TRUMBULL COUNTY OHIO - HISTORY: Part 4 (published 1874) *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Linda R. & Henry L. LIPPS, Kinsman, OH LRLBugsy@aol.com Researching ancestors & descendants of Daniel LIPPS/1792/Greenbriar Co., WV February 21, 1999 *************************************************************************** The following sketch is taken from COMBINATION ATLAS MAP OF TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and Surveys By L. H. Everts Chicago, Ill. 1874 This Reprint sponsored by the Trumbull County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society Reprinted 1974, Second Reprint 1996, by The Bookmark, P. O. Box 90, Knightstown, Ind. HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO (Part 4) COUNTY SEAT July 10, 1800, Governor St. Clair erected the whole of the Reserve into Trumbull County, appointing officers and establishing the County Seat at Warren. The first court was held August 25, the same year, between the corn- cribs of E. Quinby, on Main Street; John Young, presiding Judge, and James Hillman, Sheriff. A hewn log jail on the northwest corner of the square was burned February 28, 1804, and then began a serious strife to have the County seat removed to Youngstown. For the next five years elections were swayed by this issue, usually favorable to Youngstown; that section being most thickly settled, and aliens being permitted to vote. During this time Warren interests were looked after by lobby members at the Legislature in Chillicothe; a great vexation and serious expense. In 1809, it was found that by rejecting the votes of aliens, the representative and commissioner favorable to Warren would be elected. A great suit followed, in which some four hundred depositions were taken. The result was in favor of Warren, upon which contracts were soon made for the erection of a court -house and jail. This was of hewn logs, having a hall below with cells on each side, the court being above., It was situated above the city hall, and burned down before completion. A brick structure was then begun by James Scott, on the site of that now used, but was not completed till long after the war of 1812. It was sold to Isaac Van Gorder, and rebuilt into the nondescript brick building on Liberty Street. THE PRESENT COURT-HOUSE was erected at a cost of some $80,000; this exorbitant amount being caused by expensive litigation, growing out of the fact that three sets of contracts were employed upon it, the first two having failed to fill their contract. The house was some three years or more in building, and was completed in 1854. THE PRESENT JAIL was completed in 1873, and cost $45,000. It is built of Dayton limestone, and is a massive structure. The cells, of which there are sixteen, are located in the centre, and are constructed of stone and iron. The top, the back, and each side of every cell, are respectively constructed of one solid stone. It is regarded as the best jail in the State. WARREN POST-OFFICE In addition to the mention made of the jail and city hall, a word should be said respecting the new post-office. It is situated on Liberty Street, fronting the public square, a few steps from the corner of Liberty and Market. It was opened November 8, 1874. The interior of the room is finished in wood, varnished, the ceilings hard finished, from which are suspended handsome chandeliers. The boxes are arranged in the form of a sort of semi-hexagon, with three deliveries, one in front and one on each side. There are 1649 small boxes, and 158 lock-boxes, making a total of 1807. The woodwork is oiled ash, trimmed with black walnut; the numbers of the boxes put on in white oil-colors, with a black background. The rear of the boxes is reached by a side door on the right, and a door on the left opens to a money-order office. A distributing case of 500 boxes has been furnished, which is an extra facility for the putting up of mails. The office is finished in the highest style of modern carpentry, and reflects great credit upon the taste and skill of the workman, Mr. David Myers; while Mr. E. R. Wise, the accommodating and gentlemanly Postmaster, has laid the citizens of Warren under lasting obligations to him for furnishing them an office of such convenience and beauty. THE FIRST MURDER in Trumbull County was committed in Vernon, in 1831. Ira Gardner killed Miss Maria Buell, in his yard, about mid-day, by stabbing her with a knife. He was hung at Warren, in November, 1833, near the junction of South Street with Red Run. CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION Trumbull County, as now organized, has been represented in Congress as follows: In the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses, by John Crowell; in the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh, by John Hutchins. MILITARY RECORD The historian has been furnished with very little material for this department, but presents such as he has been able to obtain. As the sound of Sumter's guns echoed through the land, Trumbull County's gallant sons promptly answered President Lincoln's call for volunteers. Two entire companies, C and G, and a portion of Company B, of the 19th Regiment, O. V. I., were recruited from this County. The officers from Trumbull were as follows; Company C., Captain Norman A. Barrett, Warren; First Lieutenant, Henry G. Stratton; Second Lieutenant, Henry G. Walcott, Farmington. Company D (from Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties), Captain, Robert W. Crain, Johnston; First Lieutenant, John J. Hoyt; Second Lieutenant, Orrin Copp. This regiment participated in the battle of Rich Mountain, Va., the first substantial victory of the war. The three months' service having expired, the 19th was mustered out, but was immediately reorganized for the three years' service, with T. D. Edwards, Major. Company C again joined the old regiment, officered as follows: Henry G. Stratton, Captain; Oscar O. Miller, First Lieutenant; J. D. Bell, Second Lieutenant. Also, Company G, from Braceville; Franklin E. Stowe, Captain; Correll Smith, First Lieutenant; Ambrose C. Shaffer, Second Lieutenant. Major T. D. Edwards, was killed at the battle of Shiloh. Captain F. E. Stowe died from exposure. Lieutenant Correll Smith promoted to Captain January 2, 1863. At the battle of Stone River, Captain H. G. Stratton, acting as Major, was severely wounded; and Lieutenant J. D. Bell was killed January 2, 1863. The regiment entered this engagement with hour hundred and forty-nine men, and lost, in killed and wounded, two hundred and thirteen. At Murfreesboro, Captain Stratton was promoted to Major, and soon after to Lieutenant Colonel. Lieutenant Oscar O. Miller, promoted to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. A. Orderly Sergeant H. C. Reid, Company C, promoted to Captain. Jason Hurd, Company G, to Lieutenant. Thos. A. Brierly, Company C, to Lieutenant and Adjutant. John Culbertson, Company C., to Second Lieutenant. George M. Hull, Company C, to Lieutenant and Aid-de-Camp. Henry H. Townsend, Company C., promoted to First Lieutenant, 9th Regiment Ky. Vols. Captain U. W. Irwin, Company C., mortally wounded at the battle of Chicamauga, SEptember 20, 1863. Here, also, the 19th lost upwards of one hundred men. At New Hope Church, Captain C. Smith, Company G, was severely wounded in the head; Captain Brown, Company E, killed. At Kenesaw Mountain, Company C lost eight killed, and eleven wounded, out of thirty-eight men. At Lovejoy's Station, Captain Oscar O. Miller, of Company C, was killed, and the regiment lost seventy men. This regiment was mustered out November 24, 1865, after a continued service of four years and seven months. During this time it marched over six thousand miles, and traveled, by rail and water, six thousand five hundred miles more; crossed the State of Tennessee sixteen times; participated in twenty-one battles. In the marches and engagements the men often suffered terribly, but bravely faced every danger, and resolutely endured every hardship. The records of Company C show that, out of three officers and ninety- eight men, it furnished eleven commissioned officers. (End of Part 4) ==== Maggie_Ohio Mailing List ====