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We are indebted for the following account of the work of the W. C. T. U. in Pickaway County to Miss Josie R. Hewitt, of Darbyville, who is now serving her 14th consecutive term as president of the county organization.
THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
Was organized in Pickaway County in the spring of 1890 by Mrs. Helen Burns, State organizer. It has steadily grown in interest and kept in touch with State, national and world's work, it being the largest organization of women in the world. The bow of white rib- bon links together this organized army of Christian women into the W. C. T. U .. which is the crystalized force of "The Crusade" of 1873.
It works along many lines to secure better laws, better living, better men and women and better homes and stands for the overthrow of the liquor traffic-the direct cause of nine- tenths of the evil in the world-making nearly every effort for better things a battle against the saloon.
The motto is "For God and Home and Every Land."
Pickaway County has a membership of over 200 enrolled and has 10 active unions. The first union was organized by Mrs. Helen Burns at South Bloomfield in the spring of 1890, with 18 charter members, with Mrs. Valeria Hix- son, president. A Loyal Temperance Legion was also organized, with 35 children enrolled. On September 26, 1905, Miss Jeannette Fuller, State organizer, reorganized the Union at South Bloomfield, of which Mrs. Elizabeth Ater is now president.
The second union Mrs. Burns organized in Ashville, with eight charter members, with Mrs. Lew Morrison, president. On February 7, 1896, Miss C. S. Burnett, national organizer, reorganized the Ashville union, with Mrs. Hannah Strader as president. The work is now under the leadership of Mrs. Lucy Kline as president.
Mrs. Lillian Cole Bethel, of Columbus, or- ganized the union at Commercial Point, May 26, 1890, with 20 charter members, Mrs.
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Thomas being elected president. This union has kept up the work since its beginning. Mrs. Sarah Beckett, the faithful president, has held the office for several years.
Mrs. Bethel organized the New Holland union, June 12, 1890, with 10 charter members, Mrs. Charles McCafferty being elected presi- dent. On March 11, 1901, Miss Anna Quinby reorganized the New Holland union, with Mrs. Lizzie S. Meeker as president, who still holds that office.
Mrs. Bethel organized a union at Darby- ville, August 20, 1890, with 10 charter mem- bers,. Mrs. Sallie R. Kirkendall being elected president. Since Mrs. Kirkendall moved away, Mrs. Wilda Carpenter, Mrs. Libbie Wright and Miss Josie R. Hewitt have in turn served as president, and the union now has a paid-up membership of 45-the largest union in the county.
On the 27th of August, 1890, Mrs. Dar- lington Snyder, of Reynoldsburg, president of the 21st District of Ohio, composed of Frank- lin, Madison and Pickaway counties, called to- gether the five unions-South Bloomfield, Ash- ville, Commercial Point, New Holland and Darbyville-in convention at Ashville and or- ganized the county union, by electing the fol- lowing officers : President, Mrs. Valeria Hix- son; vice-president, Mrs. Thomas; recording secretary, Mrs. Ella Magley; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Hinton; treasurer, Mrs. Sallie R. Kirkendall.
Four departments of work were taken up: Juvenile work, Mrs. Missouri Gusman, super- intendent; scientific temperance . instruction, Mrs. Ella Magley, superintendent; Sabbath observance, Mrs. Sallie R. Kirkendall, superin- tendent; unfermented wine, Mrs. Mary Smiley, superintendent.
The county meetings were held quarterly for the first two years. Mrs. Valeria Hixson, Mrs. Mary Smiley, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Ella Magley in turn served as president, each moving out of the county. Mrs. Margaret Helmick was then appointed by the district president to fill the vacancy and at the follow- ing election of officers Mrs. Helmick was elected, serving one year. On August 25,
1893, the county convention was held on the Darbyville camp-ground and Miss Josie R. Hewitt, who had occupied the office of record- ing secretary, was elected to the presidency.
Mrs. Lillian C. Bethel, then district presi- dent, organized the Williamsport union in Au -- gust, 1893, with II charter members. Mrs. Valeria Hixson, who was the wife of a Metho- dist minister, had again moved into the county. was elected president and the work has been kept up continuously. The union now has a membership of 32 enrolled, with Mrs. Laver- na Radcliff as president.
Miss Josie R. Hewitt, county president, or- ganized a union at Five Points, March 20. 1895, with seven charter members, with Mrs. Mary McCafferty as president. This union did splendid work for several years.
The Derby union was organized by Miss Hewitt, July 6, 1895, with Mrs. Ella Allen as president. Miss Katie Redman is the last president.
Miss Hewitt organized the Circleville union, September 28, 1895, that being the 56th birthday anniversary of Frances E. Willard. president of the national and founder of the world's Woman's Christian Temperance Un- ion. Mrs. Lizzie C. Blackstone was elected president and 15 charter members were en- rolled. The work has grown and the member- ship enlarged. Mrs. Abbie Gusman now holds the presidency.
Circleville was one of the Ohio towns touched by the fire of "The Crusade" and like other cities of the State would not let the spirit of a holy war against the saloon die down, so kept in touch with the movement which, in 1874, in the city of Springfield was organized into the Ohio Woman's Christian Temperance Union. No record was kept of the part Pick- away . County had in this; the work was new and it took time to make and develop plans for this new State organization, born in Ohio, and soon to be taken up as a national organization and the same name adopted-Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union-of which Mrs. Har- riet C. McCabe, of Delaware, was author. In studying the history of the organization from its beginning, Circleville had some part in the
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founding of this work. for the fifth State con- vention was entertained in the city of Circle- ville in 1878, with Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, State president, giving the annual address. That was before the time of county or local unions and in all probability this fifth State convention had much to do in establishing per- manent plans of work, financial basis, etc., and had the records been carefully kept some im- portant events of the early history of this now world-wide organization could be credited to Circleville and Pickaway County.
Miss C. S. Burnett, national organizer, or- ganized a union at Pherson February 11, 1896,
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with 20 charter members. After keeping up their work for several months under the presi- dency of Mrs. Emily Proctor, whose death was a severe blow to the union, they trans- ferred their membership to Darbyville.
Miss Anna Quinby organized a union at Atlanta, March 12, 1901, with 13 charter mem- bers with Mrs. Helen Campbell, president.
Miss Jeanette Fuller, one of the now many State organizers, founded the union at Tarl- ton, September 15, 1905. Mrs. Charles Barr is the president. Miss Fuller also organized the Orient union, September 25, 1905, with Mrs. D. I. Jenkins as president.
In the 16 years of its work, the county union has by its quiet education of public sen- timent helped to raise the moral standard and has stood in hearty co-operation with all Chris- tian forces for the best interests of the county. From the adoption of four departments of work at the beginning, it has now taken up 18 out of the 40 special departments of the national organization. The work is so closely linked together from local union to State, na- tional and world's work that a county history cannot be written without touching the whole field of work.
Some excellent work has been done by some of the unions in the "Y" work which is the young people's auxiliary. Williamsport, Derby and Darbyville for several months had flourishing "Y's."
The Loyal Temperance Legion, the Senior for all over 13 years of age, and the Junior for all children under that age, has also been a special work in these years. Darbyville has an L. T. L., with Mrs. Lissa Hewitt Hill as super- intendent and Mrs. Jessie Miller and Mrs. So- phronia Bowman, assistants. Pauline Carpen- ter, aged 12, is the president. South Bloom- field Senior is led by Miss Loutie Browne and the Junior by Miss Ida Calder and Mrs. Eliza- beth Ater. Maurice Ater, four and a half years old, librarian, is said to be the youngest officer of the L. T. L. in the State.
The last annual county convention was held all day and evening of September 20, 1906, at Ashville and the following county officers and superintendents were elected : President, Miss Josie R. Hewitt, Darbyville (elected for the 14th consecutive year) ; vice- president, Mrs. Mary H. Dunlap, Circleville; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Amanda R. Car- penter, Darbyville; recording secretary, Miss Ethel M. Hornbeck, Circleville; treasurer, Miss Mary Scott Work, Circleville. The following are the superintendents: Evangelistic-Mrs. Libbie Wright, Ashville; State and national papers-Mrs. Cora Dauntz, Orient; press- Mrs. Louise Miesse, Circleville; sacramental wine-Mrs. Jane Pherson, Pherson; mothers' meetings-Mrs. J. A. Knight, Orient; social meetings and red letter days-Mrs. Mame Weidinger, South Bloomfield; medal contest-
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Mrs. Abbie Gusman, Circleville; Sabbath ob- servance-Mrs. Adda Prushing, Commercial Point; franchise-Mrs. Lizzie C. Blackstone, Circleville; Sunday-school-Mrs. Ida Nog- gle, Ashville; flower mission-Mrs. Sallie Davis, Darbyville; medical temperance and hospital work-Mrs. Mary H. Dunlap, Cir- cleville; anti-narcotics-Mrs. Margaret Hel- mick, Commercial Point; scientific tem-
perance instruction in public schools-Mrs. Lissa Hewitt Hill, Darbyville; temper- ance literature-Miss Ethel M. Hornbeck, Cir- cleville; Christian citizenship-Mrs. Wilda Carpenter, Darbyville; secretary of Young Woman's Work-Miss Drusie Heiskell, Wil- liamsport; secretary of Loyal Temperance Le- gion-Miss Loutie Browne, Darbyville.
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CHAPTER XXVI
THE CHURCHES OF CIRCLEVILLE
LUTHERANISM IN CIRCLEVILLE.
The Lutheran Church in Circleville has been divided into two congregations since 1859, when a split occurred in the local church, due to some differences in the congregation in regard to matters of church doctrine. One party withdrew and formed the church called the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, now located on Mound street, while the party left in possession of the church property on Frank- lin street retained the name of the English Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The history of the early Lutheran Church in Circleville is involved in much obscurity be- cause of the failure to preserve church record3. The first congregation was organized in 1811 by Rev. Jacob Leist, who had been sent by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania to organize Lutheran congregations in Ohio. He conducted his first services in Circleville on August 28, 1811. From that time on until 1831 there are no records although a congre- gation is known to have existed. In May, 1831, the congregation, taking the name of the "English Evangelical Lutheran Church," was organized, with Rev. N. B. Little as pastor.
Mr. Little continued in charge about two and a half years, when he resigned. On the 23rd of February, 1834, the congregation gave a call to Rev. Joseph A. Roof, who held the pastorate for 21 years when he resigned and went to Iowa. Mr. Roof held services in both the English and German languages.
During Mr. Little's pastorate steps were taken to build a church. A site was secured on Franklin street west of the county jail and here the corner-stone was laid in the spring of 1832. The building contained a basement and audience room, the dimensions being 65 feet in length and 45 in width. The basement was not occupied until 1839, in which year the audience room was completed.
After the resignation of Mr. Roof, there was a vacancy in the pastorate for two years, after which Rev. Joel Swarz, of Virginia, was secured in March, 1857. During his pasto- rate a division took place in the congregation, caused by the pastor's refusal to subscribe to certain articles of the Augsburg confession. Mr. Swarz succeeded in securing a following and this caused dissensions to arise. At the annual meeting held on March 7, 1859, the party corresponding to what is known as the "old school" or "high church" in other relig- ious bodies, retired, leaving the "new school" or "low church" party, with Mr. Swarz at their head, in possession of the church. Each party elected officers claiming to continue the original organization. The so-called "Old Lutherans" brought suit to recover the church property but after taking their case through several courts finally dropped their litigation and decided to build a new church. This party remained in the Ohio Synod while Mr. Swarz and his congregation connected them- selves with the Miami Synod. The latter party retained the name of
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ENGLISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Mr. Swarz continued in charge of the church for one year after the schism had oc- curred, when he resigned. He was succeeded in May, 1860, by Rev. Thomas Hill, who re- mained in the pastorate until 1866. The next pastor, Rev. M. L. Wilhelm, was instrumental in the securing of a new church building. Dur- ing his pastorate a brick structure. the present building, costing about $8,000, was begun and finished. After it was dedicated the pastor re- signed and was succeeded by Rev. H. B. Miller, December 29, 1868.
The pastors since that time have been as follows : Revs. Thomas Hill, E. W. Sanders, J. M. Ruthrauff (after a vacancy of one year), J. W. Swick, J. M. Ruthrauff (returned), S. J. Turkle, C. D. Hoover, N. J. Myers (who was at the same time pastor of the Tarlton charge), R. M. Mccutcheon, J. C. Schindle (after a vacancy in the pastorate of one year, preceding which a number of divinity students filled the pulpit from time to time), C. E. Frontz (who acted as pastor during the leave of absence of J. C. Schindle, then chaplain of the Fourth Regiment, Ohio Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, on foreign service in the war with Spain) and H. C. Garvice, the present pastor. The present membership of the church is small. The officers of the congregation are: Trustees-George Roth, George Presler, James Hall and Mrs. Haswell; deacons- George Presler and George Roth; elders-Mrs. Haswell and Mrs. Hall.
The party that withdrew from the old church took the name of the
TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
In June. 1859, Rev. C. Albrecht accepted a call but only remained until April, 1860, when Rev. John Wagenhals became pastor. During his pastorate the congregation obtained, by order of the Court of Common Pleas, from the director of the town, W. W. Bierce, a lot known as the "public" or "Presbyterian bury- ing-ground," situated on Mound street near Court. Here a brick church costing $5,000
was erected. The corner-stone was laid in 1865 and the structure was dedicated in May. 1866. A commodious parsonage was built on the same lot at about the same time. In 1868 Mr. Wagenhals resigned his charge of account of failing health and advanced age. after a pastorate of eight years. He was suc- ceeded by Rev. M. B. Lenker, who was forced to resign by the withdrawal of some of the families from the church, trouble having arisen in the congregation because of synodical differ- ences. The church was closed until February, 1871, when Rev. E. L. S. Tressel received the call of the congregation. In 1874 he resigned to accept a charge at Baltimore, Maryland.
From 1874 until 1879 Rev. A. H. Shulze was pastor. He was followed by Rev. A. Pfleuger. who held the pastorate until late in the year of 1881. Early in 1882 J. H. Schnei- der became pastor. During his pastorate a parochial school was established. an account of which will be found elsewhere in this book.
In 1894 Rev. S. W. Mautz succeeded Rev. Schneider. He remained until May, 1898, when he was succeeded by Rev. G. J. Troutman, the present minister. In 1901 it was decided to tear away the old church to make room for a modern structure. The corner-stone of the new church was laid July 20, 1902, and the edifice dedicated July 19. 1903, practically free of debt. The cost of the church was in the neighborhood of $20,000. The committee which had charge of the construction of the church consisted of Messrs. Philip Herrnstein, John C. Goeller, H. S. Heffner. Henry R. Heff- ner, Chris. Wolf, W. E. Crist and Rev. G. J. Troutman.
There are at present 450 regular communi- cants. The church officers are as follows : Elders-Henry R. Heffner, William Heffner and Leonard Barthelmas; deacons-Chris. Wolf, John Mack, William Gerhard and John B. Stein; trustees-John C. Goeller, E. A. Snyder and John Wardell. The superintend- ent of the Sunday-school is Philip Herrnstein.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
After the location and opening of the town of Circleville to settlement, the members of the
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Methodist Episcopal Church. in the vicinity were accustomed to meet at the public house of Andrew Ensworth, standing on the east side of the circle near what is now the corner of Court and Main streets. Services were con- ducted by itinerant preachers, the first of whom was Rev. William Swayze. About 1812, a local preacher named Emmett organized a class of eight members, consisting of Louisa Hare, Elizabeth Burget, Margaret Botkin, Margaret Davis, John Eli, Sarah Burget and two colored women-Lydia Smith and her mother, Venice. Lydia Smith was instrumental in the organiza- tion of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of the town.
In 1815 or 1816 the class was taken under the care of the traveling ministry of the church. Judge William McArthur was appointed leader. About this time a society meeting at the home of John Burget east of town was merged into the Circleville group and the names of John Burget, John Wright and others were added to the membership. Relig- ious meetings were held in private dwellings and also in the early schoolhouses until the construction of the Court House, when worship was held there in common with the services of other denominations.
About 1830, lots 171 and 172 were pur- chased of Charles Shoemaker in consideration of $200 and on this was erected a brick church, the bricks of which are supposed to have been made out of clay from the old circular wall, near which it stood. This building stood in the center of what is now Watt street, including the site of the present residence of Mrs. B. H. Moore.
In 1851, during the ministry of Rev. J. A. Brunner, the old brick church was destroyed by fire, caused by a defective flue. Efforts were at once made to raise funds for a new church. In the meanwhile preaching services were held in the First Presbyterian Church and the Sunday-school met in the basement of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church. Be- cause of the growth of the town in a southerly direction, it was decided to change the loca- tion of the church. The old site was aban- doned and a new site at the corner of Main and Pickaway streets secured.
The building committee of the present church consisted of Jacob Welter, Joel Frank- lin and William C. Taylor. The building which was erected is of brick, one and one- half stories in height and will accommodate 600 worshipers. The bell was a gift of Judge Frederick Cogswell. He also endowed a pew for the pastor's family. Several years elapsed from the time the basement was first occupied until the auditorium was completed.
The church after being regularly estab- lished as a preaching place was included in what was known as the Pickaway Circuit, a part of the old Scioto District. It is now in- cluded in the Lancaster District. Since its establishment it has been served by the follow- ing ministers : In 1816, by Michael Ellis, while he was on the Fairfield Circuit; 1817 ( Picka- way Circuit), Michael Ellis and Samuel Brown; 1818, Samuel Quinn; 1819, Michael Ellis and John Solomon; 1820, Michael Ellis and David Davidson; 1821, Cornelius Springer and Peter Warner; 1822, B. Westlake and Andrew Kanier; 1823, Jacob Hooper and Whitfield Hughes; 1824, William Stevens and J. T. Donahoe; 1825, Z. Connel and Michael Ellis; 1826, Richard Brandriff and S. P. Shaw; 1827, Jacob Delay and William Reynolds : 1828, Benjamin Cooper and J. Young; 1829, John Ferree and Jacob Hooper; 1830, Solo- mon Minear and James C. Taylor; 1831, Da- vid Lewis and H. Baird; 1832, David Lewis and Jacob Dixon; 1833, Z. Connel and W. T. Snow; 1834, Jacob Delay and Abraham Baker : 1835 (Circleville Circuit), S. Hamilton and E. B. Chase; 1836, 'S. Hamilton and E. T. Webster; 1837, Isaac C. Hunter and Harvey Camp; 1838, Isaac C. Hunter and P. Nation; 1839, J. A. Reeder and P. Nation; 1840, A. M. Lorraine and T. A. G. Philips; 1841, A. M. Lorraine and C. C. Lybrand; 1842 (half sta- tion), J. C. Bontecue; 1843 (full station), J. C. Bontecue-J. M. Trimble presiding elder ; 1844, J. J. Hill; 1845, A. B. Wombaugh ; 1846-47, David Warnock; 1848, E. D. Roe; 1849, John Dillon; 1850, Jacob Dimmett, who remained only six months, the year being filled out by Rev. John Dreisbach; 1851-52, J. A. Brunner; 1853-54, J. M. Jameson; 1855, G. W. Brush; 1856-57, C. E. Felton; 1858-59,
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A. Brooks; 1860-61, A. Byers, who went into the army, his place being supplied by Rev. E. P. Hall; 1862-63, I. Cook; 1864-65, S. M. Merrill; 1866-67, T. R. Taylor; 1868, W. T. Harvey; 1869-70, H. K. Foster; 1871, C. D. Battelle; 1872-73, T. H. Philips, his son How- ard, supplying his place for the last year ; 1874- 1876, James Mitchell; 1877-79, C. M. Be- thauser; 1879-82, J. M. Weir; 1882-83, E. H. Heagler; 1883-84, C. F. Creighton; 1885-91, M. V. B. Euans; 1891-93, W. D. Cherrington; 1895-97, J. H. Gardner; 1897-98, C. F. Creighton; 1898-1903, T. G. Dickinson; 1903- 1906, L. L. Magee, who was transferred in September, 1906, to the Mount Vernon Ave- nue M. E. Church, of Columbus, being suc- ceeded by Charles Laughlin, who is the present pastor.
Rev. S. M. Merrill, who was pastor here in 1864-65, attained some prominence in the Methodist Episcopal Church after leaving Cir- cleville. In 1868 he became presiding elder of the Marietta District and at about the same time editor of the Western Christian Advocate. In 1872 he was made Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred last year.
During the pastorate of Rev. T. J. Dick- inson a commodious frame parsonage was erected on a lot just north of the church, on Pickaway street.
The church has one of the largest congrega- tions in the city. There are at present 540 communicants. The officers of the church are as follows: Stewards-Dr. A. H. Shaeffer (district steward), C. F. Abernethy (recording steward), Noah A. Warner (treasurer), J. F, Bales, George J. McMullen, Meeker Terwilli- ger, George W. Bauder, Israel U. Finkel, H. E. Graham, A. B. Vlerebome, C. D. Hess, Walter Julian and I. B. Barnes; trustees- George J. McMullen, M. E. Dreisbach, George H. Pontius, Noah A. Warner, Dr. W. L. Peters, J. T. Bentley, S. L. Grigsby, J. H. Henderson and E. M. Rife. C. M. Mathene is superintendent of the Sunday-school.
ST. PHILIP'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Hartford, Connecticut, afterward Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio, conducted services, according to the liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and preached in the town of Circleville, at which time the present St. Philip's parish was organ- ized, with the following instrument of parochial association :
We, whose names are hereunder written, deeply impressed with the truth and importance of the Chris. tian religion, and anxiously desirous to promote its influence in the hearts and lives of ourselves, our fam- ilies and our neighbors do hereby associate ourselves together by the name, style and title of St. Philips' Church, County of Pickaway, State of Ohio, in com- munion with the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, whose liturgy, constitution and canons, we do hereby adopt. (Signed)
GUY W. DOANE WALTER THRALL
THOMAS WHITING Jos. G. NIXON
JOHN EVANS JOHN E. MORGAN
DANIEL WRIGHT
NEIL MCGAFFEY
JOSHUA JOHNSON J. T. DAVENPORT
S. M. MORGAN WILLIAM B. THRALL
WM. SEYMOUR
The first regular minister was Rev. Ezra B. Kellogg, who commenced his parochial la- bors in Circleville and conducted services one Sunday in four weeks. Previous to this time the services were conducted by lay readers and occasional supplies. December 23, 1829, six years after the last recorded vestry meeting, there was a meeting of the parish at which a vestry was elected to serve to the Easter fol- lowing. This vestry immediately opened nego- tiations with St. Paul's Church, Chillicothe, and Rev. Mr. Bausman, minister in charge at St. Paul's, which resulted in his conducting serv- ices here one Sunday in every four weeks, dur- ing the two years following.
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