USA > Ohio > Hamilton County > The past and present of Mill Creek Valley, being a collection of historical and descriptive sketches of that part of Hamilton County, Ohio > Part 1
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15
Gc 977.101 H18t 1648483
M. L
REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
EN
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02410 5899
1
[
.
OLD FORT WASHINGTON, CINCINNATI, 1789.
-----
THE
PAST AND PRESENT OF
MILL CREEK VALLEY,
BEING
. ...
A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF THAT PART OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO.
CONTAINING
FACTS, INCIDENTS, AND ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING THE TOILS AND PRIVATIONS, AS WELL AS THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.
ALSO,
PEN-PORTRAITS OF THE VILLAGES, SUBURBAN RESIDENCES, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, DESIGNED TO SHOW THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VALLEY.
By HENRY B. TEETOR.
WITH ILLUSTRATION.
COHEN & Co., Printers. Concinna :: 1882.
i
حافظ ٢٠ جاد مما يستجيزة د صرح
---
F892572,8
- 1.4 iv 1648483
-
COPYRIGHT, 1882. COHEN & CO.
r
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016
https://archive.org/details/pastpresentofmil00teet
4
V
PREFACE.
This humble volume is the work of a gleaner and partial observer in a narrow historical field. Should an occasional fact,
" Until now hid away
In the past's valley of Avilion,"
touching the hardships endured by the pioneers in laying the foundations for the wonderful growth and development of this valley, be hereby "pre- cipitated into the opaque sediment of history " --- then this pleasurable task shall have met with an adequate reward.
In its preparation many authors have been consulted, and from some, liberal quotations made. To them, in general, most grateful acknowledg- ments are made.
-
1
--
.. 4
vi
PREFACE.
The writer begs leave to express his deep sense of gratitude to the following persons for valuable assistance :
ROBERT CLARKE & Co .; JOHN M. NEWTON, EsQ., Librarian Y. M. M. L. A .; JOHN G. OLDEN, EsQ., Author of "Historical Collections in Hamil- ton County ; " COL. S. D. MAXWELL, Supt. Chamber of Commerce ; PROF. FLORIAN GIAUQUE; PROF. SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS; LEWIS J. CIST, EsQ .; D. J. KENNEY, EsQ., and HON. SAMUEL F. HUNT.
vil
When the war for the Union closed, the writer found a home in this peaceful, beautiful valley, choosing as a companion for life one of the sur- viving daughters of the HON. JONATHAN CILLEY, a distinguished pioneer, who, at nine years of age, arrived at Cincinnati, in 1803.
To that
"True and honorable wife,"
This book is affectionately inscribed.
viii
ERRATA.
ERRATA.
Page 112, read Sui generis.
Page 152, the statement that Mr. Hartwell was not mar- ried at this time, is a mistake.
Page 156, in line 14 read " effected."
Page 160, in line 10 read " consummated."
Page 167, in last line read "Camellia and Eglantine." Page 171, in fourth line read " Alba."
Page 176, for last line of quotation read, "Is ne'er met with elsewhere."
Page 1S2, in second line of middle quotation read "shade" for stade.
Page 185, read "Geddes" for Gettis.
Page 203, read "Twin Elms" for T'win Oaks.
Page 215, substitute the name of "Josh Billings" for Mark Twain.
-
---.. ..
لي - الخبرة والـ
TAHRE
1X
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
The Discovery-Our Predecessors ... 1-4
CHAPTER II.
North-west Territory-The Miamis-Little Turtle ..... 5-15
CHAPTER III.
John Cleve Symmes-The Miami Purchase-Arthur St. Clair 16-21
·
CHAPTER IV.
Cincinnati 22-24 :
CHAPTER V.
The Battle of Fallen Timbers-General Wayne. .. 25-29
CHAPTER VI.
White's Station-Griffin's Station-Tucker's Station-Pleas- ant Valley Station 30-47
CHAPTER VII.
Death of Col. Elliott -- A Witch Story 48-51
CHAPTER VIII.
Spring in 1792-Early Customs ... 52-55
CHAPTER IX.
The Old Wayne Road-An Indian Battle-An Old Grist Mill-Bloody Run-The Old Burying Ground-Cli- mate Ninety Years Ago-Indian Summer-Name of Ohio 56-68
. . .. . .
X
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER X.
Hamilton County-Springfield Township-Mill Creek Valley -The Spotted Fawn-The Spotted Frog-A Pioneer's Poem 69-85
CHAPTER XI.
Bridges-The Caldwell Homestead-The Miami Canal- Spring Grove Cemetery-The Aqueduct. 86-96
CHAPTER XII.
The Fair Grounds-A Landmark-An Opera House, 97-103.
CHAPTER XIII.
Suburban Residences of Messrs. George Bogen, Geo. W. Cormany, William R. Morris, John W. Strobel, John Carlisle, Geo. S. Stearns, Elisha P. Stout -- Wayne Avenue M. E. Church 104-120
CHAPTER XIV.
Cumminsville-Ludlow Mansion-Bok-on-ja-ha-lus-Parting Words-G. A. R .- Cummins vs. Hutchinson -- An Old Camp Ground -- Camp Gurley -- St. Philip's Church- Presbyterian Church-Ephraim Knowlton-View of the Valley-Methodist Church-Christian Church- Mam- moth Tradition 121-150
CHAPTER XV.
Hartwell-The Name-Daniel DeCamp -- Maplewood- Joseph F. Mills-Bell and Steele Subdivision -- A Relic -Municipal Officers-Churches -Schools -. Depois - Residences of Michael LeVoy, H. H. Tatem, G. V. Stevenson, Charles M. Steele, M. V. B. Weigheli -- Musical Library --- Barber Mansion-The Marsh Resi- dence-Mrs. Knight's House-The Lowes' Residence -James R. Williams' Home-Jacob T. Spinning's Residence-Col. W. P. Wiltsee-Col. McNamara's Kesi-
--
- ...
-.
xi
CONTENTS.
dence-Dr. W. H. Bunker-Mr. S. B. Kelly's Residence -- L. B. Cook's Residence-Koehler Homestead-A Deer Story -- The St. Clair House-A Tradition-Residents ---- Elmwood 151-191
CHAPTER XVI.
Park Place-Edward P. Allen-Camp McLean-Woodlawn -Beaumont Place. 192-200
CHAPTER XVII.
Wyoming-Name-Judge Harmon's Speech-The Fendery Family-Mrs. Wilmuth-Col. Reily- Presbyterian . Church-Schools-Landmarks -- Friend Homestead- The Evans Mansion -- The Barney Residence-The Andrews Homestead-Mrs. Wm. E. White-The Wy. oming Society of the New Church-The Hinsdale Resi- dence -- Prof. Carnahan-G. H. Burrows, Esq .- The Palmer Residence-C. H. Vaughan, Esq .- Hon. Judge Harmon-Mayor Bromwell-Mr. George House-Dr. Hart's Residence-Reuben Tyler, Esq .- The Ransom Residence-Story of a Flag 201-232
CHAPTER XVIII.
George George, Esq .- C. S. Woodruff, Esq .- Mr. John H. Tangeman-Mr. W. H. Carruthers-James K. Hurin, Esq .- Dr. Coffeen-The Improvement Co .- Prominent Residents. 233->37
CHAPTER XIX.
Glendale-The Name-The Mound Builders-The Wayne War-Trace-A Landmark-Grave-yards-Old Taverns -- "The Last of the Barons "-Louisa Seward Cummings --- The Skillman Farm-Castle Warwick -Harwood Place-A Library-Robert Clarke-An Art Museum - Samuel J. Thompson, Esq .- A Theological Library -- H. W. Hughes, Esq .- A Scholar-Florian Giauque- Thomas Spooner, Esq .- Dr. Shepherd-The Stone Man sion-Dr. Henry Clark-John H. Porter, Esq .- Ride in
---- >
-
xii
CONTENTS.
a Stage Coach-Mr. Benj. Sterrett-Justice Stanley Matthews 238-277
CHAPTER XX.
Glendale College -- Relics of the Revolution-A Literary Society-St. Gabriel's Church -- Episcopal Church- Church of the New Jerusalem-The Presbyterian Church -View of Glendale-Col. R. G. Hueston-An Anti- quarian-The Allens-Chas. H. Allen-Distinguished Names-Incorporation-Hon. W. M. Bateman-R. M. Shoemaker-W. A. Procter, Esq .- Col. C. W. Moulton . -J. H. Barrett, Esq .- Dr. R. B. Mussey-Hon. Chan- ning Richards-Homes of Glendale-Mrs. Robert Craw- ford-Mrs. Daniel McLaren-Dr. Patterson -- The Public Schools-Stores-Prominent Residents-Hon. J. M. Cochran-The Bugher Farm 278-306
CHAPTER XXI.
Springdale-Old Residents-Presbyterian Church-Rev. W. H. James-Mrs. Dr. Hunt-Hon. C. M. Poor -. 307-310
CHAPTER XXII.
Lockland-Factories and Mills-Mr. Thomas Fox-G. H. Friend-John G. Olden, Esq .- Residents. .311-315
CHAPTER XXIII.
Winton Place-Judge Burnet-Judge F. W. Moore-Samuel Hannaford-Prof. S. W. Williams-Hon. W. M. Yeat- man-Arthur G. Moore, Esq .- Gen. Chas. E. Brown -- ' Residents. 316-317
CHAPTER XXIV.
Carthage -- Capt. Santmyer-Residents-G. A. R .- Railroad Facilities-Carthage Mills-Old Distillery-H. B. Hills, Esq .- Gas Hall-Col. Geo. Ward-The Gibson Resi- dence-John McCammon-Capt. Jacob White -- Mrs. Culbretson. 315-328
-
----
HISTORICAL 1
AND
DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES
IN
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
CHAPTER I.
THE DISCOVERY.
T O the West of San Salvador, more than three hundred miles, and more than four hundred years ago, lay a boundless, magnifi- cent continent.
Because Columbus was the first adventurous European who saw that island, and planted the Royal Standard of Spain thereon, October 12, 1.4 2, he is accredited, by universal consent, with the discovery of the main land-a land he never saw, and of the true character of which he was ignorant at his death, suppos-
-
WSTRULET
2
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
ing his first discovery to be one of the islands bordering on the eastern shores of vast and opulent Asia.
The great admiral knew not that that World was to be his everlasting monument, when, with a broken heart, "yet with little apparent suffering, and in the most Christian spirit of resignation " he died May 20, 1506.
And yet we must not forget that five centu- ries before his memorable voyage, a hardy band of Norwegians had wintered in tents by the Pocasset river ; and at Point Alderton, or some neighboring spot below Boston Har- bor, the gallant Thorwald Erricsson had been slain by the arrows of the natives-first of Europeans, so far as history tells us, whose bones were laid beneath the soil of Massachu- setts and hallowed with Christian burial; and from the same source we learn that in the year following, Snorro Karlsefne, a descendant of Erricsson, was born, being the first white man born in America.
For a hundred years afterwards there was no intellectual curiosity outside of priest craft and the walls of monasteries. But the awak- ening soon afterwards occurred, and for two centuries prior to the coming of Columbus, as the great forerunner of Christian civilization,
3
OUR PREDECESSORS.
the progress of European society had been great. He came in the fullness of time.
OUR PREDECESSORS.
As it was in ancient Britain, long before the westward wave of Roman civilization over- swept the land of Caractacus and Boadi- cea, so was it in this undiscovered country, centuries before the coming of Columbus- both were peopled kingdoms.
The Romans were met by Queen Boadicea
"Standing loftily charioted
Brandishing in her hand a dart, and rolling glances lioness-like Mad and maddening all that heard her in her fierce volubility Girt by half the tribes of Britain near the colony Camulodune."
When Sir Walter Raleigh, in 1584, landed with his fleet at Wocoken, off the coast of North Carolina, and took formal possession of the United States in the name of Queen Elizabeth, they were shortly afterwards welcomed and entertained by the wife of Granganimeo, father of Wingina, the King, with the refinements of Arcadian hospitality.
The historian says: The people were most gentle, loving, and faithful, void of all guile and treason, and such as lived after the manner of the golden age.
:
4
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
And yet the same historian adds, that "the wars of these guileless men were cruel and bloody ; that domestic dissensions had almost exterminated whole tribes ; that they employed the basest stratagems against their enemies, and that they too invited men to a feast in order that they might be murdered in the hour of confidence."
As in Britain, so was it, in America. There were found antiquities, such as tumuli, earth- works, pottery, weapons and ornaments of a departed race. That the Mound Builders, who- ever they were, roamed and monarchized over England and this country ages before its alleged discovery, there is no intelligent doubt. Who were they?
Let Elizabeth Stuart Phelps answer :
"Man who dwelt in caves like cubs, who was without intelligible speech or human sym- pathy, or the decency of any wild beast known to science; or it may have been the highly developed savage, whose language resembled . the hissing of a serpent ; or of him still ascend- ing in the type, who fed upon the quivering flesa of animals, 'cultivated what is known as tribal marriage, and buried his dead with aw- ful laughter; or of him whose war phrase, being interpreted, signifies ' Let us go and eat that nation.'"
-------
5
NORTH-WEST TERRITORY.
CHAPTER II.
NORTH-WEST TERRITORY.
U NDER British Dominion, the magnificent realm of Virginia as originally granted by Queen Elizabeth, was curtailed in the form- ation of colonies, until the territory only em- braced that which constituted the State of Virginia at the close of the revolution. . But to her, as a State, belonged that vast region stretching indefinitely westward between the Ohio river and the Lakes, and known as the NORTH-WESTERN TERRITORY. In 1784 Vir- ginia ceded this territory to the United States -" and a most munificent act it was," says Daniel Webster in the United States Senate, " I never reflect upon it without a disposition to do honor and justice, and justice would be the highest honor to Virginia for the cession of her North-western Territory. I will say, sir, it is one of her fairest claims to the respect and gratitude of the Country."
In 1787, Congress organized this territory
1
6
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
and gave it a constitution and provisional officers. It subsequently divided it ; the eastern portion retaining that historical name, and embraced the region now included in the States of Michigan and Ohio. The popula- tion of Ohio being at that time about 42,000.
The sixth article of that constitution con- tained the celebrated provision that there should be neither slavery nor involuntary ser- vitude therein, except for the punishment of crimes. In the light of this fact we see how munificent the act of Virginia-a Slave State -was.
This provision it was that gave impetus to emigration. Henceforth this new, and not the old Dominion ; was to be the ocean to the great rivers and streams of westward emigration.
"Under the inspiring genius of FREE LABOR," says Mr. Olden, "Came those brave men and women, known as the pio- neer settlers, and braving the dangers of savage foes and the toils and privations of a frontier life, planted their homes in the track- less wilderness."
Major-General Arthur St. Clair was ap- pointed by President Washington, first Gov- ernor of this territory.
-------
7
THE MIAMIES.
THE MIAMIES.
When the pioneers came to this valley, they found it the forest home of Indians. bearing the tribal name of Miamies, signifying mother. Their territory extended from the Scioto to the Wabash, and from the Ohio to. Lake Michigan. This was the territory claimed for them by LITTLE TURTLE, in the Greenville Treaty of 1795.
" They were here as far back as 1684, how much earlier, it is not known. They left no history, save what is written on the face of the earth, or concealed in its bosom. They were our predecessors ; whence came they? Were they the degenerate descendants of the Mound Builders?
Nature's curtain has dropped upon the part played on the world's stage by that departed race. Man may found institutions with bound- less capital, guided by the keenest intellectual research to exhume their history, but they can not part its folds or bid it rise. Why should we seek to extort the secret of their life from the bosom of the all-pitiful earth ? That we stand to-day in their stead, by reason of race developement, none will deny ; that it is at an end, none will assert ; that every one sees, now and then.
£
8
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
" A grace of being, finer than himself, That 'beckons and is gone ; "
that every one feels, now and then
" A larger life upon his own impinging, With swift glimpse of spacious circles Luminous with mind,"
is the testimony of our consciousness ·
LITTLE TURTLE
Was a distinguished chief and counsellor of the Miamies. They called him · Mesh-e- ken-ogh-qua. He commanded at the defeat of General Harmar and afterwards of St. Clair. He had a soul of fire, and he was the personification of the rude age in which he lived. We learn from Mansfield's Memories that Little Turtle visited this valley after the battle of Fallen Timber, and that he himself remembered seeing him at the house of his father, Col. Jared Mansfield, who then occupied the Ludlow mansion house (in Cumminsville). He describes him as a " dark man, with swar- thy complexion, riding a fine horse," dis- mounting before his father's house, and after a consultation with him touching boundary lines between the two nations-riding rapidly
--
H
9
LITTLE TURTLE.
away never to revisit these scenes again. "The sun of Indian glory set with him, and the clouds and shadows which for two hun- dred years had gathered round their destiny now closed in the starless night of death."
We annex a sketch of him, taken from Drake's Indian Biography.
It has been generally said, that had the ad- vice of this chief been taken before their disas- trous fight with General Wayne, there is little doubt but that Wayne would have met with as ill-success as St. Clair. He was not for fighting General Wayne at Presque Isle, and inclined rather to peace than fighting him at all. In a council held the night before the battle, he argued as follows: "We have beaten the enemy twice, under separate commanders. We cannot expect the same good fortune al- ways to attend us. The Americans are now led by a chief who never sleeps ; the night and the day are alike to him. And during all the time that he has been marching upon our vil- lages, notwithstanding the watchfulness of our young men, we have never been able to sur- prise him. Think well of it. There is some- thing whispers me, it would be prudent to listen to his offers of peace." For holding this lan- guage, he was reproached by another chief
-
0
IO
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
with cowardice, which put an end to all further discourse. Nothing wounds the feelings of a warrior like the reproach of cowardice, but he stifled his resentment, did his duty in the battle, and his issue proved him a truer prophet than his accuser believed.
Little Turtle lived some years after the war, in great esteem among men of high standing. He was alike courageous and humane, pos- sessing great wisdom. "And," says School- craft, " there has been few individuals among aborigines who have done so much to abolish the rites of human sacrifice. The grave of this noted warrior is shown to visitors near Fort Wayne. It is frequently visited by the Indians in that part of the country, by whom his mem- ory is cherished with the greatest respect and veneration."
When the philosopher and famous traveller, Volney, was in 'America in the winter of 1797, Little Turtle came to Philadelphia ; Volney, hearing of his presence, sought immediate ac- quaintance with the celebrated chief, for highly valuable purposes, which in some measure he effected. He made a vocabulary of his lan- guage, which he printed in the appendix to his travels. A copy in manuscript, more ex- tensive than the printed one, is in the library of the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania.
II
LITTLE TURTLE.
Having become convinced that all resistance to the whites was vain, be brought his nation to consent to peace, and to adopt agricultural pursuits. And it was with a view of soliciting Congress and the benevolent Society of Friends, for assistance to effect this latter purpose, that he now visited Philadelphia. While here he was inoculated for the small pox, and was afflicted with the gout and rheumatism.
At the time of Mr. Volney's interview with him for information, he took no notice of the conversation while the interpreter was com- municating with Mr. Volney, for he did not understand English, but walked about, pluck- ing out his beard and eye-brows. He was dressed now in English clothes. His skin, where not exposed, Mr. Volney says, was as white as his ; and on speaking upon the sub- ject, Little Turtle said, "I have seen Spani- ards in Louisiana, and found no difference of color between them and me. And why should there be any? In them, as in us, it is the work of the father of colors, the sun that burns us. . You white people compare the color of your fac with that of your bodies." Mr. Volney we lained to him the notion of many, that his race was descended from the Tartars, and by a map showed him the supposed communica-
12
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
tion between Asia and America. To this, Little Turtle replied ; " Why should not those Tartars, who resemble us, have come from America ? Are there any reasons to the con- trary ? Or why should we not both have been in our own country?" It is a fact that the Indians gave themselves a name which is equivalent to our word indigine, that is, one sprung from the soil, or natural to it.
When Mr. Volney asked Little Turtle what prevented him from living among the whites, and if he were not more comfortable in Phila- delphia than upon the banks of the Wabash, he said : "Taking all things together you have the advantage over us; but here I am deaf and dumb. I do not talk your language ; I can neither hear, nor make myself heard. When I walk through the streets, I see every person in his shop employed about something ; one makes shoes, another hats, a third sells cloth, and every one lives by his labor. I say to myself which of all these things can you do? Not one. I can make a bow or an arrow, catch fish, kill game, and go to war ; but none of these is of any use here. To learn what is done here would require a long time. Old age comes on. I should be a piece of fur- niture useless to my nation, useless to the
--
13
LITTLE TURTLE.
whites, and useless to myself. I must re- turn to my own country."
Col. John Johnston has given in his " Rec- ollections," published in Cist's Advertiser, some anecdotes of Little Turtle.
Little Turtle was a man of great wit, humor and vivacity, fond of the company of gentle- men, and delighted in good eating. When I knew him, he had two wives living with him under the same roof in the greatest harmony ; one, an old woman, about his own age-fifty -the choice of his youth, who performed the drudgery of the house; the other, a young and beautiful creature of eighteen, who was his favorite ; yet it never was discovered by any one that the least unkind feeling existed between them. This distinguished chief died at Fort Wayne about twenty-five years ago, of a confirmed case of the gout, brought on by high living, and was buried with military honors by the troops of the United States.
The Little Turtle used to entertain us with many of his war adventures, and would laugh immoderately at the recital of the following :- A white man, a prisoner of many years in the tribe, had often solicited permission to go on a war party to Kentucky, and had been refused. It never was the practice with the Indians to
14
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
ask or encourage white prisoners among them to go to war against their countrymen. This man, however, had so far acquired the confi- dence of the Indians, and being very impor- tunate to go to war, the Turtle at length con- sented, and took him on an expedition into Kentucky. As was their practice, they had reconnoitered during the day, and had fixed on a house recently built and occupied, as the object to be attacked the next morning a little before the dawn of day. The house was sur- rounded by clearing, there being much brush and fallen timber on the ground. At the ap- pointed time, the Indians, with the white man, began to move to the attack. At all such times no talking or noise is to be made. They crawl along the ground on hands and feet ; all is done by signs from the leader. The white man all the time was striving to be fore- most, the Indians beckoning him to keep back. In spite of all their efforts he would keep fore- most, and having at length got within running distance of the house, he jumped to his feet and went with all his speed, shouting at the top of his voice, Indians ! Indians! The Tur- tle and his party had to make a precipitate retreat, losing forever their white companion, and disappointed in their fancied conquest of
---------
15
.
LITTLE TURTLE.
the unsuspecting victims of the log cabin. From that day forth this chief would never trust a white man to accompany him again to war.
During the Presidency of Washington, the Little Turtle visited that great and just man at Philadelphia, and during his whole life after, often spoke of the pleasure which that visit afforded him. Kosciusko, the Polish chief, was at the time at Philadelphia, confined by sickness to his lodgings, and hearing of the Indians being in the city, he sent for them, and after an interview of some length, he had his brace of pistols brought forth, and address- ing the Chief Turtle, said : I have carried and used these in many a hard fought battle in de- fense of the oppressed, the weak and wronged of my own race, and I now present them to you with this injunction, that with them you shoot dead the first man that ever comes to subjugate you or despoil you of your country. The pistols were of the best quality and finest manufacture, silver mounted, with gold touch- holes.
1
16
MILL CREEK VALLEY.
CHAPTER III.
JOHN CLEVES SYMMES.
F AR to the East, at Long Island, on the 2Ist day of July, 1742, a child was born, whose name to-day is second only to that of the United States in the chain of title that con- nects every home, and all the real estate of this valley with the title paramount vested in the National Grantor.
That John Cleves Symmes, the soldier of the Revolution, a member of Congress, then Chief Justice of the State of New Jersey-should make this purchase, found this settlement, and finally die at Cincinnati, and be buried at North Bend, February 26th, 1814, is a historical romance in which we and our descendants will ever take an increasing interest.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.