A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 44

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612

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subscriptions of stock to the Railroad Company. This compelled the con- tractors to go to the subscribers and sell these certificates at once. They were sold at first at a discount of 15 per cent and afterwards went down as low as 50 per cent, and the result was that the subscriptions were paid in advance in this manner before the day that the road was to be completed. November 4, 1877, at 3 p. m., the Scioto Valley Railroad was completed between Portsmouth and Columbus. November 5, 1877, Monday, 6 p. m., the first passenger car ar- rived from Columbus at Portsmouth, time four hours. December 28, 1877, there was an excursion given by the Scioto Valley Railroad Company to the sub- scribers. It was tendered by Geo. D. Chapman and made up of directors cars only. Invitations were issued to subscribers and refreshments were provided; 125 persons went upon the excursion. Geo. D. Chapman, E. Wilhoff Banker, Mr. Peters and E. K. Stewart, a Columbus banker, were the hosts. The day following there was a return excursion from Columbus for the Railroad and Business men. The people of Columbus gave the people going on the excursion from Portsmouth free rides about the city and tickets to the theaters. On the return excursion the Portsmouth People gave to the excursionists a free dinner at the Biggs.

On August 14, 1878, the contract for the construction of the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad between Winchester and Galena was let to Albert Hill.

May 1, 1880, a Railroad to Ashland, Ky. was agitated, and a law was passed allowing cities to build railroads. May 6, 1880, a great Railroad meeting was held at Portsmouth, it was addressed by N. W. Evans, Dan J. Ryan and others. May 8, 1880, there was a vote in the city for building a Railroad to Ash- land, Ky. There were 1,122 for and 648 against the project, majority 473. May 15, 1880, Jos. Robinson became superintendent of the Scioto Valley Railroad. May 29, 1880, J. J. Harper appointed Wells A. Hutchins, L. C. Damarin, James Y. Gordon, D. N. Murray and Wm. Bolles trustees of the Railroad to Ashland, Ky. This ship passed in the night. Sept. 18, 1880, work was begun on the Railroad between Ironton and Portsmouth, known as the Scioto Valley Ex- tension; the road was built from Portsmouth eastward and it was expected to be completed in November. December 22, 1880, the track for the Scioto Val- ley Extension to Ironton was laid to a point just beyond Franklin Furnace.

January 18, 1881, Portsmouth and Ironton were first connected by rail. February 12, 1881, the Board of Trade asked the legislature to give the Cin- cinnati and Eastern Railroad the use of the canal between Scioto Brush Creek and Davis' Distillery.

March 18,1882, the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad was let from Otway to the Scioto River. May 11, 1882, the bill authorizing the Cincinnati and East- ern Railroad to occupy the tow path of the Ohio Canal from Brush Creek to Davis' Distillery passed the house by 72 to 0, and became a law, having previ- ously passed the Senate. September 23, 1882, the contract was let to build the Scioto River bridge for the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad to Col. J. C. Dewey. It was to be 1,000 feet long, 40 feet high, and to have seven piers. There was to be 2,000 feet of grade between the bridge and he canal, and 100,000 cubic feet of earth were to be moved.

February ,9 1881, the first train arrived in Ironton over the Scioto Valley Extension carrying 100 passengers.

April 22, 1883, the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad went into the hands of a receiver, Samuel Woodward. October 13, 1883. Judge Loudon ordered the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad completed to Portsmouth. Receiver's certif- icates to the amount of $250,000 were ordered issued, and the road was ordered to be changed to a standard gauge from Batavia Junction. At that time it had out its first mortgage bonds $500.000, $257,500 the second mortgage bonds and $704,900 the third mortgage bonds. The floating debt secured by three- mortgage deeds was $162.879.79, and there had been an additional floating debt, not secured, of $176,539.58, and of this debt $24,061.56 was due to the operation of the road. At that time the company had 86.5 miles of track on the main line and 14.3 on the branch line. The cost of construction to Portsmouth was estimated to be $157,427.54, and of widening the gauge, $83- 000, total $235,427.54. The receiver's certificates were to run three years and to be redeemable in six months. July 25, 1883, the road was completed to Hen- ley and a new mail route established to Portsmouth from Henley, by hacks. At

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the same time the Belt Road project appeared in Portsmouth. It was an- other ship which passed in the night. The directors were James Y. Gordon, C. A. M. Damarin, John G. Peebles, Geo. Davis, W. Q. Adams, H. R. Tracy, J. F. Towell and W. A. Hutchins. On December 5, 1883, the death of the belt line was announced in the Portsmouth Tribune, with black lines.

January 16, 1884, the new C. W. & B. depot was built. It was 52 feet long, 22 feet wide, with two waiting rooms and a ticket office; it is still in use. May 21, 1884, the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad had reached Rushtown. June 30, 1884, it had reached Wharton. July 9, 1884, the Scioto Valley Railroad tried to prevent the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad from crossing its track and elevated the track six feet at the point of crossing. August 25, 1884, the Cincin- nati and Eastern Railroad was opened to Portsmouth. December 8, 1884, the roof of the Arion tunnel caved in. May 23, 1884, the council granted the Cin- cinnati and Eastern the right of way over the streets and alleys from 16th to 10th streets, between North Waller and Offnere Sts.

July 2, 1884, W. R. McGill, president of the Cincinnati and Eastern Rail- road, fell out of a baggage car door over the trestle near Winchester, and was instantly killed. August 3, 1884, the Cincinnati and Eastern track crossed the Scioto Valley Railroad. August 16, 1884, the track of the road was laid to the Barbee trestle, and regular trains were run to Wharton. May 6, 1884, John R. McLean was made Receiver of the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad. It was stated that the road was to be made standard gauge at once.

May 29, 1885, the Scioto Valley Railroad went into the hands of a receiver, Joseph Robinson. On September 1, 1885, Gen. B. F. Coates was appointed re- ceiver of the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad, in place of John R. McLean, resigned.

May 25, 1886, the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad be- tween Ashland and Cincinnati was begun opposite Portsmouth. February 24, 1886, the Ohio and Northwestern Railroad was proposed to come to Portsmouth. April 8, 1886, the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad shops were moved to Ports- mouth. September, 1886, the earnings of the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad were $19,874.64.

January 25, 1887, the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad was sold for $1,000,000.00, and it was purchased by the Ohio and Northwestern Railroad Company. On April 11, 1887, the former employees of the Cincinnati and East- ern Railroad presented Gen. Coates with a set of silverware. November 9, 1887, the Ohio and Northwestern was made standard gauge all the way to Ports- mouth. May 14, 1887, the Ohio and Northwestern Railroad built a track from Portsmouth to Sciotoville. August 20, 1887, the Scioto Valley Railroad laid its tracks on Tenth street for its junction with the C. W. & B. and to its shops. November 7, 1887, the Ohio and Northwestern Railroad was made standard gauge from Portsmouth to Cincinnati.

May 2, 1888, the locomotive first appeared in Springville, Ky., a cannon was fired at Portsmouth and was answered by a scream of the locomotive from the other side. The track layers were working from Ashland down; 62 pound steel rails were laid. June 16, 1888, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad track was laid 13 miles below Maysville; the work progressed at the rate of one mile per day. June 15, 1888, the Ohio and Northwestern Railroad went into the hands of a receiver, Samuel Hunt.

August 8, 1888, Samuel Hunt, Receiver, asked for $325,000 Receiver cer- tificates to complete the Railroad, $100,000 to purchase leased rolling stock. $35,000 to build the road from Portsmouth to Sciotoville, $47,243,18, to pay for cross ties and timber furnished already, $111,924 for improving the road bed and trestles.

January 5, 1889, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad began to run regular trains on the South Shore road, and trains from Huntington to Cincinnati were arranged for. January 8th, it began to run local trains, but through trains were not to go on until March 1st. The passenger train from the west came in at 12:05 p. m., from the east, 3:26 p. m., and went only to Covington, Ky. January 2, 1889, at Philadelphia, $600,000 Ohio and Northwestern bonds sold, one block at 60 cents and one at 57 cents with coupons from July, 1887, attached. May 13, 1889, the "F. F. V." train passed through Portsmouth at 1:30 p. m. on the C. & O. R. R. December 4, 1889, the Scioto Valley began to run a sleeper to Chi-

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cago. December 25, 1889, the C. W. & B. R. R. was sold out and transferred to the B. &. O. South Western.

January 21, 1890, the Scioto Valley Railroad was sold to a Reorganiza- tion Committee for $3,265,200. The indebtedness on it was $44,231,955.79 in- cluding all expenses. The Central Trust Company from New York were the buyers for reorganization. The new organization was called the Scioto Valley and New England Railroad, and mortgaged the road for $15,000,000. June 21, 1890, the Norfolk and Western Railroad bought the Scioto Valley Railroad for $5,000,000, and the assumption of bonded indebtedness.

June 11, 1891, the Ohio and Northwestern Railroad ceased to exist and became the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad, with a capital stock of $2,160,000.

February 6, 1895, a receiver was appointed for the Norfolk and Western Railroad at Philadelphia. The order was made by the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern Division of Virginia. F. J. Kimball and Henry Fink were the Receivers. November 20, 1895, the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Vir- ginia Railroad mortgaged its road for $500,000.

November 11, 1895, the Scioto Division of the Norfolk and Western' Railroad sold for $110,000. It was sold subject to at $5,000,000 mortgage. The sale was at the Portsmouth Station.

January 24, 1899, the Portsmouth and Ohio Valley Railroad was incorpo- rated to build a Railroad from Wharton to Reitz Stone Quarries. Ignatius Reitz, Albert Reitz, Henry Bannon, George E. Kricker and William Turner were in- corporators. July 11, 1899, the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad bought the old Harty Spring works property for $21,100. November 1, 1899, through train service from Cincinnati to Pittsburg began by the C. P. & V. Ry. from Cincinnati to Portsmouth, the N. & W. to Kenova and the Ohio River Railroad the remainder of the way. There was one train a day each way.

March 1, 1901, the Norfolk and Western Railroad purchased the Cincin- nati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad.

County Elections.

It is absolutely impossible to find any records of the elections in Scioto County prior to the year 1818. They were preserved on loose sheets of paper and filed away for a period of time and then destroyed. None are on file or preserved prior to 1876. The election returns given here are taken from old files of newspapers, or from some other sources. The first newspaper ever published in Scioto County was published on August 5, 1818. The returns for the years 1821, 1822, 1823, 1830, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1841, 1843, 1847 and 1857 the Editor was unable to find. The following is the vote for 1818:

For Governor, Ethan Allen Brown received 269 votes; James Dunlap, 189. For Congress, Henry Brush received 415 votes; Levi Barber, 30. State Senator, Edward Tupper received 25 votes; Robert Lucas, 345; Jesse Hitchcock, 70. For Representative, John James received 41 votes; Ezra Osborn, 347; Caleb Hitchcock, 122. For Commissioner, Samuel B. Burt received 178 votes; John Smith, 177; and Gabriel Feurt, 80 votes. For Sheriff, Nathan Wheeler re- ceived 389 votes; John Noel, 80. For Coroner, Henry Sumner received 174 votes; Seth Grahanı, 124 and John H. Thornton, 56.

In the year 1820, the vote is given below. There were no nominations for county officers and each one seemed to run on his own motion:

For Governor, Ethan Allen Brown, 635 votes; Jeremiah Morrow, 8. For Congress, Henry Brush, (Chillicothe), 436 votes; Thomas Scott, (Chillicothe), 211 votes; Levi Barber, (Marietta), 75 votes. State Senator, Robert Lucas, 394 votes; no opposition. Representative, Nathan Wheeler, 465 votes; Ca- leb Hitchcock, 431; David Mitchell, 200; William Miller, 151; William Collins, 66 votes. Commissioners, Jacob Noel, 287 votes; Joseph Moore, 233; Wm. M. Burk, 210. For Sheriff. John Noel, 229 votes; Elijah Mclnter, 170 votes; Marcus Bosworth, 123; Elijah Glover, 100; Wm. Oldfield, 96; Joseph Bonser, 9. For Coroner, Uriah Barber, 411 votes; Ebenezer Corwine, 213; H. Sumner, 68 votes. ;

There are no records between 1820 and 1824.

1824 was a presidential year and the following is the statement of the vote in that year in the county:

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For Senator, Robert Lucas, 1,062 votes; John Noel, 525 votes; Jacob Noel, 294. Representative, John Lucas, 974 votes; William Collins, 755; John Da- visson. 681; Roswell Craine, 653; Thomas Kerr. 277; Francis Adams, 5. For Sheriff, William Carey, 382; Samuel B. Burt, 270; Daniel Corwine, 263; Jacob Anderson, 1. Commissioners, William Lodwick, 424; Daniel Mckinney, 265; Jesse Marsall, 258; Charles P. Hatton, 203; John Clingman, 200; John Brown, 122; John Chapman, 121; Samuel R. Nourse, 19; Thomas W. Burt, 19. For Auditor, David Gharky, 593; Ebenezer Corwine, 342. For Congress, S. F. Vin- ton, 604; Levi Barber, 190.

Robert Lucas was elected to the State Senate and John Lucas and Wil- liam Collins to the House. William Carey was elected Sheriff, William Lod- wick and Daniel MeKinney, Commissioners, and David Gharky, Auditor.

To give the elections from year to year such as have been preserved to the present time would occupy the space of the book. These elections are not profitable except for the purpose of showing the increase in the vote for the several years.

1828 being a presidential year the vote on the various county offices is given below:

For Governor, Allen Trimble, 670; John W. Campbell, 352. For Con- gress, Samuel F. Vinton, 346; George House 346. For Senator, William Ken- dall, 670; Robert Lucas, 341. For Representative, Joseph Lodwick, 637: John Davisson, 390. For Commissioner, William Jackson, 522; Peter T. Lindsey, 394. Auditor, David Gharky, 564; Ezra Osborn, 405. For Sheriff, Moses Greg- ory.

The election of 1829 was a famous one on account of the Senatorial race between Robert Lucas, David Mitchell and Dr. Giles S. B. Hempstead. The following is the vote on these in the county:

Lucas.

Scioto

Lawrence.

191

211

323

108

153

253

281 36

1,078

880

441

In this election, George Hammit, a Revolutionary soldier was a candi- date for Commissioner and received 212 votes to 442 for Samuel B. Burt. The result of this election to the Whigs caused nominations to be thereafter ef- fected by nominating conventions.

In the election of 1831, there were four candidates for Sheriff and three for Coroner. What they all wanted to run for those offices at that time, no one can now tell, but the vote stood as follows:

Commissioner, William Jackson, 458; John B. Dodds, 252; Thomas Al- dridge, 49; N. Littlejohn, 71. Coroner, Uriah Barber, 360; David Enslow, 147; Samuel Gould, 88.

In 1832, Robert Lucas was a candidate for Governor. He received 453 votes in Scioto County to 778 for his opponent, Darius Lyman. This would in- dicate that Scioto County was strongly Whig. In this year there was a three- sided fight for Congress. In Scioto County, the vote stood, General Duncan McArthur, 753 votes; Wm. Allen, 453; Gen. Wm. S. Murphy, 22. Allen's ma- jority, in the District was one. Judge Mitchell was a candidate for State Senator. He had 766 votes in the county to 437 for John Thomas, but Thomas' majority in the District was 97. Moses Gregory was elected Auditor without opposition, receiving 766 votes. For Assessor, Conrad Overturf received 706 votes and Seymour Pixley, 437. Edward Cranston had no opposition for Com- missioner and his vote was 687. There was a three-cornered race for Re- corder. John R. Turner had 78 votes; Samuel Nixon, 317 and Havillah Gunn, 78.

In 1836, Joseph Vance for Governor received 977 votes to Eli Baldwin, 550. William Key Bond and William Allen were the candidates for Congress and Bond had 914 votes and Allen 579. There were two representatives to be elected in the joint district of Scioto, Brown and Adams County. William Kendall and James Pilson were the Whig candidates and received 981 and 920 votes respectively. John Glover and James Loudon, of Brown, were the Democrat candidates and received respectively 488 and 599 votes. Moses

Mitchell.

Hempstead. 233

311

280

Pike

Jackson

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Gregory, candidate for Auditor, had 1,949 votes. He was opposed by John Pee- bles, father of John G. Peebles, who received 398 votes. Peter Noel had 997 votes for Commissioner, and R. B. Alfred, 358. The Congressional District in- cluded Scioto, Ross, Pike, Fayette and Jackson Counties. William Key Bond's majority in the District was 536. In the year, 1834, William Allen was beaten in the district by 315 votes.

In 1837, Oliver Lindsey was the Whig candidate for Sheriff and Mark Bradburn, the Democratic candidate. Lindsey's vote was 657 to 622 for Brad- burn. For Commissioner, William Jackson was the Whig candidate and re- ceived 744 votes to 472 for Abijah Batterson on the Democratic ticket. There were four candidates for Assessor, Azel Glover, Whig, 234 votes; John C. Ash- ley, Democrat, 154; John Peebles, Independent, 40, and James Kinnison, Inde- pendent, 109.

The race for Coroner was between William Jones, the old school teacher, who received 210 votes, and Uriah Barber, the Revolutionary soldier, who re- ceived 351 votes. Barber was the only Democrat on the ticket who was elected.

For the Legislature, William Kendall had 897 votes, and his opponent, John Glover, Democrat, 408.

For State Senator, Charles White, Whig, had 865 votes, and John Patter- son, Democrat, 435 votes. This vote represented the strength of the Whig and Democrats in the county. There was only one candidate for Prosecuting At- torney, Samuel M. Tracy. He received 1,053 votes.

In 1838, Governor Vance on the Whig ticket, had 880 votes, and Shannon, Democrat, had 603. For Congress, Bond on the Whig ticket, had 853 votes, and Latham on the Democratic ticket, 605. For Commissioner, Wm. Salter had 1,015 votes and one C. V. Folen had 32 votes. John R. Turner was a candi- date for Recorder and received 778 votes. He was opposed by Wm. Jones, our old friend, the school teacher, who had 227 votes.

In 1839, for Commissioner, Peter Noel had 756 votes and Thayer D. White, his opponent, 619 votes. The parties' strength was represented on the vote for Senator. George Edwards of Brown, Whig, received 755 votes, and John Glover, of Scioto, Democrat, 690 votes.

In 1840, in the race for Governor, Corwine had 1,421 votes and Shannon, 790. William Russell for Congress, had 1,884 votes and Allen Latham 779. Russell's majority in the district was 1,700. Daniel Young for Representative, had 1,357 votes and his opponent, Tieran had 785. Wm. L. Boynton, was elected commissioner by 1,334 votes to 792 for Thayer D. White. For Sheriff, John H. Thornton, had 1,356 votes and his opponent, Clark, 781.

In 1842, Corwine for Governor had 1,073 votes and Shannon, his Demo- cratic opponent had 780. For Sheriff, John H. Thornton had 880 votes and John Cook, 920. This was the time John Cook stole a march on the Whigs and defeated their candidate for Sheriff. Everybody was suprised at this result except John Cook, who knew how it was done.

In 1844, Bartley, Whig, for Governor, had 1,451 votes and Todd, Demo- crat, 1,087. Vinton, for Congress, had 1,454 and Mr. Morgan, his opponent, had 1,069. This year Isaac H. Wheeler was elected Sheriff. He had 1,384 votes to 1,147 for John Cook.

In 1846, the Whig candidate for Congress had 989 votes and Byington,

Democrat. had 754. For Representative, John A. Turley had 1,064 votes and Abijah Batterson, 771.

In 1848, J. L. Taylor for Congress had 1,530 and Francis Cleveland, Demo- crat, had 1,064. ' Moses Gregory, as Surveyor had no opposition. For Infirmary Director, John McDowell, Whig candidate, had 1,501 votes, and Samuel J. Huston, Democrat, 1,067 votes.

In 1849, Wm. L. Salter, Republican candidate, for Senator, received 1,192 votes and Joseph McCormick, Democrat, 643 votes. For Representative, James Rodgers, Republican, received 1,162 votes and Wm. Newman, Democrat, 695 votes. This was the year in which Edward Jordan defeated Samuel M. Tracy for Prosecuting Attorney. He received 961 votes to 936 for Tracy. Wm. Conk- lin, Whig, defeated Abijah Batterson, Democrat, for Treasurer by a vote of 1,198 to 709.

In 1850, J. L. Taylor, Whig candidate for Congress, carried the county by receiving 1,126 votes to 654 for McCormick. In that year, Col. Moore, Whig,

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defeated Johnson, Democrat. Moore had 1,326 votes to 430 for Johnson.

In 1851, Col. O. F. Moore received for Senator, 1,309 votes to 888 for Francis Cleveland, Democrat. W. A. Hutchins, Whig Candidate, for Representa- tive, received 1,348 votes against Joseph Moore, Democrat, who received 928 votes. This was the year in which John R. Turner was elected Clerk of the Courts for that term by a vote of 1,134, to 1,133 for George H. Flanders, only 1 vote majority. For Treasurer John Cook received 1,278 to 793 for George H. Gharky. For Prosecuting Attorney, Edward A. Jordan, Democrat, received 1,334 votes to 731 for Samuel M. Tracy, Whig. The vote on Coroner was the closest fight. John Squires, Whig candidate received 823 votes; C. F. Reiniger, 862. For Infirmary Director, Joseph Riggs received 1,186 votes. James Lod- wick, Democrat, 986 votes.

In 1852, the Whigs made a clean sweep. For Congress, Taylor had 1,419 votes and Sherer, Democrat, had 1,083. George A. Waller, Whig, received 1,326 votes for Auditor to 1,145 for Thomas Kendall.

In 1853, Nelson Barrere for Governor, (Highland County,) received 1,077 votes to 1,260 for Wm. Medill, Democrat. One Lewis, a third candidate, received 129 votes. In this year the Democrats seemed to have swept everything. There was a Democrat re-action.

. Thomas McCauslen, for Senator, received 1,622 votes, Elijah Glover 708. Joseph Riggs, candidate for State Board of Equalization, received 1,103 votes and one Anderson, the Democratic candidate, 1,331. George Herod for Repre- sentative, received 738 votes. One Hudson. had 1,072 and Cassidy had 635. Mar- tin Crain was a Whig candidate for Recorder. He received 1,275 votes to 1,169 for B. F. Cunningham.

In 1855, on the vote for Governor, Salmon P. Chase had 1,042 and Medill 1,050, Trimble, 1,740. On the vote for Senator, H. S. Bundy had 482 votes to 1,067 for Westphall. For Representative, Daniel McFarland received 1,145 votes to 1,049 for Hempstead, Democrat. For Prosecuting Attorney, Glover re- ceived 1,206 votes and George Johnson, Independent, 1,167.

In 1856, Col. Moore for Congress on the American ticket had 1,343 votes and Miller, on the Democratic ticket, had 1,309, Hoffman, Republican, 533. Coffrin, American, 1,571 votes and John Cook, Democrat, 1,616. The Democrats elected their Auditor, J. J. Appler by a vote of 1,395 to 1,294 for George W. Flanders, American. Judge Searl, candidate for Auditor, had 483. He was on the Republican ticket. Benjamin Miles was the American candidate for Re- corder. He had 1,501 votes. McCrum, Democratic candidate for the same office had 1,375. Cole, Republican, 374. Joseph Riggs was the Republican candidate for Commissioner and had 473 votes. Tracy, on the American ticket, for Commissioner had 1,363 votes and Hudson, Democrat, had 1,391. Thomas Keys, Republican candidate for Surveyor had 473 votes, Brown, Democrat, 1,508; Gregory, American, 1,142.

The returns for 1857 were not found.

In 1858, the race was a straight one between the Republicans and Demo- crats. Carey A. Trimble, Republican candidate for Congress, had 1,870 votes; Joseph Miller, Democrat, 1,489. For Common Pleas Judge, W. W. Johnson, Republican, had 1,785 and E. F. Bingham, Democrat, 1,543. On the vote for Commissioner, Wm. Veach, Republican, had 1,764 votes and Joseph Moore, Democrat, 1,599. At this election, Johnson for Judge had 307 majority in the five counties. Trimble, candidate for Congress, had 939 majority.

In 1859, the political vote in the county was Governor, Wm. Dennison, Republican, 1,808 votes; Rufus P. Ranney, Democrat, 1,324; the Republicans carried the county for State Board of Equalization, State Senator, Common Pleas Judge, Treasurer, Prosecuting Attorney and Recorder. The Democrats won on Commissioner, Andrew J. Enslow had 1,529 votes and Joseph Jackson, Republican, 1,486. The vote on Treasurer was Philip Noel,, Republican, 1,598 votes, Jesse Appler, Democrat, 1,541. For Representative, John W. Collins, Re- publican, 1,658 and Stephen Smith, Democrat, 1,349. There was a vote in the County on annual sessions of the Legislature. Scioto County voted 220 for it to 828 against it.

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A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 44

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913 Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans Number of Pages: 1612

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612