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The Driskels were settlers of Wayne county prior to 1812, but how much ear- ier than this they came to Wooster and its vicinity we are unable to state. John Driskel was one of the first Supervisors of Wooster that we find on record, and was acting in that capacity during the above-named year. He had three brothers, Dennis, William and Phenix, and a sister, Sally, who married Bill Gibson. His family consisted of four children, Bill, Pearce, Dave and Reasin. They emigrated from Columbiana to Wayne county, and for a time after their arrival lived upon Apple creek, near the old Stihbs mill.
For a number of years after their settlement in Wayne county old John Dris- kel was regarded as an honest and honorable man, though much addicted to in- temperance, and inclined, when drunk, to he quarrelsome.
Dennis, his brother, was a respectable, industrious, enterprising man, and bore that reputation wherever he was known in Wayne county. He was one of the Trustees of Plain township, in company with John McBride and Abraham Run- yon, in 1829, and owned and conducted the old grist-mill at Springville, in Plain township, which he sold in 1832. For some years after his coming to the vicinity of Wooster John Driskel owned farms and made exchanges in real estate.
The first suspicion of crookedness upon him occurred when Horace Howard was keeping the hotel called the Eagle House, on West Liberty street. A party had gathered in the bar-room of Mr. Howard's hotel one evening, among whom was John Driskel, and the excitement becoming too boisterous, the proprietor ejected the inmates from the premises. As Driskel went out of the bar-room he picked up a candlestick and carried it outdoors with him, but, it seems, immedi- ately threw it over into Mr. Howard's garden, who, not knowing this, caused Driskel to be arrested the next morning. Michael Totten# was one of the jurors in the case. The evidence was not of that character to exhibit intent to steal on the
*We are indebted to Michael Totten, Esq., for these facts, he having personal knowledge of the Driskel family.
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part of Driskel, and he was acquitted. This was ten or eleven years after Driskel came to Wayne county, and this was the first suspicion upon him, and the first ar- rest.
Steve Brawdy, a brother-in-law of William, a brother of John Driskel, was sent to the penitentiary from Wooster for stealing a heifer from Jacob Shellabarger, at Naftzger's mill, near Burbank. The warrant for his apprehension was issued by Squire Bristow, and Jacob Crawford, Constable of Congress township, assisted by Michael Totten and Moses Loudon, arrested him. Brawdy was a strong, powerful man, and in the melee he plunged a knife into Loudon's thigh the full length of its blade, but which only made Loudon the more determined, and Mr. Totten and the constable more resolute. He was taken before Squire Bristow, had a hearing, was bound over, received his trial at Wooster, and was sentenced to three years confine- ment in the Ohio penitentiary. The fact of Brawdy's relationship to the Driskels, induced many suspicions, and the vigilance of the citizens and the officers soon led to the discovery of a gang, in which John Driskel was the central actor.
About this time General Beall had a yoke of oxen stolen and taken to Cleve- land and sold. A young man named Ben Worthington, was arrested, and tried for this offense, and sent to the penitentiary. The revelations of this trial established the complicity of Driskel and Brawdy with the Worthington theft.
John Driskel was finally arrested for stealing horses in Columbiana county, Ohio, and brought back from Beaver county, Pa., where he was caught, tried, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary from New Lisbon. This was about 1829-30. He, however, managed soon to make his escape, the particulars of the same being as follows : Convicts were at that time permitted to labor, under guard, on the public works at Columbus. Driskel, with a chain and a fifty-six weight fastened to his leg, had charge of a wheelbarrow, and was conveying dirt upon the Ohio canal. He concluded he would make an effort to escape, and picking up the ball in his hands, started to run, and was immediately fired upon by six guards, who un- fortunately missed him. He had shrewdly selected a period well on toward night for his dangerous attempt. Arriving at a farm residence, he sought the wood-pile, and there finding an ax, severed the ball from the chain. Having dispensed with this impediment to travel, he leisurely made his way back to Wayne county, to where his family lived, near Burbank, where he filed the clasp of the chain from his leg.
Mr. Totten says he heard him frequently relate his escape-the cutting off of the iron ball by the farmer's ax, and the filing of the chain, etc. Driskel would tell it and laugh over it until he could be heard for half a mile.
The authorities hearing of his appearance in Wayne county, an effort was made to re-capture him, when, to elude his pursuers, he led, for a time, a roving life, stealing horses and concealing them in thickets, burning barns, houses, etc., finally leaving the county. Shortly afterward he was captured in Mohican township, Ash- land county, and committed to the charge of two men named Patterson to take him back to the Columbus penitentiary to serve out his sentence, but when stopping over night at Sunbury, Delaware county, the old man, by shrewdness and force, effected his escape and never again appeared in Ohio. He was next heard of in the West, where his family and confederates joined him and continued their criminal pursuits for some years. In time the Regulators of Northern Illinois rose upon them, capturing old John, his son William, and others of the gang. These were immediately shot, and his youngest son, David, was soon afterward caught and hanged to a tree by Judge Lynch.
'It is the opinion of Mr. Totten that this gang of outlaws, composed of the
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Driskels, Brawdys and others, originated in Wayne county, and this is likewise cor- roborated by the statement of Hon. L. D. Odell, of Clinton township, one of the most intelligent of the early settlers of the county. They had no long or settled residence at any point in the county, living, at different periods, in Wooster, Wayne, Chester, Congress and Plain townships.
They were a gang of bad, bold, dangerous and daring men and desperadoes, a terror to peaceful, law-abiding citizens, whom even-handed Justice pursued slowly, but finally visited with most fearful retribution. They were men of invincible courage, of powerful physical strength, and enjoyed nothing so well as a carouse and a knock-down. Their leading villainies consisted in burglaries, incendiarism and horse-stealing. They concealed their stolen horses in the dense thickets of the woods, stole corn from the farmers to feed them, and at a suitable opportunity, conducted them out of the county.
Old John Driskel was a blustering, swaggering, bullying Drawcan-sir, and when drunk was constantly provoking disturbances and putting society into a ferment of alarm and apprehension. Few men whom he encountered were his equals in the brutal conflicts which he induced.
On the occasion of a public muster in Lisbon, Columbiana county, he became terribly boisterous and flung his banter to the assembled crowd. Like Caleb Quo- tem, in the Wags of Windsor, he was bound to have a place at the reviews. Timid men feared him, and stouter ones desired to avoid collisions with him. Driskel's rule was, if he could not provoke a quarrel by general hoasting, blowing and threats, to select a large, muscular-looking man and challenge him to a fight, and if he refused to accept, to hit him at the time or watch an opportunity and deliver a blow.
On this occasion he selected Isaac Pew, a large, bony specimen of a man, and after offering him sundry indignities and without any warning, hit him a terrible blow, springing instantly upon him and biting off Pew's ear. This occurred at the tavern in Lisbon, then kept by Christian Smith, at one time a resident of Wayne county, and one of the Associate Judges of the Common Pleas Court of Wayne county.
Pew was a man who kept his own secrets, and felt amply able to defend him- self against Driskel or anybody else, if he had a fair showing. When next general muster came around Driskel was present, as was also Pew, the latter having re- marked, " He has my ear, now I'll have his nose." Seeing Driskel he approached him, but suspecting his intentions, he retreated, Pew following him closely, who was interrupted by Bill Driskel, John's brother; but rushing past Bill, and John, seeing he was about to be caught, turned about, when Pew instantly sprang at old John and bit his nose off.
On a certain occasion old John was parading the streets of Wooster talking boister. ously, and shouting that he weighed 208 pounds, and no man could whip him. Smith McIntire, who was clearing off some land on the Robison farm, south of Wooster, came to town in his shirt sleeves to procure tobacco. Being a very muscular look- ing man, General Spink and Mr. McComb approached him and asked him if he
*Smith McIntire was born in Fayette county, 1789, and married Catherine Larkins, of Harrison county, Ohio. He removed to Wayne county in 1819, re- maining until about 1847, when he went to Seneca county and died. He was a good and quiet citizen, industrious, honest and honorable. He induced no quar- rels, but woe to the man who provoked his anger, for he possessed a giant's strength, and when he employed it against an adversary his manly fist cracked with certain doom.
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thought he could whip that man-pointing toward Driskel. McIntire said, " I can whip anybody, but I don't know that man, and I am a stranger here, and more than that, I am a peaceful man," whereupon he started back to his work, when Spink and McComb called to him to return. He obeyed their summons, and after some entreaty consented to whip Driskel, upon the consideration of preserving quiet and establishing order. Spink remarked to Driskel that here was a man (pointing to McIntire) that he had not yet whipped, when Driskel rapidly advanced toward him and said, " Do you think you can handle me?" to which McIntire re- sponded, " I do." Driskel said, " Well, let us take a drink, and then to business." McIntire responded, " I want nothing to drink." Driskel took his drink and faced McIntire, and when the word " ready" was given McIntire hit him one blow that knocked him insensible, and so serious was the result that Dr. Bissell had to be called, and it was several hours before he rallied from the prostration.
Not satisfied with this encounter, in a short time afterwards he challenged McIntire to a second test, which he accepted, having General Spink and Colonel James Hindman for his seconds, Driskel choosing for his backers one of his sons and his son-in-law, Brawdy. The contestants met, and with a similar result. McIntire, after his adversary was on the floor, picked him up like a toy and started with him toward the fire-place exclaiming, " I will make a burnt offering of him," but which rash purpose was prevented. This fight occurred in the bar-room of Nailor's tavern.
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
WOOSTER TOWNSHIP.
WOOSTER TOWNSHIP, named after General David Wooster, was organized April 1I, 1812, simultaneously with Sugarcreek, Mohi- can and Prairie townships. Its population in 1870 was 1, 145. Its civil record appears as follows from its date of organization :
1812. Trustees-Joseph Hughes, Dennis Driskel; Clerk-Robert McClarran; Supervisors-Christian Smith, John Driskel.
1813. Trustees-William Larwill, Dennis Driskel, William Robison ; Clerk- Robert McClarran.
1814. Trustees-Robert McClarran, Jacob Foulks, John Robison; Clerk- William Robison; Treasurer-Francis H. Foltz ; Overseers of Poor-Benjamin Jones, George Hull ; Fence Viewers-William Totten, Joseph Hughes ; Appraisers of Property-John Lawrence, Jacob Matthews; Supervisors-John Lawrence, Daniel Jones, David Mitchel, Josiah Crawford, Isaac Burnet; Constables-Amasa Warner, John Clark, Joseph Hughes.
1815. Trustees-Aaron Bell, John Lawrence, George Bair ; Clerk-Philip P. Griffith ; Tax Collector-Robert Orr ; Supervisors-Noah Sooy, Nathan Warner, Isaac Burnet, Richard Powers.
1816. Trustees-William Naylor, Philip B. Griffith, Francis H. Foltz; Clerk -William C. Larwill; Treasurer-Joseph McGugen ; Overseers of Poor-Nathan Warner, Isaac Burnet ; Listers and Appraisers-Francis H. Foltz, Jacob Parker; Fence Viewers-Mordecai Boon, Isaiah Jones ; Constables-Benjamin Miller, Joseph Alexander, Robert Orr ; Supervisors-George Hull, James Glass, Ralph Cherry, David Smith, John Lawrence, Benjamin Jones, Valentine Smith, David Mitchel.
1817. Trustees-William Naylor, P. B. Griffith, F. H. Foltz; Clerk-William C. Larwill; Treasurer-Joseph McGugen; Supervisors-Andrew McMonigal, George Hull, Isaac Correl, Joseph Stibbs, Isaac Burnet, William Robison, Thomas Robi- son ; Appraisers and Listers-David Robison, John Updegraff; Overseers of Poor -William Kelley, Henry Megrew ; Fence Viewers-John Wilson, Robert McClar- ran; Constables-John Updegraff, Joseph Ervine.
1818. Trustees-T. G. Jones, Benjamin Jones, John Sloane ; Clerk-Henry St. John ; Treasurer-Thomas Taylor ; Overseers of Poor-William Robison, Matthew Johnston ; Appraisers-Thomas Robison, D. O. Hoyt; Supervisors-Reasin Beall, Andrew McMonigal, Nicholas Smith, J. Patton, S. Mitchel; Constables-D. O. Hoyt, J. Barkdull, Jacob Robison ; Fence Viewers-J. Eichar, Edward Gallaher.
1819. Trustees - Matthew Johnston, Thomas Robison, Samuel Mitchel; Clerk-Thomas R. Mcknight; Treasurer-Andrew McMonigal ; Supervisors-John
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Lawrence, Robert McClarran, George Harman, J. Eichar, John Mullen ; Overseers of Poor -'John McClellan, James E. Harriott; Fence Viewers-John Wilson, Joseph McGugen ; Appraisers and Listers-Francis H. Foltz, George V. Robin- son ; Constables-George V. Robinson, John Hague, Andrew Alexander ; Trustees of Section 16-Reasin Beall, William McComb, John Larwill; Treasurer of Section 16-David Robison.
1820. Trustees-John Patton, Thomas Robison, Matthew Johnston; Clerk- Thomas R. Mcknight; Supervisors-Nathan Warner, Neil Power, George Wilson, Joseph Barkdull, D. O. Hoyt and Elisha Henry, George Harman ; Treasurer-Thomas Townsend ; Constables-John Hague, Moses Owens ; Appraisers and Listers-James L. Spink, J. Eichar; Overseers of Poor-Benjamin Jones, Asa W. W. Hickox ; Fence Viewers-John Wilson, John McClellan.
1821. Trustees-William McComb, John Larwill, Cyrus Spink; Clerk-Sam- uel Knapp ; Treasurer-David Robison ; Appraisers and Listers-Joel Harry, Mo- ses Owen ; Justices of Peace-Francis H. Foltz, Samuel Quinby.
1822. Trustees - William McComb, William McFall, Martin McMillen ; Clerk-Samuel Knapp; Treasurer-David Robison ; Appraisers and Listers-Joseph Barkdull, Cyrus Spink.
1823. Trustees - Matthew Johnston, Francis H. Foltz, John Christmas ; Clerk-Samuel Knapp; Treasurer-David Robison; Appraiser and Lister-Wil- liam B. Smith, Moses Culbertson ; Justice of the Peace-Alexander McBride.
1824. Trustees-John Larwill, Daniel Yarnell, Moses Culbertson ; Clerk- Samuel Knapp; Treasurer-William Naylor; Appraiser and Lister -- Benjamin Church, Benjamin Jones.
1825. Trustees-Benjamin Jones, Neal Power, John Larwill; Clerk-Samue Knapp; Treasurer-William Naylor; Appraiser and Lister-Charles Connelly.
1826. Trustees-George Pomeroy, Benjamin Jones, Reasin Beall; Clerk- Samuel Knapp ; Treasurer-William Naylor.
1827. Trustees-Benjamin Jones, George Pomeroy, Reasin Beall; Clerk- Samuel Knapp ; Treasurer-William Naylor.
1828. Trustees-Benjamin Jones, George Pomeroy, Reasin Beall; Clerk- John Larwill; Treasurer-William Naylor ; Justice of the Peace-Thomas Rob- ison.
1829. Trustees - William Kimpton, John Smith, Alexander McMonigal ; Clerk-C. H. Streby ; Treasurer-John Miller.
1830. Trustees-Samuel Quinby, M. C. Shamp, Samuel Power; Clerk-John J. Robison; Treasurer-A. McMonigal; Supervisors-David Cook, George Lisor, John Hess, Richard Power, James Naylor; Overseers of Poor-Samuel Irvin, Rea- sin Beall ; Fence Viewers-Neal Power, David McConahay; Constables-Daniel Yarnell, John Eyster.
1831. Trustees-Samuel Quinby, M. C. Shamp, Samuel Power; Clerk- Ephraim Quinby, "Jr .; Treasurer-A. McMonigal.
1832. Trustees-Thomas Wilson, H. C. Shamp, George Pomeroy ; Clerk- Lindoll Sprague; Treasurer-John McClellan.
1833. Trustees-John Hess, George Pomeroy, William McCurdy; Clerk-D. W. Jones; Treasurer-Ephraim Quinby, Jr.
1834. Trustees-John Hess, William McCurdy, Samuel Power; Clerk-J. W. Schuckers; Treasurer-E. Quinby, Jr.
1835. Trustees-Samuel Power, John Hess, William McComb; Clerk-J. W. Schuckers; Treasurer-E. Quinby, Jr.
1836. Trustees-John Hess, Samuel Power, John Jones; Clerk-J. W. Schuckers; Treasurer-E. Quinby, Jr.
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1837. Trustees-John P. Coulter, Richard Power, Joseph Stibbs; Clerk- Bazaleel Crawford ; Treasurer-E. Quinby, Jr .; School Examiners-Edward Avery, Levi Cox, John H. Harris.
1838. Trustees-Richard Power, Elisha Henry, William McCurdy; Clerk- John C. Taylor ; Treasurer-Joseph Clingen.
1839. Trustees-J. H. Harris, William McCurdy, Elisha Henry ; Clerk-John C. Taylor; Treasurer-Thomas Power.
1840. Trustees-Samuel White, John Hess, John Hare; Clerk-John C. Tay- lor ; Treasurer-Thomas Power.
1841. Trustees-John Hare, John Walter, Samuel White; Clerk-M. A. Goodfellow ; Treasurer-Thomas Power.
1842. Trustees-John Walter, Samuel White, Patrick Adair; Clerk-M. A. Goodfellow; Treasurer-Thomas Power.
1843. Trustees-James Finly, Simon Rice, James M. Blackburn ; Clerk- Isaac H. Reiter ; Treasurer-Thomas Power.
1844. Trustees-James Finley, James M. Blackburn, Reasin B. Stibbs; Clerk -Isaac H. Reiter ; Treasurer-Thomas Power ; Assessor-John Crall.
1845. Trustees-R. B. Stibbs, William Stitt, Charles McClure; Clerk-John P. Jeffries ; Treasurer-David M. Crall ; Assessor-John Crall.
1846. Trustees-William Stitt, Joseph Emrich, William Robison ; Clerk- James Irwin ; Treasurer-D. M. Crall; Assessor-John Crall.
1847. Trustees-William Robison, Joseph Emrich, David Peffer; Clerk- Edwin Oldroyd ; Treasurer-David M. Crall; Assessor-John Crall.
1848. Trustees-Samuel White, Samuel Mentzler, David Peffer ; Clerk-John C. Taylor ; Treasurer-Samuel Knepper ; Assessor-Daniel McCracken.
1849. Trustees-Samuel White, Samuel Mentzler, David Peffer ; Clerk-John C. Taylor ; Treasurer-Samuel Knepper ; Assessor-Daniel McCracken.
1850. Trustees-Samuel White, Samuel L. Lorah, Jacob Kramer; Clerk- John McSweeney ; Treasurer-Samuel Knepper ; Assessor-Thomas A. Adair.
1851. Trustees-Samuel L. Lorah, Jacob Kramer, Michael Miller; Clerk-G. W. Donnelly ; Treasurer-Samuel Knepper; Assessor-Thomas A. Adair.
1852. Trustees-Samuel L. Lorah, Michael Miller, John Rider; Clerk-Ezra V. Dean ; Treasurer-Samuel Knepper; Assessor-Thomas A. Adair.
1853. Trustees-William Reiter, John Loughbaum, John H. Harris ; Clerk- E. V. Dean ; Treasurer-H. J. Conner ; Assessor-William McCurdy.
1854. Trustees-John Brinkerhoff, John Loughbaum, William Reiter; Clerk- Reuben J. Eberman ; Treasurer-Levi Miller; Assessor-Michael Dice.
1855. Trustees-R. B. Stibbs, Jacob Kramer, Jeremiah Maize; Clerk-George Plumer ; Treasurer-Joseph Baumgardner ; Assessor-John Crall.
1856. Trustees-R. B. Stibbs, Neal McCoy, James McMillen ; Clerk-H. J. Kauffman ; Treasurer-J. H. Baumgardner ; Assessor-C. F. Leopold.
1857. Trustees-J. A. Rahm, Samuel Funk, P. S. Vanhouten ; Clerk-H. J. Kaufman; Treasurer-J. H. Baumgardner ; Assessor-S. S. Golsbury.
1858. Trustees-James S. Hallowell, Robert Jackson, John Bartol; Clerk- H. J. Kaufman ; Treasurer -- J. H. Baumgardner ; Assessor-Daniel W. Ogden.
1859. Trustees-James Hallowell, William Spear, James McMillen ; Clerk- H. J. Kaufman ; Treasurer-J. H. Baumgardner ; Assessor-W. A. Eaken.
1860. Trustees-J. S. Hallowell, William Spear, Charles McClure ; Clerk-H. J. Kaufman ; Treasurer-J. H. Baumgardner; Assessor-Gideon B. Sommers.
1861. Trustees-William Spear, Charles McClure, William Stitt; Clerk-H. J. Kauffman ; Treasurer-J. H. Baumgardner ; Assessor-G. B. Sommers.
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1862. Trustees-H. M. Culbertson, Jacob Kramer, John Zimmerman ; Clerk- H. J. Kauffman; Treasurer-I. N. Jones ; Assessor-Thomas A. Adair.
1863. Trustees-John Zimmerman, Jacob Kramer, H. M. Culbertson; Clerk- E. Schuckers; Treasurer-I. N. Jones; Assessor-Anderson Adair.
1864. Trustees-R. B. Spink, J. H. Kauke, William Stitt; Clerk-H. J. Kauffman ; Treasurer-D. W. Lilley ; Assessor-D. N. Sprague.
1865. Trustees-J. H. Kauke, William Stitt, R. B. Spink; Clerk-H. J. Kauffman ; Treasurer-D. W. Lilley ; Assessor-G. W. Althouse.
1866. Trustees-I. N. Jones, William Nold, D. D. Miller ; Clerk-Thomas A. Adair ; Treasurer-K. E. Harris; Assessor-Joshua Wilson.
1867. Trustees-James Curry, William Spear, S. K. Funk; Clerk-J. H. Carr; Treasurer-T. B. Rayl ; Assessor-Joshua Wilson.
1868. Trustees-Gotleib Gasche, Michael Totten, G. W. Henshaw; Clerk- Jacob O. Stout ; Treasurer-Kite E. Harris ; Assessor-Joshua Wilson.
1869. Trustees-G. W. Henshaw, H. M. Culbertson, Michael Totten ; Clerk- F. L. Imgard ; Treasurer-K. E. Harris ; Assessor-James Taggart.
1870. Trustees-John Ely, Jacob Frick, James McClarran; Clerk-F. L. Im- gard ; Treasurer-John S. Caskey ; Assessor-W. R. Taggart.
1871. Trustees-James McClarran, Michael Miller, D. W. Immel ; Clerk- F. L. Imgard ; Treasurer-John S. Caskey ; Assessor-W. R. Taggart.
1872. Trustees-D. W. Immel, Robert Jackson, J. L. Grafton ; Clerk-Chas. Sprague; Treasurer-Harry McClarran ; Assessor-W. R. Taggart.
1873. Trustees-D. D. Miller, Samuel Rice, R. R. Jackson; Clerk-David McDonald ; Treasurer-O. M. Albright; Assessor-Andrew Branstetter.
1874. Trustees-Samuel Rice, H. M. Culbertson, James McClarran; Clerk- Thomas E. Peckinpaugh ; Treasurer-Harry McClarran ; Assessor-Andrew Bran- stetter.
1875. Trustees-H. M. Culbertson, James McClarran, James Eagan ; Clerk- Jehiel Clark ; Treasurer-Thomas E. Peckinpaugh ; Assessor-James Taggart.
1876. Trustees-H. M. Culbertson, James McClarran, James Eagan ; Clerk- Jehiel Clark ; Treasurer-Thomas E. Peckinpaugh ; Assessor-James Taggart.
1877. Trustees-H. M. Culbertson, James Eagan, James McClarran ; Clerk- Jehiel Clark ; Treasurer-Thomas E. Peckinpaugh ; Assessor-James Taggart.
Justices of the Peace-Robert McClarran, commission dated June 13, 1812; Jacob Schuckers, December 24, 1832 ; John Larwill, April 2, 1833 ; Jacob Schuckers, January 4, 1836 ; Samuel Coulter, April 16, 1836; William Reiter, April 16, 1836 ; Samuel Quinby, October 25, 1838; William Reiter, April 13, 1839; William McCurdy, April 13, 1842; John Beistle, April 13, 1842; Alexander B. Fleming, October 21, 1842 ; J. H. Harris, May 24, 1843; William McCurdy, April 16, 1845; Henry Lehman, April 16, 1845 ; Thomas Williams, April 21, 1846; J. H. Harris, April 12, 1848 ; Henry Lehman, April 12, 1848; William Reiter, April 12, 1849; J. H. Harris, April 19, 1851 ; Henry Lehman, April 19, 1851 ; William Reiter, April 21, 1852 ; George Brauneck, April 13, 1854; J. H. Harris, April 13, 1854 ; D. H. Holiday, October 21, 1854: J. M. Madden, April 22, 1857 ; D. H. Holiday, October 30, 1857 ; C. C. Parsons, April 14, 1858; H. C. Johnson, October 20, 1859 ; Eugene Pardee, October 25, 1860 ; J. H. Downing, October 25, 1860; Henry Leh- man, October 13, 1861 ; J. H. Downing, October 22, 1863 ; A. C. McMillen, April 15, 1864 ; George Brauneck, October 15, 1866; H. Smith, October 15, 1866; W. W. Humilton, October 15, 1866; James T. Henry, April 13, 1869 ; S. R. Bonewitz, October 20, 1869; James T. Henry, April 9, 1872; S. R. Bonewitz, October 12, 1872; Mahlon C. Rouch, April 12, 1875-re-elected April 1, 1878; John R. Mc- Kinny, October 20, 1875.
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David Robison, Sr., was born July 12, 1793, near Chambers- burg, Franklin county, Pa., and descended from old Scotch- Irish parentage. In boyhood he was so unfortunate as to lose his father, and when but entering upon his teens he removed with his widowed mother to Columbiana county, Ohio, at so early a period as 1806. Here he tarried for a short time with her, and then spent a few years at a place called New Lancaster, Fairfield county, where, and during which time, he learned the trade of tanner and currier. On the termination of his period of service as apprentice he made the experiment of living which forms a part of the usu- ally unwritten history of every young man. A year or two was thus occupied in Zanesville and Newark.
The country was now embroiled with Great Britain in its sec- ond defensive war. Many of the ports of the Atlantic seaboard were possessed by the enemy. They were making destructive incursions into the interior of the country. Our cities were endan- gered or actually occupied by the enemy. The northern frontier was menaced by marshaling armies of the enemy, and the lines on the west and north-west were threatened by mongrel hordes of Red coats and Indians. Men were needed and called for to check the encompassing legions of British power.
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