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While teaching, he began his studies in medicine; and in 1886 graduated from the Columbus Medical College at Columbus, Ohio. He first located in Marengo, Morrow County. In the same year he married Miss Luella C. Harrison, a daughter of one of the first fami- lies in Morrow County. Soon after the mar- riage, he moved to Sparta, and entered upon an extensive practice, which he held until Sep- tember, 1907, when he located in Delaware. Ohio, wishing to there give his children the advantages of a higher education. Always affable, genial and well qualified in his profes- sion, he at once enters upon a promising ca- reer. He is, and has always been, a prominent Methodist.
DRS. C. CHURCHILL CROY and ALICE B. CROY. The last addition to the profession in 1907 were Dr. C. Churchill Croy, and his wife. Dr. Alice Butler Croy. Dr. C. C. Croy was born in 1870. and reared at New Dover. Union County, Ohio. He was educated in the com- mon schools, and began the study of medicine in 1893. graduating from the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1898. He was elected superintendent of Mercy Hospital 1897-1898. In 1898 he lo- cated at Bonaparte, Iowa, for a short time, and came to Delaware, Ohio, in 1907.
DR. ALICE BUTLER CROY was born in Page County, lowa. She attended the common schools, and graduated from Harper College at Harper, Kansas, in 1890: and graduated in
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medicine at the College of Physicians and Sur- geons at Keokuk, lowa, in 1808. She was elected matron of Mercy Hospital in 1898 for two years. With her husband they had full charge of the hospital until they located at Bonaparte. Iowa. She, with her husband. came to Delaware, Ohio, in 1907, where they are engaged in a general practice. *
DR. EUGENE WILSON was born at Sun- bury. Ohio, in 1867. He graduated from the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He read medicine. and graduated from the Ohio Medical University in 1906. lle located in Galena in 1906. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
DR. HENRY FURNISS was born in 1854. and reared in Berlin Township. He received his education in the common and select schools, and in 1876 was graduated in medicine from the Columbus Medical College. He read medicine with Dr. Andrews, of Constantia, Delaware County, Ohio. He has been in the practice at Galena most of the time since 1876.
DR. F. R. WHITACRE was born in Wells- ton. Ohio. in 1870. He graduated from the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1900. and in the same year came to Galena. He belongs to the M. E. Church. He removed to Prairie Depot, Wood County, Ohio. -X-
DR. V. H. GORSELENE located in Radnor in 1876. After remaining there for a few years he moved to Columbus, Ohio. to ac- cept the position of physician to the penitenti- ary. He graduated at the Columbus Medical College.
DR. TITUS K. JONES. In 1853, in Troy Township. near Delaware, the subject of this sketch was born. His father and mother were two of the early settlers in this Welch set- tlement. The common schools and rural life prepared him early in life for teaching, which he followed until he took a normal course at the Ohio Business College in Delaware ; and a
course at Ogden Normal School at Worthing- ton, Ohio. In the winter of 1878 he com- menced reading medicine in the office of Dr. S. W. Fowler, at Delaware, Ohio, and gradu- ated at the Columbus Medical College in 1883. He at once, at the earnest solicitation of his Welsh friends and others, located in Delhi. now Radnor, Ohio, where he has been the leading physician and the most prominent doc . tor ever in Radnor or that part of the coun- try. In 1890 he married Miss Harsh. of Rad- nor, the daughter of the late Caleb Harsh, one of the most wealthy men of the county. The honesty and high moral principles of Dr. Jones have given him the entire confidence of all the people he comes in contact with. He is a member of the church. a Mason, and an Odd Fellow. He has a good wife and four children of whom he is justly proud.
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DR. A. SHUEY is a graduate of the Eclec- tic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio. He came to Radnor in 1890. After a short time he moved to Prospect, Ohio, where he is now practicing.
DR. T. A. OWENS, of Pomeroy, Ohio, came to Radnor in 1892. After a short time he moved to Elwood, Indiana. He is a graduate of the Columbus Medical College.
DR. LINGLE A. STARR came to Radnor in 1890, but only remained a short time.
DR. D. C. FAY is and has been the leading physician of Ostrander since he located there. He was born in Union County, Ohio, in 1843. He attended the High School and the Academy at Marysville, Ohio. After finishing his studies he read medicine with Dr. J. M. South- ard, one of the leading practitioners in that county. In 1864 he attended the Starling Medical College, and in 1867 graduated from the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati, Ohio. He returned home and located at Os- trander, Ohio, the same year. He married in 1871 Miss Mary A. Liggett. He belongs to the I. O. O. F., the F. & A. M. and K. P. The forty years of professional labors in this
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community have made him one of the land- marks; for he is known and appreciated by all. He has witnessed many changes in the profession, not only in his vicinity, but in the county as well.
DR. ERASTUS FIELD. The old and muchi respected Dr. Erastus Field began his work in Bellpoint, and after eight years moved to Ostrander, where he labored until about 1876, when, with his son, Dr. J. H. Fiekdl, who graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1870, and who was associated with his father, moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. The old doctor was brought back to his old home for burial several years ago. His son is still practicing in Knoxville, Tennessee.
DR. G. E. COWELS was born in Bellpoint in 1862. He attended Columbus Medical Col- lege, and located for practice in Ostrander in 1889. He married Miss Johnston in 1894. He is a member of the State and County Medi- cal Societies.
DR. G. B. WELLER was born in Union County, Ohio, in 1877. He attended Antioch College. He graduated from the Starling Medical College in 1901, and located in North Lewisburg in the same year. He located in Ostrander in 1904. He married Miss Lydia Loveless. He is a member of the State and County Societies.
DR. LEWIS HAMILTON located in Ostran- dler after graduating from the Columbus Medi- cal College. After five years he moved to Marion, Ohio, where he is engaged in a large practice.
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DR. SILAS WILLIARD FOWLER is a son of Charles M. and Catherine Ann Fowler, who came to Delaware County, Ohio, in 1847. The father was an oilcloth manufacturer in New York. The doctor was the fourth child, and was born in Green County, New York, and when one year old came with his parents to Porter Township in the eastern part of the county. He, like many others, was educated
at first in the common schools. At an early age he was sent to Central College in Frank- lin County, Ohio. After two years in the Col- lege he began teaching. By the consent of his father, in 1864 he enlisted in the army in the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, O. V. I. After being mustered out of the sery- ice, he entered Oberlin College, where he re- mained until the fall of 1868, when he en- tered the office of that celebrated surgeon, Dr. J. W. Russell, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was one year at Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend the University. In 1871 he graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. While at Jefferson College he had the advantages of the lectures of the great authors. Gross. Dickson, Wallace, Rand, Keen and Pancoast. After his graduation he returned to Delaware and opened an office, his father and fantily having preceded him to Delaware in 1869. For thirty-six years he has been on the main street, and is one of the six business men remaining, who were on the street at that time. During all this time he has been in the forefront of the practice of his profession. He has been a frequent contribu- tor to medical journals, and newspapers, and for many years was the local correspondent of the Cleveland Leader. He has always main- tained high professional standing.
The Doctor has been an extensive traveler. He has visited all parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, the Azores, Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Asia Minor, Turkey, Switz- erland, Germany, Belgium, France and Eng- land.
He was raised a Presbyterian, but now belongs to the Methodist Church. He is a member of Hiram Lodge. F. and A. M., No. 18; Delaware Council, No. 84, R. and S. M. : Delaware Chapter, R. and AA. M., and Mar- ion Commandery. K. T., No. 36. He is a imember of the Delaware County, the Ohio State, and the American and the Tenth Dis- trict Medical Associations. He was twice made delegate to the International Medical Congress. He prepared the history of the medical profession for the old county history from 1806 down to the present, 1907. Thus
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the history of the medical profession is re- corded to the present time.
Dr. Fowler has always stood for a high standard of medical education and professional ethics, always gave his services freely to the worthy poor, and has done more literary work than most members of the profession in the county. The Doctor's natural bent towards literature, and his long familiarity with news- paper work, has made him one of the most in- teresting and profficient writers the county has ever produced, and it is to be hoped that he will yet put many of his interesting articles into the form of a book, so that the public
may have the benefit of his experience as a traveler. The Doctor's extended acquaintance throughout this county, his long profes- sional career, and his close and intimate asso- ciation with the older members of the profes- sion who have passed to their reward, have en- abled him to prepare this chapter on the medi- cal profession with much more accuracy and proficiency than it could have been written by the author of this history, who has pre- pared this sketch of Dr. Fowler's life : and the writer hereby wishes to acknowledge his gratefulness to him for this full and complete chapter on the medical profession.
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CHAPTER XVI.
MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY.
Revolutionary War-War of 1812-Seminole War-Mexican War-War of the Rebellion -Spanish-American W'ar.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
The patriotism of Delaware County is one of which we can be proud. The bravery of her sons has been tested on hundreds of battle fields. Many of the early settlers of the county were soldiers in our great struggle for inde- pendence. This war, however, occurred long before there were any settlements made in Delaware County. When the Revolutionary War closed it found the government weak and bankrupt and the soldiers who had fought for liberty were forced to accept western lands in payment for long years of military service. This brought many pioneers to the western wilderness and particularly to Ohio, where large areas of land were designated as "United States Military Lands" and "Virginia Military Lands." The land on the east side of the Scioto River being designated as the United States Military Lands and that on the west side of the Scioto River, as the Virginia Military Land. These land's were set apart for the benefit of the Revolutionary soldiers by the United States Government. This caused many of the old Revolutionary sokliers to set- tle in Delaware County. Peace found them broken down in spirit and forttine and when lands were offered to them in the West, they were ready to accept and to move toward the setting sun. Such was the noble and warlike stock which made up the early settlers of Dela- ware County. The Revolutionary War and the causes which led to it are familiar to all
our school children and require no special ex- planation in this chapter.
"Where are our sires, our noble sires, Those men of toit and early thought Who tit our saered vestal fires, A heritage so dearly bought ?"
"Ah! bright upon historic page, Enrolled their names shall ever shine With peerless tustre, age on age Through bright'ning realm of coming time."
The following is a list of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War who came to Delaware County and died within its bounds.
Adams, David, died and buried in Harlem Town- ship.
Bidlack, Philemon, died in 1844, aged 84 years, buried at Sunbury.
Black, William, Concord Township; buried at Mill- creek Cemetery.
Brown. Ezekiel, buried at Sunbury.
Carpenter, Judge Benjamin, buried at Galena.
Carpenter, Rev. Gilbert. brother of Benjamin, buried at Gatena.
Carpenter, Nathan, Liberty Township, buried on Car- penter farm.
Clark, James, served seven years: buried at Marl- borough. Conklin, David, died in 1858, buried in Orange Town- ship.
Conrad, Cline, buried at Marlborough.
Curtis. Captain John, taken for burial to Marietta. Hillman, John, buried in Stark cemetery, near Olive Green.
Huff, Jolin, died in 1848, aged 85, buried at Sun- bury.
Jameson, Robert, buried in old cemetery, Delaware.
Kooken, James, founder of Bellepoint, buried near Stratford.
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Longwell, James, probably buried at Berkshire. Lott, Ebenezer, buried in Stark cemetery, near Olive Green.
Martin, Jacob, died at Johnstown, Lieking County, aged 104, buried there.
McNett, Adam, died 1848, aged 85, buried at Sun- bury.
Monroe, Isaac, buried in Cole cemetery, near Hyatts- ville.
Morgan, Pelatiah, buried at Cheshire.
Myers, buried near Galena.
Paine, John, Scioto Township, buried in Baptist ceme- tery.
Potter, Joseph, buried in cemetery at Blue Church.
Rodgers, Bigsby, buried in Burnside cemetery, south part of cemetery.
Root. Azariah, burial place unknown.
Smith, Daniel, buried at Marlborough.
Smith, Col. Solomon D., buried in old cemetery. Dela- ware.
Spaulding, Abel, served in Vermont militia, burial place unknown.
Swartz, John. probably buried in Thompson Town- ship.
Taylor, Daniel, died in 1853, aged 93. buried at Sun- bury.
Van Dorn, Gilbert, probably buried at Van's Valley. Warrington, John, on Washington's staff; buried in Baptist cemetery.
Wilcox, -, buried at Norton cemetery.
Williams, James, buried at Marlborough.
Williams, Nehemiah, buried at Marlborough.
WAR OF ISI2.
In the War of 1812 and the Indian wars of that period, Delaware County contained a population of but a few hundred but they came forward with the same lofty spirit of patriot- ism which has ever since pervaded her sons and which characterized their Revolutionary sires. There were some who had been present at the surrender of Cornwallis and others who had been with Gates and Green in the south. while many others were descendants of such heroic stock.
Two block houses had been built in the county for defense from the Indians. One of these was situated near Norton in the north- ern part of the county and the other just west of Cheshire in the southern part. For fuller particulars concerning these buildings and in- cidents connected with them, see chapter on the Indian history of the county.
It was through the village of Delaware that one division of Harrison's army marched on their way from Chillicothe to Sandusky : having passed along what is now Sandusky
Street and from this incident the street re- ceived its name. Another division passed on the west side of the Scioto and from this inci- dent received the name of Military Road. General Harrison was with the division that marched through Delaware and as this was the line of march between the north and the south it will account for some of the incidents men- tioned in what follows.
At what is known as Cole's cemetery. south of Stratford, near and west of the Olentangy, in a lone grave, repose the ashes of one of our real pioneers. a near relative of one of the early presidents of the United States. who was with Washington at Valley Forge and at the crossing of the Delaware River at Trenton; that man's name was Leonard Monroe. In the shade of a magnificent beech tree, which stood in another part of this same God's acre, in a long but shallow grave, sleep half a score of soldiers of the war of 1812-14, who perished while on their way to their homes in the vicinity of Chillicothe. They were sick and wounded members of General W. H. Harrison's army, who were following a trail midway between the Scioto and Olen- tangy Rivers and had stopped for the night uncler this tree. Weak from hunger and wounds, scantily clothed, they were ill pre- pared to stand the storm which stole upon them like a thief in the night, while they slept and dreamed of home and their loved ones. Near midnight it began to rain hard and grew intensely cold. The rain put out all their fires, thoroughly wetting them. It was a night like the one experienced by our Boys in Blue on New Year's eve in '63 and '64. only much more severe. The result was that all but the few vigorous and strong ones perished and were buried by their surviving comrades in that lonely grave.
There is a tradition which is more than probable that the army under General Harri- son camped for some time in Delaware. Dur- ing this time an epidemic prevailed and a num- ber of old soldiers died and were buried near where the Odovene Spring is now located. When the Big Four Railroad was built it was necessary to remove these soldiers and the re-
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mains were gathered together without distinc- tion and interred in one grave in what is known as the old cemetery, and being un- marked have never been removed.
"They sleep their last sleep, They have fought their last battle; No sound shall awake them to glory again."
The following is a list of soldiers of the War of 1812 who lived and died in Delaware County, and their burial places.
Abbott, Charles, died 1853, aged 85, buried at Sun- bury.
Adams, Elias, buried at Cheshire.
Bartlett, Joel, buried in Oller cemetery.
Beach, Israel, Berkshire cemetery ; died 1868, aged 77; enlisted as substitute under another name.
Bean, John; buried in Baptist cemetery at Ostrander. Bishop, Elisha, buried at Marlborough. Bixby, buried in Burnside cemetery.
Black, Marshall, buried at Cheshire.
Boyd, William, buried in cemetery at Radnor.
Brown, Robert, buried at Ashley.
Burroughs. , buried at Ashley.
Butt, Isaac, buried in Oller cemetery.
Carney, Thomas, buried in cemetery of Blue Church. Case. Ralph, died in Liberty Township, aged 82, buried in Liberty cemetery.
Caykendall, Peter, buried in cemetery of Blue Church. Cellar, George, member of Capt. Drake's company, buried in Liberty cemetery.
Cellar. John F., member of Capt. Drake's company, buried in Liberty cemetery. Cellar, Robert. member of Capt. Drake's company, buried in Liberty cemetery. Cellar, Thomas McCoy, mem. Capt. Drake's company. buried in Liberty cemetery.
Clawson, Elder, buried in Burnside cemetery.
Cline, Henry, buried at Marlborough.
Cole, Joseph, buried at Marlborough. Coonfare, Peter, buried in cemetery at Radnor. Copeland, Weeks, buried in Burnside cemetery. Corbin, Reuben, buried in Oller cemetery.
Covell. Calvin, buried in Oak Grove cemetery.
Cowgill, Thomas, buried in Oak Grove cemetery. Crawford, James W., father of James M., buried in Oak Grove.
Cross, Rail, buried at Ashley.
Cunningham, Joseph, buried in Oak Grove.
Curren, Joseph, buried at Marlborough.
Curtis, Marcus, buried at Galena.
Davids. William, buried at Radnor.
Decker, Joseph, born 1786, died 1863, buried at Bokes- creek.
Decker Moses, buried at Sunbury.
Dildine, Ralph, buried at Radnor.
Dilsaver, Michael, born 1782, died 1849, buried at Bokescreek.
Dobson, John, buried at Oak Grove cemetery.
Dodds, Joseph, buried at Fairview.
Ferson, Samuel, buried in cemetery at Africa.
Fisher, Jacob. buried at Berkshire; born 1759, died 1843.
Fisk, Claudis L., buried at Ashley.
Freese, John, buried in Oller cemetery.
Gillis, James, buried in Liberty cemetery.
Grigsby, John, buried in Oller cemetery. Hardin, John, played the fife six miles without stop- ping ; buried at Liberty. Harris, David, buried in cemetery at Old Eden.
Harrison James, buried in cemetery at Olive Green. Harter, John, buried at Oak Grove.
Haskins, James, buried at Cheshire.
Haszlett, Jacky, buried in cemetery at Olive Green. Hevelo, David Stapleford, buried in cemetery at Old Eden. Hill, Caleb, buried at Radnor.
Hillman, Aaron, buried in cemetery at Olive Green.
Horner, John, buried at Olive Green.
Howlett, Heman, buried in cemetery at Cheshire.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph S., buried in Oak Grove ceme- tery. Hultz, Jesse, buried in cemetery at Cheshire.
Hurlburt, Lee, buried in cemetery at Africa.
Ingram, Isaac, buried in Oller cemetery.
Jackson, James, buried at Oller cemetery.
Jacobus. John C., buried at Trenton.
James, Robert, died 1876, aged 82, buried at Sun- bury. Jameson, Robert, buried at Oak Grove.
Johnson, Zachariah, buried at Oak Grove.
Johnson, David, buried at Marlborough.
Jones, Abram, buried in the Oller cemetery.
Kelly, James, buried at Olive Green.
Kepple, Abraham, buried at Radnor.
Kirk. John, buried at Bokescreek.
Lawrence, John, buried at Fairview.
Lawson, Peter P., died 1852, buried in Oak Grove cemetery. Lewis, Dr. John, buried at Cheshire.
Little, William, died March, 1848; buried in Oak Greve.
Long, Daniel, buried in cemetery at Millcreek.
Longwell, Ralph. buried at Old Eden.
Lott, Joseph, buried at Olive Green.
Loveless, John, buried in Oller cemetery.
Main, Eleazer, buried in Marlborough.
Main, Timothy, buried at Marlborough.
Marley. Frank, buried in Oller cemetery.
Martin, Benjamin, buried at Marlborough.
Mather, - , taught school in Delaware.
McCoy, Robert W., buried in Oak Grove cemetery.
McCumber, Jeremiah, buried at Eversole, south of G. I. H.
McKinney, Josiah, buried in cemetery at Liberty. Meeker, Forest, under Gen. Harrison; buried in Oak Grove cemetery.
Monroe. Leonard, the old Cole cemetery, south of Stratford.
Newhouse, Anthony, born 1772, died 1851, buried in Newhouse cemetery.
Oller, George, buried in Oller cemetery.
Oller, Jacob, buried in Oller cemetery.
Omble, Martin, buried in Oller cemetery.
Orcutt, Sylvester, died 1866, aged 83. buried at Sun- bury.
Patrick, Benjamin, died 1843, aged 68, buried at Sin- bury.
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Perry, Robert, buried at Radnor.
Philips, John, buried at Radnor.
Pierce, Co. Joshua, buried in Burnside cemetery.
Piper. Adam, buried at Center Village.
Potter, Gilbert, buried in cemetery at Blue Church. Powers, Avery, killed by Indians near Sandusky.
Randolph, Marsh, no record of burial place.
Ray. Rowland, buried in Ollen cemetery.
Rhodes, William, buried in Eversole cemetery, south of G. I. H.
Ripley, Thomas, buried at Radnor.
Roberts. Hezekiah, buried in Burnside cemetery. Ryant, John, buried at Cheshire.
Salesbury, John, buried in Oller cemetery.
Salmon. Joohn, died April 14. 1864, probably buried in Eden.
Sewell, Henry, buried at Cheshire.
Shahan, Joshua. died in Belmont county.
Sharp. William F .. buried at Marlborough.
Slack. John, buried at Cheshire.
Smead. Livingston, 9th Va. Vol. ; buried in Newhouse cemetery.
Spaulding. Micah, buried at Marlborough.
Sprague, Col. P., buried in old cemetery, Delaware.
Stover, Benjamin F., burial place unknown.
Stratton, Isaac. buried at Marlborough.
Swartz, Sebastian, died 1822. buried probably at ceme- tery near Thompson.
Swartz. Henry, probably buried in cemetery near Thompson chapel.
Van Deman, Henry, buried in Oak Grove at Dela- ware.
Waldron, George, no record of burial.
Wheaton, Esquire, buried at Trenton.
White, -. no record of burial.
Williams, Hosea, Q. M. Dept .; buried in Oak Grove cemetery.
Woodstock, Cornelius, buried in cemetery at Blue Church.
Worline, Adam, buried in ok cemetery in Delaware. Worline, John, buried in Marlborough.
Worline, Michael, buried at Marlborough.
A number of these old soldiers of 1812 are buried at what is known as Wyatt cemetery, just over the northern line of Delaware County in Marion County, who lived within the boun- daries of this county but their names could not and probably will never be obtained.
"A dirge for the brave old pioneers The muffled drums resound ! Our warriors are slumbering here Near to their battle-ground : For not alone with beasts of prey. The bloody strife they waged, But foremost in the deadly fray. Where savage combat raged.'
SEMINOLE INDIAN WAR.
Two from this county served in this war. namely Pinckney Lugenbeel and Calvin T.
Townley. Mr. Lugenbeel was the first to re- ceive an appointment as a cadet to the military school at West Point. He graduated with honor in 1840 and after his graduation was sent to take part in this conflict, serving later in the Mexican War. Mr. Townley was in the U. S. Marine Corps.
THE MEXICAN WAR.
After the War of 1812 and the Indian wars accompanying it, the people of Delaware County were no more disturbed until the Mex- ican War. The circumstances which led to this contest resulted from the admission of Texas into the American Union. The "Lone Star" State, by which name this state had been known, was a province of Mexico, had seceded, and for years its citizens had been carrying on a guerrilla warfare with the mother country. with varying results. In 1836 a battle had been fought in San Jacinto, at which Santa Anna. dictator of Mexico, was captured and his whole army either killed or made prisoners. Santa Anna was held in strict confinement and finally signed a treaty acknowledging the independence of Texas : but in violation of the treaty, the Republic of Mexico treated Texas and its inhabitants just as she had previously done. From this time on petitions were fre- quently presented to the United States govern- ment, asking admission into the Union. Mex- ico used every means possible to prevent the admission by declaring that her reception would be regarded as a cause for declaration of war, thinking thus to intimidate the United States. In the presidential contest of 1844 between Clay and Polk, the annexation of Texas was one of the leading issues before the people. Mr. Polk favored the admission and was elec- ted and this was taken as a public declaration on the subject. After this election Congress did not hesitate to grant the petition of Texas. and on the first of March, 1845. formally re- ceived her as a part of the United States. Mexico at once broke off all relations with the United States and called home hier minister. which was equivalent to a declaration of war. Congress immediately passed an act. authoriz-
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