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RAYEN - MAHONING COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #2 MAHONING COUNTY PART 4 [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #3 ROGERS - TUSCARAWAS COUNTY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:55:40, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909140055.UAA15236@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: HARRY K. RAYEN - MAHONING COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII History of Ohio The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume IV, page 186 HARRY K. RAYEN gained in his boyhood and early youth a goodly fellowship with the work of the home farm, and after attending the public schools of Mahoning County, he continued his studies in the high school at Girard. He forthwith entered active service in the pedagogic profession,and he has continuously been engaged in teaching in the public schools of Ohio during the long intervening years, which have been marked by large and worthy service of constructive order. In Trumbull County he taught four years in the district schools of Wethersfield Township, and after his removal to Mahoning County he was for nine years superintendent of the public schools in the rural districts of Youngstown Township. In the City of Youngstown he thereafter served eight years as principal of the market Street School, and for the ensuing three years he was principal of the Delason Avenue School. He had held since 1914 the position of principal of the Princeton School, and he has done much to advance the standard of work in the public schools of the city and county, his professional enthusiasm being on a parity with his distinctive professional loyalty and efficiency. Mr. Rayen shows the trend of his political convictions by the staunch allegiance which he gives to the republican party. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he is an active member of the local Kiwanis Club, of which he has served as a director. He and his wife are zealous members of the Hillman Street Christian Church, in Official Board since 1915. He was formerly an official member of the Four Mile Run Christian Church in Mahoning county, this church having been founded in 1828, and having been one of the first Christian, or Disciples, churches established in the historic old Western Reserve. The home of Mr. Rayen is an attractive place at the corner of Princeton and Oak Hill avenues, and there he has found both recreation and pleasure in the cultivation of his fine garden and the propagation of a great variety of flowers and ornamental shrubs. On the 5th of September, 1894, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Rayen and Miss Caddie Kyle, who was born at Youngstown, in the year 1875, and who is a representative one of the sterling pioneer families of this now large and important industrial city. She is a daughter of Wesley and Ann (Kerr) Kyle, both likewise natives of Youngstown. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Rayen the eldest is Marion Rachel, who was born in 1895 and who still remains at the parental home; Dorris E., who was born May 29, 1897, is the wife of Dr. Walter Strand, a representative physician and surgeon in Youngstown; and James Wendell, youngest of the children, was born January 4, 1908. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:55:38, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909140055.UAA15220@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: MAHONING COUNTY PART 4 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Historical Collections of Ohio By Henry Howe, LL.D., 1898 MAHONING COUNTY PART 4 THE MINE CHANGES OWNERS. -In the spring of 1880 the Leadville Coal Company was organized, which bought out Wicks & Wells, the owners and projectors of the enterprise. New and more powerful pumping machinery was put in place, and the water was lowered to a depth of 136 feet, when the accidental dropping of a wedge into one of the pumps stopped operations, and the shaft again filled the water. NARROW ESCAPE. -In a few days the work of pumping was again resumed, and six weeks later the mine was pumped dry, and the miners, after an absence of five years, ventured down the shaft and commenced mining operations. The mine having but one opening, and the excavations that had been made requiring a second opening, as provided in the mining law of the State, and escape-shaft or travelling way was sunk into the mine, for the egress of miners in case of accident to the hoisting-shaft. This traveling-way was completed only two days when the wooden structure covering and surrounding, the hoisting-shaft caught fire from a spark from the smoke-stack, and was burned to the ground. The miners found safe-egress through the second outlet or travelling-way; had there been but one opening, every soul under ground at the time of the fire would have speedily and inevitably perished. PERSISTENT ENTERPRISE. -The fire, which occurred on the he 21st of August, 1881, having destroyed all the buildings covering and surrounding the shaft, and disabled the hoisting and pumping machinery, all the subterranean excavations were again filled with water. The company at once commenced rebuilding the works and repairing the machinery, and on the 15th of October following the pumps were again started up, and a month later the mine was once more pumped dry. There is an excitement in mining unknown, perhaps to any other industry; hence, all the misfortunes of this ill-fated mine have not in the least daunted the courage of the mine-owners, or alarmed the fearless spirit of the miners, and work was resumed with the same degree of cheerfulness as in the beginning of the enterprise. The foregoing account is abridged from Dr. Orton's "Geological Report of 1884." DAVID TOD, the second of Ohio's War Governors, was born in Youngstown, February 21, 1805, and died there November 13, 1868. He was the son of Governor Tod, an eminent man who was born in Connecticut, graduated at Yale, and emigrated to the Northwest Territory in 1800. He was Secretary of the Territory under Governor St. Clair; was a State Senator after the organization of the State of Ohio. He served as Judge of the Supreme Court from 1806 to 1809, and occupied other important positions. He rendered gallant service in the war of 1812 at Fort Meigs, serving as a lieutenant-colonel. David Tod, was admitted to the bar in 1827. As a lawyer he was very successful, and commencing penniless, he soon accumulated a fortune by his talents and industry. He had a strong love of politics and was an able campaign speaker. In 1838 he was elected as a Democrat to the State Senate; in 1840 gained great reputation as an orator while canvassing the State for Van Buren. In 1844 he was the Democratic candidate for Governor, being defeated by 1,000 votes; from 1847 to 1852 he was Unitet States Minister to Brazil, under President Polk's administration; returning to the United States he rendered very effective service in the campaign resulting in the election of President Pierce; in 1860 he was a delegate to the Charleston Convention, was chosen vice-president of that body, and presided over it when the Southern wing of the party withdrew. Whitelaw Reid says in "Ohio in the War:" "The executive and business talents of Mr. Tod were conspicuously evidenced as the President of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad, the construction of which he was one of the first to advocate, and with whose success he became identified. To Mr. Tod more than any other man, belongs the honor of inaugurating the steps which led to the development of the vast coal mines of the Mahoning valley. Before and after the meeting of the Peace Congress at Washington in February, Mr. Tod warmly advocated the peace measures, and the exhausting of every honorable means, rather than that the South should inaugurate civil war. But from the moment the flag was shot down at Sumter he threw off all party trammels and was among the first public men in the State who took the stump advocating the vigorous prosecution of the war till every rebel was cut off or surrendered. From that moment, with voice and with material aid, he contributed his support to the national government. Beside subscribing immediately $1,00 to the war fund of his township, he furnished Company B. Captain Hollingsworth, Nineteenth Regiment, Youngstown, their first uniforms." In 1861 he was nominate for Governor of Ohio by the Republicans, and elected by a majority of 55,000. His administration during the most trying years of the war was zealous, painstaking and efficient. His continued efforts for recruiting the army, his fatherly care and sympathy with Ohio soldiers in the field and their families at home; his vigorous measures to repel invasions of the State, are the distinguishing features of an able administration. "Ohio in the War" closes an account of it with the following words: "He made some mistakes of undue vigor, and some of his operations entailed expenses not wholly necessary. But he was zealous, industrious and specially watchful for the welfare of the troops, faithful in season and out of season. He was at the head of the State in the darkest hours, through which she passed. He left her affairs in good order, her contributions to the nation fully made up, her duties to her soldier sons jealously watched, and her honor untarnished." After the close of his term of service he retired to his farm known as "Brier Hill," near Youngstown, which formerly belonged to his father, and which he repurchased after he began to accumulate property, from those who had come into its possession. As a boy, David Tod was always ready for fun, and many amusing anecdotes are told of his pranks. We give the following from the "Pioneer History of Geauga Count:" "On one winter day, when a deep cut had been shovelled through a snow-bank to give access to the school-house. Tod led some of his schoolmates to fill the cut with wood, so that when the schoolmaster, returned from dinner he was obliged to climb the pile to get to the school-house." On another occasion he played a decidedly practical joke on "Uncle John" Ford, the father of Governor Seabury Ford. John Ford was an eccentric genius of much sterling worth. "The spirit of humor overflowed with him, and when Brooks Bradley drove the cows up the lane at night, they would dash back past him, heads and tails high in the air, and run clear to the woods. Brooks, as he chased back after the frightened cattle, did not see 'Uncle John's' old hat down in front of his bent form, shaking out from behind a stump in that lane." He played some trick on David Tod, afterwards Governor of Ohio. David sawed the top bar over which "Uncle John" leaned when he poured the swill to his pigs. "Dave" and his companions watched the next time "Uncle John" fed, and when well on the bar it broke, and he fell with pail and contents, among the hogs. A suppressed laugh from an adjoining fence corner hinted to "Uncle John" how it happened; but he climbed from the mess and said nothing. He saw only one thing in Tod that he called "mean." ELISHA WHITTLESEY was born in Washington, Conn., October 19, 1783, and died in Washington City, January 7, 1863. He was brought up on a farm, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1805. He removed to Canfield, O., in June, 1806. During the war of 1812 he rose to the rank of Brigade-Major and Inspector under Gen. Perkins, and was for a time aid and private secretary to Gen. Harrison. On one occasion he was sent with a despatch from Gen. Harrison on the Muamee to the Governor at Chillicothe, a distance of one hundred and sixty miles, part of it through the Black Swamp and regions invested with hostile Indians; it was a perilous undertaking but he accomplished it faithfully. In 1820-1821 he was a member of the Ohio Legislature. He served in Congress continuously from 1823 to 1828, when he resigned. His scrupulous honesty is evidenced by the fact that during this service he would receive no pay when absent from his seat on private business. He was one of the founders of the Whig party; was appointed by President Harrison in 1841 auditor of the post-office department, resigning in 1843. In 1849 was appointed by President Taylor first comptroller of the treasury, from which office he was removed by President Buchanan, but reappointed by President Lincoln in 1861 and held office until his death. As comptroller he was painstaking, watchful and efficient; his whole time and study were directed to the public good. In 1847 he was appointed general agent of the Washington National Monument Association, resigning in 1849, but was shortly afterwards called upon to manage its affairs as president, which he did until 1855, contributing greatly to the success of that enterprise. He was a staunch supporter of Christian doctrines and enterprises, and throughout all his life conduct was governed by the highest principles. The distinguished Col. Chas. Whittlesey was his nephew, and it was his pride that he was his nephew, such was the exalted character of the uncle. For many years he kept a diary of current events, a journal or autobiography, which ought to be complied and given to the public. -continued in part 5 ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 22:18:52, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199909140218.WAA12606@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: ROGERS - TUSCARAWAS COUNTY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 WARNER ROGERS, farmer, P.O. Peoli, was born in Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio, January 20, 1824. His father, Warner Rogers, was a native of Maryland, and married Eliza Gregory, also a native of Maryland, and emigrated to Harrison County, Ohio, about 1816, finally locating in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, in 1846. Their family numbered eleven children, of whom Pamelia, Nelson and an infant are deceased, and Jane, William, John, Joseph, Warner, Elijah B., Hester A. and Wesley D. still survive. Warner Rogers, the elder, came into the State of Ohio a old pioneer, through honesty and economy, became the owner of 120 acres of as fine a farm as there is in Perry Township. He died in 1853, and his widow followed him on January 28, 1874. The subject of this sketch was married, February 9, 1854, to Miss Comfort A., daughter of Joseph and Jemima Philips, natives of Harrison County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are the parents of eight children, viz.: Alice, born March 24, 1855; Almeda, born February 3, 1857; Alfred P., born December 5, 1859; Arzona L., born August 31, 1861; John W., born July 2, 1863; Forest, born January 13, 1867; Eliza Margaret, born July 18, 1869; Emma M., born January 18, 1874. Mr. Rogers is a successful farmer of Perry Township, owing upward of 400 acres of excellent farm land. His residence is one of the finest in the township, and his farm buildings are in keeping with the requirements of a first-class farm, a credit to the taste of Mr. Rogers as a farmer. In 1879, he was elected Township Trustee, and in 1881 County Infirmary Director; the latter office he still holds. He is also on the State jury ballot for the United States Court at Cleveland. He is a Mason; a Republican in politics; with his family a member of the M.E. Church. DR. F.G. HELMS, physician, Port Washington, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 16, 1849. He completed his medical course June 19, 1873, and has since been engaged in the successful practice of his profession. He was married, December 31, 1873, to JULIA ROGERS, who was born in Harrison County September 8, 1846, daughter of ELIJAH and MARY ROGERS. MR. ROGERS died in 1880, his widow yet survives. Mrs. Helms is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Helms is an Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He has resided at Port Washington for eight years. His two children are Thomas, born August 2, 1878, and Fannie, born December 11, 1881. Page 219 - The Tuscarawas River in early times was known as the Muskingum. The Indians called it Mooskingum or "Elks Eye." Maj. ROBERT ROGER, who visited it in 1760, called the river the Maskongam. Page 251, Early Military Expeditions. -The fall of Fort Du Quesne in 1758 terminated French dominion on the Ohio, and the subsequent capitulation of Montreal and Detroit in 1760 gave the entire Northwest into the possession of the English. Maj. ROBERT ROGERS, a native of New Hampshire, was ordered to take possession of the Western forts. On his return from his tour through the West, he passed through the Tuscarawas Valley. With 200 rangers he left Montreal September 13, 1760. While on his way to Detroit, voyaging along the southern coast of Lake Erie, he landed at the mouth of "Chogage River," and was there met by "Ponteack (Pontiac), the king and lord of the country," who demanded to know his business in the country, and how he dared to enter it without permission. When the object of the expedition was made known they were allowed to proceed. Maj. ROBERT ROGERS remained in and about Detroit until December 23 when he set out for Fort Pitt through Ohio. He proceeded to the Maumee; thence to Lake Sandusky, which he reached January 2, 1761. From that point he followed the Sandusky and Tuscarawas trail to Fort Pitt. January 13, he reached Beaver Town or Tuscarora, situated on the Tuscarawas opposite Sandy Creek, and at this time the residence of the leading Delaware chiefs. Here King Beaver resided in 1760, as did also the great war captain of the Delawares, Shingask. MAJ. ROGERS, in his journal, quoted in Taylor's History of Ohio, thus describes Beaver Town: "This Indian town stands on good land on the west side of the Maskongam River, and opposite to the town on the east side is a fine river, which discharges itself into it. The latter is about thirty yards wide, and the Maskongam about forty; so that when they both join they make a very fine stream, with a swift current running to the southwest. There are about 3,000 acres of cleared ground round this place. The number of warriors in this town is about 180. All the way from the Lake Sandusky, I found level land and a good country; no pine trees of any sort, the timber is white, black and yellow oak, black and white walnut, cypress, chestnut and locust trees. At this town I staid till the 16th, in the morning, to refresh my party, and procured some corn of the Indians to boil with our venison." He reached Fort Pitt on the 23d, and New York February 14, 1761. The after life of MAJ. ROGERS was clouded. He possessed a vain, restless, grasping spirit, and doubtful honesty. He was court-martialed six years after his western expedition on a charge of treason, and soon after crossed the Atlantic and entered the military service of the Dey of Algiers. He returned to America, espoused the cause of independence, but was suspected of being a british spy, and soon after deserted to the enemy's ranks receiving for his treachery a Colonel's commission. Page 484 - THOMAS ROGERS (of Bakersville) and David Olinger died in Andersonville Prison. Page 367 - Infirmary Directors. -The incumbents of this office since 1821 have been: WARNER ROGERS, 1881 to 1884. WILLIAM HAMILTON, farmer, P.O. Gnadenhutten, was born in this county September 5, 1808, son of Thomas and Mary Ann Hamilton. Thomas Hamilton emigrated to this county in 1804, and was married the year following. William was raised on his father's farm, and received a common school education. He was married, December 14, 1834, to Maria James, daughter of Charles and Hannah James. This marriage was blessed with seven children -Mathias Taylor, who served four years in Company I, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Matilda Jane, wife of Samuel Johnson; Hannah, wife of WILLIAM F. ROGERS; Louisa, deceased; Mary, wife of Elza H. Parrish; Martha, deceased; and Celinda Ann, the wife of Charles B. Cox. Mrs. Hamilton died in February, 1850, and in the following November Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage with Ellen, daughter of John L. and Matilda Kennedy. The children by this marriage are John B., Maria Ellen (wife of J.H. Hill), Joseph A., William McAbee, Sarah Alice, Charles Winfield, James Wesley, Ida Emery and Bessie Luella. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been Trustee for thirty-eight years, and Steward and Class-leader for over forty years, and served as a Justice of the Peace twenty-four years in Clay Township. Mr. Hamilton settled on his present farm of 204 acres in 1835. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #674 *******************************************