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GECRGE  D.  HUNT. 


HIST^ORY 


-OF- 


SAI.EM 


AND     THE     IM:]VIEDIAXK     VICINl'PV. 


Columbiana  Goiint.y,  Ohio 


By  GEORGE  D.  Hi  'XT. 


SALEM,  OHIO  : 

1898 


PRESS  OF 

THE  A.  K.   TATEM  LABEL  COMPANY 

SALEM,  OHIO. 


C     W     GAKVER    BINDER 


F»RE1KAGE1       H6460a 


History  and  l)io<j^raphy  have  always  been  favorite 
topics  of  literature  with  the  author  of  this  book,  and 
he  feels   convinced    that  many   persons  are  equally 
concerned  in  the  same  kind  of  intellectual  entertain- 
l^'ment.     When  history  is  of  such  a  character  as   to 
^  point  a  moral  for  the  reader,  his  attention  to  it  must 
^  .  be  a  source  of  benefit  to  him.     Local  history  has  a 
'  special  interest  when  it  relates  to  the  home  and  vicin- 
ity of  the  reader,  who  then,  has  a  better  chance  to 
judge  of  its  veracity.     All  people  are,  in  some  degree, 
inquisitive.      Their  own   personal   history,  and  that 
of  their  neighbors  and  ancestors,  they  like  to  know. 
The  gratification   of  this   inquisitiveness  is  often  a 
source  of  something  more  than  mere  pleasure  to  the 
-inquirer.      While   he    knows   what   his  present   con- 
'"^dition  and  circumstances  are,  he  can  imagine  what 
the}^  might  have  been   had   he   lived  in  former  days. 
— r^And  then  the  question  may  be  asked — w^hat  would 
^he  have  been  and  done  if  he  had  lived  in  earlier  times? 
History  tells  about  the  situation,  and  other  condi- 
tions of  people  different  from  those  of  the  present 
dav.      We    learn     about   their    toils    and    ambitious 
schemes;  some  of  which  were  crowned  with  success, 
while  others  w^ere  signal  failures.     A  wise  penson 
learns  good  lessons  from  failures  as  well  as  from  suc- 
cessful efforts.     Defeat  is  said  to  be   '*a  school   in 
which    truth     grows    strong."     It    suggests    these 
inquiries:     1st.      Was  the  undertaking  a  possibility? 


4  PREFACE. 

2nd.  Were  adequate  means  applied  so  as  to  make  it 
a  success?  3rd.  What  agencies,  and,  how  applied, 
would  have  accomplished  the  work?  In  the  experi- 
ence of  others  we  may  see  something  that  we  may 
imitate;  something  that  we  should  avoid;  and  some- 
thing that  will  suggest  originality. 

The  history  of  Salem  and  its  vicinity  shows  how  a 
vast  wilderness  has  been  transformed  into  a  pros- 
perous and  wealthy  city,  and  much  of  the  domain 
into  productive  farms.  Many  of  the  young  people 
of  both  sexes,  who  have  been  born  and  raised  here 
will  not  be  content  to  remain  here,  but  w411  go  west 
where  they  will  expect  to  get  land  at  a  low  price,  and 
then  grow  in  prosperity  with  the  place  of  their  choice 
for  a  home.  What  our  pioneers  have  done  will  be 
examples  for  them  to  imitate;  and  perhaps  improve- 
ment on  them  can  be  made  by  adventurers  from  our 
city. 

Much  of  this  history  is  the  fruit  of  the  author's 
observations;  much  he  has  learned  from  the  early  set- 
tlers with  whom  he  has  had  acquaintance;  and  while 
some  has  been  gathered  from  other  sources,  due 
credit  thereto  is  given.  Where  the  language  of 
other  individuals  is  copied  quotation  marks  are  given. 
In  some  instances,  however,  a  few  words  were  neces- 
sarily changed.  Some  items  have  been  copied  from 
The  Columbiana  County  History.  To  Samuel  Chessman 
acknowledgement  is  due  for  his  account  of  the  rail- 
road enterprise;  and  to  Rev.  G.  C.  Schoeneman  for 
the  same  about  the  Catholic  church;  and  also  to  cer- 
tain others  for  information  about  the  other  Christian 
churches.  Prof.  Southworth,  Charles  W.  Harris, 
Samuel  J.  Chisholm,  and  some  others  have  given 
important  help. 


PKKKACK.  5 

For  errors,  only  a  reasonable  apology  is  craved, 
(jratitiide  is  due  to  all  who  have  jj^ivm  aid  or  cin-onr- 
a.Li"ement  in  any  way  for  this  work. 

So,  if  some  moral  it  shall  teach. 
In  hearts  which  it  may  haply  reach, 
Some  satisfaction  it  will  seem  ; 
The  author  then  his  work  may  deem, 
Not  wholly  done  in  vain,  nor  lost. 
Excepting-  monetary  cost. 

Salem,  O.,  1898. 


NoTE--The  county  .seat  of  Columbiana  was  first  named  New  Lisbon,  but  Jt  was 
Kenerally  known  a^  "Lisbon."  Witliin  a  few  years  tlie  lawful  luime  has  lieen 
changed  to  •  Li>bon."    Hence  in  this  book  it  is  given  by  botli  nsinits. 


OOINTTIEII^TS 


CHAPTER 

P/iGE 

I. 

—Settlements        .         .         .         .         .         . 

\  9 

IL- 

—Character  and  Habits  of  the  Settlers 

17 

III.- 

—Salem  in  Former  Da3'S  and  its  Prog-ress  . 

28 

IV. 

—The  Post  Office 

40 

V. 

—Schools  and  Education      .         . 

44 

VL 

— The  same  continued  ..... 

.       55 

VIL 

— Relio-ious  History     ..... 

,63 

VIII. 

— The  same  continued 

82 

IX.- 

—Religious  History  concluded     .         .         . 

91 

X. 

— The  Printing-  Press  .         .         .         . 

100 

XI.- 

—The  same  continued  ..... 

108 

XII. 

—The  Printing-  Press  concluded  . 

114 

XIII.- 

—Manufacturers  ...... 

119 

XIV. 

— The  Mercantile  Business  .... 

130 

XV. 

—The  Abolition  Campaig-n  .... 

.     137 

XVL 

— The  Medical  Profession    .         .         .         ; 

147 

XVIL- 

—The  Leg-al  Profession        .... 

154 

XVIII.- 

—Secret  Societies          ..... 

157 

XIX. 

—Banks         ....... 

163 

XX. 

-The  Railroad 

167 

XXI. 

—Public  Organizations  and  Public  Works. 

172 

XXII.- 

—Anecdotes  and  Miscellanies 

186 

XXIII.- 

—Cemeteries  ....... 

200 

XXIV.- 

—Military  Record  .".,... 

203 

XXV. 

— Necrolog-y  of  Prominent  Persons 

222 

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(Teorg-e  D.  Hunt  (  Front ispirre)  . 

Friends'  Meeting-  House,  Dry  Street 

Hig-h  School  Edifice 

Reuben  McMillan  . 

William  D.  Henkle 

Prospect  Street  School  Edifice 

John  Flitcraft 

Disciple  Church,  Ellsworth  Street 

Presbyterian  Church,  East  Green  Street 

German  Lutheran  Church,  South  Lund}-  Street 

John  Hudson  . 

Jonathan  K.  Rukenbrod 

Joel  Sharp 

Zadok  Street  . 

Deming  Co.  Manufactory 

Salem  K  R.  Depot . 

Home  for  Aged  Women  . 

Norman  B.  Garritfues     . 


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CHAPTER  I. 

vSETTLEMlCNTS. 

I  HE  history  of  Salem  dates  from  the  year  1S(U. 
Samuel  Smith  had  previous  to  this  time 
entered  and  settled  on  the  section  of  which  the  south- 
west corner  was  marked  hv  what  is  now  the  crossiuiT 
of  Main  and  Klls worth  streets.  His  lo^  cabin  was 
huilt  somewhere  near  the  residence  of  Joseph  E.  Post. 
His  house  became  a  stopping"  place  for  ])ersons  who 
came  to  explore  the  land.  Samuel  Davis  came  at  this 
time  and  bought  the  section,  or  a  ])art  of  it,  of  Smith  ; 
and  he  afterwards  entered  the  second  section  east  of 
it.  A  part  of  this  is  now  owned  by  a  grand  daughter 
(the  widow  of  Isaac  Thomas).  Samuel  Davis  settled 
on  the  land  that  is  now  nearly  covered  by  a  part  of 
Salem.  Much  of  this  he  cleared  and  put  into  a  tillable 
condition.  Other  pioneers  soon  followed;  amongst 
\\  hom  was  Elisha  Hunt,  from  Brownsville,  Pa.  In  a 
letter  written  by  him  about  the  year  1870,  he  said,  ' '  In 
the  year  1803,  I  was  where  Salem  now  stands;  it  was 
then  a  wilderness — no  roads — no  wagon  had  ever  been 
there.  Now  we  see  a  beautiful  town,  fine  farms, 
good  houses,  railroad  cars  running  daily  at  the  speed 
of  thirty  miles  an  hour,  where  it  required  the  whole 
day  to  go  that  distance  thirty  years  ago.  " 

It  was  about  this  time  that  Ohio  was  admitted 
into  the  Union  as  a  state.  Previously  it  was  known 
as  "The  Territory  north-west  of  the  Ohio  river." 
The  land  office  for  this  part  of  the  territory  was  at 
Steubenville.  Land  was  then  entered  for  speculation 
as  often  as  for  settlement.      Government  land  could 


10  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

not  be  purchased  in  quantities  less  than  a  section. 
Some  sections  had  more  "than  one  owner  before  actual 
settlers  had  possession  of  them.  Sometimes  two  or 
more  persons  put  their  money  together,  and  with  it 
entered  a  section  which  they  afterwards  divided; 
sometimes  to  make  settlements,  or,  for  further  spec- 
ulation. 

In  1803  Jonas  Cattell  and  Klisha  Hunt  entered  the 
section  bounded  on  the  east  and  south  sides  hj  what 
is  now  Kllsworth  and  West  Main  streets.  In  divid- 
ing J.  Cattell  took  the  north  half,  and  gave  it  to  his 
son  I)noch,  who  built  a  log  cabin  on  it  and  commenced 
clearing  off  the  native  forest.  He  and  his  wife  both 
died  soon  afterwards  leaving  an  infant  son,  Jonas  D. 
Thomas  French  was  appointed  guardian  for  him,  and 
on  attaining  maturity  he  assumed  possession,  and 
there  he  passed  the  most  of  his  life.  He  became  an 
intellisrent  and  well  informed  man.  He  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace  several  years,  and  two  terms  in 
the  state  senate,  besides  filling  some  minor  offices, 
and  he  took  much  interest  in  public  affairs. 

E^lisha  Hunt  sold  the  west  half  of  his  portion  to 
George  Baum,  Sr.,  who  settled  on  it,  and  there  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  raised  several  children 
— a  few  of  whose  descendants  remain  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Salem.  In  1805  or  1806  ^adok  Street,  Sr., 
bought  K.  Hunt's  land.  His  son,  John,  kept  a  store 
in  New  Lisbon  about  a  year  and  then  moved  to  Salem. 
He  bought  an  acre  of  John  Straughan^"  for  twelve 
dollars.  This  was  at  v/hat  is  now  the  corner  of  Main 
and  Depot  streets.  There  he  erected  a  log  dwelling 
and  a  store  room,  and  opened  the  first  store  in  the 
place.  Years  afterwards  it  was  superseded  by  a 
brick  building  that  still  stands. 

-This  spelling  was  used  by  this  branch  of  the  family,  others  spell  itStrawn. 


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shtttj:mknts.  11 

John  Strau«^han  and  Zadok  Street  liavinj^-  pur- 
chased adjoininj^  hinds,  conceived  the  project  of 
startintj^  a  town.  Whereupon  a  ph)t  of  land  for  this 
purpose  was  made,  and  inducements  were  offered  for 
persons  to  come  and  settle  here.  This  was  in  1806. 
The  town  was  named  after  Salem  in  New  Jersey, 
from  which  the  Streets  came.  As  laid  out  it  was  on 
the  four  corners  of  four  townships,  namelv:  (loshen, 
Green,  Salem  and  Butler.  Samuel  Davis  and  Israel 
(laskill  entered  into  the  project.  The  latter  had 
purchased  and  settled  on  land  in  the  north-west 
corner  of  Salem  township.     Both  of  them  furnished 

j_  additions  to  the  town.  These  people  were  Friends 
(commonly  called  Quakers),  and  they  thought  that 
there  must  he  j^round  for  a  meetinjj^  house,  and  a 
place  for  huryinj^'-  the  dead.  Wherefore  Sam-uel  Davis 
donated  two  acres  on  the  north  side  of  Main  street; 
and  Israel  Gaskill  as  much  on  the  south  side.  By  this 
means  the  town  was  divided  into  two  distinct  parts, 
and  continued  so  for  many  years.  These  worthy  men 
evidently  had  but  a  vague  idea  of  what  size  the  town 
mi,L,rht  become. 

''  Lots  were  sold,  houses  built,  mechanics  and  other 
kinds  of  working  people  came  and  made  their  abode 
here;  so  that  in  a  few  years  there  were  over  a  hundred 
people  here.  In  1808  and  1809  the  first  meeting  house 
was  built.  A  temporary  log  building  had  been  occu- 
pied previously.  It  was  for  the  Friends;  and  was  on 
the  south  side  of  Main  street,  and  situated  a  few^  rods 
back  from  the  highway,  and  between  what  is  now 
Broadway,  and  Depot  street.  When  the  masons  went 
to  their  work  (me  morning  they  found  the  tracks  of 
a  bear  that  had  passed  over  the  foundation  in  the 
niu-ht,  leavinij  its  marks  in  the  mortar.      The  foun- 


12  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

dation  of  this  building  was  not  well  laid;  too  many 
vsmall  stones  were  used  in  it ;  wherefore  in  about 
thirty-five  years  it  showed  signs  of  sinking  so  as  to 
make  cracks  in  the  walls;  then  a  new  house  was 
deemed  necessary.  And  besides  this  fact  more 
ground  belonged  to  the  society  than  was  needed.  And 
it  could  then  be  sold  to  good  advantage  for  town  lots. 
The  house  on  Dry  street  was  therefore  erected.  The 
first  meeting  in  it  was  held  on  the  27th  day  of  July, 
1845.  This  is  a  good  structure  and  reflects  much 
credit  on  the  building  committee  who  had  charge  of 
the  work,  especially  David  Fawcett. 

Robert  French  married  Anna,  a  daughter  of  Zadok 
Street,  Sr.,  and  received  as  a  dower  the  land  bought 
from  Klisha  Hunt,  except  what  w^as  taken  for  town 
lots.  This  land  he  cleared,  and  built  on  it  a  saw 
mill.  The  dam  and  some  vestiges  of  it  are  3^et  to  be 
seen.  This  mill  did  much  work  in  its  time.  Timber 
was  then  abundant;  more  so  than  the  market  for 
sawed  lumber. 

Zadok  Street,  Sr.,  was  an  old  man  on  his  arrival 
in  Salem.  And  but  little  is  known  about  him  after- 
wards. He  died  in  1807.  His  son,  John,  was  then 
just  in  middle  age;  and  he  engaged  in  mercantile 
business  at  the  center  of  the  town,  and  continued  at 
it  until  old  age.  When  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 
Zadok,  Samuel,  another  son,  took  charge  of  a  farm, 
on  the  vsouth  side  of  the  town.  John,  the  ^^oungest, 
also  had  some  interest  in  the  store.  The  Streets 
^ere  active  business  men,  and  their  position  in  the 
Society  of  Friends  gave  them  prestige  with  that 
class  of  people  as  well  as  some  others.  They  owned 
some  farms  out  in  Goshen  township. 

John  Straughan  and  Job  Cook  bought  the  vsection 


skttij:mknts.  13 

from  wliich  tlio  soutli-wi'st  (jiiartcr  of  the  town  was 
formed.  J.  Straiii^rlian  was  a  liard  workiiiLi-  and 
industrious  man;  and  he  raised  two  sons  and  three 
dau<^hters,  who  became  j^ood  and  useful  citizens;  and 
they  never  did  anythinj^  to  dishonor  the  familv. 
Joseph,  the  oldest  (me,  occupied  the  h(miestead  for 
some  years  and  then  went  to  Lisbon  to  take  care  of 
his  aged  father-in-law.  Jesse,  the  secimd,  became  a 
civil  enj^ineer  and  was  enjj^atred  in  the  survey  of  sev- 
eral railroads. 

In  dividintr  this  section  Job  Cook  took  two-thirds 
on  the  south  side.  He  subsequently  sold  one  hundred 
acres  from  the  south-west  part  of  it  to  J(mathan  Stan- 
ley, who  settled  thereon  And  rendered  it  a  tj^ood  farm. 
The  section  south  of  this  was  entered  and  settled  bv 
Joseph  Wri<rht.  A  part  of  it  and  a  part  of  Job  Cook 's, 
b(^rderin<^  on  the  road  extendin<j^  south  from  Salem, 
was  purchased  and  cleared  by  James  Tollerton.  It 
is  now  in  possession  of  A.  H.  Phillips,  whose  wife  is 
a  ^rand-dautrhter,  and  Augustus  H.  Tollerton  a  grand 
son.  The  land  on  the  east  side  of  this  road  was  set- 
tled by  John  Schooley  and  ^accheus  Test. 

The  second  section  west  of  Salem  was  entered  and 
settled  by  John  Blackburn,  Sr. ,  who  came  from 
Pennsylvania.  And  it  was  inherited  bv  his  sons, 
John,  J.  Armstrong  and  William.  The  last  named 
was  an  officer  in  the  war  of  1812.  Afterwards  he 
served  several  terms  in  each  branch  of  the  Ohio  Leg- 
islature. And  he  was  appointed  by  President  Van 
Buren  land  agent  at  Lima,  ( ).  There  he  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  His  brothers  remained  on  the 
land  of  their  inheritance  during  all  of  their  lives 
except  that  John  was  for  a  few  years  at  Lima,  The 
section  south  of  this  was  entered  and  settled  bv  Hu'di 


14  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

BiirnvS.  After  his  time  and  some  changes  it  got  into 
other  hands.  None  of  the  original  family  or  their 
descendants  now  occup}^  any  part  of  it. 

The  low  ground,  south  of  Salem,  at  that  time  was 
a  swamp,  covered  with  bushes  and  saplings;  so  that 
it  was  with  much  difficulty  that  a  road  through  it 
w^as  made.  It  had  been  a  beaver  pond,  and  being  at 
the  source  of  two  streams,  we  see  there  an  instance 
of  the  sagacity  of  these  animals  in  choosing  this 
place  for  their  quarters. 

Israel  Gaskill  came  in  1805,  and  bought  the  land 
now  covered  by  the  south-east  corner  of  the  city. 
He  lived  in  his  wagon  till  he  got  his  cabin  built.  In 
this  he  dwelt  till  he  built  the  brick  house  which  still 
remains  as  an  old  land  mark — on  Lincoln  avenue. 
Some  of  his  grand-children  are  liov/  living  in  Salem. 

E)lisha  Schooley  came  at  an  early  date,  bought  land 
and  built  a  grist  mill  and  a  saw  mill,  near  the  Lisbon 
road.  Some  vestiges  of  it  are  now  to  be  seen,  though 
the  railroad  passes  over  the  place  were  the  mills  were. 
His  vson,  John,  and  son-in-law,  Mahlon  Hole,  and 
some  others  took  charge  of  these  mills  after  his  time. 
His  son,  William,  also  had  a  grist  mill  further  down 
the  stream.  And  still  further  down  John  Antrim 
had  a  saw  mill  and  carding  machine.  Wm.  Schooley' s 
mill  was  bought,  rebuilt  and  carried  on  several  years 
b}'  Abraham  Shinn.  Out  on  what  is  now  the  Franklin 
Square  road  were  lands  owned  by  Abraham  War- 
rington, Thomas  Conn,  John  Hillard,  Sr.,  and  Henry 
Coy. 

Kast  of  Salem,  and  on  the  south  side  of  the  road 
were  the  farms  of  Jonathan  Kvans,  Nathan  Ball, 
Jesse  and  Aaron  Holloway.  And  on  the  north  side, 
coming    towards   Salem  were  those  of  Wm.   Hunt, 


skttlemp:nts.  15 

Samuel  Farquhar,  David  Painter  and  David  Fawcett; 
allot'  them  respectable  farmers.  Jacob  Painter  came 
in  1S()2  and  settled  on  the  land  now  owned  bv  Joseph 
E.  Post.  He  had  seven  children  who  settled  in  that 
nei<^hborhood.     They  were  all  exemplarv  Friends. 

In  1S03  John  Webb  settled  (  n  the  section  north  of 
Samuel  Davis's.  He  had  a  numerous  familv.  wIk*  set- 
tled in  the  neij^^hborhood;  vso  that  at  one  time  there 
was  a  whole  section  of  Webbs.  Some  of  them  are 
vet  livinjjj"  in  and  near  Salem. 

Abraham  Warrin^tcm  settled  on  land  north  of  that 
recently  owned  by  Jonas  D.  Cattell.  He  had  two  scms 
and  four  daughters — none  of  whom  are  now  livintr, 
but  there  are  some  descendants  among-  the  Hunts  and 
Bonsalls.  Michael  Stratton  also  settled  on  this  sec- 
tion. He  came  from  New  Jersey  in  the  time  of  the 
lirst' settlements  here.  He  had  a  lar^^e  familv;  some 
of  whose  descendants  are  now  well  known  in  Salem. 
These  two  families  were  prominent  and  exemplary 
Friends. 

The  second  secticm  w^est  of  Salem  and  in  Goshen 
township  was  entered  b}^  Thomas  Hutton,  and  bv 
him  sold  to  Joseph  England  (north-west  quarter), 
Enoch  Gause  (south-west  quarter),  and  Isaac  Bar- 
ber, "Sr.  (south-east).  These  individuals  settled  (m 
the  land  thus  purchased  and  converted  it  into  good 
and  productive  farms.  Isaac  Barber  died  a  few 
vears  after  settling  on  this  land.  His  sons  Abram 
and  Isaac  remained  thereon,  and  were  well  Knoun 
in  and  about  Salem.  The  same  might  be  said  of 
Joseph  PJngland.  Isaac  Barber  moved  from  his 
paternal  inheritance  and  Jacob  Thomas  bought  it. 
Jacob  Barber,  another  brother,  lived  some  years  on 
this  quarter  vSection. 


16  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

"To  attend  elections  in  the  several  townships  the 
inhabitants  of  Salem  and  vicinit}^  went  to  the  town 
meeting's  in  four  different  directions.  Januar}^  8th, 
1830,  the  town  of  Salem  was  incorporated,  and  the 
election  for  officers  of  the  incorporation  w^as  held  in 
that  place.  The  civil  divisions  being  inconvenient 
and  the  occasion  of  confusion,  the  people  of  Salem 
petitioned  the  commissioners  of  the  county  to  form  a 
separate  township,  to  be  called  Perry.  -The  town- 
ship w^as  set  off  in  accordance  wnth  the  petition  in 
1832."* 

-Coliinibiana County  History. 


CHAPTER  11. 

CHAKACTKK  AND  HABITS  OF  THE   SKTTLKKS. 

I  IIK  Hrst  people  of  this  town  and  vicinity  were, 
_L  with  few  exceptions,  industrious  and  fruj^al 

in  their  habits.  Their  situation  and  circumstances 
rendered  these  qualities  absolutely  necessary.  Many 
of  the  comforts  and  conyeniences,  that  are  now  readily 
obtained,  were  then  unknown,  or  not  to  be  had  in  any 
way.  Gi^ods  that  are  now  imported  by  railroad, 
were  then  broug^ht  in  waj^^^ons  from  eastern  cities. 
The  facilities  of  transportation  have  called  out  much 
in<;renuity  in  inventors  and  manufacturers  for  supply- 
in*;^  the  natural  and  artificial  wants  of  the  people;  of 
which  wants  our  forefathers  were  in  blissful  iirnor- 
ance.      The  cost  of  all  imported  goods  was  then  <;^reat. 

A  man  who  then  possessed  a  wagon  covered  with 
strong  tow  canvass,  and  six  horses,  was  an  important 
character.  With  such  teams,  goods  were  often 
brought  from  Pittsburgh,  and  sometimes  from  Phil- 
adelphia and  Baltimore.  In  the  same  manner  country 
produce  was  often  sent  from  this  region  to  those 
cities. 

The  old  fashioned  taverns  were  a  great  contrast 
with  modern  hotels.  In  them  refreshment  and  enter- 
tainment could  be  had  in  many  forms,  to  suit  the 
customer,  however  small  his  wants  might  be.  This 
might  be  only  a  dram,  or  a  check  (a  cold  dinner  or 
-upper),  to  be  had  for  twelve  and  a-half  cents. 

Wagoners  were  important  customers  at  these 
hostelries.     They  carried  a  feed  trou^rh  that,  in  trav- 


18  HISTORY   OF   SAIvEM. 

eling,  was  swung  across  the  hind  end  of  the  wagon, 
and  fixed  on  the  tongue  when  the  horses  were  to  be 
fed.  For  beds  they  had  mattresses  that  were  spread 
on  the  bar-room  floor.  And  they  were  readily  rolled 
up  and  placed  in  the  wagon  on  departure.  On  the 
national  turnpike  sometimes  ten  teams,  or  more, 
would  pass  a  night  at  one  tavern.  If  there  was  a 
person  among  them,  or  one  at  the  place,  who  could 
play  the  fiddle,  they  would  have  "a  stag  dance;"  that 
is  one  without  females.  The  wagoner  was  a  character 
in  those  days. 

It  is  true  that  drunkenness  then  was  not  uncom- 
mon. But  the  liquor  then  furnished  was  the  genuine 
"Old  rye."  Lager  beer  and  drugged  liquors  were 
then  unknown,  and  equally  unknown  were  delirum 
tremens  and  mania  a  potu.  In  the  harvest  field,  and 
when  buildings  were  raised  "  Black  Betty  "  was 
often  passed  around;  and  there  werepeople  who  would 
not  help  at  such  times  without  this  stimulant.  But 
when  temperance  reformation  commenced  Salem  was 
one  of  the  foremost  places  in  this  good  work. 

The  first  object  of  a  settler  was  to  build  a  log 
cabin,  and  commence  clearing  his  land.  When  the 
timber  and  underbrush  were  cut  off  the  ground  and 
burned,  a  crop  of  wheat  could  sometimes  be  raised 
without  plowing  the  ground.  But  it  required  several 
years  for  the  roots  to  rot  so  that  plowing  could  be 
easily  done. 

New  roads,  especially  through  the  woods,  were 
often  very  muddy.  On  low  lands  they  were  more  so. 
As  a  remedy  trees  were  cut  and  laid  across  the  roads, 
and  then  covered  with  dirt  dug  from  the  sides,  so 
as  to  form  ditches.  As  the  land  was  cleared,  it 
held  less  water  and  then  better  roads  could  be  had. 


CHARACTER  AND  HABITS  OF  THK  SETTLKRvS.       19 

From  thivS  cause  also,  many  streams,  that  once 
afforded  water  enoii^^h  to  run  a  mill,  became  so  dimin- 
ished in  amount  of  water  as  not  t<»  furnish  a  suffi- 
ciency for  that  ]')urpose  to  keep  a  mill  ,L,^()in;^^  h>nj^'" 
enouj^h  to  reward  its  attention,  even  if  custom  were 
not  lackinj^. 

The  first  settlers  brou^^^ht  with  them  the  social 
and  domestic  customs  of  their  native  places;  and  by 
the  conglomeration  of  these  the  j^^eneral  character  of 
the  place  was  formed.  From  Pennsylvania  came  the 
Barbers,  Blackburns,  Boones,  Burnses,  Cattells, 
Cookes,  Davises,  En<j^lands,  Kvanses,  Heacocks, 
Hunts,  Jennintj-s,  Straughans,  Thomases,  and  many 
others — more  than  from  any  other  state.  From  New 
Jersey  came  the  Balls,  Frenches,  (jaskills,  Hilliards, 
Swainis,  Tests  and  Warringtons.  From  Virginia 
came  the  Fawcetts,  Holloways,  Painters,  Stanleys, 
Schooleys  and  Wrights.  From  Maryland  came  the 
Bentleys,  Silvers,  Webbs  and  Zimmermans.  When 
the  settlement  had  got  a  good  start  some  came  from 
other  states,  and  some  foreigners; — from  England, 
Ireland  and  Scotland. 

"House  building,  which  will  include  all  classes  of 
structures  made  of  wood,  iron,  stone  and  brick,  either 
alone  or  combined,  and  intended  for  any  use  which 
may  subserve  the  necessities  or  happiness  of  man,  in 
the  present  state  of  civilization  and  enlightenment, 
is  a  department  of  human  industry  that  has  claimed 
an  important  place,  in  all  nations  and  at  all  times, 
whenever  and  wherever  man  has  been  raised  out  of 
savage  or  nomadic  barbarism,  and  occupied  a  fixed 
residence,  and  laid  the  foundation  for  a  house,  with 
its  refinements  and  endearments,  its  privileges  and 
opportunities.     The   houses  built  and  used   l)y  early 


20  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

vsettlers  were  rude  in  structure,  and  plain  in  appear- 
ance, built  chiefly  of  wood,  w4th  but  little  expense  ; 
many  of  the  pioneers  being  both  architects  and  build- 
ers, m  planning  and  constructing  their  houses  and 
barns.  The  buildings  in  a  countr^^  town  or  cit}^  indi- 
cate not  the  w^ealth  alone,  but  the  refinement  and 
taste,  the  modes  of  thought  and  the  intelligence  of 
the  people.  The  relative  expense  of  building  house 
and  barn,  and  the  care  and  attention  given  to  each, 
speak  to  the  observant  stranger  in  language  not  to 
be  misunderstood,  of  the  tendencies  and  aspirations 
of  those  who  build  and  occup}^  the  same.  If  the  chief 
care  and  expense  is  bestowed  on  the  house,  the  owner 
has  chief  regard  for  his  family;  if  upon  the  barn,  for 
his  stock,  grain  and  profits."* 

Barns  and  stables  in  early  times  were  built  in  much 
the  same  manner  as  houses — of  unhewed  logs.  A 
plank  floor  for  a  barn  could  not  be  had  till  saw  mills 
were  set  in  operation.  Threshing  was  done  with  a 
flail,  on  a  barn  floor,  making  a  sound,  once  heard, 
would  always  be  remembered. 

Most  of  the  clothing,  then  worn,  was  home-made. 
There  were  women  who  could  cut,  fit,  and  make  a 
ofarment  that  suited  the  wearer  as  well  as  anv  that 
is  now  sold  in  clothing  stores;  and  it  was  generally 
substantial.  Fashions  were  not  then  as  closely  fol- 
lowed as  now.  It  was  not  till  some  time  in  the 
thirties  that  fashion  plates  were  to  be  seen  in  tailor 
shops. 

A  log  cabin  was  a  quaint  structure.  When  timber 
was  plenty,  it  was  easy  to  build  one.  A  stone  was 
placed  at  each  corner  for  a  foundation,  the  logs  were 
cut  to  a  proper  length,  and  hauled  to  the  place.     The 

'■■Upper  Ohio  Valley  History. 


CHARACTKR  ANI>  HAIUTS  OF  THK  SKTTLKKS.      2\ 

two  foiiiulation  l()*4-s  were  then  pkiced  and  "saddles  " 
made  on  their  ends;  that  is,  they  were  sliced  in  a 
slopin'^r  manner,  so  as  to  lit  into  notches  that  wonld 
he  cut  into  the  lo^s  that  would  be  placed  across  form- 
inju;-  the  other  two  sides  of  the  l)iiildin<j;'.  These  then 
would  he  fixed  in  the  same  manner  for  the  next  two. 
Thus  the  corners  were  made  and  kept  as  near  j)er- 
pendicular  as  possible.  When  the  structure  was  hij^h 
enouj^di,  the  end  h)trs  were  made  shorter  and  heveled 
so  as  to  form  a  *rahle.  These  were  connected  to  the 
opposite  end  hy  smaller  loj^s  called  '  'rihs; ' '  and  <  >n  these 
the  clap-hoards  were  placed.  The  last  loj^'-s  before 
the  j^able  were  some  l(m<j;-er  than  those  under  it,  so  as 
to  have  a  small  lo^r  on  each  side  to  keep  the  clap 
l)()ards  from  slipping  off.  These  were  kept  in  place 
by  weight  poles,  between  which  billets  of  wood  called 
"knees,  "  were  placed  to  keep  them  from  slidintjf  down- 
ward. Sometimes  these  cabins  were  built  two  stories 
hij^di.  The  upper  story  would  be  reached  by  a  ladder. 
If  there  was  a  saw^  mill  in  the  neighborhood,  boards 
would  be  used  for  doors  and  floors.  Otherwise  the 
floors  were  made  by  splitting  logs  into  halves,  and 
hewing  the  flat  sides  smooth.  And  these  were  placed 
on  sills.  For  a  chimney  a  few  logs  w^ere  cut  off"  in 
the  middle  at  one  end  so  as  to  leave  an  opening,  about 
six  feet  wide.  There  a  chimney  was  built  of  stones 
and  mortar.  If  stone  was  not  plenty,  a  few  logs 
were  cut  to  a  proper  length  and  fitted  into  those  of 
the  main  building.  Inside  these  some  st(mes  were 
plastered  over  with  mortar,  and  a  pen  of  sticks,  about 
two  inches  square,  and  well  plastered  formed  the 
upper  part.  Inside  the  structure  wooden  pins  stuck- 
into  the  walls  and  clap-boards  laid  on  them  made 
shelves  t<>  hold  the  household  utensils.      The  l(»wer 


22  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

story  (often  there  was  only  one)  served  for  kitchen, 
dining  room,  and  often  lodging  room  too.  When  the 
family  had  enough  bed  quilts  some  of  these  would  be 
used  to  make  a  partition  between  the  beds.  There 
were  no  "Jack  Peepers  "  then,  and  the  modesty  of 
these  people  was  not  of  the  Pharisaical  kind. 

As  time  advanced  the  log  cabin  gave  way  to  the 
hewed  log  house,  in  which  sawed  lumber  was  used 
for  floors,  partitions  and  some  other  parts  of  the 
edifice,  and  it  was  covered  with  a  shingle  roof.  Next 
frame  and  brick  houses  were  built,  of  such  commodi- 
ousness  as  to  accommodate  the  family  amply.  And 
then  taste  and  style  began  to  be  especially  mani- 
fested. 

Timber  was  abundant  at  that  time  in  this  region, 
and  it  was  of  the  best  quality.  Oak,  beech,  poplar 
and  cucumber  prevailed.  Some  of  the  poplars  were 
five  feet  in  diameter  at  the  butt  and  were  fifty  up  to 
the  first  branch.  Sugar  maple  also  abounded.  Many 
people  made  several  hundred  weight  of  sugar  each 
season.  Within  three  miles  of  Salem  were  about 
twenty  saw  mills.  These  had  the  old  fashioned 
up-and-down  saws.  They  were  slow  compared  with 
the  modern  portable  works  with  circular  saws. 
Much  good  timber  that  would  be  of  great  value  now 
was  then  destroyed,  because  the  ground  on  which  it 
grew  was  needed  for  farming  purposes;  and  used 
thus  it  produced  niore  wealth  than  the  sale  of  the 
timber,  at  that  time. 

Flax  was  raised  in  this  region  at  an  early  date.  It 
was  dried,  rotted,  and  then  broken  by  a  machine  that 
would  now  be  a  curiosity.  It  was  then  "scutched  " 
to  separate  the  tow  from  the  better  part.  Use  was 
found  for  the  tow.      The  flax  thus  dressed  was  spun 


CHARACTER  AM)  HABITS  OF  THK  SKTTLKKS.   J.> 

and  woven  into  linen  that  served  for  makinj:^  sheets, 
shirts  and  sometimes  pantaloons.  Sheep  were  kept 
and  their  wool  (most  of  it)  was  used  at  home.  It  was 
dyed,  carded,  spun  and  woven  near  at  home.  There 
were  then  persons  who  had  looms  on  which  thev  made 
cloth  passable  for  the  pioneers.  With  manv  families 
all  of  the  tailorinj^f-  and  dress-makint>^  was  done  at 
home. 

The  time  has  been  when  tailors  and  shoemakers 
went  from  house  to  house,  and  at  each  of  them  had 
their  board,  and  got  their  wages  for  furnishing  each 
member  of  the  family  with  their  line  of  business. 
This  was  called  "  Whipping  the  cat."  Women,  too, 
who  were  good  spinners,  and  unmarried,  sometimes 
got  employment  and  a  temporary  home  in  the  same 
manner.  Hence  spinster  and  old  maid  became  svnony- 
mous.  Salem  has  been  a  progressive  place;  hence 
these  customs  and  classes  of  industry  became  obsolete 
at  an  early  time. 

The  author  of  the  following  poetry  is  not  known. 
It  was  first  published  some  time  in  the  thirties.  Could 
we  look  back  to  the  years  of  1808,  and  a  few  of  the 
following,  its  counterpart  might  be  seen  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Salem.  There  are  no  prairies  in  this  part 
of  Ohio,  but,  "  Buckeye  cabins,  "  like  this,  were  then 
numerous.  Such  entertainment,  as  is  here  described, 
was  then  frequently  offered  to  strangers.  Among 
the  early  .settlers  land  was  often  best  known  bv 
"range,  and  quarter  sections."  Hunting  exploits 
were  then  often  the  subject  of  their  "  Winter  evening 
tales,"  at  their  neighl)orly  visits: 

"Sometimes  in  traveling  throug-h  the  West, 
A  stranger  finds  a  Hoosier's  nest; 
In  other  words  a  Buckeye  cabin. 


24  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Just  big-  enoug-h  to  hold  Queen  Mab  in ;   . 
Its  situation  low,  but  airy, 
Close  on  the  borders  of  a  prairie. 
And  fearing-  he  should  be  benig-hted, 
He  hailed  the  house  and  then  alig-hted. 
The  Hoosier  meets  him  at  the  door  ; 
Their  salutations  soon  are  o'er : — 
He  takes  the  strang-er's  horse  aside, 
Which  quick  is  to  a  sapling-  tied  ; 
And  having-  stripped  the  saddle  off, 
He  feeds  him  in  a  sug-ar  troug-h. 

The  stranger  stoops  to  enter  in — 
The  entrance  closing-  with  a  pin ; 
And  manifests  a  strong-  desire, 
To  seat  him  by  the  log-  heap  fire  ; 
Where  half  a  dozen  Hoosieroons, 
With  mush  and  milk,  tin  cups  and  spoons, 
Besmeared  hands  and  dirty  faces, 
Seem  much  inclined  to  keep  their  places. 
But  madam  anxious  to  display 
Her  roug-h  but  undisputed  way. 
The  young-sters  to  the  ladder  led. 
And  cuffed  them  quickly  up  to  bed. 

Invited  shortly  to  partake 
Of  venison,  "bar,"  and  Johnny  cake. 
The  stranger  makes  a  heart}'  meal. 
While  round  him  anxious  glances  steal . 
One  side  is  hung  with  coats  and  garments, 
The  other  lined  with  skins  of  "  varmints." 
Three  dogs  are  stretched  upon  the  floor, 
Three  guns  are  placed  above  the  door. 
The  host  who  centers. his  affections 
On  game  and  range  and  quarter  sections, 
Talks  to  his  guest  till  midnig-ht  hours  ; 
And  then  he  yields  to  Somnus'  powers. " 

Sociabilit}'  and  hOvSpitality  were  prominent  traits 
of  character  in  these  pioneers.  The}'  welcomed  a 
newcomer,  especially  if  he  showed  indications  of 
making    a  desirable   neighbor.      The}-  were  seldom 


CHARACTER  AND  HABITS  OF  THIO  SKTTLKKS.      25 

unwilling  to  help  their  neitrhhors  in  time  of  need. 
For  a  lotr  r()]lin«^^  or  the  raisin<r  of  a  hiiildinjj^  it  was 
seldom  difficult  to  t^ather  thirty  or  forty  people  to 
help  about  it.  And  in  return  a  <rcn)d  dinner  and  sup- 
per only  were  expected.  People  who  thus  rendered 
help,  heinjjf  entitled  to  the  same  in  return.  And  they 
were  not  often  eaj^er  to  demand  it.  Sometimes  the 
vounLT  men  felt  hcmored  in  havin«^r  a  chance  to  ^ive 
their  help,  and  exhibit  their  jLrr()win<;f-  stren*j;-th  and 
activity,  at  a  raising. 

In  raising  a  log-  building  four  expert  men  were 
chosen  for  "corner  men."  Their  business  was  to  fit 
the  logs  at  the  corners  by  ' '  notches  and  saddles, ' '  so 
that  these  parts  would  be  straight  up  frcmi  the 
foundation.      Other  men  shoved  up  the  logs  (m  skids. 

As  Salem  increavsed  in  population  and  importance, 
mechanics  and  other  artisans  found  employment  here. 
There  were  carpenters,  blacksmiths,  cabinet-makers, 
hatters,  tailors  and  shoemakers.  These  were  the 
principal  of  that  class,  and  they  had  their  shops  for 
their  business.  And  those  who  were  master  work- 
men, had  some  journeymen  and  apprentices.  The 
old  way  of  binding  an  apprentice  to  serve  a  term  of 
years  to  learn  a  trade  was  then  in  vogue;  and  while 
a  matter  of  curiosity  to  some  people  of  this  day,  it 
affords  matter  for  thought.  The  time  has  been  when 
a  term  of  seven  years  was  deemed  necessary  for  this 
purpose;  and  was  expected  to  make  a  complete  work- 
man. But  latterl}^  the  time  has  been  shortened,  but 
it  has  always  ended  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  for 
males,  and  eighteen  for  females.  The  apprentice- 
ship faithfully  served,  and  an  hcjnorable  discharge 
gave  a  young  man  a  good  prestige  of  employment 
afterwards. 


26  HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 

During  a  term  of  apprenticeship  the  master  was 
required  to  furnish  the  apprentice  good  and  whole- 
some food,  lodging,  and  clothing,  and  a  certain 
amount  of  schooling,  and  to  teach  him  the  craft  and 
mystery  of  the  trade.  The  apprentice  was  required 
to  serve  his  master  faithfully,  to  treat  him  and  his 
family  with  due  respect,  not  to  embezzle  his  goods, 
or  say  or  do  anything  to  the  injury  of  his  business; 
and  not  to  go  to  any  places  of  dissipation.  At  the 
close  of  the  term  of  service,  if  all  conditions  were 
faithfully  kept,  the  apprentice  was  to  have  an  outfit, 
which  usually  was  a  new  and  good  suit  of  clothes,  a 
Bible,  and,  in  some  instances,  a  set  of  tools  of  a 
specified  value  Some  young  men  thought  the  term 
of  service  too  long.  And  when  they  deemed  them- 
selves proficient  in  the  business,  it  appeared  hard  for 
them  to  continue  Vv'^orking  for  only  their  board; 
wherefore  they  ran  off,  and  thus  forfeited  their  outfit 
that  would  be  due  at  maturity.  Their  masters  then 
advertised  them,  forbidding  any  persons  harboring 
or  trusting  them,  on  their  account.  Six  cents,  and, 
in  some  instances,  only  one  cent,  was  offered  as  a 
reward  for  their  return. 

The  following  are  samples  of  indentures  made  and 
entered  into  in  and  near  Salem: 

"November  29th,  1833,  Aramintha  Grist  was 
indentured  to  Zadok  Street.  She  was  to  be  instructed 
in  the  art,  trade,  and  mystery  of  housewifery;  to  be 
trained  to  habits  of  obedience,  industry,  and  moral- 
ity; to  be  taught  to  read,  write,  and  cipher  as  far  as 
the  single  rule  of  three;  to  be  provided  for,  and  be 
allowed  meat,  drink,  washing,  lodging,  and  apparel 
for  summer  and  winter.  She  was  to  live  with  him 
until  she  was  eighteen  years  of  age;  and,  at  the  expir- 


CHAKACTKK  AM)   HAiUTS  OF  THE  SIOTTIJIKS. 


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ation  of  such  service,  he  should  ^rivo  lier  a  new  Hil)le 
and  at  least  two  suits  o1  common  wearin<^  apparel." 

"Mar}'  Sheets  was  apprenticed  to  Alexander 
Burns.  She  was  to  have,  at  the  expiration  of  her 
service,  a  new  Bible,  two  suits  of  comuKm  wearinj;^ 
apparel,  a  new  bureau,  one  new  wool  wheel,  and  a 
new  umbrella."* 

The  Friends,  at  this  time,  ;L,^ave  character  to  the 
town  and  surrounding^-  country.  Their  meetin^^s  were 
larj^rely  attended.  Their  "Fourth  day,"  uKmthlv, 
and  quarterly  meetint2:s  were  notable  days  in  the 
town,  and  always  the  best  days  for  the  stores. 
Sociability  and  steady  habits  were  then  prominent 
traits  of  character  with  the  people.  Thev  were 
mostly  u;-enerous  to  stran^'-ers,  and,  with  excepti(ms, 
lived  within  the  bounds  of  their  resources.  The  con- 
trast between  that  time  and  the  present  conveys  a 
lesson  by  which  the  reader  may  profit.  We  see  in  it 
the  progress  of  wealth  and  improvements,  and,  with 
it,  their  effects  on  the  condition  and  habits  of  the 
people.  The  advancement  of  the  town  was  slow 
until  the  railroad  was  built.  Then  a  great,  change 
came  over  it.  Its  past  and  prevsent  suggest  much 
for  our  thoughtvS. 


-Columbiana  foiinly  History. 


CHAPTER  III. 

SALEM   IN    FORMER   DAYS   AND   ITS   PROGRESS. 

3N  the  History  of  Columbiana  County  "Recollec- 
tions of  Salem  in  the  early  part  of  the  fall  of 
1809,  "  as  it  then  appeared  to  James  W.  Leech, 
who  is  well  remembered  by  some  of  our  oldest  inhab- 
itants, are  given. 

"Mr.,  Leach  was  brought  up  in  the  family  of 
Joshua  Wright,  who  lived  about  four  miles  south- 
east, on  the  Lisbon  road.  In  the  fall  of  that  year 
they  went  through  what  is  now  the  city  of  Salem, 
on  a  visit  to  John  Spencer,  a  son-in-law  of  Mr. 
Wright,  who  lived  about  two  and  one-half  miles  west 
of  the  town." 

"  As  they  came  from  the  south-east  the  first  house 
that  they  met  was  IsraelGaskill's,  situated  on  what 
is  now  Lincoln  avenue  (the  present  house  and  lot 
being  the  property  of  the  heirs  of  Lewis  Street); and 
at  the  place  that  the  street  intersects  what  is  now 
Main  street,  which  was  then  laid  out,  could  be  seen 
the  log  cabin  of  Samuel  Davis.  It  stood  in  the  posi- 
tion of  the  old  brick  house  now  owned  by  Mrs.  S. 
Hiddleson.  Turning  into  the  Main  street,  the  first 
dwelling  was  a  log  cabin,  occupied  by  Price  Blake 
as  a  house  of  entertainment,  and  was  situated  on  the 
south  side  of  the  street,  opposite  the  brick  house, 
now  marked  No.  lOL  The  next  building  was  the 
brick  meeting  hoUvSe  of  the  Friends,  on  the  same  side 
of  the  street,  and  near  where  the  Whinery  block 
now  stands.  Opposite  stood  a  log  school-house  about 
18  bv  22  feet  in  size.  Still  farther  west  and  on  the 
north-side  of  the  street  was  a  hewed  log  cabin." 


SALKM  IN  FORMKK  DAYS  AM)  ITS  PROGRESS.       2*> 

"On  the  south  side  of  the  street  lived  John  Street, 
in  a  h)^  cabin,  in  which  he  also  kept  a  store.  At 
this  point  the  street  intersected  with  the  township 
lines,  and  a  road  ran  alon<jf  between  the  sections.  A 
little  further  on  was  a  lo*;' cabin,  occupied  bv  Thomas 
Conn.  Robert  French  was  on  the  north  side  of  Main 
street,  and  lived  where  his  ^^rand-son,  Robert,  now 
lives.  John  Straui^han  lived  on  the  south  side  of  the 
main  street.  Part  of  his  homestead  remains  vet.  It 
is  on  Sharp  street.  Job  Cook  lived  south  of  this. 
Joseph  Rhodes  lived  on  a  farm  east  of  Job  Cook's, 
now  owned  by  Samuel  Smith.  Jonathan  Stanley 
lived  on  land  south  of  Job  Cook's." 

The  further  pro^^ress  of  the  town  will  be  seen  in 
the  followinj.!^  sketch,  which  shows  its  appearance 
at  the  author's  first  acquaintance  with  it.  These 
descriptions  and  its  present  appearance  and  pros- 
perity illustrate  its  slow  but  sure  progress. 

SALEM  IN   1830. 

Before  the  railroad  was  extended  to  Salem,  more 
stran.i^ers  came  to  the  town  by  way  of  the  Lisbon 
road  than  from  any  other  direction.  This  was  then 
tht?  stage  route.  In  later  years  the  stage  came  by 
the  wav  of  Franklin  S([uare.  On  approaching  the 
town,  the  first  view  of  it  was  to  be  obtained  in  a 
place  now  within  the  borough  limits,  near  what  has 
been  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Pow.  Looking  towards 
the  north-west,  the  Friends'  meeting  house  and  the 
row  occupied  by  Dr.  Stanton  and  John  Campbell 
could  be  seen.  Some  distant  views  of  the  town  are 
now  to  be  had  from  places  fnnn  which  sight  of  it  was 
then  closed  by  the  woods.  A  sugar  camp  then  covered 
the  lots   south  of  this  place,  and  on  the  west  side  of 


30  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

the  road.  On  the  other  side  of  the  road  the  native 
forest,  partly  cut  down,  covered  a  few  acres.  An 
orchard  was  at  the  junction  of  the  Franklin  Square 
road.  Israel  Gaskill's  residence  was  a  plain  old 
fashioned  brick  house,  which  has  since  been  much 
remodeled.  Cultivated  fields  were  on  both  sides  of 
the  road  from  the  sugar  camp  to  Main  street,  A 
little  back  from  the  corner  where  the  Baptist  church 
stands  was  the  woolen  factor}^  then  owned  and  oper- 
ated Iw  John  Stanle3%  and  but  recenth^  built.  A  saw 
mill  was  connected  with  it,  and  driven  b}^  the  same 
en.o^ine.  This  and  the  Canfield  road  marked  the 
eastern  boundary  of  the  town. 

Across  the  Lisbon  road  from  the  factory  was 
William  Kidd's  property.  He  lived  in  a  small  two- 
stor}^  log  house,  that  stood  a  few  rods  back  from  the 
corner.  A.  B.  Parquhar's  residence  is  the  second 
brick  house  that  has  been  built  on  that  lot.  The  log 
house  was  built  by  David  Gaskill,  Sr. ,  one  of  the 
earliest  inhabitants.  Adjoining  this  was  the  shop 
in  which  Mr.  Kidd  carried  on  wagon-making.  It  was 
a  two-story  frame  with  one  end  towards  Main  street. 
Between  this  and  the  Wilson  property  there  was  not 
more  than  one  or  two  houses  besides  John  Saxon's 
and  William  Chaney's.  The  latter  stood  where  A. 
M.  Carr's  new  store  has  been  built.  It  was  both 
dwelling  and  hatter  shop.  John  Saxon's  house  was 
some  rods  back  from  the  street.  His  occupation  was 
weaving;  while  his  son  Joseph  managed  a  tanner}', 
and,  for  some  3^ears,  supplied  the  town  with  fresh 
beef;  that  is,  except  what  they  got  from  the  farmers. 
Butchering  was  not  then  such  a  trade  as  it  is  now. 
Mr.  Saxon  was  the  pioneer  in  this  trade,  which  has 
since  become  one  of  the  most  prominent  in  the  town. 


SALKM  IN  FORMKR  DAYS  AND  I  TS  I'RCMiRKSS.       M 

Isaac  Wilson  then  kcj)!  the  Western  Hotel,  a  store, 
the  postoffice  and  a  tan  yard.  No  vestij^es  of  it  nor 
of  Saxon's  are  now  to  be  seen.  His  store  was  nian- 
a.sj;e(l  by  his  son,  William  (t.,  who  died  in  1<S.>,S. 
Between  this  store  and  a  brick  house,  occupied  then 
by  Benjamin  Hawley,  was  a  vacant  lot,  both  of 
which  are  n;)w  covered  by  the  (Ireiner-Brainard  hotel. 
Next  was  a  long-  one-story  house  with  an  end  towards 
the  street,  and  some  vacant  space  (m  each  side.  Then 
came  Joseph  Smith's  blacksmith  shop,  and  his  frame 
house;  from  it,  a  lot  that  was  sometimevS  cultivated, 
extended  to  the  Friends'  property.  Their  lot  extended 
to  Depot  street  (not  then  named).  It  had  horse  sheds 
on  three  sides,  and  was  entered  by  two  gates  from 
Main  street,  and  In-  one  on  the  west  side.  This 
venerable  meeting  house  (the  first  brick  building 
erected  in  the  town)  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
objects  in  the  place.  In  the  rear  of  it,  and  about 
where  Kopp's  grocery  store  now  is,  was  the  school 
hoUvSe,  of  which  Joseph  Shreve  wrote  :     . 

"  Here  long-  to  teach  has  been  my  toilsome  lot ; 

Yet  sweet  endearment  found  in  many  a  heart. 
While  duties  pressed,  with  various  labors  fraught, 

Knowledge  to  half  a  thousand  to  impart." 

When  we  consider  the  present  attendance  at  the 
Uni(m  Schools,  now  in  this  city,  the  instruction  of 
"half  a  thousand"  j)upils  may  be  deemed  a  verv 
small  task  for  ten  years  of  teaching.  Some  distance 
farther  south  was  a  large  barn,  that  was  often  the 
resort  of  juvenile  Sabbath -breakers,  who  sometimes 
disturbed  the  Friends'  and  Baptist  meetings.  Fort- 
unately for  the  proprietor.  Inciter  matches  were  not 
then  invented. 

John  Street's  store  then  did   more  business  than 


32  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

any  other  in  the  place.  The  store  and  dwelling  were 
then  more  isolated  than  now;  and  have  been  much 
altered  since  his  time.  His  tanner}^  then  did  an  exten- 
sive business.  He  bought  a  great  deal  of  pork  every 
winter;  and  dealt  much  in  country  produce.  Between 
his  store  and  the  Baptist  meeting  house  there  were 
not  more  than  one  or  two  dwelling  houses.  The 
Baptists  then  worshipped  in  a  small  brick  house. 
Their  lot  marked  the  southern  limit  of  the  town. 
Near  the  position  of  J.  M.  Stratton's  lumber  yard  was 
a  hewed  log  house  in  which  lived  Isaiah  Bowker. 
"  Old  Bowker  "  was  a  character  in  those  days.  His 
emplo3"ment  was  hauling — with  a  team  of  crow-bait 
horses — and  pettifogging  some  of  the  lawsuits  that 
then  occurred.  In  the  south-west  part  of  the  town 
there  were  but  few  permanent  residents;  of  these 
might  be  mentioned  John  Plitcraft,  Geo.  Fry,  James 
W.  Leach  and  Christian  Harmon.  The  latter  car- 
ried on  a  pottery.  What  is  now  Dry  street  then 
extended  onh^  to  the  New  Garden  road,  and  was 
called  Brindle  street. 

John  Street  had  a  large  garden  that  extended  to 
the  brick  house  west  of  it  that  still  remains; — then 
occupied  by  Matthias  Hester.  Attached  to  it  was  a 
small  frame  house  that  he,  at  some  time,  had  used  for 
a  tailor  shop.  Next  house  was  the  abode  of  Amos 
Silver.  On  the  corner  was  Hester's  little  store. 
Across  was  William  Heacock's  tavern.  His  old 
fashioned  sign,  with  a  picture  of  a  buck  looking  back 
over  its  shoulders,  reminded  of  the  time  when  this 
house  of  entertainment  was  first  opened.  His  cabi- 
net shop  was  next,  then  Richard  Heacock's  house  and 
shop  that  marked  the  west  end  of  the  town.  Look- 
ing  westward  gave  a  view  of  the    well    cultivated 


SALKM  IN  FORMICR  DAYS  AM)  ITS  1»RO(;rKSS.       33 

farms  of  Mr.  John   Strau*^lKin   and   Robert  Krcnrli. 

David  Gaskill's  sqnare  marked  the  end  (»f  wlial 
bordered  on  the  north  side  of  Main  street.  The 
most  substantial  parts  of  his  buildint^  still  remain. 
But  they  are  much  chanj^ed.  There  was  a  barn  and 
some  out-buildint^s  on  the  scjuare.  At  the  west  end 
of  the  store  was  a  small  frame  painted  red,  and  ke])t 
closed,  apparently  as  a  memento  of  the  business  in 
which  the  owner  commenced — boot  and  shoe-makint^. 
Half  way  between  Gaskill's  property  and  Green 
street  was  the  residence  of  Jacob  Beam,  a  shoemaker 
by  trade,  and  a  meek  Methodist  by  persuasion.  The 
brick  building"  across  from  Gaskill's  was  occupied  by 
Thomas  Spencer,  who  kept  a  small  tavern.  A  part 
of  it  was  occupied  by  Dr.  D.  Williams,  who  had  a 
small  drug  store  in  his  oflfice.  (Toing  eastward  we 
next  find  the  blacksmith  shop  of  Amos  Silver;  then  a 
log  house,  weather-boarded,  which  was  occupied  by 
Isaac  Boone.  The  front  room  was  his  saddlery  shop; 
and  it  had  a  small  addition  on  the  west  side  occupied 
by  another  familv.  Part  of  it  still  remains  having 
been  subjected  to  manv  changes.  Between  this  and 
the  KUsworth  road  was  a  large  garden,  in  which 
Joseph  Shreve  sometimes  employed  himself  in  horti- 
culture when  not  engaged  in  mental  culture.  In  the 
rear  part,  where  now  is  a  livery  stable,  was  a  two- 
story  hewed  log  house,  in  which  he  dwelt  with  his 
two  sisters — all  of  them  unmarried. 

The  Friends'  property  then  divided  the  town  into 
two  distinct  parts.  That  north  of  Main  street  was 
almost  vacant.  Opposite  their  meeting  house,  about 
where  McMillan's  book-store  now  is  was  an  old  hewed 
log  school-house,  the  first  erected  in  the  place.  Dur- 
ing some    previous    years   it  was  the  only   place  of 


34  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

scholastic  education  in  the  town.  Several  teachers 
there  officiated.  One  of  them  was  James  Tollerton, 
who  often  used  a  kind  of  discipline  that  many  parents 
of  this  day  would  not  be  willing-  to  have  their  young- 
hopefuls  subjected.  Family  pride,  and  over- weening- 
parental  affection  now  too  often  over-rule  good  judg- 
ment. 

Proceeding  eastward  we  next  find  a  frame  row, 
only  a  little  of  which  still  remains,  but  is  much 
altered.  The  west  end  was  rented  as  a  shop  to 
different  parties;  the  next  door  was  John  Campbell's 
saddlery  shop;  then  his  dwelling;  then  Dr.  Stan- 
ton 's  residence.  He  was  then  the  principal  physician 
in  the  place.  His  benevolent  looks  and  genial  aspect 
as  he  walked  the  streets,  or  rode  on  his  errands  of 
mercy  to  the  afflicted  (often  in  the  most  inclement 
weather),  once  seen,  would  always  be  remembered. 
His  office  was  attached  to  the  east  end  of  his  dwell- 
ing. It  has  since  been  separated  and  moved  to  Green 
street,  and  now  forms  the  east  half  of  No.  24.  In 
this  the  doctor  kept  his  medicines,  and  made  his 
prescriptions;  and,  in  it  several  persons  studied, 
who  afterwards  became  successful  physicians. 

On  the  next  corner  was  Amos  Hawley's  residence, 
then  his  shop  (a  small  frame).  He,  at  that  time, 
was  the  prince  of  shoemakers  in  Salem.  In  his  shop, 
some  years  before,  a  young  man  named  Davis  com- 
mitted suicide;  the  cause  of  which  was  said  to  be  the 
same  old  stor3%  often  told,  of  disappointed  love.  He 
was  buried  in  a  corner  lot  of  a  grave-yard  since  made 
into  building  lots.  An  amusing  stor}^  was  told  of 
some  young  doctors  who  exhumed  his  body  for  ana- 
tomical purposes. 

The    next  was  a  brick  house  occupied    by  Israel 


SALEM  IN  FORMKK  DAYS  AND  ITS  PROGRKSS.       35 

Beans;  in  a  part  of  it  he  had  his  hattor  shop.  After 
a  vacancy  was  Charles  Jobes'  chair  shop,  and  a  frame 
house  occupied  hv  Jonathan  Haines.  The  next  was 
a  two-story  frame  with  the  end  to  the  street.  Tliis 
was  Anthon}'  Taylor's  ])low  shop.  From  it  a  one- 
story  row  extended  nearly  to  Lundy  street.  In  one 
room  of  this  Joseph  (joulbourn  commenced  tailorinj;^, 
and,  in  another,  J.  J.  Brooks  opened  his  first  law-office. 
A  little  back  from  Lundy  street  and  adjoininjLJ^  this 
row  was  a  two-story  frame  house  with  a  carpenter 
shop  in  front.  1164603 

Across  Lundy  street  was  Jehu  Pawcett's  shop,  a 
long-  story  and  a-half  building-.  The  sign  of  a  spin- 
ning wheel  on  the  front  end  indicated  his  business 
at  that  time.  There  was  a  small  vacancy  between 
it  and  his  dwelling.  Then  came  the  residence  of 
John  Stanley  (since  that  time  much  altered),  and  now 
owned  by  the  heirs  of  Jacob  Heaton.  Adjoining-  it 
then  might  be  seen  the  charred  remains  of  the  factory 
that  was  burned  a  few  years  before.  Next  came 
Aaron  Hise's  blacksmith  shop,  and  residence.  The 
next  was  a  large  frame  dwelling  with  a  narrow  front, 
and  considerable  back  extension.  It  was  owned  by 
Richard  Fawcett,  Sr.  The  next  was  a  large  three- 
story  brick  building  unfinished,  without  doors  or 
windows  on  the  front  side.  This  was  called  "Schol- 
field's  Castle. "  A  few  rooms  in  the  rear  were  finished 
and  occupied  by  the  proprietor,  who  had  commenced 
to  build  on  a  grand  scale,  but  was  not  al)le  to  finish. 
On  the  corner  was  a  blacksmith  shop,  in  which  his 
son,  Samuel,  was  the  principal  workman. 

The  Canfield  road  was  then  the  boundary  of  this 
part  of  the  town.  Across  it  was  a  cultivated  field; 
and  where  the  residence  of  C.  F.  Chalfant,  Harris's 


36  HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 

printing  establishment,  and  some  other  houses  now^ 
are,  was  a  grove  that,  a  few  years  afterwards,  was 
often  used  for  pic-nics,  political,  and  anti-slavery 
meetings.      Some  notable  ones  were  there  held. 

The  old  brick  house,  above  thfe  spring  on  Garfield 
avenue,  was  then  the  abode  of  Joshua  Davis,  who 
was  then  one  of  the  most  active  business  men  of  the 
place.  It  was  then  entirely  out  of  the  town,  and  the 
ground  on  the  east  and  north  of  it  was  common  farm 
land.  Proceeding  westward  on  Green  street,  the 
first  houses  on  the  south  side  were  Daniel  Bolton's 
shop  and  dwelling.  The  shop  is  now  a  dwelling. 
There  was  a  vacancy  between  these  and  Nathan 
Hunt's  residence.  This,  with  its  changes  and  addi- 
tions, is  now  the  residence  of  Phebe  J.  Hunt,  widow 
of  Nathan  Hunt,  Jr.  On  the  next  corner  was  a  small 
frame  house.  From  the  corner  of  Lundy  to  Chest- 
nut street  there  were  only  two  frame  houses;  one  of 
which  was  occupied  by  Jeremiah  F.  Dickinson.  It 
still  stands.  The  other  was  a  small  one  in  which  Levi 
Flitcraft  lived.  Between  Chestnut  and  Dllsworth 
street,  the  only  building  was  the  Hicksite  Friends' 
meeting  house.  One  of  the  original  halves  of  it  still 
stands,  and  is  marked  No.  24. 

Across  the  Kllsworth  road,  on  the  corner,  was 
Levi  Fawcett's  cabinet  shop.  He  was,  at  that  time, 
the  principal  undertaker  for  the  town  and  country 
around.  Ready-made  coffins  were  not  then  thought 
of  here;  and  when  a  call  for  one  was  made,  he  was 
very  prompt  to  respond.  Often  he  was  obliged  to 
work  at  unusual  hours.  The  sound  of  his  hammer 
was  often  heard  at  midnight,  or,  while  the  devout 
people  were  sitting  in  meeting,  producing  a  peculiar 
effect  of  solemnity  from  its  association.     Adjoining 


SAL  KM   IN  FORiMKK   DAYS  AND  ITS  PROGRKSS.       .^/ 

tills  shop  was  Ainos  K.  Kimherly 's  cardin*^  iiiacliine, 
driven  by  a  tramp  wheel,  on  which  oxen  were  the 
motive  power.  His  plain  brick  liouse  was  on  the 
same  side  of  this  street.  Ketiirnin^jf  to  Green  street, 
we  hnd  but  one  buildin^f  between  L.  Fawcett's  shop 
and  what  is  now  Howard  street,  then  called  ^hu\ 
street.  On  this  corner  was  a  c(Mnmon  dwellin^^  house 
occujned  bv  Isaac  Webb.  Makin«^  hats  was  his  bus- 
iness. Across  was  a  small  frame  house,  and  here  we 
come  to  the  end  o(  the  town  as  it  then  was. 

Robert  French's  mill  pond  was  then  a  ^^^rcat  place 
for  swimmin*^  in  summer  time,  and  skatinj;^  in  winter. 
At  these  times  the  town  boys  had  unlimited  control 
of  it,  and  often  held  hi^^h  carnival  there.  Truant 
school  bovs  there  wasted  some  of  their  precious 
time,  and  feats  were  performed  on  the  ice,  in  which 
the  actors  felt  as  much  pride  as  any  of  the  champi(ms 
or  queens  of  modern  skating  rinks.  Some  years  before 
this  time  Simeon  Fawcett,  an  apprentice  to  Levi 
Fawcett,  was  drowned  in  this  pond. 

Return  in  t(  eastward  on  the  north  side  of  Green 
street,  we  first  find  the  residence  of  Hannah  Test, 
which  remains.  She  was  the  widow  of  one  of  the 
earlv  settlers,  and  her  eccentricities  were  notable 
in  those  days.  Across  the  road  was  the  brick  house, 
in  which  William  Reed  lived,  and  then  his  shoemaker 
shop — a  small  frame.  The  next  was  Stephen  Wis- 
ner's.  He,  for  many  years,  was  a  justice-of-the- 
peace.  On  this  lot  was  built  the  first  frame  house 
in  the  town.  Mr.  Wisner  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade, 
and  worked  in  D.  Gaskill's  store.  There,  when  trade 
was  brisk  and  customers  thron^^,  he  assisted  as  sales- 
man. The  next  lot  was  occupied  by  the  old  Methodist 
meetin}^  house.     It  was  a  common  hewed  log  struct- 


38  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

lire.  Next  to  it  was  an  old  log  house  weather- 
boarded.  An  elegant  house,  built  in  modern  st3de, 
now  is  in  its  place.  The  corner  lot  against  the  Ells- 
worth road  was  Levi  Fawcett's  residence. 

North  of  Green  street,  and  east  of  the  Kllsworth 
road  was  a  vacant  lot,  belonging  to  the  Friends. 
Their  ground  divided  the  town  into  two  parts.  The 
division  in  their  societ}"  had  occurred  a  few  years 
before  this  time;  and  there  was  a  division  of  their 
property,  by  which  the  Orthodox  party  got  that  on 
the  vsouth  side  of  Main  street,  and  the  Hicksite — that 
on  the  north  side.  Next  to  their  property  was  the 
lot  and  a  small  brick  house,  in  which  lived  a  respect- 
able woman  of  color,  named  Maria  Britt. "'' 

The  first  district  school-house  was  built  in  1831,  at 
the  corner  of  Chestnut  and  Green  street;  previous  to 
this  the  lot  was  entirely  vacant.  Across  what  is  now 
Chestnut  street  was  a  small  one-story  brick  house 
with  an  over  jet.  Between  this  and  what  is  now  Lundy 
street  there  were  only  one  or  two  frame  houses. 
There  was  a  large  open  lot  where  the  Presbyterian 
church  stands.  Here,  during  several  subsequent 
3^ears,  traveling  menageries  often  pitched  their  tents. 

The  next  corner  lot  was  then  vacant,  and  on  the 
next  was  a  common  two-story  frame  house,  owned 
and  occupied  by  John  Hines.  Between  this  and  Wil- 
liam Ware's  blacksmith  shop  were  two  common 
frame  houses.  His  dwelling  was  one  of  them.  His 
shop  was  a  long  frame  building,  with  an  end  towards 
the  street.  He  had  much  skill  in  heavy  iron- work, 
and  this  gave  him  a  great  reputation  in  his  line. 
Between  this  and  the  Canfield  road,  the  lots  were  all 
vacant  and  remained  so  for  several  3^ears.     The  lots 

••'See  Anecdotes  and  Miscellanies. 


SAIJCM   INF0KM1-:K  days  AM)  ITS  PROGRKSS.       .V) 

north  of  (irccn  street   formed  the   l)ouiuUirv  of  that 

side    of  the    town.      Beyond    them    were    cultivated 

fiekls.      Samuel  Davis's  house  stood  isolated  from  all 

others.      It  is  still  somewhat  isolated.      It  is  between 

Ellsworth  and  West-School  street,  and  north  of  Kast- 

Fourth. 

1>K()(1K1:SS    (>K    SALIC.M. 

The  town  of  Salem  was  incorporated  in  1832,  and, 
in  1842,  it  contained  a  population  of  lOOO.  Its  munic- 
ipal affairs  were  then  mana^^ed  by  a  president,  a 
recorder,  and  a  board  of  trustees — five  in  number. 
This  arranj^i^ement  continued  till  1852.  John  Cani])- 
bell  was  the  first  president.  He  served  two  vears. 
Other  presidents,  were:  James  Brown,  five  vears; 
J.  J.  Brooks  and  James  K^^man,  each  four  years; 
E.  W.  Williams,  three  years;  Joseph  Saxon  and 
Emnior  T.  Weaver,  each  one  3'ear. 

"  On  the  4th  day  of  June,  1852,  the  trustees  passed 
a  resolution  chan^^inj^  the  name  of  the  corporation 
from  the  Town  of  Salem  to  the  Incorporated  Villa<.j-e 
of  Salem,  and  thereupon,  Alfred  Wri^^-ht,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Town  of  Salem,  became  the  mavor  of  the 
Incoporated  Villa^^^e  of  Salem.  "  This  new  arranjj^e- 
ment  continued  till  1887.  In  1870  the  number  of 
councilmen  was  increavsed  to  six.  In  1887  the  number 
was  increased  by  two  more.  From  1852  to  1898  the 
followin<j;-  persons  have  been  mayors,  viz:  J<>hn 
Harris,  J.  Woodruif.  Peter.  A.  Laubie,  Daniel  Ham- 
ilton, John  Hudson,  and  C.  Curry,  each  one  year: 
Enos  Eldridj^e  and  Wm.  R.  Ryus,  each  part  of  a 
year;  J.  S.  Clemmer  and  J.  W.  Northrup,  each  two^ 
vears;  L.  B.  Lockhart,  M.  V.  Dunlap,  Frank  Mercer, 
and  A.  W.  Taylor,  each  four  years;  Alfred  Heacock, 
five  years;  Joseph  D.  Fountain,  six  years;  Joseph 
Fawcett,  seven  years. 


CHAPTKR  IV. 

THE  POST-OFFICE. 

♦  /^IXtoST-OFFICK  was  first  established  in  1807. 
(pj  J-  John  Street  was  then  the  only  merchant  in 
the  place;  and  he  was  appointed  postmaster. 
He  held  the  office  till  1829.  How  often  the  mail  was 
received  and  sent  out  is  not  now  known;  perhaps  not 
oftener  than  once  a  week,  and  it  was  carried  by  horse- 
back riders. 

The  next  postmaster  was  Isaac  Wilson.  He  was 
a  Jacksonian  democrat.  When  president  Jackson 
was  inaugurated,  he  set  the  example  of  turning  out 
of  office  all  postmasters  and  other  officials  who  did 
not  vote  for  him.  John  Street,  therefore,  was  one 
of  the  proscribed  ones.  Like  most  of  the  Friends, 
he  is  presumed  to  have  voted  for  John  Quincy  Adams, 
and  therefore  lost  the  post-office. 

The  office  was  held  by  Isaac  Wilson  till  some  time 
in  1834;  when  some  people,  who  felt  interested, 
thought  there  ought  to  be  a  change.  Finding  that 
a  movement  for  this  purpose  was  being  made  Mr. 
Wilson  resigned.  A  petition  was  then  circulated  for 
the  appointment  of  Rodney  R.  Scott,  who  was  rep- 
resented as  "a  very  fine  young  man."  This  was 
true  according  to  the  strabismatic  e^^esight  of  many 
of  the  people.  He  got  the  appointment  and  took 
charge  of  the  office. 

This  man  then  carried  on  a  saddlery  and  harness 
shop  in  a  low  and  long  building,  belonging  to  Jehu 
Fawcett,  and  standing  on  the  site  of  C.   I.   Hayes' 


THE  POvST-OFFICK.  41 

store.  He  manaj^cd  llu'  ollicc  in  a  passable  manner 
for  a  while,  and  then  absconded,  leavin^r  the  office 
and  some  creditors  to  take  consequences.  He  also 
deserted  his  wife,  and  she  therefore  felt  obli/^^ed  to 
apply  for  a  divorce.  The  office  was  then  managed 
in  a  bung-ling  manner  for  awhile  by  his  father-in-law 
and  brother-in-law;  both  of  whom  could  scarcely  read 
writing.  A  letter  was  delivered  to  an  uneducated 
woman,  whose  name  was  lOmma  Amos,  which  she 
opened  and  took  to  one  of  her  friends  to  have  it  read. 
There  it  was  found  to  be  for  Aaron  Antrim. 

Such  awkwardness  as  this,  in  matters  of  such 
importance  as  mails,  was  not  to  be  tolerated  by  the 
better  class  of  people  in  the  town  and  neigh1)orh()od. 
Wherefore  a  petition  was  circulated  and  signed  for 
the  appointment  of  Joseph  Goulbourn,  who  then  car- 
ried on  an  extensive  tailor  shop  in  a  part  of  what  is 
now  the  Pickett  house.  In  order  that  it  might  be 
carried  safely  to  the  postmaster-general,  it  was 
entrusted  to  the  care  of  William  Chaney;  and  he  rode 
to  Lisbon  by  night  and  there  mailed  it. 

In  due  time,  Joseph  Goulbourn  unexpectedly 
received  his  appointment,  and  the  office  was  trans- 
ferred to  his  shop.  He  held  the  office  about  fifteen 
vears,  and  gave  complete  satisfaction.  No  official  of 
this  class  has  ever  been  more  accommodating  in  this 
duty  than  he.  When  any  pers(m  came  to  inquire  for 
mail,  he  never  hesitated  to  lay  down  his  work  and 
look;  while  some  of  this  kind  of  officials  which  we 
have  known,  would  give  a  gruff  answer  in  the  nega- 
tive that  raised  suspicion  that  he  was  either  too 
indolent  or  too  self-important  t()  accommodate  even 
a  respectful  inquirer. 

Postage  at  that  time  was  seldom  paid  in  advance. 


42  HISTORY  OF   SALEM, 

It  was  not  required.  And  postmasters  were  then 
required  every  quarter  to  advertise  the  letters 
remaining  in  their  offices.  The  business  of  the  dead 
letter  office  at  that  time  must  have  been  great. 

In  the  time  of  Joseph  Goulbourn,  the  mail  matter 
was  much  increased  in  amount  and  importance.  And 
the  needed  attention  was  not  lacking.  There  was  a 
gradual  increase  afterwards.  And,  with  few  excep- 
tions, the  officials  felt  their  responsibility,  and  they 
discharged  their  duties  lawfully. 

The  first  stage  line  through  the  town,  by  which 
mails  were  carried  was  from  Wellsville  to  Cleveland. 
From  Lisbon  it  came  direct  to  Salem,  and  Deerfield 
was  the  next  station.  This  line  w^as  established 
about  1830  b}^  Zadok  Street  and  some  others.  In 
1836,  or  thereabouts,  this  line  was  discontinued,  and, 
in  its  place,  one  called  the  railroad  line  was  estab- 
lished. It  went  north  by  way  of  Greenford  and 
Canfield,  and  terminated  at  Fairport.  It  was  thus 
named  because  some  persons,  especially  interested 
then  thought  that  there  would  soon  be  a  railroad 
constructed  on  or  near  this  stage  route.  This  route 
was  continued  and  carried  the  mails  tri-weekl}^  till 
it  was  superseded  by  railroads.  There  was  also  at 
this  time  a.  mail  carried  on  horse-back  from  Damas- 
cus through  Salem  to  Columbiana.  It  was  not  till 
at,  or  near  the  completion  of  the  railroad,  that  a  daily 
mail  was  here  received.  With  the  railroads  mails 
were  vastly  increased  everywhere.  The  reduction 
of  postage  rates  too,  has  increased  post-office  busi- 
ness very  much. 

Postal  rates,  prior  to  1845,  were  thus:  For  any 
distance  not  over  thirty  miles,  6  cents;  over  thirty, 
and  not  over  one  hundred,  10  cents;  over  one  hundred, 


THK  POST-OFFICK.  4?> 

and  not  over  one  hundred  and  lilty,  12'.>  cents;  over 
one  hundred  and  fifty  and  not  over  four  hundred,  I834 
cents;  over  four  hundred,  25  cents.  Envelopes  were 
then  not  used.  A  sinjj^le  sheet,  however  ]ar;^re.  went 
at  a  sin};i;-le  rate.  A  piece  enclosed,  however  small, 
added  another  rate.  To  help  the  postmasters  letters 
were  often  marked  "sintrle,"  Scmie  of  the  old  fash- 
ioned ways  of  foldin<J-  letters  would  he  something  of 
a  curiosity  to  people  of  this  dav. 

It  was  some  time  in  1S45  that  the  first  reduction 
of  rates  was  made;  and  then  the  rates  were  after- 
wards regulated  by  weight.  Envelopes  then  came 
into  use.  Stamps  were  first  used  about  1850.  For 
awhile  pre-payment  was  optional;  and  it  was  a  few 
cents  less  than  when  paid  by  the  receiver. 

Mr.  Goulbourn  was  succeeded  bv  James  Brown; 
then  the  following:  Geo.  W.  Wilson,  Peter  H.  Bos- 
well,  Jesse  B.  Webb,  Daniel  Lupton,  Comly  Town- 
send,  J.  S.  Clemmer,  Allan  Boyle,  Frank  Webster, 
C.  H.  Dorwart,  H.  J.  Haldeman,  and  F.  P.  Dunlap. 

Mr.  Brown  kept  the  office  at  or  near  the  corner  of 
^lain  and  Depot  streets.  It  was  afterwards  in  the 
block  where  Dr.  Rush  lives;  then  at  two  places  on 
Broadway;  and  lastly  in  the  opera  house  block.  In 
March,  1888,  free  delivery  was  c(  mmenced.  C.  B. 
Dorwart  was  then  postmaster. 


CHAPTER  V. 

SCHOOLS. 

3  ALKM'S  first  settlers  were  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  and  they  were  friends  of 
common  schools.  Although  the  com- 
pensation of  teachers  then  came  only  from  voluntary 
patronage,  and  much  inconvenience  on  their  part  was 
experienced,  yet  the  instruction  of  the  youth  was 
not  neglected.  The  extent  of  their  learning  and  their 
chances  were  much  less  than  those  of  the  present  time, 
but  good  use  was  made  of  what  was  in  their  reach. 
It  is  not  certainly  known  who  kept  the  first  school 
in  this  place.  Joseph  Shreve,  who  was  during  many 
years  engaged  by  the  Friends  in  their  school,  wrote 
and  published  two  poems  on  the  conclusion  of  his 
teaching,  and  gave  with  them  a  list  of  the  names  of 
Salem  teachers;  and  there  is  some  evidence  of  their 
being  given  in  the  order  of  their  times  of  service. 
The  first  mentioned  is  Judith  Townsend.  The  author 
thus  alludes  to  himself  and  one  of  the  early  teachers: 

"  Nor  too  myself  let  me  too  much  engross, 
The  pious  Fisher  nursed  thy  early  days  ; 

She  long  bestowed  attention  strict  and  close. 
Beneath  whose  efforts  science  spread  her  rays." 

This  was  Hannah  Fisher.  She  and  Judith  Town- 
send  were  undoubtedly  the  first  teachers  in  the  place. 
A  man  named  James  Craig  is  said  to  have  kept  a 
school  in  Salem  or  the  vicinity  about  this  time.  The 
names  of  Nathan  Ball,  Moses  Stanlev,  Ann  Warringf- 
ton,  and  Caleb  Hunt  are  given  as  teachers  succeeding 
those    first  mentioned.     They  kept  such  schools  as 


SCHOOLS.  45 

could  he  made  up  for  ()ne-(juarter  at  a  time,  at  a  cer- 
tain rate  per  pupil. 

The  first  schools  were  kept  in  rooms  fitted  temi)()r- 
arily  for  the  purpose.  The  meetin^j^  house,  that  stood 
back  of  the  site  of  the  Town  hall,  was,  for  a  short 
time,  used  as  a  school  room.  Then  a  hewed  lo*,'-  school- 
house  was  built,  near  the  site  of  McMillan's  bookstore. 
This  was  done  in  1810  or  IcSll.  In  the  fall  of  1«S()9 
Joseph  Shreve  came  to  Salem,  and  was  en^^ai^-t^d  to 
keep  a  school  during  the  following  winter.  In  the 
spring-  he  returned  to  Pennsylvania.  After  him  came 
a  couple  of  female  teachers. 

*'  Then  Tollerton,  with  stern  commanding-  brow, 
Bade  mathematics  lift  her  piercing  eye  ; 

Bade  freakish  3-outh  to  rig-id  order  bow, 

And  rising-  powers  neg-lccted  grammar  tr}'." 

It  was  in  the  fall  of  1811  that  James  Tollerton 
took  charge  of  the  school,  and,  until  some  time  in 
the  year  of  1816,  he  was  the  principal  teacher  in  the 
town.  There  was  some  smaller  schools  than  his,  (me 
of  which  was  kept  by  Mary  Blackledge;  and  he 
sometimes  had  an  assistant.  His  knowledge  of 
grammar  was  seen  in  his  not  using  the  pronoun  '7/zce" 
in  the  nominative  case.  He  gained  a  great  reputa- 
tion for  skill  in  training  bad  boys,  and  is  said  to  have 
used  the  rod  severely,  even  the  knock-down  argu- 
ment. But  there  is  no  account  of  any  interference 
with  his  discipline,  by  parents,  whose  affection  for 
their  wayward  young  hopefuls  took  away  their  judg- 
ment; which  is  a  failing  too  common  among  the 
parents  in  modern  times,  and  often  causes  the  demor- 
alization of  schools,  and  helps  fast  children  to  the 
position  of  head  of  the  family. 

Several    teachers    followed    J.     Tollerton,    whose 


46  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

terms  were  short.  Among  them  were  Martha  Town- 
send,  Benjamin  Marshall,  Daniel  Stratton,  Joshua 
Shinn  and  others. 

"  The  polished  Lightfoot,  too,  adorned  thy  hall, 
Precise  to  read  and  practice  with  the  quill  ; 

And  many  more,  whose  names  I  now  recall, 
Lent  time  and  talents,  teacher's  chair  to  fill.'" 

The  one  here  mentioned  is  said  to  have  been  a  fine 
scholar  and  a  profound  thinker,  but  unfortunately 
too  sensitive  to  the  opinions  of  others.  This  extreme 
sensitiveness  unfits  too  many  teachers  for  encounter- 
ing the  vexations  that  are  the  common  lot  of  their 
profession,  coming  from  spoiled  children,  injudicious 
parents,  and  a  general  lack  of  appreciation  of  the 
beauties  and  intrinsic  worth  of  science  and  litera- 
ture. And  yet,  when  these  finer  feelings  are  properl}^ 
developed  and  reciprocated,  they  bring  the  teacher 
into  such  a  sympathy  with  his  pupils,  that  he  becomes 
like  a  parent  to  them;  and  it  is  only  then  that  his 
teaching  has  its  greatest  power. 

In  April,  1822,  Joseph  Shreve  again  came  to  Salem, 
and  commenced  teaching  in  the  log  school-house  on 
Main  street.  For  about  eleven  years  his  school  was 
the  principal  one  in  the  town.  In  1827  or  1828  a 
brick  school-house  was  built  on  the  Friends'  lot  at 
what  is  now"  the  corner  formed  by  Broadway  and 
Dry  streets.  The  expense  of  building  was  defrayed 
by  contributions  from  the  Friends;  and  the  schools 
held  in  it  were  under  the  direction  of  their  Monthly 
Meeting.  This  school  increased  in  interest,  and 
many  young  persons  came  to  Salem  to  attend  it.  The 
teacher  was  just  the  man  for  the  place,  prominent 
among  which  was  his  good  standing  among  the 
Friends.  He  had  their  entire  confidence;  and  he 
took  great  interest  in  his  work. 


I 


SCHOOLS.  47 

Some  of  his  pupils  afterwards  became  teachers,  and 
many  of  them  retained  pleasant  remembrances  of 
happy  times  in  that  school.  Some  of  them  attended 
under  ^j^reat  expense  and  difficulty,  but  thev  made 
t>-ood  use  of  their  time  and  opportunity.  He  had 
several  assistants  at  ditTerent  times,  amon«^'-  whom 
mi.i:ht  be  mentioned  his  brother,  Thomas,  and  sister 
Eliza.  At  times  a  separate  school  was  kept  in  the 
same  house,  it  bein<^  in  two  apartments.  ( )ne  of  the 
most  interesting  of  these  was  kept  by  Esther  Hunt, 
in  1831  and  1832. 

"Beneath  this  roof,  beneath  two  teachers'  care, 
Two  sister-schools  dispensed  their  useful  lore ; 

These  kindred  schools  in  kindl}-  union  dwelt ; 
From  hall  to  hall  were  mutual  visits  made; 

And  teachers,  too,  the  friendly-  impulse  felt, 
And  interchang-ing-  social  visits  paid." 

This  was  true  professional  courtesy,  a  quality  in 
which  too  many  modern  teachers  are  much  lacliintr, 
and  yet,  by  it,  they  may  help  each  other  <j;-reatly. 
By  using  the  opposite  quality  many  succeed  among 
credulous  patrons  in  exalting  themselves  at  the 
expense  of  fellow  teachers  who  are  equally  deserving 
of  respect  and  confidence. 

In  the  spring  of  1832  Joseph  Shreve  closed  his 
school,  and  |)ublished  a  poem  on  its  conclusion,  and 
also  one  on  the  conclusion  of  the  previous  winter's 
term.  These  were  read  with  interest  by  all  of  his 
friends  and  pupils,  and  they  will,  with  many  persons, 
awaken  pleasing  reminiscences.  From  them  some 
quotations  have  been  given  in  this  history.  He  was 
induced  to  teach  again  the  next  winter.  Having 
commenced  the  stud\  of  medicine  at  some  time  pre- 
vious to  this,  he  then  retired  from  the  profession  of 


48  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

teaching,  and,  for  several  years,  was  a  successful 
physician  at  Mt.  Union.  He  died  in  1846.  He  was 
one  of  the  best  teachers  of  his  day,  and,  it  is  a  great 
misfortune,  that  such  persons  as  he  so  seldom  find 
encouragement  to  make  teaching  a  profession  for 
life.  Love  of  science  and  literature,  combined  with 
good  wishes  for  the  moral  culture  of  the  youth,  lead 
many  persons  into  the  profession  of  teaching,  but, 
after  a  few  terms,  poor  pay  and  lack  of  appreciation 
causes  them  to  seek  a  business  more  lucrative  and 
less  vexatious. 

The  next  teacher  was  Isaac  Trescott.  He  kept 
two  or  three  winter  terms.  After  him  came  Wil- 
liam Holloway,  Josiah  Cameron,  Clayton  Lamborn, 
J.  W.  Cattell,  Jacob  Branson,  and  Moses  D.  Gove. 
These  had  under-teachers,  and  all  of  them  had  pretty 
good  success,  and  rendered  much  benefit  to  their 
charges.  But,  during  their  administrations  the  inter- 
est of  this  school  gradually  declined,  while  other 
schools  in  the  town  gained  interest  and  popularity. 

"  In  the  first  schools  nothing-  was  tauorht  but  read- 
ing,  spelling,  writing  and  arithmetic.  In  the  schools 
kept  by  J.  Tollerton  and  D.  Stratton,  grammar  and 
surveying  were  taught.  In  J.  Shreve's  school  the 
additional, branches  were  geography  and  astronomy. 
History,  the  highest  branches  of  mathematics,  and 
the  natural  sciences  were  much  taught  after  the 
adoption  of  the  Union  system,  and  to  some  extent 
before. '  '* 

The  first  schools  were  made  up  by  subscribing  an 
article  of  agreement,  prepared  by  the  teacher.  E)ach 
subscriber  agreed  to  send  and  pay  for  the  tuition  of 
one  or  more    pupils.     The  usual    rate    in    the    first 

-'Annual  Report  for  1870. 


REUBEN  M2MILLAN. 


SCHOOLS^  4M 

schools  was  SI. 50  per  (jiuirtcr,  for  eacli  pupil.  Some 
teachers  did  not  ^et  more  than  Si.  In  1830  some  of 
the  best  teachers,  received  S2  per  pupil,  and  then  the 
terms  arose  ^^radually  to  what  they  now  are  in  select 
schools  and  academies.  Prior  to  the  adoption  of  the 
graded  system,  it  was  custcmiary  to  have  school  on 
every  alternate  Saturday,  and  twentv-four  davs  of 
teaching-  then  made  a  school  month.  In  the  first 
schools  the  teachers  made  their  own  specific  regula- 
tions; there  being-  then  no  directors  or  examiners  to 
ascertain  the  teacher's  qualifications. 

About  the  year  1840  and  a  few  following  years,  by 
the  doings  of  vSome  inefficient  teachers,  the  schools 
became  demoralized.  In  1843  Reuben  McMillan  kept 
a  term  with  good  success.  Then,  Lewis  T.  Park, 
during  two  or  three  years  of  teaching,  raised  the 
schools  to  a  condition  of  much  respectabilitv.  After 
some  changes  Jesse  Markham,  an  accomplished 
teacher,  was  engaged.  He  commenced  in  1846  or 
1847.  While  he  was  here  the  Union  system  was 
established.  The  old  building  at  the  corner  of  Green 
and  Chestnut  streets  was  taken  down,  and,  in  its  place, 
a  new  one  built  (since  turned  to  other  purposes). 
Some  rooms  in  other  buildings  were  used  for  primary 
departments.  This  new  house,  and  the  support  of 
a  corps  of  teachers  then  emplo3'ed,  required  a  larger 
school  tax  than  the  Salem  people  had  ever  paid,  hence 
there  was  much  opposition  to  it.  This  was  made  to 
yield,  and  the  school  set  into  operaticm.  "William 
McClain,  who  had  been  the  principal  of  a  High 
school  on  Green  street,  was  engaged  by  the  board  of 
educatitm  to  take  charge  of  the  High  school  under 
the  graded  system.  Mr,  Markham  was  also  employed 
to  superintend  all  the  grades  below  the  High  school. 


50  HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 

In  1854  the  board  of  education  appointed  Alfred 
Holbrook  superintendent.  He  was  with  the  schools 
one  year.  He  was  afterwards  principal  of  the  Nor- 
mal school  at  Lebanon,  Ohio.  He  gave  one  hour 
extra  labor  per  day  to  induce  the  board  to  allow  him 
three  hours  per  day  for  superintending  the  several 
departments.  From  three  departments  he  reorgan- 
ized the  school  into  six  departments,  giving  each 
teacher  the  exclusive  charge  of  about  forty  pupils. 

Reuben  McMillan  was  the  next  superintendent  and 
principal  of  the  High  school;  and  he  continued  in  that 
office  six  years.  Afterwards  he  had  a  successful 
career  in  the  Youngstown  schools.  Then  he  passed 
the  remainder  of  his  life  in  Canfield,  as  a  much  hon- 
ored superintendent  of  the  profession. 

He  said  of  his  employment  here:  "I  found  the 
schools  in  good  running  condition,  as  left  by  my  pre- 
decessor, Mr.  Holbrook.  I  found  a  good  corps  of 
teachers,  and  an  energetic  wide-awake  set  of  pupils, 
that  would  have  done  honor  to  an}^  tow^n.  During 
my  connection  the  number  of  pupils  increased  so  that 
new  rooms  had  to  be  rented  and  occupied  till  the  new 
building  on  Fourth  street,  commenced  in  1860,  could 
be  finished  " 

In  1861  the  board  elected  Mr.  H.  H.  Barney  as 
superintendent.  He  was  the  first  commissioner  of 
education  for  the  state  of  Ohio.  He  continued  in 
this  place  a  little  more  than  a  year.  Under  his  admin- 
istration a  list  of  rules  and  regulations  was  prepared 
and  published.  Mr.  Barney  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
Cummings,  who  continued  with  the  school  about  a 
year  and  a-half.  Ill  health  closed  his  school  labors. 
He  resigned  in  March  1863.  Forthwith  the  board 
elected  William  D.  Henkle. 


SCHOOLS.  51 

"On  the  16th  of  Auj^ust,  1864,  W.  D.  Henkle 
entered  upon  the  duties  of  superintendent,  and  con- 
tinued to  serve  for  eleven  years,  except  two  years 
from  1869  to  1871,  when  he  served  as  state  commis- 
sioner of  schools;  which  office  he  resiorned,  and  then 
returned  to  Salem.  While  absent  his  place  was  filled 
by  Prof.  Moses  C.  Stevens,  principal  of  the  Hij^h 
school,  who  conducted  the  schools  without  any  chancre 
of  plan.  In  each  of  these  eleven  years  the  superin- 
tendent prepared,  and,  the  board  caused  to  be  pub- 
lished a  sixteen  pa^e  pamphlet  giving  full  statistics 
of  the  schools,  thus  making  the  record  complete  for 
thevse  years. 

"  The  High  school,  of  Salem,  was  organized  imme- 
diately after  the  adoption  of  the  graded  system  in 
1853.  Previous  to  its  organization,  select  schools  of 
a  higher  grade  had  been  very  extensively  patronized 
bv  the  town  and  surrounding  country.  In  these,  the 
higher  branches  of  mathematics  seem  to  have  occu- 
pied a  prominent  place,  and  continued  to  do  so  after 
the  change.  As  a  rule,  the  classics  and  studies  relat- 
ing to  languages  have  found  less  favor  among  the 
Friends,  the  early  settlers  and  fashioners,  to  a  great 
extent,  of  public  sentiment  in  Salem,  than  mathe- 
matics and  natural  sciences.  " 

"The  High  school,  from  its  earliest  days,  main- 
tained a  high  order  of  excellence,  both  in  discipline 
and  acquirements;  its  pupils  were  taught  to  think, 
to  compare^  to  judge  for  themselves,  to  regard  the  educa- 
tion of  the  school-room  as  a  means  rather  than  an 
end."* 

Captain  Wm.  S.  Wood  was  next  elected  to  the 
superintendency.     He  had  baen  in  the  same  office  at 

^Annaal  Report  for  187B. 


52  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Findlay,  Ohio.  Several  changes  were  then  made  in 
the  course  of  study  in  the  High  school,  the  grading, 
and  the  mode  of  conducting  examinations.  He  con- 
tinued in  office  here  two  years. 

George  N.  Carruthers  was  rext  engaged,  and  he 
continued  here  ten  years,  and  then  betook  himself  to 
farming.  He  kept  the  character  of  the  schools  fully 
up  to  what  they  had  previously  attained,  and  gave  a 
start  to  some  greater  proficiency  in  their  economy. 
In  his  annual  reports  he  made  some  very  good  and 
appropriate  suggestions.     The  following  are  quoted: 

"The  state,  at  public  expense,  has  provided  a 
school  of  reform,  designed  to  save  boys  from  the 
vicious  influences  of  the  street,  when,  by  their  con- 
duct and  want  of  parental  control,  they  are  beyond 
the  influence  of  the  common  public  school." 

"When  such  vicious,  or  immoral  boys  and  girls 
are  suspended  from  the  public  school  for  the  protec- 
tion of  the  innocent,  it  is  a  serious  question  whether 
they  should  be  reinstated  without  the  fullest  investi- 
gation on  the  part  of  the  board.  It  is  easy  to  make 
promises,  and  just  as  easy  for  this  class  to  break 
them.  There  should  be  a  reformatory  department 
in  connection  with  every  public  school.  The  vicious 
thereby  might  be  saved,  and  the  innocent  protected, 
and  patrons  of  the  public  schools  relieved  of  much 
anxiety.  " 

"The  teacher  is  the  head — the  heart  of  school- 
work.  The  board  of  education  having  no  more 
responsible  duty  to  perform  than  when  they  elect  a 
person  who  shall  influence  the  mind,  manners  and 
morals  of  susceptible  children  for  days,  weeks,  months 
and  years  together  The  community  have  no  more 
responsible  duty  to  themselves  than  when  the}'  elect 


SCHOOLS.  S.> 

a  board  of  trustees   to   take   char<^e  of   these    most 
sacred  matters.  " 

"I  am  constrained  as  much,  or  more,  bv  a  feelin*^ 
of  sympathy  for  the  scliool  children,  as  well  as  from 
a  sense  of  duty  to  them  and  the  public,  to  call  the 
attention  of  the  school  officials,  as  well  as  the  public, 
to  the  manner  in  which  the  school  rooms,  filled  with 
ei^i^ht  hundred  boys  and  <j:irls,  ava  seated,  heated,  lighted 
and  ventilated.  I  would  also  call  attention  to  these 
import.'' nt  matters  in  view  of  the  prospect  of  a  new 
school  buildini^,  which  the  people  so  promptly  voted 
for  last  sprin*jf,  and  which  they  are  anxious  to  see 
in  process  of  erection." 

In  this  Mr.  Caruthers  alluded  to  the  buildintr  on 
Columbia  street,  that  was  erected  soon  afterwards. 
In  his  annual  report  for  1880  and  1881,  he  gave  vSome 
very  pertinent  comments  on  reading. 

In  1887  Prof.  ^Myron  K.  Hard  was  engaged  as 
superintendent,  and  he  continued  here  ten  vears. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Universit}', 
and  had  previously  been  superintendent  of  the  schools 
in  Gallipolis  ;  and  had  been  principal  of  the  High 
school  at  Washingtcm  Court  House,  Fayette  county, 
Ohio.  From  this  place  he  went  to  Bowling  Green, 
Ohio,  and  was  succeeded  by  Prof.  W.  P.  Burris. 

Besides  the  superintendents,  heretofore  mentioned, 
there  have  been  some  persons  in  subordinate  posi- 
tions, who  well  deserve  some  honorable  notice,  espe- 
cially those  engaged  in  the  grammar  and  High 
schools.  Of  these  were  A.  J.  Blake,  T.  F.  Suliot. 
and  Rosa  A.  Prunty,  afterwards  the  wife  of  Dr.  J. 
L.  Firestone.  ^Yith  him  she  made  a  tour  through 
certain  parts  of  Furope.  There  were  also  Jehu  B. 
Strawn,    Ambrose   Blunt,   E.   J.  Godfrev,   Philo  P. 


54  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

Safford,  W.  H.  Maurer,  T.  C.  Mendenhall,  and  F.  R. 
Dyer;  Misses  S.  A.  Piatt  and  M.  A.  Southard.  Miss 
Hattie  Creel  was  music  teacher  for  several  years. 
Miss  Maggie  Umstead  has  been  in  some  of  the  schools 
for  thirty-two  years;  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Peeples  twenty- 
eight  years. 

The  Columbia  street  building  was  erected  in  1881, 
and  the  Kast  Main  street  building  in  1891.  In  1896 
the  Fourth  street  edifice  was  condemned  as  unsafe 
for  an  assemblage  of  pupils,  wherefore  it  was  pulled 
down,  and  the  contract  for  a  new  building  let.  W. 
C.  Wilkins,  of  Pittsburgh,  took  the  contract;  also, 
that  for  the  building  in  the  south-west  part  of  the 
city.  The  work  was  pushed  during  the  following 
winter;  but  some  hindrances  occurred,  so  that  it  was 
late  in  the  fall  of  1897,  that  the  house  was  ready  for 
the  opening  of  the  school. 

The  corner-stone  of  the  new  High  school  edifice 
was  laid  on  the  first  day  of  October,  1896.  It  was 
done  with  masonic  ceremonies.  Some  relics  proper 
for  the  purpose  were  deposited  in  it,  and  an  address 
was  given  by  J.  T.  Brooks  It  was  more  than  a  year 
after  this  before  the  house  was  ready  for  school  pur- 
poses. On  the  25th  of  November,  1897,  Thanks- 
giving services  were  rendered  by  a  dedication  of  this 
building.  All  ministers  in  this  place  participated. 
Addresses  were  given  by  the  superintendent,  W.  P. 
Burris,  and  J.  T.  Brooks;  also,  brief  speeches  by 
each  of  the  ministers,  and  a  dedication  poem  was 
read  by  George  D.  Hunt.  Some  anthems  and  appro- 
priate hymns  were  sung.  The  auditorium  was  well 
filled,  and  the  whole  thing  was  a  handsome  affair. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

SCHOOLS    CONTIM'ICI). 

^  j\ Resides  the  schools  of  which  an  account 
^.J^  has  been  jj^ivcn  in  the  previous  chapter, 
especially  those  which  led  to  the  inau- 
truration  of  the  union  system,  there  have  been  some 
schools  in  the  town,  that  well  deserve  some  notice  ; 
though  they  were  not  all  of  a  pretentious  character. 
Each  of  them,  in  its  time,  did  much  good,  and  excited 
some  interest  among  the  friends  of  education.  Thev 
all  had  their  respective  times  of  success  and  useful- 
ness, but  they  came  to  an  untimely  end.  Why  they 
were  not  permanent  will  be  best  known  to  those  who 
understand  the  liabilities  and  vicissitudes  of  the 
teacher's  vocation. 

In  1828  occurred  the  unfortunate  division  in  the 
Society  of  Friends.  Joseph  Shreve  went  with  the 
Orthodox  party,  and  thus  retained  their  C(mfidence 
and  patronage,  which  was  amply  sufficient  to  sustain 
him  in  their  school.  The  Hicksites  were  no  less  earn- 
est advocates  of  education  than  the  original  society 
had  always  been;  but  they  united  more  with  persons 
out  of  their  denomination  in  maintaining  schools. 

In  1829  and  1830  Samuel  Ruckman  kept  a  school 
somewhere  on  Green  street.  It  was  called  a  district 
school,  but  the  public-school  system  was  not  then  in 
such  a  condition  as  to  render  much  help  to  teachers. 
Soon  afterwards  a  school  was  kept  in  the  Hicksite 
meeting  house,  by  Jonathan  Thomas.  Some  (UIkts, 
also,  kept  short  terms  in  the  same  house. 

In  1830  a  brick  school-house  was  built  at  the  corner 


56  HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 

of  Green  and  Chestnut  streets;  and,  during  the  fol- 
lowing winter,  James  Tollerton  was  there  employed. 
Eliza  Shreve  also  kept  one  term  in  the  same  house. 
Then  J.  J.  Brooks,  Jacob  Heaton  and  Martin  Heck- 
ard  were  teachers.  The  latter  was  a  rigid  disci- 
plinarian, and,  in  many  particulars,  a  good  teacher. 
It  was  about  this  time  that  P.  R.  Spencer  first  visited 
Salem,  and  introduced  his  S3^stem  of  penmanship. 
Mr.  Heckard  eagerly  adopted  it,  and  taught  it  in 
his  school.  It  was,  also,  about  this  time  that  writ- 
ing-schools became  much  of  a  hobby. 

In  the  summer  of  1834  Amos  Gilbert  came  to  Salem, 
from  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  His  arrival  and  subse- 
quent teaching  made  a  notable  era  in  the  school 
interest  of  the  place.  He  was  not  a  profound  scholar, 
but  he  was  a  man  of  thought,  and  his  greatest  ambi- 
tion was  to  set  others  to  thinking.  In  certain  wa3"s 
he  was  a  philanthropist.  He  engaged  eagerly  in  the 
anti-slaver}^  enterprise,  but  from  politics  and  religion 
he  kept  aloof.  In  teaching  natural  philosophy  was 
his  favorite  topic.  In  grammar  and  mathematics  he 
was  deficient.  During  ten  or  twelve  years  subsequent 
to  this  time  natural  philosoph}^  became  a  prominent 
branch  in  all  schools  in  this  re<j:ion.  Followinof  this, 
mental  arithmetic  became  quite  a  hobby.  This  man 
took  much  delight  in  communicating  facts  in  nature, 
and  he  had  great  respect  for  the  Pestalozzian  S3'Stem 
of  education.  Before  coming  to  Salem,  he  edited 
and  published  a  literar}^  paper  called  The  Inciter. 
It  was  a  monthl3%  and  was  intended  to  impart  useful 
information,  and  to  set  forth  some  moral  reflections. 
He  brought  a  printing  press  to  Salem,  and  here  issued 
a  few  numbers.  He  did  not  get  much  patronage, 
and  the  craft  of  conducting  a  periodical  was  much 
out  of  his  line  of  thought. 


WILLIAM  D.  HENKLE. 


1 


SCHOOLS  CONTINITKD.  S7 

l)urin«^r  the  next  summer  Amos  (iilhert  was  joined 
by  his  son-in-law,  Al)ner  G.  Kirk.  Some  time  in 
1836  his  connecti(m  with  this  school  ceased,  and  Mr. 
Kirk  ccmtiniied  in  it  s(mie  time  lon«^er;  and  then  he 
left  the  school  and  en<^a^(ed  in  farming.  He  was 
succeeded  bv  Benjamin  B.  Davis,  who,  alter  a  few 
terms  of  teachin«^r,  cnsj^a^.^'-ed  in  startin^^r  The  Villa<j;-e 
Rei^ister,  which  was  the  first  successful  news])aper 
enterprise  in  Salem. 

In  1839  or  1840  Miss  Elizabeth  Richards  com- 
menced a  school  for  young  ladies.  She  was  assisted 
bv  Leah  Heaton,  who  afterwards  was  the  wife  of 
J.  J.  Boone.  They  kept  a  good  school  and  awakened 
much  interest  in  the  science  of  botany.  Their  terms 
varied  from  S2  to  S5  a  quarter.  Drawing,  painting, 
and  fancy  needle- work  were  at  the  highest  price.  In 
April,  1843,  James  C.  Marshall,  and  his  wife,  Henri- 
etta, commenced  a  select  school  on  Green  street, 
between  Chestnut  and  Lund}'  streets.  Their  terms 
were  Si. 00  a  month.  And  they  had  a  library  of  a 
hundred  and  fifty  volumes.  Mrs.  ^larshall  was  a 
woman  of  fine  literary  taste,  an  extensive  reader  and 
an  authoress.  She  was  one  of  those  who  are  more  at 
home  in  some  scientific  or  literary  work  than  any- 
where else.  Her  greatest  delight  was  in  some  intel- 
lectual pursuits,  especially  such  as  contemplated  the 
moral  training  of  the  young. 

About  the  year  1840  Abner  G.  Kirk  returned  to 
Salem,  and  commenced  a  select  school.  He  built  a 
small  frame  school  house  adjoining  his  dwelling  on 
High  street.  There  he  kept  a  school  during  several 
vears.  Many  young  persons  came  and  boarded  in 
Salem  to  attend  his  school.  It  was  very  popular  and 
was  regarded  as  a  school  of  a  higher  order  than  any 


58  HISTORY   OF   SALEM: 

other  in  the  town.  In  1845  he  commenced  preaching", 
and  in  the  spring  of  the  next  year  he  closed  his  school, 
and  then  gave  his  whole  time  to  preaching  and  pas- 
toral duties.  After  that  time  he  became  an  earnest 
and  devoted  minister  in  the  Baptist  denomination. 
The  most  of  his  ministerial  labor  was  in  Beaver  and 
Lawrence  counties,  in  Pennsylvania.  He  died  at 
Hillsville  in  June,  1886. 

In  1844  Rev.  Jacob  Coon  came  to  Salem,  and  pur- 
chased property  on  Lincoln  avenue.  In  the  rear  of 
it  he  erected  a  two-story  frame  building,  and,  in  it, 
he  opened  an  academy.  Some  of  his  pupils  named 
the  place  Science  Hill.  They  had  probably  been 
reading,  with  some  interest,  Aiken's  description  of 
The  Hill  of  Science  in  the  English  Reader,  a  school 
book  now  out  of  print.  Here  the  Latin  language 
was  first  taught  in  Salem,  and  several  3^oung  men 
were  prepared  for  college,  who  afterwards  made 
their  mark.  The  pupils  gave  some  good  exhibitions, 
and,  in  many  ways,  this  school  was  a  good  one.  Mr. 
Coon  was  a  good  man,  and  a  popular  minister  in  the 
Presbyterian  church,  but  he  was  not  fully  appre- 
ciated. Had  he  come  to  this  place  ten  years  sooner, 
he  might  have  given  the  educational  interest  a  much 
better  aspect  than  it  then  had.  The  church  interest, 
too,  would  have  been  much  benefited.  Before  com- 
ing to  Salem,  Mr.  Coon  was,  for  two  years,  a  profes- 
sor in  Franklin  College,  at  New  Athens,  O.  After 
leaving  Salem,  he  took  charge  of  the  academy  at 
Poland,  O.  At  the  same  time  preaching  for  some 
churches  in  the  neighborhood.  Afterwards  he  had 
charge  of  academies  at  Hayesville,  O.,  andFreeport, 
111.     At  the  latter  place  he  closed  life. 

In  1847  Mrs.   Greer,  wife  of  Rev.  T.  W.  Greer, 


vSCHOOLS  CONTINUED.  59 

kept  a  school  for  small  childron  in  the  Baptist  meet- 
in  j^^  house  on  Depot  street.  Her  school  was  interest- 
in<^,  and  to  her  is  due  the  credit  of  being  the  first  in 
this  place  to  introduce  vocal  music  in  school. 

In  1852  Calvin  Moore  opened  a  select  school  <m  Lin- 
coln avenue.  For  about  thirteen  years,  he  and  his 
wife  conducted  it  in  an  unostentatious  manner;  and 
they  «;jot  a  fair  amount  of  patrona^L^e.  They  were 
exemplary  Friends,  and  their  school  was  patnmized 
mainly  by  people  of  their  persuasion.  They  were 
both  good  teachers,  and  were  not  backward  in  the 
modern  improvements  pertaining  to  the  profession. 
This  school  was  brought  to  an  end  by  the  accidental 
death  of  Friend  Moore,  in  1865;  soon  after  which 
event  the  widow  obtained  a  situation  in  the  Friends' 
boarding-school,  at  Westtown.  Pa. 

About  the  year  1872  Bejamin  D.  Stratton,  who  was 
an  earnest  friend  of  education,  erected  a  building  on 
West  Dry  street,  now  numbered  78  and  80,  for  a 
school  house.  This  was  for  his  son-in-law,  Joseph 
H.  Branson,  who  was  a  fine  scholar,  and,  in  this 
house,  he  commenced  a  select  school.  Mary  Cad- 
walader  was  employed  as  assistant  teacher.  An 
intelligent  citizen,  of  Salem,  declared  to  the  author 
that  Mr.  J.  H.  Branson  had  more  teaching  power 
than  any  other  person  in  the  place.  But  he,  somehow, 
became  unpopular, — with  some  of  his  pupils  espe- 
cially. Wherefore  he  left  the  vschool,  and  Mary  Cad- 
walader  continued  it  several  years  quite  successfully. 
At  one  time  she  had  Linnaeus  Warrington  as  assist- 
ant. Pupils  came  from  the  country,  and  boarded  in 
town,  to  attend  her  school.  A  chance  to  get  married 
terminated  her  career  of  public  teaching. 

She  was  succeeded  bv  Mrs.  Marv  M.  Williams,  who 


60  HISTORY   OF    SALEM, 

came  from  Steubenville.  She  was  an  accomplished 
teacher,  and  had  been  educated  in  the  Female  Semi- 
nary, at  Washington,  Pa.  She  had  g-ood  success  for 
about  two  years.  For  aw^hile  she  had  a  writing- 
teacher  employed.  Part  of  her  work  was  done  in 
another  building.  Her  career  of  teaching  ended  like 
that  of  her  worthy  predecessor. 

About  this  time  Isaac  N.  Vaile  came  to  Salem  and 
tried  to  start  a  select  school  in  the  house  that  had 
been  occcupied  by  the  two  aforesaid  teachers;  but 
he  did  not  get  enough  encouragement.  Although  he 
was  a  good  scholar,  well  versed  in  the  sciences,  it 
appears  that  he  w^as  not  duly  appreciated. 

Mrs.  Helen  M.  Beatty  came  to  Salem  in  1840.  Soon 
afterwards  she  got  a  position  in  the  public-school. 
This  she  held  about  a  year.  She  then  commenced  a 
a  select  school  which  she  managed  with  marked  suc- 
cess for  twenty  years. 

Recently  a  neat  little  school-house  has  been  built 
on  the  Friends'  lot  on  Sixth  street.  This  is  intended 
for  schools  under  the  direction  of  their  Monthly 
Meeting.  Two  terms  have  there  been  kept;  one  by 
Elnia  G.  Hutton,  and  the  other  by  Howard  Fawcett. 

"The  Salem  Business  college  was  organized  in 
1894  by  J.  W.  Butcher  and  H.  T.  Fdmeston,  of 
Cleveland.  Rooms  in  the  Howell  block  were  occu- 
pied until  more  commodious  quarters  were  secured 
in  the  old  Y.  M.  C.  A.  rooms,  in  the  Trimble  block. 
This  change  was  made  necessary  by  the  increase 
of  students  from  Salem  and  from  the  adjoining 
counties.  " 

"In  1895  Mr.  Butcher  purchased  his  partner's 
share,  retaining  the  entire  interest  in  the  school  until 
1896,  when  it  was  sold  to  W.   H.   Matthews,   who 


SCHOOLS  CONTINUED.  61 

came  to  Salem  as  a  teaclier  in  the  ])rL'CL'tlin«^r  year.  " 
"W.  H.  Matthews  and  Miss  Clara  Bart<m  are  the 
present  proprietors.  The  manajjement  is  to  he  con- 
j»"ratulated  on  the  growth  of  the  school,  and  the 
success  of  its  graduates;  many  of  whom  are  employed 
in  first-class  positions  as  hook-keepers  and  steno- 
graphers. " 

"The  attendance  has  been  steadily  increasing 
until  it  has  exceeded  one  hundred  and  fifty,  for  the 
school  _year  of  1897  and  1898,  making  the  Salem 
Business  college  one  of  the  largest  business  vschools  in 
Eastern  Ohio."* 

The  history  of  the  Salem  schools  exhibits  a  pro- 
gressiye  work,  similar  to  that  of  acquiring  an  educa- 
tion. The  character  and  qualifications  of  the  teach- 
ers has  corresponded  in  many  particulars  with  the 
patronage  and  encouragement  that  they  receiycd. 
Some  (^f  them  have  exhibited  commendable  zeal  in 
their  work,  and  had  much  sympathy  for  those  who 
were  in  their  pupilage.  We  need  not  dwell  on  their 
failings  and  imperfections,  while  we  have  nothing  to 
say  about  the  discouragements  that  the}'  encount- 
ered. Why  some  of  them  left  the  place  or  forsook 
the  profession  need  not  be  asked.  These  are  occur- 
rences too  common,  and  their  cause  is  apparent  to 
every  observer  of  school  experience.  It  has  cost 
much  effort  and  expense  to  bring  these  schools  to 
their  present  condition,  and  some  exertion  will  be 
needed  to  keep  them  from  retrograding.  They  reflect 
much  credit  on  the  citizens,  and  give  the  city  an 
invaluable  reputati(m.  And  now  the  youth  of  Salem 
may  justlv  felicitate  themselves  on  the  superior  priv- 
ileges that  they  possess  for  acquiring  scientific  and 

■W.  H.  Matthews. 


62  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

literary  knowledge.  Well  ma}'  we  adopt  the  follow- 
ing apostrophe;  it  being  the  language  of  a  pioneer 
teacher.* 

"  Go  on  loved  school,  from  step  to  step  proceed  ; 
And  fresh  improvements  mayst  thou  receive. 


Ma3'st  thou  in  future  rise  to  just  renown, 

Mayst  thou  the  page  of  history  next  unfold  ; 

Bid  ignorance  fly  ;  tread  superstition  down, 
And  on  th}^  way  to  best  refinement  hold." 

■Joseph  Shreve. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

RKLUnoUS    HISTOKV.— THE   vSOCIKTY    OK    FKMKXDS. 

^)  ALEM  havinj^  been  settled  by  Friends,  they 
^N  were  the  first  to  establish  reli^^nous  wor- 
^"**^  ^  ship;  and,  for  about  fifteen  years  there 
'  was  no  other  form  of  public  worship  but  theirs.  The 
first  immigrants  arrived  in  1802  and  1803;  of  whom, 
in  this  connection,  might  be  mentioned  Samuel  Davis, 
Elisha  Schooley,  Jacob  Painter,  Caleb  Shinn,  Zac- 
cheus  Test,  and  Joseph  Wright,  with  their  families. 
Their  nearest  meeting  was  then  Middleton,  about 
twelve  miles  east.  The  place  is  now  generally  known 
as  Mosk  Post-office.  In  the  summer  of  1804,  the  first 
meeting  was  held — in  the  house  of  Samuel  Davis, 
which  stood  near  the  spring,  on  Garfield  avenue. 
About  a  dozen  persons  assembled  and  held  a  silent 
meeting.  When  they  were  fairly  composed,  an  Indian 
chief  and  his  squaw  entered  the  house ;  on  receiving  an 
explanation  of  what  was  being  held,  they  took  seats 
and  sat  in  a  respectful  manner  until  the  Friends 
shook  hands.  The  red  strangers  had  no  communica- 
tion to  offer  in  the  meeting,  but,  being  invited  t(^  take 
dinner,  the  chief  was  so  well  satisfied  with  what  he 
had  eaten  that  he  exclaimed,  "Go  six  days,  "  mean- 
ing, without  eating  any  more. 

Soon  after  this  a  log  cabin  was  built  near  the  site 
of  the  Town  hall,  and  a  Preparative  meeting  was 
formed,  then  an  addition  to  it  was  built  and  a  Monthly 
Meeting  was  constituted,  two  or  three  years  after- 
wards; it  being  a  branch  of  Redstone  Quarterly  meet- 
ing.    In  this  meeting  house  was  solemnized  the  mar- 


64  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

riatre  of  David  Scolfield  and  Rebecca  Davis,  on  the 
20tli  of  the  11th  month  (Nov.),  1805.  They  were  the 
first  couple  married  in  Salem.  The  number  of  Friends 
increasing  b}^  immigration,  a  Quarterly  meeting  w^as 
contemplated.  In  1807  a  deputation  of  Friends, 
appointed  by  Baltimore  Yearly  meeting,  visited 
Salem.  They  were^piloted  from  Redstone  by  Nathan 
Hunt,  Sr.  On  reaching  the  Middle  Fork,  near  the 
site  of  Franklin  Square,  they  found  the  stream  so 
swollen  by  a  heavy  rain  that  they  were  obliged  to 
cross  in  a  skiff,  and  make  their  horses  swim  after 
them.  This  delayed  their  arrival  in  Salem  beyond 
the  appointed  time  for  meeting.  On  their  return 
they  reported  favorable  for  the  establishing  of  a 
Quarterly  meeting.  The  high  water  must  have  been 
what  has  often  been  called  a  "June  freshet." 

The  Quarterly  meeting  thus  formed  was  made  a 
branch  of  Baltimore  Yearly  meeting,  and  thus 
remained  till  1813,  when  Ohio  Yearly  meeting 
was  constituted,  and  Salem  Quarterly  meeting  was 
made  a  branch  of  it.  During  more  than  thirty  years 
from  the  first,  quarterly  meetings  always  gathered 
the  largest  congregations  of  any  meetings  in  the 
place.     That  interest  is  now  much  diminished. 

A  lot  on  the  north  side  of  Main  street  was  donated 
by  Samuel  Davis,  and  one  on  the  south  side  by  Israel 
Gaskill.  More  ground  was  afterwards  purchased 
and  added  to  them,  and  they  thus  divided  the  town 
into  two  parts.  After  some  years  much  of  this  prop- 
erty was  sold  for  building  lots,  only  a  portion  being 
reserved  for  the  meeting  houses  on  Drv  and  Green 
streets. 

In  the  summer  and  fall  of  1807,  the  brick  were 
made,   and    the  house   erected  and  enclosed,   which 


THE  SOCIKTV  ()F  FKMICNDS.  6S 

stood  on  the  south  side  of  Main  street,  and  between 
Depot  and  Broadway.  In  the  s])rin«^'-  of  the  next  year 
it  was  finished.  Joel  Sharp,  Sr.,  and  Aaron  Strat- 
ton  were  the  principal  carpenters.  This  venerable 
edifice  is  now,  perhaps,  remembered  by  some  of  the 
oldest  inhabitants.  It  stood  and  was  occupied  until 
the  new  one  on  the  south  side  of  the  square  was 
finished. 

In  1828  the  Society  of  Friends  became  divided  into 
two  parties,  each  claimin^^  to  be  the  ori^^inal  society, 
and  charging  the  other  with  embracing  doctrines  not 
held  by  the  primitive  Friends.  In  Salem  the  Ortho- 
dox party,  being  the  larger  in  number,  held  the  meet- 
ing house  and  property  on  the  south  side  of  Main 
street.  The  Hicksites  took  possession  of  a  small 
frame  house  on  Green  street,  to  which  they  built  an 
addition,  and  there  held  their  meetings.  In  1830  or 
1831  a  division  of  the  ground  was  made  by  which 
this  party  got  all  on  the  north  side. 

That  division  in  the  Society  of  Friends  was  a 
source  of  much  animosity  between  the  two  parties; 
vet  both  professed  sincerity.  They  were  generally 
known  to  be  a  ver}'  peaceable  people,  hence  this  divi- 
sion made  a  great  amazement  among  all  people  out 
of  their  denomination,  who  knew  much  about  them 
and  their  profession.  Persons  who  wish  to  know 
more  about  this  divisicm  are  referred  for  the  Ortho- 
dox side  to  issues  of  The  Friend  in  1827  and  1828, 
Thomas  Shellato's  Journal,  and  Evans's  Exposition. 
And  for  the  Hicksite  side  to  Elias  Hicks 's  Journal, 
Cockburn's  Review,  and  Janney's  History  of  the 
Friends. 

In  1845  the  large  frame  house  that  the  Hicksite 
party  now  use   was   built,  and.    in    that   year,    their 


66  HISTORY  OF   SALEM. 

yearly  meeting  was  first  held  here.  Since  that  time 
it  h?s  been  held  alternately  here  and  at  Mount  Pleas- 
ant, Jefferson  county,  O. 

In  1854  another  division  in  The  Society  of  Friends 
occurred.  Some  years  before  Joseph  John  Gurney, 
an  English  Friend,  came  over,  and  went  through 
the  most  of  the  American  meetings,  and  therein 
preached  in  a  manner  that  set  the  people  to  thinking 
and  debating  on  what  he  thus  set  forth.  Many 
believed  that  he  preached  the  truth,  and  there  were 
many  who  regarded  him  as  getting  away  from  the 
Friend's  standard.  One  John  Wilbur,  an  American 
Friend,  opposed  him.  This  led  to  a  division;  and, 
for  distinction,  the  parties  got  the  names  of  Gurney- 
ites  and  Wilburites.  But  they  both  ignore  the  names 
as  applied  to  their  respective  parties. 

By  a  compromise,  during  about  eighteen  3^ears, 
both  parties  held  their  meetings  at  different  hours  on 
Sabbath  days,  and  mid-week  meetings  on  different 
days,  in  the  Dry  street  house.  The  so-called  ''Wil- 
bur Friends"  built  and  finished  a  new  and  commo- 
dious meeting  house  on  Fast-Sixth  street  in  1872. 
During  many  years  the  Friends  had  more  influence 
in  Salem  than  all  other  denominations  taken  together, 
and  they  mainly  gave  character  to  the  town  and 
country  around. 

During  late  years,  other  denominations  have 
increased  in  number  and  gained  influence.  The 
Friends  have  diminished,  and  much  of  their  influence 
that  they  have  had  is  gone  from  them.  Divisions 
and  sub-divisions  have  been  a  source  of  misfortune, 
and  a  cause  of  declension  to  them,  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  in  other  denominations.  But  they  have  a  sig- 
nificant history. 


THE  BAPTIST  CHURCH.  67 

While  these  declensions  luive  prevailed  amon^^  the 
primitive  Friends,  there  has  been  some  other  notable 
events  in  the  progress  of  the  Gurney  party.  They 
have  taken  to  themselves  the  name  of  Friends' 
Church.  And  by  their  aggressively  evangelical  work, 
they  are  doing  much  to  keep  up  their  organization, 
and  awaken  others  to  an  interest  in  religion.  The 
operations  of  Joseph  John  Gurney  in  the  Friends' 
society  w^ere  much  like  those  of  John  Wesley  in  the 
church  of  England.  Neither  of  these  men  intended 
to  make  a  schism  in  their  churches.  But  they  wished 
to  promote  more  spiritual  activity  among  those  who 
held  to  their  creed.  The  fruits  of  Wesley's  work  are 
now  seen  in  the  Methodist  church,  and  Gurney 's — in 
the  Friends'  church. 

In  1897  a  convention  of  representatives  from  the 
different  yearly  meetings  of  this  denomination  was 
held  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.  This  might  be  called  an 
" Ecumenical  council."  To  the  published  proceed- 
ings of  it  readers  are  referred  for  further  informa- 
tion about  their  doctrines  and  church  economy. 

This  body  has  here  done  much  to  sustain  ministerial 
service  and  gain  converts.  In  this  capacity  Willis 
Hotchkiss,  Joseph  Peele,  Edgar  Ellyson,  and  Fred- 
erick J.  Cope  have  labored  with  them.  The  latter 
is  now  their  pastor.  They  have  also  sustained  Sun- 
day schools,  in  w^hich  Eli  French,  George  W.  Faw- 
cett,  William  Daniel,  Hannah  and  Sarah  Fogg,  and 
Amelia  Hole  have  rendered  good  services  as  superin- 
tendents and  teachers. 

THE    BAPTIST   CHURCH. 

David  Gaskill,  Sr.,  his  wife  and  Mary  Straughan 
mav  be  regarded  as  the  pioneers  of  the  Baptist  inter- 
est in   Salem.     Thev  arrived  about  the  year    1806, 


68  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

and,  together  with  others  who  joined  them  soon 
afterwards,  they  early  contemplated  building  a  meet- 
ing house  and  organizing  a  church.  In  1809,  two  lots 
amounting  to  half  an  acre,  were  purchased  or  donated 
from  John  Straughan.  They  were  on  Depot  street. 
Subsequently  another  lot  was  purchased.  The  native 
forest  then  covered  them  except  a  little  improvement 
and  a  log  cabin.  But  it  was  some  years  afterwards 
that  a  house  was  built,  and  a  church  constituted. 

Rev.  Thomas  Miller  appears  to  have  been  the  first 
minister  who  preached  Baptist  doctrines  here,  and 
administered  the  ordinance  by  immersion.  Meetings 
were  first  held  in  private  houses,  and  often  in  Rich- 
ard Heacock's  shop,  which  was  at  the  west  end  of 
town,  and  on  the  south  side  of  Main  street.  In  1820 
a  small  brick  house  was  built,  on  the  lot  aforesaid. 
By  this  time  the  Methodists  had  gained  some  signifi- 
cance. They  and  some  others  united  in  building  the 
house  with  the  stipulation  that  it  should  be  used 
jointly  by  the  different  parties,  but  the  Baptists  were 
to  have  it  at  least  every  fourth  Sabbath.  The  car- 
penter work  was  done  by  Jesse  Strawn,  Samuel 
Jolley  and  John  Flitcraft. 

The  first  candidates  for  baptism  were  David  Gas- 
kill,  Jr.,  his  wife,  John  Sheets,  his  wife,  Jacob 
Countrvman  and  Jane  Heacock.  On  the  22nd  day  of 
November,  1823,  these,  the  pioneers  named  above, 
and  Klizabeth  Shinn,  Elizabeth  Wright  and  her  two 
dau5i"hters,  Tamzin  and  Clarissa,  were  constituted 
into  a  church.  The  council  in  attendance  was  com- 
posed of  Klders  Jehu  Brown  and  Thomas  Miller,  and 
eleven  lavmen  from  other  churches.  This  date  may 
be  regarded  as  the  birthday  of  the  church;  but  it  has 
had  such  mutations  since  that  time  that  now  it  is  like 
a  different  body. 


THE  BAPTIST  CHURCH.  69 

A  few  years  after  the  or/^^anization  of  the  church, 
one  Walter  Scott  commenced  preach  in  <j^  for  it.  He 
baptized  many  persons  in  Salem,  and  some  near  the 
site  of  Franklin  Square.  The  Campbell  secession 
occurred  at  this  time.  He  went  with  it  and  took  the 
most  of  his  proselytes,  and  all  of  the  Salem  church 
except  five.  A  great  excitement  followed.  Rev. 
John  Clealand  was  then  called,  and  he  gave  some  plain 
preaching,  in  which  he  showed  what  genuine  Baptist 
doctrines  are;  and,  with  the  aid  of  the  few  faithful 
members  arrested  the  schism  that  had  almost  ruined 
the  church. 

After  this  came  a&  pastors,  Klders  Davis,  Brown, 
Rigdon,  Rogers,  Freeman,  Williams,  Blake,  Phillips, 
Wm.  Stone,  and  Jacob  Morris,  whose  times  with  the 
church  were  from  a  few  months  to  three  vears.  Rev. 
William  Stone  was  a  plain,  old  fashioned  man,  with 
considerable  common  sense  and  good  judgment  in 
church  matters,  and  very  unassuming  manners.  He 
preached  for  both  the  First  and  Second  churches  with 
much  acceptance,  and  died  in  Salem  in  1852. 

Rev.  Jacob  Morris  had  successful  pastorates  in  both 
the  First  and  Second  churches.  He  was  a  native  of 
Wales,  and  was  an  able  and  fluent  preacher.  Up  to 
his  time  no  one  had  a  better  pastorate  here  than  his. 
After  leaving  this  place  he  had  several  terms  of  pas- 
torship with  certain  churches  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
died  at  West  Greenville,  in  that  state. 

In  1836  the  large  frame  house  that  still  stands  (but 
much  changed)  was  built.  Jonathan  Hutchinson  wiis 
the  principal  carpenter.  After  this  the  small  brick 
house  was  not  much  used.  In  1853,  or  thereabouts^ 
it  was  sold  and  removed. 

In  1840  a  large  number  of  the  members  withdrew 


70  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

and  formed  the  Second  church.  This,  in  the  end, 
proved  a  bad  thing  for  the  Baptist  interest  in  Salem. 
The  Second  church  was  constituted  on  the  8th  of 
November,  1840.  The  old  Methodist  meeting  house 
on  Green  street  was  purchased  for  its  use,  and  Rev. 
J.  Morris  was  called  to  the  pastorship.  He  remained 
with  the  church  between  one  and  two  years.  That 
church  had  a  short  but  remarkable  career. 

The  division  in  the  churches  occurred  about  the 
time  of  the  presidential  election  that  gave  Wm.  H. 
Harrison  such  a  large  majority.  It  was  said  of  him, 
ip  derision,  that  he  lived  in  a  "  Log  cabin;"  and  this 
became  one  of  the  watch -words  of  the  party  that 
elected  him;  and  "White  House"  is  the  common 
designation  of  the  president's  residence  in  Washing- 
ton. The  Second  church  having  bought  the  old  log 
meeting  house  from  the  Methodists,  while  the  orig- 
inal church  had  the  white  frame  house  on  Depot 
street;  hence  b}^  some  waggish  people  the  terms  "Log 
cal)in  "  and  "White  House"  churches  were  often 
ban4ied  about  the  town. 

After  Klder  Morris,  Elder  Samuel  R.  Willard  was 
called  to  the  pastorship  of  the  Second  church.  He 
was  with  the  church  about  a  year  During  this  time 
occurred  a  great  revival  under  the  preaching  of  Rev. 
C.  A.  Clark.  In  five  weeks  seventy-two  persons  were 
received  and  baptized.  The  next  minister  was  Rev. 
F.  Green.  His  pastorate  was  an  unlucky  one,  and 
he  left  under  a  cloud. 

In  February  1844  Rev.  Wm.  G.  Johnston,  who  had 
just  come  from  Vermont,  visited  this  church,  made  a 
good  impression  and  gained  many  friends.  H-e  felt 
much  drawn  towards  this  church,  and  would  have 
accepted  a  call,  but  the  members  were  too  slow  in 


thp:  baptist  church.  71 

givinj;^  it;  wherefore  they  forfeited  what  would  have 
been  a  most  excellent  pavstorate. 

Among-  the  converts  in  the  great  revival  of  1(S4.> 
was  Abner  G,  Kirk.  He  was  raised  in  the  Society 
of  Friends.  He  had  manifested  great  zea\  in  the 
anti-slavery  work,  and,  up  to  the  time  of  his  conver- 
sion, manifested  indifference  about  religion;  ])ut  now 
he  became  an  active  church  member.  Some  time  in 
the  next  year  he  began  to  preach.  About  the  same 
time  Daniel  McCurdy  w^as  also  licensed.  Elder  Kirk's 
ordination  was  on  the  14th  of  December,  1845.  Forth- 
with he  was  called  to  the  pastorship  of  Salem  and 
Mt.  Union  churches.  For  these  he  labored  with 
great  zeal,  but  he  felt  disappointed  and  discouraged 
because  he  could  not  see  such  results  as  were  mani- 
fested in  the  great  revival  in  which  he  professed 
religion. 

In  January,  1845,  he  went  to  New  Castle.  Pa. 
There  he  had  a  very  successful  pastorate.  He  was 
equally  successful  in  other  churches  in  Beaver  Asso- 
ciation, and  Nixon  street,  Allegheny  cit3\  He  was 
more  than  forty  years  in  the  ministry. 

After  the  departure  of  FlderKirk,  Rev.  Wm.  Stone 
w^as  engaged  as  a  supply,  but  the  infirmities  of  old 
age  soon  obliged  him  to  relinquish  preaching.  Not- 
withstanding its  tribulations,  this  church  had  a  good 
Sunday-school  record.  D.  McCurdy,  Richard  H. 
Garrigues,  Lewis  T.  Park,  Margaret  Walton  and 
Julia  A.  Stone  w^ere  the  most  active  workers.  In 
1846  it  was  at  the  zenith  of  its  prosperity.  In  that 
year  a  new  house  was  erected.  Several  of  the  mem- 
bers being  carpenters  and  all  of  them  working  men, 
much  expenditure  of  money  w^as  avoided.  After  a 
few  years  the  members  began   to  see  what   a  disad- 


/2  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

vantage  it  was  to  have  two  churches,  both  of  the 
same  profession.  'Wherefore  some  efforts  were  made 
to  effect  a  reunion  of  the  two,  but  these  were  unsuc- 
cessful. Some  members  became  lukewarm,  and  others 
withdrew  and  soon  meetings  were  discontinued. 

The  church,  as  first  constituted  in  1823,  was  first 
a  part  of  Mahoning  Association.  It  1829  it  was 
transferred  to  Beaver  Association,  and  continued 
with  it  till  1843,  when  it  (the  First),  by  request,  was 
transferred  to  the  Wooster,  and  continued  with  it  till 
its  dissolution.  In  December,  1840,  Rev.  W.  R. 
McGowan  was  called  to  the  first  church.  He  con- 
tinued in  that  relation  about  four  years.  After  him 
came  Rev.  Jehu  Brown,  and  Rev.  T.  W.  Greer.  The 
latter  was  a  good  speaker,  and  both  he  and  his  wife 
were  good  singers;  and  they  were  active  in  the  Sun- 
day school.  In  this,  David  Gaskill,  though  the 
oldest  member,  was  as  active  as  anyone,  and  the 
church  was  much  revived.  The  next  pastors  were 
Elders  Wm.  Leet,  Gideon  Seymour  and  D.  J.  Phil- 
lips, a  native  of  Wales.  He  was  advanced  in  years, 
but  had  had  much  experience  in  ministerial  service. 
At  this  time  Thomas  Scattergood,  a  Philadelphian, 
resided  in  Salem;  and  rendered  the  church  some  good 
service  in  the  Sabbath  school.  The  next  pastor  was 
Rev.  T.  E.  Inman.  During  his  pastorate  Rev.  John 
Owens  was  ordained  for  the  ministry;  and  became 
the  next  pastor  and  remained  till  1858.  He  was  a 
young  man,  with  very  affable  manners  and  had  the 
advantage  of  instruction  from  his  father  who  was, 
for  many  years,  pastor  of  a  Welch  church  in  Pitts- 
burgh. 

Rev.  L.  Frescoln  was  pastor  for  a  few  years,  and 
then  one  Justus  Ask  was  engaged.     He  was  promised 


THE  BAPTIST  CHURCH.  73 

a  large  salary  that  was  not  paid;  wherefore  he  com- 
menced a  legal  process  to  get  what  he  claimed,  and 
the  meeting  house  was  sold  by  the  sheriff.  A  soci- 
ety known  as  the  "Broad-Gauge  '  'bought  it.  By  this 
unfortunate  affair  Baptist  interest  was  here  com- 
pletel}^  prostrated.  After  a  few  years  the  house  was 
bought  by  the  Pelzer  Brothers.  By  them  the  inter- 
ior was  changed,  additions  made,  and  it  was  turned 
into  a  manufactor}'  of  artistic  furniture  for  dwell- 
ings, statuary  and  ornaments  for  churches,  etc. 

Rev.  T.  P.  Childs  made  one  or  two  visits  to  Salem 
on  a  mission  for  the  freedmen.  This  was  soon  after 
the  w^ar,  when  much  concern  for  the  freed  slaves 
was  felt.  Such  a  mission  was  calculated  to  excite 
much  interest  here.  When  about  taking  his  depart- 
ure, he  was  persuaded  to  return  and  labor  for  the 
Baptist  cause. 

He  came  in  January,  1867,  and  collected  the  mem- 
bers of  both  churches  and  commenced  preaching  to 
them.  An  interest  was  soon  awakened,  and  a  desire 
manifested  to  unite  all  of  the  Baptists'  in  this  com- 
munity into  one  church.  This  was  accomplished  by 
sixty  persons  (from  members  of  both  churches)  agree- 
ing to  an  organization  to  be  called  the  Baptist  church, 
of  Salem.  On  the  25th  of  September,  in  the  same 
year,  a  council  was  held  to  recognize  this  as  a 
"church  of  true  faith  and  gospel  order.' ' 

Elder  Childs  labored  with  great  zeal.  He  soon  set 
about  the  work  of  procuring  a  lot  and  building  a 
house  for  worship,  the  fruit  of  which  is  to  be  seen 
in  the  house  now  occupied,  wnth  its  improv^ements 
since  first  used.  The  church  was  much  blessed  under 
his  labors.  On  the  6th  of  October,  1869,  he  gave  his 
resignation.     On  his  departure  a  handsome  tribute 


74  HISTORY  OF   SALEM. 

was  paid  to  him  b_v  the  church  in  acknowledg-ement 
of  his  services,  and  the  esteem  in  which  he  was  held 
bv  the  congregation.  He  now  resides  at  Troy, 
Miami  county,  O. 

Subsequent  pastors  were  Revs.  B.  F.  Bowen,  T, 
G.  Lamb,  John  Hawker,  P.  J.  Ward,  A.  S.  Moore, 
C.  H.  Pendleton,  and  G.  W.  Rigler.  During  the 
pastorate  of  Rev.  T.  G.  Lamb  the  church  was  received 
into  the  Trumbull  Association.  It  was  afterwards 
transferred  to  the  Wooster.  In  the  same  pastorate 
the  house  now^  occupied  was  dedicated.  Rev.  W.  W. 
Everts,  of  Chicago,  preached  the  sermon.  Thisw^as 
on  the  18th  of  February,  1872. 

On  the  12th  of  December,  1875,  Rev.  P.  J.  Ward 
commenced  pastoral  labors  under  favorable  circum- 
stances. He  was  a  native  of  London,  and  was  one  of 
Spurgeon's  students.  He  closed  his  labors  here  in 
July,  1878.  He  w^as  succeeded  by  some  of  the  afore- 
said persons.  Rev.  R.  K.  Fccles  commenced  preach- 
ing and  pastoral  labor  in  February,  1886,  and 
remained  with  the  church  ten  years  as  pastor.  He 
continued  in  the  place  about  a  year  and  a-half  longer. 
During  which  time  he  preached  at  Alliance  and  some 
other  places;  he  also  taught  Greek  and  some  other 
branches  in  the  High  school.  In  the  summer  of  1897 
he  received  and  accepted  a  call  to  the  church  of 
Bowling  Green,  O. 

Rev.  Charles  W.  Fletcher  made  his  first  appearance 
on  the  ISth  of  March,  1897.  He  accepted  a  call  and 
commenced  preaching  on  the  14th  of  June  following. 
His  pastorate  extended  a  little  over  one  year. 

The  Sabbath  school  record  of  this  church  is  highly 
interesting  and  creditable  to  all  concerned  in  it. 
W.  H.  Clark,  J.  B.Strawn,  H.  G.  Baldwin.  H.Young, 


THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH.  7S 

Alice  Stewart,  Clara  J.  Pyfer  and  the  last  pastor  have 
rendered  good  service  as  superintendents.  And  there 
have  been  some  intelligent  and  active  teachers  in  the 
Bible  school. 

THE   METHODIST   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH. 

Thomas  Kelly  and  his  family  were  the  first  Meth- 
odists in  Salem.  His  house  was  on  the  alley,  where 
Lease's  bakery  now  is.  He  came  from  the  state  of 
Delaware,  and  the  date  of  his  arrival  is  not  known. 
Some  time  in  the  winter  of  1819  and  1820,  John  Flit- 
craft  came  to  this  place.  He  was  a  native  of  New 
Jersey,  and  was  a  devout  Methodist.  He  then  went 
on  to  Lexington,  Stark  county,  O. ,  where  he  got  into 
employment,  and  resided  several  years.  But  he  felt 
drawn  towards  Salem;  wherefore  he  sent  word  that 
he,  Kdmund  Rinear  and  Thomas  Wood  (a  class- 
leader)  would  be  in  Salem  and  hold  a  prayer  meeting 
in  Mr.  Kelly's  house.  At  the  appointed  evening. 
Rev.  McClennin,  a  local  minister,  providentially  hap- 
pened to  be  in  Salem.  He  attended  and  gave  a  short 
sermon.  This  was  in  February,  1820,  and  ma}'  be 
regarded  as  the  beginning  of  Methodism  here,  and, 
from  it,  has  grown  as  strong  an  interest  and  influence 
as  is  possessed  by  any  denomination  in  the  city. 

At  some  previous  time,  Lorenzo  Dow,  an  itinerant 
evangelist,  visited  Salem  and  held  a  meeting  in  the 
Friends'  house.  He  was  noted  for  his  quaint  speeches 
and  eccentric  habits;  but  he  adhered  strictly  to  Meth- 
odist doctrines.  At  one  time  he  was  a  regular  Meth- 
odist preacher,  but  did  not  like  to  be  confined  to  a 
circuit.  Latterly,  when  he  wished  to  take  a  charge, 
the  conference  refused  him  an  appointment  in  conse- 
quence of  his  oddities,  but  this  did  not    "silence" 


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76  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

'him.     His  preaching  is  supposed  to  have  done  some- 
thing for  the  introduction  of  Methodism. 

At  this  time  there  was  a  small  church  composed  of 
black  people  on  land  now  owned  by  Lovern  B.  Webb. 
This  was  then,  one  of  the  preaching  places  in  Colum- 
biana circuit;  and  another  was  at  the  house  of  a  Mr. 
Adtrate,  about  three  miles  east,  and  near  the  road  to 
Columbiana. 

In  1821  there  w^as  a  great  camp  meeting  near 
Laughlin's  mill  on  the  Mahoning.  Among  the  con- 
verts at  this  were  Thomas  Webb,  his  wife  and  several 
residents  of  Salem.  In  the  summer  of  that  year  a 
class  was  formed  in  Salem,  consisting  of  nine  persons 
and  Thomas  Kelly  was  appointed  leader.  Salem  was 
then  made  a  preaching  place  in  Columbiana  circuit, 
of  which  Rev.  William  Tipton  was  then  the  minister 
in  charge.  Associated  with  him  was  Rev.  Charles 
Trescott,  a  young  man. 

Through  want  of  a  meeting  house  the  first  meet- 
ings were  held  in  shops  and  dwelling  houses.  When 
the  Baptists  built  their  first  house  for  worship,  the 
Methodists  rendered  some  help,  and  were,  in  return, 
sometimes  allowed  the  use  of  their  house  for  preach- 
m^.  In  1824  a  lot  on  West-Green  street,  now  vacant, 
was  purchased,  and,  on  it,  a  hewed  log  house  was 
erected.  Thomas  Webb  furnished  the  timber.  The 
Baptists  then  repaid  the  help  that  they  had  received 
in  building  their  house  by  furnishing  nails,  glass  and 
other  building  materials  from  David  Gaskill's  store. 
Money  was  scarce  in  those  days;  wherefore  much  bus- 
iness was  done  in  trade,  especially  store  orders,  work, 
and  farm  produce. 

That  house  had  a  history.  In  it,  old  fashioned 
Methodism  flourished  with  full  vigor.     Some  grand 


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JOHN  FLITCRAFT. 


THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH.  77 

and  glorious  revivals  there  occurred.  Only  a  few 
people  are  now  livin<^-  who  witnessed  or  partook  in 
the  soul-stirring  scenes  of  those  days.  There  the 
gospel. was  preached  with  all  the  power  and  enthu- 
siasm that  characterized  the  pulpit  style  of  old 
fashioned  Methodism. 

This  house  was  sold  to  the  Second  Baptist  church 
in  1840,  and,,  in  it,  they  had  the  greatest  revival  that 
their  church  ever  had  in  this  place.  In  1836  a  frame 
house  was  built  on  Kllsworth  street,  where  the  Disci- 
ple church  now  stands.  Wm.  Kidd  and  John  Flitcraft 
were  the  head  workmen.  This  house,  too,  was  the 
scene  of  some  lively  times,  comparable  with  those 
of  the  other.  After  a  few  years  it  became  necessary 
to  make  an  addition  to  it.  This  house  was  occupied 
till  1859,  when  the  brick  edifice  now  occupied  was 
finished  and  dedicated.  It  was  dedicated  on  the  I2th 
of  June,  1859.  Bishop  Simpson  preached  from  Isaiah 
II:  2-3.  Sermons  w^ere  also  delivered  by  Revs.  Mitch- 
ell, the  minister  in  charge,  Burkett,  of  Canton,  and 
Pershing,  of  McKeesport,  Pa. 

Columbiana  circuit,  at  first,  was  most  likelv  a  part 
of  Baltimore  conference.  Pittsburgh  conference  was 
formed  in  1825,  and  Salem  was  included  in  it  till  1876. 
Then  East  Ohio  conference  was  formed,  and  Salem 
became  a  part  of  it.  Columbiana  circuit  extended 
westward  by  additions  of  new  charges.  Then  Han- 
over circuit  was  formed  and  Salem  included  in  it. 
Afterwards  Salem  circuit  was  formed,  and  thus  it 
continued  till  1852,  when  Salem  was  made  a  station. 
And  now  it  has  the  largest  membership  of  any  church 
in  the  city.  Among  the  members  are  many  active 
and  influential  business  men.  No  church  in  the  city 
has  larger  congregations. 


78  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

About  the  3^ear  1830  occurred  the  secession  from 
the  M.  K.  church  that  formed  the  Methodist  Protest- 
ant church.  Onh^  a  few  left  the  Salem  church  for 
this  purpose.  The}"  sometimes  had  preaching  in  a 
school  house  north  of  the  town,  on  the  Canfield  road. 
But  it  is  not  known  whether  they  ever  had  a  district 
organization.  When  the  Wesleyan  connection  was 
organized,  that  enterprise  found  some  sympathizers 
in  Salem,  because  there  were  many  abolitionists  in 
the  place.  Opposition  to  American  slavery  was  a 
prominent  item  in  the  constitution  of  that  church. 
While  most  of  the  Salem  Methodists  were  straight- 
out  anti-slavery  people,  very  few  entered  heartily 
into  the  Wesleyan  movement. 

This  church  has  been  ver}^  lucky  in  keeping  clear 
of  such  schisms  and  commotions  as  have  often  dis- 
turbed the  peace  and  harmony  of  religious  bodies. 
On  the  questions  of  temperance,  slavery,  and  other 
moral  reforms,  this  church  has  taken  a  progressive 
and  rational  position. 

In  June,  1856,  Pittsburgh  conference  was  held  here. 
Bishop  Ames  presided.  At  it,  resolutions  were 
adopted,  approving  and  encouraging  of  Sunday 
schools,  and  recommending  all  laudable  means  to 
promote  the  cause  of  temperance,  and  "deprecating 
the  action  of  our  state  legislature  upon  the  question, 
and  that  we  will  be  satisfied  with  nothinir  less  than 
an  efficient  prohibitory  law.  " 

This  conference  was  again  held  in  Salem  in  1873. 
Bishop  Harris  then  presided.  At  the  general  confer- 
ence in  1875,  Kast  Ohio  conference  was  formed,  and, 
in  1888,  it  was  held  here. 

This  church  has  been  the  means  of  niakingf  more 
conv^erts  than  any  other  in  the  place.      Though  man}- 


THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH.  79 

of  them  became  backsliders  and  apostates,  a  lari^^er 
number  of  them  proved  faithful.  A  ^reat  number 
of  them  have  emigrated  to  the  west,  and  now  they 
doubtless  remember,  with  much  interest,  their  first 
religious  experience  in  Salem.  At  times  the  member- 
bership  has  been  reduced  by  removals,  and  again 
increased  by  new  conversions. 

Revs.  Tipton  and  Trescott  were  the  first  ministers 
on  the  circuit  which  included  Salem.  The  former  is 
related  to  have  been  a  faithful  laborer  in  Pittsburgh 
conference  till  he  died.  The  latter  had  only  a  short 
career.  Rev.S.  R.  Brockunier  was  the  next  minister; 
and  he  was  a  modern  Boanerges,  who  seldom  preached 
over  forty  minutes  at  once,  and  always  direct  and 
forcible.  The  next  ministers  on  this  circuit  were 
Revs.  B.  O.  Plimpton,  J.  Crawford,  Wm.  Swayze, 
Ira  Kddy,  W.  C.  Henderson,  and  Isaac  Winans. 

In  the  winter  of  1837  and  1838  there  was  a  great 
revival  under  the  preaching  of  Revs.  T.  McGrath 
and  J.  P.  Kent.  The  former  had  a  short  but  bril- 
liant career.  He  died  at  Martinsville,  O.,  at  the  age 
(^f  twenty-seven.  Rev.  John  P.  Kent  w^as  eminentlv 
a  good  man — plain  in  dress  and  meek  in  manners. 
He  was  one  who  could  both  please  and  preach. 

These  worthy  men  were  followed  b}^  M.  L.  Weeklv, 
H.  Miller,  J.  M.  Bray,  H.  McCall,  J.  Montgomery, 
H.  Minor,  G.  D.  Kinnear,  J.  H.  White  and  some 
others.  Several  of  these  were  men  of  marked  char- 
acter. Mr.  Weekly  was  a  man  of  strong  constitution 
and  a  powerful  voice.  He  rendered  good  service  to 
this  church  and  v^ome  others  in  the  circuit.  He  died 
in  the  ninety-fourth  year  of  his  age.  Rev.  James  H. 
White  had  a  notable  career  in  Salem.  He  was  an 
eloquent  speaker,   and  was  very  intelligent,  and,  in 


80  HISTORY   OP^   SALEM. 

social  and  convervSational  powers,  but  few  surpassed 
him.  When  attacks  were  made  b}^  enemies  of  the 
church,  he  was  skillful  in  parrying  them.  He  subse- 
quently moved  to  Iowa. 

When  Salem  was  made  a  station  Rev.  J.  F.  Nessle}" 
was  the  first  minister  in  charge.  After  him  came 
S.  Grouse,  A.  H.  Thomas,  C.  H.  Jackson,  I.  N.  Baird, 
D.  P.  Mitchell,  W.  D.  Stevens,  J.  A.  Sweeney,  T.  N. 
Boyle,  J.  Grant,  W.  Lynch,  J.  Brown,  W.  A.  David- 
son, E.  Hingeley,  K.  A.  Simons,  W.  H.  Haskell, 
B.  P.  Youmens,  and  C.  B.  Henthorne. 

Sunday  schools  were  first  established  about  the 
year  1834.  Jacob  Beam  and  Wm.  Read  were  the 
most  active  workers  in  them.  In  this  department 
the  church  has  a  good  record.  Isaac  Sn3^der,  E).  E. 
Wright,  C.  C.  Snyder,  and  A.  H.  Garry  have  ren- 
dered good  service  as  superintendents.  Among  the 
most  active  teachers  were  Wm.  Kidd,  Jr.,  James 
Bellman,  J.  K.  Rukenbrod,  Samuel  Bard,  Sarah  Bard, 
Miss  A.  R.  Griffith,  Mrs.  S.  K.  Webb,  Mrs.  Filler, 
and  Prof.  Godfrey.  Some  of  the  most  prominent 
class-leaders  were  Christian  Harmon,  John  Gunder, 
Samuel  Webb,  Reuben  Smith,  Samuel  Wright,  John 
Hudson,  James  Bellman,  John  P.  Chisholm,  and  James 
Woodruff.  An  Epworth  league  was  organized  during 
the  pastorate  of  Rev.  B.  Hingely.  Lewis  Hole,  Wm. 
Home,  H.  Garry,  and  Mrs.  R.  Townssend  have  been 
presidents. 

The  pioneer  members  of  this  church  were  men  of 
such  character,  and  the  manner  in  which  they  labored 
for  it  well  deserve  an  honora1)le  record.  Some  of 
them  lived  in  times  when  great  effort  and  much  self- 
denial  were  necessary  to  keep  up  the  church  and 
support  the  ministers  whom   the   conference   sent  to 


THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH.  81 

labor  for  them.  This  responsibility  w^is  cheerfully 
met  by  man}'  whose  toils  and  generosity  were  highly 
commendable.  Methodist  ministers  in  those  days 
dressed  ver}-  plain.  Their  coats  were  like  those  of 
the  Quakers;  so  that  they  were  sometimes  mistaken 
for  persons  of  that  denomination.  ^lany  of  the  lav- 
members,  too,  avoided  what  were  then  deemed  super- 
fluities, but  are  now  very  commcm  and  fashionable 
because  easily  obtained. 


CHAPTER  Vin. 

RELIGIOUS   HISTORY   CONTINUED. — THE   DISCIPLE 
OR   CHRISTIAN    CHURQH. 


1H  E)  following  account  of  this  church  has  been 
furnished  to  the  author,  and,  bv  one  of  the 
prominent  members,  pronounced  correct  : 

"Alex.  Campbell,  of  Pennsylvania,  Walter  Scott, 
of  Ohio,  and  John  Smith,  of  Kentucky,  each  began, 
in  their  respective  states,  religious  movements  very 
similar  to  each  other,  and  which,  in  a  few  years,  when 
they  became  acquainted  with  each  other,  in  the  first 
quarter  of  this  century,  and  had  compared  their  reli- 
gious views;  these  were  found  to  be  so  very  similar 
that  they  became  the  leaders  in  a  short  time  of  a  v^ery 
important  religious  movement,  which,  at  the  present 
time,  enrolls  on  its  lists  a  membership  of  not  less  than 
one  million  pervsons.  " 

"Walter  Scott  was  a  graduate  of  the  university, 
of  Edinburgh,  in  Scotland.  In  1828  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Mahoning  Baptist  Association,  and  bv  that 
body  was  sent  out  as  an  evangelist.  His  views  soon 
took  on  some  changes,  and  he  began  independent  work. 
In  that  vear  he  came  from  New  Lisbon  and  begran 
preaching  in  the  old  Baptist  church,  that  then  stood 
near  the  crossing  of  Depot  and  Race  streets.' ' 

"He  was  an  orator  of  great  power;  and  drew 
immense  audiences;  and  he  made  a  large  number  of 
new  converts  in  Salem  to  these  views.  Amonjr  them 
were  Robert  P.  Phillips  and  his  two  sons-in-law — 
Arthur  Hayden  and  Al^raham  J.  Shinn,  and  their 
families,     and     Islrs.    Mar}-    Bailor.      Soon    William 


THE  DISCIPLE  OR  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH.  83 

Schooley  became  a  convert,  and,  for  many  years, 
preached  the  new  faith.  A  few  were  gathered  into 
a  congregation  and  a  church  was  organized  and  met 
in  a  log  building  on  the  Lisbon  road  about  a  mile  and 
a-half  out  from  Salem.  Subsequently  a  new  church 
was  built  on  the  site  of  the  present  Phillips  church, 
on  the  Lisbon  road." 

"  Occasional!}^  the  ministers  preached  in  Salem, 
but  no  church  was  there  organized  till  March  15th, 
1859.  Among  those  who  occasionally  preached  here 
prior  to  this  period  were  William  Schooley,  Joseph 
Gaston,  Amos  Allerton,  Kphraim  Hubbard,  John 
Flick,  John  Henr}-,  John  Fink,  John  Applegate,  Ben- 
jamin Pirke^^  J.  J.  Moss,  Alexander  Hall,  T.  J.  New- 
comb,  and  Geor<^e  Pow.  In  Salem  thev  usually  held 
their  services  in  Liberty  hall  (mentioned  elsewhere), 
and,  on  the  above  date,  the  Disciples  were  organized 
into  a  church  of  Christ;  with  Theobald  Miller,  as 
pastor;  Samuel  Hardman,  elder;  L.  B.  Webb,  Fdwin 
Smith,  Joseph  Pyle,  and  Simeon  Stratton,  deacons; 
and  Dr.  B.  W.  Spear,  S.  Hardman,  E.  Smith,  and 
Wm.  Pidgeon,  trustees.  There  were  then  about 
eighty  members." 

''The  M.  E.  church  that  stood  back  of  the  present 
Christian  chapel  was  then  becoming  inadequate  for 
the  congregations  of  that  order,  wherefore  it  was 
sold  to  the  Disciples.  For  a  year  or  two  this  church 
was  very  prosperous;  but  dissensions  arose  and  it 
became  much  divided,  until  1866,  when  William  Bax- 
ter, of  Lisbon,  held  a  meeting  in  Salem  and  greatly 
revived  the  church.  Since  which  time  it  has  had  a 
steady  grow^th. " 

"The  erection  of  the  present  building  was  begun 
in  1869.     The  basement  was  dedicated  bv  Wm.  Bax- 


84  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

ter,  on  the  first  of  January,  1881,  and,  the  auditorium, 

on  the  17th  of  September,  in  the  same  year,  by  Isaac 

Errett,   editor    of    the    Christian    Standard.      This 

building  was  much  due  to  the  religious  energy   of 

Alexander  Pow,  Abraham  Ball,  and  Thomas  Bonsall. 

It  cost  about  Sl3,000,  and,  in  1893,  it  was  improved, 

enlarged  and  remodelled  at  a  cost  of  nearly  S7000 

more. 

A    LIST    OF    PASTORS. 

1859  to  1861— Theobald  Miller,  three  years. 

1862 — Sterling  McBride,  one  year. 

1863 — S.  B.  Teegarden,  one  year. 

1864  to  1868 — J.  W.  Lamphear,  four  years. 

1868  to  1871— K.  B.  Cake,  four  years. 

1872 — J.  H.  Jones,  six  months. 

1882  to  1877— W.  H.  Spindler,  five  years. 

1877 — H.  Cogsw^ell,  six  months. 

1877  to  1884— T.  J.  Lyle,  seven  years. 

1884  to  1887— J.  L.  Darsie,  three  years. 

1887 — J.  A.  HopkiuvS,  three  months. 

1887  to  1890— T.  K.  Cramblet,  three  years. 

1891  to  1898— M.  J.  Grable,  seven  years. 

1898— R.  C.  Sargent. 

"This  church  has  grown  to  a  membership  of  over 
six  hundred,  and  hps  become  very  widely  and  favor- 
ably known  among  the  Disciple  brotherhood.  The 
Sunday  school  has  proportionatelv  grown  so  that  the 
whole  number  of  pupils  enrolled  during  the  past3'ear 
was  nearly  one  thousand,  with  an  average  of  five 
hundred,  and  a  corps  of  over  fifty  officers  and  teach- 
ers. The  Christian  Kndeavor,  junior  and  senior, 
societies  are  very  largely  attended,  and,  are  power- 
ful auxiliaries  of  the  church." 

The  following  are  the  present  officers  of  the  church: 

Ralph  C.  Sargent,  pastor. 


DISCIPLE,  OR  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH,  ELLSV/ORTH  STREET. 


THK  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH.  85 

ELDERS. 

H.  R.  Kale,  L.  B.  Webb,  J.  T.  Smith,  A.  S.  Hay- 
den,  and  John  Pow. 

DEACONS. 

D.  Garwood,  M.  S.  Schwartz,  Frank  Stewart, 
M.  E.  Farr,  W.  A.  Leatherberrv,  Harmon  Nease, 
J.  K.  Burt,  Geo.  Woodward,  Geo.  Harris,  K.  Zeij^^- 
ler,  Chas.  Mullen,  Spencer  Jewell,  J.  S.  Blackburn, 
Chas.  E)dney,W.  A.  Coy,  Geo.  Mounts,  Chas.  Farmer, 
and  Chas.  Filler. 

Ortranist — Erminie  Tucker. 

In  former  times  Miss  Maggie  Umstead,  Walter  F. 
Schwartz,  and  others,  have  rendered  good  service  as 
Sunday  school  superintendents. 

THE   PROTESTANT   EPISCOPAL   CHURCH. 

The  first  service  of  the  Episcopal  church  in  Salem 
was  held  on  the  19th  of  April,  1817,  in  a  log  school 
house  that  stood  a  few  rods  east  of  the  place  where 
the  citv  hall  now  stands.  It  was  conducted  bv  Rev. 
Philander  Chase,  afterwards  the  first  bishop  of  the 
diocese  of  Ohio.  He  was  uncle  to  Salmon  P.  Chase, 
ex-governor  of  Ohio,  senator  from  the  same,  and  a 
member  of  President  Lincoln's  cabinet.  Mr.  Chase 
had  come  on  horseback  from  Ashtabula,  and  was, 
perhaps,  on  his  way  to  Gambier,  Knox  county,  Ohio, 
the  place  of  much  of  his  work  afterwards. 

From  that  time  there  is  no  record  of  any  services 
of  this  church  till  Thomas  Read  came  to  Salem  from 
Philadelphia,  intending  to  make  his  home  here. 

In  January,  1859,  Miss  Anna  Read,  who  was  con- 
nected with  the  Episcopal  church,  being  on  a  visit 
to  her  friends  and  relatives  in  Salem,  learned  that 
there  was  no  church  of  that  order  here;  whereupon 


86  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

she  expressed  a  desire  to  have  one  established.  On 
inquiry,  she  found  one  family  besides  her  brother's 
of  that  faith.  On  Sunday,  January  9th,  they  met 
(four  in  number)  at  the  house  of  Stephen  W.  Whit- 
ney, which  house  is  now  a  portion  of  No.  17  West 
Dry  street.  There,  one  of  them,  read  the  service  of 
the  church.  After  this  they  met  regularly  at  the 
same  house,  till  a  room  in  Street's  block,  on  Broad- 
way, was  engaged  for  the  use  of  the  church.  On  the 
24th  of  Februarv  the  first  reg^ular  service  was  held, 
Rev.  A.  M.  McMurray  officiating.  He  then  resided 
in  Boardman,  Mahoning  count}^  Ohio. 

A  few  davs  afterwards.  Rev.  De  Witt  Bvllesbv, 
of  Pittsburgh,  was  in  Salem,  and  he  preached  on  two 
successive  evenings.  On  the  13th  of  March  Rev.  Mr. 
Cummings,  for  the  first  time,  administered  the  com- 
munion, and,  at  the  same  time,  baptized  six  children. 
On  the  next  day  the  parish  was  organized,  and  named 
' '  The  Church  of  Our  Saviour. "    A  vestrv  was  elected 

•J 

consisting  of  Thomas  Read,  S.  W.  Whitney,  Samuel 
D.  Hawley,  Allan  Boyle,  E^.  Smith,  Robert  and  E. 
Turner. 

Notice  of  the  organization  was  thereupon  sent  to 
Bishop  Mcllvaine,  of  the  diocese  of  Ohio,  who,  on 
the  9th  of  April,  following,  visited  Salem  and  held 
service  in  the  Town  hall,  and,  at  the  same  time,  con- 
firmed eight  persons.  About  this  time,  a  Sabbath 
school  was  organized.  In  accordance  with  the  bish- 
op's advice,  a  minister  was  called. 

Lay-services  continued  to  be  held  regularlv  until 
a  convention  was  held,  which  Rev.  Hollis  liap])ened 
to  attend.  Arrangements  were  thereupon  consum- 
mated for  engaging  his  services  as  rector.  He 
remained  with  the  church  about  fifteen  months.     He 


THE  PROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH.  S7 

was  succeeded  b}-  Rev.  H.  H.  Morrell.  He  officiated 
once  a  month  for  half  a  3^ear.  In  December,  lcS()2, 
Rev.  A.  T.  McMurphy  accepted  a  call  to  the  church. 
He  then  had  four  churches  in  char<j-e,  but  he  agreed  to 
give  this  church  two  services  a  month.  A  little  more 
than  a  vear  afterwards,  his  services  were  enjjfatred 
for  half  of  the  time.  He  remained  with  the  church 
several  years. 

The  congregations,  heretofore,  met  for  services  in 
rooms  on  Broadway,  then  owned  by  Zadok  Street, 
and  in  a  building  belonging  to  Joshua  J.  Boone,  cm 
Main  street,  where  the  Hogan  block  now  is. 

The  number  of  communicants  increased,  wherefore 
a  lot  on  East  Green  street  w^as  purchajsed,  and,  a 
school  house  that  had  belonged  to  Calvin  Moore,  was 
removed  to  this  place  and  refitted  for  church  ser- 
vice. This  house  was  used  for  services  until  the  sub- 
stantial stone  edifice,  on  Main  street,  was  finished. 
This  was  built  in  1888  and  1889.  The  corner  stone 
was  laid  on  the  23rd  of  October,  1888.  Rev.  Cyrus 
L.  Bates,  of  Cleveland,  then  gave  an  excellent  address, 
standing  on  the  foundation  work  of  the  building. 

The  late  William  Mullins,  of  Allegheny  city.  Pa., 
and  his  daughter,  the  wife  of  Mi;.  Thos.  H.  Bakewell, 
contributed  a  large  part  of  the  funds  for  building 
and  furnishing  the  church  now  in  use. 

Rev.  Ephraim  Watt  was  then  rector,  and  he  ren- 
dered himvself  very  popular  in  the  city.  He  left  this 
parish  in  September,  1891.  Then  Rev.  C.  L.  Finder 
came:  After  two  3^ears  he  was  succeeded  bv  Rev. 
F.  K.  McManus,  who  remained  till  February,  1898. 
Soon  after  his  departure  Rev.  E.  L.  Wells  came. 

Besides  the  vestrymen  named  at  the  organization 
of  this  church  the  following  persons  have  served  in 


88  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

that  capacity.  Wm.  Keen,  Louis  Brereton,  T.  H. 
Bakewell,  Robert  G.  Curtis,  Dr.  K.  Y.  Hogan,  Chas. 
L.  Steiner,  Wm.  H.  Read,  B.  P.  Van  Kirk,  Wm.  L. 
Leming,  Frederic  J.  Mullins,  J.  P.  Hogan,  Geo.  C. 
S.  Southworth,  John  R.  Bustard,  and  Wm.  Bunting. 

In  the  Sunday  school  Louis  Brereton  and  W.  H. 
Read  have  rendered  service  as  superintendents;  and, 
as  teachers,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Mullins,  Mrs.  Southworth, 
Miss  F.  Grisselle,  Miss  Maude  Ambler,  F.T.  Steiner, 
and  W.  H.  Read. 

The  principal  choristers  have  been,  W.  R.  Read, 
Geo.  W.  Howell,  Mrs.  Cora  Barckhoff,  Miss  Ksther 
H.  Boone,  Miss  Mary  H.  Hannay,  Mrs.  Fllen  Mayer- 
hofer,  Miss  Mabel  Garrigues,  and  Miss  Fva  Deming. 

THE   CATHOLIC   CHURCH. 

Previous  to  the  3^ear  1850  there  were  few  Catholics 
in  Salem.  There  w^as  a  great  prejudice  againt  them, 
and  they  were  much  scandalized.  With  few  excep- 
tions, those  here  were  foreigners,  and  laborers  by 
employment.  The  building  of  the  railroad  brought 
many  more  to  this  place. 

Some  time  between  1853  and  1855,  Rev.  William 
(3  'Connor  visited  Salem  and  held  service  in  the  house 
of  Michael  Derrick.  This  was  the  beginning  of  their 
church;  and  now,  we  see  to  what  size  it  has  grown. 
Since  that  time  they  have  been  visited,  and  had  ser- 
vice by  Revs.  Striker,  Welsh,  Prendergast  and 
others;  all  of  whom  resided  at  Dungannon.  Then 
Rev.  Mulcah3%  a  professor  in  tlie  Louisville  college, 
visited  and  conducted  services. 

In  1868  Rev.  F.  W.  J.  Lindersmith,  who  then  had 
charge  of  churches  in  Alliance  and  Leetonia,  took 
charge  of  the  Salem  mission.  He  held  services  once 
a  month  in  the  houses  of  Catholic  people,  and   four 


THE  CATHOLIC  CHURCH.  89 

times  a  year  in  the  Tdvvii  hall.  This  he  continued 
till  1880.  During  his  time  the  lots  on  Kast  Main 
street  were  purchased  for  S800. 

In  1880  Rev.  C.  Treiher  was  sent  to  Salem  as 
resident  pastor.  For  one  3'ear  he  continued  here, 
holding  services  in  the  Town  hall:  and  making  prep- 
arations for  building  a  house  of  worship.  This 
seemed  a  difficult  task,  as  there  were  onlv  twentv-live 
families  to  render  help.  Through  his  untiring  work 
and  the  hearty  co-operation  of  his  little  flock,  a  house 
of  worship  adequate  for  the  purpose  was  built. 

On  the  28th  of  November,  1886,  the  church  was 
dedicated  by  Rt.  Rev.  R.  Gilmour,  bishop  of  the 
Cleveland  diocese.  One  of  the  Salem  papers,  in  giv- 
ing an  account  of  the  dedication,  said  that  the  bishop 
was  much  pleased  with  the  appearance  of  things  in 
Salem,  and  the  prospect  for  the  church.  In  the  even- 
ing after  the  dedication  of  the  church,  the  bishop 
gave  a  lecture  in  Concert  hall  to  a  large  asv<>^embly, 
many  of  whom  were  not  Catholics.  His  address 
received  good  attention,  and  was  the  means  of  dis- 
pelling much  of  the  prejudice  that  prevailed  against 
the  church.  Rev.  C.  Treiber  was  a  liberal  minded 
man,  and,  by  his  kindness, to  all  classes  of  people,  he 
gained  many  friends  in  this  place. 

The  congregations,  and  members  increased  so  that 
it  became  necessary  to  enlarge  the  structure.  An 
addition  was  then  made  which  included  a  sanctuary 
and  two  sacristies.  While  this  work  was  progress- 
ing Rev.  Treiber  was  transferred  to  another  charge. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  S.  Finucan,  who  completed 
the  work  of  enlarging  the  church.  Owing  to  ill 
health  he  was  obliged  to  resign  and  seek  a  milder 
climate. 


90  •  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

Rev.  F.  Senner  came  next  and  continued  with  the 
church  till  September  15th,  1897,  when  he  was'trans- 
ferred  to  Louisville,  Stark  county,  Ohio.  Under  his 
prudent  and  careful  management  the  entire  indebted- 
ness of  the  church  was  paid  and  some  other  valuable 
addition  procured. 

In  1891  a  parsonage  adjoining  the  church  was  built 
at  a  cost  of  $1200.  This  was  highly  creditable  to  the 
church,  considering  the  time  of  its  being  organized, 
and  the  fact  of  its  having  but  few  wealthy  members. 
Only  one  other  church  in  the  city  has  a  parsonage. 

Rev.  F.  Senner  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  G.  C. 
Schoeneman,  the  present  incumbent.  During  his 
short  time  the  interior  of  the  church  has  been  remod- 
elled, the  walls  have  been  frescoed  and  the  floors 
covered  with  carpets  and  mats,  giving  it  a  handsome 
appearance  inside.  The  members  come  from  about 
one  hundred  families.  With  all  things  duly  consid- 
ered. Saint  Paul's  church  appears  now  to  be  in  a  fair 
and  prosperous  way. 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  E.  GREEK  STREET. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

RELIGIOUS    HISTORY    CONCLUDKD. — THK  PRKS- 
BYTKRIAN    CHURCH. 

Q^^j^KV.   Clement  Vallandi^ham  ma}'  be  reo^arded 
I   I  as  the  pioneer  Prevsbyterian  minister  in 

^^**^  Columbiana  county.  He  came  to  Lisbon 
in  the  year  1807,  and  soon  afterwards  was  installed 
as  pastor  of  the  church  in  that  place.  He  entered  on 
the  work  of  his  mission  wi^h  great  zeal.  He  labored 
in  several  parts  of  the  county,  and  finall}'  extended  his 
work  to  Salem.  It  is  not  known  when  and  where 
his  first  preaching  in  the  place  w^as.  John  Campbell 
and  his  family  were  the  foremost  to  give  him  enter- 
tainment and  help  in  the  place.  Isaac  Wilson  also 
merits  similar  mention ;  likewise  Nathaniel  Mc- 
Cracken,  living  about  three  miles  south  east  of  the 
town. 

It  was  in  the  year  1830  that  the  first  Presbyterian 
house  of  w^orship  was  erected  in  Salem.  Some  years 
elasped  before  it  was  completed.  Meetings  were 
there  held  before  the  house  was  plastered,  and  the 
congregation  sat  on  rude  benches.  After  a  few  years 
the  house  was  finished,  furnished  with  pews  which 
had  doors,  and  the  rent  of  each  one  marked  on  it. 
This  house  was  used  for  about  eighteen  years ;  then 
it  was  sold,  removed  and  turned  into  a  dwelling  house. 
Then,  in  its  place,  the  grand  edifice  now  occupied, 
was  built. 

The  Presb3^tery  of  New  Lisbon  occasionally  sent 
supplies  to  Salem;  Rev.  C.  Vallandigham  being  the 
principal  one.     In  1832  a  petition  was  sent  to  the 


92  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Presbytery,  asking  for  an  organization  in  this  place- 
Tliis  was,  at  first,  opposed  by  the  pastors  at  Can- 
field  and  Lisbon.  This  may  seem  strange  to  us. 
Were  they  fearful  that  a  church  here  could  not  be 
sustained?  Salem  was  then  a  stronghold  of  the 
Friends,  and  the  Baptists  and  Methodists  w-ere  gain- 
ingf  siofnificance. 

The  petition  was,  however,  granted;  and  on  the 
3rd  day  of  November,  1832,  twenty  persons,  w^ho  had 
expressed  a  desire  to  be  organized  as  a  Presbyterian 
church  assembled,  the  most  of  whom  had  certificates 
of  dismission  from  the  churches  at  Canfield  and 
Lisbon.  Rev.  C.  Vallandigham  had  charge  of  the 
meeting,  he  being  assigned  for  this  purpose.  After 
a  sermon  and  other  devotional  exercises,  the  church 
was  constituted,  consisting  of  the  following  persons: 

Hugh  Stewart,  Reuel  Wright,  George  Echrich, 
Nathaniel  McCracken,  John  Martin,  James  Wilson, 
Terah  Jones,  John  Wilson,  Wm.  Martin,  Hugh  Mar- 
tin, Agnes  Stewart,  Agnes  Wilson,  Mar}^  Echrich, 
Elizabeth  McCracken,  Martha  T.  Martin,  Rebecca  P. 
Campbell,  Martha  Wilson,  Ann  Jane  Martin,  Eliza- 
beth Wright,  and Martin. 

James  Wilson,  Nathaniel  McCracken,  and  Hugh 
Stewart  were  chosen  elders.  Since  that  time  Hugh 
Martin,  Terah  Jones,  Christian  Bowman,  Robert  G. 
Woods,  William  Wilson,  Richard  Gardner,  Dr.  J.  M. 
Kuhn,  Reuben  McMillan,  Lsrael  Travis,  Henry  M. 
Osborne,  Asa  W.  Allen,  Jr.,  Wm.  C.  Hutcheson,  John 
Doutt,  Charles  H.  Harris,  Wm.  McCracken,  Hiram 
Tavlor,  Robert  Trimble,  Mason  Beaumont,  and 
(t.  a.  Bayerd  have  oificiated  as  elders.  The  church, 
as  first  constituted,  was  represented  in  New  Lisbon 
Presbytery.     After  the  union  of  the  Old  and  New 


THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH.  93 

school  parties,  a  new  arran^^ement  was  made,  hv 
which  the  south  part  of  New  Lisbon  Presl)3'terv  was 
annexed  to  that  of  Stetibenvilles  and  the  north  part 
and  a  part  of  Trumbull  formed  Mahoning-  Presb3^ter3\ 

This  church  has  a  fair  Sabbath  school  record.  No 
one  in  the  cit}'  has  done  better  service  in  the  church 
interest.  It  was  first  held  in  John  Campbell's  shop. 
When  Rev.  J.  Coon  opened  his  academ3'in  this  place, 
it  got  a  good  impulse  from  some  of  his  students, 
especiall3^  David  Hine,  R.  McMillan  and  R.  W.  Smith. 
Since  which  time  Dr.  Kuhn,  Calvin  Brainerd,  R.  A. 
Kirk,  Rush  Taggart,  R.  S.  La3^ng,  M3^ron  IC.  Hard, 
W.  H.  Maurer,  W.  H.  Moulton,  Mason  Beaumont, 
and  H.  A.  Kilborne,  have  been  superintendents.  As 
teachers,  good  service  has  been  rendered  1)3'  Miss 
Mary  Waterworth,  Mrs.  Mar3^  Forehope,  Mrs.  Anna 
B.  Gilbert,  Mrs.  Arrison,  Mrs.  Boyle,  Messrs.  Geo. 
Cooper,  G.  A.  Bayerd,  Frank  Bower,  and  vsome 
others.  The  attendance  now  averages  about  three 
hundred. 

"The  Rev.  Clement  Vallandigham  labored  with 
this  church,  and  at  Lisbon,  until  his  death  in  1839. 
He  was  succeeded  b3'  Rev.  Wm.  McCombs,  who  gave 
part  of  his  time  to  the  Canfield  church,  and  resided 
in  Salem  the  last  three  years  of  his  ministr3\  In  the 
spring  of  1852,  on  account  of  ill  health,  he  gave  up 
the  charge,  having  ministered  unto  the  congregation 
eleven  vears.  He  was  succeeded  in  the  autumn  of 
1852  b3^  Rev.  J.  S.  Grimes,  D.D.,  who  remained  five 
vears,  and  was  succeeded  b3^  Rev.  A.  B.  Maxwell, 
who  remained  as  pastor  thirteen  years."* 

His  pastorate  was  the  longest  and  one  of  the  best 

:Rev.  H.  B.  Fry. 


94  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

of  an}'  pastor  in  the  city.  He  was  held  in  high  esti- 
mation bj  all  who  knew  him. 

Some  time  in  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  W.  McCombs 
Rev.  Jacob  Coon  came  to  Salem  and  opened  an  acad- 
emy in  the  house  now  occupied  b}^  Wm.  Morris.  This 
institution  and  his  abode  in  the  place  was  some  help 
to  the  Prevsbyterian  church.  He  sometimes  preached 
in  this  church,  and  in  certain  ones  out  of  the  town. 

In  March,  1859,  the  first  movement  for  building  a 
new  church  edifice  was  made.  Rev.  Maxwell  was 
then  pastor.  After  severe  trials  on  behalf  of  the 
church  it  was  completed  at  a  cost  of  about  $10,000. 
The  plan  of  it  was  drawn  by  Mr.  Blackburn,  an  arch- 
itect, of  Cleveland.  It  was  finished  and  dedicated 
December  22nd,  1861.  The  dedication  sermon  was 
by  Prof.  Wilson,  of  Allegheny  city.  Pa.  Since  which 
time  additions  have  been  made  consisting  of  a  room 
for  Sunday  schools,  prayer  meetings,  and  social  enter- 
tainments. So  that  now  it  is  the  most  commodious 
and  complete  edifice  for  worship  in  the  city.  The 
membership  is  about  three  hundred  and  eight}'. 

Rev.  H.  B.  Fry  came  to  this  church  as  supply 
in  November,  1870,  and,  in  the  next  Ma3^  he  was 
installed  as  pastor.  He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  W. 
D.  Sexton  who  had  a  fair  pastorate  of  a  few^  years. 
He  was  a  remarkably  good  Bible  reader.  Not  all 
ministers  read  the  sacred  book  with  less  affectation 
than  he.  Naturalness  should  characterize  all  kinds 
of  reading  in  whatever  place  it  may  be  done. 

Rev.  Decosta  Pomerene  came  next.  He  was  a 
young  man  and  was  nearly  blind;  1)ut  he  had  a  thor- 
ough education,  and  his  mental  and  intellectual  powers 
were  brighter  than  many  of  those  who  have  good 
eyesight.     His  pastorate  was  short.      He  was  killed 


^ 


GERMAN  LUTHERAN  CHURCH,  S.  LUNDY  STREET. 


THE  EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN  CHURCH.  95 

in  a  railroad  collision  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Rev.  B. 
F.  Boyle,  the  present  incumbent,  came  to  Salem  in 
March,  1891.  His  former  charge  was  at  Irwin, 
Westmoreland  county,  Pa. 

THE   EVANGELICAL   LUTHERAN   CHURCH. 

"A  number  of  people  in  the  village  of  Salem,  and 
vicinity,  who  were  interested  in  the  doctrines  of  the 
Lutheran  church,  met  in  September,  1877,  under  the 
preaching  of  Rev.  William  B.  Roller,  from  Green, 
Mahoning  county,  Ohio.  Services  were  held  regu- 
larly on  the  Sabbath  until  January  6th,  1878,  when  a 
church  was  organized,  consisting  of  twenty  pensons, 
and  the  Rev.  Wm.  B.  Roller  called  to  be  their  pastor. 
Services  were  held  in  the  episcopal  church  edifice. 
The  society  had  then  forty  members.  " 

The  foregoing  account  was  published  in  the  county 
history.  This  organization  appears  not  to  have  been 
permanent.  Some  time  in  1886,  Rev.  Michael  Binder, 
a  native  German,  came  to  Salem  and  commenced 
preaching  to  people  of  the  Lutheran  persuasion;  the 
most  of  whom  were  Germans.  He  labored  w^ith  them 
a  few  years,  in  a  ministerial  capacity,  and  then  left 
them.  Rev.  Abraham  Miller,  of  Georgetown,  came 
next;  and  then  Revs.  Behm,  and  Gallenkamp,  of  New^ 
York. 

Some  time  in  1895  Rev.  Mr.  Schmidt,  of  Youn<rs- 
town,  commenced  preaching  here,  and  remained 
about  a  year.  During  which  time  he  organized  the 
Emanuel  Evangelical  Lutheran  church.  After  him 
came  Rev.  Mr.  Knoblauch.  He  remained  over  a  year, 
and,  in  this  time,  raised  money  and  got  a  house  of 
worship  built.  The  corner-stone  of  it  was  laid  (m 
the  20th  of  June,  1897.  Addresses  were  then  given 
in  English  by  Rev.  Myers,  of  Canton,  and,  in  German, 


96  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

by  Rev.  K.  T.  Butz,  Sr.  The  house  was  finished  so 
as  to  be  read}^  for  dedication  and  services  in  the  fol- 
lowing winter. 

On  the  16th  of  January,  1898,  the  house  was  dedi- 
cated, and,  at  the  same  time,  Rev.  E).  T.  Butz,  Jr.,  was 
installed,  as  pastor.  Preaching  is  mostly  in  German. 
On  each  alternate  Sunday,  the  service  is  in  Knglish. 
There  are  now  about  sixty-five  members.  And  a 
Sundav  school  is  kept  up  under  the  supervision  of 
Charles  Vogel.  Alfred  Klose  is  assistant  superin- 
tendent. There  is,  in  this  church,  a  young  people's 
society,  and,  a  ladies'  society. 

THE   AFRICAN   M.    E.    CHURCH. 

The  colored  people  are  mostly  inclined  to  be  reli- 
gious, and  hence  like  the  services  of  the  church.  But 
toooften  white  people  have  so  much  prejudice  against 
them  that  while  they  are  not  wilfully  debarred  from 
sanctuaries  controlled  by  white  people,  they  feel  too 
much  embarrassed  to  enjoy  the  services  therein. 
Their  sense  and  judgment  then  prompts  them  to 
keep  away  from  places  where  they  are  unwelcome. 
Hence,  when  they  can  do  so,  they  prefer  to  have 
hoUvSes  of  worship  for  their  own  color.  In  Salem 
they  have  been  able  to  have  churches  for  their  race. 

Some  time  in  the  sixties  they  effected  an  organiza- 
tion under  the  leadership  of  Rev.  Armstrong,  of 
Alliance.  They  had  a  meeting  place  on  Dry  street. 
( )n  the  decline  of  the  second  Baptist  church  they  got 
povssessicm  of  the  hou.se  UvSed  by  that  party.  In  it 
they  held  meetings  till  they  built  the  A.  M.  K.  Z. 
church,  at  the  corner  of  Howard  and  High  streets. 
This  was  done  in  1870,  and  niainl}'  by  the  exertion  of 
Rev.  J.  Cox.  Rev.  Jehu  Holiday  was  one  of  their 
most  efiicient  ministers.     He  was  raised  near  Salem, 


THE  CHURCH  OF  GOD.  97 

and  is  now  a  bishop.  Rev,  Win.  Hopkins  is,  at  this 
time,  their  pastor.  They  sustain  a  Sunday  school, 
and  appear  to  be  pro^ressin*^  in  a  fair  wav. 

Other  pastors  that  they  have  had  were  Revs.  Gross, 
PettijLi^rew,  Asbury,  Bell,  Sampson,  Thomson,  and 
Russell.  Hannah  Fo^rg-,  of  the  Friends'  church, 
!;i"ave  them  good  help  for  awhile,  as  Sunday  school 
superintendent. 

Some  time  after  their  organization  there  was  a 
separation,  and  another  church  formed.  This  was, 
perhaps,  the  result  of  caprice,  or,  some  kind  of  disa- 
i^^reement.  This  party  is  called  Bethel,  and  has  a 
small  house  of  worship  on  Fast-High  street.  Rev. 
(ireen  is  the  pastor. 

THE   CHURCH   OF   GOD. 

A  house  of  worship  for  a  denomination  known  by 
this  name  was  erected  about  the  year  1888.  It  stands 
in  the  western  part  of  the  city,  at  the  fork  of  the 
North  Benton  and  Damascus  roads.  The  house  is  a 
neat  frame  building,  and  was  built  mainly  at  the 
expense  of  the  late  John  Barber,  who  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  members.  Before  this  house  was 
erected,  services  were  held  from  house  to  house 
among  those  who  were  inclined  to  embrace  the  spe- 
cific doctrines  of  this  denomination. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Stevenson  first  preached  the  doctrines 
of  this  church  in  this  place.  Besides  him  Rev.  J.  P. 
Weethe  and  some  others  have  preached  their  doc- 
trines here.  They  now  have  services  only  occasion- 
ally, and  keep  up  a  Sunday  school.  Their  membership 
is  but  small  in  number. 

They  profess  to  take  the  Bible  just  as  it  is  for 
their  standard  of  belief  and  practice,  and  they  con- 
sider that  no  other  discipline  is  needed.    Some  people 


98  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

facetiousl}^  call  them  "Soul-sleepers,"  from  their 
belief  that  the  soul  remains  in  its  earthly  tenement, 
or  somewhere  in  this  sublunary  world  till  the  general 
judgment  of  all  mankind  for  their  lives  and  deeds 
while  in  this  state  of  being. 

Only  a  few  people  in  Salem  and  in  Goshen  town- 
ship have  accepted  the  peculiar  tenets  of  this  church. 

THK   YOUNG    MEN'S    CHRISTIAN   ASSOCIATION. 

This  society  was  first  organized  in  1868.  Previous 
to  that  time  there  were  but  few^  societies  of  the  kind 
in  the  state  of  Ohio.  Its  object  is  thus  stated  in  the 
constitution:  "The  object  of  this  Association  shall 
be  the  mutual  improvement  of  its  members  in  their 
spiritual,  moral  and  social  condition,  and  the  advance- 
ment of  the  work  of  home  evangelization."  For 
active  membership  a  person  needs  to  be  a  member  in 
good  standing  in  some  evangelical  church.  And,  for 
associate  membership,  any  man  of  good  moral  char- 
acter may  be  a  member. 

Religious  services  have  been  held  by  this  society 
on  almost  every  Sunday  afternoon.  Rooms  were 
engaged  for  its  use,  in  which  its  library  was  kept, 
and  its  meetings  held.  In  1895,  the  brick  block,  at 
corner  of  Garfield  avenue  and  Kast  Main  street  was 
built,  mainly  for  its  accommodation.  The  chief  part 
of  this  building  is  intended  for  the  use  of  this  society. 
There  it  has  a  commodious  reading  room,  furnished 
with  the  Salem,  Cleveland  and  Pittsburgh  daily 
papers,  a  large  number  of  monthh^  magazines  of  var- 
ious character,  some  of  the  principal  w^eeklies  of 
different  religious  denominations,  and  a  library  of 
some  valuable  religious,  scientific,  and  historical 
works.     This  buiklinu;  also  contains  a  commodious 


THE  YOUNG  MEN's  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION.     99 

room  for  religious  meetings  and  lectures,  a  gymna- 
sium, bath  rooms,  and  office  and  parlors. 

The  library  and  periodicals  here  kept  aiford  a  very 
rational  and  interesting  place  of  entertainment  for 
strangers,  or  any  persons  of  leisure.  For  these  pur- 
poses there  is  no  better  place  in  this  city,  and  no 
charge  is  made  therefor.  The  annual  report,  says  : 
"The  Association  aims  to  do  all  that  is  possible  for 
the  spiritual  welfare  of  men,  and  is  successful  just 
in  proportion  as  Christian  men  make  use  of  the 
opportunity  offered  to  influence  men  to  lead  Christian 
liv^es.  The  great  need  of  the  Salem  Association  is 
for  young-  men  who  have  consecrated  their  lives  to 
God's  service,  and  who  will  grasp  the  opportunity 
offered  in  the  Association,  for  service." 


i 


CHAPTER  X. 

THE   PRINTING   PRESS. 

iRINTING,  in  Salem,  was  first  done  in  a  log- 
\(o  houvse,    that  stood  on  or  near  the  place 

where  A.  M.  Carr's  new  store  house  has 
been  built.  Joseph  Shreve  was  then  the  popular  and 
successful  teacher  of  the  Friends'  school,  and  his 
brother  Thomas  was  studying  medicine  with  Dr. 
Stanton;  both  of  them  were  literar}'  characters, 
friendly  to  the  dissemination  of  knowledge,  and 
advocates  of  the  printing  press.  They  came  from 
Pennsylvania,  and  had  some  knowledge  of  Robert 
Fee,  who,  in  Brownsville,,  in  that  state,  published 
The  Western  Register.  In  this,  he  appears  to  have  made 
a  failure,  and  was  then  induced  b}^  the  Shreves,  to 
come  to  this  place  and  start  a  paper.  In  the  latter 
part  of  March,  1825,  he  issued  the  first  number  of 
The  Salem  Gazette  and  Public  Advertiser. 

Robert  Fee  was  a  practical  printer,  and  possessed 
some  editorial  tact;  but  he  had  domestic  trouble  from 
which  he  sought  relief,  at  times,  in  the  intoxicating 
cup,  which,  in  turn,  aggravated  the  cause.  A  file  of 
these  papers  was  preserved  by  one  of  the  oldest 
inhabitants.  It  was  an  interesting  relic  of  the  times 
and  gave  some  idea  of  what  the  town  then  was.  The 
Pittsburgh  Gazette  appears  to  have  been  the  most 
important  exchange,  as  more  articles  were  credited 
to  it  than  any  other  paper. 

An  extensive  account  of  La  Fayette's  visit  to  west- 
ern Pennsylvania,  some  amusing  articles,  accounts  of 
horrid   murders,  advertisements  of  rewards  for  the 


THE  PRINTING  PRESS.  101 

arrest  of  criminals,  and  some  of  the  occurrences  of 
the  times  were  the  prominent  items.  Joseph  Shreve 
jj^ave  some  articles  on  grammar;  and  he  wrote  a  short 
account  of  the  appearance  of  a  comet,  that  he  thought 
would  appear  again  in  the  early  part  of  182^). 

Some  marriage  notices  were  published;  the  parties 
to  which  have  most  likely  passed  away;  and,  with 
them,  according  to  a  custom  then,  and  during  some 
subsequent  years  prevailing,  some  pithy  epigrams 
were  given,  such  as: 

"  Till  Hymen  brought  his  love  delighted  hour, 
There  dwelt  no  joy  in  Eden's  rosy  bower  ! 
The  world  was  sad — the  garden  was  a  wild, 
And  man,  the  hermit  sighed — till  woman  smiled."* 
*  *  * 

"  Oh!  what's  a  table  richly  spread, 
Without  a  woman  at  its  head.'' 


'*  May  heaven  crown  their  bliss  with  joys, 
And  fill  their  arms  with  girls  and  boys." 

Wm.  Beans  married  Sarah  K.  Greenfield,  on  which 
event  some  genius  perpetrated  this: 

"If  fate  shall  to  their  wishes  yield. 

And  fate  to  true  love  leans. 
Time  may  bestow  on  this  Greenfield 

A  lovely  crop  of  Beans." 

A    rustic  swain,    named    Harr}^    married   a    Miss 
Smart,  and  this  followed: 

"Come  on,  ye  awkward  crew% 

Don't  let  the  chance  depart ; 
Your  courage,  now  renew. 

Since  Harry's  got  Smart." 


■'From  Campbell's  Pleasures  of  Hope. 


102  HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 

Some  persons,  in  and  about  the  town,  had  the 
germs  of  literary  genius,  which  were  manifested  in 
articles  written  for  this  paper.  Some  poetical  spar- 
ring was  waged  for  two  or  three  months  by  persons 
who  signed  themselves  "Pope,  "  "Polydius,  "  "Burns" 
and  one  who  gave  his  real  name.  "Pope"  appears 
to  have  criticised  the  literary  taste  of  "Polydius" 
in  some  of  his  productions.  To  which  he  replied, 
and  "Pope"  gave  a  rejoinder.  Others  joined  in  the 
fray,  and,  after  some  articles  were  published  by  each 
of  them,  the  editor  gave  notice  that  they  must  "  ter- 
minate the  war. "  Although  "Polydius  "  had  "caught 
a  Tartar  "in  "  Pope, ' '  he  declared  he  would  not  yield 
if  the  contest  "should  it  last  a  whole  year."  The 
following  is  a  specimen  of  his  doggerel.  Alluding  to 
"  Pope,  "  he  says: 

"He  writes  so  keen,  and  cuts  so  clean. 

No  person  dares  olfend  him. 
And  talks  so  larned,  that  I'll  be  darned 

If  I  can  comprehend  him." 

There  was  some  rhyme  and  a  little  reason  in  their 
verses,  but  meter  was  much  lacking.  "  Burns,  "  who 
imitated  the  Scottish  bard  of  that  name,  gave  a  set- 
tler to  the  whole  affair.     Here  is  one  of  his  stanzas  : 

"  His  taunting  satire  shaves  sae  keen, 
It  scarce  has  left  an  inch  o'  skin 
Upo'  the  back  &  Joshua  Shinn. 

Yet  Shinn  is  wise, 
He  shuts  his  ej-es  upo'  the  din, 

And  manfu'  flies." 

But  the  greatest  exploit  of  authorship  was  a  serial 
story  that  extended  through  fourteen  chapters — each 
making  from  two  to  four  columns.  It  was  entitled, 
"Life    and    Death    as    they    are,    a    serio-comico — 


THE  PRINTING  PRESS.  103 

tragico — philosophico  mixed  Tale,  mainly  founded 
on  fact.  By  Cyrus  W.  Hart ; — the  peddler,  the 
preacher,  the  lawyer,  a  lov-er  of  music  and  philos- 
oph3^  and  an  admirer  of  the  fair  sex.''  The  author 
was  a  queer  genius,  who  flourished  about  Salem  in 
those  days.  Some  people  considered  him  somewhat 
crack-brained.  His  style  in  this  story  is  verbose  and 
graphic,  showing  much  command  of  language.  It  is 
impossible  to  tell  how  many  midnight  candles  were 
burnt  reading  this  story.  Carbon  oil  was  not  then 
discovered.  There  were  doubtless  many  people  then 
who  liked  such  reading  as  this  article,  but  they  were 
not  glutted  with  novels,  novelettes  and  newspaper 
tales  as  the  public  now  is.  The  speculation  in  v^ensa- 
tional  literature  had  not  then  commenced.  The  hero 
of  this  story  is  named  Lee;  whose  sage  father  gave 
him  some  wholesome  advice,  when  on  his  death  bed, 
also,  left  him  a  considerable  fortune.  He  had  good 
intellectual  powers,  but  fell  into  habits  of  dissipation. 
Harriet  Stocking,  the  heroine,  is  styled,  "The  smart- 
est of  all  the  female  creation, ' '  and,  for  '  'Two  hundred 
miles  around,  she  was  admired  universally."  She 
had  much  regard  for  Lee,  and  had  some  influence  in 
restraining  his  ill  habits;  while  a  sense  of  his  degra- 
dation, and  her  maiden  pride  only  partially  suppressed 
the  tender  passion  between  them,  during  her  lifetime. 
The  scene  of  the  narative  is  in  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut,  including  a  voyage  to  Europe.  The 
story  closed  with  her  happy  death,  and  Lee's  wonder- 
ful change.  About  a  dozen  stanzas  are  given  in 
conclusion,  entitled,  "Response  of  Lee  to  Harriet 
Stocking  after  his  conversion  to  Christianity,  by 
means  of  a  conversation  wnth  her  departed  spirit  in 
a  dream  while  in  the  shades." 


104  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

There  was  some  advertising  in  this  paper;  but 
there  was  then  less  to  advertise,  and  people  then  did 
not  know  the  benefit  of  advertising.  One  of  the 
greatest  calamities  recorded  was  the  burning  of 
Goshen  meeting  hoUvSe.  It  occurred  on  a  Sabbath 
morning.  The  Gazette  came  to  an  untimely  end  in 
July,  1826. 

In  1830,  and  during  some  of  the  following  years, 
Salem  received  onl}^  a  semi-weekly  mail.  Yet,  it  then 
contained  many  newspaper  patrons.  The  Ohio  Patriot 
(Democratic)  and  The  Western  Palladium  (Whig),  were 
tlien  published  in  New  Lisbon.  .  T/ze  ^itrom  was  com- 
menced in  1832.  It  was  neutral,  but  contained  many 
excellent  moral,  literjar}^  and  hivStorical  articles,  as 
well  as  some  of  the  most  important  news  of  the  da}'. 
Anti-masonr}'  was  a  prominent  topic,  and  this  paper 
did  much  to  excite  prejudice  against  all  secret  socie- 
ties. No  post-office  received  more  of  these  papers 
than  Salem.  Some  Philadelphia  papers  were  taken, 
especially  The  Saturday  Evening  Pest.  A  few  persons 
took  Columbus  papers,  especialh^  during  the  sessions 
of  the  legislature.  The  Christian  Advocate,  The  Cross 
and  Journal  and  The  Friend,  were  taken  by  some  of  the 
l)ioiis  people.  Literary  taste  and  thirst  for  knowl- 
edge were  then  fast  developing.  The  nearest  news- 
papers besides  those  at  New  Lisbon  were  The  Warren 
News  Letter,  The  Trumbull  Democrat,  The  Ohio  Star 
(Ravenna),  The  Ohio  Repository  (Cant(m),  a  paper  pub- 
lished at  Centerville  (now  Carrollton),  and  the  Steu- 
benville  papers.  A  few  of  these  were  taken  in  the 
city,  and  vicinity.  Salem,  at  that  time,  might  be 
considered  as  literally  begging  for  a  printing  press 
and  a  Uve  editor. 

Some  time  in   1835  Wilson   F.   Stewart  came  and 


THE  PRINTING  PRESS.  105 

issued  his  prospectus  for  The  Salem  Visitor.  This 
prospectus  was  a  curiosity  of  its  own  kind.  It  com- 
menced by  saying  that  "Without  the  usual  notice 
that  periodicals  already  abound,  the  editor  would 
simply  state  that  he  intended  to  publish  a  paper  like 
others  in  some  particulars — in  others,  unlike  them." 
It  was  to  be  like  them  inasmuch  as  its  main  object 
would  be  to  suit  the  public  taste.  He  acknowledged 
the  difficulty  of  knowing  what  this  was;  and,  "If  it 
were  possible,  to  ascertain  what  the  reigning  taste 
was,  he  would  endeavor  not  to  reform,  but  to  con- 
form."  Some  promises  about  the  character  of  the 
paper  were  given;  among  others,  that  "Stanzas 
should  have  a  ready  admission,  adapted  to  the  love- 
sick, and  sick  of  love. ' '     Hoh !  hoh ! !  hoh ! ! ! 

The  first  number  was  issued  and  the  carrier  sent 
around  with  it.  Wm.  Reed,  on  seeing  it,  paid  for  it 
and  gave  orders  for  no  more  to  be  sent  to  him.  John 
Frost,  of  the  New  Lisbon  Aurora,  noticed  it  by  merely 
mentioning  that  he  had  been  favored  with  a  visit 
from  The  Salem  Visitor.  He  wisely  thought  that 
enough  to  sa}^  about  such  a  rival  in  the  editorial  line. 
It  was  filled  with  trashy  tales,  foolish  anecdotes,  a 
little  news,  some  Pittsburgh  advertisements,  and 
some  silly  stuff.  Some  of  the  "stanzas"  published 
in  it  and  the  Mercury  were  very  spooney.  It  is  not 
known  that  any  love-sick  swains  were  benefited  by 
them.  After  a  few  months  the  paper  was  enlarged, 
and  extra  labor  saved  by  repeating  some  of  the  out- 
side columns  on  the  inside.  Unfortunately  for  this 
man  stereotype  plated  news,  which  is  now  furnished 
daily  from  news  agencies  in  large  cities,  was  not  then 
invented. 

Among  the  unsophisticated  country  folks,  and  the 


106  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

enterprisin<^  citizens,  who  wished  the  town  to  have 
a  printing-  press,  a  considerable  number  of  subscrib- 
ers was  obtained.  Some  communications  were  writ- 
ten for  the  paper,  which  were  willing!}^  published,  as 
this  gave  evidence  of  "conforming"  to  the  "reigning 
taste  "  in  the  town. 

A  schoolboy,  whose  literary  knowledge  and  judg- 
ment were  unusually  developed,  had  the  temerity  to 
tell  this  astute  editor  that  the  paper  "did  not  suit 
his  taste,"  because  it  only  "imposed  on  the  readers 
foolish  anecdotes  and  nonsense.  "  At  this  he  swore 
wickedly,  and  asked  "what  kind  of  a  paper  he  would 
like."  The  Aurora  and  Niles  Register  (Baltimore)* 
were  quickly  replied;  both  taken  by  the  boy's  father. 
More  profanity  followed,  and  threats  of  being  kicked 
out  of  the  office  convinced  the  boy  that  "Discretion 
then  was  the  best  part  of  valor. ' '  A  good  old  Friend, 
for  refusing  to  subscribe  was  denounced  by  an  appro- 
brious  ephithet  qualified  by  some  prof anit}^  So  slow 
was  this  ignoramus  of  the  press  in  learning  editorial 
policy,  and  "the  reigning  taste  "  of  this  then  modest 
and  moral  town. 

In  the  spring  of  the  next  year  P.  F.  Boylan  bought 
the  press  and  type  of  The  Visitor.  He  adopted  Stew- 
art 's  ])r()spectus  with  a  few  w^ords  and  terms  changed, 
and  commenced  The  Ohio  Mercury.  It  was  some 
improvement  on  The  Visitor,  but  its  tone  and  stvle 
were  the  same  as  its  "  illustrious  predecessor.' '  The 
I'ditor  made  some  fair  ])roniises,  and  the  people  con- 
nived at  his  failings.  He  published  some  notices  of 
his  paper  by  other  editors,  and  he  forestalled  attacks 
on  liis  enterprise  by  warning  that   "if  anybody  put 

"NUes  Rfifjialer,  in  Its  time,  was  about  the  best  exponent  of  congressional  pro- 
ceeilliiBH.  the  movcrn«>ntsof  leadinK  polltiolans,  and  general  news,  of  all  peilcdi- 
calHln  the  United  Slates.   For  candor,  dignity,  and  reliability  it  was  unsurpassed. 


THE  PRINTING  PRESS.  107 

their  hands  into  Boylan  water,  thev  would  find  the 
i>cald  to  be  dan^^eroius. "  After  a  few  months  Stew- 
art's plan  of  repeatinjj^  a  few  columns  was  adopted, 
and  he  confessed  that  he  "  found  it  very  conv^enient,  " 
1)ut  w^ould  not  "do  so  often.  "  Then  followed  irre<^- 
ular  issues  and  a  decrease  of  good  reading  matter 
until  The  Aurora,  in  mentioning  some  changes,  men- 
tioned that  "  The  Ohio  Mercury  was  about  being  trans- 
ferred to  some  of  its  creditors  as  the  editor  had 
absconded  between  tw^o  days.  "  Another  report  was 
that  after  giving  his  presidential  vote  for  Martin 
Van  Buren,  he  left  the  town  as  fast  as  his  feet  and 
legs  would  carry  him. 

The  Visitor  and  Mercury  were  both  printed  in  an  old 
building  that  stood  where  C.  I.  Hayes'  store  now  is. 
After  such  signal  failures  as  these,  it  would  have 
been  impossible  to  establish  a  press  in  Salem — so 
soon  as  it  was  done — if  such  means  as  had  not  been 
used  as  will  be  detailed  in  next  chapter.  The  people 
were  much  disgusted  with  such  printers  as  had  been 
here,  and  those  of  the  first  -  class  in  the  art  were 
afraid  of  the  place. 


CHAPTKR  XI. 

THE   PRINTING   PRESS   CONTINUED. 

♦  IV^OT WITHSTANDING  the  unsuccessful  efforts 
qJ  1  to  establish  a  press  in  Salem,  as  told  in  the 
preceding  chapter,  and  the  discouraging  prospects 
resulting  therefrom,  there  were  some  people  who 
believed  that  a  newspaper  could  be  supported  in  the 
town,  and  that  one  was  much  needed.  Many  eastern 
papers  were  then  taken,  and  the  neighboring  papers 
got  about  as  much  patronage  here  as  the}^  deserved. 
A  tri-weekh'  mail  was  then  received  by  the  way  of 
Lisbon,  besides  one  or  two  cross-mails,  not  oftener 
than  semi-weekly.  Thereupon  Benjamin  Hawley, 
James  Kggman,  John  Campbell,  and  John  Harris 
associated  themselves  as  an  editorial  committee,  w  ith 
Benjamin  B.  Davis  and  Joshua  Hart  as  publishers; 
the  last  mentioned  being  a  practical  printer.  A  press 
and  other  printing  material  were  procured,  and,  on 
the  12th  day  of  April,  1842,  the  first  number  of  The 
Village  Register  was  issued.  It  was  a  respectable  sized 
sheet,  it  made  such  an  appearance,  and  it  contained 
such  reading  matter  as  at  once  recommended  itself 
to  i)atronage.  The  well-known  character  of  the 
editorial  staff  also  helped  it  much.  It  "conformed" 
much  to  "the  reigning  taste,''  and  did  much  to 
"reform,"  without  any  cringing  cajoler}-;  and  it 
avoided  the  folly  of  its  predecessors.  And  thus  it 
rendered  itself  just  such  a  paper  as  the  citizens  of  the 
place  wished. 

"The  Register  looked  well  to  education,   temper- 


THE  PRINTING  PRESS  CONTINUED.  109 

ance,  and  whatever  tended  to  elevate  and  preserve  a 
healthy  moral  condition  in  the  community.  "  It  did 
not  give  its  inflence  to  any  political  party;  but  it  took 
such  a  position  on  the  anti-slavery  subject  as  to  make 
it  very  acceptable  to  all  of  the  abolitionists.  Salem 
was  then  a  stronghold  of  that  persuasion.  Manv 
communications  were  published  in  ilie  Register  which 
exhibited  literary  taste  and  cultivated  talents.  A 
limited  amount  of  advertising  was  done,  and  this 
made  the  paper  more  acceptable  to  its  readers.  In 
those  days  there  were  but  few  monthlies;  wherefore 
many  incipient  writers  used  the  newspaper  as  a  means 
of  ventilating  their  thoughts  and  publishing  their 
ideas  about  the  times  and  morals  of  the  people.  Per- 
sons, of  this  class,  were  not  then  scarce  in  this  place. 

After  what  seemed  a  fair  start  (about  a  vear), 
B.  B.  Davis  became  principal  editor,  and  he  employed 
printers  to  do  the  work.  Some  time  in  1844  Joseph 
H.  Painter  came  to  Salem  and  rented  the  office.  He 
came  from  West  Chester,  Pa.  He  was  both  a  printer 
and  a  man  skilled  in  newspaper  craft.  Heretofore 
the  paper  had  been,  in  most  particulars,  an  imperson- 
ation of  the  town  and  immediate  vicinity;  he  gave  it 
a  more  popular  character  abroad,  and  much  improved 
it.  With  him  George  W.  Keen,  Joseph  Ware,  and 
Jesse  Hutton  learned  the  art  of  printing,  and  they 
afterwards  rendered  important  service  to  the  press 
in  Salem  and  some  other  places. 

Mr.  Painter  remained  in  Salem  over  two  vears. 
He  occupied  the  brick  building  that  then  stood  at 
the  corner  of  Main  street  and  Lincoln  avenue.  He 
also  kept  a  bookstore.  On  his  retirement  B.  B.  Davis 
again  took  charge  of  the  paper.  He  took  Aaron  Hinch- 
man,  who  was  a  self-made  printer,  as  a  partner  in 


110  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

lcS4().  In  a  short  time  Mr.  Hinchman  became  sole 
editor  and  proprietor.  He  changed  the  name  to  that 
of  Homestead  Journal.  He  adv^ocated  labor  reform, 
the  rights  of  producers,  and  the  exemption  of  home- 
steads from  being  seized  for  taxes  or  debts.  The 
paper  was  now  on  a  durable  basis  and  in  a  prosperous 
way— a  credit  to  the  town,  and  it  did  not  suffer  by 
comparison  with  other  country  papers. 

In  1854  Mr.  J.  K.  Rukenbrod  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  Jesse  Hutton,  and,  after  a  short  time, 
purchased  the  whole  concern.  He  identified  the  paper 
with  the  interest  of  the  republican  party;  and,  in  1857, 
gave  it  the  name  of  The  Salem  EepubliGan.  From  that 
time  he  continued  in  the  even  tenor  of  his  way,  issu- 
ing a  good  weekly  paper  of  its  character  till  near  the 
time  of  his  death.  Mr.  Rukenbrod  served  several 
terms  in  the  Ohio  legislature;  and,  while  thus  absent 
Ironi  Salem,  the  paper  was  edited  by  Henry  C. 
Hawlev. 

A  short  time  before  his  death  Jonathan  K.  Ruken- 
brod sold  out  to  the  Salem  Publishing  Company. 
By  tliLin  this  paper  was  consolidated  with  the  Era, 
was  continued  under  the  name  of  RepuMican^Era,  and 
is  now  issued  as  a  semi-w^eeklv. 

The  successful  establishment  of  a  newspaper  in 
SaUm,  and  its  general  prosperity,  together  with  the 
growing  interest  of  the  town  in  various  ways,  pre- 
sented s(mie  inducements  for  other  enterprises  of  a 
similar  character.  There  was  then  more  job  printing 
to  be  done,  and  a  greater  demand  for  reading  of  the 
periodical  kind.  Hence  appeared  chances  and  encour- 
agement tor  other  printing  establishments. 

A  t  that  time  the  anti-slavery  excitement  was  strong, 
especially    in    Salem.      Wm.   Lloyd  Garrison,   Abby 


THE  PRINTING  PRESS  CONTINUED.  1 1 1 

Kelly,  Stephen  Foster,  Frederick  Douglas,  and  other 
champions  of  the  doctrine  were  often  here.  Anti- 
slavery  newspapers  and  other  documents  of  that 
character  were  much  read.  And  it  seemed  an  ap])ro- 
priate  place  for  the  establishment  of  an  anti-slavery 
paper.  Whereupon  the  Anti-Slavery  Bugle  wai^  started 
with  Benjamin  S.  Jones  as  editor,  and  Geor^^e  N. 
Hapgood,  of  Warren,  was  engaged  as  printer.  He 
was  a  good  workman,  and  was  much  respected  for 
his  gentlemanly  habits  while  residing  in  Salem.  In 
September,  1852,  he  returned  to  Warren,  and  there 
passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  This  paper  was 
thenceforth  printed  by  John  Hudson,^  till  he  entered 
the  army  in  1860. 

Mr.  Jones,  after  a  few  years,  retired  from  the  edi- 
torship of  this  paper;  and  then,  for  awhile,  Samuel 
Brooke  became  editor  and  publisher.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Oliver  Johnson,  who,  after  a  few  vears, 
engaged  on  the  staff  of  The  New  York  Tribune.  Marius 
R.  Robinson  then  became  editor  and  publisher,  and 
continued  in  this  position  until  the  year  1860,  or 
thereabouts.  This  paper  was  suspended  about  the 
time  at  which  President  Lincoln  issued  his  emanci- 
pation proclamation. 

The  tone  of  this  paper  was  bold  and  fearless  against 
everything  that  was  supposed  to  keep  the  colored 
people  in  bondage.  It  found  man}-  enemies  among 
the  church  members.  Abolition  and  disbelief  in 
orthodox  religion  were  often  blended  b}'  deists  and 

-"John  Hudson  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  in  1818.  When  quite  a  young 
man  he  served  his  Hpprenticeship  to  the  pi  inting  business  in  Medina,  Ohio.  He 
published  a  newspaper  in  Cairollton,  Carroll  county,  Ohio,  for  several  \  eais,  and, 
in  1S.50,  removed  to  Salem  where  he  remained  in  the  printing  busines-.s  until  the 
year  IKHO.  •'  ■■'■  "•'■  He  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son,  F'ranklin  Hudson,  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.,  June  10th,  1.S77,  in  his  Sitth  year.  He  was  a  member  of  the  school 
board  in  Salem  for  a  numberof  years  was  mayor  of  the  city  and  always  took  an 
active  part  in  local  affairs,  especially  in  church  and  educational  matters.  He 
was  an  honorable,  manly  man  and  had  the  re.spect  and  confidence  of  all  who 
knew  him."— [Communicated.] 


112  HISTORY   OF   SALEM.       ' 

skeptics,   and,  b}'  them,  the  support  of  slaven^  was 
char^^red  upon  the  prevailing  churches. 

In  February,  1865,  The  Salem  Journal  was  com- 
menced by  John  Hudson.  He  had,  in  former  times, 
resided  in  Salem,  and  had  been  engaged  in  printing. 
After  his  return  from  the  war  and  a  term  of  service 
in  Alliance,  he  came  to  Salem,  and  remained  here  till 
his  removal  to  the  west. 

About  four  years  afterwards  Mr.  Vernon  went  into 
partnership  with  Jesse  Hutton;  and,  by  them,  this 
paper  was  continued  about  one  year,  when  Rev.  I.  N. 
Baird  took  control  for  a  short  time.  Then  another 
party  bought  the  establishment,  under  whose  manage- 
ment it  became  unprofitable,  and  it  was  moved  from 
Salem. 

Dr.  J.  M.  Hole  started  The  Salem  Era  in  1873.  In 
the  next  year  he  sold  half  of  his  interest  to  K.  F. 
Rukenbrod,  and  later,  the  other  half  to  J.  B.  Park. 
Mr.  Park  then  sold  his  interest  to  his  partner,  who 
continued  the  publication  of  it  till  some  time  in  1889. 
During  which  time  he  issued  a  good  and  clean  weekly 
paper.  He  sold  out  to  Stanley  &  Company.  These 
men  had  also  purchased  The  Salem  RepuMiedn,  and  they 
then  consolidated  the  two  papers,  and  named  the  com- 
binati(m  The  Repuhliean^Era.  They  afterwards  organ- 
ized the  Salem  Publishing  Company. 

Some  time  in  January,  1883,  Mr.  J.  W.  Northrop 
came  to  Salem.  Previous  to  this,  he  had  for  three 
years  edited  and  ])ublished  at  Bryan,  and  Columbus, 
Ohio,  a  weekly  paper  entitled  T/ze  ^i^c/eez/e  Vidette.  It 
was  in  the  interest  of  the  laboring  class;  and  it  advo- 
cated the  issue  and  control  of  all  kinds  of  money  by 
the  government,  and  making  the  government  respon- 
sible   for    all    of    its    real    value.     This    paper    was 


y 


JOHX  HUDSOX. 


THE  PRINTING  PRESS  CONTINUED.  11."^ 

resumed  here  and  continued  till  arrangementvS  were 
made  for  publishinj^  a  daily  pa])er. 

In  April,  1890,  The  Democratic  Bulletin  was  com- 
menced. For  about  six  months  it  was  edited  by  Oliver 
().  Ho*,ran.  It  was  printed  and  published  by  Kirby 
&  Co.  In  1896  the  name  was  changed  to  The  Weekly 
Bulletin.  By  the  same  parties  The  Daily  Herald  was 
commenced  in  1891.  Mr.  G.  W.  Penn  was  reporter 
for  it  about  a  year  and  a-half.  Pie  was  afterwards 
about  tw(^  years  in  The  News  office.  He  was  a  man 
who  had  much  skill  in  newspaper  policy.  The  Herald 
and  Bulletin  now  make  respectable  issues.  Phillip  G. 
Hiddleson  has  there  done  some  service  as  reporter. 
J.  W.  Northrop  is  now  principal  editor. 

In  January,  1875,  jMr.  Wm.  D.  Henkle  commenced 
the  publication  of  Notes  and  Queries.  It  was  continued 
till  December,  1881.  This  was  a  monthly  magazine, 
which,  as  its  name  imparted,  was  devoted  to  science 
in  all  its  branches,  and  literature  in  its  various  depart- 
ments. Queries  were  proposed  in  one  number,  and 
answers  in  a  subsequent  one  were  given  by  the  editor 
or  some  correspondents.  These  were  a  source  of 
much  interest,  and  they  prompted  much  inquiry  and 
research  that  often  led  to  useful  and  interesting  dis- 
coveries. It  was  patronized  and  read  with  much 
interest  bv  many  of  the  votaries  of  science  and  liter- 
ature  in  this  region,  and,  in  some  other  states. 

In  September,  1870,  Mr.  Henkle  bought  the  inter- 
est of  The  Ohio  Educational  Monthly,  and  here  he  edited 
and  published  it  till  he  died  in  November,  1881. 


XIL 

THE   PRINTING    PRESS   CONCLUDED. 

^— ''Y^  KSIDES  the  journals  of  which  account  has 

*  r  )         been  g-iven  in  the  aforesaid  chapters, 
^  there  have  been  some  efforts  to  estab- 

lish periodicals,  that  were  unsuccessful.  These,  and 
some  that  may  3'et  be  permanent  long  enough  to  give 
them  a  fair  reputation,  deserve  some  honorable  men- 
tion. To  make  a  periodical  successful  requires  fac- 
ulties, in  addition  to  knowledge  of  printing  and 
editing,  that  many  who  are  skilled  in  these  parts  do 
not  possess.  Doubtless  some  of  those  who  wished 
to  conduct  a  periodical  were  totally  out  of  their  ele- 
ment in  soliciting  subscribers,  or  had  not  opportu- 
nities of  presenting  to  enough  persons  who  would 
eagerly  approve  and  encourage  them  in  such  an  enter- 
prise. Some  of  these  merited  credit  and  honor  that 
they  never  got.  This  has  been  true  in  many  other 
enterprises  besides  publishing.  Wherefore  it  appears 
to  the  author  eminently  proper  that  some  of  these 
sliould  be  herein  noticed. 

In  the  summer  of  1834  Amos  Gilbert  came  and 
opened  a  school  in  Salem.  He  brought  with  him  a 
printing  press  that  his  son  Howard  worked.  Before 
this  time,  he  had  ])ublished,  in  Lancaster  count3%  Pa., 
a  mcmthly  paper  called  The  Inciter.  Its  object  was 
to  diffuse  knowledge,  and  instruct  the  young.  Facts 
in  natural  science,  educational  and  moral  reflections 
were  its  l)urden.  A  few  numbers  were  issued  here, 
but  the  paper  did  not  get  enough  of  encouragement. 

In   1846  John  D.   Cope,  a  hydropathic    physician 


THE  PRINTlN(i  PRKSS  CONCLUDED.  115 


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^established  a  water  cure  institution  where  the  Y.  M. 
C  A.  block  now  is.  A  lar<j;"e  number  of  invalidvscame 
to  be  treated  by  him.  For  a  short  time  he  published 
a  paper  (monthly  or  semi-monthly)  entitled  The  Water 
Cure  Advocate.  Its  object  was,  as  its  name  purported, 
besides  advertising^  his  institution.  Some  local  news 
was  also  <;]^iven  in  it.  Althouj^^h  hydropathy  took 
readily  with  many  people  in  the  town  and  vicinity, 
the  enterprise  was  abandoned  in  a  year.  This  ])aper 
was  printed  in  The  Village  Register  office. 

A  paper  called  The  Literary  Gem  was  commenced  in 
August  or  September,  1853.  It  was  filled  with  arti- 
cles penned  by  pupils  of  the  Union  school.  We  can 
not  say  how  many  numbers  of  it  were  issued.  In 
October,  1858,  a  small  semi-monthly  paper  was  com- 
menced by  Stanton  Weaver.  It  was  called  The  Salem 
Pallas,  and  was  devoted  to  the  interest  and  instruc- 
tion of  young  America.  The  subscription  price  was 
sixty  cents  a  year.  This  periodical  was  also  short- 
lived. 

"The  Dollar  Age,  a  weekly  venture  started  by  Alfred 
A.  Sipe,  survived  but  a  few  months.  Mr.  Sipe  dying 
during  a  visit  to  West  Virginia — said  to  have  taken 
poison.  Sipe  was  a  brilliant  writer  and  compiler  of 
local  news,  still  the  Dollar  Age  never  paid.  J.  R.  Mur- 
phy and  J.  C.  Kling  bought  the  outfit  and  started  The 
Salem  Times  which  soon  starved. '' 

A  weekly  paper  called  The  Tribune  was  commenced; 
but  it  did  not  survive  one  year.  The  Salem  Weekly 
Democrat  had  an  existence  "of  one  year.  And  Dr. 
Hardman  "at  intervals  issued  a  very  original  weekly, 
called  The  Clipper,  but  it  soon  passed  out  of  exist- 
ence." 

In  Januarv,  1896,  Willis  Whinerv  commenced  issu- 


116  HISTORY  OF   vSALEM. 

injT  a  monthly  paper,  entitled  The  Swine  Advocate.  It 
is  published  in  the  interest  of  the  business  in  which 
he  is  en<j;-aged.  And  it  gives  much  useful  information 
for  all  persons  concerned  in  this  kind  of  stock  raising. 

In  March,  1898,  Rev.  C.  W.  Fletcher  commenced 
publishing  The  Gcspel  Worker,  an  eight-page  monthly, 
being,  as  its  name  purports.  And  a  small  vv^eekl}^ 
called  the  The  Disciple  Bulletin  has  been  published 
about  two  years,  "And  is  for  the  purpose  of  giving 
items  of  interest  relating  to  the  church,  and  church 
work  in  general."     Rev.  Ralph  C.  Sargent  is  editor. 

A  periodical  entitled,  Samtive  Medicine,  was  com- 
menced, at  Columbus.  It  is  devoted  to  Physio-Med- 
ical Medicine.  In  September,  1897,  Dr.  T.  J.  Lyle 
b(.)ught  the  interest  of  this  paper,  and  thereupon 
commenced  issuing  it  here.  It  is  now  in  its  eighth 
volume,  and  it  is  published  semi-monthly  at  one  dol- 
lar a  year.     His  sons  are  the  printers  of  it. 

"The  Daily  Holiday  Newsboy  was  established  in  the 
seventies  by  J.  S.  Rentz.  It  has  been  published  almost 
continuously  ever  since — with  the  exception  of  a  few 
years  when  the  publisher  was  absent  from  the  city. 
Upon  his  return,  he  resumed  its  publication,  and  it  has 
been  published  ever  since,  being  greatl}^  enlarged  and 
much  improved  in  appearance.  This  periodical  is 
published  in  the  interest  of  the  merchants  of  the  citv, 
who  wish  to  advertise  their  holiday  goods  at  that 
season  of  the  year.  It  is  issued  daih^  for  seven  days 
— the  last  number  on  the  day  before  Christmas.  Fif- 
teen hundred  copies  of  it  have  been  printed  dailv  and 
distributed  in  the  city  and  among  the  farmers  of  the 
vicinity,  who  trade  with  our  merchants.' ' 

The  publisher  of  this  paper  served  his  apprentice- 
ship with  J.  K.  Kukenbrod,  while  thelatter  waseditor 


JONATHAN  K.  RUKENBROD. 


THK  PRINTINi;  PRKSS  CONCLUDED.  1  1  7 

of  the  The  Salem  Republican.  Now  he  is  en*4;a,i;c(rin 
the  office  of  A.  K.  Tatem  Label  Co.  In  that  oflicu' 
the  Newsboy  has  been  printed. 

From  the  time  of  the  first  establishment  of  a  print- 
ing press  in  this  place,  there  has  been  a  vast  amount 
of  job  printinjj^  done.  This  has  been  in  the  form  of 
hand  bills,  posters  and  pamphlets.  Book  work  has 
also  been  done  here  that  would  compare  well  with 
what  is  done  in  the  eastern  cities  ordinarily.  Label 
printing;];-  has  become  one  of  the  greatest  factors  in 
this  useful  art. 

The  following  account  of  Harris  &  Co.  's  gummed 
i  label  manufactory  has  been  furnished  bv  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm: 

"Salem  has  the  distinction  of  introducing  the  man- 
ufacture of  gummed  labels  into  America.  Josiah 
Mitchell,  an  English  drug  clerk,  in  the  store  of  Alfred 
Wright,  having  been  used  to  gummed  druggists '  labels 
in  England  started  the  business  in  a  small  wav  in  a 
room  over  Mr.  Wright's  store.  From  that  small 
beginning  a  large  business  of  this  kind  has  grown." 

"Soon  afterwards  Isaac  Wright,  now  of  Alliance, 
started  a  label  printing  office  and  carried  it  on  for  a 
few  years;  selling  it  in  1869  to  Dr.  John  and  Augustus 
H.  Harris,  who  immediately  enlarged  the  office,  and, 
bv  vigorous  efforts,  increased  the  business  into  a  large 
and  important  one.  In  1876  Charles  W.  Harris  bought 
the  interest  of  Dr.  John  Harris,  and  the  business  was 
carried  (m  for  two  3'ears  by  the  two  brothers,  A.  H. 
and  C.  W.  Harris.  A.  H.  Harris  then  sold  his  inter- 
est to  Mr.  W.  L.  Deming,  of  this  city,  who,  in  turn, 
in  1880,  sold  to  his  partner,  Charles  W.  Harris,  who 
has  vsince  carried  on  the  business.  " 

"There  being  but  few  gummed  label  plants  of  this 


118  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

kind  and  the  demand  for  them  general,  it  makes  the 
l)usiness  wide-spread  so  that  labels  from  Salem  are 
sent  not  onlv  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  but 
to  Canada,  Central  and  South  America,  and  to  the 
islands  of  the  seas.  In  addition  to  druggists'  labels, 
there  are  millions  of  lamp  chimney,  tack,  hardware, 
ammunition,  broom,  and  miscellaneous  labels  being 
sent  from  this  city  continuall3\  " 

Another  establishment  of  this  character  is  that  of 
Thomas  J.  Walton.  This  is  equal  in  capacity  and 
variety  to  the  aforesaid.  "The  specialty  of  this 
house  is  cut  and  gummed  labels,  in  which  it  does  an 
immense  business,  the  orders  coming  from  every  city 
and  town  in  the  union,  and  even  outside  the  asylum 
for  the  oppressed  of  all  nations.  " 

"  This  house,  in  addition  to  label  work,  does  every 
description  of  fine  book  and  job  printing  in  a  ver}- 
superior  style.  A  large  number  of  the  most  expert 
and  experienced  workmen  are  employed,  and  the  trade 
extends  over  the  whole  countr3%  and  into  the  Canadas. ' ' 

The  A.  K.  Tatem  Label  Co.  was  incorporated  in 
1891,  succeeding  A.  K.  Tatem  &  Co. ,  and  Tatem  & 
Park.  In  1883  this  concern  bought  the  drug  label 
business  of  T.  J.  Walton.  Gummed  labels  are  its 
leading  product,  but  general  job  j^rinting  is  also  done 
bv  them. 

After  selling  The  Salem  Era  oflfice,  and  its  interest, 
E.  F.  Kukenbrod  commenced  a  job  office  for  fine'com- 
mercial,  society  and  color  printing.  In  this  he  still 
continues,  and  appears  to  be  achieving  some  success. 
R.  W.  Sharpnack,  M.  S.  Schwartz,  and  the  Lyle 
Brothers,  each  have  small  offices  for  every  variety  of 
job  work,  needed  in  the  place  or  neighborhood.  Sale 
bills  and  letter  heads  are  executed  bv  them  in  a  style 
good  enough  for  any  reasonable  customers. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

MANUPACTURKRS. 

-ryrANUFACTURING  was  here  first  attempted 
/l\  i"  the  year  1814.     A  joint  stock  com- 

^^^^  pany  or^^anized  in  the  early  j)art  of 
that  year  with  the  title  of  "The  Manufaeturinjj;- 
Compan}'  of  Salem,  Columlwana  count}-,  Ohio,  to  he 
conducted  acc()rdin<r  to  certain  articles  of  agree- 
ment, "  of  which  the  first  was:  "The  capital  stock 
of  said  mannfacturintr  company  shall  consist  of  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  to  be  divided  into  shares  of  ten 
dollars  each,  which  shall  be  paid  in  gold  or  silver 
coin,  or  bank  notes  equivalent  thereto,  or  labor  or 
materials  (at  the  discretion  of  the  directors)  in  the 
following  manner:  One-fourth  on  each  share  the 
first  of  June  next,  and  one-fourth  more  in  sixtv  dayvS 
from  the  first  installment.  Then,  afterwards,  the 
remainder  of  said  shares  to  be  fully  paid  in  when  the 
directors  shall  order  by  giving  not  less  than  sixtv 
days  public  notice." 

The  object  of  the  establishment  was — "For  man- 
ufacturing cotton,  wool,  ironware,  and  for  the  mer- 
chandizing."  There  were  nineteen  articles  in  the 
constitution;  the  last  of  which  was — "There  shall  be 
no  dealing  or  trading  in  spirituous  liquors.  "  It  is 
supposed  that  there  was  some. kind  of  a  store  C(>n- 
nected  with  the  concern. 

John  Street,  Nathan  Hunt,  Jacob  Gaunt,  Samuel 
Davis,  David  Gaskill,  Israel  Gaskill,  and  Rii'hard 
Favvcett  were  the  first  board  of  directors.  They 
expected  to  have  the  concern  in  operation  in  the  ensu- 
ing month  of  June. 


120  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

A  l)rick  building  was  erected  for  this  establish- 
ment; but  the  enterprise  was  a  failure.  The  build- 
ing and  lot  were  then  sold  to  Isaac  Wilson;  who  used 
the  materials  of  it,  and  the  lot  for  building  the 
Western  Hotel  and  his  store  that  stood  on  the  site 
of  the  large  block  built  in  1897,  at  the  corner  formed 
In-  East  ]\Iain  and  South  Lundy  streets. 

It  was  some  years  after  this  that  John  Stanley 
built  and  set  into  operation  a  woolen  factory  where 
the  Picket  House  now  is.  This  he  conducted  with 
some  success  till  sometime  in  the  year  1827,  when  it 
was  burnt.  It  was  soon  rebuilt  where  the  Baptist 
church  now  stands.  Here,  besides  machinery  for 
carding,  spinning,  and  weaving  woolen  fabrics,  there 
was  a  saw  mill.  This  soon  went  into  disuse,  because 
timber  was  becoming  scarce,  especiall}'  near  the  town. 
In  1830  Robert  Campbell  bought  this  establishment 
and  carried  it  on  till  1838,  when  he  sold  it  to  Zadok 
Street,  who  engaged  Thomas  Pinkham  for  manager. 
Thus  it  was  worked  till  about  1849,  when  the  build- 
ing was  pulled  down. 

A  similar  stablishment  was  carried  on  a  few  3^ears 
by  James  Brown,  in  the  western  part  of  the  town.  In 
1S40  this  factory  was  built.  There  wool  was  carded, 
then  s])un  and  woven  into  blankets,  shawls,  etc. 
Kentucky  jeans  were  also  manufactured  there. 

Some  time  in  the  twenties  Amos  Kimberly  estab- 
lished a  carding  machine  on  the  west  side  of  what  is 
nowKllsworrh  street,  on  the  site  of  the  house  marked 
X(t.  2*>.  The  motive  power  of  it  was  a  tramp  wheel, 
about  twenty  feet  in  diameter,  fixed  on  an  inclined 
slialt.  Tw<>  or  three  oxen  were  placed  on  one  side 
of  it,  and  fastened  by  their  heads;  then,  by  a  contin- 
uous walk,  they  kept  the  wIkcI   in  motion.      Motive 


MANUPACTURKRS.  121 

power  of  thiv^  kind  was  very  comiiion  before  steam 
en^^rines  were  vSo  readily  made  as  in  these  latter  davs. 

In  1S32  IMordecai  Morlan  hoiiirht  this  establishment 
and  carried  it  on  till  about  the  vear  1«S3^);  when  the 
whole  thin*;:^  went  out  of  use.  He  also  manufaetured 
hat  bodies.  Makinjr  hats  was  then  a  considerable 
business.  William  Chaney,  Israel  Beans,  and  John 
Whinnery  were  then  the  principal  perscms  enj^ajj^ed 
in  hat-makin<s{.  The  body  of  the  hat  was  made  in  a 
ccmical  shape  in  such  an  establishment  as  Mr.  Mor- 
lan's,  and  then  finished  by  the  regular  hat-maker.  In 
those  days  hats  were  to  be  had  only  from  the  hatter 
shops.  Since  those  days  hat-making  has  become  a 
business  of  syndicates;  and  this  has  made  business 
for  hat  and  clothing  stores. 

Tanning  was  a  considerable  business  in  the  early 
times  of  Salem.  John  Street  was  the  principal  per- 
son engaged  in  this  business.  His  establishment  filled 
nearly  one-half  of  the  square  on  the  south  west  from 
his  store,  bounded  by  what  are  now  Depot,  Dry,  and 
Howard  streets.  There  was  here  a  large  number  of 
tan  v^ats,  and  a  house  for  dressing  the  hides  when 
taken  from  the  vats,  and  finishing  them  into  various 
kinds  of  leather.  There  was  also  a  mill  for  grinding 
tan  bark. 

John  Street  sold  leather  for  cash  when  he  could 
get  it.  For  hides  and  tan  bark  he  exchanged  store 
goods,  except  when  the  want  of  them  was  very  great. 
Joseph  Saxon,  and  Isaac  Wilson  had  tanneries  on  a 
smaller  scale.  The  former  was  the  first  to  engage 
in  the  work  of  supplving  the  town  people  with  fresh 
meat. 

Furniture-making  or  cabinet-making  was,  in  for- 
mer days,  an  important  business  in  this  place,  and  so 


122  HISTORY   OF    SALEM, 

it  was  in  all  towns  of  its  size.  Charles  Jobes  carried 
on  chair-making  during  several  3'ears  in  a  shop  on 
Main  street.  Levi  Fawcett  was  the  principal  cabi- 
net-maker. Tables,  stands,  bureaus  and  bedsteads 
were  the  chief  articles  of  his  work.  He  was,  for 
manv  vears,  undertaker  for  the  town  and  vicinity. 
It  was  not  till  some  time  in  the  fifties  or  sixties  that 
readv-made  coffins  (or  caskets)  were  kept  by  profes- 
si(mal  undertakers  in  this  place.  There  were  car- 
penters and  furniture-makers,  in  those  days,  who 
could  make  coffins;  and  the}"  often  used  a  common 
carriage  or  wagon  for  a  hearse.  Levi  Fawxett's 
hearse  was  much  in  the  shape  of  a  coffin.  Thomas  Y. 
French  succeeded  him,  and  he  was  the  first  one  to 
make  undertaking  a  specialty. 

"Thomas  Sharp,  a  son  of  Joel  Sharp,  Sr.,  one  of 
the  early  settlers  in  Salem,  learned  the  trade  of  a 
carpenter  and  millwright,  worked  at  his  trade  in 
Salem  and  Cleveland,  and,  in  1842,  returned  to  Salem, 
his  native  place,  "  and  established  the  business  of 
making  steam  engines.  "The  first  engine  con- 
structed in  the  town  for  sale  was  made  bv  Mr.  Sharp 
in  1<S42."  The  castings  for  his  first  machinery  were 
l)r()ught  from  Cleveland  in  wagons.  And  a  shop  was  ' 
<)ccu])ied  on  what  was  for  some  known  as  Foundry 
Hill. 

"Subsequent  to  this  he  purchased  land  on  West 
Main  street,  where  the  building  and  repairing  of 
engines  and  machines,  castings,  etc.,  has  been  carried 
on  successfully.  The  firm  name  has  been  changed  a 
numl)er  of  times,  but  the  work  has  been  prosecuted 
continuously,  emj)loying  a  number  of  men  and  pro- 
ducing a  valuable  output."  This  plant  was  burnt 
in  April,  1S*H.  And  now  the  ruins  remain  as  a  mon- 
uin^Mit  ol  what  it  has  been. 


MANUFACTURERS.  12.^ 

The  first  foundry  was  near  the  crossin^r  of  Pcnn 
and  Dry  streets.  This  part  of  the  town  was  then 
called  Foundry  Hill.  A  man  named  Nicholas  John- 
son was  the  manaj^er.  Zadok  Street  bouj^ht  the 
establishment  and  conducted  it  in  a  small  way.  Then 
the  business  passed  through  several  chanj^es  until  in 
lcS47  it  was  purchased  by  Snyder  &  Woodruff.  Here 
they  commenced  castinij;-  stoves,  and  thev  continued 
at  it  successfully  till  the  fall  of  1856,  when  the  estab- 
lishment was  burnt.  They  very  soon  purchased  other 
jj^rounds  and  rebuilt.  This  was  (m  the  lower  part  of 
Depot  street.  There  the}"  continued  the  business 
till  1870,  when  the  partnership  was  dissolved.  Since 
which  time  the  business  has  been  conducted  by  James 
Woodruff  &  Son.  About  fifty  men  are  now  bv  them 
<?mployed. 

The  Victor  Stove  Company  was  org-anized  in  1869. 
Their  establishment  joins  that  of  Woodruff  &  Son. 
They  produce  stoves  and  ranges  of  various  patterns. 
Wm.  H.  Koll  has  been  their  manager  for  several 
years.  About  seventy-five  operatives  are  employed 
by  them. 

In  1876  J.  B.  McNabb  established  a  canning  factory 
on  Depot  street.  Green  corn,  pumpkins,  and  some 
vegetables  are  here  prepared  and  put  into  cans  for 
preserving.  The  vessels  for  this  purpose  are  also 
manufactured,  and  cans  for  maple  molasses  too  are 
here  made.  Connected  with  the  establishment  is  also 
apparatus  for  the  manufacture  of  ice.  This  is  fur- 
nished to  customers  in  the  summer  season.  From 
ten  to  twenty-five  operatives  are  here  employed. 

The  Salem  Wire  Nail  Mill  Company  was  incor- 
porated in  August,  1885,  with  a  capital  of  S300,000, 
since  increased  to  S500,000.      The  works  were  started 


124  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

on  the  last  day  of  that  3'ear.  In  it  wire  nails  of  all 
sizes  are  made.  About  three  hundred  and  fifty  men 
are  here  employed,  and  about  2600  kegs  of  nails  are 
produced  daily.  Most  of  the  time  the  works  are  kept 
going  by  dav  and  night,  with  two  sets  of  workmen. 
Another  plant  of  the  same  capacity,  at  Findlay,  Ohio, 
was  bought  by  this  company  in  1889.  Work  is  here 
done  with  much  system  and  precision. 

"  Purdy,  Baird  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  plain  and 
rock  face  building  blocks,  drain  tile,  etc.  R.  S.  and 
J.  Baird,  relatives  of  the  present  Mr.  Baird,  estab- 
lished these  works  in  1862,  but  R.  S.  Baird  died 
shortly  afterwards,  and,  in  1865,  the  plant  passed 
into  the  hands  of  Clemmer  &  Deming,  w4io  sold  to 
Purdv  &  Baird  in  1874.  This  firm  continued  the 
manufacture  of  stoneware  and  a  number  of  specialties, 
including  drain  tile,  down  to  1883,  when  the  present 
Mr.  Purdy  was  adm.itted  to  the  firm  and  the  name 
changed  to  Purdy,  Baird  &  Co.  With  these  changes 
the  manufacture  of  drain  tile,  sew^er  pipe  and  build- 
ing blocks  were  made  specialties,  while  other  goods 
were  made  only  to  supply  the  local  trade.  The  fol- 
lowing is  a  list  of  the  goods  they  manufacture:  Sewer 
pipe,  building  blocks,  farm  drain  tile,  fire  brick, 
stoneware,  chimney  tops,  chimne}^  pipes  and  rock 
faced  blocks." 

The  Grove  Chewing  Gum  Company  was  estab- 
lished in  1891.  ( )f  the  company  owning  and  manag- 
ing this  establishment  S.  Grove,  Sr.,  is  president; 
and  K.  (irove,  secretary  and  treasurer.  In  it  pepsin, 
Jersey  fruit,  and  fruit  flavors  are  also  made.  Nearly 
two  liundred  o])eratives  are  employed,  and  the  pro- 
ducti(ms  amount  to  about  half  a  million  dollars  annu- 
allv. 


MANUFACTURRRS.  125 

In  1875  William  J.  Clark  &  Company  established  a 
factor}'  for  makinj^  novelty  oil  tanks,  shippinj^^  eans, 
elevator  buckets,  hose  couplinj^s,  and  general  plate 
and  sheet  metal  works.  From  twentv-five  to  fortv 
operatives  are  employed.  And  their  trade  e.xtends 
to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  considerablv 
to  foreij^ni  countries.  In  their  shop  hardware  and 
wooden- ware  business,  which  was  added  about  the 
year  1885,  they  have  an  established  profitable  trade 
which  has  grown  very  rapidly,  making  it  necessarv  to 
put  up  more  buildings  and  make  use  of  more  machin- 
ery in  order  to  meet  the  demands  in  their  screen  door 
and  window  trade.  " 

"This  firm  has  been  offered  ground  and  buildings 
to  an  extent,  and  cash  subscription  to  shares  in  their 
company  as  an  inducement  to  move  their  works  to 
another  city,  but  they  sa}'  the  solid  character  of  the 
fuel  supply  at  Salem,  together  with  other  advantages 
that  might  be  named  for  bids.  " 

"The  Wirsching  Church  Organ  Companv  was 
established  in  1887  with  the  following  officers:  Chas. 
C.  Snyder,  president;  Philip  Wirsching,  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  manager;  Warren  W.  Hole,  vsecre- 
tary,  and  Sheldon  Park,  treasurer." 

"Mr.  Philip  Wirsching,  vice-president  and  general 
manager,  was,  for  years,  employed  in  building  church 
organs  in  Wurzburg,  Bavaria;  Prague,  Austria; 
Stettin,  Prussia,  and  in  the  world  renowned  manu- 
factory of  Friedrich  Ladegast  in  Weissenfels,  Sax- 
ony. 

"The  Wirsching  organs  are  not  only  par  excellence 
n  grandeur  and  inspirational  sweetness  of  tone,  but 
in  the  matter  of  appearance  as  well.  The}^  excel  in 
constructive  art,  adding  that  degree  of  sacred  beauty 


126  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

and  iiwe  so  attractive  and  desirable  in   the  house  of 
worship.  " 

"The  Deming  Company  is  one  of  the  leading  and 
solid  manufacturing  establishments  of  Salem.  The 
business  was  originally  started  in  1854,  by  Levi  A. 
Dole,  and  Albert  R.  Silver;  a  part  of  a  little  shop  on 
High  street  and  the  first  alley  east  of  Lundy  street 
l)eing  used  by  them.  The  business  had  a  small  begin- 
ning, but  during  the  forty  or  more  years  of  its  exist- 
ence, it  has  had  a  stead}^  and  vigorous  growth.' '  In 
1856  ]\Ir.  John  Deming  bought  a  third  interest  in  the 
establishment,  which,  by  that  time,  had  grown  to 
the  point  of  possessing  a  home  of  its  own.  After 
the  death  of  Mr.  Dole  in  1866  the  firm  conducted  the 
business  under  the  name  of  Silver  &  Deming.  Vari- 
ous changes  were  made  in  the  articles  manufactured, 
and  locations,  out  of  all  of  which  grew  the  splendid 
an(r  successful  establishment  that  is  to-day  known 
far  and  wide  as  the  Deming  Compan^^  This  company 
is  now  engaged  extensively  in  the  manufacture  of  a 
great  variety  of  pumps.  Special  agencies  have  been 
established  in  London,  New  York,  San  Francisco, 
Los  Angeles,  Chicago,  Omaha,   and  Philadelphia," 

The  Buckeye  Engine  Company  was  first  estab- 
lished 1)y  Milton  Davis,  Joel  S.  Bonsall,  Joel  and 
Simeon  Sharp,  in  1851.  Thev  first  made  only  the 
ordinary  throttling  engines.  On  the  27th  of  April, 
1865,  the  establishment  was  burnt;  the  loss  being 
l)etween  S50,000  and  S75,000,  and  no  insurance.  In 
about  a  month  the  work  of  building  was  commenced. 
And  business  was  resumed  in  less  than  a  year 
Important  additions  have  been  made  since  that  time. 
The  company  was  re-organized  in  1871  with  Joel 
Sharp  as  president;  T.   C.    Boone  as  secretarv  ard 


JOEL  SHARP. 


MANUFACTURERS.  127 

treasurer;  M.  Davis  as  vice-president;  J.  S.  Bonsai  1, 
superintendent,  and  S.  Sharp,  iissistant  superintend- 
ent. 

"Durino;-  all  these  years  this  establishment  has 
been  the  most  important  industry  of  Salem.  At  this 
time  their  works  occupy  about  four  acres,  and  are 
made  up  of  numerous  buildin<^s.  Thev  have  a  capi- 
tal stock  of  S300,0()(),  all  paid  in.  More  than  two 
hundred  men  are  employed  in  their  works.  They 
manufacture  the  celebrated  Buckeye  automatic  cut- 
off engines,  of  which  2500  are  in  use,  making-  engines 
of  various  sizes  from  ten  horse  to  a  thousand  horse 
power.  The}'  also  manufacture  saw  mills,  planing 
mill  engines,  vself- acting  shingle  machines,  lath 
machines,  and  various  other  machines  and  euL^ines, 
and  ship  them  to  every  state  and  territory  in  this 
country,  and  some  foreign  shipments  have  been  made. 
The  total  annual  output  of  engines,  boilers  and  other 
machinery,  probably  exceeds  in  value  $500,000." 

"The  Pelzer  Art  Works  is  another  highlv  inter- 
esting industry  recently  established  in  this  thriving 
city,  which  has  rapidly  gained  popularity  and  trade 
'■'  in  the  great  cities  of  the  country.  The  plant  is 
•  splendidh'  equipped  with  the  best  improved  machin- 
ery adapted  to  this  line  of  work.  It  is  lighted  bv  its 
own  electric  dynamo,  heated  by  steam,  and  has  a 
complete  dry  kiln  for  seavSoning  hard  wood  lumber.  In 
short,  it  is  the  best  equipped  plant  for  artistic  wood 
working  in  the  country,  and  already  ranks  first-class 
in  this  line  of  trade.  " 

"Specialties  manufactured:  Church  altars,  stat- 
uary, pulpits,  railings,  c(mfessionals,  pews  and  other 
church  furniture  and  finishings;  fine  hotel  and  office 
furniture;  interior  furnishings,  and  finish  for  resi- 
dences, of  plain  and  carved  wood.  " 


128  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

"The  best  designers,  the  best  draughtsmen,  the 
best  workmen  in  every  department,  that  can  be  pro- 
cured, skillfully  design,  carve,  polish  and  combine 
into  objects  of  art  and  beauty  here,  that  which  will 
attest  the  degree  of  taste  and  elegance  demanded  by 
the  people  of  our  times.  " 

Albert  R.  Silver,  having  retired  from  the  firm  of 
Silver  &  Deming,  in  1890  erected  a  new  building  in 
which  were  manufactured  carriage  and  wagon-mak- 
ers' tools,  butchers'  tools  and  machines,  cutters  and 
carriers  for  fodder  and  ensilage,  horse  powders,  bor- 
ing machines,  etc.  This  establishment  emploA^s  a 
large  number  of  workmen. 

Barnaby,  Rank  &  Co.,  for  a  few  years,  carried  on 
an  establishment  for  the  manufacture  of  farm  imple- 
ments of  various  kinds.  This  was  some  time  in  the 
sixties. 

' '  W.  H.  Mullins,  manufacturer  of  sheet  metal  stat- 
uary, cornice  and  ornaments.  This  business  was 
established  in  the  spring  of  1872  by  Messrs  Kittredge 
and  Clark,  under  the  firm  name  of  Kittredge,  Clark 
&  Co.,  and  continued  until  about  January  1st,  1875, 
when  the  entire  plant  of  the  National  Ornament  C(mi- 
pany,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  was  purchased  and  removed 
to  Salem.  A  joint  stock  company  was  then  formed 
and  incorporated  under  the  name  of  The  Kittredge 
Cornice  &  Ornament  Co.,  who  continued  the  business 
until  April,  1878.  They  were  succeeded  by  Thomp- 
son, Boyle  &  Co.,  and  they,  in  turn,  bv  Thompson  & 
Bakewell,  who  carried  on  the  business  until  February, 
1882.  At  which  time  Mr.  W.  H.  Mullins  purchased 
the  interest  of  Mr.  Thompson,  and  the  firm  became 
that  of  Bakewell  &  Mullins.  The  business  was  car- 
rird  on  by  these  gentlemen  until  February  1st,  1890, 


MANUFACTURERS.  12M 

when  Mr.  Miillins  purchased  Mr.  Bakewell's  interest; 
since  which  time  it  has  been  very  much  extended  and 
the  capacity  of  the  plant  enlarged.  " 

"They  have  furnished  slate  roof  and  ornamental 
work  for  hundreds  of  court  houses,  and  public  build- 
in«^-s  throug-hout  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
They  have  also  quite  an  extended  trade  throu<^h 
Mexico,  South  America  and  the  Sandwich   Islands." 

"Ka<;rle  Foundry.  This  establishment  was  bej^un 
by  H.  Kidd  and  G.  Allison  as  a  foundry.  It  passed 
throug-h  several  changes  prior  to  1864,  when  it  passed 
into  the  possession  of  R.  H.  Garrigues.  From  a  mere 
foundry  it  became  a  machine  shop,  where  horse  pow- 
ers and  threshing  machines  were  manufactured  in 
c(msiderable  quantities.  "  After  his  death  the  busi- 
ness was  carried  on  by  his  son  Norman  B.  Garrigues, 
and  was  confined  chiefly  to  machine  work  and  jobbing. 
The  building  for  this  establishment  is  on  Ellsworth 
street.  And  now  it  is  occupied  by  the  Sheehan  Man- 
ufacturing Co.  Their  specialty  is  leather  riveting 
machines.  These  are  represented  to  be  "something 
for  the  farmer,  the  machinist,  the  teamster,  the  har- 
ness-maker, and  the  liveryman.  They  all  want  it. 
It  is  a  ready  help  in  case  of  need.  It  saves  time  and 
expense,  for,  in  a  minute,  you  can  splice  a  trace,  mend 
a  belt,  or  strengthen  a  threatened  break.  " 


chapt£:r  XIV. 

THE   MERCANTILE   BUSINESS. 

♦  \  y  /iTH  the  advancement  of  settlements,  and  the 
VV  increase  of  population  came  a  demand  for 
manufactured  g-oods  and  a  need  of  market  for  home 
products.  Money,  not  being  very  plenty,  much  of 
mercantile  business  was  done  by  exchanging  farm 
produce  for  imported  goods.  John  Street  opened  the 
first  store.  His  place  of  business  was  at  the  center 
of  town.  The  house  still  remains,  but  it  is  much 
altered.  He  was  followed  by  David  Scholfield  at  the 
east  end.  His  career  was  short.  David  Gaskill  was 
next.  He  was  permanent  in  the  business  till  he  became 
too  old  for  active  work.  Isaac  Wilson  came  while 
these  two  men  were  thus  activeh^  engaged  in  trade. 
And  by  each  of  them  a  fair  amount  of  business  was 
done.  All  stores  might  then  be  reckoned  of  the  vari- 
ety order.  Dry  goods,  hardware,  queensware,  gro- 
ceries and  some  drugs  and  liquors  were  sold  in  all  of 
them.  Liquor  was  sometimes  kept  on  the  counter, 
and  buvers  would  get  a  treat,  sometimes  in  advance  ; 
of  the  ])urchase.  Goods  were  often  exchanged  for 
grain  or  other  countr}^  produce;  that  of  the  dair}"  or 
even  fresh  meat  was  often  taken  in  exchange  for  goods 
brought  from  the  east.  The  merchants  sometimes 
liad  three  prices  for  goods,  viz:  1st.  For  cash  on 
delivery.  2n(l.  For  country  produce.  3rd.  On  credit 
with  a  book  account. 

John  Street,  in  his  time,  did  the  most  business,  and 
tlu'  greatest  variety  of  it.      His  standing  in  the  Soci- 


ZADOK  STREET. 


THE  MERCANTILE  BUSINESS.  IM 

ety  of  Friends,  and  his  prim  little  saleswoman,  Kllen 
Butler,  helped  him  much.  Besides  his  store  he  owned 
and  mana<^ed  a  tan  yard.  Kverv  winter  he  bouj^dit 
a  lar<j^e  amount  of  pork.  This  was  cut  uj)  and  salted; 
and  in  the  sprinj^  it  was  smoked  and  sent  to  eastern 
markets;  it  was  there  exchanj^a^d  for  cash  or  new 
i!:oods.  Jacob  Heaton  and  Jehu  Fawcett  also  did  a 
considerable  business  in  this  kind  of  trade.  Before 
railroad  times  all  goods  were  brouj^ht  to  this  place 
in  wagons;  hence  prices  were  higher,  and  teaming 
was  then  a  great  business. 

During  some  years  John  Street,  Dav4d  Gaskill, 
and  Isaac  Wilson  monopolized  the  mercantile  business 
of  this  place.  John  Street,  in  his  old  age,  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  sons,  Zadok  and  John.  The  former 
became  an  active  business  man  in  some  other  enter- 
prises, and  then  retired  from  the  store. 

Zadok  Street,  in  his  time,  was  one  of  the  most 
active  business  men  of  Salem.  Besides  selling  goods, 
he  was  actively  engaged  in  several  manufacturing 
establishments.  And  he  was  an  active  promoter  of 
the  railroad  that  has  been  such  a  great  help  to  our 
city.  That  railroad  owes  more  to  him  for  its  success 
than  to  any  other  person  in  our  city. 

In  1832  Isaac  Wilson  erected  a  frame  building  (very 
handsome  for  those  days)  where  the  Greiner-Brain- 
erd  hotel  now  stands.  In  this  he  commenced  business, 
while  his  son,  William  (j.,  continued  in  the  old  stand. 
There  he  continued  till  his  death  in  1838.  Thomas 
and  Hiddleson,  and,  perhaps  some  other  parties,  sold 
goods  here  till  the  whole  of  the  building  was  made  a 
hotel  called  The  Wilson  House. 

David  Gaskill  continued  in  business  at  the  west 
end  till  near  the  time  of  his  death  in  1847.     In   1833 


132  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

K.  Wri^dit  Williams  married  his  daughter  and  became 
one  of  his  household,  and  salesman  in  his  store.  In 
this  position  Mr.  Williams  continued  till  about  1838, 
when  he  built  the  block  at  the  north-west  corner  of 
Main  and  Kllsworth  streets.  There  he  conducted 
business  some  years;  but  trusting  some  persons  for 
purchased  goods,  and  bailing  others,  he  became  so 
involved  that  he  was  obliged  to  sell  out.  Then  he 
moved  w  estward.  He  dealt  much  in  drugs  and  med- 
icines. Some  of  the  latter  he  invented,  and  sent  out 
agents  to  sell  them. 

In  1S31  Jacob  Heaton  came  to  Salem.  He  first 
worked  at  carpentry;  then  he  kept  a  term  of  school; 
and  next  engaged  for  a  while  in  Wm.  G.  Wilson's 
store.  There  he  rendered  valuable  service,  and 
showed  for  what  business  he  was  best  adapted.  His 
talents  were  observed  and  appreciated  by  Albert  G. 
Richardson,  of  Wellsville,  who  furnished  capital  and 
set  him  up  in  l)usiness  on  Main  street.  There  his 
genial  manners  and  his  proficiencv  in  the  German 
language  made  him  a  formidable  rival  to  the  older 
merchants. 

After  a  few  years  of  great  success  in  selling  goods 
Jacob  Ileaton  went  to  Waynesburgh,  Stark  county, 
and  there  had  a  store.  But  our  Salem  seemed  to  be 
a  lu'ttcr  \)]:[cv  tor  him.  Wherefore  he  returned  and 
entered  into  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law% 
Kmmor  WeavtM-.  Their  career  was  verv  success- 
ful for  some  vears.  C)n  Mr.  Weaver's  retirinjjf,  Mr. 
Heaton  continued  some  longer  "selling  goods,  and 
then  engaged  in  the  insurance  businevSs.  He  entered 
heartily  into  the  anti-slavery  and  other  moral  reforms. 
He  rncountered  some  losses;  but  during  his  time  he 
was  one  of  the  most  usi'ful  citizens  of  the  town. 


THK  MKRCANTILR  BUSINESS.  ^X^ 

Samuel  C.  Trescott  was  the  Hrst  person  to  ron- 
ceive  the  idea  of  estal)lishin<^  a  trrocer}'  here.  He 
and  his  sons,  Isaac  and  Clark,  were,  for  some  years, 
employed  in  John  Street's  tannery.  This  business 
declined.  Then  he  started  a  small  i^rocerv  on  what 
is  now  Howard  street,  a  little  north  of  Drv  street. 
Here  he  kept  some  ^j^oods  of  this  line.  This  was  in 
1834.  He  frequently  went  to  Cleveland  with  a  two 
horse  wajj;"on,  takin^r  some  farm  produce  from  this 
place  and  there  tradint^f  it  for  some  kind  of  <j^oods  that 
would  find  a  ready  sale  here.  And  whenever  the 
aforesaid  goods  from  this  place  would  command 
money,  he  took  it.  This  business  he  continued  vsome 
years  with  a  varied  experience.  In  his  old  ai^e  he 
quit  it  and  betook  himself  to  shoemakintr. 

His  son  Isaac  was  an  important  factor  in  this 
enterprise.  During"  several  terms  he  was  a  popular 
and  successful  teacher  in  the  Friends'  school.  He 
was  also  a  literary  character — a  friend  to  the  circula- 
tion of  good  books.  Wherefore  he  commenced  the 
sale  of  books;  first  in  a  small  way  in  his  father's 
grocery,  and  then  gradually  enlarging.  He  first  dealt 
only  in  books  of  the  best  class.  As  his  business 
increased,  he  dealt  in  books  of  a  miscellaneous  char- 
acter, such  as  commanded  the  best  sale.  In  time  his 
bookstore  became  quite  prominent.  Then  he  sold 
some  dry  goods  and  notions.  But  books  and  paper 
of  various  kinds  were  his  principal  articles  of  trade. 

For  awhile  he  had  three  wagons  traveling  around 
and  selling  the  aforesaid  goods  at  wholesale  and 
retail.  Twice  he  was  burnt  out;  but  succeeded  in 
reinstating  himself  in  business  vsoon  afterwards. 

Isaac  Trescott  was  followed  in  book-vselling  bv 
David  (^albraith,  J.  C.  Marshall,  B.  B.  Davis!  Joel 
Mc^lillan,  Thomas  Honsall,  and  some  others. 


l.U  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

In  .March,  1835,  Jehu  Fawcett  entered  into  part- 
ncrshij)  with  Isaac  Wilson  for  mercantile  business,  to 
continue  four  years.  By  the  terms  of  which,  the 
latter  furnished  goods  valued  at  S6883.  Business 
was  conducted  very  successfully  by  this  firm  till  1840. 
Jehu  Fawcett  then  opened  a  store  in  his  dwelling 
house,  on  the  site  of  Fawcett 's  bargain  store.  He 
soon  afterwards  removed  the  old  wooden  building 
.from  his  lot  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Lundy  streets, 
and  there  erected  a  brick  building.  In  1846  this  w^as 
enlarged  so  as  to  meet  the  increasing  demands  of  his 
l)usiness. 

In  1853  Charles  I.  Hayes  came  from  Chester  county. 
Pa.,  and  engaged  as  salesman  for  Jehu  Fawcett,  and 
continued  in  this  capacity  till  1857.  In  May,  1854, 
he  married  a  daughter  of  Jehu  Fawcett;  and  in  April, 
1S57,  lie  rented  the  store,  and  bv  him  business  there 
was  conducted  till  his  death,  then  his  son,  Albert, 
continued  the  business.  He  was  the  principal  factor 
(luring  several  previous  years.  William  Morris  has 
been  here  engaged  as  salesman  over  forty  years. 

In  1835  Robert  G.  and  Archibald  Woods  came  to 
Salem,  and  opened  a  store  in  the  brick  house  now 
marked  Xo.  101,  (m  Fast  Main  street.  They  were 
Irish,  and  well  understood  their  business,  and  they 
knew  how  to  draw  customers.  They  prospered,  and, 
in  a  lew  years,  built  the  block  now  occupied  by  Dr. 
Rush,  A.  Heck,  Jacob  Hole,  and  some  others.  Since 
their  time  it  has  been  remodeled  and  additions  made. 
Here  the  Woodses  did  a  significant  business  during 
several  years.      Then  they  moved  out  of  town. 

In  November,  1847,  Leonard  Schilling  came  to 
S.ilem  and  engaged  as  clerk  and  salesman  for  J.  T. 
and  J.  j.   iJoone,  who  then  had  a  store  next  east  of 


THE  MERCANTILE  BUSINESS.  135 

the  Town  Hall.  They  dealt  mostly  in  drv  j^^oods. 
There  Mr.  Schillinj^r  continued  four  years  and  ten 
months.  Then  he  took  a  lease  on  the  store  and  j^nxuls, 
and  he  was  joined  by  his  brother  Jacob.  After  the 
lease  they  boui^ht  the  buildinj^^  at  the  north-east  cor- 
ner of  Main  and  Ellsworth  streets.  There  they 
transacted  a  very  successful  business  till  1871,  when 
they  diss(^lved.  Leonard  continued  in  the  business 
and  took  Albert  Brian  as  a  partner.  After  sinm^ 
years  they  took  in  Walter  Brian,  and  moved  to  the 
Gurney  block,  on  Broadway,  in  1877.  They  contin- 
ued thus  sellino^  ^oods  till  1890;  when  they  sold  out 
and  went  into  other  business.  About  this  time  the 
Brian  Brothers  commenced  business.  The  Schil- 
\\n^  brothers  had  a  remarkable  facultv  for  drawin<r 
customers  and  suiting"  them. 

The  parties  heretofore  mentioned  mav  be  regarded 
as  pioneers  in  their  business  in  this  place.  There 
have  been  some  others  who  did  some  business  in  this 
line.  They  dealt  in  varieties,  but  mostly  drv  g"oods. 
After  their  time  each  merchant  confined  himself  more 
to  a  specific  kind  of  goods.  Alfred  Wright  kept  the 
first  hardware  store.  After  a  short  time  Samuel 
Chessman  went  into  partnership  with  him.  Their 
store  became  a  prominent  one  of  the  kind.  After 
some  chancres  it  became  the  property  of  Crumrine  & 
Kale.  The  store  of  Carr  &  Tescher  has  also  done  a 
good  business  in  this  line.  A.  M.  Carr  &  Son  are 
now  dealing  in  hardware,  bicycles,  etc.,  and  J.  F. 
Tescher  in  wag-<ms,  carriages  and  farm  implements. 

It  was  about  the  year  1850  that  the  custom  of  mak- 
ing a  specialty  of  a  certain  kind  of  merchandise 
became  general.  While  dry  gcxKls  were  the  most 
common  articles  of  trade,  drug-  stores,  shoe  stores. 


\My  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

clothin.i^^v^^torcs,  hat  stores,  book  stores  and  some  others 
became  common.  The  time  was  when  boot  and  shoe 
making-,  hat  making,  and  tailoring  were  much  in 
vogue  here.  But  these  trades  are  now  superseded 
l)v  the  read3'-made  articles  that  are  now  offered  in 
stores  of  their  respective  classes,  the  articles  being 
manufactured  in  places  from  which  they  are  furnished 
by  wholesale  to  merchants  of  each  class.  While,  b}' 
til  is  means,  the  articles  are  sold  at  low  prices,  they 
arv  not  always  as  substantially  made,  nor  do  they  fit 
as  well  as  when  made  for  a  specific  customer. 

During  late  years  the  different  classes  of  mer- 
chandising have  been  best  represented  by  the  follow- 
ing: Dry  goods — A.  W.  Jones  &  Co.,  C.  I.  Hayes, 
C.  C.  Snyder,  and  the  Brian  Brothers.  Clothing — 
H.  Cohen,  E.  Greenberger,  and  Triem  &  Murphv. 
Merchant  tailoring — L.  L.  Shoemaker,  J.  H.  Cowan, 
Don ges  &  Co.,  C.  H.  Donges,  and  Herman  Luttig. 
(iroceries — S.  Grove  &  Son,  Seth  Cook,  H.  J.  Kopp, 
J.  P>.  (George,  S.  C.  Moore,  L.  H.  Dobbins,  L.  Tom- 
lin.-on,  K.  H.  McCarty,  J.  W.  Lease,  and  some  others. 
H(hA<>  and  ])aper — H.  C.  Hawley,  Alice  McMillan, 
and  \V.  D.  Turner.  Furniture— Jacob  Hole,  Walter 
Hole.  M.  S.  Smith,  and  D.  E.  Mather.  Drugs— M.  S. 
Hawkins,  Trimble  Brothers,  Bolger  &  French,  and 
Frank  DcRhodes.  Boots  and  shoes— C.  F.  Chalfant. 
R.  Speidel  &  S(m,  G.  M.  Fink,  C.  Thunini,  Day  & 
Townsend,  and  H.  (t.  Teiylor.  Variety  stores — W. 
( ;.  Kawcett,  and  The  Mascot,  kept  by  Miss  Belle  Mc- 
<i;irry.  Besides  the  foregoing  there  are,  and  have 
brtn,  establishments  in  which  harness,  wagons,  farm 
implements,  stoves  and  tinware,  hats,  wall-paper, 
])en<Mlita1s,  millinery  goods,  and  various  other  arti- 
cK's  could  be  purchased. 


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CHAPTER  XV. 

THIO    AIJOIJTION    CA.Ml»Al(iN. 

-^  OME  time  in  the  winter  of  l.S.U  and  1835 
Augustus  Wattles  came  to  Salem,  and 
<j^ave  a  course  of  lectures  on  the  crimi- 
nality of  slave-holding".  Lar^i^e  assemblies  attended 
these  lectures,  and  they  were  heard  with  much  inter- 
est. They  set  the  people  to  thinkinj^,  and  created 
quite  a  furore.  Some  people  rejj^arded  the  excitement 
as  a  foolish  thinj^^.  Slave-holding"  in  the  south,  they 
considered  none  of  our  business;  and  that  those  who 
rej^^arded  slavery  as  a  j>"reat  evil  ou<^ht  to  ^o  to  the 
south  where  slaves  were  held,  and  there  show  the  evil 
of  the  system.  To  this  the  anti-slavery  lecturers 
answered  that  it  was  dan^-erous  to  g-o  there  on  such 
a  mission,  but  that,  by  aj^itatini^  the  subject  here, 
thev  would  show  what  we  were  doini,^  in  the  way  of 
directly  or  indirectly  upholdinj^^  the  system.  If,  by 
this  means  we  could  show  slave-holders  the  iniquity 
in  which  thev  were  implicated,  our  bounden  duty 
would  be  accomplished. 

The  anti-slavery  agitation  was  by  no  means  con- 
fined to  Salem.  This  w^as  not  the  starting  place  of 
it.  Throughout  all  of  the  northern  states  the  excite- 
ment prevailed  more  or  less.  Many  anti-slavery  books 
and  periodicals  were  published  and  circulated.  Some 
of  these  got  into  the  south,  and  there  excited  great 
indignation.  The  mails  were  sometimes  seized  and 
searched  for  "incendiary  publications."  In  some 
instances  papers  and  pamphlets  having  nt»  bearing 
on  slave-holding  were  eagerly  seized  on    suspicion, 


138  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

and  destroyed.  Many  of  this  kind  of  publications 
(anti-slaverv)  were  imported  into  our  town  and  read 
witli  *,^reat  eagerness.  Some  people  took  the  matter 
very  cooly  and  said  but  little, — others  were  not  back- 
ward in  declaring  the  course  of  the  abolitionists 
impolitic.  David  Gaskill,  then  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent merchants,  publicly  declared  the  abolition  doc- 
trine ''A  stinking  thing.''  William  Reed,  a  prominent 
shoemaker  and  an  active  Methodist,  published  a 
communication  in  The  Ohio  Mercury,  in  which  he 
declared  that,  after  giving  the  subject  much  thought 
and  prayer,  he  was  convinced  "  That  no  person  eould  be 
a  Christian  and  hold  slaves."  The  most  of  the  Hicks- 
ite  Friends  joined  in  the  abolition  work.  The  most 
of  other  church  members  kept  aloof  or  said  but  little. 
Many  who  made  no  particular  profession  readih^ 
joined  in  the  excitement.  Some  skeptics  and  unbe- 
lievers took  up  the  subject  as  a  condemnation  of  the 
creed  of  the  orthodox  churches.  Kvery  time  that  the 
mail  arrived  it  brought  some  abolition  documents 
that  were  read  with  as  much  avidity  as  any  war  news 
since  that  time. 

Some  people  declared  that  the  abolition  movement 
was  (mly  a  scheme  to  make  mone3^  This  was  effect- 
ively answered  by  the  self-denial  manifested  by  the 
li'cturiTs  and  other  agitators.  All  of  the  meetings 
wiTropcn  to  everybody;  and  there  was  no  such  a  thing 
as  taking  a  collection,  or  appealing  to  the  generosity 
of  the  pul)lic  for  helj)  to  the  lecturers.  All  opposi- 
tion in  the  form  of  argument  was  completely  answered 
and  van(iuished.  Both  men  and  women  enjjfaired  in 
tile  excitement. 

In  tlie  early  part  of  the  year  1835  a  society  of 
vounLT  pe()i)le  was  formed,  and  it  was  named  "The 


THK  ABOLITION  CA.MPAK.N, 


139 


Philanthropist  Society.' '  They  published  an  able 
address,  in  which  they  stron^^h-  denounceil  slave- 
holdinjr.  Jonas  1).  Cattell,  Isaac  Trescott,  John 
Stanley,  P^dmuncl  Carev,  and  Samuel  Reynolds  were 
anioni^  the  most  active  ones  in  the  enterprise.  They 
were  all  Orthodox  Friends.  Their  movement  did 
not  meet  the  approval  of  some  of  the  older  members 
of  that  denomination,  especially  Amos  K.  Kimberly, 
who  made  the  common  objections  to  the  anti-slavery 
work.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  same  year  a  society 
of  a  more  general  character  was  formed. 

It  was  soon  after  this  that  Marius  R.    Robinson 
came  to  Salem  to  lecture  on  the  subject.     He   found 

a  coniJ^-enial  companion  in  Kur- 
il v  Rakestraw.  They  were 
married  and  became  co-labor- 
ers. Jesse  Garretson,  and  a 
partner  named  Hoover,  were 
then  keepini^  a  store  at  Berlin 
Center.  Mr.  Robinson  gave 
^A^  ^%^,        some    lectures    there,    and     was 

^^m  ^iS3      entertained  at  Mr.  Garretson 's 

house.  One  evening  in  June,  '37, 
a  gang  of  hoodlums  entered  his 
house  and  dragged  out  Mr.  Rob- 
inson. Then  thev  took  him  to  a  place  near  Ellsworth 
Center  and  aj)plied  to  him  a  coat  of  tar  and  feathers. 
When  they  left  him  he  went  to  a  house  where  he  got 
much  svmpathy,  and  a  chance  to  clean  off  his  perscm 
—  the  effects  of  the  pro-slavery  argument.  He  so(m 
afterwards  published  a  full  and  graphic  acc(^unt  of 
the  affair  in  The  New  Lisbcn  Aurora.  John  Frost  was 
editor  of  this  paper,  and  was  a  thorough-going  abo- 
litionist, and  hence  took  much  pleasure  in  publishing 


LIARIUS  R.  RCEIKSOK. 


140  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

the  affair.  This  account  was  copied  into  other 
papers,  and  the  fame  and  infamy  of  the  transaction 
spread  far  and  wide.  Some  of  the  perpetrators  of 
this  outrage,  years  afterwards,  so  far  came  to  their 
senses  as  to  acknowledge  their  malicious  action  and 
ask  forgiveness  of  Mr.  Robinson. 

Rumors  of  other  transactions  of  a  similar  charac- 
ter and  attacks  on  anti-slavery  meetings  by  mobs 
found  an  echo  of  sympathy  and  indignation  in  Salem. 
Especiallv  might  be  mentioned  the  murder  of  Rev. 
Pvlijah  P.  Lovejoy,  at  Alton,  Illinois.  This  occurred 
in  the  autumn  of  1837.  There  were  no  railroads  west 
of  the  Allegheny  mountains  at  that  time;  and  it  was 
about  ten  days  after  the  death  of  that  hero  of  philan- 
thropv  that  the  news  of  it  reached  this  place.  Onh^ 
a  tri-weekly  mail  was  then  received  here.  The  assas- 
sination of  a  president,  or  a  dissolution  of  a  long  term 
of  congrevSS — after  the  manner  of  Oliver  Cromwell  in 
the  British  parliament  in  1653, — w^ould  not  have 
made  a  greater  sensation  than  the  Alton  tragedv. 
Kvervbody  talked  about  it,  even  some  who  were  luke- 
warm on  the  abolition  theme  were  much  stirred  up. 

A  meeting  of  citizens  was  held  in  the  Methodist 
churcli  wliich  then  was  where  the  Disciple  church 
now  stands.  Rinear  Swaim  presided,  and  Jacob 
Heaton  was  secretary.  Addresses  were  given  bv 
John  Campbell,  Amos  Gilbert  and  some  others.  An 
account  of  the  life  and  work  of  Klijah  P.  Lovejoy 
was  read,  and  also,  opinions  of  the  press  in  various 
places.  Some  resoluti(ms  were  prepared  by  a  com- 
mittee of  wliicli  Isaac  Trescott  was  a  member.  These 
were  adopted.  (  )ne  or  two  rowdies  had  the  hardi- 
liood  lo  resi)ond  "no"  when  the  vote  on  them  was 
taken.     Rev.  J.  P.  Kent  carried  the  manuscript  of  the 


THIC  ABOLITION  CAMPAKiN.  141 

proceeding's  to  Lisbon  for  piil)lioati()n.  Tlu-  cdilor 
of  the  Aiircra  was  one  of  the  most  active  abolitionists 
in  the  county,  and  hence  was  very  willintr  to  i)ublish 
an  account  of  this  meetinj^ij". 

A  ^reat  temperance  meetinjj^  was  held  in  Lisbon  on 
the  followinj'  Christmas  day.  One  of  the  speakers 
there  feelin.i^ly  alluded  to  the  murder  of  Lovejov,  and 
declared  that  whiskey  was  concerned  in  the  tra^a*dy. 
It  was  talked  about  with  emotions  of  horror  bv  everv- 
body.  A  y(mn^  lady  named  Henrietta  Fawcett,  who 
had  a  fine  intellect  and  some  poetic  j^enius,  wrote  an 
eleiLiy  that,  perhaps,  deserved  publication,  but  print- 
ing- ])resses  were  then  few  and  far  between,  hence 
many  literary  efforts  were  only  handed  around  in 
manuscript. 

The  rumors  of  other  violent  movements  ai^ainst  the 
anti-slavery  work  found  an  echo  in  Salem.  Espe- 
cially mi^rht  be  mentioned  the  burnin<T  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Hall,  in  Philadelphia,  the  destruction  of  two 
or  more  printing  presses  in  Cincinnati  from  which 
The  Philanthropist  was  issued,  the  application  of  tar 
and  feathers,  and  shaving  the  manes  and  tails  of 
horses  belonging  to  the  traveling  lecturers,  which 
actions  showed  the  vengeful  folly  and  lack  of  sound 
reasoning  of  the  pro-slavery  people.  The  arguments 
of  Augustus  Wattles,  Wm.  L.  (xarriscm,  Stephen 
and  Abby  Foster  were  so  logical  that  the}^  could  not 
be  answered  in  their  style,  hence  the  rabble  thought 
to  do  good  service  to  the  south  by  the  aforesaid 
methods,  thus  only  showing  to  what  a  contemptible 
position  thev  could  lower  themselves. 

The  most  active  persons  in  the  anti-slavery  cam- 
paign in  this  place  were  Dr.  Benjamin  Stanton,  Jacob 
Heaton,  Isaac  Trescott,  Jcmas  D.  Cattell,  John  Whin- 


142  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

nury.  I).  Howell  Hise  and  some  others.  Of  honora- 
ble women  who  gave  aid  and  comfort  there  were  not 
a  t\'w  who  might  be  mentioned.  These  named  indi- 
viduals became  conductors  on  ''The  underground  rail- 
road,^' on  which  Salem  was  an  important  station. 
And  many  fugitive  slaves  on  their  way  to  Canada 
here  got  rest,  refreshment  and  help  on  their  pilgrim- 
age. 

In  June,  1845,  Abby  Kelly  first  came  to  Salem. 
Her  first  appearance  was  on  the  5th  of  that  month, 
at  Lisbon.  She  then  spoke  of  the  magnificence  of 
the  ant i -slavery  enterprise,  contrasting  it  with  the 
revolutionary  war,  and  endeavored  to  show  the  incon- 
sistencv  of  calling  our  nation  a  land  of  liberty  w^hile 
so  many  of  our  fellow^  beings  were  held  in  bondage 
bv  the  laws  of  the  states.  The  revolutionar}^  war, 
<he  declared,  was  merely  about  a  tax  of  a  few"  pence, 
while  the  abolition  movement  contemplated  giving  to 
all  people  their  rights  and  liberties. 

Afterwards  she  was  in  Salem,  and  was  accompa- 
nied by  William  Llovd  Garrison,  Frederick  Douglas, 
Cjiles  Stebbins,  and  others.  A  tent  was  pitched  in 
the  south  part  of  the  town,  near  the  present  cross- 
ing of  Columbia  and  Penn  streets.  This  place  was 
then  clear  ground  and  showmen  sometimes  occupied 
it.  No  other  kind  of  meetings  gathered  so  many 
people  as  thevse.  It  was  during  this  year  that  the 
Friends'  meeting  house  on  Green  street  was  built. 
Anti-slavery  meetings  were  often  held  in  it — even 
before  it  was  fairly  finished. 

"Not  al(Mie  (lid  the  white  brethren  give  voice  to 
llir  (K-niands  for  universal  freedom.  The  escaped 
slavr  liimself  joined  in  the  mighty  anthem  whose 
ipiickening  burden,  swelling  to  amplest  volume,  rolled 


THK  AHOLITION  CAMPAIGN.  14.^ 

from  sea  to  sea.  AmonL,^  tlie  fuj^ntives  werr  Wil- 
liam \V.  Brown  called  William  Box  Brown  troni 
havini,'-  once  escaped  from  slavery  concealed  in  a  hox 
—  and  Joe  Mavson.'-'  who  cheered  on  the  canse  with 
vig^oroiis  songs,  adapted  from  plantation  nulodies, 
but  not  weighted  with  ])lantation  sentiments.  Tlu' 
following,  with  additional  verses,  as  sung  hv  Brnwn. 
was  a  favorite:" 

"  Hoi  the  car,  Emancipation, 
Kides  majestic  throug-li  the  nation, 
Bearing-  on  its  train  the  story, 
Liberty,  a  nation's  g"lory. 

Roll  it  alon<if, 
Throug-hout  the  nation. 
Freedom's  car,  Emancipation!" 

"A  carpenter  shop  about  18  by  48  feet  in  size  was 
built  by  Samuel  Reynolds  about  the  year  1840,  the 
upper  room  of  which  was  the  general  meeting  place 
of  the  people  of  the  town  for  discussion  of  all  sub- 
jects. When  the  agitation  of  the  slavery  cpiestion 
became  so  warmly  discussed  in  the  churches  that 
difficulties  arose,  and  the  churches  and  school  houses 
were  closed  to  the  defenders  of  universal  brotherhood, 
they  went  to  the  room  over  the  carpenter  shop.  This 
building  was  christened  'Liberty  Hall,  '  and  was  the 
cradle  of  the  society  which  was  evolved  from  that 
whirlpool  of  opinion  caused  by  the  counter-currents 
of  thought  respecting  the  slavery  cjuestion.  For 
many  years  it  was  kept  as  a  place  for  discussions  and 
caucus  meetings,  and,  within  it,  a  course  of  lectures 
was  planned  in  which  the  best  talent  of  the  country 
was  engagwl.  This  course  of  lectures  was  deliv- 
ered in  the  Town  Hall,  and  Wendell   Phillips,  Abby 

5 

'^Supposed  to  b(>  a  natural  son  of  James  Ma.son,  ez-U.  S.  Senator  and  (iovernor 
of  Virginia. 


144  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Kcllv,   John  Pierpont,  and  William  Lloyd  Garrison 
were  amon<j:  the  many  speakers.'  '* 

"In  June,  1845,  the  largest  church  in  Salem  was 
closed  against  Abb}'  Kelly,  the  abolition  lecturer. 
The  trustees  of  the  church  gave,  as  a  reason  for  their 
refusal:  'We  think  the  principles  of  the  lecturer 
are  dangerous  to  our  common  country.'  " 

"In  January,  1850,  a  spy,  in  the  employ  of  south- 
ern slave-holders  visited  Salem  and  obtained  some 
inlnrniation  respecting  the  whereabouts  of  certain 
fugitive  slaves.  He  represented  himself  as  the  agent 
of  an  anti-slavery  society  near  Marietta,  Ohio.  Soon 
after  this,  two  slave-holders  from  Virginia  visited 
Salem  and  made  some  effort  to  catch  sight  of  certain 
fugitives.  Their  presence  soon  became  widely  known, 
and  the  c(msequent  excitement  came  near  ending  in  a 
riot.  They  said  that  they  had  been  informed  that 
some  of  the  fugitives  were  in  a  suffering  condition, 
and  were  anxious  to  return  to  their  old  masters,  and 
that  they  had  come  to  administer  to  their  wants. 
Finding  the  people  of  Salem  aroused  and  full}' 
detemined  to  resist  all  attempts  at  kidnapping,  they 
soon  de])arted  towards  their  honie."t 

It  i^  not  certainly  known  when  fugitive  slaves,  on 
their  way  to  Canada,  commenced  passing  through 
Salem.  lUit  they  always  here  found  friends  who 
were  willing  to  help  them  (m  their  journey  from 
southern  bondage.  This  town  became  an  important 
station  on  the  Underground  Railroad.  It  was  for 
this  reas(m  that  Morgan,  the  notorious  rebel-raider, 
drchiri'd  to  iiis  deluded  followers  that  he  was  going 
tn  burn  Salem,  and  water  his  horses  in  Lake  Erie. 
Doubtless   he  had  his  dav-dreams  of  a  jrreat  reward 


"Cdliiiiit.iiiMii  (bounty  Hlslory.  fSalera  newspaper. 


THK  AROLITION  CAM  PA  K.N.  14S 

uiiun  the  confederacy  should  i^^ain  success  and  he 
reco<J^nized  avS  one  amon^  the  j^n-^at  nations  of  the 
worUh 

Some  notable  circumstances  occurred  wlien  tu!;^'"i- 
tive  slaves  passed  throuj^di  this  place,  and  their  mas- 
ters followed  in  pursuit  of  them.  In  one  instance  all 
of  the  colored  peoi)le  kept  to<rether  for  mutual  defense 
durin^r  several  days.  A  colored  <.rirl  was  rescued  and 
adopted  in  a  repectable  family,  and  she  was  then  named 
Ahby  Kelly  Salem.  ( )ne  ne^ro  came  here  and  worked 
for  Josiah  Fawcett  eleven  vears;  and,  durini:  that 
time,  went  and  paid  a  visit  to  his  old  home — even 
went  into  his  master's  kitchen  without  bein*^ detected. 
This  is  only  <me  sample  of  the  ingenuity  used  bv 
some  of  them  in  <^etting  away  from  slavery.  In 
April,  1850,  a  white  and  a  negro  woman  stopped  at 
Webb  s  tavern.  The  colored  people  of  the  town 
interrogated  her  about  her  residence,  destination,  etc. 
And  they  were  thus  led  to  believe  that  she  w^as  being 
decoyed  into  Virginia,  to  be  sold  as  a  slave.  She 
declared  that  she  never  had  been  a  slave,  and  refused 
to  go  any  further.     Thus  she  was  rescued. 

Abolition  meetings  were  sometimes  held  in  Haw- 
ley's  grove,  which  was  east  of  the  town.  The  place 
is  now  covered  with  houses  and  lots.  These  and  other 
meetings  of  this  character  were  addressed  by  Parker 
Pillsbury,  Henry  C.Wright,  Wendell  Phillips,  Cassius 
M.  Clay,  and  other  cham])ions  of  the  abolition  cam- 
paign. 

The  execution  of  John  Brown  and  Edwin  Coppock 
excited  a  due  amount  of  sympathy  here.  The  body 
of  the  latter  was  exhumed,  and  re- interred  in  Hope 
cemeterv.  There  a  monument  marks  his  resting 
place.  The  work  on  it  was  done  by  D.  Plowell  Hise, 
and  the  expense  was  paid  by  John  Gordon.  • 


14^  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Anti-slavery  papers  were  liberally  patronized  in 
Salem.  In  September,  1845,  the  publication  of  The 
Anti-Slavery  Bugle  was  commenced. 

The  first  editor  was  Samuel  Brooke, — after  him, 
Oliver-Johnson,  M.  R.  Robinson,  and  lastly,  Benja- 
min S.  Jones.  Its  publication  was  continued  until 
Mav  4th,  1861.  It  was  a  free  and  out-spoken  paper 
in  the  principles  for  which  it  was  an  advocate.  The 
most  of  the  abolitionists  disapproved  of  interference 
with  anv  political  or  church  creed,  except  wherein 
thev  could  be  shown  to  excuse,  or,  in  any  way,  uphold 
slav^ery.  The  forming  of  a  liberty  party  and  anti- 
slavery  churches  did  not  meet  the  approval  of  the 
ultras.  The  design  was  to  convince  all  churches  and 
|)arties  of  the  criminality  of  slavery,  so  that  the}' 
would  emancipate  all  slaves,  and  repeal  all  laws  that 
sustained  the  S3^stem. 

Now,  their  work  is  finished,  and  their  societies  are 
dissolved.  Slavery  is  abolished  in  the  United  States; 
but  it  has  not  been  done  as  the  abolitionists  wished. 
Very  few  of  them  wished  to  see  it  done  as  a  war 
measure.  They  were  conscientious  in  what  they 
thought  and  said.  Omsequences  the}'  regarded  as 
being  less  of  their  business  than  their  duty  in  speak- 
ing out  and  protesting  against  this  national  iniquity. 


CHAPTKH   XVI. 

TTIK    MKDICAL    1 'K'ol-MiSSK  )N. 

— ^I^ENJAMIN  STANTON  was  l.orn  in  North 
J^    1       Carolina.     At  an   carlv  aj^e  hv  cann.*  to 
^'  Mount  Pleasant,  ( )hio,  and  there  studied 

medicine  under  Dr.  Hamilton.  In  December,  1815, 
lie  came  to  Salem,  and  here  found  a  <^ood  openinjj;". 
The  town  was  then  acquirin<^^  some  sij4;niticance,  and 
there  was  no  physician  nearer  than  New  Lisbon. 
Dr.  H.  Potter  was  then,  and  for  manv  vears  after- 
wards, there  regarded  as  the  standard  in  the  healinj^f 
art.  Dr.  Stanton  soon  jL^ot  into  extensiv^e  practice, 
and  continued  so  fpr  about  forty-five  years.  With 
such  roads  as  there  were  then  horseback-ridin<;r,  or 
jj^oinjj^  on  foot,  was  more  common  than  any  other 
method  of  goin^  about;  and.  moreover,  carriatres  and 
buggies  were  not  easily  obtained,  nor  were  they 
adapted  to  new  roads  through  the  woods. 

During  his  time  in  Salem  Dr.  Stanton  had  some 
students  who  led  successfnl  careers  in  medical  prac- 
tice. Jesse  Bailey,  Alexander  Tollerton,  Thomas 
and  Joseph  Shreve  were  among  the  first.  (leorge 
Mendenhall,  after  his  graduation  in  the  Pennsylvania 
University,  commenced  in  Cleveland;  then  he  went 
to  Cincinnati;  where  he  attained  great  eminence. 
Besides  these  there  were  under  his  tuition  Charles 
Kingsbury,  John  Harris,  Jesse  T.  Boone,  F.  H.  Irish, 
and,  four  of  his  s(ms,  and  a  son-in-law,  Charles  Wea- 
ver. The  latter  practiced  several  years  in  New 
Brighton,  Pa.  Joseph,  the  second  son  in  the  family, 
practiced  some  years  with  his  father,  then  at  Akron 


148  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

some  years.  David,  another  son,  at  the  death  of 
Charles  Weaver,  succeeded  in  his  place.  William, 
anotlier  one,  after  some  3^ears  of  medical  practice, 
took  up  the  le.j^al  profession,  and  is  now  in  Califor- 
nia. Bvron,  the  youngest,  became  a  surgeon  in  the 
army,  afterwards  superintendent  of  the  Northern 
Ohio  Asvlum  for  the  Insane.  Now  he  resides  in 
Cincinnati.  Kersey  G.  Thomas  was  another  student 
who  got  into  good  practice  at  Alliance,  and  there 
closed  his  short  and  noble  life. 

Daniel  Williams  came  to  Salem  in  1827.  He  was. 
a  devout  Friend;  and  he  had  been  a  teacher,  and  took 
much  interest  in  schools,  and,  in  many  ways,  was  a 
friend  to  intellectual  improvement.  He  had  also  a 
svmpathetic  disposition,  which  qualities,  combined 
with  his  standing  in  the  Friends'  Society,  got  him 
much  practice. 

In  1837  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the 
Friends  Boarding  School,  at  Mount  Pleasant.  There 
he  continued  two  years,  and  then  returned  to  Salem. 
After  a  few  years  passed  in  his  profession,  he  left 
the  town  and  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life  on  a 
farm.  He  had  some  students,  one  of  whom  was  a 
I)rother,  named  Ephraim,  who  practiced  a  few  years 
at  Damascus.  Michael  Stratton  was  another.  After 
a  short  career  his  life  suvcumbed  to  ill  health. 

.\  1)1-1  Carey  studied  with  Dr.  Williams,  and,  after 
iiis  graduation  at  Cincinnati,  he  engaged  in  partner- 
shi])  with  Dr.  James  Kol)ins(m,  of  Hanover.  In  1843 
he  returned  to  Salem  and  here  remained  in  activ^e 
practice  till  his  death.  He  was  especially  known  for 
his  skill  in  surgery.  "  He  was  of  philosophic  turn 
ol  mind,  genial  and  sym])athetic,  and  yet  ready  and 
cool  in  emergencies  involving  professional  skill    and 


THE  MKDICAL  PROFESSION.  14'> 

jiulj^^mient.  Tlioiijj^h  self-educated,  he  advocated  lib- 
eral provision  for  schools,  and  took  ])rominent  part 
in  the  educational  affairs  of  Salem,  and  was  (juite  an 
earnest  worker  in  aid  of  the  reformatorv  and  ])hilan- 
thropic  ai^itations  of  his  day.  As  a  practitioner  he 
ke})t  even  with  the  march  of  improvement  and  dis- 
covery in  the  line  of  hiscallini^.  "  About  eij^ht  vears 
of  his  time  in  Salem,  he  was  in  partnership  with  Dr. 
J.  M.  Kuhn,  and  a  part  of  the  remainder  with  Dr.  J. 
L.  Firestone.  He  died  in  1S72,  from  injuries  received 
b}^  being  thrown  from  his  sulky. 

J.  W.  Hotchkiss  came  to  this  place  in  1851,  and 
remained  a  few  years.  He  practiced  on  the  Eclectic 
system.  Many  people  here  entertained  proj^ressive 
ideas  in  medical  practice  as  well  as  in  manv  other 
matters;  and  this  circumstance  therefore  <J^ave  him 
prestige.  He  had  some  students,  one  of  whom  was 
David  G.  Swaim,  raised  in  the  neighborhood.  In 
the  time  of  the  war  he  entered  the  army,  and  became 
associated  with  Gen.  Garfield.  In  the  presidency  of 
the  latter  he  was  appointed  to  an  important  office, 
and  closed  his  life  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Reuben  Schooley  was  born  near  Salem,  and  learned 
the  trade  of  carpentr}-  and  mill wrigh ting.  Both  of 
which  he  pursued  with  much  success  till  some  time  in 
the  forties,  when  he  had  a  severe  spell  of  sickness, 
which  either  incapacitated  him  for  his  arduous  work, 
or  set  him  to  thinking  about  medical  practice;  where- 
fore, after  a  season  of  study  he  betook  himself  to  this 
profession.  Although  he  had  perseverance  and  gained 
the  confidence  of  some  people,  he  appeared  to  manv 
as  if  he  would  have  l>een  more  in  his  right  element 
Iniilding  barns  or  repairing  saw-mills. 

John  C.  Walker  graduated  in  the  Cincinnati  Medi- 


150  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

cal  Collc'tre  and  practiced  here  several  years.  J.  L. 
Firestone  had  a  successful  practice  here  some  years. 
He  married  Miss  Rosa  Prunty,  who,  for  ten  years 
liad  l)cen  a  very  successful  teacher  in  the  Union  school. 
With  her  he  took  a  tour  in  Kurope.  Hezekiah  Scott 
left  the  l)lacksmith  shop  in  New  Waterford  and 
(>])ened  an  office  here. 

It  was  some  time  in  the  forties  that  a  man  named 
Pahner  came  to  Salem  and  commenced  practice  with 
herb  medicines.  He  was  generally  known  as  an 
"Indian  doctor."  Either  the  credulity  of  the  peo- 
ple, or  some  extraordinary  craft  used  by  him,  got  him 
into  extensive  practice.  Often,  half  a  dozen  riding 
vehicles  were  to  be  seen  standing  at  his  door,  each 
one  awaiting  his  or  her  turn.  He  walked  the  streets 
wearing  an  old  and  indented  hat  and  slouched  clothing 
which  some  people  considered  the  emblems  of  his  pro- 
fessic^n.  Liquor  and  some  criminal  acts,  not  belong- 
ing to  legitimate  medical  practice  ended  his  career. 
Yet,  he  was  successful  in  some  cases  of  ague  and 
chill  fever  which  then  were  quite  numerous  in  our 
town. 

A  man  named  Popineau  was  another  ''Indian  doc- 
tor" who  gained  some  notoriety  in  this  place. 

Kelormation  in  medical  practice  has  been  eagerly 
embraced  in  Salem,  by  many  of  the  inhabitants. 
There  have  been,  and  still  are  many  who  believe  in 
temale  physicians,  especially  for  I  hat  sex,  and  their 
peculiar  diseases.  Hence  here  ha.ve  been  chances  for 
some  of  such.  About  1850  Catharine  L.  Church, 
widow  of  Dr.  Church,  of  Pittsburgh,  came  to  this 
place  and  opened  an  office  in  which  she  sold  herb  med- 
icines, and  gave  prescriptions;  and  sometimes  she 
visited  female  patients.     She  possessed  much  intelli- 


THK  MKDICAL  1»KM  )FKSSI(  )N.  ISl 

^ence,  general  knowledj^-o,  and  ^^(uhI  conversational 
powers.  She  was  hi^^^hly  respected  wIkto  known, 
and  was  one  ot  the  kind  of  women  that  are  nuudi 
needed  everywhere.  Miss  Klizaheth  (irissell,  M.  I)., 
he_*ian  the  work  of  a  physician  in  tliis  ])lace  in  lSf)<). 
She  was  a  »^^raduate  of  the  Philadelpliia  Female  Med- 
ical Colle«.i:e,  and,  dnrin^^  her  residence  in  Salem, 
established  a  fair  practice.  She  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia al)out  1877,  and  returned  in  1888,  and  now  is 
practicing  here.  Delia  M.  Walker  is  also  practicing. 
Mrs.  Arter  and  Mrs.  Augusta  Black  have  also  prac- 
ticed here. 

Other  prominent  physicians  of  the  regular  kind 
were  F.  G.  Young,  William  Lyon,  C.  L.  Fawcett, 
John  D.  Cope,  James  M.  Hole,  Kli  Sturgeon,  A.  C. 
Yengling,  A.  S.  Hayden,  Paul  Barckhoif,  James  An- 
derson, J.  A.  McGuire,  and  some  others.  Dr.  Orr 
was  a  specialist  in  eye  and  ear  diseases. 

R.  B.  Rush  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  He  prac- 
ticed homoeopathy  several  years,  and  he  is  now  retired 
from  business.  Thomas  Church,  F.  M.  Clark,  Wil- 
liam K.  Cook,  and  a  few  others  of  the  same  school, 
have  been,  and  some  of  them  are  still  located  here. 
Homer  W.  Thompson,  of  the  same  school,  now  in 
practice  here  makes  a  specialty  of  eye  and  ear  diseases. 
Recently  he  has  given  attention  to  ballooning.  And 
he  has  made  some  successful  ascensions  at  agricul- 
tural fairs,  and  at  other  assemblies  of  people,  within 
a  few  years.  Wm.  L.  Hazlet,  Eli  Garrets(m,  B.  W. 
Spear,  and  some  others  deserve  honorable  mention. 

In  1846  J(>hn  D.  Cope,  a  hydropathic  phvsician, 
established  a  water-cure  institution  at  the  corner  of 
East  Main  street  and  Garfield  avenue,  where  A.  \V. 
Jones  &  Co. 's  store  now  is.     Many  |)atients  came  to 


152  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

l)c'  treated  l)y  him.  For  a  time  he  published  a  paper 
entitled  The  Water  Cure  Advocate.  Its  object  was  as' 
its  name  imported  besides  advertising  his  institution. 
AlthoutJ^h  hydropathy  took  readily  with  many  people 
in  the  town  and  vicinit3%  the  enterprise  was  aband- 
oned in  about  a  A^ear. 

The  profession  of  dentistry  has  been  represented  in 
Salem  in  a  very  creditable  manner.  Samuel  Ball  was 
the  first  practitioner  in  this  art.  After  a  course  of 
instruction  in  dental  surgery  at  Philadelphia,  he  set 
u])  the  business  in  tliis  place  in  the  year  1845.  After 
about  a  year's  practice,  he  went  to  the  west.  He  was 
awhile  in  Indiana  and  Iowa.  John  Harris,  after  com- 
pleting his  studies  with  Dr.  Stanton,  practiced  med- 
icine a  few  years,  and  then  took  up  dentistry.  This 
business  was  then  new,  and  to  many  a  great  novelty. 
He  practiced  several  years  with  great  success  and 
then  retired. 

John  C.  Whinnery  learned  the  trade  of  hat-making, 
and  set  up  in  Salem.  This  business  declined  in  his 
time.  And  then  he  turned  his  attention  to  dentistry, 
and  attained  great  proficiency  in  it,  and  eminence 
in  the  practice  of  it.  After  some  years  of  great 
success,  and  accpiiring  a  considerable  of  wealth,  he 
retired  and  his  vson  started  "in  the  footsteps  of  his 
illustrious  predecessor." 

This  profession,  during  late  years,  has  been  rep- 
resented by  J.  L.  Jamison,  W.  E.  Linn,  H.  K.  Phil- 
lil)s,  K.  Y.  Hogan,  E.  E.  Dyball,  J.  L.  Coffee,  and 
some  others. 

In  regard  to  skill  and  ability,  and  readiness  to 
attend  lo  the  calls  of  the  sick  and  otherwise  afflicted 
])ers<)ns,  the  i)hysicians  of  Salem  will  compare  well 
with  tliosi'  of  anv  other  city  of  the  same  or  largfer 


THK  MKDICAL  PKOKKSSION.  15.^ 

population.  They  have  ht'en  eminently  i)ro«rressive 
in  the  new  discoveries  in  their  profession.  It  need 
not  be  presumed  that  they  were  always  successful. 
We  know  that  not  all  enterprises  are  successful. 
The  healinj;^  art  is,  therefore,  like  all  others.  It  has 
had  its  empirics;  hut  candor  oblij^es  us  to  confess 
that  it  has  performed  many  wondrous  cures.  If  it 
he  asserted  that  our  city  has  had  some  quacks;  we 
ask  what  place  has  had  a  less  per  centage  of  them, 
or  fewer  cavses  of  malpractice? 


CHAPTER  XVIL 

THE   LEGAL   PROFESSION. 

^^OSEPH  J.  BROOKS  came  to  Salem  from  Ver- 
*  I        mont  in  1832.     He  first  kept  a  term  of  school, 

J  and  he  rendered  some  service  as  salesman  in 
Wilson's  store.  He  first  opened  an  office  for  his  pro- 
fession in  a  one-story  room  on  the  north  side  of  Main 
street,  and  near  the  position  of  Lease's  bakery. 
Afterwards  he  had  a  room  in  Jehu  Fawcett's  house. 
Business  prospered  with  him.  And,  after  a  few 
years,  he  built  for  himself  the  house  at  the  north 
west  corner  of  Green  and  Lund}'  streets.  Adjoining 
it  he  had  his  office.  This  house  and  its  premises 
have  been  much  changed  since  his  time. 

In  his  profession  Mr.  Brooks  was  eminently  suc- 
cessful, and  acquired  much  wealth  in  the  form  of  real 
estate.  He  gave  his  son,  J.  Twing,  a  good  education 
in  science,  literature  and  the  polic}'  of  business,  thus 
rendering  him  one  of  the  most  efficient  business  men 
of  our  city  at  this  time.  He  now  holds  an  important 
office  with  the  Pennsylvania  Compan3\ 

During  a  few  years  J.  J.  Brooks  had,  as  a  partner, 
Robert  Crozier,  who  came  from  Carrollton.  This 
was  SOUK'  time  in  the  fifties.  This  partnership  con- 
tinued a  few  years;  then  Mr.  Crozier  went  to  the 
west. 

Mr.  Brooks  had  some  students  who  made  their 
marks  in  the  profession.  One  of  them  was  Martin 
Heckard.  He  was  first  a  very  successful  school  teacher 
in  Sak'm.  After  doing  some  legal  work  here,  he 
went  to  Pomeroy,  Meigs    county,    where  he  ran    a 


THE  LEGAL  PROFESSION.  155 

l)rl<^rht  career.  He  was  elected  judjj^e  of  the  cir- 
cuit court,  of  that  district.  Another  student  was 
Thomas  Kennett.  He  served  as  justice-of-the-peace, 
and  did  much  lej^al  work  in  this  place.  Then,  after 
beintr  on  a  farm  in  Butler  township  for  a  few  years, 
he  emit^rated  to  the  west. 

About  the  year  lS4b  Henry  Ami)ler  left  the  cleri- 
cal profession  and  betook  himself  to  the  law.  In  this 
he  soon  acquired  jj^reat  proficiency,  and  *^ot  some  bus- 
iness. After  one  or  two  years  of  practice,  he  went 
to  the  west.  His  brother,  Jacob,  who  had  been  study - 
intr  with  him  then,  took  his  place. 
.  In  1856  P.  A.  Laubie  came  to  this  place  from  Pitts- 
burj^di,  and  he  entered  into  partnership  with  Jacob 
Ambler.  This  partnership  continued  a  few  years. 
When  the  war  commenct^  he  enlisted  and  rendered 
j^ood  service  against  the  rebellion.  After  the  war  his 
management  and  argument  in  a  case  against  certain 
bankers  in  Lisbon  got  him  into  extensive  business. 
He  was  appointed  circuit  judge,  which  office  he  yet 
holds. 

Jacob  Ambler  has  had  his  abode  here  ever  since  he 
commenced  legal  practice,  doing  much  business  in  the 
courts  of  this  and  some  neighboring  counties.  Now, 
his  son  Byron,  is  associated  with  him.  He  has  served 
two  terms  in  the  Ohio  senate,  and  has  twice  been 
elected  to  ccmgress.  In  1859  he  w  as  elected  judge  of 
the  Ninth  judicial  district  of  Ohio,  and  held  the  office 
till  1867.  Then  he  resigned  and  resumed  practice 
here.  He  has  had  charge  of  many  important  cases  in 
the  United  States  court. 

()ne  of  our  newspapers  published  this  item:  "In 
July,  1856,  there  were  six  lawyers  in  Salem,  and  yet, 
not  one  of  them  was  willing  to  defend  a  licjuor-seller 
charged  with  violating  the  liquor  laws.  " 


156  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Joseph  D.  Fountain  is  a  native  of  New  York  city, 
and  has  been  twice  elected  sheriff  of  this  county,  and, 
has  served  as  mayor  of  Salem,  five  years.  These 
offices  have  ^iven  him  much  prestige  as  an  attorney. 
Frank  Mercer  has  been  mayor  four  years,  and  is  now 
engaged  in  legal  practice. 

Besides  those  of  the  aforementioned  attorneys  who 
are  now  engaged  in  business  in  this  city,  the  bar  is 
now  represented  by  Henry  C.Jones,  Warren  W.  Hole, 
W.  S.  Fmmons,  George  S.  Walton,  J.  E}.  Rogers, 
J.  C.  Boone,  J.  K.  Scott,  S.  W.  Ramsey,  J.  C.  Carey, 
W.  C.  Boyle,  F.  J.  Mullins,  and  Taylor  and  Metzger. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 

SECRET   vSOCIETIES. 

,  I  HE  first  settlers  of  Salem  and  its  vicinity  were 
-L  mostly  of  such  character  as  to  ^ive  hut  litlle 
countenance  to  secret  societies.  Some  time  in  1828 
one  William  Mor^^^an,  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  renounced 
masonry  and  published  a  book  in  which  he  exposed 
the  forms  of  their  oaths,  ceremonies  and  other  secrets; 
and  he  tried  to  show  that  masonry  was  a  very  bad 
institution.  His  book  made  a  great  sensation  in  many 
states.  Soon  after  its  publication  the  author  mys- 
teriously disappeared;  and  then  there  was  no  small 
amount  of  speculation  about  the  affair.  Man}^  believed 
that  he  was  abducted  and  murdered  by  masons.  This 
gave  a  setback  to  the  society  that  lasted  some  years. 
Many  lodges  were  disbanded.  Other  anti-masonic 
publications  followed,  which  were  eagerly  received 
by  the  credulous  people.  During  several  years  news- 
papers and  almanacs  were  publised  bearing  the  title 
of  "Anti-masonic." 

An  anti-masonic  political  party  was  formed.  In 
1832  William  Wirt  was  candidate  for  the  presidency 
on  this  ticket,  and  he  received  a  large  number  of 
votes.  Darius  Lyman,  of  Ravenna,  was  candidate 
for  governor  on  the  same  ticket  in  the  same  year.  In 
this  year  John  Frost  commenced  publishing  the  Aurora 
in  New  Lisbon.  Anti-masonry  was  his  hobbv;  the 
Odd  Fellows,  too,  got  much  vituperation  from  him, 
and  this  got  him  many  enemies.  But  his  literary 
taste,  as  shown  in  his  selection  of  some  good  moral 
and  scholarly  productions,  and  his  temperance  and 


158  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

anti-slavery  principles  got  him  many  friends  and 
patrons,  especially  in  Salem. 

This  paper  was  much  read  and  admired.  A  man 
named  Avery  Allyn  traveled  around  lecturing  on  the 
evils  which  he  attributed  to  masonry.  He  had  with 
him  a  few  companions,  and  with  them  he  would  hold  a 
mock-lodge  meeting,  in  which  they  purported  to  show 
how  candidates  w^ere  initiated.  This  doubtless  made 
much  sport  for  the  ignorant  and  unsophisticated  peo- 
ple. A  publication,  entitled,  "The  awful  and  ter- 
rifying ceremonies  of  the  Odd  Fellows,"  w^as  read 
with  wonder  and  horror  by  some  people.  While  the 
genuine  odd  fellows  laughed  at  their  weakness.  It 
was  much  like  modern  newspaper  cartoons. 

After  less  than  fifteen  years  of  this  impotent  kind 
of  opposition  there  came  a  re-action  in  favor  of  these 
mystic  societies.  It  was  some  time  in  1846  that  J.  R. 
Williams,  knowm  as  "  The  old  missionary,  "  came  to 
Salem  and  commenced  lecturing  on  temperance.  He 
manifested  great  zeal  in  the  work;  and  he  often  lec- 
tured in  the  street,  standing  on  a  store  box.  He  told 
many  quaint  stories  and  anecdotes;  and  his  style  w^as 
peculiarly  impressive,  and  was  effective  in  reaching 
those  who  drank  too  much  liquor.  He  commanded 
respect  from  the  temperance  advocates,  and  doubt- 
less did  much  good.  He  first  told  the  people  here 
about  the  order  of  Sons  of  Temperance.  This  was 
sometimes  represented  not  to  be  a  "secret  society," 
but  a  society  to  promote  temperance.  But  that  it  had 
secrets  had  to  be  admitted,  and  thevse  w^ere  said  to  be 
insignificant  and  not  harmful.  Some  of  the  ignorant 
l)eople  called  this  society  "The  Sunday  Temper- 
ance," and  thought  it  and  the  odd  fellows  were  one 
and  the  same.      Without  doubt,  this  society  did  much 


THE  ODD  FELLOWS.  IS*) 

to  promote  temperance,  l)ut  its  novelty  j^-raduallv  wore 
avvav.  There  was  a  division  in  Salem  that  was  kept 
up  for  several  years;  connected  with  it  was  a  similar 
society  for  boys,  called,  "The  Cadets  of  Temper- 
ance. "  There  was  also  a  society  of  "The  Daujj^hters 
of  Temperance.  " 

These  societies  were  followed  bv  the  "  (jood  Tem- 
plars. "  Their  object  was  also  temperance  and 
mutual  help  in  want  or  distress.  They  all  made  a 
o^reat  show  of  benevolence.  And  they  ver\'  much 
mitig"ated  the  prejudice  against  masonry,  odd  fellow- 
ship, and  other  secret  societies  that  then  prevailed. 
The  futility  of  objections  to  them,  and  the  absurdity 
of  the  ridicule  that  was  aimed  at  them  became  pow- 
erless. 

About  this  time  there  was  a  revival  of  interest  in 
these  orders.  New  lodges  were  constituted  about  as 
fast  as  lodges  had  been  broken  up  in  the  Morgan 
excitement.  The  enemies  became  silent.  And  some 
of  the  best  citizens  of  Salem  became  friends  of  these 
orders.  Lodges  were  constituted,  of  which  the  fol- 
lowing synopsis  is  taken  from  a  publication  in  The 
Daily  News:  ,   . 

l^HE  ODD  FELLOWS. 
"Amity  Lodge  No.  124,  L  O.  O.  F.,  was  instituted 
December  28th,  1848,  and  is  now  nearly  fifty  years 
old.  The  charter  members  were  Zacharias  Bertolet, 
Cyrus  R.  Greiner,  Amos  H.  Levan,  Henry  Kankin, 
and  Simeon  J.  Webb;  all  of  whom  are  now  dead 
except  C.  R.  Greiner,  who  is  not  now  affiliated  with 
the  order.  The  same  evening  six  members  were  admit- 
ted so  that  the  lodge  started  with  eleven  members. 
Since  that  time  493  others  have  united  with  the 
lodge,  55  have  died  while  members,  and  155  now 
remain  working  odd  fellows." 


160  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

THE   MASONS. 

This  was  the  next  secret  society  organized  here. 
It  dates  from  1850,  and  is  the  strongest  society  of 
this  order  in  the  place.  "There  are  Salem  Com- 
mandery  No.  140,  Knights  Templars,  Omega  Coun- 
cil No.  44,  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  Salem  Chapter 
No.  94,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  Perry  Lodge.  Perry 
Lodge  No.  185,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  was 
chartered  in  1850,  and  now  has  170  members.  Salem 
Chapter  No.  94,  was  chartered  in  1865,  and  now  has 
160  members.  Omega  Council  No.  44,  was  organ- 
ized in  1867,  and  now  has  60  members.  Salem  Com- 
mandery  was  organized  in  1886,  and  has  now  175 
members. 

The  new  masonic  temple  is  located  on  the  third 
floor  of  the  Snyder-LeavSe  Ohio  Mutual  building,  cor- 
ner of  Kast  Main  and  Lundy  -streets.  They  have 
secured  a  20-year  lease  on  these  quarters. " 

This  lodge  room  was  formally  dedicated  on  the 
26th  of  June,  1898.  There  was  a  grand  parade  in 
the  forenoon  of  that  day  by  representatives  of  lodges 
at  Warren,  Canton,  Massillon,  E^ast  Palestine,  Pitts- 
burgh, and  other  places.  The  dedication  services  in 
the  afternoon  were  conducted  by  Most  Worshipful 
Grand  Master  Nelson  Williams  of  the  grand  lodge  of 
Ohio.     It  was  a  notable  day  in  Salem. 

THE  ROYAL  ARCANUM. 
"The  Royal  Arcanum  is  represented  in  Salem  by 
M.  K.  Robinson  Council  No.  350.  This  council  was 
instituted  July  3rd,  1879,  with  22  charter  members, 
and,  has  lost  by  removals  to  other  councils,  12  mem- 
Ikts,  and  by  death,  9  members,  having  to-day,  an 
active  membership  of  120.  "  "Fraternal  orders  are 
a  national  blessing.     They  promote  thrift,  economy 


THK  1\M:1)  MKN.  1^)1 

and  sobriety.  They  brin;;-  iiien  into  closer  relations, 
and  cherish  those  feelin«^'-s  that  thrive  and  put  forth 
blossoms  in  each  other's  welfare.  They  make  men 
thouj^I^htful  and  helpful,  e.\j)oundin«4;  the  sentiments 
of  virtue,  mercy  and  charity.  They  teach  us  the 
reli^ncm  that  breaks  bread  to  the  hunj^i^ry,  j^rives  freely 
to  the  needy,  watches  at  the  bedside  of  the  sick  and 
comforts  the  widow  and  the  fatherless." 

THK  KNKIHTS  OF  PYTHIAS. 
"This  Iodide  is  known  and  hailed  as  Salem  Lodi^c 
No.  142.  The  lodj^^e  was  instituted  on  April  24th, 
1SS2,  with  42  members,  some  of  whom  are  still 
enrolled  and  in  g^ood  standintr.  Others  have  departed 
this  life.  This  is  not  the  full  growth  of  the  order  in 
the  city,  but  in  the  last  few  years  several  have  drop- 
ped out  to  lessen  their  expenses.  The  order  teaches 
that  the  true  knight  should  care  for  home  and  loved 
ones  first.  There  are  twent^^-six  deceased  brothers 
whose  graves  are  decorated  each  year,  the  second 
Tuesday  in  June  being  the  day  set  aside  as  decora- 
tion day.  The  motto  of  the  order  is  'Friendship, 
Charitv  and  Benevolence, '  and  the  teachings  are  so 
to  live  that  when  we  come  to  the  river  that  marks 
the  unkown  shore,  our  hands  will  be  filled  with  deeds 
of  charitv,  the  golden  keys  that  open  the  doors  to 
the  palace  of  eternity.  " 

THE  KEI>  -Nn':N. 
"Powhatan  Tribe  No.  149,  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men,  was  founded  in  Salem  by  Henry  A.  Kling 
in  1892,  and  was  instituted  November  12lh  of  the 
same  year  by  Great  Sachem  Knos  Pierson,  of  Woos- 
ter,  with  32  charter  members,  assisted  by  Fleet  Foot 
Tribe,  of  Canton,  and   Leola   Tribe,  of   East  Pales- 


162  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

tine.     Mr.  KHng  was  made  the  first  Past  Sachem  of 
the  tribe.     The  order  in   Salem  has  been   steadily 
growing  and  numbers  nearly  100  members.  " 
SILVER   CLOUD   COUNCIL. 

Silver  Cloud  Council  No.  46,  degree  of  Pocahontas, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  was  organized  by  mem- 
bers of  Powhatan  tribe,  and  was  instituted  May  6th, 
1896,  by  J.  W.  Nelson,  Great  Sachem,  of  Springfield, 
Ohio,  with  76  charter  members,  assisted  by  Osceola 
Council,  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio,  and  Great  Chief 
of  Records,  Thos.  J.  Irwin,  of  Martins  Ferry,  Ohio, 
Great  Junior  Sagamore,  H.  N.  Clemens,  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  Mrs.  C.  F.  Kesselmire  was  made  its  first  past 
officer. 

THE   B.    P.    O.    ELKS. 

"Salem  Lodge  No.  305,  although  organized  only 
three  years  ago,  has  a  membership  of  over  100.  Fach 
year  this  lodge  gives  a  benefit  in  the  way  of  a  min- 
strel show.  These  are  always  fine  performances, 
and  it  has  been  the  experience  that  long  before  the 
evening  of  the  show  every  seat  in  the  house  was  sold. 

In  addition  to  the  aforesaid  mystic  societies  there 
are  The  Daughters  of  Rebecca,  Trescott  Post  of  the 
(irand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  the  Women's  Relief 
Corps,  The  Knights  and  Ladies  of  the  Maccabees, 
The  Martha  Washington  Council  and  some  others. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 

BANKS. 
THE    FARMERS   BANK    oK    SALEM. 

♦  /T^BRANCH  of  the  State  Bank  of  Ohio,  under 
Qj  _L  the  name  of  the  Farmers  Bank  of  Salem, 

was  chartered  February  16th,  1846,  with 
a  capital  of  $100,000,  in  conformity-  to  the  laws 
of  the  state.  One  hundred  and  twenty-three  per- 
sons constituted  the  corporation,  and  took  from  one 
share  to  one  hundred  and  seventy-nine  shares  of 
stock,  of  SlOO  each,  Zadok  Street  taking  the  highest 
number,  and  Simeon  Jennings  the  next." 

"Simeon  Jennings,  JohnDellenbaugh,  Zadok  Street, 
Samuel  Chessman,  Allen  Farquhar,  Joseph  J.  Brooks, 
and  Lemuel  Bingham  were  chosen  directors.  Sim- 
eon Jennings  was  elected  president,  and  Joseph  J. 
Brooks  member  of  the  board  of  control." 

"March  14th,  John  H.  Ebbert  was  employed  as 
cashier,  and  was  succeeded  by  Charles  H.  Corn  well, 
P.  S.  Campbell,  and  R.  V.  Hampson." 

"Business  was  first  commenced  in  the  west  end  of 
the  old  store  of  Zadok  Street,  a  long  low  brick  build- 
ing, then  situated  in  the  middle  of  the  present  street 
of  '  Broadway, '  about  fifty  feet  back  from  Main 
street." 

"In  1857  the  corporation  erected  and  occupied 
the  building  now  owned  and  used  by  the  Farmers 
National  Bank  of  Salem,  and  closed  businevss  in  1865. '  '* 

"The  Crowbar  Law.     Salem  became  the  scene 

Kk>lumbiana  County  History. 


1()4  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

of  a  short  war,  begun  and  carried  on  about  1853  or 
1854,  to  test  the  constitutionality  of  a  law.  The 
democratic  party  had  come  into  power  and  the  legis- 
lature of  Ohio  had  passed  a  law  authorizing  the 
county  treasurer  to  levy  and  collect  taxes  additional 
to  those  called  for  by  the  charter." 

^'The  State  Bank  of  Salem  being  the  only  bank  in 
the  county,  it  was  determined  to  test  against  it  the 
validity  of  the  law.  J.  H.  Quinn,  county  treasurer, 
came  up  from  New  Lisbon  with  a  posse  of  ten  men 
and  demanded  the  taxes  which  were  refused.  After 
a  second  attempt  he  obtained  possession  of  the  bank, 
and,  not  having  the  keys  to  the  vault,  finally  forced 
an  entrance  with  crowbars,  but  found  no  money. 
Thorough  search  being  made,  there  were  found  in 
the  chimney  flue  a  number  of  bags  of  coin,  with  which 
the  sheriff  retired;  but  the  end  was  not  yet.  Suit 
was  afterwards  brought  by  the  bank;  the  action  of 
its  officers  sustained,  and  the  law  eventually  repealed. 
The  odious  enactment  became  known  as  '  The  Crow- 
bar Law.'  "* 

greiner's  bank. 
Greiner's  bank  occupies  a  building  on  Kast  Main 
street  that  was  erected  for  its  purpose  in  1858.  This 
bank  first  commenced  in  1853.  Joseph  G.  Thomas 
and  Hiram  Cireiner  being  proprietors.  By  them  it 
was  managed  and  continued  till  1864,  when  Mr. 
Thomas  died.  Mr.  Greiner  alone  managed  it  till 
18()()  wliin  T.  Chalkley  Boone  entered  as  a  partner. 
In  1S71  he  retired,  and  thenceforth  it  w^as  know^n  as 
liie  l)ank  of  (xreiner  &  Son  until  the  death  of  the 
father.     Since  which  it  has  been  managed  by  the  son. 


"Colmnhliinu  Coinily  Hlsloiy. 


THE  DEMina  COMPANY'S  MANUFACTORY. 


CITY  BANK  or  SALKM.  U)S 

THK    FIRST    NATIONAL    1?ANK    ol-'    SAIJAI. 

"This  institution  was  chartered  September  7tli, 
1863.  with  a  capital  of  S125,000.  The  followinj^r 
officers  were  chosen:  Alexander  Pow  was  elected 
president,  and  Henry  J.  StoufFer  cashier.  Upon  the 
death  of  Mr.  StoufFer,  in  186S,  Joseph  II.  I  loll  is  was 
chosen  to  the  position  of  cashier,  U])«)n  whose  retire- 
ment, November  1st,  IcSTO,  Kichard  Pow  succeeded  to 
and  still  holds  the  position.  Upon  the  death  of  Alex- 
ander Pow,  in  1879,  Furman  Gee  was  elected  to  the 
presidency.  The  bank  was  transferred  to  its  pres- 
ent quarters  in  Pow's  block  upon  the  completion  of 
that  buildinor." 

"Upon  the  expiration  of  the  charter  of  this  bank 
in  1882,  a  new  bank  of  the  same  name  wasor<;^anized, 
with  a  capital  of  S100,0U0.  The  officers  of  this  new 
bank  bein^^:  Furman  Gee,  president;  J.  A.  Ambler, 
vice-president;  Richard  Pow,  cashier;  all  of  whom 
are  now  in  office."* 

FARMERS  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAL?:m. 

"On  the  25th  day  of  March,  1865,  a  certificate  of 
incorporation  was  issued  by  the  Bank  Department  of 
the  State  of  Ohio  to  twelve  corporators,  as  follows  : 
J.  Twing  Brooks,  L.  W.  Potter,  Geo.  En^^^land,  Joel 
Sharp,  Allan  Boyle,  Robert  Tollerton,  James  Bin- 
ford,  Alfred  Wright,  Lew^is  Schilling,  R.  V.  Ham])- 
son,  James  Fawxett,  and  J.  B.  Kerr.  The  charter 
of  this  bank  is  dated  April  1st,  1865;  capital  S2()(),0()(). 
The  present  officers  are  J.  T wing  Brooks,  president; 
R.  V.  Hampson,  cashier.'  'f 

CITY    HANK    OF    SALKM. 

This    bank    was    a    private    institution,    and   was 


"tColuniblana  County  Hl>t<>ry. 


166  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

or'^'-anized  in  April,  1872,  by  Joshua  J.  Boone,  Jack- 
son Cotton,  and  Robert  O.  Campbell.  By  them  it  was 
managed  for  a  few  years,  when  Mr.  Cotton  retired. 
By  the  other  two  persons  it  was  continued  till  April 
1st,  1894;  when  its  business  was  closed  and  settled. 
Business  by  this  party  was  commenced  at  the  corner 
of  Depot  and  Main  streets;  and  afterwards  was 
removed  to  the  Pow  block,  at  the  corner  of  Main 
street  and  Broadway. 


chapte:r  XX. 

THE  KAILROADS. 

^  I  HK  people  of  Salem  knew  something  about  thu 
-L  advantages  of  a  railroad  long  before  there  was 
one  west  of  the  Allegheny  mountains.  Thev  onlv 
lacked  the  means  and  the  enterprise  necesvsarv  for 
such  work.  The  co-operation  of  certain  other  places, 
which  would  have  obtained  quite  as  much  advantage 
thereb}',  was  lacking  also. 

Some  time  in  the  thirties  a  meeting  was  held  to 
consider  what  could  be  done  for  the  pnrpose  of  get- 
ting a  railroad  through  this  place.  Gen.  William 
Blackburn  was  chairman  and  Nathan  Hunt,  secre- 
tary. John  Campbell  and  Zadok  Street  were  among 
the  active  participants  in  this  meeting.  A  report 
of  it  was  published  in  a  New  Lisbon  paper,  and  that 
was  the  amount  of  the  affair,  except  that  it  showed 
that  our  citizens  felt  some  concern  in  such  a  project. 
Several  meetings  were  held  at  subsequent  times,  and 
once  or  twice  Joseph  J.  Brooks  was  sent  to  Columbus 
by  citizens  of  Salem  to  arouse  the  legislature  to  the 
subject. 

Several  surveys  were  made,  which  contemplated  a 
railroad  from  some  place  on  the  Ohio  river  to  Cleve- 
land or  some  other  place  on  Lake  Erie.  But  none  of 
these  projects  materialized. 

The  following  account  of  the  building  of  the  rail- 
road through  Salem  which  has  added  so  much  to  its 
wealth  and  prosperity  has  been  furnished  by  Samuel 
Chessman,  and  it  is  deemed  that  nothing  better  in 


168  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

the  way  of  a  histor}'  of  that  enterprise  can  be  given 
than  l\v  its  insertion  here: 

"The  first  successful  attempt  to  built  a  railroad 
was  from  Wellsville  on  the  Ohio  river  to  Cleveland 
on  Lake  Krie.  This  project  was  started  in  1845, 
and  a  charter  obtained  under  the  name  of  the  Pitts- 
burj^h  &  Cleveland  Railroad  Company.  The  com- 
pany was  organized  and  a  board  of  directors  elected. 
Among  whom  was  Zadok  Street,  and  Samuel  Chess- 
man, of  Salem.  Cyrus  Prentiss,  of  Ravenna,  w^as 
chosen  the  first  president  of  the  company.  At  a 
meeting  of  the  directors  held  in  Salem  after  their 
organization,  for  the  purpose  of  locating  the  route, 
it  was  decided  to  locate  the  road  from  Wellsville 
to  Salineville,  and  Alliance.  Then  via  Lima  and 
Ravenna  to  Cleveland.  " 

"After  that  decision  of  the  majority^  of  the  direc- 
tors, Street  and  Chessman  resigned  their  office  of 
directors  in  that  company  and  immediately  com- 
menced to  raise  a  voluntary  subscription  to  do  the 
preliminary  work  to  start  the  building  of  a  road  from 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  via  Rochester  and  New  Brighton, 
Beaver  county,  Pa.,  to  Salem,  Canton,  Wooster 
and  Mansfield,  in  Ohio,  to  insersect  the  Cleveland, 
Columbus  &  Cincinnati  Railroad.  A  fund  was  freely 
and  quickly  subscribed,  and  a  preliminary  survey 
was  made  by  Capt.  Whippo,  of  New^  Castle,  Pa., 
from  the  Ohio  river  at  Rochester,  Pa.,  to  Salem, 
<  )hi(),  and  a  charter  procured  from  the  legislature 
ot  ( )hio,  and  supplemented  by  the  legislature  of  Penn- 
sylvania, for  a  railroad  under  the  name  of  the  Ohio 
&  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  and  other  pre- 
liminary work  done  by  the  people  of  Salem  in  1847." 

"Immediately  after  procuring  the  charter  in  the 


SALEM  RAILROAD  DEPCT. 


THK  RAILROADS.  169 

early  part  of  1848,  a  company  was  organized,  and  a 
l)oard  of  directors  chosen,  (jen'l  William  Robinson, 
Jr.,  of  Allegheny,  Pa.,  was  chosen  president,  and 
Zadok  Street,  of  Salem,  one  of  the  directors;  Wil- 
liam Larimer,  of  Pittsburgh,  treasurer ;  Samuel 
Chessman  one  of  the  assistant  treasurers  for  Ohio  ; 
J.  J.  Brooks,  counselor-at-law.  Two  hundred  and 
ninety-two  persons  subscribed  and  paid  stock  amount- 
inj^,  in  the  aggregate,  to  over  ninety  thousand  dol- 
lars in  Columbiana  and  Mahcming  counties.  Pitts- 
burgh manufacturers,  having  become  interested  in 
having  a  western  outlet  for  their  productions,  stock 
was  readily  subscribed,  and  the  building  of  the  road 
commenced  and  pushed  with  vigor.  And  when  com- 
pleted as  far  as  New  Brighton,  Pa.,  passenger  trains 
were  run  to  that  point,  until  another  division  was 
completed  to  Knon,  which  is  seen  by  the  time  table 
No.  3,  issued  November  24th,  1851,  Enon  was  reachd 
at  that  date." 

"A  passenger  car  was  run  in  connection  with  the 
construction  train  between  Salem  and  Alliance  in  the 
fall  and  winter  of  1847.  The  constructing  western 
division  from  Alliance  working  east  and  the  con- 
structing division  working  west,  met  near  Columbi- 
ana in  January,  1852,  and  the  Ohio  &  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  commenced  to  do  business  from  Pittsburgh 
to  Alliance  soon  after.  The  Cleveland  &  Pittsburgh 
road  had,  a  short  time  before,  been  opened  for  traffic, 
so  that  railroad  transportation  was  opened  from 
Pittsburgh  to  Cleveland  in  January,  1852.  The  Ohio 
and  Pennsylvania  pushed  the  building  of  their  road 
west  to  Crestline,  and  it  was  soon  opened  to  that 
point." 

"The  Ohio  &  Pennsvlvania  Railroad   had   done  a 


170  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

^ood  business,  and  in  a  few  years  was  consolidated 
with  the  Ohio  &  Indiana,  built  from  Crestline,  Ohio, 
to  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana.  And  here  the  Ft.  Wayne 
&  Chicago,  built  from  Fort  Wayne  to  Chicago,  111., 
was  added;  the  three  roads  forming  one  line  and  one 
company,  under  the  name  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort 
Wayne  &  Chicago  Railway  Company — now  one  of 
the  mOvSt  important  national  thoroughfares, — which 
had  its  birth,  as  above  stated,  in  Salem,  Ohio,  the 
citizens  of  Salem  being  the  first  to  move  and  appro- 
priate money  for  the  preliminary  work." 

From  this  account  it  appears  that  travel  from 
Pittsbursfh  to  Salem  bv  railroad  commenced  in  the 
winter  of  1851  and  1852.  As  soon  as  the  road  was 
opened  to  Alliance  travel  was  extended  to  Cleveland, 
as  the  Wellsville  &  Cleveland  Railroad  was  then  in 
operation. 

The  Cleveland,  Columbus  &  Cincinnati  Railroad 
was  in   operation  before  the  Pennsylvania  &  Ohio 
was  extended  to  Crestline.     Hence,  many  travelers 
to  Cincinnati  from  Salem,  and  even  many  from  Pitts-     j 
burgh,   went  by  Cleveland  till  shorter  routes  were     I 
opened.  I 

In  September,  1852,  the  Ohio  state  fair  was  held 
at  Cleveland,  and  there  was  a  special  arrangement     1 
by  which  people  could  go  from  Salem,    attend  the     1 
fair,   and    return    on    the    same    day.     It    was    then     i 
regarded  as  a  wonderful  opportunity. 

Several  other  railroad  projects  have  been  conteni-  5 
plated,  of  which  Salem  was  to  be  an  important  point,  \ 
but  only  one  has  been  successful.  In  November,  1891, 
a  railroad  from  Salem  to  Washingtonville  was  com- 
menced, and  it  was  completed  and  set  into  operatiofi 
in  September  of  the  next  year.     It  connects  directly 


THK  RAILROADS.  171 

with  the  Niles  &  Lisbon  Railroad;  and  it  now  does 
much  business,  especially  in  the  transportation  of 
coal. 


CHAPTKR  XXI. 

PUBLIC   ORGANIZATIONS    AND   PUBLIC   WORKS. 

l^NTKRPRISES  of  this  character  have  received  a 
p  fair  amount  of  attention  in  our  city.     For 

^^"^^■^     account    of    them    the  author  has    copied 
much  of  the  following  from  the  County  History: 

AGRICULTURAL   SOCIETIES. 
"A  meeting  of  farmers  and  others  residing  in  the 
vicinity  of  Salem  was  held  December  25th,  1841,  in 
the  district  school  house,  for  the  purpose  of  consid- 
ering the  propriety  of  forming  an  agricultural  soci- 

ety." 

"At  this  meeting  Benjamin  Hawley  presided,  and 
Charles  Weaver  was  secretary.  B.  B.  Davis,  Stacy 
Hunt,  John  Fawcett,  J.  D.  Cattell,  and  Daniel  Bon- 
sall  were  appointed  a  committee  to  prepare  a  consti- 
tution to  be  submitted  to  the  next  meeting.  At  an 
adjourned  meeting,  January  8th,  1842,  a  constitu- 
tion was  read  and  adopted." 

"At  a  stated  meeting  of  the  society,  March  5th, 
1842,  the  following  officers  were  elected:  Joseph 
Wright,  president;  Daniel  Andrews,  vice-president, 
Benjamin  Hawley,  treasurer;  J.  D.  Cattell,  record- 
ing secretary;  Joseph  Straughan,  corresponding  sec- 
retary; John  Fawcett,  Samuel  Mather,  and  Stacy 
Hunt,  executive  committee." 

In  October,  1842,  their  first  annual  exhibition  and 
cattle  show  was  held. 

PAIRS   AT   SALEM. 

"In  1852  or   1853,   a  horse   fair  association    was 


PUBLIC  ORGANIZATIONS  AND  PUBLIC  WOKMxS.    173 

formed  in  Salem,  about  thirty  acres  of  land  were 
leased,  in  the  north-east  portion  of  the  villajrc  for 
exhibition  purposes.  It  was  designed  for  the  exhi- 
bition of  all  classes  of  horses,  and,  especially  for 
trials  of  speed,  and  a  half-mile  track  was  constructed 
for  that  purpose.  There  were  about  three  annual 
exhibitions  held,  and  considerable  interest  manifested. 
Charles  H.  Corn  well  was  the  prime  mover  of,  and 
president  of  the  association,  with  Geo.  B.  Weaver, 
secretary;  T.  C.  Boone,  treasurer;  and  Edwin  Phil- 
lips, chief  marshal." 

"In  1855  or  1856,  a  new  or<^anizati()n  was  formed, 
styled  the  'Salem  Agricultural,  Horticultural,  and 
Mechanical  Association, '  by  whom  the  same  grounds 
were  leased.  The  objects  of  this  association  were 
more  varied  and  embraced  a  wider  field  of  enter- 
prise, claiming  the  attention  of  and  patronage  of  all 
classes  of  people.  Much  interest  was  manifested 
therein,  and  the  annual  exhibitions  were  successful. 
These  called  together  large  companies  of  people  to 
witness  very  fine  displays  of  all  kinds  of  stock,  as 
well  as  agricultural,  horticultural,  and  mechanical 
exhibits." 

''Besides  the  annual  meetings  during  the  summer 
seasons,  there  were  monthly  exhibitions  held  in  the 
town  hall,  mostly  devoted  to  horticulture.  These 
w^ere  seasons  of  great  interest  in  this  branch  of  the 
enterprise,  and  some  of  the  finest  floral  exhibitions 
ever  witnessed  in  this  part  of  the  state  were  had  on 
these  occasions.  The  organization  was  in  existence 
five  or  six  years,  or,  until  the  inauguration  of  the 
rebellion,  when  more  absorbing  matters  claimed  the 
attention  of  the  people,  and  the  enterprise  was 
abandoned. 


174  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

"Conspicuous  as  friends  of  the  enterprise  were 
John  Gordon,  Kdwards  Bonsall,  Jacob  Heaton,  Dr.  J. 
Harris,  Maggie  Boyle,  Kdith  Weaver,  Caroline  Stan- 
ton, Julia  and  Susan  Myers,  Mrs.  Robinson,  Mrs. 
Bovven,  Mrs.  Jones,  and  many  others.  " 

No  more  efforts  to  hold  fairs  were  made  here  for 
more  than  twenty  years  after  the  war.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1887,  a  fair  was  held  in  the  Dvans  grove.  It 
was  a  passable  thing  of  its  kind,  but  w^as  too  much 
pestered  by  fakirs  and  blacklegs.  One  or  two  others 
were  held  there  a  year  or  two  before  or  after  this 
one.  They  were  under  the  management  of  tempo- 
rarily organized  companies. 

In  1890  "The  Salem  Fair  &  Exposition  Company" 
was  organized.  And  each  year  afterwards  it  has 
given  an  exhibition  of  agricultural  products,  includ- 
ing, also,  various  kinds  of  live  stock;  manufactured 
articles,  such  as  farm  implements,  mechanics  tools, 
household  furniture,  and  almost  everything  that  is 
used  to  promote  happiness  and  prosperity  were  shown. 

About  thirty-five  acres  are  enclosed  and  fitted  for 
exposition  purposes.  There  are  stalls  for  horses, 
cattle,  sheep  and  swine;  and  there  is  a  commodious 
hall  for  the  display  of  horticultural  products,  fancy 
articles,  and  all  productions  of  artistic  skill.  There 
is  a  race  track  that  is  kept  in  the  best  condition  during 
the  season.  There  are  also  stables  for  keeping 
horses  that  are  being  trained  for  the  summer  meet- 
ings. Privileges  of  these  are  rented  to  persons  w^ho 
have  horses  to  be  trained  for  exhibition  of  speed.  For 
this  purpose  the  place  has  been  kept  in  good  order 
during  several  past  years.  There  is  a  large  number 
of  seats,  and  a  good  stand  for  judges,  from  w^hich 
a  fair  view  of  all  animals  displayed  in  the  ring  can 
be  fairly  had. 


SALEM  FIRK  DEPARTM?:NT.  175 

In  1898  the  lease  of  this  fair  «^^r(>un(l  was  sold  to 
another  party  named  "The  Salem  Drivin;^-  Park 
Company."  And  by  them  it  is  expected  to  he  con- 
tinued, for  purposes  similar  to  the  same  as  heretofore. 
Albert  H.  Phillips  is  president;  Wm.  W.  Burns,  vice- 
president;  William  G. Bentley,  secretary;  C.  H.  Chal- 
fant,  treasurer.  J.  T.  Brooks,  J.  C.  Trotter,  and 
Wallace  D.  King,  directors. 

SALEM    FIRE   DEPARTMENT. 

*'The  first  official  movement  of  the  town  council 
looking  towards  protection  from  fire  and  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  fire  department  w^as  at  a  meeting  of 
that  body,  May  10th,  1831.  Jacob  Snider  and  Benj. 
Stanton  were  appointed  a  committee  to  appropriate 
SlO.OO  for  purchasing  ladder  and  fire  hooks,  and  to 
provide  a  place  of  deposit.  The  next  action  was  on 
the  11th  of  April,  1836,  when  a  resolution  was  offered 
in  the  town  council,  'That  a  committee  of  three  be 
appointed  to  make  investigation  and  report  to  a 
future  session  of  the  council  of  what  measures  they 
deem  it  necessary  for  the  council  to  adopt  relative  to 
protection  against  damages  by  fire. '  S.  C.  Trescott. 
Aaron  Hise,  and  B.  Stanton  were  appointed  such 
committee." 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  council  in  June  of  the  same 
year,  it  was  resolved,  '  That  there  be  six  scaling  lad- 
ders provided  for  the  use  of  the  town  in  case  of  fire, 
and  that  there  be  a  suitable  shed  provided  for  their 
safe-keeping.  Samuel  C.  Trescott,  Aaron  Hise.  and 
Isaac  Bo(me  were  appointed  a  committee  to  carry 
this  resolution  into  effect. '  July  24th,  1836,  the  com- 
mittee on  provision  against  damages  by  tire  made 
their  report,  and  on  motion  it  was  resolved,  '  That 
there  be  an  ordinance  making  it  obligatory  on  each 


176  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

freeholder,  resident  in  town,  to  provide  and  keep  two 
fire  buckets,  either  of  leather  or  tin,  for  each  house 
which  he  shall  hold  for  rent;  said  buckets  to  be 
kept  under  such  regulations  as  the  council  shall 
direct. '  J.  J.  Brooks  and  B.  Stanton  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  present  an  ordinance  for  that  purpose 
at  a  future  sitting  of  the  council." 

''Juh^  28th,  1836,  the  council  went  into  further 
consideration  of  the  report  of  the  committee  on  the 
subject  of  preventing  damages  by  fire,  and  adopted 
the  following  preamble  and  resolutions: 

*  Whereas,  Henry  Mall  and  Amos  Hawley  have  proposed 
to  sink  and  put  in  order  for  use  wells,  each  in  front  of  his 
respective  lots  where  they  now  reside,  provided  the  town  of 
Salem  will  be  at  one-half  the  expense.     Therefore,  it  is 

Resolved,  That  the  town  council  of  the  said  town  accept 
said  proposition,  and  authorize  an  appropriation  for  that  pur- 
pose, provided  said  Mall  and  Hawley,  in  constructing  of  said 
wells,  conform  to  the  direction  of  the  committee  which  the 
council  shall  appoint  to  superintend  the  same,  and  leave  the 
wells,  when  completed,  to  the  control  of  the  council.  Samuel 
Reynolds  and  Aaron  Hise  are  appointed  to  superintend  the 
said  work,  and  instructed  to  have  said  wells  six  feet  wide 
in  the  clear  after  walling,  and  to  have  them  finished  with 
pumps.'" 

"On  October  26th,  1836,  $100  had  been  subscribed 
by  citizens  to  procure  a  fire  engine,  which  was  offered 
by  an  agent  of  the  American  Hydraulic  Company. 
The  council  deeming  it  expedient  to  purchase  it  at 
the  price  demanded  ($250),  the  president  was  author- 
ized to  give  an  order  for  the  amount,  and  the  sub- 
scriptions were  paid  into  the  treasury.  February 
6th,  1837,  the  council  ordered  a  building  erected — 
10  by  12  feet  in  size,  and  costing  about  $100,— in 
which  to  keep  the  fire  engine.  It  was  to  be  placed 
on  the  Friends'  property,  opposite  the  dwelling  of 


SALKM  KIKK  DKPAKTMIONT.  177 

Amos  Hawlcy.  ( )n  the  22ui\  ol"  Si^-ptcinbcr,  1837,  it 
was  resolved  to  tli^  tlirco  wells  in  the  street  in  the 
inll()win_Li'  places:" 

"  'One  at  the  corner,  at  Wni.  Chaney 's  house;  one 
between  the  en^i^ine  house  on  the  corner  of  the 
•  street  and  B.  Stanton's  house;  and  one  at  the  cross 
street  at  John  Street 's.  '  The  wells  were  to  be  seven 
feet  clear  of  walls,  provided  with  j;^ood  pumps,  and 
completed  at  a  total  cost  of  S178.30.  Measures  were 
taken  in  the  councils  of  the  town  t<>  enc()ura,i4"e  the 
orijanization  of  a  lire  company;  and.  on  March  21st 
and  2^)th,  1841,  an  ordinance  was  perfected  author- 
ing the  formation  of  such  a  company." 

In  April  of  that  vear  a  companv  was  orj^^anized,  in 
accordance  with  the  ordinance,  called  the  '  Salem 
Fire  Company.'  J.  K^gman,  W.  Kidd,  J.  Antrim  and 
E.  W.  Williams  were  chosen  a  committee  to  examine 
the  fire  engine  and  ^ive  it  into  the  possession  of  the 
J  company.  This  engine  was  known  by  the  name  of 
'  Soul-Cjrinder.'  J.  C.  Marshall  was  secretary  of  the 
com])anv  in  1842.'' 

"July  17th,  1841,  for  the  more  efficient  security 
<>f  propertv,  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  purchase 
I  another  fire  engine.  The  citizens  had  subscribed 
liberally,  and  the  president  was  instructed  to  sub- 
scribe S166  to  make  the  full  sum  needed,  which  was 
S700.  Samuel  Scattergood  was  appointed  agent  of 
the  council  to  make  the  purchase.  The  engine  was 
purchased  of  John  Agnew,  of  Philadelphia,  and  was 
taken  in  charge  l)y  the  Salem  Fire  Company,  and 
was  known  by  the  name  of  'Columbiana.'  It  was 
afterwards  remodeled,  and,  upon  the  organizaticm 
of  the  Deluge  Fire  Company,  was  given  into  their 
charge.' ' 


178  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

"June  13th,  1861,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
visit  Pittsburgh  to  purchase  a  fire  engine,  and,  upon 
their  favorable  report  the  hand  engine,  'Vigilant, ' 
was  purchased  for  the  sum  of  $1450,  and  placed  under 
the  management  of  the  '  Vigilant  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany;' the  town  hall  being  enlarged  to  accommodate 
the  additional  fire  apparatus.  A  contract  was  entered 
into  between  the  town  council  and  H.  C.  Silsby,  June 
26th,  1869,  for  a  rotary  steam  fire  engine,  to  cost 
S7500.  This  engine  was  received,  and  passed  into 
the  charge  of  the  'Deluge  Fire  Company.'  " 

"A  cistern  was  located,  March  17th,  1874,  on  the 
corner  of  Fourth  and  Lundy  streets,  in  front  of  the 
school  house.  At  a  meeting  of-  the  town  council, 
March  23rd,  1875,  it  was  resolved  that  Norman  B. 
Garrigues  be  authorized  to  place  a  '  Clapp  &  Jones' 
steam  fire  engine  in  the  city  on  trial,  and,  April  20th, 
it  was  voted  to  retain  it.  The  total  cost  was  $3700. 
It  was  named  the  'Vigilant, '  and  given  into  the  pos- 
session of  'Vigilant'  Fire  Company."' 

FIRE   COMPANIES. 

The  first  company  (organized  in  April,  1841),  was, 
l)v  the  ordinance,  to  contain  twenty-five  men.  The 
minutes  do  not  show  that  number,  and,  it  was  not 
until  November,  1847,  that  by-laws  seem  to  have  been 
drawn  up.  In  section  1  of  this  company  it  was  desig- 
nated the  '  Salem  Fire  Company,  'the  name  previously 
adopted.  " 

"The  two  engines — 'Soul-Grinder'  and  'Colum- 
biana'— were  controlled  by  this  compan}-  until  1869. 
April  6th,*  of  that  year,  a  constitution  was  adopted, 
and  the  company  was  to  be  known  and  designated  as 
the  'Vigilant  Fire  Company.'  'Deluge  Fire  Com- 
pany '  was  organized  in  May,  1865,  and  it  took  charge 


TH 1-:  AV A TV: K - \\<  > K K S.  17^) 

of  the  'Columbiana,'  and,  njxm  tlu-  purciiasc  hv  llu- 
town  t'ouncil  of  the  Sil.sby  .steamer,  the  hitter  also 
was  given  to  their  rliarj^e.  'Rescue  Hook  and  Lad- 
der Company'  was  ori^anized  March  31st,  1S75.  " 

By  these  companies  the  tire  dejKirtment  was  man- 
a;;ed  until  the  completion  of  the  water-works.  When 
it  was  found  that  the  pressure  from  the  hydrants 
would  force  water  to  any  height  likely  to  be  recpiired. 
This,  in  most  instances,  superseded  the  Uvse  of  engines. 
Two  engines  are  kept  which  may  be  used  in  an  emer- 
gency. 

There  is  now  a  system  of  fire  and  jiatrol  stations, 
at  certain  places  in  the  city  by  which  an  alarm  can 
be  sent  to  the  headquarters,  at  any  time,  and,  such 
relief  as  may  be  needed,  can  be  sent  quickly.  And 
there  are  three  volunteer  tire  companies,  having  from 
twenty-live  to  forty  members  each.  These  com])anies 
receive  bounties  of  S250  each  from  the  city.  With 
this  they  pay  the  rent  of  rooms  and  the  expense  of 
furnishing  and  keeping  them  in  order.  These  rooms 
are  furnished  with  baths,  and  other  a])purtenances 
for  recreation  and  entertainment.  This  is  all  for 
the  benetit  of  the  firemen,  who  are  then  expected  to 
be  on  hand  in  times  of  fires,  and  render  such  help  as 
the  chief  of  the  department  may  direct. 

THK  WATKR-WORKS. 
"A  large  spring  on  the  Davis  or  Hawley  farm  sup- 
plied the  city  with  water  for  several  years.  In  1860 
Abel  Phillips  built  a  reservoir  of  brick,  24 '2  by  41 
feet,  and  covered  it:  also,  a  tower  with  two  tanks, 
one  above  the  other,  and  each  20  feet  in  diameter. 
The  top  of  the  upper  tank  was  20  feet  from  the 
ground.  Friday,  May  30th,  of  that  year,  after  the 
pumping  of  the  day,  the  water  rose  in  the  reservoir 


180*  HISTORY   OF   SAIvEM. 

six  inches  in  two  hours,  showing  the  spring's  capacit}^ 
to  be  about  1750  gallons  an  hour.  A  contract  was 
made  with  the  authorities  in  1862,  under  which  iron 
pipes  were  laid  through  the  village,  supplying  water 
for  domestic  and  for  fire  purposes.  The  works  were 
sold  to  Daniel  Koll,  who  sold  them  in  1868  to  ly.  B. 
Silver,  who,  in  turn,  sold  them  in  Februarv,  1879,  to 
A.  R.  Silver. "  It  was  sold  to  the  Salem  Water  Com- 
pany in  1887. 

AN    ARTESIAN    WELL. 

"  In  1860  a  number  of  persons  in  Salem,  prominent 
among  whom  were  John  Sheets  and  Benjamin  Pen- 
nock,  put  down  an  artesian  well  with  the  hope  of 
finding  oil.  The  boring  was  made  at  a  point  a  little 
east  of  the  Methodist  episcopal  church,  on  Broad- 
way. At  the  depth  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  feet 
a  vein  of  water  was  struck,  which  filled  a  four-inch 
tube  and  rose  seven  feet  above  the  surface.  This 
unsought  spring  has  maintained  its  capacious  flow  to 
the  present  time.  The  well  was  purchased  by  Abel 
Phillips,  who  leased  the  propert3^  for  a  term  of  years, 
to  the  gas  and  railroad  companies,  having  first  laid 
pipes  to  the  premises  of  these  corporations.  The 
works  are  now"  owned  bv  Albert  R.  Silver." 

By  the  aforesaid  means  and  some. wells,  the  city 
was  supplied  with  water  till  the  system  of  water 
supply  now  in  use  w^as  completed.  On  the  19th  of 
March,  1887,  a.n  ordinance  was  passed  "Providing 
for  the  supply  of  water  to  the  village  of  Salem, 
Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  and  its  inhabitants,  author- 
izing the  firm  of  Turner.  Clark  &  Rawson,  of  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  their  successors,  or  assigns, 
to  construct  and  maintain  water- works  in  said  village, 
contracting  with    said   Turner,    Clark    &    Rawvson, 


THK  KLKCTRIC  LKiHT  .\n:I>  1M)\VKK  COMPANY.     ISI 

their  successors  or  assigns,  for  a  siij)j»]v  of  water 
for  |)ul)lic  uses,  and  j^nxini:;  said  \-illa<xc  an  option  to 
purchase  said  water- works.  " 

This  ordinance  contained  plans,  specifications  and 
every  re(piirenient  of  the  aforesaid  water-works.  ( )n 
the  J4th  of  July,  1SS<S,  they  were  accej^ted  as  eoni- 
pleted  accordin*.^  to  contract.  And  thev  were  set 
into  operation.  Much  of  the  water,  for  awhile,  came 
from  a  sprinj.^-  on  the  farm  of  (ieorge  Rogers.  This 
is  now  shut  off,  and  all  the  water  is  obtained  from 
the  aforesaid  Hawley  spring,  and  from  wells  drilled 
at  the  tank  in  the  western  part  of  the  citv. 

By  en«;rines  at  these  places  water  is  pumped  into 
the  stand  pipe  (m  Kast  Main  street,  and  thence  hv 
pipes  is  conveyed  to  all  parts  of  the  city.  The  stand 
pipe  is  eig-hty  feet  hig-h,  and  thirty  feet  in  diameter, 
havinj^j;"  a  capacity  for  3(10,000  g-allons.  FrcMu  this 
the  city  is  now  amply  supplied  with  water  for  all 
purposes,  includinij;'  what  may  be  needed  in  time  of 
fires. 

thp:  salp:m  (iAs  light  company. 

This  c(mipany  was  chartered  November  3()th,  1858. 
An  establishment  for  the  makintj-  of  <jas  was  soon 
afterwards  built.  At  one  time  the  capital  stock  was 
over  $15,000.  It  continued  to  supply  lig"ht  to  the  city 
until  the  electric  Hg-hts  were  constructed.  Since  that 
time  gas  light  has  been  much  less  us.ed,  although  the 
plant  is  still  kept  in  use. 

THK    KLECTRIC    LKiHT    AND    PoWKR    COMPANY'. 

This  organization  was  formed  some  time  in  18S7, 
and  got  its  works  so  far  progressed  as  to  commence 
giving  the  city  an  incandescent  light,  commencing- 
April  1st,  1888.      In   February.  1894,  arc  lights  were 


1S2  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

v^ubstituted.  B}'  these  the  streetvS  have  been  bril- 
Hantlv  lighted  ever}^  night.  Lights  of  both  kinds 
have  been  furnished  to  dwellings,  stores,  workshops, 
and  wherever  wanted.  This  establishment  also  fur- 
nishes motive  power  for  the  street  railwa}^  cars. 

An  ordinance  "Granting  to  the  Salem  Klectric 
Railway  Compan}^  the  right  to  construct  and  operate 
a  street  railwa}^"  was  passed  by  the  city  council  on 
the  27th  da}^  of  September,  1889.  They  thereupon 
commenced,  and  finished  it  in  the  ensuing  3^ear;  so 
that  street  cars  were  started  on  the  23rd  day  of  May, 
1890;  and  they  have  been  in  successful  operation  ever 
since. 

SALEM    BANDS. 

"A  band  was  organized  in  this  place,  called  the 
'Salem  Whig  Band, '  in  1840,  and  continued  in  exist- 
ence until  1846.  A  free  concert  was  given  in  the 
district  school  house,  June  11th,  1842,  in  which 
twenty-two  pieces  were  rendered.  About  the  year 
1854  or  1855,  a  band  was  organized  for  the  presiden- 
tial campaign  of  1856,  and  continued  in  existence  for 
a  year  or  two,  the  members  furnishing  their  own 
instruments  and  instructor.  " 

"In  the  spring  of  1859,  a  new^  organization  was 
perfected,  and  new  instruments  purchased,  the  citi- 
zens contributing  about  S30  for  that  purpose.  This 
band  played  through  the  presidential  campaign  of 
1860,  and,  in  the  fall  of  1861,  three  or  four  of  their 
number  enlisted  in  the  band  of  the  19th  Ohio  volun- 
teer infantry.  After  their  return  from  the  army  the 
band  ])racticed  but  little,  and  only  for  occasions  of 
public  interest  until  1865,  when  the  'Salem  Cornet 
Band'  was  organized.  N.  B.  Garrigues  was  chosen 
leader,  and  continued  in  that  position  through  sev- 
eral reorganizations.' ' 


SALKM   HANDS.  183 

"In  18()(),  with  aid  received  from  the  cili/Cc-ns.  and. 
about  S200  realized  from  concerts,  the  l)and  pur- 
chased a  set  of  (iernian-sil\  er  instruments,  l^rof. 
D.  Marble,  of  Akron,  (  )..  was  enj^a^ed  as  instructor. 
In  1S()9  this  band,  u])()n  invitation,  accompanied  a 
party  of  excursionists  in  a  tri])  to  Lake  Superior,  vis- 
itin*r  Thunder  Hay,  Fort  Williams,  Isle  Roval,  the 
coppered  district,  Eaj^de  Harbor,  the  Pictured  Hocks, 
and  M  arquette.  In  1870  uniforms  were  l)OU<j:ht  at 
an  expense  of  S700  or  SSOO,  of  which  ab(mt  S275  were 
C(mtributed  by  citizens.  January  3rd,  1<S75,  a  new 
set  of  instruments,  nine  in  numlier,  was  purchased  by 
the  band  at  a  cost  of  S542.25.  A  concert  was  »j;-iven 
in  Concert  Hall  by  this  band,  assisted  bv  Miss  Abbie 
Whinnery,  who  had  just  returned  from  Europe,  a 
finished  soloist,  and  ^liss  Celestia  Wattles  of  the 
Conservatory  of  Music,  Oberlin,  Ohio.  The  net 
profit  of  the  concert  was  S260.  The  ortranizati(m 
was  then  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  acquired  an 
extended  reputation  for  musical  ability. 

This  band  became  disbanded  after  a  few  years. 
Then  there  were  some  org-anizations  of  this  charac- 
ter that  held  together  only  a  little  while;  one  of 
which  was  composed  of  colored  people. 

The  Quaker  City  Band  was  organized  on  the  15th 
of  February,  18%;  and  now  it  has  tifteen  members. 
They  meet  twice  a  week  for  practicing,  and  for 
sociability.  The  cultivation  and  promotion  of  the 
latter  is  one  of  their  objects. 

They  intend  to  give  a  concert  every  winter;  and 
they  would  give  evening  concerts  on  the  streets  if 
there  w^ere  suitable  places.  They  have  had  engage- 
ments in  some  of  the  neighboring  towns  and  cities; 
one  of  which  was  at   Toledo.  Ohio,  for  the    Knijjfhts 


lcS4  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Templar,  in  September,  1897.  This  band  is  now 
self-supporting,  and  the  members  regard  their  future 
as  bright.  Their  executive  board  now  consists  of 
George  Chappell,  Jerry  Shaffer,  and  Edward  L.  Gil- 
son.  Their  room  is  in  the  block  at  the  northwest 
corner  of  Main  and  Ellsworth  streets. 

THE   HOME   FOR   AGED   WOMEN. 

This  institution  is  situated  on  the  south  side  of 
Kast  Main  street,  and  it  occupies  a  commanding 
position.  There  is  a  nice  lawn  in  front  of  it,  where- 
on some  shade  trees  have  been  planted.  The  number 
of  inmates  has  not  yet  been  very  large,  in  conse- 
quence of  a  lack  of  rooms  for  their  accommodation. 
The  property  for  the  "Home"  was  purchased  in  the 
first  place,  and  some  of  its  expenses  defra3^ed  by  the 
proceeds  of  a  legacy  of  SlOOO,  given  by  Mrs.  Eliza 
Jennings,  widow  of  Simeon  Jennings,  and  a  consid- 
erable donation  from  the  estate  of  Tacy  Wilson,  who 
in  her  time  was  well  known  in  Salem.  Several  citi- 
zens of  the  place  also  contributed  liberally  for  its 
benefit. 

From  a  published  report  the  follow^ing  is  copied: — 

"In  the  month  of  June,  1886,  a  number  of  ladies 
of  Salem  interested  in  establivshing  a  home  for  aged 
women,  met  at  the  house  of  Sibyl  Street  to  talk  the 
matter  over.  Mrs.  Hannah  Koll,  who  had  long  been 
interested  in  the  matter  and  who  was  instrumental 
in  getting  the  ladies  together,  stated  the  object  of 
tile  meeting.  After  some  conference  they  decided 
to  adjourn,  and  if  enough  interest  was  manifested  to 
meet  again  in  two  weeks.  At  a  subsequent  meeting 
a  ])ermanent  organization  was  effected." 

"In  February,  1887,  property  known  as  the  Evans 
homestead  was  purchased  and  $1000  paid  on  it.     The 


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HOME  FOR  A(;ED  WOMEN.  1S5 

following  year  the  balance  of  the  debt  was  paid  by 
contributions  from  tlie  j^enerous  citizens  of  Salem, 
and  on  the  4th  day  of  ( )ctober,  1888,  the  home  for 
ix^ed  women  was  opened  and  the  inmates  entered. 
Four  hundred  and  thirty-three  dollars  and  twenty- 
nine  cents  was  all  the  money  left  in  the  treasury  at 
this  time,  but  with  this  sum  and  faith  that  the  work 
would  prosper  because  it  was  a  work  of  loye,  the 
management  concluded  to  go  (m.  Their  faith  has 
not  been  in  yain.  " 

"Mrs.  Phebe  Gruell  kindly  donated  her  services 
as  matrcm  the  first  year,  and  to  her  watchfulness 
and  untiring  efforts  the  home  owes  much  of  its  early 
success.  The  object  of  estal^lishing  such  a  home 
was  to  care  for  aged  and  infirm  women  of  good  char- 
acter and  small  means.  By  placing  their  little  fortune 
in  the  hands  of  the  society,  even  if  it  were  only  S20(), 
they  could  secure  a  home  and  comfort  and  care  for 
the  remaining  days  of  their  lives." 

Mrs.  Gruell  was  succeeded  by  Mrs.  Eliza  Marple, 
who  served  during  a  few  years.  Mrs.  Lucy  Pettis 
now  serves  in  that  capacity.  And  she  is  represented 
as  "considerate  and  kind  to  each  member  of  her 
household,  whose  welfare  depends  so  much  on  her 
care."  ^lany  applications  for  admission  as  board- 
ers or  inmates  have  been  made,  but  were  necessarily 
refused  f(^r  want  of  room. 


chapti:r  xxii. 

ANECDOTES   AND    MISCELLANIES. 

QyTUGB.  BURNS  came  from  Chartiers,  Wash- 
♦  r~l  ington  County,  Pa. ,  and  settled   on  the 

V^^-^  section  south-west  of  that  entered  by 
Job  Cook  and  John  Straughan.  Soon  afterwards 
Jonathan  Stanley  came  from  Virginia,  and  purchased 
a  hundred  acres  from  Job  Cook  cornering  Burns 's. 
The  wife  of  the  latter  had  heard  ill  reports  about 
the  character  of  the  Quakers,  wherefore  when  she 
heard  that  a  family  of  that  obnoxious  class  had  come 
and  would  be  neighbors,  she  held  up  her  hands  in 
horror  and  declared  that  they  "would  be  obliged  to 
sell  out  and  go  back  to  Chartiers.' ' 

Soon  after  the  Stanleys  were  fairly  settled,  the 
wife  of  Job  Cook  went  to  their  house  and  asked 
Mary  Stanley  to  go  with  her  on  a  neighborly  visit 
to  Hugh  Burns 's.  There  her  plain  dress  and  plain 
language  were  quite  a  novelty  to  one  who  had  never 
vseen  a  person  of  the  Quaker  persuasion.  Notwith- 
standing these  peculiarities,  such  an  impression  was 
made  that  Mrs.  Burns  was  convinced  that  the  Qua- 
kers  were  not  such  bad  people  as  in  her  delusion  she 
had  thought  them  to  be.  And  thenceforth  these 
women  became  close  friends  while  they  lived. 

When  Mrs.  Burns  apprehended  that  her  end  was 
near,  she  requested  that  a  plain  cap,  such  as  the 
Friends  wore,  should  be  made  and  placed  on  her 
head  at  the  time  of  her  burial.  This  was  therefore 
done  by  Mary  Stanley. 

Maria  Britt. — Some  time  in  the  twenties  a  fugi- 


ANECDOTES  AND  MISCELLANIES.  187 

tive  slave  woman  of  this  name  came  to  Salem.  Here 
she  found  a  place  of  refuj^e  and  employment  amonj^ 
the  people  called  Quakers;  especially  Samuel  Davis, 
By  the  proceeds  of  her  work  she  ^ot  a  lot  from  him 
<m  what  is  now  Green  street.  It  is  now  occupied  by 
a  small  dwellinjj;"  house  which  for  scmie  years  was 
used  for  the  Episcopal  church.  On  this  lot  a  small 
brick  house  was  built  in  which  she  passed  most  of 
the  remainder  of  her  life.  But  the  course  of  liberty 
with  her  (like  the  course  of  love  with  some  rustic 
swains)  did  not  run  smoothly.  She  had  a  husband 
who  was  held  in  bondage  in  the  South;  and  like  any 
true  and  faithful  wife,  she  wished  him  here,  that  he, 
too,  mi^ht  share  with  her  the  blessings  of  liberty,  as 
it  could  be  had  in  this  place.  Wherefore  she  got 
some  one  of  her  white  friends  to  write  a  letter  to 
him.  By  some  mishap  this  letter  got  into  the  hands 
of  her  old  master,  who  set  about  the  job  of  rescuing 
her. 

A  relative  of  Dr.  Stanton,  who  lived  in  Steuben- 
ville,  got  wind  of  the  plot,  and  he  thereupcm  sent 
word  that  the  master  was  coming  hither  in  search 
of  his  ''property.'''  Thereupon  Maria  was  clandes- 
tinely sent  to  Conneaut,  a, settlement  of  Friends, 
near  the  north-east  corner  of  Trumbull  county,  and 
just  over  the  State  line.  There  she  remained  till  it 
was  deemed  safe  for  her  to  return  to  Salem.  During 
her  absence  a  mysterious  stranger  came  to  Salem, 
and  stopped  some  days  at  one  of  the  taverns.  He 
frequently  walked  the  streets  and  peeped  into  the 
houses,  especially  the  kitchens,  but  he  did  not  find 
his  lost  ''property." 

Maria  Britt  found  some  true  friends  here  besides 
the  Quakers,   and   she  made  a  fair  living  by  doing 


188  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

such  work  as  washing,  house  cleaning,  cooking  wed- 
ding dinners,  etc.  Thus  she  made  herself  very  useful 
to  the  people  here.  Being  of  a  pious  turn  she  took 
delight  in  attending  religious  meetings.  But  there 
prejudice  of  color  prevailed,  and  she  felt  much  embar- 
rassed. None  of  the  meeting-houses  were  then  so 
far  advanced  in  modern  improvements  as  to  have 
"Negro  Pews"  or  "Galleries  for  colored  people." 

"Samuel  Davis  was  an  excellent  judge  of  human 
nature,  and  settled  more  law-suits  by  conciliation 
between  disputants,  in  the  last  few  years  of  his  life, 
than  did  the  courts,  and  assisted  often,  financially, 
in  adjusting  compromises;  his  love  of  humanity  lead- 
ing him  to  prevent  resort  to  'legal  suasion, '  as  he 
termed  suits  at  law." 

"He  was  always  on  the  alert  for  the  ludicrous, 
and  many  bits  of  humor  are  told  of  him;  one  of 
which  is  as  follow^s:  A  Dutchman  went  out  beside 
a  spring  to  indulge  in  a  private  drink  from  his  bot- 
tle; he  there  encountered  Davis,  whom  he  invited  to 
partake.  Davis  at  first  declined,  but  when  urged 
appeared  to  consent,  remarking  that  he  'couldn't 
take  it  undiluted."  He  thereupon  suggested  that 
the  whiskey  be  poured  into  the  'run, '  while  he  drank 
from  just  below.  The  Dutchman  complied,  and,  as 
Davis  continued  to  drink  and  called  for  more,  the 
Dutchman  continued  to  pour  until  the  bottle  was 
empty.  All  too  late  to  save  a  portion  for  himself 
the  Dutchman  discovered  that  he  had  been  duped, 
and  that  Davis  had  taken  water  only,  'straight. ' 
He  afterwards  declared,  'I  never  had  no  Yankee 
come  it  over  me,  or  cheat  me  so  pad  as  Sammy 
Davis. '  ''* 

'i'Coluniblana  County  History. 


ANECDOTES  AND  MISCELLANIES.  180 

.  John  Straughan  and  Job  Cook  hou^^ht  tlu- 
section  from  which  the  south-west  part  of  tho  town 
was  formed.  In  dividinjr  the  land  the  latter  ^^oi  the 
south  half;  and  he  took  a  n<>tion  that  Strau^rhan  j^^oi 
an  undue  advanta^^e  hv  the  location  of  a  sl)rin.<,^  <»r 
somethin^r  else.  Wherefore  when  John  had  cut 
some  lo^s  for  buildin^^  a  cabin,  he  took  reviMij^a-  by 
following  and  cuttinj^  them  in  two.  Samuul  Davis, 
as  a  peace-maker,  rebuked  him  for  such  an  improper 
action,  and  told  him  that  "that  was  not  the  way  for 
people  in  a  new  country  to  do.' '  And  by  this  means 
a  reconciliation  was  etfected. 

Job  Cook  was  an  unlettered  man  quite  boorish  in 
manners.  But  he  was  one  that  stood  for  his  rii^'-hts, 
and  he  was  sensitive  about  anythin^^  bein<r  imposed 
on  him  more  than  ordinary  duties.  A  neighbor  (mce 
borrowed  a  drawing-knife  of  him,  and  was  rather 
slow  in  returning  it.  When  reminded  of  his  negli- 
gence and  the  article  was  offered  to  him,  he  refused 
to  take  it,  and  required  the  borrower  to  carry  it  to  his 
house.  Many  borrowers  in  our  days  need  to  be  served 
in  the  same  manner. 

Isaiah  Bowker  came  from  New  Jersey,  in  early 
times,  bringing  his  family  and  household  goods  in  an 
old-fashioned  covered  wagon.  They  cam|)ed  one 
night  on  land  now  owned  by  heirs  of  Joshua  Hilliard; 
the  whole  family  sleeping  in  the  wagon.  Karlv  in 
the  morning,  ^Irs.  Bowker  awakened  her  husband  and 
told  him  that  there  was  a  calf  close  by.  Isaiah  recog- 
nized the  animal  as  a  deer,  took  his  gun  and  shot  it. 
And  then  the  family  had  a  breakfast  of  venison  good 
enough  for  any  of  the  epicures  of  the  town  at  this 
day;  only  not  in  modern  restaurant  style. 

John  Webb  settled  on  the  first  section  north  of 


190  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

that  on  which  Salem  was  commenced.  He  came  froqi 
Maryland,  about  the  year  1805.  He  built  a  cabin  and 
commenced  clearing  the  land.  In  his  family  he  had 
seven  sons  and  four  daughters.  Soon  after  he  was 
thus  fixed  in  a  new  home,  Philip  Bowman  with  his 
family  came  along  in  a  wagon  and  stopped  for  a 
night  with  the  Webbs.  He  had  entered  a  section 
further  north  and  was  now  on  his  way  to  it.  The 
second  son  in  the  Webb  family  then  and  there  com- 
menced acquaintance  with  one  of  the  daughters  of  the 
newcomers  that  ripened  into  a  marriage  from  which 
came  nine  children. 

A  Father's  Choice. — Some  time  in  the  last  years 
of  the  last  centur}^  a  Mr.  Jennings,  who  resided 
somewhere  in  the  state  of  New  Jersey,  took  a  trip  to 
certain  places  in  western  Pennsylvania  and  Virginia. 
At  one  place  where  he  stopped,  he  saw  a  blooming 
maiden,  named  Rebecca  Kverly,  whose  appearance 
pleased  him.  On  returning  to  his  home,  he  told  his 
son,  Levi,  about  her,  and  encouraged  him  to  go  and 
see  her.  Also  saying  that  he  had  selected  her  for  his 
wife.  Levi,  then  a  young  man  went,  saw  her  and 
gained  her  hand  in  marriage.  They  first  settled  in 
Beaver  county.  Pa.  Afterwards  they  moved  to  the 
farm  now  occupied  by  Lovern  L.  Cook,  on  the  Deer- 
field  road.  That  land  was  cleared  and  put  into  good 
condition.  And  they  raised  four  sons*  and  four 
daughters.  Some  of  their  descendants  now  reside  in 
Salem.  The  conjugal  union  of  this  venerable  couple 
was  eminently  happy;  each  of  whom  reached  the  ripe 
age  of  eighty-five.  And  their  adaptedness  for  each 
other  shows  that  parental  judgment  is  not  always  to 

^Namely  :  Simeon,  Levi,  Jesse  and  William— three  of  whom  were  well  known 
in  Hiilem. 


ANECDOTES  AND  MISCELLANIES.  !<)! 

be  disregarded  in  making  marriage  alliances  for  hope- 
ful sons  and  daughters. 

Thomas  Webb,  oldest  son  of  John  Webb,  married 
Naomi  Smith,  daughter  of  Samuel  Smith.  And  they 
commenced  house-keeping  in  a  cabin,  somewhere  on 
what  is  now  the  Brooks  farm  No.  1.  One  dav  the 
dogs  were  heard  barking,  and  Mrs.  Webb  discovered 
that  they  had  a  bear  treed.  Taking  an  ax  she  cut 
down  the  tree,  and  the  dogs  then  tackled  the  bear, 
and  she  went  with  the  ax  to  their  help.  The  ani- 
mal was  soon  dispatched,  but  in  such  a  mangled  con- 
dition that  its  skin  was  spoiled.  Bear  skins  were 
then  articles  of  some  value.  Soon  the  dogs  were 
heard  barking  at  another.  This  tree  also  was  cut 
down.  And  that  she  might  not  spoil  its  skin,  she 
used  the  poll  of  the  ax.  And  this  bear  was  killed, 
but  with  much  more  difficulty  than  the  other. 

A  MAN  named  Icenhour  lived  somewhere  in  Goshen- 
township.  At  one  time  he  had  his  neighbors  assem- 
bled to  help  raise  a  building.  For  them  a  good  din- 
ner had  to  be  furnished;  and  he  discovered  in  time 
that  he  had  not  meat  enough  for  the  purpose.  Taking 
his  rifle,  he  went  into  the  woods,  and  there  found  a 
flock  of  wild  turkeys,  from  which  he  got  enough  to 
give  his  good  neighbors  a  feast  that  might  have  done 
ample  justice  to  a  modern  Thanksgiving;  style  only 
excepted. 

Robert  French  drove  the  first  wagon  that  went 
from  Salem  to  the  place  where  Damascus  now  is. 
The  party  started  at  daylight,  and  reached  their  des- 
tination at  dark.  They  were  obliged  to  open  the 
road  as  they  went  along.  Anthony  Morris'  family 
were  thus  moved  and  settled  there.  Wild  animals 
then  were  not  scarce.     Wolves  and  bears  were  some- 


192  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

times  troublesome.  Mrs.  Morris  once  heard  a  great 
fuss  in  the  hog-pen.  Going  to  see  what  it  was,  she 
found  a  bear  trying  to  carry  off  one  of  the  shoats. 
Bruin  then  turned  his  attention  to  her  and  the  dog, 
whereupon  she  retreated  to  the  house,  and  kept  the 
animal  at  bay  till  the  arrival  of  her  husband.  She 
signalled  to  him  the  state  of  affairs,  and  he  came  up 
without  being  seen  by  the  bear,  and  then  his  rifle 
pronounced  the  death  warrant  of  the  "  varmint.  " 

An  Kncou]>?ter  with  Wolves.— Thomas  Spen- 
cer, who  was  well  known  in  Salem,  in  his  last  days, 
was  raised  on  the  farm  now  belonging  to  the  heirs  of 
Israel  Barber,  two  miles  west  of  Salem.  When  a 
young  man,  he,  one  evening,  went  on  horseback  into 
the  woods  on  some  errand.  Somewhere  on  the  north 
part  of  land  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Joseph  Bur- 
ton, he  saw  a  female  wolf  coming  out  of  a  hollow  log. 
On  looking  in  he  saw  the  bright  eyes  of  six  young 
ones.  Here  was  then  a  chance  for  a  speculation. 
The  government  gave  a  bounty  of  six  dollars  for 
destroying  each  one  of  this  kind  of  animals.  They 
were  very  destructive  to  sheep.  Mr.  Spencer  then 
tied  the  rein  of  his  horse's  bridle  to  one  of  his  feet, 
and  crept  into  the  log;  then  seizing  the  cubs,  he 
killed  them  as  best  he  could;  and,  then  he  tied  them 
in  pairs  and  swung  them  across  the  horse's  neck.  As 
he  went  homeward  w^th  his  trophies,  the  old  wolf 
followed,  growling  in  a  furious  manner  till  he  got 
into  cleared  land.  For  the  scalps  of  these  six  young 
wolves  he  got  $36. 

A  Catamount  in  This  Place. — A  certain  class 
of  animals  has  been  found  in  this  part  of  North  Amer- 
ica, which  have  been  known  as  such  names  as  panther, 
painter,  puma,  catamount  and  cougar.     They  are  rapa- 


ANECDOTES  AND  MISCKLLAMl-.S.  193 

cioiis  and  carnixoroiis;  ottcii  IIr-v  kill  more  tluin  IIk'V 
eat.  SainiK'l  I.  Chisholm  relates  the  followinj^^ : 
"Late  in  the  tall  or  earlv  in  llie  winter  ol  1S14, 
John  Kakestraw,  tlien  a  vonnjj^  man,  lived  about  a 
mile  and  a-half  south  of  Salem.  He  went  out  one 
morn  in  «^  to  feed  his  pij^^s.  ( )ne  of  them  was  missinj^, 
and,  on  lookinij;"  around,  tracks  in  a  slijj;"]it  fall  of 
snow  showed  that  a  catamount  had  paid  the  pen  a 
visit  and  had  helped  himself  to  a  pij^.  After  break- 
fast he  took  his  ^un  and  followed  in  pursuit  oi  the 
missing  porker.  He  soon  found  the  place  where  it 
had  been  devoured;  but  he  kept  (»n,  thirstin<^^  for 
revenge  and  the  money  for  the  varmint's  hide,  as 
payment  for  the  shoat.  The  animal  took  nearly  a 
north-easterly  course,  and  was  overtaken  and  killed 
while  Iving  curled  up  and  sleeping  on  the  fork  oi  an 
oak  tree  that  stood  near  where  the  power  house  oi 
the  Electric  Railway  Company  now  stands.  Some 
Salem  people  yet  remember  that  tree.  That  ani- 
mal's skin  was  over  nine  feet  hmg, ^  and  brought  the 
sum  of  four  dollars  and  a-half,  two  or  three  times 
the  value  of  the  stolen  pig.  and  was  the  last  of  the 
kind  taken  in  this  neighborhood.  " 

A  CERTAIN  one  of  the  early  settlers  had  several 
colonies  of  bees.  Bears  like  h(mey  as  much  as  any  of 
the  human  race.  Hence  they  came  by  night  to  this 
place,  and  overturned  some  of  the  hives,  and  then 
their  conditicm  in  the  morning  told  what  had  been 
done  in  the  night.  Thereupon  a  couple  of  young  men 
came  one  evening  with  their  artillery,  ready  for  bus- 
iness. But  there  were  some  girls  in  the  house  by 
wh(>m  these  gentlemen  were  nicely  entertained  till 
a  noise  at  the  bee  hives  gave  notice  that  the  enemy 


«Tall  and  fore  legs  are  HappoHed  to  be  included. 


194  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

was  on  hand.  A  gun  was  quickly  pointed  at  him; 
but  before  a  good  aim  could  be  taken  the  bear  left  its 
sweet  feast  and  ran  for  the  woods  through  a  corn- 
field making  a  rattling  among  the  blades — apparently 
mocking  at  the  attempt  on  its  life. 

About  sixty  years  ago  absconding  wives  were 
sometimes  advertised   thus:      "  Whereas,   my   wife, 

,  has  left  my  bed  and  board  without  any  just 

cause  or  provocation;  I,  therefore,  forewarn  all  per- 
sons against  trusting  or  harboringher  on  my  account, 
as  I  will  not  pa}^  any  debts  of  her  contracting  unless 
compelled  by  law.  "  

A  man  who  lived  in  Salem  advertised  his  wife 
after  this  manner  in  a  New  Lisbon  paper,  and  the 
unfeeling  printers  added  the  interjections — haugh! 
haugh!!  haugh!!!  His  bad  spelling  was  copied  to 
show  how  he  had  trifled  away  his  opportunities 
while  attending  school.  Some  truant  husbands,  at 
this  day,  might  be  advertised  in  the  same  manner, 
with  just  as  much  propriety. 

David  Scholfield  came  as  an  adventurer  from 
Campbell  county,  Virginia.  He  first  saw  Rebecca 
Davis  in  a  clearing  helping  her  father.  She  was 
driving  a  yoke  of  oxen  at  the  time.  We  cannot  say 
whether  he  was  smitten  more  with  her  personal 
charms,  or  a  chance  to  get  some  of  the  land  that  her 
father  had  entered.  They  were  married  on  the  20th 
of  November,  1805,  b}^  Friends'  ceremon}^  in  a  log 
meeting  houvse  that  stood  in  the  rear  of  the  site  of 
the  town  hall.  This  was  the  first  wedding  in  the 
place.  All  of  the  meeting  was  invited  to  take  din- 
ner with  them.  The  house  being  small,  all  could  not 
be  accommodated  at  once  at  one  table.  Wherefore 
a  part  of  them  stood  around  a  log  heap  fire  (it  being 


ANECDOTES  AND  MISCELLANIES.  IMS 

k 

a  damp  ami  chillv  dav),  while  Ihu  others  i)arl(»(>k   of 
the  wedding  feast.      Thus  they  to(>k  their  turns. 

RoHEKT  French  and  Anna  Street  were  the 
next  couple  married  here.  Their  wedding  was  on 
the  25th  of  February,  1807.  Their  son,  Zadok,  was 
the  first  white  child  born  in  Salem.  David  Schol- 
field  settled  (m  land  three  miles  east  of  the  town,  and 
owned  by  his  father-in-law.  There,  most  likely,  hi> 
children  (part  of  them)  were  born. 

In  the  fall  of  1829  Stacy  Hunt  and  his  nephew, 
Kmmor,  took  a  hunting  excursion  in  (joshen  town- 
ship. Both  were  good  marksmen,  and  took  some 
delight  in  this  kind  of  amusement.  Somewhere  in 
the  woods  west  of  the  present  residence  of  Lycurgus 
W.  Stravvn,  they  discovered  a  porcupine.  A  shot 
from  one  of  their  rifles  brought  it  down  from  the 
tree  on  which  it  was  perched.  The  skin  oi  the  ani- 
mal was  preserved,  and,  for  some  time,  shown  as  a 
curiosity  to  admiring  people.  This  was  most  likely 
the  last  animal  of  that  kind  killed  in  this  regicm. 

The  Last  Bears. — Allen  Fanjuhar  lived  about  a 
mile  and  a-half  east  of  Salem.  One  day  about  the 
year  1828,  he  w^as  astonished  at  seeing  his  calves 
running  from  the  field  to  the  barn.  And,  on  looking 
to  see  the  cause  of  their  fright,  he  saw  a  black  bear 
sitting  on  a  fence.  Taking  his  dog  and  gun,  he  pur- 
sued it  to  a  tree  on  David  Painter's  place,  where  a 
shot  from  his  gun  brought  the  animal  down. 

In  1829,  Howell  Hise  had  a  captive  bear  that  was 
caught  on  what  is  now  Brooks's  farm  No.  2. 

He  kept  it  chained,  and  had  a  little  h(mse  for  it, 
in  the  rear  of  his  father's  house,  which  was  where 
the  Opera  house  now  is.  It  was  an  ol)ject  of  great 
curiosity  to  the  young  folks  in   the  town.      It   was 


196  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

kept  there  two  or  three  3^ears,  when  its  savage  dis- 
position was  manifested  in  biting  a  little  boy  and  its 
master,  who  thereupon  terminated  its  life.  These 
are  supposed  to  have  been  the  last  animals  of  that 
kind  that  ventured  so  near  to  this  town,  except  those 
brought  by  showmen. 

The  Last  Wild  Turkeys. — Samuel  I.  Chis- 
holm  relates  the  following:  "The  last  flock  of  these 
wild  fowls  in  this  region  was  met  in  September,  1860, 
by  himself  and  James  P.  Day,  who  were  hunting  in 
the  woods  north  of  the  Damascus  road,  and  about 
two  miles  west  of  Salem.  When  they  discovered 
the  birds,  they  succeeded  in  shooting  among  them 
an  old  gobbler,  a  young  one,  and  two  hens.  There 
were  eleven  birds  in  the  flock,  and  the  remainder 
escaped  out  of  the  neighborhood.  The  hunters  had 
the  bad  luck  of  losing  the  gobbler  because  it  flew  so 
far  after  being  shot.  Ridgeway  Shreve  found  it  on 
the  next  day.  He,  having  some  skill  as  a  taxider- 
mist, took  off  the  skin,  stuffed,  and  mounted  it;  and 
then  it  was  kept  on  exhibition  during  several  years 
in  John  C.  Whinnery's  Dental  office." 

Vocal  and  Instrumental  Music. — The  Quaker 
element  in  Salem  kept  down  the  interest  in  music  of 
all  kinds  during  many  years.  And  very  little  of 
what  was  made  by  instruments  was  to  be  heard 
except  when  traveling  shows  came  to  the  town. 
Thev  always  had  a  band  with  them.  And  the}^  thus 
made  a  great  excitement.  There  were,  how^ever, 
a  few  persons  here  who  could  perform  on  a  violin 
(then  called  a  fiddle),  and  some  could  use  a  flute. 
The  singing  of  epic  songs  was  not  uncommon.  A 
love  affair  was  mostly  an  element  in  them.  The 
charms  of  these  often  tempted  the  young  Friends  to 
break  away  from  the  ascetic  decorum  of  their  seniors. 


I 

ANECDOTES  AND  MISCELLANIES.  1<>7 

In  1S41  and  ^42,  an  impulse  was  j^^-ivcn  to  hotli 
vocal  and  instrumental  music.  Some  time  in  I  In- 
former year,  a  Mr.  Kverelt  came  to  Salem  and  krpt 
a  sinj^in<j;"-sch()()l.  This  v-reated  much  interest  in 
vocal  music,  and  that  bv  instruments  «jfot  so  muidi 
attention  that  a  hand  was  orjj^anized,  and  an  instrm- 
tor  en«j^aj;^od,  some  time  in  the  next  year.* 

In  the  Baptist,  Methodist  and  Presbyterian 
churches  there  was  sinj^inj;:  without  any  instrumen- 
tal accompaniment.  The  tunes  were  very  simple, 
and  the  meter  was  always  announced.  There  was  a 
leader  who  was  called  a  ''clerk.  "  The  attendant  on 
a  bricklayer  or  mason  was  sometimes  known  as  a 
''clerk/'  Hut  such  a  ])erversion  of  language  is  an 
insult  to  the  memory  of  Noah  Webster  and  all 
standard  authors  in  our  lang-ua^e.  Why  have  not 
our  people  improved  their  vocabulary  by  adoptinj^r 
the  Scottish  word  "precentor?''  meaninj^  the  leader 
of  concj^rej^ational  sin^in^r. 

In  church  service  the  leader  read  two  lines  or  a 
whole  stanza  of  a  hymn,  and  then  led  the  cont^re^^a- 
tion  in  sint^'-ing-  them.  Note  books  were  scarce  then 
and  seldom  seen  in  the  churches. 

In  the  Baptist  church  Aaron  Hise  was  leader  (pre- 
centor) many  years.  In  the  Presbyterian  church, 
John  Campbell  and  Josiah  Bowman  were  jirominent 
in  this  part  of  the  service.  In  those  days  the  hymns 
used  were  in  Comm<m,  Proper,  Short  and  Lou}^ 
meter,  and  the  tunes  were  so  simple  as  to  be  easily 
learned.  In  modern  times  there  has  been  so  much 
speculation  in  new  hymns,  new  meters,  and  new 
tunes,  that  the  note  book  becomes  a  necessity  in  this 
part  of  church  service.     Good  singing  masters  are 

■>8ee  psge  182. 


198  HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 

more  needed  now  than  the  encouragement  that  they 
get. 

It  wavS  some  time  in  the  sixties  that  organs  were 
first  used  in  the  churches.  Small  parlor  instruments 
were  first  adopted.  The  Presbyterian  church  was 
the  first  to  have  a  pipe  organ.  The  use  of  these 
instruments  encountered  great  opposition  when  they 
were  first  introduced.  This  opposition  has  been 
much  lessened  by  the  demise  of  the  older  members 
and  the  progressive  ideas  of  the  younger  ones. 

An  Immigrant's  Experience. — The  following 
account  of  first  impressions  of  Salem  has  been  fur- 
nished by  a  son  of  him  who  is  the  subject  of  the 
narrative: 

"  Dr.  John  Harris  was  born  in  Adams  county,  Pa., 
in  the  year  1808.  When  about  twenty-one  years  of 
age,  he  started  west  on  horseback,  without  any  defi- 
nite idea  as  to  where  he  would  locate.  In  approach- 
ing the  then  small  hamlet  of  Salem,  on  what  is  now 
Lincoln  Avenue,  he  was  so  struck  with  the  beauty 
of  the  surroundings  that  he  resolved  at  once  to  make 
it  his  future  home.  After  being  here  a  short  time, 
he  rode  back  to  his  old  home  in  Penns34vania,  and 
prevailed  on  his  father  to  come  to  Salem  with  his 
family." 

' '  The  moving  was  done  in  wagons,  and  the  family 
settled  on  a  farm,  about  two  miles  south-west  of 
Salem.  John  Harris  then  went  into  the  office  of  Dr. 
B.  Stanton  to  study  medicine.  After  completing  his 
counse  of  study,  he  opened  his  own  office,  and  for 
years  he  and  Dr.  Stanton  were  the  principal  physi- 
cians in  this  neighborhood.  After  a  number  of 
years  of  extensive  practice,  finding  that  close  appli- 
cation  and  loss   of  rest   at   night  was  injuring   his 


ANECDOTEvS  AND  MISCELLANIES.  199 

health,   he    ^'"ave    up    the    practice   of    incdiciiu'    and 
studied  Dentistry." 

"After  a  course  at  a  Philadelphia  dental  colle^^^e, 
he  practiced  this  profession  in  Salem  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  was  one  of  the  first  in  this  business 
in  this  place.  In  18.^5,  he  married  Mary  Trescott, 
dauj^rhter  of  Samuel  C.  Trescott.  He  died  in  1S79, 
aj^^ed  seventy-one  years. 

"Dr.  Harris  was  always  a  progressive  and  puMii- 
spirited  citizen.  He  was  for  several  3'ears  mayor  of 
the  village,  was  on  the  school  board  for  a  long  time, 
was  one  of  the  school  examiners,  and  was  interested 
in  the  publication  of  one  of  the  earlier  newspapers 
of  the  town.  He  was  an  aggressive  anti-slavery 
and  temperance  man.  And  he  was  frequently  called 
upon  to  act  as  chairman  at  meetings  in  the  interest 
of  these  causes.  " 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 

CEMETERIES. 

URING  man}^  of  the  past  centuries  all  civ- 
ized  people  have  held  the  custom  of  hav- 
^  ing    a    place  for  burial  of  the  dead  in 

close  proximity  to  their  places  of  worship.  All 
Christian  people  respect  this  custom.  The  early  set- 
tlers of  Salem  entertained  this  idea.  The  Friends, 
being  the  first  to  build  a  house  for  worship,  set  off  a 
small  lot  for  this  purpose.  This  ground  ceased  to  be 
used  for  burial  purposes  in  1817  or  1818.  It  was 
small,  and,  by  this  time,  found  to  be  nearly  full,  and 
moreover,  in  the  center  of  the  town.  Wherefore  a 
lot  on  Depot  street  was  purchased  of  John  Straughan. 
This  was  used  by  the  Friends.  After  the  division  it 
was  used  by  both  parties,  and,  so  many  others,  that 
it  became  almost  a  "Potter's  field."  About  1890 
the  front  part  of  it  was  sold  for  building  lots.  All 
corpses  in  this  part  were  then  exhumed,  and  rein- 
terred  elsewhere.  Some  were  placed  in  the  rear 
part. 

The  old  burj'ing  ground  was  sold  to  J.  T.  Brooks, 
and,  on  it,  the'Gurney  block  and  vSome  adjacent  build- 
ings were  erected.  In  digging  for  cellars  and  foun- 
dations for  these,  human  remains  were  discov- 
ered, which  were  carefully  gathered  and  reinterred 
in  another  place.  A  good  fence  has  been  built  around 
the  graveyard  on  Depot  street,  and  it  is  now  used 
exclusively  by  the  Friends. 

Two  lots  on  Depot  street  were  deeded  to  the  trus- 
tees of  the  Baptist  church  for  a  house   of   worship 


CEMKTKKIKS.  201 

and  for  burial  purposes.  Tliis  place*  is  now  filled 
with  o^raves,  and  is  no  lon*^er  used  for  interments. 
In  this  place  some  of  the  pioneer  members  of  that 
church,  and  some  of  the  MethcKlists,  were  buried. 
This  ground  has  been  much  ne«rlected  durinj^j  late 
years. 

About  the  year  IcS^O,  a  plot  of  j^^round  containin;^ 
al)out  an  acre  and  a  half  was  bouj^ht  by  the  Metho- 
dists for  a  place  of  burial.  It  was  situated  on  How- 
ard street.  This  was  used  by  tliLMu  during  several 
years.  Althcnigh  many  interments  were  there  made, 
prejudice  against  it  arose,  and  Hope  Cemetery 
became  more  popular.  Wherefore  it  went  into  dis- 
use, and  was  sold.  Persons  having  friends  or  rela- 
tions buried  there  were  requested  to  have  them 
removed  to  some  other  place.  Not  all  have  been  thus 
removed,  and  the  lot  has,  therefore,  became  a  wild 
and  neglected  place. 

In  1833  the  Presbyterian  society  bought  a  trian- 
irular  lot  on  the  west  side  of  the  Canfield  road. 
There  some  of  the  prominent  members  of  that 
church  were  buried.  But  after  some  years  it  became 
a  part  of  Hope  Cemetery. 

"The  Salem  Cemetery  was  laid  out  December  6, 
1853,  and  contained  about  two  and  a  half  acres. 
August  3,  1864,  five  acres  were  purchased,  at  a  cost 
of  S275  per  acre,  and  were  also  laid  out  into  lots. 
With  the  exception  of  the  Presbyterian  cemetery, 
the  grounds  were  owned  by  Jacob  Heaton,  by  whom 
they  have  been  divided  into  lots.  The  last  purchased 
was  on  the  north  side  of  the  Salem  and  Presbyterian 
grounds,  and  is  called  "Hope  Cemetery.'"" 

This  cemetery  has  not  been  intended  for  any  party 

^Colamblaon  County  History. 


202  HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 

or  denomination.  And  it  has  become  the  principal 
place  of  interment  for  the  city  and  vicinity.  More 
than  a  thousand  have  there  been  buried.  Hence  it 
is  now  in  reality  a  city  of  the  dead.  Some  handsome 
monuments  are  there  to  be  seen,  and  there  are  nice 
walks  and  drive-ways  among  the  graves.  Many  of 
these  are  kept  in  a  nice  condition  and  are  beset  with 
shrubbery  appropriate  for  them.  The  graves  of 
some  of  those  who  fell  in  defense  of  the  Union  have 
here  got  their  deserved  attention.  There  is  a  Sol- 
diers' monument  at  the  entrance;  there  is  a  family 
vault,  and  a  pile  to  the  memory  of  Kdwin  Coppock, 
who  was  executed  for  being  in  John  Brown's  raid  at 
Harper's  Ferry.  Besides  these  there  are  many 
tombstones  that  might  be  regarded  as  emblems  of 
family  pride,  as  well  as  genuine  affection  for  dear 
friends  or  near  relations.  A  person  with  the  genius 
of  Hervey  might  here  find  some  matter  for  ' '  Medi- 
tations Among  the  Tombs. ' ' 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 

MILITARY   RKC(^RI). 

I  ♦  /NTIL  the  war  aj^^ainst  the  rebellion,  Salem 
Vj  and  vicinity  had  hut  little  military  spirit.  It 
is  true  that  there  was  a  time  when  military  train- 
ings were  here  every  year  held,  and  all  male  persons 
between  the  ages  of  eighteen  and  forty-five  were 
required  to  attend  these  trainings  or  pay  a  fine. 
The  Quaker  element  prevailed  here;  and  this  denom- 
ination on  Christian  principles  opposed  war.  (joods 
or  some  articles  of  value  were  sometimes  taken  from 
them  in  payment  of  fines.  The  collection  of  these 
fines  was  always  deemed  a  disreputable  business. 
When  the  laws  that  exacted  them  were  repealed, 
military  trainings  ceased.  But  there  was  enough 
military  spirit  for  national  defense,  as  was  mani- 
fested in  the  time  of  the  rebellion. 

The  Mexican  war  was  here  especially  opposed. 
Very  few,  if  any  persons  in  this  county  enlisted  in 
it.  It  was  deemed  a  war  for  the  extension  of  sla- 
very, and  the  Abolition  excitement  was  then  rampant 
here.  The  annexation  of  Texas  was  here  strongly 
opposed;  and  the  war  that  it  caused  was  just  about 
as  much  opposed.  But  when  the  attack  on  Fort 
Sumpter  was  made,  the  people  quickly  saw  that  a 
war  for  the  dissolution  of  the  Union  was  being  com- 
menced, and  that  the  object  was  to  give  slaveholders 
a  chance  to  continue  holding  human  beings  in  bond- 
age; then  it  was  that  military  spirit  was  infused 
into  the  people  and  activity  called  out. 

Manv  who  had  conscientious  scruples  about    bear- 


204  HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 

inof  arms  now  eaoferly  enlisted.  It  was  deemed  a 
war  that  would  free  the  slaves  as  well  as  preserve 
the  Union.  It  was  declared  that  this  war  would 
make  Abolitionists  faster  than  Wm.  Lloyd  Garrison, 
Wendell  Phillips,  Abb}^  Kelh^  Foster  and  the  whole 
host  of  anti-slavery  orators,  and  agitators. 

"The  county  of  Columbiana  furnished  for  the 
war  of  the  Rebellion  her  full  proportion  of  soldiers, 
and  the  record  of  their  behavior  in  all  emergencies 
of  the  unfortunate  civil  contest  is  most  honorable. 
A  full,  detailed  description  of  the  movements  of  the 
several  regiments  containing  men  from  Columbiana 
can  not  be  given,  and  would  be  undesirable  in  these 
pages." 

'  'During  the  rebellion  the  township  of  Perry,  includ- 
ing subscriptions  made  by  citizens,  paid  in  bounties 
the  sum  of  $11,895  under  the  calls  of  1863  and  1864. 
Thirty  men  being  the  quota  for  the  last  call,  the 
township  paid  for  each  recruit  $100,  which  amount 
the  subscription  increased  to  about  $170.  "* 

Salem  and  its  immediate  vicinity  furnished  for  this 
war  as  many  soldiers  as  any  other  place  having  the 
same  population  and  territory.  The  following  named 
individuals  enlisted  from  Salem  and  the  immediate 
neighborhood.  The  service  that  the}^  rendered  is 
also  given.  Such  companies  and  regiments  only  are 
here  mentioned  as  got  enlistments  from  this  neigh- 
borhood. Of  course  there  were  others  in  these  com- 
panies and  regiments,  but  they  were  from  other 
places.  Where  no  mention  of  rank  is  given  the  indi- 
vidual is  supposed  to  have  been  a  private. 

*Columbiana  Countj'  History. 


ELEVENTH  REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEERS.     205 

ELEVENTH  REGIMENT  OHIO  VOI.UNTEEK  INI-ANTKV. 

Company  C. 

Capt.  Og-den  Street;  enl.  Jul}^  1,  18f)l;  pro.  to  lieut-col.   Sept 

17,  1862;  to  col.  Oct.  26,  1863;  must,  out  with  ro^n. 
Capt.  Emmor  H.  Price,  enl.  Sept.  17,  1862;  pro.  to   1st  lieut 

July  7,  1861;  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
1st  Lieut.  Martin  L.  Edwards,  enl.  Nov.  20,  1862;  acting  cai>t 

from  Oct.  31,  1863;  must,  out  with  the  regt. 
2d  Lieut.  H.  M.  Wilson,  enl.  July,  1,  1861;  res.  Nov,  1,  18(>1 
2d  Lieut.  Wm.   Crumbaug-h,  enl.  Dec.  26,  1861;  res.  Sept.  21 

1862. 
2d  Lieut.  Samuel  A.  Collins,  pro.  from  1st  serg-t.  Co.  E.  Sept 

16,  1863;  discli.  for  disability. 
1st  Serg-t.  Louis  Gibbs,  enl.^Nov.  1,  1863;  must,  out  June  21 

1864. 
1st  Serg-t.  Alvin  C.  Unkefer,  enl.  Feb.  1,  1862;  must.  June  21 

1864. 
1st  Serg-t.  Jeremiah  D.   Hillis,  enl.   Sept.   1,  1862;  must,  out 

June  21,  1864. 
Corp.  Wm.  Tritt,  must,  out  June  21,  1864 
Corp.  John  W.  Pennock,  must,  out  June  21.  1864. 
Corp.  Philip  Rogers,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
Corp.  C.  Manary,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
John  Atkins,  Perry  tp. ;  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
George  Anderson,  Perry  tp. 
William  Brosius,  Perry  tp. 

Louis  Boone,  died  of  disease,  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  Apr.  19, 1864. 
Henry  Brown,  died  of  disease,  at  Gallipolis,  O.,  Aug-.  9,  1861. 
David  L.  Brosius,  died  of  disease  in  Tennessee,  Aug-.  8,  1863. 
Wm.  H.  Bowman,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
Wm.  C.  Brown,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
Joseph  L.  Becker,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
Henry  B.  Burns,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
Benjamin  F.  Cole,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
Peter  Caskey,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Oliver  Crissinger,  pro.  to  regt.  q.-m. ;  must  out  Juno  21,  18(>4. 
Reason  Caskey,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 
Isaac  T.  Criss,  must,  out  June,  1864. 
Jesse  W.  Davis,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 


206  HISTORY   OF   SAIvEM. 

Alfred  Eldrig-e,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

S.  Callahan,  died  of  disease  at  Louisville,  Feb.  12, 1864. 

Alonzo  T.  Carver,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Benjamin  Eldridge,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Fred.  Eberhardt,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

John  Ferg-uson. 

Daniel  Flitcraft. 

Isaac  Flicking-er  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Frank  Fox,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Nathan  W.  Bates,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Aaron  Hinshilwood,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

James  A.  Hay,  disch.  for  disability,  Nov.  18,  1862. 

Joseph  Hay. 

Georg-e  Haj,  sick  in  hospital,;  not  must,  out  with  company. 

Georg-e  W.  Johnson,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

John  Johnson,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Wm.  Zimmerman,  disch.  for  wounds,  Nov.  24,  1862. 

John  Zimmerman,  must  out  June  21,  1864. 

Benjamin  S.  Kirk,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Jacob  Kring-,  disch.  for  disabiliry,  Dec.  31,  1863. 

John  R.  Osborn,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

James  O'Connor,  wag-oner;  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Robert  Pool,  must.  out.  June  21,  1864. 

Samuel  Pool,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

John  C.  Ray,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Daniel  Sharpnack,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Levi  W.  Strahley,  must,  out  July  21,  1864. 

Leonard  B.  Shaw,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Samuel  Siples,  pro.  to  corp.;  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Wm.  A.  Tucker,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Wm.  White,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

David  P.  White,  must.  outJ  une  21,  1864. 

Wm.  C.  Webster,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Felix  Wortless,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Benjamin  Wilkins,  must,  out  June  21,  1864. 

Oliver   Crissing-er,    pro.    to   reg-t.   quartermaster;   must,   out 

June  21,  1864. 
Sabastian  Callahan,  died  of  disease  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  Feb. 

12,  1864. 
James  Ferguson. 


NINETEENTH  REGIMENT  OHIO  VOL,UNTEERS.   207 

John  Johnson,  died  of  disease  in  Virg-inia,  Nov.  20,  1862. 
Wm.  Zimmerman,  dis.  for  wounds,  Nov.  24,  1862. 
Hampton  Mentzer,  dis.  by  order,  Dec.  29,  1863. 
Georg-e  A.  Strau^han,  trans,  to  Invalid  corps,  Feb.  15,  1864. 
John  Sinning-s,  died  of  disease  at  Gallipolis,  Nov.  8,  1861. 

THIRTEENTH    REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

1st  Lieut.  Joseph  T.  Snider,  enl.  June  10,  1861;  pro.  to  capt. 
March  12,  1862;  to  maj.  Jan.  1,  1863;  wounded  in  the 
battle  of  Carnifax  Ferry,  Va.,  Sept.  10,  1861,  and  in  the 
battle  of  Chickamaug-a,  Sept,  9,  1863;  must,  out  Dec.  5, 
1865,  with  the  regt.  at  San  Antonio,  Tex. 

NINETEENTH    REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

Company  A  {Canton  Guards). 

3d  Serg-t.  Thomas  J.  Walton. 
William  Meldrum. 

These  were  both  printers,  and  were  the  first  persons  in  the 
county  to  enlist. 

Field  and  Staff  Officers  of  this  Regiment  from  Salem. 

Capt.    Thomas  Stackpole,   Co.    D;  enl.    Sept.    10,    1861;    res. 

Dec.  8,  1862. 
Capt.  Peter  A.  Laubie,  Co.  H;  1st  lieu't.  Co.  D,  Sept  10,  1861; 

pro.  to  capt.  of  Co.  H  Jan.  1,   1862;  must,   out  Feb.   13, 

1865. 
1st  Lieut.  Thos.  J.  Walton,  Co.  D;  pro.  to  capt.  Feb.  6,  1862; 

2d  lieut.  Sept  10,  1861;  ap.  quartermaster  Apr.  14,  1863; 

must,  out  Feb.  13,  1865. 

Coitipany  H  {Salem  Guards). 

Capt.  H.  K.  Preston,  enl.  May  22,  1861. 

1st  Lieut.  Alex.  Stillwell,  enl.  May  22,  1861;  pro.  to  capt. 
May  29,  1861. 

2d  Lieut.  J.  A.  Campbell,  enl.  May  22,  1861. 

Privates. — Edw.  W.  Smith,  Wm.  N.  Sharpnack,  Wm.  Myers, 
Wm.  H.  Aldtoerfer,  Hezekiah  Adams,  Wm.  Arnold, 
Robt.  Adams,  Benj.  M.  Barton,  Benj.  Bolin,  Aaron 
Beltz,  Daniel  Brown,  James  R.  Broohart,  John  Beel, 
Nathan  G.  Caskey,  Hugh  M.  Cugh,  R.  Cope,  Henry 
Carter,  G.  W.  Crump,  Alonzo  G.  Carver,  M.  C.  Callahan, 


208  HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 

Chas.  F.  Callahan,  Joseph  H.  Carter,  Nathan  J.  Davis, 
Mark  Dear}^  Lewis  J.  English,  M.  F.  Fisher,  Peter 
Fries,  B.  R.  Fawcett,  G.  W.  Fawcett,  Aug-.  Fink,  Isaac 
Garwood,  I.  Graham,  W.  T.  Hewitt,  J.  B.  Handlon,  W. 
H.  J.  Hilliard,  Daniel  Hiltabiddle,  Henry  B.  Hermance, 
Georg-e  Jackson,  Samuel  S.  Kemble,  J.  C.  Kemble,  H. 
Kelly,  John  Knepper,  James  M'Kituck,  C.  C.  M'Cain, 
John  D.  Matthews,  Thomas  Marlow,  Thomas  Mercer, 
Thomas  Morg-an,  Geo.  Mock,  Charles  Newberry,  John 
Parrish,  John  H.  Rook,  D.  E.  Roach,  A.  F.  Royer,  A. 
M.  Richardson,  Joseph  Rhodes,  A.  J.  Sampson,  Jacob 
Shoe,  J.  Suesher,  Martin  Steves,  Edward  W.  Smith, 
Wm.  N.  Sharpnack,  Henry  Sultner,  S.  B.  Shaw,  Wilmer 
Sinclair,  Albert  Steadman,  David  G.  Siple,  M.  R.  Sey- 
forth,  A.  H.  Tullis,  S.  C.  Tullis,  T.  J.  Temple,  Jacob  B. 
Templin,  Thomas  N.  Way,  John  N.  Wilson,  Daniel 
Wilson,  Henry  C.  Wisner. 

Company  D. 

Joseph  W.  Thompson,  band;  must,  out  by  order,  Sept.  4,  1862. 
Frank  H.  Bentley,  band;  must,  out  b}'  order,  Sept.  4,  1862. 
Walter  G.  Bentley,  band;  must,  out  by  order,  Sept.  4,  1862. 
John  Bailey,  dis.  for  disability,  Aug-.  8,  1862. 
Samuel  A.  Moore,  killed  in  Georg-ia,  Sept.  14,  1863. 
Jacob  Roberts,  pro.  to  corp. ;  must,  out  Oct.  24,  1865. 
Wm.  H.  Umstead,  pro.  to  corp. ;  must,  out  Oct.  24,  1865. 

THIKTY-SECOND  REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

Company  A. 

Corp.  Avilla  B.  Pidg-eon,  must,  out  July  20,  1865. 

Samuel  G.  Barth,  Oliver  Hart,  Valentine  Kerper,  Wm.  Mil- 
ler, James  Rutledge,  Edward  F.  Rukenbrod;  must,  out 
July  20,  1865. 

SIXTY-FIFTH  REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

1st  Lieut.  David  G.  Swaim,  enl.  Oct.  4,  1861;  entered  as  2d 
licut. ;  pro.  to  1st  lieut.;  appointed  adj.  Feb.  11,  1862; 
pro.  to  capt.  and  A.  A.  G.  volunteers.  May  16,  1862; 
Maj.  A.  A.  G.  volunteers,  March  28,  1865;  must,  out 
Sept.  16,  1865;  appointed  Judg-e  Advocate  U.  S.  A.,  Dec. 
'J,  1869. 


104th  regiment  OHIO  VOLUNTEERS.         209 

1st  Lieut.  Robinson  Rook,  enl.  Apr,  5,  1863;  pro.  from  serg-t. 

to  2d  lieut.,  April  14,  18()2;  res.  Dec.  11,  1863. 
Serg-t.  Thomas  T.  Hale. 
Corp.  James  D.  Beaumont. 

EIGHTY- FOUKTH   KKCIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEEK  INFANTRY. 

Company  G. 

Mustered  in  for  three  month's  service,  from  June  10,  1862,  to 

Sept.  20,  inclusive. 
2d   Lieut.  Alex.  Stillwell,  pro.  to  1st  lieut.  and  adjt. ;  died  of 

disease,  Aug-.  18,  1862. 
Serg-ts.  Alvin  S.  Galbreath  and  Norman  B.  Garrig-ues. 
Corps.  John  R.  Dobbins,   Guy  Lybrand,  John  R.  Oliphant, 

William  R.  Buck. 
Jacob  Barber,  Howell   S.  Bishop,  Charles  F.  Callahan,  John 

H.    Gibbs,    Frank   S.    Hilliard,    Thomas   Lannen,  John 

Moore,    Daniel    W.    Ritchie,    Horace    T.     Smith,    John 

Strawn,  Martin  Wisner,  James  Woodruff. 

EIGHTY-SIXTH  KEGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUTNEER  INFANTRY. 

Company  G. 

Mustered  in  for  three  months,  from  June  10,  1862,  to  Sept. 

25,  inclusive. 
Benj.   S.   Young-,   Charles  C.   Craven,   Samuel   L  Chisholm, 

Wm.  H.  Jenning-s,  Levi  W.  Jenning-s. 

ONE    HUNDRED    AND    FOURTH    REGIMENT  OHIO   VOLUNTEERS. 

Company  B. 

Stanley  D.  Hummason, appointed  serg-t-major;  pro.  to  2d  lieut., 
June  1,  1863;  to  1st  lieut.,  Aug-.  19,  1864;  must,  out  with 
the  reg-t. 

Cicero  Hawley,  pro.  to  corp.  Sept.  1,  1862;  to  serg-t.  Sept.  7, 
1864. 

Thomas  R.  Adams,  must,  out  June  17,  1865. 

John  F.  Heacock,  must,  out  June  17,  1865. 

(ieorge  Ritchie,  must,  out  June  17,  1865. 

Joseph  G.  Stewart,  must,  out  June  17,  1865. 

Georg-e  W.  Schoolej',  must,  out  June  17,  1865. 

(ieorg-e  W.  Stratton,  must,  out  June  17,  1865. 


210  HISTORY  OF   SALEM. 

Compajiy  G. 

Capt.  Ezra  Coppock,  enl.  Aug-.  16,  1862;  res.  May  20, 1863  for 

disabiliiy. 
1st  Lieut.  John  W.  Fawcett,  enl.  Aug-.  23,  1862;  pro.  to  capt. 

Aug-.  10,  1863;  must  out  with  the  reg-t. 
2d  Lieut.  Simon  Somers,  enl.  July  18,  1862;  res.  Jan.  31, 1863,. 

for  disability. 
1st  Serg-t.   Stanton  Weaver,  pro.  to  2d  lieut   Jan.  31,  1863;  to 

1st  lieut.  June  1,  1863;  app.  capt.  in  U.  S.  C.  L 
2d  Serg-t.  Henry  C.  Wisner,  died  at  Wilming-ton,  N.  C,  Mar. 

22,  1865. 
5th  Serg-t.  Wickliffe  B.  Elton. 
2d  Corp.  Eli  J.  Hall,  pro.  to  serg-t  June  1,  1863. 
3d  Corp.  David  G.  Yeng-ling-,  made  bug-ler  Aug-.  15.  1863. 
4th  Corp.  Thom.  J.  Cook,  pro.  to  serg-t.  Aug-  16,  1863. 
6th  Corp.  Allen  A.  Thomas,  pro.  to  serg-t.;  must,   out  June 

17,  1865,  witht  the  reg-t. 
7th  Corp.  John  R.  Stratton,  pro.  to  serg-t.;  must,  out  June  17» 

1865,  with  the  reg-t. 
8th  Corp.  John  Donaldson,  died  of  Wounds  in  Georg-ia,  July 

21,  1864. 
Jos.  Ang-lemyer,  died  of  disease  in  Kentucky,  May  8,  1863. 
Harmon  Beck,  must,  out  June  15,  1865,  with  regt. 
Seth  G.  Big-elow,  must,  out  June  15,  1865,  with  reg-t. 
Wm.  G.  Bentley,  must,  out  June  15,  1865,  with  regt. 
John  W.  Blythe,  must,  out  June  15,  1865,  with  reg-t. 
Napoleon  Boucher,  must,  out  June  15,  1865,  with  reg-t. 
Manuel  Barth,  must,  out  June  15,  1865. 
William  Dixon,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
William  W.  Dubbs,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
Joseph  Eldridge,  must,  out  June  17,  1865.  with  regt. 
Peter  Frason,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
John  W.  Griffith,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
John  W,  Hensworth,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
Charles  L.  Heaton,  must  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
Thomas  J.  Heaton,  must  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
Lewis  H.  Kirkbride,  must  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
Eli  S.  Kentner,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
Joshua  Moore,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
John  D.  Matthews,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 


115th  regiment  OHIO  VOLUNTEERS.  211 

Monroe  B.  Matthews,  must,  out  June  17.  1865,  with  rcg^t. 
Johnson  Marshall,  must  out  June  17,  1865,  with  reg^t. 
Joseph  W.  Mather,  must,  out  June  17,  18(»5,  with  reg-t. 
David  H.  Pickett,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  reg-t. 
James  C.  Post,  mast,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
Joseph  L.  Post,  must,  gut  June  17,  1865,  with  reg"t. 
David  G.  Siplo,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  reg-t. 
Francis  A.  Sharpnack,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  reg-t. 
Joseph  E.  Young-,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  reg-t. 
David  F.  Yeng^ling,  must,  out  June  17,  1865,  with  regt. 
David  C.  Boutwell,  died  of  disease  at  Greensboro',  N.  C,  May 

30,  1865. 
Leman  H.  Cruzen,  died  of  disease  in  Kentucky. 
Robt.  A.  Christie,  died  in  Tennessee  of  disease,  July  11,  '63. 
Theoph.  Cook,  died  at  Frankfort,  Ky.,  Dec.  26,  1863. 
Frank  Charleson,  trans,  to  183d  Regt.  O.  Vol.  Inf. 
Wm.  H.  Davis,  died  of  disease  in  N.  C,  April  4th,  1865. 
Horace  A.  Fawcett,  trans,  to  183d  Regt.  O.  Vol.  Inf. 
Joseph  Garwood,  disch.  May  12,  1865,  by  order. 
Joseph  C.  Gangwer,  trans,  to  Vet.  Res.  Corps,  Ma}- 15,  '64. 
Abram  Greenawalt,  wounded  in  left  arm,  Aug.  6,  1864. 
Andrew  Gailey,  disch.  for  wounds,  May  17,  1865. 
Aaron  Haifly,  disch.  for  disability,  Dec.  19,  1863. 
Alex.  Lowry,  lost  a  leg  in  fight  at  Fort  Mitchell,  Sept.  11. 

1862. 
Alex.  Niblo,  pro.  to  corp.  Jan.  31,  1863;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Wilmer  W.  Russell,  on  duty  at  Camp  Nelson,  Ky. ;  not  must. 

out. 
Wm.  H.  Shons,  died  of  disease  in  Ky.,  April  5,  1863. 
Wm.  D.  Turner,  wounded  Nov.  30,  1864,  at  Franklin,  Tenn. 

must,  out  with  regt. 
Jeremiah  L.  Woodworth,  died  at  Danville,  Ky.,  Jan.  14,  1863. 
Darwin  Weaver,  disch  for  disability,  Dec.  15,  1863. 

ONE    HUNDRED    AND    FIFTEENTH    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 

Original  strength,  972;  strength  at  mustering  out,  696.  Left 
the  State  Nov.  1862.  Mustered  out  at  Murfresboro',  Tenn. 
Paid  off  at  Camp  Cleveland. 

Field  and  Staff  Officer. 

Col.  Thomas  C.  Boone,  enl.  Aug.  15,  1863;  must,  out  with  the 
regt.  as  col.  July  20,  1864. 


212  HISTORY   OF   SALEM, 

Company  H. 

1st  Lieut.  Simon  Somers,  enL  Aug.  14,  1862;  res.  March,  '64. 

Corp.  Caleb  M.  Taylor,  pro.  to  serg-t. ;  must,  out  June  22,  '65. 

Corp.  Alfred  White,  must,  out  June  22,  1865. 

Lloyd  D.  Cadwallader,  must,  out  June  22,  1865. 

Oliver  Limebach,  must,  out  June  22,  1865. 

Daniel  Sharpnack,  must,  out  June  22,  1865. 

Christian  Shabe,  must,  out  June  22r  1865. 

Edward  M.  Steele,  must,  out  June  22,  1865. 

Elias  Steele,  must,  out  June  22,  1865. 

Charles  Tatum,  must,  out  June  22,  1865. 

Francis  W.  Webster,  must,  out  June  22,  1865. 

Company  K. 

Capt.  J.  Newton  Campbell,  enl.  March  22,  1863;  pro.  from 
2d  lieut.  to  capt. ;  must,  out  with  regt. 

ONE    HUNDRED  AND  EIGHTEENTH    REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER 

INFANTRY. 

Company  E. 

2d  Lieut.  Joel  C.  Lloyd,  enl.  Oct.  12,  1864;  pro.  from  sergt. 
to  1st  lieut.,  Feb.  1,  1865;  must,  out  with  regt. 

Company  D  {From  Perry  Township^. 

Only  a  few  particulars  about  these  are  known. 

Capt.  George  W.  Gibbs. 

1st  Lieut.  Jesse  H.  Lemon. 

2d  Lieut.  Jonathan  R.  Oliphant. 

1st  Sergt.  John  P.  Shannon. 

Sergts.  David  Kirkbride,  John  L.  Baxter,  George  Boone, 
James  Nease. 

Corps.  Morris  Heacock,  Charles  Boone,  Thomas  J.  Iseman, 
John  H.  Kaiser,  George  A.  Gordon,  George  W.  Phillips, 
William  Howell,  Granville  Watson. 

Musicians  Victor  Bean,  George  W.  Ashball. 

Wagoner  Yerger  Winter. 

Privates. — Sines  J.  Anthony,  Moses  P.  Adams,  Jesse  L. 
Bowel,  Samuel  Bard,  James  H.  Bard,  James  M.  Baxter, 
David  B.  Burford,  George  L.  Brooks,  Wra.  D.  Cassel- 
berry,  Jesse  Cook,  Samuel  I.  Chisholm,  John  H.  Cowan, 


6th  regiment  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY.      213 

William  Da}^  John  Dubois,  Lewellyn  Ingledue,  Samuel 
Fawcett,  Horace  W.  Fawcett,  John  W.  Grimmcsey,  Geo. 
L.  Gilmore,  William  H.  Hyatt,  James  Harris,  Charles 
Harris,  John  Harwood,  Samuel  Houts,  William  C.  Hains, 
Jerry  Hall,  Wm.  C.  Jones,  John  Kirkbride,  Frank  Keen 
(died  of  disease  in  Hampton  hospital,  Aug-.  18,  1864), 
Robert  C.  Knox,  James  P.  Hoover,  Fielder  M'Clurjr, 
Charles  Matthews,  Orlando  A.  Newton,  Reuben  Probert, 
Henry  Prince,  Frank  Quinn,  Thomas  Reed,  William  A. 
Reitzell,  Edwin  A.  Reeps,  Samuel  W.  Scatterg-ood,  James 
A.  Schoff,  Patrick  Scullion,  Wm.  C.  Speaker,  Daniel  J.. 
Strawn,  John  W.  Stratton,  Kenner  B.  Sharpnack,  Henry 
W.  Thullen,  Willis  Weaver,  Joshua  Woodworth,  Daniel 
Wharton,  Wm.  J.  Whinnery,  Martin  Wickersham,  Benj. 
S.  Way,  John  Yeng-ling-,  Arthur  Yengling-. 

SECOND  REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY. 

Company  E. 

1st  Lieut.  Bayliss  R.  Fawcett,  enl.  Sept.  9,  1861;  pro.  to 
capt.  Dec.  20,  1861;  res.  May  16,  1862. 

3d  Lieut.  Charles  C.  M'Cain,  enl.  Aug.  11,  1865;  must,  out 
with  the  regt. 

Richard  Beard,  dis.  by  order,  June  26,  1865. 

Thomas  J.  Hinshilwood,  sick  in  hospital;  not  must,  out  with 
the  company. 

The  following  named  persons  of  this  company  were  mustered 
out  Sept.  11,  1865:  Corp.  Augustus  H.  Harris,  Corp. 
William  Arnold,  Lewis  Campbell,  Theodore  Campbell, 
Osman  P.  Morse,  William  H.  Pidgeon,  Henrj-  Phillips, 
James  Robbins,  John  Robinson,  Alcinus  Sn3'der,  Lewis 
Snyder,  David  S.  Trescott,  Lane  Trescott,  Herr  N. 
Tullis,  J.  M.  Woodruff,  George  A.  Wilkins,  Hugh  Wat- 
son. 

SIXTH    REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY. 
Compatiy  C. 

Capt.  John   H.  Cryer,  enl.  Oct.   7,  1861;  pro.  to  maj.  Aug.  3, 

1863. 
Capt.  James  H.  Leeman,  enl.  Aug.  3,  1863;    pro.  to  1st  lieut. 

Dec.  10,  1864. 


214  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Capt.   Matthew  H.  Cryer,  enl.  Nov.   12,   1864;  pro.   to  maj. 

April  3,  1865;  res.  June  3,  1865. 
1st  Lieut.    John  L.  Miller,  enl.  April  12,  1864;  pro.  to  capt. 

of  Co.  I,  July  25,  1864. 
Dewayne  Suydam,  pro.  to  1st  serg-t. ;  to  2d  lieut.,  May  31, 

1865. 
Serg-t.  Charles  C.  M'Cain,  trans,  to  2d  O.  V.  Cavalry,  March 

1,  1863. 
Serg-t.  Philo  Huxley,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 
Serg-t.  David   S.  Trescott,  trans,  to  2d  O.  V.  Cavalry,  March 

1,  1862. 
Bug-ler  Hugh  Watson,  trans,  to  2d   O.  V.  Cavalry,   March  1, 

1862. 
Sergt.  Charles  C.  Baker,  pro.  to  1st  lieut.,  Aug-.  29,  1863. 
Corp.  Hebron  H.  Dilley,  sick  in  hospital;  no  discharge  given. 
Corp.   John  W.   Donaldson,   dis.   by  special  order,  April  16, 

1865. 
Corp.  William  Heacock,  died  a  prisoner  at  Richmond,  Va. 
Corp.  Joseph  A.  Davis,  dis.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 
Corp.  George  W.  Perrine,  dis.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 
Corp.  Osman  P.  Morse,  trans,  to  2d  O.  V.  Cavalry,  March  1, 

1862. 
Bugler  William  Porter,  dis.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 
Farrier  Nicholas  Selkirk,  dis.  for  disability,  Sept.  18,  1S62. 
Farrier  George  Caruthers,  dis.  for  disability,  April   18,  1862. 
Saddler  Joseph  Young,  dis.  at  the  end  of  service. 
Wagoner  John  M.  Moore,  dis.  at  the  end  of  service. 
John  Aldtaffer,  dis.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 
William  Aldtaffer,  dis.  by  order,  June  5,  1865, 
Calvin  Burnett,  dis.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 
George  Beaumont,  died  of  disease  at  home,  Jan.  28,  1865. 
Howell  S.  Bishop,  dis.  for  disability,  March  20,  1862. 
Albert  Bull,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 
Lovcrn  L.  Cook,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 
Albert  E.  Carriher,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 
Lewis  D.  Coy,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 
Harry  Dunn,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 
Samuel  W.  Gibbons,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 
Charles  A.  Jobes,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 
A.  A.  Knowles,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 


6th  regiment  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY.      215 

Charles  Keeler,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

Alpheus  Living-ston,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

Noah  Montg-omery,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

Allen  Miller,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

Georg-e  W.  Spencer,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

John  O'Brien,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

Seth  C.  Tullis,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

Aaron  Williams,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

William  J.  Whitehead,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 

William  H.  Boone,  dis.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 

Joel  Boswell,  dis.  at  the  end  of  service. 

Frederick  Carriher,  killed  in  action  at  Mine  Run,  Nov.  27, 

•*  1863. 
Henry  Carriher. 
John  D.  Callahan. 
Elijah  Champlin,  died  a  prisoner  at  Richmond,  Va.,  Dec.  30, 

1863. 
Charles  Colley,  dis.  at  the  end  of  service. 
Edward  P.  Campbell,  must,  out  June  27,  1865. 
Milton  H.  Cowgill,  died  in  hospital  of  disease,  June  30,  1864. 
Hug-h  Derrick,  dis.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 
Levi  Emmons,  died  of  disease  at  City  Point,  Va.,  Nov.  20, 

1864. 
Jesse  Emmons,  died  of  disease  at  Fairfax  C.  H.,  Va.,  Nov. 

16,  1862. 
Isaac  L.  Emerson,  killed  in  battle,  Oct.  27,  1864. 
Emmor  E.  Entriken,  dis.  for  disability,  Dec.  12,  1862. 
William  M.  Hess,  dis.  for  disability,  May  4,.  1863. 
Ephraim  J.  Hayes. 
John  M'Cartney. 

Edward  Hug-hes,  pro.  to  sergt.,  Feb.  6,  1863. 
Geo.  W.  Spencer,  must,  out  Aug-.  7,  1865. 
Wm.  H.  Jenning-s,  disch.  for  disability,  Dec.  4,  1864. 
Wm.  W.  Kent,  disch.  for  wounds,  May  4,  1864. 
Moses  M.  Kelley,  killed  in  action  at  Poolesville,  Md.,  July 

24,  1864. 
Wm.  I.  Kelly,  disch.  at  the  end  of  service. 
Jackson  Knowles,  died  in  Salisbury  prison,  Feb.  8.  1865. 
Parmenas  Laughlin,  disch.  for  disability. 


216  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Augustus  Lape,  killed  in  battle,  Nov.  13,  1862. 

John  Bi  Meek,  disch.  at  the  end  of  service. 

Henry  M'Klhen}^  disch.  by  order,  June  5th,  1865. 

Jesse  Morris,  died  of  disease,  at  Luray,  Va.,  July  29,  1862. 

Benj.  F.  Morrill,  died  of  disease,  at  Strasburg,  Va.,  June  29, 
1862. 

Wm.  R.  Miller,  disch.  for  disability,  Sept.  15,  1862. 

Thomas  Nelson,  died  in  Andersonville  prison,  Aug.  25,  1864. 

Mark  Nease,  pro.  to  sergt. ;  disch.  b}"  order,  June  5,  1865. 

Hugh  M.  Packer,  disch.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 

John  Powers,  paroled  prisoner,  disch.  by  order,  Apr.  28,  1865. 

Hamilton  Peyton,  sick  in  hospital;  not  must,  out  with  regt. 

James  H.  Porter. 

Joseph  Pyle. 

Wm.  W.  Reed,  sick  in  hospital  at  Washington;  no  disch.  fur- 
nished. 

Wm.  Ritter,  disch.  by  order,  June  21,  1865. 

Charles  K.  TuUis,  disch.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 

Henry  Smith,  died  in  Salisbury  prison,  Dec.  17,  1864. 

Calvin  H.  Thomas,  pro.  to  q.-mr-sergt.,  Feb.  6,  1865. 

Morris  Tobin,  disch.  for  wounds,  Jan.  5,  1864. 

Charles  Wickline,  disch.  by  order,  June  5,  1865. 

Wm.  J.  Wilson,  died  of  disease,  at  Washington,  Oct.  9,  1862. 

Jacob  Wagner,  pro.  to  sergt.,  April  18,  1865. 

John  Young,  disch.  at  the  end  of  service. 

Aaron  Williams,  must,  out  Aug.  7,  1865. 

Company  M. 

1st  Lieut.  Matthew  H.  Cryer,  enl.  Dec.  23,  1863;  pro.  to  capt 

Co.  C. 
1st  Sergt.  Jos.  W.  Davidson,  must,  out  by  order,  June  22,  '65. 
2d  Sergt.  Daniel  E.  Burwell,  must,  out  by  order,  July  7,  1865. 
4th  Sergt.  James  McCracken,  must,  out  by  order,  July  5,  '65. 
5th  Sergt.  Monroe  Kirk,  must,  out  by  order,  June  27,  1865. 
Corp.  David  Tate,  must,  out  by  order,  June  27,  1865. 
Corp.  Andrew  Flick,  must,  out  by  order,  July  6,  1865. 
Owen  Everhart,  must,  out  by  order,  Aug.  7,  1865. 
<ieorge  W.  Fisher,  must,  out  by  order,  Aug.  7,  1865. 
John  B.  Galbraith,  must,  out  by  order,  June  27th,  1865. 
Joseph  Tobin,  must,  out  by  order,  June  6,  1865. 


12th  regiment  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY.  217 

Jacob  Thullin,  must,  out  by  order,  June  27,  18()5. 
John  Welch,  must,  out  by  order,  June  27,  18()5. 
Hamilton  K.   Allison,  died  of  disease,  at  Philadelphia,  Sept. 
7,  18(>4. 

TENTH  KEGIMKNT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  CAVALKY. 

1st  Lieut,  and  Adjt.  John  C.  Sheets,  enl.  Nov.  1,  1862;  hon- 
orably disch,  Feb.  5,  18f)4,  to  accept  pro.  in  Vet.  Res. 
Corps. 

Company  H. 

Capt.  Arthur  G.  Canedy.  enl.  Oct.  1862;  resigned  April  24,  '64. 

TWELFTH  KEGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  CAVALKY. 

Capt.  Samuel  D.  Hawley,  enl.  Oct.  23,  1863;  disch.  March  20, 

1865,  for  absence  without  leave. 
1st  Lieut.    Henry  C.   Jones,  enl.  June  16,  1865;  disch.  Feb.  7, 

1866. 
2d  Lieut.   John  C.   Gratz,  enl.  Nov.  12,  1865;  must,  out  with 

reg-t.  as  1st  sergt. 
Com.  Serg-t.  Martin  Thomas,  enl.  Oct.  13,  1863;  pro.  from  1st 

sergt.  Aug.  25,  1865;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Sergt  Noah  Baxter,  enl.    Sept.  4,  1863;  pro.  from  corp.  Dec. 

20,  1863;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Sergt  Amos  D.  Eckstein,  enl.  Sept.  23,  1863;  pro.   from  corp. 

May  4,  1864;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Sergt.  George   E.  Burns,  enl.   Sept.   29,   1863;  pro.   from  pri- 
vate July  23,  1865;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Sergt.  Cassius  Eckstein,  enl.   Sept.  29,  1863;  pro.  from  corp. 

Aug.  26,  1865;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Corp.   Joseph  Banks,  enl.  Sept  10,  1863;  pro.  to  corp.  May  5, 

1864;  must  out  with  regt. 
Corp.  Omar  D.  M'Artor,  enl.  Oct.  12,  1863;  pro.  to  corp.  Nov. 

26,  1864;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Corp.  Joseph  H.  Loy,  enl.  Sept.  24,  1863;  pro.   to  corp.  June, 

1865;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Farrier  John  T.  Louthan,  enl.  Oct.   3,    1863;  must,  out  with 

regt. 
Farrier  Wellingtotv  Bopp,  enl.  Sept.  26,  1863;  must,  out  with 

regt. 
\Vm,  A.  Badger,  enl.  Sept.  1,  1863;  disch.  at  Camp  Dennison, 

March  26,  1864. 


218  HISTORY   OF   SALEM".. 

Adam  D.  Arrison,  enl.   Sept.  19,.  1863;  discH..  at  CampDen- 

nison,  March  26,  1864. 
Geo.  W.  Brown,  enl.  Sept.  22,  1863;^  must,  out  with  reg-t.  - 
Wm.  H.  Brown,  enl.  Sept.  17,  1863;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Thomas  Cole,  enl.  Sept.  29,  1863;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Isaac  Dalzell,  enl.  Sept.  26,  1863;  must,  out  with  reg-t. 
Isaac  Davis,  enl.  Oct.  1,  1863;  must,  out  with  reg-t. 
John  A.  Dunlap.  enl.  Nov.  11,  1863;  must,  out  with  regU 
David  Hestand,  enl.  Sept.  27,  1863;  must,  out  with  reg-t. 
Jesse  M.  Hartzell,  enl.  Sept.  23,  1863;  must  out  with  reg-t. 
Geo.  L.  Johnson,  enl.  Sept.  26,  1863;  must,  out  with  reg-t. 
Samuel  H.  Knowles,  enl.  Oct.  12,  1863;  must  out  with  reg-t. 
Samuel  March,  enl.  Aug-.  31,  1863;  must,  out  with  reg-t. 
Mahlon  Milner,  enl.  Sept.  18,  1863;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Levi  Stoffer,  enl.  Oct.  12,  1863;  must,  out  with  regt. 
Nelson  Todd,  enl.  Sept.  10,  1863;  must,  out  with  regt. 
James  C.  White,  enl.  Oct.  12,  1863;  must  out  with  regt. 
Thomas  Crew,  enl.  Aug.  3,  1863;  died  at  Camp  Chase,  Jan. 

8,  1864. 
Frederick  G.  Baker,  enl  Oct.  12,  1863. 
Charles  Kgbert,  enl.  Oct.   3,   1863;   on   detached   duty  since 

Sept.  5,  1865. 
Peter  Freis,  enl.  Sept.  30,  1863;  drowned  at  Louisville,  Ky., 

March  14,  1864. 
Justus  Graham,  enl.  Oct.  3, 1863;  disch.  June  10,  1865. 
Lewis  George,  enl.   Sept.   23,  1863;  killed  in  action  at  Salt- 

ville,  Va.,  Oct.  2,  1864. 
Geo.  F.  Hinshilwood,  enl.  Oct.  14,  1863;  member  regimental 

band. 
Franklin  S.   Hilliard,  enl.   Oct.   1,  1863;  member  regimental 

band. 
James  Hughes,  enl.  Oct.  6,  1863;  trans,  to  Com.  K,  Oct.   29, 

1863. 
Andrew  Jewell,  enl.  Sept.  18,  1863. 
John  W.  Knowles,  enl.  Sept.  11,  1863;  died  at  Dallas,  N.  C, 

April  30,  1865. 
George  A.  Louess,  enl.  Sept.  29,  1863. 
Wm.  Little,  enl.  Aug.  29,  1863;    dis.  Aug.  29,  1865,  at  Camp 

Chase. 
Patrick  Magee,  enl.  Sept.  1,  1863;  dis.  by  order. 


1st  regiment  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.    319 

John  F.  Moore,  enl.  Sept.  24,  1863;   dis.  for  disability, 
\     Hector   M'Donald,   enl.   Sept.   11,   1863;    killed  in  action    at 

Saltville,  Va.,  Oct.  2,  1864, 
William  Milner,  enL  Oct.  3,  1863;  dis.  for  disabilit}-,  June  6, 

1865. 
Thomas  J.  Pim,  enl,  Sept.  10,  1863;  dis.  Oct.  24,  1864. 
Curtis  R.  Phillips,  enl.  Nov.  11.  1863;  dis.  for  disability,  July 

10,  181)5. 
Wm.  C.  Richey,  enl.  Oct.  5,  1863;  died  at  Camp  Chase,  Mar. 

15,  1864. 
Miller   Rook,  enl.  Sept.  1,  1863;  dis.  for  disability,  April   16, 

1864. 
Wm.  H.  Simpson,  enl.  Sept.  9,  1863;  died  Oct.  5,  1864,  at  Mt. 

Sterling-,  K}-. 
Frank   M.  Smith,  enl.   Sept.  24,  1863;  died  Jan.   15,  1864,  at 

Camp  Chase. 

(John  Strawn,  enl.  Sept.  24,  1863;  dis.  by  order,  June  25, 1865. 
^     Timothy  J.  Spencer,  enl.  Oct,  12,  1863;  on  detached  duty  at 
Knoxville. 
James  Starkey,  enl,  Oct.  10,  1863;  dis.  May  11,  1864. 
Matthew  Spicer,  enl.  Oct.  8,  1863;  dis.  Oct.  17,  1864. 
Henry  Shocker,  enl.  Sept.  11,  1863;  dis.  Au^.  31,  1865. 
•Thomas   Simpson,  enl.  Sept.  9,   1863;    killed  at  Louisville, 
^  Ky.,  July  15,  1864. 

John  TaLjloT,  enl.  Sept.  15,  1863;  in  hospital  at  Knoxville. 

John  J.  White,  enl.  Sept.  13,  1863. 

David  Whinnery,  enl.   Sept.  8,  1863;  dis.  by  order,  June  10, 

1865. 
Reuben  Wickersham,  enl.  Sept.  11,  1863;  died  at  Camp  Chase, 
1  Jan.  7,  1864. 

I     Isaac  D.  Winters,  enl.  Oct.  12,  1863;  dis.  for  disability. 
I     Uriah  Williams,  enl.  Oct.  12,  1863. 

FIRST    REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

[  Company    I. 

\      1st  Lieut.  John  A.  Campbell,  res.  to  accept  promotion. 

t'       1st  Serg-t.  Alex.  M.  Richardson,  died  of  disease  at  Nashville, 
Oct.  18,  1862. 
1st  Serg-t.  Geo.  W.  Fawcett,  pro.  to  1st  serg-t.,  Aug.  1,  1864. 
Corp.  John  R.  Lusher,  must,  out  with  company. 


220  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Henry  M.  Clayton,  must,  out  with  company. 

Joseph  Heacock,  must,  out  with  company. 

Charles  Heacock,  must,  out  with  company. 

Esau  R.  Johnson,  must,  out  with  company. 

Benjamin  Tatem,  must,  out  with  company. 

Elisha  Teetors,  must,  out  with  company. 

John  M.  White,  must,  out  with  company. 

Corp.  Stephen  W.  Talcott,  died  of  wounds  received  at  Mission 
Ridg-e. 

Musician  Wm.  Lang-staff. 

Patrick  Bonner,  dis.  by  order,  May  5,  1862. 

Geo.  Iv.  Brooks,  dis.  by  order,  Oct.  24,  1861. 

Joseph  D.  Fountain,  must,  out  Jan.  26,  1865;  he  was  a  pris- 
oner. 

Wm.  L.  S.  Johnson,  died  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Aug*.  4,  1864. 

Hubert  Kelly,  missing-  at  the  battle  of  Chickamaug-a. 

Jesse  H.  Lemon,  dis.  by  order,  June  24,  1863. 

James  H.  M'Curdy,  dis.  by  order,  Oct.  21,  1861. 

Andrew  B.  Walsh,  dis.  by  order,  June  2,  1862. 

Thomas  N.  Way,  must,  out  April  17,  1865;  prisoner;  escaped. 

FIRST  REGIMENT  OHIO  VOLUNTEERS — HEAVY  ARTILLERY. 

Company  A.  • 

Thomas  E.  Grice,  must,  out  July  25,  1865.        ^ 

William  Moore,  must,  out  July  25,  1865. 

Daniel  Test,  must,  out  July  25,  1865. 

Fred.  Walker,  absent  without  leave,  Sept.  10,  1863. 

ONE    HUNDRED   AND   TWENTIETH    REGIMENT   OHIO  VOLUNTEER 

INFANTRY. 

Dr.  Byron  Stanton,  app.  surg-eon,  Dec.  26,  1862;  trans,  to 
114th  reg-t.,  Nov,  27,  1864;  trans,  to  U.  S.  V.  Medical 
Staff  as  assistant  surg-eon,  Feb.  9,  1865;  brevet  major, 
March  13,  1865;  must,  out  Aug-.  22,  1865. 

Fremont's  body  guard. 

This  was  a  body  of  cavalry  selected  from  a  host  of  applicants 
on  account  of  intellig-ence,  fine  physique,  and  the  apti- 
tude of  its  members  for  military  service.  Without 
question,  it  was  one  of  the  finest  bodies  of  cavalry  ever 


NORMAN   B.   GARRIGUES. 
One  of  Gen.  Fremont's  select  Body-guard. 


MISSISSIPPI  RIVER  NAVY — GUNBOAT  SERVICE.    221 

seen  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  made  up  mainly 
from  Ohio  and  Kentucky. 
Norman  B.  Garrigues,  Alvin  Galbraith  and  James  Day  were 
in  this  body. 

THIRD  KANSAS  REGIMENT  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

Stanton  Weaver,  dis.  for  wounds. 

TENTH  REGIMENT   KANSAS  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

1st  Lieut,  and  Adjt.  J.  R.  Hudson,  pro.  to  asst.  adjt.  on 
General  Blunt's  Second  Brigade  of  Kansas  Volunteer 
Infantry. 

MISSISSIPPI   RIVER  NAVY — GUNBOAT  SERVICE. 

George  Pyle,  John  W.  Street. 


CHAPTER  XXV. 


NECROIvOGY  OP  SALEM  CITIZENS. 


"^N  the  following  list  not  all  the  names  of  persons 
,^  J  who  have  been  citizens  of  Salem  and  its  vicinity 
are  given,  but  these  are  some  of  the  prominent 
ones.  While  there  are  doubtless  many  others,  who 
deserve  mention  with  these,  the  author  must  offer, 
for  apology,  lack  of  knowledge  and  the  size  to  which 
this  book,  with  them  included,  would  be  extended. 

Nan)e. 

Allen,  Asa  W. 
Allen,  Jesse 

Allen,  Sophia  (Asa  W.) 
Allison,  Frank  W. 
Allison,  George  W. 
Allison,  Mahlon 
Ambler,  Mary  A.  (Jacob) 
Ambler,  Peter 
Antrim,  Aaron 
Antrim,  Benjamin 
Aptrim,  John 
Arner,  Caleb  B. 
Arnold,  Samtiel 
Astry,  Jonas 
Atkinson,  George 
Auhorn,  Benjamin 

Baird,  Abraham  W> 

Baird,  Rev.  I.  N. 

Baird,  Sarah  (Rev.  I.  N. ) 

Ball,  Abraham, 

Ball,  Joseph 

Ball,  Nathan 


Nativity^ 

Died. 

Age 

A 

Connecticut 

April  8,  1885 

89 

Penn'a 

Jan.  31,  1863 

81 

Vermont 

July  2,  1886 

87 

Ohio 

July  30,  1898 

42 

Penn'a 

Apr.  23,  1880 

67 

Penn'a 

Jan.  4,  1871 

63 

Penn'a 

Aug.  6,  1898 

70 

Penn'a 

Nov.  21,  1886 

58 

New  Jersey 

Nov.  13,  1874 

66 

New  Jersey 

May  7,  1876 

74 

New  Jersey 

July  22,  1849 

82 

Ohio 

Apr.  19,  1866 

49 

Penn'a 

June  9,  1898 

78 

Ohio 

Dec.  1,  1886 

77 

New  Jersey 

Jan.  10,  1871 

75 

Virginia 

Mar.  23,  1891 

72 

B 

Aug.  16,  1861 

55 

Virginia 

July  7,  1893 

77 

Penn'a 

Nov.  30,  1870 

44 

Penn'a 

Apr.  26,  1881 

74 

New  Jersey 

Mar.  7,  1877 

73 

Penn'a 

Apr.  26,  1842 

79 

NECROLOGY  OF  SALEM  CITIZENS. 


223 


NarT)e. 

Nativity. 

Died.         y 

f\gc. 

Barber,  Abraham 

Penn'a 

Nov.  10,  1863 

74 

Barber,  Benjamin 

Ohio 

May  8,  18')2 

47 

Barber  Drusilla  ( Abram) 

Penn'a 

Apr.  3,  1868 

75 

Barber,  Isaac,  Jr. 

Ohio 

Jan.  10,  1897 

75 

Barber,  Israel 

Penn'a 

Dec.  30,  1890 

79 

Barber,  Jacob 

Penn'a 

June  8,  1877 

81 

Barber,  John 

Ohio 

May  17,  1891 

61 

Barber,  Lydia  (Israel; 

Penn'a 

Sept.  9,  1889 

71 

Barber,  Mar}^  S.  (Jacob) 

New  Jersey 

Oct.  27,  1874 

69 

Bard,  Ezekiel 

Penn'a 

Dec.  4,  1867 

76 

Bard,  Samuel 

Penn'a 

Jan.  26,  1874 

58 

Bard,  Sarah  H.  (Samuel) 

Ohio 

June  8,  1898 

86 

Bardsle}',  John 

England 

May  20,  1879 

59 

Barnaby,  James 

Penn'a 

Mar.  4,  1864 

45 

Barnes,  Robert  A. 

Maryland 

July  12,  1898 

65 

Barnhouse,  Susan  (Pusey) 

Ireland 

Nov.  6,  1889 

38 

Bates,  Martin  L. 

Ohio 

Mar.  16,  1897 

57 

Baum,  John 

Penn'a 

July  20,  1862 

59 

Baum,  Nancy  (John) 

Jan.  16,  1874 

73 

Bauman,  Jacob 

July  13,  1860 

60 

Beam,  Jacob 

Nov.  26,  1839 

35 

Beam,  Rebecca  (Jacob) 

July  2,  1852 

55 

Beans,  Israel 

Virg-inia 

May  10,  1888 

94 

Beans,  Jane  (Israel) 

Virg-inia 

Dec.  25,  1874 

80 

Beatty,  Helen  (Robert) 

Scotland 

June  20,  1886 

81 

Beaumont,  Dr.  John 

England 

Aug-ust,  1860 

48 

Beaumont,  Henrietta  (J.  T. 

)  Penn'a 

July,  1893 

74 

Beaumont,  James  T. 

Penn'a 

Dec.  6,  1893 

79 

Beaumont,  Marg-.  L.  (Dr.  J.)  Scotland 

Jan.  29,  l.>73 

64 

Bentley,  Franklin  H. 

Maryland 

Nov.  10,  1887 

74 

Bentley,  Hannah  G.  (F.  H.)  Penn'a 

Oct.  8,  1893 

74 

Bishop,  Howell  S. 

Connecticut 

May  17,  1868 

49 

Bishop,  Susan  P.  (  Howell  S. )  Ohio 

Nov.  8,  1893 

Blackburn,  Gen.  \Ym. 

Penn'a 

May  7,  1858 

70 

Blackburn,  John,  Jr. 

Ohio 

Oct.  15.  1898 

56 

Blackburn,  John,  Sr. 

Penn'a 

June  26,  1886 

86 

Blackburn,  J.  Armstrong- 

Penn'a 

Jan.  17.  1866 

64 

Bonsall,  Daniel 

Penn'a 

May  18,  1879 

76 

Bonsall,  Edward,  Sr. 

Penn'a 

Aug.  29,  1862 

86 

224  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 

Nan)e.  Nativity.  Died.         Age. 

Bonsall,  Martha  (Daniel)  Ohio  Aug.  8, 1841  36 

Bonsall,  Rachel  (Edward)  New  Jersey  Sept.  29,  1864  77 

Bonsall,  Thomas  Virginia  July  4,  1890  72 

Boone,  Esther  (Isaac)  Penn'a  Oct.  12,  1886  84 

Boone,  Isaac  Penn'a  Nov.  27,  1886  90 

Boone,  Hannah  L.  Penn'a  July  17,  1890  60 

Boone,  James  Penn'a  Feb.  14,  1868  42 

Boone,  Joshua  J.  Penn'a  Dec.  25,  1895  75 

Boone,  J.  Thomas  Penn'a  Apr.  16,  1862  46 

Boone,  Maria  T.  Penn'a  May  26,  1851  34 

Boone,  Mary  (T.  Chalkley)  Penn'a  Mar.  1,  1885  58 

Boone,  Rebecca  Penn'a  Apr.  12,  1860  73 

Boone,  Richard  Penn'a  Oct.  16,  1893  76 

Boone,  T.  Chalkley  Penn'a  Dec.  20,  1893  70 

Bonsall,  Daniel  Penn'a  May  18,  1879  76 

Bonsall,  Edward,  Sr.  Penn'a  Aug-.  29,  1862  86 

Bonsall,  Martha  (Daniel)  Ohio  Aug-.  8,  1841  36 

Bonsall,Rachel  (Edward, Sr)  New  Jersey  Sep.  29,  1864  77. 

Bonsall,  Thomas  Virg-inia  July  14,  1890  72 

Boswell,  Peter  H.     ^  New  Jersey  June  3,  1884  74 

Boulton,  Daniel  Penn'a  Apr.  6,  1880  76 

Boulton,  Esther  (Daniel)  New  Jersey  Sept.  16.  1880  81 

Bowker,  Isaiah  New  Jersey  May  6,  1845  78 

Boyle,  Allan  Scotland  July  23,  1891  77 

Bradshaw,  James  Penn'a  Feb.  19,  1802  71 

Brainerd,  Calvin  F.  Ohio  Mar.  29,  1886  62 

Brainerd,  Sophia  F.  (Cal.  F.)  Ohio  Nov.  1,  1874  68 

Brooks,  Joseph  J.  Vermont  Mar.  26,  1862  53 

Brooks,  Judith  F.  (Jos.  J.)  Vermont  Dec.  12,  1860  44 

Brooks,  Roxa  (Thomas)  Vermont  Aug-.  11,  1842  55 

Brown,  David  Ohio  Dec.  28,  1889  78 

Burford,  David  B.  England  May  23,  1897  57 

Burns,  Benjamin  Penn'a  May  9,  1842  42 

Burns,  Georg-e  -  Penn'a  Feb.  24,  1872  78 

Burns,  Hug-h  Penn'a  Aug-.  23,  1852  79 

Burt,  Mary  Ann  (John  K.)  Penn'a  Nov.  8,  1898  65 

C 

Callahan,  Eliza  (John)  Ohio  Oct.  9.  1859  36 

Callahan,  John  Ohio  Mar.  13,  1877  65 


NECROLOGY  OP  SALEM  CITIZENS. 


225 


Naroe. 

Nativity. 

Died. 

Age 

Campbell,  Eliza  J.  L.  (R.Jr 

)Ohio 

Oct.  27,  1S07, 

46 

Campbell,  James 

Ohio 

Nov.  10,  1887* 

68 

Campbell,  John  Esqr. 

Scotland 

Feb.  3,  1845 

48 

Campbell,  Lucy  A.  (John) 

Maine 

Sept.  8,  1898 

66 

Campbell,  Mary(Robert,Sr.)  Scotland 

Feb.  19, 1875 

81 

Campbell,  Presley  S. 

Ohio 

July  30,  1860 

30 

Campbell,  RacheU  Wm. ) 

Oct.  15,  1872 

62 

Campbell,  Robert,  Sr. 

Scotland 

Sept.  29,  1861 

70 

Campbell,  Susan  (Angus) 

Ohio 

Nov.  11,  1896 

74 

Campbell,  William 

Ohio 

Mar.  14,  1869 

57 

Cameron,  Josiah 

Ohio 

Feb.  28,  1890 

85 

Carey,  Dr.  Abel 

Ohio 

Jan.  15,  1872 

62 

Carey,  Maria  (Dr.  Abel) 

Penn'a 

June,  1885 

68 

Carlisle,  James  H. 

New  Jerse3' 

Feb.  2,  1860 

37 

Carlisle,  Lewis 

Ohio 

July  28,  1898 

49 

Carr,  Mary  B. 

Apr.  30,  1779 

71 

Cassel berry,  B.  W. 

Penn'a 

July  23,  1892 

66 

Casselberry,  Esther  (Jos.) 

Penn'a 

Feb.  1,  1887 

76 

Casselberr}',  Joseph 

Penn'a 

Aug.  1894 

85 

Cattell,  Enoch 

New  Jersey 

May  22,  1815 

43 

Cattell,  Jonas  D. 

Ohio 

Apr.  1,  1895 

78 

Caufman,  Joseph 

Penn'a 

Aug.,  1894 

85 

Cessna,  John 

Penn'a 

May  30,  1890 

87 

Chaney,  William 

Penn'a 

Feb.  24,  1886 

84 

Chessman,  Henry  W. 

Ohio 

June  6,  1868 

33 

Chessman,  Jane  (Samuel) 

Penn'a 

Aug.  30,  1890 

76 

Chessman,  Lavinia  (H.  W. 

)  Ohio 

Mar.  18,  1862 

26 

Chessman,  Mehitable 

NewEnglan 

d  Sept.  26,  1857 

72 

Chisholm,  Elsa  (John) 

Ohio 

July  6,  1893 

76 

Chisholm,  John  P. 

Ohio 

June  20,  1882 

70 

Church,  Catharine  L. 

Penn'a 

July  28,  1872 

71 

Clark,  Ann 

England 

Jan.  30.  1884 

81 

Clippinger,  Emanuel 

Ohio 

Apr.  4,  1885 

72 

Clippinger,  Nathan  B. 

Ohio 

Mar.  20,  1877 

27 

Cobbs,  Thomas  W. 

Ohio 

Feb.  18,  1898 

80 

Coburn,  Nathan 

Ohio 

Mar.  8,  1887 

65 

Coffee,  Dr.  Jonathan  W. 

Virginia 

Aug.,  1871, 

62 

Coffee,  Dr.  J.  L. 

Ohio 

Sept.  29,  1894 

46 

Coffee,  Mary 

Virginia 

Aug.  19,  1859 

80 

226 


HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 


Nan)c. 
Coffee,  Priscilla  (Dr.  J.W.) 
Cole,  Emily  W. 
Conkle,  Samuel 
Conn,  Esther  (Thomas) 
Conn,  Samuel 
Conn,  Thomas 
Cook,  Albert 
Cook,  Henry 
Cook,  James  H. 
Cook,  Job,  Sr. 
Cook,  Job,  Jr. 
Cook,  Joseph 
Cook,  Lois  (Lovern  B.) 
Cook,  Mary  (Henry) 
Cook,  Stacy,  Sr. 
Coon,  Rev.  Jacob 
Copeland,  Nancy 
Cotton,  Jackson 
Cowan,  John  H. 
Craddock,  Ann  (Thomas) 
Craddock,  Thomas 
Crumrine, -Isaac 
Crumrine,  Mary  (Michael) 

Darling-ton, Catharine  (Wm. 

Darling-ton,  William 

Davis,  Anna  P.  (James) 

Davis,  Benjamin  B. 

Davis,  Elizabeth 

Davis,  James 

Davis,  Lydia 

Davis,  Mary  (Samuel,  Sr. ) 

Davis,  Joshua 

Davis,  Rachel  (Joshua) 

Davis,  Samuel,  Sr. 

Davis,  Samuel,  Jr. 

Davis,  Sarah  (Milton) 

Day,  Sarah  W.  (William) 

Delzell,  John,  Sr. 


Nativity. 

Died. 

Age 

Penn'a 

Aug-.  9,  1874 

53 

Penn'a 

Nov.  11,  1886 

75 

Jan.  8,  1879 

76 

New  Jersey 

June  30,  1833 

61 

New  Jersey 

Mar.  9,  1867 

73 

New  Jersey 

Aug-.,  1842 

77 

Ohio 

Mar.  26,  1895 

71 

Ohio 

Feb.  24,  1897 

83 

Penn'a 

Mar.  6,  1894 

78 

New  Jersey 

1841 

93 

New  Jersey 

Dec.  21,  1855 

66 

Penn'a 

Mar.  6,  1894 

77 

Ohio 

Aug-.  20,  1879 

64 

Ohio 

Mar.  6,  1888 

71 

Penn'a 

Mar.  13,  1876 

86 

Penn'a 

Sept.  17,  1878 

77 

Virgfinia 

Aug-.  10,  1896 

75 

Ohio 

Jan.  5,  1897 

81 

Scotland 

Aug-.  5,  1892 

70 

Eng-land 

Nov.  24,  1877 

82 

Eng-land 

Sept.  22,  1880 

80 

Ohio 

Apr.  15,  1896 

68 

Maryland 

June  18,  1864 

74 

D 

Penn'a 

Sept.  19,  1896 

85 

Penn'a 

May  19,  1872 

Ohio 

Jan.  22,  1882 

61 

Ohio 

Sept.  8,  1847 

36 

Ohio 

Aug-.  20,  1881 

55 

New  York 

July  20,  1890 

71 

Ohio 

April  4,  1889 

51 

New  Jersey 

Apr.  27,  1842 

82 

Penn'a 

May  9,  1880 

78 

Penn'a 

Oct.  15,  1864 

63 

Penn'a 

Apr.  15,  1835 

73 

Ohio 

Jan.  23,  1897 

81 

Michig-an 

Nov.  14,  1864 

35 

England 

June  9,  1897 

60 

May  9,  1857       60 


NECROLOGY  OF  SALEM  CITIZENS. 


227 


Nanje. 
Deming-,  John 
Dennis,  Charles 
Dennis,  Jane  (Charles) 
Derrick,  John 
Dickinson,  Harriet  (J.  F. ) 
Dickinson,  Jeremiah  F. 
Dixon,  Isaac 
Duck,  Jesse 

Dunn,  Minerva  (Wm.  T. ) 
Dunn,  Robert 
Dunn,  William 

Eg"g"man,  James 
Eg"g^man  Rebecca  (James) 
Eldridg-e,  Enos 
Elton,  Samuel 
Eng^land,  Content 
England,  Georg-e 
England,  Hannah  (Joseph) 
Eng-land,  Joseph 
Eng-land,  Sarah 
England,  Tacj 
Entriken,  Brinton 
Estill,  Hannah  (Rev.  J.  J. ) 
Estill,  Rev.  Jacob  J. 
Evans,  Elizabeth 
Evans,  Jonathan,  Sr. 
Evans,  Philip 

Farquhar,  Allen 
Farquhar,  Jacob  P. 
F^awcett,  Abigail  (Wm.) 
Fawcett,  David 
Fawcett,  Esther  N.  (E.  W.) 
Fawcett,  Hannah  (David) 
Fawcett,  Jehu 
Fawcett,  John 
Fawcett,  Jonathan 
Fawcett,  Josiah 
Fawcett,  Levi 


Nativity. 

Died.         i 

(\ge. 

Connecticut 

Jan.  10,  1894 

77 

Penn'a 

Jan.  26,  1877 

85 

Penn'a 

Dec.  2,  1872 

84 

Ireland 

Dec.  11,  1884 

73 

Penn'a 

Aug.  22,  1854 

53 

Penn'a 

Feb.  8,  1878 

83 

July  22,  1849 

65 

Ohio 

Mar.  28,  1894 

74 

Ohio 

Mar.  23,  1874 

47 

Eng-land 

Oct.  24,  1886 

84 

Virg-inia 

Feb.  18,  1896 

70 

E 

New  Jersey 

Oct.  25,  1859 

64 

New  Jersey 

Sept.  14,  1879 

79 

Penn'a 

May  7,  1871 

72 

New  Jersey 

July  21,  1857 

58 

New  Jersey 

June  24,  1897 

79 

Ohio 

Mar.  22,  1870 

43 

Penn'a 

Apr.  29,  1853 

61 

Penn'a 

Jan.  27,  1866 

78 

Penn'a 

May  1,  1894 

81 

Ohio 

Aug.  28,  1872 

49 

Penn'a 

Nov.  4,  1888 

76 

Ohio 

Aug-.  7,  1895 

82 

Penn'a 

Feb.  26,  1879 

74 

Penn'a 

May  16,  1853 

59 

Penn'a 

Aug.  27,  1849 

75 

Penn'a 

Aug.  8,  1880 

76 

F 

Penn'a 

Dec.  28,  1885 

87 

Ohio 

Dec.  24,  1889 

55 

New  Jersey 

Jan.  12,  1855 

67 

Virginia 

Feb.  4,  1862 

68 

Penn'a 

Oct.  23,  1887 

59 

Penn'a 

Jan.,  1848 

49 

Virg-inia 

Feb.  8,  1867 

63 

Virginia 

Mar.  13,  1862 

76 

Virg-inia 

Aug.  10,  1884 

88 

Virg-inia 

Sept.  24,  1881 

73 

Virg-inia 

Augf.  17,  1841 

40 

228  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 


Naroe. 

Nativity. 

Died. 

Age 

Fawcett,  Nathan 

Ohio 

Feb.  9,  1870 

Fawcett,  Richard,  Sr. 

Virg-inia 

May  2,  1862 

68 

Fawcett,  Richard,  Jr. 

Virg-inia 

Oct.  7,  1888 

76 

Fawcett,  William  F. 

Virg-inia 

July  5,  1857 

60 

Fetters,  Mary 

Ohio 

Feb.  23,  1870 

77 

Fisher,  Margaret  (Joseph) 

June  15,  1843 

Fisher,  Joseph 

Virg-inia 

April  3,  1848 

84 

Fisher,  Priscilla  W.  (1  Wm. 

)  New  Jersey 

Sept.  7,  1855 

60 

Fisher,  Ruth  (2d  Wm.) 

Ohio    . 

June,  1885 

66 

Fisher,  William 

Virg-inia 

Feb.  8,  1889 

88 

Flitcraft,  Elizabeth  (John) 

New  Jersey 

July  11,  1851 

60 

Flitcraft,  John 

New  Jersey 

Nov.  3,  1870 

79 

Flitcraft,  Julia  A. 

Ohio 

Aug-.  30,  1896 

73 

Folk,  Nathan 

Ohio 

Nov.  29,  1895 

66 

Forehope,  John  W. 

Penn'a 

Mar.  7,  1890 

67 

Forehope,  Mary  (John) 

Ohio 

May  15,  1877 

66 

Frederick,  Mary 

Ohio 

Sept.  24,  1898 

87 

French,  Anna  (Robt.) 

New  Jersey 

Mar.  26,  1849 

58 

French,  John 

Ohio 

May  22,  1889 

69 

French,  Robert,  Sr. 

New  Jersey 

Feb.  13,  1862 

83 

French,  Samuel 

Ohio 

Nov.  1,  1871 

49 

French,  Thomas 

New  Jersey 

Jan.  23,  1852 

78 

French,  Thomas  Y. 

Ohio 

Apr.  13,  1895 

80 

French,  Zadok 

Ohio 
G 

Apr.  15,  1871 

63 

Gailey  Charlotte  (Andrew) 

Au.  5,  1864 

44 

Gailbraith,  Thomas 

Penn'a 

July  20,  1855 

72 

Gamble,  Harrison 

Ireland 

Dec.  1,  1890 

75 

Gardner,  Richard 

Nov.  29,  1884 

84 

Garrig-ues,  Marg-aret  (Wm.)  Penn'a 

Apr.  15,  1861 

71 

Garrig-ues,  Maria  B    ( R.  H. 

)  Maryland 

Sept.  16,  1897 

80 

Garrig-ues,  Norman  B. 

Ohio 

Jan.  6,  1898 

57 

Garrig-ues,  Richard  H. 

Penn'a 

Sept.  18.  1874 

58 

Garrig-ues,  William 

Penn'a 

Dec.  22,  1870 

81 

Garwood,  William, 

New  Jersey 

Sept.  12,  1876 

71 

Gaskill,  David 

New  Jersey 

Dec.  25,  1847 

69 

Gaskill,  Israel 

New  Jersey 

Aug-.  24,  1836 

64 

Gaskill,  Nathan  R. 

Ohio 

Apr.  20,  1879 

60 

Gaskill,  Sarah  (David)  New  Jersey     Mar.  6,  1842      63 


NECROLOGY  OF  SALEM  CITIZENS. 


229 


NarT)e. 
Gaunt,  Abraham 
Gee,  Mary  (Timothy) 
Gilbert,  Barclay 
Goldy,  Shedlock 
Gong-wer,  Anthony 
Gongwer,  Catharine  (Ant.) 
Gordon,  John 
Golbourn,  Joseph 
Golbourn,  Rachel  (Joseph) 
Greiner,  Esther  (John) 
Greiner,  Hiram 
Greiner,  John 
Griffith,  Hannah  (Reuben) 
Griffith,  Oliver 
Grissell,  Charles  D. 
Grissell,  Mary  H.  (Chas.  D.) 
Gross,  Thomas 
Grove,  Ann  E.  (Samuel) 
Grimmesey,  Alfareta 
Grimmesey,  Ann  (John,  Sr. ) 
Grimmesey,  John,  Sr. 
Grimmesey,  John  W.,  Jr. 

Haines,  Robt.  M. 
Hambel,  Hugh 
Hale  Warwick 
Hardman,  Samuel 
Harman,  Ann  (Christian) 
Harman,  Christian 
Harring-ton,  Edg^ar  O. 
Harris,  Benjamin 
Harris,  David  F. 
Harris,  Hannah  W.  (D.  F.) 
Harris,  Hannah  (Nathan) 
Harris,  Dr.  John 
Harris,  Mary  (Dr.  John) 
Harwood,  William 
Haskell,  Rev.  W.  H. 
Hawley,  Benjamin 


Nativity.  Died.  Age. 

New  Jersey  June,  1850  71 

Penn'a  Sept.  10,  1882  (>2 

Penn'a  June  27,  1884  73 

New  Jersey  July  18.  1889  9f> 

Feb.  19,  1857  41 

New  Jersey  Jan.  29,  1858  45 

Penn'a  May  29,  1881  73 

Penn'a  Jan.  26,  1872  83 

P<inn'a  Feb.  4,  1879  92 

Penn'a  Jan.  9,  1863  hf> 

Penn'a  Nov.  6,  1874  54 

Penn'a  Feb.  15,  1873  83 

Penn'a  June  21,  1852  71 

Ohio  July  18,  1898  69 

Penn'a  Jan.  8,  1877  77 

Penn'a  Dec.  12,  1894  87 

Maryland  Aug-.  4,  1849  70 

Ohio  Dec.  2,  1886  58 

Ohio  Apr.  4,  1896  23 

Ireland  Dec.  15,  1864  81 

Ireland  Aug-.  4,  1853  66 

Ireland  Nov.  11,  1892  68 
H 

Penn'a  July  5,  1891  86 

Ohio  Dec.  3,  1860  38 

Penn'a  Apr.  23,  1898  88 

Sept.  9,  1882  81 

New  Jersey  Oct.  4,  1865  68 

New  Jersey  Mar.  20,  1841  54 

Ohio  Sept  17,  1898  60 

Ohio  Dec.  16,  1870  65 

New  England  Oct.  13,  1848  66 

New  Jersey  Apr.  5,  1865  75 

Penn'a  July  28,  1891  92 

Penn'a  Sept.  9,  1879  71 

Connecticut  Oct.  20,  1882  70 

Eng-land  Nov.  2,  1894,  68 

England  Apr.  19,  1896 

Penn'a  Feb.  27,  1875  85 


230 


HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 


Nan)e. 

Nativity. 

Died.         i 

^ge. 

Hawley,  Jesse 

Penn'a 

May  21,  1890 

74 

Hawley,  Mary  B.  (Benj.) 

Ohio 

Oct.  1,  1854 

38 

Hayes,  Charles  I. 

Penn'a 

July  9,  1898 

70 

Heacock,  Dorothy  (Jerm.) 

Penn'a 

Apr.  6,  1896 

88 

Heacock,  Jeremiah 

Ohio 

July  22,  1895 

Heacock,  William 

Penn'a 

Feb.  15,  1835 

56 

Heaton,  Elizabeth  (Jacob) 

Penn'a 

July  31,  1892 

83 

Heaton,  Jacob 

Penn'a 

Mar.  25,  1888 

79 

Heaton,  Jesse 

Penn'a 

Oct.  26,  1873 

66 

Heaton,  Mary 

Penn'a 

Oct  25,  1868 

86 

Heaton,  Richardson 

Ohio 

Dec.  7,  1897 

61 

Heaton,  Thomas 

Penn'a 

Mar.  25,  1853 

77 

Henkle,  Wm.  D. 

Ohio 

Nov.  22,  1881 

53 

Henshilwood,  Archibald 

Eng-land 

Feb.  7,  1862 

65 

H«nshilwood,Marg-aret(  Ar. )  Eng-land 

Aug.  13,  1857 

47 

Hester,  Matthias 

Penn'a 

Feb.  11,  1890 

96 

Hiddleson,  Benj,  F. 

Penn'a 

May  6,  1848 

31 

Hiddleson,  Mary  B. 

(Wm.) 

Ohio 

Nov.  10,  1890 

62 

Hillis,  Jacob  D, 

Penn'a 

July  12,  1898 

93 

Hilliard,  John,  Sr, 

New  Jersey 

Nov.  16,  1858 

68 

Hilliard,  John,  Jr. 

Ohio 

Apr.  10,  1896 

61 

Hilliard,  Joshua 

Ohio 

Sept.  17,  1898 

62 

Hinchliff,  Catharine 

:  (Hen.)  Eng-land 

June  23,  1870 

54 

Hinchli^T,  John 

Eng-land 

Nov.  1,  1877 

55 

Hinchman,  Aaron 

Ohio 

July  5,  1854 

34 

Hinchnjan,  Henry 

New  Jerse}' 

Nov.  14,  1881 

74 

Hise,  Aaron,  Sr. 

Penn'a 

July  19,  1752 

66 

Hise,  D.  Howell 

Penn'a 

Nov.  17,  1878 

65 

Hise,  Edwin 

Ohio 

Aug-.  1884 

36 

Hise,  Jesse 

Ohio 

Nov.  20,  1881 

57 

Hise,  Marg-aret  (D. 

Howell 

)  Penn'a 

Oct.  22,  1886 

65 

Hise,  Mary  (Aaron, 

Sr.) 

Penn'a 

Aug-.  19,  1871 

83 

HoUoway,  Aaron 

Virg-inia 

Apr.  13,  1872 

83 

Holloway,  Imlah 

Ohio 

July  7,  1895 

79 

Holloway,  Jesse 

Virg-inia 

Nov.  11,  1846 

94 

Holloway,  Joel 

Virg-inia 

May  12,  1872 

86 

Hollowa}^  Joseph 

Ohio 

July  22,  1892 

Holloway,  Mary  (Joel) 

Virg-inia 

Sept.  21,  1874 

80 

Holloway,  Olive  (Aaron) 

Penn'a 

Apr.  24,  1872 

80 

NECROLOGY  OF  SALEM  CITIZENS.  231 

IVarT)c.                       Nativity.                   Died.  Age. 

Holloway,  Samuel  Ohio  Oct.  29,  1897 

Holloway,  Susan  (Joshua)     Virg-inia  Oct.  21,  1872  65 

Horner,  Mary  A.  (Thos.  F.)  Penn'a  Dec.  23,  1890  86 

Horner,  Thomas  F.                   Virg-inia  Nov.  7,  1899  86 

Howell,  John                             Penn'a  Aug^.  13,  1849  65 

Howell,  Silas                              Penn'a  Aug.  2,  1880  79 

Hudson,  John                            Penn'a  June  10,  1877  58 

Hunt,  Caleb                               Ohio  Dec.  2,  1862  47 

Hunt,  Elisha                             New  Jersey  July  23,  1873  94 

Hunt,  Enoch                              Ohio  June  21,  1864  51 

Hunt,  Hannah  C.  (Stacy)      Penn'a  Feb.  15,  1885  89 

Hunt,  Ira                                    Ohio  Aug.  29,  1883  72 

Hunt,  Mary  A.  (Caleb)           Ohio  June  24,  1857  42 

Hunt,  Milton                             Penn'a  Aug.  5,  1857  30 

Hunt,  Nathan,  Sr.                    New  Jersey  Apr.  15,  1851  67 

Hunt,  Nathan,  Jr.                    Ohio  Aug-.  31,1887  62 

Hunt,  Rebecca(Nathan,  Sr.)  New  Jersey  June  12,  1875  96 

Hunt,  Seth                                 Ohio  Apr.  21,  1853  29 

Hunt,  Stacy                               New  Jersey  Jan.  31,  1878  88 

Hunt,  William                           Virg-inia  Oct.  27,  1828  65 

Hutton,  Joel                                Penn'a  Dec.  10,  1876  85 

Huxley,  Philo                            Ohio  July  31,  1898  56 

I 

Ingraham,  Joseph,  Sr.  Penn'a  Sept.  24,  1855    75 

Ingraham,  Joseph,  Jr.             Ohio  Oct.  30,  1888  70 

J 

Jennings,  Elizabeth  (Wm.)   Ohio  Jan.  2,  1864  39 

Jennings,  Levi,  Sr.                   New  Jersey  Mar.  17,  1850  85 

Jennings,  Rebecca( Levi, Sr.)  Virginia  Nov.  30,  1854  85 

Jennings,  Simeon                     New  Jersey  Oct.  3,  1865  74 

Jennings,  William                    New  Jersey  Mar.  15,  1889  81 

Jobes,  Charles                           New  Jersey  Feb.  11,  1885  77 

Jobes,  William  New  Jersey  Jan.  20,  1855 

Johns,  Abner  Sept.  6,  1896  71 

Johns,  Josiah                            Penn'a  1871  71 

K 

Kaiser,  John  H.  Germany  Nov.  20,  1898    72 

Keen  George  W.                       Penn'a  Feb.  10,  1866  38 

Keen,  Rachel  (Thomas)         Penn'a  Dec.  27,  1878  87 


232 


HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 


Naroe. 
Keen,  Thomas 
Kelly.,  Alfred 
Kelty,  Richard 
Kelty,  William 
Kennett,  Thomas 
Kepler,  Elizabeth 
Kidd,  Georg-e  C. 
Kinnaman,  Christian 
Kirk,  Rev.  Abner  G. 
Kirk,  William 
Kirkbride,  Frances(Mahlon) 
Kirkbride,  Mahlon 
Kirtland,  Sarah  (William) 
Kirtland,  Thomas 
Kirtland,  William 
Koll,  Daniel 
Koll,  Julia  (Daniel) 

Lamborn,  Ann 
Lamborn,  Esther  (.Job) 
Lamborn,  Job 
Lang-staff,  James 
Leach,  James  W. 
Leach,  Mary  (Jas.  W.) 
Leach,  P.  L.  Bain 
Lease,  Edwin  A. 
Lee,  Hannah  G.  (Josiah) 
Lee,  Josiah 
Lewis,  Harvey 
Lewis,  Lydia  P. 
Lupton,  Daniel 

M'Bride,  Ruth 

M'Calla,  David 

M'Calla,  John 

M'Calla,  Mary  (John,  Sr.) 

M'Cartney,  Elizabeth  (John) 

M'Connor,  John 

M'Curdy,  Daniel 


Nativity. 
Penn'a 
New  Hamp. 
New  Jersey 
New  Jersey 
Ohio 
Eng-land 
Eng-land 
Penn'a 
Penn'a 
Penn'a 
Penn'a 
Penn'a 

Eng-land 
Eng-land 
Prussia 
Prussia 

L 

Penn'a 

Penn'a 

Penn'a 

Penn'a 

Virg-inia 

New  Jersey 

Ohio 

Penn'a 

Penn'a 

Penn'a 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Virginia 

M 

Ohio 
Penn'a 
Penn'a 
Virg-inia 

Penn'a 
Penn'a 


Died.         Age. 

Mar.  19,  1870  77 

Jure  6,  1892  77 

May  3,  1877  79 

Dec.  19,  1854  69 

Sept.  10,  1881  74 

Auff.  10,  1860  80 

Oct.  23,  1854  86 
Oct.  11,  1881 

June  9,  1886  77 

Oct.  31,  1860  80 

April  9,  1897  77 

June  8,  1884  74 

Dec.  22,  1886  74 

May  18,  1879  82 

Oct.  14,  1888  87 

Feb.  24,  1892  79 

Jan.  10,  1866  55 

Nov.  19,  1855  75 

May  17,  1857  52 

Mar.  13,  1888  87 

July  24,  1849  87 
July  21,  1888 
Apr.  29,  1872 

Aug-.  24,  1893  66 

Jan. 15,  1891  52 
July  21,  1890 
1845 
Aug-.  4,  1896 

Aug-.  30,  1896  62 

Nov.  5,  1869  50 


84 

77 


92 


70 


Apr.,  1895  72 

Oct.  18,  1871  67 

Sept.  22,  1878  68 

Nov.  15,  1365  91 

Nov.  7,  1891  61 

Mar.  8,  1865  67 

Jan.  4,  1888  75 


NECROLOGY  OF  SALEM  CITIZENS. 


233 


Nan)e. 
M'Donald.  David 
M'Leran,Elizabeth(JohnSr) 
M'Leran,  James 
M'Leran  John 
M'Millan,  David 
M'Millan,  Joel 
M'Millan,  Reuben 
Mall,  Abigail  (Henry,  Sr.) 
Mall,  Henry,  Sr. 
Markley,  Abraham 
Marshall,  James  C. 
Martin,  Georg-e 
Mather,  Thomas 
Matthews,  Alice  R. 
Matthews,  Philip 
Mead,  John,  Sr. 
Mead,  John,  Jr. 
Mead,  Mary  (John,  Sr.) 
Melling-er,  Daniel 
Mendenhall,  Jonathan 
Mercer,  Mary 
Mercer.  Phebe 
Mercer,  Solomon 
Miller,  David 
Miller,  Elizabeth  (David) 
Mink,  Benjamin  S. 
Mink,  John 
Minser,  Emily 
Moore,  Harrison 
Morlan.  Melissa 
Morlan,  Mordecai 
Morris,  Hannah 
Murphy,  Ephraim 
Murray,  Anna  B.  (John  G.) 

Neal,  Mary 
Neas,  John 
Neg"us,  John,  Sr. 
Nichols,  Mahlon 


Nativity. 

Scotland 
Scotland 
Ohio 

Ohio 
Ohio 


Ohio 
Penn'a 


Eng-land 
Eng-land 
Eng-land 

Ohio 
Penn'a 
Penn'a 
Penn'a 
Virg-inia 
Penn'a 
New  Jersey 
New  Jersey 

Ireland 

Virg-inia 

Penn'a 
Ohio 

N 
New  Jersey 

Penn'a 
Virginia 


Died.         Age. 

Apr.  25.  1870  71 

June  25,  1862  80 

Aug-.  22,  1853  53 

May  1,  1868  43 

Feb.  15,  1893  66 

Aug-.  15, 1877  55 

June  23,  1898  78 

Jan.  7,  1869  83 

Aug.  11,  1859  73 

Dec.  5,  1880  90 

Mar.  31,  1892  75 

Oct.  26,  1896  75 

Jan.  16,  1890  80 

Oct  20,  1863  88 

July  25,  1880  69 

Dec.  13,  1858  78 

Mar.  21,1882  70 

Jan.  2.  1873  85 
Mar.  3,  1894 

April  1,  1892  55 

Jan.  27,  1872  76 

Jan.  8,  1878  69 

Mar.  3,  18^8  84 

Aug.  10,  1872  79 

Aug.  30,  1882  89 

Feb.  2,  1895  63 

Sept.  27,  1877  77 

May  27,  1860  47 

Sept.  20,  1866  42 

Aug.  19,  1860  31 

Jan.  28,  1880  88 

Apr.  11,  1858  82 

Aug.  27,  1898  79 

Dec.  25,  1897  33 

June  3,  1895  75 

Mar.  16,  1859  50 

Nov.  6,  1868  80 

April  2,  1893  70 


234 


HISTORY   OP   SALEM. 


NarT)e. 

Painter,  David 
Painter,  Jacob,  Sr. 
Painter,  Jacob,  Jr. 
Painter,  Mary  H.  (Samuel) 
Painter,  Miriam  (Jacob,  Sr.) 
Painter,  Nancy  (David 
Painter,  Nancy  (Jacob,  Jr.) 
Painter,  Samuel 
Park,  Lewis  T. 
Patterson,  Robert 
Pearson,  Anna 
Peppel,  John 
Pettitt,  Rebecca 
Phillips,  Barbara 
Phillips,  Isaac  R. 
Phillips,  James 
Phillips,  Susan  (Isaac  R.) 
Pickett,  Jacob  K. 
Pidg-eon,  William 
Pinkham,  Mary  B.  (Thos.) 
Pippitt,  Joseph 
Pippitt,  Susan  (Joseph) 
Pow,  Alexander 
Pow,  Elizabeth  (John) 
Pow,  Georg-e 

Pow,  Marg-aret  (3  Georg-e) 
Pow,  Mary  (2  Georg-e) 
Pow,  Mary  L. 
Price,  Joel         j    . 
Purdy,  Gurdon  B. 
Pyle,  Eliza  (Harlan) 
Pyle,  Harlan 

Rakestraw,  John 
Randals,  William 
Redcap,  Sophia  (John) 
Reed,  Georg-e 
Reed,  Rhoda  (Wm.) 


Nativity. 

P 

Virginia 

Virg-inia 

Virginia 

Penn'a 

Virginia 

Maryland 

Virginia 

Virginia 

OMo 


England 

Ohio 

Penn'a 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 


Died'. 

Aug.  5,  1866 
Sept.  5,  1851 
Mar.  17,  1873 
May  29,  1874 
Aug.  28,  1851 
May  16,  1867 
Feb.  12,  1893 
July  29,  1857 
May  23,  1882 
May  9,  1874 
Oct.  16,  1861 
June  23,  1858 
Mar.  14,  1858 
June  19,  1897 
Apr.  23,  1898 
July  1,  1896 
Oct.  4,  1898 
Mar.  21,  18% 
Nov.  25,  1890 


New  England  Apr.  24,  1877 
New  Jersey  Sept.  15,  1885 
New  Jersey  Nov.  29,  1862 
England  Apr.  19,  1879 

Ohio  May  23,  1866 

England  Mar.  14,  1871 

Ohio  Jan.  27,  1887 

Ohio  Sept.  7,  1854 

Ohio  Sept.  2,  1896 

Mar.  27,  1863 
Apr.  23,  1886 
Oct.  3,  1898 
Mar.  4,  1869 


Ohio 
Ohio 

R 

New  Jersey 

Ohio 

Germany 


Apr.  9,  1874 
July,  1887 
Nov.  9,  1896 
Nov.  23,  1868 
Aug.  15,  1847 


Age. 

74 
88 
69 
81 
73 
83 

58 
60 
78 
62 
57 
65 
93 
82 
85 
81 
72 
87 
75 
85 
62 
73 
25 
70 
75 
40 
31 
59 
68 
80 
58 

81 
56 
80 
62 


NECROLOCxY  OF  SALEM  CITIZENS. 


235 


NarT)e. 
Reed,  William 
Reitzell,  Delilah  <H.  P.) 
Reitzell,  Henry  P. 
Rens,  J.  A. 
Rhodes,  Harmon 
Robinson,  Emily  (M.  R. ) 
Robinson,  Gertrude 
Robinson,  Marius  R, 
Roller,  Jacob  B. 
Roller,  Samuel  J. 
Rood,  Emmor 

Rukenbrod,  Abbie  (1  J,  R.) 
Rukenbrod,  Lucinda(2  J.R. ) 
Rukenbrod,  Jonathan  K. 

Saxon,  Betty  (John) 
Saxon,  John 
Saxon,  Joseph 
Scatterg-ood,  Benjamin 
Scattergood,  Joseph 
Schilling-,  Jacob  F. 
Schilling-,  Sarah  (Jacob  F. ) 
Schollield,  David 
Scholfield,  Rebecca  (David) 
Schooley,  Elisha 
Schooley,  John 
Schooley,  Reuben 
Seaton,  A.  M. 
Seaton,  James  S. 
Shaffer,  Henry 
Sharp,  Cla3'ton 
Sharp,  Joel,  Sr. 
Sharp,  Joel,  Jr. 
Sharp,  Ruth 

Sharp,  Sarah  A.  (  Thos. ) 
Sharp,  Thomas 
Sharpnack,  Samuel 
Sharpnack,  Thos.  F. 
Shaw,  Jemima  (Jona.  T.) 


Nativity. 


Penn'a 


Died.         Age. 
Oct.  25,  1862     65 
May  3,  1858       40 
May  25,  1889     72 
Aug^.  28,  1848  33 


Virginia 

Sept.  26,  1898 

96 

Penn'a 

July  20,  1897 

86 

Ohio 

Feb.  6,  1863 

21 

Mass. 

Dec.  8,  1879 

72 

Penn'a 

Dec   25,  1890 

97 

Ohio 

Apr.  14,  1896 

59 

Mass. 

April  1,  1887 

72 

Ohio 

Sept.  27,  1856 

22 

Ohio 

Oct,  5,  1898 

58 

Ohio 

Feb.  7,  1890 

60 

S 

England 

Feb.  12,  1837 

54 

England 

Sept.,  1854 

77 

England 

Feb.  22,  1873 

66 

Penn'a 

Feb.  17,  1860 

Penn'a 

Sept.  15,  1870 

62 

Wurtemburg 

1872 

72 

Wurtemburg 

Sept.,  1885 

84 

Virginia 

Sept.  17,  1857 

79 

Penn'a 

Mar.  6,  1870 

85 

Virginia 

June  19,  1838 

83 

Virginia 

Jan.  27,  1866 

85 

Ohio 

Oct.  11,  1859 

50 

Penn'a 

July  17,  1877 

52 

Penn'a 

Dec.  1,  1890 

77 

Germany 

Apr.  10,  1896 

65 

Ohio 

Dec.  24,  1883 

72 

New  Jersey 

May  3,  1820 

41 

Ohio 

July  20,  1898 

78 

Ohio 

Feb.  25,  1865 

63 

Ohio 

Nov.  26,  1891 

82 

Ohio 

Sept.  9,  1896 

86 

Penn'a 

Jan.  7,  1890 

80 

Penn'a 

Oct.  19,  1895 

76 

Penn'a 

Dec.  13,  1879 

71 

236 


HISTORY  OF  SALEM. 


Narr)c.  Nativity. 

Shaw,  Jonathan  T.  Penn'a 

Sheets,  Georg-e  Ohio 
Sheets,  John 

Sheets,  Mary  (John)  New  Jersey 
Shield,  Amelia 

Shinn,  Abraham  New  Jersey 

Shinn,  Christina  New  Jersey 

Shinn,  Susan  (Abram)  Ohio 

Shinn,  William,  Sr.  New  Jersey 

Shinn,  William,  Jr.  Ohio 

Shreve,  Israel  Penn'a 

Shreve,  Dr.  Joseph  New  Jersey 

Silver,  William  Maryland 
Smiley,  Dr.  James 
Smith,  Catharine  (Joseph)    Penn'a 
Smith,  Edwin 

Smith,  Elizabeth  (Jos.  T.)    New  Jersey 

Smith,  Joseph  T.  Virginia 

Smith,  Joseph  Penn'a 
Smith,  Maria  (Samuel) 
Smith,  Samuel 

Smith,  William  R.  New  Jersey 

Snodg-rass,  Presley  N.  Ohio 

Snook,  Jehu  Ohio 

Snook,  John  Ohio 
Spencer,  Amy 

Spencer,  Elizabeth  (Thos.)   New  Jersey 

Spencer,  Thomas  Penn'a 

Stanley,  Frederick  Virginia 

Stanley,  James  Virginia 

Stanley,  Jonathan,  Sr.  Virginia 

Stanley,  Mary  (Jona.  Sr.)  Virginia 

Stanley,  Sarah  (James)  Penn'a 

Stanton,  Dr.  Benjamin  N.  Carolina 

Stanton,  Dr.  David  Ohio 
Stanton,  Edith  (Dr.  Byron)  Penn'a 

Stanton,  Dr.  Joseph  Penn'a 
Stanton,  Martha  (Dr.Benj. )   Penn'a 

Stanton,  Oliver  Ohio 


Dfcd.  Age 

Mar.  16,  1869  71 

Aug.  10,  1866  47 

Jan.  17,  1868  88 

Apr.  29,  1878  83 

July  15,  1855  80 

Oct.  20,  1885  82 

Jan.  12,  1863  51 

April  3,  1877  69 

Mar.  24, 1839  62 

Apr.  24,  1874  41 

Feb.  25,  1877  82 

Feb.  23,  1846  58 

Aug.  25,  1881  83 

Apr.  26,  1860  41 

Jan.,  1862  63 

May  14,  1886  81 

June  25,  1862  82 

Sept.  14,  1852  82 

Sept.  12,  1852  52 

May  6,  1891  70 

Mar.  20,  1875  57 

June  6,  1886  78 

Nov.  29, 1855  46 

Aug.  8,  1896  64 

Oct.  19,  1872  74 

Sept.  7,  1862  79 

Sept.  8,  1875  80 

Oct.  27,  1874  77 

Oct.,  1885  78 

June  25,  1883  72 

July  22,  1852  76 

Oct.  16,  1857  76 

Oct.  8,  1886  75 

Feb.  28,  1861  67 

Nov.  6,  1871  42 

Aug.  30,  1865  32 

Oct.  7,  1855  31 

Jan.  25,  1885  90 

Nov.  1,  1898  76 


NECROLOGY  OF  SALEM  CITIZENS. 


237 


Naroe, 
Steele,  Edward  M. 
Stewart,  Hug-h 
Stitt,  James 
Stitt,  Sarah  (James) 
Stone,  Margaret  (Rev.Wm.) 
Stone,  Rev.  Wm. 
Stratton,  Aaron 
Stratton,  Barclay 
Stratton,  Benjamin  D. 
Stratton,  Charles 
Stratton,  Daniel 
Stratton,  Georg-e 
Stratton,  Joseph 
Stratton,  Joshua 
Stratton,  Josiah 
Stratton,  Michael,  Sr. 
Stratton,  Michael,  Jr. 
Stratton,  Rebecca  (Wm. ) 
Straug-han,  Jane  (Joseph) 
Straug-han,  John 
Straug-han,  Joseph 
Straughan,  Mary  (John J 
Strawn,  Abel 
Strawn,  David  G. 
Strawn,  Dorothy  (Samuel) 
Strawn,  Enos 
Strawn,  Hannah  (Abel) 
Strawn.  Jesse 
Strawn,  Mary  B.  (Enos) 
Strawn,  Samuel,  H. 
Street,  Ann  (John,  Sr.) 
Street,  Eunice  (Zadok,  Sr.) 
Street,  John,  Sr. 
Street,  John,  Jr. 
Street,  Lewis 
Street,  Martha  (John,  Jr.) 
Street,  Samuel 
Street,  Sarah,  (Samuel) 
Street,  Sibyl  (Zadok,  Jr.) 


Nativity. 

Died.         1 

^Vgc 

Ohio 

April  1,  1897 

73 

Ireland 

July  27,  1859 

86 

Penn'a 

Apr.  20,  1880 

83 

Penn'a 

Aug.  21,  1863 

67 

Virginia 

June  12,  1862 

78 

Virginia 

Aug.  12,  1852 

75 

New  Jersey 

May  27,  1885 

84 

Ohio 

July  21,  1892 

Ohio 

Jan.  19,  1879 

New  Jersey 

Nov.  18,  1852 

62 

New  Jersey 

Feb.  6,  1872 

74 

New  Jersey 

Mar.  27,  1887 

77 

New  Jersey 

Feb.  5,  1843 

50 

New  Jersey 

Aug.  25,  1826 

30 

New  Jersey 

Oct.  13,  1846 

57 

New  Jersey 

Jan.  29,  1858 

92 

New  Jersey 

Feb.  1,  1843 

44 

Ohio 

Dec.  30,  1894 

61 

Ohio 

Sept.  12,  1883  72 

Penn'a 

Mar.  11,  1858 

82 

Ohio 

Penn'a 

Jan.  25,  1834 

50 

Penn'a 

Feb.  10,  1889 

89 

Ohio 

Jan.  29,  1873 

61 

England 

Feb.  20,  1891 

66 

Penn'a 

Apr.  17,  1875 

73 

Ohio 

Mar.  20,  1870 

64 

Penn'a 

Mar.  7,  1890 

91 

Ohio 

Mar.  20,  1895 

86 

Ohio 

Mar.  1,  1891 

72 

New  Jersey 

Aug.  31,  1861 

78 

New  Jersey 

Aug.  25,  1828 

76 

New  Jersey 

Nov.  11,  1848 

66 

Ohio 

June  11,  1887 

67 

Ohio 

Aug.  16,  1892 

59 

Ohio 

Aug.  29,  1895 

73 

Ohio 

Aug.  20,  1884 
Mar.  20,  1883 

72 

New  Jersey 

Dec.  11,  1890 

80 

238 


HISTORY   OF    SALEM. 


NarT)C^ 

Nativity. 

Died.         i 

\ge. 

Street,  Zadok,  Sr. 

New  Jersey 

Oct.  28,  1807 

56 

Street,  Zadok,  Jr. 

Ohio 

Aug-.  25,  1880 

71 

Swaim,  Rinear 

New  Jersey 

May  25,  1854 

64 

Swaim,  Sarah  M. 

New  Jersey 

July  26,  1855 

59 

Suliot,  Theodore 

Ireland 

Mar.  23,  1871 

70 

Tabor,  Charles  R. 

T 

Maine 

Nov.  7,  1868 

41 

Tabor,  Moses 

Maine 

July  6,  1884 

85 

Taylor,  Joseph 

Jan.  2,  1875 

74 

Teeg-arden,  Anna  (Rev.  S.  B.)Ohio 

Dec.  15,  1886 

55 

Teeg-arden,  Rev.  Samuel  B. 

Penn'a 

Oct.  13,  1896 

76 

Test,  Hannah  (Zaccheus) 

New  Jerse)' 

June  8,  1842 

67 

Test,  Isaac 

Ohio 

Apr.  30, 1896 

70 

Test,  Lucy  B. 

New  Jersey 

Aug-.  3,  1890 

81 

Test,  Zaccheus 

New  Jersey 

Feb.  2,  1820 

57 

Thomas,  Abner 

Penn'a 

Oct.  6,  1856 

66 

Thomas,  Isaac  G. 

Penn'a 

Feb.  11,  1890 

67 

Thomas,  Jacob 

Penn'a 

Apr.  19,  1873 

82 

Thomas,  John  W. 

Penn'a 

Oct.  28,  1875 

81 

Thomas,  Joseph  G. 

Penn'a 

Aug-.  5,  1864 

44 

Thomas,  Dr.  Kersey  G. 

Penn'a 

Mar.  10,  1869 

52 

Thomas,  Oliver 

Penn'a 

Apr.  20, 

46 

Thomas,  Phebe  (Abner) 

Penn'a 

Dec.  30,  1888 

89 

Thomas,  Rebecca  (Jacob) 

Penn'a 

Dec.  9,  1890 

85 

Thompson,  John  M. 

Ohio 

Apr.  27,  1869 

49 

Tollerton,  Frances  (James) 

Ireland 

Sept.  26,  1860 

84 

Tollerton,  Hill 

Ireland 

Feb.  7,  1896 

84 

Tollerton,  James 

Ireland 

Nov.  21,  1870 

92 

Tollerton,  James  D. 

Ohio 

Dec.  17,  1897 

54 

Tollerton,  Lucy  W.  (Hill) 

Aug-.  13,  1871 

67 

Tollerton,  Robert 

Ireland 

Sept.  10,  1886 

77 

Tollerton,  Zilpah  (Robert) 

Penn'a 

Aug-.  20,  1871 

65 

Tomkins,  William 

Penn'a 

June  16,  1880 

63 

Travis,  William 

Mar.  21,1856 

67 

Trescott,  Isaac 

Connecticut 

Jan.  22,  1885 

70 

Trescott,  Jane  M.  (Isaac) 

Michig-an 

June  23,  1858 

39 

Trescott,  Samuel  C. 

Connecticut 

Sept.  14,  1864 

78 

Trimble,  George 

Penn'a 

Oct.  29,  1884 

88 

Trimble,  Jane  (Georg-e) 

Penn'a 

Oct.  3,  1884 

72 

NECROLOGY  OF  SALEM  CITIZENS.  239 


Naroe. 

Nativity. 

u 

Penn'a 

Died.          i 

iXge. 

Umstead,  Hannah  (Jacob) 

Nov.  8,  1S64 

79 

Umstead,  Jacob 

Penn'a 

Sept.  5,  1865 

88 

Umstead,  John 

Penn'a 

Sept.  29,  1873 

71 

Umstead,  Jonas 

Penn'a 

V 

•Penn'a 

Mar.  13,  1855 

44 

Vans3'oc,  Enoch 

June  17,  1883 

54 

Vernon,  Matilda  (Thos.  B.) 

Penn'a 

Nov.  1,  1884 

64 

Vernon,  Thomas  B. 

Penn'a 

Nov.  14,  1879 

69 

Viers,  Madison  B. 

W 

Dec.  20,  1886 

72 

Walton,  Daniel 

Penn'a 

Oct.  27,  1872 

79 

Walton,  Mar)^  (Joseph) 

May  30,  1862 

98 

Walton,  Mary  R.  (2  Daniel) 

1  New  Jersey 

Sept.  8,  1872 

67 

Walton,  Susan  (1  Daniel) 

Penn'a 

Jan.  11,  1849 

52 

Ware,  Asa,  Sr. 

New  Jersey 

Mar.  2,  1866 

64 

Ware,  Asa,  Jr. 

New  Jersey 

Mar.  2,  1866 

64 

Ware,  Emmor 

Ohio 

Mar.  22,  1886 

55 

Ware,  Joseph 

Ohio 

Mar.  7,  1870 

43 

Warner,  Mag-dalene 

May  7,  1891 

72 

Warrington,  Abraham 

New  Jersey 

Oct.  19,  1843 

88 

Warring-ton,  John  R. 

Ohio 

Dec.  21,  1894 

80 

Warrington,  Rachel (Abr'm 

)  New  Jersey 

Sept.  2,  1827 

66 

Waterworth.Eliz'b'th(Sam'l)Ireland 

1886 

75 

Waterworth,  Samuel 

Ireland 

May  18,  1857 

50 

Waterson,  Martha  H. 

Dec.  12,  1869 

79 

Weaver,  Dr.  Charles 

Penn'a 

June  27,  1852 

35 

Weaver,  Emmor  T. 

Penn'a 

Oct.  2,  1860 

74 

Weaver,  Mary  (Emmor  T. ) 

Penn'a 

Oct.  27,  1867 

80 

Weaver,  Rebecca  (Dr.  Chas. 

)Ohio 

Apr.  3,  1886 

66 

Webb,  Abraham 

Maryland 

Feb.  15,  1855 

58 

Webb,  Ann  (Isaac) 

Penn'a 

Dec.  15,  1893 

.88 

Webb,  Asa  S. 

Ohio 

Feb.  13,  18h2 

41 

Webb,  Calvin  V. 

Ohio 

Aug.  29,  1874 

58 

Webb,  Isaac 

Maryland 

July  5,  1886 

92 

Webb,  James 

Maryland 

Apr.  15,  1863 

80 

Webb,  Jane  (Samuel) 

Penn'a 

July  28,  1883 

79 

Webb,  Jesse  B. 

Ohio 

Nov.  15,  1888 

58 

Webb,  Leah  W.  (2  Abram) 

May  22,  1890 

80 

240  HISTORY   OF   SALEM. 


Naroe. 

Nativity. 

Died.         i 

f^ge 

Webb,  Lydia  (Simeon  J.) 

Ohio 

Mar.  27,  1890 

67 

Webb,  Marg-aret  (1  Abram) 

New  Jersey 

Mar.  12,  1849 

47 

Webb,  Mary 

Ohio 

July  4,  1894 

Webb,  Naomi  (Thomas) 

Virginia 

Dec.  19,  1868 

84 

Webb,  Richard,  Sr. 

Maryland 

May  15,  1857 

73 

Webb,  Richard,  Jr. 

Ohio 

Oct.  5,  1842 

30 

Webb,  Samuel 

Ohio 

Apr.  25,  1890 

84 

Webb,  Simeon  J. 

Ohio 

Feb.  14,  1859 

35 

Webb.Susannah(Rich'd.Sr.; 

)  Penn'a 

July  24,  1873 

82 

Webb,  Thomas 

Maryland 

Mar.  27,  1847 

67 

Webb,  William 

Maryland 

Oct.  1,  1861 

70 

Webster,  Lawrence 

New  Jersey 

Dec.  27,  1864 

56 

Welker,  Mary  (Peter) 

Penn'a 

Feb.  14,  1892 

71 

West,  Sarah  A.  (Wm.  P.) 

Ohio 

July  24,  1886 

79 

West,  William  P. 

Ohio 

Jan.  4,  1897 

84 

Wharton,  Mary  B.  (Levi) 

Ohio 

Nov.  4,  1895 

73 

Whinnery, Harriet  (John  C.^ 

I  Ohio 

Jan.  9,  1>92 

72 

Whinnery,  John  C. 

Ohio 

Oct.  3,  1895 

79 

Whinnery,  Mary  B.  (Robt.) 

Ohio 

Oct.  2,  1877 

59 

Whinnery,  Rachel  (James) 

Penn'a 

Jan.  15,  1892 

75 

Whitacre,  Henry 

June  5,  1892 

56 

Wilcoxen,  Martha  (Jesse) 

Maryland 

Jan.  9,  1879 

91 

W^illiams,  Ann  (John  R.) 

Penn'a 

Nov.  21,  1867 

51 

Williams,  Casper 

Penn'a 

Sept.  29, 1874 

80 

Williams,  Charles 

Penn'a 

Oct.  9,  1886 

61 

Williams,  Dr.  Daniel 

Penn'a 

Apr.  14,  1861 

66 

Williams,  John  R. 

Penn'a 

June  11,  1875 

72 

Williams,Rebecca(E.Wrig-ht)Ohio 

Apr.  10,  1874 

60 

Williamson,  Lewis 

New  Jersey 

June  3,  1873 

62 

Williamson,  Thomas  D. 

New  Jersey 

June  14,  1885 

71 

Wilson,  Isaac 

Penn'a 

Aug-.  1,  1846 

60 

Wilson,  James 

Penn'a 

June  11,  1838 

70 

Wilson,  Julia  (Triah) 

Ohio 

Dec.  8,  1891 

64 

Wilson,  Rev.  Robert 

Penn'a 

Aug.  31,  1870 

56 

Wilson,  Sarah  G.  (Isaac) 

Delaware 

Mar.  5,  1872 

82 

Wilson,  Uriah 

Ohio 

Aug.  19,  1874 

58 

Wilson,  William 

Penn'a 

July  4,  1864 

63 

Wilson,  William  G. 

Penn'a 

Aug.  29,  1838 

28 

Winter,  Philip 

Penn'a 

Apr.  26,  1858 

59 

NECROLOGY  OF  SALKM  CITIZENS. 


241 


Naroe. 
Wisner,  Lydia  A. 
Wisncr,  Mary  CWm. ) 
Wisner.  Mar^-  (Stephen) 
Wisner,  Stephen 
Wisner,  William 
Wood,  Elizabeth  (  Robt.  H. 
Wood,  Robert  H. 
Wood,  Thomas  S. 
Woodruff,  Harriet,  G.  (  Jas. 
Wrig-ht,  Alfred 
Wrig-ht,  Amelia  (Alfred) 
Wrig-ht,  Benjamin  F. 

Yancy,  William 

Yates,  Joel 

Yates,  William 

Young-,  Ann  B.  (Thomas  ) 

Y^oung-,  Dr.  F.  G. 

Zimmerman,  Eliz.  (H.  K.) 
Zimmerman,  Peter,  Sr. 
Zimmerman,  Peter,  Jr. 


Nativity. 

Died. 

Age 

New  Jersey 

Sept.  18,  1854 

39 

New  Jersey 

Nov.  20,  1888 

77 

New  Jerse}' 

Feb.  22,  1852 

(.4 

New  Jersey 

Nov.  5,  1873 

*M) 

New  Jersey 

July  9,  18M2 

7S 

)  Ireland- 

May  13,  1852 

54 

Ireland 

Feb.  12,  1852 

62 

Ohio 

Mar.  26,  1869 

40 

)  Penn'a 

Mar.  11,  1868 

49 

New  Jersey 

July  26,  1890 

71 

Oct.  10,  1865 

48 

Oct.  20,  1890 

62 

Y 

Virg-inia 

Jan.  27,  1891 

79 

Penn'a 

Dec.  25,  1875 

66 

Penn'a 

Apr.  21,  1887 

85 

Ohio 

Sept.  9,  1862, 

42 

Connecticut 

Nov.  14,  1877 

Z 

Ohio 

Nov.  8,  1884 

67 

Maryland 

Aug.  26,  18()0 

67 

Ohio 

M:iv  7,  1896 

71 

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