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John J. Dumont was born in Vevay, Switzerland county,
Indiana, March 26, 1816. On his father's side he is of Hollandish origin. Richard, his father, came from New Jersey to Muskingum, Ohio, and was a volunteer under General Harrison. Jeremiah Phillips, his mother's father, was a Virginian by birth; emigrated to Kentucky, and settled at the mouth of the Kentucky river ; was a spy of great note in the Revolution. Phillips was the first ferryman and tavern-keeper at the mouth of the Kentucky river. He took an active part in Indian warfare and strategy. Matilda Phillips, his mother, was a woman of powerful energy; she aided much in pioneer life. Rich- ard, his father, married October 7, 1814, at Vevay, Indi- ana. Five daughters and three sons were born, seven of whom are living, J. J. Dumont being the oldest. August 27, 1837, John J. married Eliza L. Siebenthall, who bore him eight children-five living. April 26, 1871, he mar- ried his second wife, a Mrs. Hayes, who was Major C. S. Hayes' widow, but whose maiden name was Josephine A. Lucas. By this marriage one child has been born. Gen- eral T. J. Lucas, her brother, enlisted and served through the Mexican war, and at the opening of the Rebellion en- listed again, was chosen captain, and returned home a brigadier general. In politics he now takes an active part and affiliates himself with the Republican party. In the mat- ter of occupation Mr. Dumont is an engine builder, and of late years has engaged himself principally in farming. He built boilers at two different periods at Indianapolis for fifteen years, and at Cincinnati belonged to the firm of C. T. Dumont & Co. Both he and his wife are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Warren West came from Beaver, Pennsylvania, where he was born March 27, 1814, to Lawrenceburgh, Mary- land, along with five brothers and two sisters-of whom three brothers and both sisters are dead-in 1826. His parents were from Massachusetts, and came from Penn- sylvania early in life. Both descended from splendid an- cestry. His father died in 1832 with the cholera; his mother died in the year 1863 or 1864. His father was Zeddrick, and his mother's maiden name Rox- ana Parsons. Two brothers-Stephen and Warren- furnish the most extraordinary copartnership in the an- nals of Hamilton county. For forty years they carried on business without a written agreement or settlement. Everything was held in common. They began poor boys and ended with almost fifteen hundred acres of splendid bottom land. The division was made at a cost of twen- ty-five dollars, and only a surveyor assisted. Stephen was married twice, and died August 28, 1879. Warren was married three times; first to Brilla Ann Ross ; second to Mary Jane Hayes, daughter of Walter Hayes; third to Nancy, a widow, daughter of Joseph Hayes. From the three marriages have been born three sons and four daughters and ten grandchildren. Nancy West was born May 31, 1819, and married January 4, 1855, to Mr. West. Mrs. West has been the mother of two sons and three daughters. Her father was of English and her mother of Scotch descent. As a business man Mr. West made forty-five trips to New Orleans ; has sold im- mense quantities of grain, and dealt a great deal in stock. As members of the Methodist church both are respected.
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They now in old age give a two-fold legacy to their descendants. They transmit to their offspring many choice parts.
Uriah Rice, who was born in Granville, Vermont, April 19, 1808, and came to Covington, Kentucky, in 1834, is one of the educated characters who belong to this county, who have died and who have gathered a a choice reward. For three years he taught school in Covington, then crossed over to Cincinnati and taught for thirty-seven seasons, acting as principal of the Eighth district school for fifteen years. He then came to White- water township, located on a farm three miles and a half north of Cleves, and remained there until his death on April 17, 1878. January 6, 1840, he married Goodale Huntington, of Rochester, Vermont, who bore him one daughter, who is living and married. His mother was Persis Goodeno, of Vermont ; his father, Joel, was one of Vermont's early pioneers. In July, 1851, he married Elizabeth M., daughter of Benjamin Cilley, of White- water. By this marriage two sons were born, one being dead, Benjamin C., the other living. By preference Uriah chose an education, while his brothers took their wealth in money and real estate. In Mr. Rice there were qualities which speak volumes for a ripe and generous education. Unselfishly devoted to the Methodist Epis- copal church, caring nothing for creed, he died respected and esteemed by all about him.
John Reese, son of Robert, was born July 19, 1854. His father came from Wales in 1844; by trade a carpen- ter, but during the latter part of his life farmed on the Big Miami, below Miamitown one mile, and died October 5, 1872. His mother, Jane, daughter of John L. Breese, came from Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1819, and married January 15, 1851. By this union one son and two daughters were born, all of whom are living. Some- time during the gold excitement of 1852, Mr. John Reese visited California, remained three years, being en- gaged in the various occupations of the time. He, along with his venerable wife, belonged to the Methodist Epis- copal church. By his death the Sunday-school lost an admirable and uncommonly successful superintendent. His virtues survive him, and cannot be corrupted or for- gotten.
THE BEREA CHAPEL.
The early settlers, appreciating the importance of re- ligion, always welcomed its ministers with genial hospi- tality, and gladly granted the use of their log cabins as preaching places. With the increase of population, the laudable desire to secure a house of worship led the set- tlers to petition the Legislature of Ohio, in 1819, to in- corporate the "Berea Union Society of Whitewater township." The petition was granted, and the society organized, but no records of its operations are extant until August 22, 1822, when a meeting of the society was held. Then a meeting was held in the house of Ezekiel Hughes, esq., for the purpose of choosing trustees.
According to notice previously given, and agreeable to an act of the "Ohio legislature for the incorporation of religious societies, passed in the said State February 5, 1819, a sufficient number of members being present, as required by said act, Isaac Swaringen was chosen chair- man, and Jacob Fenton clerk. The following persons were chosen
trustees: John Ewing, Benjamin Cilley, Uz Noble, Isaac Swaringen and John Speer.
At the same meeting the following paper, introduced by Ezekiel Hughes, was unanimously adopted :
WHEREAS, It is thought desirable that a house of worship be erected in this neighborhood for the public worship of God and for the purpose of a school-house. The site proposed is at the burying-ground, on Ezekiel Hughes' land. The building to be a frame, forty feet by thirty feet, as the liberality of the subscribers appears to warrant it. The de- nominations to preach there are: Congregationalists, Baptists, Episco- pahans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans, and United Brethren.
A subscription paper still extant shows that the people had a heart to build a house for the Lord and their gen- erous liberality.
Ezekiel Hughes, one acre of land, and $100 00
Benjamin Cilley 15 00
John Ewing, labor or materials. 25 00
Ed. Treadway, in work 10 00
William Leeper, in materials. 15 00
James Oury, cash. 12 00
William Henry Harrison, lumber
15 00
Stephen Wood, in labor.
10 00
John Noble, materials
10 00
Allen Leeper, in labor
25 00
Uz Noble, work and board hands.
25 00
David Noble, work.
10 00
John Noble, work and materials
10 00
Joseph Noble, in hauling
5 00
William McFerrin, labor
5 00
James Anderson, in work
5 00
Jacob Fenton, materials. 5 00
John Snider, two dollars cash and three dollars in work 5 00
C. H. Williston, five gallons whiskey (three gallons used at the raising).
Hugh Karr, in work 5 00
Thomas Williams, cash 3 00
James Goodrich, in work. 4 00
Six other subscribers, in work 10 00
On the basis of this subscription the work of building was commenced at once and prosecuted with great earn- estness, for the friends of the enterprise had a heart for the work.
The following subscription paper indicates the pious zeal and liberality of the ladies:
The female part of the society of Whitewater township, jealous of their own rights in contributing towards objects of public benefit and utility, are determined to follow the good example of their worthy lords and masters; and, as an instance, are determined to contribute their mite towards the completion of the Union Berea meeting-house, which has been erected and in part finished by the voluntary subscription of the male part of our society alone. Therefore, the subscribers will pay, or cause to be paid, unto the trustees or treasurer of the said meeting-house, for the sole purpose of completing the inside work thereof, the amount affixed to our respective names this twenty-fifth day of June, 1823.
On this subscription paper are written the names of fifty-nine noble mothers and their daughters, contributing in the aggregate the sum of thirty-six dollars eighty-seven and one-half cents, no mean sum at that time, when money was so scarce and so difficult to obtain. An analysis of this sacred relic of the days of old shows that Mrs. Anna Harrison, of North Bend, the estimable wife of General W. H. Harrison, subscribed two dollars. Eight other ladies subscribed each one dollar, seventeen gave fifty cents each, thirty-three gave twenty-five cents each, and one Martha Hughes (who still survives), then a child of five years, gave twelve and a half cents.
DEDICATION SERVICES.
In 1823 the house of the Lord, being completed, was publicly dedicated to the service of God. This was a
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great and memorable day in the religious history of the township. A large and interested audience assembled; Rev. Thomas Thomas, of Paddy's Run, and Rev. S. Slack, D. D., of Cincinnati, conducted the services, which lasted three days. For seven years ministers of different denominations preached in Berea chapel, but no religious society was organized until 1830, when Rev. Sylvester Scovil, of Lawrenceburgh, established a church known as the "Presbyterian church of Berea and Eliza- bethtown," with John Ewing and Thomas Hunt as ruling elders, and a membership of twenty-five. The same year a Sabbath-school was established at Berea, and has enjoyed a continued existence until the present time. Berea has been useful as the place where funeral services are held, and gospel preaching on alternate Sabbaths. It is still held by a board of trustees, elected according to the act of incorporation. The present board of trus- tees, Messrs. John Chidlaw, Dr. H. Hunt, and Joseph Cilley, have charge of the cemetery and the chapel, which is well preserved, a lasting monument of the pious zeal and generous liberality of its honored and faithful friends and builders.
OTHER RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
The first was an Episcopal Methodist church, the formation of a class in the log cabin of Alexander Guard, in 1803, by an itinerant minister, whose name can- not be ascertained. In early days the camp-meeting in Scroggin's grove, near Elizabethtown, was an occasion of great interest and spiritual profit to the multitudes that attended. In due time a meeting-house was built, and, in accordance with the Methodist economy, sup- plied with the ministry of the Gospel, exciting a wide spread and beneficent influence over the community. The Miller, Guard, Hayes, Mills, Dunn, and Scroggin families were identified with this church, and many of their posterity are found walking in the ways of their godly ancestors.
The Miamitown Methodist Episcopal church was organized and a frame meeting-house built about fifty years ago, and it continues to this day, where the society is rebuilding the house of the Lord erected by their fathers.
The Disciples' church in Miamitown was organized many years ago under the efficient and successful min- istry of Rev. Knowles Shaw. It enjoyed great pros- perity, and still maintains an honorable and useful place among the tribes of the Lord.
The Elizabethtown and Berea Presbyterian church was organized in 1830 by the Rev. Sylvester Scovil. The following persons constituted the church as its original members : Mrs. Charlotte Hunt, Mrs. Mary Elder, Mr. Joseph Martin, and Nancy, his wife ; John Ewing and Sarah, his wife, dismissed from the Harrison Presbyter- ian church, and the following persons by examination : Mrs. Nancy Leiper, Samuel Leiper, Margaret Morrow, Eliza Barron, Hannah Elder, Deborah Coverdale, and Margaret Moore. The following were chosen trustees of the congregation : Ezekiel Hughes, John Ewing, Thomas Hunt, John S. Torrence and William Leiper. Mr. Scovil continued to supply the congregation, and at
the end of the first year twenty-three new members were added to the church. The first elders of the church were John Ewing, Thomas Hunt and Richard Hughes. In 1843, mainly through the liberality of Thomas and Jacob Hunt, a beautiful brick meeting-house was erected in Elizabethtown, and a parsonage. The following min- isters have had charge of the church: Revs. A. McFar- land, Charles Sturdevant, E. Scofield, H. Bushnell, B. W. Chidlaw, S. Warren, H. W. Cobb, I. Delamater, C. A. Jemison, C. E. Babb, I. Boal, I. P. Haire, John Stuart, H. M. Walker, R. E. Hawley. The Rev. James Mitchell is its present pastor, and George W. Haire, Ezekiel Hughes, John Chidlaw and William P. Rees, are its ruling elders. Among the members of this church, and for many years a ruling elder, was Joseph Lewis, a man of decided piety, well cultivated mind, and faithful in all Christian duties. He died at his home in Eliza- bethtown, October 3, 1866, aged fifty-seven years, having served in the eldership with ability and faithfulness for twenty-four years. The following young men, members of this church, were educated and entered the Gospel ministry: John Noble, William Kendrick, I. P. Haire, and John Bonham.
Many years ago a chapel, called Mt. Hope, was built by the Methodist Episcopal church on the hills two miles above Miamitown. The town hall has been a place of preaching by the Methodists and Presbyterians for many years. Sunday-schools were early organized in these localities, and well sustained, accomplishing much good in the Christian education of the young people.
CEMETERIES.
In early times the subject of permanent and improved burial places secured but little attention. Families buried their dead on their own premises, and many graves on farms scattered over the township are now un- marked and forgotten. On the gravel bank near the railroad viaduct over the Miami river, in a clump of yellow locust trees, are the graves of several of the pio- neer settlers. Among them are the graves of Thomas and Mary Ewing, who owned a large tract of land on which this now neglected home of the dead was located. Thomas Ewing was a soldier of the Revolution in the Pennsylvania line. He participated in several battles and was honorably discharged at the close of the war.
The cemetery at Miamitown occupies a fine location and is well improved and beautiful. Several monuments of marble and granite adorn the grounds, and a vault as a repository for the dead has been built, which will afford security against the ghouls who plunder and desecrate the resting places of the departed. On the "Oury farm" near the town hall is a public burial place in charge of the trustees of the township, and is well pre- served.
BEREA CEMETERY.
At the old chapel is the oldest burying-ground in the township. The land was donated by Ezekiel Hughes, esq., in 1805, and deeded to the Berea Union trustees. The lots are all sold, and held by parties in this and ad- joining townships. Here is the grave of Daniel G. Howell, esq., who was born in the block house at North
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Bend, August 23, 1790, and died at Cleves April 16, 1866. He was the first white child born in North Bend or Miami township, where he always resided, an honored and useful citizen and a devoted Christian. On a large upright slab of Italian marble is the following inscription : "Jonas Frazee. A soldier of the Revolution; a native of Westfield, New Jersey, born 1759, died 1858-erected by the citizens." A beautiful marble pyramid marks the grave of Colonel Benjamin Cilley, a native of New Hampshire, who died in 1857, aged sixty-two years. The family monuments of Ezekiel Hughes, esq., Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, Edward Hunt, esq., and John V. Chamberlain, plain and substantial, beautify the secluded home of the dead.
In the graveyard attached to the Presbyterian church at Elizabethtown are the honored graves of the Hunts, Bonhams, Haires, Rees, Lebow, Hayes, Guards, and other pioneer families; with monuments designating the spot containing their sacred dust.
WHITEWATER VILLAGES.
Cadberry was a pioneer town, laid out by Henry Cad- berry in 1802-one of the very first to be planted in this State west of the Great Miami. It was in Hamilton county, but that still stretched far to the northward. Cadberry may, or may not, have been within the limits of the old Whitewater township, laid out the next year, or of the present Whitewater.
Shrewsbury was another village, now utterly extinct, platted in 1803 by John Bucknell, upon the Great Miami river, but on which side we are as yet unable to learn, and so cannot locate it certainly in Whitewater town- ship
Miamitown is situated upon the north half of section six, in the northeastern part of the township, at the point where the Cincinnati and Harrison turnpike crosses the Great Miami, fifteen miles from its mouth. It is oppo- site to the southwest corner of Colerain township, upon which stood Campbell's station during the period of In- dian warfare. Miamitown was laid off on the twenty- second of April, 1816, by Arthur Henry. It is thus noticed in the Ohio Gazetteer of 1819: "This town promises to become a place of considerable business." In the Gazetteer of 1841 it is said to have contained one hundred and eighty-seven inhabitants, thirty-three dwell- ings, one flouring- and saw-mill, one distillery, two taverns, three stores and several mechanics' shops. The macad- amized turnpike to Cincinnati and the bridge across the Miami, "with two arches of one hundred and sixty feet span each," are noticed. It enjoyed a daily mail. It had one hundred and thirteen inhabitants in 1830, one hun- dred and eighty-seven in 1840, two hundred and twenty- three in 1850, and two hundred and seventy-five in 1880. At a celebration of the Fourth of July here, in 1817, General Harrison read the Declaration of Independence and offered the following toast: "May the fertile banks of the Miami river never be disgraced by the culture of a slave, or the revenue they afford go to enrich the cof- fers of a despot"-which was quite pronounced anti- slavery sentiment for those days and for a native Vir- ginian.
Elizabethtown, as we have seen, was settled as early as 1806, but was not platted as a village until April 15, 1817, when the town was ushered into being by the hands of Isaac Mills .* In later days it has been found necessary, in order to meet the requirements of the post office department, to give the name Riverdale to the post office here. It does not seem to have been noticed in the State Gazetteer of 1819, but in that of 1841 the following is said of it: "The Whitewater canal passes through this place. It contains several stores, two tav- erns, one meeting-house, and one hundred and twenty inhabitants." Eleven years before, by the census of 1830, it had one hundred and thirty-two inhabitants. It had two hundred in 1880.
Berea was a little place laid out about the site of the Be- rea meeting-house, in 1817, by Samuel Pottinger. It was never much more than a "paper town."
Valley Junction is not a surveyed town, but simply the point of union of the two railroads that intersect the township. It has a station-house and two or three dwellings.
Hunt's Grove, on the line of the Whitewater Valley railroad, near the junction of the Whitewater and the Dry fork, is not a village, but a very pleasant locality, famous as a resort for picnics.
POPULATION, ETC.
Whitewater had one thousand five hundred and sev- enty-four inhabitants by the last census. In 1879 the assessed value of its lands, lots, and improvements, was seven hundred and sixty-one thousand four hundred dol- lars; of its chattel property, one hundred and ninety thousand seven hundred and forty-four dollars; and the amount of the tax duplicate for the year was therefore nine hundred and fifty-five thousand one hundred and forty-four dollars.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
EZEKIEL HUGHES.
Ezekiel Hughes was the descendant of an ancient and honorable family in the parish of Llanbrynmair, Mont- gomeryshire, North Wales, Great Britain. The first of his ancestors was Evan ap Owen Fach, who died in 1680. His son, Hugh Evan ap Owen, died in 1720, and was succeeded by his eldest son Edward, who, according to the Welch custom, took for his surname the given name of his father, and henceforth the name of Hughes became the surname of the family. Edward Hughes was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard, born in 1700, and he by his son, William, born in 1725, and he by his son, Richard, who married Mary Jones, of Pen-y-bout, in the same parish. They had three children: William, Ezekiel, and Martha. The family, for over two hundred
*There was another town in Hamilton county, bearing the name of Elizabeth, laid off in 1847 by Daniel Reeder; but we are unable to lo- cate it in any of the townships.
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years, had lived on a large farm called Cum Carnedd Uchaf, leased from Sir Watkin William Wynne, the great land proprietor in North Wales. The family owned three farms in the same parish; but the leasehold was so valuable that, for all these years and to this day, they have lived on a rented farm. In accord with the rights of primo- geniture, William, the eldest son, became, at the death of his father, in 1807, owner of the real estate, and continued on the leasehold. Ezekiel Hughes was born August 22, 1767. His father gave him a good education, sending him to Shrewsbury, where a good school was found, that he might acquire the English language. At the age of eighteen he was apprenticed to learn watch and clock making at Machynlleth. His venerable father en- couraged him to visit the United States with the view of selecting and purchasing a large tract of land for his future home. In April, 1795, with a good outfit and in company with his cousin, Edward Bebb (father of Honorable William Bebb, late governor of Ohio), sailed in the ship Maria, of Salem, Massachusetts, reach- ing Philadelphia after a tempestuous and tedious voyage of thirteen weeks. He remained in this city and vicinity for nearly a year. Congress being in session, he im- proved his time by acquiring a knowledge of the govern- ment and the laws of the country, and preparing for an exploring tour beyond the Alleghanies. In the spring of 1796, he left Philadelphia for the west. He travelled on foot, passing through a Welsh settlement at Ebensburgh, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, he reached Red Stone Old Fort (Brownsville, Pennsylvania), thence on a flat- boat to Fort Washington (Cincinnati). This journey was performed in three months. Mr. Hughes, accompanied by his trusty and faithful friend, Edward Bebb, explored the Symmes purchase, and bought one hundred acres in section thirty-four, Colerain township, then an almost unbroken forest. Here these two adventurers built a cabin and cleared a few acres, and spent their time cul- tivating the virgin soil, hunting, and exploring the regions beyond the Great Miami river. In 1800 this great and fertile domain was surveyed, and in 1801 offered, by the United States, for sale. Mr. Hughes purchased two sections, Nos. 15 and 16, in Whitewater township, paying for it two dollars and five cents per acre. Having se- cured this fine body of land, he returned to Wales in 1803, and married Miss Margaret Bebb, and in 1804 re- turned with his bride to their new home on the west bank of the Miami river. In less than a year his estima- ble wife died, and her remains were the first interred in the Berea cemetery, a beautiful spot donated by Mr. Hughes for a home of the dead. In 1805 he was again united in marriage with Miss Mary Ewing, born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1785. Her parents, Thomas and Ann Ewing, were from the
north of Ireland, staunch Presbyterians. Her father was a soldier of the Revolutionary army, and participated in several battles. He was one of the early settlers of Whitewater township, lived to an advanced age, and his grave is on the farm which he owned near the Cleves bridge. Mr. Hughes leased most of his valuable lands. He was a kind and generous landlord, highly esteemed by all of his tenants; always ready to help poor, honest, and industrious men. They had a family of six sons and- four daughters. Ann, the eldest, was born March 6, 1806, married Edward Hunt in 1830, and has two sons -Thomas H., Jacob H., and Mary. Richard was born in 1808, married Elizabeth Elder, died in 1850, leaving one son, Ezekiel, and six daughters-Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Margaret, Frances, and Rebecca C. Jane was born in 1810, and is now residing on the old homestead. Thomas was born in 1812, married Jane Bond and lives in Kansas. William was born in 1814, married Amarilla Robinson. He died in Iowa, in 1845, leaving one daughter-Martha H. Hughes. John was born in 1816, studied medicine, and was a successful practitioner in this neighborhood for over thirty years. He married Mary B. Clark, and died in 1880, leaving two sons, Wil- liam and Richard, and three daughters, Frances, Eliza- beth, and Anna. Martha was born in 1818, and lives on the old homestead. Edward was born in 1820, mar- ried Miss Mary Davis, and has a family of three sons, William, John, and Edward, and three daughters, Alice, Henrietta, and Mary. James was born in 1823, and died in 1840, a very estimable and promising young man. Rebecca was born in 1826, married Rev. B. W. Chidlaw and has a family of four daughters-Martha, who died in 1876; Mary I., Ann, and Jane Carter, and three sons -John, Benjamin, and James H. At his death, the es- tate, as divided by Mr. Hughes, was inherited by his children, and remains to this day, after the lapse of so many years, in their possession. In 1820, Mr. Hughes suffered a severe fall while descending the steps of the First Presbyterian church, on Main street, Cincinnati, which lamed him for life. Educated in the Christian faith and encouraged by the godly example of his pious parents, he, early in life, embraced the religion of Jesus Christ, and lived a useful, happy Christian life, leaving for his large family the inheritance of a good name, and on the second of September, 1849, died the death of the righteous in a good old age, full of years, and was gathered to his fathers. His bereaved widow continued to reside at the old homestead, surrounded by the com- forts of life and the society of her children, until her death, October 2, 1857, aged seventy-two years. She commanded her household in the love and fear of God, and her children arise and call her blessed.
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