Franklin Township (part 1 of 2)

Franklin Township

Franklin, occupying the western border of the tier of southern townships in Columbiana, was originally numbered township 14, in range 4, but, by the accession in 1832 of a portion of Wayne township, lies now partly upon range 3, and partly also in township 13.

Its boundaries are Hanover and Centre townships on the north, Carroll County and Washington township on the south, Wayne and Washington on the east, and Carroll County on the west.

The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railway passes through the township between the southeast and northwest corners, and finds en route two stations, - Summitville and Millport.

Water-courses abound, but they are trifling, and as millstreams are of no value. The surface of the country is undulating, and in some parts billy. It is an excellent agricultural region, and possesses, like the entire southern portion of Columbiana, a healthful climate.

Coal is found in many places, but is not mined for shipping save at one point, on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, where the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company have a small interest.

Early Settlement

The first settlements in what is now Franklin township were made upon the eastern row of sections, which were, however, not included within the limits of Franklin until 1833; being previous to that date a portion of Wayne township. There, in 1804, Wm. King settled upon section 7, having passed over from Maryland. Of Mr. King and other early settlers upon that portion of what is now Franklin, mention will be found in the history of Wayne township.

Wm. Laughlin was the first settler in what was early known as Franklin township. He came in from Pennsylvania in 1805, and located upon section 11, where Wm. R. Linn now lives. The next settler was Philip Willyard, of Frederick Co., Md., who with his wife and two children settled in November, 1805, upon section 12, where his son John now resides. Mr. Willyard lived upon his place four weeks before he found out that there was another settler in the totvnship tract, and when he did learn that he had a neighbor in Wm. Laughlin, he was doubtless cheered into the conviction that there was a little less loneliness than he looked for. Fortunately for them, although winter had set in, the weather was not very severe, and so, being compelled at first to sleep on the floor of their rude log cabin, before the opening in which a quilt, instead of a door, did duty, they managed to get along without serious inconvenience.

Upon the place settled by Wm. Laughlin, it is said, Anthony Wayne camped one night with his troops, and the spot whereon he pitched his tent is still pointed out, and

Thomas Ferguson was one of Franklin's early settlers, the place of his location being on section 9, where William Davis resides (in Carroll County). Upon that same portion of Franklin (afterwards set off to Carroll County) Robert Smith, from Pennsylvania, settled upon section 9 in 1815. Before that time there were but few settlements in that part of the township, and of that period and the social condition of affairs a daughter of Robert Smith, now living with the family of William Davis upon the farm settled by her father, retains lively and distinct recollection. Their nearest neighbors were Hugh McElroy and his mother (a widow), who settled upon section 9 some time previous to 1815. James McQuilkin was a settler upon section 3, and west (in what is now East township, Carroll County), the few settlers were William Winder and Samuel Reeder, members of the Society of Friends. In the south, one of the earliest settlers was Jacob Marietta, who came from Maryland.

John Morrison, whose grandfather, Douglass, fought at Culloden and settled in America at an early day, came to Columbiana County shortly after 1800, and assisted in building the paper-mill of Beaver* & Coulter, on Little Beaver, near what is now East Liverpool. In 1814 he located in Franklin township, and thence removed later to Hancock County. James B. Morrison, who was born in 1790, resided twenty-five years in Franklin township, lived subsequently twenty-five years in Wayne township, and now resides at New Lisbon. Contemporaneous with him, in 1814, in Franklin township's early settlement, were William Loughlin, Philip Willyard, John King, John Mc- Elroy, James McQuilkin, Thos. Ferguson, Samuel Brown,

Lucey. Shortly after 1814 those who came in were William Phillips, James Anderson, William Knepper, James Smart, Thomas Coney, Hugh Linn, and Jabez Coulson, the latter being one of the earliest justices of the peace.

Samuel Brown settled in 1807 upon the place in section 10 where William Linn lives; James Anderson, in 1800, on the farm next north of the Willyards, and, north of that, William Knepper. Thomas Fife entered a quarter on section 1, and leased it to George McVey, a half negro. Moses Gillespie entered a quarter on the same sectiou, and hired his brother-in-law, Anthony Dunleavy, to work it. Adam Custard, from Maryland, settled on section 2; John Morrison on section 10 ; John Brannon, of Pennsylvania, on section 14, now occupied by D. Lockard ; Lucey on the

Mathew McGuin entered section 2 in 1812, because at that time there was upon it a school-house, which was erected when section 2 was still government land, and Mc- Guin thought it an easy way to get a house for nothing. Thomas Cooney located on section 11 at an early day, and on the same section John King entered the quarter now owned by John Cooney, and sold it to Adam Knauff.

William .Laughlin, the first settler, was also the first justice of the peace, and performed his first marriage ceremony on behalf of Henry Hull, of Wayne (the bride's name is not at hand), who paid the squire three bushels of corn for doing the job. Laughlin put up on Brush Run, section 13, a grist-mill, popularly known as a " thunder-gust mill," which he built with his own hands, and in which he caused a hand-bolt to perform a lively duty.

Dwelling upon the office of squire, it is worthy of note that Mr. John Willyard served as justice of the peace - with an intermission of but one year - from 1828 to 1875, a period of forty-six years.

Salt was one of the luxuries of the time when Franklin was first settled, and $5 per bushel were gladly paid for it when it could be obtained, which was neither often enough nor in sufficient quantities to meet the demand. " Packing" salt over the mountains on horseback was a business much followed in those days by enterprising men, and, until the discovery of salt on Yellow Creek a few years later, was attended with profit. Franklin sent a number of her brave citizens into the service during the war of 1812, but of those who went out only the names of Daniel and John Lindesmith and Mawrey Kountz can now be recalled.

John Clark, an early settler, lived on a fork of Yellow Creek in a ravine, and with his family found shelter one winter against a large log over which they had spread a bark roof. This was their habitation until spring, and an uncomfortable one it was, but they struggled bravely through the cold season until spring set in, when a log cabin gave them better comfort. Flint and steel served in those days the purpose of matches, and often settlers would go a long distance to borrow a firebrand from a neighbor to start a fire when flint and steel were wanting.

James McQuilkin, who learned his trade with David Ehrhart, of Hanover township, was the first blacksmith in Franklin, and presumably a good one. Thos. Ferguson was the first shoemaker, and the families of Philip and Mary McQuilkin the first to use looms.

Organization

Franklin was organized in 1816, and contained thirty-six sections, or a supposed area of six miles square. In 1832, upon the erection of Carroll County, Franklin was shorn of three rows of sections on the west, and at the same time received an addition on the east of one row of sections, which were taken from Wayne township, leaving the present limits of Franklin comprised within an area measuring four miles wide by six in length, and containing twenty-four sections.

The existing township records do not antedate 1848. Between that year and 1879 the trustees, clerks, and treasurers of Franklin have been as follows:

Franklin lias two villages, - Summitville and Millport, - both of which are stations on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, and postal stations as well, but neither is incorporated.

was laid out in March, 1853, by Peter Friedt, and so named because the site upon which it rests was supposed to be the highest point of elevation between the waters of the Sandy and Lake Erie. An excellent outlying agricultural region provides the place with a substantial although small mercantile trade, which comprises the aggregate of its business interests.

nearly two miles farther north on the railway, was laid out in January, 1853, by Philip Willyard and Hugh Laughlin. The place was originally known as Franklin, but, confusion frequently arising from its similarity to Franklin Square, in Salem township, the name was changed to Millport, as significant of the presence at that point of a grist-mill and saw-mill.

Patrick O'Hear, who owned the northeast quarter of section 15, laid out a town there in 1833, and called it Temple Hill, but he failed to persuade purchasers into the enterprise, which never came to anything.

Bethesda Presbyterian Church

Bethesda church was organized about 1821, previous to which time there was Presbyterian preaching in the township by Rev. Clement Vallandigham, James Robertson, and others, chiefly in the barn and residence of Hugh Linn.

Mr. Vallandigham preached about a year, and after him Mr. Robertson, who organized the church. Among the original members of the church were the Kings, Andersons, McKaigs, McQuilkins, Linns, Morrisons, Mesgers, Donaldsons, Flemings, and Camerons. The early records of the church being lost, much of interest in connection with its early history is unobtainable.

The first elders of the church were Patrick McKaig, John Cameron, John Morrison, and Hugh King, and the first stated pastor Rev. James Robertson. His successors were Revs. Joshua Beer, J. B. Graham (Robertson for a second term), Robert Johnson, Robert Dickson, Wm. Dalzell, David Miller, Jos. E. Carson, John R. Dundas, J. B. Miller, and B. M. Price, the latter being the pastor June 1, 1879, when the church had a membership of 230 and was highly prosperous.

The church had June 1, 1837, a membership of ninetytwo, and added that year thirteen ; in 1838 the additions were twenty-two ; in 1839 they were eighteen; eleven in 1840; eleven in 1841; thirteen in 1842; fourteen in 1843; and seventeen in 1844.

Catholic worship in Franklin was held as early as 1838, in a church built upon the McAllister place, near the northern line of the township. It was known as the McAllister church, and was attended by Catholics from the townships of Franklin, Hanover, and Centre. Later, when the Catholics of Franklin worshiped near Summitville, the church at the north was taken down, and a new church built by the congregation in Hanover township.

In 1845 a log house - originally built for a store, near the site of the present Catholic church at Summitville - was purchased by the Catholics of Franklin, and there and then St. John's church was established, as a mission-pointi

In 1848 a fine brick cburch-building was erected, at a cost of about $10,000, and, the congregation having by that time grown apace, a priest was stationed at that point, and since then the church has flourished and remained a regular station.

The first pastor was Rev. James Conlon, and after him Revs. Tiros. Kennedy, Francis Stoker, Michael Prendegrast, Thos. Welsh, D. Tighe, P. J. McGuire, D. A. Kelly, and E. J. Murphy, the latter being in charge June 1, 1879, when the congregation included sixty-five families.

About 1818, there being in the township quite a number of "Friends," a log meeting-house was built in that part now included within the limits of East township, in Carroll County. Among the leading members in the organization were Richard and John Battin, Steven McBride, Jr.. Isaiah Williams, and Mordecai Saunders. The Friends worshiped there several years, but removals from the township thinned the ranks of the society and led to its eventual dissolution.

James Barr was the first school-teacher known to Franklin. He taught in 1812, in a round-log school-house built by the settlers upon section 2, which was then government land. Mathew McGuin, thinking the school-house worth securing for himself, entered section 2, and the inhabitants were thus deprived of their temple of learning. McGuin tried to sell it to them, but they refused to encourage his speculative propensities, and so built a second school-house, on Wm. Laughliu's farm. This was destroyed by fire shortly afterwards, and a third house was erected, near the same spot.

Wm. Kneppert and Patrick Smith taught there, and, without being remarkable, for the day and place were highly esteemed as pedagogues and men of learning. One dollar and a half was the cost per quarter for scholars in those days, and twenty-five pupils the usual number gathered at one time, so that a teacher's pay then was not what would now be regarded as a very extravagant compensation.

Four district schools now provide educational advantages for the youth of Franklin, and serve, as is incidental to the present excellent school-system, a useful and valuable purpose.

One hundred and fifty-six pupils are enrolled at the schools, as follows: 37 at No. 1, 21 at No. 2, 70 at No. 3, 28 at No. 4. The teachers in June, 1S79, were J. II. Norris, C. FI. Mason, Chas. Mulherin, and R. A. Carey.

Manufacturing Interests

Hugh McLaughlin built a grist-mill at Millport in 1S53, and, passing from McLaughlin to the hands of Daniel Me- Garry and .James Hagan, the mill fell in 1875 to the pos- session of Chain & Lindesmith, whose successor, Jacob Lindesmith, took charge of it in December, 1878, and still operates it. It is run by steam, has two run of buhrs, with a capacity for making twenty-five barrels of flour daily, and derives a profitable line of custom-work from the neighboring country. John Willyard started a small tannery in 1830, upon the place where he now lives, and since that time has carried it on uninterruptedly. Patterson Coupland had a small tannery at an early day, but it was discontinued a long time ago. Besides the industries named, Franklin has none but Thomas McKerren's steam saw-mill at Millport. The Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal Company operate a small coal-mine at a point on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, near the Washington line. Oil has been sought at this point, but without success.

Post-Offices

The first post-office established in Franklin was called Hastingsville, and occupied the place on section 27 now owned by the estate of R. Hull. The postmasters there were John Sanders and James B. Hull, and in 1852, when the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad was completed, the office was transferred to Summitville, where Patrick Rogers was the first postmaster. After him John M. Stewart and John Mulherin held the office, and Mr. Rogers, returning, has since been the postmaster.

The first postmaster at Millport, formerly called Franklin, was James Smith, whose successor was Mary Tannis, to whom succeeded John W. Fife, the present incumbent.

The first grave-yard in the township was the family burialground of William Laughlin, who laid it out on his farm, where Mr. Campbell now lives. After a while Mr. Laughlin gave the ground to public use, and a score, perhaps, of graves were dug there. No stones ever marked the places of burial, for grave-stones were not easily obtainable in the pioneer days. There have been no burials there for many years, and, although the graves have been undisturbed, the spot is overgrown with herbage, and presents no traces of the purpose for which it was originally designed. There are now in the township three cemeteries, - one at Bethesda church, one at the Catholic church, and one on the north, near the Wayne line, where a Catholic church once stood.

The township of Hanover, numbered 15, in range 4, is one of the townships of Columbiana which still retain the originally fixed territory of six miles square. It is bounded on the north by Butler township, on the south by Franklin township and Carroll County, on the east by Centre township, and on the west by West township.

Within its limits are five villages, to wit, Hanover, New Garden, Gillford, Dungannon, and Kensington, the latter being a station on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, which crosses the southwest corner of the township.

Hanover, with the townships of Knox, Butler, and West, forms a portion of the " divide" between the waters of the Ohio and those of Lake Erie. The altitude of the valley reaches five hundred feet above the lake level, and still above the valley rise numerous hills, in height varying from one hundred to two hundred feet.

Coal is plentiful in this region, but is not mined except for home demand, the greater part of the coal mined being taken out at Kensington depot.

The west fork of the Little Beaver Creek flows through the township southward along the eastern border, and emerges at section 25. The climate is healthful and invigorating, and, particularly among the hills, is conducive to extreme longevity.

wife and seven children, into Columbiana Co., Ohio, and settled in East Fairfield. Thence, in 1806, he passed over to Hanover township, and located upon a tract of land in section 33, now occupied by Mrs. Isabella McAllister. Winder resided there until his death, in 1828. Of his children, Benjamin, a worthy and prominent member of the Society of Friends, resides near Hanover village, in his eightysecond year ; Rachel Arnold, a daughter, aged ninety, lives in Washington Co., Ohio ; and in Carroll County reside Joseph and William, two sons. Mr. Winder's land was entered by John Edgar, who was, however, not a settler.

Winder had no near neighbors on the south ; his nearest was Andrew Milburn, of Virginia, who located near where the railroad station at Kensington stands. Milburn was a doctor, shoemaker, carpenter, and farmer, and quite a useful man in the settlement.

Wm. Rhodes, also of Virginia, was a settler upon section 32, and occupied a farm now the property of Nathan John. Samuel Reeder lived on section 33, near Wm. Winder; and next east of the latter, Benjamin Stackhouse was a settler upon property now occupied by the widow of Cassimer Gaus.

The only settlers in his neighborhood, when William Winder located in Hanover, were Stackhouse, Milburn, and Rhodes.; the others, named and to be named, came in directly thereafter.

Joseph Rhodes, a son of William Rhodes, settled in what is Kensington, near the depot. Stephen McBride settled in 1806, or perhaps 1805, upon the present farm of Perry Firestone, close to the Friends' meeting-house, which

Edward Murray

Edward Murray, son of Jonas Murray, was born in Ireland in 1797. His father, wishing to try his fortune in America, came from Ireland, in 1800, with his wife and seven children. The vessel upon which they embarked was of but three hundred tons burden, but carried seven hundred passengers, and although crowded wellnigh to suffocation, there was no sickness among the people. The voyage was made in the then excellent time of four weeks, and the wanderers toward the New World landed in New York, filled with ambitious hopes touching a happy future. Jonas settled in Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1815, when (being induced by his sister, Mrs. Edward Carroll, whose husband had sailed from Ireland with the Murrays, and settled in Liverpool - then St. Clair - township in 1801) he passed over to Columbiana County, and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hanover township. Mr. Murray was an industrious man. When he came into this county there was little land cleared, and willing hands and hearts of steel were required to fell the large timber that existed where now can be seen the pleasant farms and homes of comfort. Neighbors were few, and social and educational advantages were limited ; but he went to work with a will and cleared his farm in good style. By industry and good management he succeeded in surrounding himself with the comforts and beauties of life. He carried on farming here until bis death, which occurred in 1820.

Mr. Jonas Murray's family consisted of eight children, viz., John, Joseph, Jacob, Valentine, Edward, Ann, Jonas, and Margery; seven of these were born in Ireland and one in America. Of this large family three only are living, - Jonas, Margery, and Edward. Jonas Murray, Jr., now occupies the farm settled by his father.

Edward Murray (who inserts this sketch) in his early life assisted his father as a farmer, meanwhile receiving such education as the schools in that locality afforded; has spent his life up to this time in the same occupation. On the 1st of December, 1844, Edward Murray married Ann, daughter of John Thomas. On the 1st of August, 1878, Mrs. Murray died. She was a kind and affectionate wife, beloved by all who knew her.

In political affiliation Mr. Murray was formerly a Democrat, but has for some time voted the Republican ticket. He has never been elected to any office, because he was never an office-seeker.

At the age of eighty-two Mr. Murray is still living, bearing upon his face the evidence of a life well spent and of duty well done, and the consciousness within that he has performed his allotted task on the stage of life with honor to himself and credit to his friends. His life is a fitting exemplar to the young of how many and great things can be accomplished bv honesty of purpose and stability of character.

Mr. McBride was chiefly instrumental in erecting. Philip Fox, of Pennsylvania, settled in Washingtonville in 1803, and in 1805 entered a quarter upon section 27, to which he removed in 1807. There Samuel Fox, Philip's son, still living near Hanover, was born. Adjoining Fox on the east was John Rupert, a German, who, upon his arrival in Baltimore from Germany, being unable to pay his passage-money, was sold by the captain of the vessel to a person who, in consideration of receiving Rupert's services free for the ensuing three years, paid the captain's demand. Rupert lived in Hanover until his death, after reaching the age of one hundred years. The farm he owned is now owned by C. Pfeffer, in section 26. Northeast of Fox was Philip Andrew, of Pennsylvania, and on the south lived David Wyley, of Pennsylvania, upon a place now occupied by Lewis Brinker. Where Thomas Niles now lives, in section 27, James Armstrong was an early settler.

In 1805, John Sinclair, of Virginia, and Frederick Bayard, of Pennsylvania (esteemed in his day a great hunter), entered the northeast quarter of section 20. In 1806 they sold their interest - after having settled upon the land - to Griffith John, a Quaker, who, with his wife and seven children, moved in from Pennsylvania in 1807 and took possession of his purchase. Twenty-four acres of the tract were retained by Bayard, and that portion is now owned by Ruth Reeder. John Sinclair removed to the west side of the township, upon the place now owned by Levi Couser, and lived there until his death. When Griffith John took possession, he found upon the place a log cabin, 14 by 16, that had been erected by Sinclair ; and this cabin, with the bed of the wagon, long served Mr. John and his family as a place of habitation.

Mr. John's neighbors were few and far between. John James lived where John Speidel now resides, near Hanoverton. Joseph Milner, who lived upon the present site of Hanoverton, was from Virginia. He sold the property to James Craig,* who, in 1808, laid out the village of Hanover upon the street running north and south. In 1807 the place now occupied by the village was a maple grove, and in the winter of that year was a great sugar-camp. At that time there was no public highway near at hand save the road from New Lisbon to Canton, and nothing but woods upon every side and everywhere. Bears, wolves, and deer were plentiful, and between clearing land, hunting deer, and trying to keep their stock from being eaten by savage beasts the settlers had their hands full.

Enos Ellis, in 1806, was an early settler west of Hanoverton, and so was the Jas. Craig already alluded to, who, in 1807, located, with his father, William, upon a tract now occupied by Mr. Campbell, just west of Hanoverton. He purchased, in 1808, of Joseph Milner, the northwest quarter of section 28, laid out the village of Hanover upon the New Lisbon road, and, with others, organized a stock company to start a store, of which Craig was the manager. The company was known as the Manufacturers' and Mercantile Company of Sandy. The store-building stood where Mrs. Jessie Sloan now lives. Craig built also a saw-mill, which stood near where the Disciples church now stands. The grist-mill built by him at the same time, near the same place, was abandoned about 1837. The old millbuilding may still be seen, however, in Hanoverton. Geo. Brown, of whom mention has been made, occasionally practiced the art of " leeching was elected to the Legislature in 1812; was for many years a justice of the peace, and was, to the day of his death, regarded in the community with much esteem. His son Harmon, who settled on a farm next east of his father's, was, in his day, reputed to be the most skillful teamster in the township, and performed many extended and remarkable journeys.

Jonas Murray came over from Ireland in 1800, with his wife and seven children, upon a small vessel of 300 tons' burthen, upon which there were 700 passengers, and, although the number sorely crowded the ship, there was no sickness aboard, and, as a fact of interesting remembrance, the trip to New York was made in the quick time of four weeks. Mr. Murray settled in Pennsylvania, but, being induced, in 1815, by his sister, Mrs. Edward Carroll, - whose husband had come over 'with the Murrays and located in Liverpool (or St. Clair) township about 1800, - he removed to Columbiana County, and settled in Hanover township, upon section 10, where his son Jonas now resides. Edward Carroll, above referred to, settled in Hanover shortly after 1804, upon the northwest quarter of section 1, and, late in life removing to Wellsville, Ohio, died there. Of Jonas Murray's children, Edward and Jonas, and Mrs. Jas. Graham are now living near New Garden.

Upon the place now occupied by Edward Murray, Thos. Ball, of Pennsylvania, was a settler in 1814, and resided in the township until his death. Isaac Jackson, who came also in 1814, located upou the place now occupied by Dr. Teegarden, both Jackson and Ball being upon section 9. Dozier Courtney settled upon section 3, where Mary, a widow of one of his sons, now lives.

Thomas Griswold, a Quaker preacher, was one of the earliest to settle in Hanover, and located as early as 1806 upon the place now occupied by Francis Blythe. His son Joseph voted at the first township election, and was a justice of the peace a long time. John Farmer and his grandfather, Joseph Jones, Quakers, from Georgia, settled in Hanover, near New Garden, in 1804, and in 1812 or '14 removed to Salineville, Washington township.

Nathan (a tanner), Thomas, and James Galbraith, leading members of the Society of Friends, were among the very early settlers, and located north of New Garden in 1804. They died in the township, but have therein to-day no near descendants. Elias Mash settled upon section 9, and, afterwards selling his land to Charles Pope, moved away. Pope was a storekeeper at Hanover village, and one day sensationalized the community by cutting his throat. Aaron Mendenhall, who located upon the place where John Blythe now resides, was an early settler, but passed soon afterwards to Carroll County, where he died.

Daniel Rigby located, in 1810, upon section 16, and had the farm now occupied by John Cope. Daniel's son James was, one day in 1813, away from home, and hearing, as he thought, a report of the threatened approach of hostile savages upon the settlement, lie set out as fast as he could for home, and excitedly announced that a great band of Indians was swooping through the country and would soon be at hand. This was just after Hull's surrender, and the neighborhood, catching the quickly-spread story carried by young Rigby, believed it. From some distance about the people, gathering what valuables they could carry, fled for protection to Brown's mill, and even farther on to McKaig's mill, where, for the better part of twenty-four hours, they remained in trembling fear. At the end of that time it came to be understood that the report about the Indians was a wild and false alarm, and the inhabitants returned again to their homes and their ordinary avocations.

Thomas Robertson was an early settler upon section 9, where he resided until his death. Richard Schooley located upon section 16, where his son Amos now lives, and, west of him, Simon, Joseph, and Andrew Rice. David Johnson was a settler upon the place now occupied by William Kepner, at New Garden ; Nathan Baker lived where Joseph Humphrey now resides, and John Thomas where Job Ritter now lives, on section 4.

Samuel Fugat, of Pennsylvania, settled about 1804 upon section 12. A son, Addison, and daughter now live upon the old place. Fugat entered the whole section, and sold the north half of it to Thomas Charlton.

Michael Arter, for many years a prominent man in Hanover township, removed from New Lisbon to Hanoverton village in 1817, and there continued to reside until his death, in 1879. Mr. Arter was conspicuous early in life for the earnest and energetic stand he took as a supporter of the anti-slavery doctrine, and gave freely of his time, energies, and means in assisting fugitive slaves from the South on their way to Canada, to which many of them passed through Hauover, where, and in the vicinity, there were important stations on the " underground" railroad.

Mr. Arter was frequently called to fill places of public trust, and served as county commissioner, justice of the peace, and treasurer of the Sandy and Beaver Canal Company, as well as in local affairs.

A record of the residents of Hanover township, April 1, 1816, will be found herewith in a list of persons who voted at an election held that day at the house of Price Keith for a justice of the peace in the place of James Keith : George Brown, David Johnson, and Robert Raley were judges of election ; Absalom Craig and John Brown were clerks ; David Johnson and Joseph Grissell were the candidates, the latter of whom was defeated by a vote of 29 to 24. The voters' names follow here : Henry Fox, David Johnson, Enos Ellis, John Edwards, John Sinclair, Robert Raley, Samuel Sinclair, Joseph Raley, Richard Taylor, Philip Fox, Thomas Bell, Michael Shane, Richard Schooley, Jno. Heston, Joshua Wiliman, Simon Rish, William Winder, Thomas Yorsen, David Meyers, Benjamin Stackhouse, Jacob Milburn, David Ehrhardt, Martin Snider. Andrew Rish. James Miller, Wm. Ware, Aaron Mendenhall, Thomas Robinson, George Brown, Owen Stackhouse, Jacob Wilson, Benjamin Townsend, John and Joseph Rish, Samuel Milburn, John Brown, Robert Combs, David Sinclair, Lewis Halladay, Fred. Biard, Samuel Holland, Wm. Brown, George Sinclair, Isaac Craig, Abner John, Andrew Milburn, Jehu Brown, George Tomlin, Wm. Brown, Jr., Peter Lindesmith, Absalom Craig, John Lindesmith, Wm. Reeder, Audrew Combs,

Samuel Fox now lives upon a place once occupied by David Sinclair, an early settler upon section 20. Jacob Ritler settled upon section 4, upon which section his son Job now lives. Joshua Whitacre lived next to Aaron Mendenhall on the east, where S. Hawkins lives, on section 11, and there died. East of him was Edward Whitacre, where Rachel Hostetter now resides. Philip and Samuel Ira settled upon section 3, and John Couser on the State road, upon section 7. Frederick, his son, married a daughter of Andrew Rice.

James Waugh kept tavern in 1815, and before, on the old State road, where the present village of New Garden is. His tavern consisted of two log cabins, - one on either side the road, - and besides them there were but two other cabins upon the site now occupied by New Garden. Wm. Rogers kept the stand many years, and then moved to Stark County, whence, however, he returned to New Garden. John Watson came over from New Lisbon and held forth as the landlord, and vvas the last one. He sold the property to James Graham, and moved to Iowa. Mr. Graham built a storehouse upon the site, which is the one now occupied by tbe store owned by his widow.

Arthur Lockard, with his wife and four children, sailed from Belfast, Ireland, in 1816, in the " Grand Turk," and after a tedious passage of sixteen weeks landed at New York. In April, 1817, with William Kennedy and his wife, they crossed the mountains in carts, and in that month settled in Hanover village, at which time the place contained but four or five houses. The log house occupied by Lockard after reaching the village still stands. Lockard and Kennedy bought the grist-mill built by James Craig, and afterwards put into it the first buhr-stones seen in these parts. William Lockard, son of Arthur, came to Hanover with bis father, and at the age of seventy still plies the trade of blacksmith in the village, in which he is the veritable "oldest inhabitant." Joseph Lindesmith and his wife, with John Lindesmith and wife and Peter Lindesmith, came into Hanover from Somerset Co., Pa., in 1808. Joseph purchased of one Hoge a quarter on section 36, and with Peter and John bought a quarter in section 25, and a quarter in Franklin township where Jonas Fife now lives, on section 2. John Eidenhire was a settler in 1808, upon the place now occupied by Cbalmers Brown and owned by William Ramsay. Henry Atterholt lived next north of Eidenhire, both of them, be it observed, being distillers in a small way. Philip Andre lived where Jonathan Andre now resides, about a mile northwest of Dungannon. Peter Crissinger and Philip Ehrhart were neighboring settlers, and upon the place now occupied by the widow A. H. Lindesmith, in section 35. William Hardesty was among the pioneers. Mandeville Kountz, of Somerset Co., Pa., settled upon the place owned by the widow of J. Sultner, in section 26. Thomas Thompson moved upon the place now occupied by William Thompson, and lived there until his death.

Samuel Reeder settled in Hanover in 1806, and put up 1) is cabin upon the place now occupied by David Milburn, near Kensington, where he lived until his death. Four of his children are still living, - Samuel Reeder, at Kensington ; Mrs. Todd, at Hanoverton ; Mrs. Battin, in West township; and Mrs. John, in Iowa.

Charles Petit settled in Hanover in 1808, coming in from Pennsylvania, and brought with him a case of fine joiner's tools. He opened a shop for making fanningmills, and soon afterwards began to make window-sash and coffins.

Joseph Whitacre set out about 1808 from Virginia with his family to settle in Hanover township, having previous to that time entered a quarter on section 11, where the widow of James Hostetter now lives. He died en route , but his family, keeping on, occupied the land and cleared it. Joshua Whitacre, a member of the family, located upon that portion of the section owned now by J. W. Couser, and along the hill on the highway just west planted two rows of peach-trees, wherefore that hill has ever since been known as Peach Hill. Edward Whitacre, another member of the family, cut out the first road from their place to New Lisbon.

Among the early settlers upon the eastern part of the township were Amos Frost, a man of conspicuous prominence, who, about 1807, located upon section 34, where Mrs. Dinah Frost now lives; Nicholas Miller, upon the same section in the north, where Peter and John Miller live; and Isaiah Williams, upon section 13, where Eli Whitacre owns a farm.

Benjamin Saunders, who, with Sinclair, laid out New Garden village, entered land now occupied by John Murray and owned by Jonas Murray, upon section 9. Robert Burton, who settled in the west part of the township in 1806, was the first justice of the peace. None of his descendants are living in Hanover. The second justice of the peace was George Brown, already named.

Joseph Dutton located in Hanover in 1810, and leased a quarter-section owned by James Adamson, of Middleton. Dutton afterwards entered a quarter on section 18, where his sons Elisha and David live. Robert Raley settled northwest of Hanover village. Joseph Figlcy, one of the early settlers in Wayne township, moved afterwards to Hanover. He served in the war of 1812, and was esteemed a valuable citizen.

Levi Miller settled in 1810 upon two quarters in sections 32 and 29, entered by Mahlon Haines. Miller sold to Samuel Holland, from whom the property descended to Samuel May Holland, the original proprietor of Kensington village.

The early records of the township have been mislaid and lost, and the list of persons who have served as trustees, clerks, and treasurers can be given only from 1846 to 1879, as follows :

Hanover Village

Hanover village (known as Hanoverton Post-office) was laid out in May, 1813, by James Craig, who, purchasing the northwest quarter of section 28 of Joseph Milner, platted a village, and called it Hanover. The village street was the one now called Plymouth Street, running north and south. Craig organized a stock company, or co-operative store, obtained an appointment as postmaster, built a saw- and grist-mill, and gave the village a good start. The company-store failed, however, to prosper, and after a somewhat checkered career, of brief duration, fell into inglorious failure. George Sloan kept a store there not long afterwards, as did Charles Pope, who committed suicide one day, but no one ever learned why.

The village of Hanover got on slowly and uneventfully until 1834, when, the Sandy and Beaver Canal being projected to pass through Hanover township, near Hanoverton, there was a general brisk awakening to probable prosperous results, and, accordingly, Michael Arter, George Brown, and Horace Potter purchased land along the proposed canal at the village, and laid out an addition upon what is now Canal Street, - the present business portion of the village. Lots sold readily ; the land - which had been a swamp - was excellently drained ; improvements grew apace ; general expectation was rosy ; and Hanoverton was to have an important future. The canal project stopped, however, in the panic of 1837, and the progress of Hanoverton received a check, to be revived, however, more emphatically in 1845, 1846, and 1847, in which latter year the canal was an apparently realized hope. By that time David Arter and Perry Nicholas had built a great warehouse, - still standing opposite the Mansion House at Hanoverton, - and J. R. and A. R. Arter a still larger one, - farther up, - now occupied by Arter & Swearingen. For a brief space of time the village transacted a good deal of business in buying and shipping produce, but, the canal failing utterly in 1847, Hanoverton's prospects came also to an end, and, settling down after that into a quiet determination to make the best of it, the village has since moved in a groove of moderate prosperity. The village is removed about a mile from Kensington, - the nearest railway station, - enjoys a good trade with the neighboring country, and, as a place of residence, offers the attractions of a picturesque situation and healthful atmosphere.

1866. - Mayor, George Voglesang; Recorder, J. G. Caruthers; Councilmen, A. R. Arter, E. L. Strahn, John Levinger, A. J. Haldeman, Louis Milbourn.

1867-68. - Mayor, George Voglesang; Recorder, Milo Cain; Councilmen, A. J. Haldeman, John Levinger, Louis Milbourn, A. R. Arter, E. S. Strahn.

1876. - Mayor, A. V. Johnson; Recorder, J. T. Jackson; Councilmen, A. A. Ilaldeman, Samuel J. Hole, George W. Yunt, A. R. Arter, George Voglesang, W. Martin.

1877. - Mayor, A. V. Johnson; Recorder, J. T. Jackson; Councilmen, W. Martin, George Voglesang, A. R. Arter, Reason Fox, J. B. Taylor, J. Scotland.

Gillford Village

The village of Gillford, although now but a quiet, unpretending rural settlement, possesses an interesting history, and, like at least two other villages in the township, bloomed years ago with bright hopes and promising anticipations of future greatness.

In 1835, upon the projection of the Sandy and Beaver Canal, a part of whose chosen course was to pass through section 12, Hanover township, Dr. George McCook, J. G. Willyard, and Jacob Schreiber purchased of John Menzer the northeast quarter of that section, upon which Menzer had built a log cabin and made a small clearing.

They laid out a town, advertised both near and far the prospective advantages likely to flow towards the place from the construction of the canal, and announced an auction sale of town-lots. About the same time Samuel Fugat and John Hanna laid out lots on the southeast quarter, and when the day of sale came to hand there was on the ground a large and enthusiastic gathering of people, - remembered now as numbering upwards of 3000, - from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and even more distant States. Excitement ran high ; everybody thought Gillford was destined to be a great city, and, as a consequence, buildinglots - many of which were covered with growing timber - sold at fabulous prices, and were bought with that frenzied eagerness inseparable from the enthusiastic American temperament when brightened with visions of prospective gain and brilliant promise. Meanwhile, work on the canal was being vigorously pushed; the town began to put forth stores, dwellings, hotels, and kindred indications of civilization, and was given the name of Gillford, in honor of Gill, the engineer in charge of the work on the canal.

At the first sale upwards of 150 lots were sold, and in some instances so wild were purchasers that $250 a lot was more than once paid. After the canal bubble burst, many of the lots that had been bought for $250 each were sold for fifty cents and a dollar apiece.

The first store in the place was opened by Caleb Hawley and James Graham directly after the first move to create the town. James Graham had for years been a storekeeper at New Garden. Caleb Hawley - now residing at Gillford, and known as the " Squire" - had been a clerk with Graham. Samuel Boots, a farmer, sold his farm, bought a lot in Gillford, and put up a big tavern-stand, in which for two years he did an immensely profitable business. Other stores and taverns followed, business grew, houses kept going up, rents were exorbitantly high, the canal was pushing rapidly on, and within a year after the town's birth, there being 400 or 500 inhabitants therein, it was incorporated in 1836, Thomas Brandon being chosen mayor and William Torrance clerk. The next mayor was Moses Louthan, chosen in 1837, but in that year the golden prospects of Gillford took wings, and, although the village still possesses its charter, it has never since 1837 chosen to exercise the functions of an incorporated village. As a municipality its existence was of short duration. Travel to and from Gillford in those days was enormous, and roadside taverns sprang up thickly and drove a flourishing trade, the most popular and successful one being that kept by Kachael, widow of Daniel Ilostetter, still living on the old place west of Gillford.

In 1836, Gillford's interests received a fresh impetus through the construction at that place by the canal company of two reservoirs, from which it was proposed to feed the canal in the dry seasons of the year. The larger reservoir contained 490 acres (which cost about $25 per acre), and was surrounded by a high embankment, in some places as high as 22 feet, the total cost of the reservoir, including land-fixtures and embankment, being about $70,000. The embankment still remains, as do many of the great pipes and stone walls, and these will long remain as sad reminders of one of the greatest follies of the age.

Gillford flourished and waxed exceedingly strong while work on the canal continued ; but when, in 1837, the great financial panic stopped the canal enterprise, Gillford collapsed more rapidly even than it had swelled, and, in common with many other places, descended to wreck and ruin, carrying with it all who had pinned their faith and fortunes upon it.

The town lay dead and dormant until 1845, when the revival of the canal project awakened, although weakly, the energies of the place ; hut the awakening was never a brisk one, and, after a faint struggle of two years, Gillford sank with the sinking of the canal in 1847, since which time it has quietly pursued the even tenor of its way as a country village, with naught to disturb or excite it. The first assessed valuation of the town rated town lots at an average of $60 ; after 1837 four-fifths of the lots of the town were sold for taxes, and sold in some cases as low as twenty-five cents each.

New Garden Village

Benjamin Saunders, who were early settlers upon section 9. Jacob Ritter laid out an addition April 4, 1832. Unlike the other villages of the township, New Garden has never experienced any especially eventful episode, and is to-day what it has always been, - a quiet rural village receiving tribute from the surrounding agricultural districts. James Graham, one of the most prominent men in the town, kept store there, and was postmaster as well for about forty years. Since his death, in 1870, his widow has continued his business interests at New Garden.

At this place E. K. Liber has a carriage-manufactory of some importance, and Charles Liber has a foundry. There ai-e other minor industrial interests, two stores, cooper-shops, etc. It is a pleasantly attractive village, and populated with thrifty and well-to-do people.

In 1835, Philip Ehrhardt sold twenty acres of his farm on section 35 to George Sloan, who, in anticipation of the passage of the Sandy and Beaver Canal near that point, laid out a village and called it after his native village of Dungannon, in Ireland. In 1839, Philip Ehrhardt laid out an addition to the town, of which much had been and more was expected by reason of the canal passing through it. The first houses were built by Samuel Crissinger, John Lindesmith, and Frederick Wagely, and were nothing but " shanties." Dungannon shared with Gillford and Hanover in the enthusiastic expectations of future greatness that the canal was to create, and like them saw a day of disappointment. Robert Fleming and Gideon Gaver started a store there in 1834, and in the same building, not long afterwards, Hiram Gaver kept tavern. Frederick Wagely kept tavern there in 1837, and in 1839 James Hagan opened a store, which he continued to keep uninterruptedly until 1877, when he was succeeded by his son. Daniel O'Brien was a tavernkeeper about 1845, when the canal project revived, and after that date Dungannon's star declined, although it is a substantial agricultural settlement, peopled chiefly, as is the immediate vicinity, with Irish and German Catholics, who have for years supported a Catholic church in the village.

Kensington Village

was laid out in 1852, upon the completion of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, and was called Maysville, as a tribute to Samuel May Holland, who owned the village site. The work of laying out the town, he being in California, he delegated to Messrs. Wm. Holland and Robert Miller. As a railroad station, however, the place was known as Hanover. There being other places in Ohio named Maysville and Marysville, much confusion attended the shipment of goods, and the name of the village here considered was in December, 1876, changed to Kensington, as a railroad station, post-office, and town. The first station-agent was Jacob Dutton, who opened also the first store in the town. Edwin Dutton succeeded him as agent, and in 1866 Oliver Miller was appointed, and has filled the place ever since. The storekeepers who succeeded Mr. Dutton were Matthew Graff and Richards & Swearingen. B. C. Battiu opened a hotel in the town in 1859, and for twenty uninterrupted years has been the only landlord the village has had. Tradition states that in the winter of 1811 the site of Kensington was occupied by a great encampment of Indians, who, although their presence alarmed the settlers, occasioned no trouble.

About 1810, Rev. John Stauzh, a German Lutheran minister, wandered with his wife and two children over the Alleghanies towards the far West. Coming eventually upon a German Lutheran settlement in the townships of Centre and Hanover, in Columbiana County, he was engaged to preach for them, and services were at once inaugurated, and thereafter continued in the log cabins of the members of the faith.

Mr. Stauzh settled in Centre township, and in 1813 he organized St. Martin's German Lutheran church. Shortly thereafter a log church was erected near the present site of the Trinity Reformed church.

Mr. Stauzh preached several years without receiving any compensation, and when at last his congregation concluded that they ought to pay him for his preaching, they contributed about $30 worth of grain, and estimated that it would pay him for a year's service. He was a farmei as well as preacher, and because he could support himsell otherwise never worried himself about getting pay for preaching, satisfied to preach for the gratification it brought. With occasional help from others, he preached for the society until 1847, when, being enfeebled, he resigned his charge and removed farther west, where, at his son's home, he died at a ripe old age.

A brick church-edifice was built in 1847, and in 1876 it was replaced by the frame structure now in use, and standing close to the line between Hanover and Centre townships, on the west fork of Little Beaver. The name of the church society was in 1876 changed to that of Trinity Reformed.

The preachers since 1847 have been Revs. A. Wanner, S. N. King, G. M. Allbright, G. W. Willyard, and J. T. Hale. The latter was in charge in June, 1879, when the membership was 72.

The present elders are John Willyard, Jr., and James Fi -ance ; the deacons are Frank Chandler and John Ream; and the trustees, Joseph Willyard and Benjamin Ream.

The early history of this church - now located in Centre township, and known as Point Pleasant church - is identified with the history of Hanover township.

Amos Frost, one of the early settlers in Hanover upon the west fork of the Little Beaver, busied himself actively in promoting the organization of a Methodist Episcopal church in his neighborhood. Soon after his settlement, and about 1820, the organization was effected, with a membership list as follows: Amos Frost and wife, Thomas Whitacre and wife, Garrett Hart, Elizabeth Frost, William Frost and wife, Daniel Haldeman and wife, Thomas Coney and wife, Mrs. Breidenstine, Mrs. Paxson, Mrs. Fugat, Eleanor McLean, James Frost and wife, Amos, Jr., Mary Ann, George, and Mabela Frost.

In 1842 a frame church-edifice was erected near the Frost residence by Amos Frost's heirs. In obedience to his expressed wish, it was called Frost's church, and upon its weatherbeaten front may yet be seen traces of the legend setting forth the fact. After the church was built, - there having been no trustees previously, - the trustees were John Stoy, William Frost, James Frost, Joseph G. Keith, and David Arter. The preacher first heard in the new church was Rev. Joseph Montgomery, and after him, among those who served, were Revs. Sleetz, King, and Williams. Late in 1877 the place of worship was changed to Centre township, where a new church had been built; and in the history of that township, therefore, the later history of the church will be found.

The first church built in Hanover township was a log meeting-house erected by the Society of Friends, just east of New Garden village, about 1800, or shortly previous. Nathan, Thomas, and James Galbraith were leading men in the society and in the formation of the church. Meetings were held every Sabbath, and, as there was no other church in the vicinity, people of all denominations assembled there for worship, so that the congregation was always numerous, while many of those who were Friends came from a great distance. In 1840 the log church was displaced by a handsome and commodious brick edifice upon the same site. The members of the church joined in the erection of the structure, themselves burning the brick and bestowing such other labor as was required. Not long after that the Quakers living thereabout, being somewhat disheartened at the damaging overflows upon their farms from the canal reservoir at Gillford, began to move away, and in a short time nearly all the Quakers were gone from the neighborhood. The church organization was accordingly abandoned, and after standing until 1859 the building was demolished.

About the date of the building of the church at New Garden, the Friends living near Hanover village erected a log meeting-house about a mile west of the village. The first elders were Stephen McBride (the founder of the church), Sarah, John, and Levi Miller, and the first preacher Sarah Shaw. This was the only church in the neighborhood for some time, and not only Quakers, but many others, worshiped there, the attendants usually numbering 100 or more. In 1827 the present brick meetinghouse replaced the log church, but since that date removals from the settlement have made inroads upon the church membership, which is at present small, but zealous as of old.

traces its history back to 1820, when a Christian church was organized at Hanover, Gainor and Enos Ellis being the chief movers in the matter. Preachers came over from Kentucky upon the organization of the church, among them being Messrs. Sechrist, Hughes, and others. The first

About 1825 dissensions began to show in the church, owing to the rise and growth therein of the Disciple doctrine, and these dissensions, continuing until 1830, ended with a victory for the Disciples, who, absorbing wellnigh the entire congregation, reorganized the church according to their faith, leaving the Christians to pass from view. Joseph Rhodes and Christian Keith were prominent in the new organization, at which event there were about 100 members. An addition to the old log church was at once built, and that place of worship served until 1859, when, in June, the present church-edifice was completed. Among those who have preached for the Disciples since 1830 may be named John Whittaker, Wesley, Lanphear, Yanvoris, John Henry, Jonas Hartzell, George Lacey, Cyrus Bosworth, Harrison Jones, and Isaac Ehrhardt. Charles Strahn, officiating also at Augusta, in Carroll County, was the church pastor June 1, 1879, when the membership numbered 120.

The Christian Church Of Gillford

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GILLFORD was organized in 1836, and a frame house of worship built south of the town upon a lot donated by Samuel Fugat. The church flourished for eight or ten years, but, losing most of its members by removals from the place, was eventually dissolved.

The Methodist Episcopal Church Of Gillford

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF GILLFORD was organized about 1844, when, and shortly thereafter, John Hester, Mr. Dales, and John Hoffman were classleaders. Previous to that time the Methodists at Gillford worshiped at New Lisbon. About 1846, J. P. Conly settled in Gillford as a storekeeper, and shortly afterwards donated a lot, upon which the Methodists erected a church. Mr. Conly preached occasionally, and there were also occasional services by circuit-preachers, but the congregation has never been large and has never had a stationed pastor. With New Garden and Hanover, it is attached to the Hanover circuit, and is in charge of Rev. Williams.

The Methodist Episcopal Church Of Hanover

was organized in 1834, when Joseph Hibernian was chosen leader. The seven original members were Joseph and Elizabeth Hibernian, Hannah Bab, Charlotte Arter, Mr. and Mrs. James Kynett, and Mrs. Verner. The first trustees were Michael Arter, Joseph Hibernian, and Jacob Meyers. Revs. Alcinus Young, Eddy, Gardner, Montgomery, Weekly, Petty, Crouse, Gilmore, Stevens, Brown, Jordan, McClure, Elliott, Rogers, McGregor, Kagie. Sleetz, Wright, McClure, King, and Williams have served as pastors. Mr. Williams was the pastor June, 1879, when the active membership numbered 60. The church, which is now in the Hanover circuit, was attached originally to the New Lisbon circuit.

The first church-building was erected in 1837, and, after being used a year for school purposes as well, received the addition of a second story, preaching having previously been held in the Disciples' church. The building was utterly demolished June 30, 1876, by a violent and destructive wind storm, which caused much other damage in the was organized about the year 1830 by Rev. James Robertson, then a resident of Hanover, and a preacher noted for organizing churches in Columbiana County. Mr. Robertson, George Sloan, and others had built a frame church at Hanover in anticipation of the organization, and in that building the organization was eifected.

Previous to that time, Rev. C. L. Vallandigham and Mr. Robertson used to preach occasionally in the village, and oftentimes the Presbyterians of Hanover worshiped at Bethesda church, in Franklin.

The first elders of the church were John Calder, Hugh Jordan, and George Sloan. Mr. Robertson was the first stated pastor and preached until 1846, when he organized a Free Presbyterian congregation at Hanover, and preached for that church. After him, in the Presbyterian church, the pastors were Revs. Robert Dickson, Dalzell Carson, Robert Johnston, Dundas, and Miller. The church has at present about 80 members and depends upon supplies, Rev. Mr. Hare being the supply June, 1879. The elders now serving are Henry Swearingen, Wm. Martin, and Edward Dutton. The frame church erected in 1830 served until 1841, when it was replaced by the present brick structure.

In 1846 the church became divided on the slavery question, and Rev. Jas. Robertson, the pastor, going with the Free Presbyterians, fitted up a house belonging to him as a house of worship, and therein, until 1861, the Free Presbyterians held services under the successive ministrations of Revs. Robertson, King, and Burgess, and after that year rejoined the parent church.

The Methodist Episcopal Church Of New Garden

was organized in 1840, among the members then being Lewis Rider, his wife, one son, and three daughters; David Scattergood, wife, three sons, and two daughters ; Nathan Baker, wife, and two daughters ; Robert Dennis and wife ; Mrs. Wiles and two daughters; Edward Jones and wife ; James Garside, wife, and John, Thomas, Samuel, Martha, and Mary, their children ; William and Hannah Nicholas; Peter and Amy Ward.

Worship was held in the village school-house until 1841, when a frame church was erected upon a lot adjoining the school-house, and dedicated by Rev. Jos. Montgomery, who, with Rev. Martin S. Weekly, preached in the church for some time thereafter as they traveled the circuit. Robert Dennis, who donated the land for the church, was one of the first trustees, of whom the others were Nathan Baker, David Scattergood, and Lewis Rider. Joshua Monroe was the first presiding elder, and the first class-leader Robert Dennis, after whom came Lewis Rider and Peter Ward.

The earliest preachers were Revs. John P. Kent and Thos. McGrath, who preached in the school-house. After them followed Revs. Montgomery, Weekly, Petty, Crouse, Gilmore, Stevens, Brown, Jordan, McClure, Elliott, Rogers, McGregor, Kagle, Sleetz, Wright, McClure, King, and Williams, the latter being now the preacher on the Hanover circuit, to which the New Garden church is attached.

The present leaders are George Waters and Jacob Shissler, and the trustees D. B. Casidy, Geo. Waters, A. Teegarden, John Murray, Frank Ingram, Daniel Scattergood. The present church-building, occupying the site of its predecessor, was built in 1875.

A Disciple congregation was organized at New Garden in 1842 as a branch of the church at Hanover, although the members of the congregation worshiped in the town schoolhouse and Methodist church previous to and in 1841, and in that year built a frame church south of the centre of the village. At the organization there were fully 50 members, of whom Thomas Robinson, Anthony Taylor, and John Montgomery were chosen trustees. The congregation worshiped in the frame church until 1856, when, the membership having materially declined in number, the separate organization was abandoned and a return made to the church at Hanover, where the members of the New Garden congi'egation thereafter attended worship. The church-building was shortly afterwards sold and removed bodily farther north, and now serves as the residence of James Moots in the village.

In 1874 the growth of membership had assumed a healthful tone, and, a reorganization of the church being effected with about 100 members, a new church-building - the one now in use - was erected in 1875. The trustees upon reorganization were Wm, C. Flick, Jonathan Elton, Emanuel Angomar, they being also the present trustees.

During the early days of the church's history dependence for preaching was made upon occasional supplies as they could be procured. Since the reorganization the preachers have been James Wilson, T. J. Newcomb, Callahan Harier, Samuel Teegarden. The congregation has recently, through removals, been much reduced in numbers, and depends, as earlier, upon supplies.

When Andrew McAllister settled in Franklin township, in 1814, he lost no time in undertakirig to effect the establishment there of a Catholic church, and by 1816 several settlers of the Catholic faith having come into the neighborhood, intelligence thereof was conveyed to Canton, Ohio, where the now Bishop Fenwick was a priest, and he, - journeying at once to McAllister's house, assembled the members of the faith and held mass. Mass continued to be held at McAllister's house until about 1827, when a church was built near the site of the Catholic graveyard, east of Dungannon, and called St. Paul's church. About 1830 or 1832, Rev. James Conlon was a preacher on a circuit comprising Steubenville, Wellsville, and other places, and probably then began to preach at St. Paul's church. The first stationed pastor was Rev. McCready. In 1847, a majority of the members of the congregation being at Dungannon, it was resolved to change the place of worship to that point, and in that year the large brick edifice now in use there was built at a cost of about $15,000. It occupies a commanding eminence, and is visible from a long dis- tance. Philip Ehrhardt, of Dungannon, having donated the church-lot, the name of the church was changed to St. Philip's. Among those who have labored there were Kev. Fathers Henry (now archbishop of Milwaukee), Kennedy, Monahan, O'Connor, Crash, Moes, Peters, Flume, Ludwig, Yattman, Spearing, and Voght, the latter being in charge June 1, 1879, when the attendants numbered 100 families, divided between Irish and Germans.

Isaac Craig, brother of the founder of Hanover village, taught a subscription school in 1809 in the log meetinghouse built by the Friends. Andrew Pettit, one of Hanover's early settlers, succeeded Craig, and taught many years, his school being exceedingly popular and his teachingsomewhat better than the average. James Shaw and Levi Miller were also early school-teachers near Hanover ; and one of the first near New Garden was John Montgomery, who was accounted a man of extraordinary ability. He taught in a log school-house, which was erected upon the spot now occupied by the New Garden school-house. Mr. Edward Murray, an old resident near New Garden, says he assisted in building the school-house flue, and remembers the day to have been Feb. 3, 1818. He remembers, moreover, that the weather was so bitter cold and the house so imperfect a structure that on the 4th of February, when the children first attended school there, many of them froze their feet, although sitting near the fire, and that the ink froze to solid ice. Besides Montgomery, the early teachers were Benjamin Townsend and Thos. Galbraith.

William Knepper, who lived in Franklin township, taught school in Hanover, near Dungannon, in 1818, in the second story of a " spring " which stood on Peter Crissinger's farm, now occupied by Joseph Fife. Knepper had about thirty scholars and taught there three winters, after which Henry Benner taught there, and, several winters afterwards, in a log school-house on Crissinger's farm.

Excluding the town school at Hanover, there are eleven schools in the township, to wit : two (high and primary) at Dungannon, two (high and primary) at Kensington, one at New Garden, one at Gillford, and one each in districts 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9. The average attendance at the township schools is 320, and appropriations for the support of the schools iu 1878 aggregated $2650. The Hanover union school contains three departments, and has an average attendance of 190.

One of the first, if not the first, burying-grounds laid out in the township was the oue at the Quaker meeting-house near Hanover. William Craig, father of James Craig, is supposed to have been the first person buried there. He died about 1808. Although the grouud was laid out by the Friends, it was free for public use, and many people from a long distance conveyed the bodies of their friends thither. The ground, which is a neatly-kept spot, is still used. So much was the ground in demand that there were within it not long ago eight hundred visible graves.

There is an old buryiug-grouud, also, near New Garden. That too was laid out by the " Friends," near their meeting-house, and, although the Friends and their meetinghouse have passed out of the township, the graveyard still remains, and, while being used by the general public, is kept in excellent repair and tastefully beautified from time to time.

Hanover Fire Company

About 1840, Hanover organized a fire-engine company, with A. N. Kiueau as foreman, and it flourished well for a few years, but, conflagrations being exceedingly rare, the members lost interest in the company, and the organization was gradually dissolved. About 1860 the company was revived, only to pass, however, through a similar experience that ended in dissolution. The old hand fire-engine is still at hand, but, somewhat rusty from disuse, would probably in case of a fire be passed over iu favor of the old-fashioned " bucket brigade." was organized at Gillford iu 1872 with 30 charter-members. The grange is now flourishing, has a membership of 80, and owns a hall at Gillford, in which meetings are held. The officers at present are Jacob Calrup, M. ; Aaron Arter, O. ; George Blythe, S. ; Leonard Hoops, A. S. ; Geo. Hos-

A post-office was established at Hanover about 1812, when James Craig was postmaster, and the name of the post-office was Hanoverton, as there was already a Hanover in Ohio. After the failure of the " company" store, which Craig managed, the post-office at Hanoverton was discontinued for a time.

George Fries was the incumbent in 1837, and after him the office was held by Henry Fries, J. R. Arter, Wm. Hamilton, A. N. Kineau, George Akers, H. B. Pearce, E. L. Strohm, and Stephen Keith, the latter being the present incumbent. The first postmaster at New Garden was Joseph Griswold, who kept the office on his farm near the village. James Graham, the next postmaster, had the office in his store in the village, and was the postmaster for forty years, save for an interregnum of four years, during which Clayton Thornbury and Jonah Parker were appointees. Mr. Graham was succeeded in 1870 by Jesse Kepner, the present incumbent. Mr. Graham used often to relate that the first mail he changed after his appointment was changed by the light of the moon, the mail-rider, in passing through from Hanover, having arrived late at night.

Dungannon was established as a post-office about 1836, when Hiram Gaver was appointed postmaster. John Conlon was his successor, and in 1846 James Hogan took the office, and has held it ever since.

Gillford was established as a post-office in 1835, but, by reason of there being another post-office with that name in the State, the name of Bucks P. 0. was given to it as a compliment to Moses Buck, the first appointee. After Buck's term, the postmasters were Caleb Hawley, Moses Louthan, Benjamin Hawley, Robert Pitcairn, Isaac Miller, Wm. McMillan, Emanuel Hawley, Shepard Hawley. The latter has been the incumbent since 1865.

When the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad was completed, in 1852, the present village of Kensington was made a postal station and Jacob Dutton appointed postmaster. Dutton kept store, and when that burned, a short time after 1852, the post-office was discontinued. To that time the place, as a post-town, had been known as Ingraham, although called Maysville as a town. The office was not revived until 1860, when B. C. Battin was appointed postmaster and the name of the postal-station changed to Maysville. There was an attempt made to rob Maysville of its post-office, and at the end of four months the office was again discontinued. It was again revived, in 1861, discontinued at the end of fourteen days, but revived again almost directly ; it has since then been undisturbed. Mr. Battin was reappointed in 1861, and held the office until 1866, when Levi Shaw, the present incumbent, was appointed. In 1876 the name of the town as well as postoffice was changed to Kensington.

To him succeeded Pierce Taylor, his son, and afterwards Jacob Liber, who made additions to the foundry-building, put in a steam-engine, and added machine-castings to the original list of manufactures. He sold out to Thomas Gardner, who took in Chas. Liber as a partner, and to the latter disposed of his interest. Charles Liber still operates the foundry, and makes plows, plow-points, and castings.

E. K. Liber began, in 1865, to manufacture carriages and wagons at New Garden, and since then has carried on the business profitably. He makes about sixty carriages and wagons annually, employs nine men, and disposes of the major portion of his manufactures at home. His father, Charles Liber, was engaged at New Garden in the manufacture of wagons from 1839 until his death, in 1874. Jas. Saffell had a machine shop at New Garden at an early date, upon the site of Liber's wagon-factory, and operated it about fifteen years.

In 1814, Samuel Holland, of New Lisbon, set up a carding-maehine upon the present site of Hudd & Son's woolenmill at Kensington, and shortly afterwards added a linseedoil mili. He put in a tramp-wheel, and, when water failed, used a pair of oxen as the motive power, and soon added two mill-stones. At his death, in 1837, the mill was bought by Wm. Hicklin, who, continuing Holland's business until - 1854, built the present mill, introduced steam-power, and began to manufacture woolen goods. In 1864, J. Hudd & Sons, the present proprietors, purchased the mill, and since that time have been making all kinds of woolen goods, knitting-yarns, blankets, hosiery, etc., in the manufacture of which they employ five people.

The grist-mill now occupied by Lawson & Levinger, at Hanoverton, stands upon the site occupied by the grist-mill built in 1839 by Elimelech Swearingen and George Sloan. It was a water-mill until 1849, when steam was made the motive power, and in that year Swearingen disposing of his interest to Sloan, the latter carried it on until his death, in 1870, when Lawson Levinger purchased the property and still controls it. The mill is four stories in height, has four run of buhrs, and can manufacture about thirty barrels of flour daily.

David Grim & Co. have a steam grist-mill north of Hanoverton, with two run of buhrs. This mill was built by Burton Sinclair, upon the site of the mill put up by George Brown, one of the pioneers of Hanover. George Moore operates a saw-mill at Hanoverton, which he took in 1873 from William Sinclair. Mr. Moore cuts about three hundred thousand feet of lumber annually, besides doing considerable planing and turning-work.

J. Hardesty & Sons have a fine four-story steam gristmill at Kensington depot. It was built in 1857, by Abraham Leatherberry, who sold it to Hardesty & Sons in 1863. The mill has three buhrs, and has a manufacturing capacity of twenty barrels of flour daily. Shortly after settling in Hanover in 1817, Michael Arter started a tannery on the present site of Arter & Swearingen's store. He continued it at that location until 1835, when he removed it a short distance north. In 1849 his son, A. R., succeeded him in the business, and since then has carried it on. He employs three men and tans about one thousand hides yearly.

Early Mills

Edward Whitacre & Sons built a grist- and saw-mill in 1808, on the narrows of the west fork of the Little Beaver, south of where Gillford now stands. In 1810, Nicholas Miller built one just below there. Hugh Hillis and Joseph Bailey purchased Whitacre's mill, and ran it until 1846, when it was abandoned. George Brown, from Virginia, moved into Hanover in 1810, with a wife and five children, and put up a grist-mill on the site now occupied by J. Grim's mill. In 1808, James Craig, who laid out Hanover, built a saw- and grist-mill, which in 1817 was purchased by William Kennedy and Arthur Loekard, who put into it the first buhr-stones seen in those parts.

In 1811, Amos Frost came into the township from Fayette Co., Pa., and settled on the west fork of the Little Beaver, where, in 1814, he built a grist- and saw-mill. There S. J. Bolder has a grist-mill now.

Levi Miller established a fulling- and saw-mill in 1832, just below Hanover. This was the first mill in the township to use steam as a motive power, and continued in operation about thirty years. John Emory put up, in 1810, a small tannery on the place now occupied by F. Shearer, but transacted only a light trade.

The Hanover Rifles

Hanover village many years ago boasted the possession of a crack military company, known as the Hanover Rifles. The company was organized about 1833, when military ardor ran rampant, with 60 members. Edward Rhodes was the captain, and Samuel Fox first lieutenant. Capt. Rhodes was shortly afterwards chosen major in the militia, and, resigning his command of the Rifles, was succeeded by Joseph Brown. The company paraded occasionally in showy uniform of white, with red sash, and was the sensation for seven years, when, military enthusiasm declining, it passed gradually out of existence.

Hanover Cornet Band

Hanover village has a fine cornet band of eleven pieces, under the leadership of Thomas Fox. The first band organized in the village was called into existence in 1847, through the efforts of A. R. Arter and others. There were originally fifteen pieces, and in a brief space of time the Hanover Band was a well-drilled organization, whose fame extended east and west as far as and farther than Buffalo and Chicago, whither it was frequently called. The first band-teacher was Lewis Carr, who, passing through the town with a show, was induced to tarry behind and take charge of the Hanover Band.

He continued to serve as teacher and leader for several years, and when he was absent bis place as leader was filled by Lucien Shoemaker. Since 1847, Hanover has had a band as the almost steady and almost uninterrupted outgrowth of the original organization, although there have been brief intervals when its interests were permitted to languish.

The Ohio And Toledo Railroad

A narrow-gauge railway, known as the Ohio and Toledo Railroad, was projected at Leetouia in 1872, and was, according to intention, to extend from some point on the line between Pennsylvania and Ohio to Toledo via Hanoverton and Bolivar, with a branch, moreover, at Hanoverton connecting the latter with Painesville. The enterprise was encouraged by people along the proposed line, but bad management and failure of contractors on the work brought the matter to grief, - as far as concerned Hanoverton, at least, the only progress effected in that vicinity being the grading of about two miles of the roadway from the town to the township-line.

Biographical Sketch

Prominent among the pioneers of Columbiana County we find the name of Michael Arter, who came to New Lisbon (the county-seat) in 1805. He was born in Maryland, and came here, with his parents, when ten years of age. In 1816 he married Lydia, daughter of Joseph Richardson.

The father of Mrs. Arter was one of the best-known public men of the State of Ohio, having been elected to the Legislature and Senate of the State, serving as speaker of the latter for some time.

Michael Arter moved from New Lisbon to Hanover in the year 1816. There was then only one house in the place, the whole surrounding country being at that time almost entirely unsettled. He held many prominent positions in the county. In all these he acquitted himself to the satisfaction of those who had confided their trusts to him. He was the father of seven children, - five sons and two daughters, - viz. : Joseph R., born in New Lisbon, Oct. 18, 1817 ; now living in New Lisbon ; Inis held some prominent positions, viz. : clerk of court of Columbiana County and State revenue collector for Eastern Ohio during the

Rebellion. D. A., born Jan. 3, 1820 ; now living in Canton, Stark Co., 0. ; a prominent physician and surgeon. A. R., born Feb. 11, 1822; now a merchant in Hanover, Columbiana Co. Jane K., born Jan. 8, 182-1; deceased. Jason R., born Dec. 12, 1825 ; served two years as surgeon in the army, under Gen. Thomas; died 1873. Catharine A., born April 30, 1828 ; married to Rev. J. Wright, a Methodist minister; now living in Cardington, 0. T. J., born July 22, 1830 ; held the offices of United States assessor and collector during the Rebellion ; is now living on the old farm, first bought by his father. A. R. Arter, the third son, - who contributes this family history, - learned the tanning trade when quite young, and took charge of his father's tannery until 1845, when he married Mary, daughter of Elimelech Swearingen ; from this union were born seven children, - six sons and one daughter, - viz. : Leonard, born Aug. 3, 1846; served in the Union army during the Rebellion ; escaped the dangers of the battle-field and sickness of the camp; reached home in safety ; died June 19, 1870. Alonzo, born Feb. 3, 1850 ; died July 22, 1859. Newton S. and Norman R. (twins), born Nov. 24, 1862; Newton S. died June 8, 1863. Elbert E. and Gilbert M. (twins), born June 27, 1865.

In 1863, A. R. Arter helped to organize the 18th Ohio Battalion, and was commissioned a captain by Gov. Todd. At the call of Gov. Brough, May, 1864, this battalion responded and reported at Columbus, and with part of the 69th Battalion organized and formed the 143d Ohio Regt. ; was mustered into the United States service on the 13th of May, and on the 15th left for Washington City ; on its arrival was assigned to Gen. Hawkins' Div., 22d Army Corps. A. R. Arter was assigned full command of Fort Slocum, one of the most important points, at the head of Seventh Street, which was held with honor by four companies until the regiment was ordered to embark for Bermuda Hundred ; there it was assigned to the 10th Army Corps, and placed in the entrenchments around Richmond and Petersburg where it remained in active service until relieved from duty, and, proceeding to Camp Chase, 0., was there mustered out of the service. Mr. Arter then left for home with his command, and has since been enjoying a business life in a quiet way.

Elimelech Swearingen, father of the wife of A. R. Arter, was born in Beaver Co., Pa., Dec. 31, 1791. When about sixteen years of age, moved to Columbiana Co., 0., where he resided until his death, July 20, 1869. Mr. Swearingen married Sarah Wilcoxon, June 14, 1810. From this union were born thirteen children, - five sons and eight daughters, - viz. : Mary A., born May 15, 1811 ; died Feb. 14, 1821. Rebecca, born Feb. 4, 1813; was married to John Eidley, of Hanover, 0. ; died May 26, 1865. Ruth, born Jan. 17, 1815 ; died May 20, 1875. Elimelech, born November, 1816; married Martha Hurford, of Canton, 0. ; died August, 1862. Virlinda, born Oct. 14, 1818; was married to Richard Aten, of Wellsville, 0. George W., born Sept. 14, 1820; married Matilda Chapman, of Virginia ; is now a practicing physician in Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa. Elizabeth A., born Aug. 26, 1822 ; was married to A. Hurford, of Canton, 0. ; died Aug. 21, 1843. Daniel, born Feb. 23, 1826 ; married Hannah Chambers, of Steubenville, 0. ; now residing on a farm near Indiana, county-seat of Indiana Co., Pa. Lucinda, born Sept. 1, 1828 ; was married to 0. G. Russell, of Wellsville, 0. ; died March 13, 1858. Henry H., born July 17, 1830 ; married Maggie Poulton, of Columbiana County ; she died Jan. 17, 1868. He then married Jennie Steele, of Carrollton, 0. ; is now living in Hanover, 0. ; engaged in mercantile business. Greenberry, born Jan. 21, 1833 ; married Sarah Swearingen, of Columbiana County ; resides at Kensington, Columbiana Co., 0. ; engaged in mercantile business. Sarah, born March 1, 1836; resides at the old homestead.

Gallagher, Philip, son of Dominac and Alice (Collins) Gallagher, b. Northampton Co., Pa., 1833, s. Columbiana Co. 1833, Farmer, p. o. add. Salineville. Hull, Mervvin, son of George and Edith (Gault) Hull, b. Fraukliu Tp. 1860, Farmer, p. o. add. Summitville.

Source changes here: from History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, by McCord, William B., B, published 1905; 3,460 words in this source stream.

Franklin Township

Was originally mimltered 14 in range 4. but. by the accession in 1832 of a portion of Wayne township, lies now partly in range 3. Its boundaries are Center and Hanover townships on the north, Washington township and Carroll county on the south. Wayne and Washington townships on the east, and Carroll County on the west. The Cleveland and Pittsburg Division of the Pennsylvania lines passes through the township diagonally from the southeast to the northwest, the two stations on the road, Summitville and Millport, being within the bounds of the township. There are ; several small streams, but so unimportant as to never have furnished a large amount nf water power. The surface of the country is moderately hilly, and the soil is very fertile. The first settlements in what is now Franklin township were made on the eastern row of sections, which were, however, not included within the bounds of Franklin township until 1833, being previous to that a portion of Wayne. In ! 1804 William King settled on section 7. But William Laughlin was the first settler in what i was early known as Franklin township. He came from Pennsylvania in 1805 and located on section n, where William R. Linn afterward lived. The next settler was Philip Willyard, who with his wife and two children settled in November, 1805, on section 12. where his son John resided many years afterwards. On the place settled by William Laughlin, it is said, Gen. Anthony Wayne camped one night with his troops, and the spot whereon he pitched his tent, it is averred, is still pointed out, and the little stream on whose banks he rested with fiis men is called Camp Run. Thomas Ferguson, who located on section 9 (now in Carroll County) was one of Franklin township's early settlers. Robert Smith also settled on the same section in 1815. A daughter of Robert Smith, who as late as 1880 lived with the family of William Davis, on the farm | settled by her father at that time, remembered ! distinctly early incidents. Their nearest neighbors were Hugh McElroy and his mother (a , widow), who settled on section 9 prior to 1815. : James McQuillan was a settler on section 3. ! In the south, one of the earliest settlers was i Jacob Marietta, who came from Maryland. ; John Morrison came to Columbiana County j shortly after 1800, and located in Franklin , township in 1814. James B. Morrison resided : 25 years in Franklin township, lived sul>sc- 1 quently an equal period of time in Wayne town- i ship, and later removed to and lived to a good old age in New Lisbon. In Franklin township's early settlement, ahout 1814. may mentioned William laughlin. John King. Sam- 1 uel Brown, Adam Knauff, Adam Custard and Jacob Hackathron. Shortly after 1814, among those who settled were William Phillips, James Anderson, William Knepper, James Smart, Thomas Coney, Hugh Linn and Jabez Coulson, the last named being one of the earliest justices of the peace. Samuel Brown settled in 1807 on the place on section 10 where afterward William Linn lived; James Anderson, in 1806, on the farm next north of the Willyards, and, north of that, William Knepper. Thomas Fife entered a quarter on section one and leased it to George McVey. Moses Gillespie entered a quarter on the same section ; Adam Custard, from Maryland, settled on section 2 ; John Morrison on section 10, John Brannon on section 14, afterward occupied by David Lockard, and James McQuilkin on scctjon 3. Matthew McGuin entered section 2 in 1812, "because," says an early authority, "at that time there was upon it a schoolhouse, which had been erected when the section was still government land, and McGuin thought it an easy way to get a house for nothing." Thomas Cooney located on section 11 at an early day, and on the same section John King entered the quarter afterward owned by John Cooney and sold it to Adam Knauff. William Laughlin, the first settler, was also the first justice of the peace, and performed his first marriage ceremony in the event where Henry Hull, of Wayne township, figured as the groom (the bride's name not being given in the authority from which this is quoted). Hull paid the 'squire three bushels of corn for performing the ceremony. John Willyard. it may be said in j>assing, servide as justice of the peace, with one intermission of but one year, from 1828 to 1875. a period of 46 years. Daniel and John Lindesmith and Mowrey Kountz, with several other citizens of Franklin township whose names arc not at hand, served iti the War of 1812. "John Clark," relates an authority already quoted, "was an early settler who lived on a fork of Yellow Creek, in a ravine, and with his family found shelter one winter against a large log, over which they had spread a bark roof. This was their habitation until spring and an uncomfortable one it was; but they struggled bravely through the cold season until spring Set in, wlien a log cahin was built. Flint and steel served in those days the purpose of matches, and often settlers would go a long way to Imrrow a lire-brand from a neighltor to start a lire when flint and steel were wanting."

James McOuilkin, who learned his trade with David Fhrhart, of Hanover township, was the first blacksmith in Franklin township. Thomas Ferguson was the first shoemaker, and the families of Philip and Mary McOuilkin the first to use looms. John Morrison was the first house carpenter, aiftl Philip Willyard. Andrew Sweeney. Hugh Brannon. it is related, "the first to make rye whisky."

Franklin township was organized in 1816. It then contained 36 sections, and was presumed to have an area of six square miles. In 1832. when Carroll County was organized. Franklin was deprived of three rows of sections on the west, and at the same time was partiallf compensated by an addition on the east of one row of sections, taken from Wayne township, leaving the limits of Franklin township within an area measuring four miles from east to west ami six miles from north to south, and containing 24 sections. The first pollbook was made out in 1816 by James B. Morrison, who was. at the first township election, chosen to the office of constable.

Franklin township has but two villages. Suiumitville and Millport, both being stations on the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad. Neither is incorporated. Summit ville was laid out in March. 1853. by Peter Friedt. and so named because the site upon which it rests was supposed to l>c "the highest point of elevation Iwtween the waters of the Sandy and Lake Krie." It is situated in an excellent agricultural district, by reason of which it has enjoyed a substantial though small mercantile trade.

Millport, alxuit two miles north of Summitville. was laid out in January, 1853. by Philip Willyard and Hugh Laughlin. The place was orignally known as Franklin, but. confusion arising frequently from the similaritv of name with Franklin Square, in the northern pan of (he county, it was changed to Millport, as significant of the existence at that point of a grist-mill and sawmill.

Bethesda Presbyterian Church, in Franklin township, was organized in 1821, previous to which* time, however, there had l>ecn Presbyterian services held in the township by Revs. Clement Vallandigham, James Roliertson and others, chiefly in the barn and residence of Hugh Linn. Rev. Mr. Vallandigham preached alnntt a year. The church was organized in the time of Rev. Mr. Roliertson. In 1822 the first church building was erected, which was replaced in 1855 by the structure still in use in 1905. The first session of the church was composed of Patrick McKaig, John Cameron, John Morrison and Hugh King. Successors of Rev. James Roliertson (the first settled pastor) were: Revs. Josnha Beer, J. B. Graham, James Robertson (for a second term), Roliert Johnson. Robert Dickson. William Dalzel), David Miller. Toscph F. Carson. John R. Dunclass, I. B. Mi'ller. B. M. Price ("1877-84), R. B. Love (1885-91), J. F. Kirkbride (1893- 03), and J. B. Black, who entered upon the pastorate in 1904. The elders in 190^ were Roliert Binsley, John M. Hull. H. J. Pelley. M. D., and John N. Blake.

Public worship, according to the Roman Catholic faith, was held as early as 1838 in a church built on the McAllister place, near the northern line of the township. It was known as the "McAllister Church." and was attended by Catholics from the townships of Franklin. Hanover and Center. Later, when the Catholics of Franklin township worshi|>ed near Suiumitville. the church at the north w as abandoned and a new church built in Hanover township. In 1845 a log building originally erected for a store, near the site later occupied by the church at Summitville. was purchased by the Catholics of Franklin township and St. John's Church was established, as a mission point, where the priests stationed at other churches held occasional services. In 184X a fine brick church building was erected at a cost of about S10.000. and, the congregation by that time having grown stronger, a priest was stationed there, since which time the church has flourished. The first pastor of the parish was Rev. James Conlon, and after him came Revs. Thomas Kennedy, Francis Stoker, Michael Prendegast, Thomas Welsh. D. Tighe. P. J.

And Rkprksentative Citizens

About i8t8, there being iti the township quite a number of families who belonged to the Society of Friends, a log meeting house was built in that neighborhood now included within the limits of East township, Carroll County. Among the leading members of the organization were Richard and John Battin. Stephen MeBride, Jr.. Isaiah Williams and Mordecai Saunders. The Friends worshi|>ed there several years, but the gradual depletion of their numbers by removals led Iwt'ore very many years to the dissolution of the society.

James Barr is supposed to have l)een the first school teacher in Franklin township. He taught in 1812 in a schoolhouse huilt by the settlers on section 2 , while it was yet government land. After Matthew McGuire had entered the section, as already related, he tried to sell the schoolhouse with the site (which he had acquired with the title to the land) to the settlers for school purposes; but they refused j to be parties to such a speculation, and proceed- ! ed to build a second schoolhouse on William Laughlin's farm. This was soon after destroyed by fire, and a third house erected near the same spot. William Kneppert and Patrick Smith taught in the new house. One dollar and a half was the amount paid per quarter for each scholar in those days; and, as 25 scho- \ lars were about the average mtmljcr gathered at one time, a teacher's pay then was not calculated to make a man wealthy in a very short time. Before the close of the century four district schools provided educational advantages to the youth of the township under the common school system of Ohio.

There have been few manufacturing or other industries in Franklin township aside from farming, except a few grist-mills, sawmills and tanneries, which are referred to in another chapter of this work.

According to the old surveys and allotments West township is township 6 north, range 5 east. It is lmunded by Knox township on the north, Hanover township on the cast, Carroll County on the south and Stark County on the west. The township is drained by the Mahoning River and its branches on the north and the Big Sandy and tributaries of the Tuscarawas on the west and south. The surface of the land is undulating and the soil is fertile, almost all the land being susceptible of cultivation. A jjortioii of the township furnishes the water shed lietween the Mahoning ami the Tuscarawas Rivers, the greatest elevation being in the vicinity of Chainbersburg, on sections y, 10, 15 and 16. The township was organized in 1816 and contains full 36 sections. Pioneers l>egan taking up land about the time the county was organized in