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was November 15th, of the same year, where it is still published.
Dr. Clark discharged the duties of editor from September, 1871, till his death, in July, 1879. which occurred at the residence of Governor Colquitt, in Atlanta, Georgia. After the death of Dr. Clark, John Scott, D.D., was again chosen editor, which position he has continued to fill .- [George W. Barnett. ]
POSTOFFICE.
The postoffice at Meadow Farm was at the printing office of the "Western Recorder, "about six miles west of the city of Zanesville, in 1839. Rev. C. Springer was appointed Postmaster. The office was discontinued in 1845.
Meadow Farm Church (Methodist Protestant) is situated about six miles southwest of the city of Zanesville, on land donated by Rev. Cornelius Springer. The society was organized in 1854. The first members were Rev. Cornelius Springer and wife, Joseph Rodman and family, John Springer and family, Jeremiah Springer and family, and Mrs. Ellen Wortman.
The first Class Leaders were John Springer, Joseph Rodman, and John Johnson. The first preacher was Rev. William B. Ivans.
A Sabbath School was organized soon after, with about fifty scholars. The present Superin- tendent is I. R. Gray.
Rev. Cornelius Springer was born in Wil- mington, Delaware, about the year 1793, and came to this township with his father, John Springer, in 1806. When a young man, he was converted, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and, soon after, became an itinerant preacher-perhaps in 1816. He continued in this work as long as he was able for duty, and died August 17th, 1875, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. His career of public usefulness be- gan in the school-room. When the division of the church took place, in 1829, he identified him- self with the moiety known as the Methodist Protestants, and led off as editor and publisher of the "Western Recorder," the organ of the church, an account of which is given elsewhere in this chapter.
RAILROAD.
The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville, subsequently the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad, was built across the east end of the township, in 1854. The leading citizens of Putnam were prominent contributors to the build- ing of this road.
The first organization not having sufficient means for building the road, it was mortgaged, and thus the money for building and equipping was raised. The mortgage was foreclosed and the road sold, at a great reduction-below cost. It is now leased to the Pennsylvania Company, and is under the control and management of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company.
John A. Adams, of Zanesville, was a Direc- tor. William M. Triplett, of Circleville, Ohio, was Secretary.
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GEOLOGICAL.
On the land of Rev. J. Springer (section six- teen), the following section was taken :
Feet.
Inches.
1. Blossom of coal. ...
...
2. Not seen. 60 0
3. Putnam Hill limestone ..
1
6
4. Shale 3
0
5. Sandstone 1
0
6. Shale 2
0
7. Coal 0 1
8. Under-clay
0
6
9. Sandy shale. 10
0
10. Siderite ore
0
6
11. Flint
12. Dark shale and laminated sandstone .. 5
()
13. Fine grained sandstone 4 0
The fine-grained sandstone (number thirteen, in the above section), is a very handsome, light blue stone, very evenly bedded, easily quarried, and has proven to be durable.
On the land of Perry Bolin, section six, in this township, a limonite ore, six inches thick, is found, at an elevation of fifty-four feet above the Putnam Hill limestone. This ore is taken to the Zanesville furnace. The following is an analy- sis by Prof. Wormley :
Specific gravity. 2.624
Water combined 13.20
Silicious matter .. 14.96
Iron sesqui oxide 67.35
Manganese. 0.90
Lime, phosphate 0.63
Lime, carbonate. 0.81
Magnesia
1.32
Sulphur (Trace).
Total 99.57
Metallic iron .. 47.15
Phosphoric acid. 0.29
This is an excellent ore, rich in iron, free from sulphur, and containing only a small amount of phosphorus.
The seam, where measured, averages six inches in thickness.
In Springfield township, the two seams of coal known as the two New Lexington coals ( the up- per of which is the equivalent of the great seam of southern Perry county), are almost constantly seen, in their proper horizons. They are worked in many places. They always hold the same position, relatively, to the Putnam Hill limestone. The original and typical Putnam Hill limestone is found in this township, and is easily examined in the dug-way just above the bridge of the Cin- cinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. - | Geo- logical Report, 1873, Vol. 1, pp. 327-8.1
Clay .- "Fire clay" is found on the lands of 1 .. H. Dugan and others, near the city, and is gaining the reputation of being a superior quality for lining capsules for foundry purposes. About fourteen hundred tons are annually hauled from Mr. Dugan's to the city. This clay is near the
limestone, and both are taken out to good ad- vantage, together. Other clay (potters' clay) of good quality is abundant, and extensively man- ufactured in this township.
Coal .- Bituminous coal of good quality is abundant in this township, and is mined exten- sively on several farms near the city.
Iron .-- Iron ore, from four to six inches thick, has been discovered in several localities, but has not been mined or worked. It may prove very valuable. About the year 1818, James Crosby and Mr. . -Jackson built an iron forge a few rods south of the south end of the lower bridge. They obtained pig-iron at Dillon's furnace, of Licking. They used horse power.
Blue limestone .- A stratum about four feet thick extends pretty generally over the township. It is a good building stone, and good lime is made of it.
Sandstone of good variety for building pur- poses is abundant. Also "firestone," large quantities of which are dressed and shipped to other cities by S. G. McBride, who is also en- gaged in the manufacture of granite monuments and tombstones. The stone used for the base of these structures being obtained in this township.
MILITARY.
The following are known to have served in the Revolutionary War : Captain -- Warner and JACOB Addison ; and the following in the Indian War, under General Anthony Wayne: William H. Moore, enlisted at Northumberland, Penn- sylvania, in Captain Cook's company. Rangers, April Ist. 1792, discharged at Greencastle, Pennsylvania, April 17th. 1795 ; and Joseph Dorrah, enlisted in 1794, in Captain Bragg's company, Rangers.
In the War of 1812-Colonel Edward Tupper, William H. Moore, John Hempfield, Samuel Simmons, William Manley, Ambrose Josselyn. and Quartermaster Horace Nye.
Drafted-Samuel Chapman, Sr., who being sick at the time, sent a substitute, name not given.
In the Mexican War-John G. Leisure.
In the War of the Rebellion, 1861, as follows :
Company A, Seventy-eighth O. V. I., was raised by Colonel H. D. Munson. Putnam. It is noteworthy that his daughter, Julia, traveled with him when recruiting this company, and it is said was a valuable Aid-de-Camp.
Company B. Seventy-eighth O. V. I., was raised in Putnam and vicenity, by Z. M. Chand- ler and G. F. Wiles. Z. M. Chandler was ap- pointed Captain, G. F. Wiles First Lieutenant. and G. D. Munson, Second Lieutenant. Mr. Chandler resigned his position as Superintendent of the Public Schools of Putnam, to go into the army. He was appointed Major of his regiment. at Bolivar. Tennessee, and was soon after pro- moted to Lieutenant Colonel, but during the Mis- sissippi campaign he was compelled to resign on account of bad health, which he did at Raymond. Mississippi.
Lieut. G. F. Wiles was appointed Captain of
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Company C, Seventy-eighth O. V. I., April 16th, 1862. He was appointed Lieutenant Colonel, and took command of his regiment on the battle field of Champion Hills, May 16th, 1863. At Atlanta, he was appointed Colonel of his regi- ment, and during the greater part of the siege he was in command of the Second Brigade. After the South Carolina campaign, he was ap- pointed Brevet Brigadier General, for his effi- ciency, as well as that of the regiment. On the campaign from Savannah, Georgia, to Golds- boro. North Carolina, he commanded the Second Brigade through terrible hardships and almost unsurmountable difficulties. When the regiment arrived at Washington, D. C., he was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General, on merit alone. He was breveted, also, by act of Congress. He re- mained with his regiment until the close of the war, and was mustered out of service at Colum- bus. Ohio, July 15th. 1865. He was said to be one of the best officers in the army.
The Seventy-eighth Ohio was one of the best drilled regiments in the army ; was in thirty-five engagements ; never driven from the field by the enemy : when it left the field of battle it was by order of its own officers.
Company B, of the One Hundred and Fifty- ninth O. N. G., was organized in Putnam, in the year 1863. Nearly all of its members lived in Springfield township. It was equipped and mustered into the United States service in re- sponse to the call by Governor Brough, for forty thousand volunteers, for one hundred days. The regiment was mustered in May 9th, 1864. Company B, with the regiment, under orders, proceeded from Zanesville, Ohio, to Harper's Ferry. Virginia, for garrison duty. They were afterwards stationed on Maryland Heights, then at Camp Bradford, Baltimore.
Gilbert D. Munson was appointed Second Lieutenant of Company B, Seventy-eighth O. V. I .. at the organization of the regiment, De- cember 12th, 1861. and was appointed Captain of his company September 7th, 1852, and was sub- sequently detailed on General Leggett's staff, and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of his regi- ment. January, 1865. He won a creditable rep- utation as an officer of more than ordinary ability, and pleasing address. He took command of the regiment at Goldsboro, North Carolina, and led it through to Alexandria, Virginia. His coolness and bravery on the field of battle were almost unequaled. He remained with his command until the close of the war, and was mustered out of service at Columbus, Ohio, July 15th, 1865.
Charles C. Wiles was appointed First Lieuten- ant, and assigned as Assistant Quartermaster of the Seventy-eighth regiment, in 1862, and served acceptably to the close of the war.
Charles Roper was appointed Bugler and Chief Musician, and under him the regiment had a band that was unsurpassed by any in the service. His health having failed, and the position of Chief Musician being abandoned, he was mustered out at Lake Providence, Louisiana.
Charles H. Bunher, of Company B, was one of the musicians.
Benjamin F. Scott, Seventh Corporal of Com- pany B, was killed in the action at Atlanta, Georgia.
The following members of Company B, Seventy-eighth Regiment, O. V. I., were resi- dents of Springfield township: G. W. Beards- lev, Amos H. Brelsford, George W. Cooper, Richard Dickinson, Samuel Dickinson, John E. Jones, Samuel Lewis, Geo. H. Mathews, Joseph Osmond, David Smith, Jacob P. Springer, Isaac Springer, John Weaver, Frank Munson.
Company A,Seventy-eighth Regiment O.V. I., Thomas Mathews.
Company C,Seventy-eighth Regiment O.V. I., William C. Younger.
The following persons volunteered to serve in the United States Navy (Western Flotilla) : William Anderson, Henry Burns, Henry Bor- ing, Solon Best, John Bowers, George Berkshire, James Brunen, Peter Cline, James Crozier, Wil- liam Cockrill, Conrade Carl, E. B. Haver, James Huff, Andrew Josselyn, E. Farquhar, William Lenhart, William Larzelere, John McCoy, G. B. McClelland, C. A. Merriam, William McBride, F. Omsted, E. N. Nicholson, William Philips, James Peters, James Palmer, George Rex, Seth Stoughton, Eb. Seborn, Jef- ferson Stonesipher, R. Stillwell, George Shaw, Dan Schuler, N. K. Smith, Joseph R. Thomas, Jr., T. S. Wilbur, J. V. H. Wiles, Enoch Wilbur.
The following officers and soldiers vol- unteered from Camp Bradford, July 4, 1864, to proceed to Frederick City, Maryland, as mounted infantry, for the purpose of preventing the enemy from coming into Maryland :
Captain-Henry S. Allen.
First Lieutenant-Milton F. Timons.
Second-Lieutenant -- Samuel L. Wiles.
Sergeants-John Baughman, Samuel Hadden, David McCandlish.
Corporals-James. A. McFarland, William Curtis, Jr., Philip Stockdale, John G. Fisher, Samuel H. Sawhill.
Musician-Edward B. Haver.
Privates -- John J. Ashbaugh, George W. Baugh- man, James F. Baughman, John Booz, John Curtis, Edward Crowell, William Chilcote, Henry C. Dieterick, John J. Ewen, Geoge B. Ewen, Alphonzo J. Helmuth, Oliver King, Christian Kagay, Samuel R. Larimer, William J. Lamb, Perry Longshore, William H. Meyers, Louis Munch (who was taken prisoner and es- caped), Thomas I. Moorhead, John McMillen, John Melor, Sylvanus Mevay, John Mevay, Thomas Myers, Thomas Ross, James W. Terry, John Tomlinson, John Terry, John H. White, and Thomas Webster. They skirmished all day, Friday, July 8th, at the bottom of South Moun- tain, two miles from Frederick City. July 9th, they fought the enemy, at the battle of Mono-
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cacy Junction, Maryland, from seven o'clock in the morning till six o'clock in the evening.
" Ah! never shall the land forget,
How gushed the life blood of her brave; Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they fought to save."
They returned to Camp Bradford July 18th. One Hundreth and Fifty-ninth Regiment, O.V. I .- Lucius P. Marsh was Captain of Company A, and Charles W. Potwin, First-Lieutenant.
PUTNAM GRAYS.
This military company was organized in 1839. The company was well drilled, and made a fine display, in fancy maneuvers, and dress parade. The members were among the most prominent citizens of the township, and the majority of them residents of Putnam.
Jesse P. Hatch was Captain. He was a grad- uate in the Military School of Norwich, Ver- mont, under Captain Partridge. The company was, therefore, in good hands, and soon acquired proficiency in the manual then in use, as Captain Hatch was a fine drill master. He made the Greys a model company, in so much that the citizens were proud of it. But odd as it may ap- pear, it is impossible to give a regular list of the membership. The last officers were : Captain, William C. Eli; First Lieutenant, Lawson Wiles ; Ensign, J. C. Cherry. The company disbanded in 1845.
MUSKINGUM COUNTY MILITIA.
The First Regiment of Muskingum County Militia had its headquarters in this township, and was organized in 1863, under an act of the Legislature passed at the session of 1862-3.
It was composed of citizens of Springfield, Brush Creek, Clay, Newton, and Hopewell townships, liable to do military duty.
Three companies were raised in Springfield. A. M. Huston, H. B. Taylor, and H. L. Gray, were elected Captains. Captain Taylor's com- pany, was, subsequently, consolidated with the other two.
The regiment was composed of twelve compa- nies, viz : Two in Springfield : three in Brush Creek (Captains, David Walls, G. B. Minear, and Joseph Boyd) ; one in Clay (Captain G. B. Weaver) ; three in Newton, (Captains HI. A. Axline, Geo. W. Jenkins, and James Anderson) ; and three in Hopewell (Captains William Down, Leroy Robinson, and Joseph Porter).
A. M. Huston was elected Colonel of the reg- iment : G. W. Showers (of Brush Creek ), Lieu- tenant-Colonel; James Colvin (of Hopewell township), Major ; C. A. Merriam (of Spring- field), Adjutant ; A. C. Brechville (of Newton township), Quartermaster.
A. F. Street was elected to fill the vacancy by the promotion of A. M. Huston to the Colonelcy.
The officers did militia duty at Newark. Ohio. one week annually ; the regiment did militia duty at Newark, Ohio, one day annually : and
each company did militia duty two days an- nually.
ROLL OF HONOR OF MILITARY DEAD.
[Compiled from W. O. Munson's Record.]
Aston, Randolph C. ; Company B, Seventy- eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Atkinson, F. M. ; Company B, Twenty-fourth Regiment O. V. I.
Atkinson, James ; Company E, Nineteenth Regiment O. V. I.
Alves, Henry ; Company H, Seventy-eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Aston, J. W. ; Company E, Nineteenth Regi- ment O. V. I.
Beatty, Henry ; Company M, Fifth U. S. Col- ored.
Brown, George ; Company M, Fifth U. S. Col- ored.
Berkshire, William ; Company K, Ninety-sev- enth Regiment O. V. I.
Ball, Nelson ; Company -, Nineteenth Regi- ment O. V. I.
Cockerel, William A. ; Company -, Twelfth Regiment O. V. I.
Chapman, John L. ; Company K, Ninety-sev- enth Regiment O. V. I.
Crooks, William ; Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment O. V. I.
Dickerson, Richard ; Company B, Seventy- eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Dorsey, Thomas ; Company E. First Regi- ment O. V. I.
Dant, Frank ; Company E. Nineteenth Regi- ment O. V. I.
Davy, John ; Company -- , Regiment -.
Deitrick, William : Company A. Sixty-second Regiment O. V. I.
Emery, William ; Company D, Sixty-second Regiment O. V. I.
Figley, Robert : Company B, Seventy-eighth Regiment O. V. I.
France, Howard C. : Company E, Nineteenth Regiment O. V. I.
Fletcher. Western ; Company M. Eleventh U. S. Colored.
Gray, John : Company E. Fortieth Regiment O. V. I.
Gardner, William : Company K. Ninety-sev- enth Regiment O. V. 1.
Gad, Miles D. ; Company E, Nineteenth Reg- iment O. V. 1.
Hopes, Lieut. Thomas : Company F. Seventy- eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Hall, Nathaniel : Company M. Eleventh U. S. Colored.
Hemphill, Finley ; Company K. Ninety-sev- enth Regiment O. V. I.
Harding, John W. : Company E. Nineteenth Regiment O. V. I.
Haver, Lewis P. : Company E. Third Regi- ment O. V. I.
Haffhill. John ; Company -, Eleventh U. S. Colored.
Hunnicut, Greenberry : Company D. Eleventh U. S. Colored.
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James, Alvah ; Company C, Thirteenth Cav- alry ..
Josselyn, Alfred ; Company A, One Hundred ahd Twenty-second Regiment O. V. I.
Kinney, William ; Company M, Eleventh Reg- iment U. S. colored.
Kountz, Charles : Company E. Nineteenth U. S. colored.
Kelley, James ; gunboat.
Lewis, Samuel ; Company B, Seventy-eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Lewis, James ; Company B, Seventy-eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Matthews, George H. ; Company B. Seventy- eighth Regiment O. V. I.
McMillen, William ; Andersonville prison.
Osmond, Joseph ;
Potts, George I. ; Quartermaster Sergeant Ninety-fifth Regiment.
Palmer, J. W. ; Company -, Nineteenth Reg- iment O. V. I.
Phillips. John ; Company B, Twenty-fourth Regiment O. V. I.
Runnion, Joel ; Company F. Seventy-eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Reed, Major B. C. G. ; One Hundred and Sev- enty-fourth Regiment O. V. I.
Reynolds, Horace : Seventy-sixth Regiment O. V. I.
Smith, Albert ; Company B, Seventy-eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Salade, John W. ; Company G, Ninety-sev- enth Regiment O. V. I.
Smith, Charles ; Company C, Thirteenth Cav- alry.
Springer, Catharinus ; Company E, Nineteenth Regiment O. V. I.
Skinner, John ; Company B. Seventy-eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Stockdale, Robert; Company K, Ninety-sev- enth Regiment O. V. I.
Scott, B. F .; Company K, Ninety-seventh Regiment O. V. I.
Schnebby, Warren B, Twenty-fifth Cavalry.
Spaulding, John H. ; Company K, Ninety- seventh Regiment O. V. I.
Starts, Thomas ; Company -, Fifth U. S. In- fantry, colored.
Tuttle, Austin : Company A, Sixteenth Regi- ment O. V. I.
Thompson, John ; unknown, colored.
Wiles, William Harrison : Company B, Fif- teenth Regiment O. V. I.
Wiles, Cordon R .; Company B, Seventy- eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Williams, Benoni A. : Thirteenth Cavalry.
Weaver, Charles ; Company E, Nineteenth Regiment O. V. I.
Weaver, John ; Company B, Seventy-eighth Regiment O. V. I.
Wont, George ; Company -, Nineteenth Reg- ment O. V. I. .
IMPROVED BREEDS OF STOCK.
Fine Wooled Sheep .- Dr. Increase Mathews was the first in this township to engage in grow-
ing fine wooled sheep. This was abont 1820, and he obtained his start in this stock, in Vermont.
Cyrus Merriam, who came from Brandon, Vermont, when about twenty-one years of age. and engaged in merchandising-soon after mar- ried the grand-daughter of General Rufus Put- nam, now a widow, in her Seventy-seventh year, and to whom we are indebted for this informa- tion-in the year 1826, purchased a fruit farm, about two miles southwest of town, and lived there until he died, in November, 1873. In 1828, Mr. Merriam purchased a flock of sheep from Dr. Mathews, and for a few years gave atten- tion to wool growing. In 1843. he and William Baldwin, of Putnam. employed Sandford How- ard to go to Massachusetts and purchase for them, and bring to this place, some Durham cattle, for breeding ; also, some Herefords. Mr. Merriam then engaged in raising stock of those varieties, but soon after confined his attention to the short- horned, and was very successful. He continued in the business as long as he lived, and his sons became his successors.
Devons .- In 1864, James Buckingham began growing this highly prized breed of cattle, and subsequently associated with L. H. C. Howard, and continued in the business. Their stock is valued highly, for breeding purposes, and some of their strains have found purchasers at a con- siderable distance away.
Blooded Horses .- Mr. Buckingham.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
WHEN IT WAS THE RED MAN'S DOMAIN-MOUND BUILDERS-THE TOWNSHIP AS NOW RECOG- NIZED-"MAD ANTHONY"-PIONEERS-BOUND)- ARIES-ELECTION -- TOPOGRAPHY-PRODUCTS- STREAMS-COAL-IRON-FIRST ROAD -SALT WORKS-FAIRVIEW M. E. CHURCH-FIRST SAB- BATII SCHOOL -- FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE-CEME- TERIES-FIRST JUSTICE OF THE PEACE-FIRST POST ROUTE - POSTOFFICE - POSTMASTER - MILLS-FIRST STORE-BRICK KILNS-FARM IM- PLEMENTS -- DUNCAN , IHIS HOME, HABITS. DEATH. CAVE, GUN-DUNCAN'S FALLS-FIRST BLACK- SMITHS-FIRST TAVERN-DUNCAN'S FALLS LAID OUT-VETERAN PHYSICIAN-IMPROVED BREEDS OF STOCK-THE PARKINSON SCHOOL HOUSE- TEMPERANCE WAVE -- DEBATING SOCIETY-DUN- CAN'S FALLS BAPTIST CHURCH-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHI-ANCHOR LODGE, F. AND A. M., NO. 283 - METHODIST CHURCH - UNION SUNDAY SCHOOLS-LITERARY SOCIETY-MILITARY, IN THE "WAR OF 12 -LIGIIT INFANTRY COMPA- NY, IN 1840-IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION -GEOLOGY.
The region now known by this name, once formed a part of the red man's domain. Some branch or subdivision of the once great Shawnee Nation, perhaps, built "old town," on the east
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side of the river, at Duncan's Falls. They were there as late as 1794, but-
They are gone! They are gone To the distant forests, dark and deep- To happy hunting-grounds are gone, And with their fathers sleep.
Among the evidences of earlier inhabitants having roamed over this country, are mounds, some, evidently, built by Indians, and others by that peculiar race. called "mound-builders. One of this latter class is found in the town of Duncan's Falls. It is about thirty feet in diam- eter, on top, sloping gently down the sides, and has an elevation of about ten feet above the sur- rounding surface. Another of this class, and about the same size, is found half a mile north of this ; and still another, of about the same di- mensions, is found on section nine. To the eastward of this mound, nearly half a mile, is a circular formation, about fifty feet in diameter, having a ditch nearly six feet deep, on the inside. There is a doorway at the east part of this struc- ture, with a mound just inside this passage-way, and, on the embankment surrounding the mound, large forest trees are growing, indicating that the structure was made when no trees were in that locality, as these trees are larger than those in the surrounding forests. There are other and smaller mounds, recognized as such as Indians erect for burial-places.
The township, as now recognized, was not named and bounded for a quarter of a century after the first settler had reared his cabin in the wilderness known only to native denizens. And, doubtless, he who suggested the name was thinking of "the eternal fitness of things," for Anthony Wayne was not alone a valiant soldier- officer-he was a moral hero. While clinging to his sword, as a means of safety, he was dis- posed to invite his antagonist to join in a council of peace, and, while the enemies of civilization feared "Mad Anthony," they respected him for his steadfastness and integrity. These traits, as every schoolboy knows, were the secrets of his success. Hence, the propriety of naming a new settlement after him, perpetuating the memory of his life lessons and emulating his example.
It was a beautiful spring morning, in 1802, when James Findley found the spot that became his home. Lured by the beauty so lavishly dis- played on every hill and vale, and regaled by the balmy odors of rarest flora, is the thought fondly cherished by his descendants. Mingled with a discordant note uttered by beasts of prey, whose near approach made it sometimes neces- sary to lay down the ax for the rifle, and some- times ponder the guttural accents of the Indian : and, years after, he would say :
" Through the woodland, through the meadow, As in silence oft I walk, Softly whispering on the breezes, Seems to come the red man's talk."
Mr. Findley was a Pennsylvanian, and the 53
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