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Under an arrangement with the Cleveland " Society for Savings," and the Cleveland Library Association, the Historical Society has the perpetual use of the third story of the stone building erected by the Society for Savings, situated on the north side of Monumental Square, Cleveland. This large and lofty hall is already crowded with historical material relating to Ohio and the Northwest, and with interesting relics pertaining to this and other regions. IFere may be seen, besides a historical library of some three thousand bound vol- umes, complete files of several of the principal news- papers of Cleveland, and a large number of bound volumes of other newspapers; curiosities from all parts of the globe, including a remarkable collection of Oriental articles, presented by Col. W. P. Fogg: numerous relics of the Mound-builders and Indians; mementoes of the late civil war and other national conflicts; some large, expensive and interesting books, such as Lord Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico, Professor Hayden's Portraits of Indian Chiefs, etc .; a very large collection of the coins of all countries, and a host of other articles, which lack of space for- bids our mentioning here.
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CHAPTER XL. THE NATIONAL GUARD, ETC.
Fifteenth Regiment -Its Organization-First Officers-Services-Present Officers-Cleveland Light Artillery Its Original Formation-The Rey iment of 1860-Reorganization after the War -A Mysterious Fight- The New Light Artillery -Its Present Situation -The Cleveland Grays
The Original Company The Officers of 1437-Officers of 1838 -Its high Reputation-Lapsed after 1815 - Again Active -- Reorganized since the War Present Condition - Cleveland Gatling-Gun Battery -- Its Formation-Armory-Power of the Gatlings-First Cleveland Troop- First Officers-Their New Armory --- Conclusion.
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT (O. N. G.)
EARLY in 181; Colonel .1. T. Brinsmade, of Cleve- land, an aid on Governor Hayes' staff, received a let- ter from Adjutant General Charles W. Carr, in which he incidentally remarked: "I think yon ought to have a regiment in Cleveland." Pleased with the suggestion, Colonel Brinsmade set about carrying it into effect, and to two unattached companies of the National Guard-the Brooklyn Blues, of Brooklyn, and the Emmett Guards, of Cleveland-already in existence, were promptly added the Veteran Guards, Forest City Guards, Townsend Guards, and Buckeye Guards, all of Cleveland, and the complement of six companies being thus filled they were organized in June, 1877, as the Fifteenth regiment of infantry of the Ohio National Guard, with the following field and staff officers:
Allen T. Brinsmade, colonel; George A. MeKay, lieutenant colonel; Henry Richardson, major; John F. Gibson, M. D., surgeon; R. W. Stannard, M. D., assistant surgeon: George B. Huston, adjutant; George D. Scott, quartermaster; Rev. James A. Bolles, chaplain.
Shortly after the organization of the regiment, the maximum number of ten companies was reached by the accession of the Hart Guards of Elyria, Chagrin Falls Guards of Chagrin Falls, Washington Guards of Cleveland, and Berea Light Guards of Berea, In July, 1877, the regiment was ordered to Newark, Ohio, to take part in suppressing the disturbances created by actors in the great railway strike of that year, but, as the men were unsupplied with arms, the order was countermanded. On the 2nd of August follow- ing, the mayor of Cleveland called on the Fifteenth to assist in preserving the peace in Cleveland when the railway-strike troubles threatened to take a serious turn in the city. The command secured rifles enough to arm five companies, and assembled on Michigan street between seven and ten o'clock on the morning of August 24, prepared for action, but happily the elouds of unrest blew over, and the soldiers were dis_ missed.
Since the regimental organization, each company has occupied quarters of its own, but the city of Cleveland is now building, on Champlain street, a fine brick armory for the use of the National Guard, to cost twenty-eight thousand dollars, and according to indi- cations it will be oeenpied by the Fifteenth regiment late in the fall of 1879. The regiment included on the 1st. of August, 1829, ten companies, six of which were
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from Cleveland, with six hundred and twenty-eight men, rank and file, and a fine band of nineteen pieces. The officers at that time were as given here:
Allen T. Brinsmade, colonel; George A. MeKay, lieutenant colonel; Henry Richardson, major; George D. Huston, adjutant; R. F. Thompson, quarter- master: John F. Gibson, M. D., surgeon; R. F. Wal- ters, M. D., assistant surgeon; Rev. James A. Bolles, chaplain.
Company A (Emmett Guards)-William Kelly, captain: C. D. Nolan, first lieutenant; John W. Breen, second lieutenant.
Company B (Brooklyn Blues)-T. K. Dissette, captain; William C. Towns, first lieutenant; Benjamin F. Storer, second lientenant.
Company C (Veteran Guards)-Daniel Fovargue, captain; Robert S. Avery, first lieutenant; William Richardson, second lieutenant.
Company D (Forest City Gnards)-George A. Fisk, captain; II. W. Fisher, tirst lientenant; Alex- ander HI. Van Pelt, second lieutenant,
Company E (Townsend Guards)-John W. Fran- cisco, captain; Thomas I. Morrow, first lieutenant; George Eastbrook, second lieutenant.
Company F (Buckeye Guards)-John D. Castle, captain; John Hudson, first lieutenant; J. A. Tinker, second lieutenant.
Company ( (Ilart Guards of Elyria)-George D. Williams, captain; F. N. Smith, first lieutenant; S. T. Sawyer, second lieutenant.
Company II (Chagrin Falls (nards)-E. W. Force, captain; L. O. Harris, first lieutenant; A. A. Shef- field, second lieutenant.
Company I (Washington Gnards)-George C. Dodge, Jr., eaptain; George Davis, first lieutenant; Frederick Lehman, second lieutenant.
Company K (Berea Light Guards)-E. J. Kennedy, captain; William Il. Broa, first lieutenant,
The regiment had its first annual six days' encamp- ment at Rocky River in July, 1878, and its second one beginning Angust 19, 1879.
CLEVELAND LIGHT ARTILLERY (O. N. G.)
This company is a revival of the old Cleveland Light Artillery of thirty-three years ago, and contains among its members men who were members of the original organization. The latter came into existence in January, 1846, when what had been previously known as the gun-squad of the Cleveland Grays or- ganized, with sixteen members, as the Cleveland Light Artillery. D. L. Wood was elected captain; W. A. Lawrence, lieutenant; John Walworth, clerk; and W. L. Standart, commissary. There were at first but two guns in the battery, but these were in a short time increased to four, while the number of men was raised to forty.
In 1860 the organization was, under the State law, divided into four companies with one gun each, and then, with one company each from Brooklyn and Ge- neva, composed what was known as the First regiment
of Light artillery, under Col. Jas. Barnett. The ser- vice of this force in the beginning of the war for the Union is noticed in the chapter devoted to the First Volunteer Light Artillery.
After the war closed, members of the old artillery organization made several unsuccessful efforts to re- store the organization, but it was not until 1873 that the object was effected. In May of that year, Capt. Louis Smithnight, an old member of the artillery, and a volunteer soldier, received from the Alleghany arsenal a six pound brass cannon, marked "Capt. Louis Smithnight, Cleveland Light Artillery," but who the donor was, he did not know. This cirenm- stance led him to attempt a revival of the "Artillery," and at the first meeting held at his residence, the pro- ject was accomplished, and forty members signed the roll. Besides the gun above referred to, the battery was supplied with an iron six-pounder, captured by Col. Barnett's three months regiment above men- tioned, at the battle of Carrick's Ford, West Virginia, July 13, 1861. Later, that gun was set, as a war relic, upon Monumental Park, Cleveland, where it may still be seen.
Up to May 20, 1873, the artillery was an independ- ent organization, but on that date it was enrolled in the State militia, and forms now a portion of the Ohio State National Guard.
In the Adjutant General's report of 1877 he re- marks: "In all that constitutes a first class organi- zation, the Cleveland Light Artillery is a model."
The company now includes seventy-three men, rank and file, and has a battery of four brass six-pounders, while its equipment is so complete that it could take the field at once, if called upon-all the property save the guns belonging to the company. The armory is now on Frankfort street, but the location will be changed to the new city armory on its completion in the fall of 1879. The officers of the Artillery are Louis Smithnight, captain; F. II. Flick and W. II. Reynolds, lieutenants; N. P. Saekrider, surgeon. The officers in 1872 were the same, with the exception that F. II. Fliek who was then second lieutenant has sue- ceeded Nicholas Sehrob as first lieutenant, and W. Reynolds followed Flick as second lieutenant.
CLEVELAND GRAYS.
The military company known as the Cleveland Grays is considered as practically the same organiza- tion that was called into existence under the same name July 12, 1838. There have been one or two periods, of a few years each, during which the Grays failed to assemble as a company, but the command was never formally disbanded and in each case was ere long revived. This company was first organized August 28, 1837, as the Cleveland City Guards, being the pioneer military company of Cleveland.
Timothy Ingraham was chosen captain; A. S. San- ford, first lieutenant; and Benjamin Harrington, sec- ond lieutenant; with George W. Lewis, E. Sanford, J. Gillett and T. P. Spencer as sergeants, and W. B.
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Dockstader, R. W. MeNeil, R. Sheldon, and W. H. Snow as corporals.
On the 7th of June, 1838, it was resolved to change the name of the company to the Cleveland Grays, and under the new organization the first election was held July 12, 1838, when the officers chosen were: Timothy Ingraham, captain; A. S. Sanford, David Russell and Jonathan Gillett, lieutenants; E. Sanford, Bushnell White, W. B. Dockstader and D. W. Cross, sergeants: W. K. Adams, S. A. Fairchild. B. B. Ilastings, Theo. Umbstaeter, Andrew Lyttle, Jas. A. Craw, and Y. H. Russell, corporals.
The company made its first parade (in new uniforms) November 29, 1838, and then numbered twenty-eight rank and file. The " Grays " was a famous company and inelnded as members many of the foremost men in the town; men, too, who are to-day among the leading representative citizens of Cleveland. In the exercise of arms it was a claimant for the highest honors, and on more than one occasion established by publie test its superiority over all other companies in the State, in drill and discipline.
Shortly after 1845 the Grays lapsed into a state of inactivity, and for some time there was no tangible evidence of the existence of the organization, but a revival set in in 1852 and the "Grays" flourished vigorously until after the company's service in the war, when its identity was lost until the close of the rebellion. It was then reorganized and since that time has been uninteriptedly in active existence.
The command- now numbers sixty-eight, rank and tile, is armed with Springfield muzzle-loading rifles, and is, as it has always been, an independent military organization. It occupies an armory on Frankfort street with the Light Artillery, but upon the comple- tion of the new city armory, will be assigned quar- ters in that building. The officers of the Grays are J. N. Frazee, captain: J. H. Miller and W. C. Mor- row, lieutenants; Rev. C. S. Pomeroy, chaplain; Geo. S. Tibbitts, judge advocate; II. W. Kitchen, surgeon.
CLEVELAND GATLING-GUN BATTERY.
Late in 1827 General Barnett, Major Goodspeed and other of Cleveland's citizens agitated the subject of forming a battery in pursuance of the purpose of the city in purchasing two Gatling-guns, and, as the result of several preliminary meetings, the Cleveland Gatling-Gun Battery was organized June 26, 18;8. by Messrs. W. F. Goodspeed, Frank Wilson, Thomas Good willie, Wm. HI. Harvey, L. C. Hanna, John A. Norton, John R. Ranney, Chas. A. Uhl, J. F. Evans, R. W. Hickox and J. A. Kirkwood. In the pre- amble to the constitution they set forth the follow- ing:
"The citizens of Cleveland having provided Gat- ling guns, with the object of perfecting a battery in the use of the same, we, the subscribers, having accepted the gift, and believing that proficiency in the use of this arm is best attained by associating ourselves together as an independent military organi-
zation, do hereby adopt for our government the fol- lowing constitution and by-laws."
An old church building, at the corner of Prospect and Perry streets, was secured as an armory, and under the experienced direction of Captain Good- speed, the company entered at once upon a rigid sys- tem of drill, which, having since been pursued with unflagging energy, has brought the command to a gratifying standard of proficiency. The old armory is still used, but is likely to be replaced ere long by a fine armory building, the erection of which is now contemplated by the battery.
The members of this organization, numbering at present twenty-eight, are men prominent in Cleve- land's business and social circles, whose aim in one respect is to maintain the membership of the bat- tery in an elevated social position. The command is perfectly equipped, is a thoroughly independent organization, and owns everything connected with the battery. The guns, as has been noted, were donated by the city of Cleveland. They are of forty- five inch ealibre, and are capable of firing one thou- sand shots per minute.
The officers (the same now as at the company's organization) are W. F. Goodspeed, captain; Frank Wilson, lientenant; Thomas Goodwillie, orderly ser- geant; J. Ford Evans, quartermaster-sergeant.
FIRST CLEVELAND TROOP.
Early in the autumn of 1812, a number of Cleve- land's representative men discussed the advisability of adding another to the city's military organizations, and a call being issued for a meeting of business men interested in the project, a liberal gathering of promi- nent citizens in Weisgerber's Hall, September 10, 1877, was the result. Col. W. Il. Harris was the chairman, and Dr. Frank Wells, the secretary, and after a decision by the assemblage that a cavalry com- pany should be organized-on account of there being no such command in the city-an adjournment was voted until October 10th following. On this occasion the organization was perfected by the election of W. II. Harris as captain, E. S. Meyer as first lieutenant; G. A. Garrettson as second lieutenant, Charles D. Gaylord as tirst sergeant, and Frank Wells as surgeon. The name of First Cleveland Troop was adopted. and the roll was signed by forty members who, in the preamble to the Constitution, declared that their ob- jeet in effecting the organization was "to perfect themselves in horsemanship, in the use of arms and in military exercise."
Temporary quarters were occupied in Weisgerber's HIall until the winter of 1878, when the Troop took possession of a fine brick armory which was built by the company with its own resources, and Completed in December, 1878. This structure, located on Euclid avenne between Sterling and Case avenues, measures one hundred and fifty feet by tifty, and is substan- tially built and perfectly appointed. The organization now includes sixty active and twenty honorary mem-
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bers, with constantly increasing numbers, and is officered as follows: W. II. Harris, captain: G. A. Garrettson, first lientenant; Charles D. Gaylord, second lieutenant; Rev. C. T. Collins, chaplain; N. S. Schneider, surgeon, -- the commissioned officers being West Point graduates. Weekly drills are held the year round-dismounted drills only, with earbines and sabers during the winter season.
The Troop stands high as a body representing cul- ture and intelligence, and includes in its ranks some of the best known merchants, bankers and professional men in Cleveland. It is an absolutely independent command, and is the only independent cavalry or- ganization in Ohio. Financially it rests upon a firm foundation, owning the armory, and everything pertaining to the company's equipment. The arms are the regulation United States cavalry sabre and Sharp's improved carbine, model of 1878. Were snd- den occasion to arise, the Troop is in such condition that it could take the field at an hour's notice.
CHAPTER XLI. CENSUS NOTES.
Table of 1870, 1860 and 1850-Tahle of 1810-Totals in Seven Decades- Other Memoranda-Agricultural Statistics.
1870.
1860.
1850.
Total.
Native.
1,381
407 1,776
12
1,946
11
1.852
1
Bedford village*
596
932
3
857
Brecksville.
1.007
140 1,001
1,024
1,116
Brooklyn.
3.712
2,260
1,452
3.702
10
5,349
9 6,301
14
Brooklyn village
648
526
122
6-14
4
2
1,471
8 1,245
5
('bagrin Falls village
1,016
864
152
1,015
1
Cleveland .
92,829 54,014 38,815 91,535 1,294 42.618 799 16,810 224
Dover
1,445 1.016
429
1,443
2
1,973
11| 1,088
14
Kast Cleveland.
5.050
3,684
1.366
1,982
68
3,001
10 2,340
3
Fuelid ..
2.188
1,585
603
2,18H
1,766
3 1,447
Independence.
1,761
1,160
601
1,785
1,649
14 1,467
18
Mayfield
892
104
892
1,079
1,117
Berea village
1,628
1,101
527
1,625
6 2.809
1 1,542
Olinstead.
1,570
1,196
374
1,566
4
1,412
2 1,216
Olmstead village ..
383
265
118
380
3
Orange.
812
492
180
812
1,004
1' 1,063
Parma
1.432
953
479
1,432
1.480
1.320
Rockport.
2,001
1,409'
592
1.989
12
1,793
1.428
13
Royalton .
1,089
830
259.
1,088
1
1,997
1,953
Solon.
999
769
130
899
1,000
1,034
Strongsville
896
199
896.
958
1.194
5
Warrensville.
1,429
969
160
1,429
1,553
1|
1,410
* The population of each village is also included in its preceding township.
1810.
White.
Colored.
Total.
Cleveland City
6.011
Cleveland Township.
956
7
966
Euclid.
1,775
1,775
Bedford
1,244
1,241
Solon
704
744
Mayfield.
851
Newburg
1,342
1,342
Warrensville
1,078
4
1,082
Olmstead.
659
659
Middleburg.
399
399
Independence
754
754
Brooklyn
1,408
1
1,409
Brecksville
1.121
1,124
Royalton
1,051
1,051
Parma
963
963
Dovel' ..
966
Rockport
1,193
4ยบ
1,235
Strongsville
1,151
1,151
Aggregate
26,50G
The census by townships prior to 1840 cannot be obtained.
1810.
1820.
1830,
1840. 1850. 1860.
1870.
Whites.
1,415
6,274
10,297
26,385 121
47,740 359
894
1,445
Total
1,459
6,32
10,373
26,506
48,099
78,033
139,009
Of the 132,010 population in 1870, 66,725 were male and 65,285 female.
Of the 92,829 in Cleveland, in 1870, the school attendance was 15,854, of which 13,698 were of native birth and 2,156 foreign; 7,793 were males, 8,061 fe- males. Unable to read, over ten years of age, 2,913; unable to write, over ten years of age, 4,420; of these 539 were of native and 3,881 of foreign birth.
Assessed valuation of real and personal property, 853,489,729. True valuation of real and personal property, $106,575,000.
Total county indebtedness, $75,000. Total mn- nicipal indebtedness, 82,101,255.
1870.
Improved Land,
197,730 acres.
Value of Farms ..
.820,270,197
Value of all Live Stock.
81,596,653
Number of Horses.
6,902
Mules and Asses
84
Milch Cows
15,641
46
Working Oxen
92
Sheep.
25,875
. Swine ..
7,521
Number of bush. Spring Wheat
29,667
Winter Wheat
47,821
Rye.
19,707
Indian Corn
350,702
Oats ...
119,176
Barley
5,831
Potatoes
484,724
Number of lbs. Wool
105 175
Butter
786,430
=
Cheese
1,204,111
Number of Manufacturing Establishments. 1,149
Employing 10,063 hands, and representing a capital of #13,645,018.
CHAPTER XLII.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY CIVIL LIST.
Governors-Lientenant Governors-Judges of Supreme Court-Clerks of Supreme Court-Members of Board of Public Works-State Offi- cers-Residents after Election-United States Senator-Representa- tives in Congress-Judges of Common Pleas-Judges of Probate Court-Clerk of Common Pleas-Clerks of County Commissioners- Auditors-Sheriffs-Treasurers-Recorders-Surveyors- State Sena tors-Representatives in the State Assembly-Members of Constitu tional Conventions.
GOVERNORS.
Samuel Huntington, resided in Cleveland from 1803 to 1806; removed to Newburg in 1806, and from there to Painesville in 1807; served as governor one term, 1808-10.
Reuben Wood, of Cleveland, the last governor un- der the first constitution and the first under the second one; served a term, 1850-52, was re-elected, and in 1853 resigned to accept a foreign mission.
John Brough, of Cleveland, indneted January, 1864; died in office August 29, 1865.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS.
1872-73-Jacob Mueller, Cleveland. 1878-79-Ja- bez W. Fitch, Cleveland.
White.
Col-
ored.
Chagrin Falls
1,321
1,108
For-
eign.
White.
Col-
ored.
White.
Col-
ored.
19 1,428
62
Middleburg
3,602
2,302
1,360
3,659
3 2,573
3
Newburg
6,227
3,694
2,533
6,231
6,071
Ohio City
1,570
1,577
851
Orange
1,113
1,113
Colored
14
54
77,139
130,564
Bedford.
1.788
213, 1,319
1 Imas Joursen.
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JUDGES OE THE SUPREME COURT.
Samuel Huntington; elected by the legislature and commissioned by Governor Tiffin April 2, 1803. Re- signed December 5, 1808.
Reuben Wood; elected by the legislature in 1833. Resigned in 1845.
Rufus P. Ranney; elected by the legislature (the last under the old constitution) March 17, 1851, vice Edward Avery, resigned. In October, of the same year, was re-elected by the people. Resigned in 1856. The next year removed from Warren to Cleveland. In 1862 was again elected to the bench and resigned in 1864.
CLERKS OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Arnold Green, Cleveland; 1875-28. Richard J. Fanning, Cleveland, present incumbent.
MEMBER OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Peter Thatcher, Cleveland; 1876-79.
STATE OFFICERS- Not residents at election, but subse- quently residents of the county.
Alphonso IIart, Cleveland; Lieutenant Governor. 1874-76.
W. W. Armstrong, Cleveland; Secretary of State. 1863-65.
Anson Smythe, Cleveland; School Commissioner. 1857-63.
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
In 1809 Senator Edward Tiflin resigned, and Gov- ernor Huntington appointed Stanley Griswold, of Cleveland, for the unexpired term, which included but a part of one session.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
1837-41, John W. Allen. 1841-43, Sherlock J. Andrews. 1853-61, Edward Wade. 1861-63, Albert G. Riddle. 1863-69. Rufus P. Spaulding. 1873-75. Rich'd C. Parsons. 1825-27, Henry B. Payne. 1877- 79, Amos Townsend. All residents of Cleveland at time of their election.
JUDGES OF UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. - With date of appointment. lliram V. Willson, February 20, 1855.
UNITED STATES MARSHALS.
Jabez W. Fitch, appointed March 20, 1855; Mat- thew Johnson," ---; Noyes B. Prentiss, February, 1872 (present incumbent.)
CLERK OF UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
Earl Bill, March 22, 1867, present incumbent.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
R. F. Payne, Moses Kelley, F. J. Diekman, George Willey.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS. - With date of up- pointment.
Joseph Adams, March 20, 1855; John C. Grannis, March 30, 1855, to May 12, 1859; IIenry II. Dodge, May 22, 1852, to May 15, 1863; James D. Cleveland, December 16, 1854, to May 15, 1863; Samnel D. Starkweather, Jr., July 14, 1858, to May 15, 1863; Bushnell White, May 12, 1859, to May 15, 1863; Chester Hayden, February 12, 1859; J. D. Cleveland. May 15, 1863; Bushnell White, May 15, 1863; F. W. Green, July 29, 1863; II. S. Sherman, April 2, 1867, J. F. Herrick, June 12, 1862; Earl Bill, June 21, 1867; Charles II. Robinson, October 2, 1867, to May 14, 1872; F. M. Keith, Jr., July 22, 1869; Charles L. Weeks, September 10, 1869, to May 14, 1827; Charles II. Bill, January 11, 1821; N. P. Goodhne, April 10, 1874; Clifton B. Beach, April 10, 1824; L. M. Schwan, April 15, 1824; T. E. Burton, August 31, 1875: Adolphus Alexander, July 15, 1876; George Wyman, May 11, 1872; Charles W. Guernsey, May 11, 1877; Charles Balfour, November 12, 1827; Julius G. Pomerene, November 28, 1877; A. J. Ricks, March 22, 1878; E. W. Page, March 22, 1878.
JUDGES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-Appointed for Seren Years by the Governor, with date of Ap- pointment :
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