(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 225 250 - CLINTON, COUNTY, OHIO. 1806 with the party of Harveys, Hadleys, Dicks, Hales and Edwards mentioned above. John Hadley was born the son of Joshua and Ruth Hadley, on September 23, 1770, in Chatham county, North Carolina. He was married to Lydia Harvey, of Orange county, North Carolina, in Crane Creek monthly meeting, as early as 1794. They were the parents of twelve children : William, Simon, Elizabeth, Joshua, Jacob, Isaac, Eli, John, Thomas, Jonathan D., Ruth and Jane, all but four of whom were born before they moved to Ohio. Of these, Joshua died in infancy and Thomas, at the age of nineteen. With his brother-in-law, Eli Harvey, John Hadley built and afterwards became the owner of what was for years known as the Hadley mill. It stood on Todd's fork, about a mil, below the Springfield meeting house. Both he and his wife were lifelong members of the society of Friends and members of the Springfield monthly meeting. He died in 1832, when sixty-two years of age. His widow survived him twenty years. They were both laid to rest in the Springfield cemetery. William Hadley, their eldest son, was born on July 18, 1795, in North Carolina, and came to Ohio with his father in 1806. His first wife was Sarah Lindley, who died 011 April 28. 1829, and who was the mother of seven children, Jonathan, Deborah, Thomas (who died in infancy), Eleanor, Eli L., Mary and Milton. He afterwards married Susannah Thatcher, the widow of Thomas Thatcher and the daughter of Joseph Stratton. She was the mother of two children, Sarah and William. William Hadley died on October 23, 1845. His wife died on August 18, 1880, at the ripe old age of sixty-six years. and was buried at Springfield. Simon Hadley, the second son of John and Lydia (Harvey) Hadley, was born, November 1, 1796, in North Carolina and came to Ohio with his parents. His wife was Ann, the daughter of Thomas Kersey, Sr. He and his wife were residents of Adams township until their deaths, on May 13, 1870, and September 28, 1843, respectively. Their seven children were Jabez, Rebecca, Lydia, John, Julia, Ann K. and Mary M. Several years after the death of his first wife, Simon Hadley married a widow, Mary I. O'Neall, whose maiden name had been Ingham. Elizabeth, the third child and eldest daughter of John Hadley, married Ezekiel Hornaday. She died, May 9, 1850, at fifty-two years of age. Jacob Hadley was born in North Carolina, on the 3rd of March, 1801. His wife was Mary, daughter of Beale and Mary Butler, of Wayne county, Indiana. He was a resident of Adams township until 1868, when he moved to Wilmington. He was always a strict member of the society of Friends and was considered by all who knew him to be a minister of ability. He always held to the original teachings and doctrines of the Friends in all their purity and simplicity, and was strenuously opposed to the innovations in their manner of worship which came to prevail. His wife died on July 20, 1858, at the age of fifty-seven, and he himself was gathered to his fathers, at the age of seventy-eight, on February 11, 1879. Springfield is the final resting place of both of these venerable pioneers. Their seven children were: Samuel H., Eliza Ann, William Beale, Elwood, Mary B., Susannah Jane and Naomi. Isaac Hadley, the sixth child of John Hadley, married Lydia, daughter of John Hazard, by whom he had seven children, Calvin, Elizabeth, Phoebe, Elmira, Henry, Rebecca and Harriet. He died, at the age of thirty-six, on July 22, 1839. His widow later became the wife of James Smith, and, on his death, the wife of William Pyle, son. of Jehu Pyle, Sr. Eli Hadley, the next son of John Hadley, was born on September 27, 1804 ; he married Abigail, the daughter of Reuben and Rhoda Green, and died on November 29, 1854, at the age of fifty. His wife died on April 30, 18g7, at the age of twenty-eight. Their five children were Mahala G., Gulielma, Thomas, Micajah and Rhoda. John Hadley, also a son of John and Lydia (Harvey) Hadley, was born on April 15, 1810, and married Ann, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wildman, of Clark county, Ohio. To them was born seven children : Hiram, Elizabeth, Margaret, Deborah, Henry, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 251 Ruth and Seth. Deborah and Ruth died in infancy. His wife died on April 21, 1848, and was buried at Springfield. He afterwards married Rhoda Stanton, a widow, and lived at Springboro, in Warren county. He died in March, 1882, and is buried at Springfield. Jonathan D. Hadley, the youngest son of John and Lydia Hadley, was born August 10, 1812. He married Susannah Clawson, daughter of William Clawson, and their union was blessed with four children, Louisa, Mahlon, John William and Evan. He died about 1872, at Clarksville. His widow died at Wilmington, in 1874, and both are buried at Springfield. Ruth Hadley became the wife of W. B. Andrew. She died on October 19, 1852. Jane, the youngest child of John and Lydia Hadley, married Seneca Wildman and, with her husband, moved to Iowa in the early sixties. William Hadley, son of Joshua and Ruth Hadley, and a brother of John Hadley, emigrated from North Carolina to Ohio in 1816, and settled in Vernon township. Jonathan T. Hadley, son of Simon and Elizabeth Hadley, emigrated from North Carolina to Ohio in 1810, and settled in Adams township near the Warren county line. He married Rebecca, daughter of Isaac Harvey, by whom he had nine children, Elizabeth, Lydia, Samuel L., Ruth, Isaac, Simon, Deborah, Milton and Harlan H. The Harvey and Hadley families were by far the most numerous of the early settlers of the western part of Clinton county. With but few exceptions, they were all members of the society of Friends. Many still live in their ancestral homes, while others have moved to other counties in Ohio, and others to other states, especially Indiana and Iowa. William and Nathan Harlan were brothers and sons of Enoch Harlan, of Guilford county, North Carolina. They came to Ohio in 1805 and settled about a mile from Springfield. Nathan, the eldest son, married, in North Carolina, Sarah Hunt, the daughter of a minister. They had nine children, as follow : Lydia, Enoch, Martha, Nathan, Edith, Prudence, Jabez, John and Hannah. William married, also in North Carolina, Charity Kimbrough, a daughter of Jeremiah Kimbrough, and their union was blessed with nine children also ; David, Margaret, Jonathan, Ruth, Nancy, Enoch, William, Nathaniel and Edith. John and Enoch Harlan, brothers of William and Nathan, came with their mother from North Carolina, and, after a short residence in Highland county, settled in the same vicinity in the spring of 1807. John Harlan married Lydia Hale, the daughter of Jacob Hale, and was the father of the following children : Jacob, Elizabeth, Rebecca, James and Warren. There were others who died in infancy. John had the following brothers: William, David, Enoch, Nathan, Jonathan, Nathaniel and Solomon, and three sisters, Nancy Mendenhall, Hannah Madan and Rebecca Hampton. All this family, except Nathaniel, settled in the vicinity of Springfield. David and Solomon, arriving in 1811, were the last to come. Their mother's name was Edith, and she was a sister of Eliabeth Harvey, who came with her sons, as mentioned above, to Ohio in 1806. They were both widows. Ezekiel Hornada, who was born on February 26, 1796, in Randolph county, North Carolina, came with the Harvey brothers to Ohio in 1806. His mother's name was Dicks, and he was a nephew of Isaac Harvey's by marriage. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Hadley, on November 11, 1818, and was the father of twelve children : John, Jehu, Isaiah, Jane, Simon, Mary, William, Eleanor, Lydia, Eli, Isaac and Louisa. His wife died in 1850 and was buried at Springfield. He later married again, and, at the age of eighty-six, moved to Indiana. Reuben Green was born on July 28, 1770, in Grayson county, North Carolina. He married Rhoda, daughter of David and Mary Ballard, on January 5, 1797, and in the fall of 1811 moved to Ohio and settled near Center meeting house, in Adams township. He bought one hundred and seventy-five acres of land, in 1813, of William Lytle, on Lytle's creek, to which he moved, and lived the remainder of his life. His wife died, at the age of sixty-eight, on February 10, 1843. He died on Christmas day, 1852. They 252 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. were both buried at Lytle's creek. They were the parents of twelve children, Isaac, Mary, David, Lydia, Robert, Asa, Anna, Abigail, John, Susannah, Rowland and Rhoda. Asa Green, a son of the above, was born in Grayson county, North Carolina, on January 5, 1811, and came to Ohio with his father in the fall of 1811. His wife was a daughter of Nathaniel Carter. They were the parents of eight children: Jane, Reuben, Mary Ann, Cyrus, Guliema, John C., Samuel G. and Nancy Emily. John Holaday came from Virginia in 1814 and settled on what was afterwards known as the Asa Green farm. He lived here fifteen or sixteen years, when he sold the farm to Asa Green and moved to Jefferson township, this county. Samuel Andrew came from Orange county, North Carolina, to Ohio, in 1810, and settled in Greene county for two years, when he moved to Lytle's creek, on the farm where he lived until his death, July 18, 1871. He was born in Orange county, North Carolina, the son of William and Hannah Andrew, and married, on October 17, 1805, Delilah, daughter of John and Susannah Baker, of Chatham county, North Carolina. His wife died in 1856. They were both burled at Springfield. Their children were William B., John, Hannah and Susannah. His eldest son, William B. Andrew, was born on July 21, 1806, and married Ruth, the daughter of John Hadley. They were the parents of ten children, Eliza Jane, Hannah, Samuel. Delilah, Isaac H., John T., William H., Jacob, Lydia and Wilson His wife died on October 19, 1852. In 1868 he removed to Hendy county, Iowa, where he died. Susannah, the youngest daughter of Samuel and Delilah Andrew, married John McFadden, in 1847. They remained on the home farm, caring for her parents in their declining years. Her husband died on July 6, 1871. She was the mother of seven children, Samuel, Martha, Jane, Esther Ann, Mary E., James L., Laura D. and John W. Henry Andrew. a brother of Samuel Andrew, was born, February 12, 1777, in Orange county, North Carolina. He married Jame Mills and to them were born seven children, Robert, John, Hannah, Joseph, William, Jonathan and Sarah. They moved tb Ohio at an early day and settled on a farm adjoining his brothers. He removed to Jefferson township some years later. Henry Andrew, a second brother of Samuel Andrew, came to Adams township about the same time. He was the father of nine children, Ira, Eden, Minerva, Calvin, Cyrus, Miles, Mary Ann, John Wesley and Emily. Samuel Chew married Abigail Green, sister of Reuben Green, and was the first settler on what was afterwards known as the John Anson farm. He had four sons, Isaac, Ephraim, John and Reuben, and three daughters, Alice, Mary and Ruth. Joshua Moore came to Ohio in 1811. He was born the son of Thomas and Sarah Moore, of Center county, Pennsylvania, on the 17th of October, 1791. He married Nancy, a daughter of Joseph and Theodosia Stratton. They first lived in Wilmington two years before they settled in what is now Adams township. His death occurred on February 7, 1874. His widow died in December, 1881. They had a family of twelve children, David S., John Haines, Sarah Ann, Micajah, William, Joseph, Harriet, Nancy, Joshua, Benjamin, Jehu C. and Seth. Hiram Moore, brother of Joshua, came to Ohio about two years after his brother, Joshua, did. He married Eliza, a daughter of John Antram. Caleb Moore, another brother of Joshua Moore, was born about 1800 and came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, about 1832, and settled on the Joseph Stratton farm on Lytle's creek. He married Nancy, the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier by the name of Andrew Jack. They were the parents of a family of. six children, William, John, Harris C., Hannah, Emily and Nancy Ellen. His first wife died about 1845 and Mr. Moore afterwards married Martha Miller. They had two children, Ethelbert J. and Martha Adaline. Two other brothers of this family, John and Isaac Moore, came to Ohio, about 1832. Isaac married .Susannah, a daughter of Reuben Green. He died on October 6, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 253 1840, at the age of twenty-eight. John Moore was born on August 31, 1798. He married Ann Moore, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Moore, of Center county, Pennsylvania, and who was born on July 6, 1805. They moved to Newcastle, Indiana, where he died. She later married Jasper Evans. Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Moore, who died in Pennsylvania, came to Ohio about 1832. She died in her eighty-sixth year, on August 13, 1874. She was a sister of Nancy, wife of Caleb Moore. She was the mother of seven children, Melinda, Nancy, Sarah Ann, Melissa, Eliza, Evaline and Samuel. One of the foremost of the pioneers of Adams township was George Maden. Sr. He settled on what was later known as the Jabez Hadley farm. By his first wife, who was the widow Reynolds, and whose maiden name was Harvey, he had four children, Eli, George, Elizabeth and Edith. His second wife was Elizabeth, sister of George Carter. This union was blessed with the following children: Hiram, Solomon, John, Nancy, Rebecca, Mary, Ruth and Deborah. He lived to an advanced age and is buried, as is also his wife, Elizabeth, at Lytle's creek. His son, George, married Mary Chew, daughter of Samuel Chew, and a sister of Isaac, Ephraim, John and Reuben Chew. He moved to Indiana, where he later died. Elizabeth married a person by the name of Reeves; Edith married Joseph Stubbs; Solomon married a Robbins; John died a bachelor; Nancy became the wife of Henry Harvey ; Rebecca became the wife of Reuben Chew, son of Samuel Chew ; Mary married Amos Harvey, brother of Henry Harvey; Ruth became the wife of Robert Hunt, son of Jacob and Lydia Hunt, and Deborah married a man who lived in Indiana. Eli Maden married Hannah Harlan, daughter of Enoch Harlan, by whom he was the father of six children, Harlan, John, George, Hiram, Rowena and Rebecca. Harlan was the oldest son and married Marguerite, a daughter of William Osborn, Sr., and Hiram married William Harvey's daughter, Hannah. Hiram Maden, son of George Maden. Sr., was born on January 28, 1792, in Orange county, North Carolina, and emigrated to Ohio with his father. About the year 1826 he married Susannah, daughter of Jehu and Sarah Stuart. There were three children by the union, Sarah, George and Jehu. Susannah lived only a few years after their marriage and was buried at Lytle's creek. About the year 1834 Hiram Maden married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Susannah Osborn. She was the mother of seven children, William, John, Elizabeth, Hiram, Susannah and Thomas Elwood. He died in April, 1871, and his wife, Elizabeth, died on January 10, 1866, at the age of sixty-two. In November, 1809, Jeremiah Kimbrough, with his wife, and family of six children, moved to Ohio, and in the spring of 1810 settled upon one hundred acres of land in the Murray survey. This was afterwards known as the George Carter and Micajah Stratton farm and was on Todd's fork, near the northeastern part of the township. Kimbrough was a native of Rowan county, North Carolina, and was born on September 15, 1778. His wife was Sarah Mendenhall, a sister of Nathan Mendenhall. They were married in Rowan county in 1799, and at the time of their moving to Ohio the following children were born: Thomas, September 18, 1800; Elizabeth, January 3, 1802; Susannah, March 13, 1803; Hannah, October, 1804; Charity, July 3, 1807, and Sarah, January, 1809. In 1812 he sold his farm to George Carter and moved to Tennessee. but not liking the country he returned, it is said, without unpacking his wagon, and, again took up his residence on Todd's fork, near Springfield, Adams township. He died in his carriage 013 August 15, 1850. His daughter died in 1859 at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth Howell. The following children were born after the arrival of the family in Ohio : Mary, 1810; John, 1812; Ira, 1815; Edith, 1820, and Eli, 1821. Elizabeth, who was the first to marry, became the wife of Benjamin Howell; Susannah married Robert Holleraft; Hannah married William Ballard, son of John Ballard, and, on his death, a man by the name of Kerwin, in Grant county, Indiana ; 254 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Charity married Lewis Hiatt, son of Jesse Hiatt, and she died in 1863; Mary married Caleb Townsend, son of John Townsend; John married Demice Beach, daughter of Benjamin Beach; Ira married Clara Howland, daughter of Barnabas Howland; Edith married Hiram Daugherty; Eli married Margaret, daughter of John Townsend. All the children but Thomas and Elizabeth moved out of the township, most of them to the state of Indiana. Thomas Kimbrough, the eldest child of Jeremiah and Sarah (Mendenhall) Kimbrough, was married on April 4, 1822, to Elizabeth, the daughter of Jesse Hiatt, a brother of Lewis Hiatt. The loving couple lived to see their sixtieth wedding anniversary, and for many years held the distinction of being the oldest married couple residing in Adams township. They had a family of nine children, as follow : Martha, who married James Spray; Sarah, who married John Brazil; Jeremiah; Mary, who married John W. Richardson; Edith, who married William Edwards; Jesse; Susannah, wife of Harlan H. Hadley; Demetrius, who married Esther Bangham; Charity, wife of Aaron Harvey, son of William Harvey and grandson of Isaac Harvey. Jeremiah, the eldest son, who was born on October 14, 1827, was married, in 1849, to Esther, daughter of Eli and Sarah Harvey. She was the mother of one child, Louisa, and died on December 18, 1859. His second wife was Rhoda, daughter of Eli Hadley and sister of Micajah and Thomas, Hadley. John Johnson was an early settler, who lived on the north side of Lytle's creek. Abel Thornberry married his daughter, Rhoda. One of the early settlers of Grant's survey was Robert Howell. Prior to 1810 he settled on what is known as Indian branch, building his cabin by a large spring. HP planted a nursery and set out quite an extensive orchard of peach and apple trees. He had a large family of children. All the family moved farther west prior to 1832 except one son, Benjamin, who was married, about the year 1820, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Jeremiah Kimbrough. He was born on July 14, 1792, and emigrated to Ohio with his father. He was the first settler upon what is known as the Howell farm. He had a family of ten children as follow : Jeremiah, Jedidah, Riley, Aaron, Patsy, Henry, Adeline, William, John and Benjamin. He died on July 2, 1855. His widow survived him over thirty years. Among the foremost and best known of the pioneers of Adams township stands George Carter. Carter was born on March 8, 1782, the son of John and Anna Carter. of Orange county, North Carolina. His wife, Miriam, was born on February 2, 1787, the daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Wilson, of Randolph, Virginia. They came to Ohio in 1812, settling about one mile west of the Lytle's Creek meeting house, on what was always afterwards known as the Micajah Stratton farm. For over forty years he was a school teacher. He was also a minister in the society of Friends, being considered one of the ablest of the church, especially on doctrinal points. Seven children blessed the union of this happy couple, Jesse, John, Samuel, Wilson, Cyrus, Louisa and George. Both parents lived to a ripe old age and were buried at Grassy Run. Nathaniel Carter, who was a son of John and Ann Carter, of Orange county, North Carolina, and a brother of George Carter, was born on June 21, 1779. His wife was Nancy, daughter of John and Susannah Baker, of Chatham county, North Carolina. They came to Ohio in 1812 and settled in Dudley's survey, between where the villages of Ogden and Sligo now are. They were the parents of six children, Jane, born on February 17, 1802, who married Samuel Gaskill; John B.; Enoch; Susannah, who married Asa Green; Ann. who married William Holladay. Nathaniel Carter died on March 3, 1843, in his sixty-fourth year ; Nancy, his widow, died on November 5, 1863, at the age of eighty-two, surviving him more than twenty years. Conrad Smith was another pioneer who settled in the Gates survey about 1815. He married Elizabeth McDaniel and was the father of five children, John, George, Daniel, Abigail and Susannah. Both Smith and his wife are buried at Lytle's creek. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 255 Nathan Stalker settled on Lytle's creek as early as 1809 and was one of the first blacksmiths of the township. His wife was Mary Ballard, daughter of David Ballard. Isaac Stout settled on Lytle's creek, on the Isaiah Stout farm, about 1807. His wife's name was Susannah and they were the parents of the following children: Jesse, Sarah, Phoebe, Lydia, Rebecca, Matilda, Isaac and Isaiah. Charles Stout was a first cousin of Isaac Stout, and also one of the first settlers. Another pioneer family that furnished many early settlers was that of Pyle. John and Jehu Pyle came to Clinton county about 1832 and played a great part in the development of Adams township. Benjamin Farquhar came from Maryland to Ohio in 1805. His wife was Rachel, a daughter of Jonathan and Susannah Wright, who came from Maryland about the same time. Farquhar bought land and settled in what is now the extreme northeastern part of Adams township. He was the father of the following children : Uriah, Cyrus, Allen, Jonathan, Josiah, Susannah, Edwin, Rebecca and Rachel. David Stearn was an early settler of the southwest part of the county, who came with his three sons, Melzar, Luther and Harvey, and two daughters, from Massachusetts in 1813. His wife's name was Achsah Cranson. He was buried at Southwick cemetery. For several years he kept a dairy and made cheese and butter. Joseph and Mahlon Stratton were cousins who settled on Lytle's creek in 1809. Thomas Kersey came to Ohio and settled on Todd's fork in 1812, on land adjoining John Carter, his brother-in-law. William Osborn came to Ohio in the fall of 1815, and, after living for a year or so on the Samuel Harvey place, on Lytle's creek, bought one hundred acres of land and settled on it in J. Roberts' survey, in the extreme southeastern part of the township. Jacob Hale was one of the first settlers on Todd's fork. He came to this country, first, in 1805, in company with Isaac Harvey and John Hadley. They returned to North Carolina, and, as explained above, moved to Adams township with their families. These three men were all brothers-in-law. The following are the officers of Adams township in 1915: Trustees, Albert Earley, H. A. Coate and Harry Smith; clerk, Evert Hadley; treasurer, T. J. Winfield. Population, seven hundred and one. SLIGO. Adams township has two towns within its limits, neither of which is incorporated. The first of these is Sligo. This little village had no existence prior to the building of the Goshen and Wilmington turnpike. A man by the name of George Taylor, a hatter by trade, had a shop there on a lot in the forks of the read long before the town was laid out. This lot was afterwards owned by John Kimbrough, on which he built a house in 1841 or 1842, the first two-story house erected in the town. In this building he kept a tavern for several years. The first toll gate was built by John Shields in 1840. The second toll-gate house was built by Rebecca Kersey, sister of Thomas Kersey, but the gate was kept by Mrs. Beach. The toll gate has been long since torn down, but the house remained for a number of years afterwards. John Swindler was the first blacksmith in Sligo', and John Hawthorn, the second. Hawthorn left in the spring of 1839 and went to Eaton. John Kimbrough commenced smithing in the same shop, a log one, in 1839. This shop stood north of the pike, but on the south side of the old road. This was torn down and a brick one erected in 1841, by Kimbrough. Soon afterward, George Slack built a two-story brick residence on the south side of the pike and occupied it until he moved west. The town received its name from the brand of iron that was used at the blacksmith shop at the time, it having been made at the Sligo mills, in Pittsburgh. The mill probably had taken the name, from a town of a similar cognomen in the western part of Ireland. Matthias O'Neal], who owned a farm south of the pike, sold to John Kimbrough an acre and a half of land. July 12, 1841, and a year later sold him three-fourths of an acre more. 256 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. This was afterwards divided into smaller lots by Kimbrough and sold to various persons. Of the early residents of Sligo, there were John Kimbrough, John H. Longshore, Delos Ferris, George Slack, J. W. Slack, Allen Hazard, John H. Moore, Dr. W. W. Shepherd, Simon Hadley, Simon Harvey, Calvin Andrew, William S. Riley, Jesse Thatcher, Ira Kimbrough, John M. Brazil, Isaac Schooley, Edward S. Davis, David Thatcher, Cyrus E. Carter, Henry Harvey, John P. Black, Elihu Hambleton, Harry Hazard, Alfred Hollcraft, Jabez H. Hadley, Egbert K. Howland, William Henson and Ira Ferris. Allen Hazard, Jacob Hadley, William L. Hadley, John H. Moore and James Haney were some of the early storekeepers. Joseph W. Slack was for many years engaged in the manufacture of carriages, buggies and wagons, sometimes giving employment to as many as fifteen men. The postoffice was established at Sligo on March 13, 1844. It remained here until September 8, 1865. The list of the postmasters who served this office during its existence are as follow : George Slack, March 13, 1844, to March 11, 1850; William Shepherd, to January 15, 1852; Allen Hazard, to October 31, 1857; Joseph W. Slack, to December 8, 1862, and William W. Shepherd, to September 8, 1865. There has been a steady falling off in the population of all of the rural towns, and Sligo has, not been an exception. At present there are about twenty-five families in the village. W. E. Davis keeps a general store and also has a huckster wagon. Marion Wilson runs the village blacksmith shop. OGDEN. Ogden had no existence until some years after the building of the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley railroad. It was first called Linden, but there was a station on the Marietta & Cincinnati road by the name of Lyndon and, in consequence, many mistakes occurred in shipping freight out of Cincinnati, causing delay and confusion in receiving goods. This name was then abandoned and Ogden substituted, being named for Ogden on the Pacific railroad. It was made a passenger and freight station in 1855, by the railroad authorities; seven hundred dollars was raised by the citizens of this vicinity and donated to the railroad company for the purpose of getting the station established at that point, the stopping place for passengers theretofore having been about half a mile farther west, at Andrew's Mill. Afterward there was some land donated to the company for stock pens, switches, etc. Asa Green deserves the praise for getting the station established here. Mr. Green erected the first building in Ogden. This was used as a station-house and store room, and has been occupied ever since as such, some additions having been added since. He also, with the assistance of some other parties of the neighborhood, put up the freight depot. A small house, built by Peyton Burton, was moved across the creek to a lot and used as a residence by John Marsh, the first station agent. John Wiseman built the second residence in Ogden. Mr. Wiseman was a miller by trade. Asa Green laid off five lots in 1857, on the south side of the railroad, on land bought by John B. Carter. In 1859, Jacob Beard built a residence. In December, 1860, Carter laid off four lots on the north side of the railroad, and Asa Green, five. In June, 1866, there was a church lot and five others laid off by Asa Green, making twenty in all. In the spring of 1864, David F. Carter built a residence, and in March, of that year, I. W. Quinby purchased the corner lot of Asa Green, and moved a two-story frame building from Sligo to it. He used the lower story for a store room and the second story he fitted up for a residence. In October, of that year, he and Amos Huffman, under the firm name of Quinby & Huffman, opened a store. In 1864 Abraham Haney built a residence and various residences were erected from time to time. Adam Osborn built the first blacksmith shop in 1864. Among the early station and railroad agents were the following: John Marsh, Jacob Beard, Isaac Robertson, Huffman & Osborn, Jeremiah Kimbrough, George W. Owens and Clare & Colter. Among the early postmasters were Isaiah W. Quinby, David S. Osborn, Isaac Roberts, Isaiah H. Osborn, Samuel G. Green, George W. Owens, James E. Smith and Samuel G. Green. CHAPTER XVIII. CHESTER TOWNSHIP. Chester township occupies the northeast corner of Clinton county. It is bounded on the east by Liberty and Union and on the south by Adams townships, of this county. On the west it is bounded by Wayne and Massie townships, of Warren county, and on the north by Spring Valley and Caesar Creek townships, of Greene. It is four and eighty-seven hundredths miles in width from east to west and its length from north to south measures six and thirty-one hundredths miles. It includes within its bounds thirty and seventy-three hundredths square miles of land. Clinton county, when first organized, in 1810, included but three townships, Chester. Richland and Vernon. Chester township was by far the largest in the area and population of the three. Its boundary lines at that time are lost in the dim vistas of the past and are impossible to locate definitely and accurately, but perhaps the following is as nearly correct as can be ascertained at the present time : All of Liberty township, part of Wilson, then on a line south so as to include Wilmington, and to a point where a line drawn west would include the northern half of Adams township, then along the Warren and Greene county-lines to the beginning. In 1813 Union township was formed from parts of Chester, Richland and Vernon townships. Hence its name. Liberty township, including the present territory included within Liberty township and the west half of Wilson, was formed from the territory of Chester township in 1817. In May, 1849, the southern part of Chester went to form the northern part of the newly-created Adams township. Since that date there have been no changes in the townships' boundaries. TOWNSHIP RECORDS. All the township records from the date of its organization, 1810, up to 1829, and from 1845 to 1884, have disappeared. It is not known whether they were lost by fire or were destroyed. Due to that fact, very little can be gleaned about the early history of the township. At a meeting of the trustees at the residence of James Dakin on Saturday, April 18, 1829, a tax of three-eighths of one mill was levied for township purposes, and the roads of the township were redistricted. In June, 1829, at an extra session of the trustees, the schools of the township were redistricted, "agreeably to the provisions of the law passed February 10, 1829." STREAMS. The streams of Chester township are small, none of the larger streams of the county extending within its limits for any distance. However, the tributaries of the larger streams are numerous and sufficient to give necessary and entirely adequate drainage of the land. Dutch creek enters the township from Union township, near the south end of the east boundary, flows across the southeast corner to empty its waters into Todd's fork, just outside of the township. Anderson's creek finds its source in Wilson township, meanders its way across Liberty to merely cross the tip of the northeast corner of Chester, before it passes on its way into Greene county, where it returns across the northwest corner of the township and joins its waters with those of Caesar creek as they flow from the northwest, and quietly glides out of the township (17) 258 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. again, this time into Warren county. The tributaries of this stream are Buck run, Turkey run, Trace branch, Jonah's run and Layton's run. All these but Layton's run are tributary to Caesar creek. Buck run rises in Liberty township, flows in a westerly direction across the length of Chester township to empty into Caesar creek just above the point where the latter crosses the Warren county line. Layton's run is a branch of Dutch creek. MILLS. One of the first mills of the township was that of Robert Millhouse, at the mouth of Buck run, but operated by the waters of Caesar creek. This was originally a sawmill, but later stone-burrs were put in and corn-grists were ground there. George Arnold erected a saw-mill on Buck run, just above the Dakin Corner pike, which was kept in operation for many years. The Millhouses also built a carding and fulling-mill on Buck run, which was kept in operation until about 1828, when it was removed to the old David Jay farm and turned into a school house under the direction of the Caesar Creek monthly meeting of Friends. James Brown built a carding- and fulling-mill 011 Trace branch in a very early day. A saw-mill was afterward erected there also. All these mills have given up their duties decades ago. They, with their dams, have long ago crumbled into ruins and today, 111 most instances, their sites are in cultivation. These little mills and their crude dams were built in the most humble manner and with the least possible outlay for expense. Their machinery was meager, simple in construction and brief in details. Their operation was often a side line with their owners and they were not infrequently operated only at nights, on wet days and during the winter months. ROADS. The absence of early records makes its difficult to locate the early roads. There is a tradition that the first road of the township was one that run from Waynesville to Wilmington, that it passed north of where Harveysburg now is, north of the old McIntyre tavern to Oakland, thence by way of Centre to Wilmington; that it was a perfectly straight line, blazed by an Indian, who received a gallon of whiskey for his services. There is some evidence that points to the conclusion that this trail was traveled as early as 1802. The Bullskin road started from the Ohio river, traversed the state due north to the lakes and was laid out in 1807. Another early road was the Jenkins mill road, that extended from Port William to Mt. Holy, on the Little Miami, crossing the Bullskin in the village of Burlington. Another started from the village of Clarksville, and intersected the Bullskin just south of where the latter village stands today. The roads of those days were mere trails, blazed through the forest and filled with stumps, logs, tree tops and sloughs. The toll roads that followed were a great improvement, but to get off of a toll road was to get into trouble. Then followed the plank roads!, of which but one was ever built in the township. It was on the Wilmington & Harveysburg road and was constructed in 1852. It was made of sawed oak plank, one and a half inches in thickness, eight or ten feet in length, laid down on the ground. They were never a success and were often the source of grave accidents. It was later covered with gravel. About the year 1867 every road in the township was graveled and the result was a system of beautiful pikes. BURIAL GROUNDS. Undoubtedly the oldest cemetery in the township, if not in the county, is the old Jenkins graveyard. It is located three-quarters of a mile east of New Burlington, to the left of the pike leading from that village to Limberton. The Greene county line passes through it. It is upon lands in survey 571, entered by Albert Gallatin in 1787, and purchased by Aaron Jenkins in 1799. The land was set aside by the latter for burial purposes and has since borne his name. His was the first body to be buried there in CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 259 1807, one hundred and eight years ago. It belongs to no sect nor church. but is kept up by Spring Valley township in Greene county and Chester in Clinton. The first person to be buried in the cemetery at the Springfield monthly meeting house was Lydia, the wife of Isaac Harvey and who died on January 1, 1813. Many of the pioneers of this and Adams township found their last resting place here. In 1830 the Methodist Episcopal church organized a congregation at Mount Pisgah, in survey 3,908. A little graveyard was attached to their church building. Only a few graves are to be found there. Other burial places are to be found at the Jonah's Run meeting house and at the Caesar Creek monthly meeting house. PIONEERS. By the laws of the state of Virginia, two thousand six hundred sixty-six and two-thirds acres of land were to be the reward to James Robertson for his services as a lieutenant for three years in the Continental regiments of Virginia. Philip Barbour was his heir-at-law and, in time, Albert Gallatin became the latter's assignee and, on October 18, 1787, entered survey 571, "situated on the lower side of Caesar creek," and containing seven hundred sixty-six and two-thirds acres of land. Twelve years afterward, or in 1799, Aaron Jenkins came from Tennessee and purchased the entire tract of land. He erected thereon a hewed-log house, of the double pattern. His family consisted of five children, three sons, Aaron, James and Baldwin, and two daughters, one of whom was named Lydia. He died in 1807. He was probably the first person to settle within the present confines of Chester township. One of the most prominent of the early pioneer families was that descended from Thomas Lucas. The members of this family originally came from New Jersey, where they were among the first settlers of that colony, receiving, with others, land grants from the English crown. A member of this family, at a very early date, emigrated beyond the Appalachian mountains, settled upon the Indian's "happy hunting ground" and saw the erection of the state of Kentucky. A son of his, Thomas Lucas, mentioned above, early left his parental fireside and moved to Cincinnati about 1875, where he remained for some years. He was the father of six sons, Thomas, Abraham, Ebenezer, John, Caleb and Francis. In 1802 Caleb Lucas purchased of Abijah O'Neal, a land speculator, of Lebanon, one hundred and fifty acres of land in survey 3,916, wholly within the limits of Clinton county. He moved upon his purchase the same year, erected a hewed-log cabin. and began at once to clear his land. He was the father of the following children: Thomas, born October 13, 1799; Sarah. March 29, 1802; Catherine. December 10, 1804; Elizabeth, February 7, 1807; Mary, March 18, 1809; Rachel. April 13, 1811; Frederick, February 22, 1814; Caleb, February 1, 1817; and Ebenezer, October, 1819. Layton Jay, and wife, Nancy, came to Ohio from New Berry district, South Carolina, about 1804. They came by way of Tennessee and Kentucky, crossing the Ohio river at Cincinnati on a fiat boat, the horses tied to it and swimming behind. They landed near the present site of Waynesville, and the family remained there in camp for some time, or until the husband and father could find a place of settlement. He finally took a lease on the lands of James Murray, or what was afterwards known as the Thomas Longstretch farm. His coming was contemporary with the arrival of Robert Eachus, Jacob Haines, Isaac Perkins, Mahlon Haworth and a few others. Isaac Webb, who, for seven years, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, received from his grateful country a warrant for two thousand six hundred sixty-six and two-thirds acres of land. One thousand of this he entered as a part of warrant No. 2,446, "on the upper side of Caesar creek," and was numbered survey 583, bearing the date October 17, 1792. James Hawkins came from Union county, South Carolina, to Ohio with the every-growing stream of emigrants in the year 1806 and settled in present Chester township. 260 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Daily, from 1806, the tide of immigration flowed on unceasingly. From the hills of Pennsylvania and Virginia, the barren lands of the Carolinas, the dark grounds of Tennessee and Kentucky, from New York and far-off New England, they came. But the majority of the early emigrants were Carolinians, not all natives, but persons who came by that route from Pennsylvania and Virginia. Among the most prominent must be mentioned such names as the following: Henry Millhouse, Daiv and Clement Whitson, John Furnas, George Arnold, James Craine, Preserved Dakin, Joshua Nickerson, Elijah Sabin, William, Enoch and Charles Haynes, Enoch Harlan, Nathan and William Harlan, Jacob Hale, William and Deborah McMillan, William and Enoch Faversham, Job Jeffries, Daniel Birdsell, Robert Reese, Caleb Easterling, John Mills, Sr., Moses McKay and John Buckley. The following are the officers of Chester township in 1915: Trustees, T. C. Haydock, Clark Osborn and Alfred Van Tress; clerk, W. A. Bailey ; treasurer, H. L. Laudy. Population, twelve hundred and nine. NEW BURLINGTON. The second village in point of age, but the first in point of size, in Chester township, is New Burlington. It is located in the extreme northwest corner of the township and the northern portion of the village extends into Greene county. It is located in Gallatin's survey, No. 570. The original purchaser of the land on which it stands was Aaron Jenkins, who, on his death, left the land to his son, Baldwin. About the year 1820 Baldwin Jenkins sold one hundred acres of his land to Edward Powers, who, in the same year, built a log house on it and settled there. Shortly afterward Powers sold the hundred acres in question to James Jay, a native of Newberry district, South Carolina, who, in 1829, erected, in the northwest quarter of his land, a story-and-a-half frame dwelling, and occupied it. Griswold B. Hawes, in 1831, rented this building of Jay, converted part of it into a building room and occupied it the same year as a dwelling and store. In the spring of 1833, Jacob Peirson, Sr., Jacob Peirson, Jr., John Grant and John Morford, who were doing business at that time at Mt. Holly under the firm name of Peirson, Grant & Company, came to New Burlington, purchased the stock of Hawes and opened a branch under the management of John Grant. At the same time they purchased of Jay the lot just mentioned, with a frontage on the Bullskin road of thirty feet and a depth of twenty feet, and lot No. 1 in the northeast "square," which contained fifty-nine square rods. The consideration for this, including the building, was one hundred dollars. In this same year (1833) the above mentioned John Grant erected on the latter piece of land a substantial two-story frame building. This building stood for many years. James Jay erected a Conger, a hewed-log house; William Osborn, a log house; William Hurley, a one-story two-story frame building the same year. Others who built homes this year were: Joel frame, and Jordan Whitson and Arza Gage, log dwellings. The year 1834 saw the village in a flourishing condition. In that year came Ezra Smith, from Mt. Holly, and purchased lot No. 2, northeast square, and erected a one-story frame dwelling and shoe-shop. In the same year Samuel Weaver, a native of Hampshire county, Virginia, purchased lot No. 3, in the northeast square. He received a half acre for twenty-five dollars. He was a tailor by trade and opened a shop in his dwelling. Also, in this year, Aaron Hendley purchased lot No. 4, in the same square. With him came William Hendley and his son, John M., and their families. The son purchased land north of lot No. 4, and the father all the land belonging to Jay north of the village plat, namely, fifty-one and a half acres. John M. Hendley's land consisted of about four acres, on which he immediately erected a tannery. The first school in the village was opened in 1833, with Sarah Hollingsworth as the instructor. On February 13, 1834, Isel Ellis purchased of James Jay, for thirty dollars, lot No. 2, in the northwest square, and a few years later erected a substantial two-story frame building. By the year 1834 the store of Mr. Grant was in a flourishing condition, and among the names to be found on his ledger of that year CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 261 the following should be mentioned : Charles Mann, Asa Fisher, Henry Mann, Sr., Bellfleld Jenkins, William Hurley, David Gaskill, Francis McKay, William Ogborn, James Smith, Solomon Whitson, James Grant, David Mann, John Sanders, Aaron Collett, James Jenkins, John Arnold, Frederick Incas, Joel Ellis, Samuel Spray, Benjamin Hawes, Burgess Morgan, Alex Jay, Aaron Jenkins, Zebulon Dakin, William Arnold, Jordan Whitson, Jacob Ellis, Jacob Peterson, John Spray, Robert Kelley, Joseph Michner, Daniel H. Collett, Allen Linton, John Wilson, Isaiah Quinby, James Hawkins, Sr., Solomon Van Meter, Arza Gage, Henry Fletcher, Stephen Buckley and George Arnold. In 1835 James Jenkins erected a two-story building on lot No. 2, southwest square, which was occupied the next year by John Harrison, a native of England, with a general merchandise stock. Harrison remained in business until 1838, when he sold the stock to the firm of Harrison, McKay & Company, of which he himself was the senior partner. James Smith, a resident of Mt. Holly, came to the village in 1835 and opened a blacksmith shop. For many years he was associated with. John Grant in the manufacture of carriages, wagons, buggies and general blacksmithing. He died in 1875, at the age of sixty-five years. Other early settlers of this hamlet were : Francis Moffet, a blacksmith; James Haydock, coming from New Jersey in 1838, a tanner by trade; W. B. Hamilton, from Maryland, a harness-maker and a saddler. The postoffice was established in 1839, under the administration of Martin Van Buren. John Grant was the first postmaster, with David Hollingsworth as deputy. William Burr, a young man, and a nephew of Grant's, was the mail-rider, the route being from Burlington to Xenia. By 1880 the village contained seventy dwellings, two dry-goods stores, three groceries, one saw-mill, two churches, one school, one undertaking establishment, one wagon shop, three blacksmith shops, two physicians and one carpenter shop. Its population at that time was about four hundred. The history of this town would not be complete without a brief reference to the "underground railroad," which plied through this town in the early times. This .important road had a track across Chester township, and New Burlington was one of the chief centers in this county, and which, during the time it was in operation, did a large business. John Grant's house was the principal station in this township and was often filled with dusky passengers, fresh from the blue-grass country of Kentucky. They seemed anxious to try the experiment of a climate nearer the North star and under a different form of government. In Mr. Grant's house there was a hole to the garret, where the fleeing slaves were secreted; sheets were also hung along the side porch in order that the negroes could be taken down to their meals without any one seeing them. There was also another station in this township, northwest of New Burlington, on Caesar's creek. This was the home of Stephen Compton. Mr. Compton's house was built with a cellar, but the opening to this was through a hole in the floor, which could easily be closed and even the most careful observer could not discern it. The slaves were brought from Cincinnati by Samuel and John Compton and Levi Coffin and, after secreting them here awhile, they were taken to Monroe's, at Xenia. James Farquhar ran a "Liberator," which was a large covered wagon made for the purpose to Jamestown. The chief, agents in this traffic were Peter Harrison, Allen Linton, W. B. Hamilton, Benjamin Farquhar and James Haydock. The business interests of New Burlington at present consist of W. C. Smith's general store, feed barn, etc.; William Blair, groceries and notions; T. C. Haydock, Jr., grocery; T. C. Haydock, shoes; Benjamin Lemar, grocery ; H. C. Corr, meat market; W. H. Reeves, restaurant; A. C. Blair & Sons. barbers; George Phillips and Charles Robinson, blacksmiths; H. 0. Whitaker and W. F. McCray are the village physicians, both of the "old school" of doctors; Frank Robinson owns a modern saw and planing-mill. There are several noteworthy incidents and special features of the town, among which are the fact that the postoffice is at present located in Greene county. Markin 262 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Isenhower is the present postmaster. The room where W. C. Smith's store is now located was an "underground station" and has been built some eighty years; James Haydock, who was the father of T. C. Haydock, Sr., ran a tannery in this town for fifty years and his son has kept a shoe store for thirty years. In the aggregate, they have been in the leather business in the same stand for eighty years. New Burlington now has a population of three hundred and fifty. It is a very modern little town. It has a good band of sixteen members, with good equipment and new uniforms. T. C. Haydock, Jr., is the present director. The line of Greene and Clinton counties passes through the town and several of the different houses of worship, lodge buildings, etc., are in Greene county. OAKLAND. The village of Oakland is situated in the southeast corner of Chester township, in Gates' survey, No. 2,230, on the highway that leads from Wilmington to Waynesville. It is undoubtedly the oldest town in Clinton county. Several of the oldest settlers of the county spoke of Oakland as one of the points in the county when they first came. One such mention is that of John Leonard, who spoke of Oakland and Waynesville as two points well known through which they had to pass in 1805 on their way from Cincinnati to the place of their settlement on Todd's fork. The original village plat was laid out by James Murray on December 27, 1806, with the hope that it would be adopted as a county seat. When this hope was disappointed on the organization of the county in 1810, it grew very slowly. The village took its name from the many giant trees of oak that stood thickly on the grounds of that locality. In this village the first brick house in the county was built by James Birdsall. William Birdsall came to the township in February, 1838, and purchased two of the farms that previously belonged to James Birdsall, his cousin. He laid out the present village plat of Oakland on the west side of the original plat. Owing to the fact that it was merely a country village, with no railroad or natural advantages to further its growth, it has remained little more than a wayside hamlet. There are present some fifteen houses in the village. The professional interests consist of one physician, J. B. McKenzie, and an apiarist, James Vineard. KINGMAN. This little hamlet lies at the west end of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton railroad. It was never platted and evidently its existence came about through the "stoppage" of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton railroad, which has its terminus here. The business interests of the town are taken care of by H. W. Smith & Company, who have an elevator and general store in that part of the town known as South Kingman. That part of the town which is off the railroad and evidently was laid out first is known as North Kingman. In this part of the town there are about twenty families. The township house is located here. The business interests are William Hazard's general store and blacksmith shop and L. D. Fleming's saw-mill. The high school building burned on November 16, 1914, and a new building is in the process of construction. It will be an eight-room structure and will cost twenty-five thousand dollars. This is a consolidated school, with three rooms for the high school and four for the grades. The enrollment for this year in the high school was eighty, and the 1915 graduating class numbered eight. H. H. Smith is the principal. CHAPTER XIX CLARK TOWNSHIP. Clark township is bounded on the east by Greene township, of Clinton county ; on the southeast and south by Highland county; on the west by Brown county and Jefferson township, of Clinton county, and on the northwest and north by Washington township. It is located in the southern part of the county and extends further south than any other portion of the county. It is very irregular in shape. A line drawn between the extremest points north and south would extend about nine miles and such a line across the center, east and west, would measure about six and a half miles. Its area includes about twenty-three thousand five hundred acres of land. This section was part of the Virginia military district and, prior to the organization of Clinton county in 1810, the eastern portion was included in Highland county and the western portion was embraced in Warren county, the line between the two being about one-half mile west of the present site of Martinsville. From 1810 to 1817, the portion east of this line was included in Green township, that west of the line, in Vernon. A petition, signed by many citizens of this section of the county, was presented to the county commissioners on July 14, 1816, asking that a new township be organized with the boundaries as they are at present, except that it extended northward to Cowan's creek, thus including all the eastern portion of Washington township. It was reduced to its present confines by the establishment of Washington township in 1835. NATURAL FEATURES. The East fork of the Little Miami river drains the southern and southeastern parts of the township. Its tributaries are mingled so thoroughly with those of the East fork of Todd's fork, which drains the northern and western portions of the township, that the securing of the outlets for the erection of farm drains has always been a rather simple matter. Large, open ditches have been built through the central and southwestern portions of the township, thus completing the natural drainage systems. The greater portion of the township is level or slightly rolling, with a gradual and general slope toward the south or southwest. SETTLEMENT. Tradition has it that Thomas Johns was the first to settle within the present bounds of Clark township. He is said to have located on the East fork, about three miles southeast of the present site of Martinsville. Nothing about the place of his birth or of the date of his settlement can be ascertained. However, it is known that Isaac Miller settled about three miles east of Martinsville. The story is told that Mr. Miller, needing a hoe, journeyed sixteen miles on foot through the forests to New Market in Highland county to make his purchase. Joseph McKibben also settled about the same time in the same neighborhood. In 1806, John Wright came from North Carolina, bought the present site of Martinsville, for two dollars ah acre, and settled there. He was mainly instrumental In the laying-out of that village and erected the first house within its limits. A daughter of his was the first person to be interred in the Friend's graveyard at Martinsville. By the year 1808, Samuel McCulloch had settled on East fork, four miles southeast of Martinsville, and Isaac Van Meter and John Jones near the present site of Lynchburg. Daniel and Joseph Moon, brothers, came from Jefferson county, Tennessee, in the 264 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. spring of 1808, and settled about one mile east of Martinsville. Samuel Moon, another brother, and John Ruth, a brother-in-law and the husband of Jane Moore, came to the same neighborhood in the following fall. In the spring of the following year, 1809, Joseph Moon, Sr., father of the above, with his family and two sons, William and Jesse, and their families, and his brother, John Moon, joined the others in the new settlement. Another brother-in-law, James Garner, the husband of Mary Moon, settled in the same limits in 1811. In 1810, John Beales, of North Carolina, Christopher Hiatt, of Virginia, and James Puckett and Daniel Puckett, both from North Carolina, settled in the neighborhood about Martinsville. Daniel Puckett was a minister in the Friends church and was one of the first to preach the gospel in the new settlement. He afterwards moved to Indiana. William West settled one-half a mile north of Martinsville in 1811. He is the ancestor of the great family of Wests, of Clark township. Joseph Mills, Sr., of North Carolina, settled to the northeast of Martinsville in 1814. In the same year, David Hockett, Sr., settled in that neighborhood. He died in 1842, at the ripe age of seventy-seven. Jonathan Hockett, a brother of David, settled one-half mile west of Martinsville in 1816. Jacob Hunt and family, of Virginia, settled a short distance to the north of Martinsville in 1816 and the following year were joined by his brother, Thomas Hunt, who settled adjoining. In 1819, Aaron Betts, of Virginia, settled to the west of Martinsville, purchasing a large tract of land. The following names should be mentioned in a list of the early pioneers of the township. No authentic information could be obtained as to the date of their settlements: John Lytle, William Nixon, Aaron Ruse, William and Richard Owsley, Joshua Betterton, Daniel Nordyke, Jacob Jackson, Owen West, Isaac, William and Robert Jones, Gideon McKibben, Thomas McLin, William Chalfont, William Davis, Ashley Johnson, George Shields, William Patterson and James Hadley. MILLS. In the first days of the settlement the meal for bread for the community was ground on a hand-mill owned by Joseph Moon, Sr. A short time afterwards, Isaac Nordyke built a horse-mill five or six miles away from the Martinsville settlement. The next opportunities were to take two or three bushels of grain on horseback to the mill on Cowan's creek or the East fork. When the water was too low for these mills to operate, a journey of three or four days was required to reach the mills on the Miami. The first mill to be built within the confines of the township was a saw and grist-mill built by William Leagitt on the East fork, followed by Isaac Jones, near Lynchburg, and the third was built by Aaron Ruse on the same stream, between Leagitt's and Jones'. William Patterson built the fourth mill in the township on the East fork of Todd's fork, half a mile northwest of Martinsville. A carding-mill, run by oxen on an inclined wheel, was built about 1827, by Christopher Hiatt. John Lytle later erected another carding-machine near the present site of Martinsville, as did also Curtis Jackson. The first mill within the township to use steam power was built about a mile west of that town in 1833 or 1834. Isaac Pidgeon applied steam to a carding and fulling machine, to which he attached apparatus for grinding corn a short time later. Two other steam-mills were built later—one known as Kester's, about two miles northeast of Martinsville, which was removed several years later to Farmer's Station; the other, in Martinsville, built with money raised by subscription for that purpose. The mill was built and operated for a while by Angus McCoy and Daniel Carey. This mill was destroyed by fire about the year 1860, while owned by Jehu Davis, who erected another building. The following are the officers of Clark township in 1916: Trustees, Newton Davis, Albert Wood and Frank Brown ; clerk, H. A: Clark ; treasurer, Harley Botts. The population is sixteen hundred and sixty-seven. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 265 MARTINSVILLE. By L. Euless Spencer. Martinsville is situated in the northern part of Clark township, on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad, about midway between New Vienna and Blanchester. This village was laid out and platted by John Wright, William Nixon and James Moon, proprietors, on September 23, 1816. It was part of the David Bradford survey, No. 2,391. The first election for this township was held in John Wright's store, in Martinsville. In the year 1806, John Wright, of North Carolina, settled upon land from which the larger part of the present site of Martinsville was taken, buying the land at two dollars per acre. Mr. Wright was mainly instrumental in the laying out of the village and erected the first house within the present limits. About the year 1828, John Lytle erected a carding machine near the present site of the village, and Curtis Jackson built a mill near by, both of which were run by oxen on an inclined wheel. A steam mill, the first in the village, was erected at Martinsville, with funds raised by subscription, about two thousand dollars having been obtained for the purpose. The mill was built and operated for a time by Angus McCoy and Daniel Carey. This mill was destroyd by fire in 1860 or 1861, while owned by Jehu Davis. The first merchants in the village were Lewis Garrett and Robert Grant. Their store was opened up about the time of the laying out of the town, in 1816. It is said that the main feature of their business was the liquor traffic. They soon failed. They were soon followed by John Wright, whose entire capital did not exceed five hundred dollars. The first hotel was opened by Samuel Harbin, who was followed by Peyton Burton, who was succeeded by Samuel Hiatt. The first hatters were John Chew and Thomas Sally. William Moon was the first blacksmith and gunsmith, opening a shop as early as 1809. Asaph Hiatt was the first cabinetmaker, beginning his work about 1815. Jesse Jackson was the first to follow shoemaking as a profession, and Aaron Bets was the first tanner. About 1834-1835, Dr. John E. Dalton, of New Hampshire, became a resident of Martinsville. He was probably the first practicing physician who resided in the township. Doctor Dalton was also engaged in the mercantile business, and brought the first case of boots of Eastern manufacture ever offered for sale in the village. The issue of the Wilmington Democrat and Herald for January 31, 1834, mentioned the fact that a post-office had been established at Martinsville and Dr. John E. Dalton appointed postmaster, The Doctor must, therefore, have come to the village not later than 1833. He was succeeded in the postoffice by David W. Hockett, and the third postmaster was John Hart. Others who have served this office are: Charles Cline, G. H. Moon, William Himes, Thomas Gaddis, C. C. Moon, Charles McKenzie, C. L. Hixson and J. T. Crawford, and the present postmaster, C. W. Turner, who 'received the appointment in 1914. His assistant is Mrs. Turner. When Doctor Dalton and others petitioned for the office, the law required that offices should be at least four miles apart. To ascertain whether the office could be obtained, the distance to Cuba, the nearest postoffice, was measured with a tape line, and it was found to be but very little over the required distance. Doctor Dalton also had the honor of being the first to agitate the temperance cause publicly in the community. The population of this village, according to the census of 1880, was 355; 1890, 336; 1900, 338; 1910, 334. A telegraph office was opened in 1863-64 by I. N. Miller. From this station, during the fall and winter of 1881, about $100,000 worth of hogs and $20,000 worth of wheat were shipped. The valuation of town lots in Martinsville, according to the assessment of 1880, was $11,813; valuation of dwellings, $30,345; valuation of other buildings, $2,965; valuation of mill property, $1,400; total value, $46,523. The present officers are: Mayor, E. C. Garner; marshal, Fred Aldrich; clerk, L. M. Townsend; health officer, Fred Aldrich; street commissioner, J. D. Loney; treasurer, L. C. 266 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Dolph; councilmen: President, Dr. V. T. Scott, H: B. Hunt, William Cline, George Collins, Ernest 11. Hazard, H. J. Wright. The high school has an enrollment of one hundred and seventy pupils; the following teachers have been employed for the ensuing term: Superintendent, Karl Kay; principal, Miss Clara E. Smith; assistants, Roy M. Black, Joe V. Deck, Miss Esther T. Carroll, Mrs. Gertrude Winters, Miss Josephine Simmons. The teachers and pupils have a splendid new thirty-five-thousand-dollar building in which to do their work. Members of the school board are: President, Dr. W. K. Ruble; clerk, J. M. West; George Townsend, Harry Greene, Homer Eaglin. Martinsville has a volunteer fire department, the equipment consisting of a hand engine, operated by twenty men, and one thousand feet of hose. There are five wells located in different parts of the village, which furnish an ample supply of water in time of fires. E. R. Hazard is the fire chief. The Martinsville band was organized in 1913 by H. A. Clark. There are fourteen pieces.' Their concerts on the public square every Thursday night are enjoyed and highly appreciated by great crowds of people. The Martinsville Protective Association was organized in 1907. The officers of this organization are: President, C. B. Clelland; vice-president, Jesse Moon; secretary, F. W. Spencer ; treasurer, W. T. Scott. The Farmers Bank, D. D. Hunt, president; L. M. Townsend, cashier; capitalization, twenty-five thousand dollars, was established in 1863 by F. M. Moore and Nathaniel Hunter, who were succeeded on August 1, 1873, by Larkin Clelland and Milton Hunt. BUSINESS INTERESTS. W. T. Jay, dry-goods, boots, shoes, carpets and groceries, started in business in 1897, in a room twenty by eighty feet. Mr. Jay conducted this business until 1901, when he shipped his stock to New Albany, Indiana. But realizing his mistake in leaving this prosperous town, he returned within a year and opened up a store in the same room he had occupied before. He is now doing business at the old stand. Mr. Jay has been successful, as the number of years he has been in business will testify. The Clinton Supply Company, S. S. Montgomery, proprietor, deals in dry-goods, notions, boots, shoes and carpets. In 1910, S. S. Montgomery and William Hunt purchased the stock of dry-goods, notions, boots and shoes of Kester & Moon. Immediately upon taking possession they closed out at auction a part of the stock purchased of Kester & Moon and replenished with new and staple stock. In 1914, the firm dissolved partnership, Mr. Montgomery taking over the entire business. He has an extensive installment business, which keeps one man on the road all the time. M. E. West, groceries, hardware, paint, harness, etc., has been in business since 1903. Eight of these years he was associated with F. W. Hadley, but in 1911 this partnership was dissolved. Botts & Dolph sell groceries, hardware, paints, harness, etc. In 1906 Harley Botts purchased the above line of Alva Florea. Later in the same year Mr. Botts sold out, Mr. Florea again becoming the owner. In 1907, Mr. Botts repurchased the stock of Mr. Florea and was the sole owner until 1910, when L. C. Dolph bought a half interest in the business. F. W. Spencer, restaurant and confectionery, commenced business in 1902. He manufactures his ice cream, having a power plant of one hundred gallons per day capacity. By persistent effort and courteous treatment he has established a successful business. J. E. Thrusher, jeweler, also handles shoes and does shoe repairing. Odis Wood opened a barber shop in 1912. A. M. Peale is a painter and paperhanger, also cobbler. W. A. Denius, baker, started in business in 1914. and from all indications it will be a permanent establishment. Mrs. J. L. Loney, milliner and dressmaker, is assisted by her daughter, Ethalyn. Simmons Sisters handle millinery. Ernest R. Hazard, lumber, feed and coal, moved to Martinsville in the spring of 1910, having purchasd the business of H. J. Wright: Mr. Hazard has one of the most up-to-date lumber CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 267 yards for a small town in the state. When the new addition to Martinsville was opened up Mr. Hazard purchased some lots and built a handsome residence for himself and family. Clinton Hotel—H. J. Swearingen & Son conduct this popular hotel. H. J. Swearingen & Son, livery and feed and auto service, have been in business since 1903. Dr. H. A. Clark, dentist, enjoys a lucrative business. Dr. W. T. Scott located in our town in 1889, and Dr. W. K. Ruble has been in practice since 1890. S. M. White, undertaker, located here in 1914. The Martinsville Creamery Company is a stock company, operated by George Neffner and managed by F. N. Smith. George Harris, blacksmith, woodworker and general repairing, became the successor to P. M. Webb in March, 1915. F. N. Smith, coal and grain, moved to Martinsville in 1914. R. 11. James, tinsmith, located here in 1909. West & Townsend, real estate, farming implements and plumbing, located here in 1890. A. F. Shaper & Son have a large machine shop in course of construction, which will be in opera ton in the near future. Lewis Pfister, blacksmith, one of the pioneers of the town, began manufacturing buggies in 1885, under the firm name of Vance & Pfister. This firm did an extensive business at the time. Buggies can still be seen that were made by them twenty-nine years ago. In 1874 George Harris became a partner with Mr. Pfister in the blacksmithing department, the firm name being Pfister & Harris. They conducted the blacksmithing business until 1903, when the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Pfister continuing the business. Other business interests include: W. W. Townsend, plumber ; H. J. Swearenger, livery; Clyde Herron, dry cleaning; B. W. Williamson, 0. Guy Rhonemus, decorators and painters; Will Christ, veterinary ; W. J. Kirby & Son and Christopher Savage, stock buyers; Mack Brown, who resides in this township, is a breeder of fancy Poland China hogs; he is also an excellent judge of hogs and has taken many prizes on his hogs at the state fairs of Ohio and Illinois; Scott Brender is a White Orpington fancier, and is also the owner of " Patsy Dumas," the great racing mare, which has a mark of 2:10. "Patsy Dumas" is a pacer and has won considerable money in this and neighboring states. Martinsville has quite a reputation for her trained bloodhounds. They are the property of W. T. Scott and C. W. Turner. These hounds are noted in this part of the state for their efficiency. William Pracht is the agent for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at present. The religious interests of the town are taken care of by the following churches: Church of Christ, Methodist and Friends. The town also supports three temperance societies, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union proper and Young People's Branch and Loyal Temperance Legion, branches of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. These societies are ever ready to help the poor and administer to the sick. In fact, they aid in every way they can to cheer and bless humanity. This society has at present fifty-four members. While the town is loyal to the religious work at home, yet it does not neglect the work elsewhere. The Christian Women's Board of Missions Auxiliary is a branch of the Christian Women's Board of Missions, whose headquarters are at Indianapolis, Indiana. They support missionaries in foreign fields, schools in the mountains and also for the negroes of the South; furnish Bible charts to the state universities and also lot after the foreigner as soon as he comes to our land. The Young People's Branch, a branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, are doing splendid work. They meet every two weeks at the home of one of the members, and enjoy a social hour after the business session of the meeting. They can boast of being the largest Young People's Branch society in the county, having an enrollment of sixty-five members. The motto of this society is "Others." Their colors are blue and white. The Martinsville Good Reading Club was organized in March, 1912. The club consists of twelve members and its object is to promote good reading and social enjoyment. After 268 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. the business session of each meeting a program of readings and music is enjoyed. Refreshments are then served by the hostess. The motto of this society is, "Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil." The colors are red, white and blue. FARMER'S STATION. Farmer's Station is a stop on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, about midway between Martinsville and New Vienna. This town was never platted, and evidently sprang up after the building of the railroad through this part of the county. J. F. McKibben is the present agent for this railroad. Kibben also owns and runs an up-to-date general merchandise store in the village. A produce house is also kept in connection with the store. R. E. Ellis and Benjamin Drake have a blacksmith shop and do general repair work of all kinds. F. M. & Ed Achor are dealers in buggies and farm implements. There are two coal yards in the village, operated by McKibben & Preston. The population at present comprises about twenty families. JONESBORO. Jonesboro is the last town started in Clark township. This little hamlet is situated just south of Martinsville, on the Martinsville and Westboro pike. It is merely a cluster of houses on the cross roads and was never platted. There are no business or professional interests at present. CHAPTER XX. GREEN TOWNSHIP. Clinton county was formed from the territory of Highland and Warren counties and Green township had been organized while this territory was still a part of Highland county. Clinton county was not organized until 1810 and evidently Green township was organized some two or three years prior to this date. In one of the early township books we find this record: "(1) October 28, 1809, William Noble's ear mark of his hogs, sheep and cattle is a crop and under-slit in the right ear and a hole in the left." "(2) December 4, 1809, Thomas Cox's ear mark of his hogs, sheep and cattle is a swallow fork and under-bit in the left ear and a hole in the left." It is also a matter of record that the early citizens of this township paid tax as citizens of Green township, Highland county. Two of the tax receipts are given as evidence of the fact : "Tax receipt, October 6, 1807. Received of Micajah Nordyke $2.65 of land and county tax for the year. Received by B. W. Johnson." "November 9, 1809. Received of Micajah Nordyke his state and county tax; state tax $2.25, county tax 45 cents; 300 acres of land, No. 4,397." Therefore, we can safely draw the conclusion that this township was formed as early as 1809. Green township lies in the southeast part of Clinton county. It is bounded on the southeast by Highland county; on the west by Clark, Washington and Union townships; on the north by Union and Wayne townships and on the northeast by Wayne township. Its form is rhomboidal. This township contains about forty-three square miles of land, or twenty-seven thousand five hundred and twenty acres. The northeast part of the township lies on the waters of Paint creek; the southwest part lies on the headwaters of the Little Miami river. TOPOGRAPHY. The surface of the land is gently rolling, but in some places it is very level. All of the land is tillable. The soil is excellent and the larger part is a black loam, of great depth and very productive. A large part of this township was once rejected swamps, but the energy and efforts of the early citizens have been rewarded by the value and productiveness of this land which has been reclaimed. It is drained by the smaller tributaries of the East Fork of the Little Miami river, Cowan's creek, Lee's creek and Paint creek. There are no springs in this township, but water of an excellent quality can be obtained but a few feet below the surface of the soil. SETTLEMENT. The white man evidently made his first appearance in this township about the year 1800. The exact time when he came here is not a matter of record. and tradition is not authentic in such matters. The first settlers to take out land with the intention of making this their permanent home were Joseph Anthony, who came here from Virginia ; Abner Van. Meter and Samuel Clevenger ; Morgan Van Meter, who was a native of Morgantown, Virginia, and who settled in the vicinity of Snow Hill In the year 1800. Van Meter purchased two hundred acres of land, on which he erected a double log house and this was the first log cabin erected in the township. It is thought by older inhabitants of this township that the first settlement was made a little southwest of the center of the township on the East fork of the Little Miami river. Micajah Nordyke was among the first settlers to locate here. He was a 270 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. native of North Carolina and came to this county in the year 1804. In 1806 he sold his former claim and settled a short distance west, in the same township. The Nordyke brothers were born in North Carolina, but, while yet quite young, moved to South Carolina and remained there a short time, when they moved to Tennessee, on a stream called Lost creek. They came direct to Clinton county from this place and remained here until their death. They purchased their land for two dollars and fifty cents an acre of Col. A. Buford, who then owned a large tract of this region. As one bit of living organism will attract others, so this small settlement in the far-off wilderness served as a nucleus around which many others gathered. Joshua and Stephen Hussey emigrated from North Carolina, their native state, in the year 1806-07 and bought land in this township, a portion of which is included in the present limits of the town of New Vienna. The first house built by these brothers was only a short distance from New Vienna. Charles Harris, who was the father of Elisha Harris, bought a tract of land in this township and began the work of improving it and getting it under cultivation. About the same time, Thomas Cox, who was the father of Vincent Cox, of New Vienna, settled here. Other early settlers who assisted in the upbuilding of the township, are Joseph Anthony, William Noble, Sr., Aaron Cox and Eliha Noble. Charles Harris built the "Snow Hill house," and opened a tavern there, probably the first opened in the county. Mr. Harris's brother-in-law, Samuel Wasson, built a house about the same time and near the Snow Hill house and commenced to entertain travelers. The land in the northwest part of the township was held originally in large tracts, which Congress had bestowed for military services rendered in the Revolutionary struggle, or in repelling the attacks of the savage aborigines of the county. In consequence of this, the northern and northwestern part of the township was not settled as early as the southern and southeastern part. The pioneers of this region were brave. big-hearted, truthful, generous and kind. They left the civilization of their early homes and sought their fortunes in the wilds of the Mississippi valley. After these men had found the lands which they had bought, the first thing they did was to erect a rude structure called a cabin, for the protection of those for whom they were ready to sacrifice their lives. When suitable sites were located on which to build their cabins, they at once began the work of construction, which consisted in the hewing and shaping of the logs and putting them together, and in a marvelously short time there would rise in the woods these embryo homes. In these crude homes, the loving housewife and playful children were afterwards to share the love and caresses, hardships and privations of their noble husbands and fathers. These log houses were usually small, with but one large room, some sixteen or eighteen by twenty feet square, eight or nine feet high, constructed of rough logs, covered with clapboards, three or four feet long and six to ten inches in width, laid in layers and held to their places with poles. The spaces between the logs were filled with pieces of timber and covered with mortar made of clay and water. The floor was rough, made of puncheons or slabs, split from the trunks of trees and smoothed on one side. In the center of one wall the chimney was constructed, which usually took up the entire side of the house. This was constructed by cutting away three or four of the lower logs at one end of the buildings and then building them to the wall again by attaching pieces between the ends of the logs removed and parts still remaining in the walls. Against these logs and timbers, stones were placed, against which the fire was built. This was called the back wall and the chimney was constructed by laying together small pieces of timber and plastering these within and without with clay mortar. The clothing of these early pioneers was hand-made and was called linsey-woolsey. A gloom was cast over the thinly-settled community by the death of the child of Abner Van Meter, which was the first death to occur in the township. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO- 271 For several years after the coming of the first settler; the growth of the township was slow; Emigrants came in from the south and east, but the influx was rather scanty. By 1820 the population had increased until practically all of the lands were occupied. The growth and progress was steady from then to the present time and the farms, which mow yield large crops, were reclaimed by these sturdy pioneers. FIRST SCHOOL. It is rather uncertain where the first school was located in this township, but popular opinion among the older inhabitants seems to point to the town of New Vienna. This house was built about the year 1812. Robert Peggin was first employed to keep this school, but he was a man of intemperance and lax morals and was soon released. James Savage was the next employe, but, morally, he was very little better, hence he was likewise released. The following are the officers of Green township in 1915: Trustees, William Cashman, C. B. Miller and Charles Johnson ; clerk, H. L. Bower; treasurer, William. H. Holmes. Population, two thousand one hundred fifty-eight. NEW VIENNA. By A. W. Boden. New Vienna is located between Cincinnati and Chillicothe, on the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. It is situated within the boundary line of Clinton county but borders on Highland. Hussey sold his interest to Joseph Starr. "Buzzard's Glory," as the town was first called, was laid off as a village April 21, 1835, by Nathan Linton, surveyor, for Thomas Hussey (father of Stephen Hussey). It was called "Buzzard's Glory" from the fact that a man by the name of Mortimer, in the early days, about 1812 or 1813, was running a tanyard over in the "Canada" part of town. It was part of the Collohill survey No. 1,078. While thus employed, he became financially embarrassed, and his stock was levied on. The hides were taken out to the vats preparatory to sale and hung on poles where they remained for several days, affording bait for an innumerable throng of buzzards, and while they were thus flocking to feed on Mortimer's hides, the place was dubbed "Buzzard's Glory." Harkens T. Van Winkle gave the town its present name of New Vienna. Among the first settlers were Thomas and Joshua Hussey. They started a grist-mill in 1826, near where the home of John T. Wright is now located. They continued in business until the year 1833, when they purchased an engine and began running a stealth grist and saw-mill. During the year 1827, Rafe Mortimer and Stephen Hussey sunk a tanyard in that part of town now known as "Canada." This tanyard was located just between what is now known as the William Moore property and the home of William Rollison. Remains of the old tanyard can yet be seen there. The firm continued in business until 1829, when Mr. In 1829. Stephen Hussey and William Reese opened a store in a building that stood where the present residence of William Triplett stands. This was the first business of its kind ever conducted in New Vienna. They sold their goods to Thomas Hussey and Henry Kennedy. These gentlemen were afterward succeeded in business by George Townsend and he by Judge Isaac Thornburg. In 1829 Jonathan Haworth and Thomas Reese started a carding-mill. About the year 1834, Zion Rains put in operation an oil-mill for the manufacture of linseed oil. The first hotel in New Vienna was kept by Girard Morgan on the lot now occupied by the residence of Frank W. Hadley. John E. Dalton was the first practicing physician of the village. Granville Osborne was the first, as well as the present, Ulmer of the town, and John Spears. the principal blacksmith. Among the names of the early settlers in this community are some of the well-known 272 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. family names of today. Their names and date of settlement are as follow : Micajah Nordyke, 1806; Jehu Ellis, 1806; Morgan Van Meter, Charles Harris, William Noble, James Johnson, John Shockley, Nathan Hockett, Joseph Hockett, John Hockett, Eleazer Johnson, Absalom Van Meter, Stephen Hussey, Sr., Joshua Hussey, Nordyke and others settled around them. When they began to hear their neighbor's dog bark they thought they were getting pretty close. The first public improvement in the new settlement was to build a house of worship. Micajah Nordyke donated three acres of land where what is now known as the Quaker cemetery is located, on the farm of Lawrence Wright. On this site was built a log house of two rooms, with one door and one window in each room. The two rooms were connected by sliding shutters in the partition. A stone hearth was placed in the center of each room to burn charcoal on, as stoves could not be procured at that time. This was in about the year 1809. This first house of worship was what is known now as the Friends church. They occupied this building until the year 1871, when their present house was built. At that time the Friends had their principal printing office of the United States in New Vienna and sent out from here printed matter, such as weekly papers, monthlies, books, etc. The first school in the new colony was taught on the Henry Nordyke place, still known as the Nordyke farm and lying next to the farm of Charles Miller. It was taught by Daniel Frazier. The next school, in the same house, was taught by Moses Foley. The next was taught in the log meeting house above described by Robert Ellis. The first house built expressly for school purposes was a large building on the lot now occupied by the residence of Fred Johnson; this was built in 1820, and was warmed by the first stove that was brought here. A Mr. Rains erected an oil factory where Mrs. Rena Edwards now lives and was quite successful in this enterprise for a while. Silas Woodmansee and George W. Matthews opened the second store in the village. The Methodist Episcopal church was organized in the early history of the village, probably about the year 1843. Their first house of worship was built about 1850, on a site at the edge of where their church now stands. This continued until 1876, when the present building was erected. A Rev. C. B. Warrington was the first preacher to visit this place and at the commencement of the first meeting Mrs. Bowers was the only member in town. The first Baptist church was erected about two miles east of the village on what is now known as the Burnett land and adjoining the old cemetery, which is still there. It was then known as "Hard-Shell Baptist church." After a time a division occurred, when the more liberal-minded collected themselves together and kept up worship at the houses of friends until the band grew strong enough to erect a place of worship, which they did in 1840. The Catholic church was more recently organized and at first bought and used the old school building which stood on the site now occupied by their church. This building was removed and they built the church they now occupy. The Church of Christ has existed as an organized body since 1866. The ground work was laid by W. D. Moore, who was then a missionary at this place under the auspices of Mt. Olive, Bethel and New Antioch churches. The churches employed him for one-fourth of his time for one year, commencing in the fall of 1859, to labor at New Vienna. In June. 1869, W. D. Moore and Rev. Mr. Bacon held a discussion, involving the doctrine of Universalism. This discussion, it is said, settled the question in this community of the doctrine of unconditional salvation. In the fall of 1866, from one thousand to one thousand five hundred dollars was subscribed for building a church house and the work was postponed until spring. With spring came the War of the Rebellion and the work was not begun until the end of the war. The building was first built in 1866 or 1867, with Zephaniah Spears and Clark Dixon as overseers. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 273 From the time New Vienna was first laid out until 1880, it steadily increased in population and business. In 1880, it ranked as the second town in the county and in some respects commanded a larger trade than did the county seat. Since 1880, New Vienna has almost remained stationary as to population, although the business conditions have been improved with the advancing times. At the present time New Vienna is a village of about nine hundred souls. New Vienna has good cement walks throughout the town, has good streets and supports a municipal water and light plant. She has two dry-goods stores, four grocery stores and one hardware store. Three of the groceries have hardware departments in connection. The town is well supplied with three first-class restaurants and confectioneries, two meat markets, two drug stores, two clothing stores, one book store and the best weekly paper in southern Ohio. It has one jewelry store and one bank, the New Vienna Bank being one of the two roll of honor banks of Clinton county. It has three blacksmith shops, two garages, on-e buggy repository, one harness shop, one furniture store, one furniture repairing establishment, a first-class bakery and an up-to-date dry-cleaning establishment. It has five good churches, five fraternal orders and their auxiliaries, two livery barns and three auto livery concerns. In the manufacturing line New Vienna is represented by one of the largest and best flour-mills on the Baltimore & Ohio South Western between Cincinnati and Parkersburg. There is also a creamery with an established reputation with all handlers of creamery butter ; a tile and brick plant, an agricultural lime plant and a lumber-mill. The New Vienna high school is one of the best in the state, as proven by the fact that the United States commissioner of education saw fit to send a representative from his office to inspect it. It is the first school in the state of Ohio to employ a domestic science director for twelve months in the year. The town is also favored with the county normal and a six-weeks' summer normal session. Roy C. Hale is the present postmaster. 0. C. Borden is the agent for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The present town officials are : John W. Matthews, mayor ; R. J. Rulon, clerk; John B. Swingley, marshal; William H. Curtis, J. L. Michael, L. G. Morton, Fred S. Johnson, William Foreman and Thomas Hodson, councilmen; John F. Schuler, George M. Neffner and W. R. Pemberton, board of public works; 0. C. Borden, E. E. Haynes, C. 0. Bernard, John Edingfield and C. N. Carey, school board. NEW ANTIOCH. New Antioch is but a hamlet, of probably one hundred and fifty inhabitants, situated a half-mile to the northeast of the New Vienna and Wilmington pike, and about eight miles from the former place. It was platted by Charles Underwood, surveyor, for Paul Hulls, Jr.. David Marble and others, on February 28, 1851. It is part of Johnson and others' survey No. 2,386. Its buildings are all frame, but good and substantial, and takes on an appearance of thrift. Two pikes pass through the town. The early industries consisted of a mill, operated by John Duchene; two stores, run by the Layman Brothers and the Rulon Brothers. John Barrett was the early shoemaker, and Pressley Rulon accommodated the early citizens with harness. The present business and professional interests consist of one general merchandise store, owned by C. V. Murphy; one grocery store, owned by J. W. Summers; three blacksmith shops, Thomas Devers, Elmer Urton and William Arrsmith operating them ; Nelson Hall is the village barber ; James Hobson runs a shoe shop; J. W. Durham owns and operates a flour and saw-mill, and V. E. Hutchins is the village physician. Snow Hill is the only other hamlet in this township, and is one of the early towns laid out in the county. It was platted and laid out for Charles Harris, proprietor, November 11, 1817. on the William Talifairo survey No. 192. (18) 274 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Morgantown is a defunct town of Green township. The village was first laid out on what is known as the Washington Spear farm near Snow Hill, now owned by the Swingley estate. This settlement was called Morgantown and there were but a very few houses built there. This village was platted on February 23, 1816, and laid out for Isaac Pearson, Jr., and Mary Van Matre, the proprietors. This was part of the William Tallifairo survey No. 1,101. It remained a town but a short time, and was then vacated and reverted back to farm land.