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Jacob Shister, a tanner, came from Preston Co., Va., and erected a tannery upon land purchased from Mr. Richie, as stated. The branches of the Mahoning River unite upon this farm. George and Benjamin, sons of Jacob, are living,-the former on the homestead, and the latter on a farm adjoining.
Isaiah Harris, with his wife, two daughters, and four sons, came from North Carolina in 1806, and bought 320 acres on section 24, being the northwest and southeast quarters. Their son Carney settled on 80 acres of the southeast quarter of the section ; John settled in Salem, in 1847, on the southwest quarter of section 18, where he still lives. Chalkley, the oldest son, settled on 80 acres in the northwest quarter of section 24, and was township treasurer from 1842 to 1847. Benjamin settled on 80 acres in the northeast quarter of section 24, where his widow and children still reside.
Garret Campf, a native of Germany, came from West- moreland Co., Pa., to this township in 1803, with his son David. He entered section 23, and built a cabin on the farm where his grandson David Campf now lives. In 1804 his family moved out. Solomon Campf, his brother, settled west of David, where his son Christopher now lives. Levi, a son of David, in about 1829, bought 112 acres in the southeast quarter of section 25, where he still lives.
David and William Kerr, brothers, settled on the south- west quarter of section 7. William, the eldest, lived on the south part, and raised a large family of children, who live on the old farm and on the north part of section 18. A part of the northeast quarter was sold to Jonathan Wulton, whose children, Nathan, Josiah, and Mrs. Mary Ann Hump- ton, are still living,-the latter in Damascus.
Henry Wintrobe, in 1804, entered section 8, and made his homestead where Eben Shreve now resides. On the Wintrobe farm is an orchard, now owned by Joseph Lynch, which occupies, according to actual survey, the highest land between the Ohio River at its nearest point and Cleveland. Mr. Wintrobe was an extensive landowner, and was justice of the peace in 1806 and for many years after. Over sixty years ago a saw-mill was built on the creek between his farm and the " valley."
David Blackburu settled at an early day in Knox. His .son, James C. Blackburn, settled in the northwest quarter of section 18, in Goshen, and Barbee Blackburn settled on the southwest quarter of section 4, Butler, where his family now reside.
John and Hugh Burns came to Ohio in 1804. Hugh settled in what is now Perry, on section 5, where Eli Faw- cett now lives. John settled in Butler, on the south half of section 3. His descendants are living in the town.
In 1806, Jacob Gaunt, from Reading, Pa., a native of New Jersey, settled on the south half of section 3 (where the heirs of George Burns now live), where he died, at the age of fifty years. He had five children, of whom two are living. Benjamin settled in Salem township in 1828.
Philip Iry entered section 34 in 1803, and, in 1805,
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Moses Votaw settled on the same section, in what has since been known as the "Votaw neighborhood." He was brother to Isaao Votaw, who settled in Goshen township the same year. His sons, Moses and Aaron, are living at Winona.
William Hereford and John Coppock entered section 35 in 1803. Coppock moved to Mount Pleasant in 1802, and to Butler in 1804, and settled on the north half of the seo- tion ; Hereford on the south half, which, in 1810, he sold to Joseph Ingram, whose son Joseph lives on a part of the farm. Joshua Coppook, son of John, lives on a part of the old farm. Jeremiah, another son, lives one mile west of Winona.
Abram Warrington, a nephew of Abram Warrington who lived in Salem, came from New Jersey in 1805, lived with his uncle a short time, and then journeyed to Dumas- ous, stopping the first night with Samuel Morris, who lived on the northeast quarter of section 5 und had been there about a year. Mr. Morris was killed by falling from a tree while hunting . coon in the spring of 1806. Abram Warrington bought the Morris place. He married Keziah Woolman. a sister of Samuel, Aaron, and Abner, on Christ- mas day, 1806, in the Friends' meeting-house at Damas- cus. Theirs was the first marriage in the settlement, and their descendants are living on the farm.
Samuel Woolman and his brother Aaron and sister Keziah came from New Jersey in November, 1805. Sam- uel settled on the northwest quarter of section 5; Aaron, on the southeast quarter of section 5, taking up 80 acres. Abner Woolman, brother of Samuel, came in 1816, and settled on the southwest quarter of the same section. This land was divided between his daughters, Sarah and Mary. Sarah married John H. Stanley, and resides on the farm. Mary married Jonathan Crew.
Joshua Lynch and Jesse Walton came in 1805, and set- tled on the northwest quarter of section 8. Mr. Lynch was one of the first school-teachers at Damascus, and also one of the preachers of the Society of Friends. His son lives at Damascus and owns the homestead.
Obadiah Crew came from near Richmond, Va., in 1805, and settled in the township of Knox, where he lived many years. About 1820 he bought the mill-property of John Emrich, about two miles south of Damascus, on section 17. His son, John, married Margery Ellison and settled on the southwest quarter of section 19, in Goshen. James T. Crew, lawyer and justice of the peace in Butler town- ship, is a descendant of Obadiah. Jonathan, another son of Obadiah, settled on the north half of section 20. His son, Joshua, had a part of the section, which he sold to Peter Kissinger, from whom it passed to Aquilla Binford and Jeremiah Kuhle. The north half of the northwest quarter was sold to Daniel Andrews, whose wife was a daughter of Marian, who was a sister of Joshua Crew. The south half of that quarter was sold to Samuel Gat- braith.
The south. half of the secuon was taken up by Jacob Shriver, who built thereon a distillery. His son, George, and the family of John, another son. are living on the place.
Peter Ritchie bought the south part of the northeast
quarter of section 20, which was afterwards sold to William Galbraith.
David Swadner entered the northeast quarter of section 22 in 1815, and in 1824 moved to the northeast quarter of section 20, where he now resides.
Joshua Stanley, brother of Jonathan, who settled in what is now Perry township, was from Virginia, and came to the township in 1805, locating on the northeast quarter of section 10, where J. R. Beaumont now lives. Three sons are living in the township,-Oberton and Frederick in the southeastern portion, and John H. near Damascus.
Moses Stanley, another brother of Jonathan, settled on the southeast quarter of section 10. John Stanley, Jr., who erected a woolen-mill in Salem, was a son of Moses.
Richard Carle, father of Joseph Carle, settled on the southeast quarter of section 10, and a part of the northwest quarter of section 15.
. Jumes Whitacre settled on the northeast quarter of seo- tion 10.
Caleb Kirk entered section 20 in 1805, and retained it until 1824, when he sold a portion of the west half to Ben- jamin Windle where Edwin M. Windle (grandson of Ben- jamin) now resides.
William Kennett, with his wife, came from Maryland in 1810, and bought 80 acres of land in the northwest quarter of section 28. His daughter married Aaron Votaw, and now lives in Winona.
James French, son of Thomas French and brother of Robert, Barzilla, and Thomas, settled on section 4 in 1819, on land now owned by Dr. S. F. Bellinger. He had six sons and one daughter,-William, Thomas, Ann, Robert, James, Charles, and Richard. He died, at the age of sev- enty-one yeara. in 1844. Mrs. Daniel Straughn, of Goshen, is a granddaughter.
Daniel Burns entered the west half of the northeast quarter of section 15, receiving his deed from government April 15, 1822. The northeast quarter was sold to Jacob Johnson. and afterwards passed by deed to Henry Mall, and from him to Robert Patterson. Andrew Stanley, Henry Sheets, Henry Mall, and - Coppock were mentioned in this deed as owning the property adjoinimg.
Henry Mall owned the east half of the southwest quarter, where John Hannah now lives, 1879; Henry Sheets, the west half of the southeast quarter, where Robert Hannah lives; David Stratton, the east half of the southeast quarter, where John Heckler lives.
Henry Mull and Henry Sheets sold to Robert Patterson, who gave the land to his daughters, who married John and Robert Hannah. David Stratton gave his land to his daughter, Mrs. Martin Burns. The land was afterwards purchased by Alex. Russell, who sold to Robert Patterson, who sold to his son-in-law, John Heckler. John Martin bought 80 acres of the east half of the southwest quarter, which is still in possession of the family
SECTION SIXTEEN.
Section 16 was set apart for purposes of education. The first act of the State Legislature authorizing the sale of sec- tion 16 was passed in 1827, and required a previous and favorable vote of the people. It became the duty of the
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assessor to take in a book the name of cach person qualified to vote, and designate whether he was in favor of or opposed to a sale. The returns were sent to the Auditor of State. After 1843 the vote was taken by ballot. This law has been amended many times. In 1852 the management of the school lot was transferred to the township trustees and the courts. The school tax from this time was distinct from other taxes, and provided the only means for the support of schools. The same act also established the rule that the property of the State must pay all the expense of public education.
Section 16 in Butler was sold in accordance with a vote of the people. Aaron Hise and Levi Jennings purchased the northeast quarter, now in possession of T. Melaney and . Mr. Heckler. The northwest quarter was sold to Terah Jones, who sold to R. M. Haines; the southwest quarter, to William Fetters and Isaac Ritchie; and the southeast quarter, to Samuel MoGrew .. William Wallace, early in 1818, located on the northwest quarter.
ORGANIZATION.
This township was organized by act of the General As- sembly in 1806. It is not known when the first election for township oficers was held, as the first and second vol- uincs of the township records are missing. The third vol- ume begins with the records for 1839, from which time the names of trustees, clerks, treasurers, and members of the board of education are given.
It is a matter of regret that the State does not gather and publish the census reports by towns, thus giving the means for comparative statements, showing the progress in each, not only in population, but in all its agricultural and manufacturing industries.
The following is a list of the principal township officers since 1839 :
TRUSTEES.
1839-41 .- Joseph Coffee, Jonathan Walton, John Elliot. 1842 .- Aaron A. Woolman, Thomas Wright, Robert A. Haines. 1843 .- T. Wright, A. A, Woolman, Robert A. Haines. 1844 .- Aaron A. Woolman, Thomas Wright, Robert A. Haines. 1846.47 .- George Heckler, Thomas Wright, Robert A. Haines. 1848-49 .- Joseph Brantingham, Aquilla Binford, Solomon Campf. 1850-51 .- Aquilla Binford, Solomon Campf, Joseph Coffee. 1852 .- Joel Yates, Joseph Brantingham, Joseph Peppitt. 1853 .- Joel Yates, George Heckler, Joseph Peppitt. 1854 .- Joseph Ward, Catlett Jones, Robert Harris, 1855-57 .- Robert Harris, Joseph Ward, Joseph Peppitt. 1858 .- Joseph Peppitt, Robert Harris, John Kelly. 1859 .- Josoph Peppitt, John Kelly, Abner Woolman. 1860-61 .- Joseph Poppitt, John Coffee, John Elliot. 1862 .- Joseph Poppitt, John Elliot, Josinh Cameron. 1863-64 .- John Elliot, William Fults, Zimri Whinnery. 1865 .- William Fultz, Enooh Elliot, Thomas H. Galbraith. 1866 .- William Fults, Enoch Elliot, James Beaumont. 1867 .- E. P. Vansyoo, Robert Ellison, Edwin Cameron. 1868 .- Robert Ellison, Barsilla French, Joseph Ward. 1869-70 .- Robert Ellison, Barzilla French, William Bennett. 1871-72 .- Robert Ellison, Barzilla French, Enoch Elliot. 1873-74 .- John Butler, Jr., William Randolph, Barzilla French. 1875 .- John Butler, Jr., Lemuel T. Lamborn, Benedict Sprawl. 1876-79 .- Barsilla French, John Butler, Jr., Lemuel T. Lamborn.
CLERKS.
Joseph Hoile, 1889-41; Samuel MoGrew, 1842-44; James Tam, 1845- 50; John MoMillan, 1851-52; George Crowther, 1853-54; Wm. Turner, 1855-56; Daniel P. Strawn, 1857-69; Poter H. Ward,
1860-62 ; B. D. Stratton, 1865; D. P. Strawn, 1864 : J. D. Burt, 1865; E. Sheldon, 1866-67; Edward Cameron, 1868-69; J. S. Walker, 1870-79.
TREASURERS.
Chalkley Harris, 1842-47; Josiah Cameron, 1848-53; Moses Elliot, 1854-59: Robert Harris, 1860-61 ; Joel Yates, 1862-70; James Elliot, 1871-78; Robert Ellison, 1879.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Jonas Cottell, 1843; Samuel H. Bennett, 1850; Thomas Kennett, 1854; D. P. Strawn, Jos. Crew, A. A. Thomas, Stanton Thomas, James T. Crew. The list of justices is very imperfect.
VILLAGES.
WINONA.
This village is situated in the south part of the town, a little east of the centre, and mostly in the southwest quarter of section 26 and southeast quarter of section 27. Section 26 was originally entered by James Burson and John Johnson, and section 27 by the Whinnery brothers, Robert, Thomas, Zimri, and John, the southeast quarter of the section being occupied by Robert.
The first post-office was established in 1868. James H. Dean was the first postmaster appointed, who was followed, successively, by Samuel Williams, Isaac B. Lupton, and Alfred Brantingham, who is the present incumbent.
The name of the village was adopted at a public meeting called respecting a petition for a post-office, and was chosen from among the names in the poem " Hiawatha."
The settlement contains about 45 dwellings, a post office, steam saw-mill, steam grist-mill, store, meeting-house, black- smith-shop, carriage-shop, shoe-shop, and fruit-nursery.
NEW MIDDLETON.
New Middleton is a small hamlet situated near the centre of the township, and contains one steam saw- and cider-mill, a blacksmith-shop, and several houses.
VALLEY.
This is a settlement located in section 17, in the western part of the township. One John Emrich came into this little valley in the first decade of the present century. Of such the poet sung :
" He has left
The home in which his early years were passed, And, led by hope, and full of restless strength, Has plunged within the forest, there to plant His destiny."
Perceiving the advantages of the little stream, he raised his log-built cabin, and, having erected also a small grist- mill, started the busy wheel. From that time until the present a grist-mill has been in constant operation on or Dear the same site, passing meantime through many hands. From Mr. Emrich it passed successively to Obadiah Crew, Israel Schooley, and in 1834 to Aaron Stratton (who, in 1809, built a grist-mill north of the town of Salem), Jerc- miah Ruhle, Enoch Vansyoc, - Sinclair, and finally to Emerson Stanley, in whose possession it now is.
John H. Stanley says he carried grist to this mill from his home-where J. H. Beaumont now lives-on horse- back, over fifty years ago, and has been its steady customer ever since.
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A post-office was established at Valley a few years ago. The postmasters have been Henry Albright, John J. Walker, and - Sinclair. The settlement contains a grist-mill, saw-mill, post-office, two blacksmith-shops, two groceries, and fifteen dwellings.
DAMASCUS.
A Mr. Hoopes, from Chester Co., Pa., entered land in the western part of Butler and Goshen townships. The northeast quarter of section 6 is still in possession of his descendants, Mrs. Melinda Cline being a granddaughter. Horton Howard was agent for Mr. Hoopcs, and a plot of land was laid out by him with the intention of encour- aging settlement. The plot was surveyed, and a record of it made in the records of Columbiana County, April 8, 1808, as given below :
" Plat of the town of Damascus, which is laid out on sections No. 5 and 6 in township No. 16 of range No. 4, and sections No. 31 and 32 in the township adjoining on the north. The streets are nearly at right angles with the north and south sections, and parallel with the township-line,-which is twenty-five feet north of the south side of Poplar Street,-and the northeast corner of lot No. 39 is south of the southeast corner of section No. 31 aforesaid. The lots are all, except Nos. 16, 32, and 44, 4 rods in breadth and 10 in length,-containing 40 perches each, except the three lots aforesaid, each of which con- tains 10 feet more in breadth. The streets are each 66 feet, the alleys 10 feet, the border around the town 20 feet in breadth .. The lots 32, 33, 44, and 45 are reserved, to be conveyed at such times and for such purposes as the proprietor or his heirs may think best or most advantageous to the settlement of the neighborhood.
"We, the proprietors of the land, do hereby certify that the above plan or plat is a correct representation of the town of Damascus aforosaid.
" Witness, Henry Wintrobe. " Geo. Woolman. 8th day of 4th Mo., 1808. (Signed) " HORTON HOWARD. "SAMUEL WOOLMAN. " ANTHONY MORRIS.
" Acknowledged before HENRY WINTROBK, J. P."
The town now (1879) contains a Gurney meeting-house, at the west end of Walnut Street; a Wilbur meeting-house, at east end of Walnut Street; a Gurney Yearly meeting- house, between Walnut and Poplar Streets, near Gurney meeting-house; a Methodist Episcopal church, on Walnut Street; a Methodist Wesleyan church, on Poplar Street ; an academy, post-office, hotel, three stores, a saw-mill, woolen-mill, three blacksmith-shops, a harness-shop, shoe- shop, and about seventy-five dwellings. Poplar Street is the dividing-line between Columbiana and Mahoning Coun- ties.
SCHOOLS
The history of the early schools is given to some extent in the history of Goshen township, in the account of the early educational efforts of the Friends Joshua Lynch, Thomas French, and others, who taught at Damascus, in what is known as the Burns School District, Section 3. The first school was taught by Benjamin Holmes, near the Moses Stanley farm. A school was taught by Joseph Hoile in what is now District No. 3, in the valley and near the creek, where Mrs. Elizabeth Iler lives. John Moon and Terry Jones also taught there. This school was carried on by means of subscriptions. The house was built of logs and had a large fireplace in one end.
On the place of George Bates, in Knox township, near
the west line of Butler township, a school was taught, in or about the year 1826, by Hannah Ward. At that time a vacant log cabin would often be used for a school-house if the inhabitants could find a person able and willing to teach for three months. The average tuition fee was about "ten shillings" per term, and was usually paid in farm produce. The primitive school-edifice was provided with a puncheon floor and slab seats, while a board, which rested on pegs driven in the logs, formned the writing-desk. John Rogers' Primer, United States Spelling-Book, English Reader, and the Bible constituted most of the school-books. " Readin', ritin', and rithmetick, grammar and jography," were taught. Teachers were not subject to examination until after the establishment of school districts, about 1830.
About 1822 the first school was opened in a log cabin in the northeast quarter of section 33, in what was known as the Votaw neighborhood. William Lightfoot, Joshua Shinn, and Jonas Hole were teachers.
The enumeration of children of school age, in 1863, was 634; in 1878, males, 266; females, 221; colored males, 4; females, 5; total, 496. The number between sixteon and twenty-one years of age was 162. The value of school- houses and grounds in 1878, according to the report of the board of education, was as follows: District No. 1, $400; No. 2, $1500; No. 3, $1100; No. 4, 81600; No. 5, 8150; No. 6, 8800; No. 7, $700; No. 8, $400; total valuation, 86650. A new building is now under contract for District No. 5, to cost $1087.
CHURCHES. FRIENDS.
The first meeting of Friends in the township of Butler was in 1805, in which year a small log meeting-house was erected. Joshua Lynch, of New Jersey, and Catlett Jones, of Virginia, served as ministers in that primitive house of worship about that time.
Thomas Stanley and his large family of boys and girls, all then living in the township of Knox, were members of this society. Additions were made to the building from time to time to accommodate the increasing numbers, and in or near the year 1827 a large and commodious brick meeting- house was built on the same site. In 1856 the building was destroyed by a high wind, and rebuilt during the fol- lowing season. The monthly meeting numbers about 600 members. At the division, in 1854, the branch called the Gurneyites kept the meeting-house. A large house was provided for the Ohio Yearly Meeting, which convenes in Butler every alternate year.
Wilburite Friends .- The Wilburites branched from the main body in 1854, and two years thereafter built a meet- ing-house at the east end of Walnut Street. They number about 150 members, and belong to the Ohio Yearly Meeting, which assembles at Barnesville.
" New Garden Meeting" Friends .- The meetings of this Society of Friends were transferred to Winona in 1839, having been held in Hanover township prior to that time. Among the principal members were West Negus, John Johnson, Isaac Test, Casper Williams, and Lewis R. Walker.
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JEREMIAH H. WHINNERY.
HANNAH WHINNERY.
HANNAH K. ENTRIKEN.
JEREMIAH H. WHINNERY.
Jeremiah H. Whinnery, one of Ohio's hardiest and most in- dustrious sons, was born in Butler township, Jan. 28, 1828, and there he continued to reside, a worthy citizen, until his death. He was one of eleven children, of whom the surviving ones are two daughters living in Columbiana Co., O., a son and daughter in In- diana, and a son in Colorado. His father, John, who was one of Ohio's early settlers, was a sturdy pioneer in the days when a stout heart and a strong arm were the mainstays of existence.
Young Jeremiah was therefore trained in his early years to know the value of useful labor, and, although gaining occasional glimpses of book education at a district school, his most familiar school was that which taught him the rudiments of manual labor upon his father's farm, and laid the foundation upon which he reared a substantial experience. Following naturally the footsteps of his father, and the bent, moreover, of his own inclination, he devoted himself to an agricultural life, and after him, in the same path likewise, his children have followed.
Nov. 21, 1850, he married Mary Ann Reeder, of Hanover town- ship, in which her father's father was one of the first settlers Four children were born of the union, to wit: Samuel L., born May 1, 1852, and now living in Butler; John L., born Nov. 12, 1853, now residing in New Middleton ; Sylvester R., of Butler, born Dec. 7, 1858; and Ella Ann, born Sept. 11, 1869, and died Sept. 18, 1870. Mr. Whinnery's religious faith was that of a Quaker, in which he had been reared by his father ; and, although he was keenly watchful of current events, and observed from afar the political history of his time, he held himself aloof from par- ticipation in politics, preferring to keep his mind untrammeled with the cares of office, and free from the distractions of a life eager for distinction.
So he maintained an humble existence, whose scope embraced the care of his farm and devotion to his domestic relations, passing away to his final rest, upon the old homestead near Winona, Oct. 18, 1870, where his widow still resides with her son Sylvester.
HANNAH WHINNERY.
Mrs. Hannah Whinnery, a worthy representative of that people known as Friends, was born near Augusta, Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 5, 1824. Her father, James Hervey Dean, became a resident of Columbiana County in 1808, whence he accompanied his father, Jonathan, from New York State.
When Hannah was fifteen years of age her father removed to Butler -township, and three years later-being then eighteen- she was married to Mahlon Whinnery. They resided on his farm
near Winona until 1845, when they removed to the place now occu- pied by Mrs. Whinnery, and there she has resided ever since. Eight children were born to them, as follows: Charles, May 10, 1843, and died in infancy ; Elwood D., Feb. 1, 1845, now living in Jefferson Co., Ohio; Edith P., Jan. 80, 1848, and Oliver J., Jan. 18, 1858, now living in Kansas ; Phoebe Ellen, May 10, 1852, now residing with her mother, as are Rhoda, born April 24, 1855 ; Joseph H., born Nov. 21, 1860; and Anna, born Jan. 28, 1868.
As before indicated, Mrs. Whinnery comes of a Quaker family, and she, as well as her husband, was born in that faith. Her father and mother, each aged upwards of eighty, reside with Mrs. Whin- nery, and they continue to be, despite the encroachments of old age, active and zealous members of the Society of Friends, in whose circle, as well as in the community, they and the members of their daughter's family are regarded with much honor.
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