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1789.


HISTORY


OF


CINCINNATI,


OHIO,


ILLUSTRATION S AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


COMPILED BY


HENRY A. FORD, A. M., AND MRS. KATE B. FORD.


L. A. WILLIAMS & CO.,


PUBLISHERS,


1881.


PREFATORY NOTE


The reader looks forward to this, the first history of Cincinnati that has yet found itself in print. The writers look back across its half-century of chapters and the century of years embraced by its annals, and have, chiefest of all, to regret many unavoidable errors, both of omission and commission. The more important of these, it is hoped, will appear in our page of errata; but there are still many, doubtless, that have escaped the compilers' attention. In a few cases; discrepancies appear between their statements and those of an extract immediately following. In those instances they must assure the reader that the former rest upon an authority believed to be superior to the other in regard to the matter in hand; but time and space could not always be taken for the discussion and settlement of points concerning which there are variant reports. In all really important matters, they believe the history will be found quite trustworthy, especially when corrected from the page of errata.


For the biographical feature of the work, except so much of it as is embodied in the chapters before the Lth, the writers have not, in general, any responsibility.



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CONTENTS.



HISTORICAL,




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I.—A Brief Description of Cincinnati

II.—Ancient Works Upon the City's Site

III.—The Site of Losantiville

IV.—Before Losantiville

V.— Losantiville

VI.—Fort Washington

VII.—Cincinnati's First Decade

VIII.—Cincinnati Township

IX.—Cincinnati's Second Decade

X.—Cincinnati's Third Decade

XI.—Cincinnati's Fourth Decade

XII—Cincinnati's Fifth Decade

XIII.—Cincinnati's Sixth Decade

XIV.—Cincinnati's Seventh Decade

XV.— Cincinnati's Eighth Decade

XVI.—Cincinnati in the War

XVII.— The Siege of Cincinnati

XVIII.—Cincinnati's Ninth Decade

XIX.—The German Element in Cincinnati

XX.—Religion in Cincinnati

XXI.—Education

XXII.—Public Charities

XXII.—Benevolent and other Societies

XXIV.—Science

XXV.—Art

XXVI.—Music .

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XXVII.— Libraries

XXVIII.—Literature.

XXIX.— Bookselling and Publication

XXX.— Journalism

XXXI.— Medicine

XXXII.—The Bench and Bar

XXXIII.—Manufacturing 

XXXIV.—The Industrial Exposition

XXXV.—Commerce and Navigation

XXXVI.—Banking—Finance—Insurance.

XXXVII.—The Post Office

XXXVIII.—The Local Militia—The First Appointments

XXXIX.—Amusements

XL.—Cemeteries

XLI.—The City Government

XLII.—The Fire Department

XLIII.—The Water-works

XLIV.—Penal Institutions

XLV.—The Police—Board of Health

XLVI.— Markets

XLVII.—Streets—Street Railroads—Bridges—Parks, etc.

XLVIII.—Annexations and Suburbs

XLIX.—Biographical Sketches

L.—Personal Notes

—Appendix.

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BIOGRAPHICAL

Baum, Martin

Burkhalter, Christian

Burnet, Jacob

Burnet, Dr. William

Blackburn, Dr. John

Bramble, Dr. David D.

Buckner, Dr. James H.

Bailey, Samuel, jr.

Bouscaren, Louis G. F.

Cists, the

Cary Sisters, the

Cramer, Dr. John

Co & Hon. Joseph

Cappeller, Hon. W. S.

Carey, Milton Thompson

Chickering, J. B.  .

Covington, Hon. S. F.

Denman, Matthias

Drakes, the

Drake, Dr. Daniel

Dunlevy, Hon. A. H.

Davis, William Bramwell

Duckworth, George K.

Dodson, William Beal

Eshelby, E. O.

Eaton, Morton Monroe

Eells, Samuel

Filson, John         .

Frankensteins, the

Flint, Rev. Timothy

Findlay, Samuel.

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Fox, Charles

Force, Hon. Manning F.

Follett, Hon. John F.

Fishburn, Cyrus D.

Fehrenbatch, Hon. John

Guilford, Nathan

Goforth, Dr. William

Goudy, Thomas .

Hemann, Joseph Anton

Hofer, Nikolaus

Herron, Joseph

Hole, Dr. John

Hammond, Charles

Hunt, Samuel F.

Hickenlooper, Andrew

Harper, Professor George W.

Hunt, Colonel C. B.

Johnston, Campbell and family

Klauprecht, Emil

Kautz, August V.

Kron, Pastor

King, Rufus

Ludlow, Colonel Isaac

Lewis, Samuel

Molitor, Stephan

Moor, August

McGuffey, Dr. William H.

Mansfield, Edward D.

Morrell, Dr. Calvin

McClure, Dr. Robert

McMillan, William

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CONTENTS.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

Matthews, Hon. Stanley

Mussey, Dr. Reuben D.

Mussey, Dr. W. H.

Miles, Dr. A. T.

Muscroft, Dr. C. S.

Maley, Dr. P. F,

McClung, Colonel David

Nast, Wilhelm

Patterson, Colonel Robert,

Pulte, Joseph H.,

Pike, S. N.

Picket, Albert

Powers, Benjamin F.,

Reese, Rev. Dr. Friedrich

Rodter, Heinrich,

Rumelin, Karl Gustav,

Rattermann, Heinrich A.,

Rentz, August,

Roelker, Dr. Friedrich,

Rehfuss, Ludwig,

Ray, Dr. Joseph

Ramsay, Dr. Samuel

Riddle, Colonel John

Ramp, Samuel W.

Symmes, John Cleve,

Stallos, Theodore,

Stowe, Calvin,E.,

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Stites, Dr. John,

Symmes, Daniel,

Short, John Cleves,

Smith, Hon. Amor,

Staley, L. A.,

Sadler, L. L.,

Stowe, James G.,

Santmeyer, Captain C. A.,

Steele, Charles McDonald,

Skaats, Hon. George W.,

Starbuck, Calvin W.,

Smith, Samuel Sherwood,

Underhill, Dr. J. W.,

Von Stein, Albert,

Von Masters, Heinrich,

Varwig, Henry,

Voight, Captain Lewis,

Von Seggern, Christopher,

Walker, George

Weitzel, General Gottfried

Wright, Dr. Marmaduke B.

Wild, John S.

Ward, General Durbin

Wright, Dr. C. O.

Wulsin, Drausin

White, James S

Zinn, Major Peter

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ILLUSTRATIONS

The Cincinnati Music Hall

Portrait of Judge J. C. Symmes

Fort Washington

Cincinnati in 1802

Plan of Cincinnati in 1815

The Trollope Bazaar

The Church of the Pioneers

The First Cincinnati College Building

The Tyler Davidson Fountain



Portrait of John Cleves Short

  " Hon. Stanley Matthews

  " Alonzo Taft

  “ Colonel John Riddle

  “ Dr. Reuben D. Mussey

  “ Dr. W. H. Mussey

  “ Major Peter Zinn

  “ General Rees E. Price

  “ General Durbin Ward

  “ Hon. Manning F. Force

  “ Hon. Joseph Cox

  “ Hon. John F. Follett

  “ David D. Bramble

  “ Dr. A. J. Mills

  “ Dr. J. W. Underhill

  “ William Bramwell

  “ Davis Dr. James H. Buckner

  “ Dr. C. S. Muscroft

  “ Dr. Cyrus D. Fishburn

  “ Dr. C. O. Wright

  “ P. F. Maley

  “ General A. Hickenlooper

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Portrait of Colonel David W. McClung

  " Amor Smith, jr.

  " L. A. Staley

  " Hon. W. S. Cappeller

  " Samuel F. Hunt

  " Samuel W. Ramp

  " Samuel Bailey, jr.

  " E. O. Eshelby

  " L. L. Sadler

  " James G. Stowe

  " Prof. J. B. Chickering

  " Alice Cary

  " Phoebe Cary

  " Professor G. W. Harper

  " Captain C. A. Santmeyer

  " Murat Halstead

  " Hon. George W. Skaats

  " Drausin Wulsin

  " James S. White

  " S. F. Covington

  " Charles McDonald Steele

  " Colonel C. B. Hunt .

  " Louis G. F. Bouscaren

  " Hon. John Fehrenbatch

  " George K. Duckworth

  " Morton Monroe Eaton, M. D.

  " Henry Varwig

  " Captain Lewis Voight

  " William Henry Cook, M. D.

  " Christopher Von Seggern

  " W. H. Bristol

 






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