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Andrew Baxter, who received as compensation $700 in cash, the timbers in the old building, and a tract of land comprising thirty acres. Worship was held here for the last time June 5, 1870, and on the 12th of September following the corner-stone of the present church edifice was laid. . The building committee consisted of John A. Clark, John Cortelyou, and William Durrell, Jr. The church began to worship in the lower room of this building August 13, 1871, and it was not until 1883 that the main audience room was completed and ready for occupancy. The pastors and sup- plies have been as follows: Revs. James Kemper, 1797-1807; Daniel Hayden, 1810-35; Samuel J. Miller, 1837-44; Simeon Brown, 1852-55; J. P. Vandyke, 1856-60; James A. McKee, D.D., 1866-70; Luman A. Aldrich, 1871-75; D. J. Jones, 1876-81; J. H. Walter and W. F. Goudy.
Pleasant Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1849, and num- bered among its first members Mrs. Bladen, Thomas Auten, Samuel Hill, James Halliwell and F. A. Hill. A local preacher from Cincinnati, McDermott by name, officiated at the organization. The first trustees were James Halliwell, Thomas Auten, Samuel Hill, Joseph Losh, and H. W. Wright. The church site was donated by James Halliwell and John Simpkinson, and the present brick edifice was erected thereon in 1859.
St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Madisonville, owes its origin to Rev. H. Bur- gess, the present bishop of Detroit, who initiated bi-monthly services here in 1859. The parish was organized in 1861 by Rev. W. Wilkens, who built a chapel on East Main street. This was the place of worship until the present church was built by Rev. A. Walburg, who was pastor 1864-74. It was destroyed by fire January 25, 1891, immediately rebuilt, and dedicated October 4th of the same year, Archbishop Elder officiating. Rev. Francis Kessing was pastor, 1874-78; Joseph Stoeppleman 1878-81; H. Kuhlman, 1881-89, and Charles H. Hahne since 1889.
The First Presbyterian Church of Madisonville was organized November 9, 1867, by a presbyterial committee composed of Caleb Oliver and Revs. O. A. Hills and I. J. Cushman. The first session was composed of Dr. J. O. Marsh, Virgil C. Norcross, and Garretson Tompkins, and the number of constituent members was twenty. The first regular pastor, Rev. C. E. Hills, assumed charge November 11, 1879, and was succeeded by the present incumbent, Rev. James T. Pollock. April 4, 1888. The church edifice is a frame structure situated on Columbia avenue.
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Madisonville was organized in April, 1868, by Rev. Dietz. The first trustees were William Buck, Andrew Bohne, and John Beiswinger. Revs. Gottlieb Dietz, George J. Theiss, J. W. Theiss, R. F. Kunschick, and C. Schulz have served as pastors. The church building is a brick structure and stands on Main avenue. It was erected in 1868.
The Camp Dennison Methodist Church was first built in the southern part of the village some years ago, and removed to the present site in 1868.
The Berean Baptist Church of Norwood was organized at Cincinnati in 1873, and removed to Norwood in 1891. Rev. John E. Norris has been pastor through- out its history. The place of worship is a brick edifice on South avenue.
The Madeira Methodist Episcopal Church numbered among its first members the families of Hasbrook, Hetzler, Mann, Jones, Stites, and Smith, Raymond Smith having been the first class-leader. The place of worship was erected in 1873.
The First Baptist Church of Madisonville was organized November 3, 1875, with thirteen members. William H. Morgan was the first clerk and treasurer, and George S. Blaney was the first deacon. The church was dedicated July 6, 1876, burned April 24, 1889, rebuilt and dedicated in September, 1889, burned May 7, 1892, again rebuilt and dedicated December 3, 1892. The succession of pastors has been as follows: Revs. H. L. King, A. J. Kirkpatrick, D. W. Lasher, D. M. Christy, Ira J. Bailey, E. P. Brand, D. M. Shott, and H. O. Fry.
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, was organized by Rev. W. Ecker- myer and incorporated July 6, 1877. The first trustees were Henry Wiesehahn, William Cordes, and Christian Steinkamp. The church building was dedicated July 21, 1878. Revs. W. Eckermyer, H. Juilfs, C. A. J. Cramer, C. Wooge, W. Roeper, and Frederick Hohmann have successively served as pastors.
Madeira Presbyterian Church was organized June 1, 1882. S. K. Druce, A. J. McGrew, J. A. Muchmore and L. D. Wiggans composed the first session. The church building was dedicated June 5, 1887.
Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Madisonville, was organized by Rev. Peter Tinsley, May 20, 1884. Rev. D. W. Cox has been the rector throughout its history. Services were held in the Presbyterian Church and the rink during 1884- 85. The site of the present church was purchased February 1, 1885, and the first service was held therein November 4th following. The church at Oakley was also included in Mr. Cox's field of labor for some years.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Norwood was dedicated May 4, 1884, and is a frame building on Harris avenue near Wesley street. The class was organized by Rev. D. J. Starr, and the first official board was composed of S. B. Markland, Philip Strauss, John McGowan, D. J. Zoller, William Simpkinson, T. J. Ware, Professor Locke and John Baker.
Armstrong Chapel derives its name from the donor of its site and principal con- tributor toward its erection. It is a Methodist place of worship, situated at Indian Hill.
The Madisonville Christian Church was organized, in 1884, by J. L. Hasbrook and Lewis Clason, and in the same year the present place of worship, a frame building at the corner of Matthis and Julien streets was erected. Revs. H. N. Allen, E. S. and George Muckley, Payne and W. H. Kern have served as pastors.
The First Presbyterian Church of Norwood was organized May 1, 1887, by Rev. J. J. Hopkins. The first elders were V. C. Tidball and N. I. Scott, and the number of constituent members was twenty-four. The frame church edifice at the corner of Floral and Smith avenues was dedicated February 22, 1891.
The First Baptist Church of Norwood (Harmon Memorial) was organized at Pleasant Ridge in 1866 and removed to Norwood in 1888, during the pastorate of Rev. B. F. Harmon, whose name it bears. The church edifice was dedicated April 10, 1892, at which time the trustees were James M. Baker, W. G. Brown and John Hammell.
Terrace Park Baptist Church was erected in 1890, largely through the personal efforts of G. W. Corey. This organization had its inception in a Sunday school started by Mrs. Corey at her house. This school at first consisted only of herself and two scholars, but from this modest beginning the church has grown.
The Protestant Episcopal Mission of the Good Shepherd, Norwood, was organized in 1891 by Rev. J. Haight. The place of worship is a frame church at the corner of Monroe and Ashland avenues.
Zion Evangelical Reformed Church, Norwood, was organized by Rev. Joseph L. Schatz, January 10, 1892. The first officers were Henry Burdorf, August Strumpler, George A. Degen, Frederick Wulf and Frederick Kleine. The frame church at the corner of Sherman and Walter avenues was dedicated in April, 1893.
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church, Norwood, is a large and flourishing organiza- tion. The place of worship is a commodious frame building, and the pastoral resi- dence is a substantial structure, well adapted to its purposes.
Madisonville Methodist Episcopal Church is in a flourishing condition and had a membership in 1891 of 380. One authority says the church was established in 1817.
The following list of ministers, with the time they served, is evidence that the organization was an early one: 1802, Henry Smith, Benjamin Young; 1803, Elisha
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W. Bowman; 1804, John Sale, Joseph Oglesby; 1805, John Meek, Abraham Amos; 1806, Benjamin Lakin, Joshua Riggin, John Thompson; 1807, John Collins; 1808, Samuel Parker, Hector Sanford; 1809, William Houston, John Sinclair; 1810, Solo- mon Langdon, Moses Crume; 1811, William Young; 1812, Wm. Burke, John Strange; 1813, Samuel Williams; 1814, Ebenezer David; 1815, John Waterman; 1816, Alex- ander Cummins, Russel Bigelow; 1817, Abbot Goddard, Wm. P. Finley; 1818, Ben- jamin Lawrence; 1819, Samuel West, Henry Mathews; 1820, Wm. Dixon, Robert Delap; 1821, Arthur W. Elliot; 1822, Samuel Baker, Wm. Raper; 1823, Allen Wiley; 1824, Wm. J. Thompson; 1825, John P. Taylor, Augustus Eddy; 1826, Andrew S. McLain; 1827, Alfred M. Lorain; 1828, Wm. Simmons, D. D. Davidson; 1829, John Stewart; 1830, James Laws; 1831, James Laws; 1832, Adam Poe, Charles W. Swain; 1833, Burress Westlake; 1834, Burress Westlake; 1835, Geo. W. Maley, J. G. Bruce, Robert Cheney; 1836, Alfred M. Lorain; 1837, Zachariah Cornell, Levi P. Miller; 1838, Adam Miller, Wm. G. Ellsworth; 1839, Charles R. Lovell, Jonathan T. Courey; 1840, J. G. Dimmitt; 1841, Joseph Gasner, L. D. Huston; 1842, William Parrish, Jos. A. Reeder; 1843, William Parrish; 1844, Greenberry R. Jones; 1845, Edward Estell; 1846, Levi White; 1847, Levi P. Miller; 1848, Levi P. Miller, James Taylor; 1849, Jos. M. Gatch, Jos. C. Harding; 1850, Jos. M. Gatch; 1851, Wm. Langarl, John C. Maddy; 1852, N. Westerman, Jas. M. Cavin; 1853, A. W. Tibbitts, Henry Baker; . 1854, A. W. Tibbits, Henry Baker; 1855, B. Glasscock, Thomas Audas: 1857, A. M. Lorain, Andrew Murphy; 1858, J. F. Spence, D. H. Sargent; 1859, J. C. Bontecou; 1860, Jas. M. Gatch, J. T. Bail; 1861, Levi White. J. T. Bail; 1862, E. C. Merrick, Levi White; 1863, S. W. Edmiston, Levi P. Miller; 1864, S. W. Edmiston, Levi P. Miller; 1865-1866, David Kemper; 1867, W. G. Shannon, J. W. Mendenhall: 1868, W. G. Shannon, Nathan Prince; 1869, Sylvester Weeks; 1870-71-72. D. C. Vance; 1873, E. T. Wells; 1874-75-76, Silas Bennett; 1877, J. W. Mason; 1878-79-80, Adam Power; 1881-82-83, S. T. Clayton; 1884-85-86, J. H. Lease; 1887-88-89-90, J. A. Story.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CROSBY TOWNSHIP.
GEOGRAPHY-LAND PURCHASES-NEW HAVEN-NEW BALTIMORE-WHITEWATER-CHURCHES.
C ROSBY TOWNSHIP was erected in 1804 from territory originally included in Whitewater. It is bounded on the north by Butler county, on the east by Colerain township, on the south by Miami township, and on the west by Harrison township. In size it ranks with the smaller subdivisions of the county. The Great Miami river forms its eastern boundary. The Dry Fork of Whitewater and its two principal tributaries, Lee's creek and Howard's creek, are the principal streams within the township lines. The township derives its name from Crosby village, founded by Joab Comstock, and named by him in honor of his mother's family name.
The largest land purchase in the township, when it was first opened to settlement, was made by Jeremiah Butterfield and five associates, viz., Asa Harvey, Noah Willey, Knowles and Alvin Shaw, and Esquire Shaw, the father of the two last named. They purchased about two thousand acres, situated in the northeastern part of the township. The first settler, however, was probably Joab Comstock, from Connecti- cut, who located a mile and a half east of the village of New Haven.
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Hartman Vantrees, the well-known surveyor, was the first township clerk, serv- ing from 1803 to 1805, and among his early successors were Robert Simmonds, Daniel Bailey, Elijah Thompson and John Cavender.
VILLAGES.
The village of New Haven was founded by Joab Comstock and Charles Cone, under whose auspices the plat was surveyed in 1815 by Joseph Sater, assisted by the two proprietors. It was so named by Comstock, a native of New Haven, Con- necticut. The State road from Hamilton through Venice to Lawrenceburg passes through the village, which is also the terminus of the road leading to Cincinnati through New Baltimore. These considerations, as well as the natural eligibility of the location, doubtless determined its selection as a town site. The first frame house was built in 1826 and the first brick house in 1832. Among the first resi- dents were Dr. George Little, hotel-keeper; William Wakefield and Ransom S. Pierce, merchants; Alexander Cavender, undertaker; Thomas Ellsworth, school teacher; Latham S. Bartlett, shoemaker and tanner; Leonard Hathaway, shoe- maker; Lot Day, tanner; Edmund C. Archibald, wagon-maker; John Shrozer, cabinet maker and undertaker; Thomas Makin, dry-goods merchant. - Drs. James Comstock, Jason F. Brevoort, and William H. Bentlett have been well known as medical practitioners, all of them having prosecuted the duties of the profession at New Haven for a period of years. The post office was established in 1826 under the name of. Preston, the middle term in the cognomen of Alexander Preston Cav- ender, the first postmaster. At the present time the village has two stores, two churches (Methodist and United Brethren), two blacksmith shops, two wagon shops, and a population of about two hundred.
New Baltimore was founded by Samuel Pottinger, under whose auspices the plat was surveyed in 1819. The proprietor came to this county in 1815 and was an active business man. He established flouring-mills, distillery and sawmill, and these industries gave the place a strong impetus. Mayor Radcliff added a woolen mill, and during the period the three establishments were in operation the place enjoyed great prosperity. The first merchants were Findlay Morris and James W. Pottinger. Joseph Scull was the first postmaster. The postal designation is Sater, and postal facilities were secured through the efforts of Gen. Banning when he was Congressman from this District. At the present time there is a population of 180. A flour mill is in operation, and local business and industrial interests also comprise two stores, two blacksmith shops, and one wagon-maker shop. There is one church, an organization of the United Brethren denomination.
WHITEWATER.
The United Society of Believers, commonly called Shakers, was organized in New York in 1792, and has its principal organization at New Lebanon in this State. The community at Whitewater is under the jurisdiction of this central organization. It had its origin in 1823, when, after a Methodist revival in the neighborhood, sev- eral Shakers from the community at Union Village, near Lebanon, Ohio, presented the views of their faith regarding the second coming of Christ. Forty acres of land were purchased, several log cabins were erected thereon, and brothers and sis- ters to the number of eighteen sought to realize here the conditions of the Pente- costal church. Their numbers and resources were materially increased in 1824 by the arrival of forty persons from Derby Plains in northern Ohio. Additional land was purchased, brick and frame houses were built, and the temporal affairs of the community prospered greatly. In 1846 seventy persons, adherents to the doctrines of the Second Adventists, joined the society from Cincinnati. Its members have fluctuated greatly. In 1870 the population of the settlement was placed at 123; at the present time it is about sixty. The Society owns thirteen hundred acres of
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land, all in one body, with the exception of a detached tract of one hundred and sixty acres. The first trustees were Ezra Sherman and Ebenezer Rice ; the first elders, Calvin Morrell, Jacob Holloway, Mary Beadle and Phoebe Seeley. The present trustees are Henry Bear, Charles Sturr, Amanda Rubush and Matilda Butler; elders, Henry Bear, Charles Forady, Amanda Rubush, and Adaline Wells for the central village, and Lafayette Parker, John Tyler, Mary Gass, and Carrie Burk for the upper village. The community was formerly divided into three vil- lages, but the lower village has been temporarily abandoned.
CHURCHES.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of New Haven was built in 1830 and dedicated in January of the following year. The site was donated by Dr. James Comstock. Other prominent early members were Latham Bartlett, Joab Comstock, Mrs. Alex- ander Cavender, and Moses Carpenter. The present frame church was built in 1887-88 under the supervision of a building committee consisting of the pastor, Rev. John W. Shortan, and Messrs. D. C. Buell, John Perlee, Robert Blackburn, and Charles Butts. Bishop Joyce preached the dedicatory sermon.
The United Brethren Church of New Haven was organized by Rev. William Sturr and John Myers. A church edifice was built in 1850; a belfry was added in 1866, and the building was remodeled in 1874. The present place of worship was dedicated December 15, 1888. The building committee by which it was erected was composed of the pastor, Rev. A. A. Dunkelberger, J. L. Wakefield, J. C. Bevis, Joseph Sater, and A. T. Hawk.
The United Brethren Church of New Baltimore was founded principally by Sam- uel Pottenger, who donated the ground upon which it is built, and contributed liberally toward its support. The first church building was destroyed by fire in 1855, and replaced by the present structure in 1859. This church is united with New Haven in the formation of a charge.
CHAPTER XXIX. DELHI TOWNSHIP.
EXTENT AND TOPOGRAPHY-VILLAGES-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
D ELHI is one of the smallest townships in the county. It is triangular in shape, bounded on the north by Miami and Green, on the east by Cincinnati, and on the south and west by the Ohio river. Rapid run drains a large part of its terri- tory. The name of this stream is most appropriate, as its descent from the uplands to the river is certainly rapid. In the eastern part of the township the principal stream is Bold Face creek. Trautman's run empties into the Ohio river at the rail- road station of that name. Muddy creek flows through the extreme northwestern part of the township.
The principal public highways are the Warsaw and Delhi pikes and the Lower River road, all of which cross the township from east to west. There are numerous lateral roads, and the most important is the Anderson Ferry road, a continuous and direct line of travel from the river to the northern line of the township. The Ohio & Mississippi and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railroads traverse the southern part of the township.
This township was among the earliest settled in the county. Here it was that John Cleves Symmes projected the village of South Bend. It was laid out in 1789, as shown by the following interesting extract from a letter written by Judge Symmes
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in February of that year: "North Bend being so well improved by the buildings already erected and making, and fresh applications every few days being made to me for house lots, I was induced to lay off another village about seven miles up the Ohio from North Bend, being one mile in front of the river. The ground was very eligible for the purpose, and I would have continued farther up and down the river, but was confined between the two reserved sections. This village I call South Bend, from its being contiguous to the most southerly point of land in the Pur- chase." Its location was near the month of Trautman's run, at the railroad station of that name. Already there were several settlers here, and the Judge entertained high hopes for the future of the place. Situated as it was near the center of the Purchase, he was ambitious that it should become the county seat, and thought that if a detachment of troops should be stationed there it would develop rapidly. But, as in the case of North Bend, his hopes were completely frustrated; Cincinnati was made the location of the military post, and South Bend relapsed into insignificance. A detachment of twenty soldiers was, however, stationed here in 1791, at which time there was a population of about a score of families. Prominent among these early residents was Timothy Symmes, a brother of the Judge, and a justice in Sus- sex county , New Jersey, prior to his immigration to the West. He died here in 1797. South Bend scarcely retains a place in the traditions of the locality. It was formerly the designation of the railroad station, but is now perpetuated only as the name of the school at that point.
This region early enjoyed the advantages of municipal organization. In 1795 South Bend township was erected with the following boundaries: "Beginning at the second meridian west of Mill creek; thence down the Ohio six miles and over; thence north on a meridian to the Big Miami; thence up that stream to the south- west corner of Colerain township; thence east to the meridian first named; thence south to the place of beginning." The first township officers were William Powell, clerk; James Thatcher, constable; William Powell and Robert Gowdy, overseers of the poor; Uzal Bates, supervisor of highways; David Edgar, James Gowdy, and Edward Cowan, viewers of inclosures and appraisers of damages.
The exact date of the separate erection of Delhi can not be given, but it is gen- erally supposed to have occurred fifteen or twenty years after the organization of South Bend.
VILLAGES.
Riverside is an incorporated village, extending from Anderson Ferry to Bold Face creek, which separates it from the city of Cincinnati. It has a river front of three miles, but is comparatively narrow, the crest of the river hill forming the northern boundary.
Commencing on the east at the ministerial land owned by 'Squire Ethan Stone, the first improvements upon the site of the village were as follows : The section of Col. C. R. Sedam, about half of which is within the limits of the village; 170 acres belonging to Mrs. Julia Symmes Reeder, a niece of Judge Symmes and cousin of the wife of Gen. William Henry Harrison (the deed, written by Judge Symmes, is dated January 1, 1800. This was long known as the Reeder farm. The man- sion house, a two-story frame house still standing on the river road, was one of the most pretentious in the vicinity of Cincinnati at the time of its erection); continuing westward the successive improvements were those of Enoch Anderson, Cullom and Sands; a tract of school land was situated at the western extremity of the village.
The following is a list of secondary settlers, in order, from the east: John Lod- wick, Thomas Henry Yeatman, R. S. Bartlett, Joseph Simmons, David Z. Sedam, - Bickham, Maj. William Oliver, Dr. John Ritter, Stephen S. L'Hommedieu, Allen L. Reeder, D. O. Reeder, Mrs. Mary Reeder McAllister, Brice Pursell, and Jacob Storey, Sr.
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The river road between Reeder's and Bold Face creek was called "The Stretch." It was almost perfectly level, while almost perfect drainage rendered its condition unusually good. This was the most fashionable pleasure drive in the vicinity of Cincinnati. It was patronized at all times by the rich and those who had carriages of their own, while those who hired from livery stable proprietors usually made this drive on Sundays. At the Anderson farm a well-known resort was kept by "Uncle" Joe Harrison, a retired riverman. Among the attractions of this establishment was a large orchard. Brice Pursell kept a similar resort nearer the city. In winter these places were the popular rendezvous for sleighing parties.
Village growth at Riverside began in the year 1847, when A. L. and D. O. Reeder laid out a number of lots on the river bottom, including the site of the schoolhouse and Episcopal church. Various other subdivisions, usually of comparatively small extent, were platted by different persons, and then the place gradually assumed the proportions of a village. It ranks among the most extensive in the county, and had a population of 2,169 by the census of 1890. There are three large manufacturing establishments within its limits, viz., the Cincinnati Rolling Mill Company, the Cin- cinnati Cooperage Company, and the Fleischmann Compressed Yeast Works.
The first church in the village was built by Thomas Henry Yeatman at his own expense. It was never dedicated, but was frequently used by the clergy of different denominations. A similar building was erected by David Sedam. At present there are three churches, Protestant Episcopal, Congregational, and Methodist Episcopal. There are two school buildings.
Delhi includes within its corporate limits both the village of that name and the town of Industry. The last named was platted by James Cooper, county surveyor, for James and Samuel H. Goodin, by whom it. was acknowledged and dedicated October 15, 1847. Its early industries included a flourmill, match factory, cotton mill, foundry, etc., giving employment to a considerable number of operatives, many of whom located here and built for themselves modest homes. But a singular fatality seemed to overtake the various enterprises upon which the prosperity of the place depended. The match factory burned; the flourmill was undermined by a spring flood; the proprietors of the cotton mill became financially embarrassed; the foundry, which was a cooperative establishment, ceased operations because of the peculations of its manager; and thus the village which gave such early promise of prosperity relapsed into premature decadence. Industrially it has never since just- ified its original name, which still retains popular though not legal significance.
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