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It marched during its term of service a distance of three thousand, six hundred and eighty-two miles, participated in four sieges, nine severe skirmishes, fifteen general engagements, and sustained a loss of five hundred and six men killed, wounded and missing.

The One Hundred and Third Ohio was composed of men from the counties of Cuyahoga, Lorain and Medina. 'Ten companies rendezyoused at Cleveland, in August, 1862, and on the 3d of September, started for Cincinnati, which they found in a state of excitement and alarm, because of the near approach of the enemy, under Kirby Smith, upon Lexington, Kentucky. Having received arms in Cincinnati, the regiment _erossed over to Covington, where it was furnished with clothing and other necessaries for camp-life. Thus equipped, it marched out to Fort Mitchell, on the evening of the 6th.

After a few days of painful suspense, information was received at headquarters that the enemy had retreated. Immediate pursuit was ordered. The One Hundred and Third moved out on the 18th, with other forces, in pursuit, taking the pike toward Lexington.

Having followed the enemy three days, without being able to overtake him, the national forces returned as fur as Snow's Pond, where they encamped for a short time. While here, sickness prostrated nearly onehalf the regiment. It was now organized, with two other regiments, into a brigade, under the command of Brigadier-general'Q. A. Gilmore. The regiment, with its brigade, moved out, on the 6th of October, to repress the outrages of the rebel cavalry, and, becoming separated from the brigade, went into camp on the bank of the Kentucky river, at Frankfort, where it remained until the 5th of April, 1863. At this date, the regiment marched to Stanford.

Marauding bands of mounted men, nominally belonging to John Morgan's command, but, in reality, independent squads of freebooters, had kept all this region in a constant state of excitement and alarm, and gave considerable annoyance to the national troops - eapturing parties stationed at outposts, and destroying supply trains. A large force was gathered at Stanford, and, on the 25th, an advance was ordered by Generali 8. P. Carter, then commanding. The national forces moved forward to Somerset and Mill Springs, the enemy falling back all the time; but there were not wanting indications of an intention, on the part of the rebels, to concentrate their scattered forces, for the purpose' of making a stand, at some point favorable for defence. Our infantry had considerable difficulty in crossing the Cumberland, on account of high water; but, once crossed, it pushed rapidly after the enemy, preceded by the cavalry, which had crossed a little below. On the 30th, the cavalry came up with a body of rebels, when a smart skirmish took place. On the 5th of May, our forces were ordered back to the Cumberland. The One IIundred and Third took a position near Stigall's ferry, where they were soon visited by a body of rebels, who fired on them from the southern bank. Much powder was expended, by both parties, but with little result.

On the 5th of July, the regiment, with other troops, marched toward Danville, where they remained a few days, and then fell back to Hickman bridge. Returning to Danville, shortly after, this regiment, was, with others, formed into the twenty-third army corps, and placed under the command of Major-general Hartsuff. The ninth army corps having been added to the force, at this point, the troops began to move - on the 18th of August, under the command of General A. E. Burnside. No tongue can tell what that army suffered in its march from Danville, via Stanford, Crab Orchard, the Cumberland, at Burnside's Point, Chitwood, Montgomery, Emery's Iron Works, and Lenoir to Concord, Tennessee. On the 19th of September, the regiment joined in the general advance, which resulted in driving back the rebels to their main force, then assembled at Jonesboro.

On the 4th of November, the regiment proceeded by railroad to Knoxville, and was stationed with its brigade, on the south side of the river. Longstreet was now advancing upon the city, with a large force. During the investment, our troops suffered the greatest hardships from insufficient clothing, short rations, and other privations. About noon, on the 25th, six companies of the regiment were sent out to relieve a company on picket-duty, and, while so doing, a heavy charge was made by the rebels, with the intention of capturing the whole. The men, assisted by the pickets of the Twenty-fourth Kentucky, and the Sixty-fifth Illinois, poured into the ranks of the rebels a well-directed fire; but this did not check them in the least, for, with yells, of the most horrid description, they rushed upon the picket-line, and a desperate struggle ensued. The regiments of the respective pickets coming up, in full force, a bayonet charge was ordered, which soon decided the contest, for the rebels broke and fled, leaving their dead and wounded upon the field. 'The regiment lost, in this engagement, some thirty-five, in killed and wounded.

This regiment finally became a part of the grand army, with which Sherman marched to the sea, and, on the 13th of May, arrived in front of Resaca. The next day, the twenty-third corps charged the enemy's works, and carried his two lines. The regiment lost, in this engagement, over one-third of its effective force. Among those who fell, were Captains W. W. Hutchinson and J. T. Philpot. The regiment finally reached Decatur on the 8th of September. It had lost heavily during this campaign. On May 1, its effective force numbered four hundred and fifty men; but, when it encamped at Decatur, it could only muster one hundred and ninety-five.

At Spring Hill, the regiment, while supporting a battery, showed conclusively what they were made of. On the 24th of February, 1865, the regiment, with its corps, arrived at Wilmington, and, on the 6th of March, it started forward, moving through Kingston to Goldsboro, where it again met Sherman's army. The whole army soon took up its march, and, on the 13th of April, reached Raleigh, where the regiment remained till the 10th of June, when it started for Cleveland, Ohio, to be mustered out. As the train, conveying the men, was descending the western slope of the Alleghany mountains, a truck broke loose, throwing three of the cars down asteép embankment, causing the death of three men, an the mutilation of a much largernumber. On the 19th, the regiment reached Oleveland, and, on the 22d, it was paid off, and mustered out.

One Hundred And Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

This regiment was composed almost wholly of Germans. It was organized August 25, 1862, at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, Ohio. It lay in camp at this place until the latter part of September, when it moved under orders to Covington, Kentucky. This move was made with reference to an anticipated attack on Cincinnati by Kirby Smith's Grey-backs. The regiment went to Washington, D. C., after a short time and was engaged for nearly a month in constructing fortifications around that city. In November it was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Eleventh Army Corps, Major-general Sigel commanding. On April 29, 1863, the regiment, with its brigadeand division, moved across the Rappahannock to Chancellorsville, where, on the 2d and 3d of May, it took part in the battle of that name. In this disastrous affair the One Hundred and Seventh suffered terribly, losing two hundred and twenty officers and men, killed, wounded and prisoners. The surgeon of the regiment, Dr. Hartman, of Cleveland, Ohio, and several officers were killed. July 1, it reached Gettysburg and was at once engaged with the enemy, taking position on the right wing. The first day's fight the regiment and eleventh corps were compelled to fall back through the town of Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill, where a new line was formed and held during the remainder of the battle. In falling back to this place the regiment lost in killed, wounded and prisoners, two hundred and fifty officers and men. In the second day's fight, in a charge made about five o'clock in the afternoon, it again lost heavily. In this affair the regiment captured a Rebel fiag from the Eighth Louisiana Tigers. Aside from slight skirmishing it was not engaged in the third day's fight. Its total loss in the battle of Gettysburg - killed, wounded and prisoners - was over four hundred out of about five hundred and fifty, rank and file with which it entered. With one hundred and eleven guns, all that was left of the regiment, it joined in the pursuit of the Rebel urmy, following it to Hagerstown, and thence into Virginia. Its subsequent engagements were principally light ones. The heaviest perhaps being at Sumterville, South Carolina, March 23, 1865, where it. defeated the enemy, capturing three pieces of artillery, six horses, and fifteen prisoners. On April 16, 1865, news was received of the surrender of Lee's and Johnston's armies. Three weeks thereafter it was taken by steamer to Charleston, where it did provost duty until July 10, when it was mustered out of the service and sent home to Cleveland, where it was paid off and discharged.

One Hundred And Twenty-Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

This regiment, although chiefly occupied in guard duty within the borders of the State, was an organization of three years' troops, enlisted and mustered into the United States' service, the same as other volunteer troops, and was liable to service wherever required: It attained minimum strength on the 25th of December, 1863, and consisted of four companies before known as the ''Hoffman Battalion" raised at different times in 1862. At and before the time of forming the regiment, the Hoffman Battalion was under the command of a Lieutenant-colonel and Major. Six new companies were mustered in at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, between the 8th and 15th of January, 1864. The four old companies had been on duty at Johnson's Island, nearly all the time since their muster in, but had frequently furnished detachments for service elsewhere, including a short and very active campaign in pursuit of Rebel troops, in Western Virginia in 1862.

The One Hundred and Twenty-eighth was chiefly occupied at the frontier posts of Johnson's Island and Sandusky. Fortune did not give the regiment an opportunity to earn laurels in battle, but it performed its duties always with faithfulness and efficiency. It left the Island on July 10, 1865, and was mustered out. at Camp Chase, Ohio, on the 17th.

One Hundred And Thirty-Fifth Regiment Ohio National Guard

This regiment was composed of men from Licking and Hardin counties, and one company of the Thirtyseventh Battallion, Ohio National Guard, of Lorain county. It was mustered into the United States' service on the 11th of May, 1864, and was ordered immediately to Washington City. Proceeding by way of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, the regiment arrived at North Mountain, where information was received that the bridge at Harper's Ferry was impassable; and the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth, with other 'hundred days' regiments," was delayed awaiting the repair of the bridge. A picket was established, and every precaution taken for defence. In a few days the troops moved on, and the regiment arrived at Washington, May 22. It was placed in the defences south of the Potomac, with headquarters at Fort Albany, and detachments in Forts Craig and Tillinghast. The time was occupied in repairing and completing these forts, and drilling in infantry and heavy-artillery tactics. On the 5th of June the regiment was ordered to White House Landing, where it was employed in picket duty and in guarding Rebel prisoners. On the 16th of June the regiment was ordered to Bermuda Hundred, and proceeded on steamer, via Fortress Monroe, up the James to Fort Powhattan. Here its progress was checked by the pontoon bridge on which the Army of. the Potomac was crossing the James. Theregiment debarked and marched to Bermuda Hundred, distant twenty-five miles. The march was made during two of the hottest days of summer, and the men suffered greatly from dust and the want of water. The regiment arrived at Fort Spring Hill, on the eastern bank of the Appomattox, opposite Point of Rocks, on the 19th of June, and was engaged in picket and fatigue duty at Point of Rocks and at Broadway Landing. The regiment next moved to Cherry-stone Inlet, on the eastern shore of Virginia. Headquarters were established at Eastville, the county town of Northampton county, and the companies were distributed at various points to guard the telegraph from Cherrystone to Wilmington, to prevent raids from the opposite side of the bay, and to intercept blockade runners and Rebel mail-carriers. At the expiration of its term of service the regiment returned to Ohio, and

One Hundred And Fiftieth Regiment Ohio National Guard

This regiment rendezvoused at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland. It was composed of eight companies from the city of Cleveland, one from Oberlin, this county, and one from Independence township, Cuyahoga county. It was, on the 5th of May, 1864, sworn into the United States service for one hundred days, and was immediately placed on the cars for Washington City.

On its arrival the regiment was ordered to garrison Forts Lincoln, Saratoga, Thayer, Bunker Hill, Slocum, Totten, and Stevens, forming part of the chain of fortifications surrounding the National capital. This important duty was fully and strictly performed, thereby enabling General Grant to draw from the former garrisons of these forts the re-inforcements so much desired in his movement through the Wilderness toward Richmond. The One Hundred and Fiftieth remained in these forts during the whole term of service, and participated in the fight before Washington with a part of Karly's Rebel corps, July 10 and 11, 1864. Companies G and K were engaged, but being behind breastworks, did not suffer much. One man was killed and three or four men were wounded. The regiment was mustered out at Cleveland on the 23d of August, 1864. During its term of service the regiment was rigidly and effectively drilled, and at its muster out had reached a point of military efficiency which fitted it for any emergency.

One Hundred And Seventy-Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 21, 1864, for one year. As soon as the organization was completed the regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, and assigned to the Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Twentieth Army Corps. Soon after its arrival it was detailed to perform provost duty at Nashville, and during the siege and battle at that point was in the works; but with the exception of a few companies, under Major Cummings, the regiment was not engaged. Quite a number of the officers and men were veteran soldiers, and their knowledge and experience gave the regiment considerable reputation for proficiency in drill and discipline.

was organized at Camp Dennison and mustered into the service October 8, 1861, with an aggregate strength of one hundred and forty-seven men. By order of General O. M. Mitchell it left Cincinnati to report to General George H. Thomas, then in command at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky. The first experience it had in the field was a brisk little affair at

Camp Wild Cat, in which it flred twelve rounds and silenced one of the enemy's guns. From Wild Cat it marched to London, Kentucky, where it remained two weeks. On November 5, the battery, under orders, joined the Seventeenth Ohio at Fishing Creek, and was engaged during the whole of that month in skirmishes and scout duty, with headquarters at Somersct. January 27, it moved to Mill Springs to re-enforce General Thomas. It took part in the battle of Mill Springs, and performed very effective service. February 10, it took up its line of march for Louisville, Kentucky, where it embarked for Nashville; arriving there, it was assigned to Colonel Barnett's Artillery Reserve. Nelson at Murfreesboro, and, during the months of July, August and September, was almost constantly on the march, and frequently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy. On December 26, the battery moved with its brigade and division from Nashville towards Murfreesboro, skirmishing heavily in and about La Vergne. It was here that the present county recorder lost his ''good right arm." In the battle of Stone river it was stationed on the left of General Negley's division. It was involved in the disaster on the right, but succeeded in withdrawing all its guns from the field. It bore its full part in the battle, and lost seventeen men, killed, wounded and missing, and twenty-one horses killed. June 24, 1863, it joined in the advance of the national forces on Tullahoma. September 19, it engaged in the battle of Chickamauga. On the next day it was charged by the enemy, but succeeded in beating them off. A second charge soon followed which overwhelmed the battery, and it was obliged to leave two of its guns in the hands of the enemy. In this charge several members of the battery were wounded and captured. 'This was in the siege of Chattanooga. January 4, 1864, sixtyfive of the original members of the battery re-enlisted as veterans, and were furloughed home for thirty days. Tne battery returned to Nashville in March, and on the 16th of that month reported to Bridgeport, Alabama, where it remained until July, 1866. It was then sent home to Columbus, and there mustered out, being one of the last organizations to leave the service.

Fifteenth Ohio Independent Battery

was recruited by Captain J. B. Burrows and Firstlieutenant Edward Spear, Jr. This battery was mustered into the service on the 1st day of February, 1862, and was immediately ordered. to Cincinnati, where it embarked February 16, under orders for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, but on reaching Paducah, Kentucky, was disembarked by order of General Sherman. Horses were drawn here, and the battery embarked under orders to report to General Grant, ut Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. While proceeding up the Tennessee, aud, when near Whitehall Landing, the boat was fired into by guerrillas, from the shore. The fire was returned with shell, under cover of which the men of the battery landed, drove the guerrillas from their cover, and captured some prisoners and horses. In this expedition, the battery lost one man wounded. It reported to General Grant on the 20th, and was assigned to the Fourth division, army of the Tennessee. The battery was on the first line during the seige of Vicksburg, having position on the Hall's Ferry road, southeast of the city, and within two hundred yards of the enemy's works, and enfilading several hundred yards of their line. In this, as in all the engagements in which the battery figured, most excellent. service was performed, eliciting, on every occasion, the commendations of the commanding officers. It expended two thousand, three hundred and one rounds of ammunition during the seige. The Fifteenth was with General Sherman, principally, and participated in his famous ''march to the sea." An incident is related that, at the battle of Chattahoochee River, a bird flew upon the shoulder of Private Seth Bowers, who was acting No. 1 on one of the guns, where it remained during the engagement. At every discharge of the piece, the bird would thrust its head in the man's hair. After the recoil, it would again take its position on the man's shoulder, and watch the operations of loading. After the battle, the bird remained around the men's quarters, but, after a few days, disappeared.

Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

This regiment was recruited and organized in the - summer and autumn of 1861, under the supervision of the late Hon. B. F. Wade and Hon. John Hutchins, who received special authority from the war office. The regiment rendezyoused at Camp Wade, near Cleveland, Ohio, and the last company was mustered in on the 10th of October, 1861. Being the first cavalry regiment raised in the northern part of the State, it drew into its ranks a large proportion of wealth, intelligence, capacity and culture. Men and officers were almost wholly from the Western Reserve, and represented every trade and profession. The Second was uniformed, mounted and partly drilled at Cleveland, and, in the last of November, was ordered to Camp Dennison, where it received sabers, and continued drilling during the month of December. Karly in January, 1862, under orders from the war department, the Second proceeded, by rail, via. Cincinnati, St. Louis and St. Joseph, to Platte City, Misssouri.

On the 18th of February, Doubleday's brigade, of which the Second was a part, was ordered to march through the border counties of Missouri to Fort Scott, Kansas. On the 22d of February, and during the march, a scouting party of one hundred and twenty men of the Second Ohio cavalry was attacked in the streets of Independence, Missouri, by an equal force, under command of the subsequently infamous Quantril. As the result of the Second's ''first fight,"

Quantril was routed in fifteen minutes, losing five killed, four wounded, and five captured, including one officer. The Second lost one killed and three wounded. Arriving at its destination about March 1, it remained for several months, doing garrison and scouting duty. j

In the fal] following, it participated in the campaign ending in the victory of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 3, 1862. It also fought at Carthage and Newtonia, Missouri, and at Cow Hill, Wolf Creek, and White River, Arkansas.

In November and December, the Second was transferred to the Hastern army, moving by rail to Camp Chase, Ohio, to rempunt and refit for the field. This accomplished, the regiment left early in April for Somerset, Kentucky, and remained in camp there, with the exception of an occasional reconnoissance, until the 27th of June.

On the 1st of July, the Second joined in the pursuit of John Morgan, and followed the great raider twelve hundred miles, through three States, marching twenty hours out of the twenty-four, living wholly upon the gifts of the people for twenty-seven days, and finally sharing in the capture at Buffington Island.

January 1, 1864, nearly the entire regiment reenlisted. But lack of space forbids us following the regiment through all its encounters and privations. It was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, September 11, 1865.

The Second fought under twenty-three general officers. Its horses have drunk from, and its troopers have bathed in, the waters of the Arkansas, Kaw, Osage, Cygnes, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Scioto, Miami, Cumberland, Tennessee, Halston, Potomac, Shenandoah, Rappahannock, Rapidan, Bull Run, Mattapony, Pamunkey, Chickahominy, James, Appomattox, Blackwater, Nottoway, and Chesapeake. It campaigned through thirteen states and one territory. It traveled, as a regiment, on foot, horseback, by railroad and steamboat, on land, river, bay and ocean. It has marched an aggregate distance of twenty-seven thousand miles; has fought in ninety-seven battles and engagements. It has served in five different armies, forming a continuous line of armies from the head waters of the Arkansas to the mouth of the James; and its dead, sleeping where they fell, form a vidette-line half across the continent, a chain of prostrate sentinels, two thousand miles long. Even in their graves, may not these patroit dead still guard the glory and the integrity of the Republic for which they fell? ;

Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

This regiment was organized in September, 1861, at Monroeville, Huron county. It moved to Camp Dennison on the 14th of January, 1862. In Feb- ruary following it went to Jeffersonville, Indiana. On March 2 it was ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, and arrived there March 18. On the 29th it left Nashville for Pittsburgh Landing. It reached that point on April 25, and encamped four miles from the river. It remained here some time, and made scyeral successful raids. It next moved to Iuka and Tuscumbia. Here it remained until June 30, when it went to Courtland; thence to Decatur, Alabama, and from this point to Mooresville. On the 3d of September the division marched to Nashville, arriving there on the 6th, thence to Mumfordsville, Kentucky, via Gallatin and Bowling Green. On September 21, the first battalion of the Third Cavalry had a sharp engagement at Mumfordsyille with three times its own number, and drove them into their works in three separate charges. It lost twelve wounded and two killed. The "Johnnies" lost thirtyeight killed and sixty wounded. The Third Cavalry, during its first year of service, was attached to General T. J. Wood's division, and during the most of the time was under his immediate command. 'The second and third battalions, under Colonel Zahm, was stationed, during a portion of the summer of 1862, at Woodville, Alabama. On October 19, a detachment of the Third Cavalry, with a portion of the Fourth Cavalry, numbering some two hundred and fifty, was sent as an escort to Covington, Kentucky. It encamped near the old plantation of Henry Clay, at Ashland, and the next day (20th) was captured by John Morgan, who stripped them of their horses and valuables, paroled them and sent them into the national lines. The men were soon in the field again. The regiment re-enlisted in January, 1864, and were furloughed home. Returning to Nashville, it was re-equipped, armed and mounted, and from this time until it was mustered out, it was constantly in active service. It turned over its horses and arms at Macon and proceeded to Camp Chase, Ohio, where it was paid off and discharged August 14, 1865, haying served four years, lacking twenty days.

Twelfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

This regiment was recruited during the months of September and October, 1863, from nearly every county in the State, rendezvousing at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, where it was mustered into the service on the 24th day of November, 1863. One-haif of the regiment was engaged in doing guard duty, during the winter of 1863-4, on Johnson's Island, haying been ordered there on the 10th of November. The regiment was mounted, armed and equipped at Camp Dennison, and moved to Louisville, and then to Lexington and Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Little of importance transpired until the 23d of May, when the regiment was a portion of General Burbridge's command on the first Saltville raid. On the arrival in the vicinity of Pound Gap, after eight days' marching, it became evident that John Morgan had entered Kentucky, and the command immediately started in pursuit. After severe marching, with but little time for eating or sleeping, the command arrived at Mount Sterling on the 9th of June, 1864. The Twelfth was closely engaged with the rebels at this point, behaving with much gallantry, and was specially complimented by General Burbridge. The Twelfth again overtook Morgan at Cynthiana, and fought with him, scattering his forces in every direction. The regiment charged through the town, crossed the river, and pursued the retreating rebels for three days. During the second expedition to Saltville in September, it became necessary to silence a battery posted upon a hill; the Twelfth, with its brigade, charged up the hill and drove the enemy from his works. this, the regiment encamped at Lexington, until ordered to Crab Orchard to join another Saltyille expedition.

The division left Crab Orchard on the 22d of November, during a severe snow-storm, and moyed to Bean's Station. On the night of their arrival the Twelfth made a successful reconoissance to Rogersville It did its full share of duty under General Stoneman, at Bristol, at Abingdon, at Marion, and thence as support to General Gillam in his pursuit of Vaughn, then back again to Marion, where General Stoneman engaged Breckenridge for forty hours, and finally defeated him. In this engagement all of the Twelfth bearing sabers, participated in a grand charge, driving back the enemy's cavalry. The régiment behaved gallantly throughout the fight, and received the praises of Generals Stoneman and Burbridge. On the 21st of December, Saltville was captured, and the forces returned to Richmond, Kentucky, where headquarters were established. As the result of this raid four boats were captured, one hundred and fifty miles of railroad, thirteen trains and locomotives, lead mines, salt works, iron foundries, and an immense quantity of stores of all sorts, were completely destroyed. During the raid Company F acted as escort to General Burbridge. About the middle of February the regiment was thoroughly armed, equipped and mounted. It then proceeded by way of Louisville and the river to Nashville, arriving March 6. From here it moved to Murfreesboro and Knoxville. At this point it again formed part of a raiding expedition under General Stoneman. The Twelfth finally rendezvoused at Nashville, and was mustered out on the 14th of November, 1865; then proceeded to Columbus, Ohio, where it was paid and discharged on the 22d and 23d of the same month, after two years of incessant service.

The Squirrel Hunters

During the autumn of 1862, the Confederate General Kirby Smith advanced upon Cincinnati with a large army. Governor Tod issued a proclamation calling upon all who would furnish themselves with rations and arms to turn out, organize under their own officers, and rendezvous at Cincinnati, transportation over the railroads to be provided by the govern- ment. About three hundred and fifty citizens of Lorain county responded to the call of the governor. These men, of course, saw no fighting, but their work was cheerfully performed, because they thought their services were needed. Governor Tod caused lithograph discharges to be forwarded to those whose names could be obtained. These discharges may be found in many homes in the county, where they are properly prized.

Non-Commissioned Officers

This squad was mustered into service August 17, 1861, at Camp Chase, Ohio, by Major Wamby, for three years. We are unable to find anything further of them.

Commissioned Officers

Second Lieutenant Henry W. Lincoln, promoted from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant, August 9, 1862; to First Lieutenant, November 6, 1862; resigned January 7, 1863.

Second Lieutenant Isaac C. Jones, enrolled March 1, 1863; promoted from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant; died November 30, 1863, of wounds received in the battle of Ringgold, Ga., November 27, 1863.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. First Sergeant Martin M. Andrews, appointed First Sergeant August 9, 1862; wounded in left hand in battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. Sergeant Holland B. Fry, wounded in leg at battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862; appointed Sergeant, November 1, 1862.

Sergeant William W. Parmenter, taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., August 26, 1861; died in Parish Prison, New Orleans, La., November 18, 1861.

Sergeant John Gardner, appointed Sergeant May 1, 1863; died December 19, 1863, of wounds received in battle of Ringgold, Ga., November 27, 1863.

William Biggs, taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., August 26, 1861, and died in Parish Prison, New Orleans, La., October 17, 1861.

Sergeant John ©. Cooper, appointed Sergeant November 21, 1861; discharged at Harper's Ferry, October 26, 1862; enlisted in United States Engineers.

Sergeant Edgar M. Condit, appointed Sergeant November 1, 1862; discharged at Alexandria, Va., February 11, 1868, for wounds received at battle of Dumfries, Va., December 27, 1862.

Sergeant Seldon A. Day, appointed Sergeant March 24, 1862; discharged at Frederick City, Md., January 25, 1863; enlisted as Hospital Steward United States Army.

Sergeant Isaac C. Jones, appointed Sergeant November 20, 1861; discharged at Dumfries, Va., March 1, 1863, to accept promotion as Second Lieutenant in Company C. i

Sergeant Henry W. Lincoln, appointed Sergeant November 20, 1861; discharged at Alexandria, Va., August 9, 1862, by reason of promotion to Second Lieutenant in Company C.

Sergeant Elias W. Morey, discharged at Wauhatchie, Tenn., November 10, 1863, by reason of promotion to First Lieutenant in Ninth Regiment United States Colored Troops.

Corporal Elliott F. Grabill, appointed Corporal November 1, 1862; discharged at Wauhatchie, Tenn., November 10, 1863; appointed First Lieutenant in Fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops.

Edward Atwater, wounded in battle of Port Republic; discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., October 24, 1862; enlisted in Third United States Artillery.

Henry S. Clark, discharged at Cumberland, Md., September 4, 1862. Henry Claghorn, discharged at Rochester, N. Y., May 11, 1864, for wounds received in battle of Ringgold, Ga., November 27, 1863. Thomas P. Dickson, discharged at Washington, D. C., January 8, 1863, by reason of wounds received in battle of Cedar Mountain, August

Phillip Grigsby, discharged at Washington, D. C., July 24, 1863, by reason of wounds received in battle of Dumfries, Va., December 27, 1862.

Transferred

Sergeant Frank Harmon. appointed Sergeant January 1, 1863: transferred to N. C. S. as Quartermaster Sergeant, Septemaqer 1, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg,

Corporal James W. Ramond, transferréd to Detachment of Recruits in the field at Ackworth, Ga., June 11, 1864; wounded in battle of Ringgold, Ga. PRIVATES.

William O. Barnes, transferred to Company B, Fifth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, October 31, 1864; wounded at' Ringgold, Ga., November 27, 1863.

Joseph Cleverton, transferred to Company B, Fifth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, October 31, 1864; wounded at Ringgold, Ga., Novemher 27, 1863.

Philip Holzworth, transferred to Company K. Theodore W. Ingersoll, transferred to Company H. William Jones, transferred to Company K. Harvey K. Lowe. George Loewenstein, transferred to Company H. John Leasure. Edgar Leach. Sylvester Leach. Allen H. Larnard, transferred to Company H. Anson K, Mills, transferred to Company K. Charles E. Manchester, transferred to Company K. Henry Marmilstein. Frederick Motrey, transferred to Company K. Meredith McKinney transferred to Company H. Charles Morgan, transferred to Company K. Decolia B. Masten, transferred to Company K. Henry Montague, transferred to Company K. Francis S. McCumber. Henry Molter, transferred to Company K. David Peterman, discharged for disability, October 26, 1862. George W. Penn. Addison A. Root, transferred to Company K. Martin Ryan. George C. Reannourd. David E. Scott, Marshall H. Siples. Ephriam Stevens, discharged June 11, 1864. Warren Squire, transferred to Company K. ' Lawrence Squire, discharged for disability, May 22, 1863. John R. Searl, died at Raleigh, Va , July 17, 1864, Edmund A. Sims, killed at battle of South Mountain, September 14, 1862. Almon A. Sheffleld. Daniel Skinner. Abram M. Tanner, promoted to Corporal; discharged at expiration of term of service. James H. Waldo, transferred to Company H. James Wortman. - Nelson H. Wing, transferred to Company H. Francis Wildman. Thomas I. Wiley, transferred to Company H. Samuel Ward, discharged October 25, 1863. Frank Woodrow. The names bearing no record were, doubtless, mustered out with Company at close of the war.

Company K, Twenty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Organized at Elyria, Ohio. Mustered into service at Camp Jackson, near Columbus, Ohio, June 11, 1861. Mustered out of service at Cumberland, Maryland, July 26. 1865.

PRIVATES. Richard B. Atwater. } William Abel, appointed Corporal May 1, 1862. Siebert Abel, discharged December 15, 1862, by reason of wounds received at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. John Aschenbach. Gilbert I. Braman. Frederick W. Broady, re-enlisted a Veteran Volunteer November,30, 1863. Jacob Brown. William Brown, discharaged April 22, 1862, by reason of wounds received at the battle of South Mountain, September 14, 1862.

RECRUITS. PRIVATES. John Curl, enlisted August 14, 1862; died June 30, 1863 George Goldsmith, enlisted August 12, 1862; died February 12, 1863. William H. Hubbard, enlisted August 12, 1862; died February, 1863. Alfred Lucas, enlisted August 12, 1862; died May 6, 1863. Friend McNeal, enlisted August 12, 1862; died March 25, 1863. Corporal Luther A. Sweet, enlisted August 11, 1862; died March 29. 1863. Philo Van Dusen, enlisted August 11, 1862, died February, 1863. Horace J. Cahoon, enlisted August 14, 1862; discharged March 25, 1863. John Ross, enlistd August 11, 1862; discharged April 22, 1863. John Brinker, enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred to Company G. George W. Biggs, enlisted September 10, 1863; transferredto Company G Matthew Coone, enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred to Company G. Charles Chester, enlisted August 12, 1862; transferred to Company G. William F. Hathaway, enlisted August 12, 1862; appointed Hospital Steward. William G. Kent; enlisted September 1, 1862; transferred to Company G Horace Morehouse, enlisted November 14,1861; transferred to CompanyH Corporal William H. Nickerson. enlisted November 14, 1861; transferred to Company H. Theodore P. Sweet, enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred to Company G James M. Smith, enlisted August 27, 1862; transferred to Company G. Howard Williams, enlisted October 30, 1861; transferred to veteran reserve corps May 22, 1864. ; Oscar Wilcox, enlisted August 11, 1862, transferred to Company G. Joseph Wetter, enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred to Company G. Corporal Benjamin Morehouse, enlisted October 30, 1861. Julien W. Smith, enlisted October 30, 1861; died January 29, 1862. Thomas F. Williams, enlisted August 11, 1862; died of wound April 11, 1863. Oel Durkee, enlisted November 12, 1861; transferred to Company H.

Company F, Forty-Third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Harlow W. Aldrich, veteran volunteers, mustered out with company. Benjamin Balderson, discharged at expiration of term of service. George Bennett, discharged.

Alsaphin Baswell, veteran volunteer, mustered out with company. Wiliiam Haber, promoted Co poral, mustered out with company. Andrew Hosford, veteran volunteer.

John W. Neff, veteran volunteer, mustered out with company. Milton N. Neff, veteran volunteer, mustered out with company. Albert S. Robinson, veteran volunteer, mustered out with company. William H. Robinson, transferred to V. R. C.

Company Fe, Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

COMPANY FE, SIXTIETH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. Mustered into service April 16, 1864, at Camp Chase, Ohio. Mustered out of service July 28, 1865. PRIVATES.

John A. Bean, killed in action, June 3, 1864. Hiram K. Bedortha, died October 22, 1864 Charles W. Conklin; killed in action June 3, 1864. James H. Davis, mustered out with company. Jared Gridley, mustered out with company. Edward T, Lufkin, discharged July 1864. Charles T. Smith, promoted to Sergeant.

Volunteer Infantry

COMPANY D, EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. Mustered into service June 10, 1862, for three months. expiration of term of service.

Field And Staff Officers

No " Muster out Rolls' of this regiment are on file in the office of the Adjutant General, at Columbus, O., rendering it impossible to show the status of the companies from Lorain county when discharged the service.

Company

Captain Philip C. Hayes, promoted to Colonel of regiment, June 6, 1865, First Lieutenant Simeon Windecker, promoted to Captain, June 24, 1862.

Harrison McClay, promoted to Corporal, January 23, 1864. Arthur Moran. ; Joseph Mathews, died at Frankfort, Ky., March 26, 1863. Alanson D. Mynderse, discharged June 4, 1863. Hannibal T. Osgood, died March 23, 1863.

Matelon Pember, promoted to Corporal, January 23, 1864. Francis E, Pelton, transferred to I. C. May 9, 1863. Grosvenor Pelton, died November 10, 1863.

Nicholas Lopendall, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Ferdinand C. Luhrer, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. John Weber, killed in battle, July 1. 1863.

Ment Ohio National Guards

Mustered into service at Camp Chase, Ohio, on May 11, 1864, for one hundred days. In the absence of a Muster-out Roll, it is presumed the Company was mustered out of the service at the expiration of the term

Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Corporal Edgar C. Jeffries, promoted Corporal January 1, 1865, Sergeant Ezekiel Jones, appointed Sergeant September 23, 1864. James Lewis, mustered out with company.

Company C, One Hundred And Ninety-Seventh

Corporal George Jillich, mustered out with company. Sergeant William H. Richardson, mustered out with company. George F. Sherwood, mustered out with company.

Corporal Merwin Blanchard, discharged by reason of severe injury caused by his horse leaping a fence while endeavoring to escape the enemy, by whom he was captured and paroled.

John Blanchard, joined the Battery, September 28, 1862; wounded in the arm at battle of La Vergne; arm ainputated, and discharged in consequence. Date not given.

First Sergeant James Reed, promoted from Corporal December 20, 1864. Sergeant Frederick Dibble, promoted from Corporal December 20, 1864. Sergeant Seth W. Rollin, promoted from Corporal April 23, 1865. Sergeant Marshall Ferguson, promoted from Corporal March 1, 1865.

Corporal Lafayette S. Lee, promoted from private December 20, 1864. Corporal George Donaldson, promoted from private March 1, 1865. Corporal Joshua R. Potter, promoted from private March 1, 1865. Corporal Azor H. Osborn, promoted from private April 23, 1865. Artificer Joseph Gates, promoted from private December 20, 1865.

This regiment was organized at Camp Wade, Cleveland, O., from August to October, 1861, for three years. A portion of the men became veterans; the remainder were mustered out on expiration of their term of enlistment.

Daniel M. Hall. Franklin H. Howk. Alpheus Howk, discharged for wounds, March 5, 1865. William F, Johns. Henry Kingsbury. Thomas Knowles. Hiram A. Knapp. Edward T. Kirby.

Charles M. Knapp, discharged August 27, 1865. Charles W. Kelley, mustered out with company. Charles E. McLean, mustered out with company. George H. Mosher, discharged March 27, 1865.

Sergeant Carlos A. West, mustered out June 15, 1865. Benjamin A. Briggs, killed in action June 8, 1864. Corporal John McGee, committed suicide August 3, 1865,

PRIVATES. A. Dickinson. A. Hause. R. Storer. E. Herney. D. M. Hurst. Fred Lane. G. T. Nichols W. Maddock. A, Vogeley. F, W. Miller. Fred Weigand. A. Miller.

The "Ely Guards," since changed to "Hart Guards," were mustered into the service of the State July 2, 1877, to serve for a period of five years. The Company was soon after assigned to the Fifteenth Regiment as Company G., with head-quarters at Cleveland, Ohio, The whole number enlisted is seventy men. Those whose names do not appear above have been discharged for various reasons, principally on account of removal from the county.

Of The

THIS TOWNSHIP was named for its principal proprietor, the late Hon. Heman Ely. It originally embraced the territory now contained in Carlisle, number five, and Elyria, number six in range number seventeen, of the Connecticut Western Reserve. It is situated on and between both branches of Black river, in north latitude forty-one degrees and fortyfiveminutes Itis twenty-four miles west of Cleveland, and eight miles above the mouth of the river.

Topography

Above the village it is generally level, the banks of the river being low. Anexcellent quality of sandstone crops out along the river banks, which forms good building material, and is used extensively for flagging the streets. 'There are over nine miles of stone sidewalks-within the limits of the village. Several quarries are extensively worked. The largest is owned by Mr. Henry E. Mussey, situated on the west side of the west branch of the river. He has built a spur branch of the C., T. V. & W. railroad to his quarry, and the work of turning grindstones, raising the stone from the quarry, loading cars, etc., is done by steam power. The stone are shipped by railroad to many partsof the country. Mr. John Weller has also a fine quarry below the town, which is worked by steam power. Stone -are extensively quarried on the east branch for building and flagging purposes.

Below the village, the banks of the river are generally high and rugged, though there are several fine farms of alluvial bottom lands, which are easy to till and very productive. The sandstone terminates and the Huron shale crops out along the river bank about two miles below the village. On the east side of the river there are several small streams running at right angles with it, and discharging themselves into the main stream. 'These have worn deep ravines in the soil, and extend a mile or more back from the river, but the roads are graded and the streams bridged so that they are quite passable. Running parallel with the lake are two, and in some places three or more ridges, composed of sandy loam, and in some places gravel. The first is about four miles from Lake Erie and is called the North Ridge. The second passes through Elyria, and extends east through all the northern counties-of the Western Reserve. They were formed by a subsidence of the lake at some remote period of the world's history; but after the growth of timber, as large trees are found, in digging wells, twenty feet or more below the surface. These ridges make excellent roads, and the soil is warm and productive, well adapted to fruit growing and early gardens.

Col. James Smith

Perhaps no more fitting preface to the history of the early settlement of the township of Elyria could be procured than a brief sketch of the above named person, who was doubtless the first white man who ever lived for any considerable time in what now constitutes the above township. Weare indebted for the facts to a book called '"'Our Western Border," written by Charles McKnight, and published during the centennial year, which was kindly loaned us by G. G. Washburn, Esq., and also to an article published in The Elyria Republican, in 1876. We have not space to publish the entire narrative of Col. Smith, but shall, as far as possible, give it in his own quaint and terse language:

"Tn May, 1755, the Province of Pennsylvania agreed to send out three hundred men in order to cut a wagon road from Fort London to join Braddock's road near the Turkey Fork, or the three forks of the Yohoguina. My brother-in-law, William Smith, was commissioner, and though but eighteen years of age, I concluded to accompany the expedition. We went on the road without interruption until near the Alleghany mountains, when I was sent back in orderto hurry up some provision wazons that were on the way afterus. I proceeded down the road as far as the crossing of the Juniata, where, finding that the wagons were coming on as fast as possible, I returned up the road toward the Alleghany mountains in company with one Arnold Vigoras. About four or five miles above Bedford three Indians had made a blind of bushes stuck in the ground as though they had grown naturally, where they concealed themselves, about fifteen yards from the road. When we came opposite to them they fired upon us at this short distance and killed my fellow traveler; yet their bullets did not touch me, but my horse making a violent start threw me, and the Indians immediately ran up and took me prisoner. The one that laid hold on me was a Cunasataugee, the other two were Delawares. One of them could speak English. Two of them stood by me while the other scalped my comrade. We slept on the Alleghany mountains that night without fire. The next morning they divided their remaining provisions and gave me an equal share, which consisted of two or three ounces of mouldy biscuit. They continued their journey to Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh) and when they reached the bank of the Alleghany the Indians gave the scalp halloo, which was answered by the firing of gunsand the shouts of the French and Indians who were in and about the Fort."

He Runs The Gauntlet

"T saw numbers of Indians running towards me stripped naked except breech-clouts, and painted in the most hideous manner. As they approached. they formed themselves in two long ranks about two or three rods apart. I was told by an Indian who could speak English that I

** There appeared to be general rejoicing around me, yet I could find nothing like joy in my breast; but I started to the race with all the resoution and vigor I was capable of exercising, and found it was as I had been told, for I was flogged all the way. WhenIhad got near the end of the race I was struck by something that appeared to me to bea stick, or the handle of a tomahawk, which caused me to fall to the ground,

''On my recovering my senses I endeavored to renew my race, but as I arose some one cast sand in my eyes which blinded me so that I could notsee where torun. They continued beating me most intolerably until Iwas at length insensible, but before I lost my senses I remembered wishing them to strike the fatal blow."

"Soon after I was visited by a Delaware Indian who could speak broken English. I asked him if I had done anything that offended the Indians, He said no, it was only an old custom the Indians had, and was like 'how do youdo?' After that, he said, I would be well used."

His Adoption Into The Tribe

"The day after my arrival at the aforesaid town a number of Indians gathered about me, and one of them began to pull the hair out of my head. He had some ashes on a bark in which he frequently dipped his fingers in order to take a firmer hold, and so he went on asif he had been plucking a turkey, until he had allthe hair clean out of my head, except asmall spot, three or four inchessquare, on the crown. This they cut off with a pair of scissors, excepting three locks, which they dressed up in theirown mode, Two ofthese they wrapped around with a narrow beaded garter, made by themselves for the purpose, and the other they plaited at full length and stuck it full of silver brooches. After this they

Then they ordered me to strip off my clothes and put on a breech-clout, which I did. They then painted my face, hands, and body in various colors. They puta large belt of wampum on my neck, and silver bands on my hands and right arm, and so an old chief led me out in the street and gave the alarm-halloo several times repeated quick, *'coo wigh /"' and on this all that were in the town came running and stood round the old chief who held me by the hand in the midst."

"As at that time I knew nothing of their mode of adoption, and had seen them put to death all they had taken, I made no doubt but they were about putiing me to death in some cruel manner. The old chief, holding me by the hand, made a long speech, very loud, and, when he had done, he handed me to three young squaws, who led me by the hand down the bank into the river, until the water was up to our middle. The squaws then made signs to me to plunge myself into the river, but I did not understand them. I thought the result of the council was.that I was to be drowned, and that these young ladies were to be the executioners. They all three laid violent hold of me, andI for some time resisted them with all my might, which occasioned loud laughter by the multitude that were on the bank. At length one of the squaws said, no hurt you; on this I gave myself up to their ladyships, who were as good as their word, for, though they plunged me under the water, and rubbed me, I could not say they hurt me much. They then led me up to the council house, where the tribe were ready with new clothes for me. They gave me a new ruffled shirt, which I put 01; also a pair of leggins done off with ribbons and beads; also a pair of moccasins and a tinsellaced cappo. They again painted my head and face with various colors. When I was seated the Indians came in dressed in their grandest manner. At length one of the chiefs made a speech as follows: 'My son, you are now flesh of our flesh, and bone of our bone. By the ceremony which was performed this day every drop of white blood is washed out of your veins,' After this ceremony I was introduced ty my new kin and invited to attend a feast that night, which I did."

We must omit many of the events that occurred at the camp on the Muskingum. The name of one of the chiefs was Tecanyaterighto, alias Pluggy. During the fall Pluggy headed a war party to the frontiers of Virginia. While they were absent, Smith and a party of Indians went south on a hunt. On this hunt they encamped at Buffalo Lick, where they killed several buffaloes, his lick must have been in the

It was here that our hero, while following buffalo, got lost in the woods, where he spent the night. The Indians found him in the morning. For this offense, his gun was taken from him, and he was reduced to a bow and arrows for nearly two years.

They were on this tour for about six weeks. When they returned, Pluggy and his party had got back, bringing with them a number of scalps and prisoners. They also brought with them an English Bible, which they gave to a Dutch woman who was a prisoner, but as she could not read English, she made a present of it to Smith, which was very acceptable.

"T remained in this town until some time in October, when my adopted brother, Tontileaugo,who had married a Wyandotte squaw, took me with him to Lake Erie. On this route we had no horses with us, and when I started from the town all the pack I carried was a pouch containing my books, a little dried venison and my blanket. I had then no gun, but Tontileaugo, who was a first-rate hunter, carried a rifle gun,.and every day killed deer, raccoons or bears. We left the meat, excepting a little for present use, and carried the skins with us until we camped, when we dried them by the fire."

They struck the Canesadooharic (Black river) probably near its source, and followed it down for some distance, when they must have left it as they reached the lake shore some six miles west of its mouth. As the wind was very high the evening they reached the lake, our traveller was surprised "to hear the roaring of the water and see the high waves that dashed against the shore like the ocean." They camped on a run near the shore, and, as the wind fell that night, they pursued their journey in the morning towards the mouth of the river on the sand along the side of the water. They observed a number of large fish that had been left in the hollows by the receding waves, and numbers of gray and bald eagles were along the shore devouring them.

Some time in the afternoon they came to a large camp of Wyandottes at the mouth of the Canesadooharic, where Tontileaugo's wife was. Here they were hospitably received' and entertained for some time. Smith says: ''They gave us a kind of rough, brown the Caughnewagas, ohenata. These potatoes, peeled and dipped in raccoon's fat, tasted like our sweet potatoes." (Query: what were they?) They killed while here some deer and many raccoons which were remarkably large and fat. They kept moving up the river until they came to the great falls. These were, doubtless, the east falls of Black river, now within the corporate town of Elyria. They buried their canoe and erected a winter cabin. This was probably located on Eyergreen Point, somewhere in the vicinity of the present residence of T. L. Nelson, Esq. The narrative proceeds:

"It was sometime in December when we finished our winter.cabin but then another difficulty arose, we had nothing to eat. While the hunters were all out exerting their utmost ability, the squaws and boys (in which class I was,) were scattered in the bottom, hunting red haws and hickory nuts. We did not succeed in getting many haws, but had tolerable success in scratching up hickory nuts from under a light snow, The hunters returned with only two small turkeys, which were but little of an. aged man March 17,1817. Sixty-two years ago, this day, Mr. A. Beebe first visited the log house, only sign of the now pleasant town of Elyria. Only living member of the little band that first settled Elyria, in his eighty-sixth year, he alone is left to tell the birth and growth of said town.

Of a family noted for longevity, his father was born at Waterbury, Conn., and removed to West Springfield, Mass., where he died at the advanced age of eighty-six, in the year 1852. His faithful wife died in 1851, seventy-nine years of age.

Mr. Beebe, of whom we write, was born at Russell, Hampden Co., Mass., Oct. 7, 1798. Scanty were his educational opportunities. A clerkship in his father's store, and the district school, however, gave to him much that in after-years he used so well. Like many young men of his day in New England, he had a strong desire to "go West." Ohio then 'was almost the end of western civilization. <A fellow-townsmen coming into possession of a large tract . of land on the Western Reserve afforded a chance to gratify his wish. On the 20th of February, 1817, a company of six left West Springfield, Mass., for Ohio, composed as follows: Heman Ely, founder ; Ebenezer Lane (afterwards chief justice of Ohio) ; Mr. A. Beebe; Luther Lane (so well known in afteryears a8 the good deacon) ; Ann Snow, housekeeper ; and Ned, a colored boy.

Mr. Beebe received twenty dollars for expenses, and the privilege of riding as far as Buffalo, N. Y. From that place through the forests, over unbridged streams, on foot, he arrived at the "log house" on the aforesaid date, late in the day. Using his own words: "On the morning of the 18th of March, 1817, I got up to see where the sun came from, and found it came up all right, and it has ever since." No time did he have to regret the comforts of a New England life. A new life was to commertce; that life that did so much for over half of a century in making Elyria what it is. Carpenter and joiner his calling, his first work was the erection of the first frame building in Elyria, built on the corner of what is now Broad and Cedar Streets. In this building were born many others. Used for a shop for one year, it was filled in the ensuing year, with such goods as filled the limited wants of pioneers, by Edmund West & Co.

In the latter part of the year 1817, Mr. Beebe and Mr. Douglas jointly purchased of Heman Ely the first city lot ever sold in Elyria. On this property, in 1818, they built the building so well known to this day as the '"'Old Beebe Tavern" (hotel being a term as yet unknown). For years was this place the home of all new-comers until their own fireside was established. Under its roof were held many social gatherings. There was held the first meetings of Elyria's original Masonic lodge. At the expiration of one year Mr. Beebe purchased of Mr. Douglas his share of said property, and in him has the title ever since remained. Constant work was Mr. Beebe's mission until February, 1819, when he, with a horse bought for the purpose, left Elyria for the old home, via Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York, to regain health' injured by constant toil. A short visit, and the little '"' gray horse" and. one-horse lumber-wagon landed him once more in Elyria. Now a few months are spent in various activities. The following February again witnessed his departure for New England. This trip was performed in great share on foot. Arriving at West Springfield, there and in its vicinity he remained until the following October. Of this visit came much to him, - much to Elyria. He gained the life-partner of his early hardships, of his later prosperity, and Elyria won one of its truest women. One-of the first meetings of Mr. Beebe with his future wife was at West Springfield, where she was a member of the Congregational Church. She: was also a member of the choir, of which Miss Celia Belden, afterwards first wife of Judge Heman Ely, was also a member. Short was the courtship, but long and pleasant the many years that followed. Mr. Beebe was married to Miss Pamelia Morgan Oct. 4, 1820. This marriage was solemnized under peculiar circumstances, viz., by the Rev. Joseph Lathrop, who for two generations had performed the duties of a pastor in said town. To him was it left, after performing the marriage ceremony for the last time in his life (then in his eighty-ninth year, totally blind), to send out the young couple to the western wilds with all and every good wish and fond hopes for their future welfare No Saratoga trunk or useless finery filled the wagon-box that left Mrs. Beebe's early home. The plain and substantial comprised its contents. The ')ass kettle, the warming-pan, the candlesticks, the audirons, ete., yet in the family tell their own tale. A long journey full of incident, now with wagon overturned, again vexatious delay from impassable roads, or rustic bridge swept away, ended Nov. 17, 1820. With earnest hearts, a will to do, and hands trained to work, Mr. and Mrs. Beebe commenced life in the "Old Beebe Tavern." Many years were there passed. To Mrs. Beebe much of the reputation this tavern gained in early days was due. She not only made it the place of entertainment for the weary traveler, but many a one homesick, and longing for the eastern home, from her got words of healthy cheer and kind sympathy. From this time onward, until the date of her death, June, 26, 1878, Mrs. Beebe's life was one of womanly work. Noted as the housewife ; earnest and active in the church; as neighbor kind, ever ready with helping hand to aid and comfort the sick, genial in social intercourse, she was eminently the good woman. One of the original ten who formed the First Presbyterian Church of Elyria, Nov. 24, 1824, she was always its ardent supporter, in word and deed living out her profession. Her energy and economy aided the husband in acquiring the competency that in declining years made their home so pleasant, and caused them both to forget the early privations attendant upon the " first settler."

She left at her death two sons and three daughters, all in the maturity of life. An obituary notice says of her: "She died rich in all those experiences she had garnered up with the growth of Elyria. To her was given the good fortune to watch, help, or nurture a little hamlet of one or two log houses become a town of churches, schools, and a prosperous people."

In 1826, Mr. Beebe, in partnership with Ezra Adams, purchased of Silas Wolverton the contract for carrying the mail between Cleveland and Lower Sandusky, now called Fremont. Mr. Beebe performed the duties of said ;contract between Elyria and Cleveland; Mr. Adams and others between Elyria and Fremont. At the end of one year Mr. Beebe purchased the entire business. Increase of population demanded greater facilities than the single horse, with mail-bag, could perform. Soon Mr, Beebe, with letters from the Hon. Elisha Whittlesey and others, visited Washington, D. C., and from the Postmaster- General obtained a general contract for the transportation of mails and passengers between the abovementioned points. The coach seating six, with its four horses, soon had to give way to the more commodious coach, which gave ample room' to nine.

The coach, with its merry driver and noisy tin horn, excited as much a'iention, and drew as many to the " stage office" on its coming and departure, in proportion '> the poeniations as the steam car, with more noisy steam horn, did twenty-five jearsafter. Fraught with labor was this undertaking; poor roads, poorer bridges were ever opposing him; shipwrecked coaches and drowned horses were not uncommon. But Mr. Beebe's untiring energy overcame every obstacle of nature and all opposing lines started by others; and the year 1831 saw a daily line of four-horse coaches running over his route. Success rewarded his efforts until 1842, when he sold this branch of his business to Neil Moore & Co., of Columbus, Ohio.

From the years 1830 to 1833, Mr. Beebe was engaged in the business of general merchandise, with H. N. Gates as partner. Shortly after disposing of his mail contracts he purchased of Deacon L. Lane the Eagle Mills, on the east branch of Black River, which he successfully operated for twenty-three years, selling them then to the late I. W. Bullock.

In 1846, remembering the " Old Beebe Tavern," and seeing Elyria in need of a first-class hotel, he built the Beebe House. A building an ornament to the town, an honor to the builder, long and favorably has it been known to the traveling public.

Motives outside of mere pecuniary gain must have actuated Mr. Beebe in this enterprise. The needs of Elyria for a hotel far better than any existing, it seems, must have induced him, regardless of any ultimate dividend, to have erected so substantial, so complete a structure. Erected thirty-three years ago, it yet remains in many respects a pattern for more modern structures. At the time of its building, nothing like it for its purpose stood upon the Western Reserve in towns of similar size. A similar motive must have had much to do in influencing Mr. Beebe to build the beautiful Beebe House on Put-in-Bay Island, so many years and still kept by his eldest son, Henry Beebe. In this respect he may well be called a public benefactor. In 1847, when the subject of a bank was agitated among Elyria's citizens, Mr. Beebe was one of the first to respond. An original stockholder and director from its birth, in its change to a national bank he has ever held both positions until the present day. In 1849, becoming a stockholder in the Plank-Road running from Black River, Lorain Co., to Homer, Medina Co., he was largely instrumental in bringing the advantage of said road to his fellow-citizens, and in completing it, being appointed superintendent of its construction,

The latter years of Mr. Beebe's life, although not as full of actual labor, have been none of idleness. The duties of bank director, trusts confided him by his fellows, the care of a large property, and farming interests have constantly busied him. Such is a brief outline of the*life of the remaining link between Elyria's beginning and its now only surviving member of the little band of six who nearly seven decades ago laid Elyria's foundation ; he yet remains.

As a man Mr. Beebe was ever noted for strict integrity ; ever careful to aid the cause of morality and religion, always an attendant upon religious observances, and ever contributing to the church. Upon May 6, 1866, making public profession of religion, he became a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Elyria. Now past the allotted age of man, hardly one remaining of his early associates he lives Elyria's oldest citizen. The children, ay, even the grandchildren, of those with whom his youth and middle age were spent with reverence and res regard him, ever seeing the sterling roi clear business decision, and prompt action that he used so well in the building up of the town of Elyria.

among eight hunters, and thirteen squaws, boys and children. Butthey were divided equally. The next day, the hunters turned out again, and succeeded in killing one deer and three bears. One of the bears was remarkably large and fat. All hands turned out the next morning to bring in the meat.

"During the winter, a war party of four went out to the borders of Pennsylvania, to procure horses and scalps, leaving the same number in camp, to provide meat for the women and children. They returned towards spring, with two scalps and four horses. After the departure of the warriors, we had hard times, and though not out of provisions, we were brought to short allowance. At length, Tontiléaugo had fair success, and brought into camp sufficient to last ten days. Tontileaugo then took me with him in order to encamp some distance from the winter cabin. We steered south up the creek ten or twelve miles, and went into camp."

This was probably in LaGrange.. They went to bed hungry the first night, but the next day, succeeded in killing a bear, and the day after, a bear and three cubs. They remained here about two weeks, killing an abundance of game, and then returned to the winter cabin. On their arrival, there was great joy, as all were in a starving condition.

About the first of April, they dug up their canoe, but were forced to make an additional one to carry all their riches - left their winter cabin at the falls, and proceeded to the lake - Tontileaugo by water, and Smith on horseback. On reaching the mouth of the river, they proceeded west along the shore to Sunyeu-deauk (Sandusky), where was another Wyandotte town. Late in the fall, Smith joined a hunting party, and proceeded to the Cuyahoga river. At the distance of about thirty miles from its mouth, they formed an encampment near a small lake, and spent the winter in catching beaver. In the spring of 1757 they returned to Sandusky, and soon proceeded by water to Detroit, where they disposed of their peltry to the French traders.

In 1759, Smith accompanied his Indian relatives to Montreal, where he was finally exchanged, and returned home in 1760, to find his old sweetheart married, and all supposing him dead. He afterwards became a captain in the regular British army, and was engaged, principally, in protecting the border settlers against Indian raids. During the reyolutionary war, he joined the patriot army, rose to the rank of colonel, and did good service, both against the British and their Indian allies. In 1788, he migrated to Bourbon county, Kentucky, where he represented his district in the assembly down to the present century.

Original Owners

The township of Elyria was, in April, 1807, drawn by the following individuals of the Connecticut land company, viz: Justin Ely, Roger Newberry, Jonathan Bruce, Elijah White, Enoch Perkins, John H. Buel, Jonathan Dwight, and others, whose names are not mentioned.

At the September term of the supreme court, in Portage county, in 1816, the south part of the township (about one-third of the whole,) was set off to Justin Ely; the central part to Elijah White. A tract of two thousand, one hundred and ten acres, lying immediately north of this, was assigned to Jonathan Bruce, and the remaining portion of the township to Enoch Perkins and Roger Newberry.

White conveyed his tract to Justin Ely, and he, in turn, to Heman Ely, his son, who purchased the Bruce tract, making him the owner of twelve thousand five hundred acres lying in a single body. The following history of the settlement of the township of Elyria is prepared from reminiscences of the venerable Artemas Beebe, the Hon. Heman Ely, the address of the Hon. W. W. Boynton, and from personal interviews with N. B. Gates and such early settlers as are now remaining in the township.

Settlement

In the spring of the year 1816, Heman Ely, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, came to Ohio to look after his estate. He came ina sulky, until he reached Buffalo, where, leaving his sulky, he completed his journey on horseback.

A Narrow Escape

'In following the trail which wound along the lake shore, through the unbroken forest, the ground gave way, his horse's hind feet were thrown over a high wash bank. The horse, however, clung with his fore feet; Mr. Ely clung to the bridle and mane, and a vigorous use of the whip probably saved the life of the founder of Elyria."

He made his home, temporarily, with Moses Eldred, father of Clark Eldred now of Elyria, who then kept a tavern some two miles east of the river, in Ridgeville township.

Mr. Ely immediately set about the work of improvement. First of all, he contracted with Jedediah Hubbell, and a man named Shepard, of Newburgh, Cuyahoga county, to build a dam, and erect a grist and saw mill. These were located on the east branch of Black river, near the foot of the present Broad street. 'There was also erected a large log house, which stood near where Mr. Beebe afterwards built his tavern stand. This was occoupied by. John Bacon, late of Carlisle, who boarded the men who were engaged in the construction of the mills.

During his first visit, Mr. Ely, while examining his lands, in company with Clark Eldred, then a young man, came upon a spot, some two and a half miles west of the river, which pleased young Eldred, and which he selected for his future home. Though as yet unsurveyed, he made a verbal contract for it, and after its survey, secured a deed. Mr. Eldred occupied this farm for fifty-five years, and for many years kept a hotel. He now, after a long and useful life, resides in the village, retaining his full powers of mind and memory.

Mr. Ely returned to Massachusetts, in the fall of 1816, and immediately commenced making preparations for his removal to his wilderness possessions on Black river.

About the first of January, 1817, Mr. Ely sent on three men, with axes in their hands, to commence clearing land. They made the entire distance on foot

(about six hundred miles), and before Mr. Ely' arrived with his party, in March, they had made quite a hole in the woods. Their names were Roderick Ashley, Edwin Bush, and James Porter.

On the 20th of February, 1817, Mr. Ely and his party commenced their weary journey, much of the way by a wood route, barely passable at any time, but especially difficult at that season of the year. We who live in this age of telegraphs and railroads, and can to-day take our breakfast in Elyria, and to-morrow morning, after a comfortable night's rest in a sleeping-car, take the same meal in New York City, have but a feeble conception of the trials and difficulties attending the same journey, from the east, sixty-one years ago. The mode of conveyance of these pioneers was, by a stout pair of horses harnessed to an equally stout wagon. This vehicle was covered with homespun tow-cloth over the bows, in the prevailing emigrant style. The party, six inall, started from their New England homes in high spirits. It consisted of Heman Ely, the founder of the present township and village of Elyria, Ebenezer Lane, afterwards chief justice of the supreme court of Ohio, Miss Anna Snow, housekeeper, Luther Lane, who drove the team, Artemas Beebe, a house joiner and carpenter, who had been engaged to accompany the expedition; and a colored servant of Mr. Ely's, named ''Ned." They proceeded as far as Seneca Falls when, the sleighing being good, they halted, and made a sled. Loading the wagon and goods on the sled, they pushed on to the vicinity of Buffalo, when the sleighing left them. From Buffalo to 'Cattaraugus creek, they traveled on the ice. They arrived at Cleveland, without accident or material incident, on the 16th of March, and a few days subsequent, at the Mecca of their pilgrimage, where they were duly installed in the log house, before mentioned. I quote from the interesting reminiscences of Mr. Beebe:

"Mr, Bacon and family went to their home in Carlisle, and Mr. Luther Lane went with the team for straw to fill the beds. When the river fell so that the load could be brought over, two beds were made, and a description of them will not be out of place. Mr, Ely had brought some bed-ticks from the east, ready-made, and the cover of the wagon was also converted into ticks. The bedsteads were made of poles, with bark stretched across them for bottoms, and pillows were scarce. Some coarse cloth was used for sheets."'

A family named Beach made a settlement, in 1816, in the western part of the township, 'ear the site of the present Haag's mill. This was the first white family to settle in the township. On the 10th of September, 1817, Mrs. Beach gave birth to a son, the first white child born in the township. He was named Henry, and was living, at a recent date, in Rockport, Cuyahoga county, and with him, his aged mother. Mr. Beach was taken sick soon after the birth of the child, and died on the 22¢ of the succeeding November. Mrs. Beach took her family, and the dead body of her husband, to the log school house, opposite Captain Eldred's. He was buried in a sandy ridge, a little east of of the center of Ridgeville. Mr. A. Beebe made 'he coffin. This was, doubtless, the first death of a white person in the township.

Mr. Beebe says the first improvement in the way of chopping, was made by Clark Eldred, who had about two acres chopped down when the improvements were commenced in the village. The first clearing in the village was made at the foot of Broad street, and progressed westward, as required. In this clearing, the houses of Mr. Ely and Mr. A. Beebe were built. George Douglas and Gershom Danks, carpenters, arrived from Westfield, Massachusetts, about the first of April, 1817, and soon after the work of building was commenced. The first framed building erected was to be occupied for a store. This was located on the southwest corner of the Ely homestead lot, at the corner of Cedar and Broad streets, It was about twenty by forty feet, one story high, and without a cellar. During the year 1817 it was used for a joiner shop, but the next year it was filled with goods by Edmund West & Co. This was the pioneer store in Elyria which has since been '' noted for its trade in dry goods, and for the success which has attended the enterprise of some of its early merchants." The next building was the residence of Mr. Ely, and is the same now occupied by his son, Hon. Heman Ely. This house was forty-five feet front by forty feet deep, with a kitchen and wood-house in the rear and a cellar under the main building. It has undergone various changes and improvements both externally and internally, and its present fine architectural appearance and beautiful surroundings are in striking contrast with the picture it presented in the dense forest sixty years ago. The siding of the house was all made from one whitewood tree that stood at the turn of the street near where the large willow now stands, charge of both the saw and grist mills. He came the whole distance on foot. In the summer Enos Mann came to Elyria. He was from Becket, Mass. He located on the farm east of the river, since owned by Deacon Lane. Mr. Mann was a turner of wooden bowls, and, it is said, followed this vocation for a number of years after his arrival in Elyria. During the fall following their arrival Mrs. Mann gaye birth to a son, the second born in the township. Mrs. Mann died on the 9th of March, 1823, and her remains were the first interred in the Elyria cemetery. A plain sandstone slabs marks the spot, and upon it the following inscription: ''In memory of Mrs. Clamancy Mann, consort of Mr. Enos Mann, who died March 9, 1823, in the fortieth year of her age." A simple collection of words and figures, yet of what terrible significance to the bereaved ones, hundreds of miles from relatives, in a comparative wilderness. Friends were raised up for them, and kind, though strange hands, ministered to the wants of the motherless ones.

pied by Anson Pangburn. Seven children came with him. Of these but one resides in Elyria: Marcus D., who married Amanda Ely, daughter of Lewis Ely, who came to the Reserve in 1800, locating in Deerfield, now Portage county, with his parents, Lewis and Anna (Granger) Ely.

Lewis Ely, Jr., came to Elyria in 1823, purchased two lots on West Broad street, put up a small frame house, returned, and, with his family, removed to Elyria in the spring of 1824. Mr. Ely was killed by a runaway horse, in June, 1831. He was sheriff of Lorain county at the time of his death. Mrs. Ely died in 1863.

Francis Douglas, brother of George Douglas, came from Westfield, Mass., to Elyria in 1820. He was a carpenter, and for several years a. Methodist local preacher. He built several houses, one of which is the brick front west of the public square now occupied by Dr. Sherwood. In 1843, he removed to Worcester, Mass., where he died in March, 1878, aged eighty years. ;

Calvin Smith removed with his family from Naugatuck, Conn., to Elyria in 1819. He built a log house east of the river on the lot now occupied by Mr. L. F. Ward, where he resided several years. He removed from thence to Sheffield, where, after a long sickness, he died in 1826. singing in the early religious meetings in the log school house east of the river.

Heber G. Sekins, born in Stafford, Vt., came to Elyria in the fall of 1825. His family then consisted of a wife and two children. Ira B., the oldest, still resides in Elyria. He was for years connected with the military organizations. One of his daughters is the widow of the late Thomas Childs, and still resides in the village. Another daughter married EKlizur Northrop. They are residents of Cleveland. ~ Weare unable to obtain the names and history of many of the first settlers, but shall refer to some of them incidentally as we proceed.

Immediately after the first settlement of the township, Mr. Ely and others felt the importance of establishing and maintaining religious institutions. They had built a log school house on the triangular piece of ground between the railroad and the highway, just across the east branch of the river. Here the pioneers assembled every Sunday and engaged in public worship. Mr. Ely usually read a sermon; Luther Lane and William Smith were called upon to lead in prayer; Calvin Smith, assisted by Irene Allen and others, led the singing. We again quate from Mr. Beebe's reminiscences:

"The first sermon preached in Elyria was by the Rev. Alvin Hyde, on the 5th of February, 1818. He was a son of the Rev. Dr. Hyde of Lee, Berkshire county, Mass. His text was from Jonah 2: 9, 'Salvation is of the Lord.' During part of the years 1817-18, he resided in Dover, where he preached half of the time, and the other half in the adjacent townships.

"Our ordinary rations consisted of pork, flour and peas. Sometimes we got venison and fresh fish, The Indians furnished us with the first fish we had. They caught them below the falls. They shot the deer where they could find them, and would come riding in single file with Bquaws and pappooses on their ponies. They came from Upper Sandusky to hunt and fish, and belonged to the Wyandotte and Seneca tribes. They used to camp on the ground now occupied by Mrs. Hoyle and Col. Gates, which was then covered by a small growth of hemlocks and pines.

"Mr. Chester Wright had established a distillery on the east side of the east branch, in the rear of the sand pits. The Indians, being great lovers of whisky, could obtain supplies at the distillery, whisky being considered one of the necessities of life." Mr. Beebe remarks that "distilleries were then as plenty as cheese factories are now. Some of the Indians' names were Goodhunt, Red Jacket, Betwixt-the-Logs, etc. They were civil and gave us no trouble."

Wild Animals

Bears were frequently killed by the early settlers, and were particularly destructive of the pigs that roamed in the woods in those days. In the winter of 1830, J. A. Harris, late of the Cleveland Herald, who then resided in Elyria, encountered four - an old bear and three well grown cubs - in the woods just east of K. A. Griswold's. The three cubs ascended a tree, while the old bear maintained her position on the ground. He first lodged a ball in the old bear. Instead of attacking him, she fled, leaving her young unprotected. He fired deliberately at each of the three in the tree, bringing them all down, and killing but one. He had only a squirrel rifle. With a target gun, such as are used at this time, he would probably have bagged them all. A party of hunters followed them the next day, tracking them by their blood, but did not overtake them. In the winter of 1831-2, the writer was teaching school in the yellow school house which stood west of the public square, on the ground now occupied by the town hall. One afternoon the school was thrown in great commotion by a bear passing through the town just back of the school house, pursued by dogs and hunters. It crossed the river below the falls, and was killed about three miles down the river, on the farm belonging to the late Aaron R. Taylor. This was the last bear seen in this vicinity.

'Wolves were quite numerous until about 1835. Their howlings could be heard almost every night in the woods north of town. One evening during the fall-of 1832, the writer was passing on foot along the road which skirted a swamp near the residence of Harlow Wells, in the northwest part of the township, a pack of wolves followed him, keeping along the boarder of the swamp, so near that he could hear the pattering of their feet. Their howlings were not musical, but very much diversified. Like the retreating soldier, though not frightened he was somewhat demoralized. The last wolf was seen in Elyria during the year 1844. He was evidently lonely, as he sought the society of dogs; but the dogs did not fraternize with him, but avoided his society. Many times he came into the village during the evenings, and our largest bull-dogs, after a brief encounter, retreated to their kennels in disgust. He created much excitement among the citizens. Those who had brief glimpses of him greatly magnified his size, and imagined him to be some huge wild animal, probably a panther of the largest class. At length during the ensuing winter a party of hunters got on his track which they followed for three days, killing him in New While being pursued he would stop occasionally to kill a sheep on which to refresh himself. The party returned in triumph, bringing his skin, which was stuffed and preserved in the rooms of the Natural History Society until February 10, 1852, when the block containing the rooms was consumed by fire, and this, with all other specimens, perished. He was a gray wolf of the largest size, and evidently a veteran.

Many anecdotes could be related of the encounters of our pioneer settlers with wolves; some of them being followed by a pack in the evening were forced to take refuge in trees, where they remained till morning, when their pursuers retreated. Mr. George Sexton and wife, living a mile and a half east of the village, hearing a disturbance among their sheep in the barnyard, got up and went out ex dishabille, and with an axe dispatched the disturber of their repose among their sheep.

Deer were very numerous until abouf 1835. The writer once saw thirty ina flock on the farm of Mr. Asahel Parmely. They had entered the clearing probably to avoid the black flies which were very numerous in the woods at that time. Venison and pork, with an occasional wild turkey, furnished meat for the early settlers. There were no butchers' meat-shops in those days. When a pioneer got out of meat he took down his trusty rifle, and usually soon brought ina deer. What he could not consume in his own family he distributed to his neighbors,

The last deerseen in the township was in the winter of 1841. <A party of fifteen or twenty young clerks and mechanics went out one pleasant day in February, with hounds to hunt rabbits. On entering the woods west of Gates' saw-mill they discovered fresh deer tracks. The dogs were put upon the tracks and soon gave tongue. 'The boys were directed to form a line across the woods. Before the line was fully formed one of the deer broke through and was killed by the writer. A second one passed by the end of the line and escaped, pursued by one of the dogs. The third and last one, a noble buck, approached the line at its east end. He was but two or three rods in advance of the dog, and instead of running at full speed he was making leaps three or four feet from the ground. He turned on seeing the boys and ran about ten rods in front of them the whole length of the line. Each one had his shot, but no one was guilty of shedding one drop of his blood. This skirmish line was about as harmless as some at a later day, in the army, where immense quantities of ammunition were wasted without loss on either side. The two deer which escaped were killed the same day by other hunters, one in Amherst and the other at the stave landing on Black river.

Wild turkeys, which were very numerous at the first settlement of the country, have almost entirely disappeared. They were sold on the street at an early day for twenty-five cents each. The largest size weighed thirty pounds dressed.

In the fall of 1817, Mr. Ely started on horseback for his old home in Massachusetts, while Ebenezer Lane and Luther Lane started for the same destination on foot. They walked as far as Albany where they took the stage for Springfield. During their absence Mr. George Douglas and Mr. Beebe remained and worked on the inside of Mr. Ely's house. Mr. Ely returned in the spring of 1818.

In the fall of 1818, Mr. Ely took the steamboat '¢ Walk-in-the-Water" for the east. The steamer first went to Detroit, as she could not stop at Cleveland on her way down, there being no harbor. He left Cleveland on the 17th of September, reaching Detroit on the 21st, and Buffalo on the 24th. The '' Walk-in-the- Water" was the first steamboat on Lake Erie, and seems to have been a slow walker.

"Mr. Ely reached West Springfield on the first day cf October, and on the 10th of the same month was married to Miss Celia, daughter of Col. Ezekiel P. Belden, of Weathersfield, Conn. On the 18th, they started for Elyria, where they arrived October 30th, in company with Ebenezer Lane and his wife. Those who knew the first Mrs. Ely, speak of her in terms of warm enthusiasm. She was a beautiful and accomplished lady, kind and affectionate in her disposition, and generous to the poor and needy. She was especially loving to the little children of the pioneers- She always had apiece of cake and kind words for them when they called upon her, and her memory was cherished by all of them. One - a child at that time - who was the life companion of the writer, often spoke of her in glowing terms of praise."

_ Ely returned with his bride, they commenced housekeeping in the log house. An incident is related by Mr. Beebe. We quote in his own words:

"As soon as it was known in the settlements that Mr. Ely had brought home with him a blooming bride, the ladies felt it a duty as well as a pleasure to callon her. Accordingly, a short time after their arrival, Mrs. George Sexton, of Ridgeville, and a lady friend started on foot through the woods to call on the bride. On arriving, they were met at the door of his cabin, as it was called by Mr. Ely, who received them cordially and introduced them to his wife, who entertained them very pleasantly during the afternoon. They accepted an invitation to tea, and their companionship was so agreeable that the day was far spent before they started on their return home. They had not gone far from the settlement before they lost their way, and wandered on until late in the-night, when they came to the conclusion that they were really lost in the wilderness, and would be compelled to submit to the necessity of staying where they were till morning, They therefore crawled up ona fallen, leaning tree, and held on by other trees to keep from falling, and waited for morning to come, as it did at last with all the chills and frosts of a November night. They soon found their way home, and were quite well satisfied as they had visited the bride, and had a good time after all."

Mr. Beebe and George Douglas built a house for Ebenezer Lane (afterward Judge Lane), east of the river, on the farm afterward bought by Clement Northrop. Ebenezer Lane, on the 11th of October, 1818, married Frances Ann, daughter of Goy. Roger Griswold, of Lyme, Conn., and returned to Ohio in company with Mr. Ely and wife. His house being in readiness, he commenced housekeeping at once. He remained on his farm less than a year. Having been appointed prosecuting attorney of Huron county, he removed to Norwalk, October 10,1819. The jour ney from Elyria to Norwalk was made on horseback, Mrs. Lane riding one horse and her husband another, he carrying their infant child on a pillow in his arms and being two days on the road. He rose to distinction in his profession, and was for many years a judge,

Nahum Ball Gates was born in St. Alban's, Vt., Sept. 28, 1812. His father, John Gates, and his mother, Abigail Ball, emigrated from Northborough, Mass., to St. Alban's in 1800, and settled on a farm in that township. His father was of Puritan stock, and belonged to Revolutionary blood. The day he was sixteen years of age he enlisted in the army of the Revolution for. three years, served until the close of the war, and was then discharged by Gen. Knox, in the vicinity of New York. His three eldest brothers, Samuel, Silas, and William, served in the same war-during its continuance.

The subject of this sketch was the youngest of twelve children. His early education was the best afforded in those days in the district schools of his native town, with one term at the St. Alban's Academy, to fit him for a " country pedagogue," teaching district school for three winters in his native State.

The years of his minority were spent on his father's farm, attending and teaching school winters, and laboring on the farm the residue of the year. In this way he secured for himself an athletic frame and vigorous Vermont constitution.

of 1834, with what was termed the " Western Fever," which prevailed at that time in Vermont to almost an alarming extent, he, on the 29th day of April, 1834, bade farewell to his native heath and started for Ohio, for the ostensible purpose of visiting his brother, Horatio N. Gates, who at that

After remaining in Elyria a few weeks, he went to Cleveland to learn more of the West and find something to do. Whilst standing in front of the Western Reserve Hotel, then in Ohio City, on the west side of Cuyahoga River, a man by the name of Swain came along, and inquired of young Gates if he knew of any one who would on the following day go into the woods and score timber for him, as he was about to erect a dwelling-house. Young Gates volunteered his services, and a bargain was soon struck. The next day saw a good, honest day's work done.