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moved to York township, Lucas county, (now Pike township, Fulton county,) where he died on
the 26th of November, 1872, at the age of 74 years. In a mention of his death, the Toledo
Commercial of Dec. 4, 1872, said :
" He remained at the head of the rapids until 1835, when, having disposed of the farm which he
had made so valuable by the labor of his early manhood, he removed to the place on which he
died, and which was then in York township, Lucas county. He immediately took high rank
among the early settlers of that part of the country, and was very soon made a Justice of the
Peace, which office he held for many years, and tised it as a means of effecting a settlement of
differences between his neighbors, rather than as a means of litigation. He was a just man, and
his advice, oftener than his docket, was made the basis of the adjustment of controversies
brought before him.
" After the county of Fulton was established he was employed by the Commissioners to
transcribe the records in the Recorder's offices of the old counties, for use of the new. He was
also elected Recorder of Fulton county, and in the performance of all his duties, proved himself a
faithful and conscientious officer." This couple had experience that fully instructed them in all
the joys and hardships of pioneer life.
Mrs. Howard, whose maiden name was Priscilla Nelson, preceded her husband the previous May
to her final rest, after having lived with him happily during a period of about half a century. Mrs.
Howard is represented by those who had best opportunities of understanding her character, as
one of the best of wives, mothers and neighbors among the pioneers of North Western Ohio. This
pioneer couple, so long partners in marital life, had raised a family of nine children, (all born in
the Valley,) to sustain them in their declining years. These children all attained maturity, and six
of them yet survive—their several names and residences being A. A. Howard, of Mason, Mich.,
Col. N. M. Howard, now a prominent and successful husiness man of Toledo, having resided
with his family in the city during the last twenty years, Wm. H. Howard, of Illinois, Edwin A.
Howard, of Hillsdale, Mich., (who was recently appointed by President Grant to toe Indian
agency in Dakota territory,) James W. Howard, (who resides upon the old homestead in Fulton
county,) and the surviving daughter, Mrs. Aurelia Augusta, wife of John H. Reid, Esq., of
Bowling Green.
Hon. D. W. II. Howard, member of the present State Senate, and resident of Fulton county, and
his sister, Anjanette, wife of Hon. Geo. Laskey, of Grand Rapids, Wood county, are the son and
daughter of Edward Howard, (who was born in the year 1787, and died in 1841,) and whose wife
is yet living with her daughter, Mrs. Laskey, near the spot where they settled half a century since,
at the head of the Rapids.
Wm. Howard, oldest son of Thomas Howard, and father of Mrs. Charlotte P. Pratt, of the head
of' the rapids, and James Montgomery Howard, of La Salle Co., Ill., came to the Maumee Valley
in about 1830, in a small keel boat named " the Maumee Pilot," built upon Seneca lake and
brought through the Erie canal, and towed across lake Erie from Buffalo to Perrysburg by Capt.
David Wilkinson's schooner, "Eagle."
Peter H. Shaw removed to the Valley in 1833. With Daniel H. Hubbell, (the latter at one time
Associate Judge of Wood county,) in 1824, he made four miles of the mud turnpike between
Perrysburg and Fremont, now known as the Western Reserve and Maumee road. Mr. Shaw was
engaged by Col. Moore, U. S. Chief Engineer, in the original survey of the Wabash & Erie Canal,
from Defiance to Maumee City, in 1827, when it was contemplated in view of the unsettled
condition of the boundary question between Ohio and Michigan, to terminate the Canal at the
foot of the Rapids. Valuahle matter in the form of a journal, kept by Mr. Shaw, commencing with
his first settlement in the country, and extending through a period of many years, was destroyed.
In January, 1835, Mr. Shaw removed his family to Toledo, and engaged in the manufacture of
brick. The brick in the walls of the house of Maj.
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Coleman I. Keeler, and yet standing on the old territorial road, (now street,) and being the second
brick house erected in Toledo, were made by him. He cleared fully one hundred acres of land
now within the city limits of its timber, the wood being principally used for his brick kilns. This
business of manufacturing brick he continued until 1856, when he removed to his farm in Adams
township, about two and a quarter miles distant from the Court House, where he yet resides.
Capt. B. G. Sweet, now of Toledo, and of the firm of 'Sweet & Standart, coal dealers, &c., is one
among the old navigators of the lakes. He commenced as a sailor on board the scnooner "
Hannah," fitted out at Dunkirk in the spring of 1822, and first commanded the schooner "
Antoinette," built at Black river in about 1868. He commanded the "North Star," which ran eight
years as an excursion steamer to the head of Lake Superior. Capt. Sweet was the first commander
of a side-wheel steamer—" The Northerner "—that passed through the Sault $t. Marie canal. He
quit the marine service at the close of navigation in 1868, and resigned his place as Captain of the
propeller " S. D. Caldwell."
James B. Steedman, from Louisville, Ky., removed to the Maumee Valley Oct. 22, 1837, and
became a contractor on Sec. 75, W. & E. Canal 3 miles above Napoleon, and took in partnership
his brother-in-law, Elijah Dodd. He was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives
in 1841, and reelected in 1842 ; elected a member of the Board of Public Works in 1851, and
re-elected for the full term in 1852 ; in 1857, Printer to the House of Representatives at
Washington. In the late civil war he commanded the 14th Regt. O.. V. I., in the three months'
service, and Septemher 25, 1861, the regiment was re-organized for the three year's service, and
he was again commissioned as Colonel ; July 17, 1862, was confirmed by the Senate as Brig.
Gen., and in March, 1864, confirmed as full Maj. Gen. in the army of the United States, with
rank of the same grade in the regular service. In the Army, no officer in the volunteer service, and
few West Point graduates, won higher honors. In 1867, he was tendered the appointment of the
Mexican Mission, which he declined ; but accepted the appointment of Collector of Internal
Revenue at New Orleans.
John R. Bond, born on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain, began business life in Toledo in
1836, as a clerk for Scott & Richardson, in the first. hardware, tin and stove store established in
the place—said store being located on lot 355, Vistula Division, near the corner of Summit and
Cherry streets. In the following year the establishment was removed to the " Arcade store,"
lot-347, Vistula. He was a clerk for Titus & Co., from 1841 to 1842, and then returned to his first
employers, and continued with them until 1843, when he purchased the store, and continued in
business himself during a period of three years. Mr. Bond commanded a regiment during the late
civil war, and has filled many civil positions ; and has never failed in the faithful discharge of
every trust confided to him.
Henry D. Kingsbury commenced his residence in the Maumee Valley in 1835. He was, during
many years, proprietor of the Kingsbury House, Summit street—served several terms as Sheriff
of Lucas county, and after the commencement of the late civil war, entered the three months
service, and was made Cap tain and Quartermaster. Under the three years call, he commanded a
regiment, and now is connected with the police force of Toledo.
Matthias Boos began business in Toledo in 1837, and is yet prominent in trade.
David Johnston came in 1835, and afterward took charge of the Ohio House, corner of Walnut
and Summit streets. He is yet in business.
The business notices in the first number of the Manhattan Advertiser, issued July 13, 1836, were
signed by the following named persons : Platt Card, Two Stickney, R. S. Tylor, Dr. Calvin
Smith, S. Johnson, Wm. Martin, Chas. Sill &
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Co. D. Chase, Chase, Sill & Co., J. P. Thompson, Adolphus Kraemer, F- L. Nichols, Foote, Swift
& Co., and S. Cornwall.
In addition to those who advertised, there were B. F. Smead, editor of the Manhattan Advertiser,
one of the most sprightly journals in the West ; a lawyer named Wheeler, and a physician of the
same name ; David Mooney; Henry D. Ward ; Mr. Warner ; Willard Smith ; A. Williams, now
103 Adams street ; E. C. Hart ; Geo. Humphrey ; Guy and Joel Carpenter ; James Kirk ; Fred.
Osgood ; Bishop Davis, and others, whose. names cannot now be recalled. Of the old residents,
Gen. D. and Dr. James L. Chase, Joseph Jacobs, Jonathan Lundy, George Abt and George Angel,
are all that remain.
Gen. Daniel Chase first visited the Valley in 1834. His military record in the Mexican war, in
which he won a Major's commission, was a very honorable one. Advancing years did not permit
him to take so active a part in the late civil war.
Timothy Coghlin, with his two sons and one daughter, removed to Toledo in October, 1836, and
engaged in the employ of the Erie and Kalamazoo railroad, and remained in the service of the
Company until 1842. Meantime he had rented a farm in Washington, adjoining Port Lawrence
township, which he, cultivated, and upon which he resided until his death, in September, 1842.
Mr, Coghlin was respected by all the old citizens for his straight forward integrity.
The business career of Dennis Coghlin commenced in Toledo directly after his father's death, and
has continued since. During a period of six years, he was Director of the Lucas county Infirmary,
for several years a member of the City Council, and, under the administration of Mr. Buchanan,
Collector of Customs at Toledo.
Patrick Martin and wife, one son and three daughters, removed to Washington township, in 1834,
and purchased " the south half N. E. Qr. of Sec. 12, Tp. 2, in Twelve Reserve, Miami Rapids,
containing 80 acres "—said land being now in Adams Township, and occupied by Geo.
Williams. Edward, a promising and useful young man, was among the earliest California
emigrants, and died on the Pacific coast on the 23d of June, 1850. Mrs. Dennis Coghlin is the
only survivor of Mr. Martin's family who came with her parents to the country. Mr. Martin died
June 8,1859.
Henry G. Neubert, an old soldier, who had served in the armies under the First Napoleon, and
after his exile and death, in the British service, became an early resident of. Toledo, and was
engaged in the construction of the Wabash & Erie Canal, during which employment, by the fall
of a tree, he lost his right arm. He died of cholera in 1852. His descendants are Mrs. Marx, and
Capt. Henry G. Neubert.
Thomas Carr removed to Toledo in October, 1836. He was a contractor on the Wabash & Erie
Canal.
Wm. J. Finlay came to Toledo from Lockport, N. Y., with Col. McKenster, (afterwards
proprietor of the old American House,) in 1843. He can scarcely be classed among the pioneers;
but his success in life has been one so remarkable, that a departure in his case from the general
rule, appears justifiable. Under Col. McKenster, Mr. Finlay occupied subordinate positions ; but
soon his rare intelligence and natural business tact manifested themselves, and attracted notice,
andin 1846, upon the resignation of Capt. George Dutch Davis, he was placed in charge of the
Toledo office of the Canal Packet Co., where he continued until the withdrawal of the lines,
which occurred on the opening of the Toledo & Wabash railroad, and then closed the office.
From such beginnings, he has continued until he has reached opulence and erected monuments of
his enterprise, the most conspicuous of which is the Chamber of Commerce building, which will
endure in after years as one of the prominent features of the business history of these times. The
first and only official place Mr. Finlay ever held, was -derived from Gen. J as. B. Steedman,
when the lat-
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ter was member of the Ohio Board of Public Works, and this was the office of Inspector of canal
boats, at a salary of $650 per annum ; although, during the cholera season of 1852, when the
collector, weigh-master, and inspector vacated their offices, and sought more healthy localities,
Mr. Finlay remained at his post, and discharged the duties of his own and their offices.
Thomas Southard commenced his residence in Toledo about the 1st of May, 1832.
Robert N. Lawton began hotel life in Toledo as proprietor of the American, corner Summit and
Elm streets, in 1839. In 1843, he became proprietor of the Indiana House, corner of Summit and
Perry. He died at Indianapolis, June 30, 1856, and his remains were returned to Toledo for
interment. His widow, Mrs. Susan -A. Lawton, and daughter of the late Sylvester Cornwall, of
Manhattan, is yet a resident of Toledo. Mr. Lawton was a thorough gentleman, and a popular
hotel proprietor.
John P. Freeman commenced his business career in Toledo in 1835.
Thomas R. McKnight was one among the oldest citizens of Perrysburg. He was a soldier under
Harrison, and at the siege of Port Meigs, in 1813. In 1819 he returned to Perrysburg, and in 1820
removed his family there.
Wm. Crook emigrated from England, and removed to Toledo in the fall of 1831, and in 1832 to
Perrysburg, where he died in February, 1871.
Jacob Keller removed to the Maumee Valley in 1832, and died on the farm of Peter H. Shaw, in
Adams township, April 23, 1873.
J. G. Cass removed to Waynesfield (now Adams) township, May, 1822.
James S. Herrick removed to Maumee City in 1823. He left five sons at the time of his death,
namely : William, Elisha, Morris, Calvin and Willson.
David Hedges removed to the Wolf Rapids farm, south side of the Maumee, near the Missionary
Station, in 1831, where he resided several years, and then remov.td to Vienna, Mich., where he
died in 1861. He was the father of Mrs. Henry S. Commager.
John Wolf emigrated from Syracuse, N. Y., to Waterville, in 1834, and died in 1864.
David Smith and Lydia M. Webb were married at. Selina, New York, Jan. 9, 1831—moved to
Buffalo in August of the same year, and on the 28th of May, 1835, commenced their residence in
Waterville. In 1836, Mr. Smith was elected. Justice of the Peace. In 1838, he was appointed
Postmaster, and in 1845, reappointed. Mr. Smith removed to Maumee City, having been
appointed Collector of Canal tolls, and died of cholera, August 17, 1854.
Judge James Wc1cott died at his residence in Maumee City, JWolcott5, 1873. At St. Louis,
March 8, 1821, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Capt. Wm. Wells, a sketch of whose
remarkable life appears in other pages. Judge Wolcott's first settlement in the Valley was
aWolcott'syne, and in 1826 removed to Maumee City, where hecontinued to reside until his
death;
John Pray, a man prominent in the eaey settlement of the Maumee Valley, and one oearlye first
Commissioners of Wood county, died at his residence in Waterville in 1878.
Gabriel Crane, with a younger brother, Josiah L., born in Orange county, New York, March 30,
1800, travelled to Ohio on foot—leaving their native place December, 1821. On New Year's day,
1822, they walked forty miles, each carrying with him a knapsack weighing-between thirty and
forty pounds ; arrived at Dayton, after several stoppages near Worthington, Franklinton, and in
Ross county, March, 1822: At Dayton they remained about four years, and in December, 1826,
removed to Perrysburg. In 1835, Gabriel Crane removed to his present residence in Oregon
township, and built the first frame house between Perrysburg and the mouth oframe house. Part
of his place is bow within the corporate limits of Toledo. Josiah L. Crane died at Perrysburg in
May, 1852.
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Gen. Charles W. Hill removed to Toledo in April, 1836, and was employed at first in commercial
and mercantile business. Soon after, he was appointed City Clerk, and, borrowing books of D. O.
Morton, Esq., read law until June 3, 1839, whe he was admitted to the Bar. On the 1st of
October, 1839, he became a partner of M. H. Tilden, and from that time (except from June 18,
1861, to July 12, 1865, when he was in the military service,) he was a hardworking and
successful lawyer. Brief reference is made to his professional career on pp. 289-290 of this
volume. But it is proper that notice be taken of his unrequited services in another sphere of
usefulness. Reference is here made to the public schools. Starting out with three great cardinal
principles, he has adhered to them with a persistency, certainly not pecuniarily profitable to
himself, though fruitful of good results to the city and vicinity : 1st. That he would not live in a
community that could not thoroughly educate his children in the public schools ; 2nd. That he
would ask nothing for his own children that he would not provide for all other youth in the city ;
3rd. That the incumbent of a public office, voluntarily accepted, though without emolument, and
however onerous, is bound to perform all the duties of his position, regardless of his private
interests. He began at the foundation, when efficient public schools, so far West," were scarcely
heard of, by drafting, and securing the passage of a bill -which became the school law of Toledo,
March 9, 1849, and which, with only a few financial improvements and a change in the mode of
electing Directors, (all prepared by him,) has remained in force to this day. From that law, and
the vigilant and intelligent rise of its powers, Toledo has reared her school system, renowned in
the land, and justly the admiration and pride of the city. A large per cent. Of the most enterprising
business men, and useful families of Toledo, have been drawn to, and retained in the city, by the
efficiency and faithful administration of her public school system. Gen. Hill was nominated for
Director at the first election under this law, but declined because his then law partner feared that
devotion to organizing and building up public schools would interfere with professional business.
Gen. H., however, was elected to the Board of Education in May, 1851, and has been reelected
by the people from term to term ever since. In May, 1855. he was elected President of the Board,
and has been elected to and held that office every year since, except the year beginning in May,
1864, when he declined the Presidency.
The public schools have been the object of his special solicitude, and he devotes to them his time
and talent at the expense of his personal welfare. If a client, in arrears for fees, would happen to
meet him with an offer of payment, at a moment when busily employed in the investigation of
some matter relating to the public schools, the General would probably politely dismiss his
visitor with a request that he call at some more convenient season, when he would have time to
look over the account and, receipt for the money.
Gen. H. was frequently a member of the city Council, and served in that body eleven years.
We get no account of his feeding high at the public crib but once. He became broken down by
hard work and too much service " on the stump" in the Taylor and Fillmore campaign ; and "
spoils" were awarded to him in the shape of the Collectorship of Customs at Toledo, in 1850. For
a long series of years no returns had been made from this district, and so the pay of Collector was
a little might in the fog. The General, entering upon his new duties with his usual directness, dug
up several thousand dollars of duties previously collected, but not reported. These were secured
by the Government. Detailed reports of the commercial business of the district were regularly
made, and, for the first time, the district acquired some standing at Washington, and duties were
collected during his first season to the amount of over $80,000. After nearly three years' service
as a revenue officer, involving a considerable part of his time with accounts rendered every
month, Pierce's administration required the accounts to be re-stated for quarterly periods, and
then his accounts were settled, ruling out every thing for stationery, lights, fuel, and the expenses
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of moving the office from Maumee, merely because not properly estimated for under unknown
rates. His whole pay as Collector was found to have been fixed by an old law at $325.46 per year
! So much he received and no more, but his successor, Mr. Riley, was, by a new law,
immediately placed on a par with the Collector of Detroit, as to salary and fees, it having become
known, under Hill's administration of the office, that the Maumee Valley had a commerce worthy
the attention of the Government, and its Collector duties to perform worthy of a respectable
compensation. But that Congress had not discovered the retroactive rule of salaries, and Hill was
all the leaner for having, once in his life, "fed at the public crib."
The late Capt. Samuel Allen, who was prominently connected with the early efforts to build up
Toledo, has already been referred to in reminiscences of several pioneers. ills amiable widow
survived her husband many years, and died in Toledo, at the residence of her son-in-law, Judge
Thomas Dunlap, within the last eighteen months. Her mind, endowed with rare natural gifts, had
been highly cultivated, and her womanly graces commanded the highest respect.
Added to what has hitherto been stated of Captain Allen and his family, the following
memoranda were gathered from Mrs. A. a few months prior to her death
When Capt. Allen, and a portion of his family, visited the Valley in October, 1831, they found
the principal Ottawa Indian village located on the Manhattan side of the river, near its mouth,
where government made its payments to the tribe ; and their hunting grounds were on the
opposite side. Mrs. Allen, August 1, 1871, communicating her recollections through Mrs. Judge
Dunlap, said : " I remember well the beautiful road leading from Vistula to this Indian village. It
was winding, and shaded by magnificent trees. We frequently rode thither with Major Stickney in
his one-horse wagon ; and as we passed through the village, the little Indians would run out
calling him " father ! father !" which would please him amazingly. What is now chiefly the track
of Summit street, formed then a most charming ride through a delightful forest. The banks of the
river were bold, high bluffs, and the graceful little fawns and flocks of wild turkeys often crossed
our path as we were riding, and disappeared in the woods. I had two fawns for my especial
playmates—each having a bell attached to their necks, and were daily companions in my rambles
through the woods.
" The Vistula division of the town was surveyed by Seneca Allen. The streets bear the names
originally given them—myself naming La Grange in memory of the home, in France, of
Lafayette. Major Stickney gave Summit street its name ; and Capt. Allen suggested 'he names of
all the others.
"During the autumn of 1831 the family returned to Lockport, and in the winter following Capt.
Allen re-appeared with a force of hands and erected the first wharf in the new town, at the foot of
Lagrange street. After the opening of Lake navigation in the spring of 1832, our whole family
removed to Vistula. At Buffalo my husband chartered a steamboat, the "Pioneer," and freighted
her with the family, servants, workmen, goods and provisions ; and on the last day of May, 1833,
passengers and goods were landed at Vistula.
"The Indians were uniformly kind and hospitable. Their title was extinguished by treaty made on
the part of the United States by the Territorial Governor of Michigan, in 1833. The Canadian
French were also courteous and obliging, and many of their suggestions regarding the diseases
then peculiar to the country, and means to avoid them, were ascertained to be valuable. Venison,
wild geese, turkeys, clucks, &c., were abundant. In the summer and autumn of 1833, the feeble
colony, as well as the French and Indians, suffered much from sickness. The first weeping willow
transplanted on this soil, was brought from Columbus by myself; and the slip had been used on
the route as a riding whip."
The willow tree refered to by Mrs. Allen, which sprang from the branch placed in the ground by
her own hands in 1832, attained a large growth, and,
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Having lived forty years, was destroyed by a storm, in 1872, the same year that her own death
occurred. It occupied corner of Lagrange and Superior streets.
The remains of Capt. Allen and wife now rest in Forest cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Judge Dunlap,
who passed their youthful and maturer days. here, and their children, who were born in Toledo,
are the only descendants of the family so prominent in the early history of the place.
Samuel I. Keeler removed with his family from Onondaga county, New York, to the place now
owned by Mr. Machen, Adams street, in 1830. Mr. Keeler, with Dr. Conant, and a clergyman,
from the river Raisin, organized the first Presbyterian church in Toledo, in June, 1833. Among
the members were Mr. Keeler, his wife and one daughter. The first church meeting was held at
Mr. Keeler's house, which remained the only place for public worship during a period of four
years, and was then removed "to a school house, where now stands the present African church,
between Monroe and Washington streets. They were not at first enabled to procure wine for
sacramental uses, but Mr. K. obtained some raisins from Monroe, and, with these and sugar, an
article was produced that was made to subserve the purpose. Mr. Keeler died in 1868, at the age
of 84 years.
Dr. Jacob Clark is the only survivor of that heroic and self-sacrificing class, the old time
physicians of Toledo. He established himself in Vistula in 1834, and at once engaged in not only
professional, but in mercantile business—continuing in the latter, however, only during a period
of five years. He was elected State Senator in 1841, from the district then composed of the
counties of Lucas, Henry, Williams, Putnam, Paulding, Van Wert and Allen. With the exception
of the interruption made in the discharge of Senatorial duties, and occasional visits to old Eastern
friends, the doctor has now been engaged in active medical practice during a term of thirty-eight
years.
Among the old physicians deserving mention, and who were cotemporaries of Dr. Clark, were
Drs. Fasseit, Bowman, Sutphen, Mosher, Perkins, Ackley, Bostwick, Brush, McLain and Smith.
Dr. Clark, although honored by all who have known him, did not occupy a higher place in his
profession, or in public esteem, than several of those named.
Dr. Oscar White, a veteran in medical practice in the Maumee Valley, but for several years
engaged in real estate operations in Toledo, contributes the following. If he had employed his
ready and sharp-pointed pen in the business of writing out his personal experience, it would have
formed an interesting feature of this work :
" I came on to this river in August, 1828, and settled at Maumee, then the principal place of
business in Wood county. In 1833, I vaccinated the Ottawa tribe of Indians for the Government,
then numbering about 800. The first corn I bought (in 1829) to feed my horse, I paid 12 ½ cents
per bushel for. The horse I paid $31 for, and he was a. pretty good horse. I practiced medicine
and went to Findlay, and nearly to Defiance, and nearly to Adrian, in Michigan, to see patients.
" There were few people here in 1828, but the men and women who were here, had distinct
individual characters; were independent and out-spoken, and knew how to take care of
themselves in a frontier life. In autumn, the country was beautiful beyond any which I have ever
beheld, and abounded in cranberries, venison, and wild honey."
Wm. H. Raymond, in 1836, was a clerk in the store of V. H. Ketcham, corner of Elm and
Summit streets. He continued a clerk, and in other avocations until 1864, when his business
operations in Toledo, having proved un- fortunate, he compromised with his creditors, and
removed to the Pacificcoast, where, fortune favoring him, he returned and paid his creditors in
full, principal and interest. No one among the pioneers, on the score of sterling moral worth, was
better entitled to the rare good fortune that has in later years fallen to his lot.
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Thomas Daniels came to Toledo in 1837; and in 1838 engaged as clerk and apothecary student in
the office of Dr. Charles McLean, and subsequently a Medical student in the office of one who
was a hero in his profession, the late Dr. Calvin Smith, whom he attended in his last hours,
during the Cholera visitation in 1852. In 1846, Mr. Daniels engaged in the Drug business on his
own account, in which he yet continues, corner of Summit and Cherry street.
T. O. Evarts commenced his residence in Toledo as a clerk in the Toledo post-office, in 1835.
Under the administration of Mr. Polk he was postmaster ; and his service in the office embraced
altogether a period of eighteen years, and afforded general satisfaction to the public. His
adventures in the mountain district of Montana several years ago, where the snows and winter
blasts held him captive during a period of thirty odd days, are graphically sketched in Scribner's
Monthly, for November, 1871.
Cornelius G. Shaw removed to Toledo in May, 1832—having resided the previous winter in
Brest, Michigan: Himself and party landed at the mouth of the river, and walked up to Vistula.
The Indians, at their town just below Manhattan, were, on the day they landed, in council, to
consider the proposition to sell their lands to the United States. He was deputy under Munson H.
Daniels, the first Sheriff of Lucas county, and, from 1836 to 1840, served as Sheriff of the
county. Mr. Shaw died in August, 1850, :while en route for California.
Daniel Seaman removed with his family from New Jersey to Erie township, Sandusky (now
Ottawa) county, June 13, 1832, and subsequently to Woodville, where he died, March 25, 1854.
Ira K. Seaman, now a member of the City Council and resident of East Toledo, is among the
survivors of eleven children.
Cyrus Coy removed to Gilead, at the head of the Rapids, in the winter of 1835. He stopped a
while at the old stone tavern, on the river, bank, then owned by Edward Howard, and afterwards
moved into a house with. Robert A. Howard, where he continued until spring. His eldest son,
Cyrus H. Coy, then 15. years of age, was clerk in the store of P. B. Brown during the winter of
1836; afterwards, in 1844, was in the Co. Auditor's office under Urial Spencer, and in 1846 made
the first general index to Lucas county records of deeds ; in 1854 was elected Co. Treasurer, and
in 1856 Co. Auditor. He commenced his present business. of banking in 1865.
John A. Vroman removed to Sylvania in June, 1837. He is now a resident of Missouri.
Elisha Gunn settled at Waterville in 1818, and died in 1843. Of his . children, three sons survive,
namely : Dexter, Carver and Osman ; and two daughters : Mrs. Abagail Bennett, of Illinois, and
Mrs. Malinda, widow of the late John Knaggs, of Port Miami, whose daughter is the wife of Dr.
W. W. Jones, Mayor of Toledo, and in whose family she resides.
The late Richard T. Cooke, one of the most eminent of the early lawyers in the Maumee Valley,
and who isl referred to by Mr. Mott, never married. He had three sisters, Theda, Delia and Chloe;
and two brothers; Calvin and William. Calvin came to Toledo to settle Richard's estate ; and on
his homeward return to New England was thrown from a stage coach and killed.
Phillip I. Phillips left Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1823, and entered 160 acres in Sec. 22, T. 9,
south, R. 7 E., and returned to New York in August or September, 1823, and in the spring of
1828 brought with him his wife and nephew, Col. Chas. B. Phillips, then a boy aged eight years.
During many years Mr. Phillips was proprietor of the tavern at Tremainville. The nephew is now
a member of the firm of Whitaker & Phillips. Mr. Phillips; in company with a Mr. Allen, on his
first visit to inspect the country, came. from Buffalo to Portland, know known as Sandusky City)
on the old steamboat Superior—the lake lpassage occupying three- days,' which was then
regarded as the average rate of speed. From Portland to the Maumee they traveled the distance on
foot, on the beach of the lake—taking their first-meal after leaving.
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658 - Other Pioneers or the Valley.
Portland, on the second day, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Mrs. Slate, on the shore
opposite West Sister Island. When he came with his family the .year following, he cut a roadway
for his team on an Indian trail, nearly the whole distance between Lower Sandusky. and
Perrysburg only four miles of the Western Reserve and Maumee Road, between those points
having then been cut out.
Col. L. B. Lathrop, born in Royalton, Vermont, immigrated to Richfield township, Lucas county,
in 1834, and in 1848 removed to Sylvania. He served as a member of the Ohio Legislature, and
held other official positions, and died of paralysis at his residence in Sylvania, on Friday, May 9,
1873. The survivors of his family are his wife and sons Lorenzo, Luther C., James J., and Miles,
and daughters Mrs. Mary Ann Wilson and Mrs. Helen Roberts.
Alonzo Rogers removed to the Maumee Valley in 1835. During a term of 18 years, he was an
active co-worker with Gen. C. W. Hill, as a member of the Toledo Board of Education, and
prominent in every moral and useful enterprise designed to advance the interests of mankind. He
died Tuesday, May 13, 1873.
John Poag-(the boy " lost in the woods,"-see Knapp's History of Ashland county,) was one of the
most sagacious men who operated in real estate in Toledo. Whatever may have been his
irregularities, during his later life, it may be said of him that he contributed largely, by his
foresight, in placing the indestructihle foundations upon which now rest the city of Toledo.
Several successful business men, in prosperous condition, are indebted to Mr. .Poag for the good
fortune that has attended their efforts. He was one of the most noble-hearted men, and faithful to
friendship, that lived in Toledo.
Col. S. H. Steedman became a resident of the Valley in 1837 ; - was a contractor on the Wabash
and Erie Canal, and served creditably as commander of a regiment during the late civil war.
Joseph Ogle removed to Fort Ball, June, 1824, having emigrated from Frederick, Md., and
preceded Dr. Eli Dresbach, henry C. Brish, Hon. Fred'k W. Green, John Parks, and several other
old Marylanders. Mr. Ogle was the first permanent white settler on the Fort Ball side of the river.
His widow, at the age of 85 years, yet resides upon the old homestead.
Wm H. Merrett, torn in Brunswick Co. Va., came with his parents to Columbus Ohio, and at the.
age of 18 years, became an inhabitant of Maumee City. He was the first colored man empanelled
on a Grand Jury, in the state of Ohio, at the May Term of Lucas County Common Pleas, 1870,
and
is new a leading man among his race.
The following additional names, with dates of arrival annexed, are copied, chiefly, from the
records of the Pioneer Association of the Maumee Valley :
R. A. Forsyth, 1816, (dead ;) Isaac Hull, 1814, (dead ;) Henry Bennett, Sep tember 9, 1833 ;
Geo. A. Carpenter, October 22, 1840, (dead ;) S. L. Collins, December 22, 1831 ; John W.
Collins, October 30, 1834 ; N. D. Blinn, February 23, 1825, (de ad ;) J. Austin Scott, May 24,
1823James Myers, April 17, 1836, (died July 18, 1864 ;) Mayor Brigham, May 25, 1835 ; C. K.
Bennett, November 15, 1835 ; John R. Bond, October 12, 1834 ; Samuel B. Scott, July 1835,
.(dead ;) Horace Thacher, August 15, 1833 ; Chauncey D. Woodruff, April 2, 1835 ; John Bates,
April 10, 1832, (died March 4, 1866 ;) James M. Comstock. March 20, 1836 ; S. A. Raymond,
August 27, 1839 ; E. J. Woodruff. June 18, 1836; Amasa Bishop, October 1, 1824 ; C. V.
Jennison, May, 1818 ; M. L. Col lins, January, 1834, (dead ;) Henry Reed, sen'r., October, 1833,
(died July 26, 1864 ;) Oliver Stevens, October, 1832 ; Wm. Prentice, June 10, 1818 ; Henry
Wood, June 10, 1832 ; Denison B. Smith, June 10, 1836 ; P. I. Phillips, January, 1825; Edwin
Fuller, October 21, 1839 ; Frederick Bissell, August, 1835, (died June 6, 1870 ;) Alex. , H.
Newcomb, October, 1835 ; S. B. Scott, June 1837 ; Luther Whitmore, April, 1.825 ; Joseph
Jones, 1835 ; M. L. Leezen, 1839
Other Pioneers of the Valley - 659
A. A. Belknap, 1834 ; Eber Wilson, June 18, 1823 ; Charles A. Crane, 1830 ; Asher Cook, May
5, 1835 ; Geo. Powers, June, 1835; Andrew Bloomfield, May 5, 1833 ; Gilbert Beach, May, 1835
; Samuel M. Young, at Maumee June 10, 1835 ; Jeremiah C. Crane, June 4, 1827 ; John U.
Pease, November 15, 1835, (dead ;) Price Hilton, Defiance, December 3, 1823 ; Galusha Chase,
Perrysburg, June 26, 1839 ; Abraham Hartman, October, 1835 ; Thomas Southard, May, 1832 ;
Chas. T. Wales, June, 1832 ; Thomas Corlett, August, 1834 ; Jesup, W. Scott, June, 1832 ; B. H.
Rush, May, 1834 ; P. C. Lewis, 1830 ; John Fitch, 1836 ; John Van Fleet, 1829 ; Daniel Newton,
1840 ; Jerome B. Smith, 1833 ; Peter H. Shaw, September 10, 1823 ; John Conlard, 1837, (dead
;) Martin Warner, 1836 Wm. Pratt, June, 1818 ; Sylvester Brown, 1831 ; Elijah Herrick, May 5,
1822 ; John P. Rour, 1831 ; Geo. Spencer, 1836 ; Andrew Prin tup, 1834; A. P. Reed, 1834 ; W.
R. Hull, 1833 ; C. Herrick, May 5, 1822 ; Wm. O.. Ensign, 1837 ; E. Connelly, 1836 ; Don. A.
Pease, 1835 ; Noah A. Whitney, 1824 ; Pliny Lathrop, 1834; L. C. Lock, February, 1885 ; Rohert
A. Howard, March 25, 1823, (died Nov. 26, 1872 ;) N. 'Montgomery Howard, (born at head of
the Rapids. of the Maumee, Jan. 21, 1828 ;) John J. Manor, (born at Providence, Sept. 25, 18270
C. M. Dorr, Aug. 1837, (died April 1870 ;) Hiram Walbridge, summer, 1833, (dead ;) Horace S.
Walbridge, summer, 1833 ; Heman D. Walbridge, summer, 1833 ; Ebenezer Walbridge, April,
1836, (dead ;) Valentine H. Ketcham, July, 1836 ; P. F. Berdan, April, 1836 ; J. K. Secor,
October, 1840 ; Charles Millard, July, 107; Horace Hertzler; James Smith, September, 1834;
Shibnah Spink, April, 1833 ; Capt. David Wilkinson, 1818 ; James Curtis, 1834, (dead) Joshua
Chappell, 1823, (dead ;) Wm. Houston, May, 1836, (dead ;) S. B. Thornton, July, 1837 ; David.
Creps, May 22, 1833 ; Mars Nearing, October, 1834; J. J. Smith, September 15, 1835 ; E. D.
Peck, June, 1834; Julius Blinn, 1824; Isaac Van Tassel, December, 1829 ; E. S. Hanks,
November, 1885 ; John A. Robertson, June 3, 1836; Wm. Crook, sen'r., August, 1831; L. Perrin,
March 19, 1828 ; Wm. Flynn, June 23, 1833 ; James Donipace, July, 1834 ; Henry Seabart,
October 8, 1833 ; Wm. H Bennett, September, 1835 ; E. W. Norton, February, 1835 ; Jerome
Myers, September, 1837, (dead) H. T. Smith, April, 1838; Thos. I. Webb, September 15, 1828;
W. H. Jones, December, 1833 ; Geo. N. Parsons, May, 1837 ; Carlos Colton, March, 1824 ;
Richard Bamford, October 10, 1888, (dead ;) Harrison L. Holloway, May 26, 1834; Henry P.
Bernthizel, April, 1831; Wm. Taylor, May 25, 1835 ; Harvey Kellogg, May, 1837 ; Horace
Thatcher, August 15, 1833 ; Thos. Pierson, June, 1839 ; Abner Brown, June, 1833; J. G. P.
Whitney, June 15, 1834; James Pearson, September 22, 1839 ; Solomon Johnson, 1886 ; Phillip
G. Loop; 1830 ; L. L. Morehouse, May, 1837; B. F. Pratt, March, 1821; John Fay, October, 1833;
S. H. Wolfinger, April, .1834 ; D. R. Stebbins, September, 1835 ; W. B. Gunn, September, 1820;
Joseph Mitchell, May, 1830; George Allen, May, 1834; George Weddell, May, 1837; D. Lindsay,
1834; C. C. Baird, 1835: Geo. S. McKnight, January, 1820 ; F. Osgood, 1836, (died, July 26,
1867) Daniel Burns, 1837 ; Edwin Phelps, 1834; W. J. Daniels, 1882 ; A. Stephan, August 11,
1836 ; Alex. It. Brownlee, Maumee City, 1835, (died 1872 ;) Wm. Herrick, Swanton, 1823, (died
1869 ;) Edmund R. Dyer, at Waterville, 1836, (died in Toledo, 11,63 ;) Luke Draper, Vrstula,
1834, (dead ;) Daniel Segur, 1835 ; Patrick Quigley, at Manhattan, 1837 ; Jonathan Lundy, at
Manhattan, 1836 ; Dennison Steele, at Mau- mee City, August, 1833, (deid ;) Col. John Faskin,
July, 1848. Charles I. Scott, at Toledo, 1839 ; Mrs. Parker, Hicksville, Defiance county, 1835.
APPENDIX A.
BAR OF LUCAS COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
1). R. Austin, 133 Probate Judge's offrce. W. Baker, No. 2 Hartford Block. Clement Carpenter,
No. 7 Hartford Block.
C. S. Curtis, No. 11 Lenk's Block.
Thomas Dunlap, 10 Chamber of Commerce.
A. W. Eckert, Room 2, Myers' Block.
Clayton W. Everett, Attorney, Toledo, Ohio.
J. & E. H. Fitch, corner Summit and Jefferson streets.
Joseph D. Ford, Prosecuting Attorney, Lucas County, No. 3 Hartford Block.
C. F. France, Nos. 2 and 5 Hartford Block.
J. T. Greer, 55 Adams street, Trinity Block.
G. Harmon, 14 Drummond's Block.
George R. Haynes, 4 King & Colburne's Block.
A. S. Hill, 8 Drummond's Block.
C. W. Hill, 8 Drummond'sBlock.
H. E. Howe, No. 3 Lenk's Block.
Frank H. Hurd, 9 and 11 Drummond's Block.
Kent, Newton & Pugsley, 4 Drummond's Block.
Desault B. Kirk, 1 Anderson's Block.
John F. Kumler, 1 Mver's Block.
Ira E. Lee, 158 Summit Street.
R. C. Lemmon, 2 Anderson's Block.
Macomber, Moore & McDonnell, 48 Summit street.
McVey & Houghton, 8 Hartford Block.
Clarence Morris, 7, Hartford Block.
J. R. Osborn, 12 Drummond's Block.
E. D. Potter, Jr., 7 Drummond's Block.
Charles Pratt, 24 and 25 Chamber of Commerce.
J. F. Price, 4 King's Block.
J. M. Ritchie, 3 Lenk's Block.
B. W. Rouse, 6 Drummond's Block.
C. H. Scribner, 9 and 11 Drummond's Block.
Harvey Scribner, 9 and . 11 Drummond's Block.
Wager Swayne, 12 Drummond's Block.
Charles C. Starr, 26 Chamber of Commerce.
M. R. Waite, 27 Chamber of Commerce.
Richard Waite, 27 Chamber of Commerce.
Chas. G. Wilson, 24 and 25 Chamber of Commerce.
G. B. Wright, No. 1 Anderson Block.
BAR OF MERCER COUNTY -LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873,
Keepers Albery,
J. H. Day,
T. J. Godfrey,
F. C. LeBlond,
James G. Loughridge,
William F. Miller,
Hiram Marlin.
BAR OF AUGLAIZE COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
George W. Andrews, Wapaukonnetta.
Layton.& Layton, “
F. C. Layton, “
W. V. M. Layton, “
R. D. Marshall, “
S. R. Mott, Sr., St. Mary's.
L. C. Sawyer, ‘
F. C. & C. J. Van Anda, Waupaukonnetta.
John Walkup, Waupaukonuetta.
Bar of 1872-73 - 661
BAR OF CRAWFORD COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
Frank'n Adams, Bucyrus.
Thos. Beer, No. 5 Quimby block, up stairs.
James Clements, Bucyrus.
J. W. Coulter, Galion.
E. B. Finley, Mader's block, Bucyrus.
Stephen R. Harris,
James Marshman, Galion.
Josiah Scott, Bucyrus.
Jacob Scroggs, "
BAR OF FORT WAYNE-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
James W. Borden.
Robert Brackenridge.
Jeff. C. Bowser.
R. C. Bell.
Joseph Brackenridge.
S. H. Bloomhuff.
D. H. Colerick.
H. Colerick.
W. G. Colerick.
Wm. W. Carson.
Homer C. Hartman.
John W. Hayden.
Charles M. Hertig.
John Morris.
F. P. Randall.
E. O'Rourke.
Samuel E. Sinclair.
Stephen F. Smart.
M. V. B. Spencer.
W. H. Withers.
Allen Zollars.
BAR OF ALLEN COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
John F. Brotherton, Lima.
E. A. Ballard, “
Calvin S. Brice, “
John Collett, “
T. E. Cunningham, “
Chas. M. Hughes, “
John D. Foye, Att'y and Real Estate Agent, Lima.
James Irvine, Lima.
C. N. Lamison, “
L. M. Meily, “
T. M. Robb, “
J. E. Richie, “
LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN DELI'HOS IN 1872 AND 1873
B. J. Brotherton, Delphos.
E. Hartshorn, “
John King, Delphos.
C. C. Marshall "
BAR OF VAN WERT COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873,
Isaac A. Alexander, Bank Block, Van Wert.
W. J. Beers, Arcade Block, Van Wert.
James M. Barr, " “
C. P. Edson, cor. Main and Jefferson sts., Van Wert.
James L. Price, McCurdy's Block, Van Wert.
G. M. Saltzgaber, Main street, Van Wert.
BAR OF WOOD COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
Philan S. Abbott, Bowling Green
Edson Goit, “ ”
James R. Tyler, Pcrrysburg.
662 - Bar 1872-73.
BAR OF FULTON COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873..
Amos Hill, Wauseon.
Wm. C. Kelley, "
Wm. W. Touvelle, Wauseon
BAR OF HENRY COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
J. M. Haag.
Sinclair M. Hague.
James G. Haley
Romaine Tyler
BAR OF HANCOCK COUNTY-LAWYERS IN. PRACTICE IN 1872 AND -1875.
Wm. H. Anderson.
Aaron Blackford.
Ezra Brown.
Henry Brown.
C. G. Brand.
J. F. Burket.
J. A. Bope.
E. T. Dunn.
Wm. Mungen.
C. W. O'Neal.
M. D. Shaffer.
A. B. Shaffer.
M. C. Whiteley.
BAR OF SANDUSKY COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
Ralph P. Buckland, Fremont.
Homer Everett, Buckland's new Block, cor. Front and State streets.
J. L. Green & Son, Tyler's Block, cor. Croghan and Front streets.
John P. Lemmon, Clyde, Lemmon's Block, and at Sandusky, opposite Post Office.
A. B. Putman, Odd Fellows Block, Front street.
BAR OF DEFIANCE COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
Wm. Carter.
W. D. Hill.
BAR OF WYANDOT COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
Curtis Berry.
John Berry.
H. A. Hoyt.
Chester R. Mott.
R. McKelly.
John D. Sears
Allen Smalley.
BAR OF PUTNAM COUNTY-LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
D. I. Brown.
Josiah Gallup.
J. L'H. Long, Exchange Bank Block.
Swan & Moore, Exchange Bank Block.
Bar of 1872-73 - 663
BAR OF SENECA COUNTY—LAWYERS IN PRACTICE IN 1872 AND 1873.
Frank Baker, Tiffin.
A. H. Byers, "
Geo. W. Bachman, Tiffin.
Upton F. Cramer, "
Wm. H. Gibson, "
L. A. Hall, “
J. K. Huddle, “
J. V. Jones, Main street, Fostoria.
Wm. Lang, Tiffin.
Harrison Noble, "
Warren P. Noble, Tiffin.
R. G. Pennington, "
J. H. Pittenger, “
Geo. E. Seney, “
APPENDIX B.
TABLE OF ALTITUDES.
The readers of this volume arc under obligations to Jesse L. Williams, Esq., of Fort Wayne, for
the following accurate table of altitudes, of points in the district of country in Ohio and Indiana
drained by the Wabash and Maumee rivers, including also a few prominent points outside this
boundary—the measurement being in feet above the level of Lake Erie :
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