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lay), A. Knotzky, George Behrents and C. Badetscher, the present incum- bent, who has filled the pulpit semi-monthly during the past eight years. The society embraces about fifty members, and has a Sunday-school with some thirty-five pupils. Sebastian Baker, Samuel Schwab, Christoph Voll- weiler, Abraham W. Schwab, Jr., John Weiss and Gottlieb Schwab are about the only members of the original society now belonging to the Findlay Church.
The German Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Congregation. - The original members of this society formed an organization with those of the Reformed faith in February, 1854, and worshiped together up to the spring of 1858, when they separated. The same month the joint organization was formed Lot 54 on West Front Street was purchased at a cost of $278, but after each faith had organized a separate society the Lutherans pur- chased the interest of the Reformed Church (November 29, 1858,) for the sum of $114.50. On the 29th of August, 1858, the German Lutherans held a meeting in the court house, with Ernest Kempf, chairman, and Michael Glauner, secretary. > At this meeting the "German Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Congregation " was organized; and Charles Dietsch, Peter Roszman and Michael Glauner chosen trustees, and Ernst Kempf, clerk. Rev. M. During was the minister who effected the organization, and the society met for worship in the court house semi-monthly. In 1862 the present brick church on West Front Street was built upon the lot purchased by the Reformed and Lutherans in 1854. The building committee was Charles Dietsch, Charles Hahn, Henry Lannert, Ernst Kempf and Ed- ward Dietsch, and the structure was completed at a total expense of $2, 500, and dedicated and first occupied on Whit Sunday in 1863. Revs. M. Dur- ing, H. Lang and G. Crownenwitt conducted the dedicatory services. A good bell has since been procured, and a parsonage bought on Front Street, not far from the church, at a cost of $1,900. Rev. Martin Buerkle succeeded M. During, and served the congregation eleven years. His successors have been Revs. J. T. Groth. J. B. Webber and E. L. T. En- gers, the present pastor. St. John's embraces some eighty-three families, and has a flourishing Sunday-school of about 100 scholars.
The First Regular Baptist Church of Findlay, though now a defunct organization, forms a part of the church history of the village. In the fall of 1854 a series of meetings were held in a schoolhouse on Chamberlin's Hill, by Rev. G. D. Oviatt, and those who then embraced the Baptist faith attached themselves to the Baptist Society in Amanda Township, and organ- ized a Sunday-school on the hill, of which Job Chamberlin was chosen superintendent. On the 27th of January. 1857, they withdrew from the Amanda Township society, and February 21 following, organized the First Regular Baptist Church of Findlay, with Rev. G. D. Oviatt as pastor; Samuel A. Spear and Charles Swap, deacons, and Job Chamberlin, clerk. The organizers were Samuel F. Hull, Charles Swap, Job Chamberlin Sam- uel A. Spear, G. D. Oviatt, Emanuel Phifer, John Bechtel, Solomon Wolf. Joel Routson, John Dyche, Charles Twining and Irvin S. Chamberlin. Job Chamberlin, Charles Swap and Samuel F. Hull were elected trustees on the date of organization. The society then embraced forty-one mem- bers, and also a good Sunday-school, with Job Chamberlin. superintendent. The meetings were held in the court house, as the society never owned a building. Soon after the Rebellion broke out the church became dismem-
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bered, and, though the Baptists have held occasional services in Findlay up to as late as 1877, the society has never been resuscitated.
The "Church of God" is one of the later religious organizations of Find- lay. Elder William Adams was the pioneer minister of this denomination in Hancock County, and a small society was organized by him in 1848, at the house of John Bolton, six miles west of the village. For the succeed- ing eight years occasional services were held in the county, though very little progress was made. In August, Elder R. H. Bolton (son of John Bolton) began to preach, and a year afterward he was appointed assistant to Elder J. M. West, on the Blanchard Circuit. The following year (1857) Elders W. McCormick and R. H. Bolton traveled this circuit, which included Findlay. Occasional services were held in the old Presbyterian Church on East Crawford Street, a few adherents of this faith having previously located in the village. Here, on the 18th of January, 1858, a society of twelve members was organized by Elders George W. Harn, of Wooster, Ohio, and R. H. Bolton, of Findlay, who, for ten days, had been holding a series of meetings. Among the members of this society were J. C. Sherrick and wife, George M. Grauel and wife, Jacob Grose and wife, John T. Grose and wife, Emernder Geyer and Elizabeth Cunningham. Meetings were afterward held from time to time in private houses, but the organization finally became extinct, and Findlay was abandoned as a regular preaching place.
In the fall of 1861 Elder R. H. Bolton was again appointed to this field, and took up his residence in Findlay. He held a series of meetings in the winter of 1861-62, in the North Findlay schoolhouse, which resulted in the formation of a society of nineteen members. The work was contin- ued, and in the winter of 1862-63, the membership was swelled to sixty. Mr. Bolton was succeeded, in 1864, by Elder W. P. Small, who preached every two weeks until the fall of 1865, when Elder G. W. Wilson came on the circuit. From 1863 to 1866 the society met in the United Brethren building. In April, 1866, Lot 37, on West Front Street, was purchased for $350, and the erection of the present brick church commenced. The build- ing was completed at a cost of about $4,000, and dedicated December 30, 1866, by Elder J. B. Soul, of Wooster, Ohio, and the minister in charge, Mr. Wilson. The church had been incorporated in the fall of 1866, and James Ferguson, Peter Sherrick and David Funk elected trustees, John Ferguson, treasurer, and John T. Grose, clerk. A Sunday-school was or- ganized, January 5, 1867, and is still in successful operation. In the sum- mer of 1867, Elder Wilson resigned and Elder Adams came at intervals until October, when Elders J. W. Aukerman and Warner were appointed to serve the Findlay society in connection with McComb Circuit. In October, 1868, Elder Aukerman took charge, and his successors have been as follows: Elders T. H. Deshirie, 1869-70; J. M. Cassel, 1870-72; J. W. Aukerman, 1872-73; W. P. Small, 1873-75; Solomon Kline, 1875-76; J. V. Updyke, 1876-78. Large accessions to the church occurred under Mr. Updyke; but in January, 1878, he " professed to receive and began to teach the doctrine of sanctification," which was regarded by many members as an innovation, and he was replaced by W. P. Burchard, who served till the following autumn. Then came W. P. Small, 1878-80; S. Dickerhoof, 1880-1881; J. M. Cassel, 1881-82; R. H. Bolton, 1882-84; Charles Winbigler, 1884, and is the present pastor. In December, 1884, the society took possession of the Congregational Church, held services there until the spring of 1886, and then returned to their
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own "Bethel," on Front Street. This society has had a steady, healthy growth, and, from small beginnings, it has gradually increased to a member- ship of 180, with a Sunday-school enrollment of 100. Besides their church building they also own a good parsonage on Main Street, in North Findlay, which was purchased in 1879. The opening of the new college during the present year will, doubtless, give fresh impetus to the growth of this church in Hancock County, and under the labors of Elder Winbigler, its present able and eloquent minister, the Findlay society will, we predict, go forward on a still more prosperous career.
The First Congregational Church was organized October 21, 1865, in Gage's Hall, by Rev. Robert McCune, of Kelly's Island. The society had its inception in the spring of 1865, through the disagreement of the mem- bers of the First Presbyterian Church over the further retention of Rev. J. A. Meeks as pastor of that body, those opposing that gentleman being sub- sequently upheld by the Presbytery. His friends then applied to the Presbytery for authority to organize a "Second Presbyterian Church," but the application was refused, the result of which was the secession of about forty-three members, with the old pastor, and the formation of the First Congregational Church. On the day of organization the following officers were chosen: Paul Sours, John Eckels, James Davidson and Aaron Hall, deacons; J. S. Ballentine, treasurer, and James A. Bope, clerk; while Rev. J. A. Meeks was called to the pastorate. In March, 1866, the church was incorporated as "The First Congregational Church of Findlay," and Lot 27, on the west side of the public square, was purchased for the sum of $2,500. The erection of a building thereon was commenced in the spring of 1867, the committee in charge being Paul Sours, James P. Kerr, Jesse Guise and J. C. Powell, and the following December the present commodious brick structure was completed at a cost of about $17,000. Mr. Meeks served the congregation faithfully about five years, and left the church in a flourishing state. He was succeeded by Rev. W. S. Peterson, under whose pastorate, in January, 1872, a chime of bells was put into the belfry at an expense of over $1,000. During Mr. Peterson's term of service consider- able trouble arose in the church, which was the entering wedge of its present disorganized condition. His successors were Revs. Thomas Gordon, H. D. Kutz, D. F. Davies and E. B. Chase. The last mentioned left in 1884. since which time the congregation has been without a pastor. In December, 1884, the "Church of God" took possession of the building, and occupied it until the spring of 1886.
St. Paul Church of the Evangelical Association dates back to the annual conference of said association held in May, 1870, when an English mission consisting of the Findlay, Fellar's, Porter's and Union Chapel societies was organized, and Rev. E. B. Crouse placed in charge. Services were gener- ally held in the United Brethren Church. On the 11th of July, 1870, "The Findlay Society of the Evangelical Association of North America" was in- corporated, and John Powell, John Crites and L. W. Hankey, elected trustees, and L. W. Hankey, clerk. At this time it was decided to erect a house of worship, and Lot 137 on East Sandusky Street was purchased for $1,000. The present brick building was at once commenced, and in October, 1870, was completed and dedicated at a total cost of about $6,000. The congregation have recently built a neat frame parsonage upon the same lot but facing on Crawford Street. Mr. Crouse served the society until 1872
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and his successors have been as follows: Revs. William Whittington, 1872-74; W. A. Shisler, 1874-76; Samuel Cocklin, 1876-77; John A. Hensel, 1877- 79; Charles L. Crowther, 1879-80; C. H. Dreisbach, 1880-82; W. W. Sherick, 1882-85; A. N. McCauley, 1885-86. The church has now a mem- bership of eighty-two, and a Sunday-school with an enrollment of 100 scholars.
Trinity Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church was organized on the 19th of July, 1881, by Rev. D. W. Coxe, of Fremont. This gentleman held the first Episcopal service in the old Lutheran Church on West Craw- ford Street, May 16, and in June he and Rev. J. L. Taylor, of Lima, began holding alternate services in Findlay, which culminated in the organization of " Trinity Mission." Thirty-four names were signed to the request sent to Bishop Bedell. On the Sth of November, 1881, Rev. Dr. White and L. S. Osberne held services in Findlay, and on that day the congregation re- solved to rent a room in which to worship. A room in the Courier Block was accordingly procured, and February 19, 1882, Rev. George Bosley, of Kenton, Ohio, was appointed rector of Trinity Mission. He served until September 30, 1882, on which date he held his last service in Findlay, and resigned the charge the following November. Since that time no service has been held, and the mission has gone out of existence.
The " Church of Christ," better known as the Disciples, was organized with twenty-eight members December 14, 1884, under the direction of Rev. William J. Lhamon, of Kenton, Ohio. Prior to this various ministers of this denomination preached incidental sermons in Findlay, viz. : Revs. W. M. Broader, M. Riddle, Alanson Wilcox and William J. Lhamon. During the spring and summer of 1884, Mr. Lhamon preached frequently on week- day evenings. In December he held meetings for several days, which re- sulted in the organization of the society. At the time of organization the work was placed under the direction of the following committee: Henry Shank, Jr., Henry C. Lanning, A. A. Dillinger, Mrs. Kate M. Kagy, Mrs. Hannah Ross and Mrs. Orpha L. Humason. Services have been held in the Reformed Church, on East Main Cross Street, up to the present. Mr. Lhamon continued to preach for the church until the spring of 1886, when the services of Rev. S. M. Cook, of North Eaton, Ohio, were secured, who now preaches for the congregation, which has a membership of thirty-six.
Secret and Other Societies. - Hancock Lodge, No. 73, I. O. O. F., was instituted August 17, 1846, the charter members being Abraham Younkin, Jacob Carr, Edson Goit, Abel F. Parker and James H. Barr. It is the oldest secret society in the village, and now contains about 210 members. On the 12th of June, 1872, the lodge dedicated their fine hall, located in a substantial three-story brick building, on the east side of Main Street, which they erected that year at a total cost of over $10,000.
The Golden Rule Encampment, No. 92, I. O. O. F., was instituted June 21, 1866, under a charter granted May 2, 1866, to L. G. Thrall, Charles E. Niles, Sylvester M. Geyer, William McKinnis, Charles J. Krause, William L. Glessner, Henry B. Green and George W. Neeley. The Encampment has a membership of 105, and holds its meetings in the Odd Fellows' lodge room.
Canton Findlay, No. 31, Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F., was chartered, with forty-two members, February 1, 1886. It also meets in the lodge- room on Main Street.
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Findlay Lodge, No. 227, F. & A. M., was organized under a dispensa- tion January 16, 1852. On the 22d of October following a charter was granted to Abraham Younkin, Abel F. Parker, Edwin Parker, David Patton, James M. Coffinberry, George Arnold, Adolphus Morse, Eli S. Reed and Cloys B. Wil- son, with Abraham Younkin, W. M .; James M. Coffinberry, S. W .; George Arnold, J. W. The lodge was duly instituted November 9, 1852, with the following officers: Abraham Younkin, W. M .; George W. Springer, S. W .; William L. Henderson, J. W .; Eli S. Reed, Treas .; David Patton, Sec. ; Thomas McKee, S. D .; John E. Rosette, J. D .; George Arnold, Tyler. The meetings were first held in the old Jonathan Parker building, on the site of Patterson's Block, and subsequently in the " Old White Corner," and Joy House Block. In 1878 the lodge obtained their present quarters, on the east side of Main Street north of Crawford, which they fitted up and have since occupied. The membership in good standing is about seventy-five.
Findlay Chapter, No. 58, R. A. M., was organized by dispensation granted March 22, 1854. On the 16th of October, 1854, a charter was granted to Abraham Younkin, James A. Kellum, William L. Henderson, Benjamin Metcalf, S. T. Heffner and George Arnold. The membership is now about forty, and the Chapter meets in the lodge-room on Main Street.
Findlay Council, No. 50, R. & S. M., was organized by dispensation June 19, 1867, and on the 12th of October following James Wilson, H. D. Bal- lard, B. F. Kimmons, W. E. Snyder, D. B. Beardsley, J. M. Huber, Will- iam Anderson, M. B. Patterson and Isaac Bonham were granted a charter. The membership is now fourteen.
Findlay Lodge, No. 85, K. of P., was instituted May 27, 1875, with twenty- nine charter members. The charter was surrendered February 24, 1879, and the lodge reorganized under the old charter September 21, 1883. It now em- braces a membership of forty, and meets in the G. A. R. Hall, in the Patter- son block.
The Harmonia Society, a German musical association, was organized May 12, 1875, with eight active members. This society has fitted up a small hall over Herman Rogge's grocery store, on West Main Cross Street, where they meet for social pleasure. A few concerts are given in this hall during the year, which are well attended by the German population of the village.
Charity Lodge, No. 770, K. of H., was chartered September 11, 1878, by D. C. Connell, Henry B. Green, F. W. Entrikin, Ernest Bacher, W. H. Shu- ler, H. W. Blecker, J. M. Beelman, G. H. Wheeler, E. G. DeWolfe, William Edwards. J. C. Bushon and Timothy Fellers. The membership is now only nineteen, and the lodge has not been meeting for some time.
Hancock Council, No. 187, R. A., was instituted in November, 1878, with thirty-four charter members, and has now thirty-eight. Dr. J. H. Boger's dental rooms is their place of meeting.
Blanchard Council, No. 569, A. L. of H., was organized in May, 1881, with twenty-two charter members, but it has now only seventeen.
Stoker Post, No. 54, G. A. R., was chartered April 7, 1881, with thir- ty-two members, and has since increased its membership to 120. The Post has a fine room in the Patterson Block, and has accomplished much good since its organization.
Stoker Relief Corps, No. 72, G. A. R., was chartered March 7, 1885, with twenty-eight members.
It is composed of ladies, who assist and work in harmony with the Post.
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Fort Findlay Council, No. 79, N. U., was organized April 18, 1884, with thirty nine members. It meets at the I. O. G. T. Hall, on Main Street.
Rescue Lodge, No. SO, I. O. G. T., was chartered with thirty-nine mem- bers March 21, 1884, and has now over 200. Their lodge-room is located in the Henderson Block, on Main Street. There are two temples connected with Rescue Lodge, and that work in harmony with it, viz. : Mason Juvenile Temple, No. 39, chartered September 3, 1885, with sixty members, and now has 175; and Juvenile Temple, No. 15, chartered November 20, 1885, with twenty members, and now has forty-five. The principal object of the I. O. G. T. is to further the cause of temperance, and rescue fallen humanity from the thraldom of strong drink. To this noble work thousands of earnest men and women all over this broad land are devoting their energies, fighting the demon that has destroyed so many happy homes and wrecked the lives of millions of God's children.
CHAPTER XXXII.
FINDLAY CONTINUED.
HOTELS, MANUFACTORIES, BANKS AND PUBLIC PLACES OF AMUSEMENT- PIONEER TAVERNS AND PRESENT HOTELS OF FINDLAY-LEADING MAN- UFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT-HISTORY OF THE SUCCESSIVE BANKING INSTITUTIONS OF THE TOWN-BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS-EARLY AMUSEMENTS AND PUBLIC HALLS OF THE VILLAGE-BRASS BANDS.
A S hotels, manufacturing establishments, banks and places of amuse- ment occupy a prominent place in the business and social life of every town, it is fitting that a chapter in the history of Findlay should be devoted to the past and present of such institutions. The first hotel, or rather tav- ern, on the site of Findlay, was kept by Benjamin J. Cox, who located at Fort Findlay, in 1815, and took possession of a story and a half hewed-log house, erected and occupied by a man named Thorp during the war of 1812. This frontier tavern stood on the east side of Main Street, immediately south of the bridge, and was kept by Cox till the coming of Wilson Vance, in November, 1821, when he had to give it up to the latter, whose brother, Joseph, and Elnathan Cory had previously entered the land upon which it stood. Mr. Vance continued the tavern until 1831, when he abandoned the business. In 1827 board at Vance's tavern was $1.50 per week, and even at that price good, plain, substantial meals were always set upon the table.
In 1828 William Taylor opened the "Findlay Inn" in a small build- ing on the site of Rothchild's liquor store, which he carried on in connec- tion with his store until 1833, when he sold it to Abraham Daughenbaugh, who ran it about four years, and then rented the property to M. M. Nigh. The latter kept tavern here a couple of years, and was succeeded by Alonzo D. Wing. This tavern was conducted a number of years.
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John Bashore erected a large two-story hewed-log building in 1829-30 on the site of the Carnahan Block, in which he opened a tavern. In the spring of 1832 the property was purchased by Maj. John Patterson, and Bashore soon afterward removed to Lima. In the spring of 1834 Mr. Pat- terson located permanently, and traded this property to James H. Wilson for a two-story frame on the site of the Humphrey House, where a tavern had previously been kept by Jeremiah Case, who leased the property from Mr. Wilson. The building was erected by Thomas F. Johnston, who sold it to Mr. Wilson in 1832, before its completion.
The "Findlay Caravansary" was opened on this corner by Maj. Patter- son in the spring of 1834, and was the only tavern in the village that sold no intoxicating drink. Whenever a thirsty traveler called in to "wet his whistle." the Major would point to a well just outside the door and politely say: "There's plenty of pump-water, sir. I do not sell whisky," from which quaint expression he became widely known as "Old Pump-water," a name that is an honor to his memory and a monument to his zeal in the cause of tem- perance. In September. 1840, he traded his tavern to Samuel Leard for a farm in Washington Township, but the latter soon afterward sold it to John Reed, a pioneer of Portage Township. Mr. Reed continued the old name for a short time, and then changed it to "Reed's Hotel." He was suc- ceeded in the business by his brother, Eli S., who ran it until the spring of 1852, when he rented the house to George H. Crook, who remained till January, 1853, and Mr. Reed again took possession. Early in 1854 he began the erection of the front portion of the present three-story brick which he opened for business the following December. In January, 1859, Guntner & Woodworth leased the house, and were succeeded by E. H. Cowles in February, 1862. Mr. Reed died during the three months' service in 1861, while commissary of the Twenty-first Regiment. In March, 1863, Samuel Renninger purchased the property and opened it as the " American House." Mr. Renninger conducted the hotel for several years and then rented it to E. B. Belding, who changed the name to the "Belding House." In the fall of 1874 Jasper Constable succeeded Mr. Belding; next came Stewart Sprague, who changed the name to the "Commercial Hotel." In December, 1878, Mr. Renninger sold the property to C. H. Dietsch, who ran the hotel nearly eight years, erecting a large addition thereto during his proprietorship. In March, 1886, J. W. Humphrey, of Jamestown, N. Y., leased and took possession of the hotel. He began at once extensive changes and improvements, and it is now far superior in appearance and convenience to what it has ever been before. He also changed the name to the "Humphrey House," and is fast winning a fair share of the travel- ing trade. The house contains about fifty rooms completed, and is first- class in its service and appointments.
The site of the Joy House has been occupied by a hotel during a period of forty-six years. In 1839-40 an Irishman named John McCurdy erected a two-story frame on this ground and soon afterward sold it to Henry Lamb, who in the latter year opened it as the " White Hall Tavern." Mr. Lamb carried on this tavern until near the close of March, 1849, and the building was burned down on the 31st of that month immediately after the Lambs had moved out. The ground remained unoccupied until the spring of 1854, when the Findlay Joint Stock Hotel Company purchased it, and commenced the erection thereon of the present three-story brick structure
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known as the Joy House Block. The building was not completed until the fall of 1856, when it was opened by S. T. Heffner as the "Dixon Hotel," in honor of Daniel Dixon, one of the principal stockholders in the company, and a leading citizen of the village. The south part of the present hotel was purchased in June, 1859, by George H. Crook, of the Joint Stock Hotel Company, who changed the name to the "Crook House," and ran it until the spring of 1865. Stewart Sprague then bought the furnishings and leased the building of Mr. Crook, and carried on the hotel business for five years. In the spring of 1870 A. & D. Joy, who had been running a hotel in Carey for many years, purchased the property, and at once changed the name to the "Joy House." Under their management the Joy House soon won the larger share of the hotel trade, and it has retained this up to the present. (April, 1886). The Joys lease the two upper stories of the north part of the block, which, together with the old portion, gives their hotel an accommodation of sixty-eight rooms. Most of the interior has been recently refurnished, the dining room remodeled and handsomely furnished in rich harmony of colors, and as a whole, the Joy House will compare favorably with the average hotel of the State outside of the larger towns.
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