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The school-house is of brick, with freestone trim- mings; has a vestibule and four large rooms, each twenty- five by thirty feet, and a silver-toned bell, whose utter- ances are specially admired. The house is built on grounds bought in 1871 of Samuel Langdon, and cost, with the grounds, ten thousand dollars.
The Pleasant Ridge lodge of Free and Accepted Ma- sons was chartered October 22, 1856. Mr. Stephen W. Reeder was the first W. M., and remained in that office for seven years.
This village had two hundred and fifty-one inhabitants by the last census.
SHARPSBURGH
was formerly the name of a pretty large locality, now covered in good part by the village of Norwood. A town site, bearing the name, was laid out in 1868, on the Cin- cinnati and Marietta railroad, by J. W. Baker.
WEST MILFORD
is, as its name implies, a part of Milford, but is in Ham- ilton county. St. Thomas' Episcopal church is located here-Rev. T. I. Melish, rector-with a small chapel on the Clermont county side. The Baptist meeting-house is also in West Milford, although its members reside most- ly on the other side.
MORE ANTIQUES.
Since the matter at the outset of this chapter was ar- ranged and printed, we have the following curious old documents and memoranda to add, by the favor of Mr. Clason, who has contributed so handsomely to the his- tory of this township. The following relates to the pau- perism of the old township:
At a meeting of the trustees and overseers of the poor at my house May 13, 1802, in order to settle and adjust the accounts of the over- seers of the poor, ordered to be recorded as follows: We, the trustees, having examined the accounts and settled them up to this date, and we find due to them twenty-one dollars and fifty cents.
JOHN JONES, clerk.
March 7, 1803 .- A meeting of the trustees and town clerk and over- seers of the poor and supervisors of the highways. The trustees hav- ing met as the law directs, and we proceedcd as follows: The trustees having examined the accounts of the overseers of the poor from a set- tlement made May the thirteenth, A. D. 1802, and we find due to them twelve dollars.
Settled this seventh day of March, Anno Domini 1803.
JOHN JONES, clerk.
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The following document of April, 1801, prescribes the road districts of that day. The mention in them of localities, as then known, has special interest:
District No. I .- To Jacob Blasdel: You are required to take the dis- trict beginning at the township line of Cincinnati below Columbia, then up to Crawfish run and through Columbia by the Tan-yard and up Crawfish to the forks. Also through Columbia to William Brown's meadow. Also from John Wilson's hill ditches, and then up the Ohio to Seamans. By order of trustees.
District No. 2 .- To Benjamin Stites: District beginning at his own house on the Ohio and then up the road to William Brown's; then through Morristown and so on to Duck creek, and up said creek to the Stony ford. Also from said Stites' up the Ohio to Mrs. Mercer's, and up the lane to Flinn's ford and through Turkey bottom. By order of trustees.
District No. 3 .- To Samuel Muchmores: District beginning at the forks of the road above Red Bank, then Bersby's road to Mary Nap- per's, and from Ferrises to said Muchmores to the east fork of Duck creek. By order of trustees.
District No. 4 .- To John Jones: District beginning at the Stony ford on Duck creek; then on towards Walsmiths to Jacob Hetzler's, and then from southwest corner of the school section on the Deerfield road and up said road to Bearsleys; thence on said road to the east fork of Duck creek. By order of trustees.
District No. 5 .- Samnel McKee's district beginning at the forks of Bearsley's road at Gano's old cabin on Duck creek; then on said road to the cross road on Deerfield road from Columbia; then up said road to where it intersects with the Cincinnati road; then down the said road to where it crosses the Columbia road, leading to A. Vohrich's; then down said road to the beginning on Duck creek. By order of trustees.
District No. 6 .- Philip Jones' district, beginning at Duck creek; then toward Columbia to Crawfish run; then turning northwardly towards A. Vohris's to Duck creek; then westwardly in Bearsley's road to Jonathan Williams'. By order of trustees.
District No. 7 .- To James Baxter, district beginning at Robert Moore's; thence eastwardly to Duck creek; then Jonathan Williams' on Deerfield road to where it crosses Columbia road; then along said road to Baxter's run (this called Baxter's district). By order of the trustees.
District No. 8 .- To Amos White's district, beginning at John Com- mon's field north; then south to David Bercount's; then from James Grear's to Hagerman's; then the Perara road from the north township line to Amos White's; also from said Brecount's to Walles's run; then from said run to Ronemus Hayney's on Walsmith's road; then from said run on Madriver road to A. Haggerman's; then from said run on the Perara road to Amos White's. By order of trustees.
District No. 9 .- To Aaron Sackett's district, beginning at Wallace's run; thence to A. Voriche's, taking Columbia road to Baxter's run; also from A. Voriche's to John R. Mills', and then the line between Stephen Flime's and said Mills together with all the road in Columbia township between Samuel Bunnel's and Cincinnati, and then from A. Voriche's towards Ziba Stiben's to the township line, and from Thomas Higgens to Voriche's. By order of trustees.
The following is a verbatim copy of the first election held in Columbia township:
I803 At a meeting of citizens of the township held at the [house
April 4th. omitted in record] Thomas Frazier's, in Columbia, on April 4th, 1803, the following officers were elected, viz: Saml. Sheperd, chairman.
Jas. Moron, clerk.
Jos. McNight, Sworn
N. Sheperd Armstrong,
into
Hezekiah Price sw.
John Seaman,
office
Abner Mills SW.
John Elliot, Trustees.
John Wallace SW.
Wills Pearson, } Overseers poor
Rich'd Ayre, 5 sworn into office.
Christian Walsmith,
Appraiser of property sworn into
Richard Tibbs,
John Mann,
John Wallace,
office.
John Mathews,
Sworn into
Peter Bell,
office
Hezekiah Stites,
fence viewers.
David Black, Lister, sworn into office.
At the close of a meeting held at
ยท Supervisors elected :
Adrian Haguman
sw.
Andrew Ferris SW.
John Lambert SW.
Usual Ward SW.
Percy Kitchel SW.
Daniel Price SW.
Henry King
SW.
Beniah Ayres Sw.
Henry Genings
SW.
John Seaman
SW.
1803 Grand jurors for the township of Columbia, viz:
June 6th. Jeremiah Cavalt.
John Beasley.
Joseph Reeder.
Willis Pearson.
1 saac Ferris.
Benj'n Stites.
Petit jurors:
Chas. Smith.
Wm. Mason.
Levi Feriss.
Jas. McCleland.
Jacob Allen.
Jacob Blazdel.
David Black.
Sam'l Muchmore.
Hezekiah Stites.
Jesse Reeder.
Ezekil Leonard.
Usual Ward.
By order of the trustees, viz:
John Seaman, N. Sheperd Armstrong,
John Eliott.
J. Mason, clerk.
THE TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
By the kindness and patient research of Mr. Clason, we are enabled here to present a fuller list of the justices of the peace for Columbia than appears upon a former page, and to add most of the remainder of the civil list of the township:
Justices from 1804 to 1881 .- James Mason, John Armstrong, John Jones, David McGaughey, William Perry, William Armstrong, E. Meeks, Enos Hurin, Rice Prichard, Zacheas Biggs, Abner Applegate, James Armstrong, John Ferris, Smith Clason, William Baxter, William H. Moore, Thomas B. Mccullough, Eliazer Baldwin, John T. Jones, Ratio Evans, E. Noble, William Tingley, George W. Homes, Hiram Bodine, John Sumners, Oliver Jones, John Jones (not the same as above), John B. Price, James Sampson, Isaac N. Davis, Robert Mc- Mullens, Samuel Hill, Isaac Giffin, Ben. C. Conklin, Henry Lockwood, Amos Hill, George W. Martin, James Giffin, Jeremiah Clark, J. C. Ferris, William Highlands, J. M. Tingley, F. A. Hill, James Julien, Leo Bailey, L. A. Hendricks, Louis W. Clason, C. S. Burns, Claton W. McGill, E. W. Bowman, George Reiter, and James B. Drake.
Township trustees from 1803 to 1881 .- Joseph McNight, N. Sheperd Armstrong, John Seaman, John Eliot, Cheniah Cavalt, John Jones, Peter Smith, John Mann, John Beazly, Samuel Hilditch, Usual Ward, John McKee, Joseph Reeder, Calvin Ward, David McGanghey, John Clark, Joseph Ferris, John Ferris, Lewis Drake, Enos Huron, William Mclntire, Abram Smith, William Armstrong, Andrew Ferris, Richard Morgan, William Perry, James Ward, John Armstrong, William H. Moore, Smith Clason, Andrew Baxter, Andrew McMahan, Lindley Broadwell, John Warren, William Highlands, Oliver Jones, John G. Leonard, Samuel Earhart, Seth C. Lindsley, John Jones, Thomas Crosly, Ira Broadwell, Eb. Ward, Elijah Reese, Isaac Giffin, James D. Langdon, James Sampson, Percy Hosbrook, Eri F. Jewett, Joseph B. Mann, John S. Wilson, Tyle Chamberlain, Zadoc Williams, Ralph Reeder, Thomas B. Mccullough, John L. Hosbrook, C. S. Ebersole, J. S. Learning, D. S. Nash, H. F. Armstrong, H. Bonham, C. G. Armstrong, I. G. Flinn, Louis W. Clason, Thomas
Walton Evans,
All sworn into office
Andrew Lackey, James Whaling,
constables.
Daniel Schenk SW.
David McKenney sw.
Elijah Stites SW.
Thomas Frazer SW.
the house of Thomas Frazier, in Columbia township, April 4th, 1803, it was ordered by vote of the inhabitants that thenext township meeting shall be held at the house of Calvin Kitchel.
By order of the voters.
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Longworth, James Roosa, Thomas Drake, George Hermann, jr., C. S. Boon, D. A. Black, Warren Mills, Thomas Clegg, Caleb Dial, Michael Leaf, Michael Buckel, Anthony Brown, G. W. Elliott, Andrew Carman, B. M. Stewart, H. C. Durrell, C. A. Howe, H. J. Pierret, Fred. Berings, A. J. Nelson, C. H. Scholtman.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS FROM 1801 TO 1880.
John Jones, 1801 & 1802.
James Mason, 1803. David McGanghey, 1804-5-6-7 & 8.
William Armstrong, 1809.
William Schillinger, 1810 & II.
Samuel Johnson, 1812 & 13.
Moses Morrison, 1814-15-16-17-18-19-20 & 21. William H. Moore, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825 & 1826.
John T. Jones, 1827.
Oliver Jones, 1828 & 1829.
Hiram Bodine, 1830. William H. Moore, 1831.
John Jones, 1832, 1833 & 1834.
Jeremiah Everett, 1835.
Jacob Flinn, 1836.
Jeremiah Everett, 1837, 1838 & 1839 & 1840.
John Jones, 1841, 1842 & 1843.
Jeffreys A. Black, 1844.
Francis Hill, 1845.
Henry Lockwood, 1846 to 1874.
Louis W. Clason, 1875 to 1880.
TREASURERS FROM 1804 TO 1881.
N. Shephar Armstrong, 1804.
John Armstrong, 1805 to 1811.
James Baxter, 1811 10 1818.
Major John Ferris, 1819 & 1820.
Lewis Drake, 1821.
William Armstrong, 1822 to 1853, & without loss of one cent.
B. D. Ashcraft, 1854.
William Ammerman, 1855 & 1856.
Milo Black, 1857 to 1861.
J. Dan Jones, 1862 to 1873.
Leo Fowler, 1874.
James Julien, 1875 to 1881.
POPULATION.
Columbia is now a populous township, the last census, that of 1880, giving it five thousand three hundred and fifty-eight inhabitants against three thousand one hundred and eighty-four in 1872. The increase is largely due to its suburban character, although it has a considerable farming population.
ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT NOTES.
Elias Hedges, a native of Morris county, New Jersey, purchased five hundred acres of land in Colerain township, of Dr. William Burnet and Daniel Thew, probably dur- ing the winter of 1804-5; and soon afterward she, with his wife, who, previous to their marriage was Elizabeth Gas- ton, a native of the same place, and four small children, set out for the west. They travelled in a wagon-and after a journey of some seven weeks arrived at Dunlap's Station July 4, 1805. This post was located on the tract purchased by Mr. Hedges. At the time of his purchase, Mr. Hedges was not able to pay for so large a tract, its cost being three thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. So he accepted the offer of two neighbors as partners, with whom he divided his tract in proportion to the money furnished by each, retaining about two hun- dred and thirty acres in the middle of the tract for him- self. Here, he immediately began to clear the forest and improve his land. Mr. Hedges continued his occupa- tion with great energy and perseverance until December, 1813, when he became a victim of the "Cold Plague,"
which scourged a large portion of the west during the summer and fall of that year. Elias Hedges was highly respected as a good neighbor and man of clear and dis- criminating judgment; being frequently selected as arbitrator in set ling, by amicable means, disputes and contentions which at times sprang up between his neigh- bors. His early death, at about forty years of age was lamented by all who knew him.
Elizabeth Hedges, wife of the preceding, survived her husband about eighteen years. They had eight children, seven of whom lived to be men and women. Sarah, their eldest, was born in 1792, and married Alexander John- son early in 1816. He dying in 1822, she afterwards mar- ried Stewart McGill, also a native of New Jersey, who is still living at the venerable age of ninety-three years. Mrs. McGill died in 1854, respected and loved by all who knew her. Mary, John G. and Eliza Hedges died young. An- thony Ludlow married Hannah A. Johnson in 1824, and died in 1831. His widow is still living. Stephen Ogden married Sarah White in July, 1832. They are both dead. Harriett was married to Bradbury Cilley in 1834, and is still living, a widow. Elizabeth was born in 1813, and married David K. Johnson in August, 1831, died some years since. Her husband is still living at seventy-nine years of age, but during the last fifteen or eighteen years has been entirely blind. He is one of the most highly respected old gentlemen in the country. Elias and Elizabeth Hedges lie buried at the old Colerain station, in probably the oldest burying-place in the Miami val- ley, and on the farm which they purchased seventy-six years ago.
Louis W. Clason, mayor of Madisonville, and justice of the peace, also clerk of the township, was born on Indian Hill, October 11, 1823, upon the farm where he lived for fifty years, and now owns. His grandfather, Smith Clason, emigrated from Connecticut in 1818, to Columbia township. He was a Revolutionary soldier, a companion of Putnam and served under him, and after he came west was township trustee and surveyor, and also held other offices. His grandfather on his mother's side was Dr. Thomas Bayux, of France, surgeon on an English ship-of-war during the Revolution. He came to Connecticut and settled at Greenwich. The house in which he lived was built long before the Revolutionary war-was made of lime and brick imported from Hol- land. It is a large house of fifteen rooms, and is still standing. Mr. Clason is a prominent and well-known citizen of Columbia township. He has held each of the positions of township trustee, township clerk, justice of the peace, and mayoralty of the town of Madisonville for a number of years, and has never been beaten in any of the political races he has run. Both parties re- gard him as a safe man, and thus he is kept in office constantly. He has been justice of the peace for ten years, and has during that time tried nearly one thousand cases.
William L. Perkins, of the firm of William Perkins & Company, manufacturers of mantels, enamelled grates, etc., Nos. 94 and 96 Elm street, Cincinnati, was born in the year 1839. His father, Rev. Lemuel B. Perkins,
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was born in the year 1809, and still lives upon the field of his life-long labors in the church, in Trumbull county, Ohio. He was self-educated, and an earnest worker in the United Brethren church. He was married to Miss Phila A. Scovelle, of Philadelphia, by whom he had eight children, three of whom are still living. Mr. Wil- liam Perkins, after receiving nearly a full classical course in college, entered the Forty-sixth Ohio regiment as sec- ond leader of the regimental brass band, where he re- mained sixteen months. In 1863 he went into a pork- merchant business, as book-keeper, and after remaining there for three years, was offered a partnership in the house, and not asked to advance a dollar for the busi- ness. In 1877 he started his mantel and grate store, with spacious salesroom and works, on Elm street. Mr. Perkins keeps a fine line of goods, his elegant and costly Mexican onyx mantels, protection grates, etc., being well worth one's inspection. He was married in 1866 to Miss Sarah E. Stokes, of Pennsylvania. He has his residence in Madisonville.
A. B. Lunbeck, of Madisonville, is travelling auditor for the Marietta & Cincinnati railroad. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, but his mother and grandmother (Mrs. Cutler) live with him at Madisonville. Mr. Lunbeck went into the ticket office as sort of an apprentice some twenty years ago, and by diligent and faithful application to business has worked himself up to the high and responsi- ble position which he has held for ten years. He was married to Miss Price in 1872, daughter of Heze- kiah D. Price, carpenter and builder of that place. Mr. Lunbeck has his office on Fourth street, over the gas offices.
A. B. Ward, of Madisonville, son of Morris Ward, who came from New Jersey in 1811, was born in a log hut in this place in the year 1826. His grandfather and father came to the county when bridle paths were used as great highways. He bought land now adjoining the town. Morris Ward died in 1864, at fifty-three years of age. He farmed, and at one time took a trip on a flatboat to New Orleans, for which services he received one hun- dred dollars, but after the trip down was made he found that he had either to pay one hundred dollars to get back on a steamer (the first trip of the first boat of the kind on the river) or walk it. He chose the former con- veyance, his comrades the latter, but he reached home some seven weeks before them. Mr. Ward, like his father, has lived a quiet, retired life, not caring for nor meddling with politics. He was married to Miss Pear- son, daughter of William Pearson, an old settler of the county, in 1848, and lives on a part of the homestead farm. He was a soldier in the one hundred day service, and was encamped before Petersburgh during his stay in the army.
C. S. Ebersole, deceased, was a resident of Madison- ville. The handsome cottage now the residence of Mrs. Ebersole, nee Armstrong, bespeaks a style of luxury to the passer by. Mr. Ebersole was one of the old settlers of Columbia township. His father, Christian Ebersole, was a Maryland farmer, who settled near the mouth of the Little Miami in 1802. In 1808 he erected the old
homestead_now occupied by Thomas Brooks. Mr. C. S. Ebersole was born in 1799, settled in Oakley in 1843, and in Madisonville in 1871. He died in 1881.
John Beiswarnger, of Madisonville, was born in 1834, in Germany. He came to America in 1846. His par- ents dying when he was young, John was placed under the guardianship of his uncle. In 1855 he went to Kan- sas, where he followed his trade at brick-moulding. In 1872 he came to Madisonville, where he now lives, own- er and proprietor of the Madisonville house. He also owns other property in this place.
J. S. Hoffman, of Columbia township, is an enterpris- ing farmer, living on a good tract of land about one mile from Madisonville. Mr. Hoffman was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, near Tarlton, in 1822; moved to Cincin- nati in 1848, where he was a carpenter for seventeen years, coming here in 1865. In 1860 he was married to Miss Deborah Muchmore, sister of C. S. Muchmore. His grandfather was born on the Rhine, in Germany, but came over and settled in Virginia,"where Julius, father of John, was born. Julius was in the War of 1812, came to Fairfield in 1812, moving from Kentucky to that place.
Messrs. D. S. and J. A. Hosbrook, were born near Madeira, the former in 1844 and the latter in 1850. Their grandfather, Daniel Hosbrook, came here from New Jersey and was by occupation a surveyor. He was the first sheriff of this county. Was elected county sur- veyor for two terms, and was several times elected a member of the State legislature. His death occurred in 1868. John L., the father of D. S. and J. A., was born in 1817, on the place adjoining the one upon which he now resides. In 1841 he was married to Deborah Fer- ris, daughter of Solomon Ferris, one of the earliest set- tlers of this county. In 1842 he was elected county sur- veyor, which office he held for six years; and was also county engineer for several terms.
D. S. Hosbrook studied at College Hill; was married in 1867 to Viola M. Karr, daughter of Harvey Karr, also of this county. Served in the capacity of county sur- veyor and county engineer from 1873 to 1879. Was on two other occasions a candidate on the Democratic ticket for county surveyor. Both of these occasions being "off" years for the Democrats he was "left" with the balance of the ticket. He is at present extensively engaged on private work, and is employed by the corporations of St. Bernard and Reading as their engineer.
J. A. Hosbrook was educated at Delaware, Ohio. Was married in 1871 to Alice A. Fowler, daughter of Leonard Fowler, of Hamilton county. In 1872 he re- moved to Indianapolis, where he served as assistant county engineer for several years. In 1878 he returned to Madeira, to accept a position as a special engineerTof this county, which appointment has since been renewed, and which he now holds. He has also the appointment of engineer for the village of Madisonville, and is a mem- ber of the Madeira board of education.
John Weir of Madeira was born in the parish of Ar- booth in the year 1822, and was a carpenter. He longed for the wilds of America, and, after marrying Miss Eliza-
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beth Stephen of his native town, set sail for America in 1847. On arriving at his destination he wandered around for awhile and finally settled on a good farm near Madeira, and is doing well. Mrs. Weir was born in 1826, and is the daughter of a manufacturer in Scotland. Mr. Weir is erecting a dwelling-house in Madisonville, in which place one of his daughters resides; she is married to a merchant of that place.
John D. Moore of Madeira was born in Philadelphia, December 7, 1836, and when but two years of age his father removed to Cincinnati where he still lives, a resident of Walnut Hills. His mother died of cholera in 1849. Mr. Moore was in the shoe business for about fifteen years, having his store on the corner of Central avenue and Sixth street. In 1867 he removed to Madeira, in which place he has built about fifteen houses. He is at present building a residence in the city of Cincinnati. In 1857 he was married to Miss Rachel Mann, daugh- ter of Major J. B. Mann an old settler and prominent public spirited citizen of Hamilton county. He was not only an active man in the affairs of his township but also in the Methodist Episcopal church of which he was a member. He died in 1860, at the age of fifty-six years. Mrs. Moore's mother, Mrs. Catharine Mann, died in in 1875, seventy-four years of age, at the Mann home- stead, where she was born and reared.
J. H. Locke, principal of the public schools of Pleas- ant Ridge, is a native of Miami county, Ohio, and is the son of W. W. Locke, who is a graduate of Delaware col- lege, Ohio, and superintendent of the public schools in the country for a period of twenty years. The younger Locke completed his education at New Richmond, Ohio, and immediately afterwards came to Hamilton county, where he taught in a district near Pleasant Ridge for six years. Two years ago he was invited to take charge of the schools in this place. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has had for several years charge of the Sab- bath-school as its superintendent. He married Miss Davis, of Warren county, Ohio.
Lewis Kennedy, of the firm of Lewis Kennedy & Co., commission merchants and dealers in field seeds and grain, No. 36 Vine street, Cincinnati, Ohio, is a de- scendant of one of the earliest pioneer settlers of Cincinnati, his great-grandfather coming here when there were only a very few huts in the place, and before his death originating the ferry transit across the river. His son David, grandfather of Lewis, ran the boat and also a farm he owned at Pleasant Ridge, which was owned by John W. Kennedy, Lewis' father. Lewis Kennedy began business in Cincinnati in 1859, forming a partnership first with J. M. Mccullough, on Fifth and Main, for a period of ten years. He has been doing business on Vine street about the same length of time. He was married to Miss Delia Mccullough and has his residence in Norwood during the summer and in the city during the winter seasons. Mr. Kennedy owns considerable prop- erty in Cincinnati and elsewhere.
John Swift, of Pleasant Ridge, was born in Heage, England, June 6, 1830. His grandfather, John Swift, owned extensive coal fields in which he employed a large
force of help. He died at the age of seventy-seven, Feb- ruary 14, 1859. His wife, Miss Sarah Harvey, died March 22, 1863. Thomas Swift, his son and father to John, was born in Heage, England, June 19, 1810. He was a manufacturer of edge tools. He married a Miss Ann Simpkinson, and by her had nine children six of whom are living, the eldest and youngest dying in in- fancy, and Charles, after he had made a brilliant record in the army, died in the year 1871. He was born in 1837; enlisted in the service and became brigade adjutant in the Fourteenth army corps. He was first lieutenant, then captain, in the Fiftieth Ohio regiment of volunteers. He afterwards served on General Cook's staff, and was
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