OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 60 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 60 Today's Topics: #1 Oh-Allen Co. History (Allen County [Archives ] #2 Oh-Allen Co. News (Delphos Death R [Archives ] #3 Oh-Allen Co. History (Lima's First [Archives ] 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: 24 Apr 2006 18:42:26 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060424184226.21801.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Allen Co. History (Allen County, Ol) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Allen County OhArchives History .....Allen County, Old Settlers On Sugar Creek June 22, 1876 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Woerner judyw0113@yahoo.com April 24, 2006, 6:42 pm Book Title: Allen County Democrat, June 22, 1876 ALLEN COUNTY Old Settlers on Sugar Creek The first settlers on Sugar Creek, in the original township bearing that name, were four sons of BENJAMIN CLEVENGER, namely: JACOB, SAMUEL, GEORGE and JOSEPH, who came from Franklin county, Ohio, in the fall of 1830, and located on the land then owned by their father, and now by JAMES CLEVENGER, their half- brother, near where the town of Vaughnsville now stands. WILLIAM CLEVENGER and family, of which his brother JOHN was a member, settled at the same time, near where the town of Gomer now stands. Shortly afterwards, in 1831, DANIEL W. GRAY, the first clerk of the Court of Putnam county, settled on Sugar Creek, a short distance below where the CLEVENGERS settled. In 1833, SAMUEL GANDER settled on the west bank of Sugar Creek just below where Mr. GRAY lived. About the same time, ROBERT and WILLIAM ROBERTS settled still lower down, and SAMUEL and DAVID CRAHILL further up the creek. Soon after, a Mr. THOMAS WILLIAMS settled near where the CLEVENGER brothers located, and where their father had by this time settled, and built a cabin and a mill, which was of great benefit to the early settlers at that time, and for many years afterwards. A post office was kept by Mr. WILLIAMS at his house, the name of which was BENNING, but when he moved away the office was abolished. In the fall of 1837, JOHN GANDER, sen., came from Franklin county, Ohio, and bought out ABEL HANSON, who had settled on the west bank of Hog Creek,--Ottawa river—about four miles above Kalida, and in February, 1838, moved his family, then consisting of his wife and four sons, DAVID, JOHN, JACOB and GEORGE, to their new home. SAMUEL CLEVENGER and JOHN CLEVENGER, who had married daughters of JOHN GANDER, were then living where they now reside, on the east side of the river, A short distance above them on the same side of the river, WILLIAM CLEVENGER, WILLIAM DINSMORE, JOHN GUFFY, AND JOHN DEFFENBAUGH, had located and were enjoying their cabins. On the west side of the river, and ??? in the township, MARTIN and WILLIAM GUFFY, PETER RHODES, JOSEPH FORD. ALEXANDER MCKINLEY, JOHN KUNZ, JACOB CLEVENGER, GEORGE SARBER, JOSEPH CLEVENGER, JACOB CLEVENGER and DANIEL RIMER, were living when Mr. GANDER came to the country. The openings around the cabins of the settlers were then small. But the almost constant labor of clearing gradually expanded them, until large farms were opened. What social and hospitable gatherings were then enjoyed by the early settlers when they had their cabin raisings and log rollings and how often they enjoyed themselves hunting raccoons by night to save their corn, and deer and squirrels during the day to supply food for their families. They had to make a warfare by trapping and with guns on the great number of squirrels which then infested the country and destroyed the corn. There being no market at that time for corn, a large quantity was cribbed up by Mr. GANDER, which had been grown on the rich bottom land of Hog Creek. The first and only sale of corn by him, except a little to new settlers, was to one of the contractors of the “deep cut” on the Miami extension canal; 200 bushels were sold at 50 cents a bushel, which at that time was regarded as a large sale. THE MEMORABLE WINTER OF 1842-43 The Winter of 1842-43 was a long and severe one, and in some localities the new settlers ran out of food for their stock long before spring opened. Hearing that there was corn at Mr. GANDER’S many of them resorted thither from along the Blanchard, below Ottawa, for corn. All who came were supplied at a low price—20 to 22 cents a bushel—and those who had no money as well as those who had, got corn, and were thereby enabled to save their stock; those who did not pay gave their notes and most of the them who did so paid them; but a few never paid. SCHOOLS For awhile there was no schools among the settlers, but about 1840 one or two schools were kept within the present limits of the township and in 1841, a third was opened in a cabin on the land near the residence of JOHN GANDER. The school houses of that day were like most of the houses of the settlers, log cabins with puncheon floors and paper windows. Some of the teachers too, were men of but little education, yet earnest laborers to the extent of their ability. JOHN DEFFENBAUGH, Esq., was for many years a Justice of the Peace in the western part of the township. Different persons filled that position. JOHN GANDER, JR., is now serving his sixth term as Justice of the Peace; he has served six times as township assessor; was land appraiser for the township in 1859, and has filled each of the offices of township treasurer, Clerk, trustee and Supervisor, and was one among the school teachers. At that time he was a young man, and was engaged eleven successive winters, and taught several times afterwards. Many of his neighbors call on him for counsel in matters of difference. His uniform course is to advise them to avoid litigating, and often remits a part and sometimes all the costs in suits before him. Consequently there is but a small amount of litigation in his township. He has twice received an almost unanimous endorsement of the voters of the party he acts with his township for a county office, and was actually nominated once for Probate Judge, but was deprived of the position by dishonest politicians. ANOTHER SETTLER IN SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP WILLIAM ANDERSON came to Shawnee township in 1837. His family then consisted of his wife and five children—one son and four daughters. ANDERSON had no money when he came, and relied alone upon his strong heart and arms. Wheat could not, even at that time, be purchased “for love or money”, except in the settlements on the upper Miami. When mills first appeared for reducing grain to flour, the most convenient was at Cherokee, at Sidney, and in extreme straights, at the “tread-mill” of JOHN EAST, three miles north-west of Lima. The next milling ????? occurred after the construction of the Miami Extension Canal, which opened mills at Section Ten (Delphos and Spencerville). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/history/other/allencou15nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 6.9 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: 24 Apr 2006 19:10:31 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060424191031.4312.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Allen Co. News (Delphos Death Ro) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Allen County OhArchives News.....Delphos Death Roll January 18, 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Woerner judyw0113@yahoo.com April 24, 2006, 7:10 pm The Daily Harold, Delphos Ohio January 18, 1901 DELPHOS DEATH ROLL. Those Who Passed Away During Year 1900. Sixty-Four Delphos People--Names, Ages and Dates Given in a Review For the Year. Following is a list of the deaths of Delphos people that have occurred during the year 1900. The following names, dates, etc., were taken from the HERALD files of 1900: Rose McCormick, 10, January 9. Sylvester Youngpeter, 17, Jan. 17. Mrs. Rev. R. A. Born, 25, Jan 30. Ms. James Daniels, 25, Jan. 31. Chris Ryan, Jan. 31. Mrs. A. R. Brickner, 74, Feb. 4. Mrs. F. A. Huffman, 31, Feb. 12. Mrs. S. D. Chambers, 59, Feb. 11. Frank Davis, 47, Feb. 10. Infant daughter of Hon, F. A. Huffman, 14 days, Feb. 19. M. Herlihy, Sr., 75, Feb. 21. Anthony Metzger, 19, Feb. 26. Wm. H. Gallaway, 71, March 3. Mrs. Veronica Arenhoevel, 62, March 16. Arnold Best, 8, March 21. Mrs. Margaret Peters, 57, March 25. David Minnig, 73, March 27. Mrs. Charlotte Bowman, 75, April 1. A. B. Rosecrans, 68, April 2. Mrs. Grimes (colored), April 14. Ruth Soloman, 3 months, April 19. Mrs. Frank Stump, 36, April 22. Edna Rigdon, 16, April 26. Peter Weiter, 88, May 1. Miss Oletha M. Cochran, 20, May 4. Jesse Runyan, 14, May 8. Matthias Lachleitner, 88, May 8. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, 2, May 14. Anna Stirns, 11, May 19. Mrs. Daniel Herbert, 40, June 3. Wm. Morton, 54, June 4. Wm. May, 49, June 10. Joel Cook, 33, June 12. Delma Lillian Bryan, 13 months, June 21. Ernest Alspach, 17, June 24, accidental. Mrs. Lauretta Berkemeyer, 23, June 25. Mrs. John H. Trentman 60, July 4. Julius Gruneberg, 55, July 5. Mrs. M. Strauss, 72, July 18. Wm. F. Milburn, 52, July 25. Ora M. Smith, 20, July 29. Irvin J. Boyd, 18 months, July 31. Mrs. Joseph Hartleib, 32, August 1. Mrs. R. Ray, August 13. Harry Kimler, 24, August 22, accidental. Adam Hirn, 19, Sept. 7. Robert Ostendorf, 1, Sept. 12. John Gilbert Hartlieb, 7 weeks, Sept. 12. One month old child of Daniel Fostnaught, Oct. 3, suffocation. J. H. Kaverman, 36, Oct. 9. E. E. Hartsborn, 39, Oct. 11. Miss Anna Thinis, 20, Oct. 12. Mrs. Elizabeth Searls, 71, Oct. 13. Mrs. Susannah Metcalf, 73, Oct 19. Tobias Walterick, 73, Oct. 26. Bennie Bachelder, 8, Nov. 1. Fannie Helt, 2 ˝, Nov. 11. Lemuel McCollister, 52, Nov. 13. Two months old son of Otto Stiverson, Nov. 30. Mrs. F. H. Slottabeck, 64, Dec. 6. George Koller, 82, Dec. 14. Frank Krutech, Jr., 8, Dec. 18. Edgar Stevens, 56, Dec 18. Miss Katie Heitzman, 21, Dec. 29. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/newspapers/delphosd33nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: 24 Apr 2006 19:40:29 -0000 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20060424194029.11814.qmail@leaf3.bananic.com> Subject: Oh-Allen Co. History (Lima's First Wom) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Allen County OhArchives History .....Lima's First Woman-Owned Businesses March 6, 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Woerner judyw0113@yahoo.com April 24, 2006, 7:40 pm Book Title: Lima News, Lima, Ohio March 6, 1933 Lima’s First Woman-Owned Businesses Excerpts from the article: The chief occupations of Lima’s pioneer women were teaching, dressmaking and operation of millinery stores and boarding houses. TIRZA CUNNINGHAM came to Lima about 1834 and was possibly the first of the long line of milliners. She made dresses, bonnets and leghorn hats. She had skill and wove hats herself. Her sister, NANCY CUNNINGHAM, came here about 1837 and in 1848 started in the millinery business, making that her lifetime business, until her death several years ago. She was known as “Aunt Nancy.” HAROLD CUNNINGHAM, first mayor under the commission-form of government in this city, recalls when Mrs. ROBB, aunt of former Mayor THEODORE ROBB, and her two daughters had a dressmaking shop during the Civil war days. He also recalls when “Aunt JANE MCGUIRE”, about 1861, operated a popular boarding house. Miss E. E. HALTER claims to be the first woman in Lima who owned and operated the first large store. It was around 1880 when she started her millinery store. She employed three to six persons and was in business for 30 years. Miss HALTER has been active in real estate and has built more than 16 buildings and has supervised some remodeling. As far as can be ascertained, Mrs. ROZELLA LAUFERTY was the first woman in Lima to own and operate a beauty parlor. Miss ELLA MARSH and Mrs. LOTTIE HARSHBERGER have been operating the Marinello shop for the past 19 years. Miss MARY BLAND established a millinery store in 1901. Upon her marriage 11 years later, Miss ADELINE BLAND became manager. In industry, Miss CLARA LONGMEIER was perhaps the first woman. In 1912 she started the Direct Mail Service in which she has employed as many as 18 persons at one time. On June 1, 1916, Miss EDNA D. HURLEY and Miss EMMA C. BUCHHOLTZ established the Hurley-Buchholtz Co., dealing in wholesale hay, grain and feed trade. The firm held its own with its competitors and had its own grain elevator at West Cairo, O. The concern is still being operated by Miss HURLEY. ANNA GOEBEL, doctor of medicine, started to practice her profession in 1870 and was perhaps the first woman physician in Lima. She died in 1913. Dr. JOSEPHINE PIERCE, who was perhaps the second woman physician, started her practice in 1902. It is estimated that more than 75 women currently own and operate businesses in the city. 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