History of Noble County, Ohio: With Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 35

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Caldwell's first addition (lots 91 and 92), surveyed by Henry Mil- ler, September 24, 1868; ditto, second addition (lots 105 to 111), surveyed by Henry Miller, Decem- ber 7, . 1870; J. W. Caldwell's second addition (lots 93 to 100), surveyed by David Miller, March 8, 1871; Joseph Caldwell's third addition (lots 119 to 125), sur- veyed by Henry Miller, Novem- ber 4, 1871; J. W. Caldwell's third addition (lots 111 to 119), surveyed by Henry Miller, Octo- ber 30, 1871; ditto, fourth addi- tion (lots 100, 101 and 102), sur- veyed by Henry Miller, Novem- ber 9, 1871; ditto, fifth addition (lot 125), surveyed by Wm. A. Gittings, November 21, 1873; David Mckee's addition (ten lots), surveyed by William Lowe, Sep- tember 18, 1873; Joseph Cald- well's fourth addition (lots 126 to 130), surveyed by David Mil- ler, August 14, 1876; ditto, fifth addition (lots 130 and 131), sur- veyed by David Miller, July 6, 1877; J. W. Caldwell's sixth addi- tion (lot 132), surveyed by Will- iam Lowe, April 9, 1878; Joseph Caldwell's sixth addition (lots 133 to 143), surveyed by William Lowe, March 10, 1879; ditto, seventh addition ( lots 143 and 144), surveyed by William Lowe, April 4, 1879; ditto, eighth ad- dition (lots 145 to 155), sur- veyed by William Lowe, May 15, 1879; ditto, ninth addition (lots 155 to 159), surveyed by William Lowe, January 9, 1880; David Mc- Kee's second addition (lots 11 to

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15), surveyed by William Lowe, ; with William J. Young and Den- 1880; Joseph Caldwell's tenth addi- i nis S. Gibbs for the erection of a tion (lot 159), surveyed by Will- i court house by those gentlemen -- iam Lowe, May 1, 1880; ditto, , the first building of any kind begun in the town. Work was begun soon after and the court house completed the following year. Meantime a temporary court house was erected by Ezra McKee-the building now occupied by Henry 1 Schafer's tailoring establishment, on the west side of the square, on the lot across the alley from the county jail. eleventh addition (lots 160 to 166), surveyed by William Lowe, March 29, 1881; ditto, twelfth addition (lot 170), surveyed by William Lowe, April 6, 1882; ditto, thir- teenth addition (lots 171, 172 and 173), surveyed by L. D. Merry, August 25, 1882; ditto, fourteenth addition (lots 174 to 181). sur- : veved by I. D. Merry, Septem- ber 7, 1882; William W. Collins' While the court house was build- ing the contractors erected a board shanty, where the street now runs, which was occupied as a board- ing-house for their workmen. The brick from which the court house was built were principally made from clay dug from the ground on . which the building stands. addition (lots 15 to 22), surveyed by David Miller, November 15. 1882; J. W. Caldwell's seventh addition ( lots 181 to 236). sur- veved by L. D). Merry. April 24, 25 and 26, 1883; Joseph Cald- ! well's fifteenth addition ( lots 237 to 263), surveyed by L. D. Merry, May 17, 1883; ditto, sixteenth addi- One of the earliest buildings erected was the house now occupied tion (lots 263 to 269), surveyed by L. D. Merry. December 7. 1883; ! by Peter Fogle. It was built by ditto, seventeenth addition (lots : Randall Ross, and the second story 269 and 270), surveyed by I. D. , was occupied by him as the office of Merry, July 23, 1885.

On the 24th of June, 1857. the county commissioners ordered that lots number 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, . 12, 19, 20, 21, and 24, "as laid out and platted in the town of Cald- well, which said lots are now the property of said Noble County," be sold at public auction on the 4th of July, 1857. The lots were time at prices ranging from $48 to $200.

the Consolidated Republican. Eli- jah Stevens. the first merchant in the town, kept store under the print- ing office. Near the same time Ful- ton Caldwell opened a store known as the " Merchants Exchange," on Cumberland street, a short distance south of the corner now occupied by | C. Schafer's store.

In 1858 James and E. G. Dudley partly disposed of at the appointed ; and D. S. Gibbs erected a block of

stores-two-story frame buildings- which are yet standing on the south

July 21. 1557. the county com- ' side of the square, east of the alley. missioners entered into a contract i and between it and the Schafer

CALDWELL IN 1887.

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building. The building now occu- pied by R. P. Summers as a shoe store, was erected by David Young in 1858, and occupied by him as a saddler's shop.

The county offices were ordered moved to Caldwell early jn the year 1858. The officers took up their quarters in rented rooms at different places, until the completion of the court house.

James Johnson, the first blacksmith in the town, built the house on the north side of the square, in which U. A. Mills & Brother now keep a grocery. His shop stood just back of where the Eagle Hotel now is.

J. N. Palmer, one of the first set- tlers of the town, erected the house now owned by George Rice. Ile afterward built the Mrs. Blain house, the Mrs. Waller house and part of the brick house at the northwest corner of the square, now owned by Henry Teener. The last named was the first brick building in the place, with the exception of the court house. It was erected about 1860, and was first occupied as a store by Ilillyer, a clothing merchant, Hiram Dempster, dentist, having his office in the ; rear.

ward and erected a house and an office on the west side of the square.

The first hotel, known as the " El- dorado," was a two story wooden building, which stood on the corner where the bank building now is. It was among the first houses built in the town. It was erected by A. R. Boice and kept by him for several years. Boice was an oddity -a very credu- lous, unsuspecting, unsophisticated mortal, who became the butt of many a practical joke perpetrated by the wags of the village. Ile went West, and is reported to have be- come extensively engaged in business there.

The second hotel was kept by J. W. Boggs in the George Rice building. lle moved into the Eagle Hotel in 1860. The latter building was erected by William Smith. Boggs and after- ward the firm of Boggs & Daniels continued the hotel business several years. The present Exchange Hotel was built by James and Wheeler Stevens, and occupied by them as a store. James Stevens sold out to Wheeler Stevens (now a prominent wholesale merchant in Zanesville) and he to Martin & Ijams. The latter were succeeded by Tipton & Glidden. The building was converted into a hotel by II. II. Moseley and : has been kept successively by him,

The present residence of Judge Dilley was erected in 1858-9 by Ezra McKee. About the same time the house now owned by Hon. J. M. Dalzell was built by Benjamin B. Thomas Lloyd, Ebenezer Smith. Waller, and soon after occupied by Thomas II. Young, and J. W. Robin son. John L. Shaw; Irvin Belford, William C. Okey, William II. Frazier and E. A hotel was opened about 1860 by Hamilton Wiley in the building erected by the Dudleys. Wiley G. Dudley, lawyers, were among the first residents of the place. William Priestly, lawyer, came not long after- i afterwards kept hotel in the Waller

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building, opposite the Exchange Hotel.

Wheeler Stevens was in the mer- cantile business here until about 1863. Richard Graham started a store about 1862 in the building now ; Theodore Rempe's saloon.

Richard Bate was an early mer- chant. R. W. Stewart was the first shoemaker and Benjamin Headley the second. Chris. Shafer was one of the first residents, starting the first wagon-shop in town.

The first cabinet-maker was L. B. Gratigney, in the shop now occupied by Thomas Morris, wagon-maker. J. N. Palmer was the first tin-smith, and had his shop where J. F. Steen's store now is. The second tin-smith was Henry Palmer. on the corner where the photograph gallery now is. Jacob and Fred Rose kept a bakery and a beer saloon in 1860.

The first drug store was started by Dr. Hull, on the north side of the square. Ile was succeeded in 1864 by F. G. Okey, who is still in the business.

As in most new towns, there were a large number of transient residents, and comparatively few of the early settlers remained more than a few years. C. Foster, ex-county treas- urer, who came to the town to reside in August, 1862, gives the following list of heads of families then resident in the place :

William Van Meter, county treas- urer.

David Young, saddler ..

1 .. B. Gratigney, cabinet maker.

T. W. Morris, county recorder. Samuel P. Evans, blacksmith.

Mrs. Atherton.

James Stevens, merchant (after- ward clerk of courts).

Chris. Shafer, wagon-maker. Christian Miller, teamster.

Jacob and Fred Rose, bakers and grocers.

John L. Shaw, editor of the Re- publican.

James W. Boggs, hotel keeper. Joseph Miller .*

Abraham Stiers,* stone mason. Richard Bate, merchant.

William V. Dye, clerk for Wheeler Stevens.

Moses Marsh, laborer (afterward merchant).

William McKitrick, sheriff.

Jabez Belford, attorney. Willaim Priestley, attorney.

Charles J. Jenne, wagon-maker. .

B. B. Waller .*

William C. Okey,* lawyer.

William Il. Frazier, lawyer. Wheeler Stevens, merchant.

A. R. Boice, hotel keeper.

J. N. Palmer .*

Richard Graham, merchant.

Samuel B. Pugh, carpenter. Mrs. Fannie Scott.

David Seever's family.

John W. Tipton, county auditor.

Thomas Moore.

Berjamin Headley, shoe maker.

Abraham Simmons.

(). Foster.

At that date all the houses were built around the public square, or within a block of it, except three or four. The village was small, muddy.

* Then a soldier, but his family resided I here.

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isolated and ugly -- far different from the neat and thrifty. pleas- ant and prosperous Caldwell of to- dav.

In its early years Caldwell was an isolated and lonely village, and in the wet seasons was almost complete- ly shut off from communication with the outside world. A hack, running three times a week between the town and Campbell's Station, on the Central Ohio Railroad (now the . Baltimore & Ohio) furnished the only public means of travel between those points, twenty-two miles apart, and also carried the mail. There was also a horseback mail carried tri-weekly between Caldwell and McConnelsville. At first Beverly and Lowell, on the Muskingum River, were the principal shipping points, and from those places also the merchants obtained their freight. Afterward nearly all business of this sort was diverted to Campbell's Sta- tion. No town was ever more sadly in need of a railroad, and none ever welcomed a railroad project more eagerly than did the citizens of Cald- well at the beginning of the discus- sion about 1870. Since the advent of the first railroad train the popula- tion and business of the town have increased three-fold.

All the best business houses of the town as well as many of the finest residences have been erected within recent years. The Odd Fellows' building, three stories, frame, on the east side of the square was built in 1869 and dedicated July 4, 1870. (. Shafer's and Daniel Neuhart's brick blocks, each three stories, on

the south side of the square, were erected in 1872. William Glidden's brick building, two stories, was erected in 1881, and the three-story bank block in 1882.

The town is unusually well sup- plied with stores and shops of every kind. Its mercantile establishments, many of them. would be accounted first-class in a much larger place. Business is on the increase, and the town is prosperous.

December 29, 1871, the Noble County Bank was organized by a joint stock company with a capital stock of $40,000. The stockhold- ers were Honorable W. II. Frazier. Thomas W. Ewart, Honorable Will- iam P. Cutler, General Rufus R. Dawes, Edgar P. Pierce and C. J. Lund; W. H. Frazier, president, and E. P. Pierce, cashier. This bank did a successful business until March 18, 1873. when the Noble County Na- tional Bank was organized through the efforts of W. II. Frazier, Edgar P. Pearce, and Thomas W. Ewart, with a capital of $60,000. The stockholders of the National Bank were W. II. Frazier, Jabez Belford, Jacob Cleary, John S. Craig, John Lemmax, Samuel HI. Phipps, George A. Smith, Thomas W. Ewart, Ezra McKee, R. P. Summers, Henry Mil- ler, John W. Scott. Henry Large. William Wilkins, Nancy Craig, Sam- uel Lindsey, Cephas Lindsey, Martha Craig. Emma R. Guiler, J. R. Mc- Clintock, John L. Morgareidge, O. R. Morgareidge. William T. More- dith. Flora F. Lund. James M. Phil- pot, Stephenson Trimmer and W. I W. Collins. The first board of

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directors consisted of W. II. Frazier, John Lemmax, Henry Large, Ezra McKee and George A. Smith. W. | II. Frazier was elected president ; E. P. Pierce, cashier, and Charles T. - Lewis, assistant cashier. August 2, C. T. Lewis was chosen cashier, rice E. P. Pierce, deceased. Geo. A. Smith was appointed cashier in May, 1877, and in June, 1886, was suc- ceeded by William A. Frazier, who had been assistant cashier since Feb- --

ruary, 1884. The bank has been , well managed and is one of the sound institutions of Noble County. The present officers are William II. Fra- zier, president; William A. Frazier, cashier; William E. Tipton, teller ; W. II. Frazier, John Lemmax, Henry Large, Chris. McKee, and James Mc- Clintock, directors.

The Caldwell Building and Loan Association was organized in March, 1885, and thus far has been success- ful and prosperous. The capital In January, 1887, extensive im- provements were made, and about $15,000 in new machinery put in. Automatic spinners have been added, thereby increasing the capacity fully one-third. and no doubt will materi- stock is $100,000 in shares of $100 each. The incorporators were W. II. Cooley, W. D. Guilbert, Stephen Mills, O. T. Wilde, James A. McCoy, and Taylor Bivans. The first officers were W. II. Cooley, president ; O. : ally increase the force of hands. It T. Wilde, secretary, and W. D .. Guilbert, treasurer: Stephen Mills, John Emmons. John W. Tipton. jr., T. C. Kane, A. C. Okey, and John M. Amos, directors.

Beverly, and T. M. Mc Vay of Cald- well. They began building the factory in the fall of 1884. The main building is of brick, two stories high and fifty by one hundred feet, with an extension containing the dye house. twenty-five by fifty feet. The cost of the building was $10,000. The lower story contains the looms and the hosiery department. while the upper floor is devoted to the carding and spinning ma- chinery. All kinds of woolen goods and hosiery are manufactured. One of the specialties has been a woolen skirt, which obtained an enviable reputation among the trade. The hosiery department has recently been added and is likely to prove very successful. The factory gives em- ployment to about seventy-five hands and manufactures about seventy-five thousand dollars' worth of goods yearly.

is not only a great benefit to the town, but to the county as well, as a great deal of the wool used is pur- chased directly from Noble County farmers. W. II. Bush is the son of Joseph Bush, who was formerly en- gaged in the manufacture of woolen several years.

The Caldwell woolen factory, the most important manufacturing estab- lishment in Noble County, has | goods at Renrock, in this county, for

been in successful operation since May 1. 1885, under the management The flouring mill near the B. Z. & of its present proprietors. Bush & . C. Railroad depot was built in 1873 McVay -- W. II. Bush, formerly of . by Whissen & Kemmer. In 1885 it

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was bought from G. W. Fogle by P. H. Barry, the present owner, who has remodeled it, and put in ma- chinery for making roller-process flour. In 1886 L. H. Barry & Co. started a knitting factory, putting four knitting machines into the . mill.

During nearly all of the first dec- ade of its existence the village was without a school house. The first school, attended by scholars from the town, was taught in 1859 by Joseph Purkey in the " old red school house," a half mile west of Caldwell. For many years rooms were rented wherever they could be had in the village, and terms of school taught in them. The schoolrooms were changed so frequently that it has been truthfully said that the first schools in Caldwell were held "all over town." In May, 1866, S. B. Pugh was awarded a contract to erect a school house for the sum of $2,300, to be completed by Decem- ber of the same year. The school house then erected served until the growth of the village had long since rendered its accommodations wholly inadequate. In 1880 the corporation, seeing that a new school building was a public necessity, issued bonds and set about the erection of the present school house. The contract was awarded to W. W. McCoy, of Marietta, in April, 1880, the stipu- lated price being $9,562. The build- ing is of brick, two stories, large and imposing, first-class throughout. It occupies the most elevated site in the town, and speaks more eloquently than words can in favor of the inter-

est in education and the public spirit which secured to the town so excel- lent a temple of knowledge. The school is now under the able superin- tendency of E. E. Miller, who is also one of the school examiners of the county.

The mercantile and industrial es- tablishments of the town were as follows in 1887 :*

Bank: Noble County National Bank ; Wmm. II. Frazier, president ; Will A. Frazier, cashier.

Bakers : William Wagner and M. Shafer.

Barbers : G. W. Singer & Son, Wm. E. Roach.

Blacksmiths : G. W. Hupp, W. L. Evans, John Kirk.

Boots and Shoes: Dr. R. P. Sum- mers, Knouff & Young (J. F. Knouff and A. Young).

Cabinet-maker: L. II. McGinnis.

Clothing merchant : Otto Thal- heimer.

Dentists : McCoy & Rowley.

Dressmakers : Gibson & Hum- phrey, Crawford & Danford.

Dry Goods : J. W. Tipton. J. F. Steen, John D. Elliott & Co.

Drugs: F. G. Okey. Wall & Si- mons.

Express Agencies : American, Mil- ton James ; Adams, C. Shafer. .

Furniture : Peter Fogle, S. A. Lafferty.

Grist Mill : P. II. Barry.

Groceries : U. A. Mills & Bro., Thos. H. Young, George W. Young, Jerome Wehr, Clyde Weight, Peter Fogle.

Hardware : Glidden & Smith, Kain Bros.

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Harness and Saddlery : John Em- S. Allbritain, S. P. Evans, F. M. Mc- mons, G. MeGlashan.

Hotels : Exchange, J. W. Robin- son; Eagle, D. I .. Archer; Elk. JJames Parker; Eureka, S. P. Evans.

Insurance Agency : II. E. Peters. Jewelers : E. J. Nay. J. W. Shafer. Knitting Factories : Bush, Mc Vay & Co., L. II. Barry & Co.

Livery Stable : Taylor Bivans.

Marble Workers: Billingslea & De Long, Thomas Stockwell (estab- lished at Olive, 1847).

Meat Markets : D. A. Lorenz. Henry Archer.

Millinery : Mrs. Mary James, Mrs. Abraham Young, A. Summers & Co., Mrs. James McCoy.

Photographer : C. S. Curry.

l'laning Mills : Stephen Mills & Son, T. II. Morris.

Produce Dealer : C. S. Sargent.

Restaurants: F. E. Robinson, Polk McKee, Ben. Gibson and M. Shafer. Shoemakers: John Gary, John A. Nace.

Tailors: C. Shafer, Jr., Henry Shafer.

Wagon-maker: Ilenry Wilson.

Woolen Factory : Bush & Mc Vay.

The town has also four news- papers, three churches, a good repre- sentation in the legal and medical professions, etc., all of which are mentioned more fully elsewhere.

The petition for the incorporation of Caldwell Village, dated Novem- ber 12. 1869, is signed by sixty legal voters. We give their names as a matter of interest, showing who were the residents of the town . twelve years after its origin :

Kee. David Gookins, Worthy Me- Kee. Cyrus McGlashan, John Mar- tin. C. Foster, D. A. Foster, J. M. Burlingame. John M. Amos, Weedon Headley, S. B. Pugh, A. G. Evans. A. II. Evans, W. P. Evans, W. HI. Cooley, John W. Bell, Frank Shafer, John L. Young, W. Frank Wiley. W. II. Frazier, II. J. Hinkle, Ira Col- lins, D. C. Jones. P. Jackson, R. J. Singer, J. C. Bickford. G. W. Fogle. T. W. Morris, Joseph Stillwell. Adolphus Michael, J. W. Kraps. F. G. Okey, C. J. Jenne. N. W. Taylor, William Glidden, Hambleton Wiley. Thomas HI. Morris, George Winders, R. Belford, Jabez Belford, Robert McKee, J. W. Caldwell, B. B. Wal- ler, J. D. Wiley, L. II. Davis, George Allen, W. S. Archer, A. Simmons, John Wehr, Taylor Bivans, G. A. Way, W. B. Teters. James S. Fore- man, D. S. Gibbs, E. II. Stillwell, Irvin Belford.

The town was incorporated by act of the county commissioners Febru- ary 4. 1870, and has since had the following village officers :

1870 .- Trustees, William II. Fra- zier, chairman ; C. Foster; John M. Amos, clerk and treasurer.

1871 .- Same officers, and Weedon Headley, marshal. William II. Sum- mers was appointed trustee Novem- ber 6, rice W. II. Frazier, resigned.

1872 .- Trustees, Jabez Belford, president ; J. M. Amos, clerk ; and treasurer, C. J. Jenne ; marshal, J. M. Burlingame.

At an election held April 8, 1872, seventy-five votes were cast - sixty-

J. M. Dalzell, W. II. Summers, R. I one for and fourteen against making

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Caldwell an incorporated village of the second class. May 20 an elec- tion was held for officers, resulting as follows:

1872 .- Mayor, William Chambers; clerk, George M. Yarnall; marshal, J. M. Burlingame; council, C. J. Jenne, J. W. Caldwell, James Elder, W. L. Moseley, D. S. Spriggs, J. B. Perry.

1873 .- Mayor, William Chambers; clerk, G. M. Yarnall; street commis- sioner, William N. Blain ; council, William L. Moseley, J. B. Perry, C. J. Jenne, J. W. Caldwell, W. II. Summers, R. S. Allbritain.

1874 .- Mayor, William Chambers; Ogle; marshal, B. B. Waller; council, R. L. Allbritain, J. W. Caldwell, J. B. Perry, W. II. Summers, J. W. Weems, -- Young.

clerk, J. W. Barnes; treasurer, Gilead , ton, C. Foster, William Chambers,

1875 .- Mayor, William Chambers; clerk, W. E. Tipton; marshal, Thomas Hartford; street commissioner, A. Summers; council, Grafton Corns, J. W. Weems, J. B. Perry, (. T. Lewis, C. Shafer, G. W. Fogle.

1876 .- Mayor, William W. Ripley; clerk, W. E. Tipton; marshal and ; street commissioner, Thomas Hart- ford; council, G. W. Fogle, C. Shafer, C. T. Lewis, John. Emmons, J. T. Whissen, J. W. Tipton.

1877. - Mayor, W. W. Ripley; clerk, M. C. Julien; street commis- sioner, Thomas Hartford; council, J. W. Tipton, J. Emmons, J. T. Whis- sen, J. Dilley, C. Shafer, C. T. Lewis.

J. Dilley, J. W. Tipton, J. F. Knouff, C. Shafer, James Tarbert, C. T. Lewis.

1879. - Mayor, W. W. Ripley; clerk, E. Perry; marshal, J. M. Hutch- eson ; council, J. W. Tipton, J. F. Knouff, J. Tarbert, John Emmons, William R. Stewart, Irvin Belford.

1880. - Mayor, E. II. Archer; clerk, A. (. Okey; treasurer, M. C. Julien; street commissioner and mar- shal, J. W. Smith; council, J. W. Tipton, J. F. Knouff. J. Emmons, J. Tarbert, Irvin Belford, C. M. Watson.

1881 .- Mayor, E. II. Archer; clerk, A. C. Okey; street commissioner and marshal, J. W. Smith ; council. J. F. Knouff, J. Tarbert, J. W. Tip- John Emmons.

1882 .-- Mayor, E. II. Archer ; clerk, J. J. McAdams; street commissioner and marshal, J. W. Smith ; treasurer, M. C. Julien; council, C. Foster, William Chambers, J. Emmons. J. F. Knouff, J. W. Tipton, J. Tarbert.

1883 .- Mayor, E. II. Archer ; clerk, R. W. Summers; council, C. Foster, J. F. Knouff. J. W. Tipton, William Chambers, JJ. Emmons, D. S. Gibbs.

1884. - Mayor, Milton James: clerk, C. M. Watson ; treasurer, L. W. Glidden; marshal, HI. R. Mason ; street commissioner, JJohn Hill ; coun- cil, C. Foster, William Chambers, J. Emmons, T. II. Young, J. H. Mills, Peter Fogle.

1885 .- Mayor, Milton James; clerk, C. M. Watson ; treasurer, T. HI. Morris; council, Peter Fogle, J. | bert, G. W. Hupp, J. M. McGinnis.

1878. - Mayor, W. W. Ripley; ; II. Mills, T. II. Young, W. D. Guil- clerk, J. J. McAdams; treasurer, M. C. Julien; street commissioner and 1886 .- Mayor, C. Foster; clerk, C. M. Watson ; treasurer, T. II. Morris; marshal, John M. Hutcheson; council,

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marshal, F. C. Thompson; street 1 Edmunds, W. A. Davidson, A. C. commissioner, David Dyer ; council, ' Ellis, Geo. M. Wilson and H. D. J. H. Mills, C. S. Sargeant, G. W. Stauffer, the present incumbent. The present membership is 225. Ilupp, W. D. Guilbert, J. Mason Morgan, J. M. McGinnis.

CHURCHES.

Methodist Episcopal Church .- The Methodist Episcopal Church in Cald- well is the oldest in the town. A society was in existence at Olive as early as 1839, and probably earlier, and a small meeting-house was erected 1 in that place, and paid for by Robert McKee. May 27, 1859, Samuel Cald- well made a proposition to donate to the society a lot for the church if 1

Presbyterian .- The First Presby- terian Church of Caldwell was or- ganized on Saturday, July 27, 1868, by Rev. II. C. Foulke, of Cumberland, Guernsey County, Ohio, assisted by Rev. Samuel Mahaffey, of Washing- ton, Ohio, and Elder Shaw of the Buffalo Church.

The original members were Alex- ander Boggs, Mary A. Boggs, William Miller, Sarah Miller, William Miller, Sr., John Barclay, Mary A. Foster, Cyrus McGlashan, Mary McAdams. Nancy Hull, Martha Mckee, Mrs. E. H. Crusen, John Hull. The first officer was Cyrus McGlashan, who i was chosen, elected and ordained ruling elder on day of organization. The church was built in 1872; dedi- cated July 13, 1873; is of brick, and cost $4,000. Rev. L. C. Rutter be- came the first pastor about January, 1871; Rev. William Galbreath, of Athens Presbytery was pastor from April, 1874, to 1876; Rev. A. J. Baldridge, of Zanesville Presbytery, . was pastor from June, 1878, to 1880; 1 Rev. T. J. Dague, present pastor, be- gan his labors here in the fall of 1883. At present the church has one hun- dred and five members; Sunday-

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History of Noble County, Ohio: With Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 35

Author: Publication date: 1887 Publisher: Chicago : L.H. Watkins Number of Pages: 709

Author:
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Chicago : L.H. Watkins
Number of Pages: 709