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HARRISON  COUNTY,  OHIO 


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TO  THE  PEOPLE  OF  HARRISON  COUNTY; 


I  oifer  to  you  a  history  of  your  county  and  mine, 
and,  in  doing-  so,  I  do  not  hope  to  present  a  perfect 
picture  of  the  g'rowth  and  developement  of  this  coun- 
ty from  its  birth  in  the  wilderness  to  its  present 
proud  position  anions-  the  rich  and  enlig-htened  coun- 
ties of  the  State  of  Ohio.  I  cannot  hope  to  do  more 
than  rescue  from  oblivion  and  place  in  readable  and 
consecutive  form,  such  facts  that  it  ma}'  contain,  and 
trust  that  some  one  in  the  future  may  more  adequate- 
ly perform  this  task. 

SAMUEL  B.  McGAVRAN,  M.  D. 


OUR   PIONEERS. 

rHK  layinju-  of  the  corner-stone  of  our  new  court 
house,  this  the  17th  day  of  May,  1894,  fur- 
nishes an  auspicious  occasion  for  the  study  of 
events  which  comprise  the  warp  and  woof  of  our  civili- 
/.ation  and  our  prosperity.  The  early  inhabitants 
oF  the  county  were  from  New  Jersey,  Delaware, 
Maryland  and  Pennsylvania.  The}"  were  men  of  in- 
telligence, enliw-htened  jud^"ment,  iron  nerve  and 
indomitable  perseverance. 

At  the  time  of  the  or^-anization  of  our  county  in  1813 
its  limits  were  almost  an  unbroken  wilderness.  The 
wolf,  bear  and  deer  roamed  at  large.  The  forest 
was  here  in  all  its  native  majesty  and  beauty. 
Here  in  this  wilderness  home  our  pioneer  fathers  lo- 
cated. Their  history  might  be  told  in  a  few  words, 
they  built  a  log-  cabin — they  went  to  work  with  ax 
in  hand,  prepared  to  level  to  the  earth  the  stout  mon- 
arch of  the  forest,  and  make  for  themselves  and  fami- 
lies permanent  homes,  and  thereby"  establish  upon  a 
new  and  virgin  soil  the  securities  and  blessings  of  a 
civilization  from  which  they  had  been  voluntarily  di- 
xorced.  The  life  of  a  pioneer  was  a  continued  war 
fare  with  wild  and  uncultivated  nature.  There  was  no 
hardship  they  were  not  willing  to  endure,  no  sacrifi- 
ces they  w^ere  not  ready  to  incur.  None  can  tell 
what  has  been  endured,  nor  how  much  expended  to 
convert  the  deep  sounding   forests  into   our  present 


Of  Harrison   County,    Ohio.  5 

fertile  fields.  The  early  settlers  of  our  county  were 
precursors  of  a  mijjfhty  race,  continually  strug-g-ling-  for 
better  conditions,  and  in  their  pursuit  of  lands  and 
wealth  and  happiness,  they  soug"ht  protection  in  the 
establishment  of  g-ood  g-overnment  —  g-overnment 
which  should  gfuarantee  liberty  to  all  alike  in  civic  af- 
fairs, and  uniformity  of  rig^hts  in  matters  of  relig"ion. 
The  history  of  our  people  is  not  that  of  conquests  of 
war,  but  the  victories  of  peace. 

ORGANIZATION    OF    COUNTY. 

The  act  establishing-  the  county  of  Harrison  passed 
the  legfislature  January  2d,  1813,  to  take  effect  Jan- 
uary 1st,  1814.  On  January  12th  the  legfislature 
amended  the  act  making*  it  take  effect  Februar}-  1st, 
1813.  On  January  14th,  1813,  the  legfislature  passed 
a  resolution  appointing-  three  commissioners  to  locate 
the  county  seat  for  Harrison  county.  On  April  15th, 
1813,  Jacob  Myers,  Joseph  Richardson  and  Robert 
Speer,  as  commissioners  named  in  the  resolution  of 
January  14th,  1813,  to  locate  a  seat  of  justice  for 
Harrison  county,  made  a  report  to  the  common  pleas 
court  of  Jefferson  county,  fixing-  Cadiz  as  the  seat  of 
justice  for  said  county. 

JAIL. 

At  a  meeting-  of  the  commissioners  on  the  12th  of 
April  1813,  they  contracted  with  Joseph  Harris  for 
his  Sto)ic  Smoke  House  for  a  J(iil,  and  employed 
Charles  Chapman  to  make  the  necessary  repairs. 
The  commissioners  at  their  meeting-  August  3d,  1813, 
entered  into  a  contract  with  George  Mires,  he  being- 
the  lowest  bidder,  to  build  a  wooden  jail  for  the  sum 
of  one  thousand  four  hundred  and  eig-hty-five  dollars. 
Built  of  sound  oak  logfs  well  hewn.  September  25th, 
1837,  the  commissioners  decided  to  build  a  second  jail 
and  awarded  the  contract  to  Jos.  Divine  and  James 


6  A   Brief  History 

Crossen,  for  eio'ht  thousand  two  hundred  and 
forty-nine  dollars.  March  6th,  1873,  the  commis- 
sioners contracted  the  building-  of  the  third  jail  for  the 
sum  of  $14,674.  It  was  built  of  stone,  slate  roof 
with  eig-ht  iron  cells.  It  was  a  very  suitable  build- 
ing. On  June  5th,  1893,  the  roof  was  entirely  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  and  the  walls  more  or  less  damaged. 
The  stones  were  sold  to  the  contractor  of  the  new 
court  house.  At  this  time  we  have  no  jail,  our  pris- 
oners are  kept  in  the  town  lock-up. 

FIRST  COURTS. 
The  first  courts  of  Harrison  county  were  held  at 
the  houses  of  Thos.  Stokes  and  Wm.  Grimes.  Per- 
manent arrangements  were  made  at  a  meeting  of  the 
commissioners  held  April  12,  1813,  when  they  enter- 
ed into  an  article  of  agreement  with  the  trustees  of 
the  Associate  Reform  Congregation  in  Cadiz,  for  the 
use  of  a  meeting  house  belonging  to  said  society  for 
the  term  of  three  years,  for  the  purpose  of  holding" 
judicial  courts  in  and  for  said  county.  At  a  meeting 
of  the  commissioners  held  October  24,  1815,  this 
article  of  agreement  was  renewed  with  John  McFad- 
den  and  John  Jamison,  trustees,  for  the  use  of  the 
meeting  house  for  the  term  of  three  years,  or  until 
the  court  house  for  said  county  shall  be  finished.  The 
first  term  of  court  was  held  in  the  house  of  Thomas 
Stokes,  the  3d  day  of  May,  1813.  This  was  a  special 
court  and  not  much  business  transacted.  The  sec- 
ond term  of  court  was  held  Aug-ust  24,  25  and  26. 
Judges,  Hon.  Benjamin  Ruggles,  President,  and 
James  Roberts,  Samuel  Boyd  and  Ephraim  Seers. 
Esquires,  Associate  Judges  in  said  county  of  Harri- 
son. The  court  appointed  Walter  B.  Beebe  prosecu- 
ting attorney  for  the  State  of  Ohio  in  Harrison 
county.  The  court  also  ordered  that  Walter  B. 
Beebe     be     allowed      the      sum      of     S33.331       for 


Of  Harris())i    Coioi/y,    Ohio.  7 

his  services  as  prosecutor  for  the  said  Aug"ust 
term.  The  following-  grand  jurors  appeared: 
Andrew  McNeely,  foreman;  William  Smith,  Tachery 
Baker,  William  Mercer,  William  Hamilton,  Samuel 
Gilmore,  William  Moore,  Thomas  Hitchcock,  John 
McConnell,  William  Conwell,  Richard  McKibben, 
and  John  Tag-g^art.  On  motion  of  Mr.  Beebe, 
who  produced  to  the  court  the  credentials  of  William 
Knox,  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
satisfying-  the  court  that  the  said  William  has  been 
reg-ularly  ordained  as  minister  in  said  church  accord- 
ing- to  the  usages  thereof,  the  said  William  Knox  was 
licensed  to  solemnize  marriag-es  in  the  State  so 
long-  as  he,  the  said  William,  continues  a  reg-ular 
minister  in  said  church.  The  court  ordered  a  license 
to  be  g-ranted  to  John  Adams,  to  keep  a  tavern  at  his 
place  of  residence  in  Notting-ham  township,  for  one 
year;  also  to  William  Grimes,  Mr.  Middie,  Mr.  Niel 
and  Mr.  Maholm,  to  keep  a  tavern  in  Cadiz. 

The  first  jury  drawn  and  empanelled  were: 
John  Paxton,  Samuel  Osburn,  Jonathan  Seers,  Robt. 
Croskey,  Samuel  Dunlap,  James  McMillen,  Samuel 
Huff,  David  Barrett,  John  Clark,  Andrew  Richey, 
James  Porter  and  Benjamin  Johnson.  The  g-rand 
jury  returned  one  indictment  for  larceny,  four  for 
riot,  and  seven  for  assault  and  battery. 
FIRST    COURT    HOUSE. 

At  a  meeting-  of  the  commissioners  July  b,  1815, 
they  g-a-ve  public  notice  that  on  the  first  Monday  of 
September  next,  they  would  offer  at  public  sale  the 
erection  of  a  brick  court  house,  for  the  use  of  said 
county.  On  the  10th  of  Augfust,  1815,  the  commis- 
sioners fixed  the  spot  of  g-round  on  which  the  court 
house  for  the  use  of  said  county  is  to  be  built  and 
caused  the  same  to  be  surveyed  off  from  the  public 
g-round  in  the  town  of  Cadiz.     On  September  4,  1815 


8  A   Brief  History 

the  commissioners  exposed  at  public  sale  the  build- 
ing- of  a  brick  court  house,  forty-two  feet  square, 
which  was  knocked  off  to  one  John  McCurdy,  he 
being-  the  lowest  bidder,  for  the  sum  of  five 
thousand  six  hundred  and  ninety-five  dollars.  This 
court  house  was  to  be  finished  bv  the  first  of  April 
1819. 

On  the  24th  of  July,  1827,  the  contract  was  g-iven  to 
John  Olmstead  to  build  the  county  offices,  for  the 
sum  of  SI, 299.  The  bell  for  the  court  house  was 
furnished  by  Daniel  Kilg-ore,  June  6,  1829.  This 
court  house  remained  the  seat  of  justice  for  seventy- 
four  years,  and  during-  all  this  time  was  used  for 
many  purposes  other  than  those  of  justice.  Meet- 
ing-s  of  all  kinds  touching-  the  public  interests  were 
held  within  its  walls. 

County  officials  of  1813:  Auditor,  Walter  B. 
Beebe;  Treasurer,  Samuel  Osburn;  Clerk  of  Courts, 
William  Ting-ley;  Prosecuting-  Attorney,  Walter  B. 
Beebe;  Sheriff,  Elescondo  Henderson;  County  Re- 
corder, William  Ting-ley;  Coroner,  Charles  Chap- 
man; County  Commissioners,  John  Pug-h,  James  Co- 
bean,  Eleazer  Hoff. 

County  officials  of  1894:  Auditor,  H.  (i.  Forker: 
Treasurer,  N.  E.  Clendennin;  Clerk  of  Courts,  M. 
J.  McCoy;  Prosecuting- Attorney,  William  T.  Perry: 
Sheriff,  D.  P.  Host;  Countv  Recorder,  Thomas  Ar- 
baugfh;  Coroner,  S.  H.  Kent,  D.  V.  S.;  County  Com- 
missioners, Thomas  Ryder,  William  C.  Adams. 
John  W.  Spiker. 

SECOND   COURT   HOUSE. 

On  the  21st  of  January,  1893,  a  meeting-  was  held 
in  the  Auditor's  office  to  take  action,  by  which  the 
matter  of  the  erection  of  a  new  court  house  as  a  neces- 
sity to  the  count}'"  should  be  put  in  motion.      At    this 


Of  Harrison   Coiofly,    U/iio.  9 

meeting-  Col.  John  S.  Pearce  was  appointed  to  pre-  ' 
pare  a  memorial  to  the  legislature,  setting-  forth  the 
need  of  a  new  court  house.  Maj.  Cunning-ham  and 
S.  B.  McGavran  to  draft  a  bill  to  be  submitted  to 
the  leg"islature,  for  .its  approval,  authorizing-  the 
county  commissioners  to  issue  bonds  in  the  amount 
not  exceeding-  S100,000  with  which  to  build  a  new 
court  house  in  Cadiz.  The  memorial  and  bill  were 
duly  forwarded  to  our  Representative,  Hon.  R. 
(t,  Kean.  The  following-  is  the  copy  of  the  memo- 
rial as  prepared  b^^  Col.   Pearce: 

TO  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  OHIO: 

We,  the  undersig-ned  citizens  of  Harrison  county, 
do  herebv  respectfully  petition  \'our  honorable  body 
to  enact  a  law  authorizing- and  requiring-  the  com- 
missioners of  said  county,  to  build  a  new  court  house 
at  Cadiz,  the  present  countv  seat,  of  sufficient  size 
to  contain  suitable  rooms  for  the  holding-  of  the  sev- 
eral courts  for  said  county,  including-  that  of  the  pro- 
bate court  and  all  the  count}' offices,  not  to  exceed, 
however,  in  price,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  and  we  state  the  following-  reasons  therefor: 

First:  The  present  court  house  and  the  other 
County  building-s  which  are  outside  of  it,  are  all  old 
and  in  a  dilapidated  condition,  having-  been  built  in 
the  year  181b,  and  are  now  too  small  and  crowded  for 
the  proper  and  safe  keeping-  of  their  records  and  of- 
fice papers,  and  the  convenient  transaction  of  busi- 
ness therein,  and  especially  have  they  become  very 
unsafe  places  for  the  keeping-  of  such  records  and 
papers.  The  court  house  is  so  constructed  that  it 
is  almost  impossible,  especially  during- sessions  of  the 
g-rand  jury,  to  hold  court  therein,  on  account  of  the 
confusion  created  thereb}',  the  grand  jury  ard  -ts 
witnesses   havino-   no  other  mtans   of     acct^^s  lo  tht 


10  A   Brief  History 

jury  room  than  by  a  stairway  in  said  court  room 
and  owing-  to  the  construction  of  the  building-  this 
cannot  be  remedied,  and  has  always  existed. 

Second :  The  office  of  the  Probate  Judgfe  is  in  the 
rooms  over  the  fire  eng-ine  house,  formerly  the  old 
market  house,  and  is  (if  possible)  in  a  worse  condition 
for  the  want  of  capacity,  and  convenience  for  the 
transaction  of  its  business  and  safety  of  its  records, 
than  any  of  the  other  offices.  This  room  is  not  only 
a  very  unsafe  place,  for  the  records  and  papers  of 
such  office,  the  destruction  of  which,  by  fire,  would 
cost  the  county  more  than  would  the  building-  of  a 
new  court  house,  but  it  is  also  difficult  and  dang"er- 
ous  of  access,  especially  so,  for  aged  and  infirm  per- 
sons. The  truth  is,  not  one  of  the  county  building-s 
is  a  safe  place  for  the  keeping-  of  its  records  and 
office  papers,  the  destruction  of  which  in  any  of  them, 
by  fire,  would  be  an  irreparable  and  incalculable  loss 
to  the  county. 

Third:  A  new  court  house  containing-  all  the 
county  offices  and  court  rooms,  would  not  only  be  a 
great  convenience  to  those  having-  business  to  trans- 
act with  them,  but  would  be  economy  in  the  end  in 
the  expenditure  of  the  public  money,  in  providing- 
places  of  safety  for  the  public  records  and  papers, 
and  convenient  transaction  of  business  therein. 

The  foreg-oing-  are  some  of  the  facts  upon  which 
we  base  this  application  for  a  new  court  house,  others 
mig-ht  be  g'iven,  but  we  deem  it  unnecessary  to  do  so; 
those  given  being-  sufficient  in  our  judg-ment  to  justi- 
fy this  petition  and  its  prayers.  Should  there  be 
any  question  made  as  to  the  correctness  of  the  above 
statements  of  facts  we  would  respectfully  ask  that 
your  honorable  body  appoint  a  suitable  committee  to 
make  a  personal  examination  of  them  for  itself. 


Of  Harn'so)i   County,    Ohio.  11 

The  following-  is  the  copy  of  the  bill  as  prepared 
by  Major  Cunninofham: 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  the  State  of  Ohio:  That  the  commissioners  of 
Harrison  county,  Ohio,  are  hereby  authorized  and  re- 
quired to  construct,  without  unnecessary  delay,  a 
court  house  on  the  public  square  at  the  county  seat 
of  said  county,  at  a  cost  not  to  exceed  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars.  For  the  construction  of  such 
building,  bids  are  to  be  received  as  provided  by  law; 
but  no  bid  shall  be  entertained  by  said  commissioners 
that  shall  exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  as  herein  authorized  for  the  completion  of  the 
entire  building. 

Section  2.  That  the  county  commissioners  of  said 
county,  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  said  court 
house,  are  hereby  authorized  to  borrow  such  sums  of 
money  as  may  be  necessary,  at  a  rate  not  exceeding 
six  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  issue  the  bonds  of  said 
county  to  secure  the  payment  of  principal  and  inter- 
est thereon;  such  interest  shall  be  paid  semi-annually 
at  the  office  of  the  county  treasurer.  Said  bonds 
shall  be  issued  and  sold  in  all  respects  in  pursuance 
of  existing  law  at  not  less  than  their  face  value,  and 
the  principal  shall  be  paid  at  the  said  county  treas- 
urer's office  at  such  times  as  the  commissioners  shall 
prescribe,  not  exceeding  nine  years  after  date,  and 
said  bonds  shall  specify  the  object  for  which  they 
were  issued.  The  commissioners  shall,  annually,  at 
their  June  session,  levy  such  amount  of  taxes  as 
will  fully  meet  the  interest  on  such  indebtedness  and 
at  least  one-ninth  of  the  principal. 

Section  j.  This  act  shall  take  eflFect  and  be  in 
force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

The  bill  was  introduced  in  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives January  27th  by  Hon.  R.  G.  Kean,  and  read 


12  A   Brie/  History 

the  second  time  January  30th,  and  referred  to  chj 
committee  on  count}'  affairs.  Mr,  Kean  announce  1 
that  the  bill  would  not  be  hurried  through,  but  that 
sufficient  time  would  be  g^iven  to  discuss  the  claims 
for  the  new  court  house  as  set  up  in  the  memorial  of 
Col.  Pearce.  The  opposition  to  the  bill  became  so 
formidable  that  the  committee  of  county  affairs  came 
to  Cadiz  on  Friday,  the  17th  day  of  February.  1893. 
After  the  committee  in  this  manner  investigated  the 
necessity  for  a  new  court  house  for  themselves,  they 
reported  favorable,  and  the  bill  passed  the  House 
February  28,  1S93,  without  a  dissenting  vote. 

A  like  committee  of  the  Senate  visited. Cadiz, 
March  17.  1893,  and  after  a  complete  examination  of 
our  old  buildings  and  hearing  arguments  on  both 
sides,  the  bill  was  recommended  favorablv  and  passed 
March  22,  1893. 

A  supplementary  act  "passed  the  House  April  13, 
1893,  autiorizing  the  Judge  of  Common  Pleas  Court 
to  appoint  a  building  committee.  The  Court  ap- 
pointed David  Cunning-ham,  William  H.  Arnold,  A. 
O.  Barnes  and  W.  A.  Holmes. 

The  building  committee,  with  the  count}'  commis- 
sioners, W.  C.  Adams,  Thos.  H.  Ryder  and  John  W. 
Spiker,  employed  Yost  and  Packard,  of  Columbus, 
Ohio,  as  architects.  The  plans  and  specifications 
were  carefulh'  prepared,  and  the  building  of  the 
court  house  was  awarded  to  E.  M.  Long,  of  Bow- 
erston,  August  12,  1893,  the  contract  price  beinii" 
S86,985. 

THE   DESCRIPTION   OF    THE    NEW  COURT    HOUSE. 

The  building  will  be  in  round  numbers  100  feet 
square.  No.  1  Berea  stone  for  body  and«Oolitic  lime 
stone  for  trimmings.  The  Berea  stone  comes  from 
the  Cleveland  Stone  Company,   of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 


14  A   Brief  History 

The  lime  stone  from  the  Oolite  Quarry  Company,  of 
Spencer,  Indiana.  The  basement,  which  is  all  above 
the  g-rade  line,  will  contain  a  larg-e  public  hall,  with 
a  committee  room  attached;  two  large  rooms  suitable 
for  the  post-office  or  the  public  library;  one  largfe 
office,  lavatory,  heating-  room,  fuel  room,  etc. ;  the 
Smead  system  of  dry  closets;  wide  windows,  tile 
floors,  making-  every  part  of  basement  easy  of  access. 
On  the  first  floor  will  be  found  the  Auditor's  office, 
with  book  room,  and  a  door  opening-  into  the  Com- 
missioner's office.  Opposite  the  Auditor's  office  will 
be  the  Treasurer's  office  and  the  Surveyor's  office. 
In  the  rear  of  the  first  floor  will  be  found  the  Re- 
corder's office,  the  Probate  Court  and  the  Prosecut- 
ing- Attorney's  office.  Wide  corridors  leading-  to  the 
rotunda,  make  every  part  of  the  floor  easy  of  access. 

The  floors  in  the  corridors  and  outside  the  railing's, 
will  be  of  tile,  all  other  floors  of  oak  laid  on  concrete. 

On  the  second  floor  there  will  be  the  Court  Room, 
with  the  ceiling-  of  ornamented  leaded  gflass,  with  a 
sky-lig-ht  above,  gfuaranteeing-  a  gfood  lig-ht  and  a 
pleasant  room.  In  connection,  and  conveniently  lo- 
cated, will  be  rooms  for  male  and  female  witnesses, 
the  Judg-e's  room,  offices  of  the  Clerk  and  Sheriff, 
Grand  Jury  room,  Petit  Jury  room,  and  Library. 

The  building-  will  be  heated  by  hot  water,  wired 
for  electric  lig-hts,  and  plumbed  for  g-as  and  water. 

The  entire  building-  will  be  made  as  near  fire-proof 
as  possible.  All  the  floors,  beams,  ceiling-s,  and  roof 
construction  will  be  of  iron.  A  tower  112  feet  higfh 
will  ornament  the  building-,  in  which  will  be  a  town 
clock  and  on  it  a  fig-ure  of  Justice. 

The  following-  are  the  names  of  the  Presiding-  and 
Associate  Judg-es  in  Harrison  county  up  to  1852: 


Of  Harrison   CoiDity,    Ohio.  15 

PRESIDENTS. 
Benjamin  Rug-g-les,  Geo.  W.  Belden,  Wm.  Kennon, 
Benj.  S.  Cowan. 

ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 
James  Roberts,  Samuel  Boyd,  Ephraim  Sears, 
Matthew  Simpson,  Alex.  Henderson,  John  McCul- 
loug-h,  John  McCurdy,  Thomas  Bingham,  David 
Campbell,  John  McBean,  Robert  Maxwell,  Joseph 
Hunter,  Alexander  Patterson,  John  Hanna,  Samuel 
Moorehead,  Thomas  Lee,  Jas.  Maxwell,  Wm.  Mc- 
Farland,  Wm.  Boggs. 

I  herewith  submit  a  complete  list  of  the  county 
officials  and  members  of  the  State  Legislature  from 
the  organization  of  the  county  down  to  the  present 
time. 

STATE   SENATORS. 

John  McLaughlin  John  Dunlap,  Samuel  G.  Ber- 
ry hill,  Matthexj  Simpson.^^  James  Roberts,  Daniel 
Kilg-ore,  Joseph  Holmes,  Thomas  C.  Vincent,  John 
Brady,  Chaiincey  Dexvcy,  Robert  H.  Miller,  John 
Hastings,  Pinckney  Lew^is,  Samuel  G.  Peppard, 
David  Allen,  Charles  War/el,  Isaac  HoUoway,  Afar- 
shall  Ale  Call,  Isaac  Welch,  Joh)i  C.  Jamison,  Henry 
West,  James  B.  Jamison,  Sani  I  Knox,  David  Wag- 
ener,  D.  A.  Hollingsxvorth,  Solomon  Hogue,  George 
W.  Glover,  Chas.  N.  Snyder,  J.  W.  Nichols,  Charles 
Af.  Hog-g-. 

REPRESENTATIVES. 

Stephen  Ford,  Robt.  Patterson,  Andrew  McNeely, 
James  Willson,  Thomas  Elliott,  James  Moores, 
William  Moore,  John  Patterson,  Ephraim  Sears, 
William  Willy,  Walter  B.  Beebe,  Joseph  Rea,  Saml. 
W.  Bostwick,  John  Gruber,  Josiah  Scott,  William 
McFarland,  Jacob  Lemmon,  Samuel  A.  Russell,  Wm. 

*     Were  residents  of  the  County. 


16  A    Brief  Hislory 

Hammond,  Marshall  McCall,  Reynolds  K.  Price, 
Kphraim  Clark,  James  Day,  William  H.  McGavran. 
John  Latham,  Smith  R.  Watson,  Ing^ram  Clark. 
Le^vis  Lewton,  Anderson  P.  Lacey,  David  Cun- 
ning-ham,  Samuel  Herron,  A.  C.  Nixon,  Jesse  For- 
sythe,  Oliver  G.  Cope,  Samuel  B.  McGavran,  Jas- 
per N.  Lantz,  Geo.  M.  Patton,  Wesley  B.  Hearn. 
Robert  G.  Kean,  Samuel  K.  McLaug-hlin. 

PROBATE   JUDGES. 
Brice  W.  Viers,  Allen  C.  Turner,  Kmon  Lemmon, 
E.  B.  McNamee. 

AUDITORS. 

The  first  Auditor  for  Clerk  of  the  Commissioners 
as  the  office  was  then  called)  was  Walter  B.  Beebe, 
who  held  the  position  until  Nov.  4,  1816,  and  Lared 
Stinson  was  appointed,  and  after  that  J.  S.  Hanna. 
Subsequently  the  Auditors  have  been: 

Joseph  Herris,  Joseph  Meek,  James  Miller,  Chas. 
Patterson,  Z.  Ba^dess,  J.  Sharp,  R.  Edney,  R.  K. 
Price,  John  Sloan,  Wm.  S.  Gramfell,  S.  W.  Kinsev, 
Samuel  Knox,  W.  H.  McCoy,  R.  A.  McCormick. 
W.  O.  Potts,  T.  W.  Giles,  J.  M.  Scott.  Henry 
Spence,  Geo.  A.  Crew,  H.  G.  Forker. 
TREASURERS. 

Samuel  Osburn.  J.  S.  Lacey,  Samuel  McCormick. 
James  McNutt,  Wm.  Millig-an,  Zephem.iah  Bayless. 
Ralph  Barcroft,  David  Hilbert,  John  Russell,  Thos. 
Richey,  Frank  Grace,  W.  S.  Poulson,  Elias  Foust, 
Geo.  A.  Haverfield,  H.  L.  Thompson,  N.  B.  Pumph- 
rey,  A.  J.  Harrison,  S.  A.  Moore,  N.  E.  Clendennin. 
Robert  Stewart. 

PROSECUTING   ATTORNEYS. 

Walter  B.  Beebe,  Josiah  Scott,  Edwin  M.  Stanton. 
S.  W.  Bostwick,   Thos.  L.  Jewett,   S.  G.  Peppard. 


Of  Harrison   Cou)il\\    Ohio.  17 

A.  C.  Turner.  Lewis  Lewton,  Jesse  H.  McMath. 
Amon  Lemmon,  W.  P.  Haves,  David  Cunnino-ham, 
John  S.  Pearce,  D.  A.  Holling-sworth.  John  C.  Giv- 
en, John  M.  Garvin.  Walter  G.  Shotwell,  William 
T.  Perrv. 

.  COUNTY    CLERKS. 

William  Tincrlev,  Thomas C.  Vincent,  Samuel  M. 
McCormick,  Chas.  Patterson,  T.  C.  Rowels,  R.  M. 
Lvons,  John  Fog-le,  J.  M.  Garvin,  A.  W.  Scott,  E. 
B:  McNamee.  M.  J.  McCoy,  E.  B.  Kirby.  - 

COUNTY    RECORDERS. 

William  Ting-lev,  I.  Harris,  Wm.  Johnson,"  S.  M. 
McCormick,  M.  M.  Sloan,  Wm.  Boyce,  Lancelot 
Hearn,  Wm.  A.  Hern,  Joseph  Rea,  Geo.  Woodburn, 
John  Graybill,  L.  B.  Grimes,  A.  B.  Hines,  Thomas 
Arbaugh. 

SHERIFFS. 

Elescondo  Henderson,  James  Bos  well,  John  Stokes, 
Rezin  Arnold,  Barrick  Dickerson,  John  S.  Lacey, 
Matthew  McCoy,  James  McNut,  William  Millig-aii. 
William  Cadv,  William  Barrett,  David  Hilbert,  Jas. 
Bovd,  Alex.  Barger,  E.  S.  Woodburn,  S.  K.  McGee. 
J.  E.  McPeck,  James  Moore,  S.  S.  Hamill,  Elisha 
Harg-rave,  E.  Howard,  J.  C.  Carver,  J.  C.  Glover. 
A.  Ouig-ley,  D.  P.  Host. 

COMMISSIONERS. 

John  Pug^h,  James  Cobean,  Eleazer  Huff;  Wm, 
Wiley,  Wm.  Phillips,  John  Craig-,  Robert  Maxwell, 
Wm.  Henderson,  Joseph  Holmes,  David  Thompson, 
Thos.  Martin,  Brice  W.  Viers,  John  Caldwell,  Hen- 
ry Ford,  John  Ramag-e.  Samuel  Colvin,  Jesse  Mer- 
rill, John  Sharp,  Andrew  Riche}',  James  P.  Beall, 
Thomas  Day,  John  Downing-,  James  Hog-land,  Sam- 
uel Hitchcock,  Samuel  Richev,  Luther  Rowley,  John 
Carrick,  John  Yost,  Elijah  Carver,  Joseph  Masters, 


18  A    Brief  History 

Jacob  Cramlct,  Jackson  Croskey,  Chas.  Wells,  Jas. 
J.  Billing-sley.  Walter  Craig",  Andrew  Jamison,  Levi 
Snyder,  Wm.  Evans,  James  Patton,  John  Sloan, 
Alex.  Henderson,  John  Latham,  Thos.  McMillen, 
K.  W.  Phillips,  Geo.  Love,  L.  M.  Branson,  Jackson 
Rea,  John  Miller,  M.  B.  Fierbaujj-h,  R.  B.  Moore, 
Andrew  Smith,  John  W.  Spiker,  Wm.  C.  Adams, 
Thos.  H.  Ryder. 

Harrison  county  has  furnished  two  Cong-ressman, 
Daniel  Kilg-ore  and  John  A.  Bing-ham.  Two  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Equalization,  Walter  Jamison, 
and  C.  A.  Skinner.  Members  of  Constitutional 
Conventions,  1850  1851,  Samuel  Moorehead;  1872— 
1873,  William  G.  Waddle. 

The  Cadiz  bar  has  been  honored  by  men  of  talent 
among  the  most  prominent  of  whom   were:      Walter 


<)I>D  (  OUKT  HOTSE,  UriKT  IN   181H;  TORN   DOWN  AlUiTST  1W)3. 


Of  Harriso)i   County,    Ohio.  19 

B.  Beebe,  Edwin  M.  Stanton,  Chauncey  Dewey, 
Stewart  B.  Shotwell,  Samuel  W.  Bostwick,  Samuel 
A.  Russell,  Josiah  Scott,  Joseph  Sharon,  Jesse  H. 
McMath,  Lewis  Lewton,  J.  M.  Estep. 

At  this  time,  May  10,  1894,  the  following-  attor- 
neys are  actively  eng-agfed  in  practicing-  in  Cadiz: — 
David  Cunning-ham,  John  S.  Pearce,  Amon  Lem- 
mon,  David  A.  Holling-sworth,  John  M.  Garvin, 
Walter  G.  Shotwell,  A.  O.  Barnes,  Milton  Tag-g-art, 
James  Moore,  John  Busbv,W.  T,  Perry,  J.  B.Worley, 
P.  W.  Bog-g-s. 

Surveyor  in  1813,  Hug-h  Shotwell.  Surveyor  in 
1894,  Jacob  Jarvis. 


INFIRMARIES. 


THE    FIRST   INFIRMARY. 

At  a  special  meeting-  of  the  commissioners  April 
23,  1825,  they  made  a  contract  wnth  Samuel  Boyd  for 
104  acres  of  land,  (this  farm  is  now^  owmed  by 
Norwood  and  Samuel  Hedgfes,)  for  a  poor  farm  for 
said  county,  and  there  being-  a  house  thereon,  the 
commissioners  appointed  Walter  B.  Beebe,  Thomas 
Lewis,  Jacob  Webb,  Michael  Moore,  Joseph  Johnson, 
John  Hurless,  John  Patterson,  and  Matthew  Simp- 
son, directors  of  the  poor  establishment  in  our  said 
county.  March  20,  1826,  the  directors  of  the  poor 
reported  that  the}^  had  taken  possession  of  the  poor 
house  and  appointed  John  Willson  as  superintendent. 

Number  of  inmates — males  3,  females  1. 

Paid  Supt.  for  keeping-  poor  and  clothing-  same 
$162.17. 


20  A   Brief  History 

Paid  Supt.  for  making  rails  S(>.00. 

Paid  Supt.  for  makinj^  stakes,  SI. 00. 

To  Samuel  Lewis  for  support  of  outdoor  p()orS12. 

ToDr.W.  R.  Slemmons  medical  attendance,  S4.00. 

To  Walter  B.  Beebe,  blank  book,  S2.00. 

SECOND   INFIRMARY. 

On  the  3d  da}^  of  April,  1832,  the  commissioners, 
Thomas  Martin,  David  Thompson  and  John  Cald- 
well, contracted  with  Sheridan  Cox  for  303  acres  of 
land  in  Archer  township  for  $3636,  for  the  poor  farm. 
The  commissioners  trave  Robert  Watson  S240.85 
for  building-  a  poor  house  on  this  farm.  This  farm 
was  sold  to  Matthew  McCo}'.  Georo-e  Cox,  super- 
intendent. 

THIRD    INFIRMARY. 

On  the  1st  day  of  April,  1835,  Henry  Ford,  John 
RamatJfe  and  Samuel  Colvine,  commissioners,  bou^fht 
from  Walter  McClintock,  60  acres  of  land,  also  in 
Archer  township  for  S450  for  a  poor  house  farm. 
This  farm  is  now  owned  by  Benjamin  Reed.  The 
directors  of  the  poor  house  at  this  time  were  Edmund 
Tipton,  Daniel  Welch  and  William  Arnold.  This 
farm  was  sold  Au<jfust  1,  1845,  to  Samuel  Pitten}j;-er 
and  Abraham  Busby.  Supt.  at  this  time  Wm. 
Speer.     Number  of  inmates  9. 

FOURTH    INFIRMARY. 

The  commissioners  on  the  6th  of  June,  1845,  pur- 
chased from  Nathaniel  McFadden,  124  acres  of  land 
for  an  infirmary,  situated  on  the  State  road  leadiny 
from  Cadiz  to  New  Philadelphia,  for  the  sum  of 
S4000.  On  the  6th  of  Au^-ust,  1845,  the  commiss- 
ioners entered  into  an  article  of  ag^reement  with 
Thomas  McCreary  and  Henrv  Boyles  as  principal, 
and  William  Ting-ley,  John  Olmstead  and  Chauncey 


Of  Harn's<))i   Coioity,    Ohio.  21 

Dewey  as  securities,  for  the  buildinjj-  of  the  poor 
house.  The  building  was  74  feet  long  and  40  feet 
wide,  built  of  brick,  two  stories  hig-h,  for  the  sum  of 
S3740. 

This  building;  remained  in  use  until  1884,  when 
the  question  of  building-  a  new  infirmary  was  sub- 
mitted to  a  vote  of  the  people,  and  carried  b}^  a  larg-e 
majoricy.  A  new  building-  was  therefore  erected  in 
1884-5.  It  is  a  handsome  structure,  three  stories 
hig-h.  The  basement  of  stone,  the  balance  brick; 
contains  01  rooms,  and  is  heated  by  hot  air.  The 
official  report,  ending-  September,  18^3,  shows  the 
the  number  of  inmates  48.  The  infirmary  farm  con- 
tains about  400  acres.  Welch  Rog-ers  was  appointed 
superintendent  April  1,  1894.  In  this  institution  the 
benevolent  spirit  of  the  county  finds  its  noblest  ex- 
pression. 


1  N  !■  I  li.Vl  A  i;  V      l>I  K  WTOKS. 


Walter  15.  lieeljc, 
Tlioinas  Lewis 
Mattliew  siin|)soii, 
Mifliael  Mooi-e, 
•lose^jh  Jolin.son, 
John  Ilnrless,    ' 
John  Patterson, 
Jacob  Webb, 
<  haiincy  Oewey, 
Mattliew  McCoy, 
Thomas  Wilson, 
Thomas  Taylor, 
♦  ieorge  Cox. 
Samuel  W.  Bostwick, 
.John  Prichard, 
William  Henderson, 
•Tohn  Patterson, 
Josiah  Scott. 
Daniel  Welsh, 
Kdmiind  Tipton, 
Robert  H.  Miller, 
Wm.  Ai'nold, 
Wm.  Smiley, 
Jacob  Kheam, 
David  Finnieuin, 
.Iact)b  Hootman, 
Daniel  Mcllrevy, 
Henry  Maxwell. 
Samuel  McCormick. 
.Joseph  McCullough, 
-Jacob  Hines. 
AbrabaiH  Busby, 


John  Welch, 
James  Lee, 
Robert  Orr. 
Josiah  Crawford, 
Robert  Ciivin. 
John  Haverlield, 
Samuel  Moorehead, 
Hugh  Ncllravy. 
John  Conaway, 
John  Rogers, 
Samuel  Adams, 
John  C.  Barger. 
Alexander  Haverlield, 
John  Lisle, 
John   Osborn, 
John  X.  Haverlield, 
Wm.  Spiker. 
Henry  Fisher, 
<ieo.  Heberlin, 
James  X.  Adams, 
J.  O.  Kennedy, 
John  Roley, 
Samuel  Dickerson, 
James  .J.  Billingsley. 
\.  A.  Lavvreuce, 
S.  W.  Adams. 
John  McDivitt, 
John  Beadle. 
John  Bardav, 
.Tames  M.  Hines. 
.lohi!  X.  IL'i))));i. 


22 


John  Wilson, 
Samuel  Boyd, 
John  ^mspokei'. 
Georjje  Cox, 
William  Speer, 
.Samuel  Ams))oker, 
Benjamin  Kichej-, 
Samuel  Baker, 
Thomas  Ban-ett, 


A    Brief  History 


SITKKISTKNDKNTS. 


Cialniel  Holland, 
Alexander  Holland, 
K.  McKee, 
James  Keesey, 
John  Robl), 
E.  Z.  Evans, 
Alex.  English, 
Welch  Rogers. 


CHILDREN'S     HOME. 


The  Harrison  County  Children's  Home  is  located 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  county,  one  mile 
southeast  of  the  corporate  limits  of  Cadiz. 

The  farm  consists  of  twenty-five  acres,  with  two 
sprino-s  of  water  on  it,  and  is  pertiaps  one  of  the 
most  favorable  situations  in  the  county. 

The  Home  is  on  the  Cottaofe  plan. 

The  building-s,  except  the  barn,  are  brick,  and 
were  all  made  on  the  g-rounds, — facing-  brick  weie 
hand-pressed. 

The  main  building,  80x46  feet,  is  two  stories  hig-h 
above  a  nine  foot  basement,  and  has  an  eigfht  foot  fin- 
ished attic.  It  has  twenty-three  rooms,  and  all  are 
amph'  larg-e  for  their  several  requirements. 

The  Cottag-e  fronts  the  pike  but  stands  back  fifty 
feet,  is  80x26  feet,  two  stories.  First  floor  contains 
boys'  and  g-irls'  play  rooms,  with  Cottag-e  Matron's 
room  in  center.  On  the  second  floor  are  the  dormi- 
tories and  wardrobes.  These  rooms  can  easily  be 
flooded  with  sunlig-ht  and  air,  which  makes  them 
very  healthy  for  sleeping-  in. 

The  heating-  is  all  done  by  g-rates  and  hall  stoves. 


Of  Harrison   County,  Ohio.  23 

The  water  supply  is  g"ood,  having  two  cisterns  with 
capacity  of  five  hundred  barrels  and  put  into  the 
large  steel  tanks  up  in  the  buildings  by  wind  power. 
The  following  is  the  report  of  the  visiting  com- 
mittee for  the  year  ending  August  23,  1893: 

TO   HIS   HONOR,    JUDGE   MANSFlEIvD: 

There  are  at  this  date  in  the  Home  36  inmates. 
Males  23,  females  13,  Received  since  last  report  31; 
indentured  10;  returned  to  parents  8;  transferred  2. 
We  take  pleasure  in  noting  the  condition  of  this  in- 
stitution. The  buildings  are  large,  nicely  and 
healthfully  arranged,  and  most  beautifully  located. 
Economy,  neatness,  discipline  and  order  characterize 
its  management  by  its  present  very  efficient  superin- 
tendent. 

Great  care  is  being  taken  in  preparing  good  homes 
for  the  children.  We  are  satisfied  there  are  other 
children  in  our  county  who  ought  to  receive  the  ben- 
efit to  be  derived  from  so  efficient  a  home  as  this  is, 
and  are  led  to  believe  the  fault  lies  at  the  door  of  the 
township  trustees. 

We  find  at  the  Home  a  good  daily  school  under  the 
superv'.sion  of  a  competent  teacher,  and  confidently 
believe  that  many  will  go  out  from  this  institution 
both  intellectually  and  morally,  fully  able  to  cope 
with  the  many  who  have  been  more  highly  favored. 
The  institution  as  conducted  is  certainly  a  very  great 
blessing  to  these  poor  unfortunates  who  come  within 
its  influence.  Respectfully  submitted, 

William  Croskey, 
Judith  Johnson, 
Margaret  McCready, 
D.  B.  Welch, 

Committee. 


24  A  Brief  History 

Superintendent,  Capt.  Andrew  Smith.  Trustees 
of  the  Home,  Hon.  James  B.  Jamison.  L.  M.  Bran- 
son, M.  B.  Fierbauofh  and  Edward  Clifford. 


CHURCHES. 


Our  forefathers  were  not  forgfetful  of  their  higher 
christian  duties.  In  r.iany  instances  with  the  smoke 
that  curled  in  currents  from  the  chimneys  of  their 
log"  cabins  ascended  the  incense  of  prayer.  The  rude 
primeval  hut,  instead  of  beino-  the  abode  of  the  little 
famil}'  cluster  alone,  became  a  temple  of  worship. 
Our  first  churches — Dr.  Crawford  in  his  historical 
address,  says  that  the  Rankin  Methodist  church  was 
oro-anized  in  David  Rankin's  log-  cabin  1814.  It  is 
said  the  first  prayer  meetino-  held  in  this  county  was 
at  Buskirk's  log  cabin  and  from  it  arose  the  Dicker- 
son  Methodist  church.  The  first  sermon  ever  preach- 
ed in  Cadiz  was  b}*  the  Rev.  John  Rea,  Presbyterian 
minister  1804,  at  the  base  of  a  larg"e  walnut  tree 
that  stood  south  of  the  court  house  site. 

We  have  in  Harrison  county  according*  to  the  cen- 
sus report  of  Samuel  G.  Peppard  for  the  year  ending- 
ISW,  twelve  distinct  religious  denominations. 

The  number  of  Sabbath  School  scholars,  commu- 
nicants enrolled,  also  \^luation  and  seating"  capacity 
are  as  follows: 


Of  Harrison   County,    Ohio.  25 

CHl'KCHES.  S.  S.  S.  MEMBERS.  VALVE.  SEATS. 

Friends 3  95  333                 %    3,800  815 

A.  M.  E.  Church..2  42  160  3,000  500 

United  Brethren5  300  442  7,720  1,700 

Presbyterian 13  1178  1747  55,500  4,950 

Uniteci  Pres (i  369  507             .         28,300  2,200 

Adventists 1  14  5(10  120 

Meth.  Protesta't.l  60  300  400 

German  Reform.l  132  62  1,500  400 

Meth.Episcopal34  3.S32  3:»5  89,600  10,850 

Lutheran 2  150  181  4,000  S50 

Baptist: 3  209  100  2,2.50  500 

Disciples.... 4  213  244  3,750  1,250    .  _ 

Union  S.S.'s. 13  550 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  we  have  in  the  county  90 
places  of  public  worship;  number  of  Sunday  school 
scholars  6,570  and  7, 133  church  members.  The  total 
value  of  church  property  is  $200,820,  with  a  seating 
capacity  for  24,235  persons,  enough  to  seat  every 
man,  woman  and  child  in  the  county.  Value  of  par- 
sonages $21,000. 


SCHOOIyS    AND    COLLEGES. 


We  trust  we  will  not  be  considered  as  dealing  in 
extravagant  assertions  when  we  say  that  the  cause 
of  education  in  Harrison  county  is  perhaps  as  far 
advanced  as  any  other  county  in  the  State,  and  that 
in  its  progress  and  development,  it  can  challenge  com- 
parison with  the  foremost  in  Ohio.  The  first  set- 
tlers did  not  neglect  or  overlook  its  vital  claims,  and 
the  subscription  schooV was  early  encouraged  and  put 
to  practical  working,  andianswered  a  noble  and  sub- 
lime purpose  in  those  dim  by-gone  days. 

There  are  at  present  9  special  school  districts,  97 
sub-districts.  In  each  of  these  districts  we  have 
good  school  houses  and  the  best  of  teachers.  We 
have  from  six  to  nine  months  of  school  each  year. 
It  costs  about  $70, 000  a  year  to  run  out  schools. 


26  A    Brief  History 

SCIO   COLLEGE. 

Scio  Colleg-e  was  chartered  in  1866.  It  has  had 
about  600  graduates.  It  belongs  to  the  Methodist 
Kpiscopal  Church. 

The  College  comprises  seven  district  departments, 
each  complete  within  itself:  Collegiate,  Pharmacy, 
Music,  Business,  Elocution,  Art,  Shorthand  and 
Typewriting. 

The  Literary  course  comprises  a  three  years'  pre- 
paratory and  a  four  years'  collegiate  course,  making 
seven  years  in  all,  and  ranks  in  this  respect  with  the 
very  best  schools  in  the  State.  The  Music  course 
comprises  four  years'  work;  the  Pharmacy,  two 
terms  of  six  months  each. 

The  total  enrollment  of  different  students  last  year 
was  548,  from  ten  different  States  and  countries. 

The  Faculty  is  at  present  composed  of  fifteen 
teachers.  In  the  point  of  numbers  the  College  ranks 
about  sixth  among  the  Colleges  and  Universities  of 
this  State;  in  comprehensiveness  and  thoroughness, 
we  are  among  the  first.  Two  large  buildings  are 
devoted  to  school  work,  using  over  30,000  feet  of  floor 
space. 

FRANKLIN   COLLEGE. 

This  College  is  located  in  the  village  of  New 
Athens,  was  chartered  January  22,  1825,  and  formal- 
ly opened  June  8,  1825,  with  Rev.  William  McMil- 
lan, of  Canonsburg,  Pa.,  as  President,  and  John 
Armstrong,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  as  Professor  of 
Mathematics. 

Since  its  opening  this  institution  has  sent  out  over 
five  hundred  graduates;  ninety  per  cent,  of  whom 
have  entered  some  of  the  learned  professions  and 
sixty  per  cent,  of  whom  have  entered  the  ministry. 

In  1840,  owing  to  the  decided  anti-slavery  charac- 


28  A   Brief  History  ■'% 

ter  of  the  College  a  pro-slavery  rival  was  establish- 
ed in  the  same  villag-e  under  the  name  of  Providence 
CoUeg-e,  but  this  was  soon  abandoned  for  want  of 
sufficient  patronag-e,  and  the  orig-inal  College  has 
been  allowed  to  run  an  uninterrupted  course  down  to 
the  present  time,  when  we  still  find  it  in  a  most 
flourishing-  condition. 

HOPEDALE  NORMAL  COLLEGE- 

The  College  at  Hopedale,  first  known  as  "The; 
McNeely  Normal  School"  and  later,  after  assuming, 
the  powei  to  grant  degrees,  as  "Hopedale  Nornial 
College"  nas  been  a  power  in  the  land.  Its  proprie- 
tor, Cyrus  McNeely,  aspired,  in  its  establishment, 
not  so  much  to  educate  at  the  top  as  to  educate  well 
at  the  bottom. 

Hopedale  was   the  first  college   in   Eastern  Ohio 


HOPEDALE     NORMAL    COLLEGE. 

which  opened  its  doors  for  the  co-education  of  ite 


sexes. 


'Old  Franklin"  had  for  many  years  bee}i-,if;akirig 
professional  men:   it  was   left  to  Hopedale  to  n'iake 


Of  Harrison   County,  Ohio.  29 

teachers  for  the  common  schools  and  lit  men  for  the 
duties  of  non-professional  life. 

Its  first  start  was  as  a  school  with  three  depart- 
ments, the  hig-hest  under  the  manag-ement  of  Dr. 
York,  a  practicing-  physician  of  the  villag^e  and  a 
g-raduate  of  "Franklin."  Then  followed  at  the 
helm  Kdwin  Reg-al,  John  Og-den,  Wm.  Brinkerhoif 
and  Dr.  Jamieson.    . 

In  all  the  leading"  cities  of  the  country  are  men 
who  owe  their  success  to  training"  at  Hopedale.  Prof. 
Brinkerhoff  was  the  pioneer  stenog^rapher  of  this  re- 
g-iou,  and  his  students  were  enabled  by  his  instruc- 
tion, to  make  this  a  stepping"  stone  to  higher  achieve- 
ments, 

.  Over  7000  students  have  been  enrolled  upon  the 
Collegfe  books,  and  the  work  which  its  originator  has 
accomplished  can  never  be  fully  known  "until  the 
leaves  of  the  judgment  book  unfold." 


HARRISON     COUNTY  'IN    THE    WAR     OF 
THE    REBELLION. 


Washington  City,  April  13,  ISbL 
Messrs.  Hatton  &  Rowles, 

Editors  Cadiz  Republican:  Fort  Sumpter 
has  been  battered  down  by  the  traitor  hoards  of  the 
South.  It  is  the  first  battle  upon  this  continent  and 
of  this  century  waged  in  defense  of  chattel  slavery, 
the  worst  despotism  which  ever  cursed  the  earth  or 
disgraced  and  outraged  humanity.  I  repeat  now  what  I 


30  A  Brief  History 

said  in  my  place  as  your  Representative  last  January, 
—the  question  of  to-day  is  not  whether  the  constitu- 
tion of  our  country  shall  be  amended,  but  whether 
the  constitution  shall  be  maintained.  Upon  the  solu- 
tion of  this  question  depends  the  fate  of  the  Repub- 
lic. President  Lincoln  thus  far  "  clear  in  his  gfreat 
office,"  will,  I  trust,  soon  summon  the  loyal  citizens 
of  every  section  to  come  to  the  rescue  of  a  violated 
constitution,  let  them  come  as  the  winds  come,  when 
forests  are  rending-;  let  them  come  as  the  waves  come, 
when  the  navies  are  stranding-.  May  God  defend  the 
rigfht.  Truly  yours, 

John  A.  Bingham. 

A  rousing"  war  meeting-  was  held  in  the  court  house 
on  the  eveningf  of  April  20,  1861,  to  raise  a  com  pan}' 
of  volunteers  in  response  to  a  call  of  President  Lin- 
coln for  75,000  men  to  suppress  the  Rebellion.  The 
war  feeling-  was  up  to  fever  heat,  and  the  enthusiasm 
intense.  The  court  house  was  filled  to  overflowingf 
and  many  were  unable  to  get  seats.  Hon.  John  A. 
Bing-ham  addressed  the  meeting-  for  about  an  hour  in 
a  strain  of  melting-  eloquence  which  stirred  the  aud- 
ience as  a  tornado  stirs  the  forest.  The  old  cannon 
which  had  long-  been  g-iven  over  to  rust  was  drawn 
from  the  hiding-  place  and  awoke  the  surrounding- 
hills  with  its  thundering-  tones.  The  soul  stirring- 
fife  and  rattling-  drum  aroused  the  enthusiasm  of 
young-  America.  Flag-s  were  floating-  all  over  town. 
A  fund  of  several  thousand  dollars  was  raised  to 
support  the  families  of  those  who  enlisted  in  their 
country *s  service. 

The  excitement  kept  up  at  fever  heat,  every  thing- 
was  War,  War,  WAR!  Meeting-s  were  held  all 
over  the  county,  and  in  less  than  a  week  more  than 
one  hundred  volunteered.  Cadiz  on  Monday  morn- 
ing, April  22d,   presented  quite  a    military  appear- 


Of  Harrison   County^    Ohio.  31 

ance.  The  volunteer  company  was  being-  drilled  by 
General  Warfel.  Crowds  were  upon  the  streets  and 
upon  the  corners,  g^athering-  in  squads  talking-  war, 
I  g-ive  below  the  names  of  the  first  company  from 
Harrison  county: 

John  Castill,  captain;  John  Conwell,  first  lieuten- 
ant; Miles  J.  Saunders,  second  lieutenant;  John  C. 
Bayless,  Benjamin  Turner,  John  C.  Burns,  Harris 
Hatton,  Kdward  W.  Kit'tering-,  William  Randall, 
Thomas  C.  Rea,  Thomas  C.  Mcllravy,  Zenos  Poul- 
son,  Kdward  B,  Young-,  William  P.  Rea,  James  M. 
Crawford,  John  Castill,  James  A.  Laizure,  William 
H.  Matlock,  David  Lowmiller,  William  Scott,  E^dward 
Harner,  James  Tipton,  John  Bryan,  William  H. 
Bryan,  Melvin  H.  Hearn,  Thomas  Giles,  Franklin 
K.  Mealy,  John  Clifford,  John  K.  Hatton,  Charley 

A.  Leslie,  R.  Hamilton  Kildow,  Samuel  McMillen, 
John  Anderson,  Benjamin  Cooper,  William  Mclntire, 
Vincent  S.  Bog-g"s,  Charles  Rawlson,  James  Saylor, 
William  Morg-an,  David  Murdock,  William  H. 
Wheeler,  Joseph  Ferrell,  John  J.  Jones,  William  R. 
Pug-h,  Georg-e  W.  Bricker,  John  Kimmel,  Hug-h  R. 
McGowan,  Eli  Shields,  Isaac  Harris,  John  C.  Mc- 
Rea,  William  P,  Shisler,  David    D.  Hoover,  Harvey 

B.  Rig-ht,  John  T.  Boals,  Isaac  W.  Lig^gett,  Thomas 
Moody,  Joseph  G.  Moody,  William  Crog-un,  Samuel 

C.  Miller,  William  T.  Ramsey,  James  H.  Stewart, 
George  C.  Finney,  James  Crumley,  John 
Martin,  James  Rittenhouse,  John  Watters, 
Jasper  Denning-,  Benjamin  T.  Anderson,  John  Handy, 
Robert  Peacock,  Samuel  B.  Adkins,  William  V.  B. 
Croskey,  Alexander  Miller,  Emanuel  Howard,  Rob- 
ert Moore,  Salmon  Murphy,  John  A.  Tier,  John 
McConkey,  Henry  J.  McFadden,  William  J.  Hollo- 
way,  John  Locke,  John  G.  Kennedy,  William  H.  H. 
Mills,  Jonathan  R.  Laizure,  Festus  Jones,  John  M. 


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Thonip.son,  John  B.  Martin,  James  D.  Smith,  Wil- 
liam Baldwin,  William  A.  Nicolas,  Georg-e  Wellino-, 
James  Mahollin,  William  Jones,  Samuel  Mull,  Levi 
Peddycourt,  Nathan  H.  Baker,  James  W.  Watson, 
Daniel  Hollowav,  D.  N.  Fowler,  Nelson  Driggs, 
Joshua  Lowdon,"^John  W.  Butterfield,  David  Hilligas, 
Sanford  Timmons. 

This  companj^  left  for  Columbus  on  Saturday, 
Aprd  27,  1861.  Their  departure  was  witnessed  by 
two  or  three  thousand  persons,  every  one  of  whom 
seemed  to  be  impressed  with  the  solemnity  of  the 
occasion.  Amidst  the  cheers  of  the  crowd  the  boys 
embarked  for  the  war. 

Tears  coursed  down  manly  cheeks,  and  among  the 
women  there  was  scarceh'  a  dry  eye.  A  copy  of  the 
New  Testament  was  presented  to  each  of  the  volun- 
teers at  the  close  of  a  very  solemn  and  impressive 
pra3'er  meeting  held  for  their  benefit  at  the  court 
house  on  the  Saturday  evening  previous  to  their  de- 
parture for  Camp  Jackson,  Columbus.  Each  man 
was  also  presented  with  a  beautiful  pin-cushion  and 
needle-case  composed  of  the  red,  white  and  blue. 
We  regret  that  we  cannot  go  into  detail  as  to  other 
companies  from  this  count}-.  Harrison  county  did 
her  full  share  from  the  beg-mning  to  the  end  of  the 
war. 

We  were  represented  in  the  13th  Regiment  O.  V. 
I.  105;  30th  Regiment  O.  V.  I.  123;  43d  Regiment  O. 
V.  I.  182;  74th  Regiment  O.  V.  I.  154;  5th  O.  V.  L 
25;  12th  Cavalrv  50;  98th  Regiment  O.  V.  I.  294; 
126th  Regiment  O.  V.  I.  371;  69th  Regiment  O.  V.  I. 
140;  170th  Regiment  O.  V.  I.  420;  180th  Regiment 
O.  V.  I.  30;  11th  Cavalry  30.  Total  1924.  Some  in 
other  Regiments  80th,  Dlst,  and  W.  Va.  Cavalry; 
enoug-h  in  other  regiments  to  make  two  thousand 
soldiers  from  Harrison  countv. 


34  A   Brief  Historv 


HARRISON  COUNTY  BANKS 
AND  BANKERS. 


THE    HARRISON    NATIONAL    BANK. 

*'Amont»-  the  many  contemporaneous  institutions  of 
iinancial  and  fiduciary  character  in  this  county,  the 
Harrison  National  Bank,  of  Cadiz,  maintains  a  posi- 
tion of  undoubted  consideration." 

It  is  the  legfitimate  descendant  from  the  Harriscjn 
branch  of  the  State  Bank  of  Ohio,  which  was  found- 
ed in  1841.  It  w^as  re-org-anized  as  a  National  Bank 
in  accordance  wnth  the  requirements  of  the  National 
Banking"  system  in  1865,  and  re-chartered  in  1885, 
Its  capital  stock  at  the  present  time  S1(><),(I0(>,  sur- 
plus fund  $110,000. 

The  officers  of  this  bank  are  well-known  profes- 
sional business  men  and  capitalists,  consisting-  of 
David  Cunning-ham,  President,  J.  M.  Sharon,  Cash- 
ier, A.  P.  Sheriff,  Teller,  Miss  Emma  Wortman  and 
Ralph  Cunningfham  book-keepers.  The  directors  are 
James  Porter,  D.  Cunning-ham,  L.  M.  Branson, 
H.  S.  Barricklow%  John  C.  Jamison,  Dr.  J.  S.  Mc- 
Bean,  James  Bullock  and  J.  M.  Sharon. 

THE    FIRST    NATIONAL  BANK. 

The  First  National  Bank,  of  Cadiz,  is  a  reliable 
and  efficiently  manag-ed  institution.  It  was  reorg-an- 
ized  under  the  National  Banking-  Laws  in  1803  as 
No.  100  with  a  capital  stock  of  S120,000. 

The  officers  of  this  bank  are  D.  B.  Welch,  Presi- 
dent,   Walter  Craig-,  Vice-President,    I.   C.    ^loore. 


THF,     HAUIMSOX    NATIONAL     IJANK.    CADIZ, 


36  A    Brief  Nisiury 

Cashier,  W.  S.  Cessna,  Assistant  Cashier,- Walter 
Potts,  Book-keeper.  The  board  of  directors  are 
D.  B.  Welch,  Walter  Craig-,  William  Fox,  William 
Henderson,  L.  A.  Welch,  R.  W.  Barricklow,  Samuel 
Knox,  W.  B.  Beebe  Jr. 

THE   FARMERS   AND   MECHANICS   NATIONAL   BANK. 

The  Farmers  and  Mechanics  National  Bank,  of 
Cadiz,  is  a  solid  and  reliable  institution.  Was  duly 
org-anized  May  11th,  1874,  and  incorporated  as  a  Na 
tional  Bank  in  January,  1878,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
550,000.  Surplus  of  S27,500.  The  officers  of  the 
.bank  are  Melford  J.  Brown,  President,  C.  O.  F. 
Brown,  cashier.  Miss  Alice  Carnahan,  Book-keeper. 
The  board  of  directors  consists  of  Wm.  L.  Houser, 
John  N.  Haverfield,  C.  O.  F.  Brown,  John  M.  Gar- 
vin, C.  A.  Skinner,  C.  M.  Hog-g  and  Melford  Brown. 

THE  FOURTH  NATIONAL  BANK. 

The  Fourth  National  Bank,  of  Cadiz,  the  young*- 
est  of  our  financial  institutions,  commenced  business 
March  28th,  1893,  with  a  capital  stock  paid  up  of 
$120,000.  Its  stock-holders  number  250  persons, 
living"  in  Harrison  and  adjoining-  counties.  Its  Pres- 
ident is  Samuel  Thompson,  John  E.  McPeck,  Vice- 
President,  J.  M.  Schreiber,  Cashier,  C.  F.  Stewart, 
Teller.  Board  of  directors,  J.  S.  Black,  David  Alli- 
son, John  F.  Kyser,  Henry  Barricklow,  J.  W.  Clen- 
denning-.  Dr.  W.  T.  Sharp,  J.  C.  Dysart,  T.  E. 
Johnson,  Joseph  Starr,  M.  N.  Giffin,  Milton  Ta.g-- 
g-art,  John  F.  McPeck,  Samuel  Thompson  and  Dr. 
S.  B.  McGavran. 

BANK  OF  FREEPORT. 
The  Bank  of  Freeport  was  established  by  Thos. 
Green  in  1893  as  a  private  bank.  In  1894  a  co-part- 
nership was  formed  consisting-  of  Thomas  Green, 
John  M.  Garvin  and  J.  M.  Schreiber.  The  bank 
enjoys  the  confidence  of  the  people. 


Of  Harrison   County,    Ohio.  37 

BANK   OF   SCIO. 

The  Bank  of  Scio  was  org-anized  in  Jul}^  1883,  by 
B.  S.  Hogue  and  William  Donaldson.  This  bank  is 
well-nianag"ed,  and  has  contributed  in  no  small  de- 
gree to  the  business  interests  of  Scio  and  vicinity. 


ROADS. 


The  making  of  roads  has  been  from  early  times, 
one  of  the  most  important  subjects  that  has  occupied 
the  attention  of  the  commissioners  and  tax  payers. 
Many  petitions  were  presented  to  the  county  commis- 
sioners during  the  year  1813,  asking  for  new  roads, 
all  of  which  seem  to  have  been  granted.  Thence- 
forth for  many  years  they  were  kept  busy  providing 
for  new  roads  and  making  changes  in  old  ones. 
Road-making  in  a  hilly  region  is  laborious  and  ex- 
pensive, and  while  we  have  at  this  time  roads  in  every 
direction,  it  is  still  an  open  question  how  to  make 
better  ones.  We  have  a  pike  from  Cadiz  to  New 
Athens,  Cadiz  to  Harrisville,  Cadiz  to  Unionvale, 
and  all  the  roads  leading  from  Cadiz  have  from  one- 
half  to  two  miles  of  pike. 

RAILROADS. 


Harrison  county  has  three  railroads  passing 
through  it:  The  P.  C.  C.  &  St.  L.  R.  R.  and  sid- 
ing 34.98  miles.  The  P.  C.  C.  &  St.  L.  R.  R.  sec- 
ond track  23.42  miles.  The  P.  C.  C.  &  St.  L.  R. 
R.,  Cadiz  branch  7.85  miles.  C.  L.  &  W.  R.  R.  and 
siding  17.64  miles.  W.  &  L.  E.  R.  R.  and  siding, 
27.81  miles.  Total  number  of  miles  111.70.  Total 
valuation  $1,324,140. 


38  A  Brief  History 

NEWSPAPERS. 


The  first  newspaper  published  in  Harrison  county 
was  in  1816,  called  the  Cadiz  Informant,  afterward 
called  the  Harrison  Tcleg-rapJi,  and  the  name  Cadiz 
Repnhlica)i  g-iven  to  it  in  1840  by  Wm.  R.  Allison. 
The  Cadiz  Republican,  W.  B.  Hearn,  editor  and 
proprietor,  therefore  lays  claim  to  being-  the  oldest 
newspaper  in  the  county.  Tiic  Cadiz  Sentinel,  W. 
H.  Arnold,  editor,  is  the  next  oldest  paper  in  the 
county,  having-  been  established  in  1832. 

Other  papers  in  the  county  are  Tlie  Harrison 
Tribune,  A.  B.  I^acey  editor  and  proprietor,  Cadiz, 
Ohio.  Harrison  Cou)ity  Democrat,  A.  N.  McCombs 
editor,  and  published  by  the  Harrison  County  Demo- 
crat Publishing-  Company.  The  Freeport  Press, 
McMath  &  Williams,  proprietors,  L.  B.  Williams, 
editor.  Tlie  Scio  Herald,  Scio,  edited  and  owned  bv 
R.  M.  Dewey.  Jezvett  Ag-e,  Jewett,  O.  A.  Hare, 
owner.  Nezj  Atliois  Reviezc,  published  b}'  T.  B. 
Williams,  at  New  Athens. 


HARRISON     COUNTY     AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 


On  June  5,  1834,  the  county  commissioners  under 
provision  of  law,  directed  a  call  to  be  published  in 
T/ie  Cadiz  Se/di/ul,  looking-  to  the  formation  of  an 
Agricultural  Society,  but  nothing-  effective  was  done 
under  that  call,  or  in  any  other  way  until  1846.  The 
matter  was  then  taken  up  by  some  of  the  progress- 
ive farmers,  chiefly  in  the  eastern  part  cf  the  county. 


Of  Harrison   Coiinly,    Ohio.  39 

The  lirst  fair  was  held  In  Georgetown  in  184-().  After 
that  in  Cadiz.  For  the  next  six  years  the  stock  was 
shown  on  the  streets  or  in  Dewey's  field,  now  Lincoln 
Avenue,  or  in  Walter  Jamison's  field,  or  some  other 
convenient  place.  Ag^ricultural  implements,  farm 
products  and  domestic  g"oods,  were  shown  in  the 
court  house  or  some  of  the  churches.  A  plowing" 
match  was  held  each  year. 

It  was  not  until  1853  that  the  Society  had  a  per- 
manent location;  they  then  secured  Sharp's  g-rove, 
near  town,  (now  Porter's)  and  four  or  five  acres  were 
enclosed  with  a  strong,  substantial  fence,  and  suita- 
ble buildings  were  erected.  The  fair  was  held  Oct. 
10  and  11,  1853.  It  was  the  largest  and  best  attend- 
ed of  any  that  had  taken  place.  The  crowd  was 
tstimated  at  10,000,  There  was  a  large  entry  of 
shei'p  and  horses.  The  floral  hall  was  verv  attract- 
ive, the  ladies  taking-  great  interest  in  it.  One  of 
the  most  attractive  and  exciting-  features  of  the  fair 
was  a  contest  of  horse-back  riding  by  ladies.  Com- 
petitors f'^r  the  premium  were:  Miss  Norton,  of  St. 
Clairsville,  Mrs.  Obediah  Slemmons,  Miss  Amanda 
Sin-eral,  MissGilmore,  Miss  Shotwell,  MissTaggart, 
of  Cadiz,  and  Miss  Caroline  Kennedy,  of  Green  town- 
ship. All  were  expert  riders  and  evinced  a  graceful 
st3de  of  riding  and  much  skill  in  management  of  their 
horses.  During  the  race  Miss  Simeral  was  thrown 
from  her  horse  and  badly  hurt.  Miss  Kennedy  won 
the  first  premium. 

The  fair  continued  on  these  g-rounds  until  1880. 
The  fair  in  Harrison  county  was  alwa3^s  considered 
one  of  the  best  in  the  State.  It  was  a  g-reat  benefit 
to  the  farmers.  It  marks  an  era  in  the  history  of 
our  ag-ricultural  advancement.  It  broug-ht  together 
the  farmers,  who,  having  a  common  interest, 
studied  together  by  comparison  the  different  kinds 


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of  stock  and  farm  implements.  The  fair  was  moved 
to  the  o-rounds  of  Walter  Craig-  in  1889.  These 
grounds  are  beautiful.  They  contain  40  acres  taste- 
fully studded  with  young-  shade  trees  and  enclosed 
by  a  tig-hf  fence.  The  building's  in  the  enclosure 
are  permanent  and  capacious,  and  the  track,  for  a 
"half  mile  g-o"  is  the  best  in  the  State.  The  follow- 
ing- persons  have  been  presidents  of  the  Harrison 
county  fair:  Ezra  Cattell,  John  Hammond,  Eli 
Peacock,  John  C.  Jamison,  Henry  Boyles,  James  B. 
Jamison,  Samuel  Herron,  Andrew  Jamison,  Samuel 
Bog-g-s,  Obediah  Slemmons,  Albert  Quig-ley,  W.  W. 
Jamison,  Andrew  Smith,  C.  M.  Hogg-,  Samuel  Dick- 
erson. 

Other  fairs  in  the  county  are  Connotton  Valley 
Tri-County  Ag-ricultural  and  Mechanical  Associa- 
tion, located  at  Jewett.  and  the  Smyrna  fair  located 
at  Smvrna. 


The  following^  letter  is  one  written  by  General 
Walter  B.  Beebe,  the  first  lawyer  of  Harrison  count}': 

Cadiz,  County  of  Harrison,  State  of  Ohio,  ) 

February  14,  1813.       f 
Honored  Parents: 

I  take  this  opportunity  to  inform  you  that  I  am 
%vell  and  in  g'ood  spirits.  Since  I  left  home  I  have 
become  tolerably  well  acquainted  with  the  science  of 
IravcIiufT,  \  started  from  St.  Clairsville,  (the  place 
from  which  I  wrote  you,)  on  or  about  the  1st  of  De- 
cember, and  took  a  cojivenient  route  throug-h  the 
middle  section  of  this  State,  a  route  of  about  500 
miles.  The  more  I  g'et  acquainted  with  this  part  of 
the  country'  the  better  I  like  it.  It  is  certainly  the 
best  land  I  ever  beheld.  Judge  Rug-gdes  went  with 
me  to  Chillicothe,  the  seat  of  p-overnment,  at  which 


42  A   Brief  History 

place  the  Lejjfislature  was  then  sitting-.  I  ^ot  ac- 
quainted with  Governor  Meig"s  and  many  of  the 
members,  who  all  appear  to  be  very  friendl}^  to  young* 
men  emig-rating*  to  this  part  of  the  country.  Gov- 
ernor Meig-s  is  a  3^ankee  from  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut. At  Chillicothe  I  was  examined  by  the  Judg^es 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  this  State,  and  admitted  to 
practice  as  an  attorney  and  counsellor  at  law  in  the 
several  courts  of  record  in  this  State.  I  found  a 
g"ood  many  counties  in  my  route  which  I  thoug"ht 
would  be  g-ood  places  for  an  attorney,  but  was  induc- 
ed to  settle  in  this,  the  county  seat  of  Harrison  coun- 
ty, from  the  following-  considerations,  to-wit:  Not- 
withstanding- this  county  was  set  off  and  org-anized 
when  I  was  in  ChiHicothe,  yet  it  is  an  old  settlement 
and  the  settlers  are  g-enerally  rich.  The  inhabitants 
of  this  county  and  counties  adjoining-  have  but  few 
yankee  settlers,  but  settled  by  Virgfinians,  Pennsyl- 
vanians,  Germans,  Scotch,  and  Irish,  who  are  more 
litigfious  and  quarrelsome  than  the  yankees  are,  and 
pay  their  money  more  freely.  There  is  no  lawyer  in 
this  county,  and  I  have  the  assurance  of  being-  ap- 
pointed State's  Attorney,  which  will  be  worth  eig-hty 
a  year,  and  will  be  attended  with  but  little  trouble 
and  very  little  inconvenience  to  other  business,  being- 
(mly  barred  in  criminal  prosecution  from  appearing- 
ag-ainst  the  State  of  Ohio. 

This  county  is  so  situated  that  there  are  hve  other 
counties  within  one  day's  ride  of  it,  and  it  is  the 
practice  in  this  State  for  lawyer's  to  practice  in  ad- 
joining- counties.  It  is  the '  healthiest  part  of  the 
State,  and  the  water  isg-ood.  These,  tog^ether  with 
other  considerations,  have  induced  me,  after  having- 
been  a  bird  of  voyag-e  for  three  months,  to  pitch  on 
this  place  for  my  permanent  home.  This  town  is 
about  20  miles  from   the  Ohio  River,  about  70  miles 


Of  Harrison   County,    Ohio.  43 

from  Pittsbur^-h,  and  16  miles  west  of  St.  Clairs- 
vllle.  It  is  the  shire  town  of  the  county,  and  will 
soon  be  a  populous  town.  I  think  my  prospects  are 
as  g'ood  as  a  young'  man  can  reasonably  expect,  and 
I  have  no  fear  if  I  have  my  health. 

I  am  in  a  land  abounding-  in  very  many  of  the  g^ood 
thing's  of  this  life.  I  have  seen  g-ood  pot  turkeys 
weig'hing'  20  pounds,  sell  for  25  cents,  hens  and 
chickens  b  cents.  Money  is  very  plenty  in  this  State 
probably  more  plentiful  than  usual,  owing-  to  its  be- 
ing' near  the  N.  W.  Army. 

I  remain  your  dutiful  son, 

Walter  B.  Beebe. 
T(»  Capt.  Stewart  Beebe, 

Wilbraham.  Hamden  Co.,  Mass, 


PHYSICIANS    OF     THE     COUNTY. 


PHYSICIANS    IN    1845. 

Martin  Wilson,  John  McBean,  A.  G.  Osburn, 
John  Pearce,  Georg'e  Lucy,  Thomas  Rowles,  William 
Mills,  Thomas  Findlev,  Dr.  Harmon,  Moses  Kenne- 
dy, S.  Thompson,  Wm.  Vanhorn,  E.  H.  McCoy, 
G.  W.  Duffield,  James  Bethel,  Robert  Gamble,  Jesse 
Hall,  Horace  Belknap,  F.  C.  Robinson,  J.  H.  Stev- 
enson, Wm.  G,  Smith,  T.  C.  Conn,  R.  Patton,  Jas. 
Patton,  Samuel  Black,  James  P.  Barnes,  A.  T. 
McClure,  I.  (t.  Parrv,  E.  Conawav,  Thos.  Crumley. 


44  A   Brief  Hislory 

PHYSICIANS   IN    1894. 

Cudi/i  ~J.  D.  Wortman,  W.  T.  Sharp,  John  S. 
McBean,  J.  S.  Campbell,  W.  H.  Lemmon,  Mrs.  M. 
J.  Lvons,  Miss  Mary  Ivemmon,  S.  B,  McGavran. 

Harrisville— A.  B.Wilkin,  G.  H.  Colville,  J.  Comly. 

Hopedale — J.  D.  West,  L.  A.  Crawford. 

New  Jefferson — Walter  Spence. 

Jewett — W.  L.  Kngdand,  A.  C.  Grove. 

Scio— J.  D.  Snyder.  G.  W.  Lvle,  T.  H.Crook, 
G.  W.  Custer. 

Bowerston — ^S.  B.  McCTuire. 

Franklin — W.  A.  Welch,  James  Stone. 

Tippecanoe — B.  G.   Anderson. 

Free  port— J.  G.  Howell,  W.  A.  Zellers. 

Piedmont — W.  D.  Copeland,  D.  (t.  Ouinn. 

Warfel^ — John  Morg-an. 

Deersville — John  Wallace,  Frank  James. 

Hanover — A.  C.   Nixon. 

Moorefield- J.   H.  Wherry,  E.  D.  Moore. 

New  Athens — Charles  Cobb,  Albert  Dxkerson, 
James  A.  McGrew. 


GENERAL    DESCRIPTION     OF    HARRISON 
COUNTY. 


Harrison  county  is  divided  into  15  townships — 
Shortcreek,  Green,  Archer,  Cadiz,  Nottingham, 
North,  Monroe,  Franklin,  Washing-ton,  Freeport, 
Moorefield,  Athens,  Stock,  German  and  Rumley. 

Principal  towns'  and  villages  are  New  Athens, 
Bowerston,  Cadiz,  Connotton,  Deersville,  Freeport. 
Franklin,  Georg-etow^n,  Hanover,  Harrisville,  Hope- 
dale,  Moorefield,  New  Rumley,  New  Jefferson,  Scio, 
Sm\'rna  and  Tippecanoe. 

Irregular  successi()ns  of  high  hills  and  deep  ravines 


Of  Harrison   CoiDity,    Ohio.  45 

occupy  the  surface  but  not  roug"h  and  rocky  to  such 
an  extent  as  to  interfere  with  the  ag-ricultural  inter- 
ests of  the  county.  The  soil  is  mostly  lime-stone, 
and  is  very  productive.  Coal  and  lime-stone  abound 
in  almost  inexhaustible  quantities.  Oil  and  gas  are 
found  in  small  quantities  at  a  depth  of  fourteen  hun- 
dred feet  (1400j  in  Green  and  Cadiz  Townships. 
The  land  is  mostly  in  a  state  of  cultivation;  but  a 
small  per  cent,  of  timber  remains.  The  population 
of  the  county  in  1890  was  20,830.  Present  area  in 
acres  256,512.  The  amount  of  taxes  collected  in 
Harrison  county  in  1814  was  $570.76.  The  amoimt 
collected  in  1893  was  3178,056.39.  The  value  of 
farm  lands,  villagfes  and  real  estate  and  chattels  in 
1890  was  513,449,840. 

Harrison  county  is  an  agricultural  county.  Our 
style  of  farming-  will  compare  favorably  with  other 
counties.  Our  farmers  have  adopted  all  the  late  im- 
provements in  farming  implements.  Nearly  all  our 
work  is  done  by  machiner3\  We  raise  in  this  county 
about  all  the  leading-  kinds  of  fruit;  veg-etables  of  all 
kinds  can  be  successfully  raised,  but  the  leading-  one 
is  the  potato,  of  these  we  have  a  number  of  varie- 
ties. Almost  all  kinds  of  g-rain  can  be  raised, 
especiall}^  wheat  and  corn.  Harrison  county  is  also 
a  g-ood  stock  raising  county.  Our  sheep  are  soug-ht 
after  in  other  counties  and  states,  and  our  wools  are 
in  demand  by  eastern  manufacturers.  In  fact  more 
attention  is  devoted  to  the  raising  of  sheep  than  any 
other  stock.  In  1884  the  production  of  wool  was  1,- 
007,000  ft)s. 

A  great  many  g'ood  horses  of  different  kinds, 
are  raised  in  this  county,  from  the  line  saddle  or 
driving  horse,  to  the  heavy  draft  horse 

This  county  is  also  good  as  a  cattle  growing- 
county.     We  have   several    herds  of   thorough-bred 


Of  Harriso)i   Comity^    Ohio.  47 

Shorthorns,  Jerseys  and  Holsteins.  Some  ^ood  ho;^''s 
are  raised,  the  varieties  being-  Berkshires,  Chester 
Whites  and  Poland  Chinas. 

The  farms  of  Harrison  county  are  g-enerally  in  a 
^ood  state  of  cultivation  and  well  improved.  Farms 
sell  from  §50  to  $125  per  acre  according  to  qualit}^ 
improvements  and  location.  There  is  no  better 
county  in  Ohio  than  old  Harrison,  energetic  toil  and 
enterprise  characterize  her  citizens.  Her  sons  and 
daughters  are  to  be  found  in  almost  every  State  and 
engaged  in  all  manner  of  honorable  avocations,  and 
wherever  they  are  they  do  their  duty  cheerfully 
and  bravely,  and  retain  in  their  hearts  a  lingering 
affection  for  the  hills  and  valleys  among  which  they 
were  nurtured. 


SCRAPS    OF     HISTPORY. 


E.  M.  Stanton  whose  wonderful  executive  capacitv 
as  head  of  the  War  Department  has  given  him  re- 
nown throughout  all  the  world,  was  at  one  time  an 
active  member  of  the  Cadiz  bar  and  the  third  Pros- 
ecuting Attorney  of  Harrison  countv. 

Cadiz  Branch  of  the  P.  C.  C.  &  St.  I>.  R.  R.  was 
opened  to  Cadiz  on  the  11th  of  June,  1854. 

Messrs.  Biggs  and  Beatty  laid  out  the  town  of 
Cadiz  in  1804. 

New  Rumley  was  laid  out  August  15,  1814;  Free- 
port  in  1814;  New  Athens  in  1817;  Deersville  in  1815; 
Harrisville  in  1817. 

Magdalena  Grundy  is  said  to  be  the  first  white 
woman  to  cross  the  Connotton  creek  west,  and  loca- 


Of  Harrison   Coioity,    Ohio.  4*) 

ted  with  her  husband  on  the  farm  well-known  as  the 
John  M.  Holmes'  farm  near  the  villag-e  of  Connotton, 

Dr.  T.  R.  Crawford  was  pastor  of  the  Nottingf- 
ham  Presbyterian  church  for  40  years. 

April  2*)",  186b,  the  Harrison  '  National  Bank,  of 
Cadiz,  was  robbed  of  about  $260,000.  Within  a  few 
days  the  burgflars  were  captured,  and  most  of  the 
money  found  in  their  possession. 

William  Duvall  has  been  a  faithful  and  oblitfing- 
conductor  on  the  Cadiz  Branch  for  27  years. 

Dr.  William  Custer,  of  Scio,  Dr.  William  Beadle, 
of  Green  township.  Dr.  John  McBean,  of  Cadiz,  and 
Dr.  R.  H.  Simmons,  of  Deersville,  were  reg-arded  in 
their  day  as  the  leading  physicians  of  the  county. 

John  A.  Bingham  was  elected  in  1854  as  a  Repre- 
sentative to  the  XXXIV  Congfress  from  the  Twenty- 
first  Ohio  District,  and  was  a  member  of  every  Con- 
g-ress  from  the  Twentv-first  and  Sixteenth  Ohio  dis- 
tricts except  the  XXXVIII,  until  March  4,  1873. 
In  May,  1873,  Mr.  Bing-ham  was  appointed  by  Pres- 
ident Grant  Knvoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary  to  Japan,  which  position  he  held  for 
twelve  years. 

Without  detracting-  from  the  deserts  of  others,  it 
mig-ht  be  said  that  H.  S.  McFadden  in  his  day,  did 
more  extensive  gfeneral  trade  than  any  other  man  in 
the  history  of  Harrison  county. 

Matthew  Simi3son  D.  D.,  L.  L.  D.,  was  born  in 
Cadiz,  June  20,  1811,  and  died  in  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
June  18,  1884.  He  was  one  of  the  most  eminent 
preachers  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He 
was  elected  a  bishop  in  1852. 

Gen.  George  A.  Custer,  the  famed  cavalry  leader 
of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  was  born  in  New  Rum- 
ley,  Dec.  5,    183^. 

Stewart    Price   was   the  first    merchant,   the   first 


30  A   Brie/  History 

postmaster,  and  the  first  railroad  ag-ent  at  the  town  of 
Bowerston. 

Capt.  H.  B.  Heller,  of  Monroe  township,  during" 
his  life  took  an  active  interest  in  the  advancement  and 
improvement  of  Harrison  county,  and  his  public 
spirit  manifested  itself  in  many  ways. 

Mrs.  Nancy  Dewey,  widow  of  Hon.  Chauncey 
Dewey,  was  born  near  Uniontown,  Pa..  October  27, 
1804.  In  1807  her  parents  located  on  a  wild  piece  of 
land  near  Cadiz,  which  at  that  time  contained  but 
few  houses  and  around  which  the  wolves,  panthers, 
and  other  wild  animals  of  the  earl}'  days  were  still 
plentiful.  The  Indians  were  also  numerous,  and  would 
come  in  parties  to  trade  w^th  the  white  pioneers, 
bring-ino-  with  them  many  beautifully  worked  articles 
such  as  moccasins  ornamented  with  colored  beads  and 
porcupine  quills,  and  belts  made  of  snakes  skins,  all 
painted  and  woven  tog-ether  and  profusely  decorated 
with  beads.  The  squaws  would  have  their  pappooses 
strapped  on  boards  and  carried  on  their  backs,  and 
when  tired  would  stand  pappoose,  board  and  all 
ag-ainst  some  convenient  tree.  The  Indians  used  to 
bring-  baskets  in  for  trade  in  largfe  quantities,  tied 
about  their  bodies  in  such  numbers  that  it  was  diffi- 
cult to  decide  whether  Indian  or  baskets  walked. 
Mrs.  Dewey  has  a  vivid  recollection  of  the  pioneer 
days.   She  still  resides  in  Cadiz  and  is  a  noble  woman. 

Julius  Schreiber,  w^as  pre-eminently  one  of  the 
pioneers  and  promoters  of  the  business  interests  of 
Harrison  county,  althoug-h  not,  strictly  speaking-,  one 
of  the  early  settlers. 

John  N.  Haverfield  was  born  in  Cadiz  township, 
May  17,  1820,  and  died  at  his  residence  in  Stock 
township,  April  10,  18')4.  Mr.  Haverfield  was  a 
leading-  farmer  and  one  of  the  best  men  in  Harrison 
county. 


Of  Harrison    Coio/iy,    Ohio.  51 

June  (>.  1823,  the  commissioners  of  the  county  fixed 
a  rate  for  wolf  scalps  in  addition  to  that  allowed  by 
the  State.  For  all  wolf  scalps  above  the  agfe  of  six 
months  $1.50;  on  all  scalps^  under  six  months  75  cents. 

The  first  couple  married  in  Harrison  county  were 
Lakin  Wells  and  Cynthia  Maffett.  on  February  4, 
1813.  the  ceremony  being-  performed  by  Andrew^ 
McNeely,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

Wm.  H.  Lucas  has  been  a  teacher  in  the  Cadiz 
Schools  for  twenty-one  years. 

We  omitted  to  mention  the  name  of  H.  S.  Black, 
of  Freeport,  in  our  list  of  physicians  of  1894. 

The  following"  were  the  first  directors  in  the  First 
Na'tional  Bank:  John  Hammond,  John  Green, 
Isaac  Thomas.  Marshall  McCall,  Robert  Pittis, 
John  Carnahan,  Samuel  Slemmons,  Samuel  Georg"e, 
Joseph  S.  Thomas. 

The  Associate  Reformed  Church,  mention  of 
which  is  made  in  our  article  on  Courts,  as  the  build- 
ing- in  which  the  first  courts  of  Harrison  county  were 
held,  was  a  log-  building,  erected  on  g-rounds  purchas- 
ed from  Zachariah  Bigg-s,  situated  on  the  corner  of 
South  and  Ohio  streets.  The  log-  building-  was  torn 
down  and  a  substantial  brick  building-  erected  in  the 
year  1828. 

The  oldest  male  resident  of  Cadiz  is  Mr.  Benjamin 
Timmons,  who  has  resided  on  the  g-round  upon  which 
he  now  lives  for  81  years.  Mrs.  Ag-nes  Mealv 
is  the  oldest  woman  now  living"  in  Cadiz,  having- 
passed  her  ninetieth  milestone  in  life's  journey  on 
October  17,  1893.  May  they,  with  all  our  old  people, 
live  manv  more  vears  amonp-  us. 

The  grand  and  g-reat-g-rand-children  of  the  con- 
tractor of  the  court  house  built  in  1815,  are  living  in 
Cadiz. 

Mrs.  Christina  Kimmel.  wh(»  resides  one-half  mile 


52  A    Brief  History 

north  of  Jevvett,  reached  her  lOOth  birthday  on 
March  7,  18*)4,  the  oldest  woman  in  the  count}'.  Mrs. 
Kimmel  had  been  living  21  years  before  the  court 
house  recently  torn  down  was  erected. 


REMINISCENCES      OF      MORGAN'S      RAID 
THROUGH     MOOREFIELD. 


On  a  bright  and  beautiful  day  in  Jul}-,  18()3,  the 
peace  and  quiet  of  our  little  village  was  disturbed  by 
the  anticipated  invasion  of  Rebel  forces  numbering" 
five  or  six  hundred  mounted  cavalry,  under  command 
of  the  noted  Rebel  (leneral  John  Morg-an.  The  air 
was  full  of  rumors  of  the  gfreat  destruction  of  prop- 
erty along-  the  line  of  march,  and  the  alarm  for  the 
safety  of  family  and  property  became  intense.  This 
feeling"  of  insecurit}'  was  somewhat  increased  when 
M.  J.  Brown  and  John  Robinson,  of  Cadiz,  driving" 
a  spirited  team,  rushed  through  here  to  discover  if 
possible  the  line  of  march  the  Rebels  were  likely  to 
talie.  In  about  an  hour,  or  perhaps  less,  they  re- 
turned, furiously  driving"  Jehu  like,  announcing"  that 
the  Rebels  were  coming"  this  way,  and  would  be  with 
us  in  a  short  time. 

Very  soon  thereafter  we  discovered  the  bridg"e  over 
Big"  Stillwater  on  lire,  and  a  few  minutes  later,  an- 
other smoke,  looming"  up  about  one-half  mile  east, 
indicated  that  the  other  covered  bridge  over  Little 
Stillwater  (or  Bog"gs'  Fork)  was  also  being"  consumed. 

About  this  time  many  laugfhable  incidents  occurred 
that  did  not  seem  so  funnv  at  the  time;  men  hidinif 


Of  Harris())i    Co/oi/y,    Ohio.  33 

their  valuables  in  the  most  unthou^ht  of  places,  se- 
cretiiiuf  their  horses  in  thickets  and  deep  hollows; 
women  and  children  running  hither  and  thither  with 
their  trinkets  trying  to  find  some  ver}^  secure  place  to 
hide  them,  being  so  excited  as  to  forget  where  they 
placed  them,  and  had  to  be  reminded  by  their  neigh- 
bors who  chanced  to  observe  where  they  put  them, 
where  to  look  for  them.  A  few  would-be  Generals 
on  horseback,  were  riding  our  village  street,  giving 
spicy  directions  as  to  what  others  should  do,  or 
where  to  go.  A  thing  they  soon  found  out  when  the 
advance  guard  of  Morgan's  force  came  galloping 
into  town,  putting  them  to  flight,  and  quite  an  excit- 
ing race  occurred  through  our  street  accompanied 
with  the  Rebel  yell,  "Halt,  Halt!"  Some  were  im- 
mediately captured  and  their  horses  taken;  others 
didn't  have  time  to  obey  orders,  and  got  awa}',  doing 
some  exceedingly  fast  riding  to  accomplish  the  feat. 
Very  soon  after  this  race  the  main  force  entered  our 
town  and  took  complete  possession  of  the  streets, 
stables,  and  every  house  that  had  been  vacated  by 
the  occupants,  not  disturbing  or  forcibly  entering 
any  house  where  families  remained  at  home.  They 
seemed  to  be  a  hungry  set,  and  freely  solicited  every 
house  for  provisions  of  ev^ery  description;  some  of 
them  exhibiting  abnormal  appetites  for  pound  cake 
and  preserves.  After  cleaning  up  all  the  previously 
prepared  provisions  in  the  town  they  quietly  sought 
rest  and  sleep,  seemingly  as  unconcerned  as  though 
the  Union  forces  in  pursuit  were  a  hundred  miles 
back  instead  of  three  or  four.  Morgan  himself  oc- 
cupied the  parlor  bed  at  the  Mills'  Hotel,  and  seemed 
to  be  taking  a  refreshing  sleep,  while  his  body  guard, 
with  their  revolvers  lying  upon  chairs  at  their  sides, 
or  on  the  bed  where  Morgan  was  sleeping, 
occupied   the  time   in   reading  the  news,  with  which 


54  A    Brief  f/is/ory 

they  seemed  to  be  well  provided.  When  Mort»-an 
arose  from  the  bed  he  walked  to  the  front  door, 
stepped  out  upon  the  pavement,  cast  his  eye  down  the 
street,  then  turned  and  walked  leisurely  up  street 
unattended;  later  the  order  was  g-iven  to  mount,  and 
their  march  eastward  continued,  takinjj-  the  road  to 
New  Athens,  accompanied  by  escorts  drafted  into 
service  as  truides  across  the  country."  The  Union 
forces  under  command  of  Shackelford,  having*  been 
delayed  by  reason  of  the  destroyed  bridg"es,  did  not 
g-et  into  town  in  full  force  until  after  nigfht, 
when  hung-rv  soldiers  had  ag'ain  to  be  fed,  and  rigfht 
noblv  did  our  women  work  cooking"  and  serving"  food 
until  after  midnig"ht.  A  g"reater  number  of  the 
Union  forces  pushed  on  after  Morg"an,  but  a  portion 
remained  over  nigfht,  probably  as  a  reminder  to  us 
that  the  war  was  still  gfoing"  on.  Stragfgflers  contin- 
ued coming"  into  town  the  following"  day,  but  by  even- 
ing" quiet  agfain  reigfned  supreme,  and  the  war  was 
over,  so  far  as  our  town's  actual  experience  was  con- 
cerned. 


1813 18<>+. 

"We  leap  the  chasm  of  81  years.  Span  the  dis- 
tance between  the  historic  then  and  the  eventful 
now.  We  reg"ard  Pioneer  days  in  Harrison  county, 
as  a  thing"  of  the  past.  The  wilderness  has  been 
changfed  into  the  cultivated  field;  the  log"  cabin  to 
the  mansion.  The  hominy  block  to  the  mill  with 
its  improvements.  The  lone  track  througfh  the  for- 
ests to  g"ood  roads,  to  the  iron  rail,  fastmail  and 
electric  wire  with  its  lig"htning"  messeng"er.  The 
wolf,  bear  and  deer  have  disappeared,  their  places 
being"  occupied  by  the  more  docile  and  useful  animals 
of  the  cultivated  field.       New  svstems  of  tillag"e  and 


Of   H(trrist>?i    Coioity,    Ohio.  55 

new  devisements  of  aj^riculture  have  been  intro- 
duced, a  thorou^'h  chang-e  has  overtaken  the  farm 
and  the  utensils  of  the  farm.  Instead  of  the  cheery 
blaze  of  the  g^lowinjjf  pine  we  have  the  dazzlinjj- 
chandelier,  the  ^as  and  electric  lig-hts.^  In  our 
honors  name,  however,  let  it  be  recorded  that  we  are 
not  an  uno-rateful  posterity.  May  the  memories  of 
our  pioneer  fathers  \on^  be  cherished,  and  their 
names  be  held  in  admirinuf  esteem  and  reverence. 
May  no  ung-rateful  thoug*ht  be  entertained  or  unkind 
or  rude  word  be  spoken  to  the  few  who  survive  and 
patientl}'^  wait  for  the  white  wave  to  lift  them  free. 
The  shore,  the  palm,  the  victory,  the  rest  is  but 
yonder. 

■•  Aiiollicr  Uiiid  iiioir  hriglil  Ihuii  thi^. 

To  their  dim  sijjat  ;ip|ieai'^ 
And  on  their  way  to  it  tlK'v'll  soon 
Attain  !»<■  idoiiecrs." 

When  it  becomes  necessary  to  build  another  Temple 
of  Justice  for  Harrison  County,  i aside  from  any  acci- 
dent) will  the]U|"enerati(m  then  living-  call  us  pioneers?" 


CONTENTS. 


Asnociate  Judj^es 15 

Auditors , 16 

County  Clerks 17 

County  Recoi-ders 17 

Commissioners 17 

Congressmen 18 

Cadiz  Bar 1» 

Cliildren's  Home 22 

Churches 24 

Description  of  New  Court  House 12 

Kirst  Courts  « 

First  Court  House 7 

<ieneral  Beebe's  Letter 41 

General  Description  of  Harrison  County 44 

Harrison  County  Agricultural  Society ;{« 

Harrison  County  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 29 

Harrison  County  Banks  and  Bankers 34 

Intirmaries ". 19 

Introductory  page :-! 

Jail ■ 5 

Memliers  of  Board  of  Equalization \x 

-Vewspapers   3S 

Our  Pioneers 4 

Organization  of  County 5 

Pliysicians  of  the  County 43 

I'rosecuting  Attorneys  ..' 16 

Koads " 37 

I'ailroads 37 

KeiJi-esentatiyes 15 

Keminisceuees  of  Morgan's  Raid  Through  Moorefleld 52 

Scraps  of  History 48 

Shenfls.  " 17 

State  Senators 15 

Suryeyors Itt 

.Schools  and  Colleges 25 

Second  Court  House 8 

Troasurers ir. 


INDEX     TO    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Kiontispieces— Laving  of  Cornerstone  Ne\y  Court  House,  Mav  17.  IH<*4. 
S.  b.  Mc(iavran,  M.  D. 

Franklin   College '■'•'£ 

Farmers  and  Mechanics  National  Bank 46 

Hopedale  College 28 

Harrison  National  Bank 35 

Harrison  County  Inttrmary 40 

Harrison  County  Children's  Home 48 

New  Court  House 13 

Old  Court  House  .18 

Seio  Colle^re..  27