Biographical and historical memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio. Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the county and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy families and individuals, Part 39

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were of a superior quality, and which they

He is described as a man who was a little be- carried by canoes to Marietta and Pittsburg.

In May, 1796, congress passed an act author- low medium height, rather fleshy, full-faced, rather high forehead, blue eyes, brown hair, izing Ebenezer Zane to make a road through wore no beard, weighed between 150 and 160 Ohio from Wheeling to Limestone, (now May- pounds, and was of pleasant disposition, though ville, Ky.) For said service congress granted quick of temper and strong willed. During Zane the right to locate military warrants upon the fifteen years of his life which he spent here, lands not to exceed one mile square each at he laid out the plans for the future of Zanes- the crossings of each of the three principal ville, and at all times was foremost in every streams crossed, providing, however, that he undertaking. He laid out the town ; he estab- should establish and maintain during the lished the ferry at the foot of Market street ; he pleasure of congress a ferry at each of these said opened the first hotel ; he was chiefly instru- crossings. In 1797, Zane, with his brother mental in drawing the state capital here for Jonathan, and his brother-in-law, John Mc- the sessions of 1810-II and 1811-12, and was Intire, started out and blazed the road as speci- one of the framers of the constitution of our fied. It was but a rude affair and consisted of state. Soon after this he embarked upon his blazing the trees along the way and clearing gigantic scheme of canal building, which he out an occasional dense undergrowth, to make was engaged in at the time of his death. The the new road passable for horsemen.

results of his labor were seen in after years by

Completing their labors, Ebenezer Zane gave Muskingum's citizens, and to-day, after three- to his brother Jonathan and John McIntire the fourths of a century have rolled by and the tract located at the crossing of the Muskingum, third generation occupies the city he founded, -it being hilly and poorer than either of the the impress of his master hand is still seen, other two tracts, and therefore thought to be and verily his works live after him.

the least valuable. As a ferry had to be estab-

He died in his stone house, corner of Foun- lished at once, Zane and McIntire gave it to tain alley and Second street, July 29, 1815, William McCulloch and Henry Crooks for a sincerely mourned and regretted by all who period of five years upon the condition that knew him. His remains were laid away in the they would at once move here and maintain it, old grave-yard at the head of Main street, back which they did ;- their ferry outfit consisting of where the old high school now stands. The of two canoes with sticks lashed across them.

spot was marked by a small marble tablet, bearing an appropriate inscription .*

Years later a heavy granite slab was placed

Jonathan Zane and John McIntire laid out a village upon the present site of Zanesville, which was named Westbourn. In May, 1800, McIntire moved here with his family, having

*See elsewhere for epitaph.

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come on a flat boat from Wheeling. The flat wooden building-the lower portion of which boat used by him to make the trip was subse- was used as the sheriff's residence and the quently used as a ferry boat. In 1802, a regular upper as a court room and a place of public postoffice was established here, and the post- meeting, both political and religious. This master-general named it Zanesville, Westbourn jail was set on fire by a prisoner and totally soon after being dropped as a name for the destroyed. village, and the name of the postoffice being As early as 1807-8, the subject of the re- adopted in its stead. Zanesville soon became moval of the state capital to this point was be- the most important point in Ohio, and emigra- ing agitated. The seat of government was at tion to this point was rapid. The prosperous this time located at Chillicothe, but for several settlement at this time boasted of a general reasons members of the legislature were dis- store, but had no tavern, and travelers were satisfied, and it was known that a change of compelled to spend their nights in a grog-shop location was desired by them. of the town, being there allowed to spread Muskingum's natural advantages for agri- culture and manufacture, and Zanesville's pros- their blankets upon the floor and sleep.

McIntire, for sake of public accommodation pects for becoming a large town, combined with opened his cabin to the public and Zanesville her central position in the state, rendered it a at last had a hotel. The cabin was located at desirable site for the state metropolis.

what is now the corner of Market and Second Believing that if the temporary capital streets, a few rods from the river bank, in an could be secured here it would be made perma- open maple grove. It was a pleasantly shaded nent, a delegation petitioned the legislature to spot, and in full view of the falls, and McIntire remove the capital to Zanesville, setting forth was able to furnish his guests with good com- that the county of Muskingum would, at its fortable beds. He also had window glass own expense, furnish suitable buildings for the brought from Wheeling, and it is but just to legislature and state officers. Receiving assur-

say that these accommodations, through in a log ances that their wishes should be gratified, the cabin, were such as to render the hostelry a county at once began the erection of a new most welcome resting place to the traveler, brick building before the old jail and court and at one time it sheltered a no less distin- house. The building was designed for a guished personage than Louis Philippe, king of double object: if the state house was a failure, France, and his party. This noted cabin re- it would still serve as a fine new court house. mained until 1857, when it was taken down by The county, however, was without sufficient William Culbertson at the order of the Zanes- funds to complete the structure, and it was not ville Canal and Manufacturing Co., and portions until the summer of 1810 that the citizens of it were preserved by that organization. came forward and loaned the money to com-

In 1802, David Harvey opened a tavern on plete the buildings. A smaller building was the corner of Third and Main streets, which was also erected for the secretary of state and the first shingled house in Zanesville. In 1804, treasurer. The sessions of 1810-1I and 1811-12 the legislature established the county, and the were held in the new buildings, and for nearly commissioners appointed selected Zanesville two years Zanesville flourished as the state for the county seat. At this time the town was capitol. The permanent location having been a comparativeforest, and, previous to the com- decided upon, however, and the Chillicothe in- ing of the commissioners, the citizens turned terest once more prevailing, the temporary out and cut the brush from the streets, and es- capitol was returned to that point while suit- pecially from the public square, to make it ap- able buildings were being erected at Colum- pear at its best advantage to the commis- bus, and Zanesville resumed the modest dig- sioners, as Coshocton and Dresden were no nities of a county seat; the state house becom- mean rivals at this time, and both were candi- ing the county court house, and the secretary dates.

of state's office became the county jail, for

In 1803, the unappropriated military tracts which it was used until 1824, when the new jail were brought into the market, and a land office was built and the office turned over to the was established here, and although the town county clerk and auditor for offices. In this was making rapid improvements, it was not un- capacity the buildings erected for the state til 1813 that all the lands were taken up. The house were used until in 1874, when they gave nearest county seat at this time was Marietta, way to the present elegant temple of justice on the Ohio river. The first court held in the which was dedicated in May, 1877.

county met at Harvey's tavern in 1804, but a

Although checked in her growth by the

jail was erected soon after this, and also a loss of the state capital, Zanesville still held as

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among the first towns of Ohio, and as late as in with her escorts, goods and chattels, came by 1835 she was ranked as second only to Cincin- the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, their means nati.

of transportation being boats dug out of solid

Elias Hughes and family came in the spring logs. At night, the emigrants landed and of 1798. On the 7th of April the wife of Wil- camped on the banks of the river. The forest was full of wild animals, and perhaps an Indian might be seen lurking among the trees. But liam McCulloch gave birth to a son-Noah Zane McCulloch. The McCulloch cabin stood about where the canal and the south side of Mrs. McIntire was equal to the emergency, Main street intersect. The trading post was rather enjoying the adventure. She brought rapidly assuming the dignity of a white settle- with her the side-board and "chest of drawers," ment. October 7, 1798, the postmaster-general now in the John McIntire children's home. recognized the claim of the citizens to mail The furniture was made by her brother-in-law, facilities, and by contract authorized the trans- John Burkhart, a resident of Wheeling, for- portation of mail to and from this point and at merly of Baltimore, Maryland, an artist in his the same time, in compliment to Mr. Zane, line of business.

changed the name from Westbourn to Zanes-

John Green, later known as "General " town. Henry Crook came not long afterwards Green, came in the fall of 1799 and lived with and lived with McCulloch until he completed McCulloch during the winter. In April, 1800, his cabin, somewhere in what is now the he brought his family from Wheeling. They seventh ward, during the winter of 1798-99. were accompanied by Abraham McCulloch. Mr. Crooks' brother Andrew and his wife and Green and McCulloch each had a four horse family joined him soon after. Until then Mrs. team.

The latter brought a pair of hand Henry Crooks had been the only white woman mill-stones for grinding corn, and when the con- this side of Lancaster. Soon after came John trivance was in order he permitted his neighbors Bland, Henry Smith and a man named Priest to use it, greatly to their convenience. Green's and their families from "the Kenawha country." double cabin, a story and a half building, with

It was in 1799 that John McIntire built his a porch in front and a spacious hall through the cabin, already referred to, in a beautiful maple middle, stood at the head of Main street oppo- grove at the southwest corner of Second and site the present Silliman street. It was the Market streets. Of the structure, Mrs. Charles scene of the celebration of July 4th, 1800, and G. Goddard has said: "John McIntire cut ever after that Green's "tavern" was a noted down the trees and hewed nearly all the logs, place. John and George Matthews came from shaped saplings into rafters, split scantling for Wheeling in October, 1799, and built a mill for door and window frames, etc. The window grinding corn. It was constructed on board a glass, the first used here, was brought from boat, was anchored at the foot of the fall on the Wheeling, Virginia. The house was not east side of the river, near where the lower finished until the spring of 1800, and was quite bridge now stands, and depended on the current a mansion for those days. It is due to Mr. for power. It was carried to Duncan's Falls by McIntire and lady to say that these accommo- a freshet, but was brought back and was in ser- dations, though in a log cabin, were such as to vice three years, when it gave place to a "tub render their house to travelers' a home." Hav- mill" with one run of stones, located at Moxa- ing established themselves in their forest home, hala. Another soon followed at the mouth of they dispensed hospitality with a liberal hand, Joe's run and a part of it may yet be seen at low all within sound of the dinner horn being wel- water. William Well and Martin Luther Loud come to their table. Mrs. McIntire was a Slagor came in 1800. The latter erected a tav- notable housewife and splendid cook. They ern cabin at the northwest corner of Sixth and were forced to entertain strangers passing Main streets, which he leased to Thomas Cor- through the new settlement until a hotel was derey, who kept open house there for several opened. They had the honor of entertaining years. Slagor bought and established a garden, Louis Philippe when he was an exile traveling farm and dairy on a small tract of land, the through the wilds of the United States. So locality of which has since become known as impressed was he with Mrs. McIntire's per- "Slagor Run." Mr. Ingalls built his cabin near sonality and surroundings that, after he became John McIntire's. About 1800-01, John Houck king of France, he inquired of an American established himself as a tailor in Zanestown. He traveler about the lady who had entertained was elected constable in 1804 and appointed him so royally in the forests of America. Mrs. deputy sheriff in 1806. Early in 1801 Dr. In- McIntire, having held herself in readiness, crease Matthews and his brother John opened a joined her husband in the fall of 1800. She, store in a cabin at the northwest corner of Main

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and Third streets. In 1803 the establishment streets. General Lewis Cass came to the town was moved into what has since been called Put- that year, as did also Elijah Ross. Samuel nam, at what is now 108 Muskingum avenue. Goff, a stonemason, came in 1805. In the spring The land now including the Ninth ward was of this year James Culbertson arrived, and on sold at auction by government authority, at the southeast corner of Fifth and Market Marietta, and Dr. Matthews, raising John McIn- streets opened the second hatter's shop in town. tire's bid of $4 per acre by 50 cents, secured it. N. Stone, a carpenter, and Daniel Stillwell and He was encouraged and backed by his un- his family came that year, also, and Isaac Van cle, Gen. Rufus Putnam, and his cousin, Levi Horne, Sr., came in company with his uncle, Whipple was associated with him in the deal. Gen. Isaac Van Horne, from Bucks county, Later Gen. Putnam became a partner. How Pa. He was a carpenter and five years later they laid out the town of Springfield has been built a frame house at the northeast corner of related. The place was named from the spring Potter alley and Main street. That year also known as " Lover's Fountain" and was subse- came William Craig, another carpenter, who quently re-christened Putnam in honor of Gen. bought a lot at " the crossing" of Fourth and Rufus Putnam. Levi Whipple built his Main streets and erected thereon a hewed log cabin at the mouth of the Licking in 1801 and house. This man had a memorable career here. moved in with his family in the latter part of Justice of the peace in 1806, mayor of Zanes- October, that year. Until 1804 he followed sur- ville in 1814, an unsuccessful candidate for gov- veying and then engaged in the milling business. ernor of Ohio in 1814, in 1817 he was appointed Robert Whipple built his cabin in Putnam dur- collector of taxes and gave bond in the sum of ing 1801 also, and in December Joseph F. Mon- $8,354.08, with James McGuire, James Hamp- roe completed a two-story log house at the son, James Herron and Jacob Linder as sure- southeast corner of Second and Main streets, ties, and, having collected the taxes, he ran which was the first two-story log house erected away with them, leaving his bondsmen to settle in Zanestown. About Christmas, that year, with the commissioners as best they could. Isaac Zane completed his log cabin at 98 West His wife followed him, and they located in St. Main street. Ebenezer Buckingham came Louis, Mo. Another who is said to have come probably in 1800 or 1801, some say later. He in 1805, was Elijah Hart, who rented a cabin was a bricklayer and stone mason by trade. He from Robert Spear near the foot of Main street, became a state senator and was one of the first and died here in 1807. In 1806, Gen. Isaac Van fund commissioners of Ohio after the adoption Horne purchased a lot where the Zane house of the canal policy, and was of great public ser- stands, and built and opened upon it a two- vice. He conducted large business interests in story frame hotel. In 1807 he erected another Putnam and was drowned in the Muskingum. frame house at the northwest corner of Main Jeffrey Price came, with a young daughter and Fourth streets, which became known as in 1802 and for a time boarded with John Mc- the Wickham hotel. David J. Marple, from Intire. He kept a store at the southeast corner Bucks county, Pa., was a prominent, and for of Fountain alley and Fifth street, and selling some years a useful citizen, during the early out to John Matthews, in 1806, became post- days. He became involved in financial dis- master of the town. About this time James honor and in 1822 went to Texas.

Herron began to make brick here. His brother

Col. George Jackson, who became men- David, a hatter, came soon after, and the two ber of the legislature and state senator, bought were associated in the latter business. So too, a frame house where the Masonic temple now came the blacksmith, Jacob Funk, whose shop is. He died in 1829. Judge Samuel Herrick, was at the northeast corner of Main street and in 1809, built a substantial frame dwelling on Court alley. Christian Spangler came in the the southwest corner of Third street and Foun- spring of 1803 and put up a blacksmith shop tain alley, and there lived until he removed to at the northwest corner of Main street and his farm in Wayne township. Later he re- Sewer alley. Spencer Lehew, Peter Mills, Paul turned to town and lived on the corner of Or- Hahn and one Creighton came in 1804. Lehew chard and Underwood streets, where he died located in the site of Col. Goddard's office. March 1, 1852, aged seventy-three. William Mills opened a store a little west of the mar- Langley, cooper, and Richard Brookover lived ket house, and Hahn built a large cabin at the with their families in a cabin in the rear of the northwest corner of Fourth and Canal streets, Zane house. Later, Langley built a story-and- which was used as a place for amusements. a-half log cabin in the northeast corner of In 1804 Samuel Thompson kept a grocery Fountain alley and Second street, and for many on the southeast corner of Main and Fifth years followed his trade there. Subsequently

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he built on the northeast corner of Fountain al- his cabin at 48 South Fifth street. William ley and Fifth street. In Fountain alley was Launder, William Burnham and James Taylor Richard Brookover's cabin. There he lived for came in 1808. Launder built a two-story log a time, then moved elsewhere in the town. house on the site afterwards of E. S. Keene's William Stinson, an early comer, engaged in brick residence. Burnham settled in Spring- freighting and died in 1838. Joseph Beard, a field and kept Burnham's tavern until 1811, calico-printer born in England, came from Ma- when he removed to a frame building on the rietta. His son, William H., became private southeast corner of Main and Second streets, secretary to Governor Meigs, who, when ap- owned by Gen. Isaac Van Horne, and opened pointed postmaster-general, took young Beard the "Golden Ram" tavern. In 1813 he moved with him to Washington and gave him an im- into the old Harvey tavern at the southeast portant pooition. At the close of the war of corner of Main and Fourth streets. He died 1812-14, he was chosen to convey the tidings in 1820. In 1808 John Alter, Sr., built a two- of peace to General Harrison, then in command story log house on a lot which he purchased of the Army of the West, with headquarters at from Dr. Mitchell for twelve cane-seated Chillicothe, then the capital of the state. In chairs, valued at $75, and in that house John 1821, he had the contract for carrying the mail Alter, Jr., was born before the windows were between Zanesville and Lancaster. In 1833 he put in. During this year James Linn built his retired to a farm, but died in Zanesville in 1870 cabin at 41 South Sixth street. In 1809 Alex- aged 86. Hugh and Isaac Hazlett came early ander Mclaughlin, from Pittsburg, Pa., built to Zanesville. They were merchants, both sep- a brick house on the northeast corner of Sixth arately and in partnership. At one time they and Market streets, which at the time was the had a store on the southwest corner of Foun- finest residence in this part of the country. In tain alley and Fifth street, where they remained 1812 he sold it to Gen. Isaac Van Horne. Re-

until 1808, doing a large business. William moving to Chillicothe in 1819, he came back in a Montgomery came in 1806, and Daniel and Al- few years and was influential in getting the state len McClain built for him what some state was capital removed from Zanesville to Columbus. the first frame house in Zanesville, though the He once owned the land on which it is situa- location is not given. In the summer of the ted. James Hampson came in April, 1809, same year came Samuel Chapman, from Mari- and erected the "Old 1809 " court house under etta, and built for Benjamin Tupper a frame a contract that had been awarded him. He dwelling and store on Front street, now owned was a native of Berkeley county, Va., and be- by Dr. Nye, which was the second frame came prominent here. John S. Parkinson came house completed in the town.

in 1810 and moved his family into a log house

John Alter, Sr., arrived in 1806, and moved on the northeast corner of Fountain alley and into a log house about where Main and First Third street. The facts that have been pre- streets intersect on the north. He was a chair sented concerning the early settlers of Zanes- maker, wheelwright and painter, and in time en- ville have been condensed from the somewhat gaged quite extensively in the manufacture of voluminous writings of Mr. Elijah H. Church, spinning wheels. In the latter line William who took a peculiar interest in the develop- Calhoun soon opened a competitive establish- ments of his native town and spared no pains ment. During the same year Thomas Wick- in his attempt to preserve the personal reminis- ham, a carpenter, came from Wheeling, and cences of its pioneers. To his thoughtful built in West Zanesville, of stone from the bed record the complier acknowledges indebted- of the river just below the present railroad ness also for much that follows.

bridge. Later he had a public house at the

Pioneers in various branches of commerce northwest corner of Main and Second streets. and manufacture, some of whom have been In 1817 he rebuilt a portion of the upper bridge mentioned on preceding pages and some of that had fallen into the river. In 1806 there whom. have not, were the following. For con- also came Jacob and Frederick Houck and venience the various avocations have been John L. Cochran. Jacob Houck, a stone and arranged in alphabetical order: Mrs. Samuel brick mason, superintended the building of Parker, Mrs. Hillier and Mrs. Christian Spang- the "Old 1809" court house. Frederick, also a ler baked bread and cake in Dutch ovens in stone mason, made gloves in the winter 1807. A bakery was opened by L. Hatman in months, and also buckskin breeches and vests. 1808. Louis Verdan bought him out and Cochran, a carpenter, became market master, added candy manufacture. His successors were Smith & Nefley and Henry Willey. J. collector of taxes and a councilman.

Dr. Robert Mitchell came in 1807 and built Skinner & Co. opened the first book bindery in

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1816. They sold it to A. S. Pennington & Co., tax of $566.79 for manufacturing whisky. in 1817 and bought in back in 1819. The first Spencer Lahew paid a tax of $159.20; Joseph brewery in Zanesville was opened by a Phila- Sheets one of $550.40; and John Sidell one of delphian, whose name is not recalled, and who $332.77. The location of the latter two is not sold it in 1807 to George Painter. It was lo- remembered. cated at the northwest corner of South and

In 1819 Thomas L. Pierce started a foundry. Fifth streets. In 1811 Painter sold it to Jacob Wood & Ebert started a blast furnace, a year Young, who abandoned the business in 1815. earlier, at the mouth of Symmes' creek, where In November 1813, William Marshall opened a they made pig iron for a few years. Much of brewery on the site of Power House No. 3, this was used in Pierce's foundry and by the James Boyd was his brewer and he made about Messrs. Reeves in their nail and bar iron works. 30 barrels per week. In 1815, Barton and Mc- The business was closed in 1822. The first Gowan purchased the concern and converted glass works in Zanesville was duly chartered May it into a distillery, In 1816 Joseph Lattimore 13, 1815, with a capital fixed at $50,000. The built a brewery on the site familiar as the lo- concern was known as the White Glass Works cation of the pork-packing establishment of and was located at the southwest corner of Miller & Co.

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Biographical and historical memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio. Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the county and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy families and individuals, Part 39

Author: Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Chicago, Goodspeed Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 642

Author:
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Goodspeed Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 642