By  this  time 
the  land  is  impoverished ;  the  last  fiber  burned 
out  of  the  ground ;  humus  entirely  exhausted ; 
something  else  must  be  done. 

"The  mulch  system  is  quite  easily  managed, 
and  not  expensive  until  the  trees  are  ten  or 
twelve  years  old.  After  this  the  problem,  or 
expense,  increases  with  the  growth  of  the 
trees.  Fortunately  the  revenue  increases  as 
well.  This  is  easily  understood.  As  the  trees 
grow  larger,  the  territory  to  mow  decreases, 
and  the  territory  to  mulch  increases;  conse- 
quently, a  large  portion  of  the  mulch  must 
come  from  some  other  source  than  the  orchard. 
The  greater  part  of   my  orchard   is   nineteen 


years  old  this  spring,  planted  thirty-five  feet 
each  way,  on  rolling  tablelands;  frost  drain- 
age good. 

"This  territory  was  a  beautiful  blue  grass 
pasture.  I  had  grazed  it  with  short-horn  cat- 
tle thirty-five  or  forty  years.  I  am  glad  to 
say  this  same  grass  grows  in  the  orchard,  was 
never  plowed  up,  and  we  are  out  of  the  mml 
and  dirt,  year  in  and  year  out,  in  doing  all  the 
orchard  work,  which  is  a  very  great  item  in 
comfort  and  pleasure.  With  this  system,  the 
trees  have  made  uniformly  strong  growth  each 
year  from  the  time  they  were  planted.  In  some 
of  the  varieties  that  grow  fastest  and  spread 
most,  the  branches  in  many  places  have  locked 
horns,  and  this  means  a  spread  of  thirty-five 
feet  on  trees  nineteen  years  old  this  .spring. 
I  believe  this  to  be  a  remarkable  growth.  Of 
course  many  of  the  slower  growing  varieties 
will  not  shake  hands  for  many  years. 

"To  supply  the  necessary  mulch,  we  seeded 
twenty  acres  of  bottom  land  to  mammoth 
clover,  which  yielded  at  least  three  tons  per 
acre,  and  was  all  used  for  mulch.  In  addition 
I  bought  the  straw  of  nearly  one  hundred  acres 
of  heavy  grain  for  the  same  purpose,  and  com- 
pleted the  mulch  business  where  most  needed, 
just  before  winter  set  in. 

"This  is  somewhat  expensive;  but  the  work 
o;i  the  ground,  except  clipping  and  letting  the 
grass  lie  where  it  is  cut,  is  done  for  years. 
After  all,  it  is  certainly"  cheaper  than  to  culti- 
vate every  season ;  plow,  cultivate  and  harrow 
all  summer;  in  the  fall  seed  with  some  catch 
crop,  that  very  often  does  not  catch,  and  have 
the  orchard  washing  away  all  winter  and 
spring.  In  fact,  it  would  be  impossible  to  carry 
on  this  system  with  our  low-headed  trees.  I 
never  believed  mutilating  the  roots  and  mil- 
lions of  fibers  is  the  right  thing  to  do ;  I  know 
it  is  not  with  all  other  plants  that  grow  out 
of  the  ground,  large  or  small,  and  I  do  not 
think  apple  trees  are  the  exception. 

"To  keep  the  mice  from  the  trees,  we  use 
fine  cinders  that  come  from  slack  coal  (no 
clinkers),  a  bushel  to  one  and  one-half  per 
tree,  according  to  size:  Lay  it  up  in  cone 
style  at  the  base  of  the  trees.  It  is  not  a  ferti- 
lizer, nothing  grows  in  it.     It  is  always  clean 


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and  doesn't  wear  out.  A  little  wind  or  sun 
easily  gets  the  snow  oway  from  the  little  black 
cones,  and  gi\es  the  trees  a  safe  and  com- 
fortable appearance.  I  have  not  lost  a  tree 
since  we  began  using  cinders.  We  tried  wire 
screen,  which,  perhaps  looks  more  plausible 
than  are  many  of  the  things  suggested'  and 
used,  but  this  was  not  satisfactory.  After 
placing  it  around  the  tre.-  and  pressing  it  in 
the  ground  a  little,  it  looked  all  right,  but 
was  heaved  up  by  the  frost  an  inch  or  more — 
just  right  for  the  mice  to  get  in  their  work. 
I  cannot  emphasize  too  much  the  use  of  cin- 
ders. If  I  were  not  within  hauling  distance, 
I  would  have  it  shipped  in  by  the  carload.  It 
costs  but  a  trifle.  Rabbits  have  done  us  but 
little  harm.  They  seem  to  be  contented  with 
cutting  some  of  the  tips  from  low  brancjies  of 
bearing  trees.  \\"e  never  pasture  with  any 
stock  whatever;  it  cannot  be  done  without  dam- 
age to  the  orchard. 

"As  to  the  results  of  the  grass  mulch  sys- 
tem, it  must  be  apparent  that  the  ground  is 
becoming  richer  all  the  time,  with  the  best 
natural  fertilizer,  I  will  call  it,  for  the  welfare 
of  the  orchard.  We  have  a  reservoir  of  humus 
all  over  the  orchard,  but  more  especially  under 
the  trees,  from  the  slow  decomposition  of  the 
mulch  on  the  under  side.  Here,  especially,  is 
where  the  bacteria  delight  most  to  put  in  their 
good  work,  where  it  is  always  moist. 

"Our  orchard  land  is  underlaid  with  shale, 
but  quite  deep ;  has  a  good  depth  of  rich  loam 
by  nature,  with  a  brash  red  clay  si  b-soil  (no 
gravel).  Y'et  it  has  become  so  porous  that 
practically  all  the  rainfall  is  absorbed  in  the 
ground.  '  I  am  very  sure  that  the  water  never 
•uns  out  from  the  mulch  under  the  trees,  not 
.  -en  on  the  side  hills.  How  different  it  is 
"  -th  dust  mulch,  especially  after  drouths  in 
uie  summer,  when  rain  is  so  much  needed.  It 
frequently  comes  in .  torrents ;  the  ground  is 
puddled  in  an  instant,  and  the  water  runs  off 
almost  as  slick  as  from  a  goose's  back;  and. 
if  the  land  is  hilly  or  rolling  (as  usually  the 
best  orchard  land  is),  cuts  out  gullies,  and 
washes  much  of  the  best  soil  into  the  valleys 
and  streams.     In  the  next  place    the  tempera- 


ture is  in  a  measure  equalized;  th.e  ground 
under  the  mulch  trees  is  never  so  hot  in  the 
summer  and  never  freezes  much  in  winter.  It 
is  quite  possible  for  the  roots  to  be  injured  by 
very  hard  freezing.  Some  time  since,  I  tested 
the  temperature  of  the  ground  in  the  heat  of 
summer,  under  the  trees,  with  thermometers. 
Under  one,  the  ground  was  perfectly  clean ; 
the  other  was  mulched.  In  each  case,  the  bot- 
tom of  the  thermometer  rested  on  the  ground, 
and  both  in  tlie  shade  of  the  trees.  I  watched 
them  for  several  days,  at  6  o'clock  A.  M..  i 
o'clock  P.  M.,  and  6  in  the  evening:  the  tem- 
perature did  not  run  quite  even,  but  the  aver- 
age was  two  and  one-half  to  three  degrees 
cooler  under  the  mulched  tree.  I  was  quite 
satisfied  with  this  experiment.  Extreme  tem- 
peratures are  not  best,  and  the  escape  of  hu- 
midity is  prevented.  These  conditions  also 
hold  good  in  spring  time;  the  ground  warms 
up  slower  under  the  mulch  and  the  bloom  is 
retarded  several  days. 

"Things  of  less  importance — apples  that 
drop  are  clean,  and  are  not  usually  bruised. 
Even  the  leaves' are  caught  up  in  the  mulch 
in  the  fall,  and  are  where  they  will  do  the 
most  good.  It  is  quite  generally  conceded 
now,  that  apples  color  better  and  keep  better 
where  mulch  is  used.  If  this  be  the  case,  and 
I  think  it  is,  they  are  of  better  quality  also, 
and  I  verily  believe  the  trees  are  longer  lived. 
"I  'got  onto'  this  system  from  my  pio- 
neer days — clearing  up  primitive  forest.  The 
leaves,  bark,  rotten  branches,  etc.,  were  eight 
to  twelve  inches  deep,  and  are  added  to  each 
year,  while  decomposition  is  going  on  under- 
neath. A  better  mulch  could  not  be  provided 
for  the  timber  by  any  artificial  means.  Here 
Nature  has  done  her  own  plowing  for  thou- 
sands of  vears.  I  have  never  forgotten  how 
hard  it  was  to  walk  on  this  mulch  in  the  winter 
time — being  heaved  up  by  the  little  needles 
of  ice  and  fine  earth,  honeycomb  fashion,  under- 
neath. The  ground  was  always  moist  and  rich 
I  under  this  mulch.  It  seemed  to  me  this  would 
I  be  an  ideal  condition  to  have  under  my  trees. 
!  Nature  is  certainly  a  wonderful  teacher,  and 
I  never  weans  her  children.    I  think  it  is  Shakes- 


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peare  who  says  that  the  student  of  nature  may 
tind 

'Tongues  in  trees,  books  in  the   running  iirooks, 
Sermons   in  stones   and  gocd   in  everything.' 

I  have  learned  most  from  the  voiceless  tongues 
of  the  trees. 

"I  am  ver)-  sure  with  this  system  it  is  p<is- 
sible  for  the  trees  to  ripen  annual  cr.ips,  and 
form  fruit  buds  for  the  next  year.  Under 
other  conditions,  the  trees  frequently  suffer  so 
severely  from  drouths  that  the  crop  is  not  wdl 
matured,  and  fruit  buds  are  not  formed  for 
the  following  season.  Failure  of  crops  ver}- 
seldom  comes  from  freezing-out  in  spring- 
time. It  is  for  want  of  bloom  and  vigorous 
trees.  It  has  been  proved  that  well  grown  ap- 
ples contain  over  ninety  per  cent,  of  water. 
I  am  glad  that  it  i?  possible  to  retain  it  in 
the  ground;  otherwise  we  would  not  have  S(j 
much  water  to  haul  out  at  harvest  time.  In 
the  fall  of  1906,  we  harvested  our  eleventh  or 
twelfth  consecutive  paying  crop  annually  since 
1893  or  1894.  I  can't  recall  the  season,  but 
one  year,  our  apples,  when  as  large  as  big 
marbles,  were  frozen,  in  June,  as  hard  as  rocks. 
Xo  human  being  can  prevent  a  calan.iity  of  that 
kind.  This  section  of  the  orchard  that  is 
twenty  years  old  this  spring  (1908),  and 
yields  ten  to  twenty  bushels  per  tree — sorted 
in  the  orchard,  all  handled  in  crates  of  one  to 
one-half  bushels  (a  tree  can  easily  be  mea- 
sured), hauled  in  every  day  and  stacked  up 
in  our  cold  storage. 

"Some  trees  of  my  own  planting  in  the  sec- 
tion of  the  old  orchard '  forty-fi\e  years  old, 
have  harvested  forty-five  bushels  and  over  per 
tree.  These  old  friends  do  not  bear  such  uni- 
form crops  any  more.  They  can  afford  in 
their  declining  years  to  take  a  little  more  rest. 

"A  few  weeks  ago,  looking  over  the  or- 
chard, I  saw  plenty  of  fruit  buds,  as  I  thought, 
and  cut  small  branches  of  different  varieties, 
and  set  them  up  in  a  jardiniere  filled  with 
water  in  a  warm  room.  X'ow  they  are  in 
bloom,  and  I  am  reminded  of  when  the  'apple 
trees  are  in  blossom  and  the  bobolinks  are 
singin'.' 


"In  conclusion,  it  seems  to  me  quite  pos- 
sible to  have  the  orchard  in  such  a  condition, 
by  supplying  its  every  want,  as  to  overcome 
sufficiently  the  unfavorable  elements,  so  as  to 
have  a  crop  annually." 

Joseph  H.  Cunningham,  florist,  Delaware, 
is  the  only  one  in  this  county  who  is  engaged 
in  this  business  on  a  scale  of  any  importance. 
He  learned  the  business  with  the  late  George 
W.  Campbell,  who  was  one  of  the  foremost 
Ohio  horticulturalists  of  his  day.  In  1890, 
Z\Ir.  Cunningham  established  himself  at  his 
present  location  on  West  William  Street,  with 
a  greenhouse  72  x  20  feet  in  dimensions.  His 
business  has  grown  steadily,  and  he  now  has 
10,000  feet  of  glass.  He  does  a  general  flor- 
ist's business,  and  a  glance  at  his  shipping  re- 
ceipts for  almost  any  day  will  show  shipments 
going  to  points  as  widely  separated  as  Phila- 
delphia and  San  Francisco,  and  X'ew  Orleans 
and  St.  Paul,  ^Minnesota. 

The  difficulty  the  early  settlers  met  widt 
in  acquiring  stock  can  hardly  be  appreciated 
at  this  day.  Sheep  were  unknown  and  horses 
were  only  less  unfamiliar.  Cattle  and  hogs 
were  easily  kept,  so  far  as  feeding  was  con- 
cerned, but  another  difficulty  involved  them. 
The  woods  abounded  with  wolves  and  bears 
which  soon  learned  the  toothsome  qualities  of 
beef  and  pork.  Endless  devices  were  invented 
to  protect  these  valuable  adjuncts  of  the  early 
settlement  froin  these  wild  marauders,  but  with 
limited  success.  Time  and  again  were  the 
early  settlers  aroused  from  their  sleep  to  find 
the  hope  of  a  winter's  supply  in  the  clutches 
of  a  bear  or  hopelessly  destroyed  by  wolves. 
Hogs  were  allowed  to  breed  wild  in  the  woods. 
Occasionally  they  were  brought  into  a  pen  for 
the  purpose  of  marking  them  by  sundry  slits 
in  the  ears.  Such  occasions  were  frequently 
the  scene  of  extreme  personal  danger,  and 
called  forth  all  the  intrepid  daring  inculcated 
by  a  life  in  the  woods.  The  animals,  more 
than  half  wild,  charged  upon  their  tormentors, 
and  then  it  was  expected  that  the  young  man 
would  quickly  jump  aside,  fling  himself  upon 
the  back  of  the  infuriated  beast,  and,  seizing 
him  by  the  ears,  hold  him  still  enough  to  make 
the  necessary  marking.     These  hogs  were  sold 


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to  itinerant  buyers^  who  collected  them  in 
droves,  taking-  them  to  Zanesville,  swimming 
the  ^luskingum  on  the  way.  The  shrewd  set- 
tler always  sold  his  hogs  with  the  understand- 
ing that  the  buyer  was  to  deliver  them  him- 
self. This  often  proved  the  larger  part  ot  the 
bargain,  and  the  dealer,  wearied  out  and  dis- 
gusted, would  be  glad  to  compromise  the  mat- 
ter by  leaving  the  hogs  and  a  good  part  of  the 
purchase-price  with  the  settler.  A  hog  turn- 
ing 200  pounds  was  considered  a  heavy-weight, 
and  a  drove  averaging  this  would  be  the  pride 
of  a  dealer  and  the  envy  of  his  fellows.  At  an 
early  day  Stephen  Bennett  and  David  and  Jo- 
seph Prince  of  Berkshire  Township  followed 
the  business  of  driving  hogs  to  Baltimore.  The 
task  of  driving  such  herds  of  swine  as  they 
took  to  market  can  hardly  be  appreciated  at 
this  day.  On  account  of  their  wildness  they 
were  likely  to  stampede  at  the  first  opportunity, 
and  numbers  of  hogs  were  lost  on  every  trip. 
At  an  early  time  Steplien  Bennett  brought 
sheep  from,  Kentucky  and  traded  them  for 
hogs,  and  it  took  a  good  hog  in  those  days  to 
buy  a  sheep. 

This  is  a  good  corn  country,  and  raising 
and  feeding  all  kinds  of  live  stock  has  always 
been  a  profitable  and  popular  occupation  with 
the  farmei.  The  first  blooded  cattle  were 
brought  to  Delaware  County  about  1S26  by 
Judge  Rosea  Williams  and  \Vilder  Joy.  These 
were  bought  in  Pickaway  County,  and  among 
them  was  a  dark  roan  short-horn  bull  that 
was  a  fine  animal  for  that  day,  most  of  the  fine 
breeds  in  this  section  having  been  crossed  un- 
til the  stock  was  deteriorating.  Gilbert  Van 
Horn  brought  some  Durhams  into  the  county 
about  1836.  and  a  few  years  later  a  fe,w  were 
purchased  by  a  JNIr.  Jones  of  Radnor  (which 
one  of  the  very  numerous  citizens  of  that  name 
we  have  been  unable  to  learn),  from  AI.  S. 
Sullivant  of  Columbus.  From  that  time  to  the 
present  the  grade  of  the  cattle  bred  in  the 
county  has  constantly  been  improving,  owing 
to  the  efforts  of  a  few  men  in  dift'erent  sec- 
tions who  have  maintained  fine  herds.  Among 
those  of  the  earlier  day  we  may  mention  T.  F. 
Joy,  X.  Leonard,  Norman  Perfect,  T.  C. 
Jones  and  Chauncy  Hills.     The  latter  gentle- 


man, in  1S54,  purchased  a  small  farm  in  Troy 
Township,  which  he  named  '"Crystal  Spring 
Farm."  By  subsequent  purchases  he  increased 
the  size  of  this  farm  until  it  included  some 
400  acres.  This  place  has  ever  since  been  fa- 
mous as  the  home  of  the  best  of  thoroughbred 
shorthorn  cattle,  Shropshire  sheep  and  York- 
shire hogs.  The  foundation  for  this  reputation 
was  laid  at  that  time  by  the  purchase  of  the 
fine  young  shorthorn  bull,  Master  Miller,  693, 
and  the  beautiful  young  Rose  of  Sharon  heifer, 
Fanny  Fern  by  Prince  Charles  the  2nd 
"321 13,"  from  the  Messrs.  Renick.  At  this 
time,  and  for  the  next  six  years,  T.  C.  Jones 
was  associated  with  ^Ir.  Hills,  the  firm  name 
being  Hills  &  Jones.  In  1862  the  herd  was 
divided,  ilr.  Hills's  success  as  a  breeder  of 
short-horns  was  well  attested  many  years  ago 
by  the  choice  of  numbers  of  his  herd  for  ex- 
port to  Great  Britain,  where  they  graced  the 
pastures  of  Lord  Dunmore  at  Stirling,  and 
produced  descendants  that  were  most  success- 
ful in  the  showering.  Two  animals  that  Mr. 
Hills  bred  were  shipped  to  England  by  the 
purchaser  and  sold  for  about  $7,500.  For 
many  years  F.  P.  Vergon  was  successful  as  a 
breeder  of  short-horn  cattle.  Among  others, 
we  may  mention  John  Worline,  of  Marlbor- 
ough, who  is  one  of  the  oldest  short-horn 
breeders  in  the  county,  and  keeps  a  heril  of 
perhaps  twenty-five  registered  cattle.  The 
breeding  business  established  by  T.  C.  Jones 
was  continued  by  his  son,  Arthur  H.,  until 
about  1902.  when  he  sold  the  herd  at  auction. 
At  that  time  Hough  Bros.,  of  Berkshire  Town- 
ship, purchased  some  of  the  Jones  stock,  and 
since  that  time  have  been  breeding  short-horn 
and  polled  Durham  cattle.  They  now  have 
about  eighty  head,  of  which  thirty  are  regis- 
tered. Some  of  their  fine  animals  have  been 
imported  from  Canada.  Price  &  Hills,  of 
Radnor  Township,  also  have  a  herd  of  these 
cattle.  For  many  years.  T.  R.  Smith,  of 
Berlin  Township,  was  a  breeder  of  Devonshire 
cattle,  il.  B.  Shoemaker  and  Son  bred 
thoroughbred  Hereford  cattle  for  a  number  of 
years  prior  to  1900,  Their  farm  was  near 
Ashley,  anrl  they  had  a  bull  and  a  small  herd 
of  cows.     There  are  many  other  farmers  who 


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have  smaller  herds  of  tine  stock.  In  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  county  dair}ing  seems  to  be 
growing  in  favor.  The  facilities  for  shipping 
milk  to  Columbus  where  the  demand -is  con- 
stant, and  the  close  proximity  of  good  cream- 
eries, has  given  an  impetus  to  this  department 
of  agriculture. 

Undoubtedly  Capt.  V.  T.  Hills  as  a  breeder 
of  Red  Polled  caUle  has  made  Delaware 
County  more  widely  known  among  cattle 
breeders  in  the  United  States  than  any  other 
individual.  It  is  claimed  by  breeders  of  these 
cattle  that  they  combine  the  capacity  of  milk 
and  beef  production  in  the  same  individual  to 
an  equal  if  not  to  a  greater  degree  than  any 
other  breed.  In  1887  Capt.  Hills  purchased 
eight  cows  and  one  bull — the  best  that  were 
to  be  had  in  England.  By  the  time  the  herd 
reached  Delaware  County,  it  numbered  seven- 
teen. The  Bull  Pando,  1254,  proved  to  be  a 
very  valuable  animal,  leaving  his  impress  on 
many  of  his  get.  He  was  one  of  the  very 
great  bulls  of  the  breed.  The  cows  of  this 
importation  were  a  useful  lot.  Chic  was  never 
beaten  in  the  show  ring;  she  was  first  at  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposition,  and  champion 
cow  over  all  breeds  in  the  "General  Purpose'' 
class,  twenty-seven  prize  cows  of  all  breeds 
competing.  Other  importations  were  made 
from  time  to  time,  the  last,  iu  1900,  compris- 
ing eighteen  cows  and  two  bulls.  For  ten  or 
twelve  years,  beginning  with  the  year  1890, 
Capt.  Hills  exhibited  at  leading  fairs  all  over 
the  coimtr}-,  taking  over  400  honors.  Two  of 
the  five  cows  (Tryste,  No.  5169,  aged  thirteen 
years,  and  ^Mayflower  2nd,  No.  8025,  eight 
years)  representing  this  breed  in  the  official 
milk  test  conducted  in  the  Model  Dairv  at  the 
Pan-American  Exposition,  in  1901.  were 
owned  by  Capt.  Hills,  and  were  it  not  for  the 
energA-  and  personal  work  of  Capt.  Hills,  who 
was  prevailed  upon  by  the  earnest  solicitation 
of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Red  Polled 
Cattle  Club  of  America,  to  select  these  five 
cows,  the  breed  would  not  have  been  repre- 
sented at  the  test.  There  were  ten  breeds, 
represented  by  five  cows  each,  in  the  test — 
Jerseys.  Guernseys,  Ayrshires.  Holsteins. 
Polled    Jerseys,     Shorthorns,     Brown    Swiss, 


French  Canadians,  Dutch  Belted  and  Red 
Polls.  Experienced  men,  furnished  by  the 
various  breeders'  associations,  spent  months  in 
making  selections  of  representative  cows  of 
the  several  breeds,  with  the  result  that  the 
Ayrshires,  Jerseys,  Holsteins,  Shorthorns  and 
French  Canadians  were  said  by  competent  au- 
thority to  be  "the  finest  lot  of  cattle  of  these 
breeds  ever  seen  together."  With  these  five 
herds  the  Canadian  Government  sent  at  its 
own  expense,  one  general  superintendent,  and 
with  each  of  the  herds  was  a  manager,  expert 
in  compounding,  rations,  as  well  as  an  ex- 
perienced feeder  or  care  taker.  The  Red  Polls 
were  in  charge  of  a  herdsman  only,  Mr.  R.  E. 
Krider,  who  had  never  compounded  a  balanced 
ration  in  his  life.  Capt.  Hills's  cow,  Mav- 
flower  2nd,  won  second  place  in  butter  profit 
out  of  the  fifty  cows  tested,  excelling  all  the 
Jerseys,  all  the  Ayrshires,  all  the  Holsteins 
and  four  of  the  five  Guernseys.  In  writing  the 
foregoing,  we  ha\-e  made  free  use  of  a  pam- 
phlet issued  by  the  Red  Polled  Cattle  Club  of 
America,  in  1903. 

In  fat  stock  shows,  steers  from  Capt. 
Hills's  herd  have  been  shown  with  credit.  Of 
one  shown  in  1900,  the  expert  of  the  Breed- 
er's Gazette  said,  in  speaking  of  the  slaughter 
test:  "Star  presented  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful and  profitable  carcasses  on  the  hooks.  He 
had  roasts  of  equal  thickness  of  the  cham- 
pion's, and  much  better  marbled,  and  he  had 
no  more  excess  of  fat.  His  rounds  were  not 
so  well  filled,  however,  down  in  the  lower 
parts  where  the  meat  is  cheap." 

In  October,  1902,  Capt.  Hills  sold  the 
larger  part  of  his  herd  at  public  auction  in 
Chicago.  There  were  eighty  females,  four- 
teen bulls' and  fifteen  calves  at  foot,  and  the 
prices  paid  at  this  sale  made  an  average  price 
of  $283  per  head  for  all  ages.  Capt.  Hills 
still  maintains  a  small  herd  at  his  farm  in 
Scioto  Township.  A  herd  of  these  cattle  is 
also  kept  by  Mr.  James  Raney,  of  Baltimore, 
on  his  farm  in  Scioto  Township. 

The  breeding  of  fine  sheep  has  long  been 
an  important  industry  in  this  county.  Many 
years  ago.  Miner  Tone,  of  Liberty  township, 
owned  one  of  the  finest  herds  of  sheep  in  the 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTV 


State.  This  flock  passed  into  the  possession 
of  R.  K.  Wilhs,  who  for  many  years  gave  the 
most  careful  and  intelHgent  attention  to  sheep 
breeding.  Thomas  Jones,  of  Dela-ware  Town- 
ship, also  bred  fine  sheep.  Wesley  Bishop,  of 
Troy  Township,  has  been  e'ngai;ed  in  the  Me- 
rino sheep  industry  since  iSSo  on  Pleasant 
Hill  Farm.  He  has  the  largest  tlock  of  pure 
bred  Merino  "sheep  in  Delaware  County,  and 
has  done  mucli  tov.ard  raising  the  sheep 
standard  in  this  section.  One  of  the  best 
known  Merino  collections  in  the  country  is 
owned  by  C.  H.  Bell,  of  Ashley.  The  flock 
was  founded  more  than  forty  years  ago  by 
the  father  of  the  present  owner,  and  for  the 
past  twenty  years  has  been  making  fame  by 
its  winnings  at  the  big  State  and  international 
shows.  In  1 888,  the  Bell  flock  won  all  the 
firsts  and  seconds  at  the  Ohio  Centennial 
show,  and  the  younger  Bell  has  kept  the  flnck 
up  to  the  high  standard  established  by  4us 
father.  Many  of  the  rams  bred  here  bring 
from  $ioo  to  $200  each.  In  1904,  R.  D.  Mc- 
Gonigle  &  Sons  started  in  the  Merino  busi- 
ness with  upwards  of  thirty  fine  sheep.  They 
have  established  a  notable  flock,  from  which 
they-  have  sent  prize  winners  to  State  fairs  in 
Ohio,  Virginia,  Illinois,  ^lichigan  and  Xew 
York.  ij.  C.  Wood,  of  Delaware,  proprietor 
of  Wood's  Big  Walnut  Farm  in  Porter  Town- 
ship, started  his  flock  about  eleven  years  ago. 
and  has  some  of  the  best-bred  sheep  in  the 
State.  Mr.  Wood  is  one  of  the  active  and  in- 
fluential members  of  the  Delaine  Merino  As- 
sociation. William  E.  Gallant,  of  Delaware 
Township,  also  has  a  flock  of  these  sheep.     In 

■^larch,  1905,  there  came  to  Delaware  Town- 
ship one  of  tlie  best-known  slieep  breeders  in 

'the  United  States.  S.  IM.  Cleaver.  A  recent 
issue  of  the  American  Sheep  Breeder  says  the 
coming  of  ^Mr.  Cleaver  will  bring  Delaware 
more  in  the  eye  of  the  ]\Ieriao  sheep  public 
than  any  odier  spot  in  America.  The  same  paper 
also  says :  "As  a  judge  and  critic  of  Alerino 
sbeep  he  is  the  best  man  of  his  time,  and  has 
no  equal  in  the  mating  of  sire  and  dam." 
Maplewood  Stock  Farm,  the  present  scene  of 
'Sir.  Cleaver's  labors,  is  located  in  die  southern 
part  of  Delaware  Township,  where  the  C.  D. 


&  M.  interurban  line  crosses  Sandusky  Street. 
yh.  Cleaver  has  always  been  prominent  in 
organizing  the  different  associations  of  Me- 
rino breeders,  in  several  of  which  he  has  lield 
ofl:icial  position.  In  1905,  he  helped  organize 
the  Consolidated  Association  of  Merino  Breed- 
ers, and  has  been  its  secretary  since  that  time. 
He  is  also  secretary  of  the  American  Delaine 
Merino  Sheep  Associatiun  of  Delaware.  Mr. 
Cleaver  ceased  exhibiting  a  number  of  years 
ago,  and  since  that  time  he  has  supplied  many 
exhibitors  with  prize-winning  stock.  Fie  owns 
some  of  the  most  noted  rams  in  the  country- 
Gold  Standard,  Fortune,  Improver  and  Oil 
King  having  a  reputation  with  breeders  e\ery- 
where. 

The  Shropshire  flock,  which  was  started  at 
Cr}-stal  Spring  Farm  in  1S76  and  is  now  kept 
by  Mr.  F.  P.  Hills  on  Oakland  Farm',  Peru 
iownship,  ^lorrow  County,  is  the  oldest  in 
the  State  of  Ohio.  The  foundation  stock  was 
imported  from  .several  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished breeders  in  Great  Britain,  and  nu- 
merous additions  were  afterward  made  from 
the  flocks  of  Joseph  BeaCh,  J.  Pulley,  J.  B'jwen 
Jones,  H.  Lovatt,  Thomas  Fenn,  T.  S.  Minton, 
^ilessrs.  Evans  &  Everell,  W.  Ward  and  others 
who  rank  high  as  breeders  of  this  popular 
breed  in  their  native  home.  The  strongest 
point  in  their  favor  in  this  country  is  their 
great  value  for  crossing  upon  other  breeds 
lacking  in  mutton  qualities — notably  the  Com- 
mon Merino,  which  compose  probably  ninety 
to  ninety-five  per  cent,  of  all  the  sheep  in  the 
United  States.  The  half-bloods  make  good 
feeders  and  command  the  highest  prices  in  our 
markets,  being  largely  purchased  for  exporta- 
tion to  England,  there  being  no  embargo  upon 
them,  and  sell  from  three  to  five  cents  more 
than  our  beef.  Shropshires  clip  about  eight 
pounds  of  medium  combing-wool,  which  sells 
higher  than  any  other  sort.  Rams  weigh  from 
150  to  250  pounds,  and  ewes  from  150  to  200 
pounds,  when  in  good  condition.  Tliey  are 
prolific,  and  mature  early. 

T.  R.  Smith  raises  sheep  on  an  extensive 
scale,  and  there  are  many  others  who  ha\-e  fair- 
sized  flocks  of  high-grade  sheep,  raised  and 
fed   for  wool  and   mutton,  among  which  we 


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33 


may  mention  Lester  Peet  and  Coridon  McAl- 
lister, of  Thompson  Township. 

Among  the  large  and  important  flocks  of 
Merino  sheep  in  the  county,  is  that'of  H.  P. 
Miller,  of  Sunbury,  which  has  been  established 
over  forty  years.  ]\Ir.  Miller's  Delaine  rams 
are  registered  in  either  the  Standard  or  the 
Improved  Delaine  Association.  They  present 
a  strong  combitiation  of  desirable  features, 
rather  than  any  one  single  feature. 

There  are  many  fine  herds  of  swine  in  the 
county,  the  favorite  breeds  being  Duroc,  Po- 
land China,  Chester  White.  Many  years  ago 
Chauncy  Hills  introduced  Yorkshire  hogs,  and 
more  recently  the  tirm  of  Price  &  Hills,  of 
Radnor,  have  introduced  the  Plampshire 
breed.  Charles  Davis  also  has  a  herd  of  this 
breed. 

For  upwards  of  forty  years  the  breeding 
of  fine  draft  horses  has  received  considerable 
attention.  The  most  popular  breed,  because  it 
may  possibly  be  best  adapted  to  t1iis  section, 
is  the  Percheron  or  Percheron-Xornian.  named 
for  Le  Perche  and  Normandy,  in  France, 
where  they  are  e.xtensively  bred  and  whence 
they  are  imported  into  the  L'nited  States.  The 
first  horse  of  this  breed  was  brought  into  Ohio 
by  Thomas  Jones,  who  later,  in  1879,  came  to 
Delaware  Township  and  settled  on  a  farm  on 
the  Radnor  Pike,  which  he  named  "Alder- 
brook."  Among  the  early  importers  of  these 
horses  to  this  county,  we  may  mention  Covell 
Brothers,  of  Delaware,  who  were  also  inter- 
ested in  the  Radnor  Importing  Company  and 
the  Delaware  Importing  Company.  These 
concerns  «ent  representatives  to  France  at  dif- 
ferent times,  to  purchase  horses  for  importa- 
tion. Among  other  individuals  who  were  in- 
terested in  importing,  breeding  or  dealing  in 
this  breed  at  that  time  were  W.  H.  Case,  John 
and  Edward  Thompson,  Capt.  Solomon  W'ei- 
ser,  Stephen  Thomas  of  Radnor,  Dr.  John  'M. 
Rapp.  and  others.  Some  of  the  present  day 
breeders  and  dealers  are  F.  P.  Hills,  W.  \V. 
Ferguson,  H.  Domigan,  Lewis  Slack  and 
Hough  Brothers. 

Welsh  Mountain  Ponies.  This  breed  of 
ponies  has  existed  in  the  mountainous  districts 


of  Wales  for  centuries,  and  is  a  pure  and  dis- 
tinct variety  of  the  horse.  Their  distinguish- 
ing characteristics  are  beauty  of  form,  docility 
and  hardihood;  in  all  qualities  which  make 
ponies  valuable,  it  is  thought  they  have  no 
equal.  In  England,  where  ponies  are  much 
used,  they  are  \-ery  popular — no  other  breed 
more  so,  and  frequently  sell  as  high  as  Sjog 
a  head.  Two  head  of  these  ponies  were  im- 
ported by  the  late  Thomas  Jones  of  Delaware 
from  Liverpool  in  August,  1885,  who  selected 
them  in  person  in  the  breeding  district  of 
Wales.  ■  From  that  time  to  the  present  these 
ponies  have  been  bred  at  Alderbrook  Farm, 
which  has  been  managed  by  Mr.  Jones's 
daughter,  Miss  Winnifred  Jones,  snice  1899, 
when  advancing  years  compelled  her  father  to 
retire  from  active  business  life.  For  alxiut  ten 
years  F.  P.  Hills  engaged  in  breeding  these 
animals  of  which  he  had  some  splendid  repre- 
sentatives. Among  those  who  are  now  breed- 
ing Welsh  ponies  in  this  county ,  are  David 
Dyer  and  John  Gregg  in  Berkshire  Township, 
and  R.  J.  Pumphrey  of  Delaware. 

Shetland  ponies.  In  1SS7,  Corrington 
Gavitt,  better  known  by  the  familiar  sobriquet 
of  "Cobb"  Gavitt,  of  the  firm  of  Cobb  Gavitt 
&  Company,  proprietors  of  E\'ergreen  Park 
Shetland  Pony  Farm,  near  Ashley,  imp(M-ted 
the  foundation  stock  of  his  present  herd.  They 
were  purchased  from  the  ^larquis  of  London- 
derry, Bressy,  Shetland  Isle,  who  has  the 
largest  and  best  herd  in  the  world.  About 
seventy-five  of  these  ponies  are  always  to  be 
found  at  Evergreen  Park,  whence  they  are 
shipped  all  over  the  country.  Twenty-seven 
Shetland  ponies  were  raised  here  in  1907. 
Thomas  Jones,  of  Delaware  Township,  also  im- 
ported and  bred  Shetlands.  Tom  Thumb,  which 
he  brought  to  this  country,  died  in  1905  at  the 
age  of  thirty-six  years.  In  1898,  Livingston 
Brothers,  of  Leonardsburg,  purchased  from 
Mr.  Jones  two  mares  by  Tom  Thumb,  and 
since  that  time  they  have  been  engaged  in 
breeding.  They  now  have  eleven  ponies  on 
their  place. 


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H13T0RY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


The  following  intere=;ting  figures  are  taken  from  the  1907  Abstract  of  Agricultural  Statistics  for  Delaware  County; 


PRODUCT 

ACRES  SOWN  FOR  HAR- 
\-EST  IX  1006 

BUSHELS  PRODUCED 
IN  190U 

ACRES  SOWN  FOR  HAR- 
VEST IN  1007 

16,754 

Rye 

....- t;04   .■ 

Buckwheat 

13 

154 

12,737 

13..; 

12,1 

39,100.: 

l,.i6G,275 

Ensilage  Corn,   37S  acres  pla 


Sugar  Corn 33  acres  planted 72  tons  produced 

Tomatoes 5  acres  planted 1.250  bu.    produced 

Peas 6  '4   acres  planted 5,400  bu.   produced 

Irish  Potatoes 629  acres  planted 64,521  bu.  produced 

Sweet  Potatoes 1     acre  planted 50  bu.   produced 

Onions 4 J-s   acres  planted 875  bu.   produced 


Meadow,  acres  in  grass  other  than  clover,  43,321 '     tons  of  hay  produced,  4S,S94. 
Clover,  acres  grown,  2,100;     tons  of  hay  produced,    2,460;     bnshels  of   seed    produced, 
Alfalfa,  acres  grown,  234;      tons  of  hay  produced,  525. 

Milk:     Gallons  sold  for  familv  use,  278,765. 

Butter  made  in  home  dairies,  323,331   lbs. 

Butter  made  in  factories  and  creameries,   515,147  lbs. 

Cheese  made  in  factories  and  creameries,    83,844  lbs. 

Eg!;s,  070, 0>. I  do;  en. 

Sorghum,  1  acre  planted;     169  gallons  of  syrup  produced. 

Maple  trees  from  which  sugar  or  syrup  was  produced  in    1907,    22,809;     pounds  of  sugar 

Bees:     Number  of  hives,  283;     pounds  of  honey  produced,  3,317. 


cres    plowed   under,    93. 


gallons   of  syrup,    3,919. 


Orchards Acres  of  Apple  Trees 2,319; 

Orchards Acres  of  Peach  Trees l-if's'. 

Orchards Acres  of  Pear  Trees 1  ?4  ; 

Orchards Acres  of  Cherry  Trees 9^'^  : 

Orchards Acres  of  Plum'Trees H}i; 


bushels  of  fruit  produced 133,908 

bushels  of  fruit  produced 257 

bushels  of  fruit  produced 108 

bushels  of  -fruit  produced    71 

bushels  ot  fruit  produced I4 


Number  of  Beef  Cattle  owned  in  April,   1907 571 

Number  of  Milch  Cows  owned  in  April,  1007 9,330 

Number  of  all  other  Cattle  owned  in  April,  1£07 6,782 

Total 16,692 

Numberof  Sheep  owned  in  April,  1007,  41,208. 
Pounds  of  Wool  shorn,  235,436 
Number  of  Hogs  owned  in-April,  1007,-  1S,.344. 
Number  of  Hogs  for  summer  market,  1007,  6,632. 

Number  o£  dotaestic  animals  which  died  from  disease  in  1906: 


Horses 143; 

Cattle 162;- 

Sheep 816; 

Hogs 279; 


value 813,005 

value 4,100 

value 2, 746 

value 1,689 


MINERAL  SPRINGS. 
(By  Dr.  S.  W.  Fowler.) 

Delaware  possesses  some  of  the  most  valu- 
able mineral  springs  in  the  world,  and  each 
spring  is  charged  with  medicinal  and  thera- 


peutical properties  which  have  the  most  bene- 
ficial influence  on  mankind,  both  in  health  and 
disease.  Many  watering  places  and  health  re- 
sorts enjoying  the  patronage  of  many  thou- 
sands of  people,  would  be  o\'erjoyed  with  water 


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of  such  wonderful  theraj^eutic  \'alues  as  is 
fouiul  here.  If  these  waters  had  been  properly 
developed,  Delaware  would  now  be  unable  to 
furnish  accommodations,  and  if  they  would 
now  ad\ance  the  work,  hundreds,  yea  thou- 
sands, of  those  who  know  of  these  waters, 
would  be  the  strongest  advocates;  for  they 
stand  ready  to  gi\'e  testimony  of  the  beneficial 
results  of  these  chalybeate  and  sulphuretted 
waters. 

Long  before  tradition  taught  our  fore- 
fathers about  them,  the  wild  animals  could 
have  been  seen  here,  drinking  from  these 
springs.  Not  only  to  ciuench  their  thirst  were 
these  waters  beneficial,  but  they  had  a  marvel- 
ous influence  upon  their  vitality.  The  Indian 
told  the  white  man  how  he  found  the  buffalo, 
the  deer,  and  the  bears  and  cattle  congregated 
here;  how  the  various  tribes  came  here  to  se- 
cure their  meats  while  the  animals  visited 
these  waters,  and  how  the  different '  tribes 
finally  pitched  their  tents  in  the  valleys  and 
hills  along  the  Olentangs'  River  and  the  Deh- 
ware  Run.  They  were  wont  to  relate  to  the 
white  frontiersman  the  marvelous  benefits  the 
old  and  the  young  derived  from  the  waters. 
They  fully  appreciated  that  these  mineral 
springs  possessed  something  far  better,  more 
pure,  and  greater  than  other  waters  in  the  river 
and  streams,  as  well  as  other  springs  in  othei 
localities. 

The  white  pioneer  soon  learned  also  that 
these  springs  possessed  something  which  made 
them  better  than  other  waters ;  and  located 
near  them  to  enjoy  their  health-giving  prop- 
erties. He,  too,  saw  ^vith  surprise,  animals, 
botl;  wild  and  domestic,  seeking  these  springs, 
and  only  ceased  coming  to  them  when  they 
were  shut  out  by  the  fences. 

For  .over  half  a  century,  thousands  of  peo- 
ple annually  followed  the  same  law  and  in- 
stinct, not  fully  appreciating  the  medicinal 
powers  in  these  mineral  waters,  until  some 
years  ago,  when  a  few  enterprising  and  pro- 
gressive citizens  connected  with  the  University 
and  city,  believed  that  these  waters  con- 
tained valuable  medicinal  agents  of  great  value 
to  humanity,  and  possessed  by  but  few  mineral 
springs  in  the  world.    Acting  upon  their  belief. 


they  had  them  analyzed.  The  analysis  proved 
that  each  and  every  mineral  spring  possessed 
medicinal  qualities  of  uncommon  and  beneficial 
influence  to  mankind.  This  wonderful  revela- 
tion made  by  them,  proved  that  the  waters 
were  not  only  similar,  but  far  superior  to  many 
others  whose  fame  had  spread  far  and  near. 
These  white  and  black  and  saline  sulphur  and 
chalybeate  springs  in  this  locality  are  far  su- 
perior in  e\ery  respect  to  many  in  this  and 
foreign  lands.  The  analysis  has  pro\-en  that 
Delaware's  Sulphur  springs  are  better  and 
stronger  than  those  of  Virginia,  where  thou- 
sands visit  annually.  They  are  better,  and 
possess  more  valuable  ingredients  than  those 
of  Pennsylvania  or  Colorado. 

The  temperature  of  springs,  as  well  as  the 
waters  charged  with  certain  medicinal  agents, 
render  them  more  or  less  valuable  for  thera- 
peutical purposes.  As  a  rule,  spring  waters 
have  a  temperature  of  33  degrees.  When  the 
temperature  is  higher  than  36  degrees,  they 
are  known  as  thermal  springs.  These  are 
often  of  more  or  less  value  independently  of 
the  power  of  the  water  to  dissolve  mineral 
substances  and  the  gases  they  contain.  Yet 
when  a  spring  is  thermal,  and  contains  the 
important  gases,  and  holds  in  solution  valu- 
able mineral  agents,  they  become  of  far  greater 
importance  to  mankind. 

Such  are  the  springs  in  this  locality.  These 
sulphur  springs  have  a  temperature  of  60  de- 
grees, and  the  chalybeate  springs  57  degrees, 
while  the  famous  Wildbac  Spring  of  Germany 
has  a  temperature  of  61  degrees;  the  Clifton, 
of  New  York,  54  degrees;  Carlsbad,  131  de.- 
grees-;  the  Warmbrunn,  Germany,  68  degrees; 
the  Hot  Springs  of  Arkansas,  go  degrees  to 
108  degrees;  and  the  Great  Geyser  of  Ice- 
land, 180  degrees.  The  composition  of  mineral 
waters  varies  according  to  the  strata  through 
which  the  water  passes,  as  well  as  to  the  pres- 
sure and  previous  composition  under  which  it 
is  in  contact  with  the  deposits.  Waters  vary 
in  composition  in  the  same  locality,  yet  come 
to  the  surface  in  close  proximity  to  each  other, 
as  is  witnessed  in  this  locality.  We  see  the 
same  conditions  at  Saratoga.  New  York. 
Coming  by  pressure  to  the  surface,  these  wa- 


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ters  are  found  to  [wssess  different  therapeuti- 
cal values  one  from  the  other,  yet  each  and 
every  one  possessing  rare  and  valuable  medici- 
nal virtues. 

When  the  great  mineral  strata  below  has 
been  thoroughly  drilled  into,  and  other  springs 
have  been  carefully  developed  and  located, 
there  will  be  no  reason  why  the  waters  will 
not  be  sought  after  lor  drinking  and  bathing 
purposes,  and  the  curing  of  all  forms  of  dis- 
eases equal  to,  if  not  far  more,  than  those  in 
other  localities  of  less  value. 

The  rare  mineral  combinations  so  univers- 
ally present  in  these  mineral  springs,  and  with 
which  the  people  should  have  been  more  deeply 
interested,  are  not  so  dift'erent  from  those 
whose  waters  have  cured  many  diseases,  and 
given  happiness  to  many  individuals.  The 
oxygen,  nitrogen,  carbon  dioxide,  carbonate 
and  bi-carbonate  of  sodium;  the  sulphate  and 
chloride  of  sodium;  the  carbonate  and  bi-car- 
bonate of  calcium;  the  dift'erent  forms  of  iron 
combined  and  re-combined  by  nature's  law, 
are  of  the  highest  therapeutical  value  when 
properly  used. 

The  classification  of  mineral  waters  is  ex- 
ceedingly difticult,  yet  all  are  based  upon  the 
predominence  of  some  certain  constituents,  or 
constituents  imparting  to  them  certain  medi-- 
cinal  and  therapeutical  values  to  be  used  in 
dift'erent  diseases  or  in  various  ways.  The 
special  or  principal  constitutent  giving  the  pe- 
culiar character  to  the  mineral  waters,  acting 
as  a  cathartic  or  as  a  laxative,  is  the  bi-car- 
bonate of  magnesia  and  bi-carbonate  of  soda, 
and  the  chloride  of  sodium.  The  tonic  mineral 
waters  contain  bicarbonate  of  iron  or  oxide  of 
iron.  The  alterative  mineral  waters  contain 
iodide  of  sodium  and  chloride  of  potassia  and 
sodium.  The  diuretic  properties  of  the  mineral 
waters  depend  upon  the  bicarbonate  of  lithia 
and  the  protoxide  of  hydrogen.  It  will  be  well 
to  remember  this  when  studying  and  discussing 
the  qualities  and  uses  of  these  mineral  waters. 

That  the  carbonic  acid  gas,  sulphuretted 
hydrogen,  oxygen,  and  nitrogen  are  the  life- 
giving  principles  of  all  of  our  mineral  springs, 
we  can  no  longer  doubt.  They  contribute  to 
the    solubility   of   the   salts    contained    in    the 


waters,  and  render  them  more  palatable  and 
more  agreeable  to  the  stomach.  The  perfect 
solubility  of  these  salts  enhances  the  medi- 
cinal power  of  the  mineral  waters,  and  hence 
are  more  valuable  for  drinking  and  bathing, 
and  curing  of  diseases.  Once  let  the  gases  be" 
driven  off  or  escape,  and  the  water  evaporated, 
and  it  will  be  fuund  it  will  take  more  than 
ten  times  the  amoiuit  of  rain  water  to  re-dis- 
solve them.  The  absence  of  these  gases  in  the 
strongest  iron  springs  of  Europe,  render  them 
worthless,  or  nearly  so.  When  comparing 
these  springs  with  many  others,  there  is  found 
a  much  larger  amount  of  gases  in  them,  thus 
making  them  of  the  highest  benefit  in  curing 
diseases  and  for  every  day  use.  The  gases 
seem  to  travel  through  some  of  the  springs  and 
escape;  but  in  the  case  of  the  springs  in  this 
locality,  the  springs  are  most  thoroughly  and 
firmly  impregnated  with  them. 

While  many  famous  mineral  springs  con- 
tain bicarbonate  of  magnesia,  which  acts  as  a 
laxative  and  an  anti-acid  in  some  stomachs, 
the  Delaware  springs  contain  not  only  the 
same,  but  added  to  them  is  the  sulphate  of 
magnesia  and  chloride  of  sodium,  acting  more 
mildly  and  safely  as  a  laxative  and  carthartic 
as  well  as  correcting  the  "sour  stomach,"  es- 
pecially seen  in  those  addicted  to  tlie  use  of 
alcohol,  and  those,  too,  who  overindulge  in 
eating  at  unusual  hours.  By  using  these  wa- 
ters, the  "heartburn'"  and  sick  headache  soon 
disappear.  These  water?  start  the  torpid  li\  er, 
and  arouse  the  intestinal  inaction,  and  stimu- 
late metabolic  changes.  The  medical  profes- 
sion well  know  and  highly  appreciate  the  use 
of  the  carbonate  and  bicarbonat^e  of  sodium, 
found  so  abundantly  in  these  springs,  and  can 
testify  to  their  highly  beneficial  influence  as 
medicinal  agents,  especially  in  correcting  the 
morbid  secretions  of  uric  acid.  As  found  in 
the  waters  of  these  springs,  the  acids  hold  in 
solution  aluminates,  the  phosphates,  etc.,  ren- 
dering them  thus  highly  beneficial  in  all  forms 
of  rheumatism.  With  a  little  labor,  many 
valuable  testimonials  could  be  furnished  gi\ing 
proof  of  remarkable  cures  in  this  disease. 
When  usecl  for  bathing  and  drinking,  the  ef- 
fects have  been  far  more  rapid. 


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37 


The  Chalybeate  springs,  known  as  the  Le- 
nape  or  Hills'  Springs,  furnish  one  of  the  best 
tonic  waters  in  the  country-.  The  iron  con- 
tained in  the  waters,  when  taken  into -the  body, 
builds  up. the  red  corpuscles  of  the  blood, 
stimulates  the  appetite,  and  enriches  the  whole 
body.  That  most  important  agent  so  demanded 
by  the  whole  animal  creation,  chloride  of  so- 
dium, or  conimi.n  s:ilt,  is  abundantly  found  in 
the  chalybeate  springs,  and  in  each  and  every 
one  of  our  springs. 

Ever)'  physician  can  testify  how  this  agent 
increases  the  solubility  of  the  albumen  of  the 
blood,  and  prevents  the  rapid  destruction  of 
red  corpuscles.  It  stimulates  the  secretion  of 
gastric  juice,  increases  the  flow  of  bile,  and  the 
more  rapid  interchange  of  the  fluids  in  the 
body,  called  osmosis.  Acting  on  the  kidneys, 
there  are  increased  secretion  and  excretion  of 
the  urine.  The  great  influence  salt  has  on  the 
body  one  cannot  estimate  until  one  has  used 
the  water  so  remarkably  supplied  with  it.  The 
only  method  of  proving  its  action  is  by  care- 
fully watching  and  recording  the  therapeutical 
effects  on  the  patient.  The  same  is  true  of  all 
the  waters.  The  effects  have  been  watched  and 
recorded,  and  many  are  ready  to  give  testimony 
of  astonishing  and  bewildering^results:  Chemical 
analysis  fails  to  decide  the  exact  medicinal  ef- 
fects, independently  of  the  careful  and  faithful 
observation  of  the  beneficiar\-.  The  afflicted, 
who  have  used  the  waters  and  been  benefited, 
always  furnish  the  best  and  most  reliable  evi- 
dence. Blessed  as  the  locality  is  now  with 
many  different  mineral  springs  of  the  highest 
medicinal  value,,  many  more  can  be  developed 
by  systematic  drilling,  equally  as  good,  if  not 
better,  and  at  the  same  tiine  locate  them  so  that 
sanitariums,  hotels  and  bath  houses  can  be 
erected  with  great  advantage,  to  accommodate 
those  wishing  to  come  here  for- pleasure  and 
treatment. 

The  Odevene  Spring  will  always  be  of 
commercial  interest,  as  the  water  is  finding  an 
unlimited  demand.  It  is  shipped  in  large 
amounts  to  various  parts  of  the  country,  and 
is  having  a  growth  never  dreamed  of  by  the 
citizens  of  Delaware.  The  ste.ady  development 
of  the  Saratoga  springs  has  been  going  on  un- 


til now  they  have  world-wide  renown.  What 
has  been  done  there  can  be  done  here,  and 
should  have  been  done  long  before  this.  Let 
five  to  ten  wells  be  drilled  in  the  most  pleasant 
parts  of  the  city,  and  soon  we  will  see  hotel  and 
sanitarium  accommodations  made  for  the  large 
number  resorting  here  for  health  and  pleasure, 
and  many  as  permanent  citizens,  to  use  the 
waters,  and  will  see  the  population  doubled  in 
ten  years. 

The  first  spring  at  Saratoga  was  discov- 
ered in  1767.  "the  High  Rock  Spring,"  by  Sir 
William  Johnston.  Tradition  tells  of  the  In- 
dians using  from  it  long  before  this.  The  Con- 
gress Spring  was  discovered  in  1792.  Then 
followed  others  in  rapid  succession,  until  now 
they  have  over  thirty,  all  properly  analyzed  and 
recorded,  each  one  possessing  rare  medicinal 
properties,  and  which  over  300,000  people  an- 
nually visit  for  health  and  pleasure.  Win- 
should  not  the  various  sulphur  and  chalybeate 
springs  of  this  city  cause  it  to  become  the  Sara- 
toga of  Ohio  and  the  west  ? 

All  of  these  springs  of  any  repute  ran.ge 
from  60  to  200  feet  below  the  surface.  With 
the  exception  of  the  High  Rock  Spring,  all 
are  tubed. 

It  is  the  duty  of  every  scientific  and  medi- 
cal writer  interested  in  our  city,  to  investigate, 
write  and  make  reports  upon  the  history,  prob- 
able origin,  chemical  properties,  the  therapeuti- 
cal value,  and  the  medicinal  importance  of  each 
and  every  spring.  In  this  manner  a  vast  and 
valuable  fund  of  information  can  be  collected 
for  the  city,  and  for  all  coming  here  to  use  the 
water  for  various  forms  of  diseases.  This 
should  have  been  done  long  before  this,  and  the 
benefits  would  have  accrued  to  the  town.  It 
has  only  bee.n  of  recent  date  that  the  Odevene 
Spring  waters  have  been  brought  prominently 
before  the  people,  and  its  possibilities  cannot  ' 
be  estimated.  The  reason  for  this  rapid  growth 
is  the  marvelous  therapeutic  action  of  the  prop- 
erties found  in  the  water.  It  is  only  too  fre- 
quently stated  by  the  wise  and  the  unwise,  the 
learned  and  the  unlearned,  that  these,  as  well 
as  all  mineral  waters,  have  no  medicinal  val- 
ues, and  the  same  results  can  be  attained  by 
using  artificially  prepared  waters.     The  argu- 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


ment  only  confirms  tlie  benefits  arising  from 
the  use  of  these  waters  as  nature  furnishes 
them  to  us ;  yet  all  differing  in  power  as  cath- 
artics, laxatives,  diuretics  and  elixir  waters,  as 
discussed  and  taught  in  medical  books.  The 
action  of  these  same  agents  chemically  pre- 
pared, act  upon  the  organs  by  irritation,  caus- 
ing secretion  and  elimination,  while  these  same 
agents  in  these  mineral  waters  are  natural  to 
the  body,  acting  as  powerful  oxidizers  of  the 
disintegrated  or  broken-down  tissues,  and 
eliminating  from  the  body  by  the  different 
organs,  the  waste  matter.  These  waters, 
charged  with  important  elements,  again  fur- 
nish the  blood  with  powerful  restoratives  to 
build  up  tissue,  and  to  cure  disease.  That  the 
Odevene  stimulates  the  liver  secretion,  and 
acts  as  a  cholagogue,  we  have  abundance  of 
evidence.  Those  using  it  report  the  laxative 
or  cathartic  eft'ects,  and  the  more  rr.pid  digestion 
and  relief  from  distress  in  the  stomach.  The 
gastro-intestinal  irritability  is  relieved  .  and 
cured.  The  dark,  swarthy  coniplexir>n  changed 
to  a  ruddy,  healthy  color,  and  tiie  whole  sys- 
tem, through  the  glandular  organs  is  strength- 
ened and  invigorated.  The  weak  and  debili- 
tated heart  and  arteries  gain  power  and 
strength.  The  nervous  system  is  electrified 
and  set  going.  To  give  a  list  of  the  dis- 
eases influenced  and  cured  by  these  waters 
would  take  too  much  space,  and  would  be 
confusing.  These  mineral  waters,  like  all 
others,  should  be  used  by  the  sick  under  regular 
and  strict  rules,  and  always  under  the  care  of 
a  physician  or  nurse,  who  have  carefully  in- 
vestigated their  use.  Those  in  health  need 
no  help,  and  are  ready  to  testify  to  the  benefits 
derived  from  using  the  waters  for  bathing  and 
drinking. 

The  Odevene  Spring  is  owned  and  operated 
by  the  "Odevene  Spring  Company."  It  is  lo- 
cated east  of  the  campus  of  the  Oliio  Weslevan 
University,  and  a  little  west  of  the  Olentangy- 
River,  and  near  the  junction  of  the  C.  C.  C. 
&  St.  L.  Railroad,,  and  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road. A  company  drilled  diis  well  into  the 
rock  and  struck  this  valuable  thermal  mineral 
spring  water  at  the  depth  of  400  feet.  The 
well  is  in  the  great  lime  rock  strata,  and  the 


sulphur  component  renders  the  water  valuable 
in  manv  forms  of  disease.  Their  bottling 
works  are  nearby  the  spring,  where  they  work 
a  number  of  hands,  washing  the  bottles,  filling, 
labeling  and  packing  ready  for  shipping.  They 
have  arranged  for  a  portion  of  the  water  to 
flow  from  the  well,  to  accommodate  the  hun- 
dreds of  people  who  visit  it  daily  for  drinking 
and  other  purposes.  0\'er  twenty  thousand  gal- 
lons flow  from  the  well  daily.  The  medicinal 
effects  of  the  water  have  been  thoroughly 
tested,  and  endorsed,  not  only  by  the  local 
physicians,  but  by  other  leading  physicians. 
They  preserve  it  daily  with  the  utmost  confi- 
dence to  those  of  a  sedentary  habit,  and  to 
those  suffering  from  bilious  disorders.  The 
water,  containing  the  laxative  salts,  chloride 
of  sodium  or  common  salt,  bicarbonate  of 
magnesium,  the  chloride  of  magnesia,  induce 
effects  that  are  mild,  pleasant  and  certain,  and 
without  irritating  the  intestinal  tract,  or  im- 
pairing the  digestive  functions;  on  the  other 
hand,  promoting  the  appetite,  and  stimulating 
digestion  and  assimilation.  The  chloride  of 
calcium  acting  powerfully  upon  the  glands  of 
the  skin,  the  kidneys,  and  the  mucous  mem- 
brane, is  an  agent  of  great  value  as  a  curative 
power.  The  various  forms  of  eczema  and  the 
enlargement  of  glands  are  cured  when  the 
water  is  systematically  used  for  drinking  and 
bathing.  The  same  can  be  said  of  the  Wliite 
and  Black  sulphur  waters,  as  thousands  of 
people,  who  have  for  many  years  used  them, 
can  testify. 

We  will  speak  also  of  the  Magnetic 
Springs,  properly  called  Chalybeate  Springs. 
The  Lenape  Spring,  owned  by  Mr.  C.  E.  Hills, 
has  been  analyzed  and  tested  for  years.  The 
ingredients  contained  in  these  waters  are  of 
great  benefit  to  the  blood  and  the  body.  Many 
chalybeate  springs  in  this  country,  as  well  as 
in  Europe,  are  visited  for  the  purpose  of  drink- 
ing, bathing  and  treatment.  Those  at  Rich- 
mond, Va. :  Sharon,  Pa. ;  the  Bedford.  Brighton 
and  Cheltenham  in  Europe,  where  large  num- 
bers visit  annually,  are  renowned.  Y^et  the 
chalybeate  springs  of  our  own  city  have  nearly 
the  same  chemical  comiposition ;  and  in  addi- 
tion,  combine   the   valuable    saline    properties 


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making  them  of  far  more  value  as  curative 
agents  than  those  mentioned. 

That  we  may  prove  that  what  has  been 
said  is  tnie,  we  append  the  following  .analysis 
of  our  springs,  and  a  few  of  the  most  noted  in 
when  the  patient  needs  a  tonic. 

The  Odevene  natural  spring  water  was 
analyzed  by  the  celebrated  consulting  and 
analytical  chemist,  A.  A.  Drenneman,  of  New 
York.     He  gives   the  following  composition: 

Temperature  60  degrees,  density  10,040.  total  solid 
375.1 1   per  gallon. 

Pot.issium   Chloride    18,65  gr. 

Sodium    Chloride 145-87  gr. 

Lithium  Chloride   Traces 

Caicium    Chloride    15.26  gr. 

Magnesium  Chloride   55.93  gr. 

Calcium   Sulphate    102,47  gr. 

Calcium    Bicarbonate    33-87  gr. 

Magnesium   Bicarbonate  2.64  gr. 

Alumina  and   Iron 0.05  gr. 

Silica 0.37  gr. 

No   Organic    Matter 

Less  the  Carbonic  acid  and  water  of 

Bicarbonates    361.32  gr- 

The  important  gases  spoken  of  before,  and 
of  such  vast  importance  in  all  m'neral  wa- 
ters, are  in  large  quantities  in  this  spring : 

Sulphjretted       Hydrogen 2.924  per  gal. 

Nitrogen    5.810  per  gal. 

O.xygen    0.158  per  gal. 

By  the  analysis,  v\"e  see  the  water,  as  stated, 
is  not  only  a  strong  mineral,  but  a  highly  saline 
sulphuretted  one.  This  chemist  further  says : 
Tliis  sulphuretted  hydrogen  gas  is  entirely  free, 
nu  sulphide  occurring  in  the  water,  except  the 
traces  of  sulphide  of  iron,  and  this  in  suspen- 
sion. He  says  further,  by  way  of  compari- 
son with  other  mineral  waters,  that  this  spring 
is  exceeded  by  only  one  other  in  sulphuretted 
hydrogen  gas.  A  United  States  gallon  con- 
tains in  cubic  inches  as  follows : 

Weilbach  well,  Germany   1. 161 

Cave  well,  N.   Y 2.754 

White  Sulphur  well,  N.   Y 0.8S4 

Florida  well,   N.   Y 3.765 

Odevene    well,    Delaware,    0 2.924 


Taking  the  analysis  of  these  wells,  we  find 
the  Odevene  of  greater  value  in  this  gas  and 
its  combinations  in  the  curing  of  disease,  and 
as  a  valuable  mineral  water. 

The  Lenape  ^[agnetic  Springs  were  known, 
like  the  other  springs,  to  the  Indians  long  be- 
fore the  coming  of  the  white  man.  The  Lenni- 
Lenape  tribe  of  Indians  camped  in  the  vicinity 
of  these  waters. 

There  are  two  of  these  springs  only  a  few 
feet  apart,  giving  a  discharge  of "8.400' gallons 
each  day.  Though  so  near  together,  the  wa- 
ters differ  materially  in  their  composition,  as 
will  be  seen  in  the  analysis.  Unlike  the  other 
springs,  it  has  a  magnetic  influence,  making 
it  one  of  the  marvels  of  nature.  Its  use  in 
various  diseases  has  been  carefully  tested,  and 
found  to  be  of  great  value.  No.  i  acting  on 
the  liver,  kidneys  and  blood,  while  No.  2  acts 
m.ore  directly  upon  stomach  diseases  and  the 
bowels,  as  well  as  on  the  blood.  Having  such 
large  quantities  of  iron,  its  use  is  especiallv 
adapted  to  the  diseases  affecting  the  blood,  or 
when  the  patient  needs  a  tonic. 

No.  I  Lenape  analysis  is  as  follows: 
Temperature   57   degrees,   density    1.0520,   total   solid 
per  gallon  55.695. 

Sodium    Chloride    3-346 

Calcium    Chloride    ." 0.634 

Potash    Sulphate    1-334 

Lime    Sulphate    6.201 

Magnesia   Sulphate    0.934 

Lime   Bicarbonate    27.421 

Magnesia    Bicarbonate    15.211 

Iron    O.xide    -j_^ 

Silica    05^ 

Organic  matter 004 

Tctal .55.695 

No.  2  Lenape  analysis  is  as  follows : 
Temperature   57   degrees,   density    1.0620,   total   solid 
per  gallon  40.64. 

Sodium    Chloride 2.15 

-   Lime    Sulphate    j.j^ 

Magnesia    2.31 

Magnesia   Carbonate   iV.ii 

Lime  Carbonate   17.73 

Potassia    Traces 

Organic    matter    0,81 

Iron  Oxide  • 0.41 

.■Mumina    Traces 


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When  these  waters  have  Ijeen  used  regii- 
larly  and  systematically,  they  improve  the  se- 
cretions and  the  appetite,  relieve  the  decom- 
position of  food  in  the  stomach,  and  stop  the 
eructation  of  gas,  cure  the  diseased  mucous 
membranes,  and  stimulate  the  torpid  liver  and 
intestine  to  action,  build  up  the  broken-down 
corpuscles,  and  thus  stimulate  the  whole  or- 
ganism. These  waters  being  strongly  anti- 
acid,  they  combine  with  the  gastric  juices,  and 
act  as  a  laxative  and  cathartic,  and  act  most 
beneficially  on  all  cases  of  rheumatism. 

The  oldest  and  most  famous' spring  is  the 
White  Sulphur  Spring  on  the  campus  of  the 
Ohio  Wesleyan  University.  Thousands  of 
stivdents  and  visitors  from  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  and  the  world  have  the  most 
perfect  knowledge  of  it,  and  are  ready  to  give 
testimony  as  to  its  value.  How  long  it  has 
been  flowing,  tradition  fails  to  tell.  The  rich, 
sulphuretted  odor  of  this,  as  well  as  of  the 
five  others  of  the  same  nature,  appearing  along 
the  Delaware  Run  tor  two  miles  to  the  north- 
west, can  be  detected  long  before  reachmg 
the  springs.  The  visitor,  on  the  first  visit, 
is  disgusted  and  nauseated  with  the  taste  and 
odor,  which  is  so  powerful ;  but  after  a  few 
visits  he  likes  it.  and-  many  are  found  there 
daily  praising  it  in  the  highest  terms.  Daily, 
hundreds  are  seen  with  vessels,  drinking  and 
carrying  the  water  away. 

These  sulphur  springs  are  more  bountifully 
supplied  with  sulphuretted  h\.:!rogen  and  car- 
bonic acid  gases  than  any  other  springs  in  the 
country.  In  each  gallon  of  water  can  be 
found  .96  cubic  inches  of  sulphuretted  hydro- 
gen gas,  and  36  cubic  inches  of  carbonic  acid 
gas.  The  large  amount  of  chloride  of  sodium, 
and  the  different  forms  of  chloride  of  lime, 
compounded  with  magnesia,  renders  the  water 
most  valuable  as  a  powerful  anti-acid,  acting 
to  cure  dyspepsia,  toning  up  the  mucous  mem- 
brane of  the  stomach  and  intestines,  and  restor- 
ing the  digestion.  They  start  the  torpid  liver, 
and  pancreatic  and  intestinal  action,  restoring 
the  digestion,  and  acting  as    a    mild    la.xative 


and  cathartic.  The  composition  of  the 
water  also  shows  diuretic  properties,  to 
the  beneficial  influence  of  which  on  the  kid- 
neys many  testify.  Thus  we  find  we  have  a 
mild  cathartic  refrigerant,  diuretic  anti-acid, 
and  an  anti-septic  water,  to  bless  and  benefit 
mankind,  as  found  in  but  few  other  localities. 
The  gaseous  products  fuund  in  one  gallon  of 
water  by  anah"sis : 

Sulphuretted   hydrogen   gas.... 96  cubic  inches 

Carbonic   acid  gas 24  cubic  inches 

White  Sulphur  Spring  of  Delaware — temperature 
5o  degrees,  density  1.0026,  total  solids;  gases — Sulphur- 
etted hydrogen  96,   carbonic  acid  gas  24. 

The  deposit  resulting  from  the  evaporation  - 
of  several  gallons  of   water   from   the  White 
Sulphur  Springs  was  as  follows : 

Chloride  of  Sodium   48  gr 

Calcium    Sulphate    8  gr.  ' 

Calcium    Bicarbonate    -. 20  gr. 

Sulphate    Magnesium    16  gr. 

Bicarbonate    Magnesium    8  gr. 

Carbonate  of  Soda    5  gr. 

The  sulphuretted  springs  known  as  the 
C.  O.  Little  Springs,  west  of  the  city,  con- 
taining white  and  black  sulphur,  are  equally 
valuable,  but  have  never  been  analyzed. 

These  sulphuretted  waters,  possessing  these 
mineral  substances  and  abundance  of  gases, 
can  be  readily  distinguished  from  the  others 
by  the  odor  as  well  as  by  drinking.  Those 
found  in  Europe,  and  in  \-ariuus  parts  of  the 
L'nited  States,  are  far. inferior  to  those  in  our 
locality.  Those  in  Virginia  and  in  Pennsyl- 
vania do  not  conform  to  these  in  power  of 
medicinal  influence.  The  famous  Harrogate 
Sulphur  Spring  has  a  density  of  1.01113,  and 
a  temperature  of  48  degrees.  The  celebrated 
Clifton  Springs,  of  Xew  York,  to  which  so 
many  go  annually,  do  not  compare  with  either 
the  White  Sulphur  Springs  or  the  Odexene 
Springs  of  Delaware,  yet  it  is  classed  with 
the  leading  mineral  springs  of  the  world. 


Of= 


CHAPTER  II. 


INDIAN  OCCUPATION. 


Prcliistoric  Raccs- 


-The  Red  Race— The  Delazeares — Relations  Betieeen  the  Settlers  and  the 
Indians— War  of    1812— Anecdotes. 


Delaware  County  may  have  been  the  home 
of  mail  before  the  glacial  period.  There  seems 
to  he  evidence,  at  least,  that  Ohio  was  occu- 
pied In'  human  beings  prior  to  this  great  geo- 
logical epoch.  Paleoliths  have  been  found  in 
the  Little  Miami  \'alley  similar  and  under 
similar  conditions  to  those  unearthed  by  Dr. 
Abbott  in  the  glacial  terraces  of  the  Delaware 
River.  As  to  whether  pre-glacial  man  ever 
had  a  home  in  Delaware  County.  howe\-er,  in 
uur  present  state  of  knowledge,  could  be 
nothing  more  than  a  matter  of  profitless  specu- 
lation. 

That  the  Mound-Builder  lived  here  there 
is  abundant  evidence.  The  State  of  Ohio  it- 
self, from  the  standpoint  of  pre-historic  oc- 
cupation, is  one  of  the  most  interesting  por- 
tions of  the  entire  globe.  In  no  other  equal 
area  have  so  many  of  the  Mound-Builder's 
works,  consisting  of  fortifications,  effigies, 
m  )unds.  etc.,  been  "found.  _  On  this  point  \ve 
quote  from  the  recent  work  of  Gerard  Fowke 
"n  the  "Archeological  History  of  Ohio." 
"The  total  number  of  mounds  in  Ohio  has  been 
estimated  at  ten  thousand.  This  is  probably 
under  rather  than  over  the  correct  figure:  for 
\vhile  diey  are  almost  unknown  in  the  north- 
western counties  and  are  comparatively  scarce 
in  s<:)me  parts  of  the  rugged  hill  lands  of  the 
south  ancl  southeast  and  along  the  main  water- 
"^heds,  there  is  scarcely  a  township  in  any  other 
part  where  they  are  not  found.  In  the  neigh- 
Ix.riiijod  of  every  stream  in  the  southern  half 
of   the   State,    except    some  of   those   flowing 


through  rough  or  swampy  country,  the  sur- 
face is  so  dotted  with  them  that. signals  could 
be  transmitted  from  one  to  another  for  a  hun- 
dred miles  or  more.  There  is  scarcely  a  point 
along  the  Scioto  below  Circleville,  or  on  either 
Miami  in  the  lower  half  of  its  course,  or  in  the 
valley  of  any  tributary  to  these  streams,  where 
one  may.  not  be  within  a  few  minutes'  ride 
of  some  permanent  evidence  of  aboriginal 
habitation.  The  same  is  true  of  the  Cuyahoga 
and  some  other  rivers  belonging  to  the  Lake 
Erie  basin.  On  the  summits  of  steep  hills; 
in  bottom  lands  subject  to  overflow,  on  every 
terrace  bordering  a  stream;  on  plateaus  and 
uplands:  wherever  there  is  cultivable  or  na-' 
turally  drained  land,  a  good  point  of  observa- 
tion, an  ample  supply  of  water,  a  convenient 
topography  for  trails — the  Mound-Builder  has 
left  his  mark.  Even  in  places  where  it  would 
seem  a  nomad  would  not  care  to  go,  except 
as  led  by  excitement  or  the  necessities  of  the 
chase,  and  then  for  as  brief  a  time  as  possible, 
such  evidence  is  not  lacking  of  pre-historic 
residence,  or,  at  least,  sojourning." 

"The  most  notable  mounds  in  the  State 
are :  The  Serpent  Mound,  in  Adam's  County, 
which  is  more  than  a  thousand  feet  in  length : 
Fort  Ancient,  in  Warren  County,  the  length 
of  whose  surrounding  embankment  is  alxiut 
five  miles,  and  estimated  to  contain  628.800 
cubic  yards  of  material:  Fort  Hill,  in  High- 
land County,  enclosing  an  area  of  thirty-five 
acres ;  Graded  Way,  in  Pike  County ;  and  for- 
tifications at   Newark  coverinir  over    a    thou- 


,).TA^' J3  .'U  l^i^  'n  /(f 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


sand  acres.  The  largest  inrmnd  in  tiie  State, 
at  Miamisburg,  is  sixty-eight  feet,  in  height 
and  800  feet  in  circumference  at  the  base." 

While  Delaware  County  possesses  none  of 
these  more  irrvportant  of  the  works  of  the 
Mound-Builders,  and  while  there  is  nothing 
characteristic  in  the  mounds  and  ,  earthworks 
found  in  the  county  to  distinguish  them  from 
those  in  many  other  parts  of  the  State,  yet  there 
are  many  interesting  evidences  that  these  peo- 
ple once  lived  within  the  limits  of  the  county. 
In  nearly  every  township  are  ta  be  ■  found 
mounds  and  fortifications  of  various  descrip- 
tions, which,  though  fast  becoming  obliterated, 
still  remain  to  attest  the  activity  of  a  people 
whose  character  and  history  are  shrouded  in 
the  obli\ion  of  the  past.  ^lany  relics,  such 
as  stone  hammers,  hatchets,  flint  arrow-heads, 
spear-heads,  pestles,  pipes,  and  fleshers,  have 
been  found  at  various  times,  and  many  inter- 
esting collections  have  been  made  by  citizens 
of  the  county.  In  June  of  the  year  1906,  a 
society  known  as  The  Delaware  County  Ar- 
cheological  and  Historical  Society  was  or- 
ganized and  incorporated  by  a  number  of  citi- 
zens who  are  interested  in  the  collection  and 
perservation  of  relics  of  this  character,  as  well 
as  in  other  matters  pertaining  to  the  archeo- 
logy and  history  of  the  county,  and  there  is 
now  in  the  possession  of  various  members  of 
this  organization  a  large  number  of  relics 
which,  as  soon  as  permanent  quarters  are  se- 
cured, will  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the 
public.  As  illustrating  something  of  the  in- 
terest which  has  been  shown  in  matters  of  this 
kind  we  append  a  list  of  the  various  articles 
of  archeological  interest  which  have  been  col- 
lected by  several  Delaware  County  citizens : 


In  the  Museum  of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan   Un 


versity  there  is  also  a  large  and  very  interest- 
ing collection. 

For  the  past  quarter  of  a  century  little  in 
the  way  of  archeological  investigation  has  been 
done  in  the  county.  There  has  been  no  sys- 
tematic effort  to  investigate  the  various  earth- 
works that  exist,  and  perhaps  much  that  con- 
cerns 'the  character  and  habits  of  their  build- 
ers still  lies  hidden  in  the  unexplored  recesses 
of  the  mounds  themselves.  The  larger  part 
of  the  mounds  within  the  county  are  to  be 
found  in  the  southern  portion  and  along  the 
Olentangy  River.  One  of  the  most  notable 
is  in  the  southwestern  part  of  Orange  Town- 
ship on  a  farm  now  owned  by  Dr.  Peaslev.  of 
Columbus,  and  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Oleati- 
tangy.  "It  bears  all  the  marks  of  having  been 
a  fort,  and  with  the  river — -and  a  large  ravine 
which  enters  the  river  at  almost  right  angles — 
forms  a  semicircle,  or,  more  properly  speaking, 
a  quadrant,  and  incloses  something  near  ten 
acres  of  ground.  Several  gateways,  or  open- 
ings, in  the  wall  surrounding  it,  which  is  of 
earth,  from  five  to  eight  feet  high,  are  guarded 
by  mounds  on  the  inside  of  the  enclosure." 
It  is  a  misfortune  that  no  scientific  exploration 
of  this  mound  has  ever  been  made  as  it  would 
undoubtedly  be  replete  with  interest  for  the 
archeologist.  On  a  farm  belonging  to  A.  E. 
Goodrich,  in  Lil>erty  Township,  there  is  .  a 
circular  mound,  perhaps  forty  or  fifty  feet  in 
diameter,  which,  until  it  had  been  largelv  ob- 
literated by  the  cultivation  of  the  land  on  which 
it  lies,  was  one  of  the  most  perfect  works  of 
its  kind  to  be  seen  anywhere.  There  was  an- 
other mound  on  Mr.  Goodrich's  barn  lot  a 
number  of  years  ago,  which  has  been  entirely 
removed.  During  the  process  of  grading  there 
was  found,  some  distance  below  the  surface, 
three  skeletons  in  a  good  state  of  preservation. 
One  of  them  was  apparently  that  of  a  man 
considerably  above  medium  stature,  while  the 
other  two  were  smaller. 

There  is  an  ancient  fortification  located  on 
the  east  side  of  the  Olentangy  about  four 
miles  south  of  Delaware.  Like  the  one  farther 
down  the  river,  before  mentioned  as  being 
built  at  the  intersection  of  a  ravine  with  the 
river,  this  one  is  likewise  located  between  two 


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43 


ravines  at  the  point  of  their  intersection,  about 
halt  a  mile  from  the  river,  and  could  have 
\)een  intended  for  no  other  purpose  than  that 
of  defence.  The  embankment  with  -the  ditch 
outside  of  it  contains  about  twenty  acres. 
"The  height  of  the  eml>ankment  is  now  about 
five  feet  from  the  bottom  of  the  ditch  and  the 
embankment  itself  is  about  five  hundred  feet 
in  lergth,  with  an  opening  or  gatewav  near 
the  southern  extremity.  There  seems  to  have 
been  a  line  of  fortifications  extending  all  along 
the  river  for  considerable  distance,  perhaps  all 
the  way  ta  thje  Scioto  and  thence  to  the 
Ohio." 

Mounds,  mostly  sepulchral,  in  addition  to 
those  already  mentioned,  have  been  discovered 
in  various  other  parts  of  the  county.  In  the 
issue  of  the  Delaware  Herald  for  September 
25,  1879,  there  is  an  account  of  a  mound 
which  was  evidently  explored  more  thoroughly 
than  most  of  those  which  have  been  known  to 
exist  here.  "Saturday  we  were  sliown  some 
interesting  relics  consisting  of  a  queen  conch 
shell,  some  isingglass  (mica),  and  several 
peculiarly  shaped  pieces  of  slate  which  were 
found  on  the  farm  of  Solomon  Hill,  Concord 
Township,  Delaware  County,  Ohio.  The 
mound  is  situated  on  the  banks  of  a  rocky 
stream.  The  nearest  place  where  the  queen 
conch  shell  is  found  is  on  the  coast  of  Florida ; 
the  isingglass  in  New  York  State,  and  the 
slate  in  Vermont  and  Pennsylvania.  Two 
human  skeletons  were  also  found  in  the  mound, 
cne  about  seven  feet  long,  the  other  a  child. 
The  shell  was  found  at  the  left  cheek  of  the 
large  skeleton.  A  piece  of  slate  about  one  by 
six  inches  was  under  the  chin.  The  slate  was 
provided  with  two  smooth  holes,  apparently 
for  the  purpose  of  tying  it  to  its  position.  .  An- 
other peculiarly  shaped  piece,  with  one  hole, 
was  on  the  chest,  and  another  with  some  ising- 
glass was  on  the  left  hand."  In  an  article  pre- 
pared by  Mr.  R.  E.  Hills,  of  Delaware,  a  num- 
ber of  years  ago,  for  a  former  countv  histor\% 
he  calls  attention  to  several  other  mounds 
which  have  been  located  from  time  to  time, 
particularly  one  on  the  "Broom  Corn  Farm" 
in  Troy  Township,  and  another  in  Porter.  In 
Ixnh  of  these  many  interesting  relics  have  been 


found.  In  more  recent  years  some  very  inter- 
esting discoveries  were  made  by  Mr.  Burgher 
on  iiis  farm  in  Radnor  Township,  and,  like 
most  of  the  others,  on  the  bank  of  a  stream, 
though,  in  this  case,  it  was  the  Scioto  instead 
of  the  Olentangy.  They  consisted  mostly  of 
human  skeletons,  together  with  some  parched 
corn  evidently  deposited  with  the  body  at  the 
time  of  burial. 

In  the  article  of  Mr.  Hills  before  alluded 
to,  he  gives  an  account  of  the  in\estigations 
made  in  certain  mqunds  in  the,  eastern  part 
of  the  county,  and,  inasmuch  as  they  constitute 
about  the  only  efforts  of  a  strictly  scientific 
character  to  discover  the  important  features 
and  contents  of  mounds  within  the  county,  we 
deem  it  worth  while  to  quote  this  part  of  the 
article  in  full.  "A  mound  near  Galena  was 
recently  opened  by  Prof.  John  T.  Short,  of 
the  Ohio  University,  under  the  direction  and 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Peab<jdy  Museum  of 
American  Archeology  and  Ethnolog}- ;  and  we 
are  under  obligations  to  Prof.  F.  \V.  Putnam, 
curator  of  the  Museum,  for  the  privilege  of 
using  Prof.  Short's  report  in  this  connection, 
and  to  Prof.  Short  himself  for  kindly  fur- 
nishing a  copy  of  his  report  for  this  pur- 
pose." 

He  says:  "In  the  month  of  August,  1879. 
the  writer,  in  company  with  Air.  Eugene  Lane 
and  Mr.  David^  Dyer,  opened  three  mounds 
in  Delaware  County,  Ohio.  Two  of  these 
formed  part  of  a  system  of  mound  works  situ- 
ated on  the  estate  of  Jacob  Rhodes,  Esq.,  in 
Genoa  Township.  *  *  *  fhe  peninsula 
or  tongue  of  land  situated  between  Big  ^^■al- 
nut  Creek  and  Spruce  Run  is  an  elevated  area 
having  nearly  perpendicular  sides,  washed  by 
the  streams  over  a  hundred  feet  below.  The 
central  figure,  the  mound  A  (referring  to  a 
plate)  stands  within  a  perfectly  circular  en- 
closure B,  measuring  nearly  570  feet  around. 
Now  it  is  but  about  three  feet  higher  than  the 
natural  level,  but  formerly  was  ten  feet  higher. 
Its  present  owner  reduced  it  by  plowing  it 
down.  The  trench  is  inside  of  the  enclosure, 
and  no  doubt  furnished  the  earth  for  both  the 
embankment  and  the  mound.  Its  present 
width  is  twenty-seven  feet,  and  it  was  formerly 


■\r>:\  rrij  , 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTV 


about  seven  feet  deep.  Tlie  circle  has  an 
opening  about  twenty  feet  in  width  on  the  east, 
from  which  a  graded  way  of  about  the  same 
width,  and  priibably  400  feet  in  -length — no 
doubt  of  artificial  construction — affords  a  de- 
scent at  ah  angle  of  alwut  thirty  degrees  to 
the  stream  below.  On  the  north  side  of  the 
entrance  and  continuous  with  the  emljankment. 
is  a  small  mound  mea-uring  ten  feet  in  dia- 
meter and  four  feet  in  height.  It  may  have 
served  as  a  point  of  outlook  into  the  deep  ra- 
vine below,  as  from  it  alone  the  entire  length 
of  the  graded  way  is  visible.  A  shaft  six  feet 
in  diameter  was  sunk  in  this  mound  to  a  depth 
of  four  and  one-half  feet,  but  we  discovered 
nothing  that  could  be  removed.  Charcoal,  a 
few  calcined  animal  bones,  and  burnt  clay,  were 
all  that  was  found.  The  large  mound  situated 
in  the  center  of  the  enclosure,  measured  sev- 
enty-five feet  thrLUigh  its  major  axis  and  sixty- 
eight  feet  through  its  minor  axis.  Its  present 
height  is  about  twelve  feet  above  the  natural 
level,  though  the.  distance  to  the  bottom  of 
the  trench  is  three  or  four  feet  or  more.  It 
is  probable  that  the  mound  was  perfectly 
round,  as  its  symmetry  has  no  doubt  been  de- 
stroyed, in  part,  by  the  removal  from  its  sur- 
face of  about  twenty-fi\-e  wagon  loads  of  fiat 
sandstones  (each  a  foot  square,  more  or  less, 
and  about  three  inches  thick)  for  the  purpose 
of  walling  neighboring  cellars.  The  stones 
were  brought  from  the  ravine  below  and  made 
a  complete  covering  for  the  mound.  Extend- 
ing out  from  the  mound  on  the  west,  the  re- 
mains of  a  low  crescent-shaped  platform, 
twenty-five  feet  across  at  its  greatest  width, 
are  still  visible.  A  small  excavation  was  made 
four  years  ago  in  the  top  of  the  mound,  by  the 
son  of  the  present  owner,  but  the  digging  \Vas 
abandoned  before  any  depth  was  reached  -or 
anything  was  discovered.  I  exca\-ated  the 
mound  by  causing  a  trench  four  feet  wide  to 
be  dug  from  the  northern  side  of  the  mound 
'to  its  center.  *  *  *  \  single  layer  of 
flat  stones,  like  those  on  the  outside  of  the 
mound,  was  found  to  start  at  the  base  and 
to  cover  what  at  one  time  must  have  been  re- 
garded as  its  finished  surface.  At  the  center 
this  inner  layer  of  stones  was  situated  abont 


three  feet  below  the  present  surface  of  the 
mound.  This  was' the  only  trace  of  stratifica- 
tion observable  in  the  structure  and  is  sug- 
gestive of  the  section  given  by  Squier  and 
Davis  to  illustrate,  stratification  in  altar 
niounds.  Aside  from  this,  the  indications  were 
distinct  that  the  earth  had  been  dumped  down 
in  small  basket-  or  bag-fulls.  This  is  con- 
firmatory of  the  observations  of  Prof.  E.  B. 
Andrews  in  the  mounds  of  southern  Ohio 
*  *  *  On  the  undisturbed  surface  of  thf 
ground,  at  the  center  of  the. mound,  I  un- 
covered a  circular  bed  of  ashes  eight  feet  ir 
diameter  and  about  six  inches  in  thickness 
The  ashes  were  of  a  reddish  clay  color,  except 
that  through  the  center  of  the  bed  ran  a  seam 
or  layer  of  white  ashes — no  doubt  calcined 
bones,  as  at  the  outer  margin  of  the  bed  ir 
one  or  two  instances  the  forms  of  the  bone.' 
was  traceable,  but  so  calcined  that  they  p<'js- 
sessed  no  consistency  when  touched  or  un- 
covered. Ranged  in  a  semicircle  around  the 
eastern  margin  of  the  ash  heap,  were  severa 
pieces  of  pottery,  all  broken,  probably  in  the 
construction  of  the  mound  or  by  its  subsequent 
settling.  The  pottery  was  exceedingly  brittle 
and  crumbled  rapidly  after  exposure.  It  was 
almost  impossible  to  recover  any  fragments 
larger  than  the  size  of  the  hand,  though  a 
couple  of  pieces  were  taken  out  which  indi- 
cated that  the  size  of  the  vessel  to  which  thev 
belonged  was  much  larger  than  any  which  to 
my  knowledge  have  been  taken  from  Ohio 
mounds ;  it  was  proba  )ly  twelve  or  fourteen 
inches  in  height.  The  vessel  was  ornamented 
with  a  double  row  of  lozenge,  or  diamond- 
shaped  figures.  *  *  *  Adthough  the  dec- 
oration on-these  vessels  (produced  by  a  pointed 
tool  .before  the  clay  was  baked)  indicated  an 
attempt  at  art  of  a  respectable  order,  the  ma- 
terial employed,  was  nothing  more  than  coarse 
clay  and  pounded  sandstone — instead  of 
pounded  shells,  as  is  more  frequently  the  case. 
However,  numerous  fragments  of  finer  work- 
manship were  taken  out.  Evidently  an  attempt 
had  been  made  to  glaze  the  vessel.  I  could  not 
help  being  impressed  with  the  thought  that 
the  mound  marked  the  site  where  cremation 
or    possibly     sacrifice     had     been     performed, 


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45 


*  *  *  About  300  yards  southwest  of  the 
mound  just  descriljed  are  the  remains  of  a 
circular  enclosure  300  feet  in  diameter.  The 
embankment  has  been  reduced  by  plowing  un- 
til it  is  now  scarcely  two  feet  in  height.  The 
precipitins  sides  of  both  the  Big  W'ahiut  and 
Spruce  Run  render  an  ascent  at  this  point  im- 
possible. Tlie  circle  i,-  \isibie  from  tlie  mmmd 
and  is  possibly  an  interniedi;'te  link  between 
the  .mound  and  another  system  hing  \\ est  at 
a  point  two  miles  distant. 

"On  tjie  estate  of  E.  Phillips.  Esq..  one 
mile  south  of  Galena,  in  the  same  county.  I 
opened  a  mound  of  165  feet  in  circumferance 
and  about  four  feet  in  height.  *  *  *  Xo 
bones  nor  pottery  were  found.  *  *  *  y[j- 
Dyer  states  that  about  a  couple  of  years  ago 
a  large  mound,  measuring  seventy  feet  in  dia- 
meter and  fifteen  feet  in  height,  constructed 
entirely  of  stone,  and  situatetl  on  the  farm  of 
Isaac  Brimberger,  three  miles  south  of  Ga- 
lena, was  partly  removed  by  its  owner  for  the 
purpose  of  selling  the  stone.  Immediately 
under  the  center  of  the  mound  and  below  the 
natural  level,  a  vault  was  discovered.  The  sides 
and  roof  of  the  mound  consisted  of  oak  and 
walnut  timbers,  averaging  six  inches  in  dia- 
meter and  still  covered  with  bark.  *  *  ■■' 
The  timbers  were  driven  perpendicularly  int<  1 
the  ground  around  the  quadrangular  ^'auIt 
\i  liile  others  were  laid  across  the  top  for  a  rcMjf. 
Over  all  the  skin  of  some  animal  had  been 
stretched.  Inside  of  the  vault  were  the  re- 
mains, apparently,  of  three  persons,  one  a  child, 
and  fragments  of  a  coarse  cloth  made  of 
vegetable  fiber  and  animal  hair.  *  *  * 
The  preservation  of  the  wood  is  dr,e,  i.robably, 
to  the  presence  of  water,  with  which  the  vault 
seems  to  have  been  filled.'" 

Mr.  Hills,  in  his  able  article,  states  the  fol- 
lowing conclusions  with  regard  to  the  Alound- 
BuildeTs  in  Delaware  County:  "Our  knowl- 
edge of  the  other  remains  in  the  county  is 
meager,  but  enough  is  known  to  enable  us  to 
classify  it  with  the  other  counties  bordering 
the  Scioto  River  to  the  Ohio.  It  appears  to 
have  been  near  the  ni.")rtheast  corner  of  the  ter- 
ritory of  the  race  which  occupied  Ohio.  Indi- 
ana and  Illinois,  as  the  most  of  the  permanent 


works  discovered  have  been  suuth  and  west  of 
here,  although  many  fine  specimens  of  im- 
plements have  been  found  in  IMarion  Count)-, 
north  of  Delaware." 

As  was  previously  stated,  ior  many  years 
practically  no  effort  at  systematic  investiga- 
tion of  the  mounds,  or  any  one  of  them,  in 
tlie  county  has  been  made,  and  little  can  be 
added  to  what  was  set  forth  at  the  time  Mr. 
Hills  prepared  his  article.  In  the  year  1897 
a  visit  was  again  made  to  the  Galena  mounds 
by  the  curator  of  the  State  Museum  and  to . 
various  other  points  of  archeological  interest 
in  the  county,  but  his  report  contains  little 
that  would  add  to  the  information  already  in 
our  possession.  We  give,  however,  the  sum- 
mary of  the  present  knowledge  possessed  re- 
garding the  mounds  and  other  matters  of  ar- 
cheological interest  relative  to  Delaware 
County  as  it  appears  in  the  seventh  volume  of 
the  Ohio  x\rcheologicaI  and  Plistorical  Socie- 
ties' publications. 


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The  Mound-Builders  have  long  since  passed 
away.  Aside  from  the  earthworks  which  they 
constructed  and  the  relics  found  within  them, 
no  source  of  information  remains  to  us  by 
which  to  determine  anything  as  to  their  char- 
acter, history-,  or  fate.  Even  the  Indians 
themselves  had  practically  no  traditions  con- 
cerning them.  All  the  research  and  investi- 
gation that  has  been  made  has  led  to  no  defi- 
nite or  relial.)le  conclusions.  Theories  have 
been   propounded   only    to   be   discredited   by 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTY 


later  discoveries.  W'hetlier  the  AIound-Build- 
ers  were  a  race  distinct  in  themselves,  ulti-  j 
mately  conquered  and  exterminated  by  the  j 
Indians^  or  whether  they  were  sinfply  the  pro- 
genitors of  the  Indian  tribes,  are  questions 
which  remain  unanswered  and  are  destined, 
perhaps,  ahvays  to  be  so. 

THE   RED  RACE. 

Of  the  successors  to  the  Mound-Euilders, 
however,  considerably  more  is  known.  In- 
deed it  has  not  been  much  over  a  hundred 
years  since  the  only  residents  of  Delaware 
County  were  the  red  men,  and  a  hundred  years 
is  a  period  comparatively  brief  when  we  con- 
sider the  length  of  time  that  has  elapsed  since 
the  date  where  historical  knowledge  begins. 
It  is  scarcely  correct,  howe\'er,  to  sjieak  of 
the  Red  Men  as  residents.  The  term  implies 
a  more  permanent  attachment  to  a  locality  than 
could  be  attributed  to  them.  ■  With  their  no- 
madic habits,  they  \\ere  not  long  confined  to  a 
single  place,  and  we  find  the  various  tribes 
wandering  over  widely  e.xtended  areas. 

WTien  the  white  man  first  came  to  the  Ohio 
Valley  he  found  a  number  of  tribes  inhabiting 
the  Northwest  Territory.  Among  those  which 
are  known  to  have,  been  in  the  region  which  is 
now  Delaware  County  there  were  the  Dela- 
\vares,  Shawnees,  Mingoes,  Wyandots,  Sene- 
cas,  and  perhaps  others.  Since  the  first  of 
these  have  given  the  county  its  name,  and  are 
known  to  have  had  a  more  permanent  location 
here  than  some  of  the  others,  it  is  not  inap- 
propriate to  give  some  accounts  of  their  char- 
acter and  ■  hi  ^.  tor}-. 

■  The  Delawares  took  their  name  from  the 
Delaware  River  on  the  banks  of  which  they 
were  located  when  first  discovered  by  the  Euro- 
peans, and  which,  in  turn,  took  its  name  from 
Lord  De  la  Warre,  who  first  explored  it. 
Their  real  name,  however,  was  Lenni  Lenape. 
While  this  name  is  usully  interpreted  to  mean 
"original  men,"  it  is  stated  by  Drake  in  his 
edition  of  Schoolcraft's  book  on  the  Ameri- 
can Indians  that  the  orthography  does  not 
justify  tlie  assertion.  "Lciini  is  the  same  as 
mini  in  the  Illinois  and  Inniiii  in  the  Chip- 


pewa, the  consonants  /  and  ii  and  the  vowel 
0  and  /  being  interchangeable  in  the  Algonkin 
Lenape  is  in  the  same  language,  and,  under  th 
same  rule,  the  equivalent  of  iiiabi  and  iabi, 
male.  The  true  meaning  is  "manly  men" — 
name  involving  a  harmless  boast. 

According  to  the  traditions  of  the  Lenr 
Lenape,  their  organization  antedated  that  c 
most  of  the  other  Indian  tribes.  They  regarde 
themselves  as  having  occupied  in  former  age 
a  pre-eminent  position  for  prowess,  valor  an 
wisdom.  They  pointed  to  a  "Golden  Age 
in  the  remote  past  when  their  claims  to  si 
periority  o\-er  the  other  tribes  was  recognize 
in  the  term  "Grandfather,"  which  these  tribt 
applied  to  them.  The  Iroquois  were  calle 
by  the  Lenni  Lenape,  "Uncle,"  which  the  Ire 
quois  reciprocated  by  calling  the  Lenni  L( 
nape,  "Nephew."  The  other  tribes  wei 
called  by  them  "Brother"  or  "Youngt 
Brother."  When  the  Delawares  were  subdue 
by  the  Iroquois  in  after  years,  these  traditioi: 
of  their  former  greatness,  from  which  the 
had  fallen,  rested  heavily  in  their  memories. 

It  was  a  further  tradition  among  the  Dela 
wares  that  they  had  once  occupied  the  wester: 
part  of  the  country,  but,  crossing  the  ]^Iissis 
sippi,  had  gradually  moved  eastward  until  the; 
had  taken  up  a  more  permanent  atode  on  th' 
river  which  gave  them  their  English  name. '  Ii 
the  course  of  their  migration  eastward  thej 
had  exterminated  the  AUegans  who  occupiec 
the  principal  ranges  o^  the  Allegheny  Aloun- 
tains.  They  had  formed  an  alliance  with  the 
Iroquois  by  whom  they  were  afterward  sub- 
dued and  reduced  to  "women."  Whatever 
truth  there  may  have  been  in  their  traditions, 
however,  when  the  European  settler  came, 
they  were  found  on  the  banks  of  the  Dela- 
ware. The  Dutch  carried  on  a  friendly  traf- 
fic with  them,  exchanging  for  the  skins  of 
animals  the  superior  products  of  European  art 
and  manufacture. 

In  1682  William  Penn,  the  great  Quaker, 
who  believed  that  the  rules  of  justice  "applied 
to  dealings  with  the  Indians  as  well  as  other 
races,  came  to  the  American  shore.  Instead 
of  seeking  to  eject  the  Delawares  from  their 
lands  by  sheer  force  of  superior  prowess,  he 


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met  them  in  friendly  intercourse  and  negoti- 
ated with  them  a  treaty  by  which  he  bought 
their  lands,  and  by  which  both  parties^agreed 
that  the  same  moral  law  should  apply  to  both 
races  alik.e.  This  treaty  was  kept  uuhioken  by 
the  Delawares  for  sixty  years.  So  fa\-orable 
was  the  impression  made  upon  them  by  Penn's. 
fairness  tliat  the  name  "Quaker"  came,  with 
them,  to  be  synonymous  with  "good  men." 

At  the  time  of' the  treaty  with  Penn,  how- 
ever, or  shortly  afterwards,  the  Delawares 
were  brought  into  subjection  to  the  Iroquois. 
At  the  Lancaster  treaty  in  1 744,  in  the  presence 
of  a  large  assembly  of  tribes,  the  Iroquois  de- 
nied the  right  of  the  Delawares  to  sell  their 
lands.  "Canassatego,  an  Iroquois  chief,  up- 
braided them  in  public  council  for  some  for- 
mer act  of  this  kind.  Speaking  in  a  strain  of 
mixed  irony  and  arrogance,  he  told  them  not 
to  reply  to  his  words  but  to  leave  the  council 
in  silence.  ■  He  peremptorily  ordered  them  to 
quit  the  section  of  country  wheie  they  then 
resided  and  to  move  to  the  banks  of  the  Sus- 
quehanna." Accordingly,  the  Delawares, 
cowed  into  submission,  left  the  banks  of  the 
Delaware  where  their  home  had  been  for  many 
years  and  turned  to  the  West,  from  which, 
according  to  their  traditions,  they  had  formerly 
come.  It  is  said  that  at  the  opening  of  the 
Revolution  the  Delawares  shook  off  the  Iro- 
quois yoke  and  that,  a  few  years  later,  at  a 
public  council,  the  Iroquois  admitterl  that  they 
were  "no  longer  women." 

The  Delawares  first  settled  on  the  Susque- 
hanna, in  their  western  migration.  Here,  how- 
ever, they  were  subject  to  the  constant  in- 
trusiun  of  the  white  settlers,  as  well  as  the 
aggressions  of  the  Iroquois.  Proceeding  west- 
ward they  took  up  their  abode  along  the 
Muskingum,  and  later  on  the  Auglaize  in 
Northwestern  Ohio,  and  while  here  they  took 
part  in  the  various  wars  which  have  been  men- 
tioned in  the  preceding  chapter.  They  were 
represented  at  St.  Clair's  defeat  and  at  the 
battle  of  "Fallen  Timber,"  and  afterwards 
participated  in  the  treaty  at  Greenville.  They 
were  faithful  to  the  United  States  duriug  the 
^\'a^  of    1812,   resisting  all   the  overtures  of 


the  British  to  again  take  up  arms  against  the 
Americans. 

From  Ohio  they  removed  to  the  White 
River,  a  branch  of  the  Wabash,  in  Indiana. 
Later,  as  the  advancing  frontier  of  civiliza- 
tion encroached  upon  their  territory,  they 
ceded  their  lands  and  removed,  for  the  most 
part,  to  a  tract  in  jNIissouri  which  had .  for- 
merly been  granted  to  them  jointly  with  the 
Shawnees  by  the  Spanish.  From  here  they 
again  migrated  to  Kansas,  locating  on  the 
Kansas  and  Missouri  rivers.  Finally,  they  re- 
moved to  Indian  Territory,  where  they  now 
reside,  and  occupy  a  reservation  in  conjunction 
with  the  Cherokee  Nation.  Their  present 
number  is  ab"iut  1.750.  In  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion  the  Delawares  enlisted  one  hundred 
and  seventy-two  men  for  the  Union  army,  out 
of  a  population  of  two  hundred  males.  The}- 
officered  their  own  companies  and  made  good 
soldiers  in  every  respect. 

It  was  to  the  tribe  of  the  Delawares  that 
the  band,  of  Moravian  converts  belonged, 
whose  shameful  massacre  at  Gnadenhutten  is, 
cne  of  the  foulest  blots  that  stains  the  annals 
of  our  early  history.  The  Moravian  Mission- 
aries, Count  Zinzendorf  and  Pleckewelder.  had 
labored  with  great  success  among  the  Indian 
tribes.  Their  .first  converts  were  made  in  New 
York  and  Connecticut.  Owing  to  the  preju-  ■ 
dice  of  the  English,  however,  in  1747  the  mis- 
sion was  transferred  from  Shickomico,  in 
Dutchess  County,  New  York,  to  Bethlehem 
on  the  Susquehanna.  Hen.  was  established  an 
Indian  colony,  free  from  all  the  savage  vices 
that  characterized  the  other  Indian  tribes. 
They  cultivated  the  land  and  abstained 
from  participation  in  the  Indian  wars 
that  raged  all  along  the  frontier  from 
Quebec  to  New  Orleans.  It  was  the 
misfortune  of  these  Delaware  Indians 
to  fall  under  the  suspicion  of  the  English  as 
being  in  sympathy  with  the  French.  Their 
doctrines  of  peace  met  with  little  response 
from  the  other  Indian  tribes  or  even  from  the 
rough  white  settlers  on  the  border.  In  conse- 
quence they  were  subjected  to  constant  perse- 
cution from  both  the  whites  and  the  red  men. 
Forced   from  the  Susquehanna  they  took  up 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


their  aixide  on  the  waters  of  the  Muskingiim. 
Here,  as  betVire,  they  addressed  themselves  to 
the  peaceful  pursuits  of  ag-riculture  and  graz- 
ing. They  were  allowed  to  remain  unmolested 
until  the  war  for  independence  broke  out. 
When  this  occurred  they  found  themselves  be- 
tween Fort  Pitt  and  Detroit,  a  British  and  an 
American  stronghold.  They  could  not  under- 
stand the  struggle  and  refu^ed  to  join  the  war- 
like parties  that  passed  through  their  territories 
or  to  ally  themselves  with  either  of  the  belliger- 
ent forces.  Their  attitude  only  served  to  create 
suspicion.  The  white  frontiersmen,  accus- 
tomed only  to  the  savage  side  of  the  Indian 
nature,  could  not  understand  that  any  other 
could  e.xist.  The  Indians  themselves  were,  for 
the  most  part,  incapable  of  appreciating  the 
doctrines  of  peace  and  non-resistance  believed 
in  and  adhered  to  by  these  innocent  Moravian 
converts.  At  length  a  Wyandot  war  party, 
no  doubt  instigated  by  the  white  renegades. 
-Girty,  Elliott  and  McKee,  appeared  on  the 
Muskin.c^um  and  compelled  the  peaceful  Dela- 
vvares  to  remove  to  Sandusky.  >.Iany  of  their 
'cattle  and  hogs  were  killed  and  the  inhabitants 
of  three  towns,  numbering  between  three  and 
four  hundred,  were  removed,  lea\-ing  behind 
the  fields  which  they  had  cultivated  and  the 
homes  and  chapels  which  they  had  erected. 

After  living  at  Sandusl-cy  for  a  year  the 
Delawares  were  permitted  to  return  to  'the 
Muskingum.  The  settlers  on  the  Monon- 
gahela  looked  on  this  return  as  a  hostile 
movement.  The  British  posts  at  the  ]\Iaumee, 
Detroit  and  Michilimacinac  had  not  yet  been 
surrendered,  and  it  was  known  that  the  Indian 
tribes  througliout  the  Northwest  still  mani- 
fested the  most  bitter  hostility  towards  the 
white  settlers,  shown  later  by  the  fierce  strug- 
gles with  St.  Clair  and  Wayne.  Almost  any 
kind  of  a  pretext  would  have  sufficed,  how- 
ever, to  provoke  an  attack  on  the  Moravians, 
in  view  of  the  prejudice  which  existed  against 
them.  On  their  return  to  the  Muskingum  a 
company,  headed  by  Colonel  Williamson,  de- 
termined to  exterminate  them.  Gnadenhutten, 
Salem  and. one  or  two  other  settlements  were 
taken.  "Under  deceitful  promises  the  Indi- 
ans gave  up  all  their  arms,  showed  the  whites 


ih.eir  treasures,  and  went  unknowingly  to  a 
terrible  death.  When  apprised  of  their  fate, 
determined  upon  by  a  majority  of  the  rangers, 
they  begged  only  time  to  prepare.  They  were 
led  two  by  two,  the  men  into  one  and  the 
women  and  children  inti5  another  'slaughter- 
house,' as  it  was  termed,  and  all  but  two  lads 
were  wantonly  slain.  *  *  '''  Some  of 
\\'illiamson"s  men  wrung  their  hands  at  their 
cruel  fate  and  endeavored,  by  all  the  means  in 
their  power,  to  prevent  it,  but  all  to  no  pur- 
pose." 

It  was  shortly  after  this  inhuman  massacre 
that  the  ill-fated  expedition  of  Colunel  Craw- 
ford against  the  Wy-andots  took  place.  Per- 
haps aroused  to  the  fiercest  spirit  of  revenge 
by  the  massacre  of  their  brethren,  even  th.ough 
they  could  not  sympathize  with  their  spirit,  the 
Wyandots  apparently  sought  to  wreak  \en- 
geance  on  Colonel  Crawford  and  party.  Alter 
completely  routing  them  and  capturing  Colonel 
Crawford  with  a  number  of  the  part}-,  they 
burnt  Colonel  Crawford  at  the  stake  after  sub- 
jecting him  to  the  crudest  tortures  that  all 
their  devilish  ingenuity  could  devise. 

The  Indians  probably  had  several  villages 
within  the  present  limits  of  Delaware  County. 
Little  is  known  regarding  any  of  them,  how- 
ever, beyond  what  is  stated  by  Howe  in  his 
History.  Two  villages  are  there  mentioned 
as  having  been  located  mostly  within  the  pres- 
ent limits  of  the  City  of  Delaware  and  belong- 
ing to  the  Delaware  Nation.  One  of  them 
occupied  the  ground  near  what  is  now  the  east 
end  of  William  Street  and  on  the  Delaware 
Run.  It  is  probable  that  the  spot  on  which 
]Monnett  Hall  now  stands  was  once  dotted  with 
Indian  wigwams.  The  other  village  was  in 
the  west  end  of  the  present  city.  A  corn  field 
of  400  acres  is  said  to  have  been  culti\ated. 
There  is  also  a  tradition  that  a  battle  was  once 
fought  on  the  Delaware  Run  between  the 
Delawares  and  the  Shawnees.  It  is  known  that 
the  red  men  were  attracted  to  the  \icinity  of 
Delaware  in  vast  numbers  by  the  famous  sul- 
phur spring  located  on  what  is  now  the  Uni- 
versity campus.  This  spring  was  called  "Medi- 
cine Waters"  by  the  Indians.  There  was  also 
a  village  belongiMg  to  the  Mingoes  located  a 


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AXD  REPRESEXTATI\'E  CITIZENS 


short  distance  north   of  Delaware     in     Troy 
Townsliip. 

RELATIONS    BETWEEN    SETTLERS    AND    IXDL\NS. 

Delaware  County  was  inchuiecl  within  the 
territory  cedeil  to  the  United  States  under  the 
terms  of  the  famous  Greenville  treaty,  made 
on  the  -Mid  of  Au^'usi.  1795.  It  was  not  long 
after  that  time  that  the  permanent  lixation  of 
the  Dela wares  and  other  tribes  in  Delaware 
County  ceased.  With  the  coming  of  the  white 
man  and  the  alienation  of  their  title  to  the 
land,  they  betook  themselves  further  north  to 
the  territory  that  was  reserved  for  them.  They 
often  visited  the  county  afterwards,  however, 
to  hunt  and  to  fish  in  its  streams,  and  to  trade 
with  the  white  settlers,  and  many  interesting 
experiences  with  them  were  related  by  the 
early  pioneers.  Their  intercourse  with  the 
whites  was,  almost  without  exception,  of  a 
friendly  character,  though  it  is"  said  that  many 
of  the  early  settlers  entertained  towards  them 
an  inveterate  hatred  and  did  not  consider  it 
really  criminal  to  kill  them.  '"They  brought 
cranberries,  maple  sugar  (sometimes  mixed 
with  meal)  and  molasses  in  coon-skins,  to  sell 
to  the  whites.  *  *  *  Cranberries  were  a 
great  article  of  commerce  A\ith  the  Indians 
and  a  drove  of  fifty  ponies,  laden  with  this 
truit,  has  been  seen  to  pass  through  Delaware 
at  one  time,  going  to  Columbus  and  other 
points  south."  They  would  resort  to  any  de- 
vice to  satisfy  their  native  thirst  for  "fire- 
water." It  is  related  that  an  Indian  came  late 
one  evening  .to  the  house  of  Colonel  Byxbe, 
Delaware's  founder,  and  demanded  that  a  keg 
which  he  had  with  him  should  be  filled  with 
whiskey.  Airs.  Byxbe  was  the  only  occupant 
of  the  house  at  the  time.  She  went  to  the 
room  used  as  a  bar  (the  house  itself  being  a 
tavern),  struck  a  light  and  suddenly  dis- 
covered that  she  was  surrounded  by  abouL 
twenty  natives  of  the  forest.  On  the  promi;.e 
of  the  red  men  that  they  would  lea\-e  the  place 
quietly,  however,  wdien  the  purpose  of  their 
coming  had  been  accomplished,  the  fearless 
woman  led  the  w^ay  to  the  cellar  where  she 
4 


filled  th.eir  keg,  after  which  they  departed  ia 
accordance  with  their  promise. 

While  Delaware  County  was  never  the 
scene  of  any  of  the  great  battles  fought  with 
the  Indian  tribes,  while  it  was  never  so  much 
as  invaded  by  the  red  men  with  hostile  pur- 
pose, after  the  coming  of  the  white'  settlers, 
yet  the  inb'irn  sa\-agery  of  the  Indian  nature 
could  not  but  be  a  source  of  constant  appre- 
hension to  the  pioneer  so  long  as  these  natives 
of  the  forest  remained  in  close  proximity  to 
his  settlements.  As  we  have  said,  the  inter- 
course of  the  whites  with  the  Indians  was,  for 
the  most  part,  friendly ;  but,  should  circum- 
stances arise  to  call  it  forth  there  was  always' 
the  danger  that  the  white  man  might  become 
the  prey  of  the  Indian's  uncurbed  savagery. 
An  incident  is  related  in  the  early  history  of 
Troy  Township  illustrative  'of  the  dangers 
which  might  arise.  The  Delawares  and 
W'yandots,  who  frequented  the  locality,  sent  a 
war  party  into  Pennsylvania  to  ci^mmit  depre- 
dations upon  the  inhabitants.  Among  others, 
they  captured  a,  young  white  girl  and  started 
for  their  camp  on  Clear  Run  in  Troy  Town- 
ship. A  party  of  whites,  among  whom  were 
two  brothers  of  the  captured  girl,  organized  to 
pursue  them.  They  followed  the  Indians  to 
a  point  on  the  OlentangA'  Ri\-er  north  uf 
Delaware,  where  the  old  stone  mill  is  situated, 
but  here  they  seemed  to  lose  all  trace  of  the 
Indian  band.  They  were  about  to  give  up 
their  pursuit  as  hopeless  when  one  of  the  party 
happened  to  notice  smoke  ascending  al>ove  the 
trees  a  mile  or  two  farther  north.  Cau- 
tiously approaching  the  spot  they  suddenly 
came  upori  the  savages  and  drove  them  into 
the  woods,  rescuing  the  captured  girl  un- 
harmed. This  incident  took  place  on  what  has 
since  been  known  as  the  Crystal  Springs  Farm, 
owned  by  Mr.  Chauncy  Hills. 

We  have  alluded  to  the  hatred  which  many 
of  the  early  settlers  entertained  towards  the 
Indians.  In  this  connection  we  quote  two 
incidents  related  in  "Howe's  History."  "One 
time,  after  the  last  war,  a  dead  Indian  was 
seen  floating  down  the  Scioto  on  two  logs, 
lashed  together,  having  his  gun  and  all  his 
1  accoutrements  with  him.      He  had  been   shot 


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HISTORY  OF  delawarp:  COUXT^■ 


and  the  people  believed  the  murderer  was 
Georsje  Shannon,  who  had  been  in  service 
considerably  during  the  war.  and  who  one 
time  went  out,  not  far  from  Lower  Sandusky, 
with  a  small  company,  tell  in  with  a  party  of 
warriors  and  had  to  retreat.  He  lingered  be- 
hind until  he  shot  and  killed  one.  As  soon 
as  he  fired,  se\'eral  Indians  sprang  forward  to 
catch  him  alive,  hut,  being  s^vitt  on  foot,  he 
could  easily  keep  ahead,  when  he  suddenly 
came  to  an  open  field  across  which  he  had  to 
run  or  be  cut  oft".  The  Indians  gained  the  first 
side  just  as  he  was  leaping  the  fence  on  the 
other,  and  fired  at  him,  one  ball  entering  his 
hip.  He  staunched  the  blood  by  stufting  the 
hole  with  a  portion  of  his  shirt,  that  they 
might  not  track  him,  and  crawled  into  the 
brush,  but  they  gave  up  the  chase,  thinking 
they  had  not  hit  him,  and  being  convinced  of 
his  superior  fleetness.  Shannon  got  into  camp 
and  was  conveyed  home,  but  he  was  always 
lame  afterwards  and  fostered  an  unrelenting 
desire  for  vengeance  towards  the  whole  race, 
not  excepting  the  innocent  and  the  harmless. 
"As  late  as  1820  two  Indians  were  mur- 
dered on  Fulton's  Creek  (Thompson  Town- 
ship). A  party  came  down  there  to  hunt,  as 
was  customary  with  them  every  fall,  and  Henry 
Swartz  ordered  them  oft'.  They  replied,  "No, 
the  land  belongs  to  the  white  man — the  game 
to  the  Indian,"  and  insisted  that  they  were 
friends  and  ought  not  to  be  disturbed.  A  few 
days  after  two  of  their  number  were  missing. 
and  they  hunted  the  entire  country  over  with- 
out finding  them,  and  at  last  found  evidence 
of  human  bones  where  there  had  been  a  fire, 
and  immediately  charged  Swartz  with  killing 
and  burning  them.  They  threatened  venge- 
ance on  him.  and  for  several  years  he  had  to 
be  constantly  on  his  guard  to  prevent  being 
waylaid.  It  was  never  legally  investigated, 
but  the  neighbors  all  believed  that  Swartz, 
aided  probably  by  Ned  Williams,  murdered 
and  disposed  of  them  in  the  manner  the  Indi- 
ans suspected,  and  at  one  time  talked  of  driv- 
ing them  out  of  the  settlement.  They  were 
considered  bad  men  and  never  prospered  after- 
wards." 


When  the  war  of  1812  broke  out.  there 
was  great  apprehension  on  the  part  of  the  set- 
tlers lest  the  county  would  be  invaded  by  tb.e 
Indians.  The  county  itself,  being  just  south 
of  the  Green\ille  treaty  line,  was  one  of  the 
border  counties.  Acccjrdingly  steps  were  im- 
mediately taken  by  the  inhabitants  for  its  pro- 
tection. There  seems  to  have  been  at  least 
four  block-houses  erected  within  the  limits  of 
the  county.  One  of  these  was  at  Norton,  one 
in  Kingston  Township,  amuher  in  Berlin 
Township  and  another  in  Delaware.  Inas- 
much as  it  was  nearest  the  torder,  the  one  at 
Norton  was,  perhaps,  of  most  importance,  and 
was  the  largest  of  an\'.  It  was  known  by  the 
name  of  Fort  Morrow,  and  was  built  in  a  dense 
forest  unbroken  for  miles  around.  The  fol- 
lowing description  will  undoubtedly  be  of  iii- 
terest. 

"The  fort  consisted  of  two  block-houses 
situated  short  distance  from  each  other,  in 
direction  northeast  by  southwest.  Between  the 
two  was  the  brick,  tavern  of  Nathaniel  Wyatt. 
The  whole  was  surrounded  by  a  palisade  of 
strong  oaken  timbers  substantially  set  in  the 
ground  and  then  sharpened  on  the  top.  One 
of  the  blockhouses  \s;as  built  by  the  citizens 
of  round  logs.  The  first  story  was.  run  up  to  a 
height  of  about  eight  feet,  and  the  second  was 
made  to  project  over-  that  of  the  first  about 
four  feet.  The  floor  of  this  projection  had 
small  openings  or  port-holes  thus  enabling 
those  inside  to  better  defend  against  a  close 
attack  or  attempt  to  set  the  structure  on  fire 
by  the  besieging  party.  The  upper  story  c<_-)n- 
tained  embrasures  so  arranged  that  rifles 
could  be  discharged  in  any  direction.  The  door 
was  composed  of  three-inch  plank,  double 
barred  across  and  upright.  To  test  it,  a  volley 
was  fired  into  it  at  short  range.  In  the  story 
below  slept  the  children  and  above  the  grown 
people  stfjod  sentry.  The  other  was  built  by 
the  government  and  did  not  diff'er  materially 
from  that  built  by  the  citizens,  except  that  the 
logs  were  hewn  and  the  structure  more  com- 
pactly built."'  The  words  "Fort  Morrow" 
were  painted  in  great,  red  letters  on  one  of  the 
logs  in  the  southwest  corner. 


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AXD  REPRESEXTATIVE  CITIZEXS 


The  block-house  in  Kingston  Townsliip 
was  located  at  the  intersection  of  the  north  and 
south  roadj  known  as  the  Sunbury  Road,  with 
the  Mansfield  Road,  the  place  being  known  as 
Starks'  Corners.  At  the  time  of  the  war  of 
1812,  there  ^vere  no  settlements  to  the  north 
of  the  Kingston  colony,  and  it  was  deemed  ne- 
ces.'^ary  to  take  this  precaution  against  pos- 
sible iii.cursions  of  the  Indians.  Its  use  never 
became  necessary,  however,  save  at  the  time  of 
'"Drake's  defeat,"  when  the  settlers  were  scared 
into  it  for  a  brief  period. 

"Drake's  defeat"  was  in  itself  responsible 
for  the  erection  of  the  block-house  in  Berlin 
Township.  After  the  panic  caused  l>y  this 
rather  ludicrous  incident,  the  settlers  there  de- 
termined not  to  take  chances  for  the  future. 
Accordingly  there  was  erected  just  south  of 
where  the  roads  cross  near  Cheshire,  a  struc- 
ture of  hewed  logs,  the  building  having  two 
stories  the  upper  projecting  over  the  lower, 
and  being  forty  feet  square.  The  only  aper- 
ture in  the  lower  story  was  closed,  by  a  dour 
made  of  a  double  thickness  of  three-inch, 
planks,  barred  and  cross-barred.  In  the  upper 
story  were  rifle  embrasures  and  convenient 
openings  in  the  floor  of  the  projection  Avhich 
could  be  used  for  defence  in  case  of  a  close 
attack.  After  the  fort  had  been  storked  with 
ammunition  and  provisions  it  offered  a  compar- 
atively secure  retreat  in  the  event  of  an  attack 
from  hostle  Indians.  There  was  at  least  one 
occasion  ou  which  most  of  the  settlers  betook 
themselves  to  it  for  protection  from  an  expected 
onset,  but  the  alarm  proved  to  be  groundless. 
The  structure  was  afterwards  used  as  a  school- 
house. 

The  blockhouse  in  Delaware  was  located 
on  the  northeast  corner  of  Sandusky  and  Wil- 
liam Streets.  The  structure  was  not  origin- 
ally intended  for  a  blockhouse,  being  a  one- 
story  brick  building  which  had  been  used  for 
a  store.  Around  this  a  high  palisade  of  strong 
puncheons  was  constructed. 

While  it  was  no  more  than  a  matter  of 
reasonable  precaution  that  these  various 
strongholds  of  defence  should  have  been  con- 
structed, yet  there  seems  never  to  have  been 
any  real  occasion  for  their  use.     The  known 


hostility  of  certain  tribes,  however,  and  their 
sympathy  with  the  British,  were  amply  sutiti- 
cient  to  give  ground  for  the  apprehensions  of 
t'ne  early  settlers  during  the  War  of  1812. 
Living  as  we  do  in  an  age  when  civilization  has 
long  since  thrust  the  red  man  far  out  to  our 
western  country,  and  in  large  measure  tamed 
his  savage  nature,  when  it  is  difficult  to  even 
imagine  our  locality  as  an  unlsroken  forest 
whose  only  human  occupants  were  savages, 
we  perhaps  cannot  appreciate  the  real  dangers 
which  our  pioneer  fathers  encountered,  and 
the  real  fearlessness  which  they  e.xhibited  when 
they  took  the  tirst  steps  towards  opening  the 
way  for  the  ad\-ance  of  ci\'ilization.  The  dan- 
gers, were,  nevertheless,  real,  and  their  bravery 
as  great  as  that  which  has  characterized  any 
effort  ever  put  forth  by  human  kind.  Dela- 
ware County  was  never  actuall}-  invaded  and 
with  the  termination  of  the  "second  war  for 
independence"  the  fear  of  Indian  incursions, 
for"  the  most  part,  ceased. 

We  have  several  times  alluded  to  "Drake's 
defeat.''  This  event,  famous  in  local  annals, 
was  for  years  after  its  occurrence,  mentioned 
by  the  inhabitants  of  the  county  in  much  the 
same  manner  as  other  localities  will  refer  to 
the  time  of  their  "great  flood."  or  fire,  or  hur- 
ricane, or  some  other  equally  disastrous  visita- 
tion. While,  as  it  developed,  the  Indians  were 
in  reality  altogether  innocent  in  the  matter, 
yet,  since  it  would  not  have  taken  place  had 
it  not  been  for  the  constant  apprehension  of 
Indian  depredations,  the  narrative  of  its  oc- 
curence would  seem  to  properly  belong  in  this 
somewhat  brief  account  of  the  relations  which 
the  early  settlers  sustained  towards  the  red 
men. 

After  Hull's  surrender  in  the  War  of  1S12 
there  was  nothing  to  prevent  the  Indians  from 
making  hostile  raids  on  the  northern  frontier. 
Inasmuch  as  Delaware  County  was  directly  on 
the  border,  there  was,  as  we  have  alreadv  men- 
tioned, ample  occasion  for  dread  on  the  part 
of  the  settlers.  Lower  Sandusky  was  threat- 
ened with  attack,  and  a  company  was  organ- 
ized by  Captain  William  Drake,  in  die  northern 
part  of  the  county,  to  march  to  its  assistance. 
On  their  first  night  out  they  encamped  a  few 


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miles  north  of  the  settlement  at  Xorton,  Cap- 
tain Drake  was  something  of  a  practical  joker. 
It  is  probable,  too,  that  he  wished  to  test  the 
courage  of  his  men.  After  the  mtn  had  all 
become  securely  wrapped  in  the  embrace  of 
Morpheus  he  quietly  stole  out  into  the  bushes. 
Here  he  suddenly  discharged  his  gun  and  came 
running  frantically  into  camp  crying,  "Indi- 
an-.! In'Iians!"  at  the  top  of  his  voice.  A  plat 
of  ground  had  been  designated  the  night  be- 
fore on  which  the  company  would  form  in  case 
of  attack.  Here  the  more  courageous  of-  the 
band  attempted  to  draw  themselves  up  in  bat- 
tle array  to  resist  the  coming  onslaught,  the 
sentinels  having  previously  taken  up  the  cry 
of-  Indians,  supposing  that  the  original  alarm 
proceeded  from  one  of  their  own  number. 

Captain  Drake,  soon  perceiving  the  con- 
sternation and  confusion  into  which  his  ruse 
had  thrown  the  company,  and  fearing  that 
they,  might  all  disgrace  themselves  by  a  pre- 
cipitate flight,  quickly  proclaimed  the  hoax  and 
attempted  to  c[uiet  the  panic  which  he  had 
created.  There  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  com- 
pany, however,  who,  not  waiting  for  any  fu- 
ture developments  or  willing  to  risk  even  the 
chance  of  the  most  hasty  investigations,  took 
to  his  heels  with  all  the  expedition  which  the 
fear  of  being  immediately  scalped  would  na- 
turally occasion.  In  his  mad  flight  the  shouts 
of  his  companions  attempting  to  recall  him 
were  transformed  by  his  imagination  into 
the  blood-curdling  warwhoop  of  Indian  sav- 
ages. As  he  increased  the  distai  ce  between 
himself  and  the  others  wdio  endeavored  to  re- 
strain him,  and  the  sound  of  their  voices  died 
away,  it  was  only  so  much  evidence  that  they 
had  all  succumbed  to  the  tomahawk  and  scalp- 
ing knife  of  the  red  men.  This,  at  any  rate,  was 
the  story  which  he  brought  to  the  Radnor  set- 
tlement at  which  he  arrived  at  daybreak,  his 
flight  having  taken  him  in  this  direction,  al- 
though he  had  intended  to  make  for  his  home 
south  of  the  place  where  the  company  had  en- 
camped for  the  night. 

The  horrible  tale  of  wholesale  massacre 
soon  had  its  eft'ect  on  the  settlers  at  Radnor. 
The  community  was  thrown  into  a  panic  and 
preparations  were  begun  for  immediate  flight. 


The  story  was  communicated  by  each  one  to 
his  neighbor,  and.  no  doubt,  lost  nothing  of 
its  grewsome  details  in  the  telling.  On  foot,' 
on  horse-back,  in  wagons,  by  any.  method  that 
offered  the  easiest  and  quickest  means  of 
escape,  the  people  fled  from  their  impending 
doom.  The  same  scene  \\fjs  repeated  in  most 
of  the  other  settlements  to  which  the  news^ 
of  the  "massacre"  was  communicated.  The 
mob  of  frenzied  fugitives  struck  Delaware  just  . 
a  little  after  sunrise,  in  their  mad  haste  they 
did  not  take  time  to  stop  for  the  communica- 
tion of  details  but  simply  cried  out  as  they 
rushed  along.  "The  Indians  are  upon  us!'' 
While  great  alarm  was  immediately  manifested 
in  the  village  yet  it  is  said  that  not  a  great 
number  of  the  villagers  joined  in  the  flight. 
They  at  once  betook  themselves  to  the  forti- 
fications, however,  and  took  immediate  steps 
to  put  the  community  in  a  state  of  defence. 
Scouts  were  sent  out  to  ascertain  the  truth 
of  the  reports.  At  Xorton  they  found  the 
people  quietly  engaged  in  their  usual  occupa- 
tions. It  was  too  late,  however,  to  reach  many 
of  whose  who  had  fled. 

The  demoralization   spread  to  the  eastern 
part  of  the  county.     Most  of  the  settlers,  not 
stopping  to  question  the  truth  of  the  reports, 
prepared  for  flight.     Swollen  streams  and  vari- 
ous other  obstacles,  that,  under  ordinary  cir- 
cumstances   would   have    seemed    insurmount- 
able, apparently  offered  no  impediment  to  es- 
cape.    Women,  ordinarily  timid,  under  the  ex- 
citement of  the  hour,  became  brave  as  lions. 
Many  ludicrous   stories   are  related  of  incLni- 
gruities  on  the  part  of  the  panic-stricken  set- 
•tlers  in  the  preparations  they  made  for  flight. 
Articles  of  clothing  and  food  were  indiscrim- 
inately jumbled  together.     One  woman,  after 
wrapping  a  package  of  tallow  candles  in  her 
silk  dress  stowed  it  away  in  the  bottom  of  a 
wagon.      The   result  can   easily  be   imagined. 
Another,   after   the  panic   was   over,   found  a 
bag  containing  pies,  bread  and  various  other     i 
articles  of  food   together  with  a  pair  of  old     .1 
boots,   in   a   confused  mass,   stored   aw^ay    for      j 
an  emergency.     A  family  named  Penry  'dro\e      1 
so  fast  that  they  bounced  a  little  boy.  two  or      | 
three  years  old.  out  of  the  wagon,  near  Dela- 


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ware,  but  did  not  notice  it  until  they  pro- 
ceeded tive  or  six  miles  further  in  their  flight. 
They  decided  that  it  would  be  an  unjustifiable 
risk  to  return  for  him,  however,  and  left  him 
to  his  fate.  He  fortunately  escaped  the  In- 
dian tomahawk  as  well  as  other  dangers  and 
lived  for  many  years.  One  woman,  in  her 
hurry,  forgot  her  babe;  and  returning,  grabbed 
a  stick  of  wood  from  the  chiinncy  corner, 
leaving  the  babe  quietly  sleeping  in  its  cradle. 

^Meanwhile  Captain  Drake  and  his  com- 
pany proceeded  quietly  on  their  way  to  Lower 
Sandusky,  altogether  unconscious  of  the 
widespread  demoralization  and  disaster  of 
which  the  captain's  joke  had  been  the  innocent 
cause.  The  whole  incident  would  seem  to  us 
now.  perhaps,  to  savor  more  of  the  charac- 
ter of  a  huge  joke  than  as  being  of  the  nature 
of  a  great  calamity.  A  calamity,  however,  it 
really  was.  In  the  hurried  preparation  of  the 
settlers  for  flight  everything  was  left  in  the 
wildest  confusion.  When  they  returned  from 
th.eir  mad  stampede  they  found  everything  in 
a  disorder  that  required  much  time  and  pa- 
tience for  its  restoration.  Door  and  gate  had 
been  left  open,  and  thus  free  access  to  field  and 


larder  had  been  given.  Waste  and  devasta- 
tion -everywhere  were  the  result  and  a  burden 
placed  upon  the  settlers,  ordinarily  hard 
pressed  for  even  the  necessities  of  life,  which 
they  could  ill  afford  to  bear. 

Z^Ioreover,  so  panic-stricken  had  many  of 
those  who  ■  participated  in  the  flight  become 
and  so  thoroughl)-  frightened  by  the  possible 
dangers  of  living  on  the  extreme  frontier,  that 
they  never  e\en  returned  to  the  homes  which 
they  had  so  hastily  deserted.  The  larger  por- 
tion of  those  who  "escaped"  had  fled  to 
W'orthington  or  Franklinton,  but  many  kept  on 
even  so  far  as  Chillicothe.  The  incid'ent  itself 
gives  us  a  striking  illustration  of  the  terrors 
of  border  life  and  the  strain  which  anyone 
who  had  the  bravery  to  face  them  must  have 
endured.  It  is  easy  to  see  only  the  ludicrous 
side  of  the  occurrence  and  to  forget,  in  the 
security  of  our  civilized  life,  that  the  danger, 
while  only  fancied  in  this  instance,  might  as 
easily  have  been  real.  Had  there  been  no  rea- 
sonable possibility  of  an  actual  Indian  massacre, 
no  report  of  that  character  could  e\'er  have 
created  such  a  panic. 


CHAPTER  IIL 


SETTLEMENT  OF  THE  NORTHWEST  TERRITORY  AND  ORGANIZATION 
OF  THE  STATE  OF  OHIO. 


Boundaries  Defined — Derivation  of  Title  and  Early  Explorations — Achievement  of  George 
Rogers  Clark — State  Cessions  and  Indiaji  Treaties — Settlement — Indian  Wars — St. 
Clair's  Defeat — IVayne's  Campaign  and  Battle  of  Fallen  Timber — Organizatioii  of  the 
Northzcest   Territory — Organ!::ation   of   the  State  of  Ohio. 


Delaware  County  is  one  of  the  civil  sub- 
divisions of  the  tirst  State  formed  out  of  the 
old  Xorthwest  Territory.  Of  itself  it  consti- 
tute^  but  a  small  portion  of  that  vast  domain 
which  embraced  within  its  limits  all  of  the 
present  States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois. 
^Michigan  and  Wisconsin.  Yet  the  history  of 
Delaware  County  cannot  be  properly  written 
without  some  account  of  the  more  important 
events  tliat  concern  the  exploration,  develop- 
ment and  organization  of  the  territory  as  a 
whole.  Long  before  the  first  white  man  had 
set  foot  on  the  soil  of  what  is  now  Delaware 
County,  her  destiny  was  being  shaped  by 
cv"ents  of  even  greater  importance  than  any 
that  have  transpired  within  her  own  borders; 
and  long  prior  to  her  organization  as  a  county, 
wars  were  being  fought,  treaties  made,  and 
laws  enacted  through  which  alone  her  very  ex- 
istence was  made  a  possibility.  While  the 
present  work  contemplates  particularly  an  ac- 
count of  those  events  which  are  peculiar  to 
Delaware  County  as  a  separate  civil  subdivis- 
ion of  the  State,  and  while  the  reader  must  'je 
referred  to  the  larger  and  more  pretentious 
histories  of  the  Northwest  Territory  and  Ohio 
for  fuller  information  regarding  them  as  a 
whole,  yet  it  is  deemed  necessary  to  a  proper 
understanding  of  the  history  of  the  county 
to  review  some    of    the    leading    events    that 


characterized  the  development  of  the  entire 
domain,  and  to  present,  in  outline,  some  of  the 
chief  circumstances  that  have  contributed  to 
the  present  condition  of  prosperity  and  power 
occupied  by  this  widely  expended  area.  Xo 
portion  or  our  nation's  history  is  more  replete 
with  interest  and  imiX)rtance. 

Our  purp<Dse  shall  be,  not  so  much  to  give 
a  consecutive  account  of  events  in  the  order  of 
their  occurrence  as  to  present,  in  outline,  the 
different  lines  of  development  that  go,  as  'a 
whole,  to  make  up  the  history  of  the  state  and 
territory.  The  chief  topics  that  will  receive 
consideration  are:  i.  The  derivation  of  the 
title;  2,  the  settlement;  3,  the  various  Indian 
wars;  4,  the  organization. 

c 
DERIVATION  OF  TITLE. 

The  claims  first  asserted  to  lands  in  the 
Western  Hemisphere  by  European  monarchs 
were  based  on  discoveries  made  by  their  sub- 
jects. Accordingly  we  find  all  that  vast  re- 
gion between  the  Allegheny  and  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  originally  known  by  the  general 
name  of  Louisiana,  claimed  by  France,  in  con- 
sequence of  the  explorations,  chiefly,  of  Father 
Marquette,  a  Jesuit  missionary,  and  La  Salle. 
In  1673  ^larquette,  accompanied  by  M.  Joliet, 
starting    from    Mackinac,     traced     their     uav 


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55 


southward  from  there  to  the  \Visconsin  River, 
which  they  followed  to  its  junctii.>n  with  the 
Mississippi.  They  then  descended  the  Missis- 
sippi for  a  i,ooo  miles,  and,  on  their- return  to 
Canada,  urged  in  the  strongest  terms  the  im- 
mediate occupation  of  this  vast  and  fertile  re- 
gion watered  by  the  ^^lississippi  and  its  tribu- 
taries. There  are  other  accounts  of  the  discov- 
ery of  the  Mississippi,  1>ut  the  one  ascribing  it 
to  Marquette  seems  to  be  the  first  that  is  au- 
thentic. 

Between  the  years  1678  and  1682  La  Salle 
with  Father  Hennepin,  conducted  a  series  of 
explorations  around  the  great  lakes  and  along 
the  Mississippi,  going  as  far  south  as  Peoria 
Lake,  Illinois.  Here  they  erected  a  fort,  after 
which  La  Salle  returned  to  Canada.  Father 
Hennepin  explored  the  region  now  embraced 
within  the  limits  of  Ohio  and  is  said  to  have 
published  a  volume  containing  an  account  of 
his  discoveries  "in  the  country  between  New 
Mexico  and  the  frozen  ocean,"  together  with 
maps  of  Lakes  Erie.  Huron  and  ^Michigan, 
and  a  plat  of  the  larger  streams  of  Ohio.  In 
1683  La  Salle  went  to  France  and  induced 
the  French  Government  to  tit  out  an  expedi- 
tion for  the  purpose  of  planting  a  colony  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi.  The  expedition 
failed  completely,  however.  La  Salle  being 
murdered  by  one  of  his  own  men. 

The  French  still  persisted  in  their  efforts 
to  gain  possession  of  this  vast  region,  west  of 
the  Alleghenies  and  the  English  colonies.  Un- 
der the  command  of  M.  DTberville  a  second 
expedition  sailed  from  France,  entered  the 
mouth  of  the  Mississippi  (March  2,  1699). 
and  explored  the  river  for  several  hundred 
miles.  A  chain  of  trading,  missionary  and 
military  posts  was  ultimately  established  ex- 
tending from  New  Orleans  to  Quebec  by  way 
of  the  Mississippi  and  Illinois  Rivers,  and 
thence,  by  way  of  [Mackinaw  and  Detroit,  to 
Lakes  Erie  and  Ontario.  This  route  was  aft- 
erward shortened  by  following  the  Ohio  River 
to  the  Wabash,  and  then  following  the  latter 
upward  and  down  the  Maumee  to  Lake  Erie. 
The  French  colonies,  increasing  steadily  in 
numl)ers  and  strength,  aroused  the  jealousy  of 
the  English,  who,  to  check  their  advancement. 


formed  what  was  known  as  the  Ohio  Com- 
pany. This  company  made  some  attempts  to 
establish  trading  houses  among  the  Indians. 
The  French,  however,  established  a  chain  of 
fortifications  back  of  the  English  settlements 
and  thus  secured  to  themselves  the  entire  con- 
trol of  the  Mississippi  Valley. 

Inasmuch  as  this  same  territory  was 
claimed  by  the  English  Crown,  it  is  necessary 
to  consider  the  basis  of  the  rights  which  she 
asserted.  Her  chief  ground  for  claiming  title 
to  the  territory  west  of  the  Alleghenies,  was  a 
treaty  made  with  the  Six  Nations  in  the  Ohio 
Valley.  It  was  claimed  that  these  nations  had 
placed  their  lands  under-  the  protection  of  the 
British  Crown.  It  was  further  asserted  that  in 
1744  the  British  had  purchased  lands  of  these 
Six  Nations  by  treaty  at  Lancaster,  Pennsyl- 
vania. In  1748  the  Ohio  Company,  organized 
by  a  number  of  Virginians  and  Londoners,  ob- 
tained a  charter  from  the  British  Government 
with  a  grant  of  6,000  acres  oLland  on  the  Ohio. 
The  English,  reverting  to  the  times  of  the  Ca- 
bc>ts,  claimed  that  by  right  they  held  the  entire 
country  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific, 
bounded  by  the  parallels  of  latitude  defining 
their  Atlantic  Coast  settlements.  Inasmuch 
as  France  claimed  the  region  drained  by  the 
Mississippi  and  its  tributaries,  together  with 
the  Great  Lakes  and  their  tributaries,  Ohio 
was  within  the  disputed  territory.  When  tlie 
surveys  for  -the  lands  of  the  Ohio  Company 
were  begun,  the  Governor  of  Canada  entered 
a  vigorous  protest  by  establishing  the  line  of 
forts  to  which  we  have  before  alluded.  The 
dispute  over  this  territory  between  the  French 
and  English  was  finally  settled  by  the  treaty 
following  what  is  familiarly  known  in  history 
as  the  French  and  Indian  War.  By  the  terms 
of  that  treaty,  made  in  Paris  in  1763.  the 
British  Crown  came  into  undisputed  p<.issession 
of  all  the  vast  territory  northwest  of  the 
Ohio. 

The  territory  included  within  the  present 
limits  of  Ohio,  together  with  the  entire  do- 
main northwest  of  the  Ohio  River  of  unknown 
extent,  was  originally  claimed  by  Virginia. 
Her  title  rested  upon  three  grants  from  the 
British  Crown.     The  first  charter  was  granted 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


in  1606  by  James  I.  to  Sir  Th<:>mas  Gates.  Sif 
George  Somers  and  others,  authorizing  them 
to  establish  two  colonies,  the  first  being  known 
in  history  as  the  "'London  Company,"  and  the 
second  as  the  "Plymouth  Company."  The 
grant  to  the  London  Company  covered  a  strip 
of  sea  coast  fifty  miles  broad  between  the  34th 
and  41st  parallels.  In  1606  King  James 
granted  a  second  charter  to  the  London  Com- 
pany. The  territorial  limits  of  the  first  char- 
ter were  extended  to  embrace  the  whole  sea- 
coast,  north  and  south,  within  two  hundred 
miles  of  Old  Point  Comfort,  extending  "from 
sea  to  sea,  west  and  northwest."  A  third 
charter,  granted  in  161 2,  annexed  to  Virginia 
all.  the  islands  within  diree  hundred  leagues  of 
the  coast. 

Virginia,  however,  was  not  undisputed  in 
her  assertion  of  title  to  the  whole  of  this  ex- 
tensive region.  Both  Coiuiecticut  and  2^Iassa- 
chusetts  claimed  portions  of  the  territory.  In 
1662  Charles  II.  granted  to  certain  settlers 
upon  the  Connecticut-  all  the  territory  between 
the  parallels  of  latitude  which  include  the  pres- 
ent State  of  Connecticut,  from  the  Atlantic  to 
the  Pacific  oceans.  The 'claims  of  ^lassachu- 
setts  were  founded  on  a  similar  charter 
granted  thirty  years  later.  Xew  York  also 
had  claims  which  she  asserted. 

ACHIEVEMENT  OF  GEORGE  ROGERS  CL.\RK. 

By  the  treaty  of  peace,  signed  at  Paris. 
September  3,  1783,  the  claims  of  the  English 
monarch  to  the  whole  of  the  northwest  terri- 
tory were  ceded  to  the  United  States.  "The  pro- 
visional articles  which  formed  the  basis  of  the 
treaty,  more  especially  as  related  to  boundary, 
were  signed  at  Paris.  November  30,  1782.  Dur- 
ing the  pendency  of  the  negotiation  of  these 
preliminary  articles,  Mr.  Oswald,  the  British 
commissioner,  proposed  the  River  Ohio  as  the 
western  boundary  of  the  United  States,  and  but 
for  the  indomitable  perse\erance  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary" patriot,  John  Adams,  one  of  the 
American  commissioners,  who  opposed  the 
proposition,  and  insisted  upon  the  Alississippi 
as  the  boundary,  the  probability  is  that  the 
proposition  of  Mr.   Oswald  would  have  been 


acceded  to  by  the  United  States  Commission- 
ers." That  the  British  were  prevented  from 
making  a  reasonable  claim  to  the  territory 
northwest  of  the  Ohio  was  due.  in  large  meas- 
ure, to  the  fact  that  this  extensive  domain  was 
wrested  from  their  hands  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  through  the  valor  and  foresight 
of  General  George  Rogers  Clark.  On  the  out- 
break of  the  Re\olution  he  saw  throug-h  the 
whole  plan  of  the  British  who  held  all  the  out- 
posts, Kaskaskia.  Detroit,  Vincennes  and  Ni- 
agara. It  was  the  hope  of  the  British  that  by 
means  of  these  'outposts  they  might  encircle 
the  Americans  and  also  unite  the  Indians  in 
a  common  war  against  them.  Clark  knew 
that  many  of  the  Indian  tribes  were  divided 
in  their  feeling  or  but  indiflerent  in  their  sup- 
port of  the  British.  He  conceived  the  idea 
that  if  the  British  could  be  dri\-en  from  their 
outposts,  the  Indians  could  be  easily  awed  into 
submission  or  bribed  into  neutrality  or  friend- 
ship. Acting  upon  this  theory,  and  first  en- 
listing the  support  of  Patrick  Henry,  then 
governor  of  Virginia,  he  organized  an  expe- 
dition which  was  entirely  successful  in  \\Test- 
ing  control  of  the  country  west  of  the  Ohio 
from  the  British.  To  him,  as  well  as  to  John 
Adams,  is'  due  unlimited  credit  for  the  fact 
that  the  Ohio  River  was  not  made  the  bound- 
ary between  Canada  and  the  United  State;>. 

STATE   CESSIONS    AND   INDIAN    TRE.\TIES. 

At  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  the 
title  to  the  British  possessions  having  passed 
to  the  several  colonies,  each  one,  as  a  sov- 
ereign and  independent  state,  claimed  tlie 
right  of  soil  and  jurisdiction  over  the  lands 
which  had  been  originally  granted  it  in  its 
charter.  •  As  we  have  already  observed,  sev- 
eral states  laid  claim  to  portions  of  the  vast, 
unappropriated  tracts  northwest  of  the  Ohio. 
It  was  insisted  by  those  states  whose  char- 
ters gave  them  no  claims  to  any  portion  of 
this  territory  that  inasmuch  as  the  entire  de- 
main  had  been  won  from  the  British  by  the 
united  efforts  of  all  the  colonies,  the  lands 
themselves  should  be  approprated  for  the  V>ene- 
fit  of  all  the  states.     It  was  repeatedly  urged 


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upon  the  states  tliemselves  wliich  claimed 
ownership  in  these  lands,  that  they  should  cede 
them  for  the  common  benefit  of  all.  Respond- 
ing to  this  demand  the  State  of  Virginia,  on 
Ivlarch  i,  1784,  ceded  to  the  United  States 
her  claims  to  ownership  and  jurisdiction  over 
the  entire  part  of  the  country  embraced  in  her 
charter  lying  northwest  of  the  Ohio.  She 
made  a  condition,  however,  that  in  case  the 
lands  lying  south  of  the  Cumberland  river 
were  not  sufficient  to  satisfy  the  bounties  in 
land  which  she  had  issued  to  her  soldiers  dur- 
ing the  Revolutionary  War,  then  this  de- 
ficiency was  to  be  made  up  out  of  lands  in  this 
territory,  lying  between  the  rive-rs  Miami  and 
"Sciotrj.  The  jurisdiction  over  all  the  land, 
however,  passed  to  the  United  States.  Like- 
wise Connecticut,  on  September  13,  1786,  re- 
linquished to  the  United  States  all  her  claims 
to  lands  lying  within  this  same  territory,  with 
the  e.Kception  of  the  tract  known  as  the  West- 
ern Reserve.  This  she  deeded  to  the  United 
States  May  30.  1800.  The  president,  how- 
ever, immediately  conveyed  the  fee  of  the  soil 
to  the  governor  of  the  State  for  the  use  of 
grantees  and  purchasers  claiming  under  her, 
similar  to  the  manner  in  which  \'irginia  had 
also  been  allowed  the  fee  of  the  soil  in  a  cer- 
tain portion  to  satisfy  her  military  warrants. 
Massachusetts  and  New  York  also  gave  up 
their  claims,  thus  giving  to  the  United  States 
a  clear  title  to  the. whole  of  this  vast  region 
in  so  far  as  it  had  been  claimed  by  European 
powers. 

There  still  remained,  howe\er,  the  claims 
of  the  Indians  to  the  lands  as  the  original  pos- 
sessors of  the  soil  It  was  necessary  that  these 
should  be  disposed  of  before  the  white  settlers 
could  rightfully  take  possession.  Accordingly 
a  treaty  was  made  with  the  Six  Nations,  em- 
bracing the  ]vIohawks,  Onondagas,  Senecas, 
Cayugas,  Oneidas  and  Tuscaroras,  at  Fort 
Stanwix,  October  27,  1784.  By  the  terms  of 
this  treaty,  all  the  lands  west  of  a  line  drawn 
from  the  mouth  of  Oswego  Creek,  about  lour 
miles  east  of  Virginia,  to  the  mouth  of  Buffalo 
Creek  and  on  to  the  northern  boundary  of 
Pennsylvania,  thence  west  along  that  boundary 
to  its  western  extremitv,  thence  south  to  the 


Ohio  River,  were  ceded  to  the  United  States. 
There  were  other  Indian  nations,  howe\-er,  be- 
sides those  mentioned,  wlio  also  asserted  own- 
ership over  this  territory.  They  included  the 
Wyandot,  Chippewa,  Delaware  and  Ottawa 
Nations.  With  these  also  the  United  States 
made  a  treaty  at  Fort  ilclntosh  on  the  21st 
day  of  January.  1785.  By  this  treaty  the 
boundary  line  between  the  United  States  and 
the  Wyandot  and  Delaware  Nations  was  de- 
clared to  begin  "at  the  mouth  of  the  river 
Cuyahoga  and  to  extend  up  said  river  to  the 
Portage,  between  that  and  the  Tuscaroras 
branch  of  the  Muskingum,  thence  down  that 
branch  to  the  crossing-place  above  Fort  Laur- 
ens, then  westerly  to  the  Portage  of  the  Big 
^liami,  which  runs  into  the  Ohio,  at  the  mouth 
of  which  branch  the  fort  stood  which  was 
taken  by  the  French  in  1752;  then  along  said 
Portage  to  the  Great  Miami,  or  Omee  River, 
and  down  the  south  side  of  the  same  to  its 
mouth;  then  along  the  south  shore  of  Lake 
Erie  to  the  mouth  of  the  Cuyahoga  Ri\er, 
where  it  began."  "The  United  States  allotted 
all  the  lands  contained  within  said  lines  to  the 
Wyandot  and  Delaware  Nations,  to  live  and 
hunt  on,  together  with  such  of  the  Ottawa 
Nations  as  li\-ed  thereon,  saving  and  reserving 
for  the  establishment  of  trading  posts,  six 
miles  square  at  the  mouth  of  the  Aliami  or. 
Omee  River,  and  the  same  at  the  Portage,  on 
that  branch  of  the  Big  Mianh  which  runs  into 
the  Ohio,  and  the  same  on  the  Lake  of  San- 
dusky where  the  fort  formerly  stood,  and  also 
two  miles  square  on  each  side  of  the  Lower 
Rapids  of  the  Sandusky  River."  This  treaty 
was  afterwards  renewed  and  confirmed  by 
Governor  St.  Clair,  and  tlie  Wyandot,  Chip- 
pewa, Pottawatomie,  and  Sac  Nations  at  Fort 
Harmar  in  1789. 

•  On  the  3rd  of  August.  1795,  a  treaty  was 
made  with  the  Delawares,  Ottawas,  Pottawat- 
omies  and  Eel  River  Indians  by  General 
Wayne  after  the  close  of  his  successful  cam- 
paign against  them.  The  basis  of  this  treaty 
was  the  previous  one  at  Fort  Harmar.  the 
boundaries  made  at  that  time  being  reaffirmed, 
and  the  whites  secured  on  the  lands  now  oc- 
cupied by  them  or  granted  by  former  treaties. 


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This  treaty  marked  the  close  <-it    the    Indian 
wars. 

A  treaty  was  made  with  the  Indians  at 
Fort  Iiid.ustry,  on  the  present  site  ot  Toledo, 
in  1805,  Ijy  which  the  United  States  acquired, 
for  the  use  of  the  grantees  of  Connecticut,  all 
that  part  of  the  Western  Reserve  which  lies 
west  of  the  Cuyahoga.  The  lands  west  of 
Huron  and  Richland  Counties,  and  north  of 
the  Indian  boundary  line  lixed  by  Waj-ne's 
treaty  at  Greenville,  to  the  western  limits  of 
Ohio,  were  purchased  by  the  United  States  in 
1 818  by  a  treaty  made  at  St.  Mary's.  The 
lands  ceded  at  this  time  were  called  the  New 
I'urchase.  Certain  reservations  were  made 
within  the  purchased  tracts  to  the  Delawares, 
Wyandots,  Senecas.  etc.,  which  were  subse- 
quently ceded  to  the  United  States,  the  last 
by  the  Wyandots  in  1842,  they  then  being  the 
only  Indian  tribe  left  within  the  State.  Thus 
through  a  long  series  of  exploratiorls.  wars 
cessions  and  treaties  has  the  title  of  the 
United  States  to  lands  of  Ohio  been  derived. 
The  organization  of  the  Northwest  into  a  ter- 
ritorial subdivision  and  the  subsequent  forma- 
tion and  admission  to  the  Union,  of  the  State 
of  Ohio,  has  been  reserved  for  later  considera- 
tion. 

SETTLEMENT. 

The  first  English  attempt  at  settlement  of 
which  we  have  any  record,  within  the  present 
limits  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  was  at  a  point  in 
Shelby  County  on  Loramie  Creek,  about  six- 
teen miles  northwest  of  the  present  city  of 
Sidney,  and  since  known  by  the  name  of 
Loramie's  Store.  Here  some  English  traders 
established  themselves  about  the  year  1749, 
and  gave  it  the  name  of  Pickawillany  from 
the  tribe  of  Indians  there.  The  settlement 
however,  was  doomed  to  be  of  short  duration. 
As  we  have  heretofore  seen,  this  location  was 
clearly  within  the  limits  claimed  by  the 
French,  and  immediately  aroused  them  to 
action.  They  could  not  endure  so  evident  an 
invasion  of  their  country,  and  gathering  a 
force  of  the  Oltawas  and  Chippewas,  their 
allies,  ihey  attacked   the   fort   in   June,    1752, 


having  first  demanded  its  surrender  of  the  Mi- 
amis,  who  had  granted  the  English  the  priv- 
ilege of  its  erection.  In  the  battle  that  ensued, 
fourteen  of  the  ^liamis  were  slain  and  all  of 
the  traders  captured.  They  were  either  burned 
or  taken  to  Canada  as  prisoners. 

The  real  history  of  the  occupation  of  Oliio 
by  English  settlers  begins  with  the  settlement 
at  ?ilarietta,  on  April  7,  1788.  We  have  al- 
ready traced  the  various  steps  by  which  the 
title  to  the  lands  became  vested  in  the  United 
States,  and  through  which  alone  tlie  settlers 
could  be  secure  in  their  possession.  The  final 
cession  by  the  various  states  claiming  rights  in 
the  northwest  territory,  to  the  Central  Govern- 
ment, was  the  occasion  for  the  formation  of 
various  land  companies  in  the  East,  having  for 
their  purpose  the  settlement  of  this  western 
country.  The  Ohio  Company,  before  men- 
tioned, emerged  from  the  past  and  again  be- 
came active.  In  the  year  1786  Benjamin  Tup- 
per,  a  .Revolutionary  soldier,  and  General  Ru- 
fus  Putnam,  circulated  a  pamphlet  proposing 
the  formation-  of  a  company  for  the  purpose  of 
settling  the  Ohio  lands.  It  invited  all  those 
interestetl  to  meet  in  February  in  their  respec- 
tive counties  and  choose  delegates  to  a  conven- 
tion to  be  held  at  the  '"Bunch  of  Grapes" 
Tavern  in  Boston  on  March  i,  1786.  The 
purpose  -was  to  be  the  formation  of  a  compatiy" 
and  the  adoption  of  definite  plans  for  establish- 
ing a  settlement  in  the  Ohio  Valley.  On  the 
day  appointed  eleven  persons  appeared,  an  out- 
line was  drawn  up,  and  subscriptions  began  at 
once.  The  principal  features  of  the  plan  were 
as  follows:  "A  fund  of  $1,000,000,  mainly 
in  continental  certificates,  was  to  be  raised  for 
the  purpose  of  purchasing  lands  in  the  western 
country;  there  were  to  be  1000  shares  of  $1000 
each,  and-upon  each  share  $10  in  specie  were  to 
be  paid  for  contingent  expenses.  One  year's 
interest  was  to  be  appropriated  for  the  charges 
of  making  a  settlement  and  assisting  those  un- 
able to  move  without  aid.  The  owners  of 
every  twenty  shares  were  to  choose  an  agent 
to  represent  them  and  attend  to  their  interests, 
and  the  agents  were  to  choose  the  directors. 
The  plan  was  approved,  and  in  a  year's  time 
from  that  date  th.e  company  was  organized." 


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On  the  8th  of  March,  1787,  a  meeting  of 
the  agents  chose  General  Parsons.  General  Ru- 
fus  Putnam  and  Rev.  Manassah  Cutler,  direc- 
tors for  the  Company.  The  selection  -of  ila- 
nassali  Cutler  was  extremely  fortunate  for  the 
success  of  the  enterprise,  as  few  men  could 
have  been  better  fitted,  both  in  character  and 
ability,  to  conceive  and  execute  a  project  of 
such  importance  a<  th's  would  prove  to  be.  A 
contract  was  made  witii  the  Treasury  Board  by 
Cutler  and  Winthrop  Sargent,  as  agents  for 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Ohio  Company, 
on  October  2^,  17S7,  by  which  there  was  con- 
veyed to  the  company  a  vast  region  bounded 
on  the  south  by  the  Ohio  River,  west  by  the 
Scioto,  east  by  the  seventh  range  of  townships 
then  surveying,  and  north  by  a  due  west  line 
drawn  from  the  north  boundary  of  the  tenth 
township  from  the  Ohio  direct  to  the  Scioto, 
for  the  consideration  of  $1  per  acre.  Later, 
in  1792,  the  boundaries  of  the  purchase  were 
fixed  as  follows:  The  Ohio  on  the  south,  the 
seventh  range  of  townships  on  the  east,  the 
sixteenth  range  on  the  west,  and  a  line  on  the 
north  so  drawn  as  to  make  the  grant  750,000 
acres,  besides  reservations,  this  grant  being 
the  portion  which  it  was  originally  agreed  the 
company  might  enter  into  at  once.  In  adflition 
214.285  acres  were  granted  as  army  bounties, 
and  100,000  acres  as  bounties  to  actual  settlers. 
\MiiIe  these  preliminary  arrangements  for  the 
occupation  of  the  new  territory  were  being 
carried  out,  Congress  was  likewise  providing 
a  plan  for  its  government.  The  famous  in- 
strument known  as  the  Ordinance  of  1787,  un- 
der which  the  first  organization  of  the  terri- 
t</r\-  was  effected,  was  pas-"ed  on  July  13th  of 
that  year,  but  of  it  we  shall  speak  more  in  de- 
tail later  on. 

In  the  winter  of  17S7  General  Rufus  Put- 
nam and  forty-seven  pioneers  proceeded  as  far 
as  the  mouth  of  the  Youghiogheny  River, 
and,  having  built  a  boat  for  transportation 
down  the  Ohio,  proceeded  in  the  spring  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Muskingum,  where  they  landed 
on  the  7th  of  April,  1788.  Fort  Harmar  had 
previously  been  built  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mus- 
kingum, and  it  was  on  the  opposite  side  of  this 
river  that  the  pioneers  established  their  settle- 


ment which  they  later  called  Marietta,  in  hoiiur 
of  Marie  Antoinette. 

This  was  the  first  permanent  settlement  es- 
tablished witliin  the  limits  of  C)hio.  An  at- 
tempt at  settlement  within  the  limits  of  Ohio 
had  been  made  in  April.  1785,  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Scioto  on  the  present  site  of  Portsmouth 
by  four  families  from  Redstone,  Pennsylvania. 
Difficulties  with  the  Indians,  however,  com- 
pelled its  abandonment.  With  regard  to  this 
first  occupation  of  the  soil  of  Ohio,  George 
Washington  wrote :  "Xo  colony  in  America 
was  e\'er  settled  under  such  favorable  auspices 
as  that  which  has  commenced  at  the  Mus- 
kingum. Information,  property,  and  strength 
will  be  its  characteristics.  I  know  many  of  the 
settlers  personally  and  there  never  were  men 
better  calculated  to  promote  the  welfare  of 
such  a  community." 

Soon  after  their  arrival  the  settlers  be- 
gan the  erection  of  a  stockade  fort,  which  oc- 
cupied their  time  until  the  winter  of  1791. 
During  the  early  years  of  the  settlement,  how- 
ever, the  Indians  were  friendly,  no  hostilities 
being  experienced.  One  of  the  pioneers  de- 
scribes the  progress  of  the  colony  during  its 
first  year  as  being  all  that  could  be  expected, 
arrivals  coming  faster  than  provision  could  be 
made  for  them.  By  the  close  of  the  year  1790 
eight  settlements  had  been  made  within  the 
Ohio  Company's  purcha.se,  two  at  Belpre,  one 
at  Xewbury,  one  at  Wolf  Creek,  one  at  Duck 
Creek,  one  at  the  mouth  of  ]\Ieigs'  Creek,  one 
at  Anderson's  Bottom,  ard  one  at  Big  Bot- 
tom. 

Not  long  after  the  grant  of  lands  was 
made  to  the  Ohio  Company,  John  Cleves 
Symmes,  of  New  Jersey,  contracted  with  the 
Treasury  Board  for  the  purchase  of  a  large 
tract  of  land  lying  between  the  Great  and  Lit- 
tle Miami  Rivers.  The  terms  of  his  purchase' 
were  similar  to  those  of  the  Ohio  Company. 
In  July,  1788,  he  got  together  thirty  people 
and  eight  four-horse  wagons  who  started  for 
the  West.  After  meeting  with  Mr.  Stites  and 
a  company  from  Redstone.  Pa.,  they  pro- 
ceeded, under  his  leadership,  to  the  mouth  of 
the  Little  Miami,  where  tliey  arrived  before 
the    1st  of  January,    1789,   and  located   on   a 


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tract  of  lo.ooo  acres  which  Stites  had  pur- 
chased from  Synimes.  This  settlement,  which 
they  named  Cokmibia  and  which  was  located 
about  five  miles  above  the  site  of- Cincinnati, 
"was  the  secoiul  settlement  within  Oliio  terri- 
tory. 

In  1788  Mathias  Denman  purchased  of 
Symmes  a  tract  of  land  opposite  the  Licking 
River,  and,  in  company  with  Robert  Patterson 
and  John  Filson,  to  each  of  whom  he  sold  a 
third  interest  in  his  purchase,  projected  the  lo- 
cation of  a  town  on  the  present  site  of  Cincin- 
nati. There  is  some  uncertainty  as  to  the  ex- 
act time  when  a  settlement  was  first  made  here, 
but  it  seems  to  have  been  late  in  178S  or  earl\- 
in  1789.  Symmes  himself  had  contemplated 
building  his  main  town  at  North  E>end,  near 
the  mouth  of  the  Great  Miami.  The  fact, 
however,  that  this  point,  as  well  as  Columbia, 
suffered  severely  during  a  great  flood  which 
occurred  in  1789,  while  Losantiville,  as  Cin- 
cinnati was  then  called,  escaped,  had  much  to 
do  \vith  the  fact  that  the  latter  soon  out- 
stripped the  others  in  its  growth.  Ensign 
Luce,  wdio  had  been  commissioned  by  General 
Harmar  to  establish  a  fort,  decided  that  Xorth 
Bend  was  not  a  suitable  location  for  that  pur- 
pose, and,  contrary  to  the  wishes  of  Symmes, 
selected  Losantiville.  Fort  Washington  was 
thus  established  here.  .About  the  ist  of  Janu- 
ary, Governor  St,  Clair  organized  the  county 
of  Hamilton  and  constituted  Cincinnati  its 
seat  of  justice.  The  settlement  at  once  began 
an  active  growth,  outstripping  that  of  allthe 
others   in  the  Ohio  Valley. 

At  the  time  Dr.  Cutler  secured  the  grant 
of  lands  for  the  Ohio  Company,  he  likewise 
secured  a  large  additional  tract,  as  he  him- 
self writes,  "for  private  speculation,  in  which 
many  of  the  prominent  characters  in  America 
are  concerned;  without  connecting  this  specu- 
lation, similar  terms  and  advantages  could  not 
have  been  obtained  for  the  Ohio  Company." 
A  company  was  at  once  formed  known  by  the 
name  of  The  Scioto  Land  Company,  which 
contracted  with  Cutler  and  Sargent  on  behalf 
of  the  Ohio  Company  for  a  tract  of  land  west 
and  north  of  the  Ohio  Company's  purchase. 
Joel  Barlow  was  sent  to  Europe,  as  the  agent 


of  the  company,  to  make  sales  of  the  lands  thus 
contracted  for.  He  sold  parts  of  the  land  to 
companies  and  individuals  in  France.  It  de- 
veloped, however,  that  the  lands  which  Barlow 
had  presumed  to  sell  were  included  within  the 
Ohio  Company's  purchase,  and  that  the  pur- 
chasers were  without  title.  In  ignorance  of 
this  fact,  however,  two  hundred  and  eighteen 
of  these  purchasers  sailed  from  Havre  de 
Grace,  in  France,  on  the  19th  day  of  Febru- 
an,-,  1 79 1,  and  arrived  in  Alexandria,  D.  C, 
on  the  3rd  of  May  following.  On  their  ar- 
rival they  proceeded  to  Marietta,  where  fifty 
of  them  landed,  the  remainder  going  to  the 
present  site  of  Gallipolis,  which  the  agent  of 
the  campany  assured  them  was  within  their 
purchase.  Prior  to  their  arrival  General  Put- 
nam had  had  the  site  cleared  and  buildings 
erected  for  their  reception.  As  before  stated, 
however,  the  lands  to  which  alone  they  could 
lay  any  claim,  were  still  farther  to  the  \\'est. 
Moreover,  the  Scioto  Land  Company,  by  hav- 
ing failed  to  make  good  the  payments  on  its 
contract,  forfeited  its  title  to  the  land  which  it 
had  purchased,  thus  leaving  the  settlers  them- 
selves without  any  vestige  of  title.  These  set- 
tlers, unlike  the  hardy  pioneers  who  came, 
from  New  England,  were  little  accustomed  to 
toil  or  to  the  privations  of  frontier  life.  Tl\eir 
condition  was  pitiable  in  the  extreme  and  many 
gave  up  in  despair,  some  seeking  homes  in  the 
East  and  a  few  returning  to  France.  Every 
effort  to  secure  titles  to  the  lands  on  which  they 
had  settled  having  failed,  they  petitioned  Con- 
gress for  assistance  and  in  June,  1798.  a  grant 
was  made  to  them  of  land  on  the  Ohio  above 
the  mouth  of  the  Scioto  River.  The  tract  in- 
cluded 24,000  acres  and  is  known  as  the 
French  Grant. 

During  the  progress  of  the  various  cam- 
paigns against  the  Indians,  conducted  succes- 
sively by  General  Harmar,  General  St.  Clair, 
and  General  Wayne,  and  of  which  some  ac- 
count will  be  given  later,  the  settlement  of 
Ohio  was  interrupted  to  a  large  extent.  Prior 
to  the  treaty  made  with  the  Indians  by  Gen- 
eral \\'ayne  in  1795,  however,  a  start  had  been 
made  in  several  counties,  in  addition  to  those 
in  Washington  and  Hamilton  counties  alreadv 


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mentioned.  The  settlement  at  (jallipolis  lias 
already  been  described.  There  were  also  small 
settlements  in  Adams.,  Belmont  and  ^lorgan 
Counties.  They  were  block-house  settlements 
and  were  in  a  continual  state  of  defence.  The 
tirst  was  settled  in  the  winter  of  1790-91  by 
General  Nathaniel  ^Slassie.  near  where  the 
town  of  Manchester  now  is.  This. was  the 
first  srttlement  wit'iin  the  bounds  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Military  District  and  the  fourth  in  the 
State.  In  spite  of  the  dangers  clue  to  the  hos- 
tility of  the  Indians,  it  continued  to  grow  and, 
in  two  years  after  peace  was  declared,  Adams 
County  was  constituted  by  order  of  Go\ernor 
St.  Clair. 

During  the  Indian  war  a  settlement  was 
commenced  near  the  present  town  of  Bridge- 
port in  Belmont  County,  by  Captain  Joseph 
Belmont,  a  noted  officer  of  the  Reyolutionary 
War.  Shortly  afterwards  a  fort,  called  Dil- 
lie's  Fort,  was  built  on  the  Ohio,  opposite  the 
mouth  of  Graye  Creek.  In  1794  a  company  of 
men  located  on  the  present  site  of  Hamilton 
in  Butler  County.  The  town  was  first  laid 
out  under  the  name  of  Fairfield.  These  \yere 
about  all  the  settlements  begun  prior  to  the 
close  of  the  Indian  \\'ar  and  they  were,  for  the 
most  part,  of  a  temporary  character  and  main- 
tained only  at  constant  risk  and  great  loss  of 
life.  With  the  termination  of  the  war.  how- 
e\er.  and  the  cessation  of  Indian  hostihty  emi- 
gration took  a  new  impetus,  and  from  that 
time  the  growth  of  the  State's  population  was 
constant  and  yigorous. 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1796  the  first  set- 
tlement was  begun  in.  Montgomery  County. 
The  town  '■l  Dayton  was  laid  out  in  Noyem- 
ber  of  1795.  It  was  within  the  tract  originally 
coyered  by  Symmes'  purchase.  Judge  Symmes, 
haying  been  unable  to  pay  for  his  purchase, 
the  land  reyerted  to  the  goyernment  and  the 
settlers  found  themsehes  without  title.  Con- 
gre.ss,  however,  came  to  their  aid.  permitting 
them  to  enter  their  lands  at  the  regular  gov- 
ernment price. 

It  was  likewise  in  1796  that  the  first  settle- 
ments were  made  in  the  Western  Reserve. 
The  mouth  of  the  Cuyahoga  River  had  always 
been    considered    an    important   place     in     the 


West  and  destineil  to  become  a  great  commer- 
cial mart.  A  corps  of  surveyors  laid  out  the 
town  of  Cleveland  in  September,  L796.  It 
was  named  in  honor  of  General  Aloses  Cleave- 
land,  the  agent  of  the  land  company  which 
had  made  large  purchases  in  the  Western  Re- 
serve along  the  Cu)-ahoga  River.  Mahoning 
County  was  settled  about  the  same  time,  as 
were  also  the  counties  of  Ashtabula,  Ross, 
Licking,  Madison,  Trumbull,  and  Warren.  In 
a  sketch  of  such  a, limited  character  as  this  we 
cannot  pursue  the  history  of  the  individual  set- 
tlements further.  It  was  not  long  until  the  set- 
tlers had  penetrated  to  every  portion  of  the 
State,  clearing  the  land,  starting  industries  of 
various  kinds,  and  preparing  the  way  for  the 
marvelous  prosperity  which  has  ever  since 
characterized  the  history  of  the  Common- 
wealth. 

INDIAN    WARS.. 

Ohio  has  had  its  full  share  of  conflict  with 
the  various  tribes  of  Indians  which  were  the 
original  possessors  of  its  soil.  Being  the  first 
State  in  the  vast  region  northwest  of  the  Ohio 
River  within  whose  limits  settlement  by  the 
English  was  begun,  it  naturally  became  the 
scene  of  the  early  struggles  through  which 
the  savage  tribes  were  subdued  and  the  land 
made  possible  of  habitation  for  the  white  man. 
While  we  have  given,  in  tracing  the  deriva- 
tion of  the  title  to  the  lands,  the  various  Indian 
treaties  which  formed  a  link  in  that  title,  we 
have  reser\'ed  for  statement,  here,  -a  brief  ac- 
count of  the  wars  which  led  up  to  the  making 
of  these  treaties,  or  their  enforcement.  With 
regard  to  the  wars  which  took  place  prior  to 
the  organization  of  the  government  of  the 
territory,  we  quote  the  concise  account  given 
in  Howe's  History : 

"After  Braddock's  defeat  in  1755  the  In- 
dians pushed  their  excursions  as  far  east  as 
the  Blue  Ridge.  In  order  to  repel  them,  ^Major 
Lewis,  in  January.  1756,  was  sent  with  a  party 
of  troops  on  an  expedition  against  the  Indian 
towns  on  the  Ohio.  The  point  apparently 
aimed  at  was  the  upper  Shawanese  town,  situ- 
ated on  the  Ohio,  three  miles  above  the  mouth 


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of  the  Great  Kanawha.  The  attempt  proved 
a  taihire.  in  consequence,  it  is  said,  of  the 
swollen  state  of  the  streams  and-  the  treachery 
of  the  guides.  In  1764,  General  Bradstreet, 
having  dispersed  the  Indian  forces  besieging 
Detroit,  passed  into  the  Wyandot  country  by 
way  of  Sandusky  Bay.  He  ascended  tlie  bay 
and  river  as  far  as  it  was  navigable  for  boats, 
and  there  made  a  camp.  A  treaty  of  peace 
was  signed  by  the  chiefs  and  head  men.  The 
Shawnees  of  the  Scioto  River  and  the  Dela- 
wares  of  the  Muskingum,  however,  still  con- 
tinued hostile.  Colonel  Boquet.  in  1764.  with 
a  body  of  troops,  marched  from  Fort  Pitt  into 
the  heart  of  the  Ohio  country  on  the  Mus- 
kingum River.  This  expedition  was  con- 
ducted with  great  prudence  and  skill  and 
with  scarcely  any  loss  of  life.  A  treaty  of 
peace  was  effected  with  the  Indians,  wh(j  re- 
stored the  prisoners  they  had  captured  from 
the  white  settlements.  The  ne.\t  war  with  the 
Indians  was  in  1774,  generally  known  as  Lord 
Dunmore's.  In  the  summer  of  that  year  an 
e.Kpedition  under  Colonel  2vIcDonald  was  as- 
sembled at  Wheeling,  marched  into  the  Mus- 
kingum country,  and  destroyed  the  Indian 
town  of  W'apatomica,  a  few  miles  above  the 
site  of  Zanesville.  In  the  fall  the  Indians  were 
defeated  after  a  hard-fought  battle  at  Point 
Pleasant,  on  the  Virginia  side  of  the  Ohio. 
Shortly  after  this  event  Lord  Dunmore  made 
peace  with  the  Indians  at  Camp  Charlotte,  in 
what  is  now  Pickaway  County. 

"During  die  Revolutionary  War  most  of 
the  western  Indians  were  more  or  less  united 
against  the  Americans.  In  the  fall  of  177S 
an  expedition  against  Detroit  was  projected. 
As  a  preliminary  step  it  was  resolved  that  the 
forces  in  the  West,  under  General  Mcintosh, 
should  move  up  and  attack  the  Sandusky  In- 
dians. Preliminary  to-  diis.  Fort  Laurens,  so 
called  in  honor  of  the  President  of  Congress. 
was  built  upon  the  Tuscarawas,  a  short  dis- 
tance below  the  site  of  Bolivar,  Tuscarawas 
County.  The  expedition  to  Detroit  was  aban- 
doned, and  the  garrison  of  Fort  Laurens,  after 
suffering  much  from  the  Indians  and  from 
famine,  was  recalled  in  August,  1779.  A 
month  or  two  previous  to   the  evacuation   of  ' 


this  fnrt  Colonel  Bowman  headed  an 
expedition  against  the  Shawnees.  T'-ieir 
village,  Chillicothe,  three  miles  north  ui 
the  site  of  Xenia,  on  the  Little  ^li- 
ami,  was  burned.  The  warriors  showed  an 
undaunted  front  and  the  whites  were  forced  to 
retreat.  In  the  summer  of  1780  an  expedition 
directeil  against  the  Indian  towns  in  the  forks 
01  the  ]^Iuskii-igiim.  moved  from  Wheeling 
under  General  Broadhead.  This  expedition, 
known  as  the  'Coshochton  campaign,"  was 
unimportant  in  its  results.  In  the  same  sum- 
mer General  Clark  led  a  body  of  Kentuckians 
against  the  Shawnees.  Chillicothe,  on  the 
Little  ]\Iiami,  was  burnt  on  their  approach, 
but  at  Piqua.  their  town  on  the  Mad  River, 
six  miles  below  the  site  of  Springfield,  they 
gave  battle  to  the  whites  and  were  defeated. 
In  September,  17S2,  this  officer  led  a  second 
expedition  against  the  Shawnees.  Their 
towns,  Upper  and  Lower  Piqua,  on  the  3.1iami, 
within  what  is  now  ]\Iiami  County,  were  de- 
stroyed, together  with  the  store  of  a  trader 

'"There  were  other  expeditions  into  the  In- 
dian country,  which  although  of  a  later  date, 
we  mention  in  this  connection.  In  1786  Col- 
onel Logan  conducted  a  successful  expedition 
against  the  ^ilackachack  towns,  on  the  head 
waters  of  [Nlad  -Ri\er,  in  what  is  now  Logan 
County.  Edwards,  in  1787,  led  an  expedition 
to  the  head  waters  of  the  Big  [Miami,  and,  in 
1788.  Todd  led  one  into  the  Scioto  \^alley. 
There  were  also  minor  expeditions  at  various 
times  into  the  present  limits  of  Ohio. 

"The  ]\Iora\-ian  missionaries,  prior  to  the 
war  of  the  Revolution,  had  a  number  of  mis- 
sionary stations  within  the  limits  of  Ohio. 
The  missionaries,  Heckewelder  and  Post,  were 
on  the  >^Iuskingum  as  early  as  1762.  In 
](Iarch,  1782,  a  party  of  Americans,  under 
Colonel  \Villiamson,  murdered,  in  cold  blood, 
ninety-four  of  the  defenceless  Moravian  In- 
dians, within  the  present  limits  of  Tuscarawas 
County.  In  the  June  following.  Colonel  Craw- 
ford, at  the  head  of  about  500  men,  was  de- 
feated by  the  Indians  three  miles  north  of  the 
site  of  L'pper  Sandusky,  in  Wyandot  County. 
He  was  taken  prisnner  and  burnt  at  the  stake 
with  horrible  tortures." 


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Althougli  by  the  various  treaties  which  we 
have  heretofore  mentioned,  the  English  had 
secured  title  to  the  lands  northwest  of  the 
Ohio,  yet  the  Indians  did  not  take  kindly  to 
the  coming  of  the  white  settlers,  and  it  was 
not  long  after  their  arrival  that  the_\-  began 
to  show  themselves  hostile.  That  they  were 
instigated,  in  some  measure,  by  the  British, 
cannot  be  doubted.  Much  could'  be  traced  to 
the  malicious  intiuence  of  the  British  superin- 
tendent of  Indian  affairs.  Colonel  }.IcKee.  his 
assistant.  Captain.  Elliott,  and  the  notorious 
white  renegade,  Simon  Girty.  A  treaty  con- 
firming the  former  one  made  at  Fort  ]^lcln- 
tosh.  was  made  with  the  Indians  at  Fort  Har- 
mar  in  the  year  17S9.  It  had  little  effect,  how- 
ever, in  staying  Indian  hostilities.  In  1790 
a  company  of  36  men  went  from  ^Marietta  to 
a  place  on  the  Muskingum  known  as  Big  Bot- 
tc>m.  In  view  of  the  apparent  unfriendliness 
of  the  Indians,  the  postponement  of  the  set- 
tlement was  advised  by  General  Putnam  and 
others.  ^loreo\er  proper  precautions  were  not 
taken  against  possible  attacks.  In  an  un- 
guarded moment  these  settlers  were  set  uix^n 
by  the  Indians  and  twelve  of  them  killed.  The 
settlers  throughout  the  new  territory  immedi- 
ately became  alarmed  and  block-houses  were 
erected  for  their  protection.  In  1789  Fort 
Washington  was  built  within  the  present  limits 
of  Cincinnati,  and  a  few  months  later  General 
Harmar  arrived  with  300  men  and  assumed 
command.  It  was  determined  by  Governor 
St.  Clair  and  General  Harmar  to  send  an 
expedition  against  the  ]\Iaumee  towns  and  se- 
cure that  part  of  the  country.  While  St.  Clair 
was  forming  his  army  and  arranging  for  this 
campaign  three  e.xpeditions  were  sent  uut 
against  the  Miami  towns.  One  against  the 
^liami  villages,  not  far  from  Wabash,  was 
led  by  General  Harmar.  With  about  fourteen 
hundred  men,  of  whom  less  than  one-fourth 
were  regulars,  he  marched  from  Cincinnati  in 
September,  1790.  When  near  the  Indian  vil- 
lages an  advanced  detachment  fell  into  ambush 
and  was  defeated  with  severe  loss.  General 
Harmar.  however,  succeeded  in  burning  the 
Indian  villages  and  destroying  their  standing 
com,  after  which  he  commenced  the  return  to 


Cincinnati.  Ha\ing  receix'ed  mtelligence. 
however,  that  the  Indians  \\ere  returning  to 
their  ruined  towns,  he  detached  about  a  third 
of  his  remaining  force,  with  orders  to  bring 
the  Indians  to  an  engagement.  In  the  en- 
gagement which  followed,  more  than  one  hun- 
dred of  the  militia  were  killed  and  all  but 
nine  of  the  regulars,  the  remainder  being 
driven  back  to  the  main  force.  The  expedition 
served  little  purjwse  other  than  to  make  the 
Indians,  if  anything,  bolder  than  liefore.  An 
army  under  Charles  Scott  was  sent  against 
the  Wabash  Indians.  Nothing  was  accom- 
plished save  the  destruction  of  towns  and 
standing  corn.  In  July  another  army  under 
Colonel  Wilkinson,  was  sent  against  the  Eel 
River  Indians.  It  became  entangled  in  ex- 
tensive morasses  on  the  river  and  accomplished 
nil  more  than  the  other  expeditions  which  had 
preceded  it. 

ST.  Clair's  defe.vt. 

.  Encouraged  by  the  meager  success  of  the 
whites  in  these  expeditions,  the  chiefs  of  the 
Miamis,  Shawnees  and  the  Delawares  now  be- 
gan the  formation  of  a  confederacy  among 
all  the  tribes  of  the  northwest  territory,  which, 
they  conceived,  would  be  strong  enough  to 
expel  the  whites  beyond  tlie  Ohio.  While' 
they  were  making  ready,  iTowever.  Governor 
St.  Clair  was  engaged  in  the  organization  of 
a  new  army.  He  gathered  together  a  force 
consisting  of  2,300  regulars  and  600  militia. 
It  w-as  his  purpose  to  establish  a  chain  of 
forts  from  the  Ohio,  b\-  way  of  the  Miami  and 
Maumee  Valleys,  to  the  lakes.  The  plan  was 
favored  by  W'ashington  and  General  Knox, 
then  secretary  of  war.  -It  was  said  that  a  spirit 
of  idleness,  drunkenness  and-  insubordination 
characterized  the  amiy  at  this  time  and  had 
much  to  do  with  the  defeat  which  followed 
later.  On  September  17,  the  army  began  its 
march  and  mo\-ed  to  a  point  on  the  Great 
Miami,  where  Fort  Hamilton  was  established, 
the  first  in  the  chain  mentioned  above.  The 
army  then  proceeded  forty-four  miles  further 
on  and  erected  Fort  Jefferson,  about  six  miles 
south   of   the   present   town    of   Greenville,    in 


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Darke  County.  On  the  J4th  ot  October  it 
again  began  its  march  tlirough  tlie  wilderness, 
marshy  and  boggy  and  infested  with  savage 
foes.  By  the  3rd  of  Xovemljer  a  stream  was 
reached  which  St.  Clair  supposed  to  be  a 
branch  of  the  St.  Mary  of  the  Maumce.  hut 
which  in  reality  was  a  tributary  of  the  Wabash. 
The  point  was  on  what  is  now  the  line  between 
Darke  and  Mercer  Counties.  The  army  had 
been  so  far  depleted  by  de.-ertiun  at  thi'^ 
time  that  only  about  1,400  men  were  left.  St. 
Clair  sent  the  first  regiment,  under  iMajor 
Hamtramck,  to  pursue  the  deserters  and  secure 
the  advancing  convoys  of  provisions  which 
it  was  feared  the  deserters  intended  to 
plunder.  \\'hen  they  halted  on  the  banks 
of  the  stream  before  mentioned,  it  encamped 
in  two  lines  and  threw  up  some  slight  fortifi- 
cations against  the  Indians  who  were  known  to 
be  in  the  neighborhood.  C)n  the  next  morning, 
about  half  an  hour  before  sunrise,  it  was  at- 
tacked furiously  by  the  Indians.  The  evil  ef- 
fects of  the  insubordination  Ijefore  mentioned 
and  the  lack  of  sufncient  drill  \\'ere  now  made 
manifest.  The  army  was  thrown  into  hope- 
less confusion.  It  is  probable  that  the  whole 
disposable'  force  of  the  tribes  in  the  North- 
west participated  in  the  attack  on  St.  Clair's 
army  at  this  time.  After  losing  about  800 
men  it  began  its  retreat,  which  was  a  di'-'grace- 
ful,  precipitate  flight.  After  reaching  Fort 
Jefferson.it  proceeded,  by  way  of  Fort  Hamil- 
ton, back  to  Fort  Washington. 

This  defeat  was  one  of  the  worst  e\er  suf- 
'fered.by  an  Ainerican  army  at  the  hands  of  the 
savage  tribes,  outrivaling  even  Braddock's  de- 
feat in  this  regard.  It  left  the  entire  frontier 
exposed  to  the  onslaughts  of  the  savages,  who 
were  determined  now,  more  than  ever  before, 
to  exterminate  the  whites  entirely.  Execra- 
tions were  heaped  upon  St.  Clair  who  led  the 
army  to  its  terrible  defeat.  Under  a  more 
forceful  commander,  perhaps  the  result  might 
have  been  different,  yet  the  defeat  was  due, 
not  alone  to  the  inefficiency  of  St.  Clair,  but 
to  the  general  demoralization  of  the  soldiers 
whose  insubordination  we  have  before  men- 
tioned. 


Plans  were  immediately  formed  for  another 
campaign  against  the  Indians.  General 
Wayne,  whose  bravery  and  ability,  as  well  as 
his  e.xperience  during  the  Revolution,  rendered 
him  peculiarly  well  fitted  for  the  task,  was 
called  to  take  command  of  the  army  which  was 
raised.  He  innnediately  began  the  work  <-)f 
drill  and  organization. 

Aleanwhile  effijrts  were  being  made  by  the 
United  States  to  conciliate  the  Indians  and 
avoid  the  necessity  of  warfare.  The  Iroquois 
were  induced  to  visit  Philadelphia,  and  were 
partially  secured  from  the  confederacy  which 
we  have  before  mentioned.  Five  independent 
embassies  were  sent  among  the  western  tribes 
in  an  eft'ort  to  win  them  o\'er  and  prevent  war. 
All  the  embassadors  were  slain,  howexer.  ex- 
cept Putnam,  who  succeeded  in  reaching  the 
Wabash  Indians  and  effecting  a  treaty  which 
was  later  rejected  by  Congress  on  account  of 
its  terms.  A  great  council  of  the  Indians,  in 
which  were  represented  all  the  tribes  of  the 
Northwest,  and  niany  others,  assembled  at 
Auglaize  during  the  autumn  of  1792,  and  pre- 
pared an  address  to  the  President  wherein  they 
agreed  to  abstain  from  hostilities  until  they 
could  meet  with  the  whites  at  the  rapids  of 
the  Maumee  in  the  following  spring  for  a  con- 
ference. The  President  appointed  commis- 
sioners who,  in  accordance  with  the  arrange- 
ment, met  the  representatives  of  the  tribes  at 
the  appointed  place.  The  Indians,  however, 
would  consent  to  nothing  save  the  Ohio  Rii\'er 
as  the  boundary  of  their  lands.  This  being 
out  of  the  question  for  the  whites,  the  negotia- 
tions came  to  an  end. 

W.WNE's    campaign    and    B.A.TTLE    OF 
FALLEN'    TIMBER. 

Nothing  was  now  left  save  war.  General 
Wayne,  on  being  informed  of  the  termination 
of  the  efforts  at  securing  a  treaty,  immediately 
began  active  preparations  for  a  campaign 
against  the  Indians.  Pending  the  negotiations 
with  the  Indians  he  had  been  sending  out 
scouts  and  spies  on  errands  of  discovery  and 
he  had  his  plans  by  this  time  practically  rna- 


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tureil.  All  his  information  showed  plainly  that 
the  Indians  were  receiving  constant  aid  and 
encouragement  from  the  British.  He  had 
spent  the  winter  of  1793-94  at  a  fort  w-liich  he 
had  built  on  a  tributary  of  the  Great  Miami, 
and  which  he  called  Greenville.  The  present 
town  of  Greenville  is  near  the  site  of  the  fort. 
On  the  26th  of  July,  1794,  General  Scott,  with 
1,600  mounted  men  from  Kentucky,  joined 
General  Wayne  at  Greenville,  and  two  days 
later  the  entire  army  moved  forward,  re.aching 
the  junction  of  the  Auglaize  and  Maumee  on 
the  8th  of  August,  where  they  erected  Fort 
Defiance.  As  Wayne's  army  moved  north- 
ward the  Indians  abandoned  their  towns  and 
collected  their  entire  force,  amounting  to  about 
two  thousand  men.  near  a  British  fort,  erected 
in  violation  of  the  treaty  of  1783.  at  the 
rapid.s  of  the  Ataumee.  Before  attacking  the 
Indians,  however,  Wayne  made  still  another 
attempt  to  conciliate  them.  He  sent  Christo- 
pher }vliller,  who  had  been  naturalized  among 
the  Shawnces,  and  taken  prisoner  by  Wayne's 
spies,  as  a  messenger  of  peace.  [Miller  returned 
with  the  message  that  if  the  Americans  would 
delay  for  ten  days  the  Indians  would,  within 
that  tiniQ,  decide  the  question  of  war  or  peace. 
Knowing  the  Indian  character,  however. 
Wayne  determined  to  move  forward.  On  the 
1 8th  of  August,  having  niarcheil  forty-one 
miles  from  Auglaize,  and  being  now  near  to 
the  enemy,  a  fortification  was  erected  which 
they  called  Fort  Deposit.  They  remained  here 
until  the  JOth,  when  they  again  took  up  their 
March.  After  having  proceeded  about  five 
miles  the  foe  was  encountered.  In  striking 
contrast  with  the  condition  of  St.  Clair's  army 
at  the  time  it  had  suffered  its  crushing  defeat, 
the  army  was  now  well  disciplined  and  fully 
able  to  cope  with  the  enemy.  The  conflict 
which  ensued  was  one  of  the  fiercest  in  the 
history  of  Indian  warfare.  The  Indians  were 
completely  routed  and  many  of  them  were 
slain,  while  the  American  loss  was  compara- 
tively slight.  This  celebrated  engagement  is 
what  is  familiarly  known  as  the  battle  of  Fal- 
len Timber.  It  was  fought  almost  under 
the  walls  of  the  British  fort.  When  the  c<:«m- 
mander  of  that  fort  demanded  an  explanation 


of  Wayne  as  to  why  he  had  fought  so  near 
and  in  evident  hostility  to  the  British,  Wayne 
replied,  not  only  by  telling  him  he  had  no 
rights  in  the  country,  but  by  also  marching  for- 
ward and  devastating  the  Indian  country. 

While  the  Indians  were  not  immediately 
subdued  by  the  crushing  defeat  receixed  from 
Wayne,  yet  it  went  a  long  way  towards  break- 
ing the  str,ength  of  their  hostility.  Recogniz- 
ing, at  length,  that  opposition  to  the  encroach- 
ments of  the  whites  was  useless,  and  that  their 
ultimate  subjugation  was  only  a  matter  of 
time,  they  were  willing  to  sue  for  peace.  They 
arranged  to  meet  General  Wayne  in  June. 
I795-  at  Greenville  and  form  a  treaty.  This 
plan  was  carried  out  and  the  Greenville  treaty, 
which  marked  the  close  of  the  Indian  wars  in 
the  West,  was  the  result. 

ORG.VNIZATIOX  OF  THE  NORTHWEST  TERRITORY. 

After  the  title  to  the  lands  northwest  of 
the  Ohio  had  become  vested  in  the  United 
States,  and  active- perparatioas  for  their  settle- 
ment began  to  be  made,  it  became  necessary 
for  Congress  to  provide  some  form  of  govern- 
ment for  the  territory.  The  matter  was  one 
calling  for  the  exerci.se  of  the  highest  states- 
manship, and  various  plans  were  under  dis- 
cussion before  a  final  settlement  was  reached. 
At  one  time  Congress,  under  the  influence  of 
the  Southern  States,  voted  down  Jefterson's 
proposition  excluding  slavery  forever  from 
the  territory.  It  was  likewise  proposed  to  di- 
vide the  territory  into  ten  states  to  be  known 
as  Sylvania,  }vlichigania.  Ch.eresonisius,  Assen- 
ispia,  Metropotamia.  Illinoia.  Saratoga,  Wash- 
ington, Polypotamia  and  Pelisipia,  the  ultimate 
arrangement  being,  however,  that  there  should 
be  no  less  than  three  nor  more  than  five  states. 
The  instrument  which'  was  finally  adopted  for 
the  government  of  the  Northwest  Territory, 
and  ever  since  popularly  known  as  the  "Or- 
dinance of  1787,"  was,  in  large  measure,  the 
result  of  the  efforts  of  Rev.  Manassah  Cutler, 
before  mentioned  as  being  instrumental  in  se- 
curing the  grant  of  lands  to  the  Ohio  Com- 
pany. It  was  passed  on  the  13th  of  July, 
1787.     Its  cardinal  principles  were:  ist. — The 


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HISTORY  OF   DELAWARE  COUNTY 


exclusion  of  sla\ery  from  tlie  territory  for- 
ever :  2nd. — Pro\  ision  for  public  scIuhjIs,  giv- 
ing one  township  for  a  seminary  and  every 
sixteenth  section  (this  gave  one  tliirty-sixth 
of  all  the  land  for  public  education)  ;  3rd. — 
Freedom  in  religious  worship  and  opinion; 
4th. — The  equal  distribution  of  estates ;  and 
5th. — Protection  in  civil  liberty.  It  also  pro- 
vided for  the  appointment  of  a  governor  who 
should  likewise  lie  commander  of  th.e  militia, 
a  secretary,  and  for  three  judges.  The  gover- 
nor and  the  judges  were  to  have  the  power  to 
adopt  and  publish  such  of  the  laws  of  other 
states  as  should  be  suitable  to  their  circum- 
stances. Whenever  there  should  be  5,000  free 
male  inhabitants,  of  full  age,  in  the  district, 
they  were  to  ha\e  authority  to  elect  repre- 
sentatives to  a  General  Assembly,  which  ^^■as 
to  consist  of  the  Governor,  a  Legislative 
Council  and  a  House  of  Representatives. 
There  was  the  further  provision  that  not  less 
than  three  nor  more  than  five  states  were  to 
be  formed  out  of  the  territor\-,  the  states  to 
be  admitted  to  equal  standing  with  the  original 
states  of  the  Union  whenever  they  had  a  popu- 
lation of  60,000.  or  sooner  if  consistent  with 
the  general  interest.  The  principles  embodied 
in  the  ordinance  were  in  the  form  of 
a  compact  irrevocable  save  by  consent 
of  both  Congress  '  and  the  states  that 
should  be  formed  out  of  the  territory.  It  w-as 
by  reason  of  this  fact  that  the  South  was  af- 
terwards powerless  when  they  endeavored  to 
have  the  territory  opened  to  the  admission  of 
slavery. 

In  October,  1787'  Congress  appointed  Gen. 
Arthur  St.  Clair,  who  had  been  an  officer  in 
the  Revolution,  governor  of  the  new  territoiy, 
Winthrop  Sargeant,  secretary,  and  Samuel  H. 
Parsons,  John  Armstrong,  and  James  M.  Var- 
num,  judges.  Subsequently  Armstrong  de- 
clined the  appointment  and  John  Cleves 
Symmes  was  given  his  place.  Governor  St. 
Clair  arrived  at  the  Marietta  settlement  on 
July  9,  1788,  and  immediately  began  his  du- 
ties. On  the  .25th,  the  first  law,  relating  to 
the  militia,  was  published,  and  the  next  day 
the  governor  issued  a  proclamation  creating 
all  the  countrv  that  had  been  ceded  bv  the  In- 


■  dians,  east  of  the  Scioto  River,  into  the  county 
of  Washington.  After  organizing  the  militut 
he  next  erected  the  Courts  of  Probate  and 
Quarter  Sessions,  and  proceeded  to  appoint 
civil  officers.  Rufus  Putnam,  Benjamin  Tup- 
per  and  Winthrop  Sargeant,  were  made  jus- 
tices of  the  peace.  The  30th  day  of  August, 
the  day  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  was  ap- 
pointed, Archibald  Gary,  Isaac  Pierce  and 
Thomas  Lord  were  also  appointed  justices. 
Return  Jonathan  Meigs  was  appointed  clerk 
of  this  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions.  Ebenezer 
Sprout  was  appointed  sheriff  of  Washington 
County  and  also  colonel  of  -the  militia;  Wil- 
liam Callis,  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court;  Rufus 
Putnam,  judge  of  the  Probate  Court,  and  Re- 
turn J.  Aleigs,  Jr.,  clerk. 

On  September  2nd,  the  first  court  was  held. 
It  is  thus  described  by  the  American  Pioneer: 
"The  procession  was  formed  at  the  Point 
(where  most  of  the  settlers  resided),  in  the 
following  order;  The  high  sheriff,  with  his 
drawn  sword;  the  citizens;  the  officers  of  the 
garrison  at  Fort  Harmar;  the  members  of  the 
bar;  the  supreme  judges;  the  governor  and 
clergy-men;  the  newly  appointed  judges  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas.  Generals  Rufus  Put- 
nam and  Benjamin  Tupper. 

"They  marched  up  the  path  that  had  been 
cleared  through  the  forest  to  Campus  ]\Ianius 
Hall  (stockade),  where  the  whole  counter- 
marched, and  the  judges,  Putnam  and  Tupper, 
took  their  seats.  The  clergj-man.  Rev.  Dr.' 
Cutler,  then  invoked  the  divine  blessing.  The 
sheriff,  Ebenezer  Sproat,  proclaimed  with  his 
solemn  'Oh  yes"  that  a  court  is  open  for  the 
administration  of  even-handed  justice  to  the 
poor  and  to  the  rich,  to  the  guilty  and  to  the 
innocent,  without  respect  of  persons;  none  to 
be  punished  without  a  trial  of  their  peers,  and 
then  in  pursuance  of  the  laws  and  the  evidence 
in  the  case. 

"Although  the  scene  was  exhibited  thus 
early  in  the  settlement  of  the  West,  few  e\'er 
equalled  it  in  the  dignity  and  exalted  char- 
acter of  its  principal  participators.  JMany  of 
them  belonged  to  the  history  of  our  country 
in  the  darkest  as  well  as  the  most  splendid 
I)eriod  of  the  Revolutiuuar}-  war." 


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About  the  ist  of  January,  1790.  Governor 
St.  Clair,  with  his  officers,  went  to  Fort  W'ash- 
int,^ton,  on  the  present  site  of  Cincinnati,  and 
established  the  county  of  Hamilton,  in  which 
was  comprised  all  the  country  contiguous  to 
the  Ohio,  from  the  Hocking  River  to  the 
Great  !Miami.  He  also  appointed  a  corps  of 
cixil  and  military  officers  and  erected  a  Court 
of  Quarter  Sessions.  A  short  time  later  he 
likewise  organizLj  the  county  of  St.  Clair, 
whose  limits,  however,  were  comprised  within 
the  present  State  of  Indiana,  and  Illinois,  in- 
cluding the  country  from  the  Wabash  to  the 
]\Iississippi.  Before  the  close  of  1795  the  gov- 
ernor and  the  judges  published  sixty-four 
statutes.  Among  other  things  they  provided 
that  the  common  law  of  England,  and  all  its 
statutes  made  previous  to  the  fourth  year  of 
James  I.,  should  be  of  full  force  in  the  terri- 
tory. Wayne  County  was  organized  m  1796, 
Jefferson  and  Adams  in  1797,  and  Ross  in 
1798. 

As  has  before  been  stated,  the  Ordinance 
of  1787  provided  that  whenever  there  should 
be  5.000  persons  in  the  territory  they  should 
be  entitled  to  a  representative  assembly.  On 
October  29,  1798,  Governor  St.  Clair  pro- 
claimed that  the  population  had  reached  the  re- 
quired number,  and  ordered  an  election  for 
the  third  !\Ionday  in  December.  The  repre- 
sentatives thus  elected  met  in  Cincinnati,  Janu- 
ary 22,\i799,  and,  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Ordinance,  nominated  ten  persons,  from  whom 
the  President  should  select  five  to  constitute 
the  Legislative  Council.  The  persons  chosen 
were:  Jacob  Buniet,  James  Finley,  Henry 
\'arderburgh.  Robert  Oliver  and  David  Vance. 
The  Territorial  Legislature  again  met  at  Cin- 
cinnati on  the  24th  of  September,  when  a 
great  amount  of  business  was  done.  They 
repealed  some  of  the  laws  that  were  already 
in  force,  adopted  otliers,  created  and  filled  new- 
offices  and  devised  various  plans  and  methods 
for  carrying  on  the  government  of  the  new 
territory.  The  only  lawyer  in  the  body  was 
Mr.  Burnet,  upon  whom,  by  reason  of  his 
profession,  a  great  amount  of  the  work  de- 
volved. He  seems  to  have  acquitted  himself 
well   in   the   position   in   which    he    was    thus 


placed.  The  whole  number  of  acts  passed  and 
approved  by  the  go\ernor  was  thirty-seven.  It 
is  worthy  of  note  that  a  bill  authorizing  a 
lottery  was  passed  by  the  Council  but  rejected 
by  the  Legislature. 

Among  other  duties  which  devolved  on  this 
session  of  the  Legislature  was  the  election  of 
a  delegate- to  Congress.  The  choice  fell  upon 
William  lienry  Plarrison,  the  secretary  of  the 
territory  at  that  time.  He  at  once  resigned  his 
office  and  proceeded  to  Philadelphia  \o  take 
his  seat  in  Congress  which  was  then  in  ses- 
sion. He  was  successful  in  obtaining  many 
important  advantages  for  his  constitutents, 
among  others  a  measure  subdividing  the  sur- 
veys of  the  public  lands  and  permitting  them 
to  be  sold  in  smaller  tracts,  thus  making  it 
possible  for  them  to  be  purchased  by  individu- 
als without  first  coming  into  •  the  hands  of 
speculators. 

At  this  first  session  of  the  Legislature  Gov- 
ernor St.  Clair  saw  fit  to  veto  eleven  acts  which 
were  passed  by  it.  The  greater  part  of  them 
related  to  formation  -of  new  counties,  a  right 
which  the  governor  claimed  was  vested  in  him 
alone.  The  attitude  of  the  governor  served 
to  increase  his  unpopularity  with  the  people, 
whose  confidence  he  seems  to  have  lost,  in 
large  measure,  after  his  disastrous  defeat  at 
the  hands  of  the  Indians. 

In  the  year  1800  Congress  took  up  the 
matter-  of  dividing  the  Northwest  Territory 
into  two  parts.  The  great  extent  of  the  terri- 
tory rendered  extremely  difficult  and  unsatis- 
factory the  operations  of  the  government.  By 
reason  of  the  loose  administration  of  justice 
in  its  western  part,  that  portion  had  become  a 
rendezvous  for  criminals  of  various  character, 
with  the  consequent  effect  of  deterring  better 
citizens  from  settling  there.  The  judiciary 
was  likewise  \\-holly  inefficient  as  regarded 
civil  cases.  The  far  western  frontier,  being 
at  such  a  great  distance  from  the  seat  of  both 
the  national  and  territorial  governments,  could 
neither  feel  for  them  the  attachment  or  fear 
their  restraint  to  the  extent  that  a  closer  re- 
lation would  establish.  In  consequence,  on  the 
7th  of  May  an  act  was  passed  dividing  the 
territory,  the  hue  of  division  being  '"a  line  be- 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


ginning  at  the  Ohio,  opposite  to  the  mouth 
of  the  Kentucky  River,  and  running  thence  to 
Fort  Recovery,  and  thence  north  until  it  inter- 
sects the  territorial  line  between  t4ie  United 
States  and  Canada."  The  siune  form  of  gov- 
ernment was  provided  for  the  new  territory 
as  prevailed  in  the  old.  Chillicothe  was  made 
the  seat  of  government  for  the  old  territory 
and  St.  Clair  retained  as  governor,  while  St. 
\'inctnt's  on  the  Wabash  River,  was  made  the 
capital  of  the  "Indiana  Territory,"'  and  Wil- 
liam Henry  Harrison  appointed  its  governor. 

ORGANIZATION    OF    THE    STATE    OF    OHIO. 

,  .  The  second  session  of  the  General  As- 
sembly was  held  at  Chillicothe  in  1801.  Gov- 
ernor St.  Clair  had,  meanwhile,  been  growing 
more  and  more  unpopular.  The  abuse  heaped 
on  the  governor  and  the  Legislature  at  Chilli- 
cothe became  so  great  that  they  decided  to  re- 
move the  capital  from  that  place  to  Cincinnati. 
Out  of  this  agitation,  however,  and  the  general 
discontent  with  the  governor,  there  had  been 
rapidly  arising  a  general  sentiment  in  favor 
of  th.e  formation  of  a  State  government.  This 
sentiment  was  in  a  minority,  however,  so  far  as 
the  General  Assembly  was  concerned.  A 
measure  was  introduced  there  proposing  that 
the  Ordinance  of  1787  be  so  changed  that  the 
Scioto  River,  together  with  a  line  drawn  from 
its  intersection  with  the  Indian  boundary  to 
the  western  extremity  of  the  Reserve,  should 
be  the  we-tern  limit  of  the  most  e^!  stern  State 
to  be  formed  out  of  the  territory-.  To  protest 
against  this  proposition  the  minority  sent 
Thomas  Worthington  to  Washington.  While 
he  was  on  his  way  a  resolution  introduced  into 
the  Legislature  for  choosing  a  committee  to 
address  Congress  with  regard  to  the  proposed 
state  was  defeated.  x-V  further  attempt  pro- 
viding for  taking  the  census  of  the  territory 
was  postponed  by  the  Council. 

Worthington,  however,  was  successful  in 
his  mission  to  Congress,  and  on  the  30th  of 
April  that  body  authorized  the  calling  of  a 
state  convention  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a 
constitution,  provided  it  was  found  expedient. 
"The  act  of  Congress,  providing  for  the  ad- 


mission of  the  new  state  into  the  Union,  otteretl 
certain  propositions  to  the  people.  These  were, 
first,  that  Section  Si.xteen  in  each  township, 
or.  where  that  section  had  been  disposed  of, 
other  contiguous  and  equivalent  lands,  should 
be  granted  to  the  inhabitants  for  the  use  of 
schools ;  second,  that  thirty-eight  sections  of 
land,  wJiere  salt  springs  had  been  found,  of 
which  one  township  was  situated  on  the  Scioto, 
one  section  on  the  2vluskingum,  and  one  section 
in  the  United  States  ^Military  Tract,  should 
be  granted  to  the  state,  never  to  be  sold  or 
leased,  however,  for  a  longer  term  than  ten 
years ;  and  third,  that  one  twentieth  of  the 
proceeds  of  the  public  lands  sold  within  the 
state,  should  be  applied  to  the  construction  of 
roads  from  the  Atlantic,  to  and  through  the 
same."  These  propositions  were  offered  on 
the  condition  that  the  convention  should  pro- 
vide, by  ordinance,  that  all  lands  sold  by  the 
United  States  after  the  30th  day  of  June,  1802, 
should  be  exempt  from  taxation  by  the  state 
for  five  years  after  sale. 

The  convention  met  at  Chillicothe  on  the 
1st  day  of  November,  1S02.  While  it  believed 
the  consideration  offered  to  the  state  hardly 
sufficient  for  the  tax  exemption  required,  it 
decided  to  accept  the  conditions  of  Congress, 
pro\'iding  their  propositions  should  be  suffi.- 
ciently  enlarged  "so  as  to  vest  in  the  state,  for 
the  use  of  schools.  Section  Sixteen  in  each 
township  sold  by  the  United  States,  and  three 
other  tracts  of  land,  equal  in  quantity  re- 
spectively, to  one  thirty-sixth  of  th.e  Virginia 
Reservation,  of  *  the  United  States  ^ililitary 
Tract,  and  of  the  Connecticut  Reserve,  and  to 
give  three  per  centum  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
public  lands  sold  within  the  state,  to  be  applied 
under  the  direction  of  the  Legislature,  to  roads 
in  Ohio."  Congress  acceded  to  this  modifica- 
tion and  there  was  thus  nothing  to  pre\"ent  the 
formation  of  the  new  state. 

The  time  for  the  meeting  of  the  General 
Assembly  came  while  the  constitutional  con- 
vention was  in  session,  but.  owing  to  the  prob- 
ability that  the  territorial  government  would 
so  soon  be  superseded  by  that  of  the  state,  they 
tleferred  meeting.  On  the  2gth  of  November 
the  convention   having   framed   a  constitution 


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71 


and  completed  its  labors,  adjourned.  The 
constitution,  though  never  submitted  to  the 
people,  was  submitted  to  Congress  and  ac- 
cepted by  that  body,  and  an  act  passed"  admit- 
ting Ohio  to  the  Union,  February  19.  1803. 
The  constitution  framed  by  this  convention 
continued  in  force  until  the  adoption,  in  1S51, 
of  the  present  one.  The  territorial  govern- 
ment ended  and  the  state  govern'nent  began 
on  ;March  i,  1803. 

By  the  new  constitution  it  was  provided 
that  the  first  elections  under  the  new  govern- 
ment should  be  held  the  second  Tuesday  of 
January,  1803.  Accordingly  at  that  time  Ed- 
wartl  Tiffin  was  chosen  governor  and  Jere- 
miah' Morrow  sent  to  Congress.  A  General 
Assembly  was  also  elected,  which  met  on 
]March  3rd  and  chose  the  following  officers: 
]\Iichael  TaUUvin,  speaker  of  the  House, 
and  Nathaniel  Massie  of  the  Senate; 
William  Creighton,  Jr.,  secretary  of  state; 
Colonel  Thomas  Gibson,  auditor;  William 
]N[cFarland,  treasurer;  Return  J.  Meigs,  Jr., 
Samuel  Huntington  and  William  Spriggs, 
judges  of  the  Supreme  Court;  Francis  Dun- 
levy.  Wyllys  Silliman  and  Calvin  Pease,  presi- 
dent judges  of  the  First,  Second  and  Third 
Districts,  and  Thomas  Worthington  and  John 


Smith,  United  States  Senators.  The  Assembly 
also  passed  such  laws  as  were  necessary.  Up 
to  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  the  state  consti- 
tution there  had  been  organized  the  following 
counties:  Washington,  July  27,  17SS;  Hamil- 
ton, January  2,  1790;  Adams,  July  10,  1797; 
Jefferson,  July  29,  1797;  Ross,  August  20, 
179S;  Clermont,  Fairfield  and  Trumbull,  De- 
cember 9,  1800;  Belmont,  September  7,  1801. 
Eight  additional  counties  were  created  by  the 
Assembly  at  its  first  session,  viz. :  Gallia, 
Scioto,  Butler,  Warren,  Greene,  Montgom- 
ery.  Frankdin  and  Columbiana. 

The  seat  of  government  was  first  located 
at  Chillicothe.  In  the  year  18 10  an  act  was 
passed  changing  its  location  to  Zanesville,  but 
at  tlie  next  session  of  the  General  Assembly 
it  was  again  taken  back  to  Chillicothe,  and 
commissioners  appointed  to  determine  upon  a 
definite  location.  It  is  said  that  they  first  re- 
p<3rted  in  favor  of  Dublin,  a  small  town  on  the 
Scioto  about  fourteen  miles  above  Columbus. 
At  the  session  of  the  Assembly  of  1813-14, 
however,  the  proposal  of  parties  owning  the 
site  of  Columbus  was  accepted  and  in  1816, 
the  first  meeting  of  the  Assembly  was  held 
there. 


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CHAFTBR  IV. 


SETTLEMENT  AND  ORGANIZATION  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 

Derivation  of  Title — First  Settlement — Grozut/i  of  Population — First  Eve>!ts — Pioneer  In- 
dustries— Early  Roads  a)id  Taverns — Organization  of  the  Comity — Early  Political 
History — County    and    Other    OfHcials. 


We  have  already  traced  in  a  former  chap- 
ter the  various  steps  by  which  the  title  to  the 
lai'ds  of  the  Xovthwest  Territory,  and  thereby 
of  Delaware  County,  became  vested  in  the 
United  States  Government.  It  now  remains  to 
say  a  word  as  to  the  manner  in  which  the 
first  settlers  in  Delaware  County  derivtd  title 
from  the  United  States.  Previous  mention 
was  made  of  the  fact  that  Virginia,  in  ceding 
her  claims  to  the  territory  northwest  of  the 
Ohio  to  the  general  government  made  a  con- 
dition that  she  was  to  retain  the  right  to  ap- 
propriate a  certain  portion  of  that  land,  if  ne- 
cessary, to  satisfy  her  military  bounties,  issued 
during  the  Revolutionary  War.  In  accordance 
with  this  understanding  the  State  of  \'irginia 
ultimately  appropriated  a  tract  ncrth  of  the 
Ohio  and  west  of  the  Scioto  Rivers.  All  that 
part  of  Delaware  County  which  lies  west  of 
the  Scioto  is,  in  consequence,  within  the  tract 
kn(_>wn  as  the  Virginia  Military  Lands.  Ail 
that  part  of  the  county  which  lies  east  of  the 
Ssioto  is  within  the  tract  known  as  the  United 
States  Military  Lands,  excepting  the  "salt  res- 
ervation" in  Brown  Township,  which  will  be 
mentioned  later.  The  United  States  Military 
Lands  are  so  called  from  their  having  been  ap- 
propriated by  Congress,  through  an  act  passed 
June,  1796,  to  satisfy  certain  claims  of  the 
officers  and  soldiers  of  the  Revolution.  There 
is  a  difference  in  the  method  of  survey  of 
these  lands  and  that  of  the  Virginia  Military 


Lands.  The  United  States  Military  Lands 
were  divided  into  townships  of  five  miles 
square  and  these  again  into  quarter-town- 
ships of  4,000  acres  each.  Further  subdivi- 
sions of  the  quarter-townships  into  forty  lots 
of  100  acres  each  \yere  made  in  some  cases. 
The  place  of  each  township  is  ascertained  by 
numbers  and  ranges. 

The  Virginia  Military  District  is  not  sur- 
veyed into  townships  or  any  Tegular  form. 
Every  person  holding  a  Virginia  military  land 
warrant  was  permitted  to  locate  it  at  any  place 
1  in  the  district  and  in  whatever  shape  he  pleased, 
'  in  so  far  it  did  not  conflict  with  some  else. 
In  consequence,  there  has  been  much  more  liti- 
gation growing  out  of  a  conflict  of  Iwundaries 
in  this  district  than  in  the  United  States  ]\Iili- 
tary  Lands. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  in  the  act  passed 
by  Congress  through  which  the  State  of  Ohio 
was  constituted,  certain  tracts  within  the  state, 
known  as  salt  reservations,  were  granted  to 
the  State  of  Ohio  and  reserved  from  sale.  One 
of  these  tracts  was  in  Brown  Township,  in 
Delaware  County,  and  consisted  of  4,000 
acres  in  the  northeast  section.  On  the  failure 
of  the  reservation,  however,  to  fulfill  expecta- 
tions so  far  as  salt  production  was  concerned, 
permission  was  granted  to  the  State  by  an 
act  of  Congress  of  December  28,  1824,  to  sell 
the  lands,  and  an  act  was  likewise  passed  for 
this  purpose  by  the  State  Legislature  on  Febru- 


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ary  2-j  lS.26.  From  one  of  these  various 
sources  liave  the  first  settlers  in  Delaware 
gained  title  to  their  lands. 

FIRST    SETTLEMENT. 

Something  over  a  hundred  years  has  now 
passed  since  the  first  white  settler  in  Delaware 
County  cleared  tlie  unbroken  forest  for  the 
erection  of  his  cabin.  The  lips  that  could  re- 
count from  personal  recollection  the  tale  of 
hardship  and  heroism,  of  peril  and  privation, 
that  marked  this  event  of  such  prime  import- 
ance to  the  county's  present  populace,  have 
long  since  been  sealed  in  death,  and  the  story 
itself  has,  to  some  extent,  become  enshrouded 
in  the  misty  uncertainties  of  the  past.  There 
is  always  a  romantic  interest  that  attaches  to 
first  occurrences,  especially  such  as  this;  and 
had  the  record  of  toil  and  struggle  that  marked 
the  opening  up  of  Delaware  County  to  civili- 
zation been  carefully  chronicled  and  preserved, 
it  would  now  be  read  with  intensest  interest 
by  those  who  claim  the  county  as  their  home. 
Pioneer  life  here,  perhaps,  was  different  in  no 
marked  degree,  from  pioneer  life  in  general ; 
yet  incidents  that  might  be  trifling  to  the  world 
at  large  would  be  far  from  being  so  to  us  wath 
whose  present  well-being  and  happiness  they 
are  so  indissolubly  linked.  Everydiing  that 
might  concern  the  early  struggle  with  the 
wilderness  here  would  possess  for  us  the  inter- 
est felt  in  our  own  kith  and  kin.  At  the  pres- 
ent day  when  e\en  the  poorest  has  comforts 
and  luxuries  that  the  whole  world  scarce 
dreamed  of  for  a  thousand  years,  when  space 
itstlf  presents  no  difficulties  to  easy  communi- 
cation with  our  fellow-beings,  it  is  difficult  to 
even  imagine  the  lonely  cabin  in  the  great, 
deep  forest,  which  gave  scant  shelter  to  the 
pioneer,  from  driving  storms  and  winter's 
cold,  or  to  think  of  him  as  being  far  from  the 
sound  of  a  friendly  voice,  often  endangered  by 
attack  from  savage  beast  or  savage  red  man. 
and  hard-pressed  for  even  those  things  with- 
out which  life  itself  could  not  be  sustained. 
Vet  all  this  was  gladly  assumed  and  cheer- 
fully enrlured  by  those  who  paved  the  way 
in    Delaware   Countv    for   the   coming  of   the 


white  man's  government  and  the  white  man's 
civilizaition.  All  this  was  necessary  that  we 
might  enjciy  our  present  security  and  comf<.irt. 
And  while  we  celebrate  the  heroes  of  the  camp 
and  the  battlefield,  while  we  applaud  great 
achievement  in  every  sphere  of  human  activity, 
let  us  accord  a  place  equal  to  that  of  any  to 
the  pioneer,  and  to  the  pioneers  of  our  own 
county  in  particular. 

Delaware  County  drew  its  early  popula- 
tion from  widely  separated  sources.  Natur- 
ally the  larger  part  hailed  from  the  states  in 
our  own  country  already  populated.  Some 
came  from  beyond  the  seas.  The  restless  energy 
that  led  the  hardy  emigrants  to  seek  homes 
in  our  land  soon  after  its  discovery  again  led 
their  descendants  to  move  further  to  the  west- 
ward. The  battle  with  the  wilderness  was 
fought  and  won ;  and  the  population  of  Dela- 
ware County  today  inherits  the  same  elements 
of  intelligence,  enterprise  and  strength  that 
might  be  expected  from  such  an  ancestry. 

It  is  generally  conceded  that  the  first  set- 
tlement in  Delaware  County,  at  least  the  first 
to  have  a  marked  influence  on  its  further  de- 
velopment, was  in  Liberty  Township.  The 
claim  has  not  been  allowed,  however,  to  go  un- 
questioned. It  is  asserted  that  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Gilbert  Van  Dorn  settled  within  the 
limits  of  Trenton  Township  as  early  as  1783. 
There  is  also  said  to  have  been  a  white  settler 
named  Saybrook  who  came  to  Orange  Town- 
ship in  1798,  and  another  in  Troy  in  1801. 
The  time  is  now  too  far  past,  however,  to  de- 
termine as  to  the  accuracy  of  these  statements, 
and  there  would  seem  to  be  justice  in  claiming 
the  honor  of  the  first  settlement  for  Liberty 
Township,  inasmuch  as  that  is  the  first  of 
which  we  have  definite  knowledge,  and  is  un- 
doubtedly the  first  that  had  a  marked  influence 
on  the  subsequent  development  of  the  county. 

In  the  year  1801,  on  May  ist,  after  a  jour- 
ney from  the  State  of  New  York  lasting  for 
two  months  and  eighteen  days,  during  which 
all  the  experiences  incident  to  travel  through  a 
new  and  undeveloped  country  were  encount- 
ered, Nathan  Carpenter  and  Avery  Powers  . 
landed  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Olentangv  ' 
River,    or   Whetstone,   as   it   was   then   called,  ' 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


five  miles  south  of  the  site  of  the  present  city 
of  Delaware.  Carpenter  was  a  man  of  wealth, 
of  indomitable  enterprise,  and  had  been  a 
captain  in  the  Revolutionary  War;  an  experi- 
ence in  hardship  and  endurance  which  was 
well  calculated  to  fit  him  for  this  enterprise 
which  he  undertook  not  many  years  after  the 
war's  termination.  He  had  liveel  first  in  Con- 
necticut, but  at  tlie  close  of  the  Revolution 
had  remo\-ed  to  Chenango  County,  New  York. 
It  was  while  here  that  he  fell  under  the  in- 
fluence of  the  excitement,  prevalent  at  the  time, 
over  the  opening  up  of  the  territory  north- 
west of  the  Ohio  to  colonization,  and  he  de- 
termined tc>  become  one  of  the  pioneers  in  its 
settlement  and  development.  From  his  home 
in  Chenango  County,  in  company  with  Avery 
Powers  and  several  oUiers,  he  started  out  in 
the  dead  of  winter  and  when  the  ground  w"as 
covered  with  snow,  for  the  unknown  and  un- 
tried region  which  was  to  be  his  liome  for  the 
future.  Carpenter's  family  accompanied  him, 
but  the  family  of  Powers  did  not  come  until 
later.  On  their  arrival  cabins  were  erected 
and  the  lonely  life  in  the  wilderness  was  be- 
gun. 

It  was  not  long,  however,  until  others  ar- 
rived. In  April  of  the  year  1802,  Thomas 
Cellar  and  Josiah  [NIcKinnie  established  them- 
selves on  the  Olentangy-.  two  miles  below  Car- 
penter in  the  same  township.  Thomas  Cellar 
being  the  owner  of  a  tract  of  4,000  acres 
within  the  present  township  limits.  About  two 
years  later  three  brothers,  John,  Kbenezer  and 
Aaron  Welch,  together  with  a  brother-in-law. 
Capt.  Leonard  ^lonroe,  settled  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  Carpenters.  A  few  years  later 
there  \vas  added  to  the  Liberty  Township  set- 
tlement Ebenezer  Goodrich,  George  and  Seth 
Case,  and  David  Thomas. 

Before  the  Liberty  settlement  had  received 
all  these  additions,  however,  colonists  were  be- 
ginning to  erect  their  cabins  in  other  parts  of 
the  county.  One  of  the  earliest  after  the  ar- 
rival of  Carpenter  and  Powers,  was  Henry 
Perry,  who,  unlike  most  of  the  others,  was 
not  a  New  Englander,  but  came  direct  from 
Wales  and  thus  liecame  the  fore-runner  of  the 
\\'elsh  colony,  which  has  numbered  among  its 


members  many  of  the  county's  most  substantial 
citizens.  He  settled  in  the  region  wdiich  has 
since  been  organized  into  Radnor  Township, 
and  his  cabin  stood  about  three-fourths  of  a 
mile  from  the  site  of  the  present  village  of 
Radnor.  There  is  an  interesting  story  re- 
lated iii  connection  with  this  settlement. 
Perry  had  brought  his  two  boys,  then  only 
nine  and  eleven  years  of  age,  with  him.  When 
it  became  necessary  for  him  to  return  to  Phila- 
delphia to  pilot  the  remainder  of  his  family 
to  their  new  home,  he  left  the  two  boys  all 
alone  in  the  cabin  in  the  wilderness.  The  win- 
ter was  one  of  exceptional  se\-erity,  the  cabin 
open,  "having  neither  daubing,  fireplace  or 
chimney."  and  food  extremely  scarce.  Yet 
these  boys  withstood  bra\-ely  all  these  hard- 
ships, fearlessly  encountered  all  the  dangers 
of  the  unbroken  forest,  and  in  addition  made 
a  considerable  clearing  by  the  time  their  father 
returned.  It  was  such  courage  as  this  which 
conquered  the  wilderness  and  appropriated  it 
for  the  purposes  of  a  civilization  of  which  the 
native  red  men  ne\-'er  so  much  as  conceived. 
The  ground  on  which  Perry  settled  had  been 
originally  purchased  by  David  Pugh.  This 
man  laid  out  a  village  on  his  land  which  he 
called  New  Baltimore  and  which  he  antici- 
pated would  some  day  develop  into  a  large  and 
flourishing  town.  It  was  not  the  first  town, 
however,  which  was  laid  out  in  Delaware 
County.     That  honor  belongs  to  Berkshire. 

The  date  of  Perry's  settlement  in  Radnor 
Township  was  1803.  The  next  year  marks 
the  coming  to  the  county  of  a  man  who  was 
to  have  perhaps  more  to  do  with  the  shaping 
of  her  destinies  during  the  early  years  of  her 
history  than  any  other.  Colonel"  JNIoses  Byxbe 
w^s  a  native  of  Berkshire  County,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  man  of  exceptional  energy,  with 
great  decision  and  force  of  character.  He  had, 
feefore  his  coming  to  Ohio,  accumulated  large 
wealth  and  acquired  a  position  of  commanding 
influence  in  his  pative  town  of  Lenox.  In  his 
business  of  tavern  and  store-keeper  he  had 
come  into  possession  of  a  number  of  military 
land  warrants,  which  he  located  in  what  are 
now  the  townships  of  Berkshire  and  Berlin. 
The  tract   which   he    first    owned    comprised 


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75 


8,000  acres.  He  threw  all  his  energies  into  the 
task  of  colonizing  his  western  possessions  and 
soon  succeeded  in  organizing  a  colony  of  emi- 
grants who  set  out  for  their  new  homes  in 
June  of  the  year  1804,  arriving  at  the  place 
on  Alum  Creek  which  was  afterwards  called 
Berkshire  in  honor  of  their  native  county. 
There  is  said  to  have  been  a  still  earlier  settle- 
ment within  the  bounds  of  Berkshire  Town- 
ship, however,  in  the  person  of  Thomas  Cow- 
gill,  who  is  reputed  to  have  built  his  cabin  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  township  in  1801. 
As  ^^■as  the  case  with  the  other  settlements 
which  we  have  mentioned  as  having  perhaps 
preceded  the  Liberty  Township  settlement. 
howe\'er,  if  this  one  in  Berkshire  Township 
really  did  exist  it  had  little  influence  on  the 
later  development  of  the  county.  At  a  point 
where  Colonel  Eyxbe's  colony  located  was 
laid  out  the  first  town  in  Delaware  County, 
preceding  by  a  year  the  town  which  had  an 
existence  on  paper,  at  least,  in  Radnor  Town- 
ship, and  which  was  platted  in  1805.  Had 
Colonel  Byxbe  adhered  to  his  original  inten- 
tions, Berkshire  would  now  have  been,  per- 
haps, a  place  of  much  larger  p(jpulation  and 
proportions  than  it  is.  For  reasons  which  will 
appear  when  we  come  to  speak  more  particu- 
larly of  the  township  and  of  the  city  of  Dela- 
ware. Colonel  Byxbe  abandoned  his  efforts  in 
behalf  of  Berkshire  and  devoted  himself  to  the 
building  up  of  the  town  of  Delaware.  He 
made  a  number  of  journeys  between  his  native 
state  and  his  possessions  in  Delaware  County, 
and  many  am.ong  the  early  settlers  were  in- 
duced to  become  such  through  his  influence. 
The  next  township  to  receive  the  pioneer 
was  Berlin,  and  here,  too.  the  first  settlement 
was  maile  on  a  tract  owned  by  Byxbe.  The 
first  settler  was  George  Cowgill,  who  came  in 
1805,  3"d  he  was  closely  followed  by  David 
Lewis,  Sr..  and  his  family,  who  located  on  a 
tract  which  had  been  purchased  by  Joseph 
Constant  of  Peekskill,  Xew  York.  Xot  long 
afterward  came  Joseph  Eaton.  Sr..  and  John 
Johnston,  with  their  families,  from  Hunting- 
don. Pennsylvania,  and  later  David  Isaac. 
Philander  Hoadley  and  Chester  Lewis,  from 
Waterburv,  Connecticut. 


A  beginning  having  been  made,  it  was  mH 
long"  until  every  township  in  the  county  had 
been  started  on  the  padiway  to  civilization 
through  the  advent  of  the  \vhite  settler.  In 
1S06  Scioto  was  occupied,  die  first  family  here, 
that  of  Richard  Hoskins.  like  the  one  in  Rad- 
nor, having  come  originally  from  ^^'ales. 
Genoa,  Kingston,  Delaware,  Marlborough. 
Trenton,  Harlem,  and  perhaps  Porter,  received 
their  first  inhabitants  as  early  as  1807.  Be- 
tween this  period  and  die  year  181 2  all  the 
remaining  townships  in  the  county  were  oc- 
cupied., and  what  a  few  years  before  had  been 
a  desolate,  unbroken  wilderness,  now  began  to 
teem  with  the  life  of  the  new  population  which 
was  henceforth  to  render  the  region  forever- 
more  an  uncongenial  habitation  for  the  native 
child  of  the  forest. 

GROWTH    OF   POPULATION-. 

It  may  be  interesting  here  to  note  the 
growtti  of  the  population.  The  first  year  in 
which  a  census  seems  to  have  been  taken  was 
in  1810,  before  all  the  townships,  even,  had 
yet  been  occupied.  -In  that  year  Delaware 
County  had  2.000  inhabitants.  It  is  to  be  re- 
membered, however,  that  the  extent  of  the 
county's  limits  were  greater  at  that  time  thaij 
they  were  later  on  after  a  part  of  its  territory 
had  been  taken  to  help  in  the  formation  of 
other  counties,  a  matter  which  will  be  dis- 
cussed hereafter.  In  1820  there  were  7,639 
people  in  the  county,  in  1S30.  11.523.  and  in 
1840.  22.060.  At  the  time  of  the  next  census, 
in  1850.  the  present  boundaries  of  the  county 
had  been  fixed  and  the  population  then  was 
21,817.  In  i860  it  was  23.902;  in  1870.  25.- 
175;  in  18S0.  27.381.  This  was  the  high- 
water  mark  in  the  county's  growth  in  popula- 
tion, as  the  census  in  subsequent  decades  shows 
an  actual  decline.  In  1890  the  number  of 
inhabitants  was  27,189.  and  at  the  last  census 
in  1900  it  was  only  27.401.  There  is  nothing 
in  this  decrease  of  population  in  the  past  few 
years  that  would  indicate  an  unhealthful  con- 
dition of  affairs,  and  the  experience  of  Dela- 
ware County  is  not.  in  this  respect,  an  ex- 
ceptional one.     A  number  of  counties  in  the 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


state  could  be  cited  where  an  exactly  similar 
condition  exists.  Yet  their  condition,  as  well 
as  that  of  Delaware  County,  has  been  one  of 
constant  and  unbroken  prosperity.  The  causes 
which  brought  the  early  settler  to  the  com- 
munity have  simply  ceased,  in  later  times,  to 
operate,  and  where  there  has  been  growth  in 
recent  years,  as  there  has  been  in  some  cases, 
it  has  been  from  an  influx  uf  laborers  into  the 
county  seat  towns,  where  especial  facilities  for 
the  establishment  of  manufacturing  plant's  ar*e 
afforded. 

FIRST    EVENTS. 

There  seems  to  be  considerable  uncertainty 
as  to  who  has  the  honor  of  being  the  tirst  ad- 
dition to  the  population  of  Delaware  County, 
not  from  emigration  but  l^y  birth  upon  its  soil. 
There  have  been  at  least  three  claimants  for 
the  distinction,  two  of  them  in  Liberty  Town- 
ship and  one  in  Berlin.  If  the  dates  which  have 
been  handed  down  to  us  are  correct,  Jeremiah 
Gillies  was  born  in  Liberty  Township  on  Au- 
gust 7,  1803.  In  the  same  township  Benjamin 
Powers  was  born  OctC)ber  6,  1803.  The 
"County  Atlas,"  published  in  1875,  asserts 
that  J.  C.  Lewis,  who  was  born  in  Berlin 
Township,  September  29.  1806,  was  the  first 
white  child  born  in  the  county.  If  either  of 
the  dates  given  above,  however,  are  correct, 
there  would  appear  to  be  little  ground  for  the 
claim  which  is  made  for  Le^vis. 

The  first  death,  as  well  as  the  nrst  birth, 
is  a  matter  of  interest.  Death  did  not  enter 
the  pioneer  settlement  until  three  years  after 
its  founding,  and  then  it  cirimed  the  wife  of 
Captain  Carpenter.  She  died  on  the  7th  of 
August,  1S04,  and  was  buried  on  a  knoll  on 
the  Carpenter  homestead  which  is  supposed  to 
have  been  a  burying  ground  of  the  ancient 
inhabitants  of  the  territory.  The  next  to  suc- 
cumb was  one  of  the  Welch  brothers,  men- 
tioned among  the  early  settlers  of  the  town- 
ship. 

PIOXEER    IXDU.^TRIES. 

Much  has  been  written  on  the  varied  ex- 
periences encountered  in  pioneer  life;  and,  to 


those  of  us  who  have  come  on  the  scene  of 
action  long  after  the  forests  were  cleared  and 
all  the  various  enterprises  and  intlustries  that 
characterize  the  modern  community  were  in 
full  swing  of  their  activity,  the  details  of  life 
in  this  former  day  are  always  of  absorbing 
interest.  As  our  particular  purpose  here,  how- 
ever, is  to  recount  those  facts  which  have  to 
do  exclusively  with  Delaware  County,  we 
must  refer  the  reader  to  other  works  for  the  de- 
scription of  pioneer  life  in  general.  Could  the 
facts  now  be  obtained,  through  which  the  story 
of  the  beginning  of  each  enterprise  that  is  now 
interwoven  with  the  social  and  business  life  of 
Delaware  County  could  be  written,  it  would 
possess  for  us  an  interest  equal  to  that  which 
we  have  in  events  of  much  larger  importance 
in  themselves,  though  not  so  vitally  interwoven 
with  our  own  personal  aftairs.  It  perhaps  did 
not  occur,  however,  to  the  humble  tavern- 
keeper  of  the  early  times,  or  the  pioneer  mer- 
chant or  miller  or  black.smith,  that  they  were 
making  history ;  and  the  record  that  has  come 
down  to  us  of  the  early  activities  in  these  vari- 
ous hues  of  enterprise,  are  extremely  meager. 
As  regards  the  early  store-keepers  of  the 
county  we  can  not  do  better  than  quote  the 
statement  found  in  the  county  history  pub- 
lished in  1S80:  "With  all  our  research  we 
have  been  unable  to  learn  who  opened  the  first 
store  in  Delaware,  or  whether  the  first  store 
in  the  county  was  in  Delaware  or  Berkshire. 
We  are  inclined  to  the  opinion,  however,  that 
the  honor  belongs  to  Berkshire,  as  it  was  laid 
out  as  a  town  sometime  before  Delaware,  prol> 
ably  three  or  four  years  before,  and  doubtless 
a  store  was  established  soon  after.  Major 
Brown  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  tradesman 
at  the  place,  but  did  not  remain  in  business 
very  long.  Stores  were  not  so  much  of  a 
necessity  then  as  they  are  now.  After  Brown 
sold  out  a  man  named  Fuller  brought  a  stock 
of  goods  to  the  place,  but  neither  did  he  re- 
main long.  *  *  *■  The  first  merchant  at 
Delaware  of  whom  we  have  been  able  to  learn 
anvthing  was  Hezekiah  Kilbourn,  but  at  what 
date  he  commenced  business  we  could  not 
learn.  Lamb  and  Little  were  also  among  the 
pioneer  merchants  of  Delaware,  as  was  An- 
thony Walker.     The  latter  gentleman   had  a 


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store — a  kind  of  branch  concern — in  Thomp- 
son Township  at  quite  an  early  date,  which  was 
carried  on  by  one  of  the  Welches  as  agent  of 
Walker.  Williams  &  Cone  were  early  mer- 
chants at  Delhi,  and  a  man  named  Dean  kept 
a  store  on  Goodrich's  farm  in  Liberty  Town- 
ship for  a  number  of  years.  In  what  is  now 
Concord  Township,  was  est'iblished  one  of  the 
early  stores  of  ^tlie  county.  It  was  owned  and 
operated  by  a  couple  of  men  named  Winslow, 
*  *  *  and  consisted  of  a  box  of  cheap 
goods  exposed  for  sale  in  a  small  tent,  at  the 
mouth  of  Mill  Creek.  Shortly  after  this  mer- 
cantile venture  Michael  Crider  opened  a  small 
store  on  the  farm  of  Freshwater  and  eventu- 
ally moved  to  Bellepoint."  In  the  early  days 
the  mercantile  business  was  no  slight  under- 
taking. Without  any  of  our  modern  facilities 
for  safe  and  rapid  transportation,  all  goods 
had  to  be  brought  overland  from  points  in  the 
far  distant  East,  principally  Philadelphia,  at 
L;Teat  expense  and  risk,  and  it  is  not  strange 
that  we  find  that  many  a  person  wlio  attempted 
the  enterprise  was  compelled  to  abandon  it 
after  a  loss.  Naturally  the  stores  were  not 
of  the  specialized  character  that  they  possess, 
at  least  in  the  larger  places,  today,  but  con- 
tained conmiodities  of  every  variety  that  could 
be  used  in  the  primitive  settlements.  The  set- 
tlers depended,  too,  on  providing  themselves 
with  many  of  the  necessities  for  which  we  are 
now  accustomed  to  look  to  our  merchants. 

There  were  two  commodities  which,  to 
most,  are  almost  absolute  essentials  to  exist- 
ence and  which  the  early  settlers  had  the 
greatest  difficulty  in  obtaining.  These  were 
flour  and  salt.  In  consequence  we  find  among 
the  earliest  activities  of  tlie  Delaware  County 
pioneer,  an  effort  to  provide  a  supply  of  these 
articles.  It  will  be  remembered  that  mention 
has  already  been  made  of  the  fact  that  there 
was  supposed  to  be  a  "Salt  Lick"  in  Brown 
Township,  and  that  by  reason  of  this  very  im- 
pression a  whole  quarter  section  of  land  therein 
was  reserved  to  the  State. 

One  of  the  earliest  attempts  to  produce 
salt  in  the  neighborhoixl  was  by  Dr.  John  Loof- 
bourrow,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Brown 
Township.     Having  learned  from  the  Indians 


where  diey  obtained  their  salt,  he,  in  com- 
pany widi  a  colored  servant,  began  the  manu- 
facture of  the  commodity  and,  for  several 
years,  succeeded  in  obtaining  a  moderate 
quantity.  Some  years  later,  however,  some 
other  parties  wdio  thought  they  saw  possibili- 
ties of  salt  production  greater  than  those  which 
were  being  used,  leased  a  larger  area  of  land 
in  this  section  from  the  State  and  commenced 
boring  wells.  They  failed  to  find  salt  water 
in  paying  quantities,  however,  and  the  entire 
tract  which  had  been  reserved  was  ultimately 
sold  by  the  State  as  has  already  been  stated. 
An  effort  was  made  near  the  present  village 
of  Stratford,  at  one  time,  to  find  salt  water.  A 
shaft  was  sunk  and  there  really  was  found  to 
be  salt  water  in  the  vicinity.  As  the  digging 
had  to  be  done  by  hand,  however,  witliout 
an}-  of  our  modern  facilities,  the  attempt  was 
soon  abandoned.  It  was  likewse  thought  at 
one  time  that  salt  could  be  obtained  in  the  re- 
gii">n  which  is  now  Porter  Township,  but  here 
too  the  expectations  proved  to  be  ill  founded. 
The  price  of  salt  ranged  from  $5.00  to  $6.00 
per  bushel.  As  illustrating  the  difficulties  en- 
countered and  the  hardships  wliich  the  early 
settlers  were  compelled  to  undergo  in  order 
to  obtain  this  article  we  quote  the  following 
incident  from  the  "County  Atlas" :  "David 
Lewis,  Jr.,  (a  resident  of  Berkshire)  dug  out 
a  canoe  and  prepared  for  a  voyage  in  quest  of 
of  salt.  From  the  time  of  leaving  until  his  return 
his  chances  for  a  fire  with  which  to  cook  food 
depended  on  his  flint  in  tne  musket-lock  and 
his  'punk'  which  lie  carried  with  him.  The 
tiny  craft  completed,  he  loaded  it  with  deer, 
raccoon  and  other  skins,  shoved  out  into  Alum 
Creek  and  started  down  stream.  The  first 
night  found  him  at  Worthington.  He  went  to 
Chillicothe  and.  selling  his  load,  bought  a 
bushel  of  salt  for  which  he  paid  five  dollars. 
Lewis  could  not  ascend  the  current  and, 
abandoning  his  canoe,  shouldered  his  purchase, 
and  started  by  way  of  Indian  trail  and  bridle 
path  for  home.  His  shoulders  were  worn  by 
the  weight  of  his  precious  burden,  but  he  was 
near  home,  when,  in  crossing  a  stream  on  a 
log,  unfortunately  his  feet  slipped  and  he  fell 
into   the   water.      The   salt   was   gone   and    he 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTV 


was  home  again,  his  shoulders  smarting  with 
the  brine  and  his  mind  chafed  at  the  loss." 

Flour  was  just  as  difficult  to  obtain  as  salt. 
The  even  greater  necessity  for  its  production 
led  the  early  settlers  to  turn  their  attention  first 
of  anything,  so  far  as  manufacturing  enter- 
prises were  concerned,  to  the  establishment  of 
mills.  It  is  related  of  Jacob  Foust,  one  of  the 
earliest  settlers  of  Troy  Township  that,  wluni 
his  wife  was  sick  and  could  obtain  nothing 
to  'eat  which  she  relished,  he  shouldered  a 
bushel  of  wheat  and  carried  it  all  the  way  to 
Zanesville,  seventy-five  miles  distant,  to  have 
it  ground.  Owing  to  the  limited  capacity  of 
the  few  mills  that  really  did  exist  in  the  early 
times  great  hardship  was  entailed  on  the  pio- 
neers. It  is  recounted  of  one  man  that  he 
traveled  a  distance  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
miles,  from  mill  to  mill,  in  a  vain  effort  to 
have  a  sack  of  \vheat  ground,  finally  return- 
ing with  the  wheat.  The  rude  block  and 
pestle  served  the  purpose  of  the  pioneer  before 
the  erection  of  mills,  but  it  was  a  very  imper- 
fect and  laborious  method'  of  obtaining  meal 
and  hominy. 

E.\RLY    RO.^DS. 

Another  matter  to  which  the  settlers  early 
gave  attention  was  the  construction  of  roads. 
At  first  there  were  nothing  but  the  "blazed" 
pathways  and  the  old  Indian  trails.  These 
could  suffice,  however,  for  but  a  short  time 
as  the  population  increased.  Accordingly  we 
find  that  the  first  business  transacted  by  the 
county  commissioners  on  the  organization  of 
the  county  related  to  the  construction  of  a 
road.  The  entry  on  the  commissioners'  record 
is  as  follows:  "'June  15,  1808.  A  petition  for 
a  county  road  on  west  side  of  W'hetstone 
(Olentangy)  River,  beginning  at  the  Indian 
line;  thence  to  south  lines  of  the  county,  as 
near  the  river  as  ground  and  river  angles  will 
permit.  Petition  granted,  and  Messrs. 
By.Kbe.  Nathaniel  W'yatt  and  Josiah  McKin- 
nie  appointed  viewers,  and  Azariah  Root,  sur- 
veyor." This  road  was  afterward  abandoned 
when  the  Columbus  and  Sandusky  Pike  Road 
was  given  a  charter.     The  road  as  first  con- 


structed was  used  as  a  military  road  during 
the  War  of  181 2,  the  supplies  to  our  army  at 
Fort  Meigs  being  transported  over  it.  The 
road  constructed  later  by  the  Columbus  and 
Sandusky  Pike  Road  Company  runs  a  little 
west  of  this  road  and  about  where  the  pres- 
ent pike  is  located.  The  old  road  is  still  made 
use  of  by  some  of  the  farmers  as  a  lane.  Tlie 
first  road  company  chartered  in  .central  Ohio 
by  the  legislature  was  this  Columbus  and 
Sandusky  Pike  Road  Company,  and  Delaware 
County  had  several  of  the  incorporators — 
\\"illiam  Little,  Reuben  Lamb,  Hosea  Wil- 
liams, Ezra  Griswold  and  Milo  Pettibone.  In 
about  a  decade,  however,  the  charter  was  re- 
voked, as  the  road  was  not  constructed  ac- 
cording to  specifications,  and  the  matter  was 
placed  in  the  hands  of  a  Board  of  Commission- 
ers. The  toll  gates  were  done  away  with,  but 
for  a  long  time  the  road  was  in  a  very  unsatis- 
factory condition.  It  is  hard  to  realize,  in  this 
modern  era,  the  anno}"ance  to  which  travelers 
were  subjected  by  the'  toll  gates.  It  is  easy  to 
understand,  however,  the  mood  which  led 
many  a  one  to  evade  them,  when  possible,  and 
to  appreciate  the  state  of  mind  which  would 
be  experienced  when  the  traveler,  after  floun- 
dering through  the  mud  would  be  compelled  to 
pay  directly  for  the  privilege.  The  stage- 
coach was  the  only  public  means  for  transpor- 
tation of  passengers  and,  in  the  palmy  clays  of 
this  institution  the  fare  was  five  cents  per  pas- 
senger. 

Delaware  County  is  abundantly  blessed 
with  good  roads  at  the  present  time,  having  ap-. 
proximately  1600  miles  of  road,  at  least  one- 
fourth  of  which  is  already  piked  or  in  the  proc- 
ess of  being  so.  The  pikes  have,  until  re- 
cently, been  largely  confined  to  the  western 
part  of  the  county,  their  cost  of  construction 
here  being  much  less  than  in  the  east.  At  the 
present  time,  however,  in  accord  with  the  gen- 
eral movement  for  good  roads  that  is  asserting 
itself  throughout  the  State,  many  miles  of  road 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  county  are  being 
I  piked  and  it  will  not  be  long  until  this  portion 
I  of  the  county  will  compare  favorably  with 
anv  other. 


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.CT       I 


AND  REI'RESEXTATIVE  CITIZENS 


The  pioneer  tavern  was  an  institution  of 
great  importance,  just  as  it  is  in  later  times, 
thongh  in  lesser  degree,  under  another  name. 
It  was  not  long  after  the  county  began  to  be 
settled  until  we  find  these  hostelries  being  es- 
tablished in  various  parts  of  the  county  as  the 
need  for  them  arose.  They  were  compelled  to 
pay  a  license  in  early  times  and,  among  ilie 
first  records  of  the  couuLy  commissioners  is  to 
be  found  an  order  lixing  the  price  of  licenses 
at  $6.00  for  the  town  and  $4.00  for  the  coun- 
try. It  was  afterwards  raised,  in  1814,  to 
$13.00  and  $7.00.  As  descriptive  of  the  first 
ta\-ern  established  in  the  town  of  Delaware  and 
typical  of  the  institution  itself,  we  quote  from, 
an  .article  by  Dr.  Ralph  Hills  in  the  Western 
Collegia)!,  a  paper  formerly  published  in  Dela- 
ware :  "The  Pioneer  Ta\ern  was  a  few  rods 
south-east  of  the  "Medicine  Water.'  It  was 
on  the  plateau  just  east  of  th.e  ridge  that  lies 
south  of  the  spring,  and  terminated  near  there, 
some  three  or  four  rods  onward  from  the  pres- 
ent street.  The  first  hor.se  was  a  double 
roomed  one,  with  a  loft,  standing  north  and 
south,  facing  the  east,  and  was  built  of  round 
logs,  'chinked  and  daubed."  In  course  of  time,  a 
second  house,  two  stories  high,  was  added,  built 
of  hewed  logs,  and  placed  east  and  west,  at 
right  angles  with '  the  south  end  of  the  first 
building,  with  a  little  space  between  them.  In 
this  space  was  the  well  with  its  curb,  and  its 
tall,  old-fashioned,  but  easy-working  'well- 
sweep.'  Around  at  the  southwest  of  this  was 
the  log  barn  and  the  biacksmith  siiop,  and  a 
double  granary  or  corn-crib,  with  a  space  be- 
tween for  its  many  purposes,  as  necessary,  in- 
deed, as  the  kitchen  is  for  household  purposes. 
Here  was  the  grind-stone,  the  shaving-horse, 
the  hewing  block,  the  tools  of  all  kinds  and  the 
pegs  for  hanging  up  traps  of  all  sorts.  Here 
the  hog  was  scalded  and  dressed,  the  deer, 
raccoon  and  'possum  were  skinned,  and  their 
skins  stretched  and  dried,  or  tanned.  Here 
also  were  the  nuts  cracked  and  dried.  For 
many  reasons  it  has  a  bright  place  in  the 
memories  of  boy-hood.  How  few  know  the 
imp^irtance  of  the  pioneer  tavern  in  early  days. 
It  was,  of  course,  the  place  of  rest  for  the 
weary  traveler,  whether  on  foot  or  on  horse. 


It  was  many  a  day  before  a  "dearborn"  or  a 
"dandy-wagon'  was  known  on  the  road.  But 
it  was  much  more  than  this  and  seemed  the 
emporium  of  everything.  It  was  the  market 
place  for  all;  the  hunter  widi  his  venison  and 
turkeys;  the  trapper  with  his  skins  and  furs; 
and  the  knapsack  peddler — the  pioneer  mer- 
chant— here  gladdened  the  hearts  of  all  with 
his  'boughten'  wares.  At  this  tavern,  "too, 
were  all  public  gatherings  called,  to  arrange 
for  a  general  hunt,  to  deal  out  justice  to  some 
transgressor  of  the  unwritten  but  well  known 
pioneer  laws.  In  fact  it  was  here,  at  a  later 
period,  that  the  first  organized  county  court 
was  held,  with  the  grand  jury  in  the  ta\-ern 
loft  and  the  petit  jury  under  a  neighboring 
shade  tree." 

It  was  only  seven  years  after  the  Liberty 
settlement  was  started  diat  Delaware  County 
was  organized  into  a  separate  civil  subdivis- 
ion of  the  state.  It  is  interesting  to  trace  the 
evolution  of  the  Ohio  counties.  We  have  al- 
ready mentioned  the  fact  in  a  former  chapter 
that  the  first  county  to  be  established  in  the 
present  territory  of  Ohio  was  Washington, 
which,  in  the  beginning,  embraced  about  one- 
half  of  the  present  area  of  Ohio.  The  second 
county  to  be  established  was  Hamilton.  Al- 
though it  included,  at  the  first,  only  a  strip  be- 
tween the  two  Miamis,  it  was  afterwards  en- 
larged to  include  an  area  extending  to  the 
Scioto  River  which  was  the  western  boundary 
of  Washington.  It  would  seem  that  the  terri- 
tory which  is  now  Delaware  County  was  on 
the  boundary  line  between  these  two  original 
counties,  portions  of  it  lying  in  both  of  them. 
It  had  likewise  been  included  within  the  boun- 
daries of  several  other  counties  before  it  was 
set  ofif  as  a  separate  division.  The  sixth 
I  county  to  be  formed  was  Ross,  which  included 
Delaware.  Franklin  was  formed  from  Ross 
and  Delaware  was  taken  off  of  Franklin.  The 
original  boundaries  of  Delaware  County,  how- 
ever, were  originally  more  extensive  than  they 
are  now.  Three  different  times  has  its  terri- 
tory been  taken  to  form  other  counties.  In 
1820  a  large  part  of  Delaware  County  went 
to  the  formation  of  Union  County.  In  i8_'4 
Marion  Countv  took  a  slice  otif  of  the  northern 


'  ills  r.r.   ^JU.q 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


part,  and  in  1S4S  Morrow  County  took  live 
whole  townships,  leavinj;-  the  present  area  of 
Delaware  County  about  500  square  miles. 

ORGAXIZATIOX    OF    DELAWARE    COLN'TY. 

The  Act  of  the  Legislature  creating  Dela- 
ware County  was  passed  I'ebruary  10.  1S08.  It 
provided  that  from  and  after  the  first  day  of 
the  next  April  the  county  of  Delaware  should 
be  vested  with  all  the  privileges,  powers  and 
immunities  of  a  separate  and  distinct  county, 
and  stipulated  that  an  election  should  be  called 
for  the  first  iloxiday  of  the  next  ]\[ay.  At  this 
election  the  following  officers  were  chosen, 
viz. :  John  Welch,  Ezekiel  Brown  and  Aven," 
Powers,  commissioners :  Rev.  Jacob  Drake, 
treasurer :  Dr.  Reuben  Lamb,  recorder :  Solo- 
mon Smith,  sheriff,  and  Azariah  Root,  sur- 
veyor. 

The  first  thing  necessary  after  the  passage 
of  the  act  establishing  the  county  itself,  was 
the  location  of  the  county  seat;  and  for  this 
purpose  special  commissioners  were  appointed 
by  the  General  Assembly.  Only  a  short  time 
previous  to  the  organization  of  the  county  the 
town  of  Delaware  had  been  laid  out  by  Moses 
Eyxbe  and  Henry  Baldwin,  a  resident  of 
Pittsburg.  By  the  act  which  created  the 
county,  Delaware  was  made  the  temporary  seat 
of  justice,  pending  the  choice  of  a  permanent 
location;  and  both  Delaware  and  Berkshire, 
laid  out  some  years  before,  as  has  already  been 
ineutionerl,  now  became  contestants  for  the 
honor.  Had  Moses  Byxbe  retained  the  early 
interest  which  he  had  in  Berkshire,  perhaps  it 
might  have  been  successful,  but  he  had  now  de- 
voted all  his  energies  to  building  up  the  town 
of  Delaware  and  this,  together  with  its  natural 
advantages,  decided  the  matter  in  its  favor. 
The  inhabitants  of  Berkshire,  however,  per- 
sisted in  their  efforts  for  a  numl^er  of  years, 
in  the  hope  that  they  might  still  secure  the 
honor. 

A  court  house  was  not  provided  for  until 
the  year   181 5.   when  the  commissioners  let  a 
contract  for  the  building  of  one  at  a  cost  of 
$S,ooo.     This  structure  was  afterwards  burned  j 
and  business,  as  well  as  court,  wa:^  cmducted 


in  various  roi^ms  in  the  town  until  the  erection 
I  of  the  present  structure  in  1870,  at  a  cost  of 
$So,ooo.  The  Court  House  is  a  substantial 
brick  building,  well  adapted  to  the  require- 
ments of  such  a  building.  The  first  session  of 
the  Common  Pleas  Court  was  held  in  the  tav- 
ern of  Joseph  Barber,  already  mentioned,  and 
was  conducted  by  Judge  Belt,  of  Chillicothe. 
Owing  to  the  diminutive  character  of  the 
building,  the  grand  jury  were  under  the  neces- 
sity of  conducting  their  deliberations  under  a 
shade  tree  nearby,  while  the  petit  jury  occu- 
pied similar  quarters  in  the  neighborhood,  both 
under  the  espionage  of  constables.  The  first 
civil  case  was  an  action  brouglit  by  Jacob 
Drake  against  Elias  Palmer-  for  boarding, 
money  loaned,  and  other  claims.  The  first  case 
to  be  considered  by  the  grand  jury  was  that  of 
the  State  of  Ohio  against  Valentine  ^vlartin. 

The  first  jail  was  built  of  logs  and  was  lo- 
cated on  the  hill  overlooking  the  Delaware  run 
at  the  corner  of  Franklin  and  what  is  now  Uni- 
versity Avenue.  It  was  twelve  by  twenty-four 
feet  and  a  rather  crude  affair.  The  pris- 
oners showed  their  contempt  for  it  by  securing 
an  exit  to  die  roof  and  then  crowing  lustily 
before  taking  their  departure.  There  have 
been  three  other  jails  built  since  then,  one  in 
1814  and  another  in  1850.  The  present  jail, , 
which  is  not  without  claims  to  architectural 
beauty,  was  erected  in  1S78.  The  contract 
for  the  building  was  let  at  $22,000.  but  extras 
were  added  until  the  total  cost  amounted  to 
$25,845.35- 

The  original  act  creating  Delaware  County 
authorized  the  Associate  Justices  to  divide  the 
county  into  such  townships  as  were  necessary. 
The  first  division  was  into  three  townships,  as 
follows :  "All  east  of  the  eighteenth  range 
was  made  the  township  of  Berkshire;  all  west 
and  north  of  the  north  line  of  the  fourth  tier 
of  townships,  and  a  continued  line  west  was 
made  the  township  of  Radnor;  all  south  of 
Radnor  and  west  of  Berkshire  was  made  the 
township  of  Liberty.  As  the  population  in- 
creased, however,  other  divisions  were  found 
necessary.  Townships  were  established  from 
time  to  time  by  the  commissioners  until  the 
county,  at  one  time,  contained  as  high  as  twen- 


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tv-tour.  The  names  of  these  were:  Berk- 
shire, Benningtun.  Berlin.  Bruwu.  Concord. 
Delaware,  Genoa.  Harlem,  Harmony.  Kings- 
ton, Liberty,  Lincoln,  Marlborough, -Orange. 
Oxford.  Peru,  Porter,  Radnor,  Scioto,  Sun- 
bury,  Thompson,  Trenton.  Troy  and  \\"esl- 
tield.  As  has  already  been  mentioned,  a  num- 
ber of  these  townships  have  gone  to  form  other 
counties,  and  one^  Sunbury.  has  been  entirely 
obHterated  in  the  re-arrangement  of  iown.-:hip 
lines,  though  its  territory  still  remains  witliin 
the  county. 

We  have  already  mentioned  the  towns  of 
Xew  Baltimore  and  Berkshire  as  having  been 
laid  out  during  the  first  years  in  w-hich  settlers 
came  to  the  county,  the  former,  however,  never 
ha\ing  had  any  existence  except  on  paper.  The 
next  town  to  be  platted  was  Norton,  laid  out 
b\-  James  Kilbourne,  and  the  next,  the  present 
county  seat,  which  was  laid  out  by  Henry 
Baldwin  and  Moses  Byxbe,  the  first  site  having 
been  on  the  east  side  of  the  Olentangy.  but 
afterwards  removeil  ti:'  tl  e  've.-t  side  oi  the 
river.  This  was  on  March  lo,  1808.  We  give 
herewith  a  tabular  statement  of  the  towns 
which  ha\"e  since  been  laid  out  within  the 
cou!itv : 


The  following  excellent  re\ie\v  of  the  enrlv 
political  history  of  the  county  was  written  a 
number  of  years  ago  by  Hon.  James  R.  Hub- 
bell,  a  sketch  of  wh(xse  notable  career  will  be 
found  in  the  chapter  on  the  "Bench  and  Bar"  : 

"In  the  early  history  of  Delaware  County 
there  was  but  little  party  strife.  The  act  of 
the  General  Assembly  creating  the  county  was 
passed  die  last  year  of  the  administration  of 
Thomas  Jefferson,  and  the  exciting  events  of 
the  War  of  1812,  which  soon  followed,  wiped 
out  the  old  Federal  party  which  so  bitterly  as- 
sailed Mr.  Jefferson.  The  war  measures  of 
Mr.  ]\Iadison  and  the  Republican  party  in  Con- 
gress were  earnestly  supported  by  the  citizens 
generally  throughout  die  county.'  The  scram- 
ble for  the  'loaves  and  fishes'  of  office,  com- 
pared with  a  later  date,  was  almost  nothing. 
But  few  offices  were  sought  for  their  emolu- 
ments. The  most  lucrati\-e  offices  were  filled  by 
appointment  and  not  by  popular  election.  The 
■most  important  offices,  then  as  now,  was  that 
of  county  auditor,  wdiich  was  filled  by  appoint- 
ment of  the  county  commissioners.  It  was  not 
until  the  year  1821  that  the  office  was  made 
elective  by  the  popular  vote.  The  county  treas- 
urer, sur\-eyor  and  recorder  of  deeds  were  also 


Xame. 
Galena    (originally  called   Z 


Date.  Original   Proprietors. 

.  .\pril  20,  1816 William  Carpenter. 

Siin'jiiry    .' Xovember  g.   1S16   William  and  Laurence  Myers. 

Delhi    (now    Radnor)    .\ug115t  7,  1S33   Edward   Evans. 

Bellepoint September  16,  i8j5   James  Kooken. 

East   Liberty   March  16.  1836 William  Page  &  E.  Lindenberger. 

nli\  0  Greene May     0,  1S36 C.  Lindenberger  and  Festus  Sprague. 

Rome   September  2,   1836   D.  Price  and  Amos  Sarles. 

Eden    September  27,  1836  D.   G.  Thurston  and  Isaac  Leonard. 

Wiiliam-ville    December  8,   1836 Anson  Williams. 

l-reodon April  2},  i?-4l    Jesse  Locke  and  J.  G.  Jones. 

Centerville   . March  2,   1848   Edward  Hartwin  and  B.  Roberts. 

^"heshire   March  10,  1849 F-  J-  Adams. 

Ashley   (originally  Oxford)    May  15.  1849  L.  Walker  and  J.  C.  Avery. 

Harlem   Jnly  2.^.   1S49   A.  Washburn  and  James   Budd. 

Stratford   May  11,  iSw Hosea  Williams  and   H.   G.   Andrews 

Edinburg   

Leonardsburg   March  13,  1852 S.  G.  Caulkins. 

Ustrander   March  20.  1852 James  Ligget. 

Orange  Station   July  29,  1852   George  and  H.  J.  Jarvis. 

Lewi,  Center July  30.  1852  William  S.  Lewis. 

Tanktown  (now  Berlin)    Aorit  ^.  18:8   John   B.    Black. 

^""■'^» February-  l"  1876 •-•^- A.  G.   Hail. 

"> -Tt^ville  February  6.  1876  " H.  A.  Hyatt. 

R^'Jnor   March  9,  1876 Thomas  Edwards. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXIA" 


app<:)inted  hy  the  connnissioners.  The  prose- 
cuting attorney  and  clerk  ')f  the  court  were 
appointed  by  the  court.  These  ytticers  were 
made  elective  by  the  law  of  1833.  ,In  most 
cases  tlie  offices  were  tilled  by  faithful  and 
competent  men.  The  appointing  ixiwer  con- 
ferred ijy  the  legislature  upon  the  commission- 
ers and  the  court,  although  anti-Republican 
in  principle,  seems  to  be.  judging  from  the  ex- 
perience of  the  past,  the  best  calculated  to  se- 
cure efficiency  and  competency  in  office.  Ex- 
perience has  shown  that  the  less  frequently 
changes  are  made,  the  better  it  is  for  the  pub- 
lic service.  The  early  records  of  the  county 
show,  under  the  appointing  power,  but  few 
changes.  From  1820  until  1830,  the  duties  of 
the  county  auditor  v.-ere  faithfully  discharged 
by  Solomon  Smith,  an  honest  and  competent 
officer,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  General  Sid- 
ney Moore,  who  efficiently  and  sntisfactorily 
performed  the  duties  of  the  office  during  the 
period  of  another  decade. 

"In  1822  Thomas  Reynolds  succeeded  his 
brother-in-law,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Hughes,  in  the 
office  of  clerk  of  the  court,  which  he  retained 
until  i838_,  when  he  voluntarily  resigned.  ]\Ir. 
Reynolds  was  a  man  remarkable  for  his  per- 
sonal attractions,  and  possessed  ciualifications 
for  public  and  official  duties  of  a  high  order, 
and  his  resignation  of  the  office  was  a  matter 
of  universal  regret  with  both  bench  and  bar. 
as  well  as  the  public.  The  office  of  county 
surveyor,  for  about  twenty  years  (from  1822 
to  1842)  v>-as  filled  by  James  Eaton,  a  skilful 
and  accurate  officer:  he  was  subsequently  pro- 
moted to  the  office  of  county  auditor  and  State 
senator.  Of  those  who  figured  most'  conspicu- 
ously in  early  politics  and  on  official  stations 
were  Joseph  Eaton,  Azariah  Root,  Solomon 
Smith,  Elias  ]\Iurray,  Pardon  Sprague  and 
Sidney  Aloore  and  his  brother.  Emery  Moore. 
During  the  eight  years  of  the  administration 
of  James  ^Monroe  (the  fifth  President),  be- 
tween the  years  1817  and  1825,  there  was  no 
party  politics.  This  period  in  our  national  his- 
tory has  been  called  the  "era  of  good  feeling,"  j 
and  during  this  time  Delaware  County  seemed  \ 
peculiarly  favored  and  exempt  from  political  1 
animosity  and  strife. 


"The  Presidential  election  of  1S24  was  at- 
tended with  unusual  excitement — probably  the 
most  exciting  of  any  election  that  has  ever 
taken  place  in  the  country,  with  the  exception 
of  the  Presidential  election  of  iSoo,  which  re- 
sulted in  the  success  of  ~SIt.  Jefferson  over  the 
elder  Adams.  At  this  election  the  Presidential 
candidates  were  General  Jackson,  of  Tennes- 
see ;  Henry  Clay,  of  Kentucky :  John  O. 
Adams,  of  ^^lassachusetts,  and  William  H. 
Crawford,  of  Georgia.  Each  of  these  dis- 
tinguished gentlemen  had  his  friends,  who 
supported  their  favorite  candidates  from  per- 
sonal preference  and  not  from  considerations 
of  party.  At  that  election  ^Xlr.  Clay  was  the 
choice  of  a  majority  of  the  voters  of  Delaware 
County,  as  he  was  of  a  majority  of  the  voters 
of  the  State  of  Ohio,  but  he  was  not  elected. 
In  the  Electoral  College  General  Jackson  led 
^Ir.  Adams  by  a  small  plurality,  and  [Mr. 
Crawford  was  in  number  the  third  on  the  list 
of  candidates  and  Air.  Clay  was  dropped  from 
the  canvass.  Xeither  candidates  having  a  ma- 
jority of  the  electoral  vote  under  the  constitu- 
tional rule,  upon  the  House  of  Representatives 
devolved  the  duty  of  making' choice  of  Presi- 
dent, each  state  by  its  delegation  in  Congress 
casting  one  vote.  ^h.  Adams  was  chosen  by 
the  casting  v9te  of  the  State  of  Kentucky.  ^Ir. 
Clay  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives, and  its  speaker,  and  it  was  doubtless 
owing  to  Ohio's  great  influence  and  popularity 
that  the  delegation  from  Kentucky  was  in- 
duced to  cast  its  vote  of  that  state  for  yir. 
Adams,  an  Eastern  man,  in  preference  to  Gen- 
eral Jackson,  a  Western  and  Sotitliern  man. 
By  that  act  ilr.  Clay  was  instrumental  in  or- 
ganizing political  parties  that  survived  the 
generation  of  people  to  which,  he  belonged,  and 
ruled  in  turn  the  destinies  of  the  Republic  for 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  In  the  new 
Cabinet  Mr.  Clay  was  placed  by  Air.  Adams  at 
the  head  of  the  State  Department,  which  gave 
rise  to  the  charge  of  'bargain  and  sale'  be- 
tween the  President  and  his  chief  secretary, 
that  threw  the  country  into  a  blaze  of  excite- 
ment from  center  to  circumference.  At  this 
time  no  one  doubts  the  patriotism  and  honesty 
of  Henry  Clay,  but  the  charge  was  so  [jersist- 


II    tif. 


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AND  REPRESEXTATIVE  CITIZEXS 


83 


ently  made  by  tlie  partisians  of  (Seneral  Jark- 
son,  it  greatly  injured  Mr.  Clay  in  the  public 
estimatir^n,  and  contributed  largely  to  the  gen- 
eral's success  in  the  Presidential  race_of  1828. 
At  the  Presidential  election  following  party 
lines  were  closely  drawn  between  General 
Jackson  and  Mr.  Adams,  but  the  result  of  a 
hot  and  bitter  contest  was  a  small  majority 
for  the  Adams  electoral  ticket  in  the  county, 
as  there  was  in  the  State.  Geieral  Jackson, 
the  hero  of  New  Orleans,  was  most  trium- 
phantly elected  Ixjth  by  the  electoral  and  popu- 
lar vote,  and  oit  the  following  4th  of  ]March  the 
political  power  and  official  patronage  of  the 
country  passed  into  his  hands.  At  this  time 
parties  were  known  here,  as  elsewhere  through- 
out the  country,  as  the  Jackson  and  anti-Jack- 
son party.  Delaware  was  almost  uniformly 
classed  by  her  vote  as  anti-Jackson.  In  1S24 
Governor  Jeremirsh  Morrow.  anti-Jackson,  was 
re-elected  Governor  of  Ohio,  receiving  a  small 
majority  over  Allen  Trimble,  of  the  same  poli- 
tical faith  and  his  principal  competitor.  Cap- 
tain Elias  Murray,  aiiti-Jackson.  was,  at  the 
same  election,  returned  to  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives in  the  State  Legislature,  and  re- 
elected in  1S25.  Allen  Trimble  was  elected  at 
the  October  election  in  1826  to  succeed  Gover- 
nor [Morrow,  receiving  cpiite  a  large  majority 
in  the  county  and  State:  Pardon  Sprague, 
anti-Jackson,  was  chosen  successor  to  Captain 
Murray  in  the  State  Legislature,  and  re-elected 
in  1827.  In  1828  Governor  Trimble  was  re- 
elected over  Hon.  John  W'.  CainpbeH,  the  Jack- 
son candidate,  long  a  distinguished  memljer  of 
Congress  from  Ohio.  Governor  Trimble's  ma- 
jority was  little  less  than  three  thousand  in 
the  popular  vote,  and  a  little  over  two  tliou- 
sand  in  the  county.  Milo  D.  Pettibone.  anti- 
Jackson,  at  the  same  election,  was  elected  Mr. 
Sprague's  successor  in  the  Legislature.  Mr. 
Campbell  was  a  member  of  Congress  when  yir. 
Adams  was  chosen  President  by  the  House  of 
Representatives,  and  was  known  to  be  opposed 
to  Mr.  Adams  and  for  General  Jackson.  Im- 
mediately upon  the  accession  of  General  Jack- 
son to  the  Presidency,  Mr.  Campbell  was  re- 
warded for  his  friendship  and  fidelity  to  the 
General's    fortunes    with    the    appointment    of 


I  United  States  District  Judge  for  the  District 
I  of  Ohio.  While  holding  a  term  of  his  court  in 
Columbus,  in  the  summer  of  1833.  he  was 
taken  suddenly  ill.  came  to  Delaware  for  the 
benefit  of  the  sulphur  spring  water,  and  in  a 
few  days  died — we  believe,  of  cholera.  At  the 
election  of  1829,  Col.  B.  F.  Allen,  who  was 
known  as  a  friend  of  the  Administration,  was 
returned  to  the  Legislature.  Lie  was  succeeded 
by  Amos  Utley.  of  Berkshire,  in  1830.  The 
senatorial  district,  of  which  Delaware  County 
was  a  part,  was  composed  of  Crawford,  Mar- 
ion and  Delaware  Counties  during  this  period, 
and  from  about  the  year  1828  to  the  year  1832, 
Charles  Carpenter,  anti-Jackson — a  merchant 
living  in  Sunbury— then  quite  a  young  man, 
represented  the  district.  He  was  from  Lu- 
zerne County,  in  the  Wyoming  Valley,  and  the 
family  connection  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
county  was  quite  numerous  and  influential  in 
its  early  history.  Senator  Carpenter  subse- 
quently moved  West — we  think  to  Missouri — 
where  he  held  several  official  positions  and 
died  soon  after  the  close  of  the  late  Civil 
War. 

"In  183 1,  General  Storm,  who  was  anti- 
Jackson,  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  by  a 
small  majority,  over  B.  F.  Allen,  the  Jackson 
candidate.  General  Storm  obtained  his  mili- 
tary title  by  being  elected  by  the  Legislature" 
to  the  office  of  Major  General  in  the  "Peice 
Establishment.'  He  died  before  the  close  of 
his'  legislative  term,  greatly  lamented  by  his 
constituents  and  a  numerous  family  connec- 
tion. He  was  quite  young  and  his  friends  had 
predicted  for  him  a  successful  political  ca- 
reer. 

"Tn  the  Presidential  campaign  of  1832 
such  was.  or  had  become,  the  popularity  of 
General  Jackson,  he  swept  everything  before 
him.  Colonel  James  W.  Crawford,  who  was 
a  lieutenant  in  the  company  commanded  by 
Captain  Elias  Murray  in  the  War  of  1812, 
was  elected  as  the  Administration  candidate, 
the  successor  of  Senator  Carpenter,  and  Cap- 
tain John  Curtis,  Administration  candidate, 
was  returned  to  the  House  of  Representatives 
and  re-elected  in  1833.  General  Sidney  Moore 
was  re-elected  auditor  and  his  brother,  Emery, 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


re-elected  sheriff.  The  entire  anti-Administra- 
tion county  ticket  was  elected,  except  the  Whig 
candidate  for  the  Legislature.  At  the  election 
in  183J,  Robert  Lucas,  the  Jackson  candidate, 
was  elected  governor  over  Darius  Lyman,  the 
candidate  on  the  Clay  ticket,  by  several  thou- 
sand majority,  although  Delaware  County  cast 
a  majority  of  her  votes  for  ^h.  Clay  for  Presi- 
dent and  ]\Ir.  Lyman  for  Governor.  It  was 
alx)nt  this  time  thr.t  the  t\*-o  great  parties  as- 
sumed distinctive  names.  The  Administration 
party  took  the  name  of  Democrat,  and  the  op- 
position that  of  \\'hig.  Delaware  County  was 
a  Whig  county.  In  1834  Emery  Moore  was 
elected  to  the  State  Legislature,  and  General 
Andrew  H.  Patterson,  then  postmaster  at 
Delaware  and  a  Democrat,  was  elected  sherift 
as  the  successor  of  Mr.  Moore.  General  Pat- 
terson was  a  most  remarkable  man  in  many 
particulars.  He  was  a  saddler  by  occupation 
and  his  education  in  early  life  had  l^een  neg- 
lected, but  he  had  great  tact  and  shrewdness  in 
the  management  of  men,  and  was  the  most 
successful  electioneer  Dciav,-arc  Count)'  ever 
had.  He  was  re-elected  sheritY  in  1836,  and 
in  1838  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  over 
Judge  Hosea  Williams,  \Yhig,  by  a  majority 
of  twelve  votes,  and  in  1S39  was  elected  by  a 
majority  of  several  hundred  votes  over  Hon. 
T.  W.  Powell,  the  Whig  candidate.  General 
Patterson  met  with  pecuniary  losses  in  late 
life,  moved  West,  and  it  is  believed  he  never 
retrieved  his  fortune. 

"The  Whigs  carried  the  count v  in  1836 
for  General  William  H.  Hanison  for  Presi- 
dent, and  Joseph  Vance.  Whig,  for  Governor, 
over  -their  opjxjnents,  by  large  majorities,  and 
the  entire  \\'hig  ticket  was  elected,  except  Dr. 
Carney,  the  Whig  candidate  for  the  Legisla- 
ture, who  was  defeated  by  Colonel  B.  F.  Al- 
len, Democrat,  by  a  majority  of  nine  votes. 
The  importance  of  one  vote  is  to  be  seen  in 
the  result  of  this  election.  Upon  the  Legisla- 
ture chosen  at  this  election  devolved  the  duty 
of  electing  a  senator  in  Congress  to  succeed 
the  Honorable  Thomas  Ewing.  whose  term 
would  expire  the  4th  of  [March  following.  :Mr.  j 
Ewing  was  a  candidate  for  re-election  and  was  | 
the  favorite  of  his  party  in  Ohio  and  the  West.  ' 


Colonel  Allen  had  known  Mr.  Ewing  in  early 
life  and  his  friends  claimed,  or  represented  in 
all  parts  of  the  county,  that  he  would  support 
Mr.  Ewing  if  he  were  the  choice  of  the  countv. 
On  election  day  printed  petitions  were  pre- 
sented at  every  election  precinct  for  names, 
asking  the  Representative  to  support  Mr. 
Ewing  for  re-election.  The  ruse  accomjilished 
■  its  object.  Colonel  Allen  was  elected  by  a  ma- 
jority of  nine  \-otes  and  his  vote  elected  the 
late  Governor  William  Allen  over  Mr.  Ewing. 
To  what  extent,  if  at  all.  Colonel  Allen  was  a 
party  to  the  fraud,  it  is  not  known.  He  was  a 
man  of  great  firmness,  but  he  was  a  zealous 
partisan,  and  jxissibly  he  may  have  yielded  to 
the  influence  and  demands  of  his  party,  his 
conviction  of  duty,  against  his  will,  although 
ordinarily  an  honest  man.  At  the  following 
election  in  1837,  Dr.  Carney,  on  the  'Ewing 
Fraud,'  as  it  was  called,  was  elected  over 
Colonel  Allen  by  over  a  hundred;  and,  in  1838 
Allen  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate.  It  was 
at  this  election  the  late  \\'illiam  Shannon,  of 
Lawrence,  Kansas,  was  elected  Governor  of 
Ohio  over  Governor  Joseph  Vance,  Whig,  but 
the  W^hig  ticket  for  the  county  offices  was 
elected,  except  Judge  Williams,  who  was  de- 
feated by  General  Patterson  for  Representa- 
tive. In  1839  the  entire  Democratic  ticket, 
for  the  first  time  after  its  organization,  was 
elected,  viz. :  William  W.  Warner,  commis- 
sioner; Albert  Pickett,  Jr.,  recorder;  George 
W.  Stark,  treasurer,  and  Mijrgan  Williams, 
assessor.  The  a\'erage  majority  for  these 
candidates  was  300.  The  'hard'  cider'  cam- 
paign of  1S40  .greatly  increased  the  forces  of 
the  Whig  party,  and  the  Whig  ticket  was 
elected  by  an  average  majority  of  over  600, 
viz. :  Emery  Moore  was  again  chosen  to  the 
State  Legislature;  Colonel  John  F.  Dimlap, 
county  auditor ;  Peleg  Banker,  re-elected  sher- 
iff; Horatio  P.  Havens,  commissioner,  and  D. 
T.  Fuller,  prosecuting  attorney.  It  was  during 
the  memorable  campaign  of  840,  the  'Liberty 
Party"  was  organized,  and  a  ticket  for  Presi- 
dent and  Vice-president  nominated.  For  sev- 
eral years  previous  the  anti-slavery  agitation 
had  been  making,  slowly  but  unmistakably,  it*; 
deep  impressions  on  the  public  mind,  and  m  jre 


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AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


85 


especially  the  minds  of  the  religious  portion  of 
the  people,  but  it  was  not  until  about  this  pe- 
riod that  the  friends  of  the  cause  of  emancipa- 
tion proposed  political  action.  James  G.  Bir- 
ney,  a  former  slave-holder  of  Keniucky,  but 
then  a  resident  of  Michij;an,  was  at  the  head  of 
the  ticket,  and  Thomas  ^ilorris,  of  Ohio,  placed 
second.  The  electoral  ticket  for  the  candidates 
received  about  one  hundred  votes  in  the  county. 
This  vote  was  taken  principally  from  the  Whig 
party.  Four  years  later  the  vote  of  the  party 
was  largely  increased.  This  organization  was 
possibly  premature  and  misguided,  but  no 
party  was  ever  actuated  by  loftier  and  purer 
motives.  The  Anti-sla\ery  movement  was 
not,  at  that  time,  larger  than  the  cloud  the 
Hebrew  prophet  saw,  that  so  rapidly  spread 
over  the  whole  heavens,  and  filled  the  earth 
with  refreshing  showers.  At  this  time  no  one 
e.xpected  to  live  to  see  the  institution  of  negro 
slavery  in  America  abolished,  but  in  less  than 
the  period  allotted  by  Providence  to  a  genera- 
tion oi  men,  by  an  amendment  to  the  b^ederal 
Constitution,  slavery  and  involuntary  servitude 
of  every  species,  in  all  the  States  and  terri- 
tories belonging  to  the  .American  Union,  was 
forever  aI)olished. 

"But  nothwithstanding  the  drafts  the  An- 
ti-slavery party,  the  Temperance  party  and 
other  parties  from  time  to  time,  made  upon 
the  Whigs,  they  continued  to  be  the  dominant 
party  until  the  repeal  of  the  Missouri  Com- 
promise in  1854,  which  led  to  the  organization 
of  the  Republican  party  which  then  was,  and 
still  is,  in  the  ascendency  in  Delaware  County." 
..  Vote  of  Delaware  County  for  Governor 
beginning  with  the  first  vote  after  the  organi- 
zation of  the  county : 

180S — Republican,  S.  Huntington  (elec- 
ted), 123.  Republican,  T,  Worthington,  21. 
Republican,  T.  Kriker. 

18 10— Republican,  R.  J.  Meigs,  21.  Re- 
publican, R.  J.  Meigs,  Jr.,  (elected)  17.  Re- 
publican, Thomas  Worthington.  152. 

181 2  —  Vote  for  Governor,  Delaware 
County,  omitted  in  the  Senate  Journal.  R.  J. 
Meigs,  Federalist,  elected. 

1814 — Republican,  Thomas  Worthington 
(elected),  131.     Federalist,  O.  Looker,  196. 


i8i() — Republican,  T.  Worthington  (elec- 
ted), 300.  James  Dunlap,  167.  Ethan  A. 
Brown.  42. 

1818 — Republican,  Ethan  A.  Brown 
(elected),  57S.    James  Dunlap,  132. 

1S20 — Democrat,  Ethan  A.  Brown  (elec- 
ted), 726.  Jeremiah  3.Iorrow,  34.  Wm.  H. 
Harrison,  5. 

1S22 — Democrat,  Jeremiah  Morrow  (elec- 
ted), 50.  Wm.  W.  Irwin,  742.  Federalist, 
Allen  Trimble,   419. 

1824 — Democrat,  Jeremiah  ]\Iorrow  (elec- 
ted), 141.  National  Republican,  Allen  Trim- 
ble, 950. 

1826 — National  Republican,  Allen  Trim- 
ble (elected).  846.  Democrat,  John  Bigger, 
127.     Reptil;lican,  Alex.  Campbell,  103. 

1828 — National  Republican,  Allen  Trim- 
ble ( elected) ,  758.  Democrat,  John  W.  Camp- 
bell, 379. 

1830— National  Republican,  Duncan  :Mc- 
Arthur  (elected),  769.  Democrat,  Robert  Lu- 
cas, 381. 

1S32 — Democrat,  Robert  Lucas  (elected), 
769.  Whig  and  Anti-^NIason,  Darius  Lvman, 
841. 

1834 — Democrat,  Robert  Lucas  elected), 
850.     Whig,  James  Findlay,  660. 

1836 — Whig,  Joseph  Vance  (elected),  i,- 
357.     Democrat,  Eli  Baldwin,   1,158, 

1838 — Democrat,  Wilson  Shannon  (elec- 
ted), 1,668.     Whig,  Joseph  Vance,  1,770. 

1840 — Whig,  Thomas  Cor  win  (elected), 
2,386.     Democrat,  Wilscn  Shannon,  1,761. 

1842 — Democrat,  W'ilson  Shannon  (elec- 
ted), 1,876.  Whig,  Thomas  Corwin,  2,141. 
Abolitionist,  Leicester  King,   112. 

1844 — Whig,  Mordecai  Bartley  (elected), 
2.456.  Democrat,  David  Tod.  203.  Abolition- 
ist, Leicester  King,  159. 

i84f>— Whig,  William  Babb  (elected).  2,- 
01  r.  Democrat,  David  Tod,  1,576.  xAboli- 
tionist,  Samuel  Lewis,  195. 

1848— Whig,  Seabury  Ford  (elected),  2,- 
205.     Democrat,  John  B.  Weller,  2,006. 

1850 — Democrat,  Reuben  Wood  (elected), 
2,015.  ^^'hig.  W'illiam  Johnston.  2,347.  .Aboli- 
tionist, Edward  Smith.  150. 


uns'       'ii'f. 


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86 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


1 85 1 — Deniucrat,  Reul)en  Wood  (elected;, 
1,787.  Whig,  Samuel  F.  \'intun,  1,670.  Ab- 
olitionist, Samuel  Lewis,  158. 

1853 — Democrat,  William  ]\IediH  (elec- 
ted), 1,787.  Whig,  Nelson  Barrere,  104. 
Abolitionist,  Samuel  Lewis,  1,639. 

1S55— Republican,  Salmon  P.  Cha,se  (elec- 
ted), 1,602.  Democrat,  Wm.  Medill,  1,245. 
American,   Allen   Trimljle,  259. 

1857 — Republican,  Salmon  P.  Cha.se  (elec- 
ted), 2,007.  Democrat,  H.  E.  Payne,  1,576. 
American,  P.  VanTrunip,  24. 

1859 — Republican,  \\"m.  Dennison.  Jr., 
(elected),  2,358.  Democrat,  Rufus  P.  Rannev, 
1,776. 

1861 — Republican,  David  Tod  (elected), 
2,661.     Democrat,  Hugh  J.  Jewett,  1,437. 

1863 — Republican,  John  Brough  (elected), 
3,173.     Democrat.  C.  S.  Vallandigham,  1.475. 

1865 — Republican,  Jacob  D.  Cox  (elected), 
2,480  (Home  Army)  11 — total,  2,491.  Dem- 
ocrat, George  W.  Morgan,  i,66S  (Home 
Armyj    i — total,   1,669. 

1867— Republican,  R.  B.  Hayes  (elected), 
2.J2J.     Democrat,  A.  G."  Thurman,  2,311. 

1869 — Republican,  Rutherford  B.  Hayes 
(elected),  2,685.  Democrat,  George  W.  Pen- 
dleton,  2.043. 

1871 — Republican,  Edward  F.  Noves 
(elected),  2,610.  Democrat,  George  W.  Mc- 
Cook,  2,072. 

1873— Republican,  Edward  F.  Noyes 
(elected),  2,095.  Democrat,  Willia.n  Allen, 
1.937- 

1S75 — Republican.  Rutherford  B.  Haves 
(elected),  2,835.  Democrat,  William  Allen. 
2,708. 

1877 — Republican,  William  H.  West 
(elected),  2.3S3.  Democrat,  Richard  M. 
Bishop,  2,501. 

1879 — Republican.  Charles  Foster  (elec- 
ted), 3,246.    Democrat,  Thomas  Ewing,  3,014. 


1881 — Republican,  Charles  Foster  (elec- 
ted), 3.066.  Democrat,  John  W.  Book  waiter, 
^.643. 

1883 — Republican,  Joseph  B.  Foraker,  3.- 
403.      Democrat,    George    Hoadley    (elected), 

1885 — Republican,     Joseph      B.      Foraker 
i    (elected),  3.179.     Democrat,  George  Floadley, 

I  2,915- 

I  1887 — Republican,     Joseph      B,      Foraker 

I    (elected),  3.1^9.     Democrat,  Thomas  E.  Pow- 
j  ell,   3,048. 

1889 — Republican,  Joseph  B.  Foraker.  3,- 
[  335.     Democrat,  James  E.  Campbell  (^elected), 

j  3.0I7- 

1891  —  Republican,  William  McKinley 
I  (elected),  3.149.  Democrat,  James  E.  Camp- 
bell, 2,625. 

1893  —  Republican,  William  ^IcKinley 
(elected),  3.490.  Democrat,  L.  T.  Neal,  2,- 
526. 

1895 — Rciiublican,  Asa  S.  Bushnell  (elec- 
ted), 3,405.  Democrat,  James  E.  Campbell, 
2,426. 

1897 — Republican,  Asa  S.  Bunhnell  (elec- 
ted), 3,386.  Democrat,  Horace  L.  Chapman, 
3.051.  Prohibitionist,  John  C.  Holliday,  112. 
Total  vote  of  county,  6,747. 

1899 — Republican,  George  K.  Nash  (elec- 
ted), 3,587.  Democrat,  Jobn  R.  ^^IcLean.  3.- 
031.  Prohibitionist,  Seth  11.  Ellis.  175.  Total 
vote  cast,  7,109. 

1901 — Republican,  George  K.  Nash  (elec- 
ted), 3,550.  Democrat,  James  Kilbourne,  2,- 
962.  Prohibitionist.  E.  Jay  Pinney,  117.  Total 
vote  cast,  6,692. 

1903 — Republican.  Myron  T.  Herrick 
(elected),  3,552.  Democrat,  Tom  L.  Johnson, 
2.871.  Prohibitionist,  Nelson  D.  Cramer,  1C8. 
Total  vote  cast,  6,771. 

1905 — Republican,  Myron  T.  Herrick.  3,- 
130.  Democrat,  John  AL  Pattison  (elected). 
3,419.  Prohibitionist.  Aaron  S.  Watkins.  126. 
Total  vote  cast,  6,842. 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZEXS 


87 


Tabulated  Vote  tor  Governor,  Representatives  and  Principal  County  Officials 
From  October,  1824,  to  October.  1834.  and  for  October.  1838 


October.  1824 

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89 


TABULATED  VOTE— Continued 


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90 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


TABULATED     VOTE- Continued 


October,  1830 


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1902  1903 


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98  HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


MEMBERSHIP    OF    THE    OHIO    sEXATE    FOR    DELAWARE  COUXTY,  DELAWARE  DISTRICT,   CuMPOSED 
OF     DELAWARE,      M  L-SKIXGUM,     FRAXKLIX,    MADISON       AND   UXIO.X    COUNTIES. 

„,          ,  /-  ,     \  , ,         o        i  Robert  McConnell 

Eleventh    General  Assembly.   ibi2   -  j^j^^  g^^.^. 

„      , .  ,  „  ,    ,  , ,        o        (  Robert  McConnell 

Tweltth    General  Assembly,   1S13   j  j^hn  Barr 

„,  .           ,  „  ,    .  , ,         o        .  Robert  :^IcConnell 

Thirteenth    General  Assembly,   1814   1  Joseph  Foos 

,     ,  ,  ,         o        *  F.  Buckindiani,  Jr. 

Fourteenth    General  Assen.bly,   1&15    "( John  Foos  ^     ^ 

T-T  ,  ^  1    \  11         o  r    J  E-  Buckingham.  Jr. 

F'^teenth   General  Assembly,    1816   ]  ^j^^^^,  j^j^^^^^^^^  ,         -  ■ 

c-           ,  r-  1    \  ui        o        *  George  Jackson 

5'--^^^'^"^'^    General  Assembly,   ibi 7    I  Thomas  Johnson 

o                 ■  /-  T    \  1 1        o  o   -!  George  Tackson  . 

Seventeenth   General  Assembly,   ihib   )  josei^ii  Foos 

^.  ,  ,  „  ,    ,  ,  ,        o        *  Samuel  Sullivant 

E'S'iteenth    General  Assembly,    ibiQ   )  j^^^p^  poos  "       / ; 

„,,,,„        I  Joseph  ]\Iatthews    . 
^"'^^^■"1^'^   General  Assembly,   1820   y^^^^^^^  ^^^^ 

^         .    ,  r-  1    »  I  1        o        ( Thomas  L  Janes      "  • 

T^ventieth    General  Assembly,    182 1    -^j^^^^pj^  ^^^^^  . 

r  r-  1    \  1  1         o        *  Thomas  I.  Janes 

^^^•"^t>-fi^-^^^    General  Assembly,   1822    -J  ^^^^^.g^^-^.^ 

]Marion,  Crawford  and  Sandusky  Counties  Added. 

_  ,  r-  1    s  1  1         o        >  Ebenezer  Buckingham 

Twenty-second   ....   General  Assembly,   1823    ( j.^^^s  Kooken 

„              ,  .    ,  ^  ,    .  .  ,         o        i  Ebenezer  Buckingham 

Twenty-third    General  Assembly.   1824   ^,  ^^^^^^  ^^^^ 

i 

District    Changed    to    Include    only   Four    Counties — Delaware,    3iIarion,    Sandusky    and 
Crawford. 

Twenty-fourth    ....    General  Assembly.  1S25  David  H.  Beardsley  \  .     . 

Twcniy-fifth    General  Assembly,  1826  James  Kooken 

Twenty-sixth    General  Assembly,  1827  James  Kooken 

Twenty-seventh    .  .  .    General  Assembly,  1828  Charles  Carpenter 

Twenty-eighth    ....    General  Assembly,  1829  Charles  Carpenter 

District  Changed  to    Include    only    Three   Counties — Delaware,  Marion  and  Crawford. 

Twenty-ninth    General  Assembly,   1830  Charles  Carpenter 

Thirtieth    General  Assembly,   1831'  Charles  Carpenter 

Thirty-first    General  Assembly,    1832  James  W.  Crawford 

Tliirty-second    ....    Geenral  Assembly,   1833  James  \V.  Crawford 

Thirty-third    General  Assembly,   1834  Robert  Hopkins  "    . 


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99 


Thirty-fourth    General  Assembly,    1835  Robert  Hopkins 

■J'hirty-fifth    General  Assembly,    1836  Hezekiah  Gorton 

Thirty-sixth    General  Assembly,    1S37  Hezekiah  Gorton 

Thirty-seventh    ....    General  Assembty,   1838  Benjamin  F.  Allen 

Thirty-eighth    ....    General  Assembly,   1839  Benjamin  F.  Allen    ■  •'  . 

Thirty-ninth     General  .\ssembly,   1840  James  11.  Godman 

rVyrtieth    General  Assembly,    1841  James  H.  Godman 

Forty-tirst    General   As?embly.    1S4J  James  McCutchen 

District  Changed  to, include  only  Delaware  and  Crawforil  Counties. 

Forty-second    General  Assembly.    1843  Janies  McCutchen 

Forty-third    General  Assembly,    1844  Thomas  \V.  Powell 

Forty-fourth    General  Assembly,    1S45  Thomas  W.  Powell 

Forty-fifth    General  Assembly,    1846  James  Eaton 

Forty-sixth    General   .Assembly.   1847  James  Eaton 

District  Changed  to  Include  Franklin  and  Delaware  Counties, 

Forty-seventh    ....    General  Assembly,    1848  William  Dennison,  Jr. 

Forty-eighth    General  Assembly,    1849  ^^'illiam  Dennison,  Jr. 

Forty-ninth    General  Assembly,    1850  Abram  Thompson 

Si.xteenth  District — Delaware  and  Licking  Counties. 

Fiftieth    General  Assembly.    1852  John  C.  .\lward 

Fifty-first    General  Assembly,    1S54  Charles  Follett 

Fifty-second    General  Assembly,    1S56  Daniel  Gardner 

Fifty-third    General  Assembly,    1858  William  P.  Reid 

Fifty- fourth    General  Assembly,    1S60  Thomas  C.  Jones 

Fifty-fifth     General  Assembly,    1S62  John  A.  Sinnett 

Fifty-si.xth    General  Assembly,   1864  James  R.  Stanbuiy 

Fifty-seventh    General  Assembly,   1866  Willard  Warner 

Fifty-eighth    General  Assembly,   1S68  Lewis  Evans 

Fifty-ninth    General  Assembly,   1870  Early  F.  Poppleton 

Sixtieth    General  Assembly,    1872  John  B.  Jones 

Sixty-first    General  Assembly,    1874  William  P.  Reid 

Sixty-second General  Assembly,   1876  John  W.  Owens 

Sixty-third    General  Assembly,   1878  John  W.  Owens 

Sixty-fourth    General  Assembly,   1880  F.  AL  ^larriott 

Sixty-fifth    General  Assembly,   1882  John  D.  Jones  ■  ;; 

Sixty-sixth    General  Assembly,    1884  John  O'Xeil 

Sixtv-seventh    General  Assemblv,   1886  ■  v /"•     c- ^'  ^. 

I  Ldwm  Smnett 

c-  .      •   wi  r-  IN  Li        000  )  Joseph  G.  Huffman 

Sixty-eighth    General  Assemblv,   1888  -rL     '     „    ^ 

^      *  -  '  I  Daniel  H.  Gannon 

Sixty-ninth    General  Assembly,    1890  Edwin  Sinnett 

Seventieth    General  Assembly,   1S92  Xo  Senator 

Seventy-first    General  Assembly,    1894  Xo  Senator 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


Seventy-second    ...    General  Assembly,  1S96  Charles  X.  Shryock 

Seventy-third    General  Assembly,  1S9S  William  E.  Miller 

Seventy- fourth   ....    General  Assembly.  1900  Xo  Senator 

Seventy-fifth General  Assem]>ly,  1902  Xorman  F.  Overturf 

Seventy-sixth    ....    General  Assembly,  1904  Xomian'F.  Overturf 

SeveiUy-be\enth    .  .    General  Assembly.  1906  W.  L.  Atwell 

MEMBERSHIP    OF    THE    OHIO    HOUSE  OF  REPRESEXTATIVES. 

(Delaware  County  had  no  representative  until  the  Eleventh  General  Assembly) 

Eleventh    General  Asseml>ly,  1S12  James  Curry 

Twelfth    General  Assembly,  1813  James  Curry 

Thirteenth    General  Assembly,  1814  James  Curry 

Fourteenth    General  Assembly.  1S15  James  Curry 

Fifteenth    General  Assembly,  1816  Benjamin  Carpenter 

Sixteenth    General  Assembly.  1817  Joseph  Eaton 

Seventeenth    General  Assembly,  1818  Reuben  Ljnnb 

Eighteenth    General  Assembly,  1819  Joseph  Eaton 

Xineteenth    General  Assembly.  1820  Aaron  Strong 

Twentieth    General  Assembly,  1821  Joseph  Eaton 

Twenty-first    General  Assembly.  1822  Leonard  H.  Cowles 

Twenty-second    .'.  .    General  Assembly,  1823  Leonard  H.  Cowles 

Twenty-thirt!    General  Assembly,  1824  Elias  Zv.turray  ■  . 

Twenty-fourth   ....    General  Assembly,  1825  Pardon  Sprague 

Twenty-fifth General   Assembly,  1826  Pardon  Sprague 

Twenty-sixth    General  Assembly,  1827  Pardon  Sprague 

Twenty-seventh    .  .  .    General  Assembly.  1828  'Slilo  D.  Pettibone 

Twenty-eighth    ....    General  Assembl}-.  1829  B.  F.  Allen 

Twenty-ninth    ....    General  Assembly,  1830  Amos  Utley  .     -. 

Thirtieth-  ;.. General  Assembly,  1831  John  Storms 

Thirty-first    General  Assembly,  1832  John  Curtis 

Thirty-second    ....    General  Assembly,  1833  John  Curtis 

Thirty-third    Genera!  Assembly,  1834  Emery  Aloore 

Thirtv-fourth    ....    General  Assenblv,  1S35  Emery  Moore 

Thirty-fifth    General  Assembly,  1836  B.  F.  Allen 

Thirty-sixth    General  Assembly,  1S37  Elijah  Carney 

Thirty-seventh    General  Assembly,  1838  Andrew  H.  Patterson 

Tliirty-cighth    General  Assembly,  1839  Andrew  H.  Patterson 

Thirty-ninth    /General  Assembly.  1840  Emery  Moore 

Fortieth    General  Assembly,  1841  James  Griffith 

F"orty-first    General  Assembly,  1842  Geo.  \V.  Sharp  and  L.  E.  James 

Forty-second    General  Assembly,  1843  John  Casey  and  Wm.  Smart 

Forty-third    General  Assembly,  1844  Janies  E.  Shaw 

Forty-fourth General  x\ssembly,  1845-     James  B.  Shaw  . 

Forty-fifth    General  Assembly,  1846  T.  B.  Fisher  .   '  ''     "  ''  "; 

Forty-sixth    General  Assembly.  1847  Alljert  McWright 

Forty-seventh    ....    General  Assembly,  1848  David  Gregory 

Forty-eighth    General  Assembly.  1849  James  R.  Hubble 

Ftjrty-ninth    General  Assembly,  1850  \\'ray  Thomas 

Fiftieth    General  Assembly,  1853  John  Converse 

Fifty-first   General  Assembly,  1854  John  Converse 


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AXD    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


t"i'ty-se-n,l    General  A^.^enll.ly,    185^,    ^yniiam  Hendren 

1857  \ 
l'i"y-tliir,l General  A>seml.ly.    1858-     r^^^^  ^    Hubbell 

1859*    •' 
f^'fty-^^'^rth    General  Assembly,    i86o  (   j-         j,„;  Burr 

186 1  I 
t'ltty-hfth    General   Assembly,    i86j  i    James  R    Hubble 

1863  I  -^ 
F"i;ty-sixt!i    General   Assemljlv,    iS'^j,  I   James  R.  Hubble  (resigned) 

1S65  *'  O.  D.  Hough 
Fifty-seventh    'General  Assembly.    186(1/,  ^^    j^    Hou^di 

Fi"y-eighth    General  Assembly.    1808  /   ^.^^-^^j  ^    ^ee 

18O9  * 

Fiftv-ninth    General  Asseml)Iv,    1870  >   ^,  r-     t^,. 

'     ^glj  (■  Thomas   F.  Joy 

Sixtieth     General  Assembly,    1872  I.   r-  n        n 

r,       1    Eugene   t  oweU 

Sixtv-iirst    General  Assembly.    1874  '    „    ,,    a,--i,-  -    ' 

>j  '^  ;  T.  B.  W  illiams 

Sixtv-second Genera!   Assembly,    i87n  /    t  t       v     /-       .1 

-       ^1_  J-  John  A.  Caruthers 

Sixty-third    General  Assembly,    1878/    ,^     .,    ,,     „„.  

■      j^l     (■  l^ayid   tl.   Elhott 

Sixtv-fonrth    General  Assembly,   1880  1    -,  ,      „    ^ 

'     iggi  \   John  S.  Jones 

Sixty-fifth     General  Assembly.   188.^  I    _  ,      ^    ^ 

'     jQ.,;.,  c  John  S.  Jones 

Sixty-sixth    General  Assembly.    1884  I    ^  ^      ,     , 

'      jg;^;  (  George  L.  Sackett 

Sixtv-seventh    General  Assembly,    188^)  )  _  ^     ^ 

'      188-  i"  G^'^^^S's  L.  Sackett 

Sixty-eightlf   General  Assembly,    1888   \  ,  ,      ^    ^. 

'      1S89  i  J'^''"  S.  Gill 

Sixty-ninth    General  Assembly,    1800;    ^    ,,.     ^,    

-  jg^^j   -  Roihn  K.  Willis 

Seventieth   General  Assembly,   i8u2  1    ^   ,,.     ^,    

-  jgg    J-  Rolhn  K.  W  ilhs 

Seventy-first    General  Assembly,  1894  Samuel  Lewis 

Seventy-second    .  .  .  General  Assembly,  1896  Samuel  Lewis 

Seventy-third    General  Assembly,  1898  Thiis.  R.  Smith 

Sevcnty-f(iurth    ....  General  Assembly,  1900  Thos.  R.  Smith 

District  again  Changed,  this  time  to  include  Delaware  and  ^.lorrow  Counties. 

Seventy-fifth    General  Assemljly,   190.'      Arthur  H.  Jones 

Seventy-sixth    .....    General  Assembly.    1904      Arthur  H.  [ones 
Seventy-seventh    .  .  .    General  Assembly,   1906      H.  W.  Crist. 


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PROBATE   JUDGE 

|:)XER 

SFRVKrOR 

INFIRMARY  DIRECTR 

CORONER 

1869 

*  Jacob   Sheets 
1  Georse   Nelson 

Hosea  Main 

ir.-o 

!;.-n;,,m!,i    C.    Walters 

* 

S.   Davidson 

M.    L.    Gr.mn 

A.    A.    Welch 

1.S71 

1-   ^  .•:^'  .'    r^    Walters 

S.   Davidson 

A.    A.    Welch                        '■' 

1.ST2 

!■  ■■.<.'-  <-y,   I.'.   Walters 

S.    Davidson 

John    V.   Jones 

A.    A.    WeL.h                          ■ 

1S73 

l;-:.,i.-  .i    C.    Walters 

S.    Davidson 

Geors-e  W.  Stover 

A.    A.    Welch                         ■'' 

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l;.nj„r.iin    C.    Walters 

ws 

S.   Davi.lsr.n 

Chas  T.   Grant 

Marshall    L.   Gritfin 

1S75   

fn^nklin    B.   Sp.-apue 

L.    B.   Den  i  son 

Chas  T.   Grant 

Marshall    U   Griffin 

16r<S 

Franklin    B.    Sprasue 

iUey 

L.   B.   Denis..n 

Henry  C.   Olds 

Elani  C.    \dnin:?               i",,- 

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Frankhn   B.    Sprague 

L.   B.   D-nis.^n 

George  W.   Stover 

Elam  C.    Vir.ins 

1S7S 

I'Vanklin   B.   Snrasiie 

ra 

L.    B.   Denis,  n 

Jonas   Waldron 

Elam  C.   A'inins 

1S79 

Franklin   B.   JJpracue 

on 

L.    B.   Der.ison 

John  Shea 

J.    W.   N.    \-ogt 

ISSO 

Franklin    B.    SpraKU» 

■A 

L.   B.   Denis.. n 

M.   Smith 

James   H.   Hughes 

18S1 

Rhfus  Carpenter 

L.    B.   D-nison 

I.^on.5well 

James   H.    Hut-hes 

18S2    

Rufus   Carpenter 

L.    B.   D-nis,.n 

Henry    B.    Cullins 

James   H.    Hughes           '*' 

18S3 

R.ilus  Carpenter 

L.    B.   Denis. .n 

.M.   Smith 

James   H.    Hughes 

1SS4 

L.    B.   D.  :,!...!, 

D.    Main 

R.   C.   wmtermute 

1SS5 

Riifiis  Carpenter 

L.    B.    D-ros.n 

Henrv    B.    Cullins 

R.   C.    Wintermute 

1S.S6 

Rnf,;s  Ca-Unter 

.>s 

L     B.    r..r,-on 

Henry    B.    Cullins 

R.   C.   Wintermute 

1SS7 

Rufiis  Carpenter 

rsii'in 

Edmiiri.!   .<.   Miner 

H.jrace   Strong 

R.   C.   Wintermute 

N.   F.   Overturf 

Edmiin.l   .-;.    .Mmt-r 

J.   C.   Main 

R.   C.   Wintermute 

1SS3 

N.   F.  Overturf 

M 

E.lmund    <,    M.ner 

Samuel   .\.    Moore 

Wilbur   X.    Leonard 

ISSO 

N.  F.  Overturf 

Kdmon.l    S     M.n^r 

James   .\-    Wilson 

Will. or   N.    Leonard 

1S91 

N'.  F.   r,.-.rtprf 

Edmur..|    .-^     M!i;.r 

Clark   P.    Dwinnel! 

Will.ur    N.    Leonard 

.\'.   F.   Cv-rtiirt 

Edmund   S.   M.ner 

Samuel  A.    .Moore  ■ 

Will.ur   N.    Leonard 

18&3 ; .' 

N.    F.   Ovorturf 

"V 

Edward    S.    .M,^n.lenhall 

James   .\.   Wilson 

C.   W.  Chidester 

ISM  

Benj.    F.    Freshwater 

Iron 
UL-^er 
:rkpatrick 

Edward    S.    Mendenhall 

Clark    P.    Dwinnell 

C.   W.  Chidester 

1855 

Benj.    F.    Freshwater 

E'iward    S.    Mendenhall 

Thompson   Clark 

C.   W.  Chidester- 

1S96 

Benj.    F.    Freshwater 

rev 

Edward    S.    Mendenhall 

Thos.   E.  Siark 

C.  W.  Chidester 

1S97 

Benj.    F.    Freshwater 

iron 

Edward    S.    Mendenhall 

John   Lane.   Sr. 

\    E     Main 

1S9S 

Benj.    F.    Freshwater 

■Master 

Edward  S.  Mendenhall 

Thompson    Clark 

A.    K.   Main 

1899   

Benj.    F.    Freshwater 

rev 

John   B.   Tasrsart 

Chas  W.   Blymer 

A.   J.   Pounds 

1900 

E.  Lee  Porterfieli 

redith 

John    B.    Tas--art 

J..hn    I. an-.    Sr. 

A.   J.   Pounds- 

1901 

K.  Ree  P.irtertieM 

John    E.    Tas-L-art 

I-"Mu-ar.l    W.d.'h 

Frederick  L.  Gage 

1902 

E.  Lee  PorterfieUi 

er 

John    E.   Tat.-u-art 

Chas,    W     Bi-.-mer 

Frederick  L.  Gage 

]»? 

E.   Lee  PortertieUl 

i(! 

John    E.   Tatfsart 

I--        if        Will'.-ilH.l.i 

Frederick  L.  Gage 

J^M 

E.  Lee  Porterfielrl 

redith 

John    B.    Ta---L'art 

1  J.    \\-.    FTiiY,-i..r,    unexpired 
1      te-m    of    B.    Mcpherson 

Freilerick   L.  Gage  " 

1905 

E.  I.ee  PortertieW- 

er 
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Ed-.'-,-!    ^     ^-     -  ^-nhall     . 

H.  J.  Jnrvi.s 

Perry  Wiiley 

19^ ".. 

Johj-.  .VCone 

i-:i',-             -      ■           .  I'.all 

F.   H    TShi:-l.eail 

PcM-c   Wdlev 

'vn...   '.. 

John  A.  "Cone 

over 

Fd-;  ,     :    ^      d    ■    -r'^ia" 

J.hn    W.    Pi,:>ner 

Perry   Wiilev   designed) 

)9i,'^.'. 

John  A.  Cone 

o\er 

J. Van    W.    Ptiffner 

Dr.A.H.Buck    (ap(..ninted) 

HISTORY  OF  DEL.WVARE  COUXTV 


Delaware  Couniy    has    Ka.d  4he   foliowing 
Congress  of  the 


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named    persons    <o    represen!    it    in   iKe 
United  Sta.tes: 


lames  R.  Hubble.  Thirty-ninth  Congress, 
Eighth  District.  1865-1866.  ' 

Early  F.  Pnppleton.  Forty-fourth  Con- 
gres.s.  Ninth  District.   1S75-1S76. 

John  S.  Jones,  FVirty-fifth  Congress.  Ninth 
District,  1 877- 1  SrS. 


Archibaltl  Lybrand,  Fifty-fifth  Congress 
Eighth  District.  1897-1808 

Archibahl  Lybrand,  Fifty-sixth  Congress 
Eighth  District,  1899-1900. 


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PROBATE  JUDGE 

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Lyman  P.  Lewis 
Lyman  P.  Lewis 

Frank  Warren 
Frank  Warren 
Frank  Warren 

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Elias  Cole 
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DELAWARE— THE  COUNTY  SEAT. 

When  Laid  Out  and  by  Whom — Its  Settlement  and  History — Early  Military  Importance 
— Stores  and  Early  Industries — Groieth  of  Population  —  Incorporation  —  City  Govern- 
ment Organized — Roster  of  Officials — Public  Buildings — Water  Works — Fire  Depart- 
ment— Cemeteries. 


At  tlie  time  of  the  creation  of  Delaware 
County  by  the  Act  of  the  Legislature,  Febru- 
ary lo,  1808,  the  town  of  Delaware  had  no  ex- 
istence either  on  paper  or  in  fact.  There  can 
be  little  question,  moreover,  that  had  Closes 
Byxbe  retained  the  interest  which  he  originally 
had  in  the  Berkshire  settlement,  the  history  of 
the  county  seat  would  be  altogether  different 
from  what  it  is.  Its  very  establishment  seems 
to  be  a  monument  to  the  bad  faith  of  its 
founder.  It  was  the  original  purpose  of  Mr. 
Byxbe  to  make  Berkshire  Corners  not  only 
the  county  seat  of  the  new  county  which  he 
knew  would  soon  be  erected,  but  if  possible, 
the  capital  of  the  State  as  well.  It  was  on  this 
expectation  and  on  the  promises  of  By.xbe  to 
use  his  influence  to  this  end  that  many  of  the 
first  settlers  were  induced  to  join  his  enter- 
prise and  become  purchasers  of  land  in  the 
large  tract  which  lie  had  originally  acquired. 
It  was  not  long,  however,  until  the  plans  of 
Byxbe  seem  to  have  unrlergone  a  change.  He 
disposed  of  the  larger  part  of  his  holdings  in 
Berkshire  Township,  as  well  as  those  in  Ber- 
lin, Kingston,  Genoa  and  Brown,  and  we 
shortly  find  him  interested  in  an  entirely  diiter- 
ent  part  of  the  county.  In  the  month  of  De- 
cember, 1800,  Abraham  Baldwin,  of  Xew  Ha- 
ven. Connecticut,  purchased  of  the  Government 
a  tract  of  eight  diousand  acres,  which  included 
the  northeast   sectirm   of  Delaware  Town-hip 


anil  the  third  section  of  Brown.  Mr.  Baldwin 
was  a  man  of  unusual  attainments  and  enter- 
prise. He  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  University, 
and  later  a  tutor  in  that  institution.  He  serscd 
in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  afterwards 
practiced  law  in  Savannah.  Georgia.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  for  some 
time  president  of  the  University  of  Georgia,  a 
Representative  in  Congress  and  a  United 
States  Senator.  He  was  never  married,  and 
at  his  death  the  large  tracts  of  land  which  he 
owned  in  Ohio  as  well  as  other  states 
went  by  de\ise  to  his  three  half-broth- 
ers and  two  half-sisters.  As  these 
heirs  were  widely  separated  it  was  not 
long  before  this  property  passed  into  the 
control  of  one  of  them.  Henry  Baldwin,  a 
lawyer  in  Pittsburg.  Shortly  after  tlie  erec- 
tion of  Delaware  County,  an  arrangement 
was  entered  into  l>etween  Baldwin  and  By.xbe, 
through  which  By.xbe  came  into  possession  ot 
the  undivided  one-half  of  the  tracts  in  Dela- 
ware and  Brown  Townships,  with  tlie  excep- 
tion of  two  tracts  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  each  out  of  the  northeast  corner  of  each 
section,  previously  sold  by  .\braham  Baldwin 
to  one  William  Wells.  Jndge  Baldwin  was, 
for  many  years,  a  part  owner  of  the  land  on 
which  Delaware  was  located,  although  from 
the  first  he  delegated  the  entire  control  of  it 
to  Bv.xbe  and  seems  to  have  given  little  active 


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attention  of  his  own  to  the  founding  of  the 
city.  He  came  from  a  family  noted  for  their 
intellectual  qualities  and  attainments  jand  was 
himself  one  of  the  (.listinguished  men  of  his 
time.  Eorn  in  1779,  and  graduating  from 
Yale  in  1797.  lie  went  to  Pittsburg,  where  he 
became  a  noted  lawyer.  He  was  a  representa- 
tive in  Congiess  from  1S17  to  18^2.  He  was 
appointed  by  President  Jackson  an  associate 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States,  in  which  capacity  he  served  for  many 
years.  Though  brilliant  intellectually,  he  is 
said  to  ha\'e  been  a  man  of  somewhat  dissi- 
pated habits,  through  which  he  ultimately  lost 
a  considerable  portion  of  the  large  fortune  of 
which  he  was.  at  one  time,  possessed.  He  died 
in  1S44. 

With  the  shifting  of  Byxbe's  interest  from 
Berkshire  to  his  newly  acquired  ;K)ssessions  in 
Delaware  Township  he  immediately  set  to 
work  to  secure  for  them  the  advantages  which 
the  settlers  of  Eerkshire  had  all  along  expected 
to  enhance  the  value  of  their  own  property. 
The  first  matter  of  concern  was  the  location 
of  the  county  seat.  As  no  town  as  yet  existed 
in  their  territory  it  was  necessary  for  Baldwin 
and  Byxbe  to  establish  one.  The  first  location 
chosen  by  them  was  on  the  east  bank  of  the 
Olentangy.  Here  they  platted  a  town  and 
recorded  the  plat  in  Franklin  County,  although 
it  was  never  recorded  in  Delaware  County. 
E}xbe.  with  all  the  resources  at  his  command, 
at  once  began  bis  efforts  to  secure  the  location 
of  the  county  seat  at  his  newly  founded  town. 
As  might  have  been  expected,  his  efforts  met 
with  bitter  opposition  from  the  Berkshire  set- 
tlers, who  had  relied  on  h.is  firmer  promises 
and  had  just  reason  to  accuse  him  of  disloy- 
alty to  their  interests.  Byxbe  had  a  consider- 
able lollowing,  however,  among  those  who 
were  under  obligations  to  him  in  various  ways 
and  whose  interests  vrere  largely  involved  with 
his.  and  this,  together  with  the  natural  ad- 
vantages of  Delaware  itself,  terminated  the 
controversy  in  his  favor,  the  special  commis- 
sioners locating  the  county  seat  at  Delaware  in 
^Nfarch.  1S08.  " 

For  reasons  which  are  not  now  definiteh' 
known,   but  probably  owing  to    superior  ad- 


vantages on  the  other  side  of  the  river,  the 
first  site  chosen  for  the  town  on  the  east  bank 
w-as  soon  abandoned,  and  on  May  9.  1808,  a 
new  site  on  the  west  bank  w  as  selected  and  a 
town  platted  which  was  the  real  beginning  of 
the  present  city  of  Delaware.  The  following 
extract  taken  from  the  plat  as  recorded,  will 
indicate  the  original  location  and  extent  of  the 
town.  "This  town  is  laid  off  into  1S6  lots, 
containing,  by  estimation,  77^2  square  j:>ole3 
each,  be  the  same  more  or  less,  6j4.  rods  by 
i2>4  rods,  excepting  lots  Nos.  53,  54,  55,  56, 
89,  90,  91  and  92,  which  by  the  variation  of 
William  Street  from  west  17  degrees  to  the 
north,  from  Washington  Street  to  Liberty 
Street.  The  streets  which  run  from  north  to 
south  are  Hem-y,  Union,  Sandusky,  Franklin, 
\\''ashington  and  Liberty  Streets  and  those 
running  from  east  to  west  are  North,  Winter, 
\\'illiam,  Abraham,  Tammany  and  South 
Streets,  which  cross  the  other  streets  at  rigliL 
angles.  All  the  streets  are  four  poles  wide  ex- 
cept William,  Abraham  and  Sandusky  Streets, 
which  are  six  poles  in  width.  The  lots  or 
squares  including  Delaware  Run,  or  which  are 
not  numbered,  extending  from  east  to  west 
through  the  town,  are  reserved  for  future  dis- 
posal, or  for  the  benefit  of  tlie  town,  as  the  pro- 
prietors may  think  proper  hereafter."  There 
was  included  in  this  plat  that  part  of  the  pres- 
ent city  of  Delaware  bounded  by  Central 
Avenue.  Henn,-.  South  and  Liberty  Streets. 
South  Street  at  that  time  running  through  to 
Liberty.  It  is  apparent  that  patriotic  impulses 
evidently  inspired  the  founders  in  the  naming 
of  the  streets  of  their  newly  created  town,  and 
it  is  said  that  it  was  the  purpose  of  Byxbe. 
originallyto  call  the  town  itself  Warrentown  in 
honor  of  General  Warren.  Some  of  the  streets 
were  named  after  those  who  were  connected 
with  the  early  history  of  the  town.  _  Most  of 
the  original  names  remain  to  the  present  time, 
although  North  Street  is  now  Central  Avenue, 
while  Abraham  Street  has  become  Uni\-ersity 
Avenue  and  Tammany,  Park  Avenue.  Abra- 
ham Street  was  named  for  the  original  owner 
of  the  property;  Henry,  for  one  of  the  proprie- 
tors; \\"illiam.  for  a  brother  of  Plenrv  Bald- 
win, who  had  an  interest  in  the  property,  and 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


Winter,  developed  from  a  corruption  of  Wit- 
ter, the  maiden  name  of  Z^Irs.  Moses  Byxbe. 
Delaware  Run  then  flowed  in  its  natural 
couise,  and  William  Street  deflected '  to  the 
north  after  crossing  Washington  Street  to 
avoid  it.  The  square  bounded  by  Union  Ave- 
nue, Washington  Street,  Park  Avaiue 
and  Liberty  Street,  was  reserved  for  a 
parade  ground,  and  was  usedi  for  iliat  purjxise 
for  years.  About  the  time  the  city  was  or- 
ganized, it  was  converted  into  a  park,  and  Dr. 
Merrick,  who  was  then  president  of  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan  University,  was  instrumental  in  having 
hundreds  of  shade  trees  planted  here.  Another 
square  bounded  by  Abraham.  Franklin  and 
Sandusky  Streets  and  Delaware  Run  was  set 
aside  for  public  buildings.  The  square 
bounded  by  Central  Avenue.  Sandusky.  Frank- 
lin and  Winter  Streets,  was  given  by  the  pro- 
prietor for  a  burying  ground,  and  for  religious 
purposes.  The  little  town  remained  as  thus 
originally  laid  out  for  a  period  of  nearly  thirty 
years,  no  additions  being  iiiade  until  the  year 
1836.  On  the  occasion  of  his  final  visit  to 
Delaware  in  1S24.  Judge  Baldwin  presented 
the  parade  ground  and  the  sulphur  spring 
property  to  the  village. 

With  the  location  of  the  town  anrl  its  selec- 
tion as  the  county  seat,  the  actis'e  settlement 
of  Delaware  began.  Indeed  even  before  this 
the  first  settler  had  made  his  appearance.  In 
the  fall  of  1807  Joseph  Barber  erected  a  log 
house  just  southeast  of  the  sulphur  spring  on 
the  ground  now  constituting  a  part  of  the  uni- 
versity campus.  He  did  not  remain  in  the 
neighborhood  for  any  great  length  of  time, 
however,  and  his  influence  on  tlie  further 
growth  of  the  village  was  slight. 

As  soon  as  his  efforts  to  have  Delaware 
made  the  county  seat  had  proved  successful, 
Mr.  Byxbe  began  preparations  to  transfer  his 
residence  from  Berkshire,  there.  He  erected  a 
frame  dwelling  on  the  north  side  of  William 
Street,  between  Henry  and  L'nion  Streets,  re- 
serving the  whole  square  on  which  his  house 
stood  for  his  own  use.  Having  sold  his  house 
and  farm  in  Berkshire,  in  the  early  part  of 
May  he  removed  his  household  goods  to  his 
new   residence   and   with   his    family  came   to 


Delaware  to  reside.  In  the  settlement  of 
nearly  every  community  there  has  always  been 
some  one  man  who,  through  superior  energy 
and  ability,  as  well  as  through  firmer  faith  in 
the  future  development  and  passibilities  of 
the  place,  has  taken  the  lead  in  ail  the  various 
enterprises  necessary  to  insure  its  success.  Col. 
Byxbe  certainly  bore  this  relation  to  Delaware 
in  its  early  history.  His  fertile  mind  was  con- 
stantly planning  for  the  future  of  the  town ; 
his  indomitable  energy  was  constantly  expend- 
ing itself,  both  in  inducing  new  settlers  to  take 
up  their  abode  in  the  village,  and  in  providing 
for  the  establishment  of  the  various  en- 
terprises which  were  necessary  for  tlie 
comfort  and  prosperity  of  the  incoming 
settlers.  Self  interest,  no  doubt,  was  his  ani- 
mating motive.  He  seems  never  to  ha\-e  had 
the  genuine  respect  of  the  community.  e\en 
though  they  were  ready  to  follow  him  as  their 
leader  and  recognized  the  great  value  of  his 
ability  in  shaping  the  early  progress  of  the 
town. 

Along  with  Byxbe  came  a  number  of  other 
settlers  who  were  to  have  a  prominent  part  in 
the  early  history  of  the  communit).  In  Berk- 
shire were  a  number  of  families  who  were 
closely  attached  to  the  Byxbe  interests  who  had 
just  recently  come  to  that  settlement  from 
Pennsylvania,  and  who.  as  soon  as  the  interests 
of  Byxbe  himself  had  shifted,  followed  his  for- 
tunes likewise  in  the  newlv  estabhshed  settle- 
ment. Among  them  may  he  mentioned  Solo- 
mon Smith,  Azariah  Root,  Xathan  ^lessenger, 
Reuben  Lamb  and  Rev.  Jacob  Drake.  The  lat- 
ter built  the  first  brick  house  to  be  erected  in 
Delaware,  on  the  southwest  corner  of  William 
and  Franklin  Streets,,  it  being  notable  for  the 
fact  that  his  wife  laid  all  of  the  inner  wall  her- 
self, masons  being  a  scarcity  in  those  days. 
Drake  was  a  Baptist  preacher  and  a  sur\-eyor 
as  well,  and  he  also  served  as  the  first  treasurer 
of  the  newly  established  county,  and  as  the  first 
mayor  of  Delaware.  His  resignation  addressed 
to  William  Little  is  now  in  the  possession  of 
Robert  Powers,  of  The  First  National  Bank. 
It  was  he,  too,  who,  in  connection  with  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Hughes,  established  the  first  paper 
in  Delaware.     Azariah  Root  built  a  house  of 


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i         hewed  logs  on  the  corner  of    Abraham    and 
f  Henry  Streets.     He  was  the  first  county  sur- 

i  veyor.      Xathan   Messenger   was   the   son-in- 

I  law  af  Colonel  Byxbe,  who  erected  a  house  for 

'  him  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Sandusky  and 

;  William  Streets.     Solomon  Smith  was  the  first 

sheriff  of  the  county  and  came  from  Chilli- 
cothe  where  he  had  been  a  teacher.  Aside  from 
Byxbe  himselt,  few  persons,  perhaps,  occupied 
a  more  prominent  position  in  the  early  life  of 
the  community  than  Reuben  Lamb.  He  prac- 
ticed medicine  for  a  number  of  years  and  was 
also  the  first  county  recorder. 

Among  other  settlers  who  came  in  a  short 
time  may  be  mentioned  Silas  Dunham,  who 
came  from  the  Berlin  Settlement;  Xoah 
Spaulding,  from  Berkshire;  Joab  Norton, 
from  Orange;  Aaron  Welch  and  Ira  Carpen- 
ter, from  Liberty;  Nathaniel  and  William  Lit- 
tle, Paul  D.  and  Thomas  Butler,  from  Worth- 
ington,  and  Jacob  Kensell.  The  settlement 
soon  took  on  a  vigorous  growth.  Colonel 
Byxbe  was  the  guiding  .spirit  in  all  its  various 
activities.  He  was  constantly  devising  and 
putting  into  execution  plans  for  the  prosperity 
of  the  community.  He  was  an  associate  judge 
of  the  newly  created  court.  He  promoted  the 
building  of  the  new  road  which  should  unite 
the  settlement  with  the  older  communities  al- 
ready established.  He  established  the  first 
store,  in  which  he  placed  his  son,  and  he  also 
erected  the  first  saw  mill  and  grist  mill  within 
the  limits  of  the  town.  In  addition  to  this  he 
was  the  first  postmaster,  and  later  he  w  as  pro- 
prietor of  a  tavern.  He  was  his  own  sales 
agent  in  the  disposal  of  the  large  tracts  of  land 
which  he  owned  joincly  \\'ith  Baldwin.  It  is 
easy  to  see  the  stimulating  eft'ect  tiie  restless 
activity  of  such  a  one  must  have  had  on  the  life 
of  the  village. 

From  the  time  he  first  became  interested  in 
that  part  of  the  county,  it  had  probably  been 
Colonel  Bixbe's  ambition  to  make  the  town 
which  he  should  found  the  capital  of  the  State. 
Up  until  iSio  the  capital  had  been  at  Chilli- 
cothe,  and  from  that  time  until  1812  at  Zanes- 
ville.  It  finally  became  necessary,  however,  to 
determine  upon  a  definite  location,  and  a  num- 
ber of  places  became  competitors  for  the  honor. 


There  seem  to  have  been  nine  of  them  in  all, 
and  they  held  out  widely  varying  inducements 
to  the  special  commission  appointed  by  the 
Legislature  to  select  the  site.  The  ott'er  of 
Byxbe  and  Baldwin  was  as  follows,  viz.,  that 
they  would  give  the  grounds,  erect  the  build- 
ings, and  lay  off  four  thousand  acres  in  town 
lots,  one-half  the  proceeds  arising  from  the 
sale  of  which  should  go  into  the  treasury  of 
the  State.  The  only  other  oft'er  which  bore 
any  comparison  to  that  of  Baldwin  and  Byxbe 
was  the  one  maile  by  four  parties  who  were 
interested  in  the  tract  on  the  Scioto 
opposite  the  town  of  Franklinton.  For  quite 
a  while  the  contest  was  in  doubt.  At  length, 
however,  the  special  commission  reported  in 
favor  of  the  proposition  of  Byxbe  and  Bald- 
win. When  the  legislature  came  to  act  upon 
it,  they  rejected  the  report  and  decided  in  fa- 
vor of  the  site  opposite  Franklinton.'  The  loss 
of  the  capital  was,  no  doubt,  a  se\-ere  blow  to 
Delaware  and  its  immediate  prosperity.  The 
possibility  that  the  capital  would  be  located 
here  had  undoubtedly  served  to  enhance  the 
value  of  property  and  to  attract  settlers.  With, 
its  prospects  in  this  direction  suddenl}-  cut  oft", 
there  could  not  but  result  a  depression  in  the 
general  activity  of  the  community,  from  which 
it  took  many  years  for  it  to  recover. 

E.VRLY     MILIT.VRV     IMPORTANCE.  ,(> 

Delaware  was  a  place  of  considerable  mili- 
tary importance  during  the  War  of  1S12.  It 
was  situated  on  the  most  practicable  route  l)e- 
tween  Chillicothe.  the  state  capital  at  that  time, 
and  the  scene  of  operations  around  Sandusky 
and  Detroit,  and  it  was,  for  a  time,  the  head- 
quarters of  General  Harrison.  ".Among  the 
earliest  troops  to  be  called  out  was  a  company 
of  light  horse  belonging  to  the  State  ]\Iilitia. 
on  the  muster  rolls  of  which  were  to  be  found 
the  fam.iliar  names  of  Elias  Murray,  as  cap- 
tain ;  James  W.  Crawford,  as  first  lieutenant ; 
David  Prince  as  second  lieutenant,  and  Joseph 
Prince,  Robert  Jamison.  Sylvester  Root,  Mor- 
ris Cowgill.  Alexander  and  William  Smith, 
Ralpli  S.  Longviell.  John  Slack,  J.  Harter, 
Forest    Meeker,   John    Wi!-on,   Thomas   Dun- 


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ham  and  James  Carpenter,  as  privates.  This 
company  was  employed  as  a  raiding  force,  and 
was  called  out  at  different  times  for  a  period 
of  service  not  exceeding  at  any  time-over  forty 
days.  Each  man  furnished  his  own  horse  and 
equipments,  and  over  his  shoulder  was  slung 
the  inevitable  canteen  of  whiskey.  *  *  *  The 
company  was  ordered  to  Detroit  and  made  a 
raid  into  Canada.  Tearing  down  some  fine 
farm  buildings  west  of  ilie  river,  they  made 
rafts  of  the  lumber  thus  obtained  and  crossed 
to  the  Canadian  shore.  There  they  destroyed 
property  of  all  kinds,  burning  mills,  hay  and 
grain,  and  recrossing  without  loss.  *  *  * 
A  company  of  infantry,  raised  by  Captain  Foos 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  county,  drew  a 
number  of  men  from  Delaware  Township  and 
village,  and,  among  others.  Erastus  Bowe, 
who  settled  in  Brown  in  1S09.  This  company 
went  to  Fremont,  then  known  as  Lower  San- 
dusky, and  helped  to  build  Fort  Croghan,  Air. 
Bowe  breaking  the  ground  for  that  purpose. 
After  Hull's  sunender  this  c<;inii>any  disbanded 
and  returned  to  Delaware. 

The  war,  coming  as  it  did  so  soon  after 
the  misfortune  Delaware  suffered  in  failing  to 
have  the  state  capital  located  here,  did  much 
to  relieve  the  depression  of  business  conse- 
quent on  that  unfortunate  event.  The  forces 
of  General  Winchester  and  others  were  cen- 
tered along  the  line  of  L'rbana,  St.  Mary's  and 
Fort  Defiance,  while  the  troops,  artillery  and 
supplies  from  Pennsylvania  came  by  way  of 
Canton,  Wooster  and  Mansfield  to  Fort  Aleigs, 
the  place  of  rendezvous,  while  the  \'irginia 
and  Kentucky  re-enforcements  came  by  way  of 
Chillicothe,  along  the  various  roads  leading 
through  Delaware  County.  In  Februarv'. 
1813.  General  Harrison  concentrated  the 
greater  part  of  his  troops  at  Fort  Meigs  and 
then  retired  with  his  headquarters  to  Delaware, 
where  he  occupied  rooms  in  Colonel  Byxbe's 
house.  Also  Governor  Shelby,  of  Kentucky, 
came  in  command  of  the  troops  belonging  to 
his  state,  and  made  his  headquarters  in  the 
cabin  which  had  formerly  been  erected  by 
Barber,  heretofore  mentioned  as  the  first  house 
built  in  Delaware.  Later  the  \'irginia  troops 
arrived  and  camped  just  north  of  the  village. 


Naturally  the  presence  of  so  many  soldiers 
gave  a  great  impetus  to  the  general  business 
activities  of  the  place.  As  usual.  Colonel 
Eyxbe  was  alert  to  the  opportunities  thus  pre- 
sented, taking  large  contracts  for  supplying" 
the  army  with  the  various  necessities  required 
during  their  stay  in  the  community.  The  one 
store  in  the  village,  had,  for  the  time  being, 
a  great  increase  in  its  patronage,  and  the  set- 
tlers found  a  ready  market  for  whatever  they 
had  to  sell  that  could  be  consumed  by  an  army. 
A  recruiting  station  was  opened  in  Delaware, 
and  many,  inspired  by  motives  of  patriotism 
or  lured  by  love  of  adventure  or  expectation  of 
gain,  joined  their  fortunes  with  the  troops. 
General  Harrison  had  sold  all  of  his  teams  and 
pack  animals  to  save  wintering  them,  and  when 
the  time  came  for  the  army  to  move  north- 
ward all  the  available  teams  in  the  community 
were  pressed  into  service. 

STOKES    AXD    E.A.RLV    INDUSTRIES. 

As  is  always  the  case  in  a  newly  started 
settlement,  the  mercantile  business  for  the  first 
few  years  was  one  of  little  importance.  There 
was  but  one  store  in  Delaware  up  to  the  time 
of  the  war  of  1812,  and  that  was  conducted 
by  Moses  Byxbe,  Jr..  a  son  of  Colonel  Byxbe. 
The  son,  however,  seems  to  have  been  wholly 
lacking  in  the  business  ability  and  enterprise 
of  his  father  and  soon  came  to  grief.  A'arious 
unsuccessful  speculations  finally  landed  him  in 
the  county  jail.  One  of  the  earliest  merchants 
in  Delaware  was  William  Little.  He  was  a 
.saddler  by  trade,  and,  coming  originally  from 
Connecticut,  first  located  in  Worthington. 
Later,  however,  attracted  by  the  outlook  for 
the  newly  established  settlement  at  Delaware, 
he  came  here  and  shortly  went  into  trade.  He 
bought  out  a  stock  of  goods  which  had  been 
sent  up  from  Worthington  as  a  branch  busi- 
ness and  established  himself  in  a  small  brick 
building  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Sandusky 
and  Winter  Streets,  where  he  continued  for  a 
number  of  years.  Joseph  L.  Webb  was  another 
of  the  early  store-keepers  of  Delaware.  He 
came  in  the  year  181 9.  induced  to  do  so 
through  the  representations  of  Colonel  Byxbe. 


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who  happened  to  meet  him  on  one  his  trips 
east.  Webb  came  of  a  weaUhy  family  in  Xew 
York,  lured  away  from  the  comforts  of  his 
eastern  home  by  the  apparent  iwssibilities  of 
great  wealth  in  the  western  frontier.  The 
\ ear  after  his  arrival  he  set  up  in  business  in 
the  same  building  in  which  ^Moses  Byxbe,  Jr., 
had  conducted  his  unsuccessful  venture,  but 
he  seems  to  have  had  no  greater  success  thao 
had  the  building's  former  occupants.  After 
continuing  in  business  for  a  time  he  closed  up 
with  a  loss  of  Sio.ooo  and  returned  to  the 
East.  Horton  Howard,  a  Quaker,  was  an- 
other of  the  early  store-keepers.  He  occupied 
a  yellow  wooden  building  on  the  east  side  of 
Sandusky  Street.  Elezekiah  Kilbourn  opened 
a  store  in  1823  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
Sandusky  and  Winter  Streets  but  sold  out  in 
the  following  year  to  Caleb  Howard  and  An- 
thony Walker,  who  went  into  business  in  his 
building.  After  they  dissolved  partnership 
Walker  went  into  business  with  Hosea  \\'i\- 
liams.  Dr.  Lamb,  the  first  physician  in  the 
community,  next  occupied  the  Kilbourn  build- 
ing, and,  as  was  natural,  a  considerable  part 
of  his  stock  consisted  of  drugs.  In  1831 
Alexander  Kilbourn  erected  a  frame  building 
on  Sandusky  Street  and  started  a  general 
store.  This  building  is  still  standing,  having 
been  moved,  ho\'.e\er,  to  a  location  just  south 
of  the  present  oftice  building  of  ^larriott  & 
Freshwater. 

The  mercantile  business  in  the  early  day 
was  fraught  with  difficulties  such  as  can  scarce 
be  imagined  at  the  present  time.  We  quote, 
in  this  connection,  some  interesting  facts  from 
a  former  county  history:  "Philadelphia  was 
the  nearest  point  from  wdiich  the  western  mer- 
chant could  buy  his  goods  from  original 
sources,  and  from  there  they  had  to 
be  shipped  in  huge  wagons  over  a 
tedious  and  uncertain  journey.  Mr.  Lit- 
tle was  in  the  habit  of  going  to  Phila- 
delphia once  a  year,  spending  some  weeks  or 
two  months  on  the  trip.  and.  waggoning  his 
goods  home,  frequently  at  a  cost  of  $18.75 
per  hundred.  These  invoices  included,  at  a 
later  day,  a  full  line  of  dry  goods,  embracing 
velvets,   satins,   silks,   cassimers  and  the  com- 


moner goods.  Then  there  were  hats,  shoes, 
crockery,  hardware,  medicines  and  groceries. 
For  year  after  year  money  was  very  scarce, 
and  all  business  became  a  system  of  barter, 
and  goods  were  exchanged  almost  exclusively 
for  produce.  The  trade  with  Lidians  was  very 
large,  the  natives  coming  in  for  fifty  miles 
around,  sometimes  fifty  at  a  time.  '  They 
brought  cranberries,  maple  sugar  and  svrup, 
pelts  and  furs,  and  b(jught  only  the  finest 
goods.  The  women  would  take  only  the  finest 
broadcloths  for  blankets  and  petticoats,  while 
the  men  chose  the  brightest  prints  for  shirts. 
The  ordinary  prints  which  now  sell  for  8  cents 
per  yard  sold  then  for  $1.00,  while  the  higher 
priced  sold  for  $1.50  per  yard.  Every  store 
had  upon  its  counter  a  flask  of  whiskey  with 
a  glass  and  it  was  expected  that  every  one 
who  came  into  the  store  would  avail  himself 
or  herself  of  the  hospitality  thus  set  forth. 
Sugar  made  by  the  Indians  or  settlers  found 
its  way  in  large  quantities  to  the  stores  where 
ft  was  traded  off  to  the  Kentuckians,  who  came 
with  large  wagon  loads  of  tobacco  every 
spring  to  exchange  for  commodities.  This 
was  in  large  demand  among  the  Indians,  who 
made  a  mixture  of  tobacco  and  sumac  leaves, 
calling  it  'Kinnikinic'  " 

In  the  early  days  there  was  no  institution 
of  greater  importance,  perhaps,  than  -  the 
tavern.  The  most  prominent  and  influential 
citizens  did  not  hesitate  to  engage  in  it,  and 
the  number  of  taverns  in  existence  at  that 
lime  in  the  village  would  now,  perhaps,  be  con- 
sidered out  of  proportion  to  the  size  of  the 
place.  We  have,  in  a  formei-  chapter,  quoted 
a  description  of  the  pioneer  tavern  from  the 
pen  of  Dr.  Hills.  Barber's  cabin,  the  first  to 
be  erected  in  Delaware,  was,  likewise,  the  first 
building  to  be  devoted  to  the  purpose  of  tavern 
keeping,  and  Barber  himself  was  its  first 
keeper.  It  was  a  sort  of  center  for  all  the 
various  activities  of  the  neighborhood.  Here 
the  people  gathered  to  exchange  their  gossip 
as  well  as  to  hear  news  of  the  outside  world 
from  any  chance  stranger  that  happened  along. 
Here  all  the  public  gatherings  were  arranged, 
all  the  notices  were  posted,  and  even  the  first 
court    was    held.      Barber   did    not   lono-  con- 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


tinue  in  the  busineis,  but  soon  sold  out  to  ;■ 
man  by  the  name  of  Spaulding,  wlio.  in  turn, 
sold  out  to  Robinson.  While  it  was  without 
a  competitor  for  a  time,  yet  it  was  not  long 
until  Colonel  Byxbe  joined  the  business  of 
tavern  keeping  to  his  various  other  activities, 
erecting  a  brick  house  for  that  purpose  east  of 
his  dwelling  on  William  Street.  It  was  un- 
doubtedly of  great  advantage  to  Colonel  Byxl>e 
to  be  in  a  po.>ition  where  he  could  have  the 
opportunity  to  early  impress  every  incoming 
stranger  with  the  possibilities  of  his  newly 
founded  town-.  "A  long  wooden  building  was 
built  at  an  early  date  where  §olomon  Smith 
first  entertained  the  public,  and  ^Irs.  Byxbe, 
desirous  of  entertaining  thc>se  who  canie  t') 
attend  court,  persuaded  Colonel  Byxbe  to  buy 
him  out,  and  for  some  time  continued  the 
business.  He  was  succeeded  in  the  same  busi- 
ness, after  an  interval  of  some  months,  by 
Ezra  Griswold,  in  1821.  In  the  meanwhile 
Aaron  Welch  built  a  tavern  opposite  the  Epis- 
copal Church,  on  Winter  Street,  where  he 
entertained  the  public  several  years,  and  in 
1S16  built  a  large  brick  building  on  Sandusky 
Street.  Mr.  Welch  died  before  it  was  com- 
pleted, but  it  served  its  purpose  for  years. 
Contenijxirary  with  the  later  years  of  Mr. 
Welch  as  tavern  keeper,  was  Elam  Vinitig, 
Sr.,  who  occupied  for  several  years  the  Mes- 
senger House,  on  the  southeast  corner  of  \Vil- 
liam  and  Sandusky  Streets.  Another  hotel 
stood  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Winter  and 
Sandusky  Streets.  An  early  proprietor  was 
Major  Strong  and  another  was  a  Mr.  Hinton 
— a  distant  relative  of  Otho  Hinton,  of  later 
fame — who  was  succeeded  by  a  iMr.  Dunbar. 
It  was  during  the  tiiiie  of  the  latter  gentleman, 
in  1S17,  that  President  Monroe,  making  a 
trip  through  the  West,  came  with  a  large  suite 
on  horseback  from  Sandusky,  and  stopped 
with  Dunbar  over  Sunday.  The  death  of  ^Ir. 
Dunbar's  wife  soon  forced  him  to  retire  from 
the  business  and.  in  181 8,  General  Sidney 
Moore  and  Pardon  Sprague  bought  him  out. 
'Sir.  Moore  was  married  on  Sunday,  February 
1st.  and  the  following  day  the  new  couple  took 
possession  of  their  new  business.  In  1822  Mr. 
Griswold    moved    from    the   buildine   he    first 


occupied  as  a  hotel  and  printing  office,  into  a 
brick  building  erected  by  Jacob  Drake,  on  the 
southwest  corner  of  North  and  Sandusky 
Streets,  where  he  continued  the  double  busi- 
ness for  many  years. 

On   September  9.     1826,     Colonel     Moses 
Byxbe  died.     For  two  3-ears  before  his  death 
he  had  been  deranged.     During  all  tb.e  early 
years  of  the  town  he  had  been  the  prime  mover 
in  all  her  activities.     Being  a  man  of  indomi- 
table energy  combined  with  exceptional  execu- 
tive ability,  he  was  remarkably  well  fitted  to 
successfully  combat  the  difficulties  encountered 
in   establishing  a   settlement  on   the    frontier. 
The  beautiful  city  of  Delaware,  as  she  exists 
I  today,   is   a   monument   to   his  enterprise  and 
j  courage.     While  he  thus  possessed  these  quali- 
i  ties   so   necessary  to   the  performance  of   the 
i  task  which  he  set   for  himself,  yet  he  seems 
I  never  to  have  had  the  sincere  love  and  respect 
of  the  community  with  which  he  surrounded 
;  himself.   Hard  and  grasping  in  his  disposition, 
I  and   knowing   no   criterion   but     success,     his 
methods  were  not  alwa\s  such  as  could  com- 
I  mand   the   approval   of   those   who   believe    in 
I   justice  and  fair  dealing  at  alJ  times  and  under 
j  all  circumstances.    All  his  efforts  seem  to  ha\-e 
!  been  inspired  solely  for  the  purpose  of  acquir- 
i  ing  wealth  rather  than  through  the  patriotic 
I  desire  of  reclaiming  the  wilderness  for  ci\'ili- 
I  zation   for   its   own   sake  alone.      In   his     life 
purpose  he  was  eminently  successful,  amassing 
j  a  fortune  which,  in  those  days,  might  well  have 
j  been  called  princely.     Yet.  towards  the  latter 
part  of  his  life,  he  became  involved  in  financial 
;  difficulties,  largely  through  the  recklessness  of 
I  his  son,  who  seems  to  have  inherited  little  of 
his  father's  capacity  for  business :  and  it  \vas 
probably  owing  to  this   fact  that  he   lost  his 
mental   faculties   before   the  close  of  his   life. 
Byxbe  had,  beside  his  son  Moses,  already  men- 
!  tioned,    another,    Appleton,    who   was   an   im- 
'  becile.      He   also   had    three     daughters    v.ho 
j  married  respectively  Hon.  Elias  [Murray,  Rev. 
;  Joseph  Hughes. and  Hon.  L.  H.   Cowles.  all 
I  men  of  prominence  and  influence  in  the  com- 
I  munitv  at  the  time. 


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part  of  an  address  delivered  by  Cyrus  Piatt, 
for  years  one  of  tlie  prominent  citizens  of  the 
lown,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Delaware  Pioneer 
Association,  August  25,  1898:  ''That  old 
brick  house  at  the  southwest  corner  of  William 
and  Union  Streets  was  built  and  occupied  by 
Dr.  Reuben  Lamb  as  his  residence  about  the 
year  1810.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  the  town.  *  '^  *  It  seemed  to  be  the 
intention  of  the  original  proprietors  and  early 
pioneers  of  the  town  to  make  William  Street 
the  principal  street  of  the  town,  both  for  busi- 
ness and  residences.  Nearly  all  the  buildings 
put  up  on  William  Street,  east  of  Sandusky 
Street,  were  substantial  brick  houses,  generally 
two  stories  high,  with  front  door  in  the  middle, 
opening  into  the  hall  where  the  stairs  were  lo- 
cated. The  original  Byxbe  residence  was  built 
in  this  style,  as  many  of  you  may  remember. 
A  short  distance  east  of  this  Byxlie  house, 
fronting  on  the  street,  was  a  small,  brick 
building,  say  about  20  feet  square,  used  by 
Mr.  Byxbe, 'Sr.,  for  his  office.  *  *  *  in 
this  office  building  the  first  post-office  was. 
opened  and  continued  there  for  several  years. 
Henry  Street,  north  of  William,  was  not  then 
opened,  and  an  apple  orchard  extended  from 
the  Byxbe  residence  clear  do\\'n  to  tlie  river 
bank,  north  side  of  William  Street. 

''Dr.  Lamb  owned  considerable  ground  ad- 
joining his  residence  on  the  west  side,  extend- 
ing south  to  the  run.  Directly  south  of  his 
residence  he  put  up  a  frame  building  near  the 
run  in  which  he  and  Mr.  Hayes,  the  father  of 
the  late  Ex-President  R.  B.  Hayes,  conducted 
the  business  of  distilling  whiskey,  an  article 
which,  at  that  time,  wa-:  considered  one  of  the 
necessities  of  life,  if  used  in  moderation.  The 
taverns  all  kept  it  in  their  bars  for  the  speci.d 
accommodation  of  travelers. 

"I  do  not  know  just  wheii  the  exodus  of 
residents  on  William  Street  to  Sandusky 
Street  commenced.  As  new  settlers  came  in 
wiio  wanted  to  engage  in  business  they  gave 
the  preference  to  Sandusky  Street.  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Little  built  a  one-story  brick  house  on  the 
southwest  corner  of  Sandusky  anfl  Winter 
Streets  and  ojiened  a  store  there.  *  *  * 
Joseph  L.  Webb  rented  a  room  on  the  north- 


east corner  of  William  and  Sandusky  Streets. 
opened  his  goods  and  commenced  business 
there.  In  the  year  1S21  Mr.  Webb  put  up  a 
two-stor}-  frame  building  that  combined  store- 
room and  residence,  where  S.  P.  Shur's  store 
now  is,  and  opened  his  stock  of  goods  in  this 
store-room,  and  his  family  occupied  the  resi- 
dence. The  ground  between  this  building  of 
Mr.  Webb's  and  Mr.  William  Little's  one- 
story  brick  store  on  the  corner  above,  was 
vacant  and  used  by  Air.  Webb  as  a  garden, 
and  was  enclosed  by  a  high  board  fence  ex- 
tending from  the  corner  of  Mr.  Little's  store 
down  to  ]\Ir.  Webb's  house.  The  only  other 
structure  on  the  west  side  of  Sandusky  Street 
between  \\'inter  and  William,  were  Thomas 
Butler's  saddle  shop  and  residence,  on  the 
ground  now  occupied  by  Templar  Hall  build- 
ing, and  a  two-story  frame  near  the  corner  of 
William  Street,  built  and  occupied  by  Dr. 
James  H.  Hills  with  his  family,  wh.o  were 
among  the  early  settlers  here. 

"The  only  buildings  on  the  east  side  of 
Sandusky  Street,  between  Winter  and  William, 
were  a  frame  on  the  corner  where  the  Hotel 
Donavin  is  now  ^located,  in  which  Pardon 
Sprague  kept  tavern;  the  residence  of  Air. 
\\'illiam  Little,  a  large  two-story  brick,  stand- 
ing on  a  large  lot,  some  twenty  feet  back  from 
the  street,  on  ground  now  occupied  by  the 
First  National  Bank,  and  the  large  building  ad- 
joining it  on  the  south.  The  residence  and 
cabinet  shop  of  Mr.  William  Alansur  were 
about  wdiere  the  'Gazette  office  is  now  located. 
Air.  Hezekiah  Kilhourne.  an  eastern  man. 
bought  the  ground  extending  from  Winter 
Street  north  on  the  west  side  of  Sandusky 
Street  to  the  alle}-.  and  built  a  one-story 
brick  store  room  on  the  corner  of  Sandusky 
and  Winter  and  opened  a  general  stock  of 
goods  in  it.  I  think  it  was  he  who  built  the 
large  two-story  brick  residence  that  was  owned 
and  occupied  for  se\-eral  years  by  Airs.  Kil- 
hourne, widow  of  Alexander  Kilhourne.  de- 
ceased, that  stood  on  the  ground  now-  occupied 
by  the  Steeves  Block  and  the  Hill's  Eros, 
wholesale  grocery  store. 

"In  due  course  of  time  Dr.  Lamb  bought 
the  Kilhourne  corner  store,  and  all  the  irround 


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ailjoining,  of  Mrs.  Kilbourne,  and  added  to 
tlie  building  on  the  west  end.  fronting  on 
Winter  Street,  and  on  the  north  side  fronting 
on  Sandusky  Street,  witli  a  wide  parch  on 
that  side,  carrying  the  building  up  two  lull 
stories,  thus  making  of  it  a  commodious  an-.l 
pleasant  residence.  When  the  work  of  re- 
modeling this  house  was  completed  Dr.  Lamb's 
family  left  the  William  Street  house  and 
moved  into  their  new  house  which  soon  be- 
came noted  for  hospitality  by  entertaining 
visitors  from  neighboring  towns  and  social 
e\'ening  gatherings  of  neighbors.  When  Bishop 
Chase  and  other  clergy  came  here  to  hold 
service  in  St.  Peter's.  Church,  they  were  enter- 
tained usually  at  the  Lamb  mansion,  as  I  learn 
by  mother's  diary.  *  *  *  There  were  no 
houses  south  of  the  run,  no  'Srjuth  Delaware' 
in  those  early  days.  That  part  of  town  was 
all  open  commons  and  used  for  pasture.  Cows 
would  be  turned  loose  in  the  morning  and 
allowed  to  roam  where  they  pleased  in  search 
of  pasture,  and  we  would  have  to  hunt  them 
up  and  drive  them  home  in  the  evening." 

One  of  the  most  historic  mansions  in  Dela- 
ware, built  in  the  early  day,  and  which,  by  rea- 
son of  its  being  later  the  birthplace  of  Presi- 
dent Playes,  ought  to  receive  mention  here,  is 
what  was  known  as  the  Messenger  House  on 
East  William  Street.  When  it  was  first  built 
it  was  regarded  as  the  finest  residence  here 
although  it  has  long  since  fallen  from  its  for- 
mer glory,  so  far  as  appearances  are  con- 
cerned. It  is  thu;  described  by  one  of  the 
older  citizens  who  has  long  been  a  resident  of 
the  town :  "It  was  a  small  brick  house,  two 
stories  high,  with  a  pitched  roof,  one  side 
facing  William  Streei.  The  front  door  was 
in  the  middle  of  this  side,  with  a  room  on 
each  side.  There  were  four  frame  windows 
in  the  lower  story,  two  on  each  side  of  the 
door  and  five  in  the  upper.  The  roof  was 
shingled  and  a  log  L  added  to  the  back  side. 
The  brick  part  was  about  jo  by  30  feet,  and  the 
log  part  10  by  15  feet.  The  log  part  has  since 
been  rebuilt  and  a  frame  addition  takes  its 
place.  With  this  and  a  few  other  slight 
changes  the  house  remains  the  same  as  it  did 
three-quarters    of    century    ago."      It    was    in 


this  house  that  one  of  the  first  schools  in  the 
place  was  established.  For  a  time  it  did  duty 
as  a  store  room,  but  for  a  number'  of  years 
now  it  has  again  been  doing  service  as  a 
dwelling. 

GROWTH     OF     POPULATION-. 

F'or  a  number  of  years  after  the  War  of 
181 2  the  growth  of  Delaware  was  slow.  The 
lands  of  the  "New  Purchase"  coming  into  the 
market,  sadly  arrested  the  prosperity  of  the 
town  and  interfered  greatly  with  its  expan- 
sion. In  1S36  Judge  T.  W.  Powell  and 
Samuel  Rheems  platted  a  tract  of  land  just 
south  of  the  original  boundaries  of  the  town 
between  Sandusky  and  Liberty  Streets,  and  a 
little  later  '^[.  D.  Pettibone  made  another  ad- 
dition just  south  of  that  of  Powell  and 
Rlieems.  The  unsold  Baldwin  lands  just  north 
of  the  town  limits  were  also  platted  about  the 
same  time,  and  there  were  then  no  further  ad- 
ditions made  until  1S43.  Since  then  the  town 
has  gradually  expanded  in  various  directions, 
new  additions  being  made  as  its  growth  in 
population  would  seem  to  warrant. 

The  village,  as  incorporated  in  1S16.  in- 
cluded the  tract  originally  platted  b}*  Baldwin 
and  Byxbe  in  laying  out  the  town  on  the  ^^•est 
side  of  the  river.  As  new  additions  were  made, 
however,  from  time  to  time,  the  town  outgrew 
its  orighial  boundaries,  and  it  was  but  natural 
that  an  agitation  should  arise  for  an  extension 
of  the  corporation  limits.  It  was  not  until  1S52, 
however,  that  any  measures  were  taken  Avith 
this  end  in  view.  In  that  year  the  question  of 
extending  the  corporati<5n  limits  across  the 
river  was  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  people 
and  was  carried  by  a  vote  of  270  to  12.  The 
territory  taken  in  at  this  time  included  the 
larger  part  of  the  present  limits  of'the  corpora- 
tion on  the  east  side  of  the  Olentangy,  extend- 
ing as  far  south  as  Vine  Street,  and  including 
a  part  of  the  fair  grounds.  In  1868  there  was 
a  general  extension  of  the  corporation  limits  on 
all  sides,  bringing  the  dimensions  of  the  town 
pretty  near  to  what  they  are  at  the  present 
time.  There  have  been  several  extensions  since 
then,  however.     In  1874  a  tract  was  added  on 


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the  nortli  which  fixed  the  northern  IxHindary 
of  the  town  wliere  it  is  at  present.  In  the 
next  year  Lot  13  on  the  east  side  of  the  river 
was  added.  Tiiere  was  no  further  enlarge- 
ment of  the  cori)oration  boundaries  then  until 
1S93  when  the  west  portions  of  lots  18  an.l 
19  were  brought  within  the  corporation  limits 
and  the  western  boundary  of  the  town  estab- 
lislied  as  it  is  to<lay.  The  only  extension  ':ince 
then  has  consisted  of  a  small  tract  jusi  nortli- 
east  of  the  bend  in  the  Olentangy  River  in  the 
north  part  of  the  town.  The  corporation 
boundaries,  as  thus  established,  embrace  an 
area  of  nearly  four  scjuare  miles,  extending 
approximately  two  and  one-third  miles  both 
from  north  to  south  and  from  east  to  west  in 
its  most"  extended  portions. 

The  growth  in  the  population  of  the  town 
is  a  matter  of  equal  interest  with  the  extension 
of  her  physical  boundaries.  "In  the  fall  of 
iSoS  thirty-two  votes  were  pjlled,  and.  adopt- 
ing the  ordinary  rule  of  counting  five  persons 
for  each  vote,  the  number  of  itihabitants  for 
the  whole  township  would  reach  150.  But, 
without  invalidating  this  rule  it  will  be  ob- 
served tliat  the  circumstances  of  the  early  set- 
tlement of  Delaware  were  unusual,  and  that 
this  number  is  ah  overestimate.  A  number 
of  voters  are  known  to  have  been  men  with- 
out families,  or  whose  families  were  not  in 
the  township  (the  law  in  this  latter  respect  not 
being  then  in  vogue,  or  not  enforced  as  now)  ; 
others,  as  Dr.  Lamb  and  Jacob  Drake,  had 
very  small  families;  and  other  fanTlies  were  so 
grown  to  maturity  as  to  have  more  than  their 
proportion  of  voters,  as  in  case  of  the  Byxbe 
family.  These  conditions  were  imusually 
prominent,  and  it  is  probable  that  there  were 
n()t  over  100  inhabitants  in  the  whole  town- 
ship. In  the  winter  of  18 16  a  wtK)d  chopper 
standing  on  the  hill  where  Monnett  Hall  now 
stands,  on  one  of  those  clear  frosty  mornings 
when  the  smoke  goes  straight  up  into  the  air. 
looked  over  the  valley  and  counted  the  evi- 
dences of  thirty-two  houses  in  the  little  town. 
In  1S20  we  meet  with  an  estimate  that  places 
the  number  of  houses  at  fiftv  and  another,  by 
actual  count,  places  the  number  near  sixty  in 
1823.  Adopting  the  ordinary  rule  uf  five  to 
a  dwelling,  we  find  the  nimiber  of  inhabitants 


in  the  town  in  1816,  150;  in  i8jo,  about  250; 
and  in  1823  nearly  300."     The  census  of  1830 
gives  the  city  a  population  of  532;  of   1S40,       : 
898;  of  1850,  2,074;  of  i860,  3.S89;  of  1870.       ; 
6,ooo;-of    1880,   6.894;   of    1890,    8,224:   of       ' 
Z900,  7,940.     It  would  seem  from  this  that,       ; 
just  as  in  the  case  of  the  entire  county,  there       ' 
has  been  an  actual  decrease  in  the  city's  popu- 
lation in  the  preceding  decade.     Many,  how- 
ever, were  inclined  to  doubt  the  correctness  of 
the  census  of  1900,  as  there  is  every  indication       j 
that  the  population  of  the  city  has  been  con-       j 
stantly  increasing.     At  the  present  time,  from 
a  careful  enumeration  made  in  the  interest  of 
the  Sunday  schools  of  the  city,  during  the  past       ] 
year,  it  is  a  conservative  estimate  to  place  the 
numlaer  of  inhabitants  at  10.000. 

INCORPORATION. 

Delaware  was  first  incor^xirated  in  1816, 
a  special  act  for  that  purpose  having  been 
passed  by  the  Legislature.  The  powers  granted 
to  the  village  do  not  seem  to  have  been  \ery 
extensive  and  many  of  the  various  functions 
necessary  for  its  government  were  still  per- 
formed by  the  township' officers.  The  general 
management  of  the  aftiairs  of  the  village  was 
placed  in  the  hands  of  a  Board  of  Trustees, 
elected  by  the  people.  This  form  of  govern- 
ment continued  until  1849.  '^vhen.  through  'SI. 
D.  Peltibone,  who  was  the  member  of  the 
Legislature  from  the  county  at  the  time,  an- 
other act  was  secured  from  the  Legislature 
providing  for  a  Town  Council  consisting  of 
eight  members,  with  powers  considerably 
greater  than  those  which  had  theretofore  been 
given  to  the  Board  of  Trustees.  This  new 
Council  chose  from  their  number  a  ma}or, 
recorder,  treasurer  and  assessor.  They  also 
elected  a  marshal,  though  from  outside  of  their 
number,  together  with  a  street  committee  of 
three  men,  two  of  whom  were  not  members 
of  the  council.  In  1841  the  people  again 
sought  a  change  in  their  giivernment.  and 
again  an  act  was  passed  conferring-  still  larger 
powers  upon  the  Council. 

CITY    GOVERNMENT    0RGANi:^ED. 

It  was  not  until  1S73  '^'^''^^  Delaware  rose 
from  being  a  village  to  the  tlignitv  of  a  citv. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


In  that  year,  after  a  petition  had  been  pre- 
sented to  the  Council,  the  matter  was  sulimitted 
to  the  people  at  the  spring  election  and  decided 
in  favor  of  the  change.  In  the  following  July 
the  cit}-  was  divided  off  into  three  wards.  In 
1S75  't  was  re-apix^rtio.ned  into  five.  This  di- 
vision continued  until  1891  when  there  was  a. 
re-di\ision  of  the  cit}"  into  six  wards.  Again 
in  iSgij  ther-j  was  a  change  in  the  boundaries, 
though  not  ill  the  iniinbcr  of  the  wards.  A 
few  years  ago  came  the  decision  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  rendering  void  all  of  the  Special 
.Acts  passed  from  time  to  time  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  various  municipalities  through- 
out the  commonwealth  and  making  necessary 
the  enactment  of  a  code  which  should  apply  to 
all  alike.  Under  this  act,  passed  in  1902, 
the  city  of  Delaware  was  again  re-urganized. 
in  common  with  e\-ery  other  niunicij>ality  in 
Ohio,  and  has  continued  on  the  basis  tlion 
established  to  the  present  day.  Under  the 
former  regime,  after  the  village  had  been 
merged  into  the  city,  the  officers  consisted  of  a 
mayor,  marslial,  solicitor,  street  commissioner, 
two  members  of  the  Council  from  each  ward, 
a  clerk  of  the  Council  and  a  city  engineer,  the 
two  latter,  together  with  the  p<Mice,  being  ap- 
pointed by  the  Council,  while  all  the  others 
were  elective.  The  county  treasurer  served 
also  as  the  treasurer  of  the  municipality.  The 
changes  made  by  the  code  in  the  various  mu- 
nicipal offices,  inasmuch  as  they  are  common  to 
■every  municipality  of  the  same  class  in  the 
State,  need  not  be  enumerated  here.  We  givc 
herewith,  however,  a  complete  list  of  the  per- 
sons who  have  filled  the  various  offices  in  the 
municipality  since  it  rose  to  the  rank  of  a  city 
in  1S73.  Although  tl  e  chief  of  pulice  has  not 
been  an  elective  officer  >ince  the  enactment  ot 
the  code,  yet  we  include  him  with  the  other 
officers  since  he  is  the  direct  successor  of  tiie 
mershal,  who  was  elective  under  the  old 
regime : 

1872 — Mayor.  John  D.  \'an  Deman ;  clerk. 
Edward  A.  Pratt;  marshal,  C.  V.  Owston ;  so- 
licitor, Jackson  Hippie;  street  commissioner, 
William  Owston. 

1874— ^rayor.  W.  O.  Sen.an^;  clerk,  Ed- 
ward A.  Pratt;  marshal,  }.  A.  .\ndersi.!n ;  so- 


licitor, Jackson  Hippie;  street  commissioner, 
W,  H,  Adams, 

1876 — Mayor,  J.  A.  Barnes;  clerk.  Ed- 
ward .\.  Pratt;  marshal,  C.  \'.  Owston;  so- 
licitor, G.  G.  Banker;  street  commissioner, 
William  Hollenbaugh. 

1878— Mayor.  C.  H.  McElroy:  clerk.  Ed- 
ward A.  Pratt :  marshal,  C.  V.  Owston ;  so- 
licitor, G.  G.  Banker:  street  commissioner, 
George  Clark, 

18S0— Mayor,  F.  M.  J.n-;  clerk,  Edward 
A.  Pratt:  marshal,  W.  J.  Davis;  solicitor.  G. 
G.  Banker ;  street  cominissioner,  George 
Clark. 

1S82— Alayor,  H.  L.  Baker;  clerk,  George 
Clark:  marshal,  W.  J.  Davis;  solicitor,  G.  G. 
Banker;  street  commissioner.  Peter  F.  En- 
gard. 

1884— :Mayor,  H.  L.  Baker;  clerk,  }.latt. 
H.  Wagner;  marshal,  Chas,  F,  Miller;  solici- 
tor, Frank  A,  Kauffman;  street  commissio'i.er, 
Geo.  Dennis. 

1S86— :\Iayor,  Henri  E.  Buck;  clerk,  Man. 
H.  Wagner:  marshal,  Chas.  F.  :\[iller;  solici- 
tor, N.  F.  Overturf  (resigned  as  solicitor 
Alarch  5,  1SS8.  and  H.  H.  Beecher  was  ap- 
pointed to  fill  out  his  unexpired  term)  :  street 
commissioner,  Peter  T.  Engard. 

18SS — :\Iayor,  James  K.  Newcomer;  clerk. 
Matt.  H.  Wagner;  marshal,  P.  S.  English;  so- 
licitor, H.  H.  Beecher;  street  commissioner. 
Peter  T.   Engard. 

1890 — Mayor,  Henry  S.  Culver;  clerk, 
John  T.  Evans;  marshal.  ,^.  S.  English;  so- 
licitor. H.  FI.  Beecher;  street  commissioner, 
P.  T.  Engard. 

1892 — ]\Iayor,  FI.  S.  Culver;  clerk,  Abner 
Geirier;  marshal,  P.  S.  English:  solicitor,  H. 
H.  Beecher;  street  commissioner.  R.ichard 
O'Keefe. 

1894— Mayor.  H.  L.  Paker;  clerk.  Abner 
Genier  (succeeded  before  expiration  of  term 
by  W.  H.  Altrock);  marshal,  P.  S.  English; 
solicitor.  Clarence  Jones:  street  commissioner, 
Richard  0"Keefe. 

1S96 — Mayor,  W.  R.  Carpenter;  clerk,  E. 
E.  Naylor;  marshal.  H.  ^V.  Vogt;  solicitor, 
Clarence  Jones:  street  commissioner,  JuJius 
Bobo. 


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1S9S— Mayor,  John  McClure;  clerk.  E.  E. 
Naylor;  marshal,  P.  \\\  Keefe:  sohcitor, 
Cluirles  W.  Knight:  street  omimissioner,  Ju- 
lius Bobo. 

1900 — 3iIayor,  Juhn  McChire :  clerk.  E.  E. 
Naylor:  marshal.  William  Matthews:  solicitor. 
Chas.  \y.  Knight;  street  conanissioner,  W.  \V. 
"Williams. 

,  190J — ^Mayor,  H.  C.  Clippinger:  clerk,  E. 
E.  Naylor ;  marshal,  William  Mattliews ;  so- 
licitor, B.  W.  Hough ;  street  commissioner, 
W.  W.  Williams. 

1903 — Mayor,  H.  C.  Clippinger:  president 
of  council,  E.  1.  Pollock:  auditor.  F.  D.  King: 
treasurer,  11.  L.  Clark;  solicitor,  B.  \\'.  Hough; 
Board  (if  Public  Ser\ice,  F.  T.  Evans,  E.  S. 
Mendenhall,  John  Shindoler;  chief  of  police, 
William  Matthews. 

1905 — Mayor.  H.  H.  Beecher ;  president 
of  council,  E.  I.  Pollock;  auditor.  F.  D.  King; 
treasurer,  H.  L.  Clark ;  solicitor,  E.  S.  Owen ; 
Board  of  Public  Service,  Prof.  Richard  Per- 
sons. W.  B.  Can^pbeM,  J.  C.  Swickheimer; 
chief  of  police,  William  ^latthews. 

Delaware  officials  elected  or  appointed  to 
serve  during  190S-09 — Mayor,  W.  E.  Haas; 
president  of  the  Council  and  vice-mayor.  J. 
R.    Selover;    auditor,    F.    D.    King:    solicitor, 

E.  S.  Owen;  treasurer,  H.  L.  Clark.  Mem- 
bers of   Council :      J.    R.    Selover,    president : 

F.  D.  King,  clerk;  ist  \\'ard.  F.  J.  Klee :  2nd 
W'ard,  Victor "  Hardin ;  3rd  Ward,  W.  J. 
Davis;  4th  Ward.  J.  F.  Gaynor;  ]\Ienibers- 
at-large,  Dr.  J.  FI.  Miller,  Adam  Siegfried, 
A.  J.  Arehart.  Board  of  Public  Service: 
Prof,  Richard  Parsons,  W.  B.  Campbell, 
Chris  Potter;  clerk.  F.  D.  King;  superintend- 
ent of  streets.  Frank  Rutter;  superintendent 
of  cemeteries  and  parks.  D.  Grinton;  city  en- 
gineer and  superintendent  of  sewers.  George 
Irwin.  Board  of  Public  Service ;  Dr.  A.  J. 
Willey.  Edward  R.  Thompson.  Board  of 
Education ;  Dr.  A.  J.  Pounds.  W.  F.  Dodge, 
Dr.  E.  M.  Seinans ;  superintendent  of  schools, 
W.  McK.  Vance;  truant  officer,  T.  M.  Baily. 
City  Examining  Board:  William  McK. 
Vance,  Henry  T.  ^lain ;  clerk,  John  Shoe- 
maker. Board  of  Lihrarv  Trustees :  D.  H. 
Battenfield.  V.  D.  Stavman,  H.  T.  :\Iain. 
Board  of  Health :     E.  C.  Hudspeth,  Dr.  J.  K. 


James,  J.  W.  Pfiffner,  J.  J.  McGough  and  j 
Alayor  Haas.  Chief  of  police,  James  W.  j 
Spaulding.  j 


PUBLIC    nriLDINGS. 

For  a  number  of  years  the  government  of 
the  village  and  city  was  administered  from  the 
old  building  on  West  Winter  Street,  erected 
in  1S24,  for  use  as  a  Alethodist  Church.  Late- 
it  had  done  service  as  a  school  building:  and 
when  the  corporation  came  into  possession  of 
it  in  1S60  it  was  fitted  up  as  a  market-house, 
council-room  and  lock-up.  Court  was,  for  a 
time,  held  in  the  council  chamber,  and  the 
lower  part  of  the  building  was  used  as  an 
engine  house.  Its  usefulness,  however,  was 
ine\  itably  bound  to  diminish  sooner  or  later, 
as  the  constantly  enlarging  city  required  more 
extensive  and   commodious  Cjuarters    for    the 

maintenance  and  gxn-ernment  of  its  various 
interests,  and  for  which  the  facilities  affi:irded 
by  the  old  church  building  w-ere  wholly  inade- 
quate. Consequently,  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
seventies,  there  began  to  be  an  agitation  look- 
ing towards  the  erection  of  a  building  which 
should  meet  the  needs  of  the  city.  In  March 
of  the  year  1S79  a  committee  which  had  been 
appointed  by  the  Council  for  that  purpose,  re- 
ported favorably  on  a  project  to  erect  an  en- 
gine-house, council-room,  mayor's  office,  etc., 
calling  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  time  was 
especially  opportune,  inasmuch  as  the  entire 
indebtedness  of  the  city.  $16,000,  would  be 
cancelled  within  the  next  two  years,  and  recom- 
mending that  the  Legislature  be  asked  to  au- 
thorize  a    bond    issue   of   $6,000.      Later    the 

■plans  seem  to  have  undergone  an  enlargement 
in  the  public  mind  and  in  the  spring  election 
of  the  year  1879.  the  people  voted,  by  a  ma- 
jority of  449,  to  build  a  City  Hall.  The 
Council,  soon  after,  took  steps  to  secure  a  bond 
issue  of  $35,000,  advertised  for  plans  for  the 
construction  of  the  building,  and  appointed  a 
building  committee,  consisting  of  C.  B.  Adams, 
W.  T.  Watson  and  F.  Bonneman,  meml>ers  of 
the  Council.  The  plan  submitted  by  Va'.  F. 
F.  Schnitzer  was  accepted  and  the  Shoub 
property  at   the   southeast  corner  of  William 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


and  Sandusky  Streets  was  chosen  as  the  site 
for  the  new  builchng.  and  purchased  at  a  cost 
of  $10,000.  The  work  on  the  building  was 
done,  at  first,  under  the  direct  supervision  of 
the  Council,  through  their  committee,  but  later 
a  contract  was  let  for  its  completion.  It  was 
finished  in  the  year  i88_\  having  cost  some- 
thing over  a  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  is 
now  one  of  the  most  commodious  and  ser- 
viceable structures  of  its  kind  to  be  found  in 
any  city  of  the. size  of  Delaware,  providing  as 
it  does,  aside  from  its  beautiful  auditorium,  a 
place  for  the  administration  of  all  the  various 
departments  of  the  city  go\-ernment. 

WATER   WORKS. 

An  improvement  w  hich  meant  much  to  the 
city  \\as  the  introduction  of  a  system  of  water 
works.  In  iSSS,  The  Delaware  Water  Com- 
pany was  incorporated  by  eastern  capitalists. 
The  same  year  the  City  Council  granted  the 
company  a  franciiise  for  the  use  of  the  streets, 
and  the  follov.-ing  year  the  mains  were  laid, 
machinery  was  installed  and  the  plant  was 
completed.  The  water  was  turned  on  and  the 
system  was  accepted  and  approved  by  the  city 
oji  October  30.  1889.  Up  to  the  present  time 
about  iiYi  miles  of  water-mains  have  been 
laid,  and  256  fire  hydrants  have  been  placed. 
The  water  was  originally  taken  from  wells  in 
the  gravel  flats  near  the  Olentangy-,  about 
three  miles  north  of  the  city.  Later,  four 
wells,  each  225  feet  deep,  ■were  bored  through 
the  solid  rock.  Three  of  these  are  eight 
inches  and  one  is  six  inches  in  diameter.  Sev- 
enty-five or  eighty  per  cent,  of  all  the  water 
served  t(j  the  people  of  Delaware  comes  from 
these  wells,  and  it  is  claimed  that  not  a  case  of 
typoid  fever  in  this  city  has  ever  been  traced 
to  this  water  supply.  The  plant  consists  of 
two  pumping-engines  having  a  daily  capacity 
'of  2,000,000  gallons  each,  and  an  air  com- 
pressor for  forcing  water  from  the  deep  wells 
to  the  surface.  One  new  1 50-horsepower 
boiler  was  installed  about  a  year  ago.  and  be- 
sides this  there  are  two  75-horsepower  boilers. 
The  steam  and  pumping-  outfit  is  in  duplicate, 
one   set   being   always    idle,    wh'ch    insures   a 


never-failing  supply  of  water.  About  9,000 
people  are  served  with  water.  There  are 
about  1.550  individual  services,  fifty  per  cent, 
of  the  water  being  measured  through  meters. 
Hon.  F.  ]M.  Marriott  has  been  president  of  the 
company  for  a  number  of  years,  and  Capt. 
C.  W.  \\'iles  has  been  secretary  and  superin- 
tenden.t  since   1S92. 

FIRE    DEP.XRTMEXT. 

No  department  of  the  city  is  characterized 
by  greater  efficiency  than  that  of  the  fire  de- 
partment, evolved  from  the  self-constituted  or- 
ganization of  pioneer  days.  In  the  infantile 
days  of  Delaware,  the  fire  alarm  was  a  signal 
for  e\-ery  able-bodied  citizen  to  rush  forth, 
bucket  in  hand,  and  do  his  utmost  to  put  out 
the  fire,  and  this  continued  to  be  the  method 
of  fighting  fires  until  the  middle  thirties.  In 
1834  two  engines  were  purchased  by  the 
Council,  small  affairs  described  as  "small  rec- 
tangular boxes,  with  a  pump  worked  by  levers, 
at  which  four  men,  by  crowding  could  find 
room  to  work."  In  October,  1834,  the  Coun- 
cil took  the  first  steps  in  the  organization  of  a 
fire  department,  laying  out  the  city  in  two  dis- 
tricts. No.  I,  of  which  Flenry  ]Moore  was  made 
Captain,  including  all  that  part  north  of  Win- 
ter Street,  and  No.  2.  captained  by  Edward 
Potter,  all  south  of  that  street.  In  each^  a 
company  was  organized  to  include  a  captain, 
one  or  two  subordinate  officers  and  twenty- 
five  men,  the  director  of  operations  at  the  fires 
being  the  captain  whuse  engine  first  arrived 
at  the  scene  of  action.  In  1838  two  small 
engine  houses  were  erected,  one  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  William  and  Sandusky  Streets, 
and  the  other  on  the  Court  House  lot.  In 
1846  a  large  hand-engine  of  the  Hunneman 
pattern  was  purchased  for  $675,  and  other 
necessary  apparatus  brought  the  expenditure 
at  the  time  up  to  S978.50.  The  Council  also 
purchased  a  hose-reel  and  hook  and  ladder 
truck  for  $147.58,  and  these  additions  to  the 
departmental  equipment  necessitating  more 
room,  the  west  end  of  the  William  Street  mar- 
ket-house v.as  fitted  up  as  a  fire  station.  A 
fire   association   was   next    formed,    consisting 


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of  a  company  organized  to  take  charge  of  the 
new  engine,  known  as  the  Olentangy  Engine 
Company ;  the  Xeptune  Hose  Company ;  the 
Rough  and  Ready  Hook  and  Ladder-  Com- 
pany ;  and  the  Protection  Company,  which 
worked  one  of  the  smaller  hajid  engines.  It 
was  ofticered  l)y  a  chief  engineer  and  two  as- 
sistants. The  Protection  Company  disbanded 
after  a  brief  existence.  Another  company 
was  organized  in  1856,  Washington  Fire 
Company  Xo.  2,  for  which  a  new  engine  and 
hose-reel  were  purchased,  at  a  cost  of  Sr,- 
1S4.88.  In  1S57  two  substantial  brick  struc- 
tures were  completed  at  a  cost  of  $1,500,  one 
on  the  corner  of  the  parade  grounds  and  the 
other  at  Franklin  and  X'orth  Streets.  The 
east  part  of  the  city  made  a  demand  for  bet- 
ter fire  protection,  and  in  1864  a  second-hand 
engine  was  bought  of  the  city  of  Cleveland  for 
$800,  a  company  was  organized,  and  a  station 
erected  for  the  sum  of  $3,294.76.  but  the  lat- 
ter was  not  completed  until  in  1868.  De- 
ceml>er  15,  1870,  the  city  bought  a  brass-plated 
Silsby  Rotary  engine  of  the  third  size,  for 
which  the  old  market-house  was  fitted  up. 
The  first  fire  team  was  then  purchased  and 
George  FI.  Aigin  appointed  engineer.  This 
was  an  important  step  in  advancement,  and 
was  followed  in  1874  by  the  purchase  of  an- 
other Sil.sby  rotary  of  the  second  size.  Mr. 
Aigin  was  transferred  to  the  new  engine, 
known  as  W.  E.  Moore,  Xo.  2,  and  W".  E. 
Kruck  became  engineer  of  the  old  engine. 
Delaware  X'n.  i.  The  hose-reels,  until  this 
time  manned  by  \"olunteer  companies.  v\-ere 
next  replaced  by  a  horse  hose-reel,  and  in 
1876  the  hook  and  ladder  wagon  was  fitted 
for  htrse  power.  All  of  the  apparatus  was 
housed  in  one  building,  and  the  company  con- 
sisted of  seventeen  men  and  the  chief.  The 
city  fixed  the  annual  appropriation  at  $3,500. 
out  of  which  came  the  expense  of  keeping  the 
teams,  and  the  yearly  salaries  of  two  engineers 
and  two  drivers,  the  others  receiving  fifty  cents 
per  hour  for  ser\ice. 

The  engine-house  at  City  Hall  had,  when 
it  was  installed,  at  the  time  of  the  building's 
erection,  two  steam  fire-engines,  a  hook  and 
ladder  wagiSii  and  hose-cart,  with  four  hor-e^. 
In    1S95    a   new    hose-wagon   was   purchased. 


One  of  the  steam  engines  was  replaced  with 
a  chemical  in  1885.  January  i,  1908,  Station 
Xo.  2,  on  Potter  Street,  was  completed  and 
occupied.  It  is  a  two-story  brick  building  and 
was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $3,767.  When  the 
city  purchased  the  lot  on  which  Station  X'd. 
2  was  built,  there  was  a  two-story  brick  house 
there  which  cost  Si. 500,  in  which  two  men 
belong'ing  to  the  station  reside.  The  water 
pressure  being  65  pounds,  it  is  not  necessary 
under  ordinary  circumstances  to  use  the 
steamer,  which  is  kept  in  reserve. 

The  last  hose-wagon  purchased    was    re- 
modelled into  a  combination  hose  and  chemi- 
j  cal,  and  a  new  combination  hose  and  chemical 
I   was  purchased  for  Station  Xo.  i  at  a  cost  of 
j  ST.650.     The  department  now  has  six  head  of 
I  horses  and  4,500  feet  of  hose.     There  are  six 
j   permanent    men    in    the    department   and    ten 
i  minute  men.      C.    W.   Keiser  has   been   chief 
j   since   October    15,    1906,     succeeding    C.     O. 
j  Jones,   who  had  been  chief  for  two  or  three 
years    previously.      Chief    Jones"    predecessor 
was  Mont  Battenfield,  who  succeeded  E.  'Si. 
Heller,  whose  predecessor  was  W.  E.  Moore. 

j  CEMETERIES. 

i 

It  will  be  remembered  that  in  laying  ou\. 

I  the  town  of  Delaware,  the  square  Iwundeil  by 

j  X'orth  (now  Central  Avenue),  Sandusky. 
Winter  and  Franklin  Streets  was  set  apart  for 

I  church     purposes,     including     the     cemetery. 

i  After  a  short  time  a  change  was  made  in  thi> 
plan,  and  lots  in  different  parts  of  the  town 
were  given  to  the  churches,  and  the  square 
originally  set  off  was  utilized  for  building  pur- 
poses. A  few  burials  were  made  in  the  lot 
now  occupied  by  the  Court  House  and  Library, 
then  known  as  Briar  Hill,  but  on  April  4,  181 1, 
a  part  of  lot  X'o.  5,  situated  on  the  southeast 
corner  of  X'orth  and  Sandusky  Streets,  was 
sold  to  the  trustees  as  a  burying  ground,  for 
which  they  paid  S50.  This  property  was  not 
used  as  a  cemetery,  however,  the  trustees  de- 
ciding that  an  acre  of  ground  situated  east 
of  Henry  Street,  wdiere  the  railroad  now 
passes,  and  owned  by  Dr.  Reuben  Lamb  was 
l)etter  suited  to  their  purpose.  This  was  pur- 
chased and  began  to  be  userl  in    1812.     The 


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HISTORY  OF   DELAWARE  COUNTY 


foilowing  winter  am.l  spring-  a  number  of  sol- 
diers were  buried  tliere.  ^[any  of  the  old 
settlers  were  buried  there  without  anything  to 
mark  their  graves,  and  the  place  ,of  their 
burial  was  long  ago  obliterated.  In  excavat- 
ing for  the  railroad,  all  vestiges  of  remains 
were  taken  up  and  reburied  in  the  later  ceme- 
tery just  north  of  the  old  one. 

About  1S20  an  association  was  formed 
whicii  purchased  about  two  acres  of  ground 
adjoining  the  old  cemetery  on  the  north,  and 
this  was  added  to  from  time  to  time  until  it 
extended  to  Delaware  Run.  By  1850,  it  be- 
came necessary  to  have  more  ground  for  burial 
purposes.  Accordingly,  on  the  13th  of  July 
in  that  year,  the  citizens  of  Delaware  held  a 
meeting  at  the  Court  House  for  the  purpose 
of  forming  a  cemetery  association.  Emery 
Aloore  acted  as  chairman  and  C.  C.  Chamber- 
lain as  secrelarv.  A  committee  composed  of 
Dr.  R.  Hills,  C.  C.  Chamberlain.  D.  F.  Mc- 
Cullough,  James  Eaton  and  B.  Powers,  was 
appointed  to  inr|uire  into  the  wisdom  of  en- 
larging the  cemetery  in  Henry  Street  or  se- 
lecting a  new  location.  After  giving  the  mat- 
ter most  careful  consideration  they  reported  in 
favor  of  purchasing  the  Kilbourn  farm,  which 
was  located  about  a  mile  south  of  the  central 
part  of  the  cillage,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
river  road.  This  property  extended  about 
eighty  rods  on  tlie  road,  and  was  about  one 
hundred  rods  from  east  to  west.  The  surface 
is  undulating,  alx)unding  in  situations  which 
make  it  admirably  adapted  to  the  purpose. 
A  little  rivulet  runs  through  the  northern  part 
of  the  grounds  from  east  to  west,  reaching  out 
its  branches  into  all  parts  of  the  tract. 

After  the  committee  had  made  its  report, 
T.  W.  Powell  presented  articles  of  association. 
the  name  of  the  association  to  be  "The  Oak 
Grove  Cemetery  Association."  C.  Piatt  was 
appointed  clerk  of  the  assix:iation.  The  articles 
of  association  were  signed  by  the  following 
gentlemen :  C.  Hills,  R.  A.  Jones,  Judge  T. 
\V.  Powell,  George  F.  Stavman,  C.  Piatt,  E. 
Moore,  S.  Rheems.  A.  A.  Welch.  H.  Williams, 
G.  W.  Campbell,  G.  W.  Little,  W.  S.  Little. 
M.  L.  Griffin.  G.  W.  Stark.  H.  \'an  Horn,  A. 
Welch,  Judge  S.  Finch.    The  constitution  and 


by-laws  were  drafted  by  Dr.  Hills.  B.  Powers, 
and  James  Eaton.  The  following  gentlemen 
were  appointed  trustees:     Messrs.  Dr.  Flills. 

I   Eaton,  McCullough,  Chamberlain  and  C.  Hills. 

!   Of  these,  Dr.  Hills  was  the  first  president;  C. 

j  Piatt,  clerk;  B.  Powers,  treasurer;  James 
Eati.n,  surveyor;  D.  F.  McCullough,  agent, 
and  Samuel  Parks,  superintendent. 

[  The  impressive  ceremony  of  dedication  was 

held  in  the  grove,  in  the  northwestern  portii^n 
of  the  grounds,  Thursday  morning.  July  20. 
185 1.  The  day  was  beautiful,  and  the  con- 
course of  citizens  large  and  attentive.  The 
first  burial  in  the  cemetery  was  on  the  dav  of 
dedication,  immediately  after  the  ceremonies 
of  the  occasion.  An  amiable  old  lady.  ]^Irs. 
McCracken,  who  had  lived  just  her  allotted 
time  of  three  score  years  and  ten.  was  thus 
fitly  appointed  by  Providence  to  lead  in  "the 
way  of  all  flesh."  The  cemetery  failed  to  be 
self-supporting,  and  after  a  conference  be- 
tween the  trustees  and  the  City  Council,'  it 
was  unanimously  decided  to  deed  the  cemetery 
to  the  city.     This  was  done  on  May  25.  1863. 

j  The  management  and  supervision    of    the 

!  cemetery  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  follow- 
ing  named   gentlemen    from    1S63    to     1SS7: 

1  Benjamin  Powers.  1863  to  1864;  James 
Eaton,  1864  to  1868;  Benjamin  Powers, 
1S68  to  1870;  J.  A.  Clippinger,  iSjo.to  1872: 
W.  T.  Watson,  B.  T.  Bell.^  J.  S.  Cox.   1S72; 

Jas.  L.   Slough,  —  Albright.  J.   S.   Cox. 

1S73;  Jas.  L.  Slough.  L  D.  \'an  Deman.  F. 
Kurrley,  1874;  W.  T.  \\'atson.  J.  R.  Lytle.  B. 

I  Loofbourrow.    1875;   George   Clarke.     ^1.     C. 

I   Eroderick,    F.    Kurrlev.    1876;   Silas    Peirson. 

[   Geo.  Clarke,  R.  X.   Tones,  1877;  \\'.  T.  Wat- 

I  son,  J.  H.  Pumphrev,  R.  \\'.  Revnolds.  1S78; 

I  W.  T.  Watson,  T.  ^I.  Bvers.  S.  B.  Weiser. 
1879;  S.  B.  Weiser.  R.  W.  Reynolds.  S. 
Hutchinson,  1880;  N.  Wagner,  R'  W.  Rev- 
nolds, T.  M.  Bvers.  1881 ;  X.  Wagner.  T.  M. 
Byers,  E.  Highwarden,  1882;  X.  Wagner.  T. 
M'.  Bvers,  John  Firtch,  1883;  X.  Wagner,  T. 
M.  Byers,  Jacob  Klee,  1S84:  X.  Wagner.  M. 
P.  Hunt.  John  Firtch.  1885;  X.  Wagner.  :M. 

I  P.  Hunt.  Philip  Lacher,  1886. 

I  In    1878   the  handsome     front    gate    was 

j  erected  at  a  cost  of  $500  by  private  subscrip- 


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tion,  through  the  instrumentality  of  B.  W. 
Brown  and  J.  H.  Pumplirey. 

In  April,  1887,  Mayor  Henri  E.  Buck  or- 
dered an  election  of  cemetery  trustees  in  ac- 
cordance with  tlie  revised  statutes.  Section 
25 iS.  The  election  took  place  April  4,  18S7. 
The  following  gentlemen  were  elected:  V. 
T.  Hills,  for  three  years;  John  \V,  Watkins, 
for  two  years;  H.  J.  ^McCullougli,  for  one 
year. 

The  board  organized  at  the  office  of  the 
city  clerk  on  April  Stli,  when  the  following 
officers  were  elected :  President,  H.  J.  Mc- 
Cullough;  treasurer,  V.  T.  Hills;  secretary, 
Matt.  H.  Wagner. 

The  superintendent,  J.  J.  Reeder,  who  had 
charge  of  the  grounds  for  twenty-four  years, 
resigned,  and  the  trustees  appointed  superin- 
tendent, David  Grinton. 

The  following  trustees  have  held  office 
since— 1888.  V.  T.  Hills,  J.  W.  Watkins, 
Isaac  Wachter;  18S9.  V.  T.  Hills.  Frank 
Burns,  Isaac  Wachter;  1890,  Frank  Eurn^, 
Isaac  Wachter,  R.  J.  Cox;  1891,  James  R. 
Lytle.  F.  Burns,  R.  J.  Cox;  1892,  Geo.  Clarke, 
James  R.  Lytle,  R.  J.  Cox;  1893,  Geo.  Clarke, 
James  R.  Lytle,  R.  J.  Cox;  1894,  R.  J.  Cox, 
Dr.  E.  M.  Hall,  Geo.  Clarke;  1895.  Dr.  E.  M. 
Hall,  Geo.  Clarke,  R.  J.  Cox;  1896,  Dr.  E. 
M.  Hall,  Geo.  Clarke,  R.  J.  Cox;  1897,  Dr.  E. 
M.  Hall,  Geo.  Clarke,  R.  J.  Cox;  1898,  Dr.  E. 
M.  Hall,  Geo.  Clarke,  R.  J.  Cox;  1899.  Dr.  E. 
M.  Plall,  R.  J.  Cox,  D.  D.  Beck;  1900.  Dr.  E. 


M.  Hall.  R.  T.  Cox,  D.  D.  Beck:  1901,  Dr.  E. 
M.  Hall.  R.  T.  Cox.  D.  D.  Beck:  1902.  Dr.  E. 
M.  Hall.  R.'l.  Cox,  Dr.  C.  G.  Lewis;  1^03, 
Dr.  E.  y[.  Hall,  R.  J.  Cox.  Dr.  C.  G.  Lewis. 

In  1S91  the  trustees  started  condemnation 
proceedings  on  a  tract  of  land  comprising  alxjut 
fifty  acres  adjoining  the  cemetery  on  the  west, 
and  extending  through  to  Liberty  Road.  Title 
to  this  property  was  acquired  in  1893.  I'^'*^ 
following  year  a  stone  chapel  and  vault  was 
erected  and  dedicated.  In  1901  the  bodies 
that  had  been  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  on 
Henry  Street  were  removed  to  Oak  Grove 
Cemetery. 

On  ^Nlay  4,  1903,  the  trustees  were  legis- 
lated out  of  office  and  the  cemetery  was  turned 
over  to  the  Board  of  Public  Service.  On  Au- 
gust 31,  1905,  the  lot  owners  held  a  meeting 
at  the  First  National  Bank,  at  which  were 
present:  R.  W.  Reynolds,  J.  D.  VanDeman, 
R.  J.  Cox,  George  H.  Waldo,  J.  J.  Shur  and 

D.  H.  Battenfield.  ^Mr.  Reynolds  was  chosen 
chairman  and  yh.  Battenfield  secretary.     As  a 

■  result  of  this  meeting  a  corporation  under  the 
name  of  The  Oak  Grove  Cemetery  Company 
was  formed.  On  February  13,  1906,  the  fol- 
lowing gentlemen  were  elected  trustees :     Dr. 

E.  M.  Hall,  president:  Dr.  C.  G.  Lewis,  vice- 
president  ;  George  W.  Powers,  treasurer :  D. 
Grinton,  secretary  and  business  manager.  On 
February  19th  of  the  same  year,  the  cem.etery 
was  turnerl  over  by  the  Board  of  Public  Ser- 
vice to  these  trustees. 


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chafti:e  VI. 


TFLANSPORTATION  FACILITIES. 

Early  Roads  and  Stage  Coaches — Turnpikes — Proposed  Canal— Tlic  Railroad  Era — First 
Successful  Railroad— Other  Railroad  Enterprises — Railroad  Shops  Located  i)i  Dela- 
-ware — Electric   Railzeays. 


For  the  first  few  years  after  the  pioneers 
from  Xew  England  landed  in  what  is  now  the 
State  of  Ohio,  they  were  so  fully  occupied  in 
providing  for  their  immediate  needs  that  the 
question  of  roads  could  receive  no  attention. 
In  1795  Governor  St.  Clair  wrote  to  the  ofti- 
cials  at  Washington,  "There  is  not  a  road  in 
the  country."  Broad  tracks  must  have  been 
made,  however,  by  the  various  military  expe- 
ditions passing  between  Cincinnati  and  jNIad 
River  on  one  route  and  out  to  the  ^^laun'.ee  on 
others.  One  of  the  earliest  internal  improve- 
ments by  the  United  States  Government  was 
the  road  for  the  mail  route  between  Wheeling 
and  Limestone.  This  was  built  by  Ebenezer 
Zane,  of  Wheeling,  and  was  known  as  "Zane's 
Trace."  He  received  three  sections  of  land 
along  the  route  as  pay.  Isaac  Shaffer,  the 
grandfather  of  our  esteemed  citizen,  Rev.  J. 
F.  Shaffer,  assisted  Zane  in  surveying  this 
road,  and  it  was  he  who  suggested  to  Zane 
that  the  little  settlement  of  a  half  dozen  fami- 
lies from  Lancaster  County,  Pennsylvania,  be 
called  Xew  Lancaster.  Zane  adopted  the  sug- 
gestion, and  the  town  was  called  Xew  Lan- 
caster until  1845,  when  the  Legislature  passed 
an  act  dropping  "X'ew."  So  far  as  we  know,- 
this  is  the  first  time  this  fact  has  been  re- 
corded in  history,  and  Dr.  Shaffer,  who  was 
told  the  facts  by  his  grandfather,  is  our  au- 
thority. 

This  and  the  other  roafls  built  in  these 
early  days   were   not   much   like  the  crushed- 


I  stone  pikes  of  the  present  day.  Mud  was  then 
the  only  top  dressing  of  the  roads — often  of 
tmknown  depth,  though  of  well  known  ad- 
hesi\'e  qualities.  Goods  were  very  high,  and 
none  but  the  most  common  and  necessary  mer- 
chandise was  brought  here.  This  had  to  be 
packed  on  mules  from  Detroit,  or  wagoned 
from  Philadelphia  to  Pittsburg,  thence  down 
the  Ohio  River  in  flat  boats  to  the  mouth  of 
the  Scioto,  and  then  packed  or  hauled  to  its 
destination  in  the  interior.  The  freight  was 
enormous,  often  costing  $4.00  a  hundred 
pounds. 

E.\RLY   ST.\GE  CO.\CHES. 

j  It  was  a  great  event  when,  on  May  8,  18 17, 

j  a  stage  coach  began  to  run  between  Columbus 
and  Chillicothe.  The  fare  to  Circleville  was 
$1.25,  and  to  Chillicothe,  $2. 00.  Way  pas- 
sengers paid  six  cents  a  mile.  As  early  as 
1820,  a  line  of  four-horse  stage  coaches  ran 
between  Columbus  and  Mt.  Vernon,  passing 
through  Galena  and  Sunbury,  making  the  half- 
way stop  at  the  latter  point.  The  coaches  met 
daily  at  Galena,  and  for  that  point  this  was  the 
great  event  of  the  day.  This  was  the  main 
artery  that  connected  the  Berkshire  settlement 
with  the  outside  world,  and  the  appearance  of 
the  passengers,  the  change  of  mails,  and  the 
marvelous  stories  of  the  drivers,  afforded 
abundant  material  for  gossip.  The  coaches 
were  of  the  regulation  pattern,  so  often  seen 


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in  old  prints.  Tliey  were  painted  a  fawn  color, 
ornamented  with  red.  The  l.«)dy  was  swung 
high  above  the  wheels  on  heavy  leather  springs, 
so  that  every  lurch  of  the  coach  seemed  to 
threaten    sure   destruction    to   the   pa?>engers. 

•Azel  and  David  Ingham  were  the  noted  Jehus 
of  that  line,  and  their  exploits  were  the  theme 
of  mnny  a  thrilling  story  told  about  the  roar- 
ing fireplace  of  the  settler's  cabin.  At  times, 
the  road  was  cut  up  so  as  to  be  almost  impas- 
sible, and  the  theory  of  the  drivers  seemed  to 
be  to  gain  sutticient  momentum  in  rushing  into 
these  ruts  to  carry  the  coach  out  of  them  at  the 
other  end.  The  result  of  this  theory  to  the 
passenger  can  better  be  imagined  than  de- 
scribed, and  was  endured  with  a  patience  not 
handed  down  to  the  modern  traveler.  A  tale 
is  told  of  a  driver  who  was  given  to  drinking, 
and  when  "under  the  influence"  was  inclined 
to  give  an  exhibition  of  his  skill  by  some  fool- 
hardy driving.  One  moonlight  night,  having 
someone  on  the  box  with  him  whom  he  wished 
to  frighten,  he  whipped  his  team  into  a  full 
gallop,  and,  taking  to  the  Avoods  beside  the 
road,  wound  in  and  out  among  the  trees  and 
then  to  the  roadway  again  without  a  mishap, 
enjoying  as  only  such  a  character  can  the  ter- 
rified expression  of  his  companion.     In  1S30, 

-fare  by  the  coach  on  the  old  mud  pike  was 
seven  cents  a  mile  from  Columbus  through 
Delaware  to  Portland — now"  the  city  of  San- 
dusky. A  journey  to  Cincinnati  or  an  eastern 
city  \vas  talked  of,  planned  and  dreaded  for 
weeks  ahead.  Friends  came  to  bid  the  traveler 
a  tearful  good-bye  and  wish  him  God  speed. 
As  late  as  1845,  ^^^  coach  w^as  sixteen  hours  on 
the  way  from  Columbus  to  Delavvare.  The 
poor  male  passenger  was  happy  if  lie  could  re- 
tain his  seat  the  whole  way;  often  he  would 
have  to  walk  and  carry  a  rail  to  pry  the  coach 
out  of  the  mud.  Once,  a  traveler  appeared  in 
town,  several  hours  in  advance  of  the  coach, 
carrying  his  trunk  on  his  back.  When  asked 
why  he  did  not  come  by  the  coach,  he  replied 
that  he  was  "willing  to  pay  his  passage  and 
walk,  but  I'll  be  hanged  if  I  will  pay  my  fare, 
walk,  carry  a  rail  all  the  way,  and  help  to  pr\- 
the  coach  out  of  the  mud."  It  took  Delaware 
citizens  three  or  four  days  to  reach  Cleveland 


or  Cincinnati  or  Pittsburg,  while  Toledo  was 
blockaded  by  the  mud  for  months  of  the  year. 
Lots  of  money  was  lost  or  won  in  betting  on 
the  speed  of  the  horses  and  the  time  that  would 
be  made  between  different  villages. 

TURNPIKES. 

The  first  charter  issued  by  the  Legislature 
to  a  turnpike  company  to  build  a  macadamized 
road,  running  through  the  central  part  of  Ohio 
from  north  to  south,  was  dated  February  8, 
1832.  Nearly  one-half  of  this  turnpike  from 
Columbus  to  the  Lake  was  over  the  route  now 
traversed  by  the  interurban  electric  line.  The 
Radnor  plank  road,  twelve  miles  long,  was 
built  in  1855;  the  Delaware  and  Worthington 
pike  in  1868;  the  Delaware  and  Sunbury  pike 
in  1870.  and  the  Delaware  and  Marys ville  pike 
in  1 87 1.  These  four  roads  were  toll  roads,  a 
total  of  thirty-three  miles  in  lengtli.  The 
Delaware  and  Troy  pike  was  built  in  1S69, 
and  the  Ashley  and  Delhi  in  1870,  and  were 
free. 

PROPOSED   CANAL. 

The  subject  of  canals  early  agitated  the 
people  of  the  State.  In  this  movement,  how- 
ever, the  people  of  Delaware  took  but  little 
part.  On  February  5,  1840,  at  "early  candle 
lighting,"  a  meeting  was  held  at  the  Cottrt 
House  to  talk  canal  news — to  talk  about  build- 
ing a  canal  from  this  town  to  Lake  Erie. 
Speeches  were  made  and  considerable  enthu- 
siasm on  the  subject  was  evinced,  but  nothing 
practical  ever  came  of  it. 

THE  RAILROAD   ERA. 

Ohio  was  not  far  behind  the  older  eastern 
states  in  inaugurating  its  railroad  era.  The 
first  steam  railroad  in  the  world  was  that  built 
by  George  Stephenson  in  England  about  1825. 
The  first  railroad  in  the  United  States  was  built 

j  the  following  year  in  Quincy,  Alassachusetts. 

i  This  was  merely  a  horse-car  line,  and  was  usel 

I  only  to  haul  granite  from  the  nearby  quarries. 

'  In  1830,  the  Baltimore  &;  Ohio  railroad  com- 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


nienceJ  a  line  extending  westward  from  Bal- 
timore. Somewhere  between  1830  and  1835, 
the  old  Sandusky  &  Mansfield  road  was  com- 
menced in  this  State;  Sandusky  and  Cincinnati 
being  the  terminal  point  as  originally  planned. 
The  Little  Miami  was  the  next  road.  About 
this  time  we  find  the  citizens  of  Delaware  tak- 
ing considerable  interest  in  several  railroad 
enterprises,  some  of  which  were  never  car- 
ried out.  We  quote  the  following  from  the 
Ohio  State  Gazette  under  date  of  July  5,  1S32  : 
■"At  a  meeting  of  Railroad  Commissioners, 
held  at  Springfield,  of  the  Mad  River  &  Lake 
Erie  R.  R.  Co.,  books  were  ordered  to  be 
opened  at  Delaware  by  Ezra  Griswold  and 
Solomon  Smith,  and  at  ^Marion  by  Geo.  H. 
Busby  and  Hezekiah  Gordon,  in  addition  to 
places  mentioned  in  last  meeting."  A  resolu- 
tion was  passed,  asking  Messrs.  Vance,  Finlay, 
Grain,  Cook  and  Corwin.  who  were  then  mem- 
bers of  Congress  from  the  sections  of  the  State 
through  which  the  road  was  to  pass,  to  "re- 
quest of  the  I'resident  of  the  United  States  an 
engineer  to  make  a  survey,  etc."  In  the  same 
paper  of  November  14,  1833,  is  the  following 
statement:  "It  appears  from  statements  in 
New  York  papers  that  the  stock-books  were 
closed  without  the  requisite  amount  of  stock 
being  taken  in  eastern  cities,  and  the  New 
York  Advertiser  expresses  a  doubt  as  to 
"whether  the  great  work  will  be  accom- 
plished." 

At  a  much  later  date  other  railroad  enter- 
prises were  promoted  but  never  completed. 
One  of  these  was  called  the  Newark,  Delaware 
&  Northwestern.  At  one  timethe  prospects  of 
completing  the  road  seemed  quite  proi-iising. 
Counties  and  people  along. the  proposed  route 
subscribed  liberally  to  the  stock.  Delaware 
Township  subscribed  for  $100,000  worth  of 
stock  by  a  vote  of  735  to  fifty-six.  On  Sep- 
tember 5,  1872,  a  meeting  of  this  Company, 
was  held  at  Ottawa,  Putnam  County,  at  which 
4,150  shares  of  stock  of  $50  each  was  repre- 
sented. The  meeting  therefore  proceeded  to 
the  election  of  directors,  among  whom  was  J. 
C.  Evans,  of  Delaware,  who  v.as  also  elected 
president  of  the  Board.  Measures  were  taken 
to  secure  a   favorable  vote  in  each  township 


through  which  the  proposed  road  was  to  pass. 
All  interest  in  the  venture  suddenly  died  out, 
just   why,  no  one  seemed  to  know. 

The  Lebanon  &:  Nenia  Railroad  was  an- 
other of  the  "paper  railroads"  that  never  gut 
beyond  the  promotion  stage.  Starting  at  Nenia, 
it  v,-as  proposed  to  run  the  road  through  Dela- 
wre.  Mount  Gilead  and  Alansheld  to  some 
point  at  or  near  the  mouth  of  the  Cuyalioga 
River. 

FIRST  SVCCF.SSFUL  RAILROAD.  -', 

The  first  railroad  venture  that  proved  a 
success  in  this  part  of  the  State,  and  one  which 
especially  interested  the  citizens  of  Delaware 
County  was  that  running  between  Cleveland 
and  Columbus,  later  known  as  the  "Cleveland, 
Columbus.  Cincinnati  &  Indianapolis  Rail- 
way;"'  popularly  called  the  "Bee  Line,"  or  the 
"Three  C's  and  I."  This  became  a  part  of 
the  "Big  Four"  system,  January  i,  1890.  The 
question  of  building  this  road  was  discussed  as 
early  as  1835,  and  on  March _i4th  of  the  fol- 
lowing year,  a  charter  was  granted  "for  the 
purpose  of  constructing  a  railroad  from  the 
city  of  Cleveland  through  the  city  of  Colum- 
bus and  the  town  of  Wilmington  to  Cincinnati. 
Before  the  work  was  begun,  a  number  of 
amendments  were  made  to  the  charter,  among 
them  one  that  relieved  the  company  of  any  ol> 
ligation  to  "construct  its  road  through  or  to 
any  particular  place."  Engineers  and  survey- 
ors ran  several  lines  between  Cleveland  and 
Columbus,  and  for  some  time  it  was  undecided 
v.-hether  to  run  the  road  through  Delaware 
or  Alt.  Vernon.  Work  on  the  road  was  com- 
menced in  1848,  and  it  was  finally  decided  to 
run  the  road  through  this  county,  provided  the 
county  would  subscribe  $100,000,  in  addition 
to  the  amount  that  would  be  subscribed  for  in- 
dividually. This  proposition  did  not,  at  first, 
meet  with  popular  approval;  many  of  the  citi- 
zens who  resided  at  considerable  distance  from 
the  proposed  line  of  the  road  reasoned  that 
they  could  receive  little,  if  any,  benefit  from  it, 
and  therefore  they  should  not  be  taxed  to  help 
build  a  railroad  which  would  be  almost  beyond 
their  reach.     At  a  meeting  which  was  held  at 


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the  Delaware  Court  Plouse  to  consider  the 
matter,  Judge  T.  W.  Powell  made  a  proposi- 
tion that  the  commissioners  on  the  part  of  the 
county,  subscribe  the  required  amount,  and 
that  the  people  who  felt  interested  in  the  suc- 
cess of  the  enterprise  should  give  mortgages 
on  their  individual  property  to  indemnify  the 
county  for  any  loss  that  might  occur.  This 
prop<3>ition  was  agreed  to,  and  the  commission- 
ers subscribed  $100,000  on  behalf  of  the 
county,  and  at  the  some  time,  individuals  sub- 
scribed for  about  the  same  amount.  While 
this  brought  the  road  through  Delaware 
County,  it  did  not  pass  through  the  city  of 
Delaware,  as  it  now  does.  The  original  route 
lay  on  a  straight  line  through  Oxford,  Brown, 
Berlin  and  Orange  Townships,  but  passing  to 
the  east  of  Delaware  Township.  In  1851.  they 
began  to  run  trains  over  the  line.  In  order  to 
secure  tlie  subscription  from  the  people  of 
Delaware,  they  had  been  promised  that  a  con- 
nection would  be  made  with  the  city  by  a  curve 
Lir  arm.  At  that  time  the  citizens  of  Colum- 
bus, who  were  watching  Delaware  with  a  jeal- 
ous eye,  did  everything  in  their  power  to  pre- 
vent the  road  coming  to  this  city.  President 
Kelly  was  finally  prevailed  upon  to  fulfill  this 
part  of  the  contract  and  came  to  Delaware  to 
learn  whether  the  people  preferred  that  the 
connection  be  made  by  means  of  an  arm  or  a 
curve.  The  curve  was  chosen  and  built,  and 
then — only  one  train  a  day,  an  "accommoda- 
tion." passed  through  Delaware,  all  "through"' 
trains  continuing  to  run  on  the  direct  route, 
three  miles  out  of  the  city,  as  before.  Finally 
the  officials  of  the  road  .woke  up  to  the  fact  that 
the  four  or  five  hundred  •students  attending 
Ohio  Wesleyan  UiuversiLy  at  Delaware  made 
several  trips  over  the  road  each  year,  and  con- 
cluded that  it  might  be  worth  while  to  cater 
for  their  patronage  and  that  of  the  other  resi- 
dents of  that  city.  Then  a  regular  passenger 
train  was  sent  over  the  curve  daily,  and  this 
was  soon  followed  by  all  passenger  trains, 
leaving  the  direct  track  for  "through"  freights. 
Finally,  the  track  between  the  extreme  ends 
of  the  curve,  a  distance  of  about  three  miles, 
was  taken  up,  and  all  the  traffic  passed  through 
Delaware.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the 
first  passenger   train  that  came   into  the  city  ' 


of  Delaware'  brought  Louis  Kossuth,  the  dis- 
tinguished Hungarian  exile,  who  .accepted  the  | 
invitation  of  the  city  of  Delaware  to  make  a  ! 
short  stop  here  on  his  way  from  Cleveland  to 
Columbus.  It  was  not  until  some  time  after  j 
the  completion  of  this  road  that  it  became  a  i 
part  of  the  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cincinnati  &  j 
Indianapolis   Railway. 

OTHER  RAILROAD  ENTERPRISES. 

In  1S50,  a  movement  was  started  to  build 
a  railroad  from  Springfield  to  I\It.  Vernon  via 
Delaware.  The  following  quotation  from  the 
Olcnfangy  Gazette  of  April  25,  1851,  gives  an 
excellent  account  of  the  early  work  in  connec- 
tion with  this  venture :  "The  directors  of  the 
Springfield  &  [Mansfield  Railroad  Company, 
accompanied  by  a  corps  of  engineers,  have 
been  in  this  place  and  neighborhood  for  several 
days  past,  exploring  the  countn,-  and  making 
the  preliminary  surveys,  preparatory  to  locat- 
ing the  road  through  the  county.  The  sur- 
veys show  the  county  to  be  admirably  adapted 
to  the  construction  of  a  road,  and  that  it  will 
be  speedily  built  may  be  regarded  as  a  fixed 
fact.  A  single  glance  at  the  map  will  show  the 
vast  importance  of  the  work.  At  Springfield, 
it  will  connect  with  two  roads  to  Cincinnati 
and  one  to  the  lake,  and  by  reducing  the  dis- 
tance from  the  river  to  the  lake  so  as  to  make 
the  route  over  this  road  considerably  shorter 
than  any  other  route  can  be,  it  will  defy  all 
competition  for  through  travel.  At  this  place, 
it  will  unite  with  the  Cleveland  and  Colum- 
bus road,  and  on  the  east,  at  ;\It.  Vernon,  with 
the  Pennsylvania  &  Ohio  road,  now  being  con- 
structed west  through  Pennsylvania  and  this 
State  to  Indianapolis.  It  must  necessarily  be  a 
very  important  road,  and  the  stock  cannot  but 
pay  well."  The  Gazette  in  its  June  13th  issue, 
printed  the  following  under  the  head  of 
"Springfield  &  Delaware  Railroad:"  "On  Sat- 
urday last,  a  vote  of  Delaware  Township  to 
take  $25,000  stock  in  the  above  road,  was  de- 
cided in  the  affirmative  by  303  votes  for  and 
thirteen  against  it.  A  meeting  was  held  at  the 
Court  House  on  Wednesday  night,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  discussing  the  proposed  subscription  on 
the  part  of  the  of  the  county  to  the  Springfield 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


iS:  Delaware  Railroad.  After  remarks  by  Pow- 
ell and  •Little  of  Delaware,  and  Whitley  of 
Springfield,  in  favor  of  subscription,  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  was  oftered  by  Powell,  and 
passed  with  but  three  dissenting  votes: 
'Resolved,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  meet- 
ing, it  is  expedient  ti:>  vote  a  county  subscrip- 
tion of  $50,000.'  ■'  A  few  days  later,  the  of- 
ficers and  directors  of  the  Springfield  &  Mans- 
field Railroad  and  the  promoters  of  a  proposed 
rc)ad  between'  ]\It.  Vernon  and  Loudonville. 
and  ]\Ir.  Roberts,  the  chief  engineer  of  the 
Ohio  &  Pennsylvania  road,  representing  the 
directors  of  that  Company,  held  a  meeting  in 
Delaware,  and  consolidated  the  Springfield  & 
^Mansfield  and  Alt.  A^'ernon  &  Loudonville  Com- 
panies into  one  company  for  the  construction 
of  a  railroad  through  ]^larysville,  Delaware, 
Alt.  A''ernon  and  Loudonville,  where  it  \vould 
intersect  the  Ohio  &  Pennsylvania  road.  On 
]\lay  II,  1869,  this  consolidation  was  incor- 
porated as  "The  Pittsburg,  ]Mt.  Vernon,  Co- 
lumbus &  Louden  Railroad  Company."  A  large 
and  enthusiastic  meeting  was  held  on  the 
evening  of  this  day  at  the  Court  House  in 
Delaware,  where  speeches  were  made  by  Judge 
Powell,  General  Anthony,  and  Mr.  Roberts, 
tlie  engineer.  As  a  result,  Delaware  County 
voted  a  subscription  of  $50,000.  and  Delaware 
Township  subscribed  $25,000  to  the  venture. 
The  paper  on  October  17th,  stated  that  the  en- 
gineers had  permanently  located  the  route  be- 
tween Marysville  and  Delaware.  The  bridge 
over  the  Olentangy  at  Delav.are  was  built  in 
1S53,  and  the  road  was  completed  early  in 
1854.  For  a  number  of  years  after  its  com- 
pletion, this  road  was  called  the  Springfield, 
Delaware  &  Mt.  Vernon  Railroad.  That  part 
of  the  old  grade  from  the  city  of  Delaware  to 
Centerburg  has  never  been  completed.  The 
grade  between  Centerburg  and  Mt.  Vernon 
was  sold  to  the  Cleveland,  Mt.  Vernon  &  Co- 
lumbus Railroad,  and  is  now  part  of  the  Cleve- 
land, Akron  &  Columbus  road.  The  unfinished 
portion  above  referred  to  was  graded  and 
ready  for  laying  down  the  ties,  when  the  com- 
pany became  involved  in  financial  reverses, 
which  made  it  necessary  to  sell  the  road.  The 
Cleveland  &  Columbus  Railroad  purchased  it 
in  January,  1862,  for  $134,000.    A  number  of 


years  after  this,  it  was  consolidated  with  the 
Cincinnati  &:  Dayton  road,  thus  giving  a  more 
direct  route  to  Cincinnati  than  by  way  of  Co- 
lumbus. This  change  in  route  made  it  possi- 
ble to  connect  directly  with  the  road  running 
to  Indianapolis  via  Gabon  and  Bellefontaine. 
It  was  in  this  way  that  the  road  came  to  be 
called  the  "Cleveland,  Columbus,  Cincinnati  & 
Indianapolis  Railway." 

Its  report  to  the  railroad  commission  in 
1868  shows  that  the  road  had  twenty-fi\'e  sta- 
tions, nine  engine-houses  and  shops,  forty-tive 
engines,  about  800  cars  of  all  kinds  and  1.3 15 
employes.  The  main  line  had  138  miles  of 
track,  and  the  Springfield  branch  fifty  miles. 
Average  cost  of  the  road,  $34,000  per  mile. 

R.\ILR0.\D    SHOPS    LOC.XTED    IN    DEL.\W'ARE. 

A  movement  was  started  in  the  early  50's 
by  the  people  of  Delaware  to  have  the  shops 
and  offices  of  the  Springfield,  Delaware  &  ]Mt. 
Vernon  Railroad  located  here.  The  company 
sent  a  representative  here  to  solicit  subscrip- 
tions to  enable  the  company  to  erect  shops  and 
build  cars  here.  The  county  subscribed  $50,- 
000  to  this  enterprise,  and  a  similar  amount 
was  raised  in  three  of  the  townships,  besides  a 
liberal  subscription  by  individuals.  Nothing 
was  done,  however,  until  after  the  consolida- 
tion of  the  Springfield,  Delaware  &  Mt.  Verngn 
and  Cleveland  &  Columbus  roads.  The  new 
company  agreed  to  locate  th.'  shops,  offices  and 
dejxDt  buildings  of  the  road  at  Delaware  if  the 
city  would  pay  S35.000  towards  the  expense 
of  erecting  the  buildings.  This  was  agreed  to ; 
the  money  was  paid  and  the  railroad  company 
erected  large  brick  buildings,  in  which  they 
established  fully  equipped  shops.  In  1901,  a 
new  and  larger  roundhouse  was  built  on  the 
site  of  the  former  roundhouse,  and  in  1904,  a 
brick  boilershop  was  erected,  55  by  70  feet  in 
dimensions,  part  of  which  is  two  stories  high. 
Including  all  departments,  there  are  now  about 
325  men  employed  in  the  shops,  and  this  does 
not  take,  into  account  the  large  number  of  train- 
men and  other  employes  who  make  their  home 
in  Delaware.  The  company  was  not  so  prompt 
in  erecting  the  depot  buildings  which  had  been 


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AXD  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


\2^ 


agreed  upon,  and  it  \vas  not  until  1S65  or  '66 
that  they  were  put  up. 

The  Cleveland,  Akron  &  Columbus  Rail- 
road enters  Delaware  County  at  the  north- 
eastern corner  of  Trenton  Township,  where  it 
has  two  stations,  Condit  and  Big  Walnut,  and 
runs  in  a  southwesterly  direction  through  Sun- 
bury  and  Galena,  passing  into  Genoa  Town- 
ship about  midway  of  its  nortliern  lioundary, 
and  thence  in  a  direction  a  little  west  or  south 
to  Franklin  County.  This  road  was  incorpor- 
ated March  17,  1851,  as  the  Akron  branch  of 
the  Cleveland  &  Pittsburg  Railroad.  This  was 
a  separate  and  distinct  company,  organized  to 
build  a  railroad  from  Hudson,  Ohio,  to  con- 
nect with  the  present  Pittsburg,  Fort  Wayne  & 
Chicago  Railroad.  On  November  i,  1S69,  it 
received  by  assignment  from  the  Pittsburg, 
Mount  Vernon,  Columbus  &  Loudon  Railroad 
Company,  all  that  portion  of  the  Springfield, 
Mount  Vernon  &  Pittsburg  Railroad  extend- 
ing east  from  Delaware  through  IMount  Ver- 
non in  the  direction  of  Alillershurg.  .\s  al- 
ready stated  in  this  chapter,  the  part  of  this 
roadbed  which  lies  between  Delaware  and  Cen- 
terburg  was  never  made  use  of.  The  present 
line  of  road  was  completed  and  trains  began 
running  over  it  in  the  early  winter  of  1S72. 

The  railroad  which  is  now  commonly 
called  the  "Hocking  Valley"  was  originally  in- 
corporated on  ]May  28,  1S72,  by  a  number  of 
Columbus  men.  under  the  name  of  '"The  Co- 
lumbus &  Toledo  Railroad,"  The  line  of  the 
road  was  permanently  located  in  the  fall  of 
1873.  I"  Liberty  Township,  which  the  road 
enters  on  the  south,  it  has  two  stations,  Powell 
and  Hyatts.  It  passes  through  the  western 
part  cf  the  city  of  Delaware,  and  runs  in  a 
northwesterly  direction  across  the  southwest 
corner  of  Troy  Township,  where  it  has  a  sta- 
tion, and  on  through  Radnor  Township  to 
Marion  County.  The  station  in  Radnor  Town- 
ship is  about  a  mile  east  of  the  village,  and  is 
known  as  Meredith.  It  was  intended,  origi- 
nally, to  run  the  road  due  north  from  Dela- 
ware, but  the  purchase  of  $10,000  worth  of 
stock  by  Radnor  citizens  influenced  the  com- 
pany to  run  the  road  through  their  township. 

The  road  was  begun  Novemijer  17,  1876. 
and  was  fully  completed  in  July,  1877.     The 


work  of  construction  had  progressed  so  well, 
that  the  company,  in  response  to  urgent  re- 
quests of  stockholders  and  business  men,  be- 
gan, on  January  10,  1S77,  to  run  trains  over 
the  road  between  Columbus  and  Marion. 

On  August  20,  iSSi^  this  company  and  the 
Ohio  &  West  Virginia  Railway  Company  were 
consolidated  with  the  Hocking  Valley  Railroad 
Comany,  under  the  name,  of  the  Columbus 
Hocking  Valley  &  Toledo  Railway  Company. 
Ever  since  the  consolidation,  the  company  has 
struggled  against  heavy  indebtedness  and 
much  litigation,  with  great  reduction  in  the 
value  of  its  stock,  and  difficulty  in  meeting  the 
interest  on  its  bonded  debt.  The  result  was 
the  appointment  of  a  receiver  of  the  company 
on  February  28.  1897,  by  order  of  the  United 
States  Circuit  Court  for  the  Southern  District 
of  Ohio. 

In  the  late  70' s,  a  road,  known  as  the  At- 
lantic &  Lake  Erie  Railroad,  was  surveyed  be- 
tween Pomeroy  on  the  Ohio  River  and  Toledo. 
As  originally  planned,  the  road  was  to  pass 
through  Newark,  'Sit.  Gilead  and  Bucyrus,  the 
object  being  to  develop  the  coal  fields  through 
■which  it  passes  in  the  counties  south  of  New- 
ark. It  was  completed  south  of  that  point  and 
ecpaipped  with  rolling  stock,  but  for  a  long  time 
it  looked  as  if  that  portion  of  the  road  which 
runs  through  Delaware  County  on  'north 
would  never  be  built.  It  was  completed,  how- 
ever, in  the  early  So's.  It  crosses  the  north- 
east corner  of  Porter  Township,  where  it  has 
one  station,  Peerless.  The  Toledo  &  Ohio 
Central,  as  the  road  is  now  called,  does  not 
run  througli  Newark,  but  passes  a  few  miles  to 
the  west,  through  Central  City. 

The  present  line  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road running  through  Delaware  County  was 
originally  known  as  the  Columbus  &  Sandusky 
Short  Line  Railroad.  It  enters  the  county  on 
the  north  a  little  west  of  Norton,  in  }iIarlbor- 
ough  Township,  and  runs  southeast  through 
Troy  Township,  where  it  has  a  flag  station, 
Troyton,  and  on  to  Delaware.  From  this  city 
the  road  runs  southeast .  through  Berlin  and 
Orange  Townships  to  Franklin  County.  There 
is  one  station,  Gregory,  in  Berlin  Township, 
and  two  stations,  Lewis  Center  and  Orange,  in 
Orange  Township.     The  original  promoter  of 


'! '  )  ■r-^T.x  rx/iv.!;,  ^-<^  ci/:/, 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


this  ruad  was  \V.  E.  Guerin.  a  citizen  of  Co- 


luinbi: 


who    married 


Delaware    ladv, 


daughter  of  R.  W.  Reynolds.  The  present 
station  in  Delaware  was  built  in  the  WHUter  of 
i8g2-'q;^.  and  the  first  through  train  passed 
through  the  city  on  April  15,  1S93,  although 
during  the  first  part  of  that  month  locals  be- 
tween Delaware  and  Marion  had  been  run,  but 
not  on  scliedule. 

Later  this  road  was  re-organized,  and  took 
in  a  line  running  into  Zanesville.  known  as  The 
Columbus,  Sandusky  &  Hocking  Railroad, 
\vhich  name  the  new  organization  adopted. 

Almost  from  the  beginning  this  railroad 
venture  was  beset  with  financial  difficulties, 
and  before  the  Pennsylvania  Company  took 
over  the  road,  it  had  been  in  the  hands  of  re- 
ceivers four  times.  In  1893.  the  year,  of  the 
panic,  business  was  very  light.  After  the  con- 
solidation with  The  Columbus,  Sandusky  & 
Hocking  Railroad,  a  heavy  expense  for  re- 
pairs was  incurred,  and  the  road  became  so  em- 
barrassed, financially,  that  it  went  into  the 
hands  of  a  receiver.  This  was  four  years  after 
the  consolidation.  The  receivership  lasted  nine 
months,  and  Mr.  Guerin  was  again  appointed 
president.  The  road  struggled  along  for  an- 
other eighteen  months,  and  then  went  into  the 
hands  of  another  receiver,  and  so  things  con- 
tinued getting  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver  and 
getting  out,  like  the  freedom,  debt  and  jail  ex- 
perience of  :\Iicavvber,  until  the  Pennsylvania 
System  purchased  the  road  in  November, 
I  go  2. 

ELECTRIC    K.VILWAYS. 

Early  in  I'JOt,.  the  Delaware  &:  Magnetic 
Springs  Railway  Company  was  incorporated  to 
build  an  electric  railway  from  the  intersection 
of  the  west  line  of  the  city  of  Delaware  with  a 
public  highway  known  as  the  Radnor  Pike, 
through  Delaware  and  L'nion  Counties  to 
Magnetic  Springs.  March  31,  1903.  the  fran- 
chise of  the  Union  Electric  Railway  Company 
to  build  such  a  road  was  transferred  to  this 
corporation,  and  soon  afterward  the  work  of 
building  the  road  was  begun.  It  runs  \vest 
from  Delaware,  through  the  southern  part  of  | 
Radnor  Township,  crossing  the  Scioto  River  i 


I  at  the  famous  old  Broad  ford,  and  thence 
I  across  the  southern  end  of  Thompson  Town- 
ship to  Magnetic  Springs  in  Union  County. 
The  power-house  in  Thompson  Township  was 
built  at  this  time.  On  June  23,  1904,  the  first 
car  was  run  over  the  road  from  ilagnetic 
Springs  to  the  intersection  of  the  Radnor  and 
Troy  pikes  just  outside  Delaware  city  limits. 
It  seems  that  the  Railway  Company  and  the 
city  of  Delaware  have  never  been  able  to 
agree  on  the  terms  of  a  franchise  which  would 
allow  the  road  to  enter  the  city  o\er.  its  o\\ n 
tracks:  however,  since  September,  1905,  the 
company  has  had  an  arrangement  with  the  Co- 
lumbus, Delaware  &  itarion  Railway  Company, 
by  which  their  cars  enter  the  city  over  the 
tracks  of  the  latter  company. 

On  October  15,  1906.  the  Delaware  &  INIag- 
netic  Springs  Railway  Company  and  the  Rich- 
wood  &  iSIagnetic  Springs  Railway  Companv 
were  consolidated  unde.r  the  name  of  The  Co- 
kuTibus,  }vlagnetic  Springs  and  Northern  Rail- 
way. This  comi>any  now  owns  about  eighteen 
and  one-half  miles  of  track,  which,  with  power- 
house and  rolling  stock,  represents  an  invest- 
ment of  about  $250,000.  While  it  has  not 
been  successful  as  a  financial  venture,  the  road 
is  destined  to  fill  an  important  place  in  the  net- 
work of  electric  lines  which  is  rapidly  over- 
spreading this  section  of  the  State. 

Delaware  Electric  Street  Railway  Com- 
pany.— On  November  16,  1891,  the  City  Coun- 
cil passed  an  ordinance  granting  a  franchise 
lor  a  street  railway  in  Delaware  to  James  K. 
Newcomer.  The  Delaware  Electric  Street 
Railway  Company  was  incorporated  ^Mav  31,. 
1892,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $60,000,  the  par 
value  of  the  shares  being  $100  each.  The 
names  of  the  following  gentlemen  appear  as 
incorporators :  James  K.  Newcomer,  Captain 
Velores  T.  Hills,  Hon.  John  L.  VanDeman. 
Beverly  W.  Brown,  William  A.  Hall.  C.  Rid- 
dle, Hon.  Frank  M.  Marriott,  Robert  G.  Lv- 
brand.  Harvey  J.  AlcCullough,  Henry  A. 
Welch  and  Colonel  James  M.  Crawford.'  The 
company  was  organized  on  June  6.  1892,  at 
which  time,  the  following  Board  of  Directors 
was  elected:  V.  T.  Hiik,  J.  D.  VanDeman. 
James  K.  Newcomer.  C.  Riddle.  W.  A.  Hall, 
F.  .M.  ^larriott,  B.  W.  Brown,  H.  J.  ^vIcCul- 


AND  REPRESEXTATIVE  CITIZENS 


longh  and  R.  G.  Lybrand.  The  following  of- 
ficers were  then  elected :  President  ,  J.  K. 
Newcomer;  vice-president,  T-  D.  VanUeman; 
treasurer,  V.  T.  Hills ;  secre'tary,  W-  A.  Hall ; 
uianager,  J.  jM.  Crawford. 

Bids  to  build  the  road  were  called  for,  and 
in  order  to  keep  the  money  in  Delaware,  Colonel 
Crawford  put  in  a  bid,  which  was  twenty  per 
cent  lower  than  an_\  ot'ier.  Work  upon  tr.e 
road  was  started  the  same  month,  and  by  the 
following  December,  the  North  Belt  hne  was 
cotnpleted,  also  the  line  from  the  Hocking  Val- 
ley station  to  the  Big  Four  station,  and  the 
line  to  Greenwood  Lake.  The  Soiith  Belt  Hne 
was  not  completed  until  1894.  The  road,  in- 
cluding rolling  stock  and  power  plant  equip- 
ment, cost  about  SSo.ooo.  The  money  for  this 
enterprise  was  all  furnished  by  Delaware  citi- 
7en5,  and  the  labor  of  building  the  road  was  all 
performed  by  home  people.  Th.e  \enture  has 
never  been  a  success  from  a  financial  stand- 
point. After  a  time  it  went  into  the  hands  of 
a  receiver,  John  A.  Cc^ne  be'mg  apfx^inted  to 
that  position.  On  July  30,  1898,  the  road  was 
sold  bv  order  of  the  court,  the  purchasers  be- 
ing B.'W.  Brown,  F.  :\I.  ^larriott,  F.  P.  Hills 
and  John  A.  Shoemaker.  The  purchase  price 
was  S 1 3.525,  These  gentlemen  con.tinued  to 
operate  the  road  until  2vlarch  20,  1902,  when  it 
was  sold  to  Jolm  G.  A\'ebb.  who  purchased  it 
for  the  C,  D.  &  ]M.  Railway,  of  which  he  was 
president.  The  consideration  was  S50.000. 
The  hrst  cars  were  run  over  the  tracks  of  the 
Delaware  Electric  Street  Railway  in  Novem- 
ber. 1892.  ^Ir,  Newcomer  had  charge  of  the 
road  for  the  first  month,  after  which  Colonel 
Crawford  managed  tlic  road  for  a  short  period. 

The  Columbus,  Delaware  &  I\Iarion  Rail- 
way Company.  There  were  exciting  times 
when  the  Columbus,  Delaware  &■  Marion  Elec- 
tric Railway  Company  and  the  Columbus, 
Delaware  &  Northern  Railway  Company  be- 
gan to  secure  consents  for  an  interurban  line  be- 
tween Columbus  and  [Marion,  Their  rights  of 
way  for  considerable  distances,  where  secured, 
were  parallel,  and  it  was  at  a  most  opportune 
moment  that  the  "C.  D.  &  M.."  as  the  com- 
pany is  miw  popularly  called,  appeared  on  the 
scene  and  purchased  the  rights  and  franchises 
of  the  two  competing  companies,  and  began  to 


build  the  road.      In   entering  the  county,   the 
road  crosses  the  southwestern  corner  of  Or- 
ange Township,  and  runs  a  little  west  of  north 
in  almost  a  straight  line,  about    midway    be- 
tween  the  Hocking  \'alley  and   Pennsylvania 
Railroads,     through     Liberty     and     Delaware 
Townships  to  the  city  of  Delaware;  thence  it 
runs  in  a  northwesterly  direction,  paralleling 
the  tracks  of  the  Hocking    Valley    Railroad, 
tlirough   Delaware,  Troy  and  Radnor  Town- 
ships to  Marion  Copnty,     The  first  car  began 
running  between  Columbus  and "  Delaware  in 
September,   1902,  and  about  a  year  later  the 
line  was  completed  to  Marion.     The  old  paper 
mill  at  Stratford  was  purchased  and  rebuilt  for 
a  power-house.     In    1903  a  spacious  building 
was     erected     adjoining     die     power     house. 
In      addition      to      cardiarn      facilities,      this 
building     contains     a      fully     equipped     ma- 
j  chine-shop,     blacksmith-shop,     carpenter-shop 
and  paint-shop,  where  all  the  repair  work  of  the 
j  company  is  done.     This  Stratford  property  of 
j  the  company  represents  an  investment  of  prob- 
I  ably  $200,000.     When  the  power-plant  was  es- 
j  tablished.    it   was   equipped   with   }^IcIntosh   & 
Seymour   horizontal   engines.   Init   in    1905.   a 
large  steam  turbine  of  2.000  kilowatt  capacity 
was  installed,  and  in  1906.  an  auxiliary  turbirie 
j  of  800  kilowatt  capacity  was  put  in.    These  are 
I  direct-connected  to  the  generators  and  are  the 
!  latest  type  of  three-phase  generators  manufac- 
j  tured  by  the  General  Electric  Company.    The 
j  smaller  turbine  furnishes  power  at  night.     The 
j  plant  runs  twenty-four  hours  a  day.     There  is 
I  a  steam-driven  exciter  of  25  K.  W.  and  a  mo- 
tor-driven exciter  of  75  K.  W.   There  are  four- 
I  teen  pumps   for  various  purposes.      Steam   is 
furnished  by  a  battery  of  seven  boilers  having 
j  a  total  of  2,000  horse-power.     Forty-eight  tons 
I  of  coal  are  consumed  every  day.     An  alternat- 
ing current  of  2,300  volts  is  generated:  that 
I   is  stepped  up  to  19,050  volts  and  sent  to  the 
i  sub-stations  at  Chaseland,  Prospect  and  2\Iar- 
I  ion,  where  it  is  stepped  down  to  370  volts  and 
[  enters  rotary  converters  where  the  current  is 
changed  from  alternating  to  direct  and  raised 
from   370  to  600  volts,  which  is  the  current 
carried   by  the   trolley   wire.      An   average  of 
about  fifty  men  find  employment  in  the  various 
departments  of  the  Stratford  plant. 


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MANUFACTURES. 

Mamifactnriiii;  Possibilities  of  Dclazvare  County — Early  Mills  and  Mill  Machiiicrv — A 
Tragic  Occurrence — Chair  Manufacture — Lumber,  Furniture,  etc.— -Flour  Mills — Dis- 
tilleries— Leather — Textile  Products —  Paper  Mills— Oil  Enterprises — Foundries,  etc. 
■ — ArtiUcial  Ice — Light,  Heat  and  Poieer — Broo)ns  —  Evaporated  Goods — Clav  Pro- 
ducts— Cigars — Creauicries — Lime  and  Sto)ie — Gas  ypinufacture. 


This  has  ahvays  been  an  agricultural  coun- 
ty, and  most  of  the  manufacturing  enter- 
prises that  have  found  firm  footing  here  have 
been  tiiose  whose  products  consumed  the  raw 
materials  that  were  a\ailable,  or  contributed  to 
the  needs  of  an  agricultural  people.  But  there 
seems  to  be  no  reason  why  manufacturing  in- 
dustries should  not  be  developed  here  with 
great  profit  to  the  county.  Located  in  the  geo- 
graphical center  of  Ohio,  it  has  excellent  rail- 
road facilities,  and  is  within  easy  reach  of  all 
kinds  of  raw  materials  and  fuel.  Thus  far,  the 
community  has  been  practically  free  from  such 
disturbances  as  originate  with  the  labor  agita- 
tor. One  has  only  to  look  at  some  of  our 
neighboring  counties  to  see  and  appreciate  the 
advantages  of  inviting  and  fostering  manufac- 
turing enterprises;  and  it  would  seem  un- 
necessary' to  enumerate  the  benefis,  such  as 
enlarged  markets  for  farm  produce,  increased 
value  of  real  estate,  more  business  for  the  mer- 
chants, etc.,  that  would  accrue  to  the  commun- 
ity through  a  policy  of  helpful  friendliness  to- 
ward the  establishment  here  of  manufacturing 
industries.  The  last  few  years  have  witnessed 
an  awakening  in  Delaware.  The  present  Com- 
mercial Club  of  Delaware,  which  numbers 
among  its  members  nearly  every  in^xirtant 
business  man  of  the  city,  is  doing  all  in  its 
power  to  develop  Delaware  as  an  industrial 
center. 


E.VRLY    MILLS   AND    MILL    MACHINERY. 

Such  has  been  the  improvement  during  the 
last  half  century  in  machinery  and  methods  of 
manufacture,  that  the  present  and  coming 
generations  must  gain  their  conception  of  the 
primitive  mills  and  methods  of  pioneer  days 
from  the  printed  page :  and  in  tracing  the  de- 
velopment of  manufacturing  in  Delaware 
County,  we  believe  it  will  prove  interesting,  at 
the  outset,  to  glance  brietly  at  the  conditions 
and  problems  that  confronted  the  early  set- 
tlers in  providing  themselves  with  such  neces- 
sities as  meal,  Hour,  lumber,  leather,  cloth,  etc. 
At  first,  mills  were  fifty  to  seventy-five  miles 
away,  and  "going  to  mill"  involved  a  long 
and  arduous  horse-back  ride  through  trackless 
forests  and  unbridged  streams.  Usually,  it 
took  about  a  week  to  make  such  a  journey,  and 
as  only  a  small  quantity  of  corn  or  wheat  could 
be  carried,  the  busy  frontier  farmer  could  not 
well  afford  to  sacrifice  so  much  valuable  time, 
^lany,  therefore,  contented  themselves  with 
"corn-crackers,"'  such  as  were  used  by  the  In- 
dians. To  make  a  "corn-cracker"  a  stump 
was  cut  off  level  on  the  top  and  a  large  basin 
was  burned  out  of  it.  A  nearby  sapling  was 
bent  o\er  to  serve  as  a  spring-pole,  and  to  the 
end  of  this  was  attached  by  a  piece  of  grape- 
vine a  heavy  wooden  pestle. 


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131 


As  the  frontier  settlement  grew  in  size, 
mills  were  built  at  sites  offering  the  best  prom- 
ise lit  [jower,  an(,l  \vbere  dams  could  be  con- 
structed with  least  dit^culty.  In  those  days, 
people  had  little  knowledge  of  the  science  of 
civil  engineering,  and  the  dams  constructed 
were  crude  affairs,  the  like  of  which  the  people 
would  not  now  waste  their  time  in  building. 
Log  pens  were  constrvicted  about  six  feet 
square,  roughly  locked  and  pinned  together  at 
the  corners.  A  number  of  these  would  be  built 
across  a  stream,  with  short  spaces  between 
them.  The  pens  which  were  filled  with  stone, 
and  thus  served  as  anchors  for  the  dam,  were 
further  strengthened  by  placing  masses  of 
stone  in  front  of  them.  Behind  the  pens,  brush 
was  piled  to  serve  as  a  support  for  the  earth 
which  was  placed  upon  it.  These  structures 
oft'ered  but  little  resistance  to  the  dislodging 
power  of  a  freshet;  they  had  to  be  repaired  so 
often  that  milling  under  such  conditions  was 
truly  a  discouraging  business.  Before  the  land 
was  denuded  of  it;-  virgin  forest,  the  streams 
of  the  county  furnished  greater  and  more  con- 
stant'power  than  they  do  now.  The  power  on 
the  Olentangy,  or  Whetstone,  as  it  was  then 
called,  at  Delaware  and  at  the  "Old  Stone 
JMill"  about  a  mile  north  of  town,  was  good 
nearly  all  the  year,  and  Cone's  mill  on  the 
Scioto  River  in  Thompson  Township  and  the 
other  mills  on  the  river  south  of  there,  had 
power  sometimes  for  ten  or  eleven  months  in 
the  year ;  but  with  these  exceptions,  it  is  doubt- 
ful if  there  was  a  location  in  the  ooimty  whose 
power  was  available  for  more  than  six  to  eight 
months  out  of  twelve. 

The  machinery  in  these  early  mills  was  as 
crude  as  all  else.  The  mill-stones  were  made 
from  large  round  stones  called  "nigger-heads," 
such  as  still  abound  in  the  county.  A  section 
was  cut  from  the" middle  of  one  of  these  "nig- 
ger-heads" and  split.  Furrows  were  cut  in 
these  stones,  radiating  from  the  center.  At 
the  circumference,  these  furrows  were  about 
three  and  one-half  inches  wide  and  one-half 
an  inch  deep,  while  at  the  center  of  the  stone 
they  were  much  narrower  and  of  little,  if  any, 
depth.  When  die  stones  were  in  position,  one 
was  revolved  to  the  right  and  the  other  to  the 


j  left,  thus  crushing  the  corn  or  other  grain  fed 
!  between  them.     The  ignorance  of  the  people 
!  in  thiise  times  regarding  the  most  elementarv' 
laws  of  physics  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that 
their  object  in  cutting  these   furrows  was  to 
provide  a  way  of  escape  for  the  corn  or  meal. 
In   actual  practice,   however,   the   furrows  l>e- 
came   solidly  packed   with   the  grist,   and   the 
j  miller  was  robbed  of  a  very  large  portion  of 
I  what   would  have  been   the  grinding  surface 
!  of  his  buhrs.     Some  of  the  "old-timers"'  are  to 
I  be  found  who  still  contend  that  the  theory  was 
right,  though  no  furrows  are  to  be  found  on 
modern  mill-stones.     Such  mills  as  these  were 
also  used  at  a  later  time  for  grinding  flaxseed 
in  the  manufacture  of  oil. 
I  The  sawmills  bore  no  resemblance  to  those 

j  of  the  present  time.  They  were  known  as  "up- 
and-down"  mills.  A  long  saw-blade,  looking 
something  like  the  large  cross-cut  saws  now 
used  for  cutting  logs  and  heavy  timber  by 
hand,  was  fastened  in  an  upright  position,  the 
lower  end  of  the  saw  being  attached  to  the 
side  of  a  wheel,  which  when  it  revolved,  gave 
the  saw  an  up-and-down  motion.  On  each  side 
of  the  saw  were  placed  upright  stanchions, 
made  of  flat  boards,  perhaps  six  inches  in 
width.  These  were  pushed  against  tlie  sides  of 
the  log  and  held  in  place  by  wedges,  the  ob- 
ject being-  to  steady  the  log  in  its  position  on 
the  carriage.  The  log-carriage  was  propelled 
toward  the  saw  by  power,  but  it  had  to  be  re- 
turned to  the  starting  point  by  hand.  The 
boards  were  sawed  only  to  within  a  few  inches 
of  the  end  of  the  log.  and  after  all  the  cuts  had 
been  made,  wedges  were  inserted  between  the 
Ixjards,  at  the  end  of  the  cuts,  and  these  wedges 
were  driven  down,  thus  splitting  that  part  of 
the  log  remaining  uncut.  When  the  circular 
saw  was  introduced,  it  inspired  many  dark 
forebodings  of  the  disasters  which  were  sure  to 
follow  the  starting  of  its  rip-roaring  racket, 
and  that  the  mills  were  not  torn  to  pieces  and 
everyone  connected  v.'ith  them  killed  was  in- 
deed a  miracle. 

While  mills  were  started  at  a  number  of 

different  places  in  the  county  at  alx)ut  the  same 

time,  there  seems  to  be  little  question  that  the 

'  first  one  was  built  by  Nathan    Carpenter    in 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


1804.  This  was  011  the  Olentangy  in  Liberty 
Township.  It  was  used  at  first  for  a  sawmill, 
but  a  pair  of  "nigger-heads"  were  soon  in- 
stalled. We  do  not  know  just  how  long  this 
mill  was  in  commission,  but  we  know  that  for 
several  years  it  was  the  only  mill  in  the  county, 
and  was  a  boon  to  the  pioneers  in  furnishing 
them  with  meal  and  lumber. 

In  1807,  Richard  Hoskins  built  tht  first 
saw  mill  in  Scioto  Township,  at  the  m.nuh  of 
Boke's  Creek.  He  ran  it  for  some  years,  but 
for  how  long  is  not  known. 

The  first  mill  in  Berlin  Township  was  built 
by  Nathaniel  Hall  in  iSoS.  It  was  located  on 
Alum  Creek,  near  the  present  Delaware  and 
Sunbury  pike.  Probably  it  was  used  for  saw- 
ing lumber  as  well  as  for  grinding  grist.  In 
1S14,  Joseph  Lewis  built  a  grist-mill  and  saw- 
mill near  Cheshire.  Philip  Plorshaw  settled  in 
Scioto  Township  in  1809  and  immediately 
built  tlie  first  grist-mill.  It  was  located  on  the 
site  of  the  present  mill  at  Warrensburg.  This 
site  has,  undoubtedly,  the  best  water-power  in 
the  county,  enough  to  develop  300  horse-pow  er. 
At  present,  only  one  hundred  horse  power  is 
used.  The  piower  is  constant  throughout  the 
year.  The  mill  has  a  capacity  of  fifty  barrels 
of  flour  per  day.  and  for  the  past  five  years  has 
been  operated  by  C.  K.  Cunningham,  whose 
flour  brand  is  "Triple  Star."  The  mill,  wh^"ch 
is  owned  by  Frank  \\in  Brimmer,  was  remod- 
eled and  enlarged  to  its  present  size  of  three 
stories,  many  years  ago  by  Fred  Decker.  The 
machinery,  however,  was  installed  at  a  more 
recent  date. 

Colonel  Byxbe  was  alive  to  the  needs  of 
his  new  settlement  in  Delaware,  and  soon  after 
coming  here,  he  set  about  erecting  a  sawmill 
and  a  grist-mill.  A  wooden  dam  was  built 
across  the  river  at  the  site  of  the  present  dam. 
and  Erastus  Bowe  constructed  a  race  from  that 
point  parallel  with  the  river  to  what'  is  now- 
East  Central  Avenue,  where  it  emptied  into  the 
river.  This  race  still  remains,  a  monument 
to  its  faithful  and  skilful  builder.  The  saw- 
mill was  like  others  of  its  time,  and  likewise 
the  grist  mill,  which  was  located  on  the  race, 
south  of  the  sawmill,  quite  near  tri  the  present 
front  of  the  lot  on  East  Central  Avenue.     In 


1S09,  C.ilbert  Carjjenter,  Sr.,  built  a  race  be- 
tween Big  and  Little  Walnut  Creeks,  near  the 
present  village  of  Galena,  and  erected  a  saw- 
mill. About  1810,  Nicholas  iNIanville  built  a 
grist-mill  about  half  a  mile  southeast  of  the 
present  \illage  of  Sunbury,  and  in  1815  he 
built  a  sawmill  in  connection  with  it.  In  18 18, 
Benjamin  Carpenter.  Jr.,  built  a  race  between 
the  two  Walnut  Creeks  a  little  south  of  Gilbert 
Caqi^^nter,  Sr.'s  race,  and  erected  a  grist-mill. 
This  mill  was  in  operation  for  many  years, 
and  was  doing  good  service  in  the  early  '8o's. 

For  some  years,  the  early  settlers  of  Har- 
lem Township  had  to  go  to  Chillicothe  for  their 
milling.  The  first  mill  in  Harlem  was  operated 
by  hand,  but  it  is  not  known  when  it  was  built. 
In  181 5  or  1816,  a  horse-power  mill  was 
started,  and  not  long  afterwards,  John  Budd, 
Sr.,  built  the  first  water-power  grist-mill  and 
sav.-mill.  It  was  located  on  Duncan  Run.  Ben- 
jamin 'SI.  Fairchild  also  built  a  saw  nn'll  and 
grist-mill  on  this  Run,  and  at  an  early  day 
Benajah  Cook  built  a  sawmill  on  the  same 
stream.  A  saw  mill  was  erected  on  Spencer 
Run  at  an  early  day  by  Colonel  D.-  Keeler.- 

Tlie  first  mills  in  Genoa  Township  were 
built  by  Jeremiah  Curtis,  on  the  Big  \\'alnut 
in.  the  northern  part  of  the  township.  After 
running  the  mills  a. year  or  two,  Curtis  sold 
out  to  Elisha  Newell.  Fle  ran  the  mill  only 
a  year,  and  in  1816,  he  sold  it  to  Hezekiah 
Roberts.  The  dam  and  the  buildings  had  be- 
come undermined  and  unsafe,  so  Roberts  built 
a  race  across  his  farm,  and  erected  a  three- 
story,  hewn-log  grist-mill,  to  which  he  trans- 
ferred the  running  gear  and  "nigger-heads", 
of  the  old  mill.  This  mill  was  operated  until 
1839,  when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  The 
owner  at  that  time  was  a  man  named  Duncan. 
The  mill  was  rebuilt,  and  soon  after  was  sold 
to  R.  C.  Barnum,  who  was  succeeded  in  own- 
ership by  Lewis  ]\Iahany,  who  installed  a  steam 
power-plant.  After  a  number  of  years,  busi- 
ness began  to  decline  and  Mahany  sold  out  to 
Mathias  Roberts.  He  shipped  the  engine  and 
gearing  to  Illinois,  where  he  started  a  new 
mill.  About  1826  or  "27,  Squire  Sylvester 
Hough  and  Dr.  Eleazar  Copeland  erected  a 
grist-mill   and   sawmill   down    where    Yankee 


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133 


Street  crosses  the  Big  Walnut.  It  was  not 
long  before  they  were  joined  by  I.  S.  Carpen- 
ter. He  induced  them  to  build  a  brick  dry- 
house,  and  installed  machinery  in  the'  mill  for 
breaking  flax,  which  at  that  time  was  the  prin- 
cipal farm  product. 

A    TRAGIC    OCCURKEXCK. 

Dr.  Copeland  met  his  death  in  a 
tragic  manner  through  his  connection  with 
this  mill.  W'e  quote  the  following  ac- 
count of  the  sad  aft'air;  ''During  a  continuance 
of  low  water,  there  had  accumulated  a  great 
many  logs  about  the  mill.  A  sudden  and  heavy 
rairi  having  raised  the  water  in  the  creek,  the 
logs  were  floated  oft,  and  began  going  down 
stream  in  the  current.  ^Irs.  Copeland,  notic- 
ing this  fact,  suggested  that  her  husband,  who 
was  an  excellent  swimmer,  should  eiiter  the 
water  and  try  to  save  them.  The  doctor  leaped 
in,  for  the  purpose  of  gaining  the  other  side, 
but  when  in  about  th'.;  middle,  he  was  seized 
with  cramps,  and  after  a  vain  effort  to  reach 
the  bank,  sank  under  the  turbulent  waters  and 
was  drowned.  This  occurred  on  \\'ednesday, 
and  although  people  gathered  from  every  di- 
rection to  search  for  his  body,  it  was  not  found 
until  the  following  Sunday,  and  then'  under 
circumstances  that  were  very  peculiar.  It  was 
understood  throughout  the  section  that  a  thor- 
ough search  was  to  be  made  on  that  day,  and 
a  great  crowd  had  gathered  for  tliat  purpose. 
John  Roberts  and  his  brother-i".-law,  ^h. 
Smith,  had  left  the  main  party,  who  were  ex- 
ploring near  where  he  went  under,  and  be- 
gan to  search  farther  down  stream,  on  the  west 
bank.  Having  sat  down  nearly  opposite  the 
mouth  of  Spruce  Run  to  take  a  rest,  John  Rob- 
erts' attention  was  attracted  by  the  hum  of 
flies,  and  watching  them  closely,  he  saw  them 
go  in  and  out  of  a  small  hole  which  had  been 
made  by  one  of  the  searching  party  in  a  small 
sand-bar.  He  went  down  tii  the  spot,  and, 
after  scraping  away  the  sand,  he  discovered 
the  body,  face  downwartl,  completely  covered 
with  sand  and  driftwood."  About  1838,  a 
man  named  McLeod,  who  came  from  Pennsyl- 
vania, put  up  a  saw  mil!  on  the  Big  Walnut, 


just  a  little  south  of  the  middle  line  of  the 
township. 

The  first  sawmill  in  Kingston  Township 
was  built  in  1819  by  Leonard  Lott  on  the  Lit- 
tle Walnut.  Peter  Van  Sickle  built  a  saw- 
mill on  the  same  stream  somewhere  about  the 
year  1S30.  The  exact  date  of  the  establishment 
of  the  first  sawnn'U  in  Marlborough  Township 
is  not  known,  but  as  early  as  1820,  Robert 
Campbell,  who  came  from  Philadelphia,  had 
one  in  operation.  It  was  located  on  the  \Vhet- 
stone  Ri\-er,  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the 
township,  and  as  late  as  1880,  was  said  to  be  the 
best  water-power  saw  mill  on  the  river.  About 
1820.  John'Xettleton  set  up  the  first  sawmill 
in  Orange  Township.  It  was  located  in  the 
southeastern  part  of  the  township.  It  was 
changed  to  a  grist-mill  about  1S35,  and  at  once 
achieved  a  reputation  for  the  fine  quality  of  its 
flour.  This  mill  was  operated  for  many  years, 
during  which  time  it  passed  through  the  hands 
of  a  number  of  different  owners. 

Joseph  Cole,  who  settled  in  what  is  now 
Troy  Township,  built  the  first  sawmill  here  in 
1820.  About  1823,  he  erected  a  gristmill.  The 
first  meal  that  was  ground  was  used  in  powder- 
ing the  hair  of  Xewman  Haven,  the  mill- 
wright. The  first  dam  that  was  b'uilt  was  a 
crude  afifair  of  the  type  we  have  already  de- 
schibed.  It  was  carried  away  by  a  freshet,  and 
was  replaced  by  a  more  substantial  one.  The 
owner  of  this  dam  had  a  narrow  escape  on  one 
occasion,  that  illustrates  the  hazards  taken  by 
the  early  pioneers,  while  the  rescue  by  his  son 
shows  their  ability  to  quickly  grasp  a  situation 
and  to  do  the  right  thing  at  the  right  time  on 
the  spur  of  the  moment.  W'e  quote  the  fol- 
lowing narrative  of  the  event :  'Tt  seems  that 
the  water  had  forced  its  way  throitgh  a  weak 
place  in  the  dam,  gradually  increasing  the 
crevice  until  it  had  washed  out  a  large  hole  in 
the  bottom,  through  which  the  water  was 
pouring  with  great  velocity.  'Mr.  Cole,  seeing 
the  danger  that  threatened  the  rest  of  the  dam, 
immediately  got  a  corps  of  workmen  and  be- 
gan repairing  the  break.  While  standing, 
looking  down  into  the  hole,  superintending  the 
filling,  he  lost  his  balance  and  fell  into  the  boil- 
ing,   foaming  vortex.     In    an    instant   he   was 


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swept  through  the  dam  into  the  deep  water  be- 
yond. Hugh  Cole  was  engaged  in  hauhng 
logs  to  help  repair  the  dam,  and  was  just  re- 
turning with  one  when  he  saw  his  father  fall 
into  the  hole.  The  next  moment  he  saw  him 
struggling  in  the  I>ranche^  of  a  submerged 
sycamore  tree,  which  had  lioated  over  the  dam 
a  few  days  previous,  and  into  which  the  cur- 
rent bad  carried  him.  He  sprang  to  the 
ground,  and,  cutting  the  hame  string,  took 
one  of  the  horses  out,  jumped  upon  his  back, 
swam  him  across  the  river  to  where  a  "dug- 
out" was  tiedj  and,  pushing  that  into  the 
streams,  paddled  to  where  his  father  was.  and 
brought  him  to  shore.  It  was  found  ujwn  ex- 
amination that  Mr.  Cole's  right  arm  was  dis- 
located and  that  he  was  otherwise  badly 
bruised.  He  told  his  son  that  in  three  minutes 
more  be  would  ba\e  been  compelled  to  release 
his  hold,  and  in  all  probaliility,  ho  v.X)uld  liave 
been  drowned.  It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to 
give  another  instance  connected  with  this  dam, 
that  resulted  more  fatally  to  one  party,  at  least. 
In  183.',  Thomas  Willey  and  Nathaniel  Cozard 
attempted  to  cross  the  river  just  above  the 
dam,  in  an  old  "dug-out."  It  seems  that  neither 
of  the  men  had  had  much  experience  with  that 
kind  of  a  craft,  and,  as  tlie  river  was  high  and 
the  current  swift,  they  were  carried  over  the 
dam.  By  a  strange  coincidence,  Hugh  Cole 
was  riding  along  the  bank  and  saw  the  men 
pass  over.  Dashing  his  horse  into  the  angry 
waters  just  below  the  dam,  he  seized  Willey  by 
the  hair  as  he  was  going  down  the  last  time, 
and  brought  him  safely  to  shore.  Cozard  was 
carried  down  the  stream  and  drowned.  His 
body  was  found  soon  after  about  a  mile  below 
tlie  dam."  Lyman  ^lain  built  a  dam  and  saw 
mill  on  "Horseshoe  Creek,"  in  1S32,  and  ran 
the  mill  for  a  number  of  years.  Two  years 
later,  Timothy  'Slam  erected  a  saw  mill  on  the 
same  stream,  near  the  line  between  Oxford 
and  Troy  Township.  It  did  service  for  a 
number  of  years,  but  disappeared  like  the  other 
mills  of  those  days. 

The  first  mill  in  Thompson  Township  was 
one  for  grinding  grist,  erected  near  the  mouth 
nf  Fulton's  Creek  by  James  Cochran,  about 
1827.     Previous  to  this  time,  milling  for  the 


settlers  in  this  township  was  done  at  ]Millville, 
which,  as  distances  were  counted  in  those 
days,  was  "handy."  A  few  years  later,  Ros- 
well  Field,  who  came  into  the  settlement  from 
Canada,  about  the  same  time  as  Cochran,  built 
a  saw  mill  on  the  same  site,  and  rebuilt  the 
grist  mill,  which  by  that  time  was  showing  the 
ravages  of  time.  The  mill  now  owned  and 
operated  by  Bruce  Charles  on  Fulton  Creek, 
in  Thompson  township,  was  built  in  1834  by 
Roswell  Fields  on  the  site  where  James  Coch- 
ran had  built  a  grist  mill  in  1827.  At  his  death, 
the-  mill  passed  to  Roswell  b'ields'  son,  Sam- 
uel, who  sold  it  to  Simon  Charles,  the  father 
of  the  present  owner,  in  1859.  The  original 
up-and-down  saw  and  gearing  are  still  pre- 
served at  the  mill.  The  sills,  braces  and  all 
of  the  siding  used  in  the  construction  of  the 
building  are  of  black  walnut.  Power  is  now 
furnished  by  a  25-horse-po\\er  steam  engine 
and  a  14-horse-power  gasoline  engine.  The 
oldest  mill  building  now  standing  is  that  owned 
by  George  Mulzer  of  Liberty  Township.  Mr. 
Mulzer  says  that  be  has  records  that  show  that 
this  building  was  originally  erected  during  the 
first  few  years  of  the  nineteenth  century  by  a 
man  named  Hinder.  D.  W.  C.  Lugenbeel 
states  that  one  of  his  classmates  at  the  Ohio 
Wesleyan  University  was  Harry  Lathrop, 
whose  father  began  operating  this  mill  about 
the  time  of  the  second  war  with  England,  and 
continued  to  do  so  until  late  in  the  4o's.  At 
that  time  a  grist  mill  and  an  up-and-down  saw 
mill  were  located  here.  The  next  owner  of 
whom  we  have  knowledge  was  James  Walcott, 
who  had  the  property  for  ten  years,  and  sold  it 
to  2^Iurray  Case,  who.  a  few  months  later, 
transferred  the  mill  to  Herman  ■Mulzer,  the 
father  of  George  Mulzer,  who  for  many  years 
was  a  partner  in  the  business  and  now  retains 
an  equal  interest  in  the  property  with  his  fa- 
ther's estate.  The  hewn  timbers  of  the  original 
building  are  still  in  a  perfect  state  of  preserva- 
tion. Nineteen  years  ago  a  new  saw  mill  was 
installed,  and  in  1897,  a  50-horse-power  en- 
gine was  purchased.  This  power  is  supple- 
mented by  the  natural  water-power.  Flour, 
buckwlieat  flour  and  chop  feed  are  still  manu- 
factured here. 


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Tlie  first  saw  mill  in  Thompson  Township 
was  built  in  1S30,  by  Jacob  Swartz.  About 
1S63,  Clark  Decker  built  a  saw  mill  in  the  ex- 
treme northeaster!!  portion  of  the  township  on 
the  Scioto  River,  and  in  1S87.  H.  P.  Pickrell, 
who  had  run  a  mill  at  Ostrander,  built  a  large 
grist  mill  on  the  site  w  hich  had  been  occiipied 
by-  Cone's  woolen  mill. 

The  first  saw  mdl  in  Concord  Township 
was  built  on  ]\Iill  Creek  by  Col.  Seburn  Hinton, 
one  of  the  first  settlers.  He  did  a  large  lumber 
business,  and  also  rafted  logs  and  lumber  down 
the  Scioto  to  Columbus,  and  even  down  to  the 
Ohio  River.  He  also  built  a  grist  mill.  The 
date  when  this  mill  was  erected  has  long  been 
forgotten,  but  we  know  that  it  was  enlarged 
in  183S,  and  that  on  account  of  the  growth  of 
tlie  business,  new  machinery  was  placed  in  it 
a  few  years  after  that.  He  sold  the  mill  to 
Jabez  Cole,  who  sotrl  the  property  a  few  years 
later  to  Fred  Decker,  who  finally  sold  it  to  a 
man  named  Cruikshank  and  bought  the  mill  at 
Millvil'e,  (jr  W'arrensburg,  as  the  villap.e  is 
now  called.  After  that  it  passed  througii  the 
hands  of  several  owners,  one  of  whom,  Dr, 
Blymer,  made  extensive  improvements  in  it.  At 
a  later  date  it  was  owned  by  Dr.  ]Morrison,  at 
one  time  a  practicing  physician  of  Delaware, 
It  is  not  known  when  or  by  whom  the  first  saw 
mill  was  erected  in  Brown  Township,  but  it 
was  several  years  prior  to  1S30.  The  mill  was 
located  on  Alum  Creek,  about  three  miles  north 
of  Eden,  and  never  attained  any  importance. 
In  1S30,  Ezekiel  Longwell  built  a  saw  mill  on 
that  stream,  within  the  limits  of  the  village  of 
Eden.  Later,  when  it  was  becoming  some- 
what rlilapidaled,  it  came  into  the  jxissession  of 
William  K,  Thrall,  who  repaired  it  and  also 
built  a  grist  mill  to  run  in  connection  with  it. 
The  mill  was  operated  by  different  owners  un- 
til about  twenty  or  twenty-five  years  ago, 
when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire. 

Th^  first  saw  mill  in  Porter  Township  was 
built  by  Samuel  Dowell,  a  native  of  Mary- 
land, who  settled  in  this  locality  about  1830. 
The  "County  History,"  published  in  1S80, 
says  that  the  mill  v.-as  built  on  the  head-wa- 
ters of  Sugar  Creek,  and  passed  from  Dowell 
to  his  adopted  son,  George  Deets,  who  ran  it 


for  many  years.  About  1832,  Rev,  Henry 
Davey,  a  "Dimkard"  preacher,  built  a  saw 
mill  about  half  a  mile  down  the  stream  from 
the  Dowell  mill.  Another  early  mill  was 
owned  by  Gedrge  Synder  and  was  also  located 
on  Sugar  Creek.  About  the  same  time,  Cham- 
ber's mills  were  built  on  the  Big  Walnut,  about 
a  mile  and  a  half  north  of  Ea.st  Liberty.  A  mill 
of  much  more  recent  origin  was  operated  by 
Emmett  Carnes  for  sawing  lumber  and  grind- 
ing feed.  It  is  probably  twenty  years  since 
this  mill  was  abandoned.  Because  of  the  mill- 
ing facilities  -established  in  the  older  nearby 
settlements,  no  mills  were  Ijuilt  in  Oxford 
Township  until  1832.  In  that  year  Milton 
Pierce  and  Henry  Riley  erected  a  mill  where 
Basin  Branch  empties  into  Alum  Creek.  It 
was  operated  many  years  until  it  became 
decrepit  from  old  age  and  hard  usage.  In 
1846,  Lewis  Powers  bought  the  mill  from  Joel 
Coles  and  rebuilt  it.  He  ran  it  until  about 
1849,  ^vhen  he  sold  it  to  Rev,  Benjamin  Mar- 
ton,  a  Baptist  minister.  He  raised  a  good  deal 
of  fiax,  and  so  changed  the  mill  into  a  flax 
mill.  The  property  still  remains  in  the  Martin 
family,  but  the  mill  is  no  more,  having  been 
abandoned  about  twenty  years  ago.  About  the 
same  'time  that  Pierce  and  Riley  built  their 
mill,  Hosea  Waters  started  a  grist  mill  a  lit- 
tle farther  up  the  stream.  The  "nigger-head" 
buhr-stones  were  run  by  horse-power.  Slow 
as  was  this  method  of  making  flour,  it  was  a 
great  improvement  over  the  old  custom,  bom 
of  necessity,  of  going  from  ten  to  twent}"  miles 
to  mill. 

The  first  saw  mill  in  Trenton  Township  was 
built  in  1835,  by  Middleton  Perfect  and  Haz- 
ard Adams.  The  same  year.  John  Van  Sickle 
built  the  first  grist  mill  in  the  township.  It 
was  located  on  the  Big  Walnut,  about  half  a 
mile  northeast  of  Sanburv.  E.  M.  Condit 
bought  this  mill  from  Van  Sickle  in  [835  and 
operated  it  until  1862,  when  lie  sold  it  to 
Jacob  Boyd.  What  was  known  as  the  old 
Brailey  mill  was  built  on  the  creek,  about  half 
a  mile  below  the  Van  Sickle  mill,  in  1845. 
This  mill  came  into  the  possession  of  Plenry 
Boyd,  and  at  a  later  date  he  purchased  the 
Van  Sickle  mill  from  his  brother,  [acob  Boyd, 


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and  transferred  most  of  the  machinery  frmn  it 
to  the  Brailey  mill.  Other  early  saw-mills 
tliere  were,  of  which  little  is  known.  One  of 
these  was  owned  by  a  man  named  Stuckwell; 
another  was  located  on  Perfect's  Creek  and 
was  n:n  for  a  number  of  years  by  J.  Condit. 
Alvin  P.  Condit  had  a  mill  on  tlie  north  branch 
of  Rattlesnake  Run.  At  an  early  date  a  man 
named  Crane  built  a  spw  mill  on  Big  Walnut 
at  the  mouth  of  Rattlesnake  Run.  just  on  the 
township  line.  This  was  operated  by  one, 
Williams  for  some  years.  The  "Old  Stone 
Mill,"  as  it  has  long  been  known,  located  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Olentangy,  about  a  mile 
north  of  Delaware,  -^vas  built  by  Fred  Decker 
and  11.  J.  L.  Brown,  at  an  early  day,  probably 
during  the  '30's.  Many  men  identitied  with 
the  early  milling  interests  of  the  county  were 
at  one  time  or  another  owners  or  part  owners 
in  this  mill.  Among  them  we  may  name  Reu- 
ben Zeigler,  James  Slough,  Charles  Wottring 
and  Anthony  Smith.  The  latter  was  the  last 
one  who  operated  the  mill,  which  was  aban- 
doned perhaps  thirty  }'ears  ago. 

About  thirty-five  years  ago.  G.  W.  Brown 
and  G.  W.  Hughes  bought  what  had  been  a 
carding-mill  in  Galena,  and  began  the  manu- 
facture of  ■  corn-planters  and  hay-rakes  in  a 
small  way.  A  few  years  later,  James  R. 
Smythe  bought  Brown's  interest,  and  the  firm 
name  of  Hughes  &  Smythe  was  adopted,  and 
has  been  retained  to  the  present  time.  The 
factory  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1896,  and  was 
at  once  replaced  by  a  two-story  frame  building. 
The  busines's  employs  about  fourteen  people, 
who  annually  turn  out  about  1,200  hay-rakes, 
8.000  to  10,000  corn-planters,  and  15,000  to 
20,000  animal-pokes.  The  lirm  of  Wheaton 
&  Cummings  of  Sunbury  also  manufacture 
from  8,000  to  10,000  pokes  annually.  A  rake 
factory  was  started  in  1853  in  what  is  now^ 
the  village  of  Ashley,  but  was  operated  only 
about  a  year  when  the  property  was  sold  to  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

CHAIR  MANUF.\CTURE. 

In  1870,  :\Iessrs.  R.  G.  Lybrand,  T.  E. 
Powell  and  Charles  W.   Clippinger   formed  a 


co-partnership  under  the  name  of  The  Dela- 
ware Chair  Company,  for  the  manufacture  of 
chairs.  John  G.  Strain,  an  old  chair-maker, 
who  had  been  making  splint  chairs  and  selling 
them  from  a  wagon  in  a  small  way,  induced 
these  gentlemen  to  take  up  the  manufacture 
of  these  chairs  on  a  larger  scale.  A  frame 
building,  28  x  60  feet,  two  stories  high,  was 
erected  011  East  Winter  Street.  Power  was 
taken  by  a  wire  cable  from  the  planing-mill 
of  Clippinger  &  Company,  to  the  south,  now 
a  part  of  the  ^IcKenzie  mill.  Mr.  Strain  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  factory,  and  while  he 
was  not  so  successful  as  had  been  anticipatea, 
he  demonstrated  that  there  was  a  demand  for 
the  product.  ^Ir.  R.  G.  Lybrand,  who  was 
engaged  in  the  stove  business  at  that  time, 
gave  it  up  in  order  to  devote  his  entire  time, 
to  the  chair  factory.  The  first  year's  business 
was  small,  but  the  Chicago  fire,  which  occurred 
in  187 1,  created  a  demand  for  all  kinds  of 
furniture,  and  these  chairs  rose  rapidly  in 
popular  favor.  The  business  increased  so 
rapidly  that  additions  to  the  factory  were  built 
in  1872,  'jT,  and  '74,  giving  the  Company 
a  building  finally  that  was  74  x  100  feet  and 
three  stories  high.  In  1S71  ^Ir.  Clippinger 
sold  his  interest  to  Samuel  Lj'brand,  and  the 
business  was  continued  as  a  co-partnership  un- 
til 1S85,  when  it  was  incorporated  by  R.  G. 
Lybrand.  T.  E.  Powell,  A.  Lybrand,  Jr.,  and 
Samuel  Lybrand.  The  capital  stock  is  S150,- 
000.  The  present  officers  of  the  company  are : 
R.  G.  Lybrand  president  and  treasurer;  A. 
Lybrand,  vice-president  and  secretary.  In 
1880,  they  moved  the  business  to  the  buildings 
that  had  been  erected  and  used  by  the  Dela- 
ware 3>Ianufacturing  Company  on  Flax  Street. 
The  property  now  comprises  eight  acres  of 
land  and  six  or  seven  substantial  stone  and 
brick  buildings.  The  company  manufactures 
all  kinds  of  chairs.  They  were  pioneers  in 
the  manufacture  of  the  double-cane  seat,  and 
all  this  class  of  work  has  come  to  be  known 
in  the  trade  as  the  "Delaware  chair.''  The 
product  of  this  factory  is  shipped  all  over  the 
country.  About  125  people  are  employed  in 
this  factory,  to  say  nothing  of  the  large  num- 
ber who  cane  chairs  at  their  homes. 


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LUMBER     AXD     FURXITURE. 

The  McKenzic  Lumber  Ci'initany.  Tlii> 
company's  plant  is  located  un  the  site  of  an 
old  ashery.  Here  John  A.  Clippinger  and 
George  \V.  Perry  Iniilt  a  three-story  brick 
mill  in  iS66.  the  tirst  two  stories  of  which 
were  used  for  a  planing-mill.  They  manu- 
facUired  all  kind:^  of  interior  finish,  including 
doors,  sash  and  blinds.  Later  ^Ir.  Clippinger 
became  sole  proprietor,  and  after  a  time  failed 
in  business.  The  mill  then  remained  idle  for 
some  time.  In  the  spring  of  1896  McKenzie 
&  Thompson  came  to  Delaware  and  bought  the 
old  Clippinger  mill.  At  first  they  employed 
about  thirty  people.  In  1902  Mr.  Thompson 
retired,  and  F.  E.  AIcKenzie  and  P.  H.  Said 
became  members  of  the  firm,  the  name  of 
which  became  Tlie  [NIcKenzie  I>umber  Com- 
pany. They  have  Uvq  mills  :  One  at  Delaware, 
where  they  employ  about  forty-five  people : 
one  at  Norton,  where  they  employ  about  twenty 
people.  This  was  established  in  1899.  The 
company  also  has  a  portable  mill  at  Sunbury. 
The  other  mills  are  outside  of  Delaware 
County.  Altogether,  about  one  hundred  peo- 
ple are  employed  by  this  company.  Their 
plant  in  Delaware  is  on  a  lot  including  about 
five  acres.  The  teaming  and  logging  work 
requires  sixty  head  of  horses.  About  thirty- 
six  carloads  of  sucker-rods  are  manufactured 
each  year.  A  large  -business  is  also  done  in 
buggy  and  wagon  stock.  From  4.000.000  to 
5,000,000  feet  of  lumber  is  manufactured  an- 
nually, and  this  is  shipped  all  over  the  L'nited 
States  and  to  foreign  countries. 

In  1900  C.  C.  Dunlap  started  a  steam  saw- 
mill on  land  leased  from  the  Hocking  \'alley 
Railroad.  A  building  75  x  125  feet  was 
erected.  In  1903,  a  planing-mill  was  also  es- 
tablished. About  300,000  feet  of  hardwood' 
lumber  are  sawed  and  manufactured  annually, 
including  a  large  quantity  of  wagon  stock, 
which  is  marketed  principally  in  South  Bend, 
Indiana.  About  300  carloads  of  softwood  lum- 
ber is  handled  annually,  the  business  being 
conducted  on  both  a  wholesale  and  retail 
basis. 


The  firm  of  Clark  &  Lattenfield  was  estab- 
lished January  I.  1904.  Their  business,  how- 
ever, is  one  that  dates  its  beginning  back  at 
least  thirty-five  years,  when  Frank  C.  Ger- 
liart  started  in  the  lumber  business  at  the  rail- 
road crossing  on  South  Sandusky  Street.  Dur- 
ing all  these  years  a  planing-mill  has  been  run 
as  a  part  of  tlie  business.  The  manufacture  of 
cement  building  blocks  was  begun  here  in  the 
spring  of  1903.  All  kinds  o\'  building  ma- 
terial and  supplies  and  coal  ar;  handled  by  this 
firm. 

Jeffrey  Brothers  saw-  and  planing-mill  at 
Ashley.  This  mill  was  established  about  i860 
by  Lewis  Powers.  Sometime  in  the  early 
'8o"s  Mr.  Powers  took  his  son  into  partnership. 
Evidently  the  business  was  not  successful,  be- 
cause in  August,  1906,  it  v>as  sold  at  sheritt's 
sale  to  A.  L.,  O.  S.,  M.,  and  I.  B.  Jeftrey.  who 
with  their  father,  composed  the  firm  of  F. 
M.  Jeffrey  &  Sons.  The  saw-mill  building  is 
22  X  86  feet  and  the  planiug-mill  is  40  x  50 
feet.  Each  mill  has  its  own  engine  and  boiler. 
They  manufacture  about  500,000  feet  of  hard- 
wood lumber  annually,  and  they  also  do  a 
retail  business  in  softwood  lumber  and  interior 
finish  amounting  to  Sio.ooo  to  Si 5.000  an- 
nually. They  also  have  a  well-equipped  ma- 
chine-shop, in  which  they  do  all  kinds  of  ma- 
chine   repairing. 

J.  T.  Erwin  established  a  saw-mill  at  Sun- 
bury  in  1898.  He  handles  about  a  hundrerl 
carload  of  hardwood  lumber  each  vear.  He 
manufactures  hardwood  frames  for  buildings 
and  wagon  stock,  and  also  exports  a  large 
atuount  of  white  oak  in  large  dimensions.  At 
times  as  many  as  twehe  men  are  employed 
here. 

The  Ashley  Lodge  and  Church  Furniture 
Company.  This  business  was  established  by 
W.-  \\\  Stratt(Mi,  in  1869,  to  manufacture  a 
line  of  furniture  such  as  the  name  of  the  com- 
pany implies.  Until  1900.  he  sold  direct  to 
lodges  and  other  organizations.  In  1900  the 
policy  of  selling  only  at  wholesale  was  adopted. 
In  1905  the  business  was  incorporated  under 
its  present  title.  C.  S.  Aldrich  is  president, 
Edward    Keltner    is    treasurer     and     W.     W. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTY 


Stratton  is  secretary  and  manager.  The  pres- 
ent bnililing,  which  was  originally  an  opera 
house,  has  been  occupied  for  nearly  thirty 
years.  The  company  numbers  among. its  cus- 
tomers e\-ery  regalia  house  in  the  United 
Stales.  Some  of  the  outfits  which  it  manu- 
factures for  lodges  sell  for  as  much  as  St. 500. 
The  business  totals  from  $15,000  to  $20,000 
a  yei'v  and  furnishes  employment  to  al)out 
iwenty  mcii. 

About  1903  Messrs.  Keys  &  W'orboys  of 
Xew  York  City  established  a  plant  in  Dela- 
ware for  the  maimfacture  of  barrel  hoops  and 
sta\es.  This  business  was  purchased  on  De- 
cember I,  1906,  by  J.  K.  Wylie,  who  has 
doubled  the  capacity  of  the  plant.  About 
thirty  men  are  employed,  and  about  30.000 
hoops  and  36.000  sta\-es  are  turned  out  daily, 
the  product  beir.g  shipped  to  cooperages  all 
over  the  country. 

The  Union  Handle  Manufactory,  at  Ash- 
ley, was  established  in  the  spring  of  1905.  by 
Harry  D.  Hale.  He  makes  all  kinds  of  fork, 
hoe.  rake,  shovel  and  "D"  handles:  also  runs 
a  saw-mill,  and  ships  alx)ut  a  hundred  car- 
loads of  lumber  a  year.  He  ships  ai.tout  a 
carload  of  wagon  stock  each  week.  The  main 
building  is  200  .x  46  feet,  and  in  the  spring  of 
190S,  an  addition  36x50  feet  in  dimensions 
was  erected  and  equipped  with  special  machin- 
ery for  the  manufacture  of  '"D"  hantUes.  The 
power  is  furnished  by  one  60  H.  P.  and  one 
50  H.  P.  engine  and  one  70  H.  P.  and  one 
So  H.  P.  boiler.  About  thirty-five  men  are 
employed  in  the  mill  and  a  like  number  in 
logging. 

FLOUR    MIILS. 

Flour-mill  at  Sunbury.  The  history  of 
this  mill  dates  back  to  about  1842,  when 
Samuel  Peck  and  T.  P.  Meyers  built  a  saw- 
mill half  a  mile  due  east  from  Sunbury.  This 
was  sold  to  James  Bailey  in  1848.  He  added 
a  grist-mill,  and  in  course  of  time  sold  the 
property  to  John  and  Henry  Boyd.  In  1872 
they  sold  the  mill  to  G.  J.  Eurrer,  one  of  the 
present  owners.  Three  years  later  Mr.  Burrer 
moved  the  mill  to  his  present  location  in  Sun- 


bury. The  mill  was  remodelled  in  18S2  and 
new  machinery  was  installed.  About  that 
time  improvements  in  milling  m.achiuery  were 
being  invented  at  a,  rapid  rate,  and  so  in  1S87, 
the  mill  was  again  remodelled.  Six  years 
later,  his  present  elevator,  having  a  capacity 
of  16,000  bushels,  was  erected.  In  1907  Mr. 
Burrcr's  son,  Parker,  was  admitted  to  part- 
nedship.  the  firm  name  of  G.  J.  Burrer  &  Son 
being  adopted.  Their  brand  of  flour  is  "White 
Loaf,"  and  the  present  capacity  of  the  mill 
is  eighty  barrels  per  day,  in  addition  to  the 
meal  and  other  feed  which  they  grind.  Power 
is  furnished  by  an  80  H.  P.  Cooper  engine. 

The  flour-mill  at  Ashley  was  estalMished 
in  1875,  when  the  Ashley  Milling  Company 
was  formed  by  AI.  B.  Shoemaker,  Dell  Coomer 
and  Joseph.  Cole,  whose  firm  name  was  Shoe- 
maker. Cole  &  Company.  They  erected  the 
present  mill  building,  in  which  they  installed 
old-fashioned  buhrs.  It  had  a  capacity  of 
fifty  barrels  a  day.  and  their  brand  of  flour, 
"Diamond  Wedding,"  was  widely  known  and 
used  for  many  years.  It  has  always  been  a 
steam  mill,  the  power  being  supplied  by  a 
65  H.  P.  slide-valve  engine.  The  mill  was 
])urchased  by  J.  B.  }vliller  &  Company  in  the 
late  '70's,  and  in  1SS2,  they  remodelled  it, 
installing  modern  flour-making  machinery  and 
increasing  the  capacity  of  the  mill  to  100  bar- 
rels. They  sold  out  to  O.  Jones,  John  Doty 
and  Frank  Miller  about  1886  or  'Sy.  After 
being  owned  by  several  other  parties,  the  mill 
came  into  the  possession  of  the  present  own- 
ers. L.  E.  Shoemaker  and  W.  M.  Shoemaker, 
who  have  adopted  the  firm  name  of  the  Shoe- 
maker JMilling  Company.  "Mother's  Choice" 
is  the  brand  of  flour  now  made,  and  besides 
having  a  large  sale  in  all  the  surrounding 
towns,  an  average  of  650  barrels  a  month  is 
shipped  to  Columbus. 

The  Powell  [Milling  Company  was  organ- 
ized in  August,  1907,  by  Frederick  H.  Jaycox, 
H.  E.  Sharp  and  Dr.  Charles  F.  Talley.  They 
installed  a  Miller  40  H.  P.  gasoline  engine, 
which  consumes  only  three  gallons  of  gasoline 
per  day.  "Straight  Grade"  is  the  brand  manu- 
factured, the  capacity  of  the  mill  being  forty 
barrels   per   day.      Everything   in   the   line   of 


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feeil  is  also  ground.  As  the  macliinery  which 
was  installed  in  this  mill  was  brought  from 
an  old  mill  on  the  Scinto  River,  it  may  !;ie  well 
to  state  here  such  tacts  as  we  have  been  able 
to  oljtain  concerning  that  site,  which  is  in 
Concord  Townshij).  about  two  miles  below 
Belle;)oint  and  a  mile  north  ot  the  Girls'  In- 
tlustria!  Home.  So  far  as  we  know,  the  first 
mill  lure  was  built  by  a  m.m  named  Fred- 
ericks. It  was  burned  in  1SO9,  and  at  that 
time  was  owned  by  Lee  Went.  ■  In  1876,  David 
W'illey  and  Thomas  Slough  built  a  mill  at  this 
point.  W'illey  sold  out  to  his  partner  after 
two  years.  After  some  time,  the  mill  passed 
into  the  hands  of  James  Slough.  About  1880 
his  estate  sold  it  to  Daniel  Stokes.  About 
1889  he  sold  the  mill  to  Erastus  Stone,  -who 
sold  it  about  1893  to  John  Jaycox.  From,  him 
the  property  passed  to  his  son,  Frederick  H. 
Jaycox.  He  put  in  a  steam  plant,  which  he 
later  replaced  with  a  gasoline  engine.  As 
above  noted,  Air.  Jaycox  dismantled  the  mill 
and  reiuoved  the  machinery  to  Powell,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1907.  so  the  old  Magnolia  mill,  as  it 
was  called  by  Willey  S;  Slough,  has  doubtless 
seen  its  last  days  of  service. 

\Vhat  is  now  commonly  spoken  of  as 
Snyder's  mill,  which  is  located  at  69  East 
Central  Avenue,  Delaware,  will  soon  be  torn 
down  and  even  the  building  will  be  a  thing 
of  the  past.  In  1846  Fred  Decker  started  a 
flour  mill  here,  the  building  having  been  pre- 
>'iously  u-ed  as  a  woolen-mill  by  Col.  Benjamin 
F.  Allen.  Later  tlie  mill  was  purchased  by 
Charles  Wottring,  Frank  Miller  and  J.  H. 
Pumphrey.  The  mill  changed  hands  fre- 
quentl}-,  Charles  W'cttring  being  identified  with 
it  most  of  the  time  until  about  1880,  when 
E.  Snyder  purchased  Wottring's  interest.  Up 
to  that  time  the  capacity  of  the  mill  had  been 
fifty  barrels.  Snyder  remodelled  the  mill,  in- 
creasing its  capacity  to  two  hundred  barrels 
per  day.  Later  his  sons  Edward.  Arthur  and 
Peter  ran  the  mill  under  the  firm  mame  of  Sny- 
der Brothers.  Edward  Snyder  eventually  be- 
coming the  sole  proprietor.  In  1880.  the  ele- 
vator was  built  and  other  improvements  made 
at  an  outlay  of  something  like  S-io.ooo.  On 
.'*pril  20,   1906,  the  property  was  sold  to  the 


Electric   Roller   Milling  Coni[)any,    and    they 
cl(.)scd  the  mill. 

The  Electric  Roller  Alilling  Company  of 
Delaware  was  established  in  1904  by  Kaiser 
&  Gwynn.  At  that  time  a  25-barrel  mill  was 
built,  the  dimensions  of  the  building  being 
90  X  40  feet.  Mr.  Kaiser  retired  from  the 
firm  in  1905,  and  a  corporation  having  the 
present  title  was  formed.  The  following  gen- 
tlemen comprised  the  Board  of  Directors  and 
held  the  official  positions  indicated:  E.  F. 
Gwynn,  president;  T.  J.  Griffin,  treasurer;  J. 
G.  Rosenthal,  secretary ;  John  F.  Gaynor.  The 
same  year  the  capacity  of  the  mill  was  in- 
creased to  100  barrels,  and  the  elevator  ca- 
pacity was  increased  to  20,000  bushels.  The 
principal  brands  of  flour  made  are.  Pride  of 
Delaware.  Acme,  Electric  and  Silver  Dust. 
This  is  the  only  flour-mill  now  in  the  city. 
The  company  also  does  a  large  business  in 
grain,  feed,  salt  and  coal. 

DISTILLERIES. 

There  are  men  yet  living  who  can  remem- 
ber when'  it  was  thought  necessary  to  serve 
liquor  at  a  church  "raising."  and  it  was  the 
usual  thing  for  a  man  who  made  wdiiskey  to 
contribute  as  many  gallons  as  he  could  afford 
to  the  salary  of  the  minister.  It  was  also 
customary  for  merchants  to  keep  whiskey  and 
glasses  where  they  were  freely  accessible  to 
their  customers,  on  the  theory  that  a  liberal 
use  of  this  lubricant  facil'tated  trade.  While 
the  early  settlers  brought  their  taste  for  liquor 
with  them,  it  was  not  so  much  the  demand 
for  whiskey  as  it  was  the  market  which  its 
manufacture  made  for  corn  that  led  to  the  es- 
tablishment of  numerous  stills  at  such  an  early 
date.  The  first  still  in  Berkshire  Township 
was  operated  by  Nicholas  Manville  in  con- 
nection with  his  grist-mill,  which  was  located 
near  the  present  town  of  Sunbury.  This  be- 
came the  pniperty  of  Alajor  Strong  about 
181 7.  He  ran  it  until  1825,  when  he  sold  the 
still  to  Eleazar  Gaylord.  When  the  business 
was  it  its  height,  it  was  carried  on  in  a  two- 
story  stone  building.  Here  a  large  part  of 
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converted  iiUu  wliiskey.  In  those  days  there 
were  no  re\eniie  Mthcials  to  bother  distillers, 
who  had'  a  home  market  f'jr  their  product, 
thus  eliminatint^-  the  expense  of  transportation 
and  a  selling  force.  The  result  was  tliat  pure 
whiskey  was  sold  for  twenty  cents  a  gallon. 
While  the  whiskey  of  th(j.-;e  days  was  th.e 
"straight  goods,"  and  the  use  of  prune  juice, 
etc..  in  connection  therewith  had  not  1  een  dis- 
co\ered,  its  intoxicating  C|ualities  were  m  .t  in 
any  way  diminished,  and  there  were  those  who 
macle  intemperate  use  of  the  beverage,  to  their 
own  shame  and  the  disgust  of  the  community. 
The  boys  had  a  method  of  punishment  which, 
while  it  afforded  them  amusement,  gave  seme 
expression  to  the  sentiment  of  orderly  citizens 
and  at  the  same  time  taught  the  offender  to  in- 
dulge his  tastes  in  the  seclusi(^n  of  some  private 
retreat.  When  a  man  was  discox'ered  in  a 
state  of  helpless  inebriation,  each  arm  and  leg 
would  be  seized  by  a  boy.  and  laying  their 
victim  face  downward  on  a  barrel,  the  boys 
would  roll  him  until  his  disonlered  -tomach 
was  relieved  of  its  conients  and  the  man  was 
in  some  measure  sobered  up.  It  was  seldom 
that  more  than  one  or  two  applications  of  this 
remedy  were  necessary  to  accomplish  the  de- 
sired result.  A  story  is  told  of  one  inveterate 
individual  in  Sunbury,  who  was  familiarly 
known  as  "Uncle  Tommy."  which  we  will 
quote.  He  "seemed  to  defy  the  correctional 
force  of  die  old  method,  and  a  more  stringent 
method  had  to  be  adopted.  He  was  seized  one 
time,  thrust  into  hogshead,  and  rolled  some 
fifty  yards  into  the  creek.  The  treatment  was 
se\ere.  but  the  cure  was  radical  for  tiie  time." 
Colonel  Byxbe  had  a  sti'i  in  the  cellar  of 
his  g;rist-inili  on  what  is  ni;)w  East  Central 
Avenue.  Here  his  customers  were  wont  to 
regale  themselves  with  sundry  strong  potations 
while  waiting  to  be  served  by  the  other  de- 
partment of  the  establishment.  Another  still 
which  is  often  referred  to  in  the  records  of 
those  early  days  was  built  by  Dr.  Reuben 
Lamb  on  Delaware  Run.  nearly  opposite  the 
spot  where  the  Edwards  gymnasium  now 
stands.  For  several  years  Rutherford  Hayes 
(the  father  of  President  Hayes)  who  came 
to  Delaware  in   1817,  was  a  partner  with  the 


doctor,  but  he  was  noted  for  his  temperate 
use  of  the  whiskey  he  made. 

Flis  grist-mill  at  what  is  now  Warrensburg 
proving  unprofitable,  Philip  Horsliaw,  in  1S15, 
began  the  manufacture  of  liquur  in  a  small 
still-house  near  his  mill.  He  continued  in 
this  business  until  1S22,  when  he  sold  out  to 
Thomas  Jones.  He  reniained  in  the  business 
a  numl.'er  of  years  and  then  S'lld  out  to  Jo- 
seph Dunlap.  whn  ...perated  the  still  until  1836, 
when  the  entire  business  died  nut.  David  Bush 
built  a  small  distillery  in  Troy  Township  at 
an  early  da_\-,  Init  it  never  amounted  iu  much. 

Two  distilleries  were  set  no  in  Berlin 
Township  at  an  early  date  by  Nathaniel  Hall. 
Li  1S16  Isaac  and.  Chester  Lewis  built  a  still 
near  Cheshire.  Armstrong  &  r'rost  carried 
on  the  business.  These  resorts  did  not  last 
long,  for  it  seems,  the  drinking  habit  was  not 
so  general  here  as  elsewhere.  Jeremiah  Curtis, 
wdio  was  the  first  settler  in  what  is  now  Genoa 
Township,  had  a  still  in  connection  with  his 
saw  and  grist  mills. 

In  1826  C.  P.  Elsbre  and  a  man  named 
Trip  formed  a  partnership  and  began  the 
manufacture  of  liquor  in  the  southwestern  part 
of  Orange  Township.  They  located  their  still 
near  a  spring  in  the  woods,  but  the  water  be- 
ing so  strongly  impregnated  with  injn  as  to 
be  unsuited  to  their  purpose,  they  changed  their 
location  to  a  point  on  the  Whetstone.  Here 
they  manufactured  about  two  barrels  of  whis- 
key a  day  for  over  a  year.  Mr.  Elsbre  then 
sold  his  interest  to  a  man  named  Thomas,  and 
about  six  months  later  the  business  was  dis- 
ciintinued. 

It  is  said  that  near  the  close  of  the  war 
\\"alter  Bump  ran  a  "moonshine"  distillery  in 
a  quiet  way  in  Kingston  Township,  but  the 
Government  officials  soon  put  an  end  to  his 
operations.  -  ^  ,,..,,,. 

LEATHER. 

The  early  pioneers  had  not  been  here  long 
before  there  was  a  strong  demand  for  leather, 
but  those  who  established  tan-yards  -found  it 
difficult  to  supply  this  materia!  because  of  the 
scarcity  of  hides.     At  first,  nothin"-  larjrer  tnan 


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wciudchuck  skins  and  an  occasional  deerskin 
cuiild  be  had.  There  was  no  market  for  cattle, 
and  the  settlers,  therefore,  iiad  only  as  many 
as  \vere  needed  for  the  working-  of  their  farms 
Later  the  hogs  which  had  been  turned  loose 
in  the  woods  and  had  lired  prolitically  were 
a  source  of  supply.  After  running  wild  for 
six  or  seven  years  they  hatl  hides  of  remarkable 
thickne:-s,  and  these,  wlun  tanned,  supplied  a 
coarse  tough  leather  which  was  used  in  mak- 
ing harness  and  horse-ctjllars.  Later  a  mur- 
raine  got  among  the  cattle,  large  numbers  of 
which  died,  thus  furnishing  for  a  time  a  good 
supply  of  leather,  but  at  a  serious  loss. 

The  first  tannery  in  the  town  of  Delaware 
was  started  by  Capt.  Joab  Norton  in  1S09.  in 
a  two-story  building  which  he  had  purchased 
or  erected  in  the  fall  of  the  pre\-ious  year.  It 
was  built  into  the  side  of  the  hill  just  north 
of  where  the  Edwards  g_\-muasium  stands. 
The  ravine  south  of  this  hill  has  been  tilled  up, 
but  at  that  time,  only  the  top  story  of  the 
building  showed  above  tlie  hill  on  its  southern 
face.  The  lower  story  of  the  house  was  used 
for  the  works,  the  vats  l.)eing  located  just  north 
of  the  building.  A  free-flowing  spring  a  little 
east  of  the  building  and  well  up  on  the  hill- 
side supplied  the  family  and  the  tannery  with 
water.  Here  he  also  made  boots.  Norton  be- 
came aftlictcd  with  the  ague,  and  jn  18 10.  he 
sold  the  property  to  a  man  named  Koestcr. 
The  latter  was  a  carpenter,  and  purchased  the 
tannery  as  a  speculatioit.  In  1813  he  per- 
suaded Norton  to  rettirn  and  work  it  for  liim, 
but  the  Captain  was  here  only  a  few  mouths 
when,  he  died.  The  old  building  soon  fell 
into  disuse,  and  fur  yca'-s  st>iod  in  a  rickety. 
tumble-down  condition,  with  its  leaky  roof  oi 
loose  warped-up  shingles.' its  windows  stutted 
with  old  hats  and  ra,gs,  the  doors  with  broken 
hinges  and  latches,  slamming  with  every  gust 
of  wind,  and  bearing  all  the  other  marks  of 
an  abandoned,  tottering  old  tenement.  This 
old  buildin,g  stood  for  thirty  or  forty  years 
unused,' and  needed  but  little  more  than  these 
signs  of  decay  to  get  it  a  reputation  of  being 
haunted.  Later  a  man  named  Hull  had  a  tan- 
yard  at  this  location,  whicli  he  operated  until 
sometime  in  the  "6o"s,  when  he  si-.ld  tlie  prop- 


erty to  Ohio  Wesleyan  University.  George 
Storm,  who  came  to  Delaware  in  1S09,  worked 
in  the  okl  Norton  tannery  for  a  while,  and 
then  started  in  business  for  himself  on  the  east 
side  of  Sandusky  Street,  about  a  square  north 
of  the  present  Court  House.  He  continued  in 
business  here  for  many  years,  supplying  the 
country  for  miles  around  with  leather.  At  an 
early  day  Tom  Wasson  estaljlished  a  tannery 
on  Washington  Street,  just  north  of  Delaware 
Run..  Robert  O.  Brown  bought  him  out  and 
ran  the  business  until  1S55,  when  he  aban- 
doned it  and  divided  the  property  into  town 
lots.  John  Lee  had  a  tan-yard  on  the  nonn 
side  of  Central  A\'enue,  just  west  of  Franklin 
Street.  This  jiroperty  passed  into  Robert  O. 
Brown's  hands  about  1852,  and  he  closed 
it  u]>. 

The  first  tannery  m  Berlin  Township  was 
built  by  Wilbur  Caswell  in  1817.  It  was  lo- 
cated on  Alum  Creek  flats  in  Cheshire  for  a 
number  of  years,  antl  was  then  mo\ed  on  the 
hill,  where  the  business  was  continued  until 
1 858.  As  earl}-  as  1816,  William  ^I}-ers  sank 
vats  and  began  the  manufacture  of  leather  a 
half  a  mile  southeast  of  Sunbury,  across  the 
creek  from  the  saw  and  grist  mill.  Three 
years  later,  a  man  named  Whitehead  started 
a  tannery  at  Galena,  and  did  r  thriving  busi- 
ness. The  enterprise  was  carried  on  by  dif- 
ferent owners  until  1873,  when  the  business 
was  discontinued. 

The  Dunhams  had  a  tannery  on  the  Berk- 
shire Road  at  an  early  date.  A  tanner}-  was 
started  in  Oxford  Township  in  1S24  by 
George  Claypool.  just  south  of  Windsor  Cor- 
ners. It  was  owned  at  a  later  date  by  Jonas 
Foust,  and  still  later  by  James  J.  Sherwood. 
In  1845,  Israel  Waters  started  the  first  tannery 
in  Thompson  Township.  It  was  located  near  the 
site  later  occupied  .by  Pickering's  mills.  The 
first  tan-yard  in  Trenton  Township  was  oper- 
ated at  an  early  date  by  Silas  Ogden,  but 
no  definite  knowledge  of  it  has  been  pre- 
served. 

TEXTILE    PRODUCTS. 

In  the  days  of  which  we  write,  the  presen*; 
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industries  was  not  even  dreamed  of,  and  even 
if  factories  had  been  establislied,  wherein  were 
made  ail  the  articles  of  apparel  that  constitute 
the  clothing  of  a  family,  the  expense  of  -getting 
the  goods  to  the  consumer  would  have  placed 
them  beyond  his  reach.  The  same  conditions 
placed  the  markets  for  his  products  beyond 
the  reach  of  the  farmer,  and  so  it  was  that 
each  piimeer  family  was  reduced  to  the  ele- 
mental state  of  providing  for  its  own  necessi- 
ties with  its  own  labor  and  materials  produced 
at  home.  Every  farmer  raised  flax,  and  this 
with  wool  from  his  sheep  constituted  the  sup- 
ply of  raw  materials.  The  operations  of  card- 
ing, spinning,  weaving,  fulling,  etc.,  were  all 
performed  at  home,  and  as  with  cjuilting,  and 
corn-husking,  where\'er  possible,  '"bees"'  were 
held  in  order  to  combine  pleasure  with  the 
work,  the  opportunities  for  social  intercourse 
in  those  days  being  few  indeed.  And  so  it 
was  that  when  a  family  had  twenty-five  or 
thirty  yards  of  cloth  to  full,  a  company  of  a 
dozen  or  fifteen  of  the  young  men  of  the  neigh- 
borhood would  gather.  Taking  ofi  boots  and 
stockings,  they  would  seat  themselves  in  a 
circle,  just  far  enough  apart  that  their  feet 
would  meet  near  the  center.  The  goods  to  be 
fulled  were  piled  into  this  ring,  hot  water  and 
soft  soap  were  poured  on,  and  the  goods  were 
fulled  by  the  men  kicking  the  pile  towards  the 
opposite  side  of  the  circle,  all  hands  kicking 
in  unison,  is  it  were.  An  endless  rope,  held 
tightly  by  all,  kept  them  from  falling  oft  their 
seats.  Of  course,  it  would  not  be  long  before 
the  suds  upon  the  floor  would  be  knee  deep, 
and  then  some  mischievous  chap  would  ac- 
cidentally kick  his  neighbor's  seat  from  under 
him,  sending  the  unfortunate  victim  into  the 
suds  which  were  splashed  to  the  ceiling.  On 
these  occasions  pumpkin  pie  and  cider  were 
served  as  refreshments.  Later,  it  was  dis- 
covered that  goods  could  be  fulled  equally  well 
by  placing  them  in  a  tub  or  barrel  with  soap 
and  warm  water  and  pounding  the  mass  with 
a  heavy  wooden  pestle  attached  to  the  end  of 
a  stick,  a  method  which  was  also  used  in  wash- 
ing clothes  before  the  days  of  washboards. 
After  a  time  fulling-mills  were  built,  provided 
with  apparatus  for  carding  and  spinning.    The 


moti\e  power  was  a  tread-wheel  worked  by 
oxen,  and  is  described  as  follows :  "The  wheel 
was  laid  flat  upon  its  hub,  the  axle  being  in- 
clined a  little  from  perpendicular  so  as  to  af- 
ford an  inclined  surface  on  the  v,lieel.  In  place 
of  spokes,  the  upper  surface  of  the  wheel 
formed  an  inclined  platform  provided  with 
cleats,  upon  A\hich  the  oxen  traveled.  The  up- 
per end  of  the  axle  was  provided  with  a  spur- 
wheel,  which,  acting  upon  gearing  on  a  hori- 
zontal shafting,  communicated  the  motion  to 
the  machinery  of  the  mill."  One  such  old  mill 
is  now  used  by  Charles  Wheaton  of  Sunbury 
as  a  stable.  It  was  built  early  in  the  last  cen- 
tury by  B.  H.  Taylor  and  B,  Chase  and  did 
service  for  many  years. 

In  1818,  E.  Barrett  &  Company  started  a 
woolen-mill,  just  north  of  where  Colonel 
Byxbe  had  his  saw  and  grist  mills.  This  old 
woolen-mill  is  known  to  the  present  genera- 
tion as  the  Snyder  &  Star  flour-mill.  A  large 
two-story  brick  building  was  erected  near  the. 
mill,  in  which  to  board  the  hands.  This  build- 
ing, the  roof  of  which  has  been  lowered  thir- 
teen feet,  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  the 
Delaware  Ice  and  Coal  Company.  It  was 
generally  understood  that  L.  H.  Cowles  was 
Barrett's  partner,  and  the  prime  mover  in  the 
enterprise.  Titus  King  afterward  took 
Cowles's  place  in  the  firm,  the  name  of  which 
became  Barrett  &  King.  In  1827  the  prop- 
erty and  business  were  sold  t(j  Colrmel  Ben- 
jamin F.  Allen,  who,  two  years  later,  intro- 
duced a  carpet-loom.  He  wove  one  piece  of 
carpet  that  attracted  considerable  attention. 
During  this  time,  his  mill  was  rented  for  a 
period  by  J.  W.  Cone,  who  had  learned  the 
trade  there.  In  the  latter  part  of  1829,  John 
Moses  and  Seth  H.  Allen  purchased  the  mill. 
These  men  were  not  more  successful  in  the 
business  than  the -others,  and  the  mill  finally 
lay  idle  for  a  long  time  until  it  was  turned  into 
a  grist-mill.  In  1829  Colonel  Meeker  added 
machinery  for  carding  and  fulling  to  the  equip- 
ment of  his  flour-mill  at  Stratford.  Gunn  & 
Pickett  operated  a  woolen-mill  for  some  years 
in  Liberty  Township,  about  two  miles  below 
Stratford.  The  property  was  bought  by  James 
Hinkle,  and  he  continued  it  until  the  business 


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went  down.  In  1S44  J.  \V.  Cone  established 
a  woolen-niill  in  Thompson  Township,  whicii 
for  tliirty  years  was  tiie  pride  of  this  section. 
The  mill  was  run  by  water-power  until  1868. 
when  steam-ixMver  was  introduced.  In  1874 
sparks  from  the  chimney  set  fire  to  the  mill, 
and  it  was  destroyed.  Luther  Cone,  a  brother 
of  J.  \V.  Cone,  built  a  \vn,_i|en-mi!l  in  .Marl- 
boroagh  Townsb.ip  about  1846.  Thi^  mill 
was  operated  successfully  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  was  then  purchased  and  remodelled 
into  a  grist-mill  by  a  man  named  Kline.  In 
1869  the  firm  of  Page  i.K:  Stevenson  started  a 
woolen-mill  in  the  third  story  of  the  Clippinger 
planing-mill.  A  little  later.  \\\  K.  Algire  pur- 
chased Page's  interest,  and  the  firm  name  be- 
came Algire  &  Stevenson.  .In  August,  1873, 
a  stock  company  with  a  capital  of  S30.000 
was  incorporated  under  the  mme  of  The  Dela- 
ware Woolen  Company.  The  following  men 
were  directors  and  officers:  Chauncy  Bradley, 
president;  Charles  Arthur,  Dr.  J.  PI.  White.  J. 
G.  Grove.  PI.  F.  Brown  and  John  \Volfiey.  A. 
B.  Stevenson  was  superintendent.  They  built 
a  brick  building  40  x  90  feet,  on  P'nion  Street, 
besides  a  boiler  and  engine-room  and  a  dye- 
room.  It  was  well  equipped  v.ith  textile  ma- 
chinery, and  the  company  started  in  the  manu- 
facture of  flannels  and  blankets.  Later  a  line 
of  cashmeres  was  added.  The  industry  fur- 
nished employment  to  about  twenty-five  peo- 
ple, but  was  never  much  of  a  success  from  a 
financial  standpoint.  About  1877  or  'jS,  the 
company  failed,  and  was  sold  at  auction  by  the 
sheriff  for  $13,840.  The  following  gentlemen, 
all  of  whom  had  been  connected  with  the  com- 
pany, were  the  purchasers:  Charles  Arthur, 
who  became  president  of  the  companv;  lohn 
Wolfley.  Charles  Steinbeck,  J.  Hvatt,  J.  G. 
Grove.  Dr.  J.  H.  White.  H.  F.  Brown.  They 
ran  the  mill  until  some  time  late  in  the  "So's. 
when,-  the  business  proving  unprofitable,  it  was 
closed  up.  After  that  several  different  manu- 
facturing enterprises  were  carried  on  in  the 
building  for  short  periods  of  time,  and  it  was 
also  used  for  a  skating  rink.  Finally,  in  1893. 
the  building  and  lot  were  sold  t(j  Delaware 
County  for  use  as  an  armory. 


In  1S55  James  M.  Hawes  and  D.  S.-  Brig- 
ham,  wh.^  came  from  the  East,  saw  an  oppc^V- 
tunity  to  make  profitable  use  of  the  .large 
quantities  of  flax  straw  produced  here,  but  for 
which  there  was  no  market.  They  interested 
Judge  T.  W.  Powell  in  the  venture,  and  a 
two-story  factory,  40  x  50  feet  \\  as  built  and 
equipped  with  machinery  for  preparing  the 
straw  for  market.  It  was  f(_Hmd  that  the  heavy 
freight  expense  absorbed  all  the  iirofit,  so  in 
T^37,  the  firm  installed  machinery  for  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  baling.  At  the  end  of 
the  first  year,  ;Mr.  Hawes  became  the  sole  pro- 
prietor of  the  business,  and  at  a  great  expense 
re-equipped  the  factory  for  the  manufacture 
of  twines,  burlaps,  woolsacks  and  seamless 
grain-bags.  In  the  meanwhile  a  company  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $150,000  was  incorporated 
under  the  name  of  the  Delaware  Alanulactur- 
ing  Company,  of  which  W.  W.  Scarborough 
was  president,  Geoge  F.  Pierce,  secretary,  and 
James  AI.  Hawes,  agent.  A  large  mill,  two 
stories  high,  w-ith  an  attic.  50  x  100  feet  in  di- 
mensions, was  erected,  and  a  125-horsepower 
engine  installed.  At  the  close  of  the  Civil 
War,  the  machinery  was  changed  for  the 
manufacture  of  bagging  and  cotton  haling,  and 
a  w-arehouse  40  x  100  feet  was  added.  The 
volume  of  business  ^vbich  was  deveIoi)ed-  mav 
be  imagined  from  the  fact  that  in  1870.  182 
persons  were  employed,  the  pay-roll  amounting 
to  $4,000  a  month.  The  company  went  under 
in  the  panic  of  1873,  and  the  property  is  now 
used  by  The  Delaware  Chair  Company. 

The  Delaware  L'nderw-ear  Company  was 
established  in  the  fall  of  19OJ  by  Messrs.  E. 
D.  Egerton  and  W.  A.  Morrison,  and  is  the 
only  enterprise  of  the  kind  in  the  county.  In 
July.  1903.  the  business  was  incorporated  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $50,000.  The  present  offi- 
cers and  directors  of  the  company  -are :  W. 
.A..  Morrison,  president;  F.  'SI.  Bauereis,  vice- 
president  ;  J.  L.  Anderson,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer: John  A.  Shoemaker  and  Robert  Sellers. 
The  latter  gentleman  manages  the  factory  at 
Gabon.  Muslin  underwear  was  at  first  the 
product,  hut  during  the  last  three  years,  the 
company  has  manufactured  ladies'   skirts  and 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


flannelette  underwear,  tl;e  latter  at  a  branch 
establishment  at  Galion,  Olii'i.  in  the  summer 
of  1907.  During  the  busy  season  about  one 
hundred  hands  are  employed  in  the  Delaware 
factcry,  and  five  traveling-  men  are  kept  busy 
disposing  of  the  product,  which  goes  all  over 
the  caintry. 

PAPER     MILLS. 

Some  time  in  the  early  "3o"s,  Caleb  How- 
ard, an  enterprising,  speculative  sort  of  man, 
conceived  the  idea  of  establishing  a  paper-mill 
at  what  is  now  Stratford,  and  succeeded  in 
interesting  Judge  Ilosea  Williams,  a  safe, 
cautious  business  man.  in  tlie  project.  In  the 
.spring  of  1S3S,  the  n!(j  tliuring-mill  with  the 
mill  privileges  and  property  were  bought,  the 
old  dam  replaced  by  a  fine  stone  structure,  and 
a  paper-mill  put  in  operation  Octolxr  i,  1839. 
John  Koyt  was  the  first  superintendent,  and 
gave  the  cla.ssic  name,  of  Stratford  to  the  place. 
On  October  30,  1840.  a  lire  origin.ating  among 
the  Old  rags  by  spontaneous  combustion,  did 
considerable  damage  to  the  interior  of  the 
building.  In  three  months  it  was  repaired  and 
improverl,  and  in  the  fall  of  1844  Howard  sold 
his  interest  to  Hiram  G.  Andrews.  In  1849 
the  old  tlouring-mill  was  fitted  up  for  the 
manufacture  of  wrapjiing  paper,  and  turned  out 
alraut  half  a  ton  a  day,  employing  some  ten 
hands.  On  February  27,  1857,  the  entire  mills 
were  burned,  entailing  a  loss  of  S-25.000.  with 
an  insurance  of  not  over  Si 0,000.  In  No- 
vember of  1857,  a  stone  building,  two  stories 
high,  abijut  50  .x  80  feet,  with  several  additions, 
was  built  at  a  cost  of  some  830,000.  By  this 
time  the  mill  was  recognized  as  the  most  im- 
[jortant  paper-mill  west  of  the  Alleghany 
^Mountains.  At  the  time  of  the  fire  in  1840, 
the  firm  had  accounts  to  the  amount  of  Sio,- 
000  due  it  from  the  State.,  and  in  1861,  they 
had  a  large  cnutract  with  the  State,  which, 
owing  to  the  unforseen  and  extraordinary  rise 
of  the  paper  market,  they  were  compelled  to 
ask  to  have  rescinded.  In  1871  J.  H.  Menden- 
hall  became  a. partner:  later  Mr.  Andrews  re- 
tired. In  1877,  C.  Flills,  V.  T.  Hills.  F.  A. 
Hills  and  F.  V.  Hills,  organized  the  Hills  Pa- 


per Company  and  operated  the  mill  for  five 
years.  F.  P.  Hills  had  charge  of  the  business; 
Frank  Hills  had  charge  of  the  manufacturing 
department.  In  1S72  they  sold  the  business 
and  property  to  Edsall  &  Alills,  who  operated 
it  for  a  number  of  vears.  The  propertv  was 
finally  sold  to  the  C.  D.  &  M.  Railway,  who 
conxerted  the  building  into  a  power-house. 

OIL    ENTERPRISES. 

In  former  times,  when  fiax  was  an  im- 
portant crop,  a  valuable  part  of  it  was  lost 
because  the  farmer  had  no  facilities  for  ex- 
tracting the  oil  from  the  seeds  which  this  plant 
produces  in  abundance.  In  1S35  -^^>^^  Moore 
began  the  manufacture  of  oil.  At  first  the  pro- 
cess was  crude  indeed.  A  large  log  with  a 
hole  mortised  in  it  was  set  upright,  and  in 
this,  bags  containing  the  ground  seed  were 
placed.  Wedges  were  driven  in  at  the  sides 
of  the  sacks,  and  in  thi.-,  way  a  pressure  was 
maintained  until  a  large  part  of  the  oil  was 
extracted.  A  few  years  later,  Robert  Cun- 
ningham purcliased  the  busin.ess  and  introduced 
a  compound-lever  press.  Soon  after  that,  in 
order  to  increase  his  capital,  he  gave  C.  F. 
Bradley  an  interest  in  the  business  in  return 
for  the  use  of  certain  sums  of  money.  In  a 
short  time  ^Ir.  Bradley  purchased  his  part- 
ner's interest,  associating  Edward  Pratt  with 
himself  in  the  business.  About  a  year  later, 
Alexander  Kilbourn  bought  Pratt's  interest, 
and  the  business  was  remo\-ed  from  Franklin 
Street  to  Central  Avenue,  east  of  the  river, 
where  a  hydraulic  press  and  other  water- 
power  machinery  w  ere  used  in  er(uipping  the 
mill.  In  the  winter  of  1846,  the  dam  washed 
out,  and  because  of  the  uncertain  power  whicli 
the  river  afforded,  they  changed  their  location 
and  steam-power  was  introduced.  The  busi- 
ness was  enlarged  and  William  Davis.  Alex- 
ander Kilbourn  and  J.  A.  Burnham  Ijecame 
members  of  the  firm,  which  was  known  as  Kil- 
bourn, Davis  &  Company.  A  foundry  was 
added  to  the  business  in  1847.  Se\'eral  changes 
were  maile  in  the  firm  within  a  few  }'ears.  re- 
sulting finally  in  simply  replacing  Mr.  Da\  is 
with  Juhn  J.   Burnhhm.      Their  building  was 


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burned  in  1S50,  but  was  immediately  replaced. 
In  1855  -Mr.  Kilhourn  died  and  IMessrs.  Finch 
and  Lamb  were  taken  intu  the  firm.  In  this 
vear  the  business  was  divided,  the  nil  emerprise 
being  sold  to  Manley  D.  Covell  and  Edward 
Pratt,  who  renio\'ed  the  business  to  where  th»e 
present  stone  structure  stands.  It  clianged 
bands  several  times  until  iSoj.  when  it  was 
purchased  by  J.  A.  liarm-'S.  He  built  a  stone 
mill,  three  stories  high.  The  tirst-story  walls 
are  ..three  ■  feet  thick,  the  second  two  and  one- 
halt  feet  and  the  diird  two  feet.  This  is  now 
occupied  as  a  creamery  by  W.  Z.  Evans,  at 
the  northwest  corner  of  Lake  and  Winter 
Streets.  Barnes  continued  in  business  tmtil 
the  growing  of  flax  in  this  part  of  the  coun- 
try was  abandoned. 

I'OUXnKIES,     ETC. 

\\"hen  Killxiurn.  Davis  &:  Company  started 
a  ttiundry  as  ab(5ve  mentioned,  they  fitted  up 
the  building  at  the  ci  rner  of  Spring  and  Sa;i- 
dusky  Streets.  Vuv  the  first  year  or  two  sto\es 
were  the  only  product :  but  Air.  J.  A.  Burnham 
being  a  practical  machinist,  the  firm  decided, 
in  1850.  to  engage  in  the  manufacture  of 
steam-engines.  The  first  of  these  vras  made 
for  Elijah  Alain's  saw-mill.  They  also  made 
the  engine  used  by  J.  iV.  Barnes  in  his  stone 
oil-mili.  The  business  increased  so  rapidly 
that  by  1854  they  erected  the  large  stone  build- 
ing east  of  the  river  and  beyond  the  railroad 
on  William  Street.  In  i860  the  pniperty  was 
purchased  by  J;  C.  Evans  and  Eugene  Powell, 
but  the  following  }'ear  Powell  sold  out  to  his 
partner  and  entered  the  army.  For  ten  year< 
a  large  business  was  carried  on.  As  many  as 
thirteen  hundred  plows  were  turned  out  here 
in  a  single  year,  besides  engines  and  other  ma- 
chinery. A  revolving  scraper,  the  invention 
of  the  proprietor  of  the  machine  shops,  was 
manufactured  cjuite  extensively,  as  many  as  a 
hundred  a  week  being  made.'  In  1S73  the 
property  was  sold  to  Smith,  W'ason  &  Car- 
[lenter,  car-builders  of  Cleveland  and  Chatta- 
U'joga.  but  on  account  of  the  panic,  the  plant 
was  closed  up  a  year  later,  there  being  in- 
sufficient business  to  keep  it  running. 


Numerous  other  manufacturing  enter- 
prises have  come  upon  the  scene  and  passed 
off.  either  because  of  mismanagement  or  for 
other  reasons.  Among  these  we  may  mention 
a  company  that  was  formed  to  manufacture 
wagons.  For  many  years  John  AIcElroy  had 
been  manufacturing  wagons  in  a  small  way, 
which,  because  of  first-class  materials  and  su- 
perir.r  workmanship,  gained  a  big'  reputation. 
Seeking  to  cai)italize  this  reputation,  a  com- 
pany was  formed,  but  in  their  eagerness  far 
large  and  ciuick  profits,  lumber  of  inferior 
quality  and  not  properly  seasoned  and  cheap 
labor  were  employed,  with  the  result  that  some- 
time early  in  the  '8o's.  the  enterprise  failed, 
after  having  sunk,  it  is  said,  $60,000.  Halleck's 
Glove  Factory  uas  another  venttire  that  was 
started  with  great  prospects  about  1901;  but 
went  under  after  sinking  thousands  of  dollars. 

The  Delaware  Fence  Company  was  or- 
ganized in  1868  by  A.  J.  Richards,  the  in- 
ventor of  a  fence,  who  secured  for  his  partner 
in  the  enterprise,  Eugene  Powell.  In  1879 
Cyrus  Falconer  succeeded  to  Richard's  inter- 
est in  the  business,  and  in  the  winter  of  diat 
year,  the  company  secured  control  of  Frilchy's 
patent  shifting-rail  for  buggies.  J.  F.  Alunz's 
patent  wrought-iron  sulky  for: plowing,  culti- 
vating and  harrowing,  and  an  improved  patent 
harrow  designed  by  the  same  in\-entor.  These 
articles  were  all  Delaware  inventions,  and  the 
future  looked  bright  to  those  who  had  em- 
barked in  the  venture,  but  by  1883  the  com- 
pany had  gotten  into  debt  to  the  extent  of 
S8.000.  and  for  want  of  proper  management, 
it  was  decided,  in  1S84.  to  wind  up  its  aitairs. 

The  Cook  Alotor  Company  is  the  (lut- 
gruwth  of  a  repair  shoji  which  was  started  in 
1895  by  JMessrs.  C.  E.  ami  F.  E.  Cook,  and 
located  on  the  east  side  of  L'nion  Street,  be- 
tween William  and  Winter  Streets.  They 
soon  began  experimenting  on  motors,  ami  in 
19OT.  the  present  company  was  incorporated 
under  the  laws  oi  Ohio.  The  capital  stock  is 
$50,000.  and-  the  following  gentlemen  were 
the  incorporators :  W.  C.  Denison.  J.  F.  Deni- 
son.  L.  L.  Denison,  C.  E.  Cook  and  F.  E.  Cook. 
When  the  present  company  \\as  organized  it 
was  the  intention  to  manufacture  autoiriijltiles, 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


but  the  increasintj  demand  tor  stationary  en- 
gines led  to  a  change  in  their  plans.  In  1903 
they  abandoned  the  idea  ot  building  auto- 
mobiles, after  ha\ing  manufactured  a  sample 
machine  for  the  Columbus  Buggy  Company. 
In  the  meantime,  however,  the  company  iiad 
been  e.Kperimenting  with  the  stationary  engine 
designed  by  the  Cooks.  Up  to  that  time,  no 
data  was  available  that  showed  the  jiroper 
priiiciple-  on  \^■hich  to  base  the  construction  oi 
gasoline  engines.  Some  of  the  more  im- 
portant features  wdiicb  were  developed  were 
the  connecting-rod.  cushion-valve,  enclosed 
case  and  jump  spark.  In  1905,  their  engine 
having  reached  such  a  degree  of  perrection 
as  ti;i  be  considered  thoroughfy  reliable  and 
practical,  an  additional  $20,000  of  treasury 
stock  was  sold.  At  that  time  C.  C.  Stedman 
became  secretary  and  general  manager.  The 
business  has  grown  from  an  output  of  from 
three  to  five  horse-power  per  month  to  an  aver- 
age of  225  horse-power  per  month.  The  plant 
is  now  located  in  a  new  brick  building,  So  x  200 
feet  in  dimensions^  which  stands  on  a  six-acre 
tract  of  land  a  short  distance  southwest  of  the 
Hocking  \'alley  Station.  The  plant  is  equif)- 
ped  with  the  most  modern  machinery,  and 
ernpIo}-ment  is  given  to  a  force  of  about 
twenty-eight  men.  The  engines  manufactured 
here  go  to  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  are  sold 
for  every  purpose  where  power  is  required. 
The  present  ot^cers  and  directors  of  the  com- 
pany are:  W.  C.  Denison,  president:  H.  \V. 
Jev.  ell,  vice  president ;  E.  L.  I^enisou,  treas- 
urere :  C.  C.  Stedman,  secretary  and  general 
manager. 

1I.\Y-BAILEF3. 

The  Square  Deal  3,Ianufacturing  Company 
was  incorporated  in  February,  190S,  for  the 
manufacture  of  power  hay-presses.  The  style 
of  press  to  be  manufactured  was  designed  and 
invented  by  Luther  Trebue.  and  embodies  de- 
sirable features  not  to  be  found  in  any  other 
hay-press.  They  are  now  erecting  a  factory 
on  North  L'nion  Street,  -52  x  90  feet  in  di- 
mensions. This  will  be.equipptd  with  mo'lern 
machinery.     The  Company  has  a  paid-in  capi- 


tal of  825,000,  all  of  which  was  furnished  by 
Delaware  citizens.  The  officers  of  the  com- 
pany are:  H.  F.  Owen,  president:  Joseiih  J. 
Neville,  vice-president:  Ashton  Conklin.  secre- 
tary and  treasurer:  Luther  lYebuc.  genera! 
manager  and  superintendent. 


The  Sunray  Sto\e  Company  was  incor- 
porated January  i,  1908.  by  the  following  gen- 
tlemen, who  now  hold  the  office  indicated  after 
their  names:  S.  S.  Blair,  president:  B.  W. 
Hough,  vice-president :  M.  C.  Russell,  secre- 
tary and  treasurer:  O.  D.  Hunt,  manager;  O. 
G.  Knoske.  The  capital  stock  of  the  com- 
pany is  $15,000.  The  company  manufactures 
gas  ranges,  heaters  and  furnaces.  At  present 
fifteen  people  are  employed,  but  the  success 
of  the  enterprise  during  the  few  months  since 
it  was  started,  indicates  that  in  the  near  future 
it  will  require  thirty  people  L1.1  make  and  handle 
a  large  enough  product  to  meet  the  demand. 
The  territory  in  Ohio  is  covered  by  two  travel- 
ling salesmen,  and  outside  of  the  State  the 
pr<jduct  is  handled  by  jobbers. 

ARTIFICIAL  ICE. 

The  Delaware  Ice  and  Coal  Company  was 
incorporated  in  1898.  It  handled  natural  ice 
until  the  summer  of  1907.  In  April  of  that 
year,  a  brick  dwelling,  formerly  the  old  woolen 
mill  boarding-house,  near  the  Armory  on  North 
Union  Street,  was  purchased  and  remodelled. 
An  ice  plant  with  a  capacity  of  eighteen  tons 
daily  was  installed.  Twelve  men  find  employ- 
ment in  the  manufacture  and  ileli\-ery  of  ice. 
The  following  gentlemen  were  the  incorpora- 
tors, and  now  hold  the  offices  indicated :  WW- 
lard  Galleher,  president:  L.  K.  Galleher.  vice- 
president  and  secretan.':  F.  P.  Hills,  treasurer; 
B.  F.  Freshwater  andR.  E.  Hills. 

LIGHT,     HEAT    AND    POWER. 

The  Delaware  Electric  Light.  Heat  and 
Power  Ciompany  was  incorporated  }i larch  4, 
1S90,  by  Widiam  S.  I'arks,  Leopold  H.  Holz- 


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H7 


miller.  Carey  B.  Paul,  Jacob  G.  Rosenthal, 
Martin  ^Miller.  The  first  oflicers  elected  were : 
C.  B.  Paul,  president;  J.  G.  Rosenthal,  secre- 
tary; }il.  Miller,  treasurer.  That  sai'ne  year  a 
brick  pijwer-plant  was  erected  just  east  of 
where  the  Big  Four  railroad  crosses  South 
Sandusky  Street.  Since  then  an  addition  has 
been  built,  niaki'ig;  the  pre-ent  dimensions  of 
the  plant  about  140  by  So  feet.  The  pre^enr 
equipment  comprises  horizontal  reciprocating 
engines  of  a  total  horse-power  of  Soo,  and  a 
battery  of  seven  boilers  with  a  total  of  1,100 
horse-power,  and  eight  dynamos.  .  In  1900  a 
heating  plant  was  installed  to  serve  the  citizens 
of  Delaware  with  hot-water  heat.  Tlie  same 
year  a  franchise  for  the  use  of  the  streets  was 
secured.  The  company  now  has  abi^ut  two 
miles  of  underground  mains,  and  supplies  heat 
to  about  185  customers,  some  of  whom  are 
located  a  mile  from  the  plant.  The  present 
officers  and  directors  of  the  company  are:  Dr. 
.A.  J.  Lyon,  president;  Adolph  Frank,  vice- 
president;  Martin  Midler,  treasurer;  E.  F. 
Gwynn,  manager;  J.  G.  Rosenthal. 


Brooms  have  been  manufactured  in  this 
county  for  many  years,  mostly  by  blind  men, 
as  at  present.  S.  J.  W'ottring  of  Delaware, 
who  has  been  blind  for  about  twenty  years, 
started  to  make  brooms  in  1898,  and  worked 
along  foi-  about  a  year  and  a  half.  Since  then 
he  has  had  help,  some  of  the  time  two  men  be- 
sides himself  finding  employment  in  his  fac- 
tory. At  present  he  is  making,  with  the  aid 
of  W.  Harris  Siegfried,  another  blind  man, 
fifteen  dozen  brooms  a  week.  The  product  is 
marketed  in  Delaware  and  surroundmg  towns. 
Other  makers  of  brooms  in  the  county  at  the 
present  time  are  James  Kline,  a  blind  man, 
residing  west  of  Ashley,  near  Water  HiW.  and 
R.  yi.  Perfect,  a  blind  man,  who  lives  a  mile 
and  a  half  east  of  Sunbury.  E  M.  Freese  ijf 
Cf^ncord  Township  is  also  engaged  in  this 
industry. 

EV.\P0RATED    GOODS. 

The  Benedict  Evaporating  Company.  Dela- 
ware Township,  is  the  only  industry  of  its  kind 


in  the  county.  It  was  established  by  the  pres- 
ent owner,  Griffith  G.  Benedict,  in  1876.  Be- 
ginning in  a  small  way  with  a  home-made 
dryer,  by  1888  his  business  had  increased  to 
such  an  e.xtent  as  to  warrant  the  erecti(5n  01  1 
special  building,  which  he  equipped  with  the 
most  modern  machinery.  He  now  evaporates 
from  25.000  to  50,000  pounds  of  sweet  corn, 
and  as  high  as  2,000  bushels  of  apples  during 
the  short  season  when  the  work  can  be  carried 
on,   which   is  seldom  more  than  two  months. 

CL.VY    PRODUCTS.  ,   'i 

The  Delaware  Clay  ^Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. In  1S7S  Wesley  Denison  and  his  son. 
L.  L.  Denison,  formed  a  partnership  under  the 
firm  name  of  Denison  &  Son,  and  erected  what 
is  known  as  a  summer  factory,  i.  e.,  a  factory 
where  tile  is  dried  in  the  air.  This  was  located 
in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  city  of  Dela- 
ware, on  the  line  of  the  Hocking  Valley  rail- 
road. Here  thev  made  small  drain  tile  up  to 
and  including  six  inches  in  diameter,  which 
was  sold  to  the  farmers  throughout  the  county. 
At  the  end  of  three  years  they  increased  their 
capacity  so  as  to  make  tile  up  to  and  includ- 
ing eight-inch.  In  18S4  W.  C.  Denison  and 
his  brother  L.  L.  Denison  formed  a  partner- 
ship and  started  a  new  factorv  at  Mt.  Gilead, 
Ohio,  under  the  firm  name  of  Denison  Broth- 
ers, leaving  their  father  to  run  the  Delaware 
p]->nt.  The  Mt.  Gilead  plant  was  equipped  so 
as  to  use  artificial  means  of  drying  the  tile 
thus  making  it  possible  to  operate  all  the  year 
round.  Here  they  made  tile  up  to  and  in- 
cluding the  12-inch  size,  and  gradually  in- 
creased the  capacity  until  they  were  making 
die  18-inch  size.  In  1890  all  of  the  Denison 
interests  were  consolidated,  another  brother, 
J.  F.  Denison,  entering  into  the  business,  and 
a  new  plant  was  built  in  Delaware.  The  old 
plant  at  Delaware  was  abandoned,  and  the 
Mt.  Gilead  plant  was  sold.  The  new  plant  was 
built  at  the  old  wagon-works  on  East  William 
Street,  which  were  purchased  by  the  new  com- 
pany. The  first  year  the  business  was  carried 
on  under  the  name  of  Denison  Brothers,  but 
in    1S92  a  corporation  was  formed  under  the 


:-i':t  ;•■'-,  nil.  ' 


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name  of  The  Delaware  Clay  Manufacturino 
Company.  They  hegan  wirh  twelve  kilns,  and 
made  drain  tile  up  to  aiul  includint^-  tlie  24-nic"i 
size.  At  the  time  of  incorporating,  the-  com- 
pany hranched  into  a  line  of  the  busines.s  known 
as  fu-e-proofint;,  and  made  about  fifty  tons  of 
that  per  day  for  the  next  ten  years,  all  the 
.time  carrying  on  the  manufacture  of  drain  tile. 
DLU'ing  the  time  they  wore  making  the  hre- 
proo.lng,  the  c.'m]),uiy  kept  in  cl.i.-e  tnuch  with 
architects,  and  by  them  were  asked  to  make 
a  standard-size  brick  weighing  only  three 
pounds,  the  loss  in  weight  being  accomph,--hed 
b}-  having  two  holes  running  through  the  brick. 
These  were  known  as  hollow  brick.  At  first 
only  a  few  were  made  to  acc'immodate  certain 
architects,  but  their  utility  was  (juickly  ap- 
preciated, and  gained  in  popularity  so  rapidlv 
that  they  were  soon  in  use  in  over  a  dozen 
states.  By  1901  tlie  business  had  outgrown 
the  capacity  of  the  plant,  and  the  compan\ 
purchased  more  clay  land  and  built  a  new 
pl.-uit  about  one-half  a  mile  farther  southeast 
in  Delaware  t(wvnship.  This  plant  was  es- 
pecially adapted  to  the  manufacture  of  these 
hollow  brick,  it  Ijeing  their  ex]jectation  tri  con- 
tinue the  manufacture  of  drain  tile  and  fire- 
proohng  at  the  old  plant  on  East  William 
Street.  Just  about  the  time  tlv:  new  plant  w  as 
ready  for  operation,  a  trust  was  formed  for  llie 
manufacture  of  fire-proofing  material,  known 
as  The  Xational  Fire-Proonng  Company.  The 
East  William  Street  plant,  including  the  fire- 
proofing  interests,  were  sold  to  this  nev."  com- 
pany, and  in  order  to  take  care  of  their  drain 
tile  business,  the  Denisons  erected  an  addi- 
tional plant  in  connection  with  their  new  brick 
plc'.nt.  Since  tliat  time  they  have  run  con- 
tinuously, making"  an  average  of  1,500  car- 
loads of  hollow  brick  and  dram  tile  per  year. 
They  have,  a  tract  of  eighty  acres  and  furnish 
employment  to  about  seventy-five  men.  At  the 
time  of  the  incorporation,  L.  L.  Denison  was 
elected  president  of  the  ci mipany.  Wesley  Deni- 
son became  vice-president  and  W.  C.  Deni- 
son and  J.  F.  Denison  were  directors.  About 
three  years  later  another  lirother.  L.  B.  Deni- 
son. became  interested  in  tlu  business  in  a 
financial  way,  but  has  never  given  it  his  per- 


sonal attention.  He  made  the  fifth  director, 
and  no  change  was  made  in  the  organization 
until  the  father.  Wesley  Denison,  died,  when 
his  place  was  taken  on  the  board  by  ]^lrs.  L 
L.  Denison.  Mrs.  Denison  was  succeeded  by 
her  son,  Charles  W._,  when  he  became  of 
age. 

By  loo-i  the  business  had  grown  to  such 
an  extent  that  it  became  necessary  to  increase 
the  capacity  (if  the  plant.  The  Denisons  in- 
corporated another  company  under  the  title  of 
The  Ohio  Clay  Company,  having  the  same 
directors  and  officials  as  the  Delaw-are  Com- 
pany, and  jjurchased  a  plant  in  Cleveland  w  hich 
was  in  process  of  construction.  After  c<.im- 
pleting  the  plant,  they  operated  it  in  the  manu- 
facture of  hollow  brick  exclusive!}'.  ]\Ir.  W. 
C.  Denison  moved  to  Cleveland  when  that  plant 
was  opened,  and  has  had  charge  of  the  plant 
there  ever  since. 

\\'.  A.  Fleming  &  Son  ojjcrate  a  tile  mill 
in  Oxford  Township.  We  have  Iteen  unable 
to  learn  wdio  established  this  mill.  It  was 
owned  at  one  time  by  John  Hunt,  who  sold  it 
to  Samuel  Prince.  He  was  here  abrmt  seven 
years  when  he  sold  the  property  to  G.  J.  Hull. 
Potter  Brothers  &  Fleming  purchased  the  mill 
from  him  in  September,  1904.  Up  to  this 
time  the  mill  was  operated  by  horse-power,  but 
the  new  firm  installed  a  steam-engine  and 
presses  and  a  new  kiln,  which  has  a  capacity 
of  about  S125  worth  of  tile  at  a  burning. 
About  twenty  kilns  are  burned  annually. 

George  Standforth  started  :i  tile  factory  in 
Berlin  Township  over  a  quarter  or  a  century 
ago.  It  passed  through  the  hands  of  different 
owners  until  October  2^.  1899.  wdien  \\".  Z. 
Evans  purchased  the  property  from  O.  E. 
Foster.  'Mr.  Evans  has  not  operated  the  mill 
since  [906.  luit  up  to  and  including  that  year 
he  kept  about  half  a  dozen  men  at  work  there. 
The  Delaware  Department  of  the  Xational 
Fireproofing  Company  occupies  the  old  Deni- 
son plant  on  East  William  Street,  which  they 
inirchased  in  the  spring  of  190J.  They  keep 
about  fifty  men  employed  there,  and  manu- 
facture about  I. .SCO  tons  of  terra  cotta  fire- 
liroofins:  a  month,  besides  a  large  amount  of 
drain  tile.  ...  .    -     -     , 


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In  188S  George  T.  \\'oiriey  and  his  son 
H.  \V.  W'oUky  lonned  a  partnership  under  the 
linn  name  ot  Woltley  &  Son,  and  erected  a 
tile  factory  in  Radnor,  a  short  distance  east  of 
the  raih'oad.  Thomas  W.  Disbennett  pur- 
chased the  Wolticy  Tile  .Mill  in  1504,  and  has 
developed  a  large  business.  His  plant  is 
ecjuipped  for  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of 
drain  tile  from  three  to  eighteen  inches  in 
diameter. 

Benton  Brodicrs  Tile  Factory.  Scioto 
Township,  near  Ostrander.  was  e.-taMidu-d 
here  in  1895,  in  which  year  ]Mr.  I'.ciULm  alsu 
established  a  saw-mill.  The  business  wa>; 
started  on  the  home  farm  in  the  fall  of  1884 
by  J.  R.  Benton,  but  it  was  moved  to  its 
persent  location  in  the  year  abuve  named. 
Here  he  ni)t  only  has  excellent  shipping  fa- 
cilities over  the  B)ig  Four  Railroa.d.  but  he 
has  a  very  superior  grade  of  clay,  which  en- 
ables him  to  make  a  drain-tile  especially 
adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  railroads, 
which  consunie  all  he  can  prL.ducc.  At  present 
about  25,000  rods  of  tile  are  made  annually. 

The  Galena  Clay  Products  Comp:my  was 
incorporated  in  the  spring  of  1907,  by  the 
following  gentlemen,  who  hold  the  offices 
indicated:  \Y.  C.  Roberts,  president;  J.  J. 
Adams,  vice-president ;  James  Rose,  secretary  ; 
E.  B.  Cole,  manager;  E.  C.  Bennett.  They 
manufacture  tile,  ha\ing  one  kiln  with  a  ca- 
pacity of  about  S200  worth  of  tile  at  a  burn- 
ing. Tliey  have  about  four  acres  of  clu} 
land  and  employ  from  six  to  eigh.  people. 


The  manufacture  of  cigars  in  Delaware  is 
an  industry  that  has  developed  to  some  im- 
portance. In  the  early  '50's.  Charles  W'ottring 
began  the  manufacture  of  cigars  in  a  small 
way,  and  continued  until  just  after  the  Civil 
War.  So  far  as  we  have  been  able  to  learn, 
he  was  the  pioneer  cigar-make;  in  this  ceiunty. 

Riddle,  Graff  &  Company.  This  is  the 
oldest  firm  of  cigar  manufacturers  in  the 
county.  Mr.  Christian  Riddle  learned  his  trade 
with  Charles  W'ottring.  and  in  iSf'i6,  he  fcrmeil 
a  partnership   with    John     Eiebienclerfer    and 


Jacob  Eolinger,  under  the  tii-m  name  of 
Licbienderfer.  Bolinger  &  Company.  This 
firm  purchased  Charles  Wottnng's  business. 
The  following  year  Mr.  Riddle  withdrew  from 
the  firm.  The  business  was  continued,  with 
various  cha-nges  in  the  personnel  of  the  firm 
until  sometime  in  the  earlv  'No's,  when  it  was 
assigned  to  Charles  Wnitring,  wh<i  closed  it 
out.  In  1867.  when  Christian  Riddle  with- 
drew from  the  firm  just  meiuiijned,  he  started 
in  the  manufacture  of  cigars  doing  a  small 
wholesale  and  retail  business.  The  first  thou- 
sand cigars  he  shipped  out  of  the  city  went  to 
a  man  in  Gallon,  Ohio,  whu  never  paid  for 
them.  In  the  early  '7o's  George  E.  Graft:'  be- 
came a  partner,  and  the  firm  name  of  Riddle 
&  Graff  was  adopted.  EeJv)y  W.  Battenfield 
became  a  partner  in  1S74,  and  the  firm  name 
was  changed  to  Riddle.  Graff  &  Company. 
Mr.  Graff  retired  fnim  the  firm  in  the  early 
"90's.  Their  present  thrt?e-story  factory  at 
Xo.  10  Xorth  Sandusky  Street  was  erected  in 
1S78.  From  120  to  150  cigar-makers  are  em- 
ployed in  this  business,  to  whom  are  paid  be- 
tween $35,000  and  $40,000  annually  in  wages. 
From  six  to  eight  millions  of  cigars  are  made 
annually.  This  means  the  consumptiiiu  of 
about  $75,000  worth  of  tobacco  leaf,  and  the 
payment  of  from  $17,000  to  Si8,ooo  in  reve- 
nue ta.x.  Five  travelling  salesmen  are  em- 
ployed in  marketing  this  product,  which  is  sold 
principally  in  Ohio.  Indiana,  part  of  3ilichi- 
gan,  Illinois  and  western  Xew  York,  as  well 
as  in  a  few  towns  in  Pennsyhania.  The  ex- 
pense ■  for  outgoing  prepaid  exjjress  charges 
is  about  $2,500  annually, 

T.  Hessnauer  &  Company.  In  18S0  Fred- 
erick Pfiffner  and  Jacob  Hessnauer  established 
a  cigar  factory  under  the  name  of  Pfiffner  & 
Plessnauer.  They  employed  five  or  six  people. 
At  the  end  of  five  years,  ^Ir.  Hessnauer  be- 
came sole  proprietor  of  the  business,  wdiich  he 
carried  on  in  his  own  name  until  1902.'  when 
his  son.  Frank  AI.  Hessnauer,  became  a  part- 
ner, and  the  firm  name  nf  J.  Hessnauer  & 
Company  was  adopted.  Their  principal  brand 
is  a  five-cent  cigar  called  the  "Commercial ;" 
they  also  make  a  high-grade  ten-cent  cigar 
called    "Eynette."'      About    twenty-five    people 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


find  empluyment  in  tlie  niaiiufacture  of  these 
cigars,  wliicli  are  sold  principally  in  Ohio. 

The  Delaware  Co-Operative  Cigar  Com- 
pany, whicli  is  no  longer  in  existence,  did  quite 
an  extensi\-e  business  in  its  palm}-  days.  The 
comjiany  was  incorporated  in  July,  1S84.  and 
the  following  gentlemen  were  its  tirst  officers : 
Charles  Smith,  president;  Henry  Eayerlein, 
vice-president;  Charles  Pfister,  secretary  and 
manager;  P.  Pfister,  treasurer.  At  one  time 
the  business  gave  emplo}-meiit  to  about  a  dozen 
cigarmakers. 

Crasser  &  Haas.  In  1SS6  John  P.  Crasser 
l>ecame  a  stcjckholder  in  the  Delaware  Co- 
Operative  Cigar  Company,  and  continued  in 
its  employ  until  1S93,  when  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  A.  Dauernheim.  under  the  firm 
name  of  Dauernheim  &  Grasser  which  pur- 
chased the  business.  This  partnership  con- 
tinued until  1896,  when  Mr.  Crasser  purchased 
his  partner's  interest,  and  ran  the  business 
alone  until  a  year  later.  Then  W.  E.  Haas, 
who  is  U'-iw  Ma}-or  of  Delaware,  became  a 
partner,  and  the  firm  name  was  changed  to 
Crasser  &  Haas.  About  400,000  cigars  are 
manufactured  annually,  giving  einployment 
to  eight  or  nine  people  including  the  mem- 
bers of  the  firm.  Their  leading  brands  of  fi\e- 
cent  cigars  are  "Henry  Gray"'  and  "The  Rip- 
per;" "Tom  Watts"  is  the  name  of  their  ten- 
cent  cigar.  These  cigars  are  sold  principally 
in  Ohio. 

William  Hanitsch  started  in  1895  to  make 
cigars  on  his  own  account.  He  keeps  two  or 
taree  hands  busy,  and  makes  about  200,000 
cigars  yearly.  His  brands  are  "The  Best 
Handmade"   and   "Anclior." 

Wells  Brothers  started  in  the  business  of 
making  cigars  in  July,  1904.  Three  people, 
including  one  member  of  the  firm,  are  em- 
ployed in  this  factory,  which  turns  out  aljout 
100, coo  cigars  a  year.  These  are  sold  prin- 
cipally in  Delaware.  "Standard"  is  their 
leading  brand. 

Charles  AI.  Ulrey  is  the  only  cigar-box 
manufacturer  in  the  county.  This  business 
was  established  in  the  early  '8o's  by  John 
Bradbeer.  whn  carried  it  nw  until  189^.  when 
Mr.  Ulrey  purchased  it.     .\bout  fi\-e  hundred 


cigar  boxes  are  made  daily,  giving  employ- 
ment to  six  or  seven  men.  These  boxes  are 
marketeil  largely  in  Delaware  Ciumty.  al- 
though Mr.  Ulrey  has  customers  all  over  the 
State. 

CRE.VMERIES. 

The  Sunbury  Co-Operative  Creamery 
Ci  mpnny  was  organized  during  the  winter  of 
1892.  and  was  chartered  on  January  28th  of 
that  year,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $6,000  paid 
in.  There  were  originally  forty-three  stock- 
holders. The  first  Ploard  of  Directors  was  as 
follows:  L.  James  Wilson,  president;  Milton 
Utley,  vice-president;  John  Landon,  William 
D.  Miller,  James  Cockrell.  Roswel  Edwards 
and  E.  D.  Palmer.  J.  H.  Kimball,  secretary 
and  general  manager;  O.  H.  Kimball,  treas- 
urer. In  addition  to  those  who  served  as  of- 
ficers, the  following  appear  on  the  charter  as 
incorporators :  Jasper  Boyd.  Thomas  Andrews. 
W.  P.  Roberts  and  Kimball  Sedgwick.  After 
sixteen  years'  continuous  service  on  the  part 
of  Messrs.  Wilson.  Landon.  ?\Iiller.  Boyd  and 
Cockrell  without  compensation  as  officers,  the 
Board  of  Directors  for  1908  is  as  fullows;  L. 
James  Wilson,  president;  William  D.  Miller, 
vice  president;  John  Landon,  Sam  L.  Rose- 
crans.  Jasper  Boyd.  Edwin  Phillips.  James 
Ciickrell.  Kimball  Sedgwick,  secretary  and 
general  manager;  Charles  ^  O.  .\rmstrong, 
treasurer.  This  company  is  one  of  the  most 
successful  in  the  State  of  Ohio.  It  was  estab- 
lished by  farmers  for  farmers.  The  company 
acts  merely  as  agent.  The  farmer  delivers  the 
milk  to  the  cream.ery,  and  recei\-es  the  net 
proceeds  of  the  business  after  deducting  the 
actual  running  expenses,  including  a  "royalty 
or  rental"  (which  goes  to  the  shareholders)  of 
five  cents  per  hundred  pounds  on  all  milk  re- 
ceived. The  creamery  began  receiving  milk 
May  2.  1892.  taking  in  on  that  day  2,298 
pounds.  ^Iilk.  cream  and  all  the  products  of 
the  same,  or  nf  which  these  are  an  ingredient, 
and  their  bv-products  are  handled  and  manu- 
f'^ctured.  The  reputation  of  the  creamery. 
hiv.\e\"er.  has  been  established  on  die  merit  of 
it.s  butter.     From  a  small  beginning,  the  terri- 


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tory  from  which  the  company  ch^aws  its  raw 
material  has  spread  over  the  entire  eastern  halt 
of  Delaware  County  and  into  Morrow,  Lick- 
ing- and  Franklin  Counties.  Frrm  a  total  of 
$8,(/,'5.3i  in  189J,  the  business  has  grown  to 
$_'j^^549.oi  in  1907,  and  tlieie  is  every 
prospect  that  it  will  reach  the  qu:'.rter  milliun 
mark  in  1908.  The  company  ha>  ci'tuinuaUy 
expcndetl  its  surplus  capital  in  txien^i.jii  .iinl 
improvements,  and  trKla>-  p'jsscs.scs  one  of  the 
tinc>t  brick  Iniildini^s  in  Delaware  County, 
equipjjed  with  the  mi_>st  modern  machinery  and 
every  facility  for  handling  its  materials  and 
products  in  the  most  sanitary  manner. 

The  Delaware  Creamery  Company  at  the 
northwest  corner  of  Lake  and  Winter  Streets, 
was  established  .in  1901  by  W.  Z.  E\'ans.  t'.ut- 
ter  and  condensed  milk  are  the  products  manu- 
factured, this  being-  the  only  condensing  plant 
in  the  county.  A  busine--^  amdunting  h<  S75.- 
coo  was  done  in  lyoj,  giving  employment  to 
fn^ni  twelve  to  fifteen  pei>plc. 

The  Ashley  Co-Operative  Crean-ier_\-  Com- 
pany was  incorporated  in  May.  1892.  Benja- 
min Stitler  was  president  and  "Chesley  Worn- 
staff  was  treasurer  of  the  company.  The  farm- 
ers could  not  be  interested  sufficiently  to  fur- 
nish milk  enough  to  carry  on  tlie  .  business 
profitably,  so  in  Octijber,  1895,  the  enterprise 
was  abandoned. 

LIME   AND   STOXE. 

The  Scioto  Lime  and  Stone  Company  is 
one  of  the  flourishing  and  growing  industries 
of  Delaware  County.  The  plant  is  located  in 
Scioto  Township  on  the  east  side  of  the  river 
near  the  northern  boundary  of  Concord  Town- 
ship. A  spur  runs  from  the  plant  to  the  Big 
Four  Railroad.  The  company  has  the  only 
hydrating  lime  machine  in  this  part  of  the 
State.  It  has  a  capacity  of  i.ooo  barrels  of 
lime  per  day,  and  employs  forty  to  fifty  men 
in  the  busy  season.  Besides  doing  a  large 
local  business,  the  company  ships  extensi\-ely 
to  eastern  and  southern  states.  H.  E.  Kendrick 
is  the  manager  of  the  plant,  having  his  office 
on  Xorth  Sanduskv  Street,  Delaware. 


The  White  Sulphur  Stone  Company  of 
Scioto  Township  was  established  m  1904  jjv 
Oliver  Perry  Bird  and  James  Richey.  under 
the  firm  name  of  Bird  &  Richey.  At  first  they 
operated  two  stone  (.|uarries  in  Concord  Town- 
ship, but  in  1906,  sir.  Christian  was  admitted 
to  tiie  firm,  and  at  that  time  they  acquired 
eight  acres  of  quarry  land  where  they  are  now- 
located  a  little  west  of  White  Sulphur  station 
on  the  Big  Four  Railroad.  They  emplov  about 
twenty-five  men,  and  do  a  large  business  in 
crushed  stone,  and  also  have  contracts  for  fill- 
ing about  twenty  miles  of  county  turnpikes. 

In  Berkshire,  Trenton,  Harlem  and  Genoa 
Townships  are  to  be  found  quarries  of  fine 
building  stone,  tho.se  of  Berkshire  and  Tren- 
ton being  of  superior  quality.  On  account  of 
the  poor  facilities  for  shipping,  these  quarrie? 
have  never  been  worked  extensively.  The  first 
quarry  in  Trenton  Township  was  opened  at  an 
early  day  by  a  Mr.  Allison.  Upwards  of  thirty 
years  ago  a  large  quarry  was  opened  on  the 
Landon  farm  on  Big  Walnut  Creek.  Williams 
lK:  Knox  oper.ed  another  large  quarry  years 
ago.  Many  others  were  opened  in  different 
parts  of  the  township,  but  largely  for  the  per- 
sonal use  of  the  proprietors.  The  Sunburv 
Stijue  Company  was  incorporated  in  1907  b\- 
Columbus  capitalists,  although  some  citi.^ens 
of  Sunbury  have  stock  in  the  enterprise.  They 
are  working  what  is  known  as  the  Bunyan 
quarry,  adjoining  the  Landon  quarries. 

Frank  L.  Campbell  has  a  12-acre  blue  lime- 
stone quarry  on  \\'est  William  Street.  Tliis 
was  opened  originally  by  Willian-i  Little,  whose 
name  figures  prominently  in  the  early  history 
of  Delaware.  From  him  the  quarry  passed  to 
George  W.  Campbell.  After  running  the 
quarry  for  a  long  time,  he  sold  to  George  Lit- 
tle, a  son  of  William  Little,  and  from  him  it 
passed  to  Frank  Little  Campbell,  who  is  a 
grandson  of  the  original  proprietor,  in  1S96. 
Mr.  Campbell  employs  about  thirty-five  men, 
and  gets  out  about  a  th'.:iusand  carloads  of 
building  stone  annually,  and  as  a  by-product, 
between  tioo  and  700  carloads  of  crushed  stone 
per  year.  The  fine  quality  of  this  sti^ne  is  in- 
dicated by  the  fact  that  3.1r.  Campbell  saws  it 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COL".\TV 


into  blijcks.     It  is  nuirketeil  nmstly  in  Coluni- 
l)us,  althougii  it  is  sliipped  all  over  the  State. 

Wain  iiazeltun  has  abuut  two  and  one- 
half  acres  of  land  situated  in  Delaware  north- 
west of  the  Hocking-  X'alU'v  station.  Kere  he 
has  operated  a  st^ne  ([I'av!;,  l<ir  ahont  tliirteen 
\ears.  During  the  Im^y  ^eas.nl  he  employs 
from  forty  tu  lOO  men  in  his  bnsinoss.  He 
Ointracts  f^r  turnpike-  and  city  .-ireets.  and 
si)  far  a-  i^  kn.)wn,  the  hr>':  complaint  ha:  yei 
to  be  made  regarding  the  quality  ut  his  work. 

G.\S    MAXL-FACTUKE. 

P.efi.ire  success  was  finally  achie\ed,  sev- 
eral attempts  were  made  by  different  parties 
to  establish  a  plant  fur  ih.e  manufacture  gf  gas 
in  Delaware.  As  early  as  iS'^Ck  llar\ey  P. 
Piatt  made  a  proposal  tij  the  Council  ami  they 
granted  him  the  n^c  "f  t'lc  city  strecis.  re- 
stricting the  price  of  ga^  \."  the  Corporation  to 
$3  per  thousand  cubic  feet,  and  the  jirice  to 
citizens  to  §4.  In  the  latter  ijart  nf  tlie  suc- 
ceeding year.  Piatt  having  fail..!  t.  fu':":!  h-s 
part  of  the  contract.  Israel  I.  Ricliard<.  ui  and 
J.  C.  Evans  were  granted  like  pri\ileges  for 
the  same  purpc'se,  the  price  of  gas  being  made 
to  city  and  citizens  alike. at  S4.  These  gentle- 
men were  given  until  iS'^iO  in  which  h.'  com- 
plete their  project,  but  they.  too.  failed,  and 
the  rights  granted  were  re\Tjked.  During  1S59. 
however,  The  Delaware  Gas  Light  and  Coat 
Oil  -Company  was  organized  by  William  Stev- 
enson. Joseph  Atkinson.  Jacob  Riblet  and  oth- 
ers. These  gentlemen,  were  from  [Mansfield. 
Gabon  and  elsewdiere.  and  were  granted  the 
usual  privileges  on  April  2\,  i860,  the  price  of 
gas  being  fixed  at  Sj  per  thousanl  feet  to  thie 
city,  anil  S3  to  private  cc^nsumers.  The  fol- 
low-ing  men  were  the  first  officers  of  the  com- 
pany: Jacob  Riblet,  president;  A.  S.  Caton. 
secretary:  J.  Atkinson,  superintendent,  and 
Charles  Wottring.  treasurer.  They  at  once 
set  about  erecting  their  works  on  Estella 
Street.  The  first  pipes  put  down  were  of  wijod. 
but  in  1S70.  these  were  replaced  by  iron  pipes, 
and  the  whole  establishment  enlarged.  A  new- 
purifying  house  was  built,  a  gasometer  wuh  a 


cafiacity  of  18.000  feet  replaced  the  old  nne, 
and  a  new  bench  of  .five  retorts  added,  making 
an  effective  force  of  eleven  retorts.  The  com- 
pany continued  to  exteiul  its  distributing  sys- 
tem, and  in  1S88,  built  a  gas-hokler  with  a  ca- 
pacil}-  of  36.000  feet.  The  following  year  a 
new  uffice  building  was  erected  on  Estella 
Street  at  a  cost  uf  about  $2,000.  As  the  de- 
mand increased,  the  capacity  of  the  plant  was 
enlarged  until  it  was  100,000  feet  per  day.  On 
January  15,  1894.  the  name  was  changed  to 
the  Delaware  Gas  Comjiany  by  an  amendment 
to  the  charter,  and  in  July,  1902,  the  charter 
was  again  amended  so  as  to  permit  tlie  com- 
pany to  distribute  natural  gas.  This  was  the 
second  gas  company  in  the  United  States  to 
make  a  change  fnun  the  manufacture  of  arti- 
ficial gas  to  distributing  natural  gas.  The 
change  involved  great  expense,  but  was  made 
without  inconveniencing  the  consumers  in  any 
way.  The  company  owns  one  of  the  finest  dis- 
tributing plants  in  the  State  of  Ohio.  It  com- 
prises nine  regulators  and  twenty-four  miles 
L.-f  mains.  It  has  1.500  meters  in  use,  and 
selL  gas  to  the  city  and  citizens  at  a  net  price 
of  2j  cents  per  thousand  cul)ic  feet.  The  capi- 
tal stock  of  the  comijany  is  now  Si 20.000. 
Judge  T.  C.  Jones  was  elected  president  of  the 
comjiany  in  1877,  and  served-  until  August, 
1892,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Chauncy 
Llills.  y[r.  Hills  held  the  oft^ice  at 'the  time  o'f 
his  death,  February  8,  1901,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Captain  \'.  T.  Hills,  w-ho  ser\'ed  im- 
til  January.  1904.  Captain  Archibald  Lybrand 
was  then  elected  to  the  position  and  served  a 
year.  !\Ir.  T.  C.  Jones,  who  is  now  president 
and  manager,'  was  elected  ti5  the  ot'fice  in 
January,  1905.  Mr.  C.  M.  Converse  became 
secretary  and  manager  of  the  company  in  1877, 
and  was  followed  in  1888  by  J.  M.  Armstrong. 
In  December,  1891,  he  was  succeeded  by  T.  C. 
Jones,  who  held  the  office  until  he  became  presi- 
dent, and  was  succeeded  by  John  L.  Shaub, 
who  is  now  secretary  of  the  compai-iy.  In 
1902.  the  office  building  abo\'e  referred  to  was 
co-nverted  into  a  workshop,  and  the  offices  of 
the  company  were  renn^ved  to  their  present  lo- 
cation on  West  Winter  Street. 


CHAPTER.  VIII. 


BANKS  AND  BANKING. 


A  History  of  the  Banks  of  Dclaz.'c 

Tlie  citizens  of  Delaware  County  liave  been  I 
most  fortunate  in  iiaving  the  banking  business 
of  the  community  in  the  hands  of  men  wlio 
have   proven    themselves    not   only   honorable, 
but  capable  a'ncl  conservative  financiers.     They 
have  safely   piloted   the  banks  of  this  county 
thniug-li   all   the  panics  and    financial    storms 
which  base  periodically  swept  o\'er  the  coun- 
try, so  that  tlie  history  of  banking  in  Delaware 
County  has  yet  to  record  its  first  failure.     In 
making  this  statement,  we  except,  of  course, 
the  first  attempt  at  banking  which   from   the 
following  account  of  its  brief  career,  seems  at 
this  late  date  like  a  joke,  while  it  illustrates  the 
loose  business  methods  of   those  early  times.  | 
Xo  one. but  the  founders  of  this  bank  suffered  j 
by  its  untimely  collapse,  and    their    anguish,  j 
probably  was  .largely  mental. 

The  first  bank  in  Delaware  was  organized 
about  1SI17.  and  was  called  the  Bank  of  Dela- 
ware. It  was  a  bank  of  issue.  William  Lit- 
tle was  the  principal  stockholder ;  Moses  Byxbe. 
Sr.,  was  president,  and  Leonard  H.  Cowles 
was  cashier.  Mr.  Cowdes.  who  was  a  son-in- 
law  of  Moses  Byxbe,  Sr.,  was  one  of  the  earli- 
est resident  lawyers  of  Delaware,  a  graduate  of 
Vale  and  a  classmate  of  John  C.  Calhoun.  The 
bank  was  opened  in  a  building  which  stood  on 
the  northeast  corner  of  Sandusky  and  William 
Streets,  where  the  transfer  station  of  the  Co- 
lumbus. Delaware  &  Marion  Railway  now  is. 

After  the  bank  had  been  in  business  a  few 
days,  Mr.  Little  concluded  to  examine  its  con- 
dition and  assets.     He  went  to  the  bank  and 
asked  the  cashier  what  his  success  was.  and  re-  1 
ceiving  a  favorable  answer,  asked  the  cashier  ! 


Tt-    County — Ir'ast    and    Present. 

if  he  was  loaning  any  money.  "Oh,  yes!"  said 
the  cashier,  "Lots  of  it."  Mi\  Little  then  re- 
quested to  see  the  notes.  "Oh!"  replied  the 
cashier,  "I  didn't  take  any  notes  ;  I  just  charged 
the  loans  up  on  the  books."  ^Ir.  Little,  be- 
coming suspicious  that  the  institution  was  be- 
ing run  rather  loosely,  stepped  into  the  back 
room,  where  he  found  the  bills  of  the  bank 
[.iled  up  on  a  table,  tie  gathered  them  all  up, 
wrapped  them  in  a  paper,  put  the  bundle  under 
his  arm,  and  going  into  the  front  room,  said 
to  the  cashier,  "You  may  lock  the  door;  this 
bank  is  broke."  We  commend  that  method  of 
winding  up  the  affairs  of  a  bank  without  the 
vexatious  delays  of  a  resort  to  receivers  and 
courts. 

One  of  the  bills  of  the  bank,  in  some 
miraculous  way,  weathered  the  storms  of  pio- 
neer days,  and  was  found  under  the  floor  of 
the  old  Court  ILjuse  when  it  was  torn  down. 
It  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Hon.  John  D. 
Van  Deman,  and  through  his  courtesy  we  are 
able  to  show  the  accompanying  photographic 
reproduction  of  this  most  interesting  relic. 

The  Del.a.w'.\re  X.\tiox.\l  B.\xk.  The 
following  history  of  this  bank,  including  the 
banks  that  preceded  it,  is  given  substantially 
as  it  was  written  by  Air.  Sidney  Moore,  shortly 
before  his  death.  The  necessary  data  has  been 
added  to  make  the  chronicle  complete  to  the 
present  time.  On  February  14,  1845,  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  passed  an  Act  entitled,  "An  Act 
to  Incorporate  the  State  Bank  of  Ohio  and 
other  Banking  Companies."  Under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Act,  a  Board  of  Bank  Commis- 
sioners, consisting    of  Hon.    Gustavus    Swan 


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154 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


and  others,  met  t)n  March  i8th,  and  organized 
a  Board  of  Control,  electing  Mr.  Swan  as  presi- 
dent, and  Josepli  Olds  as  secretan,-.  On  June 
14,  1845,  thirty-three  persons  organized  the 
Delaware  County  branch  of  the  State  Bank  of 
Ohio,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000.  At 
subsequent  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Control, 
to  and  including  June  19,  1S45,  applications 
tij  establi--;h  brancli  banks  at  sexen  cities  and 
towns  were  tileti.  Amriig  those  making  ap- 
pHcation,  the  one  from  Delaware  was  accepted 
by  the  Board  of  Control,  and  the  Delaware 
County  Branch  of  the  State  Bank  of  Ohio 
commenced  liusiness  on  October  12,  1845.  ^'^^ 
a  meeting  of  the  stockholders,  H(jn.  Hosea 
Williams,  William  Little,  B.  Powers,  W.  D. 
Heim  and  C.  Howard  were  elected  directors. 
Judge  Williams  was  elected  president,  and  B. 
Powers,  cashier.  Sidney  ]Moore.  Jr.,  was  ap- 
pointed teller  and  bookkeeper.  Judge  Wil- 
liams was  president  of  the  bank  until  the  e.x;- 
piration  of  its  charter  in  1865.  ^Nlr.  Powers 
served  as  director  and  cashier  until  1855,  when 
he  resigned  as  cashier,  a.id  was  succeeded  by 
Sidney  2\Ioore.  who  filled  the  position  until 
the  expiration  of  the  charter. 

The  Del.wvare  CofXTv  X.vtiox.vl  Bank 
was  organized  under  the  Act  of  Ccingress,  en- 
titled, "An  Act  to  Provide  a  National  Cur- 
rency,'" etc.,  which  was  approved  June  3,  1864. 
Articles  of  association  for  organizing  this  bank 
were  signed  January  6,  1865.  and  an  election 
of  directors  was  held  on  the  loth  of  the  same 
month.  Hon.  Hosea  William^.  B.  Powers,  \V. 
D.  Heim,  PL  G.  Andrews  and  Sidney  Moore 
were  elected.  Judge  \\'illiams  became  presi- 
dent, and  Sidney  Minire  w-as  app:iinted  cash- 
ier. March  i.  i8r.3,  Hon.  Hugh  McCullough, 
comptroller  of  the  currency,  issued  his  Certifi- 
cate of  Authority  to  commence  the  business  of 
banding,  and  on  iNIarch  8th,  the  business  of 
the  old  bank  was  transferred  and  assigned  to 
the  new  organization.  The  charter  granted  at 
this  time  expired  January  7,  1885,  and  was 
then  renewed  or  extended  for  twenty  years. 
The  original  Board  of  Directors  served  until 
1S67,  when  Mr.  Andrews  resigned,  and  John  | 
R.  Hillianl  was  appointed  in  his  place.  The 
board  as  thus  constituted  continued  until  Jan-  ] 


uary  9,  1872,  when  John  Woltley  succeeded 
Mr.  tlilliard.  No  further  change  occurred  in 
the  per-sonnel  of  the  board  until  February  18, 
1S76,  when  Chauncy  Hills  was  apijointed  to 
the  \acancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Judge  Wil- 
liams on  February  12th.  On  July  28,  1876, 
Lion.  T.  C.  Jones  became  a  director  in  place 
of  B.  Powers,  resigned.  On  June  13,  1880, 
the  same  board  was  elected,  except  that  V.  T. 
Hills  succeeded  John  WolHey  as  a  director. 
This  board  served  until  188^.  From  that  time 
until  1885,  .Messrs.  C.  Hills,  T.  C.  Jones,  V. 
T.  Hills,  Sidney  .Moore  and  Rev.  John  W. 
White  composed  the  Board  of  Directors.  ^Ir. 
White  resigned  in  1S86,  and  W.  Little  took 
his  place.  No  further  change  was  made  in  the 
membership  until  the  death  of  Hon.  T.  C. 
Jones,  August  13,  1892.  A.  H.  Jones  was 
elected  to  the  \  acancy  August  22.  1892,  and 
no  other  change  occurred  in  the  board  until 
September,  1900,  when  A\'.  Little  resigned. 
At  this  time  E.  L  Pollock  was  appointed  cash- 
ier of  the  bank.  In  1901,  ^Messrs.  C.  Hills. 
\'.  T.  Hills,  A.  LI.  Jones,  Sidney  Moore  and 
H.  J.  McCullough  were  elected  as  directors. 
;\Ir.  C.  Hills  died  T'ebruary  8,  1901,  and  on 
the  nth  of  March  following.  L.  L.  Denison 
was  appointed  in  his  stead.  The  death  of  Mr. 
IMcCullough,  June  27,  1903,  made  the  next 
change  in  the  board,  and  E.  I.  Pollock  was  ap- 
pointed as  his  successor,  on  .-Vugust  17th.  The 
Board  of  Directors  as  thus  constituted  w  as  re- 
elected January  12,  1904.  The  charter  of  this 
bank  expired  on  January  (>.  1905,  and  at  that 
time  it  went  into  liquidation. 

The  Delaware  National  Bank  began 
business  on  January  7,  1905.  The  applicatinn 
for  a  charter  for  this  bank  was  made  Novem- 
ber 7,  1904,  and  was  signed  bv  Sidney  Moore, 
V.  T.  Hills,  L.  L.  Denison,  A.  H.  Jones  and 
E.  I.  Pollock.  The  charter  was  dated  Decem- 
ber 7,  1904,  and  an  election  was  held  on  the 
loth  of  the  following  month,  at  which  time 
the  number  of  directors  was  increased  from 
five  to  seven,  and  the  following  Iward  was 
elected :  Sidnev  Moore.  V.  T.  Hills,  L.  L. 
Denison,  E.  I.' Pollock,  Lewis  Slack,  T.  J. 
Grittin  and  J.  L.  Anderson.  The  board  cijn- 
tinued  w-ithciut  Changs'  until  the  death  of  Mr. 


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Moore  on  JMay  27,  1907.  the  vacnncy  thus 
created  being  fiUed  by  T.  }vE  Thompson,  who 
\\as  elected  on  June  10,  1907.  The  present  of- 
ticers  of  the  bank  are:  V.  ']'.  HiUs,  president: 
L.  L.  Deni>on.  vice-presid.eni.  and  E.  J.  Pol- 
loci<.  cashier. 

I'h.e  Ijank  occupies  a  fine  two-story  build- 
inn-  at  34  Xnrth  Sandusky  Street.  This  lot 
was  deeded  to  the  bank  on  February  13.  1868, 
by  John  R.  Hilhard,  the  consideration  Ijeing 
S3, 250.  On  the  17th  of  the  following  yiay. 
the  president  and  cashier  were  apjwinied  a 
cuniniittee  to  make  all  arrangements  for  the 
erection  of  a  building  suitable  for  the  busi- 
ness. In^  1886,  the  building  was  remodeled,  in- 
cluding the  erection  of  a  new  front,  and  at  that 
time  was  entirely  refurnished.  In  1905.  the 
buikling  was  again  remodeled,  a  new  addition 
built  to  the  rear  of  the  building,  and  the  old 
vault  replaced  with  one  thoroughly  up-to-date 
in  every  respect.  When  this  bank  opened  in 
1905.  it  made  a  new  departure,  in  starting  a 
savings  department.  The  toUowiig  statement 
of  the  affairs  of  this  institution  dated  February 
29.  190S,  may  be  of  interest: 

RESOURCES. 

Loans   an.i    Discounts    $440,256.16 

United  States  and  other  Bends .227,700.31 

Real  Estate,  I'urniture  and  Fixtures 22.51x1,00 

Due  from  Banks  and  U.  S.  Treasurer 72,003.30 

Cash    43.879.99 

Total     $Sc^6, 339.76 

LI.-\BILITIES. 

Capit.il    Stock    : $150,000,00 

Su  I  plus  and    Profits 36,955.87 

Circulation    9S.700.00 

Due  to    Banks    .-  948,25 

^^POiks   ..: 47.J.733-64 

Bond  .Account   47,000.00 

Total    , , $.''06,339.76 

The  following  is  the  list  of  officers  and 
their  terms  of  service :  Presidents.  Hon. 
Hosea  Williams.  Januarv  13,  1S65.  until  his 
death.  February' 12,  1S76:  William  D.  Heim, 
February  14.  1876,  until  his  death.  January  8 
1^83:  Sidney   ^h^ore,  January  8.    18S3.  until 


his  death,  May  27,  1907.  He  was  succeeded 
by  Y.  T.  Hills,  who  is  now  president.  Vice- 
presidents,  Chatmcy  Hills.  January  9,  1877,  to 
F^ebruary  8,  1901 ;  V.  T.  Hills;  January  13, 
1892.  until  his  election  as  president  on  June 
10,  1907;  L.  L.  Denison,  who  now  holds  the 
office,  became  vice-president  on  last  named 
date.  Cashiers.  Sidney  JMoore.  January  13, 
1S65,  to  January  9,  1S83:  William  Little, 
January  8,  18S3,  to  September  i,  1900,  when 
he  was  succeeded  bv  the  present  cashier,  E,  L 
Pollock. 

The  First  X.\tiox-\l  B.\xk.  \Miile  this 
is  not  the  oldest  bank  in  Delaware,  it  was  the 
first  national  bank  established  in  this  city  un- 
der the  "Act  of  Congress  to  Provide  a  Na- 
tional Currenc}',  etc."  The  present  institution 
is  built,  as  it  were,  upon  the  foundation  of  The 
Bank  of  Delaware,  v,hich  was  organized  Au- 
gust 3,  1857.  under  the  provisions  of  the  law 
for  incorporating  State  banks.  The  original 
stockholders  were:  Tlon.  H.  Williams,  B. 
Powers,  P.  D.  Hillyer,  Sidney  ]\Ioore,  Jr.,  C. 

A.  Powers  and  W.  E.  Moore.  These  men, 
with  the  exception  of  \V.  E.  JMoore,  constituted 
the  Board  of  Directors.  On  August  10,  1857, 
'Mr.  Flillyer  was  elected  president  and  C.  A. 
Powers,  cashier.  The  Ijank  opened  for  business 
in  what  is  now  the  Flotel  Donavin  block  on 
Xorth  Sandusky  Street.  At  that  time  the  first 
fioor  was  reached  by  a  short  fiight  of  steps 
from  the  sidewalk.  The  application  for  the 
charter  of  the  First  X'ational  Bank  was  signed 
by  sc\enteen  persons.  The  charter  was  granted 
on  February  23,  1S6.].,     Hon.  Hosea  Williams, 

B.  Powers,  H.  G.  Andrews.  Isaac  Day  and  Sid- 
ney Moore,  Jr.,  composed  the  first  Board  of 
Directors.  On  January  16,  1864.  the  First 
National  Batik  took  over  the  business  of  the 
Bank  of  Delaware,  and  on  January  iSth,  B. 
Powers  was  elected  president  and  W.  E. 
Moore,  cashier.  J.  E,  Gould  became  cashier 
on  February  15.  1876,  and  on  January  8,  1884, 
he  was  succeeded  by  G.  W.  Powers,  B,  Pow- 
ers resigned  as  president  on  February  16,  1880, 
and  C.  B.  Paul  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy. 
]Mr.  Paul  continued  to  serve  as  president  un- 
til his  death.  January  11,  1901.  and  on  January 
17th.   Hon.   J.    D.   Van   Deman.   who   is   now 


MISTORV   Ol'    DELAWARE  COUXTV 


presiileiu,  was  elected  tu  the  (jftice.  The  other 
otticers  lit  the  bank  at  tiie  present  time  are: 
M.  -Miller,  vice-president;  G.  \V.  Powers, 
cashier :  R.  B.  Powers,  assistant  casljier.  The 
present  Board  of  Directors  is  composed  of  the 
following  gentlemen:  Hon.  J.  D.  Van  De- 
man.  M.  Miller,  G.  \V.  Powers.  H.  W.  Jewell. 
W.  y[.  Aliller  and  L.  W.  Battenfield.  Of  the 
seventeen  men  who  applied  for  the  original 
charter  of  this  bank,  onlv  three  are  now  liv- 
ing—Y.  T.  Hills.  M.  Miller  and  \V.  E.  Moore. 

The  lot  at  2p  North  Sandnsky  Street,  on 
which  the  bank  is  now  located,  was  purchased 
in  1S65  for  Si. 700,  and  the  building  was 
erected  in  that  year.  The  bank  began  business 
in  their  new  building  on  January  i,  1S66.  The 
building  was  remodeled  in-iS83.  and  plans 
have  been  made  for  the  erection  of  an  addi- 
tion to  the  rear  of  the  building  this  year,  and 
a  large  vault  embodying  the  latest  improve- 
ments will  also  be  built  at  the  same  time. 

The  fi/illowing  statement  shows  the  assets 
and  liabilities  of  the  bank  on  February  24. 
1 90S . 

ASSETS. 

Loans    and    Bonds    S3J5.fU5  §6 

United  States  Bonds   100,000.00 

Real    Estate,   etc    12.500.00 

Cash   and    Exchange    It2.856.35 

Due   from'  U.  S.  Treasurer   3,000.00 

Total    .  . .' 8564,002.21 

LI.\P.ILITIFS. 

Capital    Stuck    $100000.00 

Surplus  and   Profits   23,494.50 

Circulation    100.000.00 

De;iosit^    ,740,^07.71 

Total $564,002.21 

This  bank  has  been  justly,  distinguished 
for  its  conservative  manageinent.  It  has  never 
passed  its  dividend,  and  in  all  the  financial 
panics  which  have  disturbed  the  country  it  has 
never  failed  to  meet,  on  demand,  all  claims 
upon  it.  Depositors  have  felt  that  their  money 
was  as  safe  in  the  keeping  of  this  bank  as  it 
would  be  in  the  \-aults  rif  the  govenmient. 

The    Deposit    B.\xking    Compaxv.     In 


1S67.  as  a  result  of  the  efforts  of  Henry  A. 
Welch,  a  co-partnership  was  formed  for  c^n- 
ducting  a  banking  business  in  Delaware,  un- 
der the  name  of  the  Deposit  Banking  Com- 
pany. The  f(jllowiiig  men  were  members  of 
the  company:  H.  W.  Pumphrey,  William  G. 
Williams.  .H.  M.  Carper,  -Hon.  John  D.  \'an 
Deman,  E.  R.  Thompson.  William  Warren. 
Sr..  Archibald  Lvbrand,  John  Brundige.  S.  P. 
Shur,  J.  J.  Shur'  and  Henry  A.  Welch.  The 
bank  upened  for  business  in  December.  1S69. 
The  business  was  continued  as  a  co-partner- 
ship until  ]\lay  14,  1890,  when  it  was  incor- 
porated under  the  State  Banking  Law.  The 
following  are  the  names  of  the  incorporators: 
S.  P.  Shur.  Prof.  W.  G.  Williams.  H.  A. 
Welch,  R.  G.  Lybrand  and  Samuel  Lybrand. 
At  the  first  election  after  the  incijrporation.  the 
following  officers  were  elected :  S.  P.  Shur. 
president;  PI.  A.  Welch,  vice-president:  X.  P. 
Ferguson,  cashier;  R.  R.  Welch,  assistant 
cashier.  The  following  named  gentlemen  have 
filled  the  various  offices  of  the  bank  dr.wn  to 
the  present  time:  Presidents.  H.  W.  Pum- 
phrey. John  Mendenhall.  Archibald  Lybrand 
and  S.  P.  Shur.  who  now  fills  the  office.  Cash- 
iers. H.  A.  Welch  until  1896:  X.  P.  Ferguson. 
Fred  T.  Jones,  and  from  1S98  to  April  i.  LCioS. 
R.  M.  Averv  was  cashier.  The  latter  was  suc- 
ceeded by  A.  S.  Conklin.  H.  W.  Jones  is  the 
present  assistant  cashier.  The  present  b'jard 
of  Directors  comprises  the  following  gentle- 
men: S.  P.  Shur.  president:  Christian  Riddle, 
vice-president;  R.  ]M.  Avery,  cashier;  R.  G. 
Lybrand.  E.  J.  Healy.  W.  ^L  Heseltine  and  A. 
S.  Conklin.  Since  its  incorporation,  the  bank 
has  been  paying  interest  on  time  deposits.  The 
bank  has  a  capital.  $50,000:  surplus  and  un- 
divided profits.  S37.300:  deposits.  $414-^1-0: 
cash  and  due  from  banks.  S138.700;  loans. 
5316,400;  Delaware  Countv  and  Citv  bonds. 
S3-'.858. 

The  Del.\w.\re  S.wixgs  B.vxk  Compaxv 
which  is  the  oldest  savings  l)ank  in  the  county, 
is  patterned  after  The  Fremont  Savings  Bank, 
in  which  President  Hayes  was  largely  inter- 
ested. He  recommended  something  of  the  kind 
f.,r  his  native  city,  and  with  this  in  view,  tiie 
following   gentlemen,   Chauncy   Hills,     H.     J. 


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^^cCullou.2:ll.  \':  n.  Stnyman  and  J.  L.  W'olfley. 
inciirj-orateil  The  Delaware  Savings  Bank 
Company,  on  Eebrnary  19,  1S90. 

T!ie  bank  opened  for  business  on  July  27. 
i8yi,  with  the  following  directors  and  officers: 
C.  Hills.  H.  T.  McCullough.  John  Towell,  B. 
W.  Brown.  F.  P.  Hills.  H.  M".  Perkins.  J.  PL 
Grove.  Charles  Brundige  and  R.  K.  \M'lis.  H. 
.\1.  Perkins,  president;  B.  W.  Brown,  vice- 
president  ;  C.  O.  Little,  cashier.  A  new  field 
seemeil  to  have  been  opened  up.  and  the  bank 
inimdiately  started  on  a  prosperous  career. 
The  opportunity  to  make  large  or  small  de- 
])nsits  that  could  be  withdrawn  at  any  time, 
was  immediately  taken  advantage  of  by  a  great 
number  of  Delaware  County's  thrifty  ]icople. 
]Many  of  the  thousands  of  accounts  wliicli  ha\'e 
been  opened  with  the  bank  are  in  the  names  of 
children,  some  of  whom,  today,  have  reached 
the  age  when  they  can  realize  Vs'hat  foresight 
their  parents  displayed  years  ago. 

This  bank  has  paid  to  its  de^xisitors  over 
Si 30.000  in  interest  since  its  or;;:anization,  and 
its  deposits  have  steadily  grown,  until  now 
tbev  are  larger  than  the  deposits  of  any  bank 
in  the  county.  The  present  officers  and  direc- 
tors of  the  bank  arc :  Dr.  A.  J.  Lyon,  presi- 
lent:  Prof,  C.  B.  .Austin,  vice-president:  F.  P. 
Hills,  cashier  since  January  i.  1S92:  \\'.  H. 
Bodurtha.  assistant  cashier.  Besides  the  pi'esi- 
dent,  vice-president  and  cashier,  the  following 
men  are  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors: 
Charles  Brundige.  Hon.  B.  F.  Freshwater.  | 
Colonel  J.  M.  Crawford.  W.  Shawakcr.  T.  C.  j 
Jones  and  J.  E.  >iIcCulIough.  The  following 
is  the  statement  of  the  bank's  assets  and  liabili- 
ties on  February  29.   1908: 

RESOURCES. 

Loana   and   Disccunts    $441,770.19 

Bonds 9S.127.25 

Cash    32.509-33 

Due   from    Banks 75.697-iS 

Furniture,  Fi.xtures  and  Real  Estate 4,450.00 

Total    $652,553.95 

LI.\BILITIES. 

Capital    Stock    $  50,000.00 

Surplus  and    Profits    34,705.16 

Deposits    567,848.79 


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The  F,\rmers  B.vxk,  Sunbury,  Ohio.  This 
bank  was  organized  in  October,  1872,  with  a 
capital  of  $50,000.  The  original  stockholders 
were  F,  Kimball,  John  Hall,  Alanson  Knox, 
George  .-Vrmstrong.  George  Grist.  E.  R, 
Thompson,  O.  D.  Hou.gh  and  B.  :\Ioore.  The 
first  officers  were:  Elias  Kimball,  president; 
W.  .\.  Thompson,  cashier.  The  directors  were 
Elias  Kimball.  E.  R,  Thompson.  Alanson 
Knox.  O,  D.  Hough  and  B.  ^vloore.  AL. 
Kimball  died  soon  after  the  organization  of 
the  bank,  and  was  succeeded  in  the  presidency 
by  Ml-.  Moore.  In  1875,  -^I''-  O.  H.  Kiiuljall 
became  cashier,  ^Ve  have  been  unalde  to  se- 
cure a  connected  liistorv  of  the  bank  since  the 
last  named  date,  or  a  statement  of  its  financial 
condition  for  publication.  The  following  gen- 
tlemen are  the  present  officers:  John  Landon. 
president:  J.  J,  Stark,  vice-president.  These 
gentlemen,  with  C.  W.  Parton  and  G,  J,  Burr, 
are  the  directors,  Owen  A.  Kimball  is  casliier. 
The  Baxk  of  Ashley  was  establi.slied  in 
1884.  and  is  owned  by  the  private  banking  tirm 
of  Sperry  &  WornstafT.  It  has  resources  of 
$150,000,  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  men 
of  wealth.  Mr.  Sperry  devotes  his  entire  lime 
to  the  banking  business,  while  Mr.  W'orn- 
staff's  time  is  occupied  in  looking  after  his 
large  farming  interests. 

The  F.\rjiers  S.vvixgs  B.\xk  Compaxy. 
of  Ashley,  is  a  State  bank,  incorporated  An-- 
gnist  j6,  1904,  It  was  opened  for  business  on 
February  9.  1905,  It  has  a  capital  stock  of 
SJ5.000.  and  on  August  7.  1907,  its  deposits 
were  $128,943.56,  The  following  gentlemen 
are  the,  officers  of  the  bank :  President,  V\' . 
Slack :  vice-president.  T,  J.  Cole :  cashier.  F.  E. 
Whipple;  assistant  ca.shier.  F,  T-  Riley.  Direc- 
tors: W.  Slack,  J,  F.  Wilt.  H,  B,  Blair,  T,  I. 
Cole,  B.  F.  :\[cMaster.  Isaac  Clark.  R,  D,  .Mc- 
Gonigle. 

The  Baxk  of  Gaeex'a  Compaxy.  of 
Galena,  was  incorporated  in  January.  1902.  Its 
capital  stock  is  S50.000.  and  its  cash  capital 
paid  in  is  $25,000.  The  following  are  the  di- 
rectors and  oflicers  of  the  bank: -William  D. 
]\liller.  president:  Jnhn  H.  Dustin.  vice-presi- 
dent :  J.  J,  Adams,  cashier :  George  W,  Bright. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


Chnrle.  Horiun,  Eduar.l  Hall  and  W.  F.  Ben- 
nett. 

The  Ostraxdkr  Bankixc  Cumpaw,  of 
Ostrander,  Ohiix  was  organized  iu  }*Iarch. 
1903,  under  the  banking  laws  of  Ohio.  W".  H. 
Carr  is  president,  and  William  Harris  is  cash- 
ier. The  directors  are  W.  li.  Carr,  J.  C. 
Maug-ans,  Marion  Kirkland,  !1.  W.  Ritlen- 
liouse  and  J.  I.  A(hnu--on.  The  res(.iurces  of 
the  bank  amount  to  Sij  1,000.  Since  its  or- 
ganization, the  bank  has  had  a  health}-  growth 
and  gives  substantial  promise   for  the   future. 

BuiLDixG  AND  Lo.\x  AssociATiox.  As  far 
as  the  records  show,  the  tlrst  associatir.m  incor- 
porated in  Ohio  was  '"The  Delaware  Building 
Assolriation"  of  Delaware.  The  articles  of  in- 
corporation were  filed  with  the  secretary  of  the 
State  on  February  20,  1S67.  There  were  few 
sucli  institutions  in  the  State  at  that  time,  and 
these  were  modeled  on  the  German  plan.  Build- 
ing and  Loan  Associations  soon  became  very 
popular  in  the  cities  of  Ohio.  The  original 
idea  was  to  furnish  cheap  money,  on  long 
time,  tiT  poor  people,  th.us  enabling  them  to 
purchase  or  to  build  homes,  or  to  pay  oil  in- 
debtedness on  homes  already  accphred.  Hun- 
dreds of  people  in  Delaware  have  reason  to 
bless  these  beneficent  institutions.  Nothing 
ever  gave  a  greater  stimulus  to  the  building 
of  homes  in  our  city  than  the  old  Delaw-are 
Building  Association. 

The  plan  on  which  the  association  was 
based  has  been  brnught  to  the  attention  of 
Hon.  J.  D.  Van  Dcnian  by  a  citizen  of  Day- 
ton. He  studied  tlie  plan,  and  with  the  aid 
of  Mr.  C.  E.  Hills,  wdio  was  always  a  leader  in 
all  public  enterprises,  a  Building  Association 
in  Delaware  was  started.  A  cliarrer  was  ob- 
tained, as  already  started,  and  Messrs.  Van 
Deman  and  Llills  can\assed  the  city  for  stock 
subscriptions.  It  is  said  that  during  this  time, 
there  was  more  figuring  in  interest  and  weekly 
payments,  and  calculating  when  the  association 
would  probalily  pay  out  than  was  e\-er  seen 
before ;  the  fences  about  town  were  covered 
with  figures.  The  full  amount  of  stock  was 
soon  subscribed,  and  the  association  opened  its 
doors  with  Hon.  John  D.  A^m  Deman  as 
president,  and  John  J.  Glover,  now  in  the  De- 


Wash 


•ton 


partmcnt  ot  justice, 
tary. 

The  money  was  put  U;>  at  auction,  and 
loaneil  to  the  bidder  offering  t(j  pay  the  highest 
premium  above  the  rate  of  interest.  The  as- 
sociation was  successful  from  the  beginning, 
and  jjeing  on  the  terminal  plan,  it  paid  out 
in  a  little  over  seven  years.  ]\lan}'  a  family 
had  a  hon]e  through  this  institution  who  wouli] 
always  have  been  homeless  were  it  not  for  its 
methods. 

When  the  association  cxjiired  by  limitati.iu, 
all  the  stockholders  met  in  Templer  Flail :  the 
president  cancelled  all  the  mortgages  and  de- 
livered them  to  the  stockliolders,  who  thus 
had  their  homes  free  from  incumbrance.  Other 
associations  followerl.  but  the  first  was  the 
most  successful  of  them  all. 

There  are  now^  two  budding  and  loan  as- 
sociations in  Delaware,  but  their  7:>lan  of  or- 
ganization and  operation  are  quite  different 
from  the  one  we  have  just  notefl.  Money  is 
no  longer  put  uj)  at  auction,  nor  are  shares  sold 
on  the  terminal  plan.  Money  is  loaned  on 
mortgages  in  the  regular  way,  at  a  stated  rate 
of  interest,  the  mortgagor  having  the  pri\i- 
lege  of  paying  any  part  or  all  of  the  principal 
at  any  time. 

The  Pf.ople's  Bvildixg  and  Loax  Com- 
P-JiXY  was  incorporated  in  October,  1SS5,  by 
J.  Hippie,  James  M.  Jones,  John  Donahue, 
Hon.  F.  M".  :Marriott  and  H."  L.  Baker.  At 
first  its  capital  stock  was  $800,000:  this  was 
later  increased  to  $1,000,000,  and  when  this 
was  all  subscribed,  the  stock  in  1905,  was  in- 
creased to  $2,000,000.  W'lien  the  company 
started,  it  did  business  like  any  other  building 
and  loan  association  of  those  days,  charging  a 
legal  rate  of  interest,  and  in  addition,  by  put- 
ting the  money  up  at  auction,  it  secured  a 
premium,  which  amounted  to  e.xtra  interest. 
A  good  many  years  ago  this  plan  was  aban- 
doned, and  a  fixed  rate  of  interest  (se\en  per 
cent.)  was  charged.  In  November,  1899,  the 
rate  of  interest  was  fixed  at  six  per  cent.,  anrl 
this  rate  has  remained  unchanged  to  the  pres- 
ent time. 

The  Board  of  Directc-rs  consists  of  nine 
memlers,    three    of     whom    are   elected   each 


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\t'ar  Iiy  tlie  stnckhukleri^  for  a  term  of  three 
\ears.  Tliis  hoard  manag-cs  tlie  affairs  of  tlie 
cc  nii'any.  [n  Octoher.  lyoj,  there  were  1.644 
menihers.  and  their  deposits-  aniounted  to 
8345,000.  'J"he  vahae  of  loans  ixitstanding 
was  8354,971.09.  The  reserve  fund  fur  con^ 
tingent  losses  was  $12,179.85. 

The  present  otficers  of  the  company  are: 
C.  Riddle,  president:  R.  G.  L\ brand,  vice- 
president;  H.  C.  Clippinger,  secretary;  E.  F. 
Young,  assistant  secretary,  and  R.  ^I.  Avery, 
treasurer.  The  following  gentlemen  consti- 
tute the  present  Board  of  Directors :  C.  Rid- 
dle, R.  G.  Lybrand,  \V.  Kurrley,  R.  J.  Pum- 
phrey,  J.  G.  Hoft'man,  James  Ousey.  J.  H. 
Cunningham,  J.  E.  Campbell  antl  T.  J.  Grif- 
fin, 

The  company  loans  only  on  first  mortgages 
on  city  and.  farm  lands  in  Delaware  County. 
Settlements  are  made  semi-annually,  and  all 
sums  paid  in  excess  of  the  interest  due  are 
applied  on  the  principal.  The  careful  manage- 
ment of  this  coiTi])any  is  indicated  by  the  fact 
that  it  owns  no  real  estate. 

TiiF.  Fidelity  Buildixg  Associatiox 
A\ij  Lo.\x  Com  PAX  V  was  incorporated  Jan- 
uary 19.  1S87,  by  H.  J.  .McCullough,  H"  A. 
Welch.  J.   D.   \'an   L)eman  and    William    T. 


Gessner.  At  that  time  the  capital  stock  was 
8400,000,  and  on  June  9,  1890,  this  was  in- 
creased to  $1,000,000.  The  present  Board  of 
Directors  is  composed  of  tlie  following  gentle- 
men:  D.  H.  Battenfield,  Dr.  W,  P.  Caldwell, 
Harry  L.  Clark,  Robert  J.  Cox,  M.  :\liller, 
Eugene  P.  Xash,  F.  J.  R.  Pfiffner,  \'.  D.  Stay- 
man  and  John  D.  \'an  Deman.  The  officers 
are:  D.  H.  Battenfield.  pre^i<h'nt:  V.  D. 
Stayman,  vice-president;  Frank  S.  W'atkins, 
secretary;  R,  B.  Powers,  treasurer.  So  care- 
ful has  the  management  of  this  company  been 
in  making  loans  that  at  .the  present  time  it 
holds  no  real  estate.  This  company  is  the 
onlv  one  in  Delaware  that  loans  -money  in 
build.  The  purpuscs  of  the  comijany  are  well 
stated  in  the  fitllowing  paragraph,  which  we 
quote  fron-i  its  prospectus  : 

"It  is  the  purpose  of  the  company  to  place 
the  resources  of  the  investors  at  the  disposal 
ijf  the  borrowing  classes  upon  a  safe,  sound 
and  eciuitable  basis,  affording  the  investor  ab- 
solute security  and  a  reasonalile  rate  of  inter- 
est, and  the  borrower  convenient  facilities  for, 
paying  both  interest  and  piincipal.  with  every 
safeguard  that  human  ingenuity  can  suggest 
thrown  around  both."  ,...     ,  ,., 


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CHAPTER  IX. 


PUBLIC  INSTITUTIONS. 


The  Liulics'  ClirisliiUi  Union — Delaware  Count 
Home  for  the  Aged— Jane  M.  Case  Menu. 


y  Infirmary — Chihlren's  Home  of  Delaieare- 
rial  Hospital — Girls'  Industrial  Home. 


THE    LADIES     CHRISTIAX    VXIOX. 

The  Ladies'  Cliri.stian  Union,  the  oldest 
charitable  organization  in  Delaware,  had  its 
beginning  in  response  to  the  cry  of  a  babe  born 
in  February,  1S69,  to  a  mother  so  [loor  that  she 
could  provide  no  clothing  for  its  coming.  This 
sad  case  came  io  the  attention  of  James  Jami- 
son and  Judge  M.  L.  Griffin,  who  were  then 
trustees  of  I)elaware  Township.  They  con- 
sulted with  ilrs.  T.  E.  \\'illiams.  whose  ready 
sympathy  aroused  lier  to  immediate  action. 
She  set  out  to  call  upon  ]\lrs.  C.  C.  Chamber- 
lain and  Mrs.  W.  P.  Reid,  two  ladies  whose 
names,  during  their  lives,  were  identified  with 
ever}-  charitable  and  public-spirited  movement 
in  this  city.  Mrs.  Williams  met  these  ladies 
on  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  Mrs.  Chamber- 
la  ii's  residence  and  made  known  her  errand. 
-\Irs.  Chamberlain  at  once  said,  "We  ought  to 
call  the  ladies  together  and  organize  a  so- 
ciety.'' So,  on  the  followi'ig  Sunday,  the 
clergymen  of  the  city,  at  the  request  of  the 
ladies,  announced  from  their  pulpits  that  all 
ladies  who  would  be  interested  in  organizing 
a  society  for  charitable  work  were  invited  to 
be  present  at  a  meeting  called  for  that  purpose 
at  the  residence  of  ]\[rs.  C.  C.  Chamberlain  on 
a  certain  day  of  the  following  week.  ]Mrs. 
Chamberlain's  home  was  located  on  Sandusky 
Street  where  the  Delaware  Hardware  Com- 
panv  now  d"es  bu=;iness.  Her  parlor=;  ban  a'l- 
reidy  bec'ime  historic,  not  only  sociallv.  but  as 
the  place  where  many  a  religiou^  and  benevo- 


lent enterprise  had  had  its  birth — becoming, 
finally,  a  very  ■"storm  center''  of  woman's 
patriotic  word  and  work,  as  she  kept  brightly 
burning  the  home  fires  'mid  the  stormy  days 
of  ■6i-'65.  The  meeting  was  largely  at- 
tended, and  an  organization  effected,  of  which 
Mrs.  Joanna  ^Murray  was  elected  president, 
l\irs.  Abram  Thomson,  first  \ice-i)residcnt ; 
Mrs.  Hosea  Williams,  second  vice-president; 
Mrs.  Charles  ^IcElroy,  secretary:  ]Mrs.  W.  F. 
W'hitlock,  treasurer.  At  the  following  meet- 
ing, the  name  of  the  organization  was  sug- 
gested by  ^Irs.  Abram  Thomson,  and  was 
adopted.  The  make-up  and  work  of  the  Union 
i^  reilected  in  its  name — "Ladies"  denoting  its 
womanly  character — ''Christian"  the  spiritual 
as  well  as  temporal  work  contemplated — 
"L'nion"  its  cosmopolitan  or  undenominational 
character.  Soon  after,  a  constitution  and  by- 
laws were  adopted,  and  these  have  undergone 
but  little  change  during  the  nearly  forty  years 
of  good  work  accomplished  by  this  society. 
The  object  of  tlie  Union  is  to  help,  mainly, 
sick  women  and  children,  or  families  where 
the  husband  and  father  is  sick  or  disabled  for 
work.  Clothing,  food  and  such  other  helps 
as  the  circumstances  may  require  are  provided, 
but  mone\'  is  ne\'er  gi\-en,  the  ^\'a^d  Workers 
making  such  purchases  as  may  be  necessary. 
An  important  feature  of  the  work  is  keeping 
children  warmly  and  decently  clad,  so  they  can 
attend  the  pulilic  schools.  Some  years  the 
nii  ney  exjiended  has  am')unted  to  $400,  but 
in  recent  vears  it  has  a\'eraged  about  Sr^o.  be- 


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AXD    Rl-:rRESEXTATi\"E    CITIZENS 


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sides  clothing,   food,  etc.,  which  has  been  do- 
nated to  the  Union. 

Eor  se\'en  years  the  treasury  was  re- 
plenished by  membership  dues,  public  a'nd  pri- 
vate donations,  and  au  annual  dinner  that 
usually  netted  from  S300  to,  at  one  time,  S600. 
Tlie  most  largely  attended  dinner  was  that  at 
winch  Rutherford  B.  Hayes,  who  was  then 
gucernor  of  Oh.io,  and  Mrs.  H.'yLS,  \\\re  th( 
guests  of  honor.  Eater  the  payment  of  mem- 
bership fees  was  discontinued,  and  while  the 
Union  has  never  been  A\"ithout  muney,  and  its 
wardrobe  has  never  been  empty,  there  came  at 
one  time  a  falling  off  in  its  financial  resources 
that  caused  some  anxiety  cm  the  part  of  its  of- 
ficers. The  day  is  well  remembered  by  some 
of  the  older  workers,  when  General  J.  S.  Jones 
stopped  one  of  their  number  between  the  Court 
House  and  Jones'  Rlock,  and  said  :  "Did  vou 
know  that  there  was  a  law  aulhcri/ing  the 
levying  of  a  special  tax  for  the  poor  of  a  city 
the  size  of  this?  The  machinery  of  your 
"Christian  Union"  is  iu  gond  working  urdcr — • 
only  money  lacking:  why  not  avail  yourself 
of  this  help  that  the  law  provides?"  The  law- 
referred  to  provided  for  a  tax  to  be  voted 
b_\-  the  peo]5le,  not  to  exceed  three-fi:iurths  of  a 
mill,  the  fund  so  raised  to  remain  under  the 
control  of  the  City  Council,  and  to  be  dis- 
tributed by  a  committee  appointed  by  the 
Council,  and  making  to  it  monthly  reports.  In 
1S76,  a  vote  having  been  carried  at  the  spring- 
election  to  levy  this  tax_,  the  Council  so  or- 
dered, appointing  as.  its  committee  three  ladies 
from  the  Christian  Union:  and  from  that  time 
funds  flowed  into  its  treasury.  About  this 
time  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  incorpo'-ate  the 
Union  under  the  laws  of  Ohio.  Later  th.is 
supi^ort  fn.im  the  city  was  withdrawn,  and 
since  that  time,  the  Union  has  depended  for  the 
means  to  carry  on  its  work  upon  donations  of 
money,  clothing,  food,  etc.  For  man_\-  years 
before  her  death,  one  of  the  benevolent  ladie.' 
of  Delaware  sent  the  Union  $50  every  Christ- 
mas, and  many  times  provided  a  Christmas 
dinner  for  every  family  which  it  was  helping. 

"The  Union  has  always  had  the  co-operation 
if  the  city  officials,  the  township  trustees,  and 
the  truant  officer,  by  whom  cases  are  often  re- 
ferred to  the  workers. 


Meetings  are  held  once  a  month,  except  m 
times  of  especial  need,  when  they  are  held 
twice  a  month.  At  first,  the  meetings  were  held 
in  ;Mrs.  Chamberlain's  parlors,  and  afterwards 
!  at  the  homes  of  the  different  officers :  later  the 
Union  was  given  the  use  of  a  room  in  the 
Court  House,  and  ^vheu  the  needs  of  the  county 
made  it  nece.ssary  to  withdraw  this  privilege, 
a  room  was  provided  in  the  City  Hall,  where 
the  members  met  until  the  Masonic  Temple 
was  completed.  The  Union  then  moved  into  a 
room  in  the  Temple  which  had  been  especially 
adapted  to  its  need,  and  which  had  been  con- 
veyed to  the  organization  by  a  [jerpetual  lease 
g'iven  by  'Sir.  Sidney  Moore,  and  ]\Irs.  Moore, 
by  whom  the  building  was  erected  and  pre- 
sented to  the  Masonic  order. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  ladies 
who  have  filled  the  different  lattices  since  die 
organization  of  the  L'nion.  though  at  this 
time  we  are  not  able  to  give  them  in  chron- 
ological order.  Presidents.  ]\Irs.  Joanna  ?\Iur- 
rav.  Mrs.  Abrani  Thomson.  Mrs"  T.  B.  Wil- 
liams, Mrs.  E.  Merrick.  .Mrs.  ].  C.  Evans.  }>Irs. 
James  Barnes,  .Mrs.  \V.  P.  Reid.  Mrs.  W.  O. 
Semans.  Secretaries.  Mrs.  Charles  McElrov. 
Mrs.  William  Little,  Miss  F.  Perkins,  ^Irs.  t. 
C.  O'Kane.  Treasurers,  Mrs.  W.  F.  Whit- 
lock.  Mrs.  J.  W.  Lindsev,  Airs.  John  A.  Little. 
Ah-s.   \\'.   W.  Davies. 

From   the  beginning,   there  have  been  two 
visitors  appointed  for  each  ward  of  the  city. 
It  is  the  work  of  these  ladies  to  discover  the 
needy  cases,  visit  them  and  report  the  result 
of  their  investigations  and  efforts  to  the  or- 
ganization.    It  should  be  stated  here  that  no 
one  connected  with  the  Ladies'  Christian  Union 
I  recei\-es  any  remuneration,  except  that  blessed- 
!  ness  which  comes  from  giving  both  time  and 
1   substance  to  those  in  need.     We  are  unable  to 
I  give  a  complete  list  of  the  ward  visitors  from 
!  the  beginning,  but  among  them  are  the  follow- 
j   ing:     Mrs.  T.  B.  Williams,  \vho  is  the  oldest 
I   ward  visitor:  she  has  worked  continuouslv  in 
the  East  \\'ard  from  the  beginning.     Airs.  W. 
1   0.   Semans   was  a   ward    visitor    continuouslv 
I    from   iStj  until  within  a  short  time,  wdien  the 
!   co.nditiin  oi  her  health  made  it  necessarv  for 
her  to  give  up  a  little  of  the    more    arduous 
I  work:   Mrs.  J.    J.  Shur,    Airs.    Loofbourrow. 


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HISTORY  OF   DELAWARE  COL'XTY 


-Mrs.  Charles  Crawford,  Airs.  Shatluck.  .Mrs. 
Tluiuias  Evans.  .Mrs.  George  Eaton,  }ih\-..  H. 
M.  Carper.  Miss  .Matilda  Dickinson.  .Mrs.  T. 
F.  Joy,  Mrs.  E.  Rutler,  Mrs.  Dr.  Goldrick,  and 
many  others. 

The  present  ofiicers  of  ilie  org-anization 
are:  Mrs.  \V.  O.  Semans.  president:  Mrs.  X. 
Wagner,  vice-president;  ]\Irs.  W.  !M.  Semans, 
secretary;  Mrs.  W.  11.  Pattnn,  treasnrer :  Mrs. 
\V.  W.'  Davie.s,  assistant  ticasvrcr.  Ward 
Visitors:  Mrs.  C.  B.  An.stin,  :\Irs.  T.  D. 
'I  liar]).  Mrs.  W.  B.  Patton,  .Mrs.  I.  Markle, 
Mrs.  X.  Wao-ncr.  .Mrs.  T.  B.  Williams,  .Mrs. 
.:.  W.  Wiles^ 

While  the  work  of  the  Ladies'  Christian 
L'hion  has  heen  unostentatious,  the  amount  (jf 
good  it  has  accomplished  will  never  be  known 
tliis  side  of  eternity.  It  has  the  approval  and 
support  of  every  public-spirited  and  generously 
disposed  person,  ^\'herever  there  is  need, 
there  these  unselfish  women  are  i-juml  ni:nis- 
tering  to  it  with  words  of  clieer  and  ^L'lace  for 
the  mind,  and  physical  necessitic.-,  and  comforts 
for  the  body,  given  with  an  intelligent  S}'m- 
pathy,  and  regardless  of  the  personal  sacrifices 
that  may  be  involved.  They  cannot  fail  to 
hear  the  words :  "Come^  ye  blessed  of  my  Fa- 
ther, inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  for  you, 
*  *  *  for  I  was  an  hungered,  and  ye  gave  me 
meat :  I  was  thirsty,  and  ye  gave  me  drink :  I 
was  a  stranger  and  ye  took  me  in :  naked,  and 
ye  clothed  me  :    I  was  sick,  and  yet  \  isited  me." 

DEI,.\WARE  COUNTY   l.VFIRM.\RY. 

The  early  pioneers  of  Delaware  County 
were,  as  a  class,  energetic  and  industrious, 
thrifty,  self-reliant  and  provident;  among  theni 
pauperism  was  practically  unknown.  As  time 
went  on,  however,  and  the  population  in- 
creased, families  were  found  who  became  ob- 
jects of  charitable  consideration.  Some  of 
these  were  adventurers  who  had  been  attracted 
hither  by  the  apparent  prospects  of  wealth 
without  work;  others  were  thriftless  or  im- 
prudent ;  then  there  were  those  who  were  men- 
tally or  physically  incapacitated  for  the  battle  of 
life,  and  some  who  were  victims  of  misfor- 
tunes.     Kind-hearted   neighbors    and    friends 


cared  for  cases  of  this  kind  until  the  burden 
became  too  great  to  be  borne  by  pri\-ate  indi- 
viduals, and  so,  in  1852,  we  find  the  county 
commissioners,  Ezra  Olds,  O.  D.  Hough  and 
Joseph  Cellars,  appointing  three  directors  to 
see  what  pro\ision  could  be  made  for  the  care 
of  these  unfortunates.  The  directors,  Hora- 
tio P.  Havens,  .-Vmos  Utley  and  William  M. 
Warren,  interviewed  many  of  the  leading  citi- 
zens, and  it  was  rinally  decided  to  purchase 
a  farm  and  erect  suitable  buildings  for  the 
care  of  the  destitute. 

In  iS54,"the  Joseph  Blair  farm,  consisting 
of  iiT^Yi  acres  of  land  in  Brown  Township, 
and  located  about  half  a  mile  west  of  the  \il- 
lage  of  Eden,  and  five  and  one-half  miles 
northeast  of  Delaware,  was  purchased.  .\. 
substantial  brick  building  was  erected.  fort\-  by 
140  feet  in  dimensions.  The  wings  on  the 
east  and  west  sides  of  the  main  building  are 
each  forty  feet  long  and  two  stories  "high. 
These  wings,  and  the  rear  of  the  main  build- 
ing, are  uesd  by  the  inmates,  while  the  front 
of  the  house  is  used  by  the  superintendent  and 
his  family.  There  is  a  large  basement  under 
the  entire  building.  On  the  first  floor  is  the 
store  room,  w^ash  room,  kitchen,  dining  rooms, 
pantries,  and  a  few  bed  rooms.  The  second 
story  is  divided  into  sleeping  apartments. 

When  this  farm  was  first  purchased,  the 
wisdom  of  the  commissioners  in  selecting  this 
location  was  called  in  cpiestion.  For  the 
larger  part  of  the  year  the  place  was  almost 
inaccessible,  owing  to  the  condition  of  the 
mud  roads  leading  to  it.  Part  of  the  farm  was 
covered  by  water,  and  much  of  the  rest  of  it 
was  swamp  and  forest.  The  buildings  on  the 
f;irm  weie  not  worth  considering  for  the  pur- 
pose for  which  the  farm  was  purchased.  But 
this  description  does  not  apply  to  the  farm  as 
we  find  it  todoy.  Aluch  of  the  land  has  been 
cleared  and  tilled,  giving  the  county  a  farm  of 
great  fertility,  adapted  to  raising  fruits  and 
vegetables  as  well  as  general  farm  crops.  An 
excellent  orchard  was  planted,  and  this  pro- 
vides a  large  part  of  the  fruit  consumed. 
Exerything  is  done  to  make  co'.nfortable  the 
unfurtunates  who  are  de]ien(lent  upein  the  char- 
ity of  the  county  in  their  declining  years. 


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Up  to  1S56,  no  special  pn:ivision  had  bce'i 
made  for  the  care  oi  the  insane,  and  as  these 
wards  of  the  county  increased  in  nunilier.  i; 
became  necessary  to  provide  suitahle-quarteri 
for  them.  Accordingly,  a  stone  and  brick 
buildiiii^-  was  erected  in  the  rear  of  the  infirm- 
ary. Heavy  iron  bars  guarded  the  windows, 
w  hich  were  set  high  up  in  the  walls,  and  the 
cell  doors,  v.-hich  opened  into  small  hallways, 
were  protected  with  iron  gratings,  firmly  se- 
cured by  a  wooden  door  on  the  outside.  This 
pen-like  affair  was  far  from  comfortable,  and 
as  it  was  unsatisfactorx-  in  other  ways,  it  soon 
was  deemed  necessary  to  replace  this  with  a 
larger  building,  better  adapted  to  the  care  of 
the  'insane. 

The  Legislature,  during  the  session  of 
iS7-i-'75.  passed  an  act  which  authorized  the 
CLmimir-sioners  to  le\'y  a  tax.  anrl  the  ilirectors 
to  build  "a  prison  for  the  insane."  A  large 
and  commodious  brick  building,  50  b}"  ;^o  feet 
in  dimensions  and  two  stones  high,  was 
erected  at  a  cost  of  $10,000.  Under  tlie  build- 
ing is  a  good  basement,  which  is  used  as  a 
furnace  room.  The  building  is  fire-proof,  and 
is  provided  with  every  necessary  comfort  and 
convenience.  Large  hallways  run  through  the 
center  of  each  of  the  floors  from  one  end  of  the 
building  to  the  other.  The  cells,  built  of  stone 
and  brick,  are  eight  feet  by  ten.  and  open  off 
these  hallways  on  either  side.  The  doors  are 
of  iron,  and  the  winrlows  are  heavily  barred. 
In  1903.  a  law  was  passed  reiiniring  all  insane 
persons  to  be  sent  to  the  State  Asy!  im.  Since 
then,  the  building  has  been  used  only  as  a 
place  of  detention  for  insane  persons,  until 
such  V.me  as  they  could  be  taken  to  the  State 
Asylum.  Because  of  its  superior  conveniences, 
a  number  of  the  older  inmates  of  the  Infirmary 
are  now  housed  in  this  building. 

There  are  two  capacious  barns  on  the  farm, 
The  new  barn,  built  in  1S95,  is  forty  by  sev- 
enty feet  in  dimensions.  About  forty-five 
head  of  cattle  are  kept;  sixty  hogs  are  fed.  of 
which,  about  forty-five  are  butchered  annually. 
In  1907,  the  crops  were  short,  excepting  hay. 
ri:e  following  were  the  quantities  raised : 
^\  heat,  500  bushels;  oats,  700  bushels;  corn, 
2,000  bushels.      About    150  tons    of    hay  are 


raised  each  year,  of  which  abnul  fi\'e  carloads 
are  sold  each  spring.  In  1S70,  it  became  evi- 
d.enl  that  the  farm  v.-as  too  small,  and  105 
acres  of  land  were  purchased  fr<.>m  John  L. 
Thurston.  In  1905.  fifty  acres  of  land  were 
added  to  the  farm  on  the  east,  making  a  total 
of  26Sy2  acres  now  in  the  place.  Only  a  very 
small  number  of  the  inmates  of  the  Infirmray 
are  able  to  lend  any  assistance  in  the  farm 
work. 

The  Infirmary  is  in  charge  of  a  Board  of 
Directors,  who  are  elected  by  the  people.  They 
empby  a  superintendent  to  manage  the  faini, 
the  buildings  and  the  inmates. 

The  following  gentlemen  ha\e  served  as 
superintendent:  Eli  Jackson,  18^2-:;^;  ]\Ir. 
-Meeker,  1855-5S;  GeJrge  Hall,  1S58-60;  John 
L.  Thurston,  1866-66;  John  Heverlo.  1S66-67; 
James  Green,  1867-68;  John  .\.  Caruthers, 
186S-74;  John  Heverlo.  1874-76;  X.  Glass. 
1876-80;  John  Long-well,  1880-85  ;  N.  A.  Cole- 
man. 1885-89;  George  Coyner,  1889-92;  A. 
Linn,  1892-1901  ;  April  i,  1901,  the  present 
superintendent,  'Mv.  C.  O.  Domigan.  took 
charge  of  the  Lifirmary. 

The  following  items  from  the  last  annual 
report  will  be  of  interest.  At  that  time  there 
were  sixty-eight  inmates  in  the  institution. 
Tiie  largest  number  e\-er  cared  for  at  one  time 
was  ninety-seven,  while  the  average  runs  be- 
tween sixty  and  eighty.  The  profx^rtion  of 
men  to  women  is  usually  two  to  one. 

FROM  REPORT   FOR  YE.AR  FADING 
.■\UGUST    31.    1007. 

Salary   of   superintendent    $  860.00 

Wages  of  other  employes   i42gX>o 

Medical   attendance   at   Infirmary    62,50 

Minister    10.00 

Stack 925.00 

Groceries    and   provisions 2039.27 

Fuel  and  lights    991.47 

Clotliing  and  shoes    ■ . .  398.90 

Coffins  and  funeral  expenses   76.75 

Furniture    35. 55 

Fe«d  fcr  horses,  cattle  and  hogs  415-44 

Ordinary  repairs   1872. 3S 

Drugs    254.00 

All   .nher  ordinary   expenses    503.34 

Total  current  expenses  of  Infirmary   S9S74.20 


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PIISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


Received    troin    Iinu-    law    tax    ai.J 

cigarette    tax    $oSjS.S8 

Received  from  le\y  for  poor  fund...   6045.3J        9874.20 

■    OUTDOOR  RELIEF. 

Physicians'    fees    $  25S.20 

Food,  fuel,  clothing 3443-3-2 

14  parents  and  45  children  helped.  

Total   $3;oi.-52 

Received  from  sale  of  farm  products  and  stock  $2951.76 

Received  from  sale  of  other  articles  2.97 

Received    from    e.xpenses    of    inmates    paid    by 

themselves   or   their  friends    534-00 

Received  from   all   other  sources    5.00 

Total  amount  paid  into  County  Treasury." $3493-73 

Xct  Expense,  exclusive  of  permanent  improvements 
during  year  ending  .\ugust  31.  1907,  ^'^  001.82.  Number 
of  inmates:     Male,  44:   Female,  24.     Total  68. 

C.^V.SES    OF    P.-M-PERISM. 

Number    of    insane     17 

Number   of   idiotic    inmates    1 

Number   disabled    by   old   age    • 38 

Number   disabled   by   disease    2 

Number  disabled  by  loss  of  meinlier  or  members....   2 

Number  disabled  by  deformities    2 

Number  disabled  by  blindness  4 

N'ATIVITY. 

Nimiber  of  inmates  born  in  Ohio   50 

"      other  states   3 

foreign   countries    15 

I.WE.VTORY. 

Estimated  value  of  land    $12,250.00 

"     buildings    36000.00 

furniture    1,300.00 

machinery    2,200.00 

live  stock  2,800.00 

"     agricultural     implements, 
tools,    etc ■;  =  0.00 


Total 


.$55,100.00 


THE  CHILDREN  S   HOME  OF  DEL.-WVARE. 

The  Children's  Home  of  Delaware  is  real 

the  child  of  the  "Ladies'  Christian  Union,"  a  j 

benevolent  society  representing    all    churches,  | 

which  has  for  its  object  the  care  of  the  poor  I 

of  this  city.     The  constant  experience  of  tlie  | 

workers  of  the  '"L'nion"  during  its  early  years  I 

deeply  impressed  upon  their  minds  the  need  of  ' 


some  wa^•  to  rescue  innocent  children  from 
homes  of  sin  and  ign(jrance — children,  help- 
less, and  with  almost  hopeless  futures.  Out 
of  the  needs  of  these  innocent  children  came, 
finally,  the  thought  of  a  Children's  Llome.  .\t 
this  time,  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  centurv  ago, 
there  were  but  few  children's  homes,  and  the.se. 
with  kindergarten  work,  were  little  under- 
stood; so  we  can  look  liack  with  most  charitable 
thought  to  the  really  conscientious  c|uestion- 
ings  that  met  this  work  the  first  year  or  so,  re- 
garding not  only  its  practicability,  but  also  the 
moral  feasibility  of  establishing  this  Children's 
Home  in  Delaware. 

Some  of  the  chief  arguments  raised  against 
this  enterprise  were:  "Institutionizing  chil- 
dren"— taking  children  from  parents  and  thus 
"rending  the  most  sacred  of  relationships" — ■ 
the  prophecy  most  often  repeated  in  discour- 
agement being,  that  parents  would  not  give 
up  their  children — that  only  unlawfully  born 
children  would  ever  come  to  till  this  Home, 
thus  making  of  it  simply  a  "Foundling  Hos- 
pital," to  relieve  unworthy  mothers  of  bur- 
dens, and  thus,  instead  of  benefitting  the  pub- 
lic, encourage  the  "Social  Evil."  After  much 
earnest  thought  and  discussion  had  been 
brought  to  bear  on  the  momentous  question, 
the  final  crucial  hour  came.  It  was  a  band  of 
noble  women  who  gathered  in  an  "upper  room" 
of  the  Court  House  at  Delaware  in  the  early 
months  of  18S1,  and  with  faith  alone  in  God 
as  its  christening,  launched  on  such  an  un- 
certain sea.  this  life-beat  of  rescue.  Soon 
after,  on  April  19,  1S81,  a  preliminary  meet- 
ing of  women  and  pastors  of  the  various 
churches  was  held  to  consider  the  question  of 
formally  orgam'zing  this  Children's  Flome.  as 
decided  upon  by  the  ladies  of  the  "Christian 
Crnion."  and  ]^Irs.  Abram  Thomson  was  asked 
to  present  to  the  meeting  the  object  to  lie  con- 
sidered. This  was  done,  and  then  the  first 
question  before  the  meeting  seemed  to  be. 
What  shall  be  the  plan  of  organization  ?  Two 
plans  u'ere  presented :  Fir.st,  a  city  or  county 
home,  to  be  supportCfl  by  private  contributions 
and  to  be  under  private  management:  second, 
a  county  Ik  me  to  he  organized  under  the  sta- 
tute providing  for  "County  Children's  Homes." 


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AXD  REFRESEXTATR"E  CITIZENS 


1 09 


Alter  a  general  tliscussioii  oi  these  plans,  a 
cunmiittee  was  apiJnintL.l  tn  consider  the  entire 
([ue^ti'in.  Tins  cmnmittec  was  cnmp.  .•:ed  of 
Mrs.  Irilm  Little.  Mrs.  Ab.ram  Thonisnn.  Airs. 
Wil'iJn^:  P.  Reid.  ?^Irs.  Eugene  Powell  and 
]\Iis.  J.  W.  Icenberger.  At  a  meeting  held 
on  .-ipril  -'7,  iSSi.  the  report  of  the  committee 
was  prcstntcd  and  accepted,  being  in  substance 
as  follows:  First.  The  naire  nf  this  coriiorri- 
tion  shall  be  -The  Children's  Home  ot  Dela- 
ware." Second.  That  it  sh.ill  be  maintained 
bv  private  and  public  subscriptions  and  do- 
nations. Third.  That  it  be  organized  at  pres- 
ent as  a  City  Tlomc,  with  the  hope  expressed 
that  abundant  support  will  soon  widen  it  out 
into  a  County  Home.  Fourth.  It  shall  be 
located  within  the  city  limits,  at  such  place  as 
its  trustees  may  arrange,  and  near  enough  for 
its  children  to  attend  public  schooi.s  and 
churches. 

A  constitution  had  also  been  ])repared.  and 
with  slight  changes  was  adopted.  The  nfucers 
were  to  be  a  E'^ard  of  Trustees,  consi-tip.g  uf 
three  gentlemen  and  ten  ladies,  and  a  pjoard 
of  Managers  numbering  twenty-four.  Mrs. 
Abram  Thomson  was  elected  President.,  ami 
to  a  history  written  by  her  we  are  indeb-cd  for 
a  large  part  of  this  sketch..  Mrs.  Thompson 
passed  to  her  reward  April  23.  1003.  and  at 
this  prn'nt  we  will  digress  to  quote  f f  >m  a  trib- 
ute written  by  the  present  presiilent  of  the 
Home,  ]\lrs.  K.  B.  Shaffer,  which  appeared  m 
the  Delaware  Gacctfc,  April  ?./,   1903: 

"In  the  coronation  of  ilrs.  A.  Thomson,. 
Delaware  loses  one  of  its  most  queenly  women, 
the  Children's  Home  its  mother,  and  a  multi- 
tude of  people  a  friend  and  companion.  The 
life  of  this  noble  woman  has  stamped  itseli 
upon  the  well-being  of  the  community,  ami 
her  deeds  of  love  and  kindness  live  in  the 
hearts  and  lives  of  those  who  knew  her  and 
loved  her.  *  *  *  ]\[rs.  Thomson  was 
ever  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  any  cause 
that  was  for  the  uplifting  of  humanity.  Twen- 
ty-two years  ago  today,  Mrs.  Thomsijo  was 
elected  president  of  the  Children's  Home  As- 
sociation of  Delaware.  She  was  the  leading 
spirit  that  lead  to  the  organization  of  the  As- 
sociation, and  through  all  the  years  that  fol- 


lowed, she  gave  the  best  of  her  life's  service  to 
the  building  up  of  this  instituti..)n  for  help- 
less children.  Xo  sacrifices  were  too  great  for 
her  to  make,  and  nothitig  was  too  good  for 
her  to  lay  at  the  feet  of  the  little  ones  she  had 
under  her  fostering  care.  The  Home  was  the 
pride  of  her  heart,  her  'well-beb>ved,'  and  the 
one  thousand  or  more  little  ones  who  have 
been  nurtm-ed  and  cared  for,  rise  up  to  call 
her  "blessed."  " 

Vice-presidents  were  elected — one  from 
each  of  the  churches,  and  the  following  are 
the  names  of  the  other  otlicials  elected  at  that 
time:  Mrs.  C.  H.  AIcElroy,  secretary;  }*lrs. 
W.  G.  \\'illiams,  treasurer.  The  trustees  were: 
Mr.-.  J.  W.  Icenberger,  Mrs.  Thomas  F.  Joy, 
Mrs.  W.  O.  Senn-is,  .Mrs.  \\'m.  P.  Reid.  Mr-,. 
V.  T.  Plills,  Airs.  J.  D.  X'anDcman,  AIr=.  Ra- 
chel Carter,  Dr.  F.  .Merrick,  Judge  T.  C. 
Jones,  Sidney  Aloore.  The  Board  of  Man- 
agers w^as  elected  as  iV,llows:  Airs.  John  Lit- 
tle, Airs.  C.  C.  Chamberlain,  Airs.  E.  T.  But- 
ler. Airs.  Al.  D.  Covell,  Airs.  J.  J.  Glover.  Airs. 
Eugene  Powell.  Airs,  lohn  Armstrong,  Airs.  L 
F.  Curren,  Airs.  T.  c"  O'Kane,  Alrs.'z.  HanV 
mond.  Airs.  James  Slough,  Aliss  Lvdia 
Alitcheil.  Airs.  "William  Bowver.  Airs.  E'  E. 
Xeff.  Airs.  A.  D.  Plawn.  Airs.'  Thomas  Evans. 
Airs.  Shattuck,  Airs.  A.  S.  Clason,  Airs.  H. 
AI.  Carper.  Airs.  R.  B.  Cowan.  Airs.  P.  Heibv. 
Airs.  J.  Alarkle. 

An  investigation  as  to  the  number  of  chil- 
dren needing  the  help  of  the  home  was  made, 
ancl  it  was  discovered  that  twenty-six  children 
had  been  in  the  inlirmary  during  the  previous 
two  years,  and  thirty-two  children  had  been 
found  in  homes  that  were  worse  than  no  homes, 
with  no  hope  for  their  future,  if  left  amid  such 
eiu'ironments. 

From  the  trend  if  the  meetings  of  the 
trustees  held  up  to  this  time,  it  was  plain 
that  the  gentlemen  of  the  Board,  while  most 
respectful  and  deferential,  were,  and  consci- 
entiously so,  not  in  sympathy  with  the  w-ork. 
They  doubted  if  money  could  be  raised  to 
support  a  Flome — advised  delay  in  incorpora- 
tion, or  any  attempt  to  organize  a  Children's 
Home — thought  the  whole  thing  impracticable, 
and  concluded   by   offering   their    resignations 


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and  retiring-  from  the  work.  How  true  it 
is,  tliat  woman's  faith  and  wi.iman's  enthusiasm 
so  often  outstriij  man's  nnue  slow  conckisions 
- — reaching,  inttiitively,  results  finally  ajjprovedi 
equally  by  both.  At  the  ne.xt  meeting  of  the 
P.oard,  the  resignations  of  the  gentlemen  were 
accepted,  and  the  resignation  of  the  ladies  re- 
maining on  the  Board  were  presented,  but 
arceptance  of  die  same  was  positively  refused. 
This  meeting  was  soon  followed  by  another 
at  which  the  ladies  voted  unanimously  against 
incorporating  the  enterprise.  The  outlook  was 
truly  discouraging — a  treasury  without  one 
dollar  in  it,  and  with  nowhere  to  look  for 
needed  supplies — without  the  prestige  of  suc- 
cess, and  public  confidence  }-et  to  be  won — 
so  many  faint  hearts  among  their  own  num- 
ber growing  discouraged  and  walking  no  more 
with  them — the  air  all  around  full  of  doubts  and 
ijuestionings  as  to  the  actual  need  of  under- 
taking so  great  a  work. 

Jn  May  a  dying  mother  in  Xorth  Delaware 
Iffl  her  two  little  cb.ildren  to  this  prospective 
"Children's  Home."  Again,  in  June,  a  little 
girl,  ragged  and  neglected,  but  with  a  sweet 
face,  came  to  the  home  of  the  president,  l:o!d- 
ing  in  her  hand  a  note,  writtln  on  the  yellow 
fly-leaf  of  some   old  book,   which   read  thus: 

"Mrs.  • ,  I  ain  going  to  die,  and  I  hear 

there  is  going  to  be  a  Children's  Home — 
when  it  is  built  will  you  take  my  little  chil- 
dren?" There  were  four  of  these,  one  a  little 
babe.  The  hand  that  wrote  this  badly  spelled 
and  written  note,  it  was  learned  soon  after, 
was  e\en  then  growing  cold  in  death.  Was 
not  God  thus  speaking  through  the  lips  of  these 
dying  mothers  to  discouraged  hearts  bidding 
them  go  forward  and  establish  a  Home? 

The  six  children  were  cared  for  bv  the 
"Christian  Union"  during  the  summer  months, 
temporary  accommodation  being  provided  for 
them  in  the  homes  of  some  of  the  big-hearted 
women  whose  sympathies  were  with  this  work. 
The  youngest  of  the  children,  a  baby  boy,  died 
in  July. 

As  the  winter  of  1 88 1-83  approached,  in- 
terest seemed  once  more  to  revive  in  this  Chil- 
dren's liome.  Meetings  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  which  had  never  been  formallv  dis- 


banded, were  again  held,  and  "'incorporation" 
was  once  more  pressed  as  a  necessary  measure, 
and  seemed  to  be  more  favorably  regarded. 
I'he  Boards  of  Commissioners  and  Inlirmarv 
Directors  were  interviewed  and  found  to  be 
in  fullest  sympathy,  giving  their  endorsement 
and  promise  of  assistance.  The  couiuy  so- 
licitor gave  his  opinion  that  a  portion  of  the 
"special  tax  fund,"  provided  for  the  "Ladies' 
Clirlstian  Union"  could  be  used  for  the  sup- 
port of  these  children,  but  not  to  rent  or  to 
pin-chase  property.  Only  a  small  amount  of 
this  fund,  however,  w-as  ever  used  ii-i  the  sup- 
port of  this  Home.  A  law  prohibiting  chil- 
dren being  kept  in  infirmaries  made  help  from 
Infirmary  directors  now  possilile.  they  promis- 
ing to  board  all  such  children  at  tins  Home, 
paying  per  week  as  much  as  it  would  cost  at 
the  infirmary  to  keep  them.  Si. 70  per  week. 
The  commissioners  promised  to  pay  the  rent 
of  such  a  hcnne  and  coal  bills,  allowing  for  this 
purpose  ?33.oo  a  month.  The  city  was 
th.oroughly  canvassed,  and  some  $600.00  was 
raised,  which,  with  membership  dues  and  this 
help  promised,  made  it  seem  practical  in  De- 
cember, 1 88 1,  to  open  a  temporary  Hon-ie  on 
Union  Street.  Two  sisters,  Mrs.  Slough  and 
Mrs.  Wise,  took  charge,  the  Home  opening 
with  ten  children,  six  of  whom  were  from  the 
Infirmaiy,  Of  these  Infirmary  children,  two 
beautiful  sisters,  twins,  some  months  old,  were 
early  adopted  into  lo\-ing  homes,  in  the  pure 
atmosphere  of  w-hich  they  h.a\-e  grow  n  up  into 
equally  beautiful  girlhood  and  womanhood, 
making  glad  today  the  hearts  of  proud  foster- 
parents. 

On  January  2,  1882,  the  following  ladies 
appeared  before  Owen  L.  Davis,  notary  pub- 
lic, and  signed  papers  of  incorporation :  Delia 
L.  Williams,  Sarah  W.  Thomson,  Elizabeth 
Butler,  Abigail  ^l.  Semans,  E.  J.  Richardson, 
Caroline  McElroy,  Lettie  S.  Joy,  H.  A.  Rey- 
nolds, Louise  E.  Powell,  E.  J.  Icenberger. 
Two  days  later  these  papers  were  tiled  w-ith 
the  Secretary  of  State  at  Columbus.  This 
act  of  incorporation  seemed  to  give  new  life 
and  dignity,  and  to  -win  a  public  confidence 
hitherto  lacking. 


I  -v. 


■u-^r 


AXD  RI- PRESEXTATIVE  CitlZEXS 


i7i 


.\iui  now,  having'  been  successfully  started 
once  nil  lie  in  its  work  of  cliild-savin_t;-,  it  will 
l,c  wise  tii  compress  into  a  brief  space  the  his- 
tory of  the  succeedino-  nine  years  <r\  "■'riie 
Children's  Home  of  Delaware,"  until  March. 
1890,  when  it  was  pernianenily  located  in  its 
own  heantit'ul  home.  Soon  after  the  incorpor- 
ation, a  lew  changes  were  made  in  its  consti- 
ti  [ion:  The  number  constituting  its  Board  of 
'I'ru.^tees  was  changed  from  thirteen  to  ten, 
thus  eliminating  what  had  certainly,  in  this 
case,  proved  to  be  the  unlucky  number:  its 
name,  too,  was  changed  to  that  of  "The  Dela- 
^\are  Home  for  Children  and  Aged  People" 
so  as  to  widen  the  scope  of  its  work,  f'ul 
this  was  earlv  felt  to  have  been  a  mistake, 
although  scvt'n  worthy  old  ladies,  who  were 
not  properly  subjects  for  the  Intirniary.  were 
tenderl)  cared  for  the  lirst  few  ye<ars.  until 
from  want  of  ro.jni  the  work  had  to  be  aban- 
doned in  the  year  1885.  and  the  original  name. 
"Children's  Home  of  Delaware,"  was  re- 
stored. 

It  may  be  well  to  preserve  as  part  of  this 
history,  aiul  as  ha\-ing  been  \ilal.  pcrhajis.  in 
the  successful  founding  rnul  subseiiuenl  career 
of  this   Ht)mc.  three  [.Links   in   the   princiiiles 
governing   it   that    never   ajipearcd    in     consti- 
tution  or   b\-laws.    but    v\hich    were   gcnerallv 
understoo.l  and  religiously  observed.^   Failing 
in  the  start  to  gain  the  su^jport  and  induence  (if 
the  men,  the  management   realized   that   if  it 
developed  at  all.  women  alone  must  lay  both 
corner-stone     and     cap-stone — be     their  own 
builders    and    assume   all   control.      Realizing 
that  in  the  make-up  of  this  society  all  religions 
and    church    creeds    woukl    be   represented,    it 
was  early  .seen  that  any  conflict  of  these  creeds 
or    discords    of    religion     must     be    carefully   I 
avoided.      So  Plank   Xo.    i    was  unconsciou->ly 
recognized,    wrote   itself  on   hearts   alone.  ;md   I 
read   thus — "We    will    take   our   religion    with    | 
us  to  this  work,  but  we  will  carefully  lea\'e  our   | 
"creeds'  at  home."     Plank  Xo.  2  was  adopted   : 
b\-  a  rising  vote:     "Whereas,  we  believe  it  to   i 
.be  the  curse  of  rum  more  than  any  other  cause   | 
that  has  made  homeless  these  children  of  (.mr  | 
Home;  with  many  of  them,  perhaj)-.   inherit-   | 
ing  these  appetites,  thus  requiring  more  than  ' 


usual  care  and  [jr^/tection — and  that  as  a  Ch.ris- 
tiaii  associ;ition  \\c  are  responsible  for  their 
nii.ral  as  well  as  physical  welfare,  therefore 
Resolved:  J'hat  th.e  use  of  no  form  of  intoxi- 
cants be  ever  pernn'tted  in  our  Home,  either 
as  a  beverage  or  in  the  preparation  of  food; 
and  that  we  also  assume  the  responsiliility  of 
excluding  it  as  a  medicine,  believing  that  He 
who  remembers  the  "Little  sjiarrow  as  it  falls.' 
will  not  forget  these.  His  little  ones,  but  will 
bless  the  use  of  other  means  when  sickness  re- 
quires. Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be 
placed  on  our  minutes  as  a  living  protest 
against  this  greatest  of  all  e\'ils." 

"'Plank  Xo.  3.  It  was  always  understood 
that  the  doors  of  our  ]  lonie  were  always  open 
with  warm  welcome  tij  the  ])ublic  at  large; 
the  line  was  tlrawn  alone  on  one  individual  — 
a  maiden  lady  oi  uncertain  age.  that  fortun- 
ately or  unfortunately,  had  drawn  upon  herself 
this  prejudice  of  the  managers  of  the  H(_ime. 
This  ma}-  ha\e  seemed  a  strange  prejudice, 
as  this  person  was  c\er  an  unuMially  welcome 
guest  at  all  other  penal,  reformatory  and  bene- 
volent in>titutions  di  the  State,  :md  where,  toi.i, 
she    has    often    baiiMueted    ■  m.    st;ite    occasion^. 


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that 

'"Love,  instead  of  the  Lash."  must  be  the  cor- 
rective force  employed.  And  in  the  first 
"Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Household," 
this  rule  was  placed:  "Corporal  punishmeiit 
can  only  be  inflicted  in  extreme  cases,  and 
alone  by  the  Matron  when  lighter  ijunishment 
has  lailed."  d'his  principle  of  the  fullest  pro- 
tection to  these  helpless  children  has  always 
been  acted  upon. 

On  the  first  of  April.   tSSj.  the  Home  was 
rcuKned  from  its  temixjrary  (juarters  on  Union 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


Slrcet  tn  the  P.ixln-  Imnio  uu  I'.ast  William 
Struct.  The  rent,  i;ij^.no  a  iivinih.  wa-^  paiil 
hy  the  c  iniiiii''siiiiK'r.s.  with  ail'litMiial  in"iicy 
for  CMal.  The  ilifTereiit  rooms  werx  coiii- 
tortahly  fiiriii.-hed  hy  iiu!i\  iduals  am!  churches. 
Miss  l-ucMida  joy  hecame  the  first  regular 
uiairou.  April  i,  18S2.  During  the  months 
paeceding  the  first  annual  meeting  in  A])ril, 
iN8.^.  ?\li-.  'flioniso-.i.  on  accmnt  o!  ilonie>tic 

.  as  in-eMdent.  Mrs.  W.  C.  "\\  illiam>^\va^  elected 
to  hll  [lie  \acancy,  and  .Mr-,  'fhomsoii  \\;is  pre- 
\ ailed  upon  to  accept  the  ireasuiership.  which 
ofhce  had  heen  hlled  hy  Mr.-.  Wdhain-.  and 
which  iiixoK'ed  less  time  antl  responsibility. 
Mrs.  ?vlch^lro\-  hail  also  resigned  as  secretarv 
and  .Mrs.  ITigenc  Powell  had  taken  her  place. 
'I'hese  change.-^  were  ratified  at  the  annual  elec- 
ti(..n.  .\])ril  j;.  iSSj.  with  the  exception  that 
.Mr-.  .\.  .M.  Senians  hecame  .-ecrciarv.  Witli 
a  few  changes  in  each,  the  old  ho:ud-'of  Trus- 
tees  and    ^Managers   were  also    re-elected. 

.\t  the  aminrd  m.-etniL;  held  in  uSS;,.  the 
treasurcr'.-  rcp^  ^rt  -howed  as  recci[i;<  i,.r  the 
preceding  year.  S^;;.oc)i.')3  ;  expeii-es,  Sj.- 
4_7.IV:  halance  in  trea-ury.  S374.44.  'Ihe 
liresident.  ,-ecret.ary  and  treasurer  were  re- 
elected. Increasing  rcsponsil>ilties  in  con- 
nection with  other  lines  of  work-  made  it  neces- 
sary for  Mrs.  Williams  to  tender  her  resigna- 
tion, which  was  with  great  reluctance  ac- 
cejited.  Her  kjss  to  the  association  was  re- 
garded as  seri(.ius.  ^Irs.  Williams  having  heen 
a  i)ower  during  its  lormatixe  period  in  bring- 
ing into  shape  and  successfully  stru-ting  this 
child-saving-  enterprise.  .Mr.-.  Sciuans  ])o-i- 
ti\-ely  refused  to  acccjit  the  ofi-cc  of  pre.-ident 
to  which  she  was  elected,  .so  .Mrs.  Thom.-ou 
was  again  pre-^ed  into  service  as  president  for 
the  reniaind.er  of  the  year,  and  Mrs.  J.  W. 
Lindsey  was  elected  treasurer.  Mrs.  Lind-ey 
continued  to  perform  the  duties  of  this  im- 
pcirtant  office  with  efticiency  and  faith fulne.-s 
for  eighteen  years,  until  ill  health  comi)el!ed 
her  to  resign   in   September,    njot. 

In  18S4  the  saine  officers  were  re-electetk 
with  the  exception  that  Mrs.  Eugene  Pinvell 
became  secretary.  In  Xo\'ember  Mrs.  Thom- 
son was  again  compelled  to  resign,  and  Mrs. 


John  .\.  Little  was  elected  to  fill  out  the  un- 
expired  term. 

■fhe  s.anie  •  ■llicers.  with  boanl-  of  Trustees 
and  .Managers  were  re-elected  in  1885.  and  the 
incidents  of  rcmo\-ing  the  Lb  :me  to  the  Cum- 
mins house  on  Xorth  Libertv  Street,  where 
it  remained  until  firmly  anchored  in  its  present 
location,  and  the  necessary  abanck-inment  of  the 
work  for  aged  peo[)le,  were  all  that  marked 
e-peciahy  the  bi.-iory  of  the  Home  that  year. 
In  .\pril.  r88d.  anotlier  change  was  made 
necessary  owing  to  the  failing  health  oi  the 
beloved  .Mrs.  Little,  under  w  h.o-e  tirm  but 
eflicient  and  gentle  leadership  the  Home  had 
more  and  more  won  public  conhdence  and  fa- 
vor. During  these  years  the  number  of  chil- 
dren had  increased  to  an  axcrage  of  aijoiit 
forty,  and  the  hearts  ami  hands  uf  the  com- 
mittte  on  "Placing  Childreif  were  kept  bu<v 
in  finding  homes  for  so  large  a  number.  This 
finding  right  homes  w-as  ever  regarded  as  tb.e 
most  important  ])art  of  the  work — the  [ilacing 
these  children  where  each  character.  .«>  care- 
lully  studieil  while  under  the  care  of  the  Ibane. 
would  tind  as  far  as  possible  its  litte-t  environ- 
ment— the  Home  being  re,L;arded  only  as  iIk' 
pl;ice  to  do  tlie  nece-sary  jireparatory  work  of 
fitting  these  little  ones,  both  to  merit  and  to 
hold  the  more  iiennanent  homes  found  for 
diem.  U-ually  the-e  children  are  placed  in 
homes  in  the  county,  where  tlie  Society  can. 
through  committees  \isiting  them,  keep  in 
touch  with  their  treatment  and  surroundings. 
.Xotwithstanding  the  ia\-orabJe  public  senti- 
ment won  during  the-e  years,  up  to  this  time 
a  c<.Mistant  battle  was  being  waged  from  time 
to  time  t(.i  keep  the  wolf  from  the  door,  and 
make  ends  meet  in  financial  su.iiiiort  of  the 
Home. 

In  the  resignation  of  .\[rs.  Little  and  the 
dn' scon ragement  that  folldwed,  .Mrs.  Thomson 
was  again  persuaded  to  come  back  to  her  old 
place  a>  president,  and  .Mr-.  INiwell  and  ^Mrs. 
Lindsey.  as  secretary  and  treasurer,  respec- 
tively, were  elected  111  iNSo.  and  these  again 
in  1887.  In  .\pril.  1888.  .Mrs.  Powell  to<.)k 
the  office  of  president,  once  more  vacated,  and 
.Mr>.  Henry  A.  Welch  took  .Mrs.  Powell's 
idace  as  secretar\-.  .    ■.  -    ■    .■  - 


AND  RKPREsrLXTATR'E  crnzp:xs 


-i7Z 


So  poorly  adapted  to  the  wants  of  this  large 
family  were  the  rente.!  liL'Uses  that  had  been 
occupied  up  tu  this  time,  and  so  circum- 
scribed was  the  room,  that  it  seemed  imixissible 
ti  I  estalV.ish  the  order  and  discipline  so  neces- 
s.iry  in  the  de\elopnient  of  y<;ung  lives  whose 
chief  need  is  diis  sort  of  training.  And  so, 
during  all  these  years,  the  need  of  a  permanent 
li'jme  so  adapted  to  its  wants  that  all  of  the 
great  possibilities  of  this  enlcrprise  might  be 
realized,  pressed  more  and  more  ujjon  the 
hearts  of  the  management.  Years  had  jiassed 
without  seeining  to  come  any  nearer  the  reali- 
zation of  this  wish,  until  in  the  summer  of 
18S9,  discouragement  seemed  to  resolve  itself 
into  despair  through  the  resignation  and  re- 
moval from  the  city  of  the  president,  Mrs. 
Eugene  Powell,  who  from  the  inception  of  the 
work  had  been  an  inspiration  to  it.  After  once 
more  recalling  Mrs.  Thomson  to  the  presi- 
dency, a  committee  was  appointed  on  June  5. 
1SS9.  to  see  what  steps  could  lie  taken  toward 
securing  a  pemianent  It  me.  Mr'--.  }Ienr\  A. 
\Velch,^Mrs.  Rachel  Carter.  Mrs.  J.  W".  I'.md- 
sey  and  ]klrs.  Thomson  composed  tliis  cupmit- 
tee.  They  found  in  the  Board  of  Cnunty  C^ni- 
missioners  most  stanch  and  s}'nipathizing 
friends,  ready  to  help  to  tlie  fullest  extent  the 
law  allowed.  In  their  la\v-al)iding  devotion  to 
the  county's  interests,  no  less  than  in  their 
brave  stepping  out  into  this  new  field  of  rescue 
to  the  perishing,  J.  L.  Tliurston.  S.  J.  Mann, 
and  M.  Field  wrote  each  his  name  with  most 
honorable  mention  on  the  county's  history. 

A  law,  seemingly  lost  under  the  legislati\-e 
debris  of  twenty  years,  was  resurrected  by  this 
coinmittee  of  women.  Under  its  provisions 
the  commissioners  of  a  county  were  permitted 
to  assist  a  charity  of  this  kind  to  the  extent 
of  S6,ooo  in  buildings.  The  Potter  property, 
just  north  of  the  city,  beautifully  located  for 
this  purpose,  and  with  seven  acres  of  ground, 
improved  at  an  expense  of  820,000,  was  of- 
fered to  the  committee  fr,r  less  than  halt  of 
its  real  value,  $8,500.00.  So  lost  and  seem- 
ingly forgotten  had  this  law  become  that  much 
and  quite  distinguished  legal  talent  was  exer- 
cised in  trying  to  influence  the  commissioners 
against  acting  under   it.      So  persistent   were 


the  efforts  in  this  clirecli.  n  that  had  it  nut 
been  for  the  cuurageous  and  gallant  frght 
made  Ijy  Gen.  J.  S.  Jones  and  Hon.  George 
W.  Carpenter,  prosecuting  attorney,  in  de- 
fense of  the  law,  and  the  perfect  legality  of  the 
coaimissioners'  acting  under  it,  the  case  would 
have  been  lost.  As  soon  as  the  commissioners 
were  assured  that  they  could  safely  act,  they 
encoiu-aged  the  trustees  of  the  Home  to  se- 
cure the  projjerty,  the  commissioners  assuming 
$6,000.00  of  tlie  purchase  money,  the  trustees 
expecting  to  mortgage  the  property  for  tlie 
remaining  $2,500.00.  In  ]\Iarch,  ]8go.  this 
val Liable  property  was  transferred  by  the 
owner,  ]\Ir.  Robert  Xeal,  of  Columbus,  to  the 
trustees  of  "The  Children's  Home  '.{  Dela- 
ware"— Mr.  Xeal  making  to  the  ladies  a  do- 
nation of  S200.00.  Kind  friends  n«jw  came 
to  the  relief  of  the  v.'omen  in  the  large  debt 
they  had  assumed.  The  w  hok'-Miuled  Jmlge 
Jones  .(one  of  the  doubting  Tlr  n.ia^es  (..n  the 
original  Board  of  Trustee,-,  but  nevertheless. 
a  stanch  friend  of  the  Hume  for  twenty  years) 
was  the  first  of  them.  A  petition  gotten  up 
by  him,  with  the  assistance  of  yir.  E.  E.  Xeff 
and  ^Ir.  J.  P.  Thompson,  was  circulated,  and 
a  liill  lor  S2. 500.00,  with  S500.00  added  for 
repairs'  was  gotten  thruugh  the  Legislature  by 
another  stanch  friend,  R.  K.  Willis,  then  mem- 
ber from  this  district.  The  "Committee  on 
Permanent  Home"  having  done  its  work.  \vas 
discharged,  and  in  March,  1S90,  the  large  and 
now  happy  family  was  moved  into  its  truly 
beautiful  home,  which  was  formally  dedicated 
the  following  September.  At  this  time,  the 
following  boards  of  Trustees  and  Managers 
were  in  charge  of  the  Home : 


]\Irs.  A.  Thomson, 
^Irs.  R.  Carter. 
^Irs.  H.  A.  Welch, 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Lindsev, 
Mrs.  E.  E.  Xeff.  ' 
Mrs.  J.  D.  Van  Deman 


:^Irs.  R.  Lvbrand, 
Mrs.  J.  J.  Shur, 


Mrs.  R.  Reynolds, 
:\[rs.  J.  M.  Crawford. 
Mrs.    I.   F.  Shaffer, 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Baker, 
Miss  McCullough, 


:Mrs.  H.  G.  Sheldon, 
Mrs.  P.  Heibv. 


HISTORY   OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTV 


Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 
^[rs. 
Mr.s. 
INfrs. 
Airs. 
Mrs. 
Mrs. 


J.   Markle. 
|.  L.  Thurston, 
T.  M.  Byers. 
V.  T.  Kingman, 
\'.  D.  Stavman, 
jn...  P.  Tlu'.mpsoi 
Dr.  Con.stant, 
Bacbeliler, 
D.  Plotncr, 


Mrs.  L.  A.  Luttgen, 

Mrs.   J.   Snodgrass, 

Mrs.  l-:imer  Hills, 

Mrs.  Geo.  Powers, 

Mrs.  DuvalL 

Mrs.  J.  P.  W  inlermute 

Mrs.  Wm.  Culler, 

Mrs.  Huff. 

.Mrs.  I.  R.  iiruun. 


Sevmour  Harrukl.Mrs. 


Wolfiev. 


The  total  number  of  children  cared  for 
in  these  nine  years  was  168;  returned  to  par- 
ents, thirty-seven ;  placed  in  homes,  seventy- 
one;  returned  to  other  counties  and  placed  in 
asylums  and  hospitals,  sixteen.  The  expense 
of  keeping-  up  the  Home  averaged  each  year 
$2,000.00,  or  a  total  expenditure  of  $17,171.74. 
This  property  now  purchased  by  consent  of 
Board  of  Commissioners,  was  deeded  direct 
to  Trustees  of  the  Children's  Home,  to  be 
held  by  them  so  long  as  it  was  used  for  the 
purpose  of  a  Children's  Home.  When  not  so 
used,  the  property  to  revert  Ijack  to  the  county. 
On  the  removal  of  the  Home  to  its  new  quar- 
ters, Gen.  J.  S.  Jones  made  arrangements  to 
board  at  this  Plome.  and  thus  as=ist  in  its 
support,  children  from  the  overcrowded  quar- 
ters of  the  "Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home"  at 
Xenia.  The  management  deciding  at  the  same 
time  to  board  children  from  other  counties 
where  there  were  no  Children's  Homes.  The 
Association,  thus  newly  equipped,  seemed  en- 
dowed with  a  new  life,  as  it  started  out  on  a 
future  so  full  of  possibilties. 

The  chief  incidents  of  note  during  the  fol- 
lowing years,  'yi.  '92,  '93.  were:  In  Septem- 
ber a  lot  was  kindly  donated  by  the  cemetery 
trustees,  with  the  understanding  that  as  soon 
as  the  Association  was  able,  a  suitable  monu- 
ment would  be  erected.  Such  a  monument  was 
placed  in  February.  1895.  at  a  cost  of  $135.00. 
In  September,  1891.  an  Advisory  Board  of 
three  gentlemen  was  decided  on,  with  by-laws 
to  that  effect.  Gen.  J.  S.  Jones,  Rev.  J.  F. 
Shaffer.  D.  D.,  and  Mr.  E.  E.  Xeff  comprised 
this  Board.  In  Alay,  1892,  the  need  of  re- 
modelling and  adding  more  ronrn  to  the  build- 
ing so  as  to  accommodate  the  largely  increased 


j  family,  now  numhering  from  hity  to  sixty,  re- 
j  suited  in  the  appointment  of  a  conrmittee — 
I  Mesdames  Baker,  Welch,  Lindsey  and  Tliritn- 
son — to  secure  means  somehow  for  this  i)ur- 
pose.  A  few  months  later,  by  compromising 
a  law-suit  with  the  Short  Line  Railroad,  a 
right-of-way,  taking  16S  feet  from  the  north- 
east corner  of  the  yard,  was  conveyed  to  the 
railroad  for  $3,000.00.  and  this  sum  was  ap- 
plied to  the  new  building,  the  county  commis- 
sioners promising  to  supply  the  balance  of  the 
necessary  money.  In  December,  a  kindergar- 
ten was  started.  This  was  suspended  while 
the  Home  was  being  remodelled,  and  since  that 
time  it  has  seemed  impractical  to  renew  it. 
In  January,  1893,  a  handsome  donation  of 
books  from  Mrs.  W.  'C.  Ginn  became  tlic 
nucleus  of  a  library,  christened  the  "Ginn 
Library."  Mrs.  Ciinn  was  an  active  member 
of  the  Board  of  Alanagers,  who  for  two  or 
three  years  gave  an  hour  each  week  to  the 
children  of  this  Home  in  interesting  talks  or 
lectures  on  familiar  subjects. 

The  work  of  remodelling  the  Home  was 
completed  in  the  fall  of  1S93  at  an  expense  of 
$7,369.13.  and  dedication  exercises  were  held 
Xovember  i.  1893. 

Two  delegates  ha\e  been  sent  each  year 
to  represent  the  Home  at  the  Annual  Aleetings 
of  the  '"'Associated  Charities,"  so  that  the 
broadest  and  most  intelligent  thought  might 
be  given  to  the  management  of  this  child-sa\-- 
ing  work. 

By  August.  1S95.  the  v.-ork  of  placing  the 
large  number  of  children  that  ^^•ere  coming 
into  the  Home  became  so  great  that  it  was 
decided  to  appoint  an  agent,  not  only  to  find 
such  homes  and  adjust  the  children  to  them, 
but  to  visit  the  children  and  keep  the  Associa- 
tion in  touch  with  diem.  Mrs,  J.  W^  Lindsey 
was  appointed  to  this  work  which  she  has 
performed  ever  since  in  a  most  efficient 
manner. 

On  the  night  of  February  19,  1896,  an 
inten.sely  cold  night,  the  thermometer  register- 
ing twelve  degrees  below  zero,  this  beautiful 
Home  was  entirely  destroyed  by  fire.  The 
family  of  fifty  children,  some  of  whom  were 
quarantined  with   scarlet  fe\-er,    were    carried 


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out  of  the  biirningf  building  in  their  night 
clothes,  and  with  only  such  wraps  as  could  be 
iiastily  caught  up.  to  shelter  elswherc.  Heroic 
action  by  matron,  employes  and  citizens  that 
hastily  gathered  from  near  and  far  sa\-ed  witli- 
out  hurt  the  lives  of  these  helpless  little  chil- 
dren. The  Opera  House  was  thrown  open, 
and  here  the  children  were  soon  gathered  and 
made  comfortable  for  the  time.  The  Wilson 
liDine  in  South  Delaware  was  finally  secured, 
and' here  the  children  were  comfortably  c|uar- 
tered  until  the  Home  was  rebuilt,  ampl.e  in- 
surance having  been  carried  to  do  this.  So 
fully  has  this  once-ciuestioned  charity  estab- 
lished itself  in  the  contidenceof  the  citizens  that 
about  $500.00  was  received  from  different  so- 
cieties and  individuals,  besides  groceries,  pro- 
visions of  all  kinds,  clothing  and  bedding  in 
abundance. 

The  following  ladies  composed  the  boards 
of  Trustees  and  Managers  who  bravely  at  this 
time  met  the  disastrous  work  of  the  fire  fiend, 
and  v.'ith  the  help  of  almist  the  en' ire  citiz-en- 
ship  of  Delaware,  warmed,  fed,  clothed  and 
housed  the  fifty  little  children  turned  out  of 
home  in  the  cold  of  that  night. 


Mrs.  A.  Thomson.  President; 

]\Irs.  J.  F.  Shaiter,  Vice-President : 

^Irs.   H.  A.   Welch.  Recording  Secretary 

Mrs.  J.  D.  VaTiDemaii.  Cor.  Secretary; 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Lindsey.  Treasurer ; 

Mrs.  E.  E.  Neff.  Historian; 

ilrs.   H.   L.   Baker, 

Mrs.  Wm.  Cutlet. 

:Mrs.  D.  Plotner, 

^liss  ]Mary  JklcCullough. 

M.\N.\GERS. 

Mrs.  Ed.   Semans,         Mrs.  T-  Markle, 
Mrs.  Robert  Lvbrand.    [Mrs.  \V.  C.  Ginn, 
Mrs.  T.  M.  Bv-ers. 
"Mrs.  Prof.  Hormell. 
Mrs.  X,  F.  Overtnrf, 
Mrs,  T.  M.  Crawford 
Mrs.  T.  Snodgrass. 


^Irs.  Dr.  E.  M.  Hall, 
Mrs.  L.  A.  Luttgen. 
Mrs.  |.  P.  Wintermute, 
Mrs.  "P.  Phillips, 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Hague, 


Mrs.  L.  B.  C.  Lahr,       Mrs.  Dr.  AIcDowell, 
Mrs.  Y.  T.  Kingman,    Mrs.  J.  J.  Shur, 
Mrs.    Prof.    Stevenson,  Mrs.  S.  A.  ]Moore, 
}\lrs.  Geo.  W.  Powers,   Aliss  Cummins. 
Mrs.  H.  yi.  Loofborrough, 

In  December,  1896,  the  commissioners  ap- 
propriated .S660.00  for  a  new  barn,  and  in 
May,  1897,  $150.00  was  allowed  for  sewerage 
by  the  same  Board.  In  September,  1897,  the 
old  boards  of  Trustees  and  Managers,  with 
a  few  changes  were  re-elected.  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Welch,  after  long  and  faithful  service  gave 
up  the  secretaryship,  and  ]\lrs.  Anna  Joy  Halli- 
day  was  elected  in  her  stead,  ^ilrs.  Welch, 
however,  remained  on  the  Board  of  Trustees 
as  chairman  of  the  "Building  and  Grounds 
Comm.ittee."' 

The  year  1898  was  marked  by  no  special 
incidents  other  than  some  changes  in  the 
boards  of  Trustees  atid  2^Ianagers.  In  April. 
1899,  eighteen  acres  of  pasture  land  were  pur- 
chased, it  being  necessary  to  keep  quite  a  num- 
ber of  cows  to  supph'  inilk  for  so  man}-  chil- 
dren. Si, 100.00  was  the  price  paid;  $700.00 
of  this  coming  from  the  treasury,  the  balance 
being  borrowed  from  the  bank  for  a  short 
time. 

At  the  aimual  meeting,  in  September, 
1S99.  the  constitution  was  changed  reducing 
the  number  of  managers  from  twenty-four  to 
eighteen,  and  restricting  the  voting  power  to 
the  members  of  boards  of  Trustees,  Managers 
and  Advisory  Board  of  Women  from  Town- 
ships. At  this  election  the  old  officers  were 
continued,  except  that  ]Mrs.  H.  A.  Welch  be- 
came historian  and  corresponding  secretary  in 
place  of  Mrs.  Van  Deman,  resigned. 

In  August,  1900,  a  cold  storage  and  ice- 
house was  built  at  a  cost  of  $549.29. 

At  the  time  of  writing  this  brief  sketch  of 
the  Home,  it  has  accommodations  for  alx)Ut 
sixty  children,  though  the  average  number  of 
inmates  is  about  forty-five.  The  AssiDciation 
owns  thirty-si.x  acres  of  land  in  Delaware, 
keeps  five  cows  and  a  horse,  raises  garden 
truck  and  poultn.^  and  a  large  part  of  the  meat 
consumed  in  the  Home.  The  present  ofticials 
of  the  Home  are  as  follows:     President,  ^Mrs. 


Uir:    llrt:,    i>fi;      :, 


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1-lISTOK^'   01-    DELAWWRE  COUX'l'^■ 


J.  F.  Shalter;  vicc-pre.ulent,  .Mrs.  V..  M.  Hnll; 
recording  secretary,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Xclsoii;  cor- 
responding sccretar}-,  2\hs.  H.  A.  Welch; 
treasurer,  Mrs.  I'rcd  iJauereis.  Tnistees: 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Walker,  ,Mrs.  J.  Markle.  .Mrs.  V. 
T.  Kingman,  ]Mrs.  X.  F.  Overturf.  ^lanagers: 
Mrs.  1.  \V.  Lindsey,  Mrs.  |.  P,  Wintermute, 
Mrs.  E.  L  Pollock^  Mrs.  P.  Heihv,  .Mrs.  L. 
Lewis.  .Mrs.  I..  B.  C.  Lahr,  .Mrs.  (;.  G.  (]-.llo- 
way.  Mrs.  Wni.  Cutler,  .Mrs.  H.  C.  Ckppmoer. 
Mrs.  C.  \V.  Wiles,  .Mrs.  Paul  K.  Hickuk,  .Mrs. 
X.  Wagner,  Mrs.  S.  B.  Brown,  :\lrs.  F.  Al- 
bright, \Mrs.  L.  L.  Denison,  .Mrs.  M.  J.  Ross, 
.Mrs.  T.  AL  Byers,  :\lrs.  F.  .A.  Owens,  }.irs. 
C.  C.  Stcadman. 

Delaware  County  may  well  be  proud  of 
its  "Children's  Flome!"  .-Vnd  wdiat  shall  we 
say  of  the  noble  Christian  women  to  whom  the 
community  is  so  deeply  indebted  fijr  this 
beneticent  institution?  Some  ha\e  already 
been  called  to  hear  the  words :  "Well  done, 
good  and  faithful  servant;"'  others  remain,  still 
identified  with  tlie  v,  ork  which  ha.-  claimed 
their  heart  and  hand  these  many  years.  In- 
difference, opposition,  obstacles  apparently  in- 
siumountable,  they  have  overcome.  Inspired 
by  the  crying  needs  of  the  little  ones,  with 
faith  in  the  children's  God,  and  working  with 
the  energy  of  conviction,  they  have  built  a 
lasting  monument  to  woman's  higher  intelli- 
gence, sympathy,  lo\-e  and  devotion. 

HOME   FOR   THE   AGED. 

The  need  for  a  home  for  worthy  old  ladies, 
who  are  not  properly  subjects  for  the  County 
Infirmary,  was  rccogn.ized  many  yen.rs  ago  by 
the  Delaware'  women  who  were  f'^remost  in 
philanthropic  work.  The  first  step  in  making 
a  pro\-ision  of  this  kind  was  taken  in  the  early 
'So's,  when  the  name  of  "The  Children's  Home 
of  Delaware"  was  changed  to  that  of  "The 
Delaware  Home  for  Children  and  .Aged  Peo- 
ple," and  a  number  of  worthy  old  ladies  were 
admitted.  It  was  soon  felt,  however,  that  a 
separate  home  should  be  provided  for  the 
aged,  and  in  18S5,  the  growing  work  among 
the  children  made  it  necessary,  for  the  time 
being,  to  abandon  the  work  of  caring  for  the 


aged  at  the  Children's  Home.  This  was  a 
keen  disappointment  to  Mrs.  .-\bram  Thomson, 
the  founder  of  the  Home,  and  to  the  other 
bene\-olent  women  who  were  interested  in  the 
wurk.  They  were  not  disheartened  by  tliis 
setback,  but  were  strengthened  in  their  desire 
and  determination  to  establish  an  instituton  de- 
voted exclusi\ely  to  the  care  of  the  aged. 

.Mrs.  Elmer  Hills  was  the  Icidiiig  s[iirit  in 
the  movement  which  resulted  in  establishing 
the  present  Home;  closely  associated  with  her 
in  the  early  work  of  arousing  interest  in  the 
enterprise  were  ^Irs.  Martha  Lybrand  and 
Mrs.  Ella  Battenheld.  ^.leetings  were  held 
from  time  to  time  in  the  homes  of  different 
ladies;  and  beginning  March  10.  189J,  interest 
had  reached  a  point  wdiere  meetings  began  to 
be  held  at  frequent  intervals.  The  clergy- 
men and  leading  business  men  of  the  city  were 
invited  to  confer  with  the  ladies  regarding  the 
project.  .A  meeting  was  held  in  a  vacant  store- 
room;  besides  the  ladies  and  the  ministers  only 
two  or  three  business  men  were  present.  It 
can  hardly  be  said  that  the  enthusiasm  of  tlie 
men  ran  high.  The  ministers  plied  the  women 
with  such  ciuestions  as  these :  "Where  are 
the  old  ladies  to  come  from?"  How  many 
have  you  in  view?"  "How  much  money  have 
you  to  start  with?"  "How  mucli  would  be 
required  to  start  such  a  home?"  The  effect 
of  their  wise  counsel  was  so  disheartening  that, 
for  the  moment,  many  of  the  ladies  felt  like 
abandoning  the  enterprise;  but  courage  re- 
\ived,  for  those  engaged  in  this  work  were 
inspired  by  their  noble  cause  with  a  zeal  that 
could  not  be  quenched.  .A  committee  was  sent 
to  the  Home  at  Columbus.  There  they  were 
given  much  good  advice,  and  learned  that  the 
Columbus  institution  was  started  without  a 
dollar,  and  in  spite  of  the  apathy  of  those 
from  whom  the  organizers  naturally  exjiected 
moral  and  financial  support.  Uprm  hearing 
the  report  of  this  comniittee,  the  Delaware 
ladies  voted  unanimously  to  push  ahead.  .An 
organization  was  formed,  and  a  committee  ap- 
pointed to  look  for  a  suitable  house.  After 
searching  for  a  week  without  finding  a  place 
such  as  was  desired,  Mr.  Elmer  Hills  offered 
the    free    use    of    his    large   h(juse    on    X'orth 


AXD    R}LPRIZSEXTAT!\'E    CITIZKXS 


Franklin  Street  iov  tliree  moiitlis,  as  it  was 
ihuu.L;lit  that  in  that  time  rc-ults  would  show 
whctlicr  the  cx[)e]-inient  winild  |.iru\-e  a  success 
or  a  failure.  If,  at  the  end  of  the  trial -period, 
it  was  decided  to  go  on  with  the  work,  the 
.Association  was  to  lease  the  properly  for  five 
)ears.  The  Home  was  established  here  on 
July  4.  1892,  with  three  old  ladies  from  the 
Jnlirmaiy.  the  directors  of  which  promised  to 
pa_\-  one  dollar  a  week  for  the  Lioard  of  each. 

The  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Associa- 
tion at  the  Home  was  held  on  July  12th,  and 
at  that  time,  :Mrs.  J.  L.  W'olfley,  who  has  held 
the  office  continuously  ever  since  that  time, 
w  as  elected  treasurer. 

The  Home  was  furnished  by  the  different 
churches — one  furnishing  the  parlor,  an'>ther 
the  dining  room,  others  the  chambers,  etc. 
.Many  liberal-hearted  citizens  also  contributed 
to  the  good  work. 

The  wisdom  of  incorporating  the  As.-ocia- 
tion  soon  became  apparent,  and  ■March  i. 
1893,  p<'pers  of  incorporation  of  "The  H'^me 
for  the  Aged"  of  Delaware  were  issued  at 
Columbus,  in  which  the  names  of  the  following 
ladies  appear  as  incorporators:  Mrs.  Susan 
Hills.  Airs.  Alartha  C.  Lvbrand.  }.Irs.  I.  L. 
Wolflev.  Mrs.  Frances  I.  Gill,  IMrs.  Isabella 
Riddle!  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Uttord  and  Airs.  Abi- 
gail AL  Semans. 

The  following  ladies  comprised  the  charter 
members  and  the  original  officials  of  the  As- 
sociation:  President,  Airs.  Elmer  Hills:  First 
vice-president.  Airs.  A.  R.  Carter:  second 
vice-president.  Airs.  J.  S.  Gill:  third  vice-presi- 
dent. Mrs.  R.  Parsons:  secretary.  Airs.  A.  Ly- 
brand:  treasurer.  Mr-.  J.  L.  Wolfley.  These 
ofticers  and  the  following  ladies  constitute  the 
Board  of  Trustees :  Airs.  Abigail  Semans, 
Mrs.  Eliza  Perkins.  Airs.  Chauucy  Hills.  Mrs. 
Christian  Riddle.  Board  of  Managers:  Mrs. 
Eva  Thomp.son,  Airs.  Will  Smith,  :Mrs.  \V. 
W.  Davies.AIrs.  W.  R.  Carpenter,  Mrs.  James 
Smith.  Airs.  B.  W.  Brown.  Airs.  Edward 
Welch,  Mrs.  F.  A.  Hyatt,  Aliss  AI.  Dickinson, 
Mrs.  Sidney  Aloore,  Mrs.  John  Hills.  Airs.  E. 
Uff.^rd.  Airs.  Frank  Alarriott,  Airs.  G.  Ala- 
theas.  Airs.  F.  Rutter.  Airs.  Woodlawn.  Airs. 
F.  Chamberlain.   Airs.   Lucv   Patton.   Airs.   L. 


Batlenfield.  Mrs.  Helen  lavnes.  Airs.  John 
Ander.-on,  Airs.  I.  H.  liuiilap,'  Airs.  W,  S. 
Little,  .Miss  Fidefia  Perkuis.  Mrs.  John  Arm- 
strong. 

In  1S97  the  Infirmary  directors  were  pre- 
vailed upon  to  furnish  coal  to  the  Home,  and 
since  that  time  have  continued  to  pay  the  fuel 
bills.  Xatiiral  gas  has  been  used  for  the  last 
couple  of  years  for  heating  purposes. 

Ill  1901,  and  indeed  before  that,  it  began 
to  be  felt  that  the  Home  was  too  small  for 
the  ever  increasing  demands  made  upon  it. 
and  the  question  of  erecting  a  building  received 
earnest  consideration.  A  number  of  building 
lots  were  kindly  offered  by  pulilic  .spirited  citi- 
zens and  by  the  People's  Building  Association. 
Before  any  definite  action  had  been  taken  in 
regard  to  building.  Air.  and  •  Airs.  Sidney; 
Aloore  offered  the  Board  of  Alanagers  a  ninety- 
nine-years'  lease  of  the  propert}-  the  FFjnie 
now  occupies,  with  the  privilege  of  the  lessee 
to  purchase  the  property  at  an}-  time  for  a  cer- 
tain price.  The  conditions  attached  to  this 
generous  offer  were  that  the  Association  put 
the  building  in  perfect  repair,  pay  the  taxes 
and  that  it  shall  never  be  put  to  any  other 
u.«e  than  as  a  home  for  aged  people.  This  oh'er 
was  eagerly  accepted.  There  are  t\\-enty 
rooms  in  the  house,  giving  acconimodatinns 
for  fourteen  or  fifteen  inmates,  besides  the  ma- 
tron and  help.  As  far  as  they  are  able,  the 
inmates  are  required  to  help  in  the  necessary 
household  work.  Including  boarders,  there 
have  been  admitted  up  to  this  time  thirty- 
eight  aged  ladies,  and  there  have  been  twenty 
deaths.  At  present  there  are  tweh'c  inmates 
of  the  Flonie.  and  there  is  usually  a  number  on 
the  waiting-list  to  gain  admission.  Ladies 
fifty  years  of  age  or  older,  who  have  resided 
one  year  in  Delaware  County,  are  eligible,  the 
fee  being  S300.00  for  women  between  the  ages 
of  fifty  and  seventy,  and  $200.00  for  those 
over  seventy  years  of  age.  Aside  from  these 
fees,  the  Home  depends  for  its  maintenance 
upon  the  generosity  of  the  public,  its  principal 
source  of  income  being  a  large  dinner  given 
annually,  to  the  alumnae  of  Ohio  \\'esleyan 
University  :  more  or  less  money  is  also  received 
from    Har\'est    Home    bags,    entertainments. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUX'TY 


book  C(jllectioiis,  etc.  Tlie  Huiiic  has  received 
financial  assistance  beyond  what  its  founder;, 
dared  hope  for;  yet  there  is  stiU  much  work 
to  be  d(jne,  in  which  every  dolkir  given  by  a 
generous  pulihc  will  tind  a  worthy  and  chari- 
table use. 

The  present  ofikers  of  the  Home  are: 
Mrs.  Chri.stian  Riddle,  president;  Mrs.  John 
Cowgiil,  first  vice-president  ;'}ilrs.  Martin  3ilil- 
ler.  second  vice-president;  IMrs.  J.  H.  Gardner, 
third  vice-president;  Mrs.  Lewis  Slack,  secre- 
tary ;  Airs.  J.  L.  Wolfley,  treasurer.  The 
Board  of  Trustees  includes  the  foregoing  offi- 
cers and  the  following  ladies:  iMrs.  Abigail 
Semans,  Mrs.  Sidney  Aloore.  ?klrs.  H.  C. 
Thompson,  ]\Irs.  F.  A.  Hyatt.  The  Board  of 
Managers  is  ci,)mp(iQed  of  thirty-four  ladies 
clioscn  from  the  different  churches  of  the  cit}-. 

THE  J.^-NE   M.    CASE    MEMORI-VL    HOSriT.XL. 

The  Jane  ^l.  Case  ]\Iemorial  Hospital,  so 
named  in  honor  of  the  donor,  is  an  institution 
such  as  few  cities  of  the  size  of  Delaware  can 
boast.  It  has  been  said  by  visiting  physicians 
to  be  the  most  successful  institution  of  its  size 
and  kind  in  the  country. 

Afrs.  Case  was  a  widow,  whose  husband 
had  been  a  practicing  physician  of  Columbus, 
and  who,  for  a  time,  was  associated  with  Dr. 
John  A.  Little  of  Delaware.  After  her  hus- 
band's death,  Mrs.  Case  made  her  home  with 
her  son,  who  was  a  practicing  physician  in 
Cleveland.  The  climate  of  that  city  did  not 
agree  with  Mrs.  Case,  so  in  i8SS  she  came  to 
Delaware,  where  she  resided  until  her  death 
in  1904.  In  her  will,  after  making  certain  be- 
quests to  friends  and  relatives,  she  provided 
that  part  of  her  estate  be  devoted  to  benevolent 
or  charital>le  purposes,  and  appointed  trustees 
to  carry  out  her  intentions.  Dr.  A.  J.  \\'illey, 
her  attending  physician,  ha\ing  been  a  witness 
to  ]^Irs.  Case's  will,  and  conversant  with  its 
provisions,  went,  soon  after  her  death,  to  the 
trustees  of  her  estate  and  presented  the  claims 
of  Delaware  for  a  hospital.  His  suggestions 
received  favorable  consideration.  At  this 
point,  it  ought  to  be  said  that  Delaware  is 
deeply  indebted  to  Dr.  \^'iIley  for  his  prompt 


action  in  this  matter,  and  for  tlie  time  and 
effort  he  devoted  so  unselfishly  to  this  cause. 
The  first  time  Dr.  Willey  saw  the  trustees,  he 
proposed  the  purchase  of  the  present  propertv. 
Dr.  \V.  H.  Hague  and  Hon.  F.  M.  Marriott 
were  called  upon  for  assistance  and  counsel, 
and  it  was  decided  to  purchase  the  Edwin  G. 
Lybrand  homestead  on  the  southwest  corner 
of  Franklin  and  Winter  Streets.  Dr.  Willey 
was  asked  to  secure  an  option  on  the  property, 
which  authority  he  delegated  to  F.  M.  Mar- 
riott, by  whom  the  option  was  secured.  The 
property  was  purchased  August  i,  1904,  by 
Guy  H.  Buttolph  and  Ellen  G.  Whiting, 
trustees  of  jMrs.  Case's  estate  at  a  cost  of  S8.- 
500,  and  by  them  was  transferred  to  the 
trustees  of  the  Jane  ;\1.  Case  Hospital  Associa- 
tion on  December  23rd  of  the  same  year. 

On  August  10,  1904,  the  Jane  AI.  Case 
Hospital  Associatiuu  was  incorporated  by  \'. 
D.  Stayman,  Frank  M.  Marriott,  Arthur  H. 
Jones,  Christian  Riddle  and  W.  H.  Hague. 
The  objects  of  the  Association  are:  (i)  'fo 
pro\  ide  medical  and  surgical  aid  and  nursing 
for  sick  and  disabled  persons,  free  of  expense 
to  those  unable  to  pay,  and  at  a  cost  to  those 
who  are  able  to  pay  the  amount  to  be  de- 
terminC'I  by  the  trustees.  (2)  To  instruct  and 
train  suitable  persons  in  ,the  duties  of  nursing 
and  attending  upon  the  sick.  The  first  meeting 
of  the  Association  was  held  August  15,  1904. 
and  the  following  trustees  \vere  elected  iox 
life:  V.  D.  Stayman,  president;  Dr.  W.  H. 
Hague,  vice-president;  Fran':  ]M.  }iIarriott. 
secretary;  Christian  Riddle,  treasurer;  Arthur 
H.  Jones,  C.  C.  Stedman  and  Stephen  Potter. 
Besides  the  Board  of  Trustees,  there  is  an 
Auxiliary  Board -of  not  less  than  thirty  ladies, 
residents  of  Delaware,  to  assist  the  Trustees 
in  raising  funds  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
institution.  Knowing  that  failure  had  marked 
the  history  of  so  many  other  small  hospitals, 
great  care  was  exercised  to  secure  an  organ- 
ization that  w-ould  .prove  permanent  and  in- 
sure the  success  of  the  Hospital  after  it  was 
started.  The  institution  has  been  kept  out  of 
politics  and  free  from  the  turmoils  of  religious 
strife,  nor  is  it  under  the  domination  of  any 
individual.     The  staff  comprises  nearly  all  the 


AXD    REPRESEXTAT1\"E    CmZEXS 


|)h\-siciaiis  in  Delaware  Count}-.  Dr.  W".  B. 
il edges  lias  been  chief  of  staff  since  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Hospital.  In  the  summer  and 
fall  of  i905,  the  old  building  was  eiuii'ely  re- 
modelled and  a  new  addition  was  built  at  an 
expense  of  $9,000.00.  While  ways  and  means 
nf  furnishing  the  Hospital  were  being  dis- 
cu^.^ell.  yh.  S.  S.  Blair  kindly  came  forward 
with  an  offer  to  do  tliis  for  an  advance  of 
ten  jjcr  cent,  on  the  cost  of  the  furnishings, 
and  to  carry  the  accuunt  until  such  time  as 
the  trustees  were  in  a  position  to  pay  it.  Alto- 
gctlier  there  are  twenty-two  rooms,  including 
a  fully  ecjuipped  operating-room,  nine  rooms 
for  private  patients  and  tliree  wards,  one  each 
for  men,  wi->men  and  children,  ha\'ing  a  t';)tal 
uf  fourteen  beds.  Each  of  the  following 
cluux'hcs  and  individuals  furnished  a  room : 
W'illKuu  Street  M.  E.  Church,  St.  Paul's  M. 
E.  Church,  St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Cluirch.  of 
which  Mrs.  Case  was  a  member,  funiish.cd  the 
room  which  Mrs.  Case  had  occupied  for  about 
i.-ree  years  \>hile  she  bo.irded  at  that  h-u^e; 
St.  -Mary's  R.  C.  Churcli,  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  Asbury  'M.  E.  Church,  Epworth 
League  of  Lewis  Center,  :\I.  L.  Wolff;  the 
women's  ward  was  furnished  by  Zion's  Re- 
formed Church  in  memorv  of  their  late  pastor. 
Rev.  L.  B.  Lahr,  D.  D. ;  j.  F.  Dodd  furnished 
the  ward  known  as  the  "Ruth  Children's 
Ward."  Dr.  J.  K.  James  presented  the  Hos- 
jiital  with  a  L'nited  States  Observatory  clock, 
which  he  maintains  at  his  own  expense. 

The  trustees  recently  purchased  the  most 
modern  high  pressure  sterilizer  that  money 
can  buy.  On  July  21.  1906,  the  Hospital, 
fuily  furnished  and  tqu^pped  for  the  reception 
of  patients  was  opened  with  an  efficient  chief 
nurse  and  a  comj)etent  corps  of  assistant 
nurses,  eight  in  number.  The  training  school 
for  nurses  gives  the  standard  three-}'ear  coiu'se. 
An  electric  elevator  and  a  dumb-waiter  were 
installed  in  the  fall  of  1907  by  the  Ladies' 
Auxiliary  Board.  They  pro\-ide  and  make  all 
the  linen  used  in  the  Hospital.  They  have  also 
assumed  and  paid  a  note  for  $1,500.00  which 
the  Association  owed.  One  of  the  unique 
wa\s  by  which  they  secure  funds  is  known  as 
"tag  day."     On  this  dav,  which  comes  once 


a  year,  the  ladies  sally  forth  into  the  street 
ami  tag  every  pedestrian  they  meet,  allowing 
none  to  escape  until  he  has  jiaid  for  his  lag. 
by  contributing  to  their  Hospital  funds. 
$3,ooo.qo  a  year  is  paid  by  the  county  toward 
the  maintenance  of  the  Fiospital,  there  being 
a  legislative  enactment  making  it  possible  to 
raise  this  sum  l.w  taxation.  IJie  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Association  is  held  the  last  ^Monday 
.in  January  of  each  year. 

A  fiumber  of  changes  in  the  personnel  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  have  occurreil :  Arthur 
H.  Jones  removed  from  the  city,  and  Dr.  A. 
J.  Willey  was  elected  in  his  place;  V.  D.  Stay- 
man  resigned,  and  S.  S.  Blair  was  elected  to 
111!  the  vacancy ;  upon  the  death  of  Dr.  Hague. 
R.  K.  Willis  was  elected  a  trustee,  and  is  now 
president  of  the  Board. 

From  the  report  issued  in  January,  IQ08, 
we  learn  that  during  the  seventeen  months 
since  the  opening  of  the  Hospital,  216  patients 
haxe  been  admitted.  The  average  cost  of  car- 
ing for  each  patient,  not  including  wear  and 
tear  on  fixtures  and  furnishings,  was  Si  1.05 
per  week.  Of  these  cases,  no  were  medical 
and  106  were  surgical.  There  were  sixty-three 
charity  cases,  whose  treatment  covered  a  period 
equal  to  191  weeks  for  one  person. 

THE  girls'  ixdx:strial  home. 

Ilie  Girls'  Industrial  Home,  one  of  the 
benevolent  and  reformatory  institutions  of 
Ohio,  is  situated  upon  the  west  bank  of  the 
Scioto  River,  in  Concord  Township,  about  ten 
miles  southwest  of  Delaware.  The  nearest 
railroad  .station  is  Hyatts,  on  the  Columbus, 
Hocking  Valley  &  Toledo  road,  three  and  one- 
half  miles  distant.  There  is  an  excellent  pike 
between  the  home  and  the  city  of  Delaware. 
The  telephone  between  the  Home  and  Dela- 
ware was  the  first  long-distance  'phone  in- 
stalled in  Ohio. 

A  locatii:in  more  beautiful  or  better  suited 
t(5  an  institution  of  this  kiiul  would  be  difficult 
to  find.  There  are  189  acres  of  land  in  the 
property.  The  campus  surrounding  the  build- 
ings is  covered  with  beautiful  shade  trees, 
manv  of  which  are  of  the  original  forest.    The 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


while  >uli)hur  sprin^q'  is  practically  inexhausti- 
ble, anil  is  used  constantly  anrl  almost  ex- 
clusixely  for  (lrinkin<f.  It  is  unsurpassed  by 
any  of  the  most  healthful  waters  at  the  most 
popular  public  resorts  of  the  country.  The 
proj-ierty  itself  has  an  interesting  history _.  dat- 
ing from  1820,  when  Davis  S:  Richards  bored 
a  well  here,  about  two  and  one-halt  inches  in 
diameter,  in  the  hope  of  findin;^-  salt.  The 
Will  was  sunk  460  feet,  the  lasl  ninet\-  feet 
being  through  solid  rock,  when  the  augur 
suddenly  dropped  about  two  feet,  and  up 
gushed  with  great  force  a  stream  of  strong 
white  sulphur  water.  The  water  is  piu'e.  and 
is  sujjposed  to  be  driven  by  its  own  gas;  it 
has  a  temperature  of  fifty  degrees.  Davis 
&•  Richards  considered  they  had  made  a  failure, 
and  left  the  well  luitinished.  Nothing  fur- 
ther was  done  in  the  way  of  development  un- 
til about  1842.  when  a  man  named  Naihahisl 
Hart,  bought  the  land  of  the  owner.  Christo- 
pher Freshwater,  erected  a  large  building  and 
several  ci'ttages.  and  from  that  time  on  it 
became  widely  k'.iowa  as  a  \\alering  place  and 
exceedingly  popular.  Mr.  Hart  sold  the  prop- 
erty to  Andrew  Wilson.  Jr..  who  conducted 
the  enterprise  until  1S65.  As  the  patrons  of 
the  place  were  largely  southerners,  the  war 
badly  crippled  the  enterprise,  and  the  hard 
times  at  the  close  of  the  war.  as  well  as  the 
feeling  then  existing  between  the  North  and 
the  S.outh.  made  it  imijijssible  for  Mr.  \\'ilson 
to  continue  the  business  on  the  large  and 
profitable  scale  to  which  he  had  been  accus- 
tomed, so  in  1865  he  sold  out  to  Col.  John 
Ferry.  The  new  owner,  at  considerable  ex- 
pense, enlarged,  remixlelled  and  refurnished 
the  h(_)use,  besides  building  an  addition  10  it: 
but  it  seemed  as  if  the  place  were  doomed  as  a 
resort,  and  after  a  year  or  two  the  venture  was 
aliandrir.ed. 

Seeing  this  fine  property  .going  to  rum  and 
dec'iy,  a  numtjer  of  pulilic-spirited  .'iud  bene- 
volently disposed  citizens  of  Delaware  County 
petiti'  ned  the  Legi.slature  to  establish  here  a 
home  i><r  unprotected  girls.  May  5.  1869.  the 
General  Assembly  passed  an  act  creating  the 
in-iituti.m  and  a  Ei.ard  of  Trustees  was  ap- 
pointed, consisting  of  Prof.  F.  Merrick,  Abram 


Thomson.  M.  D,  Leggett,  Clark  Waggener 
and  Stanley  ^ilatlhews.  The  Board  met  and 
organized  at  C'llu.mbus  on  the  .79th  of  ]May. 
The  property  was  purchased  for  $53,000.00 
on  the  2 1st  of  July  following,  and  the  Home 
was  formally  opened  on  the  15th  of  October 
of  that  year.  The  institution  was  then  called 
"Reform  School  for  Girls:"  but  in  1872.  by  a 
sjiecial  Act  of  the  Legislature,  the  present 
name  was  adopted. 

The  buildings  consisted  of  a  three-story 
frame  hotel,  with  a  stone  basement,  situated  o\) 
the  ground  now  partially  occu.pied  by  Cottage 
No.  G,  and  facing  the  east  (as  does  the  present 
alignment  of  brick  cottages )  ;  south  of  the 
hotel,  and  ninety-five  feet  distant  therefrom, 
stood  a  two-story  frame  building  known  as 
the  Mansion  House.  A  short  distance  south 
from  this  house  was  the  he.ginning  of  a  row 
of  cottages,  which  extended  south  to  the  pres- 
ent site  of  Cottage  No.  2.  This  line  of  smaller 
buildings,  knoAvn  as  "Cottage  Row."  was  com- 
posed of  ei.eht  frame  structitres;  four  two- 
story,  and  four  one-story  buildings:  all  of 
these,  from  the  hotel  to  the  last  cottage  on 
this  alignment,  were  connected  by  a  covered 
wooden  promenade.  South  of  this  row  of 
cottages  stood  a  two-story  frame  chapel. 
Southeast  of  this  building,  and  about  seventy- 
five  feet  distant  therefrom,  stood  another  row 
of  frame  cottages  known  as  "Southern  Row," 
running  east  and  west  and  facing  the  north, 
consisting  of  two  double  frame  buildings,  lo- 
cated on  the  ground  which  was  later  occupied 
by  Cottage  No.  7.  These,  together  with  the 
bath-house,  bowling  alley,  and  the  "Burnett 
Flouse,"  constituted-  the  tenements  that  passed 
to   the   State. 

These  buildings  were  all  dressed  in  white 
paint,  with  green  blinds,  which  lent  a  peculiar 
charm  to  the  beautiful  .grounds  that  had  been 
tastefully  laid  out  and  set  with  groves  of 
young  indigenous  and  exotic  trees. 

On  the  igtli  of  N(n-ember.  the  superin- 
tendent. Dr.  John  Nichols,  made  his  first  re- 
port, which  shows  that  six  girls  were  enrolled 
as  pupils  in  the  new  school.  We  also  glean 
from  that  report  that  the  Iniildings.  though 
beautiful  and  extensive,  did  not  po^ses5  e\ery 


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183 


requirement  necessary  for  comfortable  winter 
quartern.      This    was    evidently   understood    at  j 
the     time     of     the    purchase,     as     the     whole 
premises  had  been  designed  and  the  bmldings  j 
ci'iistructed    for   summer   use   only;    but    with  ' 
hasty  repairs  on  some  of  the  more  substantial  , 
houses,    they   were   made   tenable   aq-ainst   the  : 
approaching  storms  of  winter.     However,  just  ' 
a--  those  connected  with  the  wcrk  began  \o  feel  : 
secure  in  the  permanency  vi  tlieir  plans,  the 
Lc.L^islature    passed    an    Act.    April    14.    1870, 
which  seemed  to  transfer  to  the  Board  of  ^lan-  ; 
agers  of  the  Ohio  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Or-  j 
phan's  Home,  all  of  the  premises  so  recently  ■ 
purchased  by  the  State  for  the  establishment  1 
of  the  State  Reform  and  Industrial  School  for  | 
Girls,  save  and  except  the  '■Burnett  House,"  [ 
and  five  acres  of  land  adjacent  thereto.     After  ; 
some  correspondence  between   the   officials   of  | 
the    two    institutions,    the    matter    was    finally 
submitted     to     the    attorney-general     for     his 
opinion,  the  result  of  which  left  the  trustees  : 
of  the  Iveforni  and  Industrial   Sdiool  in  pos- 
session of  their  purchase.  | 

On  February  24,  1S73.  \vhile  a  deputation  ' 
from  the  Legislative  Committee   was   making  ; 
its  annual  \-isit  to  the  Home,  and  while  in  the 
very  act  of  commenting  fax'orably  concerning 
the  satisfactory  workings  and  prosperit}-  of  the  ' 
institution,  tire  suddenly  broke  out  in  the  old  : 
Mansion   Blouse,   wdiich   was  soon    destroyed,  i 
together  with  the  chapel  and  superintendent's  ; 
homo.     The  larger  buiklings    wei'e    attacked, 
but  enough  were  saved  of  "Cotiage  Row"  and 
"Southern   Row''   to  furnish  crowded  accijm- 
niMlations    for  the  othcers   and   pupils   of   the 
Home. 

During  the  session  of  1S72-73.  the  Legis- 
lature appropriated  $24,000.00  for  the  erection 
of  two  new-  brick  buildings,  which  are  now 
kn.iwn  as  Cottages  Xos.  i  and  3.  They  were 
the  tirst  brick  structures  erected  on  the  farm. 
The  ""Administration,"  or  "Central  Building." 
as  it  is  sometiines  called,  from  its  location,  was 
liuilt  at  a  cost  of  $25,000.00,  and  was  com- 
pleted, ready  for  occupancy  in  May,  1874. 
blere  the  business  of  the  institution  is  trans- 
;icted  and  the  superintendent  and  his  family 
reside.     In  1S75,  "'Cottage  Xo.  2,"  sometinle^ 


known  as  the  "Fire-proof  Cottage,  was  built 
on  the  site  formerly  occupied  by  the  old  frame 
chapel.  This  was  the  fourth  brick  building, 
including  the  "Central,"  in  the  order  of  con- 
struction by  the  Slate.  It  is  now  being  en- 
larged and  remodelled.  "Cottage  X'o.  6."  al- 
though the  fifth  in  order  of  construction,  was 
completed  and  ready  for  occupancy  in  January. 
187S.  It  cost,  including  gas  lutings  and  water 
pipe.  $12,500.00.  and  wa>  built  on  the  ground 
occupied  by  the  old  frame  h' itel  wdiich  was 
destroyed  b}-  fire  in  1873.  ^^  '^  '^'''"  noi'therly 
terminus  of  the  row  of  brick  buildings  that 
face  the  east. 

The  buildings    now    known    as    Cottages 
X'os.  4  and  5   were  completed  and  ready  for 
use  in  the  month  of  jinie,    t88o.     They  were 
paid  for  out  of  an  approjiriati'tn  of  $25,000.00 
made   by   the  Legislature.     In  <,irder  to  secure 
a  proper  location  for  them,  the  three  old  frame- 
cottages  standing  between   the  Administraticin 
:   Building  and  Cottage  Xo.  2,  were  remo\  ed  to 
the  east  line  of  the  road  running  north  and 
I  south  through  the     farm,     where     they     now 
'   stand,    the    only    relics    ( except    the    "Burnett 
;    House'')    of    tiie    "beauty     and     glory"     that 
adorned  the  gn^unds  of  this  once  famous  wa- 
tering place. 
'  Work  on  the  erection  of  "Cottage  X'o.  7" 

:  was  begun  early  in  1881,  but  the  striicture  was 
i  not  cijmpletcd  until  the  spring  of  '82.     It  cost. 
;   including  pipes  for  steam  heat.  Si 5. 500. 00.    It 
\  was  located  on  ground  formerly  occupied  by 
what   was   known    as    "Southern    Row."     ami 
faced  north.     This  building  was  destn>yed  by 
fire  on  July  21,  1004.     In  1907  it  was  replaced 
i  bv  an   attractive  buikling.  known   as   "Honor 
Cottage,"   located  just  in  the  rear  rif  the  site 
wdiere  X'o.  7  stood.     The  building  cost  ab'Xtt 
$32,000.00,   and  the    furnishings    about    $6.- 
,  000.00  more.      It    was   opened   on    Xo\ember 
■    T5th  and  occupied  by  the  sixty-six  girls  hav- 
ing the  highest  rank  in  the  institution. 

"Cottage  Xo.  S."  which  faces  south,  is  lo- 

;  cated   on   an   elevated   piece   of  ground   alx/ut 

!   200    feet   northeast  of   "CottaL;e   Xo.    G."      It 

was  completed  in  the  fall  of  1888.  afa  cost  of 

$13,054.14.  and  was  at  that  time  used  as  the 

■"Honor  Cottage."  '  .         ■ 


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HISTORY   OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTY 


All  the  builiJiugs  describcJ  above  are  tu'i 
stories  in  height  above  tlie  ttiundatiims,  except 
one  wing  on  "Cottage  No.  8,"  and  the  Admin- 
istration Building,  which  has  a  tall  nwusard 
roof  on  the  main  part  of  the  structure. 

■  A  visit  to  the  institutii..m  is  necessary  in 
order  to  gain  e\cn  a  fair  conce])tion  of  its 
magnitude  and  iniptjrtance.  .  At  present  there 
arc  507  girls  liere,  and  these  together  with  the 
ohicials  and  emploj-es  make  a  total  population 
of  about  550.  The  pupils  of  the  institution 
are  housed  ni  the  eight  "Cottages,"  just 
described.  It  should  be  imderstood  that  these 
"Cottages,''  so  called,  are  very  large  and 
spacious  buildings.  Tliose  living  in  each  cot- 
tage are  under  the  direct  care  of  the  matron, 
house-keeper  and  cottage  school  teacher. 

In  the  rear  of  the  Administration  Building 
is  the  chapel,  where  religious  exercises  are  con- 
ducted. The  Sunday  services  consist  of  Sab- 
bath school  at  10  A.  M.,  which  is  followed  by 
jniblic  worship  and  preaching  by  Rev.  W.  F. 
Whiilock,  D.  D.,  who  has  been  chanlain  uf  the 
institution  for  many  years. 

Instruction  is  given  at  the  "Central  School 
Building,"  which  was  erected  in  i<S97.  at  a 
cost,  including-  furnishings,  of  about  $25,- 
000.00.  It  contains  eleven  rooms.  Besides 
the  eight  grammar  grades,  there  is  a  two-year 
high  school  course,  in  which  such  branches, 
including  bookkeeping,  shorthand  and  type- 
writing are  taught,  as  will  be  most  useful  to 
the  pupils  when  the  have  left  the  home.  In- 
structiiin  in  vocal  and  instrumental  music  is 
also  given  under  the  direction  of  a  competent 
teacher. 

A  "Technical  and  Industrial  Building"  is 
being  constructed,  which  will  cost,  including 
furnishings  and  fixtures,  al;out  ?i5,ooo.oo. 
Domestic  science,  dress  cutting  and  sewing, 
fancy  needle-work,  basketry — in  fact,  ail 
classes  of  industrial  work,  many  of  which  are 
already  taught  at  the  institution,  will  be  taught 
in  this  building.  The  instruction  will  be  under 
the  direction  of  a  graduate  of  Pratt  Institute 
or  some  similar  school  of  eciual  standing.  The 
Flome  has  a  library  which  now  ainounts  to 
about  2,000  volumes.  The  ladies"  clubs 
throughout  the  State  have  shown  much  inter- 


est in  this  department  of  the  Home  by  giving 
book  showers  and  .-^ujiplying  othci  valuable 
literature. 

Assembly  Hall  was  built  in   1904.  for  the 
acconmiodation  of  the   population   01    the   in- 
stitution, at  a  cost  of  $25,000.00.     Besides  the 
spacious   auditorium,   the  building   contains   a 
bathing  pool,  hot  and  coKl  shower  baths,  dress- 
i  ing  rooms  and  toilet  rooms.     It  is  the  intention 
I  to  equip  a  gymnasium  in  the  building  in  the 
I  near  future. 

There  are  a  number  of  other  buildings  that 
should   be  c<jnsidered   in   this  connection.      In 
187S  a   brick   pimip    and    boiler    house    was 
erected  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the  build- 
ings comprising  the    institution    with    water. 
I  For  this  purpose  the   Legislature  had  appro- 
I  priated   $25,000.00.      The   same  year    a     gas 
i  plant  was  established   from  an    appropriation 
I   of   $3,000.00.      In   the   winter   of    18S3,    the 
j  building  and  gasometer,  with  its"  attachments 
j  were  destroyed  by  tire,  but  were  immediately 
rebuilt   from  an   appropriation    of    $1,050.00 
for  this  purpose  made  by  the  Legislature.  This 
was  replaced  in   1S98  by  the  present  splendid 
acetylene  gas  plant. 

The  next  building  erected   was    a    boiler 
house,  in  which  was  placed  a  battery  of  boil- 
ers  for  the  purpose  of  heating  the  buildings 
from    one   central   point.      This   building   was 
completed  in  18S2,  but  did  not  seem  to  answer 
all  the  requirements  of  the  Home.     The  Board 
of  Trustees,  being  impressed  with  the  impor- 
I  tance  of  a   system   of  water-works,   both   fur 
j  protection   from  fire  and   to  supply  water  for 
!  domestic   purposes,    requested   in  their   annual 
j  report    of    1882    an   appropriation     of     S20,- 
I  000.00  for  this  purpose,  and  on  April  17,  1S83, 
I  secured  the  following:     "For  change  of  steam- 
I  heating  and   water-works,   $24,000.00."      The 
power  or  engine  and  boiler-house  was  located 
I  on  the  river  bank.     The  boiler  and  other  ma- 
[  chinery  were  transferred  to  the  neAV  location, 
I  and  the  present  system  of  steam-heating  and 
water- works  was    completed    early    in     1884. 
I  With  little  expense,  the  old  boiler-huuse  was 
converted    into   a   general    laundry.      Recently 
this  has  been  equipped  with  the  most  modern 


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!;iuiulrv  machinery  for  tlie  convenience  of  the 
iniijii.-,  by  whom  all  laundry  work  is  done. 

'J'lie  building  erected  in  188S  as  a  Hospital, 
at  an  expense  of  $3,000.00,  .is  now  used  'is  a 
Deu-ntion   House.      It  is  a    two-story     frame 
building,  located  tni  a  delightiul  elevation   in  I 
the  snutheast  part  of  the  Home  lot.     .A  nev.-  I 
liu-pital   is  to  be  erected  under  the  provisions  1 
of  a  special  act  passed  by  die  Le:^-isla'au-e  ih;  | 
January   16,    190S,  authorizing,  the   Board  of  j 
Trustees  to  employ  an  architect  and  proceed  j 
t(j  construct  and  ecjuip  a  suitaljle  and  adequate 
hospital,  to  cost  not  to  exceed  $30,000.00.  i 

In  i8gi,  the  Grocery  and  Cold  Storage 
riant  was  built  at  an  expense  of  $1,200.  This 
will  soon  ])c  equipped  with  refrigerating  ma- 
chinery to  provide  cold  storage  and  to  manu- 
facture the  ice  used  at  the  institutoii,  thus  ren- 
dering it  independent  of  the  uncertain  natural 
ice  supply.  There  is  also  a  central  hake-oven, 
where  all  the  bread,  to  the  amount  of  600  to 
1.000  loaves  per  day,  is  baked  by  the  pupils  at 
tlio  Home. 

There  is  a  spacious  barn  and  otiier  farm 
buildings.  Part  of  the  milk  consumed  at  tlie 
institution  is  produced  by  a  small  dairy  of 
abmit  sixteen  cov,-s,  and  most  of  the  vegetables 
consumed  by  the  present  population  are  pro- 
duced on  the  farm. 

The  following  men  hax'e  serx'ed  as  super- 
intendent of  the  institution  :  Dr.  John  Xichols 
of  Geauga  County  was  the  first  to  hold  the  of- 
fce;  in  1877,  he  retired  and  Dr.  Ralph  Hills  of 
Delaware  was  appointed  to  the  position,  which 
he  filled  until  his  death  in  October,  1879.  He 
Vvas  succeeded  by  Rev.  Nathan  Smith,  D.  D., 
who  served  until' 1881.  when  Dr.  D.  R.  Miller 
was  appointed  to  the  office.  Colonel  Jamts  M. 
Crawford  was  the  next  sunerintendent,  taking 
charge  December  15,  1884.  We  are  indebted 
to  this  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  Delaware 
for  the  data  regarding  the  early  history  of 
the  institution  as  given  in  these  columns.  In 
March,  i88g.  Colonel  Crawford  resigned.  His 
successor  was  Captain  Albert  W.  Stiles,  whii 
held  the  position  for  fourteen  months,  when 
Ci>li.jnel  Crawford  was  reinstated  in  the  posi- 
tion, which  he  held  for  two  years,  until  1902. 
He    then    resigned,    and    Captain     Stiles     was 


again  appointed  siiperintendcut,  remaining  in 
office  until  April  i,  1904,  when  the  present 
efficient  superintendent,  Thomas  E.  Dye,  was 
appointed. 

Few  people  have  any  idea  of  the  great 
good  accomplished  by  this  institution.  Hun- 
dreds of  the  girls  who  have  been  trained  here 
are  now  the  wives  of  prosperous  men  in  nearly 
every  walk  in  life.  ^Nlany  are  married  to  suc- 
cessful farmers  in  this  and  neighboring  coun- 
ties. One  js  the  wife  of  a  prosperous  business 
man  in  Cleveland,  and  a  ver\-  active  worker  in 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church ;  another  w  ent 
to  New  ]\iexico.  where  she  married  an  imp'jrt- 
ant  railroad  ofticial.  A  jxiung  woman  who 
has  made  for  herself  a  reputation  as  a  writer 
of  poetry  and  prose,  was  de\'eloped  from  the 
ranks  of  these  girls;  another  married  a  million- 
aire and  shines  in  society;  still  another  has 
been  a  successful  school  teacher  for  the  past 
nine  years  in  Clarion  County,  having  earned 
for  herself  the  means  to  \):iy  for  her  ad\-anced 
instruction.  A  superintendent  (jf  a  large  de- 
partment in  an  extensive  business  came  from 
the  home,  and  the  number  of  such  young  la- 
dies who  hold  positions  of  resiionsibilily  and 
trust  in  the  business  world  is  almost  legion. 

From  the  time  he  was  superintendent  of 
the  Home,  Col.  J.  ^1.  Crawford  and  his  good 
wife  until  her  death,  has  kept  in  touch  with  a 
large  number  of  the  girls  who  came  under 
their  care.  We  wish  we  could  reproduce  even 
a  few  of  the  hundreds  of  letters,  many  of  them 
of  recent  date,  which  he  has  received  from 
them,  but  we  forbear  doing  so,  as  we  have  re- 
frained from  relating  -the  intensely  interesting 
and  romantic  experiences  of  some  of  the  young 
ladies  to  whom  we  have  alluded,  rather  than 
take  any  chance  of  embarrassing  them  in  the 
present  high  positions  which  they  hold  in  the 
social  and  business   world. 

Many  of  the  girls  who  are  brought  to  the 
Hoiue,  are  not,  according  to  the  provisions  of 
tl;e  Act  creating  the  institution,  proper  sub- 
jects for  commitment  here.  In  many  cases, 
step-fathers  or  step-mothers,  wishing  to  shirk 
the  expense  or  responsibility  of  caring  for 
their  step-children,  trump  up  charges  on  which 
thev  are  committed  to  t!ie  Heme.     One  such 


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case    recei\'cd    considerable    pul.ilicity    during 
Colonel  Crawford's  term. 

A  man  brought  a  bright,  hunc.■^t'a;)pearing 
little  girl  to  the  Home,  who  had  been  commit- 
ted on  a  charge  of  stealing.  \\'iiile  the  man 
was  being  shown  about  the  institution,  the 
Colonel  learned  the  girl's  side  of  the  story,  and 
had  his  suspicions  confirmed.  The  offences  of 
which  she  was  guilty  were  of  .the  sugar  and 
pie-stealing  class,  such  as  most  of  us  have 
committed  during  a  certain  period  in  our  lives. 
Colonel  Crawford  confronted  the  man  with 
the  facts,  saying:  "Y<.>u  are  simply  this  girl's 
step-father,  and  you  are  trying  to  get  rid  of 
her."  The  Colonel  also  told  him  a  few  things 
that  exery  such  person  ought  to  hear.  It  de- 
\eloped  that  the  man  and  the  girl's  mother 
were  going  to  Europe,  and  the  man  said  that 
when  they  came  back,  he  w  ould  come  and  claim 
the  child,  fie  was  informed  that  he  was  un- 
worthy of  the  child,  and  that  if  he  left  her  at 
the  Mome,  its  authority  to  kee[)  her  until  she 
^\■as  of  age  would  be  enf'jrced.  The  man  left 
in  high  dudgeon,  and  Colonel  Crawfr.rd  im- 
mediately commenced  an  investigation.  He 
found  that  two  brothers  of  the  girl  had  been 
disposed  of  in  a  similar  manner,  and  also  found 
that  there  was  some  property  in  the  family. 
The  Colonel  had  a  friend  who  was  a  reporter 
on  one  of  the  Cle\'eland  papers,  to  whom  he 
told  the  story,  requesting  the  reporter  to  try 
to  (.liscuver  who  owned  the  property.  X'othing 
more  was  heard  of  the  matter,  until,  one  day. 
the  paper  came  out  with  flaring  In  ;.(llines — 
"An  Heiress  in  the  Girls'  Industrial  Home." 
The  article,  which  occupied  considerable  space, 
told  the  story  and  explained  that  the  girl's 
mother  was  a  property  t.'wner.  Someone  sent 
copies  of  the  paper  to  the  girl's  grandmoth.er 
in  Flallybeen  Park,  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  who 
at  once  began  a  correspondence  with  the  super- 
intendent of  the  Home.  She  was  entertaining 
the  child's  mother  and  step-father,  and  had 
been  given  the  impression  that  the  children 
were  being  cared  for  at  iwarding-school.  Upon 
learning  the  facts,  the  old  lady  ottered  to  pro- 
vide a  home  for  her  granddaughter,  and  was 
told  that  the  institution  would  be  glad  to  re- 
linrpiish  th.e  child  to  her,  if  she  would  furnish 


satisfactory  evidence  of  her  ability  to  care 
properly  for  her.  The  evidence,  together  with 
her  formal  application,  came  in  the  shape  ol 
a  letter  of  highest  recommendation  from  a 
member  of  Parliament,  anrl  another  letter  from 
the  American  consul  at  Belfast,  speaking  in 
highest  terms  of  the  grandmother,  and  of!er- 
ing  the  ser\-ices  of  his  son,  who  was  about  to 
return  to  America,  in  seeing  the  girl  properly 
scarted  on  her  ocean  voyage.  Upon  his  ar- 
rival in  this  country,  the  young  man  came  to 
I  the  Home  after  the  girl.  In  the  meantime,  the 
I  developments  in  the  case  had  made  it  secn.i  de- 
sirable for  her  mother  and  step-father  to  cut 
short  their  visit  in  Ireland  and  return  home; 
but  the  girl  hail  no  irresistible  im]julse  to  cill 
i  upon  them  as  she  passed  through  Cle\'elanfl  on 
her  way  to  Xcw  York.  There  she  was  ]j!accfl 
aboard  a  steamship  liy  her  escort  and  iilaced 
in  charge  of  a  chaperone,  and  safely  started  for 
Ballyijeen  Park,  the  home  of  her  well-to-do 
and  generous-hearted  ancestor.  The  last  that 
was  heard  from  the  \"t.>ung  lady,  she  was  at- 
tCTiding  a  college,  where  it  would  have  been 
embarrassing  fiir  her  to  continue  to  receive 
correspondence  on  the  stationery  of  the  "Girls' 
Industrial   Home.'' 

The  institution  was  established  as  a  "school 
for  the  instruction,  employment  and  reforma- 
tion of  exix'^ed.  helpless,  evil-disposed  and 
vicious  girls."  Girls  between  the  ages  of  nine 
and  seventeen  years  may  be  committed  to  the 
Home  for  ( i )  committing  any  offense  known 
to  the  laws  of  Ohio,  punishalile  b_\-  fine  or  im- 
prisonment, other  than  imprisonment  for  life: 
(  2)  any  girl  leading  an  idle,  vagrant  or  \icioiis 
life;  (3)  or  if  fL'und  in  any  street,  highway  or 
public  place  in  circumstances  of  want  and  suf- 
fering, or  neglect,  exposure  or  abandonment, 
or  of  beggary,  or  truancy.  Every  girl  so  cm- 
mitted  shall  l)e  kept,  disciplined,  instructed, 
employed  and  governed  until  she  be  either  re- 
formed arid  discharged,  or  shall  be  bound  out 
as  an  apprentice  or  servant,  or  shall  have  at- 
tained the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  .\11  com- 
mitments to  be  rnade  In'  the  probate  judge  of 
the  county  having  jurisdictirm.  The  object 
of  the  institution  is  to  instruct  the  ignorant,  to 
aid.   the  unfortunate,  tcj  reform  the  erring,  to 


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lilt  up  tlie  fallen,  and  to  furnish  a  home  for 
liie  exposed  and  friendless  of  tender  age.  where 
they  may  be  kindly  cared  for.  trained  to  habits 
of  industry  and  receive  such  intellectual  and 
moral  culture  as  to  fit  them  lor  respectable  po- 
sitions in  society. 

In  seeking  to  attain  these  aims,  the  pres- 
ent management  has  reorganized  the  institu- 
tion in  many  particulars.  All  unitVirmity  in 
matters  of  dress,  etc.,  such  as  will  be  found  m 
many  similar  institutions,  is  carefully  avoided. 
So  far  as  is  practicable,  an  effort  is  made  to 
develop  the  individual  taste  of  each  girl.  The 
pupils  have  been  classified  and  griided  accord- 
ing to  their  age  and  merits,  both  from  the 
standpoint  of  conduct  and  mental  abilitv.  It 
is  felt  that  the  girls  are  at  the  Home,  not  for 


l)unishment,  but  to  receive  training  and  correc- 
tion. Each  is  therefore  placeil  upiin  her  honor, 
and  made  to  feel  that  s"me  respon-^ibility  rests 
upon  her.  Under  this  system  of  classification, 
the  most  worthy  girls  to  the  number  of  sixty- 
six  live  in  the  ■"Mouur  Cottage."  Thus  the 
pupils  admitteil  to  the  Home  Iiave  an  oppor- 
tunity to  rise  to  a  [joint  of  proficienc}-,  where 
they  are  recommended  1)}-  the  superintendent 
to  the  Board  of  Trustees  f.ir  p.j^itions,  and 
under  his  rec-^nimendation,  some  of  the  jiupils 
are  now  holding  salaried  positions  in  the  in- 
stitution. It  is  predicted  that  the  time  is  not 
far  distant  when  the  institution  will  be  entirely 
self-.sustaining.  so  far  as  expense  for  labor  is 
concerned,  through  the  work  done  l)y  pupils. 


CHAPTER  X. 


THE  PRESS. 


spacers  and  Editors  of    the  Past  and  of  the  Pr 


The  Dclazvare  Gazette  is  one  of  the  oldest 
newspapers  in  Ohio  and  probably  the  onl}'  one, 
thar  has  been  controlled  by  one  family  for 
nearly  three  quarters  of  a  century.  In  the 
year  iSi8  the  Dekn^'are  Gazette  first  made  its 
appearance,  published  by 'Drake,  Hutdies  and 
Olmsted.  Judge  Ezra  Griswold  purcha^ed  the 
paper  in  1S21  and  it  was  published  by  him 
until  1834,  when  he  sold  it  to  ]vlr.  George  \\". 
Siiarpe,  who  had  just  come  to  Ohio,  fiom 
Frederick.  Maryland,  where  he  had  owned  a 
printing  oltice.  At  the  .solicitation  of  Mr.' 
Sharpe,  Abraham  Thomson,  a  relative,  emi- 
grated from  ilaryland  to  Delaware  and  in 
September,  1834.  became  a  partner  in  this 
journalistic  enterprise.  Soon  afterwards  ]\Ir. 
Sharpe  sold  his  interest  in  the  business  :o 
Judge  David  T.  Fuller.  Two  years  later  Mr. 
Thomson  purchased  Judge  Fuller's  interests 
and  became  sole  proprietor,  which  he  remained 
from  that  time  until  January  i,  1S97,  when  on 
account  of  ill  health,  consequent  upon  the  in- 
firmity of  age,  he  sold  the  Gazette  establish- 
ment to  his  two  sons,  Henry  C.  and  Kober';  C. 
and  reluctantly  retired  from  the  labors  that 
had  been  so  congenial  to  him  fijr  over  a  half 
century. 

From  1S65  to  1S71  a  half  interest  in  the 
Gazette  was  held  by  Captain  Alfred  E.  Lee, 
who  had  served  his  country  as  a  soldier  with 
distinction  and  bravery  during  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion,  ha\ing  been  severely  wounded  at 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  Captain  Lee  during 
this  time  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Ohio, 
House  of  Representatives  and  afterwards  was 


j  appointed  by  President  Hayes  to  be  consul- 
I  general  at  Frankfort-on-the-Main.  In  both 
'  positions  he  rendered  capable  and  creditaWe 
I  service.  After  retiring  from  Frankfort  he  was 
editorial  writer  on  the  Ohio  State  Journal  and 
odier  ];ronnnent  newspapers.  Caj)tain  Lee 
i  died  in   1905. 

From   187 1   until  he  retired  iMr.  Thomson 
i   was  assisted  in  tlie  management  of  the  paper 
j  by  his  son,  Robert  Carter,  and  also  a  portion  of 
the  time  by  his  son,  Frank  G.     In   1897  his 
j  oldest   son,    Henry   C,   returned   to   Delaware 
from  Dayton,  where  he  had  lived  for  twenty- 
I  six  years,  and  with  R.  C.  Thomson  as  part- 
ner, purchased  the  Gazette  establishment  from 
their  father  and  continued  its  publication  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  Abram  Thomson's  Sons. 
In  October,    1898.   Flenry    C.   Thomson    pur- 
chased his  brother's  interest  and  since  that  time 
has  been  sole  owner  and  publisher. 

Abram  Thomson,  who  for  sixty-two  years 
was  owner  and  most  of  that  time  editor  of  the 
Delaxeare  Gazette,  was  a  remarkable  man.  It 
is  doulitful  whether  there  is  in  the  history  of 
the  State  another  case  where  one  man  has  con- 
tinuously held  a  like  position  for  such  a  length 
of  time.  As  a  man  he  was  of  a  charming  per- 
sonality and  noted  for  uprightness  and  integ- 
rity of  character;  as  an  editor  he  was  able  and 
fearless:  as  a  citizen  he  was  public  spirited  and 
useful. 

Born  at  Taneytown.  Md.,  in  1814.  and  hav- 
ing acquired  his  knowledge  of  printing  in  some 
of  the  chief  newspaper  offices  of  Xew  York 
citv,  he  came  to  Delaware  when  a  voung  man 


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of  twenty  and  grew  up  with  the  ti_iwn.    Abram  ! 
Thuni:iiin  and  lii.>  newspaper  were  prominent  ■. 
factors   in   its  grciwth   and  prosperity  and  he  i 
was  universally  honored  and  respected  by  its  ' 
inhabitants.  -  In  addition  to  his  long  life  in  the  ; 
editorial   harness,    he   held   many   public   posi-  | 
tions.     Ill  1S4S-49,  without  any  solicitation  on  ; 
his  part,  he  was  nominated  and  elected  Repre-  | 
sentative   of    Delaware    County    in    the    Ohio  | 
Legislature.     Eor  personal  reasuns  he  declined  • 
a   n_u!nination    mianimously    tendered    him    for  ! 
re-election.     In  1850-1   he  was  clmsen  to  sue-  ' 
teed    William   Dennison   as   senator    from  the 
district    composed  of   the     counties    of   Dela-  \ 
ware  and  Frankhn.     In  die    year    1S54    }.Ir. 
'Jdiomson   was  a  memlier  of  the   Whig  State  ', 
Central  Committee  when  it  assembled,  and  de- 
clared the   Whig  organization  disbanded  and 
merged  its  party  into  the  Republican.  .        i 

in  iSCo  he  was. a  member  of  the  liuard  ui  ' 
Presidential  Electors  of  C)hio  which  cast  the  i 
vote  of  the  State  for  Abraham  Lincoln.  By  : 
President  Lincoln  he  was  appninteA  p<j-tmas-  1 
ter  I  if  Delaware  and  re-appointed  in  [863.  ; 
When  the  State  Industrial  Home  (<«.■  Girls  was  i 
established  in.  1869  }>Ir.  Thomson  became.  Ijv  I 
appointment  of  Governor  LLiyes,  a  member  of 
its  first  Board  of  Trustees,  and  he  served  as  a 
member  and  secretary  of  the  Ijnard  for  nine  ; 
x'ears.  i 

Henr_\-  C.  Thomson,  the  ]iresent  owner  of  ■ 
the  Ga::cffi\   was   born   in    Delaware  in    1842.  , 
and  was  practically  brought  up  in  the  Caccttt- 
office,  having  in  liis   youthful   days  delivered  > 
the  paper  to  its  town  subscribers  for  about  five  { 
years.      Jn  the  year    1865   he   was  taken   intu 
partnership  in  the  printing  busin.ess  by  his  fa-  J 
ther,  and  continued  a  partner  until  1871.  when 
he  moved  to  the  city  of  Dayton,  where  he  re-  [ 
mained  for  twenty-six  years,  being  engaged  ui  < 
the  grocery  business.     January  i,  1897.  he  re-   i 
turned  to  his  first  love,  the  Gacctfc.  an<l  still  j 
directs  its  destinies.  He  has  been  assisted  in  its  1 
publication   for  about  eight  years  by  his  son,  I 
Walter  D.   Thomson,  to  whose  efticient  man-  i 
agement  and  industry  its  success  and  prosper- 
ity is  largely  due. 

In  the  year  1888  the  size  and  business  im- 
portance of  Delaware  seeming  to  warrant  the 


venture,  a  daily  edition  of  the  Gazette  was 
launched  and  the  favor  with  wiiich  it  was  re- 
ceived by  the  citizens,  insured  its  immediate 
success,  in  1.S97  a  "Mergenthaler  linotype  type- 
setting machine  \vas  added  to  its  ec|uipment. 
enabling  the  pulilisher  to  give  its  patrons  much 
more  reading  matter  than  had  before  been  pos- 
sible. In  1905  a  secoiul  linotype  machine  was 
installed,  making  the  Gazette's  type-setting  fa- 
cilities unexcelled  by  any  office  in  a  city  oi  the 
same  size  in  the  State.  For  a  number  of  years 
the  Gazette  has  received  the  Scriiips-McRae 
telegraph  and  cable  service,  b)-  which  it  has 
been  able  to  furnish  its  readers  with  the  latc.-t 
news  on  an  equality  w-ith  any  of  the  afternoon 
papers  of  Columbus  or  Cle\elar,d.  This  serv- 
ice has  recenti}-  been  merged  with  the  United 
Press  Association  with  improved  facilities. 

In  the  spring  of  the  present  year  (1907) 
the  circulation  of  the  Daih  Gazette,  having 
outgrown  the  capacity  of  the  press  in  use.  a 
Campbell  multipress  was  purchased  and  in- 
stalled m  a  new  ])ressroom  provided  for  its  oc- 
cupancy in  the  basement  of  the  Gazette  build- 
ing. This  press  prints  at  one  operation  ail 
eight  pages  of  the  Gazette  which  has  been  en- 
larged from  six  to  seven  columns  to  the  pag'?, 
and  is  capable  of  a  speed  of  six  thousand  copii.^ 
per  hour. 

The  semi-weekly  edition  of  the  Gazette. 
which  has  a  large  circulation  in  the  count}"  out- 
side of  Delaware  City,  was  also  eiilarged  to 
the  same  size.     There  are  few  cities  the  size  I 

of  Delaware  that  can  boast  of  as  up-to-date  and         j 
attractively  printed  daily  paper  as  the  Gazette.  \ 

A  well  equipped  job  printing  department  is  an  ' 

important  adjunct  of  the  Gazette  establishment  ; 

and  a  large  quantity  of  catalogue    work    and  i 

commercial  printing  is  turned  out  annually. 

THE    FIRST    DEMOCR.^TIC    NEWSPAPER. 

For  some  time  prior  to  184 1,  the  need  of  a 
Democratic  organ  in  the  county  of  Delaware 
began  to  be  felt.  Colonel  B.  F.  Allen.  .Andrew 
H.  Patterson,  Andrew  Stephen,  James  W. 
Crawford.  John  Lugenbeel.  .\lbert  Pickett.  Jr., 
Ahab  Jinks'.  Th.^mas  Reynolds.  .Moses  By.xby, 
Jr.,  W.  B.  Ficim.  George  W.  Sharp  and  others. 


190 


HISTOID"  Ol-    DELAWARE  COUXTV 


liad,  at  diftereni  limes,  been  in  currespondcnce 
willi  printers  at  numerous  places  almut  estab- 
lishing a  Deniiicratic  paper  in  Ueiaware 
Cuunty,  but,  as  the  saying  goes  today,  jio  '•oil" 
was  struck  until  early  in  the  year  of  1841. 
Among  tlie  legisl;:ti\-e  reporters  on  the  Ohio 
Stotcsiiuiii  during  the  session  of  1840-1.  was 
a  [iractical  printer  named  Forest  Knapp.  Jl  re- 
quired a  ]iractical  printer  at  thai,  dale  to  suc- 
cessfujly  manipulate  all  of  the  departments  of 
a  printing  office.  On  the  advice  and  recom- 
mendation of  Colonel  Saniuoi  Medary.  a 
proposition  was  m.ade  to  yir.  Knapp  which  he 
accepted,  resulting  in  the  establishment  of  a 
Democratic  paper  in  Delaware  called  Tlw 
Democratic  Eagle.  The  jiaper  was  small, 
worked  oft  on  a  small  hand-press,  the  circula- 
tion very  limited,  the  job  department  consist- 
ing of  a  couple  of  fonts  of  wood  type  made  of 
apple  or  beech  tree.  The  con':posiiioa  w  a^  done 
by  three  apprentices,  Thomas  J.  Crawford, 
Andrew  J.  Crawford  and  Samuel  J.- Albright, 
all  natives  of  Delaware.  The  thst  ciiiijin  w.-i-^ 
bright,  showing  ability  in  its  ediim-ials,  ci  irres- 
pondence  and  scissorings.  taking  at  once  with 
its  friends.  .Mr.  Knajjp  conducted  the  paper 
for  several  years,  it  growing  in  every  depart- 
ment and  with  his  party  and  the  people.  Theri 
he  left  for  othei  fields  of  labor,  placing  the 
paiier  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  John  Converse.  The 
latter  not  being  a  practical  printer,  soon  tired 
of  the  business  and  retired.  ,  For  some  lime 
no  paper  was  published.  In  the  meantime. 
Hon.  George  W.  Sharp,  a  practical  printer, 
who  had  had. much  newspaper  experience  in 
]Maryland  and  some  years  prior  in  Delaware, 
secured  the  ownersliip  of  the  plant  and  sent 
back  to  Frederick  City.  Md.,  lor  one  of  his 
former  proteges,  named  George  F.  Stayman. 
to  come  to  Delaware  to  take  charge  of  the  pa- 
per and  the  plant,  and  he  would  give  him  his 
own  time  to  pay  for  it.  Mr.  Stayman  ar- 
rived with  his  family  early  in  the  fall  of  1S45, 
took  charge  of  the  plant,  secured  some  new- 
newspaper  and  jrib  type  and  started  a  little 
paper  under  the  title  of  Loco  Foco.  This  con- 
tinued a  year,  \vhen  there  was  an  enlargement 
of  the  paper,  press  and  all  departments,  the 
name  of  the  paper  also  being  changed  to  The 


Di'hviearc  Staiidanl.  In  a  few  years  b\  work- 
ing hard,  day  and  night,  himself,  and  making 
p.ractical  printers  out  of  al)out  all  of  his  chii- 
ilren.  although  the  portion  of  the  county  print- 
ing was  not  large,  he  built  up  a.  very  satisfac- 
tory and  readable  paper,  generally  apjireciated 
by  old  and  young.  Under  the  title  of  Staiid- 
ard  or  DcnuKratic  Standard,  for  nineteen 
years,  under  the  management  of  Mr,  Stayman, 
this  paper  was  continued.  It  was  Democratic 
after  the  leffersonian  and  Jackson  stamp.  For 
a  short  time  in  the  early  li flies.  D.  W.  C. 
Lugenbeel  had  a  half  interest  in  the  paj^er.  at- 
tending to  the  'local  department.  It  must  !rj 
said  that  The  Stajidard  establislied  the  first 
local  department  of  any  paper  ever  published 
in  Delaware.  L'nder  the  administration  of 
President  Pierce  and  part  of  that  of  President 
Buchanan,  Mr.  Stayman  was  postmaster,  hue 
lost  out  a  year  under  the  kitter  owing  to  his 
support  given  to  Stephen  .\.  Douglas  and 
"Squatter  Sovereignty."  77k-  Standard  was 
the  first  paper  in  Delaware  to  run  up  "Old 
Glory"  when  the  Civil  War  began.  In  1864. 
The  Standard  was  sold  to  W.  P.  Reid.  his 
brother,  Theodore  P.  Reid  look  charge  of  ir 
and  started  a  neutral  paper  under  the  title  of 

i  The  Delaiearc  County  News.  In  1866.  Sam- 
uel J.  Albright  established  a  Democratic  paper 
under  the  title  of  Tlie  Herald.  It  was  bright 
and  newsy   from  the  start. 

After  it  was  firmly  established,  he  retired. 
when   the   paper    uniler    the     management     of 

I  Hosea  W.  Chamberlain  liad  a  number  of  edi- 
tors including  Dr.  F.  H.  Flyatt.  Hon.  E.  F. 
Poppleton  and  John  A.  Cone.  The  next  pro- 
prietor and  publisher  was  Robert  G.  Hurlburt. 
He  continued  to  publish  the  Herald  down  to 
the  latter  part  of  the  seventies,  when  be  died 
of  cancer  of  the  tongue.  The  next  was  Daniel 
Flannagan.  He  secured  the  plant  and  r^iier- 
aled  it  but  a  short  lime  when  he  was  followed 
by  James  K.  Xewcomer,  then  Newcomer  & 
Fisher  ( D.  S.)  George  Padgett  was  the  next 
owner,  until  the  i)lant  was  purchased  In-  The 
Journal  Company,  which  started  an  independ- 
ent newspaper  in  Delaware  in  igoo.  under  the 
editorial  administration  oi  Dr.  F.  M.  3.1urrav. 
who  was  associated  with  Mr.  J.  D.  Knowles. 


AXD  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZEXS 


The  latter  became  iiianayei-  and  operated  the 
paper  until  1903.  At  this  time,  J.  D.  Knuwles 
became  editur  of  the  Journal-Herald,  the  pur- 
chase of  the  Herald  having  been  made  by  Mur- 
ray &  Knowles.  The  Joiinial-Hcrald  is  op- 
crated  in  an  up-to-date  manner  and  is  equipped 
as  a  modern  newspaper  should  be.  It  has  a 
Mcrgenthaler  type-setting  machine,  receives 
the  only  telegraph  service  by  wire  every  after- 
noon and  makes  its  own  illustrations. 

After  the  purchase  of  the  Herald  by  the 
Journal  Company,  J.  D.  Knowles  liecamc  the 
editor  and  for  six  years  has  conducted  that 
department  in  an  able  manner.  Through  the 
increasing  influence  of  the  paper,  several  Dm- 
ocrats  have  been  elected  to  important  county 
positions  and  at  this  time,  th.e  Democrats  have 
the  mayor  and  the  City  Council.  In  lyoS  'Sir. 
John  H.  Byrne  was  admitted  into  the  fii'm  of 
The  Journal-Herald  and  holds  the  position  as 
city  editor.  An  eight-page  daily  is  published, 
with  sixteen  pages  on  Saturdaj-s.  The  Jl'eekly 
Jo.irnal-Hcrald  is  printed  on  Thursdays  and 
contains  sixteen  and  sometimes  twenty-eight 
pages.  It  is  considered  one  of  the  best  publi- 
cations in  Ohio  from  a  county  of  its  size,  show- 
ing its  able  management  and  the  confidence  of 
its   readers    and    patrons. 

AStlLEV    NEWSPAPERS. 

In  1875,  a  paper  called  the  Ashley  Star  was 
started  b}-  Washington  Granger.  It  was  short- 
lived, and  there  was  then  a  period  of  several 
years  when  no  paper  was  published  here.  The 
Argus  was  the  next  local  purveyor  of  news. 
After  a  time  it  came  into  thr-  possession  of  the 
firm  of  Shoemaker  S:  Cocnner,  who  changed 
the  name  of  the  publication  to  the  Enterprise. 
After  running  the  paper  about  a  year,  they 
sold  it  to  C.  B.  Benedict,  who  sold  it  after  a 
short  time  to  A.  D.  Rowe.  He  adopted  the 
name  of  the  Ashley  Times,  and  published  it 
until  his  death.  Karry  Wood  then  purchased 
the  journal  and  remained  its  proprietor  and 
editor  until  1904,  when  it  was  sold  to  C.  Slu'ie- 
maker. 

In  1900,  Wilson  C.  Shoemaker,  a  native 
of  Ashley,  started  a  paper  called  the  Ashley 


Star,  which  name  he  changed,  in  .AIav.~  190;, 
to  Tri-Couniy  Star.  This  journal  has  a  circu- 
lation of  about  one  thousand  and  is  indep-.^nd- 
ent  in  politics,  its  policy  being  to  use  all  the  in- 
fluence it  exerts  in  the  direction  of  enhancing 
the  growth  and  betterment  of  Ashley.  It  is  a 
four-page,  seven-column  paper,  printed  en- 
tirely in  Ashley. 

SUNBURY    NEWSPAPERS. 

The  Sunhury  Enterprise  was  the  first  paper 
published  in  that  town.  It  was  started  in  1873, 
and  was  owned  by  a  stock  company  composed 
of  local  citizens.  The  paper  was  issued  once  a 
week,  and  was  managed  by  D.  M.  Pyle.  He 
was  to  have  purchased  tlie  paper  and  paid  for 
it  out  of  the  earnings  of  the  office,  l)ut  not- 
withstanding that  the  people  ga\-e  the  new  ven- 
ture their  support,  it  was  plain  at  the  end  of 
the  first  nine  months  that  the  ir.anager  was 
not  adapted  to  journalism,  and  the  paper  was 
sold  to  \\"a\man  Perfect,  who  chai^.ged  the 
name  to  the  Speetator.  The  publication  im- 
mediately took  on  new  life;  it  seemed  to  please 
tlie  people,  and  it  was  not  long  before  there  was 
a  list  of  600  paid  subscribers.  The  advertising- 
columns  were  also  well  patronized,  and  the  pa- 
per was  a  success  from  a  financial  point  of 
\'iew.  J.  S.  \\'atson  purchased  the  paper  in 
1876,  and  it  was  successfully  conducted  by  him 
until  the  spring  of  1879,  when  he  suspended 
the  publication  in  order  to  take  advantage  of 
a  better  opening  elsewhere.  About  18S0  a  pa- 
per called  the  Monitor  was  established  by  T.  G. 
Sharpe,  but  we  ha\-c  been  unable  to  learn  anv- 
thing  of  its  career  or  of  its  demise.  In  ]\fay. 
1880,  .v.  R.  Letts  began  the  publication  of  a 
Dem.icratic  pa])er  called  the  Sunburv  A'ctix 
It  ran  until  the  summer  of  1894,  when  it  was 
suspended,  and  the  people  in  that  part  of  the 
county  were  without  a  home  paper  until  the 
fall  of  1894.  when  the  Delaware  County 
\  cz;'s-Itein,  a  weekly,  independent  paper,  was 
started  by  A.  R.  Letts  and  William  F.  Whit- 
tier,  under  the  firm  name  of  Letts  &  Whittier. 
In  1900.  Mr.  Whittier  purchased  his  partner's 
interest  and  has  since  conducted  the  paper 
alone.     The  issues  of  the  paper  contain   from 


192 


HISTORY  01-    DELA\\'ARE  COUNTY 


four  Uj  eiglit  pages,  and  it  now  has  a  circiila- 
tiun  of  t~20. 

'['he  iK'liizcarr  Signal,  which  was  the  first 
organ  ot  the  Prohihition  party  in  Ohig.  was 
started  by  a  juint-stock  company  on  Septem- 
ber 23.  I07J.  'J"he  principal  promoters  of  the 
enterprise  were  Thomas  Evans.  Jr..  Colonel 
Tindsay,  Dr.  L.  Barnes  and  J.  W.  Sharpe. 
Their  oiganization  adopted  the  title  of  the 
Delawnre  Printing  and  Publishing  Associa- 
tion. In  1S72,  a  small  paper  called  the  Dela- 
ware Pro/iibitioiiisl  had  been  started  by  Alilton 
R.  Scott,  and  the  association  published  this  pa- 
per for  a  short  period,  not  more  than  a  month 
or  two,  until  they  could  get  in  a  position  to 
pnhtlish  a  paper  better  suited  to  their  purpose. 
The  Sii^iial  was  then  started  as  a  large-sized 
nine-column  folio,  with  Alessrs.  Sharpe,  P.arnes 
and   Lindsav   as   editors,    and    Mr.    Evans   as 


treasurer  and  manager.  The  paper  was  pub- 
lished at  a  loss  uiuil  187G.  when  Mr.  Evans 
took  it  otT  the  hands  of  the  association  to  pay 
the  debts  of  the  concern.  He  abandoned  his 
other  business  interests  and  de^'Oted  his  entire 
time  and  energy  to  building  up  the  paper,  which 
he  continued  to  publish  until  some  rime  in  th.e 
early  go's,  as  nearh-  as  we  are  able  to  ascer- 
tain. Mr.  Evans  reduced  the  size  of  the  paper 
to  eight  coluirins,  and,  by  rigid  economy,  suc- 
ceeded in  making  it  ])a_\'  the  full  e.xjjenses  of 
the  office.  Although  the  publicatirm  paid  its 
])roprietor  nothing  for  the  time  and  labur  he 
bestowed  upon  it,  it  was  a  labor  of  love  on  his 
part.  The  circulation  of  the  paper  grew  to 
.large  proportions  for  those  days  and  for  a 
paper  of  that  kirid.  and  was  accepted  as  the 
State  organ  of  the  I'rohibitian  party. 


CMAFTER.  XL 


EDUCATION  (J).         V  Z: ;,. ,.  ,.;'„\,;\„ 

])itroJnctor\ — Public  Scliools  of  the  City  of  Dclai^'arc — District  Schools  aiiJ  Earlx  Teachers 
— St.  Mary's  Parochial  Schon! — Statistics — Dcla-:eare  City  Library — Delazcare  Coiuitv 
Historical  and  Archaeological  Socictw 


The  sturdy  pioneers  who  sought  religious 
freedom  on  New  England's  barren  shores  be- 
lieved education  to  be  the  handmaid  of  relig- 
ion, and  so  they  reared  the  schoolliouse  along 
side  the  village  church.  Only  twenty-seven 
years  after  th.e  arrival  of  the  Pilgrims,  a  law 
was  passed  compelling  every  t'Vwn  or  district 
of  fifty  householders  to  maintain  a  common 
school,  and  every  town  or  district  having  a 
population  of  a  hundred  families  to  have  a 
grammar  school,  presided  o\-er  by  teachers 
capable  of  preparing  the  pupils  for  college. 
This  is  the  first  instance  recorded  in  history 
where  a  civil  government  undertook  to  pro\-ide 
for  the  education  of  its  youth  ;  and  the  wonder- 
ful progress  of  our  nation  is  a  continual  attes- 
tation to  the  wisdom  of  those  who  embarked 
upon  this  experiment  of  a  go\-ernment  of,  by. 
and  for  the  people. 

The  history  of  education  in  Ohio  is  unique 
in  this  respect.:  That  in  1785,  before  there  was 
a  settlement  in  the  territory  now  comprised 
within  the  State,  it  was  provided  by  Congress, 
in  an  ordinance  for  the  survey  and  sale  of  the 
western  lands,  that  section  sixteen,  or  one- 
thirty-sixth  of  every  township  included  under 
the  ordinance,  should  be  reserved  from  sale  for 
the  maintenance  of  public  schools  within  the 
township.  The  "Compact  of  1787"  declared 
that  "schools  and  the  means  of  education  shall 
forever  be  encouraged."'  As  a  rule,  the  ques- 
tion of  providing  educational   facilities   is  an 


undeveloped  region  are  not  considered  until 
the  need  actually  arises  and  presses  home 
uix>n  an  established  comiinmity;  but  here  we 
have  the  federal  and  futiu'e  state  govern- 
ments both  pledged  in  advance  to  provide  in 
some  way  for  the  support  of  [lublic  schools. 

As  these  lands  were  at  first  only  reserved 
from  sale  and  settlement,  no  steps  were  taken 
b)-  the  territorial  legislature  to  apply  them  to 
the  purpose  for  which  they  were  set  aside. 
\Mien  Ohio  was  admitted  as  a  State,  these  re- 
served school  lands  (of  which  there  were  740,- 
000  acres)  were  granted  to  the  State  and 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Legislature. 

The  Constitution  of  1802,  repeating  the 
famous  educational  clause  of  the  Ordinance  of 
17S7.  made  it  the  duty  of  the  Legislature  to 
carry  out  its  intent.  It  also  provided  that  all 
schools,  academies  and  colleges  founded  upon 
or  supported  by  rexenues  from  the  land  graiits 
should  be  open  "for  the  reception  of  scholars, 
students  and  teachers  of  every  grade  without 
any  distinction  or  preference  whatever."'  The 
Constitution  of  185 1  goes  still  farther,  and  de- 
clares in  plain  terms  that  the  General  Assem- 
bly shall  provide  by  taxation  or  otherwise,  "a 
thorough  and  efficient  system  of  common 
schools  throughout  the  State."  What  has  the 
State  done  in  fulfillment  of  these  constitutional 
obligations  which  it  assumed?  Xearlv  all  the 
school  lands  were  sold  long  ago.  and  tlmse 
that  have  not  been  sold  are  held  under    per- 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


pt'tual  lease  at  an  extremely  low  rental.  Tlie 
money  received  from  the  sale  ot  these  lantls 
was  paid  into  the  State  treasury,  the  State 
pledging  itself  to  pay  six  per  cent,  .interest 
thereon  forever,  the  interest  to  be  distributed 
annually  among  the  various  townships  and 
districts  for  school  purpo.^es.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  the  fund  itself  has  been  borrowed  and 
spent  by  the  State,  and  the  annual  interest  the 
State  is  obligated  to  pay  is  raised  b\  taxation. 
The  fund  is  now,  therefore,  merely  a  fiction  of 
bookkeeping,  and  represents  the  legal  and 
mora!  obligation  on  the  part  of  the  people  to 
ta.x  themselves  a  certain  ainount  each  year  for 
school  purposes. 

Plaving  thus  briefly  reviewed  the  early  pr.j- 
visions  made  for  the  support  of  inibiic  schools 
in  Ohio,  and  having  seen  how  the  immensely 
valuable  reservations  of  school  lands  have  been 
piactically  frittered  away  by  politicians,  we 
will  now  consider  the  conditions  that  actually 
confronted  the  courageous  pioneers  who 
braved  the  perils  of  wild  Ijeasts,  .>Hva<a'S  and 
disease  to  briiig  civilization  into  this  wilder- 
ness. Coming  from  New  England,  they 
brought  with  them  the  same  ideas  ol  tlie  value 
and  importance  of  education  that  were  so 
earl)  formulated  into  the  law  we  have  already 
noticed;  but  in  this  new  and  unsettled  coun- 
try there  were  many  obstacles  to  be  overcome. 
At  first,  comfortable  shelter  must  be  provided 
for  the  family,  and  then  land  must  be  cleared 
and  crops  raised  to  provide  sustenance  for  man 
and  beast.  Arduous  as  such  work  now  is,  it 
is  not  to  be  compared  with  the  toil  of  these 
brave  men  and  women  of  a  hundred  years 
ago.  Little  tirne  or  strength,  if  any,  was  left 
for  study  to  anyone  of  either  sex  who  was  able 
to  bear  any  part  of  this  burden  of  labor;  settle- 
ments were  small  and  scattered ;  teachers  were 
scarce,  money  and  books  were  scarcer  and 
school  houses — there  were  none.  All  honor  is 
therefore  due  these  sturdy  and  ambitious  pio- 
neers for  the  way  they  surmounted  these  dif- 
ficulties, and  provided  for  the  education  of 
their  children  just  as  soon  as  there  were 
enough  settlers  in  a  locality  to  maintain  a 
scliool. 


The  old  log  schoolhouses,  with  their  rude 
furniture,  have  been  replaced  by  accommoda- 
tions and  facilities  for  securing  an  education 
that  transceitd  the  wildest  dreams  of  the  teach- 
ers and  pupils  of  those  primitive  days.  There 
are  few  people  now  left  in  the  county  who  are 
old  enough  to  recall  these  earl}-  "temples  of 
learning,"  and  a  brief  description  will  doubt- 
less interest  the  pui)ils  of  the  present  as  well  as 
those  of  coming  generations.  The  early  schools 
were  not  public  schools  in  any  true  sense  "of  the 
word,  and  not  free  schools  in  any  sense.  Land 
grants  were  not  yet  available,  and  school  taxes 
were  unkriown.  The  schoolhouses  were  not 
built  by  subscription ;  the  neighbors  would 
gather  at  some  point  previously  agreed  upon, 
and.  with  axe  in  hand,  the  work  was  soon 
done.  These  early  structures  all  belonged  to 
the  log-cabin  style  of  architecture.  They  were 
fifteen  to  eighteen  feet  in  width,  and  twenty- 
four  to  twenty-eight  feet  long,  with  eaves 
about  ten  feet  from  the  ground.  The  chinks 
between  the  logs  were  filled  with  clay  mor- 
tar. The  floor  was  of  earth,  puncheons,  or 
smooth  slabs.  Ptmcheons  were  logs  split  and 
smoothed  a  little  with  an  axe  or  hatchet  on 
the  fiat  side.  To  make  a  window,  a  log  was 
cut  out,  usually  the  entire  length  of  the  build- 
ing, and  the  opening  thus  made  was  covered 
with  greased  paper  mounted  on  sticks.  The 
people  in  [Marlboro  to\vnship  were  particularly 
proud  of  their  schoolhouse,  \vhicli  had  two 
such  windows,  in  one  of  which  greased  sheep- 
skins were  used  instead  of  paper.  The  room, 
or  at  least  one  end  of  it,  was  heated  from  an 
immense  fireplace,  and  it  usually  took  iiiost  of 
the  time  of  three  boys  to  fill  its  hungry  maw 
with  logs.  The  furniture  consisted  principally 
of  rude  benches  without  backs,  made  by  split- 
ting logs  into  halves,  and  mounting  theiu,  fiat 
side  up  on  four  stout  wooden  pins  about  fif- 
teen inches  long.  Just  under  the  window,  two 
or  three  strong  pins  were  driven  into  a  log  in 
a  slanting  direction ;  on  these  pins  a  long 
puncheon  was  fastened,  which  served  as  a 
writing  desk  for  the  whole  school.  There  was 
no  blackboard,  and  no  apparatus  of  even  the 
rudest  description  to  assist  the  teacher  in  ex- 


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pounding  the  lessun.  Reading,  spelling,  writ- 
ing and  arithmetic  constituted  the  course  of  | 
study.  Text-books  were  few.  The  favorite  | 
reader,  when  it  could  be  procured,  ,was  the  j 
Xew  Testament;  Murray's  reader  was  owned 
by  a  few,  and  here  and  there  would  be  found 
a'copy  of  the  "Columbian  Orator ;"'  Webster's  j 
Speller  was  the  first  used,  later,  the  '"Elemen-  | 
tary  Si^eller"  was  introduced.  Tiiey  learned 
to  "figure"  from  Pike's  and  Smiley's  Arithme- 
tics. W'hen  grammar  was  taught,  which  was 
not  often,  ^Murray's  and  Kirkham's  grammars 
were  the  text-books  used.  These  were  the 
books  comprising  the  primitive  outfit  of  the 
teacher,  while  each  pupil  usually  had  one  or 
more  of  them.  As  there  was  but  little  work 
to  do  on  the  farm  in  mid- winter,  a  three 
months'  term  was  taught  at  that  season,  so 
that  the  boys  could  attend.  The  teachers  were 
paid  by  subscription,  and  "boarded  around." 
the  terms  being  from  one  to  three  dollars  per 
pupil  for  a  term  of  three  months.  In  those 
days  there  was  little  nv-ncy  with -which  to 
pay  salaries,  as  nothing  was  raised  to  sell,  and 
gold  and  bank  notes  were  unknown  before  the 
War  of  iSi:?. 

[Many  peculiar  characters  found  their  way 
into  the  teaching  profession  in  those  early  days 
on  the  frontiers  of  civilization.  In  Berkshire 
To\vnship.  one  of  the  early  teachers  was  a 
man  named  Nathan  Diistin.  He  was  possessed 
of  a  very  fine  sense  of  "propriety,"  and  was 
much  given  to  lecturing  his  pupils  on  the  rules 
of  behavinr.  He  wanted  his  girls  and  buys  to 
grow  up  to  be  ladies  and  gentlemen.  Another 
interesting  character  who  taught  in  Berkshire 
Township  v.as  an  Irishman  named  Lexton.  He 
was  fond  of  his  whiskey.  \,hich  he  often  car- 
ried to  school.  The  use  of  this  stimulant  did 
not  tend  to  soften  his  naturally  high  temper. 
Partially  intoxicated,  he  frequently  fell  asleep, 
and.  on  waking,  punished  at  random  the  first 
one  his  eyes  fell  upon.  Such  were  the  teach- 
ers of  those  early  days.  Some  set  before  their 
pupils  the  example  of  an  upright  and  worthy 
life,  while  they  tried  to  impart  their  own 
limited  st.^'re  of  knowledge;  others,  inditterent 
hi  the  intlnence  of  their  example,  or  to  the 
progress  of    their    pu[)ils.    were    time-ser\ers 


only.  Plowever,  such  instruction  as  they  couM 
give,  or  did  give,  was  better  than  no  instruc- 
tion at  all.  Probably  none  of  those  early 
teachers  could  measure  up  to  the  standards  re- 
quired of  the  teachers  now  in  our  schools; 
but,  fortunately,  the  conditions  of  life  in  those 
pioneer  days  did  not  call  for  the  edttcational 
qualifications  that  the  boys  and  girls  of  the 
rising  generation  must  ha\'e  to  hold  their  own 
in  the  battle  of  life. 

Institutions  which,  for  many  decades,  filled 
an  important  place  in  the  life  of  the  community 
were  the  spelling-schools,  or  spelling-matches, 
and  singing-schools.  Both  of  these  branches 
of  study  have  for  many  years  been  incorpor- 
ated in  the  curriculum  of  the  public  schools, 
and  so  these  early  institutions  have  passed 
away;  though,  if  the  spelling  of  the  present 
generation  be  a  criterion,  it  may  be  doubted 
if  the  modern  method  of  teaching  spelling  is 
any  improvement  on  that  of  a  generation  ago. 
But  these  early  schools  were  not  only  a  means 
of  education,  they  filled  a  place  in  the  social 
life  of  the  people  w-ell  suited  to  the  times,  and 
this  combination  of  pleasure  and  study  doubt- 
less had  much  to  do  with  the  lively  interest 
manifested  in  these  functions.  A  story  used 
to  be  told  by  one  of  the  old  residents  of  Berlin 
Township,  which  shows  the  rough  and  rcjiJy. 
if  good-natured  manners  of  those  days.  As  is 
often  the  case  nowadays,  two  boys  had  their 
hearts  and  attentions  set  upon  one  girl,  and 
both  proposed  to  himself  to  escort  her  home. 
While  one  of  the  contestants  was  lighting  his 
hickorv  torch  at  the  old  block-house  fire-place, 
his  rival,  who  had  been  quicker  than  he.  just 
placed  his  torch  in  close  proximity  with  the 
other's  coat-tail.  Of  course,  there  was  a  sudden 
hurrying  about  to,  extinguish  the  blaze,  but, 
in  the  meantime,  the  shrewd  incendiar}-  had 
gone  oft  with  the  girl.  leaving  his  rival  to 
grieve  over  the  lacerated  state  of  his  feelings, 
as  well  as  the  damaged  condition  of  his  coat- 
tail. 

We  find  that  it  is  impossible  to  secure  a 
connected  story  of  the  schools  in  each  tow-nship 
from  the  earliest  times  down  to  the  present 
day,  and  w-e  shall  have  to  content  ourselves 
with  a   brief  glance  at  so  much  of  the  early 


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HISTORY  01'   DELA\\'ARE  COUNTY 


schcul  history  as  \vc  have  been  alile  to  obtain 
and  a  statement  of  the  conditions  of  the 
schools  at  the  present  time.  To  aid  in  compar- 
ing these  two  periods,  we  have  prepa-red  a 
statement  (see  elsewhere  in  this  chapter) 
showing;-  the  tax  rate  lor  schools,  the  total 
expenditure  for  schools,  the  number  of  school- 
houses,  total  value  of  school  property,  num- 
ber of  teachers  ;'.nd  number  of  clemcnt;a-y  and 
high  school  pupils  in  each  of  the  eighteen  town- 
ships and  thirteen  school  districts  in  the  county. 
These  I'gures  are  for  1907,  except  in  a  few 
cases,  which  are  indicated,  where  we  were  able 
to  secure  the  190S  figures,  or  where  the  1906 
figures  are  the  latest  that  can  be  obtained. 
It  is  gratifying  to  note  that,  throughout  the 
county,  progress  in  school  matters  and  im- 
provement in  the  facility  for  educating  our 
yontli  ha\'e  kept  pace  with  the  demands  of  the 
times. 

PUliUC    SCHOOLS    OF    the    city    of    DELAW.M-IE. 

In  iSSo  the  late  Trof.  William  G.  W'illianif 
prepared  an  article  on  the  public  schools  of  the 
city  of  Delaware,  which  appears  in  the  History 
of  Delaware  County  that  was  published  at  that 
time.  Prof.  Williams  was  at  that  time  a  mem- 
ber of  the  School  Board ;  he  was  a  writer  of 
recogm'zed  ability;  his  historical  researches 
were  thorough,  and  as  he  then  had  sources  of 
information  upon  which  we  cannot  draw  at  this 
late  day,  we  will  quote  the  article  referred  to, 
making  only  such  changes  as  may  be  necessary 
to  indicate  that  persons  then  referred  to  as 
living  are  no  longer  with  us,  and  to  avoid  con- 
fusing the  period  in  which  he  wrote  with  the 
present  time. 

"The  early  settlers  in  Delaware  were 
mostly  from  the  New  England  States,  and  were 
generally  educated  and  intelligent.  They  ap- 
preciated the  \alue  of  education  for  their  chil- 
dren ;  but  they  were  pixjr,  and  the  school- 
master had  not  yet  followed  them  to  the 
wilderness.  Accordingly,  what  book-learning 
the  children  of  the  first  generation  got,  was 
imparted  to  them  by  the  pareiUs  in  the  long 
winter  exenings.  Sometimes,  when  families 
were  close  neighbcirs    the  ciiildren.   and   e\en 


the  older  folks,  would  unite  in  these  exercises, 
under  the  instruction  of  the  best  scholar  of 
the  neiglihorhood.  Such  for  a  number  of 
years,  from  1S08,  was  the  educational  status  of 
the  community. 

"After  the  village  became  large  enough  to 
have  day  schools,  and  until  the  school  law  of 
1825,  the  schools  were  subscription  schools, 
and  were  held  in  private  houses.  ]^uring  this 
time  there  were  still  but  few  professional 
teachers.  The  office  was  mostly  held  by  some 
middle-aged  person  who  had  the  physical,  as 
well  as  the  intellectual  ability  thought  to  be 
necessary  for  this  work.  The  first  teacher 
whose  name  has  been  retained,  and  perhaps 
the  first  actually  employed,  was  Pelatiah  Mor- 
gan. He  is  repiesented  as  a  man  of  sufficient 
scholarship,  but  of  intemperate  haljits.  and  of 
harsh  discipline.  His  schnol  dated  from  181 5. 
and  continued  at  intervals  for  several  years ; 
but,  being  a  private  school,  "the  record  of  its 
alumni  is  lost.' 

"About  the  year  1S17,  'Sh.  Russell  E.  Post 
had  a  private  school  in  a  building  on  Winter 
Street,  a  short  distance  west  of  Sandusky. 
Xothing  further  is  related  of  this  schonl. 

In  1 82 1  ]\Ir.  James  B.  Weaver  was  the 
oidy  teacher  in  Delaware.  He  was  a  man 
of  middle  age  and  married,  and  had  probably 
taught  before  coming  to  Delaware.  His  first 
schoolroom  was  in  the  upper  stor)'  of  a  house 
belonging  to  the  Rev.  Jacob  Drake,  where  now 
stands  the  Reid  and  Powell  Block,  but  he  soon 
removed  to  the  upper  story  ^if  a  building  on 
the  site  of  the  City  Hall.  Mr.  Weaver  was  a 
man  of  violent  inipulses,  and  in  one  01  his  pas- 
sionate moments  he  fatally  injured  a  little 
pupil  in  his  school.  No  prosecution  followed, 
but  the  act  broke  up  the  school  and  drove 
the  teacher  from  his  profession  and  from  the 
town. 

"In  1823  he  was  succeeded  at  the  same 
place  by  Captain  Elias  Murray,  the  son-in-law 
of  Colonel  Moses  Byxbe,  original  proprietor 
of  the  town.  Captain  Murray  was  also  a  mid- 
dle-aged man,  but  of  kind  feelings,  and  as  in- 
dulgent in  his  discipline  as  his  predecessor  hail 
been  morose  and  rigid. 

"Ab'.'ut   the   same   date   there   was   an   in- 


r   ..r.  ;i  .r,:-:-i/    I     "     \ :. 


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197 


stance  of  private  tutorsliip  that  dc?crves  men- 
tion. The  tutor  was  Jolm  A.  Ouitnian,  then 
a  yc  ung-  clerk  in  the  United  States  Land  Oflice 
at  l^elaware.  His  pupils  were  tiie  children  of 
l^lalt  Brush,  Esq.,  an  eccentric  old  gentlemen, 
his  superior  in  office.  Mr.  Quitman  subse- 
quently went  South,  studied"  law.  and  became 
ncled  as  a  politician;  and  v/as  afterwards  a 
distinguished  general  in  the  Mexican  war,  and 
then  governor  of  ^Mississippi. 

"In  1S21  ]Miss  Sophia  Moore,  sister  of  die 
late  General  Sidney  Moore  and  of  Emery 
]Moore.  built  the  house  occupied  in  18S0  bv  the 
Misses  Welch,  on  Eranklin.  near  William 
Street,  for  an  orphans'  home  and  school.  This 
was 'not  a  charity  school,  though  undertaken 
with  charitable  intent.  Miss  Moore  taught  this 
school,  including  day  scholars,  very  accept- 
ably fur  si«me  yeaa"s,  until  her  marriage  to  Mrj 
Gorton.  i 

"In    1S25   Richard   ^Murray,   E'^q.,   nephew  I 
of    CajJtain    Murray,    became    as'^ociated    with   i 
Mi-^s  Moore  in  ;he  conduct  of  her  scho.il.   After  I 
her  marriage  he  carried   it  on  alone  for  two  | 
or  three  years,  and  then  with  hi-  wife,  formerly  | 
iliss  Joan   Hills.      }ilrs.    Murray   was   a  born  I 
teacher.     When  quite  a  young  girl,  in  18J4-25.  j 
she  taught   in   Berkshire,  and  after  her  mar- 
riage, in  1826-27,  in  Delaware,  with  her  bus-  I 
band.    In  1833,  after  the  death  of  her  husband.  I 
she  resumed  teaching,  and  taught  continuously, 
with  short  respites  only,  until  1S68,  a  period  of 
foity-four  years.      A    few   years  of   this   was 
in  the  public  schools  of  tlie  town,  bit  most  of 
the  time   was   in   her   own    private   house   on 
Franklin  Street.     In  this  unpretending,  but  ad- 
mirable  sclioc>l,    were    educated   many    of   the 
most  cultivated  ladies  of  the  city. 

"A  little  later,  somewhere  from  1827  to 
1S30,  Mr.  Asa  Messenger,  another  relative  of 
Colonel  Byxbe,  taught,  for  two  or  three  vears, 
in  the  huuse  Ijuilt  by  Miss  Moore  on  Franklin 
Street.  Mr.  Messenger  subsequently  went 
South,  and  afterward  became  an  editor,  in 
Tuscumbia.  Alabama.  Xtarly  at  the  same 
time,  his  sister.  Miss  Messenger,  attempted  to  , 
establish  a  girls'  seminary,  and  taught  a  few  1 
terms,  but  the  eft'ort  eventually  failed.  I 


i  "L'p    to    tliis    time,    in    the    hi.-tory    of    the 

i   State,  there  had  been  no  organic  legislation  on 
j  the  subject  of  schools.     Sjjecial  charters  were 
I  granted  to  the  cities,  but  no  adequate  provision 
I  had  been  made  for  the  non-coriiorate  parts  of 
I  the  State.     All  the  schools  in  Delaware,  thus 
•   far.  as  in  the  rural  districts  and  smaller  towns 
elsewhere,  v.ere  private  and  independent.     The 
population   of   the   town   was   small,    not    3-et 
reaching  500.  and  most  of  the  time,  a  single 
school   met   all    the   educational   wants  of   the 
place.     The  tuition   fees  were  very  small;   at 
hrst    scarcely    reaching   $1.50   per  'quarter   of 
thirteen  weeks,  and.  at  the  last,  in  the  case  of 
the  best  teachers,  not  exceeding  .'^3.00  per  quar- 
ter.   Xor  was  the  pay  alwa)  s  certain,  .  .r  gener- 
ally made  in  money.     ■"Store  pa},"  i-r  "trade," 
was  a  very  comnn.n  method  of  balancing  ac- 
counts, and  largely  prevailed  to  a  much  "later 
date  than  this. 

"Yet.  even  after  the  enactment  of  scb.ool 
laws  providing  for  a  public  system  of  educa- 
tion, the  private  schools  were  long. continued, 
until  the  new  system  was  in  compiete  working  ' 
order.  Of  these  later  teachers  of  private 
schools,  the  following  may  be  mentioned  as 
most  successful :  Albert  Eickett,  Jr..  had  a 
reputable  school  from  1S3-I  to  183(^1",  He  was 
a  son  of  Albert  Pickett,  a  famous  teacher  in 
Cincinnati,  and  inherited  much  of  his  father's 
genius  for  literary  work.  He  afterward  held 
oftice  in  the  county,  and  died  aliout   18^0. 

"Horatio  Sherman  was  a  professional 
teaclier,  from  the  State  i,f  Xew  York.  He  was 
in  the  prime  of  life  when  he  brought  his  family 
to  Delaware.  Here  he  taught  manv  vears,  at 
first  in  tlie  public  schoi.ls.  but,  in  1840  and 
afterward,  a  private  school  in  his  own  house, 
on  William  Street.  His  advertisement  savs : 
'Young  gentlemen  preparing  to  teach,  will 
be  particularly  attended  to;  tuition.  S2.50  or 
S3. 00  per  quarter."  At  last  he  was  laid  "aside 
by  a  failing  of  sight,  and  died,  in  Upper  San- 


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".About  1S32  two  highly  accomplished 
ladies  from  Ireland.  Afrs.  Howison  and  her 
sister.  ?^Iiss  Johnson,  opened  a  girls'  seminary 
in  the  house  of  Colonel  Evxlie.     An  extensive 


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OHirse  of  study  was  marked  out.  Miss  .Meeker, 
afterwards  ^Irs.  Sprague,  whose  son  was  pro- 
bate judge  in  1880,  assisted  them  in  the  lower 
classes.  But  the  school  was  not  successful, 
and,  in  a  few  years,  was  discontinued.  After 
the  close  of  tiiis  school,  jMiss  .Meeker  had,  for 
tv>-o  years,  1834-36,  a  very  popular  infant 
schuol  in  the  town. 

'■'J"!ic  schuol  law  of  1825  c^tal/lislitd  a  gi-n- 
era!  system  of  public  schools  of  low  grade, 
which  were  destined  largely  to  supersede  the. 
private  schools  of  the  same  grade.  But  this 
result  could  not  be  effectetl  at  once.  The  tax 
which  the  Legislature  of  1825  ventured  to  au- 
thorize was  but  one-half  a  mill  on  the  dollar, 
one-fourteenth  as  much  as  school  boards  were 
empowered  to  levy  in  1880.  For  many  }-ears 
this  tax  wa.s  insufficient  to  maintain  the  district 
schools  for  the  requisite  time — rarely  for  more 
than  two  quarters  of  the  year. 

"The  schools  had  an  average  enrollment  of 
about  sixty  pupils,  of  both  sexes,  and  w  ere  un- 
graded as  to  age  or  attainments.  The  teacher's 
^\-ork  was  hard,  and  his  pay  light,  being  about 
$20  per  month.  This  was  drawn  from  the 
public  funds  as  long  as  the  money  held  out. 
\yhen  this  was  exhausted,  voluntary  subscrip- 
tions enabled  the  directors  to  continue  the  pub- 
lic school  another  term;  or  the  building  was 
granted,  free  of  rent,  to  the  teacher  for\n  pri- 
vate school,  for  tlie  remainder  of  the  school 
year. 

_  "Under  this  law,  the  f^rst  public  school 
buildings  in  Delaware  were  ereaed.  One  wa< 
a  stone  building  at  the  corner  of  Franklin  and 
Winter  Streets,  on  the  lot  occupied  in  190S 
by  the  Jane  ^L  Case  Memorial  Hospital.  An- 
other was  a  small  frame  house,  also  on  Frank- 
lin Street,  at  the  northwest  corner  of  the  Court- 
house lot. 

"Miss  Eliza  T.  Thompson,  afterward  Mrs. 
^^'i!liam  Carson,  was  the  first  ladv  that  taught 
a  district  school  in  Delaware.  Tlie  school  was 
in  tlie  stone  school  house  for  the  winter.  The 
next  summer  she  had  a  select  school  in  the 
same  house.  Among  her  pupils  were  Ruther- 
forcl  B.  Hayes  and  his  sister  Fannie. 

'"Some  of  tiie  teachers  already  mentioned 
taught  in  die  newly  organized  district  schools  ■ 


but  it  is  impossible  to  name  all  who  from  this 
time  forward  helped  to  train  the  youth  of  Dela- 
ware in  the  paths  of  learning  and  of  virtue. 

"As  only  primary  or  ungraded  schools 
could  be  organized  under  the  law,  the  wants 
of  the  community  were  not  yet  all  niel.  Indi- 
vidual attempts  to  establish  a  seminary  of  a 
higher  grade  having  failed,  a  number  of  pub- 
lic-spirited citizens,  among  whom  were  AL  D. 
Pettibone,  Sherman  Finch  and  others,  at  length 
combined  in  1834.  to  build  up  such  a  school 
for  the  beter  education  of  their  children.  The 
attempt  resulted  in  the  erection  of  the  Dele- 
ware  Academy.  It  was  a  large  frame  build- 
ing two  stories  high,  beautifully  located  on 
Hill  Street,  in  Sr>utli  Delaware,  at  tliat  time 
'out  of  town.'  Ill  this  building  there  wa^  a 
succession  of  teachers,  among  whom  were  Giles 
3.1.  Porter  (183S-40),  Rev";  James  ^IcElroy. 
George  S.  Lee,  Miss  L.  A.  Emerson,  after- 
ward Mrs.  Porter  (1S40),  R.  E.  Rice,  P..  A. 
(1840),  and  Flavel  A.  iJickinson,  a  recent 
graduate  of  Yale  College  (1S41).  The  tuition 
fee  was  $5  per  term  for  languages;  $4.50  for 
higher  English,  and  $4  for  elementary  studies. 
But,  laudable  as  was  the  attempt,  excellent  and 
expensive  as  was  the  instruction,  the  time  for 
these  things  was  not  yet,  and  tlie  .\cademy 
was  a  failure.  It  not  only  paid  no  iiuerest  to 
the  stockholders:  it  could  not  support  the  teach- 
ers. The  building  long  stood  emjily.  then 
passed  into  other  hands  for  a  ladies'  school, 
and  finally  was  sold  to  the  City  School  Board, 
and  was  occupied  for  some  years  as  one  of  the 
ward  schools.     It  was  torn  down  in  1879. 

"In  the  year  1847.  the  Legislature  felt 
strong  enough  to  take  an  advanced  step  in 
school  matters:  and  the  law  was  so  improved 
as  to  permit  the  establishment  of  Union  schools 
with  graded  classes.  This  is  what  is  p-jpularly 
known  as  the  "Akron  Law."  The  t.nvn  of 
Delaware  was  for  this  purpose  made  into  one 
district,  and  the  old  Methodist  Church  at  the 
corner  of  William  and  Franklin  Streets,  was 
bought  by  the  School  Board,  and  reconstructed 
into  suitaljle  school rot^ms ;  those  below  for  the 
boys,  and  tlmse  above  for  the  girls.  Whether 
this  separation  of  the  sexes  was  an  advanced 
step,  we  need  not  pause  to  discuss,  as  it  was 


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soon  abandoned,  and  botli  sexes  again  united 
in  die  same  rooms  and  recitations. 

"The  first  members  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors under  tlie  new  lav;  were  '  Sherman 
Finch,  Israel  Breyfogle  and  Stephen  W.  Little, 
and  the  tlrst  superintendent  was  Lucius  P. 
Marsh,  a  young  man  from  the  State  of  New 
York,  ilien  twenty-four  years  of  age.  His 
salary  wa-;  fi.\ed  at  S40  per  month.  The  girls 
were  placed  under  the  special  care  of  ]^Irs. 
}ilurra\-  at  ?:?^  per  month.  Their  assistants 
were  Mr.  A.  'R.  Gould.  ^Irs.  Dr.  Rowland 
and  Misses  Renette  Brown,  Charlotte  Wash- 
burn and  Jennelte  Sherman.  The  salaries  of 
the  young  ladies  were  Si 3  per  month.  After 
two  years  of  service,  'Slv.  ]^Iarsh,  upon  being 
refused  an  increase  of  salary,  resigned  his 
place  and  began  the  practice  of  law.  *  *  * 
In  like  manner,  ]\lrs.  ^Murray  was  retired  from 
service  in  these  schools,  after  a  tenure  of  five 
years.  Pier  salary  was  reduced  to  $20  per 
month ,  whereupon  she  immediately  oi>ened  a 
pri\ate  school,  from  which  she  realized  over 
$50  per  month  for  many  }-ears.  These  meager 
salaries  were  adjusted  by  the  amount  at  the 
cominand  of  the  Board.  The  funds  u-ere  sufti- 
cient  to  sustain  the  schools  for  only  se\'en 
months;  and  a  private  subscription  was  raised 
to  continue  the  schools  for  the  normal  period 
of  nine  months.  When  the  income  of  the 
Board  had  grown  larger,  the  usage  of  having 
a  long  vacation  in  the  summer  had  become 
fixed,  and  the  schools  are  held  even  yet  (iSSo) 
for  but  about  thirty-six  weeks. 

'"Before  the  adoption  of  the  schoc)]  law. 
any  person,  however  incompetent,  might  take 
up  the  ofiice  and  the  ferale  of  teacher;  and 
often,  no  doubt,  the  office  was  thus  filled  by 
persons  wholly  unworthy.  Such  persons 
might,  indeed,  even  how,  intrude  themselves 
into  the  calling  of  teacher,  if  they  could  find 
private  patronage.  But  the  State  commc->n 
schools  are  so  excellent,  so  satisfactory  to  the 
people  at  large,  that  private  tuition  has  almost 
ceased,  e.xcept  in  denominational  or  expensive 
select  schools.  This  is  owing  to  the  legal 
exclii-ion  'if  unfit  teachers  Xo  one  is  permitted 
to  teach,  in  the  pulilic  schools,  or  draw  pay 
therefor,  who  has  not  been  examined  lv>th  for 
scholarship  and   moral   character.       The    first 


Board  of  Examiners  in  Delav/are  County, 
mider  the  State  law,  was  composed  of  Solo- 
mon Smith,  Esq.,  Dr.  Eleazar  Copeland  and 
Dr.  Silas  C.  AlcClary.  These  were  appointed 
by  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  The  couiUv 
owes  much  to  these  worthy  gentlemen  and 
their  successors  for  their  faithfulness  in  keep- 
ing out  of  the  schools  the  dissipated  and  the 
ignorant.  Among  those  subsequently  appointed 
were  Drs.  X.  Spalding  and  Ralph  Hills;  Rich- 
ard }ilurray.  Sherman  Finch.  David  T.  Fuller, 
Cooper  K.  \\'atson  and  Homer  M.  Carper, 
Esqs;  Revs.  William  L.  Harris.  James 
:McElroy.  Prof.  William  G.  Williams,"  Rev. 
James  S.  Campbell  and  John  Ufford.  *  *  * 
All  the  teachers  in  the  city  of  Delaware  as 
well  as  in  the  county  at  large,  passed  diis 
Board;  but  in  1878,  a  City  Board  of  Examin- 
ers was  appointed,  before  \vhom  the  city  teach- 
ers are  examined  with  more  care  and  on  more 
subjects  than  are  required  on  the  County 
Board. 

"In  the  Central  Building,  though  ill  suited 
to  academic  uses,  the  schools  of  the  town  were 
held  for  a  period  of  about  ten  years  from 
1S47.  T'le  records  of  the  Board  during  the 
first  part  of  this  time  ha\e  been  lost,  and  the 
names  and  dates  of  service  of  the  teachers  can- 
not all  now  be  recalled.  Of  those  who  taught 
during  the  later  years,  we  give  the  names  of 
Mr.  John  W.  Hyatt,  who  was  appointed  prin- 
cipal, in  1S56,  at  a  salary  of  $60  per  month. 
He  served  one  year,  and  then  went  into  busi- 
ness in  Toledo.  *  *  *  After  him.  Wil- 
liam F.  Whitlock  served  one  year,  while  car- 
rying on  his  studies  at  the  University.  He  is 
noAV  Latin  professor  in  the  Universitv. 
*  *  *  As  the  town  grew,  and  the  enroll- 
ment of  pupils  gradually  increased,  one  or  two 
other  houses  were  occupied  as  scliools.  At 
length.- the  limited  accommodations  at  the  Cen- 
tral Building  compelled  the  Board  to  seek  new 
quarters.  In  1859  they  bought  a  large  lot  of 
the  Little  estate,  at  the  west  end  of' William 
Street,  on  which  they  erected  a  building  of 
six  rooms,  larger  and  better  adapted  to  school 
uses. 

"A  better  organization,  and  a  uniform 
course  of  studv.  was  now  deemed  desirable. 
To  this  end,  uniform  and  effi'^ient  supervision 


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seemed  c>seiuial ;  and  William  Carter,  in  1862. 
was  apixiinteel  superintendent,  at  a  salary  of 
$700,  which  was  soon  raised  to  Si. 000.  He 
brou.qlit  the  schools  into  a  very  good  degree 
of  elTiciency.  To  provide  for  the  increased  at- 
tendance, the  Board  iHnight  for  $2,000.  the 
old  academy  building-  in  South  Delaware,  and 
opened  there  two  new  rooms,  which  soon  grew 
into  foiir.  After  tlirce  years'  service.  Mr.  Car- 
ter resigned  for  a  more  lucrative  calling.  His 
successor  was  Rev.,  James  S.  Can:pl)ell.  who 
entered  upon  the  duty  in  1865  [and  held  the 
position  until  his  death,  February  28,  1891]. 
His  salary  was  fixed  at  $1,000  per  annum, 
but  the  next  year  it  was  raised  to  $1,200." 
Later  it  was  raised  to  $1,600.  "Ten  other 
teachers  were  appointed  at  the  same  time,  all 
ladies,  with  pay  from  $35  to  $45  per  month. 
The  assessment  for  the  support  of  the  schools 
was  four  mills  on  the  dollar. 

"The  growth  of  the  town  during  the  pros- 
perous years  after  the  war.  was  such  that  the 
Tjoard  of  Education  w-as  compelled,  in  rapid 
succession,  to  double  the  accommodations  of 
the  schools.  In  1869.  a  new  school  house  of 
four  rooms  was  built  in  Xorth  Delaware;  in 
1870.  a  house  ^vith  the  same  number  of  roc>ms. 
but  larger,  was  built  in  East  Delaware:  in 
1875.  a  yet  larger  building  of  six  rooms  was 
erected  in  South  Delaw-are.  and  a  year  or  two 
later,  two  rooms  were  added  to  the  Central 
school  house,  and  two  more  to  the  school  in 
East  Delaware.  By  a  judicious  economy,  these 
improvements  were  all  effected  without  the 
creation  of  a  debt,  and  with  but  small  increase 
in  the  rate  of  taxation.  In  the  last  ten  years 
('  1870-80)  the  annual  levy  has  but  once  reached 
the  limit  of  seven  mills  on  the  dollar,  author- 
ized by  law ;  two  years  it  was  six  mills,  four 
years  it  was  five  mills,  and,  for  the  last  three 
years  (to  1880)  it  has  ranged  from  three  to 
four  mills.  The  "enumeration  of  youth  nf  a 
legal  school  age  is  now  (1880)  2,300;  the 
numl:)er  of  teachers  appointed  in  1879-80  was 
twenty-five ;  and  the  aggregate  salaries  paid  to 
them  are  $10,500;  and  the  incidental  expenses 
of  the  schools  are  about  $3,000  more. 

'"The  ci.urse  of  study  is  .so  arranged  that 
pupils  leaving  die  school  at  the  age  of  twelve. 


are  able  to  read  and  write  well,  ha\-e  an  under- 
standing of  the  fundamental  principles  of  arith- 
metic, and  a  general  knowledge  of  geography, 
esentially  that  of  their  own  country.  Those 
who  stay  to  complete  the  entire  course,  ex- 
tending through  eight  years,  get  a  very  good 
general  preparation  for  business,  or  for  en- 
trance upon  college  studies.  Graduates  of  the 
High  School  are  pre]iared  for  the  freshman 
class  in  colleges,  with  the  exception  of  Greek. 
"Among  a  free  people,  the  thirst  for  knowl- 
edge and  culture  is  unquenchable;  it  not  satis- 
fied in  one  direction,  it  will  seek  to  be  staked 
in  anodier.  In  the  earlier  years  of  this  town 
the  educational  and  literary  cravings  of  the 
community  were  just  as  marked  as  they  have 
shwwn  themselves  since,  but-  the  opportunities 
for  indulging  them  were  not  the  same  as  now. 
In  the  absence  of  public  reading-rooms,  schools, 
libraries,  and  newspapers,  a  tribune  for  public 
discussion  was  a  pleasant  and  profitable  fomi 
of  entertainment  and  means  of  cultivation. 
Such  was  found  in  the  'Delaware  Lyceum.' 
an  organization  formed  by  the  young  men,  but 
largely  attended  by  all  classes  of  citizens.  Of 
the  date  of  its  organization,  and  the  length 
of  its  career,  the  writer  has  no  information, 
but.  as  showing  the  character  of  its  meetings, 
the  grave  and  practical  matters  discussed,  the 
fullowing  illustrations  may  be  given.  The 
nntices  are  from  the  OlcntaUi:;\  Gaccttc:  and 
the  meetings  were  held  in  the  Thespian  Hall, 
an  upper  chamber  in  the  range  of  public  build- 
ings on  the  Court-house  plaza.  This  name 
indicates  that  the  hall  was  originally  designed 
inr  entertainments  of  a  musical  and  dramatic 
character. 

"  'Alonday  evening.  February  i.  1841. 
a  public  discussion  is  appointed  on  the 
following  resolution :  'Rcsok'cd.  That 
the  right  of  suffrage  should  be  extended 
to  females."  Adz'ocatcs.  S.  Dunham.  P. 
Bunker.  T-  -A.  Barnes;  Rcshomlcuts.  R. 
Hills.  T.'C.  Jones.  R.  E.  Rice. 

"  T.    Ranney,  Scxrcfary.'  " 

"From   the   names   here   and    following,   it 
seems,   as   might   Ije   expected,   that   the   legal 


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profession  was  most  largely  representeil  All 
these  geiUlemcn  were  lawyers  or  law -students, 
c\ce))t  IJunker,  Sheriff;  Hills,  phvjieian ;  ami 
Rice,  teacher. 

••Feb.  i^.—'-Rcsol-jcJ,  That  the  youth 
of  the  country  should  be  educated  at  pub- 
lic expense.'  Jih'Ocatcs,  T.  AV.  Powell, 
V.  Hoir.  j-i.  Hills:  Rc^-f^cndcuts,  D.  T. 
Fuller,  I.  Raiuiey,  P.  Bunker." 

••Feb.  22.—  Rcsolird.  That  capital 
punishment  ought  to  be  abolished."  Ad- 
zvcatcs.  T.  C.  Jones,  J.  A.  Parnes:  Rc- 
sf^oiidciits.  R.  E.  Rice,  P.  Bunker." 

'•.March  25.— '7?r.v)/zr(/.  That  the 
right  of  suffrage  ought  to  be  extended  tii 
females.'  Adrocatcs,  P.  Bunker,  T.  C. 
Tones:  Respondents.  1.  Raiincv,  R. 
Hills." 

"Evidently  thf;  was  a  question  of  unusual 
interest.  The  discussion  six  weeks  before  had 
aparently  not  settled  the  matter  in  debate;  but 
it  had  at  least  wrought  conviction  and  con- 
version in  the  mind  of  one  of  the  champions; 
and  he  now  appears  in  arms  in  the  opposite 
camp.  How  the  great  debate  at  la.^t  termi- 
nated, the  muse  of  history  has  not  recorded,, 
but  the  renewed  struggle  on  this  question  in 
the  Ohio  Legislature,  in  this  year  of  grace. 
if^So,  too  plainly  declares  that  the  vote  upon 
the  occasion  should  have  been  put  on  record 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  succeed- 
ing generations. 

"July  12. — 'Rcsolz-cd,  That  the  legal 
rights  of  women  should  not  be  impaired 
by  marriage.'  Adz'ocatcs.  T.  C.  Jones.  I. 
Ranney.  Respondents,  P.  Bunker,  C.  T. 
Solace." 

"With  this  notice  our  extracts  must  close. 
but  we  need  n^^t  doubt  that  the  discussion  of 
such  questions  by  thoughtful  and  earnest  men. 
and  that  listening  to  such  discussious  by  the 
retlecting  part  of  the  community,  mu^t  ln\e 
<l<Mie  as  much   in   directins:  and   molding   the 


thought    as    the    more    recent    lecture  .system, 

••In  regard  to  popular  lectures,  this  com- 
munity has  been  specially  favored.  For  sev- 
eral years,  a  citizens'  lecture  association  ex- 
isted, and  was  the  means  of  introducing  many 
distinguished  men  and  women  to  Delaware 
audiences.  These  lectures  have  generally  paid 
well,  but  the  large  number  of  excellent  ad- 
dresses and  lectures  delivered  annually  at  the 
University,  and  free  to  all  listeners,  has  had  a 
tendency,  in  recent  years,  to  make  ;:  Delaware 
audience  content  to  pay  for  nothing  inferior  to 
the  best.  So  what  has  been  made  matter  iif 
complaint  against  Delaware,  is,  in  reality,  when 
rightly  understood,  complimentary  to  the  in- 
telligence and  taste  of  her  people.  This  is  a 
lecture-going  community,  but  it  goes  to  hear 
only  first-class  lectures." 

The  following  notes  regarding  several  of 
the  early  schools  is  quoted  from  an  article 
entitled.  "Pioneer  Institutions  of  Learning." 
which  was  contributed  to  the  Western  Col- 
legian by  Dr.  Ralph  Hills. 

"The  Morgan  Academy  or  Fligh  School, 
was  number  one  of  the  pioneer  institutions. 
Its  first  name  was  deri\-ed  from  the  name  of 
its  principal  preceptor,  and  the  second  from 
its  location  in  the  upper  story  of  the  house  it 
was  in.  This  was  our  old  acquaintance,  the 
Pioneer  Tavern,  near  the  Medicine  Water. 
Soon  after  the  War  of  1812,  this  tavern  gave 
up  the  ghost — as  a  tavern — and  its  spacious 
ballroom  was  used  for  a  high  school.  It  had 
in  part,  also,  the  character  of  a  boarding- 
school,  for  it  is  remembererl  that  a  family  liver} 
in  the  other  part  of  the  old  tavern,  wdio  kept 
boarders,  etc.  *  *  *  q-j^g  [Morgan  High 
School  was  only  of  a  few  years"  duration.  It 
was  conducted  on  the  Solomonian  principles, 
now  so  thoroughly  obsolete  that  few  under- 
stand them.  The  record  of  its  ahunni  is 
lost. 

•"The  Female  Seminary,  the  next  institu- 
tion, was  a  pioneer  of  the  "O.  W.  F.  C." — • 
but  was  located  on  our  campus,  in  the  old 
Haunted  Flouse — the  old  brick  tannery.  This 
was  in  charge  of  a  lady  principal  for  some 
two  or  three  years,  and  we  are  inclined  to  the 
opinion  that  it  was  mainly  for  th.at  reason  that 


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it  was  termed  tlie  ladies'  seminary,  for,  accord- 
ing to  most  reliable  traditions,  it  !iad  about  the 
usual  admixture  of  the  sexes. 

"Quitman's  Academic  Grove  was  an  insti- 
tution that  recei\ed  its  name  from  the  proprie- 
tor, president,  preceptor,  etc.,  all  in  the  person 
of  jolm  A.  Quitman,  afterward  governor  of 
]\lis-iissippi,  major-general  in  the  Alexican 
War,  and  also  from  its  being  in  the  actual 
grove,  with  its  fallen  log  seats,  its  tree  columns, 
festooned  with  their  \vild-grape  hangings,  and 
having  the  clear  canopy  of  heaven  abo\'e 
S-.  =;=  *  ji^Q  exact  location  of  Quitman's 
Academic  Gro\e  was  on  the  promontory  of  high 
ground  running  off  south  of  the  present  library 
building.  Here  was  a  cosy  little  opening  in 
the  dense  woods  around,  with  a  little  of  sun 
and  plenty  of  shade,  as  season  required.  It  was 
here  that  young  Quitman  took  his  pu[)ils.  the 
sons  of  a  queer,  eccentric  old  gentleman,  when- 
ever they  could  stealthily  get  there,  for  they 
were  closely  housed  in  town  by  the  old  gentle- 
man, and  only  got  ont  lor  exercise,  and  wdien 
the  old  man  went  along,  he  and  the  tutor 
headed  the  column,  marched  off  a  mile  or  sn 
down  the  dusty  road,  and  then  returned  to  their 
prison-like  house." 

The  city  of  Delaware  now  lias  five  fine 
public  school,  buildings.  The  west  building, 
which  was  completed  in  1904,  is  notable  is  be- 
ing one  of  four  such  buildings  that  have  thus 
far  been  erected  in  this  country,  ail  the  class- 
rooms being  lighted  exc!usi\ely  from  the  left. 
This  idea  originated  in  Germany.  The  theory 
is.  that  if  rays  of  light  enter  a  room  from 
two  or  more  directions,  they  collide,  and  the 
interruption- thus  caused  in  the  waves  produces 
vibrations  injurious  to  the  nerves  of  the  eve. 
The  building  contains  twelve  rooms  and  a  l.iase- 
ment  which  is  a  full  story  in  height.  This 
building  cost,  including  furnishings.  S42.800. 
-\  new  addition  to  the  High  School  building 
is  nearly  completed,  the  dimensions  of  which 
are  ninety-two  feet  from  east  to  west  by  sixty- 
two  feet  from  north  to  south  :  it  is  two  and  one- 
half  stories  high,  and  when  completed  will  cost 
|'>\er  ."520.000.  Besides  gymnasium  and  tv,-o 
locker-roTjms  in  th.e  basement,  it  will  have  four 


classrooms  on  the  first  floor  and  superintend- 
ent's offices;  on  the  second  floor  it  will  ha\-e 
one  classroom,  and  a  combined  study-room  and 
auditorium.  As  an  auditorium,  this  room  will 
have  a  seating  capacity  of  700.  On  this  floiir 
there  will  also  be  a  teachers'  rest-room.  Whh 
the  rooms  in  this  new  building,  there  will  be  a 
total  of  fifteen  classrooms  in  the  High  School. 
The  last  census,  in  April,  1907,  showed  2,626 
children  of  school  age  in  Delaware.  There 
are  now  (March,  1908)  a  total  of  forty-eight 
teachers  on  the  pay-roll  of  Delaware,  which 
amounts  to  $2,691.74   per  month. 

DISTRICT    SCHOOLS    .'iXD    E.\RI.V    TE.A.CHERS. 

No  authentic  record  can  be  found  of  who 
taught  the  first  school  in  the  county  or  where 
it  was  located.  The  fact  is,  that  schools  were 
started  in  several  of  the  early  settlements  about 
the  same  time,  and  \vithin  a  \ery  few  years 
after  the  first  settlers  came  to  the  county. 

There  vrere  settlements  at  three  different 
points  in  Berkshire  Towxship;  a  school  was, 
started  as  soon  as  practicable  in  each  one,  but 
it  is  impossible  to  say  which  was  the  oldest. 
The  first  school  house  at  Berkshire  Corners 
was  binlt  on  the  east  side  of  the  street,  about 
thirty  yards  south  of  the  Granville  Road.  The 
first  two  teachers.  ]\Iiss  Clara  Thomjjson  and 
Miss  Cynthia  Sloper,  came  from  \\'orthington. 
Four  local  teachers  came  next,  the  first  of 
whom  was  Solomon  Smith.  He  was  followed 
by  Adonijah  Rice,  who  also  kept  the  first  tav- 
ern at  the  Corners  and  was  the  first  postmaster. 
A  man  named  Jones  and  Sophronia  Brown 
were  the  next  teachers.  Th";  first  definite  date 
we  are  able  to  find  is  1810.  in  which  year  ]\Iaria 
Denton  taught  a  school  of  ten  pupils  in  a  log 
cabin  near  the  farm  at  one  time  owned  by  Hon. 
Ezekiel  Brown.  The  history  of  the  first  school 
house  and  teacher  at  Sunburv  is  shrouded  in 
the  mists  of  years.  A  hewed-log  school  house 
stood  for  many  years  on  the  southwest  corner 
of  the  sciuare  as  one  of  the  oldest  landmarks 
of  that  section.  Among  the  names  of  the  early 
teachers  we  find  Julia  Strrmg  and  Xath.an 
Dustin.  to  the  latter  of  wiirim  we  have  already 
referred  in  this  chapter. 


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The  establishment  of  Berkshire  Academy 
at  the  Corners  during,  the  winter  of  1S40-41, 
was  th.e  first  attempt  to  provide  more  advanced 
instruction.  The  institution  was  chaj'tered, 
and  the  shares  sold  at  ten  dollars  each.  The 
money  secured  in  this  way  was  expended  in  the 
erection  of  a  small  frame  building,  wdiich  cost 
?300.oo  or  $400.00.  The  first  term  was  held  the 
following  winter,  with  an  attendance  of  about 
thirty  students  under  the  instruction  of  G.  S. 
Bailey,  a  teacher  from  Oberlin.  The  Academy 
was  maintained  for  about  fifteen  years,  but  was 
finally  closed  for  lack  of  support.  Later  the 
building  was  used  for  a  dwelling.  The  good 
infiuence  of  the  Academy  upon  its  patrons  anil 
the  township  at  large  cannot  be  estimated.  A 
large  number  of  the  young  men  and  women 
trained  within  its  walls  achieved  more  than  or- 
dinary distinction  :  One  became  a  governor,  an- 
other a  congressman,  and  another  gained  Iot^ 
herself  an  enviable  position  as  a  lecturer  in 
the  temperance   and   anti-slavery    movements. 

Until  this  school  year  (1907-0S)  there 
were  seven  district  schools  in  the  township; 
one  of  these  is  now  suspended.  In  1871  the 
first  brick  school  house  was  built  at  a  cost  of 
$1,000.  This  was  in  District  Xo.  i.  Two 
years  later  another  school  house  somewhat  like 
it  was  erected  in  District  Xo.  2.  at  a  cost  of 
$QOO.  Similar  schools  have  been  built  in  the 
other  districts. 

SuxDUKV  and  Galf.x.v  are  special  school 
districts  which  were  organized  in  1S6S.  The 
school  building  at  Sunbury  was  built  in  187S 
at  a  cost  of  $'5,000,  and  at  that  time  was  the 
•  finest  school  luiilding  in  the  county  outside  of 
Delaware.  Sunbury  has  one  of  the  three  first- 
grade  high  schools  in  i:)elaware  County. 
Galena  has  one  of  the  fbur  second-grade  high 
schools  in  the  county.  This  was  established  in 
1903.  The  graduating  class  of  1908  numbers 
fifteen,  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  school. 
The  statistics  of  these  schools  will  be  found 
in  the  table  accompanying  this  chapter. 

Berlin  Township.  The  first  scho<jl  in  this 
township  was  taught  by  Joseph  Eaton.  The 
cabin  in  which  he  gathered  the  youthful  as- 
pirants fi>r  knowledge,  stnod  on  the  we-t  side 
of  Alum  Creek,  a  little  less  than  a  mile  nordi 


of  the  old  Baptist  Church.  In  iSio  Lucy 
Caulkins,  who  later  became  ^Nlrs.  Ripley,  and 
often  is  referred  to  by  the  name  of  Julia,  be- 
gan to  teach  the  second  school.  A  cabin  stand- 
ing near  the  old  block-house  served  as  her 
school  room.  The  first  structure  erected  es- 
pecially for  school  purposes  stood  on  a  ridge 
of  land  just  south  of  the  block-house.  This 
was  one  of  the  rudest  of  that  type  which  we 
have  described  in  this  chapter,  and  \vas  used 
but  little.  Another  school  was  taught  in  a 
cabin  near  Vidiere  the  bridge  on  the  Delaware 
and  Sunbury  pike  crosses  Alum  Creek.  Later, 
the  block-house,  ^\•hich  is  referred  to  in  the 
chapter  devoted  to  the  military  history  of  the 
county,  when  it  was  no  longer  needed  for  de- 
fence, was  used  both  as  a  school  and  church, 
and  w-as  far  more  comfortable  than  most  of  the 
structures  used  in  th^it  day  for  such  purposes. 
As  early  as  181 1  Prof.  Burr  held  sway  in  that 
"temple  of  learning." 

In  1818  there  were  about  100  pupils  in 
the  township,  and  four  school  houses:  One 
opposite  the  Presbyterian  Church,  suuth  of 
Cheshire;  one  in  what  is  known  as  the  Dun- 
ham settlement  and  one  in  the  Eaton  neigh- 
borhood, both  of  these  being  in  the  northeast 
part  of  the  township,  and  the  fourth  school 
house  was  located  in  the  northwest  quarter. 
One  of  the  early  teachers  in  Berlin  Township 
was  an  old  Revolutionary  soldier  by  the  name 
of  Pelatiah  [Morgan.  He  taught  in  the  school 
house  south  of  Che.shire.  and  had  for  his  in- 
separable companion  a  wooden  bottle  of  whis- 
key, which,,  tradition  says,  received  fully  as 
much  attention  as  did  his  pupils.  Li  1826  this 
structure  was  replaced  by  a  brick  school  house, 
in  which  Joseph  P.  Smith  was  the  first  teacher. 
In  1S37  the  enumeration  showed  340  pupils: 
in  1S58.  530.  Our  table  shows  that  there  are 
now  212  pupils  in  the  schools.  There  were 
seven  school  houses  in  1837:  thirteen  in  1853. 
and  ten  at  the  present  time. 

Browx  Tow^xship's  first  school  house  was 
built  north  of  the  cemetery  at  Eden,  or  Alum 
Creek  settlement,  as  it  was  called  at  that  time. 
Da\-id  Eaton  was  the  first  teacher,  and  he  was 
succeeded  by  Anth.ony  Griffith.  It  was  not  un- 
til   1840  that   a   school  house  was  erected  at 


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Eden.  Ijrowu  'lownsliip  now  has  be\en  school 
houses  and  114  pupils,  and  Eden  School  Dis- 
trict has  one  school  house  and  iliirty-three 
pupils. 

Concord  Township.  'J'he  hrst  school  in 
this  township  was  taught  in  th.c  home  of  James 
Kooken,  tlie  founder  of  Beliepoint.  The  name 
of  the  pioneer  teacher  long  ago  passed  from 
memory.  Later  ;\lr.  Kooken  donated  an  old 
granary,  which  was  made  to  ser\-e  the  duuble 
purpose  of  school  house  and  church.  Some 
time  after  this,  one  oi'  the  early  citizens.  Henry 
Cryder,  built  himself  a  new  house,  and  gave 
his  old  home  for  school  purposes.  It  was  here 
that  John  Wilson,  who  was  the  first  teacher 
of  whom  we  have  knowledge,  held  forth. 
IMoney  to  pay  him  was  raised  by  subscriptic^n 
at  the  rate  of  $2.50  per  pupil.  He  was  not 
much  of  a  teacher,  but  doubtless  was  belter 
tlian  none.  His  habits  were  not  sucli  as  wrmld 
have  recommended  him  at  a  later  time  fur 
membership  in  the  Sons  of  Temperance.  He 
often  fell  into  a  drunken  sleep  in  the  school 
room,  on  which  occasions  the  irreverent  "boys 
would  shoot  their  pop-guns  at  him.  John  C. 
Cannon,  who  taught  a  school  at  Bellepoint  in 
1835,  was  a  similar  character.  He  died  in  an 
unused  cabin  in  the  neighborhood,  of  exposure, 
resulting  from  protracted  dissipation.  That 
the  youth  of  those  days  learned  anything  at  all 
is  a  wonder,  ami  that  they  were  not  corrupted 
by  such  evil  examples  shows  the  fine  moral 
fiber  of  which  that  generation  was  made.  To- 
day, thib  township  is  not  one  whit  behind  the 
foremost  communities  in  educational  matters. 
It  maintains  a  high  school  of  the  third  grade 
at  Bellepoint,  and  is  one  of  the  two  townships 
in  Delaware  County  that  ha.=-.  a  township  super- 
intendent of  schools. 

Genoa  Township.  The  fir^t  schoil  hou?c 
in  this  township  was  built  in  1841  on  the  farm 
of  Ralph  Smith.  Lawson  Gooding  was  the 
first  teacher  here.  The  first  school  house  on 
"Yankee  Street"  occupied  a  site  on  land  owned 
by  Marcus  Curtiss,  and  here  Sanford  Bennett 
was  the  first  to  wield  the  rod  and  teach  the 
three  R"s.  The  time  and  opportunity  for  the 
pursuit  of  even  these  elementary  studies  were 
so  limited  in  thuse  davs  that  going  to  schoul 


was  treated  as  serious  business,  and  the  young 
men  and  young  women  applied  themseKes 
with  diligence  to  their  mental  ta.sks.  It  may 
be  interesting  to  some  to  compare  these  sta- 
tistics for  the  school  year  1S78-79  widi  those 
shown  on  our  table.  Tax  Rate,  .0039;  total 
expenditures.  Si. 803:  numloer  of  schoolhouscs, 
9;  total  value  ot  school  property,  54,500; 
number  of  teachers,  9:  number  of  pupils, 
305. 

H.\RLEM  TowNSiiii'.  David  Gregory,  a 
brainy  man  frum  Berkshire,  \\as  tlie  first 
teacher  here  of  whom  we  ha\'e  au}-  reccird. 
He  became  a  prominent  citizen  of  this  county, 
serving  as  justice  of  the  peace,  county  commis- 
sioner, member  of  the  Legislature  in  1848,  di- 
rector of  the  State  Prison  at  Columbus.  He 
was  a  man  of  much  more  than  ordinary  ability. 
The  first  school  house  was  erected  on  the  site 
of  Harlem  chapel.  Ilie  statistics  for  1907 
show  that  Harlem  Township  is  holding  its 
own  in  the  educational  advancement  of  the 
present  day.  It  has,  at  Centerville.  a  third- 
grade  high  school,  and  is  one  of  the  two  town- 
ships in  this  county  that  provides  township 
supervision  of  schools. 

Kingston  Township.  There  is  no  rec- 
ord to  show  just  when  the  first  school  house 
was  built  in  this  township,  but  it  \vas  probably 
about  the  year  1820.  This  was  known  as  the 
Curtis  ■  school  house,  from  the  owner  of  the 
farm  on  which  it  was  built,  on  Little.  \Valnut 
Creek,  about  a  mile  from  the  southern  bound- 
ary of  the  township.  School  House  No.  4 
now  occupies  the  same  site.  JMiss  Eliza  String 
was  the  first  teacher  here.  The  next  school 
house  was  built  on  the  cross  road,  about  a  mile 
west  of  Olive  Green.  Those  who  attenfled  this 
school  were  especially  favored  in  having  for 
their  teacher,  James  Wheeler,  a  young  man  of 
about  twenty-one  years  of  age,  who  was  well 
educated  for  those  days,  and  whose  mental 
ability  and  high  moral  principles  won  the 
esteem  of  everybody.  He  afterwards  became 
a  Methodist  clergyman.  The  third  school 
house  was  built  in  what  became  known  as  the 
Virginia  School  District.  These  schools,  like 
all  others  of  that  day,  were  maintained  by  pri- 
vate subscription,  but  in  school  affairs  Kings- 


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ton  Township  kejit  in  step  with  the  march  of  I 
progress,  antl  in  chie  time  inau,s?urate<l  a  puii^  I 
lie   school    system    suited   to   the   demanUs   of 
the  times. 

Ltbkktv  Towxsmr.  It  was  nnt  long  after 
the  first  settlement  was  U'.ade  in  this  ti>\vnshiii 
that  the  first  schcxil  was  started.  It  was  taught 
by  Miss  Lucy  Carpenter  (who  afterwards  mar- 
ried James  Swinilon).  a  daughter  of  the  ori- 
ginal settler.  Capt.  Nathan  Carpenter.  She 
used  for  her  school-room  the  log  cabin  her 
father  had  erected  to  provide  shelter  during 
their  first  summer.  Among  the  early  teachers 
in  this  township  was  a  native  of  the  Emerald 
Isle,  named  Haligan.  Resides  elementary 
s9hools  that  are  second  to  it  'ue.  Liberty  Town- 
ship now  has  a  high  schO':'l  of  the  third  grade 
at  Powell,  and  outside  the  city  of  Delaware, 
Ashley  is  the  only  place  in  the  county,  the  value 
ol  whose  school  property  exceeds  that  of 
Liberty  Township. 

MARi.KOROuciJi  Towx.siTip.  Robert  Lou- 
ther  was  the  pioneer  teacher  in  this  township, 
and  the  scene  of  his  labors  was  a  small  log 
school  house  east  of  the  Olentangy  River  from 
Nortrm.  John  Milliken,  from  South  Carolina, 
taught  in  a  log  school  house  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  north  of  Norton.  This  is  the  schO(jl  house 
referred  to  on  a  preceding  page;  as  having  a 
greased  sheepskin  window.  Beyond  the  most 
elementary  rudiments  of  learning,  it  was  not 
thought  necessary  to  go  in  those  early  days, 
and  the  acquirement  of  knowledge  was  neces- 
sarily subordinated  to  the  acquirement  of  the 
means  of  subsistence.  The  value  of  a  record 
of  ediucational  matters  to  coming  generations 
probably  never  entered  the  minds  of  these 
fiontiLTsmen,  and  this  accounts  for  the  meager- 
ness  of  our  information  regarding  these  pio- 
neer (lays.  The  present  status  of  the  schools 
in  Marlbiirough  Township  is  indicated  in  our 
table. 

Or.\xge  Township.  In  1S15.  eight  years 
after  the  first  settler  took  up  his  abode  in  this 
township.  Jane  Mather,  the  daughter  of  an 
early  settler  and  the  widow  of  a  soldier  of  the 
War  of  1812,  opened  the  first  school.  This 
was  the  beginning  of  District  N'l >.  i.  The 
cabin  of  one  of  the  pioneers,  John  .W'imsett. 


served  as  a  school  house.  Later,  as  the  set- 
tlement grew,  a  log  school  luiuse  was  built  on 
the  east  side  of  the  State  Road,  not  far  from 
Wimsett's  cabin.  Alost  of  the  school-books 
used  at  this  time  were  brought  from  the  East 
by  the  mutbers  wIk.i  foresaw  the  need  they 
would  supply  in  the  w  ilderness,  and  as  may  be 
imagined,  they  constituted  a  motley  collection. 
In  1827  this  old  school  house  w-as  destroyed 
by  fire,  and  was  replaced  by  a  hewed-log  struc- 
ture fitted  with  windows,  and  with  such  other 
improvements  in  its  furnishing  as  were  pos- 
sible to  provide.  In  1822  Cliester  Campbell 
taught  a  school  in  the  northeastern  part  of  the 
township,  and  in  1825,  a  Mr.  Curtis  taught  a 
singing-school  here.  Somewhere  about  1850, 
a  frame  scho'.)l  house  was  erected  in  this  ncigh- 
lx)rhood.  The  first  brick  school  house  in  the 
townshi]>  was  built  in  i^oS  in  District  No.  4, 
at  a  cost  of  about  $1,000.  Eor  many  years 
Lewis  Center  has  been  a  special  school  district. 
The  1907  statistics  for  both  township  and  Lewis 
Center  will  be  found  in  the  table  accompany- 
ing this  chapter. 

0;cFOKD  TowxsHTP  and  Ashli:v  Spkci-*lI- 
ScHOOL  District,  h  was  not  until  1826  that 
the  first  school  house  was  built  in  this  town- 
ship. Its  location  has  long  been  a  matter  of 
dispute,  and  at  this  late  date  we  do  not  feel 
like  passing  a  judgment  on  the  insufficient 
and  conflicting  evidence  at  our  command.  Rev. 
Levi  Phelps,  a  Baptist  preacher,  was  the  first 
teacher.  The  structure  was  of  the  log-cabin 
tyjje,  common  to  those  days.  18  x  22  feet  in  di- 
mensions. About  that  time,  another  school 
house  of  the  same  kind  was  erected  a  short 
distance  south  of  Windsor  Corners.  After  a 
few  years  a  hewed-log  cabin  replaced  the  first 
structure,  and  later,  when  the  times  required 
and  facilities  permitted,  it  was  replaced  by  a 
frame  building,  which  was  used  until  the 
Methodist  Church  purchased  the  property.  As 
is  shown  by  our  table,  there  are  five  district 
schools  in  the  township.  Ashley  was  incor- 
porated as  a  village  in  1855,  and  seven  years 
later,  a  special  school  district  was  formed  of 
the  village  and  a  number  of  adjoining  farms. 
A  new  school  house  containing  two  rooms  was 
built.     This  met  the  requirements  until  1877. 


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HISTORY  01'    DELAWARE  COUXTY 


wlien  it  became  necessary  to  provide  increiised 
accommodations,  and  a  fine  two-story  scliool 
house,  with  four  commodious  rooms  was 
erected.  In  1901  it  again  became  necessary 
to  have  more  room,  and  two  rooms  were  added, 
at.  a  cost  of  $3,006.  The  vahiation  of  school 
property  in  this  district  is  tlie  largest  in  the 
cuuntv,  outside  of  the  city  of  Delaware.  It 
has  p  well  sclcctC'l  school  library  of  500 
volunve-,,  and  laboraiory  apparatus  w^irtli  abjut 
$150.  '  ; 

PoRTKU  Township.  The  "Block  School- 
house,"  as  tl\e  hrst  "temple  of  learning"  in  this 
township  wa.s  called,  was  built  in  1825  where 
Sugar  Creek  empties  into  Big  Walnut  Creek. 
William  \\'olfe,  who  took  his  pay,  or  part 
of  it,  in  dried  apples,  was  the  first  teacher. 
A  pretty  little  romance  in  connection  with  him 
has  floated  on  the  wings  of  tradition  down  to 
die  present  time,  and  we  give  it  as  ilhi-trating 
the  directness  of  the  people  of  those  days  in 
their  personal  relations.  Delaware,  fifteen 
miles  away,  was  the  nearest  point  at  which 
]\Ir.  Wolfe  could  dispose  of  his  apples,  and 
as  he  had  no  horse,  he  was. compelled  to  carry 
the  fruit  lij  market  on  his  back.  On  the  first 
day  out,  about  noon,  having  reached  a  little 
settlement,  he  stopped  at  a  "small  cabin  and 
asked  for  dinner  and  the  privilege  of  resting. 
His  hostess,  a  stranger  to  him,  proved  to  be  a 
charming  widow,  who  refused  to  accept  any 
remuneration  for  her  hospitality.  On  his 
homeward  journey,  on  the  following  day,  ]\Ir. 
Wolf  stojiped  again  at  the  little  cabin,  and  as 
he  was  leaving  the  place,  informed  the  kind 
lady  that  it  would  be  necessary  for  him  to 
make  another  trip  to  Delaware  to  sell  the  bal- 
ance of  his  apples.  lie  .said  he  would  call 
again,  and  that  unless  on  that  occasion  she 
consented  to  become  his  wife,  he  would  con- 
sider himself,  of  all  men  most  miserable,  and 
that  she  must  have  a  positive  answer  for  him 
upon  his  return.  The  next  time  she  saw  him 
she  told  him  she  couldn't  say  no.  It  is  said 
they  were  soon  married  and  lived  happy  ever 
after.  There  are  now  nine  excellent  school 
houses  in  this  township,  and  in  the  matter  of 
providing  for  the  education  of  their  yontli,  the 


citizens  of  Porter  Township  are  fully  abreast  of 
the  times. 

Radnor  Towxship  and  School  Dis- 
trict. The  following  record  of  the  early  his- 
tory of  the  schiinls  in  Radnor  was  con- 
tributed by  Re\-.  B.  W.  Chidlaw  to 
the  old  County  History,  and  we  quote 
it  because  we  believe  he  was  the  best 
authority"'  of  'his  time  '  and  had  access  to 
information  that  is  not  now  available.  "The 
pioneers  of  Radnor  were  the  friends  of  edu- 
cation, and  Avhen  their  children  became  of 
suitable  age,  they  united  together,  built  a  log- 
cabin  school  house,  and  'employed  a  teacher. 
Xo  record  or  tradition  points  out  the  spot  on 
which  the  cabin  school  house  was  built,  nor 
by  whom  the  first  school  was  taught.  Before 
the  day  of  the  school  laws  in  Ohio,  the  people 
of  Radnor  were  a  law  until  themselves,  and 
educational  interests  were  cherished  accord- 
ingly. In  1821  there  were  three  log  school 
houses  in  the  townshii> — one  on  the  farm  of 
John  Phillips  in  the  southern  part,  another  on 
the  farm  of  Ralph  Dildine,  in  the  center,  and 
another,  in  the  northern  part,  near  where  the 
old  block-house  stood  on  the  farm  of  Benja- 
min Kepler.  The  school  term  embraced  three 
or  four  months  during  the  inclement  season. 
The  teachers  received  from  $9  to  $12  a  month, 
and  boarded  around.  Their  pay  was  largely 
in  trade,  produce,  and  goods  manufactured 
with  the  help  of  the  spinning-wheel  and  the  do- 
mestic loom  in  the  skillful  hands  of  the  mothers 
and  daughters  that  lionored  and  blessed  the 
early  homes  of  Radnor. 

One  of  the  early  teachers  who  taught  abodt 
I  Si  8  was  Roger  Penry,  a  native  of  South. 
Wales.  He  was  a  fair  scholar,  especially  in 
arithmetic  and  grammar,  and  in  general  knowl- 
edge, lie  was  in  advance  of  the  age,  therefore 
his  services  among  the  youth  of  Radnor  were 
not  fully  appreciated.  Small  scholars,  both  as 
it  regards  age  and  proficiency  in  letters,  were 
not  his  delight.  But  his  disciples  in  Pike's 
Arithmetic  and  ]\Iurrav's  Grammar  were 
greatly  benefited  by  his  instruction.  Another 
contemporary  was  Christopher  ^loore,  whose 
specialties   in  teaching  were  orthography  and 


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chirograj)!!}',  and  in  these  branches  ot  learn- 
ing he  was  a  genuine  enthusiast.  In  Webster's 
spelling-book  he  \vas  at  home,  and  in  writing 
copies  he  was  unexcelled.  His  spelling-schools 
and  matches  were  always  great  occasions,  and 
attracted  crcuvded  houses.  Gathered  on  a  win- 
ter evening  on  the  puncheon  floor  of  the  log 
school  house,  ^Master  Moore  with  a  radiant 
face,  comfortably  seated  on  his  three-legged 
stool,  and  his  scholars  on  split-log  benches; 
with  the  blazing  light  of  a  capacious  and  well- 
filled  fire-place,  the  work  of  the  evening  would 
commence.  The  master  knew  the  text-book 
by  heart;  with  closed  eyes,  smiling  face,  and 
quick  ear  he  ga\-e  out  the  words.  It  required 
about  four  hours  to  spell  from  "ba-ker"  through 
the  hard  words  in  tlic  pictures  and  the  solid 
columns  of  proper  names  at  the  end  of  the 
bonk.  In  a  word,  the  earnest,  interested 
teacher  had  scVioIars  like-minded;  spelling  was 
a  great  business,  and  enchained  the  altentiMU 
of  all  concerned." 

Since  the  foiegoing  was  originally  Vv-ritten. 
a  room  has  been  added  to  the  school  house  in 
Radnor  Village,  at  a  cost  of  $1,260.  In  1907 
a  second-grade  high  school  was  established  at 
the  village.  The  southwestern  part  of  the 
township  is  now  in  the  Eagleville  Special 
School  District. 

Scioto  Township.  Besides  the  township's 
distict  schools,  there  are  in  Scioto  the  special 
school  districts  of  Ostrander  and  Warrens- 
burg.  The  northeastern  corner  of  the  town- 
ship is  included  within  the  Eagleville  Special 
School  District,,  and  the  southwestern  corner 
of  the  township  is  included  in  the  Jerome 
Special  School  District,  most  of  which  is  in 
Union  County.  Hut  little  is  known  of  tlie  his- 
tory of  the  schools  of  this  township  from  the 
time  of  its  settlement  until  a  comparatively 
recent  date.  A  Mrs.  Xidy  taught  the  first 
school  in  the  Scioto  settlement,  a  rude  hut. 
once  owned  and  used  by  James  McCune  as  a 
cattle-shed,  serving  for  her  school-room.  For 
many  years  Ostrander  has  had  a  commodious 
brick  school  house,  which  provides  accommoda- 
tions for  the  elementary  and  high  schools. 
Thehigh  school,  which  is  of  the  second  grade, 
is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  countv.     Warrens- 


I  burg  also  has  a  second-grade  high  school,  which 

I  was  established  in  1894. 

I  TucMPSOx   Township.    James   Crawford 

i  was  the  first  school  teacher  here,  and  the  scene 
of  his  labors,  a  small  and  uncomfortable 
hewed-log  cabin  on  Fulton's  Creek.  At  that 
time,  this  was  the  only  school  house  in  the 
township.  As  the  township  became  more 
thickly  settled,  the  educational  facilities  w^ere 
improved.  As  some  may  be  interested  in  mak- 
ing a  comparison  with  present  conditions,  as 
shown  in  our  table,  we  give  the  figures  for 
1879.  Total  expenditures  for  schools,  $(,- 
85S.02  ;  number  of  school  houses,  8  :  total  value 
of  school  property,  $2,200;  number  of  teachers, 
8;  number  of  pupils,  180.  At  present  the 
southeastern  corner  of  the  tmvnship  is  included 
in  the  Eagleville  Special  School  District : 
Special  District  Xo.  i,  also  known  as  the 
"Tliompson  Chapel  School."  is  at  the  south- 
west corner  of  the  ri\-er  road  and  "Smoky 
Row."  These  new  districts,  which  have  their 
own  statistics,  should  be  taken  into  considera- 
tion in  making  a  comparison  with  former 
days. 

Trenton'  Township.  The  first  school 
house  in  this  township  was  located  near  the 
Big  Walnut,  about  eighteen  rods  north  of  the 
bridge  on  the  Mount  Vernon  Road.  A  man 
named  Good  taught  the  first  winter  school, 
and  the  first  summer  term  w-as  taught  bv 
Clarissa  Sturdevant.  Like  others  of  their 
day,  these  were  subscription  schools.  For  the 
purpose  of  comparison,  the  following  statis- 
tics for  the  school  year  1878-79  mav  be  of  in- 
terest. These  are  for  the  entire  township,  the 
special  school  district  of  Trenton  not  having 

j  been  set  off  at  that  time.  Expenditures,  Si,- 
429.05;  number  of  school  houses.  7;  value  of 
school  property,  S3. 200;  average  dailv  attend- 
ance, 195. 

Troy  Township.  The  year  1814  marks 
the  beginning  of  the  history  of  education  in 
this  township.  The  first  pedagogue  was  Miss 
Electa  Wilcox,  who  taught  for  several  winters 
in  a  cabin  that  stood  in  a  sugar-maple  grove, 
and  had  been  used  as  a  sugar  camp  by  Joseph 
Cole,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  the  town- 
ship.    As  soon  as  they  were  able,  the  settlers 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


subicribed  lor  and  buili  a  log  ichool  house  of 
tlic  tvpc  coinnion  in  tliose  days.  The  progress 
in  fducalional  matters  since  that  time  is  shown 
by  the  following-  statistics  for  the  school  year 
1878-79  and  the  table  of  figures  which  we  have 
prepared  from  present  figure?:  Total  ex- 
penditures. $1,624.39;  nunil.-er  of  school 
linuses,  8;  value  of  school  properi}-,  $3,200; 
average  daily  attendance,  152.  Of  the  eiglil 
school  houses  now  in  the  township,  seven  are 
brick,  and  one  is  a  frame  structure ;  four  were 
built  in  1883,  at  a  cost  of  $1,400  each.  Troy 
Township  has  the  honor  of  being  the  first  lown- 
sliip  in  the  county  to  have  its  funds  on  de- 
posit drawing  interest  for  the  benefit  of  the 
to\vnsliip. 

Tiicre  has  been  a  steady  growth  in  the  way 
of  more  thorough  preparation  of  the  teacher 
for  his  work.  A  fair  idea  of  th.e  development 
of  the  public  sentiment  of  Oliio  in  regard  tc 
the  professional  preparation  of  tlie  teacher  for 
his  work  can  be  gained  by  a  glance  at  the  in- 
crease in  the  requirements  for  teachers'  certifi- 
cates since  1852.  Prior  to  that  time,  teachers 
were  examined  in  reading,  writing,  arithmetic 
and  spelling.  In  1852  the  Legislature  passed 
an  act  requiring  teacliers  to  be  examined  in 
grammar  and  geography  in  addition  to  the 
branches  just  mentioned.  In  1S82  history  was 
made  a  required  brancli  of  common  school 
study,  and  in  iSSS  physiology  and  hygiene 
were  required  on  teachers'  certificates.  In 
1897  civics  was  required  in  connection  with 
the  study  of  United  States  history,  and  teach- 
ers were  required  to  pass  an  examination  in 
both  these  subjects.  In  1904  a  law  was  passed 
requiring  teachers  to  be  examined  in  English 
and  .\mericar.  literature,  so  ihrc  of  the  ten 
branches  of  study  in  which  teacliers  must  now 
pass  an  examination  in  order  to  secure  an  ele- 
mentary certificate,  six  have  been  added  since 
1852.  Teachers  are  also  required  to  pass  a 
rigid  examination  in  theory  and  practice  in 
order  to  obtain  a  certificate  of  any  grade.  Dur- 
ing these  years  tliere  has  also  been  an  increase 
in  the  severity  of  the  tests,  so  that  an  examina-9 
tion  in  a  given  branch  of  study  todav  is  far 
more  searching  than  it  was  even  a  few  years 


Formerly  each  separate-  board  of  exannln- 
ers  prepared  its  own  list  of  questions,  and  the 
scope  of  the  questions  depended  largely  upon 
the  point  of  view  of  the  examiners;  today,  all 
the  questions  used  in  the  eighty-eiglit  counties 
of  Ohio  are  prepared  by  the  State  school  com- 
missioner, and  are  uniform  throughout  the 
State.  The  scope  of  the  questions  is  broader; 
technical  and  catch  questions  have  been  laigely 
eliminated. 

In  general,  the  teachers  of  Delaware  County 
are  up  to  the  spiric  of  die  times  in  pijint  of 
scholarship  and  other  attainments,  and  com- 
pare favorably  with  the  teachers  of  any  other 
coimty  in  the  State. 

In  1904,  a  minimum  salary  law  was  passed, 
provi(Hng  that  no  teacher  should  be  empioved 
for  less  than  .$40  per  month,  and  fixing  the 
school  year  at  not  less  than  thirty-two  weeks 
nor  more  than  forty  weeks.  This  law  effected 
an  increase  in  the  wages  of  the  rural  teachers 
of  from  five  to  ten  dollars  per  nionth,  though  a 
lew  of  the  townships  were  already  paying  the 
minimum  of  $40  a  month.  One  or  two  town- 
ships have,  since  the  passage  of  the  law  in 
cpiestion,  paid  salaries  exceeding  the  required 
amount.  While  the  requirements  of  teachers 
have  been  more  than  doubled  during  the  last 
few  years,  the  increase  in  their  remuneration 
has  not  been  more  than  twenty  per  cent.  Prior 
to  the  passage  of  the  minimum  salary  law, 
many  of  the  brightest  young  male  teachers  in 
the  county  were  compelled  to  seek  more  re- 
munerative work  in  other  lines;  but  within  the 
last  year  or  two,  the  tide  has  turned,  and  the 
number  of  young  men  who  are  fitting  them- 
selves for  the  work  of  the  sclioolroom  is  in- 
creasing. 

In  1890  what  has  since  been  called  the 
"Boxwell"  law  was  passed  by  the  General  As- 
sembly. This  law  gave  township  boards  of  edu- 
cation in  townships  where  there  was  no  high 
school,  authority  to  pay  the  tuition  of  pupils 
uho  could  successfully  pass  an  examination 
for  admission  to  a  high  school  that  they  could 
reach.  In  the  session  of  1901-02  this  law  was 
amended,  and  since  that  time  has  been  known 
as  the  'T)Oxwell-Patterson"  law.  This  amend- 
ment made  it  mandatory  upon  township  b<jards 


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of  educrUion  to  pay  the  tuition  of  pupils  passing 
the  examination  for  the  high  school.  This  law 
lias  heen  a  great  boon  to  tlie  youth  living  in  the 
rural  districts,  and  has  had  the  eft'ect  o-f  reduc- 
ing the  number  of  older  pupils  attending  the 
district  schools,  many  of  whom  formerly  went 
term  after  term  and  reviewed  studies  with 
which  they  were  already  familiar.  A  large 
proi)ortion  o'  such  p;ipils  now  take  the  exam- 
ination and  enter  some  of  the  high  schools  in 
the  countv. 


year  1885.  It  is  built  on  the  property  of  St. 
Mary's  Church,  and  is,  therefore,  under  the 
exclusive  control  of  said  church,  which 
it  serves  as  a  parochial  school.  It  has 
always  been  held  by  the  Catholic  Church 
that  no  etlucation  can  be  considered 
complete  and  adequate  from  a  moral  and  social 
point  of  view,  unless  religious  and  precise 
moral  instruction  forms  a  part  of  a  school  cur- 
riculum, wlietlier  in  the  elementary  or  in  the 
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ST.  MARY'S  PAROCHIAL  SCHOOL. 

We  are  indebted,  to  Rev.  Philip  Steyle,  rec- 
tor of  St.  Mary's  Church,  who  kindly  wrote 
the  following  article  for  this  history : 

This  is  a  plain  but  substantial  school  build- 
ing on  South  tienry  Street,  consisting  of  five 
commodious  rooms  and  a  large  and  well  ap- 
pointed hall  on  the  second  floor.  The  building, 
although  unpretentious,  answers  the  purpose 
f<ir  which  it  was  erected  by  private  subscrip- 
tion among  the  Catholics  of  Delaware  in  the 


such  a  course  cannot  be  had  in  th;  public 
schools  under  our  present  school  laws,  and  as 
this  matter  is  considered  by  the  higher  church 
authorities  of  vital  importance,  parochial 
schools,  supported  by  the  private  funds  of  the 
parish  have  been  established  everywhere ;  and 
these  schools  are  attended  almost  without  ex- 
ception by  the  children  of  Catholic  parents. 
Such  a  segregation  of  the  Catholic  children, 
means,  of  course,  first :  A  double  tax  for  all 
Catholic  freehoklers,  who  have  to  be  taxed  for 
the  support  of  the  public  schools,  although  they 


ISTORV   OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


do  not  make  use  of  tlieni.  Second :  It  means, 
in  many  places,  where  prejudice  and  narrow- 
ideas  seem  to  prevail  a  little  mure  than  in  oth- 
ers, a  conii)kte  ostracism  of  teachers  Avho  ma) 
be  Catholics  in  religion  by  the  official  school 
1.11 'ards,  though  the  public  schools  are  buill  and 
kept  up  by  taxation  upon  all,  without  distinc- 
tion. This,  of  course,  is  the  grossest  injustice; 
but  the  majority  ruling;  in  that  direction,  there 
seems  to  be  no  remedy  for  it.  It  is  the  more  re- 
markable, in  that  so  far  from  hampering  or  in- 
terfering with  the  public  schools,  the  parochial 
schools  are  every  year  an  immense  saving  to 
the  taxpa)'er  and  to  the  school  boards,  since 
without  them,  many  more  teachers  would  ha\'e 
to  be  employed  and  more  school  houses  would 
have  to  be  built.  Here  in  Delaware.  St.  Mary's 
Parochial  School,  attended  on  an  average  by 
250  pupils,  saves  the  school  board  and  the  tax- 
payer the  hiring  of  at  least  six  more  teachers, 
and  the  erecting  of  a  large  new  school  build- 
ing, and  yet,  in  the  last  fifteen  years,  not  a 
teacher  belonging  to  St.  Mary's  Clmrch  has 
been  hired  by  the  Delaware  Public  School 
Board.  Fi\-e  Sisters  of  Charity,  whose  convent 
adjoins  St.  Mary's  School,  have  had  charge  of 
said  parochial  school  from  the  l>eginning.  For 
all  secular  branches,  the  course  of  studies  is 
precisely  the  same  as  in  the  public  schools.  The 
difference  is  this,  that  the  sessions  begin  and 
end  with  prayers  recited  in  unison,  and  the  first 
half  hour  is  devoted  to  catechetical  and  relig- 
ious instruction.  In  late  years,  a  higher  de- 
parlnitnt  has  been  added  to  the  course,  which, 
before  that,  was  considered  sufficiently  complete 
with  the  eighth  grade. 

J>EI.AWARE    CITY    LIBRARY. 

The  early  settlers  win.  purchased  land  of 
the  Ohio  Company  brought  with  them  the  Xeu- 
England  traditions  of  religion  and  education. 
We  find  them  early  planning  to  secure  for 
themselves  and  their  children  the  best  educa- 
tional facilities  that  their  circumstances  would 
permit,  and  it  is  not  strange,  therefore,  that 
among  people  w  hose  ap'preciation  of  knowledge 
\vas  so  keen,  the  public  library  began  its  work, 
even  before  the  first  log  school  house  had  been 
built.     When  General   Israel   Putnam  died   in 


1790,  his  fine  library,  ric'i  in  history,  travel 
and  belles-lettres,  was  divided  among  his 
heirs.  His  son.  Colonel  Israel  Putnam,  brought 
a  large  part  of  this  library  to  Belpre,  Ohio, 
where  we  fmd  it  established  under  the  title  of 
the  "Putnam  Family  Lilirary"  as  early  as  1795. 
Soon  after,  a  stock  company  was  formed,  and 
the  library  was  put  into  circulation  for  the 
benefit  of  those  settlers  who  were  willing  to 
share  in  the  expense  of  its  maintenance.  The 
second  library  was  established  at  Cincinnati  in 
1802,  and  in  1804,  the  celebrated  "Coonskin 
Library"  was  organized  in  Ames  Township, 
Athens  County.  The  limits  of  our  space  will 
not  permit  us  to  follow  the  extension  of  li- 
braries through  the  territory.  The  history  of 
some  of  these  early  libraries  reads  like  ro- 
mance, and  it  is  gratifying  to  know  that  at  an 
early  day.  Ohio  held  high  rank  in  this  import- 
ant field. 

Naturally,  the  first  steps  toward  establish- 
ing a  library  in  Delaware  were  taken  by  repre- 
sentatives of  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  in  lay- 
ing the  foundation  of  the  present  Slocum  Li- 
brary; but  as  this  library  is  a  department  of  the 
university,  though  many  courtesies  in  the  use 
of  its  books  are  extended  to  the  citizens  of  FJela- 
ware,  the  history  of  the  Slocum  Librarv  will 
be  found  in  connection  with  that  of  the  Uni- 
versity. 

For  the  following  sketch  of  the  history  of 
the  free  public  library  in  Delaware,  we  are  in- 
debted to  the  very  courteous  and  efficient  li- 
brarian, Mrs.  Nellie  Pratt  Stayman. 

The  question  of  establishing  a  free  public 
library  in  Delaware  had  been  agitated  from 
time  to  time  for  many  years.  A  corporation 
for  this  purpose  was  organized  as  long  ago  as 
1855,  '^"•it  'f  \\'^3  then  found  impracticable  and 
the  project  was  abandoned.  The  subject  was 
agitated  frequently  at  different  periods,  but  all 
efforts  were  spasmodic  and  without  results. 
Some  years  ago,  however,  twenty-si.x  enter- 
prising ladies  organized  themselves  into  a  read- 
ing circle,  called  the  ''Book  Club,"  and  main- 
tained a  small  circulating  library,  consisting  of 
about  thirty  volumes,  that  were  passed  around 
and  read  by  the  members  of  the  club.  These 
ladies  subsequently  formed   themselves  into  a 


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213 


library  association.  This  association  was  unin- 
corporated. Tliey  asked  for  donations  of  books 
and  secured  additional  members.  The  mem- 
bership fee  was  tixed  at  fifty  cents  a  year.  It 
opened  its  library  November  12,  1S97.  in  the 
private  office  of  Dr.  \V.  H.  Hague,  who  loaned 
the  association  the  use  of  his  Ixiokcase,  and 
tendered  to  the  ladies  the  use  of  his  otifice  as  a 
place  of  meeting.  The  extent  of  the  library,  at 
this  time,  was  ninety-seven  volumes,  anu  the 
association  consisted  of  thirty-five  memljers. 
Strenuous  efYorts  were  made  to  increase  the 
membership,  and  to^add  to  the  number  of 
books,  but  it  was  found  difficult  to  enlist  atten- 
tion and  secure  support.  The  ladies  met  \\ith 
great  discouragement  on  every  hand.  With  the 
small  means  at  their  command,  their  progress 
was  very  slow,  and  the  opening  of  a  reading- 
room,  which  they  regarded  as  very  desirable, 
was  simply  out  of  the  question.  They  made  a 
canvass  of  the  city,  which  resulted  in  increas- 
ing the  membership  to  one  hundred  and  ten. 
and  in  April.  189S.  the  Hbrary,  by  the  courtesy 
of  Mr.  C.  D.  Young,  was  placed  in  his  jewelry 
store.  It  was  sub.sequently  tra.nsferred  to  a 
small  room,  rented  for  the  purpose,  and  the  as- 
sociation continued  to  operate  a  circulating  li- 
brary among  its  members,  until  it  was  moved 
into  what  were  thought  at  the  time  would  be 
its  permanent  quarters  in  ^lasonic  Hall. 

Some  idea  of  thte  difficulties  and  dis- 
couragement under  which  the  ladies  labored 
can  be  formed  from  the  fact  that  the  total  re- 
ceipts foi  the  entire  ye:^r  preceding  the  incor- 
poration of  the  present  library  association,  from 
all  sources,  was  less  than  two  hundred  dol- 
lars. It  v.-as  perfectly  apparent  that  if  the  li- 
brary was  to  he  made  generally  useful,  some- 
thing must  be  done  to  interest  the  public  in  it, 
and  to  establish  it  on  a  more  permanent  basis. 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Ladies'  Library 
Association,  a  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Dela- 
ware was  held  July  21.  1S9S,  at  St.  Peter's 
Ciiurch,  with  the  view  of  enlisting  public  in- 
terest and  attention  to  the  importance  of  the 
enterprise.  At  this  meeting  the  matter  was 
generally  discussed,  and  a  committee  appointed 
to  cmsult  with  the  City  Council  to  ascertain 
■whether  the  organizatirm  of  a  freepuMiclibrary 


and  reading-room  could  be  secured  through 
the  action  of  the  city  authorities,  under  the  act 
providing  for  the  creation  of  public  libraries, 
and  also  to  fully  investigate  the  whole  subject, 
and  report  at  a  future  meeting  th.e  best  method 
to  be  lairsued. 

The  next  public  meeting  was  held  at  the 
William  Street  ^^lethodist  Episcopal  Church, 
September  13,  189S,  and  the  committee  for- 
merly appointed,  among  other  things,  reported 
that  after  a  consultation  with  a  committee  from 
the  City  Council,  it  was  found  impracticable 
to  induce  that  body  to  establish  and  maintain 
a  free  public  library  and  reading-room,  and 
recommended  that  the  most  feasible  method  to 
be  adopted  would  he  the  incorporation  of  an  as- 
sociation to  be  known  as  "The  Delaware  City 
Library  Association,"  for  the  puri>ose  of  "es- 
tablishing and  maintaining,  in  a  public  place  in 
the  city  of  Delaware,  a  public  lilirary  and  read- 
ing-room, free  to  all  the  inhabitants  ihereof. 
and  to  all  persons  residing  within  the  territory 
known  as  the  Delaware  City  School  District ;" 
the  necessary  funds  to  be  secured  in  such  man- 
ner as  might  be  authorized  by  law.  and  by  such 
other  means  as  such  association  might  deem 
advisable,  and  recommended  that  immediate 
steps  be  taken  to  secure  the  incorporation  of 
such  an  association.  The  report  of  the  commit- 
tee was  adopted.  The  ladies  were  requested  to 
consider  the  propriety  of  incorporating  their  as- 
sociation for  the  purpose,  and  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  lc)ok  up  a  site  for  such  library. 

Subsequently,  a  public  meeting  called  by 
the  president,  was  held  at  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church.  October  20,  1898.  At  this  meeting 
the  Ladies'  Library  Association  rep<5rted  that 
they  would  incorporate  as  requested,  when  the 
time  would  justify  such  action.  It  was  made 
known,  quietly,  to  the  officers  of  the  Ladies'  Li- 
brary Association,  and  to  the  committee  to 
look  up  a  location  for  the  library,  that  Mr. 
Sidney  ^Moore,  one  of  Delaware's  leading  citi- 
zens, had  decided  to  erect  a  building,  and  pre- 
sent the  same  to  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  18.  F.  and 
A.  M.,  and  that  he  intended  in  behalf  of  him- 
self and  wife  to  reserve  therein  a  room  for  the 
u-e  of  the  Delaware  City  Library  Association : 
the  association  to  be  at  the  expense  only  of 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


finishing,  fitting  up  and  furnishing  the  same. 
Thereupon  the  ladies  of  the  Library  Associa- 
tion immediately  procured  articles  of  incor- 
poration, dated  February  2^,  1899,  which  \vere 
presented  at  the  next  public  meeting  of  the  citi- 
zens, held  at  the  Presbyterian  Church,  March 
\G,  1899.  The  articles  of  incorporation  were 
approved  at  this  meeting,  and  the  proposition 
of  .Mr.  and  ^Irs.  Moore  grate iully  accepted,  ^fr. 
Sidney  Moore,  and  ^Irs.  Sarah  A.  ]\Ioore,  his 
wife,  by  perpetual  lease,  conveyed  the  library 
room  to  the  association,  conditioned  "to  C')n- 
tinue  as  long  as  the  association  shall  keep  up 
and  maintain  therein  a  puljlic  library  and  read- 
ing-room, and  pay  such  part  of  the  insurance 
on  the  Alasonic  Temple  as  the  value  of  the 
part  so  used  and  occupied  by  the  Library  Asso- 
ciation bears  to  the  whole  building." 

Sufficien.t  ftmds  were  secured  by  mcmber- 
1     ship  fees,  subscriptions  and  donations  to  hn.ibli 
I     the  room,  to  provide    for  heating    and    also 
I     lighting  the  same  with  both  gas  and  eleclricitv. 
'      and  to  furnish  it  with  the  niost  approve  1  and 
i     modern  style  of  library  furniture.     The  ladies 
I     turned  over  to  the  new  association  the  books 
they  had  accumulated,  numljering  535  volumes. 
The  Board  of  Education  of  the  Delaware 
j     City  School  District  have  loaned  the  use  and 
[     control  of  such  portion  of  the  Public  School 
;i     Library  as   is  not  needed    for  daily   use   and 
reference,  upon  the  condition  that  the  books 
be  receipted   for  by  the  association    and    la- 
beled "From   High   School   Librar)',"   subject 
to  return,  however,  at  any  time  the  Board  of 
Education  may  so  direct,  and  upon  condition 
that  all  books   purchased   by   the     funds    re- 
ceived  under   the    t;ix   levkll   by   tlie     School 
Board  shall  be  marked    and    labeled   "From 
Board   of   Education    Tax    Levy."    and    upon 
the  further  condition  that  in  case  the  Associa- 
tion shall  cease  to  maintain  a  public  librarv, 
said  books  shall  be  returned  to  the  Board  of 
Education   to   become   a   part   of    the    High 
School  Library.     The   books  so  turned  over 
consisted  of  375  volumes,  making  a  total  of 
910  volumes  on  the  shelves  of  the  new  library 
j    when  it  was  opened  to  the  public  on  the  even- 
i    ing  of  April  5,  1900. 


The  Dewey  system  of  classification  and 
cataloging  the  books  is  used  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  library.  It  will  be  seen  from 
the  report  of  the  committee  on  the  best 
method  to  be  pursued  in  the  organization  of 
the  library  and  reading-room,  that  it  was  in- 
tended to  bring  the  organization  within  the 
provisions  of  the  act  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly, entitled,  "An  act  to  authori;:e  cities  of  the 
fourth  grade  of  the  second  class  to  levy  a  tax 
for  the  maintenance  of  a  free  public  and 
school  library,"  passed  February  15,  iS'iS, 
v,-hich  requires  school  boards  to  Ie\y  a  tax  of 
not  less  than  tliree-tenths  nor  more  than  five 
tenths  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar,  to  be  used 
by  the  library  association  in  the  purchase  of 
books  and  periodicals,  and  for  running  ex- 
penses. 

L'nder  this  act.  the  Board  of  Education 
levies  three-tenths  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar, 
and  through  this  source,  the  library  receives, 
and  will  receive  annually,  between  eleven  and 
tv;eb.-e  hundred  dollars.  The  association  is 
thus  enabled  to  add  to  its  number  of  books, 
and  to  full}'  supply  the  library  with  papers, 
periodicals,  and  to  meet  running  expenses. 
The  library  at  that  time  consisted  of  1,359 
volumes,  thirty-one  periodicals,  and  received 
eight  daily  papers.  Through  the  persever- 
ance of  the  ladies,  the  generous  gift  of  Mr. 
Sidney  'Mwrc,  and  }drs.  Sarah  A.  Moore,  his 
wife,  the  hearty  co-operation  of  the  School 
Board,  the  active  assistance  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  her  public  spirited  citizens,  and  the 
beneficence  of  the  General  Assembly,  herein- 
before referred  to,  Delaware  City  now  had  a 
public  library  and  reading-room  established 
on  a  permanent  basis. 

In  the  early  spring  of  1902.  it  occurred  to 
Mr.  T.  C.  Jones,  that  if  other  cities  of  the  size 
of  Delaware  were  helped  by  Mr.  Andrew 
Carnegie  to  build  libraries,  would  he  not  do  as 
much  for  Delaware.  Mr.  Jones  brought  the 
matter  to  the  attention  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
and  a  committee  was  appointed,  of  wliicb  INIr. 
Jones,  \-.  T.  Hills,  Dr,  \V.  :^I.  Semans  and 
Dr.  J.  \V.  Bashford  were  members,  to  trv  to 
enlist  Mr.  Carnegie's  aid  in  erecting  a  public 


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AXD    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZEXS 


I  lilnary  building  in  Delaware,  yir.  Jones,  ac- 
j  cordingl)-,  began  a  currespondcnce  with  ^Ir. 
I  Carnegie,  through  his  pri\-ate  secretary-, 
j  which  extended  over  many  months,  n'ntil  De- 
I  cenilier  22,  1902,  when  ]\[r.  Carnegie  ad- 
j  dressed  a  letter  to  Mr.  Jones,  as  chairman  of 
the  Library  Committee  of  the  Delaware 
lioard  I'f  Trade,  making'  a  pioposition  to 
erect  a  libiary  huiidin.-.  The  T'ity  C'Hincil 
referred  the  offer  of  yiv.  Carnegie  to  a  spe- 
cial committee  on  January  5,  1903.  This  coni- 
mittee  reported  favorably  on  the  plan.  Janu- 
ary I2lh,  and  on  its  recommendation  a  com- 
mittee of  three  was  appointed  to  select  a  site 
for  the  propcised  library  building.  Sticb  a 
committee  \\as  appointed,  and  on  April  9th 
reported  in  favor  of  the  Lybrand  property, 
now  known  as  the  Jane  AL  Case  Hospital.  A 
mf;tion  was  made  'and  passed,  recommending 
that  the  incoming  Council  ( Afay  1st)  acccjil 
the  Lybrand  property.  Nothing  further  was 
cl'^ne  until  after  the  new  Council  was  installed, 
when  its  library  comr.iittee  reported  a  res^hi- 
tion  favoring  the  \\"illiams-Little  site,  lying 
between  the  property  of  r^Irs.  Beverly  Brown 
and  the  private  alley  south.  This  report  was 
signed  by  Parsons,  McGough  and  Alden.  and 
was  laid  upon  the  table  until  the  next  meet- 
ing. On  October  5th.  the  motion  to  pmxhase 
the  Wilhams  property  \vas  lost.  The  same 
exening  the  motion  to  purchase  the  Sampsell 
or  Georgia  Brown  Allen  property  was  lost, 
and  a  third  resolution  \vas  offered  to  purchase 
the  H^ycs  and  LeCrone  property  which  carried, 
and  the  city  solicitor  was  directed  to  purchase 
the  property.  On  December  7th,  a  petition 
was  received  from  the  library  trusuees  appoint- 
ed under  the  new  code  in  favor  of  the  Samp- 
sell site,  and  on  motion  of  Parsons  an  ordi- 
nance was  passed  authorizing  its  purchase. 
The  first  levy  for  a  site  had  been  reported  by 
the  b^inance  Committee  during  the  preceding 
summer,  through  Prof.  Parsons  making  a 
levy  of  one  mill  for  this  purpose. 

No  action  had  been  taken  to  purchase  the 
sites  previously  recommended,  and  the  pre- 
ceding resolution  was  repealed  by  the  new 
ordinance.  F"inally,  on  January  4th,  a  resolu- 
tion was  passed  to  issue  bonds  to  the  extent 


of  85,000  for  the  purchase  of  the  Samp.-^ell 
site  from  Mrs.  Georgia  Brown  .Mien;  the 
remaining  .$1,000  (the  site  costing  ?6.ooo) 
was  to  be  paid  out  of  the  levy  alreadv  marie 
for  a  site.  Thus  the  matter  was  finally  settled 
after  a  great  deal  of  annoyance  caused  by  the 
oppi.siiiun  of  some  meniljers  of  the  Council  to 
a  site  in  the  northern  jiart  of  the  citv. 

This  site'  has  an  interesting  history;  to- 
gether with  the  ground  now  occupied  by  the 
Court  House  and  jail,  it  was  originally  plat- 
ted for  a  cemetery — the  first  in  Delaware 
Township — by  Byxbe  and  Baldwin.  At  that 
time,  this  was  located  outside  the  limits  of  the 
village,  which  extended  only  as  far  as  the 
south  side  of  North  Street — now  Central 
Avenue.  The  first  persons  who  died  in  the 
x-illage  of  Delaware,  as  well  as  some  who  died 
north  and  east  of  here,  were  buried  in  this 
ground. 

^layor  Clippinger  ajjpointed  a  committee 
to  lake  charge  of  the  erection  of  a  library 
building.  Before  nnich,  if  any,  definite  work 
was  accomj)!ished  by  this  committee,  several 
changes  occurred  in  its  personnel,  which  fi- 
nally included  the  following  gentlemen :  V. 
D.  Stayman,  D.  H.  Battenfield.  T.  J.  Griffin. 
Henry  E.  ]^Iain,  Judge  B.  F.  Freshwater  and 
Capt.  C.  \V.  Wiles.  ""  Architects  E.  \V.  PLart 
and  John  M.  Marriott  were  associated  in  the 
preparation  of  plans,  the  latter  gentleman  la- 
ter becoming  architect  and  superintentlent  in 
charge  of  construction.  The  building  was 
begun  in  the  fall  of  1904  and  was  opened  to 
the  public  on  September  i,  1906.  The  cost  of 
the  building,  $21,500,  was  paid  by  ilr.  Car- 
negie; $1,500  was  spent  in  furnishing  it.  The 
present  Board  of  Trustees  is  as  follows:     V. 

D.  Stayman,    president;    D.     H.     Battenfield, 
vice  president:  Captain  C.  \V.  Wiles:   Henrv 

E.  Main ;  T.  J.  Griffin ;  Judge  B.    E.    Fresh- 
water. 

The  number  of  books  in  the  library  is  4,- 
666,  and  thirty-two  magazines  and  five  daily 
papers  are  received.  The  last  annual  report 
shows  12,850  readers  and  a  circulation  of 
22.067  books. 

The  Df.l.\w.\re  Countv  J-Iistorical 
AXD  Archaeologicai,    Society    was    incur- 


2l6 


HISTORY  OF  DELA^^'ARE  COL'XTY 


porated  February  8.  igo6.  The  following 
■gentlemen  were  charter  meinl>ers :  J.  L. 
Smith,  president:  D.  L.  Ziegier,  vice-presi- 
dent: Frank  L.  Grove,  secretary;  H.  E.  Buck, 
soliciting  ag'ent ;  John  B.  Taggart,  curator.  In 
addition  to  the  foregoing,  the  following-  indi- 
viduals are  now  members:  Howard  O.  Core, 
who  is  the  present  curator;  Dr.  William  E. 
Kniidit,  Arthur  Sheradi'.i  ^nd  Hon.  V^.  AI. 
Wickdiam.  D.  \V.  C.  Lugcnbeel.  the  veteran 
journalist,  whose  historical  sketches  over  the 
signature  "Looking  Backwards""  have  inter- 
ested so  many  readers  of  the  Delaware  papers, 
was  recently  elected  to  honorary  membership. 
At  present  the  society   is  without  a  place   in 


\vhich  to  make  a  public  display  of  the  collec- 
tions owned  by  its  members,  but  it  is  hoped 
to  secure  suitable  accommodations  in  the  near 
future.  The  limits  of  our  space  will  not  per- 
mit of  a  list  of  the  thr)usands  of  relics  of  a  by- 
gone age  which  ha\e  been  collected.  There 
are  upwards  of  ten  thousand  Indian  relics, 
hundreds  of  pieces  of  old  china,  many  spin- 
ning wheels,  reels,  swifts,  old  blue  coverlets, 
school  books,  American  cut  glass,  fireplace 
cooking  utensils,  reflectors  for  bakings  in  the 
fireplace,  old  wooden  cradles,  hand-spun 
woolen  carpets,  ^vooden-whee!  clocks  and  other 
furniture. 


,t.-     C'Tdi 


CMAFTBE  XII. 


EDUCATION  ill) 


OHIO    WESLF.VAX    UXIVERSITV. 

[This  chapter  is  based  largeh-  on  a  history  of  the  Uni- 
versity prepared  by  Prof.  \Vm.  G.  Williaras  for  the  vol- 
ume entitled  "Fifty  Years  of  History  of  the  OhioWesleyan 
University,"  permission  for  the  use  of  which  was  kindly 
granted  by  the  University.] 

The  city  of  Delaware  is  largely  indchteil 
for  its  present  size  and  importance  to  the  lo- 
cation here  of  an  educational  institution  of 
highest  standing,  of  which  it  may  well  be 
proud.  It  was  large!}-  because  of  Ohio  We?- 
leyan  University  that  the  first  railroad  was 
brought  into  the  city  of  Delaware,  and  today 
the  university  brings  a  volume  of  business 
amounting  to  at  least  8400,000  per  annum 
into  the  city.  It  can  be  truthfully  said,  there- 
fore, that  the  education  of  young  men  and 
young  women  at  Ohio  W'esleyan  University 
is  the  leading  industry  of  Delaware.  The 
University  was  founded  in  1844  and  owes  its 
location,  if  not  its  establishment  at  that  par- 
ticular date,  to  the  famous  White  Sulphur 
Spring  in  Delaware.  This  spring  had  early 
attracted  the  attention  of  tourists  and  seekers 
afler  health.  In  order  to  accommodate  these, 
and  to  encourage  further  patronage,  two  en- 
terprising citizens.  Thomas  W.  Powell,  Esq., 
and  Columbus  W.  Kent,  erected,  in  the  year 
1S33.  o"  ^  spacious  lot.  embracing  the  spring, 
a  fine  hotel,  which  sc)on  became  known  to  the 
citizens  as  the  Mansion  House.  The  waters 
were  salubrious  and  the  locality  healthful; 
and  for  some  years  the  Mansion  House  was 
kept  in  successful  operation.  But  the  town 
of  Delaware  was  not  very  widel_v  known,  and 
was  not  easily  accessible,  and  it  was  perhaps,  j 
too  early  in  the  history  of  the  State  to  hope  | 
for  large  returns  from  a  business  enterprise  ot   ' 


Judge  Powell,  who  had  become  the  sole  pro- 
prietor, concluded  to  abandon  the  attempt  to 
establish  a  Western  watering  place. 

About  this  time  the  ^^lethodist  College 
at  Augusta,  in  Kentucky,  to  which  the  Ohio 
Conference  was  contributory,  had  been  sus- 
pended. Augusta  was  on  the  wrong  side  of 
the  river  to  suit  the  growing  anti-slavery  sen- 
timent of  the  ^lethodists  in  Ohio;  and  it  was 
already  manifest  that  the  school  could  never 
secure  their  patronage  or  contributions.  Prac- 
tically this  largest  Protestant  denomination  in 
the  State  was  witJiout  a  home  institution  for 
tlie  education  of  her  sons.  The  thoughtful 
men  of  the  church  were  naturally  solicitous 
in  regard  to  the  educational  future  of  Ohio 
^Methodism,  but  as  yet  no  forward  steps  had 
been  taken  toward  providing  for  these  wants. 

At  this  juncture  it  was  suggested  by  the 
Rev.  Adam  Poe,  the  Methodist,  pastor  in 
Delaware,  that  the  citizens  of  the  place  should 
purchase  the  Spring  propt  rty,  and  oft'er  it  to 
the  Ohio  and  North  Ohio  Conferences  of  the 
^Methodist  Church,  jointly,  as  a  site  for  a  col- 
lege. This  suggestion  met  with  cordial  ap- 
proval. 

The  property  thus  proposed  for  a  college 
site  comprised  about  ten  acres  of  ground,  ly- 
ing in  the  suburbs  of  Delaware,  towards  the 
southeast  quarter  of  tlie  town,  ami  separated 
from  the  rest  of  the  town  b)-  the  insignificant 
"Delaware  Run."  Of  this  ground  a  part,  on 
which  the  ^Mansion  House  stood,  was  held  in 
fee  simi)le;  and  the  remainder,  including  the 
spring,  by  a  perpetual  lease  without  rent, 
from  the  corporation  of  Delaware.  The  in- 
\'estnient  in  the  grounds  and  buildings  \vas 
al>iut  S2t,ooo;  but  the  r»uner  ottered  to  con- 


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HISTORY   OF  DELAWARE  COUX'J"Y 


\ey  liis  interests  in  the  entire  jM-operty  for 
Si 0,000.  This  sum,  it  was  thought,  cuuld  be 
raised  l)y  a  subscription  among  the  citizens  of 
the  town  and  county,  and,  accordinigly.  a 
delegation  was  apjiointcd  to  wait  un  the  con- 
ferences, and  ascertain  \\hethei-  tlicy  w<3uld 
accept  the  jiroiiert}'  it  con\eyed  to  them  as 
proposed. 

'J  lie  Xortii  Ohio  Conference  met  August 
II,  1S41,  at  'W'ooster.  To  tliis  body  the  dele- 
gation first  applied.  The  conference  consid- 
ered the  matter  favorably  and  appointed  a 
committee  of  five  to  confer  with  a  like  com- 
mitee  ti;«  be  appointed  by  the  Ohio  Conference. 
August  25th  the  delegation  appeared  befi.ire 
the  Ohio  Conference,  at  Urbauc'r.  On  the 
following  day  Dr.  Charles  Elliott  and  Wil- 
liam P.  Strickland  were  deputed  by  the  con- 
ference to  visit  Delaware  and  examine  the 
|irenn'ses.  They  carried  back  a  favorable  re- 
port and  many  long  remembered  the  Irish  en- 
thusiasm with  which  Dr.  Elliott  advocated 
the  establishment  of  a  Methodist  college  and. 
the  acceptance  of  this  property.  The  confer- 
ence was  ready  for  the  measure,  and  voted 
that  it  was  expedient  to  establish  a  ^Methodist 
college  in  Ohio;  that  the  two  conferences 
(embracing  about  two-thirds  of  the  State) 
should  unite  in  the  enterprise,  and  that,  ii 
the  Sulphur  Spring  property  was  conve}'ed  to 
the  church,  on  the  terms  proposed,  Delaware 
should  be  selected  as  the  seat  of  the  college. 
A  comnn'ttce  of  five  was  ajipointed  to  act  with 
the  committee  from  the  Xorthern  Confer- 
ence. 

The  joint  comnn'ttee  thus  constituted  met 
at  Delaware,  September  j,  1841.  The  com- 
mittee consisted  of  Revs.  John  H.  Power. 
Adam  Poe,  Edward  Thompson,  James  Brew- 
ster and  William  S.  ]\Iorrow,  from  the  North 
Ohio  Conference,  and  Revs.  Jacob  Young, 
James  B.  Finley,  Charles  Elliott,  Edmund  W. 
Sehon  and  Joseph  M.  Trimble,  from  the  Ohio 
Conference.  Of  these  distinguished  men,  to 
whom  was  committed  this  weighty  responsi- 
bility. Dr.  Joseph  M.  Trimble  was,  for  many 
years,  the  last  survivor,  and  died  May  6,  189 1. 
The  committee  voted  to  accept  the  property  if 
the  citizens  should  perfect  their  oft'er,  and   if 


the  title  should  be  made  satisfactory  to  the 
Conferences. 

The  way  being  thus  prci)ared,  a  suliscrij)- 
tion  was  opened  by  the  citizens  and  was  signed 
by  one  hundred  and  seventy-two  persons.  No 
subscription  exceeded  $500  and  the  aggre- 
gate amounted  to  but  $9,000.  That  the 
movement  might  not  U'ail,  certain  parties, 
trusting  to  future  local  subscriptions,  obli- 
gated themselves  for  the  deficit.  But  no  fur- 
ther subscriptions  were  obtained,  and  some 
years  afterwards,  $500  were  raisetl  by  \-olun- 
tary  contributions  among-  the  ministers  in  the 
X'orth  Ohio  Conference,  to  relieve  the  Rev. 
Adam  Poe  from  the  payment  of  a  note  given 
on  this  account.  Such  was  the  difficulty,  at 
that  time,  of  raising  even  this  small  sum  for 
an  enterprise  which,  as  the  citizens  said  in 
the  preamble  to  their  subsrription.  "would 
greatly  add  to  the  \-alue  of  property  in  the 
town  and  county,  and  he  of  great  public  utility 
and  benefit.'" 

But  the  town  was  small ;  at  the  L'nited 
States  census  the  year  before,  1840.  the  popu- 
lation was  but  893;  there  was  not  much  lousi- 
ness and  there  was  but  little  accumulated 
wealth  in  the  community.  The  inducement 
they  offered  to  secure  the  location  of  a  college, 
destined  to  be  the  central  institution  of  a  great 
church,  was  -absurdly  small.  But  the  amount 
raised  in  Delaware  was  the  just  measure  01 
the  ability  of  the  place  at  that  time.  The 
University  was  welcomed  to  the  town,  and  it 
has  often  since  met  with  a  generous  response 
from  the  citizens  to  its  appeals  for  aid.  On 
the  other  hand,  it  has  brought  with  it  popula- 
tion, and  wealth,  and  prosperity  to  the  town. 

The  Conference  Committee  met  Novem- 
ber 17,  1841,  and  received  from  Mr.  Powell 
a  Ixind  for  the  conveyance  of  the  property  do- 
nated by  the  citizens.  The  title  was  finally 
passed  in  1S50,  to  the  Board  of  Trustees.  In 
afldition  to  the  tei:  acres  thus  conveyed,  the 
committee  purchased  from  Judge  Powell  an 
adjacent  property  on  the  south,  of  five  acres. 
at  a  cost  of  $5,500,  and  the  furniture  of  the 
Mansion  House  at  about  $2,000  more.  Dr. 
Trimble  paid  Judge  Powell  fifty  dollars  as  an 
earnest  to  bind  the  contract  for  th.e  additional 


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purcliase,   the  fir.st  iiKuiey  g-ivcii  to  the  Uni- 
versity, the  first  money  paiJ  on  its  debt. 

Inimechaie  steps  were  now  taken  loLiking 
to  a  formal  organization.  A  committee  com- 
posed of  Jacob  Young-,  Joseph  M.  Trimble 
and  Adam  Poe  was  appointed  to  apply  to  the 
Legislature  for  an  act  of  incorporation.  .\ 
special  charter,  under  the  old  State  Constitu- 
tion, conferring  university  powers,  was  grant- 
ed by  the  Legislature  ^larch  7,  1842.  The 
corporate  powers  were  vested  in  a  board  of 
twenty-one  persons  from  different  parts  of  the 
State.  These  were  William  Xet¥,  Samuel 
Williams,  ex-Governor  Allen  Trimble.  Lem- 
uel Reynolds,  Thomas  Orr.  William  Bishop. 
William  Armstrong.  Rev.  James  B.  Finley, 
Rev.  Jacob  Young,  Rev.  Edmund  W.  Sehon, 
Rev.  Leonidas  L.  tiamline.  Judge  Patrick  G. 
Goode,  George  B.  Arnold,  ex-Governor  !Mor- 
dacai  Bartlev,  hVedcrick  C.  Welch.  Wilder 
Joy,  Henry  Ebbert,  John  H.  Harris,  Rev. 
Adam  I'oe.  Rev.  William  Burke,  Rev.  Leon- 
ard B.  Gin  ley.  These  men  were  ot  promi- 
nence in  state  or  in  church.  They  ha\e  long 
since  yielded  their  places  to  others.  Dr.  Gur- 
ley,  the  last  survivor,  died  in  iSSo,  at  the  ripie 
age  of  seventy-six  years.  Of  these  trustees, 
though  the  charter  did  not  so  prescribe,  four- 
teen were  laymen  and  seven  were  ministers: 
and  this  ratio  of  ministers  and  laymen  has  al- 
ways been  kept  in  filling  vacancies.  By  the 
provisions  of  the  charter,  the  corporators  at 
first  held  their  oftice  for  life.  The  right  of 
perpetuation  of  the  Board  was  vested  in  the 
two  patronizing  conferences,  each  appointing 
to  all  existing  vacancies,  alternately.  These 
conferences  were  afterwards  divided  into  four, 
each  wdth  the  same  right  of  appointment.  The 
arrangement  for  alternate  ajjpointment  co)n- 
tinued  until  1S69,  when,  by  a  general  law  of 
the  State,  under  the  new  Constitution,  the 
president  of  the  University  was  maile.  e.\--of- 
ficio,  a  member  of  the  Board,  and  the  remain- 
ing twenty  members  were  di\ided  into  four 
classes  of  five  each,  which  were  assigned, 
severally,  to  the  four  conferences,  and  the  ten- 
ure of  office  was  reduced  to  five  years,  so  that 
each  conference  should  annually  elect  one  trus- 
tee for  the  period  of  five  years.     In  1S71  the 


charter  was  further  so  modified  as  to  give  the 
Association  of  Alumni  a  representation  on  the 
Board  e(|ual  to  that  of  each  Aiuiual  confer- 
ence: and  in  1883  the  West  Virginia  Confer- 
ence was  admitted  as  one  of  the  patronizing 
bodies,  with  equal  right  of  representation  in 
the   Board. 

One  of  the  conditions  of  the  donation  to 
the  church  was  that  the  academic  work  of  the 
college  should  be  begun  within  five  years;  but 
the  committees  from  the  conferences  did  not 
wait  even  until  the  organization  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees.  It  was  thought  best  to  com- 
mence this  work  immediately,  and  a  sub-com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  secure  teachers  and 
open  a  preparatory  school.  This  committee 
at  once  engaged  Captain  James  D.  Ci'ilil.i,  a 
graduate  of  West  Point  .'ind  an  ex-army  of- 
ficer, as  instructor  in  the  new  sch'iol  for  1S41- 
42.  Captain  Col)b  was  about  fifty  years  of 
age  and  was  assisted  by  his  son.  It  was  ar- 
ranged that  he  should  have  the  free  use  of  th.e 
Mansion  House,  but  look  to  tuition  for  his 
compensation.  He  had  a  mixed  school  of 
boys  and  girls.  At  the  end  of  the  school  year 
Captain  Cobb  resigned  his  place  and  moved 
to  the  South  for  liis  health. 

The    Board    of    Trustees    held    their    first 
meeting  at  Hamilton,   where   the   Ohio   Con- 
!   ference  was  in  session,  October  1,   1842.     At 
I  this  meeting  the  Board  elected  the  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Thomson,  at  that  time  the  principal  of 
Xorwalk  Seminary,  to  the  presidency  of  the 
University,   with   the   understanding   that    the 
appointment  was  only  nominal   lor  the  pres- 
ent, but  a  pledge  to  the  church  and  the  public 
that  a  college  faculty  would  be  appointed  and 
the   college   opened   at   no   distant   day.      The 
I   Board,   however,   determined   that  a   Pre])ara- 
!  tory  School  should  meanwhile  be  maintained, 
and  appointed  the  Rev.   Solomon  Floward  as 


principal,  with  authority  to  employ  his  own 
assistants.  He  w-as  given  the  use  of  the  build- 
ings and  furniture,  and  was  expected  to  get 
his  support  from  the  tuition  fees  of  the  pu- 
pils. Prof.  Howard  began  his  school  X'ovem- 
ber  I,  1842,  and  continued  it  successfidly  for 
two  }'ears.  Both  sexes  were  still  admitted, 
and  the  atendance  was  largely  local,     tie  had 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


at  first  but  four  little  boys  as  his  pupil-,,  but 
the  number  fur  the  year  was  130.  During  the 
second  year  ot  his  school  he  was  assisted  by 
Mr.  Flavel  A.  Dickinson,  a  recent  graduate 
of  Yale,  who  had  taught  one  year  as  principal 
of  the  Delaware  Academy,  and  who  brougb.t 
ills   school  o^■er  '"en  masse." 

Though  no  large  immediate  income  was 
to  be  expected  from  snl-scriptions  or  frum  tu- 
ition, _,-et  the  Board  of  Trustees  felt  great  con- 
fidence in  the  final  success  of  a  school  sup- 
ported by  the  large  numbers  and  the  growing- 
wealth  of  the  JNIetiiodist  Church  in  Ohio.  Re- 
lying upon  these  the  Board,  September  :?5, 
1844,  resolved  to  organize  a  faculty  to  open 
the  institution  v,-ith  a  college  curriculum  and. 
college  classes.  Dr.  Thomson,  who  had  re- 
cently been  elected  editor  of  the  Ladies'  Re- 
pository, Avas  re-appointed  president,  though 
ag;'in  with  the  under.standing  that  lie  should 
not  immediately  enter  upon  duty.  As  it  was 
foreseen  that  the  school  would  for  a  while 
be  s.mall,  and  the  income  limited,  the  Board 
established  but  four  additional  places,  and 
made  the  following  appointments :  Rev.  Her- 
man 1\I.  Johnson,  professor  of  Ancient  Lan- 
guages ;  Rev.  Solomon  Howard,  professor  of 
■Matliematics;  William  G.  Williams,  principal 
of  the  Preparatory  Department;  Enoch  G. 
Dial,  assistant  in   Preparatory  Department. 

The  salaries  paid,  or  rather  promised,  to 
these  men  were  gauged  by  the  resources 
which  the  Board  hoped  to  have  at  their  com- 
mand by  tb.e  end  of  the  year.  The  president's 
salary,  when  he  should  enter  upon  duty,  was 
fixed  at  $800;  the  professors  were  to  be  paid 
$600  each,  and  the  teachers  in  the  Prepara- 
tory Department  $400  and  $350  respective!}-, 
but  it  was  many  years  before  even  these 
n-ieager  salaries  were  paid  as  they  becan-ie 
due. 

Wednesday.  Xovember  13,  1844,  '^^'^s  the 
day  appointed  and  advertised  for  the  opening 
of  the  school,  but  the  opening  was  less  en- 
couraging than  had  been  hoped.  Dr.  Thom- 
son was  present  but  for  a  day  or  two,  and  did 
not  enter  upon  duty  lor  nearly  two  years  aft- 
erward, and  Prof.  Johnson  was  detained  for 
nianv  weeks.     The  other  three  tcacliers  of  the 


five  who  were  appointed  to  positions  in  the 
faculty,  met  in  the  basement  of  the  Mansion 
House,  the  former  dining  room,  which  had 
been  temp<jrarily  fitted  up  as  a  chapel,  and 
proceeded  to  enroll  the  students  applying  for 
admission  to  the  classes.  Only  twenty-nine 
presented  themselves.  This  was  a  smaller 
number  than  had  pre\-iously  attended  the  pre- 
paratory schools  under  Captain  Cobb  and 
Prof.  Howard.  But  the  students  now  were 
all  males  of  a  mature  age.  and  more  advanced 
standing,  and  most  of  them  were  from  other 
parts  of  the  state.  From  this  small  number 
the  faculty  were  able  to  organize  all  the  col- 
lege classes  below  senior,  though  the  repre- 
sentation in  the  upper  classes  was  very  small. 
Bv  the  end  of  the  year  there  were  only  two 
juniors,  two  sophomores,  fourteen  freshmen, 
and  there  were  ninety-two  in  the  Preparatory 
and  other  courses.  Such  was  the  initial  cata- 
log-ne  of  a  university,  which,  long  before  its 
jubilee  year,  enrolled  more  than  forty  times 
the  first  nun-iber  of  students,  annually,  and 
graduates  more  than  a  hundred  at  a  time. 

ENDOWMENT. 

Education,  the  world  over,  is  largely  a 
gratuity,  and  especially  so  in  the  higher  insti- 
tutions of  learning.  In  the  older  and  better 
endowed  colleges,  no  student  pays  a  tenth  of 
the  actual  cost  of  his  education.  Grounds, 
buildings,  cabinets,  libraries,  endowments,  and 
all  the  educational  appliances  of  science  and 
art,  are  the  gifts  of  the  founders  of  the  sclioul 
to  the  students  who  attend  it.  A  college  to  be 
eminently  successful  in  its  work  should  ha\e 
all  these  before  it  opens  its  doors  to  the  public. 
Fortunately,  this  is  something  realized  in  the 
benefactions  of  wealthy  men.  But  in  former 
times,  in  the  AX'estern  country,  neither  State 
nor  denominational  schools  could  afford  to 
wait  for  the  accumulation  of  all  "these  before 
beginning  their  work,  and  the  result  was,  that 
n-iijst  of  our  schools  were  started  upon  \-ery 
meager  foundations.  Such  ^^•as  the  case  with 
Ohio  Wesleyan  University.  The  Board  of 
Trustees  started  with  nothing,  and  were  in 
debt.     To  secure  a  present  support  and  a  fu- 


AND  REPRESEXTATIAT.  CITIZEXS 


tare  growth  was,  of  course,  a  matter  of  vital 
mncerii. 

The  only  resources  of  the  iustitr.tiou  were 
the  contributions  of  its  friends,  and  tlvese,  at 
first,  came  slowly  and  sparingly;  and  it  was 
not  until  1S49  "-''"t  the  indebtedness  of  S7,- 
000  for  the  purchase  money  was  all  paid.  We 
have  seen  that  the  conferences  early  devised 
I'lans  for  the  endowm;-nt  of  the  Univeisity. 
In  1843  '^l''c  Ohio  Conference  appointed  Revs. 
Frederick  Merrick  and  Uriah  Heath,  agents 
to  raise  funds  from  donations  to  the  I'ni- 
versity.  or  by  the  sale  of  scholarships  entitling 
the  bearer  to  tuition,  at  the  rate  of  $100  for 
five  years.  The  following  year  the  North 
Ohio  -Conference  appointed  similar  agents  to 
work  within- its  boiuids.  These  agents,  in  tlie 
course  of  two  years,  obtained  subscriptions 
and  notes  for  scholarships  to  the  amount  of 
atoul  830,000,  and  some  donaiions  of  lantl 
worth,  perhaps  $15,000  more.  The  interest 
on  these  notes  and  some  tuition  fees,  consti- 
tuted the  sole  reve.iue  of  the  institution  for 
the  support  of  tlie  faculty.  Tuition  for  the 
regular  Academic  studies  was  early  fixed  at 
$30  a  year;  and  it  has  never  been  changed, 
tiiougli,  since  the  era  of  cheap  scholarships, 
no  student  has  paid  tuition.  Art  studies 
alone  are  not  covered  by  the  scholarships.  As 
the  sale  of  scholarships  progressed,  the  tu- 
ition gradually  fell  to  nothing.  Perhaps  two 
or  three  hundred  of  these  higher  priced  schol- 
arships were  sold,  mostly  "on  time,"  but,  un- 
fortunately, many  of  them  were  never  paid 
for,  though  the  tuition  had  been  promptly 
claimed  and  enjoyed.  The  faculty  was  then 
v.holly  dependent  on  the  income  from  the  en- 
di>wment  notes.  Rut  though  agents  were 
continued  in  the  field  for  the  sale  of  scholar- 
ships, the  aggregate  did  not  perceptibly  in- 
crease. At  the  end  of  six  years,  the  total  net 
assets  were  estimated  at  only  $70,000,  and, 
of  this,  the  endowment  money  and  subscrip- 
tions reached  only  $34,000.  The  institution 
was  still  on  the  borders  of  inanition.  R  was 
evident,  that,  unless  a  more  effective  policy 
was  adopted,  the  schcxjl  was  cFestined  to  fail- 
ure, or,  at  Ijest,  to  a  feeble  existence. 

At  length,  in  the  summer  of  1849,  the 
faculty,   upon   the  suggestion  of   Prof.  John- 


j  son,   devised  and  proiwsed  to  ttie     P.oard    of 
j  Trustees  a  system  of  scholarships  at  a  much 
j  cheaper  rate  than  those  at  first  .'^old.     R  wa^ 
j  hoped   that   these   would   be   popular,   and    be 
I  sold  to  an  extent  sufficient  to  give  the  institu- 
j  tion   both   money   and   students   for,   at  least, 
all   present   necessities.      The   trustees   held    a 
special   session   to   consider   the   subject,    Sep- 
tember 24,   1849,  '''t  Dayton,  where  the  Ohio 
Conference  was  in  session.     The  measure  was 
felt  to  be  perilous;  a  failure  would  jeopardize 
all,   and  they  deliberated   a   long  time  before 
they   came   to  any   conclusion.      Finally   with 
the   approval   of   the   Conference,   the   Board 
adopted   the   plan,   and   ordered   the    sale    of 
scholarships,    entitling   the    holder   to   tuition, 
at  the  following  rates:      (i)    for  three  years' 
tuition,  $15;  (2)   for  four  years'  tuition,  $30; 
(3)   for  six  years'  tuition,  $25;   (4)  for  eight 
years'  tuition.  $30.     Unlike  the  old  series  of 
scholarships,  the  new  ones  were  to  be  paid  for 
in  full  before  they  were  used. 

The  system  was  needlessly  complex;  the 
second  and  fourth  rates  alone  would  have  been 
better  than  the  four,  and  the  price  could  have 
been  one-half  higher  Avitliout  lessening  their 
salableness.  But  the  success  which  crowned 
the  efrort  quieted  all  criticisms.  Three  agents 
j  wer  appointed  by  each  Conference  to  put  the 
I  new  scholarships  upon  the  market.  Rt  two 
years  they  had  sold  nearly  three  thousand, 
and  paid  into  the  treasiuw  of  the  University, 
besides  the  expense  of  the  agency  and  the  sup- 
port of  the  faculty  meanwhile,  a  sum  suffi- 
cent  to  raise  the  nominal  endowment,  in  1854, 
to  a   round   $100,000. 

The  exact  number  of  scholarships  sold 
was  3.740,  calling-  for  a  little^  more  than  25,- 
000  years  of  tuition.  R  was  estimated  that 
an  a^■erage  annual  attendance  of  500  students 
would  exhaust  this  large  ag-gregate  in  fifty 
years.  As  the  attendance  has  not  averaged 
this  figure,  the  period  for  the  final  retirement 
of  the  scholarships  may  be  somewhat  pro- 
longed. Sul)sequently,  the  agents,  under  the 
authority  of  the  Board,  issued  a  few  hundred 
additional  scholarships  to  the  value  of  money 
or  lands  ostensibly  given  to  the  University, 
Init  for  which  the  institution  paid  a  full 
equivalent.      But    this    policy    has    now    been 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTY 


stoppeil,  and  the  Ixiard  has  ortlered  that  no 
more  scholarships  be  sold. 

Part  of  this  amount  was  still  in  un[)ioduc- 
tive  land,  and  is  in  uncollected  scholarship 
notes.  But  the  income  for  the  following  year, 
1855,  was  estimated  to  be  SS.500,  which  the 
committee  of  Ways  and  Means,  in  their  re- 
p<.)rt  to  the  Board,  say  "will  be  amply  sufti- 
cient  to  meet  and  defray  all  current  c.k- 
jjenses."  In  view  of  this  hopeful  conditi  .>n 
of  the  iliiances,  the  salaries  of  the  faculty 
were  now  increased  as  follows;  The  presi- 
dent was  paid  $1,400;  the  professors,  $1,000 
each;  the  tutors,  $500  each.  The  value  of 
the  real  estate  and  other  property  of  the  Uni- 
versity had  also  largely  increased,  and 
may  be  estimated  at  another  $100,000.  Thus, 
the  end  of  tlie  tirst  decennium  saw  the  in.stitu- 
tion  in  a  healthful  financial  condition,  and 
with  good  prospects  for  the  futui-e. 

The  conference  agcjicies  for  the  endow- 
ment and  building  fund  were  continued  for 
some  years  and  the  endowment  slowly  in- 
creased for  a  number  of  years.  x\.t  length,  in 
1866,  the  centennial  year  of  American  }vleth- 
odism,  a  general  advance  was  made  through- 
out the  connection.  Educational  interests 
were  everywhere  the  foremost,  and,  in  Ohio, 
the  result  of  the  effort  was  a  larg'e  addition 
to  the  funds  of  the  University.  A  portion 
was  devoted  to  building  and  general  improve- 
ment, and  the  endowment  was  increased  to 
considerably  more  than  $200,000.  Unfor- 
tunately, the  resources  for  building  and 
grounds  did  not  prove  as  ample  as  was  hoped, 
and,  after  the  "hard  times"  of  1873  set  in.  it 
was  deemed  necessary  to  draw  upon  the  en- 
dowment fund  for  these  puri)osc5.  Ab'iut 
$40,000  were  th.us  corisumed.  The  growth  of 
this  fund  has,  nevertheless,  been  so  constant, 
that  the  hea\-y  draft  upon  it  was  soon  more 
than  made  good. 

BUILDINGS    AND    GROUNDS. 

!  The  original  college  campus  included  the 

I  ten   acres   donated   by   the   citizens,    and    the 

j  five  acres  bought  by  the  conference  commit- 

i  tees.      Additional   purchases   of   ground    were 


subsequently  made  at  an  expense  of  over  $JO,- 
000,  until  now  the  campus  contains  about 
twenty-five  acres  lying  in  one  continuous  tract, 
besides  the  ten  acres  where  Monnett  Hall 
stands.  In  addition  to  these  tracts,  the  Uni- 
versity purchased  at  a  cost  of  a  little  mure 
than  Sio.ooo.  what  is  commonly  spoken  of  as 
"The  Barnes  Property,"  where  Prof.  Davies 
now  resides  and  where  the  Observatory  is  lo- 
cated. On  the  added  lot  of  five  acres  (al- 
ready referred  to),  purchased  from  Judge 
Powell,  was  a  comfortable  cottage  near  the 
street,  the  home  of  Mr.  Powell.  This  was 
subsequently  occupied  by  the  president  of  the 
college,  or  by  one  of  the  professors,  until 
1856,  when  it  was  sold  and  moved  off  the 
campus.  In  the  rear  of  this  cottage,  and  in 
front  of  the  present  Sturges  Hall,  was  a  row 
of  a  hrdf-dozen  or  more  summer  cottages, 
built  for  the  accommodation  of  the  guests  of 
the  Mansion  Elouse  during-  the  watering  sea- 
son. In  1855,  all  these  buildings  were  re- 
moved, leaving  the  space  in  front  ol  the  Uni- 
\ersity  buildings  open  lor  the  planting  c>f  ad- 
ditional shade  trees. 

The  College  Campus  has  a  dix'ersihed 
character,  which  art  has  greatly  improved.  In 
1872,  JNIessrs.  Wright  and  Z\last,  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  spent  almut  $5,000  in  reconstruct- 
ing the  surface,  making  walks  and  drives, 
draining  and  planting.  Since  that  time  the 
low  ground  in  the  later  additions  has  been 
filled  in  and  regraded.  Since  i860,  more  than 
1,000  varieties  of  domestic  or  e.xotic  trees  and 
shrubs  have  been  planted  and  properly  la- 
beled. 

The  college  buildings  rank  among  the 
best  for  architectural  beauty  and  convenience. 
Elliott  Hall,  formerly  "The  Old  ^Mansion 
House,"  was  built  for  visitors  seeking  the  in- 
vigorating climate  and  the  health-giving  wa- 
ters "of  Delaware.  It  is  three  stories  and  a 
half  high  with  a  basement.  It  was  of  frame, 
lathed  and  cemented  on  the  outside,  but  the 
interior  was  finely  finished  in  walnut  and 
tastefully  decorated  with  plaster  mouldings. 
The  drawing-room  and  parlors  on  the  first 
flocT,  and  some  of  the  large  rooms  on  the  sec- 
i  ond     floor,     were     cju verted     into     recitation 


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223 


a)ums  or  the  pnifcs^ors'  studies.  The  cliani- 
LvTs  on  tlie  thiid  tloor  were  let  to  students, 
until.,  some  years  later,  they  also  were  needed 
for  general  purposes.  In  the  basement,  the 
old  r^lansion  House  dining-room  was  recon- 
structed into  the  cr>llege  chapel,  atul  the  large 
kitchen,  with  its  huge  tireplace  and  brick 
o\en,  became  the  lecture-room  and  laboratory 
I'nr  t'.ie  professor  of  Natural  Science.  On  the 
si.uth  side  of  the  main  building  \vas  a  large 
two-story  annex,  which  was  let  as  a  boarding 
house  to  a  steward  for  the  accommodation  of 
two  or  three  of  the  faculty  and  a  half-score  of 
students  who  had  rooms  in  the  building.  In 
the  rear  of  the  Mansion  House,  on  the  east 
side,  were  long  wide  porches,  level  with  the 
first  and  second  floors,  12  and  25  feet  fr^jm 
the  ground.  In  184S,  the  Iwarding  house 
was  discontinued ;  the  cement  outside  of  the 
main  building  was  replaced  with  a  good 
close-jointed  covering.  The  lofty  and  un- 
safe porclies  were  torn  down,  and  the  annex 
removed  to  a  location  near  the  sjiring.  Here 
it  was  let  to  students,  and.  happily,  was  soon 
burned  down.  In  1892,  Elliott  Hall  was  re- 
moved to  its  present  location,  and  placed  in 
good  repair.  It  has  served  educational  pur- 
poses well  for  upward  of  sixty  years,  and  its 
desirable  recitation  rooms  ma}-  be  in  use  fur 
at  least  another  half  century.  The  depart- 
ment of  physics  occupies  the  first  two  flLxirs 
of  this  hall.  On  the  third  and  fourth  floors 
are  the  rooms  of  the  School  of  Business.  In 
the  rear  of  the  building  and  connecting  with 
it  is  the  Engineering  Annex,  erected  during 
the  summer  of  1905,  at  a  cost  of  S5.800, 
which  was  borne  by  Messrs.  David  S.  (,iray 
and  William  R.  Walker,  both  of  Columbu-, 
Ohio.  It  contains  the  apparatus  necessary 
for  instruction  in  the  courses  in  wood  and 
metal  turning,  and  in  engineering. 

Thompson  Ch.xpel.  The  corner-stone  of 
this  building  was  laid  c>n  July  26,  185 1.  dur- 
ing Commenceirient  Week,  and  was  dedicated 
the  following  year.  Its  cost  was  about  S20,- 
000.  The  structure  was  in  the  Doric  stvle 
of  architecture,  three  stories  in  height,  and 
measured  85  by  55  feet.  The  main  audience- 
room,  23  feet  high,  covered  the  entire  upper 


lluor.  The  capacity  of  this  room  was  about 
600  sittings,  which  was  then  thought  the  ut- 
most probable  need  of  the  institution  for  lung 
years  tp  come.  The  building  stood  on  the 
site  of  the  present  library,  and  was  named  in 
honor  of  the  first  president  of  the  University. 
The  Lecture  Association  of  the  students  in 
1S74  contributeil  S800  toward  the  furnisliing 
of  the  chapel:  and  by  the  efforts  of  the  facultv 
and  the  senior  class,  a  fine  organ  was  installed 
It  a  cost  of  Si, 600.  By  this  time  the  audience- 
room  had  grown  too  small  for  ail  occasicms 
except  daily  prayers,  and  as  early  as  18S5,  the 
student-body  had  increased  to  such  proportions 
that  it  became  necessary  to  excuse  a  number 
of  students  from  attendance  at  the  daily  exer- 
cises for  lack  of  room.-  From  18S9  to  1S91, 
the  daily  chapel  services  were  held  in  the  audi- 
torium of  St,  PauKs  Chiu'ch,  This  arrange- 
ment was  found  inconvenient,  and  Thomson 
Chapel  again  came  into  use,  in  Scpt-miber, 
1891,  but  with  the  prospect  uf  adequate  relief 
in    the   immediate    future. 

Stl'rges  Hall.  This  building  is  named 
for  Mr,  William  Sturges,  of  Putnam,  Ohio, 
who  in  1853,  offered  the  University  a  liberal 
subscription  for  a  library,  on  condition  tir.n 
within  a  year  a  further  subscription  of  S15,- 
000  should  be  secured  for  a  suitable  librarv 
building.  Prof.  ^Merrick  undertook  the  agencv 
for  this,  and  raised  the  amount  within  a  few- 
weeks.  The  building -was  finished  and  dedi- 
cated in  1856.  The  two  Inwer  stories  were 
used  by  the  literary  societies  of  the  Universitv, 
and  the  top  floor  served  as  library  until  the 
present  Slocum  Library  was  completed.  At 
present  the  Hall  contains  the  Chemical  Labora- 
lory.  and  lecture  rooms  and  private  office  of 
the  Professor  of  Chemistry,  On  the  second 
floor  are  located  the  general  collection  of  speci- 
mens illustrating  structural  and  dynamic  geo- 
log}-,  and  the  Merrick-Trimble  collection  of 
minerals. 

Merrick  Hall  is  a  substantial  edifice, 
three  stories  high,  and  built  of  Delaware  blue 
limestone.  It  contains  the  lecture-rooms  and 
laboratories  of  the  Departments  of  Geologv  and 
Zoology,  and  on  the  third  floor  the  ]\Iuseum 
of   Natural   Historv.      The  Board  tegan   the 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


erection  nf  this  building  in  1869,  Imt  a  failure 
of  the  buil'ling  fund  delayed  the  completion 
of  the  building  until  1S73.  Its  cost  was  about 
;^40.oou,  a  large  portion  of  which  ^vas  finally 
taken  from  the  endowment  fund.  The  Hall 
was  named  iuv  p.  former  president  of  the  insti- 
tution. Dr.   3ilerrick. 

Gray  Cii.\pel  and  University  Hall.  At 
the  session  in  June,  iSyo,  the  Bnard  of 
Trustees  ordered  the  immediate  erection  of  a 
University  Hall  that  should  furnish  first  and 
foremost  the  much-needed  college  chapel,  and 
also  more  and  better  accommodations  for  the 
academic  work  of  the  institution.  The  corner- 
stone was  laid  June  18,  1891,  and  it  took  two 
years  to  complete  the  building.  It  is  a  massive 
stone  structure,  160  feet  long,  150  feet  deep, 
and  four  stories  high.  The  entire  pile  bears 
the  name  of  University  Hall.  It  includes  the 
chapel,  now  called  Gray  Chapel,  in  commemo- 
ration of  the  noble  life  of  Rev.  David  Gray,  a 
venerable  pioneer  preacher  in  Ohio,  the  father 
of  David  S.  Gray,  Esc[..  of  Columbus.  Ohio, 
pre.-ident  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  who  gave 
$27,000  toward  the  building  fund,  and  through 
whose  generosity  and  leadership  the  erection 
of  the  building  was  so  promptly  assured.  This 
beautiful  auditorium  seats  2,000  persons,  and 
can  be  enlarged  by  the  opening  of  the  adjacent 
lecture-room  for  the  accommodation  of  400 
more.  The  chapel  is  octagonal  in  furm.  with 
the  floor  rising  from  the  rostrum  with  a  slight 
incline.  The  seats  are  arranged  in  seven  sec- 
tors, with  aisles  radiating  from  the  pulpit  as 
a  center.  A  spacious  gallery,  with  seats  placed 
in  ascending  tiers,  extends  two-thirds  of  the 
circumference  of  the  room.  The  dome  in  the 
center  of  the  chapel  rises  to  a  h.eight  of  fifty- 
six  feet  from  the  floor.  It  is  lit  from  above  by 
day  with  beautiful  opalescent  glass,  and  by 
night  from  dome,  gallery  and  walls  with  hun- 
dreds of  incandescent  electric  lamps.  The 
splendid  organ  was  built  by  the  Roosevelts, 
and  cost  $15,000. 

The  University  Hall  contains,  besides  the 
chapel,  a  commodious  and  well-furnished  hall 
for  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
capable  of  seating  500  persons ;  several  lecture- 
rooms,  ten  recitation-rooms,  six  society  halls. 


the  adnn'nistrative  othces,  professors'  studies, 
ladies'  parlors,  v/ide  corridors  and  other  needed 
con\eniences.  The  cost  of  this  structure  ag- 
gregated SiSo.ooo.  Tlie  building  stands  on 
the  original  site  of  the  "Old  Mansion  House.'' 

The  Slocum  Liurary  building  bears  the 
name  of  Dr.  Charles  Elihu  Slocum,  by  whose 
generosity,  its  erection  in  1897  became  possible, 
he  being  the  chief  contributcir  to  the  building 
fund.  The  building  stands  on  the  site  for- 
merly occupied  by  the  Thomson  Chapel.  It 
is  115  by  125  feet  in  dimensions,  built  of  Bed- 
ford limestone,  three  stories  high.  The  stack 
room  has  an  estimated  capacity  for  175,000 
volumes.  The  reading-room,  finely  lighted 
from  above,  is  60  by  100  feet  in  size. 
In  addition  to  the  administrative  offices  of  the 
library,  the  building  crmtains  a  series  of  rooms 
equipped  for  seminary  use,  and  several  class- 
and  lecture-rooms. 

The  first  ten  years  of  the  University  were 
years  of  limited  outlay.  During  these  years, 
howeser,  the  need  of  a  library  was  not  only 
recognized  but  steps  were  taken  to  meet  it. 
The  agents  of  the  U'ni\'ersity  were  authorized 
to  solicit  books  wdicre\er  they  oxild  and  700 
fairly  ^vell  chosen  volumes  were  the  result  of 
their  efforts. 

In  1853  ]\Ir.  William  Sturges  of  Zanes- 
ville,  Ohio,  ottered  to  give  $10,000  for  books 
if  the  church  would  build  a  library  building 
costing  $15,000.  By  this  time  about  3.000 
volumes  had  been  accjuired  by  gift  and  solicita- 
tion. In  a  short  time  after  the  offer  of  ]\Ir. 
Sturges,  sufficient  pledges  were  secured  for 
the  erection  of  a  building  which  was  begun  in 
1855,  and  dedicated  in  1S56. 

]\Ieanwhile,  President  Thompson  visited 
Europe  and  purchased  a  valuable  lilsrary  of 
about  3,000  volumes  w-ith  the  money— $6,- 
600 — paid  by  'Mr.  Sturges.  Contributions 
w-ere  also  received  from  Dr.  Joseph  Trimble 
and  William  A.  Ingliam,  members  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees.  After  Dr.  Inghain's 
death,  his  widow  placed  in  the  library  about 
500  of  his  private  books.  The  widow  of  the 
late  Dr.  Charles  Elliott  gave  the  bulk  of  his 
private  library,  rich  in  patriotic  and  contro- 
versial literature.     The  widow  of  Dr.  James 


AND  RErRESEXTATR'E  CITIZEXS 


F.  Challant,  of  the  Cincinnati  conference,  gave 
his  select  hbrary,  consisting  largely  of  philo- 
sophical books.  Benjamin  St.  James  Fry,  edi- 
tor of  the  "Central  Christian  Advocate,"  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  left  his  librarv  in"  Methodist 
Church  hi..Lnry.  Ei>hop  Isaac  W.  \\'iley  lie- 
qucather  to  the  University  iiis  library  in 
memory  of  his  son.  The  friends  of  Rev.  John 
X.  Irwin,  U.  D.,  an  alumnus  of  the  class  of 
1S70,  purchased  his  library  for  the  University. 
John  O.  McDowell.  AI.  D.,  an  alumnus  and 
trustee  of  the  University,  bequeathed  his  li- 
brary of  over  300  volumes  as  a  foundation  for 
a  medical  library.  This  collection  was  supi^le- 
ni^nted  by  a  gift  from  Mrs.  Philip  Roettinger, 
of  Cincinnati,  of  about  200  volumes  fmrn  the 
library  of  her  father.  A.  C.  McChrsney,  M.  D.. 
of  Cincinnati.  John  W.  King,  an  alumnus 
and  trustee,  secured  for  the  library  fairly  com- 
plete sets  of  the  great  English  quarterly  re- 
views and  monthlies.  Several  of  the  Univer- 
sity clubs,  especially  the  Delaware  Association 
of  Alumni,  contributed  liberally.  Xumerous 
individuals  made  special  additions  of  books  in 
art.  criticism,  historical  research  and  English 
literature.  Being  a  depository,  the  library  re- 
ceived copies  nf  all  United  States  Government 
publications  as  well  as  Ohio  State  documents. 
In  iSyS,  the  Slocum  Library  building  was 
dedicated,  having  been  completed  al  a  cost  .if 
alxntt   $65,000. 

After  the  library  was  removed  to  this 
building-,  Dr.  '^\.  J.  Cramer,  ex-consul  to 
Germany,  bequeathed  his  librarv  of  3.000 
volumes.  John  Williams  White,  Ph.  D..  pro- 
fessor of  Greek  in  Harvard  University,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1SG8,  purchased  abroad  a 
library  of  2,000  volumes,  which  constituted  a 
working  library  in  Greek  and  Latin.  At  the 
time  of  remmal  into  the  new  building,  the 
total  number  of  volumes  owned  by  the  librarv 
was  24,870.  The  number  of  accessions  by  gift, 
exchange,  binding  and  purchase  now  equals 
55.14S.  The  number  of  periodicals  received 
has  been  increased  three  fold  now  numbering 
about  400.  The  library  is  now  open  seventy- 
three  hours  per  week,  an  increase  of  twenty- 
nine  hours  and  the  recorded  circulation  fur 
1906-07  was  31,710;  which  does  not  take  into 


account  the  use  of  6,500  bouks  and  periodicals 
in  greatest  demand  kept  on  the  Open  Shelf. 

Of  even  more  importance  than  this  growtli 
and  increased  use  of  the  library,  is  the  steady 
progress  made  in  library  administraticjn.  The 
introduction  of  modern  library  methods  has  re- 
sulted in  a  working  library  well  fitted  tri  supply 
the  needs  of  a  thousand  students. 

Athletics.  In  1888  the  stmlents  took  up 
among  themselves  a  subscriptii")n  of  abi;'ut 
$800  for  a  gAinnasium.  The  Hon.  Charles 
W.  Fairbanks'  of  the  class  of  1872,  a.ldcd 
$2,000  to  this  amount.  The  total  cost  of  die 
building  which  is  located  southeast  of  Elliott 
Hall,  was  $5,000,  the  balance  being  paid  from 
the  general  fund  of  the  University.  The  g}'m- 
nasium  was  equipped  with  the  needfrd  appa- 
i-atus,  but  did  n')t  prove  as  successful  or  as 
useful  as  was  hoped,  for  the  want  of  a  com- 
petent trainer,  who  coitid  devote  his  time  tr> 
this  work.  The  Athletic  Association  of  the 
students  was  formed  in  1890,  and  has  been 
carried  on  with  characteristic  interest.  The 
University  appropriated  two  acres  of  ground 
for  this  purpose,  and  the  Association  fenced 
the  grounds,  graded  the  surface  and  erected  a 
grandstand  tV'r  spectators.  The  cost  of  these 
improvements  borne  by  the  Association  was 
about  $2,000. 

The  John  Edwards  Gymnasium  was  named 
for  the  late  ]\Ir.  John  Edwards,  at  the  time 
of  his  death  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  University,  and  whose  widow  and  son 
were  the  jjrlncipal  contriluti^rs  to  the  building: 
fund.  The  Gymnasium  cost  about  $75,000, 
and  was  opened  February  22.  1908.  It  is  a 
rectangular  structure  150  by  S3  feet,  with  one 
projecting  bay  in  front  and  two  in  the  rear, 
to  accommodate  the  stairways — a  solid  and 
substantial  building,  the  first  nine  feet  of  stone, 
the  remainder  of  brick,  with  stone  trimmings, 
and  the  roof  of  red  tile.  In  the  basement  are 
a  swimming-pool  50  feet  long  and  22  feet  wide, 
having  a  water  depth  of  four  feet  at  one  end  and 
seven  feet  at  the  other,  the  gift  of  Mr.  Z.  L. 
White,  a  trustee  of  the  L'niversity.  and  several 
large  courts  that  can  be  used  for  hanfl-ball, 
bowling  alleys  and  drill  rooms  for  the  military 
companies  of  the  University.     Tlie  second  flijor 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


contains  the  adniinljtrative  offices  of  the  Di- 
rector of  the  Gynmasiinn,  a  locker  niom  having 
a  capacity  of  700  lockers,  and  bath  and  towel- 
hig  rooms.  On  the  third  floor  is  the  main 
gymnasium,  150  feet  by  83  feet,  which  is 
eqtnpped  with  all  the  necessary  apparatus  for 
a  complete  gymnasium.  Above  it  and  sus- 
pended from  the  roof  is  a  running  track  of 
fifteen  laps  to  the  mile.  'J"he  main  floor  will 
accommodate  banquet  tables  for  1.200  persons, 
and  for  such  occasions  there  is  a  fully  equipped 
kitchen  with  7,000  dishes. 

The  athletic  field  is  located  east  of  the 
gymna-ium.  It  is  600  feet  long  and  400  feet 
wide.  There  is  a  quarter-mile -oval  track  and 
a  100-yard  straight-away.  The  field  is  almost 
level,  but  is  a  little  higher  in  the  middle.  The 
surface  water  runs  to  tlie  track  and  straight- 
away which  carry  the  tile  for  drainage.  The 
grand  stand  and  bleachers  are  located  at  the 
west  end  of  the  field  and  ha\e  a  capacity  of 
1,000.  There  are  also  several  lawn  tennis 
courts.  The  ticket  office  and  gateway  \\ere 
built  as  a  memorial  by  the  class  of  1807.  The 
grading,  fence,  grand  stand,  bleachers  and 
gateway  cost  $11,000. 

Art  Hall,  formerly  the  residence  of  Mr. 
G'.  W.  Campbell,  was  purchased  at  a  cost  of 
$5,000  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Lyon  and  Mrs.  Abbie 
Parish,  and  presented  by  the'm  to  the  L^'niver- 
sity  in  1898.  It  is  devijted  to  the  work  of  the 
Art  Department  of  the  University. 

Hartupee  Hall,  which  was  opened  in 
1899,  was  presented  to  the  University  by  Dr. 
and  ^Irs.  Gaylord  H.  Hartupee,  to  be  used 
as  the  home  of  missionaries'  children  while 
they  are  being  educated  at  the  University.  The 
house  and  property  are  maintained  by  contri- 
butions secured  by  a  Board  of  Directors,  an 
organization  in  no  way  connected  with  the 
University. 

The  Perkins  Astronomical  Observ.a- 
TORY,  which  occupies  an  excellent  site  on  the 
old  Barnes  property,  is  a  handsome  building  of 
pressed  brick,  with  a  frontage  of  62  feet.  It 
includes  a  dome  for  the  telescope,  a  transit 
room,  clock  room  and  computing  and  library 
roonu  It  was  built  in  1892,  and  represents 
an  in\'estment  of  over  $15,000. 


the    CLEVELAXIi    college  of    rtlVSICIANS   AND 

SURGEONS MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT    OF 

OHIO    WESLEYAN    UNIVERSITY. 
(Roland  E    Skeel,  M.  D..  Dean.) 

The  Cleveland  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  was  founded  in  1S6.3  by  Dr.  Gustav 
C.  E.  Weber,  who,  during  the  Civil  War,  was 
surgeon-general  of  the  State  of  Ohio.  It  was 
then  known  as  Charity  Hospital  ^Medical  Col- 
lege, and  was  the  pioneer  in  providing  hos- 
pital and  clinical  advantages  for  its  students — 
this  feature  continues  to  be  one  of  its  chief  aims 
for  the  junior  and  senior  students. 

In  1869  it  became  the  Medical  Department 
of  the  University  of  Wooster,  and  remained 
as  such  until  1896,  when  it  became  affiliated 
wnb  the  Ohio  W'esleyan  University  and  re- 
ceived its  present  name.  Its  graduates  hold- 
ing diplomas  as  Doctors  of  INIedicine  from  the 
Ohio  \\  esleyan  University,  are  recognized  as 
members  of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Alumni  .-\s- 
sociatiun.  with  all  the  rights  and  privileges 
p-rtaining  to  the  same. 

]More  room  and  better  facilities  were  re- 
quired to  properly  carry  out  the  teachings 
made  necessary  in  the  advancement  of  labora- 
tory work,  and  to  this  end  the  new  building, 
at  the  corner  of  Central  Avenue  and  Brownell 
Street,  in  which  the  College  is  now  established, 
was  built,  the  value  being  conservatively  placed 
at  $60,000.  It  was  completed  and  dedicated 
on  November  22,   1900. 

THE   OHIO   WESLEYAN    FE.vIALE   COLLEGE 

'     MONXETT    HALL. 

In  the  establishment  of  the  LTniversity, 
while  no  provision  was  made  for  the  education 
of  women,  there  was  a  felt  want  that  the 
daughters  of  the  church  should  have  the  same 
privileges  of  education  as  were  afforded  to  the 
sons.  The  rapid  growth  and  the  success  of  the 
University  increased  this  sense  of  want,  es- 
pecially in  the  case  of  families  whose  sons  were 
entered  in  the  University.  The  first  at- 
tempt to  supply  this  demand  was  made  by  the 
Rev.  William  Gris<ell  and  wife,  who  came 
to    this    place    in    1850.      Encouraged    by   the 


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citizens,  Mr.  Grisscll  bought  the  old  Academy 
tiuilding  in  Soutli  Delaware  and  opened  a 
',-uHes'  school  in  September  of  that  year.  Tb.e 
attendance  was  encouraging-;  but,  in  1S52,  }>Ir. 
Grissell  found  that  he  could  no  longer  carry 
un  the  work  with  success.  At  this  time  the 
idea  of  a  college  for  ladies  was  taking  hold 
of  the  public  mind,  and  several  meetings  of 
citizens  who  were  ir.tere.ned  were  held  in  re- 
lation to  the  matter.  Just  at  this  time,  in  1852, 
the  parish  now  known  as  St.  Paul's,  in  South 
Delaware,  had  been  constituted  of  a  small 
colony  of  about  thirty  members,  mostly  from 
William  Street  Methodist  Church,  of  which 
the  late  Rev.  John  Quigley  was  appointed 
I)astor-.  They  met  for  w-orship  in  the  chapel 
of  Mr.  Grissell's  school;  and,  in  order  to  re- 
tain their  place  of  worship,  and  for  other  local 
reasons,  encouraged  the  movement  for  a  col- 
lege on  this  site.  -Accordingly,  the  property- 
was  bought  from  IMr.  Grissell,  and  an  or- 
ganization effected  under  the  name  of  "The 
Delawarf    FeniaL-  College.'" 

But  it  was  felt  by  many  that  the  location 
for  a  successful  college  must  l.ie  more  eligible 
and  tlie  accommodations  more  ample  than  the 
old  'Academy  and  two-fifths  of  an  acre  of 
ground  could  present.  To  Dr.  Ralph  Hills  is 
due  the  first  suggestion  of  the  homestead  of 
the  late  William  Little  as  the  most  desirable 
site  in  Delaware.  This  suggestion  met  with 
instant  favor,  and  wb.en  it  was  found  that  the 
family  consented  to  sell  th^  property,  an  or- 
ganization was  at  once  effected  and  a  .subscrip- 
tion was  opened  to  obtain  the  needed  amount. 
The  result  was  that  in  April,  1853,  "The 
Ohio  Wesleyan  Female  College"'  acquired  "a 
local  habitation  and  a  nanK." 

Among  tke  incorporators,  twenty  in  num- 
ber, were  Dr.  Ralph  Hills,  Prof.  William  L. 
Piarris,  Jan-ies  C.  Evans,  Augustus  A.  Welch, 
Rev.  Joseph  Ayers,  and  Prof.  William  G. 
Williams. 

The  property  which  the  incorporators 
bDught  contained  seven  acres,  to  which  three 
acres  were  subsequently  added  (1867).  The 
price  paid  for  the  original  purchase  v.-as  S7,- 
000,  and  for  the  addition  nearly  as  much  more. 


The  properly  was  at  once  offered  to  the  North 
Ohio  Conference,  and  accepted  by  that  body, 
with  the  right  of  perpetuation  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees.  Subsequently,  the  Central  Ohio 
Conference  and  the  Ohio  Conference  became 
joint  patrons  of  the  scho<-)l  with  equal  rights. 

In  the  course  of  the  tirst  year,  the  necessity 
for  more  room  was  felt,  and  a  two-story 
'>\-ooden  house  with  chapel  and  large  recita- 
tion rooms  was  erected  as  a  temporary  re- 
lief. This  ser\ed  the  purpose  for  a  few  years, 
but  the  continued  growth  of  the  school  led, 
in  1855,  to  larger  plans.  The  southern  wing 
of  a  building  which  was  supposed  to  be  large 
enough  for  the  probable  Vvants  of  the  school 
was  tirst  erected ;  then,  after  some  years,  the 
central   block   and   the  other   wing. 

The  means  for  all  this  expenditure  were 
raised  n-iostly  through  the  labors  of  agents  ap- 
pointed by  the  patronizing  Conferences.  Of 
these,  the  Rev.  Joseph  A}cr5,  at  that  time 
presiding  elder  of  the  Delaware  District,  was 
the  first;  and  a  large  part  of  the  initial  labor 
of  founding  the  school  was  done  by  him.  By 
indefatigable  effort,  the  means  were  gradually 
obtained,  and  the  end  was  at  last  readied. 
Of  the  many  who  contributed  to  this  cause, 
particular  inention  must  Ix;  made  of  Miss 
;Mary  Alonnett,  afterwards  Mrs.  John  W. 
Bain,  a  pupil  of  the  school,  who,  in  1857,  ga\-e 
$10,000  toward  the  building  fund.  Pier  timely 
help  made  the  completion  of  the  building  cer- 
tain and  immediate;  and  in  recognition  of  her 
benefaction,  the  entire  building  bears  the 
name  of   "Monnett  Hall." 

About  1S70  the  south  wing  of  this  build- 
ing was  injured  by  fire.  The  roof  and  the 
upper  story  were  destroyed,  and  other  parts 
deluged  with  water.  But  the  operations  of 
the  school  were  not  suspended,  and  the  parts 
burned  were  immediately  replaced,  better  than 
be  fore. 

The  school  was  always  self-supporting, 
and,  for  most  of  the  time,  the  tutition  and  the 
boarding  fees  not  only  paid  the  faculty,  but 
yielded  some  revenue  for  the  general  purposes 
of  the  institution.  A  scheme  for  an  endow- 
ment by  scholarships,   similar  to  that  of  the 


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L'iii\ersity,  was  at  one  time  attcmj)to<l.  l)ut  the 
attempt  was  soou  ahantlmied,  and  no  penni- 
netit  fund  was  ever  secured. 

Jii  1866  certain  ladies,  mostly  aliuniue  of 
the  institution,  organized  thenisffhes  into  an 
association  to  raise  a  fund  for  a  college  library. 
They  soon  had  about  $j,ooo,  which  sum  the 
trustees  borrowed  for  the  completion  of  the 
College  buildings,  as  being  just  then  a  more 
].)ressing  want  than  the  accjuisition  of  a  library. 
But,  in  1S69,  Mr.  William  A.  Ingham,  or 
Cleveland,  who  had  undertaken  to  fill  an  al- 
cove in  the  Uni\-ersity  library,  gave  this  col- 
lege $1,000  worth  of  books,  in  honor  of  his 
wife,  formerly  Miss  Mary  B.  Janes,  who, 
in  185S-62  had  been  the  teacher  of  French  and 
bellesdettres  in  the  College.  In  view  of  this 
donation,  the  Board  ordered  the  Executive 
Committee  to  ht  up  a  library  and  reading-room 
in  the  central  building,  and  to  invest  Si, 000 
of  the  ladies'  library  fund  in  books.  The  bal- 
ance of  the  loan  the  Board  had  not  repaid 
when  the  union  of  the  schools  took  place ;  and, 
in  view  of  the  large  University  library,  which 
thus  became  accessible  to  the  ladies,  and  the 
inability  of  the  Board,  the  association  fore- 
b'.re  the  formal  collection  of  the  amount. 

The  first  president  of  the  College  was  Prof. 
Oran  Faville,  M.  A.,  of  :\lcKendrce  College, 
Ihinijis,  and  Airs.  ?ilaria  ^l.  Fa\-ille  was  the 
first  preceptress.  Their  united  salary  was 
fixed  at  $1,000.  A  number  of  other 
teachers  were  appointed  in  the  academic  and 
musical  departments.  The  first  term  opened 
August  4,  185.3,  '"'"-1  fl'"^  calendar  was  arranged 
to  agree  with  that  of  the  University.  The 
enrollment  the  first  year  was  159,  and  the 
number  of  pupils  attending  eacli  year  after- 
wards generally  largely  exceeded  200,  and 
sometimes  reached  300.  In  1855  President 
Faville's  health  compelled  his  resignation  and 
he  removed  to  Iowa,  of  which  State  he  was 
subseriuently  lieutenant-governor,  and  com- 
missioner of  public  instruction.  His  succes- 
sors were  the  Re\'.  James  A.  Dean,  who  re- 
mained but  a  short  time,  and  Rev.  Charles  D. 
Burritt,  who  also  resigned  before  the  end  of 
a  year.  The  Rev.  Park  S.  Donelson,  D.  D.. 
was  elected  in   1S56,  and  remained  President 


for  seventeen  year:;,  until  1873.  when  he  re- 
signed to  engage  in  past(_:ral  work.  The  next 
President,  and  the  last  before  the  union  of  the 
two  institutions,  was  William  Richardson,  yi. 
A.,  who  had  been  fax'oralily  known  in  pulilic 
school  work,  and  who.  m  1S77,  resigned  to  re- 
enter that  field. 

The  degrees  conferred  by  the  institution 
were  Mistress  of  Liberal  .Vrts  for  tlujse  who 
took  the  classical  course,  and  Mistress  of  Eng- 
lish Literature  for  those  who  took  the  scien- 
tific course.  The  classical  course  embraced 
studies  largel}'  the  same,  at  first,  as  those  in 
the  University,  except  Greek.  This  language, 
too,  was  finally  included  as  optional,  and  upon 
the  few  who  took  the  entire  course  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts  was  conferred. 

The  graduates  of  the  College  numbered, 
in  1S77,  "^vhen  the  union  with  the  Uni\'ersity 
took  place,  over  400.  They  have  long  had  an 
alumna:-  organization,  and  the  local  graduates 
have,  for  many  years,  maintained  a  literary 
association  with  monthly  re-unions. 

One  of  the  original  articles  ot  as-ociatiijn, 
adopted  in  1853,  provided  that  it  at  any  time 
the  union  of  the  two  institutions  could  legally 
be  eft'ected.  it  sliould  be  l)rought  about.  It 
was  not  until  a  cjuarter  of  a  century  had  passed 
that  the  friends  of  this  movement  felt  strong 
enough  to  bring  to  fruition  the  hope  that  had 
been  entertained  by  some,  at  least,  of  those 
who  had  participated  in  the  establishment  of 
the  College. 

In  1877.  the  Board  of  the  University 
adopted  a  resolution,  that,  if  the  trustees  of 
the  Female  College  should  discontinue  the 
academic  work  of  that  school,  and  transfer  the 
property,  free  from  debt,  to  the  trustees  of  the 
L'niversity,  they  would  accept  the  property, 
and  open  the  University  to  the  ladies,  and 
would  estaldish  a  special  course  of  study  of 
high  order  for  ladies,  with  appropriate  degrees 
fi'r  the  completion  of  the  coiu'se.  The  propo- 
sition was  accepted.  .\  debt  of  about  S9.000. 
which  had  been  incurred  for  additi(ins  to  the 
campus,  was  paid  by  the  Ohio  Central  Con- 
ference from  the  amount  raised  for  the  L'ni- 
versity by  its  agents:  and  thus  the  University 
I  caine  into  the  unincumbered   possession   of  a 


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properly  worth  at  least  $roo.ooo.  had  an  ad- 
dition of  nearly  200  students  per  annum  to  its 
enroilnient,  and  gained  an  increase  of  thirty 
per  cent,  in  its  income.  There  wei'e  other 
gains.  The  union  of  the  schools  removed  a 
distracting  question  from  the  councils  of  the 
University  and  the  Church,  put  this  large  and 
influential  school  abreast  of  the  sentiment  and 
pviig^ress  of  the  age.  and  concentrated  U]:)on  ir- 
self  the  interest  and  the  benefactions  which 
/lad  licen  di\crted  to  another  institution,  or 
altogether  lost  between  the  conflicting  claims 
of  the  two  rival  schools.  The  advantages  from 
the  union  of  the  schools  and  from  co-education 
of  the  sexes  are  so  manifest  and  so  great,  that, 
in  summing  up  the  result,  minor  incon\-enience5 
can  be  patiently  adjusted  or  quietly  ign-ired. 
There  has  also  been  a  reflex  beneficial  influ- 
ence on  the  development  of  the  Ladies'  De- 
partment. The  expensive  tuition  fees  vvcre  at 
once  cancelled,  as  all  the  ladies  were  admitted 
to  the  Uni\ersity  on  scholarships.  The  ai- 
tenflance  of  kuHes  r  ipidly  grew  to  three  times 
what  it  was  the  year  before  the  union  was 
consummated.  In  1876  the  number  of  ladTes 
was  172;  for  the  five  years  prior  to  1894,  it 
ranged  from  444  to  537;  the  enrollment  lor 
the  fall  term  in  1907  was  502.  This  number 
is  far  beyond  what  the  founders  of  the  Female 
College  expected  in  their  most  sanguine  hopes. 
In  1890  the  building  was  enlarged  to  twice  its 
former  size,  at  a  cost  of  over  $50,000.  Tlu- 
old  Monnett  Hall  of  the  Female  College,  with 
its  two  wings  and  central  block,  is  now,  in 
fact,  but  one  of  the  wings  of  the  new  ^ilonnett 
Hall  of  Ohio  Wesleyan  University.  The 
building  as  it  new  stand-;  is  200  feet  long,  100 
feet  wide,  and  four  stories  in  height.  This 
large  building"  has  ample  accommodations  for 
250  ladies,  giving  eacli  a  separate  r(,xim  or 
suite  of  rooms.  The  upper  floors  are  acces- 
sible by  several  wide  stairways,  or  by  an  ele- 
vator. The  building  contains  an  assembly 
hall  or  chapel,  conservatory  of  music,  reception 
rooms,  parlors,  library  antl  reading-room  well 
supplied  with  books  and  periodicals,  three  halls 
for  the  ladies'  literary  sucieties,  and  a  large, 
light  dining-room. 


The  veranda  of  Monnett  Hall  was  built  at 
an  expense  of  $5,000.  which  was  paid  by  that 
generous  friend  of  the  I'niversity,  Mr.  D.  S. 
Gray,  of  Cohunbus,  Ohio.  A  loggia,  or  art 
annex,  is  being  constructed.  This  will  add 
fifteen  feet  to  the  ^\•idth  of  the  building  f'^r  a 
distance  of  thirty-five  feet,  and  in  the  sjjace 
thus  acquired,  numerous  works  of  art  will  be 
placed.  The  cost  c>f  this  imi)rovement  will 
be  alx>ut  .$2,500.  wh.ich  is  l)eing  defrayed  prin- 
cipally by  Mrs,  Anna  Clason.  There  arc  now 
about  3,000  volumes  in  Monnett  library.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  fall  term  of  1907,  there 
were  502  young  ladies  enrolled  at  ^Monnett 
Hall:  of  this  number  260  reside  at  the  Hall, 
besides  oflicers,  teachers  and  help.  For  the 
first  six  years,  until  1S83,  Dr,  AV.  F.  Wdiitlock 
was  Dean  of  Monnett  Hall;  since  that  date 
Dr.  C.  B.  Austin  has  filled  the  office. 

RE.SULTS    .VCCO.MPLISIIED. 

A  brief  glance  at  the  results  actually  ac- 
complished by  tlie  University  will  be  of  inter- 
est. Unfortunately,  the  statistics  have  not 
been  collated  to  date  and  we  shall  tlierefore 
have  to  content  ourselves  with  a  quotation 
from  "Fifty  Years  of  History,"  which  brings 
the  figures  down  to   1894. 

"Two  thousand  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
six  students  have  been  graduated.  Abi:>ut 
se\-en  times  that  number  have  drunk  at  the 
same  fountain  for  a  longer  or  shorter  periixl. 
in  the  earlier  history  of  the  institution  the 
relative  number  of  those  not  graduated  was 
much   larger  than   in   recent  years. 

"Three  hundred  and  seventy-seven  gradu- 
ates have  been  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  and 
six  thousand  five  hundred  years  of  service 
already  stand  to  their  credit.  *  *  *  Af- 
ter the  war  many  of  the  graduates  began  to 
seek  professional  training  in  the  leading  uni- 
versities of  this  country  and  of  Europe,  and 
have  secured  the  degrees  of  ]M.  A.  and  Ph.  D. 
from  them.  ]\Iore  than  one  hundred  have 
taken  a  full  post-graduate  course  in  law  and 
received  the  degree  of  LL.  B..  and  are  in  the 
van  of  advocates  and  jurists  in  many  of  the 


ii  ;--<,(  T_ 


A   :  ■ 


HISTOR\-  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


States  of  llie  Union.  Tlie  same  ib  true  of  tlie 
medical  profession.  Some  sixty  of  tlie  gradu- 
ates liave  become  college  presidents,  about 
three  times  this  number  college  professors, 
and  a  still  larger  number  have  been  instructors 
in  academies  and  the  public  schools.  Dr.  Nel- 
son estimates  six  thousand  years  of  service  in 
the  work  of  teaching.  *  *  *  He  also  says 
thai  one  hundred  and  forty-six  hornet  have 
b(.en  budt  up  in  which  Imth  hu>b''nu  ard  wife 
are  alumni  of  this  institution;  thai  sixty  of  the 
University's  grandchildren  ha\c  been  gradu- 
ated ;  and  that  great-grandchildren  have  al- 
ready been  enrolled. 

"The  statistics  make  clear  what  has  long 
been  the  pride  of  trustees,  facuU}^  and  friends 
— a  pj'evailing  missionary  spirit.  Sixiy-tour 
graduates  and  fifteen  undei graduates  liave 
gone  to  the  ends  of  the  eartli  in  the  holy 
and  heroic  crusade  of  missiunary  \>,\irk.  Tliey 
arc  in  exery  mission  field  of  the  Church,  sa\e 
Africa.  Such  men  as  Drs.  Nathan  Sites  and 
H.  H.  Low-ry  in  China:  T.  J.  Sc.itt  and  W^il- 
liani  A.  ?d'anseri,  in  India;  J.  F.  Thomson  and 
Charles  W.  Drees,  in  South  America,  will 
indicate  the  cast  and  the  efficiency  of  the 
workers  sent  forth." 

The  enrollment  of  students  in  the  Univer- 
sity for  the  first  year  w-as  one  hundred  and 
ten  and  gradually  increased  until  in  1850  it 
numbered  two  hundred  and  fifty-seven.  The 
ne.\t  year  showed  506  names.  This  sudden  in- 
crease was  due  to  the  system  of  cheap  scholar- 
ships put  into  successful  operation  that  year 
b/  the  Board  of  Trustees.  Since  1851  the 
attendance  has  always  been  large.  Only  once, 
in  1S63,  the  dark  year  of  the  war,  has  the 
aggregate  fallen  as  low  as  300;  and  v;p  to  the 
union  of  the  two  schools  it  usually  exceeded 
400.  After  tliat  event,  the  enrollment  sprang 
at  once  to  more  than  600  and  in  two  years  went 
up  to  nearly  a  i.oco.  The  University  has  ma- 
triculated upwards  of  26,000  students.  The 
enrollment  in  the  departments  at  Delaware, 
but  not  including  in  this  statement  the  [Medical 
College  at  Cleveland,  is  as  follows  for  the  past 
■fourteen  years:  1894,  785;  1895,  848;  1896, 
-63:  1897,  736;  1898.  775;  1899,  71  ^^  1900- 
757;  1901,  S02:  1902,  800;  1903,  8S6;  1904. 


905;  1905,  914:  1906,  921;  1907,  1.003. 
The  most  cordial  rclalions  have  always 
existed  between  the  University  and  the  citi- 
zens. No  invidious  class  words  are  known 
here  such  as,  in  the  University  towns  of  the 
Old  World,  mark  the  antagonisms  between  ihe 
university  and  the  people — -"Gown  and  town;" 
'"College  and  Philistines."  Living  as  most  oi 
the  students  do,  in  the  families  of  the  citizens, 
intermingling  in  the  same  circles,  attending 
the  same  churches,  members  of  the  same  po- 
litical or  other  organizations,  many  of  the  stu- 
dents coming  from  the  families  of  the  town 
and  many  of  the  students  fruni  other  places 
finally  intermarrying  with  the  families  here, 
there  has  been  no  possibility,  as  there  has  been 
no  occasion,  for  antipathy  between  them. 

SCMMARY     OF     I)EP.\RTMEXT.S     WITH     ROS- 
TER    OF    OFFICERS    OF    ADMIXISTRA- 
TlOX    AXD    OF    INSTKUCTIOX. 

The    College    of   Liberal    Arti,    established    in    1S44. 

The   Academic   Department,   established   in   1S41. 

The  School  of  Music,  established  in  1S77. 

Jhe-School  of  Fine  Arts,  established  in  1877. 

The   School  of  Oratory,  established  in   1894. 

The  School  of  Business,  established  in   1S95. 

The  College  of  Medicine  (Cleveland  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons),  founded  in  lS6j,  incorpor- 
ated with  the  University  in  1896. 

OFFICERS  OF  ADMINISTRATION. 

Herbert  Welch,  D.  D.  LL.  D.,  president. 

Professor  William  Francis  Whitlock,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 
vice-president ;  Dean  of  Men. 

Professor  Cyrus  Brooks  Austin,  D.  D.,  Dean  of 
Women;  Dean  of  Summer  Session. 

Professor  Mary  Wheeler  Newberry,  M.  A.,  Asso- 
ciate Dean  of  Women. 

Professor  John  Henry  Grove,  ^\.  A.,  Principal  of 
the  Academic  Department. 

Professor  William  Emory  Smyser,  M.  \.,  Registrar. 

Assistant  Professor  Russell  Benjamin  Miller,  B.  D., 
Ph.  D.,  Librarian. 

Professor  Lewis  Gardner  Westgate,  Ph.  D.,  Curator 
of  Cabinets ;  Secretary  of  the  Faculty. 

Professor  William  Garfield  Hornell,  Ph.  D.,  Superin- 
tendent of  Buildings  and  Grounds. 

Katharina  Christiana  Schock,  B.  L.,  Assistant  Li- 
brarian. 

Helen  Isabel  Albright,  B.  L.,  Cataloguer. 

Emma   Lavinia   Kirk,   B.  L.,  .Assi-tant  Cataloguer. 


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233 


IxiuUe   Christine    Schrotc,   Reference   Librarian. 
James   Harvard  Uenney,   Reading  Room   Attendant. 
Etliel  Stout,  B.  L.,  Secretary  to  the  President. 
Sarah  Irene  Disney,  B.  A.,  Secretary  to  the  Regis- 


.M.<rie    An 
Registrar. 


ette    Disnc 


J>.,    Secretary    to    the 


FIXANCIAL  OFFICER; 
Sue    Cl'ppinger,-    Auditor;     .74     N( 


?a;!dr 


Street. 

James  Crawford  Roberts,  >.J.  A.,  B.  D.,  Financial 
Secretary',    175    Xortli    Liberty    Street. 

Darius  Lyman  Edwards,  .^L  A.,  Field  Agent,  iG 
West   Fountain   Avenue. 

Lcinuel  Dyer  Lilly,  M.  A.,  Land  and  Loan  Agent, 
New   Hayden   Building,   Columbus,   Ohio. 

Rev.  Aaron  Jackson  Lyon,  D.  D.,  Financial  Agent, 
North   Ohio   Conference. 

Rev.  L^aac  Fenton  King,  D.  D.,  Financial  .\gent, 
Ohio   Conference,   Columbus,    Oliio. 

OFFICERS   OF  INSTRUCTION. 
College    of    Liberal    Arts    and    Academic    Department. 

William  .F-ranci:,  Whitlock,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Brown 
Professor  of  the  Latin  Lanjuaj;e  a.id  Liteiatur;. 

Rev.  Hiram  Mills  Perkins,  M.  A.,  LL.  D.,  Emeritus 
Professor   of   Mathematics   and   Astronomy. 

Jchn  Henry  Grove,  M.  A.,  Professor  of  Latin. 

Rev.  Richard  Parsons,  M.  A.,  Wright  Professor  of 
the  Greek  Language  and  Literature. 

Cyrus  Brooks  Austin,  M.  A.,  D.  D.,  Parrott  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics  and  Astronomy. 

Rev.  William  Walter  Davies.  M.  A.,  B.  D-,  Ph.  D., 
Professor  of  German   and  Hebrew. 

Robert  Irving  Fulton,  M.  A.,  Professor  of  Elocution 
and    Oratory. 

*Richard  Taylor  Stevenson,  B.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  James 
S.  Britton   Professor  of  American  History 

William  Garfield  Hormell.  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of 
Physics 

Clara  Aibertine  NeL.^n,  M.  A.,  Professor  of  French. 

Trumbull  Gillette  Duvall,  B.  D.,  Ph.  D..  Professor 
of  Philosophy,  and  Amrine  Professor  of  Christian  Evi- 
dences. 

Edward  Loranus  Rice,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Zoology. 

Rollin  Hcugh  Walker,  M.  A.,  S.  T.  B.,  Ph.  D.,  Eliza 
Meharry  Jeffers   Professor   of  the   English   Bible. 

Lewis  Gardner  Westgate,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Ge- 
ology. 

William  Emory  Smy.-er,  M.  A.,  Dr.  Benjamin  F. 
Cessna  Professor  of  the  English  Language  and  Lit- 
erature. 


■Absent  on  leav 


Mary  Wheeler  Newberrv,  M.  A.,  Professor  of 
EnglisI). 

George  Oswm  Higley,  Ph.  IX,  Professor  01  Chem- 
istry. 

Benjamin  Lincoln  McElroy,  B.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  Morris 
Sharp   Professor  of  Theology. 

William  Henry  Menges,  First  Lieutenant,  Coast 
Artillery  Corps,  U.  S.  ■  Armv,  Professor  of  Military 
Tactics. 

George  Gorham  Groat,  M.  Pd.,  Ph.  D.,  .-\;s'  ciate 
Professor  of  Economics  on  the  Homer  E.  White 
Foundation. 

Gordon  Nelson  Armstrong,  M.  A.,  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics. 

*Grace  Stanley,  M.  A.,  .A.ssistant  Professor  of  Latin. 
Emma  Louise  Konaiu^,  M.  A.,  Assiilant   Professor 
of  Mathematics. 

Russell  Benjamin  Miller,  B.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  Assistant 
Professor  cf  Greek,  and  Acting  Chri,man  Professor 
of    Biblical    Literature. 

Wesley  Branch  Rickey,  B.  L.,  Director  of  .Athletics. 
John   Wesley   Page,  B.  A.,  Director  of  Gymnasium. 
William  Henry   Sicbert.  M.  A.,   Professor  of  Euro- 
pean   Flistory,    Ohio    State     University,     Lecturer     in 
History. 

Edmund   Daniel   Lyon,   M.   A.,    Principal   of   Wood- 
ward   High    School.     Cincirmati.     Ohio,     Lecturer     in 
Pedagogy   (Summer   Session,   IC107). 
•   Mary    Elizabeth    Davies,    Instructor    in    German. 
Evelyn  May  Albright,  M.  A.,  Instructor  in  English. 
Nathaniel    Waring    Barnes,    M.    A.,    Instructor    in 
English    (Summer   Session,    1907). 

Sarah    Cory   Cantwell.    B.    A.,    Instructor   in   Greek. 
Charles    Wellington    Edwards,    Jobii    >V.     Richard- 
son   Instructor    in    Engineering. 

Theodora  Louise  Blakeslee,  B.  L,,  Instructor  in 
French. 

Allen  Anders   Scipt.   Ph.  D  ,   Instructor  in   German. 
William     Rader     Westhafer,    E.     A.,     Instructor    in 
Mathematics     (Summer    Session,     190-). 

Robert  Pelton  Sibley,  M.   A.,   Instructor  in  English. 
Russell  Hissey  Erwine,  P..  L.,  Instructor  in  History. 
George     Norton     Thurston,    B.     S.,     Instructor     in 
Physics. 

George  Richard  Kingham,  B.  A.,  Instructor  in 
Philosophy. 

Harriet    Pyne   Grove,    B.   L.,   Instructor   in    Latin. 
Homer    Calvin    Bayliss,    Instructor    in    Engineering. 
Daniel  Abraham  Ferree.  Instructor  in  Mathematics. 
Edith   Salmans,    Instructor   in   Spanish. 
Jason   McVay  .Austin,   Major  of  Cadet   Battalion. 
Murray  Thurston' Titus.   Leader  of  Cadet  Band. 

SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC. 
Charles    M.   Jacobus,    Director,    Instructor   in    Piano 
and    Theory. 


■!       .,  ur.      ,'     IM 


234 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


*Isahcl  Thunias,  Instructor  m  Piano  and  History 
of    Music. 

Clara  FaviHe  Williams,  B.  A.,  Instii'.ctor  in  Voice. 

Edith   Emma    Bratton,   Instructor   in   \'ic!in, 

Emma  Adele  Crane,  Instructor  in  Harmony.'  Coun- 
trrpoint,    and    Piano. 

Edward  Young  Mason.  Instructor  in  Organ  and 
Piano, 

Jessie  Wilma  Pontius,  Instructor  in  Piano  and 
History   of   Music. 

John  Adam  Bending'.r,  Instructor  in  Voice  and 
Vocal    Sight-Reading. 

Harry  Nelson   Wiley,   Instructor   in   Piano. 

SCHOOL  OF  FIXE  ARTS. 

Sallie  Tliompson  Humphreys,  Director,  Instructor 
in   Decorative  Design.   Oil   and   China   Painting. 

Mary  Bertha  Purdum,  Instructor  in  Antique  Draw- 
ing  and    Water   Color    Painting. 

SCHOOL  OF   ORATORY. 

Robert  Irving  Fulton,  M.  A.,  Dean,  Professor  of 
Elncuti.-.n    and    Oratory. 

Lucy  Dean  Jenkins,  M.  .-\.,  Instructor  in  Elocu- 
tion,   Oratory,   and    Physical    Culture. 

Pearl  Myers  Leas,  B.  L.,  Instructor  in  Elocution 
and    Oratory. 

Thomas  Clarkson  Trueb!cH?d.  M.  A.,  (Professor  of 
Oratory,  University  of  Micliigan.)  Lecturer  and  In- 
terpretative   Reader,    Ann    Arbor,    Mich. 

SCHOOL  OF  BUSINESS. 

Lycurgus  Leonidas  Hudson,  M.  A.,  Principal,  In- 
structor in  Accounting.  Banking,  and  Business  Prac- 
tice. 

Estella  May  Hutchisson,  B.  A..  Instructor  in  Short- 
hand,  Typewriting   and    Correspondence. 

Harry  WicVIiffe  Cri-t.  P.  A.,  Instructor  in  Com- 
mercial   Law. 

Harry  Pudens  Greenwall,  Assistant  in  Business 
and    Ornamental    Penmanship. 

Frank  Decatur  Ste.ger,  Assistant  in  Ccmmercial 
ArithuKtic. 

George    Clausing,    .Assistant    in    .-\d\  ertising. 

COLLEGE   OF   MEDICINE. 

(Cleveland     College    of      Phy.^icians     and      Surgeons) 

Cleveland.    Ohio. 

Roland  Edward  Skeel,  M.  D.,  Dean,  Professor  of 
Obstetrics. 

Clyde  Ellsworth  Cotton.  M.  D..  Emeritus  Profes- 
sor   of    .Anatomy,    Black    Mountain,    N.    C. 

Charles    Franklin    Dutton.    M.    D.,    Emeritus    Pro- 
fesscr    of    Medicine    and    Clinical    Medicine. 
*.Absent   on    leave. 


Henry  Warron  Rogers.  M.  D.,  Emeritus  Profes- 
sor  of   Medical    Diagnosis    and    Clinical    Medicine. 

Marcus  Rosenwasser,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Dis- 
eases   of   \Vomcn. 

Albert  Rufus  Baker,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Ophthal- 
mology. 

Daniel  Buttrick  Smith,  M.  A.,  M,  D..  Professor  of 
Ophthalmology-. 

Charles  Barnsdall  Parker,  M.  A.,  M.  I).,  M.  R.  C. 
S.,    Professor    of    Clinical    Surgery. 

Samael  Walter  Kelley,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Dis- 
eases  of   Children. 

Joseph  Franklin  Hobson,  M.  D.,  Treasurer,  Pro- 
fessor   of    Principles    of    Surgery. 

Henry  Ebenezer  Handcrson,  M.  A.,  M.  D..  Pro- 
fessor   of    Hygiene    and    Sanitary    Science. 

John  George  Spenzer,  Ph.  D.,  M.  D.,  F.  C.  S.,  Pro- 
fessor of  General  and  Medical  Chemistry  and  Phar- 
njacology. 

John  Bernard  McGee,  M.  D.,  Secretary,  Professor 
of   Therapeutics. 

Robert  Pollock,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Materia 
Medica. 

Thomas  Chark-s  Martin.  Ph.  D.,  M.  D.,  Professor 
of   Proctolog}-. 

Edson  Burton  Bauder,  M.  A.,  LL.  B.,  Professor 
of    Medical    Ethics. 

Robert  Gilcrest  Schnee,  M.  D.,  Professor  cf  Bac- 
teriology  and    Pathology. 

Charles  John  Aldrich.  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Neur- 
ology. 

Morris  Daniel  Stepp,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Opera- 
tive  Siirgery. 

Arthur  Julius  Skeel,  M.  D.,  Professor  cf  Anatomy 
and   Lecturer   on    Obstetrics. 

Milton  Jay  Lichty,  Ph.  B.,  M.  D..  Registrar,  Pro- 
fessor of  Medicine. 

John  Nicholas  Lenker,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Otology, 
Rhinology   and   Laryngology. 

Martin    Friedrich,    M.    D..    Professor    of    Medicine. 
Benjamin   Franklin  Flamblcton,   B.   S.,   iM.   D.,   Pro- 
fessor   of    Physiology. 

.Alfred  Cluni.  LL.  M,.  Professor  of  Medical  Juris- 
prudence. 

Nathan  Weidenthal.  B.  A..  M.  D.,  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Diseases   of  Children. 

Charles  Given  Foote,  M.  D.,  .Associate  Professor 
of  Genito-Urinary  Diseases  and  Lecturer  on  Surgery 

Frederick  Yingling  Alien,  M.  D.,  .Associate  Pro- 
fessor  of   Histology. 

George  Seeley  Smith.  M.  A..  M.  D.,  Associate  Pro- 
fessor   of   Medicine. 

Augustus  Farlin  House,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor 
of    Clinical    Surgery.        ,  .  ,  ..        , 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


LECTURERS    AXD    ASSISTANTS. 
Edward  Lauder.  M.  D..  C.  >L,  Lecturer  on  Ophthal- 
mology. 

Lillian   Gertrude  Towdee,  ^L  D.,  Lecturer  on  Dis- 
eases of   Women. 

Korman    Caiy    Yarian,    R.    L.,    iL    D.,    Lecturer    ou 
Medicine. 

Adolph     Steiner,    ^L    I).,    Lecturer    on     Rhinolocr\-, 
Otology  and   Laryngolgy. 

Adams    Bailey    Ilow.ird.    ^L    D..    Clinical    Lecturer 
on    Mental    Diseases. 

Harry   Bertolette   Kurtz,    M.    D..   Lecturer   on    Der- 
matology   and    Venereal    Diseases. 

Henry  O.   Feiss,   B.   A.,  M.   D.,  Lecturer  on  Ortho- 
pedic   Surgery. 

Joseph   Charles    Placak.    M.    D.,   Lecturer   on    Path- 
ology. 

•  Ralph  Kinsey  Updegrafi,  M.  D.,  Lecturer  on  Physi- 
cal  Diagnosis. 

Julius  Goldfingcr,  M.  D.,  Lecturer  on  Obstetrics. 
Harry  J.   Stoll,   M.    D.,  Lecturer   on   Surgery. 
Edward     Patrick     Monaghan,    M.    D..    Lecturer    on 
Osteolcgy. 

Frederick     William     Linn,    ^L     D.,    Instructor     in 
Physiology. 

Henry  Charles  Crumrine,  M.  D..  Instructor  in  Com- 
parative  Anatomy   and   Embryology. 

Frank   Roth,   M.   D..   Instructor   in    Medicine. 
Homer  John  Hartzell,  lil.  A.,  M.  D.,   Instructor  in 
Diseases   of  Children   and   Assistant   in   Chemistry. 
■    Willis  Theodore  Parsons,  M.  D.,  Instructor  in  Dis- 
eases  of   Women. 

Clyde    Ellsworth    Ford,   M.    D.,    Instructor   in    Sur- 
gery. 

Edwin  Alan  Hannuni,  M.  D.,  Instructor  in  Electro- 
Therapeutics. 

Asa    Fleming    Vonk,    ^T.    D.,    Instructor    in    Materia 
Medica.     - 

Israel    Biskind,    M.    D..    Assistant     in     Diseases     of 
Women. 

Alexander   William   Lueke,   M.   D.,   Assistant   Dem- 
onstrator  of    .Anatomy. 

Sherman    Eldon   Carlton,    M.    D.,   Assistant   in   Dis- 
eases  of    Children. 

Herbert   Leslie   Plannette.   M.   D.,   Assistant  in   His- 
tology. 

Warner    Hoskins    Tuckerman,    M.    D.,    Assistant    in 
Ear,    Xcse   and   Troat. 

Walter  Ball  LatTer,  M.  D.,  Assistant  in  Mental  and 
Nervous  Diseases. 

Pearl    Aaron    Hahn,    M.    D..    .Assistant    in    Dermat- 
ology. 

Cora   Seelirist.   M.   D..   Assistant   in   Ophthalmolog>-. 
Julius     Moses     Rogoff,    Assistant     Demonstrator    in 
Physiology. 


EXTRAMURAL    TEACHERS. 

John  Vincent  Gallagher,  M.  D..  Lecturer  on  Sur- 
gery at   St.  Alexis  Hospital. 

Tliomas  jQ.seph  Calkins,  A.  M..  M.  D.,  Lecturer  on 
Medicine   at    St.    Alexis    Hospital. 

Milton  Jay  Parke,  B.  S.,  :\1.  D.,  Lecturer  on  Me.li- 
cine   at    St.    John's    Hospital. 

A.ugustus  Farlin  House,  ^I.  D..  Lecturer  on  Sur- 
gery at  St.   Clair  Hospital. 

J.  Arthur  Jones.  M.  D.,  Lecturer  on  Medicine  at 
St.    Clair    Hospital 

Frank  A.  Stovering,  M.  D.,  Instructor  in  Surgery 
at    St.    John's    Hospital. 

Walter  Gustav  Stern.  B.  S.,  M-  D.,  Instructor  in 
Orthopedic    Surgery   at    Mt.    Sinai   Hospital. 

Grace    Dean    Outland,    Assist.nnt    Secretary. 

THE    OlITO    WESLKY.^X    TR.\X  SCRIPT. 

The  ofikial  publication  of  the  students  of 
tlie  University  is  the  Ohio  U'csleymi  Tran- 
script, a  sixteen-page  pajier  that  is  is.suod 
weekly  during  the  academic  year  by  a  l>jard 
of  editors  appointed  after  a  competition.  Its 
publication  is  vested  in  a  permanent  organiza- 
tion, consisting  of  the  junior  ami  senior  mem- 
bers of  the  editorial  staff  in  any  single  year  and 
tlirec  representatives  of  the  Faculty.  This 
board  administers  the  business  affairs  of  the 
paper,  passes  on  the  work  submitted  by  the 
candidates  for  vacancies  on  the  editorial  staff', 
and  makes  ai^pointmcnts  to  the  staff.  The  edi- 
torial conduct  of  the  paper  is  entirely  in  the 
hands  of  an  editor-in-chief  and  his  associates, 
who  are  resporisible  for  its  policy,  and  tor  the 
various  departments,  local,  athletic,  exchange, 
literary,  and  Txlonnett,  which  Cfimprise  the 
paper. 

The  Transcript  was  estal.ilished  in  1866  by 
Joseph  B.  Battelle.  of  the  class  of  186S,  under 
the  name  of  TIic  Western  Collegian;  in  1873 
the  name  was  changed  to  TIic  College  Tran- 


■ipt. 


the  ladies  of  the  senior  class 


at  Monnctt  were  admitted  to  a  representation 
on  the  editorial  corps.  In  1902,  when  the 
present  method  of  competiti\e  appointment 
was  adopted,  the  name  was  changed  to  The 
Ohio  ll'eslexan  Transcript.  In  t8S8  Wilbur 
i  F.  Copcland,  of  the  class  of  iSSc,.  started 
i   The  Practical  Student,  a  weekly  that  for  ten 


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1-lISTORY  or  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


years  was  a  coiitenilwrary  and  a  vigorous 
ri\-al  of  the  Transcript. 

We  give  below  brief  sketches  of  the  five 
distinguishcfl  men  who  liave  filled  the, office 
of  President  of  the  University. 

I.  The  Rev.  Edward  Thon'ison,  M.  D.,  D. 
D.,  LL.  D.  He  was  born  in  iSio,  at  Portsea, 
England;  but  by  growth  and  education  he  was 
an  Ancrican.  His'  home  from  early  yoath 
was  at  WoosLcr,  Oliio.  He  received  a  goLid 
classical  training,  and  afterward  graduated  in 
medicine  at  Philadelphia.  In  1S3J  he  entere<i 
the  ministry,  in  the  Ohio  Ccmference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  at  once  be- 
came noted  for  his  ability  as  a  preacher  and  a 
writer.  In  1838  he  was  chosen  principal  of 
the  Xorwalk  Seminary,  the  first  r^Iethodisi 
school  in  the  State  of  Ohic>.  His  success  here 
established  his  reputation  as  an  educator,  and 
pointed  him  out  as  the  fittest  man  fur  the 
presidency  of  the  University,  to  \\hicli  po- 
sition he  was  elected  first  in  1842,  and  again  in 
1844.  In  the  spring  of  the  I-^.^t  named  year, 
he  was  elected  editor  of  the  Ladies'  Repository 
in  Cincinnati,  but  resigned  this  oftice  after 
two  years'  service,  to  assume  the  active  duties 
of  his  position  at  Delaware.  For  foiu'teen 
years  he  filled  and  graced  this  office.  Xo 
college  president  in  the  Church  has  shown 
larger  administrative  abilities,  or  won  a  more 
enviable  place  in  the  affections  and  admiration 
of  College  and  Church  alike.  In  1860  he  was 
called  by  the  General  Conference  to  edit  the 
C'lrisiian  Adrocau\.  in  X'ew  York;  and  again, 
in  1864,  to  the  higher  office  of  bishop  in  the 
Church.  He  died  suildenlv  in  Wheeling,  W. 
Va.,    March   22,    1870. 

President  Thomson  taugiit  but  little  dur- 
ing his  connection  with  the  University.  He 
usually  had  the  senior  class  in  one  study,  but 
he  found  his  happiest  field  of  instruction  an^i 
influence  in  the  Sunday  lectures  before  the 
University.  It  was  here  that  he  made  his  won- 
derful power  felt,  and  left  the  lasting  impress 
of  his  thoughts  and  spirit  on  his  rapt  listeners. 
His  lectures,  whether  written  or  extempttirized, 
were  models  of  sacred  elociuence,  worthy  of  any 
audience  for  their  depth,  beauty  aiid  fervor. 
Bishop  Thomson's  publications  are  numerous. 


and  his  literary  remains  yet  in  manuscript  are 
very  extensive. 

2.  The  Rev.  Frederick  Merrick,  M.  A. 
He  was  born  January  29,  iSio,  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  and  was  educated  at  the  Wes- 
leyan  University,  Coun.  In  1S36  he  became 
principal  of  Amenia  Seminary,  New  York, 
and  in  1838,  professor  of  Natural  Science  in 
Ohio  University,  Athens,  and  member  of  the 
Ohio  Conference.  For  one  year,  1842-43,  he 
was  pastor  of  the  ^Methodist  Church  in  [Mari- 
etta. In  1843  ^'""^  Conference  appointed  him 
.financial  agent  of  Ohi<i  Wesleyan  University, 
to  which  institution  he  thereafter  devoted  his 
life  for  fifty-one  years. 

In  1845  ^^  ■^^'is  elected  professor  of  Nat- 
ural Sciences,  and  was  made  acting  president 
for  the  }-ear,  until  Dr.  Thomson  entered  upon 
duty.  In  1851  he  was  transferred  to  the  chair 
of  ]\Ioral  Philosoph}-;  and,  on  tlie  resignation 
of  President  Thomson,  in  i860,  he  was  chosen 
as  his  successor.  He  held  the  office  for  thirteen 
years;  and  then,  in  1873,  '"  ^''s^'^'  of  failing 
strength,  he'resignied  the  presidency,  and  was 
appointed  lecturer  on  Natural  and  Revealed 
Religion.  This  relation  to  the  college  he  sus- 
tained for  twenty-one  years,  until  his  death. 
In  addition  to  his  other  duties,  President  Mer- 
rick was  auditor  of  the  University  for  nearly 
forty  years,  and  often  acted  as  its  agent  in 
raising'  the  endowment,  or  in  getting  funds  for 
improvements  upon  the  buildings  and  grounds. 
He  died  :March  5,  1894. 

President  Merrick's  life  as  an  educator 
was  one  of  marked  excellence  and  iiitlnence. 
His  interest  in  young  people  and  his  sympathy 
with  thein  in  their  work  were  unbounded.  As 
a  teacher,  his  enthusiasm  and  devotion  knew 
no  limit.  As  a  man  of  affairs,  he  possessed 
rare  foresight,  wisdom,  and  efficiency.  His 
consecration,  self-sacrifice,  and  generosity  to 
the  institution  of  wdiich  he  was  so  great  a 
part  were  complete.  By  his  Christian  zeal, 
earnest  appeals,  spiritual  leadership  and 
saintly  character,  lie  mo\-eil  multitudes  to  a 
Christian  life,  and  by  the  cultivation  of  a 
missionary  spirit  among  the  students,  his  in- 
fluence has  been  felt  to  the  ends  of  the  earth, 
through  thiose  whom  he  inspired  to  go  thither. 


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237 


Among  all  who  knew  liim  his  presence  was  felt 
as  a  benediction,  and  the  example  of  his  daily 
hfe  as  an  inspiration  to  a  stronger  Christian 
manhood.  And  the  wise  provision  "which  he 
made  in  the  "Alerrick  Lectures  before  the 
University"  for  the  stated  inculcation  of  relig- 
ious principles  and  [)ractice,  will  perpetuate  his 
influence  in  the  Universitv,  the  Church  and  the 
world. 

After  President  Merrick's  resignation,  the 
Rev.  Eales  Xewhall,  D.  D..  of  Boston,  was 
elected  to  the  presidency;  but,  from  prostra- 
tion induced  by  intense  and  continued  literary 
work,  he  was  unable  to  enter  upon  his  duty, 
and  resigned  his  office  the  following  vear.  Dr. 
Xewhall  died  April  6,  1883.  Tlie  University 
meanwhile,  and  until  the  accession  of  his  suc- 
cessor, was  for  three  years  successfully  ad- 
ministered by  Prof.  IMcCabe.  the  scni'jr  and 
vicc-i)resident  of  the  University. 

3.  The  Rev.  Charles  H. 'Payne,  D.  D., 
L-L.  D.  President  Payne  was  born  at  Taun- 
ton, Ma-saclni;c:t<.  and  graduated  in  1856  at 
W'esleyan  Universit)-.  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut. He  taught  several  terms  in  his  early 
years,  and  was  tutor  for  six  months  after 
graduation,  but  spent  most  of  his  life  in  the 
ministry.  A  vigorous  thinker,  an  accomplished 
speaker  and  writer,  and  a  de\-oted  pastor,  he 
served  some  of  the  leading  Alcthodist  cliurches 
in  Firooklyn,  Philadelphia  and  Cincinnati.  It 
was  from  this  last  city  that  he  was  called  tc 
th.e  presidency  of  the  University  in  1875.  ^^'^ 
took  his  seat  the  followiu'g  _\tar.  Plis  admini- 
.stration  began  in  the  gloomiest  days  of  finan- 
cial depression ;  but  the  growth  of  the  Uni- 
versity during-  his  adnvinistration  wa=  rapid 
and  great.  A  quickened  interest  for  the  Uni- 
\-ersity  was  felt  throughout  the  Church :  the 
patronizing  Conferences  were  stimulated  to 
renewed  efforts  for  the  endowment:  the  school 
was  ad\'ertised  on  a  much  more  liberal  scale 
than  before;  the  area  of  its  patronage  greatly 
eidarged;  and,  not  least,  the  University  and 
the  Female  College  were  united.  As  the  re- 
sult of  all  these  influences,  both  the  enroll- 
ment and  the  income  of  the  University  were 
doubletl  in  a  few  years,  and  the  endowment  \'>'as 
largelv   increased.       Dr.     Pavne    was    alwavs 


alert  for  the  interests  of  the  University.  It 
was  during  his  administration  that  the  beauti- 
ful President's  House  was  built,  in  1885  (on 
a  Int  given -by  Mr.  Mast),  at  a  cost  of  ^10,000. 
F)r.  Payne  remained  president  for  thirteen 
years,  until  his  election  by  the  General  Con- 
ference to  the  office  of  corresponding  secre- 
tary of  the  Board  of  Education. 

4.  The  Rev.  James  W.  Bash  ford,  F^h.  D., 
D.  F).,  was  born  in  Wisconsin.  He  graduated 
at  the  University  of  Wisconsin  in  1873.  and 
was  elected  tutor  in  Greek.  He  took  post- 
graduate courses  in  Boston  University,  in 
theology,  oratory  and  philosophy,  comideting 
these  courses  in  1S79.  ■f'''  1880,  and  agaia 
in  3887,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bashford  spent  many 
months  abroad,  traveling  and  visiting  the  Ger- 
man uni\-ersities.  His  pastoral  w^ork  began 
while  he  was  a  student  in  the  School  of  The- 
ology ;  and  he  here  revealed  the  characteris- 
tics that  were  to  make  his  ministry  so  marked 
a  success.  He  subsequently  filled  leading  pas- 
torates in  Portland  and  Butlalo.  He  declined 
repeated  iindtations  to  professorships  and  to 
the  presidency  of  colleges,  but  in  1889  accepted 
his  election  to  the  presidency  of  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan  F'ni\-ersity  as  a  call  from  God. 

President  Bashford's  genial  personal 
qualities,  and  his  remarkable  ability  and  ver- 
satility in  the  class-roorn,  in  the  religious  cul- 
ture of  the  students,  and  in  the  management 
of  affairs,  gave  him  a  strong  hold  on  the  Uni- 
versity. During  his  administration,  the 
growth  of  the  school  was  rapid,  constant  and 
gratifying.  Its  scholastic,  religious  and  ma- 
terial interests  '  were  never  more  promising. 
The  courses  of  study  were  reconstructed,  the 
work  better  digested  and  distributed,  the  fa- 
culty strengthened,  the  enrollment  of  students 
greatly  increased,  the  buildings  doulMed  in  ex- 
tent and  convenience,  and  the  endowment  in- 
creased one-third.  Dr.  Bashford  resigned  on 
June  14,  i(}04.  During  the  interregnum.  Dr. 
William  F.  Whitlock  served  as  acting-presi- 
dent. 

5.  Rev.  Herbert  Welch,  D.  D..  LL.  D., 
I  was  installed  as  president  of  the  University 
'  on  June  21,    1905.     Dr.  Welch  was  Ijorn   in 


2?,S 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


New  York  City,  Xcneniber  4,  1S62,  where  his 
father,  Peter  A.  Welch.  \Aas  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  mercliant.  He.  was  graduated  from 
the  New  York  grammar  schools,  with  the 
Girard  medal,  in  1877.  He  subsequently  en- 
tered Brooklyn  College  and  I'olytechnic  In- 
stitute and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  18S0 
with  a  diploma  for  proficiency  in  the  scientific 
courbC.  He  then  spent  two  years  in  classical 
study  and  in  1882  entered  the  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity at  ]\Iiddletown.  Conn.,  where  he  cm- 
tinuecl  as  a  student  for  several  years,  being 
graduated  in  18S7  with  the  degree  of  15.  A. 
He  was  out  of  college,  however,  in  1S84  and 
1885.  In  1890,  after  a  three  years'  course  lie 
was  graduated  from  the  Drew  Theological 
Seminary  with  the  degree  of  B.  D.,  and  in  the 
same  year  obtained  his  JNI.  A.  degree  from 
Weslevan  University.  He  received  that  of 
D.  D.  from  th.e  same  college  in  1902.  and 
that  of  LL.  D.  in  1906.  In  1902-03  he  was  a 
student  in  Oxford  University.  England. 


After  his  graduation  from  Drew  Semin- 
ary Dr.  Welch  filled  successively  various  pas- 
torates in  the  New  "i^^rk  Conference  and  af- 
terwards in  the  New  York  East  Conference; 
he  was  pastor  of  the  First  Church  at  Middle- 
town.  Conn.,  in  189S-1902,  and  jiastor  of  the 
Chester  Flill  Church,  Alt.  \^ernon.  N.  Y., 
1903-1905.  In  the  year  last  mentioned  he 
accented  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his 
present  position  as  president  of  the  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan University  at  Delaware.  His  services 
in  this  capacity  have  been  eminently  satisfac- 
tory. Dr.  \\'elch  is  the-  author  of  various 
scholarly  contributions  to  religious  literature 
and  is  active  in  promoting  various  educational, 
mis^!onary  and  other  religious  and  philan- 
thropic enterprises.  Several  years  of  his  life 
have  been  spent  in  travel  in  the  United  States, 
Canada  and  Europe.  He  was  married  in 
]S9i  to  Adelaide  F.  AIcGee,  of  Plainheld, 
New  Jersey,  and  has  two  children — both 
daughters. 


CHAPTER  XIIL 


RELIGIOUS  OR  CHURCE  HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY. 


First   Clito'chc. 


and   Pionci-r  Mijiisfcrs — Gci: 
Chiirclics  (lib 


era!   History   of    Relic 
I  Clergy  of  Today. 


ions     Ori'aiii::alioiii 


"Ye   pioneers,   it   is  to  you 
Our  drbt  of  gratitude  is  due ; 
Ye   builded    better   than   yo  knew 

The  broad  foundations 
On    which    the    superstructure    stands; 
With   noble  aim  and  willing  hands. 
Your   earnest   labor    still   coniniands 
Our  veneration.'' 

It  is  highl}-  commendable  to  the  early  set- 
tlers of  this  county  that  the  teachings  of  the 
Christian  reh"gion  were  felt  in  every  settle- 
ment. What  a  lesson  to  the  ministers  of  the 
present  day,  with  their  beautiful  churches  and 
good  salaries,  as  they  look  back  on  the  toil 
of  those  early  men  \vh.o  labored  with  little 
compensation,  traveling  through  the  f;.)re5ts, 
with  no  blazed  path,  with  110  companion,  but 
the  faithful  horse  they  rode,  visiting  the  scat- 
tered settlers  in  their  log  cabins  and  planting 
the  Cross  of  the  Christ,  as  the  syml>;)l  of  the 
redemption  of  men. 

'  It  is  not  possible  to  state,  certainly,  wh^) 
was  the  first  minister  to  visit  and  preach  the 
first  sermon  in  the  liounds  of  Delaware  County. 
But,  as  far  as  known,  it  was  Rev.  Joseph  S. 
Hughs,  who  came  from  Washington.  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1 8 10. 

Rev.  Hughs  was  a  Presbyterian  minister. 
He  possessed  a  liberal  education,  oratorical 
power  of  superior  order,  and.  naturall}-.  a  pleas- 
ant and  persuasive  voice.  He  had  the  repu- 
tation of  being  one  of  the  most  effective 
speakers  known  to  the  old  settlers.  He  ex- 
celled in  the  social  circle,  and  had  a  erreat  love 


for  festivity  and  amusement.  An  iiTcident  il- 
lustrating this  is  reported  in  Hozec's  Historical 
Collections  of  Ohio,  but  as  often  is  the  case, 
]Mrs.  Re\".  C.  H.  Perkins,  who  remembers  him 
well,  says  tb.e  incident  related  there  is  over- 
drawn, and  in  part  not  correct.  Mrs.  Per- 
kins is  still  living  at  this  date.  1908.  It  was  the 
custum  at  that  time  to  call  ministers  to  ac- 
count strictly  for  their  conduct,  and  he  was  at 
one  time  called  before  his  Presbytery,  and 
made  his  own  defense  and  was  completely 
vindicated.  He  organized  the  Liberty.  Dela- 
ware and  Radnor  (now  Radnor  Thompson) 
I'resbyterian  churches,  the  first  organized 
churches  in  the  country.  Rev.  Hughs  con- 
tinued to  supply  these  churches,  and  do  much 
piijneer  work  in  all  parts  of  the  county  unld 
the  fall  of  1823,  with  the  exception  of  a  fcv/ 
months  during  the  War  of  1812.  when  he 
was  chaplain.  He  was  with  Gen.  Hull  vrhen 
the  latter  surrendered  at  Detroit,  and  returned 
to  Delaware  after  that  event.  About  the  same 
time  that  Rev.  Plughs  came,  a  Baptist  minister 
by  the  name  of  Jacob  Drake  came,  and  was 
active  in  the  early  work  connected  with  that 
denomination,  and  many  of  the  early  societies 
took  their  origin  from  his  work.  Revs.  Hughs 
and  Drake  established  the  first  paper  ever  pub- 
lished in  the  county,  and  the  Delaware  Ga::cfte 
is  the  continuance  of  that  paper.  His  salary 
being  small,  he  also  served  as  clerk  of  court 
and  recorder  for  many  years.  In  the  fall  of 
1823.  there  was  an  cjiidemic  of  fe\er  and  Rev. 
Hughs  died  from  thai  cause.     He  was  buried 


na    .•    Mji);:)  >^0   .'UUlOHvli? 


!    -  '    .;-;■! 


,i.,  ,..(yr. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


in  the  old  gravcyanl.  ea;,t  of  O.  W.  U..  and 
near  the  Odevene  Spring-.  At  tlie  time  of  the 
removal  of  the  old  .cemetery,  his  viniains  were 
removed  by  his  grandson,  Dr.  D.  K.  Hnghs, 
to  Oak  Grove  Cemetery,  on  the  lot  of  Dr. 
Hnghii.  The  grave  of  Rev.  Hughs  had  not 
been  marked,  but  the  remains,  which  had  been 
buried  in  a  walnut  cofiin,  were  so  preser\-ed 
at  the  time  of  removal,  i960,  that  they  wtie 
identified.  Rev.  Hughs  \\as  a  brother-in-law 
of  Moses  Bixby,  the  founder  of  Delaware. 

Having  noticed  the  pioneer  beginning  of 
the  early  Christian  work  of  Delaware  County, 
we  will  gather  the  history  of  the  churches  liy 
towns  and  townships. 

THE  CHI'RCIT1':S  OF  DELAWARE. 

DELAWARE     I'RESBYTERIAN. 

This  clutrch  was  organized  under  the  la- 
bors of  Rev.  J.  S.  Hughs,  a  licentiate,  with 
fourteen  memlx'rs.  Li  conn-ecti(_>n  with  this 
church,  the  Lil'-rty  Freshyterian  Church,  ami 
what  is  now  the  Radnor  Thompson  Church, 
were  organized,  and  for  many  years  all  three 
were  under  the  care  of  a  joint  session.  Rev. 
Hughs  was  ordained  in  iSii,  and  was  stated 
supply  of  these  churches  until  his  death  in 
1S23,  except  during  the  short  time  he  was  ab- 
sent as  chaplain  in  the  War  of  1S12.  Rev. 
Henry  Vandeman  became  pastor  in  1S24,  and 
continued  until  1S3S.  During  this  time  a  stone 
edifice  was  erected.  Alexander  Anderson,  the 
t.vo  Ferrises  and  Robert  Brown  were  well 
known  elders.     The  membership  in  1837  was 

215- 

At  this  time  the  coritroversy  between  Old 
School  and  Xew  School  ran  high,  and  culmi- 
nated in  the  division  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Philadelphia  in  the  spring  of  1S38. 
Rev.  \'andeman  attended  that  General  As- 
sembly, and  voted  with  the  Xew  School  party. 
The  I3elaware  church  voted  by  a  majority  to 
go  into  the  Xew  School  body.  A  part  of  the 
congregation  separated  themselves,  and  united 
with  the  Old  School  body.  Both  parties  re- 
tained the  name  of  Clarion  Presbytery,  so  that 
there  -were  two   ■Marion    FVesbyteries.      Rev. 


\'andeman     continued     pastor     r>f     the     Xew 
School  branch,     'j'he  Old  School  was  vacant, 
cinly  having  occasional  supplies  from   1S38  to 
1841.     Re\-.  Jolni  Pitkin  served  as  .stated  sup- 
ply from  1841   to  1845   inclusive.     Li  April. 
JS48,  Rev.  \'arideman  and    his    congregatii.Mi 
made  the  request  and  were  received  hv  the  Old 
School  Presbytery,  and  the  two  con.^'regations 
were  again  united.     Rev.  Vandeman  continued 
pastor   of   this   church    until    i860.      A   large 
brick  church,  the  audience  room  of  the  present 
church,  was  erected.     In  1841  a  great  revival 
occurred  in  Delaware,  and  on  tlie  part  of  many 
dissatisfaction  took  place  with   the  ways   and 
activities  of  the  old  church.      On    November 
8th,  tllty-four  members  withdrew  from  the  first 
church   and   were   organized   by   a   committee 
from  the  Xew  School  body,  consisting  of  Revs. 
Franklin  Putnam,  Henr\-  Shedd,  and  Henrv  T. 
Fiuchcock,  as  tlie  Second  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Delaware.     The  Second  Church  soon  after 
its  organization  erected  a  frame  building  be- 
tween Franklin  and  Sandusky  Streets,  on  the 
souih  side  of  Winter  Street,  and  at  the  time 
of  organization  David  3.IcCullough,  John  Mc- 
Elroy  and  ^^Ja'.dv  Co\eIl  were  chosen  elders. 
Franklin  Putnam  was  stated  siipplv  from  1842 
to  1845.     Joseph  Tuttle.  afterwards  president 
of  Wabash  College  f'>r  many  years,  was  pas- 
tor from   1846  to  1847:  Charles  W.  Toprey, 
stated  supply   frojr.   1848  to      1S30;     Gideon 
Dane,    stated    sv.pply     frum     185 1     to     1852; 
Charles  H.  Delong.  pastier  from  1852  to  18^5. 
Rev.  IL  Xewto::.     v  ho     afterwards     became 
chaplain  at  the  Oh;.>  Penitentiary,  and  died  at 
Mt.  \"ernon.  August.   187S.  was  pastor  from 
1856  to  1865.     Tne  raembei-shi])  in  i860  was 
2^j.      Calvin    W.   Alateer   supplied   the   First 
Church  from  i8ot  to  1863.     Rev.  }tLtteer  then 
went  to  China  as  a  missionary,  and  has  spent 
a  successful  and  honored  life  in  that  country. 
]\Iilton  W.  McMi-'i".  two  sons  of  whom  are 
now   honored  nir-ster;    in    the    Presbyterian 
Church,  was  state.:  -•,:ppiy  from  1S63  to  1864, 
and  pastor  from  iSo;  :o  1867.     J.  L  Lower, 
now  H.  R.  ai  De:;ver.  was  stated  supply  from 
1867  to   186S.  and  Da '.-id   King  from'  1869- 
1870,  and  Ro'btjn  Mic'.aren,  1871.     The  mem- 
bership in  1870  wss  -inety. 


J  ■[■f 


AND    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


The  reunion  of  the  01.1  School  and  Nevv 
School  assemblies  took  place  at  i'ittsburg  in 
1869.  Soon  after  tliis  the  two  congregations 
began  negotiations  to  unite,  and  on  J:he  7th 
of  June,  1870.  the  Delaware  Presbyterian  j 
C'luu'ch  was  formed  of  the  two  congregations, 
in  accordance  with  an  act  of  the  Ohio  Legis- 
lature passed  April  2,  1870,  and  had  been 
ratified  by  a  vote  of  each  church.  The  build- 
ing of  the  Second  Church  was  sold,  and  is  now 
occupied  witli  otSces  and  business  jilaces.  and 
the  united  congregation  occupied  the  birsi 
Church  building.  The  reunion  of  tlie  tvoj 
Presbyteries,  Alarion  Old  School  and  ?\[ari;.'n, 
then  changed  to  Franklin  New  Scho-^il,  oc- 
curred at  Delaware,  Septeml)er  13.  1S70. 
Rev.  C.  H.  Perkins  preached  the  sermon,  and 
Rev.  llenry  Shedd  was  chosen  moderator.  In 
February,  1870,  Rev.  Roliert  ]\Iaclaren  began 
preaching  to  the  united  congregation  and  was 
called  as  pastor,  which  i-elation  continued  until 
1873.  ^Nlr.  jNIaclaren  is  now  a  pastor  on  the 
Pacific  coast.  Rev.  N.  S.  Smith  was  called 
after  Rev.  IMaclaren,  and  was  installed  pastor, 
wl.'ch  relation  continued  until  1878.  During 
the  i)astofate  of  Rev.  Snn'th,  the  church  build- 
ing was  remodeled,  a  new  front  with  spire  was 
added,  the  basement  enlarged  and  improved, 
the  audience  room  reseated  and  frescoed,  and 
fitted  with  stained  glass  windows,  all  costing 
Si. 200.  Rev.  A.  D.  Hawn,  of  Zanesviile, 
Oh.io,  was  called  to  succeed  Dr.  Smith  in  ])e- 
cember,  1878.  and  entered  on  his  work  in 
January,  1S79.  The  membership  •:  was  463. 
Dr.  Plawn  served  the  church  nearly  a  quarter 
of  a  century.  During  his  ministry  the  church 
was  continuously  prosperous,  large  amounts 
were  contributed  to  all  its  benevolences,  ac- 
cessions were  made  at  e\ery  communion  sea- 
son, an  addition  was  added  to  the  rear  of  the 
church,  and  a  pipe  organ  installed.  Dr.  Hawn 
is  honored  by  all  churches  and  classes  of  Dela- 
ware, and  is  still  living,  and  pastor  emeritus, 
•and  able  _to  do  some  work.  Rev.  Paul  R. 
Hickok,  assistant  pastor  of  the  Old  Stone 
Church  of  Cleveland,  was  called  to  succeed 
Dr.  Hawn,  and  was  installed  Decemljer,  1902. 
The  church  membership  is  now,  1907,  over 
six  hundred,  and  the  congregation  under  the 


care  ot  Mr.  Hickok  is  united  and  prosperous 
in  all  dcp,-iitment^  of  church  work,  and  the 
future  is  hopeful. 

r)EI..\WARE   FKM.ALE  COLLEGE. 

The  idea  of  establishing  a  Ladies'  Semin- 
ary had  been  contemplated  by  the  Prcsbyterv 
for  several  years.  Rev.  James  Smith  had  been 
conducting,  for  some  time,  an  academy  at 
]\Iarysville  for  young  men  and  women.  James 
A.  Stirratt  taught  for  several  years  in  this 
school.  The  3>Iethodists  were  interesting 
themsehes  in  Cliristian  education  at  Dekiware. 
as  were  al.-so  the  Presljyterians.  In  1853,  the 
enterprise  vs'as  undertaken  and  Delaware  was 
chosen  as  the  place,  and  the  old  Seminary 
property  wliere  St.  Paul's  Church  now  stands 
was  purchased  on  November  3.  1853.  The 
price  paid,  as  reported  l.iy  the  committee  was 
85,100,  with  interest  frou.i  date:  the  whole  to 
be  paid  in  three  equal  installments,  at  the 
folkiwing  periods:  ist  installment.  January 
I.  1854:  2nd  installment,  .\[ay  i,  1854:  3rd 
installment,  ]May  i,  1855. 

The  committee  had  already  signed  the 
article  on  their  own  responsibility,,  and  the 
school  was  then  in  operation,  with  about 
eighty  ladies  in  attendance.  The  report  was 
adopted  and  trustees  elected  as  follows:  Ahab 
Jinks.  Rev.  Dr.  Heard  {M.  E.  Church),  Henry 
Van  Deman,  L.  A.  Bru.ner,  1.  N.  Shepherd, 
Dr.  S.  L.  Yourtee,  T.  S.  Powell,  James  A. 
Stirratt,  Dr.  C.  Fulton,  John  Ross,  S.  K. 
Hughes.  Dr.  Yourtee  had  been  connected  with 
the  schcH->l  previous  to  the  purchase,  and  was 
one  of  the  two  men  in  whom  the  title  was 
vested,  and  of  whom  the  purchase  was  made, 
and  John   Ross  was  the  other. 

Two  mistakes  were  made :  First,  the  field 
was  already  occupied  at  Delaware  by  the 
Methodists ;  second,  the  Old  Seminary  build- 
ing did  not  suit  the  new  enterprise.  ■  The  man- 
agement fell  into  the  hands  of  Henry  Van 
Deman.  a  man  of  energy  and  ability,  but  with- 
out system.  He  made  an  active  canvass  for 
subscriptions  throughout  the  Presbytery,  and 
bordering  churches,  and  obtain.ed  th.e  promise 
of  a  considerable  amount  of  monev.     Instead 


HJSTOKY   OF  DELAWARE   COUXTY 


(if  opening-  an  account  an(_!  kec[)ino-  a  careful 
statement  of  the  financial  business,  lie  coilccied 
as  lie  coulil  and  applied  the  money  where  it 
was  most  needed.  In  a  few  years  the  sxhool 
was  deficient  in  funds,  and  a  demand  was  made 
fur  a  report  of  receipts  and  expenditures. _The 
trustees  were  unable  to  give  such  a  report. 
This  prnducfvl  dissatisfaction  and  a  loss  of 
sympathy.  Things  went  from  liad  to  worse 
until  the  mortgage  was  foreclosed,  and  the 
jirojierty  was  sold  at  sheriff's  sale  at  a  heavy 
kiss,  to  Samuel  IMiller,  on  the  5th  day  of 
Sejjtember,  1861,  having  been  sold  fi^r  ?i,- 
568.  This  left  a  burdensome  debt  on  the 
Presbytery.  The  churches  were  appealed  to 
time  after  time,  but  the  full  amouitt  could  not 
be  raised.  Mr.  Van  Deman  and  Judge  Powell 
both  became  alienated  and  much  trouble  re- 
sulted. It  was  taken  to  court  but  never 
brought  to  trial,  and  final  settlement  was  made 
in  April,  1SS2,  by  Hon.  J.  W.  Robinson,  who 
paid  liberally  from  his  own  means  to  ha\e  the 
matter  adjusted.  The  enterprise  was  under- 
taken by  the  Presbytery  in  hope  of  doing  much 
good.  It  terminated  in  loss  and  disapijoini- 
ment. 

ST.     I'ETEK's    PKOTEST.WT    El^lSCOPAL    CHURCH. 

St.  Peter's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
was  organized  in  1817,  by  the  Rev.  Philander 
Chase,  afterwards  ordained  the  first  bishop  of 
the  Diocese  of  Ohio.  Bishop  Chase  came  tj 
this  state  in  Mcrrch,  1817,  and  w-as  an  uncle  to 
Gjverwor  Chase  of  Ohio.  The  articles  of  or- 
ganization were  signed  ]\Iay  9,  1817,  by  Wil- 
liam Little,  \\"illiam  ]\[ansur,  Abner  Root, 
.Aaron  Strong.  Solomon  Smith,  Thomas  Put- 
ter, Hezekiah  Kilburn,  Caleb  Howard,  James 
Wolcot,  Robert  Jamison,  and  ^lilo  D.  I'etti- 
bone,  all  of  whom  bore  an  important  part  in 
the  founding  and  growth,  and  fixing  the  des- 
tinies of  the  city  of  Delaware.  The  first  offi- 
cers of  the  church  were  Aaron  Strong  and 
William  Maiisur,  wardens,  William  Little, 
Thomas  Rutter  and  Abner  Root,  vestrymen, 
William  Little,  recording  clerk.  This  church 
was  about  the  fifteenth  in  the  order  of  or- 
ganization in  the  state.     During  this  year  small 


day 
ates 
session,  ten 


'  parishes  \\'ere  organized  in  Berkshire.  Radnor 
j  and  Norton,  all  now  extinct,  by  Rev.  James 
!  Kilburn,  afterwards  known  as  Colonel  Kil- 
j  burn.  At  that  time  there  were  but  three  E))is- 
j  copal  ministers  in  the  state.  The  early  pioneer 
:  condiitions  of  Delaware  is  graphically  stated  by 
I   Bishop  Cha.se  in  a  letter  dated  July  10,   181 7. 

"\\'ednesday  I  went  to  Delaware,  Thurs' 
I  to  Xorlon,  on  the  frijnticr  of  the  Unitetl 
I  land,  bordering  on  tlie  Jndi; 
I  miles  from  Delaware."  Occasional  services 
I  were  conducted  in  the  church  by  th.e  Rev. 
I  Bishop,  Rev.  William  Sparms,  Rev.  fNIarius 
I  T.  C.  Wing,  and  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  Jr., 
I  until  182S,  when  Rev.  Nathan  Stem  was 
I  chosen  rector,  a  popular  pireacher,  a  good  man 
I  and  a  gentleman.  Large  congregations  at- 
j  tended  the  chinch,  many  coming  regu.larly 
from  Radnor  and  Berk'^hire. 

The  corner-stone  of  the  first  churcli  edifice 
I   in  Delaware  was  laid  Alay  i,  1825,  und.cr  the 
direction   of   Bishop   Chase.      It    was   ?.    stone 
j  building  and  stood  where  the  jjrcsent  ciuu-ch. 
edifice  stands,  built  after  a  Gothic  m'.^lel  pre- 
sented to  the  Bishop  by  INIr.  Wilson  of  Iberry 
House,    near   London.      One   hundred   dollars 
of  the  one  hundred  pounds  sterling  given  to  the 
Bishop  by  the   Countess   Dowager   of   Rosse, 
was  cheerfully  given  and  thankfully  received, 
1   towards    its   construction.       Before     that,     the 
j  congregation  worshipped  in  the  Court  tkiuse, 
I   wdiich   was   used  by   other   denominations    for 
j   the  same   purpose.      It   is   reported    tknt    the 
i   house  was  always  full,  an  example  of  '"Church 
j  L'nion"  which  it  would  be  well  to  imitate. 
j  On  April  21,  1827,  the  fir^t  Sunday  school 

i  in  Delaware  County  ^\■a^  iirgar.;/cii  in  St. 
'  Peter's  parish  by  Isaiah  W  liitiug,  01  Worth- 
ington,  with  Caleb  Howard  and  f\Irs.  Webb 
as  superintendents.  In  1S30  tl;e  first  church 
bell  was  brought  to  town  and  hung  in  the 
!  tower  of  St.  Peter's  Church.  It  served  as  a 
town  clock  to  the  citizens,  as  it  was  rung  by 
Benjamin  AVoods  at  9  A.  M.,  12  f\I..  and  9 
P.  ]M.  The  latter  was  tlie  signal  for  all  per- 
sons away  from  home,  and  all  boys  to  hurry 
home.  The  bell  was  afterwards  hung'  in  the 
old  Court  House  and  later  rang  out  all  fire 
alarms.     In  fMay.  183:;,  Rev.  James  3.IcElroy 


AXD    llEPRESEXTATIVE    CITIZENS 


was  cliosen  rector.  He  was  a  perfect  specimen 
of  "a  fine  old  Irish  Cieiuleman"  of  stiperiijr 
ciilti\ation  and  talents,  who  was  before  that 
a  jiruK-ssor  at  Kenyon.  In  1S44  the  old  church 
edifice  became  toi*  anticjnated  for  the  improved 
condition  of  the  town,  and  was  torn  down  in 
give  place  to  the  present  stri'.c.nre.  Of  the 
present  c'.iurch  Bishop  Jaggai  once  s;iid  :  "It 
was  the  most  churclily  church  in  lii-  d  ■•Lese." 
It  was  consecrated  by  Bisliop  3.1cll\ain.  Au- 
gust 7,  1846.  The  rectory  was  built  in  1854, 
and  the  parisli  house  in   189J. 

The  first  vi-^it  of  Bishop  Mcllvain  was 
made  December  5,  iS^J:  Bishop  Bedell,  Oc- 
tober, 1859;  Bishop  Jag-gar,  October  5,  1S75. 
and  Bisliop  Vincent,  October,  18S7.  It  may 
not  be  imjiroper  in  thi^  histcjrical  sketch  to  give 
the  succession  of  nn'ni-tcrs.  They  arc :  liev. 
Mr.  Stem,  from  1828  to  1831  :  Rev.  .Mr.  :\Ic- 
Eboy,  from  iSjJ  to  183,:  Rev.  Mr.  Baus- 
man,  from  1835  to  1836;  Rev.  Mr.  McElroy, 
from  1836  to  1840;  Rev.  Mr.  Gassaway,  from 
1841  to  1843;  R'^'"-  -"^'''-  Canfried,  from  1S44 
to  1849,  I^ev.  Mr.  Erencb,  from  1S50  to  1851; 
Rev.  Mr.  .McElroy,  from  1852  to  1863:  Rev. 
Mr.  Ufford,  fron'i  1863  to '1880;  Rev.  Air. 
Boyer,  from  1880  to  1882:  Ivev.  }^lr.  Bower, 
from  1882  to  1891  ;  Rev.  ]Mr.  Edwards,  from 
1891  to  1892;  Rev.  :^Ir.  .Marshall,  from  1892 
to  1S94;  Rev.  ]\[r.  Watt,  from  1894  to  1901  ; 
Rev.  ?^Ir.  Walton,  from  1902  to  1903;  Rev. 
]\Ir.  Jiniy,  from  1903  to  1906.  Rev.  Erank 
H.  Stedinan  is  the  present  incumbent. 

Erom  its  orgam'zation  ilii^^  church  lias  been 
highly  favored  in  having  the  ministerial  ser- 
vices, both  regular  ami  occasional,  not  only 
men  of  intellectual  ability,  but  of  devout 
Christian  character,  free  from  errors  in  doc- 
trine, able  and  earnest  preachers  ui  the  Gospel, 
who    lived    as    they    preached. 

WILLIAM    STREET    METHODIST    EPISCOP.VL 
CflURCH. 


(Abridged    from    thu    article    written    by    the    Rev. 
Elias  D.   Whitlock,  D.   D.,   in   1S-9.) 

William       Street       Methodist      Episcopal 
Church  was  the  first  of  this  denomination  or- 


!  ganized  in  the  city  of  Delaware.  It  was  plant- 
I  ed  some  time  in,  the  _\ear  1819,  by  the  Rev. 
I  Jacob  Hooper,  of  Hocking  Circuit,  Scioto 
I  District,  Ohio  Conference,  though  there  were 
I  Methodists  who  liad  settled  in  the  [jlace  and 
j  meetings  had  been  held  at  different  times  sev- 
1  erai  years  before  a  formal  organization.  From 
j  tl'.e  most  reliable  data  at  hand  it  seems  a  class 
I  of  seventeen  members  ■was  organized  in  this 
I  year,  consisting  of  Abraham  \Milliams  and 
j  wife,  James  O.djorhe  and  wife,  John  E.  De- 
I  witt  and  wife,  Thomas  Galleher  and  wife, 
1  ^\'i!liam  Swectser  and  wife,  Ebcnezer  Durfee, 
I  Gordon  '  Sprague,  Franklin  Spaulding  and 
j  wife.  Stephen  Gorman,  William  Ratton,  Moses 
j  By.xbe  and  possibly  others. 
I  Erom   the   inception   of   the   society,    until 

I  tlie  year  1822,  the  residence  of  Moses  Bv.xbe 
j  and  the  county  Court  House  w'ere  the  head- 
;  qna,tcrs  of  [Methodism  in  Delaware.  During 
j  this  year,  under  a  second  pastorate  of  the  Rev. 
I  Jacob  Hooper,  the  society  decided  to  build  a 
I  h.ouse  of  worship,  and  appointed  Stephen  Gor- 
j  man,  \\'illiam  Patton,  [Moses  By.xbe,  Thomas 
Galleher,  [Moses  By.xlje.  Jr.,  Edijah  .Adams. 
I  Robert  I'erry.  William  Sweetscr  and  Henry 
I  Perry  as  trustees. 

j  Lot    Xumber   Sixty,    original    plat    of   the 

site  of  Delaware,  on  the  nortlnvest  corner  of 

Franklin  and   William     Streets,    was    deeded 

I  February  2^^.  1822,  by  Aloses  By.xbe.  Sr..  and 

I   Henry  Baldwin  and  his  wife,  Sally  Baldwin, 

I  to  the  trustees  of   William   Street   Church   in 

!  tru,>t.     On   this  lot   the  firsf    church   structure 

I  was  erected.     The  edifice  was  a  plain,  sc]uare 

I  structure   with   galleries   on   the    east,    south, 

I  and  west  sides.     The  entrance  was  from  the 

I  south   on    William    Street.      There   were    two 

r(W\s  of  windows  which  gave  the  impression 

of  a   two-story  building    from    the    external 

view.      .At   the   north  end   of    the   auditorium 

there  was  a  Lnix-like  pulpit  with  an  opening 

on  either  side  with  eight  steps.     This  gave  the 

speaker  a  full  view^  of  the  congregation  abo\e 

and  below. 

It  is  not  known  what  this  edifice  cost,  as 
many  of  the  subscriptions  were  made  in  ma- 
terials and  labor.  .Although  commenced  in 
1822,  it  wa-  not  completed  until  some  time  in 


HISTORY  OF  DELAW.VRE  C:OUXTY 


the  \'car  i8-!.j.  when,  with  Tlionvas  Mc- 
Clcary  as  prcaclicr  in  charge,  it  was  dedi- 
cated under  tlie  name  of  William  Street 
Cluircli,  I)y  Jacob  Young,  the  i>residing  elder 
■   ■  Scu'l.)  i:)i'■^trict.  Ohii>  CoiiK-reiice. 

Here  the  ^Jethodi^t^  of  iJclawarc  c.m- 
:.;,iiL'd  to  worship  until  1845,  when,  owing  U> 
the  gn.wih  oi  the  society,  and  to  the  estal)li;-h- 
nicnt  nf  tlie  Ohio  W'esleyan  I'njversiiy.  •:! 
larger  church  edifice  was  recjuired  to  accom- 
modate the  growing  congregation.  Accord- 
ing-ly,  under  the  pastorate  of  Henry  i^.  T'il- 
clicr.  measures  were  adopted  to  erect  "a  new 
he>use  of  worship." 

The  records  slmw  that  a  ciunuiittee  nf  the 
Board  of  Trustees  wa.^  rai-v.d  Dccciiilier  13. 
1845.  and  authririzcd  to  di^p"-e  ot  the  old 
structure.  Th.is  committee  rcjiorled  hack  t^i 
the  B(jard  of  Trustees  December  JQ.  184s. 
that  they  had  contracted  to  sell  the  nld  edilire 
to  the  school  district  for  school  puriiMse--,  i.>i- 
the  sum  of  Si.  100.  This  building  after  being 
used  for  \arious  purposes  has  licen  torn  down. 

At  this  same  meeting  the  trustees  \oted 
to  procure  ?  site  for  a  new  church  structure. 
The  site  selected  was  Lot  Si.\ty-one,  original 
plat,  ju.st  across  Franklin  Street  from  the  for- 
mer site,  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Franklin 
and  William  Streets. 

On  May  6.  1S46,  the  building  committee, 
consisting  of  John  Woltley,  Xaihan  Che-ter 
and  Augustus  A.  Welch,  let  the  contract  to 
William  Owston,  "to  erect  a  house  of  wor- 
ship." The  building  was  to  be  a  rieat,  plain 
church,  50  by  8ct  feet,  two  stories  high,  with 
a  vestibule  in  the  front  both  aljove  and  beli>w ; 
the  audience  room  was  to  have  a  galleiw  across 
the  south  end,  and  to  furnish  sittings  for  almut 
si.\  hundred  persons :  the  seats  and  other  wood 
work  to  be  of  black  walnut.  The  walls  were 
of  limestone.  This  edifice  was  not  finished 
until  the  summer  of  1847.  The  cost  was  about 
$5,600.  This  edifice  was  capacious  and  well 
built  for  its  time.  It  was  dedicated  August 
3.  1847,  '^y  Bishop  Edmond  S.  Janes,  assisted 
by  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Bond,  D.  D.,  editor  of  the 
Christian  Advocate,  New  York. 

The  lot  purcliased  for  tliis  new  church 
was  not  deeded  to  the  tru?tees  until  four  vears 


after  the  church  had  been  dedicated.  The 
deed  is  dated  June  2,  1S51.  The  grantors  are 
William  R.  Platl,  Fanny  R.  Piatt.  Ruther- 
ford B.  Hayes  and  Sophia  Hayes.  The  trus- 
tees named  are  Wilder  Jov,  Emcrv  Afoore, 
Nathan  Chester.  John  Iv'.V-'.  E.-  \\\  Littell, 
John  H.  Dean.  Abraham  Clymyer.  Augustus 
A.  Welch  and  Jolfn  Wollley.  The  parsonage 
was  erected  in  1861,  during  the  pastoral  term 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Parker.  This  stone  church 
was  replaced  by  the  present  elegant  structure 
in  1887. 

William  Street  Churcli  has  been  an  ec- 
clesiastical center  for  .Methodism  in  Delaware. 
She  is  not  only  oldier  than  the  other  Methodiit 
churches  here,  but  she  is  their  m-vilier.  In 
1852.  she  gave  St.  ]'aur>  Churrh  to  South 
Delaware;  in  iSfe  she  h.id  something  to  do 
with  the  origin  and  "raising"  of  Grace  Church 
m  East  Delaware,  anrl  in  1886,  she  ga\e  As- 
Iniry  Church  to  North  Delaware. 

Idle  ecclesiastical  connections  of  William 
Street  Church  have  been  varietl.  bTom  the 
time  of  its  organization  until  1840,  it  was  un- 
der the  jurisdicli'jn  of  the  Ohio  Conference. 
Then  it  was  attached  to  the  North  Ohio  Con- 
ference until  1S5G.  when  it  was  put  into  the 
Central  Ohio  Conference,  of  which  it  is  still 
a  part. 

While  an  app'iintment  of  the  Ohio  Confer- 
ence, it  was  for  four  years  a  part  of  Scioto 
District,  with  Jacob  "^'ouiig  as  presiding  elder; 
from  1823  to  1825.  of  Lancaster  District; 
from  1823  to  t828,  of  Sandusky  District  with 
James  iMcALihon  as  presiding  elder;  from 
1828  to  1833,  of  Portland  District  widi  Rus- 
sel  Bigelow  and  Greenberry  R.  Jones  as  pre- 
siding elders;  from  1833  to  1840,  of  Colum- 
bus District,  with  .-Vugustus  Eddy,  Jacob 
Young  and  John  Ferree  as  presiding  elders.  In 
the  ecclesiastical  _\ear  of  1840-41,  it  became  a 
part  of  P.ellefi)ntaine  District,  North  Ohio 
Conference,  where  it  remained  until  the  year 
1844-45,  '^^"'''  William  S.  ^Torrow  as  presid- 
ing elder.  In  1845-46  it  was  assigned  to  Dela- 
ware District,  at  whose  head  it  has  appeared 
ever  since,  with  the  following  presiding  eld- 
ers: John  H.  Power  (1845-47  )  ;  John  Quig- 
ley     (1848-51);    Sanuiel    Lynch     (i852"53); 


AXD  REPRESENTATIVE  CmZENS 


245 


Joseph  A\ers  (18^4):  Henrv  E.  Pilcb.er 
(I'^^.^.^i-Sy,':  'rhoinas  IE  WilsJn  (.1859-62); 
Leonrin.l  15.  Giirlc_\"  (1863-66);  Alexander 
Harni.jiint  (1867-70);  D<aiiel  L).  Mraher 
(1871-7.^)  ;  David  Rutledg-c  1  1S73-78.  :  I?aac 
Xewton  (1879-81);  LcT.n-  A.  Belt  (1882- 
86):  David  Rutledsje.  E..ui<  M.  Albright.  ]. 
>I.  Avaiin.  L.  A.  Beh.  J.  Jl.  litzwater  and  \\'. 
McK.  Brackney. 

En  ni  its  fiiundatinn  until  the  ecclesiastical 
year  i8_'i-2J,  it  was  one  nf  the  preaching 
places  on  the  Jlocking  Circuit :  from  this  time 
to  tlie  year  1S40-41.  it  was  the  head  of  Dela- 
ware Circuit.  It  had  now  reached  a  meiu.ber- 
ship  of  two  hiuidred  and  ninety-six  persons, 
and  at  .tlie  Conferenxc  of  1841,  it  was  declared 
a  "station.'"  and  Adam  Poe  was  apprvinted 
pastor.  Since  that  time  for  ahiiost  sevent_\- 
years  it  has  been  onx  of  tlie  leading  and  most 
flourishing  stations  in  Ohio  ^^lethodism. 

The  appointments  to  William  Street,  al- 
lowing" that  name  to  cover  its  entire  histoiy. 
are  as  follows,  tlie  years  dating  from  nb^  .m;  I'.r 
last  of  August  or  the  middle  of  SLiitL-mlicr : 
1818,  Jacob  Hoojjer;  1819,  Andrew  Kimiear; 
1S20,  James  ]\Iurrav;  182 1.  lacnb  Hooper: 
1S22.  Thomas  .McCleary ;  1823.  Th<.inas  ^Ic- 
Cleary  and  James  Poc :  1824,  Jacob  Dixon; 
1825.  James  Gilruth:  1826,  Abner  Goff ;  1827, 
James  Gilruth  and  Cyrus  Carpenter;  182S. 
David  Lewis  and  Samuel  P.  Shaw;  1830, 
Samuel  P.  Shaw  and  Alfred  'SI.  Lorain;  1831. 
Alfred  M.  Lorain  and  David  Cadv.allader; 
1S32,  Charles  Goddard  and  J.  M.  IMcDowell; 
1833,  Leonard  B.  Gurley  and  John  C.  Ha- 
vens; 1S34,  John  C.  liavens  and  R.  Doughty; 
1S35,  Joseph  B.  Austin  and  William  Morrow: 
,1836,  Nathan"  Eiiiery  and  Joseph  B.  Austin; 
1837,  Jolin  Alexander  and  Ebenezer  T.  Web- 
ster; 1S3S,  William  S.  Morrow  and  John  W. 
White:  1S39.  William  S.  I^Iorrow  and  John 
Blanpied;  1S40  and  1841,  Adam  Poe;  1842. 
David  Warnock:  1843,  Adam  Poe;  1844. 
William  L.  Harris;  1845  '^^d  1846,  Plenrv  E. 
Pilcher;  1847.  Cyrus  Sawyer;  1848,  E. 'Vo- 
cum:  1849.  Horatio  liradley:  1850  and  1851. 
Lorenzo  Warner;  1832.  Joseph  Ayers;  1S53, 
Charles  Hartley:  1S54  and  1855.  Leonard  B. 
Gurley;    1S56  and    1857.    Alexander    Nelson; 


1858  and  J 859.  James  M.  Morrow;  i860  ami 
1861.  Thomas  Parker;  1862  and  1S63,  Loring 
C.  Webster;  1863.  i8()4  and  1865,  Alex;ander 
Nel^on;  1866  to  spring  of  i86g,  Wesley  G. 
Waters;  from  spring-  of  1869  to  fall  of  same 
year.  Park  S.  Donclson ;  1869  and  1870,  Dan- 
iel D.  Mather;  1871  and  1872.  Eranklin  Mar- 
riott; 1873.  187J!  and  1875.  Russell  B.  Pope; 
1876  and' 1877.  I-aac  Newton;  1878.  1S79 
and  1880.  Elias  D.  Whitlock ;  1881  and  1882, 
Joseph  H.  Bethard^;  188^-1886,  Weslev  G. 
Waters;  1S86-1 887.  W.  \l.  Hodges;  1887- 
1890,  Dustin  Kemlile;  i8"9O-i805.  I'letcher 
Wharton;  1895-1897,  C.  R.  Havigborst; 
1807-1902.  I-I.  C.  Jamison;  1002  1903.  J.  ^sl. 
A\'ann ;  1903- HX'4.  Wiliiam  \\'.  Lance:  190J.. 
C.  W.  Barnes.  ' 

W  itliam  Street  Giurch  all  tlirmigh  her  his- 
tory has  been  the  center  of  great  spiritual 
I)Ower.  Though  again  and  again  a.  part  of  her 
membership  has  left  hei'  to  fomul  other 
churches,  she  is  still  \igorous  and  '-trong,  with 
a  membership  of  eight  hundred  souls. 

The  present  church  edihce  was  built  in 
18S7,  at  a  cost  of  nearlv  v$42.ooo.  It  was 
dedicated  in  1888  liy  Bisli'ip  Charles  ^IcCabe 
and  President  Charles  H.  Payne  of  Ohio  \\'es- 
leyan  L'niversity.  The  sum  of  ?i 7.000  was 
raised  on  that  da_\-. 

This  sketch  wculd  be  incom[)lctc  without 
reference  to  the  noble  men.  must  of  whom 
have  gone  to  their  reward,  b}-  wliose  liljerality 
and  sacrifice  this  beautiful  church  structure 
has  l;>een  made  pDs.^ible. 

In  1885.  the  project  of  '-recting  a  new  edi- 
fice was  the  absorbing  theme  of  the  member- 
ship of  William  Street  Church.  The  question 
of  the  site  was  a  disturliing  element,  and  finally 
the  membership  disided  on  this  point,  the  ma- 
jorit}-  voting  for  the  present  site,  the  cithers 
withdrawing  and  forming  the  nucleus  of  what 
is  now  A.sbury  Church.  In  the  year  1886.  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  now  re-organized,  voted  to 
build  a  new  church,  and  presented  the  enter- 
prise to  the  membership  with  .'^7.000  subscribed 
as  a  starter.  The  following  names  are  men- 
tioned in  the  vote :  A.  A.  Welch.  Dr.  Calvin 
Welch,  I.  C.  Evans.  Dr.  ].  H.  White.  Thomas 
E.    Iov.'B.   \\\  Brown,  \V.   EI.   Pumplirey.  E. 


^45 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


P.  Vergon,  Charles  Steenback  and  W.  E. 
Mciort'.  The  nicniljcrs,  ilnuigii  unw  tliniin- 
ished  ill  minihcr,  loyally  and  libirrally  su]jp:ii-i- 
ed  the  trustee;;.  The  largest  donation-  ironi 
one  indi\idnal  was  given  by  Henry  J.  I-laton, 
who  WiHild  ne\er  consent  to  take  official  posi- 
tion in  the  church. 
-;  .    For   eighty-eight   years    this     society     has 

■  been  in  continuous  existence.     Throughout  its 

history,  it  has  been  markcdi  in  its  inliuence  on 
I  Ohio  Methodism.     It  has  given   some  of  the 

j  brightest  lights  to  the  church  and  its  represenia- 

i  tives  are  found  all  over  the    wcwdd.     It    still 

i  maintains  the  vigor  and  fire  of  Aouth.  and  pre- 

!  serves    the   traditions   of   the    fathers. 


ST.    M.VRK 


iNGELIC.VL  LUTIIF.R.W    CHUKCH. 


The  early  history  of  the  St.  Mark's  Evan- 
'  gelical  Lutheran  Church  is  largely  involved,  in 

obscurity.  The  records  now  accessible  are 
meager  and  imperfect;  something  may,  1t:'w- 
e\er,  lie  ascertained  from  tradition,  as  well  as 
from  such  written  records  as  are  at  hand.  It 
is  well  known  that  some  Lutheran  families 
were  scattered  here  ai..-".  there  among  the  earl- 
iest settlers  in  , Delaware  County.  Of  these 
pioneer  families  may  be  mentioned  those  of 
Frederick  AVeiser,  Henry  Worline,  Mr.  \Vel- 
j  schaus,    .Kndrew    Harter    and     others.      They 

;  were   natives  of   Pennsylvania,    coming    here 

[  from  X(jrthumberland,  Bucks  and  other  coun- 

i  ties,  and  were  settled  in  Delaware  and  the  vi- 

I  (inity  as  early  as  iSio  and  iSii.     These  few 

i  families,  many  years  ago,  were  mrire  or    less 

regularly  favored  with  the  preaching  of    the 
j  g■o^|Jel.      It   ap[iears    from   such    data    as   are 

j  within  reach,  that  the  Rev.  Charles  Henkel.  of 

i  Shenandoah  County,  A'a.,  was  the  first  Luth- 

!  eran  minister  who  visited  the  Lutheran  fami- 

j  lies  along  the  Olentangy  Fxiver  between    Co- 

I  lumbus     and     Delaware.      Before     any     one 

I  ■  dreamed  of  railroads,  before  roads  were  made, 
j  when   Indian    trails   and    footpaths    were    the 

]  only   lines   of    travel,    this     pioneer    preacher 

I  found   the    few    scattered   Lutherans     in     and 

\  about  the  present  site  of  the  city  of  Delaware, 
;  and  readily  succeeded  in  organizing  them  into 
■  a  pioneer  congregation.  Indeed,  they  were 
]  glad  once  more  to  hear  the  old  gospel  tidings 
I 


that  had  cheered  their  hearts  and  had  brought 
peace  and  gladness  into  their  former  homes. 
It  was  their  delight  to  bring  their  little  chil- 
dren to  Jesus  by  means  of  the  san.ie  <M  bap- 
tism t<  1  wliich  they  had  been  so  warmly  at- 
tached in  former  years,  an.d  to  appear  at  the 
altar  where  the  same  i:ilil  sacrament  of  the 
l«3dy  and  blood  of  the  Lord  was  administered. 
The  old  familiar  sound  niatle  the  wilderness  in 
which  they  had  chosen  their  lot  seem  to  them 
like  a  new  home.  The  old  tidings  of  salvation 
following  them  into  the  forests  of  Ohio,  re- 
minded them  that  God  is  everywdiere  present, 
and  pleasantly  recalled  tlie  old,  cheering  prom- 
ise, "Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  e\en  unti.'  the 
end  of  the  world." 

But  the  bloom  of  civilization  did  not  l)urst 
forth  in  tins  wilderness  without  hard  labor 
and  severe  prixation.  For  a  very  little  while 
it  seemed  well  enougii  to  have  the  word 
preached  in  the  small  and  inc(.>nvenient  log 
dwellings  of  tlie  settlers,  pjut  soon  tlie  need 
of  a  place  of  worship  began  to  be  felt.  A 
church  was  needed,  and  that  meant  work. 
The  productiveness  of  their  primitive  farms 
was  con]paratively  limited;  market  prices  were 
low,  and  money  was  hard  to  get.  The  people 
usually  found  it  difficult  even  to  pay  their 
taxes.  Accordingly,  instead,  at  first,  of  build- 
ing a  church,  the  use  of  Shoub"s  Flail,  on  the 
present  site  of  the  new  City  Hall,  was  secured 
as  a  place  of  worship.  Probably  in  this  hall  a 
permanent  organization  of  the  Delaware  Luth- 
eran cingregation  was  effected.  A  coiistitution 
was  adopted  Januar_\-  jS,  1S21,  and  signed  by 
tlie  Rev.  Charles  Flenkcl,  pastor,  and  by  fifty- 
five  lay  members.  During  the  space  of  some 
se\-en  years.  Pastor  Henkel  continued  to 
serve  this  congregation.  He  resided  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  wiiere  he  had  cliarge  of  another 
congregation.  Ijut  came  to  Delaware  every  four 
weeks.  Great  success  attended  his  labors,  and 
he  was  held  in  high  regard  by  his  hearers.  He 
preached  in  both  the  German  and  the  English 
languages,  at  first  in  Shoub's  Hall,  and  then  in 
the  old  court  room,  wdiich  was  for  some  time 
used  as  a  place  of  worship. 

After  Fa>tor  Fleiikel  had  been  called  away 
I  from  his  Columbus  am!  Delaware  charges,  a 
i  period  of  about  fifteen  years  intervened,  dur- 


AND  RIZPRESEXTATR'E  CITJZEXS 


ing  wliich  the  congregation  made  considerable 
progress  in  external  growth ;  but  the  interna! 
growtVi  seems  to  ha\e  been  meager.  The  old 
constitution  was  neglected  and  almost  fo'rgot- 
ten.  The  people  had  almost  lost  sight  of  the 
old  landmarks  of  Lutheranism.  Yet,  during 
this  period  of  spiritual  carelessness  and  indif- 
ference, quite  an  amount  of  activity  was  dis- 
played. The  congregation  was  served  tiv  sev- 
eral successive  pastors.  Rev.  Mr.  Shulz 
served  a  very  short  time,  and  was  followed  bv 
Rev.  Mr.  Weil.  Rev.  Mr.  Snyder,  a  vr.ung 
man  of  promising  talent  and  i>;  ;mmiI  rcjiutc, 
preached  less  than  a  }-ear ;  he  died  in  !''^35, 
and  his  body  lies  at  rest  in  the  old  cemetery. 
Subsequently,  the  Rev.  S.  S.  Klein  served 
some  eight  years,  and,  during'-  his  pastorate, 
the  first  church  was  built  about  the  }-ear  1S34, 
on  the  corner  of  William  and  Henry  Streets, 
the  site  now  occupied  by  the  German  Reformed 
Chmxh.  This  church  was  the  property  of 
both  the  Lutheran  and  the  German  Reformed 
congregations.  Quite  an  amount  of  real  toil 
and  self-denial  was  required  to  accomplish  the 
work.  The  people  contributed  their  money 
an  1  their  time,  and  the  labor  of  building  was 
shared  by  both  pastor  antl  per.ple.  ]\Ir.  Klein 
worked  faithfully  and  daily  until  the  new 
church  was  ready  to  be  occupied.  Previous 
to  the  building"  of  the  church,  th.e  Lutheran 
people  of  Delaware  had  assisted,  by  their  con- 
tributions, in  building  the  Episcopal  Church, 
in  wdiich  they  also,  for  a  time,  conducted  their 
divine  service. 

The  former  pastor,  the  Rev.  Charles  Hen- 
kel,  died  at  Somerset,  Fel>ruary  2,  1^41.  His 
death  seems  to  have  aruuscd  th.e  minds  and 
hearts  of  the  people  to  a  sense  of  duty.  The 
truth  that  had  cheered  and  comforted  them  in 
earlier  days  was  once  more  remembered,  and 
a  few  weeks  after  they  had  heard  of  the  death 
of  their  former  pastor,  a  meeting  was  held, 
at  which  the  old  constitution  was  once  more 
unanimously  adopted,  and  the  blessing  of  a 
merciful  God  invoked  upon  the  cnngregatii^n. 
About  this  time  the  Rev.  Mr.  Pope  became 
tlie  pastor.  But  things  do  not  seem  to  have 
moved  along  smoothly;  the  readoption  of  the 
old  constitution  made  trouble,  and  some  who 


had  learned  to  love  the  careless,  free-and-easy 
.system  of  church  go\ernment,  that  had  ii)r 
some  time  prevailed,  were  not  willing  to  be 
go\-erned  by  the  old  power  of  Gtispel  truth. 
Accordingly,  a  committee  was  appointed  in 
November,  1845,  to  submit  a  rcA'ised  form  of 
the  constitution,  as  well  as  wa\-s  and  means  of 
having'  it  more  stringently  enforced.  This 
committee,  consisting  of  John  Hoch,  George 
Wachtcr  ComTid  Hrougher,  John  Triuitman, 
]-rederick  AV'ei'^er  and  Benjamin  Ely,  met  on 
tlie  7  5th  lit  Xiuember,  and,  at  a  subsequent 
ini-i.-tip.g  of  the  congregation,  their  work  was 
approxed  and  the  re\"ised  constitution  adopted 
by  a  large  majority. 

Li  I1S4S,  Mr.  Pope  remove<l  from  Dela- 
ware, and,  in  1849.  the  Rev.  ]\L  L'>y  became 
the  pastor  of  the  congregation.  Mr.  Loy  la- 
bored here  \\  ith  mu.ch  success  du.ring  a  period 
of  some  sixteen  years,  hi  the  first  years  of 
this  period,  the  cunjoint  ownership  of  the 
church  ])roperty  on  the  corner  of  William  and 
Henry  Streets  was  dissolved,  and  the  new 
stone  church  on  AV'illiam  Stieet  was  luiilt  in 
1S52,  and  has  since  been  occupied  by  the  con- 
grega.tion.  A  new  constitutieni,  the  one  now 
in  use  by  the  congregation,  was  adopted  Au- 
gust 31,  1832.  The  congregation  increased 
largel}-  in  mendiership,  as  well  as  in  spiritual 
lirosperit}- ;  not.  h("iwe\er,  without  trials  and 
perplexities.  Yet  the  Lord  dealt  very  gra- 
ciously with  his  people,  causing  many  eyes  to 
be  oijened,  so  that  the  truth  of  His  mighty 
word  was  recognized  and  a:cepted.  At  this 
tinie  the  contest  with  secret-societyism  was 
successfulh-  waged.  This  is  the  liistor_\'  of  d 
I  .utheran  congregation,  and  no  one  shiiukl  ex- 
pect, in  such  a  liistory,  to  find  any  peculiarities 
omitted.  Xot,  hi^we\'er,  in  reg;ird  to  this 
question  onh ,  Ijut  in  regard  to  all  others,  has 
the  congregation  taken  a  tiuly  Lutheran  and 
scriptural  position.  They  wdio  desire  to  form 
a  more  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  doc- 
trines of  the  Lutheran  faith,  ha\-e  easy  access 
to  them  in  our  P<ook  of  Concord,  and  we  con- 
stantly challenge  com[>arison  of  our  doctrines 
with  the  Holy  Scr!|)tures  themselves.  They 
are  I'uir  onl;.-  rule  of  faith  and  practice.  This 
true  piisition  came  to  be  occu[Med  more  and 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


mure  (luring  the  period  of  3vlr.  Luy's  ministry. 
y[v.  Ley  resigned  his  pastorate  here  to  accept 
a  professorsliip  of  theology  in  the  Capitol  Uni- 
versity, Columhus,  C)hio.  where  he  sLi!!  re- 
nuiiji-^. 

Prof.  Loy'i  fucces-or  was  the  Rev.  C.  H. 
L.  ScliLiette,  at  that  time  a  student  of  theulogy 
in  the  Cajjitol  University.  The  last  baptism 
administered  hy  ^Ir.  Loy  was  on  July  16, 
1S65.  and  the  first  Ijy  Yiv.  Scliuctte  was  on 
July  28th  following,  shewing  ihat  the  va- 
cancy in  the  pastorate  was  very  short.  Mr. 
Schuette  served  the  ]ieople  very  acceptaljly 
during  nearly  eight  years,  ^vhen  he,  too.  was 
called  to  a  chair  in  his  Alma  }vJater.  Some- 
time in  the  same  \ear,  1S73.  the  l^ev. 
Emanuel  Cronenwett  accepted  a  call  tn  this 
congregation,  and  his  lal>i  irs  here  extend.ed 
from  June,  187^,  to  januarv,  1S77. 

He  was  fnll.we,rin  Rev.  H.  A.  B^c^.cr. 
who  came  to  Ddaware  .May  22.  1877,  '"  '"C" 
sponse  to  a  call  extended  hv  the  congregation. 
He  served  the  congregation  faithfully  until 
liis  death,  which  was  in  18S4.  Under  his  pas- 
torate the  o'lnmunicant  membership  was  i'jui 
hundred  and  fifty. 

After  the  death  of  Rev.  Becker  the  co;i- 
giegation  was  wiih(jut  a  pn-l.'r  for  a  space  of 
about  seven  months,  Ijut  finally  succeeded  in 
securing  the  serxices  of  Rcw  l^dward  Pfeifler, 
who  came  to  Delaware  early  in  the  year  1885. 
Under  his  ministry  a  divisii.m  touk  place  in  the 
congregation  occasioned  by  the  secret  society 
question.  An  attempt  was  irade  <:in  the  port 
of  some  members  to  break  down  the  pusitiitn 
which  the  congregation  had  always  hehl  o\-er 
against  secretism.  This  effort  failed  of  it- 
purpose,  liut  residted  in  the  withdrawal  of 
many  members  who  thereupon,  formed  what  is 
now  3t.  John's  Lutheran  congregation.  Rev. 
Pfeiffer  continued  as  pastor  until  1S90,  when 
he  followed  a  call  to  Fremont,  Ohio,  and  at 
the  present  time  is  professor  of  theology  in 
Capitol  University,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

The  next  man  to  serve  St.  Mark's  was 
Rev.  J.  Sheatsley,  wdio  took  charge  Septem- 
mer  18,  1890.  Fie  labored  here  faithfully  and 
with  manifest  blessing  and  success  for  a  pe- 
riod of  seventeen  years.  During  his  adminis- 
tration   a    commodious     Sundav-school     rcxjm 


was  built  to  the  church,  also  a  handsi.ime  pi]>e 
organ  installed  in  the  church  auditorium.  Fie 
re.->igned  his  position  here  in  August,  1907,  to 
follow  a  call  to  Columbus,  where  he  is  serving 
as  pastor  ot  Christ  Chinxh,  and  alsi.>  has 
charge  of  religious  instruction  in  Capitol  Uni- 
versity. Tb.e  present  pastor,  Rev.  F.  B.  Hax, 
was  installed  October  6,  1907.  St.  ^Mark's  at 
present  numliers  some  300  communican.t  mem-, 
bers,  is  free  from  debt,  and  looks  hoiiefully 
into  the  future. 

ZIOX    REFOK.MKU    CHl'KCil. 

Among  the  pioneer   families  of  Delaware 
County,    th.ere    was    a     considerable     numbej" 
from  F.ast  Penns}-lvania.     As  they  were  all  oi 
German  descent,  and  were  Ijrouglit  up  in  Ger- 
man communities,  they  could   feel  themselves 
properly  at  home  only  in  their  native  fierman 
element,  and  in  the  use  of  their  own  language. 
Especially  was  this  true   in  a  religious   \iew. 
A  characteristic  of  the  Germans  is  that  they 
i  carry    Germany    with    them    in     their     hearts 
I  wherever  they  go,   and  hence,  wherever  they 
j  put  up  tb.eir  tents,  there  is    "Dcr    Deutschen 
j  \'aterland."'     Even  the  blessed  Gospel  seems  to 
them  more  preciotis  when  it  is  proclaimed  in 
the  trumpet  tones  of  the  language  of  Luther 
and  Zwingle. 

These  families  generally  belonged  to  the 
Reformed  and  Lutheran  Churches.  They  had 
;  found  rich  farms  and  cnmfortable  homes  here, 
I  but  they  were  far  away  from  their  kindred., 
j  and  the  holy  altars  wlu're  they  had  b-een  bap- 
I  tized  and  confirmed.  They  were  not  in  their 
j  natural  element.  As  the  fish  seeks  the  clearest 
j  ivater,  and  the  bird  the  purest  air,  sn  these 
j  pious  souls  sought  a  congenial  spiritual  home 
j  for  themseK'es  and  their  children.  Xor  did 
:  they  seek  in  vain.  The  longed-for  and  happy 
j  hour  came  at  last,  wdien,  in  their  own  conse- 
I  crated  temple  and  around  their  own  sacred 
I  altar,  they  could  thankfully  and  joyfully  unite 
I  in  their  belo\-ed  German  Te  Deum, 

I  ■■Xnii    danket    alle    Gott, 

i  Mit  Herzon.  Muii't  und  Haenden, 

[  Der   Grosze   Dingc   tliur, 

I  .\n    iins    und    alien    Ender." 


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249 


In  tlie  early  history  of  Oliin  and  of  Dela- 
ware County,  it  is  known  that  missionaries  of 
tlie  Reformed  Clnnch  made  occasional  visits 
to  the  German  settlements  for  the  pm-pose  of 
]ireaching-  the  Gospel  and  administering  the 
sacraments  of  tlie  chnrch.  The  earliest  name 
definitely  known  in  the  history  cf  the  present 
Reformed  Churcli  of  Delaware  is  the  Rev. 
Georsj  Weisz.  who  in  a  report  of  missionary 
lahors  in  1821  >peaks  of  having  preached  in  a 
liome  in  the  vicinity  of  Delaware.  Henry  W'il- 
liard  was  another  of  the  pioneer  n!ini>iers  who 
visited  Delaware.  Under  date  of  Eebruary  5, 
1833,  a  deed  for  a  jilot  of  gronnd  at  th.e  si'mth- 
east  corner  of  W'illia.m  and  Henry  Streets  was 
execnted  by  John  Dax'is  and  3ilar}-.  his  wife,  li.i 
Samnel  Rheem,  Gottlieb  Albright  ami  llenja- 
min  Ely.  consideration  S75.  This  j)lo:  of 
ground  seems  to  have  been  purchased  for 
church  purposes,  for  the  following  entry, 
taken  from  Delaware  County  recfirds,  vol.  23, 
p.  96,  as  found  in  "Historical  ."^ketch  of  Zion 
Reformed,"  by  Jarub  Klee.  was  made  long 
after  the  church  building  was  erected  : 

"Recorder's  Ofticc,   Delaware.  Ohio. 

Sanmel  Rheem  and  Sarah  his    v.ife.    Gottlieb 

Albright  and  Mary  his  wife,  I'dijamin  Ely  and 

Lydia  his  wiie, 

to 

Zion     E\angelical     Liuheran     and     Reformed 

Church  of  Delaware.  Ohio, 

West   part  of  Out-lot  Two,   Consider- 
ation S75, 

Consisting  of  one  acre  and  erne   hun- 
dred and  twenty  rods. 
Execnted  Feliruary  7,    1S42.     Recorded   Feb- 
ruary 15th,   1S42." 

In  the  year  1834  there  was  erected  on  the 
plot  of  ground  abme  referred  to  a  chnrch  edi- 
fice, tlie  joint  priiperty  of  the  Refi.^rmed  and 
Lutherans.  It  was  built  of  stone,  30x45,  and 
cost  81,300.  For  three  years  before  they  were 
organized  into  a  church,  the  Reformed  mem- 
■tjers  worshiped  in  this  house,  and  hail  the  Gos- 
pel preached  and  the  sacraments  administered 
to  them  by  the  pastor  of  the  Lutheran  congre- 
gatiiin.  Rut  few  besides  themselves  knew 
tha.t  thev  were  Refrjrmed,  and  thev  were  com- 


A.   Al 
apj.ri.j 


?  H-!y 
iristian 
Zion's 
Th.:>se 
i\-e  of- 
id     in- 


;   monly  regarded  as  members  of  the  Lutheran 

!    Chnrch. 

'  Bv  an  act  of  the  General  Assemblv  lanuarv 

j   2^.   1S37,   ]-redcrick   Weiser,   Samuel    Rheem', 

i   Benjamin    Ely,  Jac.b  .MilkT,    Michael     Kline 

I   and  as.sociatc.  were  cieaied  a  boily  politic  anvl 

I  corporate  to   be  known   as   Zion    Eviingelical 

I  Lutheran  anil  Reformed  Cliurch  of  Delaware. 

i    Ohio.      In   the   same   year   the    Refiirincd^    ur- 

I   ganized    a    sejjarate    1 'i-gaiii/ali' 'ii.      'i"i:r\-     .-,e- 

I  cured  the  .service-  df   Kn.  c.'.   H. 

I   the  necessar\-  ^tel.-  wen;  laken.  a; 

i   sermon    was   preached,    and    "m    tlic    n 

i   God   the    Father,   and   the    S>ai   and   lb 

i  Ghost,"  they  were  declarerl  to  be  a  CI 

I  church,  to  lie  known  by  the  name  of 

[  Reformed  Church,  of  Delaware,  Ohio. 

I  who  had  been  cliosen  to  fill  tiie  respeci 

j   fices    were    now    solemn!}'    ordaincl     a- 

stalled.  Tlie  church  consisted  of  eighteen  mem- 

i  hers.     Its  first  elders  were  .\]>raham  Call  and 

I   IIenr\-  Feglev.  and  its  hrsi  deaci:>iis.  lacub  Mil- 

'  ler  and  I.M-ael  Breifogel.     d'he  frairiittle  bark 

was  now  ailoat  on  the  sea. 

This  congregation  stands  in  connectiou 
with  "Tlic  Kenirmed  Church  t>f  the  United 
States,"  is  undei-  its  control,  "and  is  in  all  re- 
spects governed  by  its  rules  and  regulations." 
The  contents  of  its  faith  are  th.e  Floly  Scrip- 
tures, as  set  forth  in  the  Heidelberg  Cate- 
chism; and  its  go\'ernment.  lioth  in  spirit  and 
form,  is  strictly  presbyterial.  Its  aim  is  to 
cherish  and  enjoy  true.  Christian  freed'im,  i.i 
'oelieving,  and  cheerful  obeilience  to  divine  au- 
thority and  law.  and  to  ol.itain  salvation  from 
sin.  and  eternal  life  in  Jesus  Christ — the  ".Al- 
pha and  Omega,  the  beginning  and  the  end." 

From  the  time  of  its  org.anization  the  Re- 
f(;rmed  congregati<:)n  occupied  the  church 
built  in  1S34.  in  common  with  the  Lutherans. 
And  these  twin  sisters  for  many  years  [iro- 
ceeded  together  as  harmoniously  and  prosper- 
ously as  could  reasonably  lie  expected.  Still, 
their  relations  were  not  always  and  in  all  re- 
spects (jf  the  nii.ist  satis  factor}-  character.  At 
last,  it  seemetl  best  to  both  parties  to  follow 
the  example  oi  .\l)raham  and  Li:>t.  and  the 
uiur.n  which,  bad  existed  so  long  was  fiuietly 
dissolved.      Tlie   Rcforniedi  bought   the   Luth- 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


eran  interest  in  tlie  'Union  Church."'  giving 
for  it  all  the  ground  belonging  to  it,  except  the 
lot  on  which  the  church  stood,  and  ?-l.r>o  in 
cash.  These  $400,  however,  were  to  liijuidate 
a  debt  still  resting  on  the  iirii])crty.  This  dis-  I 
solution  was  effected  in  April,  1852,  during  I 
the  pastorate  of  Rev.  D.  Rothrock. 

In  1855  it  was  determined  to  remove  the  j 
old  stone  church  and  suhstitrte  for  it  one  bet-  I 
ter  sm'tcd  to  their  wants.  Accordingly,  a  nc.v  j 
brick  edifice  was  erecred,  40x55  feet  in  size,  j 
with  an  end  gallery,  and  a  liaseuient  arranged  ' 
for  a  parsonage  and  lecture  room.  Its  cost  in  | 
money  and  labor  was  al)out  .Sc.ooo.  In  18' 18.  j 
this  was  remodeled  by  building  an  addition  r)t  | 
twelve  feet  to  its  front,  remoxing  the  galiery,  j 
etc.  Other  changes  and  impro\'ements  were  1 
made  in  1877,  co^ting  together  $2,300.  This  ' 
edifice,  now  40x67  feet  in  size,  is  tiie  one  at  ' 
present  occupied  by  the  congregation.  j 

The  church  has  been  served  by  the  folkiu-  j 
ing  ministers :  Rev.  C.  H.  A.  Allardt  served  j 
it  from  its  organization  in  1837  to  1839.  He  j 
was  succeeded  in  1841  by  Rev.  Jacob  \'an 
Linge.  who  prosecuted  his  work  until  1843.  ! 
Rev.  Henry  Hess  became  pastor  in  1844,  and  ! 
ser.-ed  until  i84(>  I^uriuig  tliis  pastorale  the  : 
weekly  prayer  meeting  was  introduced.  After  1 
a  period  of  six  luonths,  Rev.  S.  K.  Denius  j 
began  his  pastorate  in  the  same  year,  and  re-  | 
signed  in  1851.  Rev.  D.  Rothrock  beca,me  } 
pastor  in  1S52,  and  served  one  year.  In  1854.  | 
Rev.  yi.  G.  O.  Stern  became  its  pastor,  and  re-  | 
n'aincd  unul  1857.  In  the  sprin.g  of  i^'^'/.  j 
Rev.  J.  P).  Till  nipson  began  his  labors  as  } 
pastor  and  ser\ed  until  1862.  On  the  first  1 
day  of  January,  1863.  Rev.  John  \'ogt  as-  j 
sumed  pastoral  relatimis  and  served  until  Jul}' 


Dr.  \'ogt,  known  as  the  'AI 


Parson,"  was  called  from  his  earthly  tleld  of 
labor  Sunday,  Xovember  3.  1901.  at  his  home  | 
on  South  Sandusky  Street,  Delaware.  Dr.  ; 
\'ogt  was  followed  in  the  pastorate  1)\'  ti'e  , 
Rev.  L.  E.  C.  Lahr.  who^e  pastoral  reiati:'^  # 
began  Januar}-  i.  1893.  and  cuntinued  tnv.il 
his  death  on  .-Vpril  11.  1906.  Dr.  Lahr  was  > 
followed  by  the  Rev.  John  C.  Gekeler,  the  pres-  ■ 
ent  pastor,  who  began  his  l.djors  Se[)tembcr  , 
15.  1907. 


Numerous  disad\'antages  and  obstacles 
have  iiripeded  its  irsefulness  and  prog- 
ress from  the  start.  Its  original  union 
arrangement  was  never  satisfactory,  and 
was.  no  fl.iubt,  a  hindrance  to  both 
parties.  I'or  many  x'ears,  its  ser\-ices 
were  conducted  exclusively  in  Germ.an,  and 
many  of  its  young  people,  and  even  entire 
families,  became  dissatisfied  and  sought  homes 
in  English  churches.  Since  about  1875.  ^'^^ 
use  of  the  German  lanininge  has  been  d.isco:i- 
tinueu  in  the  conduct  ui  all  pjublic  services  of 
the  church.  The  burden  of  debt  under  which 
the  congregation  labored  for  years  l.as  been 
entirely  removed. 

During  the  past  f|u:n'ter  of  a  century  Zi'.'ii 
Reformed  Church  has  made  substantial 
growth  in  every  way,  her  meniliership  has  in- 
creased and  her  building  improved  at  various 
times.  During  the  fall  of  1904  a  l>eautiful 
pipe  organ  was  installed  at  a  cost  of  $1,500. 
The  congregati(.)n  at  present  is  engaged  in  se- 
curing a  home  for  its  pastor.  The  s-^cieties 
of  the  congregation  are  the  Sunday  School, 
Ladies'  Aid  Society,  the  Zwingle  Alissionary 
Societ}',  and  a  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor. 
The  membership  is  three  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-tive. 

THE   GERMAN    METHODI.ST    EPISC0P.\L    CHl'KClf. 

This  church  dates  back  to  1S36.  In  that 
year.  Rev.  William  Xast,  D.  D.,  the  first  Ger- 
man missionary  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  traveled  through  Central  Ohio  from 
the  ri\-er  to  the  lake,  preaching  daily  to  the  few 
German  settlers,  here  anrl  there,  who  had 
sought  a  home  in  this  Western  country.  On 
these  mission  tours.  Dr.  Xast  passed  through 
Delaware  and  preached  to  the  few  of  his  coun- 
trymen who  were  willing  to  hear  his  tidings. 
About  1844,  the  Rev.  Jnhn  Barth.  the  German 
pastor  at  Columbus,  traveled  through  Dela- 
ware and  r\Iarion  Counties,  and  once  more 
looked  up  the  Germans,  in  the  interest  of  the 
Methodist  Church.  In  the  re\  i\al  meetings' 
which  he  held,  many  were  converted  and 
joined  the  ^lethodist  Church.  This  wa-  the 
beginning  of  the  German  Church  in  Dela- 
ware. 


AND    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


251 


These  people  were  poor  and  few,  and  their 
nitetiugs  were  held  at  first  in  priwnte  houses. 
When  these  were  filled,  they  moved,  first  to 
the  stone  schoolliouse  at  the  corner  6i  Frank- 
lin and  Winter  Streets,  then  to  the  old  ^vletho- 
dist  Onnxh,  one  square  south,  and  tlien  to 
the  old  academy  on  Hill  Street.  In  1S46,  the 
Rev.  John  Kindler  became  the  pastor  for  one 
year,  and  in  1S47,  the  Rev.  G.  A.  Erauning'. 
Duriny  his  pastorate,  a  little  frame  church 
was  built  on  a  lot  on  Henry  Street,  j^'iven  by 
the  first  member  of  the  cliurch — Father  Al- 
bright. It  was  not  long,  however,  that  the  lit- 
tle building  on  Henry  Street  was  large  enough 
to  hold  the  congregation,  and.  in  1S54.  under 
the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  G.  Xachtriel>.  a  lot  on 
Hill  Street  was  bought,  and  the  present  brick 
church  erected  and  dedicated  in  1S55,  by 
Bishop  Simpson.  From  1845.  Delaware  and 
Galioa  had  constituted  one  nu'^si'^n,  but  in 
1854  Delaware  became  se]f-supp:'ning',  and 
was  made  a  separate  statii^n.  Since  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  mission,  twenty-lour  iiroachers 
and  assistants  ha\-e  labored  in  this  work. 
Delaware  belonged  to  the  Xorth  Ohio  C'jr;- 
ference  until  1865.  when  the  German  Confer- 
ences were  organized,  since  which  time  it  has 
been  attached  tn  ihe  Central  German  Confer- 
ence. 

The  memljcrship  of  the  church  has  not 
been  permanent,  owing  to  the  constant  migra- 
tion to  the  West,  antl  the  aggregate  has  never 
exceeded  one  hundred  and  fifty  memliers.  For 
many  year.s  the  church  declined  on  account  of 
deaths,  remowals,  and  fewer  persons  desiring 
to  hear  prfeaching  in  the  German  language. 
The  society  disorganized  about  four  years 
ago,  and  the  building  was  sold  in  1907  to 
\\'illiam  Xye.  The  audience  njcmi  is  still  used 
for  a  mission,  conducted  by  I.  S.  Walters,  and 
is  filling  a  needed  place  in  the  religious  life  of 
Delaware. 

FIRST    CONGREGATIOXAL    (WF.I^SIl)     CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  in  1S44.  The 
first  Welsh  sermon  preached  in  Delaware  was 
delivered  by  Rev.  George  Lewis  in  the  year 
1 841,  at  the  residence  of  'Sir.  Henrv  Thomas. 


on  Washington  Street,  between  William  and 
Winter.  Prayer  meetings  were  held  from  time 
to  time  at  this  house  from  1841  to  1844.  In 
this  year  the  congregation  was  organized  with 
the  Rev.  Rees  Powell  as  pastor,  and  \\'n]\ 
twenty-two  charter  members,  viz.:  Henry 
Thomas  an.d  wife,  John  E.  Davis  and  wife, 
John  Rowland  and  wife,  John  Rowland.  Sr., 
Reese  Price.  George  Pugh.  David  Thomas, 
John  E.  ]nne>.  Robert  lioHn-.  Thr.nias  Row- 
lands. Willliam  Rowlands,  John  E.  Davis. 
Edward  Williams.  i\Iary  Jones,  Elizabeth 
Jones,  Catherine  Rowlands.  Jane  Rowlands. 
The  first  services  were  held  in  a  small  frame 
schiiol  house  between  William  and  Winter 
Streets,  which  was  purchased  and  used  until 
1S58.  when  a  brick  structure  was  erected  on 
A\'mtcr  Street,  between  Liberty  and  Elizalielh 
Streets,  Rev.  Powell  cniitinued  pastur  until 
1862,  when  Re\-,  ]oh\\  11.  Jones  became  pas- 
tor, and  served  until  in  tlic  So's,  The  memljcr- 
ship remained  in  all  these  years  about  the 
same.  bet\veen  twenty  and  thirty.  The  serv- 
ices were  held  in  the  Welsh  language  and  the 
children  did  not  learn  this  language,  and  so 
one  by  one  dropped  a\\-ay. 

Se\-eral  years  ago,  ser\-ices  ceased  to  be 
held  in  this  church,  and  tlie  building  was  sold 
to  the  Public  School  Board  and  has  been  re- 
moved and  the  ground  now  forms  part  of  the 
north  lawn  of  the  West  School  Building. 

ST.    >t.\Rv's    CHURCH,   DF.L.VWARE,    OHIO. 

•  The   Catholics  of  Delaware  and   the    sur- 

I   rounding  country  did  not  furm  a  regular  ccin- 
gregation  and  had  no  resident  pastor  until  the 
1  year  1856,  when  the  .Most  Rev,  J.  B,  Purcell, 
I   bishop  of   the   L^iocese  oi  Cincinnati,   sent    the 
'    Rev,    Caspar    Wiese.    a   middle-aged     German 
I  jirie.st.  to  undertake  the  spiritual  charge  of  the 
j   few  people  who  professed  the  Catholic  religion 
I  and  resided  in  the  city  or  neighborhood.     But 
I   for  fully  twenty  years  previous  to  that  date, 
j  missionary  priests  from  all  over  the  State  had 
visited  at  \'ery  irregular  times,  the  little  tiock 
for  the  purjjo^e  oi   administering    the    sacra- 
ments, and  of  en.couraging  those,  who,  in  spite 
of  their  complete  isolation,     had    tenaciously 


HISTORY  OF  DFLAWARl:;  COUNTY 


clunp  V)  llie  religion  of  their  forefaihcr;..  As 
early  as  1S34  s'lme  Gorman  Calhnlic  taniilies 
had  settled  in  Delaware,  among  whom  were 
Gerhard  Xuss,  Chistopher  Kirehiicr,  and-la.-.t 
hut  wA  least,  Adam  Miller,  the  lather  of  our 
siill-livini;-,  old  and  respected  tinvnsnian.  -Mar- 
tin Miller  of  West  Winter  Street.  '  It  may 
be  stated  here  as  the  plain  truth,  that  luid  it 
not  been  for  the  deeply  religious  zeal  an.d  piety 
of  said  Adam  Miller,  little  if  any  trace  oi  dis- 
tinctly Catholic  worship  would  have  been  wit- 
nessed in  Delaware  in  all  those  years  until 
late  in  the  fifties  and  the  l:ieginning  of  the  six- 
ties, when  a  large  ntimber  of  Irish  CatltMlics 
came  and  settled  in  East  Delaware.  It  'is  not 
known  positively  whether  any  Calhr.lic  clergy- 
man visited  Delaware  until  i8,v'S  <'i'  I'^^^VJ.  l'"t 
on  or  about  that  time.  Father  Voung  fmrn 
l^ancaster,  Ohio,  is  renieuihered  to  h.ave 
readied  the  town  and  to  h.a\e  ceie-l>ratei_:  ih.e 
first  !Mass,  said  or  sung  i)i  Delaware,  in  t!ie 
front  room  of  a  small  frame  Iviuse  still  stand- 
ing today  on  the  south  side  of  I'ark  Avenue 
near  Franklin  Street  in  South  Delaware,  and 
wdiich  was  the  residence  of  Adam  Miller.  J'rom 
then  until  1850,  only,  or  possibly  twice  a  year, 
would  a  Catholic  missionary  priest  make  his 
appeal  ance  and  remain  over  Sunday.  But  in 
the  meantime,  and  regularly  e\'ery  Sunday 
morning,  Mr.  Adam  Miller  would  convert  his 
hont  room  into  a  little  church,  gather  therein 
as  many  of  his  Catlmlic  neighbors  as  he  C(iu!d 
notify,  and  devoutly  preside  over  that  part  of 
the  Catholic  Vv-orshi]i  wdiich  laymen  could  jicr- 
form  in  the  absence  of  a  priest,  such  as  the 
recitation  of  the  Rosary,  the  singing  of  hymns. 
the  reading  of  the  Gospels  nf  the  Snndav  and 
Catechetical  instruction.  It  was  thus  that  the 
spark  of  faith  and  religion  was  kejit  up  and 
transmitted  by  these  few  pious  and  simple- 
hearted  people  to  their  children.  In  iS^o  the 
number  of  Catholics  in  Delaware  had  in- 
creased somewdiat ;  they  were  visited  more 
regularly  l)y  the  neighboring  priests  of  Ceilum- 
bus.  and  finally  they  purchased  a  lot  on  I'ni- 
versity  A\enue,  on  which  a  few^  years  later, 
in  1854,  under  the  direction  of  Rev.  Caspar 
Borgess,  afterw.-irds  bishop  of  Detroit,  thev 
erected  a  little  frame  church,  wh.^se  size,  how- 


ever, answered  the  pui'],iose  of  their  still  very 
small  riitmber  for  many  years  to  come. 

FVom  1850  to  J  856  the  little  clnircli  was 
attended  irrcgularl_\-  by  l^'ather  Piorgess  and 
other  clergymen  from  Columbus,  jind  carefully 
kept  uj)  by  the  few  devoted  iiiniioer;  who  had 
helped  to  erect  it.  Anrnig  iliem.  weie  many 
who  may  be  still  reiucnihered  by  tlie  ]>reseiU 
generatio,n,  such  as  .\dam  Miller,  the  patriarch 
of  all  of  them.  Ins  smu,  :Martni  :\firipr.  John 
Shea,  wdiose  home  near  the  church  wa~  at  all 
times  hospitabh  open  tu  the  visiting  ]>rie^ts, 
George  Kraus,'j.din  B.  Zcllcr,  Thr'.mav  Mc- 
Donald,  the  father  of  our  well  knr.wn  and 
prosperous  ceuitractor,  James  McDonald, 
Christnpher  Kirchuer.  John  Grady.  Sr..  James 
Cantwell  and  a  few  others.  At  this  time, 
hriwc\er.  all  of  those  tirst  pioneers  nf  St. 
Mary's  Church  have  go'ie  into  eterniiy.  with 
the  exception  oi  ^lartin  Miller,  wh;."i.  in  spite 
of  hi^  ripe  old  age.  i>  still  ep.j'iyiiig  ihc  best 
of  health  in  our  mid.'-i.  and  gi\e>  g". "!  pronn'se 
to  rnitlix'e  many  others  wlio  came  to  Delaware 
long  after  him. 

Towards  the  end  of  the  year  1856.  the  lit- 
tle congregation  ha\ing  recei\-ed  many  acces- 
sions by  the  immigration  of  a  numbei'  of  Irish 
families.  Rev.  Caspar  Wiese  was  installed  as 
the  first  permanent  i)astor.  Init  there  being  no 
pastoral  residence.  Martin  Miller,  wdio  lived 
then  in  the  old  brick  house  still  standing  on  the 
southwest  corn.er  of  W'illiam  and  Union 
Streets,  shared  his  bouse  with  the  forlorn 
clergyman,  and  along  with  Jrhn  Shea  took 
care  that  the  newl_\-  appointed  pastor  was  made 
as  comfortable  as  possible  with  the  scanty  sal- 
ary tlie  still  very  small  congregation  could 
furnish  him.  From  that  time  until  today, 
Delaware  was  never  without  a  resident  priest. 
In  the  early  fifties,  \vhen  the  Springfield  rail- 
road was  being  Iniilt.  at  least  two  hundred 
Irish  Catholic  families  from  the  neighlxjr- 
hood  of  Listowel.  County  Kerry.  Ireland,  es- 
tablished themselves  in  East  Delaware,  and 
remained  there  permanently  even  after  the  con- 
structi'in  of  the  railniad.  The  number  of 
Cathulies  in  Delaware  increased  at  once  al- 
most tenfold,  and  the  original  little  frame 
church   could   not   hold   one-fourth    of    them. 


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253 


Rt:\-.  Henry  Et'lilings.  wliti  was  one  of  the  ir.i- 
iiU'Iialc  successors  nf  Failici'  W'iesc.  u-enl  to 
V.  "rl<,  therefore,  with  much  \im  and  energ-y. 
\'  enlarge  the  chnrch.  hut  the  people -ijeing  all 
]■■  '•']■.  it  \\a<  inipii.-isihle  to  hn'd  an  entirely 
ne\>  clunch.  lie  stnu'lv.  tlicrefore.  iip(;;r,  ri 
\ery  pccuh':ir  ami  ingenious  idea,  seldom,  it 
e\er.  carried  out  anywhere  before  him.  and 
wliirh  for  t\\  enty-fi\x  years  lo  come,  certainly 
made  St.  Mary"s  Cliurch  in  Delaware  a  siir.ie- 
wliat  fjncer  and  unsighth'  architectural  curi- 
osity. IV)  the  little  frame  church  a  much 
higher  and  \\  ider  Ijrick  addition  wa-  in  some 
wa)-  attaclied,  a  process  which  gave  to  the 
buildiing  a>  a  whule,  a  most  curious  and  in- 
c<Tngruotr>  ai'jiearance  outside  and  in>id,ir.  In 
I'ather  h'ehling's  niinrl.  this  impni\'emeni  was 
ti'  he  tint  a  tempi^rar)  shifl  for  ()1)taining 
r. lom.  and  h.-;d  he  entertained  the  remotest 
suspicion  that  this  ungainly  and  uirsiglnly 
editice  would  remain  -there  for  a  quarter  cf  a 
centuiy.  he  would  certainly  never  have  thought 
of  erecting  it.  The  wlmle  of  it  was  onh-  de- 
molished in   1887. 

During  I-'athur  Fehlings"  administratioir 
the  congregatiiin  of  St.  Mary's  also  purchased 
■n  old  store  ro.  an  and  frame  house  adjoining 
the  church  on  Uni\-ersity  Avenue,  which  build- 
ings served,  like  the  church,  for  twenty-five 
years,  as  panjchial  schno!  and  pastoral  resi- 
dence. Had  Rev.  Heiu')-  ]-\dilings  remained 
in  Delaware,  there  is  little  doubt  that  in  a  very 
few  years  all  these  old,  unsightly  and  dilapi- 
dated buildings  wb.ich  were  p.;ri.ha-ed  >:!r.;j'y 
for  emergency  and  temporary  !,)urpci-;es,  v\rju]d 
SDon  have  made  room  for  something  ni'ire 
suitable.  Rut  Father  Fehliug.-  was  removed 
very  suddenly  and  abrujjtly  to  other  held.^  of 
labor,  and  then  there  came  upon  St.  Mary's 
Church  and  congregation  a  period  of  f-jrpor 
and  sleepiness  as  to  any  material  progress,  sel- 
dom witnessed  in  a  congregatiiin  which  num- 
bered in  1S69  at  least  one  thousand  souls. 
Owing  chiefly  to  very  indifferent  tlirection  on 
tlte  part  of  the  many  pastors  who  succeeded 
each  other  from  1S64  to  18S4.  perhaps  also  to 
the  lack  of  initiative  and  encouragement  -."in  the 
part  i,f  the  people,  little  or  m.i  attempt  was 
made   in   the   following  twenty  years,   to   im- 


prove the  old  church  pro|ierties,   which   soon 
j  became  *:>  dilapidated  looking  that  they  were 
!  a  i)ositi\-e  disgrace  to  the  street  on  which  they 
I  stood.     Only  once  during  that  sleepy  period, 
1  in   18S0,  was  there  a  .Nlight  a.wak-ening.     Tw.) 
j   large  lots  oti   Ti^ast  Wdliam   Street   were  con- 
!  iracted  for  during  the  pastoratv  of  Rev.  X.  E. 
i    Pilgcr.    with    the    vagi,.-    iniruuou    of    building 
I   a   new   church   therei-n    in   the    faLUic.      llow- 
!   e\-er,  in    J884.  when   ilie  pres.jnt    i-ei"t"r  of   St. 
^Lary's.    Rev.    Fh.    Steylc.   came   to    Delaware, 
thc-e  lots   v,  ore  ■nily  ;ib.-ut  one-half  paid   for. 
and  there  -eenied  to  be  little  jirospccl  for  erect- 
ing a  r.ew  cliurch.     Rut  precisely  in  that  year 
of  1884,  .a  new   ami  siui'risiug  period  of  activ- 
itv   succeeded    tlvose    twenty   years   of   neglect 
and  tor])i(l  carelessness.  In  less  than  six  years", 
]   that   is    from   the   spring  of    1SS5   until    1 890, 
j   under  the  direction  and   initiative  of  the  pas- 
I   tor    and    the  hearty    co-operation  of  nearly  all 
the  members  of  the  ch.urch,  a   most  beautiful 
and  large   brick  and   stone  cliurch.    a    school 
bouse,    a    pastoral    residence     and     a     sisters" 
house  sprung  up.  as  if  liy  magic,  on  East  Wil- 
liam and  ffenry  Streets,  and  were  almost  paid 
for  immediately  by  the  congregation.     Froin 
worshipping  in  tlie  nx-anest  and  iriost  dilapi- 
dated looking  church  in  Delaware,  the  mem- 
bers of   St.    Aiarv's   Churc'i   in   tliis    rear    of 


008, 


bt. 


ss.  without  tiie  slightest 
the  most  \aluable.  and  arciiitecturaily  speak- 
ing, the  linest  looking  chureii  property  in 
Delaware.  St.  iMary's  congregation,  includ- 
ing many  farmers,  numbers  at  this  date  in  the 
neighborb.ood  of  1,400  souls.  The  new  S:. 
Marv's  cemetery  adjc.iining  Oak-  Gro\-e,  was 
ptu'chased  and  S'tlemnly  consecrated  by  Bishop 
Watterson  in  i89c^  In  the  following  list  w-e 
give  the  names  of  tlie  clergymen  Avho  acted 
as  pastors  of  St.  Hilary's  Church,  from  the 
vear  1S56  to  the  present  year,  1908:  Rev. 
Caspar  \Viese  from  1856  to  i860.  Rev.  Jo- 
seph F""itzgerald  and  his  brother,  Rev.  E.  M. 
Fitzgerald,  from  i860  to  1862.  Rev.  iMc- 
Sweeney  to  1S63.  Rev.  Henry  Fehlings  from 
186^  to  i86<9.  Rev.  Joseph  ^^IcPhilips  from 
i8rx)  to  1874.  Rev.  A.  O.  Walker,  J.  B. 
Schmi.lt  and  J.  C.  Croldschmi<lt  each,  f'.r  a 
few-  months  in  succession.     Rev.  X'.  E.  Pilger 


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HTSTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


from  uSjt  to  July,  1SS4.  and  from  September, 
I     18S4,   to  the  present  year.     iyo8,     Rc\ .     Ph. 

Steyle,  who  is  therefore  fulfilliiio'  tlie  twenty- 
!  fourth  vcar  of  his  long  pastorale  of  St.  Marv's 
I     C'lnueii'. 

I  AFKICAX     MF.TlfODIST    EPI.SCOl'AI.    CnL'RCH. 

OF  DFLAWARF.,  OHIO. 

■  This  church — v.itliin  the  bounds  of  the 
i  Xorth  Ohio  Annual  Conference,  since  its  ior- 
,    mation  in   ]88^,  but  originally  in  the  Ohi'j — 

■  was  organized  late  in  the  fall  of  1845,  '^''^ 
I  Rev.  Daniel  Winslow  becoming-  its  first  pastor, 
i     being  appointed   to   its   pastorate  by  the     Rt. 

■  Rev.  Bishop  Paul  Ouinn,  frnin  the  Ohio  An- 
i  nual  Conference,  which  convened  in  Colum- 
;  bus.  Ohio,  October  18,  1845.  'fi"^  coiner- 
stone  of  the  first  building  was  laid  in  1853. 
and  ere  long  Zion  A.  M,  E.  Church  was  dedi- 
cated. In  1876  it  was  razed  and  rebuilt.  The 
cornerstone  of  this  new  edifice  was  laid  by 
Rev.  John  \A'.  Lewis ;  the  w  alls  completed  and 
building  roofed  by  Rev.  J.  B.  Stansbury,  and 
the  buildiiig  finislied,  seated  and  opened  bv 
Rev.  N.  :\L  "Alitchell. 

Du'ing  the  pastorate  of   Rev.  Jesse  Hen- 
derson,   1880-3,  ''^  feud  rent  this  church,  and 
some  of  its  mi:ist  substantial  members,  being 
unjustly  expelled,  remained  out    and    formed 
what  is  now  Trinity  M.  E.  Church.     On  the 
j    whole,  it  is  safe  to  say  at  this  writing  the  A. 
I    M.  E.  is  the  leading  church  among  the  petji)!e 
'    of  African  descent  in  the  city.     Three  of  its 
I    ex-pastors  have  reached  the  bishopric,  name!}' : 
John  ?d.  Brown,  James  A.  Shorter,  and  C.  T. 
"Shafi'er.     One,  O".  J.  W.   Scott,   is  at  present 
chaplain   in  the  L'nited   States  army.      While 
some  of  its  pastors  showed  clearly  the  driings 
of  slavery,  yet  among  them  have  been  found 
-;  polished  men;  teachers,    jurists,    theologians, 
orators,  Christian  scholars,  and  some  of  these 
were  ex-sla\-es.     There  has  lieen  some  dross, 
too,  among  the  gold;  some  p\-gmies  amid  the 
giants;  yet,  somehow,  CimI  h;i^  u-cd  this  dross 
and  these  pygmies  for  his  glory  and  the  goorl 
of  men. 

One    of  the   jxitent    forces   of    this    churc'i, 
has   b.een    its   native-b^irn   sin"er>.      Mr.    Wil- 


liam PL  Alston,  its  chorister  for  years,  pos- 
sessed, say  critics,  one  of  the  finest  basso 
voices  in  the  slate,  if  nut  in  the  country,  he, 
with  his  brother,  F.  B.  Alston,  being  two  of 
the  "stars"  in  the  far-famed  original  "Dijna- 
van's  Tennessee  Jubilee  Singers." 

Its  pastiirs  have  been ;  Revs.  Daniel  Win- 
slow.  Chas.  }\'iers.  Nelson  Turban.  Jesse  Di- 
vine, Levin  fimss,  Alex.  Austin.  W.  B. 
Lewis.  William  Davidson.  .Mien  Brown,  John 
Ridgewa%-,  T"hn  Tibbs.  LTiric^  A.  Shorter, 
John  AL 'Brown.  E.  D.  DaVis,  T.  W.  Roberts, 
Rev.  Grafton  PI.  Graham,  the  historian,  phil- 
osopher, theologian  and  polished  orator, 
Stonewall  Jackson,  Robert  Ilurlev,  lesse  As- 
burv,  lohii  Rickman.  W.  D.  M'itchell.  Na- 
thaniel M.  [Mitchell,  G.  W.  Maxwell,  John  F. 
Hamilton.  P.  Alston,  H.  A.  Jackson,  C.  T. 
ShalTer,  John  W.  Lewis  |.  B.  Stan^burv, 
Tesse  PIcnderMm.  D.  E.  Cabman,  O.  |.  W. 
Scoit.  I.  D.  Singleton.  H.  W.  Tonev.  L.  E. 
Johnson.  R.  P,.  P.  Wright.  R.  G.  .\iortimer, 
jes.-e  PL  Smith,  E.  Fort.  J.  ^1.  Tate. 

The  foregoing  list  of  pastors  may  not  be 
in  exact  order,  as  it  was  obtained  from  the 
older  members  and  citizens  as  they  remember 
them. 

The  present  pastor.  Rev,  N.  ]M.  ^litchell, 
is  duplicating  himself,  having  ser\ed  as  pas- 
tor here  quite  a  Cjuarter  of  a  century  ago.  Tlie 
present  edifice  is  in  fairly  good  repair,  with  a 
membership  of  sexenty-six  and  seven  proba- 
tioners. 

Prom  Rev.  N.  M.  }>Iitchell  it  is  learned  that 
while  the  Ohio  Annual  Conference  was  in  ses- 
sion in  this  church  in  .Vjiril.  i8f»5,  a  dispatch 
was  recei\ed  saying,  "Pre-i'lent  Lincoln  lias 
been  assassinated."  In  a  feu'  hours— the  same 
day — a  secmd  di.-patcli  c;ime,  saying:  "Jl'il- 
bcrforcc  luis  l\-rii  burned  to  the  groiuid."  This 
was  tiie  only  college  owned  l.\v  the  church. 

ST.    P.\L'L's    >rETirODIST    EPISCOPAL    CIU'KCH. 

St.  Paul's  Methodist  lipiscopal  Church,  of 

Delaware,    Obio],    wa'^    origin.ally     within     the 

bounds  of  the  North  Ohio  Conference,  Init  at 

die  Genend   Conference   for  the  year   i8''-o  it 

•'   was  transferred  to  the  (Jiiio    Conference,    to 


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255 


which  it  now  Ijelonys.  In  the  fall  of  the  year 
185J.  the  Rev.  John  Ouigley  was  appointed 
by  the  Xortli  Ohio  Conference  to  organize  a 
cliurch  witliin  ;the  southern  Ixiundarics  of 
Delaware  to  accommodate  the  membersin'p  of 
tliat  portion  of  the.  tlicn.  village  of  Delaware. 
']'he  early  records  of  the  organization  seem  to 
have  been  lost  or  destroyed.  The  first  official 
record  of  this  church  now  extant  is  dated  Oc- 
tober 16,  1858.  and  includes  the  names  of  per- 
sons who  afterward  became  prominent  minis- 
ters of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  for- 
eign missionaries,  college  professors  anil 
business  men  of  Delaware,  and  elsewliere. 
Jacob  T.  Caples  was  the  pastor  in  charge,  and 
Samuel  Lynch,  agent  of  the  O.  W.  I^  College. 
The  local  preachers  were:  Thomas  Scott, 
Stanley  Stevens.  George  Lansing  Taylor,  J. 
Bushong.  L.  }.  Powell,  Isaac  Crook.  Xailian 
Sites,  i.  -Alasi.  II.  J.  Clark.  The  exhoriei-> 
were  H.  'Si.  "Perkins.  T.  G.  DeardortY.  lojm 
Sites,  W.  B.  Edwards!  L.  P.  Smith.  "The 
stewards  were  John  A.  Clippinger.  Hiram 
Hull,  Charles  Xi"el,  Xathan  Ely,  Paul  Randall. 
The  class  leaders  v,ere  W'atjoii  Karr,  Isaac 
Crcok,  X.  P..  Edwards.  James  G.  Deardorff, 
"\v'.  O.  Semans,  Xathan  Sites.  George  Lansing 
I'aylor,  Samuel  Burkholder,  H.^  M.  Per- 
kins. 

From  this  (.late,  the  ot^cial  records  are  re- 
plete with  such  names  as  Dr.  F.  Merrick', 
Prof.  William  Godman,  Prof.  lohn  P.  Lanorx. 
]\Iichael  T-  Cramer,  Prof.  H."  S.  B.  Xewton, 
Prof.  F.'S.  Ployt.  John  F.  Thompson,  Rev. 
Edward  Thompson  (afterward  bishop),  and 
many  others.  But  in  the  space  all'ittcd  us 
for  this  sketch,  it  would  be  impossible  to  name 
the  many  useful  and  afterwards  prominent 
men  and  women  whose  names  are  fouml  on 
the  official  records  of  this  church,  and  tlie 
reader  must  look  to  the  l)iographica!  portion 
of  this  volume  and  to  other  sources,  to  com- 
plete the  list. 

■  But  while  we  are  unable  to  give  a  com- 
plete history  of  the  organization  of  the  church. 
we  can  give  a  complete  list  of  the  pastors  who 
have  ser\ef!  it  from  its  organization  down  to 
the  present  time.  Beginning  with  the  lir^t, 
the  following  is  the  list: 


Rev.    [ohn  Ouiglev   18^2-1854 

Rev.  Thoma's  F.  Hildreih    1S54-1S56 

Rev.  L.  B.   Gurlev   1856-18^8 

Rev.   Jacob  T.  Caples   1858-18^9 

Rev.    PI.    S.    Bradley    1S59-1860 

Rev.  James  F.   Given    1860-1861 

Rev.  T.  PI.  Philips   1861-1862 

Rev.  F.  S.  Hoyt   1802  1863 

Rev.    I.   r^[.    lamesrju    1863-1865 

Rev.   A.   ]i.  \\'indsor    1S6V1867 

Rev.  George  W.  Brush.  .  .  1867-Tan.  2:;.  1868 

Rev.  L.  B.  Gurley Jan.  to  Oct..   1868 

Rev.  Davirl  PI.;\Ioore(now  Bishop)  1808-1S70 

Rev,  Joseph  H.  Creighton 1870-1873 

Rev.   Isaac  Crook    1 87  V 1874 

Rev.  Robert  \V.  ^lanlev 1874-1875 

Rev.  Samuel  A.  Keen    187^1878 

Rev.   T.  C.   lackson,   Ir 1878-18S1 

Rev.  tnnoLhv  \V.  Stanlev.  1 88 i-^Iay  18,  1883 
Ik-v.  F.  Merrick  and  otliers,  :\Iay  to  Oct.,  1883 

Rev.  Isaac  F.  Kmg  1883-1884 

Rev.  John  W.  Dihon    1884-1886 

Rev.  is-aac  Crook 1886-1888 

Rev.   B.  L.  :McElroy    i8So-  iSoo 

Rev.  I.  H.  Gardner 1890-1891 

Rev.  "D.  C.  Thomas  1891-1896 

Rev.  \V.  F.  Oldham  (now  Bishop)   181/1-1898 

Rev.  Carl  G.  Doney 1898-1900 

Rev.  Arthur  :\I.  ^lann   1900-190.}. 

Rev.   R.  F.   Bishop    1904-1905 

Rev.  i-Iomer  J.  Smith   1905-1907 

Rev.  B.  D.  Evan> 1907- 

St.  Paul's  started  with  a  membership  of 
about  thirty  persons,  most  of  whom  had  been 
members  of  the  parent  cliurch  (William 
Street).  Since  then  it  has  grov.-n  in  numbers 
from  year  to  year,  until,  at  the  present  time  its 
membership  is  six  hundred.  It  has  a  prosper- 
ous Sabbath  school  with  an  average  attend- 
ance of  abotit  three  hundred  persons.  From 
its  organization  it  has  been  essentially  a  mis- 
sionary church.  It  was  in  this  church  that  the 
first  auxiliary  of  die  Woman's  Home  ]\Iis- 
sionarv  Society  was  organized,  on  July  27, 
1880.  It  is  replete  with  missionary  work,  and 
societies;  an  annual  collection  is  taken  for  the 
general  work  or  parent  society.  It  has  a  well- 
organized  and  well-supported  Woman's  Plome 
Missionary   Societv,     a     successful     Woman's 


'.--.6 


HISTORY  OF  DrX AWARE  COUXTV 


I'oreign  ]\lissii'nriry  Society,  a  young  w.oman's 
home  missionary  society  called  "The  Queen  Es- 
ther Circle,"  a  Young  Woman's  Foreign  Mis- 
si. marv  Societ\-.  a  chiltlren's  socicL\  known  as 
tho  nonie  Gnanls.  The  Sahhath  sch.iM  is  or- 
g.an-.ed  into  -t  missionary  Mxiety.  It  has  als^.i 
a  La.lies's  Aid  Socictv.  to  which  the  most  ni 
thf  ladies  of  the  churdi  hel.ing.  It  suppnrts  r 
Juyiii.r  Epwurtli  Lea.gue.  tu  which  the  m- ist 
of  the  children  of  the  church  under  fourteen 
years  of  age  belong.  .\nd  it  has  a  prosper- 
ous Senior  Epworih  League  with  a  meniher- 
ship  of  al.iout  one  hundred  and  lifty  persons. 
an^l  this  League  is  entitleil  to  ,,vk-  of  the  tir.-t 
charters  issued  under  the  auspices  ui  the  or- 
ganization. ImmediateJy  after  it  was  or- 
gani^^ed,  hy  a  committee  who  met  in  the  city  ',{ 
Cleveland,'  Ohio,  the  Re\ .  Samuel  .\.  ]\e-L'ii, 
who  was  a  member  of  the  (..'omniittee  of  i  )r- 
ganizatii3n,  on  his  way  liome  fri;;n  the  n^xi- 
ing.  stopped  at  Delaware  V:  visit  his  former 
postorate,  St.  Paul's  Church,  and  Re\ .  B.  L. 
McElroy.  who  was  then  its  pastor  in  cliavge. 
Dr.  Keen,  wlio  was  full  of  ilie  spirit  of  the 
League,  made  S(jme  remarks  at  the  Wednes- 
day eveo.ing  pi;i\-er  meeting  m  reference  to 
the  League,  ami  imiiK-diately  alter  the  close 
of  the  prayer  ser\ice,  St.  Paul's  Epworth 
League  was  organized,  and  a  charter  called  for 
b}-  telegram.  This  League  is  one  of  the  most 
zealous  organizations  of  the  church,  anil  (jiie 
of  the  most  potent  factors  in  jnomoting'  its 
good.  The  young  people  of  this  congregation 
had  been  well  trained  for  an  orgainza.tion  of 
rhis  kind,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  T.  W. 
Stanley,  during  the  time  he  had  ser\ed  the 
churcli  (which  was  from  the  fall  of  1881  to 
the  spring  of  1S83).  .-\  \'ery  successfid  young 
people's  meeting  bail  been  organized  and  it  | 
was  well  prepared  to  take  up  tlie  work  of  the 
league.  an<l  it  is  behexed  that  much  of  the 
good  it  has  accrmiplisheil  in  after  years  is  due 
to  the  spirit  and  zeal  it  received  from  that 
first  organization  of  the  young  people  of  the 
church. 

St.  Paul's  has  sent  to  tlie  foreign  and  home 
missionary  fields  more  than  fifty  missionaries 
and  teachers,  which  is  believed  to  be  a  greater 
number  than  any  other   Methodist   Episcoi>al 


church  has  sent  since  its  organization.  The 
following  is  a  list  of  the  persons  v.ho  ha\e 
been  sent  out  from  tliis  clunxh,  and  the  sev- 
eral fields  t<:i  which  they  have  gone    : 

Armenia — X.    A.    iMorjickian. 

Mexico— -Galdino  Guilerrez. 

Porto  Rico— Charles  W.  Drees. 

Korea  Lillian  X.  Pbirris,  ^l.  ]).;  Marv 
\\'.  Harris. 

Singapore— Charles  S.  Bu.chanan,  .Mrs. 
Emilv  Earlv  Puchanan,  .Merrill  C.  .Miller. 

S^aith  .\fr:c,l~^Frs.  Pclle  Gates  Fhnes, 
James  L.  DeWilt,  Mrs.  P.yrna  Adams  De- 
\\"itt.    \"irginia    Swarnistead    (now   Coliin). 

Japan— Rev.  Harry  B.  Swartz.  :\Irs.  :\Liry 
Frazicr  Swartz,  .\nna  A".  Ping,  L'me  Ha- 
mada.  Lenora  Seed.s,  Mnble  Seeds,  Fannie 
G.  Wilson.  Marv  Wilson   (  .v  ,w  i  ■.iidianan) . 

South  Anu-rica— Rev.  Jol.n  I-.  Thompsun, 
Re\-.  George  P).  l-roo-utt.  Re\-.  P.  B.  Cupiiclt, 
Rev.  Jcihn  P.  RceiK-r.  leanctte  Car|)enter, 
Charles  H.  Wertenborger." 

Lidia — Rev.  'i'homas  J.  Scott.  Rev.  .Archi- 
bald Gilrulh,  Re\-.  Le\an  R.  fannev.  Rev. 
William  A.  Mansell,  }>Irs.  Hcttv  ".Mans'ell  ^ion- 
roe.  Rev.  Xobic  L.  Rocke}-.  .M'rs.  APary  Had- 
sell  Rockey.  Annie  Gallimore.  Marion  Xew- 
ton.  ^Irs.  Phila  Keen  Linzell.  Xora  Waugh. 
Myrtle  Bare  (now  F'aucett). 

China — Rev.  X'atlian  Sites,  Rev.  George 
R.  Da\is,  Rev.  Hiram  H.  Lowry,  Mrs.  Hi- 
ram H.  Lowry.  Rew  Xathan  J.  Plumb.  Clem- 
ent M.  L.  Sites.  Ruth  Sites  (now  Bruwnj, 
Rev.  J.  F.  Hayner.  George  D.  Lowry,  M.  D., 
Airs.  Cora  Calhoun  Lowry,  Edward  K.  Lowry, 
Mary  E.  Schockley  (now  Drake),  George  L. 
Davis.  Titus  J,owe. 

To  the  home  missionary  field  in  the  south 
it  has  sent — Afiss  Alarie  Disney.  Miss  Bene 
Disnev,  AP'ss  Winifred  :^Ivser,'  Aliss  Xellie 
Carson,   Alis.   Alfieda   Myse'r. 

The  first  church,  a  good  substantial  brick 
building,  was  erected  alxnit  the  year  1856,  on 
the  same  site  where  the  present  church  now 
stands.  It  cost  over  $5. 000,  and  was  built 
during  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  Thompson  F. 
Hildreth.  The  following  are  the  names  of  the 
trustees  to  whon,  the  deed  was  made:  Edwanl 
Thompson    (afterward  bishoi)),  John  Ogden, 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


y.  R.  Watkins.  O'c  Roe.  Jlirain  Hull.  Samuel 

Kuowk's.  Miss  ]-"idelia  I'erkins  and  Mrs.  .\nn 

Durklioldcr  aud  lames  1\.  i'.rittain.     The  ilec^l 

Lane,  three  of  St.   Paul's   faithful  workers,  a 

is  iigiK-(l  l)v  Elnatlian  C.  (Irivitt  and  wile,  and 

Sabhath  school   was  oryanized  which,  met    for 

is  dated  ^lav  ^i.  A.  1)..   18-,;. 

a  short  tmie  under  tlie  trees  near  the  corner  of 

The  parsouag'e  was  lioug'lit  alxnit  tlie  year 

Liberty  and  Harrison  Streets.     Later  a  room 

1869.  aud  adjoins  the  ciuu'cii  site  on  the  east. 

was   securerl,   and   tinalUy   the   present  church 

Both  are  located  on  the  southeast  ci.irner  ot 
Erauklin  Street  and  L'ni\ersity  .\\-en.ue  "V. 
one  i.:t  the  hij;hest  jxiints  in  tlie  city,  iiufl  are 
visible  for  nules  troiu  all  (iireetions.  Luring 
the  years  of  1S73  and  i^^J4.  tuider  the  pastor- 
ate of  Dr.  Isaac  Crook,  and  t'.ie  leadership  cif 
Prof.  John  P.  Patterson,  superintendent  'if  tlie 
Sabbath  school,  the  church  .i;re\\  >!i  rapidly  in 
numbers  that  it  became  neci-s-ary  to  arr;in-e 
for  m<ire  room  aud  ^le.iUr  *;ici!ities  tri  accom- 
modate the  Sabbath  scii^  ■■  ■!.  An  aildilion  to  the 
old  church  liad  been  ordered,  but  in  excavat- 
ing fcjr  the  new  portion,  the  foundation  of  the 
okl  p.art  was  undernu'ned  antt  the  rear  w.ill  fell 
w  ith  a  crash  w  hich  was  hcaid  all  i_n-er  the  city. 
This  necessitated  the  building  of  a  new 
clun-ch.  After  se\-eral  adjourned  sessions  of 
the  Quarterly  Con feicncc  :\  soliciting  ci.immit- 
tee  was  ajjjjointed  who  reported  to  an  ad- 
journed ses,>ion  that  the\-  had  procured  sub- 
scriptions sufficient  to  justify  the  beginning  of 
the  new  church.  .\  Building  C(^mmittee  was 
chosen,  consisting  of  the  following-  named 
persons :  John  Lane,  Prof,  PI.  ^1.  Perkins. 
Thomas  Cra\eu.  James  R.  Lytle  and  J.  Erost. 
Dr.  Ralph  Hills  was  selected  as  the  architect. 
who  donated  his  service's,  and  the  new  church 
was  at  once  liegun.  In  a  few  mon'hs  a  sub- 
stantial two-story  l)rick  church.  60  by  90  feet, 
ornamented  with  stiine  trimmings,  was  under 
roof,  and  the  first  story  finished  at  a  cost  of 
about  813,000.  The  church  was  afterward 
completed  at  a  cost  of  about  S12.ooo.so  that  the 
present  church  structure  has  cost  about  S25.- 
000.  The  present  parsonage  was  built  at  a 
cost  of  about  $3,500,  and  was  comi)leted  in 
the  spring  of  the  year  1S9S. 

St.  Paul's,  with  its  well  established  mis- 
sionary spirit,  laid  the  foundation  for  the  first 
mission  church  in  Delaware.  The  pastorate 
of  Rev.  Joseph  H.  Creighton  was  marked  by 
the  beginning  of  Faith  Church,  or  Merrick 
Chapel.     Under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  Mary 


,hich 


;t   apa: 
i  been 


dicated   on 

^yt.  a 

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a   sei 

a  rate 

belove 

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men- 

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r\     ot 

St. 

t  the 

lame 

111    an 

1   ef- 

i  edifice  was   erected.    ' 
i  the  fourth  day  of  Jan 
1898,  the  same  w.-i> 
;   church,  and  has  always  been  weU  1 
i   St.  Paul's. 

Time  and  space  would  not  pern" 
tion  of  the  many  faithful  servaiU^ 
laity   of   thi.>   church.      But    a   ]\\Ai 
!   Paul's  wotild  not  l;e  complete  withoi 
I  of  Mrs.   .Mary  Knowles,  the  faith 
I  ticient  teacher  of  tlte  infant  class  in  the  Sab- 
bath school.     She  took  charge  of  this  class  on 
'  the  first   Sunday  in   September,  A.   D.,    1S68, 
]  and  has  had  charge  of  it    continuously    ever 
j  since.      Lull}-   a   generation   has   parsed   away 
j  since  she  first  had  cliarge  of  thio  class,  and  to- 
,   (hy  many   whr)   ha\'e  been    her  ])upils   are  oc- 
cupying high  positions  in   state,  church,   mis- 
1   sionary    fields   and   social   circles,    and    in    the 
j  great   hereafter   hundreds   will    arise   and   call 
I  her  blessed. 

1  St.  Paul's  raises,  anntially,  f(jr  the  support 

of  the  church  about  $2,500.  It  pays  its  pas- 
I  tor  $1,500  per  year.  The  remaining  $1,000  is 
j  used  for  lighting,  heating,  organist,  janitor, 
!  insurance  and  other  necessary  expenses  of  the 
I  church.  St.  Paul's  is  without  a  debt,  except  a 
I  dcl't  of  gratitude,  wdiich  it  owes  to  the  many 
j  faithful  pastors  who  ha\-e  served  it.  It  owes 
I  much  to  its  leaders,  stewards,  trustees,  Sab- 
I  bath  school  superintendents  and  teachers, 
j  the  many  other  constant  workers  among  its 
j  laity  wdio  have  done  so  much  to  promote  its 
I  good.  But  most  of  all,  it  is  indebted  to  the 
I  great  God  to  whom  it  prays,  and  in  whom  it 
implicitly  trusts,  aud  from  wdiom  all  its  bless- 
ings flow. 

THE    FIRST    B.\PTIST    CHURCH.         '  •• 

The  First  Baptist  Church  was  organized 
Augu.st  6,  1853,  with  thirty-seven  members. 
The  Rev.  E.  G.  Wood  was  soon  after  called  as 


HTSTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


tlie  tirst  pa-tMr  arid  -ervcJ  un'Lil  May.  1855. 
The.  church  held  its  meetings  in  Templar  Hall 
until  its  house  of  worship  was  built.  In  }tlarch, 
1854,  the  society  purchased  a  lot  on  North 
Franklin  Street,  and  a  church  building  was 
he,.:-  erected,  and  dedicated.  Au.ej'ust  i,  1858. 
Suice  the  first  pastor,  the  church  has  had  ten 
regular  pastors,  who  served  as  follows:  Rev. 
FJias  fieorge  from  October,  1855.  to  April, 
1856;  Rev.  James  Harvey,  from  May,  1856, 
to  April,  1862;  Rev.  P.  Kennedy,  from  -May, 
1S62,  to  May,  1865;  Rev.  D.  A.  Randall,  from 
August,  1866,  to  April,  1867;  Rev.  A.  J. 
Lyon,  from  September,  1867,  to  April.  1870; 
Rev.  L  B.  Toombs,  from  April,  1870,  to  July, 
1871;  Rev.  B.  L  George,  from  March,  1873. 
to  March,  1S74;  Rev.  G.  T.  Stanbury,  from 
November,  1874,  to  November,  1876;  Rev.  T. 
L  Sheppard,  from  September,  1877,  to  ^Lay, 
1878;  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Icenharger.  from  Octo- 
ber, 1878,  to  1884;  Rev.  E.  A.  Stone,  from 
1884  to  1886:  Rev.  A.  H.  Batchelder  from 
18S6  to  1889;  1890,  no  pastor;  Rev.  Charles 
C.  Haas  from  1891  to  1892;  Rev.  J.  B.  Wood- 
land from  1892  to  1894;  1895,  no  pastor; 
Rev.  Albert  Read,  from  1896  to  1S9C;;  Rev. 
H.  C.  Lyman  from  1900  to  1904;  Rev.  C.  M. 
Brodie  from  1905 — 

During  the  last  year  of  J.  B.  Woodland's 
pastorate,  a  church  meeting  was  called  to  see 
if  tlie  church  would  take  action  on  the  build- 
ing of  a  new  house  of  worship,  having  long- 
felt  the  need  of  larger  and  better  accommoda- 
tions. At  that  time  the  church  v-as  S200  in 
debt,  and  some  of  the  members  thought  't 
was  too  great  an  undertaking,  but  before  the 
meeting  closed  the  church  voted  unanimously 
to  build,  and  a  committee  was  chosen  with  in- 
structions to  proceed  at  once.  The  Lord  was 
evidently  with  the  committee,  and  they  real- 
ized that  "except  the  Lord  build  the  house, 
they  labor  in  vain  who  build  it."'  The  work 
went  on  steadfastly,  and  harmoniously  to  the 
end.  The  bills  were  all  paid  vvhen  due,  ex- 
cept a  few  hundred  dollars  which  were  sul>- 
scribed  and  soon  paid.  The  house  is  built  of 
brick  with  stone  trimmings.  It  was  dedicated 
October  3,  1897.  free  of  debt.  The  audience 
room  is  40x60  feet,  with  a  room  25x40  feet 


on  the  north  side  for  Sunday  school  and 
prayer  meetings.  This  room  can  be  thrown 
open  to  the  autlience  room  by 'means  of  rising 
doors.  An  addition  12x25  ^^^^  '-^'''  '^'^^  west 
end  of  the  audience  room  is  an  addition  that 
was  built  to  the  old  house  but  a  short  time 
before,  and  was  utilized  for  committee  meet- 
ing's, anfl  preparation  roi.ims.  The  house  cost 
alx>ut  Si 2.000. 

Shortly  after  the  dedication,  one  of  the 
members,  Mr.  IMorgan  Savage,  who  had  con- 
tributed largely  to  the  church  building,  pro- 
posed to  have  a  pipe  organ  put  in,  which  the 
church  did  not  feel  able  to  do  till  later,  but 
Mr.  Savage  felt  earnest  to  have  it  now.  and 
said,  "if  you  will  put  one  in  I  will  pay  for 
it."  It  was  put  in,  and  bears  his  name  as  the 
giver. 

GR.\CE    CIIUKCH. 

Grace  Methodist  Episopal  Church  v>as 
organized  in  January,  iSf'x),  by  the  Rev.  Henry 
E.  Pilcher,  in  a  small  schoolhouse  near  the 
grounds  of  the  Agricultural  Society.  Twelve 
members  in  full  connection  and  thirty  upon 
probation  constituted  the  original  organiza- 
tion. 

When  this  church  was  first  organized  it 
was  in  the  hounds  of  the  Central  Ohio  Confer- 
ence, but  at  the  General  Conference  of  i860,  it 
was  transferred  to  the  North  Ohio,  where  it 
has  since  remained.  During  the  year  1861.  by 
perseverance,  and  not  without  sacrifice,  the 
membership  succeeded  in  erecting  a  small 
frame  church.  In  this  the  congregation  wor- 
shiped until  1875.  ^lany  glorious  outpour- 
ings of  the  Holy  Spirit  were  received  by  the 
membership  in  the  little  white  church.  Here 
many  weary  sinners  w  ere  moved  to  repentaiice. 
sought  pardon,  and  started  upon  the  way  to 
happiness  and  usefulness. 

The  church  edifice  which  is  now  occupied 
by  the  congregation  was  begun  by  the  Rev.  ^j 
Charles  F.  Creighton  in  1872.  After-  many 
reverses  it  was  finally  completed  and  dedicated 
February  7,  1875.  by  Rev.  Bishop  Randolph 
S.  Foster.  It  is  located  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  city  at  the  juncture  of  William  and  Chesh- 


AND    REPRESEXTATR-E    CITIZEXS 


ire  Streets.  It  is  a  neat  luiildiiiii-  of  brick  with 
spire  anc!  turret.  ]t  will  cuinfm-tahly  scat  tivc 
huMdred  people.  T!ie  seats  are  of  ash  trimmed 
with  black  wahiut  and  flexed  at  the  sicks,  giv- 
ing ail  the  auditors  a  front  view  of  the  pul- 
pit. Its  commodious  and  tasteful  arrangement 
is  commended  djy  all  who  are  actpiainted 
with  it. 

Grace  Church  includes  within  its  mem- 
bership and  Congregation  nearly  all  the  Eng- 
lish-speaking i\rethodists  on  the  east  side  of 
the  river,  and  many  from  the  west  side,  but 
most  of  its  members  li\-e  in  the  country.  It 
has  never  abounded  in  wealth,  but.  under  lib- 
eral and  wise  management,  it  has  been  able  to 
erect  a  substantial,  neat  edifice,  and  to  pay  an- 
nually the  average  amount  of  about  S6o<j.  It 
has  not  increased  in  membership  as  rapidly  as 
some  other  churches  more  fa\-orabIy  located. 
It  has  tilled  to  a  considerable  extent  llie  place 
of  a  mission  church,  and  has  exerted  much  in- 
fluence upon  the  fallen,  and  the  lower  classes 
of  society.  Its  members  ha\e,  however,  as  a 
rule,  been  good,  substantial  men  anrj  women, 
who  have  indeed  been  ser\-ant5  of  the  Lord. 
Consequently  many  revivals  have  characterized 
the  history  of  the  church.  In  1S65.  the  mem- 
bership had  grown  to  about  one  hundred  per- 
sons. During  the  winter  of  1871-72,  a  pow- 
erful re\-ival  tiiok  place,  in  which  man)'  stu- 
dents of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  tr;ok 
an  active  part.  At  the  close  of  this  year  the 
membership  numbered  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty. 

From  1S60  to  1S65,  this  church  was  in- 
cluded in  the  bounds  of  the  Woodbury  Cir- 
cuit; in  1865,  it  was  transferred  to  the  Galena 
Circuit;  in  18G8.  it  was  made  the  chief  ap- 
pointment of  a  newly  formed  circuit,  called 
Delaware  and  Eden  Charge. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  pastors  who 
have  served  the  church:  1860-61,  Revs.  Sam- 
uel Mower  and  C.  B.  Brandebury,  1861-62, 
Revs.  Philip  Plummer  and  John  Blampied; 
1862-63,  Revs.  Chilton  Craven  and  John 
Blampied;  1863-64,  Revs.  John  Mitchell  and 
William  Jones.  Mr.  Mitchell  died  in  Novem- 
ber, 1863,  and  Rev.  Oliver  Burgess  was  sent 
to   fill   the    vacancy.      1864-65,     Revs.    James 


Wlieeler  and  Willirim  Jones;  1865-66,  Revs. 
Allen  S.  .Moffit  and"  Frances  M.  Searles; 
1866-67,  Revs.  Ileman  Safford  and  Jacob  S. 
Albright;  1867-68.  Revs.  Heman  Safiord  and 
William  Hudson;  186S-69,  Rev.  Cadwalader 
H.  Owens:  1S69-71,  Rev.  Joseph  F.  Kennedy. 
Soon  after  the  commencement  of  the  vear 
1S70-71,  yxf.  Kennedy  was  appointed  agent 
of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Female  College,  and 
Rev.  Wesley  B.  FaiTah  was  appointed  to  till 
out  the  year.  1871-72,  Rev.  Stephen  Fant 
was  pastor;  1872-73,  Rev.  Charles  F.  Creigh- 
ton;  1873-76,  Rev.  Benjamin  F.  Pkll ;  1876-77, 
Rev.  William  L.  Phillips;  1877-80,  Rev.  Sam- 
uel R.  Squier;  1S80-S3,  Rev.  Charles  Galli- 
more;  18S3-87,  Rev.  A.  J.  Lyon:  1887-89, 
Rev.   William  Kepler,   Ph.   D.,   1889-Qr,   Rev. 

j  M.  L.  Wilson;  1S91-96,  Rev.  G.  W. 'Dennis; 

I   1S96-97,  Rev.  J.  FI.  Deeds:  1897-1902,  E.  D. 

I  Smith,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D. ;  1902-05,  Rev.  E.  J.  V. 
Booth;  1905-07,  Rev.  E.  Loos'e  and  Rev."Carl 
Gage;  1907-S,  Rev.  Jesse  Lacklcn. 

SECOND    liAJ'TIST    CHURCH. 

The  Second  Baptist  Church  of  Delaware, 
Ohio,  was  organized  June  8,  1868,  in  Joseph 
Townsend's  house  on  High  Street,  by  Elder 
Berrv  >.Ioss,  of  Urhana,  Champaign  Count v, 
Ohio. 

It  was  reorganized  by  Elder  S.  D.  I-Vix, 
of  Springfield,  Ohio.  The  members  in  the  or- 
ganization were  Joseph  Townsend  ,  Alartha 
Curry,  Peter  Woodley,  Jane  Townsend,  \'an 
Evan.  IMandie  Campbell,  James  Currv.  Xellie 
Hunter,  }.Iary  Lewis.  H.  C.  Clay  j.Mne.l  the 
same  day  by  experience,  making  ten  in  the 
start.  The  first  deacons  were  Joseph  Town- 
send.  Van  Evan.  Peter  Woodley,  James  Curry. 
The  trustees  \\'ere  Joseph  Townsend,  Peter 
Woodley  and  James  Curry. 

The  pastors  in  succession  are :  Rev.  \\'al- 
lace,  of  Ripley,  I^rown  County,  Ohio;  Elder 
Frank  Mitchell,  of  Columbus',  Ohio:  Elder 
Richard  Meredith,  of  LMudon,  ^Madison 
County,  Ohio;  Elder  Jolin  Mriodv,  of  Xenia, 
Green' County.  Ohio:  H.  C.  Clay,  of  Dela- 
ware, Ohio:  G.  W.  Curry,  of  Delaware,  Ohi'>; 
Elder  Isham  Lafayette,  of  Kalamazoo.  ]\Iichi- 


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gan;  E.  C.  Clay,  of  Spvinglicld,  Ohio;  Elder 
Joha  Robertson,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  J.  W. 
Johnson,  of  Richmond,  \'irginia ;  Elder  G.  W. 
Currv,  of  Delaware,  Ohio;  H.  C.  CJav,  of 
Delaware,  Ohio;  Elder  William  Balay,  of 
Xcnia,  Grec-n  County,  Ohio;  Elder  W.  JNL 
Lowry,  of  Virjjinia;  R.  Martin,  of  Spring:field, 
Ohio;  Robert  Johnson,  Jr.,  Delaware,  Ohio; 
C.  A.  Oilman,  Columbus,  Ohio;  W.  N.  Allen, 
Urbana,  Ohio. 

The  number  and  names  of  preachers  that 
were  licensed  bv  the  Second.  Baptist  Cliurch 
of  Delaware.  Ohio— H.  C.  Clav,  G.  W.  Currv. 
L.  J.  Artist,  John  Curry,  W.  N.  Allen,  G.  \V. 
Mayo,  A.  P.  Warrick — se\en  in  number. 
Those  called  to  ordination  by  the  Second  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Delaware,  Ohi.>,  are  H.  C.  Clay, 
who  uas  ordained  by  the  council  at  association 
in  Urbana,  Champaign  County.  Ohio,  Septem- 
ber, 1874;  G.  W.  Curry,  whi  ■  \vas  ordained 
at  home  in  the  Second  Bajitist  Churcli,  of 
Delaware,  Ohio.  Council^Elder  William 
Rickman,  Elder  J.  L.  Rickman,  Elder 
H.  C.  Clay.  W.  N.  Allen  was  orelained 
at  home  in  Delaware,  the  council  being  Elder 
J.  W.  Isenberger,  pastor  of  First  P3aptist 
Church  of  Delaware.  Ohio;  Elder  G.  W. 
Curry,  of  Delaware,  Ohio;  H.  C.  Clay,  of 
Delaware,  Ohio. 

The  places  rented  to  worship  in  are:  Fa- 
ther Jeffrey  Day's  house,  on  High  Street,  Mrs. 
Shavious"  house  on  Ross  Street,  Robert 
Whyte's  house  on  Ross  Street,  J.  J.  William- 
son's house,  corner  of  Railroad  and  Liberty 
Streets,  the  engine-house  northeast  corner  of 
the  Park,  Mr.  Fleibie's  house  on  the  east  side 
of  Washington  Street,  opposite  the  City  Park ; 
bought  lot  and  built  on  it  on  Ross  Street; 
lost  the  same;  afterward  bought  krt  from  Rob- 
ert Whyte,  and  an  old  house  from  ]Mrs.  Mary 
Shavious,  and  moved  it  on  the  lot  and  made  a 
little  addition  to  the  house;  Ixjught  a  lot  from 
Mr.  Richard  Reynolds  on  Ross  Street,  and 
built  on  it,  wdiich  is  clear  of  debt. 

We  were  assisted  by  our  white  brethren, 
the  Ohio  Baptist  Convention,  and  friends  to 
the  church  in   Delaware,  Ohio. 

Rev.  B.  A.  Phillip,  of  Mechanicsburg. 
Champaign  County.  Ohio,  pastor  and  modera- 


tor, 
torv 


Rev.  Henry  C.  Clay,  Committee  on  His- 


ST.   JOHN  S  EXGLISXI   LUTIIER.^X   CilURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  in  the  Opera 
House.  Delaware,  Ohio,  November  22,  1885, 
by  Dr.  Ort  and  J.  E.  Shaffer,  then  of  Spring- 
field, Ohio.  A  number  of  members  connected 
with  the  German  Lutheran  Church  (St. 
^L^rk■s  )  desired  more  freedom  to  mingle  with 
Christians  of  other  denominations  than  the 
constitutional  authority  of  that  church  per- 
mitted, and  with  others  establislied  a  distinc- 
tive society  on  the  basis  of  the  General  Synod 
of  the  English  Lutheran  Church.  A  consti- 
tution in  liarmony  v.'ith  their  purpose  v.as 
adopted,  and  sixty-two  signed  this  constitu- 
tion as  charter  members. 

Services  were  inauguarated  and  worship 
conducted  thereafter,  in  a  small  brick  church 
owned  by  the  Welsh  Congregational ists.  lo- 
cated on  West  Winter  Street.  On  Xovemljer 
29,  1SS5,  Re\'.  Shatter,  then  president  of  Mi- 
ami Synod,  and  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Lu- 
theran Evangelist,  also  professor  of  Hebrew, 
church  history,  and  Biblical  archaeology,  in 
their  theological  seminary  at  Spring-field, 
Ohio,  was  called  to  be  their  pastor.  Rev. 
Shaffer,  at  a  sacrifice  of  these  things  men- 
tioned, accepted  the  call  and  on  the  nth  of 
E)ecember  moved  his  family  to  the  city  of 
Delaware,  and  at  once  took  hold  of  the  w-ork. 
Steps  \\ere  taken  immediately  to  erect  a  church 
building.  A  lot  was  secured  on  the  east  side 
of  Sandusky  Street,  opi>osite  the  Court  tlouse, 
and  on  May  30th,  the  cornerstone  was  laid. 
Dr.  S.  O.  Ort,  of  Spring-field.  Ohio,  preaching 
the  sermon,  the  ceremony  being  performed 
by  Rev.  Shaffer.  The  pastor  announced  that 
the  tin  box  deposited  in  the  cornerstone  con- 
tained a  co{)y  of  the  incorporation  of  the 
church,  a  h}-mnal,  a  catechism,  Lutheran  Ob- 
scroer^  and  Evangelist,  Delaware  papers,  and 
some  others.  So  rapidly  was  the  work  pushed 
that  on  October  17th.  only  eleven  months  after 
the  organization,  a  beautiful  and  commodious 
brick  structure  costing  about  $17,000  was 
dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God.    Many  mem- 


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bers  of  the  ^[ianii  Synod  were  present  at  tiie 
deijication.  Dr.  Sluiffer — the  doctorate  hav- 
ing been,  worthily,  Ijestowed  on  him  at  the 
Spring-  Commencement  of  Wittenberg  Col- 
It  y;.  Jnne,  1SS7 — has  been  their  only  pastor. 
On  tlie  twentieth  anniversary  of  his  pastorate, 
be  preached  a  sermon  from  which  the  follow- 
ing- statistics  are  taken :  Total  number  of 
members  adniitted  durint;  the  t\\-enty  yt-ars, 
471;  deaths,  61  ;  removals,  144;  dropped  froni 
the  roll,  22;  membership  at  date,  202;  Sunday 
school  membership,  220,  of  which  sixty  are 
in  Home  Department  and  twenty  on  the  Cra- 
dle Roll.  The  church  has  continued  to  pros- 
per, and  a  few  luonths  ago  a  pipe  organ  was 
added,  and  the  audience  room  artistically  fres- 
coed. 

Dr.  Shaffer  continued  pastor  of  the  church 
until  Easter  Sunday,  ]\Iarch  31,  1907.  at  which 
time  much  to  the  regret  of  the  congregation, 
he  offered  his  resignation,  which  was  later  ac- 
cepted, but  he  still  is  stated  supply  of  the 
church.  This  church,  together  witli  its  pastor. 
who  has  also  for  many  }-ears  been  an  active 
member  of  the  Public  School  Board,  has  filled 
one  of  the  most  useful  places  in  the  city  of 
Delaware,  and  as  the  church  is  now  looking 
for  a  pastor,  it  is  the  wish  of  all  citizens  of  the 
city,  that  the  congregation  will  find  a  worthy 
successor  to  Dr.  Shaffer. 

ASEURY    METHODIST    EPISCOP.U.    CHURCH. 

This  church  liad  its  origin  in  1SS6.  Prior 
to  that  time  much  consideration  had  been  given 
as  to  whether  William  Street  Church  in  re- 
building should  m.ove  farther  north,  or  a  new 
organization  should  be  formed  in  the  north 
part  of  the  city. 

At  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  William 
Street  M  ErChurcli,  held  February  25.  1SS6. 
Prof.  John  H.  Grove  offered  the  following 
resolutions : 

"Whereas,  The  Quarterly  Conference  of  William 
Street  M.  E.  Church,  Delaware,  Ohio,  has  been  for 
a  series  of  years  trying  to  awaken  interest  in  favor 
of  a  new  church  edifice  for  said  church,  and 

Whereas,     That  body  is  divided   as  to   where   said 


their   bflii 


church 
portion 


church   shall   be   located,   though   united 
a.s  to  the  need  of  a  new  edifice ;  and 

Whereas,  It  appears  inevitable  that  there  will  st 
continue  to  be  a  church  on  the  old  site,  though  a  ne 
church    be    built    elsewhere;    and 

Whereas,    There  is  a  desire  on  the  part  of  many 
tlie    membership    nf    this    church    that    a    new 
edifice"  be    buiit    for    the    use    of    the    northern 
of  the  members   of  this  church:  therefcTe 

Resolved,  That  wc,  the  morubcrs  of  the  Quar- 
terly Conference,  favor  the  division  01  the  mem- 
bership of  this  society  into  two  churches,  pro- 
vided that  a  sntVicicnt  number  cf  members  signify  a 
willingness  to  v.ithdraw  from  the  parent  society,  or 
church,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  another  church." 

On  r^Iarch  11,  1S86,  ninety-fi\-e  men-.bers 
placed  their  names  to  the  follo-wiiig :  These 
were  regarded  as  tb.e  charter  members: 

"We,  the  undersigned  members  of  William  Street 
M.  E.  Church,  Delaware,  Ohio,  Central  Ohio  Confer- 
ence, Delaware  District,  in  accordance  with  the  ac- 
tion held  February  25,  iS-So,  providing  for  the  volun- 
tary formation  of  a  new  society,  or  church,  by  sub- 
scribing our  names  do  hereby  signify  our  desire  to 
withdraw  from  said  William  Street  Church  for  the 
purpose  of  forming  such  a  new   society." 

On  May  28.  1SS6,  a  nut-nbcr  of  the  mem- 
bers of  William  Street  Church,  most  of  them 
residing  in  the  north  part  of  town,  met  at  the 
home  of  Ivlrs.  ^Martha  A.  Sanborn  for  discuss- 
ing the  new  church  project.  At  this  meeting 
Mrs.  A.  S.  Clason  offered  the  following  which 
\\  as  unnanimously  adopted  : 

"Recognizing  the  importance  of  a  church  in  the 
north  part  of  the  city,  therefore,  we  hereby  express 
our  -willingness,  in  connection  with  others,  to  take 
the    necessary    steps    for    organization." 

On  July  19,  at  a  meeting  of  the  charter 
members,  tliev  declared  themselves  a  corporate 
bodv.  and  :\Irs.  A.  S.  Clason.  J.  C.  Watson.  N. 
J.  Galleher.  T.  C.  O'Kane,  and  -Miss  :SI.  }*Iur- 
phy  were  elected  trustees. 

In  September  following  the  Central  Ohio 
Conference  added  to  its  list  of  charges  Asbury 
Church.  Delaware.  Ohio,  and  Rev.  L.  M.  Al- 
bright was  appointed  pastor.  The  new  organi- 


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zatinn  was  at  that  time  witliout  a  cluircli  !i<iine. 
Tlie  Baptist  society  tendereil  their  church  Ovii- 
ficc  f'.ir  the  use  of  the  new  church  oryanizati' >n 
on  Snmlay  attcrnoons  and  Thursday  e\'enings, 
a  k-'udiiess  then  liighly  appreciated  and  not  to 
be  forgotten. 

Tlie  first  jireaching"  service  of  the  new 
organization  Avas  held.  Scjjteniher  19,  2:00  p. 
ni..  the  pastor  preaching  from  John  12:31.  t,2. 

Tlie  present  site  of  tlie  cliurch  had  already 
ben  purchased,  the  selection  having  been  made 
July  19th.  The  official  body  determined  soon 
after  the  appointment  of  the  pastor  to  build  a 
temporary  edifice  on  the  rear  part  of  the  lot. 
Ground  was  broken  October  5th,  and  the  edi- 
fice was  completed  November  3rd.  The  cost, 
including  furniture,  chairs,  pulpit,  carpet  and 
curtains,  amounted  to  $1,340.  This  structure 
seated  alx)ut  four  hundred  persons,  and  pr^ived 
in  every  particular  a  most  happy  and  success- 
ful enterprise.  November  seventh  was  the 
opening  day.  Dr.  Isaac  Crook,  then  jjastor  of 
St.  Paul's  Church,  preached  from  Isaiah  66, 
first  and  second  verses,  and  he  and  Dr.  L.  D. 
]\IcCabe  conducted  the  ritualistic  scr\'ice. 

The  evening  sermon  was  by  Re\".  D.  Kem- 
ble,  D.  D.,  then  missionary  to  [Mexico.  By 
this  time  the  membership  was  200.  and  weeklv 
additions  liecame  the  rule. 

On  January  5,  1SS7,  the  trustees  com- 
pleted their  contract  witli  Mr.  J.  G.  Grove  for 
liis  lot  located  on  the  southwest  corner  of 
Franklin  Street  and  Lincoln  AveTuie.  The 
purchase  price  was  $4,500. 

The  trustees  then  turned  their  attention  to 
the  preparation  needed  for  the  erection  of  a 
permanent  building.  J.  W.  Yost,  Esq., 
of  Columbus,  was  secured  as  archi- 
tect. There  was  some  delay  in  deter- 
mining whether  the  walls  should  be  stone 
or  brick.  It  was  found  that  the  additional 
cost  for  stone  walls  amounted  to  $4,000.  Cap- 
tain V.  T.  Hdls  and  J.  C.  Watson.  Esq.,  ar- 
ranged for  the  extra  expense,  and  a  form.al 
contract  for  the  construction  of  the  edifice  was 
made  with  Wellington  Long,  Esq..  March  i, 
1S8S.  The  cornerstr^ne  was  laiil  June  13. 
18SS.     A  sermon  of  unusual    spiritual    force 


and  feeling  was  delivered  by  Rev.  H.  A.  Buitz, 
LL.  D.,  president  of  Drew  Theological  Semi- 
nary, of  Madison,  New  Jersey. 

In  the  spring  of  1SS9  ^  special  contract 
was  made  for  completing  the  Sunday  school 
room.  It  was  completed  and  informally 
opened  in  August  following.  The  opening 
sermon  was  by  Rev.  Prof.  L.  D.  [McCabe. 
LL.  D.,  and  the  first  sacramental  occasion  of 
the  church  was  held  in  the  evening. 

In  the  autumn  following,  the  necessary 
steps  were  taken  for  the  conipletion  of  the  au- 
dience room. 

Rev.  L.  .M.  Albright.  D.  D..  now  closed  a 
pastorate  of  three  years,  and  received  instead 
the  presiding  eldership  of  Delaware  district. 
His  pastorate  was  a  model  of  leadership,  un- 
wearied effort  and  success.  lie  had  recei\ed 
beside  its  charter  members  abiait  thiree  hun- 
dred persons,  most  of  them  having  hitherto 
no  niembershii)  in  any  cimrch  in  Delaware. 

In  September  Rev.  E.  D.  Whitlock,  D.  D., 
was  appointed  to  the  charge  and  entered  into 
the  work  w'ith  zeal  and  enthusiasm.  In  the 
winter  following  there  was  a  marked  revival 
and  many  young-  people  belonging  to  the  fami- 
lies of  the  church  and  congregation  became 
members. 

The  edifice  was  brought  to  its  coniple- 
tiori  in  the  autumn  of  igoo  and  was  dedicated 
November  i6th.  The  occasion  was  one  of 
great  interest  to  the  church,  city  and  com- 
munity. The  pastor  was  assisted  in  the  serv- 
ices by  Drs.  Albright.  Wharton  and  ex-Presi- 
dent Merrick.  Rev.  Charles  E.  Sims,  LL.  D.. 
president  of  Syracuse  L'ni\ersity.  preached 
from  Ps.  137;  5,  6,  and  also  in  the  evening 
from  Luke   16:25. 

The  indebteilness  on  the  church  at  the  time 
of  dedication  was  .S8.000.  It  seemed  like  a 
large  sum  for  a  people  who  had  been  gi\-ing 
generously  for  four  years,  but  they  cheerfully 
gave  wdiat  was  needed  and  closed  the  day  with 
subscriptions  amounting  to  $8,500.  The 
whole  day  was  one  of  spiritual  enthusiasm  and 
exaltation.  The  people  had  planned,  prayed, 
toiled  and  given  constantly  since  the  great  en- 
terprise began  ;  now  their  joy  over  the  outcome 
knew  no  bounds. 


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Tlie  edifice  is  remarkable  tor  its  plainness, 
simplicity  and  solidity.  Every  expression  of 
mere  ornamentation  and  cheapness  had  been 
carefully  avoided.  Its  walls  are  of  dark  blue 
lime  stone.  It  is  rectangular  in  form,  and  is 
about  70  by  no  feet.  The  auditorium  is  50' 
by  60  feet.  The  floor  is  slightly  bowled  and 
of  amphitheatre  seating.  The  architecture  is 
of  tlie  old  cathedral  and  Romanes(|ue  style. 
The  entire  cost  of  the  plant  Avas  about  $37,000. 
The  society  has  been  remarkable  for  its  con- 
tinuous growth,  healthy  and  harmonious  de- 
velopment, and  for  its  family  and  sucial  spirit 
and  life.  Its  Sunday  school  and  Epworth 
Leagaie  are  seldom  equalled  in  fullness  and 
regularity  of  attendance,  and  in  cniuribution 
of  members  to  the  church.  Its  memliership 
now  numbers  490. 

In  1896  the  charge  was  transferred  from 
the  Centra!  Ohio  to  die  North  Ohi<=  Confer- 
ence. Its  pastors  from  1S86  to  1S96  were 
from  the  Central  Ohio ;  since  from  the  Xorth 
Ohio.  'lliCA-  have  been  as  ioll('\\-s:  18S6-89. 
Rev.  E.  M.'Albri-ht,  D.  D. :  1889-1892.  Rev. 
E.  D.  Whitlock,  D.  D. :  1892-94,  Rev.  Richard 
Wallace;  1894-96,  Rev.  Melvin  M.  Eigley: 
1896-99,  Rev.  A.  D.  Knapp,  D.  D. ;  1899- 
1901,  Rev.  C.  T.  Erickson:  1901-6.  Rev.  F.  I. 
Tohnson,  B.  D. ;  1906,  present.  Rev.  V\'.  A. 
Wright,  D.  D. 

FAITH     METHODIST    EriSCOPAL    CHURCH. 

This  church  is  situated  on  South  Liberty 
Street,  opposite  High  Street,  in  South  Dela- 
ware. The  church,  which  was  dedicated  Jan- 
uary 4,  1 891,  was  the  result  of  much  mission- 
arv  work  carried  on  chieflv  under  the  auspices 
of  the  St.  Paul's  M.  E.  Church.  Before  the 
church  \\as  built  the  mission  workers  met  and 
held  their  services  in  the  homes  of  the  people. 
Later  a  store  room  \vas  secured,  and  finally  a 
hall  in  the  old  brick  building  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  I.iljerty  and  Ross  Streets  be- 
came the  home  of  the  crjngregation  until  the 
church  was  built,  ^vluch  of  the  success  of  the 
work  was  due  to  the  iienevolent  and  *clf-<acri-  , 
ficing  spirit  of  Dr.  Frederick  ;\rerrick  and  liis 
beloved  wife,  both  now  gone  to  their  reward. 


The  work  grew  so  rapidly  that  a  church  be-       ' 
came  necessary,  and  was  accordingly  built  and 
dedicated  as  stated  alx)\e. 

Rev.  J.  jMitchell,  a  superannuate  member 
of  the  Oliio  Conference,  was  appointed  to  take 
charge  of  the  work,  and  trul)-  the  work  he  has 
done  has  not  been  in  vain.  His  name  and 
character  are  indelibly  impressed  upon  all  the 
old  homes  of  South  Delaware.  In  1S97,  Rev. 
A.  L.  Rogers,  a  student  in  the  L'niversity, 
took  charge  of  the  work,  and  so  rapidly  did  it 
grow,  tliat  it  was  necessary  to  build  a  large  ad- 
dition on  the  rear  eiul  of  the  church.  Brother 
Rogers  carried  this  work  through  successfully. 
He  ministered  unto  the  people  for  three  years. 
Following  him  came  Rev.  J.  A.  Currier,  who 
served  the  charge  three  years.  In  190^  Rev. 
P.  C.  Hargraves  served  one  year.  Rev.  C.  E. 
Turley  came  in  1904  and  served  two  years. 
Ill  1906  the  present  pastor  was  sent  to  the 
work. 

The  church  is  thoroughly  organized,  and 
still  continues  to  do  good  work  in  South  Dela- 
ware. The  church  has  a  membership  of  eighty, 
and  maintains  a  Sunday  school  with  an  aver- 
age attendance  of  sixty,  which  meets  every 
Sunday.  It  still  has  the  old-time  class  meet- 
ing, which  meets  every  Sunday  morning  at 
9  :30.  During  the  present  pastf  irate  the  church 
has  been  covered  with  a  new  slate  roof,  and  a 
new  furnace  ha^  been  placed  in  the  enlarged 
and  improved  building. 

TRJXITY    METHODIST    EPISCOPAL    CHURCH. 

The  pioneer  members  of  this  church  were: 
A.  Highwarden  and  wife:  Jesse  Alerritt  and 
wife:  Alexander  Austin  and  wife;  Abel  \\'il- 
son;  J.  W.  Highwarden;  Hattie  ^IcLamore, 
Rosa  Austin,  Anna  Brown,  Thomas  Brown 
and  w-ife;  Fannie  Crawford,  George  ^Nlerritt, 
and  others. 

The  tirst  meeting  held  consisted  of  Bible 
readings  at  the  houses  of  the  various  persons 
mentioned.  After  which  the  members  were 
organized  into  a  church  society  by  Rev.  I.  E. 
Brown,  who  preached  the  first  sermon  in 
Abram  Highwarflen's  house  on  Ross  Street, 
and  the  next  at  Abel  Wilson's    on    Railroad 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


Street.  The  trustees  and  members  of  tlie 
Second  Eaptist  Ciuirch  very  kindly  permitted 
them  to  hold  some  meetings  in  a  room  they 
had  on  Ross  Street.  After  that  they  Jreld 
meetings  in  a  small  house  on  Eaton  Street  for 
several  years.  Following-  this,  the  trustees, 
Thomas  Brown,  Abel  Wilson  and  George 
Merritt,  secured  a  lot  which  was  purchased 
from  Mrs.  W.  T.  Watson,  for  $300,  upon 
which  a  foundation  was  placed,  costing  $55. 
This  was  paid  by  these  people  and  the  present 
church  building  erected  through  the  efforts 
of  ]vcv.  G.  W.  Cailev.  The  cost  estimated  at 
$1,278  (by  the  builder.  E.  M.  Heller),  was 
somewhat  modified  by  a  few  changes  in  the 
plan,  which  made  the  amount  really  paid 
about  one  thousand  dollars,  secured  from  the  . 
People's  Building  and  Loan  Association,  and 
which  has  Ijeen  canceled  through  the  untiring 
efforts  of  that  grand  and  noble  Chrisiian  gen- 
tleman, Rev.  J.  H.  Payne. 

The  names  of  the  preachers  who  have  had 
charge  of  the  church  are:  J.  F.  Brown,  W.  C. 
Echols,  O.  W.  Fox,  Alexander  Austin,  J.  G. 
Jones,  Elijah  Henderson,  W.  \\'.  Heston.  Rob- 
ert Adkins,  G.  W.  Bailey,  Flam  Whyte.  Rev. 
JNlr.  Flanigan,  Joel  Perkins,  William  Renfro, 
D.  V.  Disney.  Rev.  :Mr.  Brooks,  G.  D.  Wil- 
liams and  J.  H.  Payne.  The  elders  who  have 
presided  over  the  district  are  Joseph  Court- 
ney, E.  W.  Hammonds.  'SI.  S.  Johnson,  T.  L. 
Ferguson  and  Elder  Simmons. 

This  society  was  presented  to  the  Lexing- 
ton Conference  ot  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Brown,  and  accepted  un- 
der Bishop  Foss.  This  society  from  the  first 
has  complied  with  the  requirements  of  the 
church  in  regard  to  organizing  a  Sunday 
school,  and  other  auxiliaries  of  the  church,  J. 
W.  Highwarden  being  the  first  Sunday 
school  superintendent,  followed  by  Hattie  Mc- 
Lamore,  George  ^vlerritt  and  A.  V.  Austin. 
The  membership  of  the  school  is  forty-five, 
with  an  average  attendance  of  thirty-eight. 
The  present  pastor  is  Rev.  J.  T.  Leggett. 

UNITED    BRETHREN    CHURCH. 

This  society  was  organized  in  iqoj,  by 
Rev.  Galbrand  and  H.  Hatt'in.     It  was  the  re- 


sult of  a  revival  held  in  Faith  Chapel.  Several 
of  the  U.  B.  faith,  having  taken  part  in  this 
revival,  were  not  satisfied  to  unite  with  the 
Faith  'M.  E.  Church,  and  formed  a  society  of 
twenty  members.  'J^hey  first  held  their  serv- 
ices in  the  Highwarden  Hall,  and  Rev.  Whit- 
nell  was  their  first  minister.  After  the  Trin- 
ity ]\I.  E.  Church  erected  their  new  church  on 
Liberty  Street,  they  occupied  the  building 
which  the  Trinity  ijcople  had  used  on  Eaton 
Street.  Since  that  time.  Rev.  N.  .Mlebaugh, 
Rev.  Berry,  Rev.  Smith  and  Rev.  A.  Gar- 
brand,  have  been  pastors.  The  present  supply 
is  a  ladv.  Rev.  Alary  Lemmon.  About  1904, 
what  was  known  as  the  Woodgrci\-e  Church 
was  moved  to  Delaware  Ijv  Wayne  Hazelton, 
and  they  now  occupy  that  building.  The  so- 
ciety remains  in  dmnection  with  the  Radical 
L'.  E.  Church  as  distinguished  from  the  Lib- 
eial  U.  B.  Church.  The  present  membership 
is  fifty-six. 

BERKSHIRE    TOWNSHIP. 

The  religious  history  -of  this  township  is 
an  interesting  one,  and  dates  back  to  the  ar- 
rival of  the  first  settlers,  as  they  were  nearly 
all  religious  people.  The  family  of  Colonel 
Byxbe  was  of  the  Preslwterian  creed,  that  of 
Major  Brown,  together  with  the  Paines, 
Plumbs  and  Curtices  were  members  of  the 
Episer.ipal  Church. 

With  the  advent  of  the  Carjienters  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  township  oame  the  !Meth- 
odist.  Gilbert  Carpenter  was  a  minister  in 
that  church,  and  it  was  not  long  until  a  society 
was  organized  in  that  locality.  There  were 
about  fourteen  members,  and  their  meetings 
were  held  in  a  hewed  log  schoolhouse,  erected 
not  far  from  1813.  Gilbert  Carpenter  and  his 
nephew,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  with  occasional  visits 
from  itinerants,  supplied  the  society  with 
preaching. 

Two  years  later  the  Methodist  organized 
a  society  in  Sunbury,  and  held  their  meetings 
during  the  winter  in  the  surrounding  cabins, 
and  in  the  summer  in  Judge  Carpenter's  barn. 
The  people  came  frrim  a  distance  of  ten  miles 
with  ox-team--^  and  uarefo'-aed  in  summer,  and 
from  long  distances  in  winter  to  attend  these 


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AND    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


int^ftiiigs.  The  niini^ters  were  not  collese- 
lux'c!  men,  n(jr  men  marked  \\\t\\  special  gifts 
for  tlie  ministry.  They  wore  the  home-made 
clothing  of  the  settlers,  and  were  often  com- 
pelled to  endure  hardships,  not  even  known  by 
liiose  living  in  the  cabins.  In  1825.  a  frame 
building  now  standing  in  Galena,  \\as  erected, 
is  well  maintained,  and  continues  to  be  tlie 
rallying-point  for  tlie  ]\Iethodisl^  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  tiiwnship. 

At  Suni)ury  the  society  used  a  brick  school- 
house  for  their  services  until  1839.  when  ihey 
erected  a  frame  church  costing  81,500.  The 
Episcopal  society  helped  in  building  this 
church  with  the  understanding  tliat  they  were 
to  have  the  use  of  it  part  of  the  time.  The 
latter  organization  became  extinct  through 
removal  and  change  of  membersliip.  The 
church  was  used  by  the  ^lethodists  until  ah.  mt 
two  years  ago,  when  a  larger  'md  uore  com- 
modious structure  was  erected.  The  lirst  cir- 
cuit was  established  in  1831.  with  Rev.  James 
Mclntyre  as  presiding  elder. 

Another  organization  of  the  ^1.  E."s  wa^ 
eft'ected  at  the  Berkshire  Corners  in  185S,  l)y 
Rev.  Amos  Wilson,  with  twenty  members. 
This  society  erected  a  good  frame  church  in 
i860,  and  have  maintained  an  e\en  course, 
with  about  sixty  members  to  the  present  time. 

PROTESTANT   EPISCOPAL. 

The  second  denomination  to  organize  in 
point  of  time  was  the  Pr<_itestant  Episcripa'. 
The  first  sermon  was  preached  in  ]\Jaior 
Brown's  house  in  181S,  by  Bishop  Chase,  the 
first  bishop  of  the  diocese,  oti  ]\Ionday  after 
Easter,  Alarch  2~^.  1818.  Those  of  this  belief 
met  at  the  house  of  David  Prince  and  or- 
ganized a  society  and  elected  the  following  of- 
ficers:  Clerk,  Carlos  Curtis;  wardens,  Icha- 
bod  Plumb,  Zenos  Ross  and  Aaron  Strong: 
lay  readers,  David  Prince  and  Carlos  Curtis. 
For  ten  years  or  more  services  were  held  in 
private  houses  and  Rev.  Stern  and  others 
served  as  rectors.  A  brick  church  with  a 
triple  Gothic  windows  in  front  was  erected. 
'This  church  was  cm^idered  a  great  achieve- 


ment at  this  early  date.  This  building  is  said 
to  be  the  third  Episcopal  church  build-'ng 
erected  in  the  State.  I'he  scjciety  has  bce/i 
abandoned,  ln;t  the  Imitding  still'  stands  at 
Berkshire  Corners,  and  ihas  been  used  for  a 
number  of  years  as  a  public  school  building. 

The  leading-  church  of  this  denomination 
is  at  Galena,  and  vras  org.jmzed  in  1875  by 
Rev.  John  Eley,  with  ten  mer.iliers.  The  re- 
maining members  at  Tjcrkshire  Corners  united 
with  this  society.  In  1877,  assisted  by  the 
communit}-,  a  handismue  brick  church  was 
erected,  the  plan  being  drawn  Iiy  a  New  Jer- 
sey architect.  The  society  still  exists  and  is  in 
a  moderately  flourishing  conditinn. 

PKESliVTERiAN    CHURCH. 

There  \\-ere  at  the  Cornei's  several  fami- 
lies, viz.  :  Bennett,  Gre.i'.ory  and  Paterson,  who 
attended  serxdces  at  the  '^Id  Couit  Mouse, 
Delawai'e,  conducted  by  Re\'.  Hughs,  a  son- 
in-law  of  Colonel  Byxbe.  In  1S17  Re\'. 
Ebenezer  \\"ashbiu-n,  a  Presbyterian  minister, 
drove  in  the  Corners  in  a  steel-shod  sled,  a  cir- 
cumstance which  gave  him  no  little  distijictirm 
at  that  time.  He  held  ser\-ices  in  the  cabins, 
but  the  Presl)yteriaTis  united  with  vihat  is 
known  as  the  Blue  Churcli.  and  he  moved  Uj 
Genoa  Township.  In.  1S44,  a  ch.urch  called 
Galena,  and  in  1846  another  called  Porter, 
h.ad  been  organized  by  Rev.  Ahab  Jinks,  and 
sujiplied  by  him.  These  cluuxhes  were  united 
in  1848  and  called  L'nioii.  l,'ni(in  was  unite. 1 
with  Sunbury  in  i86[.  The  society  had  but 
little  preaching,  and  in  1866  was  dissoKed. 
These  organizations  were  connected  with  the 
New  School  branch  of  the  Presln-terian 
Church. 

In  1878,  a  society  w^as  again  organized  at 
Sunbury  by  Rev.  Robert  \\'_\ley  and  others, 
with  thirty-four  members.  The  societ_\-  was 
served  by  Rev.  Wyley.  but  did  not  tlc'urish. 
The  services  were  held  in  the  school  house  and 
hall,  no  house  of  worship  being  erected.  The 
society  was  disbanded  by  Clarion  Presbytery 
at  the  April  meeting  in  1885. 


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H [STORY  OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTY 


BAPTIST     CHURCH. 

This  tlcnonijnation  was'  represented  in 
Berkshire  as  early  as  iSi.?  by  Elder  Henry 
George.  He  was  a  Wclsliman,  spoke  with  i 
marked  brogue,  and  a  plain  man  v.-ith  excellent 
common  sense.  No  church  was  organized, 
however,  until  iS35.  This  occurred  in  Dis- 
trict Xo.  2,  of  Trenton  Townsh.ip,  and  was 
called  the  Walnut  Creek  Baptist  Churcli.  They 
worshiped  in  a  log  school  house  until  1S37, 
when  the  society  moved  to  Sunbury.  and  in 
183S  erected  the  structure  which  has  been  used 
continuously  until  the  present  time.  The  tirst 
pastor  after  coming  to  Sunbury  was  Re\-.  Gil- 
dersleve,  followed  by  Rev.  Roberts. 

FREE    WILL    BAPTIST. 

In  the  winter  of  jf-yCi-yj.  Rev.  :\Ir.  Mur- 
ray of  Sunbury  held  a  scries  of  meetings  at 
Rome  Corners,  which  were  crowned  with  suc- 
cess, and  he  sought  to  establish  a  church  at 
that  place.  There  did  not  seem  to  be  a  de- " 
sire  for  such  an  organization,  and  in  a  perfectly 
friendly  spirit,  the  minister  and  people  joined 
V)  inviting  Rev.  Mr.  Whiitaker  to  organize  a 
Free  W'ill  Ilaptist  society.  This  society  in 
1877  erected  a  substantial  frame  church,  lo- 
cated at  tlie  Corners.  This  building  still 
stands,  but  is  not  occupied,  the  society  having 
iKjen   disbanded   several  years   ago. 

SUNDAY   SCTIOOLS. 

The  Sunday  schools,  as  they  existed  in  the 
early  settlements,  were  not  such  as  we  have 
now.  ]n  many  cases  the  rudiments  of  educa- 
tion were  joined  with  instruction  in  the  Scrip- 
tures. The  first  school  of  this  sort  was  opened 
by  Julia  Strong,  daughter  of  INIajor  Strong, 
about  1S14.  The  house  stood  on  the  Gaylord 
pro])erty  near  the  bridge  east  of  Sunbury.  An- 
other school  akin  to  this  was  opened  about 
1816  by  Miss  Eowen,  a  sister-in-law  of  Rev. 
Flf)enezer  Washburn.  Her  method  was  to  in- 
vite the  little  folks  to  her  house  on  the  Sab- 
bath, and  read  to  them  a  passage  of  Scrij  turt, 
then  a  historical  sketch  calculated  to   interest 


children's  minds,  and  then  would  leach  th.ern  a 
short  passage  of  Scripture,  which  they  were 
to  repeat  the  next  Sabbath.  The  Tb_>n.  O.  D. 
Fh'jugh  was  one  of  her  pupils,  and  believes 
these  to  have  been  the  tust  Sunday  schools  in 
the  east  part  of  the  cuuuty,  if  not  the  first  in 
the  county, 

BERLIN"    TOWNSHIP. 

The  Baj)tists  were  the  first  to  enter  the 
field  in  this  township.  Rev.  Mr.  Wyatt  came 
early  in  this  locality  and  organized  a  society 
in  the  Olentangy  \'alle}-,  and  went  into  Ber- 
lin Township  once  a  month  and  preached  in 
the  cabins  of  the  early  settlers.  He  carried  on 
his  work  as  far  East  as  Trenton  Township, 
and  from  time  to  time  as  tRe  membership 
would  warrant  it,  would  set  off  froin  the  parent 
society  in  Liljerty  Township  separate  organi- 
zations. 

The  Alum  Creek  Baptist  Church  was  or- 
ganized in  1816.  and  met  for  the  first  time  in 
the  Ijlockhouse  which  had  done  service  in  time 
of  war.     For  eight  years  the  Baptist  Church 
held  its  meetings  here,  and  then  voted  to  erect 
a  frame  building,  on  the  road  about  hall-way 
between   Cheshire   and   Berlin   Station,   where 
j  the  old  cemetery  is.     The  building  is    now    a 
town  hall,  and  the  cemetery  is  sadly  neglected, 
Amon.g  the   members   at  that    time    were 
Lsaia     Muuroe,     L)avid     Lewis,     Sr.,     Joseph 
Eaton,  and  their  wi\es.  John  Johnston,  Sarah 
Brady  and  Polly  Xoko.     The  two  latter  were 
colored  women.     Sarah  Brafly  died  at  the  age 
of  one  hundred  and  fourteen.     She  was  a  serv- 
ant in  George  Washington's  family  an.d  for  a 
long  time  was  connected   with  the  family  of 
1  General  Sullivan  of  Revolutionary  fame.     In 
!    1854,  the  Baptist  Church  building  now  stand- 
ing in  Cheshire,  was  erected  at  a  cnst  of  S700, 
j   It  was  dedicated  the  latter  part  of  the  year, 
!  and  a  bell  placed  in  the  belfry  the  next  year, 
I  Rev.  Philander  Kelsey  was  the  first  i>astor  in 
i  this   edifice.      Another   minister  contemporary 
I  with  Rev.  Wyatt  was  Elder  Jacob  Drake.    He 
i   was  a  surveyor  and  was  luuch  among  the  peo- 
I   pie.      His  preaching  was  done  ni'i-tiy   in  the 
'   cabins  of  these  early  pioneers.     An  incident  is 


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related  which  shows  that  "chickens"  were  not 
considered  then  the  only  diet  good  for  a  minis- 
tor.  He  came  out  from  Delaware  one  inorn- 
ii'.y  in  iSoS  hefore  breakfast,  and  a  meal  was 
prepared  for  him.  The  table  was  a  puncheon, 
smoothed  off  on  tiie  upper  side,  and  supported 
by  pins  driven  in  the  logs  of  the  cabin.  When 
the  meal  was  announced  he  sat  down  to  a 
single  baked  potato,  with  salt  in  a  clam  shell, 
and  water  in  a  gourd.  He  had  walked  seven 
miles  and  relished  this  breakfast  as  well  as  we 
do  our  fine  dinners. 

PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

Probably  the  first  F'resbyteilian  minister 
v.'ho  preached  in  the  bounds  of  Berlin  'I'own- 
ship  was  a  Rev.  Ste\-ens  who  came  from  the 
East  on  a  missionary  tour  of  e.-vploration.  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Washburn  came  lo  Bcrk.-liij-e  in 
1 817.'  He  organized  the  Presbyterian  fami- 
lies in  Kingston,  Berkshire  and  Berlin  Town- 
ships in  a  congregation  in  18  iS.  A  great  re- 
vi\a!  occurred  in  1S2S,  and  the  families  li\-ing 
in  Berlin  Township  v/ere  organized  into  a  sep- 
arate congregation  in  October,  1829.  The 
first  elders  were  John  Roloson.  Stephen 
Chandler  and  Paul  I'erson.  In  1830  there 
were  ninety  members.  Rev.  Ahab  Jinks  l>e- 
came  stated  supply  from  1829  to  iS^2.  He 
was  a  man  peculiar  in  more  respects  than  his 
name.  It  is  said  that  when  a  young  boy  he 
was  the  leader  of  a  godless  band  of  young 
riiifians,  for  whose  support  he  would  mimic  the 
preachers  he  heard,  giving  their  sermons  \-er- 
batim.  Going  to  hear  Dean  Swift,  his  course 
of  life  was  clianged,  and  he  turned  his  ability 
tuv\ard  the  right.  On  one  occasion  he  preached 
from  Isaiah  i  :2.  an  especially  brilliant  sermon 
to  his  parishioners  in  Berlin,  which  greatly 
impressed  them,  and  it  was  generally  regarded 
that  the  minister  had  outdone  himself.  One  of 
his  parishioners  went  to  Genoa  in  tlie  after- 
noon where  the  heard  to  his  utmost  astonish- 
ment the  same  identical  sermon  delivered  by 
Mr.  Juilsou,  the  earliest  of  the  Sunday  scIkjoI 
agents.  At  another  tiiue,  desiring  to  get  up 
a  can-.p-nieeting  in  Berlin.  Mr.  Jinks  preached 
a   sermon  which  carried  everv  obtacle  l)efore 


it.  and  aroused  the  people  to  die  pilch  of 
camp-meeting  fervor.  The  arrangements 
were  made  for  the  meeting  in  the  Dickerman 
woods,  and  it  was  carried  on  with  great  suc- 
cess. Near  the  close,  Mr.  Jinks  had  a  Rev. 
Mr.  Pomeroy  to  assist  in  conducting  the  meet- 
ings. Pie  came  and  delivered  for  his  first  ef- 
fort the  very  sermon  wdiich  liad  so  aroused  tlie 
people  some  time  before.  When  asked  to  ex- 
plain these  coincidences,  Mr.  Jinks  quietly  re- 
marked that  he  had  heard  them  delivered,  con- 
sidered them  good  sermons,  and  thought  he 
would  give  his  parishicuiers  the  benefit  of 
them. 

During  this  time  a  frame  church  edifice 
was  erected.  }vIiltoa  H.  Sackett  became  an 
elder  and  Re\.  Calvin  N.  Ranson  was  pastor 
from  1832  to  1837.  At  this  date  the  mem- 
bership was  one  hundred.  Elders  after  that 
date  to  1S70  were  Benonah  Dickerman.  Jo- 
seph Rc>lii?on,  A.  M.  Sijear.  Lewis  Thompson, 
C.  W.  Smith  and  ).  C.  Ryant.  Ministers, 
Darius  C.  Allen,  Henry  Shedd,  A.  D.  Chap- 
man, A.  S.  Avery,  John  W.  Thompson.  Sin.ce 
1S70,  T.  L.  Tower,  Thomas  Hill,  A.  C.  Crist, 
James "Darah,  W.  E.  Cellar,  John  McDowell, 
S.  S.  Arkman,  M.  W.  Brown,  James  Hickling, 
E.  M.  Scott,  Samuel  Heucker,  J.  :\I.  Wylie 
have  served  the  church,  and  at  present  J.  G. 
Curry  is  the  pastor.  The  church  was  rebuilt 
all  but  the  old  frame  in  1875,  under  the  pas- 
torate of  Re\'.  A.  C-  Crist,  and  is  in  gouil  re- 
pair. The  building  stands  about  three-quar- 
ters of  a  mile  south  of  Cheshire. 

WEST    BERLIN     PRESBVTKRI.-VN     CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  in  1876.  Rev. 
Thomas  Hill,  Rev.  W.  G.  ^Vlarch.  and  Elders 
Dr.  J.  M.  Briggs,  being  the  committee  desig- 
nated by  Presbytery,  with  thirty-two  mem- 
bers, eighteen  of  these  ijeing  dismissed  from 
the  Berlin  church  to  join  in  the  organization. 
For  several  months  beftire  the  organization 
Rev.  Thomas  Hill  had  preached  in  the  West 
Berlin  schoolhouse,  which  led  to  the  above  re- 
sult. A  frame  structure  was  soon  erected,  and 
is  nmv  tht  home  of  a  substantial  congregation 
of  worshippers.     The  congregation  l.as  for  the 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


greater  part  l;)ccu  associatcil  v,  ith  the  Old  Ber- 
lin Churcli  and  supplied  liv  the  same  pa.st'ir. 

METHODIST     KPTSCOPAL. 

'Idiis  church  was  the  third  in  p'.int  mI"  tiiiie 
organized  in  the  township.  Rev.  \"ir.al  Stew- 
ard was  tlie  first  minister  who  in  1S14  furmed 
a  class  composed  of  JacoU  Aye,  w'lic  and  chil- 
dren, John  Jacob,  Jr.,  Henry,  Betsy,  Katie, 
Polly,  and  Peggy,  Lewis  Sherwood  and  wife, 
John  Lewis  and  wife.  About  1S29  they  put 
up  a  hewed  log  meeting-house,  north  of  Che- 
shire Corners  in  which  they  worshiped  until 
1845.  They  then  held  their  services  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  for  abinit  three  years.  A 
frame  house  of  worship  was  erected  at  a  cost 
of  $500  in  the  village,  and  dedicated  in  1S49. 
In  1878  the  society  added  a  bell.  The  building 
is  in  good  repair  and  occupied  by  a  tlourishing 
society. 

The  W'esleyan  ]^Ieihodists  had  an  organi- 
zation in  the  southwest  corner  of  the  townshiji 
about  1870,  and  was  continued  for  a]j<3ut 
twenty  years.  This  society  became  extinct, 
and  the  Christian  Unii:)n  occupied  the  build- 
ing for  five  years.  This  society  has  also  be- 
come e.\-tinct,  and  a  Society  of  Friends  now  oc- 
cupy the  building,  whicli  is  known  as  the  I'air 
View  Church. 

1  UNITED  BRETHKEX. 

! 

I  The  Peach  Blow  Church   in  the   southern 

1  [lart  of  the  township  belongs  tij  this  denomina- 
tion. It  was  organized  in  1S57  with  twenty 
members.  Their  meetings  were  first  held  in  a 
schoolhouse  in  the  west  side  of  the  township. 
The  house  of  worship  now  occupied  was 
erected  in  180S  on  land  belonging  to  G.  A. 
Stover.  The  building  is  a  neat  frame  one  and 
cost  at  the  time  .?700.  The  first  pastor  was 
Virgil  Pond.  The  church  was  dedicated  as 
Berlin  Chapel,  but  on  account  of  the  color 
which  it  was  once  painted,  it  is  said  to  have 
taken  the  name  of  Peach  Blow,  the  name  by 
I  which  it  is  now  known.  A  few  members  of 
this  denomination  settled  around  Alum  Creek 
Postoftke  on  the  road  from  Delaware  to  Sun- 


bury,  and  previous  to  1800  helfl  ser\ices  at  tlie 
home  of  O.  R.  iNIay.  Aboiit  this  time,  a  frame 
building  was  erected  on  tlie  land  of  Nathaniel 
Roloson,  and  was  known  as  the  North  Berlin 
United  Brethren  Church.  ]^Ir.  Roloson  gave 
tlie  aid  he  did  with  the  understanding  that  the 
house  would  be  open  for  the  use  of  all  de- 
nominations. The  first  pastor  was  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Davis.  The  society  is  now  abandoned 
and  the  church  not  userl. 

L-XIVERSALIST. 

1  he  Universalists  made  an  attempt  to  get 
a  f(Xithuld  in  this  tfiv.-r.ship  in  1820.  They 
held  a  camp-meeting  in  a  grm  e  near  the  bridge 
south  of  Cheshire,  ci'iMU;i:i.e(l  by  Rev.  3,Ir. 
Rogers,  but  no  results  came  of  the  effort. 

As  we  trace  the  history  of  these  pioneer 
cfl:"orts  the  feeling  cumes  to  us  like  this. 

"Something    beautiful    has    vanished 

Which  \\e  sigh  for  now  in  vain. 
We  behold  it  everywhere, 
On  the  earth  and  in  the  air, 

But  it  never  cnmes   to   us   again." 


The  early  training  of  the  pioneers  of 
Brown  Township  soon  made  itself  felt  after 
their  settlement  in  the  wilderness.  Though 
their  trials  and  cares  were  heavy,  they  found 
time  to  read  a  chapter  from  the  old  Bible,  and 
return  thanks  to  God  for  preser  .-ation  and  pro- 
tection. The  first  society  formed  in  the  neigh- 
borhood was  in  1S28,  and  of  the  ^lethodist 
Episcopal  denomination.  It  was  organized  at 
Mr.  Thurston's,  and  consisted  of  himself  and 
wife,  Joseph  Thurston  and  wife,  Zenas  Leon- 
ard and  wife,  and  Phoebe  Thrall.  Once  a 
week  they  would  meet  together,  and.  as  they 
were  witliout  a  shepherd,  prayer-meetings 
only  were  held.  Soon  after  the  INIetliodists 
got  well  into  the  harness,  the  Presbyterians 
commenced  work.  They  organized  a  society 
at  Air.  Thurston's,  as  his  cabin  seems  to  have 
been  a  kind  of  religious  headquarters.  For  a 
numlier  of  years,  th.ese  two  societies  continued 
their  meetings   iinder   these    limited    circum- 


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stances.  At  length,  a  society  of  tlio  New 
School  Presbyterians  was  formed,  with  the 
following-  members :  John  Hestwood  and 
wife,  Hugh  Lee  and  wife.  Robert  Kinkaid  and 
wife,  James  Kinkaid  and  wife.  They,  with 
the  Baptists,  in  1836,  built  a  church  of  hewed 
logs,  in  which  they  worshiped  for  several 
years;  the  Methodists  also  occupfed  it  on  spe- 
cial occasions.  In  1841,  a  frame  church  build- 
ing was  erected  by  the  congregation  near  the 
same  six)t.  But  they  allowed  their  imagina- 
tion to  run  away  with  them,  and  laid  their  foun- 
dation on  such  an  extensi\-e  scale,  that  they 
were  unable  to  complete  the  building.  Finally 
they  tore  it  down,  and  of  th.e  material  erected 
a  smaller  one  upon  the  same  site.  This  build- 
ing was  superseded  by  a  more  pretentinus  one 
in  1S55,  and  the  old  church  converted  into  a 
residence,  which  is  now  occuined  by  Norton 
T.  Long'well.  This  buili'.ing  was  erected  in 
the  south  part  of  the  village  of  Eden.  'i"he 
New  School  Branch  mentioned  above  was  dis- 
banded ill  Tfc!48,  and  nearly  all  the  members 
united  with  the  Old  Schoul  Branch,  and  it  was 
the  united  society  that  erected  this  church. 
The  building  has  been  impro\ed  at  various 
times,  and  is  still  occupied  by  a  flourishing  con- 
gregation. During  the  existence  of  the  New 
School  church,  it  was  served  by  the  following 
ministers ;  The  first  j^astor  of  the  congrega- 
tion was  Rev.  Mr.  Jenks.  who  had  charge  of  a 
church  in  Kingston  Township  at  the  same 
time.  A.  D.  Chapman,  from  1838  to  1842; 
John  Hunt,  from  18^5  to  1846.  The  Old 
School  Church  was  served  by  William  D. 
Smith,  occasionallv;  fohn  Pitkin,  1841-1843; 
Ahab  Jinks,  1844-1854:  David  :\lcCarter, 
1855-1860:  Robert  L.  Adams.  i8f',3-i864;  Da- 
vid H.  Coyner,  1S65-1866:  J.  L.  Lower.  1868- 
1871.  ^lembers  in  the  vear  1871  numbered 
sixtv-eight.  A.  C.  Crist!  1872-1876:  ^l.  M. 
Laiisonr  1877-1878:  D.  C.  Porter  and  D.  H. 
Green,  1S79;  \V.  E.  Thomas,  18S0-1S85:  T. 
P.  Atkins,  1 887-1 888;  E.  A.  Scott.  1892- 1900: 
A.  C.  Crist,  six  months;  Samuel  Huecker, 
1901-1906;  present  supply,  H.  Huffman,  a 
student  of  the  Ohio  W'esleyan  L'niversity. 

It  may  well  be  added  that  the  eldership  of  ! 
these  Presbyterian  churches  were  men  ni  m  .ted  I 
and  substantial  character,  and  several  of  them   | 


took  an  acl.i\-e  part  in  the  L'ntlerground  Rail- 
road. The  most  of  them  are  bnrieil  in  the  ul;! 
cemetery  by  the  place  where  the  log  church 
was  erected. 

There  were  others  n\  ho  took  an  active  part 
in  the  formation  of  a  I'-ree-Will  Baptist 
Church,  and  the  original  members  \\-ere  Jrhn 
Moore,  Thomas  Cowgill  and  wife,  Isaac  FLatou 
and  v.ife,  Orlando  Root  and  wife,  Zenas  Root  1 
and  wife,  Thomas  Agard  and  wife,  Spofford  | 
Root  and  wife,  Nathaniel  Arnold  antl  wife,  j 
and  Isaac  Thurston  and  wife.  Rev.  Isaac  j 
Eaton  was  the  pastor,  assisted  occasionally  by  1 
Rev.  S.  Wyatt.  In  1S48,  some  twelve  years  I 
after  its  organization — years  of  more  or  less  j 
usefulness — it  was  discontinued  as  a  society.  1 
The  next  year,  after  the  disbanding  of  this  so-  I 
cietv,  the  Baptists  and  ^^lethodists,  together  j 
with  Charles  Neil,  O.  D.  Hough,  Yinal  and  ! 
Norton  Thursirm.  and  Thomas  Plargraves,  j 
with  their  families,  built  the  church  in  the  vil-  I 
iage  of  Eden.  Rev.  William  Godman.  a  son  ; 
of  Lawyer  Godman,  of  Marion,  was  the  ■ 
preacher  in  charge  of  the  circuit  at  the  time  1 
the  church  was  built.  He  was  a  graduate  of  j 
the  Ohio  Wesleyan  LTniversity,  and  a  minister  | 
of  considerable  merit.  An  addition  has  just  , 
been  added  to  this  cluirch  and  Rev.  C.  A.  ; 
Edington,  a  student  of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  j 
University,  is  the  present  pastor.  I 

Leonardsburg  M.  E.  Church.     This  church     | 
was  organized  in  the  winter  of  1862.     In  1S60.     j 
Rev.  William  Litell  aid  some  students  of  the 
Ohio    Wesleyan    University    preached    in    the     | 
school   at  this  place.      In   the   fall   of   1S61    a     ; 
prayer    meeting   was    held     on    the     Sundays 
when  there  was  no  preaching,  and  Isaiah  Wil- 
liams was  the  leader  of  this  meeting.     In  the 
following  January,  revival  meetings  were  held 
by     Rev.      H.     \'an     Gundy     and     A'alorus    - 
Pond      (United     Brethren     preacher).      Rev. 
Van      Gundy      being      retained      as      pastor 
for  one  year.     An  yi.  E.  society  was  organized 
and  in  1862  a  frame  building  was  erected  cost- 
ing in  all  about  $1,500,  being  dedicated  about 
the  first  of  January,    1868,   by   Rev.   Plarvey 
Wilson.     The  churcli  now  has  a  membership  oi 
hftv,  and  Rev,  Frank  T,  Cartwright  is    their 
pastor.  ; 


HISTORY  OF  DEL.VWARE  COCXTY 


The  Baptist  Church  at  Leonareliburg 
was  organized  Sei)teml)er  12.  1880,  \vitli  a 
membership  of  eleven  niembers,  as  follows : 
Edward  Evans  and  wife,  Elias  Frost  and  .wife, 
James  Beckwitli  and  wife.  James  Jones,  C. 
i\Iaip.  and  wife.  Sarah  Flornbeek  and  Sarah 
E\-ans.  Only  two  of  the  number  now  remain, 
C.  Main  and  Sarah  Nelson,  nee  Evans.  Rev. 
J.  Wenman  was  chosen  pastoi  and  C.  [Main  as 
clerk,  and  Edward  Evans  treasurer.  In  iSSj. 
they  erected  a  frame  church,  costing  SS60.  J. 
Hevalow  being-  the  builder.  The  society  now 
consists  of  nine  members,  lint  has  no  regular 
preaching. 

COXCORL)  TOWNSHIP. 

The  first  church  building  in  Concord 
Township  was  an  old  granary,  donated  for 
that  purpose  by  James  Kookeu.  Soon  after 
this,  A.  Depp  (colored)  put  up  a  log-cabin 
cliurch  on  his  farm,  as  a  place  of  worship  for 
tlie  colored  Baptists,  The  Bel'epoint  United 
Brethren  Church  was  formerly  situated  in 
close  proximity  to  the  old  Oiler  Cemetery, 
about  a  mile  below  Bellepoint,  on  the  east 
side  of  the  river.  The  church  vv'as  originally 
started  by  the  Oilers.  Jacob.  Peter  and  George, 
and  was  a  frame  building.  The  early  records 
are  lost,  and  hence  much  of  its  history  cannot 
he  obtained.  In  1864,  being  somewhat  torn 
by  internal  strife  and  differences,  some  of  the 
most  prominent  members  left  and  formed  a 
new  s'.iciety  called  the  Cliristian  Union  Church. 
The  frame  structure,  after  existing  for  thirty- 
five  years,  was  torn  down,  and  the  charge 
transferred  to  Bellepoint,  The  present  church 
is  a  fine  brick  buildmg,  and  is  the  lirst  built  at 
the  village.  It  cost  about  $2,600.  and  the 
fund  for  its  erection  was  raised  by  general 
subscription.  It  was  dedicated  by  Bishop 
Weaver,  of  the  Xorthern  Ohio  Conference,  in- 
June,  1S73,  and  the  first  sermon  preached  in 
it  was  by  Elder  Long,  a  Christian  minister. 
The  names  of  the  ditlerent  ministers  since  its 
removal  to  the  village  are  as  follows :  Revs. 
John  V.  Potts,  I.  C.>.ead^•.  D.  W.  Downev.  f. 
B.  Resler,  J,  PI.  Craytmi,  C.  P.  Barlow,  D.  F. 
Cender,  J.  E.  Hill,  E.  Barnard,  and  others. 


The  Christian  Church  was  formed  of  dis- 
satisfied members  of  the  old  United  Brethren 
Church,  the  dissatisfaction  growing  out  of  c^ues- 
tions  as  to  the  result  of  the  War  of  1861-65. 
The  society  was  organized  the  first  Sunday  in 
April,  1864.  at  the  house  of  Rev.  R.  Gates, 
and  the  lirst  sermon  was  preached  by  him.  For 
several  years,  the  S(jciety  had  no  meeting- 
hou.-.e.  They  made  an  effort  to  buy  the  old 
frame  church  from  the  United  Brethren,  but 
owing  to  the  high  price  they  were  unable  to 
do  so,  and  for  a  time  their  meetings  were  held 
in  private  residences  and,  wlien  the  weather 
would  admit,  in  the  groves.  "God's  first  tem- 
ples." After  great  exertions,  they  at  length 
succeeded  in  building  a  comfortable  brick  edi- 
fice. 40x30  feet,  at  a  cost  of  $1,050.  It  v.-as 
erected  on  the  site  occupied  by  the  United 
Brethren  Church.  The  following  ministers 
ha\-c  otificiated  since  its  formation :  Re\s.  R. 
Gates,  W.  W.  Lacv.  Cicorge  W,  Higgins, 
Jacob  Haskins,  Levi  Ely,  Purdy  King.  Wil- 
liam Davis.  Rev.  Flanawalt,  and  others. 

The  Baptist  Church  is  situated  on  the 
pike,  a  half  mile  east  of  Bellepoint,  and  was  es- 
tablished in  1S53,  The  following  ministers 
have  had  charge  of  tlie  society :  Rev,  Levi  R. 
lones,  who  officiated  from  Octoljer,  1855,  ^'-^ 
'March,  i8f3o;  Rev.  R.  Gates,  who  hehf  the 
charge  from  March,  i860,  to  ^^larcli.  1S65. 
when  he  joined  the  Christian  L'nion  Church. 
The  church  then  accepted  the  ministrations 
of  Rev.  Seth  Gates,  his  In-other,  who  had 
just  repudiated  the  L'nited  Brethren  Church, 
He  officiated  until  1869,  v»-hen  the  church  com- 
pletely died  out,  and  continued  in  a  dormant 
state  until  1879,  and  was  then  resuscitated. 
On  the  24th  of  3.1ay,  of  this  year,  it  was  agaiii 
opened  for  worship,  and  the  day  following 
Rev.  Isenbarger,  of  Delaware,  preach.ed  an 
excellent  sermon.  For  a  time  they  had  their 
pulpit  occasionally  supplied  l)y  pastors  of  other 
charges.  The  old  liuilding  still  stands,  but  the 
society  disbanded  several  years  ago. 

The  Eversole  United  Brethren  Church 
takes  its  name  from  old  Father  Eversole,  who 
built  it,  and  was  long  instruniental  in  keeping 
it  u[).  Xr>  records  are  tiv  be  found,  and  au- 
thentic  historv   of    it    is    not   easilv   obtained. 


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273 


Rev.  3ilr.  Bernard  wns  the  last  pastor.  A 
frame  c'.iurcli  was  erected  between  tlie  Home 
and  Jerome,  and  is  now  used  as  a  hay  barn. 

Presbyterian  Churcli.  In  1832,- Rev.  W. 
H.  Erinkerhoff  org-anized  a  cliurch  in  this 
township  with  thirteen  mcnihers.  lie  was  the 
only  supi)ly,  and  tlie  civarch  was  dissolved  in 
i860.  The  name  given  to  the  church  was 
Stanbury.     No  church  inn'lding  was  erected. 

jMany  years  ago.  camp-meetings  used  to  be 
in  vognie  in  Concord,  as  they  were  in  many 
other  sections  of  the  country.  The  first  of 
these  of  which  we  ha\-L'  any  account  was  held 
at  the  house  of  ]\Iv.  Eversole.  near  where  tiie 
United  Brethren  Church  now  stands.  After  a 
few  years,  the  place  of  holding  the  meetings 
was  changed  to  grounds  near  Rigger's  bridge, 
which  spans  the  Sci'Un  wlicre  the  IMarysville 
pike  crosses  it.  The  hriil-e  i>  now  in  Scioto 
Township,  but  at  that  tnue  (about  1838-31^), 
was  in  Concord.  For  a  number  of  years,  this 
was  a  place  for  holding  camp-meetings,  and 
the  scene  of  much  good  and  some  evil. 

Spring  View.  This  church  situated  on 
the  east  bank  of  the  Scioto,  overlooking  the 
Girls'  Industrial  Hi>me.  was  the  outgrowth  of 
a  Sunday  school  held  in  a  schoolhouse  near  by. 
When  Rev.  Thomas  Hill  was  pastor  of  the 
Liberty  Presbyterian  Church,  he  urged  his 
members  to  look  up  places  where  Sunday 
schools  could  be  organized.  C.  T.  Carson  and 
wife  were  members  of  the  Liberty  Church,  and 
took  heed  to  the  request  of  their  pastor.  They 
asked  leave  of  the  school  director  .  to  use  the 
schoolhouse  for  a  Sunday  school,  which  was 
readily  granted.  Thomas  Hall,  who  was  em- 
ployed at  the  Girls'  Home,  was  elected  the 
first  superintendent.  Some  difficulty  was  ex- 
perienced in  getting  some  one  to  open  the 
school  with  prayer.  But  ]Mrs.  Carson  volun- 
teered to  perform  the  duty  and  was  the  first 
to  offer  prayer  for  the  new  enterprise.  Dr. 
Frederick  ]\Ierrick,  of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity, was  a  trustee  for  the  Home,  and  took 
an  interest  in  the  work,  and  helped  the  school 
by  a  donation  of  books  for  their  use.  He  also 
arranged  for  the  Methodist  Episcopal  minister 
who  was  preaching  at  Jerome,  to  go  and  hold 
services  at  the  school  house.     A  revival  was 


the  result,  and  tliuse  desiring  a  Metln.idist  or- 
ganization predominated,  with  the  result  that 
a  Aletliodist  Episcopal  Church  was  organized. 
The  schoolhouse  was  soon  found  too  small  for 
the  growing  interest,  and  the  need  of  a  church 
building  was  felt.  The  proposition  was  made 
by  Lige  Carl  (not  a  church  member),  George 
Stokes  and  C.  T.  Carson,  that  they  would  give 
9400  ($133  each),  if  the  enterprise  was  con- 
summated. This  was  done  by  smaller  con- 
tributions, and  a  frame  church  was  erected 
(the  building  now  occupied),  and  dedicated  by 
Elder  King.  The  following  ministers  were 
the  first  to  serve  the  new  organization  :  Revs'.  . 
Thurston,  Siioop,  the  wife  of  whom  died 
when  he  was  living  on  the  field,  Abernathy, 
Argo,  Prios,  Creightun,  Holcoml).  A.  S.  Rodg- 
ers^  [udd,  Tubbs?  FI.  H.  ."Miller,  T.  M.  Rick- 
etts,  T.  Z.  Wakefield,  P.  H.  Mindling.  The 
society  is  ci.uinccted  with  the  Jerome  circuit. 
.A  good  Sunday  school  is  maintained. 

DEL.A.W.-VRE    TOWXSHIl'. 

There  have  been  tuo  organized  churches 
in  this  township,  outside  the  liinits  of  the  city 
of  Delaware,  \\"ood  Gro^'e,  and  Stratford, 
Ixith  Mediodist  Episcopal, 

Wood  Grove.  Ihis  clunxli  was  organized 
in  the  early  fifties,  and  a  frame  building 
erected  on  the  Bellepoint  Road,  about  two 
miles  southwest  from  Delaware.  It  formed 
a  part  of  the  Delaware  circuit.  Regular  preach- 
ing services  were  maintained  only  for  a  few 
years,  and  then  it  became  a  luission  in  connec- 
tion with  St.  Paul's  Church.  A  mission  was 
established  in  South  Delaware  ahout  this  time 
by  St.  Paul's  church,  and  the  Wood  Grove 
building  was  purchased  by  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Delaware,  under  the  pastorate  of  j 
Rev.  X.  S.  Smith,  about  1874,  A  Sabbath 
schix^il  was  maintained  by  the  Delaware  | 
church  for  several  v-ears  and  among  the  work- 
ers was  Dr.  H.  X".  Allen,  who  afterwards 
went  to  Coiea,  and  became  the  noted  mission- 
ary worker  in  that  land.  The  school  was  main- 
tained irregularly  until  five  }'ears  ago,  when 
the  building  was  sold  to  Wayne  Hazelton. 
]\Ir.    Hazelton   moved  the  building   to   Eaton 


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HiSTOKY   OF  DELAWARE  C0L;XT^. 


Sirett,  Delaware,  aiul  recently  gave  it  to  the 
Radical  E'nitcd  llrclhren  Socief\.  ami  it  is 
now  t'Ccupied  l>y  that  cluirch  a>  a  place  of 
worship. 

Stratford  .Methodist  Epi.'-copal  Cluirch. 
Alter  a  lapse  of  more  than  sixty  3-ears,  since  a 
church  was  first  Imilt  in  what  is  now  Strat- 
ford, and  with  the  absence  of  all  the  old  pio- 
neer ministers,  elders,  class  lead.ers  and  mem- 
bers, either  in  other  sections  of  the  county,  or 
in  the  Happy  Land,  it  is  a  very  dilt'icult  matter 
to  give  a  definite  account  of  its  original  and 
early  history. 

*  A  little  later  than  the  middle  of  the  3o's, 
Messrs.  Hosea  Williams  and  Caleb  Howard, 
of  Dela^yare.  secured  a  site  and  commenced 
work  on  a  large  stone  structure  for  the  purpose 
of  manufacturing  paper,  and  while  one  set  of 
men  were,  engaged  in  this,  another  set  were 
engaged  in  building  a  comuiodiuus  i'ranie  house 
a  few  rods  farther  north  for  a  boarding  house. 
This  was  completed  first,  ami  here  was  the  first 
public  preaching  place.  In  fine  weather.  t\v: 
preacher  stood  on  a  p<jrch  (in  the  south  side 
of  the  house,  the  congregation  seated  in  the 
shade  of  a  mammoth  elm  tree,  apparently  of 
several  centuries'  growth.  In  bad  or  indift'er- 
ent  weather,  services  were  held  in  the  large 
west  room.  The  first  preaching  was  done  by 
an  Episcopalian  minister  from  Delaware,  Mr. 
Fairfield,  the  first  boarding-house  keeper,  and 
Mr.  Ho\\ard,  both  being  members  of  that  de- 
nomination, Rev.  James  McElroy  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Frcn.ch,  being  some  thai  I  recall.  The 
second  boarding-house  keeper  was  Ale.x.  An- 
derson, of  Delaware,  a  Presbyterian,  and 
while  he  was  there,  the  people  listened  to 
Revs.  Putnam  and  Henry  Van  Deman.  Dur- 
ing this  time,  a  large  Sunday  school  was  in  ex- 
istence during  the  summer,  held  in  the  [Meeker 
schoolhouse  some  distance  north.  Stratford 
was  named  JiUy  4,  1841,  a  few  months  after 
the  paper  mills  first  burned  out. 

After  some  trouble  in  securing  a  site. 
work  was  started  early  in  1S42,  on  what  is 
now  the  present  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
at  Stratford.  This  church  was  about  midway 
between  Delaware  and  the  Cellar  (Presbyter- 
ian)  Church  in  Liberty  Townsliip.     The  first 


jjulilic  serx'ice  held  in  this  new  church  buikl- 
ing  was  on  July  Foiu-th,  1844,  on  the  occasion 
of  the  celebration  of  the  sixty-eighth  anniver- 
sary of  the  Declaralir.n  of  Independence.  It 
was  filled  from  pulpit  to  the  door.  There  was 
fine  singing,  an  eloquent  prayer,  reading  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence,  followed  by 
a  grand  oration  by  Rev.  Adam  Poe,  of  Dela- 
ware: then  a  procession  was  fi^rmed  wliich 
marched  to  the  yard  at  the  Meeker  homestead, 
where,  under  the  cedar  trcr'^.  a  great  dinner 
was  spread;  after  this  wa>  disp')sed  of.  sume 
fancy  drills  were  gi\-en  1)_\-  the  Delaware  Lan- 
cers under  cornmatid.  of  Cai>tain  Eugene  F'ow- 
ell.  (This  Fourth  was  on  Thursday.)  For 
nearlv  three  years,  the  congregation  and  Sun- 
day school  continued  like  the  small  cloud,  no 
larger  than  a  man's  hand,  until  the  winter 
of  184G-47.  when  came  what  was  popularly 
called  for  long  years  thereafter,  "Pilcher's  Re- 
vival." This  meeting  w.i-;  opened  early  in 
January,  1847,-  ^"'^  continued  until  "sugar 
.making."  xAt  the  san.ie  time,  the  Olentangy 
River  was  a  mighty  flood  of  waters.  Rev.  FF 
E.  Pilcher,  of  L^elaware.  had  general  charge, 
while  [Methodist  Episcojial  miin'sters  from 
Delaware.  Professors  in  the  College,  students 
and  local  exhorters  assisted.  A  long  list  of 
souls  were  happily  con\-erted  and  added  to  the 
church.  It  soon  Ijecanie  under  Methoilistic 
control,  and  for  some  years,  the  congregation 
worshiping  there  was  the  largest  of  any  sin- 
gle IMethodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Delaware 
Count\.  Through  deaths,  removals  and  other 
good  reasons,  for  many  years,  the  attendance 
has  greatly  decreased.  Not  long  since  the 
building  was  enlarged,  improved,  and  will 
compare  favorably  with  any  in  this  section.  It 
is  attached  to  the  Lewis  Center  Circuit,  and  the 
pastor,  a  Rev.  }ilr.  Davis,  is  a  good  and  worthy 
man  residing  there.  The  presiding  elder, 
Rev.  A.  Mann,  resides  in  Delaware. 

GENOA    TOWNSHIP. 

In  the  winter  of  1806-07.  John  Williams. 
a  local  minister  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  came  to  this  locality  and  erected  a 
cabin  on   the    hill,    near    where    the    covered 


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275 


bridge  cnjsses  the  Big  Wiilnut,  at  what  was 
known  as  Williams'  Eord.  It  was  i^ot  ur.tii 
the  summer  of  1807  that  he  moved  his  family, 
consisting  of  his  wife  and  ten  ch.ildien,  into 
their  new  home.  He  found  this  country  al- 
most an  unbroken  wilderness,  and.  like  a  true, 
earnest  pioneer,  worked  as  well  as  prayed.  In 
the  daytijiie,  the  blows  of  his  axe  could  be 
heard  resoun<ling  through  tlie  woods,  \vhile 
in  the  evening  he  gathered  his  family  alxmt 
him  and  held  a  service  of  prayer.  Wdien  Sun- 
day came,  he  would  repair  to  the  home  of  one 
of  the  early  settlers,  and  deliver  a  sermon  to 
those  who  had  assembled.  His  first  sermon 
was  preached  in  the  cabin  of  Joseph  Eatshaw, 
on  -the  farm  now  occupied  by  John  Roberts. 
Mr.  \\'illiams  was  the  first  minister  in  the 
neighborhood,  but  lived  only  five  years  after 
he  had  erected  his  caliin. 

The  Rev.  E.  Washburn  came  with  his 
wife  to  Genoa  in  the  winter  of  1816-17,  when 
society  and  all  else  in  this  newly  settled  coun- 
try was  comparatively  in  a  primUixe  state. 
Money  was  almost  unobtainable.  and_  tlic  lit- 
tle in- circulation  was,  in  many  instances,  un- 
stable and  depreciated.  Necessities  were  more 
difficult  to  secure  than  luxuries  are  now.  Un- 
der such  circumstances,  and  amidst  these  try- 
ing conditions,  it  would  appear  that  a  field  of 
great  usefulness  was  open  to  the  advent  of  a 
man  like  ^^Ir.  Washhuin.  He  was  a  uni- 
versally esteemed  and  beloved  father  in  the 
Presbyterian  ministry,  an  ordained  and  ap- 
pointed missionary  of  the  Cross,  but  was  solely 
dependent  for  supix)rt  upon  his  labor  and  the 
,  voluntary  contributions  of  the  people  among 
whom'  he  devoted  his  untiring  energies.  At 
the  time  of  his  coming,  there  resided  on  "^'an- 
kee  Street  only  the  families  of  Jonas  Carter, 
John  Curtis,  William  Hall,  William  Cox, 
Marcus  Curtis,  Johnson  Pelton  and  Sylvester 
Hough.  Previous  to  Mr.  Washburn's  arrival, 
there  had  been  but  one  sermon  preached  by  a 
Presbyterian  clergyman  within  the  present 
limits  of  the  townshij),  and  not  one  had  been 
preached  upon  the  Sabbath  day.  He  imme- 
diately commenced  preaching  throughout  the 
regions  which  are  nov»-  embraced  in  the  town- 
ships of  Blendon.  in  h'ranklin  County.  Genoa, 


Berkshire  and  Trenton,  in  Delaware  County, 
and  continued  so  to  preach  until  the  year  1S29 
or  1830.  He  often  spoke  of  the  many  acts 
of  kindness  and  fraternal  regard  he  and  his 
family  received  from  the  hands  of  the  early 
settlers  and  pioneers  of  the  forest.  Just  pre- 
vious to  his  coming,  there  had  been  organized 
by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hughes,  then  of  Delaware,  a 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Berkshire,  the  mem- 
bers of  which  were  scattered  over  Genoa  and 
adjoining  townships,  but  on  looking  for  the 
records,  none  were  found;  so  that,  in  181 8, 
the  church  was  again  formally  organized,  and 
Samuel  Thompson,  Julius  White  and  John 
Brown  were  chosen  and  ordain.ed  as  its  ruling 
elders.  This  society  soon  became  abNorbed  in 
the  Kingston  and  Genoa  churches.  A  New 
School  clnn-ch  was  (u-oanized  in  1837  by  Rev. 
C.  N.  Ranscm,  with  ten  members.  No  church 
building  vv-as  erected,  and  the  society  was  dis- 
solved in  1839.  Mrs.  Rachel  Curtis,  ilrs. 
Katy  Curtis,  Ralph  Smith,  William  Hall  and 
Alexander  Snn'tli  were  members  of  the  Berk- 
shire church.  Inn  re>ided  in  the  \icinity.  In 
1830,  the  Presbyter)  set  off  the  members  who 
resided  in  the  vicinity,  and  constituted  them 
into  a  separate  church,  known  as  the  "Presby- 
terian Church  and  Congregation  of  Genoa." 
The  members  wh,o  v.cre  thus  set  off  were  six- 
teen in  number,  and,  as  near  as  can  possilily 
be  ascertained,  were  [Marcus  Curtis  and  Katy, 
his  wife,  Ralph  Snjith,  Rachel  Curtis,  William 
Hall,  Alexander  Smith,  Nancy  Allen.  Free- 
man Cliester,  Simeon  Chester  and  Clarissa,  his 
wife,  Diadatus  Keeler,  Eleazar,  Copeland, 
Obediah  Seebring  and  Abigail,  his  wife, 
Mary  Foote  and  Augustus  Curtis.  Just  pre- 
vious to  this  time,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Washburn 
was  living  upon  a  tract  of  land  containing  a 
few  acres,  which  he  had  purchased  and  im- 
pro\ed,  situatetl  on  the  farm  then  owned  by 
William  Hall,  nearly  opposite  the  road  leading 
to  the  mill,  a  little  north  of  Mr.  Roberts'  resi- 
dence on  Yankee  Street.  He  continued  to 
supply  his  neighborhood  with  preaching  until 
some  two  years  after  he  removed  his  residence 
to  Blendon. 

On  the  19th  of  Eebruary.  1831,  the  session 
of  the  Genoa  Church   met  for  the  first  time. 


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HISTORY  OF   DELAWARE  COUNTY 


the  Rev.  Allah  Jinks  being  nnxleratur,  and  Dia- 
datiis  Keeler  and  Dr.  Eleazar  Coneland,  elders. 
These  men  were  appointed  by  the  Presbytery, 
and  a-^  there  is  no  mention  made  on  the.  rec- 
ords '>t  their  ordination,  it  is  presnmed  they 
were  eiders  in  the  Lcburn.  or  Blendon  Church, 
at  the  time  of  their  transfer  to  this  organiza- 
tion. The  Rev.  Ahab  Jinks  cuntinued  to  min- 
ister to  the  congregation  until  1S36,  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Calvin  Ransom.  Dur- 
ing this  year,  fourteen  members  who  resided 
in  Trenton  Township  and  its  immediate  vi- 
cinity, were  set  off  and  organized  as  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Trenton.  In  1S37, 
Mr.  Jinks  was  again  the  stated  supply,  and  so 
continued  until  1841.  During  the  year  1S40. 
a  protracted  meeting  was  held,  in  which  the 
Rev.  3.1r.  Cable  assisted  the  minister  in  charge. 
In  1S42,  the  Rev.  John  :\IcCutchen  was  their 
pastor,  and  continued  to  miiiistcr  to  the  cun- 
gregation  one  year.  In  1844.  the  Rev.  R.  De 
Forrest  came  and  preached  as  an  evangelist 
for  the  space  of  aliout  eiglu  weeks.  In  the 
succeeding  year,  1845,  ^^^^  ^'^'^'^'-  ^j'''-  -^^'^'V 
officiated,  and  continued  his  ministrations  one, 
or  perhaps,  nearly  two  year.--.  I'rom  the  year 
1845  to  the  year  1850,  the  congregation  en- 
joyed the  labors  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whipple, 
Rev.  jMilton  Starr  and  Rev.  M.  Brown.  In 
i8^0,  the  Rev.  Warren  Xichols  occupied  the 
pulpit  and  remained  until  alxntt  the  close  of 
the  year  1S52.  In  the  summer  of  1S53,  the 
Rev.'  David  Coyner,  then  a  licentiate  of  Frank- 
lin Presbytery,  was  employed,  and  continued 
his  labors  for  two  years  and  part  of  a  third. 
From  the  fall  of  the  year  1855  until  the  sum- 
luer  of  1S56,  the  pulpit  was  vacant.  At  that 
time,  the  Rev.  Homer  }vlc\'ey,  then  a  student 
of  Lane  Seminary,  during  his  vacation 
preached  for  the  charge  occasionally.  August 
I,  1856.  the  Rev.  Warren  Jenkins — from 
whose  discourse  delivered  January  i,  i860,  has 
been  gathered  this  information  in  relation  to 
the  church,  and  other  itetns  of  interest — en- 
tered upon  his  labors,  and,  at  the  time  this 
sermon  was  delivered,  had  supplied  this  con- 
gregation and  that  of  Trenton  alternately.  Fol- 
lowing him.  and  lor  the  space  of  three  years 
and   tive    months    thereafter,    tlie     R€v.     Mr. 


Covner  had  charge,  after  which  time  for  a 
number  of  years  they  had  no  regular  pastor. 
The  following  ministers  have  su[)plied  the 
church  since  those  above  mentioned  :  Ebeii- 
ezer  Washburn.  Hugh  B.  Scott.  John  Camp- 
bell, 1867-68:  Levi  P.  Sabi.n  (J.  A.  F.  Cellars 
and  Arnold  Glass  became  elders  in  1858), 
James  A.  Darrah,  Wilson  ]•.  Cellar,  IL  i.. 
Xave,  S.  S.  Aikman,  J8S5,  the  last  minister. 
In  the  summer,  however,  they  had  a  Sunday, 
school.  When  the  church  was  first  organized, 
it  held  meetings  in  the  schoolhouse  then  stand- 
ing in  the  rear  of  the  present  residence  of  Au- 
gustua  Curtis.  In  tlie  year  1837-38,  a  house 
of  worship  was  erected,  and  the  same  was 
dedicated  the  8th  of  December,  183S.  The  so- 
ciety was   dissolved    Septemljer,     iSpo.      The 

I  house  still  stands,  but  is  now  used  for.  a  hay 
barn. 

The  ]\lethodist  Ejiiscopal  Church  existed 
as  an  organizatiun  as  early  as  1840,  worship- 
ing in  schoolh.juses  and  cabins  of  the  settlers. 
It  was  not  until  .1849,  they  commenced  to 
build  at  Maxwell  Corners  a  frame  church  at  a 
cost  of  $800.     The  church  was  dedicated  by 

j  an  English  minister  named  Taylor.  The 
ministers  who  have  held  this  charge  are  as  fol- 
lows :  George  G.  West,  .Havens  Parker,  Wil- 
liam Porter,  Havens  Parker.  Samuel  C.  Riker, 
Martindale,  Brown,  Dr.  Gurley,  Hooper,  El- 
lis, Adair,  and  Elliott.  This  denomination  ex- 
isted and  worshiped  in  this  church  until  about 
1865.  At  that  time,  the  ministers  in  charge, 
Revs.  Adair  and  Elliott,  declined  preaching 
longer  on  account  of  political  differences,  and 
brought  the  matter  before  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference. The  conference  decided  the  church 
to  be  a  non-organized  band,  and  appointed  a 
conmiittee,  consisting  of  John  }ilillicent,  Bijah 
]\Iann  and  Eligah  Adams,  to  sell  the  church 
edifice.  This  committee  immediately  adver- 
tised the  church  for  sale,  and  H.  Bennett  bid  it 
oft'  for  $336  for  the  Christian  Union  denomi- 
nation, which  had  been  formed  out  of  the  dis- 
solution of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Society. 
The  church  was  then  rededicated,  about  1866, 
by  the  Rev.  Green,  from  Coluinbus,  who  had 
organized  it.  The  ministers  that  have  offici- 
ated since  its  last  organization  are  as  follows : 


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277 


Green,  Gates.  Stei.ilieii.Min.  Duraiit,  Allen, 
Mann,  Vhx  and  (itiiL-r.-.  The  presenl.  pastor 
is  J.  \V.  Alaxweil,  I'll.  D.  The  mcml-.ership 
is  forty,  ami  the  Siin'Ti}'  scho.  >!  nieftiljership 
is  sevcnly-hve. 

HARLF.M    TOWNSHIP. 

The  f!r^t  church  nr  meeting-house  luu'U 
in  this  township  was  by  the  Methodists,  in  the 
year  1812,  on  the  farm  of  Benajah  Cook. 
Esq.  It  was  a  plain  log  house,  small  in  size, 
and  the  first  minister  who  <jfficialed  in  it  was 
the  Ivev.  Daniel  Bennett.  Eor  many  years. 
there  was  regular  ]ireaching  on  "week  clays," 
once  a  month,  and,  ;it  tir^t  it  helong-ed  to  the 
Columbus  circuit,  but  afterward  was  attached 
to  the  Worthington  circuit.  The  congregation 
worshiped  in  tliis  log  1;. 'USe  until  1838,  when' 
a  new  church  was  Imiit  upon  the  present  site, 
about  one-half  mile  north  of  Harlem,  It  is  a 
large  and  commodiuus  brick  structure.  The 
dedication  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rew 
Uriah  Heath,  of  Worthington.  At  Center- 
ville,  the  ilethodists  have  a  church,  an  off- 
shoot of  the  Harlem  Church,  which  was  built 
about  the  year  1S45.  -"'^t  *^r-t  '■'"'e  congrega- 
tion w(u'shiped  in  a  schoolhouse  just  east  of  the 
village,  and  the  Camplxdliles  also  worshiped 
in  ti)e  school  h(.)use  on  alternate  Sundays,  and, 
on  account  of  the  difticulties  that  wi^uld  some- 
times occur  between  the  respective  congrega- 
tions, it  was  called,  in  derision,  "Confusion 
Schoolhouse."  The  preieni  structure  was  built 
about  1S55.  at  a  cost  of  9i,6oo.  The  bell  cost 
^^/2.  This  church  was  also  dedicated  Ijv  the 
Rev.  Uriah  Heath. 

The  Discii>les,  or  Campbellites,  organized 
a  church  in  this  township,  in  the  year  1840.  at 
the  residence  of  Jonathan  Bateson,  The  first 
organization  consisted  of  nine  members,  as 
follows,  viz, :  James  Oglesbee  and  wife,  Jona- 
than Bateson  and  wife.  James  Beauseman  and 
wife,  C.  D.  Clark  and  Daniel  Hunt  and  wife. 
The  present  church  edifice  is  located  about 
one  mile  east  of  Centerville,  and  cost  81,500, 
The  membership  is  about  seventy-five.  A  Sun- 
day scIkioI  is  maintained,  but  there  is  no  regu- 
lar pastor  at  this  time. 


In  the  year  1861,  the  Old  School  I're- 
destinarian  Bajitists  org-anized  ,-i  church,  and 
biiiit  the  church  edifice  in  1S68.  the  moncn  to 
build  the  same  having  been  donated  by  Mis. 
Hiildah  ]''airchild.  The  first  pastor  was  the 
Re\-.  John  H.  Biggs,  followed  by  EUler  Ly- 
man B.  IlaiKA-er.  Jackson  Hanover,  his  son, 
is  now  pastor. 

KINGSTON'    TOWNSIIIl'. 

The  early  settlors  of  thi>  township  were  a 
God-fearing  and  Christian  people,  and  be- 
lieved implicitly  in  that  religion  that  promises 
to  the  meek  an  earthly  inlieritance,  and  they 
brought  with  them  the  Bible,  the  prayer  book 
and  the  hymn  book,  and  they  immediately  a]> 
plied  themselves  to  the  improvement  of  their 
homes,  the  construction  of  roads,  and  the 
building  of  churches  and  schoolhouses.  For 
many  years,  religious  services  were  conducted 
ill  private  houses  and  in  the  early  schoolhouses. 
and.  wdien  the  weather  was  pleasant,  meetings 
wcic  held  outdoors  in  the  groves, 

Kingston  Presbyterian  Church.  This 
church  was  organized  in  181 8  by  Rev.  Eben- 
ezcr  Washburn,  who  had  come  to  Berkshire 
in  181 7  and  preached  there  and  in  Kingston 
Township.  The  first  elders  were  John  White. 
William  Gaston  and  John  \'an  Sickle.  Rev. 
\\'ashburn  supplied  the  church  from  181S  to 
1820,  and  William  ^Matthews  from  182 1  to 
1S24.  In  1822,  the  first  church  was  built.  In 
that  year,  the  Preslwteiians  erected  a  log 
meeting-house  near  the  center  of  the  township, 
as  W'Cll  as  the  center  of  population  at  that  time, 
on  the  present  site  of  the  Old  Blue  Churcli, 
the  cognomen  by  wdiich  it  is  now  .so  widely 
known;  and,  while  this  humble  church  edifice 
belonged  exclusively  to  the  Presbyterians, 
wdien  not  occupied  by  them  its  dixirs  \vere 
thrown  open  for  all  denominations.  The 
Presbyterians  in  numbers  were  the  strongest 
and  next  in  numerical  strength  were  the  Meth- 
odists, and  then  the  Baptists.  At  this  time, 
the  church  memliership  and  the  population 
were  rapidly  on  the  increase,  anfi  five  years 
after  this,  in  1827,  they  rai^Ckl  by  subscription 
the  necessary  amount  to  build  on  the  ohl  site 


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a  fratne  structure  in  place  o\  the  old  one.  'I'liis 
was  quite  an  imposing  church  edifice  for  that 
(hiy.  Among  the  meml>ership  of  this  church, 
at  this  early  day,  were  Moses  Decker  and 
wife,  John  \"an  Sickle  and  wile,  John  White 
and  wife.  Air.  Finiey  and  wife,- James  Wheeler 
and  wife,  Isaac  Finch  and  wife.  Gilbert  Potter 
and  wife,  John  Brown  and  wife,  Benjamin 
Benedict,  William  Wigton  and  his  wife,  Rich- 
ard Wakhon,  Thomas  Carney  and  his  brother 
James  and  his  wife,  Wiliiam  W'aldron  and 
others.  The  Rev.  Ahab  Jinks  was  their  pas- 
tor. When  finished,  all  but  the  painting,  a 
skillful  painter  was  employerl,  who  went  to 
work,  and  soon  had  the  outside  painted  a 
beautiful  drab  color.  Xot  long  after  its  com- 
pletion, to  the  surprise  of  all.  the  col'ir  turned 
to  a  beautiful  blue,  which  gave  the  church  the 
church  the  name  of  the  Blue  Church,  and  it 
lias  ever  reudiitd  that  nan^e,  notv.'ithstauding 
the  change  of  color.  This  church  was  occu- 
pied until  ear!)-  in  the  5o'3,  when  a  new  frame 
cliurcli  was  erected  on  the  same  ground.  1  his 
cliurch  has  been  remodeled  in  1907,  and  beau- 
tihed,  and  is  now  a  beautiful  structure.  Ahab 
Jinks  supplied  the  church  from  1827  to  1S38. 
The  membership  at  this  time  was  one  hundred 
and  twenty-one.  John  Pitkins  was  pastor 
from  1841  to  1844:  Ahab  Jinks,  second  pas- 
torate; from  1849  to  1S54:  David  AlcCarter 
from  1854  to  i860;  Cabin  Alateer  from  1861 
to  1862  (Air.  Alateer  afterwards  went  to  China 
as  a  missionary  and  has  done  a  great  work  in 
that  country)  ;  Robert  L.  Adams,  Sr.,  ivo-^A 
1863  to  1865;  David  H.  Coyner  from  1865  to 
1866;  J.  L.  Lower  from  1868  to  1871  ;  Rev. 
Best  a  short  time;  A.  C.  Crist  from  1873  to 
1874;  M.  M.  Lawson  from  1875  to  1877; 
David  H.  Green  from  1877  to  1878;  John  Alc- 
Dowell  from  1878  to  1880:  Nelson  K.  Crowe 
from  1 88 1  to  18S2;  W.  E.  Thomas  from  1883 
to  1S86;  T.  B.  Atkins  from  1887  to  1888;  E. 
M.  Scott  from  1893  to  1900;  Samuel  Huecker 
from  1901  to  1906:  H.  Hoffman,  a  student  of 
the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  is  the  present 
supply.  For  Kingston  New  School,  see  Por- 
ter Township. 

The  next  church  in  the  triwnship  wa^  tlic 
old   Methodist   Episcopal    Church    at    Stark's 


Corners.  It  was  luiilt  in  the  year  1836,  al- 
though the  society  that  built  it  was  organized 
ten  years  previous.  The  society  held  their 
meetings  for  many  years  in  the  old  log  school- 
house,  located  on  tlic  first  cross  road  west  of 
Olive  Green.  This  society  also  organized 
about  the  same  time  ;i  Sabbath  school,  which, 
was  held  in  this  schoolhouse.  When  '  the 
weather  would  permit,  they  would  hold  their 
quarterly  meetings  in  a  grove  near  by,  where 
thev  had  seats  and  a  stand,  and  evcr)lhing-  in 
readiness  for  the  occasion ;  but,  \vhen  the 
weather  was  unfavorable  or  inclement,  tliey 
used,  by  invitation,  the  Old  Blue  Church  of 
the  Presb\-terians.  The  schoolhouse  became 
too  small  to  accommodate  the  congregation, 
and  they  changed  their  meetings  to  the  dwell- 
ing house  of  Air.  John  Haselett.  By  his  own 
personal  effort,  unaided  by  others.  Air.  Hase- 
lett raised  by  subscription  sufficient  funds  to 
build  the  church  spoken  of.  The  services  of 
this  congregation  were  irregular.  The  pas- 
tors who  rode  the  circuit  VvCre  compelled  to 
hold  meetings  nearly  every  day  of  the  week 
to  get  round  once  a  month  over  their  charge. 
Thus  they  were  compelled  to  have  week-day 
services  and  hold  prayer  meetings  on  the  Sab- 
bath. Aloses  Decker,  the  architect  and  builder 
of  the  Old  Blue  Church,  was  the  architect  and 
builder  of  the  AI.  E.  Church,  aided  by  Air.  Reid 
AI.  Cutcheon.  At  this  church  the  societ)-  met 
and  worshiped  for  many  years,  when  the 
question  of  repairing  the  old  church  came  up; 
it  needed  a  new  roof,  re-p'astering,  re-seating 
and  re-painting.  .A.11  these  needful  repairs 
would  cost  nearly  as  much  as  a  new  church, 
with  the  assistance  offered  them;  and  then 
again,  the  congregation  in  numbers  had  out- 
grown the  capacity  of  the  church  for  their  ac- 
commodation, and  to  repair  it  they  thought 
would  be  a  useless  expenditure  of  money  and 
time.  Olive  Green  is  a  village  three-quarters 
of  a  mile  distant,  in  Porter  Township,  and  its 
citizens  held  out  inducements  to  rebuild  the 
church  and  locate  it  there.  At  a  meeting  of 
the  society,  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  di- 
rected to  rebuild  the  church  at  CMive  Green, 
winch  was  done  accordingly;  and  the  new  and 
much  more  capacic-us  edifice  was  erected  in  the 


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3'ear  1853.  Many  of  the  niemhersliij)  in  the 
soutliern  part  of  the  township  obtained  their 
letters  from  tiic  OHve  Green  charge  and  joined 
the  M.  E.  Chnrch  at  Berkshire. 

The  same  year  the  Old  Bhie  Churcli  was 
built.  ^Nloses  Decider,  Isaac  Firich,  Samuel 
Finley  and  a  few  others,  and  their  pastor,  Rev. 
Mr.  Jinks,  came  together  and  organized  a 
Sunday  school,  and  held  it  in  the  old  log 
schoolhouse  on  the  corner,  near  the  church.  It 
is  thought  this  ^vas  the  first  .Sabbath  school 
organized  in  Dela-\\are  County.  They  or- 
ganized at  the  same  time  the  first  Sunday 
school  library  in  the  county.  It  was  made  up 
of  small  Sal)ljath  school  books  and  kept  by  the 
superintendent.  ]\Ir.  Decker,  in  a  trunk.  The 
M.  E.  Sabbath  scliool  was  the  second  in  order 
of  time  in  the  county,  but  it  was  organized 
several  }-ears  afterward. 

LII'.ERTV   TOWNSHIP. 

The  first  organized  congre'.^-atinn  of  this 
township  was  the  Liberty  Presbyteri;m 
Church.  This  society  was  organi.zed  by  Rev. 
Josepli  Plughes  in  iSio.  and  was  supplied  by 
Rev.  Hughes  until  his  death  in  1S23.  The 
session  during  the  pastorate  of  the  above  and 
that  of  Henry  Van  Deman  v\-as  united  with 
the  Delaware  Church,  and  the  first  elders  were 
Thomas  Cellars,  Josiah  ]\IcKiiinie.  Leonard 
IMunroe,  James  Gillis.  Andrew  Ilarier.  S.  W. 
Knapp  and  Thomas  C.  Gillis. 

Tlie  membership  in  iS^y  wcs  dxait  one 
hundred.  After  the  death  of  Rev.  Hughes, 
Rev.  Van  Deman  supplied  the  church  until  the 
division  into  New  School  and  Old  School  in 
1837.  From  this  time  there  was  a  divided 
congregation,  the  elders  of  the  New  School 
party  being  Andrew  Harter,  S.  W.  Knapp, 
Seth  S.  Case.  The  membership  in  1840  was 
se\'enty-one.  The  following  ministers  supplied 
the  chnrch:  Joseph  Labaree,  James  Brown, 
Charles  W.  Torrey.  W.  H.  Brinkerhoft',  Stil- 
man  Tucker,  John  \V.  Thompson.  About  the 
year  1854,  the  society  was  dissolved,  and 
some  went  to  the  Old  Scliool  and  some  to  the 
Second  Church  of  Delaware. 


The  Old  School  branch  contiTUicd  to  exist 
with  the  following  ciders :  James  Gillis, 
Thomas  C.  Gillis,  Robert  M.  Cellar,  and  some" 
others  whose  names  could  not  be  obtained 
The  membership  of  this  branch  in  18-10  was 
eighty,  and  in  1863  eighty.  The  church  was 
without  a  pastor  much  c.f  the  time,  but  during 
this  time,  1837  to  reunion  1870.  was  supplied 
by  the  following  ministers:  John  Pitkin, 
Rufus  D.  Antell,  John  D.  Hervey,  S.  K. 
Hughes.  David  McCarter.  At  the  reunion  in 
1S70,  there  were  one  hundred  and  thirty  mem- 
bers. At  an  early  date  a  frame  structure  was 
erected  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Olentangy 
River,  eiglit  miles  south  of  Delaware.  This 
building  has  been  repaired,  rennxleled,  and  an 
addition  arlded  to  it,  so  that  at  the  present 
time,  it  is  a  beautiful  building,  and  situated 
as  it  is,  by  the  cemetery  where  are  buried  the 
Old  pioneers  of  this  neig"hl)orhood.  forms  a 
sacred  and  attractive  spot.  A  Sunday  school 
was  organized  at  an  earl\-  date  in  connection 
with  this  church,  and  has  been  continuously 
maintained  from  the  beginning  with  a  \-ery 
few  interruptions.  Since  the  reunion  the 
church  has  been  supplied  by  the  following 
ministers  in  the  order  named  :  Henry  Shedd, 
David  Andersun,  Thomas  Hill.  E.  M'.  Shultz, 
Samuel  P.  Herron.  W.  F.  Cellar,  James  Hick- 
ling,  W.  D.  Wallace,  J.  il.  W^lie  and  at  pres- 
ent time  l>y  J.  G.  Curry.  May  this  church 
long  live. 

"VVlieie   cordial   welcomes    greet    the    guest,  i 

By  the   lone   river  of  the   west,  i 

\Miere    faith    is   kept   and   truth    revered,  I 

And   man   is  loved  and   God  is  feared,  1 

In     woc'dland    homes."  I 

Methodist  Episcopal.     Before   ane    sucietv         I 
of  this  denomination   was   formed.   Rev.    !Mr.         i 
Beach  and  other  itinerant  ministers,  preached         | 
in  the  neighbirhood  at  the  homes  of  the  pio- 
neers.    A  local  m.inister  by  the  name  of  Bacon 
held  meetings  at  the  home  of  a  ^^Ir.  Carpenter.         ■ 
The  first  society  was  organized  by  Rev.   Mr.         ' 
Emery  at  the  home  of  Jarvis  Buell  about  the         ; 
}ear    1825.     Tlie  society  built   its  first   house 
about  1840,  a  log  structure  just  south  of  Pow- 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


ell.  It  was  christeiie.l  luiicry  Chapel,  in  hnnor 
of  Rev.  Every,  wlm  had  organized  ihe  society. 
In  1859,  a  new  frame  structure  was  erected 
just  across  the  road  from  the  lirst  structure, 
under  tlie  pastorate  of  Rev.  Levi  Cunningham. 
This  building  was  moved  up  to  the  village  a 
few  years  ago,  has  been  remodeled,  and  beau- 
tified, and  is  now  the  hume  of  a  tl(Turisliing 
society. 

Hyatlsville  M.  E.  Church.  This  church 
was  organized .  about  twenty-five  years  ago, 
largely  through  the  influence  of  H.  A.  Hyatt, 
D.  E.  Hughs,  George  Curmode,  anil  others. 
A  sutistantial  frame  structure  was  erected  in 
the  village  of  Hyattsville,  H.  A.  Hyatt  having 
donated  the  lot.  The  society  is  united  under 
one  pastorate  with  Faith  Church  of  Delaware 
at  this  time,  1907,  and  Rev.  Mr.  ;\Iyers,  a 
student  of  the  "O.  W.  U."  is  their  pastur. 

A  Baptist  society  v>as  formed  at  an  early 
date,  probably  as  early  as  that  of  the  Liberty 
Presbyterian  society,  but  the  details  of  this 
society  cannot  be  obtained.  It  soon  became  a 
part  of  the  Berlin  Tov.nship  society. 

MARLBOROUGH   TOWXSHIP. 

The  old  Baptist  Church  situated  in  what 
is  now  Troy  Townsh.ip.  was  the  fir^t  to  or- 
ganize in  ^Marlborough.  Its  history  will  neces- 
sarily fall  within  the  histurical  limits  of  Troy. 
The  Lutheran  Church  \\a-  situated  just  across 
the  Olentangy  River,  ea<t  about  a  mile  froni 
Norton.  The  congregation  used  to  worship 
in  an  old  log  schoolhouse.  near  where  the  pres- 
ent church  now  stands.  Just  when  the  organi- 
zation took  place  cannot  be  ascertained,  but  the 
name  of  the  first  minister  was  Henry  Cline, 
and  it  must  have  been  at  an  early  date.  In  the 
year  1S52,  from  some  cause  a  revolt  occurred 
on  the  part  of  some  of  the  members,  the  result 
being  the  organizatiiin  of  the  German  Reform 
Church.  The  Germans  immediately  set  to 
work  and  built  a  new  frame  church,  which 
was  dedicated  by  Prof.  Loy  in  the  year  1853, 
and  the  German  Reform  congregation,  not  to 
be  outdone,  put  forth  their  energy  and,  in 
1855,  also  succeeded  in  building  for  them- 
selves a   frame  church   adjoining    the    Luth- 


erans. It  was  dedicated  the  same  year  !\v  J. 
G.  Ruhl,  who  took  charge  as  iheir  pastor, 
while  the  first  minister  in  the  new  Lutheran 
Church  was  a  man  by  the  name  iif  Gast.  The 
little  cemetery  in  the  same  lot  in  which  the 
tw(j  churches  stand  is  used  conjuintly  liy  Ivth 
congregations.  The  first  interment  in  it  was 
a  man  by  the  name  of  Snarr,  who  was  buried 
tliere  in  1835.  He  was  poor  and  a  stranger. 
Both  societies  built  churches  in  Waldo,  Alar- 
ion  County,  where  they  are  still  flourishing. 
One  of  the  old  churches  still  stands  by  the 
cemeter}-. 

The  Baptist  Church  is  situated  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Norton.  The  society  was  an  offshoot 
frr.m  the  Old  "Marlliorough  Bapti.st  Church. 
The  present  building  is  a  substantial  frame 
structure,  and  was  erected  in  1S59  and  cost 
Si. 200.  It  was  dedicated  in  i860  by  James 
Harvey,  who  used  to  preach  at  Delaware.  The 
following  are  the  names  of  the  ministers  since 
its  foundation:  James  Harvey,  Thomas  Jen- 
kins, Mr..  Weiler,  C.  King,  Thomas  Deal. 
Thomas  Griffith.  The  church  is  without  a 
regular  pastor,  Jjut  maintains  a  Sahl.iath 
school. 

The  Methodist  Iqjiscopal  Church  is  a 
frame  structure  situated  in  the  village  of  Nor- 
ton, and  was  built  in  1855,  and  dedicated  by 
the  Rev.  Pilclier.  There  was  an  organization 
in  existence  some  two  years  previous  to  this 
date,  originated  by  the  Rev.  Plumer,  and  the 
class  used  to  worship  in  schoolhouses  and  other 
convenient  places.  The  cl  urch  cost  Si. 200. 
The  pulpit  has  been  supplied  of  late  cjtu'te  fre- 
cjuently  by  students  frrmi  the  L'ni\-crsity  at 
Delaware.  S.  W.  Metz,  of  the  "O.  W.  L'.." 
is  the  present  supply. 

The  Wyatt  Cemetery  is  the  historical  bury- 
ing place  of  this  vicinity.  It  is  situated  across 
the  line  in  Marion  County,  being  located  in 
that  part  of  ]\larlborough  set  off  to  that  county 
in  184S,  and  the  white  marble  slabs  mark  the 
resting  place  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Marl- 
borough Township.  Here  lie  the  Wyatts, 
Drakes,  Brundiges.  and  others  whose  names 
are  familiar  to  the  reader.  The  cemetery  is 
pleasantly  situated  on  a  knoll  near  where  the 
I  old  fort  once  stood,  and  in  sight  of  the  mill- 


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2S1 


tary  road.  Tlie  occasion  of  the  first  buiial  in 
this  cemetery  cannot  be  ascertained,  as  a  num- 
her  of  the  soldiers  of  iSr.?  found  their  last 
re.-ting  place  amidst  the  evergreen-s  that 
adorned  its  surface. 

ORAXCE    TON'.'XSHIP. 

The  ^Methodist  denomination  was  prol-a'Dlv 
the  first  church  influence  that  found  its  wav 
into  the  wilderness  of  Orange  Township.  A 
]\iethodist  settlement  on  the  east  of  Alum 
Creek  is  among  the  earliest  traditions,  and  a 
church  of  that  denomination  was  estabh^lied 
in  this  neighborhood  as  early  as  i8jS.  They 
erected  a  church  building  which  still  staiuis. 
and  fell  in  the  hands  of  tlic  United  Brethren 
denomination.  About  1S47.  another  church 
was  organized  at  Williamsvillc,  but  seems  to 
have  died  out  at  an  early  day.  In  1S43,  i-'"'^ 
fierce  agitation  of  the  slavery  question  in  that 
body  throughout  the  land,  culminated  here, 
as  in  many  other  places,  in  a  separation — the 
anti-sla\ery  portion  organizing  the  W'esleyan 
Church.  Their  first  services  were  held  in  a 
cabin  on  the  fiats,  near  the  pre-enl  rc-idence 
of  Samuel  Patterson,  with  Re\ .  Mr.  St'Cct  as' 
pastor.  This  church  started  with  a  member- 
ship numbering  twenty-nine,  wh.ich  has  ^ince 
increased  to  one  hundred.  In  1S76,  the_v  built 
a  modest  building  on  the  hill,  at  a  cost  of 
$800.  About  five  years  ago  the  church  was 
remodeled,  and  modern  windows  and  seats 
substituted  lor  the  old,  and  the  liou  e  heated 
by  a  furnace,  making  it  a  convenient  and 
pleasant  church.  Rev.  E.  F.  Calhoun  is  pas- 
tor at  tliis  time.  A  goi:>d  parsonage  has  also 
been  secured  for  the  use  i_">f  the  pastor.  In 
1864.  a  Methodist  Epii^cojial  Church  was  or- 
ganized at  Lewis  Center,  with  a  membership 
of  tweh'e,  v.hich  has  sin.ce  increased  to  one 
hundred  memliers.  Their  building,  which 
ccst  at  war  prices  S2,6oo,  was  dedicated  Xo- 
\-emher  4.  1S66.  In  1871.  a  parsonage  was 
built,  at  a  cost  of  $2.ocx).  Since  its  organiza- 
tion, the  church  has  maintained  a  Sunday 
school  without  a  break.  wItIcIi  now  numliers 
about  ninety  meml.iers.  Re\'.  F.  D.  Da\is  is 
now  pastor. 


A  Catholic  Church  vras  organized  here  in 
1SG4.  and  a  frame  building  for  worship  put 
up.  But  the  society  ceased  to  exist  several 
years  ago. 

A  United  Ercth.rcn  Church  was  organized 
at  Williamsvillc  in  1877.  This  church  occu- 
pied the  building  erected  some  years  before 
by  the  M.  E.  Church,  but  disbanded  about 
1S9.:;. 
:  triends'  Church.     About   1000.  a    society 

I  of  Friends  was  organized  in  this  noiidiborhood 
j  and   in    1904  erected   a  new   biuidu';;   costing 
J  S4.100.     This  work  was  the  r^.-^ult  ui   a    re- 
vival.    The  membership  at  present  is  tiffv-five. 
I'hey  have  no  regular  jiastor  at  this  time. 

OXFORD    Tr)WX.SHIP. 

The  earliest  church  organization  in  Ox- 
ford I'ownship  was  the  ^lethodist  Episcopal 
Church.  A  society  of  tlii-:  denomination  was 
organized  at  Winsor  Coiner.-  as  earlv  as  181  t. 
They  accommodated  themselves  as  the  circum- 
stances of  the  case  ailcirded  until  1857.  when 
they  built  a  neat  frame  building,  which  was 
dedicated  by  Elder  Harvey  \\"ils(Mi.  In  Feb- 
ruary. 1839,  Rev.  E.  S.  'Cavitt,  of  this  de- 
nomination, came  from  .Muskin.trnm  Countv 
and  bought  the  Houston  farm,  situated  about 
three-quarters  of  a  mile  southeast  of  Ashley. 
In  the  following  year,  whh  c  'usiderable  min- 
isterial enterprise,  in  company  with  the  Shoe- 
maker family,  he  erected  a  log  church  a  few 
rods  north  of  his  home.  The  logs  were  he\\  n 
square  on  the  inside.  Mr.  Gavitt  dedicated 
the  building  and  conducted  services  in  it  and 
about  here  until  he  died  in  1892,  aged  eiglitv- 
nine,  at  home.  He  was  respected  and  there  is 
scarcely  a  family  within  a  radius  of  five  miles 
of  his  home,  but  that  sometime  or  other  callerl 
upon  him  to  marry  the  living  or  burv  tlie 
dead. 

The  church  thus  organized  held  its  serv- 
ices in  the  old  log  house  until  the  spring  of 
1852,  when  the  meetings  were  tnmsferred  to 
.-\shie}-.  Here  the  church  occupied  the  log 
hraise  built  by  Rnbert  Brown  for  a  dwelling, 
and  afterward  rlie  town  schoolhouse  until 
April,    1855,   when   they   bought   the  buiKling 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


used  by  T.  Chapman  as  a  residence.  In  De- 
ccniUer,  1866,  the  church  sold  this  building, 
and,  from  that  time  until  1S68,  they  used  the 
] 'i-esbyterian  i)lace  of  worship,  whiclv  they 
fmaliy  bought,  using  it  until  about  1896,  when 
they  erected  a  brick  church,  costing  $5,000. 
The  first  regular  pastor  was  the  Rev.  L.  War- 
ner. Tlie  present  pastor  is  Rev.  E.  B.  Shu- 
niaker;  the  present  membership  is  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty. 

From  the  remains  of  an  Episcopal  ]\Ieth- 
odist  society,  which  had  existed  for  some  years 
in  the  .Vlum  Creek  district,  slavery  having 
S'imething  to  dc>  with  its  disorganization,  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Church  in  East  Oxford 
lownship,  Delaware  County,  Ohio,  was  or- 
ganized in  the  year  1S62-3.  by  Rev.  George 
W.  Bainuni.  It  consisted  of  a!M>nt  t\\o!\'e 
members,  among  whom  were  llenrA  Hcil  and 
daughter  Sarali;  Samuel  Xcu.;n  i^rr,:A  1 'ot- 
ter and  wife,  Solomon  Shoemaker  and  viife 
and  Vinol  Thurston.  A  re\ival  the  next  year 
resulted  in  about  thirty  additions  to  the  niern- 
bersliip.  Among  those  since  prominent  in  the 
affairs  of  the  church  were  Edmon  Scott  and 
wife,  Noah  \\diipple  and  wife,  Henry  T.  Crist 
and  family,  George  White  and  family.  Wil- 
liam Thurston  and  family.  William  Xelson 
and  family,  John  McCurdy  and  wife.  Rev.  H. 
R.  Smith  and  family.  Adolphus  Crist  and 
family  and  Mrs.  Frank  Westbrook  and  chil- 
dren. The  present  church  building  was  dedi- 
cated February  9,  1868,  by  Rev.  George  W. 
Painum,  who  preached  frdni  the  text,  "Lord, 
send  now  prosperity."  The  church  has  been 
served  by  the  following  persons  as  pastiirs : 
Rev.  George  W.  Bainum.  Richard  Horton, 
Evans  Thompson,  Thomas  Hicks,  William 
Sewell,  L  J.  Xourse,  Henry  R.  Smith,  J.  H. 
Teter,  Levi  White,  M.  Friedley,  j.  W.  Rice. 
O.  H.  Ramsey,  Ralph  Davy  and  C.  H  Whet- 
nall.  Revs.  Florton,  Sewell  ami  Smith  each 
served  two  pastorates. 

The  Baptist  Church  was  organized  in  the 
Ashley  neighborhood  in  June  of  1835,  by 
Rev.  Daniel  Thomas.  Seven  years  later,  the 
society  built  a  frame  building  near  the  present 
site  of  the  cemetery.  Here  they  worshiped 
until  1S51.  when  they  moved  their  builrling  to 
Ashley,  wliere  it  still  serves  them  as  a  place  of 


wtjrship.  and  the\-  have  preaching  occasionally. 
On  April  27,  1852,  a  committee,  consist- 
ing of  Rev.  Henry  'Shedd,  Rev.  John  W. 
Thompson,  Rev.  William  S.  Spaulding,  and 
Elders  John  Mateer  and  John  McElroy,  hav- 
ing been  ajipointed  by  the  Franklin  Presby- 
tery to  go  to  Ashley  to  establish  a  Presbyter- 
ian Cliurch,  met  and  pioceeded  to  organize  a 
society  as  directed.  The  first  elders  were  Z. 
P.  Wigton  and  Henry  Slack.  On  ]\fay  24, 
1857,  James  ]\L  Eckles  was  added  to  the  list 
of  elders.  Rev.  Henry  Shedd  was  the  first 
minister  of  the  church.  In  tl;e  summer  of 
iSt3,  the  society  purchased  Lot  Xo.  2j,  in 
Ashley,  and  two  years  later  built  a  place  of 
worship,  which  they  used  until  iSoS.  Six 
years  later,  Ihe  society  sold  this  building  to  the 
Methodists  and  erected  a  neat  brick  building, 
costing  S3. 000,  in  which  they  still  worsliip.  Its 
present  memlierslnp  i^  twenty.  The  following 
persons  have  ministered  to  the  congregation: 
Flenrv  Shedd,  iS;j-t3:  Stilman  Tucker, 
tS:;4-'.;5;  Homer  Mc\'cy,  1857-61:  John  O. 
ILdl,  1862-63:  Thomas  j.  Domeny,  1865-66; 
Jolm  },lcCutcheon,  1870-73:  Horace  Snod- 
"grass,  a  short  time;  ?i[iiton  [McMillen.  1874; 
A.  C.  Crist,  a  short  time  in  187^:  Russel  A. 
[NfcKinlev,  1876-77;  David  H.  Green.  1878; 
W.  E.  Thomas,  1879-1883;  Isaac  L  Holt, 
1885:  Robert  Colmey,  1891:  E.  M.  Scott. 
1893-98;  C.  O.  Anderson,  1S89-1902;  Samuel 
Heucker,  1903-0;:  the  present  pastor,  John  R. 
Lloyd. 

Tn-ien  Is'  Church.  'Slave  than  twenty  years 
ago.  two  ministers.  Revs.  Xoah  McClain  and 
Willis,  of  the  Friends  denomination,  held  re- 
vival services  in  Ashley,  and  the  result  was  a 
large  number  of  conver--ions.  These  converts 
were  organized  into  a  Society  of  Friends,  and 
soon  proceeded  to  erect  a  large  and  commo- 
dious frame  building  udiich  has  been  their 
home  since  that  time.  The  society  is  not  as 
prosperous  as  formerly,  but  still  maintains 
services  and  a  Sabbath  school.  Miss  Geyer 
ministers  to  them  at  this  time,   1908. 

porvef:  towxship. 

The  Presbyterian  CImrch  (Xew  School). 
The    Xew    School    Presbyterians   organized    a 


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2S3 


sccicty  soon  after  the  division  of  the  church, 
prubaijly  in  1837  or  1838.  John  Wan  Sickle, 
Moses  Decker  and  a  Mr.  Richards  were  the 
first  elders,  and  soon  after  Charles  M.^]"o\vler 
liecame  an  elder.  Rev.  Abner  B.  Cliapman 
was  their  first  mini.ster  in  the  years  1838-1S44. 
l"ne  membership  at  that  time  was  fifty-four. 
The  church  was  at  first  named  Kingston,  as 
nianv  of  the  members,  prohal)!v  a  majority,  of 
the  'Kingston  Church  (Old  School)  'had 
joined  with  this  society,  and  there  were  two 
organizations  claiming  the  name  Kingston.  A 
frame  churcli  c>lil'icc  \ui;  erected  in  East  Lib- 
erty, Porter  '1  >  i\\  r.^liiji.  and  the,  church  was 
called  Kin,i;st'in  and  Porter,  but  afterwards 
the  name  Kingsti  in  was  dropped  and  the  church 
ever  since  has  been  kunwii  as  the  Porter 
Cluuch.  The  princii)al  parties  in  the  build- 
ing <.il  the  church  were  .Mr.  John  \^an  Sickle, 
Charle^  M,  l-'owlcr,  Wihiam  Gaston.  Isaac 
Finch,  Jesse  Finch,  Charles  Wilcox.  George 
T)laine_\-  and  others.  They  at  once  organized 
a  Sabhatli  scIiodI  in  connection  with  the 
churcii,  v.diich  for  se\eral  years  prospered,  and 
was  productive  uf  great  good.  In  t!ie  year 
1864.  the  same  parties  wdio  built  this  place  of 
wur.-hiji  laid  cut  and  established  a  cemetery 
just  ea.-t  </f  the  church  and  town  of  East  Lib- 
erty, in  which  the  remains  of  many  of  those 
most  caispicuous  and  enterprising  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  church  and  the  Sabbath  | 
school  now  sleep.  The  church  still  stands,  has 
been  repaired  several  times,  and  is  now  in  a  j 
giiod  condition.  Services  arc  still  maintained.  I 
but  the  society  is  not  in  as  prosperou,--  a  condi-  1 
tion  as  in  some  former  years.  The  following 
ministers  have  supplied  the  church  since  Rev. 
Chapman's  time : 

John  Hunt    1S45-1846 

John    \V.    Thompson    1849-1851 

Warren   Xicholis    1852-1853 

A.    B.    Chapman,   again    1854-1S59 

William  Bridgeman   1860-1861 

George  H.    Pool    1862-1864 

John  Martin   1864-1867 

Robert  Wvlie   1 868-1 870 

J.   Best    1871-187J 

A.  C,  Crist   1873-1874 

M.  }vl.  Lawson i''?75-ii?/7 


I.    McDmwcH 

1878  1880 

X.   K.  Crowe   

Robert  Wylie,  again    

A.'  S.    Sharpless    .  . 

1881-188-' 
188V1887 
1888-18S9 
1893-1897 
1900-1906 

the  Ohio 
It  present. 
•r  the  his- 
Township. 
ition,  and 

the  Ohio 
"U"   at    this 

E.  M.  Scott   

Samuel   Hu.ecker    

JMr.   PL    Huffman,   a   stu.ient  of 
Wesleyan  University,  is  the  suppl_\- 

Olive  Green  M.  E.  Church,     'F< 
tory  of  this  church,  see  KingsU>n 
The  society  is  in  a  flourishing  cone 
Rev.   C.  .\.  Edington,  a  student  of 
Wesleyan    L'nix'ersitv,    is   their   past 

date.  1908. 

:Mt.  Pleasant  M.  E.  Church.  This  or- 
ganization first  used  the  Old  School  Presbyter- 
ian building  in  Trenton  Township,  but  after- 
wards mo\ed  to  Porter  Township,  and  be- 
came known  as  the  }klt.  Pleasant  Church.  The 
present  frame  building  was  erected  about 
i8ri8.  An  incident  occurred  in  connection 
with  the  erection  of  this  building  worthy  of 
mention.  The  night  after  the  frame  was 
raised  a  wind  storm  came  up  and  blev,-  it 
down,  much  to  the  discouragement  of  the  con- 
gregation. They,  however,  pressed  on,  and 
th.e  church  was  dedicated  about  one  year  after 
this  event.  As  w^as  the  custom  at  that  day, 
a  cemetery  was  located  by  the  church,  the  lana 
being  donated  by  William  Baker.  In  this 
cemetery  nearly  all  the  old  settlers  are  buried. 
Rev,  C.  A.  Edington  is  pastor  at  this  date. 

Ath'ent  Christian  Churcli.  This  society 
was  organized  August  27,  1890,  and  a  frame 
church  edifice  was  erected  in  1891,  on  land 
donated  by  Samuel  Clawson,  on  the  road  lead- 
ing from' Olive  Green  to  Rich  Hill.  The 
building  was  dedicated  Xovember  27th  by  El- 
der Shamhart.  The  membership  at  that  time 
was  twenty,  at  the  present  time  it  is  about 
eighty.  They  have  no  regular  pastor  at 
present. 

I'orter  Congregational  Church.  A  church 
of  this  order  was  maintained  for  a  short  time. 
Charles  Wilcox,  Liman  C.  Meeker  and  Mov- 
gan  Johnston  were  proininent  members.  A 
frame  building  was  erected  in  Olive  Green, 
but  the  society  did  not  flourish  and  became  ex- 
tinct  about   1S73,   ''"•^^   the   members   for   tlie 


2S4 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


moit  part  connected  with  t!ie  Porter  Pre^liy- 
tcrian  Cliurch  at  East  Liberty.  The  church 
biiikhng  was  sold  for  a  Township  Hi -.use  and 
is  now  used  for  that  purpose. 

KALiXOU   TOWX-SHir. 

The  Baptist  was  the  first  rehgious  society 
organized  in  the  townsliip.  It  was  constituted 
May  4,  1816,  in  a  log  schoolhouse,  on  land 
owned  by  William  Lawrence,  Esq.  The  coun- 
cil consisted  of  Elder  Henry  George,  of  Knox 
County;  Elder  William  Brundage,  and  Breth- 
ren Cole,  Dix,  Bush  and  \\'ilcox.  of  Marlbor- 
ough Church,  and  Elder  Drake,  and  Brethren 
Monroe  and  Phelps,  of  Liberty  Church.  The 
constituting  members  \\ere  John  Philijis  and 
HaTinah,  his  wife,  William  David,  Thomas 
\\"alling,  David  Penry  and  his  wife,  ^lary ; 
James  Gallant,  Eleanor  Lodwig.  Daniel  Bell, 
Reuben  Stephens  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth, 
eleven  in  all.  They  had  no  pastor  for  two 
years ;  Elders  Drake,  George  and  Brundage 
supplied  the  chnixh  with  pieaciiing  once  a 
month.  From  1818  to  1824.'  Elder  Drake 
served  the  church  as  pastor,  and  his  labors 
were  greatly  blessed.  In  1827.  the  church 
called  the  Re\'.  Jesse  Jcaies,  at  a  salar)-  of  Si 00 
a  year,  one-fourth  in  mimey.  the  rest  in  trade. 
He  was  an  able  preacher  in  Welsh  and  Eng- 
li^ll,  a  scholar  and  a  faithful  pastor.  He  served 
the  church  acceptably  for  Xwo  years,  and  re- 
turned to  Oneida  County,  Xew  York,  where 
he  died,  an  old  man  and  full  of  years,  honored 
and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  In  1830, 
Elder  Thomas  Stephen,  recently  irom  Wales, 
an  eloquent  and  earnest  preacher,  was  called  to 
the  pastorate  and  served  the  church  for  six 
years.  He  is  now  living  in  Oregon,  enjoying 
the  eventide  of  a  long  and  useful  life.  Rev. 
William  Terrer  and  Rev.  Thomas  Plughes 
preacherl  for  several  years  in  the  \\'elsh  lan- 
guage. In  1S36.  Elder  Elias  George  was 
called  and  labored  successfully  until  1S42. 
Since  th.at  time,  the  following  ministers  have 
labored  in  the  service  of  the  church :  Rev. 
James  Frev,  Rev.  F.  V.  Thomas.  Rev.  D. 
Pritchard.  Rev,  T.  R.  Griffith.  Rev.  R.  Evan>, 
Rev.  R.  R.  Williams,  Rev.  E.  B.  Smith,  Rev. 


C.   King,    Rev.    F.    Dyall   and    Rev.     William 
Lect. 

The  first  deaci:)ns  chosen  at  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  church  in  1816  were  John  Philips 
and  David  Davies.  The  first  house  of  wor- 
sJiip  was  built  of  logs.  20x22  feet,  and  located 
near  the  gra\-eyard.  The  settlers,  •without  re- 
gard to  denomination,  were  glad  to  help  bulla 
the  house  of  the  Lord.  Each  one  brought  a 
few  logs  already  hewed,  and  assisted  in  the 
raising  and  completing  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Most  Pligh.  The  memory  of  that  old  log 
church  is  yet  fragrant,  audi  cherished  b_\'  the 
descendants  of  those  whose  piety  and  zeal  se- 
cured its  erection.  In  1833,  the  congregation 
built,  near  the  site  of  the  log  chapel,  a  neat 
stone  edifice  30.X40  feet,  and,  in  1S67.  the 
present  house  of  worship,  of  brick,  was  built  at 
the  cost  of  34,500.  This  venerable  church  of 
Christ,  numerically  strong  and  spiritually 
prosperous  in  sixty-three  years  of  its  existence, 
welcomed  into  its  fellowship  and  communion 
over  five  hundred  members;  ordained  fimr 
nu'nisters,  and  sent  out  fi\'e  of  her  sons  to 
preach  the  Gospel,  one  of  \^■hom.  Re\-.  W. 
Williams,  is  a  very  successful  missionary  in 
India :  another.  Rev.  C.  D.  Morris,  became  an 
esteemed  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
in  Toledo,  Ohio.  In  January,  1901,  the  brick 
church  burned  down,  and  a  lot  was  secured  a 
little  east  of  the  cemetery,  and  in  1902.  a  uvnc 
commodious  brick  structure  was  erected  cost- 
ing $13,000.  The  present  membership  is  one 
hundred  and  seventy-five,  and  the  pastor  is 
Rev.  L.  Dickerson. 

The   Methodist   Episcopal   Church   had   its 

representati\-es   in   Radnor   at   an    early    day. 

Tradition  informs  us  that,  in  an  earl}-  period 

of  our  religious  history,  an  itinerant  pr.eacber 

found  his  way  to  the  settlement  and  preaclicd 

unto  the  people  the  word  of  the  Lord.     The 

cabin  of  Henry  Perry,  who  was  a  Wc'^lcyan. 

afforded  a  house  for  the  faithful  herald  of  the 

Cross,  and  there  the  first  Gospel  sermon  was 

I  preached   in   the   townshiij — probably  as  early 

i  as   1808.     Several   years  afterward,  the  caliin 

I  of  Elijah  Adams  became  a  regular  preacbinc; 

i   place,    and   a   da.-    wri-    inrned.      Among   the 


first  members   were  Hcinv    Perrv    and 


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2S5 


Elijali  Adams  ami  wife.  Robert  I'erry  ami 
jc:hn  Hopkins,  in  1S27,  the  writer  attended 
a  quarterly  meeting  held  in  the  double  log 
barn  on  the  farm  of  Elijah  Adams.  With 
other  boys,  he  sat  in  the  hay-nio\\-.  for  the 
crowd  filled  the  barn  floor  a?id  stable  to  ihcir 
full  capacity.  Tiie  seraphic  Russell  Bigelow 
was  the  preacher.  His  text  was,  "Which 
things  the  angels  desire  to  look  into." — ] 
Peter,  i,  12:  and  his  theme,  "Tlie  marvels  of 
redemption."  On  the  mind  of  a  boy  seventeen 
yeais  Lild.  instructcrl  in  the  teachings  of  the 
Bible  concerning  the  redeeming  work  of 
Christ,  and  in  full  symi)athy  with  the  eloquent 
preacher  and  his  theme,  the  effect  of  this  dis- 
course was  jiowerful  and  enduring.  In  183S, 
a  frame  meeting-house  was  built,  and  the  con- 
gregation supplied  with  preaching"  regularly. 
A  Sunday  scliool  v^as  established  about  this 
tin;e,  v>ith  R.'licrt  I^erry  as  superintendent. 
Besides  the  person^  already  named  as  the  early 
Methodists  of  Radnor,  may  be  enrolled  George 
Woltley,  Duncan  Cr.mpbel'l,  David  and  Eben- 
ezcr  Williams,  Ji'lin  Owens,  David  Lewis  and 
families.  In  1IS35,  the  brick  meeting-house 
^^  a^  erected — c\'idence  of  the  growth  and  pros- 
perity of  the  church.  This  is  the  building  oc- 
cupied at  this  date.  1907,  and  the  society  is 
still  prospering. 

The  Radnor  Welsh  Congregational  Church 
was  another  cif  the  early  established  churches 
in  this  townslu'i).  Fr(.>m  1818,  when  a  large 
accession  was  made  to  the  Welsh  population 
of  Radn.ir,  meetings  for  prayer  and  icligiou- 
conference  were  held  in  the  Welsh  language. 
These  services  were  held  in  the  cabin  lnjuies  of 
the  settlers,  and  sometimes  in  the  log  cha[icl, 
through  the  courtesy  of  the  Baptist  Church. 
In  i8_'o.  Re\-.  James  Davies.  of  .-Vberhaferp. 
Xorth  Wales,  organized  -a  Congregational 
Church  at  the  cabin  of  John  Jones  (Penlan). 
The  original  members  were  William  Penry 
and  his  wife,  i\Iary  (who  died  in  1878,  aged 
ninety-two  years').  John  Jones  (Penlan).  and 
Mary,  his  wife.  Margaret  Morgan.  D.  Abjr- 
gan  and  wife.  John  A.  Jones  and  wife.  J. 
Jones  (Penlan).  and  Walter  Penry  were 
chosen  <ieacons.  Mr.  Davie-,  the  pastor  of  ;hi^ 
little    flock    in   the    wilderness,     was     a     oood 


scholar,  educated  in  the  Tlieological  Seminary 
in  North  Wales,  and  an  eloquent  preacher.  In 
18.22,  he  received  a  call  to  the  city  of  Xew 
York,  and  labored  there  until  1828.  when  he 
returned  to  Radnor  and  served  the  church  for 
five  years.  In  1825,  Rev.  James  Perregrin, 
from  Domgay,  North  Wales,  came  to  Radnor 
and  preached  with  acceptance  for  two  years. 
In  1S27,  Rev.  Thomas  Stei)hens,  from  Oneida 
County.  New  York,  accepted  a  call  and  lalxired 
with  success  for  one  year.  In  1S38,  Rc\'. 
Rees  J'owell,  from  South  \\  ales,  became  pas- 
tor of  the  church,  and  continued  until  1852. 
Under  his  labors  the  church  increased.  In 
1 84 1,  the  frame  meeting-hc^use,  30.\40  feet, 
was  built.  .-\t  the  time,  this  was  a  great  un- 
dertaking, but  the  people  had  a  heart  to  work 
and  to  give,  so  that  in  1S42  the  dedication 
ser\-ices  were  held — a  memorable  and  inter- 
esting occasion.  In  1S53.  Rev.  Evans  was 
called,  and  served  the  church  for  three  years, 
preaching  in  Welsh  and  English  with  encour- 
aging results.  In  1857,  Rev.  Rees  Powell 
was  recalled,  and  labored  successfully  for  five 
}-ears.  In  1863.  Rev.  James  Davies,  formerly 
from  Hanfair,  North  Wales,  but  for  several 
}ears  the  efficient  pastor  of  the  Welsh  Church 
at  Gomer,  Allen  County.  Ohio,  was  called. 
During  his  pastorate.,  the  brick  meeting-house 
was  built  at  a  cost  of  $3,000.  On  the  7th  of 
April,  1867,  twenty-three  members  were  re- 
ceived into  the  church  on  profession  of  faith 
in  Christ,  the  fruits  of  a  gracious  revival.  The 
same  year,  the  useful  rnd  venerated  pastor 
died,  aged  seventy-one  years,  Plis  grave  is  in 
the  midst  of  his  people  in  the  old  cemetery, 
honored  b)"  a  beautiful  monument  placed  there 
b_\'  his  sons,  James  and  Benjamin  Da\'ies.  In 
1870,  Rev.  Thomas  Jenkins,  of  Johnstown. 
Pennsyhania.  was  called,  and  his  useful  pas- 
torate continued  eight  years.  His  successor 
was  Rev.  Air.  Evans,  who  was  followed  by 
Rev.  J.  P.  Davis,  Re\-.  J.  B.  Stevenson,  and 
Rev.  E'enjamin  Harris,  the  present  pastor. 

The  Radnor  Presbyterian  Church  was  or- 
ganized, in  the  Dunlap  neighborhood,  be- 
tween what  is  now  known  as  the  Stone  Church 
and,  the  village  of  Radnor,  formerly  called 
Delhi.      A   he\ved   los;   church  was   erected  in 


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i8jo,  in  a  sugar-grove  on  t!ie  farm  of  Ju.^cl)!l  \ 
iJuiiIap  and  was  widely  known  as  the  Dunlap  | 
meeting-house.  This  was  the  home  of  B.  \v'. 
Ciiidlaw,  afterwards  so  widely  known  as  a 
minister,  and  Slate  superintendent  of  the  Ohio 
Sunday  School  Association,  also  as  the  author 
of  "The  Story  of  JNIy  Life."  Services  were 
often  held  in  the  Welsh  language.  Conditions 
changed,  and  the  congrcg'ation  changed  the  lo- 
cality and  Iniilt  the  stone  church  in  Scii^ilo 
Township,  and  further  history  of  this  church 
will  be  found  in  the  history  of  that  town- 
ship. 

The  Protestant  Episco[)al  was  another  of 
the  early  church  organizations  of  this  section 
of  the  county.  In  1836  Rev.  Abraham  Ed- 
wards, a  native  of  Wales,  educated  at  Kenyon 
College,  and  a  minister  of  the  I'rutestant  Epis- 
c(.-i(\al  Church,  labored  in  Radnor,  preaching 
ill  the  Welsh  kuiguage.  A  cluuch  was  estab- 
lished and  a  house  of  worship  erected.  David 
E.  Jones,  Richard  Savage,  William  Watkins 
and  Joseph  Cox  were  the  vestrymen.  Tn  a 
few  years  Mr.  Edwards  left  the  field,  and  a  iter 
his  departure,  having  no  regular  services,  the 
church   disbanded. 

Delhi,  now  Radnor  Presbyterian  Church. 
This  church  was  organized  April  2^.  184Q 
(New  School),  bv  Reverends  Henrv  Shedd, 
E.  W.  Torrey  and'w.  S.  Spaulding  and  Elder 
D.  Davids,  committee  of  Presbytery  (Frank- 
lin N.  S.)  with  twenty-two  members.  The 
first  elders  were  Robert  Davis.  Thomas  Crafty 
and  Dr.  Alliert  Mann.  The  brick  church  \\;as 
erected  in  1854.  The  church  is  still  occupied, 
having  recently  been  re-roofed,  papered  and 
otherwise  repaired.  The  church  prospered, 
so  that  in  i860  there  were  one  hundred  ana 
two  members,  and  at  the  time  of  the  reunii^n 
of  the  New  School  and  the  Old  School,  there 
were  ninety-eight  members.  The  community 
was  largely  composed  of  Welsh  people  and 
they  were  a  church-going  community.  Four 
churches  have  been  maintained  in  this  little 
village  through  all  these  years,  and  many  able 
and  distinguished  ministers  have  supplied 
tliese  churches.  In  recent  years,  through  the 
changes  in  the  community  the  Presbyterian 
Church  has  not  been  able  to  keep  up  its  mem- 


bership with  that  i.if  farmer  years.  The  fol- 
lowing ministers  have  supplied  this  church: 
Reverends  Shedd,  Spaulding.  O.  H.  Xewt.jn, 
Evan  Evans.  Homer  McVey,  David  -M.  Wil- 
son, Samuel  D.  Smith,  D.  S.  .\uderson,  Ches- 
ter PL  Perkins,  Nelson  H.  Crowe,  Thomas 
Hill,  Robert  A.  Watson,  Thomas  J.  Cellar, 
Frank  S.  Kreager,  A.  D.  Hav.-n,  and  John  R. 
Lloyd,   the  present  pastor. 

The  Welsh  Presbyterian  is  of  luore  modern 
organization  than  ari_\  other  of  the  Radnor 
churches.  Many  of  the  Welsh  settlers  were 
members  of  the  Calvinistic  Methodist  Church 
in  Wales,  but  for  many  years  they  had  no 
distinctive  church  relations,  but  united  cheer- 
fully with  the  American  Presbyterians  or  the 
Welsh  Congregationalists.  About  the  year 
1850,  it  was  determined  to  secure  a  church, 
and  they  occupied  the  Episcopal  building.  In 
faith  and  church  government,  the  Welsh  Cal- 
vinist  jMethodLsts  are  almost  identical  with 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  this  country,  and 
therefore  they  have  adopted  the  name,  and  they 
maintain  a  correspondence  with  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States,  by  sending  and  receiving  tra- 
ternal  delegates,  and  their  young  men  are 
educated  for  the  ministry  in  Presbyterian 
theological  seminaries.  The  pastors  of  this 
church  have  been  Welsh-speaking  ministers, 
good  and  faithful  shepherds  of  the  flock  of 
Christ.  Among  them  may  be  named  Rev. 
Hugh  Roberts,  Rev.  William  Parry,  and  Rev. 
Daniel  Thomas.  In  1877  the  congregation 
built  a  house  of  worship,  a  neat  and  beautiful 
temple  consecrated  to  the  services  of  God  and 
the  promotion  of  religion  in  the  community. 
Their  Sunday  school  was  conducted  in  the 
Welsh  language  and  is  attended  by  the  parents 
as  well  as  the  children,  a  feature  which  every- 
where characterizes  Welsh  Sunday  schools,  in 
Wales  and  in  the  Welsli  settlements  in  this 
countr)-.  The  children  did  not  take  to  the 
Welsh  service  and  the  congregation  declined, 
and  in  1S92  ceased  to  hold  services.  Evan  I. 
Jones  secured  the  house,  remodelled  it,  and 
now  occupies  it  as  a  dwelling  house. 

South  Radnor  Congregational  Church. 
This  church  was  at  first  called  Troedrahrdalar, 


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28'; 


a  Welsh  name  whicli  means  "At  the  font  of  the 
hill."  a  name  given  in  memory  of  the  Welsh 
church  in  Wales  from  which  the  early  settlers 
had  come.  Before  tlie  organization  ..was  ef- 
fected the  Welsh  settlers  were  accustomed  to 
meet  in  their  home?  for  service,  and  especially 
in  the  home  of  David  Perry  The  services 
were  held  in  the  Wel^ii  language.  The  society 
was  formed  in  1S30.  A  heued  log  church 
was  erected  alMtit  1S46  on  the  lot  near  hy 
where  the  brick  church  now  stau'ls,  on  the 
Delaware  and  Warrensburg  road,  ab^ut  mid- 
way between  Delaware  and  the  ab'-ive  village. 
This  log  building  was  used  for  about  ten 
years,  when  the  present  brick  builtling  was 
erectetl.  A  lijt  for  a  cemetery  was  purchased 
at  the  time  when  the  fir^t  building  wa.-  erected, 
and  in  this  lot  many  of  the  old  time  settlers 
are  buried.  Services  anrl  a  Sabbatli  school 
ha\-e  iK'cn  rriaiinaincd,  from  the  li'.ginni'.ig. 
There  were  thirty  members  at  the  time  of  the 
organization,  and  there  are  ninety  at  present 
The  nn'nister  who  supplies  Ihe  congregation  at 
Radnor  pi-eaches  V'^v  this  society  in  the  after- 
noon. The  following  ministers  have  supplied 
this  church :  Rev.  Powell,  Re\-.  D.  A.  Evans. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Davis.  Rev.  James  \'.  Stephens,  and 
Benjamin  Plarris,  tlie  present  pastor,  and 
earlier  ])robably  snme  rthers. 

The  first  Sunday  school  in  Radnor  was  es- 
tablished April  18,  1829,  in  the  log  meeting- 
house. A  constitution  was  adopted  and  signed 
by  fortv-two  members,  constituting  the  "Rad- 
nor Sunday  School  Union."  John  N.  Cox  and 
Morgan  Williams  were  chosen  superintend- 
ents, and  B.  \V.  Chidlaw,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer. The  payment  of  twenty-five  cents  con- 
stituted any  person  a  member.  The  original 
records,  still  extant,  shuw  that  the  school  was 
eminently  successful.  The  following  were  the 
teachers:  John  Luihvig,  John  Cadwalader,  B. 
W.  Chidlaw,  David  Kyle.  ^liss  ^I.  A.  Adams, 
Mary  Foos  and  Nancy  Wolfley.  Primers, 
spellers  and  the  Bible  were  the  text-bwks. 
The  records  show  an.  attendance  nf  from  sev- 
enty to  ninety  scholars.  One  Sunday  six 
hundred  and  nine  verses  of  Scripture  were 
recited  from  memory,  and  in  fi\-e  months  a  t<)- 
tal  of  6,990  verses.     In  ^lay.  1829,  the  treas- 


urer went  on  hor-cback  with  a  large  leather 
saddle-bag  to  Gambler,  Knox  County,  Ohio, 
and  invested.  ^6.75  in  books  published  by  the 
American  Sunday  School  l.'nion,  and  sold  l)y 
Prof.  Wing,  of  Kenyon  College,  an  early  and 
faithful  friend  of  Sunday  schools  in  Central 
Ohio.  The  books  were  of  good  service  to  the 
}-oi.rLli  of  Radnnr,  a-  they  greatly  needed  such 
valuable  helps  in  acqun-ing  a  taste  for  mental 
anil  moral  inijiiii\ement,  and  storing  their 
minds  with  religious  knowledge. 

In  after  years,  as  churches  were  organizea, 
other  Sunday  schools  were  estal.'lishcd  ai:d 
exerted  a  wide  and  blessed  intliience  on  the 
rising  generation.  The^e  schoi-ls  ha\-e  been 
conducted  in  the  Welsh  and  Englisli  lan- 
guages; popular  sentiment  has  always  been  in 
their  favor.  At  present  live  Sunday  sclmols 
ai'e  sustained  in  the  township,  and  are  ac- 
conjplishing  much   good. 

SCIOTO     TOWX.SHIP. 

The  first  religiuus  services  held  in  Scioto 
Township  were  in  the  cabins  of  Richard  Hos- 
kins  and  Zacliariah  Sie"\-ens.  The  date  of 
these  first  meetings  cannot  be  definitely  settled, 
but  the  facts  gatliered  indicate  as  earlv  as 
1810. 

In  the  year  1814  or  1815,  three  Presby- 
terian families,  viz. :  William  Cratty,  John 
Lawrence  and  Andrew  Dodds,  settled  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Little  3.1111  Creek,  and  at  first 
Connected  with  the  church  at  Delaware,  which 
church  was  prospering  t.nder  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  Joseph  Hughs.  The  jouriiey  to  Delaware 
in  those  days  was  C|uite  an  untlertaking.  as  they 
were  compelled  to  ford  the  Scioto  River,  which 
at  certain  times  v>as  dangerou.s  or  impossible. 
When  these  pioneers  could  not  reach  Delaware, 
the  next  most  available  place  of  worship  was  a 
log  meeting-house  on  Big  Darby,  in  L'nion 
County.  The  only  route  to  this  place  was  a 
trail  through  the  dense  woods.  About  the 
year  1S16,  se\eral  other  Presbyterian  families 
were  arlded  to  the  Little  Mill  Creek  settle- 
ment, and  a  numlier  located  on  the  Scioto 
Ri\er.  With  tliese  acquisitions,  it  was  deemed 
advisable  to  organize  in  a  separate  church.     A 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


meeting-  was  held  and  the  pmpcr  aulhc.ritic-< 
petitioned  for  the  privilege  which  was  granted, 
bnt  \vith  the  proviso  tliat  they  should  join 
whh  the  families  of  Radnor  Townsju'p  and 
that  tlie  church  be  known  as  the  Presbyterian 
Cliurcli  of  Radnor.  This  was  acceded  to,  and 
the  organization  consummated  in  the  vear 
1816. 

This  connection  continued  until  1834,  when 
tliose  of  Little  ^UW  Creek  neighborhood,  hav- 
ing" received  many  accessions,  were  organized 
in  a  separate  church  by  the  autliority  of  the 
Presb}-tery  of  Columbus,  Xo\-ember  g,  1834, 
and  the  name  of  the  new  organization  was  to 
be  the  Little  Mill  Creek  Presl)}-terian  Church. 
The  following  are  the  names  of  the  original 
members :  James  Dean,  ILannah  Dean,  Han- 
•  nah  R.  Dean,  James  Flanegin.  I\Iargaret 
Flanegin,  William  Cratty,  Sr..  Sarah  Cratiy, 
\Villiam  Porter,  Samuel  D.  Fk-in,  Fle;r,i(.r 
Cratty.  William  ]\1.  Flanegin.  jane  Flanegin, 
Marv  Flanegin.  Xancv  M.  Flanegin.  William 

C.  Dodds,  ^lary  Dodds.  Jo.-^epli  Lnwrence, 
Mary  Lawrence.  Elmer  Winget.  Alexander 
Ross,  Nancy  Ross.  Sarah  Dodds.  These  per- 
sons were  transferred  from  the  churches  of 
Radnor,  Delaware  and  Marysville.  William 
Cratty,  Sr..  William  Porter  and  William  C. 
Dodds  were  elected  elders. 

A  church  building  of  hewn  logs  was  erected 
about  one-half  mile  north  of  Ostrander.  and 
just  north  of  wliat  was  then  known  as  Eden- 
burg,  and  where  the  cemetery  is  located.  This 
was  the  hrst  house  of.  wor^hi].  erected  in  Scioto 
Township.  It  was  m.it  provided  with  perma- 
nent seats  for  some  time,  in  crmseiiuence  I'A 
wdiich,  during  service  tlie  congregati.  m  pre- 
sented a  no\-el  a[ipearance,  each  proxiiling  his 
own  seat,  being  chairs  userl  in  their  wagons 
w  hen  riding  to  and  from  church.  This  church 
was  torn  down.  The  first  minister  secured 
was  in  183G.  being  the  Rev.  James  Perigrin, 
who  also  supplied  the  church  of  Marys\ille. 
He  supplied  the  church  only  eight  months, 
then  gave  all  his  time  to  I\larys\-ille.  In 
the  fall  of  1837.  the  chtuxhes  were  again 
united,   and  Secured   the  ser\-ices  of  Rev.   W. 

D.  Smith,  a  man  noted  for  his  scholarship  and 
as  an  author.  For  his  service  they  were  to 
pay  him   $133.33    ^''-'^  one-third   of  his   time. 


In  the  year  1S62  a  new  building  was  erected  in 
j  Ostrander  and  the  name  was  changed  to  the 
I  Ostrander  Presbyterian  Church.     At  this  time 
I  Rev.  W.  Mitchell  was  in  charge.     He  was  lol- 
j  lowed  by  Rev.  O.  H.  Newton,  Flenry  Sliedd, 
I  Ma.son,      Horace      Snodgrass,      John      Price, 
I  Thomas   Hill.   Elias   Thompson.   A.   C.   Crist. 
I   -M.   W.   Eruwn,  William   Wilson,  J.   P.  W  ar- 
i  ren,  A.   M.  Chapin  and  J.  S.  Galbreath,  wdio 
is  pastor  at  ihis  lime.  1907.     During  the  jias- 
torate  of  Thomas  Hill,  a  good  parsonage  was 
erected.     'i"he  membershiij  at  present  is  about 
one  hundred.     A  Sabbath  school  was  organ- 
ized in  the  year  iS_'7,   and  probaljly  has  not 
failed    to    meet    every    Sabbath    since,    only    a 
few  times,  when  prohibitei]  by  the  prevalence 
of   small-pox.      This    school    is    also    the    first 
Sabliath  school  ortjanized  in  the  township. 

The  Bapti-t  Llnncii  was  organized  in 
182S.  l're\i'jus  til  tins  date  a  minister  by 
the  name  of  F)rake  liad  lu-M  meetings  in  the 
cabins  of  the  earl}'  settlci.-.  and  seems  to  have 
agitated  the  question  of  an  indeijcndent  church. 
The  first  jiermanen.t  organization  took  place 
about  the  _\-ear  1833  or  183''),  with  a  member- 
ship of  eighteen.  About  this  time  a  log  meet- 
ing-house was  erected  on  the  north  bank  of 
;Mill  Creek,  one  mile  south  of  Ostrander.  In 
the  year  1853  ^  substantial  brick  church  was 
erected  to  take  the  place  of  this  structure. 
This  building  was  occupied  until  1889.  when 
it  was  torn  down  and  a  sub.-^tantial  frame  build- 
ing was  erected  in  Ostrander,  where  the  con- 
gregation of  more  than  one  hundred  members 
now  worship.  Pr(;>bably  more  than  eight  hun- 
dred members  liave  been  received  into  the 
church,  either  by  baptism  or  certificate. 

The  Protestant  ]\Iethodist  Church,  was 
f'jrmed  by  members  wdio  had  become  dissatis- 
fied with  the  M.  E.  denomination,  and  formed 
a  society  and  built  a  frame  structure  in  Mill- 
ville  in  1844.  The  buiWing  was  small  and 
au'ither  larger  building  \\as  erected  in  1857. 
and  dedicated  by  Rev.  Thomas  Graham, 
society  su"n  began  to  decinic  and  is  no 
tinct.  The  old  building  is  stdl  standii 
Warrensbm-g.  a  relic  of  the  past. 

The      Christian      L'nion      Church, 
church  was  the  outgrowth  of  sexeral  denon 
nations,  near  the  close  of  the   War  of   186 


The 


Th 


AND  REPRESEXTATn'E  CITIZENS 


composed  oi"  those  who  faxoreil  peace  and  noc 
war.  Tlicy  first  met  in  the  Methotiist  Proteac- 
anl  Chr.rcli  at  ]\Iiilvilk%  now  W'arreusburg. 
J I  was  in  that  cliurch  that  a  lew  gathered  on 
August  5.  1866,  to  hear  the  Rev.  James  I-. 
Givin,  of  Cokimlnis.  The  first  council  met 
about  1867.  and  eng-ao-ed  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Lacy 
to  prea.chfor  them  at  $300  per  annum.  Erom 
that  date  until  1869  thiC  membersliip  increased 
rapidly  and  a  good  frame  church  was  erected 
that  year,  costing  about  81,400.  and  was  dedi- 
cated by  Rev.  George  Stevenson.  This  pros- 
perity did  not  last  long,  and  the  decay  \vas  as 
rapid  as  its  growth.  'J'iie  lollowing  minis- 
ters served  the  cliarge  frcm  its  liegnming  to 
its  dissr.huinn:  Rev,  W'.  \V.  Lacy,  G.  W. 
Ilagaus.  J.  W.  lioskins.  Purdy  King,  and 
Hanawalt.  The  church  building  still  stancis 
at  W'arrensburg,  and  for  sex'cral  years  was 
looked  after  by  Dr.  ]\Iclntire  until  hi>  I'ecent 
death.     It  is  now  oflered  for  sale. 

The  Wesleyan  2^Iethodist  originated  from 
a  series  of  union  meetings  which  were  liekl 
with  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Edenlrurg.  or 
Fairview,  in  the  year  1854.  With  the  zeal 
characteristic  of  a  new  enterprise,  altliough 
few-  in  numbers,  they  set  to  work  and  built  a 
substantial  frame  churcii  located  about  one 
mile  west  of  Ostraridcr.  which  was  dedicated 
with  imposing  ceremi_iuies  in  1839.  P.nt  soon 
after  the  War  of  1861-65  t^^"^  ''■^^^  liegan  to 
decline,  and  by  the  year  of  1S70  the  fire  iiad 
gone  out,  and  the  Wesleyan  organization  had 
become  a  thing  of  the  past. 

The  ]\.rethodist  Episcopal.  Before  the  dis- 
solution of  the  Wesleyan  Society  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Society  liad  sprung  into  existence. 
It  continued  to  grow,  and  finally  absorbed 
the  remnant  of  the  Wesleyan  Society.  It  soon 
became  necessary  to  dispose  of  their  building, 
and  it  was  donated  to  the  "M.  Es."  in  1870 
on  the  following  conditions,  viz. :  That  they 
would  move  the  building  to  a  suitable  loca- 
tion in  the  town  of  Ostrander.  The  proposition 
was  accepted,  and  in  compliance  it  was  moved 
about  half-way  toward  the  town,  wdien  for 
want  of  funds  to  defray  the  expense  it  was 
deposited  in  a  field  where  it  remained  for  two 
years.     About   1873  <'J^   1874  ^fr.   Welsh,  of 


Delaware  City,  took  the  matter  up  and  had 
it  mo\e(.l  to  its  jiresent  location  on  North 
Street,  and  is  riov,-  owaied  by  the  United 
Brethren  Church.  The  church  was  dedicated 
and  was  supplied  by  Rev.  Boyer,  William  Dun- 
lap,  Prof.  W-.  W.  Davies,  now  of  the  Ohio 
Wesleyan  University,  J.  W.  Donnaii,  and 
Lucas  Cravviurd,  and  after  that,  until  the  so- 
ciety ceased  to  be  acti\e,  by  students  of  the 
University.  In  1888  the  United  Brethren  or- 
ganized a  society,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
E.  Barnard.  This  society  bouglil  the  proji- 
erty  and  it  is  now  a  flourishing  congregation 
under  that  denomination.  The  Methodists 
also  formed  an  organization  at  \Miite  Sulphur 
Station,  about  the  year  1837.  Its  first  meet- 
ings were  held  in  a  little  log  house.  About 
the  year  1864  and  1865  a  giX)d  frame  struc- 
ture was  erected,  costing  theni  Si,ooci.  'J'he 
society  ceased  to  flourish  and  was  disbanded 
and  the  Iniilding  fell  in  the  hands  of  a  :\[rs. 
Thom])sr,ii,  who  afterwards  sold  it  and. gave 
the  money  to  the  Radnor  Stone  Church,  with 
the  under^tanding  that  that  church  should  bear 
tlie  name,  the  Radnor  Thompson  Church.  The 
:Methodist  Ejiiscopal  Church  also  early  formed 
an  organization  near  Alillville,  in  wdiat  is 
known  as  the  Newhouse  neighliorhood.  A 
good  frame  church  was  erected  and  dedicated 
in  1869,  about  one  mile  west  from  Warrens- 
burg.  The  congregation  Sfvm  centered  at 
Warrensburg,  and  erected  a  substantial  frame 
structure  in  that  village.  This  is  now  the  only 
Methodist  Episcopal  Society  in  the  township, 
but  is  in  a  flourishing  condition.  About  the 
year  1S93  the  building  west  c4'  the  village 
was  repaired  and  is  n(w\-  known  as  the  W.  C. 
T.  U.  Hall,  the  society  which  had  charge  of 
making  these  repairs. 

The  United  Brethren  Church.  A  society 
of  this  denomination  was  <jrganized  alMut  the 
fifties,  in  the  neighborhood  half-way  between 
Ostrander  and  Wavrensl.iurg.  A  frame  struc- 
ture was  erected  and  dedicated  in  the  year 
1866,  by  Bishop  Weaver  of  the  North  Ohio 
Conference.  Previous  to  this  time,  the  meet- 
ings vrere  held  in  the  school  house  which 
stau'Ls  near  by  the  present  church,  or  in  the 
homes  of  the  farmers.     The  first  minister  who 


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held  this  charge  \\;is  Chancy  Barlow.  This 
congregalic^n  is  now  uniled  witli  tiie  Oitranrlei 
United  Brethren  Church  (already  mentioned) 
as  one  pastoral  charge. 

THOMPSON     TOWXSIIIP. 

In  following  thmugh  the  lii^tory  of  the  sel- 
tlement  of  this  township,  it  will  be  noticed  that 
but  comparatively  few  families  found  homes 
here  at  so  early  a  period  as  in  adjoining  town- 
ships, and  it  was  ndt  until  a  late  date  that  a  suffi- 
cient number  had  been  added  to  the  neighbor- 
hood to  enable  them  to  support  those  institutions 
that  are  necessary  adjuncts  to  the  well-being  of 
all  civilized  communities.  It  is  n^t  bLH'[)i-ising 
then  that  churches  and  schciols  were  nut  insti- 
tuted here  until  after  they  were  enj'j}-ed  in 
almost  every  other  I'lcalit}-  throughout  the 
country,  Radnor  iuid  Sciotu  T^.ur.shijis  be- 
ing contiguous,  afforded  opportunities  for 
those  living  in  Thoriipson  for  worship,  and  it 
was  to  churches  in  these  localities  that  the 
good  people  would  make  their  regular  Sun- 
day journey.  These,  of  course,  were  at  times 
attended  with  some  difficulties.  The  Scioto 
River  imervened  l>etween  Radnor  and 
Tiiompson ;  this  had  to  be  forded,  which  in 
times  of  high  water  was  not  only  a  dangerous 
undertaking,  but  in  tire  Hooded  stages  impos- 
sible. Thus  were  the  devout  who  journeyed 
in  that  direction  eith.er  compelled  to  forego 
their  accustomed  pilgrimage  to  the  temple  of 
God,  or  avail  llicuischcs  of  similar  privileges 
afforded  in  Scioto.  It  was  not  until  about  the 
year  1840,  that  religious  organizations  began 
to  take  shape  here.  About  this  time,  the  Xew 
Lights  or  Christian?  formed  their  society,  and 
in  1S43  erected  a  church  on  Tau  \\"ay  Run, 
the  Rev.  Isaac  Walters  officiating  as  their  first 
minister.  Here  they  held  their  services  until 
1S73,  when  the  church  burned  down,  it  is 
thought  through  the  act  of  an  incendiary. 
Nothing  daunted,  and  with  commendable  zeal, 
they  immediatel}'  commenced  their  plans  for  -. 
new  building,  and  this  they  completed  in  1S75. 
the  site  being  one  mile  west  of  the  old  church. 
Since  that  the  society  has  been  dish::nded. 


The  i\Ieth(jdist  Episcopal  organization,  i'. 
is  supposed  by  some,  existed  prior  to  thai  of 
the  Christian,  but  this  is  in  doubt.  The  first 
meetings  of  the  Methodists  were  held  at  the 
residence  of  Joseph  Russell,  and  then  in  a 
small  log  church  put  up  by  theiri.  in  union  with 
the  Disciple  Society.  In  this  they  worshipped 
under  ministraiions  of  the  Re\ .  Ebenezcr  Web- 
ster, who  was  on  the  Richwuod  Circuit,  this 
cliarge  having  been  placed  under  that  juris- 
diction. A  few  years  later,  they  were  changed 
to  the  Delhi  Circuit,  and  the  congregation  as- 
sembled at  til  •  lirMise  'if  Henry  C.  Flemming  to 
hear  the  "'w.  i.d  expMuuiled,"  clianging  oc- 
casionally tij  uther  L'cnvenk-iiily  situated  resi- 
dences, and  at  limes  holding  services  in  the 
neighborhooil  school  lnubc.  In  1S67  they 
were  again  changed,  at  which  time  the  little 
cliarge  was  placed  on  the  Prospect  oi'  ]\liddle- 
tijwn  Circuit,  and  there  they  gatliered  together 
in  their  little  circles,  constant  in  their  adher- 
ence to  faith  and  duty.  Du.i  iitg  this  unsatis- 
factory state  of  affairs,  in  1S68,  they  began 
agitating  the  question  of  building  a  church  01 
their  own.  Accordingly  one-fourth  of  an  acre, 
situated  on  the  State  road,  a  short  distance 
north  of  the  covered  bridge,  was  bought  for 
a  site,  including  space  for  a  burying-ground. 
A  suljscriptit)n  ha\-ing  been  raised,  work  was 
immediately  commenced  for  the  construcnou 
of  a  frame  building  that  would  amply  satisfy 
the  wants  of  the  people.  At  this  time  the  so- 
ciety embraced  in  its  membership  but  two  male 
niembers,  Iienr\  C.  Flem  ng  and  James  Maize. 
To  them  belong  a  great  sliare  of  the  credit 
for  the  present  prosperous  condition  of  the 
organization.  However,  the  ladies,  constitut- 
ing as  they  did  a  large  majority  of  its  strength, 
must  have  wielded  an  inlluence  in  shaping  the 
course  of  affairs  that  cannot  be  ignored,  and 
to  them,  undoubtedly,  is  due  great  praise  for 
their  acti\e  co-operation  in  all  matters  per- 
taining to  the  welfare  of  the  society.  The 
new  church  v,-as  finished  the  latter  part  of  De- 
cember, 1869,  and  dedicated  the  first  day  of 
January,  1870,  by  Rev.  Benjamin  Powell,  at 
that  time  on  the  Delhi  Circuit,  Rev.  Caleb 
Hill  being  the  pastor  in  cliarge  at  the  time. 


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291 


The  first  class  was  co^ill>o^ed  of  the  ful!c:)",viny 
ru'iniej  persons:  James  Maize  and  Avite.  Henry 
C.  Fleming,  Aim  Evans  and  James  Fleming. 
Tlic  church  is  in  a  prosperous  condition.  Since 
the  new  Imikh'ug  has  been  in  use  the  following 
clergvmen  liave  tilled  the  pastoral  charge. 
Caleb  Hill.  A.  D.  blathers,  William  Lance, 
Frank  B.  Olds.  Henry  Pilcher,  John  Hills, 
Benjamin  Powell,  and  others. 

Fulton's  Creek  M.  E.  Church  is  in  the  west- 
ern part  of  the  township,  near  the  creek  from 
which  it  is  named.  Their  preserit  meet- 
ing-house was  built  in  iSfiS.  and  CM^t  .'r'^i.ioo. 
It  is  a  frame  structure,  cinueriientl}'  I'.cated 
for  the  acc(jninir)datii.>n  of  the  people,  and  well 
adapted  ft.ir  its  purp'ise.  Tlie  original  trustees 
were  Tlxm.ias  Armstrong.  John  Kenned}. 
Thomas  Love,  John  (i.  Curry.  Lewis  Wdrtcy 
and  Henry  Perry.  It  \vas  dedicated  by  ihe 
Rev.  ;\Ir.  Henderson.  Tlie  nrg:ini/ati>'n  ex- 
isted some  years  "before  the  [iresent  church 
building  v.as  erected,  the  infoi-matinn  in  re- 
latit'U  to  time  and  its  early  condition  not  be- 
ing acces.sible. 

The  Neu-  Discii>le  or  Campbellite  denrani- 
nation  have  a  comforta])!e  frame  church,  situ- 
ated in  the  north  central  part  of  the  townshij), 
which  was  built  in  1853.  and  (ledicated  the 
same  year.  The  organi7ation  existol  a~  siich 
previous  to  that  date.  The  Mirieiy  lia>  ri. '\, 
ceased  to  exist,  but  the  church  building  still 
stands  on  what  is  known  as  the  Bill  Decker 
farm. 

TRENTOX    TOWNSHIP. 

The  first  church  society  organized  in  Tren- 
ton, we  believe,  was  that  of  the  Presbyterians 
about  1S36,  by  Rev.  Calvin  N.  Ransom,  with 
twenty  members.  The  first  ciders  Avere  Silas 
Ogden,  A.  P.  Condit,  and  Robert  Lewis.  This 
church  until  the  reunion  was  connected  \vith 
the  Franklin  Presbyterian,  New  School. 
Among  the  original  members  were  Simeon 
Condit,  Silas  Ogden,  A.  P.  Condit.  Robert 
Lewis,  Squire  \\'heaton,  Elizabeth  Condit, 
Elizabeth  Leak,  ]\Iagdalene  \"an  Dorn,  Maria 
Condit,  ]Mercy  W'heaton,  Mary  Condit,  Jane 
Ogden  and  Andrew  Kerrons  and  wife.     The 


facts  leading  to  the  organization  of  tliis  church 
were  sometliing  as  follows:  After  holding  a 
meeting  in  June,  1835,  with  reference  to  the 
formation  of  a  society,  Messrs.' A.  P.  and  J.  S. 
Condit  were  sent  to  xA.lexandria  to  confer  with 
the-  minister  of  that  place,  but  receiving  no 
encouragement  from  him.  they  next  visited  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Genoa  Tovrnship. 
From  Mr.  Ransom,  the  pastor  of  that  churcli, 
they  received  but  little  more  encouragement 
than  at  Alexandria.  He  prevailed  on  them, 
however,  to  unite  with  the  Genoa  Church. '  In 
the  September  following  these  visits,  a  gloom 
was  cast  over  the  community  by  the  death  of 
J.  S.  Condit.  Mr.  Ransom  being  called  upon 
to  preach  his  funeral  sermon,  took  occasion  to 
refer  to  the  visit  of  Mr.  Condit  and  the  object 
of  his  mission  to  him  some  time  before.  He 
said  upon  further  retlcction,  he  had  come  to 
the  conclusion  that  he  had  done  wrong  in  dis- 
couraging their  project,  and  believed  the  tunc 
had  come  for  them  to  organize  a  church  in 
their  neighborhood.  Accordingly,  a  meeting 
was  called  at  the  Ogden  School  house  to  con- 
sider the  propriety  of  at  once  organizing  a 
society.  At  that  meeting,  A.  P.  Condit  was 
apjiointcd  to  present  the  matter  to  the  presby- 
tery, which  body  decided  in  favor  of  the  move- 
ment, and  Rev.  Mr.  Ransom  was  directed  to 
establish  a  church.  He  was  the  first  pastor 
and  preached  to  them  for  one  year,  for  which 
he  received  the  sum  of  $18.50,  all  that  could 
be  raised  by  the  members.  The  second 
preacher  was  Rev.  ^Ir.  Allen  for  one  year;  the 
third,  Rev.  Ezra  G.  Johnson ;  the  fourth.  Rev. 
Ahab  Jinks.  "But,"  adds  our  informant,  "he 
being  a  farmer,  and  judge  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  only  a  part  of  his  time  could 
be  given  to  the  church." 

At  a  meeting"  held  February  21,  1837.  the 
practicability  of  building  a  church  edifice  was 
discussed,  and  finally  a  resolution  was  passed 
to  proceed  at  once  wdth  the  undertaking.  Soon 
after,  their  first  building  was  put  up.  which 
served  them  as  temple  of  worship  until  1S55. 
The  following  is  a  transcript  of  the  proceed- 
ing of  a  meeting  held  February  5,  1875  :  "At 
a  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Churcli,  of  Trenton  Township,  Dela- 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXT\' 


ware  County,  a  mwti.'n  was  ail-'jitcil  that  a 
committee  be  appointed  to  circulate  a  -^uljscrip- 
tiori  paper  for  tlie  piirpose  of  liuikling  a  new 
meeting  house,  and  if  a  siifiicient  amount  for 
the  purpose  is  secured,  they  are  authorized  to 
act  as  a  building  comrniitec,  and  to  select  a  site 
and  build  the  house."  A.  P.  Condit,  John  E. 
Ketcham  and  E.  AI.  Condit  were  apptunted 
the  committee,  ami  the  furtlier  'liUy  ipi[i;ised 
upon  them  of  selling  the  oid  church  building. 
This  they  accomplished  April  i.  1S75.  selling 
it  for  the  sum  of  $100,  to  the  Unitei:l  Bretliren 
Church  for  a  house  of  worship.  ]\lr.  Miles 
and  Mr.  Skinner  gave  their  obligations  for 
the  payiuent  of  the  amount,  and  also  agreed  to 
either  move  the  house  or  secure  the  lot  upon 
which  it  stood  for  the  benefit  of  their  societ)'. 
The  new  building  of  the  Presbyterians 
cost  $r,ooo  and  was  dedicated  by  Revs.  War- 
ren Jenkins  and  John  W.  Thompson.  This 
building  was  erected  about  one-half  mile  west 
of  where  the  new  building  now  stands,  and 
was  sold  to  Mr.  L.  A.  Pierson  who  now  uses 
it  for  a  barn.  It  served  the  congregation  until 
1S79,  when  a  new  church  was  erected  at  a  oist 
of  $3,000,  and  was  dedicated  ]May  25th,  by 
Rev.  Xathan  S.  Smith,  of  Delaware,  assisted 
by  Rev.  Carson,  of  \\'esterville.  Five  years 
ago  a  Sunday  school  room  was  added,  and  ^vith 
changes  made  in  the  audience  room,  it  cost  as 
much  as  the  main  room.  It  is  now  the  best 
country  church  in  Marion  Presbytery.  The 
church  is  in  a  flourishing  condition,  and  has 
exercised  a  wide-spread  influence  in  the  eut're 
community.  The  following  ministers  have 
served  the  church  since  Rev.  Ransom ; 

Ahab  Jinks     1837-1841 

Joseph  Fowler   1842- 

John  }iIcCutcheon .  1843- 

Ezra  Johnson     1S44-1S48 

James   Hamser    1849-1852 

Edmond   Garland    1853-1854 

Warren  Jenkins     i8;^-i86o 

Robert   Wvlie    1870-1S87 

Albert  Sharpless    188S-1892 

William  D.  Wallace    1893-1900 

John    Glenn,    1901,   and   continues  as   pastor. 


The  Methijilist  Episcopal  Church  dates 
back  almost  to  the  organization  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  Sometime  between  1835 
and  1840,  a  society  of  this  detiomination  was 
formed  in  a  scIiolJ  house,  eml)racing  in  its 
original- niemliershi]!  many  of  the  early  settlers 
of  the  township.  The  first  minister  who 
preached  to  the  congregatiMn  in  the  little 
school  house  was  Rev.  Curtis  Go'lhru-d.  An- 
other of  the  pioneer  preachers  of  this  society 
was  Rev.  ^Ir.  McDowell.  The  present  churcli 
was  built  in  1855,  and  was  dedicated  by  Rev. 
Samuel  EmicIi.  Its  earlv  ministers  were : 
Revs.  John  Mitchell,  W'ilHam  r^Iorrow,  Alex- 
ander Blamhcld,  D.  R.  ^Moorc,  and  others. 
The  church  cost  originally  about  $700.  It  has 
been  repaired  and  is  prosperous.  A  Sunday 
school  is  maintained  most  of  the  time.  This 
church  has  Ijeen  productive  of  much  good  in 
tlie  neighborhood,  and  many  souls,  through 
its  influence,  base  been  broueht  home  to 
Christ. 

The  Old  School  Presbyterians  organized  a 
society  and  built  a  church  in  this  township,  but 
did  not  exist  any  great  length  of  time.  In  1850 
thep  built  tb.eir  church,  but  became  lukewanu 
and  sold  cut  to  the  Methodists.  This  societ> 
irio\ed  over  into  Porter  Township,  and  es- 
tablished what  is  known  there  as  the  !Mount 
Pleasant  Methodist  Episo^pal  Church.  It  is 
more  fully  noticed,  however,  in  the  history  of 
that  township. 

The  Enited  Brethren  had  an  organized  so- 
ciety in  the  township  and  a  church  building 
was  erected,  but  the  society  has  gone  down, 
and  the  church  has  not  been  used  for  five 
years. 

Trenton  Christian  Um'on  Church.  This 
church  was  organized  on  the  first  Saturday 
of  July,  1849,  by  Rev.  William  H.  Ashley. 
Their  church  building  was  erected  in  1863, 
and  was  dedicated  by  Rev.  Alills  Harrod,  No- 
vember 9,  1863,  the  sermon  being  preached 
by  Rev.  James  Clarion.  The  church  is  located 
near  the  road  leading  from  Sunbury  to  Tren- 
ton village.  Rev.  Miles  Harrod  served  the 
church  twenty-one  years.  The  present  pastor 
is  Rev.  A.  D.  Mann.     Jacob  Fisher  has  been 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


(.■Ici'K  tn;nn  the  lu-gmnmg.  iy4().  tu  1892,  since 
uliicli  time  his  sun,  R.' W.  Fisher,  has  taken 
Ins  place.  The  [jr-^-ent  memlier>.hip  is  sevcn- 
t_\  -nine.  The  prin.ciples  of  this  church  are : 
i'irst.  The  word  of  God  as  our  only  rule  of 
faith  and  practice;  second,  Christian  character 
and  spirit  as  the  only  test  of  fellowship:  third, 
Christian  as  the  only  name  by  which  tlie  church 
shall  be  known.  This  church  is  the  onh-  one 
of  this  kind  in  Delaware  County,  and  is  con- 
nected with  the  Ohio  Central  Christian  Con- 
ference. 


-  About  the  year  1S06  a  tornado  passed  over 
a  portion  of  Delaware  County,  which,  on  ac- 
count of  its  strength  and  destruction  was 
designated  as  "the  Great  Windfall."  ^Ian\- 
of  the  early  settlers  remember  win.dialls  wliioh 
did  considerable  damage,  but  this  was  the  miist 
devastating  of  which  tliey  have  any  recollec- 
tions. It  struck  Scioto  and  Thomosun  Tov.n- 
ships,  and  v^ith  a  cur\e  swept  across  the  nrirth- 
west  corner  of  Delaware  Township  into  Troy. 
Here,  in  some  cases  for  a  mile  wide,  the  great 
tiees  were  prostrated,  anrl  it  seemed  as  if  a 
mighty  scythe  had  cut  a  swath  through  the 
forest.  For  many  years  after  the  path  could 
he  discerned  by  means  of  tlie  smaller  tunber 
and  the  decaying  logs. 

The  first  church  built  in  this  township,  and 
around  wliich  clu.-^ters  the  most  historic  inter- 
est, is  the  oM  M.nriiiorough  I'.n.ptist  Church. 
The  records  from  which  we  take  the  accom- 
panying sketch  are  very  full  and  complete, 
and  appear  to  have  been  made  a  short  time 
previous  to  July  14.  1810.  and  show  the  causes 
of  organization.  They  run  as  follows:  "It 
pleased  God  in  His  g<x)d  providence  to  re- 
move a  number  of  His  people  to  this  part  of 
the  world,  and  we  were  from  different  parts 
of  the  country  and  strangers  to  each  other. 
We  became  acquainted  in  the  love  of  Jesus 
Christ  and  the  profession  of  our  faith  in  God, 
and  brother  Joseph  Cole  gave  them  permission 
for  meetings  to  be  held  at  his  house,  and  also 
did  a  number  of  other  people  open  doors  like- 
wise, and  it  pleased  God  to  cause  Elder  Brun- 


dige's  lot  to  fall  amongst  us.  and  we  are  tu  l,e 
constituted  into  a  church  July  14.  i8jo,  by  El- 
der William  Rrundige  and  Elder  Jacob  Drake." 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Baptist  Church  at 
^Marlborough  took  place  the  Saturday  before 
the  third  Lord's  Day.  July  14,  .1810.  and  the 
following  are  the  minutes  of  the  first  meet- 
ing: 

"The  cliurcli  proceeded  tn  renew  covenant 
and  found  a  imion,  and  Joseph  Cole  was 
chosen  deacon  on  trial,  and  David  Dix.  clerk. 

"The  church  voted  to  give  Elder  William 
Brundige  a  call  to  the  jjastoral  qhair  of  the 
church,  and  the  clerk  was  instructed  to  write 
a  letter  to  Liberty  Baptist  Church,  re(iuest- 
ing  a  dismission  for  him  from  tlKit  church,  and 
to  lay  the  letter  before  the  church  for  inspec- 
tion at  oin-  ne.Kt  church  meeting,  which  is  to 
be  held  at  tlic  cabin  of  brother  Joseph  Cole." 

After  the  first  meeting  the  letter  was  writ- 
ten to  Lil:)crty  Church,  and  after  being  ap- 
proved was  sent  to  Liberty  Church. 

August  19,  1810.  The  church  met  at 
brother  Joseph  Cole's  cabin  on  Saturdav  be- 
fore the  third  I-ord's  Day  in  August.  Elder 
Wyatt  was  chosen  moderator.  The  church 
l>roceeded  to  renew  covenant  and  found  a 
union.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  letter 
sent  to  William  Brundige  from  the  church  in 
Liberty : 

Elder  William  Bruncligf,  livin.g  a  member  in  full 
(.ommunioii  with  us,  now  living  in  the  bounck  of  a 
sister  church,  of  the  same  faith  and  order,  and  being 
desirous  of  a  letter  of  dismiss  on  from  u.s  so  that  he 
may  join  them,  and  applying  now  by  the  mouth  of 
Elder  Wyatt  for  a  letter,  we  now  give  him  a  letter  as 
a  minister  of  the  Gospel  and  reconmiend  him  as  such, 
and  being  in  good  standing  with  us  at  this  time,  atid 
as  soon  as  he  is  joined  to  another  church  of  the 
same  faith  and  order,  he  will  be  considered  as  fully 
dismissed  from  us.  This  letter  is  given  at  Delaware 
town  by  order  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Liberty. 
(Signed)  JosEMi    E.mon,   clerk. 

Aug.   10,   iSio. 

Elder  William  Brundige  came  forward  to 
join  the  church,  and  gave  in  his  letter  of  dis- 
missal from  the  pastoral  charge  of  Liberty 
Church,  and  was  appointed  to  the  pastoral 
chair  of  the  churcli. 


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In  iSiO  occlirred  tlic  first  withdrawal. 
J'i'jrce  Main  severing-  his  connection  with  the 
ciiurch. 

The  nieetiny  on  tlic  Satin\lay  before  the 
third  Lord's  Day  in  April,  1811,  was  inter- 
rupted by  tl'.e  male  members  ol  the  chnrcli 
being-  called  to  military  training-. 

May  16,  1813.  Xo  niecting  c>f  the  church 
as  the  men  were  called  to  tlic  held  against  the 
enemy. 

The  meeting  in  June,  1S13,  postponed  on 
account  of  the  men  being  imder  arn-is  to  repel 
a  threatened  attack  of  the  British  and  In- 
dians. 

The  meetings  in  Augitst  anrj  Septemlicr 
also  postponed  on  account  of  a  threatened  in- 
vasion of  the  enemy. 

In  ^Nlarch,  1S14,  Pierce  Main  came  for- 
ward, and,  after  confessing  hi<  fault,  was  re- 
admitted into  the  church.  T^ie  fL!!.''v,ing  is 
a  copy  of  the  letter  of  dismissal  of  Xathaniel 
Wyett,  the  first  settler  in  this  section  of  the 
county,  from  the  Libert)-  Church. 

The  Baptist  Church,  cilled  Liberty  Church,  in 
Delaware  County,  State  of  Ohio,  holding  the  doc- 
trine of  unconditional  election,  justification  by  Jesus 
Christ,  justification  hy  the  spirit  of  gr.ice ;  the  resur- 
rection of  dead,  both  of  the  just  and  the  unjust,  etc. 
TO  ^VHO^^  it  M.W  COXCERX:  That  our  Elder 
Nathaniel  Wyatt  has  requested  a  letter  of  dismissal 
from  this  church  as  his  local  situation,  and  the  heliis 
we  are  blessed  with  in  the  church  justify  his  reque^t. 
We  do  now  dismiss  him  as  being  in  full  fellowship 
with  us,  and  as  such  we  recommend  him  to  the  ether 
churches  of  the  same  faith  and  order. 

Done  on  July  S.  1S15. 

Joseph    E.\to.v,  clerk. 

It  was  not  until  alxait  1819  that  the  so- 
ciety built  their  first  church.  It  was  con- 
structed of  hewn  logs,  from  Joseph  Cole's 
land.  The  situation  was  the  same  as  now  oc- 
cupied by  the  new  church,  which  overlooks  the 
river  in  the  e.Ktreme  nrjrthern  and  eastern  part 
of  the  township. 

In  1836  they  tore  down  the  old  log  church. 
Joseph  Cole  bought  it  ami  mo\-ed  it  to  liis 
farn-i  and  placed  it  opposite  his  house.  It 
is  now  used  as  a  hay  barn.  A  frame  "Un  v.-;is 
then    built,    which   they   occupied   until    1S73, 


whien  it  was  rejjlaced  with  a  new  one.  The 
present  church  is  an  elegant  structure,  large 
and  commodious,  and  is  built  of  brick  and 
freestone,  at  a  cost  of  ,S3,300.  The  first  minis- 
ter that  preached  to  the  society  was  William 
Brundige. 

The  first  ^Methodist  organization  \u  Troy 
Township,  was  the  Windfall  Class.  It  tuok  its 
name  fron-i  the  fact  that  it  worshipped  in  a 
small  school  house  on  the  southwest  corner 
of  Hiram  Welch's  farm,  which  was  situated 
in  the  path  taken  by  the  "Great  Windfall,"  of 
1806.  Tliis  org-anizati<.>-a  had  an  existence  as 
early  as  1834,  and  contiiuied  for  a  n-umber  of 
years,  but  had  no  churcli  building. 

The  ^Methodist  Epi^':Minl  Church,  situated 
just  above  Judge  Xnm-'  f.irni,  hrst  came  out 
as  an  organization  and  ai  fust  u-orshipped  in 
the  scIkio!  house  situated  near  where  th.e  pres- 
ent structure  stands.  Tlic  first  frame  structure 
was  built  upon  the  site  of  the  present  lirick 
church,  and  vcas  a  very  cheap  affair.  Soon 
after  it  was  put  up,  they  were  joined  by  the 
"\\'indfal!  Class,"  and  worship  w-as  continued 
for  some  time.  At  last  their  building  becom- 
ing so  poor  and  dilapidated  as  to  seriotisly 
inconvenience  those  worshiping  in  it.  the  ser- 
vices w-ere  discontinued,  an.d  in  1867,  finding 
all  efforts  to  rebuild  it  unavailing,  it  was  sold 
to  J.  B.  Jackson  for  825  and  moved  by  liim  to 
his  farm  near  by.  where  it  can  still  be  seen.  It 
was  not  initil  187J  that  tlie  organizati'ju  again 
showed  signs  (if  life  and  actixity.  In  that  year, 
tiie  congregation  built  a  fine  brick  structure, 
at  a  cost  of  $2,200,  w-hich  was  dedicated  the 
same  year,  by  D.  D.  Mather.  J.  F.  Richard- 
son is  the  present  pastor. 

The  Baptist  Church,  which  is  situated  in 
the  eastern  part  of  the  township,  near  the 
"Horse  Shoe,"  ow-es  its  origin  to  the  re\-olt 
of  elder  Briggs  and  other  members,  in  1856, 
from  the  old  Marlborough  Baptist  Church.  The 
church  is  a  fran-ie  structure,  in  good  condition 
and  the  s(5cietv  maintains  occasional  services. 
Maple  Hil'l  IVI.  E.  Church.  About  18S5 
John  Hoorley,  a  young  local  preacher  of  the 
M.  E.  Church,  came  from  Columbiana  County 
to  this  neighlxirhoijd.  He  w-as  full  c>f  zeal 
for  his  work  and  held  meetings  in  the  low-er 


AXD  UEPRESI'XTATIVE  CITIZENS 


Horse  Shoe  school  li'jusc.  which  re.-u'tcd  in 
about  twenty  conversicus.  These  at  first 
united  with  the  surrounding  churches.  It  was 
decided  to  organize  a  Sunday  schoo!,  but  wiien 
tlie  parties  interested  met  to  do  so  they  found 
that  the  sciiool  directors  had  locked  the  doors 
of  the  sciiool  house  against  them.  Mr.  Reed, 
a  Presbyterian  who  lived  near  by,  invited 
them  to  come  to  his  house,  in  which  place  the 
school  was  held. 

Soon  after  it  was  decided  to  organize  a 
church,  and  about  fifteen  persons,  belonging 
to  different  rlcnominations.  went  into  the  new 
organization.  As  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained 
the  original  membership  was  composed  of  the 
following  families :  Frank  Sherman  and 
family;  Frank  Ashville  and  family;  Henry 
Reed  and  family;  Samuel  Tayler  and  wife, 
and  a  Mr.  Smith.  .-V  frame  cb.urch  was  soon 
erected  bv  voluntarv  subscriptions  and  named 
the  :\Iaple  Hill  Church. 

The  congregation  was  supplied  for  se\'eral 
years  by  students  from  the  Ohio  W'esleyan 
University.  The  society  is  not.  at  this  date, 
maintained,  but  ministers  of  various  denomi- 
nations preach  occasionally  in  the  church  and 
a  Sunday  school  is  maintained  during  a  prTt  of 
the  year. 

The  Yuung  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion in  Delaware  is  one  of  the  city's  latest 
organizations  and  one  with  a  remarkable 
career  for  the  brief  time  that  it  has  been  in 
existence..  The  influences  that  led  to  its  or- 
ganizatiun  are  to  be  found  in  a  sp^'ntaneou.^ 
movement  among  a  number  of  the  city's  young 
men,  who  had  become  familiar  with  its  needs 
and  who  had  l:)een  impressed  with  the  fact 
that  there  was  great  need  among  the  young 
men  for  some  central  place  where  clubs  and 
gymnastic  features,  around  which  had  Ijeen 
thrown  the  influence  of  a  Christian  home, 
could  be  secnred.  From  this  movement  fol- 
lowed quickly  other  movements  that  gave 
Delaware  an  Association  that  is  rapidly  as- 
suming a  prominent  place  in  the  city's  life, 
and  also  a  prominent  place  among  the  associa- 
tions of  the  State. 

It  was  in  the  Spring  of  1905  that  a  number 
of  young  men  became  interested   in  the  pro- 


posal of  a  Young  ]\Icn's  Christian  Associati'm 
for  the  city  of  Delaware.  A  number  of  con- 
ference? among  themselves,  led  these  men  to 
draw  up  papers  which  they  personally  circu- 
lated among  the  men  of  tlie  city  asking  that 
every  man  who  would  be  glad  to  see  the  es- 
tablisliment  of  such  an  organization,  should 
sign.  The  result  was  a  remarkable  one.  The 
signers  embraced  the  leading  business  men.  of 
the  city,  many  of  the  professors  of  Ohio  W'es- 
leyan  University,  as  well  as  many  of  a  younger 
class.  The  move,  thus  accelerated,  at  once 
assimied  a  definite  shajje.  Rev.  F.  I.  Johnson, 
at  that  time  the  pastor  uf  the  Asbury  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  yh.  W.  A.  ^Morrison,  the 
president  of  the  Delaware  Underwear  Factory 
and  a  leading  business  man.  and  Mr.  \\'eyland 
Michencr.  became  the  leaders  of  an  effort  to 
at  once  secure  a  building  and  place  the  or- 
ganization on  its  feet. 

On  the  first  day  of  August,  with  six  weeks 
left  to  secure  the  option  on  the  old  Blee  Hotel 
building  at  the  corner  of  East  Winter  and 
Union  Streets,  a  building  removed  far  enough 
from  the  business  center  to  insure  the  neces- 
sary cpiiet,  and  at  the  same  time  furnish  a 
most  convenient  meeting  place  for  the  men 
coming  irom  all  parts  of  the  city,  i^egan  the 
contest  for  the  Association.  A  saloon  that 
then  occupied  the  building  and  the  Association 
made  the  race  for  the  building's  control,  and 
the  Young  INIen's  Christian  Association  won. 
After  one  of  the  hardest  fought  financial  cam- 
paigris  in  the  history  of  Delaware,  the  needed 
$20,000  was  secured  and  the  building  which, 
is  the  home  of  the  Association  formally  pur- 
chased. A  mass  meeting  of  the  citizens  that 
followed  chose  fifteen  incorporators,  who 
were.  r^Iessrs.  W.  A.  Morrison,  C.  D.  Young, 
E.  D.  Pollock,  E.  F.  Young,  V.  T.  Flills.  L. 
L.  Denison,  X.  F.  Overturf.  Jas.  Ovsey.  E.  M. 
Hall.  Stephen  Potter,  J.  F.  Denison.  Robert 
P.  Benton.  J.  L.  Anderson,  R.  J.  Pumphrey 
and  Jas.  Wilson.  Captain  Y.  T.  Hills  was 
chosen  as  the  first  president  of  the  .Associa- 
tion. 

On  January  15.  1906,  in  the  interval  be- 
f'lre  possession  ot  the  building  could  be  se- 
cured. Mr.  Edwin  F.  Young  became  the  secre- 


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tary  of  the  Association,  ami  -Mr.  W.  A.  iNIorri- 
von  succeeded  yir.  Hills  as  president.  Dur- 
ing this  3-ear  repairs  on  the  bitilding  were  be- 
gun, and  a  wonderful  transformation'niade  in 
its  appearance  and  arrangement.  Probably  no 
greater  transformation  of  a  building  has  ever 
taken  place  within  the  cit}'.  A  gymnasium 
was  arranged,  club  rooms  prepaved.  ;Mid  plans 
formed  for  general  Associatic.n  work  carried 
into  effect. 

Xew  Year's  day,  1907,  brought  the  .Xs- 
sociatiun  into  complete  possession  iil  the  build- 
ing, and  ?dr.  Oscar  'SI.  Miller,  who  had  been 
employed  as  assi-^tant  secretary  of  the  Toledo 
Association,  became  the  general  secretary. 
The  formal  opening  of  the  building  followed 
about  the  last  of  March,  a  big  celebration 
marking  the  real  beginning  of  the  Associa- 
tion's work  in   the  city. 

Nine  months  of  the  work  were  completed 
on  the  first  day  of  January,  190S.  It  is  counted 
a  difficult  matter  to  organize  any  institution 
or  commercial  company  having  a  single  line 
of  work  and  give  it  more  than  a  start  in  such 
a  length  of  time.  The  Y.  ]M.  C.  A.,  while  it 
has  as  its  single  aim  the  building  of  strong- 
mental,  physical  and  moral  men — has  many 
kinds  of  -work  included  within  its  scope,  so  that 
the  problem  of  conducting  very  di\erse  inter- 
ests becomes  a  difficult  one. 

The  Delaware  Association  in  the  nine 
months  has  not  only  met  these  problems,  but 
it  has  boldly  undertaken  almost  every  feature 


The  b 


ni  th 


of  Association  work, 
ner  has  become  the  sricial  center  frjr  i'\cr  f.  ir.r 
hundred  meniiicis,  nmre  tluin  nne-third.  of 
wdiom  are  bu\s  and  another  third  business 
men.  Its  four  walls  include  a  gymnasuuTi, 
with  special  clas.>es  in  physical  training  nr 
boys,  yoiuig  men  and  business  men:  atliletic 
sjwrt  provided  by  inter-class  Ijasket  ball  and 
volley-ball  contests;  social  recreation'  and 
clean  fun,  centering  in  a  bowding  league  of 
three  dozen  members;  bath-tubs,  sponge  and 
shower,  for  the  members  to  use  as  frequently 
as  they  wish;  a  Boy's  Chib;  the  Commercial 
Club's  headquarters;  a  glee  club  of  twenty 
male  voices ;  a  Boy's  Orchestra ;  a  pleasant 
residence  for  thirty  men;  a  night  school,  prio- 
viding  instruction  in  a  number  of  lines  of 
work;  a  Sunday  afternoon  Bible  Discussion 
Class;  and  a  training  class  for  the  men  Sun- 
day school  teachers  of  the  city.  Besides  all 
tliis,  there  have  been  many  social  evenings  for 
the  men  and  boys  of  the  city,  and  a  number  oi 
addresses  and  big  Sunday  meetings  for  men. 
The  plans  for  a  greater  enlargement  of 
the  work  and  the  more  effecti\'e  carrying  out 
of  the  plans  alread}'  under  way  is  the  work 
of  the  future.  Step  by  step  the  officers  of  the 
Association  are  doing  their  best  to  bring  it 
into  a  greater  and  more  intimate  touch  with 
the  needs  of  the  city,  and  there  is  every  iiidi- 
cation  that  it  is  to  become  one  of  the  most 
vital  factors  in  the  religious,  social,  and  nmral 
life  of  the  people  of  Delaware. 


CMAPTE^R.  XIV. 


THE   BENCH  AND  BAR. 

Earlx  Hislorx — First   Court  and  First  Laz^x crs—Tlic  Prcsfiif  Bur  and  Its  Fligh  Standing. 


It  would  not  he  commensurate  with  a  his- 
torical sketch  of  the  Bench  and  Bar  of  Dela- 
ware County  to  name  all  the  judges  who  have 
presided  on  its  bench,  or  to  describe  the  nu- 
merous lawyers  who  have  practiced  before  its 
courts ;  yet  it  is  thouglit  l>est  to  refer  to  the 
organization  of  its  several  courts  and  to  name 
some  of  the  early  judges  who  held  them  and 
the  members  of  the  bar  \\-ho  practiced  before 
them,  as  well  as  the  judges  and  lawyers  who  lo- 
cated   here. 

The  first  judicial  system  to  be  organized 
in  that  part  of  the  Ignited  States  which  is 
now  known  as  the  State  of  Ohio,  was  that  put 
in  operation  by  the  "Ordinance  of  1787,"  by 
which  the  vast  "territory  northwest  of  the 
River  Ohio"  was  set  apart  as  a  separate  gov- 
ernment, and  a  local  judicial  system  given  to 
it  under  said  ordinance.  The  court  was  to 
consist  of  three  judges,  any  two  of  \^■hom 
could  form  and  constitute  a  court.  Tliis  court 
was  to  have  common  law  jurisdiction  and  the 
judges  must  reside  in  the  district  and  have 
therein  a  free  hold  estate  of  nut  less  than  live 
hundred  acres  of  land  during  the  time  they 
held  their  office,  and  their  commission  was  to 
continue  in  force  during  good  behavior.  These 
judges,  with  the  governor  of  said  territory- 
were  to  select  from  the  cixil  and  criminal  laws 
of  the  original  states  such  laws  as  they  thought 
suitable  for  the  territory  and  the}-  were  au- 
thorized to  promulgate  and  enforce  the  law. 
until  amended  or  repealed  by  a  general  as- 
sembly which  was  to  be  later  organized  accord- 
ing to  the  terms  of  said  Ortlinance  under  which 
they  A\ere  appointed. 


In  accordance  with  such  provision  ot  the 
Ordinance,  Congress  on  tlie  sixteenth  day  of 
October,  17S7,  elected  as  judges  for  th.e  North- 
west Territory,  Samuel  W'olden  Par-i.'us, 
John  Armstrong  and  James  ^Mitchell  \'arnani. 
Air.  Arn-istrong  declined  the  appointment  and 
on  the  nineteenth  day  of  February,  17SS, 
John  Cleves  Symmes  was  chosen  in  his  place. 
The  salary  of '  the  judges  was  fixed  at  eight 
hundred  dollars  per  year.  This  organizatio.-i 
of  the  court  continued,  with  various  changes 
which  were  made  in  the  appointment  of  the 
judges,  until  the  organization  of  the  State  of 
Ohio,  in  the  year  1802. 

Under  the  first  constitution  of  Ohio,  the 
number  of  supreme  judges  was  three,  v.-ith 
power  vested  m  the  General  Assembly  to  au- 
thorize the  selection  of  one  additional  judge. 
Their  term  of  office  was  fixed  at  seven  years 
and  their  salaries  were  not  to  exceed  one  thou- 
sand dollars  per  annum,  each.  These  judges, 
under  the  constitution,  v.-ere  to  be  chosen  by 
the  General  Assembl)',  and  on  the  second  day 
of  April,  1803.  they  elected  Samuel  Hunting- 
ton, Return  Jonathan  Aleigs,  Jr.,  and  Wil- 
liam Spriggs,  who  composed  the  first  Supreme 
Court  of  Ohio.  Under  this  new  constitution 
the  first  court  was  organized  which  concerned 
Delaware  County  directly.  This  was  known 
as  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  The  consti- 
tution of  1S02  provided  that  the  several  Courts 
j  of  Common  Pleas  shall  consist  of  a  president 
I  judge  and  associate  judges;  that  the  State 
I  should  be  divided  by  law  into  three  circuits 
j  and  that  there  sliiyiild  be  app'iinted  a  president 
of  the  Courts,  who  during  his  continuance  in 


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oflice  shuuld  reside  therein;  that  there  should 
1)0  appointed  in  each  county  not  nn^re  than 
three  nor  less  than  two  associate  judi;;cs,  who 
during  their  continuance  in  office  should  reside 
in  the  county,  and  the  president  in  the  circuit 
and  the  associate  judges  in  the  county  should 
constitute  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  which 
court  was  to  have  common  law  and  chancery 
jurisdiction.  The  several  judges  under  this 
]>rovision  of  the  constitution  were  elected  by  the 
General  Assembly- 

Under  this  subdivision  of  the  State  into 
three  circuits,  Delaware  County  belonged  to 
the  middle  subdivision,  and  the  first  presiding 
judge  who  held  court  in  Delaware  County 
after  its  organization  was  Levin  Celt,  who  re- 
sided in  Chillicothe,  Ohio;  his  associates  were 
Moses  Eyxhee,  Thomas  Brown  and  Josiah 
McKinney.  The  first  session  of  the  court  was 
lield  on  the  third  day  of  June,  A.  D.,  iSoS, 
in  a  temporary  log  building  near  the  sulphur 
springs,  on  what  is  now  the  Ohio  Wesleyan 
University  grounds.  The  presiding  judge  and 
all  the  members  of  the  bar  were  from  neigh- 
boring coimties.  The  associate  judges  aliove 
named  were  from  Delaware  County,  and 
Moses  B3-xbee,  Jr.,  was  appointed  clerk  of 
courts.  He  also  resided  in  Delaware  County. 
The  early  journals  of  the  Common  Pleas  Court 
were. destroyed  by  an  incendiary  fire  about  the 
year  1825  and  it  would  be  difficult  to  give  a 
full  and  complete  history  of  this  court  prior 
to  the  year  1825.  Cut  from  other  sources  we 
have  compiled  a  complete  hist<;ry  of  all  the 
judges  and  their  associate  judges  who  have 
held  the  several  courts  in  this  county  since  its 
organization. 

From  February  S,  iSoS,  the  date  when 
Delaware  County  was  set  off  from  Franklin 
County  by  an  act  of  the  General  Asseml^ly, 
down  to  the  date  of  the  adoption  of  the  new 
constitution  in  185 1,  this  county  never  had  a 
resident  presiding  judge,  but  during  all  that 
time  it  had  its  quota  of  associate  judges,  who 
were  men  chosen  from  among  its  best  and 
most  prominent  citizens.  As  before  stated, 
these  judges  were  elected  bv  the  General  As- 
sembly and  the  first  three  were  Moses  Bv.xbee, 
Thomas  Brown  and  Josiah  ilcKinney.     These 


were  elected  February  13,  rSoS.  Benjnmin 
Carpenter  was  elected  February  17,  i8ot;:  Jo- 
siah McKinney,  Ezekiel  Brown  and  David 
Marks,  elected  February  4,  1815;  Samuel 
Hughes  elected  January  27,  1818;  Josiah  'Mc- 
Kinney  and  William  S.  Drake  elected  Febru- 
ary 4,  1S22.  David  Prince  elected  at  the  ses- 
sion in  1825;  William  S.  Drake  and  Flosea 
Williams  elected  at  the  session  in  January. 
1829;  Ezra  Griswold  elected  at  the  January 
session,  1S32;  John  Jlnuidage  and  John  Lug- 
enbeel  elected  at  the  January  session.  1836; 
William  P.  Xorris  elected  at'ses>iMn  of  1S42; 
^farshall  L.  Griffin  elected  at  se.^S!..n  of  1842; 
Almon  Stark  elected  at  session  of  iS-\f<:  I-"rcd- 
erick  Avery  elected  at  the  session  of  1850; 
Caleb  Howard  elected  at  the  session  of   1850. 

Under  the  new  crjnstitution  of  1851  the 
State  was  di\'ided  into  nine  Common  Pleas 
districts,  and  these  districts  were  subdivided 
into  three  districts  each  and  the  election  of 
the  judges  of  these  courts  was  vested  in  the 
people  of  the  subdivision  instead  of  in  the 
General  Assembly  as  under  the  Constitution  of 
1802.  According  to  this  subdivisio-n  Dela- 
ware County  was  placed  in  the  Sixth  Judicial 
District,  which  was  composed  of  Delaware, 
Knox,  Licking,  Ashland,  Morrow,  Richland, 
Coshocton,  Flolmes  and  Wayne  Counties,  and 
the  first  subdi\'isioa  of  said  district  is  com- 
posed of  Delaware,  Knox  and  Licking  coun- 
ties and  it  has  always  been  the  same  since  the 
adoption  of  the  new  constitution. 

The  first  election  for  judges  of  the  Com- 
mon Pleas  Courts  under  the  Constitution  of 
185 1  was  hekl  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  Oc- 
tober. 1 85 1,  and  the  judges  elected  began  their 
terms  of  office  on  the  second  Monday  of  Febru- 
ary, A.  D.,  1852.  L'nder  this  subdivision  of 
the  Sixth  District,  the  following  named  per- 
sons have  been  elected  from  Delaware  County 
and  have  presitled  over  this  court  and  o\'er  the 
other  courts  in  this  subdivision :  Sherman 
Finch,  from  February,  1857.  to  Feliruary, 
1862.  Thomas  C.  Jone's,  from  I-"eliruary, 
1862,  to  February,  1872.  Charles  H.  Mc- 
Elroy,  from  February,  1882,  to  Feljruary, 
i8q2.  John  S.  Gill,  from  February.  1892.  to 
February,  1897.     Emmett  'M.  Wickharn.  fnoni 


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[•"ciiruary,  1S97,  to  i'eljriiriry,  19OJ.  George 
Coyiier,  Ironi  I'^ebruary,  1902,  tii  I'"ehriiary, 
1907.  Enimeit  M.  Wickham.  from  February, 
1907,  present  incumbent.  The  foregoing  are 
all  of  the  judges  who  lia\e  been  elected  or  ap- 
pointed from  Delaware  County. 

■     TflE   PUOR.NTE  COUKT. 

The  Probate  Court  was  first  established 
under  the  new  con.stitutii_^n  in  the  year  1S52. 
Up  to  that  date  the  business  of  the  Probate 
Court  was  done  in  the  Common  Pleas  Court. 
The  Prol)ate  Court  is  the  most  popular  court 
with  the  people.  It  ha.s  been  said  that  jirac- 
ticall)-  .all  the  [iropert)-  in  the  count}-  passes 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  this  court  once  in 
each  gener:.Ltion. 

The  first  jutlgc  of  the  Pri'bate  Court  of 
Delaware  County  was  David  T.  Fuller.  The 
first  entry  made  on  the  Jiiurna!  of  the  court  by 
him  is  dated  March  2.  A.  D..  1852,  and  the 
last  entry  made  by  him  is  dated  Augu-t  5, 
1854.  He  died  during  his  term  of  office  and 
John  E.  Rosette  was  appMiinted  bv  Governor 
William  Madill  to  till  the  vacancy'  The  first 
entry  made  of  the  Jr.urnal  by  Judge  Rosette 
is  dated  September  16,   1854. 

The  next  jutlge  of  the  Probate  Court  was 
Isaac  Raiuiey,  and  the  first  entry  made  by  him 
on  the  Journal  is  dated  October  20.  1854. 

The  next  judge  was  Thomas  \V.  Powell, 
and  the  first  entry  maiJe  on  the  Journal  by  him 
is  dated  November  3,  i86j.  These  three 
judges  were  lawyers. 

The  next  judge  was  B.  C.  AX'aters,  and 
the  first  entry  made  by  him  is  dated  }\Iarch  18. 
1870.  Judge  Waters  was  not  a  lawyer.  The 
next  judge  of  this  court  was  F.  B.  Sprague, 
and  the  first  entry  made  by  him  on  the  Journal 
of  the  court  is  dated  February  14.  1876.  Mr. 
Sprague  was  not  a  lawyer. 

The  ne.xt  judge  cif  this  court  was  Rufus 
Carpenter,  and  the  first  entry  made  by  him 
is  dated  February  9,  1882.  [Mr.  Carpenter  was 
not  a  lawyer. 

The  next  judge  of  this  court  was  X.  F. 
Overturf  and  the  hr<t  entrv  made  bv  him  on 


the  Journal  is  dated  h'ebruary  9,  i888.  Judge 
Overturf  is  a  lawyer. 

The  next  judge  of  this  couit  was  B.  \'. 
Freshwater,  and  tlie  first  entry  made  on  the 
Journal  of  this  court  by  him  is  dated  Febru- 
ary 9,    1894.     Judge   h'reshwater   is  a  lawyer. 

The  next  judge  of  this  court  was  E.  Lee 
Porierfield.  and  the  first  entry  made  on  his 
Journal  is  February  9,  1900.  Judge  Porter- 
field  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  during  his  in- 
cumbency in  office. 

The  next  judge  of  this  ciurt  was  John 
A.  Cone,  wdio  is  the  preseiU  iiicumlicnt.  The 
first  entry  made  b_\-  him  on  h.i^  di.cl.el  is 
dated  I'ebruary  9.  190^1.  Judge  Cone  is  a 
lawyer. 

Leonard  H.  Cowles.  The  first  law\er 
to  settle  in  Delaware  County  was  Leonard  FI. 
Cow  les.  He  came  from  Connecticut  about  the 
year  1810,  two  years  after  the  organization 
of  the  county.  Fle  was  said  to  be  a  scholarly 
gentleman,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  and  a 
college  mate  of  the  late  John  C.  Calhoun  of 
South  Carolina.  Fle  was  saiil  to  ha\e  been 
one  of  the  most  thorough-read  lawyers  of  his 
age.  Xot  long  after  he  came  to  Delaware  he 
was  married  to  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Moses 
Byxbee,  which  brought  him  into  one  of  the 
wealthiest  fanhlies  of  the  county  and  the  most 
of  the  county.  He  was  a  scholarly 
own  personal  business,  so  that  as  a  law}er  he 
did  not  acquire  as  great  a  reputation  in  his 
professional  life  as  he  might  have  done  if  his 
talents  had  been  de\ote<l  to  his  profession 
strictly.  He  was  the  only  resident  lawyer  of 
the  county  until  the  year  1818.  and  his  name 
appears  frequently  on  the  deed  records  of  the 
county.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Twenty- 
first  and  Twenty-second  General  Assemblies 
of  Ohio  wdiich  convened  resi)ecti\'ely  on  the 
second  day  of  December,  A.  D.,  1822.  and  the 
first  day  of  December,  A.  D..  1823.  Fle  is  said 
tin  have  been  a  person  of  good  and  command- 
ing presence,  always  well  dressed  and  gentle- 
manly in  his  appearance,  and  he  devoted  much 
of  his  time  to  social  life  ami  was  fond  of 
and  sociable  with  his  friends.  Fle  reared  a 
large   family,  none' of  whom  are  now   living. 


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At  the  close  of  his 
of  lii."  larq-e  fortune. 


fe  he  had  but  htlle  left 


MiLO  D.  Pettiiioxe  was  also  a  Tiative  of 
Cotiiiecticut,  and  he,  it  is  believed,  was  a 
f^radu'ilc  of  Yale  College,  also.  "  He  came  to 
Delaware  in  the  year  iSi8.  He  was  also  a 
.scholarly  gentleman,  a  trustworthy  lawyer  and 
occupied  a  high  and  responsible  position  at  the 
bar  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  the  year  1S49.  ^"^^  de\-oted  'some  of  his 
time  to  land  speculation  and  \\-as  the  owner 
of  large  tracts  of  land  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
The  partition  of.  his  real  estate,  which  was 
made  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Dela- 
ware County,  Ohio,  shuws  that  he  was  the 
owner  of  large  tract-  of  land  both  in  Delaware, 
IMariun  and  other  cmmties  in  this  State.  He 
de\'ciled  the  most  of  his  time  to  .the  accumula- 
ti.,'n  of  lii;  loitunv.  ye:  he  was  not  lacking  in 
his  social  relations  and-  he  aluays  engaged 
in  all  tlie  improvcr.icn.ts  of  his  time,  whether 
social,  moral  or  religiuus.  He  believed  in  the 
abolition  of  slavery  in  the  United  States  and 
was  considered  one  of  the  emancipators.  He 
was  enterprising  and  liberal  toward  public 
improvements  and  favored  the  ad\'a:icement 
of  Delaware.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Twen- 
ty-seventh General  Assembly  of  Ohio,  which 
convened  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  on  the  first  day 
of  December,  A.  D..  1S2S.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  had  a  large  family  of  sons  and 
daughters,  to  whom  he  left  a  large  estate,  some 
of  whom  are  still  li\'ing  but  none  are  now  resi- 
dents of  this  county. 

There  were  se\-eral  other  per-^ons  who 
came  to  Delaware  and  practiced  at  this  bar 
for  a  short  time  but  they  only  remained  for 
a  short  period  or  died  before  they  became 
well  established  in  bu.^iness  and  little  can  lie 
learned  of  them  or  taiil  ahiut  them  at  this  late 
periiid. 

.\mong  those  are  Henry  Brush,  Justine 
Cook,  and  Richard  ^Murray.  Of  Henry  Brush 
nothing  is  known  except  that  he  was  here  for 
a  short  time  and  was  a  contemporar\-  of  and 
with  Leonard  U.  Co.vles  an.l  Milo  b.  Petti- 
bo  ritr. 


Ji'STiNE  Cook  is  said  to  ha\-e  been  a  xeiy 
bright  young  iwan,  who  developed  great  hopes 
in  the  minds  of  his  friends  for  a  resplendent 
professional  career,  but  they  were  disap- 
pointed by  his  early  death,  \\hicb  occurred 
about  the  }'ear  18:28. 

*     ^     * 

Richard  Mukkay  began  the  practice  of 
law  in  DcUnvare  with  flattering  hopes  for  a 
bright  profcssion.'d  career,  but  about  the  year 
1830  he  developed  flisease  of  the  lungs  which 
resulted  in  tuberculosis,  and  he  was  compelled 
to  seek  a  better  climate.  He  remci\'en  with  his 
family  to  the  south  and  located  on  the  east  side 
of  Lake  Puntchortrain,  wh.ere  he  lived  Init  a 
few  years,  and  died  and  was  liuried  there,  l.iut 
his  family  returned  to  Delaware,  Ohio.  His 
widow  resided  in  Delaware  for  many  years 
and  was  prominent  as  an  early  educator. 

Judge  Thomas  Watkixs  Powell  was 
born  in  South  Wales.  September,  1797,  and 
died  December  12,  1882,  in  Delaware,  Ohio, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-five  years.  His 
father,  in  the  year  1801,  immigrated  to 
America  and  settled  in  Utica,  in  the  State  of 
Xew  York.  He  sought  and  obtained  such  an 
education  as  his  opportunities  afforded.  But 
the  War  of  1812  with  Great  Britain  soon  be- 
gan, and  during  that  war  he  drove  his  father's 
team  with  the  liaggage  of  a  regiment  to  Sac- 
ket's  Plarbor  in  the  spring  of  1S13,  and  entered 
that  place  at  the  close  of  die  battle.  In  the 
year  1814  he  was  appointed  to  a  post  of  great 
trust,  by  the  military  authorities — the  bearer 
of  dispatches  to  Piattsburg,  and  at  the  close 
of  the  battle  entered  the  town  with  dispatches 
to  General  McCombs.  He  attended  an 
academy  for  two  years  where  he  studied  and 
mastered  such  branches  as  were  then  taught 
at  such  institutions,  including  the  bighei 
branches  of  mathematics,  for  which  he  had 
a  taste  and  genius  to  excel.  It  was 
ever  with  him  a  subject  of  great  regret  that 
his  opportunities  in  early  life  to  obtain  a 
thorough  education  had  been  so  limited.  Could 
he  have  been  in<hdged  in  the  natural  bent  of 
hi^  mind  he  wc'ulii  have  excelled  in  literature 
as  an  author,     .\fter  he  left  the  academy  he 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


301 


entered  the  law  oftice  of  Charles  M.  Ltc.  of 
Utica,  when  about  the  age  of  twenty,  and  in 
tile  year  1819,  came  to  Ohio  and  passed  liis 
quarantine  in  the  law  office  of  Hon.  James  \\'. 
I.athrop,  of  Canton,  Ohio.  In  the  year  1820 
he  was  admitted  to  tlie  Bar  by  the  Supreme 
L'ourt  on  the  circuit  at  Wooster,  Ohio.  He 
immediately  located  ■  in  Perrysburg,  on  the 
JNIaumee  River,  and  began  the  practice  of  the 
law.  He  was  soon  made  prosecuting  attorney 
and  afterward  county  auditor  of  Wood 
County.  He  remained  in  Wood  County  until 
the  year  1830,  when  he  removed  to  Delaware, 
Oliio,  where  he  remained  in  active  practice 
for  more  than  fifty  years.  Pie  was  always  re- 
garded by  the  professirm  in  Delaware  and 
throughout  the  counties  in  central  Ohiij  as  an 
able  and  successful  lawyei'.  In  special  and 
equity  pleading,  to  which  he  deVoted  par- 
ticular attention,  he  e.\eeliod.  He  was  ever 
noted  for  his  zeal  for  In's  client's  interest  and 
\veliare  in  all  his  practice.  Polite  and  in- 
telligent, his  society  was  c  '-.ited  by  his  bretli- 
ren  of  the  bar  and  in  wh;\te\er  circle  he  en- 
tered his  presence  was  always  welcome. 
Probably  no  lawyer  did  more  in  assisting 
young  men  at  the  bar,  and  no  one  liad  more 
law  students  than  di<l  Judge  Powell.  Among 
the  many  men  of  note  wh.o  studied  in  his  of- 
fice was  Hon.  Charles  S\>eeLser.  F.dward 
Jones,  Hon.  Thomas  C.  jL^nes,  Hon.  Royal  T. 
Wheeler,  afterwards  chief  justice  of  Texas. 
Gen.  J.  S.  Jones  and  man}"  others.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  industry  m  liis  profession.  Judge 
Powell  added  great  enterprise  in  all  matters 
of  interest  to  the  public.  He  projected  and 
prosecuted  to  its  completion  the  "^Mansion 
House"  at  the  Sulphur  Springs,  which  in  its 
early  history  was  famous  as  a  fashionable  re- 
sort and  which  subsequently  secured  to  Dela- 
ware the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University.  Pie  laid 
out  and  had  platted  one  of  the  largest  addi- 
tions to  the  town  (now  city)  of  Delaware.  He 
built  the  Bax  mills  and  was  interested  in  many 
other  projects  to  benefit  the  city.  Though  not 
a  seeker  of  place,  he  filled  many  of  the  most 
responsible  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  people.  He 
was  first  elected  and  served  as  prosecuting  at- 
torney of  this  county.     He  was  elected  to  the 


Geiicral  Assembly  or  Pii_>use  of  Rei)resenia- 
ti\es  of  Ohio  and  served  for  the  years  1841 
and  1S42.  He  was  elected  to  the  Ohio  State 
Senate,  from  the  Delaware  District  which  was 
at  that  time  composed  of  Delaware  and  Craw- 
ford Counties  and  ser\-ed  during  the  years  1844 
and  1845.  He  was  elected  probate  judge  of 
Delaware  County  in  the  year  1862  and  held 
the  office  for  eight  years.  Hewas  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Third  Constitutional  Convention 
of  Ohio  which  met  in  Columbus.  Ohio,  in 
Ma}",  1873,  and  he  was  considered  one  of  the 
most  prominent  and  useful  menil>ers.  Not- 
withstanding he  was  a!\\"a\"s  a  \"er\-  bns\"  '.nan 
in  his  practice,  he  gave  to  the  prcricssion  of  his 
choice,  two  b'X'k?  which  were  much  necddl 
and  which  are  highly  prized  and  much  u^ed 
by  the  courts  and  bar,  viz.,  "Powell's  An- 
ahsis  of  American  Law"  ;md  "Appellritc  Jur- 
isdiction." He  has  also  written  a  -History  of 
tile  Ancient  Britains,"  and  a  book  entitled. 
'A\'hat  is  Knowledge."  He  was  always  an 
untiring  worker  and  though  almost  blind  in 
the  latter  years  of  his  life,  he  ncxer  ceased 
to  write  until  the  final  call  came  when  it  was 
said  to  him,  "Well  done  thou  good  and  faith- 
ful servant.  Thou  hast  been  faithful  oyct  a 
few  things."  etc. 

*     *     *■ 

Hox.  John  A.xtuoxy  Ouitm.-vx  was  born 
in  Riiinebeck,  Dutchess  County,  New  York, 
September  i,  1799.  Pie  came  to  Delaware 
County,  Ohio,  about  the  year  1820.  as  a  clerk 
in  the  land  office  under  l*kilt  Russell,  who 
was  register  of  the  land  office  at  that  time. 
'Sir.  Quitman  read  law  with  Piatt  Russell,  "alio 
was  also  a  lawyer,  and  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Par  in  the  year  1S21.  Pie  practiced  for  a 
slvn'l  time  onh  in  this  cjunty,  when  he  re- 
mo\"ed  to  the  State  of  ;Mississippi.  where  he 
became  a  man  of  great  note  and  prominence. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  ^Mississippi  Legis- 
lature in  1827,  was  chancellor  of  the  State 
from  1828  to  1834  and  became  president  of  the 
State  Senate.  He  was  appointed  l.irigadier- 
general  in  the  war  between  the  United  States 
and  Me.xico ;  after  the  cluse  of  tb.e  war  he  was 
elected  goveru'jr  of  the  State  aivl  in  the  }"ear 
1855   was   elected     fur    Congress     from     said 


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State,  was  re-elected  to  succeed  himself  in 
185;-,  and  became  chairman  ui  the  Military 
Committee.  He  died  in  t!ie  city  ut  Xatclie?., 
July  17,  1S5S. 

*  :ic         * 

Hox.  Charles  Swef.tsi.k  was  i>)vn  alxir.t 
the  year  1805  in  the  State  oi  A'eruiont.  He 
came  to  Delaware  County  wiih  his  iather  in 
tlie  year  1S17,  who  settled  on  a  farm  ji'st 
north  of  Delaware,  Ohio.  He  engaged  in 
mercantile  pursuits  for  a  few  years  and  began 
the  study  of  law  in  the  year  1830  in  the  ottice 
of  the  Hon.  Thomas  W.  Powell.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Bar  in  the  year  1S3J  and  imme- 
diately began  an  active  practice,  which  was 
ilistinguished  more  by  his  acti\ity  tlian  by  his 
sound  knowledge  of  the  law  or  his  stud}'  of  its 
more  abstruse  principals.  His  education  was 
limited  to  the  public  schools  and  his  activity 
never  permilted  him.  by  mdu-iry  and  persever- 
ance, to  overcome  its  defects.  He  disliked 
discipline,  study,  and  technicality  and  boasted 
that  genius  and  original  comnn^n  sense  were 
the  vantage  ground  for  him.  He  was  captious 
and  capricious  and  was  often  tlie  cause  of 
violent  squabbles  at  the  bar.  But  with  all  his 
irregularities  he  was  remarkably  successful 
both  in  the  law  and  in  politics.  He  was  a  mem- 
'  ber  of  the  Thirty-first  and  Tliirty-second  Con- 
gress, having  been  chosen  from  the  Tenth  Dis- 
trict, to  wdiich  Delaware  County  then  be- 
longed. He  served  during  the  years  1849- 
1850  and  1851-1852.  He  continued  his  prac- 
tice up  to  a  short  time  befor.:  his  death,  \vhich 
occurred  in  the  year  1S64.  He  was  always 
noted  for  his  taste  in  the  elegance  of  his 
equipment.  For  many  years  he  kept  a  very 
fine  carriage  and  a  span  of  cream-colored 
horses.  This  it  is  said  he  used  during  his  can- 
vass for  member  of  Congress.  Upon  one  oc- 
casion in  addressing  a  large  Democratic  meet- 
ing he  said  that  some  of  his  friends  advised 
that  he  should,  while  a  Democratic  candidate, 
dispose  of  his  carriage  and  cream-colored 
horses.  "But."  saifl  he,  "I  will  do  no  such 
thing,  for  I  think  that  a  good  Democrat  has 
as  good  a  right  to  a  fine  carriage  and  horses  as 
anybody  else."  This  sentiment  is  said  to  have 
been  vigorously  applauded.      He  left    to    his 


family  a  large  estate.  fTe  Ijuilt  and  occupied 
at  the  time  of  his  death  what  was  then 
known  as  the  "Sweetser  Mansion"  located  on 
the  corner  of  Sandusky  Street  and  Central 
Avenue,  and  which  was  for  many  years  the 
most  imposing  residence  in  the  city-.  He  laid 
out  a  large  adflition  to  the  town  (now  city) 
of  Delaware,  just  north  of  the  original  site 
of  the  town,  wliich  is  known  as  Bomford  and 
Sweeiser's  addition  to  the  town. 

Judge  Sherman  b'lNCii  came  to  Dela- 
ware as  a  lawyer  in  the  year  1S32.  lia\"ing 
been  born  in  the  State  of  Connecticut.  Fie 
was  a  graduate  of  ^'ale  College.  He  was  a 
good  scholar  and  had  been  a  professor  in 
Latin  in  Kenyon  College,  at  Gambier.  Ohio. 
He  was  a  man  of  strong  intellectual  powers 
and  was  a  good  logician.  Fie  was  a  distin- 
guished lawyer,  especially  in  the  principles  of 
equity.  He  was  elected  judge  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas  in  the  first  subdivision  r,f  the 
Sixth  District,  from  Delaware  County  and 
served  from  February,  1857,  to  February, 
1862.  During  his  oftlcial  term  he  moved  to 
Mt.  Vernon  in  Knox  County,  which  is  in  the 
same  subdivision  as  Delaware.  At  the  end  of 
his  judicial  term  he  moved  to  St  Paul.  ^Fin- 
nesota,  where  he  died  in  the  year  1873.  Sher- 
man Finch  left  many  monuments  of  liis  pres- 
ence and  residence  in  Delaware  County,  espe- 
cially upon  the  court  and  deed  records  of  the 
county,  having  owned  at  various  times  numer- 
ous tracts  of  land.  He  laid  out  an  addition  to 
the  town  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  which  is 
known  as  Finch  and  Lamb's  addition  to  Dela- 
ware. 

*     *     * 

Judge  David  T.  Fuller  settled  in  Dela- 
ware. Ohio,  early  in  the  thirties.  Fie  was  3 
brother-in-law  of  Judge  ImucIi,  they  having 
married  sisters.  Juflge  F"tdler  was  a  native 
of  the  State  of  Vernnint.  He  was  the  son  of 
a  clergyman  and  is  said  to  have  been  a  grad- 
uate of  Williams  College.  He  was  scholarly. 
well  versed  in  literature  and  theology,  and 
had  also  been  a  professor  in  Kenyon  College. 
He  wa^  at  one  time  a  law  partr.er  of  Judge 
Thomas  W.  I'owell.     Zvlr.  Fuller  was  elected 


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auditor  of  the  county  and  was  subsequently 
pn.'ljate  judge,  having  seized  for  less  than  one 
term  in  that  office.  He  died  in  the  year  1854, 
before  he  had  completed  his  first  term.  The  last 
eniry  made  by  him  an  the  journal  of  his  court 
was  .August  5,  1S54. 

"  *     *     * 

Hox.  Cooper  K.  W.-vtsox  came  to  Dela- 
ware County  as  a  memljcr  of  the  bar  in  the 
year  1834,  having  been  admitted  to  the  Bar  at 
Newark,  Ohio.  He  remained  in  this  county 
but  a  few  years  and  from  here  went  to  Marion 
County-  and  from  there  to  Seneca  and  finally 
settled  at  Norwalk,  Huron  County,  Ohio.  He 
was  a  member  of  Congress  from  the  Xintli 
Congressional  District  from  Seneca  County 
anrl  served  in  rhe  Thirty-fourth  Ci_ingress  for 
the  years  1855-1856.  He  was  elected  judge 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  Fourth 
Judicial  District  and  served  from  February,  A. 
D.,  1876,  to  the  time  of  liis  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  the  year  1880.  He  became  very 
eminent  in  his  profession  as  an  advocate  and 
jury  lawyer.  While  at  Delaware  he  gave 
full  assurance  of  his  future  eminence  by  his 
great  capacity  for  public  speaking.  But  he 
more  particularly  distingui^hed  hini'-elf  as  an 
amateur  actor  in  the  Thespian  Society,  which 
then  fl(3iu-ished  here.  This  so  tempted  him 
that  he  thought  stongly  of  abandoning  the 
profession  of  law  for  that  of  the  stage. 
*     *     * 

EnwARU  JoxE.s  was  the  son  of  Robert 
Jones,  who  resided  in  Lhc  parish  of  Myfod, 
Montgomeryshire,  N<jrth  Wales.  He  was 
born  on  Wales  and  was  an  elder  brother  of 
Thomas  C.  Jones.  The  family  immigrated  to 
America  about  the  year  1822,  and  settled  near 
Delaware,  Ohio.  Eilward  Jones  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  about  the  year  1836,  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  a  young 
man  of  great  talent  and  was  noted  particularly 
for  his  gift  of  oratory.  Contrary  to  the  pre- 
dilections of  his  brother  Thomas  C.  Jones,  who 
was  a  Whig,  Edward  Jones  was  a  thorough 
Democrat  and  though  not  yet  twenty-five 
years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death,  his  party 
had  hoped  to  make  him  governor  of  the  State. 
It  is  said  of  him  that  in  the  vear   i8;6,  at  a 


Democratic  meeting  held  in  I-'ranklintun. 
P'ranklin  County,  Ohio,  which  had  been  ad- 
dressed by'  Alfrctl  Kelley.  he  was  urged  by 
his  part}'  to  make  a  reply,  which  he  did  in  a 
manner  highly  gratifying  to  the  leaders  of  his 
party  and  which  was  greatly  admired  and  com- 
mended by  all  who  heard  him.  He  died  in 
the  year  1838.  at  the  age  of  twenl3--four  years. 
FJis  death  was  greatly  lamented  by  the  whule. 
community  as  a  ])remature  departure  of  one 
who  promised  to  be  a  great  man. 

J.\MES  AI.  B.VRXES  came  to  Delaware 
from  Newark,  Ohio,  about  the  year  1839,  hav- 
ing just  been  admitted  to  the  Bar.  He  simjh 
became  a  law  partner  of  the  Hon.  Charles 
Sweetser,  which  partnership  continued  until 
the  year  1850,  when  he  went  to  California  by 
the  Overland  Route  with  a  company  of  gold 
seekers.  He  returned  in  about  two  years,  hav- 
ing obtained  some  success  in  tli.-  g.ithering  of 
gold.  He  again  began  the  practice  of  law  and 
he  did  not  fancy  the  profession  as  well  as  lie 
did  the  making  of  mr.)uey  and  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  manufacture  oi  linseed  oil.  in 
which  he  was  successful.  He  built  the  large 
linseed  oil  plant  on  the  corner  of  Winter  and 
Depit  Streets,  just  opposite  the  Big  Four 
depot,  and  he  erected  a  large  warehouse  near 
the  dejjot  on  the  railroad  lands  and  was  in 
business  there  for  many  years.  He  was  later 
elected  mayor  of  the  city  of  Delaware.  Owing 
to  failing  "health  he  quit  business  in  Delaware 
and  removed  to  the  State  of  California  where 
he  died  a  number  of  years  ago. 

Judge  Thom.vs  C.  Joxf.s  was  born  in  the 
parish  of  Alyfoil,  Alontgomeryshire,  North 
Wales,  February  9,  i8i6,  and  died  at  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  August  13,  1892.  His  father, 
Robert  Jones,  was  a  farmer  in  his  native  coun- 
trv  of  Wales,  and  the  family  immigrated  to 
America  in  the  year  1S22  and  settled  on  a 
farm  near  Delaware,  Ohio.  At  the  early  age 
of  thirteen  years  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
earned  his  own  li\  ing  by  working  on  farms 
for  the  neighlx^.'rs  in  the  spring  and  summer 
an<l  fall  and  attending  scIkjoI  in  winters.  In 
this  wav  he  obtained  a  sutlicient  education  to 


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teacli.  In  the  year  1837,  he  began  the  stinly 
of  law  with  his  brother  Etlward,  who  had  just 
previously  opened  an  otiice  in  Delaware.  The 
brother  died  in  the  year  183S  and,  Thomas 
taught  a  district  school  in  the  winter  of  1839, 
and  in  April  of  that  year  h.e  started  to  Wales 
to  settle  his  father's  estate.  He  traveled  from 
Delaware  to  Philadelphia  on  horseback,  where 
he  sold  his  horse  and  sailed  for  his  former 
home.  He  studied  law  in  England  for  aljout 
eigditeen  months,  and  as  a  student  attended  the 
sessions  of  the  English  courts  with  great  bene- 
fit to  himself.  In  the  spring  of  the  year  1841 
he  returned  to  America  and  was  admitted  to 
the  Ear  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio, 
which  was  then  being  held  at  Gallipolis,  Ohio, 
Justices  Peter  Hitchcock,  Thomas  A.  Grinike 
and  S.  F.  Vinton,  examiners.  He  immediately 
opened  an  oflice  in  Delaware.  Ohio,  with  good 
prospects.  In  a  short  time  he  entered  itUo  a 
partnership  for  the  practice  of  his  profession 
with  Judge  Sherman  Finch,  which  partnership 
continued  for  only  a  short  time.  In  t1ie  year 
1S43,  ^^^-  Jones  removed  to  Circleville.  I'ick- 
away  County.  Ohio,  where  he  continued  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  for  thirteen  years. 
In  the  year  1S56  he  returned  to  Dela\\are 
County,  where  he  formed  a  partnership  for 
the  practice  of  law  with  H.  M.  Carper,  the 
style  of  the  firm  being  Jones  &:  Carper, 
which  partnership  continued  until  ]\Ir.  Jones 
was  elected  to  the  Common  Pleas  bench.  In 
the  year  1859,  he  was  elected  State  senator 
from  the  Sixteenth  Senatorial  district,  at  tliat 
time  composed  of  Delaware  and  Licking  Coun- 
ties, as  a  Republican,  thottgh  the  district  was 
largely  Democratic.  Mr.  Jones  was  elected  b\ 
a  handsome  majority.  In  January,  i85(.).  ?^Lr. 
Jones  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Agriculture,  which  office  he  held  for  eight 
years,  being  president  of  the  board  for  two 
years. 

In  the  autumn  of  the  yenr  1S61.  yir.  Jones 
was  elected  judge  nf  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  for  the  First  Subdivision  of  the  Sixth 
Judicial  District,  composed  of  Delaware, 
Knox  and  Licking  Counties.  He  was  re- 
elected in  the  autumn  of  1806.  serving;-  tVir  the 


term  of  ten  years  with  genera!  saiisfaciii.>n  to 
the  public  and  to  the  Bar. 

He  was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Repub- 
lican Convention  held  at  Chicago  in  the  }-ear 
1868.  which  nominated  Grant  and  Colfax  for 
president  and  vice-president,  respectively,  of 
the  United  States  and  was  chairman  of  the 
delegation.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Na- 
tional Republican  Convention  which  nomi- 
nated R.  B.  Ha'fes'  for  president  in  the  year 
1876,  and  he  was  one  of  President  Hayes' 
strongest  supporters,  having  known  him  from 
childhood,  they  having  been  school  l.ioys  ti>- 
gether.  After  the  expiration  of  Judge  J'jnes' 
second  term  on  the  Ijench,  he  engaged  in  agri- 
culture and  the  breeding  of  thoroughbred 
short-horned  cattle.  Southdown  sheep  and 
other  fine  stock,  for  which  he  always  had  a 
taste,  no  doubt  inherited  through  many  gen- 
erations from  his  ancestors.  He  was  appointed 
trustee  of  the  Ohio  Agricultural  College,  lo- 
cated at  Columbus.  Ohin,  \sas  made  cliair- 
man  of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  was 
largely  responsible  for  the  design  and  erec- 
tion of  the  college  buildings  as  well  as  the  se- 
lection of  the  first  profe.-sors  and  the  charac- 
ter of  the  course  of  study.  In  the  vear  187(1 
he  was  one  of  the  jury  selected  to  award  the 
honors  in  the  cattle  department  of  live  stock 
at  the  Centemiial  at  Philadelphia  and  he  was 
made  ch;urman  of  that  liody. 

In  the  year  1880  he  visited  Great  p.ritain. 
including  his  native  Wales,  taking  with  him 
his  wife,  and  with  the  aid  of  a  letter  from 
President  Hayes,  his  old  school  fellow,  he 
made  extensive  observations  with  reference  to 
our  live  stock  trade  with  that  country  and  the 
effect  of  its  restrictions  upon  our  exports.  The 
result  of  his  ol>ser\-ations  was  made  known 
to  the  president  in  a  letter  by  Mr.  Jones,  w  hich 
letter  he  caused  tri  be  published  for  distribu- 
tion among  breeders  and  others  interested  in 
this  most  important  branch  of  our  export 
trade.  In  the  year  1881  he  was  appointed  on 
a  commission  by  a  special  act  of  Congress  to 
examine  and  reixjrt  upon  the  agricultural  needs 
and  restairces  of  the  Pacific  States.  In  the 
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settle  tlie  Iiuliaii  qiiesti'in  the  wisdom  of  Judge 
Jones  was  recognized  by  his  apinMiitmeni  ti.i 
sc'-'cral  commissions. 

Judge  Jones  was  at  one  time  an,  I'tlicial 
visitor  to  tlie  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis. 
As  a  v.-riter  on  agricnlUiral  subjects  and  espe- 
ciall}'  in  the  department  of  stock-breeding,  he 
had  a  natiotial  reputation. 

Judge  Jones  was  chosen  as  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Ohio  Association  of  Breeders  of 
short-horn  cattle  and  was  really  the  leading 
siiirit  in  its  organiz.ation.  The  judge  was  a 
man  of  sincere  and  earnest  convictions,  lilieral 
and  public  spirited,  of  a  genial  temperament 
an.d  was  interested  in  his  fellow  citizens  and 
his  company  was  sought  after  in  the  social 
circle. 

Religio'usly,  he  was  a  positive  character. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episcijpal 
C'inirch,  had  citar  views  on  the  subject  of  re- 
ligion and  he  believed  in  a  God  as  taught  by 
his  church  and  the  Pjible.  He  had  no  patience 
with  non-believers  or  with  the  doctrines  of  the 
rationalists.  He  was  for  many  years  a  trustee 
of  the  Tliei_>!ogical  Seminary  and  of  Kenyon 
College,  which  v.as  established  by  his  churcli 
at  Ganil.'ier,  and  his  eldest  son  is  a  professor 
of  l:cclesiastical  History  and  Church  Polity 
in  Kenjon  College. 

*     *     * 

Colonel  James  Williams  Cr.\wford 
was  born  in  Franklin  County,  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  December  2,  178S.  His  father's 
ancestors  came  ia<m  the  Highlands  of  Scot- 
land to  the  north  of  Ireland  at  an  early  date. 
His  inother  was  of  Welsh  descent.  The  an- 
cestors of  both  families  immigrated  to  Amer- 
ica before  the  war  of  the  Revolution  and  in 
America  they  were  known  as  "The  Scotch 
Irish."  These  people  took  a  very  active  part 
in  the  struggles  for  American  independence. 

In  the  year  1810  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
came  to  Delaware  County,  Ohio,  bringing  with 
him' his  )Oung  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Elizabeth  (Van  Lear)  Crawford.  He  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  wild  land  on  the  west  bank 
of  the  Olentangy  River  in  Liberty  Township, 
where  they  built  a  log  cabin  and  began  cut- 
ting down  the  timber  in  order  to  make  a  home 


in  the  wilderness.  At  the  beginning  of  the 
War  of  1812,  ),Jr.  Crawford  put  aside  his  axe 
and  plow  and  took  uj)  his  musket  in  defense  of 
his  country's  cause.  He  was  chosen  a  lieu- 
tenant of  his  company  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  Just  before  the  close  of  the 
war,  he  was  cliosen  colonel  of  his  regiment, 
from  which  he  derived  his  title  of  colonel. 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  Mr,  Crawford  re- 
turned to  his  home  in  Liberty  Townshii>  and 
began,  with  his  neighbors,  the  task  of  felling 
the  forests,  cutting  down  the  thickets  and  pre- 
paring the  highway  for  future  generations. 
To  Mr,  Crawford  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  were 
born  five  children. 

In  the  year  181S,  he  sold  his  'farm  in  Lib- 
ert)- Township  and  bought  a  farm  on  the  west 
bank  of  the  Scioto  River  in  what  is  now 
known  as  Thompson  Township,  on  the  old 
?\Iilitary  Road  which  led  from  Franklinton  to 
the  seat  of  war  in  1S12.  Here  he  again  Ix^gan 
to  clear  up  his  land  and  built  his  log  cabin, 
but  he  was  so'jn  destined  to  disapiwintment : 
his  faithful  wife,  Elizabeth,  died  in  the  year 
1821  and  passed  to  her  final  reward.  A  short 
time  after  this  sore  bereavement,  Mr.  Craw- 
ford was  called  away  from  his  home  for  the 
night,  lea\"ing  his  children  during  his  absence 
with  a  housekeeper.  The  cabin  took  fire  and 
burned  to  the  ground  with  all  its  contents, 
the  inmates  escaping  with  nothing  but  their 
night  clothes.  They  were  taken  care  of  by 
their  neighbors  with  true  frontier  hospitality. 
Early  in  the  following  spring  the  cabin  Vv'as 
rebuilt  and  yir.  Crawford  again  began  house- 
keeping in  true  western  style.  On  the  eigh- 
teenth day  of  iviay,  1823,  Mr.  Crawford  was 
married -to  r\fiss  Nancy  Stevens,  a  daughter  of 
Zacharia  Stevens,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers  of  the  county.  To  this  union  was 
born  a  family  of  ten  children.  In  the  same 
year  Mr,  Crawford  sold  his  farm  and  b<jught 
another,  where  he  built  a  saw  mill. 

In  the  year  1832,  JMr,  Crawford  was 
elected  to  the  Ohio  State  Senate.  The  district 
at  that  time  was  composed  of  Delaware,  JMar- 
ion  and  Crawford  Counties.  He  served  in 
what  was  known  as  tlie  Thirty-second  General 
Assembly.    He  remained  on  the  last  farm  until 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


the  year  1838.  when  he  hecair.e  financially  in- 
\'ijlvecl,  through  his  generosity  toward  his 
•irientls.  But  his  gallantry  and  courage  was 
equal  to  the  occasion.  He  sold  his  farm  and 
all  his  belongings,  paid  out  his  liabilities,  and 
moved  to  Delaware  in  the  autumn  of  1S39. 
with  his  large  fainily  to  support  and  only 
three  shillings  with  which  to  start.  Ele  imme- 
diately opened  an  oftice  and  began  the  practice 
of  law,  being  then  fifty-two  years  of  age.  His 
old  friends  in  the  legislature  having  heard  of 
his  misfortunes  and  anticipating  his  necessi- 
ties, had  passed  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  ^larch. 
1839,  the  following  bill  of  relief:  "An  act 
for  the  relief  of  Jahies  W.  Crawford." 

"Section  One.  Be  it  enacted  by  tlic  General  As- 
sembly of  the  State  of  Ohio,  that  Jaine>  AV.  Crawford 
of  Delaware  County,  may  be  admitted  to  an  examina- 
tion to  be  permitted  to  practice  as  an  attorney  and 
counsellor  at  lavv  as  provided  in  the  act  entitled  an 
Act  to  Regulate  the  .^d^lission  and  Practice  of  Attor- 
neys and  Counsellors  at  Law,  passed  February  14, 
1824,  witliout  presenting  to  the  judges  as  provided 
in  said  act,  a  certificate  that  he  lias  regularly  and  at- 
tentively studied  law  during  the  period  of  two  years 
previous   to   his   application   for   admission." 

'■J.\MES    J.    FORAN, 

"Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

"\VlLLI.\M     H.\SKIXS, 

"Speaker   of   tlie   Senate." 
"March    l6th,   1830." 

This  was  an  unusual  proceeding  and  it 
only  goes  to  show  Mr.  Crawford's  high  stand- 
ing with  the  members  of  the  General  Assembly 
and  their  estimate  of  his  ability  to  fulfill  his 
obligations  as  an  attorney-at-law.  ^Ir.  Crav.-- 
ford's  successful  practice  of  law  for  twenty 
years  after  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  Dela- 
ware and  surrounding  counties,  proved  that 
the  Legislature  had  not  over-estimated  his 
ability  and  he  was  never  known  to  Ijetray  his 
trust.  Mr.  Crawford  was  connected  with 
many  of  the  most  important  cases  before  the 
courts  of  Delaware  County  during  his  prac- 
tice here.  One  case  in  particular,  in  which  he 
was  personally  concerned,  began  by  himself  in 
the  Common  Pleas  Court,  is  worthy  of  men- 
tion. The  Council  of  the  village  of  Delaware 
had  changed  the  grade  of    North    Sandusky 


Street,  in  front  of  JNIr.  Crawford's  residence. 
He  hrouglit  suit  for  damages  and  recovered  a 
judgment  in  the  Common  Pleas  Court.  The 
village  claimed  that  it  could  not  be  lield  in 
damages  for  such  an  injtu'y.  It  was  at  the 
time  an  unsettled  question.  The  case  was 
taken  to  the  Supreme  Court,  which  court  held 
that  the  village  was  liable  and  that  case  has 
become  a  leading  authority  Ixith  in  this  and 
other  states.  It  is  reported  in  the  Seventh  O. 
S.  R..  Page  457.  An  amusing  incident  oc- 
curred during  the  trial  of  this  case  in  the  Com- 
mon Pleas  Court  which  goes  to  show  the  earn- 
estness and  zeal  with  which  Mr.  Crawford 
tried  a  case.  Hon.  Thomas  \\".  Powell  and 
John  D.  \^an  Deman  were  representing  the 
village  in  the  trial  of  the  case  aiul  ^Mr.  Craw- 
ford was  arguing  his  own  case.  ^Ir.  I'owcll 
contended  that  the  injury  for  which  Mr. 
Crawford  claimed  damages  was  an  injur_\-  for 
which  there  v.-as  no  remedy  in  law  and  in  his 
argument  quoted  the  Latin  ^Taxim.  "Damnum 
absqui  injuria."  ^Ir.  Crawford  (who  was  not  a 
Latin  scholar),  in  his  reply  to  Judge  Powell's 
argument,  turned  to  him  and  quoting  the 
maxim  as  he  understood  it,  said  to  ■Mr.  Powell, 
'T'll  show  you  before  I  get  through  with  you, 
whether  it  is  a  dam  tight  squeeze."  Colonel 
Crawford  was  a  ready  speaker,  a  good  de- 
bater, was  full  of  wit  and  repartee.  He  lived 
in  Delaware  from  the  time  of  his  admission  to 
the  bar  until  the  date  of  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred the  eleventli  dav  of  Deceml>er.  A.  D., 

Israel  E.  Buck  was  admitted  to  the  I)ar 
in  the  year  1842.  He  was  a  native  of  Dela- 
ware County  and  his  opportunities  for  an  edu- 
cation were  limited  to  such  as  the  county  then 
afforded,  luit  he  was  a  hard  student  and  he  pur- 
sued his  stufhes  with  vigor  and  diligence.  Pie 
was  distinguished  for  his  strong  and  robust  in- 
tellect, so  that  he  ranked  among  the  best  in- 
formed and  most  intelligent  men  of  the  county. 
As  a  lawyer  he  was  more  distinguished  for  his 
knt)wledge  of  the  law  and  his  common  sen.se 
and  good  judgment  than  for  his  eloquence  in 
trials  at  the  bar.  Pie  was  for  many  years  a 
law  partner  of  the  Plon.  Thomas  W.  Powell 


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;mi.l  their  names  are  attacheil  to  many  plead- 
ings in  the  Clerk  of  Cof.rts'  records. 

He  platted  and  laid  out  an  addition  to  the 
city  of  Delaware  which  is  known  as_  Buck's 
Addition  to  the  Town  (now  city)  of  Dela- 
v'.are,  O'.iio.  IJe  was  mayor  of  the  city  at  the 
time  Kossuth,  the  distinguished  Hungarian 
patriot,  visiieti  Delaware  an.d  he  delivered  an 
address  in  his  honor  which  wris  much  admired 
and  complimented.  On  account  of  his  sound 
judgment,  go-jd  learning"  and  diligence,  he 
ga\'e  hcipes  to  his  friends  that  when  an  occa- 
sion presented  he  would  be  promoted  to  the 
bench,  but  he  died  at  an  early  age,  much  la- 
mented by  Iiis  friends  and  those  \\ho  knew 
him.  His  only  child.  Henrie  E.  Buck,  is  still 
Hying  ami  is  a  resident  of  Delaware  Cnunty. 

*  =i:  * 

John  Egax  Rosette  was  the  son  of 
George  G.  and  Ann  (Egan)  Rosette.  The 
parents  located  in  Delaware,  Ohio,  in  the  year 
1S25.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  at 
Reading,  Ohio,  January  iG,  1S21.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  at  a  private  school  taught 
by  Mrs.  ^Murray  in  Dela\vare  at  that  time,  in 
which  school  lie  prepared  himself  >ior  the  pro- 
fession of  teacher.  He  taught  for  several 
years  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county, 
studied  law  with  Hon.  Charles  Sweetser,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Bar  December  11.  1S44. 
He  immediately  formed  a  partnership  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  with  his  former 
teacher,  Hon.  Charles  Sweetser,  the  style  of 
the  firm  being  Sweetser  &-  Rosette,  which 
partnership  continued  as  long  as  Mr.  Rosette 
remained  in  Delaware.  David  T.  Fuller,  the 
probate  judge  of  Delaware  County,  died  dur- 
ing the  time  he  held  that  office  and  ^^Ir.  Ro- 
sette was  aijpointed  by  Governor  William  Ma- 
dill,  on  the  twelfth  day  of  September,  A.  D., 
1S54,  to  fill  the  vacancy.  The  original  ap- 
pointment is  yet  in  existence  and  is  now  in  the 
possession,  of  the  nephew,  of  John  E.  Rosette, 
viz.,  our  genial  deputy  sheriff,  William  \\"ells. 
In  the  year  1855,  INIr.  Rosette  went  to  Spring- 
field, Illinois,  where  he  located  and  continued 
the  practice  of  liis  profession,  until  the  date  of 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  that  city  October 
I.    1S81.     In   the  vear  1867.  Mr.  Rosette    was 


appointed    United    Slates    district    attorney  bv 

President  .\ndrew  Johnson,  which  position  he 

held    during   the    incumljency   of  Johnson  as 
president. 

Isaac  Rakney  was  admittetl  to  the  Bar 
in  the  year  1S42.  He  studied  with  the  law 
firm  of  Sweetser  &  Barnes.  Ele  began  to 
practice  in  this  city  and  w  as  soon  elected  prose- 
cuting attorney  of  the  county.  He  was  a  man 
of  good  legal  ability,  but  he  did  niit  apply  him- 
self closely  to  his  profession.  In  the  year 
1857  he  went  to  California  by  the  Overland 
Route,  where  l;e  remained  about  two  years, 
when  he  returned  and  again  entered  upon  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  At  the  commence- 
ment of  the  Civil  War  he  was  appointed  col- 
lector of  this  district,  which  he  filled  with 
credit  to  himself  for  a  short  time,  when  he  re- 
signed. He  was  elected  i>robate  judge  of  this 
county  and  was  re-elected  to  succeed  himself 
and  served  out  his  two  terms,  having  served 
from  October  20,  1854,  to  November  i,  1S62. 
He  had  in  various  ways  accumulated  quite  a 
fortune,  but  the  same  was  greatly  reduced  bv 
his  many  changes  of  his  residence  in  Delaware 
County,  Washington,  I).  C,  and  other  places. 
Elis  name  appears  freijuently  upon  the  records 
at  the  Court  House,  which  shows  that  he  had 
at  various  times  quite  a  business  in  the  county. 
He  finally  settled  upon  a  ^farni  he  had  pur- 
chased in  the  valley  of  the  Potomac,  a  few  miles 
from  Georgetown,  where  he  died. 
*     *     * 

Lucius  P.  Maksh  came  to  Delaware 
about  the  year  1848,  from  the  State  of  Xew 
York.  He  was  then  a  young  man  about  twen- 
ty-four years  of  age.  He  seems  to  have  studied 
law  before  he  came  liere.  He  was  first  em- 
ployed by  the  Board  of  Directors  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  public  schools  of  the  town  at  a 
salary  of  forty  dollars  per  month.  The  school 
house  was  the  old  William  Street  ^lethodist 
Episcopal  Church  which  had  l:>een  bought  by 
the  Board  of  Education  and  converted  into  a 
schoolhouse.  It  was  located  on  the  northwest 
corner  of  \\'il!iam  and  Franklin  Streets,  just 
west  of  the  present  church.  Mr.  Marsh  had 
a  number  of  leacliers  under  him   and  at  the 


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end  of  the  two  years  he  a.>keil  for  ;i  better  sal- 
ary. This  ha\'ing"  Ijecn  refused,  he  resigned 
liis  position  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
Delaware.  He  only  remained  here  for  a  short 
time  when  he  removed  to  Zanesv'ille,  Ohio, 
where  he  afterward  became  a  prominent  lawyer 
and  \va$  elected  one  of  the  judges  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  of  the  Eig'hth  Judicial  Dis- 
trict. 

floN.  James  H.  Hubrell  was  born  in 
Lincoln  Township,  which  was  at  that  time  a 
part  of  Delaware  County,  July  !_:;,  A.  D., 
1S24.  iLs  parents'  names  were  Shadrac  Hub- 
bell  and  Rebecca  (Randolph)  Hi;b],e!l.  He 
received  his  early  educati("in  in  the  public 
schools  and  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  r>l  Judge  Thomas  W.  Powell  about  the 
year  1843  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  on  the 
fifth  day  of  January,  1845.  ^f''-  HnbbelLbe- 
came  a  law  partner  of  his  former  preceptor 
and  lie  soon  accjuired  a  remunerative  practice 
but  his  greatest  success  in  life  was  in  tbie  politi- 
cal fiekl.  'Mv.  nubl)el'  v.as  pljasant.  genial 
and  affable  and  was  a  born  politician.  He 
had  been  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  but 
a  few  years  when  he  was  called  to  fill  the  office 
of  representati^•e  in  the  General  Assembly  of 
Ohio.  He  was  first  elected  as  a  member  of 
the  Forty-eighth  General  Assembly  in  the 
autumn  of  1S4S.  He  was  again  elected  as  a 
member  of  the  Fifty-third,  Fifty-fifth,  and 
Fifty-sixth  General  Assemblies  and  he  be- 
came the  speaker  of  the  house,  in  the  Fifty- 
fifth  and  Fifty-sixth  General  Assciiiblics.  He 
resigned  his  office  as  a  member  of  the  Fifty- 
sixth  Assembly  to  accept  the  nomination  for 
Congress  in  the  Eighth  Congressional  Dis- 
trict of  Ohio.  Fie  was  elected  and  served  in 
that  capacity  during  the  years  1S65  and  1S66. 
At  this  time  the  Ohio  delegation  in  Congress 
was  composed  of  such  men  as  Rutherford  B. 
Hayes,  Robert  C.  Schenck,  William  Law- 
rence, Sam.uel  Shellabarger,  Ralph  P.  Buck- 
land.  James  'SI.  Ashby,  Columbus  Delano, 
John  A.  Bingham.  Ephraim  R.  Eckley  and 
James  A.  Garfield,  and  among  all  these  distin- 
guished representatives  of  Ohio,  the  Hon. 
James   R.   Hubbell  stood  as  a  peer.     At  tins 


period  in  Mr.  [lubhell's  liiV',  the  tide  which, 
had  carried  him  to  this  higii  pinnacle  iK-gan 
t(3  recede  and  though  liis  ambition.s  were  not 
altogether  swept  away  in  this  receding  tide,  the 
foundations  of  his  future. greatness  seemed  to 
have  been  undermiuecl,  and  he  was  never  again 
restored  to  the  position  he  had  held  in  the  con- 
fidence of  his  constituents.  At  the  time  ]\[r. 
Hubbell  took  his  seat  in  Congress,,  Andrew 
Johnson  had  succeeded  to  the  presidency  b>' 
reason  of  the  as.sassination  of  President  Lin- 
coln and  during  the  long  struggle  in  Congress 
for  the  reconstruction  of  the  Southern  States 
after  the  Civil  War,  and  in  the  memorable  an- 
tagonism between  the  president  and  the  party 
that  had  elected  him  and  had  also  elected  Sir. 
Hubbell  as  a  representative  from  Ohio,  Mr. 
HulVoell.  unfortunately  adopted  the  views  of 
Andrew  Johnson  in  regard  to  the  policy  of  re- 
construction and  theireby  alienated  himself 
from  the-  majority  of  his  party  and  ever  aft- 
erward was  unable  to  restore  himself  to  iis 
confidence  and  sup]K>rt.  Like  the  president  lie 
drifted  away  to  '.he  policy  of  the  Democratic 
party,  the  principles  of  which  he  maintained 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  at  the 
home  of  his  son,  at  Bellville,  Richland  County, 
Oliio,  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  November, 
1S90.  Mr.  Hubbell  delivered  a  noted  speech 
in  Congress  on  February  5,  i865,  on  the  sub- 
ject of  reconstruction,  in  support  of  President 
Johnson's  policy,  in  which  he  maintained  that 
Johnson  was  simply  carrying  out  the  policy 
inaugurated  by  President  Lincoln,  viz..  the 
policy  of  peace,  forgiveness,  reconciliation  and 
restoration.  In  illustrating  the  character  of 
Lincoln  in  the  line  of  policy  adopted  by  John- 
son, Mr.  Hubbell  in  the  closing  of  his  speech 
quoted  these  lines; 

"The  quality  of  mercy  is  not  strained. 
It  droppeth  as  the  gentle  rain  from  heaven. 
It  is  twice  blest; 

It  blesseth  him  that  gives  and  him  that 
takes." 

Which  quotation  would  seem  to  give  a 
key  to  \SIt.  Hubbcil's  own  motives  in  -  the 
course  he  adopted  and  in  the  closing  para- 
graphs of  that  memorable  speech,  he  said:     "I 


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heartily  appruvc  i>f  wliat  has  been  clone  bv  the 
president.  In  mir  delil^erations  it  seems  to 
n;e  our  aim  should  lie  to  heal  and  not  to  ir- 
ritate, to  -bind  up  the  nation's  wounds  and  so 
c-auluct  our  legislation  as  to  restore  to  all 
p.iris  of  our  heretofore  unhappy  and  di.->iracted 
diuntry,  peace,  concord  and  harmony." 

Mr.  Hubbell.  up  to  tliis  time  had  been  a 
Whig-  and  a  Republican  in  hi=  party  affilia- 
tions. He  hatl  been,  in  fact,  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers of  the  Republican  party.  He  had 
be-en  presidential  elector  on  the  Eremrint  and 
Dayton  ticket  in  1S56.  :Mr.  Hubbell's  politi- 
cal career  did  not  wholly  end  with  his  accept- 
ing the  policy  of  President  Johnson ;  he  was 
appointed  minister  to  Portugal  by  President 
Jiihnson,  but  owing  to  the  bitter  contest  \k- 
tween  the  president  and  the  Re])ublican  senate, 
his  nomination  was  not  conhrmed.  ]\Ir.  Hub- 
boll  was  nomuiated  in  the  autumn  of  1S69  by 
the  Democratic  Party,  in  the  Sixteenth  Sena- 
torial District,  at  that  time  composed  of  Dela- 
ware and  Licking  Counties,  for  the  ofhce  of 
State  Senator  and  was  elected,  but  after  hav- 
ing served  one  year,  he  resigned  for  the  pur- 
pose of  accepting  the  Democratic  nomination 
for  Congress  in  the  Eighth  Congressional 
District,  Imt  he  was  defeated  by  his  Repubhcan 
opponent,  Hon.  John  Beatty,  of  ]\birrow 
County,  Ohio. 

Mr.  Hubbell  was  in  many  respects  one  of 
the  most  remarkable  men  the  county  lias  ever 
produceil.  He  studied  closely  and  very  care- 
fully the  political  events  of  his  state  and  na- 
tion. He  possessed  a  marvelous  memory  and 
was  well  versed  in  the  history,  lives  and  genea- 
ology  of  all  the  public  men  of  the  nation. 
There  were  but  few  of  the  prominent  families 
of  this  cfuinty  with  whom  he  was  not  person- 
ally acquainted,  and  his  friends  and  accjuain- 
tances  were  such  as  desired  to  honor  and  pro- 
mote him. 

There  was  a  time  when  Mr.  Hubbell 
might  have  commanded  the  liighest  honors  and 
distinctions  within  the  gift  of  his  constituents. 
There  are  yet  many  living  witnesses  who  date 
the  inspiration  of  their  success  to  the  friendly 
aid  and  counsel  he  gave  them.  It  was  his  pe- 
culiar pride  to  extend  a  helping  hand  to  some 

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young  man  strugghng  tor  recognitirju  in  huv. 
medicine,  [Kilitics  nr  military  services  and  to 
no  one  wlio  asketl  his  aid  or  assistance  did  he 
turn  away  and  in  his  declining  years  it  was 
a  great  comfort  to  him  to  hear  from  these  per- 
sons, that  they  a])preciated  those  acts  of  kind- 
ness and  that  they  held-hini  in  grateful  remem- 
brance. 

CoL.  W'u.Li.NM  p.  Reii)  was  lioni  in  Ox- 
ford Township,  Delaware  Count}-.  Ohio,  l'U 
the  eighth  day  of  January,  A.  D.,  1S25.  His 
advantages  in  early  life  for  an  education  were 
very  meager.  During  his  boyhood  Oxford 
Township  was  new  and  the  scfi<X)is  were  few 
and  far  between,  so  that  Mr.  Reiu's  earlv  edu- 
cation was  limited  and  during  all  his  life  he 
felt  the  loss  of  an  early  education.  Though  he 
labored  under  this  disadvantage,  he  was  not  by 
any  means  an  uneducated  man.  He  liecame  a 
close  student  of  human  nature  and  was  mie 
of  the  most  careful  lawyers  in  the  selection  of 
a  jury  that  Delaware  County  e\er  produced. 
What  he  lacked  in  early  education  and  train- 
ing he  overcame  by  arduous  ^tudy  and  in- 
dustry. He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  the 
year  1849,  and  he  immediately  located  in 
Delaware.  He  ser\ed  as  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  liut  thrcugli  his  perseverance  and  in- 
flustry  he  soon  mse  to  distinction  in  his  pro- 
fession. His  greatest  success  was  in  the  man- 
agement of  a  case  before  a  jury.  He  pre- 
pared his  case  with  great  care;  he  saw  the  wit- 
nesses and  knew  w  hat  they  would  sa\- ;  he 
knew  the  jury  and  all  their  surroundings,  and 
wdien  he  came  to  argue  the  facts  ar.d  testimonv 
to  the  jury,  his  good  common  sense  enaliled 
him  to  select  the  strongest  points  in  his  favor 
and  to  pass  by  the  weak  ones,  so  that  the  jurv 
was  apt  to  see  the  case  as  he  saw  it.  Earlv  in 
his  practice  he  made  the  trial  uf  personal  in- 
jury cases  a  specialty,  and  he  became  an  ex- 
pert in  that  particular  branch  of  the  practice. 
j  so  that  for  many  years  before  his  death  he 
had  a  reputation  for  being  one  of  the  best 
jury  lawyers  in  the  State  and  his  services 
were  sought  in  important  cases,  not  onlv  in  his 
own  but  in  maiiy  other  counties  of  th.e  State, 
and   manv  of   his  cases   were   carried   to   the 


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coiu'ls  of  last  resort  and  L;ecaine  leading  au- 
tliMrities  in  personal  injnry  cases. 

During  the  second  year  ot  the  Civil  war  IMr. 
Rcid  organized  the  One  Hundred  and  Tucn- 
ty-lirst  Regiment  of  Ohio  Yolunleer  Infantry 
and  was  made  its  Colonel,  and  it  was  this 
fact  which  gave  him  the  title  of  Colonel.  He 
was  comijelled  to  resign  hy  reason  of  sickness 
and  after  recuperating  for  a  lime  he  again 
took  up  the  practice  of  his  profession.  ITe 
hecaiiio  the  law  partner  of  Henry  J.  Eaton 
with  whom  he  was  associated  in  the  practice 
for  man}'  years,  the  st_\le  of  the  firm  being 
Reid  and  Eaton.  tie  afterward  formed  a 
partnership  with  Hon.  Thomas  E.  Powell, 
which  continued  to  the  time  of  Colonel  Reid's 
death,  the  st\'le  of  this  firm  l>eing  Reid  & 
Powell. 

Colonel  Reid  was  an  ardent  Democrat  in 
his  political  views,  and  was  called  tn  fill  several 
important  positions  by  hi.-  part),  \et  lie  never 
devoted  his  time  and  ta!oiii^  to  p.  ihiics;  his 
time  and  energy  was  iirincijijilly  (!e\i_>led  to 
his  chosen  profession.  He  was  elected  Stale 
Senator  by  his  party,  for  the  Sixteenth  Dis- 
trict, ccOTiposed  of  l)ela\i;Me  and  Licking 
Counties.  ser\'ing  in  the  i  ifiy-tlhrd  Cieneral 
Assembly  during  the  year-  i^v4  and  1S75. 
These  positions  he  filled  with  his  usual  perse- 
verance and  industry  and  he  soon  became  a 
leader  in  tlie  Senate.  But  his  greatest  suc- 
cess in  life  was  in  his  professional  career,  and 
in  this  he  had  few  equals  and  in  his  manage- 
ment of  jury  cases  he  had  no  superiors.  He 
died  in  the  prime  of-  his  manhood,  on  the 
twenty-second  day  of  January,  A.  D.,  1879. 
at  the  age  of  fifty-four  years,  having  worn 
out  his  life  by  ardent  work  devoted  to  his  pro- 
fession. 

HoMEK  McKexdree  Carper  was  born  in 
Licking  County,  Ohio,  July  24.  1826.  He  died 
at  Delaware,  Ohio.  January  14,  1S95,  having 
almost  completed  his  three  score  and  ten  years 
when  called  to  his  final  reward.  He  was  the 
son  of  Rev.  Joseph  Carper,  a  hiinister  of  the 
Gospel  in  th.e  Methodist  Episcopal  Chtirch. 
He  received  his  early  education  from  the  teach.- 
ings  of  his  motiier  and  in  the  public  schools. 


Lie  was  a  student  for  a  .-^liort  time  in  the 
Ohio  University  at  Athens.  Olnc  In  Xovem- 
ber,  1S.44,  he  entered  tlic  Ohio  Wesleyau  L'ni- 
versity  at  Delaware,  Ohi'>,  and  Ciimiilelcd  a 
classical  coin'sc,  and  was  graduated  with 
honors  in  1848.  His  attachment  for  his  alma 
mater  lead  liini  to  locale  in  Delaware  and  he 
.afterward'  became  a  nieniber  of  the  Board  ot 
Trustees  of  his  chosen  inii\ersity  and  was  its 
trusted  counsel  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Carper  studied  law  at  Lancaster, 
Ohio,  under  the  tutorship  i':f  those  great  mas- 
ters of  the  profession,  Tli'imas  Ewing  and 
Hocking  H.  Hup.ter,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  the  year  1S50.  ha\  ing  imbibed  from 
these  eminent  teachers,  the  great  pririciples  of 
the  law-.  v\hich  he  ever  aftersvard  taught  and 
followed.  He  settled  in  Delaware  and.  com- 
menced the  pr.'.clice  t>i  his  pn.'fession  as  a 
partner  wiili  Ib.n.  James  R.  Hul)bel!,  then  a 
leading  member  of  the  Delaware  Cr)unty  Bar. 
At  the  end  of  th.ree  years  this  partnership  was 
dissolved  and  a  new  one  was  formed  with  ILin. 
Thomas  C.  Jones,  whicli  continued  until  ^Iv. 
Jones  w-as  elected  Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas 
Court.  In  the  }"ear  1862  he  became  associated 
with  Hon.  J.  D.  \'an  Deman  in  a  partnership 
which  continued  for  a  period  of  almost 
thirty  years.  By  that  time  Mr.  Carper  had 
obtained  a  sufficiency  for  lite  support  of  him- 
self and  family  and  lie  gradually  retired  from 
active  practice  and  often  refused  to  accept 
new  business.  A  few  of  his  clients,  howe\er, 
clung  to  him  and  insisted  uiKin  his  legal  ser- 
vices when  they  needed  a  counsellor  or  had 
important  litigation.  One  of  these  clients  was 
the  C.  C.  C'  Sc  St.  L.  Railway  Company, 
which  he  had  served  as  counsel  for  many 
years. 

Mr.  Carper  had  few  aspirations  for  official 
honors.  He  declined  a  nomination  for  the 
Common  Pleas  Bench  in  the  year  iSSi,  al- 
though urged  to  accept  by  the  members  of 
the  Delaware  County  Bar.  He  was  however 
a  delegate  from  this  congressional  district  to 
the  National  Republican  Convention  which 
nominated  Benjamin  E.  Llarrison  for  Presi- 
flent  of  the  United  States.  He  served  Dela- 
ware  County    for   two    terms    as   prosecuting 


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attorney.  Mr.  Carper,  like  many  of  the  ohler 
sch'j'ii  of  attorneys,  was  well  \-ersed  in  -the 
coirmu'n  law.  He  argued  from  its  ])rinei[)les 
and  presented  iiis  cases  to  the  court  and  jury 
upL'ii  its  thecirics  and  i)recepts  rather  than 
from  cases  cited.  He  was.  therefore,  what 
woud  be  styled  an  elementary  practitioner 
rather  than  a  ca.se  lawyer.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  scholarly  attainments  and  he  drew  about 
him  a  circle  of  admirers  who  delighted  in  his 
con\-ersation.  tie  enjoyed  his  home  to  which 
he  was  greatly  attached,  and  he  rarely  spent 
an  e\-ening  away  from  his  own  fireside.  Air. 
Carper  died  very  suddenly  and  his  death 
created  a  great  shock  in  the  community.  The 
Bar  in  which  he  had  been  so  long  a  prominent 
figiu'e  adopted  a  memorial  which  was  spread 
upon  the  court  records  as  an  inspiration  to  his 
brethren  and  fellow  members  of  the  Bar. 

Leaxder  J.  Ckitch FIELD  graduated  at  the 
Ohio  \\'esleycm  Uni\'ersity  in  the  class  of 
1849.  ^^'^  stu'h'cd  law  with  Judge  Einch  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Bar  sooii  after,  and  then 
became  the  law  partner  of  Mr.  Finch  and  for 
several  years  their  names  are  attached  to 
numerous  pleadings  in  the  Clerk's  otlice.  and 
Air.  Critchfield's  name  is  attached  to  many 
other  papers  rec(jrded  in  the  records  of  the 
county.  He  Avas  a  successful  practitioner  at 
the  Delaware  County  Bar.  until  he  was  ai>- 
pointed  reporter  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Ohio.  His  rirst  volume  of  the  reports  entitled, 
"The  Oliio  State  Reports."  being  the  fifth 
volume  of  the  new  series,  was  published  in 
the  year  1858,  beginning  with  .the  decisions 
of  that  court  in  the  term  of  December,  1S55. 
He  remained  official  reporter  of  the  court  un- 
til the  year  1S72,  when  he  published  his  last 
volume  of  the  new  series.  His  duties  as  re- 
porter were  ably  and  faithfully  performed, 
and  these  reports  remain  as  an  honorable 
monument  to  his  professional  abilities  and  in- 
dustry. Soon  after  he  began  the  publication 
of  the  reports  he  removed  to  Columlnis,  where 
he  continued  his  practice  in  Franklin  and  sur- 
rounding Counties.  P'or  many  years  he  re- 
sided on  a  farm  near  Flint,  just  over  the  Dela- 
ware  County    line    in    the   edge    of    Franklin 


County,  and  went  to  his  office  in  Columbus, 
Ohio,  Ijy  train.  He  died  aliout  ten  years 
ago.  lia\-ing-  accumulated  ah  abundance  for  his 
family. 

Hox.  Joiix  D.  \''ax  Demax  is  the  Nestor 
of  the  Delavv-are  Cc>unty  Bar.  He  was  born  in 
Delaware  County,  Oliio,  on  the  twelfth  day  of 
February,  1S32.  His  father.  Rev.  Flenry  Van 
Deman,  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  a  minister  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  was  pastor  of  the  church  in  Delaware  for 
nearly  forty  years.  His  mother,  Sarah  Dar- 
linton,  was  a  daughter  of  General  Joseph  Dar- 
linton,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the 
settlement  of  the  Northwest  Territory,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Territorial  Legislature 
of  Ohio  and  a  member  of  the  convention  held 
to    frame   the  first   constitution  of  the   State. 

\A'hen  a  child  ?.Ir.  \"an  Deman  received  his 
primary  lessons  from  .Mrs.  Murray,  in  the 
basement  of  the  building  located  on  the  Court 
House  lot,  being  the  same  building  where  he  af- 
terwards completed  his  legal  studies,  prepara- 
tory to  his  admission  to  the  Ear.  (President  R. 
B.  Hayes  had  been  a  student  at  this  same 
school.)  ]Mr.  \'an  ];)cman  completed  the  cla.s- 
sical  course  in  Ohio  W'esleyan  University,  and 
received  his  degree  in  the  year  1S51,  and  is 
now  one  of  the  oklesl  graduates  of  that  institu- 
tion. Immediately  upon  his  graduation  he 
entered  the  law  office  of  Messrs.  Powell  and 
Buck,  where  he  completed  his  course  in  law 
in  the  year  1S53.  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  before  the  District  Court  of  Delaware 
County,  which  was  presided  over  by  Allen  G. 
Thurman,  then  chief  justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Ohio.  He  began  the  practice  in 
Delaware,  soon  achieving  a  success  which 
was  very  gratifying.  His  first  partnership 
was  with  Judge  Thomas  ^V.  Powell,  which 
continued  until  the  year  1862,  the  success  of 
which  may  be  seen  by  reference  to  the  court 
records,  where  the  names  of  Powell  and  Van 
Deman,  attorneys,  appear  subscribed  to  numer- 
ous pleadings.  He  then  entered  into  a  part- 
nership with  the  late  Homer  M.  Carper,  which 
v,-as  maintained  without  interruption  until  the 
\ear    1887,   when    Mr.     \'an    Deman     retired 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  OOUXIA' 


from  a  gencnil  praciice.  Al  the  time  ot  tins 
dissulutiun,  it  was  the  oldest  law  finii  in  the 
State,  liaving  been  in  existence  for  nearlv 
thirty  years.  During:  all  this  time  the  rela- 
th.ms  iif  Mr.  Carper  and  Mr.  \nn  Donuui  were 
nut  only  tVicndly  and  corui;d  hnt  were  of  the 
clo.sest  intimacy.  The  tirm  name  \\a^  known 
as  Carper  &  X'an  Deman,  ami  .this  lirm  was 
for  man}'  years  employed  in  most  oi  the  im- 
portant cases  tried  in  the  connt},  as  will  ap- 
pear by  reference  to  the  Conrt  Journal  and 
other  records  of  the  court. 

Mr.  \'an  Deman's  first  case  was  one  which 
afterwards  became  famous  by  reason  of  the 
principle  established  in  it  when  it  reached  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Ohio.  It  was  a  t[uestion 
affecting  the  grade  of  streets  and  it  became  a 
leading  autlnsrity  throughout  the  states  on 
that  subject.  The  title  of  the  case  was  James 
W.  Crawford  vs.  the  \^illage  of  Delaware, 
and  the  same  is  reported  in  the  Seventh  O. 
S.  R.,  Page  459.  Judge  Thomas  W.  Powell 
was  associated  with  'Mr.  A'an  Iceman  in  the 
trial  of  the  case..  ^Mr.  Crawford  had  brought 
suit  against  the  village  of  Delaware  for  dam- 
ages for  cutting  down  the  grade  in  front  of 
bis  residence.  On  a  hearing  in  the  court, 
Judge  Powell  was  trying  to  call  to  mind  a 
Latin  maxim  which  he  thought  was  applicable 
to  the  case  but  which  for  the  time  being  he 
could  ni^t  recall.  Finally,  Judge  Finch,  who 
was  a  fine  Latin  scholar,  said  to  Mr.  Powell, 
"You  refer  to  the  ]^Iaxim,  'Damnimi  abs(|ui 
injuria,'  "  "Yes.  yes,"  said  Judge  Po-,\ell, 
"iliat  is  it."  Mr.  Crawford,  who  was  pleading 
his  own  case  and  \\as  not  a  Latin  scholar,  at 
once  replied,  "I  will  show  you,  Mr.  P'owell, 
before  I  get  dirough  with  yon,  whether  it  is 
a  damit  tight  squeeze." 

There  were  very  few  important  cases  tried 
in  the  courts  of  Delaware  County,  during  the 
time  of  Mr.  \'an  Deman's  active  relations  with 
the  Bar,  in  which  he  was  not  engaged.  One 
of  the  most  celebrated  cases  which  he  man- 
aged was  that  of  the  prosecution  of  L.  Houck, 
who  was  a  manipulator  of  three  card  monte. 
Houck  had  killed  a  man  on  a  Hocking  \'alley 
train  just  before  the  train  stopped  at  t'ne  I)ela- 
ware  station.    He  was  indicted  for  murder  and 


Mr.  Van  Deman  was  emi)loye<l  to  jiroseculc 
the  case.  Of  his  argument  to  the  jury  in  the 
trial  of  the  case,  the  Oliio  Slate  Jonniol  said. 
"Ilis  address  was  admired  by  all  who  heard 
it.  It  Vwis  clear  and  sound  in  argument  and 
his  rhetoric  was  unusually  fine,  bis  speech  was 
pronounce.l  one  of  the  best  ever  deli\-eret!  at 
the  Rar  of  Delaware  County."  Houck  was 
convicted  of  manslaughter  and  was  sentenced 
to  the  Ohid  Penitentiary   lor  many  years. 

Another  celeljrated  case  was  one  growing 
out  of  the  faiku-e  of  a  bank  at  Logansport  in 
the  State  of  Indiana.  The  case  was  tried  ni 
the  Federal  Com't  at  Toledo,  Ohio.  An  at- 
tempt wa,i  made  on  the  part  of  the  Indiana 
bank  management  to  hold  Mr.  E.  R.  Thomp- 
son, a  non-resident,  as  a  stockholder  in  the 
bank.  There  was  a  verdict  on  the  first  trial 
against  Mr.  Thompson.  The  case  was  taken 
to  the  Lniited  States  Supreme  Court,  and  the 
judgment  was  reversed,  after  a  delay  of  many 
years.  The  case  v,-as  again  tried  and  a  verdict 
was  had  in  fa\-or  of  I\Ir.  Thompson's  estate,  he 
having  been  called  long  years  before  to  his 
final  account. 

Mx.  A'an  Deman  always  prepared  his 
pleadings  with  great  care  and  tried  bis  cases 
in  court  with  great  skill.  Politically  Mv.  \'an 
Deman  has  always  been  a  Republican,  but 
rarely  aspires  to  political  honors.  He  was  sat- 
isfied with  the  emoluments  as  well  as  the  fame 
which -a  lawyer  who  attends  strictly  to  the  pro- 
fession may  secure.  He  was  just  entering  his 
professiiinal  career  when  tlie  Republican  party 
was  organized.  He  took  a  great  interest  in 
it  and  in  1S56  he  took  the  stump  in,  support 
of  Fremont  and  the  new  political  plattorni 
which  opposed  the  further  extension  of  slavery 
into  the  territories. 

He  became  actpiainted  with  Abraham  Lin- 
coln in  the  year  1S59,  ^vhen  Mr.  Linci.iln  made 
his  great  speech  from  the  east  side  of  the  State 
House  in  the  city  of  Columbus,  against  Ste- 
phen A.  Douglas.  Mr.  Van  Deman  was 
so  charmed  with  tlie  great  simplicity  and  true 
nobility  of  the  martyr  president  that  h.e  l.ie- 
came  one  of  his  most  zealous  adherents.  He 
continued  ir.  his  work  as  a  campaign  orator 
until  after  the  close  of  the  campaign  of  18S4, 


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when  I'lC  retired  from  tlie  political  fiekl,  leav- 
ing the  more  ardt'.ous  ser\-ice  to  younger  men. 
But  in  the  campaign  of  1896.  he  again  en- 
tered the  political  arena  and  under  the  appoint- 
ment of  the  national  committee  made  many 
speeches  in  Ohio"  and  spent  about  four  weeks 
in  Kansas,  most  of  the  time  in  the  district  of 
"Sockless"  Jerry  Simpson. 

Mr.  Van  Deman  was  fou.-  years  i.rosecr.t- 
ing  attorney  of  Delaware  County.  He  was 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Delaware  for  two  terms 
and  in  the  year  1876  was  a  candidate  for 
judge  of  the  Connnon  Pleas  Court,  on  the  Re- 
puljlican  ticket,  in  the  l-'irst  Subdi\ision  of  the 
Sixth  Judicial  district  and  later  was  a  candi- 
date for  circuit  judge  of  the  Fifth  Judicial 
District  on  the  RepuMican  ticket,  but  in  both 
cases  the  Democratic  majority  was  so  great 
that  even  thougli  he  ran  more  than  one  thou- 
sand votes  ahead  of  his  ticket,  l;c  v.as  u.nsuc- 
cessful.  Mr.  Van  Deman  has  been  for  several 
terms  a  member  of  the  City  Council  and  was 
its  presiding  officer  most  of  the  time  and  was 
recognized  as  one  of  its  most  useful  members. 
;Mr.  Van  Deman's  disposition  is  to  be  con- 
servative, believing-  that  permanent  success  for 
the  county  will  be  found  in  guarding  carefully 
the  public  expenses  and  public  treasury.  lie 
is  in  fa\'or  of  reducing  the  taxes  to  a  minimum 
and  be  would  exact  of  public  officials,  perfor- 
mance of  their  duty  and  an  honest  execution  of 
the  public  trust. 

Air.  Van  Deman  was  a  lieutenant  in  Com- 
pany E.  One  Hundred  and  Fort}--ri[th  Regi- 
ment, Ohir>  \'olunteer  Infantry,  in  the  Civil 
War,  and  is  a  charter  member  of  George  B. 
Torrence  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  was  its  post 
commander.  He  served  as  aid  on  the  staff  of 
General  Alger,  grand  commander  of  the  Grand 
Armv  of  the  Republic.  He  is  a  member  of 
Hiram  Lodge,  Xo.  iS,  F.  &-  A.  M. :  Delaware 
Chapter,  X'o.  54,  R.  A.  M.  and  a  niember  of 
Delaware  Council.  Xo.  84.   R.  &  S.  M. 

>ilr.  Van  Deman  has  displayed  great  tal- 
ent for  business  and  is  one  of  Delaware's  most 
prosperous  citizens.     He  assisted  in  organiz-  | 
ing  the  Columbus  and  Toledo  Railway  Com-  I 
paiiy  and  was  one  of  its  directors   for  many  j 
years.     He  was  its  coun.sel  for  thirtv-tive  years   i 


and  was  counsel  for  the  Big  Ivxu-  Railv.ay 
for  about  the  same  length  of  time.  He  has 
been  a  director  in  the  First  Xational  Bank  of 
Delaware  for  many  years  and  is  now  its  [iresi- 
dent.  He  helped  to  organize  the  first  building 
association  in  Delaware  and  was  its  president 
and  he  is  now  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors of  the  Fidelity  Building  Association 
anrl  Loan  Company. 

]Mr.  \'an  Deman  is  a  member  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  of  Delaware  and  is 
now  its  senior  warden.  Fie  has  served  for 
many  years  as  president  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees for  the  Diocese  of  Southern  Ohio,  which 
board  has  the  management  of  the  church  prop- 
erty of  the  diocese  and  the  investment  of  its 
charitable  and  benevolent  funds. 

In  the  year  1903,  Mr.  Van  Deman  having 
j  completed  fifty  years  of  active  work  at  the 
bar,  retired  from  the  profession,  having  ac- 
cumulated a  sufficiency  for  himself  and  family. 
He  spends  his  winters  in  his  southern  home 
and  his  summers  at  his  home  in  Delaware, 
where  he  enjoys  the  utmost  confidence  and  re- 
spect of  his  neighbors  and  fellow  citizens. 
*     *     * 

General  John  S.  Jones  v,-as  born  Febru- 
ary 12.  1S36,  in  Champaign  County,  Ohio, 
and  died  in  Delaware.  Ohio,  April  11,  1903. 
FIc  li\ed  on  his  father's  farm  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  until  his  great  de- 
sire for  an  education  led  him  to  the  Ohio 
\\'esleyan  University,  where  he  completed  his 
course  of  study  in  the  }'ear  1855,  supporting 
himself  in  the  meantime  by  teaching  school. 
In  the  autumn  of  the  year  1855  he  began  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Thomas  W.  Pow- 
ell and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  the  autumn 
of  the  year  1857.  He  immediately  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  with  gratifying  success  and  was 
soon  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of  Delaware 
County.  He  had  not  served  out  his  first  term 
when  the  Civil  War  began.  He  was  among 
the  first  to  volunteer  from  this  county  in  the 
Union  army.  He  enli.sted  as  a  private  in 
Company  C.  Fourtli  Regiment  O.  V.  I.,  but 
was  immediately  elected  fir,-t  lieutenant  of  the 
comp-any  and  on  the  twentv-Iifth  day  of  Sep- 


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tenil)cr,  \SfiJ,  he  was  promoted  to  capt;iin  of 
Company  B,  of  said  regiment  and  served  un- 
til the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service.  He 
rcturnird  to  his  home  and  again  in  the  autumn 
of  tiie  year  1864.  he  organized  the  One  Hun- 
dred ai'd  Seven^y-fou^th  Regiment.  Ijecoming 
its  colonel,  and  wliich  he  commanded  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  was' breveted  hriga- 
dier-general  at  th^;  close  of  the  war,  for  meri- 
torious service  and  gallant  conduct  in  the  war. 
General  Jones  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service,  July  27,  1865.  and  returned  to  Dela- 
ware and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession and  was  on  the  sec(ind  day  <-)f  April, 
1S66,  elected  mayor  of  the  city  of  Delaware. 
In  October  of  the  same  \ear  he  was  again 
elected  pruseiutiiig  attorney  of  the  cijunty, 
which  oflice  he  held  for  I'our  \-cars.  In  the 
vear  1S7.?,  he  was  appijinted  trustee  of  the 
Ohio  Sol.liers'  and  Sailnrs"  Orph.an^'  linme, 
one  of  the  most  u-.'ble  r,-L--ututi':Mis  of  this  Slate. 
He  was  president  oi  ii^  L;Mar<l  of  Trustees  for 
nu-my  ^-ears.  He  ga\"c  to  this  iiistitution  much 
of  his  best  tliough  and  many  hours  of  hia  most 
valuable  time  and  cherished  for  it  a  most 
kindly  feeling  up  to  the  date  of  his  death.  He 
was  presidential  elector  on  the  Grant  and  Wil- 
son ticket  in  the  year  187.2,  representing  the 
Ninth  Coiigression'al  District.  He  was  efected 
to  Congress  in  the  year  1876  from  said  Ninth 
District,  ser\  ing  as  a  member  of  the  Forty- 
fifth  Congress,  but  was  deprived  of  a  second 
term  by  a  "gerrymander"  of  the  district.  He 
was  elected  to  t!ie  Si.xty-fourth  and  Sixty-fiilh 
General  Assemblies  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  in 
which  assemblies  he  served  as  chairman  of  the 
Judiciary  Committee.  Plaving  served  his 
county,  district  and  State  so  well  and  faith- 
fully, his  neighbors  and  fellow-  citizens  called 
upon  him  to  serve  them  in  the  Cit}'  Council, 
which  position  he  filled  with  as  much  zeal  and 
ardor  as  the  more  responsible  positi(jns  he  had 
heretofore  held.  He  was  afterward,  by  reason 
of  his  faithfulness,  chosen  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  which  position  he  held  for 
many  years.  He  was  the  instigator  of  the  City 
Library  Association  and  was  a  member  of  its 
board  of  Trustees  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
This  organization  was  the  means  of  bringing 


to  om-  city  the  l.ieautiftil  Carnegie  Library 
building  of  which  our  citizens  are  so  justly 
proud.  Notwithstanding  the  many  positions 
he  held,  General  Jones  was  a  faithful  student 
in  his  chosen  profession  and  he  became  one  of 
tlie  best  lawyers  in  central  Ohio.  He  entered 
into  a  partnership  for  the  practice  of  law,  with 
Jack.son  Flipple,  about  the  year  1866.  which 
partnership  continued  for  tour  years.  The 
firm  was  known  as  Jones  &  Hippie.  In  the 
year  1870,  he  formed  a  iiarlnership  with  the 
writer  of  this  sketch.  This  firm  was  kni>wn  as 
Jones  &  Lytic  and  coiuinued  for  twenty-five 
years,  the  parlnershiji  ha\ing  been  dissolved 
by  mutual  consent,  on  the  first  day  of  .Vpril. 
1895.  At  this  time  both  his  sons  ha\-ing  been 
admitted  to  the  Bar.  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  theiu  and  the  new  firm  was  known  as  J. 
S.  Jones  (S:  Sous.  Tbiis  partnershi[)  continued 
luitil  about  the  year  1899,  when  Carroll  H., 
the  younger  son,  withdrew  and  went  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  is  now  located.  He  tlien  on- 
tiriued  the  practice  wdth  his  elder  son,  \\"illiam  : 
B.  This  firm  was  known  as  Jones  &  Jones,  '; 
which  partnership  continued  to  the  time  of  Mr. 
Jones'  death,  he  having  appeared  in  court  Init 
a   few   weeks  prior   to   his   death.  | 

Hexky  C.  Godm.vx   was  the  son  01  Gen- 
eral J.   W.   Godman,   who  resided   in   Marion        ; 
County,   Ohio,   and   who  was  an  attorney-at- 
law  in  that  county.     The  subject  of  this  sketch        i 
was  born  in  Marion,  Ohio,  wdiere  he  received 
his  early  education.     He  came  to  Delaware  as 
a  lawyer,  having  been  a  practitioner  in   that 
count)' ;  ha\'ing  beeii  a  law  partner  at  one  time 
of  Judge  W.  Z.  Davis,  now  on  the  bench  of        ; 
the   Sunpreme   Court   of  Ohio  and   it   is   said 
Judge  Davis  was  a  former  law  student  of  rvlr. 
Godman, 

He  first   formed   a   partnership   with  John 
J.  Glover,  the  style  of  the  firm  being  Godiuan 
&  Glover.      This  partnership   was    so<~in    dis- 
solved and  ]Mr.  Godman  soon  thereafter  went         ; 
into  the  firm  of  Reid  v^;  rnwell.  the  style  of  the         i 
firm  being  Reid,   Powell  and  G<''dman.     This         | 
lasted  until  after  the  death  of  Colonel   Reid,         : 
when  the  partnership  \\as  dis-L.lved,  Mr.  Goil-         1 
man  retirin"-.     He  .soon  remsi'.ed  t"  Columbus,         ! 


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Oliin.  where  lie  uent  into  rjtlier  business,  at 
wliieh  he  siiccecilcj  and  heeame  quite  weakhy. 
lie  died  during-  the  winter  oi  igoX. 

Hon.  E-.\rly  I-".  Povplktox  was  one  of 
most  prominent  representatives  of  the  legal 
profession  in  I^claware  County  and  was  also 
one  of  its  most  inlluential  political  leaders,  both 
in  county  and  state  politics  and  he  was  chosen 
tc)  fill  many  j)ositions  of  trust  by  his  Dem- 
ocratic adherents. 

He  was  born  in  Richlan.d  County,  Ohio.  (M1 
the  twent_v-ninth  day  of  September.  1S34.  Ills 
father,  Samuel  Poppleton,  was  a  native  of  \'er- 
mont,  where  he  was  liorn  July  2,  1793.  He 
acquired  a  fair  English  education  and  was  a 
regularly  cjrdained  nunister  of  the  ^Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  often  preached,  though 
he  devoted  the  greater  part  of  his  life  to  mer- 
chandising. At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  en.listed 
in  the  War  of  181  J.  where  he  served  his  coun- 
try until  the  close  of  the  w-ar.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  removed  to  the  state  of  New 
York  and  in  the  year  i8i(S,  came  to  Ohio  and 
settled  in  Richland  County,  where  he  engaged 
in  merchandising'  tor  many  years  and  it  was 
while  he  lived  in  this  county  that  the  suljject 
of  this  sketch  was  born. 

Mr.  Poppleton's  mother's  name  before 
marriage  was  Julia  A.  Suu'th.  She  was  the 
second  wife  of  Samuel  Popi)leton.  She  was 
born  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  though  she 
was  descended  from  New  York  ancestry. 
]''rom  this  union  there  was  born  to  Samuel  and 
Julia  A.  Poppleton.  a  family  of  children  who 
became  very  prominent  in  the  business,  legal 
and  social  circles  of  this  and  other  .states. 
Emery  E.,  the  eldest  sou,  became  the  manager 
of  the  Cleveland  and  ?kfahoning  Railroad 
Company.  Parthinia  P..  Ijccame  the  wife  of 
Judge  Stevenson  Burke.  Damaris  A.  became 
the  wife  of  George  B.  Lake,  chief  justice  of  the 
Supreme  Bench  of  the  State  of  Nebraska. 
Early  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.'  Houston 
PL,  for  many  years  attorney  for  the  Big  Four 
Railway  Company,  and  Julia  C,  wdio  liecame 
the  wife  of  Colonel  Thomas  H.  Linnell,  com- 
i.ietes  the  familv. 


Early  F.  I'oppletou  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of 
twelve  years  he  entered  the  Wilco.N;  High 
School  at  Bellville,  C)liio.  He  also  attended 
the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  for  three  years. 
In  the  year  1855  he  entered  the  law  oflice  of 
his  lirother-in-law.  Judge  Burke,  at  Elyria, 
Ohio,  and  completetl  his  course  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Bar  in  the  year  1X58. 

He  returned  to  Delaware  after  hi-;  admis- 
sion to  the  Bar,  to  look  after  the  affairs  of  his 
father,  who  was  at  that  time  living  in  Dela- 
ware. In  the  sprin.g  of  the  year  1801,  he 
opened  an  oftice  in  this  city  and  began  tlie 
practice  of  his  chosen  profession,  which  he 
followed  continuously  to  the  date  of  his  death, 
wdiich  occurred  at  j^ekuvare,  Ohio,  Mav  6, 
1899.  Mr.  Poppleton  ^vas  an  aide  advocate; 
he  was  sought  by  his  clientage  in  panicidar 
for  his  ability  in  that  direction  and  also  bv  his 
fellow  memliers  of  his  profe^^ion.  when,  they 
had  a  close  question  to  the  jury,  and  when  they 
had  grave  doubts  abrjut  the  result  of  the  ver- 
dict. He  was  keen  and  quick  in  his  percep- 
tions and  was  ready  for  any  emergency  which 
tuight  develop  in  the  trial  of  a  case  and  he 
often  wrung  from  a  jm"y  through  his  great  elo- 
quence a  verdict,  which.  Irat  for  his  efforts, 
might  ha-ve  licen  gi\eii  to  his  opponent.  ]\Ir. 
Poppleton  was  perhaps  best  known  to  the  pub- 
lic through  his  oflicial  life.  He  scr\-ed  for 
six  years  as  a  member  of  the  Cit}-  Council  and 
was  its  president  most  of  that  time.  It  was 
during  the  time  he  was  a  nemljer  of  that  body, 
that  the  water  works  were  built  and  the  elec-  - 
trie  light  plant  was  put  in,  also  tlie  electric 
railway  was  built,  to  all  of  which  he  gave 
his  ardent  supjiort.  Lie  was  elected  to  the 
Ohio  State  Senate  from  the  Si.xteenth  Ohio 
Senatorial  District,  composed  of  Delaware  and 
Licking  Counties,  in  the  year  1870  and  in  the 
year  1874  he  was  elected,  to  Congress  from  the 
Ninth  Congressional  District,  at  that  time 
composed  of  Delaware,  Marion.  Hardin.  Kikxx 
and  Morrow  Counties.  Mr.  Poppleton  was 
for  many  years  a  prominent  leader  in  the  Dem- 
ocratic councils  of  his  State  and  there  were  but 
few-  great   issues  pronudgated  by   that   party, 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


in  which  lie  was  not  gre.itly  interested  and  in 
his  early  deatli  the  party  lost  one  of  its  most 
valued  counsellors. 

Henry  James  Eaton  was  the  son  of 
James  and  Eh'ziibeili  ( CcUilkiiis)  Eatoii.  He 
was  born  October  25,  1828,  in  Berlin  Town- 
ship, Delaware  County,  Ohio.  James  Eaton 
was  for  many  years  surveyor  of  Delaware 
County  and  the  early  records  of  the  county 
are  replete  with  his  doings.  He  was  very 
careful  and  particular  about  his  surveys  and 
marking-  his  corners,  and  his  son,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  must  have  inherited  much  of 
his  father's  carefulness  and  particularity.  The 
family  lived  on  a  farm  near  Cheshire,  in  Ber- 
lin Township,  at  the  date  of  the  son's  birth. 
Henry  J.  Eaton  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  township.  The 
family  removed  to  Delaware  in  the  yea^-  io4_i. 
and  Henry  J.  soon  entered  the  Ohio  W'esleyan 
University,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the 
year  1849.  ^^^-  stuv'ied  law  with  'Jdiomas  \\'. 
I'owell  and  was  admitted  to  th.c  Bar  in  the 
year  1853.  He  began  the  practice  in  the  city 
of  Delaware  and  soon  f(_irmed  a  partnership 
with  Colonel  William  1'.  Reid,  fur  the  prac- 
tice of  law,  which  continueii  until  the  year 
1866,  when  Mr.  Eaton,  owing  to  failing  health, 
was  obliged  to  withdraw  from  the  practice. 
His  health  having  impro\ed,  he  again  opened 
an  oflice  in  the  Reid  and  Powell  Block,  where 
he  continued  his  practice  for  many  years.  A 
few  years  before  liis  death  he  gave  up  his  of- 
fice, yet  he  continued  his  practice  up  to  a  short 
time  before  his  death.  His  clients  went  to  his 
home  and  met  and  consulted  him  there.  ]\Ir. 
Eaton  never  aspired  to  become  a  trial  law_\-er 
and  he  seldom  argued  a  case  to  a  jury,  yet  he 
was  one  of  the  most  careful  and  technical 
lawyers  at  the  Delaware  County  Bar.  He 
prepared  his  cases  with  the  g^eate^t  care  and 
his  opponent  before  the  court  never  knew 
when'  he  was  to  meet  some  technical  question 
which  might  put  him  out  of  the  case. 

]\Ir.  Eaton  ne\er  aspired  to  hold  office;  in 
fact,  he  never  held  an  elective  (jffice  during 
the  long  period  he  i)racticed  law.  Vp  to  the 
summer  uf  the  year  1903.  his  many  clients  con- 


tinued to  see  him  at  his  home,  and  he  con- 
tinued to  see  and  meet  iheni  in  this  quiet,  easy 
v.ay.     He  died  September.  A.  D.,  1903. 

Gener.al  John  Calvix  Lee.  John  C. 
Lee  wa.s  born  in  Brown  Township,  Delaware 
County,  Ohio.  He  was  the  son  of  Hugh 
Lee,  one  of  the  pioneer  tanners  of  Brown 
Township.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  received 
his  earlv  education  and  began  Ins  career  of 
usefulness  in  the  city  of  Delaware.  He  chose 
the  profession  of  the  law  and  studied  his  pro- 
fession here  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar,  but 
he  never  became  an  active  practitioner  in  this 
county.  He  removed  to  Tiffin,  Ohio,  from 
which  place  he  entered  the  arnn-  as  colonel  of 
tlie  Fifty-fifth  Fvcgiment.  O.  \'.  L,  in  the  Civil 
War.  He  later  became  cK'nel  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Sixty-fourth.  O.  A'.  L,  and  was 
brc^-eted  briga^Fci -general.  He  was  nomi- 
nated for  lieutenant-governor  of  Ohio,  on  the 
ticket  with  General  R.  B.  Tiayes  in  the  year 
1867,  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War. 

Judge  Chakle.s  H.  ^IcElrov  was  bum 
at  Gambler.  Ohio,  March  19.  1830.  His  par- 
ents. Rev.  James  McElroy  and  .Maria  (  Bur- 
rows) McElroy,  were  natives  of  L-eland.  Tlicy 
were  married  in  Ireland  in  1S28  and  came  di- 
rectly to  Kenyon  College,  where  he  taught  for 
some  time.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Trinity 
College,  Dublin.  He  removed  to  Delaware, 
I  Ohio,  in  the  year  1832  and  was  rector  of  St. 
Peter's  Prote^t.-mt  Episcopd  Church.  He  re- 
I  moved  to  Staunton.  Virginia,  in  the  year  1840, 
j  at  which  place  the  subject  of  this  sketch  re- 
ceived his  early  education..  JtKlge  McElruy 
attended  the  Law  School  ol  the  University  of 
.Virginia  during  the  sessions  of  1850-185  [ 
and  1851-1852.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar 
by  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  State  of  \"ir- 
ginia  at  Lewisburg  in  the  siuiimer  of  the  year 
1S52.  He  immediately  came  to  Delaware, 
where  his  parents  had  removed.  Fie  engaged 
in  civil  engineering  for  a  few  years  but  re- 
turned to  Delaware  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  of  Ohio  in  the  year  1855.  when  he  began 
the  practice,  hi  the  year  1857  and  1S58  and 
again   in    1S78   Juilge   AlcElroy    was    elected 


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AND    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


mayor  of  Delaware  by  tlic  citizens  wiihout  re- 
gard to  party  and  with  but  little  oppi^sition. 

In  Aiig-nst,  1861.  Judg-e  McElroy  enlisted 
as  a  private,  in  Company  D,  Twentieth  Regi- 
ment, O.  V.  1.  He  soon  became  captain  of 
the  company  and  in  Augiist,  1862,  by  reason 
of  his  meritorious  conduct  and  at  the  request 
of  the  governor  of  Ohio  and  on  order  of  the 
War  Department,  he  was  transferred  to  the 
Ninety-sixth  Regim.ent  O.  Y.  I.  and  was  ap- 
pointed major  of  the  regiment.  He  remained 
with  the  command  in  the  campaign  down  the 
^Mississippi  and  up  the  Yazoo  Rivers  and 
Chickasaw  Bayou,  but  his  failing  health  ad- 
monished him  that  unless  he  quit  the  service, 
he  would  not  be  able  to  reach  his  home  alive, 
and  sikju  after  the  surrender  of  \^icksburg, 
therefore,  he  resigned  his  command  and  came 
home  and  after  a  partial  recM\ery  he  again 
began  the  practice  of  his  iirolession.  Me  was 
elected  judge  of  the  Cfurt  of  C<"immon  Tleas 
in  the  autumn  of  1881  aivl  again  in  the  autumn 
of  t8S6,  in  the  first  Subdivision  of  the  Sixth 
Juflicial  District,  comprising  the  counties  of 
Delaware,  Knox  and  Licking,  and  served 
from  February,  1S82,  to  l-'ebruary.  1892.  and 
his  opinions  as  a  judge  were  always  recognized 
by  members  of  the  ESar  a^  able.  He  was  a 
close  student  of  the  principles  of  the  law  and 
his  early  reading  had  made  him  a  recognized 
authority  on  what  is  known  as  the  common 
law.  After  he  retired  from  the  bench  he  again 
took  up  the  practice,  which  he  continued  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  March 
I,  1904.  He  was  solicitor  for  tlie  Fidelity 
Building  Association  and  Loan  Com[)any  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  associated 
at  various  times  during  his  long  continued 
practice,  with  Hon.  Earlv  F.  Poppleton.  lion. 
Henry  S.  Culver  and  Hon.  George  W".  Car- 
penter, the  styles  of  his  several  partnership.- 
being  Poppleton  &  McElroy.  :\IcElroy  &  Cul- 
ver, and  Carpenter  &  McLlroy. 

Jacksox  Hipple  was  born  in  Washington 
County,  Pennsylvania.  ]\Iarch  10.  1835.  His 
parents,  George  and  Nancy  Hippie,  immi- 
grated to  C)hio  in  the  year  1842  and  scttlti!  on 
a   farm   near  Kilbourn,   in    Brown   Town-hip, 


Delaware  County,  where  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  resitled  and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Brown  Township  and  was  fortunate  to  have 
been  a  pupil  of  Charles  Neil,  v,ho  for  many 
years  taught  in  that  township  and  who  al- 
ways impressed  upon  his  pupils  the  principles 
of  a  thorough  mathematical  education.  ^^Ir. 
Hippie  was  in  early  life  apprenticed  to  a  har- 
ness-maker in  the  village  of  Eden,  where  he 
worked  for  several  years  at  his  trade.  But 
having  higher  ambitions,  he  left  the  farm  and 
liis  trade  and  came  to  Delaware,  entering  the 
Ohio  Wesleyan  Uni\ersity,  and  wheie  he 
studied  for  some  time.  He  had  determined 
upon  a  professional  career,  and  being  in  haste 
to  begin  it,  he  left  the  college  and  entered  the 
law  othce  of  Hon,  James  R.""Fhibbell.  who  was 
at  that  time  and  for  many  years  thereafter  a 
successful  practitioner  at  the  Bar  of  Delaware 
County.  I\Ir.  Hipjile  \\as  admitted  to  the  Bar 
in  the  year  1861  and  he  immediately  entered 
upon  the  j^ractice  of  his  chosen  profession  in 
the  city  of  Delaware,  where  he  continued  the 
practice  for  over  forty-two  years.  'Mr.  Hippie 
was  for  some  years  a  law  partner  of  General 
J.  S.  Jones,  the  style  of  the  firm  being  Jones  & 
Hippie.  He  was  later  a  partner  of  F.  ?vL  Joy, 
the  style  of  the  partnership  being  Hippie  &  Joy. 
]\Ir.  Ftipijle  applied  himself  studiously  to 
the  practice  of  his  profession  and  ne\er  co\- 
eted  office  or  political  preferment.  Though 
never  a  seeker  of  office,  he  was  called  upon 
by  his  fellow  citizens  to  fill  some  of  the  most 
trustworthy  offices  in  both  the  city  and  county 
of  Delaware.  He  was  called  u[)on  b)'  the  citi- 
zens of  his  ward  to  fill  the  office  of  city  cium- 
cilman  and  was  made  president  of  tlie  City 
Council.  He  was  elected  s.-jlicitor  of  the  city 
of  Delaware  and  vcas  also  elected  ma}or  of  the 
city  of  Delaware.  He  also  served  as  justice 
I  if  the  peace  of  Delaware  Township  and  was 
twice  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of  Delaware 
County.  In  all  of  these  ofllces  he  was  faithful 
in  the  discharge  ut  ever_\-  duty  and  acquitted 
himself  with  honor.  Mr.  Hippie  was  a  faith- 
ful student  of  the  law  and  an  able  practitioner. 
He  prepared  his  briefs  with  great  care  .and  was 
always  ready  and  jjcrsistent  m  the  trial  of  :i 


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case.  At  a_time  when  his  country  most  needed 
his  services  he  answered  its  call.  He  enh'sted 
in  Company  E,  One  Elundred  and  F"orty-fift!i 
Regiment,  O.  \'.  I.,  and  served  with  his  com- 
mand until  in's  regiment  was  discharg-ed.  He 
was  subseciu.ently  a  member  i>\  George  B.  T^n- 
rence  Post,  G.  A.  R. 

Mr.  Hippie  in  early  life  l^ceame  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Cliurch.  He  joined 
William  Street  Z^Ieihodist  Church  in  1863, 
but  wdien  that  church  was  divided  and  Asbury 
Church  was  built  he  became  'jne  of  tiie  charier 
members  and  retained  his  membership  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  Febru- 
ary. 1903.  His  funeral  was  attended  by  the 
members  of  the  Delaware  County  Bar  as  a 
body. 

Hon.  John  J.  Glovek  was  born  in  Bel- 
mnnt  County.  O'hio.  March  12.  1835.  His 
father's  name  was  Samuel  Glover  and  h\> 
mother's  maiden  name  was  Eliza  Thoiripson 
]\IcKesson.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  in  the  county  of  his  birih  and  at  Alle- 
gheny College,  fmm  which  he  received  the 
degrees  of  Bacheliir  of  Arts  and  ^Faster  of  Arts. 
He  studied  law  with  the  law  firm  of  Carroll 
&  Glover  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  at 
Zanesville.  Ohio,  in  the  year  i860.  He  imme- 
diately started  to  the  great  West  in  pursuit  of 
a  location  and  landed  in  the  gold  fields  of 
Colorado.  ]  laving  imbibed  the  spirit  of  min- 
ing which  A\as  so  prevalent  in  that  locality  at 
the  time,  he  engaged  in  g<'!d  n^ining.  with 
some  success,  but  n<jt  having  Iteen  accustomei! 
to  the  severities  of  a  miner's  life,  he  soon  re- 
turned to  his  father's  home  in  Beliimnt  Count> , 
Ohio,  where  he  remainerl  until  the  spring  of 
1 86 1.  He  had  just  opened  an  office  for  the 
practice  of  his  professinn  in  St.  Clairesville, 
Ohio,  when  the  first  call  for  volunteers  in  the 
Union  arm_\'  was  made.  He  joined  the  first 
company  of  volunteers  from  St.  Clairesville 
and  entered  the  service  of  his  country,  where 
he  remained  during  that,  and  his  re-enlist- 
ment for  o\er  three  and  a  half  years.  He  en- 
listed as  a  private,  was  proiiKited  to  second 
lieutenant  and  to  captain,  and  was  in  all  the 
battles  in  wdiich  Ins  command  engaged. 


He  came  to  Delaware  in  the  year  1868 
and  openetl  an  otTice  and  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession.  He  was  elected  prosecuting  at- 
torney of  Delaware  County  in  the  autumn  of 
1876  and  served  for  one  term.  .  Fie  was  ajj- 
pointed  clerk  in  the  oftice  oi  the  first  comptr<il- 
ler  of  the  treasury,  Janu.'iry  5,  1S82.  and  im- 
mediately went  to  Wa-,h:V,-'tr,.n.  1).  C,  and  en- 
tered upon  the  dutic<  oi  hir.  office,  ai  ;i  srdary 
of  twehe  hundred  dollars  jier  }ea,r.  Li  the 
year  1894  he  was  transferred  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Justice,  with  an  increased  salary,  and 
in  the  year  1900  he  was  promoted  to  the  otiice 
of  chief  of  the  di\-ision  or  accounts,  at  a  salary 
of  twent}'-five  hundred  dollars  per  year,  whicli 
position  he  at  present  ImbF  with  a  cmps  of 
twenty-fi\e  clerks  to  assist  him. 

D.-wii)  Humphreys  was  born  in  Radnor 
Township,  in  Delaware  County,  C)hio.  He  was 
the  son  of  Hugh  Humphreys,  wdio  came  to 
Radnor  from  Wales  at  an  early  date.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  township.  Fie  then  en- 
tered the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  frc^m. 
which  he  .graduated  in  the  year  i860.  He  then 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar.  He 
located  at  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  where  he  remained 
for  several  years  and  then  reiurned  to  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  where  he  opened  an  office  about 
the  year  1870  and  began  the  practice  of  his 
chosen  profession.  He  plantcil  and  laid  out 
two  additions  to  the  city  of  Delaware.  Ohio, 
in  the  winter  of  1S70-1871  and  became  well 
identified  with  the  city  but  he  only  remained 
a  few  years.  He  located  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
where  he  practiced  for  a  number  of  years  and 
then  removed  to  New^  York  City,  wdiere  he 
pursued  his  profession  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death  which  occurred  several  years  ago  in  that 
city. 

*     *     * 

Hox.  Thom.\s  E.  Powell  was  born  at 
Delaware.  Ohio,  on  the  twentieth  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1842.  His  father,  Thomas  W.  Powell, 
was  a  lawyer  and  for  many  years  a  leader  at 
the  Delaware  Bar.  The  mother  of  Thomas 
E.  Powell  was  Elizabeth  Gordon,  a  native  oi 
Ohio.     Tliomas  E.   Powell  obtained  his  earlv 


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fducation  in  the  jniblic  schools  of  Delaware. 
At  tlie  early  age  of  tliirteeii  years  lie  enterei! 
the  Ohio  W'csleyan  University  and  grackiated 
in  the  year  1863  at  the  age  ot'  nineteen  years. 
lie  then  enhsted  as  a  ])rivate  in  Company  E. 
Eighty-fourtli  Regiment,  O.  V.  L,  and  served 
(jut  liis  time  with  said  regiment.  In  the 
month  of  May,  1864,  lie  again  enhsted  in 
Ouiii-iany  E.  One  Iluntjred  and  Frirly-fifth 
Regiment.  O.  X.  G.  I.,  and  was  discharged 
with  the  command  as  a  hentenant  01  tlie  com- 
pany. 

He  at  once  entered  his  father's  oftice  as 
a  student  of  the  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  1S65,  aiul  dming  the  same  year  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  William  R.  Reid. 
which  continued  up  to  the  time  ni  the  death  of 
'Sir.  Reid.  During  the  existence  of  this  i^art- 
nership  there  were  but  a  few  contested  cases 
ill  the  Delaware  County  court's  in  wJiicli  the 
firm  of  Reid  &-  Powell  were  not  interested. 
A  few  years  before  the  death  of  Ci>l.nel  Reid 
the  hnii  assuciaterl  with  them  Tleiiry  C.  God- 
man,  tV-Tinevly  nf  Marian,  Ohi'i.  and  the  style 
of  the  new  hrm  \\a>  Reid,  Rnwell  &  God- 
man.  After  the  death  of  Colonel  Reid,  Mr. 
I'owell  associated  with  himself,  John  S.  Gill, 
and  the  style  of  the  new  firm  was  P(~i\vell  & 
Gill.  Later  their  law  student.  I-'rank  A. 
Kauffman.  was  taken  intii  the  new  tlrni  after 
his  admission  to  the  bar  and  the  style  of  the 
new  firm  was  Pnwell,  Gill  iS:  Kauffman, 
which  partnership  continued  up  to  the  time  of 
Mr.  Powell's  removal  to  Columbus,  Ohio. 

]\Ir.  Powell  was  always  interested  in  the 
p<jlitics  of  his  State  and  nation.  He  was  a 
delegate  ti3  the  Democratic  Xational  Conven- 
tion in  1S72,  which  nomin.ated  Horace  Gree- 
ley for  president  of  the  United  States  and  was 
a  candidate  for  presidential  elector  on  the 
Greeley  ticket.  In  the  year  1S75.  ^^  receive<l 
the  nomination  for  attorney  general  on  the 
Democratic  ticket,  with  Governor  William  Al- 
len. In  the  year  1879  '^^  placed  General 
Thomas  Ewing  in  nomination  for  governor,  in 
the  State  convention  and  in  the  year  i88-3.  he 
did  the  same  for  James  W.  Xewman.  when  he 
was  nominated  for  secretary  of  the  State  and 
the  same  year  Mr.  Powell  was  the  Democratic 


nominee  for  Congress  in  the  old  Xinth  Dis- 
trict and  although  he  was  not  elected  he  car- 
ried Delaware  County  by  a  handsome  major- 
ity. In  the  year  TS83,  Durbin  Ward  (that 
faithful  iJeniocratic  \var  horse)  selected  Mr. 
Powell  to  present  his  name  to  the  State  cimi- 
vention.  In  the  year  1884,  he  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Democratic  X.'itional  Convention 
and  at  the  request  of  Ci-AeniDr  (_ieijrge 
Hoadly,  placed  that  'gentieman's  name  in 
Illumination  for  the  jH'esidency.  During  tlie 
year  1S85  he  was  chairman  of  the  Democratic 
State  Executive  Committee  and  in  the  year 
1887  he  was  the  Democratic  nominee  f<:ir  gov- 
ernor of  Ohio,  and  although  defeated  at  the 
[j'llls  he  ran  ab''uit  ten  thuusand  ^"Otes  ahead 
ijf  his  ticket.  Mr,  Powell  lias  always  taken  an 
interest  in  educatii.mal  matters.  He  has  been 
for  a  number  of  years  one  cjf  the  trustees  of 
hi.^  alma  mater,  the  Ohio  V\'esleyan  Univer- 
sity, in  which  institution  he  has  always  been 
grcatl}-  interested. 

He  uKwed  to  Columbus    about    the    year 
1S87.  where  he  is  still  actively  engaged  in  the 


partnership  with 
iiwell.  and  where 
acti\'e  interest  in 


•lends  and  ac- 
;iot  a  few  of  his 
when  they  have 
s  r)f  an  attorney.  Since  his 
ibus,    Mr.    I'owell   has    ex- 


])ractice  of  his  ])n:ifessiun 
his  eldest  son.  Edward  T 
he  has  ever  since  kept  up 
tlie  politics  of  the  State. 
Mr.  P.iwel!  has  mai 
quaintances  in  Delaware 
old  clients  here  call  on  1 
need  of  the  services  r)f  an 
removal  to  C 
tended  his  practice  as  a  corporation  lawyer. 
He  is  the  general  attorney  for  the  Xational 
Cash  Register  Company  of  Dayton,  Ohio.  He 
has  also  been  the  attorney  for  the  Sugar  Re- 
fining Company  of  X'ew  York  and  the  Stand- 
ard Oil  Company  of  Xew  York  and  has  been 
engaged  in  many  of  the  most  important  cases 
in  Ohio. 

Judge  Jotix  .\.  Coxe  was  born  January 
17.  1S36,  in  the  city  of  Delaware,  Ohio.  His 
father's  name  was  John  W.  Cone  and  his 
mother's  name  was  Mary  (Williams)  Cone. 
The  father  was  a  pioneer  of  Delaware  County, 
ha\ing  been  born  in  that  portion  of  the  county 
which  comprises   Kingston   Town.shi]),   in   the 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


year  i8oy.     Eli?  niuthcr,  rotary  Williams,  was 
born  in  South  Wales. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  <;re\v  to  man- 
hood in  Thompson  Township  and  he  .received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
township.  He  attended  the  Ohio  Wesleyan 
University  during  the  years  1S58  and  1859  and 
began  the  stud\-  of  law  with  the  firm  of  E.eid 
&  Eaton  in  the  year  1S61.  During-  the  time 
he  was  completing  his  course  in  law,  he  taught 
in  the  public  schools  in  this  and  other  counties 
and  he  \vas  admitted  to  the  Bar  by  the  Dis- 
trict Court  of  this  county  in  the  year  1865. 
He  immediately  opened  an  office  in  Delaware 
and  began  the  practice  of  liis  chosen  profes- 
sion. He  became  the  editor  of  the  Dclarcarc 
ll'cckly  Herald  for  about  six  months  of  tlie 
year  1S67.  Ei  the  year  1S6S  Mr.  Cone  set- 
tled in  Delhi  (now  Radnor),  in  Radnor 
Township.  Delaware  Cc'Unty,  where  he  re- 
sided for  about  thirty  years  and  continued  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  v.as  elected 
justice  of  the  peace  of  that  town>!iip.  v,-hich  oi- 
i'lce  he  held  for  eighteen  succcssivi.  years.  At 
the  sarrie  time  he  became  clerk  i.f  th.it  town- 
ship, which  position  he  held  for  si.xteen  \-ears. 
He  also  had  charge  of  the  public  schr^ols  of 
that  village  at  this  time,  which  he  taught  for 
many  years.  During  the  time  that  John  T. 
Evans  was  clerk  of  the  c. -urt  of  Delaware 
County.  ?vlr.  Cone  occupied  the  pjosition  as 
his  deputy  for  about  two  years.  Air.  Cone 
was  also  postmaster  of  the  village  of  Radnor 
for  many  years  during  the  timr-  he  h\'ed  thee. 
He  returned  to  Delaware  and  opened  an  of- 
fice for  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  the 
spring  of  1897.  Ele  was  nominated  for  the  of- 
fice of  probate  judge  by  the  Democratic  party 
of  Delaware  County  in  the  summer  of  1905, 
to  which  office  he  was  clul_\-  elected  in  Novem- 
ber of  that  year.  He  assumed  the  responsibil- 
ity of  his  office  Eebruary  9.  1906,  and  is  the 
present  incumbent. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  Civil  War  Mr. 
Cone  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  C. 
Eighty-sixth  Regiment,  O.  \'.  E,  and  served 
until  the  discharge  of  the  regiment.  He  again 
enlisted  on  the  second  day  of  May,  1864.  in 
Company   E,    One    Hundred    and    Forty-fifth 


Regiment,  O.  V.  I.,  and  he  became  the  first 
lieutenant  of  his  company  and  served  with  the 
command  until  the  regiment  was  discharged 
August  24.  1S64.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Cone  is  a 
member  of  George  13.  Torrence  Eost,  G.  A. 
R.,  and  is  affiliated  with  Radnor  Lodge,  I. 
O.  O.  E. 

Hex.  J.vMF.s  R.  LvTLE  was  born  in  Fair- 
field County.  Ohio,  on  the  ninth  day  of  April, 
A.  D.,  1S41.  He  is  the  son  of  jaines  and 
Catharine  (Freymyer)  Lytle.  The  jiarents 
were  natives  of  Lancaster  County,  Een.nsylva- 
nia,  and  were  oi  Scotcli-Irish  and  German  de- 
scent, respectively.  They  located  in  Fairfield 
County,  Ohio,  about  the  year  1837.  The  sub- 
ject.of  this  sketch  received  his  early  educatiun 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  coniuy  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  twent;,  years 
of  age.  whcni  he  entered  the  Ohio  Weslc_\an 
E'niversity  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  in  the  autumn 
of  1861.  .Vfter  one  year  in  the  University, 
his  brother  having  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army, 
he  returned  to  the  farm  and  too|<  up  the  man- 
agement of  affairs  there.  In  the  month  of 
May,  1864,  he  enlisted  in  Company  I.  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty-ninth  Regiment.  O.  \.  I., 
and  served  out  the  term  of  his  enlistment  and 
\vas  discharged  with  the  regiment. 

At  the  conipletion  of  his  term  of  service,  he 
again  entered  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  L'niversity, 
completing  the  classical  course  in  that  institu- 
tion, with  the  class  of  186S.  Having  com- 
menced the  study  of  law  during  his  college 
course  he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  the 
month  of  June  in  the  year  1869.  He  immedi- 
atelv  began  tlie  practice  ot  law  in  Frenvmt, 
Ohio.  He  remained  in  that  city  for  one  year 
and  in  the  summer  of  the  year  1870,  lie  re- 
turned to  Delaware  and  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  his  former  prece]:itor.  General  Jijhn 
S.  Tones,  which  partnership  continued  for 
twenty-five  years,  the  style  of  the  iiartnership 
being  Jones  &  Lytle.  During  the  existence  of 
this  partnership  the  firm  of  Jones  &  Lytle  were 
emploved  in  most  (jf  the  imjiortant  cases  tried 
in  Delaware  County. 

After    the    di-SMhilinn    of    the    partnership 
'  with  General  Jones,   Mr.   Lytle  continued  his 


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323 


practice  alone  and  is  still  in  active  work.  He 
has  devoted  much  of  his  time  to  oftice  work 
and  has  been  A'ery  successful  in  his  practice 
before  the  Bureau  of  P'ensions.  He  has  pro- 
cured for  the  veterans  of  the  Civil  War,  their 
widows,  minor  children  an.d  dependent  fathers 
and  mothers,  more  than  fifteen  hundred  pen- 
sions, also  hundreds  of  Imunties  for  these  vet- 
erans, their  widows  and  lieirs  at  law.  Having 
become  very  familiar  with  the  bounty  records 
of  Delaware  County,  ]\[r.  Lytic  discovered 
what  has  been  commonly  known  as  "The 
Bounty  h'rauds  of  Delaware  County." 

Delaware  County,  during-  the  Civil  War, 
offered  bounties  to  volunteers  who  would  give 
their  credit  to  its  quota,  and  certain  scrip  or 
promises  to  pay  had  been  issued  to  the  soldier, 
which  were  payable  to  him,  his  widow  or  legal 
heirs  or  representatives.  ^lany  of  these  had 
not  been  paid  and  certain  partic-;  who  claimed 
to  represent  these  vetcans.  their  wid' 'V/s  and 
legal  representatives,  forged  their  names  to 
applications  and  aflrda\"its  ami  procured  the  al- 
lowances of  these  claims  by  the  commissioners 
of  the  county  and  warrants  were  issued  for  the 
amounts.  These  forgerit'-^  having  been  discov- 
ered by  .Mr.  Lytle  before  the  warrants  were 
5iaid,  the  county  was  thus  saved  more  than 
twenty  tlionsand  dollars,  atid  in  addition  Mr. 
Lytic  collected  for  the  rightful  heirs  of  these 
veterans  many  thousand  dollars,  having  prose- 
cuted many  cases  from  the  Common  Ple^as 
Court  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio. 

Probably  the  most  notable  litigation  in 
which  Mr.  Lytle  ever  engaged  was  the  prose- 
cution of  two  cases  for  the  heirs  of  Leonard 
Case,  which  involved  the  recovery  of  real  es- 
tate in  the  city  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  of  which 
this  well  known  multi-millionaire  died  seized, 
which  suits  involved  the  Case  Library,  the 
City  Hall,  about  one  mile  of  lake  front,  about 
four  thousand  lots  in  the  city  of  Cleveland, 
and  about  nineteen  hundred  acres  of  land  ad- 
joining the  city,  amounting  in  value  to  many 
millions  of  dollars.  The  cases  were  prose- 
cuted through  the  L'nited  States  Circuit  Court 
and  resulted  in  a  verdict  for  the  defendants  in 
one  and  a  dismissal  without  prejudice  in  t'r.e 
other.     The  time  spent  and   laUjr  performed 


in  the  preparation  and  trial  of  these  cases  was 
necessarily  very  great.  The  defendants  in  one 
case  numbers  six  hundred  and  forty-eight  and 
the  lots  and  tracts  of  land  over  four  thousand. 
Opposed  to  Mr.  Lytle  in  this  litigation  were 
the  noted  legal  -lights  of  the  Cleveland  Bar. 

Mr.  Lytle  has  been  remarkably  arduous 
and  successful  in  his  chosen  profession,  al- 
ways manifesting  a  great  interest  in  his  clients" 
cause,  which  has  made  liim  many  personal 
friends  and  owing  to  these  traits  of  character 
he  has  succeeded  in  building  ui>  and  retaining 
a  large  and  remunerative  practice.  He  has  al- 
ways taken  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs 
and  has  filled  many  positions  of  trust  and  re- 
sponsibility, b<)tli  in  the  city  and  in  the  church. 
He  is  absolutely  honest  and  trustworthy  and 
for  a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years  be  has 
been  regarded  by  the  profession  in  Delaware 
and  througlTout  the  counties  of  central  Ohio, 
as  an  able  and  successful  lawyer.  His  indus- 
try has  seemed  untiring  both  in  his  profes- 
sion and  as  a  student.  Law,  history  and  liter- 
ature have  received  constan.t  attention,  wlien 
not  occupied  with  the  cares  and  duties  of  his 
professional  engagements.  He  has  abvays 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  politics  of  his 
county  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  ablest 
organizers  in  the  county,  being  also  re- 
garded as  a  careful,  conservative  and  safe 
leader.  Lie  has  ever  been  interested  in  tlie 
young  men  of  Delaware  and  es[)eciall}-  in  thijse 
who  have  studied  law  under  his  tutelage,  sev- 
eral of  wdiom  ha\'e  become  prominent  law}'ers 
and  politicians  in  this  and  other  counties  and 
states. 

Mr.  Lytle  is  the  attorney  for  the  Fidelity 
Building  Association  and  Loan  Company  of 
Delaware,  Ohio,  in  which  organization  he  has 
ever  manifested  a  lively  interest. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Lytle  is  affiliated  with  the 
Masonic  order,  being  a  memlier  of  Hiram 
Lodge  No.  18,  F.  &  .\.  M.;  Delaware  Chapter 
Xo.'54,  R.  A.  M.:  Delaware  Couricil  Xo.  84. 
R.  &  S.  'M.,  and  of  George  B.  Torrence  Post, 
G.  A.  R. 

[The  above  sketch  was  prepared  b}'  Wil- 
liam B.  Jones,  a  member  of  the  Delaware 
County  Bar.] 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


WTljliam  .\.  Hall  is  the  only  sun  of  j'^hn 
W.  Hall  and  Susan  A.  Hall.  His  parents  set- 
tled in  Kingston  Township.  Dela\vare  County, 
C'hio,  where  he  was  born  on  the  first  da\-  of 
Jvuie,  1S49.  ^^^  received  his  early  education 
iu  die  pulilic  scb.ools  of  his  native  township, 
working  by  turns  on  his  lather's  farm  and  at- 
tending the  district  schools  in  the  winter  sea- 
sons and  later  he  attended  the  Ohio  Wesleyan 
University  at  Delaware,  Ohio.  In  the  year 
1S71  he  began  the  study  of  law  with  H.  C 
Carhart  of  Galion,  Ohio.  He  completed  his 
studies  at  Ann  Arlior,  ^^lichigan.  where  he 
graduated  from  the  law  department  of  the 
University  of  Michigan  in  tlie  year  1873.  ^'^"^ 
was  admitted  to  the  Bar  the  same  year.  He 
immediately  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
chosen  profession  in  Galion,  Ohio,  where  he 
continued  the  practice  with  gratifying  success 
until  the  year  1S76.  His  p;'rents  liaving 
mo\-ed  to  Delaware,  Mr.  Hall  came  here  and 
opened  anoflice  in  this  city  where  he  has  ever 
since  continued  the  practice  of  his  prcjfession. 

Mr.  Hall  has  also  engaged  m  otnei  busi- 
ness which  he  has  prosecuted  with  succe?>, 
having  been  a  member  of  the  Board  (jf  Direc- 
tors of  the  Deposit  Banking  Company  of  Dela- 
ware. Ohio.  He  is  now  the  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Hotel  Donavin  Company  and 
he  is  the  owner  of  lands  in  his  nati\'e  township, 
which  he  manages  successfully  and  profitably. 

Hon.  Frkdrick  Merrick  Joy  was  born 
November  15.  1846.  in  Delaware,  Ohio,  and 
died  IMarch  17,  1S83.  'jeing  only  a  little  over 
thirty-six  years  of  age  when  called  to  his  long 
rest.  He  grew  up  in  the  community  in  which 
he  was  born  and  attended  the  public  schr.ols 
until  he  had  ad\anced  as  far  as  the  course 
would  take  him.  He  entered  the  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan University,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
June,  1867.  He  immediately  began  the  study 
of  the  law  in  the  office  of  Messrs.  Reid  & 
Powell,  attorneys,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  the  summer  of  1869,  from  which  time 
to  tlie  date  of  his  death  he  devoted  his  ener- 
gies and  talents  to  the  profession  of  his  choice. 
He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  two  terms 
and  mayor  of  the  city  of  Delaware  for   two  i 


I.  M. 


terms.     Pie  was  a  law  partner  of  Hon. 
Marriott  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  was  possessed  of  a  keen  and  lively  hu- 
mor, but  his  sarcasm  left  no  sting.  In  his  so- 
cial relation  he  was  congenial  and  companion- 
able, but  in  his  domestic  life  the  real  beauty 
of  his  character  show's  most  resplendent.  As 
a  husband  he  was  affectionate  and  devoted,  as 
a  father  he  was  indulgent  and  kind,  as  a  neigh- 
bor civil  and  obliging,  and  as  a  citizen  zealous 
and  patriotic,  and  his  early  demise  was  la- 
mented by  all  who  knew  him. 

Hexkv  S.  Culver  was  born  in  Delrn.vare 
County,  Ohio,  April  17.  1854.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  while  }'Oung.  worked  on  hi-; 
father's  farm  until  he  was  seventeen  vears  of 
age.  He  then  attended  a  select  scln.ol  and  later 
became  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
county  for  two  years.  He  attended  the  Com- 
mercial College  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  for  two 
years,  and  in  the  fall  of  1874  began  th.e  studv 
of  law  in.  the  ofiice  of  Judge  G.  H.  Stewart  uf 
Columbus,  Ohio.  He  came  to  Delaware, 
Ohio,  in  the  year  1875  '"i''  entered  tlie  i.>tt^ice 
of  Hon.  H.  ^1.  Marriott,  where  he  completed 
his  criur-e  of  study  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  month  ot 
June.  A.  D.,  187O.  He  at  luicc  began  the 
practice  of  his  prnfcssion  in  Delaware,  Ohio 

Mr.  Culver  is  prominent  in  the  politics  of 
the  county  and  was  elected  prosecuting  att^r- 
ney  of  the  count)-  in  the  year  1S78  and  was 
re-elected  in  18S0.  In  politics  he  has  always 
been  a  Republican.  He  has  shown  marked 
ability  as  a  public  speaker  and  has  al\va_\s  com- 
manded the  respect  of  the  court  and  jury.  He 
is  a  man  of  fine  physique  and  commanding 
and  dignified  bearing.  In  the  spring  of  the 
year  i8'jo  he  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Delaware.  Ohio.  He  continued  the  practice 
of  law  at  Delaware.  Ohio,  until  the  autumn  of 
1897.  when  he  was  ap]i(.iinte(l  consul  to  Lon- 
don, in  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  until  190G,  at  which  time  he  was 
appointed  consul  to  Cork,  in  Ireland,  which 
position  he  is  still  fillin.g  satisfactorily  to  him- 
self and  his  friends  and  to  the  government  of 
the  I.  nited  States. 


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Hox.  Ekancis  rvlAKiox  Marriott  was 
Ix-ni  in  Eden  Townsliip.  Licking  County, 
(Jhio.  September  ;,  1847.  He  is  the  son  of 
'i'liomas  Hciniewond  Marriott  and  -  Druzilla 
(McClelland)  Marriott,  who  were  the  parents 
of  nine  children.  Tlmmas  Houiewood  r^Iar- 
riott  was  1)01  n  in  Utica,  Licking  County,  Oliio, 
in  the  \'ear  1814,  being  the  son  of  Honiewood 
;ind  Mary  (Ridgeley;  Marriott  who  came 
from  the  State  of  Alaryland  to  Oiiio  in  the 
year  181 1.  Joshua  Marriott,  the  great-grand- 
father of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  came  from 
Erance  and  settled  in  }\lary!and  in  the  year 
1740.  His  wife  Rachel  .\nn  Homewood,  was 
of  English  birth. 

Thomas  Homewood  Marriott  was  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  of  Licking  County  and  was  a 
man  of  great  prominence  and  local  distinction 
in  the  community  in  which  he  lived.  He  was 
an  uncompromisirig  Democrat  in  his  politicrd 
views  and  he  early  in.-tillcd  in  the  minds  of 
his  childi-en  his  political  principles  so  that  his 
sons,  including  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  have 
never  departed  from'  tiieir  allegiance  to  the 
faith  of  their  father. 

F.  yi.  Marriott  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Licking  County,  Dan- 
iel Paul  being  one  of  his  early  teachers.  In 
the  year  1S64  Thomas  H.  r\Iarriott  came  to 
Delaware  County  with  his  family  and  settled 
in  Harlem  Township  on  the  farm  nc^w  ownei-1 
by  his  son.  The  subject  of  this  sketch,  Francis 
M.  Marriott,  soon  thereafter  began  a  higher 
education  by  attending  school  at  Central  Col- 
lege, Franklin  County,  Ohio.  He  afterward 
attended  the. Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  teach- 
ing at  times  during  the  winter  terms  tti  en- 
able him  t(3  defra\-  the  expenses  of  his  educa- 
tion. ]\Ir.  ]^Iarriott  became  prominent  as  a 
teacher  in  Delaware  and  Union  Counties,  hav- 
ing taught  the  high  school  at  Sunbury  during 
the  year  1870.  In  the  spring  of  the  year  1871 
he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  oftice  of  Hon. 
Charles  H.  ]\IcElroy.  who  afterwards  became 
judge  of  the  Common  Pleas  Court.  After 
three  months  of  study,  Mr.  IMarriott,  in  order 
to  help  defray  expenses,  taught  another  term 
of  school  at  Sunbury,  Ohio,  and  again  in  the 
autumn  of    1871    resumed   the    study    of    his 


chosen  profession  with  the  law  hrm  of  Reid 
&  Powell  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  who  at  tliat  time 
comprised  one  of  the  leading  law  firms  of 
central  Ohio.  Mr.  Marriott  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  on  March  19,  1874.  The  same  year 
he  was  nominated  bs^  the  Democratic  Party 
for  prosecuting  attorney  of  Delaware  County 
and  he  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  foiu'  hun- 
dred and  eighty-nine,  the  nominal  Reinibli- 
can  majority  of  the  county  at  that  time  Ijcing 
about  seven  hundred.  Mr.  ^larri'.itt's  experi- 
ence in  the  office  had  brought  to  hini  a  cli- 
entele, which  made  it  inexpedient  for  him  to 
serve  a  second  term  and  lie  therefore  refused 
a  second  nomination,  and  began  a  successful 
practice  which  he  continued  until  the  year 
1879,  when  he  was  nounn.ited  by  hi-  party  for 
State  Senator  in  the  SixteeiUh  Senatorial  Dis- 
trict composed  of  Delaware  and  Licking  Coun- 
ties. He  was  duly  elected  in  October  oi  that 
year  and  faithfully  and  efliciently  serxed  his 
party  and  district  tluring  the  Sixt_\-fourth  Cen.- 
eral  Assembly.  He  became  a  leader  of  that 
Ixjd}'  and  his  coimsel  was.  always  sought,  es- 
pecially on  all  ])arliamentary  questions.  He 
was  chosei;  Ijv  the  Democratic  members  of  the 
Senate  as  one  of  the  committee  to  visit  the 
National  Democratic  Committee  at  Washing- 
ton. D.  C.  for  the  purpose  of  inviting  that 
body  to  hold  the  national  convention  in  this 
State  and  he  with  his  co-laborers,  so  prevailed 
upon  that  committee  that  the  National  Dem- 
ocratic Convention  was  held  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  in  the  year  1880.  To  this  convention, 
yir.  ^Marriott  w-as  unanimously  chosen  as  a 
delegate  from  the  Ninth  Congressional  Dis- 
trict, Delaware  County  at  that  time  being  a 
part  of  the  Ninth  District. 

Air.  ^Marriott  was  again  chosen  as  a  dele- 
gate to  the  National  Democratic  Convention 
irom  the  Eighth  Congressional  District  wdiich 
met  in  Chicago,  in  the  year  189G  and  wdiich 
nominated  as  its  candidate  for  president,  the 
Hon.  William  Jennings  Bryan,  and  for  whose 
nomination  Mr.  Alarriott  was  very  enthusias- 
tic. In  the  year  1884,  Mr.  Marriott  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Hoadley  as  one  of  the 
tliree  managers  of  the  intermediate  peniten- 
tiary, wdiich  position  he  lield  for  many  years, 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


having  been  re-appointeil  bv  Go\ernMr  lames 
K.  Campbell,  Govern. ..r  WiUiajii  McKinley. 
Governor  Asa  S.  BushncU  aiu!  (jovcrnnr 
George  K.  Xa>Ii. 

Air.  Marriott's  greatest  achievements  were 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  has  been 
for  many  3ears  one  of  the  acknowleilged  lead- 
ers of  the  Delaware  County  Bar,  and  there 
have  been  but  few  hotly  contested  cases  in 
which  he  was  not  employed,  either  by  the 
plaintiff  or  defendant.  He  is  an  able  advocate 
and  his  success  to  the  court  and  jury  is  largely 
due  to  his  ability  in  that  direction,  l-'rater- 
nally  Air.  Marriott  is  prominently  identified 
with  the  Alasonic  order,  having  taken  all  the 
degrees  of  both  the  York  and  Scottish  rites. 
He  has  served  as  master  of  Hiram  Lodge  No. 
1 8.  F.  &  A.  :\L,  also  as  high  priest  of  Chap- 
ter Xo.  54,  Royal  Arch  Alasons,  at  Delaware, 
Ohio. 

*     *     * 

Cyrus  C.  Brooks  is  the  son  of  David  and 
Jane  (Butler)  Bnxjks.  He  was  born  in  Lick- 
ing County,  Ohio,  January  29.  1845.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools. 
He  attended  the  high  school  at  Sunbury.  Dela- 
ware County,  Ohio,  and  the  X'ormal  School  at 
Lebanon,  Ohio,  where  he  prepared  himself  to 
teach.  He  taught  in  the  public  schools  for  a 
number  of  years  and  during  the  time  he  was 
teaching  he  read  law  under  the  preceptorship 
of  Alessrs.  Powell  and  Reid,  attorneys  of 
Delaware,  Ohio,  and  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  b)'  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio,  in  the 
year  1S74.  He  opened  an  office  in  the  village 
of  Sunbury,  Delaware  County,  Ohio,  where  he 
has  continued  the  practice  ever  since.  Mr. 
Brooks,  living  near  the  BYanklin,  Knox  ami 
Licking  County  lines,  has  practiced  in  all  of 
these  counties  as  well  as  in  his  own  county. 

He  has  been  elected  mayor  of  the  village  of 
Sunbury  for  four  terms  and  has  held  that  of- 
fice for  eight  years.  In  the  early  part  of  his 
practice  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  peace,  which  office  he  held  for  a  great 
number  of  years  and  from  which  he  derived 
the  title  by  which  he  is  most  generally  known 
of  '"Esciuire  Brooks." 


RovAL  Dlgl.vss  Rohixson  was  the  s'>n 
of  W^illiam  and  Mary  Roloiuson,  who  resided 
in  Kno.x  County,  Ohio.  He  was  born  near 
Danville,  Knox  County,  August  10.  1839.  and 
died  in  the  city  of  Delaware,  Ohio.  January  5. 
1894.  Lie  was  educated  in  tlie  public  scIujoIs 
of  Knox  County,  Ohio,  and  at  Kenyon  Col- 
lege, Gambier,  Ohio.  He  studied  law  in  Txlt. 
\'ernon,  Ohio,  and  was  admitted  to  the  I'.ar  in 
the  year  1866.  He  inimediatoly  began  the 
practice  of  his  chosen  proft-ssion  in  the  city  of 
Mt.  Vernon,  where  he  remained  until  tiie 
autumn  of  1872,  when  he  removed  to  Sun- 
bury, Delaware  County,  Ohio.  He  opened  an 
office  in  November  of  that  )-ear  in  the  "\-illage 
of  Sunbury,  \vhich  he  continued  to  keep  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death.  His  practice,  however, 
was  not  confined  to  Delaware  County,  as  he 
had  an  ofiice  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  he 
staid  part  of  the  time.  He  was  elected  mayor 
of  the  \-illage  of  Sunbury  about  the  year  188;. 
but  he  declined  a  re-nonu'nation.  This  was  the 
only  elective  office  he  ever  held  in  the  county. 
He  was  for  many  years  attorney  for  the  Bank 
of  Sunbury  and  he  was  the  attorney  for  tb.e 
C,  A.  &  C.  Railway  Company  for  Delavrare 
and  Franklin  Counties  from  the  time  the  road 
was  built  to  the  date  of  liis  death.  He  v,  as 
married  to  }iliss  Sarah  E.  ^Meredith  Alarch  7. 
1861,  from  v.diich  union  four  children  were 
born,  two  of  whom  survive,  viz.,  Harry  L. 
and  EMson  ]\I.  Ivjbinson,  who  reside  in  the  city 
of  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Hon.  ARCiiiBAT.n  Lvr,RAxn  is  the  son  of 
Archibajd  and  Jeiuinta  L_\ brand,  who  resided 
at  Tarlton,  Pickaway  (^'ounty.  C)hio.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  v,as  born  May  23.  1840. 
while  his  parents  resided  in  Tarlton.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  village.  Llis  parents  came  to  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  in  the  year  1857,  when  their  son 
entered  the  Ohio  \Vesleyan  University  with 
the  purpose  of  completing  a  classical  course. 
but  before  he  had  done  so  the  Civil  \Var  be- 
gan and  like  many  otlier  young  men  of  the 
university,  ]Mr.  Lybrand  enlisted  in  his  coun- 
try's cause;  first  in  Company  C,  Fourth  Flegi- 


>     ::;t     [\■ru^<ii'^      ''. 


AXD    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


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ineiiL,  O.  y.  1.,  ami  next  in  Company  E.  Sev- 
(.nlv-tliird  O.  A"^  I.  He  was  wounded  twice, 
lirst  at  the  battle  of  Peach  Tree  Creek,  and 
a.uain  at  Dallas.  Alter  tlie  close  of- the  war, 
.Mr;  Lyhrand  he.tran  the  study  of  law  in  the 
utiice  of  E.  ]■■.  Popplcion  and  he  was  admitted 
to  the  pjar  in  the  year  1871.  He  soon  formed 
a  partnership  for  the  practice  of  law  with  'Sh. 
Poppleton,  his  former  precei)tor,  the  style  of 
the  lirm  being  Popplettjn  iv  Eybrand.  in  the 
year  1869,  3.1r.  Lybraiul  was  elected  mayor 
of  the  town  of  Delaware  and  served  one  term. 

Mr.  Lybran.d  only  praclicetl  for  a  few 
years,  having  with  his  brother.  Robert  G.  Ly- 
lirand,  Thomas  P".  Powell  and  others,  former 
what  has  ever  since  Ijeen  kn.iwn  as  "The  Dela- 
ware Chair  Compau)-."  He  quit  the  practice 
of  law  and  became  the  head  of  that  institution 
which  has  become  one  of  the  most  successful 
manufactories  of  this  city. 

He  was  appointed  postmaster  of  the  city 
of  Delaware,  in  the  \'ear  1881  and  served  uii- 
til  1S85,  one  term.  He  was  elected  to  the 
Pifty-fifth  Congress  of  the  United  Stales  in 
the  autumn  of  1S96  from  the  Eighth  Con- 
gressional District,  composed  at  that  time  of 
Champaign.  Delaware,  Hancock.  Hardin, 
Logan  and  Union  Counties  and  was  re-elected 
to  succeeed  himself  in  the  autumn  of  1S9S. 
to  the  Fifty-sixth  Congress  and  ser\ed  both 
terms. 

He  has  charge  of  the  Delaware  Chair  Com- 
pany as  its  [ircsident  and  is  now  tra\'eling  in 
the  far  east  in  the  interest  of  that  organiza- 
tion. 

Ji'DGE  Joiix  S.MiT[i  Gil. I,  was  the  son  of 
rvlasun  and  Harriett  (Granger)  Gill.  He  was 
born  y[d.y  9,  1842,  at  Darby  Plains,  near  ^lil- 
ford  Center,  Union  County.  Ohio,  and  died  at 
Columbus,  Ohio,  December  12,  1906.  An- 
tlrew  Gill,  the  grandfather  of  Ju<lge  Gill,  was 
a  native  of  \'irginia  and  was  of  Irish  descent. 
tie  immigrated  to  Ohio  with  his  family  in  the 
year  1S04,  floating  down  the  river  in  a  flat 
boat,  and  settled  near  Cincinnati.  Ohio.  About 
the  year  18 12,  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  of 
that  time,  he  settled  in  that  part  of  Ohio 
which   became   Union    County,   where    ]\Iason 


Gill,  the  father  of  Judge  Gill  was  born.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  in  the  -pub- 
lic schools  and  worked  on  his  father's  farm  un- 
til the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War.  in  tlie 
month  of  August,  1S62.  he  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army  and  was  assigned  to  Companv  I, 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  Regiment.'  O. 
\'.  I.,  and  served  with  his  command  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  He  was  severely  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  Georgia,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1863,  and  was  sent  to  tiie  hospital 
and  while  he  never  fully  recovered  he  rejoined 
his  regiment  and  served  with  his  command  and 
was  in  every  engagement  in  which  his  regi- 
ment fought,  and  was  with  General  Sherman's 
command  on  his  fanmus  march  to  the  sea. 

After  the  close  of  the  war.  ^Ir.  Gill  re- 
turned to  his  native  county,  where  he  taught 
in  the  public  schools  and  engaged  in  farming. 
During  this  period  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Erances  Iva  .Mitchell,  a  daughter  of  John  :\Iit- 
chell  of  Union  County,  Ohio.  One  sou  was 
born  of  this  union,  .Mason  ^iitcliell  Gill,  who 
resides  with  his  widowed  mt.>ther  in  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  anrl  where  he  is  engaged  in  busi- 
ness. 

in  the  year  1874,  John  S.  Gill  removed  to 
Delaware,  Ohio,  wdiere  he  entered  the  law  of- 
fice of  [Messrs.  Reid  and  Powell,  as  a  law  stu- 
dent. He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1876 
and  he  S(jon  afterward  enteretl  the  firm  as  the 
junior  member  thereof,  the  stvle  <>i  the  tirm 
being  Reid.  I'owell  &  Gill.  After  the  death  of 
Colonel  Reid,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Mr.  Powell,  the  title  of  the  new  firm  being 
Powell  &-  Gill.  During  the  continuance  of  this 
partn.ership-  i'Vank  .-\.  Kauffman  studied'  with 
the  firm,  and  when  he  was  admitted  he  was 
taken  into  the  firm  and  the  style  of  the  new 
firm  became  Pi">well.  Gill  &  Kauffman. 

Judge  Gill  was  an  ardent  Democrat,  and 
in  the  summer  of  the  year  1S87  he  was  nomi- 
nated by  his  party  for  the  office  of  Representa- 
tive; and  he  was  duly  elected  and  ser\-ed  as  a 
member  of  the  Sixt)-eighth  General  .Vssembly 
from  Delaware  County,  being  one  of  tlie  few- 
Democratic  memh>ers  elected  from  Delaware 
County  since  the  close  of  the  Civil  war.'  in 
the  summer  of  the  year  1891,  Judge  Gill  was 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


nnniiiirued  by  his  party  for  tb.e  ofhcc  of  Judg-o 
of  tlif  Courl  of  Common  I'ieas,  fur  the  first 
stilxJivisioa  of  the  Sixth  Judicial  District,  of 
Ohio,  from  Delaware  County,  and  in  the 
autumn  <;if  that  year  was  elected  and  took  his 
ije>tt  in  February,  iSq2.  At  tlie  close  of  his 
term  he  declined  a  renomination  and  soon  re- 
moved to  Columbus.  Ohio,  and  t.^iuk  up  the 
jjractice  of  the  law  in  which  h<.-  C'  iutinucd  to  the 
time  of  his  death. 

Judge  Gill  was  an  acti\-e  Grand  Army 
man.  He  was  apiiointed  by  Governor  James 
E.  Campbell,  one  of  the  members  of  the  Ohio 
Chickaniauga  and  Chattanooga  National  y[\\i- 
tary  Park  Commission,  under  an  act  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  Ohio,  pro\-iding  for  such 
a  commission  to  mark  the  sites  wliere  the  Ohio 
troops  were  engaged  on  those  fields  of  battle. 
The  monuments  provided  for  that  puriwse 
were  dedicated  .September  25,,  1805,  in  which 
services  Judge  Gill  took  an  active  part. 

Fraternally  Judge  Gill  was  athliated  with 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  with  the 
Union   A''ettran   Legion. 

*     *     * 

Judge  Giueox  G.  B.^xker  was  born  in 
Cardington,  Morrow  County,  Olho,  on  the 
twenty-fifth  day  of  December,  1S50.  He  is 
the  eldest  son  of  Captain  Benjamin  A.  Banker 
and  Elizabeth  (Worline)  Banker.  The  par- 
ents, S(X)n  after  the  birth  of  their  son,  came 
to  Delaware  County  and  located  on  a  farm, 
where  the  subject  of  this  sketch  spent  his  boy- 
hood days  and  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools. 

When  jNIr.  Banker  was  sixteen  years  of 
age,  his  parents  moved  to  the  city  of  Delaware, 
and  he  attended  the  city  schools  and  prepared 
himself  for  a  collegiate  education.  He  then 
entered  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  and 
took  a  classical  course,  being  graduated  in 
the  month  of  June,  1S73.  Mr.  Banker  im- 
mediately entered  the  office  of  ^lessrs.  Reid 
and  Powell,  attorneys  at  law,  where  he  read 
for  two  years,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  the  year  1875. 

^He  was  soon  after  elected  solicitor  of  the 
city  of  Delaware,  which  position  he  held  for 
tiiree  successive  terms.  Mr.  Banker  continued 
the  practice  in   Delaware  County   until  about 


the  year  iSSS,  when  he  was  enipioyed  as  a 
traveling  agent  for  a  collecting  association,  ni 
uhich  agency  he  continued  for  h\e  years,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  resided  in  Delaware,  Ohio. 
In  the  }'ear  1893,  Mr.  Banker  removed  to 
Findlay,  Ohio,  where  he  opened  an  office  and 
began  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession. 
In  1902  he  received  the  nomination  for  the 
office  of  probate  judge  b)-  the  Democratic 
Party  of  Hancock  County  and  was  duly  elected 
at  the  Xo\-cmber  election  of  that  year.  He 
as.sumed  the  duties  of  his  office  on' the  ninth 
day  of  February,  1903.  He  was  re-nominaicl 
by  the  same  party  in  the  year  1905  to  succeed 
himself,  and  was  again  elected  and  he  is  nou' 
the  present  incumbent.  Flis  second  term  will 
expire  February-  S,   1909. 

Otway  Carey  Cowghj.  was  born  in  Lo- 
gan County,  Ohio,  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  or 
September,  1S46.  His  parents'  names  were 
Daniel  and  2\Iary  (Everett)  Cow  gill.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  county.  The  family  caine  to 
Delaware  County  in  the  year  1859,  and  located 
on  a  farm  in  Delaware  Township,  v,diere  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  worked  on  his  father':", 
farm  and  attended  the  public  schcxjls.  He 
attended  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  for 
about  two  years  and  then  entered  the'  law 
office  of  Messrs.  Reid  and  Powell,  altornevs  at 
law,  where  he  studied  for  two  years  and  in 
the  year  1877  he  was  admitted'  to  the  Bar. 
He  was  elected  township  clerk  of  Delaware 
Township  in  the  year  1875.  and  in  the  year 
1876  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  which 
office  he  held  for  two  terms.  He  opened  an 
office  in  Delaware,  Ohio,  immediately  after 
his  admission  to  the  Bar  and  began  to  practice 
his  chosen  profession.  In  the  year  1SS3  he 
returned  to  Logan  County  and  opened  an  of- 
fice in  Bellefontaine,  the  county  seat,  where 
he  continued  his  practice  for  three  years.  He 
then  moved  to  the  west  and  located  in  Sterl- 
ing, in  the  State  of  Kansas,  where  he  died 
July  31,   1 888. 

EuGEXE  D.  Ha.miltox  was  the  son  of 
John  Hamilton  and  Jenette  Hamilton,  He 
was  born  January  15.  1S54,  in  Concoi-d  Town- 


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sliip,  Dflaware  County,  Ohio.  He  received 
liif  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
tiiat  township.  He  prepared  himself  for  a 
teacher  and  taught  his  hrst  school  when  he 
was  but  seventeen  years  of  ag;e.  He  attended 
the  Ohio  W'esleyan  University  for  a  time,  but 
he  finished  his  course  and  took  his  degree  from 
the  Northwestern  University  of  Chicago, 
Illinois,  about  the  year  1877.  From  the  time 
he  began  to  leach,  he  supported  himself  in 
that  way  and  at  intervals  attended  college, 
taught,  and  studied  law.  and  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  in  the  year  187S.  He  immediately 
opened  an  office  in  the  city  of  Delaware  and 
began  the  practice  o:  his  chosen  profession. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  E.  Freshwater 
on  the  fifteenth  day  of  January,  1S80.  He 
was  elected  solicitor  of  tlie  city  of  Delaware. 
Ohio,  in  Aprih  1880,  hut  he  only  lived  about 
two  months  after  he  had  taken  ins  oRice, 
his  death  taking  place  June  14,  iSSo. 
*     *     * 

Judge  Benjamin  F.  Fkeshwater  was 
born  November  24,  1S52,  on  the  'Tiintoii 
Farm''  in  Delaware  Township,  and  grew  to 
manhood  on  his  father's  farm  in  Berlin  Town- 
ship. He  is  the  son  of  Captain  Archibald 
Freshwater,  an  honored  veteran  of  the  Ci\il 
war.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the 
age  of  nineteen  he  entered  the  Ohio  Wesleyan 
L'niversity.  where  he  completed  the  classical 
course,  and  was  graduated  in  the  year  1877. 
He  began  the  study  of  lau  in  the  office  of 
Carper  and  Van  Deman.  teaching  school  at 
times  to  help  defray  expenses.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Bar  on  the  second  day  of  June, 
1S80,  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio,  and  on 
the  frrst  day  of  July.  1880.  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession,  having  fc)rnied  a  partnership 
with  F.  B.  DeWitt.  of  Paulding  County.  Oiiio. 
The  style  of  the  firm  being  DeWitt  and  Fresh- 
water. In  the  year  18S1  the  partnership  was 
dissolved,  Mr.  Freshwater  continuing  the  prac- 
tice in  Paulding  County  until  the  year  1885, 
when  he  returned  to  his  old  home  and  he 
opened  an  office  in  Delaware  in  the  autumn  of 
tliat  year. 

^Ir.  Freshwater  is  a  Republican  in  piilitics, 
and  he  was  chosen  secretary  of  the  Republican 


Central  Conmritlee  in  which  he  served  the 
part}'  for  two  years.  Fie  ^vas  nominated  for 
probate  judge  by  the  Republican  party  in  tlie 
year  1S93.  and  was  elected  and  entered  upon 
the  duties  of  his  office  February  9,  1S94.  lie 
was  re-nominated  and  re-elected  in  the  year 
1896,  and  served  out  his  full  term.  After 
his  retirement  from  office  he  entered  into  a 
partnership  for  the  practice  of  law,  with  Hon. 
F.  ]\I.  }vIarriott,  the  style  of  the  firm  being 
Marriott  &  Freshwater.  This  firm  continued 
in  the  practice  until  February,  1902.  when 
Judge  \\'ickham  retired  from  llie  Common 
Pleas  bench,  at  v.diich  time  a  new  partnership 
was  formed  and  Judge  Wickham  was  taken 
into  the  firm,  the  style  of  the  new  firm  being 
^larriott.  Fresliwater  and  W'ickharn.  This 
partnership  continued  until  December,  1906, 
when  Judge  Wickham  retired  from  the  firm  to 
accept  the  Common  Pleas  Court  judgship,  to 
which  he  had  been  elected  in  November,  1906. 
since  which  tiine  I^larriott  and  F"reshwater 
have  continued  the  practice  under  the  style  of 
the  old  firm  of  ^larriutt  iX:  Freshwater. 

Mr.  Freshwater  belongs  to  the  following 
named  fraternal  organizations,  viz.:  Fliram 
Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.:  Lenape  Lodge,  No.  28, 
K.  of  P.,  and  Delaware  Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  E. 
He  is  one  of  the  Alumni  Trustees  of  the  Ohio 
Wesleyan  University,  and  is  one  of  the  di- 
rectors of  The  Delaware  Savings  Bank  Com- 
pany, and  is  the  attorney  for.  the  People's 
Building  and  Loan  Company,  and  is  now  in  the 
midst  of  an  acti\'e  and  lucrati\'e  practice  of 
his  profession. 

*     *     * 

FIarrv  H.  Beecher  was  born  at  Johns- 
town, Licking  County.  Ohio,  on  the  fourth 
day  of  July,  A.  D.,  1837.  He  is  the  eldest 
son  of  William  A.  and  Oral  Beecher.  His 
parents  came  to  Delaware  County  in  the  year 
1875,  and  are  h'Ah  living,  having  celebrated 
their  Golden  Wedding  anniversary.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  received  his  educatirm  in 
the  public  schools  of  Delaware  County. 

He  began  the  study  of  law  with  Godman 
&  Glover,  attorneys,  completed  his  course 
with  the  firm  of  Jones  &  Lytle,  and  was. 
admitted  to  the  Bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Ohio  on  the  fourth  day  of  June,   1881.     He 


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330 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


opened  an  office  in  Delaware  in  tlic  sjiring'  oi 
the  year  1S82,  and  entered  upim  the  practice 
(if  his  pnjlcfsion.  }if  was  elected  sohcitor 
for  the  cily  of  Delaware  at  the  April  election 
of  the  year  iSSS,  and  was  re-elected  to  suc- 
ceed himself  in  the  year  1890,  and  again  in 
the  year  1892.  He  was  chosen  clerk  of  the 
County  Board  of  Elections  when  it  was  first 
organized  after  the  adoption  of  the  .Vustralian 
hallot  system  in  Ohio,  which  position  he  held 
continuously  until  the  autumn  of  the  year  1905. 
He  was  elected  justice  of  t!ie  peace  for  Dela- 
ware Township  at  the  April  election,  fc5r  the 
year  1903,  which  office  he  resigned  in  the 
autumn  of  1905  to  accept  the  nomination  for 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Delaware.  He  was 
elected  mayor  at  the  Xovember  election  and 
served  as  niayor  one  term,  1906  and  1907, 
having  retired  in  January,   1908. 

Mr.  Beecher  is  a  member  of  both  the  fra- 
ternal orders  of  the  I.  O.  O.  P.,  and  the  K. 
of  P..  and  has  passed  through  the  chairs  of 
both  lodges. 

EiiwARD  Thompson  Br.\xdebury  was 
born  in  Delaware,  01ui">.  He  is  the  son  of 
Rev.  Brandcbury,  a  minister  of  the  ]\[etho- 
dist  Episcopal  Church.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  received  his  early  education  in  the  pub- 
lic scliools  of  this  city.  Having  graduated 
from  the  high  school  about  the  \-ear  1876,  he 
entered  the  Ohio  W'esleyan  Unixersity  the 
same  year  from  whicli  iristitution  lie  graduated 
in  1880.  He  studied  law  in  Delaware  an'J 
was  admitted  to  tlie  Bar.  He  located  in 
^Minneapolis,  where  he  practiced  for  some 
years,  and  then  returned  to  Delaware,  Ohio, 
where  he  began  the  practice.  He  was  soon 
after  elected  justice  of  the  peace  of  this  town- 
ship, which  office  he  helfl  for  several  years. 
He  returned  to  Miiuieapolis  but  a  short  time 
since,  where  he  is  again  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession. 

Fr.\xk  a.  K.\L'ffm.\x  came  to  Delaware 
County  to  attend  the  Ohio  W'esleyan  Uni- 
versity. He  soon  after  entered  the  law  office 
of  Powell  and  Gill,  with  whom  he  comi)Ieted 
his  course  of  study  and  was  admitted  to  the 


Bar.  He  entered  the  firm  of  Powell  and  Gill 
as  junior  member,  and  he  was  soon  after 
elected  prosecuting  attorney  01  the  count  \'. 
He  held  the  office  for  two  terms  and  at  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  office  he  retired  from 
the  practice  in  this  county.  He  located  in 
Springfield,  Clark  County,  Ohio,  and  he  soon 
after  became  attorney  for  the  Deering  Har- 
vester Compiany.  He  later  became  the  general 
attorney  for  that  company,  and  remo\'ed  to 
Chicago,  where  he  now  resides. 

•+  -■(:  * 

George  W.  Camvestku  was  bnrn  in  Dela- 
ware County,  r)hiM  Jane  jS,  ^Sy;.  His  fa- 
ther's name  was  Mandwille  Cari.-enter.  He 
was  a  farmer  1)_\-  occupation  and  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  tlie  enmity.  The  subject  uf 
this  sketch  recei\ed  lii.-^  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  ]3elaware  County,  in  which 
he  afteiward  taught  for  several  years.  He 
also  tauglit  in  a  graded  school  at  b'redricktown, 
Ohio,  for  some  time.  He  kiter  attentled  the 
Ohio  \\^esle_\'an  Uni\ersity.  In  the  year  1884 
he  began  the  study  nf  law  under  the  tuition 
of  Hon.  Henry  S.  Culver.  In  the  year  ]886. 
he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  by  the  Supremo 
Court  of  Ohio,  and  in  the  autumn  of  th.e 
same  year  he  opened  an  office  in  Delaware  and 
began  tlie  practice  of  his  ciiosen  profe-^sinu. 
In  the  year  1888  he  was  elected  to  tlie  uifice 
of  prosecuting  attoine_\  .rf  Delaware  County, 
and  in  the  year  1801  he  was  re-elected  to  suc- 
ceed himself,  there  being  no  opposition  in  the 
field  against  hiiu  fur  his  second  term.  ?vlr. 
Carpenter  has  always  been  an  acti\'e  Repuljli- 
.can.  He  has  frequentl\-  occupied  a  seat  in  the 
State,  Congressiunal  an<]  Judicial  Conventions 
of  his  party,  and  has  greatly  aided  the  party 
by  his  speeches  dining  tlie  campaign  in  which 
he  has  engaged.  In  tlie  year  1895  'i'-'  ^'''^^ 
a  candidate  lor  the  nominati'ni  of  State  Sem- 
tor  in  the  Sixteenth  Senatorial  District,  and  in 
the  year  1899,  he  was  a  candidate  before  the 
Republican  State  Convention  for  attorney- 
general  from  this  county.  In  the  year  1895 
]Mr.  Carpenter  formed  a  partnership  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession  with  Judge  C.  H. 
■McElroy,  the  style  of  the  firm  being  Carijen- 
ter  and  ^^IcElrov. 


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331 


Mr.  Carpenter  is  a  close  and  careful  stu- 
dent of  the  law,  and  his  services  are  sought 
often  by  the  meniliers  of  his  profession  in 
th.e  tri'd  of  complicated  and  difticult'  cases, 
hoih  hftore  the  court  and  jury. 

On  the  first  of  July,  1S99.  ^^i'-  Carpenter 
opened  an  office  in  Columbus.  Ohio,  and  two 
years  later  removed  to  that  city,  at  wdiich  time 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Campbell  M. 
V'oorliees.  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  an 
acti\e  practice.  Altliough  Mr.  Carpenter  has 
not  lived  in  this  couniy  for  six  or  seven  years, 
manv  of  his  Delaware  County  clients  often 
ciinsull  him.  and  his  name  still  appears  on  our 
court  docket.  Fraternally  Mr.  Carpenter  is 
aftilinfed  with  the  )ilasons  and  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd'  Fell.wv=. 

*      *     * 

Mov.  XomrAX  Eullfr  OvEKTriu-  was 
born  in  Eiberty  'I'ownship,  I.icking  County. 
Ohi'',  February  13.  1S46.  He  is  tlie  son  of 
Solomon  and  'Elizabeth.  ('Griffey)  Overturf. 
Fie  was  educated  in  the  public  school^  and  at 
different  select  schi.uls  and  acadamies  and  at 
the  Normal  Schr.ol  at  Febanon.  Ohio.  He 
began  to  teach  when  he  was  Init  seventeen 
rears  of  age  and  taught  in  the  public  schools 
of  this  and  ?vIadison  Counties  until  he  was 
thirtv-two  years  old,  it  being  his  principal  oc- 
cupation until  about  the  year  1S7S,  when  he 
began  tlic  study  of  law.  He  was  at  that  time 
living  at  Somerford.  }vIadison  County.  Ohio, 
vdiere  he  was  teaching.  He  began  to  practice 
in  the  justice's  courts,  though  he  hai'  nut  yet 
been  admitted  to  the  Bar.  He  also  devoted 
a  part  of  his  time  to  the  business  of  collections. 
He  came  to  Delaware.  Ohio,  in  the  year  i<S83. 
and  entered  the  lav,-  othce  of  the  Hon.  Henry 
S.  Culver,  where  he  remaiTied  until  he  was 
admitted  to  the  Fiar  in  the  year  1885. 

In  the  spring  of  the  year  1886  he  was 
nominated  by  the  Repuljlican  Party  for  city 
solicitor  of  Delaware,  to  which  position  he 
was  elected  in  April  of  that  year,  the  term  of 
office  being  two  years.  He  was  re-n<>minated 
by  the  same  part}'  to  succeed  himself  and  was 
again  elected  in  \\)t\\  of  the  year  1S88.  which 
pnsitiiin  he  resigned  for  the  purpose  of  ac- 
cepting the  nominatiiin  to  the  'jft'ice  of  probate 


judge  of  Delaware  Count}-,  to  v\hich  office  he 
was  duly  elected  in  the  autumn  of  1887.  He 
was  re-nominated  to  succeed  himself  and  was 
again  elected  in  Septemlier  of  that  year,  his 
second  term  e-\'piring  in  1894.  He  then  retired 
from  ofiice,  having  served  the  people  for  six 
consecutive  years,  and  began  the  practice  of 
his  chosen  profession,  to  which  lie  assiduously 
de\'oted  himself.  He  v.as  noni;nated  by  the 
Republican  Party  for  the  State  Senate  in  the 
year  1902,  by  the  Ffteenth-Sixteenth  Joint 
Subdistrict,  which  is  composed  of  the  counties 
of  Delaware,  Licking,  ^luskingum  and  Perry, 
to  which  position  he  was  elected  at  the  No- 
vember election  of  that  year. 

Hexrv  Griffix  SiiELDOX  was  born  at 
Greenwich,  Fluron  County,  Ohio,  July  16, 
1838,  and  died  at  Delaware,  .Ohio,  April  12, 
i88t).  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  in  Huron  County,  and  some 
time  in  the  latter  fifties  began  a  course  in 
Oberlin  College,  and  was  a  junior  at  said  col- 
lege at  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  war.  Soon 
after  the  call  for  troops  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  Company  C.  Seventh  Regiment.  O.  A'.  I. 
He  was  severel}-  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Cross  Lanes,  W'c^t  \'irginia,  for  which  wound 
he  was  discharged  from  the  service  on  the 
third  day  of  July,  1S62.  He  returned  to  his 
hon-\e.  where  he  began  to  recuperate  and  on 
July  26,  1862,  he  re-enlisted  and  became  cap- 
tain of  Company  D.  One  Flundred  and  Fir-t 
Regiment.  O.  V.  F,  but  his  old  wound  soon 
warned  him  that  he  must  quit  the  service  it 
he  expected  to  live,  and  he  resigned  his  com- 
mand, and  on  January  28,  1863,  returned  to 
his  home.  After  recuperating  he  again  en- 
tered Oberlin  College,  where  he  graduated  in 
the  summer  of  i^C>4.  He  studied  law  at  the 
Faw  School  at  Albany.  New  York,  from 
which  he  received  his  degree  in  the  year  1865, 
and  he  immediately  entered  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  He  located  at  one  time  in  the 
State  of  Kansas,  but  he  only  remaitied  there  a 
sh<irt  time,  when  he  came  to  Delaware — sonie 

I  time  in  the  seventies — where  he  remained  and 
practiced  his  chosen  profession  up  to  a  short 

I   time  prior  to  his  death. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


Wf.rter  B.  Albright  was  the  son  of 
Jnoj.b  S.  Albright  and  Xancy  Albriglit.  The 
lather  was  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  and  the  mother  a  faitirful  help- 
mate in  her  husliand's  calhng.  'I'he  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  b'lrn  on  the  twelflli  day  of 
CU-tober,  185S.  He  was  eikicatcd  in  tlie  pul)- 
lic" schools  of  Delaware  and  at  the  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan  University.  ]\Ir.  Albright  studied  law 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  the  year  1885. 
lie  soon  thereafter  iipencd  an  office  in  Dela- 
ware, antl  beg-an  the  practice  of  his  chosen 
profession.  Mr.  Albright  gave  special  atten- 
tion to  the  law  of  real  estate,  and  he  became 
an  ex])ert  in  that  particular  branch  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  was  an  u.ntiring  student  and  pre- 
pared an  abstract  nf  title  to  all  the  lands  of 
iJelaware  County  at  a  o'^t  oi  hundreds  of 
dollars  and  several  year-  of  labor  to  himself 
ami  employes.  This  work  had  just  been  com- 
pleted a  short  time  liefi  ire  his  death,  which 
occurred  on  the  eighth  day  of  Januar\',   1S93. 

Robert  Lorenzo  ]\IcCabe  is  the  son  oi 
Loi-enzo  Dow  McCabe,  one  of  the  well  known 
professors  of  the  Ohio  W'esleyan  L'niversity. 
He  was  born  in  Delaware,  Ohio,  and  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
this  city.  He  graduated  at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan 
University  with  the  class  of  18S3.  He  began 
the  study  of  law  with  the  firm  of  Harrison 
and  Olds,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  finished 
with  Hon.  F.  ^1.  Marriott,  of  Delaware, 
Ohio,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Ear  about 
the  year  j888.  Lie  soon  after  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Mr.  Marriott,  his  former  pre- 
ceptor, which  partnership  continued  for  one 
year,  when  it  was  dissolved,  Mr.  McCabe  re- 
tiring and  entering  into  other  business.  Yiv. 
AJcCabe  is  now  located  at  Dayton,  Ohio, 
where  he  is  known  as  a  successful  promoter 
and  dealer  in  stocks. 

*     *     * 

James  T.  Shoup  was  born  in  Scioto  Town- 
ship, Delaware  County,  Ohio.  His  parents 
lived  on  a  farm  in  that  township,  where  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  received  his  early  edu- 
cation.    Lie  came  to  Delaware,   Ohio,  in  the 


early  eighties,  where  he  studied  law  with  Hon. 
Early  F.  Poppleton.  In  the  summer  of  1SS3 
he  was  nominated  for  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Delaware  County  by  the  Democratic  party 
and  in  the  autumn  .jf  that  year  he  was  duly 
elected  to  that  office.  He  to- ik  his  seat  on  tlie 
seventh  day  of  Januar}-,  A.  D.,  iSSj.  aivl 
ser^-ed  his  full  term,  retiring  at  the  cn'i  of 
his  term.  He  removed  froni  this  county  to 
Springfield,  CMno,  at  the  clrjse  of  his  term, 
where  he  U'jw   resid.es. 

Franki.ix  a.  Owen  was  burn  in  Ktnox 
County,  Ohio,  near  the  village  of  Rich  Hill. 
His  father's  name  was  Franklin  ]M.  Owen  and 
his  mother's  was  Pauliiie  (Boughton)  Owen. 
His  grandfather  located  in  Knox  County  in 
the  year  1S18.  and  was  a  native  of  \'ermont. 
Llis  mother's  people,  the  B^jughtons.  immi- 
grated to  this  state  in  the  year  1840.  frC'Ui 
Scipio,  New  ^'ork.  The  subject  of  tins 
sketch  was  b;arn  on  the  twenty-second  dav  of 
December,  1833.  and  is  the  eldest  son. 

The  family  came  to  Delaware  Count}'  in 
the  month  of  April,  iSf.o,  and  iocate.d  on  a 
farm  in  Kin-^t'-n  Township,  where  ]\[r. 
Owen  spent  his  boyhood  and  where  he  ob- 
tained his  early  education.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  began  to  teach  school  and  con- 
tinued his  educatiiin,  cjmpleting  a  classical 
Tiormal  course  at  the  Ohio  Central  Normal 
School,  which  was  tlien  located  at  Worthing- 
ton,  Ohio.  He  then  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  Delaware  County  for  about  icair- 
teen  years.  During  this  course  of  teacln'ng 
he  began  the  study  of  law,  with  the  firm  of 
Powell,  Gill  and  Kanffman,  and  on  June  7, 
1 888,  he  was  admitted  to  tlie  Bar  by  "tiie  Su- 
preme Court  at  Columbus,  Ohio.  He  im- 
mediately began  the  practice  of  his  profes-ic'U 
and  located  in  the  same  oifice  \\hich  he  now 
occupies  .  and  where  he  has  enjoyed  a  lncrati\  e 
practice  ever  since.  In  January,  1906,  at  the 
unanimous  request  of  the  members  of  the 
Delaware  County  Bar,  he  was  appointed  one 
of  the  referees  in  bankruptcy  for  the  Southern 
District  of  Ohio.  In  the  year  1902  he  entered 
into  a  partnership  with   his  brother,   Eugene 


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333 


S.  Owen,  for  the  practice  of  his  professiim, 
the  style  of  the  p;iit;iershii)  heing  F.  A.  and 
E.   S.'Owen. 

William  Dlunai'D  Jones  is  the  eldest 
son  of  General  j.  S.  Jones,  and  \\-as  born 
September  9,  t8o8.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  graduated  at  the  iiigh  school  in 
Delaware,  Ohio,  with  the  class  of  1884.  He 
entered  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Univer>ity  and 
completed  a  classical  course  with  the  class  of 
i8Sg.  Ele  began  the  study  of  law  the-  same 
year  in  the  office  of  Jones  and  Lytic,  attorneys, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  PJar  in  .March.  1S91. 
lie  became  a  law  partner  with  his  preceptors 
and  the  new  tfrm  was  Jones.  L_\tle  and  Jones. 
In  the  spring  ot  the  year  1895,  the  partiiership 
firm  was  disMiK-ed  by  mutual  c.^n^ent  and  t!ie 
subject  oi  this  sketch  entered  intt.  a  partner- 
ship with  his  fatlier  and  broihrr  f.-r  the  pr;;>:- 
tice  of  the  law.  the  style  of  th.c  new  inni  I'c- 
ing  John  S.  Junes  and  Si.ns.  In  the  autumn. 
01  the  year  189S,  at  the  earnest  request,  ot 
Congressman  Archibald  Lybrand.  of  the 
Eighth  Congrcssiiinal  District,  Mr.  Jones  be- 
came secretary  to  3.1r.  Lybrand.  and  during 
the  remaining"  portion  of  ]\Ir.  Lyl:n-and"s  term 
of  office  ]\Ir.  Jones  remained  with  him,  and 
when  Congressman  \\'illiam  R.  W'arnock  be- 
came the  representative  from  the  Eighth  Dis- 
trict. 3>Ir.  Jones  became  his  secretary.  He  re- 
mained with  Mr.  Warnock  as  secretary  until 
the  fourth  day  of  Eebruary,  1903.  when  at  the 
rcc]uest  of  Mr.  Warnock.  he  was  appnimed 
postmaster  of  the  city  of  Delaware,  and  i^ 
the  present  incumbent  with  a  second  appoint- 
ment for  four  years.  ]Mr.  Jones  is  the  local 
attorney  for  the  Delaware  and  ^Magnetic 
Springs  Literurban  Railway,  and  he  has  been 
a  successful  practitioner  bjoth  in  our  State  and 
in  the  United  States  Courts.  He  is  a  kind 
and  affable  gentleman,  and  has  made  one  <"if 
the  best  postmasters  Delaware  has  ever  had. 

Judge  Emmett  yi.  Wickham  was  born 
in  Genoa  Township,  Delaware  County,  Ohio, 
October  29,  1859.  His  father  and  mother 
were  of  English  and  Dutch  origin,  respec- 
tively.    He  is  able  to  trace  his  genealogy  on 


his  father's  side  back  to  a  period  of  more  than 
two  hundred  years.  But  it  is  not  intended  in 
this  sketch  to  refer  to  the  family  history,  but 
rather  to  the  Judge's  early  life  and  education 
and  his  progress  from  teacher,  lawyer  and 
judge.     He  received  his  early  education  in  the 


I  pul^Iic  schools  of  Ge 

!  schools  he  pre]jarci!  h 

I  taught  his  first   sch.  n 

I  where  he  had  attend 

!  trict  Xo.  5.  in  said  to\s-n.-.!ii 

!  tion  was  S18.33  ])er  month 

i  teach    for   a    period   of   twi 

!  taught  in  eight  of  the  eighti 


f  n>r  a  teacher.     He 

tl-ie     same     district 

liool.  viz..   Sub-Dis- 

lip.     His  compensa- 

He  Continued  to 

:   years,    having 

tiiwnships  com- 


posing Delaware  County. 

He  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  year 
iS8q.  under  the  tut(irship  of  Hon.  F.  ^I. 
Marriott,  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  during  the  time 
he  wa.s  teaching,  and  on  the  third  day  of  De- 
cember. 1891.  he  was  admitted  to  tlie  Bar 
by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio.  ha\'ing  taught 
school  seventeen  months  during  the  time  he 
was  preparing  himself  for  admission  to  the 
Bar.  His  contract  to  teach  did  not  expire 
until  May.  1892.  after  his  admission.  In  the 
autumn  of  the  same  year  he  came  to  Delaware 
and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession,  hav- 
ing his  office  with  his  former  preceptor.  Hon. 
E.  M.  ^^larriott,  and  in  January,  1895.  en- 
tered into  a  partnership  with.  }ilr.  ^Marriott,  the 
style  of  the  firm  being  ^Marriott  and  A\"ick- 
ha4n. 

.At  the  Dem.icratic  Convention  which  was 
hcl'J  at  Centerburg,  Knox  County.  Ohio,  in 
July.  i89(>.  he  was  nominated  as  one  of  the 
candidates  for  Common  Pleas  Judge  in  the 
First  Subdivision  of  the  Sixth  Judicial  Dis- 
trict, composed  of  Delaware,  Knox  and  Lick- 
ing Counties,  and  at  the  Xovember  election 
following;  was  elected  by  a  good  majority.  In 
the  year  1900  he  was  re-nominated  to  suc- 
ceed himself  as  judge.  The  slump  in  the 
Democratic  vote  in  the  district  was  so  great 
that  he  was  defeated,  his  opponent  having  a 
majority  in  the  district  of  but  eight  votes.  In 
this  campaign  Mr.  Wickham  ran  ahead  of  his 
ticket  very  largely. 

In  tlie  year  1906  he  was  again  nominated 
by  his  party    for   Common   Pleas   judge,   and 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


was  elected  in  Xoveniber  of  thai  year  hy  a 
majority  of  over  four  hundred  voles,  carrying 
J])elav>are  County  by  a  majority  of  two  hun- 
drei!  and  sixty-five,  while  the  county  gave  to 
President  Roosevelt  the  same  year,  a  majLirity 
of  fifteen  hundred  and  sixty-fn-e,  and  at  the 
same  time  he  carried  Kni>x  County  by  one 
hundred  and  thiity-three,  while  that  county  is 
largely  Republican. 

After  the  campaign  of  1900.  Judge  Wick- 
ham  returned  to  the  practice  of  his  profession.  • 
and  in  July  of  the  year  igoi,  he  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Marriott.  Freshwater 
and  Wickham.  During  his  practice  in  this 
firm  Judge  Wickham  became  identified  with 
two  cases  which  involved  the  cjnslitutiijnality 
of  the  "\"alentine  Anti-lrusi  Law"  and  "The 
C~ounty  Road  Imjirovement  Act."  both  of 
which  cases  went  to  tlie  Supreme  Court  of 
Ohio.  The  former  grew  out  of  d.ic  indictment 
of  several  coal  dealers  for  a  violation  of  the 
X'alentine  Anti-trust  Law.  The  Common 
J-'leas  courts  throughout  tlie  State  had  been 
declaring  this  act  uncun.^tilutional.  Judge 
Wickham  was  appointed  b\-  the  county  com- 
missioners to  assist  the  prosecuting  attorney 
to  carry  one  of  these  cases  to  the  Supreme 
Court  to  make  a  test  case  out  of  it.  Judge 
\\'ickham's  contention  was  that  this  anti-trust 
law  was  constitutional  and  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Ohio  upheld  his  views  and  the  act  was  de- 
clared by  the  court  of  last  resort  to  be  not 
within  the  inhibitions  of  the  constitution  of 
Ohio.  The  other  case  invoiNci  :lie  c-n-titu- 
tionality  of  the  act  known  a^  "Tlie  CMiuity 
Road  Improvement  Act."  Judge  Wickham 
was  again  employed  to  assi.^t  tlie  prosecuting 
attorney  to  take  this  case  up  and  after  ha\-- 
ing  been  heard  in  the  Common  Pleas  and  Cir- 
cuit Courts,  the  .Supreme  Court  upheld  the 
constitutionality  of  this  act  and  settled  the 
law  on  that  snfiject. 

Judge  Wickham,  on  the  tiiirty-first  day  of 
December.  A.  D.,  1906,  retired  fmm  the  firm 
of  Marri'itt.  Freshwater  and  Wickham,  and 
on  the  se\enth  day  of  February,  1907,  he 
again  took  ui>  the  judicial  ermine  which  he  ImJ 
always  worn  with  dignity  t.  ■  tlie  office  an.' 
credit    to    him-elf.       Jutlge     Wickham     is     a 


strong  man  mentally  and  physically  and  of 
prono.unced  and  positive  views.  Fie  has  al- 
ways been  a  close  and  hard  student  of  the 
law.  In  his  analysis  of  a  case  he  is  clear  and 
conclusi\-e.  Tht)ugh  one  of  the  younger 
judges  of  this  district,  his  decisions  have  bee:i 
sustained  by  the  higher  courts  in  as  great  pro- 
portion as  any  of  the  judges  who  have  held 
the  position  in  this  district. 
*     *     * 

Judge  George  Coyxer,  the  eighth  son  of 
David  H.  and  Eliza  C.  Coyner.  was  born  at 
Lexington.  Richland  County,  Ohio,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  June,  185S.  His  early  childhood 
was  spent  in  \'irginia.  which  was  tlie  native 
state  of  his  parents.  During  the  Livii  war, 
after  the  death  of  his  ni'ither.  he  with  the  rest 
of  his  family,  excei)t  four  of  his  bnithers 
wdio  were  in  tlie  Uniiju  Army,  returned  to  \'ir- 
ginia.  Owing  to  his  father's  sympathy  with 
the  L'nion  and  the  Cnion  Army,  the  fan.iily 
was  compelled  to  flee  to  the  North.  Tlie) 
came  to  Columbus.  Ohio,  where  the  father  en- 
listed in  the  Union  army  and  Ivjcamc  chaplam 
of  the  Eigh.ty-eighth  Regiment  of  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infa'ntry.  After  the  close  of  the 
war,  iNIr.  Coyner  reniMved  to  Eden,  Delaware 
County,  Ohio,  where  he  became  the  minister 
of  the  Preslivterian  Church  of  that  place. 
Rev.  Coyner 'was  a  graduate  of  Wa-liingtr.n 
and  Lee'l'niversity,  A'irginia.  and  of  Prince- 
ton Theo!r)gical  Seminary.  He  was  a  man 
of  fine  literary  attainments  and  paid  particular 
attention  to  the  education  of  his  family. 

George,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  received 
his  early  education  from  his  father's  instruc- 
tion and   in   the  public  schools  of  the  village 
of   Eden,    and    fmm    jM'ivate     teachers.       He 
j   grarluated   from  the  University  of  Cincinnati 
I   in  the  vear    1879.      Fle   then  returned   to  his 
!   home  in  Brown  Township  w  here  he  was  elected 
township  clerk  in  the  spring  of  the  year  iSSo. 
which    position    he    held    for    five    consecutive 
terms.     He  was  then  a])poiiit(,'d  suiierintendent 
of  the  Deleware  Cnuniy  Infirmary,  which  po- 
sition  he  held   from    iSSj   t'.    \Sfj2._    During 
the    time    he    was    superintendent   of    the    In- 
firmary he  began  the  stufly  of  law.  and  after 
his    retirement    from    said    office,    he    entered 


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AND    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


335 


the  L:uv  School  of  Cincinnati,  fn.ni  which 
institution  he  gra(kiated  in  the  spring  of 
1^93-  He  \vas  soon  afterward  adniitted  to  the 
Bar  and  located  in  Delaware,  Ohio,  \\iiere  he 
began  the  practice. 

In  the  summer  of  1S9;,  he  was  nnminaled 
by  the  Republican  party  lor  prosecuting  at- 
torney for  Dela\\'are  County,  and  was  elected 
in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year.  He  was  re- 
nominated to  succeed  h.imself  in  1S98,  and 
was  re-elected,  having  served  two  full  terms. 
He  continued  in  the  practice  and  in  the  year 
1902  he  was  nominated  by  the  Republican 
parly  for  the  office  of  Common  Pleas  Judge 
in  the  First  Subdivisi(m  of  the  Sixth  Judicial 
District  of  Ohio,  to  which  position  he  was 
duly  elected  in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year, 
and  which  he  held  until  h'ebruary,  1907. 
Afte'-  his  retirement  from  his  ofticial  pC'sition. 
he  removed  to  3ilt.  \"ernon.  Knox  County, 
Ohio,  where  he  is  now  successfully  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession. 
*     *     * 

liuwix  G.  Lybrand  was  born  November 
2,  i8i'i3,  in  Lafayette,  .\llen  Count},  CHiio, 
and  died  in  Delaware,  Ohio.  August  S,  1906. 
He  was  the  son  of .  Samuel  and  Isabella 
(]\Iowery)  Lybrand.  His  parents  came  to 
Delawan:  while  he  was  quite  young,  and  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Delaware 
and  attended  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University 
for  a  time.  He  began  the  study  of  law  with 
Franklin  A.  Owen  about  the  year  1SS9.  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Bar  m  tb.e  year  1892.  He 
only  practicetl  his  prrifession  for  a  few  years, 
when,  owing  to  the  failing  health  of  his  father, 
he  quit  the  practice  b>  take  charge  of  his  fa- 
ther's business. 

El'Ge.xe  S.  Owex  was  born  near  Rich 
Hill,  Knox  County.  Ohio.  .March  9.  i860.  He 
is  the  son  of  b'ranklin  M.  C)wen  and  Pauline 
(Boughton)  Owen.  His  parents  removed  to 
Delaware  County,  Ohio,  in  April,  i860,  hence 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  has  lived  in  Dela- 
ware County  practically  all  his  life.  The  par- 
ents located  on  a  farm  in  Kingston  Town- 
ship. Delaware  Ci.'uUy.  where  Mr.  C)wen  re- 
ceived    his     early     education     in     the     pulilic 


schools.  He  worked  on  his  father's  farm  dur- 
ing the  summer  season,  and  attended  school  in 
the  winter.  While  at  home  he  -began  the 
study  of  law  under  the  tutorship  of  his 
brother,  F>anklin  A.  Owen,  who  v/as  at  the 
time  a  practitioner  in  Delaware.  He  came 
10  Delaware  about  ilie  year  1892,  and  com- 
pleted his  course  of  study  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  on  the  ninth  day  of  March,  1893, 
the  day  he  was  thirty-three  years  of  age.  He 
began  the  practice  in  the  office  of  his  brother. 
Franklin  A.  Owen,  and  was  elected  justice 
of  the  peace  by  the  Republican  party  in  the 
spring  of  1895,  ^vhich  ofrice  he  held  for  two 
successive  terms  of  three  ycar^  each. 

In  the  year  1902  he  fiirmod  a  partnership 
for  the  practice  of  hi':-  priiic^sidi]  with  his 
brother,  Frankhn  A.  Owen,  the  >tyle  of  the 
firm  being  F.  A.  and  E.  S.  Owen.  He  was 
elected  city  solicitor  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  in 
the  autumn  of  1904.  and  was  re-elected  to  suc- 
ceed himself  in  No\  ember,  1907.  and  he  is  the 
present    incumbent   of  that   office. 

*        .-K        * 

Arthur  J.  WTiite  is  the  son  of  Johnson 
and  Catherine  P.  White,  of  Brown  Township, 
Delaware  County,  Ob.io.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  near  the  \-iHage  of  Eden, 
Delaware  County.  Ohio,  on  the  seventh  day 
of  January.  1871.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schnols  of  Brown  Town- 
ship. He  attended  tl:e  North.western  l/niver- 
sity  at  Ada.  Ohio,  during  the  years  1889  and 
1890.  and  the  Ohio  WesU-yan  L'niversity  dur- 
ing the  years  1891  and  1892.  In  the  fall  of 
the  year  1892  he  began  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  B.  F.  b'reshwater  and  remained' 
with  him  until  Mr.  Freshwater  was  elected 
proliate  judge.  He  tlien  entered  the  offiice  of 
Messrs.  Carpenter  and  McElroy.  where  he 
finished  his  course  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Bar  bv  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio  in  tlie 
month  of  June.  1894.  In  the  autumn  of  the 
same  year  he  opened  an  iifiice  in  the  city  of 
Toledo.  Ohio,  and  entered  upni  the  practice  of 
his  chosen  profession. 

He  continued  the  practice  with  very  grati- 
fying success  for  alx-ut  h\e  years,  wdien  Iiy 
reason  of  the   failing  health   r.f  his   father  he' 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


felt  it  hli  (liity  to  return  lo  his  lionie  ami  take 
charge  oi  the  iaiter's  farm,  in  urder  tei  re- 
HcvL-  hmi  of  the  responsihihty.  He  managed 
the  farm  for  a  number  of  years,  ajid  in  the 
meanwhile  travelled  for  the  Spaulding  Bugg}' 
Company,  until  the  autun.in  of  1906.  when  his 
father  died.  After  the  settlement  of  his 
father's  estate  lie  opened  an  office  in  the  city 
of  Delaware,  in  the  spring  of  1907,  and  began 
again  tlie  piactice  of  his  profession  with  bright 
prospects  for  future  success.  He  lias  recently 
been  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  of  Dela- 
ware To\\nsliip,  to  fill  the  vacancy  causer!  by 
the  resignation  of  J.  T.  Hulchissnn. 

Carroll  H.  Jonks  is  the  ynrnger  S(in  of 
General  John  S.  Jones.  He  wa^  born  October 
29,  1S71,  in  Delaware.  Ohin.  Pie  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schciols  cif  Delaware  and 
graduated,  from  the  high  scliocl  in  the  year 
1887.  He  immediately  etitered  the  Ohir,)  V\'es- 
leyan  University,  where  lie  studied  for  lOur 
years  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1S91. 
taking  his  degree  in  June  'ji  that  year.  He 
spent  some  time  in  newspajjcr  work  on  the 
Di-laii'art-  Gazette  and  a^  cr.i'respondent  for 
oilier  papers.  He  then  b^gni  the  ^tudy  of  the 
law  with  the  firm  of  Jones.  Lytic  &-  Jones, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  by  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Ohio,  in  the  spring  of  1895. 

The  firm  of  Jones,  Lytic  &  Jones  hax'ing 
been  dissolved,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  father  and  brother.  The  new  firm  was 
known  as  J.  S.  Jones  &  Sons.  ITe  con- 
tinued in  the  practice  until  the  winter  of  1897, 
when  he  became  secretary  to  Hon.  Archibald 
Lybrand,  who  had  been  elected  Congressman 
from  the  Eighth  Congressional  District  of 
Ohio.  He  ably  filled  this  jiosition  during  Mx. 
Lybrand's  first  term  in  Cingress,  but  early  in 
the  year  1S99  he  resigned  his  position  as 
secretary  and  removed  to  Chicago,  Ilhnois, 
where  he  enterefl  upon  the  practice  of  his 
chosen  profession,  and  where  he  soon  became 
a  successful  practitioner.  He  is  now  occupy- 
ing a  position  in  the  legal  department  of  the 
Xorthwestern  Elevated  Railway  Company. 

*        *        =!= 

James  Reverdv  Se:.over  is  the  s:in  of 
Isaac  Seiover  and  Catherine  (Fallin)   Selover. 


Lie  was  born  Nox'cmlier  3,  iS6j,  in  Morrow 
County,  Ohio.  His  parents  came  to  Delaware 
Count}-  when  he  was  but  six  years  old.  and 
located  on  a.  farm  north  of  Delaware  in  Troy 
Township.  His  father  was  born  near  Ithaca, 
in  the  State  of  New  York.  His  grandfathei 
was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and  v,as  with. 
\\'ashington  at  \^alley  Forge.  His  grand- 
father .-.ni  his  mother's  side  was  also  a  Revo- 
iutionar}-  soldier  and  endured  the  hardships 
of  prison  life  on  the  prison  ship  Jersey,  ha 
been  captured  by 


Brhish  at  the  battle  of 
Long  Island,  with  aliout  a  thousand  men  and 
he-,  and  one  other  w  ere  the  only  soldiers  who 
escaped.  The  Falling  came  from  Fairfax 
County,  \'irginia. 

Mr.  Selover  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Troy  Township,  and  he 
graduated  from  the  Delaware  high  school  in 


8Sj.      He    attended    the    Ohio 
versity  for  two  years  and  then 
under  the  tutor,-hip  of 


tlie  clas 
\A'esleyan  U 
began 'the  study  of  la 
Judge  Emmett  M.  Wickliam,  su])porting  him- 
self by  teaching  school  at  various  times  while- 
he  completed  his  studies.  He  attended  the  Law 
School  of  the  Ohio  State  University  for  one 
year,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  the  year 
1895.  He  taught  school  for  some  time  to 
replenish  his  exchequer  and  then  opened  an 
oftice  in  Delaware  and  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  from  which  he  has  maintained  him- 
self and   family  ever   since. 

Air.  Selover  has  been  chosen  I'resident  of 
the  City  Council  of  Delaware,  Oltio,  his  po- 
sition being  that  of  vice-mayor.  It  would  de- 
volve upon  him  to  fill  the  oftice  of  mayrjr  in 
case  of  that  ofticial's  death  or  di.sability. 

FL-\RRY  W.  Jewell  was  born  in  Porter. 
Township,  Delaware  County,  Ohio,  November 
19,  1872.  He  is  the  son  of  Warren  S.  Jewell 
and  Laura  A.  (  Moody)  Jewell.  Fle  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schoc>ls  of 
Porter  Township.  When  he  was  fourteen 
years  of  age  he  entered  the  high  scIthiI  at 
Centerburg,  Knox  County,  Ohio,  from  which 
he  graduated.  He  then  entered  Hiiam  Col- 
lege, Portage  County,  Ohio,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  the  year  1895.  Pie  Iiegan  the 
srudv  of  law  in  the  ofi'ice  of  Messrs.  McElrov 


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anr!  Carpenter  in  the  same  year  of  his  gradu- 
ation and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  iSijy. 
I  lo  immediately  opened  an  otTice  in  the  city  ol 
iJelawarc,  and  be.qan  the  practice  of -his  pro- 
fession al<:>ne.  He  smui  achieved  a  success 
which  was  very  gratifying  to  liimselt  and 
friends.  March  12,  1907.  he  entered  into  a 
partnershij)  for  the  practice  of  his  profession 
with  Bert  P.  Benton,  the  style  of  the  firm  be- 
ing Jewell  &  Benton.  Fraternally  ;\Ir. 
Jewell  is  afifiliated  vnth  the  ]\Iasonic  Order, 
f)eing  an  active  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No. 
]8.  F.  &  A.  .AL.and  an  official  of  said  lodge. 

Edward  Thompson  Hu.mes  \va^  born 
Alarch  7,  1872.  on  a  farm  in  Brown  Town- 
ship, Delaware  County,  (Jhio.  He  is  the  sir.i 
of  Isaac  N.  Humes  and  IMary  iO\erturf) 
Humes.  The  father  was  h'-rn  in  0\])n  County, 
West  Mrginia,  and  the  muiher  was  burn  in 
Delaware  County,  Ohio.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  educated  iji  the  [uiblic  schools  of 
Delaware  County  and  the  National  Business 
College  of  Logansprirt,  Indiana.  He  began 
the  study  of  law  with  ]\Iessrs.  Overturf  and 
C<3yner  in  Delaware  and  was  gra.duated  at  the 
Law  Sch.ool  of  Cincinnati,  Ohii.),  completing 
lu's  course  with  the  clas'^  of  189S.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Ohio  on  the  eleventh  day  of  June,  iSgS,  and 
immediately  opened  an  office  in  Delaware, 
Ohio,  and  iDegan  the  practice  of  his  profes'^ion, 
achieving  a  gratifying  success. 

He  was  nominated  for  the  oOici.  oi  prose- 
cuting attorney  of  Delaware  County  in  the 
summer  of  1900,  and  was  duly  elected  in  No- 
vember of  the  same  year,  assuming  the  duties 
of  tiie  otlice  on  the  si.xth  day  of  January,  1901. 
He  was  re-elected  to  the  same  otiice  in  No- 
vember, 1903,  and  retired  on  the  seventh  of 
January,  1907.  having  completed  his  two 
terms,  which  is  tlie  limit  allotted  to  th.at  office 
l)y  a  time-honored  custom  and  tradition  in 
this  county.  During  the  time  of  Mr.  Hume's 
incumbency  of  office,  two  nrited  cases  were 
commenced  by  him.  which  imoh'ed  the  con- 
stitutionaHty  of  the  Valentine  Anti-trust  Law 
and  the  County  Road  Improvement  Act,  which 
suits   both   terminated   in   the   Supreme   Court 


of  Ohio.  The  first  was  a  case  in  which.  'Slv. 
Humes  had  a  number  of  the  coal  dealers  in 
I'^elaware  indicted  for  a  violation  of  the  Valen- 
tine Anti-trust  Law.  They  were  fined  by  llie 
Common  Pleas  Court  and  they  had  th.eir  cases 
taken  to  the  Circuit  Court,  whicit  court  held 
the  act  to  be  unconstitutional.  A  test  case 
was  tlicn  luade  and  it  was  taken  to  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Ohio,  which  court  sustained 
the  law^  and  that  ca.-.e  has  become  one  of  the 
leading  authorities  in  the  United  States  in 
sustaining  the  anti-trust  acts.  Tlie  other  case 
involved  the  constitutionality  of  the  C'luiity 
Road  Impt"0vement  Act.  This  case  was 
brought  in  the  Common  Pleas  Court  and  taken 
to  the  Supreme   Court  of  Ohio,   which  court 


also   held    thi 


act    not    to 
Constituti 


hibition    of    th 
Ohio. 

Immediate! 
office  of  prosecuting 
again  opened  an  nilRe 
activelv  engaged  in  tl 


be   withm   the 
'U   of   the   State 


up.jn  his  re 


ement  from  h.is 

:tornc}-,     ]Mr.     Himies 

Delaware  and  is  wjw 

practice  of  his  chosen 


profession.  Eraternallv  [Mr.  Humes  is  aUili- 
ated  with  the  B.  I'.  O.  E.,  No.  76.  Delaware. 
He  was  married  October  12,  189S,  to  ^liss 
Oro  Belle  Perfect,  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  and  he 
is  a  member  (.>f  the  Presbyterian  Churcli  of  this 
city. 

*     *     * 

H.\RRY  Lkox.\rd  is  a  native  of  Delaware 
County,  Ohio.  He  was  born  in  Brown  Town- 
ship, December  17,  1865,  and  is  the  son  of 
Jonathan  Leonard  and  Eli/;abeth  Leonard. 
Mr,  and  Mrs.  Lerjnard  were  the  parents  of 
four  children.  Dr.  \V.  N.  Leonard  was  an 
elder  brother  of  the  subject  of  this,  sketch. 
He  lived  and  practiced  medicine  in  this  city 
for  many  years.  Harry  Leonard  spent  his 
boyhcjod  on  !iis  father's  farm  in  Brown  Town- 
ship, wdiere  he  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  scho-jls  in  the  Eden  School  District. 
After  he  had  completed  his  course  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  he  attended  college  at  Ada.  Ohio, 
and  afterward  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University 
at  Delaware,  Ohio.  He  began  the  study  of 
law  under  the  tutorship  of  Frank  A.  Owen  of 
Delaware,  Ohio,  and  completed  his  course 
under  Judge  C.  H.  McElroy,  and  was  admitted 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTV 


to  tlie  Bar  by  tlie  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio, 
June  6.  1899.  August  i,  1899.  '''^  opened  an 
I'ffice  in  Delaware,  where  he  has  contiTiued 
the  practice  of  his  profession  with  flattering 
prospects  for  success.  He  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in  tlie  year  1901 
for  Delaware  Township,  and  was  re-elected  to 
succeed  himself  in  1904.  and  has  just  com- 
pleted his  second  term.  During  the  six  years 
Mr.  Leonard  held  tin's  oftice  of  justice  he  tried 
seven  hundred  and  sixty-four  cases,  many  of 
which  were  taken  to  the  Common  Pleas  Court 

on  a])peal  or  error  and  onl_\-  six  cases  which  ' 

were  carried   up   were   modified   and   hut  two  \ 

were   reversed.      }^[v.    Leonard   was   also    ad-  j 

nn'tted  to  practice  in  the  Federal  Courts  of  the  | 

L'nited  States  on  examinalioii  by  the  Circuit  j 

Court   for  the   Southern   District  of  Ohio,  on  j 

December  4.    1906,  at  its  session  held  in  Co-  i 

lumbus,   Ohio.  I 

Bexsox  \\'.-\lker  Hough  is  the  eldest  son  ; 
of  Leonard  Samuel  Hough  and  ^lary  (Liim)  i 
Lbiugh.  He  was  born  in  Berkshire  Town- 
ship, Delaware  County.  Ohio^Iarch  3.  1875.  ! 
He  received  his  early  education'  in  the  public  | 
schools  of  Delaware  and  graduated  from  the  ! 
high  school  in  the  year  7892.  He  attended  ! 
the  Ohio  W'esleyan  University  for  three  years  I 
and  the  Ohio  State  University,  fri5in  which  i 
he  graduated  in  the  law  department  in  the  year  j 
1899.  He  liegan  the  study  of  law  in  1S97 
with  .Messrs.  0\'erturf  and  Coyner  and  was  j 
admitted  to  the  Ear  in  the  moiith  r.f  March. 
1899.  He  immediately  began  the  firactice  oi  1 
his  chosen  profession  with  flattering  prospects  i 
for   success.                                                ,  | 

In  the- year  190J  he  formed  a  partnership  i 
for   the    practice    of    law    with   Judge    X.    F. 

Overturf,   the   style   of   the   tirni   being  Over-  \ 

turf  and   Hough,  which  partnershij)  has  con-  | 

tiiuied  ever  since.      In  the   spring  of  the  _\'ear  ! 

1902,    yir.    Hough    was     nominated     by     the  | 

Republican    I'arty   for  city   solicitor  of   Dela-  j 

ware,  to  which  he  was  duly  elected  in  April  of  j 

that  year.      He   was   re-nominated   to  succeed  j 

himself  in  the  spring  ot  the  year    1904.  and  | 

was  again  elected  and  ser\ed  liis  second  term,  | 

retiring    from   office    in   the    spring    of     1906.  I 


Since  that  time  he  has  continued  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  ])rofessir'n  with  the  firm  of  C)\'erturf 
and  Hough. 

Hox.  Harry  \V.  Crist  is  the  only  sun  of 
Rev.  ^A.  C.  Cri.st  and  Lavina  P.  Crist.  He 
was  burn  in  Eden,  Brown  Township,  Dela- 
ware County.  Ohi",  X'weniber  19,  1875. 
While  he  was  less  than  a  year  old.  liis  parents 
moved  to  Iberia,  ^^lormw  County.  Ohio,  where 
he  received  his  early  educatirju.  When  he  was 
about  thirteen,  years  of  age  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Ostrander,  Delaware  County,  Ohio, 
where  young  Crist  entered  the  public  schools. 
Fle  graduated  from  die  Ostrander  high  school 
in  the  year  1S92.  He  taught  in  the  puldic 
schools  of  Sci<_>ti:i  Township  ior  one  year,  and 
in  the  autumn  ifi  1893,  he  entered  the  WoMster 
University,  from  wliich  institution  he  gradu- 
ated with  hon(^rs  in  the  mimth  oi  June.  1897. 
He  entered  the  law  i'ffice  of  James  K.  Lytle, 
of  Delaware,  Ohio,  with  wlnni  he  read  lau- 
and  he  was  adnntted  to  the  Bar  by  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Ohio  in  December,  1900. 

About  , "the  first  of  January.  190 1,  Mr. 
Crist  entered  into  a  partnership  for  the  ]irac- 
rice  of  law  with  Wells  K.  Stanley,  of  Dela- 
ware. Ohio,  who  had  also  just  been  admitted 
to  the  Bar.  The  new  firm  (Opened  an  office  iri 
the  city  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  began  the 
practice  which  they  continued  for  alu-int  a 
year  with  very  satisfactory  results.  But  the 
severe  climate  of  the  lake  shore  difl  not  agree 
with  Mr.  Crist  and  he  retired  from  the  firm 
and  returned  to  Delaware.  Here  he  agai a 
entered  tlie  office  with  James  R.  Lytic  and 
began  the  practice  of  law.  and  while  they  are 
not  partners,  they  have  much  business  together 
and  assist  each  other  in  the  practice. 

In  the  year  1904,  after  the  death  ot  Judge 
McElroy.  Mr.  Crist  was  appointed  referee  in 
bankruptcy,  to  fill  the  place  nf  Judge  McElvoy, 
who  had  held  that  ixisitim  f(ir  a  number  of 
years.  In  the  year  1905  Mr.  Crist  resigned 
the  office  of  referee  in  bankruptcy  for  the  inir- 
pose  of  accepting  the  office  of  representative 
of  Delaware  County,  tn  which  position  he  had 
been  elected  by  the  Republican  party  in  .\'o- 
vember,    1905.   and    which     ])osition     he    now 


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339 


holds   and    has    sl 
election. 


;1\-    filled    since    hi 


Clerk  of  Colkts  F.nsux  R.  WIilt.iams. 
Edson  R.  Williams  is  the  son  of  Charles  .\\". 
and  Mary  J.  (Sheraianj  Williams,  lie  \vas 
born  April  i,  1874.  in  Berlin  Township, 
Delaware  Connty,  Ohio.  Ele  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  that  town-iiip.  He  pre- 
pared himself,  lor  a  teacher  ami  Ivz-an  t^)  teach 
when  he  was  but  seventeen  _\c,ir-  '<\  a-e.  lie 
attended  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  rni\cr-:ty  for  a 
time  but  he  completed  his  cjurse  and  received 
his  degre'e  from  the  Ohio  Northern  Unixersity 
in  the  year  1S96.  He  continued  to  teach  in 
the  public  schools  of  this  county  after  he  had 
recei\-ed  his  degree,  and  has  taught  in  Troy, 
Oranoe,  Radnor,  Ijerlin,  Sciotn  and  Cniicurd 
Townships.  He  taught  ihe  hi^h  sch.i..l  at 
Bellpoint  one  year  and  th.c  h.igli  schnul  at 
Warrensbiu'g  fijr  one  year.  During  the  time 
he  was  teaching  he  studied  law  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Bar  in  the  }-ear  1902.  He  con- 
tinued to  teach  until  the  spring  i>f  IQ05,  when 
he  opened  an  cthce  in  Delaware.  Ohiii.  and 
began  the  practice  of  his  chrisen  profession. 
He  was  nominated  by  the  DeuKicratic  party  for 
clerk  of  courts  of  Delaware  County  in  the 
summer  of  the  year  1905  and  was  elected  to 
that  office  in  Novemfier  of  that  year,  and 
he  is  now  the  efticient  clerk  of  this  count}-. 

Judge  E.  Lee  PoKTEkFiELU  was  born  in 
Oxford  To\>nsh!p.  Delaware  Cnnity,  Ohio, 
on  the  thirty-first  day  of  -May,  1867.  His 
father's  name  was  Jar\is  L.  and  his  niDther't 
was  Mary  J.  (  Enu.-l )  i'ortertield.  The  father 
•  was  born  near  Westfield.  while  Westfield  was 
yet  a  part  of  Delaware  County,  and  his  mother 
]Mary  J.  Foust  was  born  in  Oxford  Township, 
her  father  having  been  one  of  the  pioneer  set- 
tlers of  that  tinvnship.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  attended  the  [lublic  scln^ols  of  his 
native  township,  and  when  sufficiently  ad- 
vanced, the  graded  sclmols.  He  also  attended 
the  Northwestern  University  at  .\da,  Ohio, 
and  later  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University.  He 
became  a  leaclier  and  taught  in  the  pul)lic 
schools   of   Oxiorrl   township   for    six    years. 


He  then  became  principal  of  the  high  scliool  at 
Ashlc}-,  where  he  taught  for  seven  years. 
During  the  time  he  had  charge  of  the  high 
school  he  was  granted  a  life  certificate  to 
teach.     This  was  about  the  year  1897. 

In  the  summer  of  the  year  1899  he  was 
nominateil  b}^  the  Repuljlican  party  for  probate 
judge  of  Delaware  County,  and  he  was  duly 
elected  in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year,  and 
he  assumed  the  responsibility  of  his  office  on 
the  ninth  day  of  February,  1900,  He  was 
re-nominated  to  succeed  himself  in  the  year 
1902,  and  was  re-elected  to  the  same  oftice, 
which  he  held  until  the  close  of  his  term, 
I'ebruary  9,  1906. 

During  the  years  that  he  held  this  oilicc 
he  began  the  study  of  law  under  the  tutorship 
of  Judge  N.  F.  Overturf  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Bar  in  the  month  of  December,  A.  D., 
1905.  Immediately  upon  his  retirement  from 
the  [)robate  judge's  office  he  entered  intri  a 
partnership  for  the  practice  of  law  wuh  J-'reil 
.Mc.-Vl ester,  the  style  of  the  firm  being  Porter- 
field  &  McAlester.  Th,e  new  firm  opened  an 
office  in  the  Reid  and  Powell  Block  with 
bright  prospects  for  success.  F^raternally,  Mr. 
Porterfield  is  allied  with  Ashley  Lodge,  No. 
4:^7,  K.  of  P.,  and  with  Delaware  Lodge.  No. 
76,  B.  P.  O.  E. 

Burt  P.  Bextox  was  born  October  11, 
1872,  in  Scioto  Township,  Delaware  County, 
Ohin.  His  parents"  names  were  ThiDuias  B. 
Benton  and  Emma  L.  (Crawford)  Benton. 
T.  B.  Benton  was  for  many  years  a  member  of 
the  Bar  of  LMiion  County.  When  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  but  four  years  old,  his 
parents  moved  to  AJarx'sville,  Ohio,  where  they 
resided  for  ten  years,  and  during  that  time 
^Ir.  Benton  attended  the  public  schools  and 
received  his  early  education.  When  he  was 
fourteen  years  old  his  parents  returned  to 
the  farm  in  Scioto  Township.  Young  Ben- 
ton attended  the  public  schools  of  that  town- 
ship, and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  had  prepared 
himself  for  teaching.  He  taught  for  several 
years  during-  the  winter  term  and  attended 
the  Ohio  Northern  University  at  .\da,  Ohio, 
where  he   graduated. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


lie  t(3<)k  cliarge  of  tlie  W'arrenslmrg 
schools  at  the  organizatinu  of  the  special 
school  district  and  he  established  the  high 
school  of  Warrensburg,  which  he  taught  for 
.  six  years. 

He  was  nominatcrl  liy  the  Republican  party 
for  clerk  of  courts  and  was  elected  to  tha; 
office  at  the  Xo\-eml)er  election  of  the  year 
1899,  and  assumed  the  duties  of  his  office  in 
August,  1900.  He  was  re-nonrinated  to  suc- 
ceed himself  in  1902,  and  he  was  re-elected  to 
the  office  without  opposition.  During  die  time 
he  was  serving  in  the  capacity  of  clerk  of 
courts'  he  completed  the  law  cr)urse  at  Ohio 
State  University,  where  he  graduated  with  the 
class  in  June,  1905.  Pie  was  admitted  to  the 
Ear  by  the  Su])reme  Court  of  Ohio,  at  ColuPii- 
bus,  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June,  1905. 
On  the  completion  of  his  second  term  as  clerk 
of  courts,  ^Ir.  Bcntiju  formed  a  ijannership 
for  the  general  practice  of  law  with  Harry 
W,  Jewell,  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  under  the  iirm 
name  of  Jewell  and  Benton,  and  the  firm  is 
now  engaged  in  a  successful  and  lucrative 
practice.  Mr.  Eenton  served  the  honorable 
Ralph  D,  Cole,  representative  in  Congress 
'from  the  Eighth  District,  in  the  capacity  of 
private  secretary,  during  his  first  term  in 
Congress,  but  declined  the  appointment  for 
the  second  term,  feeling  that  his  duties  to 
his  profession  required  all  his  time  and  en- 
ergies. 

*     *     * 

Fred  A.  Mc.Alkstek  is  the  son  of  Coridon 
and  Jennie  (.Vdamsj  McAlcster.  He  was 
born  in  Thonij^on  Tov>-nship,  Delaware 
County,  Ohio,  October  17,  1878.  He  re- 
ceivefl  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  nati\'e  township.  He  then  entered  the 
high  school  at  Richwood,  Union  County,  Ohio, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  the  year  1S98. 
He  attended  Kenyon  College  for  one  year  and 
the  Ohio  \\'esleyan  Uni\ersity.  where  he  com- 
pleted the  classical  course  anrl  was  graduated 
in  Jime,  1902.  He  immediately  entered  the 
office  of  the  probate  judge  of  .  Delaware 
County  as  deputy  clerk,  where  he  remained 
for  three  years.  During  the  time  he  v.as  in 
that  office  he  began  the  -tudy  of  law  unilcv  the 
direction  of  Judge  X.  F.  Overturf.     He  com- 


I  pleted  the  course  in  Deceuiber,  1905,  and  took 

j  the    State  examination   and    was   admitted    co 

I  tlie  Bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio. 

I  Soon  after  his  admission  lie  formed  a  part- 

I  nership   for  the  practice  of  law  with-  E.  Lee 

I  Portcrfield,  the  style  of  the  firm  being  Porter- 

j  field  and   AlcAlester,      In  the  summer  of  the 

I  year  1906  he  was  nominated  by  the  Repulilican 

!  party  for  prosecuting  attorney  and  at  the  Xo- 

j  vember  election  of  that  year  w;i^  duly  elected 
to  the  office.     He  took  the  office  on  the  seventh 

I  day  of  January,   1907,  and  is  the  present  in- 
cumbent. 


Da\'ii)   ]M.   Cupp  w 
e.    Fairfield    Count  v. 


born  at  Pleasant 
Ohio,  in  the  \ear 
I  1S74.  He  IS  the  son  of  .Marvin  and  Elizabeth 
(Freeman)  Cujip.  'Jdie  subject  of  this  sketch 
j  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  \\\- 
I  lage,  and  attended  the  Xorthwestern  Univer- 
1  sity  at  .Ada,  Ohio,  where  he  began  the  studj- 
I  of  law.     He  later  entered  a  law  office  at  Lan- 


caster, Ohio,  wliere  he  completed  his  course 
and  was  admitteil  to  the  F)ar,  He  located 
in  Sunbury.  Delaware  County,  Ohi<:),  in  Sep- 
tember, 1907,  where  he  opened  an  office  and  is 
now  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
chosen   profession, 

J,  P.  M.\i.o;s-EY  is  the  son  of  John  C.  and 
Mary  ]\Ialoney.  He  was  born  in  the  State  of 
Kentucky,  where  his  parents  lived  at-  the  time 
of  his  birth.  The  family  came  to  Ohio  and  lo- 
cated on  a  farm  near  Ashley,  in  Oxford  Town- 
ship, Delaware  County.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  received  his  early  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Ashley.  He  then  came  to  Dela- 
ware where  he.  attended  the  Ohio  Business 
College  for  a  time,  and  then  went  to  the  Cin- 
cinnati Law  School,  where  he  graduated  and 
was  soon  after  admitted  to  the  Bar.  Fie 
opened  an  office  in  Delaware,  Ohio,  alxuit  the 
year  18S2,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. He  only  remained  here  for  five  <'r 
six  years  and  about  the  year  1888  he  went 
West,  locating  in  the  State  of  Kansas. 
*     *     * 

J.  Cot.E^r.vx  M.\RRjoTT  was  born  in  Lick- 
ing C'umty.  Ohio,  Sejjtember  4,  1877.  His 
parents'  names  were  Greenburg  O.  and  Amy 


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341 


(Willcy)  Marriott.  He  receivta  liis  early 
education  in  tlie  piil)lic  schools  of  his  native 
County  and  cr>niiileted  a  course  at  Hiram  Col- 
lege, Portage  County,  Ohio,  from  whijch  insti- 
tution he- received  his  degree  in  the  year  1903. 
lie  taught  fur  some  time  both  before  and  since 
his  graduation,  having  had  charge  of  the  high, 
school  at  Bellepoinl  last  year.  He  studied  law 
\vith.]\lessrs.  Marriott.  Freshwater  and  Wick- 
ham,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  Decem- 
ber. loO'').  lie  opencrl  an  office  during  the 
last  year  in  Newark,  Licking  County,  Ohio, 
anil  began  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profes- 
sion with  -tlattering  prospects  for  future  suc- 
cess. He  is  at  this  time  a  prominent  candidate 
for  prosecuting  attorney  of  Licking  County. 
]Mr.  Marriott,  though 'uot  having  practiced  in 
this  couuty,  has  been  so  long  identified  -with 
it  while  teaching  here  and  having  been  ad- 
mitted to  the  Bar  as  a  student  from  this  cnunty. 
\\e  are  glad  to  recognize  him  as  one  of  our 
nuniber. 

C.  H.  M,\xwELi.  is  the  son  cif  Henderson 
Ma.xwell.  a  former  justice  of  the  peace  of 
Kingston  Township,  Delaware  County,  Ohio. 
The  older  members  of  the  Bar  will  all  re- 
member "Squire  Maxwell."  as  he  was  gener- 
ally known,  twenty-five  years  ago.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  educated  in  the  public 


scliools  of  his  native  township,  and  at  the 
Ohio  W'esleyan  University.  He  studied  law 
with  the -firm  of  Marriott  and  W'i'ckhani,  in 
the  early   part  of  the  nineties   and    was    ad- 

]  mitted  to  the  Bar.  He  soon  after  went  to 
Toledo,  Ohio,  v.here  he  opened  an  oft'icc.  hut 
owing  to  the  failing  health  of  his  father  he 
returned  to  his  father's  home  in  Delaware 
County  to  look  after  his  farm.  He  remained 
in  Delaware  County  until  after  the  death  of 
his  father,  and  until  about  two  years  ago,  when 

j  he  went  to  the  State  of  California,  where  he 
now  resides. 

I         George  W.  Barky  is  the  last  acquisition 
'  to   the   Delaware  County   Bar.      He   came   to 
Delaware  in  June.  1907,  as  a  practicing  lawyer 
I   fiom  >iIorgan  Count)-,  Ohio,  and  while  he  has 
!  bought  property  and  moved  to  Delaware  witli 
!  his  family,  he  still  retains  his  ofhce  and  busi- 
1  ness    in    ]McConnel!sville,    the    county   seat   of 
I   ]\Iorgan  County,  where  he  is  in  active  practice. 
I   He  has  not  procured  an  ottfce  in  this  cit\-  ar^ 
'  }et,  but  he  expects  to  become  an  active  mern- 
I  ber  of  this  Bar  and  make  Delaware  his  per- 
!  manent   home.      ]\Ir.    Barry   has   been    in    the 
practice  for  about  twenty-fi\e  years,  and  has 
been  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  at  the   Mc- 
Connellsvile  Bar,  and  will  be  a  worthy  acqui- 
sition to  the  Delaware  County  Bar. 


CHAPTER.  X¥. 


THK  MEDICAL  PR.OFESSION. 

Dchizcarc  County  MciUcal  Men  of  the  Past    and   of  the  Present. 


When  the  Queen  of  Shcba,  from  South- 
ern Arabia,  came  to  visit  King  Solomon,  she 
hrouglit  with  her  a  lihysician,  and  the  great 
medicinal  agent,  the  Bahn  of  Gilead.  The 
piety,  wisdom,  glory  and  courtesy  of  Solomon 
greatly  impressed  her.  Upon  her  return  to 
her  own  country  she  sent,,  contrary  to  the  laws 
of  her  land,  the  great  medicinal  tree  so  long 
known-  to  her  kingdom,  eight  himdred  miles 
away,  to  this  admired  ruler,  t'>  be  planted 
along  the  ri\er  Jordan.  The  tree  grew,  in- 
creased, and  furnished  medicine  to  Palestine. 
Jeremiah,  six  hundred  years  after,  and  .six 
hundred  years  before  the  Christian  era,  said. 
'Ts  there  no  balm  in  Gilead,  is  there  no  ph}-si- 
cian   there?" 

In  the  pioneer  days  in  this  country,  the 
Doctor  held  a  very  conspicuous  and  import- 
ant position  with  the  settlers.  In  many  parts 
of  the  Far  West,  the  physician,  like  the  pio- 
neers of  our  county,  are  compelled  to  ride  long 
distances  to  administer  to  the  sick  and  af- 
flicted. In  those  early  days  the  only  question 
was,  "is  he  a  doctor?"  "Isms"  and  "pathies' 
were  unknown.  This  peculiar  state  of  opinion 
did  not  last  always.  The  surgeon,  the  physi- 
cian, the  obstetrician,  the  dentest  or  tooth- 
puller,  and  finally  the  druggist,  established  a 
new  order  of  things.  The  large  and  increasing 
population,  continuously  tIo\ving  into  the  new 
world,  made  inroads  on  this  imprirtant  func- 
tionary, the  Doctor.  He  was  compelled  to 
share  honors  with  the  new  members  coming 
to  the  land  of  promise.  The  newcomers  as 
well  as  the  old  timers,  became  divided  in  their 
opinions,  and  the  innovations  soon  had  thei: 


adheren.ts.  .  Tiie  herl)  and  root  doctor,  like 
the  physician  of  o\'er  three  thousand  years  ago 
witli  his  Balm  of  Gilead,  Ijcgan  laying-  the 
foumlaticu  ..if  a  new  school  with  his  roots  and 
herlis,  his  mortar  and  kettle,  in  his  crude  la- 
boratory. 

This  empiric  school  gave  impetus  to  the 
more  careful  study  of  gatliering,  selecting  and 
preparing  from  nature's  lalioratory.  It  is 
needless  to  tell  how  the  mighty  original  think- 
ers and  investigators  of  bygone  days,  reduced 
to  exact  knowledge  the  uses  of  many  remedial 
agents  now  scientifically  manufactured  and 
furnished  to  the  students  of  medicine  of  to- 
da\'.  Our  forefathers  \vere  imperiectl}"  ac- 
cjuainted  with  the  minertd  medicinal  agents, 
as  well  as  the  deadly  poisonous  principals  in 
the  vegetable  kingdom.  Their  limited  em- 
pirical knowledge  gave  them  but  few  physio- 
logical ideas  of  the  action  of  the  herbs  and 
vegetables  they  used  as  remedial  agents;  but 
their  discoveries  stimulated  the  desire  for  ex- 
act knowledge  in  our  day.  until  toda}'  we 
ha\'e  a  greater  knowledge  as  to  the  action  on 
the  normal  and  the  patholngical  body.  Today 
these  drugs  are  reduced  to  standardization. 
Hence  you  will  under.-tand  that  the  root  and 
herb  doctor  indirectly  contributed  much  to  our 
profession.  The  old  Indian  doctc:ir  made  his 
contribution — his  knowledge  of  remedial 
agents. 

The  old  school  of  Eclectics  gathered  herbs 
and  prepared  the  medicine  under  its  own 
supervision.  TIk-  Rclevtics  established  a  ?^Iedi- 
cal  College  at  Wortb.ington  in  1830:  Dr.  J. 
J.  Steel,  president,  Dr.  J.  G.  Jones,  dean.    The 


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laiter  was  a  partner  of  Dr.  Case,  the  husljaml 
of  Mrs.  Jam-  Case,  wlio  donated  so  liberally 
ti.  the  Delaware  llospiiai;  and  Dr.  John  A. 
i.,ittle,  a  resident  of  or.r  county  was  associated 
\vilh  them  fiir  a  while.  .  This  school  had 
much  intlueDce  in  this  and  I'ranKlin  Connlies. 
Oiie  of  the  most  learned  and  highly  cultnred 
physicians,  Dr.  J.  A.  Little,  was  a  student; 
and.  a  teacher,  but  afterward  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Regular  profession.  This  school 
was  moved  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  became 
the  Eclectic  3iledical  College. 

The  Homeopathic  doctrine  made  its  ap- 
pearance in  about  1850.  Since  then  it  has  had 
a  representative  in  the  county,  j)arlicularly  In 
Delaware.  It  was  perhaps  through  its  influ- 
ence that  grealer  -tudy  was  given  to  the  ef- 
fect of  1)1. jod  letting,  since  aband'/med.  Its 
reiuedial  agents  were  studied  more  scientitic- 
al!y  and  reduced  to  a  siaridardization  ai;d  made 
more  palatable. 

It  was  in  1824  the  Thompsonian  system 
was  given  to  the  world,  of  whic''  the  present 
generation  knows  Init  little.  1  hompson  ad- 
vocated that  "heat  was  life,  and  cold  was 
death."  He  had  formulas  numl?.ering  from  i 
to  6.  He  steamed  the  patient  outside;  and 
stimulated  him  inside  with  his  No.  6.  His 
books  were  sold  to  families,  as  well  as  to 
physicians.  In  a  few  years  the  system 
passed  away,  or  nearly  S'j.  Yet  the  steaming 
and  the  bathing  had  made  an  impression, 
which  culminated  in  the  erection  ni  many 
large  sanitariuius  ir.  this  ami  ;dl  landis. 

One  of  the  citizens  of  Delaware  at  that 
time,  Mr.  Horton  Howard,  bought  the  rights 
to  Ohio  and  several  western  states  for  the 
jjromulgation  of  the  Thompsonian  system. 
Howard  became  a  great  power,  and  soon 
moved  to  Columbus,  where  he.  in  1S32,  in- 
duced the  Legislature  to  change  the  medical 
laws,  and  thus  disorganize  all  of  the  Regular 
medical  societies  of  the  State.  Soon  after 
tliis  innovation,  in  1838,  came  the  Uroscopists, 
who  thought  the  kidneys  the  source  of  all  of 
our  ills.  They  soon  passed  away,  yet  they 
stitnulated  thought.  The  original  thinkers  of 
the  Regular  profession,  by  means  of  chemis- 
try, studied  the  secretions  of  the  kidneys,  and 


the  diseases  th.at  aftocled  them,  and  benefitted 
mankind    thereljw 

Following  ib'e.e  came  ih^  Specialists.  The 
Cancer  ducfi-,  a-  we  lia\e  tlicni  today,  ukmIc 
n.j  disowerics.  and  added  nothing  to  the 
treatment  of  the  disease.  Are  we  discovering 
anything  new  for  the  treatment  of  cancer? 
The  same  way  may  be  saii]  of  the  Consimip- 
tive  doctor,  for  of  the  disease  he  knew  nothing 
and  the  remedial  agents  were  largely  detri- 
mental to  the  patient;  yet  they  stimulated  pro- 
fessional thought.  Then  came  the  ear  and 
eye  specialists,  who  had  very  limited  ideas  of 
the  disease  of  these  organs :  yet  they  caused 
investigation,  until  today  mankind  is  blessed 
beyond  comprehension  with  nearly  an  exact 
science.  Then  appeared  the  Clairvoyant,  the 
Wizard,  and  the  Spiritualist,  to  delude.  To- 
day they  are  known  as  Christian  Scientists. 

Ne.xt  appeared  the  ^Masseurs,  and  the  sys- 
tem of  massaging.  Todav  it  is  called  Osteo- 
pathy. They  have  a  schor.l  at  Kirksville,  Mo. 
This  system  was  known  and  taught  long  be- 
fore the  Christian  era  In-  the  Chinese  and 
Hindoos;  tlieir  boi.ks  described  and  tangiit 
the  treatment.  This  system  feil  into  the  hands 
of  the  I'.rahmin  fakirs  and  sorcerers,  and  was 
filled  with  mysteries  and  delusions. 

About  1840,  the  profession  extended  the 
hand  of  fellowship  to  a  new  and  higldy  im- 
pi-irtant  newcomer,  the  lady  ph\'sician.  This 
welcomed  practitioner  soon  found  the  roads 
impassable  and  the  work  too  laljorious  for  he:', 
and  her  stay  was  of  short  duration;  but  in 
about  i8yo  the  marvelojsly  changed  environ- 
ments brough.t  her  back  into  the  field  of  labor 
to  stay. 

Just  when  the  first  Medical  Society  v.as 
formed  is  uncertain;  we  think  in  about  1848. 
It  would  lie  uninteresting  and  superfluinis  to 
record  the  ups  and  downs  of  the  many  or- 
ganized and  re-organized  medical  societies  of 
the  county.  We  might  do  so;  but  it  would  be 
pernicious;  so  we  shall  let  the  subject  sleep. 
After  some  fifteen  or  twenty  years  of  desue- 
tude, the  present  Delaware  County  ]\Iedical 
Society  was  formed  upon  the  broad  plan  of 
charity  to  all.  wdien  in  1904  all  sch.oiils  of 
mediicine  were  admitted  to  equal  membership, 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


anil  niiw  fur  three  years  and  over,  tlie  s(jeieL\' 
lias  been  working  ia  perteet  harmony,  all 
\vurking  to  advance  ihe  healing  art,  regardless 
of  "isms"  and  "pathics." 

An  article  in  the  Delaware  County  history 
of  1880  brought  down  the  biograpiiical 
sketches  of  the  members  of  the  profession  of 
the  county  from  the  earliest  jjeriotl  to  1880. 
Now  at  the  earnest  request  of  the  historian, 
lion.  J.  R'.  Lytle,  for  his  new  history  of  the 
county,  I  continue  the  l)iographical  sketches  of 
the  profession  in  tlic  country,  and  bring  it 
down  to  1907.  The  work  would  ha\'e  been 
arduous  without  the  earnest  co-operation  of 
nearl)-  e\-ery  member  of  the  profession  in  the 
conritry.  To  these  we  extend  our  sincere 
thanks'. 

Those  who  ha\'e  been  in  acti\'e  work  for 
the  last  thirty  years  will,  like  Ivip  \'an  Winkle, 
awake  and  rub  their  eye-  and  exclaim,  'Ts  it 
true  that  so  many  cIi:uil;cs  have  taken  place, 
and  so  many  lia\e  p:i;.'-cii  to  their  reward?" 
While  so  many  nriguiai  thinkers,  and  earnest 
workers  have  passed  away,  the  communities 
are  blessed  with  many  new  members  equally 
qualified  to  fill  the  vacant  places. 

There  is  very  little  authentic  memorial  evi- 
dence of  the  lives  and  doings  of  the  pioneer 
physicians  of  this  county,  and  very  little  writ- 
ten evidence,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  dates 
of  their  arri\-al  and  a  letter  or  two  written  to 
anxious  friends  back  in  the  far  east.  It  was 
the  good  fortune  of  the  writer  in  the  begin- 
ning of  his.  practice,  to  be  intimately  associated 
with  the  scholarly  and  renowned  j.3r.  Ralph 
Hills  (a  son  of  Dr.  James  Hills,  one  of  the 
first  physicians  to  locate  in  the  county,  and 
of  whom  we  shall  speak  later).  Drs,  T.  B. 
Williams,  W.  T,  Constant,  John  A.  Little  and 
the  writer  often  met  in  the  studio  of  Dr. 
Ralph  Hills  to  listen  to  the  stories  of  the  pio- 
neer, so  graphically  i  elated  by  him,  as  well 
as  to  hear  the  history  of  those  who  came  later. 
The  pathfinders  and  axe  wielders  have  long 
since  passed  away.  There  are  no  more  out- 
posts for  the  daring  physician,  no  more  ad- 
vanced guard  to  administer  to  the  various 
forms  of  disease  which  afflicted  the  early  set- 
tlers.    All  is  changed.     Few  of  our  profession 


any  recolicctirai  of  our  piuneer    toreia- 
traditiona!   ur   otherwise,      'J"he   history 


Dk.  Rxa-BEN  L.\.Mi!,  the  first  doctor  to  lo- 
cate in  the  county,  is  most  interesting  and  en- 
tertaining, and  we  would  be  only  too  glad  to 
tell  of  some  of  the  many  heroic  deeds  and 
dangers  he  passed  through  while  visiting  the 
sick,  as  related  liy  Dr.  Ralph  Hills,  who  know 
him  intimately.  I  Jr.  Lamb  was  born  and 
raised  in  the  East  ( Xew  \nvk).  As  10  just 
I  where  he  secured  his  medical  education,  little 
I  is  known.  But  that  he  read  under  a  careful 
student  of  medicine  was  proven  by  his  thor- 
ough preparedness.  He  left  home,  relatives 
and  friends  in  1S05  for  the  fa;  southwest — 
Xew  Orleans  as  his  destination.  When  he 
reached  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  he  chanced 
to  meet  Colonel  Aloscs  Byxbe,  who  persuaded 
the  young  physician  to  go  with  him  to  DeL'i- 
ware  County,  Ohio,  and  locate  in  Berkshire, 
the  new  and  only  town  in  the  conntv.  The 
trip  down  the  ()liio  and  Aii^~)-si]~iii  R:\er3  was 
abandoned,  and  in  a  few  w  eik^  ti:.",  landed  at 
Worthington,  Franklin  Coaiu\,  where  thev 
were  entertained  over  night  h\  <ouic  settlers 
who  had  located  there  a  )ear  before.  'l"he  next 
day  they  arrived  at  Berksliire.  where  the  young 
physician  found  work  at  once  among  those 
who  had  preceded  l:im.  Dr.  Lamb  had 
brought  some  well  selected  text  l»oks,  and  a 
fine  set  of  surgical  instruments  with  him.  .\fter 
a  short  time  he  was  called  to  Worthington  to 
see  a  sick  lady.  Soon  the  attraction  to  this 
village  became  stronger,  and  the  following 
year  he  moved  there  and  married  a  belle  of  the 
village.  The  following  year  he  returned  to 
Berkshire  to  join  his  old  friend  Colonel  Byxbe, 
The  next  year  he  and  the  colonel  and  other 
friends  laid  out  Delaware  on  the  Olentangy 
River  in  1808.  Dr,  Lamb  acting  as  the  first 
physician  and  first  recorder  for  the  county. 
His  practice  increased  rapidly  and  extended 
from  Delaware  to  Portland  on  the  north,  now 
Sandusky  City  on  Lake  Erie:  and  from  Dela- 
ware to  Chillicothe  on  the  south.  Througli 
the  woods  and  along  the  bypaths,  through 
bridgeless  streams,  midst  dangers    from    the 


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wild  heast  and  Indian,  he  traveled  with  and 
withunt  escort  to  achninistcr  to  the  aftlicted. 
T^is  surgical  skill  and  education  was  soughi 
for  far  and  near.  TIkv  said  he  disliked  .sur- 
gery and  was  only  too  glad  to  loan  his  set  of 
I'inc  insiruincnts  to  his  professional  ijrothcrs 
who  needed  and  would  use  thern. 

Dr.  Lamb  was  born  in  about  1775.  and 
died  in  J  850.-  He  was  married  three  times. 
First  to  3iliss  Campbell  of  W'orthingion;  after 
her  death  to  a  JNJiss  Sloper  of  Delaware,  Ohio, 
in  181 5.  They  then  moved  to  Galesbin-g,  Illi- 
nois. The' following  year  he  lost  his  wife  and 
at  once  returned  to  Delaware.  an;i  .^"un  ^ifier 
married  a  ^Irs.  Piatt,  a  sister  of  his  Irmt  wife. 
His  first  home  was  on  the  site  of  the  present 
"Home  for  the  Aged  Women"  the  now  iiome 
for  the  first  settlers  fittingly  succeeded  by  the 
last  home  for  the  aged.  The  deed  for  tlie  land 
\\-licre  the  Lamb  block  is  standing'  is  the  same 
today,  having  never  been  changed,  except 
from  the  Doctor  to  In's  son  Reuben  Lamb,  who 
was  known  to  man)'  li\  ing  t'jday.  Dr.  Ralph 
Hills  slated  that  D)'.  Laml)  was  a  man  of  few- 
words,  very  sympa.ilictic,  geiierous  and  kind- 
hearted.  Professionally  and  socially  ver)'  re- 
ticent, he  was  often  believed  to  be  cold  and 
distant. 

*     *     * 

Dk.  Xo.Vii  Spauldixg  located  in  Berk- 
shire in  the  latter  part  of  1S09.  but  in  a  short 
time  removed  to  Delaware,  -where  he  practiced 
until  1832,  the  year  of  his  death.  He  came 
from  the  mountains  of  Xcw  Hampshire.  Lie 
graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  in  medi- 
cine and  literature.  Lie  was  a  man  of  great 
know-ledge,  but  slow-  in  expression.  His  ami- 
ability, social  and  temperate  habits  gained 
hitu  many  warm  friends.  He  was  a  fine  story 
teller,  and  often  entertained  his  many  friends, 
with  his  feet  supported  on  some  convenient  ob- 
ject higher  than  his  body.  He  w-as  an  active 
member  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  organizers  of  a  Sunday 
school  in  the  county.  He  ser\-ed  also  on  the 
first  Board  of  School  E.xaminers  for  the 
count}-.  The  pleasant  impression  made  upon 
Dr.  Ralph  Hills  w-hen  a  youth,  and  w-hile  un- 
dergoing an  examination,  was  never  effaced. 


Dr.  Spaulding  in  a  few  mnmcnts  dispelled  all 
the  trepidation  of  the  youth  by  telling  aricc- 
dotes  of  other  teachers,  and  the  degree  of 
qualification  of  tliose  presenting  themselves 
for  examination.  Suddenly  he  turned  to 
young  Llills  and  asked,  "Ralph,  w-hat  is  the 
difference  betw-een  six  dozen  dozen  and  a  half 
dozen  dozen?"  A  prompt  answer  brought 
forth  a  certificate.  Dr.  Spaulding  remarked, 
"This  is  one  of  Dr.  Hills"  sons,  and  w-e  know- 
wdiat  he  is."  Dr.  Hills  met  Dr.  Spaulding  on 
the  .street  one  day  aiul  said,  "Duclur,  I  have 
given  my  w-ife  some  blue  pills  and  they  have 
not  acted  as  the\  shoul:!,  see  wliat  you  think 
of  tliem."  Dr.  Spaul'liiig  exaniined  one  given 
him,  and  qiu'ckly  r-.  m:,rkod.  "A'ou  see  they  are 
Inick  shot  and  ui;-.k'  ■•1  Ica.d." 

Dk.  N.  Hawley  folkjwed  Drs.  Lamb  and 
Spaulding.  He  came  to  the  well  advertised 
field  of  attraction,  Berkshire,  in  1S12.  fr.^m 
w-hich  time  traditional  history  fails  to  tell  any- 
thing. Llis  remarkable  enci-gy,  slirewi.hicss 
ant!  great  skill  gave  hirn  his  share  of  the  work 
in  the  new  land.  He,  like  Dr.  Spaulding.  ' 
w-as  armed  with  j)lc:i-ing  anecflotes  and  attrac- 
tive stories  which  cntertaincii  Ids  nuniorui:s 
friends.  He  died  in  i8j2.  lie  w;i5  advanced 
in  years  when  he  came  to  Berkshire,  and  was 
kniiwn  from  the  beginning  as  "old  Dr.  Haw- 

SiL.\s  C.  McClakv.  In  1813  another  ad- 
dition to  the  profession  was  made  by  Dr.  Silas 
C.  jNIcClary  coming  to  Berkshire.  After 
tw-enty  years  of  labor  there,  he  removed  to 
Delaware  and  in  a  short  time  went  to  Radnor 
where  lie  died. 

Dr.  S-^muel  Moulton.  Six  years  passed 
when  Dr.  Samuel  ^loulton  located  in  v.-hat 
w-as  supposed  w-ould  be  T^iie  capital  of  the 
county,  Berkshire.  He  came  from  Vermont 
and  w-as  a  student  from  Rutland,  and  a  grad- 
uate of  medicine.  His  erudite  habits  and  no- 
ble character  gave  him  a  very  prominent  place 
in  the  town.  He  was  well  read  and  possessed 
great  skill,  and  liad  the  reputation  of  making 
but  few  mistakes.     The  great  White  Plague 


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cut  sli-.rt  a  Liseful  career,  lie  diet  at  the  ago 
of  twenty-m'ne  years,  in  the  year  i8ji.  Ki.- 
couiisel  was  suuglu  by  liis  felli.n\  [iractitinners. 
and  fur  years  tiie_\  kept  his  nieniury  green 
among  the  cijninnmitv  \<y  using  the  "AlouUon 
Catliartic  I'llls." 

Dr.  Ei.eazer  CoPF.i..\xn  soon  foll-nvcd 
Dr.  Moulton  from  \  ermont.  but  he  located  in 
Galena,  or  Zoar,  as  it  was  c;dled  then.  He 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade  and,  like  many  oth- 
ers, obtained  his  education  while  working  on 
the  bench.  It  is  said  that  while  i)i:'unding  the 
last,  he  committed  to  memory  ihe  whi>le  of 
Murray's  English  Grammar,  and  accomplished 
the  task  in  two  weeks.  He  prepared  himself 
f(jr  a  teacher  while  working  at  his  trade,  and 
while  teaching  school,  he  studied  Greek  and 
Latin,  which  he  mastered  without  an  instruc- 
tor, and  became  a  good  translat'jr  oi  b'^th  l;ui- 
guages.  He  studied  medicine  in  the  same 
maimer,  and  became  one  of  the  best  practition- 
ers in  the  county.  He  was  held  in  high  esteem 
by  all  of  his  confreres,  and  for  many  years  was 
the  censor  for  the  First  and  Si.xth  an.d  Elev- 
enth Medical  Districts  of  Ohio.  The  Eleventh 
District  was  composed  of  Franklin,  Delaware, 
^Marion  and  Crawford  Counties.  Fie  died  in 
1S34  from  drowning  in  the  Pjig  Walnut,  near 
Galena.  This  sudden  ending  was  a  great  loss 
to  the  county. 

Dk.  Royal  X.  Powers  located  in  Dela- 
ware in  1820.  He  A\'as  gi\'en  "a  ride  r)n  a 
rail"  after  being  here  a  short  time.  Wliere  he 
went  was  never  known. 

"  *     -Jf     * 

Dr.  Alphcs  Bigelow  located  in  Galem 
in  1 82 1.  He  was  a  brother  of  the  noted  evan- 
gelist. Rev.  Russell  Bigelow  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church.  These  two  brothers 
were  self-educated  and  self-made  men.  They 
both  possessed  great  energy  and  strong  minds. 
The  doctor  was  not  a  regular  graduate,  but 
was  an  excellent  pliysician.     He  died  in  1S50. 

Dr.  James  H.  Hii.l.s.  One  of  the  most 
widely  known  physicians  in  the  county  was  Dr. 
James  FIar\-ey  Hills,  who  was  born  at  Farm- 
ington,     Hartford     County,     Connecticut,     in 


1782.  and  died  m  Delawai 
course  at  Yale  College  he 
his  brother-in-law,  the  cele 
After   his   n.iedical   cuur^e 
tice   at   ]"''armington.      He 


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rearl  medicii 
jrate.l  Dr.  !■ 
le   liegan   the  ])vac 
suon   grew   re-tles. 


with 

Tori. 


ike 


the  tor- 
perate,  and 
3mniendal.ile 


and  sought  the  western  field.  Fiis  first  jilac. 
was  Worthington,  Franklin  Count}-.  Ohio 
He  arrived  there  in  iSoS.  and  began  his  work 
After  ten  years  he  moved  to  Darbv  Plains 
and  in  1822  came  io  Delaware,  a  more  rapidly 
growing  town,  where  he  remained  until  hi; 
death  at  the  age  of  forty-nine  vears.  He  wa; 
one  of  the  insist  iiighly  educate.l  physicians  it 
the  cou.nty.  He  was  an  original  thinker,  anc 
possessed  strong  perceptive  faculties  and  souik 
judgment.  He  was  a  successful  surgeon  anc 
physician,  yet  though  he  nc\er 
mer  work,  he  never  refused  to 
when  he  did  it  was  always  in  i 
manner.  Those  who  knew  him  well  and  in- 
timately said  to  the  writer  "F^r.  Hills  was  a 
grand  physician,  and  was  highly  serviceable  to 
suffering  immanity.  Flis  early  taking  oft  was 
a  great  loss  to  the  community.  In  iSoi  he 
married  [Miss  Beulah  Andrews,  who  died  in 
1S66.  It  was  in  1812  that  the  doctor  was 
taken  very  sick  at  Defiance.  Ohio,  while  lie 
was  with  the  army  at  Fort  Defiance.  The 
courier  brought  the  news  of  the  danger  to  the 
faithful  wife.  She  soon  had  the  family  mare 
ready  for  th.e  long  and  dangerous  tri[i. 
Througli  the  trackless,  forest,  crossing  swmI- 
len  streams,  braving  the  threatening  of  the 
wild  beasts,  and  the  treacherous  Indians,  she 
traveled,  iniiil  she  reached  the  bedside  of  the 
loving  iiusband.  Here  she  reniaiiied  nursnig 
him  until  tlie>  cuuld  return  tn  Delaware  with 
an  escort  of  soldiers  f(.r  pnitection.  Dr.  Hills 
was  the  father  (jf  ele\en  children,  some  of 
wlmm  became  the  forem.o.st  i)rofessioiiai  ami 
business  men  in  the  county  and  State.  All  of 
the  children  have  joined  tiie  great  majority, 
and  it  is  left  to  the  grand-children  to  take  up 
the  burdens  with  the  same  energy,  integrity 
and  power.  The  impress  made  u|)i  in  the  com- 
munity by  Dr.  James  H.  Hills  and  his  children 
and  grandchildren  will  last  for  ages. 


Dr.  Jo 
fortune  of 


c.vTii.vx  X.  Bl'rr.     It  was  the  gr 
the  writer  to  know  intimatelv  r 


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2A7 


of  those  old  and  liighly  ap{)reciated  pionci:r 
physicians.  Dr.  Jonathan  N.  Burr.  He  grad- 
uated in  medicine  and  came  to  Delaware  in 
i8.'3.  He  at  once  formed  a  partnership  with 
Dr.  James  .H.  Hills.  This  partnership  lasted 
uiiid  1S25,  when  Dr.  Burr  mo\-ed  to  ^It.  \'cr- 
non,  Ohio.  He  entered  upjn  a  large  practice 
in  Mt.  \>nion,  and  when  we  knew  him,  in 
1S70,  he  had  accumulated  a  large  fortune  and 
practically  retired  from  active  work.  He  was 
aTi  intimate  friend  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Russel,  and 
both  were  strong  supports  to  the  Episcopal 
Churcli.  He  was  about  ninety  years  old  at  the 
time  of  his  death. 

Dr.  George  M.  Smith.  The  next  year 
after  Dr.  Burr  left  Delaware.  Dr.  George  ?\1. 
Smith,  a  newcomer,  formed  a  partnership  with 
Dr.  Hills,  which  continued  as  long  as  he  was 
in  Delaware.  He  went  to  Mississippi  and 
married  a  rich  lady.  A  few  years  alter  his 
luarriage,  he  came  north  on  a  \isit  and  died  of 
cholera.  Dr.  Smith  was  a  thoniu^h  anat'j- 
mist.  He  was  born  in  New  Hampshire.  He 
was  compelled  to  leave  his  nativ.c  State  for  ex- 
huming a  body  for  the  purpose  of  study.  After 
several  years  in  Delaware,  his  abode  was  dis- 
covered by  the  authorities  in  the  East.  He 
then  went  Sijutli.  He  imroduced  quinine  into 
tlie  county  in  i!Sj6.  and  wa-:  the  first  to  use  it 
in  the  treatment  of  chills  and  fever. 

Dr.  W.  1\I.  Miller.  X'irginia  in  1827 
sent  one  of  her  sons  to  Delaware  to  contend 
for  business.  He  first  located  at  Worthing- 
ton,  the  favorite  resort  of  the  new  physician 
to  the  new  world.  After  a  brief  stay.  Dr.  W. 
AI.  Miller  opened  an  office  in  Delaware.  He 
was  an  alumnus  r.f  an  eastern  college  and  a 
well-read  physician.  He  did  not  succeed  very 
well,  and  soon  moved  to  Columlius.  and  after- 
ward to  Missi'iuri.  He  was  a  brother-in-law 
of  President  Tyler. 

*     *      * 

Dr.  Cii.\rles  H.  Pickett  made  his  ad- 
vent to  this  favorite  resort  in  1S31.  after  a 
short  stay  in  Worthington.  He  died  here  in 
1855.  He  was  educated  in  New  York  City 
and  came  of  a  verv  influential  familv.     His  fa- 


ther and  brothers  conducted  a  female  semi- 
nary in  the  city,  and  the  father  was  the  author 
of  several  school  books.  None  questioned  his 
ability,  and  it  is  said  that  he  never  questioned 
it  himself.  His  son,  Ale.xander,  read  medi- 
cine with  him  and  soon  after  died  suddenly. 
Hi       *       * 

Dr.  C.  C.  Raxsburge  came  to  Delaware 
about  the  same  time,  and  became  a  partner  of 
Dr.  Pickett,  but  soon  retired  from  ill  health. 
Some  of  his  descendants  are  yet  living  in  this 
locality. 

Dr.  J.\mes  L.^xgworthv  came  here  from 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  alv.nit  1835,  and  engaged  in 
the  drug  business.  In  a  short  time  he  began 
to  practice  medicine. 

Dr.  Eli.t.\h  Carney  was  from  Kentucky. 
He  settled  in  old  Berkshire  in  1S35.  He  and 
Dr.  Ralph  PI  ills  entered  the  profession  about 
the  saiue  year,  tlie  latter  in  Delaware..  There 
are  many  yet  living  in  the  county,  and  espe- 
cially around  Berkshire,  who  well  rememlier 
old  Dr.  Carney.  His  wonderful  ability  and 
wavs  gave  him  the  entire  Inisiness  for  many 
miles  in  and  around  the  village  of  Berkshire. 
He  graduated  at  the  Cleveland  Medical  Col- 
lege. His  attention  to  his  patients,  his  indus- 
trious and  studious  habits,  as  well  as  his  sym- 
pathetic power,  gained  him  the  confidence  of 
the  people.  He  died  in  1869,  leaving  numer- 
ous relatives  in  Uiis  and  Morrow  Counties. 
*     *     * 

Dr.  Kingslev  Ray  came  first  to  Worth- 
.  ington  in  1820.  and  then  here  in  1S37.  He 
graduated  at  Berkshire,  i\[assachusetts.  Not- 
withstanding his  superior  Cjualifications.  he 
never  succeeded  here  very  well  in  the  practice. 
In  1848  he  moved  to  Circleville,  Ohio,  whe-e 
he  had  a  large  business  for  many  years  before 
his  final  call 

Dr.  Ralph  Hills.  No  physician  of  the 
county,  or  or  Delaware,  was  ever  more  highly 
respected  for  his  high  f|uaIihcations  as  a 
scholar,  citizen  and  physician  than  Dr.  Ralph 
Plills.  His  looks,  demeanor,  education,  and 
his  remarkable  ways  commanded  respect  and 


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attention.  Tiiis  son  of  Dr.  Janies  H.  Hills  had 
every  known  advantage,  and  imjn-oved  them  to 
(he  limit  of  liis  ability.  When  the  elder  physi- 
cian came  to  Delaware  from  the  Darby  Plains, 
after  Icavinc;  \\'orthingtcin,  this  son  was  a 
youth  of  twei-. e  years.  At  the  age  of  seven-' 
teen  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  his 
father,  as  well  as  pursuing-  his  stivdies  in  the 
day  schools.  He  continued  reading  and  pre- 
paring for  his  future  professional  life  under 
the  guidance  of  Iiis  father  until  the  latter's 
death;  when  he  was  given  a  license  t<.i  practice. 
The  father's  business  came  to  him  at  once.  He 
related  how  he  roile  over  the  first  bridge  in 
the  county,  which  siianned  Alum  Creek  on  the 
road  to  Sunbury  from  Delaware.  Dr.  Hills 
was  a  great  student  of  the  ner\oi'.s  system,  and 
mental  diseases.  After  having  Ijeen  in  the 
general  practice  a  few  years,  his  illustrious 
imcle.  Dr.  Eh  'I'o'ld.  who  was  in  charge  of 
the  Hospital  for  the  Insane  at  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, sent  for  the  nephew  to  take  the  place 
of  first  assistant  on  the  staff.  Here  he  re- 
mained for  several  years,  drinking  from  the 
well  of  knowledge  he  was  interested  in.  The 
instruction  and  kno^vledge  gained  here  proved 
of  the  greatest  benefit  to  him  in  after  life.  He 
returned  to  Delaware,  and  uninterrupjtedly  fol- 
lowed the  general  practice  for  twenty  years. 
In  1830  the  degree  of  ]\I.  D.  was  conferred 
upon  him  for  meritorious  service.  He  became 
known  throughout  the  county  and  central  part 
of  the  State.  He  had  a  wonderful  and  exact 
knowled.ge  of  botany  and  chemistry,  as  well 
as  of  astronomy.  From  1S36  to  1S38  he  was 
called  to  lecture  in  Russell's  Great  Planetar- 
ium. This  gave  him  prestige  both  at  home  and 
abroad.  These  side  issues  never  detracted 
from  his  interests  in  his  studies  in  medicine, 
in  which  all  gave  him  credit  for  being  an  able 
thinker  and  a  prof(5und  student.  His  ability 
was  never  questioned  except  by  the  mediocre. 
He  was  an  able  and  clear  writer  on  all  sub- 
jects coming  under  the  influence  of  his  remark- 
able brain.  His  executi\'e  and  financial  abil- 
ity were  recognized  by  the  county,  church  and 
State  authorities.  It  was  in  his  home  that 
the  idea  originated  wdiich  finally  develriped 
the  Ohio  We-leyan  Fen:ale  College.  The  facts 
concerning  the  origination  and   final  develop- 


ment of  this  idea  will  be  found  in  another  part 
of  this  history.  In  1S54  Dr.  Hills  established 
and  edited  the  medical  journal  known  as  the 
"CoimscHor."  This  was  the  first  medical 
journal  published,  in  the  West,  and  was  a 
weekly  edition.  After  two  years  of  practice 
and  editorial  life,  he  was  called  to  take  charge 
•of  the  Ohio  Central  Lunatic  Asylum  at  Co- 
lumbus, Ohio — the  largest  one  in  the  country. 
Fie  remained  at  the  head  of  this  institution 
for  eight  year^,  bringing  it  to  a  high  state  of 
usefulness  and  scientific  attainment.  His  or- 
iginality in. treatment  of  the  insane  gaxe  hnn  .i 
reputation  far  beyond  his  nati\e  c-niiny  and 
State.  He  became  national  and  international 
in  fame.  He  visited  J^urope  to  study  during 
the  war,  and  again  in  1S72  for  pleasure.  He 
was  called  in  tiie  latter  jwrt  of  the  sixties  to 
plan  and  superintend  the  erection  of  the  larg- 
est asylum  in  the  Fnited  States,  at  Weston, 
West  Virginia.  After  cdmpleting-  his  lalmrs 
there  he  returned  to  Delaware  to  rest.  Did  he 
rest?  No,  this  great,  brainy  man  could  nL't  be 
idle.  Fie  was  called  to  thesuperintendency  of 
the  Girls'  Industrial  Home — a  -  State  institu- 
tion. Here  he  again  established  many  timely 
changes  and  reformations,  bringing  the  home 
up  to  the  idea  it  was  intended  to  be  by  the  law 
of  such  institutions.  He  died  in  1S79  at  the 
age  of  sixty-eiglit.  while  engaged  at  his  work. 
The  monument  of  honest  ability  and  higli  at- 
tainment crowns  his  life.  Never  was  a  word 
of  suspicion  breathed  against  an}-  of  his  ad- 
ministrations of  the  places  he  w-as  called  upon 
to  fill.  He  died  a  Christian.  He  died  as  he 
lived,  known  of  all  men  for  his  noble,  hi'^nest 
and  well-spent  useful  life. 

Dr.  H.  L.\throp.  Worthington  in  1837 
sent  another  of  her  arrivals  to  Delaware.  Dr. 
H.  Lathrop.  In  183S  he  came  to  contest  for 
business.  He  first  located  in  Liberty  Town- 
ship in  the  old  Case  or  Carpenter  District,  and 
operated  a  saw-  mill,  and  looked  after  the  health 
of  pioneers.  He  left  Delaware  for  Columbus, 
where  he  died. 

Dr.  M.  GERii.\Rn  was  born,  raised  and 
educated  in  Easton,  Pennsylvania.  He  came 
to  W'ooster,  Ohio,  an<l  was  a  bank  clerk.  While 


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thus  cngagx'd  lie  read  medicine  and  attended 
lectures  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  at  Jef- 
ferson Medical  Collei^e.  After  completing  his 
studies  he  came  to  Delaware  County -and  lo- 
cated on  the  Scioto  River  near  his  old  friend, 
John  Detueiler,  but  soon  moved  into  Dela- 
ware to  practice.  He  was  a  thorough  student 
and  scholar,  and  a  careful  practitioner.  He 
married  a  granddaughter  of  old  Dr.  Lamb.  He 
died  in  1868,  leaving  a  wife  and  two  children, 
who  are  now'li\-ing  in  [Minneapolis-.  Minne- 
sota, 


came     irom 
n    Norton    in 


Dr.  Wi!,lj.\m  Joiixsto: 
Crawford  County,  and  locate^ 
1S42.  where  he  died. 

Dk.  Ki-.M'p  and  Dk.  Hkxrv  Gregg  located 
in  I  ibe;ly  Tnv.-nship  in  1845.  ^^  ^863  they 
l;oth  left  the  county.  Di.  Ivlapp  nioved  to  the 
West,  and  Greeg  moved  to  Indiana. 


Dr.  D.  W.  How. 
noM  located  here  in 
away. 


d  D:;.   W.   Hex- 
but    sunn  moved 


Dii.  H.  C.  Ma-xx  came  to  Delaware  from 
Butler  County  in  1846.  In  1849,  l^e  ^^'^'^l''  ^'^ 
family  j^rined  the  '"forty-niners"  for  Califor- 
nia. v>here  he  died.  His  wife,  soon  after  his 
death,  returned  to  Ohio.  Dr.  ]\lann  possessed 
a  hue  education  and  great  intelligence.  He 
wrote  the  sketch,  for  Howe's  Historical  Col- 
lection, of  Ohiii.  which  has  been  of  great  bene- 
fit to  historians. 

*      :;:      * 

Dr.  p.  a.  Willis  was  a  native  of  Dela- 
ware Count}-,  and  was  the  oldest  son  of  a  fam- 
ily of  many  children.  Pie  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  district  school  and  the  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan  University.  He  read  medicine  in  the 
office  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Hamilton  of  Columbus. 
Ohio,  and  graduated  at  the  Starling  }iledical 
College  in  1862.  Pie  entered  the  army  as 
contract  surgeon,  and  was  soon  promoted  to 
assistant  surgei^n  of  the  Forty-eighth  Regi- 
ment, O.  V.  I.,  and  in  1S63  to  a  full  surgei?n  of 
the  regiment.  .\t  tlie  close  of  the  ^\^'.r  he  was 
made  medical  director  of  an  army  corps  under 


General  Andre\vs.  Upon  his  return  home,  he 
engaged  m  farming  and  onrntrv  practice  at 
Bellpoint,  Delaware  County,  Ohio.  He  died 
m  18/6.  Plis  widow  is  now  a  resident  of  the 
city  of  Delaware,  Ohio. 

Dr.  J.vmes  Cari'tiiers  was  a  student  of 
Dr.  A,  P.lymer.  Pie  graduated  from  tlie 
Cleveland  .Medical  College  in  1846,  and  at 
once  located  at  old  Eden,'  In  1851  lie  Iiecame 
a  partner  of  his  preceptor  for  a  few  years  only, 
when  he  left  for  Calif(jrnia,  where' he  is  still 
living.  He  is  very  old,  but  is  yet  practicing. 
He  passed  safe  through  the  recent  earthquake. 
His  brother.  L^r.  John  A.  Caruthers.  .succeeded 
him  at  old  Eden.  He  was  a  soldier  from  1S61 
to  1805.  and  served  with  distinction.  He  was 
superintendent  of  the  Infirmary  for  several 
years,  and  served  one  term  in  the  Legislature. 
He  died  in  California  at  the  home  of  his 
brother. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  B.\kbour  came  to  Delaware  in  1S40 
from  Richland  County.  After  several  vears 
he  located  at  East  Liberty.  Ohio,  and  enj'oved 
a  limited  practice.     Pie  died  a  few  years  ago. 

Dr,  B.  ¥.  LooFBOURROw  was  the  Nestor 
of  the  root  and  herb  doctors.  He  lived  and 
practiced  in  the  country  for  man}-  years,  first 
on  Alum  Creek  and  then  at  Cheshire.  Finally 
he  nioved  to  the  west  where  he  died. 

Dr.  D.-vniel  Skeels  vvas  another  root  and 
herb  doctor.  He  came  to  Sunbury  in  an  early 
day.  He.  like  others  of  his  school,  had  a 
large  practice.     He  tiled  in   1824. 

*  *     * 

PJr.  Le.vcti  and  P)r.  Skixxer  settled  in 
Millville.  now  Warrensiburg.  and  practiced 
homeopathy,  about  1840.  Dr.  Leach  later 
moved  to  Cincinnati,  and  afterward  to  ]\Iidflle- 
ton,  where  he  died  in  187S, 

Dr.  Willi.vm  PI.  D.\vis,  in  1850,  settled 
in  Bellpoint,  Ohio.  In  1856  he  Vv'ent  to  South 
America.  He  became  a  governor  of  one  of 
the  small  states.  He  was  higlily  educated  anrl 
was  a  genial  fellow.     He  returned  finallv    to 


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America,  and  settled  in  Io\\  a.     He  was  a  sur- 
geon of  an  Iowa  regiment  tluring  the  war. 

*  *.     * 

Drs.  Demixg  and  Browx  were  located  in 
an  early  day  at  Galena.  Ohio. 

Dr.  Gr.-\n"ger  was  a  student  in  the  Worth- 
ington  Botanical  School,  and  graduated  from 
the  Ohio  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati.  He 
located  at  Westfield  and  died  in  1S63. 

Dr.  AIesse  was  th.e  only  uroscopic  physi- 
cian in  the  early  days.  He  settletl  in  Dela- 
ware in  1838.  They  say  he  had  mj  special 
knowledge  of  this  branch  of  medicine.  He 
made  war  on  quinine,  but  used  it,  mi.xed  with 
[irussiate  of  iron.  He  fo'jled  both  patients 
and  doctors.  After  abijut  seven  years  he  re- 
tired  from  the  field. 

There  were  others  who  remained  here  in 
the  county  for  a  short  time,  and  moved,  and  01 
wliom  little  can  be  learned — Dr.  Joseph  Cox  of 
Radnor,  Drs.  Morehouse,  Mount.  Black,  Mc- 
Crary,  }ilaine,  Stamberg.  and  Dr.  Longwell 
who  was  at  Eden.  He  died  there,  leaving  two 
children,  who  are  both  living  in  the  county. 

*  *     *  "^ 

■  Drs.    Robin'sox,    Hill.     Dexx^isox     and 
Eatox  located  for  a  short  time  in  Delaware. 

*  :;<     * 

Dr.  T.  E.  \\'illl\ms.  To  show  what  push, 
energy  and  I'onesty  will  do  for  one  wishing  to 
succeed  in  life,  the  history  of  Dr.  T.  B.  Wil- 
liams fully  exemplifies.  He  was  a  poor  Welsh 
cliild,  born  in  South  Wales  in  1819.  coming 
to  America  with  his  parents  when  only  an  in- 
fant. They  located  in  Gallia  County,  Ohio, 
for  five  years,  v.hen  the_\-  mo\-ed  to  Delaware 
County.  Ohio.  Soon  after  coming  to  their 
new  home,  the  father  died,  lea\'ing  the  wife  to 
raise  eight  children,  and  fight  the  battle  of  life 
alone  in  the  new  world.  The  lad.  Thomas  B., 
was  only  six  years  old  when  the  father  died. 
The  little  lad  began  the  brea<l  winning  by  do- 
ing light  work  for  the  Welsh  friends,  and 
thus  assisting  the  mother.  His  marked  abil- 
ity to  do  things  was  the  talk  of  all  the  people. 
He  attended  schodl  as  much  as  possible,  imtil 
he  arri\ed  at  the  age  when  he  wished  to  learn 


shoemaking.  It  is  said  that  no  better  work- 
man ever  dro\e  a  peg.  His  honesty  and  abil- 
ity grew  with  his  years.  His  kindness,  atten- 
tiveness  and  skill  led  one  of  the  foremost 
physicians  to  employ  the  young  man  as  a 
nurse  to  a  patient  at  the  leading  hotel — the 
"American  House."  The  shrewd  physician, 
Dr.  Hills,  discovered  the  dormant  qualifica- 
tions of  a  great  physician  in  tlie  youth,  and  told 
his  friends,  and  advised  him  to  study  medi- 
cine. After  consulting  with/  his  mother  and 
friends,  he  entered  Dn  Ilillc'  office,  where  he 
remained  for  five  years  studying  by  dav  and 
far  into  the  night,  and  still  doing  some' work 
at  his  trade  to  pav  expienses.  Ble  graduated 
from  the  Ohio  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  in  1S4S-9.  He  at  once  became  a  part- 
ner of  Dr.  Hilli,.  his  ])receptor.  For  thirteen 
years  his  practice  grew,  and  he  became  one  of 
the  leading  physicians  of  the  countv.  In  iSfa 
at  the  call  of  his  adopted  laud,  he 'entered  the 
service  as  a  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-first  Regiment.  C).  \'.  I.  He  gave  up 
his  business,  bad.e  farewell  to  home,  wife, 
mother  and  friends,  and  enrolled  as  a  patriot 
for  duty.  From  1862-5,  lie  was  found  faith- 
fully doing  his  work  for  his  country,  and  fr.r 
the  sick  and  dying  in  camp  and  on  the  field  of 
i^attle.  His  great  skill  and  thoroughness  gave 
him  the  brigadier  surgeonship  after  the  battle 
of  Perryville— the  Second  Brigade  under 
General  John  G.  ?ilitchell.  Battle  after  battle 
he  passed  through  with  such  remarkable  en- 
ergy and  success  in  the  care  and  attention  to 
the  sick  in  camp  and  on  the  battlefield,  together 
with  the  cleanliness  and  e.vcel'ent  arran^-ement 
of  his  hospitals,  that  he  was  promoted  at  oiice 
to  division  surgeon  in  the  Fourteenth  Army 
Corps  under  the  commaufl  of  General  Jeff  C. 
Davis.  It  was  often  said  that  his  daring.  co;>l- 
ness.  and  self-possession  ne\-er  forsook'him  in 
danger.  He  was  always  ready  ior  the  most 
extreme  emergency.  General'  Stearlman  at 
the  danger  point  called  the  doct.ir  and  said 
"We  are  completely  hemmed  in.  and  I  cannot 
see  how  we  can  escape  being  cut  to  piece-." 
"Well,  sir,"  he  replied,  "I  must  arrange  mv 
hospitals  on  a  mure  permanent  and  eilicienl 
basis,    and   be    ready    fur  all    misf.-.rtunes    tliat 


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may  Ijefidl  our  troops."  Tlie  praise  and  atl- 
miniiion  lie  was  given  bv  such  nien  as  Hon. 
H.  AI.  Carper.  Rev.  Dr.'L.  D.  .AlcCabe,  and 
the  army  officers,  would  make  an  article  alone. 
He  went  to  the  sea  with  Genera!  Sherman, 
and  was  at  Bcntonville  at  the  closing  struggle 
of  the  war.  Dr.  \Mlliams  was  widely  known 
and  universally  loved  as  a  physician,  man, 
soldier,  and  citizen.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  School  Board,  with  Prof.  \\"il- 
liams  and  others,  and  was  a  mem!:>er  of  the 
Sixty-first  General  Assembly,  and  at  the  close 
positively  declined  another  nomination.  Pie 
belonged  to  the  American  ^ledical  Association. 
Ohio  State  Society,  and  was  se\-eral  times 
elected  vice-president,  and  of  the  County  I\Iedi- 
cal  Society  he  served  as  president.  Through 
his  modesty  he  declined  other  electirms  sav- 
ing. "Pass  it  around." 

Pie  was  married  in  1855  to  INIiss  Nancy 
Ritchey  of  Pern.-  County.  Ohio,  who  was  one 
of  the  first  graduates  of  the  Ohio  V.'esleyan 
Female  College,  now  united  with  the  "O.  W. 
U."  Their  only  child.  Miss  Clara,  graduated 
from  the  same  institution  as  the  mother,  and 
is  a  professor  in  the  School  of  Music  of  the 
"O.  W.  .U."  The  doctor  was  a  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  William  Street  M.  E.  Church.  Pie 
died  in  1S79. 

Dr.  John  A.  Little  was  a  native  of  this 
county.  He  was  born  in  1825.  He  was  the 
second  child  of  :\lr.  William  Little,  a  pioneer 
merchant,  business  man.  and  landowner,  who 
has  been  frecjuently  mentioned  in  history. 
None  disputed  the  superior  scholarship  of  this 
son.  Ail  knew  him  as  a  student,  gentleman 
and  true  friend.  .\t  the  age  of  fifteen,  lie  en- 
tered the  preparator_\-  department  of  Kenyon 
College,  in  Garni )ier.  Knox  County.  He  there 
met  his  old  playmate  and  friend  (President) 
R.  P>.  Playes,  and  together  they  roomed  for 
three  years  while  at  Gambier.  Dr.  Little  grad- 
uateil  in  1S45.  He  had  a  high  standing  in 
college,  and  graduated  with  honors.  He  was 
adnured  and  lo\-ed  by  both  faculty  antl  stu- 
dents. After  ciimpleting  his  college  course. 
he  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  John  C?--  (win- 
is   mentioned   in   this    article),    of   C         -'jus. 


Ohio.  Dr.  Little  was  a  careful  an.d  thorough 
student  of  medicine,  botany,  chemistry,  and 
general  literature.  He  could  tell  the  names  of 
all  the  flowers  in  the  woods.  He  first  at- 
tended lectures  at  the  Transylvania  Lni\er- 
sity  at  Louis\ille.  Kentucky  While  there  he 
was  a  member  of  the  family  of  Dr.  Drake,  so 
well  known  to  the  profession.  In  1847  ^"d 
1S48  he  attended  a  course  of  lectures  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  at  Philadelphia, 
from  which  he  received  his  degree  of  M.  D. 
After  his  return  home,  he  went  to  Sanduskv 
City  on  Lake  Erie.  In  a  short  time  he  \\as 
ottered  and  accepted  a  partnership  with  his 
old  preceptor.  Dr.  Case  {husband  of  ilrs. 
jane  Case.  si)oken  of  in  this  article),  Dr.  Jones, 
a  former  partner,  retiring.  Dr.  Case  .soon 
died  and  Dr.  Jones  became  a  partner  of  Dr. 
Little.  In  three  years  Jones  died  and  Lillle 
was  left  alone.  Plis  popularity  and  ability  in- 
troduced him  into  the  best  societv  and  a  large 
and  lucrative  ]iractice.  Througli  the  p'crsua- 
sion  of  his  iiiuicinr.  and  Irien/b,  lie  was  in- 
duced..in  i^f\;,  ;.,  c.'iiuc  back  i-  his  old  h^me 
in  Delaware  t^  iMca.ie.  He  at  once  entered 
upon  a  large  practice.  Dr.  Liitle,  all  admit- 
ted, was  a  born  physician.  lie  was  ambi- 
dextrous, and  possessed  'j.'woi.  intuitive 
knowledge  of  diseases  ami  remedies.  His 
bearing  in  the  sick  ro.jni  was  e\  er  calm  and 
assuring,  was  always  reposed  and  cheerful,  in- 
spiring his  patients  with  confidence  and  hope. 
To  the  student  he  was  an  invaluable  instruc- 
tor, ever  imparting  the  most  important  truths 
to  the  listener.  He  never  indulged  in  storv 
telling,  and  to  young  physicians  he  e\er  e\- 
tendetl  a  kind  u'ord  and  a  kindly  hand,  and  to 
the  older  members  of  the  profession,  advice 
and  counsel  uf  the  ablest  character.  He  was 
loved  and  esteemed  liy  all  classes.  He  was  a 
member  of  Ohi.>  State  Medical  Society,  and  in 
1873.  read  before  it  one  of  the  most  vahiable 
papers  (.n  the  antidot.Hl  properties  i>f  iielia- 
donna  in  (ipium  jioisoning.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Stale  Central  and  county  societies,  and, 
a  member  of  the  .Vgassiz  Scientific  .Associa- 
tion. He  read  the  proof  ..f  Dr.  1.  G.  \>mc<' 
■'Americati  ]-:ckctic  Practice  of  McdicutJ."  in 
1850  lie  marrirA'i  the  youngest  daughter  of  the 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUX'JV 


Hon.  Hosea  Williams.  He  had  one  sun  and 
three  daughters.  The  son  is  a  hanker  in  Co- 
lunilnis.  one- daughter  is  living  in  Caliiornia. 
one  in  Cleveland.  Ohio,  and  one  in  Mt.  A'er- 
non.  Ohio.  He  died  in  i^jy. 
*     *     * 

Dr.  Joseph  H.  \'ax  DE>rAN-  was  horn  in 
Delaware,  Ohio,  in  1S29.  He  is  a  good  ex- 
amjde  of  a  self-made  man,  of  an  amhitious 
young  .\nierican,  who  with(~iut  inherited 
wealth,  overcame  ohstaclcs,  conquci'ed  diffi- 
culties and  achieved  success.     He  was  a  grad- 


uate of  the  Ohio  Weslevan  I'niversitv 


[^49- 


AI.  .A.  in  1852.  and  the  same  year  graduated 
in  the  Cle\eland  ^ledica!  College.  He  at  once 
opened  an  oftice  in  Dela\vare,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1S57,  when  he  was  elected  clerk 
of  the  Ohio  Senate,  and  ser\"ed  at  twi_>  sessions. 
At  the  ck;se  of  his  term  of  oftice  he  returned 
to  Delaware  and  to  his  practice  until  1861. 
Prior  to  that  time,  for  a  short  time,  he  prac- 
ticed his  profession  at  INIillville,  Delaware 
County,  Ohio,  and  at  Waldo,  Alarion  County,  i 
Ohio.  When  the  Civil  War  hroke  out  he 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  Union,  and  raised 
Com])aiiy  K,  in  the  fann.'us  Sixty-sixth  O.  \'. 
L  He  i)articipated  in  the  liattles  of  Winches- 
ter, Port  Repuhlic,  and  Cedar  Mountain.  \"ir- 
ginia.  In  the  last  mentiiined  battle  he  was 
wounded-and  capturerl  while  leading  a  rccon- 
noisance  at  night.  He  was  taken  to  Libby 
prison,  kept  there  five  months  and  was  ex- 
changed January,  1863.  and  rejoined  his  com- 
mand near  Washington  D.  C.  He  resigned 
it  January,  1S63,  and  was  appointed  assist- 
ant surgeon  of  the  Tenth  O.  V.  I.  in  ^Nlay; 
joined  -his  regiment  at  once  and  participated  in 
the  battles  around  Chattanooga,  TennesFee 
He  remained  with  that  regiment  one  year, 
when  he  was  promoted  to  chief  surgeon,  with 
seven  assistants  of  the  L'nited  States  ]^Iilitary 
Railroad  Division  of  Mississippi,  and  're- 
mained in  that  capacity  with  headquarters  at 
Chattanooga  until  the  close  of  the  war.  After 
that  he  was  surgeon 
and  Freedman's  Dej: 

and  for  seventeen  years  after,  was  examining 
pension  surgeon.  He  was  also  post  surgeon 
of  that  post   until  it  was  closed.     During  his 


surgeon  in  charge  of  the  Refugee 
an's  Department  at'  Chattanooga,   ! 


residence  in  Chattanooga  of  over  thirty  years, 
he  passed  through  three  epidemics  of  small- 
pox, two  of  cholera,  and  one  of  yellow  fever, 
remaining  at  his  post  during  the  contiiuiance 
of  each.  He  w  as  elected  president  of  the  Ten- 
nessee Medical  Society  in  1873.  ^"<^1  presided 
over  that  body  for  two  years.  For  over  twen- 
ty-five years  .he  was  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can ^ledical  .X.ssociation,  and  was  for  three 
years  a  member  of  the  judicial  council  of  that 
body.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Public  Health 
Association  since  1874.  He  frequently  con- 
tributed to  medical  literature,  notably  t\vo  ar- 
ticles— one  on  the  cholera  of  1873,  and  one  on 
the  yellow  fever  epidemic  of  187S — inili'.iriied 
in  the  reports  and  papers  of  the  latter  a-~;v-ia- 
tion.  He  retired  from  active  pract'ce  in  18X3, 
e.xcept  as  surgeon,  which  he  continued  until 
1890,  when  he  retired  absoluteh-  from  the 
practice  of  both  medicine  and  surgery.  He 
was  a  33rd  degree  Ma-m,  a  Knight  (if  Pyth- 
ias, a  member  of  the  C-.  A.  U.,  anrl  oi  the  Ohio 
Commandery  of  the  Eoyal  Legion.  His  first 
vote  was  for  the  Whig  ticket,  hut  when  tiiat 
party  died,  he  went  to  the  Democrats,  and  al- 
ways remained  a  Democrat.  He  was  married 
to  3,Iiss  Rebecca  Xorris,  daughter  of  Judge 
William  G.  Xorris.  in  1855  at  Delaware.  His 
father  was  Rev.  Plenry  \'an  Deman.  for  over 
forty  years  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Delav.are.  Dr.  Van  Deman  enjoyed  a  re- 
spected and  honored  position  in  the  city  of  his 
residence.  He  died  in  1902,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Xational  Cemetery  at  Chattanooga  with 
Mas'jnic  rites  and  honors. 

Dr.  J.ames  Busby  Xorris  was  born  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Troy  Township  in  1849.  His 
father  was  Judge  William  G.  Xorris,  who  was 
a  pioneer  of  that  township.  He  was  graduated 
at  Kenyon  College  in  1869.  After  his  grad- 
uation he  studied  medicine  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  Dr.  J.  PI.  Van  Deman,  then  entered  the 
Miami  Medical  College,  and  also  took  private 
instructions  from  the  famous  Dr.  Carson  of 
Cincinnati.  He  went  to  Detroit,  where  he  was 
graduated  at  Detroit  Medical  College  in  1872. 
After  his  graduation  he  went  to  Chattanooga. 
where  he  commenced  the  practice  of  _  his  pro- 


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353 


fejsiun.  He  laboreil  faithfully  and  fearlessly 
ill  the  cliolera  epidemic  of  1873.  and  in  1874 
in  the  smallpox  epidemic.  In  August,  187S. 
the  chairman  of  the  Howard  Association  pub- 
lished a  call  to  tl-K;  country  for  physicians  to 
come  to  \"ickshuri:;-,  Mississippi,  where  an  epi- 
demic of  that  fearful  disease,  yellow  fever 
was  raging.  Dr.  Xorris,  with  that  true  hero- 
ism which  goes  wherever  duty  calls,  saw  the 
call,  caielully  consulted  the  subject,  and  de- 
termined to  volunteer  his  services.'  On  the 
28th  of  .\ugust,  he  left  with  a  corps  of  fifteen 
nurses,  arrived  the  ist  of  September,  went  tc 
work  at  once,  anrl  had  at  one  time  one  hun- 
dred and  eighteen  cases  under  his  care.  He 
was  taken  with  the  dread  disease,  September 
6th,  and  breathed  his  last  September  9th.  He 
died  a  hero,  and  so  highly  was  his  martyrdom 
considered,  that  on  the  recoiTimendation  of  the 
IVesident  of  the  Cnited  States,  the  War  De- 
partment issued  an  order,  permitting'  his  re- 
mains to  be  buried  in  the  National  Cemetery 
at  Chattan(X'ga ;  and  he  is  the  only  one  not  a 
soldier  who  was  ever  buried  there.  The  Presi- 
dent thought  his  brave  life  and  heroic  death 
well  fitted  him  to  lie  among  the  18.000  other 
heroes  who  died  in  the  call  of  duty.  Dr.  Nor- 
rib  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and 
was  never  married.  He  was  a  son  of  Dela- 
ware County,  and  though  he  never  practiced 
here,  the  memory  of  this  great  sacrifice  honors 
the  county  of  his  birth,  and  he  is  worthy  of  a 
place  among  her  medical  heroes. 

Dr.  J.  H.  White.  The  aged  Nestor  of 
the  profession,  Dr.  J.  H.  White,  located  in  the 
county  in  184T,  and  died  July  13,  1907.  He 
was  born  in  Lewis  County.  New  Yiirk,  in  1S17. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  crimnmn 
schools,  and  his  medical  education  at  .  the 
Starling  Medical  College.  Columbus,  Ohio, 
After  his  graduation  he  was  located  in  Mill- 
ville,  now  Warrensburg,  for  a  short  time,  and 
then  in  .\shley  for  five  years,  when  he  came  to 
Delaware.  His  social  and  temperate  habits, 
combined  with  his  professional  qualihcatious, 
soon  brought  him  into  a  large  practice.  His 
strong  constitution  gave  him  endurance  to 
contend   with  all  kinds  of   roads  and   weather 


by  day  and  night      During  the  war  he  was 
a'contract  surgeon  for  the  camp  near  the  city. 
He  was  associated  for  some  time  with  one  of 
his  students.   Dr.  W.  T.  Constant,  in  profes- 
sional work.     By  mutual  consent  the  partner- 
ship was  dissolved.   He  became  a  charter  mem- 
ber, in    1859,  of  William  Street  Church,  an.i 
was  one  of  its  trustees  for  twenty  years.    He 
was,  while  in  practice,  a  member  of  the  State 
and  Delaware  County  [Medical  Societies,  and 
was  always  present  to  take  an  active  part  n: 
■the   work!      In    1849   he    took   the   CalitV^rnia 
gold  fever,  and  crossed  the  Rocky  .Mountain,-. 
The  western  life  cured  the  fever,  and  he  re- 
turned the  following  year.     For  many  years 
his  familiar  face  could  be  seen  at  his  home  and 
ofifice  on  Sandusky  Street.     In   1S90  he  gave 
up  the  practice  to  a  large  extent,    but    pre- 
scribed for  his  old  patients  until  about  1S96, 
when    he    refused    all    professional    labor.      A 
short  time  before  his  death  he  suft'ered  a  par- 
tial stroke  of  paralysis.  Irut  had  not  l.ieen  seen 
on  the  streets  of  Delaware  for  several  years. 
Pie  was  always  glad  to  meet  his  friends  at  his 
home,  and  he  was  one  of  the  most  cheerful, 
intelligent    and.    interesting    citizens    of    Dela- 
ware." He  had  accumulated  a  competency  and 
resided  in  his  beautiful  home  on  the  corner  of 
William    and    Franklin    Streets    in    Delaware. 
Ohio. 

Dr.  J.  McC.vxx.  Another  wise  cotnisellor 
of  the  profession  of  the  county  is  Dr.  J.  ]vlc- 
Cann,  who  was  born  in  1824  in  Muskingimi 
Conntv,  Ohio.  The  foundation  of  his  wonder- 
ful mental  and  physical  development,  like  that 
of  that  stalwarts  of  his  early  days,  was  laid 
while  working  on  the  farm  of  his  father,  }*Iax- 
well  :\IcCann.  He  mastered  all  that  was 
taught  in  the  common  schools  before  reaching 
the  age  of  twenty-one.  In  the  spring  of  1S47 
he  entered  the  office  of  Drs.  Beakman  and 
Ball  at  Irville,  Ohio,  and  attended  lectures  in 
the  Starling  Ivledical  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  later.  He  began  the  practice  m 
Licking  County,  Ohio.  After  his  marriage  to 
Miss  Margaret  Waters,  daughter  of  Dr.  R.  A- 
Waters  of  Irville  in  1850.  he  located  in  Nash- 
pjrt.  Ohio.     In   1854  he  removed  to    Irville, 


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where  he  remained  in  active  j,)ractice  until 
1H69,  when  he  came  to  Dehuvare  to  give  his 
four  children  the  advantages  of  a  college  edu- 
cation; three  of  whom  gratluated  fromjhe  "O. 
W.  l^"  with  high  honors.  After  nearly  fifty 
years  of  continual  work  in  the  profc^-iMU  he 
retired  in  1904  from  active  work.  Yet  at  the 
age  of  eight\-three  he  has  attended  some  dif- 
ficult cases  with  the  same  pleasure  and  skill  as 
01  many  years  ago.  He  has  always  been 
known  as  a  true  worker  in  his  Master's  vine- 
yard from  youth  up.  and  today  enjoys  attend- 
ing divine  ^vorship  at  Asbury  M.  E.  Church 
more  than  ever.  The  doctor  for  many  years 
was  a  member  of  the  State  and  County  ^vledi- 
cal  Societies.  His  earnest  and  active  wijrk  in 
them  was  a  great  stimulus  to  the  younger 
men.  Notwithstanding  his  advanced  age,  his 
mind  is  as  acti\e  and  exact  as  ever,  and  he 
sh'iv/s  no  bodily  infirmities.  His  eklest  daugh- 
ter is  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools.  The 
eldest  son, 

Dr.  Joseph  McCaxx,  foll.^wed  in  the 
footsteps  of  hii.  illustrious  father.  He  was 
born  in  1S54,  and  graduated  from  the  "O  W. 
U."  in  1S76.  He  read  medicine  with  hi.?  fa- 
ther, and  graduated  from  the  Columbia  Medi- 
cal College  in  1S79.  Eirst  locating  in  Radnor. 
Delaware  County,  Ohio,  and  afterward  at  Mill- 
ville  or  W'arrensburg,  he  soon  acce])ted  a  ten- 
dered position  at  the  Keeley  Institute  at 
Marysville,  Ohio.  After  a  lew  years,  he.  was 
sent  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  to  practice  in  the 
branch  of  the  same  Institute,  where  he  is  lo- 
cated now. 

*      *      * 

Dk.  E.  H.  Hyatt,  the  suliject  of  this 
sketch,  undoubtedly,  was  one  (;i  the  best  kiT  j\\  n 
physicians  and  surgeons  that  Delaware  e\er 
had.  He  was  born  in  Wayne  County,  Ohio, 
in  1827.  He  attended  an  academy  for  a  time 
near  Wooster.  Ohio,  'and  entered  the  junior 
class  of  Ohio  Wesleyau  L'niversitv  in  1850, 
and  graduated  in  1852.  He  studied  medicine 
at  the  Starling  Medical  College,  and  received 
his  diploma  frmn  there  in  1S56.  After  his 
graduation  he  felt  that  he  was  called  tn  the 
nn'nistry:  I'Ut  smmh  gave  it  up.  and  entered 
upiMu  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Bellpoint.    At 


the  outbreak  of  the  war  he  organized  a  com- 
pany at  Chesterville,  ^vlorrow  County,  Ohio, 
and  was  elected  captain.  He.  together  with 
his  company,  was  mustered  into  the  ser\-ice  in 
1861,  September  3rd,  with  the  Twentietli  Regi- 
ment, O.  V.  I.  After  the  battle  at  Eort  l)on- 
elson  in  1862,  he  was  discharged  on  accunt 
of  sickness.  Before  entering  the  service,  he 
was  married  to  ^Nliss  Eliza  Ely,  a  daughter 
of  one  of  the  prominent  families  in  Delaware. 
Upon  his  return  from  the  service  he  located 
in  Delaware  in  1862.  He  was  a  thorough  stu- 
dent, and  possessed  one  of  the  best  selected 
libraries  in  the  county.  He  built  up  and  held 
a  large  practice  until  he  retired  from  the  field 
of  labor  to  enjoy  a  well  earned  rest.  His  var- 
satile  habits  of  study,  and  adajjtability  pecu- 
liarly fitted  him  for  the  many  positions  he  was 
called  upon  to  fill  during  his  life.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Columbus  Medical 
College,"  and  filled  the  Chair  of  [Materia 
Medica.  and  Therapeutics  for  eighteen  years. 
Then  for  two  years  he  lectured  on  the  Theory 
and  Practice  of  [Medicine.  He  was  elected  to 
the  presidency  of  the  Ohio  State  Medical  So- 
cietv,  and  of  the  County  Medical  Associatii.in. 
He  was  the  surgeon  of  the  C,  C,  C.  &  St.  L. 
R.  R.  for  twenty-five  years:  and  during  that 
time  was  called  to  different  parts  of  the  sys- 
tem to  give  expert  testimony  for  the  mad  in 
many  case^  of  injury.  He  was  in  early  life  an 
ardent  Democrat.  Later  he  advocated  the 
Prohibition  doctrine,  and  finally,  under  the 
teachings  i.'f  President  McKinley,  liecame  a 
staunch  supporter  of  Republicanisn.i.  It  was 
under  the  last  that  h.e  wa-^  elected  to  ibe  t.-.wn 
Council  and  became  its  president  in  1804.  He 
was  a  memlier  of  the  George  C  Torrence  Post 
No.  60.  His  first  wife  died  in  1871.  and  in 
1873  he  married  Miss  Johnston  of  .-V^hley, 
Ohio,  by  V.  hom  he  had  two  sons.  Frank,  now 
a  professor  of  music  in  I^  i-lon.  and  Ciayli>rd, 
the  second  son,  who  i>  ]ireparing  to  follow  in 
the  f(_M-!t-teps  of  his  father. 

Dr.  William  T.  Cox.staxt  was  a  versa- 
tile genius.  He  was  1;(  ru  on  a  farm  ( as 
nearly  all  r,[  tlie  subject-  of  these  sketches 
were),    in    Clermont    County,    C)hio.    in    1842. 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


Jlis  lather  was  raised  in  old  Kentucky.  After 
finisliing  his  comninn  school  education  he  be- 
gan teaching.  He  was  a  steamboat  engineer 
for  a  time.  He  then  with  his  small  savings, 
entered  the  "O.  \V.  I'."  here,  in  Delaware, 
.and  graduated  in  t86i.  He  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany I,  Fourth  O.  \'.  I.,  as  a  private,  and  was 
liromoted  rapidly  from  private  to  second,  to 
first  lieutenant,  and  to  the  captaincy  of  th.e 
company.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Rich 
Mountain,  Grecnbriar,  RfMimey  and  the  Wil- 
derness, and  Fredericksburg.  After  being  hon- 
orably discharged,  he  returned  to  Delaware 
and  finished  his  medical  education  in  the 
Cleveland  :Medical  College,  in  iS6S.  His  of- 
fice reading  was  done  in  the  office  of  the  illus- 
trious Dr.  T.  }j.  Williams,  whose  biography 
is  in  the  old  Delaware  County  history  and  he 
was  a  student  of  Dr.  J.  H.  \\'hile  also.  Dr. 
Constant  was  at  one  time  first  assistant  super- 
intendent in  the  old  Central  Lunatic  Asylum 
under  the  eminent  Dr.  Ralph  Hills.  Dr.  Con- 
stant was  an  indefatigable  v.orker,  and  was 
filled  with  unbounded  energy.  He  worked  up 
to  his  final  sickness.  Fie  was  at  one  time  as- 
sociated in  the  practice  of  medicine  with  the 
old  Nestor,  Dr.  J.  H.  White,  and  afterwards 
for  a  short  time  with  Dr.  J.  A.  Caruthers.  He 
served  as  U.  S.  pension  examiner  for  eighteen 
years.  He  held  man\-  official  positions  in  city 
affairs.  ILarly  in  life  he  united  with  William 
Street  Church,  and  -was  a  member  until  the 
time  of  his  death.     He  was  an  active  member 


of  the  G.  A.  R.  and  of  the  I.  O.  O. 
died  at  the  age  of  forty-eight  years. 


He 


Dr.  a.  E.  Westckook.  of  Ashley.  Ohio, 
was  born  in  1840  at  South  W'oodluiry,  M(jr- 
row  County,  Ohio.  His  father  came  to  Ohio 
in  18 16.  The  doctor  was  educated  at  'Sit. 
Hesper  Seminary,  and  at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan 
University.  He  read  medicine  with  Dr.  I.  H. 
Pennock  at  Cardington,  Ohio,  wdio  was  one  of 
the  best-read  physicians  in  the  State.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  Cincinnati  College  of  ISIedi- 
cine  and  Surgery  in  1S63.  and  soon  after  en- 
tered the  army  with  the  One  Hundred  and 
Si.xth  O.  V.  I.  as  surgeon,  which  position  he 
held  until  the  close  of  the  war.     A  part  of  the 


time  while  in  tiie  service,  he  had  charge  of  the 
Post  Hospital,  and  was  medical  director  on  the 
staff  of  Brigadier-General  Payne.  He  also 
had  charge  of  the  I'^orts  Negley,  Huston  and 
I\Iorton  at  Nashville,  Tennessee.  After  the 
close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  Ashley  and  at 
once  entered  u])(:in  a  large  practice.  Notwith- 
standing- he  is  nearly  three  score  years  and 
ten,  he  is  lull  of  vigor,  and  enjoying  his  work. 
He  never  made  any  distinction  between  the 
poor  and  the  rich ;  but  was  always  ready  to 
attend  the  afrhcted  antl  those  who  needed  his 
services.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  Ohio  Aledical  Society 
and  belonged  to  the  old  Delaware  County 
Medical  Association,  and  served  as  president 
of  it  at  one  time  in  1878.  He  has  always 
been  an  acti\-e  member  in  the  schools  of  his 
town,  and  has  served  in  various  capacities 
many  years.  He  was  married  to  Judge  Cun- 
ard's  daughter  al  Mt.  Gileatl. 

Dr.  John-  W.  N.  Vogt  is  the  son  of  Rev. 
John  \'ogt,  who  was  one  of  the  most  beloved 
and  best  known  pastors  in  Delaware  for  many 
years.  Dr.  ^'ogl  was  born  at  Seven  ]Miles. 
Butler  County,  Ohio,  in  1852.  He  came  to 
Delaware  with  the  family  in  1863,  when  the 
father  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Ger- 
man Reform  Church.  He  was  given  a  fin- 
ished education,  and  afterw-ard  became  an  ex- 
pert ditiggist,  which  profession  he  followed 
lor  many  years,  when  he  entered  the  office  of 
Dr.  E.  II.  Hyatt  to  read  medicine.  After 
graduating  at  the  Columbus  Medical  College 
with  high  honors,  he  became  a  partner  of  his 
illustrious  preceptor  in  1876.  Two  years  la- 
ter he  went  into  an  office  alone;  but  after  a 
short  time  became  associated  with  Dr.  John  O. 
McDowell  for  three  years— 1880  to  1S83, 
when  he  opened  an  office  again  b_y  himself, 
and  has  since  continued  in  practice.  Dr.  Vogt 
was  and  is  a  great  student,  both  of  medical 
and  general  literature.  He  has  accumulated 
one  of  the  largest  and  finest  libraries  in  the 
county.  Tiiere  never  was  a  more  genial  and 
more  honorable  member  of  the  profession  in 
the  county.  Flis  counsel  for  many  years  has 
been     sought    by     his     professional     brethren 


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throughout  tl;e  county,  and  he  has  always 
been  found  to  be  true  to  the  patient  and  to  his 
as>uciates.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
State  and  County  IMedical  Societies.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
U.  S.  Pension  Examiners.  ITe  is  now  in  his 
prime  and  lias  many  useful  years  ot  labor 
aheafl  oi  him. 

Dr.  \ViLLiA.>r-;\fERRiCK  Semaxs  was  born 
in  W'ilbraham,  Massachusetts.  December  29. 
1S61,  the  old  home  of  his  mother.  He  was 
educated  in  the  city  schools,  graduated  from 
the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Uni\crsit}-  in  1SS3  and 
had  conferred  upon  him  tlie  -\.  E.  degree  in 
1883;  and  th.e  B.  S.  and  ^1.  A.  degrees  in 
1886;  and  M.  D.  from  the  Miami  ^Medical 
College  of  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  in  1887.  From 
1SS7  to  1890  he  was  associate  physician  in  the 
Toledo  Insane  Asylum.  He  relnrnod  to  his 
old  home  in  1890  and  began  the  practice  of 
medicine.  He  was  married  t'j  }vliss  Jessie 
Freeman  of  Mt.  Vernon  in  1891.  He  is  a 
member  of  Hiram  Lodge.  F.  and  A.  ]\[..  Xo. 
18:  R.  A.  M..  Chapter  Xo.  54;  Delaware 
Council  Xo.  84.  R.  &  S.  :\I. :  Marion  Coni- 
mandery  Xo.  ^,6.  K.  T. :  Aladdin  Temple ; 
X'obles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  has  been 
secretary  of  all  the  ]\Iasonic  bodies  of  Dela- 
ware for  fourteen  years,  and  is  now  cuie  of 
the  most  active  and  proficient  ^.lasons  of  the 
State.  He  served  for  a  number  of  years  as  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Exann'ners  of  the  U. 
S.  Pension  Board  at  Delaware,  Ohio. 
*     *     * 

Dr.  Edw.xrd  Merrick  Sem.\xs  was  born 
in  Delaware,  Ohio,  in  1863.  Like  his  brother, 
he  attended  the  public  scliools.  and  graduated 
from  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  in  1S8G. 
He  took  the  A.  M.  degree  in  1889:  and  the 
]M.  D.  degree  from  the  IMiami  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1890.  He  was 
major  of  the  Fourth  O.  V.  I.  in  the  Spanish- 
American  War.  and  served  his  time  in  Porto 
Rico.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Sallie  Reed  of 
Portsmouth,  in  1S95.  He  is  a  meml)er  of 
Hiram  Lodge  Xo.  18.  F.  &  A.  M..  and  Dela- 
ware Chapter  Xo.  54,  R.  A.  M.  Drs.  Wil- 
liam  and   Edward  are   sons   of   Prof.   W.   O. 


Semans,  who  graduated  from  the  O.  W.  U. 
in  1857,  and  held  a  professorship  of  chemistry 
in  his  Alma  Mater  from  that  time  until  his 
death  in  1904.  It  was  under  his  teachings 
that  these  physicians  ^vere  brought  to  a  high 
scholarship  in  this  important  branch. of  their 
profession,  and  the  permanent  foundation  of 
superior  scliolarship  in  all  of  the  depanments 
of  medicine  as  well  as  of  science  was  laid.  From 
childhood  they  have  had  before  them  the  teach- 
ings of  honesty,  sobriety,  and  morality.  Fol- 
lowing in  the  footsteps  of  their  illustrious 
father  and  uncle.  President  F.  'M.  ^Merrick  of 
the  "O.  W.  U.,"  they  continue  their  studious 
habits;  selecting  to  study  the  medical  and 
scientific  books  of  the  finest  writers.  They 
have  always  been  associated  together  in  the 
practice  of  medicine.  Th.eir  true  fraternal 
I  friendship  with  the  profession  none  may  ques- 
tion. Their  rebuke  to  [iretense  ar.d  bluff  and 
sham  all  will  admit.  Early  in  life  they  united 
with  the  William  Street  Church,  and  have 
fulfilled  the  refjuiremcMts  to  their  }*Iaster  in 
the  highest  degree.  X'o  two  physicians  in  the 
county  ever  had  such  a  wide  acquaintance. 
They  are  known  by  the  hundreds  of  students 
of  the  University  throughout  this  and  foreign 
lands.  The  profession  and  citizens  are  proud 
to  have  such  representative  men.  They  are 
members  of  the  State  and  County  ^ledical  So- 
cieties and  the  American  Medical  Association. 
Dr.  Edward  AI.  Semans  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education  of  the  citv  of  Delaware, 
Ohio. 

Dr.  Arthur  PI.  Buck  is  the  second  son  of 
John  T.  Buck,  county  siu'veyor  and  engineer 
for  many  }-ears  of  "Morrow  County.  He  was 
born  in  186S  near  Cardington,  Ohio.  This 
precocious  youth  began  attending  the  country 
school  nearly  two  years  before  the  school  age, 
and  graduated  from  the  liigh  School  at  Card- 
ington at  the  age  of  eighteen.  He  read  medi- 
cine in  the  ofiice  of  Dr.  C.  C.  Dunham  at  Ful- 
ton. Ohio,  and  graduatctl  from  the  Columbus 
Medical  College  in  1891.  Before  his  gradua- 
tion from  High  School  he  began  teaching 
school,  and  taught  after  finishing  his 
I  studies     in  Cardington — nearly     three     years 


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in  all.  He  began  the  jiractice  of  medicine 
at .  Mariti.  Morrow  County,  Ohio.  After 
a  shijrt  time  he  sold  out  to  another 
physician  and  mo\-ed  to  Liima-,  Ohio, 
and  took  pi;st-graduate  work  in  electric 
therapeutics,  and  was  given  a  position  in  the 
faculty  to  lecture.-  He  remained  there  one 
year,  when  he  came  to  Delaware  in  1899.  He 
was  married  tci  ^Ii^-  Dora  B.  StrawiDan.  of 
Caledonia  in  1895.  ^She  died  in  Delaware  in 
1903,  leaving  two  children.  He  married  in 
1906  Miss  Jennie  L.  Hartje.  wf  McComh, 
Ohio.  Dr.  Buck  is  a  member  of  tlie  Meth- 
odist Church.  He  belongs  to  the  I.  O.  O.  !•.. 
and  the  F.  &  A.  M.  and  is  a  member  of  the 
State  and  County  Medical  S.ocieties.  He  is 
the  surgeon  of  Fx-'aware  Magnetic  Springs 
Electric  Railway. 

Dk.  J.  K.  J.-v.MES  was  born  in  Ripley, 
Brown  County,  Ohio,  in  the  year  1S6S.  The 
correct  teaching  and  high  mioral  training  of  his 
W'elsli  father  and  m'>ther  were  planted  in  good 
soil,  and  are  now  bringing  forth  a  rich  har- 
vest. The  father.  Rev.  E.  P."  James,  filled 
many  important  pulpits  during  his  life,  and 
left  the  imprints  of  his  life  work  upon  the  se\-- 
eral  communities.  Dr.  James  was  educated 
and  graduated  from  the  High  School  of 
Bethel  (where  his  father  was  then  stationed) 
in  18S7.  He  became  a  great  favorite  in  the  dif- 
ferent places  wdiere  his  father  was  called  to 
take  charge  of  a  new  congregation.  The  son, 
a  great  lover  of  music,  often  fille  1  a  place  in 
band  organizations,  as  well  as  in  the  church 
choir  and  concerts,  with  much  credit  to  him- 
self and  satisfaction  to  his  friends.  The  time 
of  life  had  arrived  wdien  it  became  necessary 
for  the  father  to  retire  from  the  active  minis- 
terial labor;  and  he  came  to  Delaware  to  give 
his  children  a  college  education.  In  1890  the 
move  was  made;  Dr.  James  preceding  his  fa- 
ther two  years  to  attend  the  "O.  W.  U.." 
wdiere  he  remained  for  four  years.  He  en- 
tered the  office  of  Dr.  D.  E.  Hughes,  and  at- 
tended lectures  in  the  Ohio  Medical  Univer- 
sity at  Columbus,  Ohio,  from  wdiich  he  gradu- 
ated in  1807.  He  immediately  ufiened  an 
office  in  Delaware.     He  made  electrical  thera- 


peutics a  special  study,  and  ecfuipped  his  nf- 
fice  with  one  of  the  finest  outfits  in  the  State. 
He  has  always' ol)served  his  office  hours  to  the 
minute,  and  thus  has  built  up  a  large  oftice 
practice  as  well  as  outside  wurk.  He  added 
to  his  electrical  outfit  the  X-ray,  nuicli  tn  the 
benefit  of  not  only  the  profcssi.ju.  but  t'..  th.e 
public  in  general.  fie  is  n.^w  making  tlie 
eye  a  special  study,  and  has  procured  a  com- 
plete optical  luiifit.  In  1897  he  marrie;l 
Aliss  ilaud  Stanton,  and  has  a  son.  Dor- 
ranee. 

*     *     * 

Dr.  Willi.wi  Huxtixgtox  Woodwokth 
was  born  at  Millfield.  Athens  County,  Ohio, 
in  1865.  After  attending  the  public  schools, 
lie  tookjhe  P..  S.  degre  in  the  "X.  X.  L'.""  at 
Febanon,  Ohio,  in  1888.  He  graduated  from 
the  College  of  Physicians  at  Baltimore.  [Mary- 
land, in  1890.  After  practicing  for  about 
five  years  at  Corning,  Ohio,  he  located  in 
Delaware.  For  a  few  years  he  was  associated 
with  his  brother.  Dr.  John  B.  \Voodworth. 
After  being  in  the  practice  here  for  some  time, 
he  went  East  and  took  a  post-graduate  course. 
He  married  and  then  returned  to  Delaware. 
He  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
[Medical  Societies  to  wdiich  lie  belongs — Ohio 
State  [Medical  Society.  Delaware  County 
[Medical  Society,  and  the  Tenth  District  [Medi- 
cal Society.  He  has  devoted  much  of  his  time 
to  electric  therapeutics,  stomach  diseases,  and 
the  eye,  especially  optical  work. 

Dr.  John  B.  \\'ooi:)worth  was  born  at 
[Millfield,  Athens  County,  Oliio,  in  1869.  He 
was  educated  at  the  common  schools,  and  at 
the  X'ational  Xorma!  University  at  Lebanon, 
Ohio.  He  became  a  very  successful  school 
teacher  and  taught  for  five  years  in  his  na- 
tive county.  He  read  medicine,  and  attended 
Starling  [Nledical  College  at  Columbus.  Ohio, 
from  1893  to  1896,  wdien  he  took  his  de- 
gree. He  located  in  Delaware,  and  associated 
himself  with  his  brother  for  several  year;, 
w  hen  he  opened  an  office  alone.  Fie  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was 
elected  secretary  of  the  Delaware  County 
[Medical  Socielv  under  the  new  organization  in 


35S 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


190 J,  and  lias  I)een  re-e!ecled  each  year  since. 
He  resigned  the  position  in  May.  tgoj,  to  take 
a  post-graduate'  course  Ijcfore  g'-'ing  to  his 
now  field  uf  W'lrk  in  Texas.  He  goes -to  this 
drier  climate  \><\-  the  hencrit  <it  his  Uiroat 
truni)le.  tie  is  a  niernher  of  the  Ohio  State 
-Meihcal  Sficietv.  He  married  Miss  ]vlehnda 
liill.  of  Athens  County,  Ohio. 
^■■-     ^-     * 

Dk.  James  IT  Mughes  was  a  son  of  a 
pioneer  Presbyterian  mini.ster  in  this  vicinity, 
whose  hfe  work  ar.d  faithfuhiess  grow 
brighter  as  the  years  pass.  The  son  was  born 
near  Delaware  in  1854.  From  the  common 
schools  near  the  old  farm,  he  entered  the  of- 
fice of. Dr.  E.  }L  Hyatt  to  read  medicine.  Fie 
graduated  from  the  0>lnnilins  Medical  Col- 
lege in  1879.  FFe  married  Mis-  Ada  ^IcCann, 
youngest  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  McLann  of  Dela- 
ware. a!id  at  once  located  in  the  city  t(.i  prac- 
tice. Fie  began  at  once  upon  an  eventful  ca- 
reer. He  had  a  large  country  practice;  but 
overwork  soon  broke  d<;iwn  his  health,  and 
he  went  to  Californ.ia  to  rest.  He  died  in 
1888,  soon  after  reaching  the  health  resort, 
and  was  brought  back  for  burial.  He  was  I 
associated  for  some  time  in  the  practice  with 
his  preceptor. 

*     *     =!-. 

Dk.  Dorraxcl  E.  FIughes,  brother  of 
Dr.  J.  H.  Hughes,  read  medicine  with  FJr. 
J.  ^\■.  X.  Vogt.  He  was  horn  in  1S56.  near 
Delaware,  Ohio.  He  graduated  from  the  Mi- 
ann'  }>Iedical  College,  Cincinnati.  O^nv.  in 
1 88 1.  Upon  his  return  home  he  married  Miss 
Emma  Newhouse,  and  at  once  located  at 
H\'attsville,  where  he  remained  five  years, 
when  he  came  to  Delaware  to  practice  his 
profession.  Xo  kinder  [ih^sician  exer  admin- 
istered to  the  afllicted.  He  never  recognized 
any  cast;  all  afflicted  were  alike  to  him.  His 
large  practice  has  made  inroads  u[>on  his  ruddy 
constitution,  and  all  see  the  time  coming 
when  he  must  begin  to  husband  his  strength. 
He  was  elected  president  of  the  Delaware 
County  Medical  Society  in  1907.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  State  Medical  Society,  and  a 
member  of  the  City  Council. 


Dr.  Abraham  \Trgil  Coxklix  was  Ii.irn 
in  183-'.  in  Westfield,  Ohio.  He  is  a  S(.n  uf 
Jacob  Conklin.  a  soldier  of  181J.  under  Gen- 
eral McArtluu-.  He  recei\e<i  hi^  ednc::ti.in  in 
the  common  schools,  and  at  .Mt.  Ile>i.cr  Semi- 
nary. After  ten  years  of  school  leaching,  lie 
learned  telegraphy,  and  was  emploved  at 
\'\'ooster  and  other  places  for  some  years.  In 
1866  he  graduated  in  the  Eclectic  Medic.il 
Institute  at  Cincinnati,  Ohin.  He  located  near 
his  old  home  and  liegan  the  practice  at  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  and  afterward  moved  to  Waldo, 
Marion  County.  After  a  short  time,  he  moved 
to  South  Wood.bury,  ]\Iorrow  County,  and  in 
a  few  years  located  in  the  country  near  Dela- 
ware, where  he  nrnv  li\es.  Years  of  hard  la- 
l)or  have  tuld  upon  him,  and  after  nearly 
four  score  years  he  has  retired  from  work. 

Dr.  W.  T.  Ropp  was  b'jrn  in  West  Vir- 
ginia in  1S33.  He  came  to  Delaware  in 
1S59,  and  attended  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  L'ni- 
\'ersity.  Fie  read  meilicine  in  the  office  of 
Dr.  C.  \\'elch,  and  graduated  from  die  Aledi- 
cal  College  of  Ohio  at  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  in 
1863.  In  January,  1864,  he  enlisted  in  the 
Thirty-third  Regiment,  O.  \'.  F,  and  was  dis- 
charged honorably  from  the  service,  July  12, 
1865.  He  was  an  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
regiment.  Fie  went  with  the  army  to  the  sea 
under  General  Sherman,  After  his  return 
home  he  became  a  partner  of  his  procept(ir 
for  a  short  time,  when  he  located  at  Bell- 
point,  Ohio.  He  marrietl  a  Mrs.  Cutler,  and 
I'lcated  on  his  farm  between  Delaware  and 
P.ellpoint,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 
While  living  on  the  farm  he  de\"nted  a  greater 
portion  of  his  time  to  his  pnu'cssiMii  in  the 
surrounding  country,  and  at  the  Girls"  In- 
dustrial Flome,  a  State  Institution  about  five 
miles  from  his  farm.  He  was  appointed  physi- 
cian to  the  Home  soon  after  it  was  located, 
and  for  twenty  years  did  good  and  faithful 
work  for  the  S'tate.  He  belonged  to  the  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Masonic  Order,  the  G.  .\.  R., 
and  to  the  State  and  Countv  Medical  Societies. 


He  died 


S99. 


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359 


Dr.  \\".  Hexrv  PiLPXiRn,  the  Xcstor  iif 
the  Ilomedpatliic  Sch.,o!.  is  rapidly  Hearing 
his  four  score  years;  yet  there  "■seems  no  sor- 
row or  pain"  for  this  worthy  practitione.r. 
His  quick  and  upri.s^ht  walk  of  niaii\-  miles 
eacli  day  will  classify  In'm  with  tlic  younger 
members  of  tlie  profession.  He  was  born  in 
Woodhouse  Carr.  near  Leeds,  England,  in 
1R29.  lie  studied  clicmistry  and  pharmacy 
in  Bradford,  Yorkshire,  l^.ngland  .  in  1853. 
He  entered  the  home^palliic  practice  under 
Dr.  Evans,  his  precept' ir,  in  1S5S,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  Homeopathic  College  near  Bath, 
West  London,  England,  in  1S64.  He  prac- 
ticed pharmacy  and  medicine  in  Bradford, 
England,  until  1S75.  when  he.  came  to 
America.  .After  \isiting  one  year  in  his 
adopted  country,  he  was  induced  to  locate  at 
Ashley,  Ohio,  in  1S77.  After  eighteen  years 
of  hard  work  he  went  to  Connecticut  to  visit, 
and  was  persuaded  to  locate.  In  1S92  he 
came  to  Cleveland,  Oh.io,  and  took  a  cuurse  of 
lectures  in  the  Homeopatlu'c  school  there,  and 
graduated  there  in  1894.  and  at  once  became 
a  member  of  the  faculty.  He  subsetpiently 
came  to  Delaware  and  has  since  been  duing  his 
share  of  work.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
necticut and  Ohio  Homeopathic  Societies,  and 
of  the  International  American  Homeopathic 
Institute. 

Dk.  \\'tLLiAM  Fr.vxcis  Crick.arh  is  the 
oldest  sun  of  an  old  soldier  who  served  his 
country  long  and,  wt-ll.  The  farm  life  de- 
veloped a  mentally  and  physically  strong  man 
in  Dr.  Crickard.  He  v.as  an  apt  student  and 
made  the  best  use  of  e\ery  moment  of  his 
time.  He  was  born  in  Kno.x  County,  Ohio, 
in  1850,  and  after  several  years,  came  with 
his  father's  family  to  this  county.  He  en- 
tered the  office  of  our  eminent  Dr.  IMcCann 
in  1 87 1,  and  attended  lectures  and  graduated 
from  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine  and 
Surgery  in  1874.  He  came  to  Delaware  and 
opened  an  office.  He  has  never  changed  his 
location.  The  patients  under  his  care  always 
received  the  closest  and  best  attention.  He 
has  been  exceptionally  kind  to  tliose  v,lio  have 
had  to  fight  the  battle  of  life  as  bread   win- 


ners.    They  have  never  h.ad  a  truer  frienil  than 
Dr.  W.  E.  Crickard.     He  belongs  to  both  the 
State  and  County   Medical  Societies. 
*     *     * 

Dk.  H.  r.  l'"i:-\STF.R  was  born  in  Troy 
I'ownship,  this  county,  in  1850.  His  father, 
James  b'easter,  was  an  early  settler  in  this 
county,  and  was  located  on  the  Alarion,  Dela- 
ware and  Columbus  turnpike,  and  often  enter- 
tained the  weary  travelers  who  so  frequently 
passed  that  way.  He  read  eclectic  medicine 
with  Dr.  Frank  Howald  in  18S6,  and  gradu- 
ated in  1SS9  from  the  Eclectic  Institute  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He  began  the  practice  at 
Agosta,  Marion  County,  in  1890.  After  ;our 
years  he  removed  to  La  Rue,  Ohio,  and  then 
came  to  Delaware  in  1898.  He  married  ]\liss 
Ellen  Woodward,  of  Morrow  County.  Oliio. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  State  Eclectic  ^Medical 
Association;  the  Xorthwestern,  and  the  Ohio 
Central    ^^ledical    As.sociations. 

Dr.  Edw.'VRD  AI.  Halo,  has  been  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery  since 
1 87 1,  when  he  graduated  from  the  Elomeo- 
pathic  Hospital  College  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
After  taking  his  degree  in  medicine,  he  located 
in  Fredericktown,  Oh.io,  where  he  soon  gained 
a  satisfactory  practice  anil  the  good  will  and 
respect  of  the  people  of  that  community,  and 
was  honored  by  them  in  being  elected,  for 
many  years  in  succession,  a  member  of  their 
Board  of  Education,  which  [ji^sition  lie  held, 
as  well  as  that  of  Pension  Examiner  for  Knox 
County,  when  he  removed  to  this  city  in 
1889.  With  the  experience  gained  in  an  ac- 
tive practice  of  nearly  twenty  years  and,  hav- 
ing taken  a  post-graduate  course  in  medicine 
previiius  to  resuming  practice  here,  he  ivom 
the  first  took  rank  with  the  leading  physicians 
of  the  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  .Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  the  Ohio  State  ]\Iedi- 
cal  Society,  and  at  the  re-organi.zation  of  the 
Delaware  County  Medical  Society  he  was 
chosen  its  vice-president,  and  on  the  ffjllowing 
vear  its  president. 

*     *      * 

Dr.  Helex  K.  Smith  was  one  of  the 
leading   homeoparhic   physicians    in    Delaware 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


for  eleven  years.  ^liss  Plelen  Kaulliach  was 
liorn  in  Baklensburg,  New  York,  in  1S65.  She 
attended  school  at  W'averley,  Xew  York. 
.\fter  completing  her  ?tLulies  she  married  3.1  r. 
Smitii.  Alter  his  death  she  commenced  the 
ptud.v  of  nicilieine  in  1S90.  She  gradnated  in 
189.?  from  the  Cleveland  Homeopathic  Col- 
lege. She  commenceil  practicing  medicine  in 
1S93  '"  Delaware,  Ohio.,  She  belonged  to 
the  State  Homeopathic  S^cit-'ty.  Slie  remained 
in  this  city  nntil  her  marria,i>-  to  .Mr.  W.  D. 
Halsey,  in  1904.  She  k--  m  i\v  living  in  Tru- 
mansbnrg.  Xew  York,  and  no  longer  looks 
after  the  sick.  She  was  the  tlrst  lady  physician 
in  the  connty  for  abont  iifteen  years.  She  be- 
came a  fa\'orite.  and  had  a  large  practice 
while  in  this  cit\-. 

Dr.  M.\iaF.  rKKFECT  was  born  in  Mt.  \'er- 
non,  Ohio,  in  tSji..  As  ^liss  Simons  she 
stndied  medicine  in  the  Miami  ]\Iedical  Col- 
lege at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  fr^^n  which  she 
gradnated  in  1894.  and  entered  the  regular 
profession.  She  began  the  practice  at  De- 
troit, Michigan;  the  same  year.  After  two 
years  there  she  was  indnced  to  locate  at  her 
home  in  Richwood,  Ohio.  After  her  mar- 
riage to  Mr.  Perfect  she  was  persuaded  to 
remove  to  Delaware  in  1901.  She  has  proven 
herself  able,  and  well  qualified  for  her  pro- 
fessional work,  and  in  each  locality  where  she 
ha?  practiced,  has  enjoyed  a  large  work.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Union  County,  Delaware 
County,  and  Ohi:j  State  iSledical  Societies. 

Dr.  Iv'ad.-vle  Rodgers  was  born  in  Syl- 
vania,  Lucas  County.  Ohio,  in  1861.  She 
graduated  with  honors  from  the  Baldwin  Uni- 
versity at  Kerea,  Ohio,  in  1892.  She  read 
medicine,  and  graduated  from  the  Eclectic 
Medical  Institute  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1S9S. 
She  came  here  the  same  year,  and  was  the 
second  lady  physician  to  practice  in  Delaware 
after  woman's  first  advent  in  1838.  She  is  a 
bright,  faithful  and  earnest  physician  with 
malice  toward  none,  and  charity  for  all.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Delaware  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  the  Ohio  Central,  and  the  North- 
western  Eclectic  ]\Iedical  Associations. 


Dr.  Joiix  Otho  McDowell  was  a  son  of 
Dr.  Robert  AL  and  Emily  ^McDowell.  He  was 
born  in  1S4S  in  Quakersbottoni,  Lawrence 
County,  Ohio.  He  graduated  from  the  fron- 
ton High  School  in  1870,  and  from  the  Ohio 
W'eslevan  University  in  1874;  and  from  the 
Miami  Medical  O.flo-e  ;u  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
in  1877.  After  c  ■mpk-ii-ig  ihe  c.nrse.  he  was 
appointed  resident  i'h\Mci;;n  in  the  Cincinnati 
City  Llospital.  In  1878  he  came  to  Delaware 
and  began  practice.  lie  married  Mis>  Hcttie 
Wolfley,  only  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Woltley. 
She  belonged  to  one  of  the  oldest  and  l)est 
known  families  in  the  county.  Dr.  iMcDowell 
was  elected  alumni  trustee  of  the  "O.  W.  U." 
in  18S2.  which  oftice  he  held  to  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1S90.  His  e.xtenfjed  acquaintan.ct;  in 
the  college  and  town„  and,  with  the  students, 
gave  him  a  large  practice  at  (jnce.  He  was 
associated  for  a  time  with  Dr.  [ohn  \V.  X. 
Vogt. 

Dk.  IIoK.\Ci;  Warn:  was  born  in  Brow-n 
Town.ship.  He  was  a  partner  of  Dr.  J.  O. 
.McDowell.  He  graduated  from  the  "O.  \V. 
U."  in  18S2;  in  medicine  at  Miami  iMedical 
College,  18S6.  He  located  in  Delaware  in 
1 886,  and  died  in  18SS. 

Dr.  Cyrus  \V.  Ciiidester  was  Iwrn  in 
Kin.gwood,  West  Virginia,  in  i860.  He.  like 
many  others,  worked  on  a  farm  and  attended 
the  common  schools.  He  began  teacliing 
school  early  in  life  to  secure  money  to  defray 
his  expenses  for  a  higher  education.  In  1883 
he  attended  the  Ohio  Unix'ersity  at  .\thens. 
Ohio.  He  then  went  to  the  Ohio  Xorthern 
University  at  Ada,  Ohio,  was  graduated  there 
in  1887,  and  took  the  B.  S.  degree.  He 
■graduated  from  the  Columbus  iNledical  Col- 
lege in  1890.  and  was  given  the  cash  prize  by 
the  faculty  for  meritorious  work.  He  came 
to  Delaware  the  same  year,  and  associated 
himself  with  Dr.  E.  H.  Hyatt.  He  served  two 
ters  as  coroner  of  the  county ;  has  served  on  the 
Board  of  Pension  Examiners  since  1897,  and 
is  now  president  of  the  Bijard.  .\fter  the 
death  of  Dr.  E.  H.  Hyatt,  he  was  appointed 
surgeon  for  the  Big  Four  Railroad  at   Dela- 


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ware,  aiul  is  now  the  surgeon  ior  this  di- 
\ision.  He  is  a  memljcr  of  tlie  Dehiware 
CoiMity  ^[edical  Society,  aiid  served  as  presi- 
dent one  year.  He  is  also  a  member -of  the 
Si;ite  Medical  Society,  and  the  American 
Medical  Association.  He  was  at  one  time  the 
president  of  the  Big  Four  Railroad  Associa- 
tion of  Surgeons.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
M.  E.  Church.  He  married  :^Iiss  Clara  M. 
Fresh wati-r  in    i8y2. 

Dr.  O.  \\".  BoxNER  w:i.s  bi.irn  in  Lickini; 
County,  Ohio,  in  1866.  He,  with  his  par- 
ents'. nuTved  to  Bkiomricld,  3ilorri>w  County. 
Ohio,  in  about  1870.  He  was  educated  at 
Sparta  High  and  Xormal  schools.  Fie  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  in  1S88.  Flc 
attendc!  one  year  at  the  \\'e5tern  Reser\'e 
^Medical  College,  and  graduated  in  1892  from 
the  Counuljn.T  .iledical  C  oliege.  He  began 
the  practice  at  Norton.  Delaware  County,  Ohio, 
and  about  ten  _\-ears  ago  came  to  Delaware, 
C)hio.  where  he  is  now  in  active  work,  and  en- 
gaged in  a  large  practice.  He  ser\-ed  as  liealth 
officer  for  the  city  of  Delaware  for  fi\e  years, 
with  great  satisfaction  to  the  city.  Fie  has 
been,  for  sc\'eral  years  a  member  of  the  local 
Board  of  Per.sion  Examiners.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Delaware  County,  and  Ohio  State 
Medical    Societies. 

Dr.  F.  E.  Michexer  was  born  at  Attica, 
Seneca  County,  Ohio,  in  1856.  He  is  a  di- 
rect descendant  of  C'lunt  jo'm  T.  Michener, 
who  came  to  America  with  William  Penn  in 
1682.  The  Doctor  was  educated  at  \'alpar- 
aiso,  Indiana.  He  graduated  in  medicine  at 
the  Ohio  Medical  Hniversity  at  Columbus, 
Ohio.  After  practicing  several  years  at  To- 
ledo, he  moved  to  Barberton.  Ohio,  in  1901. 
and  came  to  Delaware  in  1905.  Fie  is  a 
member  of  the  Delaware  County  Medical  So- 
ciety, and  the  Ohio  State  [Medical  Society.  He 
has  '•etired  from  the  practice  and  is  taking  the 
good  of  life. 

*     *     * 

Dr.  Ch.\rles  B.  Brewster  was  born  at 
Corning.  Terry  County,  Ohio,  in  1876.  He 
graduated  from  tlie  High  ScIk^oI  in  1893.    -^^'' 


ter  clerking  in  a  bank  for  a  time,  he  went  to 
Hiram  College.  Fie  began  reading  medicine 
in  1S99,  and  graduated  from  I'ulte  Homeo- 
pathic College  at  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  in  1904. 
Fle  began  the.  practice  at  his  liome  in  1904,- 
and  came  to  Delaware  in  tejoG. 

Dr.  George  Slack  was  born  in  1841.  and 
raised  in  Brown  Township,  Delaware  County, 
Ohio..  Flis  f. 'undaii'.'u  ;or  an  education  was 
laid  in  the  old  district  common  >chools.  Fie 
was  a  graduate  oL  the  "O.  W".  L'."  in  the 
early  history  of  the  college.  He  practiced  the 
homeopathic  system.  He  beg.an  pr.icticing  in 
Huron  County,  and  after  several  years  he  lo- 
cated in  Delaware,  and  later  went  to  Lakeside, 
Ohio.  While  visiting  here  in  1S97,  he  died 
from  typhoid  fever.  His  family  have  their 
home  at  Lakeside,  Ohio.  He  married  Miss 
Flattie  Williams,  of  Cardinglon,  Ohio. 

Dr.  Frederic  L.  Gage  was  liorn.  in  Con- 
cord., Ross  County,  Ohio,  in  1847.  He  tirst 
attended  the  Academy  at  South  Salem,  Ross 
County,  and  was  a  cla^sn^a.te  of  Hon.  J.  B. 
Foraker.  He  graduated,  at  Marietta  College, 
Ohio,  in  1871.'^  Flc  attended  Starling  Medical 
College,  and  graduated  from  the  Long  Island 
College  Hospital  in  iNIedicine  in  1876.  He  be- 
gan the  practice  of  medicine  in  Mt.  Sterling 
in  1876,  and  came  to  Berkshire,  Delaware 
County,  Ohio,  in  1877,  and  moved  to  Dela- 
ware in  1900.  He  was  coroner  of  the  county 
from  1900  to  1904,  and  n'as  elected  health 
officer  January  i,  1907.  His  eldest  son.  Carl, 
graduated  from  the  "O.  W.  U.,"  and  is  soon 
to  leave  for  China  as  a  missionary. 
*     *     * 

Dr.  W.  B.  Hedges  is  a  native  of  ]\lcCon- 
nells\'ille,  ^Morgan  County,  Ohii:).  He  was 
born  in  1S35.  He  was  educated  in  the  High 
School  of  iMcConnellsville.  He  possessed  an 
active  and  studious  mind,  and  at  an  early 
time,  after  completing  his  school  life,  he  began 
reading  medicine  in  the  office  of  Dr.  M.  Ed- 
wards. May,  1858.  He  took  up  the  study  of 
the  drug  trade,  and  prepared  himself  for  the 
work  in  1S60.  After  two  }ears,  in  1862,  he 
resumed  the  studv  r.f  medicine  in  the  old  office, 


Hisrorn"  oi-^  Delaware  county 


ti")  jjrenart.-  iiimself  tor  the  army,  imw  needing 
docturs.  He  g-'aduated  ironi  the  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Ohi.)  at  Cincinnati.  Ohio.  July,  liSfjj. 
He  passed  the  examination  of  the  Stnte  Board 
of  Examiners  for  the  position  of  assistant 
surgeon  for  the  volunteer  service.  He  -was 
assigned  to  the  Eiolit\---i\tl;  O.  \'.  1..  a  six- 
montl:s  organization,  in  ^v;l;l■;lll:er,  1863.  and 
joined  the  reg-inient  .-ii  Cunibcrlahd  Ga]).  Ten- 
nessee. He  was  at  once  put  in  charge  ,of  the 
Medical  Department  oi  the  Eighty-sixth.  Regi- 
ment, which  pM^iii, in  he  lieM  until  the  muster 
out  of  tilt;  .jrgauL/.-ui'Ui.  ;'.t  the  expiration  oi 
their  term  of  ser\  ice  in  h'ebruary,  1864.  He 
was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Eighty- 
secontl  Regiment,  O.  \'.  L.  Third  Brigade, 
Eii'st  Di\-ision,  Twentieth  Army  Corps.  .April 
2y.  1804;  and  jtiined  the  regiment  in  ]\Iay. 
i8i')4.  at  Atlanta.  Georgia.  They  went  on 
duty  af  o.ice  nnd  were  under  fire  of  battle  for 
one  hundred  anil  twenty  days.  The  doctor 
was  the  only  surgeon  with  the  regiment  from 
.-Vtlanta,  Georgia,  to  the  sea,  or  Savannah, 
Georgia.  Idien  on  to  Goldsborough,  Xorih 
Carolina.  1S64  and  1865:  then  to  Raleigh, 
North  Carolina,  and  to  Washington,  D.  C. 
lU:)-'!  he  was  detailed  to  care  for  the  sick  and 
wr:)unded  at  Richmond,  \'irginia.  and  to  ar- 
range f.  ir  tran-p.  Mtation  to  the  North  those 
aide  1. 1  go.  in  1865.  while  waiting  for  the 
mu:ter  out  at  the  close  of  the  war,  he  was  at 
Loui>\'ille,  Kentucky,  and  was  in  charge  of  the 
hos])ital  there.  He  was  mustered  out  at  Co- 
lunilnis,  Ohio,  July  ?/,  1863.  Ht  returned 
to  his  home  and  began  the  practice  again.  In 
1S73  '^<2  located  at  Beverly,  Washington 
Count).  Ohio,  and  in  1879  came  to  Delaware. 
Ohio.  He  is  in  active  practice  t..>day.  tie 
has  been  a  member  of  the  County  Board  of 
United  States  Pension  Examiners  for  fourteen 
years.  He  served  two  years  as  health  officer 
for  Delaware.  He  was  physician  to  the  Girls' 
Industrial  Home  for  several  years.  He  is  a 
member  ol  the  Delaware  County  Medical  As- 
sociation; Ohio  State  Medical  Society,  and 
the  American  Medical  Association.  He  was 
married  to  Mrs.  MarV  Peuthers  in  1S7J.  He 
is  an  elder  of  the  Pre-bvterian  Church.. 


Dr.  David  P.  Bli.ss  was  born  at  Sparta, 
^lorrow  Gjunty,  Ohio,  in  1843.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools.  -\t  the 
age  of  nhieteen  he  enlisted  in  the  service  oi 
■  his  country  with  the  One  Httndred  and  Twen- 
ty-first Regiment,  O.  X.  1.,  and  recei\ed  an 
honorable  discharge  from  the  service  in  1865, 
at  the  close  of  the  war.  He  wa-  an  exemplary 
soldier,  and  one  of  the  highest  Cdtristian  char- 
acter. After  reiurning  from  the  army,  he  en- 
tered the  office  of  the  illustrious  Dr.  J-  ^\'. 
Russeil.  of  Mt.  \'ernon.  Ohio,  and  graduated 
fr. un  tile  Jefferson  ]vledical  College  at  Phila- 
delphia, in  iSC)7.  After  many  long  years  of 
hard  work,  he  came  to  Delaware  in  1901  to 
enjoy  a  much  needed  rest.  He  is  a  member 
of  Asbury  'SI.  1l.  Cliurch,  and  is  always  ready 
to  do  the  ]^Ia=.ter's  work. 

Dr.  Bex.  E.  Ke.-vrxv  was  born  in  1858, 
in  Fayette  County,  Ohio.  He  graduated  from 
the  "b.  W.  U."  at  Delaware, 'Ohio,  in  1884. 
After  teaching  for  some  time  at  Washington 
C'jurt  House,  Ohio,  he  returned  to  Delaware, 
and  entered  the  office  of  his  old  friend.  Dr. 
J.  H.  Hughes.  He  attended  the  Miami  .Medi- 
cal College  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  for  two  }ears, 
and  then  went  to  the  Long  Island  Hospital. 
New  York,  for  graduateion  in  1891.  He  re- 
turned to  Delaware  the  same  >'ear.  and  began 
professional  work  for  two  years  when  he  lo- 
cated at  Stewart,  Iowa,  ■  where  he  remained 
for  twelve  years.  He  moved  then  to  Cleve- 
land, Tennessee,  in  1905,  to  de\ote  hi.->  at- 
tention to  the  e}e  and  optical  work.  He  mar- 
ried ]\Iiss  Jennie  Volk,  of  Delaware,  in  1888. 
He  and  his  family  have  recently  moved  to 
Delaware  (1907)  to  make  his  home,  and  to 
devote  his  attention  to  eye  <liseases  and  to 
optical    work. 

Dr.  a.  J.  PoL'.VD.s  was  horn  in  Delaware 
County,  Ohio,  in  1858.  I'rom  the  common 
schools  he  went  to  the  Oh.io  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity in  1876.  He  graduated  from  the  C'> 
lumbns  ^Medical  College  in  1881.  lie  begrm 
the  practice  at  Ostrander.  and  moved  to  Dela- 
ware in  1906.    He  was  elected  secretary  of  the 


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Dr.  JA^rr;s  W'u.ijam  Watts  was  bnrn  in 
Rodney,"  Galiia  County,  Ohio,  in  1856,  He 
read  medicine  with  Dr.  \\".  Al.  Watts  at  Soutli 
Webster.  Scioto  County,  r)liii.).  Ho  atteii>;ied 
medical  lectures  in  Cincinnati,  at  the  Ohi ) 
Medical  Co!leg::e,  from  which  he  received  his 
diploma.  He  heg-an  practice  at  Gallia  County, 
Ohio,  and  was  these  for  fifteen  years.  Fie 
then  came  to  Delaware,  where  he  practiced  sev; 
era!  years  before  moving  to  Columbus,  where 
he  is  now  devoting  his  attention  to  diseases  of 
the  eye  and  ear.  He  was  given,  in  1876,  the 
benetlciary  scholarship  from  the  Eleventh 
Congressiiinal  District,  represented  by  Hon. 
H.  S.  llirri'Iv.  He  was  tu  i>repare  him-elf  for 
a  government  medical  cadet ;  but  gave  up  this 
prospect  in  order  to  practice  medicine. 

Dr.  T.  Robixsox  was  born  in  Union 
County,  Ohio,  and  educated  at  Dover.  He 
read  medicine  in  Ohio  ]\Iedical  University, 
and  graduated  from  there  in  1904.  He  began 
the  practice  at  Ostrander,  Ohio,  and  removed 
to  Bellpoint.  He  was  married  to  ]\Iiss  Edna 
Green,  who  died  in  k^jG.  He  is  a  member  of- 
the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  K.  of  I'. 

Dr.  H.  X.  CooMER  was  born  in  Ontario 
County.  Xew  York,  in  1817.  He  read  medi- 
cine in  his  native  State,  and  located  at  Ashley, 
Delaware  County,  Ohio,  in  1852.  Fie  was  a 
quiet  anil  unassuming  man.  and  was  engaged 
in  a  fair  practice  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  a  regular  attendant  of  the  State  and 
County  Medical  Societies  for  many  years. 
He  died  fmm  general  breaking-down  a  few 
years  ago. 

Dr.  William  C.  Buckv  was  born  in 
Franklin  Countv.  Ohio,  in  i860.  Fie  attended 
the  "O.  W.  U.."  Delaware.  Ohir,.  for  a  while, 
and  graduated  from  the  Eclectic  Medical  In- 
stitute at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1890.  He  read 
medicine  with  Dr.  S.  ?\1.  S!ierman  in  Co- 
lumijus.  Ohio,  and  settled  in  Ashley,  where  he 


is   now  practicing.      He   is   a  member  of   the 
Ohio  Eclectic  ?vlc(lical   Institute. 
*     *     * 

Dr.  2\1iraxda  Sciikble  was  in  Ashley 
many  years,  and  enjo_\ed  a  large  practice. 
She  graduated  from  the  Clevelan<l  Flomeij- 
jtathic  Hospital  in  1883.  She  died  in  1901, 
at  about  sixty-eight  years  of  age. 

Dk.  Ella  Dexxisox  Welch  was  born  in 
Peru  Township.  Morrow  County.  Ohio,  in 
1S63.  She  studied  in  the  office  of  Dr.  G. 
Foster,  of  Olive  Green.  F")e!aware  County, 
Ohio,  in  1889.  She  entered  the  Toledo  yicdl- 
cal  College  in  1S91,  and  for  the  summer  term 
1892  went  to  the  ^^'ooster  Medical  College  at 
Cleveland.  Ohio,  and  returned  to  the  Toledo - 
Medical  College  to  graduate  in  iSy4.  She 
came  direct  to  Ashley. after  her  graduation, 
where  she  lias  since  practiced. 

Dr.  M.  a.  iMcGonic;.a.l  was  torn  near 
Ashley  in  1S73.  He  graduated  from  the  Ash- 
ley Fligh  School  in  1890,  and  from  the  Ohio 
^iedical  University  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  in 
1906.  Returning  to  .-\shley  he  began  the 
practice  the  same  year. 

Dr.  I.  T.  ^vIcCartv  was  raised  in  Olive 
Green,  Ohio,  where  he  began  the  practice  in 
1S97;  but  onlv  remained  tliere  a  short  time — 
three  years — wlien.  in  1900.  he  mo\-ed  to  his 
present  location  in  Constantia.  Ohio.  He 
graduated  at  the  Western  Reserve  }vledical 
College  in  1897. 

I3r.  Fr.vxk  Axdkews  locate<l  in  Cheshire 
after  the  death  of  his  uncle,  who  was  an  able 
practitioner.  He  graduated  in  1883  at  the 
Starling  ]^ledical  College,  and  came  direct  to 
Cheshire.  He  sold  to  Dr.  H.  C.  Kious  in 
1885.  of  Columbus,  and  moved  to  Westervilie. 
where  he  is  now  located. 

Dr.  FI.  C.  Kiol's  was  born  in  Columbus. 
Ohio,  in  1855.  He  was  educated  in  tlie  Cen- 
tral X'ormal  Universitv  and  the  "O.  W.  C  . :'" 
rea-l  me'licine  with  Dr.  J.  F.  Baldwin,  of  Co- 
lumbus.   Ohio,    and    was    graduated    at    Long 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


l.-laiul  Hospital,  in  New  York,  in  i8Si.  He 
began  to  practice  in  Qilnmlms,  Oiiio,  in  1S82, 
in  Ciiesliire  in  1883,  and  only  remained  a 
year,  when  he  .sold  to  Dr.  J-I.  C.  1  )nmni'.  \vho 
was  located  at  Stratford.  Dr.  Kiou^:  came  to 
Delaware  in  1S83  and  practiced  tor  several 
years,  when  he  sold  to  Dr.  F.  3.1.  ?^Iurrav,  in 
1892.  and  moved  to  Columhns.  wliere  he  is 
i)'">w  practicing-.  He  mairied  Miss  Jennie  La- 
vender, of  Delaware,  Ohio,  in  1883. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  a.  W.  Dumm  was  raised  near  Chesh- 
ire, and  graduated  at  the  Golumhus  ]^ledical 
College.  After  practicing  at  Cheshire  a  few 
years,  he  removed  to  Columbus.  Ohio,  where 
he  labored  several  years,  and  then  mo\-ed  to 
T'lledo,  Ohio.  1,1  is  brother  had  practiced  a 
few-  years  at  Cheshiie.  before  going  to  Colum- 
bus, where  he  died  several  years  later. 

Dr.  Cob.\rt  located  at  Cheshire  in  iS8q: 
but  remained  only  a  few  months  when  he  en- 
tered the  regular  army. 

Ch.arles  C.  V.\.\kirk,  A1.  D.,  was  born 
at  Condit,  in  1S7-'.  Lie  read  medicine  with 
his  father.  Dr.  T.  H.  A'ankirk,  at  Condit, 
Delaware  County,  Ohio.  Dr.  Charles  gradu- 
ated from  Starling  ^Medical  College  in  1S96, 
and  at  once  located  at  Sunbury.  C)hio.  Li 
1901  he  moved  to  Gettysburg,  Darke  County 
Ohio.     Soon  after  he  joined  the  regular  army. 

Dr.  Aloxzo  W.  I.wlor  was  bjrn  in 
Champaign  County.  Ohio.  lie  attended  the 
Ohio  Wesleyan  Lhiiversity,  and  graduated 
fram  the  Ohio  Medical  Eclectic  College  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He  located  at  Sunlniry. 
Ohio,  in   1892.     He  died  in   1901. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  a.  p.  T.wlor  located  in  Sunburj 
many  \ears  ago.  and  after  a  long  and  success- 
ful practice  he  sold  out  and  moved  to  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  where  he  is  now  practicing. 

!i:  *  * 

Dr.  Thom,a.s  J.  Williams  was  br.rn  nea- 
Somerset,  Perry  County.  Oln'o.  in  18.^3.  In 
1849,  'It  si>;  years  of  age.  he  came  with  his 
parents  to  .Morrow  County,  Ohio.  In  i8'')3 
he  left  the  farm  and  schools  to  enter  the  armv 


with  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth  O. 
\'.^  I.  He  remaiiied  with  the  regiment  uritii 
mustered  out  in  1865.  There  was  no  more 
])atriotic  or  faithful  soldier  in  the  service  of 
the  Union  Army  than  this  boy  of  twenty 
years.  L'pon  his  return  he  took  his  savings 
and  entered  the  high  school  at  Mt.  Gilead, 
Ohic).  Alter  one  year  of  hard  and  faithful 
work,  he  came  to  the  "O.  W.  U.,'"  at  Delaware, 
to  gain  adiigher  educatirui  to  prepare  himself 
for  the  medical  p'-"fe-:-;i' ti.  Lie  read  medicine 
with  his  brother.  Dr.  j.  W.  Williams,  at  Ches- 
terville,  Ohio,  unti!  the  fall  .f  i8'i8,  when  he 
went  to  the  Uni\ers!ty  of  Michigan,  at  Ann 
.-Vrbor.  from  wiiich  he  graduated  in  1870. 
Having  completed  his  professional  work  in 
the  university,  he  at  once  located  in  Sunbury, 
Delaware  County,  Ohio.  In  1873  he  felt  the 
need  of  a  post-graduate  course  to  rentier  h.im 
mpre  proficient  in  the  great  work  before  him. 
He  left  for  the  Long  Island  ^Medical  College 
in  Xew  York,  where  the  clinical  advantages 
were  great  for  the  absorbing  mind.  He 
graduated  from  there  the  same  year  and  at 
once  returned  to  his  work  in  Sunl>ury,  where 
he  is  now  practicing.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Pension  Examiners  for  se\eral 
years.  He  is  a  faithful  Mason,  and  a  coT^ci- 
entious  Christian  man.  He  married  Mi;>  L. 
A.  Pumphrey,  of  Croton,  Ohio,  in  1879. 

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Dr.  LIexrv  Kistlf.r  was  born  in  Lancas- 
ter. Ohio,  in  1879.  I'l^*  ^^"^  educated  at  the 
Lancaster  schools,  and  at  Basil.  Ohio.  He  read 
medicine  with  his  brother.  Dr.  George  B. 
Kistler,  at  X'ewcomerstown,  Tuscarawas 
County,  Ohio,  in  1896  and  i8g7.  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Starling  Medical  College. 
Columbus,  Ohio,  in  1902.  He  at  once  located 
at  Sunbury,  Ohio,  and  entered  upon  a  success- 
ful practice.  He  is  a  close  student,  and 
promises  to  be  of  great  benefit  to  Sunbury. 
He  belongs  to  the  .American  Medical  .Associa- 
tion, and  the  State  and  County  Medical  So- 
cieties. He  married  Miss  Dell  McLanden,  of 
Co'lumbus,  Oiiio.  He  is  an  active  Mason,  a 
K.  P..  and  beJr.ngs  also  to  the  Elk  lodge. 

Dr.  Jofix  L'lLEY  was  born  in  Wester\-i]Ie, 
Franklin  County,  Ohio,  in   1843.     He  gradu- 


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ated  from  the  Whetscme  Seminary,  read  incdi- 
i-iiie  in  Sierling,  Illinois,  and  graduated  from 
the  Rusli  INIedical  College  in  1862.  He  located 
at  Galena  at  once,  and  today  is  the  iridcst  and 
1)C>1  knwwii  physician  in  the  eastern  jxiri  of  the 
coinit)-. 

Dk.  Nortox  Ekei.!:i:uv  was  Ijurn  near 
Delaware  in  1864.  lie  att'MKled  tlie  cummin 
schools,  and  also  for  a  short  time,  the  "'O. 
W.  U.-  He  graduated  at  the  Miami  Me<li- 
cal  College.  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  in  1886.  after 
reading  medicine  -with  his  brother,  Dr.  Frank 
Ekelbery,  who  was  located  for  several  years 
at  Bellpnint.  Ohio.  Dr.  X'^rton  Ekeihery  is 
now  [iracticing  at  Galena,  where  he  iirst  lo- 
cated. 

*  *     * 

Dk.  Johx  H.  Gfriiapot  was  born  in  ?\Iadi- 
son  County,  Ohio,  in  1S58,  and  attended 
scho':d  at  'W'est  Jefferson,'  Ohio.  He  read 
medicine  with  Dr.  Charles  Snyder  at  W'est 
Jeffersun  in  1S78.  He  graduated  from  the 
Columbus  ;\Iedical  College  in  1882.  He  was 
assistant  physician  to  the  Ohio  penitentiary 
from  1884  to  1886;  and  surgeon  of  the  Ohio 
National  Guards  for  eight  years.  He  wa^ 
married  to  Miss  Emma  Avers,  of  Columbus, 
in  1887.  He  began  the  practice  at  Sunbtiry, 
Clhio.  in  18S7.  and  is  now  in  acti\'e  work.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  also  the 
V.  Sz  A.  M.:  the  Delaware  County  and  State 
Meflical  Societies. 

Dr.  E.  B.  IMosHER  was  raised  in  ^lornnv 
County.  Ohio,  where  he  read  medicine.  He 
locaterl  at  Olive  Green,  practicing  there  many 
years,  when  he  remcwed  to  Sunbury,  and  was 
in  the  practice  there  for  some  time.  He  then 
sold  out,  and  moved  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  where 
he  is  now  practicing. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  L.  Wise  was  born  in  Jnhnstown. 
Ohio,  in  1858.  After  attending  the  common 
schoijls,  he  read  medicine  with  Dr.  G.  H. 
Foster,  at  Olive  Green.  Delaware  County. 
Ohio.  He  began  the  practice  at  Galena  in 
1884.  after  graduating  at  the  Columbus  Medi- 
cal  College.'^ 


Dr.  a.  E.  Bexxktt,  who  was  born  near 

Maxtown,  in  GeiK.ia  Township,  and  graduated 

I   from  an  Eclectic  College  in  Cincinnati.  Ohio, 

I  located  in  Lewis  Centre  for  a  time;  l.iut  now 

i   is  on  a   farm  neai'  his  oirl  home. 

Dr.  J.  C.  Wi.xTERMUTE,  a  regular  pliysi- 
cian,  was  in  Lewis  Centre  from  1879  >■'•'  i^^-. 
when  he  removed  to  C'elina,  Ohio,  where  he 
died. 

Dr.  H.  a.  Keifkr  from  i88j  to  1S87  was 
the  physician  in  Lewis  Centre.  He  then  re- 
moved to  \\'ester\-ille.  where  he  still  resides. 

:^  *  * 

Dr.  R.  C.  Alex.vxder  bought  out  Dr. 
Kcifer,  and  remained  in  Lewis  Centre  for 
two  years,  when  he  remo\-ed  to  Catawba. 
Ohio.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Starling  ]\Iedical 
College. 

Dr.  AIercek  was  one  of  Lewis  Centre's 
oldest  physicians,  locating  there  in  aliout  1850. 
He  died  there  in  about  1880. 

Dr.  Alexaxder  Hexorixsox  was  a 
strong  competitor  of  Dr.  Mercer  in  Lewis 
Centre,  during  the  seventies.  He  later  re- 
moved to  Columljus,  where  he  died  in  1895. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  the  "O.  \V.  V."  of 
Delaware.  He  married  ^liss  W'aldron,  of 
Kingston  Township,  Delaware  Count}-.  Ohio. 

Dr.  M.  r^I.  CocTiRAX  was  k)cated  in  Lewis 
Centre  from  1889  to  1892.  He  read  medicine 
with  Dr.  J.  \V.  Russel.  of  .Mt.  Vernon,  Ohio, 
and  graduated  from  the  Starling  Aledical  Col- 
lege. Tie  died  at  Independence,  Ohio,  a  few 
years  ago  from  diphtheria. 
*     -f     * 

Dr.  \V.  y\.  T.  Si.MMs  bought  out  Dr. 
Cochran,  of  Lewis  Centre,  in  ii;o2.  In  19OCJ 
he  removed  to  Cwlumlius,  Ohio,  and  from  there 
to  Groveport,  Ohin,  where  lie  is  nmv  practic- 
ing. He  is  a  graduate  ni  the  Ci.'himbus  ?^Iedi- 
cal  College. 

j  Dr.  Perry  W".  W'illev  was  liorn  in  Troy 

I  Township,   Delaware  County,  Ohio,   in    1875. 


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He  is  a  son  of  John  and  Kasson  W'illey,  a 
highly  inrtuential  fanirly  of  Dc;la\vai"e  Coi'.iuy. 
Alter  finishing  a  course  in  the  common 
schools,  he  completed  his  education  uith  the 
class  of  1004  in  the  Delaware  High  School. 
He  at  once  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  S.  W. 
Fowler,  and  began  the  study  of  niedicnie.  He 
graduated  v.ith  honors  froin  the  Starling 
Medical  College,  in  Culumhus.  01ii._'.  in  1897. 
He  located  at  once  in  Lewis  Centre,  Ohio, 
and  entered  into  competition  with  lu's  com- 
petitors. He  soon  hail  the  entire  field  to 
himself.  During  the  last  ten  years  he  has  won 
and  held  the  confidence  of  the  entire  com- 
miniity.  He  is  a  member  of  the  County  and 
State  ^ledical  Societies.  He  is  now  the 
coroner  of  Delaware  County. 

Dr.  Fr.\xk  a.  Stickxey  was  born  in 
Union  County,  Ohio,  in  1S32.  He  graduated 
from  the  academy  in  Henry  County.  Illinois, 
in  1S72,  and  completed  the  business  course  in 
Sharp's  Business  College  .vt  D>;la\v;ire  in 
1874.  He  read  medicine  in  the  nfiice  (.>f  Dr. 
E.  H.  Hyatt,  and  graduated  frunt  the  Co- 
lumbus }ifedical  College  in  iSSo.  He  began 
the  ])ractice  in  Delaware.  He  married  ]\Iiss 
Mary  Campbell  in  18S1.  In  1882  he  located 
in  old  Eden,  or  Kilbourne,  Ohio,  where  he  has 
been  the  leading  and  highly  respected  physi- 
cian and  most  successful  doctor  ever  in  that 
locality.  After  the  death  of  his  wife,  he  mar- 
ried ^liss  Porter,  a  daughter  uf  one  of  the 
most  induential  familie-  ..f  ilie  I'n  slj>teri;ai 
Church,  and  citizens  of  Bruwn  Township.  He 
is  a  memljer  of  the  State  and  County  ]vfedical 
Societies. 

There  have  been  many  changes  in  the 
profession  in  Eden,  or  Kilbourne,  during  the 
past  forty  years  or  more,  of  which  we  have 
been  unable  to  gain  much  information. 

Dr.  AIills  was  there  fnmi  1865  to  1869. 
He  is  now  at  Rich  Hill.  Kno.x  County,  Ohio, 
in  the  practice. 

Dr.  LY^t.^^■  Potter,  of  Kilb')urne  and 
Leonardsburg.  was  ime  r>i  the  'Mdest  and  mo~t 
learned  and  talented  members  of  the  medical 


fraternity  of  the  county.  He  was  an  active 
member  in  his  day  of  the  State  and  County 
Medical  Societies.  At  the  advanced  age  of 
seventy  years,  he  studied  and  learned  short- 
hand, and  became  very  proficient  at  it.  He 
was  able  to  take  down  a  discussion  and  lecture 
with  great  accurac}.  He  lived  on  his  farm 
and  had  a  limited  but  successful  practice.  His 
strong  Christian  character  ga\e  him  th.e  confi- 
dence of  the  entire  community.  He  died  at 
the  advanced  age  of  nearly  nin.ety  years. 

Dr.  D.  R.  ]\.oss  was  born  in  Saratoga 
County.  Xew  ^'ork,  in  1842.  }Ie  graduated 
at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1867, 
and  located  in  Kilbourne  the  same  jear.  He 
married  a  daughter  o\  John  3.1athews  in  186S. 
In  1872  he  mo\ed  to  Martinsburg,  \Trginia. 
He  is  the  chief  surgeon  of  the  B.  &  O.  R.  R. 
for  that  division.  He  served  (luring  the  war 
in  Company  D,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
fifth  Regiment.  During  the  war  he  wa^  a 
prisoner  in  Anderson\  ille  Prison  for  over  ten 
months. 

Dr.  a.  M.  Cr.ane  was  raised  in  Porter 
Township.  After  reading  medicine  he  located 
in  Kilbourne,  Ohio,  for  a  shr^rt  time,  when 
he  moved  to  Waldo,  and  then  to  Marion, 
Ohii.i.  His  brother,  Adelbert  Crane,  who  mar- 
ried ^liss  Ross,  of  Delaware,  a  daughter  of 
an  old  soldier,  took  his  place  in  Kilbourne. 

Dr.  Lewis  B.\kxes  came  to  Delaware 
about  1836.  hnxing  traded  his  practice  in  Co- 
lumbus with  Dr.  D.  .\l.  Kenscll,  of  Delaware. 
Dr.  Barnes  beliinged  to  the  Homeopathic 
School.  He  was  here  in  Delaware  for  many 
years.  He  dierl  at  an  advanced  age  at  his  son's 
in  Norwalk,  Ohio. 

Dr.  S.  p.  Cummins  cnme  to  Delaware  in 
about  1870,  from  Bea\er,  Pennsylvania.  He 
had  a  limited  practice,  and  died  about  1882. 

Dr.  J.  'Si.  Sxodgrass  came  to  Dela\\are 
from  Union  C'luuty,  Ohio,  in  about  1S74.  He 
and  his  soriS  bt.io^rii[  the  Lyijrand  Drug  Store. 
After  a   shi;>rt   time  thev  sold   it,   and   he  en- 


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gaged  in  the  iiractice  for  a  few  years.    He  died 
in  about  1SS6. 

Dr.  Jami;s  Morgax  Cukrkv  wa?  born  in 
iS^i  in  Oiwego.  New  V'ork,  and  in  183S  came 
with  his  father's  family  to  Alarysville.  Oliio. 
A  few  years  later  he  studied  medicine  \\itii 
Dr.  Ross,  gradu;!ting-  from  Starling  ^Medical 
College  of  Columbu'^.  SL">on  after  he  com- 
menced the  luactice  of  meijicine  at  Prospect. 
Ohio.  In  i84''i  he  married  }iliss  Susannali 
Goodirig,  of  Delaware  County.  Ohio.  He 
moved  to  Delaware  in  1S50,  where  he  lived 
for  nearly  half  a  century.  He  early  united 
with  the  Prejii\terian  Church  of  which  he  was 
a   nil. St   devoted   member.      He  died   in    1S9S. 

*  *  :■< 

Dr.  Robert  C.  Wixter^ii'te  was  born  at 
Norton.  Ohio,  in  1S61.  He  read  medicine 
with  Dr.  Robertson,  of  ]\lt.  \'ernon.  Ohio, 
and  graduated  at  the  Eclectic  iMedical  Insti- 
tute in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1880.  He  Ij- 
cated  in  Delaware  the  same  year.  Jn  1890  he 
removed  to  Cincinnati  to  fill  the  Chair  of  01)- 
stetrics  and  Diseases  of  \\'onien,  at  his  Alma 
!Mater,  as  well  as  to  engage  in  general  prac- 
tice. He  died  in  1906.  He  published  a  book 
on  Diseases  of  Women,  which  is  used  as  a 
text  book  at  the  Eclectic  College.  He  mar- 
ried Aliss  Belle  Cherry,  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  ^1. 
Cherry. 

*  *      * 

Dr.  N.  S.  S.vmp.sei.l  cani.e  to  Delaware  in 
the  si.xties.  He  was  a  rout  and  herb  doct^ir. 
His  office  ami  home  was  where  the  Carnegie 
Library  now  stands.  He  had  a  large  practice 
throughout  the  county  for  many  years.  He 
died  in  Delaware  several  years  ago. 

Dr.  Fk.\xcis  ?kI.\Riox  }iIurr.\v  was  born 
in  Bluff  ton.  .Mien  County.  Ohio,  in  1855.  He 
entered  the  local  drug  store  as  an  apprentice. 
He  continued  his  attendance  in  the  public 
schools  during  the  winter  terms.  He  re- 
mained in  the  store  for  four  years.  In  the 
atitumn  of  1S72  he  went  to  Key  West.  Florida, 
to  become  ap(.'tliecary  to  the  United  States 
^Marine.  Plospital  u'lder  his  tirother.  Surgeon 
Robert  D.  .\lurray.     He  spent  the  major  part 


of  four  years  here.  Tlie  last  three  winters  of 
these  were  spent  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.-yl- 
vania,  prosecuting  pharmaceutical  and  medi- 
cal studies.  He  would  return  to  his  duties  in 
the  south  each  spring.  He  graduated  from 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1876, 
receiving  the  degree  of  I'li.  Cj.  In  1877  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  .M.  D.  from  the  |cfferson 
^ledical  College,  Philadelphia.  He  then  took 
a  supplementary  course  in  scientific  subjects  at 
the  University  of  Pennsyhania,  for  which  he 
received  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.  in  1S7S.  Pie 
was  acting  librarian  to  the  College  of  Physi- 
cians during  •  the  summer.  The  following 
winter  he  was  assistant  to  the  professor  of 
Materia  Medica  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy.  In  1S79  he  located  in  Lenni.  Dela- 
ware County,  Pennsylvania,  eighteen  miles 
from  Philadelphia. 

In  1880  he  was  married  to  Amanda  IM. 
Kirbv.  .After  remaining  fi\'e  years  in  this  lo- 
cation, the  Doctor  removed  to  the  northern 
section  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  From 
there  he  removed  to  Delaware.  Ohio,  in  1892. 
and  continued  in  the  general  practice  of  medi- 
cine. In  rcjQO  he  formed  a  co-partnership 
with  Mr.  J.  D.  Knowles,  and  e.stablished  a 
third  daily  and  v,-eekly  newspaper,  the  Dchi- 
iCLirc  Journal.  The  following  year  they  ac- 
quired the  long  established  Democratic  Herald. 
and  united  them  under  the  name  of  the 
Joiinial-Hcrald.  Notwithstanding  his  news- 
paper interests  the  Doctor  has  continued  in 
the  active  work  of  his  profession,  and  enjoys 
gi:)od  practice.  He  is  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge,  Xo.  18,  F.  cK:  A.  M..  of  the  Delaware 
County,  Ohio  State  and  .-Vmerican  Medical  So- 
cieties. Dr.  Rol)ert  D.  Murray  was  a  recog- 
nized expert  in  ycllrjw  fever  for  the  Go\"ern- 
ment  Marine  and  Public  Health  Service. 
Robert  D.  was  killed  by  accident  at  Laredo, 
Texas,  in  1904,  thus -depriving  the  Govern- 
ment of  one  of  its  greatest  experts.  Dr.  I".  iM. 
iMurrav  was  l.jorn  a  Campbellite.  raised  a 
.Methodist,  and  now  belongs  to  the  I'resby- 
terian   Church. 

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Dr.     .\.     Blv.mkr.      There    never    v.as    a 
i  practitioner  of  medicine  so  wiilely  known,  or 


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had  such  an  extensi\e  practice  in  Delaware 
County  as  JJr.  Abraham  Blymer.  He  was  so 
long  in  the  county  that  his  name  became  a 
household  word,  and  few  knew  when  he  set- 
tled in  Delaware.  He  became  the  standard  of 
l)erfection  for  the  true  ph\sician  in  the  minds 
of  the  many  students  who  went  out  of  his 
office,  some,  to  fill  high  ]>jsilions  in  the  pro- 
fession in  many  parts  oi  the  country.  For 
lifty  }-ears  he  went  in  and  out  before  the  peo- 
ple, visiting;  hundreds  of  iiomes  throughout 
the  count}-  in  the  earl}-  days  of  mud  and  forest 
roads,  and  these  marked  by  emblazing  the 
trees;  and  no  bridges  to  cms^  the  swollen 
streams,  he  went  to  adli1ini^ler  to  the  al'llicted. 
Through  tlie  nn"dnight  darkness  with  his  oid- 
time  lantern  and  sa.ddleliags.  through  tlie 
storms  of  winter  ami  shades  of  the  forest  in 
summer,  he  went  on  his  mission  of  n-iercy  to 
the  well-to-do,  and  to  the  jioor  and  the  needy. 
The  Inng  \-ears  of  faithfid  labor  and,  broken 
rest  mafic  little  impression  upon  his  wonder- 
ful Gein'.an  n  uistit'.uion.  Up  tn  the  very  hour 
cjf  his  final  visit,  he  rivaled  in  activity  many 
of  his  ynnnger  brethren,  who  numbered  luit 
months,  while  he  counted  years  of  faithfift 
labor. 

Dr.  El}-mer  was  born  in  Shippinsburg, 
Penns}-h-ania,  ii-i  1S04.  His  father  was  a  man 
of  education  and  lolfjwed  school  teaching. 
Under  the  instructions  (if  this  talenteil  man, 
the  son  recei\-ed  his  education.  In  1S24  he 
began  the  stiuly  of  medicine.  In  1826. 
through  hi-  wife,  he  inbi'iUcd  a  largv  ann-unt 
of  money.  Anxious  to  increase  his  fortune, 
he  entered  into  the  mercantile  business,  which 
prospered  and  promised  him  great  riches. 
After  a  few  years  he  \enturtd  again  into  the 
iron  industry,  which  held  out  flattering 
promises.  This  new  \-enture  swept  away  all 
of  his  money  and_his  bright  hopes.  Seventeen 
thousand  dollars  went  to  pay  debts.  He  fell 
back  upon  his  profession,  and  after  two  years 
he  took  a  course  of  lectures  in  the  Jefferson 
]\Iedical  College,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 
He  then  attended  the  Barten  Medical  Institute 
in  Philadelphia  and  received  his  diploma. 
Son-iewhat  brnkeii  in  spirit  lie  mo\-ed  tu  the 
then   western,   country,   locating  at   Mansfield, 


Ohio,  ^vhere  he  opened  an  office  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  The  ten  years  of 
professional  life  at  Alansfield,  gave  him  great 
prestige.  Aliotit  this  time  the  old  W'illoughby 
Mech'cal  College  neai  Cleveland,  Ohio,  now 
the  Starling  College,  conferred  uii' n  him  the 
'M.  D.  degree  as  a  tnken  of  merit.  In  1S40  he 
w-as  indttced  by  friends  tn  mme  to  Galion. 
Ohio,  but  soon  di-covered  that  this  was  a  n-iis- 
take,  and  after  one  year  he  located  at  Dela- 
ware, one  (jf  the  thriving  towns  in  Ohio.  In 
Delaware,  his  great  energy  and  acumen  soon 
pushed  him  to  the  front  place  in  professional 
w-ork.  and  made  him  one  of  tlie  first  citizens 
of  the  place.  Ahvays  gentle,  kind  and  con- 
siderate, his  advancement  w-ent  on  uninter- 
ruptedly. He  held  peculiar  views  regarding 
the  treatment  of  the  great  scourge  called  milk 
sickness,  that  prevailed  in  early  times.  The 
patients  were  talcen  with  voniiting  and  ex- 
treme nausea.  They  became  prostrated  and 
weak,  unable  to  take  or  retaiii  any  food.  They 
became  reduced  day  after  day,  until  they  died 
in  great  mental  anguish,  but  little  real  pain. 
The  Dector  began  the  use  of  calomel  or  the 
mercurial  treatment.  This  gave  relief  and 
saved  the  lives  of  many  valuable  citizens.  His 
name  \vas  soon  carried  from  neighborhood  to 
neighborhood,  until  his  fame  became  so  great 
that  he  was  called  for  far  and  near  to  consult 
w-ilh  his  professional  brothers.  He  read,  at 
one  time,  a  highly  instructive  paper  on  INIilk 
Sickness  before  the  County  and  State  INledical 
Societies.  The  discovery  of  the  tyrocciiic  by 
\'aughn,  demonstrated  the  correct  principles 
under!}  ing  the  treatment  by  this  able  practiti- 
oner, as  the  antiseptic  intluence  or  mercury 
killed  the  exciting  cause  of  this  form  of  sick- 
ness. Dr.  Blymer  took  an  acti\-e  interest  in 
young  men:  and  during  his  life  educated  and 
started  over  forty  students  in  the  hiedical 
.profession,  after  furnishing  them  with  money 
and  eciuipments  to  begin  their  w-ork.  He  was 
a  leader  in  organizing  a  county  medical  society 
and,  notwithstanding  hi.-  busy  life,  found  time 
to  attend  the  State  and  County  Societies,  of 
w-hich  he  was  an  honored  memlier.  He  was 
thrice  elected  vice-president  of  the  State  So- 
ciety;  and   several    times   president   and    vice- 


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pre-iilent  of  the  Ciiunlv  Sncictv.     He  died  in 
1S.S2. 


Dk.  Hk.n-ry  Bksse  was  tK-ni  in'  IJckiiu 
Coanty.  Ohio,  in  i8_'3.  lie.  in  th'.je  earlv  i 
days,  read  medicine  one  year,  tok  one  term 
of  lectures,  and  began  practicing.  He  located 
at  East  Liberty,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
comity  in  (S47.  In  1854  he  graduated  from 
the  Western  Reserve  Medical  College, 
Cleveland.  Ohio.  After  he  had  been  in  East 
Liberty  two  years,  he  married  a  flaughter  of 
Elder  John  ^''ansickle,  one  of  the  wealthy  men 
of  Kingston  T'lunsjiip.  In  1863  b.e  m^  ived  to 
Delaware.  Ohio.  The  ^ame  year  he  enlisted, 
in  the  FortyTifth.  Regiir.eijt.  O,  \'.  I.,  as  sur- 
geon; but  from  ill  health  was  I'liUged  tri  resign 
in  six  months.  In  1864  he  again  enlisted  as 
assistant  surgeon  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Forty-fifth  Regiment.  O.  V.  I.  .Vfier  the 
close  of  the  war  he  continued  practicing!  He 
retired  a  )-ear  or  twij  befure'his  death  in  1901. 
He  was  a  quiet,  unassuirjing  man.  a  true 
Christian,  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  leit  a  daughter,  INlrs.  CTum.  liv- 
ing" near  Delaware.  His  aged  wife  is  still  liv- 
ing on  West  Winter  Street. 

Dr.  F.  W.  ]\Iorrisox  came  from  Richland 
County.  After  graduating  from  the  "O.  W. 
U.,"  he  read  medicine  with  Dr.  A.  Blymer. 
He  was  a  poor  boy,  but  worked  and  earned 
money  to  carry  him  through  college.  He 
graduated  in  medicine,  and  then  l^.cated  in 
Richland  County,  where  he  practiced  several 
years.  He  entered  the  service  of  his  country, 
and  served  as  a  surgeon  faithfully  and  well. 
He  came  to  Delaware  about  1870.  He  accuni- 
mulated  a  comfortable  fortune  before  his 
death.  He  died  from  the  effects  of  a  disease 
contracted  in  the  service. 

Dr.  Fr.-\xk  E.  Eckelberv  was  born  on 
Alum  Creek,  six  males  east  of  Delaware. 
After  graduating  in  medicine,  he  located  at 
Bellepoint,  Ohio,  in  1877,  the  haven  for  the 
beginner.  He  soon  entered  upon  a  large  ])rac- 
tice.  Brc'ken  in  health,  after  a  few  \ears  of 
hard    work,    he   died   from   a  complicaticiu   of 


diseases,  and   was  buried  near  his  old  home. 

Dr.  J.  Edwakus  is  of  Welsh  parentage. 
He  took  advantage  of  every  opportunity,  and 
graihiated  from  the  Starling  ^iledical  College, 
very  young.  He  began  the  practice  at  his' oh! 
home,  Delhi,  or  Radnor,  and  is  now  attending 
to  the  afllicted. 

*        =|;        * 

Dr.  L.  B.  Si.NrrsoN  graduated  from  the 
Ohio  Medical  University.  Columbus.  Ohio,  in 
1S90.  He  began  practicing  in  Richland 
County,  and  after  a  short  time  moved  to 
^vlarion.   then   to  Radnor.   Ohi.). 

Dr.  H.  :M.  D.w  graduated  from  the  Cleve- 
land ^^ledical  C"!!r-c  m  1S81.  He  is  a  son 
of  the  late  Dr.  Day.  nf  I'andr.ra.  Ohio.  The 
son  began  the  practice  in  his  liMme  town,  and 
came  to  Delaware  in   iQO^. 

if        :■<        ^ 

Dr.  Lel'cu-s  Bl-.msi  1.  \ii.  osteopathic, 
graduated  at  the  American  Scho(-il  of  Osteo- 
pathy, Kirks\illc,  Missouri,  June  14,  1906, 
and  he  came  to  Delaware,  Ohio,  in  1906. 

Dr.  L.  S.  'Luptox.  Dr.  Seigle  Lupton 
was  a  graduate  of  the  Columbus  ]vledical  Col- 
lege. 1 88/.  He  attended  the  -O.  A\'.  U."  for 
a  tinie.     He  died  in  189G. 

Dr.  Robert  Blee  Smith  graduated  from 
the  Hight  School.  Delaware.  He  graduated 
from  Starling  College,  1901.  After  register- 
ing, he  moved  to  Columlnis.  where  he  is  now 
making  the  treatmetit  of  tlie  eye  a  specialty. 

Dr.  George  F.  Foster,  of  Olive  Green, 
bought  out  Dr.  E.  B.  ?ilosber  about  1874.  He 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Starling  ]\Iedical  Col- 
lege. 

Dr.  Charles  E.  Kixxev  graduated  from 
Michigan  L'niversity  at  .Vnn  Arbor  Michi- 
gan. 

*     *     * 

Dr.  Charles  H.  Spencer  graduated 
from  the  Chicago  Homeipathic  Medical  Col- 
lege in    1898. 


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HISTORY  or  DELAWARE  COUXTY- 


Dk.  Joiix  BixcHAM  Hi-.VT  \va?  born  in 
ArcConnellsville.  Ohio,  in  i82g.  His  educa- 
tion was  received  there  and  in  Athens  County, 
in  ihe  country  schools.  He  married  AiigeHne 
I'aticr-on  in  Delaware  County.  Ohio,  in  1852. 
In  iiSiiJ  he  graduated  in  medicine  in  the  Cle\e- 
land  }Iumc<>palhic  Medical  College,  and  be- 
gan the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Welling- 
ton, Ohio,  Newark,  Ohio,  and  Indianapolis, 
Indiana.  He  moved  to  Delaware.  Ohio,  in 
1S81,  where  he  remained  until  1SS7.  From 
there  he  went  to  \\'orlhington,  Ohio,  where  he 
successfully  conducted  a  sanatorium.  He 
later  moved  to  W'esterville.  Ohio,  where  his 
wife  died  in  1895.  Dr.  Hunt  died  in  1906, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years. 

Dr.  :\I.-\l-rice  p.  Huxt,  CV.lumbus.  Olii". 
was  born  in  Delaware  Criuntx-.  Ohio,  in  18; v 
His  father.  Dr.  J.  1'.. ,  Hunt,' was  directly  de- 
scended, in  tlic  maternal  line,  from  -Miles  Stan- 
dish.  Dr.  Hunt  attended  private  and  public 
schools,  and  acquired  his  professional  educa- 
tion in.  the  Cleveland  Homeopathic  Hospital 
College,  graditatiiig  with  the  class  of  1S79. 
He  parcticed  in  Selma,  Ohio,  1S79-83:  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  1883-93;  Ann  .\rbor,  Michigan. 
1S93-95;  '^"^^  '"  Columbus  since  1895,  ^vhere 
he  is  now  engaged  in  a  large  practice.  He 
pursued  a  post-graduate  course  in  the  Xew 
^'ork  Polyclinic  in  1885.  He  had  charge  of 
the  Good  Samaritan  Dispensary.  Cle\-eland, 
Ohio.  187S-79;  Huron  Street  Hospitn.l, 
Cleveland,  1S7S-79:  was  po  m'.-.o;  of  r,_\iie- 
cology  in  Cleveland  .Medical  College.  1892-1^3; 
professor  of  obstetrics  and  diseases  of  women 
in  the  University  of  Michiean,  1893-95.  and 
has  been  surgeon  to  the  Sixth  Avenue  Prixare 
Hospital,  Columbus,  since  1S96.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Institute  of  Flomeopathy : 
the  Ohio  State,  (persident  in  1897),  the  Ali- 
ami  \"alley,  and  the  X'orthwestern  Obi" 
Homeopathic  Medical  Societies:  the  Round 
Table,  and  IMagnoha  Lodge.  A.  F.  and  A.  }vt.. 
of  Columbus.  While  practicing  in  Delaware 
he  was  a  member  of  the  City  Council  from 
1888  to  1892.  Dr.  Hunt  married  Miss  Luella 
Kitchen,  of  Selma,  Ohio,  in  1881. 


Dr.  Calvix  \Velcii  was  a  man  of  strong 
physique,  and  large  stature,  being  over  six 
feet  tall.  He  had  strong  likes,  and  dislikes. 
In  early  life  he  lacked  tlie  oppor^tunities  for 
an  education ;  yet  he  had  great  natural  mental 
fore.  He  was  born  and  raised  in  Delaware. 
He  studies  medicine  under  Dr.  Abram  IJlymer, 
and  after  graduating  in  the  fifties,  he  became 
a  partner  of  his  preceptor.  He  possessed  pe- 
culiar, natural  surgical  qualifications.  He  was 
often  called  in  consultati(jn  to  different  parts 
of  the  county  in  various  cases.  He  accumu- 
lated a  comfortable  coinpetenc\-.  and  retired 
from  the  practice,  li\ing  in  town  in  his  com- 
modious hume.  He  attended  to  his  farm  out- 
side of  the  city  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1901.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  State 
and  Comity  Medical  Societies. 

Dr.  William  McIxtykf.  was  born  in 
1S24  in  Bedford  Crimuy.  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  one  of  nineteen  chiMren,  and  was  of 
Scotch  descent.  His  father  cimc  t(.>  .\nierici 
before  the  Revolution.  His  uncle  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Revolution  and  was  killed  at  tlie 
battle  of  Brandywine.  The  subject  e.l  this 
sketch  worked  at  the  saddlery  and  harness 
business  with  his  father.  He  attended  school 
at  Bellville  when  chance  afforded  the  opjjor- 
tunity.  From  early  life  his  great  desire  was 
to  Ijecome  a  doctor.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  he 
began  reading  medicine  with  the  old  family 
physician.  Dr.  Deming.  in  IMcConnellsxiHe, 
j  Pennsylvania.  In  1842  he  came  to  Columljus. 
Ohio,  and  was  with  Dr.  Howe  for  several 
vears.  In  i8_|8-40  he  attended  lectures  at 
Starling  Medical  Cllege,  Columbus.  Ohio. 
I  He  remained  one  year  with  hi>  preceptor  in 
j  Franklin  County,  coming  to  Millville.  now 
I  Warrensburg.  Ohio,  in  1850.  He  \\a-  mar- 
I  ried  to  Eliza  Perry  the  s:inie  year.  Hi';  wife 
died  in  1903.  The  doctor  dieil  in  Warrens- 
burg in  1906,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two.  He 
had  si.K  children,  twenty-four  grandchildren, 
and  two  great-grandchildren.  This  early  pio- 
neer traveled  the  lonel}'  forests,  \-isiting  the 
sick  and  the  at^dicted,  crossing  streams  with- 
out  bridges,   and   riding  horse-lvack   wttv   the 


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miuKly  ruads.  ottcri  witli  lU'tliing"  but  the 
blazed  trees  to  guide  liini,  woods  to  the  right 
of  Iiim,  woods' to  the  left  of  him,  woods  all 
about  him.  braving-  dangers  seen  and  unseen, 
enduring  hardships  unknown  V>  the  profes- 
sion today,  often  taking  for  his  fee  a  \)')g  or  a 
calf  or  a  chicken,  or  other  farm  commodities. 
Dr.  Mclntyre's  name  was  a  household  word 
throughout  a  greater  portion  of  the  county. 
He  was  for  man)-  years  an  ardent  Democrat; 
hut  Ijecanie  a  staunch  I^rohiljiiiLmist,  and  re- 
mained an  advocate  of  temperance  until  the 
time  of  his  death.  His  brusque  and  out- 
spoken condemnation  of  this  evil  lost  him  a 
few  friends;  yet  all  gave  him  credit  for  his 
honesty  of  purpose.  He  lo\ed  liis  home,  and 
his  life  was  devoted  to  his  Christian  wife.  His 
small,  but  well-selected  lilirary.  received  the  at- 
tention of  his  spare  moments.  He  was  a  faith- 
ful member  and  attendant  of  the  State  and 
County  Medical  S';icieties.  Many  remember 
him  by  his  quaint  sayings,  and  jiarticularK- 
the  following;  "DouI)tfuI  things  are  \ery  un- 
certain," "There  is  just  as  much  dilierence  in 
.people  as  there  is  in  anybody."  Dr.  Mclntyre 
owned  about  half  of  Warrensburg.  the  t'^wn 
he  lived   in. 

Dr.  J.  H.  ]\IiLLER  came  to  Delaware  in 
1903  from  a  lown  in  \\estern  Penn;,yl\ania. 
He  graduated  in  medicine  from  the  Western 
Pennsylvania  College  in  18S7.  Pie  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  and  County  [Medical  So- 
cieties. 

Dr.  W'ilber  X'.  Leox.vru  was  l;)orn  in, 
Brown  Township,  Delaware  Cijunty,  Ohio,  in 
i860.  After  finishing  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  and  attending  for  a  time  the 
"O.  W.  U.,"  he  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  J'jhn 
O.  [McDowell,  and  afterward  graduated  from 
the  Aliami  3.1edical  College  at  Cinciiniati. 
Ohio,  in  18S4.  Soon  after  his  graduation  he 
settled  in  Delaware,  where  he  practiced  until 
his  death  in  1S96.  He  first  married  Miss 
Clara  W'olfley.  who  died  soon  after  the  mar- 
riage._  He  was  married  to  Miss  Grace  How- 
ard in  1892.  At  his  death  at  the  age  of  tiiirty- 
six,  Delaware  lost  an  active  and  bright  physi- 
cian in  early  life. 


Du..  \\'.\LTER  -M.  Haggett  was  born  at 
Sidney,  Ohio,  in  185S.  Pic  graduated  from 
the  High  School,  and  graduated  in  medicine  at 
Keokuk,  Iowa,  in  1887.  lie  first  located  at 
X'auvoo,  llhnois,  in  1887.  After  nineteen 
years- of  labor  in  this  town,  he  came  to  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  in  1907.  He  bought  out  Dr.  John 
B.  W'oo.dwordi,  who  left  for  Texas. 

*  *      * 

Dr.  E.  Lu]:llex  \vas  Ixirn  in  IMeigs 
County,  Ohio,  in  1824.  Pie  graduated  from 
the  Eclectic  Medical  Institute  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  about  iSt)^.  >Ic  read  medicine  with  Dr. 
Gratiger  at  W'e^lheld,  Ohio.  He  married  Miss 
Xancy  Trindele,  in  1853,  "'  ^\'estheld,  Ohio, 
where  he  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
185J.  He  came  to  IX-laware  in  1S73,  and 
returned  t')  Wcstlield  in  1877,  wdiere  he  is 
now  in  the  jjractice  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eiglity-three  years.  lie  always  had  the  confi- 
dence of  the  pecjple  for  his  true  Christian  life. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  J.  C.  C.\MPBEi,L  is  a  successful  prac- 
titioner at  Powell.  Delaware  County,  Ohio. 
He  was  born  in  EI  win  County,  in  the  Pro\ince 
of  Ontario,  Dominion  of  Canada,  lie  was 
educated  in  the  jaiblic  schools  in  his  native 
county.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  J.  'M. 
Penwarden  in  St.  Thomas.  Pro\ince  of  C)n- 
tario,  and  graduated  at  the  L'ni\'ersity  of  [Michi- 
gan in  the  year  1870.  He  practiced  medicine 
in  the  State  of  [\Iichigan  for  two  year,s.  He 
then  toi.k  a  post-gr.-iduate  course  at  Rush 
Medical  College,'  Chi.ago,  Illinois,  from 
which  he  received  ;i  dipl.^ma  in  the  year  1SS2. 
He  then  located  at  Powell.  Delaware  County, 
Ohio,  where  he  has  etijoycd  a  lucrati\e  ])rac- 
tice  ever  since. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  J.  \V-  AvERY  was  born  in  Delaware, 
Ohio,  in  1859.  He  is  a  grandson  of  the  late 
Judge  Avery,  one  of  the  early  pioneers  ')f  the 
county,  liis  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Dr. 
James  Plill,  the  sketch  of  wiiose  life  is  in  this 
article.  It  will  be  seen  that  he  descended  from 
two  of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent  fami- 
lies of  the  county.  After  passing  through  the 
city  schools,  he  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  W.  T. 
Constant,  and  took  his  M.  D.  degree  in  1884, 
from  the  [Miami  [Medical  College  at  Cincinnati, 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


Ohio.  The  same  year  he  began  practice  in  his 
native  town.  The  next  year,  1S85,  he  was 
teiK'.ered.  and  aLxepted  the  assistant  physician's 
positiun  at  the  Dayton  Hospital  tor  t]ie  In- 
'sane.  where  he  remained  until  1S8S.  He  then 
left  t"(jr  westciu  ]'enn,-yhar,ia  lu  enter  the 
general  jjractice  of  nietlicine.  .A  few  \'ears  ago 
his  health  caused  hiir,  to  -withdraw  f^r  a  time 
from  practice.  He  is  now  in  Delaware,  wait- 
ing initil  he  is  restoretl  in  health  that  he  may 
again  resume   his   professional   w(jrk. 

*  *     * 

Dk.  Austin  D.  ]\Iaxx  was  born  in  Xew 
Jersey  in  1S25.  He  graduated  in  medicine  at 
Starling  ^[etlical  College  in-  1845.  He  lo- 
cated in  Centre  \'il!age  the  same  year,  wliere 
he  remained  lor  forty-five  years.  In  1S90 
he  moved  to'Sunbury.  where  he  practiced  thn-- 
teen  years.  After  fifty-eight  years  i->f  jirac- 
tice  ir-  Delaware  County  he  ga\'e  up  tlie  prac- 
tice and  moved  to  Columbus.  Ohio,  where  he  is 
i-iow  li\ing  with  his  grandson.  He  married 
?kliss  Mary  Gorsuch  and  is  the  father  of  two 
girls  and  ten  boys. 

*  *      * 

Dr.  Ch.\rles  Francis  Tali,ey  graduated 
at  the  ]\Iiami  Medical  College.  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  on  the  5th  day  of  March.  1S86.  He  lo- 
cated at  Flyattsville,  Delaware  County.  Ohio, 
but  soon  remo\-ed  to  Powell,  Delaware  Ci  auity. 
Oliio,  wliere  lie  is  now  located  and  is  engaged 
in   a  successful  practice. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  a.  E.  Maix  graduated  at  th.e  Cr.lum- 
Lus  Medical  College.  Columlius,  Ohio,  Feljru- 
ary  27,  1879.  He  located  in  Delaware.  Ohio, 
and  was  elected  coroner  of.  Delaware  County, 
but  soon  reinosed  to  the  west,  where  he  is 
still   practicing  his  profession. 

*  *     * 

Dr.  Arthur  J.  Willey  was  born  in  Dela- 
ware County  and  is  the  son  of  Samuel  and 
Ellen  E.  Willey.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Ohio  W'esleyan  Uni- 
versity. He  read  medicine  with  Dr.  Clovis 
M.  Taylor,  of  Columbus.  Ohio,  and  graduated 
from  the  Ohio  Medical  University  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  in  April.  189S.  He  was  assistaiit 
to  Dr.  Clovis  ]\[.  Taylor  as  surgeon  to  the 
Protestant  Hospital  in  Colun-ibus  for  about  six 


months,  and  located  in  Delaware.  Ohio,  in 
Decei-iiber,  1898.  where  lie  lias  been  in  the 
practice  ever  since.  He  was  instrumental  in 
the  founding  of  the  Jane  IM.  Case  Hospital,  of 
which  Delaware  people  are  so  justly  proud. 

George  W.  Morehouse.  M.  D.,  was  born 
in  Kankakee,  Illinois,  Septemlier  16.  185S. 
The  family  moved  to  [Marengo.  3^Iorrow 
County.  Ohio,  in  1S64.  In  the  common  schools 
and  under  the  old  school  masters,  lie  v.as 
given  the  foundamental  foundation  of  his  edu- 
cation. He.  at  an  earl\-  age.  began  teaching 
in  the  common  scho'>ls.  and  for  ten  years  he 
was  sought  as  ;i  teacher  in  Knox,  }vlorrow  and 
Delaware  Counties. 

While  teaching,  he  began  his  studies  in 
medicine;  and  in  1886  graduated  from  the 
Columbus  Medical  College  at  Columbus.  Ohio. 
He  first  located  in  Marengo.  Morrow  County. 
In  the.  same  year  he  married  Miss  Luella  C. 
Harrison,  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  first  fan-ii- 
lies  in  Morrow  Ci.ainty.  Soon  after  the  mar- 
riage, he  moved  to  Sparta,  and  entered  upon 
an  extensi\-e  practice,  w  hicli  he  field  until  Sep- 
tember. 1907.  wh.en  he  located,  in  l^elaware. 
Ohio,  wishing  to  there  give  his  children  the 
advantages  of  a  higher  education.  Always 
affable,  genial  and  w-ell  qualified  in  his  profes- 
sion, he  at  once  enters  upon  a  promising  ca- 
reer. He  is,  and  has  always  been,  a  prominent 
:\Iethodist. 

*     *     * 

Drs.  C.  Churciiili  Crov  and  Alice  B. 
Croy.  The  last  addition  to  the  profession  in 
K;07  were  Dr.  C.  Churchill  Crov.  and  his  wife. 
Dr.  Alice  Butler  Croy.  Dr.  C.  C.  Croy  was 
born  in  1870.  and  reared  at  Xew  Dover,  Union 
County.  Ohio.  He  was  educated  ii-i  the  con-i- 
mon  schools,  and  began  the  study  of  medicine 
in  1S93.  graduating  from  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  at  Keokuk.  Iowa,  in 
1898.  .  He  was  elected  superintendent  of 
-Mercy  Ilospital  1S97-189S.  In  1898  he  lo- 
cated at  Bonaparte.  Iowa,  for  a  short  time,  and 
cai-ne  to  Delaware.  Ohio,  in  1907. 

Dr.  Alice  Butler  Croy  was  Ixirn  in  Page 
County.  Iowa.  Siie  attended  tlie  common 
schools,  and  gniduated  fron-i  Harper  College 
at  Harper,  Kansas,  in  1890:  and  graduated  in 


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medicine  at  the  College  of  Physici;ii)S  and  Sur- 
geons at  Keokuk.  Iowa,  in  189S.  She  was 
elected  matron  of  Mercy  Hospital  in  1S9S  for 
two  years.  With  her  husbantl  they  had  full 
charge  of  the  hospital  until  they  located  at 
Bonaparte.  lo^va.  She.  with  her  husband,  came 
to  Delaware.  Oh.io.  in  1907,  where  they  are 
engaged  in  a  general  practice. 

Dr.  Eugene  W'il.sox  was  born  at  Sun- 
bury,  Ohio,  in  1867.  He  graduated  from  the 
■National  Normal  L'niversit}'  at  Lebanon.  Ohio. 
He  read  medicine,  and  graduated  irom  the 
Ohio  Medical  University  in  1906.  He  located 
in  Galena  in  1906.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian    Cluu'ch. 

*     *     * 

Dr.  Hexrv  Furxiss  was  horn  in  1S54. 
and  reared  in  Berlin  Township.  He  received 
liis  education  in  the  common  and  select  schools, 
and  in  1876  was  graduated  in  medicine  from 
the  Columbus  ]\Iedical  College.  He  read 
medicine  with  Dr.  .\ndre\\'S,  of  Constantia. 
Delaware  Couni}-.  Ohio.  lie  has  been  in  the 
practice  at  Galena  most  of  the  time  since 
1 876. 

Dk.  F.  R.  W'hitacre  was  born  in  Wells- 
ton.  Ohio,  in  1870.  Pie  graduated  from  the 
Eclectic  Medical  College.  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  in 
1900,  and  in  the  same  year  came  to  Galena. 
He  belongs  to  the  M.  E.  Church.  He  removed 
to  Prairie  Depot,  Wood  County,  Ohio. 


j  course  at  Ogden  Normal  School  at  Wordiing- 

I  ton,   Ohio.      In  the   winter  of   1S78  he  com- 

I  menced  reading  medicine  in  the  office  of  Dr. 

I  S.  W.  P'owler,  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  and  gradu- 

i  ated  at  the  Columbus  Medical  College  in  18S3. 
He  at  once,  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  his 

I  Welsh    friends  and   others,    located    in    Delhi, 

j  now    Radnor,    Ohio,    where    he   has   been    the 

j  leading  physician  and  the  most  prominent  doc- 

j  tor  ever  in  Radnor  or  that  part  of  the  coun- 

j  try.     In  1890  he  married  Miss  liarsh,  of  Rad- 

j  nor,   the   daughter   of   the   late    Caleb   Harsh, 

'  one  of  the  most  wealthy  men  of  the  countv. 

'  The  honesty  and  high  moral  principles  of  Dr. 

j  Joues   have   given    him    the   entire    contidenc? 

I  of  all  the  people  he  come^  in  contact  with.     He 

I  is  a  member  of  the  churcli.  a  }iIason.  and  an 

j  Odd  Fellow.     Pie  has  a  gor,,l  wiic  ai;d  fonr 

I  children  of  whom  he  is  justly  proud. 

Dr.  a.  SiiUEv  is  a  graduate  of  the  Eclec- 
tic Z^Iedical  College  nf  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He 
came  to  Radnor  in  1S90.  After  a  short  time 
he  moved  to  Pnispect,  Ohio,  where  he  is  now 
practicing. 

;;;  *  * 

Dr.  T.  .-\.  OwEXS.  of  Pomeroy.  '  Ohio, 
came  to  Radnor  in  1892.  After  a  short  time 
he  moved  to  Elwood.  Indiana.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Columbus  ?^ledical  College. 

>;.        *        * 

Dr.  Lixgle  a.  St.\rr  came  to  Radnor  in 
1S90.  but  onlv  remained  a  short  time. 


Dr.  V.  H.  Gorselexe  located  in  Radnor 
in  1S76.  After  remaining  there  for  a  few 
years  he  moved  to  Columbus.  Ohio,  to  ac- 
cept the  position  of  physician  tn  the  penitenti- 
arv.  Pie  graduated  at  the  Columbu;.  Medical 
G^llege. 

*     *     * 

Dr.  Titus  K.  Joxes.  In  1853.  in  Troy 
Township,  near  Delaware,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born.  His  father  and  mother  were 
two  of  the  early  settlers  in  this  Welch  set- 
tlement. The  common  schools  and  rural  life 
prepared  him  early  in  life  for  teaching,  which 
he  followed  until  he  took  a  normal  course  at 
the  Ohio  Business  College  in  Delaware:  and  a 


Dr.  D.  C.  F.w  is  and  has  been  the  leading 

physician  of  Ostrander  since  he  located  there. 

He  was  born  in  Union  County,  Ohio,  in  1843. 

He  attended  the  Fligh  School  and  the  Academy 

at     Marysville.     Ohio.      After     finishing     his 

}  studies  he  read  medicine  with  Dr.  J.  M.  South- 

!  ard,  one  of  the   leading  practitioners   in  that 

county.      In    1864  he   attended    the    Starling 

;   Medical  College,  and  in   1867  graduated  from 

I  the    Medical    College   of    Ohio   at    Cincinnati, 

,  Ohio.     He  returned  home  and  located  at  Os- 

I  trander.  Ohio,  the  same  year.     He  married  in 

1871   INIiss  yiarx  A.  Liggett.     He  belongs  to 

the  I.  O.  O.  F.',  the  F.  &  A.  M.  and  K.   P. 

The  forty  years  or  professional  labors  in  this 


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HISTORY  OF   DELAWARE   COL-XT^" 


coimminity  li;i\e  liKule  liini  one  df  tlie  land- 
marks; for  lio  is  known  and  apyreciatetl  by 
all.  lie  has  witnessed  many  changes  in  the 
prol'essidu,  n'>t  only  in  his  vicinity,  but^in  the 
connty   as    well. 

^:  ;K  * 

Dk.  Ek.\stus  EiELD.  The  old  and  much 
respected  Dr.  Erastus  Field  began  his  work 
in  Uellpoint.  and  after  eight  years  moved 
to  Ostrander.  where  he  labored  until  about 
1S76.  when,  with  his  .son.  Dr.  J.  H.  Field, 
who  graduated  from  the  Cincinnati  College  of 
Medicine  in  1870,  and  who  was  associated  with 
his  father,  mo\ed  to  Kno-x\ille,  Tennessee. 
The  old  doctor  was  brought  back  to  his  old 
home  for  burial  several  years  ago.  His  son  is 
still  practicing  in  Kno.xville,  Tennessee. 

Dr.  G.  E.  Cowi:ls  was  Ijorii  in  Eellpoint 
in  1 86.?.  He  attended  Columbus  ^Medical  Col- 
lege, and  located  for  practice  in  Ostrander  in 
18S9.  He  married  ?*Iiss  Johnston  in  1894. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  State  and  C(iunty  Medi- 
cal  Societies. 

Dr.  G.  B.  Weller  was  born  in  Union 
County.  Ohio,  in  1S77.  He  attended  Antioch 
College.  He  graduated  from  the  Starling 
[Medical  College  in  1901,  and  located  in  North 
Lewisburg  in  the  same  }'ear.  He  located  in 
Ostrander  in  1904.  He  married  IMiss  Lydia 
Loveless.  He  is  a  member  of  the  State  and 
County  Societies. 

*     =ti     * 

Dr.  Lewis  LL\jnLT0x  located  in  Ostran- 
der after  graduating  from  the  Columbus  [Medi- 
cal College.  After  five  years  he  moved  Ui 
Marion,  Ohio,  where  he  is  engaged  in  a  largo 
practice. 

Dr.  Sil.\.s  Williakd  Fowler  is  a  son  of 
Charles  'SI.  and  Catherine  Ann  Fowler,  who 
came  to  Delaware  County.  Ohio,  in  1847.  I'ls 
father  was  an  oilcloth  manufacturer  in  Xew 
York.  The  doctor  was  the  fourth  child,  and 
was  born  in  Green  Count}',  Xew  York,  and 
when  one  year  old  came  with  his  parents  to 
Porter  Township  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
countv.     He,  like  manv  others,  was  educated 


at  tirst  in  the  common  schools.  At  an  early 
age  he  was  sent  to  Central  Ciillege  in  Frank- 
lin Comity;  Oh.io.  After  two  years  in  tiie  Cul- 
lege  he  began  teaching.  B}'  the  consent  of  his 
father,  in  1864  he  eidisted  in  the  army  in  the 
One  Himdred  and  Thirty-sixth  Regiment,  O. 
\'.  L  After  being  mustered  out  of  the  serv- 
ice, he  entered  Oberlin  College,  where  l":e  re- 
mained until  the  fall  of  1868.  when  he  en- 
tered the  office  of  that  celebrated  surgeon.  Dr. 
J.  W.  Russell,  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Ohio.  He  was 
one  year  at  .-\.nn  Arbor,  [Michigan,  to  attend 
the  University.  In  1871  he  graduated  from 
the  Jefferson  [Medical  College  at  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  While  at  Jefferson  College  he 
had  the  advantages  of  the  lectures  of  the  great 
authors.  Gross,  Dickson,  Wallace,  Rand, 
Keen  and  Pancoast.  After  his  graduation  he 
returned  to  Delaware  and  opened  an  office,  his 
father  and  fanlily  having  preceded  him  to 
Delaware  in  1869.  For  thirty-six  j-ears  he  has 
been  on  the  main  street,  and  is  one  of  the  six 
business  men  remaining,  wdio  were  on  the 
street  at  that  time.  During  all  this  time  he 
has  been  in  the  forefront  of  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  He  has  been  a  frequent  contribu- 
tor to  medical  journals,  and  newspapers,  and 
for  many  years  was  the  local  correspondent  of 
the  Clcz'cland  Leader.  He  has  always  niain- 
tained  high  professional  standing. 

The  Doctor  has  been  an  extensi\-e  traveler. 
He  has  visited  all  parts  of  the  United  States, 
[Mexico,  Cuba,  the  Azores,  Africa,  Egypt, 
Palestine,  Greece,  Asia  [Mimr,  Turkey,  Switz- 
erland, Germany,  Belgium,  France  and  Eng- 
land. 

He  was  raised  a  Presbyterian,  l.uit  mjw 
belongs  to  the  [Methodist  Church.  He  is  a 
member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  I',  and  A.  [M.,  X'o. 
18:  Delaware  Council,  No.  84,  R.  and  S.  M.: 
Delaware  Chapter.  R.  and  .-\.  [M..  and  Clar- 
ion Commandery,  K.  T..  X'o.  36.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Delaware  County,  the  CHiio 
State,  and  the  American  and  the  Tenth  Dis- 
trict Medical  Associations.  He  was  twice 
made  delegate  to  the  International  [Medical 
Congress.  He  prepared  the  history  of  the 
medical  profession  for  the  old  county  history 
fr-.'im  1S06  di.nvn  to  the  present,   1907.     Thus 


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protessh. 


the  histor}'   of   tlie   uieJical 
corded  to  the  present  time. 

Dr.  Fowler  has  always  stood  for  a  high 
standard  of  medical  education  and  pryu'essioiial 
ethics,  always  gave  his  services  freely  to  the 
worthy  j)Oor.  and  has  done  more  literary  work 
than  most  members  of  the  profession  in  the 
county.  The  Doctor's  natural  Ijent  towards 
literature,  and  his  long  familiarity  with  news- 
paper work,  has  made  him  one  of  tlie  most  in- 
teresting and  profihcient  writers  the  county  has 
ever  produced,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  he 
will  yet  put  many  of  his  interesting  articles 
into   the   form   of  a  bo'dc.   so  that  the  public 


may  have  the  benefit  of  his  experience  as  a 
traveler.  'J"he  Doctor's  extended  acquaintance 
throughout  this  county,  his  long  profes- 
sional career,  and  his  clo-c  and  intimate  asso- 
ciation with  the  older  memliers  of  the  profes- 
sion who  have  pa.-..-e(l  tn  their  reward,  have  en- 
abled him  to  prepart-  tlii>  chapter  on  the  medi- 
cal profession  with  much  more  accuracy  aitd 
proficiency  than  it  ci:uild  ha\e  been  written 
by  the  aulhnr  oi  this  liistory,  who  has  pre- 
pared this  sketch  of  Dr.  Fow  ler's  life ;  and  the 
writer  lierebv  wishes  to  acknowledge  his 
gratefulness  to  him  for  this  full  and  complete 
chapter  on  the  medical  profession. 


CHAPTER.  XVI, 


MILITARY  HISTORY  OF  THE  COUNTY. 


Rcvoliitioiuiry  Jl'ar — War  of  i8i 


-Sciniitolc    iJ'o.r— Mexican   a'ar—lVar  of  the  Rebellion 
-Spa)iisli-Anierican  War. 


REVOLUTION' ARV   WAR. 

The  patriotism  of  Delaware  County  is  one 
of  whicli  we  can  be  proud.  The  bra\'ery  of  lier 
sons  has  been  te.stecl  ou  hundreds  of  battle 
fields.  ^lany  of  the  early  settlers  of  the  county 
were  soldiers  in  our  great  struggle  for  inde- 
pendence. This  war,  however,  occurred  long 
before  there  were  any  settlements  made  in 
Delaware  Cnunty.  When  the  Revolutionary 
War  clcjsfd  it  found  the  government  weak 
and  bankrupt  and  the  soldiers  who  had  fought 
for  libert}'  were  forced  to  accept  western  lands 
in  payment  for  long  years  of  military  service. 
This  brought  many  pioneers  to  the  western 
wilderness  and  particularly  to  Ohio,  where 
large  areas  of  land  were  designated  as 
'"L'nited  States  ]Militar\'  Lands"  and  "\'irginia 
Alilitary  Lands."  The  land  on  the  east  side  of 
the  Scioto  River  being  designated  as  the 
L'nited  Stales  Military  Lands  and  that  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Scioto  River,  as  the  \'irginia 
IMilitary  Land.  These  lands  were  tet  apart 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Revolutionary  soldiers 
by  the  United  States  Government.  Tin's  caused 
many  of  the  old  Revolutionary  soldiers  to  set- 
tle in  Delaware  County.  Peace  found  them 
broken  down  in  spirit  and  fortune  and  when 
lands  were  offered  t(j  them  in  the  West,  the}' 
were  read}'  to  accept  and  to  mi  've  toward  the 
setting  sun.  Such  was  the  noble  and  warlike 
stock  which  made  up  the  early  settlers  of  Dela- 
ware Criuuty.  The  Rewilutionary  War  and 
the  causes  which  led  to  it  are  faniiliar  to  all 


our  school  children  and  require  no  special  ex- 
planation in  this  chapter. 

"Where   are   our   fires,   our   noble   sires, 
Those  men  of  toil   and  early  thought 

Who  lit  our  sacred  vestal  fires, 
A  heritage  so  dearly  bought?" 

".\h !  bright  upon  historic  page, 
Enrolled  their  names  shall  ever  shine 

Witii   peerless   lustre,   age   on   age 

Through  brighi'ning  realm  of  coming  time." 

Tiie  following  is  a  list  of  the  soldiers  of  the 
Revolutionary  War  who  came  to  Delaware 
County  and  died  within  its  bounds. 

.■\dams,  David,  died  and  buried  in  Harlem  Town- 
ship. 

Bidlack,  Philemon,  died  in  1S44,  aged  84  years,  buried 
at    .SunSury. 

Black,  William.  Concord  Township;  buried  at  Mill- 
creek   Cemetery. 

Brown.   Ezekiel.  buried  at   Siinhury. 

Carpenter.   Judge  Benjamin,   buried   at   Galena. 

Carpenter.  Rev.  Gilbert,  brother  of  Benjamin,  buried 
at    Galena. 

Carpenter.  Nathan,  Liberty  Township,  buried  on  Car- 
penter  farm. 

Clarlc.  James,  served  seven  years;  buried  at  Marl- 
borough. 

Conkbn,  David,  died  in  IS^S,  buried  in  Orange  Town- 
ship. 

Conrad,  Cline.   buried  ,at   Marlborough. 

Cur-.is.  Captain  Jr.lin.  'taken  for  burial  to  Marietta. 

HiUmaii.  John,  buried  in  Stark  cemetery,  near  Olive 
Green. 

Huff.  John,  died  in  1S4S,  aged  85,  buried  at  Sun- 
burv. 

T:ime-r,n,  Robert,  buried  in  uld  cemetery,  Delaware. 

K.i'>l-en,  J.-'.nies.  founder  of  Bellepoint,  buried  near 
Stratford. 


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I.ongv.el!.   James,    probably   buried   at   Berkshire. 

Lett,   Ebenezer,   buried   in    Stark   cemetery,   near  Olive 

Green. 
•Martin,    Jacob,    died    at    Johnstown,    Licking    Counfy, 
aged    104,   buried  there. 

McNett,    Adam,    died    1S48,    aged    «5.    buritd    at    Sun- 
bury. 

Monroe,   Iba.'ic.   buried  in   Cole   ceniLtery,   near   Hyatts- 
ville. 

Morgan,  Pclatiah,  buried  at  Cheshire. 

Myers,  ,  "buried-  neat-  Galena. 

Paini,  John,  Scioto  Township,  buried  in  Baptist  ceme- 
tery. 

Potter,  Joseph,  buried  in  cemetery  at  Blue  Church. 

Rodgers,    Bigsby,   buried    in    Burnsidc    cemetery,   south 
part  of  cemetery. 

Root.   Azariah,   burial   place   unknown. 

Smith,    Daniel,    buried    at    Marlborough. 

Smith,  Col.  Soifmon  D.,  buried  in  old  cemetery,  Dela- 
ware. 

Spaulding,    Abel,    served    in    Vennont    militia,    burial 
place  unknown. 

Swartz,   John,   probablv    buried    in     Thompson     Town- 
ship. 

lavlor,   Daniel,   died   in   iStI.  aged  93.   buried   at    Sun- 
bur  v. 

Van    Doni,    Gilbert,    prob/bly    buried   at   Van's    V.-.^ey. 

Warrington,    John,    on    Washington's    staff;    buried    in 
Baptist  cemetery. 

Wilcox, ,  buried  at  Norton  cemetery. 

Williams,   James,   buried  at  Marlborough. 

Williams,  Neheniiah,   buried  at   Marlborough. 

\V.\R   OF    1812. 


In  the  \\'?r  of  1812  and  the  Indian  wars 
of  that  period,  Delaware  Comity  contained  a 
population  of  liut  a  few  hundred  but  they  came 
forward  with  the  s'ame  lofty  spirit  of  patriot- 
ism which  has  ever  since  pervaded  her  sons 
and  which  characterized  their  Revolutionary 
sires.  There  were  some  who  had  been  present 
at  the  surrender  of  Cornwariis  and  others  who 
had  been  with  Gates  and  Green  in  the  south, 
while  many  others  were  descendants  of  such 
heroic  stock. 

Two  block  houses  had  been  built  in  the 
county  for  defense  from  the  Indians.  One  of 
these  was  situated  near  Norton  in  the  nnrth- 
ern  part  of  the  county  and  the  other  just  west 
of  Cheshire  in  the  southern  part.  For  fuller 
particulars  concerning  these  buildings  and  in- 
cidents connected  with  them,  see  chapter  on 
the  Indian  history  of  the  cianitv. 

It  was  through  the  village  of  Delaware 
that  one  division  of  Harrison's  army  marched 
on  their  way  fnnn  Chillicothe  to  Sandusky; 
having  passed  alimg   uliat   is   now   Sanduskv 


Street  and  from  this  incident  the  street  re- 
ceived its  name.  Another  division  passed  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Scioto  and  from  this  inci- 
dent received  the  name  of  Military  Road. 
General  Harrison  wa.s  with  tlic  division  ti\'.t 
marched  through  Delaware  and  as  tiiis  was  the 
line  of  march  between  tlie  north  and  the  south 
it  will  account  for  some  of  the  incidents  men- 
tioned in  what  follo\\-s. 

At  what  is  known  as  Cole's  cemetery,  south 
of  Stratford,  near  and  west  of  the  Olentangy. 
in  a  lone  grave,  repose  the  ashes  of  one  of 
our  real  jjionecrs,  a  near  relative  of  one 
of  the  early  piesidents  of  the  United  State:-, 
who  was  with  Washington  at  \"'alley  Forge 
and  at  the  crossing  of  the  Delaware  River 
at  Trenton ;  that  man's  name  was  Leonard 
^lonroe.  In  the  shade  of  a  magnificent  beech 
tree,  which  stood  in  another  part  of  this  same 
God's  acre,  in  a  long  but  shallow  grave,  sleep 
half  a  score  of  soldiers  of  the  war  of  1812-14, 
who  perished  while  on  their  way  to  their 
homes  in  the  vicinity  of  Chillicothe.  They 
were  sick  and  wounded  members  of  General 
W.  H.  Harrison's  army,  who  were  following 
a  trail  midway  between  the  Scioto  and  Olen- 
tangy Rivers  and  had  stopped  for  the  night 
under  this  tree.  Weak  from  hunger  and 
wounds,  scantily  clothed;  they  were  ill  pre- 
pared to  stand  the  storm  which  stole  upon 
them  like  a  thief  in  the  night,  while  they  slept 
and  dreamed  of  home  and  their  loved  ones. 
Near  midnight  it  began  to  rain  hard  and  grew 
intensely  cold.  The  rain  put  out  all  their  fires, 
thoroughly  wetting  them.  It  was  a  night  lilce 
the  one  experienced  by  our  Boys  in  Blue  on 
New  Year's  e\-e  in  '63  and  '64.  only  much 
more  severe.  The  result  was  that  all  but  the 
few  vigorous  and  strong  ones  perished  and 
were  buried  b}'  their  surviving  comrades  in 
that  lonely  grave. 

There  is  a  tradition  which  is  more  than 
probable  that  the  army  under  General  Harri- 
son camped  for  some  time  in  Delaware.  Dur- 
ing this  time  an  epidemic  prevailed  and  a  num- 
t.ier  of  olfl  soldiers  died  and  were  liuried  near 
where  the  Odc'sene  Spring  is  now  !i'cate<l. 
When  tlie  Big  l-'uur  Raiiroul  was  built  it  was 
necessarv  to  remove  th.ese  s.jldiers  and  the  re- 


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HISTORY  01-    DELAWARE  COL'XTY 


mains  were  galhcred  ti.getlier  without  distinc- 
tion and  interred  in  one  grave  in  what  is 
known  as  the  old  cemetery,  and  Ijcing  un- 
marked have  ne\er  been  removed. 


-They  .k-p  their  Ix-'  si 
They  have  fought  tlieir  : 
\o  soiin.l   -hall  awake  th. 


battle ; 
I"  glory  again.' 


The  following  is  a  list  of  soldiers  of  the 
War  of  1812  who  lived  and  dierl  in  Delaware 
County,  and  their  burial  places. 

Abbou,    Charles,    died    1S53,    aged   85,    buried    at    Suu- 

bury. 
.Adams,    Elias,    buried    at    Cheshire. 
Eartlett,  Joel,  buried  in  Oiler  cemetery. 
Beach,  Israel,  Berkshire  ceineter>-:  die'd  1868,  aged  77; 

enlisted  as  substitute  under  another  name. 
Bean,  John,    buried   in   Baptist   cemetery   at   Ostrander. 
Bishop,  Elisha,  buried  at  ^Iarlborough. 

Eixbv,  .  buried   in   Burnside  cemetery. 

Black,   Marshall,   buried   at   Chc?h:re. 

Boyd,  William,  buried  in  cemetery  at  Radnor. 

Broun,   Robert,   buried   at   Ashley. 

Burroughs, ,   buried   at   Ashlev. 

Butt.    I<anc.   buried   in   Oiler  cemetery. 

Caruev,    ll.onias.   iiuiicd   in   cemetery  of   Blue   Church. 

Case,  Ralph,  iJierl  in  Liberty  Township,  aged  82,  buried 

in    Liberty   cemetery. 
Caykendall,  Peter,  buried  in  cemetery  of  Blue  Cb.ureh. 
Cellar,    George,    member    of    Capt.    Drake's    company, 

Cellar.    John    F..    member   of    Capt.    Drake's    company. 

Cellar.    Robert.    memt:cr    of    Capt.    Drake's      company, 

buried  m   [.il^rty  cemetery. 
Cellar.  Thomas   McCoy,  mem.   Capt.  Drake's  company. 

bufied  in  Liberty  cemetery. 
Claws -'U,    Elder,    buried    in    Burnside   cemetery. 
Cline,    Henrv,    buried   at    Marlborou?h. 
Cole.    Joseph,    buried    at    Marlborough. 
Co-.ufj.re,    Peter,    buried   in    cemetery   at   Radnor. 
Copil.u'.il,   Weeks,   buried   in   Burnside  cemetery. 
Corbin,   Reuben,   buried   in   Oiler   cemetery. 
Covtrli,   Calvin,  buried  in  Oak  Grove  cemeterv. 
Cowgill.  Thomas,  buried  in   Oak  Grove  cemetery. 
CTav.iord,    Janus    W.,    father   of   James    iL,   buried   in 


Cr.i,., 

k    :'     :•'!' 

,.d  at   Ashlev. 

Cmm; 

-h:!!i;.     1 

M.ph,   buried   in    Oak   G 

Curre. 

.    i>,-e,,h. 

buried    at    Marlborough 

Curti- 

M.-ircii., 

buried   at    Galena. 

David 

,    Wdlian 

.  buried  at  Radnor. 

Decker,    b,>epli,  born   17S6,  died   u%3,  buried  at  Bokes- 

creek. 
Decker    Moses  buried  at   Sunburv. 
Dildine.  Ralph,  buried  at   Radn..r. 
Dilsaver,     Michael,     born     17SJ.    died     1849,    buried    at 

^  Enke>creek, 
Di'Ii-on,  J>Lii,  buried  at  Oak  Grove  cemetery. 
LiiidiL,  Ji^-Liiii,  l.'uried  at  Fairview. 
Person,  Samuel,  buried  in  cemetery  at   .\frica. 


Fisher,  Jacob,  buried  at  Berkshire;  bcrn  17^9,  died 
184.V 

Fisk,  Claudis  L.,  buiied  at  Ashley. 

Frocsc,  John,  buried   in   Oiler   cemeterv. 

Gillis,  James,   buried   in    Liberty  cemetery. 

Grigsb.v,   John,    buried    in    OlLr    cemetery. 

Hardin,  John,  pl:i\ed  tbe  rfe  six  miles  without  stop- 
ping:  buried   at   I.'herlv. 

Harris,    David,    biirie.l    ni    canet-rv    at    Old    Eden. 

Harris..u      Inn,-,    buried    in    eenirterv    at    Olive    Green. 

Karler,     bL-,    imried    at    U.,k    Crnve. 

Haskm..    Lm,,,..,    leaned    at    Cbe.-bire. 

Haszlelt,    Jaeky,    buried    in    Cemetery    at    Olive    Green. 

Heselo,  David  Siapleford,  buried  in  cemetery  at  Old 
Eden. 

Hill,  Caleb,  buried  at  Radnor. 

Hillman.    .\aroii,    buried    in   cemetery    at    Olive    Green. 

Horner,  John,  buried  at  Olive  Green. 

Howlett,   Heman.   buried    in   cemetery   at   Cheshire. 

Hughes,  Rev.  Joseph  S.,  buried  in  Oak  Grove  ceme- 
tery. 

Hultz,  Je.sse,  buried  in  cemetery  at  Cheshire. 

?L.irl1iurt,   Lee.  buried  in   cemetery  at  .Africa. 

i;  /,    ,;:.    L  .>■:,    buried    in    Oiler   cemetery. 

;      ■         ,    ■         -.  buried  at  Oiler  cemeterv. 

.i  '     ■  ■■       '..:  1:   C„  buried  at  'I  renton. 

J_:.;l.-.  iv^'ert,  died  1S76,  aged  82,  buried  at  Sun- 
bury. 

Jameson,    Robert,   buried   at    Oak    Grrive. 

Johnson,   Zachariah,   buried   at  Oak   Grove. 

Johnson,    David,    buried    at   i\Larli)ornugh. 

Jones.  Abram,  buried  in  the   Oiler  cenicierv-- 

Keily,   James,    buried   at   Olive   Green. 

Kepple,    .Abraham,    buried    at    Radnor. 

Kirk.  John,  buried   at    Bnkescreek. 

Lawrence.    Jolni.    bun.d   at    Fairview. 

Law^on,  Peter  P,  died  i.x^.j.  buried  in  Oak  Grove 
cemeterv, 

Lewis,    Dr. 'Tohn,   buried   at    Cheshire. 

Little.  William,  died  March,  l8.tS;  buried  in  Oak 
Grove. 

Lon-,   D.-.mel.  buried   ni  cemeterv  .at  .Millcreek. 

L.m-WLlL   Ralph,  buried  at  Old   Eden. 

Loti.     T--cpb.    buried    at    Olue    Green. 

Loveless,    lohn,   buried    in    Oiler   cemetery. 

^'a::i.    Plea/er,   buried   in    Marlbo-ough. 

.Main,   Tim.,;hv,  buried  at   iNlarlb   rough. 

Marley.    Frank,   buried   in   Oiler   cemetery. 

Martin,   Benjamin,  buried  at   ^Larbiorougli. 

Mather,   .   taught   ^e'nool    in    Delaware. 

^.IcCoy,    Robert    W.,    buried    in    Oak    Grr.vc    cemetery. 

McCumber,  Jeremiah,  buried  at  Eversole,  south  of 
G.   L   H. 

McKinney.   Josiab.   buried    in   cemetery   at   Liberty. 

Meeker,  Forest,  under  Gen.  Harrison :  buried  in  Oak 
Grove  cemetery. 

iPinroe.  Leonard,  the  old  Cole  cemeterv,  south  of 
Stratford, 

Xewhousc,  .Anthony,  born  177J,  died  1S51,  buried  in 
Xewhousc  cemeterv. 

Oiler,    George,    buried    in    Oiler    cemeterv. 

Oiler.  Jacob,  buried   in   Oiler  cemeterv. 

Omblo,  Martin,  buried   in   Oiler  cemetery. 

Orcutt,   Sylvester,   died    1866.   aged  83.   iniried   at   Sun- 


Patrick,  Be 
bury. 


died  184,3,  aged  68,  buried  at  Sun- 


'■i>(l      i):n;   .■■il-f!"J 


AND    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


381 


Perry,    Rulicrt,    buried    at     RaUiior. 

Philips,  John,   buried   nt   Radnor. 

Pieree,   Co.  Jo>I>ua,   buried   in   Burnside  cemetery. 

Pi|icr.    Adam,    buried   at   Center   Village. 

Potter.    Gilbert,    buried    in    cemetery    at    Pdiie    Church. 

Powers,   .\vcry,   killed   by   Indians  near   Sandusky. 

Randolph.  .Marsh,   m.  record  of  burial   place. 

Ray.  Rowland,  buried  in  Ollen  cemetery. 

Rhode;,  U'illiam,  buried  in  Eversole  cemeterv.  south  of 
G.  I.  H. 

Ripley.    Thonia.s,   buried    at    Radnor. 

Roberts.  Hezekiah,  buried  in  Burnside  cemetery. 

Ryant,   John,   buried  at   Che>liirc. 

Salesbury,   John,   buried    m    Oiler   cemetery. 

Salmon,  Joohn.  died  April  14,  iS<34,  urobabiv  buried 
in   Eden. 

Sewell.    Henry,    buried    at    Cheshire. 

Shahan.   Joshua,   died   in   Belmont  county. 

Sharp,    \Villiam    F..   buried    at    -Marlborough. 

Slack.   John,   buried   at   Cheshire. 

Smead.  Livingston.  Qth  Va.  \'ol.  ;  buried  in  Xewhouse 
■  cemetery. 

Span'ding,   Micah,   buried   at   Marlborough. 

Sprague,  Col.   P.,  buried  in  old  cemetery.  Iielaware. 

Stover,   Benjamin   P"..   burial  place   unkTiouii. 

Stratton.  Isaac,  buried  at  Marlborough 

Swaru,  Scbiu.tiau'",  died  tS:2.  buried  proliably  at  ceme- 
tery  near   Thompson. 

Swartz,  Henry,  prcibably  buried  in  cemetery  near 
Thompson  chapel. 

Van  Deman,  Henry,  buried  in  Oak  Grove  at  Dela- 
ware. 

Waldron.  George,  no  record  of  burial. 

^^'heatGn.   Esquire,   buried   at   Trenton. 

White,  . .   no  record   of  burial. 

Williams.   Hosca.   Q.    M.    Dept. :   buried   in   Oak   Grove 


buried 


Cemetery. 

Woodstock.     Con- 
Church. 

Worline,   Adam,   buried   in   old   cemetery   in    Delaware. 

Worline,    Tohn,  buried   in   ^Marlborough. 

Worline,    Michael,    buried    at    Marlborough. 

A  numbei-  of  these  old  soldiers  of  1812  are 
buried  at  what  is  known  as  W'yatt  cemetery, 
just  over  the  northern  line  of  Delaware  County 
in  ]\Iarion  County,  who  lived  within  the  boun- 
daries of  this  county  but  their  names  could  not 
and  probably  wi'l  never  be  obtained. 

■'.A    dirge    for    the    b'-ave    old    pioneers 

The  muftled  drums   resound! 
Our  warriors  are  slumbering  here 

Near  to  their  battle-ground  ; 
For  not  alone  with  beasts  of  prey. 

The   bloodv   strife   thev   waged. 
But   foremo-t  in  the  deadly  fray. 

Where  savage  combat  raged." 


^EMINGLE    IXDI.\X    WAR. 


Two  from  th 
namelv   Pincknc\ 


.  ciainty  set 
Lugenbeel 


n  thi.-; 
Calvir 


Townley.  Mv.  Luyenbeel  vias  the  first  t^i  re- 
ceive an  appointment  as  a  cadet  to  the  military 
school  at  West  Point.  He  graduated  with 
honor  in  1S40  and  after  his  gradiiatit.n  was 
sent  to  take  part  in  this  conflict,  serving  later 
in  the  Alexican  War.  Mr.  Townley  was  in 
tlie  U.  S.  :\Iarnie  Corps. 

THE    MEXIC.\X    WWR. 

After  the  \'\'ar  of  1S12  and  the  Indian 
wars  accompanying-  it.  the  people  of  Delaware 
County  were  no  more  disturbed  until  the  Mex- 
ican War.  The  circumstances  which  led  to 
this  contest  resulted  frrmi  the  admission  of 
Texas  into  the  .-Vmerican  L'nion.  The  "Lone 
Star"  State,  by  whicli  name  this  state  had  been 
known,  was  a  jirovince  of  [Mexico,  had  seceded, 
and  for  years  its  citizens  had  been  carrying  on 
a  guerrilla  v.-;irfare  with  the  n-iother  country, 
with  varying  results.  Ii-i  1S36  a  battle  had  l.icen 
fought  in  San  Jacinto,  at  which  Santa  Anna, 
dictator  of  Mexico,  was  captured  and  his 
whole  army  either  killed  or  inade  prisoners. 
Santa  Anna  was  held  in  strict  confinement 
and  finally  signed  a  treaty  acknowledging  the 
independence  of  Texas:  but  in  vinlation  of  the 
treaty,  the  Republic  of  Mexico  treated  Texas 
and  its  inhaliiiants  just  as  she  had  pre\-iously 
done.  I'"i-om  this  tii-ne  on  petitions  were  fre- 
quentl}'  ]-)rescnted  to  the  L'nited  States  goxern- 
ment,  asking  admission  into  the  Union.  Mex- 
ico used  every  means  possible  to  pre\'ent  tlie 
admission  by  declaring  that  her  reception  would 
be  regarded  as  a  cause  for  declaration  of  war, 
thinking  thus  to  intimidate  the  L'nited  States. 
In  the  ])residcntial  contest  of  1844  between 
Clay  and  Polk,  the  annexation  of  Texas  was 
one  of  the  leading  issues  before  the  people. 
Mr.  T'olk  favored  the  admission  and  was  elec- 
ted and  this  was  taken  as  a  public  declaration 
on  the  subject.  After  thi«  election  Congress 
did  not  hesitate  to  grant  the  petition  of  Texas, 
and  on  th.e  first  of  3.1arch.  1845.  formally  re- 
cei\ed  her  as  a  part  rif  the  L'nited  States. 
Mexico  at  once  broke  oft"  all  relati(-)ns  with  the 
United  States  and  calletl  lirnne  her  mini-ter. 
which  was  equi\-alent  t"  a  decl.arati- .n  r,i  war. 
Congress  immediately  passed  an  act.  autlioriz- 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


ing-  the  prcsi'Ifiit  to  accept  the  service  of  lifty 
thousaml  Nohinleers  and  made  an  appri-ipria- 
tion  of  ten  niilHons  of  dolhirs  to  carr}  on  the 
war. 

The  war  feeling  swept  over  the  country 
and  its  patriot isni  was  aroused  to  the  Iiighest 
pitcli  of  excitement.  In  the  call  of  the  presi- 
dent for  fifty  thousand  men,  Ohio  was  required, 
to  furnish  tiirec  regiments.  Delaware  County 
was  ready  to  do  her  part.  Cincinnati  was  the 
place  of  rendezvous.        .     . 

Mr.  Z.  L.  White,  who  is  now  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  City  National  Eank  at  Columbus, 
Ohio,  was  one  of  the  Mexican  War  soldiers 
from  Delaware  County. 

The  following  list  of  soldiers  that  served 
in  the  war  with  ^Mexico,  from  Delaware 
County,  includes  the  names  of  a  few  who  en- 
listed elsewhere,  but  became  citizens  of  the 
county  after  the  v.a- : 

Albriglit,   Samuel. 

Bill,  Daniel,  private,  Co.  E.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Bogan,  J.  M.   C,  private,  Co.  F,  4tli  O.   V.   I. 

Borgaii,  Joseph. 

Boyd,    William,   private   in    Capt.    Hawkin's    ind.    com- 

Brentv.el'l,  Isaac,  private.  Co.  E,  4tii  O.  V.  I. 

Britharu,  Lewis.   A.,   sergt.,  Co.   F,  ,?d  O.   V.   L 

Carpenter,  Dormaii,  private,  Co.  B,  Mounted  In- 
fantry. 

Clark.    Lewis    H. 

Crawford,   A.    T..  private,   Co.   B,   ist   O.   \'.   I. 

Crawford,    Thomas    J.,    private,    Co.    B.    4th    O.    V.    I. 

Crvder,  GeorL^e   S.,  private  in  a   Penn.   resiment. 

Cutler,  James,  private,  Co.  E,   -nd  U.  S.  I. 

Daily,  Nathan,  killed  at  the  battle  of  Buena  Vista. 

Davis,  John  R.,  private.  Co.  E,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Deppen,  Hiram,  private,  Cc.  E,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Deppen.  Lucius,  private,  Co.  E,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

DePugh,  Cahin,  enlisted  in  New  York  in  U.  S.  regu- 
lars. 

Foreman,  Allied,  buried  in  Millcreek,  Co.  E,  4th  O. 
V.  I. 

Hanover,  John,  private  in  Co.  F.  2nd  O.  V.  I. 

Hay,  Jacob,  2nd  Reg't,  died  Nov.  15,  1S47.  at  Jalapa, 
Mexico. 

Hinton,   Edgar,  enlisted   in   Col.   Donephan's  command. 

Lawson,  Oris. 

Linder,  Charles, 

Linder,  Jacob. 

Maddo.x,  Bednigo. 

Moore,  Abel,  2nd  lieut.  Co.  E.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Olds,  Henry,  private,  Co.  H,  2nd  O.  V.   I. 

Osgood.   Berard. 

Parks,  Tine. 

Powers,  Hiram,  member  of  the  Texas   Rangers. 

Riddle,  J. 

Rogers  Jo=eph,  private  Co.  I,  ist  O.  V.  I. 

Roman,  Dorrence. 


Rose.    Calvin,    private,    Co.    E.    4th    O.    V.    I. 
Slife,  Phillip,  private  in  Capt.  Duncan's  ind.  Co. 
Slife,  Samuel,  private  in  Capt.  Duncan's  ind.  Co. 
Smith,   Lewis,   Corp.   in   Co.    B,    U.   S.    Mounted   Rifle- 
men. 
Taylor,  George,  private,  Cc.  D.  2nd  O.  V.  I. 


Trot 


privi 


Co.  'e;  4th   O.   V.   T. 


IJULiL,     .-^iiius.     pii\aic,     ^^yJ.     L-,     4i,]i     v_y.      V.     i. 

Trout,  Joseph,  prisate,   Co.  E,  -ith  O.   V.  I. 
Wasson,    William. 


W.A.R    OF    THE    KEBELLIOX. 

After  the  war  with  ]\Iexico,  comes  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion,  the  greatest  struggle  in 
the  world's  history,  occurring  in  the  years  1861 
to  '65.  Any  history  of  Delaware  Ciuinlv  that 
did  not  contain  some  record  of  this  great 
struggle  would  not  be  complete.  Nothing  will 
lie  of  greater  interest  to  coming  generations 
than  a  true  and  faitiiful  account  of  the  events 
of  those  five  long  and  gli.n^my  years. 

".Armies  met  in  the  shock 
Of  war.   with   shout   and   groan,   and  clarion   blast, 
And  the  hoarse  echoes  of  the  thunder-gun." 

We  owe  it  as  a  duty  to  the  soldiers  who 
took  part  in  this  struggle  to  record  and  pre- 
serve the  leading  facts  and  to  preserve  the 
names  of  the  living  and  dead  who  freely  of- 
fered their  lives  for  this  cause. 

Delaware  County  furnished  al.iout  twentv- 
five  hundred  men  in  this  great  struggle.  They 
were  represented  in  alniost  every  regiment  that 
went  from  the  State  and  in  many  regiments 
from  other  states  and  in  many  regiments  of 
United  State  troops,  were  th  ?  state  from  which 
they  had  enlisted  is  not  indicated. 

In  the  first  call  for  three  months'  service 
Delaware  County  was  largely  represented. 
The  first  regiment  in  which  this  county  is 
represented,  was  the  Fourth  Ohio  J'olitntccr 
Infantry.  It  was  organized  in  April.  1S61, 
at  Camp  Jackson,  Columbus,  under  the  old 
militia  law  of  the  state.  This  regiment  con- 
tained two  full  companies  from  Delaware 
County.  The  first  was  Company  C,  \\-hich  was 
recruited  by  Capt.  James  M.  Crawford.  The 
oiificers  were:  James  M.  Crawford,  captain: 
Eugene  Powell,  first  lieutenant:  and  Bvron 
Dolbear.  second  lieutenant.  Lieutenant  Prnvell 
had  recruited  a  sufficient  number  to  form  an- 


.f   ,A    ^'' 


AND    REPRESEXTATIVE    CmZEXS 


5S3 


t'lhei"  company,  of  which  he  was  elected  cap- 
tain, and  mustered  in  as  Company  1. 

A  few  days  after  the  President's  call 
for  three  years'  men.  a  majority  of  the  regi- 
ment, inchichng-  almost  the  entire  companies 
of  Captains  Crawford  and  Powell  signified 
their  willingness  to  enter  the  service  for  that 
periofl  and  were  mustered  in  for  three  years. 
The  regiment  endured  hard  service  and  v.as 
engaged  in  many  battles. 

The  Tu-cii!ictli  Ohio  Volunfccr  Infantry 
was  the  next  regiment  '  in  which  Delaware 
County  was  represented.  Tlie  regiment  was 
organized  for  three  years  service  at  Camp 
Chase,  in  September  1S61.  Delaware  County 
was  represented  by  Company  D,  which  was 
recruiied  bv  C.  H.  ?iIcElroy  to  the  number  of 
fifty  men,  with  whom  he  reported  to  Col. 
Wliitle-ev  and  was  assigned  as  Comp:i,ny  G 
and  was  mustered  irito  service.  \'.  T.  Hills 
was  commissioned  as  second  lieutenant,  under 
which  authority  he  returned  to  Delaware  and 
recnu'ted  the  company  to  it^  full  nr.mlicr  and 
the  assignment  was  then  made  as  Company 
D.  C.  H.  McElroy  was  elected  captain.  \".  f. 
Hills.  \\x<i  lieut-;nant,  and  Henry  Sherman, 
second  liemenant. 

The  company  soon  became  one  of  the  best 
drilled  in  the  regiment  and  when  the  colors 
were  receised,  they  were  assigned  to  Com- 
pany D. 

After  valiant  service  during  tlte  three 
years,  the  original  members,  (except  veterans) 
were  mustered  out  and  the  organi/.a  ion  com- 
posed of  veterans  and  recruits  was  retained 
in  service  until  July  15,  1S65,  when  it  was 
mustered  out  in  accordance  with  orders  from 
the  War  Department. 

riic  rz.rnty-sixfh  0.  V.  /.—The  Twenty- 
sixth  O.  V.  I.  contained  much  material  frotu 
this  county.  Coni|.)any  C  was  recruited  largely 
in  the  \'icinity  of  Ashley  and  was  mustered 
into  the  three  years  ser\"ice  iri  August.  1S61. 
Jesse  Meredith  was  captain;  E.  A.  Hicks., 
first  lieutenant ;  and  William  Clark,  second 
lieutenant. 

This  regiment  bore  a  conspicurnis  and  hon- 
orable part  in  nearly  all  of  the  battles  alorig 
tb.e  Tennessee  and  around  Chattanooga.     The 


regiment  was  honorably  discharged  at  the  clusc 
of  the  war. 

The  Twenty-eighth.  Thirtieth.  Thirty-first 
and  Tliirly-scccnui  regiments  contained  many 
members  from  Delaware  County,  espiecially 
Company  I  of  the  Thirty-second,  which  was 
largely  recruited  from  th.is  county.  '>f  which 
Jay  Dyer  was  captain.  The  Torfy-tJiird  and 
Torly-cighth  crmlained  many  men  also  re- 
cruited in  Delaware  County. 

The  Sixty-sixth  O.  V'.  /.—This  regiment 
was  organizeil  under  the  Presiderit's  second 
call  lor  troops,  and  was  mustered  into  service 
on  the  seventeenth  of  December,  1861.  It 
contained  two  companies,  E  and  K,  from  this 
county.  It  did  valiant  service  in  the  Army  of 
the  Cumlierland  and  was  with  Sherman  on  the 
march  from  "Atlanta  to  the  sea." 

The  Eighty-second  0.  J'.  /.— 'Jdiis  regiment 
drew  one  company  from  Delaware  County, 
namely.  Company  I,  of  \vhich  the  following 
were  the  first  officers  :  George  H.  Purdy.  cap- 
tain ;  Alfred  E.  Lee,  first  lieutenant,  and  H. 
yi.  Latzenberger,  second  lieutenant.  On  the 
thirtv-first  of  December,  1S61.  the  regiment 
was  mu.stered  into  the  service  with  nine  hun- 
dred and  sixty-eight  men.  Few  regiments 
from  this  State  performed  better  service  or 
did  more  hard  fighting  than  the  Eightv-sec- 
ond. 

The  Xinely-si.vth  O.  F.  /.—The  Ninety- 
sixth  Regiment  w-as  organized  at  Camp  Dela- 
ware. August  19.  1S62.  to  serve  three  years. 
Two  companies  of  this  regin.ient  were  re- 
cruited in  Delaware  Comity,  namely,  F  and 
G.  The  first  officers  of  Company  F  were  S. 
P.  Weiser.  captain:  J.  N.  Dunlap,  first  heuten- 
ant,  and  H.  C.  Ashwcll,  second  lieutenant; 
of  Company  G.  J.  H.  Kimball,  captain ;  H.  J. 
Jarvis,  first  lieutenant;  E.  M.  Eastman,  sec- 
ond lieutenant.  The  regiment  did  service 
along  and  west  of  the  Mississippi,  extending 
as  far  as  the  southern  cost  of  Texas.  It  w-as 
consolidated  into  a  battalion  of  five  companies, 
Xovember  iS.  1S64.  and  on  July  7,  1S65. 
was  mustered  out  by  order  <if  the  War  De- 
partment. 

The  One  Hundred  and  Tieenty-first  0.  J'.  /. 
— This  regiment  was  organized  at  Camp  Dda- 


:l,     >i,,i 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTV 


ware,  tlie  old  camp  of  ih.e  Xinely-sixtli.  in 
Septenibei",  1862.  Fmir  companies  were  largely 
drawn  from  Delaware  County — Companies  C, 
D,  H  and  K.  This  regiment  did  \aliant  ser- 
\ice  in  the  Army  01  the  Cumlicrland  and  par- 
ticularly in  all  the  hatilos  in  the  vicinity  of 
Cliattanooga,  Tennessee.  The  regiment  was 
mustered  out  of  ser\-ice  June  S.  i8(.)5,  Ijy  order 
i^f  the  War  Dejiartment. 

The  One  JTiiudrcd  and  forty-fifth  0.  J\  I. 
— In  the  spring  of  1S64  the  cry  was  "On 
to  Richmond."  A  council  of  war  was  held  at 
Washington,  in  which  tlie- governors  of  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Illinois  and  Iowa  took  part.  Gen- 
eral Grant  desired  se\enty-fi\e  thousand  more 
troops  before  beginning  his  march  to  Rich- 
mond. The  go\'ernor  of  Ohio,  on  returning 
home,  called  into  service  the  Ohio  Xational 
Guard;  these  go\'ernor5  ha\'ing  pledged  to 
furnish  seventy-five  th.;'i',.-rnid  tronps  within  ten 
days  for  one  hundred  day?"  sc-rvice.  The  call 
was  responded  to  with  few  excepti.^n.-.  and  all 
were  on  the  field  within  tiiv  time  designated. 
Many  of  these  men  li\-ed  on  farms  and  had 
made  no  plans  for  Ijeing  absent,  and  many  ot 
them  were  persons  wh.o  had  been  exempted 
on  account  of  age  or  physical  disability.  The 
above  regiment  was  largely  composed  ni  Dela- 
^\■are  County  men.  The  regiment  was  or- 
ganized at  Cami)  Cha^e  on  the  twelfth  uf  A] ay. 
1S64,  and  was  immediatelv  ordered  to  Wash- 
ington City.  Upon  its  arrival  it  w-as  assigned 
to  General  Augur  for  defense  of  Washington. 
The  service  of  tlie  regiineni  consisted  prin- 
cipally of  garrison  and  fatigue  duty,  in  which, 
during  the  whole  period,  it  was  constantly  em- 
ployed. It  was  drilled  in  Ixith  infantry  and 
heavy  artillery  tactics.  Although  nut  en- 
gaged in  battle  during  the  term  of  service,  it 
took  the  place  of  veteran  sr.ldiers  who  were 
permitted  to  re-enforce  General  Grant  in  his 
ad\-ance  on  Richmond.  The  regiment  was 
mustered  out  at  Camp  Chase  on  August  23. 
1864. 

The  One  Hnndrcd  and  Scirnty-fonrth  O. 
V.  L — This  regiment  was  ont  of  the  last  regi- 
ments raised  in  the  State  to  serxe  one  year, 
and  was  composed  largely  of  ihijse  who  had 
ser\-ed  in  other  regiments.     This  regiment  and 


d  and  Eighty-sixth  num- 
11  their  ranks  from  Dela- 


also  the  One  Hum 
bered  many  soldier 
ware  Count  v. 

The  Eighteenth  i'v.ifed  Stales  RegnLirs-— 
This  regiment  rlrew  one  full  company  and 
part  of  another  from  Delaware  County,  both  of 
which  did  valiant  service  during  the  entire 
war.  To  Ihid  a  complete  record  of  this  regi- 
ment, the  reader  is  referred  to  the  roster  of 
the  United   States  troops. 

Besides  those  who  served  in  the  infantry, 
a  large  number  served  in  \'arious  cavalry  regi- 
ments of  the  State,  reference  to  which  is  made 
in  the  roster  of  Delaware  County  soldiers 
which  follows.  Also  a  few  from  this  county 
served  in  the  na\y,  record  of  wliicli  is  also 
made.  Quite  a  number  from  Delaware  Co\inty 
served  in  the  Second  ivegiment  of  Ohio  Heavy 
Artillery,  and  some  in  the  independent  organ- 
izations. 

Dela\\-are  County  has  been  fruitful  in  pro- 
ducir.g  men  who  ha\'e  become  prominent  in 
the  historv  of  our  country.  Four  of  her  sons 
became  generals  during  the  war  of  '61  to  '65. 

M.VrOR-GEXER.M,    RrXlIERFORD    B.    HaVKS 

was  born  in  Delaware,  October  4,  iSj2.  Fie 
studied  law  with  Thomas  Sparrow  at  Colum- 
bus and  graduated  from  the  law  scho(_il  at 
Flarvard  College.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  \A'ar  he  offered  his  services  and  was 
appointed  a  major  of  the  Twenty-third  Ohio 
Infantry,  June  7,  1S61  Fie  was  jiromoted 
to  lieutenant-colonel.  Xoven  l;er  4.  iSGi.  On 
October  15,  1862,  he  was  pnnnotefl  to  colonel 
of  the  X'inety-second  Regiment.  He  dis- 
tinguished himself  by  heroic  conduct  at  the 
battle  of  Winchester  and  was  disabled  at  the 
battle  of  South  Mountain.  For  his  gallant 
service  in  these  and  other  battles  he  was  ap- 
pointed brigadier-general,  October,  1864.  He 
had  three  horses  shot  under  him  and  was 
wounded  four  times.  He  served  two  years  in 
Congress,  three  times  was  elected  governor 
of  Ohio,  and  ser\'ed  one  term  as  President  of 
the  United  States.  The  old  Hayes  home^tead 
still  stands  in  Delaware  on  East  William 
Street,  a.nd  should  be  jjre.-erved  as  a  memorial 
for  a   heroic   life. 


AND    REPRESEXTATIVE    CITIZENS 


38s 


\ViLLiAM  Stark  Ru>lcra.\s  was  a  native 
of  DeIa\\-arL'  County.  Me  was  Ijorn  on  a  farm 
south  of  the  H!ue  Cliurch.  in  Kingston  Town- 
ship, September  6,  1S19.  Young  Rosecrans 
\vas  possessed  of  great  energ\-  of  character 
and  mainly,  through  his  own  individual  ex- 
ertion he  gained  admission  into  the  ^lilitar/ 
Academy  at  West  Point.  At  this  place  he  was 
known  as  a  diligent  student.  After  his  gradu- 
ation he  entered  the  Engineer  Corp  of  the 
regular  army  as  brevet  second  lieutenant,  and 
Avas  assigned  to  diit\-  ar  Fortress  Monroe. 
After  serving  in  this  capacity  for  a  time,  he 
resigned  his  position  and  resided  in  Cincinnati 
until  the  breaking  out  of  the  Ivchdh' -n.  From 
the  mi.iment  that  war  \\as  declarr!!.  I;"secrans 
gave  his  time  and  thougbls  t^ '  \v<  'itlier  sub- 
ject. He  devoted  this  time  to  organizing  and 
drilling  the  Flome  Guards  against  any  sudden 
rush  over  the  border  fr-in!  tl:c  S-iutu.  W'licu 
Governor  Denni^on  a;i;.oin-Led  ^IcClellan 
major-general  of  the  Ciln"  militia,  he  accepted 
the  position  of  engineei'  on  liis  staF  and  pre- 
pared a  camp  for  instruction  of  the  volun- 
teers that  were  now  pouring  into  camp.  On 
June  9  he  was  commissioned  chief  engineer 
of  the  State  and  a  few  days  later  was  made 
colonel  of  the  Twenty-tlhrd  Ohio  and  assigned 
to  the  command  of  Cam])  Chase.  Four  days 
afterwards,  he  received  a  commission  as 
brigadier-general  in  the  I'nited  States  army. 
From  this  time  the  record  of  General  Rose- 
crans is  familiar  to  all  readers  of  the  history 
of  tlie  great  rebellion.  He  died  a  few  years 
ago  and  his  remains  were  buried  in  Arlington 
Heights  overlooking  the  city  of  \\'ashiiigton, 
D,  C.  At  this  time  only  a  small  monument 
marks  his  grave.  Here  we  will  leave  him  and 
like  many  another  fie-erving  individual 

"The   flame 
Has   fallen,  and  its   high  and  fitful  gleams 
Perchance  have  faded,  but  the  living  fires 
Still  glow  beneath  the  ashes." 


attending  the  district  schools.     ?\Iarch  3,  1853, 
at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  entered  the 
preparator}-   department    of     Ohio    \Ve5le}-an 
University.  appl\-ing  liimself  to  such  manual 
labor  as  he  could  secure  about  the  town  to  de- 
fray the  expenses  of  his  college  course.     He 
was  graduated    in   the   scicntiiic  course.   June 
13,  1S55.  and  then  turned  his  attention  to  the 
study  of  law.      He  prosecuted  his  studies   in 
the  office  of  Powell  &  Van  Deman  at  Dela- 
ware, and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in    1S57. 
When  the  dark  cloud  of  the  Civil   war  cast 
its  .shadow  over  the  national  horizon  in  1S61, 
Mr.  Jones  resigned  his  position  to  which  he 
I  had  l.ieen  elected,  that  of  po:)-ecuting  attorney, 
I  and    enlisted    on    April    j(i.    r,i    that    year    in 
I  Company   C,    4th    O.    V.    I.      He     was     soon 
j   elected    first    lieutenant    of    his    company,    his 
I   conmiission  datnig  from  the  date  of  his  enlist- 
1  ment.      He   was   in   many   battles   during  the 
j  war.    Fle  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy  in  1862. 
1  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Legi,--.lature  and 
!   in    the   congress   of   the   United    States.      On 
the    twenty-se\'enth   of   June.    1863.     he     was 
breveted   brigadier-general    for    "gallant    and 
meritorious  ser\-ice  during'  the  war." 

EuGEXE   Pow'Ki.L  was  born   in  Delaware, 
November  iS,  1834.     When  Lincoln  made  his 
first   call    for   troops    at   the    outbreak   of   the 
war.   he   enlisted   as  a  captain   in   the   Fourth 
Ohio  Wduntcer  Infantry.     He  served  in  this 
capacity   until    October,    1861,    when    he    was 
made  a  major  in  the  same  regiment.     He  was 
appointed  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Ninety-thinl  and  March  (3,  1865.  was 
made  brigadier-general.      General    Powell   re- 
mained in  the  arm\-  until  the  close  of  tiie  war 
and  on  his  retirement.  Secretary  ijf  War  Stan- 
ton offered  him  the  rank  of  mai("ir  in  the  regu- 
i   lar  army,  which  he  did  not  accei-it.     He  held 
I   many  positions  of  trust  throughout   his  long 
j   and  busy  life.     He  ciiinmanded  the  respect  of 
I   all    and    numbered,    throughoiu    the    State,     a 
!   laree  circle  r.f  sincere  friends. 


General  J.  S.  J( 
paign  County.  Olu' 
Passing  his   bovhr)0(J 


ES  was  Ijorn  in  Cham- 

Eebruary     12.     1836. 

da\-s   on  the   farm   and 


Of  the  minor  offices  from  that  of  co!.>nel 
down.  Delaware  County  furnished  a  large 
number. 


uJ:;M, 


386 


HISTORY   OF  DELAWARE  COirXlA" 


EXPLAXATOKY  XOTE. 

So  far  as  diligent  and  patient  research 
coulcl  fine!  tlie  reccn!,  the  follinving  roster 
presents  tlie  name  of  e\'er_\-  soldier  who  went 
from  Delaware  County  in  the  War  of  '6i-'65, 
and  many  who  enlisted  elsewhere  but  are  now 
living  or  have  lived  in  the  county.  Where 
no  other  mention  is  made,  the  enlistments  were 
usually  within  the  county.  Where  the  soldier 
is  credited  with  veteran  service  the  re-enlist- 
ment was  usually  in  the  same  regiment  unless 
otherwise  stated.  Althungh  as  our  title  indi- 
cates it  is  mainly  comp-sed  of  the  rank  and 
nle  of  those  who  fought  and  won  our  vie-, 
tories,  it  also  includes  general  staff  and  field 
officers,  where  such  belong  to  the  county.  A 
brief  record  of  the  Ohio  regiments  in  which  a 
company  or  more  from  Delaware  County 
served,  lias  been  given,  and  we  believe  the 
children  and  children's  children  of  the  suldiers 
of  the  county  have  just  cause  for  pride  in  con- 
necting their  names  with  the  roster  by  com- 
pany and  regiment  and  the  achievements  of 
these  troops.  For  a  list  of  the  battles  and  en- 
gagements of  the  war  in  which  these  brave 
men  took  part,  we  refer  the  reader  to  the 
many  histories  of  the  war.  In  preparing  this 
chapter,  the  writer,  wdiile  sparing  no  effort  to 
make  it  a  full  and  complete  roster  of  Delaware 
county's  troops  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
is  aware  that  many  errors  may  be  found  and 
some  names  not  obtained.  We  believe  our 
patrons,  realizing  the  migr,itiide  of  th.e  viork, 
will  not  be  unduly  critical,  when  such  errors 
occur.  The  chapter  has  grown  beyond  the 
h'mits  expected  and  it  is  believed  the  soldiers 
for  whom  it  has  been  written  will  appix-ciate 
the  result  obtained.  The  following  is  the 
key  to  the  abbreviatitms  used  in  the  roster  : 

A.  C- — army  corps.  A.  D.  C. — aide-de- 
camp. Adjt. — adjutant.  App. — appointed. 
Art. — artillery.  Artif. — artificer.  Bat. — bat- 
tery. Batn. — battalion.  Bet. — between.  Brev. 
— brevetted.  Brig. — brigade.  Capt. — cap- 
tain. Cap. — captured.  Cav.— cavalry.  Co. — 
company  and  county.  Col.— colonel.  Com. 
— commissioned.  Comy. — ci'inmissary.  Cox\}. 
— corpf^ral.       Consol. — consolidated.       Det.— 


detailed.  Dis.— discharged.  Disab.— disa- 
bility, disabled.  Di\-, — division.  E. — enlisted. 
Eng. — engineers.  Gen. — general.  IL  A.- — 
heavy  artillery.  Fid.  Qtrs. — headquarters. 
Hosp.— hospital.  Iiidp. — independent.  Inf. 
— infantry.  Isl. — island.  L.  A. — light  artil- 
lery. Lieut. — lieutenant.  M.  O. — mustered 
out.  ]\It. — mountain.  Ord. — orderly.  .  Pro. 
— promoted.  Prov. — pro\'03t.  O.  }il.— quar- 
termaster. Reg. — regiment,  regimental.  Res. 
— resigned.  Sergt. — Sergeant.  Squad. — squad- 
ron. S.  S. — sharpshooters.  Sta. — station. 
Stew. — steward.  Trans. — transferred.  Twp. 
— township.  V".  I. — volunteer  infantr}-.  \'. 
V.  I. — veteran  volunteer  infantry.  \\  C. — 
volunteer  cavalry.  \^.  V.  C. — -veteran  volun- 
teer cavalry.  \'et. — veteranized.  W  R.  C. — 
veteran  reserve  corps.  ; 

Abbott,  Eliiah.  Co.  .-\.  M^th  O.  V.  I. 
Abrani>,  John,  Co.  K,  urst  O.  V.  I. 
Abrams,  Marion,  Co.  F,  (/.th  O.  V.  I.;  died  on  hospital 

boat  Jan.    iji,    iS<J3. 
.Adams,  Avigustus,  mem.  "Berkshire  Grav  Guards  ;"  and 

Co.    H,    i4-,th    O.    V.    I. 
Adams.  Francis  M.,  Co.  A.   i.t^th  O.  V.   I. 
Adams,  Hf-nrv  P.,  Co.  A,   u^tii  O.  V.  I. 
Adams.  Jesse,  corp.   Co.  K.   121st  O.  V.   I.,  died   Aug. 

12,   1S69. 
Adams,   Fohn,  Co.  C,  i.Jist  O.  V.  I. 
Adams,  Joseph    T.,   Co.   A,  psth   O.  V.    I.;   disabled   at 

Ricimiond,    Ky. 
Adams,    Milo    S.,    Co.   K.    I2i5t   O.   V.    I. 
Adams,   \V.   L.,   Co.    K,    I2ist  0.   V.   I. 
Adkins,   Charles   I.,   Co.   K,  2yx\\  O.  V.   I.     ■ 
Adkins,  William  H.,  Co.  G,  4Sth  Ind.  V.  I. ;  died  l&S^, 

Stone  River,  buried  there. 
Aigen,   Stephen   P.,  Co.   C,  4th   O.  V.  I.,  trans,   to  inv. 

corps. 
.Akum,  Peter,  Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  I. ;  mortally  wcimded  at 

Fredericksburg,  \"a. 
Akum,    Samuel,    Co.    E,  46th    O.   V.    I.:    killed   at   At- 
lanta. 
Akum,  William.  Co.   E.   ^rd  Mich.  Cav. 
Aldrich.  David,  Co.   C,  26th   O.  V.  I.  and  Co.   C,   loth 

O.   V.   C. 
Aldrich,  Davidson,  Co.  C,  26th  O.  V.  I. ;  died  in  hosp., 

Charlcstown,   W.    Va. 
Aldrich,  Elias,  Co.  V)    6:;th  O.  V.  I.,  served  last  year  of 

war  in  Co.  G,  SSth. 
Aldrich,  Jarvis,  Co.  D,  121st  O.  V.  I.,  killed  at  Chicka- 

mausra. 
Aldrich,  ^John    M.,    Co.   A,   76th   O.   V.   I. 
Aldricli,  Xelson  C.,  bat..  2nd  O.  V.  H.  A. 
Aldrich.  Reuben,   Co.   C,  gf.th  O.   V.   I. 
Alexander,  Genrge   B.,  Co.   F,   nSth   Ind.  V.  I. 
Alexander,   Hosca   W..   Co.   I.  4th  O.  V.   I. 
Alexander,    To.,-ph    C    Co.   K,   66th    O.   V.    I.,   wounded 

at    Culii'epper    C.    H. 
AUbaugh,   Felix,   Co.    C,    i:;th    O.   V,   I. 


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387 


Allen,  Arrou-    B..    Co.    C.   4TI1    O.   V.    I. 

AUcn,  Frank,   Co,    H,    ustli   O.  V.    I. 

Allen,  Flavitii,    E.   at   Lancaster   in   an    Ohio    regiment 

AUen^  Herman   W.,  hosp,  stewarO  96th  O.  V.  I.";  died 

Allen,  Helier,  corp.  Co.  E,   145th   O.  V.  I. 

Alien,  Jacob,   Co.    D,   MUh   O.   \'.    I. 

Alien,  John,   Co.   E,  66th   O.    V.   ]. 

Ailer,  John,  Co.  G,  SSth  O.  V.  I. 

Allison.   Thomas,  Co.  H,   list   O.  V.   I. 

Alston,    David,    looth   U.    S.    I. 

Anderson,    Andrew    M.,    lieiit.    Co.    C,    4th    O.    V.    I.; 
Qm.  iSoth  O.  V.  I. 

Anderson,   Gillie  J.,    Co.    C,   4ih    O.    V.    I. 

Anderson,   Charles,    127th  .O.    V.    I. 

Anderson.  John  A.,   ist  lieut.    i.'^-th   O.   V.  .1. 

Anderson,  George,  Qm.  127th  O.  V.  I. 

Anderson,  Robert,  sergt.  Co.  K,  I4,th  O.  V.  I. 

Anderson,  Samuel,  Co.  K.  14-th   6.  V.  I. 

Anderson,   William.  Co.   K,  66ih   O.   V.   I. 

Andrews,  John  A..  Co.  B,  46th  O.  V.  I. ;  died  at  Chat- 
tanooga. 

Andrews,  Isaac,  Co.  I,  82nd  O.  V.  I.:  killed  in  battle. 

Andrews,  William  G..  Co.  B,  46th   O.  V.  I. 

Angell,  Gideon  C,  Co.  I,  nth  Pa.  Cav. 

Armstrong.  Edson  S..  Co.  H.   121  ^t  O.  V.  I. 

Armstrong,  George,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Armstrong,  J.  Hamilton,  Co.  K.  66th  O.  V.  I. 

Armstrong,   J.    S.,   Co.    E,    145th   O.   V.   I. 

Armstrong,   Jared   E..   Co.   A,   ^^cLallghlin■s   Squadron. 

Armstrong,  Samuel,  Co.  E,  7--th  X.  V.  V.  I. 

Armstrong,    \\"m.,    Co.    H.    121st    O.    V.    I. 

Arnold,   Charles,  sergt.   Co.  G,  06th   O.  V.   I. 

Arnold,   Gardner,   Co.   A.   31st   O.   V.   I. 

Arnold,   Irwin   B.,   sergt.   Co.   G.  96th   O.  V.  I. 

Arnold,  John   S.,   Co.   A,   145th   O.   V.   I. 
-Arnway,  Nicholas.  Co.  H,  174th  O.  V.  I. 

Arthur,   Anson.    Co.   D,    r20th   Cav. 

Arthur,   F.   T..    Co.    C,    I2!st   O.   V.    I. 

Arthur,  Francis  T..  Co.  E,  i4:;th  O.  V.  I. 

Ashbrook.  Welcome,  Cn.  C.   i  Uh  O.  V.  I. 

Ashwell,   Francis  D.,  Co.   E.   t8th   III.  V.   I. 

Ashwell,  Henry  C,  in   ^d  O.  V.  I..  96th  O.  V.  L  and 
Col.    T4^th    O.    V.    I. 

Ashwell,  Xelson,  E.  at  age  of  17,  Co.  C.  S2d  O.  V.  I. 

Ashwell,   Richard,   Co..   C,    I4?th   O.   V.   I. 

Askins.   .-Xddison,   Co.   C,   I2ist   O.   V.   I. 

Atkinson,  David,  Co.   G,  96th  O.   V.   I. 

Atkinson,  George,  Co.  D,  i4Sth  O.  V.  I. 

Author,  N.  B.,  2d  lieut.  Co.  B,  187th  O.  V.  I. 

Axton.    Thomas    H.,    Co.    A,    179th    O.    V.    I.,    age    15 
years 

Ayers,  Jacob,  Co.  I,  82d  O.  V.  I..  E.  at  age  of  i:;. 

Avers.   John,   Co.   C,    121st   O.   V.   I.,   killed   at    Perrys- 
"   ville. 

.Ayers,  Thomas,  fo.   D,   121st  O.  V.  I. 

Avers.   William,   Co.   F,  Q6lh   O.  V.   I. 

Ayne,   John   J.,    Co.    G,  4^th   O.   V.    I. 

Babbit,  Cvru:,  B.,  Co.  F,  rst  Bat.,  iSth  U.  S.  I. 

Bachelor,   Bazil.   Co.   D,  92d   O.   V.   I. 

Bacon,  George,  4th   O.   V.   I. 

Bacon,  William,  Co.  F.  4^d   O.  V.   I. 

Bagley,  Adam,  Co.  C,  39th  O.  Y.  I. 

Bailer,  Charles  K..   Co.   A.   iSth   U.   S.   A. 

Bailer.    William    H.,   Co.   C,   4th   O.    V.    I.    (missing   in 
-    action). 

Bailey.  Albert  C,  Co.  I,  ,32d  O.  V.  I. 


Bailev,  Jan;cs,   Co.   PI,   121st   O.   V.   I. 

Bailey,  James.   Co.   B,    iS7tli    O.   V.   I. 

Bailev.  Theodore  F.,  Ind  Co.  Union  Light  Guards. 

Bailev,  Th0TOa.s,   7  3?d   O.   V.    I. 

Bailev,  William,  Co.  H,  T2ist  O.  V.  I. 

Baker,   Daniel,   Co.  G,  g-.-th   O.   V.   I. 

Baker,  Joseph,  Co.  E,  CiOth  O.   V.   I.,  and  Co.  A.   M^th 

O.   V.    I. 
Baker,  Robert,   Co.  1,  4th   O.  V.   I. 
Baker,   Samuel,   Co.   F,  96th   O.   V.   I. 
Baldwin,   Charles,   Co.   B.   -~.'-,lh   O.   V.   I.      • 
Baldwin,  L.   S.,   Co.  A,  60th   O.  V.   I.  ,       , 

Baldwin,  S.  H.,  sergt  48111  O.  V.  I. 
Bancels,  Solomon,  Co.   E,  31st  O.  V.   I. 
Banker,  Beniamin,  Co.  D,  T2ist  O.  V.  I. 
Banks,  John,   U.   S.    X.,  -The   Ohio." 
Barber,   Barnabus,   Co.   I,  4th   O.  V.   I. 
Barcus,  James.  Co.   H.   i2Tst   O.   V.   I. 
Barcus,   Rufus.   Co.   G,   iinh   O.   V.   I. 
Bardwell   Alfred   H..   Co.    G.  96th   O.   V.   I. 
Barker,  Andrew,  22d   Iml.    Bat. 
Barker.   Bernard,  Co.   H,   I2ist  O.  V.   I. 
Barker,  Orlando  H.,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I.,  and  lieut.  Co. 

C.   iS6th   O.  V.   1. 
Barker,  Robert   M.,  scr-t.   Co.   C,   i.%h   0.  V.  I. 
Barkhurst.    lohn   W.    P.,   Co.    D,    ^ist   O,    V.    I. 
Barley,   Daniel,    Co.    H.    i.M_.t   O.    V.    I. 
Barnes,  Abner.  Bat  C.  2d  O.   V.  PI.  A. 
Barnes.   George,   Co.   II.    T45th   O.   V.   I. 
Barnes,   Henry,    Co.   G.  96th   O.    V.   I. 
Barnes,  Homer,   President's  bodv  guard. 
Barnes,   George   W.,   Co.   D.   I2i5t   O.  V.   I.:   died   with 

measles. 
Barnes,   L.    S..   Co.   C,  4th   O.   V.   I. 
Barnes.  Wheeler.   Co.   P.   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Barr,  J.  A,  Co  H.   121 -t  O.  V.  I. 
Barr.  James,   Co,   II,   I2t.-t   O.  V.   I. 
Barrett,  James,  Co.  C.  O.  V.  1. ;  killed  at  Resaca,  Ga. 
Barrett,  Joseph    I..   Co.    B,    r-,6th   O.  V.   I. 
Barrett,   William   W.,   E.   Sept.   i;.  1S61. 
Barrv,   Joshua,   Co.   D,    121st   O.   V.    I. 
Bartholomew,  Chester,  Co.  D.  I2i5t  O.  V.  I,  killed  at 

Kenesaw   Mt. 
Bartlett,  George,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  C,  I4^th 

O.   V.  T. 
Baiton,  Andrew,  Capt.  Co.  G,  96th  O.  \'.  I. 
Barton,    Ebenezer.    Co.    H,    174th    O.    V.    I. 
Barton,   Levi.   Co.   C.   88th    O.    V.    I. 
Bassinger,    John,    capt.    Co.    H,    174th    O.    V.    I. 
Pattenheld.  L.  W.,  Bat.  C.  O.  V.  H.  A. 
Battenfield,  MiltQn,  ^ith   O.  V.  P,  and   174th  O.  V.  P; 

died   -April    12.    iS6q. 
Bauman,  Henrv,  musician,  Co.   C.   15th  U.   S.  I. 
Ba.xter,   George   W.,    sergt.    pro.    lieut.   Co.   PI.   63d    111. 

V.    I. 
Baxter,  Herod.   Co.   C.  26th   O    Y.   I. 
Baxter,   Philip   D.,   Co.   D,    i2rst   O.   Y.   I.:   starved   to 

death  in  .Andersonville.  1864, 
Baxter.    William,    Co.    D,    i2ist    O.    V.    I.;    killed    at 

Chickamauga. 
Bavers,  George  L,  Co.  B,  48th  O.  Y.  I. 
Eavler.  Charles  K..  Co.  A.  iSth  U.  S.  I. 
Bavler,  William  H.,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  Y.  I. 
Beach.  Theron  A..  Co.  C.  4th  O.  Y,  I. 
Beard.  Emcrv,  Cr.  G.  uvJi  O.  Y.  I. 
Beard.  Roswell,  Co.  II.  i4-,:h  O.  Y.  I. 
Beai^d.  Truman,  Co.  C,  4th   O.   Y.  I. 


sss 


inSTOKY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


BcTittv,   William,    Ir..   C...   K.  6oth   O.   \'.  I. 

Beavt-r.  William,  Co.  C,   iJK-t  O.  V.   I. 

Beck,  John   C,    Co.    B,    T4th    X.    Y.   V,   I. 

Beck,  Thomas,  Co.  H,  i86th  O.  V.  I. 

Beckham,  Johti,  Co.   I,  4tli,  and  Co.   H,  74th  O.   X.  I. 

Bcckiev,  Hcnrv,  Co.  C,  l86th  O.  \'.  I. 

Bocklev,  Samuel,  Co.  E,   ?oih  O.  V.  I. 

Bc-k-with,  James,  Co.  D,  27lh  O.  V.  1. 

Bedow,  Benjamin,  Co.   A,   u^th  O,   \".   I. 

Beddow.  Garrett.   Co.   I,  ^th   O.   V^   1. 

Bed.fcrd,   M.  S..  Co.   B,   nj'h   U.   \'.    I. 

Beach,   James    W.,   Co.    C,    121...1    O.    \-.   I. 

Beccher,   John,   2d   Bat.   U.    S.    I. 

Bceeher,    Mordecai,   Co.    I,    i8th   U.    S.    I. 

Beibcr,  James,  Co.   K.    i4=;th   O.   V.   1. 

Bell,  .\nstin  J..  Co.   H,   174th  O.  V.  I. 

Bell,  Emmett  Co.,   Co.   D.    usth   O.   V.   I. 

Bell,  John   C,   Co.   A.  60th   6.   V.    I. 

Bell.  Jcshna   A.,    Co.    H,   j;th    Mo.   V.    I.:    Om.    i-'Uh 

b.  V.  I. 

Bell,  Robert.   Co.   I.  4t!i   O.   V.   I. 

Bell.  Stanlev,  Co.  H.,  S-,th  O.  V.   L,  and  Co.  II,  174th 

O.  V.  I 
Bell,  Thom.ii  B..  Co.  F,  c6th  O.  V.  I. 
Bell.  William,  died  durin.5  \rar,  Ccncord  Twp. 
Belta,  Wm.  G.,  Co.  E,  W5th  O.  V.  I. 
Benedict.  A.   P.,   Co.   D,   ijrst   O.  V.   I. 
Benedict.    Hcurv.    Co.    D.    i-Mst    O.    V.    I. 
Benedict,   Stephen.   Co.   D.  6^th   O.  V.   I. 
Benedict,  William  H..  Co.  C,  jfith  O.  V.  I. 
Bennett,  Emerv  A.,  Co.  E,   1st  Iowa  V.  C. 
Bennett,    Ralph,   Co.    D.   o^th   O.   \'.   I. 
Bennett,  Russell  B.,  Chaplain  Co.  I,  jjd  O.  V.  I. 
Bennett.   Wdlard,   Co.    E,    vst   O.   \".   I. 
Benslev,   \\"illlam,    Co.    C,   -'6th    O.   Y.    I. 
Benson,   Xelson   W.,   Co.    C.    lUh   O.   V.    I. 
Bentley.   E.   E.,   Co.    E,    145th   O.   V..I. 
Benton,  Alfred,  Co.  C,  1st  Bat.,  lith  U.  S.  I. 
Benton,   Benjamin    Cc.   D,    r4-.th   O.   V.   I. 
Benton,   Erastu.s,   Co.   C,   i:;ist   O.   V.   I. 
Benton,  Henrv,  Concord  Twp. 
Benton.   William,   Co.   A,  60th   O.   V.   I. 
Bersstresser,   Georse,   scrgt.   Cn.   11.  6^d   HI, 
Berlett,  Johnston   C,   Co.   E,   145th   O,   V.   I. 
Berrv,   James,    Co.    G,   c/ith    O.    V.    I. 
Berr\-,  James  B.,  Co.  G,  74th  O.  \'.  I. 
Berry.  Samuel,  Co.  B,  12151  O.  V.  I. 
Berry,   William   G.,   Co.    F,    136   Pa.   V.   I. 
Bcsse.   Ilenrv,    ass't   surg.   45th    O.    V.    I.  ;    surg.    145th 

O.   V.    I. 
Besse,   Marion,    Co.   I,   8Sth   O.   \'.   I. 
Bcthard,  ChArles  W.,  Co.  B,  187th  O.  V.  I. 
Bevan,   William.   Co.    C.    121st   O.   V.   I. 
Bevil,   Joseph.    i8ih   U.   S.    I. 
Bickett.  Robert,  Co.   K,   I4;th  O.   V.   I. 
Biekle,   David.  Gv   E,    ijsth   O.   V.  I. 
Bickle,    T.,    Co.    E,    I4;th    O.    V.    I. 
Biddle,   Henrv,  Co.   K,    inth   0.   V.  I. 
Bieber,  John,   Co.   C,  4th   O.   V.   I. 
Bierman.    William    H.,   Co.    G,   4Sth    Pa.   V.    I. 
Bislow,   Henrv  C. 

Biglow,   O.   S'.   Co.   y.   Gov't   Guards. 
Bill,   Daniel.    Co.    D.   20th    O.    \'.    I. 
Billingslv,  Robert    Co.  G,  82d  O.  V.  I. 
Bird.    .Vbner   J..    Co.    F.   Sl^t    O.    V.    I. 
Bird.sall,  John,   Co.   C,  4!li  O.   V.   I. 
Bishop,    Brazilla,   Co.   D.    121 -t   O.   V.   I. 
i  Bi.hop,  Alvin,  Co.  G,   187th  O.  V.  I. 


Bishop.   H.  H.,   Co.   C,  26th  O.   \".  I. 

Bishop,  Henrv.   Co.   D.   121st   O.  \'.  I. 

Bishop,    Tames   D.,   Co.   K,  66th   0.   V.   I. 

Bishop,  Joseph   C,   Co.   C,    I4=th   O    \'.   I. 

Bishop.   Levi,   Co.   C,    I4^th   O.   V.    I. 

Black,   G..   .^d   O.   \'.   I. 

Black,  Franklin.  2d  lieut.  Co.  H,  I4nh  O.  V.  I. 

Black,  John,  Co.   C.  20th  O.  V.  I. 

Black.  Wilson.  Co.  C,   r45th  O,   V.  I. 

Blackburv.    Samuel. 

Biackioi-d,  Gilbert,  M..  Co.  F,   147th  O.   V.   I. 

Blackledge,    Isaac,    served    in    Ind.    reg't ;    died    durir 

wa  r. 
Blaine.  E)am   I.,  Co.  H.   12. n  C).  V.  I. 
Blaine,   Samuel.   Co.   H.   7ofli   O,   V.   I. 
Blaine.  SolMmr.n,  Co.  H,  i2i.t  O.  V.  I, 
Blakclee     Henrv    H.,    Co.    C,    82d    O.    V.    I. 
Bbuid,    Si::i-    W,,   Co.   C,  40th   O.   V.   I. 
Bl,.iie\.    I".(iu:ird.  .^oth  O.  \'.   I.:   died  in   service. 
Elanev.    Ilenrv    C..    Co.    K.    I2[<t   O.    V.    I. 
Blanpied,   Sauren   T.,  Co.  D,   I4^th  O.  V.  I, 
Blanvelt.  Alon^o  L.,  Co.   I.   v'd  O.  V    I. 
Blavnev,   Edwin   R„   Co.   G,   o^th    O.   V.   I. 
Blinn.    Xewton.   Co.    C,   41I1   6.   V.    I. 
Blue,   J.    G.,   capt.    Co.    I,    ;,d    O.   V.    I.;    3.1    months 

prisoner. 
Blvmver,   Chas.    W..   Co.   E.    145th   O.   V.   I. 
Bo'ardnnin,   John   E..   Co.   K,   T7'"th   Mich.   V.   I. 
Bockoven,    Charles    O.,    Co.    G.   ^Mh    O.   Y.    1. 
Eockoven.  William  J.,  Co,  E,  S2d  O.  \".  I. 
B.  -,-•:     1 '1.   Co.    E.    ^oth    O.   Y.   I. 

!:  '■     -     :i:n,   Co.  H,  2d  O.  V.   I. 

!;   '  ,         i.e.   Co.  E,   iSth  U.   S.   I. 

i;..i;.',    <-    .:-e    E.,   Co.   — ,   26th    O.   V.    I.;    killed 

Crab    Orrb.ard. 
Bollinser,   Jacob.    Co.    B,   4^th   O.   ^■.    L,   Co.    T).    145 

or  \'ol. 
Bohon,   Thomas.   Co.   H,    174*   O.   Y,   I.;   died   duri 
war. 

Boone.   Daniel.   Co.   D,   I4^th  O.  Y.   I. 

Boone,  John   L.,   Co.   D.   20th   O.  V.   I. 

Borden,   Gforsje,   Co,    F,  00th   O.   Y.   I. 

Borev.  Hom.er  T     Co.   K,   121st  O.   Y.  I.     Killed. 

Boston.   Andrew,   Co,   G.  Q6th   O.  \-.   I. 

Boston,   A.    P.,   Co.   D,  8Srh   O.   Y,   I. 

Boston,   Henrv,    Co,    D,    I2i'^t    O.    Y.    I. 

Br  ston     lohn   W.,   Co,   F.  82d  O.   \".   I. 

Boston,   "Sr.lonion,    Co.    H,    12  [^t    O.    Y.    I. 

Boston.    Thrimas,    Co.    H,    I2tst    O.    Y.    I. 

Boston,    William,    4=th    O. 'V.    I, 

Boudel     Geort'e    B.."  Co.    H.   4:;th    O.    Y.    I. 

Bowdle,   Tames  F,.  Co.   E.  S2d  O.  \'.   I. 

Bower,    facob.   5th   Ohio   Ind.   Bat. 

Bower,  iianiel.'Co.  K,  WmU  O,  V.  I. 

Bower.    Evans,    Co.    A.    I4^th    O,    \',    I. 

Bower,   Jacob,   Co.   A.    t76th   O.   Y.   I. 

Bower,  Marcus,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  Y.  I. 

Bowers,  C.  W.,   iSth  U.   S.  I. 

Bowers,  David.  I2rst  O.  Y.  I. 

Bowersmith,  Isaac,  corp.  Co,  I,  S7th  O.  V.  I. 

Bowman.  J,,   Co,   .\.   ^tli   O.   Y.   I. 

Bcvd.    Ei^-hop.    Co.    H,    I2i^t    O,   Y,    I. 

Bradlev,  T„   Co,   E,   U5th   O.  Y.   I. 

Brake,'  Joseph    M  ,    Co.   D.   22d   O.    Y.    I. 

Bram.   M;.-bael,   C^,.   H,   174th   O.   Y,   I, 

Bratt.ei,   W,    P  .   Co    D.  a.-^d  O,   Y.   I. 

Brecht,   Albert   T..   Co.    D,  20th   O.   Y.   I, 

Brecht,  John>on  C,  sergt,  Co.  E,   145th  O.  Y.  I. 


L'-8£ 


AXD  REPRESEXTATR^E  CITIZENS 


389 


Breckinridge,  Gcorgo  A..  Co.  C,  S-'d  O.  V.  I. 

Brecce,  Tobias  C.  Co.   G.   12-^th  O.   V.   I. 

Brewer.  E.  M.,  corp.   Co.  F.  i--th  O.  \'.  I. 

Brewer,   \V:lli,ini,  Co   F,   r;th   O.   \'.   I. 

Brcyfogle,    Charles    D.,   4th   O.    V.    I.,   and    capt,    174th 

r.i.yl.ide,  George  R.,  Co.  K.  -^,d  O.  V.  I. 

I'.rcvKgle,   Henrv,   Co.   C,    i.^.th   O.   V.    I. 

F:rtyt,-gle,   Israel.    Co.   D.    I4;tli   O,    V.   I. 

Brevfogle,  Joshua,    Co.    C,  4th    O.    V.    I.,   and    loth   O. 
V.  I. 

B.reyfogle,  Roland  C,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I.,  capt.  Co.  C, 
i8bth    O.    V.    I 

Breyfogle,   William   F..   Co.   D.   151st   O.  V.   I. 

Brevfogle.    William    D.,    Co.    C,   4th    O.   V.   I. 

Bricker,  Norman   W.,  2d   O.   V.   H.   A. 

Bright,  Joshua  A..  Co.  F,  20th  O.  V.  1. 

Bright,   Samuel   M.,  Chap.   155th  O.  V.   I. 

Briney,  Simoii  P.,  Co.  G,   101  ?t   Pa.  \\  I. 
^     Brooks,  A.  J.,  Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Brooks.   Charles  Co.   I,  4th   O.  V.   I. 

Brooks,   Cvrus   C,   Co.  A.   i;Srh   O.   V.   I. 

Brooks,  Rufus   C,  Co.  I.  4th   O.  \'.  I. 

Brown,    Albert,    Co.    A,    iSad    O.    \'.    I. 

Brown  Beverh   W.,  Co.  K,  2d  O.  Y.  I. 

Brown,  Daniel,  Bat.  C.  2d  O.  V.  H.  A. 

Brown,   Emanuel.   I2;th   O.   V.   I. 

Brown.  Fletcher  L.,  Co.  G,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Brown,   George  W.,   Co.   C.    121-t   O.   V.   I. 

Brown  James,   174th  O.  \".   I. 

Brown,  James   B.,  capt.   Co.   B.  64th   O.  V.  I. 

Brown,  John  A.,  Co.  E.  jii^t   O.   W  I. 

Brown,  Leonard,  Co.  H,  174th  O.  \\  I. 

Brown,   Preston,   Co.    I,  4th   O.   V.   I 

Brown,   Robert.    Co.    C.   4th   O.   V.    I. 

Brown,   Panuicl   E..   Cr     F,    :;oth   Wis.   V.   I. 

Brown,   Tli-nia.A,   C-.    C.    in   U.    S.    V. 

Brown,    WiHiaui,    O..    P.    i4;th    O.    V.    I. 

Brown,  William  W.,  Co.  H.  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Brown,  Wilson,  Co.   C.-  r2rn  O.  V.   I 

Brown,   W.   T.,   Co.  F.    i^h   O.   ^^   L 

Browning,   Albert   R..  Co.   C,   2d   O.   V.   I. 

Browning,   Teremiah.  Co.   C.   ;r,rh  111.  Y.  I. 

Browning.    Orrin,    Co.    K,    ij^th    O.    V.    I. 

Brownmiller,    Isaac.    Co.    I     Njd   O     \-.    T. 
■    Brownmiller,  Teremiah,  Co.  K.   iSth  O.  V.  I. 

Brownmiller,   lames,  Co.  G.   iSth  U.  S.  I.,  and  Co.  11. 
174th  O    V,  I. 

Brownmiller,  Joseph.  Co.  H.  174th  O.  V.  I. 

Brownmiller.   Rer.bcn.   Co    I.  jth    O.   V.   I. 

Brownmiller.    Sain\,Ll,    Co.    F,   Qt.tli   O.    V.    I.:    died    at 
Young.s  Point.  La. 

Bruce.  John.   Co.  F.  c/jth   O.   \'.    I 

Brundage,  James.   Co.    F,   4;,d   O.   V.   I.;   died   in    ser- 
vice. 

Bruner,  Edward,  Co.   I,  4th  O    V.   I. 

Brvnds.   James    P.,    Co.    F.   r,,:,th    O.    \".    I. 

Buchannrn.  Thomas.   Co.   F,  20th  O.  V.  I. 

Buck,  Andrew  M.,  Co.  D.  6nh  O.  V.  I. 

Bump.  Winters   M..   Co.  G, \^^th   O.  V.  I. 

Bun  ford.    Thomas.    Co.   A.    I4;th    O.   \'.   I. 

Burch.   Adrial.   Co.    C,    t4;th   O.   \'.   I. 

Burchbes,   Titus,   Co.   F.  43d   O.   V.   I. 

Burchiel.  James.  V.  S.  X. 

Burke,'   Freeman,    Co.    K.    !2ist    O     V.    I. 

Burke.  Mathew.  Co.   K.  62d   Pa.   V.   I. 

Burkholder,   Lorenzo   M.,   Co.   C.   4th    O.   V.   I. 


Burnett,  WiUard  F.,  Co.  K,  20tli  O.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  E 

,nst   O.   V.   I. 
Bnrney,  James   X.,   Co.   K,    121st   O.  V.  I. 
Burns,  John.   Co.    C,  4th   O.   V.   I. 
Burns,  Timothy,  Co.  .M,  6tl;  U.   S.   C. 
Burroughs,  Albert.  Co.  F,  gf^nh  O    \'.  I 
Burroughs,   Daniel,   Co.    F,   96th   O.   V.   I.,   and   Co.   E, 

145th  O.  V.  I. 
Burroughs,   F...   Co.   E,   145th  O.  V.   I. 
Burroughs,  James   W.,   121st  O.  V.   I. 
Burroughs,  Jerome,  W.,  Co.  F.  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Burroughs.  John   W.,  Co.   K.  121st  O.  \"    I 
Burton.  John  W..  Co.  G.  46th  O.  V.  I. 
Burton,  N.  X.,  Co.  E,   ^iist  O.  V.  I. 
Bush.  Lewis.  Co.  D.  20th  O.   V.  I. 
Butterfield^  SvK  ester,  Co.  E..  njd  O    V    I 
Butts,  Charles  E..  Co.   E,  66th  'O.  V.  I. 
Butts,  John  F..  Co.  K,  and  Co.  I,   r2th  Pa.  V.  I 
Butts,  Robert.  Co.  A.  170th  O.  V.  I. 
Butts.  Thomas,   Co.   E,  69th   Pa.   V.   I. 
Buxton,  Thomas,  capt.  66th  O.  V    I. 
Byers,   Alfred    G..    Co.    C,    I4;tb    O.   V.    I.- 
Byers,  John.  Co.  D,  i,-,t  O.  \'.  I. 
Byers,  John  M.,  Co.   B.  Steward's  Ind.  Inf. 
Byers,  Levi.  Co.   B,  4.Sth  O.   V.  I 
Bvers,  Thoma.,  M.,  Co.  E.   14511-,   O.  V    I 
Cackler,  IMarion,   Co.   G.   iSxh   V.   S.   T. 
Cadwallader,  Robert  A.,  Co.  C,  «oth  O.  V.  I. 
Cain.   Charles.   Co.    D.    106th   O.   \'.    I. 
Camptield,  Henrv,  Co.  D.  121st  O.  W  I. 
Campbell.   Andrew   J..   Co.   H,    loth   W.  Va.   V.   I.,  2d 

sergt. 
Campbell,   David.  6ist   X.    Y.  V.  I. 
Campbell,  Ransom.  Co.  F,  Q6th  O.  V    I 
Canaday  A.,   Co.  A.  2.I   Bat.   U.   S.    I. 
Canady,  Monroe,  15th  C.   S.  I. 
Canady,  Rev.  Thos.  A..  Co.  F.   11  jth   111.  V.  I. 
Camilleld,  John  Beni.,  Co.  E.  41st  6.  Y.  I. 
Canfield,  James,   lo.^d  O.  Y.  I  . 
Cantield,    Thomas,    ist    0.    V.    I.;    died    in    hospital    at 

Chattanooga. 
Cannon,  Joshua,  Co.  E,  42d  O.  \'.  I 
Cannon.  Morgan,  Co.  E,  12th  O.  \".  I. 
Cannon.  \\'iiliam,  Co.  C,  49th  O.  \'.  I. 
Carhart.  Lucius,  Co.  G.  96th  O  V.  I. 
Carmichael.  Albert,  Co.  I,  ith.  O  \"  I 
Carnahan.  John.  Co.  E,  145th  6.  Y.  I. 
Carnes,  Emmett.  Co.  G.  ij«:ih  O.  V.  ]..  and  Co.  A    77rh 

O.  Y.  I. 
Carney  Wm    b.   Co.  G.  Q6th   0.  Y.   I. 
Carney,    Tb-ina.    L..    Co.    F,    guh    O.    Y.    I.;    died    at 

Voung'^    Po.nt. 
Carpenter,  .-\lbert.  Co.  D,   121st  O.  Y.  I. 
Carpenter,  .Augustine,  served  three  years. 
Carpenter,    Benjamin    F.,   Co.    I,  ooth   O.   V.   I. 
Carpenter,   Charles.   Co.   D,  20th   0.   Y.   I. 
Carpenter,  Ezra.  121st  O.  \'.  I.;  died  in  hospital,  Dan- 

ille,  Ky. 
Carpenter.  George.  Co.  E,  171)1  O.  Y.  I. 
Carpenter,  Geor-e  E  .  Co.  I,  4tb  O.   Y.  I. 
Carpenter.  Henry,  Co.  D.  I2t<t  O.  Y.  I. 
Carpenter,  H.  R.,  Co.  K.   iJ5tb  O.  Y.  I. 
Carpenter,  James,  i.Sth  U.  S.   I. :  died  at  Louisville. 
Carpenter,  Tohn  I..  Co.  F.  r/5rb  O.  V.  I. 
Carpenter,  Jr!,n~on,   Co.   C.    52d   O.   Y.  I. 
Carpenter,  Lafavet'e  W..  Co.  H.  T2in  O.  Y.  I. 
Carpenter.   Xewell   E.,   Co.   D,  27th   O.  Y.  I. 


HISTORY  or  DELAWARE  COl'XTV 


Carpenter,  Thomas  F.,  Cc.   D.  2~ih  O.  V.  I 
Carpenter,  William,  Co,   D,    ijist   O.  V.  I 
Carr,  Heirn-  C.,  Co.   K,   I4=;th  O.  \'.  I. 
Carr,  Albert,  Co.  I.  S.'d  O.  \\  I. 
Carr,  Henry  C.,  Co.   K,   I4^th  O.  V.  I. 

Carr,  Jcicob,  Co.   I,   ^2d  O.'  V.   I. 

Carr,   I.eander,   Co.   D,    Mith   O.   V.   I. 

Oirr,   F.'ler  C,  Co.  G,  4=;tii  O.  \'.  I. 

Carr,  P.  N.,  Co.  E,  145th  O.  \^  I. 

Carr,  Sohnon,  Co.  D.  i4^th  O.  \^  I. 

Carroll,  John,  Co.  F.  17th  O.  V.  I. 

Carson,  Cicero  T..  Co.  K,   i4;th  O.  V.  I.,  sertst. 

Car>oii,  William  W.,  Co.   K,   I4:;th  O.  V.  I.  " 

Carter.  William,  Co.  C,  I4=;th  O.  V.  I. 

Case,  Cicero,  Co.  K,  i4Sth  O.  V.  I. 

Case,  George,  Co.  G,  961',!  O.  V.  1.:  died  in  Texas. 

Case,  G.  W.,  corp.  Co.  A,  6<ith  O.  V.  I. 

Case,  F.  M.,  Co.  A,  60th  O.   \-.  I. 

Case,   Henry,  Co.   C,  66th   111.   V.   I. 

Case,  James  H.,  Co.  B,  48th  O.  V.  I. 

Case,  John   S.,   Co.   K.   M^th  O.   V.  I. 

Case,  Joseph  H.,  66th  O.  V.  I. 

Case,  Josiah  M..  Co.  E,  Coth  O.  V.  I 

Case,  Lester  W.,  Co.  D,  r.Tst  O.  V.  I. 

Case,  Lewis  A.,  Co.  A.  iSth  U.   S.  I. 

Case,  Oscar,  Co.  H.  121st  O.  V.  L 

Case,  Oscar  L,  Co.  G.  96th  O.  \'.  1 

Case,  Ralph,  Co.  K.  145th  O.  V.   L 

Case,  Thomas  W..  Co.  A,  6otli  O.  V.  L 

Case,  William,   Co.   G,  8Sth   O.  Y.   L 

Caulkins,  Albert  J..  Co.  H.  i4^rh  O.  V.  L 

Caulkins,  Christopher,  2.1  litut.  Co.   IL   145th  O.  V.   L 

Cave,  Grattan  B.,  Co.  H.  I4=th  O.  V.  I. 

Cellar,  George  C,  Co.  F.  0th  O.  \'.  I. 

Cellar,  John,  capt.  Co.  K.  M^th  O.  V.  L 

Cellar,  John  A.  F.,  Co.  F,  06th  O.  V.  1. 

Cellar,  John  G.  F.,  Co.  K,  145th  O.  V.  L 

Cellar,  Joseph   A.,   iith   U.   S.   L :   died  aged  2-1,  years. 

Cellar,  Robert,  Co.   K.   145th  O.  V.  L 

Cellar,    Thomas   J.    and    Moses    H.,    Co.    K,    i45ih    O. 
V.  L 

Cellar,  Wilson  F.,  Co.  I,  82d  O.  V.  L 

Chadwick.  John,   Co.   C,  PSth   O.  V.  I. 

Chamberlain,   Tames  H..  Co.   G,  96th  O.  V.  L 

Chamberlain,  Oscar  W.,   1st  lient.  Co.  G,  0th  O.  V.  L 

Chambers,  Cyrus,   Co.   H.   145th   O.   V.   L 

Clambers,  Henrv  U,   I2[st  CX   \'.   I. 

Chambers,  Horatio  G..  Co.  G,  8.^th  O.  V.  L 

Chambers.  Nicholas,  Co.  F,  12^  O.  V.  L 

Chambers,  William.  Co.  H,  T45th  O.  V.  I. 

Chandler,  Robert  L.,  Co.  C.  4th  O.  V.  L 

Chandler,  William  S.,  Co.  E,  145th  O.  V.  L 

Chapman,    John,    Co.    C,    S^th    "O.    Y.    L,    and    Co.    G, 
8Sth  O.  V.  I.     Lieut.  iSoth. 

Chase,   O.   C,   Co.   G,    r.i6th   O.   V.    1. 

Chase.  Ottawa  C,  Co.  D.  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Cherrj-,   ISiirronghs.   Co.   K,   I4^th  O.  V.   I. 

Cherry.    William    H.,    lieut.    6,^1    O.    V.    L;    killed    on 
railroad. 

Clark,  Andrew  .V..  Co.  D.  t2ist  O.  V.  I. 

Clark,  Asberry,   Co.   H,   i;4th   O.   V.   T. 

Clark,  Charles   W.,  Co.  A.   u^th  O.  V.   I. 

Clark.  Charles  We-^ley.  Co.  H.  174th  O.  V.  L 
I       Clark.  Cicero  Y..  Co.  C,   145th  O.  V.  L 
I        Clark,  Elihu,  Co,   D,   r2ist  O.  V.   L 
i       Clark,   George,    Co.    K,    145th    O.    V.    L;    Co.    E,    iS2d 
'  ■  O.  V.  I. 

J       Clark.  George  H.,  Co.  K.  55th  O.  V.  L 


Clark,   Harrison.   Co.   D.  6;   O.   V.   I. 

Clark,  Isaac.   Co.  G,  4th  O.   V.   1. 

Clark,  Isaac  F..  sergt.  Co.  K,  45th  O.  V.  L 

Clark,   Isaac  O.,   Co.   G.  S8th  O.   \'.   I. 

Clark,  Joab,   Co.   I,  82d   O.   V.   I. 

Clark,  John,  Co.  K,  I4^th  O.  Y.  I. 

Clark,  John  A..  Co.  I.   inh  O.  Y.  I. 

Clark,  John   M.,  Co.   D.  65th  O.  V.   I.,  and  8th   Regt. 

Y.  R.  C. 
Clark,  John   W.,  Co.  K,   145th  O.  Y.  I. 
Clark,- Lewis  M.,  Co.  D,   121st  O.  Y.  I. 
Clark.  Patrick,  Co.  D.  r45th  O.  Y.  I. 
Clark,  Thompson,  Co.  B.  46th  O.  Y.  I. 
Clark,  William,  Co.  C,  26th  O.  Y.  I. 
Clason,  Marshall,  c.ipt.  Co.  B,   r2i5t  O.  Y.  I. 
Clawson,  Charles.  Co.  D,   15th  U.  S.   A.;   died  at  An- 

dersonville. 
Clawson.  James  W..  Co.  G,  46tli  O.  Y.  I. 
Clawson.  Cornelius,  Co.  A.   145th  O.  Y.  I. 
Geary,  Patrick,  Co.  C,  145th  O.  Y.  I. 
Clement,  Benjamin,   Co.   C.   113th  O.  \".  I. 
Cleveland,  Alexander  B.,  Bat.  H,  5th  U.  S.  A. 
Cleveland.    Silas    H..    Co.    C,    145th   O.    V.    I.    and   Co. 

E,  32d  O.  Y.  I. 
Click,  James,  Co.   G,  4  5th   O.  Y.   I. 
Clifton.  David,  Co.   D.   121  =t  O.   Y.  I. 
Clifton.   John,    Co.    D.    121.-1    O.   Y.   I. 
Cline,  Luther,  Co.  H,   127th  O.  Y.  I.  "     ' 

Clink.  R.   B..  Co.   E.  4-,d  O.   Y.   1. 
Clippinger.  W.  C,  Co.  D,  145th  O.  Y.  I. 
Clowson,  Jesse  A.,  Co.  E.  31st  O.  Y.  I. 
Cobaugh,  Carey  W.,   Co.  D,   145th   O.  Y.   I. 
Cochran,  W.  N.,   145th  O.   \'.  I.:   died   in  service. 
Cockrell,  James  M.,  Co.  H,   I2ist  O.  Y.  I. 
Cockrell,  William  H.,  corp.  Co.  H,  121  st  O.  Y.  I. 
Cole,  C.  W.,  Co.  E.   145th  O.  Y.  I. 
Cole,  Charles  W.,  Co.  E.  I4^th  O.  Y.  I. 
Cole.  Elias,  sergt,   Co.  C,  26th  O.  Y.   I. 
Cole    James,  Co.  C.  2-,th  O.  Y.  I. :  accidentally  killed. 
Cole,  John  M.,  died  in  service. 
Cole,   Marcelliis,   Co.   D.    1st  O,   Y.   C, 
Cole.   Mathias,   Co.   H,   121st   O.   Y.   I. 
Cole,  William,  Co.  H,   145th  O.  Y.   I. 
Colflesh,  Jacob  C,   Co.  D,   145th  O.  Y.  I. 
Colflesh.  Samuel  C.  Co.  C.  4th  O.  Y.  I. 
Collins,   Timothv   D,  Co.   C,   4th   O.   Y.   I. 
Colton.   Evan  R.,  Co.  G,  46th  O,  Y.   I. 
Commager,  David  H,.  Co.  E,  T4=;th  O.  Y.  I. 
Compton,   Tohn  R.,   Co.  D.  24th  O.   Y.   I. 
Conant,  R.   B.,   Co.  A.  20th  O.  Y.   I. 
Cone,    Tohn  A..   Co.   C,  .%th   O.   Y.   I.,   ist  lieut.    r43th 

0."Y.   L 
Cone    N'elson  W..  capt.  Co.  C,  I2i5t  O.  Y.  I. 
Conklin.   Adam.   Co.   Y.  Gov't   Guards. 
Conklm,   Cicero,   Co.   G.  0th   O.   Y.   I. 
Conklin.   David.    Co.    C,    i;th   U.    S.   I, 
Conklin,  Henrv,  Co.  C.  4th  and  0th  O.  Y.  I. 
Conklin.  John.   5th    O.    I.    C. 
Conklin.    Martin.    5th    O.    I.    C.   and    Co.   D,    145th   O. 

Y.  C. 
Conklin,  Peter,  ^d  O.  Y.  I,,  and  15th  U.  S.  I. 
Ccnn.  Beniamin   F..  Co,   D.   I2i5t   O,  Y,  I, 
Conrad.  George   B,.   Co.   H.   I45tli   O,   Y.   I. 
Conrad,  John  L,  Co.   .A    McLaughlin's  Squadron, 
Conrev.   Stephen    C.    -~\r.   O.   C. 
Conrev.   Robert.   Co,   (,,   (X-,tii   O,   Y,    I, 
Constant.   W.   T..  C",   1.  4th   O,  Y,   i. 
Converse,   George,   Co.   C.  4th   O.  Y.   I. 


AXD    REPRESEXTATIVE    CITIZENS 


391 


Converse,  John. 

Conwav,    Ehenezcr.   Cc.   D.    i^:;th   O.    \'.    I. 

Conway,  Joseph,  Co.   D.   U5th~  O.   V.   I. 

Con\v:\v,  Lewis  W'.,  cori).  Co.  C,   145111  C).  V.  I. 

Cook.  Eniriiett,   Co.   D,  aotli   O.  V.   I. 

Cook,  Rodney  R  ,  e.  at  Delaware. 

Cook,    Rodnev   B..   aye    17.   e.   gunboat,   "The   Xyniph,'' 

Xo.  54,  Miv;.  Squad. 
Cook,  Zepheniah.  Co.  D.  20th  O.   V.  I. 
Cooley,  David.   Co.   D,   i^ist  O.   V.   I. 
Coon'er,   Alexander,   Co.   A,   30th    Ind. 
Coomer,   C.   B.,   Co.   C.  S^-Sth   O.   \'.    I. 
Coonicr,  Jerry  E.,  capt.  Co.  C,  26i!i  O.  V.  I. 
Cooper,    Lavender,    Co.    E.    179th  O.   \'.    L 
Cooper,  John,  e.  at  Delaware  in  an  Ohio  regiment. 
Coover,  Robert  M.,  Co.  C,  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Cooper,  William,   Co.   D,    i4Sth   O.   \'.   L 
Copeland,  O.   D.,  Co.  K.   133d  O.   \'.   L 
Corbin,  George  \V..  Co.   D.  o^th   O.   V.   L 
Corbin,-  James  H..  Co.  K,  66th  O.  V.   L 
Corbin,  William  D.,  Co.  D.  Q;th  O.  V.  L 
Cork,   Ifaae.   Co.   H,  S2d  O.   V.   L 
Corwin,  Levi  J.,   Co.   D.  20th   O.   \'.   L 
Cosart,  Thomas,  Co.  C,  M^th  O.  V.  1. 
Cotton,   Bryant.   Co.   B,    13th   O.   \'.   I. 
Coiirter,-  Emmons.  Co.  G.  96th  O.  V.  L 
Courier,    T.    M.,   Co.   H,  S2d   O.   V.   L 
Courier,   Pell   T.,   Co.   I,  4th   and   Co.   E,  66th  O.  V.  L 
Courtcr.   Peter.   Co.   G.  06th   O.   V.    L 
G.urter,   Ward   C.   C':.   F,  43d   O.  V.   L 
Coiirtwri^lit.   Tavl,>r.   was   on   march   to  the   sea. 
Cow.in.  Aml^n^e,  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.   L 
Cowcill,  Dninel,  sergt.  Co.  H.  M-.th  O.  V.  L 
Co.ilcs.   Charles,   Co.   G,  4=;th  O.  V.   L 
Cowlcs,  George  W.,  Co.   L  4ih  O.  V.  L 
Cox,  D.  J.,   Co.    E,  66th   O.   y.   I. 
Cox.  John  J.,  Co.  A.  145th  O.  V.  L 
Cox,  John   S.,   Co.  E,   145th   O.  V.  L 
Cox.  Robert  J..  Co.   C,?6th  O.   V.   L 
Cox,   Thomas,   Co.   C,   4th    O.    V.   I. 
Cox,  Thomas   P.,  Co.  A.   145th   O.  V.   L 
Coyncr.     Rev.     David    H.,    chaplain    at     Camp     Chase, 


Covner,''Harnis.,  Co.  A.  ijSth  O.  V.  L;  died  on  Jc 
■  son   Island. 
"  Covner,    William    S..    no    recnrd. 
Crabb,  Thomas  W..  Co.  A,  61 -t  ri.  Y.  I.,  sergt. 
Craig,  James   B..   Co.   D.  3d  W.  Va.  V.   C. 
Craig.    Samuel    F.   brother   of   James    B.,  in   a   W. 

regt. 
Crane,   Reese   X.,   Co.   K.   r45th  O.  V.  I. 
Crattv.   DaMd  G..   ist  lieu:.  Co.  D.   M^th  O.  V.  L 
Craven;,  Isaac   M..  Co.  C.  2d  O.  H.  A. 
Crawford,   Charles   D..   Co.    E.   145th   O.   V.   I. 
Crawford,    George.   8th    Mo.    V.    I. 
Crawfor<l,   H.,   Co.   C.  86th   O.  V.  T. 
Crawford.   las.   M..  capt.  Co.  C.  4th  O.  V.  I.;  col. 

D.   i4;th   O.   V.   I.:   col.  2ist  O.   X.  G. 
Crawford.  John.   Co.   C,  4th   O.   V.   L:  killed  at   M 

Run..Va. 
Crawford.  Stephen.  Co.  C.  86th  O.  V.  I. 
Crawford.  Vvllli-im   E..  Co.   D.   t2rst   O.  V.   I. 
Crego.  Monroe.  Co.  B.  I42d  O.  \'.  I. 
Crc-tto,    Isaac.    Co.    D,    Ath    O.    \'.    I. 
Crickard.  Tames,  capt.  Co.  D.  S2d  O.  \'.  I 
Crider,  John   M..  .sergt.  06th   O.  \'.   1. 
Cring.   Henrv.   Co.   E.   ro3d   O.   V.   I. 


•hn- 


Crist.   A.    C,   Co.   D,    i.?6th   O.   V,    I. 

Croak.  James.   Co.   H.   i74tli  O.   V.    I. 

Croninger,  He.sca  W.,  88!h  O.  V.   1. 

Croninger,    Peter,   Co.   B,   .(81!!   C>.    \'.    I. 

Cronkleton.   James,   Co.   K,    145th   O.    V.   I. 

Cronkleton,  Charles  B.,  on  gunboat  "Queen  City." 

Cronkleton.  William,  Co.  D,   145th  O.  V.   I. 

Crow,   Conrad,   Co.   D,   37th   O.   V.   I. 

Crow,  Joseph   E.,  Co.  C.  14-th  O.  V.  I. 

Crow,  Thomas  B.,  Co.  H,  i.>i-t  O.  V.  I. 

Crowell,  John   .\.,  Co.   C,  8;th   Pa    \'.  I. 

Crowell,  Marioti.  Co,   C,  6oth  O    \'.  I. 

Crov,  Malhias.  Co.  F.  Qtith  O.  V.   I. 

Cro'v,    William,   Co.    C.    131st   O.   V.    I. 

Crozier,  James,  Co.   E,  3d  O.  Y.  I. 

Cruikshauk,  Erwin   P.,  Co.   F,  g6th  O.  \'.  I. 

Crumb,  Sidney  W.,  Co.  H,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Cullens,  H.  B..  color  sergt.  Co.  C,  I2ist  O.  V.  I. 

Cummins,  Orson,  sergt.   Coo.  H,   143th  O.  V.  I. 

Cunard,    Edward,   Co.   I,   3d   O.   V.    I.,  capt.;   killed   at 

PerrvsvUlc. 
CuiminalKiin,  George  W.,  Co.  F,  Q6th  O.  V.  I. 
Cunninihain,   James   H..   Co.   C.   c/jth    O.   V.    I. 
Cunninah.'oii.  J.-mies   S..   Co.   H.    I74tli   O.  V.   I. 
Cunniuftham,    James    S.    .\..    Co.    C,    I2ist    O.    Y.    I.; 

cK'-th   and   Co.    .A.    I4;th. 
Cunnmcliam,  Joseph    M.,   Co.   C.   I4,sth   O.   Y.   I. 
Cminingham,    Oscar.    Co.    I,    82d    O.    Y.    I.,    died     of 

wound. 
Curren    Edward,   Co.   B,   ist   Kv.   Y.   I. 
Curren.   Henrv.    Co.   A.    145th   O.   Y.   I. 
Curren,    losepli,   Co.   A.   145th  O.   Y.   I. 
Curren,   loseph  F.,  Co.  D,  20th;  sergt.  maj.  66th;  heut. 
and    adj'ut.,     O.     Y.     I. ;     lost     right    arm,     Petersburg, 

V.  R.  C. 
Currv,    William,    Co.    C,    l2iJt    O.    Y.    I. 
Curtin,   John,   Co.    B,  23d   O.   Y.   I. 
Curtis,  Albert  F.;  Co.  B,   I  nth  X.  V.  V.  I. 
Curtis,  Dwight   C,  U.   S.   Xovy. 
Curtis.  J.   C-.    Co.    B.   iiith   X.   V.   Y.   I. 
Cutled.    William    H.,    sergt..  Co.    C.    121st    O.    Y.    I. 
Cutler.  William,  Co.  I,  4tli  O.  Y.  I. 
i    Dale.  John.  Co,   B,  4th  O.  V.   I. 

Dall.   Alexander.   Co.   C.    I2ist   O.   Y.    I. 

Daniel,  Thomas   E.,   Co.   A.   145th   O.  Y.   I. 

Darst.   Milo  J.,   Co.  C,  145th   O.  V.  I. 

Dart,   William  T.,  Co.   C.  4th  C  .  Y.   I. 

Davenport.    lohn.   Co.   C.   145th   O.   Y.   I. 

Davenport.   Ralph,  Co.   I.  8:d   O.   Y.   I. 

Davev,  John   L..  Co.  G.  g6th   O.  Y.   I. 

Davey,  William.  Co.  I,  4th  O.  Y   I. 

David.  Thus,   E..  Co.  A.  155th   O.  Y.  I. 

Davids    Benjamin   F..  Cf>.  A,   I4sth  O.  Y.  I. 

Davidson,  John  F..  Co.  K,  121st  O.  Y.  I. 

Davidson     Samuel    .\-.   Co.    H.   145th   O.   \'.   I. 

Davies.  Thoma.-.  Co.   D.   145th  O.   Y.   I. 

Davis.   Albert.   Co.    A,    145th   O.   Y.    I. 

Davis,  Bingham  F..  Co.   E.  r45th  O.  Y.   I. 

Davis.    Bazaleel    J.,    Co.    D.    i4=;th,    and    Co.    C,    iS6tli 

O.  Y.   I. 
Davis,  Charles    P..  Co.  C.  26th  O.  Y.   I. 
Davis.   Cvrus   I..   Co.   H.    [2i-t   O.  Y.   I, 
Davis    David.   Co,    E.  «.ih   O.  Y.   I. 
Davis    (:,.,,,-,_.,.  \V,  R.,  Co,   C.   i2[st  O.   Y.  L 
;>,,.,-■    Ir.,    r..    C.    i2r;t  O.   Y.    I 
Da   ;s,    D--,.  Co.   I.   r-t   C.   S.   Eng. 
Davis.    f,,sq,h.    Co.    A,    I7'jtll    O.    Y.    I. 


HISTORY   OF  DELAWARE  COL'XTY 


Davis.  Joseph  R,  Co.  I,  M  Me    V.  C. 

D.-.vis  Justin   C,   Co.   I,   ir^th   O.   V.   I. 

I)avi=,   1..   VV.,  Co.  I,   174th  O.  V.   I. 

Djvis.    Xewton,    Co.    D,    I45tli,    and    Cu.    C.    iS6th    O. 

\-.    I. 
Divii  .  Simeon  A.,  Co.  B,  loist  O.  V.  I. 
n.M  .  S,.  Co.  F.  i^ist  O.  V.  I. 
I  >.,,-,    Iliomas,  Co.   D,.i4:;th  O.   \.   I.' 
D:.vis,  Thomas  A.,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I. 
Davis,  Thomas  H.,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I. 
Davis,  Tiklon   S.,  Co.  H,   lolh  111.   V.  C. 
Davis.  William,  e.  in  an  Ohio  res.:  buried  at  Bellairc. 
Davis,  William   P.,  Bat.  I,  2d  O.  \-.  }L  A. 
Davis,  Zachary,  Co.   E,   i4=ith  O.  V.   I. 
Dav,  Charles,  Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Day,  David,  Co.  L.  3d  O.  V.  C. 
Dav,  Ingham.  Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Day,  John,  Co.  I.  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Dav,  Leroy,   Co.   D.   I5tli   U.   S.   I. 
Dav,  Thomas,  Co.  H,  i-'ist  O.  ^^  I. 
Dav,  William,  b^tli  O.  V.  I. 
Dean,  James  W.,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 
Del.olt,   Meeker,   Co.   B.   t74th  O.   V.   I. 
Decker,  Aaron  M.,  2d  lieut.  Co.  K,  I4^th  O.  V.  I. 
Decker,  Arel  M.,  Co.  G.   I4^th  O.  V.  I. 
Decker,  George,  Bat.  C,  2d  O.  V.   H.  A. 
Decker,  John  G..  2d  O.  H.  A. 
Decker,  Lerov,   Co.   K,   i4=;th   D.   \\   I. 
DeGood,  Alvev,  Co.  B.  S.^d  O.  \".  1. 
DeGood,  Thomas   R.,  4-th   O.   V.   I. 
Delphin.  John   H..   Co.   K.   I4jd   Pa.  V.   I. 
Dener.    Henry    C,    Co.    C.    2d    lieut.;    Co.    D,    i;th    O. 

V.  I. 
Dennisnn.  J.   W.,   Co.  A,   I4^ih   O.  V.   I. 
Dennis, 'William,   Co.   Y,   Gov't  Guards. 
Dennis.   William,  C.   C.  8.^lh   O.  V.  I. 
Dent.  John    H..    Co,    C,   jtSth   O.   V."I. 
Denton,  Benjamin,  Co.  D.  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Depeu-.  David,  Co.  F,  76th  0.  V.  I. 
Dtnper,   David,  Co.   F,  r/.ili   O.   V.   I. 
DePuv.    Calvin,    Co.    B.    17th    O.    \'.    I.;    Co.    K,    76th 

O.  V.  I. 
Dcvore,    Silas    W.,    Co.    C,    96th    O.    V.    I.;    killed    at 

Arkansas   Post. 
Dewees,  F.liiah  S.,  Co.   F,   174th   O.   V.  I. 
Dower,  Henry  C,  2d  5er£;t    Co.  D,   i7tli  O.  V.  I. 
Dewev.  James   H..   Co.   !■,  4>d   O.   \'.   I. 
Dewe'v,  William  W.,  Co.  I,  6vl  O.  V.  I. 
DeWitt.  F.   B..  Co.   C,   i2rst  O.  V.  L 
DeWitt,  George   C.   Co.   H..   154th   O.  V.   I. 
DeWitt,   Charles,   Co.   K,   121st   O.  V.  L;  musician. 
Dickernian.   Edward    P..    Co.    Co.    K.    121st   O.   V.   I. 
Dickerson.  R.  G..  Co.  M.,   ist  FI.  A. 
Dickinson,   A   R.,  Co.  E..   i4^tli   O.   V.  L 
Ditany,   C.  William,   Co.   C,    I4  =  th   O.   V.   L 
Difanv.   Edward.   Co.   C,   145th   O.   \'.   L 
Dill,  John,   Co.  H,  95th  O.  V.   I. 
Dilsaver,   George   C,  Co.  A,   145th  'O.   V.   L 
Dirst,   Svlvester,   Co.  K.  T2rst  O.  V.   F 
Divcn.  Georse,  Co.  C.  96th  O.  \'.  I.:  died  at  Vicksburg. 
Diven.  William  O.,  Co.  S.  46th  O.  V.  F 
Dix,  D.   F.,  Co.   G.  96th   O  V.   L 
Di-xon,  Franklin.  Co.   G.  96th   O.  V.   F 
Dixon,  Joseph  S.,  Co.  A,  176th   O.  V.  F 
Dixon.  Milton,  Co.  H,  r2rst  O.  V.  F 
Di.xon,  Walker  L.,  Co.  K,  20th  O.  V.   F 
Dixon,  William  O.,  Co.  E.  46th  O.  V.  F 


Dodds,  David  L.,  Co.  K,  M^th  O.  V.  I. 

Dodds,  Joseph  IF.  Co.  A.  T.'^th  U.  S.  I. 

Dodds,   Rohert,   Co.   F,  ,itst   O.   V.   I. 

Dohertv,  Thomas.  Co.  A,  4VI  O.  V.  I. 

Dolbear,   Bvron,  Co.  C,  4th   O.  \".   I. 

Dolhear  Eciward   B.,   Union  Fisjht  Guards. 

Dolbear.  Joseph  L..  :;4th  O.  V.  F;  died  at  Memphis. 

Donaldson.  Oglivie.  Co.  G.  19th  Iowa  V.  I. 

Donavin.  James,  Co.   E.  2d  111.  V.  I. 

Doolev.  Henrv,  Co.  G,  45th  O.  V.  I. 

Doolin,  Gairi^un.  Co.  C,  I2rst  O:  V.  I. 

Dorman,   Samuel   C.   Co.   G.  90th   O.   V.   I.     . 

Dorman.  William,  Co.  A,  7,^d  O.  V.  I. 

Dotv,  Cephas  E.,  Co.  C,  2d  O.  FI.  A. 

Doty,  George  W.,  Co.  C,  S^th  O.  V.  I.  1st  lieut. 

Dotv,  Isaac,  Co  D.  I2i5t  O.  V.  I. 

Dot'v,  J.  F.,  Co.  C,  26th  O.  V.  F 

Doty.  John,  Co.  C,  S5th  0.  V.  I. 

Dotv,  Martin,  sergt.   174th  O.  V.  I. :  died  during  war. 

Dot'v,  William  Harrison,  Co.  C.  vJih  O.  V.  I. 

Doughman,  Isaac  H.,  Co.  E.  17th  O.  V.  I. 

Dowd,  Edward.  Co.  D.  24th  Mai^.  Y.  I. 

Drake,  Benjamin.  Co.  A.  2d  batn.,   iSih  L".  S.  I. 

Drake,  Jacob,   Co.   E,    MStli   O.   \".   I. 

Drake,  Marcus,  Co.  H.  14-th  O.  Y.  I. 

Drumm.   Daniel.  Co.   A,   12th  O.  Y.   F 

Drumm,  Cc-.r-e  W.,  Co.  I,  Sjd  O.  Y.  I. 

Drimim.  James  A.,   Co.   B,   13th   O.  Y.   I. 

Drumm,  Solomon,  76tn  0.  \'.  F  :  died  in  hr,?pitai. 

Drummond,  Lemuel,  Co.  C,   [45tii  1 1.  A".  I. 

Dumm,   Dr.   A.   W..   helped    r.-pel    Morgan   invasion. 

Dunun.  John  W.,   Co.   C,    iicth   U.   Y.   I. 

Dunham,  Ampuda.  Co.  (i.  M^tli  O.  Y.  I. 

Dunham,  Elmore,  corp.   Co.  H,   u.nh   O.  Y.  I. 

Dunham,  Lvman,  Co.  C.  S6th  O.  \'.  I. 

Dunham,  J."  B.,  Co.  E,  i45tli  O.  \'.  F 

Dunham.  J.  C.  Co.  E,  145th  O.   \\   I 

Dunham,  Sam.uel.  Co.  I,  4th  O.  Y.   I. 

Dunham,  Samuel  FI,  Co.  G,  g6th  O.  Y.  I. 

Diinham.  Thomas  H.,  141th  O.  Y.  I. 

Dunlap.   Newton.    iSth   U.   S.   A. 

Dunlevy,  I.  L..  Co.  D.  20th  O.  Y.  I. 

Dui-bin.  William  J.,  Co.  C,  175th  O.  Y.  I. 

Durfte,  Dixon.  Co.  G,  4Sth  6.  Y.  I. 

Durtee,  Gran%  Co.  C,  4th  O.  >'.  I. 

Durfer,  Jerome.Co.  E,  68th  O.   Y.  I. 

Durfey,   Benjamin,   Co.  C,  4th   O.  Y.   I. 

Durfey,  Charles  FF,  Co.   G.   145th  O.   V.  I.,  drum.mer, 

aged    16   vears. 
Durfey,  Girard,  Co.  C.  4th  O.  Y.  I. 
Durline,  Charle..  Vv',,  Ox  G,  45th  O.  Y.  I.         •       , 
Dusenberv,  Daniel.  Co.  C.  T\3'\  O.  Y.  I. 
Dustin,  lohn  FF.  Co.  D,  20th  O.  Y.  I. 
Dutcher,  John  H,  Co.  H.  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Dutcher.  John  H.,  Co.  F,  Q6th  O.  Y.  I. 
Dutcher,  William  J..  Co.  G.   i.^.^d  O.  V.  I. 
Dutton,  James,  Co.  F,  Q6th  O.  Y.  I. ;  died  in  ho=pital  at 

Memphis. 
Dwight,  Henrv  O.,  Co.  D.  20th  O.  Y.  I. 
Dwinnell,  Clark  P.,  Co.  FI,  T2ist  O.  Y.  I. 
Dvarman,  John  P.,  Co.  K,   t45th  O.  Y.  I. 
Dyer.  Jav.  capt.  Co.  I,  -i2d  O.  \'.  I. 
Dver,  Oliver.  Co.  R.  48th  O.  Y.  I. 
Eagleston,   Svlvester,  bat.  I.  2d   O.  Y.  H.   A. 
Earl.    Seman,    Co.   D,    I2rst   O.   Y.    I. 
Eastman,  Emery,  1st  lieut.  Co.  G,  capt.  Co.  F,  06th  O. 

Y.  I. 


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AXD    REPRESENTATIVE    CmZEXS 


393 


Kastninii,  E.  .\!.,  cnpt.  Co.  A,  iT.ih  O.  V.  I. 

Ehcrhart.   Pfter.  Co.  D,  4=itli  O.  V.  I. 

F.cki-U,  Jo^eplI  C,  Co.  F.  I9.jtli  O.  V.  I. 

Eckck.  Samuel  R.,  Co.  .\,  2d  Bat.,  iSth  U.  S.  I. 

E<Ulkl.U,te,  C.  \V.,  Co.  F,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Eddlcl.lute,  Jacob,  Co.  I,  S6th  O.  \".  I. 

Eddlct'hitc,  John   W.,   Co.   D,    l^^tli   O.   V.   I. 

Eddleblute,  Lewis.  Co.  I,  S.'d  O.   V.   I.      ' 

F.ddv.  Lorenzo,  Co.  C,  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Fdcfnmn,   Anthonv.   Co.   F,  96th   O.   Y.   L 

Edwards,  C.  I\L,  2d  O.  L  bat. 

Edwards,   Conieliiis,   Co.   A,  (-/.h   O   V.   L 

Edward,  Eli.  Co.  H,  121st  O.  V.  L 

Edwards,  John  R.,  Co.  A,   i/otii  O.  V.  I. 

Edwards  Joseph,  Co.   A,   r4^th  O.  V.  L 

Elborn,   William  C,   Co.  H,   121st   O.   V.   1. 

EUiniaker,  Fred,  Co.  C,  145th  O.  V.  L 

Elliott.  George  N.,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  L 

Elliott,  Patrick  N.,  Co.  G,  ^th  O.  V.  L;  mortally 
wounded  at  Grand  Coteau- 

Elsbree,  Aueustiis  C.  Co.  H,  i4=;th  O.  V.  L 

Elsbree,   George   F,   Co.   II.    i4^-b   O.  V.   I. 

Elsbrec.  ^L^rtnl  V..   Co.   K.    u^'b   O.  V.   I. 

Elzcy,  William  H.,  Co.  C,  loth  O,  V.  I. 

Emerson.  Asa,  Co.  H,  u^tb  O.  V.  I. 

Emerson,  Silas,  capt.  Co.  K,  I2i;t  O.  V.  I.;  died  at 
Franklin,   Tenn. 

Emmons,  Nathaniel,  musician  Co.  C.  6.:;d  O.  V.  I. 

Engcl.  Christian,  Co.  B,   iS6tb  O.  V.  I. 

Engel,  John  B.,  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.  I. 

Erwin,  Anderson.   Co.   C.    i2ift   O.   V.   I. 

Essig,  Daniel,  in  Union  service.  Co.  C,  l.S6th  O.  V.  I. 

Essig,  William,  Co.  C,  i86th  O.  V.  I.,  ist  in  Confed- 
erate army. 

Estep,  John,  Co.   K,  45th  O.   V.   I.,  age   17. 

Estop,   Levi,    121st   O.   V.   I. 

Estep,  Valentine,  Co.  C,  121st  O.  A'.  I  . 

Estep,  William.  Co.  K,  i4=tb  O.  V.  I. ;  shot  at  Nash- 
ville. 

Evans,  Aar.  n,  Co.  C.  96th  O.  V.  L 

FZvans,  Alfred  E.,  Co.  B,  2d  O.  V.  1. 

Evans,  Bowen,  Co.  A,   I4;th   O.  V.   I. 

Evans,  David,  Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  L 

Evans,  Evan  S.,  no  record. 

Evans.  Francis.  Co.  A,  I4=;th  O.  V.  I. 

Evans,  James  C,  Co.  D,^4-tb  O.  V.  L 

Evaps,  John,  Co,  F,  gist  111.  V.  I. 

Evans,  John  T.,  Co.  C,  i;th  O.  V.  I.  and  Co.  C,  86th 
O.  V.  I. :  E,  145th. 

Evans,  Jonas  G..  Co.  C.  2d  O.  V.  H.  A. 

Evans,  Joseph,  Co.  C,  Sotb  O.  V.  I. 

Evans,  Zidick  R.,  Co.   A,  62d-  111.  V.  I. 

Everetts.  Gcorcrc  Co.  G,  96th  O.  V.  I.:  died  on  steamer 
"J.  C.  Swan." 

Fahrion,  Lew,  bat.  B.  ist  O.  V.  L.  A. 

Faris,  George  H.,  Co.  F,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Faris,   G.    W.,   Co.   I,  4th    O.   Y.    I. 

Faris,  James  H.,  Co  F,  96th  O  Y.   I. 

Faris,  William  H.,  Co.  G.  Qoth  O.  V.  I.     _  , 

Farnsworth,  Lorenzo  D..  Co.  K,  45'ih  O.  V.  I. 

Farrier,  David  G..  Co.  G,  Q6th  O.  V.  I. 

Farris,  George,  Co.  H.  48th  111.  \'.  I. 

Farvman,   Luke,   Co.  F.   iSist  O.   V.   I. 

Fauber,  James  H.,  Co.  B,  53d  Ind.  Y.  Y.  I. 

Faucett,   .Ami.   Co.   D,   121st   O.  Y.   T 

Faulkner,   Tames  C.  Co.  C,  145th  0.  Y.  L 

Fawn,  George,  Co.  I.  82nd  O.  Y.  I. 


Feaster.  George.   Co.   C,    1.15th   O.   Y.  I. 

Felkv,  Jacob,  Co.  C,   i4:-,th  O.   V.  L 

Felky,  James,  Co.  D,  I2ist  O.  \'.  I. 

Felky,   Sidney,   Co.   F.  96th  O.   Y.   I. 

Ferguson.  James,   Co.    I,   4th    O.   V.   I.    ist   lieut. 

Feruson,  James,  Co.  C,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Ferguson,  Joseph  J.,  3d  Ind.  Bat.  L.  A. 

Ferguson.  N.  P.,  Co.  H,   12 ist  O.  V.  L 

Ferguson.  William,  Co.  B,  78th  O.  Y.  I. 

Person,  James.  Co.  H,  i4ith  O.  Y".  I. 

Ferris,  Cvrus,  Co.  E,  176th -O.  V.  I. 

Ferris,  George,  Co.  H,  48th  111.  V.  I, 

F'icld.  Marshall,   Co.   C,   121st   O.   Y.   I. 

Field,  Syre.  corp.  Co.  .A.,   I4:;th  O.   V.   I. 

Fielding,   Alfred,   Co.   I,  4th   O.    Y.   I. 

Fielding,   James,   Co.   B,    146th   O.   Y.   I. 

Fields,  Miller,  34th  Iowa  A'.  I.  :  died  of  smallpox. 

Filler.  William,  was  in  service  a  sliort  time  from 
Delaware. 

Fink,  Fred.  Bat.   C.  2nd  O.  Y.  H.  A. 

Finkham,  Reuben,  Co.  G,  4;th  O.  V.  I. 

Finlev,   T.  D.,  Co  F.  o.'.th  O.  Y.  I. 

Finlev,  David  A.,  Co.  G,  oCith  O.  Y.  I. 

Firtch,  John,  Co.  E..  66tli  O.   Y.  I. 

Fish.  Solomon,  Co.  C,  121  u  O.  Y.  I. 

Fitzgerald.   Daniel.   Cri.   D,  2nth   O.   V.   I. 

Fix,  Jackson,  3d  O.  V.  Y.  C, 

Flagg,  Dana,  145th  0.  Y.  I. :  died  at  .Arlington  PFghts. 

Flagg,  George,  corp.  Co.  H,  145th  O.  Y.  I. 

Flagg,  Melville  C.  Co.  G,  r/.th"  O.  Y.  I. 

Flagg.  William  C  .  Co.  G.  f/jib  O.  Y.  I. 

FlemnK-r.  Justin.   Co.    C,   iNiitb   O.   Y.   I. 

Fletcher,  Jolm.  Co.   K,   iji^t  O.  V.  I. 

Fleckner,  Henry,   C-.    A.  Jnd  bat.   18th   U.   S.   I. 

Fleckner,  Jcbn,  e.  near  clo-e  of  war;   died  in  hospital. 

Fleckner.  William,  41!)  O.  Y.  I.  and  Co.  A,  iSth  U.  S.  I. 

Fleming.  C.   W.,   Co.   E.  f.6tb   O.   \-.  I 

Fleming.  D.  IL,  186th  O.  Y.  I. 

Fleming,  J.  L..  Co.  E.  66th  O.  Y.  I. 

Fleming,  Joseph  D.,  Co.  I'.  96th  0.  Y.  I. 

Fleming.   Mathew   C,  Co.  A,   u^tb   O.   Y'.  I. 

Fleming.  M.  H..  Co.  A,  i4^th  6.  V.  I. 

Fleming,  Mathey  C,   Co.  .\.   145th  O.  Y.   I. 

Fleming,   Sidncv,   Co.   D,    121st  '6.   Y.   I. 

Fleming,  Thomas,  Co.   B.  4^d  O.  Y.  I. 

Flcsbman,  Martin    iSrh  L'.   S.  I.;  Co.  H.  r74tn  O.  Y.  I. 

F'leshman.  McMillcn,  Co.  D,  20tb  O.  Y    I. 

Foreman.  Edward,  Co.  K,  U5d  O.  Y.  I. 

Foulk,  Harrv  T.,  2nd  bat.  U.  S.  I. 

Foulk,  George  \\'..  Co.  A,  2nd  bat.  r8th  V.  S.  I. 

Foulk,    Tacob   C.   i"o.   C,  2nd  bat,    iSth  U.   S.   I. 

Foulk,  Lafavette.  Co.   A.  2nd  bat.   iStb  U.  S.  I. 

Foulk,  Levi,  Co,  D,  121st  O,  Y.  I. 

Foulk,   Steward.   Co.   D,   12 1st   O.  Y.   I. 

Fo.x,  Steward,  Co.  D.  121st  O.  Y.  I. 

Fox.  Michael,  Co.  B,  and  Co.  H,,  4Sth  O.  Y.  I. 

Forsvth.   George,    Co.    F,    18th   V.    S     I. 

Forsyth,  William   FL,  Co.   D.   iSth  U,   S,   I. 

Fowder,  James.  Co.  .\,  2nd  U,  S.  .\.  and  lieut,  col- 
ored Co. 

Fowler,  Silas   W.,  Co.  G.   n6th  O,  Y.  I. 

Fox,  Charles    Co,  D,  39th  N.  J.  Y.  I. 

Fraker,   A.   P..  Co.   A,   126th  O.  Y.  I. 

Fraker,   Henry   D,    121st   O   Y.   I. 

Frantz.  Aaron,  Co.  I,  84th  O.  Y,  I.  and  Co.  E.  145th 
and  Co.  C,   i86tn   O,  Y.  L 

Frantz.   Charles,  66th   III. 


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394 


HISTORY  Oi'    DELAWARE  COUXTY 


Frr- 


Frr> 


Fravel.  Abner,  Bat.;  ibt  111.  V.  L.  A. 
Fravel,   Gilbert,   Co.   I,    pnd   O.   V.   I. 
Frrup.an,   Echvard,  Co.   i!,  76th  O.   V.   I. 

un,  George,  Co.   H,   121st  O.  V.   I. 

lan,  John,  Co.   D,   15th   U.   S.  I. 

ijn.  Theodore,  ace   16,  Co.  H.  70th  O.  V.  I. 
Fret--.    Burroughs.   Co.    F.   c/nli   O.   X.   I. 
Fre.  -L,  Henry,  4Sth  O.   V.  O. ;  kilkU  ir.  sen-ice. 
Frc-c,   Lewis,   Co.   F.,  ixjth   O.   V.   I. 
Freese,  5.,  4Slh  O.  V.  I. 

Frecse.  Martin,  4Sth  O.  V.  1. :  died  at  Xa-;hville. 
Freshwater.  Archibald,  capt.   Co.  11.   145th  O.  V.  I. 
FVeshwater,  Arkason,   Co.   I,  8jnd  O.  V.  I. 
Fresliwater,  George,   Co.   E,   30th   O.   V.   I. 
Freshwater,  Jacob,  Co.   G,  g6th  O.  V.   I. 
Fr.,-lr.v;Ucr,   R.,   Co.   II.    I,*th   O.   V.   I. 


;th  O.  \-.  I. 
V.  1. 


Imv/,  i_,--:„,   !I..  L''    ]:.  .:o.ii  O.  V.  I.  and  also  Co.  B, 

3_'nd  O.  V.   1. 
Fritz, -Jacob   M.,    Co   B.   ^2nd   O.   V.   I. 
Frit/,   W.   B.,   Co.   C,    it%th   O.   V.   I. 
Fritz,  William,  Cu.  D,  I4:;th  O.  Y.  I. 
Fruchv,  Isaac  C.  Co.  K,  14th  O.  V.  I. 
Frv.   lames  R..  Co.  C.   I-I-'  O.  V.  1. 
Fry,  X.  \V.,   Co.   C,   I4.=^ti!   O.  V.   I. 
Frvnian,  Thomas,  Co.  F,  06th  O.  V.  I. 
Fuller,  Amos,  Co.  B,  48th' O.  V.  I. 
Fuller,  Henry  M.,  Co.  G.  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Fuller,   John,  Co.  A,   145th  O.   V.   I. 
Fuller,  iliram  C,  Co,  I,  3J;^d  O.  V.  I.;  killed. 
Fuller,  Stephen,  Co.  B,  loth  O.  \'.  I. 
Fuller,   Thomas,   Co.   A.   14-,    O   V.   I. 
Fuller,  William,  Co,  B,  48th  O.  V,  I. 
Furniss,  Edward  A.,  Co.  K,   i.'ist  O.  V.   I. 
Furrv,   John  W.,   Co.  F,   i6oth  O.  V.   I. 
Gailv.  Samuel,  Co.  H.   urst  O.  V.  I. 
Gaines.  Theophilus  A.,  Co.  G,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Galbreath,  John  J.,  corp.  Co.  A,   i6th  Kv.   V.   I. 
Gale,  Lerov,  Co.  D,  laist  O.   V.  I. 
Gallowav,  James  FI.,  Co.  G.  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Galpin,  Ebenezer,  Co.  H,  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Gammel,  David,  Co.  H,  121st  O.  V.  "I. 
Gannon,  William  G,  Co.  A,  17th  O.  V.  I. 
Ganway,  Daniel,  Co.  C.  4'h  O,  V.  I,  and  1.S6M1  O.  V.  I, 
Gardner,  Aaron  D.,  Co.  C.   i.Stli  Iowa  V. 
Garnder,  James  H,  chap.  17th  O.  V.  I. 
Gardner,  John  M.,   Co.    K.   uist  O.  V.   I. 
Gardner,  Lewis   F..   Co.   G,  S'^'^tli   O.  V.  I. 
Gardner,  Lyman,  Co.  C,  J'.tli  O.  \'.  I. 
Garvin,  Anderson,  Co.  H,  i74tli  O.  V.  I. 
Gaston,  James   H.,   Co.    H,    174th   O.  V.   I. 
Gatton,  George  W..  Co.  G,  ist  Md.  P.  H.  B 
Gay.  Nicholas,  sergt.  Bat.  E,  2nd  O.  V.  H.  A. 
Gaylpr,   Charles,   Co.   C,   4th   O.    V.   I. 
Gavlor,  Matthew.  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Gaylor,  Thomas,  Co.   I.  .ijnd  O.  \'.   I.  -    ■ 

Geao",  Josiah  M.,  Co.  C,  S(jth  O.  V.  I. 
Gearv.   Samuel,   Co.    H,    i4^th   O.    V.   I. 
Gearv,  William  C.  Co.   H,   M^th  O.  V.   I. 
Gelvin,  Joseph,   Co.    B,  50th   O.   V.   I.  and   Co.   B,  5th 

O.  V.  V.  I. 
Genier.  John,   Co.  C.  4tli  O.  V.   I. 
George.  Eeniamin,  Co.  E.  66th  O.  V.  I. 
George.  R.   E.,   Co.    E.  f'6th   O.   V.   I. 
Gessner,  William  T.,  Co.   A.  "th  Minn.  V.   I. 


Getzendcnncr,  Jacob  H.,  Co.  II,  95th  O.  V.  I.;  died  ii 

service. 
Gib.'Jon,  Calvin.  Co.  E.  66th  O.  V.  I. 
Gilbreath,    William,    Co.    C.   88th    O.    V.    I. 
Gill.  John  S..  Co.  I,  I2ist  O.  V.  I. 
Gillette.  Charles.  Co.  C.   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Gillette,  E.  H..  Co.  A.  15th  O.  V.  I. 
Gillette,  Howaid  H.,  Co.  C,  M^th  O.  V.  I. 
Gilson.  Daniel,  Co.  D,  121st  O.'V.  I. 
Gilson.  Harlow  C,  Co.  K.  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Ginn,  Leroy  S.,  Co.  H,  I2tst  O.  V.  I. 
Glaze,  Adam  C.   Co.   C,   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Glaze,  William  W.,  Co.  C.  145th  O.  \'.  I. 
Glover,  Amos,  Co.  F,  15th  O.  Y.  1.;  wounded  at  Slon;' 

River. 
Glover,  J.  J..  Co.  F,   isth  O.  V.  I. 
Gcare.  John,  Co.   I,  8,2nd  O,  V,  I, 
Goddard,   Harrison   C,   Co,   C.  4th   O.   V.   I.  and   sersrt. 

Co.  C,  1 80th  O,  V,  I. 
Goodrich,  Horace  L„  Co,  K.  1451I1  O.  V,  I, 


O,  V,  I. 


at  Chickarnauga, 


Gordon,  Jackson,  5? 

aged   19. 

Gorey,  John.   Co,   D.   145th   O,   V,   I. 
Gorsuch,   Samufl.   1st   Bat.   18th   U,   S,   I, 
Goslin,  William  H.,  Co,  F,  r/.th  O.  V.  I. 
(iough.  Robert.   5.|tli   Oiilo  Zouaves. 
Gouici,  Hiram  F  ,  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.  I. ;  died  at  Bolivar, 

Tennessee, 
Graff,  Christopher  F.,  musician  6sd  O.  V.  I. 
Graff,  G.   L.,   Co.   C.  8c.th   O.   V.' I.  and  Co.   D,    ir-^h 

O.  V.  I. 
Grammill,  Samuel  S.,  Co.  G.  and  Co.  D,  96th  O.  V   I. 
Granger,  Charles  C.  Co,  D,  15th  U.  S.  I. 
Granger.  Erastus,  Co,   I,  ,j2nd"^  O.  \',  T, 
Granger.  James   .fS',,   ^d  O,   V.   I, 
Granger,   Wilbur,   ciirp.    i  uh    O,   V,   I, 
Granstaff,  William   H,,   Co,   H,    121st   O.   V.   I, 
Grant,  Asa  T„  Co.  C,  12th  O,   Cav, 
Grantham.  William  P,.  Co,  E,  1  vih  O,  V.  I. 
Craves,  George  A..  Co.  D.   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Grav.  Alexander.  Co.  I,  4ih  O.  V.  I. 
Grav,  Charles.  Co.   C.  4th  O.  V.   I. 
Grav,  Ebenezer   S,,   Co,   K.   145th   O,  V.  I. 
Gray,   Robert,   Co.   A,,  and  Bat.   iSth   U.   S.  I.     Died, 
Grav,  Weslev,  C".  C,  2nd  Bat.  i8th  U.  S.  I.     Died. 
Grav,  William,  Co.   I.  82nd  O.  V.   I. 
Green,  Ansf^eld.  Co.  H..  r2ist  O.  \'.  I. 
Green,    Noah.   Co.    B,   32nd   O.   Y.   I. 
Green.  Russell  B.,  Co.  H,  75th  O.  V.  I. 
Greenlee.  John,  Co.   C,   t4^th  O.   Y.  I. 
Gregg,  Fred,  Co.  D,  20th  6.  Y.  I.,  Co.  A.  i7Qth  O.  Y.  I. 
Gregg.  J.  C,  Co.  G.  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Gre?g,  John.  Bat  C,  2nd  O.  Y.  H.  A. 
Gregg,  Israel.  Co.  D.  26th  O.  Y.  I. 
Gregg.   Joseph.  Co.   G.   c/Ah   O.   Y.   I. 
Gregory,  Herbert.  Co.  G.  96th  O.   Y.  I. 
Grennen.  Lawrence.  Co.   D.  20th  O.  Y.  I. 
Grev.  Oliver  T..  Co.  F.  g6th  O,  Y,  I, 
Grieble,   Henry,    Co,    B,  6th    V.    S,    C,   and   Co,    I,   4th 

O,   V.    I. 
Griffin,   John,    Co.    H,   84th    O.    Y.    I. 
Griffin,  John.  G-.  1.  S2nd   b.  Y,   I, 
Griffin,  Josiah,  Co,  C,  4th  O.  Y.  I.  ;  killed  at  Chancel- 

lorsville. 
Griffin,   Patrick,   Co,  H.   I7ith   O,   Y,   I, 
Griffin,  Russell,  mu-ician.  6vl  O.  Y.  I. 
Griffith,  Elias,   Co,  C,  Ind,  Inf, 


.V  .''1  lit;-. 


AXU    REPRESEXTATIVE    CJTIZEXS 


395 


Grirtitli,  Chas.  F.,  Cu.  G,  27th  O.  V.  I. 

Grifflni.   Inlm  R.,  Co.  A.,   I4,th  O.  V.  I. 

Gririith,  Milo  H..  Co.   D,   r^stli  O.  V.  I. 

Griihih.  Richard  G.,  Co.  C.  i-'ist  O.  V.  I. 

Gritnih.   riiuma*  R..  Co.  E.  66th  O.  \.  I. 

Griii.icll.  Jolm   W.,  Co.  A,   i2iii  O.  V.   I. 

Griner,  Wiiham  A..  Co.  I.  i^y  and  Co.  E.  iS^th  O.  V.  I. 

Grist.  Thomas  H..  Co.  I,  3-2nd  O.  \".  I. 

Groff,  '1".  F.,  Co.  Dr  133d  O.  V.  I. 

Gros.-;.   Edward.   C».   D,   uist   O.   V.    I. 

Grove,  Joseph  G.,  corp.  Co.  E,   14-th  O.  V.  I. 

Grover,  Sylvester.  Co.  I,  4ih  O.  \'.  I.;  killed  in  lattlc. 

Grove,  William.  Co.  F,  nisi  111.  V.  I. 

Grubangh.  W.  S..  Co.  C,  26th  and  ;6th  O.  V.  I. 

Gruber,  Alfred,  Co.  C,   i86th   O.  V.  I.;  died  at  Xash- 
ville. 

Grnmlev,  Joseph,   Co.   D,  8_'iid  O.   V.   I. 

Crumley,  Frank  C.  Co.  D,  51st  O.  V.  I. 

Gnimmon,  Fowler,  Co.  G,  o6th  O.  V.  I. 

Guess,  Alexander.  Co.  D,    i/th  O.  V.   I. 

Guess,  Mathias.  Co.  G,  151st  O.  V.  I. 

Guess,  Uriah,  capt.  Co.  H,   i=;ist  O.  V.  I. 

Guthrie,  Jasper   K..  Co.   F,   nth  O.  V.  I. 

Hahn,  S.   \y.,  Co.  H.  64th  O.  V.   I. 

Hahn,  William   F.,  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.  I. 

Haines,  Jasper,  Co.   D,   :;4th   O.   V.   I. 

Hale,  Watson.  Co.  G,  06th  O.  V.  I. 

Hall.  Alexander.  Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

HrdI,  Amos,  Co.  K,  I4=;th  O.  V.  I. 

Hall,  Asa  G.,  Co.  H,  S.Sth  O.  V.  I. 

Hall,  A.  W.,  15th  U.  S.  I, 

Flail,  Edward  M..  Co.  E.  121st  O.  V,  1. 
Hall,  Edwin  T.,  Co.  K,  i4Sth  O.  V.  L 
Hall,  George,  Co,   K,  M^^th  O.  V.  I. 

Hall,  George  A..  Co.  H,  21st  O.  V.  I. 
Flail.  John  L.,  Co.  C,  26th  O.  V.   L  2nd  lieut. 
Hall,  Russell,  Co.  H,  I4sth  and  Co.  B,  i88th  O.  V.  1. 
Hall,   Theodore     D..    Co.    C,    26th     O.    V.    L;    mortally 

wounded   at   .Atlanta. 
Hall,  Thomas  S.,  Co.  C,  86th  O.  V.  I.  and  ist  licut.  Co. 

K,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Flamiltcn,  John  H.,  Co.  L.,  15th  X.  Y.  V.  I. 
Hamilton,  Armstrong,  Co.  K,  66th  O.  V.  I. 
Hamilton,  Tolm,  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.  L 
Hamilton.  Wesley.  Rat.  C.  2nd  O.  V.  H.  A. 
}  lainmond,  Zachary   V.,  scrgt.   Co.   D,   145th  O.  V.   L 
Hanawalt,  Allen,  Co.  D,  r45th  O.  V.  L 
Hanawalt,  Levi  T.,  Co.  K,  176th  O.  V.  I. 
Haney,  Albert  F.,  Co.  C.   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Flaney.   Robert,   Co.   C,   121  smt  O.   V.   F 
Hanlev,   Joseph  W.,  bugler,  Co.  F.  vl  O.  V.  C. 
Hanna,  George  W.,  Bat.  K,  2nd  O.  V.  H.  A. 
Hanover,  John,  Co.   B.  6ist  O.  V.   L 
Harager,  John.  Co.  C,  221st  O.  V.  L:  mortally  wounded 

at  Jonesboro. 
Harvert,  William  J..  Co.   E,  66th  O.  V.  L 
Harbottle,  James,  Co.  G.  96th  O.  \'.  I.  and  Co.  D,  gf^th 

O.  V.  I. 
Flarbottle.  Richard.  Co.  I,  i:;th  O.  \'.  C. 
Hardin.  Erastus,  Co.  H,  i.jjth  O.  V.  I. 
Hardin,   James.    Co.    G,    90th    O.    V.    L 
Hardin.  John  H.,  musician  Co.  K,  I4^th  O.  V.  L 
Hardin.   Xathan  C,  Co.  K,   Msth  O.   V.   L 
Hare,  Danfnrd,  Co.  D,  121st  O^  V.  F 
Hacer,  SKvann^.  Co.  F.  3i5t  O.  V.   L 
Harkleroad.    [.    S.,   Co.   B.    (47th   Pa.  V.   I. 
Harkelroad,  John   W..  28th   Pa.  V.  L 


Harkness,  John,  Co.  K.  usth  O.  V.  1. 

Harman,  Car.sou  J.,  Co.  E.  31SL  O.  V.  F 

Harman,  H.  A.,  Co.  A,  145th  O.  V.  1. 

Harman,  James  S..  2nd  lieut.  Co.  A,  145th  O.  V.  F 

Harman,  John,  Co.  A,  I'^Sth  O.  \'.  I. 

Harman,  John  W.,  Co.  F,  66th  O.  V.  L 

Harman,  Sdas  B.,  Co.  A,  I4nh  O.  V.  L 

Flarman,  W.   P..  Co.  A,   145th  O.  V.  L 

Harper,  Jau'.cs  L.,  Co.   I.   170th  O.  V.  L 

Harringtcn,  Gipson  H.,  Co.  C,  145th  O.  V.  L 

Harriott,  William  H.,  Co.  B.   ■!2nd'0.  V.  L       ' 

Flarris,   Batson,  Co.  G.  45th  6.   V.  F 

Harris,  James  E.,  in  a  Pa.  regiment. 

Harris,  John,   Co.   B,  25th   U.   S.    F 

Harris,   Lafayette,  4th   Iowa    V.    I. 

Harris,  Luciu.s,  musician.  Co.  F,   i  "ijd  O.  V.  I. 

Harris,  Samuel  R.,  Co.  H,  7th  Pa.  V.  1. 

Flarris,  Simon,  Co.  C,  iS6th  O.  V,  I. 

Harris,  Thomas,  in  a  Pa  rest. 

Harris,  Thimas  L.,  Co.   K.  6(h  N.  J.  V.  I. 

Harris,   William,  4th    Iowa- 
Harrison,  James  H.,  Co.   F,  w'.lli  O.  V.  I. 

Harroun,  Franklin.  Co.  G,  14-lh  O.  V.  I, 

Harrow.   Silas   B..   Co.   A.   MOtli   O.   V.  I. 

Hart,  Levi,  Co.  D,  145th  o.  V.  I. 

Hartenslein,  Jacob,  Co.  H.  14^  O.  V.  I. 

Harter,  Andrew  J.,  Co.  K,  145th  O.  V.  T. 

Harter,  Charles,  Inland  Xavv.'and  Co.  C,  iSSih  O.  V.  I. 

Harter,  John  A..  Co.   F,  g6th  O.   \'.  I. 

Hartley,   Benjamin  J.,   Co.   D,   145th   O.   V.   1. 

Hartroun,  Ira,  Co.  G,  3d  O.  V.  I. 

Flartman,  Staidev,  Co.  B,  43d   O.  V.   I. 

Hartsock,  Georse.  Co.   D,  2^1  O.  V.  I. 

Harvey.   \V.   N..   Co.   B,  ^^xh    O.   Y.   I.;    wounded    at 

Shiloh. 
Hatch,  Henrv  H..  Co.  C.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Hatch,  John'T.,  Co.  G,  45th  O.  \'.  I. 
Hatch.  Samuel,  Co.  K,  66th  O.  V.  I. 
Hatton,  Alexander,  Co.  C,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Hauston.  Joseph,   13th  U.  S.   I.:  died  at  Atlanta. 
Hanstoii,   Norman.    i8th   U.   S.   I.:   died  at  XashviUe. 
Hautz;    Danid,    C.    E,    vst   O.    V.    I. 
Hautz.   To^.ph   M..   Co.   F,  31st  O.  V.  I. 
Haven^.,  Alfred,   Co.   H,   145th   O.  V.   I. 
Haven,.  Andrew  J.,  Co.  H,  145th  O.  V.  F 
Havens,  Georee  W.,  Co.  G.  S,Xth  O.  V.   I. 
Havens,  Ansell  D,  Co.  F,  96th  O,  V.  I. 
Havens,  John,   Co.   H,    i.;5th   O.   V.   I. 
Havens,  Robert.  Co.  E,   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Hawlev,  Robert,  Co.  B.  176th  O.  V.  I. 
Haycock.  George.  Co.  G,   3d  O.  V.  I. 
Havcock.  Xathanicl,  C.  I.  32nd  O.  V.  I. 
Haves,  William  W..  Co.  C.  124th  O.  V.  I. 
Hanies,  C.  F.,  Co.  C.  ist  U.  S.  V.  V. 
Hazelton,  Wavnc,  Co.  H,  T74rl,  O.  V.  I. 
Head.  Merrick  A..  Co.  F.   143th  O.  V.  I. 
Headington.  Clark,  Co.  A  .  6-,th  O.  V.  I. 
Headlev.  Henrv.  Co.  F.  iXth  L'.  S.  I. 
Healy,  James,  sergt.   Co.   K,   123d  O.  V.  I. 
Heath,   Chas.  W.,   Co.   H,  6th   [nd.   V. 
Heaverlo,  Henry,  Co.  A,  5th   Bat.  O.  V.  I. 
Heck.  John  H.,  Co.  G,  7th  Mo.  V.  f.  and  Co.  E,  r45th 

O.  V.  I. 
Hedges,  Dr    Wm.   B.,  as<'t  surg.  96th  O.  V.   I. 
He<!ges,  William  M.,  Co.  E.  i4;th  O.  V.  I. 
Heffner,   Patrick,    Co.   A.   43d    O.    \'.    I. 
Heinlen,  Abram.  Co.  B.  43d  O.  V.  I. 


396 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


Heller,  Elias,   Co.   C,  4th  O,  \'.  I. 

H.'ller,  p:iias  ^!.,  ^tli  O.  V.  I.  and  6vl  O.  V,  I. 

Hdler,  E.  M..  Co.  H,  174th  O.  V.  I.;  age  17. 

Heller,  John,  4Sth  O.  V.  I. 

Heli.lirey,  Henekiah,  Co.  G.  0th  O.  V.  I. ;  died  at  Wil- 
kin's Bend. 

Helt,  Jonathan  J,  Bat.  E,  2nd  O.  V.  H.  .\. 

Henderson,  Alexander,  Co.  C.  i-'ist  O.  V.  I. 

Henderson.  R.  A.,  maj.    ui.t  O.   V.   I. 

Hendriek,  Levi,  Co.  K,   ij^'I  ^-'-   \.   I- 

Hcndrickson.  H.,  Co.  E,   i.;^;!:  O.  V.  1. 

Hcne-^y,  Gcorcce  W.,  Co.  I,  Njr.d  O.  V.  I. 

Henne,  Gottlieb,  Co.  C,  i86th  O.  V.  I. 

Hennis,  Hezckiah,  Co.  F,  iSth  U.  S.  A. 

Hennis,  Jeremiah,  Co.  I',    rv.h  U.   S.  I. 

Hennis,  John.  Co.  G,  yl  Wis  \".  C. 

Hennis,  Joseph,  Co.   E,  3151  O.  V.  I. 

Henry,  G.  W.,  corp  Co.  I,  Sjnd  O.  V.  L 

Henry,  Lewis,  145th  III  V.  L 

Harrington,  William,   Co.  C.   i.'ist  O.  V.   L 

Herman,  John  H.,  Co.  I,  4th   0.  V.  L 

Herron,  James,  Trenton  tp. 

Herron,  Frank,  Co.  G,  45th  0.  V.  L 

Heslocker,  H.  H..  Co.  C,  2nd  Wis  V.  L 

Hewitt,  John,  Co.  D.,  13th  Mo.  V.  L 

Hewitt,  John,  Co.  D,  22nd  0.  V.  L 

Hickle,  Isaac,  corp.  Co.  C,  14-th  O.  V.  I. 

Hicks.  Milton,  Co.  D.  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Hicks,  J.   S.,  Co.  E,  i.i5th  0.  V.  I. 

High,  Andrew  P.,  Co.  E.  129th  O.  V.  I. 

High,   Benjamin,   Co.   F,  0th   O.   V.   I.;   killed  at    Ar- 
kansas Post. 

Highland,    James    A.,    in    an     Ohio     regt..    Van     Wert 
County. 

Highwarden,  Abram,  Co.  H,  27th  U.  S.  L 

Higinbctham,  Ezra.  Gov't  Guards. 

Hilderman,  Riley,  Co.  H.  174th  O.  V.  I. 

Hilford,  Nehemiah.  Co.  C,  UMh  O.  V.  I. 

Hilt,  Charles  F.,  Co.  A.  "igth  U.  S.  I. 

Hill,  Andrew,  Co.  E,  30th  O,  V.  I. 

Hill,  Edward  R.,  Co.  B,  4.'th  O.  V.  I. 

Hill.  Elias,  Co.  B,  4Sth  O.  V.  I. 

Hill,  Josiah  W.,  Bat.  C,  2nd  O.  V.  H.  A. 

Hill,   Peter,  corp.   Co.   D,   I45;'n  O.  V.  I. 

Hill,  Solomon.  Co.  A.  144th  O.  V.  I. 

Hill,  Thcmas  I.,  Co.  I.  ijot'.i  O.  A'.  I. 

Hill,  William  A.,  Co.  C,  121  O.  V.  I. 

Hills,  Thomas  J.,  Co.  H.  i4^th  O.  V.  I. 

Hills,  R.  Howell.  Co.  E,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Hills,  V.  T.,  capt.  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.  I. 

Hines,  Alfred,  in  last  vear  of  war. 

Hines,  John.  Co.  H,   174th  O.  V.  I. 

Hines.  Philip,  Co.  B.  iSih  U.  S.  I. 

Hinkle,  James,  Co.  K,   M'th   O.  V.   I. 

Hinkle,  Michael  H.,  Co.  K.  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Hifiton,  Samuel  G.,  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.  I. ;  died  at  La- 
Grange,   Tenn. 

Hippie.  Jackson.  Co.  E.  i4^th  O.  V.  I. 

Hiople,  John.  Co.  F,  0th  O.  V.  1. 

Hitt.  Jonathan  J.,  2nd  U.  S.  A. 

Hobart,  Lorenzo,  Co.  H,  I2ist   0.  V.   I. 

Hodges.  James  B..  Co.  E,  teth  O.  V.  I. 

Hoff,  John  W.,  Co.  C,  I4=th  O.  V.  I. 

Hofifman.   Carr,  Co.  B',   142nd  O.  V.  I. 

Hortman,  Georse  F.,  Co.  H.  i;,?d  O.  V.  I. 

Hogans.  David,  Co.  F,  24th  O.  \'.  I. 
Holcnmhc,   H.   W.,   Co.   I.  6ih   X.   Y.   C. 


Hollenluugh,  Henrv,  Co.  F,  0th  O.  \'.  I. 

Hollenbaugh,  William,  Co.  E.  145th  O.  V.  I. 

HoUington,  Ambrose,  chaplain,   iilth  O.  V.   I. 

Hollv,  Robert,  Co.  B,  176th  O.  V.  I. 

Holmes.  Andrew   ).,  Co.  H,  174th  O.  V.  I. 

Holmes,   Simeon.  Co.   D,   121st  O.  V.  1. 

Flolmes.  W.  W.,  Co.  B,  ;oth  N.  Y.  V.  V.  I. 

Holt,  Charles,  Co.   D,  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Holt,  Charles,  Co.  F,  l^.ld  O.  V.  I. 

Holt,  Geortte   W.,   Co.   11,    121st   O.   V.   I. 

Homietter,  Jeremiah,  Cr..  B,  iSth  U.  S.  I.;  Co.  A,  45th 

O.  V.  I. 
Hooper,  Tames.  Co.  G,  45th  O.  V.  1. 
Hoover,  Gilbert  C,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 
Hooer,   Homer  H.,   Co.   B,  40th   O.    V.    I. 
Hoover,  John,  1st  O.  V.  I.  and  19th  U.  S.  I. 
Hoover,  Joseph,  Co.  G,  0th  O.  V.  I. 
Hoover,  Oscar,  Co.  G.  0th  O.  V.  I.  ;  died  at  Columbus. 
Hoover,   Seth  L.,  Co.  G,  0lh  O.  V.  I. 
Hoover,  William  H.,  Co.  B,  46th  O.  V.  I. 
Hopkins,  Ludwig,  Co.   F,  46th  O.  V.  I. 
Hopper,  Daniel   D„  capt.  Co.  H,  loth  O.  V.  C. 

Hopper.  Peter  J.,  Co.  D,   121st  O.   \'.   I. 

Hord,  Bodiski,  Co.   E,  teth  O.  V.   I. 

Hord,   T.   M.,  in  an  Ohio  regt. 

Hord,  Oliver  W.,  6orh   O.    V.   I. 

Hord,  Severius,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I. 

Hord,  Thomas  F...  128th  O.  V.  I. 

Horn,  Leroy.  76th  O.  V.  I. 

Horr,  Andrew  C,  Co.   D,   121st  O.  V.   I. 

Horton.  W.  H.,  Co.  C,  154th  O.  V.  I. 

Horabeck-,  Norton,  Co.  G,  0th  O.  V.  I. 

Houseworth,  Doren.  Co.  E,  j6th  O.   V.  I. 

Houseworth,  Edward,  Co.  F,  iri^xh  O.  V.  I. 

Houseworth.   Cieorge,   Co.   F.  goth   O.   V.   I. 

Flouseworth.  Huirv,  Co.  C.  26th  O.  V.  I. 

Houtz,  David  P.,  Co.  F,  I4.^th  O.  V.  I. 

Howald    Jacob,  Co.  C,   145th  O.  V.  I. 

Howard,  Albert  C,  Co.  B,  3d  Batn.  3d  U.  S.  I. 

Floward.  Frank  E.,  Co.  F.  0th  O.  V.  I, 

Hov  r^rd    Xewtoii,  Co.  A,  2nd  Batn.  U.  S.  I. 

How,,    Div.l    M  ,   Co    C,  4th   O.   V.  I. 

Hub!'  W.   r.i-i.-i,.  Co.   I.   und  O.   V.  I. 

Hubbci!,    I  ii..:r;,.    P..   Co.   G.  44th   Ind.   V.  V.   I. 

Hubbell,    Dnniel,   Cc.    G.   4=^th   O.   V.    I. 

Hubbell,  Harv-ev   S.,   Bat.   E.  .  nd   O.  V.   H.  A. 

Hubbell,  Preston   D  ,  Co.  G,  4ilh  O.  V.  I, 

Hubbell,  Shadrick,  lieut.  180th  O.  V,  I.  and  ist  U.  S.  I. 

Hubbell,  Thomas  C,  Co.  C,  i86th  O.  V.  I. 

Hubbell,   William.   Co.   C,    186th  O.   V.  I. 

Hubbell,  Wdliam.  Co.  I,  ■1.2nd  O.  V.  I. 

Huddle,  Daniel  W.,  Co.  C,  8Sth  O.  V.  I. 

Huft,  Lewis  C,  Co.   I.  32nd   O.  V.  I. 

Hufiine,   Henr\,   Co.    E.  30tli   O.   V.    I. 

Huffine.   Lewis.   Co.   E,   ,30th   O.   V,   I. 

Hughes.  Gcorire  W.,  Co.  F.  ^d  Batn.   iSth  U.  S.  I. 

Hughes.  William.  &>.   K.   145th  O.  V.   I. 

Hufl,  Cornelius,   1st  lieut.  Co.  C,  145th  O.  V.  L 

Hull,  Samuel   E.,  Co.  C.  26th  O.   V.   I. 

Hull.  Herman  W..  Co.  C.  M^th  O.  V.I. 

Hulse,  Frederick.  Co.  K,  iJist  0.  V.  I. 

Hults,  Charles,  Co.   E,   145th  O.  V.  I. 

Hults,  Henrv.  Co.   D.   27th  O.  V.   I. 

Hults.  John 'p..  Co.  K.  121st  O.   V.  I. 

Humble,  James  F..  Co.  K,  I2ist  O    V.  I. 

Humes,   Josiah.   Co.    K.    t2i:^t   O,   V     I. 

HuuKS,  William,  Co.  K,  I2ist  O.   V.   I. 


'ii.V'  '■UA 


^QC 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


Hunini,!,  Hcnrv,  Co.  K,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

IliriK  ;  :    .-,  Ilrirvev  A.,  l.-l  sergt.  Co.  K.  I4;tl!  O.  V.  1. 

H,  :  /ckiah  H..  Co.  G,  96th  O.  \'.  I. 

1;,  :'.;-.  H..  col.  Co.  G.  4=th  O.  V.  I. 

11,;;  .   '    ■  V   ,   I- ■  ward,  Co.  E.  9'3th  O.  V.  I. 

Hun.pliicvs,  Gilison,  Co.   G.  f/.>th  O.   V.   I, 

Humplircys,  Richard,  4th  O.  V.  I.  and  86th  O.  V.  I. 

fUiiit,  Milton,  Co.  B.  4tii  O.  V.  I. 

Huntlev,  Albert,  Co.  D.  Ij;th  O.  \".  I. 

Ilmillcy,  U-man  S-,  scr.ct  C'  .  G,  c/yji  O.  V.   I. 
I  Huntley,  Oscar  F.,  Co    K.  6(>b   (1.  W  I. 

!  liupp,  George,  Co.  F,  121  ft  O.  V.  I. 

Hupp,  Harvey.  Co.  F,  6;th  O.  \'.  I. 
I  Hurlburt,  Noah,  Co.  H,   i4-.th  O.  V.   I. 

Hurlhurt,   Robert   F..   Co.    E,    ii^th   O.   V.    I. 
!  Hurlov,  William  P..  Co.  C.   i-'ist  O.  V.  I, 

j  Hu<ton,  Arcl-.ihald,  Co.   A,   i.'i=t   O.  A".   I. 

!  Huston,  Go.rsc   W.,  CMrp.  G>.   C.  ,;6th  O.  V.  I. 

!  Huston,   Joseph,   Co.   G,   A'"h    O.    \'.    I. 

Huston.  Noah,  Co.  F,  i.^ist  O.  V.  I. 

>lunon,  Korman,  Co.  B.  iSth  U.  S.  I. 

Hutchis.  Jasper  X.,  Co.  C.  i.yd  O.  V.  I. 

Hvatt,  Dr.  E.  H..  capt.  Co.  A,  20th  O.  V.  I. 

H'vatt,  Scrvis,  Co.  D,   i-'ist  O.  V.  1. 

Hyde,  Frank  C,  32nd  O.  \'.  I. 

Hv-de,   Joshua   M.,  Co.  C,  7th  \"er. 

H"v-',',   (■;;■• -di.  cnpt.  32nd  O.  A".  1.  at  Harfier's  Ferry. 

li-       '  .   r     •'   '•     Co.  A,  6oth  O.  V.  I. 

■     •      1.    C,  Co.  G.  14th  O.  V.  V.  I. 

l;v..  ,,    !M^T,   IV,,   C.  S6th   O.   V.   I. 

hn-'e,   William,   Co.   C,   iJVdi    O.    V.   I. 

Ingmire,  Fernando  B.,   iSth  O.   Ind.  Bat. 

Ingram,  William,  Co.  D.  64th  O.  \".  V.  I. 

Inskeep,  A.  J.,  Co.  D,  20th   O.   V.   I. 

Inskeep,  Gustavus,  Co.  C,   I45tli   O.  V.  I. 

Irwin,  D.  S.,  Co.   I,  32nd  O.  V.   I, 

Irwin,  Isaac,  Co.  D,   121st  O.   V.   I. 

Jackson.   Beniamin,  Co.  H,  T2ist  O.  V.  I. 

Jackson,  James  W.,  Co.  G.  cx-ith  O.  V.  I. 

jackso«,   John.   Co.    C.    I4=;th    O.   V.    I. 

Jackson,  William  H.,  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.   I. 

Jacobus,   Tohn,  Trenton  tp. 

James,  Alfred   S.,   Co.   F,  43rd   O.  V.   I. 

James,   John  S.,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I. 

James,  William,  Co.  B.  4.?th  O.  V.  I. 

Jameson,  George,  ittli  O.  V.  I.  anl  f'th  O.  V.  I. 

Jarvis,  Henry  I.,  1st  lieut.  Co.  G,  9'''th  O.  V.  I. 

Jaycox,  C.  A.  Co.  G,  S8th  O.  V.  I. 

Jaycox,  Ephraim.  Co.  H.  i4=;th  O.  V.  I. 

Javnes,  Charles  AI..  Co.  H.  i;4th  O.  V.  I. 

Jaynes,  D.  H..  in   Ohio  regt. ;   starved  to  death  in  An- 
dersonville. 

Javnes,   Fred   N.,  Co.   E,    145th   O.  V.  I. 

Ja'vncs.  G.  L.,  Co.  H.   I4^tli  O.  V.  I. 

Jaynes,   Herbert   A..   Co.   H.   145th   O.  V.  I. 

Jaynes,  Seymour,  Co.  H,  [4^th  O.  V.  I. 

JaVnes,  Solomon,  Co.  H,  I4';th  O.  V.  I. 

leftcott,  Joseph,  U.   S.  X. 

Jenkins,  Benjamin  A..  Co.  G.  i8;th  O.  V.  I. 

Jenkins,  David.  Co.  D,  .121st  O.  V.  I. 

Jenkins,   Erastus,   Co.   G.  06th   O.   V.    I. 

Jenkins,  John  W.,  Co.  D,  S3rd,  O.  V.  I. 

Jenkins,  Thomas.  Co.  E.  66th  O.  V.  I. 

Jennings,  Benjamin,  Co.  G,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Jennings,  Edward,  Co.  H,  124th  O.  V.  I. 

Jfennings,  Joseph,  Co.  H,   121st  O.  V.  I. 

Jennings.  Reuben,  Co.  I.  4th  O.  V.  I. 


Jennings.  Robert   P..  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Jennings.   Simon  H.,  Co.   C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Jewett,  William,  Co.   C.   I2l5t  O.   V.   I. 

Tohn,   Williams.   Co.   C.    I2ist   O.  V.   I. 

lohnson,  xMe.xander,  Co.  A,  i8th  U.   S.  1.  and  Co.  K, 

145  O.  V.  I.  

Johnson,  Amo.s,  Co.  I,  .tth  O.  \  .  I. 

Johnson,  Charles  B..  Co.  C,  i86th  O.  V.  I. 

Johnson,  Clark,  Co.  C,  i2ist  O.  V.  I. 

Johnson,  Daniel  W'.,  Co.  D,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Johnson,  Darwin,  Co.  B,  nth  V.  S.  I. 

Johnson,  Harrison,  Co.  E,  72nd  111  V.  I. 

John.son,   Joseph    C,   Co.   C.    I2ist  O.   V.   I. 

Johnson,  Levi.  Co.  D,  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Johnson.  Robert,  Co.  A,  2nd  Batn.  iSth  U.  S.  I. 

Johnson,  Robert  A.,  Co.  F,  8.Sth  O.  V.  1. 

Johnson,  Thomas,  Co.   G,  96th  O.  V.   I. 

Johnson,  William  A.,   Co.   A,  SSth  111  V.  I. 

Johnson,   William   C.  96th   O.   V.   I. 

Johnson,  William  C,  Co.  G.  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Johnston,  Anthonv,  Co.  G,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Jollv,  Aaron  R.,   iStli  O.  Ind.  Bat. 

JoUv,   Henrv,    iSth   O.   Ind.   Bat. 

Jones,  Andrew  R.,  Co.  D.  131st  O.  V.  I. 

Jones,  Anthonv,  Co.   A,   176th  O.   V.   I. 

Tones,   Benjamin,   Co.    B,   23d   U.    S.   I. 

Tones,  Charles  L.,   1st  Batn.,  Co.  E,  Yates'   S.   S. ;  64th 

111.  V.  V.   I. 
Tones,  David,  Co.  A,  t4Sth  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  David,  Sr.,  P.atn,  T,  .-nd  O.  V.  FI.  A. 
Tones,  David,  Co.  H,   i,(-,th  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  David  F.,  Co.  C,   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  D.  F.,  Co.  C,  121st  O.  V.  I.  ' 

Jones,  D.  L.,  Co.  E,  6.6,th  O.  V.  I. 
Jone.s,  Edward  M..  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  Edward   M.,  capt.   Co.  A,   I4^th  O.  V.   I. 
Tones,  Geor^'e  W.,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I. 
Tones,  George  W..  Co.  D.   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  Harry,   145th  O.  \'.   I. 
Tones,  Henrv.  Co.  G.  4^th  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  Hiram.  Co.  D,  t45th  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  Isaac,  Co.  E,  dkh  O.  V.  1. 
Tones,  Ishmael  A..  Co.  A,   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  J.  A.,  Co.  A,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Jones.  T.  D.,  Co.  A,  H5tli  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  John.  Co.  H.  4tb  and   121  ^t  O.  V.  I. 
Tones,  John  S.,  ist  lieut.  Co.  C,  s^h  O.  V.  I.;  capt.  Co. 

B  :  col.  174th  O.  V.  I.. 
Jones,  Lawson.  Co.  C,   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Jones,  Lewis,  Co.  D,  M5th  O.  V.  I.  ■       " 

Jones,  Martin.  Co.  A,  76th  O.  V.  I.  ^  ■:   -  ■     ■ 

Jones,  Nicholas,  Co.  C,  145  O.  V.  I.  "     :"  ■ 

Jones,  Samuel  D,  Co.  F,  96th  O.  ^^  I. 
Jones,  Solomon,  Co.  H,   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Jones.  Thomas  B.,  Co.  C.  145th  O.  V.  L 
Jones,  William.  Co,  F.   18th  O.  Y.  T. 
Jones,  William  T.,  Co.  C.  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Tones,  William  W.,  Co.  F,  c^th  O.  V.  I, 
Jones,  Winfield  S.,  Co.  C,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Tones,  W.  W.,  Co.  A,  r4^th  O.  V.  I. 
Tordan,  Enos,  Co.  C.  2nd  Batn.  iSth  U.  S.  1. 
Tordan,  Henry,  15th  U.  S.  I. 
Jordan,  James  M.,  Co.  F,  15th  U.  S  I. 
Toslvn,   Tohn  H.,  Co.  E,   i.s.^d  O.  V.  I. 
jov,'  M.  F.,  Co.  E,  145  O.  \'.  I. 
ToVn^r.  Robert  J..   leth   U.   S.  I^ 
joyner.   William   T..  49t!i   O.  Y.   M. 


398 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


lulian.  Samuel,  Co.  G,  SSth  O.  V.  1. 

fCilev,  Patrick,  Co.  E,  «nh  O.  \'.  I. 

Kampf.  Jonathan,  Cc.  C,  4'h  O.  V.  I. 

Kanaiiss,  .A.brah.-ini.  Co.  E,  '■,!'!  O.  \',  I. 

Kanauss,  Charles  S.,  Co.  K,   lo.'nd  O.  \\  I. 

Kanaiiss,  Daniel  A.,  66th  O.  V.  I. 

Kanaiiss.  Edward.  Joth  O.  Ind.  Bat. 

Kanaiiss,  Manuel  G.,  87th  O.  V.  I.  and  20tii  0.  Ind. 

Kanauis.  M.   T.  20th  O.  L.  A. 

Kane,  Charle.^  I..  Co.  D.  121 5t  O.  V.  I. 

Karr.  P.  M.,  Co.  E,  14:,  O.  V.  I. 

KautTnitm,    John.   Cn.   D.   i  j^th  O.    V.   I. 

KaufTnian.  Pa'^aw.-I!.  corp.  Co.  K,  i^^d,  Q.  V.  I. 

Keifer,  Christopher.   Co.  B.  oist   O.'V.  I. 

Keifer,  Lawrence,  Co.   C,   iSdth  O.  V.  I. 

Keeler,  Bradley.  Co.  G.    (Vli  O.  V.   I. 

Keeler,  Ford,  Co.  F.  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Keeler,  Henrv,  Co.  G,  4:;th  O.  V.  I. 

Kecsey,  William,  Co.  E,- 31st  O.  V.  I. 

Keiler,   George,   Co.   E,   i4Tth   O.   V.   I. 

Keiser,  Jacob.  Co.  D,   r45th  O.  V.  I. 

Keiser,  Samuel,  Co.  D,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Kclchner,  Isaac  W..  Co.  F,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Keller,  Thomas,  Co.   I,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Kellogg,  Robert  A.,  sergt-niaj.   i6th   Conn.  V.  I. 

Kellv,   Henrv,  Co.   A.  McLaughlin's   Squadron. 

Kelly,  Henrv  C.  Co.  I,  .Sjnd'O.  V.  I. 

Kellv,  Samuel  Llovd,  Co.  I.  fiand  O.  Y.  1. 

Kelsev,  Asa  B.,  corp.  Co.  H,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Kelsev.  Grover  C,  Co.  H,  i4:;th  O.  V.  I. 

Kclsey.  Philander,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Keltncr.  Daniel,  Co.  H,   I2i.-t  O.   V.  I. 

Kcmptcn,    Benjamin.    Co.    H,    174th    O.    \'.    I;    dii 

service. 
Kempton,  Charles,  Co.  G,  Q6lh  O.  V.  I. 
Kcmplon,  John  F.,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 
Kenned V.  janies,  Co.   H.   174th  O.  \'.   I, 
Kepler,   William,   Co.   C,  4th-  O.   V.   I. 
Ke.ster.   Joseph,   served   in   an   Ohio   regt. 
Kibhv,  John,  Co.  K,  u^th  O.  V.  I. 
Kicrer.  David  K  ,  Co.  K,  31st  O.  V.  L 
Kiler,  George,  Co.  E.  145th  O.  V.  I. 
KiUar,  John,  2nd  O.  V.  H.  A. 
Kilpatrick.  William,  Co.  K.   121-t  O.  V.  I. 
KimKnll,    b.^eph,  C.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Kirp=     1.  I    .  •.'    lb  iirv,  capt.  Co.  G.  9''ih  O.  V.  I. 
Kin-  .  ;   }"■'.,  Co.  E,  102nd  O.  V.  I. 

Km.;,-:,   I'   -  i     ij2nd  III.  V.  I. 
Kiucaid,    W.iiiam.    120th   O.   V.   I. 
Kinnan,  Charles  C.,  Co.  I,  23d  Kv.  \'.  I. 
Kinikin,  David  H.,  Co.   C,  76th  6.  \'.   I. 
Kinnev.  John,   Co.   B,  6ist   O.   V.   I.;   died   in   ho 

durins  war. 
Kin^ell.  Harvev,  Co.  C,  2nd  Batn.  iSth  U.  S.  I. 
Kirbv.   Francis.  Co.   C.   ii.^b   O.   V.   I. 
Kirbv,   Tames  F..  Co.   B,  46th  O.  V.  I. 
Kirciiner.   Tohn,  Co.  A,  2nd   Batn.   iSth  U.   S.  I. 
Kirkpatrick.  Jame^  W.,  Co.  K.  1.15th  O.  V.  I. 
Kirkpatrick,  John,  Co.  K.  I4^th  O.  \',  I. 
Kirns,   Peter,   Co.    C-    121st   "O,    V.   I. 
Klee.   Mathias,   Co.   D,  S2nd   O.   V.   I. 
Kline,  Daniel,  musician  6^(1  O.  V.   I. 
Kline,   Jacob  1.,.  Co.   F.  o6rh  O.  V,  L 
Knapp,   Wil-on    S  .    ^cr<:t,    Co.    H.    145th    O.    V.   I. 
Knisht.  G.Tbri>  I   W.,   r.;^:b  X.  Y.  V.  I,  and  5th  A. 
Knight,  Abner,  Co    K.   M^tb  O,  V.  I. 
Knight,  John  W,.  T4;th   .\.  V.  \'.   I.  5th  A.  C. 


Knight,  William   G.,   Co.  II,   M^th  O.   V.  1. 

Kohler,  Charles,  Co.  D,   121st  ().  V.  1. 

Kohler.  Peter,  served  in   Pa.   Inf. 

Koeppcl.  Gabriel.  Co.  D,  71st  O.  V.  I. 

Krauskopt.  A.  C,  Co.  L,  7th  Pa.  Cav. 

Kring,   David,   Co.    F,    iSth    U.    S.    I. ;   killed   at   Stone 

River. 
Kruck.  Jacob,  Co.  C.  41b  O.  V.  I. 
Kvger.  James,  l6tb   V.   S.  I. 
Kvle,  Elias,   Co.    K,  Ohih   C,  V.   I. 
Kyle.   HuRi:,    Co.   I,  4ih   O,   V.    I, 
Kvle,    lobn   A,,  Co,   A,   u-tb   O.   V.   I. 
Kvle,  Wil'i.'in:  T,.  Co.  A,   i.i^U.  O.  V.  I. 
I^cour:-e.   \V"i:!i::r:!.  Co.   F,    ;..;ii   O.  V.  I. 
Lacour^c,  .A'hi  r..  Co.  F..   ^'.th  O.  V.  I. 
Ladd,    b  b   1>,    Cn.    If,    i.j^tb    C),   V,    I. 
Laird,  SaiiniJ   D.,  Co    F,  '/ith  O.  \'.  I. 
Lake,  Wilb-i.  Co.  I,   v'nd  O.  \b  I. 
LamI).  Hnurird  S.,   Co.   C,  4th   O.   V.   I. 
Landon,   Thomas,   Co    H.    I2i,t   O.   V.   I. 
Laildon,  Tbnnla^,  Co.  I,  4th  O,  Y.  I. 
Lane.   Au:^dn,  0-\   F,   ist  Ya,  Y.  I. 
I^ne.  GeL.rge.  Co.   I.  S2nd  O.  Y.  I. 
Lane.  Tohn,  Co.  F,  4^,d  O,  Y.  I. 
Lane,    Jr.hn,  Co.  D,   121st   O.   Y.   I. 
Lane,  Tl.nni.i-  X„  Co,  C,   i/th  O.   Y.  I. 

Larcum.   Levi,   Co,   C.    I2ist   O.   Y.   I. 

Larrimore,   Robert   A..  Co.   G,   20th  O,   V.   I, 

Larison,  Svhe.ier,  Co,   F.  4^'!  O-  Y.  I. 

Lasher,   r.iim  J.,  C.  D,   Ki^tb  O,  Y.  I. 

Lavender,  Je.^e.  Co,   G,  45"tb   O,   Y,   1. 

Law,  Edward.   121st  O.   V.   I,  ;   died  in  service. 

Lawrence,   [rim   W.,  Co.  F,  31st  O.  V.  I. 

Lawrence,  jo-ephus.   Co,  F.  31  >t  O.  Y.  I. 

Lawrence.  Lee.   Co.  E,  «nh   O.  Y.   I. 

Lawson,  Henrv,  Co.  .A,  'id  O    V.  I. 

Lawson,  Tacoh,  r33d  O.'V.  I. 

Lawson,  Orris  cn],  Co.  A,  3d  O.  Y.  I. 

Lawson.  ?,  H,,  Cn    F,  4^!  O.  Y.  I. 

Lawson,  Wdb.mi  J  .  Co.  H,  133d  O.  V.  I. 

I.avman,  Hcihn,  Co,  A,  145th  O.  Y.  I. 

Lavtnn,    Wibi.-'m,    Co.    H,    121st    O.    Y.    I. 

I.avton,  William  S.,  Co.  A,  goth  O.  Y.  I, 

LedU.;,   b.-hii,   !5th  U.  S.  I. 

Leech,  jamo..  A.,  Co.  B.  196th  O.  Y.  I, 

Leadv.   Tohn  D.,  Co,  K,  i4Sth  O,  Y.  I. 

I.eadv,  Joseph,   Co.  K.   I4^ih  O.  Y.  I. 

Leander,  Carr.  Co,  D,   T4;th  O.   Y.  I. 

Lear.  Edward  F.,  musician,  I27tb  O.  Y.  I. 

Lear.  William  A.,  Co.  F.  o6tli  O.  V.  I. 

Ledlie.   Toshua  F..  Co.  D.  and  Co.  H,  20th  O.  \',  I, 

Lee,    A,    E,,   capt    Co.    E,   S2nd    O.   Y.    I.,    Co.    I,   S2nd 
O,  Y,  I. 

Lee,  Daniel   S..   Co.   I,  4th   O,  Y.  I 

Lee,  William  H,  Co.  K.  t2i,t  O.  Y.  L 

Leeper.  W.  E.,  Co.  D,  49th  O.  V.  I. 

Legsctt.  Washington,  Co.  D,   i2!st  O.  V.  I. 

Lemlev,  Wesley.  Co.   F,  loih  Md,  \'.  C. 

Leonard,  Lerov.  Co,  C.  26th  0.  Y.  I. 

Lepard.  George,  Co,   A.   I4^th  O.  Y.  I. 

Lepart,  Preston.  Co,   D,  121  n  O.  Y.  I. 

Lewis.  Charles  F,,  Co,  H,  u^th  O.  Y.  I. 

Lewis.  Terome.  Co.  D.   I2rst  O.  Y.  I. 

Lewis,  John   W..  Co.   H.    T4^th  O,  V.    I. 

Lewi-,  J..p.;,than,  Co.  D.  65th  O,  Y.  I  ;  killed  at  Xasb- 


Lew.s,   Jo 


Co.  D.   i2rst  O.  V.  I. 


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AND  REPRESEXTATIVE  CITIZENS 


399 


Lf.vis,  Milo  H..  Co.  K,  iji?t  O.  V.  I. 
Leui_-..   Orson,   Co.  I).  651I1   O.  \-.   I. 
Le\vi.<.  Sanuicl,  Co.  A,  i4Uh  O.  V.  I. 
Lewis,  Samuel  T.,  Co.  B,  ;Stli  O.  V.  I. 
Lewi.^    ThoiiKis  C,  Co.  K,  i-'i,t  O.  V.  I. 
Leibenderfer,  John,  Co.   [,  4th  O.  \     I.  and  Efig. 
Lincoln,  Lyin;in  W.,  Co.  F,  ii.nh  O.  \'.  L 
L:ncol!i,  SpuK-er   D.,  Co.  B.  4tb  O.  V.  L 
Lincoln,  William  H.,  76th  O.  V.  I. 
Lindsev,  Joseph,  cr.l.  4^11)  reg.  O.  \'.  L 
Lindsev,  Joseph  W..  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Lindsey,  Thomas,  Cc.  L  4th  O.  V.  L 
Link,  William,  Co.  B.  c/3th  O.  V.  L 
Linn.  Hiram,  Co.   C,  4th  O.  V.   L 
Linn,  John,  Co.  L  4th  O.  V.  L  ;  died  in  service. 
Linn,  Joshua   R..  Co.  B,  4Sth  O.  V.  L 
Linn,  W.  T.,  Co.  A.  5th  Ind. 
Linnaberry,  George,  Co.  G,  45th  O.  V,  L 
Linnaberry,  Howard,  Co.  G,  4=;tli   O.  V.  L 
Linnaberry,  Joseph,   ?L,   Co.  G,   45th   O.  V.   L 
Linnaberry,  Ranson.  Co.  G,  4^th  O.  V.  L 
Littick,  Henrv  \V.,  Co.  G,  96th  O.  V.  L 
Little,  Charles  Otis,  Co.  H,  q^th  O.  V.  L 
Little,  George  W.  Qni.  60th  O,  \'.  L 
Little,  Lewis  W..  adit.  2r.d   Ky  \".   C. 
Livingston,   Alfred  R.,   Co.   D,   i-ist   O    V.  L 
Llovd    Beiijiinin.  Co.  A.  14510  O.  V.  L 
Llvod,  Joel,  Co.   D,  20th  O.   \'.   T. 
Lockwood.  Jliram,  Co.  H,  ir4th  O.  V.  L 
Lombard,  F.  C,  Co.  E,  I4=;th  O.  V.  I. 
Lombard,  James,  Co.  A,  iSth  U.  S.  L 
Lcrabard,  Wcslev,  Co.  E.  i4=th  O.  V.  L 
Long,  David.  Co.   E,  7.^d  O.  V.   L 
Long.  David  D.,  6Tst  O.  V.  I. 
Long,  Fov.-ler  il.,  Co.  K,  66th  O.  V.  L  and  Co.  C, 

O.  V.  L 
Long.  John  P.,  121st  O.  V.  L  and  Co.  K,  I4=;th  O. 
Long.  Richard,  Co.  K.  145th  O-  \'.  L 
Long,  Theodore,  Co.  C.  t74th  O.  V.  L 
Longshore.  Jasper,  Co.  G,  Q6th  O.  V.  L 
Lnngu-ell,  Albert   G.,  ass't   surg.   4th   O.  V.   L;   di. 

Camp  Cha-e. 
Longwell.  Benjamin,  fifer,   Co.  D,   I4;th   O.   V.   L 
Lonou-ell,  Xorion,  Co.  D.  .'oth  O.  V.  L 
Loop,  James    P.,   Co.   H,    T4;th    O.   V.   L 
Lott,  Dewitt,  Co.  H.  tjtst  6.  V.  L 
Lott,  John  C,  Co.  K.   ijin  O.  Y.  I. 
Lott.  Wilbur,  Co.  D,  T2ist  O.  V.  1. 
Lo:id.  George  H.    Co.  C,  iJist  O.  V.  L 
Louden.  Jnine:=    P..  Co.  G,  gC-th  O.   V.   L 
I.ov,^    CIkii-K-,  Co.   H.   iSth  O.  V.  I. 
Lovtks.-.   D,,m\l.  Co.   E,   145th  O.  V.  L 
Lovcl!,  Charles  H,,  Co.  L  155th  O.  V.  L 
Lowerv.  James  C,  Co.  G.  5<5th  O.  V.  I. 
Lowrey.  Andre^v  J..  Co.  K.  I45th  O.  V.  L 
l.ovthrev.  Co.  D.  joth  O.  V.  L:  died  in  service. 
L,.u:r,'itel.  D.  W.  C,  corp.  Co.  C,  86th  O.  V.  L 
Lu:    Iv-.rd.  Frcvling  C,  Co.  E,  U^th  O.  V.  L 
Lunil  ard,   Silas.  Ce.  E,  145  O.  V.  L 
Luml.ard..   Wedcv.   Co.   E.   T45th   O.  V.   L 
Lumbard.   Willi.irn.   Co.   H,  ■i"i:;th   O.  V.  L 
Lnmbert.  Robert  R,  Co.  G,  2nd  Mo.  V.  C. 
Lvbrand,    Archibald,    Co.    I.   4th;    capt.    Co.    E.   7? 

V.   L 
Lvbrand,  James  C-,  Co.  C.  T?6th  O.  V.  L 
Lvbrand,  R.  G..  capt,  Co.  D.  lOJiid  O.  V.  L 
Lvman,  David,  Co.  G,  90th  O.  V.  L 


Lynvan,  Oliver.  18th  U.  S.  L  :  died  at  Andersonville. 

Lyman,  Philip,   18th  U.  S.  L 

Lyons.  Peter,  Co.  C,  121st  O.  V.  L  1 

Lytic,  James  R.,  Co.  I,   iSQth  O.  V.  L 

Lytle,  William  P.,  Co.  L  90th  O.  V.  L  ' 

Macomber,  Walter,  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.  L 

iLacomber,  William,  3Cth  6.  V.  L 

Maddox,   .■\.  H.,  Co.  D,  Ootli  O.  V.  L 

Maffitt,  Benjamin   C,   Co.   C,   i2ist   O.  V.  L 

Mahonev,  Michael,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 

Main,  Henry  B..  Co.  F,  g6th  O.  V.  L 

Main,  Lemuel.  Co.  C.   I4=^th  O.  V.  L 

Main,  Madison.  ..rot.  C-,  C.  I4^th  O.  V.  L 

Main,  Marion,  Co.  C.   i.ivb  O.  V.   L 

Main,  ILartin,  Co.  I.  4th  O.  V.  L  ;  missing  at  Chancel- 

lorviile. 
Main,   Samuel,  Co.   C,   145th  O.  V.  L 
Mai/:e.  Aaron  A.,  Batn.  C,  2nd  O.  V.  H.  A. 
Maize,  Wilson.  Co.   C,   T2I^t  O.  V.  L 
Malonev,  Michael,  Co.  F.  i./.th  O.  V.  L  ,     ' 

Maloney,   Patrick,   C-.   F,   i'K..lh  O.  V.   I. 
Manlev,  Marc.Ili.s.  Co.  E,   r4;th  O.  V.  L 
Mann,  Au^tin   D„  li.'it.   ^U;   Art. 
yiann.   Tasper.   Co.   G.  4:^1],   O.   \'.   L 
Mann,   To>e].b  T.,  Co.  U.  I2i^t  O.  V.  L 
Mann,  Silas  J,,  Co.  G.  4=:ib  O.   V.  L 
Mansfield.   Willi'mi.  Co.   F,  yoth   O.  V.  I. 
Mantler,  Daniel  F.,  C.  E.   u^t  O.  \".  L 
Manville.  Edwin  B.,  Co.   C,   121st  O.  V.  L 
.ALarble,  Nathan,  Co.   F,   1st  U.   S.  V.  V. 
Markle,   Jacob,   Co.   C,  4th   O.   V.   L 
Marks,    Erastus    E.,    C.    K.    145th   O.   V.    L 
>Larqiiet,  Weni-r,  Co.   H.  174th  O.  V.  L 
Marriott,  William   H..   Co.   B.  ,^2nd   O.   V.  L 
Marsh,   Cornelins,   Co.   C,  SMb    O.   X'.   L 
Marsh,  David,  Co.  E,  joth  O.  V.  L 
^Larsh,   Monroe,   Cc.   H.    i;4lh   O.   V.   L 
^L^rshall.  Isaac,  Co.  1.  6::d  O.  V.  L  and  112th  O.  V.  L 
Martin.  B.  F.,  Co.  E.   145th  O.  V.  L 
Martin.  Elearer,  served  in  a   western  regt. 
Martin,   Tames  H.,   Co,  C,  T2ist  O.  V.  I. 
Martin,  tames  W..  Co.  C.  i  15th  O.  V.  L 
Mar'in.  John   E.  Co.  C.  4lh  V.   V.   L 
Martin,   Xehemiah,   Co.   C.    t,i;ih   O.  V.   L 
Martin.  Theodore.  Co.  E,  joth  O.  V.  I. 
Manin,  Sabeers,  Co.  C.  I4^th  O.  V.   L 
Martin,  Valentine.  Co.  C.   I4=th  0.  V.  L 
Martindale,  James,  Co.  H.  .^d  O.  V.  I.  and  Co.   F,  33d 

O.  Y.   L 
Martus,  Theodore.  Co.  E.  ,?oih  O.  V.  L 
Ma-rn,  John.  Co.  G.  i6Sth  O.  V.  I. 
Mass.    rhomas  J..  Co.  K.  I2f=t  O.  V.  L;  killed  a:t  Per- 

Matcer,  Samuel,  96th  O.  V.  L 
Mathenv,  R..bert  P.,  Co.  H,   r2ist  O.  V.  L 
MathenV,  W.,  Co.  E.  r45th  O.  \".  L 
Mathews,  Georee  W..  Co.   E,  4.5d  O.  V.  L 
iLatin,  Samuel,  Co.  D,   uist  0.  V.  L 
Matlock,   Thomas,   Co.   C.   121st  O.  V.   L 
Mattoon.  Francis  M..  Co.  H,   121st  O.   V.  L 
Mausans.  Samuel.  Co.  K.  i  (;th  O.  V.  L 
Ma.vwell,  Robert  H.,  Co.  H.   i-4th  O.  V.  L 
Maxwell.  William  H..  Co.  A.  iSth  U.  S.  L 
Mav,  Obed  R.,  Co.  H,   r45th  O.  V.  L  '     . 

MaV.  Gabriel   G.,  Co.   H.    145th   O.   V.  L 
Mavfield,  Abram,  Co.  C,   145th  O.  V.  L 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


jMavfield,   An.lrc\..-,   Co.    C,   Soth   O.   V.   I.     a-d    Union 

'Light   Cuiaids. 
MayfieM,  CoUmibus  P..  Co.  H,  !>ist  O.  V.  I. 
Muvfield,   James   W.,   Union    Light   Guards. 
Mavticld,  John  C,  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.  I. :  died  in  service. 
Mavt^cld,  Prit.-hard.  Co.  C,  I4=;th  O.  V.  I.    ' 
Mavt^eid,  William,  Co.  F,  y6th  O.  V.  L 
Mc.Vtlee,  William  H.,  Co.  D.  uist  O.  V.  \. 
McCartcr,  Rol)crt,  sergt.   40th  O.   V.   L 
.MoCarty,  Ilcnry  A..  Co.  B  and  <:<y.  C,  I43lh  O.  V.  L 
McCa.tv,  Ji.st.'i>h,  Cc.  A,  McLanghlin's  Squadron. 
McCay.    .Mo.xauder.   Co.    F,   96th   O.   V.   L;    killed    at 

Grand   Coteau. 
McCav,  George  W.,  Co.  F.  96th  O.  V.  L 
i\rcCay,  Hngh  B.,  Co.  C,  lath  111.,  V.  L 
McCay,  Tames  R.  P.,  Co.  F.  t/jth  O.  \".  L 
McCay,  Jesse  B.,  Co.  F,  96th  O.  ^■.  L 
McCay.  John  S.,   Co.  D,  20th  O.  \'.  I. 
McCav.  Joscphus,   Co.   F.  96th  O.   V.   I. 
ArcCav,  -Marion,  Co.  F.  96ch  O   \.  \. 
McClain,  James  A.,  Co.   E.  &j\\\  O.  V.  L 
^rcClain,  James.  Co.  D,  uist  O    V.  I. 
>[cClain,  Tohn.  Co.  G.  n7th  O.  V.  L 
McClary,  David,  Co.  E,  .'nd  O.  Y.  H.  A. 
McCleod,  Daniel,  Co.  M,  3d  O.  V.  C. 
^^cCo!Iin,  Andrew  T.,  Co.  K,  i4=th  O.  V.  L 
McComber,  Zc-no,   Co.   E,  30th  6.  V.   L;   died  at   Wil- 
kin's Bend. 
McCrarv.  James,  Co.  G.    \<f-X\\   O.  V.   \. 
McCreary,    Oscar,   4th    O.    \.    I. 
McCiillough,  Harvey  J.,  Co.  E,  84th  O.  V.  L 
McCulloiigh,    James    H.,    Co.    D,    20th    O.    V.    L ;    qm. 

sergt.   I4=;th   O.   V.   L 
McCullough,  John  E..  Co.  A,  174th  O.  V.  L 
McCullough,  John  F.,  Co.  K,  i4^th  O.  V.  L 
MeCullotigh.  Josiah  L.,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  L;  died  at 

Shiloh. 
McCnIlough.  Watson,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  \\  L 
McCnllough,  William.  Co.  E,  i4^th  O.  V.  L 
McDonald,  Morsran,  Co.  H..   I2ist  O.  V.  L 
McDonald,  William,  Co.  I,  3-'nd  O.  V.  L 
McDonald,_  William,  Co.   G.  g'Sth  O.    V.   L ;    killed    in 

Custer's  massacre. 
McDowell    Patrick,  Co.  A.  2nd  Batn.  U.  S.  A. 
McElrov,  A.  C,  2nd  Va.  V.  L 
McElroy-,  A.  H..  Co.  D.  T45th  0.  \'.  L 
McElroy,  Charles  H.,  Co.  D.  20th;  ni.ai.  96  h  O.  V.  L 
McElroy,  Ervin  B.,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  L 
McElrov,   James    X.,   maj.   20th   O.    V.     L;    col.    60th 

O.  V.  L 
McElrov,   Neutoii   J.,  maj.  20th   O.  V.  L;   capt.  in  U. 

S.  C. 
McFarland,  A.  W.,  Co.  G.  Q6th  O.  V.  I. 
McGonigle,  Chauncey,  Co.  D,  65th  O.  ^^  I. 
McFarlin,  John  A.,  sergt.  Co.  K,  94th  111.  \'-  L 
Mcllvaine.   Robert,   Co.   D,  4=;th  O.   V.   L 
Mcllvaine.   S..   18th   U.   S.   L 
Mclntire,  George,  Co.  I,  46th  O.  V.   L 
Mclntire,  James,  Co.   C,  4th  and  Co.   E.  30th  O.  V.  L 
Mclntvre,  James  W.,  Co.   C,   i->ist   O.   V.   \. 
McKinney.  William,  Co.  F.  96th  O.  V.  L 
McKinnie,  James  R.,  Co.  .-V.  I45ih  O.  V.  L 
McKinnie,   Tosiah,  Co.  K.  u^th  O.  \'.  L 
McLead,  Fred  P.,  Co.  A,   17th  U.  S.  L 
McLead.   Miles,   Co.  I.  3-'d   O.   V.   L 
McMam-.:!,   Daniel,   Co.   C,   2d  U.   S.   C. 
McMaster,  B.ia]aa:::n  S.,  Co.  D,  121st  0.  V.  I. 


McMillan,   James,    Zo.   G.   4=;th   O.   V.    I. 

McMillan,   George   C,   Co.   H,   121st   O.  V.   L 

McPhcrsnn,   Benjamin.   Co.  C.  4th   O.   V.   I. 

McRanv.  Hiram,  Co.  G,  45*  O.  V.  I. 

McWill'iams.  Chancev,  Co.  C,  i-i5th  O.  V.  L 

McWilliams,  Marshall  S.,  Co.  H,   145th  O.  V.  L 

McW.llmms,    Smith,   Co.   H,    145th   O.   V.   L 

McWilliams.  William  H.,  Co.  G,  4;th  O.  V.  L 

Meeker,   Andrew,    Co.    C,    I2rst    O.   V.    L 

Meeker,  Stephen  X..  Co.  H,  I2ist  O.  V.  L 

Memhen.  Marcus  O.,  Co.  K,  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Meinhen,  Mason,  Co.  K,  i2iit  O.  V.  L 

Mercer,   Alfred,   Co.   A,  2d   O,   H.   A. 

Mercer,  Lsaiah,   Co.   C,  I2tst  O.  V.   I. 

Mercer,  Washington  Z.,  Co.  K,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Merrihcvv,   Mason  J.   C,  sergt.   Co.   H.,    I4:;th   O.   V.  \. 

Merrill,    Albert   H.,    Co.    \.   82d   O.    V.    I. 

Merrvman,  James   H.,   Co.   E,  30th   O.   V.   L 

Messenger,  William  H.,  Co.  F,  1st  M.  M.  B.  U.  S.  V. 

Michael.   G.   W.,    Co.    I,    nth    Minn.   V.    I. 

Michelbach,  Henrv.  Co.   B,  46th  O.  V.  L 

Mickle,  Alexander,   Co.  E.   I4ith   O.  V.   L 

Mickle,   Robert,   Co.   C,  4*   6.   V.   \. 

Miller,   Adolphus,   Co.   C,   i4^th   O.   V.   L 

Miller,  Alpheus,  Co.  C.  145th  O.  V.   L 

Miller,  Andrew  J.,  Co.   M,  3d  O.  V.  C. 

Miller,  Charle.  A.,  Co.  C,  l.S6th  O.  V.  L 

Miller,  Daniel,  Co.  K,  66th  O.  V.  L 

Miller,  Frank.  Co.  L   117th  O.  V.   L 

Miller,  George   D.,   Co.   H.  8.Sth   O.   V.   L 

Miller,  Henrv,  sergt.  Co.  K,  ^9th  O.  V.  L 

Miller,   L,   Co.    F,   96th   O.   V.    L 

Miller,   Isaac,   Co.   C.    i4=;th   O.   V.    I. 

Miller,   l=aac.  Co.   C,  26th  O.  V.   I. 

Mdler,  Tacob  S.,  Co.  C,  T4;th  O.  V.  I. 

Miller,  jerrv,  Co.  H,   iSth  O.  V.  V.  I. 

Miller,  John.  Co.   A,   176th  O.  V.   I. 

Miller,  John  A.,  corp.   Co.  A.   v\  O.   V.  I. 

Miller,  John    f.,  Batn.   E.   2d   O.   V.  H.  A. 

Miller,  William,   Co.   D,   114th  O.  \-.  I. 

Miller,  William  C.  Co.   H,   121st  O.  V.   I. 

Miller,   William  H,   Co.   H.   121st  O.   V.  I. 

Mills,   Francis.    18th   U.   S.   I. 

Mills,  George  P..  Co.  C,  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Mills,  George,  18th  U.  S.  I. 

Mills,  James  W..  Co.  V,  Gov't  Guards. 

Mills,  V.  W.,  Capt.   Co.   B,  20th  O.   V.   I. 

Mills,  William,  Co.  L,   114th  O.  V.   I. 

Milton,  N.   P.,  Coo.  I,  S4th  O.  V.  I. 

Minter,    Ralph,    Co.    C.    145th    O.    V.    I. 

Minter,   V.,   Co.   A,    145th   O.   V.    I. 

Mitchell.   Daniel   C.,   Co.   C,   82d   O.   V.   I. 

Mitchell,  George  W.,  Co.  I,   iith   Minn.  V.  1. 

r^Iitchell,   James,   chaplain,    133d   O.    V.    I. 

Mitchell,  Raven  R.,  corp.  Co.  G,  124th  O.  V.  I. 

Mitchell.   Thomas.    Co.   B,    54th   O.   V.    I. 

Mock,   Taylor,  2d   Batn.    13th   U.   S.   I. 

Modi,   Martin,   Co.   G.    121st   O.   V.   I. 

Moist.  William,  Co.  A,  93d  O.  \ .  I. ;  lost  right  arm ;  16 

years   old. 
Monahan.  John,  Co.   I,  82d  0.  V.  I.;  died  of  wounds. 
Montgomery.  George  W.,  Co.  D.  ist  O.  W  C. 
Montgomery,  H.  D.,  Co.  D,   ist  O.  V.  C. 
Montgomerv.  R.   B.,  Co.  D,   1st  O.  V.  C. 
Moore,  Allen.   Co.   B,    i42d  O.   V.   I. 
Moore,    Charles.    Co.    D,   20ti;    O.    V.    I. 
Moore,  Frank,  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.  I. 


AXD    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


Moore,  George,  Co.  G,  oSUi  O.  \'.  1. 

Mcore.  James   H.,  Co.  G,   u?,.!   X.  Y.   V.  I. 

Moore,  James  W.,  Co.  C,  2;th  O.  V.  I. 

Moore.  John,  Co.  K,  &3!h    O.  V.  I.;    died    in    LyncFi- 

burcr  prison. 
Moore,   Lucius,   Co.   ?I,   i8th   U.   S.   I. 
Moore,   Samuel   .A.,.   Co.  A.   145th  O.   V.  I. 
Moore.   SvUester,  Co.  E,  ^otii  O.  \'.   I. 
Moore.  \Villi.im  E.,  adjt.   i4=;tli   O.  V.  I. 
Moore,   William.   Co.   A,    i4Sih   O.   V.   I. 
Nforehead,   Alexander,   Co.   D.   i4^th   O.  V.   I. 
.\rorehouse,  Caleb   X.,   121st   O.   W   I. 
Morehouse,  Alfred.  Co.  D.   T2ist  O.  V.  I. 
Morehouse,    Daniel    \V.,   corp.    Co.    D.    121st    O.    V.    I. 
Morehouse,  Stanley  S..  Co.  D.  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Morehouse,  Stephen   B.,  Co.  D.   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Morehouse.   Timothv.  Co.    C,   2f.'h   O.   V.   I. 
Morev,  Cvrus  W.,   Co.   K.   i.iuli   O.  Y.  I. 
Morey,  Hiram.  Batn.   E,  2d  V.  H.  A. 
Morey,  Sylvester,  Co.  A,  I45tii  O,  V.  I. 
Morgan,.   George  W.,   Co.   F.  gcith   O.   V.   I. 
Morean,   Tames   \V.,   Co.   E,  6f.th   O.  V.  I. 
Morgan,    Lewis,    Co.    I,    4th    O.    V.    L;    killed    before 

Petersburg. 
Morgan,    Loomis,    Co.    G,    45th    O.    V.    L 
Morris,  Meshac,  waiter  for  Col.  A.  E.  X'orton. 
^f orris,    William,    chaplain    t49th    O.    V.    L 
Morris.   William   H.,   Co.   B,    lotli   O.   V.   L 
Morris,  Elija,  Co.  L  S2d  O.  V.  I. 
Morrison,   Francis  W.,  surg.  Coo.   I.  4th  O.  V.  L,  and 

174th  O.  V.  L 
Morrison,   Ginn,   Concord  Twp. 
Morrison,   Guy,   Bat. 

Morrow,  Arthur.  Co.  D.  4-uh  Mo.  \K  C. 
Morton.  Edward.  Co.  H,  ij^ch  O.  V.  L 
Moses,  Albert  L.  Co.  E.  rth  111  V.  L.  or  Co.  K,  2Sth 

111. 
Moses,  Isaiah.  Co.  D,   121st   O.  V.   I. 
Moses,  John  F..  Co.   C,  4th  O.  V.   I.  :   trans,  to  4th  U. 

S.   Art. 
Moses,   Pcrrv,    Co.   F.   96th    O.   V.    I. 
Mosher.   Charles   H..   Co.   G.   17th   O.  V.   I. 
Mosher.  Edmund  B..  steward  tsth  0.  V.  I.:  ass't  surg. 

I72d   O.   V.   I. 
Moss,   Samuel.   Co.   C.   j6th   O.   V.   I. 
.\K,ver,  Thomar.  Co.  K.   r4:;th  O.  V.  I. 
Mounts,  Amos  C.  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.  I. 
Mouser.  Homer  S.,  Co.  E,   i4=th  O.  V.  I. 
Mullen.  Alexander,  Co.  G.  46th  O.  V.  L 
Mullen,   Elijah.   Co.   I,  .i2d   O.   V.    I. 
Mummv.   Daniel,   Co.   C,   121st   O.   V.   I. 
Munsell,  John  T..  Co.  C.  4th.  and  2d  licut.  Co.  D,  143th 

O.   V.    I. 
Munson.  Elisha,  Co.  E,  t4^th  O.  V.  I. 
Murfield.  William,  Co.  E,  <p6ih  O.  V.  I. 
Murphv,  James  F..  Co.  F,  i8th  O.  V.  V.  I. 
Murphv.   William   A.,   Co.   H.    174th   O.   V.   I. 
Mussard,  Joseph.   Co.  K,  6th  W.   Va. 
Mutchler.  Jasper.  Co.  H.  ^th  U.  S.  A. 
Myers,  Henrv.  Co.  D.  40th  O.  V.  I. 
Mvers,  L.  A.,  Co.  D.  i^th  U.  S.  I. 
Xafus.  Co.  E,  143th  O.  V.  I.,  musician. 
Xatus,   Silas   G..   Co.   E.   143th   O.  V.  L  ^. 

Xafus.  William  C.  Co.   D,  g6th  O.  V.  I.  ' 
Xagle.  Daniel   H..  Co.   A,  MJ.   Cav. 
Xash,  Oscar  F..  Co.  C,  T2ist  O.  V.  1. 
Xeal.    Robert    D.,    Co.    B,   Qlst    O.    V.    L 
Xeebles,  Elijah.  Co.  H,  121st  O.  V.  I. 


Xecdles,  Alfred  P.,  Co.  A,  I4;th  O.  V.  I. 

Xeel.  Dr.  J.  W..  .^d  Ass't  surg.  12th  W.  Va. 

Xeer.  Amos,  8th  O.   \  .   C 

Xeer,  James,   Co.  G.  94th   O.   V.   I. 

Xeer,  John,  95th  O.  V.  I. 

X'eer,  Joseph,  one  of  four  brothers,  in  an  Ohio  regi- 
ment. 

Xeer.  Josiah.  44th  O.  V.  I.,  and  8th  O.  \.  I. 

Xeirling.  William.  Co.   E,  Ci6th  O.  V.  I. 

Xelson.  Edward  T.,  Co.   E,   I4=.th  O.  V.  I. 

XeLon,  George.  Co.  H,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Xelson,    Samuel,   Co.   D,   I2i5t   O.  V.   I. 

Xelson,   Samuel,   Co.   D.   121st  O.  V.   I. 

Xelson.   William.   Co.   il,  SSth   O.   V.   I. 

Xetelson,   Albert,   Co.   G.   32d   O.   V.   I. 

Xettleton.  Baron  B.,  Co.   H,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Xettleton,    Judson,    Co.    I.    4th    O.    V.    I. 

Xevis,   William,   InLind   Xavy. 

X'evis,  John  D.,  Co.  B.  48th  O.  V.   I. 

Xewell,  Harris  W..  Co.  D.  20th  O.  \'.  T. 

Xeweil,  Joseph  W..  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.  I. 

Xewhouse,  Adanii,  Co.   C.   I2rst   O.   V.  I. 

Xewhoufe,  Alexander.  Co.  C.  121st  O.  V.  I.,  and  Co. 
K.   I4:;th   O.   V.   I. 

Xewhouse.  James   H.   Co.    F.  66th  O.   Y.    I. 

Xewhouse,  John.   Co.   K.  r,6th    O.   V.    I. 

Xewhou.^e,  John,  Co.  K.  6-'y.h  O.  V.  I. 

Xewhouse.   Joseph.   4:;ih    O.    V.    I. 

X'ewhouse,   Samuel,  Co.  D.  145th  O.  V.   I. 

Xewhouse,   We-Lev.   Co..   G,   O.   V.   I. 

Xewhouse.  William.   Co.  G.  4qth   O.  V.   I. 

Xewkirk,   Cvrus.   Co.   G,  '/jth   O.   V.   I. 

Xichols.  Ludwell  W..  Co.  I.  sd  O.  V.  1..  and  Co.  I, 
8?th:  capt.  Co.  B.  8.^!h  O.  V.  I. 

Xicholson.   M.   A..   G'    F,    i  r,d   O.   V.  I. 

Xixon.  Tohn.  Co.  D,  2d  W.  Va.  Cav. 

Xoah,   Daniel    M..   Co    C.   46th   O.   V.   I. 

Xoah,  David  T.,  Co.  C,  46tli  O.  V.  I. 

X'orris,  George,  Co.  G,  17th  O.  V.  I.;  Co.  K,  54th  O. 
V.  I. 

Xorris.  Isaac,  Co.  A.  143th  O.  V.  I. 

Xull.   Tacoh.   Co.  G,   iS7th   O.  V.   I. 

Xull,  Tohn,  Co.  H.  i20th  O.  V.  I. 

Xutt.  John  E..  Co.  H.  r32d  O.  V.  I. 

Oldham.  Joshua  G..  Co.  F,  96th  O.  V.  I. :  2d  Batn.  V. 

Oldham.  Thoinas,  Co.  A.  71st  O.  V.  I. 

Olds,   H.    C.    maj.    I45lh    O.    V.    I. 

Olds,   Sanford.   Co.   D.   i2T.st  O.  V.   I. 

Olds.   Lester.   Co.   D,    121st   O.   V.   I. 

Olmstead,   Charles  F..   Co.   F.  96th   O.   V.  I. 

Olmstead,   Sanford  A..  Co.   C,  26th   O.  V.   I.,  and   Co. 

C,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Olney,  Joel.  Co.  G,  9<''tb  O.  V.  I. 
Olney.  John  A.,  Co.  C.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Olnev.  Levi.  Co.  G,  r/>th   O.  V.   I. 
Orem,  Benjamin   F..  C'n.  K.   13th  Md.  V.  I.;  wounded 

at   Gettysburg. 
Orndoff   Jonathan.  Co.  H.   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Orton.  Smith  H.  Co.  C.  4th  O.  V.  I.  ;  killed  at  Spottsyl- 

vania   C.  H. 
Osborn.  David.  Bat.  IT.  -"th  U.  S.  A. 
Osborn,  Josiah,   Bat.   II.    ith   U.   S.   A. 
Osborn.  Judson,   Co.    K.    I2ist   O.   V.   I. 
Osborn,   Samuel.   Co.   G,  o6th   O.   V.   I,,  and   T7th   Ind. 

Bat. 
Osborn.  William  H..  Co.  H,  4th  O.  V.  I.;  Co.  A,  43th; 

corp.    Co.    G,    iS7th   O.   V.   I. 


.tan 


HISTORY  01'   DEL.WVARE  COUXTY 


Ostraiider.  Jacob,  Co.  D,  joth ;  Co.  C,  iJist:  Co.  I. 
6.7th   O.   V.   I. 

Ott.  GeorKc  Co.  H,   i;4th   O.   V.   I.     ■ 

Ou^ey,   Edward.   Co.  D.  joth   O.  V.  I. 

Ou>oy.  Janie.^.  Batn.  K.  2d  Y.  H.  .\. 

Ovcrtiirf,  Wcslcv,  Co.  F.  c/tli  O.  \-.  I. 

Oviatt,  David  \V.,  Co.   I,   -.2d  O    V.   I. 

Owens,   Thomas,   Co.    .\,    14;;!,    O.    V.    I. 

Ow?ton,   Charles   V..   Co.   D,    [4;;h   O.   V.   I. 

Owstoii,    Heiirv    H..    Co     n,    ij-h    O,    V.    I. 

Owston,  William  H.,  G  .  C,  4ih  O.  V.  I. 

Pace,   Isaac,   Co.   G.  olirii   C).   X'.   1. 

Pace,  Tames,  Co.  H,  121st  ().  \-.  I. 

Pace,    Nathan.    Co.    G.   06th    O.    V.    I. 

Paddock-,    Sclvin,    Co.-H.   SKth    O.   V.   I. 

Paoc.   Charles,  Co.  G,  4Sth   O.  V.   I. 

Pao-e.  Henrv  D.,   Co.  H,   iS;th  O.   V.   I. 

Page,  R>  btrt   S.,  Co.  E.   145th  O.  V.  I. 

Pace  W.  R..   Co.   F.  2d  Batn.  U.  S.  I. 

Palmer,   David   L..   Co.   F,   U.   S.   V.  V. 

Palmer,  Charles,  Co.  G,  g^th  O.  \.  I. ;  died  in  ser- 
vice. 

Palmer,  O.  H.,  Co.  P..  i6th  Conn.  V.  I. 

Palmer,  Roderick,  Co.  H.   121st  O.  Y.  I. 

Parker,   \\'ard  L..   Co.    E.    I4:;th   O.   V.   I. 

Parks,   Cornelius,   Co.    C.  40th   O.   V.   I. 

Parks,   fTenrv   P.,   Co.   B,   i2-^th   II!  V.   T. 

Parks,    I-roke'r    E.,    Co.    I,    4<'"th    O.    V.    I. 

Parks,    John,    Co.   C.   40lh   O.   V.    I. 

Parks.  Rose  J..  Co.  M,  3d  O.  V.  C. ;  Co.  G.  144th  O. 
V.    I. 

Parks.    Sanford,    Co.    A,   SSth    O.  V.  I. 

Parnell,   W.    P.,   Co.   K.   145th    O.  V.   I. 

Parrv.  Thomas  L.,  Co.  .\,   T45th   O.  V.  I. 

Patrick,  George,  Co.  G,  96th  6.  V.  I. 

Patrick,    John,    Co.    H,    121st   O.    V.    I. 

Patrick,  Xathan  E.,  Co.  G,  gty,h  O.  V.  I.:  Co.  H,  174th 
O.  V.  I. 

Patterson,   Charles   B.,   4jd   O.   V.   I. 

Patterson.  John,   Co.  B.   1 1  uh   O.  V.   I. 

Patterscn,  Milo,  corp.   Co.  EI,   u^th   O.  V.   I. 

Patterson,  Morrel,  corp.  Co.  C,  S8th  O.  V.  I. 

Patterson.   Rosea,    reel.   hand.  6^1   O.    V.   I. 

Patton,    William    B.,    Co.   B,    i2Tst   O.   V.    I. 

Patton,  William  C,   Co.   K,   M^th   O.   V.   I. 

Patrick.   Charle,   M.,   sur...   Co    I.  id  O.  V.  '. 

Peak,  .Ilen,:unin.   Co.   K.  iVaU   O.  V.    I. 

Peak.   Charles,   Co.    D.   r2rst   O.   V.   I. 

Peak,  George.   Co.   D.   121st  O.   V.   I. 

Pearson,  Frank   W.,  Co.  D.  20th   O.  V.  I. 

Peasl.v,   John,   Co.    C,    ;th    Bat'n. 

Peaslcv,   O.,   Co.   E.   T4;th   O.   V.  I. 

Peek,  Irwin  B.,  Co.  C.  I2ist  O.  V.  I. 

Pendleton,  George  E.,  Co,  C,  ui^t  O.  V.  I. 

Pendleton.    lames    .-\.,    Co.    I,    jtli    O.    V.    I. 

Pendleton,   John   W.,   Co.   C,    rSr.th   O.  V.    I. 

Pendleton,   Rawlev   C,    i86th    O.    V.    I. 

Pendleton,  Samuel   L..  Co.    E.  66th   0.   V.   I. 

Pendleton,  Van  M.,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I.:  in  Libliy 
prison. 

Pencil.   William   P.,   Co.   K,   u^th   O.   V.    I. 

Penry.  John    P..   Co.   D.  20th   O.   V.  I. 

Renn,  Joseph.  Co.  H,  I74ih  O.  V.  I.:  died  of  small 
pox. 

Pert'ect,   Edwin,   Co.   D.  20'h   O.   V.   I. 

Perfect,    Ilenrv.    Co.    H.    urn    O.    V.    I. 

Perfect,  Lerov,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 


Perfect,.  W.aym.m,   Co.    II.    ]2ist    O.    \".  .  I. 

Perrv    George,  Co.  C.  4th   O.   V.   I. :  and  Co.  K,  l^Qth 

O.   V.   I. 
Perrv,  George  W.,   Co.   C,   i^^d  O.   V.   I, 
Perrv.  HurH,  1st  licul.  Co.  .-X.  I4sth  O.  V.  I. 
Perrv,    Robert,    Co.    A.    145th    O.    V.    I. 
Persons,    Elvero,    Co,    C,    l8th    Mich. 
Pettibone,  Channine  L.,   Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Pettibone.  Thomas   L.,   Co.   C,   T%th  O.   V.  I.    . 
Pettit,    Jacob,    Co.    F,   gf.ih    O.   V.    I. 
Philbnck    (^rlandn.  Co.   H.   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Philips,    lenkins.   C...   D.   121st   O.  V.  I. 
Phdips,    ]r„,.pb.    Co.    D,    20th    O.    V.    I. 
Phillipni,   Philip,   Co    K,  With   O.   V.  I. 
Phinnev,    lame-   E..   Co.   H,   rj^th   O.  V.   I. 
Phiimev.  kussdl  C.  Co,   H    Usth  O.  V.  I. 
Piatt,  George  A..  Cn    r\   I4sth  O.  \".  I. 
Pickett,  Henrv,  Co,   I.   i;oih  O.  V.   I. 
Pierce,    David    .M.,    Co.    1.    4hth    O.    V.    I. 
Pierce,  George,   Co,   C.  4'h    and   Co.   D,  20th   O.  V.   I. 
Pierce.   Jamrs,   Co.    D,    20th    O.    V.    I. 
Pierce,   .Milton,   Co.    F,  C'Mh  O.   V.    I. 
Pierce,  Richard,  sergt.  Co.  G,  1st  Md.  Y.  I. 
Pierce,  Webster,   Co.   D.   isth  U.   S.  I. 
Pierson.  Frank  W.,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 
Pniiiev.   Perry,  corp.   Co.   D,  SSth   O.  V.  I. 
Pip-:r.   David,   Co.  D,    121st   O.   V.   I. 
Piper,   William,  Co.  I,    52d  O.  V.   I. 
Pittnian    Samuel.  Co.  C,  121st  O,  Y.  I. 
Pi.xlcv,    Tames,    Co.    11,    I4^th    O.    V.   I. 
Place,  Toseph  K.,  Co.  C,  Jd  Batn.  iSth  U.  S.  I. 
Plaak,  John  J.,  Co.   E,   i6-,d  O.  Y.  I. 
Plotner,  Ambrose  A..  Co.   C,  4th   O.  V.  I. 
Plumb,. X.,   Co.   I.  R'^th   O.   Y.   I. 
Phmket,    Amos   E.,    Co.    1,    Sjd    O.    V.    I. 
Plunket.    Isaac,    Co.    F.    ot.th    O.    V.    I. 
Plunket,    Richard,    Co.    E.   66th    O.    Y.    I. 
Pollock,  James.    1st  lieut.   Co.  G.   i6.id  O.  Y.  I. 
Poole.    William    H..    Co.    C,    Msth    O.    Y.    I. 
Pope.  Robert.  Co.  G.  jd  O.  \".  I, 
Porter,  James  A.,  C<x  K,   121st  O.  Y.  I.:  capt.  Co.  H: 

killed  at   Chickamauira. 
Porter,   William    T.,   Co.   A,  r;6th  O.   Y.   I. 
TVrterheld,  Willi.am  I.,  Co.  D,  121st  O.  Y.  I. 
Ports.    Israel   A.,   Co.    D,   27th    O.   Y.   I. 
Pons,  John   T.,    Co.    P.    is;    Batn.    I5tli   U.    S.   I. 
Post.    T.  J.,   ist  lieut.   Co.   H,   I4:;th  b.  Y.   I. 
Post,  Martin  W,.  Co.  E,  66th  O.  Y.  I. 
Postle,   E^ra   I.,   Co.   C,    121st   O.  Y.   I. 
Potter,  Allen.  Co.  I,  4th  O,  Y.  T. 
Poir.:r.    Gilbert.    Co.    I,    4th    O.    Y.    I. 
Potcei,    Levi,   Co,    C,    2('th    O.    Y.    I. 
Ponlton.  Edward,  Co.   G,  4sth   O.  Y.  I. 
Powell,    Clarence,    127th    O.    Y.    I. 
Powell,  David,  Co.  C,  4ith  O.   Y,   I. 
Powell:    Eugene,    Co.    I.' 4th    and    66th    O.    V.    L,    Col. 

I9^d   O.   Y.    I. 
Powell.   Toseph.   Co.   A,    I4;th   O.   Y.  I. 
Powell.  Llewellvn  A.,  Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  I.;  Ist  lieut.  Co. 

E.  65th  O.  v.   I. 
Powell,   Thomas    E.,   Co,    C,  S6th :    sergt.   Co.   E,    I4=th 

O.   Y.   I. 
Powell,   William,   corn.   Co.   A,    I4;th   O.   Y.   I. 
Powers.   Henrv   Y„  Co.   E,  S4th   6.  Y.   I. 
Power.^,    Taspcr,   in    Ohio   re.st. :   died    iH6v 
I    Powe.'s,    lohn.    i.vih    U.    S.    L:    killed   at    Stone   River. 
Powers,    Martin    A.,    Co.    F,    96th    O.    Y.    I. 


AND    REPRESENTATIVE    CmZEXS 


403 


Powers,  Orrin,  Co.  K,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

"PrL-stcn,   George   W.,   Co.   M,    ^d  O.   V.   C. 

Pieswn.  Thonia<.  Co.  E,  2tst  O.  V.  I. 

Preston,  T.   H,,   Co.   E,  30th   O.   V.   I. 

Priohard.  William  E.,  Co.  I.  2d  O.  II.  A.  , 

Primnnis.  Jame,-;  B.,   Co.  F.  06th   O.  V.   I. 

Pro.ser.  William.  Co.   G,  SStli   O.   V.   I. 

Pugh,  James  C.  Co.  C.  26th  O.  V.  I. 

Pusii,  Tohn  H.,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Piigii.  Ricb.ird.   Co.  D,   13  ^d  O.   V.  I. 

Purdv.  Georee,  capt.   Co.  1.  S2d   O.  V.   I. 

Pvcroft,   Frank   G.,  Batn.   E,   2d   O.    V.   H.   A. 

Pvcroft.  Gaylord,   Batn.   E.   2d   O.   V.   H.   A. 

Quackenbush,  J.  W..  Co.   C,  ist  Mich. 

Quick,    George    W..   Co.    A.   qgth   O.   V.   I. 

Quinn,  James.  Co.  H,  48th  O.  V.  I. 

Rader,  John,  Co.  G.  Q6ih   O.   V.   I. 

Rader,  Nicholas,  sergt.  Co.   I.  ^^d   O.  V.  I. 

Rains,  Tames,  Co.  H.  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Rains,  Lawrence.   Co.   B.  2d  O.  H.   A. 

Rairic,  Joseph,  Co.  E,  ^Sth  O.  V.  I. 

Ralston,   William,   Co.   A,  McLaughlin's   Squadron. 

Ramage.  John  J..  Co.  A,  I2rst  O.  V.  I.;  lieut.  Co.  K, 

I2ISt    O.    V.    I. 
Ram=ev,  James  S.,  Co.  G,  Q6th  O.  V.  I. 
Randall,  Elmer.  Co.  D,  T45th  O.  V.  I. 
Randall,    EKvood,    C".    D,    145th    O.    V.    I. 
Randolph,  Alfred.  Co.  D.   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Randolph,  Clarkson  F.,  Co.  E,  87th  O.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  E, 

125th   O.   V.   I. 
Randolph.  Joseph  P..  C.x  E,  P-lh  O.  V.  I.,  and  musician 

Co.  E,   125th  O.   V.   I. 
Rapp,  Charles.  Co.  C.  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Raun,  Abel  M.,  Co.   B,  loth  O.  V.  C. 
Reed,  Rees  M,.  Co,   F.  i2i.t:  Co,  G.  60th  O.  V.  V.-  I. 
Reed.  William   P..  ol.   121st  O.  V.  I. 
■  Reese,  William  H..  Co.   E.  ^j^T.th   O.  \'.   I. 
Reid.    Edgar   T.,    Co.    B,    145th    O.    V.    I. 
Reisher.  Ahram    D.,   Co.    C,    14  ^th   O.   V.   I. 
Revnolds,  Horatio,  Co.  H,   I4=lh  O.  V.  I. 
Remolds,  Richard  W.,  capt.  Co.  K.  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Revnolds,  William.  Co.  I.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Rhoades,   Tohn  J.,   Co.   C.   121st   O.  V.   I. 
Rhoades,  Levi.  Co.  I,  82d  O.  V.  T. 
Rhodes,  Alva  M.,  Co.  K.  (/ith   O,  V.  I. 
Rhodes,    loseph    B.,    Co,    K,   r,;  ih    O     V.    1. 
Rhodes,  Charles  D..  Co.  L.  f.th  U.  S.  A. 
Rhrdes.   Chester   B..  2d   O.   H.   A. 
Rhodes,  Rnhcrt,  Co,  G.  4^th  O.  V.  I. 
Rhodes.    William.    Co.    I,  \>^jd   O.    V.   L 
Rice,   Christian.    Co.    G.    i^^th    O.    V.    L 
Rice,  E.,  Co.  B-  ijth  Mo.  V.  I.,  and  185th  O.  V.  I. 
Rice,   George.   Co.    I,  43d   O.   V.    I. 
Rice.  William.  Co.  A.  2d  Batn.  U.  S.  I. 
Richards,  .Albert,   Co.   .A,    179th   O.   V.   I. 
Richards,  Amos  T.,  Co.  D,  17th  O.  V.  I. 
Richards.  Everett,  Co.  C.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Richards.  Ezra,  :;2d  O.  V.  I. 
Richards.  John,  coru.  Co.  E.   nst  O.  V.  I. 
Richards,   Samuel.  Co.  C.   i86th  O.  V.   I. 
Richert,  Everett  B.,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Richev.  Taines  M.,  Co.  K,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Richcv,   William,   Co.   C,    I2rst   O.   V.   I. 
Riddle,    Christian.   Co.    C.   86th    O.   V.    I.,   and    Co.   D. 

I4^th.  and   Co.   C,   l86th   O.   V.   I. 
Rider.  Edward  A.,  Co.  C,  v\  Md. 
Rider,  James   A..  Co.  A,  6th   W.  Va.   V.  I. 


Rieble,  August,  Co.  C,   191st  O.  V.  I. 

Rilev,  Joseph.   Co.   D,   145th   O.  V.    1.  , 

Riley,    Lewis    K..    Co.    D,    I2ist    O.    V.    1.  '      ' 

Rinehart,  Samuel,   Co.  H,   n3th  O.  V.  I. 

Ringer,  Melancthon,   Co.   C,   U'lst  O.  V.  I. 

Risher,   Menasseh,  corp,   Co.   D,  20th   O.  V.  I. 

Rittenhouse,  James,   Co.   C.   I2tst   O.  V.   I. 

Rittenhouse,   Joseph,   Co.   C,    I2rst   O.    V.    I. 

Rohbins.  Williams,  Co.  H.  121SI  O.  V.  I. 

Roberts.  Benjamin  C,  musician  Co.  A,   145th  O    W   I 

Roberts.   IDaniel,   Co.   B,   20th   O.   V.    I. 

Roberts,  Edward   H..   Co.  D,  30lh  O,  V.  I. 

Roberts,   Giles   H..   Co.   G.  t/nh    O.   V.   I. 

Roberts,  John.  Co.  D,  04th  O.  V.  I. 

Roberts.   Tohn   C.   Co.   D,  64th   O.   V.   I. 

Roberts.    Tonah,    Co.   L,   4th    Pa.    Cav. 

Roberts,  f.uscrno,  Co.  D.  20lh  O.  V.  I. 

Roberii   Robert,   Co.   D,  64th   O.   V.   I.:   died   in   hosp. 

Bowling  Green.  Kv. 
Roberts,  William,  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Robertson,  Ge.irge  C.  Ox  K.  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Robertson.   William.   Co,    H.   I45tli   O.   V.   I. 
Robins,    William,    Co.    H,    (21  st    O.    V,    I. 
Robinson.  Albert  R..  Co.  A,   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Robinson,   Charles  H.,  from  Delaware  county;   died  ii 

service. 
Robinson;   Coffman.   Co.   I.  4th   O.   V.  I. 
Robinson,  I.orin  l.,,  Cl:  V.  o^th  O.  V.  I. 
Robinson,    William.    Co.   II.    I45ili_0.    V.    I. 
Rodes.  Floratio  J..  Co.   A.    I45tli   1  >.   V.   I. 
Redes.  Mack  J..  Cn.  A.   i45('i   O.   V.   I. 
Rodgers,  E/ckiel    Co.   K.   1  i^'b  O.   V.   I. 
Rodgers,  James.  Co.  A,   -d  i'.atn,   i8ih  V.  S.  I.     ' 
Rodgers,   Jonatlian.    Co.    F,    I45tb    O.   V.   I. 
Rodman.  A.   I.,  2d  O.  II.  A. 
Rodman,   Tames  I.,  Co.   E.  2d  O.  H.  A, 
Roe.  George,  Co.  G,  S8th  O.  V.  I. 
RofFev,  George  W.,  Co.   I.   120th  O.  V.  I. 
Rogers,   Commodore  P..  Co.   E.  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Rogers.   Jonathan.   Co.    E.    145th   O.    V.    I. 
Rogers,    James.    Co.    F.    31st    O.    Y.    I. 
Rogers,    Samuel.    Co.    F.    9^>lh    O.    V.    I. 
Roiison.   Len-.-iel,    Co.   G,   9'ith   O.    V,    I.:    fell    dead   a 

Columbus. 
Roli^on.   Simon.   Co.   I,  4th   O.   V,   I. 
Roiison,    Utlev,    Co.    H.    i45'li    O.    V.    I. 
Roiison,  William,   Co.   II,   iJ5th   O.   V.   I.  ■  '    '_ 

Roloson.  Benjamin,  Co.  I.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Roloson,  Daniel.  Co.  H,  T45th  O.   \'.  I. 
Roloson,  DeWitt,   Co.   H,   I4=;th   O.  V.   I. 
Roloson,  G.   S..  Co.   K,   145th   O.  V.  I. 
Roloson.    M.,   serat.    Co.    E.  60th    O.   V.    I. 
Roloson.  O.   H,,  Co.  G.  gf-th  O.  V.  I: 
Roloson,    W.    H..    Co.    G,    4th    O.    V.    I. 
Romig.   William    R.,    Co.    F,    tooth    O.   V.    I. 
Ronev,   Eugene.  Co.  H..  121st  O.  V,  I. 
Roonev.    George,    corp.    Co.    H.    145th    O.    V.    I. 
RooneV,  Thoma..  Co,  F.  37f!i  N.  Y.  V.  I.:  died  at  sol 

diers'  home. 
Root,  George,  Co.  C,  86th  O.  V.  I. 
Root,  George,   sergt.   Co,    B,   roth   O.   Y.   C. 
Ronp     George    D..    Co     C,    4th    O.    V.    I. 
Ropp,  John'M..  Co.  M,  3d  O.  V.  C. 
Ropp.  William   T.,  ass't   surg.   ,i^d   O.  V.   I. 
Rose,    Al.  n.-o,    Co.    B,    vdi    O.    I.    C. :    Co.    B.    T3th    C 

Y.   I. 
Rose,  .\lon;:o  J.,   i,«h  O.  Y.   I.:  age   13  years. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


Ro<c,  C.  J..  Co.  G.  I36tli  O.  \'.  I. 

Rose,  E.  N.,  Co.  F,  i2sth  O.  \'.  I. 

Rose,  Thomas   E.,  Co.   T.  ,ViJ  O.  ^'.   I. 

Rosecrans,  Peter  T..  Co.  H.   I2in  O.  V.   I. 

Rosevclt,  George  \V.,  capt.  Co.  K,  2_>d  X.  Y.  Slate 
Guards. 

Rosevclt.  Daniel  S.,  Co.  I,  57th  O.  ■  V.  I. 

Rosevelt.   Stephen   L..   Co.   G.   T8;th   O.  V.   I. 

Ross,   Daniel    S.,   Co.   I,   57th   O.   V.   I. 

Ross.  E.  N.,  Co.  F,  T25th  O.  V.  I. 

Ross,  James,  Co.  B,  114th  Tenn.  Inf. 

Ross,    John,    2(1    O.    V.    II.    A. 

Ross,  John   M.,  Co.  E,  2d  O.   H.   A. 

Ross,  John  P..  81SI  O.  V".  I.:  died  at  Corinth,  aged  17. 

Ross.    Robert    L..    Co.    C,    loth    O.    V:    C. 

Roush,   Joseph,   Co.   G,    O.   V.    I.,   and    iSth    Ind.    Bat. 

Roiish,  Martin,  U.   S.  N.    Mis^.  Squadron. 

Roush.  Peter,  Co.  E.  4th  Va.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  I, 
197th    O.   V.   I. 

Row,   Richmond   W.,    Co.   D.    121st   O.    V.    I. 

Rowland,   William   R.,   Co.   E.   66th   O.   V.   I. 

Row-lands,  John  T.,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I. 

Rowlands,  T.   W.,   Co.  I.  4th   O.   V.   I. 

Rowley.   Francis,   Co.   D,  20th   O.  V.  I. 

Rowlings,  William  J.,  Co.  A,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Ruggles.   Almond.   Co.   D,    I2i5t   O.   V.   I. 

Ru^ales.  John.   Co.   D,   131st  O    V.   I. 

Russell.  Evan.  Co.  H.  88th  O.  V.   I. 

Russell.  George  W..  Co.  K,  54th  O.  V.  I. 

Ru.^t.  Henry  S.,  Co.  II,  I4^th,  and  Co.  I,  T79th  O. 
V.  I. 

Rudder.  G.  B.,  Co.  G,  201st  Pa.  V.  I. 

Rvan.  John.  Co.  K.  loth  N.  Y.  A'.  I.,  and  Co.  D,  M^th 
O.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  D.  4th  U.  S.  L.  A. 

Ryant,  Florence  L..  Co.  K,   I2i5t  O.  V.  I. 

Ryder,    Edward   A..   Co.    C.  ,^d   Dd.   V.  I. 

Rvder,  Granville.  Co.  B,  14th  W.  Va.  I. 

Sabev.  Martin.  Co.  C.  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Sacketl,  George  L..  corp.  Co.  G.  96th  O.  V.  I. 

Sackett,   James   F..   Co.   H.    lJ5th   O.   V.   I. 

Sackrider,  Solomon.  Co.  F,  2d  N.  Y.  C. 

Saeman.   Christopher.   Co.   G.  07th   O.  V.   I. 

Said,  Abner,  Co.  C.  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Said,   James,   Co.   D.    i4;th    O.   V.   I. 

Said,   Simpson,   Co.  H.  88th   O.   V.   I. 

Sales,  Aaron,  Co.  E.  4Sth   O.   V,   I. 

Sales,  Isaac,  Co.  E.  ip^th  O.  V.  I.:  died  at  Charles- 
ton. W.  Va.,  186^. 

Sales,    Simeon.    Co.    B.   48th    O.    V.    I. 

Salisburv.  James  .A..  96th  O.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  C.  145th 
O.  V.  I. 

Salisbury,  Lafavette.  Co.  C,  14-th  O.  V.  I. 

Salisbury,  L.  T..  Co.  E.  66th  O.  V.  I. 

Salmon.  John  C,  ,3  years  in  Ohio  regt. ;  e.  at  16  years 

Sanborn,°B.  F..  Co,  E.   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Sanders.    Cvrus.    Co.    K.    145th    O.   V.   I. 
Sauer.  Joseph.   Co.   A.    159th   O.   V.   I. 
Saunders,  Edward.  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.  I. 
Saunders,  Edwin  P..  Co.  H.   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Saunders.   Edward.  Co.  H.  20<h   O.   V.   I. 
Sauter.  Fred,  no  record,  also  in  Mexican  war. 
Savidge,   Wdliam.   Co.    G.   4^th   O.   V.   I. 
Sawyer,    Samuel.   Co.    B.   2d    O.   H.   A. 
Schaaf.   Jacob   A.,   Co.   C.    14-th   O.   V.   I. 
Schanck,  Ephraim  L.,  Co.  H.  i4?th  O.  V.  I. 


Schaub,  Philip.  Co.  F.  4.3d  O.  V.  I. 

Schehle,    [oseph   A.,    ist   lieut.   Co.   D,    121st    O.   V.   I. 

Schrock,  "Henry   M.,   Co.    H,   9-th   O.    \'.   I. 

Schrock.  Homer,  Co.  C.  I3,-',(1  O.  V.  I. 

Schrock.  Joseph.  Co.  C,  133d  O.  V.  I. 

Schrock,  Vence.  Co.  C,  133d  O.  V.  I. 

Schrock.  William   H..   Co.   A.  95th   O.   V.   I. 

Schult7,  George  P.,  Co.  C,   i4=^th  O.  V.  I. 

Schult/.  William  H..  Co.  D,  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Schwartz.  Nicholas,  Co.  G.  3d  O.  V.  I. 

Scobv,  Alfred.  Co.  H,   :21st  O.  V.  I. 

Scott,   .\lbert  M.,   Co.   K.   T2Tst  O.   V.   I. 

Scott,   .-Mhcrt    S.,   4th   O.   V.   I.:   Co.   E.  31st  O.   V.   I. 

Scott,    Henrv    G.,    Co.    B.    31  st    O.    V.    I. 

Scott.   Tames.  Co.   I,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Scott,  Tohn.  Co.  D,  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Scott,  Orlando  M..  Co.  H.   l2K-,t  O.  V.  I.        . 

Scott.   Thorns   W..   Co.  I.   4th   O.   V.   I. 

Scoville.  John  D..  Co.  E,  3T5t  O.  V.  I.  ! 

Scoville.  James  L..  Co.  I.  82d  O.  V.  I. 

Searles.    Barnev.    Co.    K.    l2Tst    O.    V.    I. 

Searlcs,   Theodore    P..   Co.   H.    i2Tst   O.   V.   I. 

Seattle.  John.  Co.  A.  6th  I'.  S.  C. 

Seelev.  Horace,  Co.  K,   I4^th  O.  V.  I. 

Seelev.  Joseph.  Co.  K.  14  ^th  O.  V.   I. 

Seelev.  Luther.  86th  O.   V.   I.,  and   I4=th  O.  V.   I. 

SccIeV.  Robert.  Co.  H,  32d  O.  V.  I. 

Scigiricd,  Jeremiah,  Co.  E.  66th  O.  V.  I. 

.Sei^fried.   Levi,   lieut.   Co.    F,   06th   O.   V.    I. 

Seigtried.  P.  F.,  Co.  E    66th  O.  V.   I. 

Selanders,  Samuel  R.,   Co.   C,  T4-th  O.  V.  T. 

Selanders.  Thaddeus  F..  Co.   C.   T45th  O.  V.  I. 

Selbv.  Manford.  Co.   E.   i;  L.   S.   I.,  and   Co.  H.  74th 

O.  V.  I. 
Sell.  Flenry  W..  Co.  H.  200th  Pa.  V.  I. 
Sells.  Abraham  H..  Co.  F.  gsth  O.  V.  I. 
Se^•mour.  Albert  M.,  Co.  F.  3d  O.  V.  I. 
Shade.   Eliiah.   Co.   H.   ra;th  O.   V.   I. 
Shaffer.   Edwin   P..   Co.   C    4th   O.  V.   I. 
Sheffer.  George  F..  Co.  D.   I4  =  th  O.  V.  I. 
Shaffer.   Henrv   P.,   Co.   D.    li^th   O.   V.   I. 
Shaffer.  John.' Co.  H,   i2Tst  O.  V.  T. 
Shaffer.  John  H..  Co.  D.  u^th  O.  V.  I, 
Shaffer.    Joseph.    Co.    D.    20th    O.    V.    I. 
Shahan,  Alfred,  6ist  O.  V,  I. 
Shaner.  Adam  J.,  served  in  Ohio  regt.  from  Delaware 

County. 
Sharer,   George   W..   Co.    C.   4th   O.   V.   I. 
Sharer.   Tohn.  Co,  I,   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Sharer.    John.    Co.   E.    i4Sth    O.   V.    I. 
Sharer.  William    Co,  B.  35th  O.  V.  I. 
Sharp.   Clinton   E..    Co.    A.   6/5th   O.   V.   I, 
Sharp.   Tohn.  lieut.   Co,   C.  26th  O.  V.  I. 
Sharp,  Joseph.  Co.  C.  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Sharp.  Samuel,  capt,  Co,  D.  L2lst  O,  V.  1, 
Shaub.   Henry   A„   =crgt.   Co,   I.  .ith   O,   V.   I. 
Shaub.  Samuel  J..  Co.  I.  Jth  O.  V.  I. :  lieut. 
Shaw.   Daniel   M..   capt.    Co,    F.    :;Sth    O,   V.   I. 
Shaw.  David.  Co,  H.  2d  O,  V,  H.  A. 
Shaw.  F.  B..  Co.  I,   ^d  O.  V.  L 
Shaw.  George,   Co.   F.  43'1   O,   V,   I, 
Shaw.  William.  Co.  P.  20th  O.  \',  I, 
Shearer.  Barber.  Co    I,  4th  O.  V,  I. 
Sheets.    Ezra.    Co.    F.   96th    O.   V.   I, 
Sheets.   Daniel.   Co.   D.    u^th   O,   V,   L  :  ■. ; 

Sheets,  Jonathan.  Co.  B,   13th  O.  V.  C. 


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AXD  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


405 


Sheet?,  William   H,   Co.    F.  (/^tli    O.   V.  I. 

Sheldon,  Heiirv  G..  Co.  C,  ;th  O.  V.  I.;   capt.   Co.  D, 

loist   O.   V.    I. 
Sheldon,  Horace,  Co.   A,   ist   O.   L.   .-\. 
Sherman,   Andrew   J.,   Co.   D.    iJi?t   O.   V.   I. 
Sherman,   David,   Co.   I,   J.d    O.    \'.    I. 
Sherman,  David,  capt.  Co.   F,  cx.ith  O.  V.  I. 
Sherman.  Edward  A.,  51st  Ind.  V.   I. 
Sherman,  Frank.   Co.   F,   gth   O.   V.   C. 
ShcrnTan.  Henry,  Co.  P.  JOth  O.  V.  I. 
Sherman,    Tames,   Co.    F,   0(>h    O.   ^^   I. 
Shemian,   Tohn   K.,   ^ist  Ind.  V.  I. 
Sherman.  \Villiar.i   S.,  Co.  E,   i;Sth   O.  V.  L 
Sherr>-,   James    P.,    Co.    D,    121st    O.    V.    I.;   e.   at  age 

of  17  vears. 
Sherrv,  John  H..  15th  U.  S.  I. 

Sherwood.   James   I.,   musician    Co.    C,    MSt'i   O.   V.   I. 
Shindollar,  David,  Co.  I,  4tli  0.  V.  I. 
•Shindollar,  John,  Co.  B,  83d  111.  V.   I. 
Shively,  David,   Co.  E,  2d  O.   H,   A. 
Shively,   John,   Co.   D,    u^th   O.    V.   I. 
Shoemaker,  Adam   S..  Co.  G,  Si'th   O.  V.   I. 
Shoemaker,   David,    Co.   D.    I2)st    O.   V.   I. 
Shoemaker,  Frank,  Co.  C,  88th  O.  V.  I. 
Shoemaker,   Francis,   Gov't   Guards. 
Shoemaker,  Jacob,   Co.  .0,  88th   O.   V.   I. 
Shoemaker,  John   A..   Co.   B,   74th   O.   V.   I. 
Shoemaker,  John  W..  Co.  C,  26th  O.  V.  I. 
Shoemaker,   Sidney,   Co.  D,   121st   O.  V.   I. 
Shoemaker,  William  H.,  Co.  D.  ui^t  O.  V.  I. 
Shoop,  James  N.  Rev.,  Co.  C,  64th  O.  V.  I. 
Shoup,  Joseph.  Co.  C.   121st  O.  V.  1. 
Showalter,  James  H.,  Co.  C,  46tb  O.  V.  I. 
Shults,  Emanuel.   Co.  D,   I2rst   O.  V.   I. 
Shults,  George  W.,  Co.  B,  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Shults,   William   H.,   Co.   D,    121st   O.    V.   I. 
Shumwav.  C,  scr?t.  Co.   C,  io2d  O.  V.  I. 
Shuster.  George  A..  Bat.  C,  2d  O.  V.  H.  A. 
Sibel,   Henry  T.,   Co.   G,  6th   U.   S    C 
Silverwood,  Horace  A.,   Co.   C,   i4,-th   O.  V.   I. 
Silverwood,   Isaac   X.,    Co.   E.   66th   O.   V.   I. 
Silverwood,  William  F.,  Co.  I.  5th  O.  V.  I. 
Simmons,  Isaac.  Co.  A,  i8;th  O.  V.  I. 
Simpson,   James   R.,   Co.    C,    i/Oth    O.   V.   I. 
Simpson,    John    A.,    Co.    G.    loth    Conn. 
Simpson.  Leslie,  Co.  D.   121st  O.  V.  I. 
Skates,  William  M.,  Co.  G,  46th  O.  V.  I. 
Skinner,   Charles  A.,  in  an   Ohio  regt. 
Skinner,  Cooper  A.,  4ith  O.  V.  I. 
Skinner,  Sidnev  M..  Co.  I,  82d  O   V.  I. 
Slack,    Albert   L.,    Ox   D,    121  ,t   O.    V.    I. 
Slack,  Charles.  Co.  G,  6th  U.   S.  C. 
Slack,   E!.j:di   H.,   Co.   H.    I4^th   O.   V.   I. 
Slack,   F-z.kiel    n.,   Co.   P.   i2!-t   O.  V.   I. 
Slack,  C-or-o.  Co.   C,  26th   O.   V.   I. 
Slack,    Juhn    B..    Cm.    K,    I2i..t    O.    V.    I. 
Slack,  Leroy   P..   Co.   C,  26th   O.   V.   I. 
Slack.   Lewis,   Co.   H.    I4;th    O.   V.   I. 
Slack,    Pearson    P.,    Co.    H,    I4^th    O.    V.   I. 
Slack,  William,  Co.  D,  121st  6.  V.  I. 
Slaele.  Austin,  Co.  A,  nath  O.  V.  I. 
Slagle,  C.  K.,  11,1th  O.  V.  L 
Slagle,   Edwin,    Co.   A,    ti3th   O.   V.    I. 
Slagle.  Oliver:  4  mos.  in  Ohio  regt. 
Slain,    facub.   Co.  K.   I4;th  O.  \'.   I. 
Slane,  Elias,  Co.  K,   I45lh  O.  V.  I. 
Slattery,    Michael,    Co.    G.   tjeth    O.    V.    I. 


Slit'e,   Philip,  Cae.  Licking  Ra:iger>. 

Sloop,   Eli,   Co.   I.  32d  O.  V.  I. 

Sloop,  Harrison,  in  an  Ohio  regt. ;  private  sec'y  to  Gen. 

Banks. 
Sloop,   Isaiah,  3   months  in   an   Ohio   regt. 
Slough,  Charles  J.,  Co.  I,  S2d  O.  V.  I. 
Slough,  J.  A.,  Co.  E,  i34lh  O.  V.  I. 
Slough,  James   S.,  4th   O.   V.   I,  and   iiSth    Pa.   V.   I. 
Slough,  John  \V.,  Co.  K,  17th  O.  V.  I. 
Slough,  William,  Co.  E,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Smiley,   Edwin.   M.,   Co.   D,  27th   O.   V.   I.;   killed. 
Smart.  Joseph  W.    Co.  K,  66th  O.    V.  I. 
Smith.   Abraham,   Co.   C,    loth   Ya.   V.    I. 
Smith,  Adelbert.   Co.   K,   I2ist  O.   V.   I. 
Smith,   Albert,    Co.   D,   20th   O.   V.    I. 
Smith,   Albert   R„   Co.   K,   I2i5t   O.  V.   I.,  and   Co.   H, 

145th    O.   V.    I. 
Smith,   Charles,  Co.  G.  q6th  O.  V.   I. 
Smith,   Charles   E.,   Co.   I,   3.^d   O.   V.    I. 
Smith,  Charles  W.,  lieut.   Co.   K,   5th  O.   V.   I. 
Smith,  Chauiicev  W.,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  David,  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  George.  Co.  C,  4tli  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,   George   B,   Co.   K,   i6lh    Pa.   V.    I.,  and   Co.   K, 

84th  Pa.  \'.  I. 
Smith.  George  W.,  Co.  G,  o6th  O.  V.  I. 
Smith.  George  W.,  Co.  H.  121st  O,  V.  I. 
Smith.  Herman  C,  Co.  D,  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  Horace  F.,  Co.  G,  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  Jacob  B.,  Co.  K,  M^th  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  Jacob  H.,  Co.  B,  4?'li  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  J.  W.,  surg.  13th  O.  V.  I. 
Smith.  John,  Co.  G,  06th  O.  V.  I.  ,   ' 

Smith,  John  L.,  Co.  E,  6(.th  O.  \'.  I. 
Smith,  John  M.,  Co.  E,  66th  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  lohn  O.,  Co.  E,  .33rd  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  Lorenzo,  Co.  D,-  l2Tst  O.  V.  I. 
Smith,  Lucius,   Co.   FT,   145th   O.  V.   I. 
Smith,    Lyman,    in    Alich    regt.;    died    in    hospital. 
Smith.   Milton,  served  in  Indiana   regt. 
Smith,   Newton.   Co.   A,   T4th    111   V.   C. 
Smith   Oliver   D.,  Co.   I,    iSgih   O.   V.   I. 
Smith,   Orville   D..   Co.   E.   30th   O.   V.    I. 
Smith,  Reuben   P.,  in  an  Ohio   regt. 
Smith.  Robert  W.,  Co.  I,  -,d  O.  \'.  I. 
Smith,    William    H.,    Co.    D.   26th    O.    V.    I. 
Smith,   William,    Co.    G,   96th    O.    V.    I. 
Smith.  William  H.  FI.,  Co.  D.  65th  O.  V.  I.  ■   ■ 

Smith,   William   X..   Co.  D,   20th   O.   V.   I. 
Smothers,   Daniel.   Co.   F,  3d   Batn.    i8th  U.   S.   A. 
Smothers,   Martin.    Co.    G.   4-^th    O.    V.    I. 
Sm,others.  Milton  L.,  Co.  G.   I4itn  O.  V.  I. 
Smothers,  Wdliam,  Co.  G,  45th  O.  V.  I. 
Smithers,  ?iIilton   L.,   Co.   G,  r-.^h  O.   V.   I. 
Smothers.  William  L.,  Co.  G,  45th  O.  V.  I. 
Smythe,   James,   Co.   D,   76th   O.   V.    I. 
Snedeker,  William  H.,  Co.  D,  9th  O.  V.  C. 
Snider.    Leonard.   Co.    A,    14 5th   O.   V.  I. 
Snodgrass,  James,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 
Snodgrass,   Samuel  K..  Co.  K.  145th   O.  V.  I. 
Snoke,   Amos.    Co.    F,   96th    O.    V.    I. 
Snvder,   G.   W.,    Co.    H,   4tli    O.    V.    I. 
Snvder,   James,   Co.   D,    167th   O.   V.   I. 
Sn'vder,  John,   Co.   I,   4th   O.  V.   I. 
Snvder.    Lewis,    died    in   service. 
Sopher,   Mo^es,   Co.   H,   174th   O.    V.   I.,   Co.   H,   145th 

0.  V.  I. 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


South,  J.-1I-.1C5,  Co.   B.  4W!-.  O.  V.   I. 

South,  Williciin.   Co.   C,   iji.'^t  O.  V.   I. 

Soi'thwick.  Riifiis  E.,  Co.  H.  i^if.th  O.  V.  I. 

Spain,    William    D..    Co.    K,   QOth    O.    V.    I. 

SpaiiMing,  John,   Co.   I,  4th   O.   V.   I. 

Spear,   Anthony  M..   Co.   H,   r^sth  O.   V.   1. 

Spear,  Goorue  T.,  Co.   H.  i4;th  O.  V.  I. 

Spear.  Jarne.s  I-L,   Co.  D,  31st  O.   V.   I. 

Spear,    Leoiiidas,   Co.    G,   4ith    O.    V.    I. 

SpearnVan,  John,  Co.  F,  4.3d  O.  \'.  I. 

Sponslcr,  Adam,  Co.  A.   loth  O.   \'.   C. 

Sprague,   F.   B.,  in  an  Oregon   regt. 

Springer,  James,   Co.  J,  S^d   O.  V.   I. 

Stasgers,  Joseph.   Co.   H,   ist   loua   V.   C. 

Stahman,   Henrv,   Co.   II,  45th   O.   \".    I. 

Standish,    Brvan   N.,   Co.   K,    r4;th   O.   V.    I. 

Standish.  John   M.,   Co.   K.   145th  O.  V.    I. 

Stanforth,    George    B..    corp.    Co.    H.    I4^t]i    O.    V.    I. 

Stantorth,  Osborn.  Co.   H,   121st  O.  V.   L 

Stanley,    MilHgan,    Co.    H.    I2i5t    O.   V.   I. 

Stanley,   William.   Co.   ?T,   raist  O.   V.   I. 

Stanley.   William,   Co.    K,   121st  O.  V.  I. 

Star1<,   Dayid  A.,  2d  lieiit.   Co.   C,  96th   O.   V.   I. 

Stark,    Henry,    Co.    I.   4th    O.    V.    I. 

Stark,    Selah,    Co.    I,   32d    O.    V.    I. 

Stark.  Thomas  E.,  Co.  I,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Starr,   M.   L.,   ass't   surs;.    i45ih   O.   V.    I. 

Stayman,  Frederick,  Co.  D.  u^th  O.  V.  I. 

Steele,  John   M.,   Co.  A.   145th  O.  V.   I. 

Steinmetz.   Henry,   Co.   A.   irSth   O.  V.  I. 

Stelzcr,   Adam,    Co.    F,    133d   O.   V.   I. 

Stephens.  Andrew,  Co.  C.   121..1  O.  \".   I. 

Stephens,  .-Vriel  L.,  Co.  G,  r40th  O.  V.  I. 

Stephens,    Ephraim.    nth    Iowa    V.    I. 

Stephens,  James  A..  Co.  B,  loth  O.  C. 

Stephens,    Tohn,   Co.   H.  S2d   O.   \'.   I. 

Stephens,  Thomas,  Co.  E.  66th  O.  V.  I. 

Stephens,  William,  Co.   I,  4th   0.  V.  1, 

Stephens,    William,    Co.    K.    121. -t    O.    V.    I. 

Sterner,   A.   H.,   Co.    C,   loCth    Pa.   V.   I.,   and   Co.    K. 

194th  Pa.  V.  I. 
Sterritt,  Mathew  D.,  Co.   D,   121st   O.   V.  I. 
Steyens,    Ed^yard,   Co.    D.    145th    O.   \'.    I. 
Steyens.   George,  Co.   F.  76th  O.   V.   I. 
Steward,   Abram,   Co.    B,   76th    O.   V.    I. 
Steward,   George    F.,    1st    sergt.    Co.    A.    ist    Pa,   V.    I. 
Steward,  Wesley  C.  Co.  H.  145th  O.  \'.  I. 
Steward,  William  H.,  Co.  H.  145th  O.  V.  I. 
Stewart.   Williamt   Co.    C,    i27st   O.   V.   I. 
Sticknev.  Joshna,  Co.  B,  S6th  O.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  B,  4-th 

o.  V.  V.  I. 

Stiers,  John,  Trenton  Twp. 

Stids,  Thomas,  Co.  G,  46th  O.  V.  I. 

Stiles.  A.   W..  Co.   F,  6th  O.  V.  I. 

Stiles.  Edward  J..  Co.   D.  20th  O.  V.  I. 

Stiles,    George    P.,    e.    at    Cincinnati    in    an    Ohio    regt. 

Stiles,   Edward  J.,  Co.  D,  20th   O.  V.   I. 

Stiles,    Sevmour   A..   Co.    C.    iS6th   O.  V.   I. 

Stilley.    Beniamin   F..   Co.    G.   20th   O.   V.    I. 

Stilley,  Robert  T.,  Co.   B.  06th  O.  V.   I. 

Stimmel.  Charles  F..  Co.  D.   I45!h  O.  V.   I. 

Stimmel,  John  .A..,  Co.  E,"  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Stiner.   .\braham,'  Co.  F,  Q6th  O.   V.   I. 

Stockard,  H.   L.,  Co.  E.   145th   O.   V.  I. 

Stockard,  William  R.,  Co.   G.  ofkh  O.  V.   I. 

Stockman,  E.  G.,  Co.  K.  6f.th  O.  W  I. 

Stockwell,    Emerson,    15th    U.    S.    I.:    died    in    seryice. 


Stokes,   Bcnjainin  F.,   Co.   K,  66lh  O.  Y.  I. 
Stokes,  George,   Co.   B,   Col.   Brownlow's  regt. 
Stone,    Alyin.    Co.    K,   96th    O.   ^".    I. 
Stoner,  Robert  S.,  Co.  B.  76th  Pa. 
Stottlemyer,   Daniel,   Co.   K.  Cith   O.   \'.   I. 
Stoughton,  Alvin,   Co.   E,   i4Sth  O.  V.   1. 
Straight,  Henry  J..   Co.  A,  ilst  O.  V.   I. 
Stratton,   Alexander.   Co.   C.    145th   O.   V.   I. 
Stratton,   C   B..   Co.   A.    I4=th   O.    Y.   I. 
Str..t;i  ;..    V•:■■^■.r:^    W..   Co.   C,   26th  O.   V.   I. 
Sir,.;        ,    ■■  Co.    F,   06th   O.    V.    I. 

Str^.     .        ',  06th    O.'  V.    I. 

Str'.  ,  ;...     \;.  ,ii    ,n-.   47th   Ind.   V.    I. 
Strickler.    Gcrgt.-   W.,    i6-,d   O.    V.    I. 
Strickler,    John,    Co.    I,    isl    O.    V.    I.;    died 

Strickler,  Jonas,   seryed   in   Calif,   regt. 

Strickler,  William,  niiiMcian.  OU  O.  V.   I. 

Strimple,    Francis   L.,   Co.    H,    145th    O.    V.    I. 

Strine,   Jacob.    Co.    E.    ",Sth    O.    V.    I. 

Strohm.   John   H..   Co.  'E,    145th   O.   V.   I. 

Strona.    Daniel    G..    chaplain   4th    O.    V.    I. 

Strong,   Lewis.    Inland    Xayv. 

Stultz,   Christopher.    Co,    A.    ir-th    O.   V.    I. 

Stults,   Harrison.   Co.   C,   iSist   O.  V.   I. 

Stump.  Jacob  A..  Co.  G,  4'^th  O,  V.  I. 

Stycr.    George.    Co.    G.    c/Sth    O.    Y.    1. 

Sulliy'an   Daniel.   Co.   A,   50th   O.   V.   I. 

Suits,   Peter,   Co.   F.  g6th   O.   Y.  I. 

Sunderland,  James  D..  Co.  B,  4^i\.  O.  V.  I. 

Sutler,  John,   Co.   H,  6th  U.   S.   C 

Suttm,  Henrv  S.,  Co.  C.  i4V.h  O.  V.  I. 

Sutton,   William   G..   Co.    C,   Sjd   O.    V,    I. 

Swarts,   Abraham,   Co.   I,  S2d   O.   X'.   I. 

Swarts,  Joseph,   Co.   I.  S2d   O.   \".    I. 

Swartz,    Dayid,    Co.    C.    I2tst   O.    V.    I. 

Swart.r.    Eli.   Co.    F,   46th   O.    V.    I. 

Swartz,    Jacob.   Co.   E.   66th    O.   V.    I. 

Swearingin.  John.   Co.   G.   iSth  O.  V.   I. 

Sweetland.  Abijah  W.,  Co.  C.   145th  O.  V.  I. 

Sweetland,   Hannah    P.,   Co.   K.  6f.th   O.   V.   I. 

Sweigheimer,    Tohn    T.,   Cc.   I.   ;4th   O.  V.   I. 

Swick.  Dayid  F.    C  .  C.  121st  O.  V.  I. 

Swick,  Henry  M..  Co.  D,   14-tli  O.  V.  I. 

Swick,   Tacob.  Co.   C,   i2Tst  O.   V.   I.       ' 

Swope,  Henry  M.,  Co.  D.  r45th  O.  V.   I. 

Tailor,  Martin   B.,   Co.    G,    14th   Va.   V.   I. 

Tallman.  William  H.  H.,  Co.  E.  6.6th  O.  V.  I. 

Taylor,   Adam.   Co.   E,   30   O.   V.   I. 

Taylor.   Adam   H.,  4th   O.   V.    J. 

Taylor.   Flam.    Co.    D.    121st   O.    V.    I. 

Taylor,   George    A..    Co.    C,   26th   O.   V.   I. 

Tavlor,   Henry   W..  Co.   B,  48th   O.   V.   I. 

Ta'ylcr,  Joel  "B..    Co,    G,   S8th    O.   V.    I. 

Taylor,   M.    C,    Co.    B,    3;th    Bat. 

Taylor,  R.  S..  Co.  A.  5th  U.  S.  C. 

Tavlor,  W.  T.,   Co.  G.   14th  O.   V.   I. 

Terrell,   Samuel,   Co.   A,   I7()th   O.   V.   I. 

Terrill.  Davton  M.  Co.  C.   iS6th  O.  V.  I. 

Tharp,   Job,   Co.    H.   71st   O.   V.    I. 

Thoirum,   Henry   K.,   Co.   K,    17th   O.   V.   I. 

Thomas,   David.   Co.   C.  4th   O.    V.   I. 

Thomas.  David  C.  1st  lieut.  Co.  D,  14th  Kv..  i 
A,   14th  Kv. 

Th.-mas.  David  H.,  capt.  Co.  D.  20th  O.  V.  I. 
j    Thomas,    Tonathan,   Co.    A,    145th   O.   V.    I. 
'    Thomas,   John    H.,    Co.   E,   66th   O.   V.   I. 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


407 


Thomas.  John  H..   Co,   A,    ujth   O.  V.   I. 
Thomas.   John    W"..    Co.    E.   t'>\h    O.   \'.    I. 
Thnn^r.s    T-scph   E.,   Co.   E.  6f)!h   O.   V.   I. 
TivoM^.   .\..-M.   Co.   K,- 1.45th   O.   V.   I. 
'IhMn.i.,    I'li;!,..  Co.  K,   I4:;th  O.  V.  I. 
1  iir.maN  Stephen.  Co.  .^,  M5th  O.  V.  I. 
ThoiTUTS.    Cral.   Co.    K,    145th   O.   V.    I. 
Tliomas.   Wcsicy.   Co.   D.    i45!li   O.   V.   I. 
Tliomas,  AVilliani  ].f  Co.  .\,   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Thornburg,    .\alhan.   J.ld    O.   V.    f. 
Thompson,  H.   V.    B...C0.  C.  J6th  O,  V.  I. 
Thon.pson,  John.   Co.   G.  SSth   O.  V.   I. 
Thompscn.  Milton   S.,   Co.   H,   145th  O.   V.   I. 
Thompson,  Solomon  W.,  Co.   F.  56th  O.  V.  I. 
Thompson.  Stephen,  €0.   G.  S8th  O.  V.  I. 
Thompson.    William,    Cu.    K,    ]_-ist    O.    V.   I.: 

hosp.    Jan.,    1S63. 
Thompson,  William,  Co.  K,   121st  O.  V.  L;  dit 

Thrall.  Azra,   Co.   D.  20th   O.   V.   I. 
Thrall.  Irwin,    Co.    F.  9<'th   O.   V.   I. 
Thrall,  Lewis   L..  Co.   B,   142^  O.  V.  I. 
Thrall,   Stephen    P.,   Co.   B,   20th   O.   V.   I. 
Thurston,  Charles  G.,   Co.   I),   20th   O.   V.   L 
Thurston,   Geor!?e   A.,    Co.    C,   2(1    O.    \'.   L 
Tiebout,   William   H.,   Co.   F,  d'h   O.   V,    L 
Tipton,  David,   musician.   Co.    V.  i.'.'.I   O.   \'.   I. 
Tipton,  George   W.,   Co.    V..  Or.h   O.   V.   I. 
Tipton,    Samuel,    Co.    C,    4;!'.    <  >■    \'     I- 
Toatler.  George,  Co.  H.,  4^tl!  O.  \.  1. 
Tone,  Lai'avctle,  Co.   K.    i45ih   O.  \'.  I. 
Topliff,  Charles  W.,  musiciati.  Co.   K,   M^th  O. 
Torrence,   George    B.,   Co.    C,  4th    O.   V.   I. 
Torrence,   Samuel   W.,   scrgt.   Co.   E,   145th   O. 
Townley,   Hart.   Co.   I.    ^2d   O.    \'.   I. :    died   in 
Townley,  William  W.,  Co.  G.  96th  O.  V.  E 
Tracv,  Jona.   U.   S.  Gunboat.  "U.   S.   Grant." 
Trax'ler,  Elias,  Co.  C,  4th  O.   V.   L 
Traxler,  John   W.,   Co.   F,  «'.th   O.   V.   L 
Traxler,    William.    Co.    E   4th    C>.    V.    I. 
Trickev,   Christopher,   Co.   F.  c,6tli   O.   V.  I. 
Trout.  Isaac  H..  Co.  L,  "th  Pa.  Cal. 
Troutman,   Daniel.  Co.   F.  With  O.   V.  I. 
Troutman,  John,  re.gt.  band,  63d  O.  V.  I. 
Trumbull,   Henrv,   Co.  D,   15th  U.   S.   I. 
Trumbull,  Leonard,  Co.  D,  15th  V.  S.   I.;  died 

vice. 
Trumbull,  Oliver.  Co.  H,  i-Sth  Kv.  V.  I. 
Trumbull,  Oliver  P..  Co.  D.  MSth  O.  V.  I. 
TuUer,    Darwin.    Co.    D.    20th    O.    V.    I. 
Tuller,   Edsar   P..   Co.    K.   I4=;th   O.    V.   I. 
Tuller,  Erwin,  Co.  D,  M^th  6.  Y.  I. 
Turner.  N.  E.,  Co.  E,  145th  O.  V.   I. 
Tuttle,  Albert.  Co.  E.  fed  O.   V.  I. 
Tvler,  James  L.,  Co.'  I,  52d  O.  V.  I. 
U'fferman,  Peter.   Co.   C.   I4^th   O.   V.   I. 
Ulrey,   Charles   M.,  7th   U.  ^S.   C. 
Underwood.  .Amos  W.,  Co.  F.  ^d  Pa.  V.  C. 
Utley.  J..  -5th  111.  V.  T. 
Utter.   .Andrew.   Co.   D,    121st   O.   V.   I. 
Utter.  Joseph  E.,  Co.  G,  171  it   Pa.  V.   I. 
Utz,  Alexander  R..  Co.  A,   I4=,th  O.  V.  I. 
Utz.  John   F.,   Co.   A,   i4sth   O.   V.   I. 
Vanata,   George  W..   Co.   E.  Q6th   O.   V.   I. 
VanBrimmer.   William,   Co.   C.   I45th   O.  V.   L 
Van   Brimmer.  John.   Co.    K,  6f)th   O.   V.  T. 
Vance,   Edward   J..    Co.   K,   145th   O.   V.   I. 


died   in 
;d  since 


V.   I. 
service. 


Vance.  Janie.-.  \.,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V    I 

Van   Deman.  John   D.,  2d   lieut.   Co.   E.   I4^th   O    V    I 

VanDruft',    David    A.,    Co.    A,    6th    O.    V.'l.;    died    in 

service. 
Van  Fleet,  Marritt,  Co.  G,  g6th  O.  V.  I. 
Van   Horn,   Girard.    Co.    D,   145th    O.    V.    I. 
Van  Horn,  James  J.,  col.  8th  L'.  S.  I 
Van  Houton,  C.  W".,  Co.   H,   121st  O    V    I 
Van  AVormcr,  Abraham,   Co.   G.  06th   O.  V    I 
Van  Wormer,  Frank,  Co.  I,  32d   O.  V.  I 
Veal.    Robert,    Co.    H.    I2ist    O.    V.    I 
Veer,    Andrew    A.,    Co.    C,   4th    O.   V.    I. 
Veley,  John,   Co.    C,   145th   O.  V.   I. 
Veley,   .Alilo,   Co.   A,  4Sih  HI.   V.   I. 
\  ming.   Benjamin,   Co.   H,    145th   O.   V.   I 
Vming.    Charle.s,   Co.    C.   4th    O.   V     I 
Vining,    Charles.  C,    Co.    C,    4th    O.    V     I 
Vining,   E.   C,   Co.   C,  86th  O.   V.   I.,  ist   lieut 
\  inmg.   Reuben,   Co.  H,   145th   O.  V.   I 
Vming,  Reuben,  3d  111.  V.  f. 
Vining,   Rufus,   Co.   E.   I45fh   O.   V.   I. 
Vming,  Thomas  P.,  Batn.  C,  2d  O.  V"    H.   A 
\'ought,   Isaac   H..   Co.    B.  4Sth    O.   V.   I.,   and    Co.    B 

83d   O.-  V.    I. 
V'ought,  Isaac,  Corp.  Co.  D,  145th  O.  V.  I. 
\  ought,  John   F..  Co.  D,   145th  O.  V.  I.         ■.,       , 
Waggy,  William,  Co.  C.  121st  O.  V.  L 
Wagner,  David,  Co.  G,  74th  111.  C. 
\A'ait,   .Addison,    Co.    D,    I4:;th   O    V     I 
Walbert,  Benevel,  Co.  F.  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Walbert,  Isaac,  e.  in  Ohio  regt. 
Walbert,   William.  47th    Pa.   V.    I. 
Waldo.  Marvin  H.,  e.  in  Ohio  inf.  regt. 
Waldron.   Cornelius,   Co.    F.  gfith   O.  "V.   I. 
Walker,   Alexander,   Co.  D,    iioth   Ky.   V.   I. 
Walker,  Augustus   P..   Co.   C,  4th  O.  V.   I. 
Walker,  Charles,  in  an  Ohio  regt.;  killed  at  Dumfries. 

Virginia. 
Walker,  John  W.,  Co.  H.   121  st  O.  V.  L 
Wallace,  James,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I.,  Co.  C,  145th  O. 

Wallace,' John!   Co.   D,    i2i=t   O.    V.    I. 

Wallace,  John.  Co.  D,  20th  O    V.  I. 

Walhm,  Andrew,  corp.  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.  I.;  killed  at 

Kenesaw  Mt. 
Wallm.  John,  Co.   E,  C6th  O.  V.  I 
Wander,  Joseph,  Co.   D,   145th  O.  V.  I. 
Ward.  H.  L.,   Co.  C,   176th  O.  V.   I 
Ward.  I.   H...  Co.   C,  26th   O.   V.  I. 
Ward.   Philimon.   Co.  H.   I4:;th  O.   V.  I  -    ■ 

Ward.  Samuel,  Co.  D,  I2lst''0  .V    I 
Ward,  Uriah   H.,   Co.  F.   ist  U    S.  A. 
Ward,  William  J.,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Warnei.  Elijah,  capt.  Co.  E,  30th  O.  V.  I. 
Warner.   Thamrs   C,   Co.   C.  4th  O.   V    I. 
Warner.  Joseph.   Co.   D.   i4-,th  O.  V.  I. 
Warner,  Josiah.  Co.  G,  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Warner,   Martin,   Co.   D,    iq7th   O.   V.   I. 
Warner,   Milton.   Co.    C,    170th   O.   V.   I. 
Warner,  William  FL,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I, ;  capt.  Co.  B, 

48th  O.  V.  I. 
Wasson,  J.  W.,  Co."  B,  48th  O.  V.  I 
Waterfield,  George,   l8th  U.   S.   I. 
Waterhou^e.   J.    P.,    i3Sth   O.    V.    I. 
Waterman,  William,  Co.   B.  95th  O.  V.   I. 
i    Waters,   Heniamin  F.,  Co.   K.   121s;  O.  V.  I. 
Watkins,  Edward  J.,  Co.   E,  66th  O.  V    I 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


Wntkiiis,   I7a-tu5,   Co.  A,   145th  O.  V.  I. 

\V:itkins,    Tohii   H.,  Co.   A,   I4^tli  O.   V.   I. 

\V;itkins.    John    W.,   capt,    Co.    E,  C*th    O.    \'.   I. 

Watkins,  John  W.,  Co.  A,  u^th  O.  V.  I. 

Watkins,  Xaihaniel  D.,  Co.  D,   145th  O.  \".   I. 

Watson,  George  B,  sergt.  Co.  I,  3d  O.  A".  C. ;  pro. 
lieut. 

Wiitson,  Robert  A.,  Co.  A,  145th  O.  V.  I. 

Watson,  Thomas  C.   Co.   E.  C6ih  O.  V    I. 

Watters,  James,   in   Ind.   rcc;t.  :   killed   at   Stone   Ri%-er. 

Waiters,    I.vman   J.,   Co.   G,    rSth   O.   V.   I. 

Watters.  Wesley,  Co.  F.  of.th  O.  V.  I. 

Weaver,   Alfred,   Co.   H,    nth   V.   K.   C. 

Weaver,  Andrew  P..  sergt.  7th  O.  Ind.   Bat. 

Weaver,   Benjamin,   Co.    C,    121st   O.    V.    I. 

Weaver,  John  H.,  Co.  C,  i3rst  O.  V.  I. 

Webb,  Joseph  P.,  sergt.  maj.  7th  O.  V.  I.;  killed  at 
^^anchester,  Va. 

Webb,  Martin,   Co.   K,  (6\U   O.   V.   I. 

Webster,  Charles  W..  Co.  F,  121  st  O.  V.  I. 

Web.ster,  George  P.,  Co.  E.  6i>th  O.  V.  I. 

Webster,  loseph  P.,  Co.  F,  Q6th  O.  V.  I. 

Webster,  William  B..  Co.  E.  66th  O.  V.  V.  T. 

Webster,   William   H.,   Co.   F,  96th   O.  V.   I. 

Weeks,  Tames  H..  Co.  I,  32d  O.  V.  I. 

Weeks,   0.   P.,   Co.   I,  32d   O.   V.   I. 

Weeks,  Soth,  2d  Batn.  iSth  U.  S.  I.;  died  in  ser- 
vice. 

Weiser,    Albert.   6id    O.    V.    L:    Co.    F.   96th    O.   V.    I. 

Weiser,  Charles,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  J. 

Weiser,  Christian,  Co.  I.  S2J  O.  V.  I. 

Weiser,  -John,  Co.  I.  S2d  0.  V.  I. 

Weiser,  Noah,  Co.  C,  67th  O.  V.  I. 

Weiser.  Philip,  Co.  E,  32d  O.  V.  I. 

Weiser,   Solomon   B.,  capt.   Co.  F,  9'5th  O.  V.   I. 

Welch,  Byron  L.,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Welch,  Girard,  Co.  C,  4tli  O.  V.  I. 

Welch,   George,   Co.   G,  88th   O.   V.   I. 

Welch,  Henry  A.,  Co.  E.  84tb  O.  V.  I. 

Welch,  L.   Byron,  corp.   Co.  E,   143th  O.  V.  I. 

Welch,   Peter,  Co.   H.   I74tli   O.  V.  I. 

Welch,  William,   Co.   F,  r/Sth   O.  V.   I. 

Welch,  William.  Co.  D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 

Welch,  William,  Co.  A,  170th  O.  V.  I. 

Welch,  W.  O.,  Co.  E.  i4^th  0.  V.  I. 

Welchhauns    Henrv,  Co.  I.  82J  O.  V.  I. 

Welker,  Charles.  Co.  G,  SSth  O.  V.  I. 

Welkins,  Elm.as  F.,  Co.  C.  26th  O.  V.  I. 

Weller,  Elias  H.,  63d  rcgt.  band. 

Wells,  Edwin  R.,  Co.  G,  451!'  O.  V.  I. 

Wells,  Griffin,  Co.  H,  T2ist  O.  \'.  I. 

Wells.  Milton  A.,  Co.   F,  43d  O.  V.  I. 

Wells,   .Milton   D.,    121st   O.   V.   I. 

Wells.   Robert    A.,   Co.    E,  66th    O.    V.    I. 

Wells,   Samuel,  Co.  C,  4th  O.   V.  I. 

West,  William  H.,  Co.   C,  26th  O.  V.  I. 

W'estbrook,  Albert  E.,  surer.   [o6th  O.  V.  I. 

Westenhaver,   S.   B..   Co.   D.  20th   O.   V.   I. 

We.=tlake,  Samuel  R.,   Co.   K,  06th  O.  V.   I. 

Wetson,  Hugh  S.,  Co.   D,  20th  O.  V.  I. 

Wett,   Jona,    Co.    E,   2d   O.    H.    A. 

Wharton,  John,  Co.  C,  i5.Hh  O.  V.  I. 

Wheeler,  G.  L..  Co.  K,  3d  O.  V.  C. 

Wheeler,  Herman  J.,  Co.  D,   121st  O.  V.  I. 

Wherrv.  John.  Co.  H,  I74tb  O.  \'.  I. 

Whipple,  Leuis,  Co.  D,   121st   O.  V.   I. 

Whitcraft,  John  H.,  Co.  K,   145th  O.  V.  I. 


White,  Albert.  Bat.  E,  2d  O.  V.  H.  A. 

White,  Armidon,  Co.  A,   t8th  U.   S.  I. 

While,  George,  Co.  F,  96th  O.  V.  I. 

\^■bitc,   George   W.,   Co.    C,    l86th   O.   \'.   I. 

\\'hitc,   Isaac   K,    Co.    K.   96th    O.   V.    1. 

White.   James,   Co.  I,   32d   O.   V.   I. 

Whiieliead,   William   W.,   sergt.   Co.   H,   71I1   HI.   V.   C. 

Whiting,  Johnson,  Co.  I,  5th  U.   S.   C. 

Whitl-ek,   E.   D.,  Co.  E.   145th  O.   \'.   I. 

\\  hitman,   George,   Co.    K,   121st  O.   \'.   I.,  and   Co.   H, 

I45!li    O.    V.    I, 
Whitney.  R.   W.,  Co.  11,   121st  O.  V.   I. 
Whit.Rv.   William  jr..   I  nth  O.  Y.  I. 
Wiiittcn.,  Ch:;rle.=  W.,  Co.  H,  121st  O.  V.  I. 
Whitr.-iis,  William.  Co.  II,   121st  O.  V.  I. 
W.cl,h.,m,  J.    W..   Co.   E,   3rst   O.   V.   I. 
Wi.^dnn.   Perrv.  Co.   F.  </jth   O.  V.  I. 
\\'igc;iiis.  Joh.n.   sergt.   Co.   A.    "Oth   O.   V.   I.      - 
Wigton.  Thomas  F..  Co.  K,  121  >t  O.  V.  I. 
Wiico.x.    Earnuni.    Co.   A.   2d    Batn.,    iSth    U.   S.   T. 
Wilco.x,   Beii.iamin   F.,  Co.   B,   135th  O.  V.   I. 
Wilcox,  B.  W.,  Co.  A,  2d  Batn.,  iSth  U.  S.  I. 
Wilcox,    Hiram,    Co.     C,     113th    O.     V.    I.;    killed    at 

Kencsaw   Mt. 
Wilcox.  James   C,   Co.   E.   i^th  U.   S.   I. 
Wilcox.  James   H.,   Co.   H,    I4^th   O.   V.   I. 
Wi!co-c,  Joseph  E.,  Co.  F.  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Wilcox.   John,    Co.    H,    145th    O.    V.    I. 
Wilcr.x,    Lawrence,    in    an  'Ohio    reg!. 
Wilcox,    Marolus,    inth    O.    V.    I " 
Wilcox,  Rohcrt,   Co.   H,   t74th   O.  V.  I. 
Wilcox.   Samuel,   Co.   G,  ./.th   O.   V.   I. 
Wilcox.    Simon.   9^th   O.   V.    I, 
Wilcnx.    William    M,    Co.    B,    n^th    O.    V.    I. 
Wiles,   C.   W.,   Co.   L,    loth   X.   Y.   C. 
Wilkins,    Elmus,    Co.    C,    26th    O.    \'.    I. 
\Yi\]^v.   Ethan.  Co.  G.  96th  O.  V.   I. 
Wilier.    George    W.,    Co.    A,    145th    O.    Y.    I. 
Will.:v.    Job.-.    Cn.    r,     Kt^th    O:    Y.    I. 
Willruii^.    Ai.r.b:,m,    C^..    A,    M    O.    H.    A. 
WillKim-.   AriM-.   Cn    IV    121ft  O.   Y.  I. 
Williams,  Barnev.   Co.   F.   I74ih  O.  Y.  I. 
Wi!l:.-ii.,.  B.   E,   Co.   F.  .^-.th   O.  Y.   I. 
Williams,   D.  L.,   Co.  A,  2d  O.   H.   A. 
Williams    Daniel   J.,    Co.   E.   66th    O.    Y.   I. 
Will, an,.;.  David,  Co.   F,  r/.th  O.  Y.  I. 
Williams  David  W..  Co.   B.   I42d  O.  Y.  I. 
Williams.   Eli,  C-.    B,  46th   O.   Y.   I. 
Williams,  Evan   D.,   Co.   A.   T4:th  O.   Y.  I. 
Y"illiams,    Fergus    F.,   2d    O.   V.   H.    A. 
Willi.mis,   Frank,   Co.  H,   121st  O.   Y.   I. 
Williams   George  M..   Co.   G.  Q6th   O.  Y.   I. 
Williams.  Genr'jc  W..  capt.  Co.  A.  2d  O.  H.  A 
Williams  Georce  W..   >ergt.  Co.  E,  77th  O.  Y.  I. 
Wiliiam.,   G.    W.,    i-j,l    o:   Y.    I. 
Wi'ham,,  Henrv  A.,  Co.  C,  S<3th  O.  Y.  I.,  and  Co.   C, 

26th  O.  Y.  Y.  I. 
Williams,  Jackson,  Co.  F,  121st  O.  V    I. 
Williams,   Jeremiah   E..   Co.   I,   T5gth   O.   Y.   I. 
Williams,  John   P..   Co.   K,  20th  ^O.  Y.   I.,  and   Co.   E, 

46th   O.   Y.   I. 
Williams,    Morris    Co.    E,   66th    O.    Y.   I.,   and   Co.    H, 

174th  O.  Y.  I. 
Williams,  Peter.  tSth  U.  S.  I.  _ 
Williams.   Svlvcftcr   G.,   in   Ohio   regt.   inf. 
Williams,  Y.  B.,  surg.   I2rst  O.  Y.  f. 
Williams,  T.  J.,  Co.  A,   145th  O.  Y.  I. 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZEN: 


-109 


Williams,  Thomas,  Co.  C,  4th  O.  \'.  I. 
.Willirtm.-,  Thomas  J.,  Co,  11.  ugth  O.  V.  1.,  and 

i.-Vrh   O.  V.   I. 
WillMn.s,    Virgil,   Co.   D,  20th   O.   V.   1. 
U  .11:   nis,  Washington,  Co.  K,  i;jd  Ind.  \".  I. 
Willi  1;,-,  William  D.,  ser?t.  Co.  G,  2d  Calif.'V. 
Williani.s,  WilH;..in-G.,  ch-iplnin  u^th  O.  V.  I. 
Wilii.'.ms,   William   M.,   in  an   Ohio   rtgt.   inf. 
Williamson.  Alonzo,   Co.   H,   r^i.st  O.   V.   I. 
Willi.in-^nn,  Georqe   S..   Co,   B,   76th   O,   V.   I. 
Wiili.-.ir.-on.  John,' Co.  H,   I2r.sl  O.  V.   I. 
Willi. .nison,   Madison,   Co.   H,    121st   O.  V.    I. 
Wil!i:a-son.  Marouis,  Co.  B,  24th  O.  V.  I.,  and 

ijsth  O.  V.  i. 
Willui.n-^on.    Michael,    Co.    C,    2d   batn.    iSth    U. 
Wdliani-on,    Solomon,    Co.    11,    121  >t    O.    V.    I. 
Will,am<on.  S.  Madison.  Co.  II,  121-t  O.  V.  I. 
Willis,  Ilcnrv  B..   Co.   F.  20th   Iowa  V.   I. 
Willis,  J.  B.,  Co.  B,  4Sth  O.  \".  I. 
Willis,   Plvn   A.,  surg,  4f^th   O.   V.   I. 
Willis,  R.'K.,  Co.  K,  4S1I1  O.  V.  V.  I.,  and  Co.  K 

O.  V.  I. 
\\'ills.   George    M..   Co.    C,    I2lst   O.   V.    I.       - 
Wills.  Mihon,  4.^d   O.   V.    I. 
Wdmuth,  Philip,  Co.  E,   i4;th  O.  V.  I. 
Wilson,    Hcnrv,   20lh    O.    V.    I.;    died 


Co.  A, 
S.    I. 


V.  I 
and   Co.   H.    174th 


Wilson.  James,  lieut.  Co.  D,  ist  \ 
Wilscn,  John,  Co.   I,  82d   O.  V. 

O.  V.  I. 
Wilson,   Lvman,   Co.    S,    l4V>h   O.   Y.    I. 
Wilson,  March,  4tli   Md.   V.   I.:  killed   .it   Xorfolk.  ^ 
Wilson.   Peter  D.,   Co.   C,  96th  O.  V.  I. 
Wilson.   Thomas   O..   Co.   H,   M^th   O.    V.    I. 
Wilson,  Z.  B.,  8th  Mo.  V.  I. 
Winl.are,  Emanuel,  Co.  D,  I2ist  0.  V.  I. 
Windship,  David,  Co.  H,  121st  O.  V.   I. 
Winston.    Thomas   J.,    Co.    D.    and    Co.    E,    i6th    W 

V.  I. 
Wintermme.   E^ra   D..   Co.   M.    ist   N.  J.   \'.   C. 
Winterrnute,  Tl.   O.,  sergt.  Co.  C,   MSth   O.  V.  I. 
WiMernmte,    J.    P..    ord.    ^erfft.    Co.    C,    MSt'i    O.    V. 
Wise,  Cvrus  C,  Co.   F.  o'.tb'^O    V.  I. 
Wise,  Duncan,  Co.   D,    u-th   ( ).   V.    I. 
Wise,  John   H..  Co.   F,    141st   O.   V.  I. 
Wi-..   T.u-oh,  Co.  D,   t4;th  O.   V.   I. 
Withonn-ham,   John    W,    Co.    I.   jd   O.   C. 
Wiihr.   V.   William  H.,  Co.   I).  S.^^th  O.  Y.  Y.  I. 
Wix^Kv.d,  John,   Co.   I,  4th   O.   V.   I. 
Wolff.   Fred  J.,  Co.  B,  26th  O.   Y.   I. 
W.>U!ey,   Ehan,   Co.   C,  2d  O.   H.   A. 
Wolrlev,  George  T..  corp.  Co.  C,  M^th  O.  V.  I. 
Woltlev,  J.  A.,  Co.  A.  M^th  .O.  Y.^  I. 
Wolflev,  J.  M.,  Co.  A,   T4'^th   O.   \".   I. 
Woldev,  Lewis,  ist  sergt.  Co.  A,   i4^th  O, 
Woftkv-,   Oscar  A.,   Co.   E,    I4nth   O.   V.   I. 
WoWey,  Rohert,  Co.  A,  Msth'O.  Y.  I. 
Woiaey,  Silas  D.,  Co.  D,  I4=th  O.  Y.  I. 
Wollam,  John,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  Y.  I. 
Wood,  Albert  A.,  Gov't  Guards. 
Wood,  Isaac,   Co.   C,  66th   O.   W   I. 
Wood,  L.  P..  Co.  H,  T74tii  O.  Y.  I. 
Wood,  Perry,  Co.  C,  86th  O.  \'.  I. 
Wood  Theodore   P.,  Co.   D.   121st  O.  Y.  I 
Wood,  William,  H.,   Co.  F.   31st  O.   Y    I. 
Works,   F.   P.,   Co.   I,  24th   Mass.   V.   1. 
Worline,  Albert,  Co.  C,  46th  O.  Y.   I. 
25 


Y.  I. 


hosp.    during    | 


Worline,  D'lvid,  nuiMcian,  6>d  (1  Y.  I. 
Worline,  David,  Co.  D,  20th  O.  Y.  I. 
Worline,  Henrv,  Co.  A,  145th  O.  Y.  1. 
Worline,  Hugh,  Co.  D,  121st  O.  Y.  I. 
Worline,  William,  Co.  C,  26th  O.  Y.  I 
Worthing.  William.  Bat.  I,   ist  O.  Y.  li.   A., 

I,  2d  O.  Y.  H.  A. 
Worthineton,  .Amos  E.,  Co.   E,   ^isi  O    Y.  I. 
Wright,   David,   Qo.   H,    121  st  O.   Y.   I. 
Wright,  Jerry,  Co.  D,  "sth  Ind.  \".  I. 
Wyatt,   James   B.,   Co.    C,    145th   O.    Y.    I. 
Yancey,  Charles,  Co.  I,  Sid  O.-  V.  I. 
Young,  Charles,  Co.  I,  82d  O.  V.  I. 
Young,  Jacob.  2d  X,  J.  C. 
Yost,  Clement,  Co.  B,   nth  Pa.  C. 
Zcigler,  Charles,  Inlnnd  Xavv. 
Zinimer,  XichoL-.s.  Co,   M.  I'st  l".  S.  C. 
Zimmer,  Casper.  (.,  ,  I;,  t..,th  o,  X".  I. 
Zimmerman,  Cli^i'   -   }|,  C' ■    K.   ij^tli  O.  \'. 
Zimmerman,  X'.^U'cy   li  ,   Co.   K.    i_;;t!i  O.   Y. 


The  following  is  a  list  of  s 
Delaware  County,  but  whose 
obtained : 


ildi, 


Xc 


Grnnstaff.    Alex; 
Hahn.  Julius. 
Harrod,   M. 
James,  B. 
Morgan    David 
Mnre;-i.    T  ,l:u. 


Sh;av,   RoMort. 
Stiers.  John. 
Waiters,   P.  H. 


Beach, 
Benton.   Henrv. 
Eiglow.  Heni-y  C. 
Bolton,  Thomas. 
Carney,  Darwin. 
Chase,   Ebenezer. 
Chase,  McLean. 
Converse,  John. 
Flavial,   G. 
Forsyth,  John, 
Frcese,  Isaac. 
Gailv,  John. 
Gates,  L,  S. 


DELAW.XRE     COUXTY 
MEN' 

There  are  ti\t 
Delaware  County, 
brief  history: 

The  first  piAst  orgai 
Slack  Post  Xo.  59,  \vhi 
ary  2^.  18S4,  ami  locati 
perpetuates  that  <if  Ct-nirade 
He  was  bum  in  Galena,  October  19,  1841,  his 
parents  being  nalixes  of  l'>ela\\;ire  Ci>unt\'. 
After  receiving-  the  schrjol  training  afl'ordtd  by 
his  native  town,  he  engaged  in  farming.  lie 
enlisted  at  Clalena,  in  Augu.st.  iSf')!,  in  Com- 
pany G,  Sixth  United  States  Cavalry,  In  1803, 
he  was  for  sonic  time  in  a  Xcw  York  hospirai, 
but  leji.iined  his  regiment  licfore  it  was  called 
into  Pennsylvania,  on  Lee's  inva-ion  of  that 
state.     He  fell  in  an  engagement  of  that  cani- 


POSTS.     DEPAK 


posts   of  the   G.    A.   R.   in 
f  which,  the  f'dlvwing  is  a 


HI  tne  county  was 
a.>  chartered  Janu- 
Cialena.  It-  name 
-  Cliarlcs  A.  Slack. 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


paig-n.  was  killed  in  acliun  at  Fairtield.  Peiiii- 
SAlvania,  Juh  3,  1S63,  and  was  buried  on  the 
battletield,  aged  22  years,  8  months. 

The  ofticers  of  the  organizatiou  were  as 
follows:  P.  C,  G.  W.  Hu-lies;  S.  V.  C,  M. 
C.  Ingham;  J.  V.  C,  T.  U.  I'rcton;  Chaplain. 
R.  B.'  Bennett:  Surg..  S.  ^I.  Mann:  O.  .M..  |. 
H.  Dustin;  O.  D..  I  J.  A"  lani.^ :  O.  G.,  Clias. 
\'anhuuteii :  Adjt.,  I).  C.  Curtis. 

The  second  organization  was  Torrcncc 
Post,  Xo.  60,  located  at  Delaware,  antl  char- 
tered in  1881.  The  Po-t  was  named  in  honor 
of  one  of  Delaware  County's  heroes.  Geo.  11 
Torrer.ce.  The  scenes  amid  which  this  bra\e 
soldier  perished,  December  1^.  1S62.  at  Fred- 
ericksburg, \'a..  are  thus  described  in  the 
Fourth  Ohio  \'o!unteer  Infantry  Regimental 
history:  "Wounded  men  fell  upon  wounded; 
the  dead  on  the  mangled:  the  baptism  of  hre 
adds  more  wounds  and  brings  death  to  help- 
less ones ;  as  we  look  back  the  field  seems  co\-- 
ered  with  mortals  in  agony;  some  motionless, 
others  are  dragging  themselves  t'lwan.!  the 
rear:  occasionally  the  shell  or  cannon-ball  that 
comes  into  their  midst  sends  arms,  hands. 
legs  and  cloth.ing  into  the  air;  our  colors  fur 
a  moment  are  down,  for  our  noljle  color- 
bearer,  Geo.  B.  Torrence,  falls,  having  his 
head  blown  from  his  body,  leaving  his  blood 
and  brains  upon  comrades  and  the  flag." 
George  Bennett  Torrence  \vas  torn  near  Sun- 
bury,  Ohio,  January  4,  1839.  a  son  of  ^^loses 
Torrence  and  Eliza  (Smidi)  Torrenc-,  ruatives 
of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  em- 
ployed for  a  number  of  years  at  the  Buckly 
House.  Columbus,  then  fired  for  "Old  Pap 
Loomis"  on  tlie  C.  C.  C.  &  L  R.  R.,  and  was 
on  his  engine  at  Columbus  ready  to  start  for 
Cleveland  when  approached  by  two  neightor- 
hood  boys  who  \vished  him  to  enlist.  He  im- 
mediately climbed  down  and  enrolled  in  Com- 
pany C,  Fourth  Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantry.  He 
was  promoted  to  color-sergeant.  A  finely  ex- 
ecuted portrait  of  Torrence  by  J.  F.  Ledlie 
adorns  the  Post  room. 

The  officers  at  the  organizatic'U  of  the  post 
were  as  follows:  P.  C.  F  S.  hmes;  S.  V.  C. 
F.  B.  Sprag-ue:  J.  V.  C.  D.  A.  Stark:  O.  M., 


Jacob  Kruck;  Adjt.,  J.  W.  W'alkins;  Surg., 
R.  G.  Lybrand;  Chaplain,  B.  W.  Brown:  O. 
D.,  R.  R.  Henderson :  O.  G.,  Aaron  !•  rant?. 

Myers  Post,  No.  252,  was  organized  at 
Sunbur}-,  August  28, 1SS2.  Lawrence  A.  ]\lyers, 
for  whom  it  was  named,  was  born  in  Sunbury. 
December  11,  18.13.  ^^^^  parents,  Thomas  P. 
Myers  and  Amy  L.  (Armstrong)  flyers,  were 
also  nati\es  of  the  same  town.  For  two  years 
prior  to  his  enlistment,  they  resided  on  a  farm 
one  mile  south  of  Sunlnuy,  and  when  Law- 
rence was  not  at  school  he  assisted  h.is  father  in 
the  hauling  of  stock  and  general  farming 
work.  He  was  not  yet  eighiteen  when  he  en- 
tered the  ser\ice.  Flis  parents  and  friends 
used  every  argument  to  prevent  his  enlistment 
at  so  early  an  age,  but  finding  him  firm  in  his 
resolution  to  be  one  to  detend  his  country,  they 
induced  him  to  enter  a  regiment  of  regulars, 
believing  he  would  be  better  cared  for  th.an 
in  the  volunteer  service.  He  enlisted  for  three 
years  in  Company  D,  Fifteenth  United  States 
Infantry,  and  \\as  in  all  marches  and  engage- 
mem?  fruni  the  time  it  entered  the  field  in 
Xovember,  iSoi,  till  he  was  disabled  by  sick- 
ness. He  passed  safely  through  the  b;ittles  of 
Shiloh,  Perrysville  and  Stone  River.  Wdien 
the  regiment  crossed  the  Elk  River,  he  con- 
tracted chronic  rheumatism,  from  which  death 
resulted,  February  27.  1864,  at  his  home  in 
Sunbury,  where  he  had  been  brought  by  his 
father  a  few  days  previous.  His  remains  rest 
in  the  cemetery  at  Sunbury.  At  the  organiza- 
tion of  Post  Xo.  232,  die  n;une  of  L.  A.  Myers 
was  adc>pted  by  acclamati^ju  by  the  comrades. 

The  officers  at  the  organization  of  the  post 
were  as  follows:  P.  C,  F.  B.  Sprague :  S.  V. 
C.  A.  W.  Hall:  I.  V.  C,  R.  B.  Conant;  Surg., 
E.  B.  Mosher;  Chaplain,  M.  Harrold ;  O.  D.. 
Orris  A.  Lawson :  O.  G.,  S.  D.  Lincoln;  O. 
M..  J.  H.  Kmiball;  Adjt..  T.  O.  Freeirian. 

Cooiiicr  Post.  No.  28 1,  chartered  December 
12,  1 882,  located  at  Ashley,  is  named  for  Cap- 
tain Jerry  E.  Coomer.  For  a  sketch  of  his  ser- 
\-ices  we  are 'indebted  to  his  father.  Dr.  H.  X. 
Coomer.  Jerrie  E.  Coomer,  son  of  Dr.  H.  X. 
and  Joanna   (Roberts)    Coomer,  was  born  at 


AXD  REFRESEXTATIVE  CITIZEN'S 


,  Perrysville.  Indiana,  September  24,  1^43; 
died  of  phtiiisis  pnlnionalis,  at  Ashley,  October 
27,  1878,  aged  35  years.  He  enlisted  in  Com- 
I'any  C.  Twenty-sixth  Ohio  \'oliinteer  Infan- 
try, May  I.  1861,  and  was  mustered  in  as  a 
private,  at  Camp  Chase,  June  15,  1861.  From 
Camp  Chase  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  West 
\'irginia.  where  he  served  through  the 
memorable  campaign  of  West  Virginia. 
The  regiment  was  then  ordered  into 
Kentucky,  and  while  on  the  march  to  Nash- 
ville lie  was  attacked  with  pneumonia,  near 
Siher  Springs,  Tennessee.  He  was  cared  for 
in  field  hospital  (ambulance)  for  a  few  da_\s. 
and  then  sent  to  general  hospital  Xo.  4,  Xash- 
.ville,  Tennessee.  He  was  discharged  fnnn  this 
hospital  shortly  after  the  battle  of  ShilMli,  and 
rejoined  his  regin.ient  at  Florence.  Alahania, 
Some  time  in  the  fall  of  1S62  he  was  sent  t'j 
hospital  Xo.  16.  Xashville,  Tennes-ee,  vn  ac- 
count of  disability.  After  his  reco\'ery  he  was 
detaileil  as  a  clerk  in.  said  hospital,  where  he 
remained  until  all  the  able  bodied  men  in  the 
hospitals  were  ordered  to  the  front  for  active 
service.  He  participated  in  the  charge  on  Mis- 
sionary Ridge, and  tlie  Atlanta  campaign.  About 
this  time  he  was  appointed  hospital  steward  of 
the  Twenty-sixth  Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantr_\', 
and  served  in  that  capacity  till  after  the  liattle 
of  Xashville,  December,  1S64.  Shortly  after 
that  he  was  commissionefl  captain  of  Company 
D,  Twenty-sixth  Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantry, 
and  so  served  until  Jinie,  1865,  when  he  con- 
sidered war  ended  and  he  resigned,  '"for  the 
purpose  of  completing  his  education."  which, 
during  the  preceding  years,  had  been  totally 
neglected. 

The  officers  at  the  organization  of  the  post 
were  as  follows :  P.  C,  W.  W.  Holmes  ;  S.  \\ 
C,  S.  R.  Harris:  J.  V.  C,  David  Shoemaker; 
Adit.,  C.  Shumway,  Jr.;  O.  'M..  Creo.  W.  Rose- 
velt:  Surg.,  Dr.  .\.  E.  Westbrocik:  Chaplain, 
John  W.  Sh'jemaker;  O.  D.,  R.  E.  Southwick; 
O.  G.,  S.  G.  Davis. 

Joseph  Tluihci-  Post.  No.  531,  located  at 
Ostramler.  was  chartered  July  24.  1S85,  at 
Zane.-\ille,  Ohio.     Joseph  Tamier.   for  uhom 


tliis  Tost  is  named,  was  born  in  Dover  Town- 
ship, Union  County,  Ohio.  When  about 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany C,  Fourth  Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantry,  for 
three  months,  and  re-enlisted  in  the  same  com- 
pany and  regiment  for  three  years.  He  was 
killed  in  a  charge  near  Spottsylvania  C.  IL, 
A'irginia.  about  I\[ay  11,  1864.  Owing  to  the 
enemy's  heavy  fire,  his  body  could  not  be 
brought  off,  although  comrades  made  several 
attempts  to  reach  it,  and  it  was  burned  by  fire 
catching  in  the  lea\es. 

The  officers  of  th.e  post  at  its  organization 
were  as  follows:  P.  C,  D.  G.  Cratty;  S.  V. 
C,  Abner  Said;  J.  \'.  C,  James  Rittenhouse; 
O.  il.,  H.  E.  Cullens;  Surg.,  [errv  ^filler; 
Chaplain.  T.  E.  Davids;  O.  D.,  J.  IL  Ritten- 
house; O.  G.,  Jacob  Ayers:  Adjt.,  T.  J.  Win- 
ston. 

COLORED    TI^OOPS    FKO.M    DELAWARE    COUXTV. 

Delaware  County  has  a  population,  of  be- 
tween four  and  five  hundred  colored  inhabit- 
ants. .  These  citizens  proved  themselves  loyal 
t(5  the  Union  cause.  'Hiey  were  not  permitted 
to  join  the  army  until  1S63.  Before  the  time 
that  any  colored  regiments  had  been  recruited 
in  C)hio,  a  number  of  these  colored  people 
joined  the  iMfty-fifth  Massachusetts  Regiment. 
The  only  semblance  of  law  which  gave  author- 
ity for  enlisting  colored  troops  was  that  known 
as  the  "contraband  law'"  which  ga\-e  a  colored 
laborer  in  the  service  of  the  Unuited  States, 
seven  dollars  a  month  and  three  additional  for 
clothing.  Finally  there  came  a  call  from  the 
war  department  for  colored  troops  to  serve  in 
the  army  of  the  L'nited  States  and  the  promise 
given  that  Congress  would  place  them  on  equal 
footing  with  other  troops.  Under  this  call 
the  Fifth  Colored  Infantry  wa^^  organized  at 
Camp  Delaware  and  contained  a  large  number 
of  men  fr<jm  this  county.  In  June,  1863.  a 
camp  for  colored  soldiers  was  opened  on  the 
farm  of  Josiah  Bullen.  about  one  mile  south  of 
the  city  and  nearly  opposite  "old  Camp  Dela- 
ware." This  was  the  first  complete  colored 
regiment   raised  in  tlie  state  of  Ohio.      Tlie.-e 


i  .a 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAW^VRE  COUNTY 


soliliers  proNcd  t'.ienisehcs  brave  and  loyal 
in  many  battles  during;  the  cl'^-ing  years  of 
the   war. 

The  fuliowing-  roster  contains  the-  name  o: 
all  the  colored  trcips  from  Delaware  county 
with  the  regim.ent  in  which  lliey  served,  as  far 
as  can  be  ascertained. 

Fifth  United  States  Colored  Vohuitccr 
Infantry. 

Austin,   J.reniiah,    Co.    C. 

Brown.   .Manuel,   Co.   G. 

Curry,   George    W.,    Co.    I. 

Day,  John   W.,   Co.   B. 

Frv,  Joel  I.,  Co.  C. 

Hamilton,  John  F.,  Co    I. 

Hichwardcn,    Sliaarick.    Co.    G.  . 

Joel,  Janie.-,   Co.   H. 

Jone;,  Benjamin,  Co.  A. 

Lewi.s.  John.  Co.  F. 

Mavo,  Gc.,r-e  W"..  Co.  F. 

Meriday,  Isaac.  Co.  E. 

Scnrrv,  William,   Co.  A. 

Taborn,  John  E.   H..  Co.  E. 

Thomas,   William   H.,   Co.   I. 

Whiting,  Johnson,  Co.  I. 

Wilson,  Abel.  Co.  A. 

Warrick,  .-Vdoniram,  Co.  H;  enlisted  at  12  years  oi  age. 

Tzooity-scrcutl!   United  States  Colored 
Volunteer  Infantry. 

Bass,  John,  Co.  G. 
Clay,  H.  C,  Co.   D. 
Carvin,    Henrv,    Co.    D. 
Goode,   George  H.,   Co.   H. 
Goode,   William   E..   Co,   D. 
Highwardeii,    Abram.    Co.    H. 
Holly,   William,   Co.    D. 
■  Horton,   John,    Co.    C.  1 

John-^on,    Robert,    Co.    G    and    E. 
Leegins,   Djvid,    Co.    E. 
Sefdon,  Charles.   Co.   I. 
Thomas,   William,  Co.   C 
Thornton,  I^aac,  Co.  K.  .        .. 

SOLDIERS  IX   V.\RIOt."S   COLORED   REGIMENTS. 

Alston,    David,    gth    U.    S.    H.    A. 
Anderson,   Xelson,  Co.   E,   55th   Mass. 
Anderson,  Chades,  Co.  D.  55th  Mass. 
Anderson,  George  W. 

Booker,  Stephen.  Co.  E,  looth  U.  S.  C.  V.  I. 
Brown.  James   P..  55th  Mass. 
Brown,   Lyon,   55th   Mass.      . 
Depp,  .Aurelius.  5sth  Mass. 
■Depp.  John,  uth  U.  S.  C.  V.  F 
Gross,  Charles,  Co.  D.  55th  Mass. 
Harris,  William.  Co.  K,  12A  U.  S.  C.  V.  I. 
Henderson,  Elijah,  9th  U.  S.  H.  .K. 


Ilerre 

11.   Richard, 

I4lh   R.   J 

.   H.   A., 

nd  Co.   ^L   mil 

L 

.   S.   H.   A. 

HIghwarden,  Join 

W.,  :i^th 

Mass. 

\Y^V.h^ 

•arden,   E.   . 

\.,   ^5th   M 

Holes 

,  Madison, 

2th   V.  5. 

C.'v.  F 

Keys, 

Robert,  Co. 

C.  15th  L 

.  S.  C.  V. 

F 

Keysc 

r.  James,   I 

.  S.  C.  V 

F 

Lewis 

Austin,   Co.   D,   55th 

Mass. 

Le;\is 

George,   5 

th   Mass. 

Much 

ell,  Nathan, 

Co.  G,  I  St 

U.  S.  C. 

Short 

-r.  John  F.; 

Co.  D,  55 

h  Mass. 

Town 

send,  JosepI 

,  U.   S.   H 

.   A. 

Wall: 

r,  Ale.xandt 

r.  Co.  D,  T 

roth  U.  S. 

C.  V.  F 

White 

.    John    W. 

55th     Ma 

ss. 

rOLOREl)    SOLDIEKS    OF    DEL.\W.\RE    COUNTY    I> 
THE   SP.\N1SH-AMERIC.\N    WAR. 


Ninth  Battalion. 


Alston,  F.   B..  Co,   A,  oth  Bat.  4Sth  band,  U.   S.  V.   F, 

Philippine    Islands.' 
Bro«n,   Sanniel   C,   Co.  C.  ,    ■  .  - 

Chance!'-,-.    Altred,    Co.    C.  ■■-.'..':■ 

Cclenian,  O   ie,   1 -u.   B.  '  ' 

Coleman    William,   Co.   B,  '         '       ■  . 

Cousins,  Willi.im,   Co,   C.  •■•■,,■ 

Dudlev.   Thomas.   Co.   B.  •  »      ,      -  . 

Franklin,    f,   W.,   C-.   C. 

Highwarden,  Harrv  D,   Co.   C.  '        "'•■ 

Jackson,   W.   A.,   Co.   A.  •  ,  '  ■'      .■  ^  . '  , '' •■ 

Johnson,   Robert    L.,    Co.    C.  '  '^ 

Aladison,   J..bn,   Co.    C. 
Mitchell.  Charles  F.,  Co.   B. 
Morris.  Charles  B,.  corp.  Co.   B  and  Co,  F,  ^Sth  U.  S. 

V.  F,   Philippine  Flands. 
Tavlor,   John,   Co.    B. 

Teal,   Flenrv,   Co.    B.'  .         .; 

Thomas,  Walter  S.-.  Jr.,  Co.  B.  .      -       '. 

Utter,  Leo,  Co,  B. 
White,  James  M.    Co,  A, 
Wilson.   Frank,    Co.    C. 
Winfrey,   Harmon.   Co.   C. 


FOCRTII    REGr:\[ENT  OF  I.VFANTRY,  O.    X.   G. 

/;(  War  With  Sl^ain—I'ourth  0.  U.  I. 

The  Fonrth  Regiment  of  Infantry,  for- 
merly the  Fourteenth,  was  organized  by 
Special  Orders.  Xo.  216,  dated  Oct,  20,  1877. 
Seven  companies  r;f  infantry  were  designated 
in  this  order  as  constituting  the  regiment. 
They  were  as  f^illows :  Co.  A.  Columbus.  Cap- 
tain Charles  S.  Ammel :  Co.  B.  Thnrman 
Light  Guards,  Cokimlnis,  Captain  Henry  Sei- 
bert:  Co.  C,  Westerville,  Captain  Isaac  X. 
Custer;  Co.  D.  Darby  Videttes,  West  Jeffer- 


AND    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZENS 


son.  Captain  Jacol)  Martin:  Co.  E,  Maryville. 
Captain  William  L.  Cnrry;  Co.  F.  Converse 
Guards,  Columbus,  Captain  Jolm  W.  Chapin ; 
Co.  G,  Grosvenor  Rifles.  Richwood.  ^Captain 
John.  P.  Slemmons. 

Tlie  movcnieiit  lookiuf;-  towards  tlu'  organi- 
zation of  a  regiment  with  headquarters  in 
the  capital  city  of  the  state  was  inaugurated 
in  the  winter  oi  1S76.  Captain  Charles  S. 
Ammel  took  the  initiative  in  the  organization 
of  Company.  A.  the  company  being  admitted 
to  the  state  service  in  February,  1877.  The 
other  six  companies  designated  were  organized 
during  the  same  year,  and  upon  the  date  of  the 
order  noted  above  the  Fourteenth  Regiment 
was  formally  launched  up'Mi  its  military 
career. 

The  Fourth  or  Fourteenth  Regiment  ( or 
companies  detailed  from  same)  has  seen  active 
service  in  the  -^t.-ile  in  the  mninterance  of  the 
peace  and  in  the  pre.-ervation  of  life  and  prop- 
erty upon  the  follnwing  occasions: 

Raih\a^"  riots.  Columbus  and  Ne\-\ark, 
1S77. 

Incendiary  iu'e  troubles,  Columbus,  1S79. 

Perry  County,  labor  troubles,   1S80. 

Ashland,  aifl  of  civil  authorities,  1884. 

Cincinnati  riots.  1SS4. 

Hocking  Valley,  miners'  riot,  1884. 

Carthage  rendezvous.  iS8n. 

G.  A.  R.  Encampment,  -[xilice  dutv  at  Co- 
lumbus, 8  davs.  1888. 

[Mount  Sterling.  'Td.ibo  War."    1894. 

Columbus  West  Side  tlx,  I,  1894. 

Wheeling  Creek,    1894. 

Washington  C.  II..  aid  of  civil  authorities, 
1894.- 

Cleveland  Street  Railway  riot.  1899. 

Akron  riot.   1900. 

The  regiment  was  also  on  duty  at  the  fun- 
eral of  President  Gartield  in  18S1  :  acted  as 
escort  to  the  Governor  of  C)hio  at  Gettysburg 
and  Philadelphia  in  1887;  in  attendance  at 
General  Sherman's  funeral  in  St.  Louis  in 
1891;  attended  the  dedication  of  the  World's 
Fair  buildings  in  1892  and  accompanied  t'ue 
Ohio  troops  which  officially  represented  the 
state  at  the  World's  Fair  in  1893:  acted  as 
escort   to    the    Gnernor    of   Ohio    at   Chicka- 


mauga  in  1894  and  at  Nashville  in  1897.  For 
more  specific  information  concerning  all  of  the 
preceding  calls  to  duty,  see  the  general  history 
of  the  regiment. 

Other  Ohio  regiments  took  an  active  part 
in  the  operations  at  the  scene  of  greatest  ac- 
tivity in  Cuba  and  performed  valuable  ser\-ice 
after  actual  hostilities  had  ceased,  but  it  was  the 
Fourth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry  that  stained 
the  soil  of  Porto  Rico  with  the  first  ami  only 
blood  shed  for  the  Cuban  cause  by  a  body  of 
Buckeye  troops. 

The  four  Columbus  companies  assembled 
at  the  Auditorium  at  Columbus  on  ^Nlcmday. 
April  24.  and  the  following  day  the  outside 
companies  reported  for  duty.  Bullit  Park  was 
chosen  as  the  rendezvous  lor  the  raobilizatirm 
of  Ohio  trooiis  and  the  signal  corps  of  the  ' 
Fourteenth  was  detailed  to  lay  out  the  camp. 
The  regiment  moved  into  quarters  at  Camp 
Bushnell,  April  28,  and  were  the  first  troops 
to  take  up  quarters  at  that  bistnric  cam[i. 

On  the  9th  day  of  ^lay  the  rcgimen.t  was 
mustered  into  the  United  States  service  as  the 
Fourth  Regiment,  Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantry. 
Six  days  later  Colonel  Coit  recei^■ed  orders  to 
report  with  his  regiment  at  Camp  Geurge  II. 
Thomas,  Chickamauga  Park.  Ga.  Piu'suant 
to  orders  the  Fourth  Ohio  took  its  departure 
from  Columbus,  'Mav  15,  arriving  at  Camp 
Thomas  on  the  following  day.  when  they  were 
immediately  assigned  to  tlie  2nd  Brigade,  ist 
Division.  1st  Army  Corps.  The  second  bri- 
gade consisted  of  the  Fourth  Ohio.  Third  Illi- 
nois and  Fourth  Pemi.syh-ania.  These  regi- 
ments passed  through  the  \'(:)luntcer  ser\ice 
together,  the  brigade  formation  remaining 
intact  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  Fourth  Ohio  maile  its  home  at  Chicka- 
mauga Park  for  a  {period  of  sixty-se\-en  days, 
when  the  entire  brigade  was  ordered  to  join 
the  expeditionary  forces  then  concentrating-  [or 
the  conquest  and  occupation  of  Porto  Rico. 
For  further  details  of  the  part  of  tliis  regi- 
ment took  in  the  history  of  the  Cuban  ;var. 
the  reader  is  referred  to  the  various  works  on 
that  subject. 

Company  K  was  organized  at  Delaware. 
February   13.   1879.  and  assigned  to  the  14th 


HISTORY   OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


rcj;ini>jnt  a>  Cii.  K;  K.cal  designatii.-ni— Joy 
Guards;  and  was  assigned  to  the  4th  regiment, 
July  14,  1S99.  It  was  organized  for  tlie  volun- 
teer service  at  Delaware.  April  25,  1S9S; 
mustered  in  at  Columbus  as  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V. 
I.,  May  9,  1898;  ill  action  before  Cuayama, 
P.  R.,  August  5,  1898:  in  action  north  of 
Guayama,  August  8,  1898.  one  man,  Corporal 
Thomson,  wounded;  Aibonita.  October  6, 
1898;  detachment  of  ten  men  sent  to  Barrios, 
October  8,  1898;  detachment  returned,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1898;  marched  to  San  Juan  and  re- 
joined regiment  on  U.  S.  Chester.  October  29, 
1898;  mustered  out  at  Co!uml)us.  Jan.  20, 
18,99. 

The  following  includes  all  of  the  soldiers 
in  Delaware  County,  who  served  in  the  Cuban 
war  excepting  the  colored  troops,  which  will 
be  found  in  another  place. 

Adp.nis,  C\ru,   ?,.,  lieiu.  col.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

■MieMrn,    P.n.trick,    Co.   K,   4th   O.   V.  I. 

Aiultrrsoii,   Wilham,  Co.   C.  3d  O.  V.  I. 

.Aiini.in,  Jolm.  Co.  K,  4tli  O.  V.  I. 

Ba!;er,  Fred.  U.   S.  Hospital  corps.  Philippine  service. 

Beiiier,   CLnudc   M..   Co.   K.  4th   O.   V.  I. 

Bell.  Jo<L-ph   M..  U.   S.  Hospital  corps. 

Bennett,    Frank   W..   Co.    A,  4th   O.   V.   I. 

Bennett.  John  T..   Co.   K.  4th   O.  V.  L 

Billig.  Clinton  E.,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

BruuninsT.  Sherman  W..  Co.  K.   (th  O.  V.  I. 

Brownmiller,  Charles  R..  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Brunn,   Harrrv  C.  C:..   K.   4th   O.   V.   L 

Burke.   TaiiK.^  H.,  Co.  G.  .jth  O.  V.  I. 

Butt.   Andrew-   M..   Co.  K.  4th   O.  V.   L 

CanipUlI.   Herman   R.,   Co.   K.  4th   O.   V.   \. 

Corhin,  Richard   R..  Co.  K.  4th   O.   V.   ]. 

Cosier,    Harry   A.,   sergt.   Co.   K,   4th   0.   V.   L 

Crattv.   Carl   F..   serjt  4th   O.   V.   I. 

Cruikshank.  Ah\  ood.   Co,   K.  4th   O.  V.  I. 

Dall,  C!ive  K.,  Co.  K,  4th   O.  V.  I. 

Davis,  H.  W..  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  1". 

Doke.   Charles   H..   Co.  K.   4th   O.   V.   I. 

Donavin.  George  B..  qm.  4tli  O.  V.  I. 

Dore.  Clark  T..  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Dovle.    John    P..   Co.   K,  4th   O.   V.   I. 

Dri--col,   Timothy   I.,   Co.    K.  4th    O.   V.    I. 

Dunham,  Sturgis,  corp.  Co.  K.  4th  O.'  V.  I. 

Enriuht,  Francis  C.  Co.  K.  4ih  O.  V.  T. 

Ferri?.   Will    M.,   Co.    K.   4th    O.   \'.   L 

Finlcv, .  sergt-mai.   ^-1  Rat.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Foley,   Wm.   T..   Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.   I. 
Ford,  Wm.   P.,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
France.   Clvde  O..  Co.   K.  4th   O.  V.  I. 
Frantz.  Walter  R..  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Gerher.  Ma.xmilli.in.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Glaze.  Thos..  corp.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Greihle,  George  A.,  sergt.  qm.  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Greiner,  Bert  H.,  capt.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  I. 


Greiner,  John,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.   I, 

Groye.    Thos.    S.,    Co.    K,  4th    O.   \'.    1. 

Harmount,  Alexander  K.  corp.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Harraount,  Wm.  H.,   Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.   I. 

Harp,  Lewis,  U.  S.  hospital  corps,  Philippine  service. 

Hills,  Louis  C.  Co.   K,  4th  O.  V.  L 

Flodges.    Stanley,   Co.    K,   4lh    O.    \'-    1. 

Jlousley,  Edwin  L..  Co.  K,  4th  O.  \".   L 

Flowison,   Winfield    S.,   Co.    K.   4th   O.   V.   1. 

Hunt,  Harry  E.,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.   I. 

Ingle,   Walter  W.,   Co.   K,  4th   O.  V.   L 

Inscho,  Albert  C.  Co.  K,  4ih  O.  V.  I, 

Jacobus,  Harrv.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  I.  .      " 

Jamison.   Frank   B.,    Co.    K,   4th,   O.    V.   L 

Jones.  Clarence  L..  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Kelley,  James   L.,   Cu.    K,  4lh   O.  V.  L 

Keopple.  O^cnr  A..  Jnd  hcnt.  Co.  K.,  4th  O.  V.  L 

Lawsun.   CliarK:.    V...   Co.   K.   4th   O.   V.   L 

Leiduirdt,  Lewis  A  .  Co.  K.  4'h  O.  V.  L 

Longwcll.  Jr.hn  \\-..  musician  Co.  K.  4tli  O.  V.  L 

Longwell.  Ray  H..  corp.  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  L 

Lvbrand.  Robert  H..  corp.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 

T.vncli.    lol-.n.    Co.    K,   4th    O.    V.    L 

I  -  ■    ,    !,::..   .,    Co.    K,   4th   O.   V.   L 

,  •.      liael  C.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
M      ,    '  -      .  .\.,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
^^;    :     ..      :  -les  M.,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Mal'.iiry,   James,    Co.   K.  4th   O.   V.    L 
Martm.    Walter,   L;.    S.   hospital  corps. 
McCb.uid.  William  B.,  1st  lieut.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
MeDonald.   J.    L.   musician,   sergt.    6th   U.    S.    L    Porto 

Rico    service. 
McFarhn.  Fred  A.,  Co.  K.  4lh  O.  Y.  L 
McXaughton,  Tom,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  L 
Miller,   Charles  C,   Co.   K,  4th   O.  V.   L 
Miller,  Harrv  A.,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  L 
Mohr,  R.  D..  musician.   Co.  D,  2nd  O.  V.  L 
Montane,  Edward  B.,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Xelson,  Elbert  J.,  corp.   Co.  K,  4th   O.  V.  I. 
Xi:rton,  W.  L.,  ist  sergt  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  L 
Obrien,    Patrick,    Co..   K,   4th .  O.   V.   L 
O'Connor,  James,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Osborn,  Brice,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Patrick.  Orsain  W.,  corp.  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  L 
Platz.  George,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.   L 
Porterfield,  C.  E.,  musician  6th   U.  S.  V.   L 
Powell,  Alexander  B.,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Powell,  John  \\".,  det.   reserve  U.   S.  ambulance  corps, 

Co.    C,   4th    O.  V.    L 
Randolph,  Davton  T.,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Read,   Robert   W.,   Co.   K.  4th   O.   V.   L 
Reed.   William,  Co.   K,  4th   O.   V.   L 
Riddle,  Charles  W.,  sergt.  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Riddle,  Lester  C,  corp.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Riddle,  Roy  R.,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  L 
Rider.  Walter  R..  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Robinson.  Frank  K..  Co.  C,  .id  O.  V.  L 
Rodenfels,   Ed  L.,   Co.   K,  4th   O.   V.   L 
Rose.  Henry  E.,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  L 
Ross,  Thomas,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Said,  Frank   M..   sergt.   Co.   K,  4th   O.  V.  L 
Said,    Presley   FL.    Co.   K,   4th    O.   V.   L 
Sanger.  Ulvsses  G.,  corp.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Schneider.   Bernhardt  J.,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 
Seamans.  Edward  M..  maj.  surg.  4th  O.  V.  I. 
Selt'iricd,  John  J..  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L 


!o(l 


AND  KEPRESEXTATIYE  CITJZEX5 


Slu-Ulon.  Henrv  E.,  corp.  Ox  K,  ^ih  O.  V.  I.  j  Thrall.  Chsrlcs   E.,  crp.  Co.  K.  4'h   O.  V.  I. 

SlioeiiiaUrr,  J.  R..  inusicwii  nth  U.  .S.  V.  J.  Porlo  Kico    j  Thiall,  Gtorgc  \V.,  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.   1. 

scrvifc.  j  \'crtnor,   Avery    L.,   Co.    K,    4th    O.   V.   I.    Churicd   at 

Shoemaker,  W.  C,  mu.=ician  6tli  U.  S.  V.  L  IVato  Pir.j    |           ^^^y 

-service                   .  .        ^      „        ,     ^    ,.     ^  j  Wn.tkins.  Frank  S.,  Cr,.   K.  4th  O.  V.   I. 

Shultz,  Joshua,  riui.=i<-ian  Co.  K,  4U1   O.   \ .   I.  \v,.h<;t..r    0);v,.r   P     r,.    k"    .fi,  n    \'    t 

Smith.  George  V.,  Co.  B.  4!li  O.   X".   1.  I  I'^f'  ^"l\''   i.''   V-     ^'   r  \  -    t 

Smith.   W-.llLi   L.,   Co.   K,  4th   O.   \-.   I.  ^\-^ll=-  K^-^^  W.,  Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Starr,  Martin  S.,  corp.  Co.  K,  4tli  O.  X.  I.  \  ^^  hitman,  Loward.  Co.  A,  4th  O.  V.  I. 

pine  service.  Wliitlinser,   w.  -    ■    C-,    K.  .\*h   "    V.   I. 

Starr,  N.   P..  Bat.   D.  l.-t  Calif,  ho.ivy  artill-ry,  PhHip-    |  Windha-n,   '                         :   ,    -       m    V.   I 

pine  service.  I  \\'oliihc.-;!.  : .    :                    .          ,             !'.   \'    T. 

Strul.?,   Goorsrc   P.,   Co.  K.  4th  O.  V.   I.  I  Wohlbeat,  : .    ,\  :  :          /,  (  ,,.   ;..      !,  o.  v.  I. 

Thompson,  Ed  O.,  corp.  Co.  K,  4th  O.  V.  L  I  Ztigl.M-.    Fran!:    I  ,    Cn.    K.   I'.U    O.   V.    ]. 


CHAPTE^R.  XVII 


FRATERNAL  AND  BENEVOLENT  ORGANIZATIONS 

Masons— Knights  of  Pylhlas— Independent  Order  of  Odd  Felh'ies— Benevolent  and  Pro- 
feeti-oe  Order  of  Elks—Aucieut  Order  of  Hibernians— I niprozrd  Order  of  Red  Men- 
Other  Societies. 


FKEE     MASOXS. 

The  introduction  of  Free  I\Lisoin-y  was  co- 
incident witli  the  cav.in^'  of  ilic  pioi'tcr  set- 
tlers to  the  county.  Alinut  the  middle  of  the 
Nineteenth  century,  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  was  intn.d.uce  i.  and  still  laier, 
the  Knights  of  P\thias.  Ancient  Order  of 
Hibernians,  and  kindred  organizations.  All 
of  these  societies  are  founded  ujjon  the  belief 
in  God,  hope  in  ininmrtality,  and  charity  to 
all  mankind. 

The  most  ancient  of  all  the  secret  organi- 
zations is  Free  Masonry.  That  there  has  been, 
is  now,  and  always  will  be  much  discussion 
and  continual  speculation  among  the  brethren 
as  to  the  origin  of  this  ancient  order,  none  Avill 
ciuestion.  The  most  learned  in  ancient  litera- 
ture fail  to  agree  on  many  points  as  to  its 
origin.  That  it  originated  about  the  time  of 
.  the  building  of  King  Solomon's  Temple,  if 
not  before,  among  the  craftsmen  at  old  Tyre; 
or  earlier  still,  among  the  ancient  Phrenicians, 
the  latest  archaeological  discoveries  seem  to 
substantiate.  It  should  be  the  duty  of  the  his- 
torian to  record  all  that  can  be  found  in  tradi- 
tion in  the  life  of  King  Solomon.  While  the 
Holy  Bible  gives  us  much  valuable  history  re- 
garding the  ancient  craftsmen,  critics  have 
furnished  much  that  is  purely  mythical.  The 
reader  mav  assign  to  hist'jrical  tradition  all 
that  is  valuable  and  true :  and  to  the  mythical 
what  is  equally  as  valuable — S}'mbolism.     The 


I  great  object  of  King  Si.>!omon"s  life,  the  one 
which  intimately  cijnnects  him  with  the  his- 
I  torv  of  all  Masnnic  institutions,  was  the  build- 
ing of  ll-.e  Temr.'e  at  Jerusalem  to  Jehovah, 
according  Ui  tin.-  in^tructir.ns  of  his  father 
David,  wliich  h.ad  been  revealed  by  the  Su- 
preme Arciiirect  of  tlie  universe. 

It  is  believed  by  those  unearthing  many  hid- 
den valuable  treasures  in  T'alestine,  that  the  Ty- 
rians  and  Sidonians,  descendants  of  the  ancient 
Phoenicians,   belonged  to  mystic  organizations 
and    operative    societies,      that    these   ancient 
workmen  were  men  of  the  most  comprehensive 
minds,   imbued   with  great  zeal,  fervency  and 
ifdelity.   is  clearly  pfo\  en   in  the   Holy   Bible. 
The   lowest    enter-a])prentice    was    filled    with 
enthusiasm  and  zeal  by  a  promise  of  promotion 
and  reward  in  hii.  labcr.     The  origin  of  Free 
]\Iasonry,  as  we  have  it,  has  given  rise  to  great 
discussion   among  the   most   learned    }v[asonic 
thinkers,  and  will  for  all  time.  We  say.  "What 
lodge  are  you  of?"   "The  lodge  of  the  Holy 
St.  John  of  Jerusalem,"     Wdiether  this  lodge 
room  was  in  the  room  underneath  the  Temple 
where    the    working    tools    of    the    operative 
masons  are  engTa\ed  upon  the  walls ;  or  in  the 
rooms  of  the  old  Mediterranean  Hi^tel.  where 
I  the    work    was    coixlucted,    we    lea\e    for    a 
future    writer    to    tell.       3.Iasons    are    to    be 
I   found   in   all   lands.        .\mong  the   uidettered 
j  tribes    of    the    desert,    where    barbaric    com- 
I  mercialism  is  only  known,  and  commerce  and 
I  modern  cixilization  have  made  little  or  no  nn- 
I  pression   upon   the   people,    ^lasonry   in    some 


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form  is  to  be  loiuul.  This  wonderful  circum- 
stance lias  Ijeen  accou.nted  for  in  various  ways 
by  many  writers. 

The  ancient  Plircnicians,  or  their  descend- 
ants, the  Tyrians,  had  workmen  skilled  in 
brass,  gold.  sil\er,  wood  and  stone  in  dift'ereiit 
degrees,  from  the  entered  apprentice  (burden 
hearer; ).  the  fcjluw  craft  or  master  overseers, 
to  the  three  grand  nia-iers.  all  divided  and 
working  in  their  respv\-ti.e  ,-pheres.  Here  at 
the  building  of  the  Teni;>le  t-.  Jehovah,  by 
King  SoJijmon.  niascnrx-  t'nk  on  something 
like  a  definite  form.  It  will  l>e  remembered 
after  the  completiua  of  the  Temple  these 
skilled  workmen  returned  Imme  to  'i'yre.  some 
150  miles  distant.  Their  descendants  were 
called  to  rebuild  the  House  of  the  Lord  under 
Zerubbahel.  That  many  of  Solomon's  people 
returned  to  Phecnicia  or  Tyre  with  the  crafts- 
men seems  probnbl".  The  ancient  writers  tell 
of  the  awful  oiipres>iiin  i^f  the  Jewish  people 
in  after  years,  and  huv:  tliv.'y  sought  protection 
under  the  Tyrians.  Subjugation  and  enslave- 
ment staring  them  crintinually  in  the  face,  they 
were  told  much  of  the  foreign  lands  discovered 
by  the  Tyrian  mariners.  The  historian  says 
they  builded  ships,  and  with  tlic  assistance  of 
tlieir  I'yrian  friends,  filled  the  vessels  with  the 
necessaries  of  life  and  protection  for  a  Kmg 
voyage  to  foreign  lamls.  They  settled  in  the 
countries  brirdering  nn  the  southern  and  west- 
ern coast  (if  th.c  Mediterranean  Sea.  Invested 
with  secrets  of  the  workmen  of  the  Temple, 
unknown  to  othc'S,  and  skilled  in  th.e  many 
branches  of  architecture,  they  were  well  ad- 
vanced for  life's  work.  Their  knowledge  of 
the  craftsmen  they  preserved  most  carefully, 
and  carried  it  to  tlieir  future  homes.  Another 
historian  states  that  a  few  years  after  the  com- 
pletion of  the  Temple,  a  colony  of  Je\vi.>h 
workmen  migrated  to  the  western  coast  of  Af- 
rica, and  into  Egypt,  where,  through  their 
great  learning  and  ancient  secret  order  the_\ 
became  a  pijwer.  From  these  various  settle- 
ments Masonry  began  to  spread  until  it 
reached  all  parts  of  the  world.  In  every  land 
settled  by  emigrants  Masonry  is  found,  her 
signs  nearly  the  same,  and  her  mystic  wrinls 
the  same  in  all  parts  of  the  world.     The  time 


will  come,  if  not  here  already,  that  through  the 
work  of  the  archaeologi.st.  all  will  be  convinced 
that  the  order  has  existed  in  some  form  e\-er 
since  the  building  of  King  Solomon's  Temple, 
if  not  from  the  time  of  the  earl\-  Phcenicians. 
In  the  latter  part  of  the  Seventeenth  century, 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  was  established. 
From  that  time  the  history  is  more  familiar 
to  the  student  oi  the  order. 

Prior  to  1808.  the  following  lodges  of 
Master  jMasons  had  been  established  in  Ohio: 
American  Union,  No.  i,  ?ilarietta,  Ohio; 
Cincinnati  No.  13.  Ciiicinnati,  CJliio :  No,  .?  at 
Chillicothe,  Oiiio;  Erie,  No.  47.  A\'arren,  Ohio: 
Amity.  No.  103,  Zanesville,  Ohi'i;  New  Eng- 
land, No.  48,  U'orthington,  Oiiio ;  Harm^.nv, 
No.  9.  Springfield  ancf  Urban.a.  Ohio:  X^^va 
Cascera,  No.  13.  Cincinnati.  Ohio.  Several  of 
these  were  working  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  iif  Massachusetts  and  New 
Jersey,  -while  withers  \vere  under  Connecticut. 
For  reasrm*  unexjila'.ned.  New  England  Lodge 
of  V\'orthingtnn,  O'iio,  to  which  many  of  the 
pioneers  of  this  cmintry  bekinq-ed,  was  refused 
admission  to  the  grand  lodge  held  at  Chilli- 
cothe in  1808;  Ijut  were  admitted  to  member- 
ship in  1809.  Franklin  County.  February  10. 
t8o8.  was  di\-ided  on  the  north,  forming 
Delaware  County,  and  Delaware  was  made  the 
county  seat.  This  was  done  through  the  in- 
fluence of  FTenry  Pj:d(!win  of  Pittsburg,  I'enn- 
sylvania.  wdio  owned  a  lai'.qe  tract  r.f  land  m 
this  section.  Plis  friend,  ?\Ioses  P)yxbe,  ^vh^.• 
h'ved  in  the  little  \-illage  called  Berkshire,  the 
fir<t  town  in  the  county,  laid  out  a  town  in 
the  early  part  of  the  year  on  the  east  bank  of 
Alum  Creek,  and  called  it  Olentangy.  These 
two  Ma^onic  b-rethren  were  made  Master 
IMasosn  in  the  east  before  coming  to  the  new- 
lands  in  the  wilderness  in  the  west.  To  attend 
Vdge  n-ieetings.  they  were  compelled  to  travel 
through  the  trackless  forests  to  Worthington. 
a  distance  of  some  fifteen  miles.  Oiie  of  the 
most  ardent  members  w-as  IMoses  Byxlie.  Jr. 

At  the  first  n-ieeting  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Ohio.  January.  1809.  about  the  time  of  the 
founding  of  Delaware  County,  a  number  of 
}.Iasons — Natl-janiel  \\".  Little,  William  Little. 
Moses   P.vxbe  and   Dr.    Reuben   Lamb — made 


iiv'r(;;;'.'..vr. 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


an  effort  to  f'.)nii  a  l-jtlgc  in  Del.-iware,  tlie  new 
town  laid  out  on  the  Olentang^y  River.  .se\en 
miles  west  of  the  town  on  Alnm  Creek.  F^r 
good  reasons  tlie  cliarter  was  delayeil.  De- 
cember 31.  1810,  Azariah  Root,  Stephen  Har- 
rington. John  Carpenter,  Jiinatlian  Catlin. 
.Sturdavant,  and  others,  petitioned  the  grand 
master  of  tlie  State  for  a  dispensation  to  or- 
.ganize  at  Delaware.  Ohio,  a  lodge  of  Master 
Masons,  which  was  granted,  and  the  l<.idge 
was  organized  January  15,  j8ii,  A.  L.  5S11, 
Hiram  Lodge  Xo.  iS' F.' A.  &  M..  and  is  tlie 
constitutional  authority  under  which  Hiram 
Lodge  exists  and  exercises  its  functions  as  an 
organized  body  of  the  State. 

?\loscs  P.yxlje,  Jr.,  was  appointed  by  the 
grand  master  as  worshipful  master.  Stephen 
Harrington  as  senior  warden:  John  Carpenter 
as  junior  warden.  On  Friday.  F""ebruary  i, 
181  J,  the  first  meeting  was  held.  Ten  were 
present,  and  the  lodge  was  opened  in  the  En- 
tered .Apprentice  Degree.  The  three  ofiicers 
were  ap[)ointed  under  the  autln.irity  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio  by  dispensation.  They 
elected  from  their  number  Nathan  W.  Little, 
secretary:  Reuben  Lamb,  treasurer:  \\'illiani 
Little,  senior  deacon;  and  Azariah  Root, 
junior  deacon  and  steward. 

.At  the  meeting  a  committee  of  three  was 
appointed  to  select  a  suitable  room  for  the 
lodge,  and  to  frame  a  constitution  and  by- 
laws, arrange  for  the  installation  of  the  offi- 
cers, and  procure  furniture  for  the  lodge  room. 
.All  members  were  appointed  on  some  com- 
mittee to  work  for  the  advancenif  nt  of  the 
organization.  The  master's  record  shows  that 
the  lodge  was  closed  with  peace  and  harmony 
prevailing,  which  similar  record  continues  to 
this  day. 

The  second  meeting  was  held  l-~ebruary  8, 
1811,  to  hear  the  report  of  the  committees. 
Committee  reported  room  secured  in  the  house 
of  Brother  Reuben  Lamb,  on  the  southwest 
corner  of  Union  and  Williams  Streets,,  which 
building  had  been  erected  in  1S09.  February 
28th,  Brother  Henry  Brush  rode  through  the 
forests  from  Chillicothe  to  install  the  officers 
elected  by  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  iS.  Azariah 
Lebar  was  elected  teller  of  the  lod":e.     Brother 


Flenry  Brush  was  a  ))roniinent  lawyer  of  Chilli- 
1  cothe.  and  a  member  of  the  Crand  Lotlge  of 
j   Ohio,    and    i;.IIowed    General    Lewis    Cass    as 

grand    master,    which    j). Kiiion    he    held    until 

1817. 

At  this  first  meetmg  the  Fellow-craft  and 

ALister  Alason  Degrees  were  o.'nferred  up. m 
{   Solomon  Smith.     It  was  then  the  hal.iit  of  the 

candidate  to  return  thanks  to  the  Almightv, 
;  after  com])lcting  the  work.     This  custom  was 

adopted  by  Brother  Smith.  Smith  came  from 
;  Chillicothe,   where   he   had   been   a   prominent 

■  school  teacher.  Fie  filled  various  offices  in  the 
'  cjuntrw     He  ser\-ed  as  worshipful  master  in 

1812-13-14-16-24-25-27.      Lie    died    in    1845. 
The  by-laws  of  this  first  lodge  have  never  been 
found.     The  custom  of  these  early  officers  was 
,  to  open  the  lodge  with  the  Entered  Apprentice 
'  Degree,  wdiether  there  was  any  work  or  Inisi- 
'  ness  in  th.e  degree  or  not.     Tlie  minutes  show- 
that  the  lodg-e  was  opened  in  due  and  ancient 
:   form   and   according   to   ancient  usages.      No 
business  appearing,  the  same  was  closed  and 
;  the     f  ellow-craft    Degree     was    opened     air.i 
closed.     The  same  took  place  in  the   ALaster 
Alason  Degree. 

The  first  Alasonic  funeral  in  Delaware  was 

I  that  of  Brother  John  Carpenter,  the  second  son 

of    Brother    Captain    Nathan    Carpenter,    who 

came  to  Liljerty  Township  in   1801.    A\'e  are 

'  highly  indebted  to  the  pioneer  brethren  for  the 

,   preservation  of  Fliram  Lodge  through  all  the 

I  early  vicissitudes.     \A'e  shall  ask  some  future 

historian  to  make  diligent  .search  in  the  records 

■  of  other  lodges  of  the  State  that  they  may 
I  bring  to  light  data  that  will  g-ive  more  know- 
'   ledge  of  the  early  history  of  the  lodges. 

I  Aloses  By.xbe.  Jr.,  who  came  to  Berkshire 

!  with  his  father  in  1804,  removed  to  Delaware 

with  the  family  in  180S.  It  was  he  who 
:  joined  with  the  others  in  asking  for  a  dispensa- 
;  tion  in  the  county  seat  of  Delaware.  Fie  was  a 
;  member  of  Scioto  Lodge,  Xo.  2,  Chillicothe, 
I  Ohio.  Fie  died  in  1S71.  In  1810.  the  Ohio 
'  lodges  occasionally  conferred  in  the  lodges  the 

higher  degrees — Alaster-Alason;  Past  Alaster; 
;  AI.  E.  W.,  and  the  Royal  Arch  Degrees.     In 

1 8 10  the  Grand  Lodge  recommended  them  to 
.'   cease    conferring   the   higher    degrees,    except 


.T'  A) 


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419 


tlie  degree  of  past  master  on  tlio.se  wlio  were 
regularly  elected  to  fill  the  chair. 

William  Little  and  Nathaniel  \V.  Little,  two 
prominent  Masons  came  from  Worlhington 
in  1808.  They  soon  became  prominent  Imsi- 
ness  men  in  the  town  as  we]]  as  earnest  work- 
ers in  Hiram  Lodge.  Nathaniel  was  Hiram's 
first  secretary,  March  4,  1S12.  He  was 
killed  by  the  Indians  the  following  year. 

Dr.  Reulien  Lamb,  the  first  phx'sician  of  the 
town,  was  Ixirn  in  New  York  in  1774.  and 
joined  the  Ry.xbe  C(jlony  about  1808.  He  was 
an  ardent  worker  in  Hiram  Lodge  until  his 
death  in  1850.  His  name  figures  in  several 
parts  of  the  history  of  the  county  and  of  the 
physicians.  The  charter  of  the  lodge  w-as  dated 
January  15th,  .A.  L.,  5S12,  or  1812,  and  signed 
by  Lewis  Cass,  grand  master:  and  by  other 
Crand  Lodge  members.  When  trying  to  read 
the  r  Id  charter  in  1887,  it  was  f.nind  to  be 
nearly  illegil.ile  on  account  of  the  chemical 
action  of  the  ink,  and  time  on  the  organic 
matter,  which  had  nearly  destroyed  it:  but  by 
the  aid  of  a  microscope  it  was  read.  The 
stains  and  indentations  were  made  plain.  After 
tracing  the  letters  with  India  ink,  the  ancient 
document  has  been  made  indestructible. 

The  good  work  and  square  work  done  until 
182G-27  was  torn  asunder  "when  the  great 
anti-masonic  storm  burst  u|ion  the  cuuntr}' 
with  a  violence  for  a  time  that  threatened  to 
sweep  Masonry  into  the  valley  of  Jehosophat." 
Political  enemies  preached  that  Free  Masonry 
was  opposed  to  all  laws,  human  and  divine. 
"The  cunning  sought  to  snatch  a\\'ay  her 
richest  jewel — secresy,  that  they  miglit  expose 
her  to  the  scorn  and  contempt  of  the  world." 
Jehovah  was  over  her  and  round  about  her. 
She  put  her  trust  in  God  and  feared  no  danger. 
The  weak  were  made  strong,  and  the  strong 
stronger;  the  faithful  remained  at  the 
post  of  duty  and  kept  the  fires  burn- 
ing upon  the  altar.  During  this  ter- 
rible excitement,  the  charter  of  Lliram 
Lodge  was  lost  or  stolen.  It  was  entrusted  to 
one  of  the  faithful  members  of  Millville,  who 
lost  it.  "For  several  years  it  lay  as  securely 
hidden  as  the  Book  of  the  Law  and  TestiniDuy 
lav  hidden  in  the  Ninth  Arch  from  the  destruc- 


tion of  the  first  to  the  building  ol  the  second 
temple" — Zerubbabcl's  temple.  After  tb.e 
anti-^Iasonic  crusade  wave  passed  over,  the 
charter  was  picked  up  on  the  streets  of  Mill-, 
ville.  and  given  to  Judge  Griswold  of  Dela- 
ware, a  zealous  ]\Iason,  who  reported  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  the  finding  of  the  charter,  and 
succccilo'l  ''n  having  the  original  number  re- 
issued 1. 1  Huain  Lri,h;e.  The  charter  bears  the 
inscription  "Returned  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 
October  20th,  Anno  Lucis  5S46  (1846),  re- 
issued Oct.  24th  A.  L.  5S46.  E.  F.  Smith, 
grand  secretary." 

On  the  15th  of  January,  181 2.  Hiram 
Lodge,  No.  iS.  F.  &  A.  M.,  entered  into  the 
sisterhood  of  the  lodges,  and  became  a  co- 
ordinate member  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  L'])  to 
this  session  nf  the  Grand  Lodge,  Hiram  and 
other  subordinate  lodges,  had  not  been  offi- 
cially numbered,  yet  the  old  lodges  kept  th.c 
numbers  they  had  borne  v.hcn  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Grand  Lodge  which  had  char- 
tered them.  At  the  first  regular  session,  the 
grand  secretary  was  directed  to  i--;ie  ch.ariers 
to  all  lodges  beginning  with  No.  2,  Hiram 
becoming  No.  18.  "No.  i"  was  kept  for  the 
"American  Uiuon"  at  ^^larietta,  Ohio. 

On  January  18,  1S12,  war  was  declared 
with  Great  Britain.  This  national  disturbance 
interrupted  the  regular  order  of  work  in  th.e 
lodge.  The  members  of  Hiram  Lodge  were 
ever  patriotic  to  their  country,  as  they  were 
faithful  to  their  Masonic  order.  On  June  iS, 
i8t2.  when  the  President  of  the  L'nited  States 
called  for  vokmteers  to  defend  the  land  from 
British  invasion,  the  memliers  of  Hiram 
Lodge,  like  other  patriotic  citizens,  responded 
to  the  call,  and  under  General  Lewis  Cass,  the 
grand  master  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  they  joined 
General  Aleigs.  the  commander.  They  bi- 
vouaced  at  Da\ton.  and  started  on  their  duty. 
Governor  William  Hull  of  [Michigan  had  com- 
mand. Brother  Elias  [Murray  of  Hiram  Lodge 
was  gi\en  his  commission  or  diploma,  and  be- 
came chaplain  of  the  regiment.  All  were 
tmder  the  commatid  of  General  William  Heiu'y 
Harrison  of  the  Territory  of  Indiana.  Illinois 
and  the  Northwest.  Through  the  dense  forests, 
over     unmade     roads     and     across     swollen 


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Tlie  ])alriotism  of  tlie  members  of  old 
Hiram  1-odge  reflected  glory  and  lionor  upon 
their  order,  from  Jinie,  1812,  to  April,  1813. 
Some  returned  to  begin  their  life  labor  again; 
while  others  laid  down  their  lives  in  the  track- 
less forests,  defending  their  country. 

The  first  mention  of  Brother  Sidney  2^1oore, 
Sr.,  as  a  i\Ia.son  was  in  181 7.  He  had  been 
made  a  Mason  in  \\'yndcnham.  \'erniont,  and 
affiliated  with  this  lodge  in  1818.  He  was  the 
father  of  Sidney  ]^.Ioore.  Jr.,  of  whom  we 
shall  speak  later. 

In  the  early  history  of  our  country,  indeed, 
much  less  than  a  hundred  years  ago,  it  was  not 
thought  a  sin  or  disgrace  to  indulge  freely  in 
spirituous  liquors.  \Miisky  and  other  liquid 
refre'diment  were  served  in  the  parlor;  over 
the  counter;  at  pidilic  meetings  and  social 
gatherings  such  as  iMg-r.jJHngs.  barn  raisings, 
corn-huskings.  etc.  Ti'iuors  were  freely  used 
by  ministers,  doctor^  an.l  ]aw}-ers.  They  were 
served  at  the  lodges.  Drunkenness  was  com- 
mon. A  man  was  not  called  an  habitual 
drunkard  unless  he  vras  drunk  one  half  the 
time.  Be  it  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  Hiram 
Lodge  that  it  was  one  of  the  first  to  take  the 
stand  for  temperance.  As  early  as  1820,  the 
Grand  Chapter  resolved  tliat  in  the  future,  no 
liquid  refreshments  of  an  intoxicating  nature 
be  made  use  of  in  this  chapter,  and  that  sub- 
ordinate chapters  be  earnestly  rcqutsted  to 
adopt  similar  resolutions. 

In  July,  1822,  a  chaiJter  of  the  Royal  Arch 
]\Ias<Mis,  anrl  a  commandery  0^1  Knights 
Templar  v.ere  formed  at  Worthington,  Ohio, 
where  many  of  the  early  pioneers  were  affil- 
iated. Hiram  Lodge  always  took  an  acti\-e 
part  in  the  work  at  that  place. 

•  As  before  referred  to.  Hiram  Lodge  in  1826 
was  partially  paralyzed  over  the  publications 
and  illustrations  of  Masonry  by  one  William 
^Morgan,  who  lived  in  Batavia,  New  York. 
Hiram  Lodge  felt  the  shock  and  little  business 
was  done  in  the  lodge  for  a  lung  time;  but  it 
survived  the  slmck  and  was  not  one  of  the 
forty-six   that    succumbed    to    the-  excitement. 


During  tiiis  depression.  West  Alexandria,  of 
Preble  County,  thought  it  would  adopt  tb.e 
name  of  "Hiram  Lodge."  believing  that 
Hiram  Lodge  Xo.  iS.  had  gone  down  umler 
the  public  wave.  Finding  this  untrue,  it 
adopted  the  name  "King  Hiram  Lodge.  \o. 
88,"  and  Hiram  Lodge  Xo.  18  held  its  own. 
The  members  of  the  lodge  were  connected  with 
all  of  the  interests  of  the  town  and  county. 
There  were  blacksmiths,  d.yers,  merchants, 
printers,  and  papermakers,  etc.  One.  pirticu- 
larlv.  Xorman  D.  Perry,  who  was  born  in 
Llartford.  Connecticut,  in  1813.  a  paper-maker, 
came  to  Delaware  and  made  paper  by  hand.  Fie 
was  made  a  ]Mason  in  Xorwalk.  Ohio,  in  1839 
and  the  same  year  came  to  Delaware  to  super- 
intend the  erection  and  operation  of  the  first 
paper  mill  in  the  cunty,  projected  by  Williams 
&  Howard  at  Siratf. ird.  Ohio,  after  which  he 
became  a  partner  and  continued  thus  for  many 
years.     Fie  died  in  Columbus  in  iSyq. 

Another  prominent  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge  was  George  W.  Sharp,  w  ho  was  bi  nil 
in  York,  Pcnnsyhania,  in  1800.  In  1821,  he 
edited  a  paper  in  his  natixe  town.  He  came 
to  Delaware  in  1834.  and  bruight  the  printing 
interests  of  Brother  E.  Griswokl,  and  named 
the  paper  The  Oicnlaiigy  Gnci-ttc.  At  this 
time,  one  of  the  most  learned  and  highly  re- 
spected practical  .  editors  and  ])rinters. 
Hon.  Abram  Thompson,  a  relative  of  Sharp, 
was  induced  to  come  to  Delaware  anil  engage 
in  the  publication  of  the  paper,  which  he  after- 
ward owned,  and  re-named  The  Dchrwarc 
Gazette,  and  edited  until  the  time  of  his  death. 
Brother  Sharp  wrrs  prominent  in  politics,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion in  1850.  He  reinoved  to  yit.  Gilead.  and 
died  in  1S54.  His  youngest  son  was  educated 
at  West  Point,  and  is  now  a  colonel  in  the 
U.  S.  Army. 

In  1846,  in  some  manner,  the  old  IMasonic 
carpet  was  lost ;  and  the  son  of  Brother  E. 
Griswold  painteVl  one  for  the  lodge.  The  lodge 
room  at  that  time  was  fitted  up  over  Brother 
Latimer's  store,  on  the  u.orthwest  corner  of 
Sandusky  and  Williaiu  Streets.  \'ictor  Gris- 
wold again  painted  a  new  carpet  f^r  the 
lodge  room,  and  also  scenes  for  the  Chapter. 


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The  Ciriswnkl  home  was  on  the  southwest 
coiner  of  SaiKhisky  ami  X'ortli  Streets,  now 
.Central  Avenue,  where  the  Reid  Block  and  the 
home  of  the  late  Dr.  T.  ii.  Williano.^  now 
stands. 

Hiram,  together  with  tlie  Grand  Lodge, 
in  1S49,  discussed  the  fiuestinn  of  estaljlisliing 
a  school  for  orphans  and  indigent  children  of 
Masons.  The  trustees  of  the  W'orthingtoa 
Female  College  made  an  uffer  of  their  build- 
ings to  the  Masons. 

From  1S27  tu  1847.  EEram  had  many  ups 
and  downs.  Its  durmancy  was  deplorable  and 
lamental.ile.  In  1S47,  new  life  was  injected 
into  the  members,  and  until  1850,  all  went 
well.  About  this  lime  th.e  attendance  began 
growing  small  and  irregular,  and  for  a  yeai 
or  more,  quarterly  meetings  were  held,  in- 
stead of  monthly,  in  their  rooms  over  Lati- 
mer's store,  which  were  not  entirely  suited  for 
lodge  work.  Owing  ti)  this  fact,  they  held 
their  meetings  in  the  Court  House,  hi  1851- 
52,  the  lodge  had  much  trouble  with  some  of 
the  members-  on  accuunt  of  their  drinking  hab- 
its and  unmasonic  conduct.  Fre(|uent  admoni- 
tions and  threatening?  failed  to  cliange  their 
habits,  which  led  ti/t  the  suspension  of  some, 
and  the  expulsion  of  others.  Owing  to  the 
confused  condition  of  the  minutes  during 
1 85 1-53,  little  can  be  given  of  the  work  of  the 
lodge;  but  it  was  about  this  time  that  a  com- 
mittee of  Brothers  Willey,  Dr.  E.  IE  H_\att, 
Rhodes,  Fry  and  Aigen.  who  were  enthu- 
siastic tcm[jerauce  workers,  wa-'  appointed  to 
remonstrate  with  those  who  were  addicted  to 
drinking,  and  who  \vere  in  the  li([unr  business. 
Their  work  made  an  immediate  and  lasting 
impressii"in  for  the  cause  of  temperance.  Some 
'quit  the  liquor  business  and  others  refdrmerl. 
Through  this,  the  (Iraml  Lodge  issued  its  edict 
against  intemperance  and  the  liquor  business. 

It  was  aljout  this  time  that  Dr.  Elisha  IrL 
Hyatt  was  a  leader  in  a  petition  to  establish  a 
lodge,  at  Bellepoint.  It  was  called  Equality 
Lodge.  Xo.  242.  Dr.  H}-att  was  a  prominent 
physician.  Mason,  and  master  of  the  lotlge  at 
Bellepoint.  Soon  cfter,  he  left  the  medical 
profession,  and  became  a  Presbyterian  minis- 
ter,   and    preached    at    Mt.     Gilead.      Subse- 


quently he  aband.nied  the  niiuislerial.  and  re- 
turned' to  the  medical  profession.  In  18:;^. 
the  by-laws  were  amended  to  prohibit  the 
using  01  profane  language,  as  they  said  "the 
habit  was  gro>>ly  unmasonic  and  highlv  in- 
jurious to  the  individual  and  to  the  commun- 
ity." This  action  led  to  much  discu.ssion  and 
bitter  feeling,  many  taking  the  ground  that 
it  was  not  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  lodge 
to  sustain  this  by-law.  The  by-law  stood,  ui'it- 
withstanding,  and  the  records  of  1S67  show 
that  the  Grand  Lodge  did  adopt  and  sustain 
the  by-law  of  old  Hiram,  the  pioneer  of  sobri- 
ety and  right  li\ing. 

In  1853  the  dispensation  was  given  from 
the  Grand  L.M'gc  u>  form  a  In.jge  at  Belle- 
point. In  five  _\cars  it  (  E.juality  E.  .dge)  sur- 
rendered its  charier,  and  became' affiliated  with 
Hiram. 

In  1852,  the  lodge  room  was  changed  t'j 
Templar  hall  on  Sandusky  Street,  midwav  be- 
tween Winter  and  William  Streets,  oii  the 
West  Side.  The  building  is  n.jw  owned  bv 
M.  Aliller.  The  room  was  occupied  bv  the 
Sons  of  Temperance. 

The  Standing  Committee  of  the  lodge  to 
look  for  suitable  n.om.-,.  was  always  on  the 
outlook,  and  now  it  became  necessary  to  make 
preparation  for  the  chapter  of  the  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  The  Delaware  Chapter,  'X'o.  54, 
Rriyal  Arch  Masons,  ^vas  chartered  fictoljer 
15,'  1855.  I"  1853,  Brother  T\vm:x^  h.vans 
erected  a  large  brick  Iniilding  on  Sanduskv 
Street,  near  the  Delaware  Run.  The  commit- 
tee from  the  chapter  and  fr')m  the  lodge,  to- 
gether with  the  Son,,  of  Tcmiierance,  secured 
rooms  in  this  large,  new  building  of  Brotlier 
Evans.  Etere  the  Masruis  remained  for  sev- 
eral years.  During  this  }ear,  Ezekial  Dut- 
ton,  a  paiier-maker,  came  to  Delaware  frnm 
Eatavia,  Xew  York,  where  he  had  passed 
through  the  Mr.rgan  excitement  with  all  of  it? 
horrible  details.  Dution  was  one  of  the  \\c- 
tims  of  the  anti-Masonic  element.  Many 
stories  were  given  credence,  and  persecutions 
indulged  in  liy  th.e  ]^Iorgan  faction  against 
Dutton  foim  tlie  time  he  left  his  home  in  Xew. 
York,  until  he  reached  Delaware,  \vlicre  he 
found  again  many  supporters  of  the  Mtirgan 


HISTORY  OF  DELA\\'ARE  COUNTY 


elemenl.  Xotwitlistaiuiing  all  vlie  excilenient 
which  soon  thed  out.  the  lodge  prospered,  and 
Duttun  became  a  prontineiit  ^Fason  and  an  in- 
fluential citizen. 


After  the  election  o; 
worsiiipful     master.     E. 


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ottice 

Griswold,  and  the 
senior  warden,  f-inn.  IT  M.  Carper,  with  the 
members  of  the  lodge,  became  dissatisfied  with 
the  quarters  the  lijdge  occupied,  and  looked 
out  for  a  new  room.  'Siv.  P.enjaniin  I'nwcrs. 
in  1855.  erected  a  three-story  brick  budding, 
midway  between  \\"inter  and  William  Streets, 
on  the  east  side  of  Sandusky  Street,  known  as 
C)ak  Hall.  They  secured  rooms  here  in  the 
third  story  for  the  lodge  and  the  cha]jter  work 
on. account  of  the  p'ojd  ventilation.  In  June. 
1855,  the  lodge  moved  into  its  new  quarters. 
For  fifteen  years  the  lodge  occupied  these 
rooms,  when  they  moved  into  the  rooms  r.f  the 
Reynolds  and  Frank  block,  in  1870,  which 
had  been  specially  fitted  up  for  lodge  and 
chapter  work.  Oak  Hall  was  afterwards  oc- 
cupied by  the  new  order,  Knights  of  Pythias. 
In  1855,  ^^'^^  lodge  began  to  celebrate  the  fes- 
tival of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  other  lodges  par- 
ticipating. In  1857,  owing  to  causes  unknown. 
Equality  Lodg'e  at  Bellepoint,  was  permitted 
to  locate  at  ^.lillville,  now  Warrensburg:  but 
alter  more  or  less  dissatisfaction,  it  was 
moved  back  to  Bellepoint  in  a  short  time.  As 
before  stated,  in  1S53  it  surrendered  its  char- 
ter, jewels,  books  and  furniture  to  Hiram 
Lodge,  and  went  out  of  existence. 

After  thirteen  \ears'  occupancy  of  tliis 
home,  many  of  the  older  members  failed  to  at- 
tend meetings,  owing  to  the  two  long  stair- 
ways to  the  lodge  roo'm.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  meet  the  directors  of  the  First  Na- 
.  tional  Bank,  who  had  made  a  proposition  to 
fit  up  lodge  rooms  over  the  bank  on  the  second 
floor.  The  rooms  were  satisfactory,  and  the 
lodge  moved  in  1883,  and  remained  there  un- 
til 1892.  when  it  moved  into  the  beautiful  and 
commodious  $30,000  Temple  built  and  pre- 
sented by  'Sh.  Sidney  ]^loore. 

One  of  the  best  known,  most  energitic, 
well  posted  and  beloved  Masons  was  Prof.  W. 
O.  Semans,  who  was  secretary  of  tlie.  lodgt-. 
chapter  and  council  continuous]}-  fijr  ten  years. 


Fie  was  born  in  Defiance,  Ohio,  August  J3. 
1835,  '""ifl  grad.ualed  from  Ohio  Weslcyan 
University  in  1857.  He  was  made  a  nnsier 
Mason  in  185S.  In  1862^  he  was  elected  i)ro- 
fes.=;c)r  of  chemistry  in  his  alma  mater.  Ik- 
affiliated  with  Fliram  Lodge,  .August  i;,  iSC^. 
joined  the  chapter  in  r86o  at  Leavenworili, 
Kansas,  and  the  council  in  1869,  and-  was 
made  a  Knight  Temi'lar  in  .Mt.  \"ernon  Com- 
mandcry  Xo.  1.  Cohiinbus.  in  I068.  and  acted 
as  secretary  for  Hiram  lodge,  chapter  and 
council  from  1882  until  1892.  when  he  was 
succeeded  by  his  son.  ^\'illiam  ^I.  Semans. 
who  has  filled  this  important  position  to  the 
present  time. 

Fliram  Lodge  has  had  many  distinguislied 
memliers — Bi-lio[)  Harris,  and  Bishop  \\'.  F. 
McDowell  of  the  },lethodist  Church.  Hon. 
William  R.  Warnock,  and  others.  The  last 
member  tn  Ik-  sijoken  of  whose  name  will  go 
down  thnjugli  all  generations,  whose  memor) 
will  be  ehen>hcd.  not  only  liy  the  present  gen- 
eration, but  by  tbo,:;o  following  after  win",  will 
enjoy  the  be-autitul  }ila-^nnie  Inane  and  Tem- 
ple so  generou.->ly  and  wisely  provided  for  the 
^^lasonic  fraternity,  is  ?^Ir.  Sidney  Aloore.  Jr. 
This  quiet,  unassuming  and  unostentatious, 
yet  powerful  brother,  was  born  in  Delaware, 
Ohio.  Decem'^er  16.  1821.  Fie  was  the  eldest 
sem  of  Sidnc}'  and  Fdioeba  !Mann  ^loore.  He 
attended  the  select  scIk-ioI  of  his  aunt,  Sophia 
Moore  Gaston,  in  the  upper  storyof  the  \Velch 
Building,  on  the  west  side  of  Franklin  Street, 
between  William  and  Winter,  immediately 
south  of  the  Fbispital  grounds:  and  the  schL^iol 
of  Mrs.  Murray  on  the  west  side  of  Sandusky 
Street,  between  William  and  A\'inter  Streets, 
after  which  he  was  sent  to  the  academy  on 
Hill  Street,  now  University  Avenue,  which 
has  long  since  passed  away.  This  bright  and 
exemplary  son  worked  in  his  father's  office, 
that  of  county  auditor,  for  several  years.  Cjc- 
tober  T2.  1S45,  '^c  entered  the  Delaware  County 
Bank  as  bookkeeper  and  clerk.  To  perfect 
him-elf  for  the  labors  before  him,  be  took  a 
special  course  in  banking  in  Columbus.  Ohi'i. 
In  185  I.  he  was  elected  ca>hier  of  the  l:ank  in 
Marion.  r)hio.  In  1852.  alter  his  marriage  he 
uas  calletl  to  Indianapolis.  Indiana,  to  take  the 


AXD    REPRESENTATIVE    CITIZEXS 


position  of  cashier  of  the  Central  Bank  of  that 
cily.  In  1854.  he  was  elected,  and  acceji'.ed 
tlic  cashiershiii  (if  the  Dehuvare  Connty  liank. 
where  he  had  opened  the  books  in  1845.- 

Mr.  Moore's  lirst  wife  died  in  1S53.  and  in 
i.S'>5,  lie  was  married  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Cun- 
ningham Bierce.  In  June.  1883.  he  became 
])re^;dent  of  the  Delaware  Countly  National 
Bank,  which  jiositi'.m  he  held  until  the  re-or- 
ganizatiiin  of  the  bank  into  the  Delaware  Na- 
tional Bank  in.  Jannar\ ,  1905.  when  he  was 
elected  i)resident.  and  ser\-ed  in  that  capacity 
until  the  time  of  his  death  in  May,  1907.  He 
was  often  called  upon  to  fill  many  important 
positions,  such  as  member  of  the  School 
Board,  etc.  Mr.  Moore  Ijccame  a  member  of 
the  Delaware  chapter  in  iS^i'>  an.d  the  council 
at  Columlius.  Ohio,  in  1867.  and  Comnian'lery 
of  Knights  Templar  at  Clarion.  Ohio,  in  1857. 
On  Octnber  12.  ]8'^i7.  he  received  the  degrees 
from  the  lourtli  to  the  thirty-sec. md  of  the 
Scottish  Rile,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  In  1886. 
he  became  S.  G.  and  I.  C.  and  a  number  of 
times  served  as  presiding  officer  of  the  bidge. 
chapter,  council  and  commander}-;  ;md  the 
graTid  junior  warden  of  the  Grand  Ludge  o\ 
Ohio.  In  1886  he  received  the  remarkal.ile  dis- 
tinction of  having  conferred  upon  him  the 
last  degree  of  ]\Iasonr_\-.  the  thirty-third  de- 
gree. 

In  A.  L.  5S92  (1892)  Brother  Sidney 
JNIoore  built  and  presented  to  the  JMasons  of 
Hiram  Lodge  the  elegant  and  commodious 
\Iasonic  Temple,  his  extreme  ni<  >desty  forljid- 
ing  the  use  of  his  name  in.  connection  with  the 
Temple  (which  now  should  be  added).  He 
died  in  May.  1907,  lea\ing  his  aged  wife, 
Sarah  Cimningham  ^loore,  and  stepson.  Ar- 
thur Bierce,  and  one  brother,  William  E. 
Moore,  who  with  his  brother  enjoyed  all  the 
privileges  of  Masonry  to  the  thirty-second  de^ 
gree,  to  mourn  his  loss.  Blis  fimeral  was  con- 
ducted by  all  of  the  ]\Iasonic  bodies.  Knights 
Templar,  and  several  thirty-third  Degree  ^la- 
sons  who  officiated. 

Hiram  Lodge  has  (1908)  340  member^. 
There  are  fifty  Knights  Templar,  twent\-six 
members  of  the  Delaware  Club  Noliles  of  tlie 
Mvstic   Shrine,  and  eLn'en   h\-ing  members  of 


the  thirty-second  Degree  Ancient  and  Ac- 
cepted Scottish  Rite,  Northern  Masonic  juris- 
diction of  the  United  States — W.  C.  Denni- 
son,  \V.  E.  Dodge.  S.  W.  Fowler,  E.  I-'. 
Gwinn,  I.  W.  Heimber-er,  \V.  K.  M.  .ore,  I. 
^^■.  Rosenth.al,  D.  !•.  Rw-t,  William  M.  Se- 
mans,  J.  Leo  Sperling,  George  II.  Watkins. 

CXt'ITrLAI.;   M,\S0XI-lV. 

Delaware  Chapter,  No.  54.  R.  A.  M.,  was 
chartered  October  m,  1853,  Its  .-,tited  con- 
ventions are  held  in  Moore'>  MnsDnic  llall  on 
Thurstlay  CAenings  on  or  li.foic-  the  fnll  oi  the 
moon,  'idle  ]ii-e-riit  Mi't^rors  I  KjoN)  are:  Ciim- 
panion  William  A.  (iivinrr.  M.  E.  H.  P.; 
Companion  W.  I'.  I.)odge,  ]L.  king:  Compan- 
ion Paul  R.  Hickok,  E.  scribe:  Companion  \\\ 
E.  }^Ioore.  C.  of  IE;  Coinpanioii  Orrie  S. 
Smith.  Prin.  Soj. ;  Coiiipanion  Harrv  L. 
Clark,  R.  A.  C. ;  Companion,  Dewiti  H.  Leas. 
G.  M.  3rd  v.;  Comp:uiion  ].  \V.  Heimberger, 
G.  :SL  2\u\.  \'.:  Compani. in  "Charles  Justice,  G. 
M.  1st.  \'. :  Companion  Rliea  T.  Graff,  treas. : 
Companion  William  M.  Semans,  secretary; 
Companion  Louis  Tlioiinan.  guard;  Compan- 
ion Edward  Y.  Mason,  or,L;anist;  Comfianions 
C.  W.  Wiles,  C.  H.  Watkins.  C.  W.  Dennison, 
Einance  Committee. 

CRYPTIC    M.\SOXRY. 

Delaware  Council.  No.  54,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters,  was  chartered  first  October  12, 
1867.  and  held  regular  meetirigs  for  many 
years.  But  in  1887,  through  indifference,  lack 
of  attendance  and  other  causes,  the  charter 
was  surrendered.  In  October,  189c;.  through 
the  influence  of  Brother  Sidney  ]\b/ore,  new 
life  and  nev\-  blood  were  infused  into  the  coun- 
cil, and  it  was  reorganized  (29th)  as  No.  84. 
Y.  D.  2900.  The  petitioners  for  the  reijrgani- 
zation  were  Sidney  Moore.  \\'.  A.  Greiner.  W. 
E.  ]\Ioore.  J.  Leo  Sperling,  W.  M.  Semans. 
Geo.  W.  Simpson.  W.  C).  Semans.  S.  W.  Fow- 
ler. W.  H.  Hague:  E.  E.  Hvatt.  J.  B.  Tag- 
gert.  R.  G.  I-xbrand.  Iame<  M.  Crawford.  B. 
E.  Frar.k.  W".  M.  M.  rns,.n,  C.  II.  }.lcE!rov. 
A.    1.  Co.jmer.   I.  G.   Rosenthal.   R.   M.   Reed, 


li-jltvi-iv; 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COl'XTY 


F.  T.  Evan.N  W.  F.  Dodge.  Charles  Croukcl- 
ton. 

Delaware  Council.  Xo.  84,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect [Master.^,  charuied  Oelober  y,  1900.  Ofti- 
cers  for  lyoS  are :  Conipanioii  John  W. 
Heiniherger,  T.  1.  .M.;  Cmnpanion  W.  F. 
Dodge,  D.  I.  .M.:  CmiKinion  Henry  T.  Main, 
]'rin,  C.  of  \V.:  Ci.mpaniijn  X.  Percy  Starr, 
treas. ;  Companion  William  M.  Semans,  re- 
corder; Companion  Dewitl  H.  Leas.  Capt.  of 
G;  Companion  George  H.  W'atkins.  Con.  of 
C. ;  Companion  Albert  F.  Elkins,  steward; 
Companion  Louis  Thorman,  sentinel.  Finance 
Committee — Companions  R.  J.  Cox,  R.  R. 
Pleikes,  G.  J.  G.  Rosenthal.  Stated  assemblies 
are  held  in  Moore's  ^lasonic  Temple  on  the 
third  [Monday  of  every  nuinth.  There  are 
abont  X20  menibers. 

Hiram  Lodge  has  a  membership  of  340: 
Delaware  Chapter  Rc^yal  Arch  Masons,  141; 
Delaware  Council,  120. 

The  Grand  Chapter  dt  Iv'val  and  Select 
[Masters  of  the  Slate  of  Ohio,  was  organized 
at  Worthington,  June  6,  Y.  D.  2S50.  A.  D., 
1830. 


OSTKAXDER    LODGE,    NO. 


94.    F.    &    A.    M. 


On  Xoveniber  23,  1905.  a  dispensation  was 
granted  to  thirteen  memL)ers  who  petitioned  to 
work.  J.  A.  Swinehart  was  worshipful  mas- 
ter, and  the  other  petitioners  were  B.  H.  Rit- 
tenhonsc,  William  Harris.  \'.  B.  Weller.  ^L 
D.,  U.  U.  Ligseit.  W.  F.  l-van,>.  O.  P.  Bird, 
C.  H.  Blvmer.  W.  A.  Shepard.  A.  D.  Wells, 
K.  K.  Kalb.  Milton  Leggett  and  H.  W.  Rit- 
tenhouse.  During  tlie  year,  thirteen  new 
members  were  initiated,  and  on  Xovember  5. 
1906,  the  lodge  was  instituted  in  due  lorm  liy 
PL  S.  Kissed,  with  the  following  officers: 
Charles  Bynner.  W.  AL  ;  O.  P.  Bird.  S.  W. : 
K'.  K.  Kalb,  J.  W.  The  pre-ent  officers  are  : 
O.  P.  Bird,  W.  -M.:  K.  K.  Kalb.  S.  W. ;  Dr. 
\'.  B.  Weller.  J.  W.  At  present  the  lodge  has 
thirt\--five   nieniliers. 


SUXP.URV    LODGE. 


Li  X'oveniber,   1S17,  a  number  of  Masons 
from   Berkshire   and   the   eastern   part  of   the 


county,  asked  jierniission  of  Hiram  Lodge  for 
recommendation   to  the  grand   master  01   the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio   for  a  dispensation  to 
form  a  new  lodge  at  Sunliury.    It  was  granteil. 
and  tlie  new  lotlge  became  Charity  Lodge.  Xo. 
53.      It  was  taken   to  Zoar,  now    Galena,    in 
1S26.       Just     when    tlicy    surrendered     then- 
charter  is  u.ot  known.     It  continued  until   the 
anti-Masonic  agitation  during  the  [Morgan  ex- 
citement, when  it  was  compelled  to  surrender 
its  charter  to  the  Grand  Lodge.    The  fires  were 
kept  burning  on   the  altars  by  a   few  of  the 
faithful   menibers  oi   the  order.     On  Octol.;er 
21,  1S6S,  tlie  Grand  Lodge  granted  a  new  dis- 
pensation and  gave   them  a   new  charter   for 
Sparrow  Lodge.  Xo.  400,  F.  &  A.  M.     The 
charter  members  were  E.   R.   Plempstead.  A. 
J.  Utlev.  C.   Patrick,   Tames  P.  Decker,  .\m.'S 
Utlev.  Elijah  Carnev."  |,   P.  Crawford.  J.   W. 
Foot,   C.   Wilcnx,   A'lmon   Stark.  J.   P.   Bard- 
well,    lames  Lanipman.   Xaihan    Dustrm    ami 
Xathan    Wells.      Sparrou    L.>dge  of   Sunbnry 
has  enjoyed  a  useful  and  iM'iniant  career  from 
the    beginning,    and    li.^    niLiuliersliip    extends 
I   over  all  of  the  ea>leni  nari  i.f  the  county.     The 
I  present  officer.-,  are:     E.  .M.  Perfect.  \\'.  [M.: 
i    L  W.  Furry,  S.  W. :  A.  D.  Strasuider.  J.  W. : 
I  J.   W.   Longwell.    treasurer;    ].    il.    Gerhanlt, 
!  secretarv:  O.  1'.  Filing.  S.  LX  :  Ma!=elot  Wil- 
cox,   L'D.;  C.  y[.   Shicker.    chni.lain:  C.    O. 
\  Arm^rong.  S.  S. :  H.  H.  Luar.  J.  S. :  C.  H. 
j   Wilson,   pianist;  James   C'ockrell.   tyler.      The 
trustees  are   C.   O.     Armstrong.   C.    D.    \'an 
;  Houten,  C.   F.  Beaver. 
I 

ORDER  OF   EASTERX    .STAR,    F.   \-  A.    M.,  St."XBLRV. 

The  lodge  of  the  Order  of  Eastern  Star. 
F.  &  .\.  }vL,  Sunbury.  Ohio,  was  instituted 
October  It,  1894,  ^vith  the  tVillowing  mem- 
bers: Emma  Gerhardl.  Dr.  L  IL  Gerhardr. 
Anna  Blakelv.  T.  F.  Blakely,  Abbie  A.  Kim- 

i  ball,   Otis  PL   Kimball,  Annabell  Ramsey.   X. 

I   Ramsey.  Amv  Eurrer,  A.  J.  Burrer,  Alattie  L. 

i  Crego.'  Charles  F.  Crego,"  Alida  Roferts.  W. 

I  P.    Roferts,   Medora   Longwell.   J.    P.     Long- 

!  well.  Anna  Price.  L  ^L  Price.  Delila  Perfect. 

I  Leroy  Perfect,  Daisy  Wheaton,  C.  ^i.  Whea- 

i   ton.    Elrisa    Smith.    Marshall    Smith,   }dary   S. 

i  Williams.  Frank  Williams.     This  is  the  only 


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.order  of  tile  Ea'^icrn  Star  in  the  county.  It 
is  a  sti-ong  organizatii.ai,  ami  is  doing  good 
work. 


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:.E,    F.    &   .V.    M. 


White  Sulphur  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  .M..  No.  lo 
(colored),  of  Delaware,  Ohio,  was  instituted 
June  24.  1S67,  at  the  session  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  held  at  Xenia,  Ohio.  The  warrant 
was  issued  at  this  meeting,  June  20-22,  in- 
clusive. Tlie  lodge  first  met  in  the  Springer 
Block,  corner  of  Sandusky  and  University 
Avenue,  now  known  as  the  Allaert  Block.  Of- 
ficers were  elected  and  installed  by  Brother 
William  T.  Boyd,  grand  master  (proxy)  who 
is  now  in  the  employ  of  the  C,  C,  C.  &  L  R. 
R.  Co.,  as  train  baggagemaster.  The  lodge 
now  meets  in  old  Templar  Hall,  now  known  as 
the  ?*iiller  ]>lock.  The  following  were  oiTi- 
cers  and  charter  members :  J.  J.  \\'illiam- 
son,  \\'.  :\l.  (dead)  :  Thomas  Mendenhall,  S. 
W.  (dead):  B.  ALt-'u.;  J.  W.  (dead^:  F.  I). 
IMcrrii,  treasurer  (  dead  )  :  B.  F.  TliLinias,  scc- 
retarv;  R.  Stewart.  S.  D. ;  G.  B.  Lewis,  tvler. 
(dead).  Thnnias  A.  Jackson,  William  '  Al- 
ford.  M.  A.  Taylor.  G.  (h-enere,  G.  B.  Cox- 
som.  all  dead,  were  charter  •  members.  The 
present  oiTicers  and  members  are ;  Horace 
Wheeler.  W.  [Nf. :  W.  A.  Jackson.  S.  W. :  Gus 
Tvsijn.  [.  W. ;  Thomas  Kemper,  treasurer:  B. 
F'  Thoinas,  secretarv ;  William  Wheeler.  S.  j 
D.;  Waller  B.  ^loore,  T.  D.:  James  Fields,  S. 
S.:  Joseph  Xorlh,  f.  S. ;  ilenrv  Flemin-,  tvlor. 
^lembers— William  W.  Wilson.  H.  C.  Glav, 
Flarrv  Clav,  J.  \\".  Jones,  Herbert  FL  Cha- 
bious'.  Allen  C.  Alford.  Oscar  B.  White,  Sandy 
^Merchant.  Harrison  fudv,  J.  T.  Hurley,  John 
W.  Boyer.  J.  W.  Baldem 

.Ji.SHLEV  LODGE,   F.    S:   A.    M.       ' 

.\shley  Lodge,  Xo.  407,  F.  &  A.  ^L,  was 
instituted  February  17,  1S6S,  through  the  in- 
fluence of  Brother  Sidney  }tIoore.  of  Dela- 
ware, who  was  made  worshipful  master.  J.  F". 
Doty  w  as  made  senior  warden ;  F.  B.  INIorri- 
son,  T-  ^V.  The  following  were  charter  mem- 
bers :  fame..  P.  Clark,  b  hn  W.  Hoft",  W.  E. 
Palmer.   W.   W.    Strattnn,   S.   A.   Coomer,   J. 


B.  Richardson.  E.  II.  Conklin,  John  Gield,  J, 
L.  May  and  Flenry  Sutton.  The  charter  was 
granted  October  19,  1868.  The  order  has 
been  very  popular  in  the  community  and  has 
121  active  members.  In  1904  the  lodge  erect- 
ed a  temple  on  the  corner  of  biigh  and  Frank- 
lin Streets  at  a  cost  of  $5,000.  The  lower 
fioor  is  used  by  the  F'armer's  Saving  Bank 
Company,  the  upper  Ihwn  by  the  Masons.  The 
following  are  the  pre  sent  Mhicers  (  igo8)  :  W. 
M.  Shoemaker,  W.  .\L ;  John  A.  Conner,  S. 
W.:  Burton  Ol.ls,  J.  W. ;  V.  E.  Whipple,  treas- 
urer; F'rank  W.  Sii.n-p,  secretarv;  Rav  Idick- 
son,  S.  D.;  T.  C.  McCnnigle, '].  D.';  R.  P. 
Welch,  tyler. 

KXIGFITS  Ob"  PYT}H.\S. 

This  order  was  founded  during  the  war  cif 
the  Reb-ellion,  1S61-65,  at  which  time  tlie  les- 
son of  love  and  friendship  was  well  nigh  for- 
gotten. Like  the  ancient  story  of  the  friends, 
Damon  and  Pythias  at  Syracuse.  Sicily,  the 
soldiers  and  citizens  came  together  a^  ijue  in 
the  close  tie  of  brotherhood.  ]\Iany  will  ask 
the  (question  "Who  foiuided  the  order?'"  hi 
]S86.  the  Supreme  Lodge  was  held  in  the  city 
of  Philadelphia.  At  this  meelirig  tlie  supre;ne 
reiiresenlative,  Foxwell.  uf  tlie  District  01  Co- 
lumljia.  presented  a  nicninrial  jiicture  of  Justus 
H.  Ralhboue  to  the  I'rder.  declaring  the  origi- 
nal of  the  ])icture  to  be  the  true  founder. 

It  was  in  1S57,  while  engaged  in  clerking 
and  teaching  at  Eagle  Flarbor,  on  the  Eagle 
Ri\'er  on  Lake  Superior,  that  Rathbone  be- 
came greatly  impressed  with  the  remarkal'le 
and  wonderful  story  of  Damon  and  Pythias, 
and  their  infinite  lose  ami  friendship  for  eich 
other;  the  influence  of  this  friendship  upon 
the  tyrant  D:> my-ius,  and  the  willing  sacrifice 
of  the  bra\e  Sicilian  who  would  die  fur  his 
friend,  which  so  impressed  Dionysius  that  he 
"spared  his  life.  Rathbone  determinetl  tu  in- 
duce men  to  inllow  the  example  so  pure,  gen- 
erous  and  holy,  set  by  these  true,  devcUcd 
friends,  and  immcfliately  organized  this  or- 
der. 

As  a  charitable  order,  few  organization!- 
ha\e  lal)'->red  and  dune  more  gord,  and  gro\Nn 
more  rapidly  than  the  Knights  of  Pythias.     It 


'n!j'.s-iv  i.v-to 


4-^6 


in  STORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


was  urgaiiixcti  lUiriiiy  the  heat  and  turmoil  of 
liattlc  (hiring-  the  war,  wiicn  all  was  strife, 
discord  and  disrui/tion.  and  has  steadily  ad- 
vanced and  dourishcd  until  it  has  spread 
through'jut  the  country  and  has  hec'inie  a 
puwer  l<jr  much  go'-d. 

To  ctimi'lete  the  history  of  the  Knights  of 
I'ythias  is  fitting'  to  speak  of  the  Pythian  Sis- 
terhood, and  the  Rathtione  Sisters.  The  for- 
iner  were  granted  permission  to  organize  a  se- 
cret society  of  female  relatives  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  in  iS8S,  by  the  Supreme  Lodge. 
-I'liey  were  to  use  their  titles  of  ofticers  and  re- 
port the  tinar.cial  and  luimeiical  condition  to 
the  Supreme  Keeper  of  Rccoi'ds  and  Seals  pre- 
vious to  the  Supreme  Session.  This  hrauch  of 
the  organization  has  had  a  great  and  marvel- 
ous griiwth.  and  a  widespread  influence.  Their 
fund.amcnial  teachii^.g  is  truth  and  pnrit)-. 
They  recognize  that  in  L'nity  there  is  Strength, 
and  proclaim  Friendship,  Charity,  Lr'\-c,  and 
Re-.ievolence  as  their  cardinal  ]")rmciples.  To 
!i;)!d  the  trust  of  a  sister  is  a  sacred  charge,  and 
to  impress  upon  the  younger  women  the  \alue 
of  honor,  pmdty  and  virtue  is  their  chief  aim. 
The  ord.er  \v;is  founded  th.oMiuh  the  etT'jrts  of 
^Irs.  Alva  A.  Young,  of  H.ipkinton,  X.  FL 
]Ier  hnsbanel  ami  three  brothers  served 
through  the  war  of  the  Rebellion. 

C"nlike  the  Pythian  Sisterhood,  the  Rath- 
bune  Sisters  admit  to  membership  both  men 
and  women.  This  branch  was  organized  in 
iS88.  and  was  approved  by  the  Supreme 
Lodge  and  the  Ritual.  The  membi  rs  desire 
to  pronnite  the  moral,  mental,  social  and  physi- 
cal elevation  of  its  members,  always  following 
the  Golden  Rule.  Their  gn^wth  has  been 
steady  and  they  exert  power  and  influence. 
The  first  temple  of  the  Rathtone  Sisterhood 
was  instituted  at  Warsaw,  Lidiana,  October 
23,.iSSS.  They  ha\e  steailily  grown  in  mem- 
bersln'p  and  influence,  as  well  as  widened 
their  sphere  of  usefulness  throughout  the  land. 
The  coktred  race  has  similar  organizations  of 
their  own,  both  of  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
sisterhoods. 

LENWPE  LODGF,  K.  OF  P. 

The  parent  lorlge  of  the  county  was  char- 
tcre'l   I-'eljruarv    ii,    iSjt.  with  the  following 


I  oillcers  and  members:    P.  H.  AlcCiuire,  worth\ 

I  prelate:    C.   \'.   Owst'.n,    wv.rthy    chancellor: 

Jacob   Knick,    vice    chancellor:   Robert     Bell. 

I  financial    scribe:     H.    E.     Buck.    Rcc.     .scriiie: 


acob  lloll 

i   M.   :\iil]er,   inside   s 

side  sentinel ;   A.   V 

Riddle,  \\''.  A.  Leai 


:  C.  1.  Bniwn,  guard;  M. 
iitineL  FI.  Fleckner.  otit- 
ant.  G.  i:.  Brevfnole,  C. 
T.  P.  \'ining,  E.  Shallv, 


G.  \A'.  Stimnie!.  D.  Sk.eridan,  D.  :\1.  Ij.nve, 
W.  S.  Sherman.  W".  C.  Clippinger.  E.  ^^I.  Fiel- 
ier,  J.  Sealy,  R.  G.  Lvbrand.  (F  B.  Smith,  Ed 
F.  Lear,  F  K.  I'raul,  i-".  Burroughs,  P.  Praul, 
C.   W.   White,  C.   Eu.ghes. 

The  'present  (tHicers  are :  L.  A.  Critch- 
field.  C  C. :  J.  R.  Sek.ver,  vice  C. :  John. 
White,  prelate:  P.  McKinnie.  .M.  of  "W. ; 
Charles  A.  Bolinger,  M.  at  A.;  E.  1-.  ^'.>ung. 
K.  of  R.  and  S. :  E.  S.  Owen.  M  ,<i  !■. :  Ed  .S. 
-Metier.  ^F  of  E. ;  C.  S.  Fre.dr.v.iter.  F  G. ; 
W.  S.  Sherman.  O.  G. :  II.  IF  Beecher,  .\F  A. 
Brand'-i!,,  rei)rescntative.s  in  Grand  Lodge;  al- 
ternates,  E.    V.   Young;.    II.   IF    i'icrce. 

The  Fena]ie  I.odgc  is  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  tlouriMimg  in  tlie  Slate.  The  <.ther 
lodges  of  the  c.;>uni\-  :'!e  Sunlmrv,  Xo.  2T,i  : 
Ostrandcr,  Xo.  3-|S";  G-..!  I  b  ,pe,  Xo.  457: 
Bellepoint,  Xo,  5J5  ;  Wi:iian:-^,  Xo.  55O;  Chesh- 
ire, Xo.  613:  Lewis  Center,  Xo,  636;  Porter, 
Xo.  640;  Centre  Village,  Xo.  645;  Powell, 
Xo.  6S4. 

CASTLE    n.-\EL,    K.    OF    P. 

Castle  Flail  Lodge,  X'o.  231,  K.  of  P..  at 
Sunbun-,  was  chartered  }vlay  2^,  1S87,  with 
the  following  charter  meml)ers :  J.  IF  Kimble 
(dead)  ;  D.  R.  Robinson  (dead)  ;"  O.  H.  Kim- 
ble (dead):  E.  E.  Wilson  (dead);  ].  M 
Price  (dead)  ;  F  W.  Gmn  (dead)  ;  loe  Fuller, 
B.  Shoffcr,  C.  J.  Rose.  B.  E.  Perfect,  C.  D. 
Palmer,  X.  Patrick,  A.  Lvnn.  H.  C.  Perfect. 
IF  S.  Cook.  FI.  E.  Smitli,  E.  L.  Gill.  A.  C. 
Williams,  W.  A.  WiFon,  C.  P.  Sprague, 
i-rank  Burrer.  F.  L.  Gage,  W.  P.  Roberts, 
Kimball  Se.lgewick.  B.  ^V.  Gorsucli,  C.  A. 
]\lc.\llister,  lohn  Burrer.  The  present  officers 
are:  ElwoJd  :Miles.  C.  C. :  E.  Debolt.  \'.  C. ; 
Hein-v  Stelzer.  prelate ;  C.  L.  Bovd.  M.  of  W. ; 
IF  IF  Foar,  K.  of  R.  and  S.,  and  M.  of  F. : 
F  S.  Eurev,  INF  of  Ex. ;  E.  G.  Kempton,  .M. 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CmZEXS 


of  A.;  D.  B.  Roscncraiis,  L  G. ;  \V.  B.  Dwin- 
ne!,  O.  CJ.  Tlie  nicmbcrs  at  the  present  time 
(190S)  number  j-jj.  'Hie  Pythian  and  Rath- 
bone  SisteriuHjvb  are  a  part  of  this  oi'g-aniza- 
tion. 

El-REKA   LODGi:,   K.   OF  P. 

Eureka  Lodge,  Xd.  3.  K.  of  P.  (colored), 
of  Delaware,  was  organized  October  10,  1894. 
Officers  and  charter  menilicrs  were  the  iollow- 
ino-:  E.  ^\^  B.  Currv.  C.  C. ;  William  Clark, 
vice  C. ;  A.  P.  Warrick,  prelate;  W".  A.  Jack- 
son, Al.  of  I-.;  1.  hicksMii.  Al.  of  E. ;  A".  W. 
Dav,  K.  of  R.  and'S.;  A.  Bovd.  M.  of  A.:  H. 
T.  Pagans.  L  G. ;  A.  Wilson,  O.  G. 

GOOD    IIOPK   LODGE,    XO.    457,   ASllEEY,    OHIO. 

Was  instituted  November  3.  1S90.  with 
the  following  charter  members :  W.  Slack,  D. 
H.  W'nlfe,  H.  C.  Hcrshev.  S.  R.  Eckles.  E.  C. 
Sipe,  \\"alter  Hershev,  T.  W.  Lea.  B.  A.  Clay- 
pool.  ]\{arrow  Berry,  Sperry  Bartholomew. 
The  present  oflicers :     !■'.  T.   Glen,  C.   C. ;    |. 

D.  Monroe,  V.  C. ;  Wdlliam  Gale,  prelate; 
Tom  Barber.  M.  of  A.;  L.  B.  Richniund,  L 
G.;  W.  M.  Curren.  O.  G. ;  H.  L.  Lea,  :^L  of 
E. ;  D.  IL  Wolf.  M.  of  ]• . ;  F.  ].  RUev,  K.  of 
R.  and  S.:  E.  H.  Bisel,  Dan"  Chadnch.  C. 
Smith,  trustees.  j 

rORTER  LODGE,   KXIGUTS  OF   PYTHLA.S,   XO.   64O,     j 

Of    East    Libert}',    Porter   Township,    was   | 
chartered    August    24,    1S93.      Charter    mem-   j 
hers:      r^Iilton    Ilcaslett.    AL    W. ;    George   J.   ' 
Meises,  C.  C. ;  W.  E.  Waldron.  V.  C. ;  E.  B.    [ 
Dustin,  prelate;  D.  A.  Beard.  M.  of  E. ;  J.  C. 
\'an  Sickle.  M.  of  E. ;  L  T.  Harbntde.  K.  of 
R.  and  S.;  C.  L  Bacom,'M.  at  A.;  D.  W.  Mc- 
Kav.  T.  Cubbage,  ]\[unroe  \'ance,  T-  C.  \Vood, 

F.  b.  White.  O.  G. ;  H.  D.  Blackledge,  L  G. : 
C.   D.   Rogers,  W.  G.   Bacom.   Eislier  White, 

G.  \\'.  Carpenter,  A.  Hunt,  W.  D.  Blanev.  G. 

E.  Spangler.  P.  E.  Page.  W.  O.  Clauson.  Clin- 
ton Bac-m.  W.  T.  Harrison.  E.  Carnes.  T.  B. 
Bradileld.  H.  Riley.  C.  Waldron,  J.  G.  Glea- 
son.  C.  fL  Hicks,  J.,seph  Patrick,  Levi  Black- 


ledge,  J.  T.  Lane.  Present  officers  are:  E.  B. 
Dustin.  C.  C;  David  Chase.  W  C. ;  L  C.  \'an 
Sickle,  prelate;  W.  Lane.  M.  of  \V.,  B.  T. 
Hirst,  K.  of  R.  and  S. ;  William  PLarbottle,  yi. 
of  h\ ;  E.  Carnes,  M.  of  Ex. ;  f.  PVy,  Al.  at  A. ; 
H.  A'ermillion,  L  G. ;  E.  Owens.  6.  G. 

CHESHIRE    LODGE,    KXJGHTS    OF    PVTHI.V.s, 

XO.  613, 

Was  instituted  February  16,  1893.     Char- 

i  ter  members :  S.  P.  Thrall,  P.  C. ;  George 
Cleveland,  C.  C. ;  F.  L  Ryant.  V.  C. ;  W.  P. 

I  \\'hittier,  prelate;  C.  W.' Dickerman,  AL  of 
F.;  George  Wdiitman,  Al.  of  E. ;  W.  F.  Ben- 
nett. K.  of  R.  and  S. ;  C'.  L  Slough,  M.  at  A.; 
E.  L.  Ryanr,  L  G. :  A.  Hichcw.  O.  G.  Trus- 
tees:    f.  Rouch.   V.   11.   Andrews,  L.  A.  Jay- 

!  cox.     Charter  mendiers:     C.  E.  Asher,  G.  C. 

i  Bennett.  G.  W.  Buckingham.  E.  Eiiwers,  B.  A. 
Casswell,  D.  C.  Curtis'!  G.  D.  Coltiesh.  lames 
Cockrell.  L.  L.  Da\-enport,  PL  A.  Davis," <=  T. 
Dickerman,  A.  L,  Elliott,  H.  E.  Elliot  J.  E. 
Finch,  E.  L.  F>rson.  A.  fv.  Freshwater.  Vw  S. 
Glaze,  T-  Hewitt.  W.  S.  Harriss.  G.  B.  Hub- 
bard, George  PloHv,  B.  F.  Hagerman,  L  PL 
and  H.  C.  Hopkin.s,  G.  W.  Hughes.  T.  frwin, 
IL  H.  Johnson,  E.  K.  and  W.  "laoEus, 
M.  D.  Kring,  H.  and  C.  Knnzev,  W".  T.  Long- 
worth,  G.  V\'.  Lahmon.  E.  A.  Alav.  W.  H. 
.AlcWilliams,  E.  .Miller,  D.  S.  Potter",  A.  liush. 
E.  H.  Smith.  G.  C.  Stephens.  W.  AP  P.  Sims, 
G.  W.  Sherman,  W.  F.  Sackett,  L  \V.  Sher- 
wood, W.  Townsley,  C.  A.  Yeamans.  Tlie 
present  officers  are:  Joseph  Irwin,  AI.  of  I'.; 
Homer  Gregi^ry,  C.  C. ;  George  Cleveland.  M. 
of  Ex.;  Florence  \Miitman.  V.  C. ;  Plerbcrt 
Irwin,  prelate;  Homer  Dutche,  M.  at  A.;  T^ihu 
Irwin.  M.  of  W. ;  E.  R.  Durfy.  1.  G. ;  W.  F. 
Ryant.  K.  of  R.  and  S. ;  George  Hass.  O.  G. 
Trustees :  F.  Ryant.  D.  S.  Porter,  I.  C.  AIc- 
Carty. 

LEWIS  CEXTRE  LODGE,  XO.  636.  K.  OF  F. 

This  lodge  was  instituted  .\ugust  lo.  181)3. 
The  original  officers  were:  P.  C..  R.  K.  Wil- 
lis; C.  C.  W.  M.  T.  S.  Sims;  V.  C.  FL  \'. 
Schanck;  prelate,  PL  P.  Knapp ;  AI.  of  E..  W. 


428 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


B.  Go<Klin-;  .M.  of  F..  A.  Stone ;  K.  K.  S., 
G.  D.  CoUloh:  M.  at  A.,  A.  C.  P.arrows ;  M. 
of  W'.,  R.  C.  Elsl.ue;  1.  C...  A.  I'ergusun :  O. 
G..  A.  N.  Crumb.  J''resent  nieni'iership,  twcn- 
tv-fivt. 

POWKLL  LOHC.E,  NO.   684,    K.   Or    P, 

Was  chartered  .\pri!  '.8,  1895,  with  forly- 
thrte  iiienihers.  lis  first  oft.cers  were:  E.  P. 
Hover.  C.  C. ;  F.  B.  Mason,  W  C. ;  1.  E.  Sharp. 
P.;  ■]'.  N.  Necls.  M.  of  ]£. :  Charles  E.  Watts. 
:\L  of  F. :  W.  E.  Ziiin,  K.  of  R.  and  S. :  Charle.-, 
Stanbcry.  M.  of  A.;  \'.  F.  Te.pHff.  I.  G. , 
Frank  Bayles,  O.  G.  The  lodge  now  has  six- 
tv-nine  meinbers,  -with  the  following  otficers : 
George  Kibbv.  C.  C. :  l-^rank  Richards,  \'.  C. : 
I.  X\  Gardner.  P.;  Harrv  Davidson,  .M.  of 
W.:  I.  C.  Drumhcller,  K.  of  R.  and  S. ;  C.  O. 
Flawes,  M.  of  F. :  O.  1.  Case,  M.  of  E. ;  R.  J. 
Duffy,  J^l.  at  A.;  Calvin  Corbin.  L  G. ;  Wil- 
liam I'ounds,  O.  G.  The  lodge  erected  a  hne, 
two-story  frame  building,  the  first  story  of 
which  is  used  for  store  purposes,  and  the  upper 
for  a  lodge  room.  The  building  is  26x60  feet, 
and  was  dedicated  August  30,  1906.  The 
building  cost  nearly  S3. 300.  To  begin  with, 
the  lodge  had  only  S43  in  the  exchequer. 


POWELL    TEMPLE,    NO 

\\'as  instituted  Ji 
charter  members.  Fi 
lev.  ^F  E.  C;  ^la!:. 
Wcltha  Sharp,  E.  S. 
lector;  Mary  Bayles 
guard;  Clara  Corbin. 
C. ;  ]\Iinerva  Case,  ]\1 
ent  officers  are:  Cla 
Colvin,  .M.  of  F.;  .Mi 
Case._  protector;  Mai 
Drumheller,  guarij ; 
Marv  Eavles,'  P.  C. ; 
and  C. 

Of  the   f' 
the  failure  of  officials 
unable  to  give  any  hi 
puint,  Williams  and 


0.    PVTHLVN 


ISTERS. 


Iv    19,    1906,   with   sixty 

■St  officers  :     Hattie  Pix- 

1   Richards,    M.    of    F. ; 

;  Alice  Kirkpatrick.  pro- 

E.    J.;    Anna    Topliff, 

manager;  01i\e  Case,  P. 

of  R.  and  C.     The  pres- 

ra  Corbin,  ^I.  E.  C. ;  Ida 

ner\a  Case.  E.  S. ;  Emma 

)el  Richard^.  E.  J.:  :^lary 

Bertha   Cnhin.   manager, 

;  Weltha  Sharp,  M.  of  R. 

g  lodges.  K.  of  P.,  from 
to  give  any  data,  we  are 
story :  Ostrander,  Belle- 
Centre  Village. 


BELLEPOTNT   LODGE,    K.    OF   P. 


of  Charter,    525 — Date   of  Charter,    De- 
cember 8,  1891. 


T.  A.  Wells 
Har^ev  .Miller 
J.  \y.  Wood 
R.    B.    Hagans 

^v.  R.  Co.x 

G.  F.  Miller 
O.  E.  Hulchisson 
H.  E.  Tiebout 
G.  O.  Oiler 
W.  G.  Jones 
J.  P.  Stewart 
S.  F.  Smith 
W.  H.  Oiler 
I'.  R.  ITv 

F.  L.  Sailsburv 
E.  ^I.  Coe 

W.  T.  Warson 

G.  E.  Watson 
G.  T.  Ferr}'man 
T.  W.  Kuhns 

E.   y[.   A\-ickham 
G.  W.  Daily 

Officers  01  th 
Wells;  C.  C,  H 
^\'ood■,  prelaie.  P 
Coe:  M.  of  11.,  G 
O.  C.  Hntchisson 


Ciiarler  Members. 

F.  X.  Penn 
\V.  A,  Black 
loh.ii   Watkins 
"W.  B.  p-ry 
Lewis  Hecker 
W.   B.   Sperow 
M.  IP  Hinkle 


I.  Plealv 

B.  Hinkle 
A.   Dunlap 
W.  Kellv 
L.  Liggett 

C.  Stone 
'P.  Oiler 
li'ene  \'ienot 


C.  H.  Watson 
William  Chamber; 
Samuel  Smith 
I.  W.  Owen 
Ho>e;i   :Moon 
W.  A.    (ones 


First  ^'car— P.   C,  T.   A. 

vev   ^liltcr:   V.   C,    P   W. 

R.  ilaoaiis;  M.  E.,  \V.  R. 

!•■.  .Miller;  K.  .-,f  R,  and  S., 
lisson;  M.  of  A..  PI.  E.  Tiebout; 
I.  G..  George  Oiler;  O.  G.,  W.  G.  Jones. 

'  The  lodge  now  has  loi  members.  The  of- 
ficers for  the  ]iresent  vear  are  as  follows :  C. 
C.  F.  B.  .Mc:\Iillen;  V.  C,  W.  PI.  Colhoun ; 
prelate,  LawsMii  Jones;  M.  of  W.,  G.  L.  Ru- 
mer;  K.  of  R.  and  S.,  O.  C.  Hutcliisson  ;  M. 
of  F.,  W.  C.  McCloud:  .M.  .,f  E.,  W.  R.  Cox; 
.M.  of  A.,  Elmer  Zimmerman:  I.  G.,  O.  H. 
Ca.se  ;0.  G.,  B.  E.  J.mes. 

PYTIII.VN    SISTERS    OF    P.ELLEPOI.VT, 

Instituted  under  the  name  of  the  Rath- 
bone  Sisters.  .April  27,  1898.  Changed  to 
Pythian  Sisters  in  1906. 


/]■  ; .  I 


AND  REPRESENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


Cliarter  Members. 
Jane    Oiler  O.  C.  Hutchisson 

Florence  LJuvev  Lewis  Elecker 

Cora  B.  limcriisson        \V.   A.   Black, 
Emma  Heckcr  C.  L.  V.  Bovey 

Ollie  Coe  '        El.  O.  :^Ioore 

Estelle  K.  Healy  Edward  Jones 

Rebecca  Ropp  E.  M.  Coe 

Cora  Watson  li.  E.  Tiebout 

Sarah    Watkins  W.  A.  Felkner 

Louisa  LTinkle  .  Jacob  Blain 

Hannah  }iL'ller  •  Charles  Tliomas 

Alice  :^Ioore  Fred  Jones 

Lizzie  Hunt  Frank   S-mith 

]Jaisv  Lowe  G.  E.  I^Iiller 

Marv    Lindner  :NL  H.  Hinkle 

.Ida  Freese  C.   T.   Oiler 

F'rances  Ziinnier  W.  i\[.  Hunt 

Lizzie  Oiler  Hiram  Jones 

Elnora  Black  E.  J.  Healy 

Frankie  Daily  G.  W.  Thomas 

Edith   Moore  Charles  Zimnier 

Ella  E.  F>lkner  Lewis    Freese 

Adeline  Jones  W.  R.  Cox 

Ora  Freshwater  W.  T.  Ropp 

Jane  Cox.  T.  A.   Wells 

Sarah  Wells  W.  T.  Watson 

Frances  Freshwater         11.  D.  Lindner 
Hattie  Smith 

Present  n.umber  of  members — 39  sisters; 
m  knitfhts  ;  total,  90. 

OtYicers  of  First  Year— :\L  E.  C.  Jane  Oi- 
ler: E.  S.,  Cora  B.  Hutchisson;  F".  J.,  Emma 
Hecker;  M.  of  T..  Ollie  Coe:  >L  of  R.  and  C, 
Estelle  K.  Healv;  :\L  of  ¥..  Rebecca  Ropp;  P. 
of  T..  Cora  Watson;  G.  of  O.  T.,  Sarah  Wat- 
kins:  P.  C.  of  F.,  Florence  Bovev. 

Present  Officers— P.  C.  :Minnie  ^IcCIoud: 
J\L  E.  C,  Lizzie  Oiler;  E.  S.,  Minnie  Tones; 
E.  J..  Kittie  Dix;  M.  of  T..  Anna  Cas"e;  .M. 
of  K.  and  C,  Emily  D.  Case;  3.1.  of  F.,  Eliza- 
beth Zimmer:  P.  of  T.,  Pearl  Coe;  G.  of  O.  T., 
Belle  Dnnlap. 


INDEPENDENT  ORDER  OF 
FELLOWS. 


ODD 


The  Independent  Order  of  Odid  Feii.;)ws  is 
strictly   a    fraternal    and     benevolent     society, 


whose  members  are  associated  together  to  al- 
leviate the  suffering-,  attend  to  those  in  sick- 
ness and  distress,  to  administer  the  last  sad 
rites  to  the  dead,  to  educate  the  orphan,  to 
lighten  the  wants  of  the  old  and  decrepit  mem- 
bers, and  to  bind  the  members  together  in 
friendship,  love  and  truth.  Next  to  Masonry, 
it  is  tlie  largest  secret  organization  of  all  or- 
ders in  America.  The  principles  upon  which 
this  order  is  founded  may  date  bade  to  the 
days  of  the  Good  Samaritan,  who  helped  a 
fellowman  in  distress  at  the  inn  c>n  the  moun- 
tain in  Palestine  on  the  way  to  Jericho.  Other 
writers  date  its  origin  back  to  the  Rnnvin  siil- 
diers  in  55  A.  D. ;  otiiers.  that  it  was  suggested 
by  the  Caesars  who  called  the  brethren  "Odd 
Fellows,"  because  they  knew  each  olh.er  by 
night  as  well  as  by  (la\-:  wb.ile  others  again 
go  back  to  the  iiftli  century  in  Spain;  or  the 
sixth  century  in  Portug.d  ;  or  the  twelfth  cen- 
tury in  l-~rarice.  It  \\-as  in  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury that  a  union  was  formed  and  from  this 
several  orgain'zations  ba\'e  been  founded,  such 
as  the  Loyal  Ancient  C)dd  Fellov.s,  the  Union 
Odd  Fellows,  and  afterwards  the  .Manchester 
Unity  Odd  Fellows.  Jvicb.  claim  of  these  or- 
ganizations has  been  d.isputed  in  regard  to  the 
origin  of  this  graml  order.  But  the  .Manches- 
ter^ Unity  Odd  Fellows  was  introd.uced  into 
^lancbester,  England,  in  about  iSoo,  and 
'  from  this  came  the  American  Odd  Fellowship 
in  1S06,  which  now  exists  as  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  L'uited  States  of 
America.  The  first  lodge  was  opened  in  the 
old  Sliakespearean  House  or  Tavern  in  Ful- 
ton Street,  New  York  City,  l5y  W.  E.  and  J. 
C.  Chambers,  John  R.  Thomas,  William  Du- 
bois, George  P.  [Morris,  and  others.  In  1818 
it  declined  into  dormancy,  but  in  1S22,  thruugh 
Thomas  \\'ildey,  it  was  revived,  and  he  be- 
came the  real  founder  of  the  order  as  it  ex- 
ists today  in  the  United  States. 

In  the  house  of  William  Lupton,  in  Balti- 
more, at  about  the  same  time  under  a  dispen- 
sation of  the  proper  authorities  in  England, 
the  order  was  placed  upon  a  more  substantial 
basis.  Since  1822  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
United  States  has  been  the  head  of  the  o'rdei 


•430 


HISTORY  OF  DELA\\\\RE  COUNTY 


in  tliis  country.  A  charter  \vas  granted  about 
this  time  to  tlie  Grand  Lodge  ot  the  I'nited 
States  by  tlie  Grand  Annual  Mo\ing  Commit- 
tee to  conduct  the  business  of  Odd  Fellowship 
in  America  independent  of  otlier  lands. ' 

The  order  consists  t>i  t\\('>  branches- 
lodges  and  encampments.  With  the  degree  of 
Rfbekah,  the  lodges  comprise  seven  Ijranchcs. 
and  the  encairipment  three  degi-ees.  The  Royal 
I'urple  Degree  of  the  encam|">nient  i-;  ihe  liigli- 
est  and  last  degree  of  the  orcki .  'J'he  ludge^, 
encampments  and.  all.  are  under  the  juri.->dic- 
tion  of  tlie  Grand  Lodge  of  the  LInited  Stales. 
This  order,  more  modern  tlian  the  ancient  or- 
der of  Free  ]\R-i.sonry.  is  somewhat  like  it  in 
many  essentials.  It  was  introduced  int<:i  Ohio 
at  Cincinnati,  and  it  was  e^talilished  in  Dela- 
ware, No\emljer  15.  1845,.  <'*  Olcntimgy 
Lodge,  No.  53,  L  O'  O.  1~.'  with  the  follow- 
ing charter  members:  Henrv  Patten.  Adam 
Wolf.  T.  W.  Place,  Charles  .-N.  D.al,-c,  Cvru? 
Piatt,  Bi.shop  \A'illiam  L.  Harris,  George  P.rey- 
logle.  The  first  oiticcrs  were :  Bishop  iPir- 
ris,  N.  G. :  C.  S.  Drake,  A'.  G. :  C.  Piatt,  secre- 
tary;  George  Breyf"gle,  treasurer.  The  lodge 
ha?  a  membership  of  239.  The  present  ofhcers 
are :  Eugene  Trontman,  N.  G. :  Charlev  P. 
Wallace.  V.  G. :  PL  H.  Eeecher.  F.  S. ;  C.  W. 
Riddle,  Rec.  secretary.  - 

Chauncy  Bradley  was  the  first  initiate.  He 
was  a  prominent  business  man  and  was  con- 
nected with  many  business  enterprises  for 
many  years.  Afterwards  failing  in  l;u-<iness, 
and  of  extreme  age,  he  ended  his  dnys  in  the 
Odd  Fellows'  Home  at  Springfield.  Ohio.  The 
first  meeting  place' of  the  order  was  in  Tem- 
plar Hall.  They  moved  from  there  to  Thomas 
Evans  Block  on  the  west  side  of  Sandusky 
Street,  near  Delaware  Run.  some  time  in  the 
sixties.  They  moved  from  tliere  t(5  the  Charles 
Cochran  Block  on  the  north  side  of  \A'inter 
Street  between  Sandusky  and  I'ranklin.  a  few 
years  ago  and  are  now  located  there.  The 
Olentangy  BLncampment,  No.  52.  L  O.  O.  F., 
was  chartered  ^lay  5,  1851.  and  has  a  mem- 
bership of  118.  The  cliarter  members  were 
James  A.  Barnes,  S.  A.  Cherry,  A\'illiam  P. 
Jones,  Chauncy  T.  Bradley,  John  Converse. 
Flenry  W.  Chaml>erlain.  Cyrus  [Masters.     The 


present  officers  are:  D.  Rowland,  C.  P.;  A. 
Swariz,  S.  \V. ;  A.  J.  Ryan,  scribe;  E.  R. 
Ryan,^  treasurer.  Trustees  are  PL  L.  Clark, 
C.  W.  Riddle,  C.  L.  Shoemaker. 

Patriarch  Alilitant  has  a  membership  of 
thirty-six.  It  was  chartered  December  31, 
1S85.  The  present  officers  are:  Capt.  H.  L. 
Clark,  C.  W,  Riddle.  C.  L.  Shoemaker,  en- 
sign; .\.  j.  Ryan,  accountant. 

The  Daughters  of  Rebekah,  No.  198.  was 
chartered  May  20.  1887.  The  following  were 
tlie  charter  members:  C.  Coomer,  L.  E. 
Young,  Aaron  Evans,  J.  C.  Swickheimer,  C. 
AA".  Owston,  Bessie  Carpenter,  E.  R.  Ryan,  C. 
Stimmel,  Anne  Berger,  E.  P.  Giliett,  "W.  O. 
Lupion.  W.  H.  Smith,  R.  Carpenter,  S.  A. 
Coonier,  W.  Z.  Evans.  A.  C.  Gillet.  J.  Riddle. 

F.  W.  Wells,  ^larv  C.  Riddle.  C.  E.  Graff,  L 

G.  Finley,  G.  \V.  Young.  Rose  Al.  (  )\vston,  F. 
R.  Baldwin.  B.  Minlurn.  Tlie  present  mem- 
bership is  160.  The  present  officers  (1908) 
are:  Mrs.  L.  Simpson.  ]Mi<s  l''rances  Klee, 
:\liss  Ethel  Richey,  ?vlrs.  O.  Kingman. 

JIOt'NT    MOKIAH    LODGE. 

[Mount  }Joriah  Lodge.  No.  1511,  Grand 
United  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  in  America 
(colored).  wa>  chartrrvd  December  12.  1872. 
under  the  authority  fr.'in  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
England.  Among  th.e  chartered  members  and 
first  officers  were  H.  Ciarvin.  B.  L  lohnson, 
J.  W.  Plighwarden,  A.  Crawford,  N.  G. ;  A. 
Hio-hwarden.  vice  B. :  L  AA'-  Highwarden.  P. 
and  F. ;  J.  C.  Lyons,  P.  an. '  G. ;  R.  Lindsey, 
P.  S. ;  D.  Austin,  W.  T.  !•  rom  some  cause 
the  lodge  went  into  a  sleep  of  Rip  A'an  Win- 
kle. Thov  are  ni>w  endeavoring  to  reorganise 
and  to  get  started  again.  This  was  the  only 
lodge  01  ctilored  Odd  Fellows  in.  the  count} . 

GALEXA   LOIX.E.    1.    O.    O.    F. 

The  Galena  Lodge.  L  O.  O.  P.,  No.  404. 
was  chartered  July  22.  1868.  by  James  Sem- 
ple,  G.  M.  After  renting  a  hall  for  several 
years,  the  lodge  purchased  a  permanent  h.ome 
in  which  tlie  lodge  work  is  conducted.  This 
home  was  dedicated  July  23.  1S03.  by  \V.  W. 


AXD  REPRKSEXT.ATIVE  CITJZICXS 


-131 


■  Bowen  and  P.  G.  AJa^ier.     Tlie  cliarter  meni- 

bers   were:      Pnjf.   G.    A.    Frainbcs.    W.    E. 

Copeland.    D.    E.    [•erson.     \V.     E.    Maxficld, 
,  Thomas  \'aii  Fleet.  R.  Cook.  William  Brown. 

T.   P.   Maynard,   1",   C).   Xntt,  J.   C.   i'arrer.  C. 

CIossou,  G.   \V.   llanison   antl  'Ihomas  Cline. 

WARREX.sDURG.    I.     O.     0.     F. 

Ruffner  Lodge.  E  O.  O.  F.,  Xo.  330,  at 
Warrensburg-  was  instituted  October  21,  1S57, 
at  Millville.  Ohio,  now  W'arrensburg.  by  W^il- 
liam  Chidsev,  G.  AE.  with  the  following  mem- 
bers. William  P.  Crawford.  X.  G. :  William 
McEarland,  V.  G. ;  Thomas  Silverthorne. 
treasurer;  John  Erankentleld.  secrctarv ; 
Charles  Wilkins.  James  T.  Slioup.  E  W.  Jones. 
John  McAllister.  Samuel  Cooper  \vas  initi- 
ated at  the  first  meeting.  The  Imlge  has  a 
nieinbership  of  eigiii.v-scven.  OUiCeiS  in  iyo8 
are:  O.  D.  Cutler. 'X.  G. :  A.  X.  Decker.  \'. 
G. ;  George  Fawcett.  Rec.  secretary;  II.  C. 
Crawford,  financial   secretary. 

The  Daughter-:.  ,,f  Ruffner  Rekekah  Eodge, 
Xo.  24S.  was  instituted  by  E.  B.  Zay.  G.  .VF, 
on  Xovember  i.|.,  1SS8.  with  the  following 
charter  members :  E.  E  Rogers,  Carrie  Rodg- 
ers,  J.  M.  Rickey.  Ella  S.  Richey.  C.  Dugan, 
R.  C.  Richey,  j.  W.  Jones.  R.  Price,  E.  A. 
Tvler,  Jessie  ITowison,  \\'.'FE  Armstrong.  J. 
G'  Strickler.  R.  W.  Warren,  \\'.  A.  Wheeler. 
A.  Bean.  A.  C.  ^IcEarland,  Rena  Price.  Fran- 
kie  Decker,  Xaircv  Warren,  Elizabeth  Jones, 
Cora  I^ichcy,  Ala'v  Wheeler.  Marthi,  Flora, 
and  July  Dugan,  Emma  and  Sadie  McEar- 
land,  Amanda  and  T.  Shoup.  A.  J.  and  S.  R. 
Decker,  Jennie  Beau,  L.  E.  and  J^Iartha  De 
Good.  Ophelia  Armstrong,  W.  ^E  Jones,  E. 
M.  W'illiams.  There  are  thirty-eight  mem- 
bers of  whom  twenty-eight  are  still  living. 
The  officers  when  instituted  were,  Rena  Price, 
X.  G. ;  M.  ^IcFarland.  V.  G. :  Frankie  Decker, 
rec.  sect'y. ;  Xancy  Warren,  treas. ;  Amanda 
Shoup,  financial  sect'y. :  Mary  Tyler,  sect'y. ; 
The  present  officers  are  Jtdia  Ifous,  X.  G. ; 
Carrie  I^ecker,  \'.  G. ;  Stella  Phillin,  rec.  sec. ; 
Carrie  Stults.  F.  S. ;  Anna  Henvison,  treas. 
The  [jresenl  membership  is  102. 


BELI.EPOINT   I-OnOE.    I.    O.    0,    F. 

Bellepoint  Lodge.  E  O.  O.  E.,  Xo.  8_'2. 
was  chartered  October  30,  1S95,  with  the 
following  officers  in  the  chair  for  the  first 
year:  O.  P.  Bird,  X,  G. ;  H.  O.  Freshwater, 
v.  G. ;  T.  P.  Harris,  sect'y. ;  George  Seum. 
P.  sect'y. :  G.  R.  Fhighes,  treas.  The  present 
officers  (1908)  are:"G.  E.  Robinson,  X.  G. ; 
J.  R.  Selover,  V.  G. ;  C.  T.  Oiler,  R.  S. ;  W.  R. 
Cox,  F.  C. ;  \\\  S.  McFarland,  treas.  The  or- 
der of  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah  is  connected 
with  the  lodge. 

OSTRANDER    I.    0.    O.     F. 

Edinhnrg  Eodge,  I.  O.  O.  E..  Xo.  4^7,  at 
Ostrander  \\as  instituted  Xovember  2, 
1S71.  by  EL  J.  Beebe.  G.  M.  The  charter 
members  were  Daniel  Dorwart.  treas.;  Isaac 
Ander..on.  R.  S. ;  D.  G.  Crattv,  W  G. : 
D.  C.  Fay.  X.  G. :  Robert  :\Ic.\Jillan.  The 
present  officers  are  (J 90S)  E.  Wollam.  X. 
G.;  C.  Drake,  V.  G.:' William  HaiTis.  R.  S. ; 
W.  H.  Can,  F.  S. ;  Charles  Eckleberry,  treas. 
Daughters  of  Rebekah  are  connected  with  this 
lodge. 

R.\I«OR   LODGE,   I.   O.    0.    F. 

Radnor  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Xo.  250.  is 
the  mother  of  the  Richwood  and  Prospect 
Lodges.  It  was  instituted  May  17,  1S54,  with 
the  following-  officers  and  cliarter  memljers : 
Thomas  Alo'rton,  Jr.,  X.  G. ;  B.  Williams,  \'. 
G.;  J.  Baker,  P.  "S. :  D.  J.  Cox,  chaplain;  T. 
Sihertliorne,  secretary. 

ASHLEY    LODGE,    I.    O.    0.     F. 

Ashley  Eodge,  1.  O.  O.  F.,  Xo.  421.  was 
instituted  June  2,  iSog,  with  the  following 
charter  members  and  officers:  Washington 
Granger,  X.  G.,  who  is  one  of  tlie  oldest  Odd 
Fellows  in  the  State,  and  one  of  the  most  in- 
fluential men  in  Oxford  Township;  C.  C. 
Smith.  V.  G. ;  T.  M.  Seeds,  E.  S. ;  D.  H.  Clif- 
ton,  Rec.    sect'y. ;   Isaac  Barton,  treas. ;  J.   L. 


HISTORY  OF  DELAW^VRE  COUNT Y 


\Vrav,  conductor;  A.  A.  Wood,  R.  S.  to  \'. 
G.;  \V.  B.  Goodrich,  L.  S.  S. :  A.  P.  Olliver, 
warden:  L.  P.  Slack,  R.  S.  S. ;  Gilbert  Car- 
penter, I.  G. :  T.  M.  Barton,  L.  S.  .to  \.  G. ; 
H.  L.  Cross,  L.  S.  to  V.  G. ;  Herod  Baxter; 
W.  J.  Porterfield,  O.  G. ;  William  Evari,  R. 
S.  to  V.  G.  The  j^rc^ent  offu-ers  ai'c  \'aughn 
AJcClcan,  X.  G. :  Frc.l.  Ciale  \'.  G.;  I).  C. 
Frick,  R.  S.;  E.  C.  Sii'c,  F.  ^.. ;  J.  T.  Wilcox, 
trcas.  The  present  nienibership  is  103,  The 
lodge  meets  every  Thursday  night.  Wash- 
ington Granger  has  been  a  member  for  fifty- 
three  years,  and  O.  E.  Ricliardson  for  fifty- 
two  years.  This  long  term  of  service  has  en- 
deared these  two  gentlemen  to  the  lod,ge,  and 
they  are  also  highly  esteemed  by  the  com- 
munity. The  order  of  the  Daughters  of  Re- 
bekah  is  a  strong  organization  connected  with 
this  lodge. 


POWELL  LOPc; 


NO.  46: 


0.   O.    F., 


Was' chartered  Septenil)er  29,  J 870,  with 
the  fullowing  charter  members:  B.  B.  Xafz- 
ger,  T-  T.  Gardner.  Ivalph  Case,  William  P. 
Fuller,  ]\1.  S.  Case.  J.  X.  Kidwell,  :\1.  G.  Stag- 
ers, Arthur  Doughty,  G.  :M.  Warner,  A.  S. 
Goodrich,  Simon  P.  .Vndrews.  The  present 
officers  of  the  lodge  are:  Frank  Stagers,  X. 
G. ;  Frank  Griffitl^  \\  G. ;  Allen  Rutherford, 
sect'y. ;  Dr.  Charles  Talle)-,  treas.  They  have 
about  sixty  members.  In  1890,  the  lodge 
erected  a  two-story  frame  building  28x55 
feet  in  dimensions,  costing  $1,700  besides  the 
lot.  In  1900,  an  addition  18x32  feet,  two 
stories  high  was  built.  The  present  value  of 
the  property  is  $2,600.  The  first  floor  is  used 
for  business  purpose'^,  and  the  lodge  meets  in 
the  upper  story. 

POWELL   LODGE,   HAUGHTEKS  OF   KEBEKAH, 

xo.  247, 

Was  chartered  ^Nlay  iS,  1888.  It  now  has 
forty-four  members,  and  the  following  offi- 
cers :  ]Mrs.  Sarah  Moran,  X.  G. ;  ^Nlrs.  'Slzy 
Croak.  V.  G. ;  Mrs.  Xettie  Seekins,  cor.  and 
fm.  sec'v. ;  ^drs.  Sarah  Richards,  treas. 


THE  BEXEVOLEXT  AXD  PROTEC- 
TIVE ORDER  OF  ELKS. 

The  Order  of  Elks  is  a  child  of  America 
strictly.  It  has  no  rank  or  title,  and  is  no  re- 
sjjccter  of  persons.  All  arc  equal,  differing 
only  as  one  may  excel  another  in  loving  the 
good  and  the  beatitiful.  a-  well  ;.>  iierfiuiiilng 
noble  deeds  of  :--i)cnce.  'flii-iv  (iiijecl  is  to  help 
the  sick  in  distress,  and  the  und  irtunnte.  The 
founders  of  the  order  had  no  conception  of 
the  scojie  and  possilnlities  of  the  present  or- 
ganization. 

The  llrst  organization  was  instituted  May 
21.  1868,  in  a  two-story  frame  building,  29 
Delancy  Street,  X'ew  York  City.  The  order, 
at  that  time,  was  composed  of  a  few  gentle- 
men of  the  theatrical  profession  who  met  to- 
getlici-  in  a  social  way.  Xow  it  has  develoiied 
into  a  wide-spread,  powerful  order  of  benev- 
olence and  cliarit}'.  with  lodges  in  all  parts  of 
the  country.  .At  first  it  was  the  idea  and  pur- 
po-e  that  none  but  meinbers  of  the  theatrical 
profession  were  eligible  to  membership  in  the 
order,  and  s'-mic  ba\-e  that  im]_>ression  today. 
This  is  erroneous,  as  ne:u-|y  all  male  members 
of  the  theatrical  profession  and  citizens  are 
eligible  to  membershi]i,  as  we  iiiid  today,  upon 
the  n.ill  of  ineniborsb.ip,  prominent  officials 
from  the  Presidency  down.  }.lerchants,  bank- 
ers, journalists,  members  of  the  legal  and 
medical  professions,  as  well  as  artists,  musi- 
cians, and  literary  people.  In  1867,  Charles 
Algernon  Sidney  Vivian,  a  son  of  an  Englisli 
clergyman  of  the  English  Episcopal  Church, 
came  to  Xew  ^'ork  City  as  a  ballad  singer, 
and  was  the  means  oi  founding  the  organiza- 
Urn\.  'fhc  first  constitutiLUi  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  was  founded 
February  10,  1808,  with  Sir  Charles  as  pre- 
siding officer. 

It  was  on  February  10,  188S,  that  the 
institution  of  the  L^lks  lodge  was  establisherl  in 
Delaware.  There  was  a  special  program,  and 
a  banquet  was  .--erved.  ]\Iany  prominent  cit- 
izens were  charter  members  of  the  order, 
many  of  whom  have  since  passed  away. 


AND    REPRKSEXTATIVE    CITIZENS 


433 


T!ic  peliti<nK'rs  for  the  Iodide  were  Robert 
G.  Lvl>ni!i<l,  E.  L.  K. :  \\\  C^  I;iviies.  E.  E. 
K. ;  Lou  J.  Mitchd,  E.  L.  K. ;  G.  B.  Dnna- 
vii!,  sect'y. ;  E.  T.  Butler,  treas. ;  John  W.  Don- 
viii,  chaplain;  J.  II.  Smith,  esquire;  Robert 
C  W'intcrnnue.  inner  guard;  \'an  Dyke  Stay- 
man,  Harvey  J.  ^McCullough.  Henry  L.  Baker, 
E.  K.  Donavin.  trustees.  Charter  members 
were  C.  F.  Grnner,  W.  E.  O'Kane,  I.  R.  Els- 
ton,  H.  N.  P.  Dole.  H.  E.  Buck.  W.  B.  Tones. 
■  Charle.^  E.  Dole,  E.  P.  Samj^sell,  PI.  L.  Hy- 
att. }i.'hn  1'.  Thompson,  S.  K.  Donavin.  yi. 
P.  Phmt,  T.  C.  bmes,  Ir..  H.  D.  Myers,  R. 
C.  Thon]p>uii,  R.'  E.  Johnson,  P.  W. '^^lerritt. 
W.  L.  Bennington.  R.  A.  lavnes,  \\'illiam 
Heseltine,  L.  E.  A\'elch.  R.  S.' Evans,  E.  G. 
Lybranfl.  Of  this  number  only  nine  are  now 
in  the  city. 

\>yVXClEXT    ORDER    OF    HIBERXIAXS. 

\    \  The  aims  and  ol)jects  of  this  order  are  C'f 

.-'  .,y  the  highest  character.  It  is  composed  of  prac- 
y'-''  tical  Catholics;  Irishmen  of  Irish  descent,  hav- 
ing for  their  motto,  '"Friendship.  L'nity.  and 
True  Christian  Character."  Practical  Catho- 
licity means  that  memliers  should  comply  with 
their  religious  duties  according  to  the  decrees 
of  the  Catholic  Church.  Friendship:  which 
shall  consist  in  h.elping  one  another,  and  in  as- 
sisting one  another  to  the  best  of  their  ability. 
Unity  :  in  combining  together  for  mutual  sup- 
port in  sickness'  and  distress.  Christian  :  in 
loving  one  another,  and  doing  to  ;11  men  as 
we  would  wish  that  tliey  should  do  to  us.  The 
Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians  is  also  an  insur- 
ance society.  It  helps  in  sickness,  paying  a 
sick  member  S5  weekly.  It  helps  in  time  of 
death,  paying  not  less  than  $60. 

In  1880,  the  order  was  organized  in  this 
county  with  a  membership  of  fifty-two,  and 
with  tb.e  following  officers:  James  McDon- 
ald, county  delegate;  Jolm  Donehue,  presi- 
dent; Michael  Neville,  vice  pres. :  Frank  'Sld.- 
hony.  fin.  sect'y. ;  M.  J.  Hanley,  rec.  sect'y. ; 
Stephen  Potter,  treas. ;  Charles  McGuirk  and 
Stephen  Barnes,  trustees.  Patrick  S.  English, 
chairman :  Stephen  Barrow.  Ed.  Hanley.  Jolm 
O'Conner.  Thomas  F.  ?^Ialonev,  Patrick  Grif- 


fith, standing  committee.  John  P.  Griffin, 
chairman;  James  Welch.  Alichael  Jeff  cor,  \-is- 
iting  committee. 

Up  to  the  pre.sent  time,  the  order  has  paid 
for  sickness,  death_,  and  other  charitable  pur- 
poses, over  $3,000.  There  is  now  a  member- 
ship of  fort}--eight,  with  the  following  offi- 
cers: County  president.  J.  F.  Gaynor;  city 
president,  ilartin  P.  Handraban ;  vice  pres., 
John  Parker;  finan.  sect'y.,  Dennis  T.  Griffin; 
recording  secretary.  William  T.  Egan ;  treas-. 
urer,  Jc>hn  }^Ialoney;  sergeant-at-arnis.  D.  W. 
Lynch;  sentinel.  P.  Butt;  trustees:  Jerry 
Gerow.  chairman:  Robert  Nelson,  Thomas 
Ross.  William  jiin-ight,  Ed.  Welch,  Raymond 
Zinker.  W.  T.  Egan,  Frank  B.  Carl. 

ST.     M.VKV'S    TOT.VL    AUSTIXEXCE    SOCIETY. 

One  of  the  greatest  orders,  and  most  bene- 
ficial to  the  community,  is  the  St.  Alary's  To- 
tal Abstinence  Society,  which  was  organized 
in  1885.  It  has  a  working  membership  of 
no,  including  men  and  women.  Their  pr,\\er 
exerted  for  sobriety  and  temperance  is  sci 
great,  no  earthly  pinver  can  estimate  the  good 
resulting  from  this  organization.  Their  jires- 
ident  is  W.  G.  Gannon;  secretary.  Rolicrt  Par- 
ker. Jr. ;  treasurer,  Roljcrt  I'arker,  Sr. ;  Rev. 
Ph.  Steyle.  spiritual  director.  The  object  of 
this  Society  is  to  advance  the  cause  of  tem- 
perance. 

IMPROVED  ORDER  OF  RED  ^lEN. 

The  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  Dela- 
wana  I'rilie.  No.  42,  lnjld  their  regul:ir  Pow 
Wow  at  their  Wigwam  every  Thursday  of 
snow  moon,  and  trail  their  hunting  gro\mds 
regularly.  This  ledge  was  chartered  May  5 
1904.  It  is  strictly  a  patriotic  and  fraternal 
organization ;  and  like  the  previously  men- 
tioned orders,  it  is  a  temperance  organization, 
and  none  can  join  it  only  under  certain  condi- 
tions, as  tollows:  The  canrlidate  must  be  a 
white  person:  a  citizen  of  the  United  States; 
must  be  able  to  speak  and  understand  the  Eng- 
lish language;  of  good  moral  character;  and 
a    believer    in   the    Supreme    Being,    or   Great 


;;     .;    . // 


434 


]-llSTORV  OF  DELAWAl^E  COL'XTY 


Spirit;  must  be  uf  sound  body  and  mind:  must 
reside  witbin  the  reservation  six  moons  next 
preceding  the  appHcation ;  is  not  engaged,  and 
must  not  engage,  (hrectly  or  indirectly  in  the 
manufacture  or  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  to 
l)e  used  as  a  l")evcragc. 

In  this  or(lf:r,  an  officer  of  the  tribe  is 
raised  tu  the  chief tancy  of  the  Great  Sach.em 
of  the  'J'ribe,  ancl  the  Past  Cliief  Deputy  to  the 
Grand  Sachem.  They  keep  the  great  fire  burn- 
ing bright!}  to  keep  a  clear  understanding  of 
the  remarkable  secret  princiiiles  of  their  order. 
'I'liey  alone  appreciate  and  know  the  great  Sun 
Session  wliich  goes  down  in  history.  There 
is  a  meml.iership  throitghout  tlie  United  States 
of  al>out  500.000.  True  to  the  legends  of  the 
l\ed  Man,  their  place  of  meeting  is  the  \A'ig- 
wam.  and  the  highest  office  is  the  Great  Sun 
Sagamore.  Following  the  ancient  tribesmen 
of  the  r)riginal  inhaliitants  of  this  cuuntry. 
the}'  ha\e  a  projihet,  a  medicine  man,  a  sa- 
chem, senior  and  junior,  a  sagamore,  who  is 
the  chief  of  iccmkIs  and  keeper  of  wam])um. 
The  triliL-  i-.i  1  k  i;'o\  ;;re,  Xo.  42,  is  naivied,  "Dcl- 
awana."  We  ail  I  a  few  of  the  names  of  the 
tribes  throughout  the  country:  loka.  Chicko- 
pee.  Kill  iui.gle.  Chimney  Rock,  etc. 

The  charter  members  of  the  Delawana 
Tribe  are  R.  Garlinghouse,  William  3.IcFar- 
land,  B.  RadclitV,  W.  E.  Demorest.  Xathan 
Jones,  J.  AlcCarty.  Ally  Vining,  J.  F.  Den- 
nis, Clyde  Cnonfarc,  C.  C.  Long.  F.  Uffer- 
nian,  C.  Shover.  hihn  Dent,  David  Shaffer, 
O.  E.  McFail.ind.'w.  W.  .^-  G.  B. 'Collins,  R. 
S.  Sherwood  i  >a,L;,T.r,ore  ) ,  Joc.  Feaster.  Frank 
Grove,  Henry  Frcece.  J.  W.  Stietz.  J.  Fagley, 
H.  C.  Smith,  Frank  Gardner.  Frank  Rogers, 
C.  C.  Emers'in,  Henrv  and  W.  L.  Smith,  |. 
M.  Syckes,  L.  M.  Roppleton,  G.  C.  \'ining. 
They  have  a  membersiiip  of  about  one  hun- 
dred. 

•  The  Elk  lodge  of  Red  Men  at  HyattsviUe 
was  organized  some  se\-enteen  years  ago.  or 
189 1.  X'o  further  data  has  been  furnished 
in  regard  to  the  history  of  their  argainzation. 

THE    POCAHONTAS    TRIBE 

Is  an  order  f'>r  the  .squaw  niemliers  of  the 
tribe.     The  members  meet  \n  their  tepee  reg- 


ularly, and  are  enthusiastic  workers  for  the 
order.  .\t  their  arnuial  Council  Fire,  they, 
like  their  brother  lodge,  make  a  report  of  their 
transaciions,  and  of  those  who  have  taken  the 
trail  to  the  Happy  luinfng-  Ground  in  tlie 
Spirit  L;ini.l,  from  wliirli  no  hunter  e\'er  re- 
turns. The  irrders  louk  after  the  or]ih.ans  of 
the  tribes,  and  liave_an  annual  as-ri>_Mr,ent  to 
apply  for  the  benefits  of  theii  wards  until 
they   are   fi.'urteen  years  of  age. 

At  one  of  their  great  Sun  Sessio^^,  they 
disqualified  for  membership  all  saloon  keep- 
ers, bar  tenders,  and  retail  liquor  tlealeis.  Tiie 
Red  'Men  h.ave  under  ad\  i.-emen-t  the  l>ui!i]ing 
of  a  home  for  indigent  memliers.  Tlie  Dela- 
wana and  Pocahontas  tribes  are  making  a 
strong  effort  to  have  the  home  locatedi  in  Del- 
aware. 

Present        officers:  George        Wilson, 

prophet;  Frank  Cnimb.  sachem;  Ben  Rad- 
cliff,  senior  sagamore  :  !'/:r;i  Beckmau,  Jr..  sag- 
amore; W.  J.  Temj.)ic;,  chief  of  records;  Ct.  K. 
Zimmerman,  collector  of  wampum;  Richard 
Sherwood,  keeper  of  wampum. 

GEORGE    B.    TORREXCE    POST,    G.  A. 
R.,  Xo.  60, 

Was  chartered  April  20,  1S81,,  with  the 
following  members:  D.  A.  Stark.  J.  W. 
Watkins,  B.  W.  Brown,  R.  G.  Lvbrand.'H.  I. 
^lcCullough,.John  Chapman,  John  S.  Chll,  R. 
I.  Cox,  li.  R.  Henderson.  ].  F,  Curren,  F.  M. 
joy.  J.  Kruck.  George  Root.  C.  D.  Crawford, 
J.  S.  Jones,  John  D.  VanDeman,  F.  B. 
Sprague,   C.   Riddle,   Aaron   Frantz. 

SONS  OF  VETERAXS. 

Sons  of  A'eterans,  Delaware  Camp,  X'o. 
311,  organized  July  18,  18SS,  with  tlie  fol- 
lowing members:  PL  E.  Anderson,  F.  Smith. 
IL  E.'  Abliott,  H.  Sackett,  J.  W.  Blue,  Charles 
T.  Watkins,  J.  L.  Anderson,  C.  W.  Knight. 
L  Leeper,  George  H.  Watkins,  James  O.  Cut- 
ler, C.  S.  Cochr'an,  C.  C.  Recd.'L.  E.  Shrock. 
G.  C.  \-ining,  E.  J.  Pollock.  J.  A.  Edwards, 
C.  rx  Burroughs,  W.  PL  Armstrong,  ¥.  PL 
Watkins,  \\'.  G.  Xeilson.  George  C.  Plipple. 
S.  yi.  \\  aterhouse,  G.  A.  Warren,  H.  H.  Hip- 
pie, H.  J.  Clark,  W.  J.  Brown,  M.   C.   Reid. 


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TOWNSHiPS   ANI>  TOWNS. 

Sctticir.cnl  ami  Orgoiiiuitioi}  of  flic  rou'iiships—Sclllciiu-nt  oiul  Foniulijig  of  the  Toiciis — 
Shrfchcs  of  Ashley,  Galena,  Suiibiiry.  Oslraiulor,  Lciois  Center,  PoiceH,  Radnor,  and 
other  Toiens. 


IT?     dcvoiod    to    the    respective    subject: 
el-cwhcre  in  the  genera!  history. 


BERK^ 


I!LE   TOWXSIIIP 


^^'as  ihinl  among  the  townships  now  con- 
stituting DL-laware  county,  inhabited  by  a 
wliite  man.  Col.  ]\bjses  B\'xbe  and  his  small 
company  settling  there  in  the  fall  of  1S04. 
It  was  formed  of  United  States  Military  land, 
known  in  the  United  States  ^Military  survey 
as  Township  4.  Range  17,  and  is  now  live 
miles  square,  but' during  the  early  existence  of 
Eerk'shire  Township  its  boundary  lines  and 
area  were  frequently  changed.  Prior  to  1 806, 
it  was  a  p.irt  of  Sharon  Township,  in  Frank- 
lin County  l.nit  in  tliat  year,  through  the  ef- 
forts of  Major  Thomas  Brown,  on  petition, 
was  organized  as  a  separate  township  to  in- 
clude the  fourth  section  of  what  is  now  Brown, 
the  third  section  of  Kingston,  the  east  half 
of  Berlin  and  Orange  Townships,  and  the 
west  half  of  Genoa  and  the  present  Berkshire 
Townships.  This  township  was  given  the 
name,  Berkshire,  in  hijnor  of  Berkshire 
County,  Massachusetts,  from  whence  had 
come  iNLajor  Brown,  Colonel  Byxbe  and  other 
of  tlic  prominent  early  settlers  of  the  com- 
munity. As  new  triwnsliips  were  organized 
from    time    to    time,    section   after    section    of 


Berkshire  was  set  off  until,  of  the  land  origi- 
nally embodied  ir.  tlie  township,  but  the  west- 
ern half  of  th.e  pre.-eut  Berkshire  Township 
remained  and  was  joined  to  the  ea.stern  half, 
which  had  been  set  off  from  Sunlniry  Town- 
ship. Sunbury  Townshij)  had  been  estab- 
lished at  the  Jirst  session  of  Commissioner*' 
Court  after  Delaware  County  hail  been 
araled   from   Franklin   in    1S08.  and 


*ep- 


mcauled, 

originally,  the  present  to\v^■^'li^^  of  Harlem. 
Trenton  and  Porter,  with  tlie  ca-i  half  of  tlie 
townships  of  Kingston,  plerksliire  and  Gen(ia. 
besides  the  township.s  of  Bennington,  Har- 
mony, Peru  and  Lincoln,  now  in  ^Pjrrow' 
County.  The  surface  of  Berkshire  County  is 
rolling,  lies  high,  and  is  admirably  adapted  to 
farming.  It  was  covered  with  a  heavy  growth 
of  timber,  excepting  a  small  [irairie  northeast 
of  Berkshire  Corners  which  in  the  early  days 
was  noted  as  a  deer  lick  and  the  resort  of  im- 
mense liocks  of  wild  pigeons.  The  land  lying 
between  the  Little  and  Big  Walnut  Creeks, 
which  afford  excellent  drainage  for  the  town- 
ship, was  covered  almost  exclusi\"ely  with  oak, 
while  in  other  parts  was  a  variety,  including 
maple,  walnut,  hickory,  butternut  and  elm. 
The  soil  is  a  light  clay,  with  the  exception  of 
the  elm  swamps  and  prairie  land,  wdiich  are 
of  a   rich,  black  loam. 

The  first  settlers  in  Berkshire  Township 
came  from  Berkshire  County.  Massachusetts. 
Colonel  Moses  Byxbe,  a  man  of  v.ealth  and 
stanfling,  kept  hotel  and  coUilucted  a  general 
store    in   the  town   of   Lenox,    in   that   count\-. 


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43'^ 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARIL  COU 


and  in  t!ic  course  of  broiness  came  into  pos- 
session of  a  large  number  of  soldiers'  land 
warrants,  which  he  located  in  section  2  of 
what  is  now  Berksiiire  and  section  j  of  the  pres- 
ent townsliip  of  Berlin,  S,ooo  acres  in  ad.  He 
afterward  acquired  otiier  land  in  l>rour.  and 
Genoa  To\vnshi|)s  and  was  the  largest  land- 
owner ever  resident  of  Delaware  County.  In 
June,  1S04,  he  lilted  out  a  four-horse  team 
with  Orlando  Barker  as  driver,  a  three-horse 
team  with  Witter  Stewart  as  driver,  a  single- 
horse  wagon  in  charge  of  Solomon  Smith, 
and,  after  loading  with  his  store  stock  and 
household  gi.'ods,  tUntt,-il  for  his  new  pos- 
sessions in  the  West,  leading  the  way  with 
his  family  in  a  carriage  drawn  by  two  horses. 
He  was  also  accompanied  by  Azariah  Root, 
a  surveyor  from  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  and 
Edwin  Potter,  a  nephew  of  Colonel  Byxbe, 
thirteen  years  of  age.  After  an  adventurous 
journey,  he  arrived  at  \\'orthington  in  Au- 
gust, and,  this  being  the  nearest  point  to  his 
destination,  built  a  two-st'.iry  frame  house,  in 
which  he  and  his  family  lived  for  three 
months.  During  this  time  lie  went  to  his  land 
in  Berkshire,  and  erected  cabins  for  his  home 
and  staliles  on  the  jirairie,  on  the  bank  of  the 
Little  Walnut.  He  also  erected  a  cabin  for 
Mr.  Root  on  the  Fjerkshire  Road,  a  half  mile 
south  of  Berkshire  Corners.  In  November, 
i80-|.,  he  moved  with  his  household  goods  and 
his  family  into  the  new  home.  Berkshire 
Street  was  surveyed  through  his  land,  and 
farms  laid  out  abutting  it,  plans  being  rapidly 
advanced  to  bring  in  new  settlers.  The  next 
to  join  the  settlement  was  a  [Mr.  Curtis,  a  shoe- 
maker, who  came  in  January,  1S05,  followed 
closely  by  John  Kill^ourn,  Ralph  Slack,  I'.lam 
Vining,  Sr.,  James  Harper,  who  was  a  black- 
smith. Adrjnijah  Rice,  and  two  colored  wo- 
men, Sarah  P3randy  and  Polly  Noko.  Major 
'Thomas  Brown,  who  had  visited  the  settle- 
ment in  1805.  returned  to  take  up  his  residence 
in  1806.  being  accompanied  by  David  Prince 
and  John  Patterson.  Nathaniel  Hall,  James 
Gregory,  SoIoml^n  Jones,  Joseph  Patrick. 
John  B.  Grist.  David  Armstrong,  Samuel  and 
David  Landon,  Gideon  and  William  Oster- 
haus,  a  Mr.  Helt,  George  Fisher  and  Joseph 


Prince  also  appear  on  the  roster  of  names  for 
that  period.  In  1807,  came  Ichabod  Plumb 
and  Dr.  Reuben  Lamb,  with  their  frnnilios, 
from  Worthington;  and  in  180S.  Flon.  Eze- 
kiel  Ijro\sn.  The  tlrst  white  child  born  in  the 
townsiiip  was  Albert  Root,  born  in  1807,  fol- 
lowed shortly  by  the  hkih  of  Ralph  Slack. 
The  first  .death  recorded  was  that  of  the  wife 
of  Elam  Vining,  Sr._,  in  1S06.  Major  Brown, 
in  1811,  erected  the  first  brick  house,  v.diich  is 
still  standing,  in  the  township,  made  of  brick 
manufactured  near  where  the- house  stood,  and 
in  1816  David  and  Ji'seph  Price  built  the  first 
frame  dwelling.  Thus  it  is  seen  brick  ante- 
dates lumber  as  a  building  material  in  Berk- 
shire Township,  an  anomalous  situation  due 
to  the  fact  that  the  settlement  numbered 
among  ils  citi'(.-n-  :<-  briclcmaker  and  mason. 
'J'he  Hist  mill  in  the  community  was  that  of 
Xathamel  IFiil,  buih  in  1808.  on  Alum  Creek 
in  what  is  n-iw  ['.r'-'in  Township.  Asa  Scott 
was  the  hr-l  l"wiHhii)  treasurer,  and.  David 
Prince,  one  of  tlie  lirst  trustees,  but  the  other 
officers  of  the  townshiii  at  its  inception  are  un- 
known. Major  Brown  conducted  the  lirst 
store  in  the  townshi',),  and  probably  the  first 
in  the  county.  Adonijah  Rice  conducted  the 
lirst  ta\ern  in  the  township  at  Berkshire  Cor- 
ners. aTid  was  also  first  post  master  there. 
The  early  industrial  enterprises  of  Berkshire 
are  treated  of  in  the  chapter  on  manufactur- 
ing. 

Berkshire  Township  lays  claim  to  two 
healtliy.  vigorous  villages  in  Sunbury  and  Ga- 
lena, and  two  settlements,  Berkshire  Corners 
and  Rijme.  tlie  two  latter  not  fulfilling  the 
promises  of  future  greatness  made  by  their 
founders.  Colonel  Byxbe  displayed  great 
ability  in  interesting  a  good  class  of  citizens 
in  Berkshire  Corners,  pointing  out  its  desir- 
able location  and  its  prospects  of  '>ecoming 
a  county  seat,  possibly  a  state  capital,  but  with 
the  (li.sHisitiMn  of  his  property  there,  the  death 
knell  oi  the  settlement's  pretentions  was 
sounded.  It  was  without  its  leader.-  he  having 
diverted  his  zeal  and  energy  to  the  develop- 
.ment  of  Delaware,  where  he  had  acquired 
large  interests.  Although  it  was  never  plat- 
ted, nor  rose  to  the  di.gnity  of  a  village,  it  was 


AXD  F^l'irRKSENTATIVE  CITIZENS 


not  without  its  prestige  in  the  early  days.  "\la- 
jor  Brown  conducted  liis  store  there  until  his 
death  in  1816,  then  was  succeeded  by  Flavius 
Fuller,  whose  bu;^iness  ceased  to  be  a, paying 
enterprise  and  was  discontinued  when  Sun- 
bury  began  lu  boom  as  a  business  ccrilcr.  Mr. 
S.  S.  Rennet!  was  an  extensive  stock  dealer  at 
this  point,  and  did  niucli  lo  keep  it  alive  as 
a  center  of  trade  fo--  some  years. 

Sunbur}-,  located  in  the  east  central  part 
of  the  township,  on  the  Cleveland,  Akron  & 
Columbus  Railroad,  was  laid  out  by  William 
and  Eawience  Meyers  on  land  formerly 
owned  by  a  .Mr.  AIuju,  the  plat  bearing-  the 
date  of  Xovcmber  9,  1816.  It  was  well  chosen 
as  a  .townsite,  being  located  on  the  Columbus 
and  Alt.  N'crnon  Road  and  contiguous  to  a 
large  area  of  cuuntry  v.-iLliMut  a  trading  point 
at  hand.  The  first  up  rchant  was  a  j\lr.  Whit- 
more,  who  had  cjLab:i;.h^.l  a  store  a  year  be- 
fore the  town  was  started,  but  after  a  sliori 
time  he  was  succeeded  by  Benjamin  Webb. 
A  third  store  was  built  and  conducted  by 
Steven  R.  Bennett.  In  1S16,  the  first  hotel 
\\as  started  Iiy  a  Mr.  Rrigers.  who  continued 
until  ]820.  when  tlie  stage  began  running 
through  the  town.  Increase  in  hotel  trade 
brought  a  cnjmpctitor,  in  ilie  person  of  Law- 
rence ]Meyers,  who  by  electing  a  suital)le 
building  was  alile  to  command  the  patron:i.ge, 
and  Mr.  Ivogers  retired  from  the  held.  B.  H. 
Taylur  :ind  B.  Chase  built  a  fulling-mill. 
equijiped  fur  canling  t;nd  pressing,  which  \\"as 
conducted  with  suece^.  f'  r  ■Aip.ny  \earj,  draw- 
ing patronage  from  many  miles  distant,  as  it 
was  without  competition  in  that  vicinity. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  mayors  of 
Sunbury  since  its  incL>rpr.ratic>n  in  1S82:  1. 
A.  Ports.  iSSj;  R.  D.  RribiiT^on,  iSS^;:  John 
Roberts,  18S6;  I.  A.  I'orts.  1887;  R.  D.  Rob- 
inson. 18S8;  C.  C.  Bn.oks.  i8yo:  I.  A.  Ports. 
1894;  C.  C.  Brooks.  iSij6:  \V.  F.  Whittier. 
1898;  C.  C.  Brooks,  1902;  yUles  Gregory, 
1906,  and  Samuel  Hopkins,  1908.  The  names 
are  given  in  the  order  of  succession,  the  dates 
being  those  when  the  duties  of  the  office  were 
assumed.  The  present  members  of  the  Coun- 
cil are  iJr.  T.  J.  Williams,  president;  O.  F. 
Etling,  J.  .\.  Loar,  C.  L.  Boyd,  James  Furry 


and  J.  \\".  Longwell.  The  followhig  gentle- 
men are  members  of  the  Board  of  Education : 
D.  H.  Da\is,  George  Axline,  Robert  H.  Lar- 
rimore,  James  Cockrell  and  Clayton  W.  Bar- 
ton. The  Boartl  of  Ilcalth  is  composed  of  the 
following  gentlemen:  Dr.  J,  H.  Gerhardt, 
health  officer;  f^r.  ]I.  B.  Kistler,  secretarv; 
Dr.  T.  J.  Williams,  T.  F.  Blakelv.  lames 
Cockrell  and  li.  Fl.   Herlocker. 

C)iher  township  officali  whose  terms  be- 
gan in  1907,  are:  I.  S.  Sperry,  justice  of  the 
■peace;  Leon  Hough,  and  C.  W.  Barton,  trus- 
tees; W.  E.  J..oar,  clerk;  O.  A.  Kimball,  treas- 
urer; J.  W.  H.  W'ebster,  assessor  Sunbury 
Village;  E.  H.  Furniss.  assessor  Galena  Pre- 
cinct; John  P.  llu]>p,  Sunbury  Precinct;  An- 
sel Stanforth,  Berkshire  Precinct;  C.  E.  Budd, 
constable. 

Among  the  principal  industrial  and  busi- 
ness enterprises  of  Suiibury  we  may  mention 
The  Stmbury  Co-Operative  Creamery,  The  Far- 
mers' Bank.  Burrer's  h'louring  mill,  a  saw  mill, 
a  poke  factory  and  a  factory  where  hay-balers 
are  made.  Blakely  &  Williams  and  C.  B. 
^Morris  &  Co.,  are  general  merchants; 
Wheaton  &  Cummins  and  Benoy  &  Benoy, 
hardware  dealers ;  W.  O.  Buckingham  &  Sons, 
•warehouse  and  dealers  in  lumber  and  farm  im- 
plements; E.  E.  Root,  bakerv  and  fruit  dealer, 
and  Harrv  Fleckner,.  fruit ;"  John  P.  Skeels, 
grocer:  R.  P.  AndcrM.n.  dnigoi.i;  .\{v.  Stro- 
snidor,  undertaker;  11.  S.  C.">k.  li:;ruess-shop ; 
'J'lie  Dtidwan-  Coimly  A'l■■^.■,^■  Jl.-in,  a  live 
newspaper  published  by  W.  l^  Wdiiitier;  hotel 
conducted  by  the  present  ma)-or.  Samuel  Hop- 
kins;  two  livery  stables  kept  by  Hopkins 
Brothers  and  Frank  Alberry,  respecti\-ely. 

I^ocated  between  the  Big  anfl  Little  \^■al- 
nut  Creeks,  near  the  point  of  junction,  is  the 
village  of  Galena,  through  the  northwest  cor- 
ner of  which  passes  the  Cleveland.  Akron  and 
Columbus  Railroad.  It  was  platted  by  Wil- 
liam Carpenter,  .Vpril  3,  18 16,  and  recorded 
on  the  23d  day  of  the  same  month.  The  first 
buildin.g  erected  was  the  little  log  house  wdiich 
served  as  school  and  church  prior  to  the  incep- 
tion of  Galena.  Gilbert  Carpenter.  Sr,,  built 
a  saw  mill  in  1809,  the  power  being  furnished 
by  water  in  a  race  constructed  by  him,  joining 


i(    !■■.'  ."  ■,     --'T. 


438 


HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COEXTY 


the  \\'r\lnut  Creek.  About  iSiS  Benjamin 
Carpenter,  Jr.,  constracted  a  second  race,  jus-t 
south  of  the  first  one,  and  ebiabhshed  a  grist 
mill,  whicli  in  later  years  was  operated  Ijy 
George  Vantlcot.  The  first  sujre.  started  in 
1810,  l)y  a  man  named  Planter,  was  in  a  log 
cabin  near  the  bridge.  Soon  after,  Elias  ^lur- 
ray  established  a  store  on  the  southwest  cor- 
ner of  the  square.  The  village  was  known  by 
the  name  of  T-'Yay  un.til  'a  postoffice  was  ac- 
cjuired,  and  was  then  named  Galena,  at  the 
suggestion  oi  Xatlian  Dustin,  as  there  existed 
another  town  of  Zoar  in  Ohio.  The  growth 
of  the  village  was  steady,  but  at  no  time  rapid, 
as  no  effort  was  ever  made  to  create  a  boom. 
The  citizens,  however,  were  men  of  enterprise, 
and  by  subscription  the  sum  of  $13,000  was 
raised  to  get  the  old  Columbus  &  2vlt.  Yernon 
Railroad  to  pass  through  the  town,  in  addi- 
tion to  wb.ich  they  d'^nated  three  acres  for  de- 
pot purposes. 

Rome  was  the  only  village  of  Berkshire 
Township  incorporated,  but  this  Innn^r  added 
little  to  its  development  or  welfare.  It  was 
incorporated  in  1S38.  ))\  Alnion  }'rice,  who 
had  laid  off  his  farm  intu  lets,  but  as  there  was 
nothing  to  stimulate  its  growtl;.  tlie  act  of  in- 
corporation was  annulled  on  petition  of  the  lot 
holders. 


Some  of  the  earliest  settlements  in  this 
county  were  made  in  Berlin  Township.  At 
that  time,  however,  its  metes  and  bounds  were 
not  those  now  shown  on  the  map.  From  1S06 
to  i8_'o,  Township  4,  Range  18  of  tlie  E'nited 
States  }vlilitary  lands,  was  divided  between  the 
townshijis  of  Liberty,  Delaware  and  Berk- 
shire. In  1806,  Sectiiins  i  and  4,  together 
with  what  was  then  the  rest  of  Berkshire 
Township,  were  set  off  as  a  township.  This 
was  the  shape  of  Berlin  when  the  first  settlers 
came  here.  The  peculiar  division  of  town- 
ships when  Berkshire  was  laid  off  is  probably 
accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  Col.  Moses 
Byxbe  owned  Section  i  of  the  fourth  township 
in  Range  18.  Berlin  Township  as  ni.wv  consti- 
tuted was  set  up  January  8,    1820.     At  that 


time  the  ist  antl  4th  sections  were  taken  from 
Berkshire,  the  2nd  section  from  Delaware  and 
the  3rd  section  was  taken  from  j^iberty.  The 
township  as  thus  formed  is  bounded  on  the 
North  by  Brown,  on  the  South  by  Orange,  on 
the  Jiast  by  Berkshire  and  on  the  West  by 
Delaware  and  Liljcrty  Townships.  Asa  Scoii 
started  the  petition  for  the  new  townshij)  and 
suggested  its  present  name.  At  that  time 
Scott  was  treasurer  of  Berkshire  Townsiiip, 
which  included  Berlin,  and  in  going  o\'er  the 
ligures.  discovered  that  the  ]iopulation  was 
large  enough  to  justify  a  separate  organiza- 
tion, and  so  he  headed  tlie  ])etition  to  the  Com- 
]nissi(invrs.  Elr,  Lni_.fbi.>urrow  was  made  town- 
ship c'crk;  ji.i-.c]ili  EaiMii  was  made  ju-tice  of 
the  pence.  ;ir,.l  Scuti  was  ci^uinued  in  his  po- 
sition ab  trcn.Mn  CM'  at  the  lirst  election. 

Alum  Creek  is  the  i)rincipal  stream.  It 
flow.-^  in  a  S'lUtherly  directi.m  in  a  \vinding 
course  thri>ngh  .-'liMni  ilie  middle  of  tlie  east- 
ern half  of  llic  township.  It  drains  a  wider 
area  on  the  east  than  it  does  on  the  west. 
Tlie  eastern  liank  of  the  stream  is  marked  by 
many  l.iluffs.  and  back  of  the  bluffs  the  land 
is  mejre  or  less  brnken.  In  the  southeasiern 
part  of  the  townshi]),  the  land  is  less  broken 
and  rich  bottom  lands.  Jiast  of  the  creek  the 
soil  in  the  eastern  part  is  the  usual  mixture  of 
clays,  well  adapted  to  grass  and  corn.  The 
lower  lands  west  of  the  creek  are  rich,  bin  an 
immense  amount  of  ditching  and  tiling  has 
been  necessary  to  make  them  tillable.  This 
region  was  originally  covered  with  vast  for- 
ests, the  hard  woeids  common  to  th-is  section 
growing  on  the  high  lands,  with  burr  oak.  elm, 
basswood,  buckeye,  etc.,  with  an  underbrush 
of  paw-paw  and  spice  bush,  in  the  swamp\' 
portions.  Ever  since  markets  luu'e  been  fairly 
accessible,  stock-raising  and  stock-feeding 
have  received  considerable  attention. 

Joseph  Constant,  of  Peekskill,  X'ew  York, 
was  tlie  first  purchaser  of  land  in  this  town- 
ship. Fie  bought  Section  4  fmm  the  Go\-ern- 
ment,  paying  .S2  per  acre  and  receiving  a  deed 
signed  by  President  John  Adams.  Fie  was 
pripularly  known  as  Judge  Constant,  but 
whetb.er  lie  e\er  held  any  judicial  position  is 
not  kniA\n.     It  was  claimed  that  he  had  been 


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439 


a  Colonel  in  the  army  durinij  the  Seminole 
War  in  Florida,  anrl  that  it  was  there  that  he 
contracted  the  disea.-e  I'rrrm  which  he  died. 
Some  lime  liefore  he  died,  he  gave  fifty  aci-es 
of  land  to  David  Lewis.  Sr.,  on  condition  that 
he  w(.iuld  settle  iipon  it.  Iiowe\-er,  George 
Cowgill,  who  in  Xovemher.  1805.  located 
ahont  a  mile  north  of  th.e  Delaware  and  Smi- 
hurv  Pike,  wa.s  the  lirst  i-crmnnent  .'settler.  He 
was  closely  f'.ll...wed  by  Duid  Lewis,  Sr..  who 
was  accumi>anied  h}'  h.i-;  daughur.  Ilannah. 
and  sons  j.^hn  and  David,  Jr.  The  latter  was 
married,  and  on  September  29,  J^oG,  had  a 
son  Lorn,,  w  hum  he  named  Joseph  Constant 
Lewis,  fur  Jnuge  G-.n-t:int.  'Jdns  was  the  lirst 
white  chdd  born  in  the  luwn^hip.  Their  land 
v,-a>  c>u  tlic  west  side  of  Alum  Creek,  on  the 
hill  abuut  e'[)pusiie  the  eenieter\-  south  of 
Cheshire.  In  the  s[n'!ng  ui  iSc'i,  jM.-;e]>h  Eaion. 
Sr..  aiid  Juhn  Jiilui--i'.'!i  Ln.iught  their  families 
frcim  Huntingdon.  Pennsylvania,  and  settled 
on  C)Iive  Creek  or  i;ig  Run  about  two  miles 
north  oi  Cheshire.  Others  who  came  into  the 
seltlemejit  in  that  xcav  were  David  Isaac, 
I'hilander  Hoadlcy.  and  Chester  Lewis,  with 
their  families  from  W'aterbiu-v.  Connecticut. 
'Jl'.ee  >eil!cd  on  Section  4.  In  1807.  Philo 
Hoadley.  with  his  wife,  three  sons,  and  Lovell 
ami  I,ucy  Calkins,  auil  .Vsa  Scott  c;nne  h'OP,^ 
Connecticut.  Lo\-eii  Cauikins  began  at  once 
to  clear  land  whereon  to  raise  sustenance  for 
his  father's  family,  who  were  to  follow  him 
into  the  \\iidernes<.  and  while  he  was  thus  en- 
gagC'l.  hi-  -i-:r]-  b.:;;\in  to  teach  school.  In 
1S08,  Lo\el!  l".a;!kiii?  returned  to  Connecticut 
and  made  up  a  cunpany  of  emigrants,  com- 
posed of  the  families  of  Roswdl  Cauikins, 
Samuel  Adams,  Jonathan  Thompsiju  and 
John  Lewis,  forty  persons  in  all.  and  on  Sep- 
tember JO.  1809.  the  lude  company  started  for 
the  West.  Capt.  John  Lewis,  of  this  party, 
was  the  first  permanent  settler  in  the  south- 
east quarter  of  the  township.  After  this,  there 
was  a  slow  but  steady  increase  in  the  popula- 
tion of  the  township. 

When  the  early  settlers  reached  this  region 
they  found  Indians  "as  thick  as  blackbirds." 
as  one  of  tlie  pioneer-  expressed  it.  For  the 
most  part,  they  were  treateil  fairly  and  kindly 


icm  aga 
;ke  a  de\ 


I  by  the  settlers,  and  the  Indians,  as  a  rule,  re- 
I  sponded  with  similar  treatment.     They  did  not 
1  dispute  the  settler's' right  to  hunt  and  fish,  and 
!  they   were  slov,-   to   learn   tiiat   they   were  not 
I  equally  entitled  to  help  themselves  to  th.e  corn 
I  and  vegetables  which   they  found,   in  the  gar- 
j  dens  of  the  settlement.        During  the  period 
I  covered  by. the  years  iSd-'i^,  this  community 
j  shared   the.  feeling   of   fear   and   an.xiety   that 
pervaded   the   er,in-e   Xorthwest.      The    feeling 
of    tranquility    awakened    by    Harrison's    bril- 
i   liant    victor}-   o\er   Tecumsch    a',"is    sc'on   dissi- 
pated by  the  0]iening  of  tlie   -e.  01 1.1   v.ar  with 
I   England.      The  scttiers  knew    ,0    well    as   the 
i    British   how  unprotected   lIk  ,    v  i  re.   and   how- 
easy  it  would  be  lor  the  encn;,    t  ■  -;;r  the  In- 
dians to  a  fever  heat  and  :-eio 
these  almost  defenseless  frontiei 
taling   cyclone    Icav'ing   death    and    destruction 
in  their  trail,     li.  i^  i.ot  -ti-ange.  therefore,  that 
!   the  settlers  were  con-Lamlv  o:,  the  "qui  vive," 
;   and   it  is    easy    to    understand     how    Drake's 
!  stampede,  the  story  of  which  is  still   familiar 
to   everyone   in    the   county,   could    have   hap- 
pened.    This  experience  taught  the  pioneers  a 
,   well-needed  les.son.   and  they   immediately  be- 
gan to  make  the  necessary  pre])aratioiis  for  dc- 
1    fense.      \'aluables     were     buried     deep    in   the 
ground,  care  being  taken  to  leave  no  surface 
in.dications  that  would  lead  to  their  discovery. 
!   It  was  decided  to  build  a  block  h-use  at  o,,,:c. 
1   The   site  selected   was  on    the  rojd    runnmg 
along  the   west  bank  of  Alum   Creek,  on   the 
j  rise  of  ground  south  of  th  ;  cross-roads  near 
Cheshire.      A    two- story    structure,    forty    feet 
square  was  erected.    The  upi^er  stcjr)-  projected 
over  the   lo^wer   one  about   two   feet,  affording 
opportumties  for  defense  against  close  attacks 
or  attempts  to  fire  the  structure.     It  was  built 
of  hewed  logs,  a  foot  square,  the  ends  securely 
joined  .so  as  not  to  leave  the  smallest  crevice 
betw-een  the  logs.     There  was  no  opening  in 
the  lower  story,   except  the  do(.)r,   which  was 
niarle    of    a    double     thickness     of    three-inch 
jilanks.    barred    ami   cross-barred.      The   upper 
story    was   furnished   witli   ritle   embrasures   in 
the  side,  an^l  convenient   he.les  in  the  fi(K.)r  of 
the    projeetiiai    for    purposes    of    defense    in    a 
cleise  attack.      When  built,   the   fort  was  w-ell 


.-      ■  -il  1 


mSTORY  OF   L)1-LA\V.\RE  COUX'IY 


stfj'Cked  with  piovisions  and  aniiiinnitiop,.  so 
as  to  be  ready  at  a  nioniciit's  warning,  and 
signals  were  arrant;ed  lliat  the  remoter  seitle- 
nients  might  learn  of  their  danger. 

It  was  about  this  time  tliat  a  party  of  set- 
tlers were  out  in  the  woods,  some  distance 
from  th.e  "improvements,"  clearing  up  a  spot 
fo  build  a.  cabin  for  some  new  arri\'al.  Among 
the  party  were  Chester  and  John  Lewis,  David 
Lewis,  Sr.,  and  Asa  Scott,  besides  some  toys 
who  were  there  to  look  on  or  pile  brush.  As 
was  the  custom,  each  man  had  his  gun  with 
him,  leaning  against  a  tree,  and  David  Lewis, 
Sr.,  was  on  duty  as  scout  to  note  die  approach 
of  Lidi.nns.  It  vras  arranged  that  if  he  saw 
any  lie  was  to  return  and  report  "bears"  in 
tiie  woods.  Some  time  after  noon,  he  v.'as 
observed  coming  riipidly  toward  the  party, 
and  as  soon  as  lie  gui  within  liearing,  he  sp.id, 
"There  are  bear-tracks  in  tlie  woods,  so  fresh 
that  the  water  has  not  yet  settled  in  them." 
Tlie  men.  (pu'etly  ceased  their  v>-ork,  took  up 
their  guns,  and  prepared  to  put  things  in  a 
state  of  defense.  The  bo}-s  were  sent  home, 
and,  not  to  alarm  the  settlement,  all  but  Ches- 
ter and  John  Lewis  slowly  sauntered  toward 
the  settlement.  Tlien  the  state  of  the  case 
was  ex[>laip.ed,  and  those  families  which  were 
situated  near  at  hand  '.xere  e~.-„rtrd  l>y  the  old 
men  intu  the  biock-li'juse.  1'!::;ila;-.  were  hung 
up  to  divide  off  the  space  lui  friniilies.  guiis 
were  carefully  e.xamiiied,  and  by  nightfall, 
e\'er_\  thing  at  the  fort  was  in  readiness  iov  at- 
tack. But  the  caiiius  i:>i  some  .if  the  pariy 
of  choppers  were  too  far  off  to  iiiake  it  wise 
to  try  to  reach  the  furt  in  the  dark.  Scott's 
cabin  \\'as  some  distance  to  the  north  of  tlie 
road  crossing,  an<l  the  cabin  of  Jaci:>b  Aye  was 
still  further  to  the  north  and  east  of  Scott's, 
There  was  a  large  family  of  the  Aye  boys  and 
girls,  and  they  felt  reasonably  secure,  or  had 
not  learned  of  the  discovery.  Late  that  night, 
after  the  boys  had  gone  to  bed,  one  of  the  sis- 
ters, delayed  by  some  household  cares,  heard 
the  dogs  making  a  disturbance,  as  though  the 
cattle  or  hogs  were  prowling  about.  Soon  she 
heard  some  one  trying  to  quiet  the  dogs,  and 
she  at  once  concluded  it  was  Indians.  She 
made  e\ery  preparaticin  against  being  taken 
by  surprise,  but  did  not  summon  the  boys,  lest 


j  in  their  foolhartliness  tliey  might  rush  out  and 
be  killed.  The  dogs  linally  became  cpuiet,  and 
the  Indians,  going  towards  the  blockhotise, 
came  upni  Scott's  cabin.  Mere  the  dogs,  who 
had  an  instinctive  hatred. of  the  savages,  com- 
menced rushing  out  into  a  cornfield  near  by 
and  then  back  again  against  the  cabin,  growl- 
ing-, and  manifesting  symptoms  of  rage  and 
fear.  Old  Mr.  Scott  knew  \vhai  such  conduct 
on  the  part  of  the  dogs  meant,  and,  calling 
up  his  two  Ixiys,  prepared  for  defense.  The 
windows  \vere  only  closed  by  greased  pa}.>er, 
and,  stationing  one  witli  an  axe  at  each  of  tlie 
two  windows,  he  gave  them  instructions  to 
split  the  first  head  that  came  through.  Put- 
ting out  the  glowing  embers  on  the  hearth,  he 
barricaded  the  door  with  vrhat  movable  furni- 
ture he  could  reach,  and  took  a  position  with 
his  rifle  c^mm  in'iiPiL;  all  points  of  entrance. 
Llere  the  Imli.iii-,  Ludoaverod  to  pacify  the 
dogs  in  wiin,  arnl  i'';;.:;il\-  p;is.H:d  alimg.  Soon 
after,  the  Sc-il  i;:m:i^  heard  a  riile-shot,  fol- 
lowed by  a  rapid  succession  of  lighter  guns, 
and  then  came,  one,  two,  three  in  measured 
succession — the  warning  guns  from  tlie  block- 
house. Meanwhile  at  the  fort  another  scene 
was  enacting.  The  little  band  cooped  ui)  in 
their  narrow-  quarters  momentarily  expected 
an  attack.  After  waiting  for  some  time  in 
such  suspense,  David  Lewis.  Sr.,  accomi.ianied 
by  Philo  Hoaclley.  started  catitioiisK-  om  to 
reconnoiter.  The  night  was  descrilxd  as 
admirable  for  diis  imrjio^e.  Clouds  li'/avilv 
veiled  tl'o  moon,  so  that  an  object  stamlnit.';  'ju\. 
clear  o.iild  rea'dily  be  discenied,  while  one 
groping  in  the  shadows  and  along  the  ground 
could  be  discovered  only  by  close  scrutinv. 
The  land  sinks  from  all  points  at  the  road 
crossing,  forming  there  a  sort  of  basin.  South 
of  the  cost  and- west  road,  a  tree  had  been 
felled  parallel  with  the  road,  and,  falling  down 
hill,  had  left  some  space  between  the  Initt  of 
the  tree  and  stump.  Across  this  road  was 
Hoadley's  cornfield,  divided  from  other  land 
by  a  brush  fence.  Coming  down  to  the  cross- 
ing, a  suspicious  noise  was  heard  in 
the  cornfield,  and  Lewis  remarked  to 
Hoadiey  that  there  were  c'lher  hogf.  cattle,  or 
Lidians  ig  his  field.  Listening  attentivelv  for 
a  moment,  he  exclaimed,  "There  goes  another 


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441 


ear;  Hoadley,  it's  Indians!"  Lewis,  who  was 
an  excelletit  shot,  and  an  inlrc])id  man,  told 
Ilciadley  to  remain  at  the  crossing,  and  taking 
shelter  behind  the  trnnk  and  top  of  tlie  fallen 
tree,  he  would  gain  the  rise  of  ground  by  the 
stump,  and  scim  the  cornfield  situated  across 
the  road  and  on  a  hitle  lower  ground.  Lewis 
succeeded  in  reaching  the  slump,  and  ensconc- 
ing himself  among  the  shadows  between  tlie 
tree  and  stump,  iiwaited  the  issue  of  events. 
Soon  he  saw  a  dark  body  jump  upon  the  brush 
fence  and  over,  and  then  au'  ithcr,  but  his  prac- 
ticed eye  had  seen  the  second  one  over  the 
sights  of  his  gun,  the  rej^ort  of  which  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  heavy  falling  of  the  body.  Lewis 
immediately  made  fur  the  fort  as  fast  as  his 
feet  could  carry  him.  with  Hoadley  just  in  ad- 
vance. There  was  a  discharge  of  several  guns 
in  rapid  succession  from  the  cornfield,  and 
Lewis,  striking  liis  knee  against  the  sLump 
of  some  sapling  that  had  been  cut  off,  \\ent 
sprawling  tu  the  ground.  He  imagined  him- 
self shot,  but,  regaining  his  feet,  made  for  die 
flirt.  Within  the  fort  everybody  was  on  the 
alert,  aiul  Ruswell  Caulkin-  st.i.id  sentinel  at 
the  door.  As  Lewis  and  tioadley  came  rush- 
ing up  to  gain  entrance,  Caulkins  hesitated  to  1 
inibar  the  door.  Da\id  Lewis.  Jr..  who  was 
celebrated  as  a  keen  hunter  and  woodsman, 
recognized  die  steps  of  his  I'alher  and  Philo  ' 
and  cried  to  the  sentinel,  "Roswell,  unbar  the  j 
door!  Those  arc  shoes  that  are  coming.  It's  ■ 
father  and  Philo!"  And,  before  the  sentinel  I 
cuiuin-chendcd  ih.c  force  of  what  young  Lewis  i 
was  saying,  the  Ijars  had  been  taken  down  b}- 
riihers.  and  the  two  men,  half  out  of  breath, 
admitted.  The  feelings  of  tlv.'se  in  the  fort 
c;m  belter  l>e  descriljcd  \iy  one  wdirj  was  there, 
and  we  add  from  a  manuscj-ipt  by  2^Irs.  Rip- 
lev:  "An  attack  was  every  nn^ment  expected. 
The  alarm  guns  were  fired.  The  horrid  work 
of  the  scalping-knife  and  uplifted  tomahawk 
was,  in  imagination,  ready  to  be  executed. 
There  was  neither  shrieking  nor  fainting,  but 
the  women  stood  at  their  posts  in  the  upper 
story,  prepared  for  defense."  Llappily  their 
expectations  were  not  realized.  The  next 
mornip.g  broke  on  their  anxious  hearts  cain;  [ 
and  bright,  and,  as  no  traces  of  Indians  CL-uld  j 
be  disci >vercd    from   the  block-house,   a  party  j 


went  out  to  see  if  the  settlers  in  isolated  cabins 
had  been  massacred.  They  were  found,  a>  we 
have  related,  frightened  but  not  harmed.  In 
the  cornfield  were  found  moccasin  tracks  with 
considerable  traces  of  bloud.  The  trail  led  off 
to  the  northwest,  and  indicated  that  one  of 
their  number  had  been  carried.  Who  they 
were  or  what  was  tlie  reason  for  their  visit, 
was  the  subject  of  considerable  conjecture, 
but  it  never  reached  a  satisfactory  explanation. 

While  the  settlers  were  kejit  in  a  chronic 
state  of  fear  and  dread  during  the  war  of 
181J,  they  were  not  without  some  compensat- 
ing benefits.  The  necessities  of  the  army  cre- 
ated a  'market  where  there  had  been  none  be- 
fore for  farm  produce.  Prior  to  1812,  the  set- 
tler's chief  ambition  was  to  provide  a  comfr,rt- 
able  liome  and  as  good  a  living  as  was  possi- 
ble with  the  conditions  under  which  they 
lived;  but  during  the  war  production  was 
stimulated,  and  the  income  thus  secured  was 
devoted  to  obtaining  s^jme  of  the  commoner 
comforts  which  had  been  theirs  before  the\-  liad 
turned  their  backs  on  civilization.  The'  clixs- 
ing  of  the  \var  deprived  them  of  their  mar- 
kets, money  again  l)ecanic  scarce  and  a  period 
of  hard  times  set  in  which  added  grearlv  to 
the  hardships  they  ollierwisc  were  called  upon 
to  "Dear.  It  was  not  until  about  [S30  thai 
business  began  to  revive,  and  a  market  vojrtli 
mentioning  was  found  for  the  products  of  the 
farm. 

At  the  end  of  the  first  ten  years  there  were 
only  about  forty  familie.-  in  the  town.sfiip. 
Half  of  these  had  come  from  Waterburv,  Con- 
necticut, and  had  liicated  on  Judge  Constant's 
land  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  township. 
Among  these  people  there  had  been  eight  mar- 
riages. The  first  of  these,  wdrich  was  also  the 
first  in  the  township  was  performed  by  Rev. 
Joseph  Hughes.  Elias  Adams  and  Harriet 
Lewis  being  the  contracting  i>arties.  Ten 
families  had  located  on  Colonel  Byxbe's  land, 
and  there  were  about  eight  fanulies  in  the 
northwest  corner  of  the  township.  The  first 
deaUi  in  the  township  was  that  of  Elanson 
Lewis,  which  occurred  in  1R07.  He  w^as  bur- 
ied in  the  first  cemetery  in  the  townshij).  which 
was  laid  out  on  the  site  where  a  block-h.iuse 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUXTY 


i;av_l  once  stood.  TIic  next  adult  who  died  was 
F.mma  Lewis,  who  passed  away  in  iSit,  and 
besides  these  two,  four  ciii!(h-en  made  up  the 
total  number  of  deaths  during-  the  first  decade. 
One  of  tlie  early  cemeteries  was  located  on  the 
road  to  Eerlin  station,  near  the  town  hall.  The 
Nettleton  Grove  Bank  Ccnictery  Association 
was  organized  October  lo,  1853.  The  first 
ofikers  were  Joel  Cleveland,  president;  Lewis 
Thompson,  clerk;  and  Yinal  Stewart,  treas- 
urer. They  laid  out  a  fine  cemetery  just  south 
of  Cheshire.  Roswell  Caulkins,  who  was  a 
carpenter  and  joiner,  was  the  first  mechanic  in 
the  township,  and  worked  at  his  trade  while 
lie  was  clearing  uj)  his  farm.  He  superin- 
tended the  ci>nsirnciinn  of  ih.c  block-house 
and  did  most  of  the  hewing-.  One  of  his 
first  pieces  of  work  was  a  hand-loom  for  Mrs. 
Chloe  Scott.  In  1S20,  James  Eaton  and  Dan- 
iel Xcttleby  erected  the  first  frame  residences. 
Both  were  east  of  the  creek  and  near  Cheshire. 
Xatlian  Sherwood  kepi  tiie  first  store  in  his 
cabin.  The  early  niills.  schools,  churches,  etc., 
aie  treatetl  in  the  chapters  de\-(ited  to  those 
subjects. 

Cheshire,  the  principal  settlement  in  the 
township,  is  located  on  a  barren  clay  knoll. 
Because  of  this  fact,  Jesse  Hultz  gave  it  the 
name  of  "T'eth,"  "fur."  as  l-.e  explained,  "what 
don't  run  away  will  starve  to  death."  Samuel 
Adams  owned  the  farm  where  the  village 
stands,  and  it  w-as  he  who  laid  it  off  into  lots. 
L.  R.  Ryant  kept  the  first  store  here  in  a  little 
ro(>m  se\cn  feet  b}-  nine.  A  few-  years  later  he 
added  another  room,  where  he  sold  ready 
made  slmes  and  made  shoes  to  order.  He  was 
the   first   postmaster,   his   comnfission   bearing 


date 


An- 


The  "Underground 
Railwav"  passed  through  Cheshire.  From 
the  earliest  times  there  was  a  strong  sentiment 
in  the  township  in  symapthy  with  the  slave- 
ow-neis,  ami  it  w-as  only  under  cover  of  the 
night  that  the  negro  seeking  liberty  could  be 
conducted  from  Orange  alung  .Munt  Creek  to 
the  Quaker  settlement,  and  then  on  to  Oberlin 
or  some  other  outlet. 

Berlin  tow-nship  officials  were :  Clayton  A. 
Breece,  justice  of  the  peace;  O.  B.  Furniss  and 
\V.  H.  tlults,  trustees;  Harry  Jaynes,  clerk; 


E.  R.  Durfc)',  treasurer;  S.  P.  Dunham,  as- 
sessor; Charles  Evarts  and  Willard  Shank, 
constables;  Willard  A.  Young  and  J.  T. 
Sweeney,  board  of  education.  The  above  be- 
gan their  terms  in  1908,  according  to  report 
to  comuy   auditor. 

Bl-tOW.V    TOWNSHIP. 

For  the  facts  and  for  a  large  part  of  the 
language  used  in  the  following  sketch  of  this 
township,  we  are  indebted  to  an  article  pre- 
jiared  by  Dr.  S.  W.  Fow-ler,  many  years  ago, 
whose  permission  we  have  to  use  it.  At  the 
time  he  \vrote.  Dr.  Fuwler  had  access  to 
sources  of  information  no  longer  available, 
and  it  would  be  imi>nssible,  therefore,  for  us 
now  to  secure  more  data  than  he  had,  w-hile 
he,  representing  as  he  does  one  of  the  oldest 
families  in  Delaware  County,  speaks  w-ith  au- 
thority. 

The  hisiory  attaching  to  this  subdivision 
of  Delaware  County  really  begins  about  i8o.j 
or  1805,  with  the  discovery  of  salt  in  the  vicin- 
ity, although  the  first  permanent  settlement 
with.in  the  present  boundaries  of  the  township 
extends  no  farther  back  than  1817.  ')~he  lapse 
of  sixty-three  years  (1817  to  1880),  imper- 
ceptible in  the  estimate  of  an  eternity,  is  a  long 
tinie  in.  human  life.  It  removes  t-\vo  genera- 
tions into  darkness  and  dust,  and  places  an- 
other in  their  seats  who  have  nearly  run  their 
course. 

Brow-n  Township  originally  occupied  the 
central  portion  of  the  county,  and,  later,  the 
north-central  portion,  lying  in  Range  18,  and, 
by  the  United  States  2\lilitary  Survey,  is 
T'jw-nship  5.  It  is  bounded  on  the  north  by 
Oxford,  on  the  east  by  Kingston,  on  the  south 
by  Berlin,  and  on  the  w-est  by  Delaware  and 
Troy.  The  record  book  of  the  coimty  com- 
missioners containing  the  date  w-hen  Brow-n 
Township  w-as  erected  into  a  separate  town- 
ship is  lost,  but  it  was  probably  about   iSj6. 

The  township  has  but  one  large  strearn  of 
water — .\lum  Creek'.  It  passes  through  the 
eastern  part,  entering  near  the  north-east  cor- 
ner, and  fiowing  south,  jjasses  out  near  the 
south-east  comer  into  Berlin  To-wnship.  There 


')-'.\'U 


lii^y. 


^XD  REPRESENTATR^E  CITIZENS 


are  several  small  streams  that  flow  into  Alum 
Creek.  Some  of  these  are  noted  for  having 
been  the  sites  of  Indian  encampments,  at  a 
time  when  the  Scioto  \'allc_v  formed  a, part  of 
the  hunting-grounds  of  the  Delawares  and 
IMingoes.  Among  these  tributaries  we  may 
mention  Leatherwood  l\un.  which  deri'\-ed  its 
name  from  a  peculiar  shrub  foun.l  growing 
upon  its  banks,  the  v>-ood  and  bark  of  which 
was  highly  \-alued  by  the  early  settlers  for  a 
variety  of  uses.  Big  Run,  Sugar  Creek,  Long- 
well's,  Button's  and  ]\[atthews's  Runs  are  some 
of  the  principal  streams.  Sugar  Creek,  which 
rises  in  the  western  part  of  Berlin  and  flows 
into  the  Olentangy  at  Delaware,  was  made  u^c 
of  by.  -Mr.  F.  P.  \"crgon  when  he  constructed 
Greenwoiid  Lake.  The  land  east  of  Alum 
Creek  is  particuarly  adapted  tn  grazing.  Xear 
the  creek  it  is  broken  and  the  soil  is  rather 
thin,  while  at  a  greater  distance  it  is  gemly 
undulating,  and  not  only  guod  grazing  land, 
but  well  ada])ted  to  farming,  there  being  less 
cLay  and  nuire  rich  black  loam  than  nearer  the 
creek.  Along  the  west  side  of  the  Alum,  the 
land  is  also  undulating,  and  was  the  lirst  tn 
be  briiuglii  under  cultivation  b_\-  the  early  set- 
tler. The  land  farther  west  was  low  and  wet, 
def\ing  li'irseback  or  wagon  tra\el  througli  its 
swamps,  and  even  barriiig  n  ladways  fur  years. 
Owing  to  the  tile  and  open  drainage  systems, 
however,  this  wet,  swampy  land  once  consid- 
ered ^\orthless,  has  becnme  the  most  produc- 
tive in  the  township. 

Am-'Ug   the   atlracti;>ns    that    bro  ight    the 


was    tne 


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bait 


early  settlers  to  this  r 
Lick."  as  it  was  callerl.  When  the  United 
States  Government  sent  its  agents  to  survey 
the  country,  a  salt  lick  was  discovered  in  what 
is  now  the  north-east  corner  of  Brown  town- 
ship. The  Government  reserved  4.000  acres 
of  this  and  deeded  it  to  the  State  for  educa- 
tional purp'ises.  This  was  called  the  "Salt 
Reservatiiai."  About  1S04  or  1S05,  Dr.  John 
Lootbourruw  moverl  into  what  is  now  Berk- 
sJiire  Township  from  V'irgima.  and  located 
on  what  afterward  became  the  Eckelberry 
farm,  but  after  a  short  time  sold  out  and 
moved  to  what  was  called  the  Durham  farm, 
lying  just  east  of  Alum'  Creek  on  the  Dela- 


ware and  Sunbury  Pike,  lie  had  with  him  Ids 
old  faithful  man  "Friday,"  Oko  Richey  (^col- 
ored). When  the  Doctor  learned  from  some 
friendly  Indians  where  they  obtained  their 
salt,  he  and  Oko  procured  large  iron  kettles, 
built  a  large  furnace  and  commenced  the  man- 
ufacture of  salt.  Their  process  was  very  slow, 
but  they  produced  th.e  article  in  sufficient  cpian- 
tities  to  partially  supply -the  inhabitants,  and 
very  soon  became  noted  as  salt  merchants. 
After  some  tweh'e  years  the  salt  business  was 
investigated  by  other  parties,  who  thought  they 
saw  in  it  a  means  of  acquiring  untold  wealth. 
In  18 1 7  they  leased  from  the  State  1,000  acres 
of  land  adjacent  to,  and  300  around,  the 
salt  lick  and  on  the  salt  reservation.  The  con- 
tractors agreed  to  bore  to  the  depth  of  at  least 
200  feet,  unless  salt  water  in  paying  quantities 
was  sooner  reached.  They  were  to  leave  the 
well  tulied  with  good  copper  tubing  at  the  ex- 
piration of  the  lease.  Loofbourrow  now'  wdth- 
drew  from  tlie  business  and  soon  after  re- 
moved to  Wisconsin.  After  boring  to  a  depth 
of  ^So  feet  without  finding  salt  water  in  pay- 
ing quantities,  the  contractors  notified  the 
State  authorities,  who  in'  turn  reiiorted  to  Con- 
gre^s,  and  the  latter  liudy  Mnleicd  tlic  ^alt  reser- 
vation to  be  surveyed  and  st'ld.  Accoidingly,  a 
Mr.  Carpenter,  of  Lancaster,  Ohio,  was  au- 
thori.zed  to  survey  it,  which  he  did  into  100- 
acre  lots.  In  November,  1826.  these  lots  were 
sold  to  the  highest  bidder,  the  early  settlers 
and  contractors  being  allowed  the  refusal  of 
the  lands  which  they  had  been  for  some  time 
improving,  a  business  they  had  found  more 
profitable  than  boring  for  salt. 

The  first  })ermanent  white  settler  in  Brown 
Township  was  Daniel  G.  Thurston,  in  the 
spring  of  1817.  But  as  far  back  as  1S09,  a 
settlement  was  made  in  the  extreme  southwest 
corner,  b\-  a  man  named  Erastus  Bowe,  from 
Vermont.  He  bmlt  a  cabin  and  called  the 
place  Bowetown.  though  it  was  never,  we  be- 
lieve, laid  out  as  a  town,  or  ptipulated,  except 
by  Bowe  and  his  family,  consisting  of  wife 
and  tuo  children.  After  a  short  time  he  moxed 
to  Delaware,  and  in  1S17,  he  removed  from 
there  to  Tiffin.  Mr.  Thurston  mijx'cd  into  the 
township    from    the    eastern    part  of  Berlin, 


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wliicli  at  thai  time  was  the  central  part  of 
Berksliire  Township.  He  located  ou  the  sum- 
mit of  the  first  little  hill  west  of  the  creek, 
on  what  is  now  the  Delaware  and  3i-"ihiu"y 
Pike.  A  cabin  was  built  and  into  this  he 
nijvcd  with  his  family  and.  his  brother  Isaac, 
who  had  accompanied  him  to  the  West.  Tlie 
latter  went  to  work  in  a  di.-.l'l!eiy  not  l.i;- 
awa\-,  vvhile  Daniel  worked  in  a  saw  and  grist 
null  near  by.  In  1817,  he  sold  out  to  Ebe- 
nezer  Lo(jfbLmrrow,  ^vho  had  just  come  from 
X'iryinia.  After  Mr.  Thurston  sold  out  to 
Loi5fl.)ourrow,  be  nn'iveil  int(.i  the  present  town- 
ship cif  Broun,  where  he  had,  10  begin  his  [lio- 
neer  life  over  again,  as  it  were.  When  his 
cabin  was  completed  and  liis  faitiily  located, 
Air.  'Thurston  entered  into  a  co-partnership 
with  James  Eaton,  and  a  man  named  Stephen 
Gorliam.  These  gentlemen  were  the  contrac- 
tors in  the  famous  snlt  specnlation  and  tb.e  les- 
sees of  the  "salt  reservation."  His  new  home 
was  on  this  reservation,  or  on  the  "salt  sec- 
tion." Isaac  Eaton  erected  a  cabin  a  little 
north  of  Thurston's.  'Mv.  Thurston  died  in 
1843,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years.  His 
wife  died  in  1864.  at  the  age  oi  eighty-tW'i 
vears.  The\'  had  a  fantil}-  (if  thirteen  cliil- 
drtn.  (if  whijm  we  ba\e  only  the  names  of 
twelve — Harrie,  }dary.  Joseph,  Elizabeth. 
Sanniel,  Sarah,  Ph'^el/e,  Norton.  \'inal.  Y.u- 
nice,  k'annie  and  Barbara.  Harriet  first  mar- 
ried iJr.  Mojiroe,  and.  after  his  death,  became 
the  wife  of  Dr.  John  Loofb(jurrow.  She  had 
two  cbil.he.i  when  she  moved  to  Wisconsin. 
Marv  married  Israel  Wood,  a  OuaKer.  who 
lived'  in  Peru  TMwnshii)  (then  in  this.  Init 
later  in.  MMrn.\v  County).  She  left  twelve 
children,  bisenh.  married  in  i8j6.  a  daughter 
of  B.  E.  Loofbourrow.  who  at  the  time  was 
li\-ing  on  the  Thurston  farm.  There  were 
born  to  him  ten  children.  Elizabeth  married 
Rali'ih  Longwell,  a  soldier  of  1S12.  and  who 
died  in  1874.  His  widow  drew  a  pensiini. 
She  was  the  mother  of  thirteen  children.  Sa- 
rah first  married  Lyman  Thrali.  and,  after  his 
deatli.  Andrew  Thrall,  his  Ijn.ther.  I'lv.eiie 
married  William  K.  Thrall.  Xcrc-n  martie.l 
a  -Miss  Jones,  and  died  in  rv,;  He  was  tlio 
father  of  six  children.     \  niai  ma.rried  a  >.Iiss 


Plant,  and  tliey  had  eight  children.  Eiuiice 
married  Norton  Harden.,  and  they  had  eight 
children.  Fannie  married  H.  Walker  and  be- 
cante  the  mollicr  of  six  children.  Samuel  mar- 
ried, and  was  the  father  of  eight  children. 
Barbara  married  William  Livingston,  and 
was  the  mother  of  ten  children.  These  were 
the  children  and  grandchildren  of  Daniel 
Thurston,  numbering  in  all   i.->J. 

The  early  settlers  of  this  section  were  wA 
without   their    Indian   experiences.      Although 
the  Indians  were  su[i]ii)sed  to  be  friendly,  yet 
they   were   lo'.iked  ou   with   some  suspicion  by 
their  white  neighbors.     The  Thurstons,  being- 
one  of  the   first   families  to  locate  in  this  re- 
gion, and  that  some  time  prior  to  the  removal 
of  the  Indians  to  reservations  farther  west,  en- 
i   joyed    a    more    extensive      acquaintance    with 
!  them  than  settlers  who  came  at  a  later  date, 
i  The  Indians  used  to  bring  their  game  and  furs 
I  to  traile  for  corn,  and  as  a  general  thing  be- 
haved well.     The  elder  Tlun^ston.  who  had  a 
j   little   mill,    would   grind   tlieir   curn    for    diem. 
I  and  wiis  on  the  most  intimate  terms  with  tiiem. 
I  and   was  known     far    and     wide    aniLmg    the 
!  neighboring  tribes.     When  Joseph  was  a  small 
j   boy,  but  nine  years  old,  he  was  one  day  sent 
I   out    for   ilie   horses,    wdiich.   wlien   not   in   use, 
i  were  allowed  to  run  at  large   in  the   f'jrests. 
j  He  wandered   through   the   woods   for   Injurs, 
j  but  after  a  long  and  fruitless  search,  he  ga\-e 
j  up  finding  them  and  started  to  return  home. 
j  After  traveling  for  some  time,  he  became  lost 
j   in  the  forest,  but  finally  struck  an  old  Indian 
1  trail,  \vhich  he  followed  st.nne  distar.ce,  when, 
;   much    !■  I    his    surjirise    ai^!    consternation,    he 
i   came   ui^in   an    Indian   ei'.r.-inijirnenL,   where   be 
;   encountered  an  army  of  <l<  •■.■;>.  and  v  as  forced  to 
j   take  refuge  in  the  nearest  tree.    The  comnio- 
I  tion      produced     b\-     these      feroci"us     beasts 
;   brriught  an   (dd   Indian    from   his   wigwam    to 
in\estigatc  the  cause  of  so  much  disturbance. 
'   T13   the   astonishment   of  the   lad   he    found    in 
him  ,'in  old  friend  of  his  father,  wdiile  the  In- 
'iian,   (ir.ite  as  much    aston.ished    as  the  bov, 
I   found    t'le   "game"    treed   by   the   dogs   to   be 
j  none  other    than  the    son  of    his  old    frieufl 
Thurston.    The  dogs  were  called  off,  and  the 
bo}    iri\  ited   t<j  come  d'v.vn   froni  his   exalted 


n:;/. 
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AN-D    RErRP:SEXTATiVE    CITIZENS 


percli.  After  he  li;id  related  his  adventure,  a 
young  ImUan  was  ordered  to  catch  a  couple  of 
well  trained  ponies,  upon  one  of  whicli  he  was 
jilaced^  while  the  Indian  boy  inouiTted  the 
other,  and,  acting  as  a  guide,  led  him  through 
the  forests,  and  after  several-  hours'  ride  he 
was  restored  to  his  already  over-anxious  par- 
ents. 

Isa-ic  Eaton,  to  whom  we  have  already  re- 
ferred, was  a  son  of  Joseph  Eaton,  who  was 
among  the  early .  settlers  of  Berkshire.  He 
married  a  Miss  Knot  of  Peru  townsliip.  Wil- 
liam \\illiam-,  vim  bought  out  Isaac  Eaton, 
came  frmn  I'aiirivlil  County  to  this  township. 
Three  years  after  he  located  he  was  chosen 
justice  of  the  peace,  an  office  he  tilled  for  many 
years.  He  also  served  the  county  as  treasurer 
from  1 8-] ft  to  1S52,  and  as  an  infirmary  direc- 
tor three  years.  He  serx'cd  tlie  town.ship  in 
the  caj.iacity  of  clerk  and  treasurer,  and  was 
strator  of  estates  and 


(Hten  clio.-:en  as  1 
guardidU  of  minor 
Immigrants  cai 
entire  salt  reserwu 
the  first  families  to 
mentioned,  was  lli 
who  came  in  aljov 
born  in  New  York.  His  father 
was  cjuite  young,  and  his  m^:>tlie 


r.Tpidly.  and  soon  the 
IS  5ett!ed  up.  One  of 
in  after  those  already 
Benjamin  }vlcMaster, 
6.  This  pioneer  was 
when  he 
.•ed  with 

her  family  to  Ohio  in  1S13.  and  Ljcatcd  on  the 
Scioto  River,  in  Franklin  County.  In  the  lat- 
ter part  of  18 14,  I'.enjamin  3.IcMaster  cante  to 
Delaware  County.  In  181 7  he  went  to  Cham- 
paign Count}-,  and  liie  next  ye;!r  maniud  a 
daughter  id'  Lemuel  G.  Humphrey,  of  Liberty 
Township.  His  wife  lived  but  a  few  years. 
After  her  death  he  came  back  ti>  this  county, 
where  in  a  year  or  two  he  married  again.  At 
the  sale  of  the  salt  reservation  in  1S26.  he 
purchased  ico  acres  i.>f  land,  where  he  built 
a  cabin  of  the  pioneer  pattern.  Here  he  lived 
until  185 1,  when  he  started  a  warehouse  and 
fi'irmed  a  business  partnership  in  Ashley.  In 
the  spring-  of  1852,  he  s.  ild  his  place  to  his  son 
Horace.  For  many  years,  the  latter  devoted 
much  attention  to  fruit  culture. 

The  same  years  that  brought  to  Brown 
Township  the  pioneers  we  ha\-e  already  men- 
tioned, witnessed  the  arri\-al  of  others,  who,  at 


the  same  land  sales,  purchased  homes,  ai-nong 
them,  we  may  mention  Andrew  Finley,  J. 
Flenniig,  Zenas  Leonard^  James,  George, 
Ralph  and  K.  Longwell,  S.  Harlov.-,  Charles 
Cowgill,  John  Kensill  and  others.  With  such 
an  influx  of  immigration  the  t(/wnship  rapidl}- 
settled  up.  Among  those  that  came  at  a  later 
date  were  John  Walker,  and  William  Finley. 
Walker  came  from  \'irgini;i  in  1832,  but  was 
a  native  of  Ireland.  Finley  was  a  son-in-lau" 
of  \A'a!ker,  and  settled  first  in  Kingston  Town- 
ship, l)ut  after  a  few  years  moved  into  Brown. 
The  same  year  of  Walker's  settlement,  a 
young-  man  named  Charles  Xeil,  later  known  as 
"Uncle  Charlie  Xeil,"  came  in.  Fie  was 
also  from  \'irginia.  and  also  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  yiv.  Walker.  ^Ir.  Xeil  carried  on  an 
ashery,  and  tauglit  .schn.jl  for  some  ten  years, 
when  he  was  elccled  cunnty  surveyor.  This 
office  was  given  to  him  by  the  pcjple  of  Dela- 
waie  County  from  1842  tu  i8!i4  without  any 
solicitation  on  his  part.  In  the  latter  year, 
unknown  to  him.  he  was  nominated,  and 
afterward,  elected  to  the  office  of  county  audi- 
tor, which  office  he  held  for  two  terms.  Dur- 
ing his  second  term  as  auchtor  he  was  elected 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Delaware  by  an  over- 
whelming majority.  A  short  lime  after  the 
settlement  of  the  Thuistons,  I'alons  and  others 
already  mentioned,  klugh  Cunningham  came 
from  Pennsylvania  and  located  on  what  was 
later  known  as  the  Hann  farm.  In  1827 
Flugh  Lee  located  in  Brown  Township,  on 
what  -vvas  then  callvd  the  Peter  Baker  faiin. 
He  was  a  branch  of  the  illustrious  Lee  family. 
His  son  John  Calvin  Lee  .  was  born  on  this 
place,  rose  to  the  rank  of  brigadier-general 
during  the  civil  war,  and  after  its  close,  was 
twice  elevated  to  the  position  of  lieutenant 
governor  of  the  State,  on  the  same  ticket  that 
made  Rutherford  B.  Hayes  governor.  Dr. 
Lyman  Potter,  a  native  of  X'ew-  York,  settlc'I 
in  Peru  Township  in  1.S21,  and  in  1844  mo\-ed 
into  Brown.  When  soi-newhat  advanced  in 
life,  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  w-ith  old 
Dr.  Carney,  of  Berkshire,  one  of  the  early 
practitioners  of  the  county.  After  practicing 
some  years.  Dr.  Potter  attended  lectures  at 
the  Starling  Medical  College,   from  which  he 


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HISTORY  OF  DELAWARE  COUNTY 


graduated  in  1850.  He  then  returned  to  his 
old  location,  the  vilhige  ot  Eden,  and  cintin- 
ued  practice  some  years,  later  retiring'  to  a 
farm,  and  giving  up  his  practice  except  in  the 
immediate  neighborhood.  Israel  Potter,  a 
brother  of  the  Doctor,  settled  in  the  same 
neighborhood  and  at  the  same  time. 

The  first  marriage  in  this  pioneer  settle- 
ment occurred  in,  iSiS,  when  a  daugliter  of 
Daniel  'J'burston  was  united  to  Israel  \A'ood. 
He  had  emigrated  from  the  old  home  of  the 
Thurstons  in  New  York.  The  tirst  death  was 
that  of  the  infant  child  of  James  Longwell 
in  i8j8,  and  was  the  tirst  burial  in  the  old 
graveyard  just  north  of  Eden  village.  The 
law  had  its  first  representative  in  Daniel 
Thurston,  who  was  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace 
in  182 1,  an  office  he  held  three  years.  Old  Dr. 
Carney,  of  pjcrkshire,  was  the  first  practicing 
physician.  From  1817  to  1842,  he  and  Dr. 
Ffjofbourrow  were  the  doctors  f<:>r  this  section. 
The  County  Infirmary  is  located  in  this  town- 
slnj).  Its  history  will  be  found  in  the  chapter 
devoted  to  the  institutiMUS  of  the  county.  The 
first  railroad  built  through  Delaware  County 
passed  ihr.Hi-h  the  western  part  of  this  town- 
ship. It  i^  now  a  part  of  the' "Big  Four"'  sys- 
tem. Leonardsburg,  or  Eden  station,  is  the 
principal  shipping  point,  and  is  located  near 
the  north  line,  six  miles  from  Delaware.  It 
was  laid  out  by  S.  G.  Caulkins  in  1S52,  and 
was  called  Leonard.sburg  lor  A.  Leonard,  the 
first  merchant. 

The  village  of  Eden  was  surveyed  and  laid 
out  by  Isaac  Eaton,  for  the  proprietors,  Daniel 
G.  Thurston  and  Isaac  Leonard,  who  owned 
the  land.  The  location  chosen  at  the  crossing 
of  the  mad  running  east  and  west,  and  the  one 
running  north,  and  south  along  the  Creek,  as 
an  eligible  site  for  a  prosperous  village.  The 
first-  house  in  the  village  was  a  log  cabin  built 
by  John  Finley;  the  first  frame  dwelling  was 
put  up  by  ^Vi!liam  Williams  soon  after  his 
remo\al  to  the  neighborhood.  Joseph  Leonard 
was  the  first  merchant.  He  had  the  trade  all 
to  himself  until  1S3S,  when  Williams  &  Loof- 
bourrow  opened  a  store,  and  thus  created  com- 
petition. About  1829  or  1830,  a  blacksmith- 
shop  was  opened  by  C.  Thrall.     In  1S3S,  the 


Government  commissioned  C.  M.  Thrall  the 
first  postmaster  at  the  village  of  FAqu,  and 
called  the  office  Kilbourn.  A  little  later  a 
tavern  was  opened  by  Seymour  Scott,  the  first 
in  the  place.  The  town  hall  was  built  by  sub- 
scription, and  is  used  for  all  public  ineetings. 

The  public  officials  for  IJrown  Township 
for  the  year  1908,  as  reported  to  the  county 
auditor,  are  as  follows: 

Hein-y  R.  Snn'th  and  John  Reed,  justices 
of  the  peace;  Henry  Kunzc,  S.  T.  Sheets,  and 
J.  A.  Waldron,  trustees;  Charles  Leonard, 
clerk;  F.  A.  Stickney,  treasurer;  F'rank  Hein- 
len,  assessor:  F.  E.  i\Iayfield  and  Harry 
Hancy,  constables. 

CONCORD  TOWNSHIP. 

Lying  in  the  southwest  corner  of  De{av,are 
County,  Concord  is  one  of  tlie  county's  most 
interesting  townships  in  point  of  historical 
heppenings  and  incidents  of  pioneer  life.  The 
derivation  of  its  name  is  unknown,  but  the 
popular  belief  exists  that  it  was  named  from 
the  town  of  Concord,  Massachusetts,,  of  Revo- 
lutionary fame.  Delaware  was  set  off  froin 
Franklin  County  in  1808,  and  three  townships 
establish.ed  in  the  new  county,  oi  which  Lib- 
erty was  made  to  include  what  is  now 
Concord.  When  En  ion  I'ownship  was  created 
June  16,  1S09.  it  included  that  part  of  Concord 
lying  west  of  the  Scioto  River.  April  20, 
]8i9,  Concord  Township  came  into  being,  its 
boundaries  being  fixed  in  the  following  man- 
ner :  "Beginning  at  the  "county  line  between 
FTanklin  and  Delaware  Counties,  on  the  east 
bank  of  the  Scioto  River,  and  runinng  up  the 
river  to  where  the  range  line  between  19  and 
20  strikes  the  river;  thence  north  on  said  range 
line  to  the  southeast  corner  of  fourth  quarter, 
fifdi  township,  and  twentieth  range;  thence 
west  to  the  Scioto  River,  thence  up  said  ri\-er 
to  where  the  State  Road  from  Delaware  to 
Derby  crosses  the  same :  thence  westward 
along  the  south  line  of  said  road  until  it  strikes 
the  westerly  line  of  survey,  and  extra  No. 
2.994;  thence  .southwardly  on  said  line  and  on 
the'  west  line  of  survey  Nos.  2,993,  2,989, 
2,998,    3.006.    3.005    and    2,991,    to    Franklin 


ili.  1    ,.) 


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I  County  line;  thence  east  to  the  place  of  bc- 
i  ginning-.'"  Very  irrcguhir  in  outline,  it  was 
'  taken  from  and  added  to  so  frequently  in  early 
days,  it  became  a  matter  of  jest  as  to  whether 
th.'.'jse  who  resitled  near  the  border,  would 
auahen  in  the  morning-  in  the  same  township 
in  which,  they  had  sough  reji'i^e  tlie  night  be- 
fore. -  About  iK_t2,  Scioto  Ti  v,:"! Jii;.  was  al- 
lowed one  schoii!  district  fmni  that  jiirtion  of 
Concord  lying  east  of  Scioto  River,  extending 
north,  tietwecu  the  river  and  Delaware  Town- 
ship, Lu  tilt  south  line  of  Radnor.  A  few  years 
later,  on  petition  of  the  VLiters  affected  a 
school  district  was  added  from  die  srnithwest 
parr  of  Dela-\vare  Township,  for  political 
reasons,  it  i-  tliouglit;  and  still  later  a  small 
triangular  pan  of  the  southwestern  part  of 
I.il)erty  T.  .\\  ;i-,:;!p  was  added,  but  in  a  few 
years  rc-i'M-cd  !.■  tliat  to\\nship.  A  school 
di>tricl  lying  in  die  :)end  of  .Mill  Creek,  in 
the  nortiUi-e^t  part  of  Concord,  was  segre- 
gated and  annexed  to  Scioto.  This  Vi-as  the 
last  I  if  the  many  changes.  Tliat  part  of  the 
townshij.  lying-  west  of  the  Scioto  River_,  or- 
iginally formed  a  part  of  the  old  Virginia 
Military  Rands,  anil  the  farms  were  laid  out 
liy  the  claimants'  surveyors  to  suit  them,  being 
extended  one  direction  to  include  a  desirable 
hvhlding  spot,  an'jther  direction  to  take  in  a 
valuable  spring,  and  so  on  as  their  fancy  led 
them,  without  regard  to  sections  or  section 
lint-.  This  land  was  heavily  timbered  with 
oak,  walnut,  hickory,  sycamore  and  maple,  and 
east  of  th.c  river,  between  Bellepoint  and  Dela- 
w-are  Townsliip.  there  was  a  va.st  swamp,  con- 
siilered  valueless  in  the  early  days.  It  \vas 
many  years  before  ihere  was  a  road  to  Dela- 
ware thrr,ugh  this  swamp,  the  settlers  going  to 
that  city,  c'tlier  by  the  old  pack-horse  trail 
two  miles  south,  or  by  Rigger's  Ford,  where 
the  onered  bridge  on  the  ]Marysville  Pike 
en  ssed  the  Scioto,  and  the  State  I^oad.  After 
the  surrouniiing  forest  had  been  cleared  away 
and  an  effective  system  of  drainage  instituted, 
the  swanij)  land  was  reclaimed  and  became 
very  valuable  as  it  was  exceedingly  fertile. 
Scioto  River,  .Mill  Creek,  Big  Run  and  Deer 
Lick  Run  are  the  streams  of  Concord  Town- 
ship, and  the  first  named,  affording  excellent 


rafting-  in  the  days  before  the  construction  of 
many  dams,  drew  many  of  the  early  residents 
who  were  th.us  placed  within  easy  reach  of 
Columbus  and  other  river  towns.  The  busi- 
ness of  rafting  was  carried  on  extensively, 
trips  down  the  river  being  made,  sometimes, 
as  far  as  the  Ohio  River.  Mill  Creek  excelled 
in  its  water  power,  not  showing  the  effect  of 
the  dry  seasons  as  early  as  did  the  Scioto. 

The  first  white  sett'.ei  of  Concord  was 
George  Hill,  an  old  Re\<.luli<inary  .soldier, 
who,  in  i8ti.  made  his  v.ax  from  Westmore- 
land County.  Pennsylvania,  on  pack  horses, 
and  settled  two  mile-  soni]-,  nf  Bellpoint  on  the 
banks  of  the  river.  He  built  a  log  cabin  on 
die  site  of  the  old  Hill  l]-me.  which  he  built 
of  stone  in  1S23,  and  there  with  his  family 
lived  among  the  Indians,  who  were  his  only 
neighbors  for  a  short  time.  His  brotlier-in- 
law,  Chri^topher  Freshwater,  followed  him 
shortly  to  Delaware  County,  making  the  jour- 
ney from  Pennsylvania.  afot>t.  being  h.'aioi- 
capped  in  his  travel  by  a  gun  and  broad-ax 
which  hr  c.-irricd  on  his  shoulder.  Pie  bought 
fifty  acrts  adjoining  Mr.  Ilili's,  and  for  iriany 
years  followed  his  trade  of  carpentering,  ^iariy 
of  his  descendants  still  reside  in  the  county. 
Joel  :\iarsli,  the  third  settler  in  jioint  of  time, 
located  near  Hill  and  l-resh water,  and  !;is 
marriage  to  a  daughter  of  the  former,  was  the 
first  ill  the  township.  Geoige  Freshwater,  son 
of  Christopher,  was  the  first  Avhite  child  liorn 
there,  and  Mrs.  Plill.  mother  of  George  Hill, 
\ras  the  first  who  died  in  tie  township,  as  well 
as  the  first  buiied  in  Hill  Cemetery.  She  was 
eighty  \-ears  old  when  the  journey  was  made 
fron-i  Pennsylvania,  and  died  in  iSji.  aged 
ninety  years.  John  Day,  Sr.,  a  negro  skive, 
the  property  of  George  Hill,  was  brought  here 
in  iSii  and  immediately  upon  arrival  was 
granted  his  freedom.  After  living  there  some 
years  he  moved  to  Delaware.  .Vmong  others 
of  the  name  linked  with  Concord's  early  his- 
tory, rnay  be  mentioned  those  of  W'i'Ii.ini  Car- 
son, v.-ho  came  in  1821  ;  George  Oiler,  who 
located  on  tlie  east  bank  of  the  Scioto:  Jai-nes 
Koo'k-eii.  the  original  proprietor  of  Bellep.-jint. 
v.ho  had  been  a  man  of  prominence  prior  to 
I   locating  in  Concord   in    1835:  J.   E.   Hughes, 


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