896 -HISTORY OF TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Washington Township lies in the Northeastern part of Lucas County. It is bounded on the North by the State of Michigan; on the East by Maumee Bay ; on the Southeast by the City of Toledo ; on the South by Adams Township, and on the West by Sylvania. It is traversed diagonally from Southwest to Northeast by the Ottawa River (Ten-Mile Creek), which, in part of its course, forms the boundary line between the Township and the City of Toledo. Shantee Creek rises in the Western part of the Township, and pursuing a course nearly parallel with that of the Ottawa River, passes out of the Township on its Northern boundary into Michigan. The soil of the Township is chiefly of an arable and productive character, and is highly cultivated by an enterprising and prosperous class of farmers.
Washington Township was originally part of Port Lawrence Township, and was set off and organized in 1840, its territory embracing the whole of Township Nine, South of Range Seven East, except the Southeast corner included within the original limits of the City of Toledo.
EARLY LAND ENTRIES IN ORIGINAL PORT LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP.
UNITED STATES RESERVE, TOWN THREE.
Section 2, J. H. Piatt, Robert Piatt, J. A, North and W. W. Worthington, 1819, 320 acres.
Section 3, .J. H. Piatt, 1818, 480 acres.
Section 4, Allen Warner, 1833, 120 acres.
Section 4, David Burton, 1833 80cres.
Section 4, Charles Burton, 1833 SO acres.
Section 10, George Wadsworth and Jonas Williams, 1831, 160 acres.
Section 10, Thomas Bishop, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 10, Henry Roop, 1826, 80 acres.
RANGE SEVEN, TOWN NINE.
Section 23, Joseph Martin, 1824, 80 acres.
Section 23. Eben Burgess, 1826, 80 acres.
Section 23, Eli Hubbard, 1826, 80 acres.
Section 23, Moses G. Benjamin, 1822, 80 acres.
Section 24, Sanford L. Collins, 1832, 145.11 acres.
Section 24, Thomas Bishop, 1822, 186.60 acres.
Section 24, Walter Titus, Jr., 1835, 57.08 acres.
Section 25, Thaddeus R. Austin, 1822, 160 acres.
Section 25, Sherman Page, 1822, 100 acres.
Section 26, S. W. Kennell and J. M. Whitney, 1831, 80 acres.
Section 20, Michael S. Whitney, 1831, 80 acres.
Section 26 Noah M. Whitney, 1824, 80 acres.
Section 20, Anderson Martin, 1825, 80 acres.
Section 26, Dexter Fisher. 1825, 80 acres.
Section 26, William Hollister, Jr., 1820, 160 acres.
Section 35, Elkanah Briggs, 1832, 81.60 acres.
Section 35, J. W. Forbes, 1825. 80 acres.
Section 35, Walter Colton, 1825, 80 acres.
Section 35. Daniel Murray, 1823, 84.72 acres.
Section 36, B. F. Stickney, 1821, 80 acres.
Section 36 Thaddeus R. Austin, 1822 160 acres.
Section 36, Joseph Roop, 1823, 80 acres.
RANGE EIGHT, TOWN NINE.
Section 19, Joseph A. Trimble, 1832, 94.17 acres.
Section 19, Benjamin F. Tyler, 1836, 75.41 acres.
Section 20, Mary Lavoix, 1821, 77.68 acres.
Section 21, Charles M. Giddings, 1836, 680 acres.
Section 21, Seth Wright, 1843, 36.23 acres.
Section 29, Pierre Senecale, 1821, 104.51 acres.
Section 29, B. B. Kerchival, 1821, 80.96 acres.
Section 30, Samuel C. Hitchcock, 1832. 80 acres.
Section 30, Benj. F. Stickney, 1831, 80 acres.
Section 30, William Wilson, 1821, 80 acres.
Section 30, Sherman Page, 1822, 160 acres.
Section 31, L. Chapman and Ezra Bailey, 1828, 72.28 acres.
Section 31, Benj. F. Stickney, 1821, 149.85 acres.
Section 32, David Shaw, 1839, 31 acres.
Section 32, Horatio G. Cozzens. 1842. 80 acres.
Section 32, A W. Maddocks and Fred. Prentice, 1848, 80 acres.
Section 6, Wm. M. Rynd, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 6, Alex. Scranton, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 6, Edward Bissell, 1827, 141.35 acres.
Section 6, Merceno Fox, 1830, 80 acres.
Section 7, Jerome Smith, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 7, Philo Burnett, 1533, 120 acres.
Section 7, Hiram Brown, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 7, John Fossett, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 7, Oliver Stevens, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 7, Enoch Wade, 1832, 80.7 acres.
Section 7, Ebenezer Wade, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 7, John Moore, 1833, 40 acres.
RANGE SEVEN, TOWN NINE.
Section 1, Charles Levey, 1836, 29.20 acres.
Section 1, John Dowling. 1825.
Section 1, John Hollister, 1825.
Section 1, John Hitchcock, 1834.
Section 2, James Southard. 1833, 161.48 acres.
Section 2, Wm. Wilkison, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 2, Amos Waite, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 2, Dorby Griffin, 1833, 100 acres.
Section 3, James Southard, 1832, 235.15 acre,
Section 3, Jackson Hoag, 1832, 154.45 acres.
Section 3, John Lambert, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 4, Silas Smith, 1832, 40 acres.
Section 4, Horace Thacker, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 4, Philo M. Stevens, 1834, 80 acres.
Section 5, Jacob Harwood, 1835, 40 acres.
Section 5, Robert McLelland, 1835, 40 acres.
Section 5, James P. Worden, 18.34, 80.08 acres.
Section 5, Thomas Corlett, 1834, 40 acres.
Zephaniah Shaw, 1835, 40 acres.
Robert Dolby, 1834, 46 acres.
Abraham Ritier, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 5, Lyman Smith, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 5, William Brock. 18:34, 40.88,
Section 5, Jacob Harwood, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 5, Wm. Wilkison, 1824, 80 acres.
Section 6, Edward Doty, 1835, 40 acres.
Section 6, Stephen L. Filkins, 1835, 93.76 acres.
Section 6, Benjamin Mallott, 18:34, 48.70 acres.
Section 6, Isaac Doty. 1881. 40 acres.
Section 6, L. Lewis. 1834, 39.47 acres.
Section 6. Adolphus Majors, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 6, Adolphus Majors, Jr., 1833, 40 acres.
Section 6 Benj. Mallett, D. Mallett and Benj. Mallett, Jr., 1824, 97.42 acres
Section 8, Townsend Bartlett, 1835, 160 acres.
Section 8 John and Christian Fungunten, 1834, 100 acres.
Section 9, Sylvester B. Worden, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 9, Christian Roop, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 9, Philo M. Stevens, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 9, Peter Lewis, 1834, 80 acres.
Section 10, Milton M. Morris, 1833, 40 acres.
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Section 10, Joseph Roop, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 10, John Lewis, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 10, William Lewis, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 10, John Enbraugh, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 10, Isaac B. Worden, 1832, 40 acres.
Section 10, Benjamin Roop, 1830, 80 acres.
Section 11, S. L. Collins, 1831, 80 acres.
Section 11, S. B. Comstock, 1831, 80 acres.
Section 11, Milton M. Morris, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 11, James Sullivan, 1831, 160 acres.
Section 11, William Taverner, 1831, 160 acres.
Section 12, Eben Burgess, 1835, 49.90 acres.
Section 13, David Lewis, 1832, 50.90 acres.
Section 13, Thomas Bishop. 1823, 184.80 acres.
Section 14, Peter Lewis, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 14, Thomas Bishop, 1824, 80 acres.
Section 14, Benj. F. Stickney, 1821, 80 acres.
Section 14, Ebenezer Wade, 1822, 80 acres.
Section 14, Eli Hubbard, 1823, 80 acres.
Section 15, Edmund A. Bush, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 15, John Walworth, 1824, 80 acres.
Section 15, Joseph Martin, 1825, 160 acres.
Section 15, John Leybourne, 1839, 80 acres.
Section 15, William Sibley, 1822, 80 acres.
Section 16, Eli Gray, 1834, 120 acres.
Section 17, James Bellows, 1835. 40 acres.
Section 17, John R. Kellogg, 18.35, 40 acres.
Section 17, Clark P. Cartwright, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 17, Nicholas Wells, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 17, Thomas B. Whitney, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 18, Jeremiah Case, 1835, 48.55 acres.
Section 18, Rufus Conant. 1535, 97.11 acres.
Section 18, Sally Case, 1835, 40 acres.
Section 18, A. Mercer, 1835, 120 acres.
Section 18, John Scott. 1835, 80 acres.
Section 18, Ira Faucher, 1834, 80 acres.
Section 19, Alex. P. Jones, 1835, 145.22 acres.
Section 19, George C. Williams, 1835, 48.41 acres.
Section 19, David Jones. 1834, 80 acres.
Section 19, Silas Long, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 19, Joel Marsh, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 19, Edward Wolverton, 1824, 120 acres.
Section 19, Caleb Tucker, 17834, 96.32 acres.
Section 19, Chandler Tucker, 1834, 48.15 acres.
Section 19, Charles L. Tucker, 1834, 48.16 acres.
Section 20, John C. Divine, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 20, Elisha Stillwell. 1833, 160 acres.
Section 20, Henry J. Hare, 183:3, 80 acres.
Section 20, Marvin Haughton, 1833, 160 acres.
Section 20, Job Smith, 1834, 80 acres.
Section 21, Joseph C. Trask, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 21, Nicholas Wells, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 21, John Mattoon, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 21, Philip Mattoon, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 21, Selden Baldwin, 1833. 40 acres.
Section 21, John A. Gardner, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 21, Andrew Jacobs, 1832, 120 acres.
Section 21, Oliver Johnson, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 21, Daniel Murray, 1825, 80 acres.
Section 21, Stephen Haughton, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 22, John Holmes, 1824, 80 acres.
Section 22, Eben Burgess, 1821, 160 acres.
Section 22, Alvin Evans and Andrew Jacobs, 1825, 80 acres.
Section 22, Wm. H. Sabin, 1825, 80 acres.
Section 22, John Roop, 1823, 80 acres.
Section 28, Samuel Sibley, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 28, Nathaniel Glenn, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 28, Josephus Barker, 1825, 320 acres.
Section 28, Jonathan Huntley, 1833. 160 acres.
Section 29, Cyrus Haughton, 1833, 160 acres.
Section 29, Daniel Brown, 1832, 160 acres.
Section 29, David White, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 29, Cornelius Mercereau, 1834, 40 acres.
Section 29, Evans & Downey, 1825, SO acres.
Section 30, Justus Brown, 1833, 80 acres.
Section 30, Hiram Brown, 1833, 40 acres.
Section 30, Daniel Brown, 1832, 80 acres.
Section 30, Wm. J. Wood, 1834, 91.26 acres.
Section 32, Alvin Evans, 1825, 80 acres.
Section 32, Benj. Farnsworth, 1823, 80 acres.
RANGE EIGHT. TOWN NINE.
Section 2, Ira R. Grosvenor, 1836, 18.66 acres.
Section 3, John B. Gee, 1836, 46.99 acres.
Section 3, Lewis Moran, 1836, 24.76 acres.
Section 3. Oliver A. Morse, 1830. 160.88 acres.
Section 3, Guillaine Fourmain, 1836, 30.66 acres.
Section 4, Alexis Labidie, 1836, 62 acres.
Section 5, John P. Cole, 1838, 80 acres.
Section 5, Wm. Hoskins, 1838, SO acres.
Section 5, Edward May. 1838, 80 acres.
Section 5, Horatio .J. Olcott, 1838, 137.20 acres.
Section 6, John Wendell, 1843, 160 acres.
Section 6, Sally Shaw, 1838, 80 acres.
Section 7, John W. Tunnecliff, 1836, 70.54 acres.
Section 7. Matthew hollenbeck. 1836, 160 acres.
Section 7, Hannah Hancock, 1836, 80 acres.
Section 7, Millard Trull, 1836, 160 acres.
Section 7, Seth Wright, 1836. 80 acres.
Section 8, Stephen Bollett, 1836, 140.60 acres.
Section 8, Daniel Buck, 1838, 80 acres.
Section 8, Francis L. Nichols, 1838, 30.10 acres.
Section 8, Luke Cahoo, 1838, 50 acres.
Section 9, Peter Allop, 1836, 80 acres.
It will be seen from the foregoing list, who made the earliest entries of lands in the original Township of Port Lawrence, as well as in that part which is now Washington Township. John It. Piatt entered the North half of the Northwest quarter of Section 3, Range 5, Town 9 (now in Monroe County, Michigan) in 1818. In Section 23, Township 9, Range 7 East, Eli Hubbard, Thomas Bishop and Moses G. Benjamin entered their land in 1822; Joseph Martin and Ebenezer Burgess, in 1824. In Section 25, Township 9, Range 7 East, Sherman Page and Thaddeus R. Austin entered land in 1822 ; and in Section 26, Township 9, Range 7 East, Thomas Bishop and Noah A. Whitney, in 1824 ; William Hollister made the first entry in Section 26, same Township and Range, in 1820; B. F. Stickney entered the first 80 acres in Section 36 in 1821. The list shows the dates of a large number of other early entries in original Port Lawrence, as well as in that part which is now Washington Township.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Laurent Dourocher to Dominique Suzor and Francis Menard, 150 acres, 1808.
Moses Benjamin of Chenango County, New York, to Eli Hubbard of Detroit, 80 acres, for $160; 1825.
Thomas Bishop to Amasa Bishop, July, 1825-80 acres for $125; patented to Thomas Bishop in April, 1825, at $100. Part of this sold by Amassa Bishop about 1874 at $1,500 per acre.
Henry Phillips to Conrad Kunkle, 1834.
Philip I. Phillips to Sanford L. Collins, 1835.
Alfred Davis to Betsey Gray, 1835.
Paul Guoin to Daniel Chase, April, 1836; one fourth part of the "Guoin farm," North of Manhattan ; for $8,000.
Erastus Cone to Blacksley H. Bush, Nov., 1835.
James Owen to Samuel G. Turner, 46 acres, $55, March, 1827.
Dexter Fisher to J. V. D, Sutphen, 70 acres, 1828.
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Wm. Sibley to Andrew Jacobs, 20 acres, $25; June, 1826.
Dexter Fisher to Hiram Bartlett, April, 1828.
Wm. Sibley to John P. Lewis, 180 acres, $1,200, May, 1830.
Richard Lambert to Richard H. Lewis, July, 1830.
Henry Phillips to Townsend Bartlett, 2 acres, $25; November, 1831.
Cyrus Fisher to Philip I. Phillips, March, 1834.
P. I. Philips to Weeden Worden, September, 1825.
John Leybourne to Isaac B. Worden, 6 acres, $18 ; 1830.
James C. Trask to Lyman Haughton, 1834.
J. V. D. Sutphen to Hiram Bartlett, 70 acres, in fractional Section 30, on East road leading from Fisher's to Port Lawrence, May 4th, 1833. Price, $800, with right to Use the " Springs before the door of Hiram Bartlett."
Philip 1. Phillips to Weeden Worden, Sept. 1835.
Thos. Southard and James Southard to H. D. Mason, March, 1836, acknowledged before Horace
Thacher, Justice Peace for Port Lawrence Township,Monroe County, Michigan, at Tremainesville.
Phil. Harding to Andrew Palmer, December, 1836, 15 acres in Port Lawrence Township, next to Noah A. Whitney, on Territorial Road.
Philip I. Phillips to Abram Gordinier and Lyman Warren, .January, 1837.
John Knaggs to John B. Arnold, April, 1845.
John B. Arnold to Samuel Blanchard, April, 1846.
County Auditor to Lyman Haughton, ,Jan., 1847.
Benj. Mallett to Willard Smith, November, 1836.
Samuel 1. Keeler to Lucius Keeler, March, 1838.
Heman Walbridge to Walter H. Lathrop, Mch. '38.
Isaac Tremaine to John L. Edgerton, July, 1837.
Chas. Tiney to James Hull, October, 1836.
Erastus Ewers to Daniel Chase, October, 1835.
David W. Hawley to Luke Draper, June, 1835.
John W. Collins to Edwin Randall, Sept., 1838.
Isaac Tremain to Jedediah Jessup, July, 1838.
Elkanah Briggs to Wm. Owen, December, 1838.
Nathan D. Mallett to Benj. Mallett, October, 1838,
Benj. Mallet to John Nicholas, October, 1838.
Samuel Sibley to Christopher Gunn, April, 1838.
John T. Peterson to Isaac and Calvin Tremaine, June, 1836.
John Fitch to James Palmer, January, 1841.
Robert. McClelland and W. E. Wing to Calvin H. Bentley, October, 1840.
Joseph W. Turner to John P. Tremaine, April, '41.
Coleman 1. Keeler to John Bruse, January, 1841.
Jacob Rots to Peter Duso, March, 1841.
Thos. J. Dobbins to Robert Patten, October, 1841.
Benj. and Stephen Sibley, Hezekiah Huntley, Priscilla Huntley, Andrew A. Sape. Millacent Sape
and Hannah Smith, heirs of Wm. Sibley, to Eleazer N. Smith, October, 1841.
Wm. Wilkison to John J. Wilkison, July, 1841.
Benj. South to Robert Talbot, May, 1841.
Benj. Mallett, Jr., to Stephen Marsh, July, 1841.
Daniel Mulholland to John Peter Gribbin, September, 1842
Patrick McCarty to Alvin Evans, October, 1842.
United States to Daniel Brown, September, 1835.
Philo B. Scott to Henry H. Brown, December, '42.
Chas. H. Stewart of Detroit to John Baptiste Purcell, Bishop of the Catholic Church, Cincinnati, October, 1842, undivided fourth part of a debt due to said Stewart from Philip I. Phillips of Tremainesville, and in a certain piece of land or farm adjoining Tremainesville, such transfer being made to secure Bishop Purcell in an advance made on the purchase of property in Toledo for the benefit of the Roman Catholic Society of that City.
Erastus G. Back to Orlando Brown, October, 1837.
Edward Goodrich to Nathaniel Tremaine, August, 1841.
Jona. Bush to Blakesly H. Bush, January, 1843.
Moses Cowell to Purcell C. Turner, April, 1843. Noah A. Whitney to Joseph Smith, April, 1843 Sarah Brockband to Richard Greenwood, April, 1843.
Sylvester Brown to Win. T. Tremaine, June, 1842.
Nancy Merrill to Seth Cothren, October, 1842.
Benj. Allen to Wm. E. Thorn. December, 1843.
Luke Draper to Henry Cook, January, 1846.
James Brown to Roswell Cheney, January. 1844.
State of Ohio to Luke Cahoo, October, 1843.
James W. Knaggs to Jesse Turner, September,' 44.
Joe Marsh to Horace Marsh, 1844.
Peter Cooney to Geo. L. Luteman, October, 1844.
Erastus Curie to Hour y Mercereau, September, '43.
Peter Lewis to David Lewis, April, 1840.
Roswell Cheney to Abner L. Backus, January, '45
John Lewis to David Lewis. December, 1844.
David Byrne to Thos. Tyrrell, March, 1845.
Seth Wright to David B. Mooney, September, '45.
Joseph Goodrich to Moses Cowell, February, 1845.
County Auditor to Thomas Corlett, March, 1845.
John Baptiste Deshelter to Archange Corneau, February, 1846.
James Myers to Adam Spees, March, 1840.
Lorenzo P. Wing to Jacob Clark, March, 1846.
Benj. Mallett, Jr., to James Carter, June. 1844.
Acy Boyce to Robert and Noah Webber, June, '46.
Dexter Fisher to Hiram Bartlett and Chas. I. Keeler, ,July, 1835.
Conrad Kunkle to Abram Ware, November, 1845.
Sarah Brockbank to John Brockbank, Feb., 1848.
State of Ohio to Moreau Allen, January, 1844.
John P. Freeman to Geo. C. Benn, October, 1847.
Benj. Mallett to Geo. Bennett, November, 1846.
Jeremiah Micham to Henry Hampshire, Nov. '47.
Erastus Stone to Aijah Cone, February, 1847.
State of Ohio to Wm. Hoskins, October, 1843.
Moses Cowell to Peter Martin, November, 1841.
James Myers to Nathaniel Glann, January, 1840.
Elisha Stilwell to James Fergerson, June, 1847.
Daniel Chase to Scantschi. March. 1847.
James Myers to James Mickens, November, 1840.
E. D. Potter to James Southard, April, 1847.
County Auditor to Milton Barrett, June, 1847.
Henry Cook to Philip Schram and Jacob Best, July, 1847.
John Dixon to Abiah Cornwell, October, 1838.
Martin Kratt to Samuel Youst, October, 1847.
Thos. Bishop to Samuel Blanchard, Nov., 1848.
Christopher Gunn to Geo. C. Williams, Nov., 1848,
D. O. Morton to Eliza R. Baldwin, December, '48.
Peter Morone to Peter Minney, March. 1846.
Eleazer N. Smith to Wm. and Samuel Leybourne, October, 1848.
Daniel Chase to John DeShetler, January, 1849,
Hezekiah Huntley, Benj. Sibley, et at., to Eleazer N. Smith, April, 1845.
James Bertholf to Nicholas and Peter Reppeng, October, 1847.
John Brock to Chas. G. Mallett, November, 1844.
Amasa Bishop to Joseph D. Johnson, a lease for 4 years of 40 acres of land in the East half of the Southwest quarter of Section 27, Washington Township, conditioned that lessee leave the land well cleared and fenced. Said lands are now included in Auburndale Addition to the City of Toledo.
S. L. Collins to James S. Whiting', November, '46.
John Olmsted to Horace Card, October, 1847.
County Auditor to Solomon A. Stebbins, July, '48.
Joseph Striker to Geo. Striker, June, 1848.
Jerome Myers to Henry Neaheuser, June, 1846.
Benj. Mallett to Allen Burk, .July, 1847.
Jeniah Odell to Adrian to Van Houton, Aug.,'48.
James Cheney to Joseph D'Isay, June, 1849.
Lewis Lambert to Jerry Woodward, July, 1849.
Henry Phillips and Sanford L. Collins to Michael
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T. Whitney, November, 1836, one-third interest in 78 lots in the Village of Fairfield on the Indiana Road, the plat of which was recorded June, 1836.
Philip I. Phillips to Horace Thacher and Michael T. Whitney. Philo Bennett to Abram Hadley, April. 1835.
Eli Gray to Isaac Rush. December, 1836.
EARLY SETTLERS.
Settlements were made in Washington Township soon after those along the Riverbank, and included in the Twelve-Mile Square Reserve; notwithstanding the Government lands outside of the Reserve were not then in market, and were not offered until after the act of Congress of April, 1820, changing the mode and manner of selling the public lands from that of credit at $4.00 per acre, to that of cash, at the single rate of $1.25. Yet, the notoriety obtained for this section of' country through the efforts of operators from Cincinnati, tinder the name of the " Cincinnati Company," in their attempt to Start a commercial Town at the mouth of Swan Creek in 1817. drew hither many adventurers and speculators. Out of these efforts on the part of the Cincinnati Company, all that remained in 1831 was the old log Ware house at the mouth of Swan Creek and the blockhouse standing on the high bluff which at that time stood near the Northwest corner of Jefferson and Summit Streets. This block-house, as already stated, was improvised into a store and supplied with goods by Lewis Godard of Detroit in December, 1831, under a contract with Major Stickney.
Among those who were attracted here by the notoriety given to the place through the Cincinnati Company, and afterwards were among the oldest and most prominent settlers of what is now Washington Township, the following may be mentioned : Major Coleman I. Keeler, in 1817, came from Onondaga County, New York, with a large family of sons and daughters, and afterwards settled on the Northwest quarter of Section 26. They were a family of a good deal of prominence in after years; but few of the family are now living. Major Feeler died in 1863, aged 86 years, leaving a second wife and one son by her; the widow, a most estimable lady, still lives, in the 91st year of her age.
Contemporary with Major Keeler were Wm. Sibley and Eli Hubbard-Sibley from Monroe County, New York, and Hubbard from Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Mr. Sibley first settled on half--Way Creek, in the North part of present Washington. (This was prior to the survey and bringing into market of the public lands outside of the Reserve.) He resided there several years with his wife, having no children : but, unfortunately, got into trouble with the Indians, his only neighbors, and received wounds from which he never fully recovered. Upon the survey of the public lands and the opening of a land office at Monroe, Mr. Sibley entered the East half of Southeast quarter of Sections 14 and 15, now part of West Toledo. In 1830, he sold to Peter Lewis and entered Northeast quarter Section 21, the farm now owned and occupied by E. N. Smith, a nephew of' Mr. Sibley. Mr. Sibley died in 1836, aged about 60 years. He was a brother of Judge Sibley of Rochester, N. Y.
Eli Hubbard settled first on the East half of what is now Woodlawn Cemetery (the land not then in market), on the line of the old Military Road, where he built his first cabin, and where his son Hiram was born. The latter, in his 70th year, is now living in Sylvania Township. Mr. Hubbard's first entry of land was that of the Northeast quarter of Section 23, and he settled on the North side of Ten-Mile Creek, now on Lagrange Street, where most of his large family were born. In 1836, he sold to John Knaggs, and entered land in Sylvania, where he died in 1856, aged 67 years. Mr. Hubbard was a man of sterling integrity, having the full confidence of his neighbors. He was Supervisor of Port Lawrence Township when under Michigan control, after which he was County Commissioner for Lucas County for two successive terms.
Major Noah A. Whitney, with his family of ten children-five sons and five daughters-two of the latter being daughters of his then second wife (a Mrs. Rose), prior to her marriage with Mr. Whitney, and two children (a son and a daughter) by the second marriage. This family, with the exception of the oldest son, Noah A., Jr., who followed soon after, left Onondaga County, New York, in September, 1822, for Detroit, via Canada, with their Household goods in covered wagons. One of the wagons was drawn by two yokes of oxen, and tine other by horses. In this manner they started on their journey, and in something over four weeks reached Detroit. having' been nine days in getting through the Forty-Mile Woods. No accident worthy of note occurred during the long and tedious journey. Major Whitney was by profession a Manufacturer of Iron, and was attracted here by reports that large quantities of the fine qualities of iron ore were to be found in Michigan. After spending a good deal of time and money in prospecting for such ore without success, he came with his, family to Monroe, and there remained till the Summer of 1824, when he purchased from the Government the East half' of the Southwest quarter of Section 26, now bounded on the East by Collingwood Avenue, on the South by Bancroft Street, on the North by Delaware avenue, where he built a block-house of' considerable size into which he moved his family in the Fall of 1824. This House was in the rear of' Messrs. Laskey, Noel and Page's present residences. Here Major Whitney lived until his death, in December, 1834, aged 64 years.
Major Whitney was the father of Noah A.
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Whitney, Jr., and Thomas P. Whitney, who settled on the Southeast quarter of Section 27, on what is now Detroit Avenue. Noah A. died in 1873, aged 74 years, leaving one child, a son, by a second wife. Thomas P. Whitney left three children-one son and two daughters; the son died in March, 1885 ; the daughters are both living, and also the widow, who resides on Monroe Street and is in the 74th year of her age. One of the daughters of Mrs. Major Whitney prior to her second marriage, Miss Mary Rose, became the wife of Dr. J. V. D. Sutphen, a young physician from New Jersey, in 1826. Dr. Sutphen was somewhat prominent in public matters, as well as a Physician ; was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Michigan, which framed the Constitution of that State in 1835. Of this once large family, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, but one now remains, viz.: Mrs. Sanford L. Collins, in her 76th year.
Another settler who came to this Township in 1825, was John Phillips from Onondaga County, New York, with a family of two sons and five daughters. He settled on West half of Southwest quarter of Section 22, now part of Woodlawn Cemetery, and West half of Northwest quarter of Section 27, in 1830. This tract was transferred to the oldest son (Phillip I. Phillips), and the father, with the second son, Captain Henry Phillips, purchased of Thaddeus R. Austin the Northwest quarter of Section 23, and there settled with his family, one daughter (the eldest), Miss Catharine, having previously married Cyrus Fisher from Otsego County, N. Y. Captain Henry Phillips in 1837 was married with Miss House, of Lockport, N. Y. He died in the Fall of 1838, leaving his widow and one child. Captain Phillips was a young man of a good deal of promise. He was Chairman of the first meeting called to agitate the boundary question. After his death his brother, Phillip I., became the owner of his property and settled upon and improved it. In 1854 he (P. I. Phillips) laid off and platted the farm into 8 and 10 acre lots, which was afterwards recognized is the "Phillips Farm," now West Toledo. Mr. Phillips was most unfortunate in the loss of his wife and four children grown to man's and woman's estate. He married a second wife, by whom he had three children, a daughter and two sons, who, with the widow, are still living. Mr. Phillips died in 1879, aged 78. The father, John Phillips, died at his son-in-law's in Indiana in 1849, while on a visit there ; his widow, residing with her son, died some ten years later.
This once large family, like that of Major Whitney, have all passed away with the exception of the youngest, Mrs. Rebecca Bronson, residing at Lansing, Michigan, in her 74th year.
With Mr. Phillips as a member of his family, came Charles B. Phillips, a nephew, then a small boy, who grew up to manhood, and to be one of the most prominent business men of Toledo, while occupying positions of usefulness in other relations. He was long identified with the mercantile and manufacturing interests, and in enterprises of various kinds. Early taking an active part in military affairs, he became prominent in the same, and during the war of the Rebellion commanded the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Infantry. He Dow (18S8), resides at Ann Arbor Michigan.
In 1825, came from Otsego County, New York, Dexter Fisher and wife-aged people for a new country-with their son Cyrus, then a young man, and their son-in-law, Hiram Bartlett and his wife. Mr. Bartlett purchased of Daniel Murray the Southeast fraction of Section 35 (now a thickly settled portion of Toledo). He sold this land in the Fail of 1835 to Andrew Palmer, and entered a large tract of Government laud in Amboy Township (now Fulton County), where he resided with his family until his death in 1875, at the age of 85 years, leaving a large property. His aged widow (90 years old), and three children (one son and two daughters) survive him, and reside in Amboy Township. Mr. Bartlett was much respected as a citizen, was Clerk of the Township of Port Lawrence for many years. Dexter Fisher's wife having died the year after they came, he resided with his son-in-law, Bartlett, and died at their residence in Amboy Township in 1817, at the advanced age of 77 years.
Cyrus Fisher purchased of Moses G. Benjamin of Otsego County, New York, the Southeast quarter of Section 23, and built and settled on the Northwest quarter of same Section, between the old Territorial Road and the United States Turnpike, in the Fall of 1829, having been married the same Fall with Catherine, daughter of John Phillips, whose family have been before referred to. He commenced the building of a block-house of considerable size, and completed it during the following winter and occupied it both as a Tavern and a Store. This house was of great convenience to the settlers, it being the only place of entertainment between the Bay Settlement and Hubbard's, at Miami ; and, with two exceptions, the only house of any kind. This Store of Mr. Fisher's was the first one established in the territory embraced in Washington Township, as originally setoff from Port Lawrence; and, like the house of entertainment, was a great public convenience, although the settlement at that time was very small.
There were at that time some 1,500 or more Indians residing on the two Reservations on the North side of the River, and with no store Dearer than Maumee (Hunt & Forsyth's), it was a good point for Indian trade, and continued so until the Indians sold out and left for the far West.
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Here, too, was the one Post-office between Vienna and Maumee, its name being Port Lawrence, as that of the Township, then embracing what is now comprised in Toledo, Manhattan, Oregon, Washington and Adams Townships. Cyrus Fisher was Postmaster. The mail at that time from Fremont to Detroit was carried on the line of the Government Turnpike, before mentioned, three times a week, generally on horse-back, but sometimes, when the roads were passable, a light wagon would be used. It was at this Port Lawrence Postoffice that Allen & Hathaway, of Lockport, New York ; Major Stickney, of Port Lawrence Township (then in the Territory of Michigan), and others associated with them, in the commencement of the new commercial Town on the River called Vistula," in the winter of 1831-32, obtained their mails. Mr. Fisher continued in the triple capacity of Tavern and Store-keeper and Postmaster until the Fall of 1832, when he was succeeded by Calvin Tremaine, from Vermont, a worthy gentleman as well as a good business man. Mr. Tremaine also succeeded Mr. Fisher as Postmaster, he (Fisher) resigning in Mr. Tremaine's favor ; so that in a very short time after Mr. Tremaine's arrival he was fully enstalled as Merchant and Postmaster, Mr. Fisher removing to one of the Southern Counties of Ohio to engage in School teaching, intending, however, to return, which he did in 1834.
Late in 1832, the proprietors of the two River Towns (Port Lawrence and Vistula) sat about securing postal accommodations nearer home. A meeting of citizens of these places was called to consider where a Post-office should be located, and who should be the Postmaster. It was decided that the office take the name of that on Ten-Mile Creek (Port Lawrence), the latter to become Tremainesville. This plan was carried into effect, with S. B. Comstock as Postmaster, he then holding that position on the Creek. A mail route between the two offices was established, with Major Stickney as mail carrier, the sum to be paid him to be the net proceeds of the new office, provided the same did not exceed the sum of $15.00 per quarter. Under this arrangement, Tremainesville became the Distributing Office for Port Lawrence and Vistula, instead of their delivery office, as it had been. All this occurred in January, 1833.
About the time of the settlement of Mr. Tremaine with his store, Townsend Bartlett, a brother of Hiram, purchased of Captain Henry Phillips two acres of land on the opposite side of the Turnpike from the Fisher block-house, and built a Wagon-shop and dwelling, settled and continued his business till 1837, when he sold to J. D. Sutphen, father of Dr. J. V. D. Sutphen, and removed to Illinois. Mr. Tremaine continued his store till the fall of 1835, when he sold his property, including his store of goods, to Dr. Sutphen and removed to Sylvania, where he died soon after.
Sanford L. Collins succeeded Mr. Tremaine, in the Tremainesville Post Office. In 1835 the mail route was changed from Miami down the River to Toledo and Manhattan, and the Tremainesville office after a few years was discontinued. Tremainsville had considerable importance among the early settlements and quite a business from 1834 to 1838 in two stores, a tavern, blacksmith and wagon shops, tailor shop, shoe shop, etc.; but the diversion of travel from the turnpike and the depression of 1838 to 1843, crippled its business and it became again a farming community, as it had originally been. (See biography of Mr. Collins, elsewhere).
In February, 1834, Morgan L. Collins a younger brother, came from Orleans County, New York, with his wife (having been recently married with Miss Lucinda Lewis of Albion, in that County) ; this brother remained and be. came interested in the store and lands; soon contracts were made for clearing and fencing, for it was all woods on both sides of the Territorial Road (now Collingwood Avenue) from Major f'eeler's, near Delaware Avenue, to Tell Mile Creek, except a little patch near Tremaine's store and the Fisher tavern kept by Mr. Smiley. In the fall of 1834 the Collins Brothers built a tavern on the Southeast corner of Manhattan Road and the Turnpike ; this house was burned in the summer of 1848.
In November, 1834, Mr. John W. Collins came with his wife and two children from) Jefferson County, New York, and became a partner with the brothers under the firm name of S. L. Collins & Co., Mr. S. L. Collins having purchased Mr. Godard's half of the Burgess tract, conveyed an undivided one-third to each of his brothers. John W. Collins, like other brothers, was a man of energy, perseverance and good judgment, and withal an excellent farmer. S. L. Collins & Co., sold their store and goods in the spring of 1536, to Horace Thacher and Michael T. Whitney. Morgan L. Collins went to Adrian and there engaged in mercantile business till 1841, when he returned to Toledo, where he engaged in forwarding, and was among the first to have a. line of' boats on the Wabash and Erie Canal ; the business of transportation, including vessels on the Like, was continued by him for many years. He died in April, 1865, aged 58 years leaving a wife and two daughters (Mrs. Henry Neel, residing on Collingwood Avenue, and the other with her mother in Batavia, New York). John W. Collins died in December, 1885, in his 85th year, having been many years afflicted with deafness. He left two soils by his second wife, J. P. and .l. W. Collins, and one daughter, Miss Agnes Collins, by his third wife. The fourth
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wife (widow) is still living and resides with her daughter in Albany, New York.
Horace Thacher of Niagara County, New York, came with his family to Tremainesville in the fall of 1833. He settled on the North side of Ten-Mile Creek. Being a good Mechanic, he contributed largely to the building of the Methodist Church which was erected on that side of the Creek in 18356. Mr. Thacher was highly esteemed by his neighbors ; was a Local Preacher in the Methodist Church; was a Justice of the Peace under the Territory of Michigan; was subsequent Recorder of Lucas County for two terms, Probate Judge, and again Justice of the Peace in Toledo. He is now (June 1888), aged 88 years, living with Mr. John Daiber, a son-in-law.
In the summer of 1834, Dr. J. G. Littlefield, from Delaware County, New York, settled in Tremainesville ; he purchased a lot and built a small dwelling house on the West side of the turnpike, but sold out and went West in the fall of 1836.
Among the prominent early settlers in the Western part of the Township, were the Haughtons-Lyman, Stephen, Marvin and Cyrus-who came from Monroe County, New York, and in 1833-4 took up large quantities of Government land on both sides of what is known as Haughton Street. Lyman Haughton had sons Smith, Hiram, Nathaniel and Solon ; and daughters, Ruth and Delia. Ruth married George Ferguson and Delia married Michael Best, farmers of this Township ; Hiram married Sylvania Roop, of a family prominent in business circles in Toledo, where he died in 1883, leaving two daughters and one son. Stephen Haughton was married with Huldah, sister of Eleazer N. Smith, of West Toledo. He lived in the Haughton neighborhood till his removal to Felton County, some years ago, and in 1882 settled in Wauseon, where he died May 28, 1887, aged 87 years. He was the last of the original family who came here in 1833. The farm on which Mr. Haughton lived in this Township was the original one on which Thomas Secor now resides. Mrs. Haughton died in 1883. Their surviving children are : William Edgar Haughton, of Fulton County; Susannah the widow of E. Hinkle of Lyons; Ohio; now Mrs. Smith Haughton of Washington Township); Palmyra (Mrs. Naaman Merrill of Wauseon, Ohio, deceased); Emily (Mrs. John McKay of Wauseon); Clarissa (deceased), wife of Rev. Warren Hendricks; Malvina, wife of Amasa Verity, of Bay City, Mich.; and Clark, who died in Rome, Indiana. Marvin Haughton was married with Maria Bristol, and to them were born six children. Cyrus Haughton was married with Marina Adams, and to them were born six children, two sons and four daughters. Nathaniel Haughton, of Toledo, a son of Lyman Haughton, now married with a daughter of Dr. B. H. Bush, formerly of Toledo.
SANFORD LANGWORTHY COLLINS was born on April 4, 1805, at Brownsville, Jefferson County, New York. He is a son of John W. and Mercy (Langworthy) Collins, who were natives of Connecticut, and were married at Stonington in 1793. In 1794 John W. Collins, with his wife and his wife's parents and family, emigrated to Oneida County, New York, and settled in the Town of Bridgewater. In 1802 John W. Collins removed to Jefferson County, New York, where he was one of the organizers of the Town of Brownsville, and was chosen its second Supervisor, as stated in the history of Jefferson County. He died in December, 1810. Sanford L., in 1812, at the age of seven years, went to reside with his mother's brother, at Bridgewater, where he remained until he was 15. His opportunities for education, meantime, were limited to a few terms at the District School during the Winter months. Possessed of vigorous intellect and remarkably retentive memory, combined with studious and industrious habits, enabled him to acquire knowledge rapidly in the school of observation and experience. On leaving Bridgewater, he engaged with his brother-in-law in keeping a hotel in the Village of Gaines, Orleans County, where he remained until after he was 21, and subsequently followed the same occupation for two years at Lockport. In 1829 he engaged in mercantile business, connected with the lumber and stave trade, at Pendleton, a small port on the Erie Canal, at its junction with Tonawanda Creek, which he carried on quite successfully for two years.
Much attention being directed to Michigan about this time, Mr. Collins decided to make a prospecting tour in that Territory. Accordingly, he sold out his business, and with his youngest brother, Morgan L. Collins, left Lockport in July, 1831, for Detroit. Their first business there was to find their old friend, Lewis Godard, a former merchant of Lockport, who came to Detroit in the Spring previous and engaged in the same business, and whom they desired to consult with reference to their trip. His advice was, that the tour of observation should extend through the Southern tier of Counties, which, beyond Ann Arbor, were almost entirely unsettled.
Procuring a couple of ponies and an outfit, they set off upon their journey, following the principal traveled road to Ann Arbor; from there, by the "Washtenaw Trail," to Jackson; thence to Marshall, Kalamazoo and White Pigeon. At the latter place was the Western Land Office. The little Town was filled with strangers, looking for land or making entries at the office. Jackson then contained only a few cabins. Kalamazoo consisted of a single log house ; at Ann Arbor the first flouring mill was in process of erection.
Mr. Collins found at Jackson William R. Thompson, whom he had formerly known as
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the Sheriff of Genesee County, New York, who had removed from Batavia the year before and was now, with his father-in-law, one of the proprietors of the Town site. Pleased with the prospect at Jackson, Mr. Collins concluded to settle there, and accordingly returned to White Pigeon and entered a quarter-section of land situated in what is now the heart of the City, and paid $100 to secure an interest in other Town property, which, had he retained it, would have been an ample fortune. He regards the purchase of that property as the best investment he ever made, and the parting with it as his great financial mistake, although circumstances which he could not then control determined his course.
Owing to the decision of his brother to return to the State of New York, Mr. Collins left Jackson and returned to Detroit and entered the employ of Lewis Godard, before referred to. In connection with an arrangement just then completed between Major Stickney, of Port Lawrence Township, and Samuel Allen and Otis Hathaway, of Lockport, New York, to plat a part of the Major's farm for Town purposes, and make certain improvements thereon, Mr. Godard made an arrangement with Major Stickney for certain portions of the land so platted, by which he (Mr. Godard) was to send a stock of goods to the prospective Town. The goods were sent from Detroit in December, 1831, with Mr. Collins as Agent, and placed in an old Block-house, located near what is now the corner of Summit and Jefferson Streets (and then surrounded by a second growth of timber of considerable size). This was the first stock of goods opened for sale in connection with the efforts to build up the Towns of Vistula and Port Lawrence, now the City of Toledo. This Block-house was contemporary with the old log Warehouse so closely connected with the early history of Toledo, and was, with others, built in 1817, by what was afterwards called the ,Old Port Lawrence Company," in an effort to build up a Town at this point, which proved to be a premature undertaking.
In the Spring or early Summer of 1832 Mr. Godard formed a copartnership with Elkanah Briggs, of Kinderhook, New York, a man of large means, and sold him an undivided half of his Vistula property (the name given to the platted portion of Major Stickney's farm, and which is still known as the Vistula Division of the City of Toledo). He instructed Mr. Collins to build a store on the Southeast corner of Lagrange and Summit Streets, to be occupied when completed, by Mr. Briggs, under the firm name of Briggs & Godard. When the building was nearly completed it was found necessary to have hair for the plastering, when Mr. Collins sent to Detroit, by the little Steamer General Gratiot, Captain Arthur Edwards, but no hair was to be had in that market. He finally heard of some at a small Tannery at Waterville, and on going there found the hair, of which he obtained six bushels, purchased factory sheeting, had it made into a sack, into which he put the hair, and with assistance placed it on the horse and started for Vistula, he walking and holding the sack on the horse until he reached Maumee, where he found a boat which took the hair to Vistula, where it was used in plastering the first store and the first and only frame building of any kind erected there during the year 1832, except a small frame house built by James Haddocks and C. G. Shaw.
The store was completed and ready for use in October, 1832, and a stock of goods purchased in New York by Mr. Godard for Briggs & Godard, were soon expected. Mr. Briggs and his family were to occupy the upper part of the new store, which had been finished for that purpose. Mr. Collins then disposed of the remainder of the stock in the old Blockhouse to Captain John Baldwin, and went into the new store, where he opened the new stock then received. he remained with Mr. Briggs, as the agent of Mr. Godard, until about the 1st of February, 1833, when under instructions from Mr. Godard, he sold the Tatter's entire interest in Vistula, both in goods and real estate, to Mr. Briggs, and returned to Detroit. He came back to Vistula, February 22, 1833, to look after Indian claims, and be present at the treaty with the Ottawas, held at Maumee at that time with Governor Porter of Michigan Territory, in which treaty the reservation of the Ottawas on both sides of the Maumee River, was ceded to the Government (large portions of which are now included in the City of Toledo), and securing acknowledgment by the Chiefs as to the correctness of the claims. These claims were left with General Hunt, of Maumee, for final adjustment, and Mr. Collins returned to Detroit.
In the Fall of 1832, Mr. Collins, in connection with Stephen B. Comstock, purchased the lands at Tremainesville, known as the "Burgess tract." Mr. Comstock soon sold his interest to Lewis Godard. On Godard and Collins becoming the joint owners, it was decided to build a store at Tremainesville, then considered a good point for selling goods, one small store being already there. For that purpose Mr. Collins went to Tremainesville, July 1, 1833, and contracted for the store, which was completed during the Summer, together with a small dwelling adjoining to be occupied by himself' In September he went, via Pittsburg and Philadelphia, to New York for goods. The stock was shipped to Buffalo by the Eric Canal, and thence by Lake on the Schooner Eagle, Captain David Wilkison. The sale of goods commenced in November, 1833. In 1834, his brothers, John W. and Morgan L., became associated with Mr. Collins, under the firm name of S. L, Collins & Company, who con-
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tinued the business until 1837, when it was disposed of to Horace Thacher and Michael T. Whitney.
During this time, as well as subsequently, Mr. Collins carried on farming quite extensively, in connection with his brother, John W. Collins, and devoted much of his time to the general improvement of his estate and of the neighborhood.
Mr. Collins was Postmaster at Tremainesville from 1834 to 1842. He was among the most energetic and active of the pioneers in promoting the development, not only of the section in which he resided, but of the County at large, and particularly in the improvement of roads leading into the country in various directions. When Lucas County was organized he was chosen its first Treasurer, and was subsequently re-elected to that office. In 1840 he participated in the formation and organization of Washington Township, and was chosen at various times to fill several of the Township offices, as Clerk, Trustee and Justice of the Peace, the latter for nine years in succession. His example and influence have always been on the side of the moral welfare of the community, and he has especially looked upon Free Masonry as a valuable aid in that direction. Appreciating the moral principles and beautiful symbolic teachings of that order, soon after his majority he became a member in the Village of Gaines, New York, in 1826, and was early among the active Masons in this section of Ohio. He was one of the early members of Fort Meigs Chapter and Toledo Commandery, and was Eminent Commander of the latter from 1857 to 1869only relinquishing the active duties of the order on account of the misfortune of impaired hearing, which has afflicted him these late years. He still, however, retains his respect and veneration for the institution, believing its moral principles to be unsurpassed by those of any other organization of the day.
He was married in January, 1834, with Harriet Whitney, daughter of Noah A. Whitney, who settled on what is now Collingwood Avenue, in 1824. His marriage has been blessed with four children, of whom one son and one daughter are living, each with families, bringing grandchildren and great-grandchildren into their homes. Mr. and Mrs. Collins are among the oldest and most highly esteemed of the pioneers of Toledo. For more than half a century they have been contemporary with the growth of the City, living for most of that time in the house which is still their residence, on Detroit Avenue. They saw laid the foundations of Toledo, in mud and malaria. They have lived to see it grow up, with beautiful adornings and paved streets, spreading about so as to include their home and sending its Street-cars past their door. Collingwood Avenue, lying along the Eastern boundary of Mr. Collins's original purchase, is becoming the most beautiful residence portion of Toledo.
Mr. Collins's chief occupation for many years has been that of cultivating his lands in and near the City, and looking after his improved City property. Although in the 83d year of his life, he is hale and vigorous, and with his usual care and activity, it is hoped he may be spared yet many years to enjoy the friendship, love and esteem which are accorded him in so large a degree by all who know him.
ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.
The first meeting for the election of officers for Washington Township was held at the house of Benjamin. Mallett, Tremainesville, June 27, 1840, The following officers were elected. Clerk-Sanford L. Collins; Trustees -Alvin Evans, John Lambert, Lyman Haughton; Treasurer-John Knaggs ; Overseers of the Poor-James Brown, Henry Mersereau ; Constable-Thomas Wilkinson; Fence Viewers--William Wilkinson, Erastus Williams, Charles Evans.
At a meeting of the Township Board held July 1, 1840, Road Districts were laid out and their respective Supervisors appointed as follows: No. 1, Adolphus Majors; 2, George Dixon; 3, William Tavernor; 4, John W. Collins; 5, Erastus Williams; 6, Lyman Haughton ; 7, Daniel Brown; 8, Alvin Evans ; 9, Noah A. Whitney; 10, Eli Charter; 11, Jasper Goodrich.
The Township offices named have been filled as follows:
Clerk-S. L. Collins, 1840; Horace Thacher, 1841-44; Stephen Haughton, 1844; Horace Thacher, 1845-48; Lewis Lambert, 1848-50; Julius N. Marsh, 1850-52; S. L. Collins, 1852-55; L. P. Wing, 1855-61; Anson Trowbridge, 1861-66; John Bladon, 1866-68; Albert H. Martin, 1868-70; Daniel H. Nye, 1870-73; Peter Cranker, 1873-88.
Treasurer-John Knaggs, 1840-47; Stephen Haughton, 1847-51; Blakesley H. Bush, 1851; Benjamin Mallett, Jr., 1852-56 ; Blakesley H. Bush, 1856; Benjamin Mallett, 1857-74; Albert R. Martin, 1875-87.
Justices of the Peace-Lyman Haughton, Horace Thacher, elected 1845; Lyman Haughton, Lewis Lambert, 1851 ; S. L. Collins, 1856 ; Josiah Chambers, Thomas Secor, 1857; S. L. Collins, 1859; Lyman Haughton, Josiah Chambers, 1860; Paul Kunkle, 1862; Gersham Crabb, Lyman Haughton, 1863; Josiah Chambers, Paul Kunkle, 1865; Peter C. Lewis, 1868; Josiah Chambers, Alonzo Colgrove, 1869; Peter C. Lewis, Josiah Chambers, 1871; Charles W. Ferguson, 1872; Peter C. Lewis, 1874; Alvin Evans, G. W. Stoddard, 1875; George S. Dickson, A. Fahnestock, 1880; A. H. Evans, 1881; A. J. Groynn, Stephen rappers, 1882; Charles V. Lincoln, 1884; Charles F. Yesline, 1885; C. V. Lincoln, James W. Allen, 1887.
PORT LAWRENCE TAX-PAYERS IN 1838,
Following is a list of persons taxed on personal property within the Township of Port Lawrence in the year 1837. The list is so di-
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vided as to show (as nearly as maybe) in what portions of that Township the several taxpayers resided', after the same was divided and the City of Toledo, and Townships of Washington and Manhattan formed.
TOLEDO-HORSES AND CATTLE.
Baldwin, Marcus. Hibbard, A. S.
*Baldwin, Tibbals. Hollenbeck, Mathew.
Baldwin, John. Jones, Granville.
Bidwell & Co. Johnson, Daniel.
Bodette Job. Kellogg, Henderson.
Butman, A. P. Lawrence & Eggleston.
Bissell, Edward. *Moore, Samuel.
Beebe, Alex. Mowrie, B. W.
Garner, Lewis. Mott, Richard.
Calkins, James. *Newcomb, H. A. W.
Cheney, Roswell. Nicholas, Charles.
Glum, Alex. Osgood, Fred.
Carr, Thomas. Peters, Daniel P.
Corlett, Thomas. Stowe, Roswell.
Daniels, J. J. *Segur, Daniel.
Eddy, Samuel. *Stickney, B. F.
Erie & Cal. R. R. Co. Smith, Benjamin.
Easton, Almon. Scott & Bean.
Flagg, Junius. Turner, Manly.
Green & Hulburt. *Whitney, James M.
Henderson, John B. Walbridge, Heman.
Henderson, Henry. Walbridge, Chester.
Hibbard, A. G. & Co. Whitney Michael F.
Wadsworth, Decius.
MERCHANTS' CAPITAL AND MONEY.
Bidwell & Co., $200. Marsh, Stephen, $300.
Brintnall & Co., $1,500. McCarty, Patrick, $200.
Brent, Daniel, $25. Peckham & Co., $500.
Cheney & Hall, $400. Porter & Kaufman, $100.
Clark, Wm. W., $200. Pontius & Roop, $300.
Clark, Geo. P., $100. Porter & Rich, $700.
Douglas, Abram, $200. Boys & Phelps, $600.
Dodd, E. S. & Co., $1,500. Roberts, J. C. & Co., $100.
Daly, M., $100. Ritter, Wm. H., $300.
Goettel, Henry W., $100. Scott & Richardson, $2,000.
Gardner & Bissell, $500. Storrs, E. A., $200.
Hicks & Olney, $300. Shepard, H. D., $1,500.
Haskins, Wm., $400. * Trowbridge & Knox, $100.
Hoisington, J. A., $500. Uht, A. W., $50.
Hoyt, Wm. R., $300. Voglesang, John J., $700.
Jones, John F., $100. Wilson, James, $50.
LAWYERS.
Allen, Edson. Morton, Daniel O.
Cooke, Richard. Osborn, John R.
Fitch, John. Potter, Emery D.
Lownsbury, L. S. Tilden, Myron H.
Way, George B.
PHYSICIANS.
Ackley, H. A. Mosher, John.
Lewis, Urich C. Perkins, George R.
McLean, Charles. Wheeler, James.
WASHINGTON-HOGS AND CATTLE.
Allen, Samuel. Keeler, Coleman I.
Andrews, Jairus D. Knaggs, James W.
Andrews, Augustus. Lyman, Whitten,
Amsdale, John. Laskey, George.
Archer, Vorhees. Leybourne, John, heirs of.
Bishop, Amasa. Leybourne, Anthony.
Berdan, John. Lewis, Peter.
Brown, Sylvester. Lewis, David.
Brown, Orlando. May, Edward.
Brown, James. Major. Adolphus.
Brock, William. Mickens, Peter.
Bellows, Samuel. Marsh, Joel.
Bernor, Lewis. Mallett, Benjamin.
Bush, Jonathan. Merritt, Nancy.
Bush, B. H. Phillips, Henry.
Cranker, Peter. Phillips, I.
Courson, George. Quisins, Basil.
Corneau, Peter. Showler. James.
Cowell, Moses. Smith, John.
Charter, Eli. Southard, James.
Cone, Erastus. Sullivan, Daniel.
Cochran, F. D. Stillwell, Elisha.
Collins, S. L. & Co. Tavernor, William.
Dolby, Robert. Thomas, Hiram.
Dushalter, John. Thomas, Levi, heirs of.
Evans, Alvin, Tucker, Caleb.
Evans, Charles. Thacher & Whitney.
Fisher, Cyrus. Thacher, Horace.
Glenn, Nathaniel. Teliney, Charles.
Greenwood & Brockbark, Southard, James, Jr,
Gurno, Lewis. Van Guenten, Christian.
Gardiner, John A. Vilair, Francis.
Gunn, Christopher. Whitney, Thomas P.
Gee, John. Whitten, Alonzo.
Haughton, Stephen. Whitney, Noah A.
Haughton, Marvin. Worden, Isaac B.
Haughton, Cyrus. Wilkison, William.
Haughton, Lyman. Wilkison, John.
Hallet, John. Williams, Asa.
Hoskins, William. Wing, Thomas.
Hayden, Elisha. Wing, Lorenzo.
Kunkel, Conrad. Whitney, James S.
Kellogg, F. Whitney, Michael F.
Knaggs, John. Worden, Nancy.
Whitney, Milton D.
MERCHANT'S CAPITAL AND MONEY.
Collins, J. W. & Co., $700. Durlett, A. F., $100.
MANHATTAN-HORSES AND CATTLE.
Card, Platt. Card, Platt & Co.
Crane, William. Knopp, Ezra.
Guion, Paulo. Schneider, George.
MERCHANT'S CAPITAL AND MONEY.
Chase, Sill & Co.. $300. Crane. William, $500.
Mooney, David B. Swift & Co., $300.
LAWYERS.
Wheeler, Charles.
OREGON-HORSES AND CATTLE.
Fox, Merseno. Prentice. Joseph.
Stevens, Oliver. Ward, Eleazer.
Whitmore, Leander. Wyant, Martin.
MERCHANT'S CAPITAL AND MONEY.
Street, Isaac, $300.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
There are 11 School Districts in the Township, and 14 Schools. Of these three are at the Milburn Wagon Works, and two at West Toledo. The School-houses of the Township are all of brick. Number of persons of School age, 1,006-males, 526; females, 480 (9 colored); There are 14 teachers, three of whom are males.
The Township Board of Education for 1887 was constituted as follows: Sub-District No 1, T. R. Chambers; No. 2, James Jackman; No. 3, Gershom Crabb; No. 4, J. M. Schuck; No. 5, John Bladon; No. 6, A. Jewett; No. 7, John Ley; No. 8, F. M. Rakestraw; No. 9, John W. Baldwin ; No. 10, C. F. Yeslin ; No. 11, Joseph Droessler. John Bladon was President and Peter Cranker, Clerk.
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WEST TOLEDO.
The first plat made in what is now West Toledo was known as the " Phillips Farm." It consisted of lots of eight and ten acres each, lying on both sides of the Plank Road from Detroit Avenue on the East, to the corner where Wilkinson's store and the Postoffice now stand. This plat was made by Philip I. Phillips, in 1854. Humboldt Addition was laid out in April, 1873, by Frederick Gradolph, C. Lenk and others of the Lenk Wine Company. Morris and Phillips Addition was laid out in 1874 by Philip I. Phillips and Adam Welker, and contains 200 lots. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and Canada Southern Railroads pass through the center of the plat. West Toledo Addition was laid out by George Douglass and Henry G. Clark in December, 1874.
West Toledo Postoffice was established in 1879, with J. M. Lycan for Postmaster. Mr. Lycan held the office until May, 1881, keeping it in his (then) grocery store, now occupied by L. H. Wilkinson. John L. Henry succeeded as Postmaster in 1881, and was succeeded by L. H. Wilkinson in 1885.
The Toledo Plow Works at West Toledo, were established by N. Burch, and the buildings erected in 1875. Mr. Burch is the inventor and patentee of the Burch Plow, and formerly had his manufactory at North Fairfield, Ohio. The Toledo Plow Company, consisting of N. Burch, F. D. Suydam, John C. Clark, Robert Suydam and H. M. Wright, was incorporated and succeeded to the business of Mr. Burch in 1884. The product of the shops in 1887, was 3,500 plows.
The Slaughter-House and Wholesale Meat business form a large and important interest at West Toledo. The Refrigerator buildings and facilities for shipping by Railroad, are convenient. Among the principal men engaged in this business are Jacob Kurtz, Jacob Folger, W. K. Hadley, M. Mallett, S. Leybourne, Henry Clayton, C. Brogle, and others.
One of the principal Agricultural pursuits about West Toledo, is Dairy-Farming and supplying Milk for the City.
WEST TOLEDO M. E. CHURCH.
The first preaching of Methodism in the vicinity of this Church, was by Rev. John A. Baughman, of the Monroe Circuit, in 1825. In that year Mr. Baughman, or his associate, Mr. Manier, formed a class at Ten-Mile Creek, and this was the starting point of all the Methodist Societies in this section of country. Mr. Amasa Bishop, who was here and participated in the movements, said that two Classes were formed here in 1825 or 1826-one of women exclusively, of which Mrs. Frances M. Whitney was leader, and a mixed Class (men and women), led by William Wilkinson. Mr. Bishop's recollection was, that the Wilkinson
Class was formed first, and soon after that of Mrs. Whitney. Rev. Mr. Manier was probably here and assisted in forming Mrs. Whitney's Class, as the class-book in the hands of Rev. E. C. Gavitt, bearing that date, is in Mr. Manier's hand-writing.
The circumstances of the first meeting at Tremainesville, as related by Mr. Bishop, are given on page 584.
As the settlements increased and it became more convenient for those residing in the vicinity of the Milburn Wagon Works to meet in their own immediate neighborhood, the Classes were divided and and part of them formed the nucleus of Monroe Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The preachers who officiated at Tremainsville, Maumee, Perrysburg and Waterville from 1825 to 1832 were the following:
1826. Monroe Circuit-Zerah Costin, Presiding Elder ; John A. Baughman, Pastor. 1827. Monroe Circuit-Zerah Costin, Presiding Elder ; George W. Walker, Pastor. 1828. Monroe Circuit-Zerah Costin, Presiding Elder ; George W. Walker, Pastor. 1829. Monroe Circuit-Curtis Goddard, Presiding Elder ; Jacob Hill, Pastor. 1830. Monroe CircuitCurtis Goddard, Presiding Elder; James W. Finley, Pastor. 1831. Curtis Goddard, Presiding Elder ; James W. Finley, Pastor.
The following named served both Tremainsville and Monroe Street Churches for the years named until they became separate charges:
E. H. Pilcher and E. C. Gavitt, 1832; E. H. Pilcher and William Sprague, 1833; William Sprague and Sylvester F. Southard, 1834; Cyrus Brooks and Robert Triggs, 1835; Ira Chase, 1836-7; Wesley Brock and Andrew M. Fitch, 1838; Austin Coleman and Samuel B. Giberson, 1839; John Tibbals, 1840; Eben R. Hill, F. C. Paine and Ralph Wilcox, 1841; T. H. Alderman and S. L. Yourtee, 1842-3; Luke S. Johnson, 1844; Martin Welch, 1845; William Thacher, 1846; Luke L. Johnson and Thomas Pope, 1847; Octavos Waters and James M. Wilcox; 1848; Alanson Foster and Alfred H. Waters, 1849; James Evans and John Crabb, 1850; John Crabb and George G. Lyon, 1851 ; David W. Ocker and George G. Lyon, 1852; David W. Ocker and John A. Shannon, 1853; Lorenzo D. Rogers, and Abram B. Poe, 1854; Ambrose Hollington and A. B. Poe, 1855; Henry Warner, 1856; Edmund B. Morrison and John R. Colgan, 1857; William Thacher, 1858-9 ; Oliver Kennedy, 1860; E. C. Gavitt, 1861-2; L. M. Albright, 1862-3; J. W. Alderman, 1863-4; J. F. Burkholder, 1865-6; Silas B. Maltbie, 1867-8. (The Conference minutes show no further appointments at Tremainesville).
The old edifice which had been built on the property now owned by the Wine Company, was abandoned and sold to that corporation ; and the West Toledo Church held services in the School-house until the present edifice was completed in 1873. Since then we find the following list of appointments at West Toledo
John H. Wilson, 1877-8; Ambrose Hollington, 1878-81; Thomas W. Gregory, 1881-2; Parker P. Pope, 1882-5; Jonathan Zook, 1884-6; John Poucher, 1886-8.
The Parsonage of this Church was built in 1879.
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The old Cemetery in the rear of this Church consisted at first of one acre of ground deeded to the Township by Henry Phillips. In 1854, when P. I. Phillips made a plat of his farm, he reserved lot No. 5, including the one acre above mentioned, for a public burying ground. The first interment in the old ground was that of the body of Mrs. Amelia Keeler, wife of Major Coleman I. Keeler. Her death occurred in the old log Warehouse at the mouth of Swan Creek, and Major Keeler went out in search of a burial place and selected this spot on the farm of Captain Henry Phillips. Many of the old settlers of Washington lie buried here. Among the early graves are those of Moody Mills, John Holmes, Levi Thomas, John Leybourne and William Lewis.
There is another old Cemetery in the Haughton neighborhood containing many graves of old settlers.
MASONRY.-Collingwood Lodge, No. 451, F. and A. M., West Toledo, was instituted July 1, 1871, with the following charter members Samuel Blanchard, John Bladon, S. L. Collins, Jasper P. Collins, W. K. Hadley, Carl Lenk, J. P. Lewis, John G. Norton, George W. Reynolds, Edwin Upton, William Littlefield, P. I. Phillips and Henry Bennett. Original officers : John G. Norton, W. M.; Samuel Blanchard, S. W.; W. K. Hadley, J. W.; John Baldwin, Secretary; S. L. Collins, Treasurer; J. P. Collins, S. D.; George W. Reynolds, Tiler. Officers, 1887: G. S. Dixon, W. M.; Thomas Russell, S. W.; S. Blanchard, J. W.; J. L. Henry, Treasurer ; James Van Wormer, Secretary ; W. H. Southard, S. D.; J. W. Vance, J. D.; S. D. Kies, Tiler.
AUBURNDALE.
That portion of Washington Township now known as Auburndale, was platted by Amasa Bishop in October, 1873. It lies just outside Toledo limits, West of the Detroit and Toledo Railroad, South of Monroe and North of Bancroft Streets. The plat contained 171 lots. Within a few years Auburndale became a handsome suburban settlement.
In 1874 Auburndale extension was laid out South of Monroe Street and West of Auburn Avenue, by Messrs. Frank J. Scott, A. E. Macomber and others.
GERSHOM CRABB was born in the County of Cornwell, England, May 8, 1818. His father, Edward Crabb, was a native of the same County. His mother, Hannah (Tavernor) Crabb was born in the County of Devon. The father dying when the son was eight years old, the latter went to live with William Tavernor, an uncle. In 1831, Mr. Tavernor and Mrs. Crabb decided to remove to the United States. The emigrating party beside these, embraced the nine children of Mrs. Crabb, and her mother. They took the Brig Susan at Torquay, March 31, 1831, and after a stormy passage reached St. Andrews, New Brunswick, May 3d. At that point the party separated, all except Mr. Tavernor, Gershom and an aunt, going to Boston. Mrs. Crabb finally settled in Rhode Island, where she died. Mr. Tavernor and party soon left St. Andrews for New York, and thence went to Chittenango, New York, expecting to settle there, but soon hearing about the wonderful advantages of the West, they came on by Canal and Lake Steamer to Detroit. From that point, by the little Steamboat Gratiot, they came to Port Lawrence, landing near the foot of Monroe Street, at the house of John Baldwin. A little back of that was a small shanty occupied by Mr. Crane. Still further out, and near the corner of Jefferson and Fourteenth Streets, was another small house and shanty combined, owned by John Bartlett. These were all the families then living near the River. Still farther back were four or five families, near the Major Keeler farm. The old block-house (unoccupied) stood on the bluff between Monroe and Jefferson Streets. Mr. Tavernor soon decided to locate on the Northeast quarter of Section 11, Town 9, South of 7 East, and purchased the same of the Government. In the Spring of 1832 the party moved into a log-house built on the place during the preceding Winter. Mr. Tavernor was the first purchaser, as he was the first settler, of that Section, and with the exception of Dr. Worden, there were no settlers West of him, all being an unbroken wilderness, inhabited only by wild animals, deer being very plenty. Thus settled, the next step was the preparation of the forest for crops, which was a slow and most arduous job, especially for those wholly unused to such experience. Added to all this were fever and ague, bilious fever, diseases incident to the locality and entirely new to them. On the other hand, there was nothing of a social nature, as an offset and encouragement-no Schools, no Church, no neighbors--a contrast with their former condition most keenly felt. In due time, however, these conditions were gradually changed. More settlers came--slowly at first, but rapidly ere long, whose presence and co-operation soon greatly mitigated the severity of pioneer life, and fully reconciled the first comers to their American home. Mr. Crabb's School privileges after coming to this country, were limited to seven months, but these were well improved, and greatly aided him through subsequent life. Mr. Tavernor lived on the farm for 19 years, dying February 3, 1851, aged 67 years, his wife having died September 15, 1850, aged 60 years. Mr. Tavernor, by will, gave to Mr. Crabb the farm home, which the latter still occupies. Politically, Mr. Crabb was at the outset a Whig, voting for General Harrison for President, in 1840; and has acted with the
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Republican party since its organization. Never a seeker for public position, he has served as Township Trustee, and for about 20 years as member of the Board of Education; while he has at all times sought to bear his full part in responsibilities and duties of the citizen. He was a Volunteer in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Infantry, serving in 1864, during which time he was in hospital with typhoidal fever, the effects of which yet continue with him. On May 5, 1844, Mr. Crabb was married with Sarah A., daughter of Philo M. and Hannah L. Stevens, who also were pioneers, having come from Genesee County, New York, in 1833. They have had ten children, of whom seven now survive- Eliza A., born August 30, 1845, the Rife of Wm. Jackman, of Ida, Michigan; Mary J., born December 5, 1847, now at home ; Ada M., born September 17, 1851, wife of John W. Baldwin, Washington ; Alice G., born February 3, 1854, wife of Abram Keagle, Barry County, Michigan ; Susan H., born November 30, 1859, wife of Edrue Parke, Bronson, Michigan ; Laura L., born July 12, 1863, wife of Arthur Ruple, Bronson, Michigan; and George E., born February 17, 1866, at home. Mrs. Jackman now having a grandchild and her grandmother Stevens yet surviving, there are now living in the family a succession of five generations.
ELEAZER N. SMITH was born at Sand Lake, Rennsselaer County, New York, June 16, 1815. His parents were Noadiah and Susannah (Sibley) Smith. The family on both sides were from Connecticut, and were of true New England stock. The mother was a sister of William Sibley, whose name at a very early period was so prominently identified with the settlement of Washington Township; and also a sister of Joseph Sibley, of Rochester, New York. The son's early years were spent on a farm, and his educational privileges such as were then common to farmers' sons in that section. Having early adopted agriculture as his pursuit in life, and desiring a more desirable field of operations than he found in the East, he left and came West, arriving at Toledo, June 19, 1836, making his stop in what is now Washington Township. In the fall of 1837 he returned to the East, remaining there until the spring of 1839, when he came back to make his permanent home here. He bought an interest in the estate of his uncle, Wm. Sibley, who died in 1836. The property consisted of 260 acres in Sections 21 and 22, of which Mr. Smith now owns 180 acres. The improvement and cultivation of that large farm has been his life-work; and how well that work has been done, his neighbors best can tell. For something more than 30 years past, he has given special attention to the dairy business more particularly the supply of milk in Toledo, which he has done to the great acceptance of many customers. The business, under the firm of E. N. Smith & Son, and the management of William N. Smith, is yet continued. The farm of Mr. Smith is among the best in the County, and constitutes a property of which its owner may well be proud. He has acted for several terms as a Trustee of Washington Township, and in many other ways open to him served his fellow-citizens. At the age of 17, he made profession of the Christian faith and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, which relations he has ever maintained. On coming West he identified himself with the Church now known as the West Toledo Methodist Episcopal Church, of which, for most of the time, he has been an office-bearer. It is due to Mr. Smith, to say, that throughout an active life, now more than 50 years in extent, he has established and maintained the record of a useful and exemplary citizen, a good neighbor, an honorable dealer and the faithful head of a devoted family-qualities covering every relation of human activity. October 5, 1848, Mr. Smith was married with Miss Catherine Rawson, of Bedford, Monroe County, Michigan. They have had three children-William N., now on the farm ; Mary, at home ; and Emma, wife of William W. Dixon, of West Toledo.