Century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens 20th, Part 19

Author: Rockel, William M. (William Mahlon), 1855-1930, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing co.
Number of Pages: 1086


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SPRINGFIELD-XENIA TELEPHONE COMPANY.


For a time the Bell system and service was subject to a great deal of complaint. Repeated efforts upon part of the citizens to have the company better the service seemed to have no effect. This resulted in the formation of what is now known as the Home Telephone System. This company was organized in 1900; Mr. Juvenal and John B. and S. F. McGrew


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were very prominent in its organization. Afterwards it was purchased by the Springfield-Xenia Telephone Company, Governor Bushnell being interested in this line. This company has succeeded in securing a very large list of subscribers in the city and in various parts of the county. It is not so well equipped with branch offices throughout the county as the Bell system, but at this time both sys-


tems are offering and furnishing reason- ably good service to the citizens of Springfield and Clark County. Of the Home Telephone Company the officers for 1907 were E. C. Gwynn, president; S. F; McGrew, vice president; R. R. Mills, treasurer; Delos Odell, secretary. In 1901 the office building for the company was erected on Center Street, between Main and High Streets.


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MILLS.


THE OLD MILL-MILLS OF MAD RIVER : Medway Mills, Eagle City Mills, Rector's Mill, Kizer Mill, Hertzlers-Snyderville Mill, Woodbury Mill, Ross Mill, Nauman Mill, Croft Mill, Snyder's Mill, Grisso Mill, Leffel's Mill, Kneis- ley's Distillery, Rubsam's Mill, Enon Mill-BUCK CREEK: Lagonda Mill, Rennick-Bechtel Mill, Kitt Mill, Hunter Mill, Dawson-Runyan Mill, Cart- mell Mill, Perrin Mill, Warder Mill, Croft Mill, Baldwin Mill, Barnett Mill, Wilson-Moorefield Mill, Rabbitts-Olds Mill, Buckeye Works-P. P. Mast Co., Pitts Threshing Machine Shop, Snyder Hydraulic, Foos Oil Mill-BEAVER CREEK, TRIBUTARY OF BUCK CREEK : Redmond's Mill, Taylor's Mill, Benson's Mill, Haney's Saw Mill, Smith-Baird Mill-MILL RUN, TRIBUTARY OF BUCK CREEK : Demint's Mill, Lingle Mill, Fisher Mill, Foos Mill, Lowry Mill, Filler Mill-MILL CREEK: Rebert Mill, Paden's Mill, Leffel's Saw Mill- DONNELLS CREEK : Donnells Mill, Lowrey Mill, Baisinger Mill-ROCK RUN -CHAPMAN'S CREEK: Lance's Mill, Seitz Mill, Chatterlen Mill, Enoch's Mill, Dibert's Mill-HONEY CREEK : Black's Mill, Rayburn Mill, Paul Mill -LITTLE MIAMI RIVER: Clifton Mills, Knot's Mill, Burke's Mill-MUDDY RUN: Shellabarger Mills, Partington Mill-MISCELLANEOUS.


THE OLD MILL.


Here from the brow of the hill I look, Through a lattice of boughs and leaves, On the old gray mill with its gambrel roof, And the moss on its rotting eaves. I hear the clatter that jars its walls, And the rushing water's sound, And I see the black floats rise and fall As the wheel goes slowly round.


I rode there often when I was young, With my grist on the horse before,


And talked with Nelly, the miller's girl, As I waited my turn at the door. And while she tossed her ringlets brown, And flirted and chatted so free, The wheel might stop, or the wheel might go, It was all the same to me.


'Tis twenty years since last I stood On the spot where I stand today, And Nelly is wed, and the miller is dead, And the mill and I are gray.


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But both, till we fall into ruin and wreck, To the fortune of toil are bound; And the man goes and the stream flows, And the wheel moves slowly round.


In the absence of facilities for trans- porting the necessities of life, the erec- tion of mills producing these necessities became one of the first industries in which the pioneer was engaged. In this age we can hardly conceive of the importance of an industry of this kind.


Prior to the introduction of railways the means for transporting articles from one part of the country to another was either by water or by wagons drawn by horses, and when we consider further that the first railway that entered the city of Springfield did so in 1846, we begin to realize the importance of the various mills that had been erected up to this time upon Mad River and its tributaries for the purpose of converting grain into flour to supply the necessities of the im- mediate neighborhood, and into whiskey to be in that condition more easily sold and transported to other communities. The average fall of the Valley of Mad River through Clark County is from eight to ten feet to the mile. Some of its tributaries have a much greater decline, and no doubt the fact that Mad River and its tributaries afforded favorable oppor- tunities for the erection of mills contrib- uted largely to an early settlement of this county. Prior to the introduction of railways and the building of mills it was necessary to haul flour by wagon ways from Dayton and Cincinnati to the South, and as far as Sandusky to the North, to which place it was taken by boat from the place of its manufacture.


A very large number of mills and dis- tilleries were erected along the streams in this county and a very few of them are in active operation to this day. At many places they have rotted down and have been taken away, and almost every sign of their former existence has disappeared.


MILLS OF MAD RIVER.


MEDWAY MILLS.


Probably the first mill that was built on Mad River in Clark County was erected by Archibald Steele, who settled in the village of Medway in 1807. It was a grist-mill and nothing very definite is known at this time further concerning it. A few years afterwards a man by the name of McQueen built a saw-mill and grist-mill a short distance above Medway, which was afterwards owned by Mr. Ja- cob Hershey. It was torn down in 1832 and never rebuilt.


EAGLE CITY MILLS.


The second mill that was built upon Mad River in this county was a saw- and hemp-mill erected in 1808 by Jacob Kib- linger, where the present mill at Eagle City is located. About 1820 Daniel Kib- linger and Ira Paige built a grist mill at the same point, which they operated until 1832, when it was purchased by Merri- weather and Clark, who ran it until 1837, when it was sold to Adam Baker. He was succeeded by Baker and Haroff and they by Kiblinger and Stoner, and afterwards it became the property of Bryant and O'Rourke, and was latterly owned by S. R. Hockman, who continued it as a grist-


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mill until his death about 1900. It was operated for a few years afterwards by his heirs, then sold to W. S. Neese, who finally disposed of it to H. L. Detrick, who is conducting it at this time as a grist-mill. A saw-mill was until a few years ago operated at the same point. At one time whiskey was distilled here.


RECTOR'S MILL.


Prior to 1810 Charles Rector built a small distillery at the mouth of Storm's Creek in the northern part of German Township on Mad River. Later he put up a grist- and saw-mill at the same place. This mill was afterwards operated for a number of years by Gersham Gard. The mill has long since disappeared. A race running north into Champaign County is the only evidence of the use of mill power at a former period at this place.


KIZER MILL.


In 1810 Phillip Kizer built a grist-mill on Mad River somewhere not far from Tremont City. As to any matters con- cerning it in detail, little is known of it at this time. Indeed its exact location cannot be determined. At a later time he added a still. Many of the stills that were added to these mills at an early date were of the very limited character.


HERTZLER'S SNYDERVILLE MILL.


About 1818 John and James Leffel erected a grist-mill at a point on Mad Riv- er, which has at various times been known as Hertzler's Mills, Tecumseh Mills and Snyderville. John Leffel died soon there- after, and it was continued by James un- til about 1831. He sold it to a Mr. Min-


ard, who became embarrassed, and the property was sold at sheriff's sale to the late Daniel Hertzler, who ran the mill and distillery for about twenty years and amassed a large fortune. It changed hands afterwards on several occasions and is now the property of Henry Sny- der's heirs. It stands there, a monument of its former greatness, idle and inactive.


WOODBURY MILL.


About 1830 John Shartle built a grist- mill, to which was afterwards added a distillery, a short distance below Med- way. This mill was known as the Wood- bury Mill. It continued in operation as a grist-mill until some fifteen or twenty years ago when its active use was aban- doned. It is still standing.


Ross MILL.


Somewhere about the year 1830 Charles Ross built a mill a short distance south of where the Eagle City Mills are now lo- cated, in what is now a field a short dis- tance east of the St. Paris Pike and pret- ty nearly opposite the road leading east from the Valley Pike. This mill was af- terwards operated as a carding-mill by a man by the name of Shearer. All signs of the former location of this mill have been obliterated, the spot where it stood being now in the midst of a cultivated field.


NAUMAN MILL.


About the year 1830 a grist-mill and distillery was built on Mad River on the Nauman farm in Section 7. It is not known at present who built the mill. A few years afterwards it was purchased by


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Andrew Seitz, Sr., the father of Jacob Seitz, a recent inhabitant of the city of Springfield. Nothing is known of its op- eration after the Seitz family left it. A depression in the ground where the for- mer races were located is all that is left to indicate its former location.


CROFT MILL.


In 1830 George Croft built a grist- and saw-mill and distillery on the lands lately owned by Martin Snider, in Bethel Town- ship, on a race supplied from Mad River. This mill was operated by Mr. Croft and his sons for a number of years, and at a later period was operated as a grist-mill by Martin Snyder. It is now abandoned.


SNYDER'S MILL.


The flouring mill operated now by William L. Snyder, west of the city of Springfield on Mad River, was erected by Elijah Harnett in 1825, and was after- wards sold to Henry Snyder, the grand- father of the present proprietor. Mr. Snyder, Sr., build a distillery, which was operated by the sons, J. and D. L. Snyder, up to 1862. Here the Snyders gathered the nucleus of their great fortune. The mill was destroyed by fire in 1854, and afterwards rebuilt. At present it is used as a grist-mill exclusively.


GRISSO MILL.


This mill is located near Rock Run, where it enters Mad River southwest of the city. It was built in 1831 by Peter Sintz, Sr., and improved in 1880 by John and Samuel Arthur. After Mr. Sintz had


managed it for some time he leased it to George Grisso. It experienced various vicissitudes, until it was finally purchased by the Arthurs, who ran it for some time, and then it ceased to perform its function. At odd times feed has been ground there in recent years. It now is the property of the Springfield and Dayton Traction Company. .


LEFFEL'S MILL.


In 1833 Andrew Leffel built a grist-mill a short distance above what is now known as the Rubsam Mill on Mad River and very close to the railway bridge. It was operated by Mr. Leffel for about ten years. He sold it to James Robinson, who attached a distillery to it, and both mill and distillery were destroyed by fire about 1850, and were never rebuilt. There is no visible evidence of the place where this mill was located.


KNEISLEY'S DISTILLERY.


In 1839 Kiblinger and Kneisley built a mill east of Tremont City, and what was perhaps the largest distillery on Mad River. A grist-mill and saw-mill were at- tached to it. The industry caused the building of quite a number of houses in the immediate vicinity and it afterwards received the name of Owl Town (see vil- lages). Not later than 1859 this establish- ment became the property of Daniel Blose, his son, John H. Blose, and his brother- in-law, Jacob Seitz. They conducted it for several years as a distillery and mill with very great profit.


About 1865 the distillery part was abandoned and afterwards a grist mill


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was carried on by Mr. J. H. Blose and C. F. Rohrer, but not for any great length of time, and now there is not a vestige of either distillery, grist- or saw-mill left upon the premises. Nothing there indi- cates the industry that formerly existed, excepting depressions where the water- ways were formerly located.


RUBSAM'S MILL.


This mill is located south of the rail- road bridge on Mad River, west of the city. It was originally built by Daniel Hertzler in 1865 and was completed and ready for operation at the time that Mr. Hertzler was murdered. Samuel Huff- man, a son-in-law of Hertzler, ran it un- til 1869, when Mrs. J. W. Rubsam, a daughter of Mr. Hertzler, became the owner. It is still standing, but not in active operation and probably never will be. .


ENON MILL.


Not far from Enon, fed largely by the spring that opens up on the Harshman farm, a mill was located at an early date by Mr. Layton, but this likewise has long since passed out of existence. A still was conducted there also.


BUCK CREEK.


Buck Creek seemed to afford mill pow- er for perhaps as large a number of mills as Mad River.


LAGONDA MILL.


Probably the first use of the waters of Buck Creek for milling purposes was at Lagonda in 1806, when Simon Kenton


established his mill there. This was a grist-mill, and had attached thereto a carding-machine, which did not prove a success, owing to the want of perfect machinery. The grist-mill was small, and the machinery was run by hand. Kenton left this mill in 1812 and it afterwards be- came the property of Prickett and Beeze- ly and later on was purchased by Jere- miah Warder.


RENNICK-BECHTEL MILL.


Near where the spring is in Snyder Park Robert Rennick, in 1807, built a grist-mill. There is some divergence of opinion as to the date on which this mill was erected. Mr. Ludlow, in his history of Springfield, states that it was built as early as 1802, but Mr. Woodward, in his sketches, thinks it was probably built after Kenton built the mill at Lagonda. It was a flour- and grist-mill. It was either afterwards purchased by Mr. Hen- ry Bechtel or was destroyed, and Mr. Bechtel built a new one in practically the same place. There is nothing there now to indicate a former mill site.


KITT MILL.


In 1814, or possibly as early as 1812, Peter Kitt erected a distillery on the large spring on a farm of the late J. T. War- der, near Lagonda. How extensive a bus- iness this mill was engaged in is not known.


HUNTER MILL.


The next mill that was erected on Buck Creek was built in Pleasant Township, in the year 1819, by William Hunter. This has been abandoned. This mill was lo-


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cated about one and a half miles west of Catawba. In later years it was run by John W. Yeazell. It has been abandoned for some time. It is now owned by a Mr. Tavener and occupied as a sheep stable, hay barn, etc.


DAWSON-RUNYAN MILL.


Some time earlier than the Hunter Mill was that of the mill built by Mr. Dawson, near the present site of the grist-mill owned by J. M. Runyan on Buck Creek, south of Catawba. This was a small mill for grinding corn. There was also a carding-machine in connection therewith. The present mill of J. M. Runyan was built by William Speakman.


CARTMELL MILL.


In 1822 Nathaniel Cartmell built a grist-mill in Pleasant Township on Buck Creek. This was situated a short dis- tance further west than the Hunter Mill. There was afterwards added to it a wool- en-mill and distillery.


PERRIN MILL.


About 1820 up near where the present power-house of the street railway is sit- uated Joseph Perrin built and operated a saw-mill.


WARDER MILL.


ยท In 1830 Jeremiah Warder purchased the entire then existing village of Lagon- da, consisting of eight or ten buildings, saw-mills, woolen-factory and grist-mill, for $3,000. He erected a new large mill


on the south side of the creek. The old mill was transformed into a distillery. This mill was finally taken down about the year 1867.


CROFT MILL.


Not far from this time (1830) Mr. John Croft became the possessor of a mill or mill site located about a mile and a half up the stream from Lagonda, conducting it as a mill and distillery, in a small way, for a good many years. Latterly a saw- mill was at this place. Both now have gone out of existence. This mill was originally built by a man named Ross.


BALDWIN MILL.


Somewhere about 1836, possibly at an earlier date, a mill which was afterwards known by the name of the Baldwin Mill, was erected on the west branch of Buck Creek not far south of the county line. It derived its name from the Baldwins, who became its owners and who ran it for many years. It was a grist-mill, but has long since ceased operation. Its location was close to where the Machanicsburg Pike crosses this branch of the stream.


BARNETT MILLS.


In 1840 Samuel and James Barnett purchased the waterway upon which were afterwards built the Barnett mills, now owned and operated. by Anstead, Burk & Co. The Barnetts operated this mill as a grist mill for more than a half-century. It has been enlarged and the business has been very much extended by its present owners. Where the present Buckeye


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Shops are, a linseed oil mill was oper- ated at one time.


WILSON-MOOREFIELD MILL.


In 1840 Hugh Wilson started a still- house where the grist-mill is now located in the village of New Moorefield. This was operated in 1861. The grist-mill was afterwards built here and for a long time went by the name of the Yeazell Mill. It is still in active operation, John W. Yeazell being the present owner.


RABBITTS-OLDS MILL.


In 1847 Charles Rabbitts and Mr. Olds built a woolen-mill, which they operated until 1874. The building was afterwards occupied by Blount and Wilson and was taken down a few years ago.


BUCKEYE WORKS-P. P. MAST CO.


In speaking of the mills of Buck Creek it is in order to say something about what is now known as the P. P. Mast Company, as this corporation uses part of the mill power of the creek in the operation of its works. In 1841 the Barnetts sold James Leffel one-twelfth part of the water- power and the same amount to Richard Rodgers. Leffel started a saw-mill and foundry, and afterwards he and An- drew Richards built and operated a cot- ton-mill and machine-shop, which aft- erwards passed into the hands of the P. P. Mast Company. Richard Rodgers sold his power back to James Barnett, who built a linseed oil mill, which he sold to John Foos. This mill was also ab- sorbed by P. P. Mast Company, and in


1847 the Barnetts leased land and power to Muzzey & Andrews, who operated a planing mill. This was afterwards sold to Samuel Kindelbarger and then sold to the P. P. Mast Company. In 1846 the Barnetts leased land and power to Olly Taylor, who built a linseed oil mill, which afterwards became the property of Smith & Dew, then passed to Smith & Boucher, then to Steele, Layman & Co., and finally to the P. P. Mast Company.


PITTS THRESHING MACHINE SHOP.


In 1842 John A. Pitts, inventor of the Pitts Separator, came to this city from Rochester, New York, and bought land and power from the Barnetts and built shops for the manufacture of the Pitts Separator, which is now the property of O. W. Kelly Company. It was operated after his death by his sons, and then passed into the hands of James W. Rein- hart, Charles P. Ballard and L. H. Pur- sell.


SNYDER HYDRAULIC.


In 1865 J. and D. L. Snyder constructed a hydraulic for the purpose of utilizing the waters of Buck Creek. This hydraulic commenced at the east end of the present park and ran down along the south and east lines of said park near Main Street. Part of it is utilized now for park pur- poses. The boating-pond and other features of the park are located on this hydraulic. Their intention was to build a mill and distillery, but just about that time the governmental tax became so high on whiskey that the original purpose was abandoned; and steam power having become more universal in its use the


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water power was never developed to its full extent. The same was leased for some time by Mr. John Foos and the St. John Sewing Machines were manufact- ured at a shop not far from Main Street. This burned down along in the early eighties and some time thereafter the water was turned off of the hydraulic.


Foos OLL MILL.


Perhaps the most recent mill con- structed on Buck Creek is what is known as the old Foos Oil Mill on the cliffs im- mediately west of Factory Street. It is now occupied by a laundry.


Mr. John Foos in 1861 purchased the Barnett Oil Mill which had been erected in 1842 on Warder Street and in 1863 he bought the Steele, Layman & Company Oil Mill, which was built by Olly Taylor in 1846, and was also located on Warder Street. The machinery from these mills was removed in 1870 to the mills on the cliffs. This was operated by him until about 1890.


BEAVER CREEK. (Tributary of Buck Creek.)


REDMOND'S MILL.


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Undoubtedly the first mill erected on Beaver Creek is that which is known at present by the name of Redmond Mill and is located about four miles east of Spring- field and half a mile north of the National Road. The first mill built at this place was erected about the year 1808 by John Foster. A man by the name of Buckles was the next owner. He connected a dis- tillery with it. Buckles sold it to John


Ree, and Ree in 1835 sold it to Robert Rodgers, who built a saw-mill in connec- tion in 1837. In 1839 the whole premises were destroyed by fire. The grist-mill was rebuilt by Mr. Rodgers in 1840. In 1847 Thomas McCormick bought a half interest. About the year 1858 Lewis Huffman bought the mill, and in 1866 it was sold to Judson Redmond for $8,000. This mill is still in active operation. It is sometimes called the Junction Mills, because it is situated at the junction of Beaver Creek and Sinking Creek.


TAYLOR'S MILL.


The next mill that was built on Beaver Creek was built by James Taylor in 1830. At first it had a carding and fulling-mill in connection with it. This was operated up to 1845, when it was abandoned. In 1849 it was remodeled by Charles Mor- gan, who purchased it of Taylor's ad- ministrators, who owned it until 1869. It was then purchased by Samuel Taylor, who occupied it until its abandonment a few years ago. In 1875 it was burned down, being struck by lightning. The next year it was rebuilt. It is not in use at this time, having been completely aban- doned.


BENSON'S MILL.


Shortly after the erection of the Taylor mill, Oliver Armstrong and Pierson Spinning, in the year 1832, built what was afterwards known as Benson's Mill. This mill was situated on the east side of the old Columbus Road, where Columbus Avenue now touches that road. Arm- strong and Spinning operated it until


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1852, when it was purchased by Mr. J. M. Benson. He made improvements and op- erated the mill until the eighties, when it was abandoned. It afterwards was de- stroyed by fire. There is nothing at pres- ent to indicate its former location, which was about one mile down the stream from Taylor's Mill excepting the indications of the former race-bed. A still was car- ried on here. This mill was burned in 1885. These mills were about the only mills on Beaver Creek that assume the position of grist-mills. There were a large number of saw-mills.


HANEY'S SAW-MILL.


In 1830 James Haney on Beaver Creek, south of Vienna, erected a saw-mill which was operated for about 35 years. In 1839 James Goodfellow and Zephania Sexton built a saw-mill on Beaver Creek about two miles down the stream from the Haney Mill. This mill was operated for a number of years latterly by Mr. Eras- tus Bennett, but it is not now in opera- tion.


SMITH-BAIRD MILL.


In 1845 Robert Smith built a saw-mill about a mile further down the stream and immediately south of the National Road, between that road and the Springfield and Columbus Traction Line. This mill was operated until about the year 1890 when it was likewise abandoned.


MILL RUN. (Tributary of Buck Creek.) DEMINT'S MILL.


The first mill to be erected in Clark County of which we have a reliable date was the one erected by James Demint,


the founder of Springfield, in 1803, at the mouth of Mill Run. It was a grist-mill, as stated in Beers' History and was of small proportions, but was a very great convenience to the settlers of the neigh- borhood. It seems to the writer, how- ever, that he has seen it elsewhere stated that a still was conducted in connection with this mill; but if so it was no doubt in a limited way. The capacity of this mill was about twenty-five bushels of corn every twenty-four hours.


LINGLE MILL.


In 1809 John Lingle built a mill for the making of gun powder and not far from where Mill Run enters into Buck Creek.


FISHER MILL.


In 1814 Maddox Fisher built a mill not far from the mouth of Mill Run. Wheth- er it was a grist- or cotton-mill, or both, is not known. It was destroyed by fire in 1834. It was probably a cotton-mill. In the lower part of this mill Ira Paige about 1814 started a woolen factory, and continued it for fifteen years.




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