Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, number I, Part 8

Author: Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County
Publication date: 1880-
Publisher: [S.l. : The Association
Number of Pages: 656


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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.


R. T. LYON, THOMAS JONES, S. S. COE, W. J. WARNER, AND DAVID L. WIGHTMAN.


Wherenpon the meeting adjourned to the first regular meeting, January 12th, 1880, at the same place.


At a regular meeting of the association held JJanuary 12th, 1880, at the Probate Court Rooms pursuant to adjournment, nearly one hundred members being present, Hon. Harvey Rice, President, called the meeting to order, and after a few preliminary remarks from him and Vice President Andrews, the meeting proceeded to business.


133


EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.


On motion of George C. Dodge, Esq., Secretary, the Con- stitution was slightly amended in its phraseology so as to read as herein recorded.


On further motion the following officers were appointed to serve for the ensuing year, JJudge Andrews declining a re-elec- tion, to wit:


HON. HARVEY RICE, President.


HON. JOHN W. ALLEN, Vice Presidents. HON. JESSE P. BISHOP, THOMAS JONES, JR., Secretary. GEORGE C. DODGE, Treasurer.


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.


GEORGE F. MARSHALL, R. T. LYON, M. M. SPANGLER, DARIUS


ADAMS AND JOHN H. SARGENT.


Report of George C. Dodge, Treasurer.


Receipts from 155 membership fees $155 00


Expenditures to date for sundries 27 20


Balance on hand January 12th, 1880 - $127 80


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On motion of S. E. Adams, Esq., the following resolution was adopted:


RESOLVED, That the Executive Committee be authorized to employ at their discretion H. M. Addison, or other suitable person to visit the several wards of the city and townships of the county for the purpose of diffusing information and col- lecting facts pertaining to the objects of the association and increasing the number of memberships.


On motion the meeting then adjourned subject to the call of the executive committee.


GEO. C. DODGE,


HARVEY RICE,


Secretary. President.


The officers of the association and executive committee, on receiving the sad intelligence of the death of Hon. S. J. Andrews, one of the vice presidents of the association, con- vened at the office of Geo. C. Dodge, Esq., on the 13th of February, 1880. Present-Hon. Harvey Rice, president, Hon. John W. Allen, vice president: Geo. C. Dodge, treasurer; Thomas Jones, jr., secretary, and Geo. F. Marshall, Darius Adams and John H. Sargent of the executive committee, and adopted the following resolutions:


RESOLVED, that we offer our most heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of our deceased brother Sherlock J. Andrews; that in his decease we have lost one of our most


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worthy members; the legal profession one of its most brilliant lights; and the city of Cleveland one of its most trusted and trustworthy citizens.


RESOLVED, that the members of the association are re- quested to attend his funeral, and that these proceedings be communicated to his family.


THOMAS JONES, JR., . Secretary.


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Names of Members,


NATIVITY, AGE AND RESIDENCE.


LIST OF NAMES.


Name.


Where born.


When born.


Came to County.


Andrews. Sherlock J.


Con.


1801


1825


Allen, John W.


Con.


1825


Adams, Samuel E.


N. Y.


1818


1837


Adams, Darins


Ohio,


1810


1810


Ackley, J. M.


Ohio,


1835


1835


Abbey, Seth A.


N. Y.


1798


1831


Addison, HI. M.


Ohio,


1818


1818


Adams, Mrs. Mary A.


Ohio,


1811


1811


Andrews, Mrs. Julia A.


Ohio.


1816


1816


Bingham, Elijah


N. H.


1800


1835


Burnham, Mrs. M. W.


Mass.


1808


1838


Baldwin, Dudley


N. Y.


1809


1827


Bailey, Robert


1834


Burgess, Solon


Vt.


1817


1819


Burton, E. D.


Ohio,


1825


1825


Burgess, Leonard F.


Ohio.


1823


1823


Bull. L. S.


C'on.


1813


1820


Beers, D. A.


N. Y.


1816


1818


140


ANNALS OF THE


Bliss, Stoughton


.. Ohio,


1823


1823


Benedict, L. D.


Vt.


1827


1830


Borges, J. F.


Germany,


1810


1835


Bury, Theodore


N. Y.


1839


Beverlin, John


Pa.


1813


1834


Brett, J. W.


England,


1816


1838


Bowler, N. P.


N. Y.


1820


1839


Buhrer, Mrs. Stephen


Germany,


1828


1840


Bishop, Jesse P.


Vt.


1815


1836


Bishop, Mrs. E. W.


Ohio,


1821


1821


Beardsley, I. L.


N. Y.


1819


1838


Burnham, Thomas


N. Y.


1808


1833


Bingham, William


C'on.


1816


1836


Brooks, O. A.


Vt.


1814


1834


Barber, Mrs. J. T.


N. H.


1804


1818


Burwell, George P.


Con.


1817


1830


Burwell, Mrs. Louisa C.


Pa.


1820


1824


Branch, D. G.


Vt.


1805


1833


Babcock, Charles II.


Con.


1823


1834


Barber, Josiah


Ohio,


1825


1825


Brayton, H. F.


Wilna, Jeff. Co., N. Y.


1812


1836


C'ahoon, Joel B.


N. Y.


1793


1810


Cox, John


England,


1802


1832


Coe, S. S.


1837


Corlett, William K.


1837


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141


EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.


Cross, David W.


N. Y.


1836


Cowles, Edwin


1832


Cottrell, L. Dow


N. Y.


1811


1835


Corlett, John


Isle of Man.


1816


1836


Cook, Wellington P.


N. Y.


1825


1838


Cleveland, James D).


N. Y.


1822


1835


Clark, James F.


N. Y.


1809


1833


Clarke, Aaron


Con.


1811


1832


Carlton, C. C.


Con.


1812


1831


Cozad, Elias .


N. Jersey,


1790


1808


Cutter, O. P.


Ohio,


1824


1824


Corlett, Thomas


Isle of Man,


1820


1827


('rittenden, Mrs. M. A.


N. Y.


1802


1827


Chapman, II. M.


Ohio,


1830


1830


Christian, James


Isle of Man,


1810


1838


Carson, Marshal


N. Y.


1810


1834


Craw, William V.


N. Y.


1810


1832


Crawford, Lucian


Ohio,


1828


1828


Detmer, G. H.


Germany,


1801


1835


Dodge, George C.


Ohio,


1813


1813


Dodge, Wilson S.


Ohio,


1839


1839


Doan, W. H.


Ohio,


1828


1828


Doan, Mrs. C. L.


Con.


1816


1834


Dibble, Lewis


N. Y.


1807


1812


Dodge, Henry H.


Ohio,


1810


1810


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Duty, Daniel W.


N. H.


1804


1825


Doan, John


N. Y.


1798


1801


Dockstader, Chas. J.


Ohio,


1838


Doan, J. W.


Ohio,


1833


1833


Dunham, David B.


N. Y.


1831


Dentzer, Daniel


Germany,


1815


1832


Dodge, Mrs. George C.


Vt.


1817


1820


Edwards. Rudolphus


Ohio,


1818


1818


Erwin, Johu


N. Y.


1808


1835


Flint, E. S


Ohio,


1818


1818


Fitch, J. W.


N. Y.


1823


1826


Foot. John A.


Con.


1803


1833


Fuller, William


C'on.


1814


1836


Foot, Mrs. Mary S.


Pa.


1816


1832


Gill, Mrs. M. A.


Isle of Man,


1812


1827


Gaylord, Erastus F.


C'on.


1795


1834


Gardner, George W.


Mass.


1834


1837


Gordon, William J.


N. Jersey.


1818


1835


Greenhalgh, Capt. R.


England,


1828


1840


Gorham, John H.


Con.


1807


1838


Gayton, Mrs. Mary A.


England,


1808


1832


Gaylord. Mrs. L. Cleveland, N. Y.


1801


1834


Goodwin, William


Ohio,


1838


1838


Giddings, Mrs. C. M.


Mich.


Herrick, R. R.


N. Y.


1826


1836


143


EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.


Hessenmueller, E.


1836


Hills, N. C.


1831


Hills, N. (. Mrs.


N. Y.


1811


1831


Handy, Freeman P.


N. Y.


1807


1832


Hudson, W. P.


Ohio,


1820


1820


Heil, Henry


Gerinany,


1810


1832


Hubbell, H. S.


Ohio,


1832


1832


Hubby, L. M.


N. Y.


1812


1×39


Hickox. Charles,


Con.


1810


1837


Howard, A. D.


Con.


1803


1834


Honeywell. Ezra


N. Y.


1802


1831


Harris, B. C.


Ohio


1832


1832


Hudson, D. D.


Pa.


1824


1831


Heisel N.


Germany,


1816


1834


Hayden, A. S.


Ohio,


1813


1835


Harris, JJ. A. Mrs.


Mass.


1810


1837


Harris B. E.


Ohio,


1838


1838


Hurlbut, H. B.


N. Y.


1818


1836


HIurlbut. H. B. Mrs.


N. Y


1818


1836


Ingham, W. A.


1832


Johnson, L. D. Mrs.


Ohio,


1825


1834


Jones, Thomas, Jr.


England,


1821


1831


Jewett, A. A.


1821


Johnson, P. L.


Ohio,


1823


1823


Jaynes, Harris


Ohio,


1835


1835


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ANNALS OF THE


Jackson, Charles


England.


1829


1835


Jones, W. S.


Ohio.


1837


1837


Johnson, W. C.


Con.


1813


1835


Keller, Henry


Germany,


1810


1832


Kellogg, A.


1820


Kelley, Horace


Ohio,


1819


1819


Kelley, John


Pa.


1809


1832


Lewis. Sanford .J.


N. Y.


1823


1837


Lewis. Chittenden


N. Y.


1800


1837


Lathrope. C. L.


C'on.


1804


1831


Lowman, Jacob


1832


Lyon, R. T.


Ills.


1819


1824


Lamb, D. W. Mrs.


Mass.


1837


Leonard, Jarvis


Vermont.


1810


1834


Lyon, S. S.


Con.


1817


1818


Layman. S. H.


Ohio.


1819


1831


Lewis, G. F.


.N. Y.


1822


1837


Morgan, Y. L.


('on.


1797


1811


Morgan, E. P.


1840


Myer, Nicholas,


Germany,


1809


1831


Miller, M. Mrs.


Ohio,


1809


1020


Marshall, George F.


N. Y.


1817


1836


Morgan, J. A.


C'on.


1809


1811


Miller, William L.


Ohio,


1829


1829


Merchant, Silas


Ohio,


1826


1826


145


EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION.


Mather, Samuel H.


N. Il.


1813


1835


Marble, Levi


1820


1830


Merwin, George B.


C'on.


1809


1816


Nott, C. C.


1835


Newmark, S.


Germany,


1816


1839


Norton, C. H.


N. Y.


1805


1838


Neff, Melchor


Germany.


1826


1834


()'Connor, R.


Ohio.


1824


1824


Penty, Thomas


England,


1808


1829


Pannell, James


N. Y.


1812


1832


Palmer, J. D.


Con.


1831


1835


Payne, N. P.


Ohio,


1837


1837


Porter, L. G.


Mass.


1807


1826


Pease, Samnel


Mass.


1805


1828


Pease, Charles


Ohio,


1811


1835


Pelton, F. W.


Con.


1827


1835


Proudfoot, David


Scot.


1809


1832


Piper, A. J.


Vt.


1814


1839


Pier, Mrs. L. J.


Ohio,


1823


1823


Quayle, Thos.


1827


Quinn, Arthur


Ireland,


1810


1832


Rouse, Mrs. Rebecca E.


Mass.


1799


1830


Rice Harvey,


Mass.


1800


1824


Russell, George H.


N. Y.


1817


1834


Rogers, C. C.


Ireland,


1813


1839


146


ANNALS OF THE


Rupel, S. D.


Ohio.


1808


1808


Rice, Harvey Mrs.


Vt.


1812


1833


Robison. I. P.


Rouse, B. F.


Mass.


1824


1830


Spangler, Elizabeth Mrs.


N. Y.


1790


1820


Sherwin. Ahimaas.


Vt.


1792


1818


Seovill. JJ. Bixby Mrs.


Ohio.


1800


1816


Silberg, F.


Germany,


1804


1834


Sherwin. S. M. Mrs.


N. Y.


1809


1827


Sabin, Win.


1839


Shedd. W. V.


1833


Shepard. D. A.


Con.


1810


1833


Sargent, John. H.


N. Y.


1814


1818


Skinner. O. B.


0.


1831


1831


Southworth. W. P.


Con.


1819


1836


Slawson, J. L.


Mich.


1806


1812


Scovill. E. A.


O.


1819


1819


Shelly. John


England


1815


1835


Sacket, Alex.


Pa.


1814


1835


Sacket, Harriet Mrs.


0.


1815


1815


Sterling. E. Dr.


Con.


1825


1827


Schiely, Anna Mrs.


Germany


1832


Shelden, S. H.


N. Y.


1813


1835


Stanley. G. A.


Con.


1837


Spangler, M. M.


0.


1813


1820


147


EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATON.


Slade, Horatio


England


1834


Sortar, Harry


N. Y.


1820


1831


Smith, W. T.


N. Y.


1811


1836


Strickland, B.


Vt.


1810


1835


Strickland, H. W. Mrs.


0.


1834


Saxton, J. C.


Vt.


1812


1818


Smith, Betsey E. Mrs.


1811


1836


Strong, Charles H.


Ohio,


1831


1831


Sanford, Alfred S.


Con.


1805


1829


Smith, Erastus


C'on.


1790


1832


Steward, J. S.


Ohio.


1818


1818


Severance, M. H. Mrs.


Ohio.


Strong, Homer


Con.


1811


1836


Seldon, N. D.


Con.


1815


1831


Stillman, W. H.


Con.


1808


1833


Simmons, Thos.


Ohio.


1832


1832


Taylor, Harvey


Ohio,


1814


1814


Thompson, Thomas


England,


1814


1836


Turner, S. W.


Con.


1813


1832


Thompson, H. V.


N. Y.


1816


1839


Thompson, F. M. Mrs.


V't.


1823


1837


Townsend, H. G.


N.Y.


1812


1834


Whitelaw, George


Scotland.


1808


1832


Walters, John R.


N. Y.


1811


1834


Weidenkopf, Fred


Germany,


1819


1837


148


ANNALS OF THE


Weidenkopf, Jacob


Germany,


1828


1837


Wightman, S. H.


Ohio,


1819


1819


Watkins, George


Con.


1812


1818


Weston, George B.


Mass.


1805


1826


Warren, Moses


Con.


1803


1815


Wager, J. D.


Ohio,


1820


1820


Williams. George


Con.


1799


1833


Welch, John


N. Y.


1800


1825


Welch, O. F.


1017


Wheller, B S


England,


1836


Wheller, Jane Mrs.


England,


1831


Warner, W. J.


1831


Wightman, D. L.


1817


Williamson, Samuel


Pa.


1808


1810


Whittlesey, H. S.


Ohio,


1836


1836


Winslow, E. N.


N. C.


1824


1830


Welsh, Jas. S.


Ohio,


1821


1821


Wilson, H. V. Mrs.


Mich.


Wemple, Wyndret


N. Y.


1796


1818


Wellstead, Joseph


England,


1817


1837


Waterman, William


Ohio,


1818


1818


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Officers of the Association, 1881.


HON. HARVEY RICE, PRESIDENT.


HON. JOHN W. ALLEN,


HON. JESSE P. BISHOP, VICE-PRESIDENTS.


THOMAS JONES, JR., SECRETARY. GEO. C. DODGE, TREASURER.


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.


GEO. F. MARSHALL, R. T. LYON, DARIUS ADAMS, JOHN H. SARGENT, M. M. SPANGLER.


CHAPLAIN.


REV. THOMAS CORLETT.


Jess Kiye 8 July 1940


THE EARLY SETTLERS' ANNIVERSARY,


-= 1881 .=-


The Association celebrated the day at the Tabernacle, On- tario street, Cleveland, July 22, 1881. In accordance with the programme, it was understood that the forenoon session would be devoted chiefly to the transaction of the annual business of the Association, such as reading the journal, hearing official reports, receiving new memberships, and elect- ing officers for the ensuing year, followed with a free lunch or collation, and that the afternoon session would be open to the public, generally, and its exercises consist of written addresses, songs, and volunteer speeches.


At the hour appointed (11 o'clock A. M.) the early set- tlers, in large numbers, convened at the Tabernacle with evi- dent pleasure beaming in their faces, and with frequent in- terchanges of salutations with each other on the score of "old acquaintance." The venerable assemblage was called to order by Hon. Harvey Rice, President of the Association, who opened the session with the following preliminary and congratulatory remarks:


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ASSOCIATION: Allow me to congratulate you on this happy occasion-the second anniversary of our Association. It is, indeed, an occasion that calls not only for mutual congratulations, but for expressions


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of gratitude to Him who has granted " length of days " to so many of us, and given us once more an opportunity to greet the " old familiar faces " of our earlier years, and grasp the hands of old friends, long-tried and true.


The day which "we celebrate " as the anniversary of our Association, has been permanently adopted on account of its historical interest in reference to the pioneer life of the West- ern Reserve. It was on the 22d day of July, 1796, that Gen- eral Moses Cleaveland, with his staff of assistant surveyors, landed at the month of the Cuyahoga River, ascended its east- ern bluff, and gazing with delight on the beauty of the scene, predicted that here was the spot where, at no distant day, a great commercial city would spring into existence. He at once ordered this elevated plateau to be surveyed into city lots. His staff baptized the infant city and gave it the name of "Cleveland," in honor of their chief. This occurred just eighty-five years ago, and now that predicted city has grown to the dimensions of a great commercial emporium, contain- ing a population of 170,000 souls. Verily, this " Moses " of 1796 was a true prophet. Though he has not been honored in his own country as such, the time has now come, as it seems to me, when a suitable statue of bronze or granite should be erected to his memory in our publie park, as pro- posed in the action already taken by our Association. The project is worthy of commendation, and it is to be hoped that the citizens of Cleveland will generally approve the enterprise and aid in contributing to its success.


The age in which we live is inquisitive. It aspires to know " all things." It sees in the future what it desires to achieve, and exacts from the past a surrender of its relies and golden memories. Our Association partakes somewhat of the spirit of the age, especially so far as regards the relies and golden memories of pioneer life in the Western Reserve. These we desire to gather while we can, and before they are forever lost. It is therefore requested that every member of our Associa-


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tion should contribute what he can to this end. If he has in- teresting relics of the early times, and is willing to bestow them, he can deposit them at any time with our secretary. If he has recollections of incidents, anecdotes, or other matter of historical value pertaining to pioneer life, he can jot them down in writing, and send or deliver his manuscript to the secretary as material for nse or reference. It is only from living lips that this kind of information can be obtained. Let us then be up and doing while the "day lasts," and thus leave behind us, as Longfellow has beautifully said:


"Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again."


There will always exist a class of early settlers in every generation who will leave behind them peculiar characteristics and reminiscences, which every successive generation will take pleasure in gathering and preserving. Hence it may be in- ferred that our Association has the vital elements of perpetu- ating itself. Its character is such that while it achieves a noble work, it renews early friendship, and shares a social enjoyment which is truly delightful as well as morally elevat- ing. In addition to this, it publishes, in pamphlet, its annual proceedings for the use of its members, and thus secures a lasting record. Both ladies and gentlemen who have resided forty years in the Western Reserve, and are citizens of Cuya- hoga county, are alike eligible as members of onr Association, on payment of one dollar to the treasurer. New members are cordially invited, with the assurance that all who choose to unite with us will be received with the " right hand of fel- lowship." In a word, our fraternity is organized for a gener- ous purpose, and especially for the social enjoyment its oppor- tunities afford.


In the venerable assemblage I see before me I recognize many who are crowned with the silvery honors of age, stand-


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ing, as it were, on the borders of life's battlefield, like a rem- nant of veterans who have heroically fought their way in the world thus far, and are now pausing to recall to mind the hun- dreds of their early companions who stood side by side with them, but have long since fallen in their armor on the field- companions who were companions in the strife, and who have left behind them a noble, though unwritten, record. It is a just and reliable account of the brave, enduring and persever- ing men and women of the early times that we wish to pro- cure and preserve as a legacy to the generations who will fol- low us. In thus honoring the memories of our departed pioneers and early settlers, we not only honor ourselves, but confer a public benefit which will be, in after years if not now, gratefully appreciated.


Though the frost of age has silvered our heads, still let us resolve to live on, acting well our part, still keeping on the sunny side of life, enjoying its blessings and its pleasures, and cheering each other with the rehearsal of its drama and its musical interludes, until the approaching sunset shall throw its deepening shadows about us, and we shall pass to a brighter and holier sphere.


THE JOURNAL.


The journal of the last meeting was next read and ap- proved. Official reports for the last year were then called for as next in order.


REPORT OF THE TREASURER.


George C. Dodge, the treasurer, reported that financially we are not wealthy, and the amount of money in the treasury need cause no apprehension of a defalcation. This Associa- sion is iron-clad. It provides in its constitution that no officer or member can contract any debt; and, secondly, that


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no assessments can be levied against the members. Some man said, when I was a boy, that the Democratic party was like a young robin-biggest when first hatched; but that can't ap- ply to this Association, as we are adding new members every day.


To the newspapers of the city we are indebted for many favors, and I trust we, as members of the Association, will liberally take and promptly pay for them. 6 Cash on hand, $59.80, with this entertainment to be provided for.


GEO. C. DODGE, Treas.


JULY 22, 1881.


REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. BY GEORGE F. MARSHALL, CHAIRMAN.


MR. PRESIDENT: In compliance with a duty imposed by the fifth article of your constitution, wherein we are required to report the "condition, success and prospects of this Asso- ciation, with such other matters as may be deemed import- ant," we herewith respectfully submit the following:


Respecting the details of membership, nativity, age, term of residence and the financial condition of the Association, you are referred to the ample records and reports of the efficient Secretary and Treasurer.


If we have but little money in the treasury, we know that we have many men of age and experience-men of perse- verance and business tact; men who don't look back of the plow, when they take hold; men who have worried through forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty years of the normal malaria of the Cuyahoga valley, and are as robust as in their earlier youth. Then we have many women of mature judgment, of wonderful energy, of happy dispositions, of gentle manners and determined wills. Can any one doubt the fact that the condi-


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tion of this Association is peculiarly superb? Whether you emblazon it in enduring brass, or marble, or pure Berea grit, this Association is a success. Another feature of its perma- nence, usefulness and stability was developed at the time a proposition was made to admit the women to full membership without paying the constitutional fee, when they spurned the idea with apparent indignity, exhibiting a determination to do their share in sustaining the Association as well as the men.


Another assurance of the successful condition of this or- ganization is that every person entitled to membership in- tends to join the Association some time, while others are now, perhaps, counting the years and months when they will reach the constitutional limit, and be eligible to have their names registered among those


" Who outlived that day, and came safe back From those sharp conflicts."


Still another assurance of its sound condition is in the fact of the interest taken by the members themselves in their prompt attendance at every meeting thus far held by the Association.


Now that this Association has become a signal success, and capable, under its well-established rules, of accomplishing all the objects for which it was organized, let us cast about to make it as efficient as possible. How shall this be done? The peculiarities of men-a record of their good deeds and their bad-may be preserved in our books as samples to adopt or shun; whatever they may be will help to bring back to our memory " the days of auld lang syne." We should multiply our biographers, insomuch that every early settler of note should have his proper place in our archives.


Who will volunteer to give us life-size sketches of old Dr. MeIntosh and his sons, and also of Tom Colahan, Plato Brewster, James S. Clark, Judge Josiah Barber, Deacon Fol- som, Bostwick O'Connor, Capt. Dolphus Hone, D. Long, Reu- ben Champion, Anson Hayden, Judge Willey, John R. St.


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EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.


John, Aaron T. Stickland, Tom Lemen, Chas. M. Giddings, T. P. May, John Wills, George Witherell, Judge Wood, J. C. Fairchild, Lansing Lake, Richard Hilliard, Peter M. Wed- dell, Nathan Perry, Geo. Kirk, Capt. Levi Sartwell, Milo Hickox, John Barr, Isaac Taylor, Lyman Kendall, Judge Hayward, E. Burke Fisher, Rufus Dunham, Capt. Levi John- son, John M. Woolsey, George Hoadley, Rev. Wm. Day, Ig- natius Diebolt, Myron Douw, Uncle Abram Hickox, Gur- don Fitch, Zalmon Fitch, David Griffith, John G. Stockley, S. C. Ives, Dr. Robert Johnstone, Judge Asher M. Coe, Judge Warren, Joseph S. Lake, Ahaz Merchant, Wm. Mc- Coy (the pettifogger), Joc-o-sot (the Indian), Capt. Reuben Turner (the sea-dog), Philo Scovill, Alex. Seymour, Buckley Stedman, Jacob Weidenkopf, Stephen Whittaker, Frederick Whittlesey, Edward Wade, Richard Winslow, C. J. Woolson, Charles Bradburn, Dr. C. D. Brayton, Dr. J. Delamater, Dr. Mathivet, S. L. Petrie, F. A. Keppler, N. Dockstader, Jarvis F. Hanks, Daniel Worley, Aaron Barker, Clifford Belden, Joel Coy, J. B. Finney, Jonathan Gillette, J. H. Guptyl, James Kellogg, Irad Kelley, Alfred Kelley, Wm. Lemen, Wm. Milford, N. M. Standart, Michael Spangler, J. L. Weatherly, J. G. McCurdy, Col. Jonathan Williams, John Stoddard (judge ?), David Hersch, Edward Whittemore, Wm. Hewitt, Wm. Smyth, James Church, John Brown (the bar- ber), John Malvin, Andrew Lytle, J. M. Hughes, Jim Hughes, Jim Hopkins, Noble H. Merwin, Geo. Wallace, Judge Samuel Williamson, Judge Kingsbury, Horace Perry, Samuel Dodge, D. H. Beardsley, E. Waterman, Leonard Case, Judge Samuel Starkweather, Benj. Rouse and his phil- anthropic wife, S. Wolverton, Richard Hussey, Mark White- law, Ansel Young, Almon Burgess, J. P. Kirtland, Dr. Samuel Underhill, Dr. Ackley, Alonzo Carter, G. Boughton, S. Rem- ington, Alphonso Holly, Morris Jackson, Benj. P. Beers, Dio- date Clark, Gaius Burke, Samuel Dille, Paul P. Condit (of 1819), Benj. Mastick, Richard Lord, and Thos. Jones, Sr .?


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Another and quite as important and interesting a subject for a special historographer might be made available if some of your older members who have been identified with the ear- lier church organizations would give us, in brief, their ori- gin, their original members, and other matters of interest connected therewith.


There were but three church edifices in Cleveland forty-five years ago; one of wood (Trinity), one of stone (First Presby- terian), one of brick (First Baptist). There are persons living who could give us many points of interest relating to each society. Let some one give us the early record of temperance organizations, and also of friendly associations for the moral and social improvement of their members. Give us the early history of banks, commerce, and ship-building.


The thought which Mr. Adams, a year ago last May, ex- pressed to these "early settlers " respecting some enduring monument to the memory of " Moses Cleaveland," appeared to win every one to his opinion. An artistic structure of metal upon an entablature of our own native rock, formed by our own skillful artizans, and looking out from our beautiful lake park upon the blue sea, would be an eloquent though silent historian and speaker to every citizen and stranger for all coming time. The contribution of a few dimes by every citi- zen of Cleveland would be ample to accomplish all that is to be desired; it would then become, emphatically, a monument in Cleveland for Cleveland. Fifteen years from to-day will be the centennial of Cleveland. This would be a fitting day, indeed, to unveil such a statue; but it is too long a time for us to wait for a proper recognition of the memory of the man who spied ont the land and laid out a city to which we now refer with as much pride, perhaps, as the ancient Ro- mans did to their " Eternal City."




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