History of Fayette County : together with historic notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and all other authentic sources, Part 40

Author: Dills, R. S
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Dayton, Ohio : Odell & Mayer
Number of Pages: 1070


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1855-1856. James L. Bates.


1857. James Sloane.


1858. Alfred S. Dickey and Shepard F. Norris.


1859-1860. Robert M. Briggs and James L. Bates.


1861. Alfred S. Dickey, James L. Bates and T. Q. Ashburn.


1862-1864. Robert M. Briggs and Alfred S. Dickey. .


1865-1868. Alfred S. Dickey.


1869-1871. William H. Stafford and Alfred S. Dickey.


1872. S. F. Steele and W. H. Stafford.


1873. Joseph Olds and S. F. Steele.


1874. T. M. Gray and S. F. Steele.


1875. T. M. Gray and S. W. Courtright.


1876-1877. John Vanmeter and Thadeus. R. Minshall.


1878-1879. S. F. Steele and T. R. Minshall.


1880-1881. S. F. Steele and Asa Gregg.


COMMISSIONERS ACT .- COMMISSIONERS.


The act of territorial government, creating the office of county commissioners, for counties in the territory northwest of the Ohio River, was adopted from the statutes of Pennsylvania, which were published June 19, 1795. It took effect October 1, 1795. These commissioners were not elected by the people, but were appointed by the justices of the court of general quarter sessions of the peace. This court was established, and so styled, by the.territorial govern- ment in 1788. It was composed of not less than three, nor more than five, of the justices of the peace in any county, which justices were appointed and commissioned by the governor, under the seal of the territory. Such commissioners were listers of real estate,


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and they performed many of the duties required of the county commissioners of a later date, but their powers did not extend to the organization of townships. No such board of commissioners was ever appointed in Fayette County ; nor was there ever any court of general quarter sessions of the peace held in this county.


By an act of the second general assembly of the State of Ohio, passed February 14, 1804, the office of county commissioner was created as it stands to-day.


It was impossible to obtain the mames of those who served be- tween 1810 and 1828, by reason of the loss of the records.


1810. Jacob Jamison, James Brooks and John Harrold.


1828. Thomas Burnett, Jacob Jamison and Mathew Jones.


1829. Jacob Jamison, Mathew Jones and James Woods.


1830. Jacob Jamison, David Creamer and Joseph Parrott.


1831. Samuel Sellars, David Creamer and Joseph Parrott, Jr.


1832-1833. Samuel Sellars, Merit Jamison and John Stilt. 1834. John Stilt, Samuel Sellars and James Kirkpatrick.


1835-1836. Samuel Sellars, James Kirkpatrick and George Mantle.


1837. Samuel Sellars, George Mantle and Isaac Jenkins.


1838. Isaac Jenkins, Merit Jamison and Samuel Sellers.


1839. Merit Jamison, Isaac Jenkins and James Shivers.


1840. Isaac Jenkins, James Shivers and John Hays.


1841. James Jenkins, James Shivers and William Limes.


1842. Isaac Jenkins, William Limes and Isaac L. Cook.


1843. William Limes, Isaac Cook and Joseph B. Creamer. 1844-1846. Isaac Cook, J. B. Creamer and James Shivers. 1847-1848. Isaac L. Cook, J. B. Creamer and Joseph Mark. 1849. Joseph Mark, Isaac L. Cook and Jacob A. Rankin. 1850. Isaac L. Cook, Jacob A. Rankin and Robert Eyre. 1851-1852. Jacob A. Rankin, Robert Eyre and Micajah Draper. 1853. Jacob A. Rankin, Alfred Bruce and Micajah Draper.


1854. Jacob A. Rankin, Alfred Bruce and William Knox.


1855. Alfred Bruce, William Knox and Micajah Draper.


1856. Jacob A. Rankin, Micajah Draper and John H. Parrott, vice Wm. Knox, resigned.


1857. Jacob A. Rankin, Micajah Draper, and Benjamin Burnett. 1858-1859. No record.


1860. Jacob A. Rankin, Thomas B. Thornton, and Micajah Draper.


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1861. Jacob A. Rankin, Thomas B. Thornton, and Ira Yeoman. 1862-1863. Ira Yeoman, B. H. Burnett, and Jacob A. Rankin. 1864. No record.


1865. Jacob A. Rankin, B. H. Burnett, and B. F. Thomas. 1866. B. H. Burnett, B. F. Thomas, and William H. Jones.


1867. William H. Jones, Allen Heagler, and William Clark.


1868. Allen Heagler, William Clark, and Enos Reeder.


1869.


William Clark, Enos Reeder, and Curran Millikan.


1870. William Clark, Enos Reeder, and George S. Fullerton. George S. Fullerton, A. C. Johnson, and Abram Bush.


1871.


1872.


George S. Fullerton, Abram Bush, and E. L. Ford.


1873.


Abram Bush, E. L. Ford, and R. S. Sutherland.


1874. Abram Bush, . E. L. Ford, and R. S. Sutherland.


1875. R. S. Sutherland, Abram Bush, and H. Ellis.


1876. R. S. Sutherland, Abram Bush, and H. Ellis. 1877. H. Ellis, R. S. Sutherland, W. J. Horney. 1878-1880. H. Ellis, R. S. Sutherland, and J. Mahan.


AUDITORS.


1824. Norman F. Jones.


1828-1833. Norman F. Jones.


1833-1841. James Hinton.


1841-1842. Jared Plumb.


1842-1850. James Pursell, vice Jared Plumb, resigned.


1850-1858. Henry Robinson.


1858-1861. John Sanders.


1861-1870. James P. Robinson.


1870-1873. Abel McCandles.


1873-1877. James P. Robinson, vice Abel McCandles resigned.


1877-1880. Thomas J. Lindsey.


1880-1881. James P. Robinson.


RECORDERS.


1810-1831. Jesse Milliken,


1831-1833. Robert Robinson.


1833-1835. Samuel Millikan, vice Robert Robinson resigned.


1835-1837. Samuel Loofborrow.


1837-1838. Samuel F. Kerr, vice William C. Sexton deceased.


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1838-1839. Samuel Loof borrow.


1839-1843. Samuel Millikan.


1843-1853. Nelson Rush.


1853-1861. John Douglass.


1861-1864. N. B. Coons.


1864-1866.


Joseph C. Plumb.


1866-1881.


Z. W. Heagler.


TREASURERS.


1828-1836. Benjamin Hinton.


1836-1839. James Webster.


1839-1850. Z. W. Heagler.


1850-1854.


William McElwain.


1854-1857. Jesse Burnett.


1857-1859.


Robert Stewart.


1859-1860.


William McElwain.


1860-1861. Richard Tarokes.


1861-1862.


Joel S. Bereman.


1862-1866.


Arthur E. Silcott.


1866-1870. A. C. Johnson.


1870-1872.


John W. Sayre.


1872-1876. Eli Craig ..


1876-1878. C. Garis.


1878-1881. Eli Craig.


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.


1810-1818. Wade Loofborough. Frequently assisted by John R. Parish.


1818-1819. Samuel Buck.


1819-1822. Wade Loof borrough.


1822-1823. Benjamin G. Leonard.


1823-1824.


Wade Loofborrough.


1824-1827. 1827-1831.


Benjamin G. Leonard.


Wade Loofborough.


1831-1833.


H. Phelps.


1833-1834. Wade Loof borrough.


1834-1843. Robert Robinson. Colonel S. F. Kerr served some- time between 1837 and 1842, but it is impossible to learn.


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1843-1847. Berman Martin.


1847-1852. Nelson Rush.


1852-1854. David M. Jones.


1854-1856. Robert M. Briggs.


1856-1860. Mills Gardner.


1860-1862. M. Williams.


1862-1864.


M. Pavey.


1864-1866.


M. Williams.


1866-1868. J. B. Priddy.


1868-1870. H. B. Maynard.


1870-1872. M. Pavey.


1872-1874. Andrew R. Creamer.


1874-1880. Asa Gregg.


1880-1881. Frank Carpenter, present incumbent.


CLERKS.


1810-1835. Jesse Millikan.


1835-1842. Joseph Bell, vice Millikan deceased.


1842-1844. Elam Hinton.


1844-1850.


Samuel Millikan.


1850-1854. Joel S. Bereman.


1854-1867.


Richard Millikan.


1867-1875.


Mason Blanchard.


1875-1876. Joseph C. Plumb.


1876-1881. Elmer W. Welsheimer.


SHERIFFS.


1810-1812. Mr. Clark.


1812-1822. Robert Robison resigned, and Norman F. Jones appointed.


1822-1828. Aaron Johnson.


1828-1830. Joseph Bloomer.


1830-1843. · William S. Williams.


1843-1844. Robert Cissna.


1844-1848. Joel S. Bereman.


1848-1851. James Vance.


1851-1855. John C. Jones.


1855-1856. William II. Blakemore.


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COUNTY OFFICIALS.


1856-1861. William Burnett.


1861-1865. William Smith.


1865-1869. James Straley.


1869-1873. Conrad Garis.


1873-1877. John Millikan.


1877-1881. Oswell Smith.


1881. James Cook, present incumbent.


PROBATE JUDGES.


1852-1866. S. F. Kerr.


1856-1865. L. D. Williard.


1865-1868. Manfred Williard.


1868-1871. S. B. Yeoman.


1871-1881. J. B. Priddy, present incumbent.


Owing to the condition of the records of this county, it has been next to impossible to obtain, with any degree of accuracy, the dates of the county officers. We have spent a great deal of time in searching for them, obtained them as nearly as possible, submitted them for revision to those whom we considered the most competent to revise them, and now present them to the public. The loss of the records, and the meager entries made, render accuracy almost impossible. If later investigation throws new light on the subject corrections will appear in errata.


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UNION TOWNSHIP.


This township, occupying a central geographical position in the county, containing the county seat, is therefore of more commer- cial importance than any other portion of the surrounding ter- ritory.


Inasmuch, however, as it has contributed largely to the county history, the facts for its individual history will be somewhat anaemic. It was one of the original townships, formed co-evil with the organization of the county, in 1810 ; its boundary lines have been but very little changed. Beginning about a mile east of Bloom- ingburg, on the Marion Township line, it runs a little south of west about four and a half miles to the pike; then deflects a little to the south until it reaches Paint Creek, about two and a half miles; thence nearly southwest about two miles to Sugar Creek ; thence with said creek about ten miles to Paint Creek ; thence north with the pike one mile; thence east one mile to Paint Creek ; thence north two miles with the creek, thence northeast two and a half miles to the pike ; thence north of east three miles to C. & M. V. R. R .; thence northwest with the pike three miles; thence north to beginning.


The township is well watered by Paint Creek, which bifurcates near Washington into the east and west branch, and on the west by Sugar Creek.


The township generally is level, the western portion rather heav- ily timbered, while the northeastern part was called the barrens; very low, wet, and even swampy, covered with high grass in early times, which, was annually burnt off by the Indians.


EARLY SETTLERS.


The following names, after having been submitted to old settlers now living, revised and corrected, are taken from Putnam.


Edward Smith, sr., immigrated to Fayette County, in 1810, the


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same year it was organized. He entered his land on the waters of Paint Creek, since called the East Fork. The land was a dense forest, inhabited by Indians and beasts of prey. He erected his wigwam, and commenced clearing and improving his land, when, on a sudden, the war broke in on his arrangements, and he, with his neighbors, volunteered and served in the defense of his adopted state. At the close of the war he returned home and recommenced the improving of his land. On returning one night from Wash- ington, during high water, he attempted to cross the creek, was thrown from his horse and drowned. He was the father of ten children ; Sarah, Caselman, Mary, Susan, Rachel, Eliza, Selina, Edward, July and Maggie, all married. Mrs. Smith died, aged eighty-four. Edward Smith's family, Mary C. Caselman, Lewis, James, Len., John R., Noah, Rachel, and William, are all living. Mrs. Smith, wife of Edward Smith, jr., is living, and looks fresh and young, and is enjoying herself in her neat, tasty, and splendid mansion, where she entertains her numerous relatives and friends, in social chat, when they visit her.


Jacob Casselman, was a noted hunter and farmer. John Thomas, farmer, was in the war of 1812. Jacob Judy, a large farmer, was in the war of 1812, and was a man of note and influence. His old pioneer house is now occupied by his daughter. Colonel Joseph Bell represented the fourth district in congress several terms. Colonel Joseph Vance, sr., served in the French and Revolutionary wars. John King, farmer, Robert Irion, first surveyor, William Cockerall, first school teacher, John Irion, trustee, William Boggs, shoemaker, J. and S. Coffin, tailors, were in the war of 1812. James Pollock and Reuben Purcell, carpenters, also served in the war of 1812. William Brannon, sr., William Brannon, jr., James Brannon, C. Coffman, Hiram Rush, and N. Rush, were farmers. Dr. L. Rush, and Dr. B. Rush, are sons of the late William Rush.


Ananias Allen, Madison Allen, James Allen, Joseph Allen, Jesse Allen, Benjamin Allen, and Eben Allen, all lived on Allen Run, sometimes called Big Run. They were men of large hearts, busi- ness qualifications, extensive farmers, stock dealers and useful citi- zens. General Ethan Allen, of revolutionary fame, and all the Allens in America, are descended from Major Benjamin Allen, who fell in General Braddock's defeat, near Fort Pitt, in 1755.


Robert Smith emigrated from Virginia at an early day and set- tled in Ross County, near Bainbridge. From Ross he went to Fay-


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ette. When the war broke out in 1812, he served as a soldier, (his father was in the revolution). He was a farmer. His family con- sisted of Isaac, Alfred, James, David, William H., Henry C., Jerome, Charles W., Eliza, Emma and Mary.


Edward Taylor was born in Pennsylvania, February 3, 1772. His father, William Taylor, was a soldier in the revolution. After the close of the war, he emigrated to Kentucky, and then to the northwest in 1793. During the Indian war he served as a spy. He located in now Ross, and purchased a tract of land of Joseph Carr, of Kentucky. He was the father of ten children. Edward Taylor, the subject of this record, was his sixth son. Edward emi- grated from Kentucky, to Ross County, in 1808, and to Fayette County, in 1815. His first wife was Nancy Roach, by whom he had three children; she died in Kentucky, in 1807. He purchased two hundred acres of Nathaniel Massie, on Main Paint and Taylor Run, in 1815, and married Mary Smith, daughter of Edward Smith, by whom he had ten children : Rachel, Elizabeth, Edward, Nancy, Emily, Maggie and Washington. Edward Taylor is the patriarch of Fayette. In his one hundreth year, his mind unimpaired, health and general appetite good, he still, with the energetic aid of his wife, carries on the agricultural business on the old pioneer farm, which they have occupied and successfully cultivated sixty-two years, and raised a large family, all married and doing well-some in Fayette, some in adjacent counties, and some in the west.


Hon. J. S. Bereman was an early settler in the forests of Fayette. He has the credit of establishing and printing the first newspaper in the county. He has served his county in several important trusts " county clerk, judge, representative, and clerk of that august body.


Hon. Daniel McLean, an early settler and a merchant, has held the office of judge, and is now president of the national bank. He is a man of wealth and influence, proverbial for his honesty and benevolence.


Joseph McLean, by occupation a farmer. He was one of our early immigrants. A man of integrity and a useful citizen.


William R. Millikan, editor and owner of the Fayette County Herald, was born in Ross County, and when of age emigrated to the west, and then back to Fayette. He is a nephew of Jesse Mil- likan, an early pioneer.


William Rush was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, on the


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20th of October, 1783, and moved from there at ten years of age with his parents to Kentucky, where he resided five or six years, and from there they came to High Bank Prairie, in Ross County, Ohio, in about 1798 or 1799, and from there they came and settled in the Pickaway Plains, on the Scioto, in about 1800, where his father, John Rush, died in 1806.


His father, John Rush, was originally from Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Hampshire County, Virginia, in the time of the revolutionary war.


William Rush married Eleanor Graves, about 1802, by whom he raised seven children, four sons and three daughters. She died in August, 1834, and he was again married, to his present wife, in 1835.


He removed from Pickaway County, Ohio, in December, 1816, and settled on the banks of Sugar Creek, Union Township, where he remained a period of nearly fifty-two years until his death, which occurred on Sunday night at ten minutes before nine o'clock of August 16, 1868.


At an early day he was a member of what was then called the Christian Church, but joined the Methodist Church about forty years ago, in the time of Quinn, Findley, Colbins, Eddy, and those contemporaries in this part of the country, and remained a member of that church until his death.


Mr. Rush was the last one of the pioneer settlers in that section of this county. A few years more and the pioneers of the county will all be gone; there is now but here and there one left.


Lieutenant John Millikan was one of the first permanent pioneers to the Scioto Valley, and was a man of prominence and in- fluence. During the war of 1812, he served as a lieutenant, and was the father of William R. Millikan, present editor of the Fayette County Herald. Lieutenant Millikan died in 1813, lamented and respected by all who knew him. His father served in the revolution.


Judge James Beatty emigrated to Fayette County, in 1818. Washington had but few log cabins, the county but seven town- ships sparsely settled. Deer and game of ·smaller species were in abundance. His grandfather, George Beatty, served as a minute man during the protracted war of the revolution. His father was Charles Beatty, who died in 1850, aged eighty-five. Judge Beatty was in the war of 1812 under Captain Isaac Heiskell, brother of


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the late John Heiskell of Clarke County, and uncle to D. O. Heis- kell of South Charleston, a brave Virginian, who was the son of a veteran of the revolution, Adam Heiskell. About the time the enemy were preparing to attack Fort Stevenson, the frontiers were in great danger, and General Harrison wrote to the governor of Virginia to send to his aid the volunteer riflemen, organized under the state laws. Captain Heiskell, on getting the news, was soon on the war path. This was named the general call. Judge Beatty was then but eighteen years old. He belonged to the company, and was one of the first to volunteer in the defense of the fron- tiers, exposed to the British and Indians. The march was tedious and long. No roads nor public conveyances, but wild traces and trails made by the savages. They suffered untold privations and hardships, until they arrived at headquarters at Upper Sandusky, where were collected eight thousand militia, under General Mc- Arthur. The troops having arrived at Upper Sandusky, formed the grand army of the northwest. Judge Beatty helped to erect Fort Meigs.


Judge Beatty was elected and commissioned an associate judge, in 1847, and served with great acceptance until the new constitution was adopted. Judge Beatty is a strong minded enterprising man, possessed of an iron will ; a man of sense and sound judgment, and every way qualified for the honor conferred upon him. He is an honorable man, strict and close to business, but honest and benevolent, kind to the poor. He was born in Virginia, in 1793, and is now seventy-eight years old. He holds his age remarkably well. His family record is, Newton, Milton, James, Mary, Henry Ferman, son-in-law. Newton is a farmer and stock dealer, Milton farmer and preacher, James, farmer, Mary married Henry Ferman. They occupy the old homestead, and the judge makes his home with them. In religion, the judge is a Presbyterian.


Robert Robinson, attorney, and an early representative of Fay- ette County ; Honorable Wade Loofborough, attorney and an early representative of Fayette County. Colonel S. F. Carr, attorney, a man of sense, a military man, has held several important trusts, has represented the county in the legislature. His oration, de- livered July 4, 1871, should be printed on satin, preserved, and handed down to the latest posterity. He was at the late pioneer fair and greatly enjoyed himself. Brice Webster, Robert Harrison, Joseph Orr, and James Harrison farmers. Thomas Walker, J.


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Walker and C. Walker died, aged ninety ; James Timmons died, aged ninety-nine. Patrick Pendergrass, Thomas Pendergrass, James Allen, Samuel Webster, Moses Rowe, Daniel McLain, John Hues, B. Ball, (aged 98,) John Weeks, John Dehaven, (aged 101,) William Highland, Robert Geno, Abram Ware, David Thompson, Daniel Shiry, John Rankin, N. Evans, John Allen and David Morrisson. The above are all farmers and honest men.


Seth Dunn, hunter and farmer; Elisha Taylor and Colonel Jewett were all in the war of 1812; occupations, farmers. Nathan Loofborrow, Jerome Drais, and James McCoy were all noted stock dealers. Isaac Templeton, a day laborer, was father of eighteen children, (three sets of twins). Abel Wright and John Myers, tan- ner and farmer; Joseph Blackburn was ninety-nine, a tanner ; Stephen Grubb, carpenter; Judge Gillespie, a man of influence ; Noah Devualt and George Hinkle carpenters ; Zebedee Heagler and John Grady were the first butchers.


John Thomas settled at the mouth of the east fork of Paint Creek, about 1810, and was known all over the country as " chin" Thomas, on account of the remarkable extension of his chin.


Robert Harrison and William Downing, about 1808, came from Kentucky and located on Sugar Creek. They were industrious, en- ergetic men, and good citizens.


Samuel and Frank Waddle came from Kentucky, in 1810, and settled on Sugar Creek.


Henry and Jacob Snyder came from Virginia, first to Ross County then to Fayette, locating on Sugar Creek, in 1809.


David and John Wright settled on Sugar Creek, in 1808. The former had a remarkable memory, and could, after once reading, repeat fifty or more pages of matter.


Leonard Bush came with a large family from Virginia, in 1808, and settled on Sugar Creek.


Fielding Figgins, with four or five sons, came from Kentucky and began farming on Sugar Creek in 1809.


The Millers came from Virginia, in 1810, and settled between Washington and Sugar Creek.


The Coils located near Bloomingburg, in 1809.


Jacob Judy came from Virginia and located on the east fork of Paint Creek, in 1809.


A Mr. Smith settled on Paint Creek, in which he was subse- quently drowned.


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It appears that for a long time no settlements were made in the immediate vicinity of the present site of Washington.


John Orr settled on Paint Creek, about two miles southeast of Washington, in 1808.


Valentine ("Felty") Coil was one of the early settlers of Union Township and Washington Court House. During the early Indian wars he was captured at Ruddle's Station by the Indians and Cana- pians under Colonel Byrd when about two years of age, and with his sister - carried across the Ohio, at Cincinnati, to Niagara Falls, thence to Canada, where he was adopted by a squaw who had lost a son, with whom he lived until his marriage. It is said that the notorious Simon Gerty, who captured him, met him at a public house in Canada, and after inviting him to drink, and when under the influence of fire water bantered him for a fight, which being refused he grew very loquacious, and revealed to him where all his friends were. On the strength of this, Coil went to Kentucky and found an uncle, who went with him to Virginia and found his mother, who had married a man by the name of Hen- dricks. When he saw her, she did not recognize him. He asked her if she had lost a son. She replied that she had, and would know him by a peculiar mark. . On examination the mark was found, and the son reclaimed. He returned to Canada. His wife dying, his sister Polly went to Canada, and together they came first to Chillicothe, then to Fayette County, and set up a distillery near Washington ; finally abandoned it and came to Washington. It is said he made whisky in Canada for the English Fur Company. He was sold by the Indians to a British officer, whose wife imposed on him. and made a slave of him.


WASHINGTON.


Washington, the county seat of Fayette County, is located near the central portion of Union Township, on Paint Creek, and occu- pies a part of entry No. 757, which consisted of twelve hundred acres, and belonged to Benjamin Temple, of Logan County, Ken- tucky, who donated one hundred and fifty acres to Fayette County for a county town, or seat of justice. The deed conveying this land to the county was made December 1, 1810, by Thomas S. Hind


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(through a power of attorney from Temple), to Robert Stewart, who was appointed by the legislature of Ohio as " Director of the Town of Washington," and who had the town laid off sometime between December 1, 1810, and February 26,1811-the date of the record of the town plat.


EARLY BUSINESS.


Joseph Runk was very probably the first merchant in Washing- ton, and occupied a hewed log building (one end of which he used for a dwelling) on the east corner of Main and Market streets. He began business there perhaps as early as 1811, and continued until 1813, when he became financially embarrassed, and his property was sold to Samuel Waddle, step-father of Judge D. McLean.


About the time that Runk began business at the place above lo- cated, or probably a little later, Peter Hefley opened a small store on the southeast side of Court Street, about where Boyer's drug store stands.


Henry Snyder and Jesse Mulloy ran a store for a while, then Mulloy retired, and Snyder carried on the store.


Pierce Evans came with a large stock of .goods in 1814. He was soon followed by Samuel Evans and sons, from Highland County. Pierce Evans built a store-room on the site of the old T. D. & B. depot, and ran it until 1822, when he failed. Samuel Evans and sons continued for a time, sold out, and went into the tavern business on the corner where now stands the drug store of Brown Brothers.




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