A standard history of Fulton County, Ohio, an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and county, Vol. I, Part 28

Author: Reighard, Frank H., 1867-
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 546


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Of Wauseon churches, the first to be built was the frame ehureh which stood until 1875 on the northeast corner of Fulton and Elm streets, where now is the brick block occupied by the Wauseon "Re- publican." The construction of the frame church by the Methodist Society was begun in 1855, and it was dedicated in 1857. In the '70s. after the Methodists had built their larger brick church, the wooden one was purchased by the Catholie Society, and moved to the northwest corner of Clinton street, where it was for many years known


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as St. Caspar's Church. The Congregational Society of Wauseon was organized in 1861, and a church built in 1864. The Disciples or Christian Church was organized in 1862, but a church building was not erected until 1864, in which year the First Baptist Church, of Wauseon, was organized. The church was built in 1868. Other churches were of later establishment.


METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The "History of the Central Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church," published in 1914, by the Methodist Book Concern, states, regarding the Wauseon Methodist Episcopal Church :


"When the settlers came to the vicinity of what is now Wauseon, they brought their religion along with them. Among them, from 1837 on, were Methodists. The Rev. Chas. Babcock, of Waterville Cir- cuit, coming in 1838, was the first preacher. Their number increased


FULTON STREET, WAUSEON, LOOKING NORTH (The M. E. Church spire is seen in distance.)


as the years passed, the services being held in log cabins, and then . in log schoolhouses and barns. .... . All were common people, living in the country, there being no village nearer than seven or eight miles.


"Doubtless the first Methodist preacher in that vicinity was the Rev. Uriel Spencer, who settled a few miles east of Wauseon, in 1835 or 1836. He had to give up the regular ministry because of throat trouble, and came here ...... and preached occasionally.


"The pastors who served the church here from 1838 to 1860, when the church had its first resident pastor, were as follows: Chas Bab- cock, Alex Campbell, Liberty Prentiss, J. W. Brakefield, Hatch and Thomas, Wm. Thatcher, and Mower, Octavius Waters, J. M. Wil-


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cox, Hy. Warner, John Crabb and Thompson, Ambrose Hollington, and John Fraunfelter, Martin Perkey, W. W. Winters and D. D. S. Reagh, A. B. Poe and P. Steven. In 1860 a parsonage was built in Wauseon, and it became a station. The station preachers from 1860, in order of service, were: Lewis J. Dale, F. L. Harper, P. R. Hender- son, A. M. Corey, Benjamin Herbert, J. R. Colgan, C. G. Ferris, E. A. Berry, N. B. C. Love, Jolin Wilson, G. H. Priddy, E. S. Dunham, J. D. Simms, J. H. Fitzwater, J. W. Donnan, D. F. Helms, A. B. Leonard, M. D. Baumgardner, W. E. Hill, Wm. McK. Brackney, F. E. Higbie, W. W. Lance, Daniel Carter, C. W. Hoffman, Geo. B. Wiltsie, and S. R. Dunham, present pastor. Early officials of the ehureh ineluded James Pease, John Linfoot, Wm. Mikesell, Wm. Baves, Thomas Bayes, and Daniel Ritzenthaler."


The record above-quoted further states :


"The first church building in Wauseon was the Methodist, and was started in 1855, when the town was one year old, and ...... dedi- eated in 1857, by Rev. Thomas Barkdull, a presiding elder of the early days. This was a frame building, and cost $1,300. In 1874, the construction of the present two-story brick building was begun. It cost $15,000, and was dedicated in August, or September, 1875. It was repaired and added to in 1913, at a cost of nearly $3,500.


"A parsonage was built in 1860, on the same lot with the church and was used until 1874, when it was sold, and the new church placed on part of the same ground it had occupied. Then, until 1903, there was no residenee for pastors. In 1903, a house and lot were bought, for $2,000."


The Wauseon Methodist Episcopal Church is a strong and active organization. Its Sunday School is prosperous, and is much strength- ened by the enthusiasm of its men's and women's Bible classes.


FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUSEON. The Congrega- tional Society of Wauseon was organized on June 11, 1861, growing out of the society founded at Lena, in 1854, and its early history is briefly sketched in the "Manual of the Congregational Church, in Wauseon, Ohio" published in 1874. It stated :


"This church was organized June 11, 1861, by Rev. James R .: Wright, assisted by J. G. W. Coles, of Bellevue, Ohio. It consisted of the following named persons: `A. J. Knapp and wife, Joel Lyon and wife, Mrs. E. F. Greenough, Mrs. Judith Dudley, Jerome H. Shaw, and John Bates. A. J. Knapp was elected clerk, Mr. Wright engaged to preach every other Sabbath, occupying the Methodist Episcopal Church, and closed his labors July, 1862. In September, 1862, Rev. Wm. Bridgman, of Oberlin, was engaged to supply the pulpit, and remained four months. In June, 1863, Rev. Gideon Dana was called .. and remained two years. In the Winter and Spring of 1863, arrangements were matured for the erection of a house of worship, which was built at a cost of $2,174.85, including lot and fixtures, and was dedicated, October 7, 1864. Rev. Amzi Barber, of Geneva, Ohio, preaching the sermon. Immediately following the dedication of the house the church enjoyed a revival, the result of which was 23 were united to the church. Under Mr. Dana's leadership the membership increased by 53 ...... In September, 1865, Rev. G. W. Walker be- came pastor, and continued until August 1, 1869. . In July, 1869, Rev. D. D. Waugh was called to the pastorate. . and continued


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until June 1st, 1872 ...... During the winter of 1871 and 1872, the house of worship was enlarged by 16 feet, and by a vestry, 24x18 feet, at a cost of $1,250.00 ...... November 1, 1872, Rev. Mr. Ed- wards was employed. .... In the June following the Church and Society extended a unanimous call to Rev. F. W. Dickinson, which he accepted."


The total membership of the church in 18744 was 160. But dur- ing the next three decades, the membership outgrew the capacity of the first frame building, 'and early in the new century prominent members sought to bring the church to a unanimous decision to re- build. That was effected, and on Sunday, February 5, 1905, the last morning service was held in the old church, a new and beautiful stone church having been erected, on the southeast corner of Clinton and Elm streets, at a cost of more than $16,000, which figure was somewhat in excess of the estimated cost. The new church, "a model of beauty and convenience" was dedicated on February 12, 1905, by


THE ARCADE. WAUSEON.


Dr. H. C. King, president of Oberlin College, whose text was "The Surpassing Significance of the Christian Church." The pastor of the church, Rev. F. E. Kenyon, and his building committee, had labored diligently that the passing into the new church should be attended with success, and although the cost exceeded, by several thousand dollars, the original amount set aside for the building, the cost was met soon after the building was completed, and occupied, with the exception of $1,600, which had been pledged, and was soon collected. The building has adequately met the needs of the church since that time. The total seating capacity of the auditorium and Sunday School rooms, which are separated from it by sliding doors, is about five hun- dred persons. The Rev. F. E. Keynon was pastor for many years. He is still resident in Wauseon, and prominent in the church, being editor and part-owner of the "Fulton County Tribune," one of the long-established newspapers of the county seat. The Rev. A. B. Eby was pastor until quite recently, resigning the pastorate, so that he


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might join in the work of the Survey Department, of the Interchurch World Movement. He made a religious survey of Fulton County, for that organization.


FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, of Wauseon, was organized in 1862, the principal founders being Elder L. L. Carpenter, and Brother Burnet. The Funk family, into which Elder Carpenter married, also has place among the founders of that church. Elder Carpenter was county treasurer in 1862, and had consequently to reside in Ottokee, which probably is the reason why the Rev. Elberry Smith is named as having been the first pastor. At the end of his term as county treasurer, Elder Carpenter took up residence in Wauseon, and became pastor of the Wauseon church. A house of worship was erected in 1864, on the north side of Elm street, east of Fulton, and that has ever since been the location of the church. Forty-three years later a magnificent pressed brick and stone structure replaced the original building. It was dedicated in October 1907, by the church's princi- pal founder, Elder L. L. Carpenter, who returned to .Wauseon, from Wabash, Indiana, for the purpose. The original building, during the forty years, had many times been enlarged, but eventually it was found necessary to rebuild; and in order to adequately meet the prospective requirements of the rapidly-growing church a building with seating capacity for 800 persons was decided upon, and eventually built, at a cost of more than $23,000, $9,000 of which was raised at the dedicatory services. The pastor of the church at the time of re- building, and for some years previous to that, was the Rev. Chas R. Oakley, and much of the credit for the successful consummation of the project is due to his energetic and forceful efforts. The church is constructed of white pressed brick, with stone trimmings, and the architectural design is very pleasing.


It is not possible to name all the pastors, but the names of a few, who were early in the charge, are on record. Following Elder Car- penter, Elder Parker became pastor; then, in chronological order, came Elders Baker, Gibbs, Terry, White, Atwater, Nesslage, Newton, and Moore. The church is now in a very prosperous condition, and has a thriving Sunday School; but very soon they will lose their pastor, C. F. Evans, who has been with them for three years. He has tendered his resignation, to take effect in August, 1920, and his successor has not yet been appointed.


The FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, of Wauseon, dates back to 1868. The Baptist Society was organized in 1864, and it is understood that its first pastor was the Rev. George Leonard. The Baptists have the dis- tinction of having been the first to build a brick, or stone, church in Wauseon, and the pioneer members of that church in Wauseon must have been men of broad vision, or of substantial means and liberal disposition, for their numbers were then few, yet the church was well and substantially builded, and has served the needs of the denomina- tion to this day. Hiram L. Moselcy was one of the pioneers of the church, and undoubtedly its affairs were close to his heart. He, one of the early merchants of Wauseon, lived almost opposite the church, and appears to have given much time to its affairs. His daughter states that her mother often, in the late '60s, while the church was under construction, would, at the lunch hour "go out and look through the woods toward town to see if Mr. Moseley was on his way home,"


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and that, having caught sight of him, she would hurry indoors and serve the dinner. But more than once he did not come until the din- ner had become cold. He had "been over to see how things were pro- gressing with the church building," and "he thought more of climb- ing the church tower than of his dinner." Another of the founders was Abraham Falconer. He and Moseley were deacons for many years. Early ministers were Homer Eddy, J. J. Davis, and Stephen F. Mas- sett. The society has followed an even course during the almost sixty years of its existence, and has contributed much to the religious up- bringing of the people of Wauseon. Church records are not avail- able, but its progress has apparently been good. At present the church is without a pastor.


ST. CASPAR'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The members of the Catholic Church, in Fulton county, were in the early days of settle- ment visited by missionary priests, who came from Cincinnati. There were more Catholics in German Township than in any other town- ship, and the records consequently centre in Archbold, which was the first of the Fulton county towns to have a resident pastor. That oc- curred in 1875, prior to which the small groups of Catholics through- out the territory constituted missions, visited periodically by mission priests; and it was the duty of the resident pastor at Archbold to care for the spiritual needs of all the people of the church living along the "Air Line," from Swanton to Edgerton, and including missions at Swanton, Delta, Wauseon, Archbold, Stryker, and Bryan. The rec- ords go back to 1850, and the mission priests sent into the county during the next twenty-five years were: 1850, Rev. Thilieres; 1858- 65, A. Hoeffel; 1865-67, N. Kirch; 1867-69, P. Baker; 1869-70, I. Eyler and Monsignor Rappe: 1870-73, Charles Braschler; 1873-75, L. Vogt. Father H. Delbaer was the first resident pastor, and 1877 he was succeeded by N. S. Franche. In 1881 came F. Nunan; in 1882, Father Primean; in 1884, G. C. Schoeneman; in 1886, F. H. Muehlenbeck ; and in 1898, Father Peter H. Janssen.


St. Caspar's Parish, in Wauseon, may be assumed to have well begun its existence when the old Methodist Church was acquired, in 1875, and removed to the northwest corner of Clinton street, and there repaired, and made suitable for the purposes of worship, by the Catholic Society of Wauseon. It was probably during the pastorate of Father Vogt that arrangements were made to purchase the Metho- dist Church building. It served as St. Caspar's Church until de- stroyed by fire in 1894. At that time, the communicants of the Catho- lic Church in Wauseon numbered only about twenty families; never- theless the destruction of their church did not dishcarten them, and they made immediate plans for the erection of a larger brick church building. It was dedicated in 1895, and though simple in style has well served the Catholics of the vicinity since, as a place of worship. Father Muchlenbeck was pastor at that time, and it was mainly by his efforts that the liabilities incurred in the erection of the church were met. Rev. P. H. Janssen succeeded Father Muchlenbeck, and served the congregation for fourteen years, until Wauseon was attached to Swanton. Fathers Berthelot, Keibel, Elder, Kennedy, and McFad- den, successively, and faithfully, looked after the spiritual welfare of the parish, until the appointment of a resident pastor. The parish had for several years desired a resident pastor, and the Bishop of


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Toledo finally, in 1919, appointed Rev. Thomas Quinlan, who took charge on Thanksgiving Day, 1919.


The parish purchased ground for its own cemetery, in 1911, and has since beautified and maintained it.


The congregation is small, scarcely fifty families, but they are devout and industrious people, and are deserving of praise for hav- ing so well maintained St. Caspar's Church.


The UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH, Wauseon, was formed in 1878, according to the official records of the "Fulton Circuit, Michigan An- nual Conference, of the United Brethren in Christ." The Rev. S. P. Klotz was circuit preacher in 1875-78, and in 1877 the circuit in- cluded the following named church societies: Olive Branch, Zion, Pleasant Grove, Spring Hill, Etna, and Union. The circuit preacher's annual report to the 1878 conference recorded that he had "formed a new class of forty-five at Wauseon." It is presumed that so the Wauseon church came into existence, although the compiler of the "History of Henry and Fulton Counties" (1888), made the following statement: "The United Brethren Church in Wauseon is largely the result of the efforts of an aged retired preacher of that faith, named John Miller, who, desiring a place of worship for the people living in Newcomer's Addition, built, in 1874, a small house of worship out of his own means, near the center of the addition, on land belong- ing to himself, and which by common consent was called Miller's Chapel. This was the neuclus for the people of that faith, and they grew in numbers and resources until, in 1879, they began, and in 1880 completed, a good brick meeting-house, on the east side of Ful- ton avenue, its dedication taking place in August, 1880. Bishop Weaver conducted the dedicatory services."


R. C. Skeels, of Chestnut street, Wauseon, the only surviving char- ter-member of the Wauseon Church, states that "in 1876 or 1877, Uncle Miller built a little house at the edge of town, and had Klotz dedicate it. There were only a few members, but he held a meeting, and had quite a revival, and so formed the Brethren," which state- ment harmonizes with the circuit preacher's report, in 1878, which report may have covered the activities of the previous year. Mr. Skeels, who for forty years was prominent in the church, says that the "Rev. S. P. Klotz was the preacher at Zion, Delta, Church for a couple of years, and was sent from there to organize a Wauseon class."" The church opened in 1880 cost $3,000 to erect, and at the outset, and for many years thereafter, was held, jointly, by the United Brethren Church and the German Brethren, the former society eventually acquiring the share of the German society. The first pastor was G. W. Crawford. J. W. Lilley was presiding elder for several years, and the Rev. S. P. Klotz again came and held the charge for a year or so. Other well-liked pastors were Hendrickson and Williams; and the Rev. C. P. Hopkins, the present pastor, has made many friends since he took charge. The church members are now discussing the desir- ability, or otherwise, of building a larger church. Among promi- nent early laymen of the church were members of the Mikesell family, and H. W. Cherry, "Billy" Wier, and several members of the Skeels family.


THE TRINITY CHURCH OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION, of Wau- seon, was built in 1895, on West Chestnut street, and was the cul-


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mination of the efforts of more than twenty years of gradual growth of the association. Members of the Hartman family were among those early prominent in the affairs of the Evangelical Association, and a church known as the Hartman Church, or as the Evangelical Church of the Evangelical Association was founded in 1872, and built about two miles west of the village of Wauseon. The Wauseon society, in the '80s, rented a room on Elm street, in the Cheadle block, for their services, and they grew steadily as the years passed. It has been stated that "some of their pastors have been noted for their hum- ble piety and devotion to the cause of practical religion, and have accomplished much permanent good."


THE CHURCH OF GOD, a small association of devout and conscien- . tious citizens, was founded about thirty years ago. Mrs. Sophie Becker, Nathan Gorsuch and his wife, Fred Becker, and others of like conviction on religious matters, held meetings at Ottokee, and the movement spread to Wauseon, and meetings were for some time continued in private homes in that village. About nine years ago, in 1911, the present .church building, of cement block construction, was erected on the 500 block of North Fulton street, west. The building cost about $2,500, and was dedicated in December, 1911, by the Rev. J. L. Williams, of Stoneboro, Pennsylvania. David M. Gerrick, of Auburn, Indiana, was appointed resident pastor in 1911, and has so continued to the present. There are about thirty-five church mem- bers, and a good Sunday School is conducted.


THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF WAUSEON, branch of the mother church in Boston, Massachusetts, was organized in 1911, with eleven chartered members. The dwelling house, No. 128 Clinton street, has been remodeled, in the form of an auditorium, and serv- ices are regularly held. Mr. L. H. Devo, one of the founders, is chairman of the board of directors; D. W. Raymond is first reader; and Ellen Raymond is second reader.


THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, which for many years shared with the United Brethren the church building on the east side of North Ful- ton street, has grown unostentatiously but steadily, having members of strong faith, and firm and unchanging conviction. A fine brick church was built by them in 1915.


THE WAUSEON CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE was incorporated on March 13, 1920, following organization in 1919, that action being the outcome of meetings instituted about three years ago, when a Nazarene Mission and Sunday School began to hold their services in Oddfellows Hall, N. Fulton Street, being then known as the Penta- costal-Nazarene Mission. Soon after the organization of the church in 1919, the building situated on the corner of Oak and Franklin streets was purchased, as was also the corner lot, but the building has not yet been used for church services. The first pastor was L. E. Gratton. He was succeeded by Ernest Bradford, present pastor. The church trustees are C. E. Root, Mrs. C. E. Root, Ray S. Baker, J. E. Stevens, and L. E. Gratton. The members follow a strict religious code.


WAUSEON FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS


There are many old-established fraternal societies in Wauseon. The first to be founded was the Wauseon Lodge, No. 362, of the Inde-


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pendent Order of Oddfellows. Its charter shows that it was formed on May 10, 1860, and that the charter members were A. J. Knapp, E. L. Barber, J. Reichert, N. Stern, and Sep. Gray. At present it has about fifty-five members, the present Noble Grand being C. M. Gibbs. The Rebekah Lodge, No. 658, was organized on November 22, 1907, with the following charter members:


Jennie Monroc, Laura Turney, Carrie Howe, Fanny Gates, Mary Spurgeon, Gertic Welling, Bertha Turney, Minnie Foster, Lillian HIallett, Emma Stevens, Hattic Snelinger, Anna Weber, Mrs. James Hodges, H. H. Hodges, Elsie Trimble, Clara Hawkins, Cora Weir, Phoebe Steele, E. A. Tann, M. M. Thomas, M. M. McCann, Ed. Foster, Joseph Perry, C. W. Hallett, E. D. Hawkins, Wm. H. Biddle, Nora Cammern, Lou McCann, Etta Tyner, J. Tyner, J. T. Steele, Geo. Weir, and L. S. Jameson.


Oddfellows Hall is a substantial brick building situated on the southwestern corner of North Fulton street and Elm.


MASONIC BODIES. The Wauseon Lodge, No. 349, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, was organized on March 16, 1864. The charter members were:


Wm. II. Drew, Rollin Ford, Eugene S. Blake, W. A. Blake, James F. Hunt, Shipman Losurc, Isaac Springer, Marcus H. Hayes, W. F. A. Altman, James R. Hibbard, John J. Doughty, Michael Handy, Avery Lamb, Oliver B. Verity, D. O. Livermore, A. H. Jordan, H. H. Beach, Jacob Bartlett, D. W. Hollister, H. M. Dudley, James J. Robinson, H. B. Bayes, J. W. Bayes, John S. Cately, John Spillane, Gustavus Brown, Samuel P. Grandy, Lawrence Forest, Jacob C. Hoffmire, Wm. W. Hunt, Wm. Fraker, Naaman Merrill, Elias Richardson, W. W. Bowers, and Avery Lamb.


Of these charter members, Wesley A. Blake, who lives on his farm about a mile or so west of Wauseon, was the only one living in 1914, when the lodge celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, and he was accorded signal honor on that occasion. "All through life Brother Blake has dedicated and consecrated his life to Masonic work and teaching of the order. He is a quiet unassuming citizen, loved and honored in Masonic circles, and respected and loved by those who know him." In securing a chapter of Royal Arch Masons for Wauseon "Brother Blake was again a prominent figure," stated a local paper, in 1918. "In the spring of 1868, he and two brothers went to Bryan, where the Royal Arch degree was conferred upon them. This made eleven Royal Arch Masons in the county, and they at once petitioned for the establishment of a chapter here. Their petition was granted, and in October, 1868, Wau- seon Chapter, No. 111, Royal Arch Masons, was organized." The charter members werc:


Wm. W. Hunt, Wm. H. Drew, Wesley A. Blake, H. Van Grandy, J. C. Carpenter, Benjamin Davis, Jr., William Sutton, Charles Hoff- mire, Milo Rice, Anson M. Aldrich, and James Baker. The first officers were: Wm. W. Hunt, high priest; William Sutton, king; Charles Hoffmire, scribe.


The Wauseon Council, No. 68, of Royal and Select Masters was founded on March 10, 1879, and of that body also, Mr. Blake was a charter member. There were seven original members, namely: John A. Reed, W. A. Blake, W. W. Touvelle, N. S. Sargent, N. Merrill, J. S. Newcomer, and Walter Scott. J. A. Reed was elected illustrious master, and Wesley A. Blake, deputy master.


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Mr. Blake was also prominent in the forming of the Fulton Chapter, No. 67, of the Order of Eastern Star, on October 29, 1896, the charter members of which were:


Clara Van Rensselaer, Rebecca J. Croninger, Consuela Smallman, Bertha (Blake) Hodges, Cora Gelzer, Pauline Stotzer, Samantha Biddle, Mary J. Reed, Frances Fuller, Geo. D. Newcomer, W. D. Van Rens- selaer, W. A. Blake, Eliza Scott, Lydia Hanna, Lou Cornell, Ida Ging- rich, Clara Spencer, Dorothy Ritzenthaler, Laura Biddle, Belinda New- comer, Addie Jones, J. C. Fuller, Fitch J. Spencer, Harry Gingrich. Clara Van Rensselaer was elected worshipful matron, and Eliza Scott, assistant matron. Mr. Wesley A. Blake was honored by election to office of worshipful patron.




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