HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICK AWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 425 these years. The last work he did in Worthington was to plant the shade trees in the public square, now the pride of the town. He was a man of progressive ideas, and wished to see improvements carried on. To his great disappointment, just as the seminary was being established, he was removed from his charge to Zanesville, in 1842. In 1862 he was again stationed at Zanesville, and died there from a stroke of apoplexy. At Zenia, in 1831, he was married to Mary Ann Perkins, by whom he had seven children. One of them, Louisa, is the wife of James P. Wright, and lives in Worthington. EARLY EVENTS. The first regularly recognized religious society was the Protestant Episcopal, which was organized in the winter of '1803-4. It was incorporated as a church in 1806-7. The first house for public worship was built by the Methodists in 1823. The first marriage took place on the tenth day of February, 1804. The ceremony was performed by Thomas Stephens, esq., of Franklinton, in the log school-house at Worthington. The persons united in marriage were Abner P. Pinney and Miss Polly Morrison, and Levi Pinney and Miss Charlotte Beach. Every person then living in the place was supposed to be present. The first justice of the peace was Ezekiel Brown, who was elected in 1803, while what is now Sharon township was a part of Liberty township. James Kilbourn was the second justice, he, also, being elected before Sharon was set off. The first militia officers were: James Kilbourn, captain; Aaron Strong, lieutenant; Abner C. Pinney, ensign. The first brick house was built by James Kilbourn, in 1804. It is still standing near the main street, on the southwest corner of the public square, and is at present owned and occupied by — Wells, esq. The first frame house was erected by Ezra Griswold, in 1805. The building of the Protestant Episcopal church was commenced in the fall of 1828, and was completed the following year. The Presbyterian church was built in 1829. The first tavern was kept by Ezra Griswold, on lot seventy-one, in a log cabin, in the year 1803. The first store was kept by Nathan Stewart, in 1804, on lot seventy-one, in the log cabin occupied the preceding year by Ezra Griswold as a tavern, he having removed his tavern to lot number sixty-one. The first distillery was erected, by Nathan Stewart, in 1804, on farm lot number twenty-five. The first temperance society was formed in 1830. The first grist-mill of any importance to the early settlers, or, in fact, to Franklin county, was erected by James Kilbourn, near Worthington, on the Olentangy river, in, or about, 1805. About the same time a Mr. Carpenter erected a mill on the same stream, in what is now Delaware county, but, at that time, was in Franklin. Another mill was built on the Olentangy, near the village of Worthington, in 1807, by Preserved Leonard. This mill was in operation a number of years. The motive power was obtained from Rush brook, by means of a race, and wooden troughs, and was carried a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile, and allowed to fall on an overshot wheel. Mr. Leonard, after running his mill a number of years, sold it to Joab Hoyt, who confirmed it some time, when it was allowed to go to decay. Samuel Maynard also built a mill on the Olentangy, at a later date, still farther down the stream. This has been rebuilt and repaired many times since, and is now owned by Jacob Weisenheimer, who does a good run of custom, besides manufacturing and selling flour in Columbus market. Asahel Benedict had a blacksmith shop in Worthington before 1812. Jabez Fairfield worked with him, and was very expert in shoeing cattle, and when the army marched from Franklinton toward Sandusky, in 1812, the teams remained here a week until they were shod. Indians frequently traveled through the country from their towns near Sandusky, and often stopped at the houses of the settlers. They were friendly, and did no harm to the people, but many were afraid of them. Some time before the war a report was started that the Indians were on the war path, and were coining to slaughter the settlers. The alarm was caused on the west side of the river at a log rolling. While the men were at work in the woods, the women were gathered at the cabin, and while they were in one room eating supper, a girl prepared to sweep the room they had been sitting in. While doing this, she accidentally knocked down a loaded gun that was standing behind the door. The fall caused it to explode, and the women imagined the Indians were about to massacre them, and raised the alarm, whereupon the settlers made a stampede for the village. Messengers were sent in every direction to warn the settlers. Many stayed during the night at the tavern of Ezra Griswold, and many in the academy building. The next morning a stockade was built around the academy, and the place was fortified as well as it could be on such short notice, while men armed with guns, scythes, pitchforks and such weapons as they had, stood guard about the town. In a few days the excitement subsided, when it was ascertained that there were no Indians within many miles, and the settlers returned to their homes. Another story is told of the cause of this Indian alarm. A company of militia was encamped at Delaware, and the captain thought to try what stuff his soldiers were composed of. One night he posted the entire company on picket, with instructions to be watchful, as the Indians would probably attack them before morning. Some time about midnight the captain fired a gun, and gave the alarm that the Indians were coming. The pickets did not stop to form the company, but every one broke for his home as fast as possible. It is said that one man ran nine miles through the brush and briars to his home, and when he arrived there, the only article of wearing apparel he had on was a shirt collar. The bushes through which he ran, captured the remainder of his clothing. No one was left in the camp besides the captain and officers who understood the cause of the alarm. Jedediah Lewis, sr., built a saw-mill on the Olentangy, in 1807. He came with the Granville company, but did not like the location, and remained there but a few months. He run his saw-mill until his death, which occurred when he had been here but nine months. 54 426 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. There was no regular mail to Worthington until 1805. Previous to that time, the mail was brought from Franklinton by a young man, a clerk in a store at Worthington. In the year 1805, the post-office was established in Worthington, and mail was received regularly. The first postmaster was William Robe, who was a man of small stature, but well proportioned; he was well educated, and afterwards became a teacher in the Worthington seminary. He was then appointed to a clerkship in the office of the auditor of State. His death occurred in January, 1823. JUSTICES. The following is a. list of justices of the peace who have been elected and served in Sharon township: 1803, Ezekiel Brown, elected when what is now Sharon was part of Liberty township; 1805, James Kilbourn, elected when what is now Sharon was part of Liberty township; 1806, Alexander Morrison, jr., in place of Ezekiel Brown, after the organization of Sharon; 1808, Ezra Griswold, in place of James Kilbourn; 1808, Isaac Case, under an order for an additional justice; 1809, Alexander Morrison, jr.; re-elected; 181o, Azariah Pinney, in place of Morrison, who was elected judge; 1811, Ezra Griswold, re-elected; 1811, Glass Cochran, in place of Isaac Case; 1811, Reuben Carpenter, in place of Azariah Pinney, deceased; 1814, Recompence Stansberry, in place of Glass Cochran; 1814, Isaac Case, in place of Ezra Griswold; 1814, Cruger Wright, in place of Reuben Carpenter; 1815, Ezra Griswold, in place of Cruger Wright, who was set off to Harrison township; 1817, Stephen Maynard, in place of Isaac Case; 1817, Recompense Stansberry, re-elected; 1818, Ezra Griswold, re-elected; 1819, Arora Buttles, in place of Recompense Stansberry, appointed judge; 1820, Samuel Abbott, in place of Stephen Maynard; 1821, Nathaniel Little, in place of Ezra Griswold; 1822, Arora Buttles, re-elected; 1822, John Goodrich, jr., in place of N. Little, deceased; 1823, Samuel Abbott, re-elected; 1824, R. W. Cowles, in place of Arora Buttles, appointed judge; 1825, John W. Ladd, in place of Goodrich; 1826, Samuel Abbott, re-elected; 1827, R. W. Cowles, re-elected; 1828, John W. Ladd, re-elected; 1829, Stephen Maynard, jr., in place of Abbott; 1830, R. W. Cowles, re-elected; 1831, John W. Ladd, re-elected; 1832, Isaac Case, in place of Maynard; 1833, R. W. Cowles, re-elected; 1834, John W. Ladd, re-elected; 1836, R. W. Cowles, re-elected, and Asaph Allen, elected; 1837, Ira Metcalf, in place of Ladd; 1839, Stephen Maynard and Levi Pinney; 1840, George Taylor, in place of Metcalf; 1842, Stephen Maynard and Philo Burr; 1843, George Taylor, re-elected; 1844, Ezekiel Brown, in place of Maynard, resigned; 1845, Philo Burr, re-elected; 1846, George Taylor, re-elected; 1847, Ezekiel Brown, re-elected; 1848, Philo Burr, reelected; 1849, George Taylor, re-elected, and Luther Case, in place of Brown; 1851, Philo Burr, re-elected; 1852, George Taylor and Luther Case, re-elected; 1854, I. N. Case, in place of Luther Case, and P. Burr, reelected; 1855, George Taylor, re-elected, and Stephen Hoyt, in place of P. Burr, removed to Iowa; 1856, Charles E. Burr, in place of Hoyt; 1857, I. N. Case, re elected; 1858, George 'Taylor, re-elected; 186o, C. E. Burr and I. N. Case, re-elected; 1861, George Taylor, re-elected; 1863, C. E. Burr and I. N. Case, re-elected; 1864, George Taylor, re-elected; 1866, I. N. Case, reelected, and G. H. Griswold, elected in place of C. E. Burr; 1867, George Taylor, re-elected ; 1869, George H. Griswold, re-elected, and C. E. Burr, in place- of I. N. Case. WORTHINGTON VILLAGE. The village of Worthington was laid out in May, 1804, by Rev. James Kilbourn, as agent of the Scioto company. It was surveyed and divided into one hundred and sixty-two lots, of which two were reserved, one for school, and one for church purposes. The balance were apportioned among the members of the company, which, at the division of the property, was dissolved. The lots were cleared, and cabins built as suited the needs and the means of the owners. The school-house was at once erected, that the children of the community might at once begin the acquirement of an education. The village was incorporated by act of the legislature, March 9, 1835, which ordered-"that so much of the township of Sharon, in the county of Franklin, as is comprised in the town of Worthington, as originally established, with the additional streets and lots thereunto annexed, as recorded in said county, be, and the same are hereby erected into a town corporate, to be known by the name of Worthington." The second section of the act provided, "that it shall be lawful for the white male inhabitants of said town, having the qualifications of electors, to meet at the usual place of holding elections in said town, on the second Tuesday in March, next (1836), and elect, by a plurality of votes, by ballot, a mayor, recorder, and five trustees, to serve one year, and until their successors are elected." This act of incorporation was signed by John M. Creed, speaker of the house of representatives, and C. Anthony, speaker of the senate. An election was held, Tuesday, March 10, 1835, at which the following officers were elected : James Kilbourn, mayor; George H. Griswold, recorder; Samuel Abbott, William Bishop, Ira Metcalf, A. H. Pinney, and William S. Spencer, trustees. After the election, it was discovered that, by mistake, the charter would not go into effect until March, 2, 1836, and consequently the officers elect could not legally perform the duties of their office. The legislature, at their next sesssion (January 26, 1836), passed an amendatory act, ordering that the original act should be in force from and after its passage. The regularly elected council met for business, February 19; 1836, and appointed the following officers : R. W. Cowles, treasurer; Captain Levi Pinney, marshal ; Captain Chauncey Barker, street commissioner; Captain Abner Pinney, Captain Dayton Topping, and D. W. Harrington, fire wardens. On March 14, 1846, an ordinance was passed by the council, dividing the town into two wards, and, at the same time, repealing an ordinance, passed February 19, 1836, establishing three wards. March 4, 1871, the two wards, established in 1846, were consolidated, by ordinance. At the regular election, held March 8, 1836, the officers of the preceding year were re-elected. In 1837, GEORGE H. GRISWOLD / MILA THOMPSON GRISWOLD In the summer of 1803 Ezra Griswold and his family, consisting, at that time, of his wife, Ruth Roberts Griswold, and six children, joined the band of pioneers, corn prising forty families who organized in the eastern States under the name of the Scioto company, and emgirated to the then wilderness of Ohio. The first of the company to reach their destination was the Griswold family, who arrived on the ground, where is now the town of Worthington, October 26, 1803, having left Simsbury, Hartford county, Connecticut, September 15th of the same year. Their journey was made in a wagon drawn by oxen, over almost impassable roads, and through an unbroken forest, and though other members of the colony were provided with teams of horses, such was the condition of the roads that the naturally slowly oxen completed the journey the sooner by several days. Mr. Griswold, after his arrival, opened the first public house in Worthington in 1803. This public house he conducted during the remainder of his life, and at his death, was succeeded by his son, George H. Griswold. Ezra Griswold died October 2, 1822. His wife survived him, and died May 31, 1847. George Harlow Griswold, son of Ezra and Ruth Griswold, and the subject of this sketch, was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, May 21, 1795. At the time of the removal of the family to Ohio, he was eight years of age. He remained with his parents until he arrived at the age of twenty-five years, when he was married May 21, 1820, to Miss Mila Thompson, daughter of Judge William Thompson, who emigrated with his family from Massachusetts to Worthington in 1803. She was born June r8, 1798. The ceremony of marriage was performed by Bishop Philander Chase, first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in Ohio. After marriage they settled in his father's house on the northeast corner of the public square, in Worthington, where they ever after lived. Mr. Griswold, together with each member of the little community, was much interested in the cause of education, and became one of the founders and promoters of the Worthington academy, of which institution he was the treasurer for many years. His business, during his life, was of a varied and general character, in the course of which, and during a scarcity of currency, in the year 1819 he issued his individual currency to a large amount, all of which he afterward fully redeemed. He was also engaged in farming, in addition to the other pursuits he followed, and in the course of a long and active life, accumulated a large property. For many years he was well know; as General Griswold, a title obtained from his connection with, and the interest he had in the militia service during the old times of "general muster." A man possessed of superior mental endowments, he exerted a potent influence over his fellow-men, and early became a prominent and influential citizen. From his well-known character as a correct business man, he was almost constantly the recipient of offices within the gift of the people, and always discharged the duties pertaining to them with ability and fidelity. Both General Griswold and his wife were early members of the Protestant Episcopal church, which Mrs. Griswold joined on the day of her marriage, and of which she was a worthy and consistent member to the day of her death. She was a true woman as well as a true christian, always the same—modest, retiring, gentle, kind, respected and loved by all who knew her. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom, one son and three daughters, are still living. She died in Worthington, February 21, 1871. General Griswold survived her, and died March 9, 1876, at his residence or the residence of his son, W. F. Griswold, with whom he made his home after the death of his wife. Portraits of George Harlow Griswold and Mrs. Mila Griswold, his wife, accompany this sketch. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 427 G. H. Griswold was elected mayor; Flavel Tuller, recorder, Elias Lewis, Nathan Mason, George Taylor, Ansel Mattoon, and Kingsley Ray, trustees. The corporation limits were extended February 29, 1856. In 1873 the corporation and township, jointly, bought a building from the Worthington school-board, for use as a town-hall. The cost of the building was two thousand five hundred dollars. The upper story was soon afterward sold to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, for use as a lodge-hall. The present corporation officers are: Dr. W. W. Bickett, mayor; Dr. O. Johnson, clerk; W. F. Griswold, treasurer; James Beers, marshal; Horatio Wright, William Yonel, S. T. Martin, F. F. Fuller, Dr. T. B. Asbury, and I. N. Wells, council. POST-OFFICE. The post-office at Worthington was established in 1805, in which year William Robe was appointed postmaster. He continued in charge until 1815, when Arora Buttles was appointed. Recompense Stansberry was appointed in 1821, and remained in charge of the office until 1841, when R. W. Cowles was appointed. He died the same year, and Recompense Stansberry was re-appointed and continued in the office until his death, in 1843. He was succeeded by George H. Griswold, who administered the office until 1849, when George Taylor took charge of it. He remained in the office until 1853, when George H. Griswold was re-appointed. Charles Martin, jr., was appointed in 1857, and was succeeded by George Taylor in 1861. Since that time there have been several postmasters: Mr. Carpenter, A. S. Wood, Mrs. Sanderson, D. H. Nash, T. B. Randall, T. B. Asbury, and the present incumbent, F. W. Bishop, who was appointed in 1877. A money-order department was established in connection with the office July 1, 1874. A railroad station was erected on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis railroad, three miles north of Worthington, in 1868, and called Westerville station. The same season a post-office was established at. the 'pot, and was named Flint post-office. A. J. Willoughby was the first postmaster, but Solomon Timmons, as deputy, had charge of the office. H. M. & H. C. Johnson surveyed village lots near the station the same year. A small store was opened at this point, in 1869, by Creighton Eakin. In 1872 H. W. Johnson was appointed postmaster, and engaged in merchandising about the same time. The office has since been kept at his store. PHYSICIANS. The first physician who practiced medicine in Worthington—Dr. Josiah Topping—came with the first members of the Scioto company in 1803, Dr. Lamb. came soon after, and remained until 1806, when his wife died, and he sold his property, removing to Delaware. Dr. James H. Hill came to Worthington about 181o, and practiced medicine until 1818, when he sold his practice to Dr. Daniel Upson. Dr. Wetmore practiced in 1820, and for many years thereafter, until about 185o, when he removed to Columbus. Dr. Kingsley Ray came some time after Dr. Upson, but did not remain in practice here long. He was of the regular old school, and the people of Worthington were favorable to the practice taught in the Medical College, which was the botanic school. This was represented by Drs. Morrow, Jones, Paddock, and others. The present physicians of Worthington are Drs. Asbury, Johnson, Bickett, and Lewis. Dr. George R. Snow came with his father, John Snow, in about 1816, then a young boy. He studied medicine in Worthington, where he commenced practice about 183o. After about ten or twelve years he moved to Columbus, where he practiced some ten years, when he returned to Worthington. In about 1852 he engaged in mercantile business, and remained at this until about 1858, when he failed. He died some ten years later, leaving a widow, one son, and two daughters. He was a prominent and successful physician who stood high in the profession. WORTHINGTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY. In 1811, Colonel James Kilbourn and others formed a stock company, and were incorporated under the above name, Colonel Kilbourn being president and general agent of the company. A tract of land, lying adjoining the village on the southwest, was cleared and improved, and in two or three years the company had a large factory in operation. They manufactured woolen cloth, run a tannery, a shoe shop, cabinet shop, hat shop, blacksmith shop, besides other industries. They had stores in Worthington, Franklinton, and Columbus, and issued their own bank notes, which were in general circulation. A part of the stockholders lived in the east, but invested considerable sums of money in the business. The factory furnished employment for a large number of workmen, who were mostly paid from the stores of the company. In 1819 or 1820 the concern failed, and those who had invested money in it were heavy losers. While in operation, it contributed largely to the growth and prosperity of the place, and its downfall forced many of the workmen to change their vocation, or seek homes in some other place. The land on which the old factory stood is now included in the village of Worthington, but no vestige now remains of the works where so many busy hands were employed in that early day. NEWSPAPERS. The first newspaper published in Franklin county, was at Worthington, in 1811.. It was started .by Col. James Kilbourn, who was the first owner, and was called the :Western Intelligencer. He continued its publication but a short time, when he sold it to other parties, and, in 1814, the office and material were removed to Columbus, where it was published by P. H. Olmsted, Joel Buttles, and Ezra Griswold. Its name was changed to the Western Intelligencer and Columbus Gazette. Since that time it has passed through many hands, and was the original foundation of the Ohio State Journal. When published in Worthington, in 1812, it supported James Madison for the presidency. About the year 1818, or 1819, another paper was started in Worthington—the fourth one published in the county. Its projectors were Ezra Griswold, jr., and Caleb Howard. It was called the Frank- 428 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. lin Chronicle, and was short lived, being discontinued in about two years. SCHOOLS. WORTHINGTON ACADEMY. From the date of the first settlement of Sharon township and the village of Worthington, a great interest was taken in the cause of education, the early settlers coining from a section of the country, where they had received the benefits of good schools. Almost the first building erected was one for use as a school-house, in which a school was commenced the same season. From this beginning the settlers procured from the legislature, on the twentieth day of February, 1808, an act incorporating a school under the name of Worthington Academy. This school was conducted under the above name, with a good degree of success, until the eighth day of February, 1819, when a new charter was obtained, incorporating the school under the name of the WORTHINGTON COLLEGE. The services of Rev. Philander Chase, an Episcopal clergyman, who was elected, the previous year, to the bishopric of Ohio, were secured as principal. His episcopal duties soon caused him to withdraw from the college, and for a time his son, Rev. Philander Chase, jr., had charge of it. The trustees of the college were Philander Chase, James Kilbourn, Thomas S. Webb, Chester Griswold, Recompense Stansberry, Chauncey Baker, Stephen Maynard, Ezra Griswold, Benjamin Gardiner, Orris Parish, Lucas Sullivant, and Leonard H. Cowles. At the time of passing the act of incorporation of Worthington college, the act incorporating Worthington academy was repealed. Worthington college was continued as such until about 1832, when a charter was procured incorporating the REFORMED MEDICAL COLLEGE. The first faculty of this college were Drs. T. V. Morrow, president; I. G. Jones and Paddock as professors. The medical college was conducted some ten years, and had a large attendance. The botanic practice was taught and a large number of practitioners were sent out. The college finally came into disrepute among the citizens from the fact that the students did not respect the sanctity of the grave in procuring subjects for dissection. Several times the school was threatened by an indignant people, and about 1842 or 1843 it was discontinued here, and removed to Cincinnati, where it was remodeled and transformed into the present Eclectic Medical college of that city. The old college building was torn down in 1875, and the present fine public school buildings erected in the rear of its site, on the same lot. PREPARATORY SCHOOL. A branch was started in Worthington by Rev. P. S. Ruth, an Episcopal clergyman, for the purpose of preparing youth for the grammar school of Kenyon college. The old hotel property, formerly owned by Col. James Kilbourn, and situated on the southwest corner of the public square, was purchased. The funds for this purchase were partly procured from the accumulation of the old college property, and partly from subscriptions. Mr. Ruth conducted a good school, with a fair number of students, until after the breaking out of the war, when the attendance fell off, and in 1863 the school was abandoned. The building was turned over to the school-board of Worthington public schools, with the rest of the old college property, by special act of the legislature, in 1873. The board soon after sold the building to I. N. Wells, who now occupies it as a residence. FEMALE SEMINARY. In 1835 Rev. Jacob Young, a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal church, was assigned to the Columbus district. He had long had in his mind the establishment of a female seminary, but had not yet found a community that felt as he did. When he visited Worthington he found the people of whom he was in search, and here he found a lady, Miss Sarepta Marsh, who was well calculated to have the charge of such a school. He was ably seconded by Rev. Uriah Heath, who came on the circuit in 1839, and by Rev. William Herr, of Columbus. A small school was at first started under the care of Miss Marsh. This prospered and was soon moved into the Masonic building. In 1839 Miss Marsh, Uriah Heath, L. L. Hamline, William Herr, and Jacob Young, presented the matter before the conference, which met at Xenia. They had already raised quite a sum of money for the cause, by subscription. The conference looked on the project with favor, and a building was soon erected. Although commenced in 1839, it was not completed until 1841 or 1842. A charter was obtained for this, the first female seminary of the Methodist church in the west. It was continued as a seminary for many years, but was finally given up, as there were many similar institutions of learning in other parts of the State. For a number of years no regular school was kept up, but the hall was rented for institutes and private schools. The building and grounds were finally sold to Messrs. Mitchell and Ogden, for very much less than it cost. A school has been conducte d in the old seminary building since 1871, by one of the purchasers. OHIO CENTRAL NORMAL SCHOOL. In 1871, Messrs. Mitchell and Ogden purchased the property known as the Worthington Female Seminary, which included three acres of land, and a large four-story brick building, with ample accommodations for one hundred and fifty or two hundred students. A normal school was inaugurated in September, 1871, which, from the start, received a large patronage. The attendance, the first year, was one hundred and eleven; the second year it had increased to one hundred and seventy-eight, with a graduating class of eight. The third year, Professor Mitchell engaged in another profession, and the school was left in charge of Professors Ogden and Lewis. This year the attendance was two hundred and fifteen, with a graduating class of seventeen. In January, 1875, Mr. Lewis withdrew, and Professor Ogden was assisted by Rev. Charles H. Young, rector of the Episcopal church, in Worthington; also, by Miss Carrie Semple, and six members of the senior class, as tutors. The attendance REV. WILLIAM T. SNOW AND ELECTA SNOW was born at Providence, Rhode Island, January 1, 1803. He was the first child of John Snow and Mary Thurston. When quite a youth, his father moved with his family from Providence to Worthington, Ohio. William T., after acquiring a liberal education, returned to the east, and kept the books of a large cotton factory, owned by a relative, where he applied himself with his accustomed diligence and success to acquire a knowledge of the art of manufacturing textile fabrics. Returning to his home in Worthington, his mind and soul became deeply interested in religion. He was converted, and soon after was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. He continued to travel and labor with great success as an itinerant minister in Ohio, Western Virginia, and Michigan, for about twelve years. During this time he had married Elicta, daughter of Captain Gad Chamberlin, of Rome, Michigan. Mr. Snow's delicate constitution gave way under his great exertions and exposures, so that in 1836 he retired to his farm in Oakland county, Michigan. Here his active mind was at work, and he was soon a leading citizen of the county, holding important positions, and representing his county in the legislature. In 1855 he removed with his family to Worthington, Ohio, for the purpose of educating his daughters. His untiring industry would not permit him to remain idle. He soon after engaged in business in Worthington, opening a dry goods and general store, which-he continued until September, 1873, when he sold out to B. Crook, and retired from business. Mr. Snow, after giving up the circuit, continued to preach, without compensation, as opportunity offered, while he lived.; and was particularly useful, while in Michigan, in preaching to and teaching the Indians. It is related that an old Indian chief, who had been converted under Mr. Snow's ministry, removed some eighty miles into the wilderness. He died there, and his last words commanded his wife to go and tell Elder Snow, that it was "a good die." The faithful wife walked the entire distance to deliver the message from the dying chief. Mr. Snow died January r6, 1875, at his home in Worthington, Ohio, in great peace, sustained by the faith he professed, leaving his aged wife, a model of piety and benevolence, surviving him. He was the father of ten children. The eldest, Mary, wife of Dr. Carr, of Michigan, died many years ago. Five survive their father—Lida H., wife of John G. McGuffey, of Columbus, Ohio; Julia C., wife of Rev. T. S. Stivers, of Pomeroy, Ohio; Nettie J., wife of C. E. Stivers, of Chattanooga, Tennessee; Susan B., and Jennie D. The distinguishing features of Mr. Snow's character were a bright, strong, and active mind, industrious and systematic in business; prompt and exact in all business engagements; clear and concise as a pulpit orator, and an exalted trust in providence. He was greatly loved and deeply mourned. JOHN SNOW. The subject of this biographical sketch, was born in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, the fifteenth of February, 1780. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to Mr. Dodge, of that city, who was engaged in the manufacture of jewelry, where he remained for seven years. After attaining his majority, and completing his term of service, he removed to Newport, in the same State, where he prosecuted the business of manufacturing jewelry for two years. The close application he was rewired to give to his work injured his health, and he was advised to engage in some less sedentary avocation. He then returned to Providence, where he engaged in the mercantile business, at which he continued until 1817, when he emigrated to Ohio. He was married, March 22, 1802, to Mary Thurston, a grandniece of E. Wanton, first colonial governor of Rhode Island. To them were born four children, three of whom lived to maturity: William T., who became a respected and honored minister of the Methodist church, and died at Worthington; George R., who became a physician and druggist, and also died in Worthington; and John W., who went to New Orleans, where he died. John Snow was initiated into the mysteries of free masonry in Mount Vernon lodge, Providence, February 14, 1809. In the second year of his membership, he was elected as master of the lodge, which position he continued to occupy, with honor to himself and great benefit to the craft, until he removed to his new home and the scene of his future labors, in the new State of Ohio. His earliest masonic record after his settlement in Ohio, appears on the minutes of a special meeting of New England Lodge, No. 4, at Worthington, September 29, 1817, where he was registered as a visiting member. Thomas Smith Webb, an early and life-time friend, and his masonic preceptor, was also a member of the same lodge. On the seventh of October, 1818, he was elected as master of New England lodge. It was while he occupied this position that the masonic fraternity of the State availed themselves of his eminent qualifications, and assigned him to the onerous duties of grand master and grand lecturer for the State. In this character, he was required to visit every lodge in the State, inspecting their records, correcting irregularities, and reducing the work and lectures to a system of harmony and order. By a succession of re-elections, he continued to hold the office of master of New England lodge until October 30, 1822, when he made an eloquent address to the lodge on the subject of electing officers, and concluded by declining further service as master of the lodge, Notwithstanding his declination to serve, he was unanimously re-elected; but, positively declining to serve further, James R. Pearce was elected his successor. Subsequently to this time the lodge voted — " That Brother John Snow, our late worshipful master, has manifested an extraordinary attachment to the principles and institutions of masonry, and zeal for the stability and honor of the order, during the time he has acted as presiding officer of the lodge; and that he is eminently entitled to our gratitude for the masonic knowledge he has diffused among us, and for having originated and prosecuted the undertaking of erecting the Masonic hall in this town." In 1827, having retired from the chair he had so long occupied in the grand lodge, he again accepted the office of master of New England lodge, which he held continuously until 5832, when he again declined to serve. His masonic zeal was not confined to the duties connected with the lodge, nor was it limited to "ancient craft masonry." He was prominent as a Royal Arch mason, and was the first grand commander of the first encampment of christian knighthood northwest of the Ohio river. He was elected to the office of high priest of Horeb Chapter, No. 3, of Worthington, November 17, 1818, which position he filled with zeal and faithfulness until 1822, when, for the same reasons that he declined office in the lodge, he refused to succeed to the office of high priest of the chapter. He was again elected to the same office in 1827, and served in this connection three successive terms, and during this time was voted, by his companions, a silver cup, as a testimonial to his services in the erection of Masonic hall. On the fourteenth of March, 1818, Sir John Snow received from M. E. Thomas Smith Webb, deputy-general grand master of the general grand encampment of the United States, a dispensation authorizing him to assemble together, in the town of Worthington, in the State of Ohio, a sufficient and legal number of Knights Templar, Knights of Malta, and of the Red Cross, and open a council and encampment in said town, and therein confer said orders upon such tried and worthy companions of the Royal Arch, as may make application for the same. Accordingly, all knights residing within the distance of forty miles were summoned to convene with him on the fifteenth of March, 1818, at which time and place appeared Sir Thomas S. Webb, from the general grand encampment of the United States, and grand encampment of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Sir John Snow, hailing from St. John's encampment, Rhode Island; and Sir Frederick A. Curtis, hailing from encampment, Ireland. On the twentieth of March, 1818, an encampment of Knights Templar was opened, and sundry applicants were admitted to the order. On the twenty-seventh of January, 5822, the general grand encampment of the United States, Sir Dewitt Clinton presiding, granted to Sir John Snow, and his associates, a charter "to form, open, and hold an encampment of the valiant and magnanimous orders of R. C. K. T., and K. of M., or order of St. John of Jerusalem, by the name, style and title of Mt. Vernon encampment." To this encampment, Sir John Snow was appointed first grand commander, to which office he succeeded until 1830, when the infirmities of age admonished him to retire from the active duties pertaining to the order. During his declining years Mr. Snow devoted his time to the management of the drug business, which he opened in Worthington, and at which he continued during the remainder of his life,' which closed at Worthington, May 16, 1852.* * The biography of Sir John Snow has been compiled from the printed records of the proceedings of the grand lodge of Ohio, for the year 5853, aided by such additional, information as could be obtained from family records. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 429 that year was two hundred and fourteen, with a graduating class of twenty. The course of study embraces a review of the common branches, the higher branches, and the languages. In addition, there is a professional course, embracing the whole doctrine of educational growth and progress. Two new departments have recently been added to the school, viz.: a model school, composed of three grades—primary, intermediate and high school, and a genuine Kindergarten, for the purpose of training teachers, as well as exhibiting the true methods of culture for little children. A normal institute, of five or six weeks, in July and August, of each year, is an important feature of the school. For the year 1879, the school is under the care of John Ogden, A. M., as principal, and W. H. Tibbals, A. M., as assistant principal. The school has been re-organized the present season, by Professor Ogden, who is now the owner of the property. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. From the organization of Worthington there has been in the village a regularly kept public school ; even before the State school law was enacted, was this the case. After the passage of that law, a common district school was taught, two or three terms during each year. Soon after 1850, the district was enlarged, and the number of youth became so many, that two teachers were employed. This is the first origin of the Worthington public schools. A two-story brick building was erected in the rear of the Episcopal church lot, for the accommodation of these schools, about the year 1856. On the twenty-third of March, 186r, the upper story of the building was leased to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, for a term of five years, to be used by them as a lodge hall. Previous to 1870, the school board decided that the building was inadequate to the uses of the school, and in 1871 it was sold to the corporation and township. The schools were removed to the old college building, where they were continued some two years. In 1873, the present fine public school building was erected in the rear of the site of the old college building, the land reserved on the formation of the town being turned over to the control of the school board, by act of the legislature, in that year. The trustees received from the sale of the old building, two thousand five hundred dollars, and raised six thousand dollars by means of bonds. A sum of fifteen hundred dollars was also received from the sale of the Kilbourn hotel property, which had previously come into the possession of the school board. CHURCHES. ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Immediately on the arrival of the first of the early settlers, means were provided for all to hear the preaching of the gospel. The first house built after the settlement of the colony, was a log school-house. Colonel James Kilbourn had taken deacon's orders in the Episcopal church, and on him devolved the responsibility of the religious instruction of the community. Regular services were held during the latter part of 1803, and in the year 1804, the first Episcopal church, west of the Allegheny mountains, was organized at Worthington. In 1807 the academy was built, and, the same year, St. John's Episcopal church, at Worthington, was incorporated as such by the State legislature. Rev. James Kilbourn was the officiating minister until 1817, when Rev. Philander Chase came and settled in Worthington. He had taken priest's orders, and, on his arrival, took charge of the parish. He also established several stations in some of the adjoining country. In 1818, the second convention of the Episcopal church in Ohio, was held in Worthington, and, at this time, Rev. Philander Chase was elected the first bishop of the diocese of Ohio. Worthington has the honor of establishing the first Episcopal church in Ohio, and of furnishing the first bishop of the State. When the land belonging to the Scioto company was apportioned to the colonists, a lot of eighty acres was reserved for church purposes. This, with its rents, has always stood as the property of St. John's Episcopal church. The congregation of St. John's occupied a part of the academy building for church purposes until, in 1828, a church building was commenced, which was completed the following year. Bishop Chase remained in charge of the parish of St. John's until 1826, in which year he purchased the land on which Kenyon college now stands, in Gambier, Knox county. He was succeeded in the ministration of the church by Rev. M. T. C. Wing, who had taken deacon's orders. Since that time, a period of fifty-six years, many changes have been made in the rectors of the church, as well as in the congregation, nearly, if not quite, all of whom have found a last resting place in the home of the dead, at the rear of the church. The present rector is the Rev. Charles E. Young, who entered upon the duties connected with St. John's parish in 1875. METHODIST CHURCH. As early as 1811, Revs. Mitchell and Sabins held a eamp meeting on what was afterwards the factory grounds, in the west extension of Worthington village, at which time a great interest was taken, many making a profession of religion. A class was at once formed, and a church organization effected. Previous to this time, Rev. Martin, a circuit rider, preached at the house of Samuel Beach, a mile south of the village, where he formed a class. The church was not organized until after the camp meeting above mentioned. The second class leader was Joab Hoyt, who was leader from this date, 1811, until his death in 1877. Services were held by Rev. Theodosia Bacon, who came from Connecticut or Massachusetts with the Granville company, in 1807 or 1808. Revs. Messrs. Tivis, Cummings, Swampstead, Swazey and others were among the early preachers. Rev. Mr. Mitchell who conducted the camp meeting, was a very resolute man, and as Methodism was not popular at that time, in the community, the rowdies committed various indignities toward him shearing the mane and tail of h s horse, and burning the coat on his back with aquafortis. He was not to be driven away, however, but continued at his duties. The Methodist church building was erected about 1823, and was a small brick house. It was not completed for some time, and the bench used by the 430 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. workmen was left in the audience room, and served as a platform for the preacher to stand on. This building was found, inadequate for the growth of the church, and in 187o, was torn down, and the present brick church erected in its stead. It was built when the church was under the ministration of Rev. Mr. McClintock. It has a large membership, and has sustained a vigorous Sabbath-school for some sixty years. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. A meeting of persons in Worthington who favored the service of the Presbyterian church, was held June 18, 1816, at the house of Peter Barker, at which time a church organization was effected. There were eleven members present at this meeting, and in a very short time the number was considerably increased. Among the first members, were: John Smith and wife, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Cook, Job Case and wife, Daniel Case, wife and daughter, Samuel Balwin and wife, Dr. Kilbourn and wife, Benjamin Chapman and wife, E. Tuller, and Peter Barker. Others who joined later, were: Captain R. Comstock, Dr. Upson, John Abbott, E. Mallory, N. Carpenter, the Youels, Parks, Wilsons, Fullers, Bricketts, and others. The first ruling elders, were: Samuel Baldwin, Job W. Case, and Benjamin Chapman. In 1818 Samuel Abbott and John Youel were elected ruling elders. The meetings of the church were held for several years in private houses, for a time in the upper room of the academy, then in a small brick school-house. On the first of January, 1822, the trustees rented the Masonic hall for a term of six and a half years. On the twelfth of May, 1828, preliminary steps were taken toward the erection of a house of worship, the pastor, Rev. H. Hulburt, visiting the east for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions to help forward the work of building. The church was completed April 17, 183o, since which time it has been occupied. Some years since it was remodeled. Rev. Ebenezer Washburn was the first pastor, from February, 1817, to November, 1818. Since its organization the church has had twenty-four pastors and supplies, eight of whom have been installed. The present membership is fifty, under the pastorate of Rev. John L. Gage. A Sabbath-school of about sixty members, is sustained under the.superintendence of Dr. Gordon. THE METHODIST CHURCH at Flint post-office, in the north part of Sharon township, was organized at the log school-house, about 1829. Rev. Leroy Swampstead, who was then on the Worthington circuit, was one of the first preachers. David and Jacob Young were among the first presiding elders. The first church, a log structure, was erected soon after an organization was perfected, on the farm now owned by Phelps Thompson. The early members were: Moses Carpenter and Naomi, his wife, John Hammon and wife, Harvey Hammond, Jonathan Pinney and Sally, his wife, Ozem Gardner and wife, Simeon Pool and wife, and several others. The log church was used until about 1865 or 1866, when the present frame building was erected, on the north part of Ozem Gardner's farm, at a cost of about twelve hundred dollars. Since that time an addition has been built, at a cost of about four hundred dollars. The church sustains a Sabbath-school of twenty-five or thirty scholars. There are at present about one hundred members in the church. THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, at Flint post-office, in the north part of Sharon township, was organized in 1871. John Potter, who lives in that part of Sharon, was brought up in the Unitarian belief, and did not feel at home in any of the orthodox churches, and in 1872, a meeting of persons in the neighborhood in sympathy with this creed, met at his house, and at other houses in the neighborhood. In April of the same year, they decided to erect a church building, and immediately set about it. Those interested laid the foundation, burned the brick, and did the carpenter work needed. The building was first used in December, 1871, but was not completed until the next June. In September, 1872, it was dedicated. The first members were John Potter, Elizabeth Potter, Jane Potter, Alfred Potter, Anna Thompson, Jesse Thompson, Sadie Burt, George Thompson, Ellen Gardner, and I. N. Case. The present membership of the church is about sixty. Rev. C. L. Lander is the pastor. A Sabbath-school of about seventy-two members is sustained, John Potter being the superintendent. Jesse Thompson was first superintendent of the school. CEMETERIES. A cemetery was established at an early day in the rear of the present Episcopal church, which was used for many years, until the ground was nearly all occupied, and the village of Worthington. grew in size, and it was deemed best to provide another burial place. There is also a ground connected with the Presbyterian church, which was used many years, but is not now used for burials, unless in exceptional, cases. The Methodist church people also had a ground at some distance east of their church edifice. Nearly all the persons buried-here have been removed, and the ground is not now used. There is also a family burial ground in the north part of the township, on the Gardner farm. WALNUT GROVE CEMETERY. Several meetings of citizens of Worthington were held, in November and December, 1858, and a committee was appointed to examine grounds for use for cemetery purposes, and to make a report as to the terms of purchase of a suitable tract. They reported, in December, in favor of a ground on the land of Mr. Hoyt. The report was favorably considered, and a meeting of the citizens, on the proposed ground, was held January 20, 1859, which was largely attended. At this time the committee perfected arrangements for the purchase, from Mr. Hoyt, of fifty acres of land, at a cost of two thousand, one hundred and fifty dollars, with the view of selling all but ten acres. These grounds are situated within one mile of Worthington, and south from the village, near the east bank of the Olentangy river, and in full view from the pike leading to Columbus. They contain a little more than ten acres of land, and are covered with a growth of young walnut trees, from which the cemetery is appropriately named. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 431 Immediately after the purchase of the grounds, the labor of improving them was commenced. The first burial, that of James N. Taylor, took place February r, 1859. In June, 1861, the corporation of Worthington added some three acres to the cemetery, on the east, which was purchased from Mr. Peck. They also secured a road on the south line of Mr. Peck's land. The grounds have been considerably improved since their purchase, and many bodies have been 'removed from the old grounds to the new. SOCIETIES. THE MASONIC FRATERNITY. New England Lodge, No. 4, at Worthington, was organized June 28, 1808, under a charter issued by the grand lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons, for the State of Connecticut, and dated. October, 1803. At the same time a charter Was granted for the organization of Erie Lodge, No. 47, in Trumbull county. The lodge at Worthington was designated, in the original charter, as New England Lodge, No. 48, and its .charter was to continue in force until one year after the institution of a grand lodge in the State of Ohio. Rev. James Kilbourn was appointed first master of this lodge. No record appears of the formation of this lodge until 1808, at which time Ezra Griswold and James Kilbourn were appointed delegates to visit Chillicothe, and assist in the formation and institution of the grand lodge of Masons in Ohio. Th first officers of New England Lodge, No. 48, were: James Kilbourn, W. M.; Zopher Topping, S. W.; Josiah Topping, J. W.; Ezra Griswold, secretary; Israel Case, treasurer; Stephen Maynard, S. D.;. Roswell Wilcox, J. D.; Azariah Pinney, tyler. At the meeting to consider the organization of a grand lodge in Ohio, the delegate from New England lodge, James Kilbourn, was not al-, lowed to sit in the convention, the reason assigned being that the lodge itself had not been formally organized. On June 28, 1808, Thomas Worthington, of Chillicothe, conducted the ceremonies of installation of the officers of New England lodge. During the years 18o8 and 1809, the lodge continued to work under the Connecticut grand lodge warrant. In September, 1809, in response to an invitation from the grand lodge of Ohio, it was resolved to unite with them, and in January, 1810, the lodge made returns, and was represented in the grand lodge by Rev. James Kilbourn, then chaplain of New England lodge. In 1814, six years after the formation of the grand lodge of Ohio, this lodge obtained its rank and number-four. Number one was left blank for American Union lodge, which was chartered in 1776; number two was Nova Caesarea lodge, of Cincinnati; No. 3, Erie lodge, of Warren, Trumbull county, and No. 4, New England lodge, of Worthington. Many men of Ohio, eminent in civil life, as well as Masonry, have been members of New England lodge, among them are John Snow, Thomas Smith Webb, both of whom held high offices in the grand lodge and grand chapter of the United States; Chester Griswold, Aaron L. Buttles, Rev. Philander Chase, first Episcopal bishop of Ohio, and many others, who have held important places of trust in the State and nation. In 182o, the Masonic fraternity of Worthington erected a substantial brick hall for lodge purposes, which is still used at this time 1879. Mt. Vernon Commandery, No. 1, of Columbus, was organized at Worthington, March 15, 1818, under a dispensation issued by the general grand encampment of the United States, March 13, 1818. This commandery was organized by Sir Knight John Snow, from St. John's. encampment, Rhode Island, Sir Knight Frederick A. Curtiss, from _____ encampment, Ireland, and Sir Knight Thomas S. Webb, from the general grand encampment of the United States. A charter was granted by the general grand encampment of the United States, September 16, 1819, the Hon. De Witt Clinton then presiding over that body. The first officers under the charter were: John Snow, G. Com.; Chester Griswold, Gen.; James Kilbourn, Capt. Gen.; Joseph Hughs, prelate. At a regular conclave, held on the twenty-second of February, 1844, it was "unanimously resolved to accept the order of the grand encampment, made at its late meeting, at Lancaster, authorizing and empowering this encampment to hold its meetings, a portion of the year, in Columbus." The next meeting was held in Columbus, and has, since that date, been kept in the capital city. No order was ever again issued for the assembling of the encampment at Worthington.. "In looking through its records, it is found that royal arch masons from Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Louisiana, received orders from this commandery. All the grand masters of the grand lodges of Ohio, for nearly fifty years, with one or two exceptions, were knighted at this commandery." Horeb Chapter, No. 3, of Worthington, was organized under a dispensation from the deputy grand high priest of the grand royal arch chapter, of the State of Maryland and District of Columbia, December 18, 1815. Its first officers were James Kilbourn, H. P.; Chester Griswold, K.; Abner Lord, S. ; Solomon Smith, secretary; Moses Byxbee, P. S.; H. Hyre, C. of H.; N. Potter, R.• A. C. ; A. Buttles, V. Shaw, S. Smith, M. of V. The officers for 1879, were: F. A. Bull, H. P.; Horace W. Wright, K.; S. S. Pinney, scribe; J. P. Wright, treasurer; T. B. Asbury, secretary ; George Clark, C. of H. ; J. R. Topping, P. S.; W. R. Bartles, R. A. C:; E. Weibling, Charles Clark, R. Osborn, M. of V.; R. N. Richardson, guard. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. Ark Lodge, No. 27o, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ohio, February 22, 1855. The charter members were Isaac N. Case, Ansel Mattoon, Isaac Thompson, Almon S. Wood, and James M. Fuson. The lodge was instituted April 16, 1855, by Thomas J. McLain, grand master of the State. It has now a membership of sixty, composed of the best citizens of Sharon township. In 1873 the lodge purchased the upper story of the town hall building for a lodge hall, which is now neatly fitted up and supplied with the proper emblems of the order. It is in a prosperous condition, financially, having a surplus of over one thousand dollars, and no debt. The present officers are Thomas Bonner, N. G.; J. B. Stewart, V. G.; W. 432 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO. W. Bickett, P. S.; Adolphus 'Fuller, treasurer; H. W. Wilcox, recording secretary.   OLENTANGY ENCAMPMENT.   Olentangy Encampment of Patriarchs, No. 149, was chartered May 8, 1872, and was instituted May 31st of the same year, by Joseph Dowdall, R. W. grand. scribe. The charter members were J. T. Gardner, J. M. Fuson, I). M. White, W. W: Fuson, H. Chambers, J. E. Wright, H. B. Stickney, A. 'Fuller, A. S. Wood, and J. 'I'. Bowen. The first officers were D. M. White, C. P.; H. B. Stickney, H. P.; H. Chambers, S. W.; W. W. Fuson, S.; J. M. Fuson, treasurer; A. 'Fuller, J. W. Meetings are held at Lodge hall of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.   GRANGE.   Sharon Grange, No. 69o, was organized under a dispensation from the State Grange, March 74, 1874. It received its charter July 1st of the same year, at the time having twenty-five members on the roll. The grange rapidly grew until in December, 1875, it had one hundred and six members. Regular meetings are held twice every month, in the town hall. The first officers of the grange were: H. W. Wright, master; Marcus Case, overseer; G. B. Goodrich, lecturer; S. S. Pinney, steward; E. M. Stanley, assistant steward; J. P. Wright, treasurer; J. M. Fuson, secretary; Samuel Watson, chaplain; George Lewis, gate-keeper; Mrs. H. W. Wright, cores; Mrs. George Lewis, pomona ; Mrs. S. R. Holt, flora; Miss Ella Stanley, lady assistant steward. Master for 1879 is Dr. T. B. Asbury; secretary, M. Case.   CELEBRATION.   The first celebration of Independence Day in the new colony took place July 4, 1804. The brush was cleared out from the space now occupied by the public square. and rude seats of logs arranged for the assembled people to sit upon. An address was delivered by Col. James Kilbourn, and a national salute given by falling seventeen large trees, in honor of the seventeen States of the Union, instead of firing so many cannon.   SURVEYOR'S MARKS.   As late as 1832, there was still standing, on the southwest corner of this township, a tree, marked "No. T, T. T, R. 19, I. L." (Israel Ludlow), all of which appeared very ancient, though no date appeared. In making a survey in the settlement of a dispute as to lot lines, the fourth day of April, 1834, Ezra Griswold found, at a distance of forty-six rods west from the corner ascertained as the right hand lower corner of this plat of the Scioto company, another corner, or center of township, near which was a tree, marked: "No. 4, T. 2, R. 18., I. L." Another, marked: "No. 3, T. 2, R. 18." Another marked: "No. 2, 'F. r, R. 18., I. L." The initials, "I. L.," it is presumed, means Israel Ludlow, who surveyed here, about 1798.   GAME AND FISH.   For many years after the first settlement of the county, the rivers abounded in fish, and the forests were the haunt of a great variety of game. Fish were caught by means of nets, and sometimes with a brush seine, which required from ten to twenty men to handle. Large quantities of excellent fish were caught, there being at that time no obstruction to prevent their coming up all the streams.   Hunting was followed by many from a love for the chase, for purposes of food, and for the protection of the crops. A grand ring or drive hunt was organized before the country became very thickly settled. A day was appointed, and a line formed at Columbus, and extending across the country from the Olentangy river to Alum creek, on the east. Another line was formed near the Delaware county line, when the two parties commenced their march, meeting below Worthington. On the conclusion of the hunt, it was found that five hundred wild turkeys, thirty deer, and several bears had been killed. The wolves escaped to the swamps, and none were brought in. In early times the squirrels became so plenty as to be a positive nuisance, and committing great damage to the corn. A notice was accordingly published in the Columbus Gazette, of August 29, 7822, calling for a grand squirrel hunt of all the people in the vicinity, said hunt to continue two or three days. The hunt took place Saturday, August 37, 1822, and when the report of the slaughter was brought in, it figured up to nineteen thousand six hundred and sixty scalps that were produced. Very many of the hunters did not report, and it is impossible to give the exact number that were killed.   ORANGE JOHNSON.   The late Orange Johnson, farmer and banker, was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, February 7, 179o. Until the year 1807 he resided with his parents, assisting his father in the cultivation of the farm, and attending school in the winter seasons. In that year he was apprenticed to a comb maker, to learn the trade, and continued in this business in Mansfield, Southington, Berlin, and Utica, New York, until 1814, when he started for Ohio, making his journey upon horseback, and paying his way by the sale of combs. On August II, 1814, he arrived at Worthington, Ohio, and established the comb business in that place, on a capital of sixteen dollars and fifty cents, the aggregate of all the money he possessed. His first customer, Robert Neil, of the firm of William & Robert Neil, merchants of Urbana, made a wholesale purchase amounting to ten dollars and fifty cents. In order to pack his goods in a merchantable manner, and to show them off to the best advantage, he needed paper and twine, but a thorough search of the town failed in finding those articles. He secured the services of "Mother Fairfield" to spin the twine, and, in the morning, with this and with the paper, which, during the night, he had accidentally discovered, he was enabled to present Mr. Neil with his wholesale purchases in pro forma condition. The business, thus commenced, grew rapidly and prosperously.   In 1827, he was appointed a commissioner to open a turnpike to Sandusky, and he was occupied in this labor about ten years. During this period he was engaged in farming and in dealing in real estate, his ventures being judiciously made. He was also appointed, with two other gentlemen, to make the first survey for a railroad to Xenia, and in all the public services to which he was called, he distinguished his labors by intelligence and by energy. For many years he was a director of the old Clinton bank, serving with his firm friend, D. W. Deshler. He was also a director in the Franklin National and State bank, and exhibited excellent qualities as a financier and a manager of responsible monetary institutions.   When Mr. Johnson first reached that section of the State which, for so long a time, was the scene of his active labors, he found it but sparsely settled, its many resources but partially developed, and most of its people comparatively poor. Only a small amount of money was in circulation, and this raised serious obstacles in the path of his business career, which would have discouraged men of less nerve and perseverance. In the face of adverse circumstances he carried on his business interests resolutely, and was able to gradually accumulate a large amount of property. He became a resident of Columbus in 1862, but before that time was prominently engaged in labor, which beneficially affected its permanent prosperity, and, since he became one of its citizens, aided largely in the support of public improvements. He erected the Johnson block and Sessions block and, in many ways, contributed to increase the vital business interests of the city. His foresight, good judgment and energy, rendered him remarkably successful as a mechanic, farmer, manufacturer, contractor, and banker, and, while he acquired a large fortune, it was honorably earned. No man ever questioned his fair dealing and integrity of action, and no man deserved more than he the respect which the public accorded him. He retained his place as a partner in the Commercial bank after he was over fourscore years of age. He had the affection of his family, the warm friendship of associates, the comforts and luxuries of a home of ease, and with advancing years he found increasing, instead of decreasing, contentment. He was married, in August, 1815, to Achsa Maynard. He died November 27, 1876.   His only daughter, Mary Johnson, married F. C. Sessions, banker of Columbus, Ohio, August 18, 1847.   REV. J. W. WHITE,   the subject of this sketch, was born in Palmyra, Maine, November 2, 1813. He was the eldest of the six sons of Deacon John White and Betsey White; three of whom have passed away, while each of the three remaining are ministers of the gospel. Deacon White was a man of large frame, broad intellect, fixed principles, deep piety, and of great hospitality. He was widely known, held many offices both in church and State, and, at eighty-seven years of age, called to his death-bed his children, and his children's children, blessed them, and passed peacefully to the home of the just. His mother, Betsey Jewett, was one of the numerous Quaker Jewetts, of New Hampshire; a woman of culture and great sweetness of disposition. She never struck one of her six sons or three daughters, and, after living happily with her husband for sixty-three years, and seeing well to the affairs of her household, she sweetly passed to a rich reward, at eighty-three years of age, loved and mourned by all who knew her. Her memory, to her children, is as a sweet perfume, lingering around a broken vase.   Mr. White was raised in true New England style. The first lesson taught him was that there were just as many mouths already as the barren soil could fill, and if he ate, his own hands must earn his subsistence. He worked on a farm, or in a boot and shoe shop, in summer, and attended a district school in winter. Fifty years ago, even a New England common school, with its broad seats without backs, mysterious text-books, and cheap, incompetent teachers, was but a sorry place in which to gain knowledge. In boyhood, a love of books became a passion. At fifteen years, he had literally devoured the family library, which consisted of such works as "Baxter's Call," "Edward's Sermons," "Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress," "Robinson Crusoe," and the writings of John Calvin; while in poetry was "Rouse's Version of the Psalms" and "Watt's Hymns." The first books he ever owned were bought with money resulting from a patch of potatoes raised by working early in the morning and late in the evening. They were a novel by Walter Scott, " Pollok's Course of Time," " Milton's Paradise Lost," and " Blackstone." With these, and a tallow candle, when his day's work was done, he held nightly converse. Scott fired the imagination, Pollok soothed, while the grand numbers of Milton awoke reverence, and Blackstone came in to hold the boy level, and save him from poetic frenzy.   In 1832, Mr. White began to cough, and it was thought best that he leave the farm and engage in a business where he would not be liable to so much exposure ; he accordingly entered a store, as clerk. His employer was a man of culture, and kindly aided him in his studies. Here he made rapid progress. During the fall and winter he recited to a college professor, and paid for text books and tutelage by chopping cord-wood, at thirty-seven cents a cord. These were real life struggles, but to him they were what friction is to the diamond—they polished and brought out the lustre within him. Achillean invulnerability can only be possessed by frequent baptism in the seas of difficulty. Veterans are only made upon the battle-field. The truest and grandest manhood is developed by early and heroic struggles.   In 1833, he came to Ohio. While in Granville, Ohio, under the preaching of Rev. Lyman Beecher, of precious memory, he sought the Saviour, and made a public profession of faith in Christ. • He proved that He was able to save to the uttermost all who came unto Him. The same year, while attending a protracted meeting, in Newark, he united with the Methodist Episcopal church. In the fall of 1844 he was licensed to exhort, and preached his trial sermon in the Town Street church at Columbus. He was licensed to preach, and was recommended as a suitable person to be received into the traveling connection, by the conference then sitting in Circleville. In five days from the date of his license he had settled his business, equipped himself with saddlebags, bible, hymn-book, "Watson's Institutes," "Fletcher's Appeal," the "Methodist Discipline," and "Butler's Analogy," and without theological training, had taken up his line of march to the then wild hills of the Hock-hocking, to enter upon his life work. In 1836, he passed creditably an examination in his course of study, and was elected and ordained deacon. In 1838, he had completed his course to the satisfaction of the conference, and was ordained elder.   In June, 1840, he was happily united in marriage with Anna C. Williams, eldest daughter of the late Judge Hosea Williams, of Delaware. Although reared amid luxury, she entered heartily into the arduous and difficult duties of the wife of an itinerant, aiding and cheering her husband, and patiently and heroically sharing his wandering life, and now shares his retirement in their beautiful home.   Thus for forty years has he trod on in the active ministry; seven years on circuits, twenty-two years in city stations, and eleven years on districts as presiding elder. In the fall of 1874, weary from long and active duties of his ministry, he asked and obtained a superannuated relation. He then bought and refitted his first home, which he named "Maple Home," furnished it comfortably, and retired in the quiet village of Worthington.   Their three children, all they have had, are living, happily married, and well settled. We found this aged couple in their beautiful home, cheerful, hopeful, and happy. They have fought and won. Blessed with plenty, surrounded with friends, and being of cheerful and grateful dispositions, very sunny is life's afternoon. For such an evening one can afford to do battle all the live day. The results of such lives may not be measured in time.   HORACE W. WRIGHT.   The subject of this sketch was born in Worthington, Ohio, January 30, 1830, and here he has since lived. In his youth, he attended the schools of his native town, but did not pursue any prescribed course. During the winter of 1849-50, he studied at Kenyon college, Gambier, and on his return worked for his father, on a salary, until the death of the latter, September 3, x855. Potter Wright,• the father of Horace W. Wright, came from Providence, Rhode Island, to Worthington, about the year 1815, in charge of machinery for a cotton-mill, which it was designed to operate in the place. For some reason it was not put in operation, and the owner shipped it to another point. Mr. Wright came to the new country, owing to the glowing descriptions of the prosperity of the community and the grand future in store for the embryo town. He expected to find a thriving village, already in a fair way to become a great city, but was disappointed when he saw it in a crude shape, and yet to be hewn out of the forest. For some time after his arrival, he worked for the Worthington Manufacturing company, on a salary, but eventually withdrew from their employ, before the affairs of the company became hopelessly deranged, and in payment for his services received a house and lot in the village, which afterward became his home, and is now occupied by his daughter, Cynthia. After leaving the service of the company, he erected a shop, and engaged in the manufacture of carding and spinning machinery, and other machinery used in cloth making and cloth dressing. Here he built up a business that extended to many States, and, during his lifetime, accumulated a considerable property, which, at his death, was administered by his son, Horatio, and was divided among his children. His wife was Lovisa, daughter of Moses Maynard, one of the early colonists. To them were born eight children: Horatio, Mason M., Cynthia, James P., Horace W., Henry, George, and Sarah, six of whom are now living, one at Danvilie, and one at Paxton, Illinois, and three sons and one daughter in Worthington. Mr. Wright used, as a motto on the machinery he manufactured, the legend: "Flourish ye western manufacturers."   Horace W. Wright, of whom previous mention is made, engaged in farming, which avocation he has followed during his life. To this he has also added the care of the saw-mill in Worthington, which he has owned and managed during the past five years. On October 29, 1862, he was married to Henrietta S. Tuller, daughter of Flavel Tuner. To them have been born five children—Kate, Frank, Albert, Bernard, and Helen. Three of these, Albert, Kate, and Bernard, were attacked by that dread disease, diphtheria, and all died within one week, on the ninth, tenth, and sixteenth of November, 1876. Mr. Wright has been successful in his business life, and has accumulated a good property as the result of a life conducted under strict principles of integrity. He built his present fine brick dwelling house, a representation of which appears herewith, in 1861.   PLEASANT.   This township, which was formed as early as 1807, is bounded as follows: On the north, by Prairie township; south, by the township of Darby, Pickaway county; east, by Jackson township; and west, by Fairfield and Jefferson townships, Madison county.   The surface is varied. While some portions present an almost level plain, others, especially along Darby creek, are exactly the reverse, being broken and often decidedly hilly. There is, however, but little waste land in the township. The soil along the bottoms is a strong black marl, of great fertility; on the upland it is, for the greater part, clay, and well adapted to the growing of corn and grain crops generally. It is exclusively an agricultural township.   STREAMS.   These are Big and Little Darby, which enter the township near the northwest corner, and form a junction at, or near, Georgesville. From here, the former continues a general southeast course through the township.   SETTLEMENT.   The first settlers in the south part of Pleasant township were two brothers, Thomas and Elijah Chenoweth, natives of Maryland, who removed, with their families, from Pike county, Ohio, to this township, in the fall of 1799. They purchased two hundred acres of land each, in, and north of, the present village of Harrisburgh, and immediately erected, upon their respective purchases, rude log cabins, to shelter them from the inclemency of the long dreary winter now rapidly approaching. The cabin of Elijah stood just at the foot of the hill, near the spring, and a few rods northeast of the site of the present residence of a son, Elijah. The work of improvement was begun at once, and, in time, the Indian neighbors were supplanted by the hardy backwood settlers. The log cabin was exchanged for the substantial mansion; the dense forest gave way before the keen axe of the settler, and, in its stead, were broad acres, rich with their store of waving grain.   Thomas Chenoweth married Cassandra Foster, and lived to enjoy the full fruition of his labors. After his death, his widow and children removed westward. None now live in the township. The children were : John, Benjamin, Thomas, Joseph, Rachel, and Cassandra. Elijah Chenoweth married Rachel Foster. He died, December 5, 1828; his wife died April 17, 1825. The children of this couple were as follows: Joseph, who married Rachel Morgan, and, eventually, moved to Illinois, where he died ; Elizabeth, who. married John Carr, also died in the west; Lewis, who died in infancy ; John K, who married Margaret Ferguson, and now lives in London, Madison county, Ohio; Sarah, who married John Haines, lived for a time in Madison county, where he was elected to the State legislature; after several removals, he settled in Illinois, where he died; Joseph, who married Margaret Heath, was also a member of the State legislature; the greater portion of his life was passed in Pleasant township where he died (Mrs. Sarah Hays, who lives in Darby, Pickaway county, is a daughter of the above); Cassandra, who married John Morgan, and lived many years in Pickaway county, eventually moved west, where she died ; Rachel, who married Jesse Wood, also died in the west; Elijah, who married Nancy Chenoweth, now lives on the old homestead, and is the only one of the children now living in the township. To this gentleman, the writer wishes to express his gratitude for material aid in the collection of data for this history.   Benjamin Foster and Samuel Kerr, with their families, settled in this vicinity soon after the Chenoweths. Of these, the writer could learn nothing.   John Biggart, a native of the Emerald Isle, married Margaret Gibson, of Pennsylvania, and located near Harrisburgh, in the year 1800. Some two years later, he purchased the farm farther north, still occupied by his heirs. He was a weaver, but, by the aid of his family, became quite a successful farmer; he died, May 27, 1848; his wife died, April 14, 1862. The children numbered nine, of whom, Mary, Matilda, Charlotte, William, John, and Joshua, are deceased; Samuel, who married Mary R. Roberts, is the only one now living in Pleasant township; Rachel (Mrs. D. Clark), lives in Madison county, and Margaret (Mrs. D. McHenry), lives in Circleville.   John Dyer, was the first settler in the vicinity of Georgesville, formerly known as the forks of the Darby.   Thomas Roberts, a native of Martinsburg, Va., married Susan Poisel, of the same locality, and removed to Ohio a short. time prior to the dawning of the present century. He lived for perhaps two years in Darbyville, Pickaway county, and then removed to Pleasant town, ship, locating near the forks of Darby. His log cabin was built on the hill and not far distant from the site of the present substantial residence of Samuel Biggart. After a residence; at this place, of forty years, he removed to West Jefferson, where he died September 29, 186o. His wife died the November following. They had eleven children, of whom 'but few survived the years of childhood; three only are now living: Nancy, who married Matthew Bonner, and resides in Clark county, Ohio; Mary R., who married Samuel Biggart, and has an elegant home on the old fat* and Edwin R., who has been twice married, and is comfortably situated in Madison county, Ohio.   (433)   434 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   James Gardner who was, it is believed, the third settler on the forks of Darby, was a Virginian by birth. On arrival in Pleasant township, he purchased the property upon which stands the Dyer mill. This he improved, and here he passed his life,. engaged in farming. His first wife was Polly Conwell. The children, the fruits of this marriage, grew to maturity: William, who has been twice married, and now lives in Madison county; Betsey (Mrs. W. Winders), and Nathanial, who married Mahala Walker, is deceased, and his widow (mother of Dr. G. W. Gardner, of Harrisburg), lives near Georgesville. Mrs. James Gardner deceased, and he married Susan Beevers, by whom the following children were horn: Michael, James, Mary A., Susan, Vilinda J., Nancy, and Joseph, none of whom are now living in Ohio.   Philip Huffman, who was of German descent, came from Virginia to Ohio in 1802. His wife was Elizabeth Reel, a native of Virginia. The family first located in Ross county. They eventually located in Pickaway county (Monroe), and died there many years since. This couple, contrary to most pioneer families, were blessed with but two children: John and Sidnie. The latter became the wife of Lewis Ballard, and is now dead. John, who was born in Virginia, March 12, 1794, mar--lied Sarah Deyo, and, in 1835, settled in Pleasant township, where he still resides, without doubt, the oldest man in the township. His wife died January 10, 1879. His children numbered thirteen, of whom the following are living: Mary (Mrs. T. Barker), Lydia (Mrs. J. Scott), Nimrod, Minerva (Mrs. A. Spangler), Eliza (Mrs. G. Goodson), Margaret (Mrs. R. Alkire), Sarah (Mrs. Spanggler), John, and Rachel (Mrs. L. Nutter).   Adam Spangler was an early settler in Franklin county. His wife was Rachel Tanquarry who is now living. Mr. Spangler died March 16, 1878. The children of this couple who live in Pleasant, are Alexander, John, James, Joseph, William, Calvin, Rachel (Mrs. T. Poulson), and Caroline (Mrs. D. Litery). Betsey (Mrs. J. Rush) lives in Pickaway county.   Foster Price was among the earliest settlers in the south part of the township. He died many years since. The children, now living, are Joseph, Benjamin, John, Tamsey, and Kitura.   James Walker, of Virginia, married Millia M. Foster, and settled in Ross county at a very early period. In 1812 he removed to Pleasant township, locating on the farm now occupied by the youngest daughter, Mahala (Mrs. Nathaniel Gardner). Here he engaged in farming, and lived to be over ninety years of age ; he died December 6, 1860, and his wife, June 18, 1859. The children, beside Mrs. Gardner, who is the only one living, were William, George, and Sidney.   John McKinley married in Virginia, and came from that State to Pickaway county, in the year 184, locating in Darbyville, where he died in 1877. He was three times marred. His iast wife, who survives him, was Mrs. Sophia Williamson. Of the children the following are living, at present, in Franklin or Pickaway: John Welsey, Joseph, Seymour, Russell, William, Harriet (Mrs. P. Morgan), Mary (Mrs. J. Fuller), and Sarah J. (Mrs. A. Thomas). The children dead, are David, who married Elizabeth Chenoweth (his widow lives near Harrisburgh); Susan, who married Jacob Rush, and James, who was a soldier in the Union army of the Rebellion, and was killed in action.   William Cummins was amongst the first settlers in Walnut township, Pickaway county, where he died. Three of his children now live in Franklin county : John who married Mary May, lives in Pleasant township, and is prominently connected with the Mt. Zion United Brethren church ; James, who married Margaret Williams, and Edward who married Margaret Henderson, live at Galloway station in Prairie township.   Mariner Duke Story came from Delaware to Pickaway county, in 1815. His wife was Rachel Baggs. In 1837 he removed to Pleasant township, where he purchased a wild farm, and erecting his log cabin in the dense forest, he set about with.a will, the removal of the heavy forest ; his efforts were successful at his death, which occurred some twenty years since. Much of the lands were in a good state of cultivation. Only one of his children now lives in the township—Joseph who has been thrice married; his present wife was Margaret White. He lives some two and one-half miles southwest of Georgesville. Maamer Duke Story was a soldier in the war of 1812.   Handy Smith came from Maryland to Monroe township, Pickaway county, in about 1839. He married Sarah Littleton, by whom several children were born. She is now dead. Of the children the following are all farmers, and live in Pleasant township: Josiah 0., who married Nancy Lane; Lemuel, who married Lucinda King, and Stanford, who married Nancy Foster.   William L. Foster, of Madison county, married Mary Athey, and in December, 1829, settled in Pleasant township, where they both live at this time. The children are John; Elijah, Nancy, Elizabeth, Emily, Mary, Margaret, William F. and Sarah (twins), and Cynthia J. Seven are now living, and all, with one exception, in Franklin county.   James Bradfield came from Pennsylvania to Pleasant, in 1831. He was single, and was among the first wagon-makers in the township. He married Priscilla Adams, and lives near Georgesville. Of a large family of children, but one is now living—Mary (Mrs. W. Waples), who lives in Darby township, Pickaway county.   George Francis, married in England, Anna Walter, and in 1836 emigrated to America. Immediately on arrival he came to Columbus, where he lived some eighteen months; after which, he located in what became known as the "Pennsylvania settlement," in Pleasant township. He here engaged in farming, and continued that peaceful vocation until the spring of 1865, when he came to live again in Columbus. His living children are: Frederick F., who married Elizabeth Heath, and lives on the old homestead; and Mary (Mrs. William Poulson). Among other first settlers in this settlement, were James O'Day, Tobias Bulen, James Luckens, St. Clair Adams, Thomas Bourlen, Edward Hays, Jesse Fenton, William Norton, and Timothy Boucher.   R. M. Worthington came from Montgomery county,   CAPTAIN THOMAS TIPTON MRS. ELIZABETH TIPTON.   was born in Frederick county, Maryland, January, 1792. His father, Sylvester Tipton, was a teacher by profession, and lived in Jefferson county, Virginia, near Harper's Ferry, but at the time of the birth of the subject 01 our notice, he was temporarily residing in Frederick county, Maryland. Both his paternal and maternal ancestors were of Scotch-Irish extraction, and were worthy descendants of that sterling race of Highlanders whose representative was the famous John Knox, of the Reformation. Sylvester Tipton was a man of very limited means, but had a fair education, and, better than all else, possessed a good name. He was small in stature, but had a good constitution, arid lived to a ripe old age, dying at the age of ninety years. His wife was a woman of more thap ordinary strength of character. Her maiden name was Mary Starks, a niece of General Starks, of Revolutionary fame. She was tall and dignihed in appearance, and being unnsually intelligent, occupied a conspicuous place in the communities where she resided. Such were the parents of Thomas Tipton, who was ten years old when they settled in Chillicothe, Ross county. There he obtained his education, in such schools as the times and place afforded. It may be a matter of some interest to the young people of to-day to note, in this connection, what were the facilities for education, and what the qualifications expected of school teachers in those primitive times. The school-house was built of unhewed logs; the flow was made of puncheons, as were the most uncomfortable seats, which were supported, when not on wooden legs, by the ends being passed through between the unchinked logs. The qualifications of the teacher were in harmony with the school-house and other appliances. The certificate stated that the person therein named was "qualified to teach spelling, reading, writing, and ciphering, excluding fractions." At the age of fourteen, young Tipton closed his school days, at which time he could spell most of the words in Webster's spelling book, and write his name, as will be seen by reference to his autograph, which was written at that time. He was united in marriage, December 6, 1813, by Asa Shepard, a justice of the peace, to Miss Elizabeth Tomlinson, of Chillicothe, a woman of heroic fortitude which, it is said, never gave way amid all the hardships and privations of their pioneer experience. Her beneficence was limited only by her ability, and the poor and destitute who were the special objects of her care and attention, regarded her with reverential respect and gratitude. Mr. and Mrs. Tipton began their married life in Franklin county, where they purchased, from time to time, one thousand acres of land, and brought the same under cultivation. To build up a home of this sort, from such a forest, with poverty on one hand, distance from market on the other, and malaria everywhere, gives some idea of Captain Tipton and his good wife's energy of character, courage, and determination.   During the war of 1812, Captain Tipton was called into the military service of his country, and responded by at once raising a company, and was with General Harrison at Fort Defiance at the time of Hull's surrender. Captain Tipton, or " Uncle Tommy," as he was familiarly called by his friends and neighbors, possessed a hopeful, buoyant nature, and a kind and benevolent disposition; he would often, at great inconvenience to himself, help those less fortunate than himself, who could render no return but kindly good will and gratitude. He was an ardent friend, and absolutely had no enemies. The young approached him as a father, the aged sought his counsel as a friend in whose motives and judgment they had the utmost confidence. His character was one to be held in pleasant remembrance by all who enjoyed an intimate acquaintance with him, on account of his quiet, unobtrusive manner, and the healthful moral influence he exerted. Perhaps nothing more conclusively proves the pure and upright character of the man than the respect and filial affection of his children for him. While his life was always strictly moral and upright, he was over fifty years of age before he made a profession of religion. In October, 1841, he was called to witness the wonderful consolation of religion in the triumphant death of his daughter, Mary, then the wife of Elijah Chenoweth, jr. This was the first time that death had ever visited his own family circle, and it made a deep impression on his mind. His daughter, shortly before her death, exacted a promise from both father and husband that their names should be enrolled on the church book in place of her own. Shortly after this event Mr. Tipton called his family together, on a Sunday morning, and opened the family devotion with singing two verses of the hymn, beginning:   "And must this body die, This well-wrought frame decay?"   After which his wife offered up one of those soul-stirring petitions for which she had long been noted in the praying circles of the neighborhood. In the evening of the same day he offered, in the presence of his family, his first prayer—at least his first audible one. The family altar thus established was continued the remainder of their lives, and they enjoyed the consolation of often hearing each of their sons conduct the family devotion. Captain Tipton was a member of the Methodist church, as are all of his children, save one, who is, at this time, a member of no church.   In politics, he was a Republican, and his sons are adherents of the same party. He served as county commissioner of Franklin county for the term of two years—but he was not an aspirant for office, and once declined a nomination for State representative.   He died, of a malarial fever, the thirteenth day of September, 1864, and his wife on the fifth of February of the same year.   Pleasant Ridge farm, known as the "Tipton farm," is on the west side of Darby creek, two miles north of Harrisburg, in Pleasant township, Franklin county, and is now owned by J. H. Chenoweth. The old cabin has been demolished, but the associations connected with it remain in the memory of the children, who, though long since grown to man's estate, speak with peculiar tenderness of the old home, and with the most affectionate veneration of the father and mother who built it in the woods, protected it from savage violence, and brightened it with love and kindly feeling; regarded no trial or sacrifice too great, or labor too severe, to raise their children to a condition better than their own.   Captain Tipton was the father of eleven children: Samuel S., who married Miss Lydia Gantz, is a farmer and stock dealer, and lives in Kansas. Frances married John Taylor, who is also a Kansas farmer; John S. married Miss Tabitha Stump. He resides in Kansas, where he is engaged in farming and the manufacture of agricultural implements. Jonathan married Miss Rebecca Shattuck. He lives in Franklin county, Ohio, and is a farmer. William A., now deceased, married Miss Julia Wilcox. Richard H., married Miss Minerva Buckles, and resides in l)arbyville, Pickaway county, Ohio. He is a physician and surgeon of thirty-four years' experience, and is a graduate of Jefferson college, Philadelphia. Dr. Tipton was surgeon of the Ninetieth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, in the war of the Rebellion, serving with credit for three years. Mary, now deceased, was the wife of Elijah Chenoweth, jr.; Sarah is the wife of George Stump, a farmer living in Kansas; Thomas C. married Miss Miranda Loomis, and is a resident of Williamsport, Pickaway county, Ohio. He is a physician and surgeon of many years' practice. A biography of Dr. Tipton is given elsewhere in this book. Nelson F. married a Miss Elder, of Illinois, who died, leaving him with one child—a daughter. He married, for his second wife, Miss Hayes, of Harrisburg, Ohio. She died, leaving a son as a result of this union. His present wife was a Miss Morgan. He is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the Southern Kansas conference, and is at present stationed at Melvern, Kansas. Hiram C. married Miss Mary Shattuck, and is a farmer of Franklin county, Ohio.   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO -435   Pennsylvania, in 1837. He was a single man. Making a stop in Pleasant township; he, in 1840, secured a wife, in the person of Miss Ann Stump, whose parents located in the township also in 1837. Mr. Worthington now lives on the Harrisburgh pike. His children are: Jane (Mrs. M. Bradfield), John W., Mary (Mrs. J. White), George, Sarah (Mrs. W. Rush), and Clark, who all live in Franklin county, and the greater portion of them in their native township.   Gideon Walton, whose wife was Rebecca Gilbert, was an early settler in Columbus. He now lives in Pleasant township.   It is folly to think that the foregoing gives the names of all early settlers in the township, worthy of mention. Many came very early, and remained a few years, going still farther west; others, perhaps, lived in the township many years, but have gone and are forgotten. Following are the names of settlers of whom the writer has no particulars. Some are among the very first; others, perhaps, are not: Samuel Kerr, Reuben Chaffin, William D. Adams, John V. Leach, who was an early merchant; John Turner, Charles Hunter, Morris Yates, John Harvey, George Goodson, Simon Cochran, and James Walker.   EARLY EVENTS.   The first white child born in Pleasant township was, without doubt, a daughter, to Elijah and Rachel Chenoweth. The date of this important addition to the pioneer colony was December 9, 1800. The child was named Cassandra. She grew to woman's estate, and became the wife of John Morgan, going to live in Darby township, Pickaway county. Here her husband died. She eventually married Joseph Morgan, and removed to the west, where she died. Among the first marriages in the township was John Chenoweth to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Mary Foster. The date was soon after the present century began. This couple lived for a few years in Pleasant, removing then to Greene county, where they passed the remaining years of their lives. The first burials were on the Chenoweth farm, and not far from the present residence of Elijah Chenoweth. The writer was unable to ascertain who was the first person buried here. The first log houses were constructed by the brothers Chenoweth, in the fall of 1799. The first frame house was doubtless built by Samuel Kerr, early in the settlement. It stood on the farm owned at present by Elijah Chenoweth, jr.   John Biggart erected the pioneer brick house in the township, some two miles from Georgesville, many years since. The pioneer house of entertainment was at Harrisburgh. It was built by John Morgan, and was by him named White Hall. The writer was unable to get the date of its construction. This is at present owned by John P. Bolen, and is known as the United States hotel. Divers persons have played the role of host within its walls. Samuel Hill has another hotel at Harrisburgh. Thomas Chenoweth, without doubt, planted the first orchard in this portion of the township. The date was not far from 1800. A small number of these trees are still standing. On March 24, 1837, George Geiger and William Foresman opened the pioneer mercantile establishment in Pleasant township. The goods were displayed in a small building standing in what is now the southwest corner of the village of Harrisburgh. This firm, subsequently, built what is now the post-office row, and here, for years, prosecuted the business of merchandising. Joseph Chenoweth became a partner in the business, buying the interest of William Foresman. The present business at Harrisburgh is: L. W. Sifert, and A. C. Rush & Co., dry goods; F. Chenoweth and Henry Manning, groceries; Dr. H. A. Turner, drugs. There are also a number of small manufactories—shoe shops, wagon shops, etc., and several blacksmith shops. The first post-office was authorized in Pleasant township in 1815, and bore the name of the township. The following year, Georgesville was laid out, and, a short time after, the post-office was changed to that name. Following is a list of the postmasters : Thomas Roberts, William Scott, George Ray, and Thomas Story, who is the present incumbent. Harrisburgh was surveyed by Frederick Cole, under the direction of Joseph Chenoweth, in June, 1836. A few years prior to this, a post-office was established here, called Darby Cross Roads. This now took the name of the village. The succession of postmasters is as follows : John Haines, George Geiger, Abram Buckles, 1)r. T. Thompson, Henry Miller, J. W. Goetschius, 0. T. Curry, and the present incumbent, R. B. Parks, who was appointed to the office in July, 1861. Of manufactories, the first was a grist-mill, erected by Samuel Dyer, in 1805. This had a numerous ownership. It has been entirely rebuilt, and is now owned by the widow of William Dyer, whose husband built the present mill. Some fifteen years since, Thomas Chenoweth erected a flouring-mill on Darby creek, the second in the township. Numerous saw-mills have been built, generally small affairs.   ORGANIZATION.   Pleasant township, as organized in 1807, embraced many times its present area. In 1815, Jackson township was cut off, and in 1819, Prairie township was formed from this, reducing Pleasant township to its present limits. The records of the township do not date back far enough to be of service to the historian. The officers for 1879 are: F. Francis, M. S. Hays, J. Gardner, trustees; George Francis, clerk; J. B. Chenoweth, treasurer; W. J. Brooks, assessor; Richard Buzzard and E. Philips; constables. Following is the succession of justices of the peace : 1807, Samuel Kerr, John Smith, John Turner, Alexander Blair, Michael Dickey, Samuel Dyer, Reuben Golliday, Jacob Gundy; John Tipton, William Walker, Richard Heath, Henry Shenefelt, Geo. W. Helmick, Zelotes G. Weddle, J. B. Mitchel, Reuben Chaffin, Raper Millard, Henry Walker, John S. Young, J. 0. Smith, and the present, S. V. Dalby and George Ray, who were elected in the spring of 1879, and who are strongly Republican.   CHURCHES.   Meetings were early held in the log house of Thomas Chenoweth, by the settlers, who were principally of the Methodist faith. As early as 1810 the Rev. John Col-   436 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   lins and James Quinn began a series of meetings at the house of Elijah Chenoweth, which resulted in the formation of a class. This was composed mainly of the following: Benjamin Foster and wife, Thomas and Elijah Chenoweth, their wives and several of the children. Mr. Foster was the leader. Meetings were continued at Mr. Chenoweth's as late as 1842, when, the class having grown to such large proportions, and the attendance increased to such an extent that the accommodations were inadequate, a church edifice was erected.. This was of brick; in size, some forty by fifty feet, and .cost about one thousand, two hundred dollars. Its location was near where now stands the residence of Dr. Joseph Helmick. This did duty until 1858, when the present meeting-house was built. This is also of brick; forty-one by sixty-one feet in size, and cost two thousand, eight hundred dollars. The present membership of this church is one hundred. The officers are as follows: William B. Chenoweth, W. W. Carson, and Theodore Gantz, leaders; W. W. Carson and E. Chenoweth, stewards; William B., Elijah, and J. Hill Chenoweth, W. W Carson, David Hurst, and T. Gantt, trustees. A Sabbath-school was organized in the old log house. This is still in active operation, and has seventy scholars. S. V. Dalby is its superintendent. The present minister, who is located at Harrisburgh, is Rev. W. H. Sayre.   THE GREEN HILL CHURCH,   which is attached to the Harrisburgh circuit, was formed about ten years since. It has a neat framed church building, and a respectable membership. The Sabbath-school is well attended.   DYER CHAPEL.   The first meetings in the vicinity of Georgesville, were held at the houses of John Biggart and Thomas Roberts, by Rev. James Hoge, of the Presbyterian church, in Franklinton. The date was early in the century. No church of this denomination was ever formed here, to the writer's knowledge. Ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church preached at the dwellings of Charles Hunter, George Goodson, Simon Cochran, and James Walker, and also at the school-house in Georgesville. Dyer chapel, a neat wood structure, was erected in 1875, and cost one thousand eight hundred dollars. It is attached to California circuit. The present minister is the Rev. Mr. Alexander. The membership numbers fifty. Albert Keyes is class leader, and Joseph H. Gardner, superintendent of Sabbath-school, which has a goodly attendance.   MOUNT ZION UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH.   Meetings were held at the house of John Cummins in about 1860, and the following persons were in due time organized as a church: John Cummins and wife, William Forsyth and wife, Nathan Abbott and wife, and Mr. Long and wife. John Cummins was the leader of this class. Meetings Were held at the house of Mr. Cummins, the greater part of the time, until 1864, when the present meeting-house was built. The following are the trustees who were elected at the building of the church, and continued in office: John and Edward Cummins, N. Abbott, William Scott, and William Forsyth. A Sabbath-school was organized soon after the erection of the church, and John Cummins elected its superintendent. Its membership is at present not far from forty. The church membership is now very small, being only thirteen. The following are the ministers who have had charge of this church from its inception: Rev. Mr. Johnson, Daniel Bonebrake, William Waters, Solomon Zeller, George Brown, and Joseph Brown, the present minister, who located here some five years since.   SCHOOLS.   In the summer of 1811, one Thomas Miller taught a term of school in a little log cabin, standing on the farm owned by Samuel Kerr. This was a small school, and was composed of the children of the Chenoweth, Kerr, and Foster families. This is believed to have been the first school in this portion of the township, though of this the writer has not positive knowledge. Schools were taught in this cabin. for several years. In 1817 or 1818, a log school-house was built in the southwest corner of what is now Harrisburgh village. One of the earliest teachers in this building was Mrs. Elizabeth Kilpatrick. No frame school-house was built here until about the time the village was laid out. The village school district was organized in 1870, and convened in the building now occupied as a town hall. On May 1, 1875, it was, by vote, decided to erect a suitable school-building. The board consisted of: G. M. Stark, president ; Willlam B. Chenoweth, treasurer; A. Poulson, clerk. It remains the same to-day, with one exception: A. Poulson resigned, December 4, 1876, and A. C. Rush, the present clerk, was appointed. He was subsequently elected. The building was completed in 1876. It is of brick; some thirty by sixty feet in size, two stories in height, and cost, complete, five thousand dollars. The school is divided into primary and intermediate departments. The enrollment of scholars is one hundred and thirty-six. The amount paid teachers for the year 1878 was nearly seven hundred dollars. The records of this district are in such a condition that the writer could learn but little from them. In Pleasant township there are thirteen school districts. The board of education is as follows: 1). W. Machlin (president), J. W. Worthington, E. W. Young, W. B. Adams, I. F. Miller, John Cummins, N. Jenney, George Hay, J. Boyd, M. Bill-man, J. B. Story, S. Jackson, and John Price.   PHYSICIANS.   The writer learns that, in 1824, Dr. Lemuel Boyd was practicing in Harrisburgh, but failed to obtain any data of him. Dr. Thomas Thompson located here from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as early as 1837. Dr. Thompson was an excellent practitioner, and soon acquired a large practice. He died in about 1840, and soon after, George W. Helmick, who was a graduate of Jefferson medical college—class of 1838 and '39, located here; he was of good medical attainments. He was twice married; his death occurred some twenty years since.   The. present physicians are: Joseph Helmick, a brother   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 437   of the above, and a graduate of the same school; he located in Harrisburgh in 1842; he married Jane Chenoweth, and yet enjoys a lucrative practice.   William J. Bashaw was the next physician to locate at Harrisburgh; he now lives in the country, where he still practices.   G. W. Helmick, jr., graduated at Starling medical college, Columbus. Edward F. Morgan, a graduate of the same school, and George W. Gardner, a graduate of Miami medical college, Cincinnati, Ohio, .constitute the medical staff of Harrisburgh. Dr. W. N. Shoemaker is located at Georgesville. He is spoken of as a rising practitioner.   HARRISBURGH.   This village was incorporated in 1851, and an election held, when the following persons were elected: Mayor, Dr. J. Helmick; recorder, Z. G. Weddle; trustees, Henry Miller, J. Chenoweth, 0. T. Curry, L. W. Sifert, and Dr. George W. Helmick. The records are so imperfectly kept that the writer is unable to give the succession of officers. The present are: Mayor, J. L. Smith ; clerk, S. G. Lyday; trustees, G. M. Stark, J. R. Manning, J. P. Bolen, C. Vieman, 0. T. Curry, and C. V. Sheeders.   This village has, at present, quite an efficient cornet band, numbering ten musicians; C. V. Sheeders, leader.   Lodges of Good Tetnplars have, at divers times, had an organization in Harrisburgh village. There are none at present, though the need of thorough temperance work is painfully apparent, at least, to stranger eyes.   Georgesville was laid out many years since. Now there is no vestige of a village on the opposite side of Darby creek; at the railroad station is J. L. Moore's addition or New Georgesville—a little hamlet containing a few houses, general store by J. R. Biggart, and grocery by G. W. May. Dyer chapel is situated in this village.   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.   J. W. STORY. MARGARET STORY   Joseph W. Story was the fourth child of Marmer Duke Story and Rachel Baggs. He was born in Sussex county, Delaware, and came to Ohio with his parents when he was nine years old. The family settled in Pickaway county.   The subject of this sketch settled in this county, on the farm he now owns and occupies, in the year 1834. He has been three times married. His first wife, whom he married in 1832, was Nancy Turner, by whom he had seven children, five of whom are now living: Martha, who married Aaron Lambert, lives in Iowa. John, who married Elizabeth Thomas, lives on the home farm. Thomas, who married Miss Louisa Moore, lives in Georgesville, this county. Sarah, who married Addison Taylor, lives in Nebraska. Dianna, who married Richard Hay, lives in Pleasant township. Matilda, who married Peter Tanner, lives in Madison county, Ohio, and Mary, who married Isaac Tanner, lives in Madison county, Ohio.   His second wife was Susan Nichols, whom he married in the year 1853, and by whom he had two children—a son and daughter. Marmer Duke is single and lives at home. Vergina; the daughter, married Richard Chaffin, and lives in Pleasant township, Franklin county, Ohio.   In 1872 he married his third wife, Margaret White, who is very much his junior, and by whom he has had two children, only one of whom, little Lora, is now living.   In politics, Mr. Story is a Democrat. While he has suffered many losses, financially and otherwise, for the want of an education, no stain of dishonesty has ever tarnished his name. He is now seventy-one years old, and lives at his ease, surrounded by every comfort he desires.   438 -HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   JOSEPH CHENOWETH. MARGARET CHENOWETH   Elijah and Rachel (Foster) Chenoweth, natives of Maryland, were early settlers in Kentucky, and about 1795 emigrated to Pike county, and settled near what is now the southern boundary of Ross. They removed, in the fall of 1799, to Pleasant township, Franklin county, being its first pioneers. Elijah Chenoweth was born June 12, 1762, and died December 5, 1828.- His wife died April 17, 1825. Their children were: Thomas, John F., Joseph, Rachel, Cassandra, Elizabeth, and Elijah.   Joseph Chenoweth, the subject of this sketch, was born September 6, 1798. He grew to manhood in the home of his parents, where Elijah Chenoweth now lives, and became one of the widely and well known citizens of the county. He began in a humble way, and eventually accumulated great wealth and attained high honors. Early in life, and before he had any means other than a liberal capital of energy and industry, he made a living by driving between his home and Baltimore, carrying provisions east, and then loading his wagon with those articles of merchandise for which there was a demand in the new settlements of Franklin, Pickaway, and Ross counties. He also did considerable teaming between Chillicothe and Franklinton. In later years, his business was farming and stock dealing. He bought and sold great numbers of horses, cattle, hogs, and sheep, and was one of the first to drive stock across the country to the eastern market. He was as extensive a dealer as there was in the country. He added to his original farm, and became the possessor of about one thousand six hundred acres of land, the greater part of which, a considerable time before his death, he divided among his children.   Mr. Chenoweth was noted as a man of spotless character, and of many admirable traits. His generosity was one of the leading ones, and he had the life-long kind regard of many to whom, in one way or another, he had given assistance. He was a member of no church, but was most liberal in his support of the cause of religion, and when the Methodist people of the little village of Harrisburg decided to build a church and set about the undertaking, they would have succeeded but poorly had not Mr. Chenoweth come to their assisstance. He made the society a present of the lot upon which the church stands, burned the brick of which it is built, and furnished money very liberally beside. No man in the vicinity ever entertained more ministers than Mr. Chenoweth. His house was always open to them, and was their favorite stopping place. But, for that matter, his "latch string was always out" for everybody. He had an immense circle of friends, and few ever came into the neighborhood in which he dwelt without paying him a visit. He was a very cordial, affable man, and none more enjoyed companionship.   The personal popularity of Mr. Chenoweth, and the uprightness of his character, made him a strong candidate, in 5841, for the legislature of the fortieth general assembly. He was elected on the Whig ticket, as a colleague of Nathaniel Medbury, and served two terms as the representative of Franklin county. In his later years he was a Republican:   Mr. Chenoweth's first wife was Margaret, daughter of Amos Heath, of Pickaway county. Their children were: Rachel C. West, Jane Helmick, Elijah, Joseph, Sarah Hays, William, Elizabeth McKinley, Isabella Sheeters, and Jerry. It is a remarkable fact that there has never been a death in this generation of the family. All of the sons and daughters are living, and all are in Pleasant township except Jerry, who is a resident of Columbus. Mrs. Chenoweth died December 22, 1861, at the age of sixty-five years, four months, and fifteen days. The widowed husband took, as his second wife, Margaret Williams. Mr. Chenoweth died January 9, 1869.   R. M. WORTHINGTON   was horn in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. His parents both died when he was quite young, leaving three children, of whom he was the eldest. His brother, Isaac, is a farmer, and lives in Clinton county, Ohio, and his sister, Mrs. Mary A. Harvey, lives in Pleasant township, Franklin county, Ohio.   At the age of twenty, our subject came to Ohio, and began life for himself. His education was limited to a few months in the commonest of common schools, but, fortunately, education, in a business sense at least, is not confined to school advantages. His property accumulations show what a man can do for himself when prompted by a spirit of determination. He is the owner of nearly five hundred acres of land in Pleasant township, with such appointments and appurtenances as do credit to the owner. His losses by fire, and security for friends, have been quite heavy, but have never seriously embarrassed him. A long life of usefulness, of well-directed energy, coupled with a rigid economy and an inflexible determination, is now richly rewarded by a quiet and peaceful old age, surrounded by a thriving family and the fruits of an industrious life. He commenced life for himself in an unbroken forest, and by dint of energy and well-directed effort, has lived to see the wilderness converted into cultivated fields.   He was reared among the Quakers, but was never a member of any church organization. He is a Democrat in politics, and has uniformly acted with that party. He has served as trustee of his township one term, and as supervisor ten or twelve years. He is not a politician nor an office-seeker, and we mention the above as an evidence of the confidence of his neighbors. He had the good sense to select a companion from his youthful acquaintances. He married Miss Ann Stump, who was also horn in Pennsylvania, but came to Ohio in very early lice. She is the mother of six children, all of whom are now married and settled in life: Jane,   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 439   who married Morris Badfield, lives in Madison county, Ohio; John William, who married Miss Harriet Titus, lives in this township; Mary C., who married Jacob White, lives 'fear her parents; George, who married Miss Sarah Smith, lives in this township; Sarah E., who married William Rush, of Pickaway county; mid Clark, who married Miss Josephine Wade, and lives with his parents and carries on the home farm.   Mrs. Worthington is a Methodist in belief, though distance from church, and failing health, prevent her the enjoyment of sanctuary privileges.   ter; margin-left: -0.1in">ELIJAH AND NANCY CHENOWETH   Elijah Chenoweth is one of that small and fast-contracting circle of early residents whose recollections link together the past and present of local folk-history. He was born in 18o6, on the farm where he now lives, and was the ninth child of Elijah and Rachel (Foster) Chenoweth, the pioneers who are spoken, of in the foregoing sketch as having made the initial settlement in Pleasant township. He is the only member of the family living, except his brother, John F., of London, Madison county.   Mr. Chenoweth is a splendid example of that rugged development of physical and moral qualities attained through the simple, honest, homespun manners of life that characterized the early settlers of Ohio. Although he has passed through more than the alloted three score years and ten, he is, to all appearance,. hale and hearty—a fine specimen of preservation. He still takes an active part in the management of his large farm and in carrying on general business. He has been for fifty-three years a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, with which, also, all of his family are connected. Politically, he is a Republican, and has acted with that party since its organization.   Mrs. Chenoweth was a native of Clark county, Ohio, and was born in the same year as her husband. Nine children were the fruit of this marriage, six of whom still survive: Thomas, who married Emily Graham, of Ross county, and lives, at present, in Pleasant township, Franklin county; John W., who married Miss Mary E. Graham, and lives in Pickaway county; Joseph H., who married Mary o. Timmons, and lives on the home farm; Elizabeth, who married A. J. Shephard, and lives in Madison county; Sarah J., who married U. C. Gantz, and lives in Jackson township, Franklin county; and Rebecca E., who married W. W. Carson, of Delaware county, who lives with her father and works the home farm.   Mrs. Elijah Chenoweth died in 1874.   MADISON.   Madison, in territorial extent, exceeds any other township in the county, and, with the possible exception of Hamilton, is also the best agriculturally. It is within the tract denominated Congress lands, and was organized as a township in 1809. By an act of the legislature, passed at the session of 1850-51, a range of sections, being a strip one mile wide and six miles long, ir including the town of Winchester, was taken from Fairfield county and annexed to the east side of Madison, making the township eight miles in extent, north and south, and seven miles cast and west, with the exception of the jog in the southeast corner. The township is well improved, the farms and orchards, of moderate size, being generally owned by their occupants, and containing good dwellings, barns and other improvements.   STREAMS.   Madison is among the best watered townships in the county. Big Walnut (or, as now called, Gahanna river) enters the township a short distance west of the center of the north line, and Alum and Black lick creeks in nearly the northwest and northeast corners, respectively. The three streams unite their waters in section seventeen, of the northwest quarter, the stream thence flowing a southerly direction until reaching section twenty, where it turns southwest and flows in that direction into Hamilton township. Little Walnut creek reaches the township just south of Winchester, from Fairfield county, flows thence a generally western course through the south half of the township, until south of Groveport, when it takes a southerly course, flowing into Pickaway county.   PIONEERS AND SETTLERS.   The first settlements in Madison township were commenced as early as 1803 or 1804. One of the earliest of the pioneers was George Tounge, who settled on the run, where Wesley Lawrence now lives. He subsequently removed to Carroll, Fairfield county, and died there.   John Wright, sr., came from Pennsylvania, with his parents, David and Sarah Wright, who settled in Bloom township, Fairfield county. He married Catharine Dildine, and a short time afterward removed to Franklin county, and located on the farm now owned by Jeremiah Kalb; he died there, in 1815, at the age of about thirty-three. His widow subsequently married Joseph Dunnuck, whom she also survived. She finally went to Hancock county, where she died, in 1878, at her daughter's (Mrs. Wiley), at the advanced age of ninety-three. She had, by her first husband, three children, viz.: John, who still resides in Madison, where he was born, in 1805, being one of the first children born in the settlement; David, who lives in Hancock county, and Sarah (Mrs. Wiley), in Wood county. By her second husband, Mrs. Dunnuck had four children, the only survivor of whom is William Dunnuck, attorney-at-law in Columbus.   James Ramsey, a native of Pennsylvania, went to Virginia, when a young man, and there married Ruth Van Meter. They moved to Kentucky, then called the "backwoods," and a few years afterward removed to Ohio, with two children. They settled, and remained for two years, on the Scioto river, in this county, and, about 1805, moved to this township, entering a half section, where Edward's station now is. At first they occupied a rough log cabin; afterwards, a hewed log house, built as early as 181o, which is still standing, and occupied. James Ramsey died in April, 1828, aged sixty-two years, his wife surviving him some ten years. They had a family of twelve children, only two of whom now survive—Nancy, widow of Jacob Andreck, in Lancaster, and Susan, wife Kalita Sallee, near Groveport.   Samuel and Robert Ramsey, the former an elder, and the latter a younger brother of James Ramsey, came out at the same time. Samuel took up a quarter section just north of his brother, James. He remained single until about the age of sixty-two, when he married Mrs. Margaret Karshner, of Hamilton, and lived in this township until his death. Robert Ramsey settled just over the line, in Hamilton, on the bank of Big Walnut, and is further mentioned in the history of that township.   Stauffel Kramer moved in about 18o5 or 1806, and located on the run where David Martin now lives. He died there not long after his settlement, and his death was one of the first that occurred among the pioneers. His sons, John, Daniel, and George, married, and resided in the township for a number of years, but finally moved west.   Another family by the name of Kramer—Louis, Philip, John, Michael, Adam, Jacob, and George, all brothers, moved in with their families from Pennsylvania, in 1807. Louis, who was a preacher of the United Brethren church, settled on Little Walnut creek, south of where Canal Winchester now is, and soon after erected a saw and grist-mill there. Philip located in the same vicinity, but afterwards removed to Hancock county. John settled a short distance north of Winchester, and lived in the neighborhood until his death, in 1853. His son, now living in Canal Winchester, was born in this township, in 1808, and assisted in clearing much of the land north of the village. Michael and Adam also settled in Madison, and Jacob and George in Plain township.   In the spring of 1805, George Kalb, sr., and family, consisting of his wife and four children, and his father, John Kalb, emigrated to Ohio from Frederick county,   (440)   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 441   Maryland. They remained in Lancaster, Fairfield county, until August of the same year, when they moved to this township. George Kalb located on the northeast quarter of section fourteen, and his father, who resided with him, took up the northwest quarter of section thirteen. The family, the first two years of their settlement in the Madison wilderness, lived in a cabin constructed of puncheons, set up on end, and covered with clapboards. George Kalb, sr., and wife, on coming, got lost in the woods only a short distance from their home, and so dense was the forest in every direction, that they were unable to find their way out, and they consequently had to make a night of it in the woods. George Kalb, sr., was born June I, 1760, and died March 20, 1836. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Kiefer, was born June 26, 1774, and died May 9, 1846. Their children were Catharine, John, Margaret, George, Mary, Anna, Elisha, Jeremiah, Susan, Caleb, and Isaac, all now dead except four, viz.: Margaret (now Mrs. Ruse), George, Jeremiah, and Susan (Mrs. Gill), all of whom reside in this township; John Kalb, sr., died in 1815.   Among the earliest and most prominent of the pioneers of Madison were the Stevensons. John Stevenson came from Baltimore, Maryland, as early as 1805, and bought one thousand acres of land, mostly in sections eight and nine. He built his log house on the bank of Black lick creek, in section eight. In his house, some of the earliest meetings were held, as mentioned elsewhere. He was buried in the old burying-ground, on Black lick, the first regular burying place in the township. William Stevenson, a brother of John, came about the same time, with his family, from Baltimore, Maryland. He settled where Irvin Stevenson now lives, and resided there until his death. The family consisted of five daughters and two sons. Joshua occupied the homestead after his father's death. The present wife of Judge Chaney, of Canal Winchester, is a daughter of Joshua Stevenson. The other son, George K. Stevenson, is still living, and a resident of the township. He is now about ninety-two years of age. The daughters were: Sarah, Susan, Jemima, Mary B., and Ann B. Sarah married Zachariah Stevenson, her cousin, and lived most of her married life in Madison, but finally removing west. Susan and Jemima, who became the wives respectively of Robert Bowen and a man by the name of McKelvey; both died in this township. Mary married Samuel Taylor, a tavern-keeper, in Canal Winchester, in an early day. Ann married Nicholas Hopkins, and, after his death, her cousin, Joshua Stevenson, and resided, during the most of her life, in the township, dying April 13, 1873. Her oldest daughter, Mary B. Hopkins—now widow of John L. Stevenson—is a resident of this township.   Charles Rarey settled in Madison township in 1806, removing from Virginia, whence he came from Germany. He settled about two miles south of where Groveport now stands, purchasing the north half of section number four, and the south half of thirty-three. He occupied the farm on which he settled until his death. His children were: John, Adam, Charles, Benjamin, Parker, George, William, Catharine, Elizabeth, and Christina, all now deceased. Catharine became the wife of Philip Pontius; Elizabeth married Thomas Harmon; and Christina married Rev. John Solomon, an early Methodist preacher of Madison ; John Rarey removed to Indiana; Charles, Benjamin, William, and Parker, all reside where the family first settled, William occupying the homestead; George lived in Pickaway county; Adam Rarey married Catharine Pontius, and settled where the Rarey mansion now stands, in Groveport. He kept a tavern there in his log house when the road was only marked by blazed trees. He afterwards erected a brick tavern. He was the father of John S. Rarey, the celebrated horse tamer. The mansion referred to was erected by John S. Rarey. Two daughters of Adam Rarey, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Whetsel, now reside near Groveport.   Matthew Taylor, and family, emigrated from Nova Scotia, in 180o, and settled in Chillicothe, where they remained until 1806, when they removed to this county. Mr. 'Taylor entered several sections of land, and settled near the mouth of Alum creek, in this township. He erected a grist- and saw-mill, a short distance above the mouth of the creek, and continued their operation until his death, in 1812; his wife died the same year. They were buried on their farm, and were the first persons buried in that vicinity. They had a family of eleven children. John A. married Elizabeth McKnight, of Greene county, Ohio; afterwards, came to Columbus, and was an early surveyor, being with General Foos; eventually, he removed to Missouri, where he died, in 1823; his widow returned to Franklin county, and died here. They had three children, the only survivor of whom is Mrs. James Taylor, of Truro township. The other children of Matthew Taylor were: James, Matthew, Elizabeth (Mrs. Wood), David, William, Robert, Samuel, Rebecca May (wife of Edward Elsey), Jeannette (wife of Samuel Crosset), and Isaac. All are now deceased, except, possibly, Robert, who is supposed to be living in Illinois. James was a captain of infantry, and was stationed, with his company, at a block-house in Delaware (now Marion) county, shortly after Hull's surrender; William and Samuel were ministers, the former a Methodist, and the latter a Presbyterian.   Samuel Taylor, a brother of Matthew, removed from Nova Scotia, at the same time, and settled on the farm now owned by Z. Vesey. His children were: Rebecca (Long), Matthew, John, David, Samuel, Elizabeth (Faulkner), James and Eleanor (Griffith). It is said that the average length of life of the Taylor families was over seventy years.   John Swisher and family came to Ohio from Sussex county, New Jersey, in 1805. They first settled in Fairfield county, where they remained until 1807, when they removed to this township. Mr. Swisher located northeast of where Groveport now' is, on land belonging to his father-in-law, Frederick Peterson. He afterward changed his location to the school section, where he resided for upwards of forty years, finally removing to near Dublin, this county, where he died. His wife, Mary, died in 1836, and he afterward married Mrs. Shepherd, of Wash-   56   442 -HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO   ington township. There are six children of John Swisher now living, as follows: Jacob, in this township; Thomas, in Crawford county ; Frederick, in Groveport; Fama, wife of Absalom Peters, of Walnut township, Pickaway county; Maria (now Mrs. Miner), living in Hamilton township; (she married Michael Plum, and after his death David Miner, who is also deceased), and Mrs. Hoover, in Bucyrus, Ohio.   The Deckers—four brothers, Elias, Esau, Isaac, and John—emigrated to this county from the Shenandoah valley, Virginia. Esau came out first in 18o5, making the journey on foot. Before starting on his long journey, he went into the woods, and cut a willow cane which he carried with him. After selecting and entering his land, he stuck his cane into the ground, and returned for his family, with whom he arrived the next year. When he came back, he found the green willow stick had taken root, and was growing. It continued to flourish, and is now a large tree on the land now owned by some of the descendants. Some time previous to his death, he expressed the wish that his coffin be made from the tree, but his sons persuaded him to let it stand. Mr. Decker raised a family of three sons and two daughters, all of whom settled and died in the vicinity of their father's settlement.   Elias Decker came soon after his brother Esau, and bought the southeast quarter of section thirty-six, where he made a home. He served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was also in the war of 1812. Before his death he received a pension for his services in defense of his country. In about 1830, he removed to Hancock county, where he died at the age of ninety-nine years. He had nine children—Andrew, Coonrod, Elisha, Agnes, Catharine, Annie, Mary, Effie, and Penelope. All married and settled about here, at first, but after a time, three daughters moved west. The sons all died here, Andrew on the home place. He had four children, two of whom are still living—Elias, on the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, and Elizabeth, in Illinois.   Isaac Decker came out in 1811, and made his location on the southwest quarter of section one where, in 1817, he laid out the town of Middletown, afterwards called Oregon. The town did not improve, and remained but a small settlement. Mr. Decker opened a tavern in his log house at an early day, which he continued some thirty years. He was by trade a shoemaker, in which he was assisted by his wife, who had learned to patch and half-sole shoes. Their patrons paid them in clearing and logging. They raised twelve children, six of whom are living—two sons and two daughters in the northern part of the State; Mrs. Ellen Seymour, and Isaac F. Decker, in this township, the former on Walnut creek, and the latter in Canal Winchester.   John Decker, of the brothers mentioned, settled in Washington township.   William D. Hendren, accompanied by his wife and one child, came to Ohio from near Front Royal, Virginia, in 1806. He entered the east half of section thirty-five, in Madison township, Franklin county, and cleared a part of the land, on which he remained some five years, when he bought a quarter section belonging to Mr. Hushour, and situated a mile and a half northwest of Groveport. There was a small clearing on the land at the time of his purchase, and he continued the work until he had 'a good farm under cultivation. His children were Thomas C., Louisa, Daniel C., Samuel 0., William, Mordecai, Isaac, who died in infancy, Sarah Ann, and Robert. Three of the *children died in childhood ; the others grew up in the township, and settled there. Samuel 0. is the only one. of the children now living. After his father's death, Samuel 0. bought the interest of his brothers and sisters in the first purchase made by his father, which he now owns. Thomas re mained on the old homestead, northwest of Groveport, where he died. His wife and two sons still occupy the property. Another son lives in Minnesota, and one in the northeast part of the State. A son of Daniel Hendren owns a farm near the canal, southwest of Groveport.   William Fleming, and a family by the name of Hesnauer, were early settlers on the Hendren place, but left many years since.   Frederick Peterson came to Madison township in 1807, from Sussex county, New Jersey, and located about a mile and a half northeast of Groveport, where he entered a half section of land. He died some ten years after his settlement, and none of the family are now left.   Thomas Gray was among the early pioneers of Madison township. He came from Maryland, when a young man, and married here Theodosia Huff soon after his arrival. They settled on the place now owned by their son, Alfred Gray—the southeast quarter of section four. He died in December, 1850, aged seventy-three years. His first wife died young, and he afterward married Harriet Hughes. By his first wife he had eight children, and seven by his second. Four of his first wife's children are living, as follows: Rebecca, wife of William Powell, in Missouri; Alfred, who married Rachel M., daughter of Archibald Powell, and lives on the old homestead; Harriet, widow of John Milburn, resides in Jefferson township; Jedediah, lives near Groveport. The children of the second marriage are scattered.   George Smith settled at an early date, on the west side of Walnut creek, in the south part of the township, where he cleared some land and planted an orchard, and had the first apples known in the country. He lived but a few years, and left a widow, Mrs. Abigail Smith, who occupied the place many years after his death.   Billingsly Bull was a very early settler near the present village of Groveport. In 1810 he was a justice. of the peace in Madison township. At the present time, none of the family remain in the country, and but little information can be obtained regarding them.   Jacob Weaver owned a small farm, on the second quarter of section twenty-three, at an early day. He removed to Indiana many years ago, with his entire family.   Ezekiel Groom, born in New Jersey, in 1767, and his wife, Rhoda, a native of the same State, born in 1773, removed soon after their marriage, in 1790, from New Jersey, to Hampshire county, Virginia. There they lived until 1804, when they emigrated to Ohio, and took up   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 443   their abode in the wilderness, on the waters of Walnut creek, now Pickaway county. Their location was that now occupied by Vause Decker, of whose father (Luke Decker) Mr. Groom rented. In 1807 they removed to this township, and located in section nine, near where the bridge crosses the creek. He died there August r, 1836, and his wife November 13, 1859. They were both zealous christians, and active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and were among the original members of the Hopewell class. They had a family of nine children, of whom Thomas, now living in Columbus with his daughter, Mrs. Chamberlain, in his eighty-fifth year, and Mrs. Hosea Britton, of Hilliard, are the only survivors.   Philip Pontius came from Berks county, Pennsylvania, in about 1807, and settled with his father on Kinnikinnick creek, near Kingston, Ross county. He married Catharine Rarey, and in 1809 settled on the second quarter of section nine, which he bought and improved. They raised four children: Christine, Charles, Elizabeth, and John. The latter was killed, at the age of eleven years, by the running away of a team of horses, near Delaware, Ohio; Christine was twice married, and died at Lock-bourn; Elizabeth first married Dr. Guard, and after his death married Richard Long—she died at Columbus; Charles married Elizabeth Sharp, and owns the home farm, where he was born and raised. Their children live near by—one on the home farm.   John Tallman came from Virginia in 1808, and settled on the property now occupied by his son, Nathan, now among the older inhabitants of the township. Two sons of Nathan Tallman have an agricultural implement store in Canal Winchester.   Abraham Harris was also an early settler in the same vicinity.   John Sharp and wife came from Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1808, and bought the second quarter in section thirty-three. He afterwards increased his possessions until he owned some four hundred acres of land, which he cleared and improved. His wife was Mary E. Harbine, from Reading, Pennsylvania, by whom he had nine children, all of whom lived to maturity. There were five daughters and four sons, but few of whom are now living. Elizabeth married Charles Pontius, and has spent her married life at the Pontius home, on section nine. The other children of John Sharp, with one or two exceptions, settled in Franklin county, where they remained during their life. Mr. sharp died in 1863, aged eighty-two years. His wife died in 1839, aged fifty-seven.   Samuel Brown, originally from Pennsylvania, came to Ohio When a single man, and in 1809, married in Pickaway county, Margaret Kelley, who came from Pennsylvania to Lancaster, Ohio, with her parents when twelve years of age. Soon after their marriage, they removed to this county, and settled in Madison, where their son, Matthew, now lives, on a quarter section of land. They built a rude log cabin in the woods without a floor, in which they spent the first five years of their married life. Mr. Brown's experience of pioneer life was in strange disproportion to that of his wife. In 1816, while at work in the clearing, he was killed instantly by a falling tree, leaving his wife with three little children. Seven years afterward, she married Oliver Codner, sr., whom she also survived. After her first husband's death Mrs. Brown dreamed that an angel appeared to her and comforted her with the assurance that she would live to be over ninety years of age, and to see her descendants in the fourth generation, which dream was more than fulfilled. She died in the summer of 1879, at the age of nearly ninety-three. She was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, November 28, 1787. She possessed an excellent physical constitution, and during the early years of her married life, in addition to her household duties, assisted her husband in the work of clearing the land and bringing it under cultivation. Of her three children born of her first husband, two are now living, viz : Matthew, on the old homestead, born June 2 2, 18i r, and Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Powell, now living in Jackson county, Missouri. By her second husband Mrs. Codner had four children.   Emmor Cox settled on number two, section thirty, as early as 1810. He owned the entire quarter section, which he cleared and improved. He had a family, consisting of four sons and five daughters. Mr. Cox and two of his sons died on the property, and at his death it fell into the hands of his son, John Cox, who was a well-known and capable surveyor. He also died on the property, which was then sold. A son of John Cox now lives in the vicinity.   Henry Bunn came to Ohio in about 1810, and located in Ross county, where he remained until 1814, when he settled on land in number two, section six, Madison township, Franklin county, then owned by his wife's father, Mr. Pontius. He afterwards bought the north half of section eight, which land he cleared and improved. His wife was Elizabeth Pontius, to whom he was married in Ross county, and who became the mother of six children: Nancy, Frederick, Mary, Sarah, Henry, and Elizabeth. Henry and Sarah went to Lafayette, Indiana, where they now live; Nancy married Samuel Lautis, and settled in Jackson township ; Frederick married Charlotte Rarey, by whom he had eight children—fly,: now living; Nelson H. and Jefferson L., live on the home farm, and the others near by. Mrs. Bunn, now a widow, lives with her son, Jefferson L., on the home farm. Of the two remaining children of Henry Bunn, sr., Mary married Joseph Sharp, and settled in the township, and Elizabeth married Daniel Groom, and died in 1878.   Henry Whitsel, from Maryland, settled near Tarlton, Pickaway county, before 1800. His brothers, Isaac, John, Samuel, and Daniel, settled near him, about the same time. He married Elizabeth Saylor, and, in 1810, removed to Madison township, Franklin county, where he entered land south of Emmor Cox; he died in 1855, leaving several children, most of whom are now living in the west. His son, David, married Elizabeth Rarey, and has lived in the township since his birth, in 1810.   Henry DiIdine settled on the southeast quarter of section number two, in the fall of 1810. Harmon Dildine also settled, at an early date, on the southeast quarter of   444 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   section three, where he raised his family, consisting of six sons and one daughter. Robert F., his youngest son, now resides near Groveport; a daughter in the village, and another son at Hilliard. Andrew, Daniel, and John Dildine, moved out at the same time as Henry and Harmon.   James McClish moved in at an early date, and located on eighty acres of land, which is now owned by Charles Pontius. A son, William McClish, now lives in Hamilton township.   Samuel Bishop removed to this State, from New Jersey, in 1807. He first settled in Pickaway county, but a few years afterward, came to this township and settled on one hundred and sixty acres, in section four, which he cleared and improved. He afterward sold this farm to Philip Pontius, and moved to the west side of the creek, where he died, about the year 1842. Two of his children are at this time residents of Franklin county, viz.: Mrs. Young, living in Hamilton, and William H., in this township, on the homestead.   Abednego Davis. was a very early settler on the third quarter of section twenty-six, which he partially cleared. He sold the property to William Seymour, and moved from the neighborhood.   John Gander came before 1812, and settled on a quarter of section twenty-nine, where he made a clearing and lived twenty or twenty-five years. He raised a family of seven children, several of whom married while living there. They finally sold the property and went to another locality—some to Hardin county.   Jacob Gander was also an early settler at Middletown, and served as justice of the peace in 1825, and again in 1828. None of the family have lived in the township for many years.   Jacob Rhoads and family came from Pennsylvania, and were among the early settlers in Madison township. They located in the northeast part of the township, on Black lick, near where S. Hempy now resides. John, a son of Jacob Rhoads, built a grist- and saw-mill on the creek, both of which were run until about 1844, when they went down. The Rhoads removed to Van Wert county, after selling to a man named Peters.   Simon Helpman came from Pennsylvania in 1840, and located in Violet township, Fairfield county. The part. of the township in which he settled, was afterwards set off into Franklin county. He married Eve, daughter of Elias Decker, in 1812, and raised ten children, four of whom are now living: one in Hancock county; one in Indiana ; one in Iowa, one, John, in Winchester, where he is engaged in business.   Michael Rohr and wife, and their sons, George and John, with their families, their son-in-law, John Smith and family, and Thomas Rothwell all moved in together from Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1816. The company, with one four-horse team and two two-horse teams, left their eastern homes on the fifth day of July, and were some six weeks on the way. Mr. Rohr, sr., bought the whole of section six which had been previously occupied by Henry Bunn, and on which a little improvement had been made. Mr. Rohr, at his death in 1818, divided his land among his three children above named, and some of it is still in possession of his descendants. George Rohr had a family of two sons and two daughters, the daughters dying when quite small. The two sons are still living : John, on a portion of the farm his grandfather originally owned, and William, in Hamilton township. The children of John Rohr, sr., were: Jacob, Charles, Samuel, Michael, John, and Sarah. Charles owns a farm of two hundred and fourteen acres in the eastern part of section six, and resides in the north part of the township, and John near Canal Winchester. Samuel lives in Wisconsin. Michael and Sarah are dead.   John, George, Philemon, Andrew and Cubbidge Needels emigrated to Ohio from Delaware. John and Philemon removed in 1802. John, then single, came down the Ohio river to Louisville in a canoe. He married there, and afterward came to this State, locating in Fairfield county. In 1811 he moved to this township. Philemon came a few years after John, and first settled in Fairfield county. In 1812, or 1813, he took up his residence where Mrs. Eliza Needels now lives, having purchased, in connection with his brothers, John and Andrew, the whole of section nine. He died in 185r. He had a family of thirteen children, of whom all are now dead, except three: Rachel Needels, widow of Thomas Needels, now nearly seventy-seven years of age; Anna, widow of Littleton Gray, both residing in this township; and Mrs. Rebecca Daily, living near Des Moines, Iowa. George Needels settled in Fairfied county, but removed later to Knox county. Cubbidge Needels moved out from Delaware in 1810; resided in Fairfield county two years, when he came to this township and took a lease of some land of his brother, Philemon's. Afterwards he leased a farm on the school section, on which he resided until 1821, when he removed to Plain township. His wife died soon after their rein oval to Ohio, in November 1810, and he was afterwards again married. He died in 1840.   William Elder settled on the first quarter in section eleven, about 1813 or 1814. He cleared and improved a farm, and built a brick house. His family consisted of three sons and two daughters, none of whom are now living. Mr. Elder's place of nativity was Scotland.   John Kile settled northwest-of Groveport at an early day. He bought land which he cleared, and where he made a farm. Some of his descendants now live in the township.   Alexander Cameron came from New Jersey, and bought land in the third quarter of section ten. Here he made a home and raised a family. One of his daughters married Mr. Ramsey; another married Cornelius Black, and now lives in the township. Still another, married William P. Sharp, and died in Hamilton township.   Adam Haveley bought number three, in section three, where he made a home. He was a hard working man, and paid for his purchase by making and selling maple sugar.   Adam Sarber came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, in   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 445   1812, and bought the second quarter of section thirty-three, which he partially cleared and improved. After his death the property was divided among his children, five of whom afterwards went west; one settled in Columbus, one in Winchester, and one in Groveport.   Christian Sarber came in 1818, and located on the first quarter of section three, where he cleared the land and made a farm. In about 1836, he removed to Putnam county. A part of his former land is now owned by Daniel Leigh.   The Daylongs were among the first settlers on the first quarter of section thirty-four, but none of the family are now living in the vicinity.   John Rager came from Pennsylvania to Pickaway county, with his father, who settled on Pickaway plains. While living there he married Catharine Valentine, and in 1814 he settled in Madison township, Franklin county, where he bought the first quarter of section twenty-six, which he improved. He died in Marion county, Indiana. His children were Lanah, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia, William, and John. The daughters all married and settled in different parts of the country; William died in Allen county, Indiana; Elizabeth died in Madison township; John married Elizabeth Conkle, by whom he had fourteen children, ten of whom lived to maturity. His wife died in 1857, and he married Mrs. Nancy Rower. They occupy the old home place.   Zebulon S. Leigh came from New Jersey to Ohio in 1817 or '18, accompanied by his brother, Elias. He settled on the farm of Luke Decker, in Madison township, Pickaway county, as a renter, and afterwards rented land of John Welton in Madison township, Franklin county, where he died in 1841. He was married in New Jersey, and left a wife and nine children : Samuel, Phebe, Mary Ann, Matilda, Louisa, Huldah, Charles, John S., and Daniel. Phebe married William English, and settled in Auglaize county. The other children remained in Madison, where three now live—Samuel, Huldah, and Daniel. Mrs. Leigh, with her daughter, Huldah, lives with Samuel, on the southeast corner of section thirty-four. Daniel owns a farm in number one, section ten, which was originally entered by Mr. Pilcher, and was partially cleared by Adam Sarber.   George Seymour, who was one of the early settlers of Madison township, came from Hampshire county, Virginia, in about 1818 or 182o, the date not being exactly known. Immediately after his arrival, he bought the fourth quarter of section twenty-seven, and soon afterwards added to them the second and third quarters of section twenty-six. His son, Moses, inherited number two, and Jesse, number three in section twenty-six; William had number four in section twenty-seven. John had the quarter east of Jesse's, where he died, leaving a widow and three children, one of whom married Andrew Wilson, and now lives on the place. Moses raised eight children, several of whom have died since arriving at maturity. Two live in Groveport. William married, and raised seven children. His widow and three children live on the home farm ; the others in the township. Jesse raised eight children, of whom one son, Miner, lives on the home farm, and two others live near by.   William Patterson came from Pennsylvania in about 182o. He bought the west half of section three, where he built a home, and raised a family. He finally removed to Columbus, Indiana, but came back, and died in Madison township. The only one of the family now living here is Thomas Patterson.   James Sandy settled in Ross county in 1821. He remained there but a short time, when he went to Pickaway county, and from there to Washington township, Franklin county, in 1824. He lived there until 1862, when he removed to Madison township, with his son-in-law, Sylvester Crothers, where he died, aged eighty-one years. He was a soldier in the " Virginia Blues," during the war of 1812, and was encamped one winter at Franklinton. His children were: William, Eliza, Philip, Wesley, Uriah, Charlotte, James, Ermine, Erastus, Rebecca, Isacca, Delilah, and Albert. Mrs. Crothers (Delilah), and Mrs. Young (Rebecca), live in Madison; Charlotte lives with.her brother, James, on section twenty-five, east of Groveport ; Albert lives in Groveport.   Samuel Murphy was an early settler on the southwest quarter of section eight, which he cleared and improved. The place is now owned by his son, Samuel. F. M. Murphy lives on the northwest quarter of the adjoining section, seven.   Peter Long was an early settler in the southwest corner of the township., on section twelve. His son, George, now owns the property.   Wesley Toy came to Pickaway county in about 182.6, where he leased land until 1828, when he bought eighty acres acres of land south of Groveport. While there he married; and in 1836 or 1837, he sold his land and bought in Madison township, Pickaway county. 'He remained there about nine years, when he again sold and returned to Franklin county, in 1848, and purchased a quarter-section of land in section thirty, where he died in 186r. At his death the property was divided between his three sons, and is now owned by his son, Charles, who purchased the interest belonging to the other heirs.   George Edwards came to Madison from Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and settled where his son, John, now lives. He died about a year after his settlement, and his widow was subequently married to Alexander Cameron. Mrs. Daniel Hendren, John, and Stephen S. Edwards, are the children of George Edwards now living. The first two live in this township, and the latter in Marion.   Philip King settled on the farm now occupied by Solomon and Daniel Detwiler, at an early date. He died in 1846. Samuel Detwiler moved on to the farm in 1854, having emigrated from Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1852. He died in 1874..   James B. Evans located in Winchester, in 1832, and engaged, as a tailor, with Thomas Kelley; he was born in. western Pennsylvania, and passed his early life there. In 1833, he left Winchester, and engaged in business in Pickerington, where he remained until 1836, when he returned to Winchester, where he served as justice of the peace from 1843 to 1849, being the first magistrate   446 -HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO.   elected in the village; he was, also, the first postmaster, a telegraph operator on a line from Lancaster to Columbus, in 1849, and the first mayor of Winchester. He was connected with the telegraph-office in Winchester six months, and was then operator at Circleville for two years. He is now the mayor of Winchester, a justice of the peace, and conducts a tailoring business. Mayor Evans has been actively identified with almost every enterprise tending to the general improvement of Winchester, having been, for years, an efficient member of the village government, of the board of education, and other oganizations.   Samuel Gares came from Bucks county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, in May, 1835. For a number of years he kept hotel at Reynoldsburg, where he remained until 1847; he died in Groveport, in 1859. He raised a family of six children, all of whom were born in Pennsylvania, and all of whom are now living—Mrs. Mary Ann Long, Mrs. Catharine Root, and Snyder Gares, in Columbus; A. Bennett Gares, in Indiana; and Mrs. Anna Galbraith, in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Edmund married Mrs. Amelia Rarey, by whom he had four children; she died, and he married Miss Jennie Perrill, a daughter of Hon. A. L. Per-rill, of Madison township, Pickaway county, by whom he has one child.   PIONEER TIMES IN MADISON.   It is difficult for the young people of the present day, who see only broad, well-tilled fields, homes of comfort and plenty, surrounded with many evidences of refinement and taste, the country dotted with school-houses and churches, to form anything like an adequate conception of the real conditions of pioneer life. Most of the early settlers had no money on their arrival in the wilderness, and those who were thus supplied were but little better off than those who were not, for the necessities of life were not purchasable. Everything had to be produced from the soil. The necessary capital was strong hands and brave hearts, indomitable energy and perseverance. It required no outlay of capital to build a house. A few hours' work in the woods provided the necessary material, and its construction required no skilled labor. To clear the land and bring it under cultivation required an immense amount of toil and hardship, but, when the work was accomplished, the soil yielded in bountiful measure. The woods abounded with game, especially in deer and wild turkeys, upon which the pioneers mainly relied for their meat. One of the most noted hunters among the early settlers of Madison was John Wright, sr. He was in the forest with his gun almost constantly, during a portion of the year, and kept the little settlement abundantly supplied with turkey and venison. Bears were not numerous, although they roamed through the township to a considerable extent and a number were killed during the first few years of the settlement. They would frequently attack and kill, or carry off, the hogs of the settlers. One Sunday morning a bear killed, only a short distance from his cabin, a hog belonging to John Swisher. Mr. Swisher was absent from home at the time, but his brother, Philip, was at the house, and he and Mrs. Swisher gave chase to the animal, which, after running about a quarter of a mile, ran up a hickory tree, when Swisher shot him. Wolves were numerous and very destructive, rendering the keeping of sheep exceedingly difficult.   One of the privations, most keenly felt in those early times was the lack of milling facilities, by which the settler could get his grain ground into flour or meal. Sometimes days would be spent in going to mill and back. In the first settlement of the township the nearest mill was in Ross county—Crouse's mill, on the Kinnickinnick and it was no small undertaking to go that distance through an almost unbroken wilderness, and wait one's turn at the mill. Sometimes trips were made to Chillicothe, to Zanesville, and one of the early settlers, Cub-. bidge Needels, went to Urbana to mill, and consumed four days in making the trip. Walter Hughes, an early settler on the farm now occupied by John Rohr, jr., a short distance west of Canal Winchester, had a hand-mill, which the settlers were allowed to use, the proprietor requiring toll for the privilege. The mill was a cheap contrivance, consisting of a couple of small stones placed in rig between two or three upright poles. In the upper stone, near the circumference, a pole was inserted, the upper end being fastened to the top of the poles constituting the frame. with the pole thus inserted the stone was propelled by hand, and Jacob Fisher says he has turned the mill for many an hour while his mother dropped in the corn. During the early years of the settlement the produce raised by the settlers was almost without value. There was no home demand, and no means of transporting it to distant markets. Wheat would frequently be hauled to Zanesville, many miles distant, and there exchanged for salt, bushel for bushel. The clothing of the pioneers, for many years, was entirely home made. Almost every farmer raised his own flax, which his good wife spun and wove into cloth, five yards of which would make a full dress for a lady in those simple times. The men frequently wore pants either wholly, or in part, made of buckskin, and they were considered good. enough to go to meeting in. The grandfathers and grandmothers of many who are now, as a result of their toil and privation, surrounded by everything necessary to comfort and happiness, lived in cabins, the floor of which consisted of split slabs, called puncheons, with a chimney constructed of sticks and clay mortar, and windows made by cutting out a log, putting sticks perpendicularly in the opening, and covering them with paper greased with bear's oil or hog's lard. The only music which gladdened the ears of the housewife was the busy hum of the spinning-wheel; with a splint broom, made by her husband, she swept the puncheon floor, and a sap-trough answered the purpose of a cradle for her babe, for in those days, particularly, the children did not cease to multiply and replenish the earth. The pioneers who lived through all these experiences and left to us the rich inheritance which we now enjoy, are worthy of grateful and lasting remembrance.   EARLY SCHOOLS.   The first school in the township was kept in a log cabin on the farm of the pioneer, George Kalb. Children liv-   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 447   ing three miles distant attended this school. One of the earliest teachers was a man by the name of Calhoun. A school-house was shortly afterward built on Black lick,. on the school-section. Among the first teachers of this school was William Arnold and William Purdy. The latter is remembered by some of his pupils who are still living—Jacob Swisher, George Needels and others—as being kept out of doors on one occasion until he would treat them. The treatment, howerer, which the scholars in those simple times usually received at the hands of the school-master, was o a radically different nature from that which, on this occasion, they extorted from the pedagogue, William Purdy. One of the earliest schools was kept in a log house, on Walnut creek, on the farm now owned by John. Seymour. The teacher was an elderly man by the name of Fletcher. A school-house was also built at an early date on the farm of Jacob Algire, the first teacher of which was George K. Stevenson, son of William Stevenson, the pioneer. These school-houses were after the style of that early period, namely: " Dutch back" fire-place, puncheon floor and clap-board roof, and some of them even enjoyed the luxury of greased paper for windows. A school was taught in the west part of the township, on the McClish land (section four), in 1818, by Noah Bishop, in a log cabin, M which there was no floor. A school was taught a little further east, at a still later date, by Alexander Cameron. The youngest scholars, instead of an elegantly illustrated primer, had a single leaf from such spelling books as were then in use, which was pasted on a board, or piece of wood, and having handles, which they held in their hands. Dr. Wiley kept a school in section thirty-six, in 1817 or 1818. The first school, of any account, in the southern part of the township, was taught by Stewart Corner, near the old Hopewell church. Dr. Wiley was one of the first physicians to settle in the township, locating in the southern part. He came about 1816, or 1817, and, it is said, practiced with success, although not a regular physician.   CHURCHES.   The Methodists were the first to institute religious services in the township. They held meetings at the house -of John Stevenson, one of the most active and prominent members of the church, as early as 1806. Meetings were held regularly at his house, John Kile's and other places for a number of years, when about 1820, a hewed log meeting-house was built near Mr. Stevenson's on Black lick creek. The first camp meeting was held in the same vicinity. The name of the original members .of the Stevenson class, the writer is unable to give. The society was very prosperous, and embraced a large membership. The following are only few of the early members whose names can now be remembered, viz : John Stevenson and wife, Richard Stevenson and wife, Zachariah Stevenson and wife, Richard Derrick and wife, Philip Hooper and wife, Jacob Algire and wife, John Algire and wife, George Powell and wife, Archibald Powell and wife, and Philemon Needeles and wife. But few of these joined at the time of the organization of the class. Revs. John Bigelow, Charles Waddell, and John W. Powers were prominent among the early preachers on this circuit. About 1840 the old meeting-house was abandoned, and a frame house built about a mile further west, near the site of the present brick church, called Asbury chapel. The frame meeting-house was used until December, 1872, when the present building was completed. This is a very neat and commodious house, costing about seven thousand dollars. The membership of the church is about seventy-five. Rev. A. C. Kelley, resident at Canal Winchester, is pastor. The trustees are Matthew Brown, Thomas Patterson, William Bullen, and Henderson Miller. The church has a large Sabbath-school, of which Madison Bennett is superintendent.   THE LUTHERAN CHURCH   of Canal Winchester was organized in 1839, under the ministrations of Rev. Mr. Wagenhals, as David's congregation. Previous to this time, members of the congregation had attended services at Zion's church, in Bloom township, Fairfield county. Soon after the organization of the new congregation, a union church edifice was built, in connection with the Reformed church of Winchester, which building is still used conjointly by the two congregations. The church, since its organization, has been under the pastorate of Revs. Messrs. Wagenhals, Wernle, Eirich, and Mochel, and is, at present, cared 'for by Rev. H. J. Schuh.   HOPEWELL CHURCH.   There are some incidents, connected with the origin of this old society, of an exceedingly interesting character. In 1804, Ezekiel Groom and family, as elsewhere stated, removed from Hampshire county, Virginia, to Madison township, now Pickaway county, and settled on Walnut creek, building their cabin where Vause Decker now lives. After about three weeks spent in settling his family and putting in his spring crop, Mr. Groom started out in search of Methodists. About nine miles distant, a little south of where Bloomfield now stands, in Pickaway county, he found a settler by the name of Bishop, who had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Virginia. The next morning, which was the Sabbath, Groom and Bishop set out for the old village of Toby Town, near the present site of Royalton, Fairfield county, where they had heard there were Methodists living. When near the place, they fell in with two men, who, on inquiry, informed them they were Methodists, and on their way to class-meeting. These men were Broad Cole and Jeremiah Williams. Groom and Bishop attended the meeting, after which they returned to their homes. Mr. Groom, wishing to attend the meetings regularly, and believing there must be a nearer way than that which he and Bishop had traveled, which was eighteen miles in extent one way, he and his neighbor, William Bush, set out in search of it. They called at an Indian camp in the neighborhood, and inquired of the Indian, Billy Wyandot, the distance in a direct line through the wilderness to Toby Town. The Indian held up his eight fingers, signifying eight miles. Billy was employed to pilot them through. Groom took his axe, and Bush and the Indian their guns, and started. Groom blazed the   448 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO   way as they went, and cut out a path as they returned, thus providing a short route to meeting. Soon after this, the well-known pioneer Methodist preacher, Rev. James Quinn, was appointed to the Hockhocking circuit, and made Toby Town one of his regular preaching places. Soon after he came, Mr. Groom conducted the preacher, by way of his new road, from Toby Town to the house of William Harper, near where Lockbourn now is, where he organized the first class on Walnut creek. Mr. Quinn organized, in 1805, at the cabin of Ezekiel Groom, the Hopewell society, which was then, and until a church was erected, called the Groom class. The little band was composed of nine persons, as follows: Ezekiel Groom, his wife, Rhoda, and their two daughters, Mary and Sarah ; William Bush and wife, Nancy; and Mrs. Nancy Burton and daughters, Lucy and Betsey. Meetings were held at Mr. Groom's log house—with the exception of about two years, when they were held at Jeremiah White's —until the erection of the old Hopewell meeting-house, which was a frame, and stood about a quarter of a mile up the creek from the present church, where the old graveyard still is. In 1844, the society built, on the Pickaway county line, the house now in use. Among the early preachers (after Mr. Quinn) who rode this circuit, which was then Scioto circuit, were the Revs. Messrs. Benjamin Lakin, Lotsspeech, Axley, and William Swazey. Of this church, Mr. Thomas Groom, son of the pioneer settler and Methodist, Ezekiel Groom, and now nearly eighty-five years of age, was a member for sixty-three years, having joined in 1816, and only a few months since took a letter to unite with the church in Columbus, where he now resides. Mr. Groom was also a class-leader of the church for over fifty years. The church now numbers about sixty members, consisting of two classes, of which Charles Pontius and John F. Rainier are the leaders. This is now the Groveport circuit, and the pastor is Rev. J. M. Rife, appointed in the fall of 1879. The Sabbath-school was organized in 1823 or 1824, of which George W. Glaze was the first superintendent, and continued as such until 1835, when he removed to Indiana. His successors have been: Alexander Cameron, until 1843; Father Rainier, two or three years; Jeremiah White, five years, with the exception of one year, during which William Pyle officiated. From that time, until 1860, the office was filled by Charles Pontius and Henry Long, followed by I). R. Groom. The present superintendent is F. G. Pontius.   THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH   of Groveport, is the offspring of the Hopewell church, and was organized in 1836 or 1 83 7 . A one-story brick building was erected, which remained in use until the year 1851, when it was removed, and the present neat and commodious edifice was built. The present membership is one hundred and eighty, the class being considerably the largest on this—the Groveport circuit. The pastor is Rev. J. M. Rife, appointed in the fall of 1879.   THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH   in Canal Winchester, was organized, as a class, in 1837, in the United Brethren church, which was occupied by the Methodists, once in two weeks, until 1850. The early members were: Michael Ebright (who was the first class-leader) and wife, Joseph Wright and wife, Elizabeth Hathaway, Nancy Hathaway, and others—about nine members in all. The church was on Worthington circuit, in 1838. In the fall of 1839, the circuit was divided, and this appointment was then embraced in the Lithopolis circuit. It was afterwards set off into Pickerington circuit, then Groveport circuit, and now Winchester circuit. Since 1839, Lithopolis circuit has been divided so as to form three circuits. It is not now known who was the circuit preacher when the church was organized, but in the fall of that year (1837), Revs. James Gilruth and Andrew Murphy were on the circuit. In 1850, the congregation built a good brick church, on West street. In 1878, an addition of ten feet was built to the front of the church, and a tower was erected. The church was also generally repaired, and new windows were put in. Rev. A. C. Kelley is the pastor for 1879-80. The present membership of the church is seventy-five or eighty. A Sabbath-school has been sustained since the first organization of the church. Until 1850 it was held as a union Sabbath-school, in connection with the United Brethren, but since the building of their own church, has been conducted independently. The average attendance is seventy-five, and the school is superintended by R. R. Mills, principal of the village schools.   THE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH,   in Canal Winchester, was first organized in 1813 or 1815. Meetings were held at private houses, and at the old log school-house, until 1833, in which year the quarterly conference met at the house of David Kramer, and it was decided to erect a frame church. Among the early members were Ludwick Kramer, Francis Clymer, John Bower, James Drake, William Roads, Adam Kramer, John Kramer, David Kramer, John Coleman, Reuben Dove, Elias Smoltz, John Russell, P. Elder, and others. In 1834, the quarterly conference was held in Winchester meetinghouse, which had been completed in 1833. In that year Rev. William Handy was the presiding elder, and Rev. Joshua Montgomery, preacher in charge. The conference was known as Scioto conference, on Lancaster circuit. On August 6, 1834, the circuit was divided, and was called Winchester circuit. For some years after the erection of the church building, the Methodists occupied it a part of the time. In 1850, the old frame church was removed, and in 1851 a substantial brick church was erected on the same ground. In 1877 the congregation erected a neat brick parsonage for the use of their pastor. The present membership of the church is sixty-six. A Sabbath-school of over one hundred members, is conducted under the superintendence of John Helpman, who has always been one of the leading and most energetic members of the church.   A United Brethren church was organized in Groveport in the winter of 1856. The same year, a brick building was erected on Front street, at a cost of about fourteen hundred dollars, and in September it was dedicated. Among the early members, and those instrumental in   HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND PICKAWAY COUNTIES, OHIO - 449   erecting the church building, were John Helpman, George Nye, B. H. Kearns, John Kramer, Henry Kramer, Ervin Moore, James G. Howell, and others. Services were kept up at this church until about 1869, when the congregation became so small through removals and deaths, that the organization was suffered to go down, and in 1870 or 1871, the building was sold to the Roman Catholics. Rev. Mr. Fisher was the last preacher that ministered to the congregation, which at one time consisted of some fifty members.   TRURO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.   This society was organized by Rev. Dr. Hoge in 1820. The organization consisted of the Taylor, McComb, Long, Patterson, and Chester families. A frame meeting-house was subsequently erected, the ground for which, including a grave-yard--the whole consisting of about three acres—was given by William Patterson: The first burial in the grave-yard was his daughter, Jane Patterson. A strange incident is connected with that event. When the question of laying out the burying-ground was being considered, the young lady urged her father not to delay the matter lest some one in the neighborhood should die in the meantime and be buried elsewhere. In less than a week from that time she herself was enterred in the new burying-ground. In 1835 the frame church was replaced by the brick one, which is still standing. The Truro church was once quite prosperous—one of the strongest in the Presbytery. From several causes it gradually declined, and for a number of years there has been no organization. The successive pastors of the church, have been : Revs. Matthew Taylor, Abner Leonard, Elias Vandeman, John M. Fulton, J. D. Smith, John Scott, John Arthur, Andrew Barr, and W. Maynard.   THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH   of Groveport was organized, and the building erected, in 1854. The original members of the society, were: Samuel Sharp and wife, Perry Dildine and wife, Mr. Beggs and wife, William Henderson, Abram Sharp, Mrs. Patience Sharp, William Paul, Mrs. Eliza Ann Ferguson, Damaris R. Champe, Jane and Sarah Wright. The first ruling elders chosen, were: Samuel Sharp, Perry Dildine, and ,Mr. Beggs. Rev. Mr. Wilson was the first pastor, and after him successively, as follows: Rev. Messrs. Maynard, Irvin, Schofield (after whom the church was without a pastor for two years), Creath, Stevenson, Reynolds, Kingery, and Downs.   A Baptist church was organized in this township over fifty years ago. The early meetings were held at John Swisher's and William D. Hendren's, two of its leading members. A small frame church was subsequently erected near where the toll-gate, west of Groveport, now is. The society finally split, on account of a difference in doctrinal views, and the larger portion of the church withdrew, and afterwards built a frame church (still standing) in Groveport. Nothing now remains of either society.   THE REFORMED CHURCH,   of Canal Winchester, was organized in a school-house, a mile south of the town, in 1836. Meetings were held at the school-house for a period of six months, after which they were held at private houses, in Winchester, until 1840, when the members of the congregation, in connection with the members of the Lutheran church, built a union church. The Reformed church was organized by Rev. George Weiss, who preached for them a number of years. He was succeeded by his son, Rev. I. S. Weiss, and he by Rev. James Heffley, now editor of the Winchester Times. Rev. Eli Keller followed Mr. Heffley, and, in 1874, he was succeeded by Rev. S. P. Mauger, who has had charge nearly six years. Among the first members were: Samuel Loucks and Chistine, his wife, John Small and wife, George Dietz, and John Shrock and wife. There are now about one hundred and twenty-five members, and a Sabbath-school with an average attendance of one hundred, of which George T. Bareis is superintendent.   THE MENNONITE CHURCH,   near David Martin's, was formed about the year 1845. George Hoffman and wife, and Abraham Lehman and wife, were the first members. The meetings of the society were held at the dwellings of the members until about 1850, when the small frame house, now in use, was erected. Rev. John Good, who lived in Fairfield county, was the first regular preacher. Rev. John Breneman was the first resident preacher. Rev. Jacob Bowman now ministers to the congregation, which numbers about twenty members..   ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH   was organized in 1871, in which year the congregation purchased the building erected by the United Brethren church, at that place. Ten families are now connected with the church, which has a membership of fifty-five or sixty. Revs. N. A. Gallagher, L. P. McKeirnan, F. J. Campbell, H. Anderson, T. J. Lane, and others, have conducted services here since its organization.   There is no history given of the Lutheran church at Canal Winchester, because of the failure of the pastor to furnish the sketch, as requested.   The first burying-ground in the township, regularly laid out as such, it is believed, was the Hopewell church grave-yard, near the site of the first meeting-house. There are several burial-places in the township, one of which deserves special mention. This is the beautiful Union Grove cemetery, near Canal Winchester. It was established under the general law of the State, providing for the incorporation of cemetery associations, passed February 24, 1878. The first meeting held for the purpose of forming an association, was held in the public reading room, at Canal Winchester, on the evening of November 19, 1877. At this meeting the articles of association were adopted, and the following persons elected as trustees to serve one year, viz: Philip Game, E. B. Decker, O. P. Chaney, J. S. Lehman, and P. E. Ehrenhart. On the fourth of December, following, the trustees held a meeting and elected Philip Game, president; E. B. Decker, treasurer; and James Heffley, secretary. The cemetery consists of thirteen acres, and was purchased by the association from Tallman. The grounds were laid out during the summer of 1878, and on the sixth   57