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In 1852, a party of twenty-eight people from Rhenish Bavaria came to America in the same vessel and located in Mansfield. Since then fifty-six years, with their vicissitudes and changes, have come and gone, and of that number but three remain among the living today-Philip Wappner, Margaret Pfing- stay and Mrs. S. W. Marshall. Among that party of emigrants was Mrs. Margaret Wappner, grandmother of Philip and Henry Wappner. Mrs. Wapp- ner died in 1871, aged eighty-five years.
Grandmother Wappner witnessed the retreat of Napoleon's army as it passed through Ottenberg, en route from Moscow to Paris.
Napoleon, with an army of over four hundred and fifty thousand men and twelve hundred pieces of artillery, left Paris on the 9th of May, 1812, for a campaign against Russia, and on reaching the frontier, declared war against the Czar. The Nieman was crossed June 24, and Moscow occupied September 14. Napoleon established his headquarters in the Kremlin, the ancient palace of the czars. In the night the Russians fired the city and for nearly a week the flames raged and seven thousand houses-nine-tenths of the city- were destroyed. There remained nothing for Napoleon but retreat and on the 19th of October the French army evacuated Moscow, and then began the most remarkable and disastrous retreat it was ever the province of history to record.
On the 6th of November a heavy fall of snow announced the advent of a terrible Russian winter, which opened earlier than usual and with uncom- mon severity. When the retreating army recrossed the Nieman, December 13, of the four hundred and fifty thousand men who had entered Russian territory six months before, scarcely one hundred thousand remained, and the ranks were still further decimated ere they reached France. The French bad lost (besides those who died of disease) at least one hundred and twenty- five thousand killed in battle, and one hundred and thirty thousand perished of cold, hunger and fatigue, while upon that terrible retreat-the retreat that Grandmother Wappner saw passing through her native village when she was twenty-six years old.
Other Mansfield Bavarian families are Scholls, Massas, Bernos, Martins. et al, people long identified with our city's growth and development and well known to the readers of the News.
It would be very natural to infer that the great improvements made in firearms since the battle of Waterloo was fought (three years after the Rus- sian campaign) would add greatly to the casualties of an engagement. A breech-loading rifle or gatling gun that will throw more balls in five minutes than the old flint-lock muskets would in an hour, one would suppose would be relatively more destructive, and yet in no engagement fought within the past century have so many men fallen in proportion to the number engaged as at Waterloo on that fateful Sunday, June 15, 1815-a day that was ushered in with the roar of three hundred and fifty cannon and one hundred and twenty thousand muskets, the volleys of which made the earth tremble.
The Rhine is neither a wide nor a deep stream and is not navigable above Bohn. Its banks are cultivated to near the water's edge, except where they are too hilly and mountainous to admit of tillage. Every available
CENTRAL PARK, MANSFIELD
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foot of ground in Germany is utilized. Hence the desire of many to come to American to its "broad acres" and greater opportunities, and see how they have succeeded, like Vonhof, Bissman, Hautzenroeder, Scholl, Schoer, the Voegeles, the Remys, and others.
Many strange and romantic legends are connected with the history of the Rhine-its ivy-clad towers, its castles, its rocks and its hills. It is difficult, it is said, to find a finer or more varied scenery than along the banks of the Rhine from Coblentz to Bingen.
"Fair Bingen on the Rhine."
A friend-a German by birth-who had spent the greater part of his life in America, upon returning from a visit to the old country, said he had especially enjoyed his trip from Heidelberg to Munich, a distance of about two hundred miles; that the country through which the road passes presents, in many places, the appearance of a western prairie in America. The absence of timber, except fruit and cultivated shade trees, adds much to the similarity. There are no fences and but few hedges.
The farmers live in villages instead of upon farms, and in cultivating the land they plant and sow in narrow strips from twenty to one hundred feet in width and fifty to three hundred yards in length. There can be seen a strip of wheat, another of rye, oats, clover or potatoes, with here and there plowed ground, and these strips, with their varied colors, give the farms the appearance of landscape gardens. "Why they farm in this way," said the gentleman, "I was unable to find out. Perhaps because their forefathers for centuries had cultivated the land in the same way."
Men are but old children, and learn by example.
As the tourist neared Munich he saw the spurs of the Alps in the dis- tance, their high peaks glistening in the sunlight like giant columns supporting the sky. This was the most beautiful sight he saw in all Europe.
The Germans are a branch of the great Aryan family and were early distinguished from the southern races by their robust frame, their greater daring, their love of home, their respect for the honor of their women and by "a sense they call honor, which led them to sacrifice their life rather than their word."
The old German castles that were once the homes of counts and knights are falling into decay and time, the great iconoclast, has laid his hand heavily on the folly of men. But the Germans who came to Mansfield builded more wisely than did their forefathers of old. Germans love the olden-time memories of their native country, the sentiments of whose traditions are woven into the nursery rhymes and legendary songs of their fatherland.
CHURCHES OF MANSFIELD.
BAPTIST.
Park Avenue Baptist Church, corner Park avenue and Walnut street.
DUNKARD.
Brethren Church, Orchard, corner Mulberry, E. H. Smith, pastor.
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CHRISTIAN.
First Christian, 52 West Fourth; Rev. M. G. Buckner, pastor. Believers in Christ, 37 South Diamond; Samuel Engwiller, pastor.
Followers of Christ, Walnut, corner Second; George Freund, pastor.
CONGREGATIONAL.
First Congregational, between 95 and 127 West Park avenue; Rev. B. G. Mattson, pastor.
Mayflower Memorial, Buckingham, corner Lida; Rev. R. H. Edmonds, pastor.
EPISCOPAL.
Grace Episcopal Church, West Third and Bowman streets; Rev. J. J. Dimon, rector.
EVANGELICAL.
Main Street Evangelical Church, South Main and Lexington avenue; Rev. C. H. Vandersall, pastor.
St. John's German Evangelical Church, West First, corner Mulberry; Rev. G. A. Kienle, pastor.
LUTHERAN.
First English Lutheran, West Park avenue and Mulberry; Rev. S. P. Long, pastor.
St. Luke's Lutheran, West Park, corner Marion avenues; Rev. O. D. Baltzly, pastor.
St. Matthew's Lutheran, 39 Park avenue; Rev. F. M. Keller, pastor.
St. Paul's Lutheran, 88 West Third street; Rev. J. S. Herold, pastor.
St. Mark's Mission, Spring Mill street; B. B. Uhl, pastor.
METHODIST.
First Methodist Episcopal, Central Park and Diamond; Rev. S. L. Stewart, pastor.
Central Methodist Episcopal, West Park and Sycamore avenues; Rev. S. K. Mahon, pastor.
A. M. E. Church, 141 Glessner avenue; Rev. W. W. Grimes, pastor.
Free Methodist Church, Woodland avenue, corner Harker street; Rev. Har- vey Hall, pastor.
Wesleyan Methodist, meets in lecture room St. Matthew's Lutheran Church; Rev. H. R. Smith, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN.
First Presbyterian, North Mulberry street.
Associate Presbyterian, 185 Marion avenue; no pastor.
United Presbyterian, West Third, corner Mulberry; Rev. H. Ferguson, pastor.
East Mansfield Presbyterian Church, East Park avenue; Rev. A. M. Smeallie, pastor. (Church building in course of construction.)
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ROMAN CATHOLIC.
St. Peter's Catholic, Mulberry, corner First street; Rev. F. A. Schreiber, rector.
UNITED BRETHREN.
First United Brethren, 85 East Park avenue; Rev. E. L. Ortt, pastor.
SALVATION ARMY.
Salvation Army Barracks, 176 North Main; Ensign J. A. Mccutcheon in charge.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
First Church of Christ, meets 53 Dickson Building; Miss Anna Moser, first reader.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS.
Seventh Day Adventists meet in lecture room of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church; H. H. Burkholder, pastor.
MISSION.
People's Mission, 177 1-2 North Main street; Mrs. Olive F. Needham, super- intendent.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Millennial Dawn Bible Class meets room 10 Smith building; R. B. Maxwell, leader.
Matlock Chapel, Grace, corner Pearl street ; L. A. Palmer, superintendent.
POST OFFICE.
William S. Cappeller
Postmaster Assistant Postmaster M. W. McFarland
Financial Clerk Joseph L. Hott
CLERKS.
William T. Houston. Chas. S. Moore.
Mrs. Mary M. Custer. E. A. Brown.
J. E. Willis.
TRANSFER CLERKS.
C. F. Durbin.
MAIL MESSENGER. Carson Zimmerman.
No. 1-Frank Milner. No. 2-George Engelbright. No. 3-A. B. Endly. No. 4-J. L. Burneson.
J. E. Scott. W. C. Fitzsimmons. H. M. Hout. G. Lee Snyder.
E. G. Newell.
CARRIERS.
No. 5-George Pfeifer. No. 6-H. B. Kline. No. 7-Charles S. Brumbaugh. No. S-P. C. Miller.
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No. 9-W. D. Wilson. No. 10-George T. Rhodes. No. 11-E. C. Ford. No. 12-H. W. Zellner.
No. 13-Edward Lape. No. 14-Frank C. Alger. No. 15-O. L. Laird. No. 16-J. S. Au.
SUBSTITUTE CARRIERS.
J. H. Leiter, Jr.
George H. Hoover.
RURAL ROUTE CARRIERS.
No. 1-John W. Boyce.
No. 6-E. W. Kyle.
No. 2-Charles Painter.
No. 7-J. H. Woods.
No. 3-J. F. Scott.
No. 8-J. C. Wentz.
No. 4-G. W. McFarland.
No. 9-Dwight Stewart.
No. 5-Charles H. Burneson.
SUBSTITUTE STATIONS.
No. 1-11 South Benton, near Park avenue, clerk in charge I. G. Robertson. No. 2-Corner Bowman and Springmill, clerk in charge Fred E. Enlow. No. 3-115 Newman, clerk in charge W. B. Linn, Jr.
On holidays one delivery over the city, starting at 7 a. m.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. Park Avenue, corner Walnut.
George Knofflock, Chief; Henry Marks, Captain, Department No. 1; George Adams, Fireman and Electrician; Charles Eyelry, Fireman, Department No. 1; L. Matthias, Fireman, Department No. 1; William Remy, Fireman, Department No. 1; Harmon Baer, Fireman, Department No. 1; George D. Main, Fireman, Department No. 1; William Ritchey, Fireman, Department No. 1; J. C. Anderson, Fireman, Department No. 1; William Bell, Captain, Department No. 2; George Ebbert, Fireman, Department No. 2; William Rider, Fireman, Department No. 2; William Merrill, Fireman, Department No. 2; Fred Longsdorf, Captain, Department No. 3; J. Powers, Fireman, Department No. 3; Ed. Yingling, Fireman, Department No. 3.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Rev. D. J. Meese, President; J. E. Nelson, Clerk ; C. B. Bushnell, E. G. Lemon, J. H. Bristor, A. Kallmerten, W. C. Mowry; H. H. Helter, Superin- tendent of Schools.
Regular meeting first and third Tuesday of each month at high school building.
NAME AND LOCATION OF SCHOO!, BUILDINGS.
High School-West Fourth, corner Bowman.
First Street School-First corner Crouse.
Hedges Street School-Hedges between Arch and Home avenue.
Fifth Street School-West Fifth, corner Miller.
Fourth Street School-East Fourth, between Adams and Scott.
Bowman Street School-Bowman, corner Harker.
CARRIERS.
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Marion Avenue School-Marion, corner Douglass avenue.
Newman School-Newman, corner Chapman and Wayne.
Prospect Street School-89 Prospect.
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.
St. Peter's Catholic School, 74 S. Mulberry. Sisters of St. Francis in charge.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Probate Judge, S. S. Bricker; Auditor, G. H. Weidner; Treasurer, P. J. Wigton; Clerk of Courts, C. L. Mcclellan; Sheriff, G. A. Baer; Prosecuting Attorney C. H. Huston; Surveyor, C. H. Bushey; Coroner, G. T. Goodman ; Member of Legislature, R. E. Hutchison; Judge of Court of Common Pleas, Edwin Mansfield; Superintendent Children's Home, Jonathan Uhlich; Trustees Children's Home, I. S. Donnell, J. J. Dimon, David Bricker, J. W. Palmer.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
A. B. Barr, Mansfield; J. E. Baker, Lucas; J. I. Patterson, Shiloh.
COUNTY INFIRMARY.
County Infirmary, six miles northwest of the city on the Olivesburg road-Harvey Imhoff, Superintendent. Directors-W. K. Oberlin, J. E. Elliott, C. C. Arehart.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR RICHLAND COUNTY.
TOWNSHIP
NAME
POSTOFFICE
Blooming Grove
C. S. Hunter
Rives
Blooming Grove
John French Rives
Butler
James A. Patterson
Adario
Butler
W. A. Tucker
Adario
Cass
J. B. Grinwood
Shiloh
Cass
Byron E. Mohn
Shiloh
Franklin
David Arnold
Mansfield
Jackson
B. F. Laser
Shelby
Jackson
Robert McCracken
Shelby
Jefferson
J. E. Howard
Bellville
Jefferson
Isaac J. Watkins
Bellville
Madison
George A. Shaeffer
Mansfield
Madison
Jabez Dickey
Mansfield
Mifflin
Freeman Osbun
Pavonia
Monroe
George Balliet
Perrysville
Monroe
L. K. Pearce
Lucas
Perry
David Guno
Bellville
Plymouth
E. K. Trauger
Plymouth
Plymouth
M. W. Griffith
Shelby
Sharon
Mac Esterline
Shelby
Sharon
Jeff Laser
Shelby
Springfield
M. Sawhill
Ontario
Springfield
G. O. Kirkland
Ontario
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TOWNSHIP
NAME
POSTOFFICE
Sandusky
J. W. McCully
Crestline
Troy
J. V. McKinley
Lexington
Troy
J. H. Post
Lexington
Washington
C. J. Schrack
Lexington
Washington
Philip Baer, Jr.
Mansfield
Weller
Earl Chamberlain
Pavonia
Weller
H. O. Pittinger Pavonia
Worthington
Frank S. Culp Butler
Worthington
Marion Mcclellan
Butler
CITY OFFICIALS.
Huntington Brown, Mayor, Office-City Prison building; Walter S. Bradford, City Auditor, Office-City building; Ralph Walker, Clerk, Office- City building; G. M. Cummings, City Solicitor, Office-91/2 N. Main street ; Fred M. Bushnell, City Treasurer, Office-Richland Savings Bank.
THE OLDEST HOUSE IN MANSFIELD.
The oldest dwelling house in Mansfield stands at the northwest corner of Adams and Third streets, and is upon the original site upon which it was built in 1810.
It is a log house, weatherboarded on the outside and lathed and plastered within. The building is two stories high and a frame addition has been added to the north side. The house was built and first occupied by the Rev. Dr. William B. James.
In February, 1896, Professor James, of Chicago, a grandson of the Rev. Dr. James, in company with General Brinkerhoff went through the old build- ing, which they found in an excellent state of preservation.
The Rev. Dr. James evidently intended to make Mansfield his per- manent home. He was a physician as well as a preacher, but his useful life was brought to an early close, as he was gored to death by a bull.
Following Dr. James, other Methodist ministers lived there, among the number being the Rev. Charles Waddle and the Rev. Somerville. The late Mrs. Grant came to Mansfield on Easter Monday, 1815, and recalled the fact that Dr. James lived on that corner at that time, and that the town then contained but twenty-two houses, all told. When a family came to Mans- field then they had to build a cabin for a home, as there were no "flats," "apartments" or "furnished rooms to let," in those days.
The James residence was regularly used for religious services until a church was built. Foster, the colored preacher, for whom Foster street was named, often told in after years of the "good meetings" that had been held in Dr. James' log house, and that when the audience could not be accommo- dated inside that the "overflow" sat on the logs and stumps around the house and joined in the service.
Vocal music was then a prominent feature in religious services. At those meetings Foster's voice was heard, clear, musical and powerful. In
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this singing was blended the melody of praise, of thanksgiving and of devo- tion. There was a simplicity, a sincerity, a reverential solemnity pervading those meetings and services of songs that commended them to the people.
The first Methodist church in Mansfield was built in 1816, and the building is still standing on North Adams street, between Third and Fourth streets and is now used as a dwelling.
The James house was afterwards the home of the Rev. Bigelow and other Methodist ministers. It was owned for several years by Hiram R. Smith, but is now owned by Mrs. Lafferty Irvin.
The pioneer preachers worked hard and were not well paid. Late one cold, blustering Saturday night, the late Dr. William Bushnell met the Rev. Russell Bigelow at the corner of Third and East Diamond streets, going through the storm, carrying a sack, to get breadstuff to do his family over Sunday and explained to the doctor that he had just returned from a circuit trip, and found the family without bread-their means being too limited to lay in abundant stores.
All earthly things are given to change, and the firesides of the pioneer period have given place to the furnaces and registers of today. Still the re- membrance of the associations has an attractive charm and a strong hold on our sentiments and affections. Though the scenes of our memory may be darkened with shadows, yet still it is a sweet indulgence to recall them. The rose and the thorn grow on the same bush, so the remembrance of our friends who have "crossed over" is mingled with both gladness and sorrow.
The "fireside" is typical of a home and is endeared by many affectionate recollections. At the fireside our parents recounted the history of their earlier years, the difficulties they had encountered, and the objects they had sought to attain. And of all the members of the family circle who gathered around that fireside, the mother is the most lovingly recalled. "My mother!" is an expression of music, of melody and of love! It takes us back to the days of our childhood and places us again kneeling by her side to receive her caresses and loving benediction.
OLD-TIME MEMORIES REVIVED.
Theodore C. Walker, son of the late Rev. J. B. Walker, writes from his Missouri home to the Daily Shield of this city, as follows:
The other day by the kindness of a friend in your city, I was privileged to read the Daily Shield. Its date line and place of publication brought to mind, Mansfield, my boyhood's home, the old "Daily Shield and Banner," the "Mansfield Herald" and the scenes of fifty years ago last January, when as carrier boy for the Herald, I presented the New Year's address, written by Rev. J. B. Walker, D. D., and received therefor, seventy-five dollars. That glad day, '54-and such a fortune, none like it since. The address was done . in colors upon a hand press, a master piece of press work at that time.
I was then an apprentice-"the devil"-in the Herald office and Mr. Matthias Day its editor. I recall his kindness and remember his command- ing presence and pleasant countenance as clearly as though I had seen him but yesterday. Could I ever forget the old Washington hand press with its
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wooden distributing cylinder and the two and sometimes three composition rollers with which I inked the forms and how, slowly but surely, the press- man and I worked off the edition and divided the honors in the neat appear- ance and well printed pages of the Mansfield Herald. No one in the whole establishment was more pleased to have the Adam's Power and Book Press installed in the plant than I. Though Mr. Day felt that it was a great stroke of enterprise to introduce the self inking press, and give the Herald a genuine boom, and the "devil" a respite from his inky labors.
I recall the Fremont campaign and the street where Judge Charles Sher- man lived, and how pretty Mary Sherman came out upon the porch and leaning against the big pillar, smiled as she listened to my first political speech. Did I hear you say that she was Mrs. General Miles and had added to the splendor of Washington society by her beauty and grace of spirit and keeps the heart and confidence of her husband and resents the slights to her distinguished consort? I can believe it all, and more, for it was a Mansfield girl who captured the head of the army.
I do remember the "Shield and Banner," and I was such a partisan, that I verily believed that its editor and printers had but little chance for Heaven or this world, though the Shield circulation was much larger than ours, and many good people whom I knew took and enjoyed the paper, and will you believe it, most of my church officials and some of my best members and friends have been and are now Democrats, and I-don't tell the Herald contingent-have even voted the Democratic ticket and kept my love for, and faith in the sainted Lincoln and the principles he stood for.
I was a boy in '54 and a soldier in '61. My knowledge of men and measures was small and my prejudices large. I now know that names of parties count but little and men are mere pawns in the game of politics which the bosses play, without conscience and without honor.
It was the obituary notice of Mr. Matthias Day, which I read in the Shield, that filled the long silent chamber of youth with the voices of other days. They sounded strangely sweet to me, like far off echoes as if reflected from the sunny slopes of boyhood, but none of them more skilled or assuring, among the men I knew than that of Editor Day, who made the toil of a printer boy bearable by his sympathetic appreciation revealed to us in liberal pay and words of praise.
Dear old Mansfield, she holds the dusts of my loved ones. Her streets were as familiar to me as my own name. I can see Glessner's hill, the Public Square, the business clocks, Sturges store, John Sherman's residence-but where are the boys and the girls who sang in the "Haisting's Glee Club" and possibly laid the foundation of the Choral Society whose Libretto of the Creation lies before me ?
Missouri's Cardinal is singing out in the orchard, the great awakening is at hand. If God gives the seeds, and the flowers the power of a new life will He not keep the human grain that has fallen and give it an immortal spring- time? "O you of little faith."
Mr. Editor, you will forgive me but the wheels kept turning and the phonograph gave out that which was upon the cylinder more than fifty years
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ago. You have your waste basket-do your duty, for at best, but few, very few, will remain who will remember.
OLD TOWN COUNCIL RECORDS.
One who loves to delve among the musty volumes of the past, has un- earthed the following concerning town councils and other municipal mat- ters of the past :
In the city auditor's office are some old books, records of the town coun- cil and books of old ordinances.
The earlier records of council do not seem to be in evidence. Some- thing of council's enactments are evidenced in the ordinances back as far as 1834 but the first entry in the oldest journal there bears the date of January 29, 1846.
With imagination's eye one can see some of the people who were then prominent in the life of the village. T. H. Ford, the mayor in 1846 after- ward served with distinction in the wars and became lieutenant-governor of the Buckeye state. And his law partner, Patrick Purdy Hull who at one of the meetings in '46 was allowed one dollar as rent for the council room, wood, "candles" and paper for the past year, was a gay young Irishman. The rec- ords which bear his signature as recorder are like copper plate. It is a pleasure to read them. They are in vivid contrast with some of the other records in which the misspelled words are numerous and the writing illegible. Hull was active in many ways in behalf of the little town and in the years from '46 to '50 his name appears on nearly every page of the town council records either as recorder, trustee, mayor or in some other capacity. Pat Ford, of this city, was named after his father's partner.
Along about 1850 after his term as mayor of Mansfield expired Hull went to the land of gold, California. The famous danseuse, Lola Montez, favorite of kings and many men in high position, met him, after he left Mansfield. He became infatuated with her and she with him. They were married and lived in Grass Valley, Cal., for awhile; later they separated. He never returned to Mansfield, and his remains were interred in California.
GOVERNOR KIRKWOOD.
Samuel J. Kirkwood, one of the trustees of Mansfield in the early days, is often spoken of in the records in those times. He was admitted to the bar in 1843.
Mr. Kirkwood left Mansfield in 1855, went to Iowa where he afterward served two terms as governor of the state, was United States senator for a long time and in 1881 became the secretary of the interior in President Garfield's cabinet. At the probate office on page one hundred and seventy-three, volume four of marriage affidavits appears the record of the marriage of Samuel J. Kirkwood and Jane Clark in the township of Troy December 27, 1843, by Rev. E. Evens, of Lexington.
Judge Charles T. Sherman, brother of Senator Sherman, was recorder of Mansfield when some of the earlier ordinances were framed. Senator John Sherman is mentioned as a petitioner in one of the later records.
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