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In 1806 a jailor's house, eighteen feet square, of hewed logs, was erected south of the jail fronting Main Street on corner of lot 67, and adjoining the jail.
THE SECOND COURT HOUSE-In 1811 the Commissioners of Adams County let the contract for a new court house at West Union to Thomas Metcalf, a stone mason, who afterwards be- came Governor of the State of Kentucky. This was a stone structure forty feet wide and forty-eight feet long and two stories high. It stood to the west and south of the old log court house with the south side fronting Main Street. Jesse Eastburn and Hamilton Dunbar were the contractors for the carpenter work, for which they received $1,156.70. The total cost of the building was $2,830. This building stood until the year 1876, when the present brick structure was com- pleted.
THE SECOND JAIL was built in 1858 by Henry Rape and George Moore at a cost of $2,400. It was a two-story structure of brick and stone, the residence part being of brick, and stood on the Public Square with the side and front on Cross Street facing the site of the present Florentine Hotel. It was removed after the erection of the present com- modious jail in 1895.
THE THIRD COURT HOUSE, the present brick building in the center of the Public Square, was completed in 1876. Joseph W. Shinn, of West Union, was the contractor, in the sum of $17,300. There had been a renewal of the contest over the county seat question between the citi- zens of Manchester and the people of West Union, beginning in 1870. A newspaper called "The Adams County Democrat" was started at Man- chester to advocate the removal of the county seat to that place. In 1871 the Legislature passed an act authorizing the voters of the county to decide the question of removal by ballot. By a majority of 1064 votes it was decided to retain the county seat at West Union. On the twen- tieth of May, 1873, the commissioners let the contract for the new building. The Manchester people filed an injunction which was made perpetual on the grounds that the commissioners had no authority of law to make contracts exceeding in amount $10,000. Then the citizens of West Union raised by a corporation tax $3,000 and by private sub- scription $4,400, which with $10,000 authorized by the County Commis- sioners, was used to erect the present building. It contains a commo- dious court room and offices for the county officials.
THE THIRD JAIL-This is a magnificent building of stone and brick, costing $25,000, erected in 1895, on the southeast corner of Mulberry and Cross Streets, fronting Mulberry Street and the Public Square.
THE FIRST INFIRMARY-On March 5, 1839, the County Commissioners bought 211 acres of land from George L. Camp- ton on Poplar Ridge, in Tiffin Township, to be used as the "County Poor Farm." There were some log buildings with a frame addition which were used to quarter the county poor until 1859, when the farm was sold to William Morrison and fifty-two and
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one-half acres were purchased for a new site from James McClanahan in Liberty Township. This location not being satisfactory, the land was exchanged with George S. Kirker for sixty-six and two-thirds acres now ocupied by the infirmary buildings near West Union.
The infirmary building is of brick and in its day was substantial and commodious. The building was completed in 1859 by A. W. Ram- say, the contractor, at a cost of $7,833. ' William McNeilan was the first superintendent here and William Shuster is the present incumbent. George L. Campton was the superintendent from the establishment of the Infirmary on Poplar Ridge till its location at the present site.
A story used to be related of McNeilan who was a Scotch-Irishman with a deep brogue, that, at one of his settlements with the Board of Di- rectors, some of his charges were objected to, one item of $5, in his account not being clearly specified. After some reflection the superintendent ex- plained that the item in question was for "foive days seekin' hogs and foindin' none."
The Wilson Children's Home.
The Wilson Children's Home is located about one-half mile east of the court house, on the corporation line of the town of West Union, on the south side of the Cedar Mills turnpike, at its junction with the West Union and Locust Grove turnpike. The site is a most pleasing one, affording a fine view of the town of West Union, and of the sur- rounding country. The- sanitary conditions are unexcelled, the drain- age being perfect, and abundance of pure water easily accessible. The building constructed of brick and native limestone is of modern archi- tecture and is supplied with every convenience as to heat, light and ventilation. The grounds, consisting of twenty-five acres of fine farm land, were donated by the citizens of the town of West Union. The outbuildings in connection with the house are a laundry, workshop, barn, ice house, and other domestic buildings pleasantly surrounded by fine fruit orchards and vegetable gardens. The Home was erected in the years 1883 and 1884 through the beneficence of Hon. John T. Wilson, a wealthy citizen of the county, whose biography appears else- where in this volume. The present value of the premises and appurte- nances, $75,000. Number of inmates, 80.
History of the Home.
Tranquility, Ohio, March 6, 1882.
To the Commissioners of Adams County, Ohio :
Gentlemen :- It is sometimes better for a man to do in his lifetime that which he may contemplate having done after his death. Hence, for the purpose of establishing, or aiding the establishment and main- tenance of a Childrens' Home, on a permanent basis, under the laws of Ohio, I propose to give to the county of Adams, fifty thousand dollars, less the sum I have already unjustly paid into the county treasury, under protest, with interest thereon, together with any further sum I may yet have to pay at the final termination of a suit now pending in the Su- preme Court of Ohio, for taxes claimed on account of Indiana assets, together with costs of attorneys' fees and incidental expenses; thirty thousand dollars, to be paid on the acceptance of this proposal, or as soon thereafter as it may be needed.
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The remaining twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be left to be paid, when I get through resisting the unjust, and, as I be- lieve, illegal demands of former county officers. It is not my purpose that any expense shall accrue to the county until the donation herein named shall first be fully expended.
Very respectfully, J. T. Wilson.
On the tenth of March, W. S. Bottleman and J. R. Zile, members of the Board of County Commissioners, together with Ex-Sheriff Capt. John Taylor and J. W. Shinn, County Auditor, by agreement, went to the little hamlet of Tranquillity for the purpose of consulting Mr. Wil- son as to his proposed benefit for the orphan children of Adams County. After fully discussing the matter, it was finally determined to accept and use said proposed gift for the erection and support of an Orphan Asylum and Children's Home.
In March of the year following, the Commissioners took up the proposition to select a site for the Home. The chief competing points were Winchester, West Union, and Manchester. Mr. W. S. Bottleman, who resided near the village of Winchester, voted at each ballot for the site to be near that village. Mr. J. R. Zile, whose residence was near Locust Grove, in the northern portion of the county, voted as a matter of courtesy, at first ballot, for Manchester, and Mr. William McGovney, whose home was in Sprigg Township, about. half way between West Union and Manchester, voted at each ballot for West Union; so that upon taking the second ballot, Zile and McGovney voted for West Union, and thus fixed the location of the Home at that point.
At this meeting W. A. Blair, business associate of Mr. Wilson, was appointed a Trustee of the Home for one year, from the first Monday in March, 1883; John A. Laughridge for the term of two years, and Sam- uel E. Pearson for three years from that date. The Commissioners then adjourned to meet the Board of Trustees at the Auditor's office, March 15th. On this day W. A. Blair and S. E. Pearson appeared and ac- cepted their said trusteeships. John A. Laughridge failing to appear in person or by letter, Hon. John P. Leedom was then selected as one of the Board of Trustees.
On the eighth of May, 1883 ,the County Commissioners and Board of Trustees of the Home adopted the plans submitted by J. W. Yost for the construction of the Home, and Mr. Yost was employed as architect, to receive $500 for the plans and draughts in detail, and twenty dollars for each trip necessary from his office in Portsmouth, Ohio, to West Union, during the building of the Home. About this time Captain John Taylor and Auditor J. W. Shinn were appointed to collect the sub- scriptions of the citizens of West Union for the purchase of the site of the Home.
June 20, 1883, the bids for the entire structure, except the plumbing and heating, were opened and found to be as follows :
E. A. Hanna & Alex. Hanna, Dover, Ky $38,000
W. J. Hayslip, West Union, Ohio. 37,777
Gallegher & McCafferty, Fayetteville, Ohio 38,500 Thomas F. Jones, Columbus, Ohio. 39,10I
W. T. Wetmore, Hillsboro, Ohio. 29,910
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W. T. Wetmore being the lowest responsible bidder was awarded the contract. It was stipulated in the contract that the foundation of the main walls of the structure should be bedded upon solid rock found at a depth of from five to twelve feet below the surface at the site of the Home.
On July 28, 1883, Mr. I. G. Brown was appointed by the Joint Boards of Commissioners and Trustees, superintendent of the work of building the Home, at a salary of three dollars per diem for actual time.
December 14, 1883, the contract for gas fittings and steam heating, plumbing, etc., was let to Wetmore and Gallegher at $5,600, to be com- pleted by November 1, 1884.
The building complete was given in charge of the Trustees of the Home by the County Commissioners, December 5, 1884, and on the fif- teenth of February, 1885, Col. W. L. Shaw and his wife, Mrs. R. J. Shaw, were appointed Superintendent and Matron, respectively, of the Home, and on the ninth of March following, the first installment of chil- dren was received from the County Infirmary.
Charles T. Downing and wife were elected Superintendent and Matron, succeeding Col. Shaw, January 16, 1886, and took possession March 9, of that year. They were re-elected January 5, 1887, for a term of one year.
W. W. Baird and wife were employed as Superintendent and Matron, February 1, 1888, for the year beginning March 9, 1888. They tendered their resignations October 1, 1888, to take effect from that date, and W. H. Jordan was appointed until further action thereon by the Board of Trustees.
December 5, 1888, J. T. Little and wife were employed as Superin- tendent and Matron, respectively, to fill the unexpired term made vacant by the resignation of W. W. Baird and wife.
On March 6, 1889, Thomas W. Ellison and wife, of West Union, were elected Superintendent and Matron for a term of one year, from March 9, and they have been retained by the Board of Trustees to the present time.
Besides the Superintendent and Matron, there are employed at the Home one physician, one teacher, two governesses, one seamstress, two cooks, one dining-room girl, one engineer, and one teamster.
Since the opening of the Home there have been 382 children ad- mitted and cared for by the institution, and fifty-eight placed in private homes, making a total of 440 children cared for by the institution.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
W. A. Blair, Tranquillity, appointed March, 1883.
John P. Leedom (vacancy), West Union, appointed March, 1883. S. E. Pearson, West Union, appointed March, 1883.
Henry Scott (vacancy, Pearson deceased), West Union, appointed March, 1884.
J. K. Pollard, West Union, appointed March, 1884.
John P. Leedom, West Union, appointed March 1885.
Dr. J. W. Bunn (Scott resigned), West Union, appointed May II, 1885.
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G. W. Pettit (Leedom resigned), West Union, appointed July 7, 1885.
Dr. R. A. Stephenson, Manchester, appointed March, 1886.
M. A. Scott (Pollard resigned), West Union, appointed March, 1886.
S. N. Bradford (Scott resigned), West Union, appointed September 9, 1886. S. B. Wamsley (Pettit resigned), West Union, appointed March I, 1887.
Samuel McClanahan, West Union, appointed March 1, 1887.
R. A. Leach (Stephenson resigned), West Union, appointed June 8, 1887.
Capt. D. W. Thomas, West Union, appointed March, 1888.
Judge I. N. Tolle, West Union, appointed March, 1889.
J. W. McClung (McClanahan resigned), West Union, appointed March, 1889.
Henry McGovney, West Union, appointed March, 1890.
Capt. D. W. Thomas, West Union, appointed March, 1891.
Judge I. N. Tolle, West Union, appointed March, 1892.
S. A. Mccullough (Thomas resigned), Tranquility, appointed March, 1892.
Henry McGovney, West Union, appointed March, 1893.
C. W. Sutterfield, West Union, appointed March, 1893.
W. S. Kincaid, West Union, appointed March, 1894.
Judge I. N. Tolle, West Union, appointed March, 1895.
Grimes J. Nicholson, Manchester, appointed March, 1896.
S. A. Mccullough (Sutterfield vacancy), Tranquility, appointed April 7, 1896.
G. N. Crawford (Tolle vacancy), West Union, appointed April 7, 1896.
S. A. Mccullough, Tranquility, appointed March, 1897.
W. S. Kincaid, West Union, appointed March, 1898.
John F. Plummer, West Union, appointed March, 1899.
C. E. Frame (Mccullough resigned), West Union, appointed March, 1899.
ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFICALS.
*Commissioners.
James Scott, Henry Massie, Joseph Darlinton, all appointed by Court of Quarter Sessions, March, 1798. First Clerk of Board, Joseph Darlinton. First meeting held at Adamsville, June 13, 1798.
George Gordon, appointed by court March 29, 1799. James Edi- son, second Clerk of Board.
George Gordon, fourth and fifth Clerk of Board. James Edison, appointed March 14, 1800.
Joseph Kerr, third Clerk of Board; resigned November 7, 1801. Joseph Lucas, appointed March 7, 1801.
*The dates given herein are the dates of the first meeting at which the Commissioners-elect served. In two or three places the Commissioners-elect are not given every year for the reason that the journals give no entry of their taking their office by reason of their having been re- elected and still serving continuonsly on the Board.
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John Beasley, appointed December 10, 1801.
John Beasley, appointed June 1, 1802.
Needham Perry, appointed March 25, 1803.
First Board elected and qualified June 11, 1804: Moses Baird, long term ; Robert Simpson, two years; Nathaniel Beasley, short term. Joseph Darlinton appointed sixth clerk.
Nathaniel Beasley, appointed November 5, 1804.
Job Denning, appointed November 17, 1806; resigned March, 1814. 1814.
James Baird, appointed December 4, 1809.
James Parker, appointed December 4, 1810.
James Baird, appointed October 30, 1812.
Joseph Neilson, appointed by Court March 29, 1814, to fill vacancy of Job Denning.
Joseph Moore, appointed December 5, 1814.
James Baird, appointed October 30, 1814.
James Parker, November 9, 1816, was struck off into Brown County, created by Legislature, 1818. Gabe D. Darlinton appointed seventh Clerk of Board.
Joseph Moore, October 30, 1817.
James Finley, appointed to fill vacancy of James Parker, June I, 1818, eighth Clerk of Board.
Joseph Curry, October, 1818.
John Matthews, October 25, 1819. G. D. Darlinton appointed ninth Clerk of Board.
John Fisher, October 26, 1819.
Aaron Moore, October 30, 1820.
John Means, November 1, 1821. James R. Baldridge, Auditor, became Clerk of Board in 1821 by virtue of office.
Andrew McIntire, December 3, 1821.
John Sparks, December 2, 1822.
John Lodwick, December 1, 1823.
John McClanahan, December 6, 1824.
Samuel R. Wood, William Kirker, both October 15, 1825.
Thomas Kincaid, October, 1827.
John Prather, October, 1828.
Henry Rape, October, 1829. James Cole, October, 1830. William Smith, December, 1831.
Seth Van Metre, December, 1832. William Kirker, October, 1823. Jacob Treber, October, 1833. Richard Noleman, December, 1835. Elijah Leedom, December 5, 1836.
Asa Williamson, November 10, 1838.
William McVey, December 2, 1839. R. H. Anderson, December 7, 1840. William Smalley, December, 1842.
Daniel Burley, December 2, 1844. Died in office.
William T. Smith, December 1, 1845. James McNeil, December 7, 1846.
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William Robe, appointed by Court to fill vacancy of D. Burley. Jesse Wamsley, December 6, 1847. Resigned. William T. Smith, December 4, 1848.
James McNeil, December 5, 1849.
David C. Vance, appointed February 9, 1850, to fill vacancy of Jessee Wamsley, resigned.
Christian Bottleman, December 2, 1850.
John Oliver, December, 1851.
John McGovney, December 6, 1852.
Christian Bottleman, December, 1853.
William E. Grimes, December, 1854.
R. S. Daily, December 7, 1857.
Andrew Mahaffey, December 6, 1858. Joseph Spurgeon, February 20, 1860.
J. C. Milligan, December 1, 1860.
Samuel S. Mason, December 2, 1861.
J. R. Stevenson, December 1, 1862.
John Pennywitt, December 7, 1863. Silas Marlatt, December 5, 1864.
John McClanahan, December 4, 1865.
Stephen Reynolds, December 2, 1867. William B. Gregg, December 7, 1868. Thomas R. Leedom, December 6, 1869.
Jesse Wamsley, December 5, 1870.
John Williamson, December 4, 1871.
John B. Allison, December 2, 1872.
Noah Tracy, December 1, 1873. William Treber, December 7, 1874.
Samuel P. Clark, December 6, 1875.
Jacob F .Weaver, December 4, 1876.
Richard Moore, December 3, 1877.
Dugald Thompson, December 2, 1878.
Alexander Stewart, December 1, 1879. W. S. Bottleman, December 6, 1880.
J. R. Zile, December 5, 1881.
William McGovney, December 4, 1882.
John Martin, December 3, 1883.
J. R. Zile, December, 1884. Thomas J. Shelton, December 7, 1885.
J. H. Crissman, January 3, 1887. Mahlon Urton, January 2, 1888. S. B. Truitt, January 7, 1889. Robert Collins, January 6, 1890. P. M. Hughes, January 5, 1891. Thomas J. Shelton, January 4, 1892. Robert Collins, January 2, 1893. M. H. Newman, January 2, 1894. F. M. Grimes, appointed January 6, 1896, to fill vacancy of Thomas J. Shelton to September, 1896, by change in law.
W. D. Early, September, 1895.
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R. H. Oursler, appointed January 6, 1896, to fill vacancy of Robert Collins to September, 1896, by change in law.
J. F. Cornelius, September, 1896.
Darius Dryden, appointed January, 1897, to fill vacancy of M. H. Newman to September, 1897, by change of law.
R. H. Oursler, appointed June, 1898, to fill vacancy to November election, 1898. By contest of election of M. H. Newman, Common Pleas Court declared neither elected.
F. B. Roush, September, 1898.
Sanford Mccullough, elected for Short Term by reason of contest of Newman and Oursler, and became a member of the Board November, 1898.
J. F. Cornelius, September, 1899.
S. A. McCullough re-elected in 1899 for three years.
Clerks of the Courts.
The Clerks of the Courts under the Constitution of 1802, were ap- pointed by the Courts for a term of seven years, but before his appoint- ment, except pro tempore, the applicant was required to produce a certificate from a majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court that he was well qualified to execute the duties of the office. If a vacancy oc- curred at any time, the appointment was made pro tempore until the proper certificate could be procured and filed. The journals show that Gen. Darlinton was appointed pro tempore several times. This was be- cause when his term had expired, he had not secured the necessary cer- tificate to be filed before his reappointment, and he could not receive the appointment for the full term until the certificate was filed. As to the clerkship of the Supreme Court of Adams County, Gen Joseph Darlinton was the only one who ever held the office. He was appointed at the first term of the Court in Adams County in 1803, and held it by successive appointments until his death on August 2, 1851. As the Court expired September 1, 1851, no one was appointed for the twenty-nine days elapsing between his death and the time when the Constitution of 1851 took effect. As to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, he was ap- pointed its first clerk, August 5, 1803. At December term, 1810, he was appointed pro tempore till the next term, but before the term closed, his certificate came to hand, and he was appointed for seven years. At the December term, 1817, he was appointed pro tempore until March I, fol- lowing. At the March term, 1818, it is recited on the journal that he had produced his certificate from all the Judges of the Supreme Court, and that he was appointed for seven years. At April term, 1825, April 18, he was reappointed for seven years. At March term, 1838, he did not have his certificate ready and was appointed pro tempore. On August 7, 1832, he was appointed for seven years. August 6, 1839, he was appointed for seven years. On August 7, 1846, his time having expired, John M. Smith was appointed pro tempore till the next term. At September term, 1846, Joseph R. Cockerill was appointed pro tempore till the next term. On February 3, 1847, Joseph R. Cockerill was appointed for the full term of seven years and served until September 23, 1851, when he resigned. James N. Hook was appointed in his place and served until February 9, 1852, when he took the office by election. The roster is :
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1803-1846
Joseph Darlinton.
1846.
John M. Smith.
1846-1851
Joseph R. Cockerill.
1851-1854
James N. Hook.
1854-1857
George H. Puntenney.
1857-1859
A. C. Robe (died in office).
1859-1862
William E. Hopkins.
1862-1865
L. E. Cox.
1865-1868
Charles N. Hall.
1868-1874
Joseph W. Shinn.
1874-1880
John P. Leedom.
1880-1886
George W. Pettit.
1886-1892
William R. Mehaffey.
1892-1898
Oscar C. Reynolds.
1898-1901
Oscar C. Reynolds.
Alexander Robe died November 14, 1858. His successor, Wm. E. Hopkins, was appointed November 16, 1858, and served until December 5, 1859. He was elected in October, 1859, for a full term.
Territorial Clerks: George Gordon, 1797; John S. Wills; Joseph Darlinton.
Prosecuting Attorneys.
Arthur St. Clair. Jr., son of the Governor, who received his ap- pointment from his father, was the first Territorial Prosecutor. Some- one, as Jacob Burnett, William McMillan, Francis Taylor, or John S. Wills, usually prosecuted the many petty offenses, for St. Clair, as the records show. William Creighton, M. Baldwin, William Sprigg, Thomas Scott, Levin Belt and others acted as prosecutors by appoint- ment from the years 1800 to 1803, receiving for their services $15 per term.
The Prosecuting Attorneys were afterwards appointed by the Court of Common Pleas. The appointments were made during the pleasure of the Court. The law of April 13, 1803, gave the appointing power to the Supreme Court. The act of February 21, 1805, restored it to the Common Pleas. The law of December 29, 1825, gave the power of ap- pointing the Prosecuting Attorney to the Common Pleas Court. The act of January 29, 1833, made the office elective for a term of two years, and that law continued in full force until 1881, when under the act of April 20, Vol. 78, Ohio Laws, page 260, the term was changed to three years. The incumbents, prior to 1833, can only be gathered from the court journals, and these are in some places obscure. The first elected Prosecuting Attorney was Samuel Brush, who was elected in October, 1833. As long as the office was appointive by the Court, the allowance for services was made each term by the Court. Prior to 1808, the duties of Prosecuting Attorney were in all probability discharged by some attorney nonresident of the county who traveled the circuit follow- ing the courts. At November term, 1808, John W. Campbell was allowed $30 for services as Prosecuting Attorney. He continued to act until December term, 1810, when Jessup M. Couch was allowed $25 for services for prosecuting. With this exception John W. Campbell con- tinued to discharge the duties of the office until the June term, 1817,
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when Samuel Treat was appointed. Campbell was usually allowed $25 per term for his services, sometimes it was more, but never over $45. At this same term, June, 1817, John W. Thompson was allowed $15 for prosecuting in the Supreme Courts. Samuel Treat was usually allowed $45 per term for his services, there being three terms each year as now. Treat served until August term, 1820, when Geo. R. Fitzgerald was appointed. He resigned August term, 1820, and in 1821 Richard Collins was appointed in his place. August term, 1822, Richard Collins resigned and Daniel P. Wilkins was appointed. He served until June term, 1826, when George Collings was appointed, and the salary made $100 per annum. So far as the record shows he continued to act until 1833, when Samuel Brush was elected. The roster is :
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