200 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE RIVER SIDE CEMETERY The first definite movement toward the procuring of land for a cemetery was taken by the City Council at a special meeting on the 29th day of March, 1843, when George W. Reynolds, J. Austin Scott and Frederick Kertland were appointed a committee to examine into the matter of a cemetery. On April 12, Mr. Scott, chairman of the committee, reported and recommended the purchase of ten acres of the Spencer farm, situated on the southeast corner of River Tract No. 26 in the United States' twelve-mile square reserve at the foot of the rapids of the Miami of the Lake. Samuel M. Young, Isaac Hull and Thomas Clark 2nd were appointed to close a bargain with John E. Hunt for ten acres, more or less, of his Spencer farm for a cemetery at one hundred and fifty dollars per acre, payable in one, two, three and four years, and to report an ordinance for the government regulation and for laying it out into lots. On April 11, 1844, the committee was directed to plat and fence the cemetery with a suitable fence. A plat was filed for record May 10, 1845, and contained 1,800 burial lots, most of which are twelve by thirty feet in size. Potters Field is in blocks 12 feet 9 inches by 8 feet. In 1903 the trustees built the vault at an expense of $500.00, and in 1904 the ice covered the cemetery eight feet high and broke down all the monuments except two. November 2, 1868, the City Council purchased a hearse, paying $450.00 for it. THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 201 DREAMERS PUT TOWN IN HOLE Saddle Bonded Indebtedness on Town Generations Ago for Impractical Schemes Maumee's reputation as a money spender and accumulator of obligations is apparently not of recent formation, for the early residents of this village had some expensive ideas, according to facts dug up from old records by Mayor Smith. He writes as follows: It devolved upon man to take advantage of the natural resources left to him for the improvement of his inheritance, so the City Council was requested to construct suitable roads, and on May 14, 1849, that body pledged the credit of the municipality in the sum of $10,000.00 to construct a plank road, commencing at Scott Street in the Third Ward rind continuing over and along Wayne Street to Swanton. Following in line of more improvements the City Council was again prevailed upon to assist in constructing a railroad, and on the 28th day of May, 1851, that body pledged the credit of the town in the sum of $50,000.00 for five hundred shares of the capital stock of the Junction Railroad. Now, for more than twenty-five years, the village in the inanimate period of the continuance of Maumee City, then South Toledo, now Maumee, when all of the 1463 inhabitants were as one household, when nothing but the crack of a canal driver's whip would disturb the peaceful repose of those inhabitants, happy and contented, no class distinction, all good people were equal in society, possessed 202 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE with very little of this world's goods other than what nature provided. But the days of tranquility were fast fading away. The time for the dreamer with doubtful intentions was rapidly drawing near, with wonderful schemes for reclaiming neglected opportunities. It was on the 2nd day of March, 1885, when he made his appearance before an unsuspecting populace with a feasible plan that would increase the population of the town and thereby enhance the value of real estate, and with prospects of fabulous profits, and here the old court house once more served the purpose as a bait for the dreamers and boomers at the expense of the town, leaving the taxpayers to hold the bag. On that 2nd day of March was the beginning of the bonded debt which has for thirty-five years been a burden on the town. So anxious were the people to create an indebtedness that on the 9th day of March, 1885, they passed a resolution to issue $6,000.00 in bonds for the erection of a city hall and a cemetery, and on March 18, nine days later, changed their minds and on that day pledged the credit of the town for $10,000.00 to improve and beautify the old court house and grounds. Again on the 5th day of May, 1888, the village Council authorized the issue of $35,000.00 in bonds for the purpose of supplying natural gas to the inhabitants of Maumee, and on the 16th day of August of the same year, they issued $25,000.00 for the purpose of completing the piping of the streets of the village. On December 14, 1888, there were issued $6,000.00 in THE HOUSE OF MAUMEE - 203 bonds to be used for paying bonuses to manufacturers who were induced to locate here; and on October 4, 1888, $3,000.00 more in bonds were issued to pay more bonuses. The principal of these bonds was still outstanding in 1920.. HORRIBLE MURDER (Published in the Perrysburg Journal May, 1860) Mary A. Thome, daughter of Ellen Thome, a girl of seven years, was choked to death and her person outraged May 12, 1860, near the corner of Wayne and Conant Streets. The citizens of Maumee were thrown into a state of great excitement on last Sabbath morning by the announcement that a young daughter of Ellen Thome, aged seven years and four months, had been brutally murdered and her person outraged. The facts of the case, as near as we can learn them, are as follows: On last Saturday evening the young girl asked leave and obtained permission from her mother to accompany her grandmother to church, who, on missing her just after entering the door, returned home immediately in search of her. The girl's father, Thomas Burns, a printer at Cleveland, it appears, threatened to take the child away from her mother, who on learning of the mysterious disappearance, instantly gave the alarm, for she feared her child had been abducted away from her. The whole of Saturday night was spent in the effort to recover the lost child, but all was in vain. Sabbath morning came, however, and with it the disclosure of an awful crime. In an unoccupied shed, or stable, only a few rods from the house, the dead body of the child was found, a cord 204 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE about her neck, marks of brutal violence upon her head, neck and body, and lying as if thrown in upon the floor. The cord was a piece of common clothes line, and entangled between it and her neck was a wisp of hay. There was no hay in the building where she was found, and subsequent examination showed that she had been killed by the choking she had received, and not by the rope. Upon making this discovery the greatest excitement ensued. An inquest was held, and although suspicion at once began to attach to the father, nothing positive was adduced to warrant the jury in fixing upon him as the author of the crime. A man sitting in front of a store around the corner from the girl's home, saw her come along the street, skipping in her childlike way. There is an alley leading from this street in the rear of the premises where the girl's mother lived. The man is not certain that she turned into this alley, but it is presumed she did, in order to reach home by the back way, for the indications seem to show that the girl was passing through this alley when she was seized and gagged. The villain's fingers left their prints upon her forehead, and his thumb cut the lower part of her chin, showing the way she was strangled. She was taken into the stable and after accomplishing his hellish purpose, it seems that he must have broken her neck by a terrible grasp. It is believed that the villain designed throwing her into the river, and for this purpose fastened the rope around her neck, with a view of attaching a stone thereto to cause her body to sink. But the town was aroused and the citizens in pursuit of the lost child were searching every street and alley, and this THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 205 plan seems to have been abandoned as too hazardous. The murderer, undoubtedly thinking it policy to make good his escape from the immediate presence of his victim while opportunity presented itself. It seems that night he must have been taken for a friend in search of the child and thus permitted to escape. Since the above was in type we learn that the child was illegitimate and, being very pretty, its unlawful father sought to steal it away. It is said that the child came home the other day and told her mother that a man had given her some candy and had promised her more if she would come, but the mother's suspicions were aroused, and fearing that this man might be some one employed to steal the child, she refused to let her go after the promised gift. We have said that the child's person was violated, but this is probably a mistake. The urethra exhibited evidence of much violence, it is true, but if perpetrated by the girl's father it was a mere ruse to throw off detection. We learn also that a despatch was sent to Cleveland for the arrest of Burns, who, until the mystery is cleared up, public opinion will hold responsible as being in some way connected with this most atrocious and deliberate murder. If, however, it should prove that Mr. Burns is innocent, we shall take great pleasure in making such an announcement. 206 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE VETERANS OF 1812 AND 1813 In June, 1870, fifty-seven years after the war at Fort Meigs, a party of veterans of the War of 1812 and 1813, having served in the army in this section, made a visit to Maumee City and the scenes of their services in that conflict. On June 24 a committee of citizens, with the Hon. Morrison R. Waite, met the party who came in a special train over the Dayton and Michigan Railroad. The following is a list of the veterans: |
Colonel Charles S. Todd, Aide to General Harrison at Fort Meigs, lived at Owensboro, Ky. Major Jere Duncan, Bourbon County, Ky General E. Pendleton, Clark County, Ky. Colonel Wm. Hamilton, Nicholas County, Ky. A. B. Croford, Clark County, Ky. Peter Bonty, Bourbon County, Ky. W. T. Foster, Grant County, Ky. Francis McLeer, Fayette County, Ky. Seward Beall, Clark County, Ky. Nelson Bush, Clark County, Ky Wm. C. Berry, Clark County, Ky. Thomas Jones, Bourbon County, Ky. Elisha Sturgeon, Grant County, Ky. Henry Gaither, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sanford Branham, Scott County, Ky Thomas Lindsey, Fayette County, Ky. Wm. C. Keas, Mt. Sterling, Ky. Joseph Quinn, Grant County, Ky. Dr. Alva Curtis, Cincinnati, Ohio |
Age 79 Age 78 Age 81 Age 78 Age 80 Age 78 Age 73 Age 81 Age 74 Age 81 Age 80 Age 81 Age 84 Age 80 Age 78 Age 81 Age 75 Age 74 Age 73 |
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R. P. Menifee, Kenton County, Ky George Williams, Grant County, Ky. John Jolley, Campbell County, Ky. T. A. Grimes, Bourbon County, Ky. Wm. B. Davis, McConnellsville, Ohio Wm. Shaffer, Middletown, Ohio Samuel Bownell, Middletown, Ohio Joseph Barnett, Middletown, Ohio David McChessney, Middletown, Ohio. John Stine, Pendleton County, Ky Samuel Dewese, Wood County, Ohio David Lamb, Toledo, Ohio Michael Morgan, Wood County, Ohio Peter Navarre, Toledo, Ohio John Moore, Wood County, Ohio J. L. Jolly, Napoleon, Ohio David Deal, Fremont, Ohio John Ross, Wood County, Ohio David Johnson, Wood County, Ohio Samuel Kuder, Wood County, Ohio Horace Thacher, Toledo, Ohio |
Age 81 Age 80 Age 82 Age 73 Age 77 Age 87 Age 74 Age 76 Age 77 Age 74 Age 78 Age 83 Age 89 Age 85 Age 75 Age 80 Age 86 Age 77 Age 83 Age 79 Age 69 |
The veterans and citizens spent some time at Fort Meigs, passing around the premises, the veterans seeking points espeeially reminding them of the events of 1813. A dinner was served at the American House, after which the visitors and citizens assembled in Cook's Grove, where Mr. George W. Reynolds presided. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Swan, and an address delivered by the Rev. Mark Richardson, and responded to by Colonel Todd. Remarks were made by Morrison R. Waite, who stated that 208 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE Mrs. Harriet O. Hall, daughter of Major Wm. Oliver, one of Harrison's trusted subordinates, had deputized him to invite her father's comrades to the Oliver House, Toledo, Mrs. Hall receiving them in the hotel parlors. They were escorted to the dining room by the hostess where a sumptuous dinner was prepared for them. The expenses for entertaining the veterans amounted to $162.12, paid by the City Council as follows: For Hauling of Soldiers of 1812 $26.00 Nails 1.23 Telegraphing 6.65 HaulingChairs 75 Meals for Old Veterans. 77.60 Music by the Band 30.00 Toll of River Bridge 10.00 Journal Office for Posters 2.00 SmallFlags 4.59 Tissue Paper and Painting 1.50 Express Charges 1.80 Total $162.12 THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE -209 MAUMEE CITY BUSINESS DIRECTORY IN 1875 P. C. Holt & Co., Dealers in Books, Stationery, Wall and Window Paper, and Job Printers. Colman Keeler & Co., Dealers in Real Estate, 96 Conant St. E. P. Keeler, Notary Public. Wheeler French, Attorney-at-Law, Notary Public, General Collecting Agent and Dealer in Real Estate. J. S. Hull & Co., Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Groceries, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Notions and General Merchandise; corner Conant and Wayne Sts. D. F. Cook, Attorney-at-law and Real Estate Broker. A. J. Taylor, Physician and Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils. Wayne Street. J. K. Frederick & Sons, Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries, Glass and Queennware, Flour; Conant Street. H. C. Norton, Druggist. Maumee Woolen Mills, Lautzenheiser Bros. & Co., Manufacturers of Satinetts,Jeans, Tweeds, Flannels, Blankets and Knitting Yarns, and Dealers in Wool. W. S. Swan, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Brushes, Window Glass, Putty, and Drug Sundries; Conant St. J. L. Hannum, Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Notions and General Merchandise; Conant Street. Union Deposit Bank of R. B. Mitchell & Co.; transacts a general banking business and pay special attention to collections. Corner Wayne and Allen Streets. Graham and Sargent, Contractors and Builders; office No. 32 Conant Street. 210 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE G. H. Blaker, Dealer in Stoves, Nails, Cutlery, Shelf Hardware, and Manufacturer of tin, copper and sheet iron ware; Roofing and spouting done to order; corner Conant and Dudley Streets. William Burge, Mason, Plasterer, Painter and Contractor; residence, corner Broadway and Cass Streets. T. H. Wolfinger & Sons, Carpenters, Builders and Painters; Painting, Glazing, Paperhanging and kalsomining done to order; shop on Wayne Street, near Pearl Mills. Thomas Brown, Millwright and Paper Manufacturer; residence, corner Broadway and Rosemund Streets. H. G. Norton, Railway P. O. Clerk, Toledo to Chicago; residence, corner Cass and Erie Streets. Justice McDonald, Superintendent, Toledo and Maumee Narrow Gauge Railway; residence on Broadway. A. J. Henfling, Proprietor of Billiard Hall, and dealer in Choice Liquors, Cigars, etc.; corner Conant and Dudley Streets. Thomas Ludlow, Proprietor of Miami House, and Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Queensware and Notions generally; Main Street. Curtis Hull, Carpenter, Builder and Contractor; residence, Grant 575, Waynesfield Township. John Geiger, Proprietor of Riverside Vineyard and Dealer in Grapes, Berries, Fruits, etc. THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 311 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR-1898 It is deemed fitting that this opportunity be improved to present the names of the boys of Maumee City who volunteered their services to the United States in the war with Spain. Anthony Pfleghaar, died in Ponce, Porto Rico William Glennon Charles Rodd, Jr. Archa B. Creps Thomas Corwin Roy Crane John Cambric John Kiel Isaac Luce George Gessner John Hall Christian Sanford Steffes, died in the Philippines Charles Perrin William Phillips George LaPoint Melvin Creps Earl Brewer Jay Lautzenheiser Thomas Helsey Ernest Kelley Phillip Woods Charles Kimmel Charley Wilson THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 213 IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM H. CHARTER On the 12th day of September, 1918, on one of the bloody battlefields of France, Wm. H. Charter fell fighting gloriously for freedom and democracy. He was a volunteer soldier and the first of Maumee's sons to give his life in the cause of common freedom and humanity. It therefore is deemed fitting and proper that on tomorrow, Sunday, afternoon at three o'clock, the church bells and school bells of the village be tolled in solemn unison as an expression of the mournful, loving memory of us all for the young hero forever asleep in a foreign land, and from every heart in Maumee may there also a silent prayer go up that peace and joy beyond understanding, and known not to any living heart, may be his. October 19, 1918. JOHN A. SMITH, Mayor. THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 215 IN MEMORY OF PAUL CONE On the 24th day of October, 1918, at a field hospital just back of the battle edges in northern France, of disease incurred in the line of duty, Paul Cone yielded up his young life. His last bed was made for him where he had obeyed his country's commands and done his soldier duty. Nobler fate or higher praise than this none may have. This death was Maumee's second costly sacrifice on the altar of freedom and justice. It was therefore deemed meet that on Sunday, December 1, 1918, at twelve o'clock noon, all of the church bells and school bells of the village be tolled, and as they break forth mournfully on the Sabbath stillness, may the old, old emotion rise stronger than ever in our hearts that "it is sweet and honorable to die for one's country." JOHN A. SMITH, Mayor. 216 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE MAUMEE'S PART IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918 No history of Maumee would be complete without some mention made of the place she took in the Great War. While the author regrets that the scope of his history precludes a detailed account of the part taken by her individual sons, still it will be with great pride in after years that the village may point to the enviable record made in their gallant support of a glorious cause. The following is her ROLL OF HONOR, which includes a total of 183 men, of whom two, Paul Cone and William Charter, are gold stars. MAUMEE BOYS IN SERVICE *--In France. **--Died in Service. Aigrisse, Floridore Allemeier, Herbert *Allen, Walter *Anderson, Gail A. Ash, Leon *Ash, C. F. *Bailey, N. D. *Baume, Andrew, Jr. Beck, Arnold *Bordeaux, Lionel Wm. *Botte, Camille *Boulanger, Albert *Boyce, Earl R. Brahier, Peter W. (Discharged) *Brennen, Andrew *Bush, Elvie *Bush, Elzie *Campbell, Robert A. *Canode, John Caseman, Louis *Caseman, William *Case, James W. (Doctor) **Charter, William (Died Sept. 12, 1918) Charles, Ralph *Childs, Edwin W. Clark, George W. (Doctor) Clark, James G. Colburn, Wayne Harley *Cole, C. S. THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 217 Contat, Charles (Discharged) **Cone, Paul Durfree (Died Oct. 24, 1918) *Cooke Carl *Creps, Archibald Curry, J. P. Cottrell, Robert *Comstock, R. W. (Doctor) *Dame, Orville *Dart, Frank Dart, Reuben *Dean, Lance *Dean, Ray Dennis, Charles *Dennis, Joseph *Denuit, Ernest L. *Devolder, Henri *Diemer, Ralph *Disandro, Emil Disandro, Elmer Dourlett, Ernest *Dourlett, Edgar *Drummond, Lee Edward Daly, John, Jr. *Engle, George *English, Thomas *Elsworth, Julius *Emch, Cecil A. *Fitzgerald, Walter Florry, Harry *Folckemer, Paul *Ford, Guy A. *Friend, Ira J. *Gannon, Arthur E. Gansline, Arthur *Getz, Walter *Gibbs, Clarence *Greasley, Charles *Griggs, Lysle Gribbon, Edward (S. A. T. C.) *Hare, Willard *Harrington, Timothy F. *Harper, Ray *Hawks, Ira Henfling, Herman A. *Herman, Frank *Herman, Rupert Heffelfinger, Alfred Hoen, William (S. A. T. C.) Holland, Charles *Holland, Fred Holsapple, Otto *Hoste, Henry Hopkins, Gilbert Howard, R. R. *Humphreys, H. E. *Jacob, Edward E. Jonas, Barukh *Jones, William *Kaiser, Carl Keck, Robert M. Kiefer, Frank Kiefer, Joseph (Discharged) *Kiefer, John *Klar, Wesley Kurtz, Emil *Landers, Michael 218 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE Lambillotte, Marcel (S. A. T. C.) *LeFever, Ernest *LeJune, Benjamin Linke, Herman, Jr. Loesch, Carl Albert *Loesch, John F. *Lehman, Carl M. *Mahan, Martin J., Sergt. Marshall, Charles (Discharged) *Marshall, William *Martin, Frank *Marchka, Frank *Matthewson, Adonis A. Mayer, Leon Meyer, John Edmond *Miller, George E. Mollenkopf, William J. Morris, James *Mouen, Grafton *McCabe, Ralph McCabe, Earl McComb, Harold McKenna, DaPilliod (S. A. T. C.) Navarre, Arnold L. (Discharged) *Nottige, Walter Oppen, Walter *Ostrander, Harry C. *Pangratz, Prentiss Patchin, Minot Pauken, Lawrence Pauken, Louis (Discharged) Perrin, Truman Edwin (S. A. T. C.) *Pilliod, Louis A. *Pilliod, Marcellimus R. Pilliod, William *Pore, Frank Pore, Howard Powell, Donald H. (Discharged) Powell, Harold C. (Discharged) Prahl, Roy Rectenwald, Otto *Renaux, Florent Rhonehouse, W. L. (Doctor) Rhinehalt, Howard Roach, Vern Rodd, Roy Rogers, A. T. *Rohr, Clarence Rohr, Harold M. *Sasse, Nelson Sasse, Fred *Sager, Jacob *Savory, Elmer *Schnapp, Charles *Schuster, Edmund *Schuster, Ross Schuster, Omer Seese, Edward R. *Shufelt, Fred Slater, Wayne Smith, Clyde *Smith, George J. Smith, Roland THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 219 *Stanford, Leland S. *Steffes, Anthony Paul *Sullivan, Thomas J. Taubken, H. R. Thurston, A. E. (Rev.) *Turner, Galvin T. Turner, Norman *Van Dorp, Morris *Waffle, Howard *Wagener, John M. *Wagener, Leon Wechtel, Lloyd Weaver, Virgil (S. A. T. C.) *Weis, Leo M. *Weis, Stephen A. *Wescott, Willis *White, George *Winters, Frederick *Williams, Louis Wood, Harold *Wood, Phillip Henry Wolcott, Gordon M. *Zeller, Harry Total in Service 174 Total Overseas 107 Total Discharged 8 Grand Total 174 (The above list compiled by Carena Lee Curtis, from data collected during the war.) 220 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE DIRECTORY OF THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIES OF MAUMEE CITY IN 1918 The Union Deposit Bank, established in 1866 under the firm name of Cook and Mitchell, and after 52 years of successful business is considered one of the reliable banking institutions under the name of A. F. Mitchell and Company. Ashley W. Cone, cashier. State Savings Bank, established in 1908. S. J. Eckenrode, president; L. B. Rhonehouse, cashier. W. P. Kaiser, Groceries and Provisions; Conant Street. Percy Frederick, Groceries and Provisions; Conant Street. W. E. Zeller, Groceries and Provisions; Wayne Street. H. R. Kazamaier, Groceries, Provisions and Meats, Wayne Street. Pfleghaar Brothers, Groceries, Provisions and Meat; Conant Street. S. L. Eisenbrandt, Groceries and Bakery; Conant Street. John Kline, Groceries and Provisions; John Street. Elizabeth Curtin, Groceries and Provisions; Wayne Street. M. Downing, Miami. Mrs. Parkins, Miami. L. J. Dennis, Dry Goods; Wayne and Conant Streets. M. Smith Company, Dry Goods; Conant Street. Window Glass Factory, Sophia Street. The Charles L. Koch Lumber Co., Conant Street. The Maumee Ice & Coal Co., Conant Street. C. P. Bigley, Hardware and Stoves; Conant Street. Meyers Hardware Company, Wayne Street. H. T. Beltz, Hardware and Plumbing; Wayne Street. THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 221 Samuel Clouse, Hardware; Wayne Street. Seigel Tait, Saddlery and Shoes; Wayne Street. The American House, Conant Street, The Seurin Hotel (Old Commercial Building), Wayne and Waite Avenue. The Franklin House, corner Conant and John Streets. Dennis Bros., Dealers in All Kinds of Meats, Wayne Street. The Star Market, Wayne Street. George Shepard, Garage and Automobiles, Conant Street. Fred F. Loesch, Garage and Automobiles, Wayne Street. George McGovern, Garage, Conant Street. James Kerr, Merchant Tailor, 50 years in Maumee; Wayne Street. Wm. Clewell and Son Walter, Tonsoralists, Conant Street. Peter Bellow, Tonsoralist, Wayne Street. C. O. Hatch, Tonsoralist, Wayne Street. R. P. Barton, Undertaker, Embalmer and Funeral Director; Conant Street:. H. P. Griswold, Novelty Store, Wayne Street. Dr. U. W. Rhonehouse, Physician, Wayne Street. Dr. R. W. Comstock, Physician and Surgeon, Wayne Street. Dr. J. W. Schnetzler, Physician, Conant Street. Dr. George Clark, Eye and Ear Specialist, Wayne Street. Dr. Wm. Rhonehouse, Eve and Ear Specialist, Dudley St. Dr. T. J. Sullivan, Dentist, Conant Street. L. A. Eckert, Drugs and Medicines, corner Wayne and Conant Streets. Charles Henfling, Candy Kitchen, Conant Street. The Strand Theater, Smith and Mouen, Conant Street. Defiance Electric Company, Conant Street. 222 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE The Maumee Valley Power Company, Wolcott Street. John A. Smith, Mayor. John M. Dohr, Village Marshal, Broadway. L. M. Murphy, Attorney-at-Law, Broadway. Albert Alius, Attorney-at-Law, Wayne Street. W. H. Harris, Attorney and Counsellor, Broadway. John Ormond, Attorney-at-Law, Broadway. The Carney Paper Mill, Monclova Road. The Fly Button Factory, Wayne Street. W. A. Schiely, Manufacturer of Cement Blocks, Conant St. Blair Caldwell, Real Estate, Conant Street. The American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Office, Conant. Street. The Home Telephone Co., Conant Street. Charles Ryan, Road Contractor, Conant Street. Zeller Bros., Road Contractors, Office, Dudley Street. Joseph Pauken, Contractor and Builder, Harrison Avenue. E. E. Phillips, Contractor and Builder, Wolcott Street. Archie Creps, Contractor and Builder, Broadway. Claude McCabe, Contractor and Builder, Harrison Avenue. Byron Burdo, Plumbing and Tinner, Wayne Street. George Philo, Carpenter, John Street. Wm. Burdo, Carpenter, Sophia Street. Robert Bush, Carpenter, John Street. Charles Mclnter, Carpenter, Ford Street. Charles Kivell, Carpenter, Ford Street. Clarence Heffelbower, Carpenter, Williams Street. John Almier, Carpenter, Miami. Peter Beuclair, Carpenter, Wayne Street. The Pauken Broom Factory, Cass Street. THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 223 Edward Wechtel, Painter, Miami. F. E. Steva, Painter, Decorator. A. J. McCabe, Painter, Broadway. Ben Betts, Paperhanger and Painter, Harrison Avenue. Earl McCabe, Painter and Paperhanger, Broadway. H. M. Pomeroy, Editor and Job Printer, Advance Era; Conant Street. O. J. Hatch, Agent Maumee Valley Railway, Conant Street. Roy Dunbar, Agent Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern Railway, Allen Street. Edward Puhl, Blacksmith, Wayne Street. Homer Haney, Plasterer and Brick Mason, Ford Street. Jacob Winsler, Stone Cutter and Brick Mason, Harrison Avenue. Stonebrook, Jeweler and Optician, Wayne Street. 224 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE THE OLD LUCAS COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT MAUMEE IN 1919 The fate of this once noble edifice, now a mass of valueless refuse, has positively been a victim of circumstances. From the time the material in this old building was placed in the Hotel Building in 1836, it seemed to have been doomed to a career of misfortune and disappointment. The Hotel Building, a spacious brick edifice, one hundred and thirty feet in length and sixty feet in breadth, five stories high with a wing one hundred feet in length and three stories high, was destroyed by a tornado on the 23rd day of May, 1839, and in 1840 the material of this wreck was used in the construction of the Courthouse in Maumee City, and for twelve years, or until 1852, it was used as the seat of justice of Lucas County. It was next converted into a seminary, when on January 4, 1866, the Maumee City Council conferred the title of the old county buildings to the Central Ohio Conference for a seminary. That continued for a short time when it was also doomed to failure. In 1887 it was leased for a term of 99 years for a glass factory. This continued for about five years when it also proved to be a failure, and was returned to the Village of Maumee. In 1919 the last of the buildings, the old courthouse, was razed and removed. THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE - 225 THE MAUMEE VALLEY I scarcely know how to name that which would clearly set forth the true magnificence of the situation. We live in the past by a knowledge of its history, and in the future by hope and anticipation. Beginning with the earliest formation of the Maumee Valley, from Lake Erie to the summit, where the sun sets in all its splendor, in the twilight in which to wish it might never be day again, a night to be enamoured of the stars, and to light human creatures on their bright journeys, a night to love, when you wonder how precious is life in such moments, when the bloom and flowers of the soul master themselves in the solitude of such nights, when we feel that sublime pleasure. Nature's artists must have been in a state of ecstacy immersed in fumes of a lovely inspiration. The river in the heart of the beautiful valley, sweeping along in graceful curves in the most varied forms, gently rippling, gay and brilliant, in a confused course, a cloud of vapor arising, by dashing of the water on the rocks, the ascent of the stream for miles one continuous succession of rapids which throw the waters into a brilliancy and a most soothing music as it winds its way until it disappears in the distance. Numerous islands, differing in size, with grand sloping banks appearing in the background, over a vale of delightful scenery, great rolling prairies, with tree and bush hung with flowing festoons of different species of vines of varied tinge. This beautiful foliage gracefully bending in pleasure to the waters as they flow on, whispering sweet melodies of peace 226 - THE HISTORY OF MAUMEE and joy; a succession of lofty trees lifting their united heads crowned in majestic glory, when the moon has passed the meridian of her grandeur, the vast and magnificent forests emerging out of the shadows of the early dawn, this beautiful scene overspread with a canopy of flame, illumined with a vivid crimson lustre, described in lines of innocent splendor. The distant finishing of the unfashioned histrionic art by the powerful agents of nature produced a picture which is placid and delightful, as the whole spectacle is greatly enhanced in splendor, with beautiful valleys clothed in shaded green, and vast fields shrouded with plant and flowers. The first glance of the scene awakens emotions of grandeur; it lifts the mind above ordinary life, and gives it a respite from depressing cares, it delights in the beauty and sublimity of the outward creation, and reveals to us the loveliness of nature. INDEX A Allen, John Church, 181. Allen, Seneca, 66. American House, 80. Attempt of Miami to Secede from Maumee City, 54. B Banks, 31; State Savings, 32. Baptist Church, 26. Battle of Fallen Timbers, 82, 108, 151. Board of Health, 21, Borrowing a Woman, 80. Bounty Paid, 33. Business Directory of Maumee City, December 21, 1838, 51; In 1875, 209; In 1918, 220. C Catholic Church, 27. Cemetery, River Side, 200. Charter, William H., In Memory of, 213. Children's Home, Lucas County, 32. Churches, Baptist, 26; Catholic, 27. St. Paul's Episcopal, 28; Methodist Episcopal, 28; Presbyterian, 29; Lutheran, 31. Civil Government, The Establishment of, 10. Clippings, 59. Coffinberry, Andrew, 170; James M., 173. Commerce and Trade, 58. Conant, Dr. Horatio, 169. Conant's Letter in 1822, Dr. Horatio, 105. Cone, Paul, In Memory of, 215. Conventions, County, 48. Cook, Daniel F., 191. County Buildings, The First, 38. County Conventions, 48. Court House, Money for, Returned, 25; The Old Lucas County, in 1919, 224. Customs House, First, 34. D Descendants of Little Turtle, 157. Docks, 34. Dreamers Put Town in Hole, 201. Dudley, Colonel, 86. E Early Business and Trade of Maumee City, The, 100. Early History, Scraps of, 123. Early Navigation of the Maumee, 43. Early Settler, The Life of the, 91. Eckert, Augustus W., 189. Education, The Beginning of Public, 119. Electric Lights, 65. Elm Tree, The, 115. Establishment of Civil Government, The, 10. F Fallen Timbers, Battle of, 82, 108, 151. Fire Company Organization, 22. Forsythe, R. A., Merchant, 105. Fort Meigs - General Harrison, 127. Fort Meigs, Old, (Poem), 148. Fort Miami or Campbell, OId, 84. G Game and Fish, 46. G. A. R., 36. Gilbert, Smith, 186. H Harrison, General - Fort Meigs, 127. INDEX-Continued Health, Board of, 21. Heroic Sacrifice, A, 161. High Water on the Maumee, 45. Horrible Murder, 203. Hull, Mrs. Chloe, 188. Hunt, John Elliott, 175. Hurricane and Its Effects, Terrible, 78. I Indians, The Last, 46; The Ottawa, 112, In Memory of William H. Charter, 213 ; Paul Cone, 215. Interurban Railway, 66. J Junction Railroad, The, 36. K Knaggs, Whitmore, 165. L Last Indians, The., 46. Legislation, Maumee City, 53. License Law, 47. Life of the Early Settler, The, 91. Little Turtle, Speech of the, 155; Descendants of, 157. Lucas County, 14, 107; Children's Home, 32; Old Court House in 1919, 224. Lutheran Church, 31. M Mail, The First, 42. Manor, Peter, 97. Masonic Lodge in Northwestern Ohio, The, 116. Maumee, The Name, 9. Maumee City, 17; The Earliest Period of, 40; Vessels Built at, 44. Legislation, 53; The Early Business and Trade of, 100 ; Sonic Interesting Facts Relative to the Newspaper Business in, 198. Maumee City Express, Notes from the, 113. Maumee's Part in the World War, 216. Maumee River, Early Navigation of the, 43; High Water on the, 45. Maumee Valley, The, 225. Mayors Who Served Maumee, 20. McDonald, Justice, 187. McKeehan, The Capture of Dr., 41. Methodist Episcopal Church, The, 28 Miami City, 55; Attempt of, to Secede from Maumee City, 54. Miami or Campbell, Old Fort, 84. Mitchell, Ruben B., 195. N Notes from the Maumee City Express, 113. O Old Fort Meigs (Poem), 148. Old Lucas County Court House in 1919, 224. Oliver, William, 67. Orleans of the North in 1817, 89. Ottawa Indians, The, 112. P Perrin, David H., 193. Plank Road Company, 24. Population, 50. Postoffice, The First, 149. Powell, Reminiscences of the Hon. Thomas W., 57. Presbyterian Church, 29. Public Education, The Beginning of, 119. INDEX - Continued R Railroads, The Junction, 36; Interurban, 66. Real Estate Record, 104. Rebellion, The, 73 Reminiscences of the Hon. Thomas W. Powell, 57. Reynolds, George W., 192. Richardson, Rev. Mark, 182. River Bridge, 26. River Side Cemetery, 200. S School Youth, 55. Scraps of Early History, 123. Shade Trees, 58. Smith, John A., 196. Some Interesting Facts Relative to the Newspaper Business in Maumee City, 198. Spanish-American War, The, 211. Speech of the Little Turtle, 155. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 28. Stage, 65. State Savings Bank, 32. Stock Raising, 56. Street Paving, 64. T Taverns, 48; American House, 80. Tecumseh's Last Battle, 149. Terrible Hurricane and Its Effects, 78. Trade, Commerce and, 58. Transportation, 61. Trees, Shade, 58; The Elm, 115. Turkey Foot Rock, 155. V Vessels Built at Maumee City, 44. Veterans of 1812 and 1813, 206. W Waite, Morrison Remick, 185; Morrison R., Police Officer, 120. Warehouses, 55. Water Power. 23. Water Works, 66. Wayne Street Macadamized, 25 Waynesfield Township, 121. When Waynesfield Township Was ill Logan County, 121. White, Dr. Oscar, 67. Wolcott, Judge James, 177. Wood County. 11, 101. World War, Maumee's Part in, 216. |