OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 57 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 57 Today's Topics: #1 Scott's History of Fairfield Co, 1 [Matboyd@aol.com] #2 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Frank [Betty Ralph ] #3 Scott's History of Fairfield Co, [Matboyd@aol.com] #4 1923 VERONA H.S. YEARBOOK, Verona, [Gina Reasoner Subject: Scott's History of Fairfield Co, 1st born Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit pg8 - First Born It has been a subject of some discussion of late years, as to who was the first born white male child within the borders of Fairfield county. In Howe's history of Ohio, pub in 1848, he says, that Buhama (BUILDERBACK) GREEN gave birth to the first boy. This is beyond question an error. It is commonly supposed about Lancaster, that the late Hocking H. HUNTER, of Lancaster, sone of Capt. Joseph HUNTER, first emigrant, was the first born. This however is contested....Mr. Levi STUART, now a citizen of Lancaster, whose father was among the first settlers at Yankeytown, ....said it was understood between him and Mr. HUNTER that he, Mr STUART, was 13 months the elder. ...fourth contestant on Clear Creek, not named... Mrs. Buhama GREEN, as Mrs. BUILDERBACK, has a tragic history....having lived where she first settled 3 miles west of Lancaster, about 44 years...until the close of her life in 1842 at a very advanced age.... following is a transcription of her life from the pen of COLONEL JOHN McDONALD, of Ross County....Mrs. Buhama GREEN was vorn & raised in Jefferson Co, VA. in 1785 whe married Charles BUILDERBACK,...cossed mt.s,...settled at the mouth of Short Creek,..east bank Ohio river, a few miles above Wheeling. ..Her husband , a branve mare,...repelling Indians,...sure aim of his unerring rifle...determined to kill him ....In June 1789...thought the enemy had abandoned the western shores of the Ohio,........Capt Charles BUILDERBACK, his wife, and brother Jacob BUILDERBACK ....crossed the Ohio to look after some cattle....ambushed by 15 to 20 Indians...wounding Jacob in the shoulder....Charles taken while running to escape.....Mrs. Builderback hid in some driftwood by the river....forced him to call her saying it would save his life...left two children in their cabin, a 3yr old and an infant... Here "A struggle took place in my own breast which I can not describe...go to him and become a prisoner?...remain hidden and return to our children....?" She went to him, was taken prisoner,....Indians'...commenced retreat...traveled together day and night...bands seperated, each taking 1 prisoner...rejoined and tossed ..his scalp into her lap...she remained a prisoner for about 9 months, a slave to one family....never complained...friendly Indians saw her and informed commandant of Fort Washington ...white woman captive at Miamitown....Ransomed, brought to Fort...returned to her orphaned children...In 1796 Mrs. BUILDERBACK married John GREEN,...moved on to the west of Lancaster...survived her husband by 10 years. Charles BUILDERBACK, commanded a company at CRAWFORD's defeat in the Sandusky country. He was a large, noble looking man, bold and intrepid warrior. He was in the bloody Moravian campaign...shot, tomahawked and scalped SHEBOSH, a Moravian elder. page 12 First Mails and Postage Rates In the latter part ..1797...mail route established from Wheeling, VA to Linestome, KY...1st through interior of OH....postal station est. where Lancaster developed later....carried on horseback once a week....Wheeling to the Muskingum...Muskingum to Scioto to the Ohio...to Limestone. The late General George SANDERSON, then a small lad, was for a time mail carrier between Muskingum and Scioto, ..about 76 miles ...Samuel COATES, Sen, an Englishman,...1st postmaster at the Hocking...removed to cabin on south side of present Wheeling st, the same spot where James V KENNEY now resides. ...COATES Sen followed by COATES, Jun, his son.... Per James MIERS, who has resided in Lancaster all his life, ..list of postmasters... Samuel COATES (1797) Samuel COATES, Jun Jacob D. DETRICH Elnathan SCOFIELD, Henry DRUM, Thomas U WHITE Daniel SIFFORD Henry MIERS, James CRANMER John C CASTLE Benjamin CONNELL John L TUTHILL C M L WISEMAN Melanchthon SUTPHEN (1876) The "mail boys" carried tin trumpets to signal their emminent arrival...as did the coachmen when the mailboys on horse back were replaced by coaches...postal rates by distance, not weight.....letter no more than 50 miles, 6 1/4 cents---up to 150 miles, 12 1/2 cents.....150 to 300 miles, 18 3/4 cents ........over 300 miles, 25 cents....no stamps, if prepaid, PAID written on letter.....collected at receivers's end, the cost was written on envelope....Letters written on 3 sides of the paper, blank 4th side used for address after folding and sealing....personal designs, initials.....sealing wax, usually red, sometimes black or blue....letter envelopes came about 1840 and stamps about 1848 to be continued ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:01:52 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20000217200152.0076cb8c@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Franklin # 7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bios: Dean, Dewey, Dunning, Evans - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 Copyright © 2000 by Betty Ralph. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. bralph@hiwaay.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ GEORGE W. DEAN, nurseryman, Kent, was born in Wayne Township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, August 20, 1820, son of Horatio G. and Rebecca (Forbes) Dean, natives of Massachusetts, the former coming to Ashtabula County, Ohio, about 1816, the latter in 1806. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Abiather Dean, of Massachusetts, and his maternal grandfather was Nathan Forbes, who settled in Wayne Township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1806. Our subject was reared in his native township, and educated in the common schools and academy at Farmington, Ohio. His father being a shoe-maker, our subject engaged in that trade in his native town and in Auburn, Ohio, until thirty-five years of age. In the winter of 1855 he embarked, in Troy, Geauga Co., Ohio, in the nursery business, which he carried on there for eight years. In 1864 he removed to Franklin Township, this county, where he has been engaged to the present time keeping a general nursery stock, and up to 1874 he carried a florists' stock. Besides horticulture Mr. Dean has of late interested himself in several branches of natural science, and has collections in Archeology, Paleontology, Mineralogy and Conchology, and his collection in connection with the last-named science numbers 1,350 distinct species of marine, fresh water and land shells, carefully selected and systematically classified and arranged. Mr. Dean was married September 1, 1852, to Maria, daughter of Col. Drayton Jones, of Wayne Township, formerly of Connecticut and has one daughter - Lillian. Mr. Dean is an active member of the County Horticultural Society, of which he was Vice-President for several years. In politics he is a Republican. GEORGE DEWEY, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Chester, Mass., September 10, 1801, son of Stephen and Persus (Morgan) Dewey, who settled in this county in 1824, locating in Franklin Township on land now owned by our subject and Samuel Beckwith, and where Stephen Dewey died in 1831. He had nine children: Morgan, Edwin, Electa, Almena, Julia, Editha, George, Roland and Alonzo, all now deceased except George and Roland. The subject of this sketch has lived on the farm where he now resides sixty years, and made all the improvements himself. He was married, April 7, 1830, to Mary, daughter of Chauncey Mosley, of Westfield, Mass. By this union there were nine children, four now living: Margaret (Mrs. Dr. I.S. King, of Montcalm County, Mich.), George, Jr., Mary and Hattie (Mrs. Orlando Stewart, of Montcalm County, Mich.). The deceased are Jane, Clinton, Elizabeth, Lucy and Sarah. Of these Clinton died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., during the late war of the Rebellion, leaving one child - Estelle (Mrs. Ralph Dibble, who has one child - Mary). Our subject is a member of the Portage County Pioneer Society, and has held various offices in the gift of the township. In politics he is a Republican. FRED L. DUNNING, painter, Kent, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, May 23, 1833, son of Samuel L. and Susan H. (Bostwick) Dunning. His paternal grandfather was Squire Dunning, formerly of New England, who settled in Ravenna Township, this county, about 1824, where he lived and died. He had four children: Almon S., Samuel L. (deceased), Almira (Mrs. E. Moulton) and Eliza (deceased). The maternal grandfather of our subject was Ashbel Bostwick, also from New England, who came to Ravenna Township about 1827, where he is said to have built the first frame house. Samuel L. Dunning, the father of our subject, was married December 23, 1830, and the same year settled in Brimfield Township, this county. He was a carpenter by trade, though interested in farming, and always owned a farm until a short time before his death. In 1842 he located in Franklin Mills (now Kent), this county, and manufactured plows, being chiefly engaged in that business for many years. He died January 31, 1858, in his fiftieth year, and his widow September 30, 1880, at the age of sixty-five. They had six children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only one now living. He received a limited education in the common schools, and when fourteen years of age entered his father's foundry, where he worked until 1862. He served three years in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting August 2, 1862, in Company F, Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered into the service as Corporal, but was promoted to Second Lieutenant, then First Lieutenant, and finally to Captain. He was at the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., and in twenty-two days, under the command of Gen. Burnside, and surrounded by Longstreet's army, in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and in all the engagements in which his regiment participated. For a time his regiment was mounted and detailed as the advance scouts of Burnside's army, with orders never to lose sight of the Rebels, and were sometimes twenty miles ahead of the army. He was with Sherman at Atlanta, Ga., then under Gen. Thomas till the close of the war, and was honorably discharged at Camp Harker, Tenn., August 12, 1865, when he returned to Kent, since which time he has followed painting as an occupation in the car shops of that city. His first wife was Ann M. Fessenden, of Kent, by whom he had two children: Ella M. (Mrs. Arthur Olin), and Cora (deceased). His second wife was Clara Fowler, and his present wife is Ellen, daughter of Hiram and Clarissa (Meacham) Spencer, of Suffield, this county. In politics Capt. Dunning is a stanch republican. He is an active member of the K. of H. and the G.A.R. JOHN G. EVANS, merchant tailor, Kent, was born in Cardinganshire, South Wales, December 25, 1845; son of John and Eleanor (Evans) Evans. He was reared and educated in his native land, where he served an apprenticeship of three years to the tailor's trade. In 1866 he came to America and located in Pittsburgh, Penn., where he worked as a journeyman tailor for seven years. From there he went to Butler, Penn., as cutter with D.L. Byerer, which position he held five years. He then embarked in the merchant tailoring business for himself, in company with Daniel Davis, doing business there for two years, when they removed to Akron, Ohio, and remained six months, divided their stock, and in September, 1880, our subject located in Kent. He was married, September 13, 1868, to Annie Mortimer, of Pittsburgh, by whom he has three children living: Rebecca, John G., Jr., and Dennison M. Mr. and Mr. Evans are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject is a member of the K. of P. and the I.O.O.F.; he is a F. & A.M.; in politics, a Republican. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:35:16 EST From: Matboyd@aol.com To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <65.1bc514f.25ddb584@aol.com> Subject: Scott's History of Fairfield Co, Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit page 16 The Bar of Lancaster In 1839, when the writer settled in Lancaster, he was told that it had the strongest bar in the State, so far as legal ability was concerned. Of this there was probably no doubt. At that time Hon. Thomas EWING was at the zenith of his legal career. There were also residing in the place, John T BRAZEE, Hocking H. HUNTER, William IRVIN, Henry STANBERY, Wm. J. REECE, William MEDILL and P. VAN TRUMP, with few of less distinction. Medical Profession In like manner it was claimed, that at that time Lancaster had the right to boast of a highly eminent board of practicing physicians. Following are the names of the principal men who were practicing in the place at that time: Paul CARPENTER J.M. BIGELOW James WHITE M Z KREIDER Dr. WAIT George BOERSTLER Dr. SAXE Thomas O EDWARDS Of these only two are living, viz: Paul CARPENTER, still remaining in Lancaster, and Dr. BIGELOW, at Detroit. I can recall the names of Dr IDE of Rushville, Dr. DAUGHERTY of Amanda, Dr. EVANS of Bremen, Dr. PAUL of Royalton, Dr. MINOR of Lithopolis, Drs. HELMICH and GOHEGAN of Baltimore, Dr. BROCK of New Salem, Dr. TALBERT of Jefferson, Dr. TURNER of Rushville, and a few others. The dry goods merchants then doing business in Lancaster were, AINSWORTH and WILLOCK, REBER and KATZ, MYERS FALL and COLLINS, Levi ANDERSON, LOBENTHAL and REINDMOND, ROCHOL, NEIGH amd CULBERTSON, Samuel F McCRACKEN and Alfred FAHNASTOCK. There were 2 hardware stores; BOPE and WEAVER, and the proprietors of the other I do not now recall. The tailors were, Isaac COMER, and SMITH and TONG. Robert REED annd Josph WORK, Sen., and Joseph WORK, Jun.carried on with the shoemaking business. There were 2 tin and stove establishments, viz: CONNELL & WORK. Mr BLISS. SMITH & ARNEY, and Gilbert DEVOL were in the iron foundry business George RING was the proprietor of the Woolen Factory at the south end of Broadway The principal hotels were the Phoenix, now the Talmadge House, the Shaeffer House, and the Swan Hotel. The Phoenix was kept by G. STEINMAN; the Shaeffer House by F. A. SHAEFFER; and the Swan by Mr. OVERHALSER. The Shaeffer House has been changed into a business house, the first floor of which is G.BECKs Drug Store. Williams E. WILLILAMS at that time kept a small hotel, known as the Broadway House; and there were two small inns on Columbus street, kept by two men by the name of MYERS. In 1839 there were two Drug Stores in Lancaster - one kept by George KAUFFMAN, and the other by BURY & BEEK. The former is now continued by Dr. DAVIDSON, and the latter by Beecher WHITE. William BODENHEIMER and George W. CLASPILL were gunsmiths, the former also a manufacturer of spinning wheels. Mr. BODENHEIMER has deceased, and Mr. CLASPILL has discontinued the business. The canal mill was then in operation, and was owned, I believe, by John T BRAZEE and George KAUFFMAN. There were two tan-yards - James M. PRATT owned one of them, and Gidion PETERS the other. David FOSTER was the chair-maker of the place, and is still, in connection with his son, carrying on the business at his old stand at the corner of Wheeling and Columbus streets. Luman BAKER and Henry SCHULTZ were cabinetmakers; and Henry ORMAN and Mr. VORYS were the principal builders. These were the principal industries of Lancaster in 1839,though there were others on a small scale, such as weavers, coopers, and the like.....I must not, however, onit to mention HUNTER and EDINGFIELD, and Adam and Jacob GUSEMAN, blacksmiths. Groceries and saloons, as such, were almost unknlwn; groceries were principally sold at the dry goods stores, and drinking was principally done at the taverns. There was not then a shoe and boot-store, or a merchant-tailor in the place; cloth was purchased at the stores, and made toorder by the tailors. This was a little less than forty years ago; and when Lancaster is written as it is now, in 1876, the difference will appear. more later ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:50:19 -0500 From: Gina Reasoner To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000212013957.0094cc30@pop.prodigy.net> Subject: 1923 VERONA H.S. YEARBOOK, Verona, OH Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 1923 SENIOR CLASS Opal Reed Walter Dohner Waunita Studebaker Harold Smalley Esther Shilt Roland Flommersfeld Edith Lynch Marie Frazier Harry Jones Verno Mischler Treva Ressler JUNIORS Irene Smith Carl Ressler Ruth O'De;; True Sellers Earl Fisher Reva Hapner Gilbert Hoffman Everett Miller Harold Cromwell Glenn Smalley SOPHMORES Ruth Klein Victor Klein Elizabeth Snider Wilbur Shultz Norma Vanpelt Mae Todd Richard Wehrly Walter Huffman Ruth Hefilfinger Wendell Koch Burlin Fisher Monett Somers Chester Sellers Ethel Oda FRESHMAN Roy Flory Velma Geach John Christian Russel Eberwein Esther Collins Edna Schaar Ruth Smith Dorothy Martin Keith Rice Treva Carmony Ive Moore Richard Flommersfeld David Gebhart Elizabeth Locke Lawrence Reese Hazel Hefilfinger Neomi Evans Gladys Brown Charles Zimmerman Eva Moore Kathryn Studebaker Heber Flory Elmer Landis Floyd Litten Bernice Zimmerman -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #57 ******************************************