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1839. Fayette, Madison, and Greene counties, Aaron Harlan.
1840. Warren and Greene counties, Isaac S. Perkins.
1841. Warren and Greene counties, Isaac S. Perkins.
1842.
Warren and Greene counties, William H. P. Denny.
1843. Warren and Greene counties, William HI. P. Denny. 1844. Not on record.
1845. Greene, Fayette, and Clinton counties, Burnham Martin.
1846. Greene, Fayette, and Clinton counties, Burnham Martin.
1847. Greene, Fayette, and Clinton counties, Franklin Corwin.
1848. Greene, Fayette, and Clinton counties, Franklin Corwin.
1849. Warren, Greene, and Clinton counties, Aaron Harlan.
1850. Warren, Greene, and Clinton counties, David Linton, rice Harlan, resigned.
1852. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, John Fudge.
1854. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, Isaac S. Wright.
1856. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, Nelson Rush.
1858. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, James J. Wi- nans.
1860. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, John Q. Smith.
1862. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, Mills Gardner.
1864. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, John F. Patton.
1866. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, A. W. Doan.
1868. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, Samuel N. Yco- man. 1870. Fayette, Greene, and Clinton counties, Moses D. Gatch.
1872. Greene, Clinton, and Fayette counties, John Q. Smith.
1874. Greene, Clinton, and Fayette counties, S. N. Yeoman.
1876. Greene, Clinton, and Fayette counties, A. Spangler.
1878. Greene, Clinton, and Fayette counties, Thos. S. Jack- son.
1880. Greene, Clinton, and Fayette counties, A. R. Creamer.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
1803. None.
1837. Isaac S. Perkins.
1804. None.
1838. Joseph Kyle.
1805. John Sterritt.
1839.
James A. Scott.
1806.
Joseph Tatman.
1840. James A. Scott.
1807.
Joseph Tatman.
1841.
John Fudge.
1808. John McKnight ..
1842.
John Fudge.
1809. Joseph Tatman.
1843.
John Kiler.
1810. James Morrow.
1844.
Elias F. Drake.
1811.
John McKnight.
1845.
Elias F. Drake.
1812. David Huston.
1846.
John Kiler.
1813. Jacob Smith.
1847.
Charles F. Drake.
1814.
David Huston.
1848.
Roswell F. Howard.
1815.
William Tatman.
1849. William Fairchild.
1816.
James Morrow.
1850. William Fairchild.
1817.
Joseph Tatman.
1851.
New Constitution.
1818. Stephen Bell.
1852.
Joseph G. Gest.
1819.
James Popenoe.
1853.
Joseph G. Gest.
1820. Joseph Johnson.
1854. Joseph G. Gest.
1821 .. William M. Townsley.
1855.
Joseph G. Gest.
1822.
William M. Townsley.
1856.
Moses D. Gatch.
1823.
William M. Townsley.
1858. Moses D. Gatch.
1825. James B. Gardiner .*
1859.
Moses D. Gatch.
1826. Robert Dobbins.
1860.
Aaron Harlan.
1827.
Robert Dobbins.
1862. John M. Miller.
1828.
David Huston.
1864.
Camoralze HI. Spahr.
1829.
Moses Collier.
1866.
R. F. Howard.
1830.
Simeon Dunn.
1868. R. F. Howard.
1831.
Simeon Dunn.
1870.
John Little.
1832. Aaron Harlan.
1872. John Little.
1833. James A. Scott.
1874. Isaac M. Barrett.
1834. Robert Jackson.
1876. Isaac M. Barrett.
1835. Amos Quinn.
1878. J. W. Green.
1836.
Isaac S. Perkins.
1880.
J. W. Green.
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*Mr. Gardiner's seat was contested on the ground that he had promised, if elected, to undertake to reduce the wages of members
1857. Moses D. Gatch.
1824. Joseph Kyle.
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from three to two dollars per day. In case he failed, he would draw full pay, but on his return deposit the surplus dollar in the Greene County treasury. In committee, it was resolved that this aided his election, and by a vote of forty-four to twenty-five, he was declared ineligible for two years, and his seat made vacant. This action was subsequently reconsidered, and the resolution dis- qualifying him indefinitely postponed. A certificate was then pre- sented of his election, returned a member from Greene County. A preamble, setting forth the original cause of disability, was pre- sented, whereupon a resolution was adopted declaring him ineligible.
XENIA COLLEGE .*
On the 21st of March, 1850, at the request of Thomas C. Wright, David Barr, Joseph A. Coburn, Abraham Hivling, Joshua Martin, Roswell F. Howard, Daniel Martin, Hugh McMillen, Thomas S. Towler, Joseph G. Gest, William B. Fairchild, and James J. Winans, the General Assembly granted a charter for the Xenia Female Academy, the capital stock to be $25,000, in shares of fifty dollars each.
The first meeting of the incorporators was held June 1, 1850. Daniel Martin was chosen chairman, and J. A. Coborn, secretary.
On motion of J. J. Winans, it was resolved to open books for subscriptions to the capital stock, and Daniel Martin was appointed to solicit subscriptions.
On the 29th of June the stockholders met, and elected nine trus- tees : A. Hivling, J. B. Allen, James J. Winans, Joseph G. Gest, William Cooper, Daniel Martin, David Barr, Joshua Martin, and Hugh McMillen.
July 1st, the trustees met and elected Joshua Martin, president; Daniel Martin, treasurer; James J. Winans, secretary. A commit- tee was appointed to prepare a code of by-laws for the government of the institution.
July 4th, the trustees met and resolved to open the school in a · few months. Thomas S. Towler, M. D., was elected superintend- ent, and on the 19th of October, Miss Nancy M. Hartford was elected principal teacher, and Mary E. McQuirk assistant.
About this time the school was opened in the old academy build- ing, now No. 33 East Church Street. A part of the building was used as a boarding-house for pupils, under the care of Mrs. Hunt- ington.
May 23, 1851, the trustees appointed a committee to ascertain
#Received after the above had gone to press.
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what grounds could be secured for a permanent location. Various reports were made, and the present site selected on the 14th of July, and the treasurer was instructed to give notice that the first installment on the subscription to the stock would be required on the 1st of August.
July 22d, Thomas S. Towler, M. D., was re-elected superintend- ent, and on the 30th of July the trustees resolved to prepare to build the college, or West Building, and appointed Hugh McMillen, T. S. Towler, and David Barr, a committee to report plans.
Dr. Towler was re-elected principal in 1852 and 1853. The teachers were Mrs. Lewis Wright and Miss Mary Eliza Harbison.
After considerable discussion, at a meeting of the trustees, held September 27, 1852, they offered to place the school under the care of the Cincinnati Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The conference named certain conditions, and appointed the following committee : Rev. Charles Elliott, Rev. A. Lowry, Rev. W. I. Ellsworth, A. Trader, and three others, to represent them. The conditions were that $6,000 should be raised in Xenia and vicin- ity, to erect a boarding-house, and make some other improvements, and that the trustees should transfer to the conference a sufficient number of shares of stock to give it the control of the institution.
February 15, 1853, the sum of $6,000 was guaranteed by Joshua Martin, Michael Nunnemaker, A. Trader, Nathan Nesbitt, I. S. Drake,, and C. L. Merrick. About this time it was placed under the care of the conference, and they have annually appointed visit- ors to examine its condition and report to them.
On the 26th of February, the trustees appointed A. Hivling, A. Trader, and Joshua Martin, a building committee, and instructed them to confer with the conference committee with reference to plans for a boarding-house.
May 16, 1853, the trustees elected Rev. A. Lowry, D. D., princi- pal and financial agent, and during the year the boarding-house was built.
May 18, 1854, Rev. Mansfield French was elected principal, and on the 30th of June, Dr. J. Martin and C. L. Merrick were appoint- ed a committee to take legal measures to have the name changed to Xenia Female Seminary and Collegiate Institute.
May 7, 1856, Rev. O. M. Spencer, A. M., was elected president, and William Smith, A. M., was elected August 4, 1858.
May 6, 1861, the name was changed to Xenia Female College.
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In 1863, the president admitted gentlemen to recite in the classes, . and since then it has been called Xenia College.
In July, 1872, the first Annual Summer Normal was organized and taught by the president and Professors William Reece and Clark M. Galloway.
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BIOGRAPHIES.
The following biographies came too late to be incorporated in their proper place, we therefore insert them here.
XENIA TOWNSHIP.
Joseph Bigger, retired farmer, was born in the state of Ken- tucky, in the year 1800. He is a son of John and Mary Bigger; the former born in Ireland, the latter in Pennsylvania. Mr. Big- ger's father immigrated to this country when fourteen years old, and settled in Pennsylvania where he was married, and in 1806, by train and wagon, in company with Phillip More came to Montgom- ery County ; their nearest neighbor then being John Duncan, one mile distant. They settled in a permanent home, cleared up and improved their land, living thereon till their decease. He died in 1833, at the age of seventy-three. His wife survived him, and died at the age of four score and four years. They were parents of nine children, of whom only four are living; Thomas, Joseph, James, and Polly, now Mrs. Stephenson, who resides in Mon- mouth, Illinois. They were members of the old Associate Pres- byterian Church, of which they were life-long members. He was a ruling elder, and was much interested in the welfare of the church, and all matters pertaining to religion. He was an old line Whig, and a strong anti-slavery man, always laboring with might and main for the principles which guaranteed the freedom of the downtrodden and oppressed slaves. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and received his education in the primitive district schools. He remained with his parents until twenty-five years of age, at which time, October 6, 1825, he was married to Mar- garet, daughter of John Bradford, who died without issue, March 16, 1856, aged fifty-three years. After his marriage, he located in Sugar Creek Township, on the farm where he lived until 1859.
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September 15, 1857, he was married to Sallie (Robinson) Bosser- man, daughter of Captain John Robinson, of Warren County. In 1859, he sold his farm, bought property in Dayton, and in 1861, came to Xenia, where he purchased property, and went into busi- ness with J. B. Fleming; afterwards sold out and went to Spring- field, purchasing property there Again selling out he went to Dayton, where he resided two or three years, and then went back to Xenia, where he has since remained. He owns a beautiful resi- - dence on west Market Street, where he and his wife are enjoying all the comforts and necessaries of life. He and his wife are mem- bers of the United Presbyterian Church, to which he has been connected many years, his wife having previously belonged to the Presbyterian Church. He has been ruling elder while living on Sugar Creek, and like his parents is much interested in religious matters, being a zealous worker therein. He is a Republican in pol- itics, having always voted with that party upon all questions at issue. Mrs. Bigger was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1812. Her father was a pioneer, coming to Cincinnati from Pennsylvania, in 1793, and was a captain of a company of volunteer soldiers in the war of 1812, and was with Hull at his disgraceful surrender, after which he was paroled, and walked from Detroit to his home in a very lame condition. They were parents of seven children, of whom only Mrs. Bigger survive : the deceased are Jane W., Anna, Mary, William A., John L., Robert F., and Sallie B. Mr. Bigger died, in 1845, aged seventy-four years. She survived her husband ten days, dying in her seventieth year. They were members of the old Washington Church, being members from youth to death, and were also much interested in religious matters, and stood high in their church. He was an old line Whig, and frequently predicted the coming war, and that slavery would never be made a civil issue without the fair land of commerce, being drenched in blood, which had a truthful and horrible fulfillment, in the subsequent history of the country.
George Washington Cretors, painter, born in Xenia, February 22, 1848. His father, Samuel B. Cretors, was born in Lebanon, February 15, 1815; his father, was born in Pennsylvania, June 18, 1776, and married Mary Susanna Foglesong, who was born in Ger- many, kingdom of Bavaria, May 23, 1786. S. B. Cretors married Eliza Minton, November 17, 1834 ; their family consisted of Julia, Caroline, Bendence, Samuel, and George; three of these, with the
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mother, died within ten days during the cholera of 1849. Julia married D. L. Mutchlar, and is now living in Iowa. George was educated in the public schools of Xenia, spending his youth in Xenia and vicinity. In 1849, the father of our subject, married Miss Sarah W. Morris, daughter of Isabella Cheney by her first husband. She was born in Massachusetts; by her there is a family of five children: Ella L., Morris L., Cheney F., Jennie B., and
Elmer.
All living and married, except Elmer, who is a youth
of about fourteen. She died, October 2, 1867, after which George left home to earn a livelihood. The first wages he received, were two dollars and fifty cents per day. Before he was twenty- one, he had thoroughly learned his trade of his father as a house, sign, and ornamental painter, paper hanger, &c. At the age of twenty-two, on December 23, 1869, he married Caroline M. Gran- ger, who was born in Massachusetts, May 21, 1849, by whom there is one son, George Leonard Cretors, born October 20, 1870. Her father was Leonard Granger, and her mother, Clarissa Arnold, daughter of William and Clarissa Arnold. They came to Ohio about 1857, bringing with them five children, of which Caroline was the youngest, being about eight years old. The others were Elizabeth, Alvira, Frances, and Mary. Elizabeth died, and the others are married and settled in Xenia and Dayton. About the year 1867, our subject united with the Methodist Church, and is, also, a member of the Knights of Pythias and Royal Arcanum.
Dr. Kyle, physician and surgeon, was born in this county, in the year 1812, and is a son of, Joseph and Jane (Gowdy) Kyle. His father was born near Lexington, Kentucky, in 1787; he was a son of Joseph Kyle, who was probably born in Pennsylvania. This Joseph, was, also, a son of Joseph, who came from Ireland. The family originating from Scotland, from which they fled to avoid persecution. Joseph, the third in his line, and grandfather to Dr. Kyle, was a soldier in the war of 1812, as were five of his brothers, who all survived the struggle. His great, great grandfather Kyle, was of Scottish origin, and a Sampson in strength. It is said he was without ribs, having solid cased sides and double teeth, top and bottom. While by himself in the woods, he came upon a log with wedges inserted, which had been left, and thinking it a good chance to try his strength, he placed his hands in the log, sprung it so the the wedge dropped out, closed, and he was trapped, where he died from starvation. Grandfather, Joseph Kyle and family, came from
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Kentucky to this county, in 1804. Joseph, father of the doctor, was married to Jane Gowdy, who bore him ten children, five living. Grandfather died, in February, 1821. Grandmother Kyle, nee Chambers, died in 1827. They were parents of six children; came to Ohio ; father was a farmer by occupation and was a poor man. Represented his county in the legislature in 1824, and again in 1838, and was justice of the peace for nine years, was a Whig, and religiously a Presbyterian. He died in 1849; mother died in 1855. The boyhood of the doctor was passed on the farm. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and was afterwards developed in the high school ; fitting himself for the study of medicine. He read medicine under the guidance of Dr. Adam Hayes of Jefferson County, Indiana, who was his part- ner for two years, when he entered the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, taking one course. He began practice in Jasper Town- ship, and since has practiced in the county. He was married in December, 1838, to Sarah A. Money, and has ten children, four living, Mary Robinson, Johanna, Kyle Joseph, and Willliam. The deceas- ed are Elizabeth J., Martha, Edward, Emma, Sarah, and Charles. They were members of the Associate Church since childhood. He has practiced medicine since 1847, and is one of the practitioners of the county. Is the inventor of a water-wheel of the turbine pat- tern, for which is claimed a per cent. of power over other wheels.
S. S. Wilson, physician and surgeon, was born in Xenia, in the year 1853, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Cunningham) Wilson, whose sketch will appear in this work. The boyhood of our sub- ject was passed on the farm, and received the rudiments of his education in the school of Xenia, which was afterwards developed in the West Minster College in Pennsylvania, in which he prose- cuted his studies for three years, graduating from the institution with honors. After which he entered the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, where he took a full course and graduated in March, 1880, receiving a diploma of graduation, and immediately entered upon the duties of his practice. Previous to his last course of lec- tures, he served one year as resident physician of the Mercy Hos- pital of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he received a broad exper- ience, such as could not be practically gained in any other way, even in a much longer time. Thus fitting the doctor for the de- mands of a practice, into which he merged in the spring of 1880.
Robert T. Snell, proprietor of the Snell House, opposite the pan-
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handle depot, Xenia, Ohio, was born in Philadelphia, October 20, 1812, and is therefore sixty-eight years old. His early life was passed in his native city, where he received the rudiments of his education. In June, 1836, he removed west, and located in Frank- lin, Warren County, Ohio, where he engaged in the plastering business, a trade he learned in Ohio. In 1840, he was married to Hannah Cafferty, who bore him three children, one of whom, James, is living. The deceased are John, and Tamzen. He continued in business, in Warren County, until 1845, at which time he came to Xenia, and prosecuted his plastering business, until 1865. Mrs. Snell died, in Warren County, in 1845. In the fall of 1851, he opened the Snell House, of which he is proprietor, and since has catered to the wants of the hungry traveling public. In 1847, he was again married to Jane Sherett, by whom he has had four chil- dren, three living: Benjamin, (Robert deceased), Prescilla, and Edward. James was a member of an Ohio battery, enlisting in the beginning of the war, saw much active service, and was dis- charged at the close of the war, proving an efficient and trusty soldier. Mr. Snell's business is well founded, and his popular busi- ness ways command for him a large percentage of transient custom. He is a member of the Masonic order, Xenia Lodge, No. " 49, to which he has been connected since 1862, and is a worthy and honorable brother. He and his wife are members of the Epis- copal Church, and are much devoted to religious duties. He is senior warden of the church.
BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP.
John Archer, Dayton, Ohio. This gentleman's grandfather, John Archer, was born in New Jersey, about 1776, married Mrs. (Rockhill) Craft, in 1787, who bore him five children: John, Thomas S., Amy, Sarah, and Susanna. Mrs. Archer, was born about 1747, and was formerly married to Joseph Craft, by whom she had three children. In 1805, Mr. Archer came to Ohio, locating on the present site of Centerville, building the first house, and keep- ing the first hotel in the place. He died in 1824. Thomas S. Archer, father of our subject, was born in New Jersey, about 1793, and married Miss Sarah Beck, in Centerville, about 1816. His wife's father, Samuel Beck, was born in New Jersey, in 1749, her mother, . Elizabeth, in 1754, and were the parents of ten children, who all
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married, except one daughter, and raised families. Our subject's father, had a family of nine children: John, William, Thomas, Margaret, Eliza, Sarah, Melissa, and Susanna; five of whom are living. John Archer, was born in Sugar Creek Township, August 8, 1823, and remained on the farm until his marriage, with Mary Jane Boroff, March 19, 1845. Mrs. Archer's father, Daniel Boroff, was born in Virginia, in 1800, married Jeanette Fitzgerald, in 1820, who bore eleven children. Our subject has a family of six chil- dren living : David, Charles, Oliver F., Daniel F., Eliza R., and John E. Deceased, William H., and three others dying in infancy. Since his marriage, he has continued farming until the present, with the exception of one and one-half years in the grocery busi- ness, in Dayton, and serving as a soldier in the One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Ohio National Guards. Mr. Archer has a fine farm of sixty-two acres, well improved, with every modern improvement, on which is a valuable stone quarry, which yields annually from three to five hundred perches. This, with the abundant yield of his lands, places him and his estimable wife in favorable circum- stances to enjoy the evening of a well spent life.
Abraham Coy, son of Adam Coy, was born in Beaver Creek Township, Greene County, in 1820. He spent his youth on the farm of his father, until twenty-five years of age, and then followed carpentering awhile, then kept store in Zimmermanville about ten years, and was the first postmaster in Zimmermanville, filling the office about ten years. He then bought two farms, of about one hun- dred and fifty acres, with excellent house and barn, and with every other convenience of a thrifty farmer. He was married, January 25, 1849, to Catherine Zimmerman, after whose father the town was named. Mr. Coy had eleven children, four dead. The living are Cassius L., Lew. E., Lodema, Emma G., Millie J., Burley J., and Marcellus E. The deceased are William F., Mary A., and Ellen.
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
BETWEEN THE STATES.
Congress resolved, on the 11th of June, 1776, that a commit- tee should be appointed to prepare and digest the form of a confed- eration, to be entered into between the colonies; and on the day following, after it had been determined that the committee should consist of a member from each colony, the following persons were appointed to perform that duty, to-wit: Mr. Bartlett, Mr. S. Adams, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Sherman, Mr. R. R. Livingston, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. M'Kean, Mr. Stone, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Hewes, Mr. E. Rutledge, and Mr. Gwinnett.
Upon the report of this committee, the subject was, from time to time, debated, until the 15th of November, 1777, when a copy of the confederation being made out, and sundry amendments made in the diction, without altering the sense, the same was finally agreed to. Congress, at the same time, directed that the articles should be proposed to the legislatures of all the United States, to be consider- ed, and if approved of by them, they were advised to authorize their delegates to ratify the same in the Congress of the United States ; which, being done, the same should become conclusive.
Three hundred copies of the articles of confederation were order- ed to be printed for the use of Congress : and on the 17th of No- vember, the form of a circular letter to accompany them was brought in by a committee appointed to prepare it, and being agreed to, thirteen copies of it were ordered to be made out, to be signed by the president and forwarded to the several States, with copies of the confederation.
On the 29th of November ensuing, a committee of three was ap- pointed to procure a translation of the articles to be made into the French language, and to report an address to the inhabitants of Canada, etc.
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On the 26th of June, 1778, the form of a ratification of the Arti- cles of Confederation was adopted, and, it having been engrossed on parchment, it was signed on the 9th of July on the part and in behalf of their respective States, by the delegates of New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Caro- lina, agreeably to the powers vested in them. The delegates of North Carolina signed on the 21st of July, those of Georgia on the 24th of July, and those of New Jersey on the 26th of November following. On the 5th of May, 1779, Mr. Dickinson and Mr. Van Dyke signed in behalf of the State of Delaware, Mr. M'Kean hav- ing previously signed in February, at which time he produced a power to that effect. Maryland did not ratify until the year 1781. She had instructed her delegates, on the 15th of December, 1778, not to agree to the confederation until matters respecting the west- ern lands should be settled on principles of equity and sound policy ; but, on the 30th of January, 1781, finding that the enemies of the country took advantage of the circumstance to disseminate opinions of an ultimate dissolution of the Union, the legislature of the State passed an act to empower their delegates to subscribe and ratify the articles, which was accordingly done by Mr. Hanson and Mr. Carroll, on the 1st of March of that year, which completed the rat- ification of the act; and Congress assembled on the 2d of March under the new powers.
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