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the attorney worked for Piketon, but his opponents took advantage of his weakness and kept him out of the way most of the time. Gen- eral Wells S. Jones worked for Jasper. Colonel Higgins also work- ed for Waverly. When the bill finally passed, the campaign was a nine days wonder. Emmitt canvassed the County with a band wag- on and band and with speakers galore. The vote of the people gave 309 majority for Waverly. The contest cost Mr. Emmitt at least $40,000. Mr. Emmitt built up Waverly. He built the Emmitt House, organized and conducted in Waverly a bank, a sawmill and grist mill, a furniture factory, a lumber yard and a large general store. He was engaged in other enterprises in Chillicothe and else- where. At one time he paid 1-3 of the taxes of Waverly and I-IO of Pike County. He was instrumental in the building of the Spring- field, Jackson & Pomeroy Railroad and was its first President. He built the first bridge across the Scioto river in Pike County. In 1865, he took a trip to Europe and was gone nine months. Mr. Emmitt in- vested $3,000 in the Muskingum Valley Railroad, $6,000 in the Scioto Valley Railway and $90,000 in the Springfield, Jackson and Pome- roy Railway. The Beaver pike cost him $15,000 and the bridge across the Scioto $20,000. John Morgan burned it. He built six- teen miles of the Waverly and Sunfish turnpike, at a cost of $40,000. In 1867, Mr. Emmitt was elected to the State Senate from the Sev- enth District, composed of Adams, Pike, Scioto and Jackson. The vote stood as follows :
James Emmitt.
General Wells S. Jones.
Adams County
2,309
1,979
Pike
1,780
951
Jackson
66
1,818
1,858
Scioto
2,538
2,815
8,445
7,103
Majority for Emmitt 1342. Mr. Emmitt was re-elected to the Senate in 1869 defeating Doctor A. B. Monahan of Jackson. Em- mitt received a majority of 565 in Adams and 428 in Pike. Monahan
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received a majority of 230 in Scioto and 310 in Jackson. Emmitt's - majority in the District was 453.
Mr. Emmitt owned over 7,000 acres of farm land in Pike County. He owned a great deal of real estate in Waverly, Chillicothe and elsewhere. One of the most interesting and readable books ever pub- lished is the "Life and Reminiscences of Hon. James Emmitt as re- viewed by himself," by M. J. Carrigan, published at Chillicothe, Ohio in 1888. It is history and romance happily combined. It is writ- ten in pure literary style and the interest is maintained throughout. For historical reminiscences of the Valley nothing equal to it has ever been published. As to books and literature Mr. Emmitt's knowledge was like the darkness of Egypt, but in seventy-five years from now that book will hand him over to posterity as a man of great literary acquirements. Mr. Emmitt knew men and he knew business. He had wonderful courage, will power and force of character, and that made up for the lack of early advantages, for which he was not re- sponsible. While the ideas in the book are Mr. Emmitt's, they are clothed in the language of Mr. Carrigan; a happy combination mak- ing a book of local history priceless in value and interest. Mr. Em- mitt died January 5th, 1895.
James W. Newman,
of Portsmouth, Ohio, was born in Highland County, Ohio, March 12th, 1841, the son of William and Catharine Ott Newman. His father has a separate sketch herein.
Soon after the birth of our subject, his parents removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he has since resided. He was educated in the Portsmouth schools, graduating there from in the year 1855. Afterwards he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he graduated in July, 1861. In November of that year, when but twenty years of age, he began the publication of the "Portsmouth Times," which he continued for thirty years, and his talent and abil- ity, as displayed in its publication and management brought him rep- utation and fame. That newspaper is now one of the most influential in the State and its columns in the thirty years he managed it show Mr. Newman's ability as a journalist. In 1894, the "Times" prop- erty was turned into a corporation, in which Mr. Newman still re- tained an interest.
In 1867, Mr. Newman was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent Scioto County in the Legislature, defeating Col. John R. Hurd, the Republican candidate for that office. In 1869, he was a candidate for re-election, but was defeated by Hon. Elijah Glover, by a majority of twenty-three votes. In 1871, Mr. Newman was a can- didate of his party for the State Senate in the Seventh Senatorial Dis- trict, composed of Adams, Scioto, Pike and Jackson Counties, and was elected and re-elected over the late Benjamin B. Gaylord, to the same office in 1873. During his second term he was chairman of the
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Committee on Finance, and also of Benevolent Institutions, and con- ducted the affairs of these committees with recognized ability. In 1882 he was elected Secretary of State on the Democratic ticket, by a majority of 19, 117 over Major Charles Townsend, of Athens Coun- ty. In this electon he came within forty-one votes of carrying his own County, strongly Republican, and carried Hamilton County by over 10,000 majority In 1884, he was defeated for re-election as Secretary of State by General James S Robinson, by a majority of II,242. It was a memorable campaign year in which Grover Cleve- land was first elected President. Mr. Newman headed the State ticket in the October contest, and received the highest vote that has ever been cast for a Democrat in Ohio. In his first annual report, as Secretary of State, he recommended a system for taxing corporations, in the granting of articles of incorporation, and drafted the bill carry- ing out his ideas. This measure was that winter enacted into a law by the Legislature, and the system has since developed until it now produces a very considerable revenue to the State. On June 20th, 1885, Mr. Newman was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eleventh Collection District of Ohio, and held the office four years.
He was always prominent in his party, served on its stage, central and executive committees, and aided it in its councils and on the stump in every campaign for the past thirty-five years.
He was a prominent and active Elk, and served two terms as Ex- alted Ruler of the Portsmouth Lodge. He was called upon to deliv- er addresses on numerous occasions in connection with that body. He was a public speaker of high order, and his addresses on these oc- casions, as well as on others, were eloquent and well received.
In 1893, he aided in organizing and establishing the Central Savings Bank in Portsmouth, and has since been its president.
In all public enterprises in the city of Portsmouth, Mr. Newman took a leading and prominent part, and was known as a public spirited citizen. He was fond of good literature, and kept well informed on all current topics.
On October 24th, 1871, he married Miss Kate Moore, a daughter of Colonel Oscar F. Moore, who has a separate sketch herein. They had one son, Howard Ott Newman. Mr. Newman died Jan. Ist. 190I.
John William Gregg,
one of the principal farmers of Pike County, was born July 13th, 1845, on the farm where he now resides. His father, John Gregg, was born October 15th, 1808, in Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Ohio in 1818. He came to Ohio to make a fortune and succeeded. He worked on the canal when it was being built through Pike County. Our subject had only a common school education and was reared to the occupation of farming and stock raising.
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He was married November 8th, 1866, to Miss Minnie C. Down- ing whose parents were among the first settlers in Pike County. They have five children, John W., aged 32, who is the Recorder of Pike County ; George A., who is a book-keeper at Washington Court House; Edgar M., who is a book-keeper in the bank at Waverly, and two daughters, Ada Belle and Minnie E., who are at home with their parents.
Mr. Gregg represented Adams County as a part of the Seventh Senatorial District in the sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh General As- semblies, from 1884 to 1888 and did it ably and well. Mr. Gregg was in the dry goods business in Waverly from 1864 to 1866 and, with that exception, has always been a farmer. He resides in Seal Town- ship, two and one-half miles east of Waverly. His two oldest sons are married and have families. He has always been a Republican, served on the central committee of his county many times, and has often been a delegate to district and state conventions.
Mr. Gregg is a man of generous and genial disposition. His heart is full of kindness and sympathy. It is said of him that no deserv- ing person ever applied to him in vain. To the poor he has always been kind:
In politics he is one of the strongest of strong partisans. He never fails in an opportunity to aid his party or advance its in- terests as he sees them.
In business he is a man of the highest integrity and honor, and for those qualities he enjoys the confidence of all with whom he has any business relations. As a. legislator, Mr. Gregg made a most creditable and honorable record.
Captain Amos B. Cole
was born December 13th, 1827, in Portsmouth, Ohio. He was reared on a farm. In 1846, he went to the Mexican War and served until 1848. On August 22nd, 1862, he became Captain of Company F. Ist Ohio Heavy Artillery, and served until December 19th, 1864, when he was discharged for physical disability. After leaving the army he was an insurance agent with James Lodwick and W. H. Bonsall. He was Clerk of the Courts of Scioto County, Ohio, from 1873 to 1879. He represented Scioto County in the House of Rep- resentatives from 1880 to 1882. He was in the State Senate from the Seventh District, composed of Adams, Pike, Jackson and Scioto Counties, from 1888 to 1892. In 1851 he married Miss Martha E. Orme. They had six children : J. Orme Cole, O. V. Cole, Charles C. Cole, A. Spencer Cole, Mrs. Ida Anderson and Mrs. Lollie L. Du- duit. He was a Republican at all times. He was raised in the Methodist Church. He died September 3rd, 1897, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Elias Crandall
was born in Angelica, Alleghany County, New York, May 25th, 1829. His father was Lester Crandall, a native of Connecticut. The family removed to Warren County, Pennsylvania and later to Newport, Washington County, Ohio, in April, 1858. Lester Crandall was an old line Whig, a Justice of the Peace for a number of years and a soldier in the war of 1812. To him and his wife seven children were born, four sons and three daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch, and William L. of Iowa, are the only survivors. Elias' moth- er's maiden name was Mary Tracy.
Our subject attended only the schools in the district where he re- sided until the age of sixteen years when he engaged in business for himself. He was a resident of Scioto County from 1853 to 1872. when he removed to Jackson County, where he has since resided. He was a part owner and manager of Empire Furnace in Scioto County, from 1861 to 1872.
On the 6th of January, 1861, he was married to Nancy Ford Forsythe, the daughter of James Forsythe, one of the proprietors of Empire Furnace. Our subject was the first store-keeper, then book- keeper and then manager of this furnace. Since removing to the town of Jackson, he has been the general manager of the Globe Iron Works. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Benjamin Bentley, a gro- cer in Jackson ; his daughter Carrie, married Edward McGee, a book- keeper at Globe Furnace, Ky.
Mr. Crandall has been connected with the iron business in Scioto and Jackson Counties for forty-five years. When he first went to Jackson he bought an interest in Fulton Furnace, and afterward be- came a member of the Globe Iron Company, which has been manu- facturing stone-coal iron. This plant has a capacity of twenty tons a day and is one of the leading pig iron manufactures in the Jackson iron and coal fields. Mr. Crandall is one of the principal business men in his section of the State, and has a wide acquaintance with the commercial as well as the political world. He was always a Repub- lican. He voted for Fremont in 1856 and has voted for every other Republican candidate for President from that time since.
In 1895, he was the Republican candidate for Senator against James S. Thomas, Democrat, and was elected by a plurality of 4, 189 votes. He was again a candidate and was re-elected in 1897 by a large majority. During his first term in the Senate he was on the Committee on Corporations, Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining. He was also on the Committees of Agriculture, Medical Colleges and County Affairs. In his second term, he was chairman of the Fish and Game Committee and of County Affairs, and was a member of the Agricultural, Medical Colleges and Turn-pike Com- mittees. In his own County he has been on the Executive Com- mittee many years, and has been a delegate to the State, Congress-
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ional, Judicial and Senatorial Conventions in many years. He be- lieves in protection, reciprocity and the gold standard, but gives most of his attention to his extensive business. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is not a fraternity man, not be- longing to any lodges. He commands the confidence and respect of every one who is acquainted with him.
Samuel Lincoln Patterson,
who now represents the Seventh Senatorial District, is a great-grand- son of Judge Joseph Lucas, who represented Adams County in the First Legislature of Ohio, and a sketch of whom is found elsewhere in this book.
He was born September 7th, 1860, at Piketon, Ohio, son of William Patterson and wife, Hannah Brown, who was a daughter of John R. Brown and his wife Levisa Lucas, daughter of Judge Joseph Lucas.
Our subject's father was born near Philadelphia. His father Thomas, died when his son William was quite young. The father of John R. Brown, named above was a Captain in the Revolutionary War from Virginia, as was Major William Lucas, father of Judge Joseph Lucas. Mr. Patterson, the father of our subject, was a wagon maker and blacksmith. His wife had a farm adjoining Piketon and he operated that in connection with his trade. He died June 11th, 1879, and hs widow still resides in Piketon. Our subject attended school in Piketon until 1879, when he went to Lebanon. He began the occupation of a school teacher in 1881, and followed it until 1886. In Piketon, he taught in 1884, 1885 and 1886, having the position next to the superintendent. He was Mayor of the village of Piketon from 1882 to 1890, and was a Justice of the Peace of Seal Township from 1883 to 1886. He was a member of the School Board in Piketon from 1889 to 1897. He was elected State Senator in the Seventh Senatorial District composed of Adams, Pike, Jackson and Scioto in the fall of 1899. At the organization of the Senate he was made Chairman of Finance, and was placed second on the Judi- ciary Committees and on the Committees on Public Works and In- surance. In 1901 he was re-elected to the Senate in the same district.
He was married May 18th, 1882, to Miss Lizzie M. Bateman, daughter of Rev. Samuel Bateman, of Piketon. They have six chil- ren, two boys and four girls. In his political faith Mr. Patterson is an earnest Republican, and was chairman of the Republican Executive Committee for the first three years Pike County went Republican.
He is a man of strong convictions, but cautious and conservative in the expression of them. While among his friends, he is gentle and reserved in his manner, at the same time he is one of the most positive men, and firm in his purposes. As a lawyer ; the longer he devotes himself to a cause; the stronger he becomes in it. He has great reserve force, he always appears to have something reserved for
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a denoument. He has rare judgement and fine discrimination. He seldom reaches a false conclusion. As a lawyer, he is an untiring worker. In taking up a case he masters the facts, and then the law, then he prepares his pleadings which are models of accuracy. He gives great promise as a lawyer. As a member of the Ohio Senate, he has already taken a high position amongst his fellow Senators. He bids fair to make an enviable reputation as a Legislator.
A TABLE OF THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
LEG. SESS.
MET.
ADJOURNED.
NAMES.
DISTRICT.
1.
...
Marcb 1, 1803 ...
April 16, 1803 ...
Josepb Lucas and.
D
Adams.
William Russell
Daniel Collier
2
...
Dec. 5, 1803 ...
Feb. 17, 1804.
Abrabam Shepberd and ... John Wright.
Phillip Lewis
3
Dec. 3, 1804.
Feb. 22, 1805.
Thomas Wall and.
-D Adams and Scioto.
4
...
Dec. 2, 1805.
Jan. 27, 1806.
Abrabam Shepherd and
D
Phillip Lewis, Jr.
Ph. Lewis
5
Dec. 1, 1806.
Feb. 4, 1807.
James Scott and
D
66
Abraham Shepherd.
Alex. Campbell.
66
66
6
Dec. 7, 1807
Feb. 22, 1808.
Andrew Ellison and
D
Phillip Lewis, Jr.
Robert Lucas, D
Scioto.
8
Dec. 4, 1809.
Feb. 22, 1870.
Daniel Mckinney, D.
9
Dec. 3, 1810.
Jan. 30, 1811.
10 11
Dec. 7, 1812.
Feb. 9, 1813.
William Kendall, F
12
Dec. 6, 1813.
Feb. 11, 1814.
13
Dec. 5, 1814.
14
Dec. 5, 1815.
15 Dec. 2, 1816.
Jan. 28, 1817
Ezra Osborn, F. 16 66
.6
17 Dec. 5, 1818 ..
18
Dec. 6, 1819
Feb. 26, 1820.
David Mitchell, F
Scioto and Lawrence. Lawrence, Pike and Scioto.
66
.6
21
Dec. 2, 1822
Jan. 28, 1823.
Jobn Barnes, F ..
22
Dec. 1, 1823
Feb. 26. 1824
Jobn Davidson, D
23
Dec. 6, 1824.
Feb. 8, 1825.
William Collings, N. R
25
Dec. 4, 1826 ...
Jan. 31, 1827
26
Dec. 2, 1827
Feb. 12, 1828
*Isaac Bonser. D
27
Dec./ 1, 1828.
Feb. 12. 1829.
Joseph Davidson, N. R
28
Dec. 2, 1829.
Feb. 23, 1830.
29 Dec. 7, 1830.
Mar. 14, 1831
James Rogers,
66
30 Dec: 5, 1831.
Feb. 13, 1832
31
Dec. 3, 1832.
Feb. 25, 1833.
William Carpenter,
32
Dec. 2. 1833.
Mar. 3, 1834
Edward Hamilton. W.
33
Dec. 1, 1834.
Mar. 9, 1835.
William Miller, W
31
Dec. 5, 1835.
Mar. 14, 1836.
Jobn Glover and.
Adams, Scioto and Brown.
James Louden
5
36. Dec. 1, 1837
Mar. 19, 1838
William Kendall
Jobn H. Blair and.
Joseph Leedom ..
John H. Blair and.
D
39
Dec. 7, 1840.
Mar. 29, 1841
Daniel Young, W.
Gallia, Lawrence and Scioto
40
Dec. 6, 1841.
Mar. 7. 1842.
Moses Gregory. W.
66
42
Dec. 4, 1843.
Mar. 23, 1844
Joseph J. Combs, W
43
Dec. 2, 1844.
Mar. 13, 1845
William Oldfield, W ..
Scioto and Lawrence.
44. Dec. 1, 1845.
Mar. 2, 1840.
Timothy R. Stanley. W
66
46
Dec. 2, 1847
Feb. 25, 1848
Elias Nigb, W
47 Dec. 6, 1848
Mar. 26, 1849.
Josbua Hambleton, W
66
48
Dec. 6, 1849
Mar. 28, 1850.
James Rogers, W ..
49
Dec. 2, 1850.
Mar. 28, 1851
Oscar F. Moore, W
66
..
37. Dec. 6, 1838
38 Dec. 2, 1839.
Mar. 23, 1840
Joseph Leedom
66
41 Dec. 6, 1842.
Mar. 18, 1843.
Hiram Campbell. W
6.
45 Dec. 2, 1846.
Feb. 8, 1847
Jobn A. Turley, W
..
24 Dec. 3, 1825.
Feb. 4, 1826.
William Kendall, N. R John Davidson, D
Lawrence and Scioto.
06
66
..
35 Dec. 6. 1836.
Apr. 8, 1837 D
Nelson Barrere and 1 W
16.
Dec. 1, 1817.
Jan. 30, 1818
Feb. 9, 1819.
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19 Dec. 4, 1820.
Feb. 3, 1821
William Miller, F
20 Dec. 3, 1821
Feb. 4, 1822.
William Kendall, F
7 Dec. 5, 1808.
Feb. 21, 1808.
66
Dec. 10, 1811
Feb 21, 1812.
¥
Feb. 16, 1815. Feb. 27, 1816.
David Mitchell, F 66
66
66
Abrabam Shepherd
Daniel Collier.
66
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Mar. 18, 1840.
Thomas Kirker.
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Under Constitution of 1851.
GEN. As.
MET.
ADJOURNED.
NAMES.
· DISTRICT.
50
Nov. 6, 1852.
Mar. 3, 1853 .. .
51
Jan. 2, 1854.
May 1, 1854.
Samuel J. Huston, D
52
Jan. 5, 1857
Apr. 17, 1857 .. 5
53
Jan. 4, 1858
Apr. 12, 1858 .. }
James B. Ray, D
54
Jan. 7, 1861.
May 13, 1861 .. .
55
Jan. 6, 1863.
Apr. 14, 1863 ..
56.
Jan. 3, 1865
Apr. 18, 1865 .. 7
57
Jan. 2, 1867
Apr. 17, 1867 .. .
Jan. 6, 1868
May 18, 1868 ..
58
Nov. 23, 1868
Nov. 25, 1868 ..
James W. Newman, D
Jan. 5, 1869
May 7, 1869 ..
59
Jan. 3, 1871
May 2, 1871 .. "
Jan. 1, 1872.
Apr. 29, 1872 .. )
John C. Malone, R
Jan. 2, 1873.
May 6, 1873 .. .
Apr. 20, 1874 .. )
George Johnson, R.
62
Jan. 2, 1877
May 7, 1877 .. . May 15, 1878 .. ? J'ne 23, 1879 .. .
64 Jan. 4, 1880.
Apr. 20, 1880 .. ? Apr. 17, 1881 ..
Amos B. Cole, R
65
Jan. 7, 1883.
Apr. 19, 1883 ..
Jan. 7, 1884
Apr. 14, 1884 .. )
66
Jan. 6, 1885.
May 4, 1885 .. ] May 10, 1886 .. {
67
Jan. 4, 1887.
Mar. 21, 1887 .. f
Jan. 2. 1888.
Apr 16, 1888 ..
Joseph P. Coates, R.
Jan. 6, 1890.
Apr. 28, 1890 ..
=
66
70.
Jan. 2, 1892 Jan. 3, 1893
A. T. Holcomb, R
71.
Jan. 3, 1894.
Apr. 27, 189s .. } May 21, 1894.
Charles E. Hard, R
72
Jan. 6, 1896 ..
Apr. 27, 1896
73 Jan. 3, 1898.'
Apr. 25, 1898
A. F. McCormick, R.
74
Jan. 1, 1900.
Apr. 16, 1900
75.
Jan. 1, 1902.
May 12, 1902.
C. J. Moulton
60
Jan. 2, 1859
Jan. 2, 1860
Apr. 6, 1859 .. . Mar. 26, 1860 .. ?
John W. Collings, R.
Jan. 2, 1862.
May 1, 1862 .. ?
Martin Crain, R
Jan. 2, 1864
Mar. 31, 1864 .. {
Elijah Glover, R.
Jan. 1, 1866
Apr. 6, 1866 .. )
66
61 Dec. 1, 1874. Mar. 30, 1875 .. . Apr. 12, 1876 .. ?
Jan, 3, 1876.
John P. Sellards, R.
63
Jan. 7, 1878
Jan. 7, 1879.
Jan. 5, 1881.
Apr. 17, 1882 .. ?
Daniel McFarland, R
Dan. J. Ryan, R.
68
Jan. 8, 1889
Apr. 15, 1889 .. 7
69 Jan. 2, 1891
Oct. 4, 1891
May 4, 1891 .. Oct. 15, 1891 .. ) Apr. 8, 1891 .. }
R. H. Hayman, D
Jan. 3, 1870
Apr. 18, 1870 .. 2
Elijah Glover, R
60
Jan. 2, 1856
Apr. 11, 1856 .. ]
Daniel McFarland, W
Jan. 5, 1852.
Mar. 3, 1852 .. )
Wells A. Hutchins, W
Scioto.
#Isaac Bonser was elected. Samuel Crull contested his seat and it was awarded to him.
Joseph Lucas
was born in Virginia, in 1771. His father, William Lucas, was born in 1742, and served throughout the Revolutionary War, raising to the rank of Captain He belonged to one of the proud families of Vir- ginia. He owned extensive lands and negroes. His son, Joseph, was married in Virginia, in 1792, to Hannah Humphreys. He and his brother, William, came to the Northwest Territory in 1797, to lo- cate their father's land warrants. They located at the mouth of Pond Creek in what is now Rush Township, Scioto County, then Adams County. In 1800, Captain William Lucas, father of our sub- ject, sold his possessions in Virginia, and came to the Northwest Territory, and joined his sons. He had a son, John, who laid out the town of Lucasville in Scioto County, and his son, Robert, was Rep-
Jan. 7, 1886.
Jan. 2, 1882.
Jan. 6, 1874
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resentative and Senator in the Ohio Legislature for nineteen years ; Governor of the State 1832 to 1834; and Territorial Governor of Iowa from 1838 to 1841.
Joseph Lucas was one of the three Representatives from Adams County, in the First Legislature of Ohio, which met in Chillicothe. March Ist, 1803, and continued its sessions until April 15th, 1803. This is the Legislature which met under a sycamore tree on the bank of the Scioto River.
Joseph Lucas was well educated, and took a prominent part in public affairs. His colleagues from Adams County in the House were : William Russell and Thomas Kirker; in the Senate General Joseph Darlington. At this session, Scioto County was organized and Joseph Lucas was made one of its Associate Judges, in which office he continued until his death in 1808. In politics he was a fol- lower of Thomas Jefferson ; and in religion he was a Presbyterian. Dying at the early age of thirty-seven, a most promising career was cut short. He left three sons and three daughters. His daughter, Rebecca, married Jacob Hibbs, Sr., and was the mother of General Joseph L. Hibbs and Jacob Hibbs of Portsmouth, Ohio. His daugh- ter, Levisa, married Jacob Brown, of Pike County, and became the mother of several well known citizens of that County. His sons. Joseph and Samuel, located in Muscatine, Iowa, and died there. Harry Hibbs, of the firm of J. C. Hibbs & Company, of Portsmouth. Ohio, is a great-grandson. The Hon. S. L. Patterson, of Waverly, Senator for the seventh district, is his great-grandson.
Judge Joseph Lucas was one of the active characters of Adams County, but fell a victim to the untried climate which the pioneers found in their first settlement.
Colonel Daniel Collier
came to the Northwest Territory in 1794. He was born in January, 1764, and died on his large farm on Ohio Brush Creek, where he was buried, April 17th, 1835. Colonel Collier selected the site of his fut- ure home on Ohio Brush Creek while surveying in that region with Nathaniel Massie and others. The lands, five hundred acres, were purchased from General William Lytle, who held military warrants of Jonathan Tinsley, John Shaver and George Shaver, Virginia Line, Continental Establishment.
Colonel Collier was prominently identified with the public affairs of Adams County in his time. The Second Legislative Session was from December 5th, 1803, to February 17th, 1804. The General Assembly was the Constitutional term for the Legislature, and met on the first Monday of December in each year. At this session, Daniel Collier, of Tiffin Township, John Wright, of Sprigg, and Abraham Shepherd, of Byrd Township, represented Adams in the Lower House At the fourth legislative session under the second appointment, De-
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