Scioto County, Ohio - Chapter 7, 1903 (part 1 of 8)

Chapter 7

Relics qf Barbarism - A Black Friday - A Slave Coffle-The First Conveyance of Lots - Elections - Early Reminiscences - The Ohio River - The Bonanza Bar Bridges Across the Scioto at its Mouth Military Affairs -

Relics Of Barbarism

These were usually headed "Runaway Slaves,' and had a rough cut of a Negro, with a stick across his shoulder and a bundle at the end of the stick, in the act of running. The bloodhounds and the human dogs, who made a business of hunting the poor creatures, were not inserted in the picture. The following notices are all of the kind, thank God, which ever appeared in the Portsmouth newspapers.

Scioto being a border county, left the curse of slavery overshadowing it. The fugitive slaves were advertised in the Portsmouth papers. The first newspaper in Scioto County appeared on August 5, 1818.

The first notice of a runaway slave appeared in the Scioto Telegraph, of April 4, 1820. Thomas B. King advertised a runaway Negro from his place four miles above Portsmouth. The slave's name was Gabriel, and he was twenty-one years of age. A reward of $50 was offered.

On December 14, 1826, Joseph George and James Bailey advertised three negro men, Jack, Peter and Nelson, and gave a description of each. A reward of $300 was offered.

On January, 1828, John Aills, by John Halbert, offered $20 reward for two Negroes, one a woman, Hannah, aged twenty-five years, and her son; six years of age. "They were at the McCoy's Tavern, at Portsmouth, last evening'" states the advertisement?

December 22, 1832, H. Blake & Co. offered a reward of $50 for a negro man named Isaac, six feet four inches high, a light mulatto, thirty-five years

On November 18, 1836, $50 reward was offered by James Martin for a negro man named William Scott. The claimant was James Martin, of Saline County, Missouri. - On May 20, 1837, $100 reward was offered for a negro man, Jim, who was twenty-five years old, six feet high, and could read and write. The advertisement was signed John Todd. : ire

August 28, 1837, Anderson Woodford, a negro man twenty years of age, broke jail at Paris, Kentucky. Fifty dollars reward was offered for him by Shreve, Pault & Co.

January 16, 1852, John Wollman, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, offered $100 reward tor a negro man, Ben, thirty years of age, and five feet ten inches high ete.

The last three of these odious advertisements appeared January 2, 1855. One hundred dollars reward for George, the property of Mrs. Hannah Parker. He was twenty years of age and five feet seven inches high . The notice was signed by Moses McCoy, Greenup, Kentucky, whom, it appears, was a minister of the Christian Church, and a man of 'the highest character.

On January 21, 1820, all the colored people in Portsmouth were forcibly deported from the town. They were not only warned out, but they were driven out. They were forced to leave their homes and belongings.

Between one hundred and two hundred householders had signed a paper to the effect that they would not employ any black person who had not complied with the law.

The town' authorities had been worked up to the point of agreeing to enforce the savage and brutal "Black Laws" of Ohio. The law referred to had been passed January 19, 1804 (Chase, Volume 1, 393). It forbade any black or mulatto person to reside in the State unless they had a certificate from the Clerk of the Court that they were free. F

Any one was forbidden to hire or employ any black or mulatto person without such certificate, under penalty of $10 to $50, one-half of which went to the informer and other half to the Statte.

Under the law of January 25, 1807 (Chase, Volume 1, 556), no black or mulatto person was allowed to settle in the State without giving bond in $500 for good behavior and against becoming a township charge. If such bond was not given, it was the duty of the Overseer of the Poor, of the respective townships to drive them out. The harboring, employing or concealing of a Negro who had not given such a bond was $100 penalty, one-half to the informer and one half to the great State of Ohio. The same law forbade a Negro to be a witness against a white person.

Just think of it! There were over one hundred men in Portsmouth, in 1830, who determined to enforce these laws, and who did enforce them, and then attended the great Fourth of July celebration on July 4, 1831, listened to all the crimes imputed to poor, old, silly, crazy George III., and then thanked God they had never done anything as bad as that, when they had on the previous January 21, 1830, done much worse.

The editor does not know the names of the one hundred or two hundred householders in Portsmouth who signed that infamous paper, and hopes he may never know, and that the paper is destroyed. It was not published in the newspapers of that time.

In about 1834 this incident occurred on the public landing, in the town of Portsmouth. It was related by Col. William E. Gilmore, of Chillicothe, Ohio, then a boy, ten years of age, on a visit to Portsmouth:

He was on the river bank and a flatboat had just landed. His attention was arrested by loud and angry cursing, accompanied by blows. Boylike, he went near to the collection of people and saw three negro men, handcuffed and tied to a rope, one negro woman and four negro men tied to a rope, but not handcuffed, and five negro girls, from twelve to fifteen years of age, following and carrying large and heavy bundles on their heads. Three white men were in charge of the party. One of a respectable appearance carried a doublebarreled shotgun. The other two were the usual ruffians and white brutes who accompanied processions of this character. They each carried a. horse pistol and a black-snake whip. One of the white brutes, in human form, was cruelly beating one of the handcuffed negroes over the head with the butt end of his black-snake whip, accompanying each blow with an oath, This proceeded until the one decent appearing white man in charge stopped_it, saying, "That is enough this time, but if you catch him at it again, knock his\damned head in," and, turning to a negro who was alongside of the one beaten, but was not one of 'the coffle, said, "If I catch any of you free negroes talking to my gang I will put a load of buckshot into your black hides."

This scene occurred in the beautiful, intelligent, refined and cultured city of Portsmouth only sixty-seven years since. It was all done with the sanction of the law, the organic law of the land. It occurred with the passive consent of all the citizens, and without a protest or objection. Such a scene did not occur only once. It occurred frequently, and our forefathers tolerated it as one of the compromises of the Constitution until the institution was wiped out by the blood of their sons.

The First Conveyance Of Lots

1. The First recorded conveyance in the city of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, is that of Henry Massie, the orig-nal proprietor, to James Gilkenson. This deed reads, as did all the early deeds, "This indenture made between . Henry Massie, of Scioto County, Ohio, and James Gilkenson, of the same county." The consideration was one dollar, and conveyed Lot 79, where the Tracy Shoe House now stands. The deed was made October 27, 1806. There are no witnesses to it, and the acknowledgement was made before Alexander Curran, Recorder of Scioto County. Mr. Massie had entered the lots on which Portsmouth was founded on the 29th of March, 1801, but he had never obtained a patent for them until August 4, 1806, consequently, all his sales of lots in Portsmouth, prior to the issue of 'the patent, were by title bond; and it seems he did not begin to make deeds until the 27th of October, 1806. No doubt, he then visited Portsmouth for,that purpose and stopped at the hotel of John Brown, and a number of conveyances are acknowledged before John Brown, Justice of the Peace.

2. On the same date, October 27, 1806; Massie made a deed of indenture to Samuel Salladay. The consideration was left blank. There are no witnesses, and it was acknowledged before John Brown, Justice of the Peace.

8. On the same day he sold Outlot No. 9, near the corner of Sixth and Washington Streets, to John Gilkenson. The consideration was left blank. John Brown, Justice of the Peace, took the acknowledgement. No doubt, Gilkenson and Salladay had rendered Massie services in the laying out of the town, and the deeds were made to pay for services rendered.

4. On the same day, Massie deeded Inlot No. 272, on the south side of Second Street, east of the first alley above Scioto Street, to William Jones, the © first school teacher in Portsmouth. The consideration recited was one dollar; but in reality the deed was given for services in carrying the chain in surveying the lots, when Portsmouth was surveyed prior to April, 1803. There were no witnesses to this deed, and John Brown, Justice of the Peace, took the acknowledgement. :

5. On the same day, October 27, 1806, Massie conveyed Inlot No. 16 to Francis Adams, on Front Street, east of Market, where Rainey's blacksmith shop now is. Massie recites himself to be of Ross County, and the consideration is one dollar, ee dha ti nnd tac ee he conveyed to Henry Sheeley for one dollar inlot sae ea id : hi corner of Second and Massie streets: John Brown, Jus-

- On the same day he conveyed to John McConnell inlot No. 49, on the northeast corner of Court and Front streets, now the residence of B. PRS The consideration was one dollar. There were no witnesses, and John Brown was the Justice of the Peace who took the acknowledgement,

8. On October 28, 1806, Henry Massie, of Ross County, tor $35.00, conveyed inlot No. 34, where the Adams Express Company was so long located, now owned by the estate of Daniel McFarland, to Alexander Curran. Just aiter the recording of this deed is found the plat of Portsmouth, Ohio, made by Massie in 1807, in which he vacated all the inlots north of the tier, facing Second street on the north side.

9. On May 18, 1807, Henry Massie, of Ross County, conveyed inlot 17 to Josiah Shackford for $50.00. The lot is now occupied by the Portsmouth Shoe Company. No doubt he had contracted this lot to Shackford as early as 1803.

19. On May 9, 1807, Mass.e conveyed to Samuel Finley inlot No. 1, om the southeast corner of Front and Market streets, now occupied by the Mc- Dowell building. The consideration was $50.00; and John Hull, Justice of the Peace, of Ross County, took the acknowledgement.

The foregoing embrace the first ten conveyances made by Henry Massie in the City of Portsmouth of record in the Recorder's office of Scioto County.

On November 28, 1807, Henry Sheeley conveyed to William Huston inlot No. 20 on Third Street, now owned by the Spry family, and one walnut bureau. This was conditioned to hold Huston harmless on a certain bond, wherein Hugh Sloan was plaintiff and Henry Sheeley was defendant. The witnesses to this deed were Elizabeth Curran and Alexander Curran. John Brown, Justice of the Peace. took the acknowledgment.

All of the conveyances before recited cover whole lots, and all of the inlots conveyed were 821, feet front by 132 feet deep. The outlots were three acres.

Town And City Elections

On Monday, March 15, 1816, Thomas Waller, John R. Turner and William Lodwick were the new Councilmen elected. No record of this vote has been presered, and hereafter where no figures of the vote are given none were preserved.

On the proper day in March, 1818, no election was held, and afterward, on the 8th day of April, 1818, the six Councilmen holding over elected Nathan K. Clough, William Kendall and John Brown, Jr., Councilmen.

On March 12, 1821, the election was held at the Courthouse. William Kendall, Samuel Gunn and Nathan K. Clough were elected Councilmen, There is no record of any other meetings of Council until March 11, 1822. At this time three Councilmen were elected, as was required. There were no contests. William Lodwick had 44 votes, Daniel Corwine had 40 and James B. Prescott 22, and all were declared elected.

On the Sth of March, 1824, there was an election held at the Courthouse between 11 a. m. and 4+ p. m., and three Councilmen were elected. There seemed to be no opposition. Samuel Gunn had 13 votes, Wilson Gates had 13 and Jacob Clingman had 12, and all were declared elected.

On March 14, 1825, at the corporation election for Councilmen, Ebenezer Corwine received 37 votes, William Oldfield 22 and Samuel G. Jones 20, and all

In the spring of 1826, the electors of the city of Portsmouth were afflicted with that tired feeling which we read about in patent medicine advertisements, and there was no election. They forgot it, or did not care sufficiently about it to attend to it.

On March 12, 1827, at the charter election, Samuel Gunn had 41 votes, Col. John McDonald 27 and James Lodwick 23. This was the first appearance of

Mr. James Lodwick in municipal affairs. He held some municipal office from that time until his death. Col. John McDonald is the auther of '"McDonald's Sketches," and has a separate sketch herein, as has each of the other three.

On March 15, 1839, the corporation election was held by wards. N. W. Andrews was elected in the First Ward, James Lodwick and John R. Turner in the Second Ward, and John Musser in the Third Ward.

In 1849, at the city election, Edward Hamilton was re-elected Mayor, Lewis C. Parker was elected Marshal and J. V. Robinson Treasurer. The Councilmen elected were David Gharky, First Ward; Joseph Riggs, Second Ward; Moses Gregory, Third Ward.

On April 2, 1841, there was one Councilman to be elected in the First Ward, but there were two contestants. James Lodwick had 33 votes, and was elected; Thomas Lawson had 20 votes. In the Second Ward there were two Councilmen to be elected. Washington Kinney had 67 votes and Samuel J. Huston had 57 votes, and both were elected. In the Third Ward there was no election held.

On March 14, 1842, at the corporation election, Thomas Lawson had his ambition gratified. He was elected as Councilman from the First Ward without opposition. George Corwin was elected for one year from the Second Ward, and Octavius Hall for two years and Dudley Day for three years from the Third Ward.

On March 15, 1848, J. L. McVey was elected Councilman for one year, and Jobn L. Ward for three years from the First Ward. In the Second Ward Henry Buchanan was elected for one year, Peter Kinney for two years and Edward Hamilton tor three years. In the Third Ward Moses Gregory was eloured. His term was not specified, but the time should have been three years.

On March 15, 1844, was the time when the town disgraced itself by electing R. H. Tomlin Mayor over Col. G. F. Moore. Tomlin had 177 votes and Col. Moore had 146. It does not appear who were elected Councilmen for 'this year.

On March 10, 1846, at the corporation election for Mayor, George Johnson had 266 votes, Isaac Kirby had 88 and R. H. Tomlin 1 vote. For Treasurer, James Lodwick had 178 votes, William Kendall had 171, John Row had 1. For hea John Squires had 120 votes, R. B. Alfred 118 and Valentine Littlejohn 140.

At the March election, 1848, George Johnson was elected Mayor for two years. He had 372 votes, and William B. Camden had 15. James Lodwick was elected Treasurer for two years. He had 317 votes. John Squires was elected

On March 11, 1850, Ben Ramsey was elected Mayor. John Squires was elected Marshal, and James Lodwick Treasurer. No figures of this vote are given.

On April 7, 1851, the following are the votes for Mayor: Benjamin Ramsey, 261 votes; James M. Ashley, 201; William Oldfield, 97. For Marshal: John Squires had no opposition. For Treasurer, George Johnson had 295 votes and John Renshaw had 256 votes. William Hall, Samuel Cole and Richard Lloyd were elected School Trustees. Here again the city made a grievous mistake. Ashley, disgusted with the want of appreciation, left and went to Toledo, where he made a national reputation. Ramsey, who was noted for naught but laziness, left the town in 1857, and oblivion has claimed him.

On April 5, 1852, at the corporation election, Wiliam Oldfield had 387 votes for Mayor and Cornelius McCoy 203. John Squires was elected Marshal without opposition. The vote on the other city offices are not given.

In 1855, the election was an exciting one. There were two tickets, the American Reform ticket and the People's ticket. The American Reform ticket won, and the vote was as follows: For Mayor, John R. Turner had 508 votes; C. McCoy, 267; majority, 241 votes. Marshal, S. H. Boynton had 462 votes; Nelson Vigus, 317; majority, 145. Treasurer, William L. Wood had 502 votes. W. H. Huston, 284; majority, 218. Wharf-master, Thomas Burt had 505 votes, Thomas S. Currie, 288; majority, 222. Street Commissioner, Jordan Vigus, 411 votes; Robert Lewis, 368; majority, 43. Solicitor, George Turner had 460 votes; George Johnson had 320; majority, 140. Clerk of the Market, James Green had 458 votes; Conrad Baker had 207; majority, 251. Francis Cleveland was elected Ceuncilman in the First Ward, the only candidate on the People's ticket who was elected.

In the election of 1857, there were two tickets in the field, the Democratic ticket and the Independent. The following is a statement of the vote and the majority: Democrat, Mayor, Joseph Van Meter, 635; Independent, Jacob P. Noel, 145; majority, 490. For Marshal, Democrat, Nelson Vigus, 339; Independent, John H. J, Fryer, 290; majority, 249. For Treasurer, S. J. Huston, Democrat, 503; Independent, William Wood, 302; majority, 201. For City Solicitor, W. A. Hutchins, Democrat, 532; Independent, Henry A. Towne, 292; majority, 240.

votes, and William E. Williams, who received 280 votes. For Marshal, Nelson Vigus received 491 votes and Timothy Sullivan received 449 votes. For Treasurer, S. J. Huston received 348 and John L. Ward 483 votes. The Democrats were defeated and the Independents elected. ; In 1859, the city election, there were three candidates for Mayor. Adam Kerr had 632 votes, T. J. Graham had 246 and Oliver Wood had 135 votes. For Marshal, Timothy Sullivan had 571 votes; Joseph B. Watson had 288 votes. For Street Comissioner, Nelson Vigus had 124 votes, Calvin S. Stephens 33. For City Treasurer, George Wilhelm received 588 votes and J. W. Collings 422, and W. A. Hutchins, for City Solicitor, had no opposition, and received 701 votes.

In 1860, at the city election, there were three candidates for Marshal. Timothy Sullivan had 591 votes, C. Simpson, 316; J. W. Smith, 88. For Treasurer, George Wilhelm received 542 votes: Henry Lloyd, 337; Richard Goodheart, 112. .

In 1861, at the city election, for Mayor Adam Kerr received 677 votes Joseph Ashton, 425. Martin Crain, for City Solicitor had no opposition. For City Treasurer, George H. Gaffey had 583 votes; John Fawn, 531. For Marshal, there were five candidates, and the vote was as follows; Jerry Hall, 407; George W. White, 310; Uriah White, 242; Caleb Sprague, 104; Jacob Loughry, 57. For

City Treasurer, there were four candidates. George Wilhelm had 543 votes; T. W. Hunter, 392; John Miller, 116; J. S. T. Vincent, 92.. For Wharfmaster, there were three candidates. John N. Lodwick had 624 votes; W.lliam S. McColm, 419; John Thompson, 74. For street Commissioner, Major C, F. Reiniger had 384 votes; C. E. Rose, 218; Jordan Vigus, 168, and A. Hurt had 108 votes.

In 1862, for City Treasurer, Horace L. Chapman had 584 votes; John H. Bentley tad 309. For Marshal, there were four candidates. Nelson Vigus had 527 votes; T. W. Williams, 271; James Hannahs, 71; Azel Glover, 4. There were two candidates for Wharfmaster. John N. Lodwick had 476 votes; Thomas T. Yeager had 419. For Street Commissioner, there were four candidates. Charles BE. Rose had 510; Philip Hummell, 260; John Wheeler, 95; C. W. Wilson, 20.

In 1868, there were two candidates for Mayor. Adam Kerr received 555 votes; John L. Ward, 445. For Marshal, George W. White, Democrat, received 583 votes; Azel Glover, Independent, 402. For Wharfmaster, S. H. Shannon had 487 votes and Thomas T, Yeager 506. For Street Commissioner, Charles EK. Rose, Democrat, had 589, and Stephen Edmunds, Union, had 381. For City Solicitor, J. W. Collings, Democrat, had 538; Henry A. Towne, Union, 433.

In 1864, at the city election, Azel Glover was the Republican candidate for Marshal against Frank Wear, Democrat. Glover received 493 votes and Wear 486. For Street Commissioner, Thomas Law, Republican, had 512 votes, and Charles E. Rose, Democrat, had 472. For Wharfmaster Thomas T. Yeager, Republican, had 619 votes, and D. S. Hall 365.

In 1865, at the city election, Adam Kerr, Democrai, received 468 votes for Mayor: John W.lson, Republican, 546; Joseph Legler, 9. For Marshal, Wm. H. Miller received 408 votes; Calvin J. Stephens, 508; John Andrews, 98. For Wharfmaster, John M. I-ynn, Democrat, received 497 votes; Thomas T. Yeager, Republican, 5738. For Street Commissioner, Thomas Sanders, Democrat, had 408 votes; William W. Jones, Republican, had 536. For City Solicitor, Robert N. Spry, Republican, had 551 votes; George H. Gatfey, Democrat, 468 votes.

The foregoing is the best resume of the city elections for the first fifty years of the existence of -the town and city of Portsmouth. From that time on the newspapers were published regularly, and abstracts of the elections can be found in the bound yolumes, and for this reason the publications of the city elections from 1865 to the present time will not be given. aes

The editor begs leave to call attention to the fact that the records of elections are only preserved on loose sheets of paper, and are destroyed from time to time, and the only method of preservation of the records of elections is through the bound volumes of the newspapers. There ought to be a State law requiring the city to keep a record of all elections and figures in the city election should be recorded and permanently preserved.

John Hatch introduced the first dray in Portsmouth. He lived on the east corner of Front and Market Streets, in a stone house, part of which was used as a jail until 1835. The jail had one dungeon and one upper room.

William Huston, Thomas Morgan and' Uriah Barber were owners and commanders of keel boats. They went to Chillicothe and Circleville when the Scioto was high. They poled and warped their boats. Sanders Darby made the poles and oars.

The above appeared in the Portsmouth Times of September 19, 1868, under the name of "Shelawoy," who was John Gharky, "Scioto," who wrote about the same time, was Moses Gregory. 4 oe 2

' John Simpson, father of James Simpson, was one of the first carpenters in Portsmouth. He had sons, Thomas ,William and James, and daughters. His father taught school in Portsmouth in an early day. A log school house, two stories, was built on the site of the present Second Street school house, and it blew down. It. was rebuilt one story after the storm. Richard Morecraft taught there as well as Simpson. He also taught etiquette. Joseph Wheeler taught school at Fourth and Market Streets.

Crane's Defeait was a point on the Scioto about a mile above Portsmouth, where a keel boatman named Crane attempted to take up a keel boat against a heavy current. He was poleing the boat and lost control of her, and she struck a rock and sank. Hence Crane's Defeat.

William Duprey kept the first ferry over the Ohio River at Portsmouth. He used a flatboat 40 feet long and 15 feet wide. Afterward he used horse power.

The iirst steamboat in the county was built by William Lodwick at George Herod's. The first keelboat in Portsmouth was built by Ben and John Masters. Samuel Montgomery, father of Robert Montgomery, was. the first skiff builder.

January 2, 1869, in the Scioto Times, Moses Gregory says: The first steamboat was built by William Lodwick and was named the "Scioto Valley." She had side wheels, a single engine, and was high pressure. She was finished in the summer of 1824.

In 1829 Richard Lloyd was on Front Street, the first alley west of Massie, and afterward opened a coffee house where J. P. Wilhelm formerly had his saddle shop. In those days all groceries and dry goods houses sold liquors, anl all customers were treated to whiskey and sugar.

Colonel Peter Kinney kept a grocery and bakery where the Massie, now the Legler, House stands. Ezra Osborn would come in and lunch. Colonel Kinney kept an account of his meals and charged two cents each. When the bill was presented, amounting to several dollars, the iunching ceased.

In 1819 John Smith, who was born near Boston, Mass., in 1779, and died in Portsmouth, Ohio, on July 28, 1821, the father of L. P. N. Smith, built a twostory brick where the McDowell Building now stands, but did not finish it.

From 1814 to 1820 the Scioto was navigated by keelboats. Corn was ten cents per bushel, and Isaac Johnson paid for his farm in corn at that rate.

In 1824 the voters for Jackson for President. in Portsmouth were: SQ. J. Huston, Aaron Kinney, Martin Funk, William Lawson, Uriah Barber, Hugh Cook and James Lodwick; no others.

Henry Sheeley was the first tailor in Portsmouth. He located on Front and Massie Streets. He opened his shop in the year 1805. He failed to get support, as each family made its own garments, and had to give up the business. He built a house and undertook to keep hotel. He sold his house and lot in the spring of 1807 to William Swords, who kept the first saddle and harness shop in Portsmouth.

' July 28, 1878. - John B. Clingman was visiting in Portsmouth. His father, George W. Clingman, removed from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania to Portsmouth in 1804. He was a brother of Mrs. Aaron Kinney. The family removed in 1805 to Clingman's Hill, now the Mrs. Zaph property. At that time there was not a store, gristmill or bushel of wheat in the county, so Mr. Clingman says. His father sent to Pittsburg for a coffee mill, tea kettle and skillet. The people lived on hominy and game. A pen was built at Third and

Market to trap wild turkeys. In 1825 and 1827 he collected the taxes of Scioto County, and rode to Columbus on horseback to settle with the State Treasurer. On May 1, 1828, he married Miss Sarah P. Turner, daughter of John R. Turner. He removed to Illinois in 1840, and at this date was in his seventy-sixth year.

January 14, 1879, a deer which swam the Ohio at Lawson's Run from K 'ky was shot and killed by Ambrose Heidelberger. percad out mirsc" 1833, cone et Gharky built a box on a flatboat bottom and loaded it with goods for Cincinnati merchants. He made four trips down and three back, pushing and pulling the boat along shore and tying up at night. She carried eleven tons. On her last trip he sold ner for $75, or twice what she cost. Captain William Ripley was chief engineer, cook, bottle washer and mud clerk. He was a good boy to work, but once fell overboard and took the chills as a result. The dry goods Mr. Gharky handled were shipped from New York to Cleveland, and frem there to Portsmouth by canal.

April 29, 1885. - In this issue of the Tribune George Ball writes a letter from California. He says in 1837 Colonel Kinney kept a livery stable in Portsmouth; that Robert Lucas' wife was Friendly Summer, a sister of Henry Summer, of Wheelersburg; of Mrs. Charles Boynton, of Mrs. Dr. Runnels and Mrs. Robert S. Wynn. '

Joseph Riggs & Co, kept a store where the Biggs House now stands. Conway & Avery had an office just above where Riggs' store stood. They afterward built Pig Iron Corner. Mr. Conway was prompt pay above everything. He would pay his men without being asked.

James Davis had three children; one daughter married a son of C. O. Tracy, and another a son of A. Bentley. He also had a son, John, He thought Samuel Tracy the ablest lawyer ever in Portsmouth. In the same article he related one of C. O. Tracy's anecdotes.

November 21, 1803. - Thomas Waller, Justice of the Peace of Union Township, fined John Meirs, a school teacher of the township, $2 for using two profane oaths. James Norris was a complainant.

Thomas Waller in one of his account books gave the prices of his wearing apparel. His hat cost $7.26; stockings, $2.10 per pair; shoes, $1.32; pewter buckles, $3.04; bandana handkerchief, $1.45.

John Quincy Adams visited Portsmouth in 1848. It was arranged to have him stop off the "Ben Franklin No. 6" and make a brief address. The schools were given a half holiday. The scholars were formed in procession and marched to Bigelow Chapel, on Second Street. It was about 4 p. m. when he arrived in the church. A cannon on the boat announced his coming. Mr Adams made an address in the chapel and shook hands with each of the school children as they passed out. He left the chapel in the rain and was escorted to.

The sons of four or five of the principal citizens stole bee hives and Samuel M. Tracy prosecuted them. Their fathers and friends brought out Ransom Odle against him and ran him for Prosecuting Attorney. He made a living by digging roots for the druggists, and he sometimes preached on the streets.

June 2, 1888. - Times: James Emmit brought the first canal boat to Portsmouth in the fall of 1882. It was called the "Governor Worthington." It came only to the Union Mills, 4s that was before the canal was opened for traffic.

November 30, 1889. - In 1825 squirrels were so plentiful they were a nuisance and a.curse. Hunts were made to destroy them. Usually a day was set apart and everybody went. The party was divided into two sides and captains chosen. Hach captain selected a man till all were chosen. Then each party tried to kill the most squirrels. At a fixed hour the two sides met and compared their game. In the grand hunt, in 1825, William Dailey was captain of one side and Colonel John McDonald, author of "McDonald's Sketches," of the other. When the sides met and compared notes they were even, but one hunter on the Dailey side was out. It was Washington Kinney. He was hailed and reported one black squirrel. That gave the championship to the Dailey side. That night they had a great feast in a frame building, where the Biggs House now stands, and eggnogg was free.

December 14, 1889. - The Gaylord Rolling Mill was built in 1832 by Glover, Noel & Company. It was the first west of Pittsburg. John Glover, John Noel, - - - - - Greenough, Basil Waring and others were in the firm. Thomas Lewis, father of T. C. Lewis, who lived at Third and Washington Streets, was the contractor. He came from Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The castings were made by William Maddock at the old foundry at the corner of Fourth and Chillicothe Streets. Henry Westwood, Sr., and Henry Westwood, Jr., were the first two rollers. Thomas Thomas was the first heater. The mill not only made bar iron, but nails as well. The engine was put up by Brenneman, a Pittsburg man. When the flywheel was started, belng made on sections of wood and iron, it flew to pieces, but no one was hurt. The company failed in 1837, and Thomas Gaylord, then of Maysville, Kentucky, bought it. He gave for ita lot of mountain land in Pennsylvania, a stock of queensware at Maysville, and a four-horse wagon load of maps of the United States. He paid no money, because he had none. Mr. Gaylord was a plunger, with any amount of nerve, and never hesitated at a venture. The purchasers of the land he traded brought suit to annul the contract, on the ground that the lands were worthless, but the suit came to nothing. Afterward the lands were found to be in the oil belt, and were very valuable, but their value was not discovered until after Gaylord's purchasers had parted with them. Thomas G, Gaylord greatly improved the mill. New boilers were put in. The old-fashioned knobling furnaces gave place to the modern pudding furnaces, and the hammers gave way to rolls. In 1889 Thomas G, Gaylord gave his son, Thomas Gaylord, a resident of Louisville, a one-fourth interest, and promised him another fourth as soon as he could pay for it, which he soon did. Benjamin B. Gaylord, a cousin of Thomas G., was taken into the concern, and soon made his personality felt. He developed wonderful talents for the business, and under his management it prospered as it has never before or since. Mr. Gaylord took the contract to make gunboat iron during the war, and made a great deal of money at it. When Benjamin B. Gaylord's health began to fail Jared B. Green was put in charge, and he made inferior iron, and the concern went into bankruptcy. After Mr. Green's failure Mr. Lewis, of Pittspaian san G. Peebles, John T. Terry and J. Scott Peebles ran the mill for a while.

The first towboat which ever passed Portsmouth was the "Condor," built hy the Pomeroy Coal Company. in 1835. This was the first steamboat on the Ohio River used for towing coal. Pittsburg coal was not sent down the Ohio River by steamboats until 1845. The "Walter Forward" was the first steamboat to tow coal from Pittsburg.

Doctor George B. Crane located at Lucasville, Ohio, in 1832. He paid $1.50 a week for board and stable room. He bought a horse of a son of Doctor Waller for $50. He bought corn for his horse at 6214, cents per barrel, five bushels to the barrel. Corn was then eight cents per-bushel, in quantities. When he rode to Portsmouth his dinner and horse feed cost"him 3714 cents. A Doctor Kendall was then in Concord (Wheelersburg). He left in 1833, and Doctor Crane located there. Doctor Belnap was at Franklin Furnace, but was dissipated. He was an excellent physician and a good friend to Doctor Crane, but killed himself by the drink habit. Doctor Crane lived in Wheelersburg, or Concord, from November, 18338, to November, 1835.

The Ohio River

On June 4, 1840, it was measured by B. F. Conway, R. Arthurs and J. Murfin. The following are its measurements: From the curbstone to the water's edge, 256 feet; water's edge to water's edge, 990 feet; water's edge to the foot of the Kentucky bank, 162 feet; from the foot to the top of the Kentucky bank, 30 feet. This made a total of 1438 feet.

On February: 5, 1855, it was measured by B. F. Conway, J. Tetlow and J. Hurd: Krom the curb to the water's edge, 312 feet; water's edge to water's edge, 1031 feet; from the water's edge to the foot of the Kentucky bank, 192 feet: from the foot to the top of the Kentucky bank, 36 feet. Total, 1573 feet.

On February 21, 1859, the river was 52 feet above low water. Some facts: Pittsburg to Cairo, 520 miles; slope on north side, 140 miles wide; on the south side, 200 miles wide; 70,000 square miles drained on the north and 100,000 on the south. The valley of the Allegheny, 30,000 square miles drained. Kanawha River rises on the western slope of Blue Ridge and cuts through the Allegzhanies. Winter floods usually forty to forty-eight feet above low water. May floods usually thirty to thirty-five feet above low water. Extraordinary floods are fifty to sixty feet above low water. On April 15, 1815, river was fifty-eight feet above low water. February, 1832, it was sixty-three feet. December, 1847, it was sixty-two feet. The highest land in Portsmouth is sixty-eight feet above low water, averaging 60 feet. Seventy feet may be considered the highest possible rise, with one chance in a thousand above that.

At this date, February 21. 1859, 21.000,000 cubic feet of water, weighing 500,000 tons, and moving with the energy of 100,000-horse power, was passing Portsmouth. Current at flood, four miles an hour; at low water. two miles an hour. Fall from Pittsburg to Portsmouth, 400 feet, or five inches to the mile. Marietta to Portsmouth, six inches to 'the mile: Portsmouth to Cincinnati, four inches. Tow water at Portsmouth igs ninety-eight feet below Marietta, ninetysix feet below Lake Wrie and 432 feet above the sea level.

Scioto Bridges

Charles Barton, J. F. Towell, Philip Kelley, Sam Reed and William Kinney are responsible for it. They owned the land from Funk's Gut to the sawmill. The river was cutting their land from the Gut to the sawmill, and they drove piling between those points to protect themselves. There had been no bar there before that. The current, changed by the piling, piled up sand and gravel on the Kentucky side. In the summer of 1876 the bar had begun to make itself felt in extreme low water. The Bonanza came up on her first trip. .The water was rather low for'a boat of her size, but she came up light all right. When ready to leave she wanted to show off. From time immemor al. Portsmouth boats on their first trips had steamed above town and then steamed down past the town under full head of steam to show off. The Bonanza went up with full steam and flags flying, intending on her return to astonish the natives. Before her pilots were aware she had climbed on top of the Bonanza Bar, and raised herself out of the water. This was a revelation to her pilots. The Bonanza pilots were strangers to it, though those of the up-river ''dinkies" knew it. The boat was full of passengers. She puffed and groaned and wallowed around on the bar a day and a half before she got off, and came back to the wharfboat as meek as a lamb, and slipped away without any noise or ceremony. Ever since then the bar has been known as "Bonanza Bar."

Bridges At The Mouth Of The Scioto River

The first bridge was built after 1832 at the mouth of the Scioto at "Pop Corn Point." It was built by a private company: It had three piers and two abutments. It was a toll bridge and kept by Isaiah Clark, father of Josiah Clark. Pop Corn Point is made ground, and was made to ascend and descend from the end of the bridge. A spring flood came up and covered the floor, and one night it fell. It had been up only a few months.

In July, 1846, the New York Company was building a bridge over the Scioto River at "Pop Corn Point." It was completed August 6, 1849. It was 666 feet long, 20 feet wide and 161% feet high. It had a stone abutment at each end and three stone piers between the abutments. It had a trestle at the west end. It was atoll bridge. Soon after it was completed a storm blew the whole thing into the river, and the New York Company was d:scouraged and did not build again. A was built by a company called the Portsmouth Bridge Company. It was built across the Scioto River at the point of the present bridge. The county spent $5000 to make the elevated road from the east end of the bridge to Union Mills. Of this $70 was paid to Joseph Riggs for engineering. An act authorizing the bridge was passed March 28, 1857, Vol. 54, Page 254. The County Commissioners were authorized by this act to establish a county road on the towing path of the Ohio Canal, for two miles north from the east end ofthe bridge. The top of the towpath of the canal was to be twenty-five feet. wide. Jefferson W. Glidden, Daniel A. Giidden, Lucien N. Robinson, Wells A. Hutchins and EB. P. Gray were in the company, known as the Portsmouth Bridge Company, The special act required the freight to and from the canal should pass free, until a different provision should be made by law. The bridge company was to receive $600 per year from the canal, or rather from the State.

On November 7, 1859, the pier at the Portsmouth end fell, and the whole structure was precipitated in the river. Two men were on the bridge when it fell, Their names were William Shawley and Stephen Smith. At 8 o'clock that morning it was discovered that the pier was in danger, but it did not fall for three hours. These men had started across the bridge twice, and the third time the bridge fell, and they were engulfed. This made the third bridge which went down near this place.

On February 22, 1860, Stephen Smith's body was found near Buena Vista, and William Shawley's body was found near Vanceburg. They had been in the water three months.

On November 24, 1860, the new suspension bridge was completed, and T. M. Lynn ran a hack to Union Mills. Max J. Becker came to Portsmouth as engineer to rebuild the bridge and put the south pier on high ground, and it stood, and is standing today. As a reward he was appointed Postmaster on April 17, 1861, and held that office until January 14, 1863. This bridge was soon afterward bought from George Davis on July 8, 1873. George Davis sold this bridge to the county for $45,000. Long before that he had bought up all the other inlerests in it, and owned all the stock of the company. The Commissioners purchased under the act of March 8, 1869, as amended May 7, 1869, Ohio Laws, Vol. 66, Page 338. i

May 24, 1884, the Suspension Bridge fell at 11:30 a. m. Four yoke of oxen with a wagon load of stone, weighing four or five tons, came on the bridge. Charles Barr was the driver, At the middle of the bridge he stopped and gent two yoke of oxen across. Mrs. Charles Fulwiler, of Union Mills; her son Sam, aged six years; her daughter Zella, three, and Earl, her baby in arms, were going over. The upper cable parted, and that in an instant threw all the weight on the lower, and it parted. The mother and three children, as well as Barr and the oxen, were thrown sixty feet below in the wreck. The little girl was killed by the fall, the babe fell out of the mother's arms and was drowned. The mother and boy and Barr were rescued,

After the fall of the Suspension Bridge, in 1884, the county determined not to rebuild it, but build a pier bridge. Scioto. County undertook to rebuild the bridge and the contract was let to the Canton Bridge Company. The middle span of the bridge fell on January 2, 1885. The moving out of the ice took away the falee work before the superstructure could be secured. on the piers. It was impossible to rest the span on the piers before the ice took out the false work, The loss of $5,000 fell on the Canton Bridge Company. The

Military Affairs

December 2, 1874, there was a company formed of which Arthur C. Davis was Captain, and John W. Kinney was First Lieutenant. It was called "The Scioto Greys." R ;

March 15, 1875, "The Kinney Guards" were organized. John W. Kinney was Captain and H'ram Brown was .First Lieutenant. William Waller was Virst Sergeant and Frank I', Varner was Second Sergeant. The company had twenty-seven members, and it was to. be Infantry and Artillery. Colonel

May 5, 1875, "The German Light Guards" were organized. The Captain was Charles F. Best, the First Lieutenant was William Koblens, and the Second Lieutenant, F. A. Stearns. ''The Gaylord Light Guards" had three rows of buttons on their suits. The High School Cadets had a company. "The Kinney Guards" had received their arms. They had three rows of buttons on their dress coats.

May 28, 1875, "The Kinney Guards" had a fancy drill. At its close a fine flag was presented to the company. Miss Nan Musser made the presentation. Then a fine sword was presented to the Captain, John W. Kinney. It had two scabbards and a reversible belt, for parade' and undress occasions. It was a complete surprise to him, and cost over $50.00. Then there was a dance in which Captain Kinney led with Miss Nan Musser. Will Fryer was Drum Major; William Waller, First Sergeant; F. F. Varner, a Sergeant; Huston Varner, a Marker; Masters Julian, McBryan and Weatherwax, drummers; Theodore Brushartt, fifer. At 11 P. M. a supper was served by John Cooper,

June 7, 1875, "The Gaylord Guards" had a reception. Ed Burke was Drum Major. Frank Ross, Charles Tracy and epee Drouillard, drummers. The reception was followed by a dance.

September 24, 1875, "The Kinney Guards" gave an exhibition drill. Colonel P. Kinney, Captain A. C. Thompson and Dr. D. MoBriar were on the stage. The company drilled an hour and a half, and then remarks were made by Colonel P. Kinney, Captain A. C. Thompson and Dr. D. McBriar. The visitors were then served with supper, and then the "Guards" and their friends, and then there was a dance.

October 13, 1875, "The Gaylord Guards" visited Chillicothe and were entertained by the "Campbell Guards." The following is the roster of the Gaylords who went to Chillicothe: Captain A. C. Davis, Lieutenant L. B. Smith. Men: Willi'am Crichton, F. W. Robinson, Percy Miller, William C. Silcox, William Starks, J.C: Singer, Augustus O. Bing, Henry H. Brushart, J. H. White, E. G. Gibbs, G. H. Gharky, C. Maddock, F. Royse, A. Clare, Frank Glover, Thomas Overturf, C. Masters, Sam Johnson, Ed Kinney, Charles E. Jewell, Charles Kinney, J. Herrell, Van Cole, Eg Gates, Charles Glidden, Maury Pursell, Alexander Robinson, James Connell, Ed R. Burke, Charles McFarland, Ira Crull, F. Ross, W. Smith, Charles Tracy and James Drouillard. A number of lady visitors went along and there was a banquet. W. Edgar Evans made tho welcome address. Dan J. Ryan responded. The banquet was followed by a dance. Captain John W. Kinney and Ensign Foote Hall, of the Kinney Guards, were along. General Turley and wife, Mrs. Captain Davis, Jennie Tewksbury, Rhoda and Ivy Nichols, Josie Kinney, Ang. Sanford, Harry Robinson, Frank Hall, Dan McFarland, Dan J. Ryan and Harry Kinney were along. Frank White and Sam Turner, colored, had charge of the baggage. Captain McKee _ received the company in Chillicothe. Both "Gaylord" and "Kinney Guards" were parading at times, en the streets of Portsmouth with a brass band.

December 22, 1880, the Tribune published the roll of a company of Home Guards organized in 1861, in April. They were known as the "Silver Grays." The following are the names and ages of some of them when enlisted. Those marked deceased, were so, prior to December 22, 1880. None were enlisted under 45 years:

In 1860 the "Young Men's Rifle Company" in Portsmouth was organized. They had a gray uniform with gold lace and a black braid, frock coat and French cap. They had small rifles with spring bayonets. They had white cross belts with an eagle clasp. The company was independent. E. N. Hope was Captain; Herny R. Tracy, First Lieutenant; Matt Wall, Second Lieutenant, and D. R. Spry, Third Lieutenant. The third floor of the Masonic Building was used as an armory. There Colonel Allen, a West Pointer and Superintendent of the Schools, drilled the company. The following were members of the company, copied from the books of Daniel R. Spry, Ensign: elected Captain; Charles BE. Hard, First Lieutenant. The new company became Company H, Fourteenth Ohio National Guards. January 3, 1892, Samuel G. McCulloch was elected Second Lieutenant. See article on Spanish War.

This company was organized July 7, 1902. It was mustered in for the period of five years. It went into service with the regiment at Camp William McKinley, near Newark, Ohio, on August 4, 1902, and remained in Camp of Instruction eight days: The Fourth, Fifth and Highth Regiments were in the same camp at the same time. The following is a roster of the company:

The Crusade

January 21, 1874, John Jones, the plumber, held a prayer meeting in Dutch Mike's saloon. Rev. Stanley, John McDowell, D. J. Johnson and David Ford were present. After the meeting Mike was persuaded to empty his liquor in the street. Several ladies were present.

March 3, 1874, meeting at the Presbyterian Church in regard to temperance. Rev. Ketchum, Presbyterian; Rev. Stanley, Methodist, and Rev. James, Baptist, were the speakers,

March 9, 1874, temperance meeting at the Sixth Street M. E. Church. N. W. Evans, John McDowell and W. B. Grice made report as a committee. Rey. Byers delivered an address. A committee of two women and one layman from each church appointed.

March 15, 1874, Rev. Ketchum, at the Presbyterian Church, delivered a sermon on temperance. There were men's prayer meetings in the morning in the Presbyterian Church, and women's prayer meetings in the afternoon, and

-mass meetings Thursday evening in All Saint's Church. Rev. Manley, Judge Crain, John McDowell, D. S. Johnson, Rev. Stanger and Rey. Ketchum took part. A committee of twelve ladies visited the saloons, wholesale houses and ° drug stores. There were public meetings almost every day.

Mareh 19, 1874, there was a great audience at the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. William Hard prayed. Mrs. Peebles read Scripture. "Rev. Zimmerman addressed the meeting. Mrs. E. E. Glidden, Mrs. Tewksbury, Mrs.' Harriet Dunlap and Mrs. GC. S. Smith addressed the meeting. Mrs. M. J. Waller prayed. Rey. Stanger made an address. Bands of women visited the saloons and prayed. They would hold prayer meetings in the churches and then in bands go to the saloons and pray in front of them. At most of the saloons they were not admitted, but sang and prayed outside. There was as many as sixty at one time. At Densmore's liquor store they were invited inside. They prayed in front of Mike Stanton's, the Biggs House and other places on Front Street where liquor was sold. The Legler House agreed to quit selling liquors. W. P. Martin invited them inside. Services were held inside Thomas P. Brown's store.

March 21, 1874, the Times interviewed all the saloon keepers and gave their views. Some of them were ashamed of the business and wanted to quit. Others were defiant and proposed to continue. Others *were willing and desirous to quit, if they could get into other business. Nearly all interviewed are now deceased.

March 25, 1874, men's prayer meetings were held from 8 to 9 A. M. Women's prayer meetings from 9 to 10 A. M. While part of the women visited the saloons another part held prayer meeting in one of the churches.

April 1, 1874, mass meeting at Sixth Street Church. Mrs. M. J. Waller opened the meeting. Mr. Ketchum prayed.. Mr. R. Lloyd addressed the meeting, as also did John G. Peebles, Rev. Snyder of the German M. BH. Church, and Professor Daniel.

April 8, 1874, for a week the women went around in bands and prayed and sang before the saloons. The Gran'te State closed its bar. The Taylor Houge and Fred Legler's bar closed. Three saloons closed and eight druggists signed the druggists' pledge. Sixty street prayer meetings were held in one week. They would hold prayer meetings in the churches and then go on the streets.

April 15, 1874, men's meeting. B. B. Gaylord, President, and A. McFarland, Secretary. Mr. Gaylord addressed the meeting, also Mrs. H. G. Dunlap, C, E. Irwin, Mrs. M. J. Waller, Mrs. E. E. Fuller, Dr. Meyer, Rey. J. O. Gibson, Henry Densmore and Rev. M. Stanley,

April 6, 1874, the women held an all day prayer meeting. Two bands of women went out'in the morning and three in the afternoon. Forty-three places were visited. Wednesday morning one band was out, in the afternoon three. 'Thirty houses were visited. Twelve visits were made Thursday. Mr. Livingston gave up the business. Friday two bands were out in the morning and three in the afternoon.. On Saturday three bands were out in the morning and two in the afternoon. Thirty-six visits were made. One hundred and fifty-five visits were made during that week and sixty signed the pledge. Tracts were distributed.

April 20, 1874, the work had been going on five weeks. The women made 297 visits in the two weeks preceding. In the five weeks over 700 street serv ices had been held, and 800 to 900 had signed the pledge.

A County Convention was called for May 1, and a Committee of Reception appointed: Mrs. M. R. Tewksbury, Robert Bell, Mrs. Carrie Hall, Mrs. J. R, Williams, H. Fuller, Mrs. Jacob Johns, Charles Winter, W. H. Watson, Mrs. Uri Tracy, E. E. Ewing, Mrs. Manley, N. W. Evans and Mrs. Ella K. Reed.

May 17, 1874, the Law and Order League was organized at the Presbyterian Church. J. F. Tewell was made Chairman and N. W. Evans, Secretary. Rey. Stanley, Martin Crain, L. C. Damarin, D. N. Murray and Samuel Reed were the Committee on Organization. Milton Kennedy, Rev. Chester, Rev. Stanger and G. W. Weyer: made remarks. Joseph G. Reed, J. W. Purdum were appointed a committee to perfect organization. The following organization was perfected: President, John G. Peebles; Vice Presidents, Martin Crain and William Watson; Secretary, J. W. March; Treasurer, L. C. Damarin. Executive Committee: J. F. Towell, D. N. Murray, G. D. Selby, E. Fuller, Smauel Reed, Louis Blomeyer and N. W. Evans.

Messrs. Crain, Evans and Glover were appointed a committee to prepare and publish a synopsis of the laws. Two hundred and twenty-eight signed the organization.

May 30,. 1874, Benjamin Woods made a protest against the women praying in front of his premises. It was from the facile pen of George H. Gaffy, Esquire. Wood wanted the meetings on the pavements dispersed.

June 1, 1874, Theo. K. Funk addressed the Law and Order League. Also Rey. John Schraeder, 'Mrs H. L. Dunlap and Rey. J. N. Harper, of Pomeroy.

Interesting Items

December 2, 1818, "The Portsmouth Gazette,'' Volume 1, No. 14. George Offnere advertised to sell his lands near Portsmouth in 3-acre lots. This is the Glover tract.

May 4, 1820, "The Scioto Telegraph" began and published Volume 1, No. 1. It was published by C. Hopkins and was to be Republican; $2.00 per year.

Silas Cole and Roswell Craine advertised to have Alexandria vacated. June 29, 1820, HE, Cranston advertised as Captain of Artillery to have his company meet July 4,,at 9 A. M., at the Court House. The same date Rev. John Collins and William Westlake advertised a Camp Meeting at Portsmouth.

Mebruary 5, 1821, Hannah Johnson advertised "Elopement." She said (hat her lusband, Kindle Johnson, had left her bed and board eight weeks before without just cause, She offered a reward of three cents and a bundle of rye straw and no thanks to anyone who should return him. She advertised tnat she would not pay his debts.

July 27, 1826, this issue announced the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, twenty-one days after they occurred, The paper was in mourning,

January 27, 1827, the Ohio River was crossed at Portsmouth by a man on horseback. This was the first time the river was ever closed at Portsmouth on account of ice.

October 28, 1827, Jackson meeting called at Lucasville, November 38. In the early days Lueasville was always the place for Democratic meetings.

October 4, 1828, this issue of "The Western Times" had an article about Jovernor Lucas, which is in Keyes book, in regard to the ''damned rascals" who rolibed him,

November 29, 1828, General Robert Lucas wrote to the Hd.tor of "The Wostern Times' and stopped his paper. The Hditor came back at him in the wry the Wditors always do.

July 4, 1829, John R,. Turner was removed from the Postoffice and James Lodwick appo mais This was Jackson reform. On the same date the "Lady Franklin" was launched at Lodwick's wharf.

Angust 15, 1829, a card was published from Henry Utt, that Solomon 8. Mattocks, a young man in Union Township, had told an absolute lie on him and he could prove it.

January 21, 1830, "'The Portsmouth Courier,' Volume 1, No. 4, contained an account of the colored people being driven out of town. An account of which is given elsewhere.

September 11, 1838, river was very low, nearly all the boats stopped. Freight was $1.00 per hundred on goods to Cincinnati; $10.00 cabin passage, and $4.00 deck passage.

January 18, 1839, the Surplus Fund Commissioners published a report; $11,530.31 reported. Peter Noel, William Salter, William Jackson, Commissioners,

On the same date Colonel Graham advertised the United States Hotel, corner Front and Market streets, with a fine view of the river and Kentucky Mountains. McCoy's Hotel was advertised by C. McCoy.

Cornelius Moore advertised a runaway apprentice, "one cent reward and no thanks, and if a small man brings him he will try to whip the man."

E. Glover was trying to push his book store by advertising new books, "McDonald's Sketches' and 'Lady Blessington's Confessions." 'McDonald's Sketches" sold for 75 cents. It is now out of print, and a copy will bring $5.00.

March 8, 1839, corporation election notified; First Ward to vote in W. Kinney's shop; Second Ward at Osborne's office, and Third Ward at S. M. Tracy's office. ' :

EH. Glover announced the publication of an elementary spelling book. Kendall, Kepner & Company advertised spring and summer goods. Also James Pursell and Hockaday & Howell advertised the same, f

_ November 22, 1839, William Newman announces He will engage in bricklaying. Oliver Lindsey, Sheriff of the county, died suddenly of congestive fever, aged 26.

June 12, 1840, the Scioto Valley Post started. of Campbell, Ellison & Co. was reorganized. It was composed of John Campbell, William Ellison and George Steece. It succeeded R. Hamilton & Co., composed of the same parties and Robert Hamilton.

June 25, 1840, Colonel John Lodwick publishes a letter containing his opinion of General Harrison as a military leader. It is very flattering to General Harrison. It is dated Portsmouth, Ohio, June 12, 1840, and addressed to C. O. Tracy, G. H. Gharky, A. C. Davis, James Murfin and John L. Ward.

December 11, 1840, Thomas Scott & Son advertise as attorneys-at-law, two doors west of the Engine House on Second Street. Thomas Scott was the father of Mrs. Col. O. F. Moore,

January 21, 1842, Gray & Terry advertised a wholesale and retail book store. J. Riggs advertised fall and winter goods. Davis & Smith, Commissioners, advertised extensively.

January 28, 1842, G. S. B. Hempstead addressed the Portsmouth Library Association. Hutchins and Blum advertised as lawyers in the "Tribune" office.

February 11, 1842, the Franklin Institute met every Saturday evening at the Council] Chamber. B. Ramsey was President; O. F. Moore, Vice President; L. P. N. Smith, Treasurer; J. V. Robinson, Jr., Secretary. One topic for discussion was ' Resolved, that the Bankrupt Law was judicious and ought not to be repealed." ;

February 18, 1842, B. Ramsey's address before the Franklin Institute was published. It was delivered: February 12. At the Whig County meeting General William Kendall was President and John A. Turley Secretary. General William Kendall, Samuel Cole, Ed. Hamilton, E. Cranston and W. A. Hutchins were the Whig Central Committee.

May 1, 1842, J. Riggs gives notice of town election on March 14. First Ward votes at W. K nney's currying shop, Second Ward votes at Council Chamber and Third Ward votes at Dudley Day's house.

June 10, 1842, Francis Cleveland advertises Berkshire pigs for sale. Benjamin Ramsey and Wells A. Hutchins advertise as attorneys-at-law as Ramsey & Hutchins.

November 28, 1844, Thomas Wilbahn and John L. Ward dissolve partnership in the blacksmith business. It was carried on by John L. Ward. bs May 11, 1840, John Yoakley advertised a sacred concert at the Episcopal

July 22, 1846, at the Whig Congressional Convention at Piketon, General John I. Yaylor, of Ross County, was nominated for Congress. He' received 188 votes to 111 for Nelson Barrere, of Adams,

February 16, 1849, General Taylor passed up the river on the steamer "Telegraph No. 2" on his way to Washington. His coming was known and the militia and everybody turned out.

April 26, 1854, Captain John N. Lodwick was run over by a locomotive in Cincinnati. He was badly hurt but recovered. The locomotive threw him between the rails and then passed over him, dragging him some distance. He was walking on the track reading a newspaper. This occurred on the Little Miami Railroad, and he was taken to the Broadway Hotel.

May 17, 1854, first court report appeared in the newspapers. This is the very first time any newspaper ever attempted 'to report the courts.

November 16, 1854, ,the Scioto County B-ble Society met. John Mc- Dowell was President. Rey. T. J. Robert addressed the meeting. Also Rev. M. Mabee, Rev.-W. N. Spabr, Rev. E. P. Pratt. The collection was $97.44, $30 of which was to make Rev. H. P. Pratt a life member of the society. Rev. Erastus Burr, D. D., was made President (this is the first time he was referred to as D. D.), George Herod was Vice President, also James S. Fuller, Josiah Merrill, B. B. Gaylord, John B. Dodds. Rev. HE. P. Pratt was Secretary and John McDowell Treasurer and Depository.

February 28, 1855, John R. Turner retired from the Clerk's office. He had served 45 years. He said he was in the Clerk's office from 1810. He was 67 years of age.

May, 1855, the city leased the ground where Massie Block stands to Newman & McIntyre to build a three-story brick building to contain Council Chamber and Mayor's office. At the same date the third rolling mill project was, agitated.

October 9, 1855, the Republican party carried the State for the first time. October 10, 1855, a bridge over the Scioto was about to be built to cost $25,000. - : F 4 July 2, 1856, "The Tribune" hoisted the names of Fillmore and Donelson at the head of its columns. In this it made the mistake of its whole history. It ought 'to have supported the Republican party.

November 7, 1859, John Barber fell from the third floor of the 'Star Mill on Front and Chillicothe Streets and was instantly killed. He was 55 years of age and left a wife and five children. He was repairing a door, lost his balance, and fell.

July 11, 1860, the "Tribune" had a great deal to say as to Colonel Oscar Moore's position in politics. It said: "July 7th he announced himself as a Bell man. He had previously declared his intention to support Lincoln. He was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1855. In 1859 he declared himself a 'loco foco' in the spring, but in the fall supported the opposition ticket. When Lincoln was nominated he was delighted.

April 30, 1862, D. N. Murray and W. A. Hutchins went to Washington to raise funds to establish a Government Armory at Portsmouth. They went on behalf of the city. Thomas Dugan and W. J. Clark went on behalf of the county. $500 was raised from the county.

May 2, 1862, Portsmouth had a gun barrel factory, conducted by Messrs. Hall and Adams, in the old red mill above the rolling mill. They would turn out 100 barrels a day. They had a contract for 20,000 small arms and enough work for two years. They were at this time making carbines for cavalry service.

May 18, 1862, there was a meeting at the Court House in regard to the National Armory. George Stevenson was President; Dan McIfarland, Secretary; W. J. Clark, W. A. Hutchins, E. Glover, D. N. Murray and George A. Waller were appointed a committee. The bill was introduced into the Senate July 16, 1862, by Senator Sherman, and $500,000 was appropriated. It was to be built in the Hanging Rock region between the Big Sandy and Scioto Rivers.

January 7, 1863, Charles H. McFarland had a carrier's address in the "Yribune.' The prominent attorney of Los Angeles is hereby reminded of his boyhood.

February 21, 1863,, the Legislature forbade compensation to be paid Councilmen. The Councilmen had been paid $1.00 per meeting for many years prior to this date. :

February 18, 1865, the Times had an article from the Columbus Crisis, without comment, charging Mr. Hutchins and other Democrats with betraying their party, constituents and country in voting for the Thirteenth Amendment. It said they had no principles. It invited them to do as Judas did, called them traitors, etc. Sam Pike was believed to be its author. Time has abundantly justified Mr. Hutchins.

February 22, 1865, Sam Pike of the 'Chillicothe Advertiser,' abused Mr. Hutchins for his .vote for the Thirteenth Amendment. it said he never was a Democrat, and that since 1861 he had been a Republican in disguise.

April 19, 1865, the '""'Weekly Tribune' appeared in mourning. All the inside columns had black double heads on account of the death ot President Lincoln.

April 24, 1865, Captain Jacob H. Smith appointed Captain in the Regular Army and assigned to the Thirteenth Infantry. He is now General Jacop H. Smith, after a long and honorable career in the army. He was retired from active service in 1902.

June 14, 1865, ''Plutarch"' writes a letter in this issue of the "Tribune," giving an account of a show in Portsmouth, in 1814, having a large |Bengal tiger, captured in India when a cub, and then full grown. The admiss.on was 9 pence, or 12, cents.

January 30, 1866, the steamer "Missouri" blew up at ten minutes before 2 a.m, near Evansville, Ind. Captain Jesse Y. Hurd was injured. Mrs, Hurd, his wife, was instantly killed. Henry Hurd had his leg broken and was injured. Arthur Hurd had his right arm broken. Lewis Hurd and James Watkins escaped with light bruises. Colonel Graham was badly injured. Warren Lodw.ck was killed.

February 2, 1866, the steamer "W. R. Carter'? was blown up at 4 o'clock in the morning. She was blown up and burned to the water's edge. Captain Jacob S. Hurd, brother of Jesse Y. Hurd was instantly killed. R. W. Lewis and son Fred, of Portsmouth, were among the lost,

February 3, 1866, Henry Hurd, son of Captain Jesse Y. Hurd, died as a result of his injuries. The remains of his mother arrived the same evening.

February 7, 1866, Henry Hurd died February 3, 1866, from injuries received from being blown up on the steamer "Missouri." He was 23 years and 8 months old. At 16, he commenced his career as a steamboat pilot and became one of.the most skillful on the river. He was a young man of the best qualities, the beau ideal of a son. He endeared himself to all who knew him. His mother was killed in the explosion on the 30th, and her remains were brought to Portsmouth and interred. Captain Jacob Hurd, lost on the "Carter,' was born in New Hampshire and raised in Scioto County. He had three sons, John R., Jacob C. and Joseph. R. W. Lewis and his son Fred perished in the same catastrophe.

August 15, 1866, "Bostona No. 3" burned August 8, one mile below Maysville, Ky. Three lives lost. Boat and cargo a total loss. Valued at $100,000 and insured for $60,000. She was owned by David Gibson & Co., of Cincinnati, Press Lodwick and Moore & Bro., of Portsmouth. The fire was caused by a sheep kicking over a lamp,

January 26, 1867, Judge W. W. Johnson resigned on account of the salary. He was only rece.ving $1,500 when he resigned and was re-appointed by the Governor and then received $2,500.

May 5, 1867, Dan McFarland retires trom the "Tribune." H. R. W. Smith and David Blick take the paper. Dan McFarland had been with the paper for 12 years and for 5/4, years had compete control,

July 6, 1867, the clock in front of Zoellner's jewelry store was put up and has remained a prominent feature on Second Street in Portsmouth ever since.

July 12, 1867, Judge John W. Collings fell from a second-story window in the Massie Block and broke his arm and leg and otherwise injured himselr.

January 4, 1868, the steamer '"Harry-Dean" exploded her boilers below Gallipol.s. Captain George W. Norton, of Ironton; R. M. Biggs, of Ashland, and Major J. W. Ryder, of Guyandotte, were all instantly kiled, and their bodies lost. Four others were killed and two missing. :

September 26, 1868, H. R. W. Smith retired from the "Portsmouth Tribune." A, McFarland, Sr., took his place. The firm was McFarland & Elick.

July 10, 1872, Dan McFarland, Sr., was serenaded at his home on Second Street, and declared for Greeley, Gratz and Brown. He told the crowd that they had not mistaken the place; that he would vote for Greeley if they would vote for the railroad question under the Boesel law.

November 9, 1870, six deer killed below Turkey Creek in Scioto County. The same date the "Tribune" was removed from over the Adams Express office to the Tribune Building, corner Court and Second, just then finished.

March 15, 1871, John H. Thornton, who owned the land where the Biggs House stood, leased it to Judge W. V. Peck for 99 years at $250 per year, to be paid George Thornton while he lived. George Thornton sold his interest to William Biggs for $2,000.

April 12, 1871, the building of the Water Works of Portsmouth was let, to cost $81,500 ready to throw water. The machinery and all did cost $115,500.

May 10, 1871, the Odd Fellows were building on their lot at the corner of Court and Fifth streets. The building was estimated to cost $25,000.

June 28, 1871, Portsmouth "Light Guards," colored, was organized. Lloyd S. Hanson, Captain; Dan Biggs, First Lieutenant, and Frank White, Second Lieutenant.

November 1, 1871, Portsmouth people subscribed $59,000 in the Andes Insurance Company of Cincinnati. The money was afterward lost. Money was plenty in Portsmouth then.

May 8, 1872, the Water Works Trustees report that the works cost $122,- 663. Trenching, pipes, hydrants, etc., cost $10,258.13. Total cost, $132,291.13. There were 8 23-52 miles of street mains and 16,114 feet of service pipe. The yearly water bills were $3,159.50, payable semi-annually.

May 17, 1872, the City Council voted to tear down the Market House and erect a fountain. The people were afraid the Council would change its mind and two hours after the vote passed the Market House was a heap of ruins.

July 91, 1872, Robert A. Bryan had become a Republican when Greeley was nominated. The Republicans nominated him at once for County Surveyor and "The Times" howled. On the same date a Liberal Republican Club was started. H. H. Fullerton, W. C. Appler, John Wilhelm, Dr. Louis Schwab, Henry Rosenberg, Henry Hall, Charles Cy Bode and Adam Burkel are mentioned as members.

August 24, 1872, the following appeared in 'tthe "Times" of this date: "Married in this city by Charles Slavens, Treasurer of Scioto County, Mr. Robert A. Bryan to the Gravel party. No presents tendered but the Surveyor's office. The "Times" was fearfully pained at Mr. Bryan for changing his political associates.

December 24, 1872, the Monumental fund realized $2,500. The baby cap was voted for as follows: Jennie Bonsall 307, Richard Rifenberick 401, Maggie T. Ricker 1,731, Russel Newman 141, Maggie Peebles 26, Walter Pursell 43, Fannie Brown my Alice B. Higgins 1, 581. Amount realized $425.30.

December 31, 1873, it was announced that the large elm on John O'Neill's lot was planted by Doctor Hempstead in 1824. He said it came from the seed in 1820.

April 8, 1874, amount collected for the Soldiers' Monument was $5.124.79; - $2,390.91 in the Portsmouth National Bank and $2,733.88 in the First National Bank.

May 2. 1877, there was a letter published in the "Tribune" of this date from Henry Buchanan at Newport, Kentucky. He said that he gave O. F. Moore his first case as a lawyer in 1837. He said he came to Portsmouth in 1833, when the population was about 1,300. The Commercial Bank had $200,000 capital, $125.000 of which was subscribed in New York City. In a previous edition of the paper Buchanan had been published as dead, and he wrote to contradict the report.

June 26. 1877, contract for the Soldiers' Monument let to Carnenter & Raymond. of Dayton, Ohio, for $7,500. The base to be 9 feet and the height 40 feet. It was to be done in eighteen months.

June 30, 1881, General B. F. Coates retired from the office of Collector of United States Internal Revenue after 14 years' service. He was presented with a gold-headed cane by the employes of the office. Colonel EH. Nigh, of Ironton, made the presentation speech. Coates was succeeded by Marcus Boggs.

December 29, 1882, the 'Times'? discovered an aged negress, born in Virginia in 1768. Her name was Maria Warren. She remembered the soldiers coming home from the War in 1782. She came to Greenup County, Kentucky, in that year with her master, one Nichols. She claimed to have known Daniel Boone, to have heard Lorenzo Dow preach, and to have seen and heard Johnny Avpleseed. She had been married three times and had had eight children. four of whom were living. She lived with her son, Henry, who was a slave and had been sold South. but returned to Greenup after the War. She had belonged to six masters and had outlived all her masters. She had been a slave in Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. Our readers are advised to believe as much of this story as they choose. ,

August 11, 1883, the new German Evangelical Church started to be built on the Northeast corner of Washington and Fifth streets. Cost $20,000.

December 6, 1884, the United States was making surveys at Portsmouth for an ice harbor, and Grover Brothers were digging for natural gas at Portsmouth, A '

January 2, 1885, the middle span of the Scioto River Bridge fell. The moving out of the ice took away the false work before the superstructure could be secured on the press. It was impossible to rest the span on the press before the ice took out the false work. The Joss, about $5,000, fell on the Canton Bridge Company.

March 20, 1886, the bill for the Government Building had been introduced in Congress and the Committee of Public Buildings had reported favorably on it.

March 27, 1886, Geodetic survey found that the highest point on the Kentucky hills opposite Portsmouth was 633 feet above low water in the river and 592 feet above the floor of the Biggs House.

January 19, 1887, the Belt Railroad lacked $7,500 of enough to complete it, and $875 was subscribed at a public meeting of this date. The gas well was discussed and $3,000 was necessary to go to the Trenton rock, and $1,500 was raised.

May 12, 1887, the Grand Opera House was completed. The first play was "Our Angel." Miss Lizzie Evans was the star. The drop curtain represented "The Decline of Carthage." The orchestra was led by Prof. Enoch Salt, assisted by Prof. Straub. Lon McFarlin was in the box office.

November 6, 1888, Daniel McIntyre and wife celebrated their golden wedding. They were married November 6, 1858, in a frame building on the Northeast corner of Fourth and Court, by Rev. Simmons, a Methodist minister. She was a daughter of William Jones, the first school teacher of Portsmouth. Charles S. Smith, L. P. N. Smith and M. B. Gilbert were at their wedding.

February 16, 1889, the "Goose Nest' was selected for the Government Building. The site was to cost $12.000. The 'Goose Nest" was an old. hotel owned by a man of the name of Geese.

March 20, 1889, the Portsmouth Street Railway was sold to a " syndicate, George B. Chase, of Warsaw, New York; George F. Millen, of Fall River, Mass., and H. B. Wilson, of Ironton, Ohio.

May 4, 1889, when the East End scheme is done the Board of Trade will have $18,000 and 59 lots. The Portsmouth Stove and Range Works gets $8,009 and 13 lots, the flour mill $3,000-and ground, the grain elevator building ground. After this the Board w''ll have $9,000 and 30 lots left.

August 30, 1889, Harsha & Caskey were putting up a flour mill; G. D. Wait a furniture factory, and the Portsmouth Stove and Range Works a stove foundry.

September 23. 1889, the Ohio Military Academy opened with 21 cadets, under Colonel Bressler. 1 I. Hudson was one of the instructors; Dr. D, B. Cot-

October 17, 1891, the Indian rock appeared in thé river. G. H. Gharky saw it in the river in 1841, It is in the river nearly opposite the Water Works.

January 20, 1894, the Portsmouth Street Railway and Light Company obtained the contract for lighting the city for ten years for $4,500 per year.

Kebruary 7, 1894, the City Council were to meet at the Little Building on Court Street for the last time, Prior to 1871 it had met in the Massie Block, From 1871 to 1878 it met in the Mayor's office, From 1878 to 1894 it: met in the Little Building on Court Street, From 1894 to the present time it has occupied the Kricker Building. ;

May 22, 1896, the old town well was uncovered in the paving of Market Street. Tt was found 18 inches below the surface covered with a great rock. Tt had not been filled and was over 380 feet deep. T't was dug to supply the Jail and Court House with water. The well was covered over in 1826. John G. Peebles drank out of it before that, James Hannahs remembered it well, It was walled with brick and in good condition. It was twenty feet from the Southeast corner of the Biggs House, :

June 21, 1897, Hon. A. C. Thompson was appointed President of the Commission to revise and codify the penal laws of the United States, under act of June 4, 1897.

August 11, 1897, Captain William Moore and his wife, Elizabeth Frances Smith, celebrated ther golden wedding. They were married at the old stone house in Alexandria. The celebration was at Henley, the home of their sonin-law, R. R. Peebles.

February 22, 1898, Mrs. Katherine Foley died, aged 98 years. She came from Ireland in 1850. She was never sick and never took a dose of medicine in her life. She spent sixteeen years of her life in England before coming to the United States.

April 26, 1898, Company H, Fourteenth O. V. I., left for Columbus, It was a solemn day in Portsmouth. Schools were dismissed and all the soldiers of the War of 1861 escorted them to the Columbus train. Each member of Company H earr'ed a bouquet of flowers. They came down from their armory at 9:20 A. M. The City Police and Uniformed Kn 'ghts of Pythias were in the procession. Every band in town was out in the parade and the line of march was from Market Street to the Norfolk and Western Station. Six of the Company never returned, but died in the service. At the station, Company I, of the Seventeenth O. V. I., of Ironton, was on the train,

August 7, 1898, was the fortieth anniversary of Miss Emma Bell as a teacher in the First Presbyterian Sunday School. She had been in the school forty-two years, two years as a pupil and forty years as a teacher. Of those present, Sam Johnson was her oldest pupil and his son Kenyon, age three vears, her youngest. Of those present that morning, 75 had been in her class. Sixteen hundred children had been under her care and eleven of the teachers had been in her class,

September 16, 1898, Hon. A. C. Thompson was nominated by the Presi dent to be United States Judge, Southern District of Ohio, in place of Judge Sage, retired. He took the oath of office September 22, 1898.

September = 1898, the Yorktown lots were drawn at the Opera House ; Nevember, 7, 1898, Company H, which left April 26, 1898, was welcomed home. Creed Milstead was Chief Marshal. G. A. R with drum corps, City ministers. Young Men's Institute, Ancient Order of Hibernians, High School Cadets, Excelsior Band, Uniformed Knights of Pythias, Fraternal Division of Red Men, River City Band, ex-members of Company H, Portsmouth Cycle Club, Fire Department and City Officials in carriages welcomed them home.

October 30, 1899, the spider bridge over the Little Sec'oto fell. Charles Brown was in it with a team of horses. His horses were killed and he was badly injured. The bridge was a combinat:on of woo] and iron, built eighteen years hefore.

was born May 14, 1800, in Norfolk, Virginia. His father was Rev. Benjamin Ashley, a Baptist minister, ordained by the Portsmouth, Virginia, Association in 1803. His grandfather was William Ashley, who was master's mate.in the State Navy of Virginia, during the Revolutionary War. 'These were all descended from Captain John Ashley of London,. England, whose name appears in the second charter to the Virginia Colony in 1609, and whose descendants came to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1635.

The subject of this sketch received a good common school education. At the age of seventeen he removed to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he entered as an apprentice in the bookbinding business. After completing his apprenticeship, he continued in the business as a journeyman till the spring of 1826. He was very religious in his nature, and gave mtich time to the study of the scripture and to religious work. He became a member, of the Disciples (Campbellite) Church, and was one of the eight persons who organized the first Disciples Church in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1817. He decided to follow in the footsteps of his father, and devoted all his spare time in studying for the ministry. In 1820, he married Miss Mary Ann Kirkpatrick, of Alleghany City, Pennsylvania, (who was also one of the eight persons who assisted in organizing the first Disciples Church in Pittsburg,) a young lady of Scotch-Irish descent, born October 25, 1800, died October 26, 1861, and was buried in the cemetery near Masterston, Monroe County, Ohio, by the side of her daughter Mary. She was a devoted wife and mother and in every sense of the word a help to her husband. In the spring of 1826, he removed with his wife and three children to Portsmouth, Ohio, and established a bookbinding business on what is known as the McDowell Corner. In 1831, he established the first soap and candle manufactory in Portsmouth, in which he was passably successful. At that time candles were made by the "dipping"' process. In 1830, he was present and assisted in organizing the Scioto County Bible Society, and was one of a committee of three to draft by-laws for the government of the Society. In 1837, John C. Ashley was a candidate for County Assessor on the Democratic ticket and was second in the race. Azel Glover, who was elected had 234 votes and Ashley 154.

continued his studies for the ministry, studying particularly the Greek language, which materially assisted. him in-his work. He preached at "McCoy's," about 4 miles north-east of Portsmouth, at "TMlijah Musgrove's," about six miles above Portsmouth; also in a church at the mouth of the Little Scioto river. In 1842, he decided to give all of his time to the ministry, and received letters of ordination as an elder and evangelist. His work until 1850, was in Meigs, Athens, Washington and Monroe Counties, in south-eastern Ohio, where he established a number of churcltes, teaching school and lecturing on temperance during the winter months. In 1850, he removed to Illinois, where he continued his ministerial work in the section of country from Carmi to Walnut Hill, where he died in August, 1855, and was buried in the little church yard cemetery about one mile south-east of Walnut Hill. He had eight children, five sons and three daughters, viz:

James M., has a sketch in this volume. John K., born in Pitts-_ burg, July 4, 1824, studied medicine with Doetor Carpenter in Athens, Ohio, practiced in Masterston, in Monroe County, till 1852. He moved to Hlinois in that year, and practiced his profession in Wayne City, and other towns in that vicinity, and is now, (1902), practicing his profession in Fairfield, Hlinois. Benjamin, was born in Pittsburg in January, 1826, Te learned the baking and candy making business in Cineinnati, Ohio, and established a business in that line in MeConnellsville, Ohio, where he died in 1847. William was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1828; learned the cigar business in St. Louis; served in the Mexican War, and was a U. $. deputy surveyor in Colorado from 1861 to 1880. He is now (1902) living on a farm near Hope, Idaho. Mary Jane was born in Portsmouth in 1831, died and was buried near Masterston, Monroe County, Ohio, in 1849. Eli M. was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, May 28, 1833, was educated at the Western Liberal Institute at Marietta, Ohio; engaged in the drug business in 'Toledo, Ohio, from 1854 to 1861; removed to Colorado, arriving in Denver June 17, 1861; was chief clerk of the U. S. Surveyor General's office in Colorado for seventeen years, was President of the Denver Board of Iducation in 1875, was President of the Chamber of Commerce in 1887, was'Chairman of the Republican State Committee in 1891 and 1892, In 1886, he organized the Western Chemical Company, and was elected its President, which position he holds to the present time (1902). John Clinton Ashley was severely strict and conscientious in his ways. His religion was of the old-fashioned sort, and he appeared particularly to believe in the adage, "spare the rod and spoil the child," in his manner of bringing up his children, and while conscientious and unselfish, would now be thought extremely strict. Financially he was always in moderate circumstances, and not very successful. He was in every sense of the word a "self-made man", was a "born teacher" and very successful in teaching school, in preaching and in temperance work. He gave the greater part of his life to the cause of Christ, "preaching the word", and baptising in "His name," and surely deserved the plaudit of "Well done, good and faithful servant."'

About the year 1805, the paternal grandmother of our subject, a widow then living in Pennsylvania, sold her little home in the Monongahela hills, and with the proceeds in her pocket, set out for the wilderness of Scioto County. She came down the Ohio river with a few others, bringing her horse and a light outfit, with which, after her arrival here, she made a journey on horseback to the Government Land Office in Chillicothe, Ohio, and entered Section 23 in Porter Township. This Section, consisting mostly of alluvial Pine Creek bottom lands above Wheelersburg, she divided between her four sons: Peter, Michael, Christian and James, the father of our subject. Here,, James who married Nancy Smith, settled in 1806 and reared a large family. Elizabeth, his daughter married Jesse Alford, and went West. Catharine, another daughter of James, married Lemuel Cadot and reared a large family near Chaffin's Mill. Susan, the third daughter married William Finton. Sarah A., the fourth daughter married Rev. James M. Kelley, now living in Ironton, Ohio. Celinda, the fifth daughter married Martin Beeson, and went to Metropolis, Illinois. Samuel, a son died in this county. Isaiah, another son, moved to Massac County, Illinois. John S., the subject of this sketch, was born in 1811, and lived and died on his farm near Wheelersburg in 1897. The Baccus family, like all others of that period who remained here, possessed the true pioneer spirit. Their wants were of the simplest and they kenw how to do with a little. The fact that stores were not accessible; that they were compelled to make everything they required, huts, furniture, wearing apparel, bedding, leather, sugar, salt, meal, wooden ploughs and brush harrows; that there were no markets and practically no money except what they had brought with them, developed a spirit of self-reliant helpfulness of which the present generation can have no adequate conception. When a mill was erected in a pioneer neighborhood, it was an occasion for great rejoicing. 'The opening of salt works at Kanawha led to the forming of small caravans with camping outfits and pack-mules, which came from great distances to lay in a supply of this great necessary of life. Every man and every woman was a fabricant of necessity, there being almost no division of labor in those sparsely settled communities, whereby one might be a carpenter, another a shoemaker, a third a butcher and so on for the others. Hence everyone had a practical, many sided training bearing directly on the amelioration of the hard conditions, the scanty resources of pioneer life. Such were the experiences that fell to the Baccus family in common with other pioneers, and through this many sided training the subject of our sketch came up. Being endowed with ingenuity and a quick mechanical eye, he early picked up a knowledge of carpentry which he pursued exclusively for a few years, and was of practical benefit to him all through life. He could make anything he needed in woodwork, from erecting houses to stocking plows, repairing wagons or fashioning a gun stock. Stone-cutting, bricklaying, harness-making, and innumerable things: which usually call for expert skill he could neatly accomplish-in less time often than the trained mechanic. His powers of endurance and capacity for turning out work were phenomenal. He sometimes had trouble to hire help because when working at his usual pace, men thought he was rushing them. One thing he never learned was the art of tanning, for when a small boy he was installed in a new pair of domesti¢ buckskin trousers and these having got thoroughly wet by a fall in a creek, he never forgot thé sorry plight in which the shrunken trousers placed him, and his early disgust for domestic leather clung to him. In 1836 he married Miss Emily Vincent of the French Grant and soon afterward moved to his Dogwood Ridge farm, then covered with heavy timber. He borrowed money at ten per cent to make a start and then began clearing and improving. He began with a horse and cart, but supplement- - ed this outfit with a yoke of cattle. After paying off his first and only loan, he rigidly avoided debt, and in a. few years began to have a bank account. His plan of life was to buy nothing that he could produce, but to always have something to sell. His motto was, ''Keep what you've got, then get a little more." In the days before the dog nuisance prevented farmers from keeping sheep, he would have his wool product spun in the house, which his wife would knit into stockings, and in the Spring sometimes sell fifty pairs at a time, the output of industrious fingers during the long winter evenings. And so he continued to work and clear land and improve his farm, which in ~ the meantime became a model of neatness and _ productiveness. He took pride in sending nothing. to market but the best. His wheat must be the cleanest, his ears of corn the largest, his hay the greenest and brightest, his butter the yellowest and sweetest that could be produced. And for fifty years he toiled and prospered, a conspicuous example in his neighborhood of what can be achieved in this land of opportunities, by ambition, industry, economy and a tenacious holding on to a chosen calling. The dominating element in his character was his concentration of energy to the accomplishment of the matter in hand, whatever that might be. He would hardly rest day or night till the undertaking was in shape to be satisfactorily com- ~ pleted. This trait was uppermost and controling in every situation, even in arranging some pleasure excursion. Of temperate habits, strong will, honorable principles, honest to the last cent in dealing, of strong convictions, just as positive and immovable when mistaken was born in 1761, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 1778, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War and the official record of his service will be found under the title of Revolutionary Soldiers. While he was out serving in the militia during the Revolution, the Indians surrounded his father's cabin, killed him and his family and burned the cabin.

In 1780, he was married in Pennsylvania to Barbara Clingman, daughter of John Michael Clingman. The children born of this marriage were: Hannah, born February to, 1783; John, Feb-- ruary 23, 1785; Samuel, July 5, 1787; Joseph, October 6, 1789; Nathaniel, May 17, 1792; Nancy, March 23, 1794; Isaac, July 12, 1796. They were all born in Philadelphia. August 10, 1896, he landed at the mouth of Little Scioto and from there went on to Oldtown, where he resided till Portsmouth was laid out in 1803. His son, James was born March 16, 1798. Washington and Mary, twins, were born June 2, 1803, the first twin children ever born in Portsmouth. His son John was eighteen years old when Portsmouth was surveyed off in lots and carried a chain for Henry Massie, who gave him a lot for his services.. John traded it off for a pair of boots. Massie offered Uriah Barber a lot in Portsmouth, if he would build on it and conduct a hotel. He accepted the offer and built a two story hewed log house and it was furnished and occupied before June 2, 1803, the date of the birth of his twin children, Washington and Mary. This house was built on lot No. 279, corner of Front and Scioto streets. It had a shingle roof and oak and clay chimneys. 'The National Hotel was afterwards built on the same site. On November 21, 1803, on complaint of Judge Joseph Lucas, Uriah Barber was bound over by Thomas Waller, Justice of the Peace, to keep the peace.