Clark County, Ohio - The whole text, 1881 (part 3 of 20)

Pike of the present day; and from the Urbana Pike on the west to the road on the east side of the farm of Edward Merritt. That part of Springfield east of the "Fountain House" was also included in its limits. Necessity created a second school for this territory. This was held in a small house on the Charleston road, south of William Warder's residence. One Board, of Directors usually had charge of both schools, and this board was Daniel Berger, Sr., N. Tliresher and - - Lawrence. Of the teachers who held sway in those days, mention may be made of Charles Cadwallader, who taught in the north end of the district, and Michael Haufman, on the south. This was about 1810 and previous. In the year 1815, the old log church before mentioned was abandoned as a schoolhouse, and a room in the village was fitted up for temporary use, in which Rev. William J. Shuey was employed as teacher. The room was small, and so dilapidated as to be unfit for the purpose, and was accordingly abandoned after a year's use. In 1816, a tax of 8300 was levied on the taxable property of the district, and expended in the erection of a brick house 20x25 feet in size, which, though too small from the first, served the purpose for twelve years.

In the year 1858, a levy was made on all the taxable property of Springfield Township and a part of Moorefield Township for the purpose of building a school House to meet the demands of the district, and §1,200 was expended in the erection of a brick house 30x15 feet. This building has since been made higher, and a room added on the east side.

The population of the district continued to increase so rapidly that this building, in time, lacked capacity, for a hundred scholars were often in attendance at one time.

Lagonda United Brethren Church

On the 11th day of February, 1845, this society organized by electing Adam Shuey, William T. Hough and Daniel Berger Trustees; George Arbogasi wras elected Clerk. Previous to this date, and for several years, the ministers of thi3 denomination had held fruitful meetings at the old Baptist Church near the village of Lagonda. Of these preachers, Benjamin P. Wheat was most efficient.

Adam Shuov, George Arbogasi, William Moore, William T. Hough, Daniel Berger anu William C. Miller were of the original membership. In the latter part of the year above mentioned, Newcomer's Chapel was built' by this society. The house was built on the site of Newcomer's Cemetery. It was of brick, 32x 10 feet, and cost 84-50. Those who contributed most liberally to the expense -were Adam Shuey, William T. Hough, Daniel Berger, William Moore, William C. Miller, George Arbogast, John Haws, Adam Baker and W. J. Shuey. The house was dedicated by Rev. William Rhinehart. The membership was at this time about forty. Newcomer's Chapel served the society twenty-five years, and became a thing of the past, and no\v, in the bivouac of the dead near where stood this temple,

The society in 1870 built their present commodious church on a lot near the center of the village, donated by Mrs. Ann A. Warder. It is a brick building, 37x53 feet in size, and cost 83,500. The principal contributors to the building fund were Warder, Mitchell. A Co., Daniel Berger, J. W. Reed, William 1 L Berger, Washington Graham, G. Eberle, H. H. Culp, Isaac Zimmerman, G. Zimmerman, R. Mitchell, W. W. Neal, A. Pettigrew, William Karr, P. P. Mast,

J. Lehman, J. Seitz, J. Finney, J. Eller, S. Rhoades, Ad Shney and M. Heindel. The house was dedicated in October, 1870, by Bishop Glossbreimer.

The society maintains an active Sabbath school, having twenty classes, taught by efficient teachers. The Uniform Lessons are in use in the school.

Lagonda Flee Will Baptist Chuech

Of the extinct churches of the township, mention should be made of a society which worshiped in a rude log church on Section 24, on the south side of the Clark Union Pike, leading from Springfield to Meclianicsburg, and on the Zimmerman farm. This was a preaching point of the Free-Will Baptists as early as 1825, and up to about the year 1850. The date of this organization can be stated with no certainty; it may have been only a place of occasional preaching, as no records remain from which its history can be perpetuated. The house was once used as a schoolhouse. The people who worshiped here have gone the way of all the earth, and the aged men of the neighborhood remember the church-goers of this old sanctuary as among the incidents of long ago.

The Union Meeting-House

In the year 1831, a number of Free-Will Baptists, who had organized some time previous at the house of J ames Donnels, in Harmony Township, feeling the need of a house of worship, wrere joined by a number of citizens of various religious beliefs in the enterprise of building an undenominational church, free to all religious denominations. The site selected w*as in the northeastern part of Springfield Township, on Section 6, and on the old Columbus road, six miles northeast of Springfield. The deed for the building site bears date of February 25, 1831, but the subscription to the building fund was taken in February, 1827. The deed was executed by Joseph Hannah and David Hannah to Thomas Thompson, James Donnels and John Bishop, Trustees, and their official successors. The principal original members of the society were* James Donnels and wife, John Bishop and wife, two daughters of James Bishop, Col. James McQuiddy and wife, Nathaniel Beasley and wife, John Prickett and wile. The contributors to the building fund have nearly all passed away, but their names and their donations to this fund are matters of no little interest:

George H. Benson subscribed 810, one-half in cash; John Rea, 810, onehalf in cash; John B. McDonald, 810; James Taylor, in carding and fulling, 86; William Mitchell, 83, one- half in cash; Nathan Beddish, 85; Sampson, Hubbell, in hats, 85; Alfred Thompson, in lime, 81.50; Pierson Spinning, in goods, 85; John Heiskell, in hats, 82; Saul Henkle, 81; Oliver Armstrong, five bushels of corn; John Bishop, twenty bushels of corn; James Bishop, ten bushels of com; James Foley, twenty-five bushels of corn; Sylvanus Tuttle, 810; Caleb Tuttle, twelve bushels of corn: William Bishop, 815; George Bankin, fifteen lights of sash; Isaac Lumbeek, fifteen lights of sash; William Denham, twelve lights of sash; James Christie, fifteen lights of sash; Elijah Lott, fifteen lights of sash: Joseph Snodgrass, trade, 83; Amos Huff, 84; John KingOre, two barrels of Jour: Absalom Foley, fifteen bushels of wheat; George Wolfe, twelve gallons of wliisky; Henry Wolfe, four days' hauling; Matthew Inman, 82; James Halsey, 81: Susan Longbrake, half a month's work by one of the boys : David Hannah, twenty gallons of whisky; George Buckland, 82.

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Golden, Cyrus Dudley, Abram Alden, and other ministers of the Free-Will Baptist denomination, preached here between the years 1833 and 1856. The noted Mormons, Joe Smith and Rigdcn, have filled the sacred desk of this meeting-house. Between the years 1840 and I860, the Presbyterians maintained stated services here, and at one time had a society o"f some strength. The preachers of this persuasion were McLain, Gray, Edwards, Dunlap, Roe and others. The Presbyterians organized the Sabbath school work here, and from that date (say 1844) it has been maintained with more or less permanence. In this good work, the names of H. H. Tuttle, John Bird and William Bird stand prominent. The various societies which have in all these years been instituted at the Union Meeting House, have been fated to be short-lived; but withal, the neighorhood has been favored with the preaching of the Word with something like regularity. No restrictions are placed on the use of the house for religious worship, and the following plan as to the division of time has existed for years: The Regular Baptists have undisputed possession on the first Sabbath and the Saturday before in each month; the Presbyterians have the second Sabbath and the Saturday before; and the Free- "Will Baptists have the third Sabbath and tjie Saturday before.

Connected with this account properly belongs an outline sketch of an organization of the Regular Baptists in the township antedating those above mentioned :

On the 15th of June, 1816, a number of persons met at the house of James Buckles and organized into a society. Subsequently, they adopted tenets of doctrine, and became a society of some strength in after years. The original members were Nathaniel Reeves, Mary A. Reeves, John Buckles, Mary Buckles, Nicholas Prickett, William Hall, Swain Ogden, William Beasley and James Buckles. This organization built a log church a few rods from the site of the Union Meeting-House, and on the opposite of the old Columbus road. Here they continued to worship, for a number of years previous to 1840. On the 5th of September of that year, a remnant of the society which remained sold and conveyed to Caleb Tuttle the house and church lot on which the house stood for $100. The grantors in this conveyance were Syivanus Tuttle, Mary Tuttle, Eunice Yeazel, Margaret Tuttle, Rachel Kitt and Ann Collins. This money was paid over to the benefit of the Union Meeting-Hcuse, and thereafter Caleb Tuttle lias served as a Trustee on the part of the Regular Baptist- society in the Union Meeting-House. Notwithstanding the sale of their property, the society continued in existence several years later. In the year 1848, the society disbanded, as appears from the following entry, copied from the book of records: u July 1, 1848. - Whereas, in the providence of God, it appears necessary that we should dissolve, with the expectation of uniting with the church at Little- Beaver Creek, in Clark County, Ohio. Abner WTiifceley, Clerk."

Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church

The society of Bethel was organized about the year 1851. Previous to this date, the ministers of this denomination preached at the house of IV. C. Kelley, and the class afterward w as led by him. The original members were: W. C. Kelley and Miranda Kelley, his wife: Daniel Crown and his wife; Sophia Knob, Elizabeth Steelman, Ann Mark ley, Mary Miller and W. Graham.

Steps were taken early in the year 1851 to build a house of worship, and Levi Rinehart, of Springfield, having donated a suitable site on Section 25, the house was soon under way. It was built bv a. general subscription fund; was a . frame, 24x36 feet, and was erected at a cost of nearly $300, and, though a cheap structure, it met the wants of the people admirably. The house was contracted and built by Jonathan X. Baker, and formally dedicated by J. AY. Weakly in June, 1851. For a number of years following its erection, the society enjoyed reasonable prosperity, having ior its Pastors the following-named members of the Cincinnati Conference: Timothy Wones, <T. C. Deem, Charles Swayne, William Fitzgerald, X. McDonald, W. L. HypeS, Jesse Botkin, A. X. Spahr, John S. Pumphrey, M. G. Baker, Beall, Samuel Brown, M. A. Head, A. M. Griffith, S. S. Conrey, J. L. Gregg. George Owen, William Mahon, Barlow,

Bichard Kelley served in the position of Leader and Sabbath-school Superintendent for ten years. The society was for a number of years a paid of the Springfield District, Cincinnati Conference. An evil day at length overtook Bethel; many of the membership grew careless and neglected the social and public means of grace; others hung their harps upon the willows, and finally the trumpeter of glad tidings was left to preach to less than half a dozen faithful souls. Bethel was abandoned in 1880, at a time when, for miles in even' direction, no church-going bell called the people to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. A few members attached themselves to other societies, and some drifted out on the tide of the world. Bethel was, and is not.

In the year 1835, a house of worship was built in the neighborhood of the present Emery Chapel, and was on a lot donated by Adam Mayne, on the east - side of the Yellow Springs road. This was the first church built by the Methodists in this part of the country. Previous to this, the people of this denomination held their worship in part at the residences of the principal members, and in part at a log church called Ebenezer, and which stood in the same neighborhood.

This first chapel was christened " Emery Chapel," but it was as frequently called Mayne' s Meeting-House. It was a frame, 24x36 feet in its dimensions, and was enlarged some years later by an addition of twenty feet to the north end, making it 24x56 feet. The principal membership of the society in those days were William Albin, Bichard Martin, Adam Mayne, Daniel Martin, John Adams, David Marquart and Joel Elwell, together with other members of the family of each Mayne' s Meeting-House was succeeded by the present Emery Chapel in the year T853. It is built on a lot donated by James P. Leflel, and is nearly three-fourths of a mile north of the original one, and on the east side of the Yellow Springs road, on Section 7, three miles south of Springfield. It is a brick structure, and was built at a cost of 81,400.

The names of Adam Mayne, Anthony Leflel, Orlando Harris, Daniel Leflel, Peter F. Lehman, Henry Lefifel, William Bum on, William Kersliner and B. F. Mayne are associated with the building and history of the present church of Emery society, and their liberality, coupled with that of others, has left for them a lasting monument in this edifice.

In the half-century that measures the life of this society, many men and women deserving mention have come and gone; a few remain, who delight to retrospect the departed years, and, from the storehouse of memory, recite the record of the good old times. Of the preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church who have preached to this people, mention can be made of Clark, Gonzales, French, Eddy, White, Barrett, McDowel, Ingalls, Spahr, Seaman, Thurber, Conrey, Boucher, Smith, Davidson, Beall, Selman, Hypes, Clark. Grover, McDonald, Wones, Botkin, Baker, Owen, Ellsworth, Gowdy, Fitzgerald, Griffith,

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Orlando Harris, Kichard Martin, Daniel Pennell, "William Printz, B. F. Mayne, Henry Albert, Jacob Drake, William Kelley and John B. Sparrow have held the position of Leader. The society maintains a well -organized Sabbath school, the organization of which dates back nearly forty years.

Buried in the cemetery adjoining Emery Chapel are the bodies of Adam Mayne, died in April, 1857, aged seventy-five; Catherine Mayne, died July, 18(39, aged eighty-five; Thomas Leffel, died October, 1850, aged sixty; David Martin died September 1871, aged seventy -seven.

District No 1 is located in the southeastern part of the township. The house is of brick, and stands near the corners of Sections 1, 2, 7 and 8. The district enumerates, white males, 21; females, 1 1 ; total, 82. No colored pupils. Lizzie Crossloy, teacher; wages per month, $50.

District No. 2 is on the Charleston Pike, near the east line of Section 16, and about three miles east of Springfield. The district enumerates, white males, 22; iemaies, 25; colored males, 1; total, 48. R. D. Evans, teacher; wages per month, $50.

District No. 3 occupies the northeastern part of the township. The house is on Section 6, and joining the " "Union Meeting-House." This district enumerates, white males, 15; females, 11; colored males, 2; females, 1; total, 42. A. T. Allen, teacher; wages per month. $15.

District No. 1. is in the southern pail of the township. The schoolhouse is sometimes called " Congress Hall." It is of brick and on Section 19, one mile north of the line of Green Township, three miles southeast of Springfield. This district enumerates, white males, 43; females, 31; colored males, 6; females, 2; total, 85. James T. Tuttle, teacher; wages per month, $60.

District No. 5 is located nearly two miles southeast of the city of Springfield. The sclioolhouse is of brick, and is on the west side of Selma Pike, on Section 27. The district enumerates, white males, 14; females, 45; colored males, 5; females, 12; total, 106. Miss Anna Sergeant, teacher; wages per

District No. 6 is located north of the National road, and near Benson's Mill. The house is on the left of the pike leading to Benson's Mill, and Section 17. It is a -brick structure and handsomely and substantially built. The district .enumerates, white males, 9; females, 15; colored males, 3; females, 6; total, 33. J. M. Finney, teacher; wages per month, $15.

District No. 7 is in the southwestern part of the township near Emery Chapel. The house is on Section 2, and has two departments. Is known as "Possum." The district enumerates, white males, 61; females, 49; colored males, I; females, 1; total, 115. Teachers, H. C. Gibbs and Miss Emily Stuart; wages per month, $60 and 815 respectively.

District No. 9 is knowm as " Rock way." The house is situated on the National road west of Sugar Grove, northeast quarter of Section 22, Town 5, Range 9. It has two departments This district enumerates, white males, 76; lemales, 66; total, 112. Teachers, Z. Taylor and Miss S. E. Boyd; wages, $60 and $15 respectively. The house was built in 1858.

District No. 13 is situated at Lagonda. The house lias three departments, is substantially built of brick and occupies an elevated position north of the village on Section 21. The district enumerates, white males, 131; females, 118; colored males, 2; females, 9; total, 2(30, Teachers, John AV. Pearce, wages $60

District No. 11 is situated at East Springfield near the city limits of Springfield. The building is north ol the Charleston Pike and south of the National road: on Section 22. It is a brick house, having two departments and maintains two schools. The district enumerates, white males, 51; females, 60; colored males, 12; females, 21; total, 141. Teachers, Joseph A. James, wages S60 per month; C. E. Kendricks, wages $60 per month.

District No. 15 is situated north of Fern Cliff Cemetery, and is bounded north by Moorefielri Township line, and west by Mad River. The house stands on Section 6, Town 1. Enumerates, white males, 33; females, 29; colored males, 6: females, 16; total, 81. Wesley Cook, teacher; wages, $50 per month.

District No. 16, called also Gray's District, is near the city limits, south of the National road. The school has two departments and employs two teachers. The district enumerates as follows: White males, 70; females, 50; colored

Elsewhere is found a statement showing the boundary and limit of each school district, when the township was first divided into districts for school purposes.

Total amount of school moneys received within the year, $14,427.30; amount paid teachers within the year, $7,445.50; paid for sites and buildings, $1,380.45; fuel and contingent expenses, $2,068.17; grand total of expenditures, $10,894.12. Balance on hand September 1, 18S0, $3,533.18.

Number of subdistricts, 12; schoolliouses erected within the year, 1; value, $1,180; whole number of schoolliouses, 12; number of school rooms, 16; total value of school property, $15,000; teachers employed, 16; average wages paid teachers, $50; ladies, $45; rate of school tax in mills, 3.8; pupils enrolled during the year - girls, 455; boys, 540; total, 995; average daily attendance - boys, 293; girls, 214; total, 507; number enrolled between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years - boys, 7S; girls, 84: total, 162. Number of pupils in each branch of study: Alphabet, 110; reading, 670; spelling, 819; writing, 648;

Sugar Grove

The village of Sugar Grove is situated [two miles west of Springfield on the National road. It was laid -out 51 arch 25. 1874, by the Springfield Brick Manufacturing Company - Peter A. Schindler, President. It is on the northeast quarter of Section 10, Town 4. Range 9.

Sugar Grove comprises sixty lots, twenty-three of which front south on the National road or Main street. The village extends from the National road on the south, to the track of the N. Y.. P. k O. Railroad on the north. This railroad has a station, office and passenger depot, and is generally termed Springfield Station. The Western Union Telegraph Company has an office here, J. Me- Greevy, operator. This station was established in the year 1875, and the agents from the first, to the present have been John F. Mumford, Thomas II. Lee, J. N. Moses and J. McGreevy.

The old brick building which stands on the opposite side of the National road from Sugar Grove, was built about the year 1810 by Daniel Leffel, and was used for several years as a hotel - was called Sugar Grove Hotel. It was

The village of Edwardsville was laid out by Elizabeth E. Edwards August, 1870. Its position is on both sides of the Clark Union Pike (Lagonda avenue) southwest of and adjoining the village of Lagonda, being a part of the east half of Section 29, Town 5, llange 9. It consists of 214 lots, many of which are improved by neat, cosy residences erected thereon, and occupied by the families of mechanics, employed in the shops and manufactories of Lagonda and Springfield. The village is barely beyond the city limits. It contains no public business interest.

East Springfield

This suburban hamlet was laid out and platted July, 1S69, by A. Rafiensberger. It is situated on Section. 22, on the south side of High street (Charleston Pike). It comprises 120 lots, sixteen of which front north on High street. About thirty lots have improvements begun or completed, and the village gives promise of future prosperity.

This village was laid out on the ease side of Clifton Pike by Henry C. Rice March, 1873. It is situated immediately south of the city limits, and is on the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 33, Town 5, and contains twentyfive acres. The streets are named Henry, Clay and Rice; thus perpetuating the name of its founder. The plat contains ninety-five lots, which are nearly all unimproved.

At the junction of the Fairfield aud Yellow Springs Pikes, three miles south of the city of Springfield, is a cluster of houses deserving to be classed with the villages of Clark County. A fine brick school house on the north, and Emery Chapel on the south, a well improved and fertile country siUToimding, and an industrious, sober community, make this little hamlet a desirable rural retreat.

Suburban Business

Beyond the corporate limits of Springfield, on the numerous thoroughfares that center in that city, are located a number of business enterprises, among which we mention the following:

St. John Sewing Machine Company

The St. Jolm Sewing Machine Company occupy a building on tho left bank of Buck Creek, north of the National road, and near the bridge spanning that stream. This building was used previous to 1876 by Foos & Mulligan as a furniture factory. The ''Old Hydraulic Race " which furnishes the water supply for this business, was built by the Snyders about 1855.

The present company have occupied the factory since 1876, employ forty hands, and use annually about four hundred and fifty thousand foot of lumber in the manufacture of the St. John Sewing Machine.

The extensive limekilns of Matthew Dugan are located on tho right bank of Mad River, a few rods above Rock Point Mill, two miles west of the city of Springfield. Mr. Dugan began the lime business here in 1873, and has exten- sive sale' for his lime in Cincinnati. He employs a large force of bands and produces 280 car loads of lime per year. Matthew Dugan, proprietor, Cincinnati, Ohio.

The lime business was established on Mad River, below Rock Point Mill, in the year 1884. These works furnish lime for the markets of Springfield, Dayton, Urbana and other cities. They produce nearly three hundred ear loads per year, run three kilns, and employ a strong force of workmen. A. Holcomb, proprietor, Springfield, Ohio; John Lowrie, foreman.

Junction Mills

Judson Redmond, proprietor, Springfield, Ohio. This flouring mill is situated on Beaver Creek, about four miles east of Springfield, on Section 5, and a half mile north of the National road. The first mill built on this site was erected about the year 1808, by John Foster, who operated it for a number of years before, during and after the war of 1812.

John Buckles was the next owner. He attached a distillery to it and operated both the mill and still for several years, but the date o f his purchase and the number of years he owned it cannot be accurately stated. Buckles sold to John Rea, and Rea, in 1835, sold to Robert Rodgers, who, in 1837, built a sawmill in connection.

In 1839, the whole premises were destroyed by lire. Mr. Rodgers rebuilt the grist-mill in 1840. In 1847, Thomas M. McCormick bought a half interest, and Rodgers and McCormick conducted the business together. After the death of Rodgers, McCormick ran the business for a time, but becoming embarrassed, assigned. About the year 1S5S, Lewis C. Huffman bought the null of Hugh Wilson, assignee of McCormick, and, in 1806, Mr. Huffman sold it to the pres ent owner, Judson Redmond, for 88,000. Mr. Redmond expended several hundred dollars in improvements in 1870, since which time it lias been in successful working order, running night and day much of the time. It has three runs of buhrs, eighteen -feet overshot wheel, has a daily capacity of forty ban-els of flour. The name " Junction Mills" is given on account of its location at the confluence of Beaver Creek and Sinking Creek.

This mill is situated on Beaver Creek, Section 12, three and a half miles northeast of Springfield. It was built by Oliver Armstrong and Pierson Spinning in the year 1832. These parties operated the mill until the death of Armstrong, following which Cyrus Armstrong and Henry Shugh carried on for the greater pail of the time till the year 1852, when it was bought by J. M. Benson, the present proprietor. Ytr. Benson made some improvements in the machinery and remodeled the building at a total expense of about 88,000. The mill is in active operation and is regarded as one of the best on these waters. It is a frame, four stories high, thirty-nine by sixty-five feet in dimensions, four run of buhrs, uses the Leffel turbine wheel and does general milling business. J. M. Benson, proprietor, P. O. Springfield.

This mill is on the left bank of Mill Creek, on the Fairfield and Mud Run Pike, three and a half miles from Springfield, and nearly a mile east of Mad River Township line. It was built by William Harris before the year 1840, and was afterward owned and run by Reed Wright. It was bought by James

P. Leffel, since wliicli time it has been called " Leffel's Saw-Mill." The waterpower of Mill Creel: proving insufficient, steam lias been added of late, but the mill is now in a state of idleness, and has, in all probability, seen its quota of usefulness and its best days. It is the property of James P. Leffel.

The fiouring-mili and distillery of J. & I). L. Snyder are on Mad River, a short distance north of Sugar Grove. The mill was first erected by Elijah Harnett, and by him sold to Henry Snyder, the father, of the present proprietors. The Snyders built a distillery and operated that up to 1862, since which time the distillery business has not been carried on, and the building, much of the time has been used for storage and other legitimate purposes. The mills were destroyed by fire in 1854, and promptly rebuilt. It uses three Leffel wheels, three run of buhrs, and is four-story frame.

is situated on Section 11, northwest quarter, and on Beaver Creek, five miles east of Springfield. It was first erected by James Taylor in 1830, and hud in con.':':'cf* with it a carding and fulling mill. The carding and fulling attachments were operated up to the year 1845, when it was abandoned. Mr. Taylor died in 1849, and the mill was remodeled by Charles Morgan, who pmchased it of Taylor's administrator. Mr. Morgan owned and run the mill until his death in 1869. It was then purchased by Samuel Taylor, the present owner of Taylor's Mill. It was a frame, three stories high, thirty- six by ninety feet in dimensions. This mill, with its contents, was destroyed by lightning on the 9th of May, 1875, at a loss of 812,000. The next year, 1876, Samuel Taylor rebuilt on the same site the present mill. It is of brick, Mansard or curb roof, thirty-six by fifty-eight feet, costing 88,000. It has an excellent power and uses the " Iron overshot wheel," made by Stout, Mills & Temple, of Layton, Ohio. The mill has a basement and three stories and is valued at $12,000. The hour of this mill has a large and increasing trade in the city of Springfield, besides shipping some flour and other products to New York City. Samuel Taylor, proprietor; P. O. Springfield.

This mill is situated on the right bank of Mad River, and below the mouth of Buck Creek. It is on Section 10, two miles west of Springfield, and onefourth of a mile south of the National road. This mill was originally built by Daniel Hertzler in the year 1865; it was completed and ready to run at the time of the murder of Hertzler. Samuel Huffman, Hertzler's son-in-law, became the owner following Hertzler's death, and operated the mill till 1869, when he traded it to John W. Rubsam, the present owner. Rnbsam leased it to Crain, Ilotsenpiller & Wilson, who operated it for three and a half years. Following the expiration of this time, Mr. Rubsam ran the mill himself till early in 18S0. It has been standing idle since then. The mill is a four -story frame, forty by sixty feet in size, uses two Leffel wheels and one Burns' wheel; it has a good water power and does a general milling business.

One of the extinct mills of Mad River was the one built by Andrew Leffel in 1833, and which stood a few rods above Rubsam's Mill, and between that and the railroad bridge. It was a three-story frame, and was operated by Mr. Leffel about ten years. He then sold it to James Robinson, who attached a dis- tillery to it and continued milling and distilling until both establishments were destroyed by lire about the year 1850. They were never rebuilt.

This excellent fiouring-mill is on the line of the N. Y., P. & O. Railroad, three and a half miles west of Springfield, and on the right bank of Mad River. It was erected in 1831-32, by Peter Sintz, Sr., and was improved in 1880 by J. & S. Arthur, the present owners. Mr. Sintz managed the milling business here nearly twenty years, and then leased it to George Grisso for live years. The Atlantic & Great "Western Railway Company (N. Y., P. & O.) then purchased it of Sintz about the year 1864. It wTas subsequently sold at Sheriff's sale, and was purchased by George Grisso for 86,500. Grisso ran the business till 1879, when Joseph Arthur became the owner, and in. a short time was succeeded by his twro sons, J. A S. Arthur. The building is six stories high, forty by sixty feet in size, uses two American turbine wheels, and is valued at

Roberts' Mill was erected in 1838 by Samuel Todd. It is situated on Mill Creek, two miles southwest of Springfield, on Section 9. Todd carried on a general milling business for three years after the erection of the mill, and was then succeeded by Ed Swope for about two years; then John Rench, and afterward Henry Baker carried on the business.

In the year 1852, Andrew Robert bought the mill of John Rench, and for the next twenty years thereafter did a general milling business. At the end of this time, he rented it to Aaron Reasor for three years, then to Frederick Cramer for two years, and lastly to Samuel Louk. The building is forty feet square, three stories high, uses Leffel's wheel, has two runs of buhrs and is valued at

The original mill on this site was one of the oldest in the country. Wrc do not know its history, but it was patronized long before the county -was organized by the pioneers vho came a long distance, fiom all directions, for flour, and to get their grinding done.

In the year 1844, James Padeu built a factory on Mill Creek for the manufacture of rolls, yarns and woolen fabrics generally. He carried on carding, spinning, weaving and fulling up to the year of his death, in 186S. After Mr. Paden's death, the business was conducted by his son David until the year 1880. It has not done much business of late. The factory is a two-story frame, uses the LefFel wheel, and is located on Section 9, twro and a half miles southwest of Springfield.

The Byrd Cemetery

This burial-place was laid out by John Snodgrass about 1820, and is located on Section 11, nearly four miles east of Springfield, and 200 yards north of the National road, on a bluff near the left of Beaver Creek. It is w'ell inclosed but somewhat neglected in other respects, and the following list tells of pioneers wlm have found here their " six feet of earth."

Herbert W. Huffman, died October, IS 20, aged thirty- three; Sarah Huffman, died March, lSl'2, aged fifty-two; Silvanus Tuttle, died January, 1843, aged eighty-two; Mary Tuttle, died May, 1848, aged eighty- five; Luke Byrd , died August 81, 1828, aged fifty five; Catharine Byrd, September, 1835; John D. Jenkins, died March, 1.848, aged eiglity-two; William Bees ley, died January, 1825, aged fifty-one; Mary Tuttle, died May, 1856, aged seventy-two. Quite a number of graves of those buried in the early years of the history of this cemetery are unmarked by any memorial.

Sinking Creek Cemetery

This place of public interment was laid out by the Sinking Creek Baptist society in 1817, and is located on Section 5, near the right bank of Sinking Creek, one-half mile north of Junction Mills, is twelve rods wide and twenty rods long, and is inclosed by a substantial board fence. The marble slabs erected to perpetuate the memory of the dead tell of the names, ages and date of death of a number who were pioneers of the neighborhood as follows:

George Held, died January, i860, aged sixty-six; James Reid, died May, 1857, aged seventy- two; Reuben Kesler, died April, 1878, aged eighty-nine; John Hagan, died July. 1868. aged eighty-one: Mary Dugan, died 1867, aged seventy- five; Janies Rea. died May, 1824, aged fifty-seven; John Snodgrass, died May, 1826, aged sixty-three; J ane Snodgrass, died May, 1859, aged eightyseven; Jonathan H. Wallace, died April, 1850, aged sixty-nine; Rev. William Jones, died December, 18-47, aged eighty- two; James Price, died July, 1 S 46, aged sixty-six; Mary Price, died December, 1856, aged eighty -two.

The Perrin Cemetery

At ah early day a few persons were interred upon the farm of John Perrin** - Sr., in Section 3, and Mr. Perrin buried his wife and children in this ground, and there he himself was buried in 1848. This graveyard was regularly platted and laid off in lots, but little now remains to mark the graves of those outside the Perrin family. Their plat is inclosed by a neat iron fence, and headstones tell of the silent sleeper beneath the grassy mound. This ground is now used as a private family cemetery.

The Roller Cemetery, in Section 23, west of Springfield, was begun about 1820, and is yet used as a burial-place; a number of the early settlers are buried in this ground, and nice monuments mark the graves.

Other cemeteries in this town ship is the Newcomer Cemetery, in Section 24, north of. Lagonda, where there is quite a large burial ground, and on whicli lot the United Brethren Society built their chapel in 1S45; and the Huffman Cem-~ etery, in Section 21, on the Valley Pike, close to the line of Bethel Township, on the hill overlooking the Mad River Valley. This is a small lot, thirty by fifty feet, and has been used mostly by Jacob Huffman and his descendants.

The following is a list of names of Justices of the Peace of Springfield Township, with the date of their several commissions, from 1834 to 1880: of the election held in Springfield Township May 30, 1818, for the elec tion of two Justices of the Peace, to succeed the official terms of John Dougherty and. John Snodgrass:

> CLvV. <T 1 r Kingouv: Treasurer, J. W. Parsons; Constable, G. W. Daily; Justices of the Peace, J. J. Smith, Henry Hollenbeck, W. W. Burnett.

Harmony Township is situated in the center of the eastern tier of townships, and is bounded north by Moor efi eld and Pleasant, east by the county of Madison, south by Madison Township, and west by Springfield Township. It was erected by the Commissioners of Clark County on the 2d day of June, 1818, and described as follows:

"Beginning at the north boundary of the 9th Range, at the northwrest corner of Section 36, of Township 6: thence east on said range line, and same course continued to the east boundary of Clark County; thence southwardly on the line dividing Madison and Clark Counties to the north boundary of the 8th Range; thence west, on said range line to the east boundary of Township 5: thence north on the line between Townships 5 and 6, to the beginning. And the same to be called Harmony Township."

Previous to this date, Harmony Township existed in name, and as early as .1811 cast forty-one votes at a general election held in Champaign County for

"April 2b, 1318. - Ordered that that part of the county of Madison now comprised in the county of Clark, shall be and the same is hereby attached to and made a part of the township of Harmony, and shall be called and known by the name of Harmony."

There are no records to be found showing who were the early township officials, and their deeds are therefore more of tradition than of record.

The Ludlow line, crossing this township, divides the lands into two classes - Congress and military lands. This line runs twenty degrees west of north, and its direction mars the shape of the military "lands on the east, and makes fractions of Sections 31, 32, 33, 3, 4, 5, G and 12 on the west. The Congress lands comprise more than two- thirds of the whole extent.

In the year 1830, the real estate of the township was valued at 861,314, and the taxable chattels at 82,928; in 1840, the value of real estate was $103,- 1GS, and there were in the same year only nine pleasure carriages, valued at | $596. In 1850, the real estate was valued at $484,516, and the personal prop-

Beaver Creek, the principal stream of Harmony Township, has its origin near the northeastern part of the township, and runs easterly, and is- crossed by the National Hoad half a mile east of Harmony Village; it is a tributary of Buck Creek, and furnishes valuable water-power to a number of mills above it^ entrance into that stream.

Lisbon, Plafctsburg, Brighton, Vienna and Harmony are the only villages of the township. The three last named are on the National Load, which runs from east to west through the northern half of the township. Plattsburg and Vienna have each a post office; the other villages depend upon other points for their mail.

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Harmony is divided into two nearly equal parts by the C., S. & C. Railroad, which runs almost easterly and westerly on section lines of the Congress lands.

The center of the township, as shown by diagonal lines drawn from northwest to southeast, and from southwest to northeast, is on the north half of the northwest quarter of Section 9, about ten rods south of the railroad.

'The men and women who succeeded the native red man, and planted civilization in the footprints of the untutored savage, were of a peculiar type. If the present generation acknowledge a debt of gratitude to the fathers who broke the yoke of tyranny and freed our beloved country from the oppressive chains of despotism, is it not a duty also to revere and honor the memory of the hardy pioneers, who, taking this now rich and happy country from the state of nature, have, by their enterprise and muscle, made it what it is?

The following brief mention is made of a few of the many early settlers who located in the township between the years 1S00 and .1830, and who are prominent in the organization of society:

Thomas Oh enoweth settled in the vicinity of Lisbon as early as 1803, and in 1815 laid out the village of Lisbon. He was a Virginian. He accumulated considerable property by fanning. He was the father of three sons and three daughters. He died, on the farm where he had spent a long and useful life, February 25, 185(3, in his seventy-ninth year.

George Weaver settled near Lisbon in 1808, and erected a distillery some years later. He operated as a distiller for a number of years, and removed to Madison County about the year 1831.

J ohn Merideth wras a soldier of the Revolution. He came to Ohio from Hampshire County, Virginia, in company with Hamilton Busbey, in the fall of 1815, descending the Ohio in a flat-boat to Cincinnati, and traversing the wilderness by wragon to their destination. He settled at Lisbon in the fall of that year, and if not the first, he wras one of the first, merchants of that place. During his business career, as a matter of convenience, he issued a proprietary scrip as currency. This home-made medium was easily imitated and the result was that he was compelled to redeem more than ho issued. After a number of years, lie rernove.fl to TV bar n and became Cashier of a bank. Later, he removed to Miami County, and died in 1839, at the age of ninety-one. His youngest son attained distinction as a General during the late civil war.

Hamilton Busbey was a Virginian, and was born in Hampshire County in 1792. He emigrated to Ohio in company with John Merideth in 1815, settling at Lisbon, where he remained for ten years. He then bought and occupied a farm near the present village of Plattsburg. Fie served the township in various official capacities. He was the father of a large family. Flis oldest son, Thomas C., is still a resident of Harmony Township. Mr. Busbey died in Coles County, Illinois, December 16, 1817, aged fifty-five.

Joseph Morris was an early settler near Lisbon; was one of the early school - teachers of the village, and was a minister of the Baptist Church, reaching over a period of half a century. He raised a large family of children, who inherited the noble' traits of their father, and who filled well their stations in life.

John Craig, a Revolutionary soldier, was born February 15, 1758; entered the army in 1775, and was discharged in 1780. He came to the township in ISOS, and died in Springfield Township, at the home of Lewis Skillings, Sr. He was a man of moral worth and sterling integrity.

John Keaton settled east of Lisbon as early as 1815; was a farmer, and served as a Justice of the Peace for twenty- one years. His sons, Henry, James, Abraham and Abner, were residents of the township, and worthy citizens.

Jolm Judy, Sr., was born in Basle, Switzerland, about 1700. He came' to America at the age of ten, with his father's family, who settled on the south branch of the Potomac. He came to Kentucky at the age of twenty-two. and married Phcebe Lamaster. About 1794, he came to what is now Greene County, Ohio, and about the year 1800 he came into the territory of what is now Harmony Township, and settled two miles east of the present site of Plattsburg, now the farm of Matthew Bonner. Here he reared a family of children. About 1831, he removed to Union County, Ohio, where he died at an advanced age.

The Turner brothers. Thomas, James, Robert, William, David and Samuel, were settlers near the Madison County line, coming into the township in about the year 1808. They were natives of Maryland. They took an active interest in the organization of the township. Robert served as a Justice of the Peace and as County Commissioner. Their descendants are among the prominent cit izens of Union County. " There was not a black sheep in the flock."

"Col." Thomas Kathburn was born in Rhode Island in 1782, and came to Ohio in 181 .1., settling rt Brighton the same year. Served some years as Justice of the Peace, and also as Colonel of militia. Died in 1809, in his eighty-eighth year.

Samuel McMillan settled on Beaver Creek, near the present site of Brighton, in 1811. He was a blacksmith by trade, and also served the township as a magistrate.

Enoch King was from Pennsylvania, and, in the year 1812 or 1813, settled a mile east of where Plattsburg now stands. He was a farmer of good repute, and was the Appraiser of real estate of the township in 1840. He was twice mar - ried; had a large family, thirteen of whom grew to maturity. Enoch, John and David, sons of the second wife, are residents of the township to this day. Mr. King died in 1865, aged seventy-one. His widow and daughter Mattie reside on a portion of the home farm.

John Osborn was a native of Greenbrier County, Virginia; he moved to Kentucky in 1790, and thence to Ohio in 1812, occupying the lands on which Plattsburg was afterward located. His sons, William, Levi, Jesse and Elijah wme In after years worthy "and prominent citizens of Harmony Township. He died August, 1847, aged eighty-seven.

William Osborn, oldest son of John Osborn, came to the township with his father in 1812, having been born in 1787. His tirst wife was Jane McDonald; , his second, the widow of James McArthur. Mr. Osborn was one of the original founders of Plattsburg, and built the brick hotel on the principal corner. He was a man of great energy and extraordinary business capacity, and dealt largely in stock and real state. He died October 17, 1870, aged eighty- three. A suitable sketch of his life and character is found in Turf, Field and Farm of October 25, 1870, written by Hamilton Busbev, editor of that journal, and a native of Harmony Township.

Benjamin Hathaway was from Massachusetts, and served in the war of 1812, and was a C iptain in the navy. He became a citizen of the township in 1815. His life was a mass of mystery, fact and romance, but he was withal a man of great integrity and intelligence. His son Benjamin was Colonel of a regiment of militia, and a school teacher of repute. The senior died January, 1861, aged eighty- two.

James Haney settled on Beaver Creek in 1810, and built the first saw-mill in the township. The remains of the mill and race can yet be seen.

A man named Burke erected a mill on the Little Miami about 1815. It was a small affair, and could only be operated to advantage during the rainy seasons, but it was considered valuable in those days.

Col. William Foreman, born in Kentucky in 1791, came to Ohio and settled in Harmony Township in 1812. He was the father of eleven children, a Colonel of militia, Township Treasurer for several years, and the owner of a largo estate. He carried on a tannery on the old London road, three miles west of Plattsburg, for many years. He resided in Harmon}' Township fifty-eight years, and died February 19, 1871, aged eight} - one.

William Henry was from Kentucky. He settled on the Little Miami, one and one-half miles north of Lisbon, in 1814. He was a man whom many remember kindly.

James McDaniels settled two miles north of Lisbon in 1815. His nativity is in doubt. He took an active part in the campaign of 1840, and, at a mass meeting at Springfield on the 18th of June of that year, he was selected as one of the corner-men in the erection of a log cabin on the occasion.

Robert Reid settled on the Little Miami, on the farm now owned by B. Sprague, in 1 81 f>. He took an active part in the affairs of Harmony Township, serving the township as Clerk and Trustee.

James Sprague was a Canadian; he settled west of Lisbon, on the Little Miami, about the year 1815. He was the father of L. B. Sprague and Darius Sprague, residents of Harmony Township, and Dr. James Sprague, of London, Ohio.

Edward Rice was one of the early settlers of Harmony Township. He -came to Ohio with his wife in 1809 from Massachusetts, which was also his wife's birthplace, aud settled on the farm couth of the present village of Harmony, known as the Patten farm in 1812. He was a man well informed, took, an active interest in the public affairs of the township, and was a Township Trustee for several years. Four of his sons were residents of Springfield Township and city. His son Asa, now deceased, built a steam saw and grist mill in Vienna about 1854. Mr. Rice died January 10, 1842, and his wife Lucy October 22. 1877.

Gabriel Cox settled on a farm adjoining Harmony Village about the year 1813. He farmed some and kept hotel south of the village. He was a Freeiv * von, and when he died was buried by that, order.

James Donnels settled on the farm now owned by his son-in-law, Jesse Boyd, in 1808. Was a farmer and amassed considerable wealth. His only son James lives immediately east of Harmony in the house built by his father about the time the pike was finished.

David Hannah was a Virginian. He settled on Sinking Creek, in the northwestern part of the township, in the year 1815, and carried on a distillery for several years. In his day he was regarded as the largest and most powerful man of the township.

John Nicholson settled on Beaver Creek in 1806. Samuel Goodfeliow owns the farm now. He had five sons - four of whom passed away years ago. Isabel, the oldest daughter, married Moore Goodfeliow, and this is regarded as the earliest marriage in Harmony Township. Daniel Jones manned one of the daughters, and the third died unmarried.

Andrev Nicholson came to the township with his father, John Nicholson, in 1806, being then three years old. Before he was of age, he purchased and paid for a tract of eighty acres of land, thus laying the foundation for the vast wealth which he afterward possessed. He was twice married, and was the father of a large family - eleven of whom became men and women. His first wife was Rachel Hammond; she died in 1852. His second wife was Mrs. Angeline Teazle, nee Spencer, whom he married in 1854. He was a man much esteemed for his many charitable acts, a life-long and consistent member of the Christian Church, and was widely known as a man whom nothing could divert from the path of rectitude. He died July 23, 1880, in his seventy-eighth year.

Moore Goodfeliow was a native of Ireland. He settled on Beaver Creek on lands now occupied by his fourth, son, Samuel Goodfeliow, in 18 iO. His wife was Isabel Nicholson; they were married in 1808 Their children were V V i 1 1 - iam, John. Thomas, Mary Ann, Isabel, Samuel, Elliott, Rachel, Rlioda and Moore. His offspring, with their descendants, have held prominence in the township in business, political and social circles for nearly three-quarters of a century. lie died September 10, IsijO.

Henry Oxtoby. Sr., was a native of Yorkshire, England, as was also his wife Elizabeth Cook. They were married and had four children in their native land. They emigrated to America in 1803, locating first in the State of New York. In 1814, they came to Ohio and purchased 100 acres of land near Oxtoby Sta- tion, now owned by John Pierson. For this land Mr. Oxtoby paid §2.25 p.«r acre; it has since sold for §100 per acre. His only son, Henry, still lives near the old homestead and the ripeness of his declining years is rendered glorious oy the recollection of a well-spent life, the senior Oxtoby died in 1888, his wife in 1830; the three daughters have followed.

William Baird was a native of Hagerstown, Md., born March 16, 1762. He moved to Kentucky in 1794, and thence to' Ohio in 1808, settling on Beaver Creek lands now owned by his son William I). Baird. He served in the B evolutionary war. He left three sons and four daughters at his death. One son still lives at the age of seventy -eight, and one daughter aged ninety -three - both residents of Harmony Township. Mr. Baird attended a treaty with the Indians in 1809 at Springfield, and saw the celebrated warrior and chief Tecumseh; was personally acquainted with Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton of historic fame.

Benjamin Foreman, 'James Parks, Warham Stasv, Lewis Fee, Nicholas Storms, John and George Jones, Allen Gilbert. Matthew Spencer, John H and George Dynes, were all settlers of Beaver Creek section, in the vicinity of the National road.

James Burns and Daniel Jones and family were early settlers near Lisbon. Thomas Stites was an early settler one and a half miles northwest of Lisbon, anu managed, a distillery for some years.

Jacob Girard, Thomas WTiittredge and Isaac Dillon were early settlers near Lisbon. Robert Thorp, Sr., and family settled in the southwestern part of the township in 1819, they came from England. James Price came in 1820, died in 1846.

Isaac Chamberlin settled near Lisbon about the year 1815, and kept a public house for several years. His children were Stephen II., George, Walter, Mary, Caroline and Sarah.

John Whiteley settled in the neighborhood of Fletcher Chapel, near the western line of the township. He served as Justice of the Peace of Harmony Township for several successive years. He was also a Commissioner of the county. His sons William, Joseph, Andrew and Abner have become noted throughout Christendom as inventors and manufacturers. Mr. Whiteley died June, 1845, aged sixty- four.

Christopher ? < ay bourn was born in England in 1745; there married, in 1777, to Margaret Newlove, born in 1758. In 1794, he with his wife and six children emigrated to New York where they lived eighteen years, during which time he "was Mayor of New York City two years. In 1812, he and family came to Clark County, settling in the southwestern part of this township, now known as the Thorp farm. He afterward moved to the farm where Joseph Lay bourn now lives, in Section 25, where he died in 1842, his wife having died in 1825. He was a school teacher and a man of good education.

John Judy, Jr., was the second son of John Judy, Sr., and was bom in a block-house near Flemingsburg, Ky., in 1791. He came to Ohio with his fathers family and settled on the 44 Judy farm71 on the head waters of the Little Miami near the Madison County line. His wife was Lydia Hull. He servedin the war of 1812 as a private; served Harmony Township as a magistrate, and was a Captain of a company of militia. He built one of the first brick houses in the country, and kept the " Black Horse Tavern," the first hotel in the township. He was a man of integrity and lived and died a consistent member of the Free-Will Baptist Church. He removed to Illinois about 1860, and died December 1, 1874, aged eighty -three.

Dr. William Awphlet located in the western portion of the township in an early day. He was an Englishman by birth, well educated, skillful in his profession, and owned a library of great value.

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Dr. J. B. Lingle was born in Springfield in 1813, and settled at Vienna as a' physician in 1836. He was a successful practitioner, and served the township officially as Justice of the Peace, Treasurer and Clerk. He died in 187S. His 'widow, 'whose family name was Laird, still survives.

Washington and Josiah Wilson came to this township with their mother Temperance (Judy) Wilson, about IS] 3, where Michael Wilson, Jr., was bom shortly afterward. This family became one of the wealthy and influential ones of the township, and wielded an influence for good.

The merchants of Vienna have been Caleb Barrett, Daniel Brown, Emanuel Wayne, D. B. Farrington, W. S. Eunston, George W. Ryan, D. O. Heiskill, J. M. Bennett. W. T. Harris, J. A. Widdicombe, Samuel Frock.

Caleb Barrett had a store at Windsor, on the old Columbus road, as early as 1825, from where he removed to Vienna upon the completion of the National road.

William Pool and wife came with their son-in-law7, Edward Rice, to this township in 1812, where both died; they were natives of Massachusetts.

At Lisbon, the dead rest in a neatly kept cemetery, and the memorials of affection erected to perpetuate the memories of the departed are tasteful and appropriate.

At Plattsburg, the site of the cemetery is one rarely equaled for position. It is well kept and contains the graves of a number of pioneers of the early days.

Fletcher Chapel is one of the oldest burial-places of t ie township, and the dead here perhaps number two hundred, among whom are the names of many whose descendants have figured prominently in public life throughout the land. Lay bourn's is a small and somewhat private lot on Section 29, and on the road leading from Harmony to Plattsburg.

Lisbon

This village is situated near the southeast part of the township, on the road leading from South t harleston to Springfield, and is the southern terminus of the Lisbon & Catawba Free Pike. It was laid out on the *25th day of October, 1815, by Ebenezer Pattocks and Thomas Chenoweth, and on their lands. The surveyor was John James. Main street is sixty feet wide: Main cross-street is sixty feet wide, and Chillicothe and South streets are each forty -nine and a half feet in width. The three last named run parallel to each other, and at right angles with Main street. The original plat shows fifty-six lots, or fourteen squares of four lots each. Lots numbered from 1 to '28 lie west of Main street; lots numbered from 29 to 50 lie on the east side.

But fate ruled that Lisbon should blossom but to decay, and, in the years that have intervened, one by one of its families have gone elsewhere, until the once promising village is but a remnant of its former self.

About the year 1$20, a rude log sclioolhouse, like the pattern of its day, was built on Lot No. 14, and here the youth of Lisbon were taught the common branches of education by such reputable teachers as Joseph Morris, John AVhittredge, Peleg Whittredge, Lucy Munson, Catherine Bennett, Kiser Brooks and Simon Steel's. In 1829, a brick schoolhouse was built on Lot 29, anti for thirtyfive years it served as a starting-point in the lives of many who have become worthy men and women, and who have run well in the race of life. In I860, this house was destroyed by fire, and was succeeded by the present tasty and commodious one, also of brick. This one was partially destroyed by tire in 1872, but was rebuilt the next year.

Isaac Chamberlin kept a hotel here in an early day, for a succession of years. This was in a frame which stood on Lot No. 9. This was before 1840. Jonathan Merideth occupied a frame two-story house on Lot No. 8, and earned on merchandising as early as 1825. John Buckland was also one of the early nr. rchants. The McArthur Free Bike, from Lisbon via Plattsbnrg and Vienna to Catawba, was built in J 80S by John McKinney.

This village was laid out by David Ripley and Marvin Gager in 1835. It is located in the northeastern part of Harmony Township, about twelve and a half miles east of Springfield, and on the National road. The first house was built on the northeast corner, by John Buckland, and was by him occupied as a hotel for some years. In the same year, Joseph Robinson built a steam sawmill just east of the village. This was the first steam mill built in the township. Gager and Aplin built a frame house on the southeast corner, and opened a store of general merchandise.

A frame schoolhouse was erected in 1835 or 1830, in which Thomas H. Rathbnrn taught school. David Ripley in 1836 built th * two-story brick building on the northwest corner, and for several years therearter earned on a hotel. Thomas Rathbnrn also occupied it in later years for the same purpose. A post office called "Brighton Center" was established, and Joseph Robinson was appointed Postmaster, in 1830. The office was discontinued about two years later. A carding -mill was built by George Snodgrass in 1837; the power for this machinery was a tread-wheel and a blind horse. The mill went down about 1842. Sim eon Eaton built a frame house on the present schoolhouse lot and conducted a grocery business for years. Marvin Gager was a blacksmith. He built a shop and worked at his trade; in 1842, Gager and Aplin attached a distillery to the steam mill before mentioned,' and it was operated with some success.

The first residents of Brighton were of sturdy New England stock, and were intelligent and enterprising. Besides those above named, Marcus L. Diuke, "NY ashington IV i Ison, the Rathburns and Harvey Clark were prominent in social and business circles.

During the years from 1830 to 1848, the village enjoyed a fair share of prosperity. Her hotels were crowded with wagon men, trundling the products of the YYest to the markets of the seaboard, or hauling the supplies of Western merchants from the marts of the Atlantic coast. Her merchants bartered, measured, weighed, counted and calculated from morning till night, nor dreamed that the evil day approached. It came at length in the building of railroads, 'and Brighton succumbed, and from then till now has barely held its own.

Brighton is without a house of worship. The Christian denomination have an organization, and w on Lip in the village schoolhouse, Key. Williams preaching once a month. A small society of the Methodist Episcopal denomination worship statedly at the same place. Rev. Andrew Runyon labors for and with these people.

Vienna

John H. Dynes founded and laid out this village in the year 1833. It is situated ten miles from Springfield, on the National Road, and nearly half a mile west of the point where this great national thoroughfare crosses the historic Ludlow line. At the time of the laying-out of Vienna, the National road was surveyed, but was not completed till 1837.

The first house erected was a log cabin, by one Taylor, situated in the west part of the village; the second was hewed log, and was built by Richard Watkins, of Champaign County, on the lot now7 owned by Jacob Smith. Emanuel Wayne built a twro- story frame on the southeast corner. This was afterward removed, and the present hotel built in its place. This frame house afterward, ax iu iixc he wed leg moiitiuiied, were destroyed by five November 24, 18/3. The dwellings of W. T. Hams, James McCafferty and James E. Johnson were destroyed at the same time. Caleb Barrett was the first merchant. He began business in 1834, and continued in business about twenty-three years. Emanuel Mayne erected the hotel building on the southeast corner, and kept it as a public house for a time. Mayne sold this property to Daniel Brown in 1836. Brown occupied it with a hotel and store. Mayne then built a frame house on the lot of M. H. Dynes, and carried on merchandising. He was succeeded by D. B. Harrington, who carried on both a hotel and store. He was followed by David Davis, w ho w^as an occupant of the premises December, 1839, when it w'as burned. In 1839 or 1840, Mayne built the present building on lire northwest corner, and managed it for some time as a hotel. In after years, David Davis, Andrew Ryan, William Johnson and others kept public entertainment in this corner.

The Odd F». Hows' building, on the north side of West Main street, was erected about i860, and remodeled by that order about the year 1870, and the upper story has been occupied by them for many years. The brick storeroom on Lot No. 7 was built by W. S. Eunston in 1849. It wras demolished by an accidental explosion of powaier on the Sth day of August, 1871, it being then occupied by James Bennett. It wTas rebuilt the same year. In this accident, George Hinkle, David Johnson, Henry Campbell, A. II. Clark, Armsted Tavenner, Henry Baldwin, Nancy Ann Smith, Valentine Nicely and Absalom Gordon were seriously injured.

D. W. Hinkle built a tannery in the northwestern part of the village in 1837, and carried on the tannery business till 1852. About the year 1848, William Golden and Garner Melntire built a brick shop on the north side of East Main street for a tannery. The business was not permanent, and for many years the property has been used for a dwelling.

The post office of Vienna Cross Roads was established in the fall of 1838. Caleb Barrett was appointed Postmaster, and continued in office till the spring of 1858, when he resigned, and Garner Melntire was appointed to succeed him. In the spring of 1861. Melntire was succeeded by Richard W. Ruse. In the fall of 1862, Ruse resigned, and William S. Eunston, the present incumbent, was commissioned.

.Great Western mail was carried on the National road daily, by four-horse stage-coaches. Afterward, the mail between J efferson and Springfield was 'supplied. by a one-horse coach. It is now supplied from Plattsburg by a mail messenger three times each week.

In the month of August, 1850, the village of Vienna was scourged with the cholera, and the foil owing -named persons fell victims to its ravages:

Mary Ann Barret, John Pemberton, Dr. Cyrus Dulan, John Coverdell, William Barnes, two children of James Kelley, Charles Warren, John Chi! son, Mary A. Tottan, a child of David Stansburv, and a son of Jacob Williams.

Harmony Village

Harmony Village is situated on the National road, near the west line of Harmony Township, and six miles east of Springfield. It was laid out in the year 1832, by Lay bourn Newlove. Henry Martin, an Irishman, built a store, and was the first merchant. Joseph Newlove and Robert Black , were early hotel-keepers of the village. Harvey Ryan built a tannery about the year 1835; he was succeeded, some years later, in the tannery business, by B. & F. Sehoen berger, and these were succeeded by John H. Larimer, who carries on business at this time. William Herbert in 1839, and A. McCartney afterward, carried on blacksmi thing. In 1851, John Walker made an addition to the village on the north side of the National road. This is still known as Walker's Addition. The first schoolliouse was built in 1S35, and the first school was taught by John Newlove. Drs. Joseph Orr and J. S. R. Hazzard were early physicians of Harmony. During the time when the National road was the great thoroughfare between the East and the West, the village of Harmony enjoyed its brightest and best days, and seemed to promise for the future. Railroads came, the teamster and drover found their occupations gone, and the tide of travel and traffic took a new channel. Of the old settlers in and about the village when it was first laid out, mention is made of James Donnel, Peter Baird, William Baird, Jeremiah Yeazle, Amos Laybourn, Edward Newlove, Lavbourn Newlove, Abel Lay bourn, Joel Laybourn, Wales Aldridge, Abram Aldridge, Robert Rogers, George Benson Joseph Snodgrass, Anthony Byrd, Henry Oxtoby, Sr., Isaac J acobs, J ohn R -a, Thomas Price.

The cholera scourged the village in June, 1852, and Baltzer Schoenberger, Charlotte, his wife, and Henry Cushman, fell victims. Others were attacked, but recovered. The village contains two schools - one for whites and one for colored children. The first, taught by Henry Kauffman, has a daily attendance of thirty-five; the last, taught by Sarah Miller, has a daily attendance of eighteen.

Note 1. - The original plat of Harmony Village contains twenty-four lot* ; numbers 1 to 12 front north on the National Road, and couut from east to west, Lots J3 to 24 art* numbered from west to east, and lie immediately south of the first-named tier. The two tiers are separated by High street, which runs parallel with the National road, and which is three poles wide. South alley is twenty feet wide, running parallel with High street and on the south front of Lets 1*1 to 24. ('enter street runs at right angles with the National road and High street, between Lots C and 7, and 18 and 19, and is three poles wide. East alley rans nearly north and south, arid bounds the plat on the east. East alley is two poles wide. West alley runs parallel with Center street, bounding the plat on the west, and is twenty feet broad. Lots are ten poles long, north and south, and four poles wide, east and west. Fractional Lots 1 and 2 lying on the east of Lots 1 and 24 contain 28.4 and 10. To perches respectively.

Note 2. - Walker's Addition to the village of Harmony was platted by John Walker January 22, 1851, and consists of ten lots on the north side of the National road, nearly opposite the original plat. The}* front south on the National road, and except Nos.

Plattsburg is on the Columbus & Springfield Railroad, and near the center of Harmony Township. It Is nine miles west of Loudon, and eleven miles east of Springfield. The village was laid out on the 80th day of September, 1852, by William Osborn and Amaziah Judy; John B, Fish, surveyor. It comprises thirty lots; lots numbered from 1 to 16 were laid out by Mr. Osborn, and Lots 17 to 30 by Mr. Judy.

Bolivar Judy built the first house on Lot No. 17. Amaziah Judy, Bolivar Judy and Andrew Xichelson built the station house at the railroad in 1853. The brick hotel on Lot No. .1 was erected by William Osborn, who carried on the hotel business several years in the same.

" The People's House" was erected as a house of worship in 1846. The Universalists and the Christians joined their efforts in this enterprise, and for many years worshiped harmoniously and at will therein. The present brick sehoolliouse, east of Lots 23 and 24, was built prior to the laying-out of the village, and about tlie year 1848, the site being donated by William Osborn. Before this, the site had been occupied by a smaller brick sehoolliouse, erected as early as 1825. and which was also used as a place of worship by the Christians, j. re ' tin anu. owners. Lore Elders Dunlap, Harvey, Mead, Mailingford, and many more of precious memory, preached the Word and pointed out the better way. Of the old-time teachers who wielded tbe birch in this house, and who have passed to man's common destiny, mention is made of Dr. Cummins, Simon Steers, Lemuel Brooks and Ruth Housholder.

The Lisbon Baptist Chtjp.Ch

Before the year 1811. Elder John Mason, a zealous and devout Baptist, preached to a few members who had organized themselves together, and who met at the house of Benjamin Foos, in the neighborhood of Little Beaver Creek.

Of these early Christians, mention is made of Benjamin Foos, Sarah Foos, Daniel Wren, Elizabeth Wren, James Bishop and Trustrim Hull. In about the year 1811, a log house of worship was built on the bank of Little Beaver Creek, and this unpretentious structure served year after year a place where the Word was proclaimed and God honored. In 1820, the society had increased to sixty- six. In 1824, Thomas J. Price united by letter; in 1825, he was licensed to preach, and in May of the next year, he was ordained, Elders Joseph Morris and William Jones assisting in the solemn services. Early in the year 1833, a movement was made to braid a new house, and in August of that year, Enoch Ring. J. H. Ryan and John Heaton were made a committee to carry on the work in the name of the society. They were to raise funds, contract for labor and material, and supervise the work generally. The specifications provided that " the house must be of brick, 30x40 feet, eight feet to foot of rafter, eight sixteen light windows, and one chimney four feet in the back." The site was procured of Moore Goodfellow. and was nearly a mile south of the old log house spoken of. The cash ontlay of this house was $419.50. John Heaton was authorized to buy 150 slabs for seats, and the house was seated accordingly. In January, 1865, the church voted to hold meetings at the village of Lisbon, and the village sehoolliouse was secured for that purpose. The society determined to build a new house as early as i860, in order to better meet the wants of the time, and Lisbon was selected as ihe site. Accordingly, steps were taken to that end: brick was burned, and in July, 1806, the following-named members were mode a Building Committee: Deacon B. B. Browning, Joshua Browning and George Watson: Sisters M. E. Watson and H. A. Watson, Finance Committee: George Watson, Treasurer. The membership at this date was forty -five. In June,

1807, a new Building Committee was made, consisting of Sisters Elizabeth Price, Catherine Bennett and H. A. Browning and M. E. Watson, with Deacons B. B. Browning and John Titus. The brethren of the committee being infirm, the work for the most part was under the supervision of the ladies of the committee. The membership at this time was forty.

The work was prosecuted with womanly diligence, and the Lisbon Baptist Church was completed in November, 1867, at a cost of §4,746.62. It was dedicated, clear of debt, December 1, 1867, D. Shepardson, D. D., preaching the dedicatory sermon. In June. 1875, this house was wrecked by a storm, which struck the west end, taking off two-thirds of the roof and the gable. The cost of repairs at this time was §300. The membership at this time was fifty-one.

Since the year 1820, the Pastors of the society have been Joseph Morris, T. J. Price, Charles Platts, Benjamin Carts, J. L. Moore, N. Martin, D. D. Walden, J. W. Heastand, N. M. Longfellow, T. Williams, T. J. Sheppard, J. W. Weatherby, John Kyle, and A. L. Jordan, the present Pastor.

During the same years, the Clerks have been Daniel Jones, John Heaton, James Price, Enoch King, John S. Browning, N. P. Tuttle, E. S. Barrett, II. H. Young, Joshua Browning, Benjamin Titus, W. C. Browning, J. M. Harrison, Albert H. Price and W. B. Chenoweth. The number of members November, 1880, was ninety- three.

As early as 1S14, Bobert Miller and Robert Dobbins, itinerant ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held occasional religious services at the houses of Henry Oxtoby and John Craig, in the neighborhood of the presentsite of Fletcher Chapel. Craig's Schoolhouse, on the farm of William Kirkham, was also one of the early preaching places. One of the results of these labors was the organization of a small class. About the year 1822, Henry Oxtoby, Joseph Newiove, John Stickney, Lewis Skillings, John Whitelev, and a few others, feeling the need of a suitable place to hold their meetings, combined their efforts and erected a small brick house, 20x30 feet in size. It was called the " Brick Chapel," and was at that day considered in advance of the times as to elegance. Much of the lumber was sawed on the ground, by means of a pitsaw - a primitive method of making lumber, little understood even in those days. Spaulding Winchester had charge of this department. The house stood near, but not on, the present site of Fletcher Chapel, and the grounds were donated by Judah Chamberlin. The lioor was of cement, and the house was heated by a stove. The building served the society till the year 1849, when the present building was erected. In this first building, Robert Miller, Jonathan Flood, B. Westlick, Charles Swayne, Pearl Ingalls, and others of the early ministers, preached the Gospel, and in this house and its successor, Lewis Skillings filled the office of Class-leader forty years. A great revival of religion, under the labors of Pearl Ingalls, took place in the u Brick Chapel" in 1848, and forty-two were added to the church. I bis gave strength and impetus to the society, and " Fletcher Chapel " was built the next year, at a cash outlay of §800, tno greater part of the whole cost being given in labor and material. Of those who assisted in building this chapel, the names of Henry Oxtoby, Jr., Henry

The Building Committee were Henry Oxtoby, Jr., John Xewlove and John Cosier. The building was to bo completed in the spring of the year, and the dedication occurred in May, Lev. Pearl Ingalls preaching the dedicatory sermon. E. H. Field, W. N. Williams, W. B. Jackson, Edward Birdsell, John Vance, Michael Marley, E. Owen, Jesse M. Robinson, and other members of the Cincinnati Conference, have preached to the people of' Fletcher Chapel during the third quarter of the nineteenth century.

Plattsburg Christian Church

and these meetings were generally had at a small brick schoolliouse situated on the same site now occupied by the present schoolliouse at Plattsburg; preaching was often held at the houses of Enoch King and John J udy, Sr. Of the early membership there is no record, but mention is made of John Judy and wife, William Henry and wife, Hamilton Henry and wife, John Henry and wife, James Donald and wife, John Osborn and wife, Clymer and wife, and perhaps other members oi those families named, as comprising the society. In IS 10, the society, aided by a number of Uiiiversalists, built the "People's House" in Plattsburg. and from that date forward, a more vigorous life took place in the affairs of the church. Under the efficient labors of Elders Marsh and Griffin, a somewhat noted revival occurred soon after occupying this new house, and numbers were added to the membership.

Following the year 186S, the church has maintained a good Sabbath school, the good effect of which have been felt on the community. Andrew Xiclielson and John Judy, both deceased, filled the offices of Deacons for thirty years previous to their respective deaths.

Harmony Methodist Protestant Church

This society, which worships at the village of Harmony, was originally organized by P ev. Saul Henkle, in the year 1828, under what is known as the Conventional Articles. For nearly twenty years, th& society met and worslipied at the house of Amos Laybourn. In 1840, through the instrumentality of Rev. Pelan, a house of worship was erected at the village of Harmony. This building served the society until 1878. when it was succeeded by the present one. The 'membership at the time of the erection of the first building were, so far as known, Joseph Xewlove (Leader). Ann Xewlove, Ann B. Xewlove, Amos' Laybourn, Xancy Laybourn, Christopher Laybourn, Margaret Laybourn, Isabel Masked, Bober t Masked, Margaret Allen and Mary Aden. In this first church, the Gospel was preached by the following named ministers: Reuben Rose, AVilliam H. Fowler, R. M. Dafbey, A. II. Trumbo, T. H. Wilson, L. D. Hickman, C. Caddy, J. B. Langstaff, D. Kinney, D. B. Dorsey, J. M. Tattler, J.»M. Flood, T. B. Graham, J. AV. Spring and C. S. Evans.

The present building was built at a easb outlay of $2,500. It is of brick, and is 32x40 feet in dimensions. The Building Committee were: Edward Xewlove, Chairman; Henry Kauffman, Secretary; David Laybourn, Treasurer; Joseph Laybourn and Dr. J. S. li. Hazzard.

The building expense was borne principally by members of the society, but many who held no membership contributed with cheerful liberality. The house 1 was built during the pastoral term of Rev R. Rose, and, when completed, wass formally dedicated by C. S. Evans.

South Charleston

S. K. Spahr is at present the Pastor; tlie Trustees are Edward Newlove. David Laybourn and Henry Kauffman ; Superintendent of Sabbath school, Henry Kauffman; Assistant Superintendent, David Laybourn; Secretary, Alexander McCartney; Treasurer, Daniel Fatzinger; Librarian, 'F. AY. Oates. Members at present, eighty.

Vienna Christian Church

This society originated from the labors of Elder Griffin, who, many years ago, preached occasionally, and sometimes regularly, at the Methodist Episcopal house of worship at Vienna. Early in 185S, steps were taken resulting in the building of their present church edifice. It was dedicated by Elder MeWhinney in IS59. It is a substantial frame, and the contract for building was taken and the work done by William Simpson. Cost, about $1,200. William Foreman, Darius Simpkins and "William Simpson were instrumental in this work. The and his wife preached in this section of country as early as 1836, to a small, unorganized congregation. The preaching of Mrs. Miller was of peculiar power, and attracted largo audiences. Elder Griffin died in 1863, while on a trip to Tennessee to see his son, who was sick in the army of the United States.

This society was cradled at the house of Richard Watkins as early as the year 1835, His house was not only a preaching place, but a welcome retreat for the early ministry, and continued to be the principal place of worship till the year 1842, when the society, having attained strength and numbers, took preparatory steps to build a house of worship. The result was the erection of the house which the society now occupies. It is a brick structure, 30x40 feet, well built, costing 81,200, which expense was generously shared by the outside public. Emanuel Mnyne was instrumental in this enterprise, and contributed liberally. Martin Truman and family, Emanuel Mayne and family, Airs. Nicely, William Ronemus, Anna Busbey, Daniel Hendrix and family, Cyrus Gray and family, Simeon Hurd and family, Jackson Gray and family, Thomas While and family, George Dynes and family, have constituted the principal membership.

This society sustains a Sabbath school. Previous to the year 1871, the parsonage of the circuit was at Vienna, but since that date the Pastor's residence has been at Catawba.

This lodge of Odd Fellows was Chartered May 10, 1859; instituted June 15, 1859. The charter members were James Sprague, George Johnson, William Simpson, Nathan T. Brooks, James Wallingford, A. H. Spencer, Joseph Wallingford. George F. Marshall, M. W. G. M.

The original officers were: James Sprague, N. G. ; William Simpson, V. G.; James Wallingford, Permanent Secretary; Joseph Wallingford, Recording Se retary; A. H. Spencer. Treasurer. The official list for 1880 was: Charles Hodge, N. G. ; William Morris, V. G. ; F. V. Hartman, Permanent Secretary; John Harrison, Treasurer; E. H. Smith, Recording Secretary.

Harmony In The War

The trot! of Harmony Township bore an honorable part in the great struggle against secession in the years of the rebellion of 1861-05. They served to the number of more than two hundred and shared in common with the troops of Ohio the casualties of the war. In victory and defeat, in camp and field, in | the bivouac or on the march, at the cannon's mouth or at the quiet camp lire, they were worthy sons of worthy sires and every man was of himself a host. Of those who slumber in unknown and unmarked graves beside the still waters of the South, are the sons of Harmony Township. There they await the reveille | of the heroic. But they have left the memory of heroic deeds impressed upon the hearts of a grateful people, who will, to the latest generation, call them blessed.

They served in the Forty-fifth, One Hundred and Tenth, Forty- fourth, Thirty-first, Ninety- fourth, One Hundred and Fifty-second, Sixtieth, Sixty-sixth, Thirteenth and Twenty- seventh llegiments of Ohio Infantry; in the Eighth and Eleventh regiments of cavalry; in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Ohio Batter - j ies, and in the First Kentucky Infantry.

Many of the early settlers felt keenly the lack of an education, and were j therefore not slow' in providing ways and means to provide their children with j opportunities of gaining a practical education. To this end they built houses ! by volunteer labor and subscribed money for the pay of teachers. The boy of teacher vTas a character. He must be a man of muscle as well as brain, for the insubordinate pupil must be made to feel the power of the first as well as the last The books used were Daba'lFs Arithmetic, "Webster's Speller, English Header, American Preceptor, Bindley Murray's Grammar, Kirkham's Grammar, Olney's Atlas and Geography.

The schoolhouse was a rude structure of logs, and w'as not built on a pretentious plan. It had a huge fire-place, slab seats, puncheon floor, and roof of clap boards held on by wreight-poles.

One of. the first school houses of the township was at Li >bon, about the year .1815. Another stood near the old Foreman Tannery, three miles wrest of Plattsburg; another in the Turner settlement, in the eastern paid of the township. These were of the kind described. In later years the people began to build better schoolhouses. The first brick schoolhouse of the township wras built about the year 1824 at Plattsburg. It served a number of years, and then gave place to the one which now stands on the same site.

The first schoolhouse of Vienna w~as built in the year 1835. It was a frame, and 6tood near the residence of F. V. Hai*traan. It wras succeeded by a brick north of the village, built in 1S45. In 1856, the village school district wras divided and a frame house was built east of the village. In 1866, the two districts were made one and the present brick house, thirty-two by forty feet, was built, and a graded school established.

School Statistics

Total receipts for the year, $8,6*26.97; paid teachers, $4,501; for fuel and contingent expenses, $404.27; total expense for the year, $4,905.27; balance on hand, §3,721.70. Number of subdistricts, 11; number of schoolhouses, 12; number of school rooms, 14; value of school property, Si 1,000; number of teachers employed, 14; average wages of teachers - gentlemen, $41 ; ladies, $32. Kate of taxation (mills) 3.1; pupils enrolled within the year - boys, 241 ; girls. 190; total, 431; average daily attendance - boys, 1.30; girls, 110; total, 240; number enrolled between the ages of sixteen ancl twenty-one years - boys, 34; girls, 11; total, 45.

Alphabet, GO; reading, 355; spelling, 365; writing, 308; arithmetic, 315; geography, 125; English Grammar, 70; oral lessons, 47; composition, 15; drawing, 20; map drawing, 4; United States History, 7.

Rural Hotels

In the year 1836 and 1837, George Jones built a large two-story brick building on the National road, two miles west of Vienna, on the north side of said road, and where the township road crosses it. In 1848, this property was purchased by Philip AVeaber, and by him fitted up as a hotel. This was in the days of yore, when railroad travel had not become universal. Mr. AVeaber conducted the hotel hiiohivvs here for eight years and then abandoned it. The building has been since used as a residence, and is now owned by heirs of Levi Baird.

In the year 1836. Kichard Wallingsford built a two-story frame house on the opposite side of the road from the one above mentioned. Mr. AVallingsford kept a hotel here for a number of years It is now the property of his son, Joseph AVallingsford.

Saw-Mills

The first saw-mill was built about 1830 by James Haney, on Section 1.1, which was run by water from Beaver Creek, and was operated for about thirty - five years.

In 1839, Thomas Goodfellow and Zephania Sexton built a saw-mill on Beaver Creek. Section 23, one mile south of the National road. This mill was operated with success for a number of years, but for many years past had done very little l usiness. It is now owned by Erastus Bennett.

In 1815, Robert Smith built a saw-mill on Beaver Creek, a mile west, or do v, 'n stream from the Goodfellow7 Mill, on Section 29, and south of the National road. This mill is still in operation and is owned by \V. 1). Baird.

The Early Elections Politics And Reminiscences

The first elections held -in Harmony Township took place at the house of Henry Storms near the center of the township. In those days the indigent poor of the township who had become a public charge, were taken to the polls on the first Monday in April and there publicly sold to the lowest responsible bidder. The purchaser was required to obligate himself to furnish food, clothing and proper care to the person or persons so purchased for tho amount of his bid, the agreement terminating with the first Monday in April of the next year.

Elections were next held at a log school house near the old Foreman tan yard. In 1833, by and through the efforts of several public-spirited citizens, a township house was erected on the lands of Hamilton Bnsboy, west of Plattsburg. The site was donated by Mi*. Bushev and the building erected thereon was of brick, thirty by forty feet in size. It was also used as a house of worship by all wTho chose to occupy it for that purpose. On the night of

February 28, 1850, this house was damaged by a tornado and was thereafter abandoned. Vienna was then made the voting place and continued to be so until the year 1854 ; Plattsburg has been the voting place since that year.

The politics of Harmony may be clearly shown by reference to the vote in the three most hotly contested campaigns of the past, namely, 1840, 1863 and 1880. In the Presidential vote for 1840, the "Whigs cast 266 votes for 'William Henry Harrison; the Democrats cast 4S votes for Martin Van Buren. Total vote, 314; the Harrison electors received 84.7 percent of the entire vote; the Van Buren electors 15.3. The vote for Governor October 13, 1863, was John Brough, Bepubliean, 357; Clement L. Vailandigham (Democrat) 34; total, 391. In this vote the Bepubliean vote was 91.3 per cent of the entire vote; the Democratic, 8.7 per cent.

The vote of Harmony was as follows; Garfield (Bepubliean), 322; Hancock (Democrat), 132; Dow (Prohibitionist), 14; total, 468. The total vote of the county w as 10,560. Garfield received a majority over all of 1.892.

A valuable reminiscence of the campaign of 1840 as furnished by Thomas C. Busbey, one of the only two surviving members of the party, deserves a place here;

The Whig party of Harmony Township took a lively interest in the campaign of 1840. Preparatory to the convention of February 22 which nominated Tom Corwin for Governor, a large canoe was constructed at Vienna. It was made from the trunk of a huge cottonwood tree which grew on the outskirts of the village. Caleb Barnett, Emanuel Mayne, Thomas C. Busbey, Dr. J. B. Lin gle, William Osborn, Col. William Foreman, Daniel Waddle, S. Bennett, Uriah Blue, William Golden, Nelson Norton, Z. Tuttle, John Brown, Anson Hammond and Asa Bice composed the party of preparation. The canoe was thirty- four feet long, and wide enough to seat two persons comfortably on the cross seats. Ephraim Davidson was employed to prepare the craft, and lie spent two weeks in getting it in readiness for the trip. Wheh it was placed on a large wagon, and the best team of the whole country was then attached John McOlintoek, as skillful a teamster as. ever straddled a saddle-horse, was assigned to the position of driver, and his eight bay horses were such a team as could be matched for beauty and power nowhere west of the Alleghanies. Each horse was gaily caparisoned, bells sounded harmonious music from every liame, and the sight was one that charmed and pleased.

The trip to Columbus began on the morning of the 20tli of E ebruary. Nearly forty persons, mostly voters, took passage. Flags were unfurled, banners floated proudly to the breeze, the camgaign songs echoed through the valleys along the way. The party took the National road, and, after driving eighteen miles, reached West Jefferson, where a halt was made for the night, and where they were joined by a large delegation from Marysville, under the leadership of Otway Curry, author of the "Buckeye Cabin Song." Some horns later another delegation " The Mad Biver Trappers," arrived. These were from Springfield aud had with them a fine, large log cabin, constructed on a wagon. On the knots of the logs of this cabin were hung the skins of wild animals, aod on the roof were several live coons. On the morning of the 2.1st, the procession formed, and was soon moving on its joyous way. By this time the crowd had grown to a vast throng; men women and children of every age and condition of life had joined the line of march, and if a more jolly party than this ever traveled the National road, the fact is nowhere recorded. As they neared the capital they were met by. a, large party of reception, accompanied by bands of music, and the vast throng, now numbered by thousands, entered Columbus, amid the cheers of the multitude, forming a scene neither to be imagined nor described. The day was as fine and bright as Nature could make. The grand parade took place in the principal streets; banners, that no man could number, stained, striped and mottoed, met the eye: scores of wagons loaded with excited, shouting people, blocked the streets, gorgeously dressed cavaliers, mounted on caparisoned steeds, galloped hither and thither; military cofnm anders shouted their orders, and their battalions obeyed with reckless promptitude; the deep-mouthed cannon spoke in tones of thunder, and the sulphur smoke of party enthusiasm scented the peaceful air. That the city of Columbus ever witnessed a day so full of enthusiasm before or since is a matter of doubt. In one part of the procession, perched upon the roof of a cabin, sat Charles Anthony, a prominent lawyer and politician of Springfield, holding in one hand a mug of cider and in the other a huge chimk of corn bread. As the procession moved he nibbled the bread and quaffed the cider, attracting much attention.