300 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY horsemen eight deep, it extended over two miles. Just west of the city they met General Harrison and his staff, in a barouche with four horses, driven by Joseph Trimble, a prominent gentleman of Hillsborough, the son of Governor Trimble, and himself one of the most noted Methodist divines of the West. Accompanying the carriage was an escort of horsemen and carriages a mile in length. The General passed between the rows of shouting people who fell in behind and escorted him back to town. In the procession were all sorts of floats ; carriages went two and three abreast, horsemen eight, ten and twelve abreast, and then the line extended over three measured miles. Then came speeches and meetings. There were speakers at the log cabin, at the market house, at the courthouse, on street corners and even from the deck of a canal boat. General Harrison spoke at the Sugar Grove, and it was estimated that forty thousand people assembled at the grove alone, not counting the crowds at other points. The ladies presented the General with a cane cut on the battleground of Tippecanoe, John Carlisle making the speech. The ladies who presented the cane were Jane McCoy, Eleanor Worthington, Jane M. Evans, Margaret McLandburgh, Eliza and Ann Creighton, Eliza Carlisle, Nancy Waddle, Rebecca M. Orr and Reuhama Irvine. There were three or four governors, generals, colonels, judges and honorables beyond counting, and they all made speeches. Crowds listened to each one, and it was said that at one time speaking was going on in six different places. There were three days of this, and all those people had to be entertained. Henry Brush entertained at his home, at meals, 2,500 people ; other prominent citizens entertained, some a thousand, some 400, 500 or 600. Dinner, supper and breakfast were served at the market house, where the hungry people ate 25,000 pounds of bread, 75 sheep, 80 sides of bacon, 38 hams, uncounted chickens, six bushels of cornmeal, 200 bushels of potatoes, 21 beeves, three calves, 18 turkeys, 22 barrels of flour and 600 pounds of butter. After it all the old town was tired, proud and happy. IMPORTANT EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE CITY With the foregoing view of the public departments, institutions and utilities connected with the municipality and the people of Chillicothe, this chapter will conclude with the record of a few events which either mark its progress, or have had a vital bearing upon it. The material for the narrative is mostly abstracted from the files of the Gazette, which form a treasure house of local history. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 301 CHILLICOTHE'S SEMI-CENTENNIAL Fifty years had passed since the founding of Chillicothe, and on April 21, 1846, a meeting was held at the courthouse to arrange for a fitting celebration of the event. A committee of arrangements was appointed, consisting of O. T. Reeves, John Hough, J. D. Caldwell, Allen Latham, Seneca W. Ely, Charles Woodbridge, J. A. Kercheval, Abram James, Andrew Carlisle, Humphrey Fullerton, W. D. Worthington, F. S. McCoy, Joseph Miller, Thomas J. Winship, W. M. Anderson, Edward Tiffin, J. McAdow, Thomas Orr, Luke Douglas, J. McLandburgh, Theodore Sherer, Wm. Waddle, Alex. McGinnis Jr., C. C. Allen, S. W. Halsey, George Armstrong, E. G. Squier and Edward Adams. On May 20th the committee met and arranged to hold the celebration on October 30. At this meeting, as was usual in those days, they had a dinner; in fact, they had dinner on every available opportunity, then, with toasts and speeches by everybody. The special guests at this dinner were Thomas McDonald, who built the first white man's cabin in the Scioto Valley ; Philip Minear, who helped build the first house in Cincinnati ; Colonel McDonald, of "Poplar Ridge," and Rev. James B. Finley, who was one of the first pioneers, and who, because of his great missionary work among the Indians, was called the "Wyandot Chief." The regular celebration was duly held on the afternoon and evening of October 30th. It would be pleasant to give an account of it, with a list of the guests, the speeches and the toasts; but the editors of that day were peculiar; if news was not brought to them they did not go after it. Thus it happens that, in the Gazette of November 4, 1846, appears the following : "The semi-centennial of the founding of this city was held on October 30th, but officers of the meeting held on this interesting occasion having neglected to furnish us with their minutes, we are under the necessity of going to press without any further notice of the proceedings." Hence no account of that meeting is here given. COMING OF THE RAILWAY, THE TELEGRAPH AND THE TELEPHONE In January, 1847, subscription books for the Belpre, Chillicothe and Cincinnati Railway were opened at Chillicothe, with the Madeira House as headquarters. The county commissioners, who had active charge of the work, were George Renick, J. T. Worthington, John Madeira and William Ross. In October, of the same year, subscription books were opened for the establishment of the telegraph service in Chillicothe. On October, 1852, there arrived the first locomotive for the 302 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY "Belpre, Chillicothe and Cincinnati" railway, afterward the Marietta and Cincinnati, the C. W. & B., and now the B. & 0. S. W. In 1830 a small engine had been brought to Chillicothe and exhibited as a curiosity in the lot behind the Masonic Temple. It had a coach, attached, in which passengers could ride, and ran on a small circular track; but the first working locomotive was the one brought in 1852. It was called the "Thomas James" after that wealthy and liberal citizen of Chillicothe, and weighed fifteen tons. It was used in construction work above "Adam's" mills. It was made in Boston. On October 20, 1852, it was fired up for the first time and run from the mills to the slate cut, then called the "Summit." Treasurer John Madeira, Chief Engineer Kennedy, the mayor, council, editors and other invited guests went along, and had the usual " collation" at the company 's expense, thus beginning the habit early in the game. The city did not get into telephonic communication until 1880, when the local exchange was established. FIRST STRIKE AT CHILLICOTHE The first strike in the history of the city took place on the first of January, 1858. Owing to the panic and to the depression of business, the Marietta and Cincinnati Railway Company had been somewhat slow in paying their men in the early part of '57. The company, however, paid up, and from July had paid regularly, except for the month of November, due on December 15th. This, however, the company assured the men, would be paid by the 10th of January ; and the company also reminded the men that, in spite of the hard times, they had not reduced their wages, as other roads and business concerns had done. In spite of this the engineers went on a strike, in which they were joined by the firemen, some of the brakemen and other employes. It was thought that some of the engineers who held grudges against the company were the ring-leaders. At first public sympathy was with the strikers, but as soon as the facts in the case became known, the sympathy was for the company. The strikers took possession of all the locomotives except two, would not permit trains to run, and seized the shops and all equipment. In those days there was no dallying with men who interfered with the rights of others, or who wrongfully held the property of others. Mayor Williams issued warrants, and forty of the strikers were arrested as rioters, found guilty and fined. Then the railway company instituted suit against sixty-one of the principal strikers for damages in the sum of $50,000 for loss occasioned the company by the stoppage of traffic, and the strike came to an untimely end. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 303 THE B. & O. SHOPS AND STANDARD TIME In 1892, after several years of earnest efforts on the part of Chillicothe citizens, the shops of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern were authorized to be moved from Zaleski to the county seat of Ross. The company had been paid a bonus of $85,000, for which bonds were authorized by the Legislature in 1890 and duly issued by the city. The shops were completed in 1893. The location of the shops at Chillicothe reinforced her position as a railroad town and hastened the adoption of standard, or railway time. In accord with an act of the State Legislature, at noon on April 1, 1893, the hands of the town clock were put back twenty-eight minutes, making railroad time standard, or legal, throughout the county. There was much opposition to the change, and many people, especially in the country districts, refused to adopt it. Some still hold the fort as to "sun" time, although their number is steadily dwindling. PASSING OF THE OLD COVERED BRIDGE On December 24, 1895, the old covered bridge over the Scioto at the foot of Main Street was burned. It was replaced at a cost of $32,000 by a steel bridge, which was swept away by the flood of 1898 and replaced, in 1899, by the structure which with additions is now in use. The still older and more historic structure, known as the Bridge Street bridge, placed at the crossing of Zane's trace, has already been noted. HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND CITY CENTENNIAL In January, 1896, the Historical Society was formed. The charter members were William T. McClintick, whose father. Judge James McClintick, came here in 1806 ; D. Meade Massie, grandson of the founder of Chillicothe ; C. C. Waddle, whose grandfather, John Waddle, came here in 1806; E. S. Wenis, whose family, on the distaff side, came here in 1808; Elijah Cutright, Albert Douglas, J. M. VanMeter, Seymour Cunningham, all descendants of pioneers; G. W. C. Perry, of the family of Commodore Perry, of Lake Erie fame ; W. H. Safford and H. S. Adams. The city's centennial was celebrated during the week of July 20-25, of the same year. Preparations had been making for months. In April there had been a preliminary celebration at Memorial Hall, as nearly as could be determined, on the date of the first laying out of the city, but, for various reasons, the main celebration was in July. The central committee having charge of 304 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY arrangements was composed of Messrs. W. T. McClintick, W. E. Gilmore, W. H. Safford, D. M. Massie, Albert Douglas, C. C. Waddle, F. C. Arbenz, S. H. Hurst and Secretary E. S. Wenis. One of the features of the centennial was the loan exhibit, held in the Central School building under the auspices of the ladies. This was a most interesting and valuable collection of historical relics. A small fee was charged for admittance, and the proceeds were turned over to the hospital. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the Central Ohio Saengerbund held at Memorial Hall its eighth Saengerfest. The first one had been held in this city in 1863. On the evenings of those three days there were fine concerts, with some of the best soloists in the country, and with a chorus over 400 strong. On Thursday, July 23d, the formal centennial was observed. In the morning there was a procession which took over an hour to pass a given point. In it were the military, all civic societies, secret societies, fire department, city officials, visiting singing societies, and many floats, representing historic houses and pioneer scenes. One of the features was the Cornplanter Tribe of Redmen, from Adelphi, fifty strong, who were capitally got up as Indians, and looked very realistic. The city was extensively and elaborately decorated, the central part being a glowing mass of color with flags and bunting, while nearly every house in town was decorated. Arches were erected at Main and Paint, Second and Paint and at the head of Paint Street, and these were illuminated at night with hundreds of electric lights. The centennial closed Thursday night with a great meeting at Memorial Hall. The speaker of the occasion was Postmaster General Wilson, who came from the part of Virginia, now West Virginia, whence many of the first settlers migrated. THE STATE CENTENNIAL The celebration of the centenary of Ohio's statehood, on May 21 and 22, 1903, was an event of broad significance and deep interest. It was conceded that Chillicothe was the logical city in which to hold the historical festival, although when the matter was first broached Toledo put in a strong plea and even asked Congress for an appropriation to further the enterprise. But the national legislators refused it, on the ground that the celebration was strictly a state matter, and the Legislature came to the conclusion that Toledo's claims were not based on valid grounds of history or logic. At one time, however, the prospects of Chillicothe seemed dubious, and the matter might have been dropped had it not been for Hon. David M. Massie. He represented Ross County in the HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 305 Legislature at the time and succeeded in directing a resolution through that body, recommending the holding of such a centennial, and authorizing the governor to appoint a state commission which, with a committee from the State Archaeological and Historical Society, should have power to select a place for holding the celebration and making arrangements for it. In May, 1902, Wallace D. Yaple, mayor of Chillicothe, issued a proclamation calling on the citizens, the Board of Trade and the various organizations to unite in extending to the state commission and the Historical Society an invitation to hold the celebration in this city, as being the logical place for the holding of Ohio's Centennial, this place having been one of the capitals of the Northwest Territory, the place where the Constitutional Convention was held, the first capital of Ohio, the home of Ohio's first governor, and the headquarters of the party, the efforts of which resulted in St. Clair's defeat and the formation of the state. On June 7th, at a meeting of the State Historical Society, held in Columbus, Chillicothe's claims were presented by Messrs. Gerard Fowke, the well known archaeologist, and W. H. Hunter, senior editor of the Chillicothe News-Advertiser. It was decided to hold the centennial at Chillicothe, although some members favored Columbus as being likely to give more money for the event. On June 19th Governor Nash announced the members of the State Centennial Commission, as follows, with himself as chairman ex-officio : Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Springfield ; Gen. Charles M. Anderson, of Greenville ; Gen. James Barnett, of Cleveland ; Gen. R. B. Cowen, of Cincinnati ; Hon. David S. Gray, of Columbus; Robert W. Manly, of Chillicothe ; Hon. Rush R. Sloane, of Sandusky. The executive committee of the Historical Society, which was to act with the commission, was named by the society as follows: General Brinkerhoff of Mansfield, George F. Bareis of Columbus, W. H. Hunter of Chillicothe, Hon. A. R. McIntire, Prof. B. F. Prince, E. C. Randall, secretary of the society; S. S. Rickly, Hon. D. J. Ryan, Gen. George B. Wright, Prof. G. Fred Wright. Owing to the fact that March 1st, the exact date of the inauguration of Ohio's first governor, comes when the weather is apt to be inclement, it was decided to hold the centennial celebration on Wednesday and Thursday, May 20th and 21st. The Legislature had made no appropriation for the purpose of holding the centennial, but at a special session held in the fall of 1902, through the efforts of Governor Nash and of MO: J. C. Foster, representative from Ross County, the sum of $10,000 was appropriated. This amount would have been altogether insufficient if it had been proposed to have the state make a spectacular display of the celebration ; but the plans of the historical society leaned rather toward Vol. I-20 306 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY a quiet program of speeches by well known men. Anything of a spectacular nature was left to the citizens of Chillicothe. At a mass meeting of the board of trade and of citizens interested in the movement Maj. William Poland was elected general chairman of the local workers, with the privilege of announcing his heads of departments, those sub-chairmen, with the general chairman, to form the local executive committee. The chairmen of the committees were as follows: Col. Richard Enderlin, finance ; Hon. Albert Douglas, entertainment ; Hon. Wallace D. Yaple, reception ; Burton E. Stevenson, publicity ; William B. Mills, relic museum ; W. H. Brimson, transportation ; Henry H. Bennett, decoration ; Hon. F. C. Arbenz, music ; Capt. E. R. McKee, information ; A. R. Wolfe, parade ; E. S. Wenis, program ; Miss Alice Bennett, Woman's Committee ; Mrs. John A. Nipgen, floral parade ; Ferdinand Marhbuff, grounds ; Joseph Gerber, construction ; W. H. Hunter, fireworks; Robert Manly, as a member of the state commission, and W. H. Hunter, as a member of the Historical Society 's Committee, were members at large of the local committee. It was at first proposed to secure, as speakers for the centennial, some of the most distinguished men of the country, including President Roosevelt, Senators Lodge and Daniel, President Woodrow Wilson (then of Princeton), Hon. Whitelaw Reid and William Dean Howells. However, when the special invitation committee went to Washington, in January, 1903, it was found that the invitations came too late to secure these gentlemen, all of them having made engagements some time before, which prevented their being present at the centennial. From early in the spring the various committees worked like beavers on the preparations for the coming event. The official invitations were sent out in the last week of April, and on May 6th, Governor Nash issued the following proclamation : On March 1, 1893, the first General Assembly of Ohio met and organized at Chillicothe, Ohio, and at that time the State of Ohio entered its career of statehood. "The centennial celebration of this event will be held at Chillicothe, May 20th to 21st, by authority of the General Assembly of Ohio and under the auspices of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. "The growth and development of Ohio during the century of its Statehood are commensurate with the greatness of our Nation. It is fitting that its achievements be properly observed, to the end that the commemoration of its great deeds and the lives of its founders may be not only perpetuated for the generations to come, but may be a source of inspiration to the living of today. Now, therefore, in behalf of the State, I invite its officials and the people HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 307 thereof to assemble at Chillicothe on the dates aforesaid and participate in the celebration there to be observed." Out of the appropriation by the state the committee in charge arranged to pay the expenses of the speakers, to issue a volume giving, in extenso, the papers of the speakers, and to give a certain amount toward local expenses in the shape of decorations, the relic museum, etc. All other expenses were borne by the citizens of Chillicothe. The publicity committee at once began to advertise the centennial through the columns of the press. Articles descriptive of Chillicothe and of Ohio, with interesting pieces of historical information, accompanied by photographs of historic homes and places, were sent to papers throughout the state and country. Letters were sent to the various papers of Ohio urging them to devote a part of their space to the coming celebration since it was to be, not a local affair, but an event of state and, in some sense, of national importance. The Press Club, of Chillicothe, of which W. H. Hunter was president, and Albert Fromm, of the Unzere Zeit, secretary, acted in conjunction with the publicity committee, by inviting the representatives of the press to be present. They arranged for press headquarters at Eintracht Hall, where typewriters, Western Union wires, stationery, and other necessaries for work were provided and where attendants served light refreshments throughout the day whenever the visiting newspaper men felt hungry or thirsty. A more elaborate "newspaper man's snack" was given Wednesday evening, May 20th, to the fraternity, to the speakers and distinguished guests, an account of which is given elsewhere in this issue. The executive board of the committee on decorations, consisting of the chairman, ably assisted by Capt. E. R. McKee and Messrs. H. W. Chapman and A. Sellenings, arranged for extensive decorations, which form one of the distinctive features of the celebration. The contract for all street decorations, with the public buildings, was in the hands of the decorating firm of F. G. Silvers & Company, of Philadelphia. In the scheme of decoration, as designed by the committee, the courthouse was the central feature. The streets centering about the courthouse were also most elaborately decorated and the entire city was gay with flags, and bunting. The fireworks, entertainment, transportation and women's committees were working overtime, and the music and finance committees were running neck-and-neck with them. The providing of rest rooms for women largely through the exertions of Miss Alice Bennett ; the work of F. C. Arbenz, chairman of the music committee, and of Capt. E. R. McKee, director of the patriotic chorus and head of the bureau of information, as well as of Col. Richard Enderlin, chairman of the body which drew in the "sinews of 308 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY war," materialized in the progress of the splendid celebration of May 21st and 22d. The weather was all that Chillicotheans could ask and the programme, as arranged by the committee of which E. S. Wenis was chairman, was substantially carried out, as follows: WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1903 Reception of guests. 9 A. M.—Presentation of plaster medallion of Governor Edward Tiffin, Ohio's first governor, to Ross County by William H. Hunter ; exercises in the Common Pleas Court Room in the courthouse on the site of the first capitol, Judge J. C. Douglas presiding. Rev. R. C. Galbraith to deliver the invocation; Miss Anna Cook, a great-granddaughter of Governor Tiffin, to unveil the tablet. The presentation address being made by Hon. Archibald Mayo for Mr. Hunter and the acceptance to be made on behalf of the county by Horatio C. Claypool. 10 A. M.—Centennial celebration of Ohio's Statehood opens in auditorium in the City Park, Gov. George K. Nash presiding. Selection—By the Fourth Regiment Band, of Columbus, Ohio. Invocation—Rev. A. M. Courtenay, pastor of Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Address of welcome—Hon. W. D. Yaple, mayor of Chillicothe. Response in behalf of the Ohio Archaeological Society—Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Springfield, Ohio. Music—By chorus of school children. Opening address—Gov. George K. Nash, of Columbus, Ohio. The History of the Northwest Territory to the Marietta Settlement—Hon. Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Music—Chorus of school children. The History of the Northwest Territory from the Marietta Settlement to the Organization of the State—Prof. Martin B. Andrews, of Marietta, Ohio. The Date of the Admission of Ohio into the Union, and the Great Seal of the State—Judge Rush R. Sloane, of Sandusky, Ohio. The Star Spangled Banner—By the Fourth Regiment Band, of Columbus. INTERMISSION Music—By Fourth Regiment Band. 2 P. M.—Invocation—Rev. F. H. Bene, Rector of St. Peter's Catholic Church. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 309 Ohio in the American Revolution—Hon. E. O. Randall, Columbus, Ohio. The Military History of Ohio, Including the War of 1812—Gen. Thomas Anderson, United States Army, Sandusky, Ohio. Music—The Hills and Vales Resound—Mass Chorus and Young Men's Orchestra. The Military History of Ohio from the War of 1812, Including the Civil War and Spanish American War—Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Springfield, Ohio. Ohio in the Navy—Hon. Murat Halstead, Cincinnati, Ohio. Music—" Old Glory"—George V. Sosman, Mass Chorus and Young Men's Orchestra. The Governors of Ohio Under the First Constitution—Hon. David Meade Massie, of Chillicothe. Ohio. The Governors of Ohio Under the Second Constitution—Hon. James E. Campbell, of New York City. Ohio in the United States Senate—Hon. J. B. Foraker, Cincinnati, Ohio. Music—" Centennial Hymn"—Mass Chorus and Young Men's Orchestra. Ohio in the National House of Representatives—Gen. Chas. H. Grosvenor, Athens, Ohio. Music "Hail Columbia"—By Fourth Regiment Band. INTERMISSION Music—Kipling's "Recessional "—Mass Chorus and Young Men's Orchestra. 7 :30 P. M.—Invocation—Rev. S. N. Watson, D. D., rector of St. Paul's. The Judiciary of Ohio—Moses M. Granger, Zanesville, Ohio. The Industrial Progress of Ohio—Senator M. A. Hanna, Cleveland, Ohio. Music—" To Thee Oh ! Country"—Mass Chorus and Young Men's. Orchestra. The Public Schools of Ohio—Hon. Lewis D. Bonebrake, Columbus, Ohio. Music—"America"—Mass Chorus and Orchestra. The Universities of Ohio—President W. 0. Thompson, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Music—" The Red, White and Blue,"—S. A. Roach, Mass Chorus and Young Men's Orchestra. The Achievements of Ohio in the Care of Her Unfortunates—Gen. R. Brinkerhoff, Mansfield, Ohio. 310 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY The Part Taken by Women in the History and Development of Ohio—Mrs. J. R. Hopley, Bucyrus, Ohio. The Ethnological History of Ohio—Judge B. R. Cowen, Cincinnati, Ohio. Benediction—Rev. J. L. Roemer, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Music—"Hands Across the Sea"—Fourth Regiment Band. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1903 10 A. M.—Gen. R. Brinkerhoff presiding. Music—By the Fourth Regiment Band. Invocation—Rev. Jos. Reinicke, pastor of the German Salem Church. The Ohio Presidents—Thos. Ewing, Jr., New York City. The Press of Ohio—S. S. Knabenshue, Toledo, Ohio. Music—By the Fourth Regiment Band. Ohio Literary Men and Women—Prof. W. H. Venable, Cincinnati, Ohio. Religious Influences in Ohio—Bishop C. C. McCabe, Omaha, Neb. Music—By the Fourth Regiment Band. Introduction and Congratulatory Remarks by Distinguished Visitors. Benediction—Rev. G. H. Schnur, pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church. Music—The Stars and Stripes Forever—Fourth Regiment Band. INTERMISSION 2 P. M.—A grand parade of all military and civic societies in the city and of visiting delegates, to be reviewed by the governor, distinguished speakers, etc. Band concerts at different localities during the afternoon. 4 to 5 P. M.—Reception to distinguished visiting women at Clough Hall by Woman's Centennial Committee. City Park—The Fourth Regiment Band of Columbus and the Neeley Cadet Band of South Salem. An elaborate display of fireworks to close the ceremonies attend. ing this celebration of Ohio's 100th anniversary—This display of fireworks to be given in the City Park, the waters of the lake mirroring the pyrotechnical display. WHY MR. MASSIE DID NOT SPEAK One of the items of the programme, which circumstances made it impossible to carry out as announced, was the proposed address HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 311 of Hon. David M. Massie on "The Governors of Ohio under the First Constitution." He was unexpectedly called away to Havana, Cuba, to take testimony in cases under the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, in which claimants from both the United States and Europe were concerned. This was much regretted both because of Mr. Massie's attractions as a speaker and because of the appropriateness of his selection to treat the topic. He is the grandson of Gen. Nathaniel Massie, the founder of Chillicothe, a member of the first state constitutional convention and the first speaker of the State Senate. General Massie was one of the founders of the state and the intimate friend of several of its early governors. THE CENTENNIAL LOAN EXHIBIT One of the most interesting and instructive features of the celebration was the loan exhibit of historical, Indian and archaeological relics held in Memorial Hall under the supervision of William B. Mills. It was thus described by the Gazette : "The two long side walls of the hall are almost covered with ancestral portraits, paintings, engravings and other forms of art, seeming almost to smile down a benediction upon the faithfully executed trust of their descendants, who have so carefully preserved the sacred relics of the past, which confront one in such profusion everywhere. " The rest of the wall and platform space is taken up by old fireplaces, and irons, samplers, tables, chairs, spinning wheels, china, wearing apparel, etc., etc. One handsome old mahogany table, from the Worthington estate, and now owned by Mr. Shriver, is particularly noticeable. "Turning from these, Mr. William B. Mills' fine collection naturally attracts the eye, by its extent and diversity. Mr. Mills has six large cases completely filled with seemingly everything. One treasure is a bit of marble from King Solomon's temple. This was presented to the owner by Mr. James Morgan, connected with the Smithsonian Institute, and at one time principal of our Western school building. There is a bit of flag staff from which waved the first American flag ever raised in California, under the intrepid Fremont ; a piece of the charter oak ; fragment of Plymouth rock ; piece of Sir John Franklin's sled, brought from the Arctics by Dr. Kane, and secured by Mr. Mills at the Philadelphia Exposition ; pecans gathered from the Appian Way ; mosaic from the temple of Venus ; one of the old wooden staples with which the old First church steeple was pinned ; scoria from Mt. Vesuvius; stone from Melrose Abbey; fragment of brick from the Colosseum; these were ten inches wide by eighteen long; shells and seaweed from Joppa ; Chinese money ; fossils, Indian pipes and weapons and hundreds 312 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY of other things too numerous to mention. Mr. Mills is a veteran collector. " One article, rare in any collection, is a pair of counterfeiter's moulds, used by Brown, who lived here, was afterwards sent to the penitentiary and died in prison in 1880. His house on Seventh street, was later occupied by an employe of the paper mill, who discovered these under the floor, and gave them to Mr. Mills. These dies are very hard to get hold of, as they are destroyed as soon as discovered, by the authorities. "Mr. Rufus Putman's collection is also fine and extensive, including relics from all the wars, back to the Revolution. One of his treasures is the flint lock pistol his great grandfather, Gen. Putman, for whom he is named, carried in the Revolution. His assortment of belts, flasks, ammunition, guns and other implements of war is large indeed. Gov. Tiffin's spur and Kenton's powder horn are among his treasures, also an old horn spoon brought over from England by John Putman in 1600. "Mr. Putman's case of minerals and semi-precious stones is very beautiful, and attracts much attention. With these is to be found an exquisite chrysolite, set in chased gold, loaned by R. H. Wallace. This was worn at the court of James Scotland, and can be traced back two hundred and fifty years. In this case, the agates, felspar and corals are very pretty. "Two of Mr. Putman's more grewsome relics are the dark lantern and handcuffs connected with the murder of Fred Edwards by Henry Thomas, the first man ever hung in Ross County. The murder occurred near Bourneville and attracted much attention at the time. Today Mr. W. L. Moore supplemented these by giving Mr. Putman an old copy of the police Gazette published in 1846, and containing a thrilling account of the crime. Turning from these to another department, one discovers a LaFayette seal, found south of Chillicothe, with a lot of brass buttons and other articles, supposed to have belonged to the great general. "Capt. McKee's collection of swords is interesting, recording as they do many battles in many wars. Further on one sees the sabre, sword-knot and sash worn by Gen. Joshua Sill, brother of Mrs. Albert Douglas, Sr. He was killed in the battle of Stone River Dec. 3rd, '62, and was the youngest officer of his grade and rank in the Union army. Among other historic swords are those of Capt. Henry McLandburg, killed at Fredericksburg, Va. ; the one given by Gen. McArthur to William Campbell, grandfather of William Cutright, that of Capt. Benjamin Brown, one of the few Minute men who ever lived and died in Ohio, and that given to James Collier for bravery on the field of Brandywine. He was the last man to leave with the Flying Camp, when they stole away, leaving their HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 313 camp fires burning. James Collier was twice complimented for bravery ; at Long Island, where he received a captain's commission, and at Brandywine, where he was given epaulets and the sword by LaFayette. He was the maternal grandfather of the late Capt. Crawford of near Bourneville. "In a neighboring case are some dainty and curious things, many of them belonging to Miss Sallie Bacon, and including quaint pearl pocket books, candlesticks, a water bottle brought from Ireland more than a hundred years ago, shell combs and brass curtain hangers from the old McClure house. Here Mr. Haynes displays a beautifully chased sacramental cup, the history of which is lost ; this is side by side with a fierce looking old Spanish war knife. "Mr. Charles Haynes' display in another part of the room is excellent. Here are to be found single eyeglasses, such as used by court dandies ; heavy, square-rimmed silver spectacles, pistols, blunderbusses, flint locks, fire arms in wonderful variety. Queer old French duelling pistols, small ornamental revolvers, heavy fouling pieces used in the early wars, in sharp contrast to the new KragJorgenson. Hewett, the hermit's powderhorn is here ; the heavy Colt's revolver used by Dr. Rehwinkle ; pistol's from Harper's Ferry, and a handsomely silver mounted flint lock, brought over from France during the French Revolution by John Christopher, great grandfather of Mrs. W. E. Floyd. "Of interest is a long, unique, flat stocked deer rifle, which won fame as the Old Pumpkin Slinger.' This was used by Martin Haynes from 1828 to 1860, and in his hands has killed more deer than any other in Ross County. "The exhibits from the Indian mounds of this vicinity are peculiarly rich. That from Adena, now in fine shape, includes the copper bracelets, anklets and rings, knives, scrapers, beads, pottery, etc., also the wonderful effigy pipe which has attracted so much attention. From the Gartner mounds, six miles north of Chillicothe, are shown splendid finds, among them the interesting gorget with pearl setting. Here are shown a number of the collection of one hundred effigy pipes, taken from mound number eight, of the 'city group,' four miles from Chillicothe. "The Coover collection is of surpassing value. Most of that on exhibition is from the Baum pre-historic village, near Bourneville. It is splendidly arranged, and shows an infinite variety of worked bone and shell, in the shape of awls, fish-hooks, necklaces, arrow points, scrapers, etc., etc. Remains of sacrificial fires and photographs of the teepees, mounds, skeletons and other finds, yielded the explorers for their months of patient labor, are sufficient comment upon the anthropologic value of this department of scientific research." CHAPTER XI CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES PRESBYTERIANS AND METHODISTS FOUND CHURCHES-THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-EARLY METHODISM-THE WALNUT STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-THE THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-EPISCOPAL CHURCHES-THE FIRST EVANGELICAL CHURCH-THE EVANGELICAL SALEM CHURCH-CALVARY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES-PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-BRIDGE STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST-WATTS STREET UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH-QUINN CHAPEL, AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES—CHILLICOTHE HISTORIC IN AMERICAN MASONRY-PIONEER OHIO LODGES-GRAND LODGE OF OHIO ORGANIZED-NOTABLE EARLY MEMBERSHIP-INDIAN MASONS-OTHER INTERESTING ITEMS-PAST MASTERS AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS-CHILLICOTHE CHAPTER No. 4, ROYAL ARCH MA SONS-CHILLICOTHE COUNCIL No. 4, ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS- CHILLICOTHE COMMANDERY No. 8, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR-THE MASONIC TEMPLE-THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS AND IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN-MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA-CHILLICOTHE AERIE No. 600, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES OTHER SECRET AND BENEVOLENT BODIES-THE GESANG VEREIN EINTRACHT-THE RICHARD ENDERLIN WELFARE HOUSE-ASSOCIATED CHARITIES AND ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY-LABOR ORGANIZATIONS-WOMEN 'S CLUBS-LITERARY REPUTATIONS ABROAD. Chillicothe has been generously provided with those agencies and influences which have tended to develop her intellectual, social, benevolent and religious life. Provision for such activities has resulted from the constant and intelligent efforts of a substantial and, on the whole, an educated people, the earlier generations of whom largely came from the industrious and professional men and women of the New England, old Middle and Southern states. As we all know, the Middle States of today are a thousand miles west of the Middle States of a century ago. - 314 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 315 PRESBYTERIANS AND METHODISTS FOUND CHURCHES Shortly after Chillicothe was staked out as a town and a few cabins erected at and near it, the pioneers of the neighborhood commenced to get together in their homes and hold meetings for worship. At first, in order to thus commune at all, they sunk their sectarian beliefs for the general good, but as their number increased the cleavage began. The Presbyterians were the first to thus organize, in 1797, which was five years before the founding of the Gazette and the birth of local newspaperdom. In the following year the Methodists commenced to hold services at Chillicothe, Dr. Edward Tiffin, among others, preaching to the society. The First Presbyterian and the' Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal churches resulted, and they have grown in membership and strengthened, in other ways, with the years. The Presbyterians and the Methodists divided the local field until 1831, when a Calvanistic Baptist Church was incorporated, but did not long survive. The Quakers, or Friends, had also attempted to found a society, and in the late '40s, the Swedenborgians and Universalists founded churches which did not long endure. The sketches of those which follow are active and are presented substantially in chronological order. THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The founding of the First Presbyterian Church was an event of such moment to the welfare of Chillicothe and the county that it has already been described somewhat in detail, especially that period of its history previous to 1811, when it was known as New Hope Church. The Old Rock, as it has been christened among the substantial churches of the city, still stands firm without any signs of undermining. Rev. William Speer, as stated, served the New Hope Church from 1798 to 1802. The charge was served by various preachers during the following three years, but in 1805 Rev. Robert G. Wilson, formerly of South Carolina, was assigned to it, giving two-thirds of his time to New Hope and the remainder to a recently formed congregation known as Union. In June, 1812, he was directed to "devote" the whole of his ministerial labors to the First Presbyterian congregation in Chillicothe. Two years after Doctor Wilson had concentrated his ministerial labors upon the First Church at Chillicothe, the General Assembly of 1814, in response to petitions previously received, took the following action : "The committee to which was referred the petition of the Presbytery of Lancaster for the division of the Synod of Ken- 316 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY tucky, and a resolution of the Synod on the same subject, reported in favor of the petition, and it was 'Resolved, by the assembly, that the Presbytery of Lancaster be separated from the Synod of Pittsburgh, and the Presbyteries of Washington and Miami be separated from the Synod of Kentucky and be erected into a new synod to be called the Synod of Ohio, to meet at Chillicothe on the last Thursday of October next; that the Rev. Robert G. Wilson, or in case of his absence, the senior minister present, open the Synod with a sermon and preside until a new moderator be chosen.' " In pursuance with the foregoing Doctor Wilson was named the first moderator of the Synod of Ohio. Doctor Wilson's pastorate was of nearly nineteen years duration—the longest this church has ever enjoyed. Having been elected president of the Ohio University at Athens, he asked for a dissolution of the pastoral relation, which the congregation reluctantly granted, and the Presbytery effected, May 5, 1824. He remained at Athens for some years, and then returned to Chillicothe, to end his days among the people whom he had ardently loved, and who fully reciprocated his affection. He died at South Salem, April 17, 1851, and was buried (as were also his wife and two children) in the old graveyard, in the eastern part of the city. In 1877 they were removed to the beautiful cemetery on the hill ; the old monument was remodeled to adapt it to its more tasteful surroundings. and a mural tablet, with an appropriate inscription to the memory of the sainted doctor, was placed in the church edifice, which he lived and "rejoiced to see," though built twenty-two years after his resignation of the pastorate. Doctor Wilson was a man of great intellectual ability and fine scholarship, a dignified and cultured gentleman of the old school. His sermons were eloquent and instructive ; his style scriptural and doctrinal, practical and pointed. He had much to do in moulding public sentiment taking an active interest in secular and educational, as well as religious affairs. He exerted a wide and beneficent influence in the community, and to this day his name is honored and revered by all. After Doctor Wilson's removal, there was a vacancy in the pastorate of about two years, at the end of which time in the spring of 1826 Rev. William Graham, of the Miami Presbytery, became the pastor, being regularly installed on the fourth Wednesday of June following. As the result of his ministry of nearly six years, 105 communicants were added to the church on profession, and 31 on certificate. But, though his pastorate was thus blessed in the rapid growth of the church, yet it was a period of sore trials and dissensions. Theological controversies that disturbed the Presbyterian Church throughout the country, aroused at Chillicothe a HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 317 deep partisan feeling which was much intensified by local questions. The result of these divisions was the organization of the Second Presbyterian Church, not very long after Mr. Graham's resignation, which was tendered and accepted early in the year 1832. In March, of that year, Rev. Hugh S. Fullerton was invited to supply the pulpit for twelve months. At the expiration of that time he was installed—continuing pastor until October 17, 1836. After another vacancy of nearly a year, Rev. Thomas Woodrow was called to the pastorate August 12, 1837. He accepted the call, but, having recently come to this country, he could not, under a rule of the Presbytery, be installed until after a year's residence. Entering at once upon his labors, his installation took place on the first Friday of November, 1838. After a successful pastorate of ten years and nine months he resigned, April 5, 1848. It will interest those of the present to know that Mr. Woodrow was the maternal grandfather of President Woodrow Wilson. On September 4, 1848, Rev. Irwin Carson was invited to supply the pulpit for six months; but, before the expiration of that time, he was invited to become the settled pastor and was installed as such May 9, 1849. His pastorate lasted five years and seven months, closing April 5, 1864. After several years of faithful and successful labor in other fields, he returned in feeble health (as he had left) to Chillicothe, where he died, May 31, 1875, and was buried in its beautiful cemetery on the hill. On August 7, 1854, the congregation called Rev. Dr. William C. Anderson, who declined the call, but consented to serve the church as stated supply—remaining thirteen months. Rev. Dr. Robert L. Stanton was called to the pastorate in the latter part of 1855, and was installed the first Thursday of June, 1856. On August 26, 1862, after a pastorate of nearly seven years, during which he served as moderator of the General Assembly, Doctor Stanton resigned, having accepted a professorship in the theological seminary at Danville, Kentucky. After serving in that capacity for several years, he was elected president of Miami University, where he also remained a number of years. On February 26, 1863, Rev. William G. Hillman was invited to supply the pulpit temporarily and remained fifteen months. In August, 1864, Dr. H. W. Biggs entered upon his labors, being regularly installed on the twenty-first of the following month. Doctor Biggs was called from Morgantown, West Virginia, where he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church for ten years. In 1845, when sixteen years of age, he was graduated from Cincinnati College, of which his father was president. He received his degree of D. D. from Wooster College, in 1877. His active pastorate continued until 1892 and he was pastor emeritus of the church for some 318 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY years afterward. During the last three years of his long and notable pastorate Rev. T. S. McWilliams was the co-pastor of the church. Rev. William H. Fishburn, D. D., was pastor in 1893-94 ; Rev. William C. Stinson, D. D., from 1895-1900 ; Rev. John L. Roemer, 1901-05 ; Rev. William M. Hindman, D. D., 1905-12, and Doctor Stinson, whose second pastorate commenced in 1913, continues to the present time. The First Presbyterian Church, as an organization, has occupied four houses of worship, ranging from a log house to the beautiful stone edifice of the present. Soon after the coming of its first pastor, Rev. William Speer, a log cabin was thrown together near Bridge Street bridge, and before it was finished services were held in it. After 1802, for a time, the little Presbyterian society met in the lower room of the old log-house which served as the first meeting place of the Territorial Assembly. A little later the services were held in the new stone state house. Then the congregation, growing constantly stronger, built a church on the south side of East Second Street, where the foundry now stands, just east of the canal. This was a quaint, brick edifice, with entrances on three sides, and with galleries running around three sides of the interior. The floor was paved with large, square red bricks, similar to the old churches in England and on the continent. In that old church worshipped the Renicks, McCoys, Waddles, Carlisles, Winships, Creightons and others whose names are identified with the history of the church and of Chillicothe. In 1844 the new brick church on West Main Street was built, but was not dedicated until May 31, 1846, when the Rev. Thomas Woodrow was pastor. In the Gazette for September 12, 1844, appears a note to the effect that the new church "is almost finished," and a description of the new bell for the "white steeple," as given by a gentleman who had just returned from Cincinnati, where the bell was being cast at the Buckeye Foundry. On the bell, says the old note, is the motto : "When Joy and Mirth are on the wing—I ring : To call the folk to church in time—I chime : When from the body parts the soul—I toll : Long may I proclaim this honour—is my prayer." For almost fifty years the old church under the white steeple served as the place of meeting, but then the familiar landmark was torn down to make way for the handsome stone structure that now stands on the old site. The corner-stone of the new church was laid on October 17, 1893, with elaborate ceremony. During the building of the new church the congregations met in the upper courtroom. The first services held within the walls of the new building HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 319 were on September 9, 1894, and were conducted by Rev. Glenroie McQueen, of Illinois. It was formally dedicated at the centennial celebration of the founding of the church in October, 1898. The structure, one of the handsomest religious edifices in the city, is built of grey limestone with brown sandstone trimmings, and has a seating capacity of 600 or 700. Its square tower is 120 feet in height. The interior is finished in quartered oak and the vestibule floors in marble mosaic. The organ is a memorial to the McCoy, Renick and Waddle families, and among the various rich memorial windows are two large ones dedicated to the Duns and Fullertons and others to the Massies and Worthingtons. Over $50,000 was spent in the erection of the church building. Within recent years one of the most notable events which has transpired within its walls was the centennial celebration of the erection of the Ohio Synod from the old synods of Kentucky and Pittsburg. EARLY METHODISM Methodism in Chillicothe runs along in an unbroken stream for half a century, from 1798 to 1842 ; the mother church was then divided into the Eastern Charge, or Trinity, and the Western Charge, or the Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In the year first mentioned, Dr. Edward Tiffin, afterward governor and United States senator of the new State of Ohio, with Everard Harr, both local preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, began holding religious services and preaching to the people of the infant settlement. In 1799 Rev. Henry Smith, acting under authority of the Western Conference, formed the first Methodist Circuit in the Scioto Valley and called it Scioto Circuit. Chillicothe was one of the regular appointments and from that time there was regular preaching every three weeks. The services were held part of the time in the open air and at other times in a small log house on East Water Street. On the 17th of July, 1800, the first Methodist Society was organized in Chillicothe and consisted of eighteen members. In the meantime, probably in the same year, a one and one-half story brick building, nearly square in shape, was erected on West Second Street. The main entrance was in the center of the south side of the building and beside the main room were an end and two side galleries. There was a door at the west end, and a flight of stairs led from the northwest corner of the building to the gallery. The floor was of brick. The colored members of the congregation occupied the north gallery. But the attendance soon became too large for the church and the official board decided to build a new one. In 1803-04 the society was holding meetings in the old loghouse 320 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY at the northwest corner of Second and Walnut and in the stone statehouse, as other congregations did. Among the first supporters of the church were Edward Tiffin, Judge Thomas Scott, Doctor McAdow, Hector Sanford, William McDonald, Daniel Madeira and others. In 1804 John Shields, Thomas Scott, Everard Harr, William Rutledge and Joseph Gardner were appointed trustees to superintend the building of a church. They bought a lot on the south side of Second Street and the first cross alley east, for which they paid $90. They sold this lot, however, and built their church on the north side of the street where the livery stable now stands, at the corner of the alley between Walnut and Paint. This lot they bought from Henry Massie. William Rutledge was mason in charge. He had been the builder of the stone statehouse. For the stone work on the foundation of the church it is recorded that he was paid at the rate of "ten shillings per perch, to be measured according to Chillicothe masons' measure." The church, which was of brick, was sufficiently advanced to be used for the meetings of the Western Conference, which convened on the 14th of September, 1807, and was presided over by Bishop Francis Asbury. The building was not entirely completed until 1811, and in October of the following year the session of the Ohio Conference was held in the church, Bishop William McKendree presiding. In 1819 the Methodists commenced to build a new church in the rear of the old one. When it was almost completed, a fire destroyed all but the walls of both new and old churches; the former was therefore reconstructed, and the remains of the 1811 church removed. This left a large space in front of the new church, which remained until the property was sold to a liveryman for a stable. While the structure was being completed the society procured a room in the old woolen factory building, which stood on the west side of Walnut Street between Main and Second streets. The old church was a part of the Deer Creek Circuit until August 7, 1819, when it was made a station and remained as such until September 28, 1828, when it was again thrown into Deer Creek Circuit and made a two weeks' appointment. Again, in 1831, it was made a station and called Chillicothe Charge. In 1841 many were added to the church by the revival conducted by Rev. John Miley. In the spring of 1842 the membership was reported at 700, and it was thought best for Methodism that the congregation should divide ; therefore, by resolution of the official board the old Chillicothe Charge was divided into the Eastern and Western charges. The membership of the two charges was agreed upon, as follows : The Eastern Charge comprising all the members living east of Paint and south of Main streets; the Western Charge, to comprise all the members living west of Paint and north of Main streets. HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 321 The Methodist Church of Chillicothe was in the Scioto and Deer Creek circuits, of the Western Conference, from 1800 to 1811, inclusive, and during that period the following preached to the charge : Scioto Circuit, 1800-07—Henry Smith, Henry B. Bascom, Benjamin Young, Elisha W. Bowman, John Sale, Stephen Timmons, William Paterson, Nathan Barnes, Luther Taylor, Caleb W. Cloud, James Quinn, Peter Cartwright, Anthony Houston and Milton Ladd. Deer Creek Circuit, 1808-11—Benjamin Lakin, John Crane, John Collins, Wood Lloyd, Francis Travis, Ralph Lotspeich and Joseph Haines. From 1812, when it was placed in the Ohio Conference, until the division in 1842, the following served the charge : Robert Cloud, Charles Waddle, Samuel Parker, Alexander Cummins, Henry B. Bascom, Isaac Quinn, Sadosa Bacon, Walter Griffith, Isaac Pavey, Charles Waddle, Samuel Glaze, S. Ruark, R. W. Finley, John Brown, James Quinn, John Collins, Cornelius Springer, John F. Wright, William Simmons, John Meeks, Henry S. Fernandis, Leroy Swormstedt, George W. Walker, John H. Power, Joseph M. Trimble, Joseph M. Mathews, N. Emery, A. D. Fox, R. 0. Spencer, George C. Crum, Cyrus Brooks, Arza Brown, John Miley and John Barton. The church of 1819 continued to be occupied by the mother society, or Western Charge, after the Eastern, or Main Street Charge, had separated and built its own house in 1842. In 1849 the old building on Second Street was sold to Bishop J. B. Purcell for the use of the Catholics, and in the following year the new church was erected on Walnut Street near Second. The building was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies on September 8, 1850, by Bishop Edmund S. Janes, assisted by Revs. James B. Finley and Joseph Trimble. Though the project of building had been agitated for a number of years and several generous bequests had been made for that purpose, it was not until 1901, under the pastorate of Rev. Dr. A. M. Courtenay, that the matter assumed definite shape. At a meeting of the Quarterly Conference held on the 30th day of December of that year, the trustees were authorized to procure a site for the erection of a new church building, and on the 23d of April, 1902, they reported the purchase of a lot situated at the corner of Main and Walnut streets. Thereupon it was decided to solicit funds and prepare plans for the new church and a building committee, consisting of E. R. McKee, Miss Diathea Cook, E. L. Horsey, F. A. Sosman and Edward Long, was appointed. The committee began their work of canvassing the congregation for subscriptions, and after a reasonable time reported pledges amounting to about Vol. I-21 322 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY $16,000, which, together with the funds already accumulated, amounted to some $39,500. On the 2d of July, 1903, the contract for the building was signed, and on the 22d of the following September the corner stone was laid with imposing ceremonies. The new church is of the Romanesque style of architecture, and has a seating capacity of 450 in the main auditorium, and about the same number in the Sunday school room. As the building neared completion, it was found that an additional sum of $13,500 would be required to complete the payment for the same, and Rev. Chas. E. Chandler, the pastor of the church, and the building committee, began another canvass of the membership of the church, with the result that the entire amount was pledged, and the church was dedicated free of all debt on the 26th day of February, 1905. The contract price of the building, with the cost of site, new church organ, memorial windows, church furnishings and other expenses made the cost of the church fully completed about $53,000. Since the division of the original Methodist Church into Eastern and Western charges, in 1842, the following have served the latter, or Walnut Street Church : George C. Crum, William Herr, Asbury Lowry, J. G. Dimmitt, Augustus Eddy, John W. Weakley, C. W. Sears, James L. Grover, John W. Ross, Benjamin St. J. Fry, G. W. Brush, Cyrus D. Felton, C. A. Van Anda, C. D. Batelle, Joseph H. Creighton, W. F. Harvey, Robert W. Manly, W. F. Hughey, Thomas R. Taylor, A. C. Hirst, F. S. Davis, J. C. Jackson, H. C. Sexton, T. G. Dickinson, Robert F. Bishop, Austin M. Courtenay, Charles E. Chandler and Rev. C. P. Hargraves. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH The history of Trinity Church commences with the division of the original Methodist body at Chillicothe into Eastern and Western charges in 1842. On February 26th of that year a committee, consisting of Dr. Samuel McAdow, Thomas Orr and John P. Robinson, was appointed to select a lot upon which to build a church for the Eastern Charge. That action led to the purchase of the present site of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church on Main Street west of Mulberry. The lot was bought of Jeremiah McLean and deeded to Samuel Ewing, Edward Fitzgerald, Thomas Orr, Joshua Evans, Samuel McAdow, John S. Robinson, William McKell, George Sosman and Carey A. Trimble, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Chillicothe, Ohio. The consideration was $800 in lawful money of the United States. In 1842 the church was built and dedicated. It was known as the Eastern Charge for several years, when its name was changed to the Main Street Charge. It continued to bear this name until HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY - 323 it was remodeled at an expenditure of over $4,000, when, by resolution of the official board, passed September 18, 1890, its name was changed to Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. The congregation, realizing the need of better facilities for church work, decided again to remodel and make anew the former building. Plans were submitted by Architects Badgley and Nicklas, of Cleveland, Ohio, which were adopted October 23, 1905, and the following committees were appointed : Building committee—J. P. Phillips, S. H. Mosher, Dr. S. T. Yaple, H. C. Mytinger, Mrs. S. F. Secrest. Finance committee—George E. Mosher, S. F. Secrest, W. G. Houser, M. J. Scott, J. H. West, Wm. Beideman, Margaret McGuire, Mrs. S. H. Mosher, Mrs. James Shriver. The plan adopted for raising the money necessary to carry out the proposed plans was that of voluntary subscriptions, and this was adhered to throughout the course of construction. The work of construction necessitated the vacating of the building. This was done April 26, 1906. By the courtesy of the official board of the Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church the Trinity Society had use of their old church building on Walnut Street until November, 1906. In the following month the new church was occupied, having been completed at a cost of $32,000. The following pastors have served this church since its organization : Revs. James Whitcomb, William Young, Asbury Lowery, W. H. Sutherland, B. N. Spahr, William Porter, W. H. McClintick, Zachariah Wharton, J. M. Jamison, Isaac Crook, I. F. King, two terms, Ancil Brook, A. B. See, W. H. Scott ; J. H. Gardner, S. A. Keen, C. M. Bathauser, O. J. Nave, W. D. Cherrington, E. H. Heagler, F. W. Gunsaulus, W. P. McGlaughlin, T. A. Turner, R. H. Wallace, Byron Palmer, D. Y. Murdock, J. E. Rudisill, Z. W. Fagan, J. W. Luccock, A. H. Lathrop, L. C. Haddox and Arthur P. Cherrington. THE THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Third Presbyterian Church of Chillicothe was organized about the year 1806, under the care of the presbytery of Kentucky subordinate to the General Synod of the Associate Reform Church. Under that jurisdiction, it remained without a pastor until January, 1811. At that time Rev. Samuel Crothers was ordained and installed as pastor of the united congregations of Chillicothe and Hop Run. Two years later, in April, 1813, the former congregation being able to sustain a pastor, Mr. Crothers gave his whole time to the latter. In 1814 Rev. John McFarland was ordained and installed over the church at Chillicothe. Messrs. Crothers and McFarland came from the Theological Seminary in New York City 324 - HISTORY OF ROSS COUNTY which was then under the care of the distinguished Dr. John M. Mason. Doctor Crothers died in 1856. Mr. McFarland continued as pastor until 1820, when he resigned his charge and united with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Immediately afterward, the presbyterial relation of the congregation was changed from that of Kentucky to that of the First Ohio, a new presbytery under the jurisdiction of the Synod of the West. The church was without a pastor until the spring of 1825, when Rev. Joseph Claybaugh was ordained and installed over it. Doctor Claybaugh was a man of superior talents and had a pleasant and successful pastorate. It was during his pastorate in 1826, while the Synod was in session at Chillicothe, that the first memorial was presented on the subject of slavery, and in 1830 the first definite .action was taken whereby the Associate Reformed Synod of the West decidedly pronounced against the "peculiar institution." In 1832 the congregation abandoned its former place of worship and entered the new edifice on Main Street. In 1838 the territory of the First Presbytery of Ohio was divided into three presbyteries—First Ohio, Springfield and Chillicothe. Differences had arisen concerning the location of the theological seminary, then at Alleghany City, Pennsylvania. These were harmonized by the general synod 4 1839, convened in Chillicothe, which divided it into two organizations called the First and Second synods of the West, and granted a theological seminary to each ; the one to remain at Alleghany, and the other to be established at Oxford, Ohio. Doctor Claybaugh -was elected by the synod as senior professor in the Oxford Seminary. In November, 1843, Rev. William T. Findley was installed pastor and continued as such about twelve years. In 1850 the congregation erected a handsome Gothic edifice on the site of the former church building. Doctor Findley resigned his charge in 1855 and united with the Old School Presbyterians. In November, 1856, Rev. William H. Priestley was installed pastor. On the first of April, 1857, the church edifice was destroyed by fire. This was a severe blow to the congregation, as it had erected the church but seven years before and freed it from debt. The Second Presbyterian Church granted the congregation the privilege of worshipping in their church on Sabbath afternoons. In the fall the new lecture room was finished and regular Sabbath and weekly services were resumed ; and in the spring of 1858 the church building was completed and occupied. It was during that year that the union between the Associate and Associate Reformed churches was perfected on terms which were anything but agreeable to a large portion of the congregation, and from which the, pastor, then a delegate to the General Synod, dissented. The union of these bodies formed what has since been known as