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May 22nd 1976
Bicentennial
Edition
1976
1776
History
Palestine, Ohio
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HISTORY OF PALESTINE
Located in Liberty Township
The area of Liberty Township was first known as German Township, formed in December 1820. The area included about 33 square miles or · over 21,000 acres of land. Prior to 1820 settlers from Pennsylvania and Virginia settled here. James Cloyd moved to this township and settled on the prairie, just South of the present site of Palestine in 1814. Jonathan Pearson settled on the prairie southeast of Palestine about 1816, but little was known of this man, who was perhaps the third settler. In the early days this township was a favorite resort for the Indians. On the arrival of the whites, several Indian camps were found, but within a few years, they disappeared. Old settlers affirm that a spring on the lands of Elias Ross was a special attraction, not only.to the Indian, but to wild animals, on account of the purity and sweetness of its waters. Indications show at least two Indian Villages of considerable size within the present limits of the township. One of these was located in Section 10, and the other in Section 3, both near fine springs. Indian implements of great variety and in considerable abundance are found strewn over the surface in the vicinity. Remains of skeletons, supposed to have belonged to Indians, are found in abundance in many of the gravel banks, which have been opened up. One skull was found near the residence of Jesse Woods, of remarkable size.
The topography of the township shows that it possessed many points of interest and attraction; its running waters, its prairies and its gently rolling surface were points at once noticed by the quick searching eye of the pioneers and farmers, such as Peter Crumrine, Daniel Wagner, who was a soldier in war for independence, George Teaford and Martin Ketring, who were the largest farmers in the area. Other farmers were Henry Ross, George Stingley, George Kester, . Wear Cassady, J. Wenrick and John McNeill.
The first piece of ground platted for a village site in the township was located on the northwest quarter of Section 24. The survey was caused at the instance of Nathaniel Ross, and the incipient town at one time contained a saw and grist mill, a grocery and a store. Bright anticipations of churches, schools and factories were doomed to dis- appointment. A rival sprang up across the prairie, which in time proved its ruin, and New London City exists only in this brief allusion to it.
Palestine was laid out in 1833 by Samuel Loring and is the largest village remaining in the township. A beautiful view from the site of the present village is thought to have suggested the name. As early as 1820 a schoolhouse was erected on the southwest quarter of Section 14. The residents of German township have always taken much interest in educational matters. The first teacher was William R. Jones. The second schoolhouse was built in 1822, on the northwest quarter of
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Section 13. The first graduating class had four members in 1906 and all were girls. A new brick school house was erected having six rooms, at a cost of about $15,000 in 1913, which is still being used. located on the south side of Cross Street near the western limits of the village of Palestine. This school became a second grade high school in 1914 with six graduates. In 1919 it became a First Grade High School with nine pupils graduating. The last graduating class consist- ed of 19 members in 1952.
There is a settlement of colored people in the northwestern part of this township which dates its origin from 1822, when James Clemens came from Rockingham County, Virginia, which county had passed a law that all free-born colored people should leave the state. Clemens entered 320 acres of land. He married Sophoria Sellers, of his home county, and became the father of ten children, five sons and five daughters. Three of his sons, Charles, William and Perry, became ministers of the gospel. Being attracted by the location and natural resources of this part of the country, other colored families soon followed Clemens, among who were Reuben Bass and wife, who came from Builford County, North Carolina in 1823, and entered 200 acres of land. They were the parents of eight children. John Randles and wife and Thornton Alexan- der and wife of Virginia were also among the early settlers, who enter- ed a considerable amount of government land. From this comparatively small beginning the settlement has grown until now it contains about 450 inhabitants, with two churches, four school houses and a number of prosperous homes. This settlement has extended into Indiana formerly supported an academy known as the Union Literary Institute, which about forty years ago was in a flourishing condition. Soon very prominent men of both the white and colored races were educated here and went out into the world to fill places of honor in nearly all walks of life, as judges, lawyers, doctors, bishops, presidents of colleges, etc. The older people of the settlement now look back on this institution with pride and recognize that it was one of the means of holding the settle- ment together, providing several hundred acres of land and helping to establish a better school system. Tampico, the principal village in this settlement, was laid out in 1850. The people are generally religious, industrious, patriotic and temperate and have advanced moral ideals, commanding the respect of the general populace.
The oldest known organization in Liberty Township which is still active is The Washington & German Townships Self-Protective Association of Darke County, Ohio, which was organized February 16, 1895. Members today total 19, meeting once a year in December.
The early custom of burial at sites near the homes has originated a number of grounds in the township. There are eight cemeteries in the township, of which the one at Palestine is the largest.
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The first religious meetings in German Township were held in the cabins of the settlers. The pioneer preacher was Jacob Ashley, of the Luther- an Church. He came up once a month from Germantown and held services, for which he received a salary of $12 per year. David Miller, first minister of the Miami Valley and Benjamin Bowman from Indiana spoke to the people of things eternal and spiritual. They were ministers of the German Baptist Church. The first church built in the township was known as the "St. Johns" a Lutheran enterprise, erected in 1826, south of Palestine, on land owned by John Ketring. The old structure was constructed of tree-trunks cut from the forest surrounding, but in 1868 this was supplanted by a more comfortable and pretentious frame build- ing. The Universalist Church at Palestine was organized by Rev. Elihu Moore and ten others, on June 18, 1868. The minister named was the one first employed. Their first meetings were held in the old Palestine schoolhouse. Within a few years subsequent to the organization, the society erected their present fine building, at a cost of about $3,000.
The Palestine Christian Church was organized in the year 1836, by Elijah Williamson, with a small membership. The first meetings were held in an old schoolhouse. Mr. Williamson and Richard Brandon were the first ministers. James Woods, Thomas Himes, John Crum, Joseph Heck, Henry Grove and their wives and Philip Manuel were among the first members. The present meeting house was built in 1859, and the society had an enrollment of approximately 103 members around the year 1880.
The population of the area have been peaceful and law abiding, hence any infraction of right is, the more marked. Two crimes have been committed. The victims were Wesley Guyer and Stephen Wade. On the evening of October 24, 1877, after dusk, a body of armed and masked men halted before the house of Mr. Guyer in Palestine, called him out, and deliberately shot him down. Where the mob was from, where they went, or who they were has never been ascertained. The murder had no grounds so far as known save a charge of petty thieving. The second murder was committed in the dead of night in the fall of 1878. Stephen Made, a colored man was shot in his own house by a body of mounted men, masked and armed. He was charged with stealing, or more especially with har- boring his sons, who had annoyed the community by various thefts.
The staple products of the township were corn and wheat, with consider- able oats and barley raised. Much of the corn was fed to stock. There was no grain market in the township; the nearest being Weaver's Station in Neave Township, on the Piqua, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad. In the early days, what surplus grain was raised was hauled by team either to Dayton or Piqua, and later, to Richmond, Indiana. No line of railroad had been constructed through the township. The first saw mill was erected by Joshua Mitten in 1820 on Section 24 on West Branch. Some years after, this mill had been built, an apparatus for cracking corn was attached to it and this was noted as the pioneer grist-mill of the township. A copper still was erected on Section 36, by John Puterbaugh. A cheese factory was soon started at the same place and by the same person. The earliest attempt at raising fruit trees in this area was made by Henry Ross of German Township in 1817. One of the largest and most successful orchards around 1910 was owned by the Shields brothers and located about half a mile west of Palestine.
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Palestine Business Directory.
Joseph Burgess, Proprietor of Crandell House. Edmond Lockett, Teacher and Engineer.
J. J. Jobes, M.D., Physician and Surgeon.
James McCabe & Keister, Proprietors of Steam Saw Mill. Manufacturers of Lumber, and Dealers in Lumber and Logs.
Ira McClure, Proprietor of Steam Grist Mill. Maunfac- turer of Flour, Feed, and Meal, &c., Dealer in Grain.
S. B. Miller, Proprietor of Tannery. Manufacturer of all kinds of Domestic Leather. Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes. Notary Public and Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk.
Dr .. Chas. Viets, Physician and Druggist.
James Harding, Blacksmithing of all kinds done to order. Shop on East Main Street.
A. B. Rush, Physician, Farmer, and Stock Dealer. Post Office, New Madison.
Henry Banninger, Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes. Repairing really done. Shop Con. 24, of wales S. E. of Palestine.
Eli Armacost, Teacher zad Surveyor.
J. W. Shively, Butcher au Dealer in Mests.
GERMAN TOWNSHIP
Was formed in Dec. 1820, and was bounded on the east, south, and west by the Congressional township lines, and on the north by a line 40 rods north of the Whitewater road, and following the turns thereof. In June, 1827, German Township was made to include all of T. 11 N., as it does to-day. In Dec. 1833, the northern tier of sections was thrown into Washington Township, but was taken back in Dec. 1834.
Jonathan Pearson and Martin Ketring, who came in 1815, were the first settlers in the township. . Some claim, however, that Samnel Loring, who settled where Palestine now stands, came earlier than they, but 1817 is the probable date. John McNeill, Jas. Cloyd, Jas. Woods, Wear Cassady, and John Wagoner were early settlers. Daniel Wagoner, still living, remained alone, during the winter of 1817 and 1818, taking . care of his father's cattle. He had two dogs and his gun for company, and for neighbors three families of Indians, who were camped a few hundred yards from his cabin. He helped to build the first church and school-house that was erected in the township.
The first school-house was built in 1820, near. Palestine, on land now owned by heirs of Isaac Klinger. A second school- house was built in 1822, on land now owned by Emanuel Mil -. ler. The first teacher was Wm. R. Jones. There are now 11 school-houses in the township, besides one at Palestine. By the enumeration of Sept. 1874, the total number of school children in the township was 681, divided as follows: in Pales- tine 66 white males and 72 white females-total 138. In the remainder of the township 193 white and 90 colored males, 184 white and 76 colored females-total 543.
Religious meetings were held in houses much earlier, but no church building was erected till 1826. This was built by the Lutherans, on John Ketring's farm, in Sec. 22. There is a. church standing on the same ground at the present time. There are now S churches in the township, divided among the various denominations as follows: 2 Methodist (1 African), 1 Dunkard, 1 German Reformed, 1 United Brethren, 1 Lutheran, I Chris- tian, and a Universalist in Palestine.
The last census of the township is as follows :-
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German Township
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264
255
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There are in the township about 62 miles of road, 27 of which are pike.
GREENVILLE ADVOCATE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 1933
PALESTINE IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD
The two pictures reproduced above and township are consolidated in' a show two of the most interesting centralized school in - Palestine.
The first church built was the St. IJohn's church, just south of Pales- tine. There are now eight churches the celebration of that village's one in the township.
places, which attracted wide atten- tion at Palestine on the occasion of - hundredth birthday recently.
The top picture is the first hewed log house erected in Palestine. and the lower one shows the old. house in which Wesley Gugel was acci- dentally killed many years. ago.
The village of Palestine, which is located in Liberty township is one of the most important villages in Darke county. It is known far and wide by the inhabitants of the coun- ty and is located in one of the rich- est farming sections of the county.
Palestine was laid out in 1833 by Samuel Loring. . The name was chosen as a memorial to the , Hol: Land, because of its beautiful loca- tion and view. Probably the first settler in the township was James Cloyd, who arrived in that commun- ity in 1814. He was followed by Jonathan Pearson, Peter Crumring, Daniel and William Wagner, Mar- tin Ketring, George Teaford and George Stingley, most of whom have i descendants still living in the town- ship.
The first school house was built a short distance northeast of Pales- tine. Others followed it, but today educational facilities of the village
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The village and township have produced many men and women who are noted throughout the coun- ty for their business, agricultural; educational ability and for their honesty, integrity and uprightness.
Darke Co. Pioneer Boasts Fine Memory
A few minutes' talk with Mrs. Malinda Wilcox, 92, of Palestine, Darke co., not only shows how lovely old ladies can be, but, like a chime of bells from the haunts of ancient peace, is her story of the Ketring, Teaford and Wilcox families.
They were the "salt of the earth," these grand old citizens, who, with ax and wooden mould- hoard plow, put Darke co. on its way to agricultural supremacy 130 years ago. As Grandma Wilcox talks come memories of David Ketting, who came to this section with his father from Fairfield co. and who, after marrying Martha Brant, born in Preble co., bad.born to them the twins, that died, and Elizabeth, Joseph, Malinda, Jane. Phoebe, Benjamin, Clarissa and Martha, who helped their parents make their farm in West Branch prairie the-best in all the country round.
.And of George Teaferd, who came to this fertile acresge along with the Ketrings, later marrying Magdalena Ketring, and whose 12 children, among them also a set of twins, who, by their habits of thrift "soon owned all the land that joined them." . And of James Wilcox, native of Germantown, Montgomery co., who came to Palestine in an early period and whose illustrious father, one James Wilcox, sr., of Stephen Girard's shop,; Philadelphia,: made the pair of fine boots, costing $40, that. Henry Clay wore at the Treaty of Ghent .. And how, later, this sire, seized with the wanderlust, landed at Cincinnati with bot 50 cents in his pocket and all his earthly pos- sessions tied up in a silk handker- chief.
He came on foot to Germantown, where he made good at his voca- tion, later moving to Preble co. for a try at farming. At last he went to Palestine, where he was successful at farming and saw- milling until his passing. Grandma Wilcox remembers. many of these folk tales and is just as bright as . the proverbial dollar, in spite of her 92 years.
"Of all the diseases we used to fear," said Mrs. Wilcox, "typhoid fever was the worst. Now auto accidents take more lives than did the fever. Palestine once supported four doctors-Tennell, Sater, Rush and Calderwood; now we get along without any, trusting to Green- ville physicians to cure our ills. In the way of styles I favor ear- bobs and think they are pretty, but if there is anything I detest, it is lipstick. The thing I abhor most of all is cigaret. smoking by women. This usually leads to an argument with my granddaughter, Helen, here, who brings up some- thing about the matrons and gran- nies who used to smoke clay pipes, and then we change the subject.
"I think the church has changed the greatest, socially, in my life- time. More so, possibly, than the 'school. There are more social ac- "tivities centered around the pres- ant day church than in my youth. It used to be just church; now it can be a soft ball game, picnic, entertainment, visis to another
`Above, . all " that's left of old Crandall tavern, Palestine .. Below, right, Mrs. Malinda .Wilcox, 92- year-old resident of Palestine. Left, MIrs. Helen Gilbert, grand- daughter.
conference, young people's , meet- ing and the like.
"I enjoyed my school days, al- though they were not the social centers schools are .today, with their P .- T. A.'s, games and what not. We used to rely mostly on dancing to furnish the necessary "fillip" for the young. - I started to dance at the age of 9. My older sister's husband taught me to dance. Most of the dances were held in the homes and I think my love for music got me interested in dancing quicker than anything else could have done. I never lacked partners once I grew up. All my brothers and sisters were musicians, and when my children grew up they, too, were musically inclined. Now my granddaughter, Helen, here, helps. to keep me young with her lively music.
"Any device that helps to make farm work easier still interests me. I think electricity has done more to brighten my last years than any other of the great dis- coveries. I am: so nearly blind that I could not get around if it were not for the blessing of electric lights. And there is the electric iron. I still love to iron, and I could not have this solace if it were not for this new contraption. The radio is a filler-in for many an hour that would be dreary, in- deed. I like the old musical pro- gram best, especially the R. F. D. hour, Amos 'n' Andy, Lum and Abner, Lowell Thomas and, in fact, any program that ihas real live jokes. Banjo musicion the radio appeals the most to me, because the notes are picked out so dis- tinetly, enabling me to hear them better.
day. It was then the 'social elect' of Greenville would gather at the old Crandall inn. They paid $2 for a ticket that admitted two to partake of a gorgeous supper- we did not call them dinners-and dance all night, 'til broad daylight, if they felt like it. The crowd usually had a private room up- stairs-tch! ich! The music con- sisted of two local violin and one bass viol player, and the merri- ment was always clean and whole- some. One thing that stands out above all else in the old tavern days concerns the maid of all work, who used to wash up all the dishes after the great repasts and to whom I would give quan- tities of left-over dainties and who progressed socially enough to occupy rooms in the remodeled tavern later.
"I was married just at the close of the Civil War, and depressing times were in evidence then as much as. they are today. I re- member making my own wedding cake and sweetening it with cane sorghum molasses. I do not think young people have changed much since my day and age. I try to "The most interesting period of my life was when I; operated the old Crandall tavern here in Pal- estine. That was in the early years of my married life, and although a part of the old str;c- ture is still standing, it looks as if the wind could shibe it to bits 1 be as modern in my interests as they are and I'm not always harp- ing about how this and that was when I was a girl; in fact, I don't want it to be. I think this is a grand old world, if we could just cut out the wars and the dreadful most any time. Christmas, Net; motor accidents and kidnapings. Years and the Fourth of July were ! And I think our Palestine of today the highlights of the dear, deallis a very respectable. little town."
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