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JAMIESON - COLUMBIANA C [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #3 MOSES LOUTHAN - COLUMBIANA COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #4 Deaths: 1887-1888, Gallipolis, Gal [Mary Hill ] #5 Deaths: 1887-1888, Gallipolis, Gal [Mary Hill ] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:33:24, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: COLUMBIANA COUNTY - PART 7 HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF OHIO By Henry Howe, LL.D., 1898 LUDICROUS INCIDENTS. -I was an eye-witness on the occasion of a Democratic mass-meeting at Kenton, to a lively scrimmage between several Democratic and Republican girls in which there was pulled hair, scratched faces and demoralized wardrobes, and, strange to say, the surrounding crowd of men interfered only to see fair play between the combatants. Another instance, and a ludicrous one, I recollect. At McCutchenville, Wyandot county, on one of the brightest of autumnal days, there was a Democratic meeting in a grove adjacent to the town. Judge Lang, of Tiffin, and myself were the speakers of the day. While the Judge was addressing the people, a gaunt, tall young lady, wearing a Brough badge, stepped up behind a fat chunky little girl, who was sitting on a log, and snatched from her dress the Vallandigham badge she was wearing. The little girl turned around, eyed the trespasser but a moment, and then made one lunge, and with the awkward blow that a woman delivers, hit the Brough girl under the chin and brought her to the ground. With her eyes snapping fire, and her cheeks aflame, she put her arms up akimbo, and, like a little Bantam rooster, spreading his wings, hissed out: "I can whip any ____ Brough girl on the ground." Such occurrences were frequent, and all manner of tricks, by both parties, were played upon speakers and orators. The only wonder is, thinking of the bitter feeling engendered, that more bodily harm was not done. THE ORATORS, ETC. -Colonel "Dick" Merrick, of Maryland, who died a few months ago in Washington City, ex-Governor Hendricks, Hons. J.E. McDonald and D.W. Voorhees, of Indiana, were among the many distinguished speakers from other States who participated in the Ohio canvass. Morton, of Indiana, Harrison of the same state, Secretary Chase and leading Republicans from the East assisted Brough and the local Republican orators. One of the most effective Republican speakers on the stump was Colonel "Bill" Gibson, of Seneca county, and one of the most sought after orators in Northern Ohio was Hon. A.M. Jackson of Bucyrus, whose "heavenly tone" made him conspicuous in the battle for "free speech." SUNSET COX. -Sam Cox, then representing the Columbus district in Congress, had frequent opportunities to air his eloquence and show his pluck. On a September day he had had a meeting near Camp Chase, in Franklin County. The soldiers there announced that he should not speak. The Democrats declared that he should and must, so "Sunset" was accompanied to his meeting by a hundred city Democrats, armed with revolvers, while the country Democrats came pouring in loaded down with rifles and shotguns. The soldiers, seeing that they would be promptly met with their own weapons, concluded that Cox might expound at will without interruption. Cox then made a good speech; and when or where was the occasion that he ever made a poor one? In his old district in Ohio he is as popular now as he was then. Hundred of little "Sam Coxes" are named after him, and the old Democracy remember his sunshiny and cheery ways are jealous, of the Turk who has him now within his boundaries. Every Democratic orator in Ohio is 1863 acquitted himself with credit, and was busy from the beginning to the closing of the fights. THE RESULT. -The strain on the public mind was intense. All men of all parties and all classes were anxious for the strife to be over. The Democrat's in the last weeks of the campaign felt that they were beaten, but the splendid discipline of the Democratic organization was manifested by their determined effort to the very last hour of election day. The vote cast for Vallandigham showed what a hold he had on the people, being the highest vote then ever cast for a Democrat in the State. Brough's majority on the home vote was 61,927, but the vote of the soldiers in the field ran his majority up to about 100,000, or a little over. Only about 3,000 votes were cast for Vallandigham by the soldiers in the field. The law, however, was very defective and admirably calculated to give unlimited opportunities for a duplication of votes. It was crude and unsatisfactory, but as a war measure "it served the purposes of which it was passed. VALLANDIGHAM IN EXILE. -While the great fight in his behalf in Ohio was being waged Vallandigham, like a caged lion, was fretting and worrying, was "watching and waiting over the border." He made his head-quarters most of the time at a little hotel in Windsor, Canada, a small town opposite Detroit. From the windows of his room he could see a gun-boat, with the American flag flying, which had been detailed to protect the Detroit river. His sarcastic remarks in reference to his prosecutors, and to his political opponents, who were preventing him from leading his own campaign in Ohio, were heralded throughout the land, and spies were numerous, keeping vigil that he should not return. It was about agreed upon at one time that Vallandigham should come to Lima, Ohio, and make a speech, in defiance of his sentence and the authorities, but the more conservative Democratic leaders were satisfied that an attempt would be made to rearrest him, which would bring about riot and bloodshed, and in deference to their wishes Vallandigham did not return, although he could easily have escaped from Canada, as he did in 1864, when he crossed to Detroit in disguise, entered a sleeping-car, and the next morning appeared at a Democratic Convention at Hamilton, Ohio, where he was chosen unanimously as a delegate, to the Chicago Convention. He was enthusiastically received by the Democratic people, and remained unmolested by the civil and military authorities. Vallandigham was prompted to return by political friends in his own district, who had vainly labored to have him nominated for delegate-at-large to the Chicago Convention. Judge Rufus P. Ranney, of Cleveland, was the choice over him by a small majority in a very excited convention. THE END. -After 1868 Vallandigham pursued the profession of the law with ardor, and to his enthusiasm in the defense of a client he met with the accident that deprived him of life. His last appearance in the political arena was at the Democratic State Convention in Columbus in the first part of June, 1871. He was a delegate, and, I think, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, and secured the passage in the convention of what is known in Ohio politics as the "new departure" resolutions, pledging the Democracy to the recognition and validity of all the amendments to the constitution, including the fourteenth. A week or two after this convention he came to his death in a room at a hotel in Lebanon, Ohio, by the accidental discharge of a pistol. He died as he lived, courageously, but sensationally. Had Vallandigham survived to this date (1886) he would have been but sixty-six years of age, younger than Thurman, younger than Payne, and about the same age as Durbin Ward, George H. Pendleton, George W. Morgan, John O'Neil, Frank Le Blond and other prominent Ohio Democrats. Had he not been called away I think that by his eloquence, by his logic and his high order of talent he would have worn out and dissipated the bitter prejudice which existed against him. He had a good personal resonant voice, a dignified bearing and those faculties which enabled him to have a magnetic power over the people. The prize which he always looked forward to see a reward for his party services was a seat in the United States Senate, and he was chagrinned to the heart when it escaped him in 1867. In his private and domestic circle he was charming, and although there will always be a discussion as to the right and policy of the position he assumed during the war, no one will deny that he had a profound love for the constitution of his country and was unwavering and unswerving in adhering to any position that he deemed right. ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:44:19, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: CHARLES F. JAMIESON - COLUMBIANA COUNTY History of Ohio, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume III, Page 190 CHARLES F. JAMIESON, a native of Ohio, formerly engaged in business in Columbiana County, is secretary and general manager of the Jamieson Sales Company at Canton. This company devotes its organization exclusively to the Chevrolet automobiles. Mr. Jamieson was born in Columbiana County, in 1864, was educated in country schools there, and spent the first twenty-six years of his life in the labor and diversions of a farm. Following that he engaged in the general merchandise business, and also became active in local politics. He was elected and served as county treasurer of Columbiana County, with offices at Lisbon, from 1916 to 1919. On leaving the office of county treasurer Mr. Jamieson removed to Canton and organized the Jamieson Sales Company. This company owns one of the finest sales rooms, service stations and garages in the city. Mr. Jamieson is a member of the Canton Automobile Dealers Association, the Canton Club, the Masonic Club, the Exchange Club, and the Shrine Club. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He and his wife, Mrs. Ida Jamieson, have one son, Thomas, now actively associated with his father in business. ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:44:34, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: MOSES LOUTHAN - COLUMBIANA COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY (INDIANA) The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 MOSES LOUTHAN, an early settler of Adams County, and a prominent citizen of Monroe, is a native of Ohio, born in Columbiana County, August 14, 1817. He was reared in Wayne County, August 14, 1817. He was reared in Wayne County, Ohio, after his sixth year, and there learned the blacksmith's trade from his father. He was married in Wayne County, August 9, 1838, to Mary Nicholas, a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, born July 5, 1812, and to this union were born three children - George W., Reason B. (deceased), and Eliza J. After his marriage Mr. Louthan removed to Greensburgh, Summit County, Ohio, and later settled in Stark County. In 1846 he came to Indiana, arriving at Fort Wayne October 14. From there he went to Wells County, locating near Lancaster, and from there removed to Ossian, Wells County, where he engaged in blacksmithing until the fall of 1856. He then went to New Haven, Allen County, and in November, 1857, he came to Decatur, Adams County, where he worked at the blacksmith's trade, remaining at that place until the spring of 1871. He then removed to Monroe Township, where he built a shop and worked at his trade, when he was elected constable, which office he held for four years. Mr. Louthan lost his wife by death June 20, 1878, and August 17, 1879, he was married to Mrs. Sarah J. (Brandeberry) Kanabal, who was born in Hocking County, Ohio, June 13, 1837, and to them has been born one child, named Howard T. Mrs. Louthan has been three times married. Her first husband, Lawrence McCune, died one month after his marriage. Her second husband, Henry Kanabal, died in Washington Township, Adams County, leaving four children -John A., Mary E., Edward H. an Effie M. In 1878 Mr. Louthan went to Kansas, remaining one year, when he returned to Adams County, and has since resided in Monroe Township with the exception of one year spent at Fort Wayne, and is at present serving as constable of Monroe Township, being elected to fill that office in the spring of 1886. Mr. Louthan was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting February 14, 1864, in Company G, Twelfth Indiana Cavalry, and soon after his enlistment was promoted to Sergeant, serving as such until his final discharge, September 6, 1865. He participated in several important engagements, including Franklin, Tennessee, and the battle of Atlanta. He was placed on detached service doing provost duty six months. He received his final discharge at Indianapolis, and now draws a pension of $8 a month, for disability contracted while in the army. He is now a comrade of Sam Henry Post, No. 63, G.A.R., at Decatur. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1857. Both Mr. and Mrs. Louthan are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:07:16 -0500 From: Mary Hill Subject: Deaths: 1887-1888, Gallipolis, Gallia, Part 1 Deaths: 1887-1888, Gallipolis 4th Ward, Gallia County, Part 1 Excerpt from "RECORD OF DEATHS, PROBATE COURT, GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO, 1888" (The following abbreviations are my own; they are not in the records.) DOD = Date of Death POD = Place of Death POB = Place of Birth OCC = Occupation R = RACE (The county file only listed two options: W = "White," C = "Colored") COD = Cause of Death POR = Place of Residence ALLENS, Julius Henry; Male; DOD = 1888 Feb 14; Single; Age = 22 yr, 9 mo, 29 dy; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Gallia Co.; OCC = "steam boatman;" Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Consumption; POR = Gallipolis. COURTNEY, Chas B.; Male; DOD = 1888 Jan 6; Married; Age = 48 yr, 9 mo; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Virginia; OCC = laborer; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Diptheria; POR = Gallipolis. CRE__US, Thurmund; Male; DOD = 1887 July 21; Married; Age = 32 yr, 9 mo, 10 dy; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Gallia Co.; OCC = carver; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = W; COD = Consumption; POR = Gallipolis. DUSTER, Gertrude; Female; DOD = 1888 Mar 26; Single; Age = 5 yr, 10 mo; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Rio Grande; OCC = blank; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Spinal Meningitis; POR = Gallipolis. GRANT, John; Male; DOD = 1888 Feb 10; Single; Age = 11 yr, 10 mo; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Gallipolis; OCC = blank; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Spinal Disease; POR = Gallipolis. HOWELL, Ella R; Female; DOD = 1888 Mar 17; Single; Age = 19 yr, 7 mo; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Springfield Twp; OCC = servant; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Consumption; POR = Gallipolis. JONES, Georganna; Female; DOD = 1887 April 15; Married; Age = 27 yr, 8 mo, 15 dy; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Gallipolis; OCC = blank; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Consumption; POR = Gallipolis. ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:07:34 -0500 From: Mary Hill Subject: Deaths: 1887-1888, Gallipolis, Gallia, part 2 Deaths: 1887-1888, Gallipolis 4th Ward, Gallia County, part 2 LEWIS, Margaret; Female; DOD = 1888 Feb 30; Single; Age = 20 yr, 3 mo 2 dy; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Charleston; OCC = servant; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Consumption; POR = Gallipolis. LEWIS, Nellie; Female; DOD = 1888 Mar 2; Single; Age = 8 yr, 6 mo; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Rio Grande; OCC = blank; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Spinal Meningitis; POR = Gallipolis. MASON, Sallie; Female; DOD = 1887 June 8; Widowed; Age = 87 yr; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Virginia; OCC = servant; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Old Age; POR = Gallipolis. MCGOON, Sarah; Female; DOD = 1887 Nov 15; Single; Age = 18 yr, 11 mo, 26 dy; POD = West Va; POB = Vinton Co.; OCC = servant; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = W; COD = Burned; POR = Gallipolis. PAGE, Harry; Male; DOD = 1887 July 13; Married; Age = 24 yr; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Virginia; OCC = "steam boat;" Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Drowned; POR = Gallipolis. SALGUE, Franklin; Male; DOD = 1887 Aug 18; Single; Age = 23 yr, 8 mo, 10 dy; POD = Kentucky; POB =Gallipolis; OCC = carpenter; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = W; COD = Falling Trestle; POR = Gallipolis. SALGUE, James; Male; DOD = 1887 May 29; Single; Age = 20 yr, 5 mo, 20 dy; POD = Gallipolis; POB =Gallipolis; OCC = laborer; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = W; COD = Boiler Explosion; POR = Gallipolis. SMITH, A. L.; Male; DOD = 1887 Dec 2; Single; Age = 20 yr, 8 mo, 28 dy; POD = Gallipolis; POB = Gallipolis; OCC = photographer; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Consumption; POR = Gallipolis. WRIGHT, Harry; Male; DOD = 1887 Nov 22; Single; Age = 2 yr, 9 mo, 6 dy; POD = Gallipolis; POB =Gallipolis; OCC = blank; Father = blank; Mother = blank; R = C; COD = Spinal Meningitis; POR = Gallipolis. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #180 *******************************************