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In addition to these there are a number of soldiers of the Civil War buried here. Besides the above named township cemeteries there are a number of private burial grounds. One of these is on the Infirmary farm; another is on the farm of George Williamson, and has been used since 1849. Another is on the east bank of the canal near Dry Run. Among those buried here are: Ruth Wilcoxon, wife of John Wilcoxon, born January 21, 1770, died August 21, 1828; Rebecca M. Smith, died February 19, 1849, aged 69 years, 2 months, 25 days; William P. Oard, died October 9, 1845, aged 39 years, 8 months; Thomas H. Wilcoxon, died June 17, 1824, at New Orleans, was interred there and afterward re-interred here April 22, A. D. 1828, aged 34 years, 8 months, 2 days; Sarah, wife of Thomas H. Wilcoxon, died December 27. 1828, aged 29 years, 8 months, 21 days; Joseph Oard, died March 29, 1838, aged 57 years, 1 month, 12 days; Joel W. Smith, died February 4, 1826, aged 49 years; Joseph Williamson, died September 16, 1812, aged 47 years.
A Remarkable Prize Fight.
George Beedle Mershon was born May 1, 1825, in Adams County near Locust Grove. His father's name was Henry Mershon, born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. His grandfather was Timothy Mershon. His mother's maiden name was Cassie Ann Hibbs.
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On the 8th of April, 1853, Mr. Mershon fought with Larkin Hammond, who was from Kentucky, for one hundred dollars at the old stone house. Ham- mond weighed 177 pounds and Mershon weighed 188. They stripped to the waist, greased their bodies with butter, and fought for fifteen minutes. Mer- shon won, but Hammond gouged his left eye until it fell out on his cheek. Captain Smith put it back, but he has never been able to see out of it since. Mershon chewed all of Hammond's fingers off and also tore his eye out. Three hundred people witnessed the scene.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
This is the richest and most densely populated Township in the County, since it contains the City of Portsmouth. It was organized in April, 1809. It was bounded on the south by the Ohio river, on the north by the present north line of Clay Township and on the east by the present line of Porter Town- ship. Its years of importance were from 1809 to March 1, 1815, when the town of Portsmouth had no existence.
First Officers.
The trustees elected at its organization were William Huston, Uriah Barber and Josiah Barbee, Trustees; Elijah Glover, Lister; Isaac Overaker, House Appraiser; Aaron Kinney and William Lawson, Overseers of the Poor: John Brown, William Price, Caleb Hitchcock and George Bowers, Supervisors; William Brady and Martin Funk, Fence Viewers; Jacob Offnere, Treasurer and George W. Clingman, Clerk. James Black, Caleb Hitchcock and Charles T. Mastin were Justices of the Peace.
Extracts from Clerk's Record.
The first meeting of the trustees was held April 15, 1809. $112.92 was levied at that meeting for roads. Jacob Moore, James Dawson and William McDonald were the first Constables.
The Trustees met March 5, 1810, and found they had expended in the previous year $664.57.
At the spring election in 1810, Capt. Josiah Shackford, John Simpson, grandfather of Mrs. T. T. Yeager and Isaac Bonser were elected Trustees. The Supervisors were Isaac Noel, Jesse Hitchcock and Samuel Burt. The Lister was Elijah Glover and the House Appraiser, Thomas Morgan; William Lawson and Aaron Kinney were elected Overseers of the Poor, quite an im- portant office in those days, as there was no County Poor House and they had to warn all objectionable people out of the Township. It required men of nerve and good sense to exercise that office, and hence, they were selected. Jacob Offnere was re-elected Treasurer, but refused to serve, and General Kendall was appointed in his place. Nathan Glover was elected Clerk, and the Fence View- ers were John Brown and James Cochran. John Brown is well known to local fame in Portsmouth, a small man, with a fiery temper, who married his two daughters to Militia Generals. Oblivion has secured Thomas Cochran. The Township spent $26.05 this year.
In 1811, the Trustees levied $64.221/2 and spent $34.951/2. The April elec- tion was held at the house of Martin Funk, where all the early elections were held. This was on the site of the brick residence near the William Mickleth- wait home.
In this year Robert Lucas, the doughty Militia General and Great Apostle of Jacksonian Democracy, was elected Lister. Thomas Morgan, the old keel-boat man, was still after the job of House Appraiser and got it. Martin Funk and Sanders Darby were the Fence Viewers. William Kendall was elect- ed Treasurer. John Brown, Isaac Bonser and Philip Noel were Supervisors.
In 1813, the township election was held at the home of Martin Funk. Hugh Cook was elected House Appraiser, but this year there were two and William Swords was the other. Captain Josiah Shackford was elected Treas- urer and Ezra Osborne, Justice of the Peace. Ezra Osborne was fond of that office and liked it better than Presiding Judge of the Common Pleas Court,
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which he afterwards held for seven years. Salma Keyes ancestor of Mil- ford Keys, was one of the Supervisors that year.
On May 4, 1813, the first road in the Township was laid out. William Lawson, Aaron Kinney and Samuel B. Burt were the viewers. John Buck was petitioner and John Russell, surveyor. Prior to this roads were made by those who wanted them, or by general consent. The road was one mile and six rods long and led to two fractional sections in the Big Island.
March 7, 1814, the Trustees met at the home of Martin Funk for the last time. After that, they met at the house of Henry Sheeley, in Portsmouth. He was the step-father of Moses Gregory. Martin Funk was elected Fence Viewer, as usual. He was the only one ever elected to that office who per- formed its duties and took an earnest view of it.
Aaron Kinney refused to serve as Overseer of the Poor this year and John H. Thornton was elected in his place.
In 1815, David Gharky was made a Trustee, and no doubt he made it in- teresting for his associates, Samuel B. Burt and George W. Clingman. Jacob Offnere, John Brown and Jacob Noel, three of the best citizens, were Super- visors. The road tax levied this year was $144.32.
In 1816, Gabriel Feurt appears as a Trustee; Nathan Wheeler as Clerk; and William Lodwick as Treasurer. Martin Funk was still Fence Viewer, and was one of the most useful men in the Township. John Simpson was his as- sociate.
In 1817, John Noel was elected Justice of the Peace, John Brown, Ga- briel Feurt and Samuel B. Burt were elected Trustees. Jacob Offnere was con- tinued as Supervisor, because he believed in good roads. Ezra Osborne who was always on the lookout for a little job, took that of House Appraiser. The road tax levied this year was $174.85. Jesse Hitchcock was elected Justice of the Peace.
In 1818, Jacob Abbott and Ezra Osborne tied on the vote for House Appraiser. It does not appear how the matter was settled.
In 1819, Jacob Offnere was Township Clerk, and Captain Shackford, Treasurer. John Smith was elected Justice of the Peace. In this year the lot owners of Portsmouth were first taxed on their lots for township pur- poses. From 1815 to 1819 only 53 township orders had been issued.
In 1820, Hugh Cook was elected Overseer of the Poor and refused to serve, for which he was fined. William Lawson was elected Fence Viewer, re- fused to serve and was fined. Only nine orders were issued in this year and they amounted to $45.66.
In 1821, 88 voters participated in the Township election. Simon De- Long was elected Constable. This was his first appearance in public office, for which he appeared to hunger and thirst. He also carried off the office of Lister. William Kendall was elected Township Treasurer and gave bond in the sum of $500. William Oldfield was elected Justice of the Peace July 7, 1821. John Smith, Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee, died August 16, 1821. He was the father of L. P. N. Smith and Charles S. Smith. On August 21, 1821, Constable James B. Andrews was ordered to warn Thomas Ireland out of the Township. This was a favorite amusement at that time. If any one did not like his neighbor, he had him warned out of the Township. The theory was the person warned might become a township charge, but the fact was, this was done to show ill will and spite. The expenditures of the township for the year 1821 were $222.421/2.
In 1822, there were 122 electors at the Township election. Daniel Cor- wine and John Peebles were elected Overseers of the Poor. Simon DeLong was remembered and secured the office of Lister. At this election 83 persons voted for a Special School District and 9 against it. As a consequence on April 12, 1822, Wayne Township was divided into two school districts.
In 1823, there were 132 votes cast at the Township election. Jacob Off- nere was elected Township Treasurer and re-elected in 1825, and every year thereafter until 1835. In 1835, Havillah Gunn had 32 votes for that office and Jacob Offnere, 28. In 1836, John Smith had 71 votes for Treasurer and Jacob Offnere 15. In 1837 the Township electors regained their senses and re-elected Jacob Offnere Treasurer, and re-elected him in 1838, 1839, 1840 and 1841, when he refused to serve any longer. In 1842, William G. Whitney was elected to
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that office. Dr. Offnere was a very useful man,-more reliable than the bank of England, and was in great demand for an office like Treasurer.
In 1824, James Lodwick was elected a Trustee. This was his first ap- pearance in his long career before the public in Portsmouth. He was a good Democrat and always ready to hold any public office.
He was not a native born Virginian but came very near being. His sis- ter next older than he, was born in Virginia, but he inherited the Virginia taste for office from his father, Col. John Lodwick.
In 1826, 129 persons voted at the Township election. Cornelius McCoy appeared on the scene, for the first time, and was elected Overseer of the Poor. John Peebles was elected House Appraiser and. John H. Thornton, Lister. A township duplicate was made each year. In this year the township taxes were $288.921/2. William Lodwick was the largest land owner in the Township, and Henry Massie next.
In 1826, 113 votes were cast at the Township election. The receipts of the township for the previous year were $161.401/2. John M. McDowell appears, officially, this year as an Overseer of the Poor, as was John Peebles. Wil- liam Peebles and John R. Turner were elected Fence Viewers. This shows that at that time they were regarded as the principal citizens of the Town- ship.
On May 20, 1826, our friend, John Brown, Senior, tried for the office of Justice of the Peace. He had 48 votes, but Ezra Osborn who was always ready for an office, received 71 votes and was elected.
On June 26, 1826, John Peebles and Samuel M. Tracy were appointed Township Trustees in place of Asa A. Andrews and Gabriel Feurt who had been set off into Clay Township. Samuel G. Jones was made Supervisor in place of Samuel C. Briggs, set off into the new township of Clay.
In 1827, there were three school districts with householders as follows: first, 38; second, 43; third, 13. In this year, Giles S. B. Hempstead was made Supervisor. Silas W. Cole and Levi C. Barker were Overseers of the Poor. In 1828, there were 87 electors at the Township election. Samuel M. Tracy, John Peebles and Havillah Gunn were elected Trustees. On December 28, 1828, Edward Hamilton was elected a Justice of the Peace. There were 110 votes cast, Hamilton had 59 and John Noel, 51.
On April 6, 1829. 69 votes were cast at the election. Wm. Hall and Enos Gunn were elected Fence Viewers. This was simply to remind them that they were mortal. This office, except in the case of Martin Funk, was al- ways conferred on some one who did not want it and would not have it. In 1830, John H. Thornton and Ezra Osborn had it; in 1831, M. B. Ross and Samuel Huston; in 1834, Henry Buchanan had it; in 1837, John Waller, and B. F. Conway; in 1838, Joseph Riggs and Elias Barber.
In 1830, John Peebles, Samuel M. Tracy and Washington Kinney were elected Trustees. They served a number of years before and after that.
In 1831, 89 votes were cast. Simon DeLong was elected Constable this year and a number of times before and after. He liked the office and was fitted for it. He was a butcher by trade and never failed to make an arrest. In 1835, the township expenditures were $320.
In 1836, 132 votes were cast.
In 1837, John C. Ashley, who has a picture and sketch herein, was elected a Trustee. William Jones, the first school teacher, was elected Clerk.
In 1837, John C. Ashley and Jacob P. Noel were elected Justices of the
Peace. The budget for this year was $873.65.
In 1838, our old Irish friend, Lorenzo C. Goff, was elected Justice of the Peace. It was a specimen of his mode of administering justice which induced Hon. W. A. Hutchins to locate in Portsmouth.
In 1839, there were four school districts in Wayne Township. The budget was $1,225.97.
In 1840, George H. Gharky and Thomas Burt were elected Constables. They refused to serve and were fined $2.00 each. J. V. Robinson was one of the trustees elected at this election.
In 1841, the Budget was $717.66.
In 1842, Robert Montgomery, Wilson Gates and L. C. Goff were elected Trustees. Joseph W. Glidden was elected Supervisor and John Armstrong, As-
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sessor. John P. Terry and Cornelius McCoy were elected Fence Viewers. The latter were elected simply to remind them they should honor the lowest office in the land.
In 1843, Cornelius McCoy was elected Justice of the Peace for the first time. This was the beginning of his long career in that office. He was enamoured of the office and was a candidate for it at all times.
In 1845, the budget was $901.61. In this year William Kendall was elected Justice of the Peace for the Township and John L. Ward and Thomas Kendall, two of the trustees.
In 1846, Cornelius McCoy was re-elected a Justice of the Peace. In this year there were three Assessors elected in Portsmouth for three wards, James Lodwick, Washington Kinney and Isaac Kirby.
In 1847, the budget was $1,092.11. There were 358 men of military age in the Township.
In 1848, the township election took two days Cornelius McCoy again secured the place of Justice of the Peace.
In 1850, the budget was 573.96. John L. Ward, S. S. Fuller and R. B.
Alford were elected Trustees. Conrad Overturf was Assessor and Wash White and Giles Gilbert, Jr., were elected Constables.
In 1851, the budget was $1,353.56.
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In 1855, Moses Thompson was elected Justice of the Peace. On July 18, 1855, Cornelius McCoy was elected a Justice of the Peace at a special election.
In 1858, Wm. H. Raynor was elected Treasurer and Henry Hope, Clerk. The latter resigned June 26, 1858.
As Portsmouth had become a City in 1851 and had about absorbed Wayne Township, the latter's affairs became uninteresting. Fernando C. Searl was elected a Justice of the Peace October 19, 1859. He resigned Feb- ruary 4, 1861, to accept the Probate Judge's office. On April 6, 1868, all of Wayne Township was annexed to the City of Portsmouth by a vote of 1,370 for, to 20 against.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT-TRACY PARK.
PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
PART II. THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.
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THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.
CHAPTER I.
Abstracts of the Acts to Incorporate the Town of Portsmouth- The Council Journal-Ordinances of the Town and City- Society Events, 1872-1882 - Residents of Portsmouth, 1819 to 1821, from John G. Peebles' Manuscript- Diary of John G. Peebles-Personal Recollec- tions of the Late John G. Peebles, Writ- ten by Himself.
ACTS OF INCORPORATION.
The town plat of Portsmouth was made by Major Henry Massie in April, 1803. He was the original proprietor of the entire town site, that is, the land was patented to him by the Government; but he had purchased entries made by others, William Lawson, Nathaniel Willis, Jeremiah McClain and Gen. Thomas Parker, who had made entries of portions of the site of Portsmouth before Massie, but who had not carried their titles into patent before they sold out to Massie. It is said that the name of the town was given it by Massie at the request of Captain Josiah Shackford, who was on the ground when Massie made his purchase. He requested Massie to name it for Portsmouth, N. H., and promised in case Massie did, he would help build up the town. Massie ac- cepted his proposition and gave it the name. Massie had a great deal of dif- ficulty to make his town go. It was a mere locality until the 1st of March. 1815. He aimed to sell the land in bulk, and the outlots adjoining at $10.00 per acre, and then complained that the sale was slow at that.
Dec. 29, 1814, the Legislature passed an act to incorporate the Town of Portsmouth in the County of Scioto. The taking effect of this act was post- poned until the 1st of March, 1815. It contained 14 Sections. Section 2, provid- ed that the white male free-holders and house-keepers should meet on the second Monday of March, and choose nine persons as President, Recorder and Common Councilmen of the town. The nine elected were to choose among them- selves a President, a Recorder and Treasurer, and three were to retire each year, and three to be elected each year. Section 3, gave the nine Councilmen corporate succession, and all of them were required to take an oath of office. Section 5, provided that they should appoint an Assessor, a Town Marshal. and a Clerk of the Market, and such other officers as they might deem neces- sary, and they might fine persons refusing to accept offices. Section 6, gave the Council the right to lay a tax, but no tax on real property was to be over one per cent on its value. This provision unhappily has not survived until the pres- ent time. Section 7, gave the Council power to erect wharves to make laws and ordinances, but they were to pass no laws subjecting hogs, cattle or sheep, not belonging to the town, to be abused therein or sold for coming into the corporation. No person was to be imprisoned over 24 hours. This liberal provision has not survived. Section 8, made the Town Marshal collector of the town taxes, and gave him authority to sell lands for non-payment. Section 10, provided that anyone aggrieved at the action of the Town Council could ap- pear to the Court of Common Pleas, but no such appeal was ever heard of. Section 11, required an annual election to be held on the second Monday in March each year between ten in the morning and four in the afternoon. Sec- tion 14, gave the use of the County jail to the corporation. This law was amended on January 23, 1823. Section 1 of the amendatory law gave the
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President of Council the powers of a Justice of the Peace. Section 2 conferred the power to pass ordinances, etc., but excepted the country cattle, hogs and sheep from the jurisdiction of the town. Evidently the Legislature feared that the town authorities wanted to confiscate the cattle, hogs and sleep of the country people. Section 4 provided for an appeal from the decision of the members of the Council to the Court of Common Pleas. Section 5 required every able bodied male and house-holder or land-holder to work the roads two days, and authorized a tax on dogs and other property.
In March, 1838, the original act to incorporate the town was amended by an act of 23 Sections. Section 2 provided for the election of the Mayor on the second Monday of March, 1838, and prescribed his duties. His term was two years. Section 3 provided for the election of the Town Marshal for one year, and the Town Treasurer for two years. Section 5 provided for the President of the Town Council also a Recorder and Town Clerk. Section 8 provided for licensing taverns, coffee houses, and ferries across the Scioto and Ohio rivers. Section 9, provides for three wards and each ward was to elect three council- men. Section 10 provided for authority for the town to borrow $100,000 at not over 7 per cent, and to borrow $10,000 without public vote. Section 11 required six weeks newspaper notice of improving the property of non-resi- dents. Section 12 provided for lighting the town. Section 13 provided for va- cancies in office. Section 14 provided for Common Schools. Section 15 provided for purchasing sites for a school house in each district. Sec- tion 16 provided tor taxation, for school trustees and management. Section 19 provided for a Board of five School Examiners and Visitors. Section 22 pro- vided for leasing school lots. Section 24 provided for fire companies. Sec- tion 25 authorized subscription to stock of Turnpike or Canal Companies. Sec- tion 26 provided for labor on the streets.
In 1838, there was a public pamphlet of 79 pages, containing the fore- going laws of the town ordinances at that time. John R. Turner was Presi- dent of the Council and Joseph Riggs, Recorder. On May 4, 1838, three wards were established, and an ordinance June 19, 1838, provided for a street com- missioner. The ordinance of September 21, 1838, provided for three school districts.
TOWN COUNCIL JOURNAL-1815-1835.
The first Journal of the Common Council of the Town of Portsmouth, is found in an old book, not paged, but containing about 150 pages, not ruled, and yellow with age. It opens the "Journal" with the proceedings of the President and Common Council of the Town of Portsmouth.
The first meeting was held at the Court House March 15, 1815. Thomas Waller, Nathan Glover, John Brown, David Gharky, Samuel B. Burt, Wil- liam Huston, William Kendall, Nathan K. Clough and Josiah Shackford, nine in all were the first City Fathers. They organized by electing Thomas Waller, President, Nathan K. Clough, Recorder and David Gharky, Treasurer. They drew lots for terms, and Themas Waller, Josiah Shackford and Nathan Glover drew the one year term. John Brown, William Huston and David Gharky drew the two year term. Samuel B. Burt, William Kendall and Nathan K. Clough were appointed a committee to draft rules. William Swords was elected Marshal. They adjourned until May 1, 1815. At that time, William Kendall and Samuel B. Burt were appointed a Committee to bring in a bill on executions. David Gharky and Nathan Glover were appointed a committee to levy a corporation tax. Samuel B. Burt and Josiah Shackford were appointed a committee to bring in a bill to tax shows. They adjourned until the next day at the house of Henry Sheeley. On that date, they passed an ordinance in regard to streets, stud horses, indecent conduct of boatmen and others, to regulate the objects of taxation, creating the office of Supervisor, in regard to the duties of Marshal and regulating shows. The Council met the third day and finished up their business in passing ordinances, regulating taxation, executions and removing nuisances. A bill was ordered brought in for draining non-residents' lots, and the Council then adjourned until the second Monday in June. Two orders were issued at this meeting. It was agreed that all orders should be signed by the President and Recorder. There was no meeting in June; but in July the Council met and resolved to build a school house. On July 8, at a meeting,
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N. K. Clough was allowed $2.00 for copying laws, and Henry Sheeley $2.50 for the use of his house. On the same date, William Kendall and William Huston were ordered to contract with Samuel B. Burt for a school house.
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