FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 225 well its purpose until 1864, when Mount Carmel church was erected one mile to the east of Jasper Mills. This cost one thousand two hundred dollars. Another Methodist church was formed in 1840, in the township, on the Albert Mark land. One followed in 1843, on the Coons estate. These were both hewed-log buildings. In 1846 another society of this denomination was added to the township, a short distance from Plymouth. This building was in use until 1866, when a good brick building was built at Plymouth. Another Methodist society was organized in the Center neighborhood in 1848. A school house was their place of worship till 1851. About this date a church was erected near the school house where they had worshiped, costing two thousand two hundred dollars. This was on the Allen pike. In 1878 the Harmony church, located six miles West of Washington C. H., on the Palmer pike, was established. The building cost one thousand five hundred dollars. Joel Dolby was the first minister. In Concord township a larger portion of the early settlers were of the Methodist Episcopal faith. Meetings were held in numerous cabins. In 1830 there was no regular organized church of this denomination in the township. But between 1830 and 1832 a class must have been formed. Henry Turner is named as the first circuit rider in the neighborhood. He travel over from Hillsboro and in order to meet his flock was compelled to travel over unbridged streams and without pikes, a distance of almost thirty miles each trip. He rode his horse twenty-seven days a month in order to fill all of his appointments. Other circuit riders were John Collins and William Simmons. In 185o-5I a neat and well constructed building was provided. In 1881 this church was reported to the conference as being in excellent condition. In Green township the Buena Vista Methodist Episcopal church was organized about 1831-2, on Rattlesnake creek, near present Buena Vista, in a school house where the voters of the township usually assembled to cast their annual votes. A small church was built in 1845, and ten years later a larger, better house was provided. The oldest of all Methodist societies in this township was the Olive Chapel Methodist Episcopal church, which class worshiped in a rude log cabin for a number of years. Its history has faded with the passing of years. The lst account we have is of the erection of a frame chapel about 1860. In Perry township the first Methodist Episcopal church.was organized at the home of Jesse Rowe, in 1816. Services were there 'continued until 1834, when Mr. Rowe built Rowe's chapel, on land of his own, David Garinger. a carpenter of the neighborhood, doing the carpenter work. After (15) 226 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. long years, and the numerous changes in the settlement, this society went down. Another church of this denomination was organized by Rev. John King, at his home, in 1820. Private homes and a school house on Sugar creek served as meeting houses until 1851, when Sugar Grove chapel, a frame structure, was erected at the cost of about nine hundred dollars. The Cochran Methodist Episcopal church, of Perry township, organized as an off-shoot from the Rowe church, and took place about 18 20 at the house of Barnabas Cochran, who subsequently donated a lot on which the society erected a log church building, which was occupied until 1851, when a neat frame church was built at a supposed cost of one thousand dollars. The next organization of a church was the one at Martinsburg, prior to 1836, by Robert Buck, services being held in an empty store room. In 1838 a log church was built, and a few years later a frame structure was built. Good Hope Methodist Episcopal church of Wayne township was organized and received as a mission by the Staunton circuit in 1857. The school house in district No. 2 was used for a meeting place until 1858-9, when through the efforts of J. H. Parrett, a church was erected. At first there were but seven members belonging to the class and Rev. J. W. Steele had charge of the little flock. In September, 1859, a neat church was dedicated, by Rev. J. M. Trimble, and by 1860 there was a membership of thirty-five. In 1878 Rev. L. C. Brooks was sent here by the conference and he was successful in carrying forward the work by almost a perpetual revival, in which many were added to the class, making in all a membership of about two hundred in eighteen months. He started to agitate a new church scheme, but owing to depressed finances in the country, it had to be postponed until 1880 when the matter, was again brought up. In the summer of 1881 the building was completed at a cost of five thousand dollars. It was erected in form of a Roman cross, surmounted by a seventy-foot tower. It was remodeled in 1900. The church, now has a membership of about two hundred, The pastors since 1882-3 have been : Revs. A. R. Miller, A. B. Sniff, W. T. Harvey, M. H. Acton, George Cherrington, Ralph Watson, B. E. Thomas, P. H. Chappelear, R. C. Orndorf, C. A. Hughes, George Creamer, and the present pastor, C. L. Pfaltgraf. The recording steward has been for many years E. D. King. Madison chapel was organized as a church in 1868 by Rev. David Smith, But before that services had been held by the Methodist Protestant and FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 227 Presbyterian denominations for a dozen or more years. The church edifice was erected in 1869. It was dedicated December 19th, L. Cunningham preaching the sermon. On the day of dedication he raised about seven hundred dollars to free the church of debt. Its total cost was about two thousand five hundred dollars. Henry Fulton donated one acre of land for burial purposes and gave one hundred and fifty dollars towards the building of the church. Later it became a part of the Mount Sterling circuit. In Paint township there was organized a Methodist Episcopal church in 1835. A revival was held by Rev. Wolf and was highly successful. In 1840 a frame structure was built and called Union chapel. It was usually occupied by the Methodists ; however, a New Light minister, named Lewis Green, occasionally held his services there. This church finally went down for lack of interest and support. Good Hope circuit was organized from Staunton circuit in September, 1873 and embraced the societies at Good Hope, Sugar Grove, Cochran and Martinsburg. During 1874 there were added to the church many new members the repairs and changes on the building cost about one thousand dollars. In 1880 the total membership was three hundred ninety-one. The first church in Marion township was formed in 1814. It was the Methodist Episcopal, and took place at the house of George Newman, at which place services continued to be held for over two years, then being changed to the residence of George Bohrer. In 1818 Salem Chapel, a log structure, was built on a lot donated by Flemming Twifford, in survey No. 7,559, for church and burial purposes. .The first to preach here was Rev. Bacon. The Salem burying ground is the oldest of any within this township. In 1822 the church was burned, but was soon rebuilt on the old site. Henry T. Bascom, the celebrated preacher, was among the first pastors. In 1833 this church was transferred from the Deer Creek circuit to the old Washington circuit, and was occupied until about 1853. The early members included the best men and women of the township. Pleasant Hill, or "Yankeetown," Methodist Episcopal church, in Madison townhip, was organized at John Thomas's house, in Pickaway county, two miles east of Yankeetown, on the Circleville road. The first members were William Timmons, John Thomas, William Morgan, Leonard Jefferson and Samuel Bennett. All but two lived in Fayette county. Henry B. Bascom formed the society and was its first preacher. The first six years services were held at the house of Mr. Thomas and at Morgan's, after which a hewed-log house was erected a mile east of Yankeetown, on the Circleville road. 228 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. Pleasant Hill chapel was built in 1813 and dedicated by Rev. James Findley. The membership had grown to thirty-eight at that date. At Jeffersonville, the Methodist church was organized in 1878, when John Williams was class leader and Ed. Gray steward. The present membership is one hundred. The present brick edifice was erected in 1889-90, and dedicated in September of year last mentioned. It is located on Maple and Walnut streets and cost fourteen thousand dollars. Before this building was erected the society always worshiped in the old Union church building, on Main street. The pastors serving this charge have been in order a follows : Revs. J. E. Moore, David Mann, R. I. DeSelmn, T. Herman Carter, W. S. Benner, R. A. LeMaster, J. M. Stewart, R. H. Griffith, C. S. Naylor, Edwin Sherwood, L. W. Miller, W. H, Mitchell, W. J. Prior, G. D. Clifford, T. L. Haas, and H. K. Wishon, present pastor. THE BLOOMINGBURG METHODIST CHURCH. There is a dispute as to which was really the first church organized in Fayette county, and it stands between the Baptist and Methodist Episcopal people, both dating as far back as 1813. The church of the Methodist denomination in the county dates from 1813, three years before the town was platted. At first the place was styled New Lexington, and some called it "New Purchase." This dates back to nine years before the birth of U. S. Grant. It was organized by Jesse Rowe, for whom Rowe's chapel was named in later years. Rev. Ralph Lotspeich was the first minister sent to Bloomingburg and the first quarterly meeting was held at the house of Joel Woods, on Paint creek, in 1811. It will be understood that there was a circuit which included this station prior to the formation of the church at New Lexington (Bloomingburg). The first house of worship was erected prior to 1820; it was a frame structure which stood on the north side of the alley from the later Presbyterian church building, and it was abandoned in 1850. During the year last named a lot was purchased and in 1851 a building was enclosed, but not finished until 1853 ; it was dedicated by Dr. Frederick Merrick. In 1856 the society had a membership of fifty-six. In 1861 it was transferred to what was styled the Bloomingburg circuit, having previously been within Washington circuit. in 1894 a new building was erected at Bloomimgburg costing about eight thousand five hundred dollars; the corner-stone was laid June 5, 1894. At present the membership is three hundred and thirteen, and the appointment at Madison Mills has a membership of two hundred and seven. At the latter point a frame church built in 1869 is still doing service; FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 229 there was an addition and repairs made on this in 19oo. The brick church erected at Bloomingburg in 1894 is still in good condition. As long as this is the pioneer church society in Fayette county, and from the fact that great care has been taken to collect a list of all pastors, it is but befitting that such a record be here given, and the same is here subjoined : Revs. Ralph Lotspeich, 1811-12, assisted by Rev. Joseph Haines; Isaac Pavey and John Crowhill, 1813; Moses Troder, 1814; W. P. Finley, 1815 ; R. W. Finley, 1816; J. Hoopes and W. W. Westlake, 1817; J. Solomon and Thomas Carr, 1818; W. P. Finley, 1819; Andrew McLain, 1820; Daniel D. Davidson, 1821: James Smith, 1822; John Simmerville, 1823; David Lawrence and George Gach, 1824; A. L. Baxter, 1825 ; B. Westlake, 1826; James Donohue, 1828; J. P. Taylor and S. Miner, 1829; James Donohue and James Prior, 1830; August Eddy and Will Snow, 1831 ; W. L. Snow and Henry Turner, 1832; James Quinn and E. E. Dailey, 1833; E. F. Webster, 1834; C. C. Lybrand and James A. Brown, 1835 ; John W. Clarke and Edward Estelle, 1836; Eli Truitt, 1837; James Laws, 1838, assisted by Henry Wharton; Barnard A. Casset, 1839; Joseph Reader and B. A. Casset, 1840; John Fitch, 1841; Noah Hough and H. Z. Adams, 1842; Martin Wolf, 1843; J. W. Kelley and B. H. Sphor, 1844; J. W. Kelley, 1845; James B. Austin and A. Fleming, 1846; A. Fleming and E. C. Townsend, 1847; Thomas W. Chandlier and G. Haines, 1848; Samuel Brown and Milton G. Baker, 1849; G. Baker, Samuel Middleton and J. F. Reed, 1850; Barton Lowe, H. F. Green and E. H. Dixon, 1851; B. Lowe, William Sutton, 1852; Moses B. Bowman and William Sutton, 1853; Joseph Morris and J. F. Williams,. 1854; the same in 1855; Addison Nichols, 1856; Samuel Middleton, 1857; L. F. Drake and E. H. Heagler, 1858; T. W. Stanley, 1859; L. S. Stivers and J. D. Fry, 1860; J. Q. Lakin, 1861; Abraham Cartlick, .1863; John Martin, 1864; Joseph Morris, 1865; Alonzo F. Hixon, 1866; David H. Smith, 1867; Richard Pitzer, 1869; W. F. Hughesy, 1870; Ancel Brooks, 1871; A. H. Wirdro, 1872; L. F. Drake, 1874; William McLaughlin, 1875 ; J. W. Adams, 1876; George W. Burns, 1878; J. W. Wait, 1879; T. H. Hall, 1880, J. H. Berry, 1882; F. M. Grimes, 1883; S. C. Frampton, 1886; W. H. Sayre, 1887; D. Storer, 1889; W. H. Hargett, 1891; F. S. Davis, 1895 ; P. L. Mark, 1897; George Marshall, 1899; F. H. Smiley, 1900; B. P. Judd, 1903; C. W. Brady, 1906; W. H. Mitchell, Two; W. J. Jewett, 1911; C. L. Thomas, 1913 and still pastor. 230 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The African Methodist Episcopal church was organized at Dennis Brown's house in July, 1867, by Reverend Arnett, of Circleville, and services were held at the house of several members of the congregation for more than a year. Hamilton was rented and occupied for some time, after which the congregation rented the old Methodist Episcopal church, where services were held about one year. In 1875 a committee, consisting of David Rogers and Mills Gardner, were appointed to negotiate the purchase of the old Catholic church, on Main street, for this congregation. This they accomplished, paying two thousand dollars for the property. Mr. Rogers donated one thousand dollars to the society toward the purchase. The charter members of the church at Washington C. H. were: Dennis and Frances Brown, Sarah Jackson, Harry' Terry, C. and Margaret Johnson, Agnes Weaver, Thomas and Sophia Kees. The membership is now one hundred and seventy men The society is called Rogers African Methodist Episcopal church. The pastors having served are : Revs. Edward Wright Wadkin Lee, R. Green, H. W. Toney, C. S. Bundy, J. W. Steward, B. N, Carson, Shilo Brown, H. M. Turner, Alfred Mercer, Edward Humpberry, C. H. Johnson, A. J. Means, R. J. Moetemore, H. E. Steward, Smith Carter, W. P. Myers, G. W. Cotton, O. R. William, J. B. Harwood, L. W. Whi S. W. White, T. W. Woodson. METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCHES. This denomination was early in the field in this county, the same being an outgrowth of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1845 such a church was organized at Plymouth, and meetings were held at a school house a short distance from the village, Robert Dobbins serving as the first and last minister, for the work was abandoned in 1846. Later a church of this denomination was organized in Milledgeville. The Pleasant Valley Protestant Methodist church was organized in a school house on the William Waddle farm, on Snow Hill pike, with original members as follows : Henry and Lucy Luttrell, Eli Plummer, Bird Webb, Jacob Allen, Sarah Allen, Samuel Allen, a local preacher, Harriet Allen, Deborath Morris, Joseph Stevenson and wife and Mr. and Mrs. William Tainer. A good frame church building was erected and served for many years. This was associated with the Washington circuit. White Oak Grove Methodist Protestant church was formed contemporary FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 231 with the formation of the denomination. Robert Dobbins had long been a consistent member and pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, but became dissatisfied and proceeded to organize a society under the discipline of the then new denomination. Up to 1835 meetings were held in school houses and at private houses, but during that year they erected a small frame building in which to worship, at the lower end of the cemetery in Green township. This served until 1857, when another church was erected. This society in 1880 was reported as not strong, but made up of faithful believers. Reverend Hinkle was pastor at that date. In Madison township a church of this denomination was formed at Whihte Oak, by Raymouth Hussey, and services held in school houses until 1858, when a frame building was erected. Here the Universalists, Friends, Baptists and others also used to hold their meetings. Mount Olive Methodist Protestant church was formed by Rev. Father Dobbins, of Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio, and at first consisted of the following members : Henry Burnett and wife, Thomas Burnett and wife, Peter Fultz and wife, John Coile and wife and George Hinkle and wife, fourteen years services were held in the winter season at the different dwellings of the members and in summer in barns and in the groves. Father Dobbins came at stated intervals to preach. In 1831 he removed to the banks of Sugar creek, four miles west of Washington, and settled in the midst of his small flock, in whose interest he worked until his death, on January 13, 1860, at the age of ninety-two. In 1843 this little congregation, with the help of some outsiders, erected a large hewed-log church on the of Sugar creek, on land owned by Daniel Bush, which was dedicated as a Methodist Protestant church, but which was named Union church, as it was understood that when not occupied by the Methodist Protestant denomination it was to be free to all and any other churches. The membership increased very slowly. About the year 1856 it was thought best for the convenience of some of the members to divide the class, which was accordingly done, and the branch organization held services in what was called the Coile school house, two miles north of the church, till 1863, when the society erected an elegant frame church on the farm of Isaac Coile, near the Coile cemetery on the Plymouth pike and named it Sugar Creek chapel from the name of the creek on whose banks it stood. The members remaining in the class at Mount Olive, considering the old church too much dilapidated for further use, in 1863 selected a site on the farm of Samuel Coile, on the Wilmington pike, three miles west 232 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. of Washington, on which, in 1864, they built a commodious frame church at a cost of seventeen hundred dollars. Harmony church, on the Plymouth pike, six miles northwest of Washington, is an outgrowth of the Mount Olive church. The Methodist Protestant church at Jeffersonville was a part of the original circuit embracing five points, but is now reduced to points as follows; Jeffersonville, Spring Grove, Plain View and Blessings chapel. The church here was organized in 1829-30 by Rev. A. H. Trumbel. It now has a member in the person of Father Wallace Creamer, who is ninety-six years old and has been a member in this church for seventy-seven years. He lives just west of Jeffersonville. The society at Jeffersonville erected a church in 1874 which served well until 1901, when the present large red brick edifice was constructed and is valued at twenty thousand dollars. The 1914 membership is two hundred and thirty-one. A good frame parsonage is on the next lot adjoining the church lot. Among the ministers who have faithfully served are Reverends Kingsley, Jonathan Flood, 0. P. Stevens, James Baker, Reuben Rose, Ravenscroft, J. P. Williams, S. S. Fleming, J. F. Hedrick, E. H. Woodworth, J. E. Bailey, J. Shepard, J. Webster, M. M. Campbell, M. R. Stover, E. W. Price, B. B. Courtwright and C. B. Doty, the present pastor. Of the Washington circuit it may be stated that it contains five preaching points and societies within Fayette county. These are situated as follows. Mt. Olive, where a church was erected in 1864, and now valued at five hun. dred dollars. Here a new church is in course of erection. The membership is seventy. At Milledgeville, a church was built in 1882, value two thousand five hundred dollars ; membership about twenty at this date. At Harmony, a church was built about 1877; present membership, fifty. Pleasant Valley, between 1865 and 1868, a society was formed ; present membership, about seventy. At White Oak Grove a church was formed before the Civil-war period. It now has a membership of one hundred and fifty. These build. ings are all frame structures. Then there is one more church of this denomination in the county, that at White Oak, Madison township ; its membership is now very small and it is supplied from Jeffersonville now. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. This church is the creature of the fifth missionary district of the Ohio Missionary Society. It is a mission of the district hoard. They instructed J. C. Irvin to go to Washington and make a reconnaissance. He visited all FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 233 members in the city and established preaching temporarily in the Baptist church. This was continued for five months. In December, 1874, Rev. W. W. Sawyer and Mr. Irvin joined in a union service of Baptists and Disciples, which meeting lasted one week; an intercommunion service was held and friendly relations cultivated. This year several sermons were preached in the city hall. During the next winter, Elder Robert Moffett, state evangelist, of Cleveland, Ohio, held a meeting of three weeks in the Baptist house of worship, which was well attended. The interest, good from the beginning, increased to the close. At this meeting two young ladies were added to the church. The board, encouraged by this meeting, determined to make the mission permanent. J. C. Irvin was continued in the management. His health failing however, he was not able to preach and was compelled to abandon active work. During the year 1878 he held Bible service and social meetings in the temperance hall. These meetings began as early as November, 1877, and were held regularly thereafter. The organization dates from April 6, 1879. There were but six .members present, whose names were J. C. Irvin, Mrs. J. C. Irvin, Miss Jennie Davis, Mrs. Maggie C. Hess, Mrs. Julia Benjamin and S. Eldan Irvin. In November, 188o, a Sunday school was organized in the city hall and the meetings removed to that place. In 1884 the society erected the present brick edifice on the corner of East Temple and North streets. It has served until the present, but is entirely too small for the rapidly-increasing congregation, and plans are maturing for the building of a more modern and a much larger church building. The present membership is over four hundred and the Sunday school is more than three hundred and growing monthly. Rev. Bowman Hosttler, present pastor, has been connected here since 1910. He was preceded by Reverends Wingerd and W. H. Bowden, the last named being pastor for five years. The only other church of this denomination in Fayette county is the one at Pleasant View, in the midst of an excellent farming community not far from Jeffersonville. The society does not have a regular minister at present, but is supplied by that grand old man, Rev. J. O. Flax, who is a wealthy land owner of that section, and has preached this doctrine for more than thirty years for this congregation. This church was formed in 1877 and a building at once erected and is still in use. The membership in 1881 was reported eighty-four. In Marion township this denomination organized a church near New 234 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. Holland, and under peculiar trials, as they had to contend with the warring elements of the Baptist, United Brethren and Methodists. In 1858 a rel church organization was finally effected at a school house. They were then usually styled Campbellites or Disciples. A Sunday school was not formed until 1874. THE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCHES. About 1831 a society of this denomination was organized at the house of David Turnipseed, and various home meetings were held until 185o, when the Otterbein chapel was built in Marion township. During the Civil War this society went down, but in 1881, when a Methodist church was built this society held frequent meetings. A frame church was built, as noted already. and a general conference of the denomination was held therein in the autumn of 1850. Among the delegates present was one colored preacher, who, ,account of race prejudice, had hard work to secure boarding accommodation but was finally taken care of by Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Hess, of the communi he being a leader in the Christian church. A Sabbath school was formed 1851, with Thomas Roseboom as its first superintendent. This denomination largely united with the Christian and Methodist Protestant denominations in later years. BAPTIST CHURCHES. In Madison township, the Baptist society organized a church July 17, 1813, being among the oldest churches in Fayette county. The charter members were Samuel, Lucretia and Caleb Gaskill, Peter Timmons, Lettie Pancoast, Barzilla Rozel, Polly Rozel and Sarah Vandaler. Thomas Crabb and Catherine Blue were baptized into this church in October, 1813. Rev, Isaac McHenry was the first pastor called and commenced in 1813. After three years the society was without a pastor for eight years, but not long after this Rev. J. B. Moore, of Kentucky, was called and served twenty-five years as pastor. From the date of formation of the church up to 1819 services were held at the homes of various members, and from that year on to 1844 a school house was occupied. Later John Messmore erected a suitable church for the congregation, at Waterloo. Its cost was eight hundred dollars. Pleasant View Baptist church was organized in Jefferson township near Pleasant View, by N. M. Longfellow, with about twenty-five charter members, in 1865-6. Soon thereafter they erected a frame edifice in which to worship. In 1880 there were fifty members. Among the early-day pastors FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 235 will be recalled by older men and women the names of Reverends Churchill, Moore, Perry, Longfellow and Mcllvaine. Paint Creek Baptist church was organized in 1818, and in 184o it had a membership of more than a hundred, while the association had five hundred forty-five in all, the same being known as the Scioto Presbyterian Baptist Association, organized in 1805; Pleasant Run being the first church formed in the association. When the Civil War came on, there was a split in this church which was never healed. Good Hope Baptist church, according to a sketch written many years since by Rev. S. C. Tussing, was organized in 1834. The woods served as the meeting places, there being no suitable houses in which to worship. Elder Snelson was perhaps the first preacher to bring a message to these Baptist belivers in Wayne township. In 1838 a meeting house was erected and served many years. The first regular pastor was Elder Burnet, who preached only once a month. Elder J. R. Moore finally was called to preach in conjunction with Reverend Burnet, and in time a great trouble arose which served the church membership. It was over "home" and "foreign missions." It was bitter in its character. One faction held to paying only toward home causes, while the other wing contended that foreign fields should also be looked after. Elder Burnet and his minority of nine members left the others in 1832 and organized a church of their own known as the Good Hope Baptist church. These members were as follows : John Harper, Delilah Harper, Susannah Brakefield, James and Rebecca Cory, Greenup Campbell and wife, Elizabeth Bainter and Parence Brannon. The other wing, after a time, refused to let this side worship in the building and so they built one of their own. At this point was finally built the village of Good Hope. In March, 1881, a new church building was commenced, a brick structure thirty-six by forty-eight feet, costing two thousand five hundred dollars. At that date this church had a membership of seventy-five. The present (1914) membership is thirty-three. The pastors serving since about 1890 are : Revs. D. Trickler, W. R. Thomas, J. B. Islep, B. J. George, N. H. Long, J. Niddic, J. Giboney, Arthur Cooper, Albert Venting, N. H. Long, T. T. Carey, N. A. Cush. The Regular Baptist Church of Christ, in Paint Creek, was made up of members transferred from Caesar's Creek church, in Greene county, in 1822. Services were held in the vicinity up to 1846, when an edifice was provided the congregation, at Bloomingburg, and it was then known as the First Regular Baptist church. Here the first pastor was Elder Chandler Tuttle, who died in 1863; after this the church soon went down. 136 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. The Old School Baptist church in Paint township at first met at various buildings within the vicinity, then erected a small chapel on the Bloomingburg and Midway pike. After a number of years' struggle the society ceased to exist. Fairview German Baptist church was the first Dunkard society in Fayette county. It was founded here by John Cadwallader and Peter Eyman A school house was built in 1844 and the land was donated with the umder. standing that the building should also be free to this society. Cadwallader commenced preaching in the new building. In 1853-4 a building was erected at the junction of the New Holland road and the Chillicothe and Washington pike. It was a frame structure, forty by sixty feet. Meetings were twice each month. The First Baptist church of Washington C. H. was formed by eleven persons, namely : John Franks, William Harper, Z. W. Baughn, Samuel F. Yeoman, Asenath Yeoman, Bethiah L. Yeoman, N. K. Dikerson, Mar! Franks, Rebecca Baughn, Rebecca Blue and Mary Curry. These were the constituted members of the church. For many years Asenath Yeoman was the only Baptist in Washington. The church was organized in due form on February 21, 1840. Revs Azel Waters and Albert Wedge acted as moderator and clerk. The session was held in the Presbyterian church. The pastors have been : Revs. Azel Waters, Albert Wedge, A. D. Freman, W. D. Woodruff, I. K. Bronson, Thomas Goodwin, W. D. Woo ruff, J. W. Heistand, J. B. Tuttil, C. T. Emerson, J. R. Powell, Wimh Kidder, Armstrong, W. W. Sawyer, S. T. Griswold, C. A. McManis, J. Powell, C. W. Lloyd, C. V. Northrup, T. B. Collins, W. H. Wagoner, W, Coulston, W. B. Hartzog, A. J. Tuttle, July, 1900, to August, 1901; J. Kett, September, 1906, to December To, 1908; W. A. Gibboney, November 1901, to November, 1901 ; F. W. Irvin, December, 1901, to September, 1911 A. W. West, May 16, 1909, and present pastor. This church now enjoys a membership of two hundred and fifty-eight. On August 24, 1844, this church was received into the Straight Creek Baptist Association, but in 1849 it was transferred to Caesar Creek Association (now Clinton). In 1847, when Rev. A. D. Woodruff became pastor, services were held in the old court house. In 1861, under Rev. T. C. Emerson as pastor, a house of worship was erected at a cost of eight thousand dollars. On September 8, 1885, a cyclone destroyed the church, but on September 2 1888, a new church was dedicated, the cost of which edifice was ten thousand dollars. In 1890 a parsonage was provided the society. FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO p 237 SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, COLORED. The Second Baptist church of Washington C. H. was organized June 12, 1853, by Elder George W. Bryant, with three members : Jordan Kelly, James L. Thornton and Boswell Kelly. Jacob Emmons, a licensed preacher, was called as a supply, and preached for them until the year 1858, when Elder A. Carter was called to the pastorate. In the latter part of 1858 he departed this life. He was succeeded by Elder R. Allen, who continued in charge of the church until 1860, when he was succeeded by Elder A. Pratt, who continued pastor till 1866. He was succeeded by Elder Cox. Up to the year 1867 there had been no special revival of religion, but the church had gradually grown from three members to thirty. In the winter of 1867, under the administration of Elder Cox, an interesting revival took place and thirty persons were added to the church. Elder Cox remained pastor till 1872, when he was succeeded by Elder John Powell; who remained pastor till some time in the year 1873. Elder Powell was succeeded by W. A. Meredith, a licensed preacher who was ordained in 1875 and remained pastor till about the year 1877. During his pastorate a very interesting revival was held, which resulted in the addition of twenty-seven members to the church. Elder Meredith was succeeded by Elder Benjamin Smith, who took charge of the church in 1878 and remained pastor till June, 1879, when was succeeded by Elder E. M. Marion, in September. On the first of January, 1880, a revival of religion was begun and resulted in fifty additions to the church, making in all about one hundred and sixty members who had veen received into the fellowship of the church. In the year 1857 the church purchased a lot on North street, opposite the Central school building, and built a frame house, in which they held services until about the year 1868, when the old house was torn down, and a brick building erected, costing about two thousand five hundred dollars. There has been a Sabbath school connected with the church since the year 1858. The society still flourishes, but no data was furnished the author. It is understood that a new building is being contemplated in the near future. There is also a good colored Baptist church at Bloomingburg. THE FRIENDS SOCIETY. A little colony of Friends (Quakers) was established in Perry township among the pioneer settlers. This colony included Isaac Toddhunter, Thomas and Monlica Ellis and David Dutton, all making their settlement in the spring 238 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. of 1805, soon after which they begun to hold informal meetings on the corner of Mr. Toddhunter's yard, but no organized effort took place until 1809, when a subordinate branch was had and it was styled the Walnut Creek church. Many of its later membership resided in Highland county, In 188o the society numbered two hundred. It was doubtless this society which in later years built the brick edifice near New Martinsburg which in February, 1904, was demolished by the great wind storm. It was a fine building, situated in Walnut creek, and was built about 1891. It was completely destroyed, the roof having been blown into a near-by field and the main structure reduced, before anything was known of it by the neighbors, THE FREE CHURCH ASSOCIATION. In about the year 1848 the citizens of Jeffersonville organized a society which had for its object the erection of a church, to ,be non-sectarian im its character and to be occupied by the various denominations alternately. The stockholders met March 6, T848, and purchased a part of the school lot in district No. 13 and decided to erect a house of worship thereon, which was to be of frame, fifty-four feet in length and thirty-eight, feet in width. It was stipulated that the house should be used by all denominations and the Sons of Temperance were granted the privilege of building a stairway to the gar. ret and occupying the same, provided they made the necessary improvements. Its friends subscribed nine hundred eighty-three dollars and fifty-seven cents, in addition to which separate funds were raised for the stoves and lamps, the latter by the ladies. The church was occupied by the Methodist, Universalist and Methodist Protestant denominations and has been in charge of a nom sectarian board of trustees. FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. The First Universalist church of Jeffersonville was organized in August, 1860, by Rev. E. Moore, of Locust Grove, Adams county, Ohio, in the Umion meeting house. Officers were soon elected as follows : William Palmer, Joseph Hidy, John F. Gregg, deacons and trustees ; Gilbert Ferrell, treasurer, and H. K.. Peterson, secretary. Rev. Moore continued as pastor eight years and was succeeded by Rev. W. S. Bascom, who gave way to Rev. L. D. H. Corwin, and he in turn to Reverend Tucker, who remained three years. Then followed Miss Prud Le Clerk, a distant relative of Napoleon Bonaparte, and she died Christmas day, 1878. In 1873 the society commenced to build FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 239 a church edifice of brick, costing four thousand dollars. In 1881 this society had a membership of about sixty-three. At one date it had enrolled over eighty members. but death and removal from the county had depleted its numbers largely. The organization is still maintained, however. Mrs. H. McGrew is the present secretary of the church. Meetings are not kept up regularly. TRINITY PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. On Thursday evening, December 4, 1879, presided over by the Rev. J. H. Logie, rector of St. Phillip's church, Circleville, a meeting was held at the residence of Mr. J. M. Love. At that meeting all the persons in Washington C. H. who were interested in the Episcopal church were present. An organization was effected by the election of an executive committee, composed of the following gentlemen : J. M. Love, Edwin Bird, R. M. Champion, J, S. Gold, Clarence Snyder, Edwin Proctor and Charles A. Palmer. These gentlemen were invested with authority to act in the capacity of a vestry, Messrs. Love and Bird to act as wardens. Previous to this date (December 4, 1879) occasional services had been held by the Rev. Mr. Logie, of Circleville, and the Rev.. Mr. Fischer, of Chillicothe, but at this meeting arrangements were made for regular services, and the first of such services were held on Thursday evening, December 11, 1879. At this service further arrangements were made by which the Rev. Mr. Logie was to take pastoral oversight of the work and, with the assistance of the neighboring clergy, hold services on alternate Sundays in the Baptist church. The first Sunday service was held December 28, 1879. In the afternoon the Sunday school was organized. At first the school met at the residence of Mr. Love, but .its growth was so rapid that it became necessary, in the course of three weeks, to take it to the church. For several months the services were held in the Baptist house of worship, but were removed to the city hall and subsequently to the court house. On the t6th of May, 188o, the mission was placed in the hands of the Rev. Norman H. Badger, who thus became the first rector of Trinity church. His tenure of office, however, was very short, he being called to a parish in northern Ohio in January, 1881. For three months the mission was without a pastor. The Sunday school was, however, carried on by the ladies of the congregation, of whom mention may be made of Miss Nannie Love, Miss Julia Campbell, Mrs. J. C. Von Buhlow, Mrs. Champion and Miss Tinnie Cleaveland. 240 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. in March, 1881, arrangements were made by which the Rev. George Rogers, a graduate of Bealey Hall Theological Seminary, Gambier, Ohio, and a presbyter of the diocese of Kentucky, took charge of the mission. With the passing years this church has not succeeded as have others, and at present the membership of communicants is small. They do not worship in a building of their own, but have frequent services. CHURCH OF CHRIST (IN CHRISTIAN UNION). This church was formed at Washington C. H., about 1904, by O.T. Terguson. It now has a membership of about one hundred. It owns a church building valued at from one thousand eight hundred dollars to two thousand dollars. The pastors who have had charge of the work since organization was perfected are Revs. O. T. Terguson, J. H. McKibban and H, C. Leeth. There are also churches of this denomination in Fayette coumty, as follows : On the Fayette county side of the village of New Holland is found a handsome church property. There the work was organized by J. H. McKibban, in 1901. At Pancoastburg, Reverend McKibban also formed a church in 1902. The work was also organized at Jeffersonville, this county. OLDEST CHURCH BUILDING IN COUNTY. The oldest church building in Fayette county was destroyed by a severe wind storm in February, 1911. It stood on land owned by William S. Parker, five miles north of Bloomingburg, and was erected by the Baptist denomination about 1813 to 1815. It was a frame structure and for many years has been used as a machine shed by the owner of the farm where it stood. It was on the side of the Bloomingburg and Sedalia pike. The storm demolished this old landmark and threw its ancient roof across the highway into a field. CATHOLIC CHURCH. Catholic worship in Washington C. H. was begun, and for some time maintained, under very trying circumstances. Father Blake first celebrated mass in 1852 in a shanty occupied by Michael Flynn, while engaged in constructing the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley railroad. The attendants were principally railroad men, most of whom left when the road was completed. The following, however, remained and became the pillars of the FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 241 present flourishing society : Jan Coghland and his brother, Thomas, Michael O’Garrath, Martin Brannan, John Saunders, Patrick Burke and mother. Mr. Grady and Michael Flynn. Father Blake continued to preach occasionally until the road was finished, after which Father Duffey, who was stationed at Circleville, came once a month, bringing with him a choir from that place. He first celebrated mass at Flynn's house, but shortly afterward Ely’s Hall, then just completed, was engaged, and Father Duffey continued to come until his death, which occurred at Circleville about one year after the first services at Washington. After Father Duffey's death, Father Reagan, stationed at Lancaster, came occasionally during one summer and ministered to the flock. After him, Father Everett, of Lancaster, paid it one visit ; and he was followed by Father Fitzgerald, of Columbus, who celebrated mass once. Father Pindar, who was stationed at Circleville, then came once a month for about one year, and mass was celebrated at Ely's hall and confessional held at John Sander's house. Near the close of Father Pindar's services, the Catholic church on Main street now owned and occupied by the Colored Methodist church, was completed, and was dedicated by the Rev. Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati. Father Pindar and Father J. B. O'Donohue were present at the dedication. Pindar remained with this charge about one year, when he apostatized, married, and became an Episcopal minister. Archbishop Purcell appointed Father J. B. O'Donohue, stationed at Morrow, to take charge of the congregation. About six months after Father O'Donohue's appointment, he proposed to the congregation the erection of a more commodious place of worship, in a part of the town more suitable for a cemetery. Accordingly the church property on Main street was sold to the Colored Methodist church for the sum two thousand dollars and three acres of land were purchased of Judge D. McLain at one hundred dollars per acre, east of town, just outside of the present corporation limits, on which a substantial two-story brick church, forty by sixty-two feet, was erected. In the fall of 1879 Father Felton, by nativity a German, succeeded Father O'Donohue. During his pastorate a fair was held, which was attended largely by Protestants, and one thousand, seven hundred dollars was cleared, to the congregation, which was to be appropriated toward purchasing a residence for the priest. In August, 188o, Father Felton was transferred, (16) 142 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. and Father Michael O'Donohue was sent from Hillsboro, Ohio, to supply his place. This is not a strong Catholic county, hence the work is about all limited to that found in Washington C. H. A good brick church edifice was erected in 1885, and is still standing, and is capacious enough for the present congregation. The data for further history concerning this congregation was sought at the parsonage, but there seemed to be no records extant that would throw light on the work in Fayette county for the past twenty years, but suffice to say that the present organization is sufficient to care for the spiritual needs of this people. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The only attempt at forming a Young Men's Christian Association in Fayette county was the one at Washington C. H., in 191o, which proved a great success from its first year's history. It is steadily growing into a wonderful power for furthering the Christian and moral standards in the community where it was so wisely and thoughtfully established. The aim and objects of this association are now so well and generally understood that not even a mention of it need here be made. It may be briefly stated that the Young Men's Christian Association stands for all that is noble and good and is radically opposed to all that is evil or even questionable. To have been the author of some noted book, or to have painted some famous picture, or cut in marble some beautiful work of art, has always given men a place in history, more lasting than any other memorial. Even so in the case of the philanthropic spirit of such men as Andrew Carnegie, the great library founder. So is it in the case of the modest, earnest little man who suggested and worked hard to effect the organization of a Young Men’s Christian Association in Washington C. H. Reference is made to J. T. Tuttle, still an honored business man of the city, but who at that date was superintendent of the city public schools. He it was who caused a mass meeting to be held February 12, 1910, at Grace Methodist Episcopal church took several plucky attempts to effect sufficient public interest to really perfect an organization, but Mr. Tuttle knew no such word as fail, and finally won the community over to his suggestion and the beautiful and costly group of buildings held by the association now are monument enough for the man who first conceived the notion and worked intelligently for the maturing of his plans. But someone must needs be found possessing financial ability and a spirit FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 243 of benevolence and true philanthropy sufficient to raise and bequeath to the society means with which it might secure a home of its own. Fortunately, for the present and future generations of young men in this city, such a person was found in Mrs. Morris Sharp-Davies, who was the largest single contributor, and in reality the woman who made the enterprise a possibility. She esteemed it not only a duty but a pleasure, as well, to be able to aid so worthy an institution. So the Sharp Memorial building will ever remain a monument to this good woman's offering, to be used and enjoyed with the flight years. Two other persons should not be omitted from the list of those who have worked for the upbuilding and maintainance of this institution – the careful, painstaking treasurer, George Jackson, who was instrumental in securing the funds with which Stimpson building, of the handsome group of modern structures facing Main street, belonging now to this association was built. His name should always be connected with that of Mr. Stimpson, of California (formerly of this city), the beneficent donor. Much of the present financial standing and future success of the association must be credited to William Worthington, whose, whole energy is now being expended in the work entrusted to his care. The statistical record made by the association so far may be briefly summed up as follows : Date of organization, February 27, 1910; first meetings held at Grace Methodist Episcopal church; offices maintained in the court house for a time. The first meeting was called by J. T. Tuttle. The first board of trustees was as follows : Henry Brownell, president; T. H. Craig, vice-president; 0. J. Mobley, secretary; George Jackson, treasurer ; A. F. Hopkins, Dr. Carey Persinger and R. C. Peddicord. Present officers of association (September, 1914) : President, Henry Brownell, who has served ever since the association was organized in 1910; vice-president, R. C. Peddicord; A. H. Ballard, secretary; J. M. McClung, physical director; treasurer, J. Earl McLean; general secretary, Walter Patton. Former secretaries have been Ray F. Zaner, of York, Pennsylvania, amd since August I, 1914, Walter Patton, of Springfield, Ohio. The work of the association is divided into the religious, social, educational, physical and boys' departments, with membership fees as follows : Juniors (eleven to fifteen years old), four dollars; intermediates ( from fifteen to eighteen years old), five dollars ; seniors ( from eighteen and upward), six dollars. Sustaining members, ten dollars. From June 2 to 11, 1914, a fund-raising campaign was conducted in which twenty-five thousand dollars was pledged and every pledge was good 244 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. as gold. This was conducted by William Worthington, aided by a hundred men and boys. It is believed that there is no other record in the world where this amount was raised in so short a time in a city of the size of Washington C. H. The building dates, etc., are as follows : The Sharp Memorial Building was deeded to the association by Mrs. M. B. Sharp, October 10, 1910. The Y. M. C. A. structure, proper, was opened June 15, 1911. Its architect was Frank Packard ; its contractor was Benjamin F. Bolin, Columbus. The cost of this building was thirty thousand dollars, with ten thousand dollars additional to complete and furnish. The Stimpson building was the gift of Charles M. Stimpson, of Los Angeles, California ; it was built in 1913-14 at a cost of seven thousand dollars. The present membership is about four hundred and fifty, with steady additions. CHAPTER XVII. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST. THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE. Washington C. H. was one of the first three localities in which real temperance crusades were inaugurated in this country, and as a result we have Woman's Christian Temperance Unions and kindred societies all over the United States today. This work was first begun by the ladies in the early seventies, and the date of the first meeting with this end in view was held here December 24, 1873. It came about in this wise : The Lecture Association of Washington C. H. had in its course that season a lecture on “Our Girls," by Dr. Dio Lewis, who in his lecture gave out some suggestions as to how the numerous saloons of the place might be eliminated within a week's time. His proposition was accepted and a meeting appointed for Christmas morning, at the Presbyterian church, at which a large and enthusiastic audience greeted the speaker and wished to know more of his plans to do away with the drinking places of the town. For one hour the speaker gave logical argument, followed by appeal and demonstration, until the audience was ready to endorse his plans. At that meeting was started the great American temperance wave that soon swept over the country and is still being materially effected by the good seeds there sown. Everyone knows something of the "Women's Crusade," but few outside this city know of its real origin. Women were selected to visit the saloons and plead with the proprietors to desist from selling liquor further. The men of the town the approached and committees appointed to back the scheme with money and manly influence. All who took part were "enlisted for the war"—that is, until the work had been thoroughly accomplished. William Millikan, Sr., was elected to the office of secretary of the men's committee, which was soon filled by volunteers. The men who thus served numbered thirty-seven, while the number of ladies who volunteered to go out among the liquor sellers and do the work amounted to forty-seven, and a list of these worthy ladies should here be preserved in the annals of Fayette county, as a lasting monument to 146 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. a set of ladies who really started a world-wide reform and builded far better than they knew. Their names are : Mrs. P. E. Morehouse, Miss M. A. Love, Mrs. William Stevens, Mrs. O. Grubbs, Mrs. J. Vandeman, Mrs. H. P. Cherry, Mrs. J. B. Priddy. Mrs. Allen Heagler, Mrs. M. Blakemore, Mrs. A. E. Silcott, Mrs. E. Millikan, Mrs. E. Blakemore, Mrs. William Smith, Mrs. P. T. Light, Mrs. H. L. Hadley, Mrs. B. Ogle, Mrs. F. Nitterhouse, Mrs. D. McLean, Mrs. Allen Heagler, Mrs. G. Carpenter, Mrs. M. V. Ustick, Mrs. George Dahl, Mrs. M. Gardner, Miss Kate Foster, Mrs. Colonel Maynard, Mrs. A. C. Hirst, Mrs. Dr. Dennis, Mrs. Dr. Coffman, Mrs Bell Stuckey, Miss L. Millikan, Miss Emma Wilcox, Miss Ustick, Miss A. E. Robinson, Miss Julia Wood; Miss Anna Cherry, Mrs. S. Lydy, Miss Brightie Ogle, Mrs. Barnett, Mrs. Farmer, Mrs. H. P. Ustick, Mrs. J. Hopkins, Mrs. C. L. Getz, Mrs. T. Gardner, Mrs. William Gordon, Miss A. Kephart. Temperance was the all-absorbing theme around the Christmas board that year in Washington C. H. It was talked in the house and on the street corners by every citizen. It was the theme at the churches at prayer meetings. At a meeting held at the Methodist church the following appeal was framed and submitted by Mrs. M. G. Carpenter. It read as follows: APPEAL. "Knowing, as you do, the fearful effects of intoxicating liquors, we the women of Washington, after earnest prayer and deliberation, have decided to appeal to you to desist Pont this ruinous traffic, that our husbands, brothers, and especially our sons, be no longer exposed to this terrible temptation, and that we may no longer see them led into those paths which go down to sin and bring both body and soul to destruction. We appeal to the better instincts of your own hearts in the name of desolated homes, blasted hopes ruined lives, widowed hearts, for the honor of our community, for our happiness, for our good name as a town; in the name of God who will judge you as well as ourselves ; for the sake of your own souls, which are to be saved or lost, we beg, we implore you, to cleanse yourselves from the heinous sin and place yourselves in the ranks of those who strive to elevate and ennoble themselves and their fellowmen; and to this we ask you to pledge yourselves." Armed with this "Appeal," about forty women passed down the center aisle of the church, thence to the street which took them to the various saloons and drug stores of the town. There were three drug stores selling liquor and eleven drinking saloons. As the ladies went forth on an untried, unheard of FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 247 mission, they naturally went with trembling and some fear and timidity. The men of the congregation remained at the church all day in prayer and the bells tolled, while the women marched bravely along to do what they thought duty. Entering a drug store first, they sang and prayed and then read the appeal to the dealer. This novel procession caused much excitement on the streets. The work was thoroughly done and no den escaped a visit. They sought out the back rooms and basements and went with the plea : ‘We pray you to stop this." "We mean you no hurt !" "We beg you to desist!" In tears the wives and mothers plead for their cause. The live-long day they marched from place to place, not stopping for their dinner, till five o'clock, and all this time without accomplishing the object of their mission among the saloons and drug stores. In each case they left the place with the words firmly spoken : "We will call again." Saturday morning, December 27th, again they went forth after an hour of prayer at the church. Every few moments the tolling bell told of another fervent prayer having just been offered by She men at the church. This was the first day for a real contest. The first place called at the doors had been locked against them, so the ladies knelt in the snow upon the icy pavement and plead for divine influence upon the hearts of the saloon keepers, and there held their first real prayer meetings on the streets. It has been said that God and the angels took notice of that little band of Christian workers and heard their pleadings. The result of the day's campaign was reported at the mass-meeting in the evening. It was learned that two druggists had agreed to never again sell to a person without the written prescription of a doctor. The following day—Sabbath—was indeed a red-letter day in the churches and there the ladies were braced up to continue the work so well commenced. Monday they again set forth to conquer. By this time the volunteers had increased to one, hundred ladies. That was a memorable day in Washington C. H. It was the day when occurred the first real surrender ever made by a liquor dealer of his stock of liquors, of every kind and variety, to the women in answer to prayer and entreaty; and by them poured into the streets. Nearly a thousand men, women and children, witnessed this strange sight—the mingling of beer, wine and whisky, as they filled the gutters and were drank up by the earth and snow-covered pavements, while the bells were loudly ringing, men and boys shouting, and women singing and praying to God, who had given them the victory. The work reached its highest pitch on the fourth day, when visitors were in from country and side towns in every direction. Another public surrender, 248 - FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO. and another public destruction of liquors, that of a much larger stock than the previous day, amidst more enthusiasm and excitement. Friday, January 2, 1874, one week from the beginning, the secretary reported at the meeting held at the church that every liquor dealer in the town had unconditionally surrendered, some having shipped their liquors back to wholesale houses, others pouring them in the gutters, and the druggists having signed the druggists' pledge. At first men had wondered, scoffed and laughed, then criticized, then respected and finally yielded. Pledges were generally circulated and within a few days more than one thousand persons had put down their names to such pledges. Every physician in the place had agreed to not sell to anyone without first the doctor had examined his patient and that unless he deemed it necessary to administer liquor he would not do so. Real estate men and property holders also signed agreeing to not lease buildings for saloons. The Cincinnati Commercial sent a reporter to the place and he gave to his paper the next day a long account of the crusade. Among other paragraphs is this : "I reached Washington C. H. at noon, January 20th, and seeking a beer garden in the vicinity, found the owner in a state of terrible nervousness, as the ladies had spent the forenoon in front of his place. He evidently regarded me as a spy, but I made him understand that I was only a journalist. The saloon man in broken language, German-American, said, `Dem vimens dey set up a sbob on me. I got no vitnesses. But you don’t bin a bitual drunkard, eh ? No, you don't look like him ; yell come in, come in. Vat you want, beer or vine ? I dell you dem vimins is shust awfully shinks dey puild a house right in the street, and stay mit a man all day a singin, and oder voolishness. But dey don't git in here once agin, already.’” The crusaders kept up their activities in the county and city for many weeks. At the men's prayer meeting held in the church (the stores all being closed for the one hour) February 9, 1874, there was a great throng from side towns and the rural districts. A messenger came rushing in, stating that the German saloon keeper who had been hanging out under advice of counsel, and who had been annoyed for two weeks by the 'tabernacle' (the rough shack erected on a vacant lot next to his place by the ladies, who watched and prayed and sang there day and night), had surrendered his beer garden. The ladies who had not been legally enjoined from so doing, marched to his place and presented themselves. The proprietor announced; "You gomes so many I guits. I will never sell any more beer or whisky.” FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO - 249 The ladies then marched back to the church, while the bells rang out merrily on the frosty air. Wednesday, February i 1th, at a mass-meeting at the Presbyterian church, one Sullivan came in and publicly pledged himself to "quit forever" the liquor business. A general rejoicing and thanksgiving followed the surrender of the "last man." But saloons again made their appearance. The issue became a political one. The state was aroused and the constitutional amendment was all the talk for years. By 1880 Washington C. H. had more saloons than ever before, but the seed had been sowed and was bound, like Truth crushed to the earth, to rise again. The Woman's Christian Temperance Unions sprang up everywhere and at this time are still a great power. COUNTERFEITING. In the early days of Fayette county, when banks were scarce and little money was in circulation, much counterfeiting was done, both in coin and paper. The Funks, Redmonds and Curry were ringleaders in this outlawry. Jake Funk and Curry were experts in passing bad notes. Large quantities of this money was brought by these men from Kentucky and circulated here. The celebrated Funk fight was a direct result of one of these transactions. As illustrative of their deviltry, it is related that on one occasion Jake Funk went to Indiana and bought one hundred and fifty head of cattle, paid for them mostly in counterfeit money, and ordered them delivered to him at a point remote from the road he had taken. When they arrived he, with several assistants, took charge of them and drove them in a circuitous route toward home. In the course of two or three days, as he was proceeding slowly and without further fear, he was suddenly startled by the appearance of six horsemen, with drawn revolvers aimed at his breast. Although well armed, resistance was both useless and dangerous ; therefore, with a bland smile, he said, "Gentlemen, guess I had better surrender." The officer showed his authority, upon which Funk asked permission to go forward and tell his comrades that he could not accompany them any farther ; but, well knowing his desperate character, the sheriff refused and ordered him to return immediately with them. At this time Funk had a pocket-book filled with counterfeit bank notes and also some good money, and, from previous experience, well knowing that at his preliminary examination before a justice of the peace an expert would be on hand, he tried hard to think of a means of getting rid of the