Scioto County, Ohio - Chapter 3 (2 of 2 so headed), 1903 (part 2 of 2)

THE SCIOTO TRIBUNE was first issued Dec. 6, 1836, Edward Hamilton, editor and proprietor; Wm. P. Camden, printer. The name was adopted by Mr. Hamilton. In 1839, Silman Clark bought an interest in the "Tribune" and changed the name to "The Portsmouth Tribune.''" In 1842, Hutchins and Blinn took charge of the editorial department and published it for a short time. Mr. Hamilton succeeded them in that charge of the paper, and continued to edit it until the breaking out of the Mexican War in 1846,

On November 8, 1837, in "The Scioto Tribune,' E. Glover advertises a boarding house. Noy. 18, 1837, the President and Common Council gave notice that they would annly to the Legislature for a new Charter and enlarge the boundaries of the town. April 24, 1838, proposals for a Market House was asked, 45x125 feet. May 23, 1838, the river was very low, nearly all of the boats stopped. $1.00 per hundred on goods to Cincinnati; $10.00 cabin passage and $4.00 deck passage. Dec. 29, 1838, it was announced in "The Portsmouth Tribune,' that there was a meeting of the citizens to consider a proposed bill for a new town charter. Jan. 26, 1839, a meeting to organize a Public Library was called at the Mayor's Office. March 14, 1839, a bill to incorporate All Saints Church was passed. May 17, 1839, the Epis- - copal Church Cholr was called to meet for rehearsal. Sept. 28, 1839, it was announced that Kiscadden who killed Bowman was convicted of the murder. He hung himself in the jail Monday morning, the 3rd of September before Court convened. April 15, 1841, John M. Anderson advertised to take daguereotypes at the American House. July 22, 1842, photographic miniatures advertised by T. G. Simons and A. W. Page at the U. S. Hotel. On, the same date, the Mechanics Institute was called to meet on the 19th of August, 1842, to accept or reject a Charter. On April 26, 1846, James Pursell announced that he would have new goods brought from Philadelphia in seven days. July 2, 1846, the New York Company was building a bridge over the Scioto at Portsmouth. -April 20,- 1846, there was a great sale of lots advertised in Portsmouth by Francis Campbell.

THE PORTSMOUTH CLIPPER. - In March, 1845, Anthony Drouillard commenced the publication of the Portsmouth Clipper. Mr. Drouillard continued until August 26, 1845, when he took in Stephen P. Drake as a partner in the enterprise. Mr. Drouillard retired at the end of six months, and Mr. Drake continued it for three years longer.

THE SIMON PURE, was issued in 1844, as a campaign paper by the Portsmouth Tribune, advocating the election of Henry Clay to the Presidency. The principal editors were: W. A. Hutchins and O. F. Moore. Copies of it are still,in existence.

THE TRIBUNE and CLIPPER were united March 7, 1848, by Messrs. Clark & Drake, and was published by them as a partnership until November 22, 1849, when it was sold to Mr. John Hanna, who published the paper till November 22, 1850, when Stephen P. Drake re-purchased one-half of the Tribune and Clipper and formed a partnership under the name of Drake & Hanna. December 9, 1850, they commenced the publication of the daily and weekly Tribune and Clipper. Its publication was continued by them up to June 9, 1852, when John Hanna became the sole proprietor. September 9, 1853, he sold the office to Albert McFarland, who continued to publish it up to April 1, 1854, when Daniel McFarland, his brother, associated with him. This continued until April, 1857, when Dan McFarland went to Kansas. In 1861, Dan McFarland returned from the West, and bought the entire paper from his brother. In June, 1867, he sold out to H. R. Smith and David Elick. The firm of Smith &~-Elick continued to publish the paper un- til 1868, when A. McFarland bought Mr. Smith's half interest.and took charge of the editorial work. The paper was published by McFarland & Elick until January, 1876, when Mr. H. R. W. Smith re-purchased his interest in the Tribune, but sold out again in August to A. McFarland, Jr.

. THE SCIOTO VALLEY REPUBLICAN, - In 1852, Stephen P. Drake started the Scioto Valley Republican. It was continued until 1863, when it was stopped. About 1866, it was revived as a semi-weekly by Samuel P. Drake and S. F. Wetmore, but sold by them to C. E. Irwin in 1870 and continued as a weekly until 1876. In that year it was purchased by A. Mc- Farland, Jr., and consolidated with the Tribune, and the firm of McFarland and Elick continued until October 1, 1877, when W. H. Bonsall leased the office and issued the paper in his own name until January 1, 1881. At that time Mr. Elick sold out to Mr. A. McFarland, and the paper was continued by him until January 1, 1888. The Tribune was disposed of to the Portsmouth Printing Company about January 1, 1885. They in turn sold out to Mr. Filmore Musser & Co., in 1893, and its fortune then became very bad. It was sold out November 27, 1897 to Henry J. Thomas of Manchester, Ohio, and since then has been conducted as a weekly Democratic paper. It was originally Whig, afterwards American, afterwards Republican and then Democratic.

THE DEMOCRATIC ENQUIRER, was started April 6, 1848, by James M. Ashley and Edward W. Jordan. They published two issues and then sold out to Captain Cleveland. It was continued until October, 1855. Captain Cleveland changed its name to the Portsmouth Enquirer.

In 1857, Mr. Walter C. Hood started a paper called the Portsmouth Times, which continued until about 1860, when it suspended. In 1871, the present Portsmouth Times was started by Mr. James W. Newman.

was founded in 1861, by James W. Newman, a young man of twenty-one. It presents an exceptional history from the fact, that it early became prosperous and attained a wide influence and reputation. For full thirty years under the management and editorship of Mr. Newman, it held first place as the leading Ohio weekly, both in mechanical appearance and the high quality of its literary character. In December, 1891, a half interest was bought in the paper by Vallee Harold, who took sole control. In February, 1893, Mr. Harold sold his interest to J. L. Patterson, who assumed the entire direction of the paper. In March, 1894, a stock company was formed, at the head of which was Mr. Patterson, and the publication of the daily begun. Later the latter was succeeded by Mr. Harold as the Editor and Manager of the paper. In over forty years of existence, the Times has enjoyed the singular distinction of having had but three Editors. Of these the two latter still live, while Mr. Newman died on the 1st of January, 1901. So far as circulation was concerned the Daily Times bounded into almost instantaneous popularity. It grew at a rate that may well be accounted phenomenal. It asserts, confidently, that its circulation, in the City of Portsmouth, is, in proportion to population, greater than that which any other paper, with few exceptions, can claim rightfully. It has not attained this success by or through politics, in fact its politics have ever been opposed to that of the community, as it is and has always been a Demoeratic paper. It has won its way by being what it professes to be, first, a newspaper. Its aim and its end is to print news, and the local news before anything else. It adds to that an honest effort to be truthful and fair, and a disposition to make everyone who deals with it feel he has met a friend, who wishes him well and will help him in so far as it in justice can. The plant of The Times is a modern one, and is housed in its own building. It is set by the Merganthaler machine and printed on a Cox Duplex press, it being the first one in use between Huntington and Cincinnati.

The Press

During all of the struggles of Portsmouth, the Tribune has been to the front, bearing the burdens of the people, fighting for the advancement of the community and assisting the development of the municipality.

It has shared in the ambitions of the early settlers, and lived to see realized the fondest hopes of those who worked in the pioneer days that a city might be built at the mouth of the Scioto.

The early volumes of the Tribune, yet in a remarkable state of preservation, bear much important history of the early development of Scioto County, and the editor of this volume has drawn considerable upon them for data and information which entered into this work. To this he was heartily welcome, for it seems but proper that volumes of so great value from a historical point, should belong in a measure to the public.

There being no proper place wher these files could be preserved, free froin mutilation of vandals, alone, prevents the present editor of the Tribune from making a present of them to the public. They bear the history of early encounters with wild beasts and Indians, and tell the life stories of many of our departed worthies.

There are numbers of families in Scioto County into which The Tribune has been going for over half a century. To these families it is welcomed not as political or partisan paper, but as an old friend as a weekly visitor to the household since the earliest days.

Since January 138, 1898, H. J. Thomas has owned, and R. H. Stevenson edited and managed the Tribune. The paper is Democratic, since that date. It was originally Whig, then American, then Republican and now Democratic. It has run the gamut of all political parties.

The present editor is proud of the old, pioneer newspaper, which has qurnished the reading matter upon which the youth of Scioto ss idhene had has nourished its brain now nearly three fourths of a century.

"The Scioto Valley Republican" was started in 1852 by Stephen P. Drake. Suspending operations during a part of the Civil War, its owners all having volunteered, it was revived as a semi-weekly after the War by Samuel P. Drake and I. F. Wetmore. In 1870, it was sold to C. E. Irwin and continued by him as a ''Weekly"' until the Centennial year when it was purchased by A. McFarland and consolidated with the Tribune. Its plant and material were purchased by J. E. Valjean in September, 1876, when he began the publication of the Valley Blade, and from this time the history of the Blade has its beginning. In 1879, a company was formed and the name of the paper changed to The Portsmouth Blade. The publication of the Daily Blade began November 15, 1886. The Blade Printing Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $20,000. It was the editorial policy of Mr. Valjean to make the paper sensational, and during the twenty years of his editorial career, Portsmouth was cursed with personal journalism. He increased his enemies until his removal became a public necessity. His policy failed, as it was certain to do, and the year of 1896 found the paper badly involved and about to pass into the hands of a receiver. To continue the existence of the paper, the Blade passed into the hands of a new management, and on January 11, 1897, Charles E. Hard became Editor and President; W. V. Simmons continuing the Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Valjean promptly secured the control of the Daily Tribune and the fiercest newspaper war in the history of Southern Ohio, was fought to a finish, quarter being neither asked nor given. The Blade having adopted a policy to meet public approval, -erushed the Tribune under Valjean, leaving itself the only Republican paper in the city and county printed in the English language. Valjean disappeared below the Portsmouth horizon, everyone being thankful. Personal journalism has ceased in Portsmouth and for this desirable thing the present management of the Blade is entitled to the greatest credit. Relieved of its incubus of Valjeanism, the Blade has prospered. Its increased growth soon made its place of business at the corner of Court and Second, where it had been for more than a quarter of a century, too small for it. It purchased the large three story building on Second below Court once occupied by the clothing firm of Miller, Cissna & Company and changed it into a model news- paper home, the first issue of the paper therefrom was June 2, 1902. The Blade has now the most complete and valuable newspaper and job plant in Southern Ohio, including its costly battery of linotypes, array of presses and printing material generally. lts circulation daily and semi-weekly is by far the largest in its history and with its extensive advertising patronage, shows the hold it has upon the confidence and good will of the people. The conveniences of its splendidly arranged new home and large increased equipment will enable it to add to its supremacy in the newspaper field.

is a German Weekly. It was started in 1855, by Edward Raine, as an Independent paper with Democratic tendencies. He conducted the paper until 1873, when he sold out to Julius Bok. Three years sufficed for Mr. Bok, when the Sheriff sold him out and John T. Miller purchased and conducted the paper until 1880, as a Democratic adjunct. 1880, he sold out to George Feuchtinger. The latter sold out to Carl Huber in 1888, who changed the political complexion of the paper to Republican. In 1899, Louis F. Korth, of Cleveland, purchased the paper of Huber and is now conducting it as a "'Republican Organ." was started in 1889 by an Incorporated Company known as the Enterprise Publishing Company. It was a weekly Republican paper, in politics. Later the Company sold it out to Leslie M. Mann and Gus B. Barlow. Afterwards Mr. Barlow sold out to Mr. Mann who sold out to Mr. James Skelton. He sold it to Carl Huber who in turn, sold it to the Tribune. Since then, it has been published as a Democratic Weekly by the "Tribune."

The first society dates back to the stone house of Philip Moore on the West Side, where undoubtedly the first Church services of Methodism were held in Scioto County. Those who meet at Philip Moore's afterwards became the first members of Bigelow. Bishops Asbury and McKendree are said to have preached there. The Rev. Henry Bascon received his license and preached his first sermon in this house in 1818. The renowned and eccentric Peter Cartwright preached there also.

The first circuit preacher visiting Portsmouth was Rev. Nelson Spring, who came in 1814. There were but seven members in this society when it was organized in that year; they were Hsrich Hall and wife, Rachel Barber, John R. Turner and wife, Mary Scarboro and Anna Glover. John R. Turner was the first class-leader.

In 1820, the Methodists of Portsmouth purchased and remodeled the academy on the corner of Fourth and Market streets, for which they paid $1,100, partially in corn. This structure was heated by two old fashioned fire places, one on either side of the pulpit; its chandeliers were tallow candles held in tin candlesticks on the wall.

In seven years, 1814 to 1821, this organization had increased from: seven members to sixty, and it was during the interim of those seven years or about 1821, that Father John McDowell, so well and favorably known to this community, was made a class leader. In 1821, the first Sabbath School was organized, and this same saint, John McDowell, was its first Superintendent; he was re-elected to that office for over forty years, continuously.

During the year of 1834, while the Rev. George Crum was pastor, the Church purchased a site on Second street, and commenced the erection of a new building upon the ground now occupied by the Hibbs Hardware Store. This new church was designated as "Bigelow" and this name has remained unchanged and been adopted by the present strong and flourshing church. This church has a remarkable history; it has always been a moral power in the growing city. Some-of the most gifted men in the Methodist Church seryed as pastors. In the year 1840, Randolph C. Foster was pastor of this church, and in subsequent years, became one of the noted pillars of Methcdism,

The Churches

During the years of his pastorate in Bigelow, he conducted the greatest revival in Portsmouth, and in which over five hundred souls were added to the church. The church which stood on Second street was forty by sixty feet; it was built by the late C. C. Hyatt, at a cost of $2,700. It was completed and dedicated by the Presiding Elder, Rev. James B. Findlay, in the year 1834. The Board of Trustees at that time were Jacob Clingman, Jacob P. Noel, John Barker, N. W. Andrews, C. C. Hyatt, Joseph Fennimore, Moses Gregory, John R. Turner and John McDowell. During the time of the occupancy of this building, the church grew wonderfully. It continued to grow until the congregation had become too numerous for the room on Second street, and a new church was proposed in 1853, Rey. R. A. Spencer donated a lot on Seventh street near Chillicothe street, where a frame building was erected, known as "Spencer Chapel'; this structure is now known as Allen Chapel of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Part of the Congregation of 'Old Bigelow' went out to form the Spencer Chapel. This branch prospered and grew into the present Sixth Street Church. In 1858, Bigelow purchased the site of the present church of Thomas Dugan and erected a church. The Rev. George Brush preached the dedicatory sermon for the chapel, and the Rey. OLD BIGELOW CHURCH, 1834. Edward Thompson, (afterwards Bishop) : ; dedicated the auditorium. The present "We walked ante tne house ped incom- )uilding has twice suffered from fire, the pany: cgi last time in March, 1867. Nothing was left but the walls. By honorable efforts the society recovered itself from its own resources.

The present official members of this church are: Trustees, George D. Selby, W. M. Pursell, G. D. Wait, John Kaps, E. H. Clare, J. P. Caskey, W. D. Horr, James Wood and N. J. Dever... Stewards: George Tittle, W. C. Draper, John K. Duke, L. H. Murphy, James A. Maxwell, A. J. Fuller, J. J. Rardin, Judge Harry Ball, J. N. George, Edward T. Reed, J. M. Graham and R. B. Cunningham. ot

Notable among the early pioneers of this church and those whose memories are revered, may be mentioned: Job Ledbetter, Doctor Offnere, John Mc- Dowell, Aunty Turner, Thomas Bassett and Doctor William McDowell,

Since 1880, the membership of the church has nrore than doubled itself, which speaks volumes in behalf of its zealous membership. The Sabbath School, likewise, is more than double with an enrollment of four hundred and eighty, and with an average attendance of three hundred and fifty. The Epworth League, for the past five years, has been in a very flourshing condition The Charter of the Epworth League of Bigelow Church is among the very first.

During the pastorate of B. L. McElroy, the interior of the church was entirely remodeled at an expense of $17,000.00. It is so arranged that the Sabbath School room can be thrown into the Auditorium which gives a seating capacity of twelve hundred.

The First Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth, Ohio, was organized by the Rev. Stephen Lindsley, May 24, 1817. At that time the town' had fifty dwellings, and from 250 to 300 people. Rev. William Williamson, Rev. James Gilliland, Rev. Oaks, and others, had preached in the town prior to this time. The Church was organized in the old Court House on Market street, with fourteen members, whose names were Josiah Morton. Mrs. Nancy Morton, David Mitchell, William Russell, Ruth Russeli, John Galloway and wife, Moses Baird, Elizabeth Emory, James Logan, Mary Williams, James Abbott, and Nancy Lindsley.

Josiah Morton, David Mitchell and William Russell were elected elders. The elders were ordained by Rey. Lindsley July 13, 1817, at which time John Lawson, who had been an elder in Mount Bethel Congregation, Virginia, was, by an unanimous vote, chosen as an elder of this church.

The congregation worshiped in the old Court House, then standing in the center of Market Street, between Second and Front Streets, previous to the erection of a building for that purpose. :

A small frame "Meeting House," measuring 45 by 36 feet, was erected on Second Street, west of Market Street, in 1822, the cost of which was $1651.73. This was the first church of any kind in Portsmouth. In 1840, an addition of eighteen feet was built.

Rev. Frank Arnold commenced his ministry in this church, June 10, 1900. On April 10, 1826, the male members of the First Presbyterian Society were called to meet Monday, May 1, to elect five trustees. Pews were offered for sale at the same time. Subscribers could have the amount: credited in pew rent. Samuel Dole was Clerk at this time.

The present house of worship was erected on the south-west corner of Third and Court streets in 1851, during the pastorate of Rey. Marcus Hicks. The building is of brick, two-stories in height, and the dimensions are 100 feet by 56 feet. The original cost was $16,000. It was not finished upstairs until 1854. In 1864 a new cupola was placed on the building. In 1866 the Church was enlarged 16 feet to the west, and otherwise improved at a cost of $10,000.

On the first floor of the building are lecture room, (also used by the Sunday School), class rooms, ladies' parlor, pastor's study, and on the second floor is the main audience room. The audience room will seat 700, and the lecture room alone 300, and with the class rooms thrown in 500.

Inthrior Of All, Saints Church

Monday, In 1822, Rev, Hzra B. Kellog had charge of this Parish and of Ohillicothe, and held services every three or four weeks. The church had no revular services until June 19, 1881, when Rev. Henry Caswell became the first settled Rector, He remained until 1838, in May. He afterwards obtained the degree of Doctor in Divinity and Vicar of Iitzaldean and Prebendary of Salisbury, Wowland, He left his charge there to visit the United States, and died in Mranklin Pa,, December 17, 1870, During his rectorship the congregation held services at the rooms oyer the Commercial Bank on Second street, the former residence of M, B, Gilbert. In 1881, there were twenty communicants, ol whom four were additions that year, The ladies of the Church organized i sewing society that year, Rev. Dexter Potter succeeded the Rev. Henry Gaswell, In that summer a church was erected 47x87 feet. It stood where the Chapel now stands, It was dedicated November 28, 18388, by Bishop Chase. Rev, Potter remained only six months, and the rectorship was vacant until September, 1884, when the Rey, J. Ef. Maton took charge and remained seven or olgbht months, In November, 1885, the Rev, Abraham Sanford became Rec- (or and remained about two years. His last report gave 81 as the number of communicants, On November 9, 1888, Rey, Hrastus Burr became Rector and romained until November 9, 1878, a period of thirty-five years. Doctor Burr's Reetorship was the beginning of the Historical period in All Saints Chureh and ot ite tite and progress, The Chureh was not incorporated under the State law until Mareh 14, 1889, when a special act for that purpose passed (he Legislature, In the building of the Church in 1888, Thomas ©, Lewis and Charles ©, racy were vestrymen, James Lodwick, Mnos Gunn and Washington Kinney were a committee to contract for the building. Thomas C, Lewis, Havillah Gunn and Wilson Gates were a committee to procure subseriptions, Hugh Cook, HM. Gunn, Allen Farquhar, William Hall; Zina Gunn, Aaron Kinney and Peter Kinney were other members of the vestry present. In 1860, the present Church was erected. The building committee for the new ediflee was appointed by the Vestry, viz., Washington Kinney, James Lodwick wnd Samuel 8 Muller, There were 157 contributors to the Building

Fund. A Diocesan Convention was held in 1869 at which three Clergymen were ordained to the Priesthood and five Clergymen were ordained as Deacons. In September, 1859, Doctor Burr attended the General Convention of the Church in Richmond, Va. On November 9, 1859, he preached his twentyfirst anniversary sermon. On November 9, 1863, he preached his twentyfifth anniversary sermon. In 1870, the wardens and vestry were, Charles P. Tracy, senior warden; James F. Towell, junior warden; L. C. Damarin, A. McFarland, P. S. Iams, Robert Baker, William P. Martin, P. C. Gunn, W. B. Dennis, Martin B. Gilbert, vestrymen.

In 1871, Robert Baker was senior warden, P. C. Gunn, junior warden. L. C. Damarin, J. F. Towell, C. P. Tracy, P. S. Iams, W. B. Dennis, William P. Martin, M. B. Gilbert and A. McFarland, vestrymen. In 1872, Robert Baker was senior warden, and O. A.:Lodwick, junior warden. The vestrymen are the same as 1871, but W. P. Martin dropped out and Peter Kinney came in. In 1873, J. F. Towell became senior warden and Robert Baker, junior warden. The vestrymen were L. C. Damarin. M. B. Gilbert, C. P. Tracy, .William Moore. B. F. Cunningham, M. S. Pixley, W. A. Connolley, W. Foote Hall. In 1871, Rev. Horace W. Jones had become Assistant Rector and he resigned as such Easter Monday 1873. Doctor Burr at the same time, resigned as Rector. August 17 and 24, 1873, Rev. Isaac Newton Stanger conducted the services at All Saints Church, and on August 25, 1873, he was called as Rector.

On Easter Monday, 1874, J. F. Towell, was elected senior warden and Robert Baker, junior warden. L. C. Damarin, M. B. Gilbert, B. F. Cunningham, Col. Peter Kinney, William Moore, W. Foote Hall, William M. Bolles and P. S. Iams were vestrymen. Col. P. Kinney, J. F. Towell and George A. Waller were delegates to the Diocesan Convention. In 1875, Samuel Reed and B. F. Richardson came into the vestry in place of W. Foote Hall and B. F. Cunningham. On April 12, 1876, Mrs. Col. P. Kinney presented the Marble Baptismal Font now in the Church, and on the following Sunday it was used in the baptism of her grandson, Kinney Funk. On April 19, 1876, the same wardens were elected as in 1874, and S. C. Morrow took the place of Samuel Reed, as vestryman.

On November 30, 1876, Rev. I. N. Stanger preached his farewell sermon. He had been called to the Christ. Church at Cincinnati. April 1877, the wardens were J. F. Towell, senior warden and Robert Baker, junior warden. The vestrymen were, S. C. Morrow, B. F. Richardson, M. B. Gilbert, L. C, Damarin, William Moore, William H. Barnell, N. W. Evans, and P. S. Iams. On July 8, 1877, Rev. Henry L. Badger conducted the services at All Saints Church for the first time. On May 30, 1877, John Yoakley who had been organist and chorister at All Saints Church for 33 years, resigned. In 1878, the wardens were, J. F. Towell, senior, Robert Baker, junior, and the vestrymen were, L. C. Damarin, M. B. Gilbert, B. F. Richardson, P. S. Iams, /N. W. Evans, S. C. Morrow and R. S. Spry. In 1879, the vestry was the same except that R. S. Spry and H. A. Towne took the place of N. W. Evans and 5S. C. Morrow. The following vestry were elected on Easter Monday 1885, J. F. Towell. senior warden; Robert Baker, junior warden; M. B. Gilbert, P. S. Iams, Henry Vincent, Dr. M. S. Pixley, F. B. Kehoe, E. J. Corson, N. W. Evans, Wellington Kinney. On April 18, 1887, the vestry elected was M. B. . Gilbert, senior warden: Robert Baker, junior warden. Vestrymen were, Henry Vincent, N: W. Evans, F. B. Kehoe, W. R. Kinney, E. J. Corson, Dr. Pixley, and F. B. Corson. On November 13, 1883, was celebrated the 50th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Burr's pastorate in Portsmouth. The , celebration was in the Chapel. The Knights Templar were present in a body, and Samuel Johnson made an address on their behalf. May 13, 1893, Rev. Henry L. Badger resigned as Rector to take effect August 3, 18938. He expected to go to Washington State.-On January 15, 1893, the interior of the Church was destroyed by fire. July 5, 1893. it was rebuilt, re-furnished with new interior, carpet, pews and organ. December 23, 1893, the Rev. Dallas Tucker became the Rector of All Saints Church. February 4, 1894,.a bronze tablet to the memory of Dr. Burr and wife was placed in the All Saints Church. The Rev. Dallas Tucker resigned as Be ee of All Saints Church to locate in Virginia.

May 12, 1897, Rev. Joseph D. Hotron was called from New Castle, Penn., and he has remained the Rector of the Church since. May 2, 1898, the vested choir was introduced into the Church. September 21,° 1898). the publication of the "Church Echoes" was begun May 17, 1899, the Diocesan Convention of the Southern Diocese of Ohio was held in All Saints Church.

The German Evangelical Church (Deutsche Vereinigte Evangelische Kirche) was organized in the year, 1888. Until 1851, there were two small congregations (Pastors Keberlen and Mayer,) which met for worship in the old "Seminary," corner Fifth and Court, and in a hall on Market street between Second and Third streets. The two congregations were united in 1851 under Reverend Dr. Fisher of Chicago, and in 1858, a church was built on the south side of Fifth street between Washington and Chillicothe streets at a cost of $3,500.00. This building (now used by the Sunday School) is a plain brick structure with a seating capacity of about three hundred. The first church council (Kirchenrath) consisted of Messrs. Doerr, Kugelmann, Lust, Layher, Lang, Metzger, Nagel and Wilhelm. In 1887, the new church building was erected at a cost of $23,000.00, a handsome brick edifice with a seating capacity of about seven hundred. In 1891, the parsonage was built (on Fifth street next east of the church) at a cost of $3,700.00. The church organ is an excellent two manual instrument built by the Stein Co. The present choir consists of ten female and eight male voices. Mrs. George Kah is organist and director. The present vestry consists of Messrs. H. Graf, A. Kuschke, L. Knost, J. Stueber, H. Scott, H. Uhl, Jr., and C. Windel. The Sunday School numbers one hundred and fifty pupils, nineteen teachers and officers. Superintendent Rev. A. Mallick. The list of Pastors, who have served in this church are: Keberlen and Mayer, 1838-51; Dr. Fisher, 1851-52; G. Weihle, 1852- 56;; L. Alberti, 1856-59; H. Veith, 1859-66; J. C. Fleischhacker, 1866-69; B. T. W. Sickel, 1869-71; K. J. Zimmermann, 1871-75; P. Von Scheliha, 1875-81; C. Haas, 1881-83; F. Rahn, 1883-85; F. Baltzer, 1885-89; J. Dieterle, 1889-93; Adolph Mallick, 1893 to the present.

In 1839, the Revs. William Nast, D. D. and John Schwahlen, German Methodist preachers at Cincinnati, Ohio, visited the Germans at Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1844 Rev. Peter Schmucker visited the city and preached to the Germans at the residence of Stephen Brodbeck on the evening of the day of his arrival. On the next evening he preached again at the residence of Daniel Emrich. The class which was formed at this time was placed in charge of Rev. John Hoppen; regular services were held at the school house on Fourth street. The first quarterly meeting was held in the year 1844 to 1845 (Church year, September to September.) The first quarterly conference was held at the residence of Daniel Emrich and was attended by official members from West Union, Piketon and Beaver, these places being appointments of the circuit, to which Portsmouth had been added. The records of this conference were lost. At this time, twelve persons joined the church, "on probation."" Among these were: Vincent Brodbeck, Stephen Brodbeck, and Daniel Emrich. Pavl Brodbeck joined by letter from one of the English churches. In the fall of 1847 Rev. C. H. Doring was Presiding Elder and Rey. John Geyer was placed in charge of the congregation. The circuit then comprised the following appointments: Portsmouth, Piketon, Waverly, Beaver. West Union, Ohio and Maysville, Kentucky. On May 2, 1846, the quarterly conference resolved to build a church. A building lot was secured on the south side of Fourth street, west of Market. The trustees were: Vincent Brodbeck. Daniel Emrich, Stephen Brodbeck, Conrad Koch and David Ilch. The building committee was: Rev. J. H. Bahrenburg, Daniel Emrich and Vincent Brodbeck The building was 30x40 feet and two stories in height. The first floor was used for residence for the pastor and the Sunday school - rooms. This building is yet standing and is used as a residence. This Church was dedicated on the first Sunday in April 1848, by Bishop Hamline and Rey. William Nast, D. D. The cost of the building was about $1,200.00 exclusive of labor and material furnished by members of the church, of which no record was preserved. A lot at the southwest corner of Fourth and Washington streets 838x107 feet was purchased in 1860. The foundation of the new church on this lot was laid in 1866 and the new church building was finished in 1867. This church costing $31,200 with the lot ($1,700.00 for the lot) was dedicated July 18, 1869. The building is 71x51 feet. It has a large steeple with a belfry, containing two bells. It is a two-story brick building and has a seating capacity of about 400, though 500 can be seated comfortably. The pipe organ cost about $2,000.00 and was built by Telemacher and Son of Erie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Albert Marting is chorister. A mixed choir of eighteen voices leads the singing. The officers of the church are: Presiding Elder, Rev. John H. Horst; Pastor, Rev. Ernest Werner; Trustees, F. L. Marting, J. M. Wendelken, Louis Blomeyer, John Gabler, Vincent P. Brodbeck, F. C. Herms, John P. Rau, Christ Zinnecker and Louis Clausing; Stewards, Albert F. Marting, Harry Kiefer, John W. Reissinger, J. Wesley Johns, Carn Boehnker, Louis Blomeyer and Ernest Lammers; class leader, Martin Reissinger; organist, Miss Edna Marting. In the Sunday School there are 115 scholars enrolled, 12 teachers, 7 officers, F. L. Marting is Superintendent. Names of pastors and years of service are the following: Rev. John Hopper, 1844; Rev. John Geyer, 1845-46; Rev. Fred Schimmelpfennig. assistant; Rey. J. H. Bahrenburg, 1846-48; Rev. John Bier, 1848-49; Valentine Baldauf, assistant; Rev. Henry Koch, 1849-1850; Rev. Louis Heiss, assistant; Rev. Karl Schelfer, 1850-51; Rev. Conrad Bier, assistant; Rev. George Danker, 1851-52; Rev. C. F. Heitmeyer, 1852-53; Rev. Christian Vogel, 1853-54; Rev. George Weidmann, 1854-55; Rev. William Kaetter, 1855-57; Rev. C. G. Tritsche, senior, 1857-59; Rev. HE. F. Wunderlich, 1859-1860; Rev. X. Wittenbach, 1860-62; Rev. William Dressler, 1862-64; Rev. John Pfetzing, 1864-66; Rev. J. C. Weidmann, 1866-69; Rey. C. G. Tritsche, senior, 1869-70; Rev. Henry G. Lich, 1870- 72; Rev. John Schneider, 1872-74; Rev. Gottlob Nachtrieh, 1874-77; Rev. E. J. Wunderlich, 1877-80; Rev. Herman Grentzenberg, 1880-82; Rev. Gottlob Trefz, 1882-83; Rev. Franz L. Nagler, 1883-85; Rev. John H. Horst, 1885-86; Rev. William Riechenmyer, 1886-88: Rev. Carl Bozenhard, 1888-92; Rev. W. A. Schraff, 1892-97; Rev. C. B. Koch, 1897-1901: Rev. E. W. Werner, 1901, present pastor.

Catholicity in Scioto County covers a period of nearly a hundred years. The first mass was celebrated in Portsmouth by Rev. Stephen Baden, the first priest ordained in the United States, who visited Portsmouth while on his way from Baltimore to Covington, in 1812. Rev. Baden was ordained on May 25, 1793, by Bishop Carroll of Baltimore, the first Bishop in the United States, a brother of Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. From 1812 to 1842 mass was celebrated at various times and places in Portsmouth. Father Baden's last visit to Portsmouth was in 1835. A ten days mission was held here by Rev. T. R. Butler early in 1842.

The ick organized Catholic Church was in 1842. It was organized by Rey. Father G. O'Mealy and was composed of English and German speaking Catholics. Mass was celebrated in the humble apartments of some one of the congregation or in public halls until 1844, when Father O'Mealy purchased grounds on Third and Madison streets and built a church and rectory thereon. The new church was dedicated on Christmas day 1844. Prominent Catholics of this day were: Messrs. Saulsberry, Grimes, Toker, Sherer, Kehoe, Mires, Hubbard, Kricker, Zimmerman, Damarin, Bannon, Mrs. Damarin, Miss Tobin and Miss Damarin. Rev. E. Thienpont succeeded Rev. O'Mealy in November 1845. Rev. R. Gilmour succeeded Rey. Thienpont in 1852. During the pastorate of Father Gilmour the congregation demanded that provision be made for separate churches, one for the English and one for the German speaking congregation, and accordingly the separation was made and Father Gilmour took charge of the English speaking congregation, Rev. F. Karge of the German or St. Mary's Church.

Rey. Father Gilmour purchased grounds on Sixth Street of Mr. Finley at a cost of $900 and here the Church of the Holy Redeemer was built in 1853. While this Church was building, mass was celebrated in the old Presbyterian Church on Second street. Rev. James Donahue who succeeded Father Gilmour in 1856, built the rectory and started the school. Rev. Michael Ahern, who succeeded Father Donahue in 1866, put.the school under the supervision of the Sisters of Charity of Cedar Grove. Rev. John Curley succeeded Father Ahern in August, 1867, but remained only a few months and was succeeded by Rev. O. A. Walker, who purchased the ground where the present school building stands, and introduced the Dominican Sisters as instructors. Rey. Father Goldschmidt succeeded to the pastorate in October 1873 and during his pastorate the Dominican Sisters were recalled and the Sisters of St. Francis of Joliet, Illinois, were engaged. Rev. D. B. Cull, the next pastor, built the school on the land bought by Father Walker and secured the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky. Father Cull was succeeded in July, 1878, by Rev. Philip Steyle who purchased the cemetery and divided it into lots. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky, retired and Father Steyle secured the Sisters of St. Francis. In October, 1884, Rev. J. J. Slevin succeeded to the pastorate and remained here until September, 1886, when Rey. Joseph Schmitt succeeded to the pastorate which he held until January 15, 1899. The Church was remodeled and painted during his pastorate. In January, 1899, Rev. Father McGuirk was appointed rector of the Church of the Holy Redeemer by Rt. Rev. Bishop Watterson, D. D. He repaired and improved the church and rectory and paid about $3.000 of debts of long standing. Preparations for a new church building are being made and a large sum of money has already been collected, but the structure will not be commenced until the amount necessary to complete it is collected. The following are some of the societies of the Church of the Holy Redeemer: "The Altar and Rosary,' the 'Young Ladies' Sodality of the Immaculate Conception," the "Sacred Heart Sodality," the '"'Apostleship of Prayer' and the "Ancient Order of Hibernians." The "Gibson Literary and Social Club is organized from both parishes. "'The Young Men's Institute" is composed also of young men of both congregations.

The German Catholics under' the leadership of Rev. F. Karge in 1859, bought a lot on the corner of Fifth and Market streets for $2,520. In 1864, a fine school building was erected at a cost of $3,000, and the foundation of the church was commenced. The corner stone of the new church was laid by the Rt. Rey. Rosecrans, Bishop of Columbus, on May 9, 1869. The new church was completed at a cost of $50,000 and was dedicated July 31, 1870. Rev. A. Nonnen~ succeeded to the _ pastorate - April 25, 1871. The Church experienced great difficulties. The membership was emall, they had no rectory and were in debt to the amount of $28,367. In face of this they went to work and erected a parsonage in the fall of 1871, at a cost of $2,400 and the next year, they built an addition to the school - house at an additional cost of $1,100. In 1879, they purchased a large and beautiful pipe organ at a cost of $2.300, and two Gothic altars were placed in the church which cost $3,000. In 1887, the - debt had been reduced $6,000, but a new

In 1892, new heating apparatus was placed in the church at a cost of $2,515. In 1893, they purchased a house on the east side of the school building which was fitted up for a Sister's Convent, at a whole cost of $1,600. In 1895, at a cost

It has been almost impossible to obtain any data in regard to this Church, which could be presented to the readers of this work. The Rey. Charleston was the first minister of this organization at Portsmouth. At that time, the members had a small church on Fifth street, between Court and Market streets. Later the organziation had a brick church on the corner of Fourth and Market streets. Rev. Henry Adrisson was for a time pastor, followed by the Rey. Isaac Dillon. This brick church on Fifth street was completed in 1846. On the 20th of July, 1868, the present church on the north side of Seventh street, east of Chillicothe street, was bargained for and on the 19th of November, 1868, the deed for the same was executed and recorded. The purchase price was $3,500. Among the early trustees of the church on Seventh street were: John Cooper, Toles Moore and Granison Holman. Mr. John Q. Weayer has always been prominent and efficient in the church. Among. those who came from the brick church on Fifth street were: Wesley Benson, William Thomas, J. Q. Weaver, Mrs. Annie Kearns, Piety Wilson, Mrs. C. Williamson, Mrs. H. Cooper, Mrs. Weaver and others. The following have been the ministers of the church in the past 27 years: was organized in January, 1850. The founders were J. H. Waldon, D. D. Jones, John Lionbarger, George Hered. The first board of trustees were David D. Jones, A. R. Cassidy, Moses C. Wilson, George Hered and S. H. Worcester. Rey. J. H. Waldon became the church's first pastor in 1850, serving for one year. The following are the pastors with date of service.

The house in which the Church now worships was built in 1851, costing about $10,000. It has a seating capacity of 350 sittings. There were fourteen constituent members, all of whom are deceased. From this small beginning _the Church has greatly increased to a present membership of 375. The choir of 16 voices assisted by the pipe organ, all under the leadership of Mrs. A. J. White. The present officers are as follows, W. C. Stevenson, pastor, with the following persons who constitute the official board: George Wymer, Joseph Swander, C. C. Jones, Douglas Miller, Grant Doll, B. F. Richardson, Truss Lynn, Jr., U. G. Drake, Harry Morris, E. R. Peebles, Allan Cook, C. B. Richardson, W. C. Roof, Albert Snider, Frank Littlefield and Mrs. A. J. White.

is located on the northwest corner of Gay and Third streets. It is also known as the "Christian Church," and those familiar with the work of the Church often speak of it as "Dr. Davis' Church." The congregation was organized in 1853. John Fox and Isaac Willett were the first Elders. The succession of ministers in the church were as follows: Wm. Nelson served from 1871-74; Albert F. Erb from 1876-78; Daniel O. Thomas from 1878-81; Gilbert Ellis from 1883-85; William L. Neal from 1887-88; Thomas E. White from 1889-90; Richard

The first meeting house was built on Chillicothe street opposite Tracy Park in 1859. The house and lot cost $1,500. The Church had a precarious existence until John F. Davis moved to the city, took an interest in it and became a member. The building was then moved to Third and Gay streets in 1876 and was enlarged in 1878. It was rebuilt in 1895. The present structure cost about $22,000, and is made of brick with a seating capacity of 1,200 when all rooms are thrown together. There are forty-five voices in the choir under the direction of Prof. D. J. Winston. The present officers of the church are: Dr. J. F. Davis, Walter Bagby and George P. Taubman, Elders; L. G. Tatman, Albert Hales, W. W. Smith, E. G. Williams, George Davies, Charles Reinhard, A. D. McMurry, Wm. Cline, Orin Catlin, Deacons; A. D. McMurry, J. F. Davis, L. G. Tatman, Ezra Jeffords and Edward Bratt, Trustees. Some of the early members of the church were: John Fox and wife, Isaac Willett and wife, Moses Bratt and wife, A. Coriell, Moses Wilson, John McNeil, John M. Lynn and Mrs. Thomas Dugan. Three are living: Sarah Jane Barklow, Sarah Willett and A. Coriell. In the Sunday school there are eighteen officers, forty teachers and 850 pupils. The minister, George P. Taubman, is Superintendent. Moses McKoy was the first Evangelist to serve the congregation and he was followed by Benjamin Franklin and a Mr. Doyle. The first meeting place was on Fifth and Court streets. The following Evangelists have been with the Congregation all doing efficient work; Robert Moffitt, Robert Trimble, Alanson Wilcox, A. F. McLean, J. A. L. Romig, W. J. Wright, J. V. Updike, S. H. Bartlett, and S. M. Martin. During the last series of meetings under the leadership of S. M. Martin there were added to the church 289. The present membership is nearly 1,100. It has three Christian Endeavor Societies, one Woman's Missionary organization. Dr. John Frost Davis of this city is entitled to the credit for the success of the work.

Up till 1853, there was but one Methodist' Episcopal Chureh in Portsmouth, "Bigelow" and the church stood on Second street on the location of the Hibbs hardware store. There was a meeting of the members of Bigelow in 1853 and the names were called. Each person called responded as to whether they would go into the new church or remain in the old. The following elected to go into the new church; Samuel Briggs and wife, Benjamin Fryer, Richard Lloyd, Dudley Day, Simon Drouillard, Aholihab Bentley, Wm. Salter, Wm. Russell, C. C. Hyatt, Silas Cole, Rev. B. L. Jefferson, Jacob P. Noel, Mrs. Catharine Timmonds, Maria Timmonds, Mrs. Barbara Micklethwait, Mrs. Agate Lawson, George Yeamans and his wife, Mrs. Parmelia Montgomery, the Misses Hannah, Josephine and Elizabeth Montgomery, Mrs. Amanda Wilhelm, John H. J. Fryer and his wife, Jerome Valodin and wife, William Barber.

The new church was named Spencer Chapel in honor of Rev. Oliver M. Spencer, a presiding Elder of the Portsmouth District who donated the lot, on Seventh street on which the Church was built. The Church was built in. 1853, a frame building of a seating capacity of 450, and it cost $1,600. :

In 1865 the congregation became too large for the building and it was proposed to build a new church. Richard Lloyd and wife gave the lot on the northeast corner of Sixth and Chillicothe on which the new church was afterwards built. It was eighty-five feet front on Sixth Street by 107 feet deep on

Chillicothe street. At the meeting to consider the matter, the resolution to build was adopted and $2,100 subscribed. The Ladies of the Church did a great work in raising the money to build. The Corner Stone of the new church was laid on June 14, 1866 with Masonic ceremonies. C. C. Hyatt obtained the contract for the brick work and John W. Purdum for the carpenter work. The church was to cost $30,000. May 11, 1867, the Lecture Room was dedicated. The bell, placed in the tower, weighed 3,500 pounds.

The church itself was dedicated August 21, 1870. Subscriptions to the amount of $9,000 were made that day. The total cost of the church was about $47,000. The building and grounds are estimated at $40,000, organ at $1,700, furniture and fixtures $2,000.

The following persons have been Superintendents of the Sunday School: Wm. P. Russell, Wm. H. Watson, Uri Tracy, Alexander Calder, T. J. Pursell, W. W. Donaldson, J. W. March, Henry Amberg, M. H. Ball, Charles O. Tracy, Wm. H. Gibson, Wm. B. Anderson, the present Superintendent. The Sunday school has an enrollment of 400 and an attendance of 275. On December 15, 1896, the organ was burned and much damage done the church. Loss $4,000, 2 which $3,200 was covered by insurance. The membership of the church is 50.

was organized August 30, 1857. Messrs. Washington and Peter Kinney, members of the parish of All Saints', assumed the expense of building the new house of public worship, and upon its completion, gave it, free of all cost and debt to the wardens and vestry of Christ Church. The first rector was the Rev. Samuel D. Tompkins. Since the ministrations of Mr. Tompkins, the parish has had eleven rectors. The following are the list of clergymen who have officiated in Christ Church: Rev. Samuel D. Tompkins, from September 1858 to July 1861; Rev. William J, Clark from April 1862 to November 1864; Rev. Abner P. Brush, from January 1865 to September 1866; Rev. William Henry Watts, from December 1, 1866, to March 1870; Rev. James Taylor Franklin, April 11, 1870 to January 1, 1877; Rev. Francis K. Brooke, from August 25, 1877, to September 1880; Rey. Henry B. Ensworth, from December 11, 1880 to June 1881; Rev. William C. McGuire, from December 1881 to November 1886; Rev. William Price, from June 1887 to June 1888; Rev. J. O. Babin, from September 1888 to September 1889; Rev. William M. Mix, from October 1889 to April 1891; Rev Alfred R. Taylor, from October 26, 1891 to July 26, 1897; Rev. Tullius C. Tupper, D. D. from May 1898 to December 1898. At the organization of the vestry, Washington Kinney was senior warden and Peter Kinney was junior warden. In 1860, S. P. Nickells, Thomas S. Currie, J. L. Watkins, John P. Terry and P. C. Kinney were vestrymen. Of those who have served as vestrymen in addition to the list given above there were: Washington Kinney, Van Der Lyn Tracy, Peter Kinney, Joseph C. Gilbert, Thomas HE. Tynes, William Kinney, S. R. Ross, Robert S. Drake, P. C. Kinney, Henry Hall, David L. Moore, G. B. Bailey, Dr. A. B. Jones, Thomas D. Greene, George W. Sullivan. Samuel Reed, Edward W. Hope, Colonel S. E. Varner, N. W. Evans, Thomas §. Hall, E. H. Hall, Ira J. Secord, J. H. Johnson, Daniel F. Connell, George O, Newman, W. Q. Adams, A: L. Sanford, David K. Ball, Lodwick Ulrich, H. S. Grimes, Watkins Kearns, Levi D. York, Charles S. Messer, William Waller, Theodore F. Davidson, M. D., William Brent, William Parker, J, Leigh Watkins, Fred W. Tynes, L. C. Turley, S. P. Baird, C. C. Fulton, C. C. Glidden and Theodore K. Funk. Since. December, 1898, the church has been closed. It has had no rector and no services have been held. The church edifice was built by William Newman, and the chapel was built three years later. The church, as stated, was a present from Washington and Peter Kinney. The chapel cost $3, 444, 00.

_ The Hebrew congregation of Portsmouth, known by its Hebrew name, "K'bal Kodesh Bene Abraham" (K. K. B. A.) or its English equivalent "The Holy Congregation of the Children of Abraham," was founded presumably in the early part of the fifties. As the records pearing on this are no longer extant, it is impossible to ascertain the exact date. But as the Congregation was pavporaied in 1858, it may safely be conjectured that a religious body of

Jews must have been in existence a few years prior-to its incorporation. The tide of the Jewish immigration from. Germany to the United States became very strong during and immediately after the memorable year, 1848, the year of European Revolutions and very many of those Jewish settlers went westward, making the large cities like Cincinnati and Chicago, their principal places of residence, but settling also in smaller cities, like Dayton, Zanesville and Portsmouth.

The Jewish cemetery must have been purchased simultaneously with the organization of the Congregation, although the exact date of that purchase is not known. In this, the history of the Portsmouth Jewish community, simply resembles that of most of the Jewish Congregations of the land, when the purchase of a cemetery was the first sign of life on the part of the Congregation and the first mark of its activity. It is only after their cemetery was secured that the Jews attended to their other spiritual wants, and notably those of erecting a synagogue and securing the services of a Rabbi.

The incorporation of the Congregation took place November 1, 1858. The Board of Trustees at that time consisted of Louis Levi, Mayer Hichelstein, Ludwig Stern, Isaac Freiberg, Jacob Stern, Mayer Seeberger and Bernard Dreyfoos. Up to 1864, the Jewish citizens worshipped either in a private residence of one of the members, or in a hall rented for the purpose. In 1864, Thomas Dugan offered to sell his property on the corner of Washington and Third streets. After due deliberation the Congregation decided to buy the building in partnership with the Masons; the Congregation to have the first and second floors, the Masons the third floor. For this, the Congregation paid Dugan the sum of two thousand dollars. The tide of church reform which has swept away so many of the old Jewish religious customs during the latter half of the 19th Century, did not leave intact those of the Portsmouth community. From a strictly Orthodox Congregation, at its beginning, it gradually became more and more a follower of the reforms instituted and promulgated by the great reform leaders, Drs. Einborn of Baltimore, and Wise of Cincinnati. Yet, unlike most of the American Jewish congregations, this tongregation submitted to the iconoclastic influence of the Jewish reform movement without the least perceptible reluctance or struggle, regarding, as it did, all the changes and innovations as God-sent and conformable with the spirit of the age and environmeats.

The first minister ever formally engaged by the Congregation was Rabbi Wechsler, who served from 1863 to 1864. Following is the list of Rabbis, who have served the congregation ever since: - Rabbi Laser, 1864-1866; Rabbi Gabricher, 1866-1868; Rabbi Eppstein, 1848-1870; Rabbi Weil, 1870-1871; Rabbi Gerstman, 1871-1873; Rabbi Kaufman, 1873-1876; Rabbi Lasker, 1876-1877; Rabbi Stempel, 1877-1879; Rabbi Hichelstein, 1879-1886; Rabbi Pollak, 1886-1887; Rabbi Block, 1887-1888; Rabbi Schapiro, 1888-1901. The present incumbent of the Temple is Rabbi Max Raisin, an alumnus of the Hebrew Union College and the University of Cincinnati. The Jewish citizens of Portsmouth-have always done their utmost to live in peace and concord with their Christian fellow-citizens and have never refused their contributions towards other Congregations, when called upon. Their Christian friends always reciprocate these feelings of friendship. On the occasion of the dedication of the Jewish Temple, September, 1864, the choir of the Presbyterian Church very generously assisted at the services; and to this day, most of the members of the choir at the Temple are also members of the choir of the Bigelow M. E. Church.

The present officers of the Congregation are: President, I. Levi; Vice President, M. Lehman; Secretary, F. Haas; Treasurer, S. Schloss. Other bodies within the Congregation are: The Ladies' Temple Aid Society and the Jewish Kaffee Klatsch for the mutual social intercourse between the members of the Congregation.

was organized February, 1864, by Rev. B. Harper. It was built and dedicated in 1865, on Findlay and Tenth streets. The following are the names of the members that were in the organization: James Daverson and wife, Alse Hunt, John Discerson and wife, Jeff Worlds, Adison Haly, Mary and Rachel Cocks, Mary E. Sands and daughter, Fannie Senton, L. Charity and wife and two daughters, Martha Spotts, Martha Tolbert, Martha Discerson, John Don- son. Names of pastors and years of service are the following: Rey. B. Harper, 1864 to 1869; Rev. Zimmerman, 1869 to 1870; Rey. James Severed, six months; Rey. Merritt, nine months; Rev. W. P. Cradic, six months; Rev. Redmon, four years; Rev. J. M. Meek, six months; Rev. W. W. Devan, two years; Rey. R> Meardeth, three years; Rev. C. M. Bools, three years; Rey. Dordth, six months; Rev. Newson, two years; Rev. P. Gyson, six months; Rev. Cradic, three months; Rev. Cockran, three years; Rev. A. Haly, two years; Rev. C. W. Strifling, eighteen months; Rey. Orner, three months; present pastor, Rev. J. I. Murray. It is his fifth year and under his administration, the members have made an addition to the old church, 36x52, which cost about $1,500.00 when completed. The old building cost $2,000.00. There are twelve voices in the choir, three male voices and nine females. The chorister is Cora Carr. The present officers of the church are: Frank Washington, John Holiday, Ped Stanfield, George Taylor, James Fleming and Oliver Steel. There are nine teachers in the Sunday school, seventy-eight pupils. The superintendent is P. M. Stanfield. -United Brethren Church.

The organization consisted of sixteen members, viz: Philip Herder and wife, Fred Voelker and wife, George Voelker and wife, James Voelker and wife, George Herder and wife, Mrs. Catherine Brandau, Mrs. Catherine Gilsdorf, Mrs. Henry Hast, Mrs. John Gansley, Mrs. Christina Staiger, Mr. Lewis Voelker. ~

The first board of trustees were composed of the following members: Philip Herder, Fred Voelker, George Voelker, James Voelker, George Herder.

At one time the Church held services in what is now known as the Connolley Hall, later they built a small church on the corner of Seventh and Gay streets, where now stands the present church, which was remodeled some years ago at a cost of $4,000. The building and lot is now worth $10,000. The church had a struggle to exist, the old were dying, the younger people were drifting into other churches. This was discouraging to the workers and they realized that the, time had come for action and the adoption of the English language, so, in the year 1897 the change was made, being the first congregation in the denomination to make so radical a change.

October 15, 1897, the boundary committee of Scioto Conference made the following report, "That the German United Brethren church at Portsmouth, close of the conference Rev. J. E. Comer was assigned as Pastor. J. F. Menke was the first lay delegate to represent the church in an annual conference. George J. Schmidt and Philip M. Streich have represented the church in the conference of 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901.

The first English service was conducted by the present pastor, October 24, 1897. The membership at that time was seventy-five (75), the Sunday school attendance was thirty-seven (37). Since that time the success of the church has been remarkable. The present membership is two hundred and seventyeight (278,) an average increase of forty per year. The Sunday School has an enrollment of three hundred and eighty (880) with an average attendance of two hundred and twenty-five (225). The church is well organized with a strong board of trustees composed of the following: George Brandau, President; J. F. Menke, Secretary and Treasurer; George Schmidt, John Moeller, Lewis Voelker, Philip M. Streich, John Norman.

George J. Schmidt is Sunday School Superintendent with a band of faithful officers and teachers; Miss Maud Rockwell, Secretary; Philip M. Streich, Treasurer; Fred Reinhardt, Librarian. Teachers, Mesdames John Prior, William Reed, W. S. Haney and P. M. Streich, Misses Kate Menke, Cora Frowein,

Miss Katie Menke is the organist and the choir is composed of the following: Mamie Emrich, Anna Smith, Bertie Staiger, Mattie Kanouse, Edna Streich, Eliza Hanes, Eva Smith, Deana Herder, Henry Knost, Fred Reinhardt, Stephen Holman.

The different societies are working with a new church in view as the present building is too small for the growing congregation. The church raised last year for all purposes $2,000.00.

The financial part of the church is looked after by George J. Schmidt as General Steward, J. F. Menke, Secretary; Lewis Voelker, Church Treasurer; John Moeller, Philip Bobst, Conrad Hast, Emanuel Oakes, D. V. Coriell as Church Stewards.

of Portsmouth, Ohio, was organized on the 29th of October, 1866. It was originally a branch of the German Evangelical Church. Under the services of the Rey. H. Veith it was organized at the above mentioned date as a Presbyterian church by the Presbytery of Hocking. But few of the charter members have survived. Some of its founders are Chris Hehl, Adam Burkel, J. P. Wilhelm, Valentine Burkel, Adam Reeg, Jacob Hey, Phil Reeg, Conrad Gerlach, John Doerr, Frederick Hoesch, Mrs. W. Bihlman, William Leichner, Mrs. M. Laubley. The first Board of Elders consisted of the following persons: Rev. H. Veith, Chairman, Valentine Burkel, Phil Reeg and J. P. Wilhelm. The names of the pastors and years of service are the following: Rev. H. Veith, 1866 to 1870; Rev. John Heckmann, 1870 to 1873; Rev. Elias Benzing, 1874 to 1885; Rev. F. W. Schwabe, 1885 to 1887; Rev. H. C. Guthe, 1887 to 1890; Rev. E. A. Ehlfeld, 1890 to 1893; Rev. A. Toensmeier, 1893 to 1901; Rey. H. De Beer, 1901 to present time. Until 1869, the congregation worshiped in the old Connolley Hall, on Fifth street, near Chillicothe. In 1869 the present building was erected on the corner of Seventh and Chillicothe streets at a cost of about $10,000.00 Its seating capacity is about 500. The structure is a large brick. The steeple of which has never been completed. The congregation was organized with ninety-eight members, and although it has passed through some very trying periods, it has been steadily advancing, and has a membership of 250. The pipe organ cost about $800.00. The choir numbers four male voices, four female voices and one violinist. Miss Grace Andres is the organist. The original German Sunday school was disbanded some two years ago, and an English Sunday school has been organized, which has today an enrollment of 157, with four officers and seventeen teachers. The present superintendent is Bernhard Heid; the secretary is Walter Kress and the treasurer, Ed. Buchert. The Sunday school is in a most promising condition, with a constant growth. The present officers of the church are: Rev. H. De Beer, pastor; Elders, Rev. John Heid, Adam Young, Chris Hehl, John Grohmann and Henry Kress; Deacons, John Brandel, Jr., John Linck and Charles J. Schmid; Trustees, John Brandel, Jr., President of the Board of Trustees, Edward Buchert, Secretary, William Pressler, Treasurer, Charles J. Schmid, George Hoesch, Valentine Roth, Leon Stegman, Bern- © hard Heid. The church is in a very prosperous condition and every branch of the congregation shows marked signs of activity. Some $1,500.00 was spent in the summer of 1902 in remodeling and renovating the church. The morning service on Sundays is conducted in German and the Sunday evening service and other services of the congregation are conducted in English.

originated with the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Dr. E. P. Pratt and his congregation. The idea had been entertained by them for some years before, that Presbyterians should locate a church in this territory, which at that time was well to the northeast of the more populous part of the city, and about a mile from the First Church. This desire found expression in the year 1870 by a memorial thank offering of $5,000.00 from the First Church for the consummation of the union of the two branches of the Presbyterian church which was used for the purchase of the lot where the church now stands

It was built under the management of the following building committee from the First Church: J. L. Hibbs, J. H. Rhoades, W. K. Thompson; and a finance committee consisting of E. B. Green, A. B. Voorheis and others. It was dedicated on the 24th day of January, 1875, free of debt, a generous gift of the mother church to the hundred and seventy-two charter members who chose to transfer their membership from the old to the new church and enter this new field of Christian work. The first minister was Rev. H. A. Ketcham, D. D., who had been the Associate Pastor of the First Church, and served the Second Church for ten years from its organization. The division to create the Second church was entirely harmonious, and purely voluntary as to these who elected to go or remain with the First Church.

The dedication sermon was preached by Rev. H. A. Ketcham, D. D., from Psalms, 96-6, ""Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His Sanctuary." On the 9th of February following, the Second Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth, Ohio, was organized by the Presbytery of Portsmouth.

The first session was composed of the following persons: Joseph Riggs, George W. Weyer, M. D., J. P. Bing, M. D., O. D. McCall, P. J. Kline, M. D., and Dr. C. P. Dennis; and the following were the first board of Trustees: I. R. Lane, O. C. McCall, R. P. Rifenberick, Irving Drew, and J. H. Brown. On April 3, 1876, the first board of Deacons was elected as follows: T. M. Patterson, Irving Drew, J. R. Boal, W. S. Green. The first superintendent of the Sabbath school was G. W. Weyer, M. D., who continued his services for several years.

The original church structure was built in the form of a cross and will seat about five hundred people. In 1894 a two story addition, costing about $5,000.00, was built, with a primary room and several class rooms on the first floor for Sabbath School purposes, and a prayer meeting room on the second floor with seating capacity of two hundred.

The original structure was partially destroyed by fire June 9th, 1895. It was practically covered by insurance, and was at once rebuilt and re-dedicated December 1, 1895, Dr. D. S. Tappan of the First Church preaching the re-dedication sermon.

.The present membership of the church is five hundred and thirty-four. The present Board of Elders are A. G. Sellards, M. D., Irving Drew, C. H. Towse, W. W. Gates, Jr., W. H. Smith, John E. Williams, H. W. Heer and Lewis Lowery. The Board of Deacons consists of W. G. Williams, C. W. Carson, Alonzo Williams, A. Littlejohn, W. H. Dressler and J. Rinner. The Board of Trustees is composed of John Peebles, John Richardson,, J. M. Wall, Philip Bauer', O. W. Blood, G. H. Heinisch, Henry Revare, W. S. Kennedy and _H. T. Wilson. ;

The Sabbath school now has a membership of three hundred and ninetytwo pupils, thirty-nine teachers and eight officers; W. W. Gates, Jr., Superintendent.

After a lapse of twenty-seven years there are of the hundred and seventy-two charter members now on the active roll but twenty-four. Many have died, some changed their residences, and others their church relations, and but two of the officers composing the first boards are still connected with the was organized in 1892 under the auspices of Bigelow M. HE. church. The church building is on the northwest corner of Eleventh and Clay streets. The original trustees were T. J. Buck, J. H. Farmer, G. D. Wait, R. A. Cross, J. A. Maxwell and Milton Monroe. The succession of ministers is as follows:

The church was built in 1892 at a cost of $2,500. It was enlarged in 1901 at a cost of $3,750. The seating capacity is 650. The main room is 65x30 north room 30x20, south room 15x20. The choir consists of 12 voices. T. J. Buck is the chorister. There are 13 Stewards and eight Trustees. It started with 37 members. The Sunday School has 15 teachers, 8 officers and 340 pupils. John Bridwell is the Superintendent. In the nine years it has grown from 37 to 400 members. It is well situated to minister to the spiritual wants of a large population.

The establishment of Park Hospital grew out of a desire on the part of a number of the Physicians in this community, for better facilities for caring for the sick and injured than were provided for at the building used by the city for such purposes. It is a private institution owned and managed by Doctors S&S. S. Halderman and J. S. Rardin. Dr..H. G. Halderman is connected with the institution as House Physician. It is conveniently located at number 44 Hast

Park Hospital

_ Ninth street, facing Tracy Park on the south. The building is large and commodious and equipped with modern furnishings throughout and has capacity for twenty patients. The first patient was admitted on May 12, 1902, since which it has received the patronage of quite a number of very sick and injured people.

On February 4, 1870, the city of Portsmouth purchased of Thomas Dugan about 3 1-2 acres of ground just north of the Captain Samuel J. Huston property on the west of the Chillicothe Pike. The land was lots 1 and 5 of a subdivision of 65 acres in Fractional Sections 7 and 8 in Township 1 Range 21. The division of the 65 acres was made April 1, 1887. The purchase price was $5,000.00. There was on the property a two story brick house built by Anthony Miller, a butcher, in 1835. For a long time before the city bought it, it had the reputation of being haunted and no one would live in it. The city never improved the property any except to build a small frame house on the west side which has been used as a pest house for small pox patients. The purchase was recommended on July 21, 1870, by a committee of the City Council. The Council ordered the Board of Health to take charge of it. On February 4, 1870 the City Council appointed the First Board of City Hospital Commissioners. They were Wells A. Hutchins, Benj. F. Coates, Wm. K. Thompson and Thomas Dugan. On February 18, 1870, Wells A. Hutchins declined the appointment and Colonel O. F. Moore was appointed in his place. On June 19, 1874, the City Hospital was tendered for the use of the Children's Home and accepted. The ladies used it until November 8, 1875, when they moved to the Home provided by the County. On November 8, 1875, Ph. Zoellner and John N. Royse were appointed Hospital Commissioners. April 20, 1877, Frank F. Varner and James Evans were appointed on the Board. April 19, 1878, Dr. Lewis Schwab was appointed. The following are some of those appointed since: May 17, 1878, Dr. C. M. Finch; April 19, 1879, Samuel J. Huston, Junior; May 14, 1881, William Stokely; March 3, 1886, Noah J. Dever. On May 5, 1886, Council passed an ordinance to abolish the Board. On June 6, 1889, George Fisher was appointed a member of the Board. May 20, 1891, Thomas T. Yeager was appointed... On March 2, 1892, Dr. C. P. Dennis was appointed to take the place of J. C. McGinley, deceased. On May 1, 1897, George Fisher, F. B. Kehoe, and Dr. W. D. Tremper were appointed on the board. December 20, 1899, George E. Kricker . and George M. Osborne were appointed on the Board. The following is not a complete list of all who have held the office, but the names above are given so that the public may enquire of those living why a new, fine and modern City Hospital has not been erected. In respect to this feature of City public relief, Portsmouth has stood still.

The first Cemetery in Portsmouth was where the Burgess mill formerly stood. There the first inhabitants of the village of Portsmouth were buried. This plat of ground was deeded by Henry Massie to the President of the Common Council of Portsmouth, October 1, 1819, for a consideration of $100.00 and is found recorded in Volume E page 207 of the Record of Deeds of Scioto County, Ohio. There seemed to be some question as to whether the deed was made in trust for the purpose of burying in the town of Portsmouth. The quantity of ground conveyed was 2 194-1000 acres. In 1829, there was some question as to the title and Mr. Massie made the town a second deed recorded in Volume F, page 457, June 8, 1829, which was to discharge the ground of the trust. This burial spot was enclosed in 1829. The word "Cemetery" was not used until April 11, 1853. Before that time the burial spot was designated as the graveyard. From 1821 to 1824, this old burial ground filled up rapidly. These were the sickly years in Portsmouth. On February 9, 1820, there was appointed a committee of the Common Council to contract with some one to enclose the burial ground. The inference would be that it had not been enclosed before. John R. Turner, William Lodwick and Jacob P. Noel were appointed. On May 29, 1822, fifty dollars was appropriated by the Common Council to fence the graveyard, and a committee was appointed to attend to it. On January 15, 1830, the Town Council ordered the old graveyard closed. Most of the bodies were removed to the new graveyard, though when the Burgess Steel and Iron Works dug pits for its machinery, it often dug out pieces of coffins and disinterred human bones. Sometimes pieces of coffins and human bones were washed out by the Scioto River, in flood seasons, when it caved the high bank just north of the Rolling Mill.

On May .12, 1826, agitation for a new cemetery began. John Noel and Ebenezer Corwine were appointed a committee to buy three to five acres for a new burying ground. This committee did nothing and on February 6, 1829, William Oldfield and Kennedy Lodwick were appointed a committee to buy a new burial ground and they were to report at the next meeting. On March 9, 1829, the town bought five acres of Nathaniel Whitmore for a graveyard. 'The price paid was $250. One-third in four months, one-third in eight months and one-third in one year. This was the beginning of Green- Jjawn. On January 15, 1830, John Noel was ordered to clear the five acres of timber and he and Dr. Hempstead were appointed to lay it eut in lots. The original five-acre tract is described as follows: Lying and being in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio and situate in Sections Fifteen and Sixteen of Township 1 and Range 21 of Langhorn's (Langham's) Survey, and on the west of the road leading from Portsmouth to Martin Funk's and bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a stake at the north-west corner of the lot from which a sugar tree bears south 80 degrees east 31 links, running thence east with the section line 43 poles to a stake at the road; thence by said road south 387 degrees 28 1-2 poles to a stake from which a black oak bears south 80 degrees east 15 links; thence west 26 poles to a stake in the west line; thence north with the west line 23 1-2 poles to the place of beginning, containing five acres more or less. It was signed March 4, 1829, acknowledged March 24, 1829 and recorded March 31, 1829, in the Record of Deeds Volume F. 1, pages 381 and 382.

The first burial in this Whitmore tract was Captain Josiah Shackford who died July 6, 1829, in his ninety-third year. His grave is marked and has never been changed. William Peebles, the eldest brother of the late John G. Peebles, was the second burial in the new Cemetery. He died at the house of Dr. G. S. B. Hempstead, his brother-in-law on Friday, July 24, 1829, aged thirty-two years, eight months and forty-eight days, His body was taken to the Peebles Hotel and his funeral occurred July 29, 1829. It was conducted by Rev. E. Brainerd, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. He was buried in lot number one of the new graveyard. He had assisted in laying out the lots and had selected and purchased this one. His was the second interment in the grave yard. Afterwards, when Mr. Peebles purchased the lot in Evergreen Cemetery, southwest of the Whitmore Purchase, the body of William Peebles was removed to the present Peebles lot. James Marcus Huston is said to have been the third. The next burials of which any record has been preserved were Mrs. Elizabeth Cross, October 20, 1829, and Elijah Glover, Senior, October 27, 1829. On the 20th of April, 1885 the Methodist Episcopal church bought 1 175-1000 acres of Nathaniel Whitmore and wife for a Cemetery. It is described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Corporation Burying Ground running west . twenty-six poles to a stake, thence eight poles south to a stake, thence twentyone poles east to a stake, thence running meandering with the Chillicothe road to the place of beginning.

The trustees to whom the deed was made were: John R. Turner, John McDowell, Moses Gregory, Jacob P. Noel, Cornelius C. Hyatt, Joseph 8S. Timmons, John Barber, Jacob Offnere, and Nathaniel W. Andrews. The consideration was $300.00. The deed is recorded in Volume H, page 361 of the Record of Deeds of Scioto County, Ohio. The following are some of the subscriptions to the purchase money: John McDowell, $10.00; Jacob P. Noel, $5.00; John R. Turner, $5.00; Nathaniel W. Andrews, $6.00; Lewis C. Barker, $3.00; John Barber, $1.00; George Carraway, $5.00; Jacob Clingman, $5.00; George W. Clingman, $2.00; Thomas McConnell, $3.00; John 'Jennings, $3.00; Azel Glover, $2.00; George Reeves, $5.00; Jacob Offnere, $5.00; William V. Peck, $1.00; Martin Crain, $2.00; John M. White, $2.00; J. V. Robinson, $4.00; J. B. Clingman, $2.00; Southey Copes, $6.50. This: Methodist Cemetery lies directly south of the purchase by the town of Nathaniel Whitmore, in 1829 and east of the Avenue opening into Lincoln street. Of the twenty subscribers above named, eleven are buried in that plat of ground. J. V. Robinson owned the property south of that, and on December 22, 1853, he made a plat of a part of it. It embraced eighteen lots together with the eight lots for the Robinson family. It lay immediately south of the purchase made by the Methodist Cemetery. The lots were numbered up to eighteen and lot R belonged to the Robinson family. It was fifty-three feet one inch by forty-three feet ten inches. Afterwards on December 1, 1856, Mr. Robinson made a second -purchase which is found in Volume 1, page 61. It embraced lots numbered from nineteen to thirty-nine laid off in regular squares. It lay immediately south of what he had previously dedicated for cemetery purposes. Afterwards on July 15, 1857, the unsold lots of Robinson Cemetery were deeded by Mr. Robinson to Thomas G. Lloyd, consideration, $300.00. The deed is found in Volume 1, page 545. It included all the unsold lots in the two Robinson plats. The tract east of the Robinson Cemeteries, now the Methodist Cemetery on Offnere street, was pur- chased by a Company known as the Evergreen Cemetery Company. Its deed cannot be found. Its purchase amounted to about 6 acres. John G. Peebles, 'Thomas G. Lloyd, B. B. Gaylord and others were in the organization. On October 4, 1872, the company sold out its holdings to the City of Portsmouth and the plat was incorporated into "Greenlawn." Mr. John G. Peebles donated $1,200.00 of holdings in Evergreen Cemetery to the City for the purposes of a fountain. On January 13, 1873, the City Council by resolution changed the name of Evergreen Cemetery to "Greenlawn.'' On December 18, 1868, the City of Portsmouth purchased of P. Kelley 8 acres of land north of the "Evergreen Cemetery" and east of the Whitmore tract for $5,000. It was originally a part of the Aaron Kinney place. On December 5, 1857, the first lodge was built in the cemetery.

The Cemetery of the Holy Redeemer Church is east of Offnere street and north of the Kelley purchase. It was deeded by Edward Mulligan and wife to the Right Rev. John Watterson, Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, on the 28th of August, 1886, and the record of the deed is found in Vol. 46 page 535 in Record of Deeds of Scioto County. The purchase was four and five-tenths acres. It was originally a part of the Colonel Peter Kinney place. The St. Mary's Church Cemetery lies north of "Greenlawn."' It purchased two tracts. The first tract was purchased of Peter Brodbeck, found recorded in Vol. 43, page 416, January 25, 1889, for consideration of $920.00, and embraced two acres. The second tract was purchased of the heirs of Stephen Brodbeck for a consideration of $1,380.00 January 11, 1889, and found recorded in Vol. 46, page 132, and embraced three acres. All of these cemeteries are now under the control of the city of Portsmouth and governed by a Board of three cemetery trustees, one of which is elected every municipal election. On September 20, 1882, the German Catholic Cemetery was opened. The Portsmouth Tribune of Septtember 5, 1860, gives the following statistics as to the City Cemetery. There were 670 tombstones on which the age was given, of which the males were 355 and females 315. The average of the males was 20 1-2 and of the females 20. The infants were: males 28, females 27. Under five years of age, 150 females and 144 males. Ages between 20 and 40 years, males 67 and females 51.

Memorial Days

The first observance of this custom in the city of Portsmouth, Ohio, was on the 29th day of May, 1869, when there was a public observance. General Peter Kinney, Captain A. C. Thompson and Colonel Henry E. Jones were the Marshals of the day. The first decoration of the soldiers' graves was done by the Ladies' Relief Circle May 30, 1869. In June, 1869, Colonel O. F. Moore was appointed to procure wooden markers for the graves of the soldiers in Greenlawn.

May 30, 1870, was observed. At nine o'clock in the morning the procession started from the Court House to the Cemetery. At Tracy Park, a Temporary Monument was erected to the Deceased Soldiers, and at 2 o'clock P. M. at the Court House General J. Warren Keifer, of Springfield, addressed the people, and a banquet was held at the Taylor House in the evening.

May 30, 1875, the procession started at 4 P. M. at Market street, with the Portsmouth Cadets, the German Light Infantry and the Kinney Guards. Col. Peter Kinney was in command in his Colonel uniform. The following girls were in two carriages appointed to do the decorating, Rhoda Nichols, Mary Lodwick, Mame Reed, Martha Dinsmore, Kate Hull, Mary Gibbs, Lizzie Moore, Anna Tracy, Lillie Yoakley, Nannie Musser, Mary Tewksbury, Jeanette Robinson, Ella Stewart and Louie Towell. The parade marched to the Cemetery, and after the girls had decorated the graves of the soldiers, and a few remarks by Colonel Kinney, they were dismissed.

On May 30, 1876, Col. H. E. Jones was Marshal of the Day. His staff was Captain William Wallace Reilly, R. P. Rifenberick, A..C. Thompson, H. W. Farnham followed by a Company of the National Guards. The Marshal of the First Division was Col. S. E. Varner. His assistants were James Skelton, Cc. S. Cadot and EB. E. Ewing. In the first division were the soldiers of the late war, in their old uniforms, then the ladies and decorating committees and city officers. The Marshal of the Second Division was Col. Wm. M. Bolles and his assistants were A. B, Cole, J. B. Warwick and J, W. Overturf. The Centennial

Brass Band was with the First Division, and it was followed 'by the Fire Department, Harmonic Society and German Societies. "The Third Division was commanded by Major C. F. Reiniger. His assistants were J. W. Ricker and N. W. Evans. The Third Division was mounted. The procession was the largest seen in the city and the best handled. They marched from Second to Chillicothe, thence to Ninth, thence to the Cemetery, and the line of march had been sprinkled the night before. Rev. I. M. Stanger delivered the address.

May 30, 1879, the soldier's monument in Tracy Park was dedicated. Col. John A. Turley was the General Marshal. Currier's Cornet Band from Cincinnati was present. There were seven divisions. The first was commanded by General Wells Jones. His assistants were John W. Overturf, William B. Williams, F. C. Gibbs, A. B. Alger, James Skelton, William H. Bonsall. Ex- Governor Cumback of Indiana delivered the address.

May 30, 1883, Gen. Wells S. Jones was the Grand Marshal. Col. W. J. Worthington delivered the address. Captain William Reilly conducted the exercises of the day. Miss Ollie Applegate recited.

May 30, 1884, there was a procession at 1:30 P. M. Col. John A. Turley was Grand Marshal, with John W. Overturf, C. S. Cadot and Creed Milstead as aides. The soldiers' circle was formally dedicated. Im decorating the graves the members of the Relief Circle continued until 1885, when they turned it over to the members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Thereafter the Relief Circle decorated only the graves of their own members.

To the patriotic ladies of Portsmouth is due the credit that the soldiers' graves in Greenlawn Cemetery have been marked with Government stones. Mrs. Laura E. Watkins, at the instance of the City, took up the matter. The first allowance in Greenlawn Cemetery was for thirty stones. After they had been furnished, one of the government officers connected with the furnishing of the stones called upon Mrs. Watkins and said that she was the only woman in the United States who had done this work.

The first recognition of "Memorial Day" by the State of Ohio, was April 8, 1884, when a law was passed, Section 3177, Revised Statutes, making May 30, a Bank Holiday for the payment of Commercial Paper. No other or further state recognition has, been made.

Congress did not act until August 1, 1888, when by a law of that date, the thirtieth of May, ''Decoration Day,'' was made a public holiday in the District of Columbia. 25 U. S. Statutes, 600.

One of the saddest sights on Memorial Day is to see the procession of old soldiers marching, in their feebleness, in processions, to the strains of martial music, which stirred their youthful hearts more than forty years ago. Much more than half of them have answered their last bugle call and their spirits are camping in the 'Elysian Fields." It is pitiful to see the survivors' attempts at marching, but when called on to honor the memory of their comrades who fell in battle, or died in service, they forget their years, the spirit of youth returns to them, and fires their souls.

But the saddest of all to an old soldier, in connection with the day, is to observe the generations born since the war, turn the day into one of sports and games. It is as much as to say to the old soldiers '""'We despise the memory of your war and shall turn your day into sport.'"' Pagan Rome might have games on funeral occasions, but Christian and civilized America cannot afford to follow that example. The people of this country are too great and too powerful to refuse to give one day to the memory of the dead. No son, or daughter, or descendant of a soldier of the Civil War should ever, on that day, engage in any sports or games or be found elsewhere than with those celebrating the day, engage in any sports or games or be found elsewhere than with those celebrating the day. If the day cannot, be observed as was intended, then the laws for its observance should be repealed.