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OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest                    Volume 99 : Issue 518

Today's Topics:
  #1 HAMILTON COUNTY PART 45              [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE]
  #2 HIRAM A. JONES - OH TO INDIANA       [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE]


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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO By Henry Howe, LL.D., 1898

                        HAMILTON COUNTY PART 45

        EMIL KLAUPRECHT, born at Mainz, in 1815, first carried on
lithography in Cincinnati and then turned to journalism. In 1843 he
published the first belles-lettres periodical, the Fliegende Blatter, with
lithographic illustrations, the first German illustrated paper in the
Untied States. He was at one time United States consul for Stuttgart. He
edited a Whig paper, the Republicaner, which for ten years was the
principal organ of his party in the Western States. He wrote several novels
and an historical work,  "Deutsche Chronick in der Geschichte des Ohio
Thales." The Germans have supplied to Cincinnati other literary men of
marked ability, as Heinrick Von Martels, Dr. Joseph H. Pulte, founder of
the Pulte Homeopathic College; Heinrich A. Rattermann, founder of the
German Mutual Insurance company. "Mr. Rattermann has written poetry in both
the German and English; has worked with especial industry in the history of
civilization, and has taken upon himself to vindicate a just estimate of
German emigration, and showing therein a sharp and critical judgment." The
names of others connected with editorship or education can be mentioned,
but we have no room for details, as Dr. Friedrich Roelker, August Renz,
Joseph Anton Hemann, Stephen Molitor, Nickolaus Hofer, Rev. Geo. Walker,
Ludwig Rehfuss, founder of the Lafayette Guard in 1836, the first German
military company, Pastor August Kroll, etc.
        In art the Germans have been especially prominent, as the names of
many Cincinnati artists testify. As early as 1826 Gottfried Schadow founded
here an Academy of Fine Arts, and had for a pupil Hiram Powers. He died of
cholera and with him perished his academy. He made busts of Governor Morrow
and President Harrison, the first of which is now in the State library.
        Even away back in 1823 existed here a German musical society. In
1849 the first great German musical festival of the Untied States was held
in this city. Then was founded the first German Saengerbund of North
America, whose musical festivals have now gained a world-wide reputation
and prepared the way for the foundation of the Grand Music Hall and College
of Music.
        The great lithographic business of the city is almost entirely the
work of Germans, and the largest furniture factory of the world employing
1500 hands, that of Mitchell & Rammelsburg, owes its foundation mainly to
Freidrich Rammelsburg, a Hanoverian, who died in 1863. In 1831 Mathias
Schwab started here the first organ factory in the west, if not in the Union.
        The most remarkable man among the German lawyers of Ohio, "a man of
whom all the Germans in the Untied States should be especially proud is
JOHANN BERNHARD STALLO." He came from a race of school masters, and was
born in 1823, in the Grand Dukedom of Oldenburg, and came to Cincinnati in
1839, where he was first a teacher in a private school when he compiled a
German A, B, C, spelling-book, a great want, the superior merits of which
led the directors of the newly founded Catholic St. Xavier's College to
appoint him a teacher in that institution. The study of the higher
mathematics led him to German philosophy, and in 1848 appeared his "General
Principles of the Philosophy of Nature," and in 1882 his "Concepts and
Theories of Modern Physics." Mr. Stallo adopted the profession of law, and
from 1853 to 1855 was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Returning to
practice he gained a most brilliant reputation by an argument before the
Superior Court of Cincinnati against the retention of Bible reading and
religious instruction in public schools. His argument lasted for several
hours. Although the Cincinnati Court decided adversely, the Supreme Court
of Ohio reversed their decision and sustained the views of Stallo and the
liberals. It was on the ground that religion is wholly a matter of
individual freedom over which the state by its Constitution has no power.
This celebrated speech was regarded as a wonderful illustration of striking
logic, wealth of philosophical truth and historical illustration. He was
appointed minister to Italy in 1885. Mr. Stallo possesses a strikingly
refined, scholarly presence, and is of the the light hair, blue-eyed German
type.
        SAMUEL N. PIKE, the builder of the magnificent opera houses in
Cincinnati and New York was of Jewish parentage. The family name was Hecht,
the German for Pike. He was born near Heidelberg, and in 1827, when five
years of age, came to America, and in 1844 to Cincinnati. He gained
colossal wealth in the liquor business, and having been a great admirer of
Jenny Lind, he built for the Muse of Song a temple which he said should do
honor to Cincinnati. On February 22, 1859, the opera house, the largest and
most beautiful in America, was opened with song. It was burnt in 1866, and
later rebuilt. He was a silent calm man, and while it was building none
knew his object, and when from the roof of the Burnet House he saw the
structure of his pride and ambition vanishing in the flames, he quietly
smoked his cigar as unruffled as the most indifferent spectator, and while
thus standing gazing in this calm, contemplative attitude, one of the
light-fingered gentry as calmly relieved him of his watch, of course, a
first-class time-keeper.
        The Grand Opera House in New York was begun at this time. He sold
it to James Fisk, Jr., for $850,000. A gigantic speculation in land,
reclaiming the Jersey marshes near New York, brought him immense profits,
so that at this death in 1875, his fortune was well up in the millions. He
used to say he "could not see why he should make money -he never fretted
himself -he couldn't help it."
        In the war of the rebellion the Germans took a very active part.
Familiar with the conflict of arms in the old country they saw sooner than
the native Americans that was inevitable, and were therefore very early in
the field. Three general officers of the Union army were supplied by the
Germans of Cincinnati. Gen. AUGUST MOOR, born in Leipsic in 1814, who had
been captain in the Mexican war, started as Colonel of the 28th Ohio
Volunteer or German regiment; the 1st German regiment or 9th Ohio was under
Robert McCook. Moor gained a high reputation. Gen. AUGUST V. KAUTZ, born in
Baden in 1828, was a private in the Mexican war, later a lieutenant in the
regular army. He is the author of several small military treatises. Gen.
GOTTFRIED WEITZEL, born at Winzlen in 1835, came to this country in early
childhood, graduated high in his class at West Point, and was assigned to
the engineer corps. While in command of a division in the operations
against Petersburg, he greatly distinguished himself, the taking of which
led to the fall of Richmond. "He was the first one who, at the head of his
command, entered Richmond by the side of President Lincoln. Strange
coincidence! The German General Schimmelpfenning was the first to lead a
brigade into Charleston, and another German general was the first to carry
the flag of the Union into Vicksburg." The first bayonet charge of the war
was made in the Union victory at Mill Spring by the 1st German regiment
(9th Ohio), composed mainly of the Cincinnati Turner Society, and commanded
by Col. Robert McCook, later murdered by guerrillas. A portrait and sketch
of him is in Vol. i., page 367.
        LEOPOLD MARKBREIT, a native of Vienna, came to Cincinnati with his
parents in 1848, when six years of age. He studied law with his
half-brother, the talented Fred. Hassaurek; became a law partner with
Rutherford B. Hayes; then went into the Union army, where he eventually
attained the rank of colonel; from 1869 to 1873 was U.S. Minister to
Bolivia and now edits the Volksblatt.
        In the war period he was taken prisoner, and sent to Libby Prison,
in Richmond. Through the story of his sufferings there he attained a sad
celebrity.
        "After five months of ordinary imprisonment, he and three other
victims were selected as hostages and placed in close confinement, to
prevent the execution of four rebels, who were charged with recruiting
within the Union lines in Kentucky (which charge was of a rather doubtful
nature, as that part of Kentucky would be considered as disputed ground),
and had been sentenced to death as spies by a military court convened by
Gen. Burnside. The four hostages were placed in a subterranean dungeon of
the Libby, where they had hardly room enough to lie down at night. For
months they were lying buried in this hole, and receiving only one meal a
day. Even this meal was insufficient to appease their hunger, for it
consisted generally only of a handful of corn meal (into which the cobs had
been ground), a little piece of rotten bacon and some rice or beans. This
food was not enough for life, and too much for absolute starvation. The
unfortunate men were soon reduced to skeletons, and would, doubtless, have
died, if the negroes employed in the Libby prison had not, from time to
time, smuggled in some food to them. The rats, which the prisoners killed
with pieces of wood in their dungeon, were cooked for them by the
kind-hearted negroes, and taken back to their cells. The sufferings the
poor prisoners had to endure were beyond all comprehension; and only when
they were transported to Salisbury, N.C., a change for the better took
place. From Salisbury Col. Markbreit was taken to Danville, Va., and from
here back to Libby, till at last, in February, 1865, his half-brother F.
Hassaurek, succeeded in having him liberated. He had been imprisoned for
more than thirteen months. His health had been so injured by these
sufferings that he never fully recovered. Mr. Markbreit is tall in person,
and dignified and courteous in manner. In his South American experiences he
was an eye-witness to several bloody revolutions, and at the risk of his
own life often protected the lives of the members of overthrown governments
who sought refuge with the Untied States legation.
        Allusion has been made in the foregoing to Mr. Hassaurek.
Appleton's "Cyclopedia of American Biography" gives this outline of his
career: "FRIEDRICH HASSAUREK, journalist was born in Vienna, Austria, 9th
October, 1832; died in Paris, France, 1st October, 1885. He served in the
German revolution of 1848, and was twice wounded. He came to the Untied
States in 1848, settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, and engaged in journalism,
politics, and the practice of law. He was U.S. minister to Ecuador in
1861-5, and during the latter year became editor of the Volksblatt. He
published "Four Years among the Spanish Americans."

        -continued in part 46

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CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA 1812-1912
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914
Page 728-729 with photo

        HIRAM A. JONES.  One of the fine old pioneer citizens of Grant
county, was the late Hiram A. Jones, who died at his home in Section 24 of
Fairmount township on March 31, 1908. He was born on the old Jones farm in
the same township, on October 17, 1843. The date of his birth indicates the
early settlement of the family in this county. Mr. Jones was long a
successful farmer, held a high position in the esteem of his community, and
besides providing liberally for his immediate household was always helpful
and liberal in his relations to the general welfare and advancement of the
locality.
        The founder of the family in Grant county was Grandfather Ellis
Jones, who was born in Ohio, and it is believed that he came to this county
with his family from Ohio, and after arriving did the pioneer work of
establishing a home, and lived to a good old age in Jefferson township. The
parents of the late H.A. Jones were Joseph and Catherine (McCormick) Jones.
They were probably married in Ohio, and then moved to Grant county and
settled on a farm in Fairmount township. There they continued their useful
career until death. Joseph Jones was born April 15, 1811, and died
September 15, 1856. His wife was born January 4, 1816, and died December 4,
1889. They were people of the highest character, and were active members of
the Methodist church. The Methodist religion was characteristic of the
generations of the family, while in politics the male representatives first
supported the Whig ticket and later the Republican cause. In the family of
Joseph and Catherine Jones, Hiram A. was the second among five sons. They
were George; Burton, who lived in Marion, and was first married to Jane
Duling, by whom he had one daughter Minne A., and afterwards married a
sister of his first wife, Sina Duling, and their children are Edith and
Ralph. Robert L. Jones was a former sheriff of Grant county, and was killed
by a prisoner, while performing his duties. He married Louisa Gadden, who
lived in Marion and has two sons, Clinton and Paul. The youngest son was
Joseph A., who died after his marriage to Malinda Whitson, a sister of R.L.
Whitson, editor of this Grant County History.
        Hiram A. Jones was a lifelong resident of Fairmount township, with
the exception of three years spent in the army during the Civil war. He
served three years in Co. C. 89th Indiana Vol. Infantry during the Civil
war and had his right eye shot out in battle. After his education in the
local schools, he found farming to be his best vocation in life, and from
that time until his death followed the industry with thrift and energy, and
steadily prospered. In 1874 he bought a fine farm of eighty acres of well
improved land, and kept increasing his estate by judicious investment until
at the time of his death he owned four hundred and seventy acres, all good
land and divided into six different farms. These farms all lay in Fairmount
township, excepting eighty acres in Washington township of Delaware county,
and all of them were well improved with farm buildings, except one. The
home place now occupied by Mrs. Jones, is an unusually attractive rural
home, and the house sits in the midst of well kept grounds, and a large red
barn is itself an evidence of the prosperity which has always been a
feature of this homestead. The late Mr. Jones was very domestic in his
tastes, and lived entirely for his family.
        He was married in Jefferson township on April 21, 1867, to Miss
Anna Hardy. Her birth occurred in Jefferson township January 28, 1844. She
was reared and educated in that vicinity and proved herself a most
competent wife and mother, having done her share in the creation of the
prosperity which has been described and having given careful attention to
the rearing and training of her children. She now occupies the old
homestead where she and her husband located nearly forty years ago. Her
parents were Walter and Jane (Dowden) Hardy, both natives of Ohio. Her
father was born August 27, 1820, and her mother May 4, 1821. Their marriage
was celebrated in Grant county, March 26, 1843. They began their careers as
farmers in Jefferson township, and to begin with had a tract of almost raw
land. They made it a highly improved and well cultivated farmstead, and
there spent all their active lives. Her father died in 1887 and her mother
on May 9, 1860. They belonged to the Methodist church and in politics he
was a Republican. The Hardy children were: Anna, Mrs. Jones; Henry, who
died in infancy; David, who died after his marriage to Mollie Moore, who is
still living with her two children; Noah, who died after his marriage in
Jefferson township, and left a family; Celina, who died young; Elizabeth,
who died after her marriage to Joseph Boey without children; Lewis, who
lives on the old homestead in Jefferson township, and has one son and two
daughters; George, a resident of Indianapolis, and the father of two sons
and one daughter.
        To the marriage of Hiram A. Jones and wife were born eight
children, whose names and brief mention of whose careers are as follows: 1.
Charles P., educated in the common schools, is a farmer in Fairmount
township, and by his marriage to Nora Foster, has five children, Harry,
Wilbur, Myrtle, Emerson and Albert. 2. Nettie J. is the wife of Elwood
Rich, a farmer in Huntington county, and has three sons, Robert, William
and Ralph. 3. George C. is a farmer in Delaware county by his marriage to
Clara Haynes has three children, Inez, Everett and Francis. 4. Della S.,
who is a well educated young woman has given all her love and affection to
her parents, has for a number of years had charge of the home and lives
with her mother. 5. Dolly C. is the wife of Wick Leach, a son of Charles
Leach, a Grant county family, whose history will be e found on other pages.
Wick Leach and wife lived in Fairmount township, and have children, Hazel,
Adelbert, Kenneth and Robert. 6. Arthur O., is a farmer on his
grandfather's farm, in Fairmount township. He married Tura Skinner and
their children are Ray and Vera. 7. Emma E. is the wife of Louis Needler, a
farmer in Jefferson township and trustee of that township. Their children
are Joseph and Harvey. Robert L., a farmer in Fairmount township married
Lena Neal, and has a son Ralph. Mrs. Jones and family are all members of
the Methodist faith.

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