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Price Blackford was also a pioneer of 1834. He was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1803, whence he removed with his parents to Columbiana County, Ohio, and subsequently to Stark County. Price learned the hatter's trade of his father, and upon reaching early manhood married Miss Abigal Slater, also a resident of Stark. They came to Findlay in 1834, where he engaged in themanufacture of hats, in which line he did quite a business for that day. In 1837 Mr. Blackford was elected justice of the peace, and re-elected four times, serving fifteen consecutive years. He was a man of good judg- ment and strong common sense, and his decisions usually gave good satisfac- tion. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and assisted in organizing the first society of that faith in the county, which took place on Ten Mile Creek, about 1836. His wife bore him six children, four of whom are liv- ing, and two, Aaron and Jason, are leading attorneys of the county. She died in 1845, and on the 6th of April, 1851, he, too, passed away, leaving a record for sterling honesty that was proverbial.
N. H. Ward was the second tailor who settled in the town. He was born in the Keystone State in 1812, and in 1815 his parents removed to Columbiana County, Ohio. He learned the tailor's trade, and in 1834 came to Findlay and opened a shop in a little log cabin near the residence of
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Wilson Vance, where he followed tailoring several years. In 1844 he moved to his present residence in Big Lick Township, where he continued to work at his trade for some years afterward. Though coming to Findlay with less than $100, he has accumulated through the passing years one of the finest farms in the township where he now lives.
Paul Sours and John Campbell both located in Findlay in 1834. The former was a native of Adams County, Penn., and manufactured furniture here for several years after coming. In 1835 he was married to Miss Leah Guise, and in 1837 united with the Presbyterian Church of Findlay. He served two terms as justice of the peace, and six years as county recorder. In 1855 he became cashier of the Citizen's Bank, which position he held until his death, which occurred January 21, 1873, living and dying an up- right Christian man. Mr. Campbell purchased the Vance & Cory grist and saw mills. In the winter of 1834-35 he tore down the old log structure, and replaced it by a frame. He ran these mills until 1837, when he sold them to S. & P. Carlin, and subsequently removed to Richland County. In 1836 he was elected justice of the peace, of Findlay Township, but is said to have left the county before the expiration of his term.
John Adams was one of the early cabinet and chair-makers of the village, where he came from Pennsylvania in 1835. Ten years after that date is found his advertisement in the Courier. He was also a wheelwright, and sometimes did jobs of painting. Mr. Adams was the first mayor of Findlay, elected in April, 1838, and in 1844 he was elected recorder of the county, and served one term. He was a very worthy man and died in Texas, whither he had gone for the purpose of seeking a new field of labor. His family still reside in Findlay.
The name of Capt. Hiram Smith is closely interwoven with the early history of Findlay, where he located in 1835. He was one of the most en- terprising, adventurous and generous men of his time, and was the first to manufacture fanning-mills in western Ohio, first at Waterville, on the Maumee River, and afterward at Findlay, where he was subsequently en- gaged in mercantile business. In 1851 he removed to Oregon, being one of the pioneers of that State. Capt. Smith was eminently practical, and was always ready to lend assistance to the needy. In the summers of 1862-63 he went far out upon the plains to meet and succor immigrants to Oregon, and no privation or sacrifice was too great in order to assist and encourage the weary and often disheartened settlers. In October, 1863,
while on a visit to Findlay, he sold a farm which he owned in Hancock County, and donated $1,000 of the amount received in trust to the town, the interest to be annually expended in purchasing fuel for the widows, wives or mothers of volunteers living within the corporation limits. After ten years, one-third of the interest was to be annually added to the principal and the remaining two-thirds used in purchasing fuel dur- ing thirty years. But in case all of the said persons, for whose benefit the bequest was made, should die or move away before the expiration of said thirty years, all of the interest is to be . yearly added to the principal as a permanent fund. At the end of that time the interest on the whole fund is to be annually distributed among "the indigent widows and sewing-girls, who keep house or keep shop, and who are under the necessity of using the needle as a support," within the bounds of the village. For this bequest alone the memory of Hiram Smith should forever be revered by the people
Joseph Oman
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of Hancock County. He died in San Francisco, Cal., January 17, 1870, leaving a large estate to his loved and venerated widow, Mrs. Hannah Smith, who now resides in Portland, Oregon. Her farm of 1,300 acres, a few miles from Portland, is carried on through a tenant. It is situated near the Columbia River, and in full view of Mount Hood and much more of the grandest and most picturesque scenery of the State.
William Porterfield came here from Knox County, Ohio, in 1835, and in 1839, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Samuel Honn, began merchan- dising. The latter did not remain long in Findlay, but Mr. Porterfield was the second mayor of Findlay and carried on business in the village a good many years. He then removed to Williamstown, thence to Dunkirk and Gallion, Ohio, and subsequently to Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is now a resident of Fremont, Neb.
A. H. Hyatt located in Findlay in the spring of 1836, coming here from Brownsville, Penn. He opened a store in a frame building, which he erected on the east side of Main Street, where Jacob M. Huber's drug store now is, and conducted business at that corner until his death, in the spring of 1859. Mr. Hyatt married a sister of Dr. William H. Baldwin, who bore him two children, one of whom, Benjamin F., survives and is a post trader in the West, but still calls Findlay his home. Few men of his day were more highly respected by the people of the county than A. H. Hyatt. Upright and honest in all his dealings, he was one of the most successful merchants of the village during his residence here of twenty-three years.
B. L. Caples also began business in Findlay in the spring of 1836, com- ing from Ashland, Ohio, and establishing a store on the site of Totten's grocery. He, however, remained here only a few years, and is now a resi- dent of Fostoria.
John Engelman and Joshua Baldwin were pioneers of 1836. The for- mer was born in Union County, Penn., September 16, 1810, there grew up and learned the carpenter's trade. In 1832 he came to Ohio, finally locat- ing in Tiffin, where he was married to Miss Margaret M. J. Julien, a native of Maryland, in July, 1835. In August, 1836, he removed to Findlay, where he has ever since resided, following his trade the greater portion of the time, and assisting in putting up many of the first buildings in the vil- lage. He was one of the builders and first proprietors of the Eagle Mills. His wife bore him thirteen children, eleven of whom are living, and died in 1876. Mr. Baldwin came from Zanesville, Ohio, in October, 1836, with his wife Eleanor and three daughters: Sarah A., Eleanor and Melinda B. Mrs. Baldwin died in 1837 and he in 1853. His object in coming to Findlay was to be near his sons, Dr. William H. and A. C. Baldwin, and daughter, Mrs. Charles W. O'Neal. Mrs. Sarah A. Strother, of Findlay, is the only mem- ber of the family now living in the county.
Hugh Newell was born in Washington County, Penn., April 8, 1804, and his early boyhood days were spent on the old homestead. His father was a veteran of the Revolution, and died in Pennsylvania. In 1814 the family removed to Mount Vernon, Knox Co., Ohio, where Hugh subsequently learned the trade of a fanning-mill maker. He afterward clerked in the postoffice and kept a tavern, and subsequently removed to Belleville, Rich- land County, where he sold goods. December 26, 1826, he was married to Miss Sallie Thrift, and in the fall of 1836 brought his family to Findlay. Mr. Newell entered the store of Green & Reed, for whom he clerked about
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one year, and then began the manufacture of furniture with Frederick Hen- derson. In 1838 he opened a store, and in 1840 he and Mr. Henderson pur- chased the stock of William Taylor and for a short time conducted business on the Karst corner, then the property of Mr. Taylor. They afterward erect- ed a frame building on the east side of Main Street, south of Crawford, where they carried on business until 1846, when the partnership was dis- solved, and Mr. Newell removed to a building he put up on the west side of Main, north of Patterson's corner. Here he continued merchandising till November 1, 1859, when hesold out to Henry Greer and retired from bus- iness. Mr. Newell was an honest, industrious, economical business man, and by judicious management during his mercantile career accumulated a handsome estate. He was a life-long Methodist, and a leading mem- ber of the Findlay society until his death April 10, 1883. Mrs. Newell survived him over two years and died October 16, 1885, leaving three chil- dren, viz. : Mrs. Henry Brown, of Findlay, Mrs. Rev. Samuel Mower, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Sterling, of Indianapolis, Ind.
Henry Lamb was also one of the early business men of Findlay. He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, August 16, 1807, there grew to man- hood, and in 1830 married Miss Mary Lefler. Removing to Hancock County the same year, he settled on a farm northwest of Findlay; but in 1837 he bought out the stock of the Carlins and began merchandising. In October, 1837, he was elected coroner and served one term. He purchased from John McCurdy, in December, 1840, a two-story frame building, which the latter had just completed on the site of the Joy House, and opened the "White Hall" tavern. He ran this tavern till March, 1849, and it was burned down immediately after he moved out. Mr. Lamb next engaged in farming, and subsequently in the grocery trade for several years. He died May 7, 1882, and his widow December 27 following. Of their six children five are living, and two of them residents of Findlay.
Among other early business men of the town whose names might be mentioned in this connection are Green & Reed, Dewalt & Rappee, Mark Delaney and Burger & Kling, merchants; John S. Julien, plasterer; Jesse Wheeler, George Plotner and John McCurdy, carpenters; John Boyd, Peter Cogley, Garnet Whitlock, David Webster and Z. Surles, blacksmiths; Philip Shockey and John Schneyer, wagon and plow-makers; M. M. Nigh and Alonzo D. Wing, successive proprietors of the Findlay House; Daniel Erb, Jacob Bohart, Isaac J. Baldwin and Abraham Younkin, tailors; Abraham W. Schwab and Elijah Ash, shoe-makers, and Isaac Vail, tanner, all of whom were here prior to 1840 A few other names might be given, but little would be gained by extending the list, as Findlay was by this time quite a bustling little village with a population of between 500 and 600 inhabitants.
In the general history of the county, the chapter on the judiciary con- tains biographies of the pioneer lawyers of Findlay, and it only remains to mention briefly the early physicians of the village. The now aged and venerable Dr. Bass Rawson was the first member of the medical profession who settled in Findlay. The Doctor was born in Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., April 17, 1799, and is now in his eighty-eighth year. He read med- icine in New York State and Massachusetts, and in the spring of 1828 re- moved to what is now Summit County, Ohio, where he began practice with his brother, Secretary. In September, 1829, he came to Findlay and com-
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menced the practice of his profession in Hancock County, which he followed until his eightieth anniversary, in April, 1879, a period of nearly half a century. Findlay, at the time of his coming, was a small hamlet flanked by forest on every side, while the whole county contained a population of only about 800. In 1831 he and his brother La Quino were taxed on an income of $250. With the passing years Dr. Rawson grew into a large and lucra- tive practice, his professional circuit embracing a wide scope of country extending for many miles in every direction. By the judicious management of his annual income derived from his professional labors, the Doctor has accumulated quite a large fortune. Though the infirmities of old age are weighing heavily upon him, he nevertheless enjoys good health and bids fair to turn his four-score years and ten.
Dr. La Quino Rawson was the second resident physician of Findlay, where he located in the spring of 1831. He was born on "Irvin's Grant," now the town of Irvin, Franklin Co., Mass., September 14, 1804, and in 1824 came to Ohio and began the study of medicine. In July, 1826, he commenced practice on the Tymochtee, in what is now Wyandot County, and five years afterward joined his brother Bass in Findlay. Here he re- mained two years and five months, and then removed to Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), where he followed his profession until 1855. From 1836 to 1858 he was clerk of the common pleas court of Sandusky County, and was one of the prime movers in the construction of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. He is yet a resident of Fremont.
Dr. William H. Baldwin located in Findlay in the fall of 1832, coming from Fort Harmar, opposite Marrietta, Ohio. Dr. Baldwin read medicine with Dr. Flenner, of Zanesville, Ohio, where he was born January 16, 1810, and was a graduate of the Cincinnati Medical College. In March, 1835, he was appointed clerk of the common pleas court, and served in that capacity seven years. Dr. Baldwin continued in the enjoyment of a large and successful practice up to within a short time of his death, when failing health compelled him to relinquish the active duties of his profession. He died December 14, 1868, mourned by a large circle of friends, who regarded him not only as a good physician, but a warm and generous companion.
Dr. Charles Osterlen was the next physician to open an office in the vil- lage, and the first of the homopathic school of medicine. He was born in Germany, October 5, 1807, and is a graduate of the University of Stuttgart. Coming to the United States in 1832, he located in Ashland, Ohio, two years afterward, and in September, 1836, took up his residence in Findlay. Since that time up to the present he has continued in active and successful practice. He served one term in the Legislature, and has always taken a prominent part in furthering the best interests of his adopted county. To Dr. Osterlen, more than any other man, is due the credit of the first de- velopment of natural gas, which he has believed in and advocated during the past fifty years.
Dr. David Patton came to Findlay in October, 1836, and soon succeeded in obtaining a fair share of patronage. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio, December 14, 1799, of Irish ancestry; read medicine in Cadiz, Ohio, and began practice in Carrollton, whence he removed to Fairfield County, and then to Hancock. The Doctor was a good physician, and after several years' residence in Findlay removed to Delaware, Ohio, but soon returned and resumed practice in this village. He subsequently went to Iowa, but
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came back to Ohio and died near Cleveland, August 30, 1874. During his residence in Findlay he purchased the Findlay Herald of James M. Coffin- berry, but did not publish the paper. Dr. Patton was a whole-souled, jovial man, possessing considerable mother wit, and was very popular with the people of the county.
Dr. William D. Carlin was a son of the venerable Squire Carlin, and was born on the Maumee River, April 27, 1822. He read medicine with Dr. Bass Rawson, graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College in March, 1843, and at once began practice in Findlay. Dr. Carlin served as surgeon in the Mexican war, and at the close of hostilities resumed his practice in Hancock County. He married Miss Harriet E. A. Rawson, daughter of his old preceptor, of which union two children survive. In the spring of 1862 Dr. Carlin was appointed surgeon of the Fifty-seventh Regiment, in which capacity he served until his death at Milliken's Bend, December 26, 1862. He was a man of fine education, and a superior surgeon, and at the time he entered the army he had a large and well-paying practice.
Dr. Lorenzo Firmin, who is still a resident of Findlay, came to the village in 1841, and read medicine with Dr. Bass Rawson. In July, 1845, he opened an office, but in the spring of 1846 removed to Benton, where he practiced until July, 1847, and then returned to Findlay. Dr. Firmin continued in practice until 1865, when he finally retired, though for a few years prior to that time he had been gradually giving up the more active duties of the profession.
Dr. William Stiles began practice in Findlay in the spring of 1846. He was a native of Franklin County, Ohio, read medicine in Fairfield, Huron County, and graduated from Willoughby Medical College and the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati. He commenced practice in Huron County, whence he came to Findlay and opened a drug store, and formed a profes- sional partnership with Dr. Patton. In January, 1849, he married Miss Hannah E., daughter of Hugh Newell, a leading merchant of the village. Dr. Stiles enjoyed a good practice up to the time of his death, in 1852. His only child, Harry N., resides in Colorado, and his widow is now the wife of Henry Brown, Esq., a leading member of the Findlay bar.
Dr. James Spayth located in Findlay in June, 1847, and continued in practice here until the sickness came on which ended in his death July 28, 1871. Dr. Spayth was born in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Penn., April 30, 1824, and when quite young his parents located on the site of Madison, Penn., which was afterward laid out by his father. In 1834 the family removed to Columbus, Ohio, and subsequently to Tiffin. Here James grew to manhood and read medicine, and in the spring of 1847 graduated at the Philadelphia Medical College, locating in Findlay soon afterward. Dr. Spayth was a highly educated, respected and successful physician, and enjoyed a good practice up to his decease. His widow and family still occupy the same old home where he spent the closing years of his life.
Dr. Belizur Beach was one of the old time pioneer physicians of the county, though he did not locate in Findlay until the spring of 1856. The Doctor was born in Northford, Conn., April 17, 1798, and read medicine in his native State. In 1822, with his wife, Rachel, he located near Ravenna, Ohio, and there practiced until September, 1844, when he removed to Ar. lington, nine miles south of Findlay. Here he followed his profession near-
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ly twelve years ere his removal to Findlay, where he died in May, 1869. Dr. Beach was a kind and attentive physician, and left many warm friends among the families in which he practiced.
Several other physicians came to the village prior to 1858, among whom were Drs. Crow, Sprague, Beall, Armstrong, Green, Sorber, Turner, Rog- ers and F. W. Entrikin, none of whom remained long except the last one mentioned, who opened an office in 1855, and is yet one of the lead- ing physicians of the town. Later comers can not be called pioneer physicians, if indeed, some of those given can be classed as such, but they were among the earliest and for that reason their names are men- tioned. The practice of the earlier physicians encompassed a wide scope of country, necessitating long, lonely rides through the forest. In many places there were no roads, and those that existed were in a very primitive condition, many of them mere bridle paths. The pioneer medical practi- tioner was compelled to ford nearly every stream, as few bridges were built in this county prior to 1850. The younger physicians of to-day can scarcely realize the difficulties and ceaseless toil of their predecessors, for their's is a life of ease in comparison with that led by those veteran fathers of medi- cal practice in Hancock County.
CHAPTER XXIX.
FINDLAY CONTINUED.
PROGRESS OF THE VILLAGE-POSTOFFICE ESTABLISHED-LIST OF POSTMASTERS -INCORPORATION OF FINDLAY, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT MAYORS AND CLERKS -THE OLD GRAVEYARD ON EAGLE CREEK-MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY- CALIFORNIA MOVEMENT OF 1849-UNDERGROUND RAILROAD-FIRST FIRE ENGINES, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST FIRE COMPANY-THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED-ROSTER OF CHIEF ENGINEERS-DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENT EFFICIENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT-TOWN BUILDINGS-AD- VENT OF RAILROADS, EXPRESS, TELEGRAPH AND TELEPIIONE LINES- FINDLAY'S SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND ITS BENEFITS-MONUMENTAL PARK- ORGANIZATION OF THE HANCOCK MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION-BRIEF HIS- TORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SOLDIER'S MONUMENT-THE OLD FINDLAY GAS LIGHT COMPANY -ERECTION OF THE GAS WORKS AND FIRST LIGHTING OF THE TOWN WITH GAS-THE WORKS CLOSED UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL GAS-GROWTH OF FINDLAY SINCE 1831-HER PRESENT AP- PEARANCE AND BUSINESS INTERESTS, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS.
F ROM the time that Wilson Vance laid out the village in the fall of 1821, there was a slow but steady increase in its population, though for years Findlay was an insignificant, forlorn looking hamlet. In the winter of 1822- 23 the inhabitants living in the vicinity of the village petitioned the Gov- ernment for a postoffice, and on the 8th of February, 1823, an office named "Fort Finley" was established, with Wilson Vance as postmaster. For many years the office was a very poorly paying institution. In 1826 it netted Mr. Vance the extraordinary small income of $3.18, and by 1828 this had increased to only $10, and not more than five newspapers
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then came to the office. The name was changed in April, 1828, from "Fort Finley" to "Finley;" in March, 1856, to "Findley," and in Feb- ruary, 1870, to "Findlay." There never was a particle of authority for any other orthography than the last mentioned, as Col. James Findlay, from whom the town derived its name, always wrote his name " Findlay," as did also his brother, Gov. William Findlay, of Pennsylvania. But the postoffice department adopted the same orthography as used in the petition, and the pioneers who sent it knew little and cared less about such matters. What they wanted was a postoffice in the village, and so long as that wish was complied with they were content. It has been heretofore claimed that an office was established at Findlay in 1821, but the following official letter in answer to our inquiry, definitely settles that point:
WASHINGTON, D. C., February 5, 1886. Sir: In reply to your letter of the 1st inst., I beg to say that the records of this office do not show that an office was established at Findlay, Ohio, prior to 1823. Very respectfully, A. E. STEVENSON, First Asst. P. M. General.
The following citizens have been postmasters of the village, the date of each appointment, as officially copied from the records of the department in Washington, being also given: Wilson Vance, February 8, 1823; John C. Wickham, July 27, 1829; Squire Carlin, June 4, 1831; Parlee Carlin, March 1, 1849; Robert Coulter, June 1, 1849; William Taylor, December 26, 1849; Abel F. Parker, April 12, 1853; Oliver Mungen, March 31, 1856; James Robinson, December 31, 1857; Joseph B. Rothchild, March 20, 1861; Cloys B. Wilson, November 9, 1866, but the Senate refused to confirm him, as it was then at war with President Johnson, and Mr. Rothchild filled the office until the appointment of Col. James M. Neibling, as special agent, May 6, 1867; Amariah Ballou, March 20, 1869; Thomas E. Adams, June 5, 1872; Eli G. De Wolfe, March 28, 1876; Winfield S. Hammaker, Novem- ber 5, 1885. On the 1st of November, 1864, the postal money order system was established in the United States, and in May, 1865, it was introduced into the Findlay office. Since that time the postmastership has been an office of much greater responsibility than in former years, and the recent adoption of the postal note system has also increased its revenues.
The village of Findlay was incorporated by act of the Legislature passed March 17, 1838, and an election ordered to take place the following month. At that time John Adams was elected mayor, and A. H. Hyatt, recorder. Mr. Adams was succeeded by William Porterfield. The charter was repealed March 13, 1843; but two years later (March 4, 1845) the act of incorpora- tion, passed in 1838, was declared in force. There are no official records in existence from which to obtain the names of the mayors of Findlay prior to 1858, but by a careful perusal of odd numbers of the Courier we have been able to compile a complete list of the mayors and recorders of the village since its reincorporation in the spring of 1845. The mayors have been as follows: U. A. Ogden, 1845-47; Abraham Younkin, 1847-52; George W. Galloway, 1852-54; Jacob Carr, 1854-56; N. Y. Mefford, 1856-57; Josiah Powell, 1857-58; Charles C. Pomroy, April, 1858, resigned July 20, 1858, and Ezra Brown appointed to serve the unexpired term; Ezra Brown, 1859- 60; Israel Green, 1860-61; G. W. Twining, 1861-64; Jacob Carr, 1864- 67; Nathaniel W. Filkin, 1867-68; James A. Bope, 1868-70; George F. Pendleton, 1870-72; Daniel B. Beardsley, 1872-74; William Gribben, 1874
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