16 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) CHAPTER II. THE FORMATION OF THE STATE, COMPRISING THE ADMISSION TO STATEHOOD, CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS, THE BUCKEYE STATE, REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, STATE SENATORS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES. ADMISSION TO STATEHOOD. It is singular that the date of the admission to the Union, of a state of the area, prominence and influence of Ohio, should be uncertain and a mooted question, but seven dates have been given, only two of which have supporting arguments in their favor. April 28, 1802, is named in Harris' Tours, in 1805, but no act or reason is given and none is known. April 30, 1802, is given in a note in United States Statutes at large volume I, page 2, but this is the date of the passage of the enabling act, and the people of Ohio had not yet complied with the conditions. June 30, 1802, is given in the report of the IX census, volume 1, page 575, but no act or reason is given and as Congress was not then in session it must be disregarded. November 29, 1802. is the date the constitution was adopted by the convention, but a state government was not in operation for three months thereafter. February 19, 1803, is named in Caleb Atwater's History of Ohio, 1838; E. D. Mansfield, in his Political Manual; and G. W. Paschal, in Annodated Constitutions, but it is the date of the approval of an act extending the jurisdiction of the United States courts to Ohio. These five are obviously incorrect and March 1 and 3, 1803, remain for consideration. The enabling act of April 3o, 1802, and the adoption of a constitution November 29, 1802, have been held as making the people of Ohio a body politic, but there was no state because the constitution provided for the election of a Governor, members of a General Assembly, sheriffs and coroners, which was to occur on the second Tuesday in January (II), 1803, and that the first ses- sion of the General Assembly should convene on the first Tuesday in March (1st.), 1803. November 29, 1802, the day the Constitutional Convention closed its labors, a proposition was adopted for presentation to Congress, which re- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 17 cited the action of Congress in providing for the organization of the state, and agreed to accept the Congressional term "provided the following addition and modification of the said proposition agreed to by the Congress of the United Staes. “ The modification referred to the appropriation of public lands for schools and road purposes and Thomas Worthington was appointed a special agent to lay the proposition before Congress and endeavor to secure its assent thereto December 23 he presented the proposition to the House and January 7, 1803, to the Senate the latter body's action being significant, as follows: "Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and if any, what legislative measure may be necessary for admitting the state of Ohio into the Union, or for extendmg to that state the laws of the United States." January 19 the committee reported that everything had been done properly by the state and that it was “now necessary to establish a District Within said state." The report was considered on the 21st and the committee was directed to bring in a bill, which was done on the 27th and passed February 7th ; February 12 the bill passed the House and was approved on the 19th. In the collection of Charters and Constitutions, compiled by order of the United States Senate, 1877, the constitution of a state follows the enabling act, and that by the date of admission. As no formal act of admission was passed in the case of Ohio, this collection gives February 19, 1803. That Congress did not recognize Ohio as a state by reason of the adoption of the constitution is attested by the inquiry, made in the House of Representatives, whether the Delegate from the Territory Northwest of the Ohio was entitled to a seat in Congress, as the convention had adopted a state constitution, November 29, 1802, and January 31, 1803, the House decided that Ohio was not yet a state and that the delegate held his place from is the Territory Northwest of the Ohio. It appears that Ohio was not a state, at least until February 19, 1803, but local conditions and provisions made it impossible on that date. The Governor and legislature had been elected but no provision had been made for assuming the functions of office until March 1, 1803, upon which date the General Assembly met, an organization was effected, rules were adopted and at 11 a. m., March 3, 1803, a joint convention of the houses was held to open and declare the result of the ballot for Governor, when it was found that Edward Tiffin had received 4,564 votes, and none opposed and was declared duly elected ; at 1 p. m. the joint convention again assembled and the Governor-elect took the oath of office. As the constitution provided that the speaker of the Senate 2 should exercise the office of Governor in case of a vacancy, and as the Senate organized on March 1, there was an acting Governor on that date. However, Congress had not yet agreed to the proposition submitted by the constitutional convention, although it is reasonable to assume that an agreement was promised, and perhaps had been given on or before March 1, as the act concurring in the request of Ohio was approved March 3, 1803. March 1, 1803, is the most reasonable date to accept as the one on which Ohio became a state ; its legislature was fully organized ; the presiding officer of its Senate was virtually Governor and all the functions of a state government were in operation ; in addition to these conclusions Congress has so decided. The Territorial judges did not conclude their business of the courts until April 15, 1803, and asked pay to that date ; under advice of counsel the Treasury officials refused payment after November 29, 1802, when the constitution was adopted ; application was then made to the state of Ohio and the legislature declined payment and referred the petitioners to the United States ; February 21, 1806, Congress passed an act to pay the judges to March 1, 1803. when the state government became a fact, and this seems to be conclusive. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. Three Constitutional Conventions have convened in Ohio ; the first assembled at Chillicothe. November 1, 1802, and formed the constitution under which Ohio became a state of the Union. Muskingum was then a part of Washington county, and John McIntire was a delegate from that county representing the district now known as Muskingum county ; the convention remained in session until November 29, when the document was formally completed and signed, and was not submitted to popular vote for ratification. At the forty-eighth legislative session, held 1849-50, provision was made for a convention to revise the constitution, and the hall of the House of Representatives was designated as the place of assembly. At an election held in 1850 delegates were chosen, those from Muskingum county being David Chambers and Richard Stillwell. and the body thus chosen met May 6, 1850, and adjourned July 9, to meet at Cincinnati, December 2, 1850, as the legislature would then be in session and some other place than the capital city was deemed desirable for the deliberations. The second session continued until March Jo, 1851, when the constitution was adopted as a whole and was ratified by the people June 17, 1851. At the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly the third convention to revise the constitution was provided for, and m 1872 delegates 18 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. were elected to sit at Columbus, May 14, 1873. Charles C. Russell and Daniel VanVoorhis represented Muskingum county, but the proposed new constitution was rejected, in 1874, by a large majority. BUCKEYE STATE. Various derivations have been given of the universally recognized sobriquet of "Buckeye," applied to the State and the citizens of Ohio. The commonly expressed solution of the origin of the term is that the buckeye tree is indigenous to Ohio, and not being found elsewhere it applies logically to the state and its people. This conclusion is formed from false premises, as the tree appears in the borders of Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, where the soil is similar to the rich valleys of the Ohio, Scioto, Miamis, Hock- hocking and Muskingum. The pioneers found the tree in great abundance, and the beauty of its foliage and fruit, and the softness and ready adaptation of its wood for their uses, made it exceedingly popular among them. The Indian name was "betuck." meaning the big eye of the buck, because of the resemblance of the fruit, in color and shape, and the peculiar spot on it, to that organ of their favorite game, but the more practical and abbreviated phraseology of the English transformed it into "buckeye." Not only is the word of Indian origin but its application to the white man was first made by the Indian, and as an expression. spontaneous and sincere, of the highest respect and admiration. The organization of a government at Marietta was known to the Indians and a large number had gathered there to make treaties when the ceremonies, attending the opening of the first court in the Northwest Territory were conducted. September 2, 1788. A formal procession of the civil and military officers and dignitaries was a prominent feature of the occasion, and the Indians were profoundly impressed with Col. Ebenezer Sproat, high sheriff, who led the procession, carrying a drawn sword. He was a man of more than six feet stature, fine physical proportions, dignified bearing and commanding presence, and the Indians' love of ceremony was gratified by the display of costume and formality, and especially by the towering form of the sheriff, and their comment was "Hetuck," or "Big Buckeye," a nickname which was subsequently attached to him. The reputed virtue of the buckeye as a charm for rheumatism, if carried on the person, caused many persons from the east to send them to friends in that section, and travelers carried them back, so that the people east of the mountains became familiar with them, but it was not until the great political campaign of 1840 that the term became attached to the state and its people. W. H. Harrison was well known in the west as an Indian fighter and was immensely popular because of his success in defending the frontier ; he had legislative and executive experience, but when he became the nominee of the whigs, in that memorable campaign, an opposition paper expressed the opinion that "he was better fitted to sit in a log cabin and drink hard cider than rule in the White House." The Whigs did not take offense at the comment but made it a party slogan, and the log cabin became the campaign emblem. Harrison was portrayed sitting at the door of a log cabin, through which could be seen a barrel of hard cider with coon skins and strings of buckeyes adorning the rude walls. An immense state convention was held at Columbus, February 22, 1840, and large delegations came from various points in the state, in wagons and on horseback, as there was no other form of transportation, and among the devices presented was a lbg cabin, built of buckeye logs, mounted on a wagon and hauled by a long string of horses ; in the cabin was a strong chorus that sang campaign songs, the burden of the refrains being about the buckeye, in its various uses by the residents. The buckeye thus became a popular -Whig emblem, and buckeye canes were cut in immense quantities and sent into adjoining states. In preparation for a large mass meeting in western Pennsylvania, it was ordered that each officer should carry a buckeye cane, and a committee was sent into Ohio to procure them. The procession was two miles in length and many individuals ordered canes, and 1,432 were counted. and over one hundred strings of buckeye heads were worn by young ladies, dressed in white and riding in a canoe, carrying banners representing the states. When S. S. Cox, a Zanesville boy, made a European trip he signed his letters to the home press, "A Buckeye Abroad," and in 1841 the president of an eastern college, in referring to his pupils mentioned those from other states by the name of the commonwealth, but those from Ohio were designated as "Buckeyes." U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Representatives to the National Lesislature have been : 1803-13 - Jeremiah Morrow - Entire state. 1813-17 - James Caldwell, - Third Dist. 1817-21 - Samuel Herrick, - Fourth Dist. 1821-23 - David Chambers, - Fourth Dist. 1823-29 - Philemon Beecher, - Ninth Dist. 1829-33 - William W. Irvin, - Ninth Dist. 1833-35 - Robert Mitchell, - Twelfth Dist. 1835-37 - Elias Howell, - Twelfth Dist. PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 19 1837-39 - lexander Harper, Twelfth Dist. 1839-41 - Jonathan Taylor, Twelfth Dist. 1841-43 - Joshua Mathiot, Twelfth Dist. 1843-47 - Alexander Harper, Fourteenth Dist. 1847-51 - Nathan Evans, Fourteenth Dist. 1851-53 - Alexander Harper, Fourteenth Dist. 1853-57 - Edward Ball, Sixteenth Dist. 1857-61 - C. B. Thompkins, Sixteenth Dist. 1861-63 - Wm. P. Cutler, Sixteenth Dist. 1863-65 - John O'Neill, Thirteenth Dist. 1865-69 - Columbus Delano, Thirteenth Dist. 1869-73 - Geo. W. Morgan, Thirteenth Dist. 1873-79 - Milton I. Southard, Thirteenth Dist. 1879-83 - Gibson Atherton, Fourteenth Dist. 1883-89 - Beriah Wilkins, Sixteenth Dist. 1889-93 - James W. Owens, Sixteenth Dist. 1893-1905 - H. C. VanVoorhis, Fifteenth Dist. 1905 - Beman G. Dawes, Fifteenth Dist. During the one hundredth yearls existence as a county, the Congressional district has been represented resented forty years by a resident of the county, and of the twenty-six gentlemen who have been honored by the toga of the office, eight have claimed Muskingum as their home. Gen. Herrick and Dr. Mitchell have been sketched among the Distinguished Dead, and brief biographies of the other Representatives follow. DAVID CHAMBERS was born at Allentown, Pennsylvania, November 25, 1780: educated himself and learned the trade of printer and came to Zanesville about 1810 : soon after the Muskingum Messenger was started he purchased the interest of one partner and later of the other and was not only the sole proprietor but editor and journeyman; under his masterful hand the paper became one of the most prominent and influential democratic organs of the state. In 1814 he was chosen Representative to the General Assembly and sold the paper, and from 1817 to 1821 was clerk to the county commissioners, an office equivalent to the present county auditor. From 1821 to 1823 he was Representative to Congress and and upon retiring joined Adam Peters in publishing the Ohio Republican, in advocacy of the election of Henry Clay to the presidency. In 1836, 1837 and '38 and again in '41 and '42 he represented the county in the lower house of the General Assembly and 1843 and '44 was sent to the Ohio Senate, serving as speaker during the last named year. He was a man of great force of character and distinguished ability, and for forty years was a leading public man in the Muskingum valley. His commercial and financial interests were extensive and he ranked among the most enterprising citizen of Zanesville, where he 'died in August, 1864. ALEXANDER HARPER first breathed the breath of life February 5, 1786, in Ireland : he came to America early in life and settled at Zanesville, and appeared as an advocate at the Muskingum Bar m 1813 ; by close application and perseverance he attained the highest distinction at the Bar, on the Bench and in the legislative halls at Columbus and Washington. In 1820 and '21 he represented the county in the Ohio House of Representatives, and was immediately thereafter chosen presiding judge of the fourth circuit, over which he presided from 1822 to 1836; from the Bench he entered Congress and served during 1837 and '38, and was returned from 1843 to '47 and again during 1851 and '52 ; the last nomination came as a distinguished honor, when he was 65 years of age and with honors thick upon him, the nomination being unopposed in a whig district in which a nomination was equivalent to an election, an evidence of the reputation for ability and probity his long career had established. In Congress his power was recognized by his appointment to the judiciary and similar important committees. He was kind and gentle in disposition and was identified with all the most praiseworthy' movements in the city of his adoption, where he died December I, 186o. EDWARD BALL was born in Fairfax county. Virginia, in 1810, and came to Zanesville when a young man : he was a man of large affairs, engaged in numerous business enterprises and was extensively interested in the shipment of live stock to the eastern market, an occupation, which, before the creation of packing houses and beef trusts, was an important and lucrative business. From 1839 to '43 he served as sheriff of the county, and was Representative to the lower house of the General Assembly in 1845 and 1849. From 1853 to 1857 he was Representative to Congress and was Sergeant at arms of the National House of Representatives during the two following Congresses. In 1860 he was admitted to the Bar, and from 1868 to 1872 was again Representative to Congress. Originally a whig he became a republican, but later affiliated with the democrats, and was accidentally killed at Zanesville in 1879 while superintending the loading of a shipment of cattle. JOHN O'NEILL was born at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, December 17, 1822, and boasted of his pure Irish descent, and certainly inherited the native wit and shrewdness of that people. His parents moved to Frederick, Maryland, when he was quite young and there he attended school: while yet a boy he entered the office of the Attorney General, as a law student and pursued his reading with so much energy that he was admitted to practice before attaining his majority. In 1843 he came to Zanesville, and accepted a position as law clerk in the office of Richard Stilwell, in the room at the northwest corner of 20 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Fourth street and Fountain alley, which was his own law office for so many years, and until his retirement about a year or so before his death. During his long practice he formed partnerships with Corrington W. Searle, George W. Money- penny, Hugh J. Jewett, W. H. Ball and C. C. Goddard. In 1853 he became prosecuting attorney and served with signal ability until January, 1856 ; when the Civil war occurred he was active in recruiting men for service ; in 1863 he was chosen Representative to Congress and served one term ; from 1884 to 1888 he represented the Muskingum district in the Ohio Senate, and during the last two years was president pro-tern of the body ; against his own better judgment he acquiesced in the opinions of the majority of his colleagues and the expressed wishes of many of his constituents, and with the democratic senators went to Kentucky and Tennessee to prevent a quorum of the Senate and the chances of Republican supremacy. Originally, Mr. O'Neill was a stanch whig, but upon the disruption of that party and the formation of the Know Nothings he affiliated with the democrats and remained one (luring the remainder of his life. Mr. O'Neill was a gentleman of the old school, polished, polite, graceful, unobtrusive and kindly ; he was one of the most eloquent speakers and profound logicians of the Muskingum bar, and was styled the silver tongued orator ; his most celebrated forensic efforts were brief and he had the faculty of compressing more pointed statements and brilliant periods in a brief space of time than any associate at the bar. During recent years he was afflicted with an affection of the eyes that forbade the use of books and papers, but kind friends kept him acquainted with the current of the rapidly occurring events, at home and abroad. An attack of "grippe" so exhausted his feeble vitality that he obeyed to the summons to another existence May 25, 1905, and was borne to his grave as the honored nestor of the Muskingum bar. MILTON I. SOUTHARD was born at Perryton, Licking county, Ohio, October 20, 1836, attended the public schools and graduated from Dennison University, Granville, in 1861 ; in 1863 he was admitted to the Bar and located at Zanesville. From January, 1868, to November, 1872, he served as prosecuting attorney, and in the latter year was elected Representative to Congress and re-elected for the two ensuing terms ; he was a member of the committee on revision of the statutes of the United States and chairman of the Committee on Territories, and Colorado was admitted to statehood on his report. Although he had a large and lucrative practice, at Zanesville, upon the completion of his Congressional term he located at New York, in association with Gen. Thomas Ewing, in the practice of his profession. During the winter of 1904-5 he was attacked with "grippe" and upon convalescing expressed a desire to return to the hills of Zanesville that he might be "home ;" his request was gratified and he was brought to the residence of his brother Frank H., where he died May 4, 1905. HENRY CLAY VAN VOORHIS was born in Licking township, Muskingum county, Ohio, May 1852, and was educated in the public schools and Dennison University ; in 1874 he was admitted to the Bar and has always manifested a deep interest in politics ; from 1879 to 1884 he was chairman of the Republican County Committee, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884 ; in 1893 he was elected Representative to Congress and by successive re-election has served six terms, but upon being named for the sixth term announced that he would not again be a candidate. At the time of his first election he was president of the Citizen's National Bank, which be resigned, and upon the sudden death of 'Willis Bailey, the president, in February, 1905, Mr. Van Voorhis, then vice-president, was again elected president. STATE SENATORS. 1804, Joseph Buell, Washington, Gallia and Muskingum. 1805, Joseph Buell, Hallam Hempsted, Washington, Gallia, Athens and Muskingum. 1806, Hallam Hempsted, Leonard Jewett. same district. 1807, Leonard Jewett, John Sharp, Same District. 1808-09, Robert McConnell, Muskingum and Tuscarawas. 1810-11, Robert McConnell, Muskingum, Tuscarawas and Guernsey. 1812-14, Robert McConnell, Muskingum. 1815-16, Ebenezer Buckingham, Muskingum. 1817-18, George Jackson, Muskingum. 1819, Samuel Sullivan, resigned, Muskingum. 1820, John Mathews, Muskingum. 1821-22, Thomas Ijams, Muskingum. 1823-24, Ebenezer Buckingham, Muskingum. 1825-26, Wyllys Silliman, Muskingum. 1827-29, John Hamm, resigned, Muskingum. 1830, James Raguet, Muskingum. 1831-32, Ezekial T. Cox, Muskingum. 1833-34, Thomas Anderson, Muskingum. 1835-38, Samuel J. Cox, Muskingum. 1839-42, James Henderson, Muskingum. 1843-44, David Chambers, Muskingum, Speaker, 1844. 1845-48, Charles B. Goddard, Muskingum, Speaker 1847. 1849-5o, Charles C. Conyers, Muskingum, Speaker 1850. PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 21 1852-53, W. E. Finck, Muskingum and Perry. 1854-55, Hugh J. Jewett, Muskingum and Perry. 1856-57, Eli A. Spencer, Muskingum and Perry. 1858-59, Ezekial Vanatta, Muskingum and Perry. 1860-61, Charles W. Potwin, Muskingum and Perry. 1862-63, Thomas J. Maginnis, Muskingum and Perry. 1864-63, William E. Finck, Muskingum and Perry. 1866-69, Daniel B. Linn, Muskingum and Perry. 1870-73, William H. Holden, M. D., Muskingum and Perry. 1874-77, Elias Ellis, Muskingum and Perry. 1878-81, Lyman J. Jackson, Muskingum and Perry. 1882-83, John D. Jones, 15-16 District. 1884-85, John O'Neill, 15-16 District. 1886-87, John O'Neill, Edwin Sinnett, 15-16 District. 1888-89, Edwin Shiflett, Joseph G. Huffman. 15-16 District. 1890-91, Daniel H. Gatimer, 15-16 District. 1892-95, George Iden, 15-16 District. 1896-97, Benjamin F. Rodgers, Charles U. Shryock, 15-16 District. 1898-99, William E. Fink, Jr., William E. Miller, 15-16 District. 1900-01, William Lawrence. 15-16 District. 1902, Norman F. Overturf, 15-16 District. REPRESENTATIVES. 1804-05. Seth Carhart, Elijah Hatch. Ezekial Marvin, Washington, Muskingum and Gallia counties. 1805-06. Elijah Hatch, James Clark, James E. Phelps, Washington. A fuskingum. Gallia and Athens counties. 1806-07, Levi Barker. Lewis Cass, William H. Putoff, same district. 1807-08, John R. P. Burean, Joseph Palmer. John Mathews, same district. 1808-09, David J. Marple, James Clark, Muskingum and Tuscarawas. 1809-10, David J. Marple, George Jackson, same district. 1810-11, David J. Marple, George Jackson. Muskingum, Tuscarawas and Guernsey counties. 1811-12, George Jackson, William Frame. Muskingum, Tuscarawas, Guernsey and Coshocton counties. 1812-13, John Hamm, Stephen C. Smith, Muskingum. 1813-14, Stephen C. Smith, Joseph K. McCune. Muskingum. 1814-15, Stephen C. Smith, David Chambers, Muskingum. 1815-16, Robert Mitchell, Joseph K. McCune, Muskingum. 1816-17, Robert Mitchell, Robert McConnell, Muskingum. 1817-18, Christian Spangler, Thomas Nisbet, Muskingum. 1818-19, James Hampson, John Reynolds, Muskingum. 1819-20, John Reynolds, Robert McConnell, Muskingum. 1820-21, Alexander Harper, Robert K. McCune, Muskingum. 1821-22, Alexander Harper, William H. Moore, Muskingum. 1822-23, William H. Moore, Nathan C. Findlay, Muskingum. 1823-24, John C. Stockton, Joseph K. McCune, Muskingum. 1824-25, Thomas L. Pierce, Thomas Flood. Muskingum. 1825-26, Thomas L. Pierce, James Hampson, A fuskingum. 1826-27, James Hampson, Thomas Flood, Muskingum. 1827-28, James Hampson, James C. Stockton. A fuskingum. 1828-29, Wyllys Silliman, David Chambers. A usking,rum. 1829-3o, Littleton Adams, James Raguet, Muskingum. 1830-31, Littleton Adams Thomas Maxfield. Muskingum. 1831-32, Appleton Downer, David Peairs. Muskingum. 1832-33, William Cooper. John H. Keith. Muskingum. 1834-35. Aaron Robinson. William H. Moore. Muskingum. 1836. David Chambers. Muskingum. 1837. David Chambers, David K. McCune. Muskingum. 1838, David Chambers, Charles B. Goddard, Muskingum. 1839, Abraham Pollock, George W. Adams. Muskingum. 184o. Abraham Pollock, John Watkins. Muskingum. 1841, 42, David Chambers, Charles Bowen. Muskingum. 1843, Joseph Fisher, Davis Johns, Muskingum. 1844, Davis Johns, Muskingum. 1845, Edward Ball, John Trimble, Muskingum. 1846, John Trimble, Muskingum. 1847, A. S. B. Culbertson, Abel Randall, Muskingum. 1848,. Abel Randall, Muskingum. 1849, Edward Ball, Muskingum. 22 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. 1850, William Morgan, Muskingum. 1852, William Morgan, William C. Filler, Muskingum. 1854, John Metcalf, Samuel McCann, Muskingum. 1856, John A. Blair, John Crooks, Muskingum. 1858, John A. Blair, Lewis Frazee, Muskingum. 186o, Daniel Van Voorhis, Elisha I. Trimble, Townsend Gore, Muskingum. 1862, Thaddeus A. Reamv, Jacob Glessner, Muskingum. 1864, James Gallog1y, Elijah Little, Muskingum. 1866, A. W. Shipley, Perry Wiles, Muskingum. 1868, Edward Ball, H. J. Jewett, Muskingum. 1870, Edward Ball, Elias Ellis, Muskingum. 1872, William H. Ball, Elias Ellis, Muskingum. 1874, James A. Moorehead, John B. Sheppard, Muskingum. 1876, Harvey L. Gogsil, Lamech Rambo, Muskingum. 1878, H. F. Achauer, Muskingum. 1880-82, Robert Price, Muskingum. 1884, Charles E. Addison, Muskingum. 1886, Elijah Little, David Stewart, Muskingum. 1888, Daniel H. Gaumer, John C. McGregor, Muskingum. 1890, Thomas J. McDermott, Muskingum. 1892, Thomas D. Adams. Muskingum. 1894, William S. Bell, Muskingum. 1896-98, B. F. Swingle, Muskingum. 1900, Amos N. Gray, Robert Silvey, Muskingum. 1902, James M. Carr, Muskingum.