Zanesville, Ohio - The Annexation Of Putnam To (part 1 of 8)

The Annexation Of Putnam To

The town of Springfield was laid out before the township in which it is situated was organized. For beauty of situation it is not surpassed by any other on the Muskingum river. Nature has evidently been gracious in her adaptation for pleasant homes, and the wants of commerce are easily met, both by rail and water. The curvature of the river, westward and then northward, as it traverses the northern boundary of the town, renders the current on the east, where the

The highland that originally formed the western boundary of the. village, and subsequently made a part of the town, known as ' Putnam Hill,' lends an increased charm to the view; its graceful slopes, dotted o'er with forest trees, at once beautiful and comforting in their cooling shade, suggest thoughts of paradise.

Dr. Increase Mathews and Levi Whipple laid out the town in 1802, and by their personal influence began at once to draw hither whatever of industry, art, culture and music were necessary to constitute a prosperous community. The sequel shows the wisdom of their course, and they had the gratification of living to see their expectations verified.

The name was suggested by the well known spring that gushes out of the highland, since known as 'Putnam Hill."'" This headland has long been known as commanding the finest view of ''the Blue Muskingum"' of any point in this

"To him, who, in the light of Nature, holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile,

And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware."

July 27, 1801, Rufus Putnam, Levi Whipple and Dr. Increase Mathews, assigned, appropriated and made over to the town of Springfield, (now the Ninth ward of Zanesville) '' for the purpose of erecting such public buildings thereon as may be wanted for the use of the town, or any religious society established in it, or for the county or State, the eleven and one-half acres, now known as' Putnam Hill Park'; which tract, or so much of it as shall not be occupied by public buildings of the description aforesaid, shall remain a perpetual commonage.'' [See Book "A," page 8, Muskingum County Records].

still more popular resort. Tis a beautiful site. _ Tue First Store in the village was opened on the site now known as No. 99, Muskingum avenue, by Dr. Increase Mathews, in 1803. He kept a general stock of merchandise, including original proprietors of Springheid, was the first physician. And, as such. his duties were often very arduous, he having to go many miles to visit patients. It was reasonable, therefore, for him to invite another to share the- burden;-: accordingly, when Dr. Jesse Chandler came, in 1804, he soon acquired a very extensive practice, death, which occurred suddenly in the winter of 1814-15. Atthis time, eleven other prominent citizens are said to have died, all suddenly, and near the same time, of what was called 'the cold plague." Terror-spread over the community on account of the great mortality, and the probable spread of the disease.

Othér, physicians followed, locating in Springfield or vicinity, and, as nearly as can now be ascertained, in the following order. They were: Drs. Smith, Reed, Conant, Robert Safford, Dillon, Brown, E. A. Farquhar, J. B. Erwin, J. R. Larzelere and O. C. Farquhar. Others have been atcounted for in the ''Medical Record," of Zanesville.

Tue -PostorricE. - Prior to 1803, the inhabitants of the village of Springfield, and the region south and west, obtained their mail matter at the office in Zanestown. The Post-Master General, however, was induced to grant an increase 'in mail facilities, and established a postoffice in the village of Springfield, in the early part of this year, and appointed Dr. Increase Matthews as Post-Master.. This, doubtless, was.a compliment and satisfaction, and aided their reputation, insomuch that it is said the population was increased

'ment (in Licking county) and the Walmsly neighborhood, in Coshocton county, and was organized in 1803, by Rev. Asa Shinn. It belonged to the Pittsburgh District of the Baltimore Conference, and was denominated ''the Hockhocking circuit."'

The society: was organized in Springfield, in 1806, by Rev. John Meeks. The first members were: John Goshen and family, Samuel Chapman and family, William H. Moore and family, Jesse Smith, J. Mervin, Merriam Putnam, Win- They

Whipple, for church purposes, and on which the society built a brick church in 1830, which was taken down about 1868, to make room for the present commodious church, on the east side of Moxahala avenue.: This. church is further described in the chapter on chyrches, as the Moxahala Avenue M. E. Church.

BLACKSMITHS. - This class of industry had About the year 1803, Peter Miser came to the village of Springfield and opened shop, and between that date and 1805 he was followed by Philip Munch Where these two sons of Vul-

Deatnu's Dornes. - The first death in Springfield was the wife of Dr. Increase Mathews. The second was Grace Crooks, daughter of Andrew Crooks. They occurred in 1804. :

First OrcHARDS. - John Matthews, Abraham Leaven and Levi Whipple planted orchards about the same time, 1804, and John Springer. and Adam France, in 1806.

TANNERIES. - The first tannery in Springfield was erected by I. Newell, in the year 1805. Subsequent tanners were: Horace Nye, Levi Chapman, Tanner, Peleg Mason, Jacob Reese, William Reese and A. M. Ewing. ;

TANNERY BY Horace Nyz. - A letter from his father, Ichabod Nye, dated ''Marietta, 5th October, 1821," informs him as follows: ''And have agreed with Amercy Keys, a young man, who came from the State of Maine this summer, for three months, to currey and work in.the tanyard, as you may want, for the sum of fourteen dollars 'per'month, boarding and washing.

_ "7 do not expect that he will turn off the work so fast as some currers that practice that buisness alltogather, but I have examined him relative to the mode & manner of his practice in that buisness, & like his ideas verry well. I think he will do the work better for countrey use than the Southern or Philadel'a currers. They, maney of them, shave their Leather too thin, more especially 'the shoulder & the back parts.

'*He will undoubtedly show you all that he can in the business, & I have given him my ideas & mode of work generally, which he will be better able to tell you than I could communicate by writing, in ners ih blacking. I have given him m mode, which I think he will be able to do, which is quite essential in the business. Blacking that will rub off of leather is a great damage to the credit of it. The composition is Lampblack & Oil, with a little soap (say aboute } poin) to two Gallons of the Blacking (when all the materials are added togeather) Surred well togeather to this the strong decoxtion of Sewmach (if you have it), mixed with the coperas, Yellow Oake Bark or Logwood, this stured all togeather, and the latter putt in lastt, to the Oil & Lampblack. This Liquid blacking will be proportuned as you 'find it best sutes when you spread it on the leather, probebley about as much as of the Oil part.

edges well over, or turned in rather more than what Carrell used to work them, especially when you first begin to practice and in whitening they must be more so, than in shaving weat leather, and then turne the wire edge a little out, in this way you will shave smoother & safer from jumping or bounding of the knife, &c., &c. 'In haste, I remain your father, ''IcHABOD NYE." just west of the Round. House, i.e., about the southwest. end of Adams street, and obtained water from a spring at that place, which afforded an ample supply for his vats, some twelve or fifteen in number.

Chapman's tannery, in ''Chap's Run:'' Levi Chapman had a tannery about where the bridge abutments were built, and near this he had his ''bark house," in about 1820.

field. -The building was of three stories, one of stone and two of brick, which accounts for the discrepancy in the accounts of it, some calling it ''a two-story brick,' and others ''a three-story building."' It was built in 1806, by John Leavens and Benjamin S. Gilmore, and was sometimes called ''Leavens' Tavern," although he never occupied it. It stood on the southwest corner of Muskingum and Putnam avenues, as now designated. 'This was the first ''brick tavern" in this section of country, and was called ''the best hotel west of the Alleghany Mountains ;"' and it is said that great effort was made to make it such. Mr. Burnham kept this house until 1811, when he removed to Gen. Van Horne's tavern, on the

Tue First Banx. - Muskingum Bank was chartered in 1813, and located on the southwest corner of Muskingum and. Putnam avenues. Gen. Isaac Van Horne was the first President. and D. J. Marple the'first Cashier.

After a few years, some discouraging circumstances created a want of confidence in the enterprise, and the Bank suspended. In 1829, or 1830, the Bank reorganized and elected Ebenezer Buckingham President, and Solomon Sturgess Cashier, and continued to do business until 1846, when it wound up its business. The last officers were Alvah Buckingham, President, and B. H. Buckingham, Cashier.

SPRINGFIELD CHANGED To PuTNAM. - '' An act to change the name of Springfield, in the County of Muskingum. Whereas, It is represented to this General Assembly that inconveniences do arise to the inhabitants of Springfield, in the County of Muskingum, in consequence of there being two towns of the same name within the State, by which letters and packages are occasioned frequently to be miscarried ; now, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, that the name of the town of Springfield, in the County of Muskingum, be and the same is hereby changed, and thus the said town shall henceforth be known and distinguished by the name of the town of Putnam; provided that this change shall in no case be so construed as to affect the right and title of property granted in or to said town of Springfield."

It is proper to add in this connection that Gen. Rufus Putnam had, by his generous activity in all things relating to the welfare of the community, greatly endeared himself to the people, so that his name was given to the settlement as a wellearned compliment, and the prominent citizens purposely met at General Putnam's residence, to show him this appreciation.

Putnam MAnuFactTurinc Company. - This company was organized November 23, 1815, for the manufacture of cotton. It was chartered, and had a capital stock of $5,000, with authority

The stockholders were Ebenezer Buckingham, who held three shares; Stephen C. Smith, one share ; Moses Smith (by his attorney, Stephen C. Smith), one share; Whipple & Putnam, two shares ; Levi Whipple, two shares; Edwin Putnam, two shares; N. C. Findley, one share; H. Nye, and Amos Nye, one share; Jeremiah Dare, one share.

This company located their factory between the Whipple Mill and the west end of the lower bridge, and agreed to give Messrs. Whipple & Putnam the profits on two shares of stock for the water privilege. After this cotton factoty had been in operation a few years, it was sold to Joseph R. Thomas, who changed the machinery for such as was adapted to the manufacture of wool, carding, spinning, weaving* and fulling. This factory was burned down when the bridge was destroyed by fire, in 1845. Mr. Thomas built the woolen factory that is now standing on the bank of the river, below the present woolen mill in 1848, and.in 1870 sold it and the build-. ing, aie Mes as the Whipple mill, to the Zanesville oolen Manufacturing Company, which is chartered, and has a capital stock of $50,000.

Wooten Miixs. - In 1815, Whipple and Putnam inaugurated a woolen mill, also called "Clothing Works.' Samuel H. Raymonton was clothier, or superintendent, which position he held two years. The mill was then leased to George E. Clapp, (October 2, 1817,) who speaks of it as a ''Cloth Dressing and Dyeing Works." October 18, 1818, Mr. Clapp. announces in the Zanesville ''Express"' that he is still operating the mills of Whipple & Putnam, at the east end of Putnam bridge. The mill was afterwards sold to J. R. Thomas, and not long after was closed.

Porreries - The first pottery was inaugurated by Solomon Purdy, west of Putnam avenue, between Jefferson and Madison streets, in 1820. Red and yellow ware, bowls, plates and dishes were made there.

Thomas 'Wilbur started a pottery about four miles west of Zanesville, on the Cooper Mill road, in 1824, and manufactured stone ware. The establishment had a capacity of 80,000: gallons per annum.

Joseph Bell, formerly of the William Brown shop, five miles from the city, on the Flint Ridge road.' They have an average capacity of 80,000 gallons perannum. The price pér gallon is generally tour and a half cents.

At the time of the annexation of Putnam to Zanesville, Putnam had five potteries, viz.: H. M. Wilbur, two; J. C. Wilbur, one; J. B. Williams, one, and John Scott, one. They had an average capacity of 80,000 gallons per annum

Or Miii. - In the year 1828, John Goshen erected an oil mill on the lot adjoining the Moxahala avenue Church, on the north. It is presumed this was a linseed -oil mill, as castor beans had not been grown in any section convenient to that mill at that time. Samuel Atkinson wasthe superintendent. In 1838, the mill was. sold to Messrs. Russell & Cutler. who changed it into.a flouring mill

TEMPERANCE Society. - The first was organized at a public meeting, for that purpose, November 15, 1830, at which Edward Putnam was Chairman, and W. H. Moore, Secretary.

The officers were: John Goshen, President; Edward Putnam, Vice President; A. A. Guthrie, Secretary; S. Chapman, Treasurer. W. H. Moore, Horace Nye, Thomas Wilbur, William Hadley, and A. Joselyn, Directors.

The prominent members were earnest, devoted Christian men, and exercised a great influence in the community. It was well organized, and its officers were noted for the prompt performance of their duties. In December, 1850, it numbered 813 members. The last officers were elected November 15, 1852, and were: H. Safford, President ; S. Seamans, Vice President ; Lawson

Many of the members of this Society were also members of the Sons of Temperance, and did not think it worth while fo keep up both organizations. The latter was organized April 28, 1848. They applied for, and obtained, a charter under a general act of the Legislature.

EMANCIPATIQN SociETY. - On Monday evening, June 24th, 1833, Levi Whipple, A. G. Allen,-Thomas Gurney, M. B. Cushing and H. C. Howells, met at the residence of the latter, (whichis still standing on the northeast corner of Van Buren street and Woodlawn avenue, ) to discuss the subject of slavery and oppression, with a view to attempt the organization of a society ''on the.broad principle of total emancipation, as soon as possible." After the discussion, it was agreed that each individual present should invite his friends to another meeting, which was appointed to be held on the following Saturday evening, at the office of Mr. Whipple, which stood on what is now Muskingum avenue, and between the present residences of Mr. A. C. Ross and Mr. William R. Hazlett. This was with a view to the formation of a Society. ''for the promotion of Freedom and _ Universal Rights,' and a committee consisting of Messrs. Whipple, Howells and Allen, was appointed to draft a constitution to be submitted for adoption to those who should assemble.

At the meeting, there were present: Levi Whipple, Chairman; John Goshen, Thomas Gurney, Horace Nye, H. C. Howells, M. B. Cushing, John Quigley, Charles Matthews, William Joiner and A.' é Allen, who acted as Secretary. The committee previously appointed, presented a constitution which was adopted, and signed by all save Mr. Goshen and Mr.

The first public meeting was held July 4th, 1833, in the Zanesville Presbyterian Church, when, after discussion, the constitution was amended, and the name of the organization changed to the ''Muskingum County Emancipation Society to promote the Abolition of Slavery and of Oppressive Laws.'' This constitution, though not numerously signed in the city, received the signatures of two hundred and twenty persons in various parts of the county, within a short time.

October 26th, 1833, the monthly concert of prayer for the abolition of slavery was established, and held at first in the Stone Academy, and for many years thereafter in the basement of the Presbyterian Church, in Putnam, on the last Monday evening of every month.

A Bible class for colored adults was formed, and subsequently a colored Sabbath School, the classes in which afterward entered the Sabbath School, and remained till, gradually, the colored people organized schools of their own.

In the winter of 1834, petitions were signed here, and forwarded to the Legislature of the State, praying for the amelioration of the condition of its colored population; particularly, that they might be permitted to give testimony in the courts, and allowed to participate in the benefits of the school fund - and to Congress, asking for the immediate abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and of the slave trade between the United States.

Previously, however, the friends otf colonization had formed a society, and though the line of separation between them and the friends of immediate emancipation soon began to widen, and opposition arose, yet they all united, in the winter of 1835, in numerously signed petitions, both to the Legislature of the State and to Congress, renewing the requests made by friends of emancipation the winter previous. '

About this time, Jacob Stout, a member of the society, was fi fifty dollars for employing a colored max¥one Mark Turner, and taking exceptions to this decision, the society employed |

Messrs. Goddard and Convers in his defense. A State convention was appointed to be held here, April 22d, 1835, and during the March previous, Mr. Theodore D. Weld, afterwards distinguished as an abolition speaker, came, by invitation, to lecture. His meetings created great opposition and excitement, and under date of April 11, 1835, the records of the society show that a committee was appointed to confer with Richard Stillwell, Esq., (afterwards Judge Stillwell), then Prosecuting Attorney of this county, in relation to the disturbance of these meetings, with a view to secure means for their prevention. During the convention, bands of riotous persons, encouraged by more respectable but more guilty men, crossed the river, disturbed its sessions, defaced the Academy where they were held, insulted ladies who had been. in attendance, and succeeded in breaking up the convention. They threatened to burn the dwellings of Major Nye, Mr. Howells and Mr. A. A. Guthire, which for some time had to be guarded by their friends, there being here no municipal government.

The feeling of hostility against the friends of emancipation had at length; in some degree, subsided, when the State Anti-Slavery Society again assembled here in convention, the last of May, 1839. The announcement of the contemplated meeting, however, kindled anew the slumbering fires of passion, and there were issued various inflammatory documents, and among them a hand-bill captioned the ''Resurrection of Abolitionists in Putnam." It was filled with the bitterest invectives, and was calculated to excite the worst passions of the human heart. It had its legitimate and intended effect. Evil minded persons began to prowl around the village during the stillness of the convention, and on the night of its adjournment fired the barn of Adam France, because he had -stabled the horses of delegates, and the succeeding night burned tlie barn of Mr. Whipple for the same reason. One of the rioters, Mike Casey, was arrested and convicted; but, while being taken to jail, was rescued on the lower bridge by an armed,band of his associates, and taken in triumph to Zanesville. The appearance of this party and their report of proceedings, caused the crowd already gathered, to rush down Third street and through the bridge, threatening to burn the village. At the western end of the bridge, however, they encountered the Mayor of Putnam, Mr. Z. M. Chandler, with an armed police, and were warned that if they attempted to advance further it would be at their peril. After parleying a while, they slowly retreated, with bitter curses on the abolition town. This assault led, at the instance of Mr. R. N. Dunlap, to the organization of the ''Putnam Greys," a military company which, under the drill of Capt. Jesse P. Hatch, a graduate of Capt. Partridge's Military School at Norwich, Vermont, became one of the finest military companies in the State, and was for years an institution of this place.

question, it should be said that they were a unit with them in defending the village. Nor should they be regarded as pro-slavery men. But they ditcced widely from those who advocated immediate emancipation as the best and safest way of removing the overgrown, threatening and abominable system of American servitude.

Founpry. - In 1835, Lawson Henry and Jacob Anderson built a foundry, on Moxahala avenue, just north of the Oil Mill. They manufactured all kinds of hollew-ware. In 1845, butt-hinges were manufactured in this building, also; including plows. The foundry is still in operation, and is now owned by Pierce Ratliff.

The Village of Putnam was incorporated in 1835, and the first meeting of the Council was held July 4th of that year. The following were their first officers :

Gxiass Worxs. - This establishment was built in 1845, on the southeast corner of Muskingum avenue and Harrison street. It is operated by Carter, Burns & Kearns. They manufacture fruit-jars, principally.

'Bucket Facrory.'' - This establishment was built, between the river and the foundry, in 1845, -by John Buckingham, William Buckingham, and George N. Guthrie. This establishment was built for a saw and planing mill, but, for some unaccountable reason, was called ''Bucket Factoty." It is owned and operated by George N. Gathrie.

PutTNnaM Buripi1ne, Loan, AnD Savines Asso- CIATION. - This association was incorporated March 2d, 1869. The incorporators were: Henry Jones, Perry Miles, C. D. Caldwell, J. Randall, J. Buckingham, and J. B. Williams. Henry Jones was elected President and W. E. Guthrie Secretary.

THe Putnam CtassicaL InstrTuTE. - This institution, now known as ''Putnam Female male Seminary," is located in that part of the city of Zanesville formerly known as 'the village of Putnam." The institution owes its inception to Miss Sarah Sturges Buckingham, afterwards wife of Rev. George Beecher. Returning from school in Hartford, she felt the great need of better educational advantages for the young ladies of her native place and its vicinity, and through her labors and liberality a girls' school was inauguarated, in 1835, in the building known as 'the Stone Academy," and now the residence of Mrs. Robins. A Miss Mather, governess in Mrs. Buckingham's family, was placed in charge of the school, the interest in which grew, until a plan was matured for the seminary, which was incorporated by the following act:

'*WHEREAS, certain individuals in the town of Putnam, in the county of Muskingum, for the purpose of advancing the cause of education, have associated themselves together, and organized a Board of Trustees; and whereas, an act of incorporation would greatly facilitate the object they have in view; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

'"'SecTIoN ist. That William H. Beecher, Levi Whipple, Alvah Buckingham, Julius C. Guthrie, Solomon Sturges, and Albert A. Guthrie, and their successors, be, and they are hereby declared to be, a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, to be known and distinguished by the name and style of the ''Trustees of the Putnam Classical Institute."

'Sec. 2d. That the said Trustees, by their corporate name aforesaid, shall be competent to sue and be sued, plead, and be impleaded, defend: and be defended, in all courts of law or equity ; may have a common seal, and alter the same at any time; and may fill all vacancies in their own body which may occur by death or otherwise, and may add to their number at discretion. ;

'Sec. 3d. That the said Trustees (a majority of whom shall constitute a Board) shall have power to appoint a President, Secretary and Treasurer, and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary, and the said other officers may or may not be of their own number ; and the said Trustees may ordain and-establish such laws, rules, and regulations for the government of said corporation as they may deem proper ; provided, that the same be not inconsistent with the Constitution of the laws of the United States and of this State.

'Sec. 4th. That the Trustees, in their corporate capacity, and their successors in office, shall be capable of - in law - receiving and acquiring, either by purchase, devise, gift, bequest, or otherwise, property, real, personal, or mixed ; to be used, improved, expended, or conveyed, for the benefit of said Institute, provided, that such property shall be held and used only for literary purposes ; provided further, that any future Legislature shall have power to alter, amend, or repeal this act, provided such alteration, repeal, or amendment, shall not affect the title to any estate, real or personal, acquired or conveyed under its provisions, or diverted to any other use than originally intended. a '""WiILLIAM MEDILL, ''Speaker pro tem. House of Representatives.

Under the new dispensation, Miss L. A. Emerson, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, was employed as Principal, in October, 1835, with Miss Mather and Miss Sarah S. Buckingham as assistants, Miss Daniels, as teacher of Music, and old Mr. Hobbie for occasional lessons in French. The school was opened in the ''Stone. Academy,"' with fifteen scholars. The following year it was removed to the basement of the Presbyterian Church, which had just been completed, and measures were taken to provide for an institute building.. "Mrs. Eunice Buckingham, contributed ten thousand dollars for this purpose, and to this generous gift, Mr. Solomon Sturges and Alva Buckingham added five thousand dollars each, and a piece of ground, ''being a part of lot No. 27, in the town of Putnam, which is butted and bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the northeast corner of outlot 22, from thence, run southwardly in the line of Fourth street, one hundred and sixty-seven feet, to the northeast corner of the Presbyterian meeting house lot; thence westwardly, at right angles with Fourth street, three hundred and eightysix feet, to a point or corner; theiice northwardly, parallel to Fourth street, to the north boundary of said lot 27; thence east inthe line of lots 22 and 27, three hundred and eighty-six feet, to the place of beginning, estimated to contain one acre, eighty-eight hundredths (1.88-100), be the same more or less."' »The said purchase, for the lot described, from Levi Whipple to Putnam Classical Institute, for ''the sum of four hundred dollars.' Deed dated February 11, 1837, entered for record March 28, 1838; recorded March 29, 1838, in Record of Deeds, Book ''U," pages 27 and 28.

The work of erecting and furnishing the Seminary building was pushed forward with great energy, and completed and occupied in the autumn of 1838. It is a brick edifice, one hundred and ten feet long, forty-five feet wide, and three stories high, and contains double parlors, office, dining room, kitchen, school hall, library, recitation and music rooms, with grates ; the building is lighted with gas, and substantially furnished. The back building, containing the gymnasium, bath rooms and laundries, was erected by a member of the Board of Trustees, in 1855, The present roof, (a mansard) was put on by C. W. Potwin and James Buckingham, in 1868, at an expense of eight thousand dollars. The building is near the back part of the grounds, which are well kept, and shaded by beautiful trees. The lawn affords ample room for pleasant recreation, and is an ornament to the locality.

In addition to the ten thousand dollars given toward the building, Mrs. Eunice Buckingham left by her will an additional bequest. [See the following extract from her will.] Mrs. Eunice Buckingham died in March, 1843, and left in her will, as follows:

"*I give and bequeath unto my executors, hereinafter named, and to the survivors and survivor ' of them, and to each such person or persons as such survivor of them, may in manner hereinaf- ter provided designate, and appoint successor or successors in this behalf, the following sums of money, in.trust, for the uses and purposes _hereinafter mentioned, and expressly declared, and for no other. That is to say:

First - The sum of ten thousand dollars, in -trust, to invest the same in such stocks, property, securities, and other investments as they at the time of investing the same may deem safe and beneficial, and all or any of such investments, again and again, from time to time, and at any time, to alter and change, and the same to reinvest in the same manner as herein above provided for the investmentthereof; and all div- "idends, interest, income, and proceeds thereof, which may be received by them, after deducting the expenses ofinvesting, reinvesting and managing the said fund, to pay over semi-annually, on the first days of January and July in each and every year, unto my daughters, Sarah S. Beecher, wife of George Beecher, Catharine B. Convers, wife of Charles C. Convers, and Martha Buckingham, (notwithstanding the coverture of them, or any of them) the survivors and survivor of them, and to each such persons or person as the survivor of them may (notwithstanding coverture) by last will and testament, or by any writing in nature of a last will and testament, (which she is hereby authorized to make) designate, or appoint as her successor or successors, herein to be by my said daughters, the survivors and survivor of them, and her successors or successor aforesaid, appropriated and applied in such manner as they may think proper, to and for the education and support at the Putnam Female Classical Institute, or elsewhere, of such females desirous of obtaining an education as they may deem worthy and proper objects of this bequest ; who shall always be designated and elected by my said daughters, the survivors and survivor of them, and her successors and successor, aforesaid.'

'Provided, however, that if my said daughters, the survivors and survivor of them, and her successors and successor as aforesaid, shall not demand for the. purposes aforesaid of the said exec- _utors, the survivors or survivor of them, or his successors or successor, as aforesaid, any semiannual dividend, with interest, income and proceeds within the period of three months next after the same shall have become payable to them, as above provided, then, my said executors, the survivors or survivor of them, his successors or successor aforesaid, shall pay at any time after the aforesaid period of three months, over, on demand to the Treasurer for the time being of The Putnam Classical Institute, any such semiannual payments, so remaining uncalled for by my said daughters, the survivors or survivor of them, or their successors or successor aforesaid, for the aforesaid period of three months; to be. by the Trustees of said Putnam Classical Institute appropriated and applied to the payment of the teachers employed by them for such Institute, or at the election of my said daughters, the survivors or survivor of them, her successors or suc- cessor aforesaid, to be appropriated and applied for the purchase of such apparatus, books, etc., for the use of such Institute'as my. said daughters, the survivors or survivor of them, or their successors or successor aforesaid may order or direct, or for making such alterations ur improvements in and upon the buildings and grounds of the said Institute as my said daughters, the survivors or survivor of them, or her. successors or successor aforesaid may order. or direct ; and I do hereby.expressly declare that the foregoing beuest for the benefit of the said Putnam Classical nstitute as herein before provided, is upon the express condition that , the visitorial power over such Putnam Classical Institute, in its fullest extent, shall always be vested and remain in my said daughters, the survivors or survivor of them, and her successors and successor aforesaid, and that the foregoing bequest to my said daughters, the survivors or survivor of them, and her successors or successor aforesaid, for the education and support of such females as aforesaid, is upon the express condition that the designation and selection of the said females to be educated and supported as aforesaid, and the manner of educating and supporting them, and everything else whatsoever, which may in anywise relate to the appropriation and disposition of the said dividends, interest, income and proceeds for the education and support of such females as aforesaid, shall be forever exclusively: vested and remain in my said daughters, the survivors. or survivor of them, her successors or successor aforesaid, who shall not be in anywise restrained or controlled by,.or required under any: pretence whatsoever to account to, or before any. person or persons, or any Tribunal, Legislature, Judicial or otherwise. I do order and declare that all receipts signed by any one of my said daughters, or of their successors aforesaid, for any of the dividends, interest, income and: proceeds aforesaid, shall always be good and _ sufficient vouchers, and acquittdnces in this behalf, for my said executors, the survivors or survivor of them, and.his successors.or successor aforesaid, and it shall not be. necessary. for all of my said said, to join in such. receipts, and I do further order.and declare that the receipts of the Treasurer. for the time being of the said Putnam Classical Institute, or any one of the'Trustees thereof, for any .of 'the said dividents, interest, income and proceeds, not paid over to my said daughters, the survivors or:survivor:of them,-or her successor or successors, aforesaid, shall be good and sufficierit vouchers and acquittances in 'this: behalf for a said .executors, the survivors and survivor of them, and his successors and successor, aforesaid. *. * * * i* 'And. I. hereby. authorize and empower my if they, or he, shall see proper to do so, at any time, to transfer and pay over to the said 'Trustees of the Putnam Classical Institute, the aforesaid principal sum of ten thousand dollars, either before o1 after the-investment thereof as aforesaid, to be by the said Trustees of the Putnam Classical Institute, managed in manner hereinbefore pointed out and held in trust for the same uses, trusts and purpases thereinbefore mentioned and declared, and charged upon the same, and for no other use, trust, or purpose."

A portion of the interest of this endowment fund has been used by her heirs each year since 1846. or 1847 in obtaining and sustaining the ''Buckingham Library,". which now comprises over 3,000 volumes, and is located in a suitable room in the Institute building, and to which has been added.a valuable geological cabinet, presented by Colonel John W. Foster, at one time State Geologist of Ohio. The library and cabinent are for the benefit of :the school, free of charge, and the citizens have access thereto for asmall fee. The school is furnished with chemical and philosophical apparatus, microscopes, planetarium, and.a large collection of maps and charts.

THE Course oF StTupy embraces a preparatory, academic and collegiate department, the latter -including Latin. Special attention has been. given to the arrangement and preparation for accomplishing the curriculum, concerning which the Principal, D. J. Evans, A.M., tersely says: ''A ready command and. accurate use of the mother tongue is the greatest intellectual benefit of education, and should be kept in mind in preparing men. and women for active life ;" and, concerning French and:.German: ''The literature of these languages combines the deep-, est philosophy and the highest culture of the modern world, and a knowledge of them is invaluable in giving depth to our language, breadth to our views and polish to our education. The_ course of Latin is of such extent as we deem necessary to good education, and aids to acquire the mastery of the English language." The entire course. may be accomplished in the three years assigned. Of music, he 'says: ''An extensive course has been laid down and will be followed. The teacher possesses superior qualifications - both a thorough knowledge of the art ind a rare aptness to teach."' .- Our readers will not be surprised that the Principal of this school should give prominence to music, when they recall the names of Bach, Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Rossini, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schuman, and the grand army.of composers that have clustered about these masters, and note. with what majestic power they have swayed the world. These are classic names, indeed, spoken with rapture akin to reverence by every intelligent discerner of '"'the concord of sweet sounds.'' Hence we infer much when we learn that ''an extensive. course has been laid down and will be followed." For there. is no fathoming Bach. A lifetime would not suffice to unearth all that he has left, and to understand it thoroughly. This, however, should not deter the lover of music from making an early acquaintance with the great master ; and to those who would do so, here is the advice of one far more capable of giving it than the present writer.

Herr Pauer says: ''I would advise all students to begin with the six small preludes, and afterward to take the inventions for two parts. When the mechanical difficulties of these delicious little duets have been conquered, the fifteen symphonies for three parts may be attempted. 'The six French suites should come next, and after these the six duet sonatas for clavecin and violin, or those for clavecin and flute may be taken. Next I would recommend the six great English suites, and the charming partitas, the Italian concerto, the different toceatas. Only after such preparation should the student begin the forty-eight preludes and figures called 'The Well-tempered Clavecin.'"' And, if such be the opinion of one of Germany's gifted .sons, what shall we say of Handel? Like a sweet refrain, the opinion comes: Of all those glorious names inscribed on' the roll of Master Musicians, not one perhaps is more revered, or is more familiar to the people, either by his name or his works, than this great man, who has immortalized his name with the most grand narratives of Holy Writ. Nearly two hundred years have rolled by since he penned his heavenly melodies, and yet they always come to our ears as fresh and welcome as spring flowers. What a preacher and poet! What thousands' of hearts must have been turned by his tone-preaching! Where is the prelate who can move our souls as they are moved by Handel's ''Messiah?"'

But the plan of this work will not permit more than the graceful presentation of historic truth pertaining to the country, and so we forbear anything more than a glimpse at the subject: Suffice 1t that no extensive course in music will deserve the name, unless it embrace some knowledge of those authors.

The original Board of Trustees, with the exception of the Rev. William Beecher (who isthe only one now living), served as Trustees as long as they lived. The Rev. Addison Kingsbury, who succeeded Mr. Beecher as President of the Board of Trustees, served nearly forty years, and Mr. A. A. Guthrie, as its Secretary and Treasurer, signed every diploma given, from its beginning until his death, in 1874. The vacancies that have occurred in the Board of Trustees have been filled from among the most prominent gentlemen of the city, the controlling influence being given to the representatives of those who founded the institution.

Until the fall of 1860, the affairs of the Institute were under the direct management of the Trustees, who employed teachers, paid salaries and bills, made up deficiencies, and generally aided the school. Since that time, they have given the use of the building and premises, without charge, and the entire control of the school, tq the principal teacher, the Board of Trustees retaining the powers vested in it, except duties devolving'on the Principal as such, which are defined.

portion of the Buckingham fund is used to pay the expenses of young ladies who could not otherwise avail themselves of the advantages of the school, and several, each year, have been thus favored.

The present Board df Trustees is composed of Rev. George F. Moore, President; C. W. Potwin, L. Wiles, F. J. L. Blandy, Hon. H. J. Jewett, J. Buckingham, and Rev. A. Kingsbury, D. D.

List Of Teachers

1836-39. - Principal, Miss L. A. Emerson ; Assistants, from 1836 to '37: Miss Mather, Miss S. Buckingham, Miss Daniels, Mrs. Clark, Mr. Hobbie, and Prof. F. Timmel,'and for 1837-8-9, Mrs. S. A. McFarland and Miss'Frances Dana, Price. -

1840-43. - Principal, Miss Lucy P. Tappan; Assistants: Misses Walkinson; Marion, Harriet Darling, Harriette A. Tiockwood, and Prof. Ferdinand Timmel.

- 1851-54. - Principal, Miss C. Augusta Gregg ; Assistants: Misses Margaret A. Bailey, Agnes W. Beecher, Julia Thompson, Mary H. Harris, L. M. Clark, M. W. Benton, Prof. Timmel, Misses M. L. Kellogg, J. A. Thompson, M. S. Wheeler, L. Hinkle, M. Hartwell, J. A. Cutter, F. O. Goodale, J. Stanwood, M. L. Waters, J. A. Colburn, M. Crane, and C. L. Dudley.

The list up.to 1844 is very imperfect, and it is now impossible to arrange them in classes; the names obtained, known to have graduated prior to that time, are as follows:

' Class of 1844 Fracker, Sarah M. Goddard, Caroline E. Hale, Lucretia Mason, Harriet E. Jewett, Catharine T. Miser, Martha A. Seymour, Sarah Sturgis, (Potwin. )

Class of 1853. - Mercy Adams, Virginia E. Copeland, Josephine E..Tishburn, Rose A. Hahn, Lucretia V. Hosmer, Margaret Patton, Martha Rankin, Betty A. Safford, Romaine M. Vinton.

Class of 1857. - Margaret D. Allen, Maria J. Banks, Sarah F. Bowers, Ella F. Chapman, Caroline DeWar, Harriet A. Dinsmore, Hannah Galigher, Annie Haines, Maria Parsons, Julia A. Peabody, Cornelia J. Robins.

Class of 1858. - Harriet A. Culbertson (Fillmore), Ellen A. Duncan, Mary C. Duncan, Mary E. Glessner, Caroline Jones (Wiles), Julietta R. Palmer, Kate Sturges, Louise A. Turner.

Class of 1859. - Virginia J. Ball, Lucy J. Bennett, Fidelia A. Brainerd, Matgaret J. Cassiday, Anna Ellis, Lavinia C. Folger, Harriet. B. James, Anna P. Jennings, Elizabeth a Kearney.

Class of 1862. - Ella A. Allen (Munson), Anna S. Bradshaw, Anna M. Manly, Clara B. Printz, Judith D. Peabody (Brush), Lizzie B. Ross, Sue A. Stillwell.

Class of 1863. - Mary J. Brown, Julia A. Clarke, Mary E. Chapman, Augusta Haver, Hattie N. Lowe, 'Isadora Merrick, Fannie S. Nye, Hannah A. Parsons, Ellen R. Peabody.

'Class of 1871. - Edith Eastman, Mary Galigher, Edith S. Hahn, L. Eva Holt (Gilbert), Mary M. Leggett, Carrie E. Townsend (Lyon). In Music. Carrie E. Townsend.

The City Council ot Zanesville applied to the County Commissioners for the privilege of annexing certain territory to that city. February 28, 1870, an ordinance was passed by the City Council of Zanesville, applying to the County Commissioners for the annexation of certain contiguous territory ; this ordinance described, by une 1, 1870, a transcript of the proceedings of said County Commissioners was filed with the City Council, that being their next regular meeting. August 1, 1870, the City Council created the Seventh Ward of the city of Zanesville out of the territory above described.

Putnam ANNEXED TO ZANESVILLE. - At a meeting of the City Council of Zanesville, February 26, 1872, an ordinance was passed annexing the town of Putnam to the city of Zanesville, and said ordinance, being submitted to the people on the first Monday of April, 1872, was approved by a majority of their votes being cast in favor of it. j

1872, an ordinance was passed accepting the town of Putnam as an addition to the city of Zanesville ;and on the 6th of May, following, an ordinance was passed, constituting the said annexed territory the Ninth Ward of the city of Zanesville.

'¢Cliffwood,"' and that portion of Putnam south of it, was included inthis annexation, as was also that portion to the west line, and north of Muskingum avenue, being the north line of said corporation.

Merchants, Mechanics And Professional Men

The following exhibit will be found more extensive in kind than Western villages can generally show, and eloquently sets forth the inducements to settle in the community. The list begins with the first merchant and first professional man in Springfield. Some of these have'successors at this day. The writer would willingly indulge in reminiscenses concerning these, in order to gratify a legitimate curiosity on the part of the reader, and his own fondness for story-telling, and thus perpetuate their prominent traits of character and influence in society, but feels constrained to do just as well as their posterity, who have not been careful to preserve these, even in a legendary form. So that it behooves the present generation to take warning, that it may be truly said - he lived.

No drop of-that clear streant its way shall miss To thy sire's heart, replenishing its source With life, as the soul rejoins the universe. Nor fail to fill the heart of the scion coming With a loving and ambitious longing,

The following extracts are trom a historical Resume, by Rev. Addison Kingsbury, supplemented by other friends, of those who ''bore the heat and burden of the day," and serve to show those traits of character that insure success wherever found. They are was, for a time, aclerk, and afterwards a partner of his elder brother, Julius C. Guthrie. In the then state of society, the temptation was very strong to spend his earnings with youthful associates in amusement and dissipation, but convinced of the ruinous tendency of such a course, with characteristic decision, he shut himself up in his own room and spent the hours, which others worse than wasted, in studying the best English classics he could obtain. 'The evenings were to him of priceless value. They broadened his mind, cultured his taste, and laid a foundation for future usefulness. > * He belonged to the party of progress, by whatever name it he took an active part in the temperance reform, and was th~ frst in this city to abandon the then universal pritviice of ''treating'' customers. He was also among the earliest and most ardent. advocates of immediate emancipation, when almost the entire sentiment of the community on the slavery question wasagainsthim. * * * He was an efficient and successful -anti-slavery lecturer, in this and adjoining counties, its advocate in Presbytery and Synod, and, in the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Cleveland, in 1857, he made an impromptu speech, which was one of the most effective in that memorable body. * * He was a model Sabbath-School Superintendent, and the school was for many yearsa model Sabbath-School. * * He was gone of the original Trustees of the ''Putnam Ladies' Seminary,' and for many years their secretary and financial agent. He was one of the originators of '' Woodlawn Cemetery," and the first President of the Association, and a large part of the work of laying out and adorning that beautiful resting place for the dead is due to his skill and taste. He delivered the address of its dedication, in 1853. In domestic and social relations, Mr. Guthrie was eminently qualified to receive and give pleasure. The Austin Guthrie of 1873 was the Austin Guthrie of 1833, unchanged in all, except matured piety.

Then there was Major Nye, the man of military bearing and iron will, into whose vocabulary the word ''can't'' never entered ; - a_ soldier, every inch of him - whose greatest victory, however, was not the victory of arms, but of habits; whose love of personal liberty was not more deep than his sympathy for those in bonds, and under whose stern exterior there throbbed a heart of Christian kindness and inflexible integrity, that would have braved the dungeon or the stake in defense.of truth, and the inalienable rights of man. His early life was coeval with the first settlement of this State, and the history and experience of its tragic scenes, its patient toils and heroic sufferings, were familiar to him as household words. He was born at Chesterfield, Mass., June 8th, 1786, and died February, 15th, 1859.

Dr. Increase Mathews was the original purchaser and one of the founders of Springfield, and whom the Sabbath always found in the house of God, and whose liberal contributions were freely given to the various objects of Christian benevolence abroad, as well as for the support of the institutions of religion at home. He established the first drug store, and was for several years the only physician in the Muskingum Valley ; a man of strict integrity, great simplicity and purity of character, and a ''gentleman of the old school." He was born in Braintree, Mass., December 22nd, 1772, and died June 6th, 1856.

Alvah Buckingham was born at Ballston Springs, New York, March 2oth, 1791, and with his parents and several brothers and sisters, came to Ohio in the early part of the year 1800. He came to this place in 1812, to assist his brother, Ebenezer, and with him subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits, in which, while he was eminently successful, he acquired an enviable reputation for integrity. He possessed a clear, penetrating mind, and his judgment was rarely at fault. He was a member of the building committee of the Putnam Presbyterian Church, and of the Ladies Seminary, and of the Presbyterian manse, as well as one of their founders. 'he erection of the latter was superintended by him and was aided by him in subscriptions. He was not a professor, though a liberal supporter of the Gospel and a regular attendant at the house of God, a constant reader of the Bible, a good citizen and steadfast friend, an affectionate husband and indulgent father,

Solomon Sturges, anativeof Fairfield, Conn., was born April 21,1796. At the age of fourteen he came by sea to Georgetown, D. C., and while the vessel was unloading, Mr. Williams, coming on board, took a fancy to young Sturges and he entered into his employ as aclerk. (Among his associates were: W. W. Corcoran, of Washington City, and George Peabody, known till his death as the American Banker, of London. All'of whom were then poor, but started in life, determined to become million-aires, and through the Divine power, reached the goal of their ambition.) In 1814, at the invitation of Mr. Buckingham, Mr. Sturges came to Putnam, and in 1816, in connection with Ebenezer Buckingham and Alvah Buckingham, (the three having married sisters,) formed a partnership, under the firm name of ''E. Buckingham, Jr., & Co."', and in the old building, still standing on the bank of the Muskingum river, at the junction of Muskingum and Putnam avenues, did a large mercantile business. * * * u Seri:

Mr. Sturges was a man of great simplicity and transparency of character. What he thought he utterd ; what he felt he manifested unequivocally. He was a generous neighbor, an upright and worthy citizen, and a true self-sacrificing patriot. He equipped, at his own expense, a company of soldiers, named for him, ''The Sturges Rifles,' and kept them in the field for the support of the cause of the Government in the late war. He was among the very first to invest in Government securities, taking a hundred thousand dollars, before the U. S. loan was popular at home. He was one of the founders and Trustees of the Ladies Seminary. And to of religion-he gave a liberal support, and was a punctual attendant at the house of God. He contributed cheerfully to the various objects of Christian benevolence, and to the American Colonization Society in particular. After a course of remarkable activity and untiring energy, he came back from his lifes' work, to the bosom of his family, and, tenderly nursed by his daughters, died, October 14, 1864, and by his sons was borne to his burial.

Julius C. Guthrie, cut off suddenly in the vigor of manhood, was a successful merchant, highly esteemed; a man of noble bearing, of warm and generous heart, of tender religious sensibility, a constant attendant and an interested listener and worshiper in the sancturary. He was born near Belpre, Washington county, O., April 26, 1792,--the first white person born in that part of the N. W. Territory - now State of Ohio. He died deeply lamented, July 25, 1849, aged 57 years.

"Dr. Robert Safford, ''the beloved physician," in whom we all confided, whom:to know was to honor and esteem; a constant reader and admirer of the Bible; a man of profound humility, who wept at the love of Jesus, and delighted in pointing others to the light of life, and bearing them on the wings of prayer to the very foot of the mercy-seat, died on July 6th, 1854, aged 60 years. 'These with others, both living and dead, were the men who composed the congre. gation when this church was first organized Were the women in the enterprise less worthy?

First, as being eldest in years, was Mrs. Betsey Mathews, a woman of quiet, matronly dignity, of great excellence and worth, of few words, but well chosen, a prudent wife, a kind and discreet mother, a Christian of exemplary and intelligent piety. i is She was born September 28, 1775, and died May 3, 1852.

Near her in friendship and neighborhood, was Mrs. Eliza Whipple, more social but less intellectual, of a warm and generous nature, always ready to help forward every good cause, and finding her own happiness in making others happy. She was one of the earliest residents of the place, and from her first consecration to Christ maintained a uniform, consistent Christian life.

Of a more quiet but cheerful temper, was her sister, Mrs. Patience Leavens. Her devotion to the interests of the church here and in. her later home, was unwavering and most intense. She made the very atmosphere of her home redolent with her christian zeal, and all who entered

Mrs. Eunice Buckingham deserves a most honored place. She was born in Glastenbury, Conn., October 22d, 1792, and in August, 1816, newly married, with her husband and sisters, crossed the Allegheny Mountains on horseback, there being then no roads for carriages or wagons. uddenly widowed in 1832 by a dreadful casualty, she met the shock with

Christian fortitude and submission,.and brought to her new position and increased responsibilities an unwavering purpose and a conscientious fidelity worthy of all praise. As the sole head of her family, she ruled her household well, though her children were held by a silken thread. She was dignified, yet unassuming, generous, yet unostentatious, her piety gradually maturing to the end, and bringing not merely a peaceful, but triumphant death. * * * Besides paying one-half of the expense of rearing the Seminary building, she left $10,000 for its endowment, the interest of which is to be appropriated for purposes of female educatian perpetually, under the-direction of her daughters, © and their successors; $1,000, the interest of which should be contributed to the pastor's support till his salary reached $800; $1,500 toward the erection of the manse ; $1,000 to the American Bible Society ; $1,000 to the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions; $1,000 to the American Home Missionary Society ; $1,- ooo for the cause of emancipatién, and $500 to the American Tract Society. She.died February 28, 1843.

Nor should her sisters, Mrs. Ann Buckingham -and Mrs. Lucy Sturges, be omitted from these brief sketches, both of whom were ''honorable women" and exemplary Christians. Mrs. Buckingham was a fine example of conscientious fidelity in all the duties and relations of life. The heart of her husband trusted in her, and her prudence and skill, with her habits of industry and economy, relieved him of all anxiety. Her children rise up and all call her blessed.

Mrs. Sturges was of a more retiring disposition, unpretending, discreet and lovely, and a sincere and faithful disciple, adorning the doctrine of God, her Savior, in all things; a most devoted wife and mother, active in duty and heroic in suffering, a steadfast friend and peace maker, a generous patron of the Sabbath School, furnishing most of the means for the erection of the hall:in which it now meets, and the benefactress of her pastor. She was born in Glastenbury, Conn., May 22,1800, and died July 25,1859.

Sturges, a decided, active, devoted Christian; the first to see and lament any declension of the church, and the first to rejoice in the returning influence of the spirit, and to welcome the Savior back to His deserted fold; thoroughly educated, retiring, yet energetic; ready to make sacrifices, and to use her facile and gifted pen, as she often did, in the cause of suffering humanity and of practical godliness. With all her amiability, she was yet a very positive character. By her intelligence and fervent piety, she had a marked influence, especially with regard to the culture and early conversion of children, and did more than any other member in forming and giving character to the Maternal Associa- .tion, of which she was the efficient and honored Secretary. Her sudden death, in the midst of life, was deeply mourned. She died in December, 1842.

Mrs. Parmelia Guthrie was a woman who embodied, in a high degree, many of the traits of the good woman of inspiration ; the same activity and-energy characterized her house; the same prudence and discretion in her speech and behavior ; the same law of kindness, which kept her from speaking evil, and disposed her to put on it the best construction an action would bear ; the same benevolence, which made her feel she was a debtor to do unwearied acts of kindness to every one who came under her roof, or sojourned in her family; the same fear of the Lord, leading her to a prompt obedience, not only to an unwavering trust in Christ and the most fervent desires that her children might all be embraced in the bonds of the everlasting covenant. She was a faithful daughter, wife, and mother, amid the toils and privations of pioneer life, of which she has left an honorable record. She was born in Cooperstown, New York, August 20, 1799, and died March 14, 1863.

Mrs. Lucinda Nye, another of the ''honorable women" of this church, was born in -Newburg, Orange County, New York, April 22, 1791, and removed, with her father's family to this vicinity, in October, 1819. Soon after she came to this place, inthe family of Mr. J. C. Guthrie, she supported herself by her needle, and subsequently by teaching. Inthe ''Stone Academy," she had a school of some twenty-five or thirty scholars, in whom she became deeply interested, and whom she followed with her counsels and prayers, and nearly all of whom became the subjects of divine grace. Soon after coming here, she united with the Presbyterian Church, of Zanesville and Springfield, and at the time of the formation of this church, was one of its efficient members. Mrs. Nye was a woman of great vitality and energy of character, a pattern of industry, and'a lover of nature and art. Some specimens of her handiwork were the wonder and admiration of the beholder. * Sts eet Her faith was a very distinct apprehension of things unseen, as well as a personal trust in the Savior and a reliance on his promises. This kept her cheerful and hopeful to the end, and gave fervency and importunity to her prayers, led her to the house of God, and to her closet, and to the female prayer meeting, which was held at her house for a number of years. April 9, 1874, disease, ''gentle,"" ''not tardy,' introduced her spirit to the joy of her Lord, and we laid the earthly tabernacle

Besides these worthies now named, others equally deserving, might be mentioned; but I have said enough to show that inits organization this congregation possessed more than an ordinary amount of activity, and sanctified talent.

Harry Safford, ''the Postmaster General of the village,'' was an earnest, positive, but genial, humorous and cordial man. The soul of a enterprise in which he took part, and the life of any company he wasin. He married the daughter of General Isaac VanHorne, a leading pioneer of Zanesville. His own family was of English stock, through the Yankee blood of New England.

He was the foremost in every cause for the benefit of his town, and his fellow-men. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and:a warm friend of its pastor, Dr. James Culbertson.

The Reformers of the da found in him a decided and active support. He espoused the cause of temperance from its birth, and was ever a zealous advocate, and example. The African had no warmer friend. Negro slavery was to him an abomination.

The. Colonization Society, the prime source of the final extinction of slavery, was long sustained in this community by his active interest and labors. For years he was its efficient Secretary.

In politics he was a thorough Whig and Protectionist ; well informed on all the questions of the day, taking his gospel from the New York ''Tribune"' and Horace Greely - his friends and companions.

The Sunday School, however, was his chosen field. He was never so much in his element as in organizing and pushing a Sunday School, planting some of the first schools ever started in Muskingum county. Many are the persons who have come to his children to say that Harry Safford was the man who picked them off the street

In educational matters he took an early and permanent place; himself, in early life, a teach- 'er, and well read in all matters pertaining thereto ; with a special delight in poetry, of which he would repeat large portions from the best authors, ever catching the inspiration of him who wrote:

He gave his sons more than a ''liberal education ; he gave them what the best colleges of the land could give. Dr. James M. Safford, after a course at Yale, was appointed State Geologist of Tennessee, and made an elaborate and scholarly report of the geology of that State. He the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Rev.J. P. Safford, D.D., after a course of study at Boston, and Princeton, was ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, and settled at Frankfort, Kentucky. He was afterwards appointed District Secretary of Missions for Ohio. and Indiana, and filled that position to the entire satisfaction of Zanesville Presbytery, being re- peatedly re-elected, and occupied: that office at the time of his death, which occurred at his residence, in Zanesville, July 10, 1881, and which was as peaceful and serene as if he was sleeping. He leaves five children, two sons and three daughters ; two brothers, Rev. James M. Safford, of Tennessee, and Isaac Safford, of California, and two sisters, Mrs. Triplet and Mrs. Barney, of Coshocton, Ohio.

Early settlers, having the profits of the chase in view, and hearing the good report concerning the ''Northwest Country,' were eager to settle in this region. Henry Crooks, from Martinsburgh, Virginia, came in 1797, and settled near the mouth of the Licking river, on the hillside, about the north end of Pine stseet, as now designated. He was engaged with Jonathan Zane and John McIntire, in operating a ferry across the Muskingum river, assisted by William Mc-- Cullough, who had settled on the east side of the river. [The ferry consisted of two canoes, fastened side by side.| ~In 1798, Andrew Crooks came, and settled on the west side of the river, near the ferry landing, but subsequently removed to the east side of the river. During this year, George Mathews came, and built a cabin on the hill now called ''Putnam Hill.

Town or NatcuEez. - Proprietorship seemed contagious in those days. The success of Zanestown and Springfield, while yet in swaddling clothes, was not without its effect. And, as there was no legal hindrance to the creation of another Paradise, tradition informs us, that in 1806, General Isaac Van Horne. laid out the town of Natchez. The boundaries were about as follows: On the east, by a line west of the Muskingum river, beginning not far from the Main street bridge, taking in a part of the Pine Street Hill, and extending near the intersection of the National road and the Licking river, and having that stream for its northern boundary, and the Muskingum for its eastern boundary. This boundary included the ''house built by Henry Crook, in 1797, on the north side of the bluff near the north end of Pine street,'"' and he thus became the first settler in the town of Natchez. The second house was built by General Isaac Van Horne. Isaac Zane built a house on the site now occupied by Thomas Drake, between Spring and Young streets. In this house 'the accustomed dance of the good old colony times,'' was kept up during the entire week between Christmas and New Year following its completion.

Chapter Xii Ecclesiastical History

The churches of Zanesville have maintained a steady growth, and, notwithstanding the denominational differences, will be tound to have the Spirit of the Master pervading them, as any one may observe who becomes even. slightly acquainted with their workings. They appear in this chapter in the order of their organization, as follows:

Episcopal Church Methodist

Before the year 1800, there was no preacher here - and we have no means of knowing. who were members. : In that year, the Western Conference, which included all of the territory west of the Alleghany Mountains, sent John Stoneman to the work on the Muskingum and Hocking rivers. His field of labor was some three hundred miles wide. He was followed, in 1801, by J. P. Chenowort, who was succeeded, in 1802, by N. B. Mills, and he, in 1803, by William Reed.

In 1804, the Ohio District of the Western Conference was formed, with William Burk as Presiding Elder, and George Askins was appointed to the work in this part of the State. [Rev. John Goshen held the first Love-Feast ever held in Zanesville, in' 1805; among the prominent Methodists of that time, were:. ''Mother Goff,"' Samuel Parker and wife, and Mrs. Dr. Hillier - according to E. H. Church.] Mr. Askins was followed by James Quinn and John Meek. They were succeeded, in 1806, by Luther Taylor; and, in 1807, came that man of wonderful life - Peter Cartwright. In 1808, there is a doubt as to who labored in this field, but it is believed that Isaac Quinn and William Patterson were here: y:| in aa the Muskingum District was formed, out of part of the Ohio District, and James Quinn was appointed Presiding Elder, and James Watts and Ralph Lotspeed were appointed to our part of the District. In 1810, William Sale was Presiding Elder, with no change made in the preachers. The following

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The next year the Zanesville station and the Zanesville circuit were constituted distinct, separate appointments, in the Lancaster District, with Jacob Young as its Presiding Elder, and

Methodist Episcopal preacher, during its first year as a station, fifty-seven years ago. A memorable space of shining years - freighted with 'showers of mercy," and spiritual harvests, during which the membership has grown to: one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. How long the roll on this shore, and how many names are written in the Book of Life on the other shore?

The next year, Putnam was first. made 2 preaching place, and James Gibruth and Abnei Goff appointed there. In 1832, L. Swormstead was Presiding Elder, and. Zanesville had J. M. Trimble. In. 1833, the Zanesville District of the Ohio Conference was first formed, and the appointments were as follows:

The next year, the society of Seventh Street was formed from the Second Street Church, by geographical lines, and the church whose record we have been tracing was thenceforth known as Second Street Church.

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In the beginning they worshiped -and held prayer meetings in the Court House. Several buildings have been built upon the church lot, according to the memory of some who can recall the beginning of this ''sheepfold,"' and it is much to be regretted that we have no picture of our first humble church home.

The first church was commenced in 1813. It was a one-story frame, forty by sixty feet, with gable end toward Second street, with two doors in that end, each opening into an aisle. In the center, between the aisles, was a partition ; the men sat on one side, and the women on the other. It had, for a long time, no floor, because the builders, Thomas Moorehead and William Craig, were unable to get seasoned lumber to

*Transferred from the Kentucky Conference, and appointed to this charge, October 9th, by Bishop Peck; came to his field of labor, November 15th, 1880.

finish it up with. This was borne with patiently, as many hours had been spent happily by our fathers and mothers in log cabins, with earthen floors. The lumber for the floor was ricked up in the west end of the building, to season, and on it a four-legged sewing stand served as a pulpit ; behind it was the preacher's unpainted, but well seasoned, wooden chair. The people sat on the flat upper surface of the sills of the building. There were four large hewed posts in the room, to support theceiling and roof. Gilbert Blue fin- and Jas. Gurley, brother of our muchesteemed L. B. Gurley, presented the society with two chandeliers, which were swung on pulleys from the ceiling. The doors were hung by strap hinges, and opened by wrought iron thumb latches. This building continued in use until 1830, when the second house was erected, which was of brick, and stood in front of the old frame. James Millis took an active part in its erection. 'The church was one-story high, and had a regular old-fashioned meeting-house look. Four windows on the north side, and four on the south, and two in the west end, with the pulpit between ;. and, though very plain, was comfortable. , From its pulpit, from 1830 to 1860, eloquent, aye, thrilling sermons, were uttered, which so stirred the members that Methodism took a strong hold, and grew rapidly in the city.

The present house (which is the third) was built in 1860. During the time of its erection, the congregation occupied the old church (Radical) on South street, the. present A. M. E. Church. The plan was obtained by a committee, appointed for the purpose, in Washington City, It is commodious, and in good taste, a credit to the committee, and a very satisfactory church, with very neat and comfortable sittings, and has now a very fine pipe organ. The following are the title papers by which the property The first record is found February 2d, 1814, Record "'D,"' p. 314, and is as follows:

Samuel Frazey James Vickers

'¢ JONATHAN ZANE and Hannau, his wife ; Joun McIntire and Saran. his wife ; To CHRISTIAN SPANGLER, SAMUEL FRAZEY, Jesse MILLER, JAMES VICKERS, JosEpH HAwkKINs, Joun Spry, BarNEY Monrokg, Trustees, and their successors. «'Consideration, $100.00, specie. Lot 8 rods east and west, and 8 rods north and south, and being lot No. 8, in square No. 3, in the present plat of the city of Zanesville."' Date, February 2d, 1814.

The deed contains, among other provisions, the following: Said Trustees shall erect thereon a house of worship, for the use of the members of the M. E. Church, in the United States of America, according to the rules and discipline which from time to time, shall be adopted by the General Conference. Also, the trustees shall forever permit such ministers and preachers belonging to said church as are authorized by the General Conference and the Annual Conference to preach and expound God's holy word therein. And in further trust that the board shall be kept up to seven members. And further, that if, at any time, any Trustee advances any money on account of said premises, the board is authorized to mortgage the premises, and to sell them, on giving notice to the preacher in charge, if the money is not repaid in one year from such notice. Should any sale be 'made under such circumstances, the surplus shall be deposited in the posed of by the next Annual Conference for the best interésts of this society. The deed is a general warranty in form, but, while Zane and wife are named in it in every place as grantors, their names are not subscribed, but those of McIntire and wife are, and the presumption is that Zane and wife disposed of their interest in the real estate to John McIntire, between the date of writing and the date of executing said deed. The witnesses were William. Craig and Amelia McIntire. Craig was the Justice of the Peace who took the acknowledgement. The following is a provision by Rev. David Young, for erecting a church on this ground. The will bears date October 3d, 1857, and was admitted to probate in Muskingum county, Ohio, November 13, 1858.

He gave his books to the Trustees of this church, to hold in trust for the benefit of the ministers in charge; he gave $12,000 to the Trustees, to be immediately expended in the erection, (on the ground described in the deed by Zane and wife and McIntire and wife,) of a good, substantial, neat house of worship, having a basement story, entered above ground, for the use and occupancy of the M. E. Church, by the ministers and members, according to the discipline, usages and regulations thereof. The seats in said house of worship to be forever free; and any departure from this requisition, as to free seats, shall work a forfeiture of the whole of said sum of $12,000. And the trustees in office at the time of the occurrence of any such forfeiture, shall be individually liable torefund tohis heirs at law the whole of said $12,000. It was furthermore provided, that if any additional sum over said $12,000 be needed to build said church, that it should be raised, on bonds, so that no debt should be on the house at its dedication. And further provided, that if Daniel Brush should be alive at the time this church was to be built, that he should design the form and proportions of the house.

We append some incidents of interest, connected with revivals, prayer meetings, class meetings, and some of the members of the church. The following, relative to the revival during the ministration of Rev. D. H. Moore, is from Rev. Geo. W. Barnes.

and handsome pastor, and assured him of their hearty co-operation. He was vigorous, ambitious and devoted, full of tact and practical sense. He saw a great work to be done, and felt that under God he must succeed. He entered "upon a series of meetings, which at first were small. His watchful eye detected the interest manifested by a young man, and he invited seekers to the altar. Eternal interests hung upon the decisions of that moment. George Burns led the way, and kneltas a seeker. James Baird and John Frazur soon followed, not by pre-arrangement, for they were strangers to each other. That three young-men should go forward at the first invitation, was a matter of astonishment that electrified the church.. The pastor read the signs, and carried the meeting into the audience room, where no prayer meeting 'had ever been held, and for three months, day and night, old Second Street never has a more orderly, well sustained, successful revival. John Rogers, the old blacksmith, the Moses of the church, slow in speech and meek, was at the altar to welcome and lead them to the Savior, whom he knew so well. And Samuel Wiles, with his charming voice and mind well stored with scripture, a courtly christian gentleman, whose kindly heart, was overflowing with sympathy, helped many a young man into the kingdom. We recali the names of some who have answered to their names on the other shore: Francis Cassiday, Samuel J. Cox, Daniel Brush, Father Flowers, and Alexander Sullivan.

Nearly '200 souls were converted in this meeting, and many of them are useful members of the church to-day. Two of them are members of the Ohio Conference. A number have died, triumphant in the faith.

The first class meeting was held in a cabin, built on the ground where Jones & Abbot's foundry (on Third street) now stands. This was in 1808, and was led by Father John Goshen. These class meetings were seasons of soul re- cabin, and these ''means of grace'? have been fruitful to the church from that day to this. The present is only a multiplication of participants, however zealous the members; and the church holds the memory of those pioneer efforts in grateful remembrance.

The parable of the sower is aptly illustrated in the retrospect of this church : - ''Some seeds fell by the way-side," etc; ''some fell upon stony places ;" ''some fell among thorns ;"' ''but others fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit; some a hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold.'"' Pursuing this thought, we gather from tradition, that under Rev. Nathan Emery, in 1829, Rev. J. M. Trimble, in 1833, Rev. M. Dustin, in 1847, Rev. John White, in 1852, Rev. D. H. Moore, in 1867, Rev. Isaac. Crook, in 1870, Rev. O. J. Nave, in 1876, and Rev. James Hill, in 1878, large accessions to the church, and great awakening occurred. Much of this seed falling into good ground.

The First Presbyterian Church

The inception of this church was resultant from the coalition of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches. The latter was known as the United Presbyterian Church of Zanesville and Springfield. Dr. Kingsbury, in his resume of the Putnam Presbyterian Church, in which effort he undertook to preserve the unity of the record, informs us that, ''unfortunately the record of this church, and also the early record of the Presbyterian Church of Zanesville and Springfield, are lost,' and he was compelled to obtain what he could from witnesses still on the stage of action. The present pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, in his septennial sermon, reviewing the history of the church, had the same difficulty to contend with, and, doubtless, some points of interest are lost.

In 1807, or 1808, the Rev. John Wright, for many years pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, Ohio, passed through this city, and was induced to remain over Sabbath. There being seven Presbyterians here, he assembled them in ''Taylor's. tavern,"' (which stood where the Clarendon now stands), and preached to them, also administered the Lord's Supper. probably the first time this kind of service was held here. These persons, Moses Boggs and wife, James Perry and wife, James Richey and wife, and Robert Culbertson, subsequently became participants in the organization of a church. Mr. Wright narrated this incident to Elder L. P. Bailey, years afterward.

The official statement concerning the organization, in the minutes of the Presbytery of Lancaster, November, 1809, meeting held in Salem, Washington county, Ohio, recites that, '* William Jones, a licentiate of the Ohio Presbytery, was received. Acall for Mr. Jones, from the united congregations of Zanesville and Springfield, being read and put into his hands, he declared his acceptance thereof.'' The record also shows that he was installed on the 26th of December, following. These services were held on the Putnam side of the river. The sermon was preached by Rev. Samuel P. Robbins, of Marietta, Ohio, from First Corinthians, 2:12. Rev. Jacob Lindsley, of Athens, presided and delivered the charge. The Elders of the new church were Benjamin Sloan, Moses Boggs and John Thompson. A retrospective digression shows that, in 1807, a Congregational church was organized at the residence of Colonel Benjamin Tupper, in Putsiam, and, not being able to support a regular pastor, united with the church on this side of the river, and constituted the ''United Presbyterian Church of Zanesville and Springfield."" Among the members from Springfield were, Colonel Tupper, Dr. Increase Mathews, and their_families, Levi Whipple and Ebenezer Buckingham and wife. General Isaac Van Horne took an active part in the church ; was an active Elder from 1827 until 1834, the time of his death.

August 26th, 1812, the Presbytery was asked to dissolve the pastoral relation, that Mr. Jones might accept a call to Circleville, Ohio. At the same meeting, a call was presented for the pastoral services of Rev. James Culbertson, licensed to preach the year previous by the Presbytery of Carlisle, Pennsvlvania, and sent west on a missionary tour. Mr. Culbertson accepted the call, and his ordination took place at Zanesville, December 23d, 1812, and he was installed pastor of the United Congregations of Zanesville and Springfield. Mr. John Wright preached the sermon, and James Scott presided, and gave the charge. James Culbertson was born and raised in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, near Chambersburg; received his academic education at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, entering at an early age, and there, during a revival, he received a Christian hope. _ His theological studies were directed by Rev. Dr. King, of Mercersburg, and Rev. Dr. Herron, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he was licensed to preach April 11, 1811. He performed the duties of pastor in Zanesville until the summer of 1844, when, on account of failing health, he recommended the church to call an assistant, which was done. In August, of that year, they called Rev. Simeon Brown, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, and he entered upon his work in the same month, but was not installed until the "7th of May, 1845. Mr. Brown recognized, in his Eldership, not an ornamental office, but helpers, shepherds, whose duty it was to care for the flock, as overseers. With Mr. Brown originated the Board of Deacons, and the following persons were elected Deacons, Aug-

Mr. Brown, in addition to his ministerial duties, gave much attention to writing for newspapers and was also an editor. While pastor of the church in Fredericktown, he published the ''Calvanistic Monitor," (this was, at the time, the only ''old school"' paper published in Ohio), in which the Rev. William Dunlap, of Marion, Ohio, was associate editor. This paper subsequently became ''the Presbyterian of the West," published first at Springfield, and then at Cincinnati. After his settlement here, he began to publish **the Colporteur,'' having withdrawn from the Presbytery. -This was continued until January 8th, 1848, when the ''Family Quarto" appeared, which he edited until June 28, 1850. In July, of the same year, he resigned his pastorate to take the agency of the Board of Publication of the Northwestern States, but subsequently became pastor of a Congregational church, and has passed ''over the Tver,

Mr. Culbertson preached but one sermon after Mr. Brown became assistant, which he preached in November, 1844, although he was always able to attend public worship. Until within a few weeks of his death he was able to officiate at marriages, baptisms, and the Lord's Supper. He 'offered the closing prayer of the service the last Sabbath but one previous to his death. He was taken with paralysis, at a neighbor's, and died eight days after, aged sixty-one years and four months. And ever and anon comes, like a sweet refrain, those beautiful words:

"Thou art gone to the grave, but twere wrong to deplore thee, When.God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide; He gave thee, and took thee, and soon will restore thee, Where death hath no sting, since the Savior hath.died."

At the: time Mr. Culbertson became the pastor of this church it had thirty-two members. The roll was kept by Mr. Culbertson from the organization to the 13th of October, 1844, and shows the dates of admission, beginning with Moses Boggs and wife, James Percy and wife, Robert Culbertson and Catharine Mitchell. The first persons received by Mr. Culbertson were Louis and Mrs. Nye, by examination, and the last name recorded as received by him is Eumelius. Cook, which, however, is written in another hand.

The services during the early history of the church were held in private houses, subsequently in '' Burnam's Tavern," and the old log jail, and sometimes in a small frame building on Putnam Hill, and during summer in barns and groves. They felt somewhat permanently settled when worshiping m the court house and 'the Stone Academy," -after they were built. The congregation met alternately at these two latter places, crossing the river in boats. Once during service in the court house, the building was struck by lightning, and several persons were greatly stunned but not seriously injured.

home in a two-story brick church, erected on elevated ground on the northeast corner of South and Fourth streets. This church was built by the sale of pews, a deed being given for the ground occupied by the pew; thus the pew was private property, and rented or sold as any other real estate. The church was dedicated August 28th, 1817. The exercises were performed by Rev. James Baird, of Newark. The first 'sermon preached: in the new church _ by the pastor after the dedication was on the 3ist of August, from Hebrews IX, 28. President James Monroe and suite being in the city, attended. public worship on that day. and at the close of the service the President complimented Mr. Culbertson for his manner of conducting the exercises.

In those days, church music was sustained by stringed instruments, and tradition has it that on a certain Sabbath, Mr. Culbertson being absent, a Scotch covenanter occupied the pulpit, and, on seeing the bass viol, was offended, and expressed his disapprobation by announcing, '' We will fiddle and sing the 102d Psalm. "7"

The organ in this church was probably the first used in a Presbyterian church in the United States, and some incidents connected with its introduction may not be uninteresting. It was obtained from L. P. Bailey. He came to Zanesville in 1820, and began the manufacture and sale of organs. He was an Elder in the church from 1837 until the organization of the Second Presbyterian church, of which he became a member, and still holds the office of Elder. In 1827, he made the organ in question for a party who failed to take it. Some members of the Putnam church suggested that it be put in the gallery of the church and used to aid the singing. Many on this side, also, were in favor of this, some influential persons who were not members being in sympathy with the movement; others, however, were in doubt, and could not consent to so rash a movement. The pastor was advised with repeatedly, and said he had no personal objection ; that he was fond of the tones of the organ, especially the lower bass notes, but said if there was any good old woman who objected to its use, it must not be put there; he expressed great fear on the subject, lest it might be the occasion of pain.

The agitation was kept up. A Mr. Wilson offered to make such changes in the gallery as were necessary to admit the instrument, which was eleven feet high, seven feet front and four feet deep. The changes being made, the organ was set up. On.-the following Sabbath, there it

'stood, silent; many looked in blank astonishment at this intrusion; little was said, however. On the second Sabbath it was played during the gathering of the Sunday school children, but immediately closed when the church service proper began. A week or two later, it was heard as the congregation were dispesring after stopped, looked, and wondered. The organist had " Struck one chord of music, Like the sound of a great Amen; It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife ; It seemed the harmonious echo, From our discordant life."

Several weeks went by, however, before its melodious tones were incorporated with the Psalms and Hymns, the people forgetting that in the long-ago '' they praised. Him with stringed instruments and organs."

Rev. James Culbertson remained pastor of this church from the time of his ordination until his death, which occurred February 23, 1847. His first sermon in Zanesville was preached the second Sabbath in August, 1812, from Cor. III, 2; his last, from Matt. XXIV, 13. In those days a singular precaution was thrown around the communion service. At the preparatory service, on the day before and on the morning of communion day, tokens, consisting of a flattened circular piece of lead, about the size of a silver dime, with the letters 'L. C.' stamped on one side, were distributed to those who expected to take part in the service. These tokens were taken up on Sabbath morning after the communicant was seated at the table. No one could receive the token from the Elders whose conduct did not become a Christian, and no one could receive the communion without having received the token ; yet, large numbers were added to the church on these occasions. From this church was. formed that at Newton, in 1829, the Putnam Presbyterian church, in 1834, and-the Second Presbyterian church, in 1852. Itis, therefore, the mother church of this denomination in this county, and looks with pride on the growth and prosperity of each of them, saying:

"Oh Shepherd, who leadest our souls to thee, From the desert and rocky steep, Thy rod and thy staff in the shadow we see, And thou wilt our little ones keep !"

The walls of the old church had begun to give way, and the town hax' grown so rapidly.to the north and east after tue organization of _the church on the other side of the river, that it was deemed best to build in a more central part of the town. The Church purchased the lot now occupied by the Second Church building, and this was given in exchange for the lot now occupied by this church. The building was erected at a cost of between $14,000 and $15,000. At the time of building, it was agreed that the pews should be free, and except two brief eriods - when the pews were rented - the agreement was kept; they are free now. _ The dedication of the church took place on the fourth Sabbath. of December, 1841. The pastor was assisted on this occasion by Rev. Mr. Wylie, of Newark, and Rev. Dr. Hoge, of Co-. lumbus. The latter preached the sermon.

The pulpit of this church was vacant for about six months after the resignation of Mr. Brown, when the Rev. Moses A. Hoge was called. He began his work here on the 26th of June, 1851.

Mr. Hoge was the son of the Rev. Dr. Hoge, many years Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio; was born and raised in Columbus, graduated in the autumn of 1838, from the University of Ohio; subsequently taught sign language in the institution for the Deaf and Dumb, in Columbus ;-spent the winter of 44 and '45 at Princeton Theological Seminary ; was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Columbus the year previous.; ordained and installed over the church of Athens, Ohio, June 4, 1846. He continued his pastorate in this church until the organization of the Second Presbyterian Church of this city. The two churches, however, continued to worship together during' the following winter. At the request of the new church, and with the consent of the old, Rev. Mr. Hoge was set apart by the Presbytery as the pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, of Zanesville.

The Rev. James M. Platt was"called to the pastorate of this church, and entered upon his work July 24th, 1853. He was ordained by the Presbytery, October 19th, of the same year. The venerable Father Wylie, of Newark, preached the sermon, and made the ordination prayer, and Rev. M. A. Hoge delivered the charge to both pastor and people.

Mr. Platt was born in Athens, county, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1826; his father was Rev. Isaac Watts Platt. James entered the University of New York in the fall of |

1843, and completed his academic studies in 1847. He entered Princeton Theological Seminary in 1850, and completed his theological course in April, 1853, and was licerised by the Presbytery of New York.

-. The name of Rev. James M. Platt became familiar, not only to every household of his church, but to many not of his communion. His picture hangs on many a wall, and his face, says Rev. W. P. Shrom, ''is as familiar as that of a much loved friend.' His pastorate continued until April, 1867. He was subsequently called to fill the pulpit in Bath, New York.

The Rev. George H. Webster was called, and came to fill the vacant pulpit October 5th, 1867. During Mr. Webster's pastorate, the old mode of church subscription and the tedious work of collecting was abolished, and the present envelope system introduced, and the first steps taken toward the purchase of a parsonage, which was completed in the spring of 1873. Mr. Webster was thoroughly informed on literary and scientific subjects. He resigned his pastorate to take charge of the Seminary for Ladies, at Granville, Ohio. '

Rev. W. P. Shrom, the present pastor, received the unanimous call of the church November oth 1872,and entered on his work in December following ; he was received by the Presbytery of Zanesville April 8th, 1873, and installed April

14th, The Rev. J. P. Safford, D.D., presided - Rev. George H. Webster, the former pastor, preached the sermon, from John, chapter XII, verse 32. Rev. Addison Kingsbury, D.D., gave the charge to the pastor, and Dr. Safford to the people. The installation prayer was made by Rev. T. K. Davis, of Wooster, Ohio - all in the presence of a large audience:

Wm. P. Shrom was born November 2d, 1840, in Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. When a mere child, his parents removed to IIlinois, where they sojourned about a year, and re- . solved to make their home in Ohio, and settled on a farm a little north of Columbus, in Franklin It was here he grew up; here, busied with the duties of farm-life, like every farmer's son, we hear him preaching his first sermon in soliloquy :