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SOLDIERS BURIALS PART [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #2 HAMILTON COUNTY - PART 31 [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:07:36, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: BELMONT CO. SOLDIERS BURIALS PART 2 OHIO The cross road of our nation Records & Pioneer Families April-June 1962 Vol. III No. II Published by Esther Weygandt Powell - NO COPYRIGHT SOLDIERS BURIALS BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO REVOLUTIONARY WAR & WAR OF 1812 - part 2 NAME WAR DATES BURIAL TOWNSHIP HULSE, William Rev HAMMOND, David 1812 1792-1866 Belmont U.P. Richland HARPER, William D. 1812 1791-1866 French Warren HARDESTY, John 1812 Hardesty priv. Colerain HARDESTY, Robert 1812 Hardesty priv. Colerain HARDESTY, Samuel 1812 -1814 Hardesty priv. Colerain HUCKILL, Ruhamark 1812 1780-1858 Lansing Pease HARRIS, Joseph 1812 1761-1851 M.E. St. Clair. HULSE, Parry 1812 1791-1864 M.E. St. Clair. HOOVER, Gen. C. 1812 1789-1856 Moores priv. Kirkwood HAZLETT, Cunningham 1812 1785-1873 Morristown Union Morristown HOWELL, John 1812 1781-1841 Morristown Union Morristown HUFFMAN, Joseph 1812 1793-1854 Mt. Zion Pultney HUFF, Joseph 1812 1789-1863 Old Ebenezer Goshen HARRIS, Simon 1812 1787-1837 Old Northern Somerset HESS, Jeremiah 1812 1775-1862 Peavine Washington HUFFMAN, Benjamin 1812 1782-1868 Rock Hill Flushing IAMS, Thomas Rev 1754-1834 Ault Richland ISRAEL, John Rev 1749-1822 Morristown Union IAMS, James Rev JONES, Bailey Rev Rockhill Flushing JACKSON, Nath'l. Rev JONES, Thomas Rev JORDAN, Thomas Rev JONES, Lewis 1812 1789-1869 Southern Barnesville KANNY, Edward Rev KILGORE, Thomas Rev KIRK, John Rev KINNISON, William Rev Rockhill Pultney? KNIGHT, Jacob Rev 1753- KING, Robert 1812? 1780 Dilles Bottom Mead KNIGHT, Thomas 1812 Knight Mead KING, M.D. 1812 1788-1824 Southern LOVE,(1st) George Rev Crabapple Wheeling LOCKWOOD, David Rev 1762-1840 Dilles Bottom Mead LAMMA, William Rev LOGAN, John Rev LOVE, (2nd) George 1812 Crabapple Wheeling LYLE, William 1812 1789-1854 Crabapple Wheeling LONG, Michael 1812 1786-1863 Davis Pultney LAWS, Panter 1812 1785-1857 Greenmont Barnesville LYON, Joseph 1812 1773-1859 Old Uniontown Union LEISURE, John 1812 Windy Point Flushing LEWIS, Jacob 1812 1794-1884 Windy Point Flushing LINDSAY, 1812 1793-185? Windy Point Flushing MILLS, Lorenzo Rev Southern Barnesville MOTT, Menanda Rev Southern Barnesville MERRITT, William Rev Crabapple Wheeling MURPHY, Darby Rev 1728-1831 Salem M.E. Kirkwood MARTIN, Absolom Rev -1801 Walnut Grove Pease MITCHELL, Robert Rev MORGAN, George Rev MUSGROVE, William Rev MOORE, A.D. Indian? 1852-1940? Ebenezer Goshen MOORE, Jacob 1812 1776-1859 Danford Washington MEAD, Samuel 1812 1778-1861 Old Ebenezer Goshen MYERS, John 1812 Rock Hill Flushing MOORE, Samuel M. 1812 1791-1842 Rock Hill Pultney MIDKIFF, Isaac 1812 1780-1843 Salem M.E. Kirkwood MITCHELL, George 1812 1794-1857 Scotch Ridge Pease MINTIER, Robert 1812 1792-1870 Unity Wheeling MOORE, James 1812 1778-1828 Unity Wheeling MORGAN, George 1812 1770-1849 Whg. Valley Wheeling MERRITT, Henry 1812 Windy Point Flushing McCORMICK, Edward Rev Southern Barnesville McCULLOUGH, William Rev 1748-1831 Crabapple Wheeling McKINNEY, James Rev McKinney Kirkwood McKNIGHT, Eli Sr Rev 1760-1840 Old Ebenezer Goshen McCONNELL, Francis Rev -1834 McGHOGGAN, Alex Rev McMASTERS, Robert 1812 1792-1874 Jacobsburg Smith McKIM, David 1812 -1864 McKim Farm Pease McKINNEY, George 1812 1783-1823 McKinney Kirkwood McMILLEN, John 1812 1789-1855 Richland M.E. Richland McPHERSON, James 1812 1781-1843 Rock Hill Pultney McPHERSON, John 1812 1792-1832 Sewelsville Kirkwood McELROY, John 1812 Union Richland McCONNELL, James 1812 1799-1815 Uniontown Union McKITRICK, William 1812 1791-1876 Wegee Mead McCONNELL, William 1812 1788-1872 Whg. Valley Wheeling NIXON, John Rev NEFF, Henry 1812 1778-1830 Ault Richland NICHOLS, Eli 1812 1787-1850 Plainfield Richland NELSON, James 1812 1795- Rock Hill Pultney O'DOUD, Enoch Rev? Southern Barnesville O'CONNOR, John Indian 1869-1940 St. Mary's Pease OGLEVEE, William 1812 -1833 Stillwater Flushing OSBORNE, Alex. 1812 1775-1867 Union St. Clair. PARSONS, William Rev? Southern Barnesville PERRINE, William Rev. M.E. St. Clair. PAINE, William Rev Paine private PERRY, Samuel Rev Scotch Ridge -continued in part 3 ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:07:47, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: HAMILTON COUNTY - PART 31 HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO By Henry Howe, LL.D., 1898 HAMILTON COUNTY - part 31 In 1801 Governor Harrison entered upon the duties of his new office, at the old military post of Vincennes. The powers with which he was vested by law have never, since the organization of our government, been conferred upon any other officer, civil or military; and the arduous character of the duties he had to perform can only be appreciated by those who were acquainted with the savage and cunning temper of the northwestern Indians, with the genius of the early pioneers, and the nature of a frontier settlement. Among his duties was that of commissioner to treat with the Indians. In the capacity he concluded fifteen treaties, and purchased their title to upwards of seventy million of acres of land. The whole Territory consisted of three settlements, so widely separated that it was impossible for them to contribute to their mutual defence. The first was Clarke's grant at the falls of Ohio; the second, the old French establishment at Vincennes; and the third extended from Kaskaskia to Kahokia, on the Mississippi; the whole comprising a population of about five thousand souls. The Territory, thus defenceless, presented a frontier, assailable almost at every point, on the northeast, north, and northwest boundaries. Numerous tribes of warlike Indians were thickly scattered throughout the northern portion of the Territory, whose hostile feelings were constantly inflamed by the intrigues of British agents and traders, if not by the immediate influence of the English government itself, and not unfrequently by the uncontrollable outrages of the American hunters themselves. Governor Harrison applied himself with characteristic energy and skill to his duties. Justice tempered by mildness; conciliation and firmness, accompanied by a never slumbering watchfulness; were the means he used. These enabled him to surmount difficulties, under which an ordinary capacity must have been prostrated. During the year 1811, however, the intrigues of British agents operating on the passions of the Indians, brought affairs to a crisis which rendered hostilities unavoidable. Harrison called upon Colonel Boyd, of the 4th United States regiment, then at Pittsburg (who immediately joined him), and embodied a militia force as strong as the emergency would permit. To these were added a small but gallant band of chivalrous volunteers from Kentucky, consisting of about sixty-five individuals. With these he commenced his march towards the prophet's town at Tippecanoe. On the 6th of November he arrived in sight of the Indian village, and made several fruitless attempts to negotiate with the savages. Finding it impossible to bring them to any discussion, he resolved to encamp for the night, under a promise from the chiefs to hold a conference next day. The men reposed upon the spot which each individually should occupy, in case of attack. The event justified the anticipations of the chief. On the morning of the 7th, before daylight, the onset was made with the usual yells and impetuosity. But the army was ready; Harrison had risen some time before, and had roused the officers near him. The Indians fought with their usual desperation, and maintained their ground for some time with extraordinary courage. Victory declared in favor of discipline, at the expense, however, of some of the most gallant spirits of the age. Among the slain were Colonels Daveis and Owen, of Kentucky, and Captain Spencer, of Indiana. Governor Harrison received a bullet through his stock, without touching his neck. The legislature of Kentucky at its next session, while in mourning for her gallant dead, passed the following resolution, viz: "RESOLVED, That Governor William H. Harrison has behaved like a hero, a patriot and general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skilful and gallant conduct, in the battle of Tippecanoe, he well deserves the thanks of the nation." From this period, until after the declaration of war against England, Governor Harrison was unremittingly engaged in negotiating with the Indians, and preparing to resist a more extended attack from them. In August, 1812, he received the brevet of major-general in the Kentucky militia, to enable him to command the forces marching to relieve Detroit. The surrender of Hull changed the face of affairs; he was appointed a major-general in the army of the Untied States, and his duties embraced a larger sphere. Everything was in confusion, and men were to be raised. It is under circumstances like these that the talents of a great conducting a battle. To do justice to this part of the biography of Harrison requires a volume of itself. Becoming stronger from reverses, collecting munitions of war, and defending Fort Meigs, were the prominent features of his operations, until we find him in pursuit of Proctor, on the Canadian shore. On the 5th of October, 1813, he brought the British army and their Indian allies, under Proctor and Tecumseh to action, near the river Thames. The victory achieved by militia over the disciplined troops of England, on this brilliant day, was decisive; and like the battle of the Cowpens, in the war of the revolution, spread joy and animation over the whole Union. For this important action, Congress presented General Harrison with a gold medal. The success of the day is mainly attributable to the novel expedient of charging through the British lines with mounted infantry. The glory of originating this maneuver belongs exclusively to General Harrison. The northwestern frontier being thus relieved, Gen. Harrison left his troops at Sacket's Harbor, under the command of Col. Smith, and departed for Washington by the way of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and on the whole route he was received with enthusiasm. Owing to a misunderstanding between Mr. Secretary Armstrong and himself, Gen. Harrison resigned his commission in the spring of 1814. Mr. Madison sincerely deplored this step, and assured Governor Shelby, in a letter written immediately after the resignation, "that it would not have been accepted had he been in Washington." It was received and accepted by Secretary Armstrong, while the President was absent at the springs. Gen. Harrison retired to his farm at North Bend, in Ohio, from which he was successively called by the people, to represent them the legislature of the State. In 1824-5 he was elected to the Senate of the United States; and in 1828 he was appointed minister to Columbia, which station he held until he was recalled by President Jackson, not for any alleged fault, but in consequences of some difference of views on the Panama question. Gen. Harrison again returned to the pursuits of agriculture at North Bend. In 1834, on the almost unanimous petition of the citizens of the county, he was appointed prothonotary of the Court of Hamilton county. In 1840 Gen. Harrison was called by the people of the United States to preside over the country as its chief magistrate. His election was a triumphant one; of 194 votes for President he received 234. From the time when he was first nominated for the office until his death, he had been rising in public esteem and confidence; he entered upon the duties of his office with an uncommon degree of popularity, and a high expectation was cherished that his administration would be honorable to himself and advantageous to the country. His death, which took place April 4, 1841, just a month after his inauguration, caused a deep sensation throughout the country. He was the first President of the United States that had died in office. President Harrison was distinguished by a generosity and liberality of feeling which was exercised beyond what strict justice to himself and family should have permitted. With ample opportunity for amassing immense wealth, he ever disdained to profit by his public situation for private emolument. His theory was too rigidly honest to permit him to engage in speculation, and his chivalry was too sensitive to permit him to use the time belonging to his country for private benefit. After nearly fifty years devotion to his duties in the highest stations, he left at his death but little more to his family than the inheritance of an unsullied reputation. BENJAMIN HARRISON, son of Senator John Scott Harrison and grandson of Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1833; graduated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1852. While at college he formed an attachment for Caroline L. Scott, daughter of John W. Scott, president of Oxford Female Seminary, and they were married October 20, 1853. He studied law in the office of Storer & Gwynne, in Cincinnati, and in 1854 removed to Indianapolis, Ind. He was elected reporter of the State Supreme Court in 1860, and in 1862 entered the army as second lieutenant of the 70th Indiana Volunteers -a regiment which he assisted in raising, and of which, when completed, Governor Morton appointed him colonel. He was a valuable and efficient officer, greatly beloved by his men to whom his many acts of kindness and consideration greatly endeared him, and he was by them called "Little Ben." His actions at the battle of Peach Tree Creek greatly pleased Gen. Hooker, who said of him: "My attention was first attracted to this young officer by the superior excellence of his brigade in discipline and instruction -the result of his labor, skill and devotion. With more foresight than I have witnessed in any officer of his experience, he seemed to act upon a principle, that success depended upon the thorough preparation in discipline and esprit of his command for conflict more than on any influence that could be exerted upon the field itself; and when collision came, his command vindicated his wisdom as much as his valor. In all of the achievements of the 20th Corps in that campaign (from Chattanooga to Atlanta), Col. Harrison bore a conspicuous part. At Resaca and Peach Tree Creek the conduct of himself and command was especially distinguished." He served to the close of the war, and was mustered out in the grand review in Washington, In June, 1865, with the rank of brevet brigadier-general. Gen. Harrison had been re-elected, in 1864, while still in the army to the office of State Supreme Court reporter, and assumed the duties of the office on his return to Indianapolis. In 1879 he was appointed by President Hayes a member of the Mississippi River commission. At the National Republican Convention of 1880, held in Chicago, he was chairman of the Indiana delegation, and his name was placed in nomination, but he withdrew it. In 1880, he was chosen U.S. Senator, and held that seat until March 3, 1887. In 1884 he was a delegate at large from Indiana to the National Republican Convention; and his name was again mentioned in connection with the presidency. In the the National Republican Convention, held in Chicago in June, 1888, he was nominated for the presidency on the eighth ballot, receiving 544 votes. The Democratic party renominated Grover Cleveland, and the tariff issue became the main question of the campaign. All through the campaign Gen. Harrison made almost daily speeches to visiting delegations, giving free expression to his views and opinions on almost every question of the day; and his remarkably sound judgment and comprehension of all vital questions was signally illustrated in language of unusual simplicity and clearness. He received 233 votes in the Electoral college against 168 for Grover Cleveland. -continued in part 32 -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #431 *******************************************