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Jacob Cox was married to Jane Denman, of Ten-Mile, Washington county, Pa., December 4, 1823, and had nine children, eight of whom are living. Their fiftieth bridal was celebrated December 4, 1873, at which their eight children, with their families, were present. His wife died April 18, 1874. For his years, Mr. Cox is quite a remarkable man, never having had a fever, never having taken but two portions of medicine, and never in bed sick only when he had the measles.
Samuel Cook was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., January 4, 1781, and im- migrated to Wayne county in 1816, the following year removing to the farm where his son, Jesse Cook, now lives, and which he purchased from James Goudy, who had entered it. In the summer of 1816 he taught the first school ever taught in Sugar- creek township. He was married prior to his coming here to Elizabeth McWilliams, of Westmoreland county, and had the following children : Sylvanus, born Febru- ary 28, 1802; Rohert, born December 3, 1803; Asa, born December 23, 1805; James, born March 9, 1808 ; Christena, born June 16, 1810; Mary, born October 26, 1812; Samuel, born August 29, 1815; Jemima, born April 3, 1818; John, born April 30, 1820; Jesse, born May 26, 1822; Josiah, born July 20, 1824. The first seven were born in Pennsylvania, and all are living save Sylvanus and Samuel, the latter dying unmarried in East Union township, the former in Noble county, Indi- ana, in 1833.
Samuel Cook was in many respects a remarkable man, and viewed from any standpoint, in his day was a man of influence and great usefulness. He was a member of the Presbyterian church of Dalton, and one of the earliest of the public educators of the county. He raised a large, respectable and intelligent family, and his grandchildren, of whom there are many, are worthy of their pioneer ancestor, and an honor to the community in which they live.
Rev. Archibald Hanna was born in Washington county, Pa., February 12, 1790. In 1802 his father removed to Harrison county, Ohio, and here his son commenced his studies, under Rev. Rea and Rev. McMillan. He entered Jefferson College in 1810, and in 1811 he united with the church at Chartiers, under the pastorate of Rev. John McMillan, D. D. He concluded his college course in 1815 and entered upon the study of Hebrew, under Rev. John Walker, afterwards studying theology under Rev. John Rea, D. D., there being then but three theological seminaries in the United States. April 4, 1816, he was married to Mary Ramage, of Belmont county, Ohio, and in 1818 he was licensed by the Presbytery, and transferred to that of Steubenville, and in 1819 removed to Wayne county and began work at Mt. Eaton, Pigeon Run and Fredericksburg. From 1824 he devoted his entire time to the churches of Mt. Eaton and Fredericksburg, and in 1831 resigned the pastoral care of Mt. Eaton, devoting all his time to Fredericksburg. In 1838 he accepted calls from Dalton and Pigeon Run. From 1845 to 1851 he gave his whole time to the Dalton church, where he resigned his pastoral work, being then in his
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68th year, and during which time he received into the communion of the Presby terian church 557, administering baptism 538 times. His wife dying April 23 1859, he was again married in March, 1860, to Mrs. Sarah Galbraith. He was th father of twelve children. This faithful and eloquent divine departed to his re ward several years ago, after a long life of usefulness and religious labor.
Dalton .- Rev. James Adams had the town of Dover surveyed October 16, 1817 by A. Porter, and embraced 46 lots, as originally laid out. Sharon was surveyer March 29, 1828, by C. W. Christmas, and contained 30 lots. Middletown was laid out by Jacob Switzer and John Jameson, and was surveyed December 27, 1828, b. William Henderson, and embraced 54 in-, and II out-lots. The entity of these thre towns ceasing to exist, we have the village of Dalton, which was incorporate August 14, 1856, and September 27th an election was held. We here subjoin a list o officers since then : Mayor, William Yergin ; Recorder, J. T. Albright; Trustees John Wright, John Fletcher, John Goudy, Frederick Lininger and C. S. Fenton Mayors since then : E. Whitney, 1857; Fred Fluke, 1858; D. Groff, 1859; Adan Tanner, 1860 ; Thomas Marshall, 1861; Valentine Moffatt, 1862; Peter Foust, 1863 E. D. Otis, 1864 ; Robert Slusser, 1865; John Homan, 1866 (Homan resigned an L. G. Harley, M. D., was appointed); Peter Foust, 1867 (Foust resigned and R Slusser was appointed); C. S. Wertz, 1868; F. F. H. Pope, M. D., 1859 (Pope re signed and R. T. Myler was appointed); R. T. Myler, 1870; W. C. Cook, 1871; W C. Cook, 1872; W. C. Cook, 1873; W. C. Cook, 1874; W. C. Cook, 1876. In 182 Dalton contained but one house, and a man named Freeman kept the first tavern where the Eagle House now stands. The first physician was Dr. Watson, now o Massillon, and the first store was kept by Mr. Johnson, and the first church organi zation was by the Presbyterians.
Moscow was laid out by Joseph H. Larwill, Josiah Crawford and John Larwill April 16, 1815, and was surrounded in the primal days with "great expectations,' which were never realized.
Postmasters at Dalton .-- The Dalton postoffice was established in 1825, and the Postmasters have been as follows ; Benjamin Nowee, one year; Luther Pratt, unti 1829; John Goudy ; Richard Cahill; John Goudy, re-appointed in 1841; Fredericl Fluke, 1849; E. W. Cahill, 1853; Isaac Bailey, 1856; E. D. Otis, 1859, succeeded in 1861 by E. A. Freet, the present incumbent.
Presbyterian Church .-- As early as 1814 this body of professing Christians hac services under Rev. James Adams, and in 1816 the church was organized with 23 members. Mr. Adams remained with this church from 1814 to 1823, receiving ir this time 84 members. His successors were Revs. James Snodgrass, A. Hanna Philo M. Semple, E. W. Schwefel and V. G. Sheeley, the present pastor, who as sumed the ministerial functions March 1, 1871; present membership 180. Name: of original members : Mrs. M. Adams, Benjamin Cary and wife, Warren Harris and wife, John Kenney and wife, John Goudy and wife, William Montgomery anc wife, William Forbes and wife, Mary Munn, Elizabeth Tremane, James Goudy and wife, William Goudy and wife, Nathaniel McDowell and wife, Phoebe Tiltor (Campbell) Deborah Tilton (Kilgore), of whom only Phoebe Tilton (Campbell) sur. vives. The first house was of hewn logs, two miles west of Dalton, on lands now owned by Samuel Snavely; the second on the site where the third was built, 1853-54.
M. E. Church of Dalton was organized about 1827, and in 1832 Rev. W. B. Christy was Presiding Elder, and Rev. W. Swazer and George Elliott ministers in charge. Bishop Thomson preached one of his first sermons at a private house in Dalton, and Bishop Harris received license to exhort at the Dalton quarterly con- ference. The present membership is about 100, the present church being built in
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1852, which, under the pastorate of Rev. Struggles, was greatly enlarged and beautified.
The United Presbyterian Congregation, of Dalton, was organized by the Asso- ciate Presbytery, of Chartiers, in the latter part of 1820, at the house of John McDowell. The first Elders were John McDowell, George Gardiner and Mr. McCaughey, and the first members were the McDowells, Gardiners, McCaugheys, Stinsons, Bells, Robisons, McElheneys, Douglasses. Rev. Samnel Irvine was the first stated supply, and Rev. Joseph McKee the first pastor, from about 1836 to 1842. Services were first conducted in private houses and in a tent erected on the farm now owned by James Douglass. In 1828 a log church was built on the farm of William Galloway, where they continued service until 1838-39, when a new frame building was erected in Dalton. In 1871 the present house was built. The follow- ing is the succession of pastors: Rev. J. R. Doig until March, 1848; Rev. D. W. Collins, D. D., from 1850 to 1852; Rev. J. Y. Ashenhurst from 1854 to 1856; Rev. A. McCartney from 1858 to 1860; Rev. W. M. Gibson from 1863 to 1867; Rev. J. G. Madge, present pastor, ordained and installed August 9, 1870. Present mem- bership, 80. Session : Rev. J. G. Madge, Moderator; Samuel M. Anderson, An- drew Cameron, David Stinson; Trustees: H. M. Rudy, Peter Buchanan, John Anderson.
Jesse Otis was born in Vermont, August II, 1793, of New England ancestry, of the James Otis stock, and a tradesman by occupation. April 17, 1817, he was mar- ried to Miss Charlotta Davey, of Frederick, Maryland, and immediately after mar- riage, in the spring of 1817, removed to Sugarcreek township, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres, about the middle of the township, the same farm now occu- pied and owned by his son, Henry W. Otis. Himself and wife were members of the Baptist church for forty years ; and he held various township offices, being a trustee for twenty years. His death took place May 1, 1856. He had seven sons and three daughters, viz: John D., Merrill, Anna, William, Jane, Edward, Nathaniel, E. D., Mary and Henry W.
E. D. Otis, son of Jesse, was born in Sugarcreek township, on the old farm, three miles south of Dalton, September 20, 1832, and worked on the farm until twenty-five years of age, when, in 1856, he came to Dalton as a clerk in Isaac Bailey's drug store. In 1857 he purchased the store, and since that time has con- ducted the business. Mr. Otis is a remarkably good citizen, full of energy, and identified in all enterprises of his town and township, and in all respects an honor- able man. For nine years he has been a Justice of the Peace, a position he at present holds. He has four children, and is a member of the Presbyterian church.
T. M. Taggart, M. D., son of Samuel Taggart, was born in Baughman town- ship, September 22, 1822. He began the study of medicine with Dr. Bowen,' of Massillon, afterwards graduating at the Cleveland Medical College. In 1848 he began the practice of his profession in Dalton. He was married in 1849 to Miss Henrietta Slusser, of York county, Pa., and had seven children, one of whom, Hiram D. Taggart, is a physician in Akron. He died May 23, 1867, and had been a zealous member of the Methodist church for seventeen years.
Dalton Gazette .- In April, 1874, W. C. Scott established a job printing office in Dalton ; in August, 1875, began issuing the Dalton Banner, and in October follow- ing changed the name to the Gazette, the publication of which he continues at the present time. The paper is issued weekly, independent in politics, devoted to local news, and has a circulation of about 500 in Wayne and Stark counties. Mr. Scott was born in Dalton, November 17, 1849, and has made a success in conducting one of the neatest and spiciest papers in the county.
William Homan came from Fayette county, Pa., and in 1814 settled in Sugar-
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creek township, entering one hundred and sixty acres of land. He removed from the farm to Dalton in 1823, where he died, September 26, 1834. He was a mem- ber, with his wife, of the Methodist church. He was the first Justice in the town- ship, and a soldier in the war of 1812. He was Captain of the first militia company of the township, and being a gunsmith made his own sword. He had twelve child- ren. Emanuel Homan, his son, was horn November 24, 1811, and has lived in the county sixty-four years.
L. G. Harley, M. D., was born in Chester county, Pa., in 1811. His father was a farmer, and removed to Ohio in 1830. In 1833 the subject of this notice commenced reading inedicine with Dr. Haddock; attended the course in Philadel- phia, and graduated there in the spring of 1837. He then located in Dalton, where he soon obtained an extensive practice. In the fall of 1839 he was married to Miss Mary M. Fluke, of Dalton, the union resulting in several highly intelligent sons and daughters. His daughter, Virginia, is a member of the medical profession, a grad- uate of the medical department of the University of Michigan. She practiced in Wooster a short time with her father, exhibiting professional skill and ability, with fair prospects of liberal encouragement, when she married and removed to New York city. Dr. Harley continued in Dalton for thirty-one years, and in 1868 re- moved to Wooster, where he bas since resided, successfully practicing his profession.
Sonneberg, so called from a settlement of similar name in Switzerland, its popula- tion being composed chiefly of Swiss from Canton Berne. They enumerate ninety- eight families, and 258 members. This sect was founded by Menno, surnamed Simonis, in 1536, who commenced life as a Roman Catholic. The modern Mennon- ite, as a rule, does not pretend to know what his peculiar tenets are. Several of their ministers, upon whom we called, were certainly ignorant of their history, and had no intelligent idea of their faith. They are sure that they are opposed to war, will not aid in protecting the government, but demand its protection. They are mostly farmers, and very industrious; are good horse-traders, and revel in the effluvia of decomposed cheese. The older ones robustly oppose the introduction of books, incline to antagonize education, and indulge habits wholly un-American. They introduced the painting of dog-houses and the manufacture of applejack in Sugarcreek township. The first of this stock, all from Berne, to come into Wayne county, were Isaac Somer, Uhlrick and Peter Lehman and David Killhover, the latter bringing the regular John Rogers family. Their first place of rendezvous was in a school-house four miles east of Wooster, when they removed to " Switzer- land No. 2," and in 1820 organized a church. It may be recorded of some of the younger class that they are breaking away from the worm-eaten creeds and bigotries of their fathers, and are enrolling themselves in the ranks of the modern civiliza- tion. We regret that space compels us to John Audley their history.
Christian Wahle was born in Berne, Switzerland, April 22, 1782, and came with his wife to America in 1824, and settled in Sugarcreek township. He is now ninety-six years of age, weighs 116 pounds, and has been a member of the Mennon- ite church for eighty years.
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP
WAS organized September 4, 1815. This is the great coal township of the county, and its principal history appears in the body of the work. Its population in 1870 was 2,510. The following is the list of officers, as appears upon the official records :
1866. Trustees-William R. Wilson, Peter Buehl, Elias Frase; Assessor-L. W. Wilson ; Clerk-A. H. Pursell; Treasurer-Isaac Slanker.
1867. Trustees-William R. Wilson, Elias Frase, Lyman Franks; Asses- sor-L. W. Wilson ; Clerk-Riley Franks; Treasurer-Isaac Slanker.
1868. Trustees-William R. Wilson, William Etling, Jacob Shaffer ; Asses- sor-L. W. Wilson ; Clerk-J. B. Weaver ; Treasurer-Morgan Franks.
1869. Trustees-T. J. McElhenie, Peter Frase, Jacob Hammer ; Assessor-L. W. Wilson ; Clerk-A. H. Pursell; Treasurer-Morgan Franks; Constables-Reu- ben Tate, Solomon Baughman, William N. Reis.
1870. Trustees-T. J. McElhenie, Peter Frase, Jacob Hammer; Assessor- Nichols Steinmetz; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer; Consta- bles-John B. Wertz, Solomon Baughman, William N. Reis.
1871. Trustees-T. J. McElhenie, J. J. Hammer, Peter Frase; Asses- sor-N. Steinmetz; Clerk-Henry Marshall; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Consta- bles-John B. Wertz, Solomon Baughman, William N. Reis.
1872. Trustees-William R. Wilson, Samuel Frase, Christian Whitman ; Assessor-Frank Stottler ; Clerk-Henry Marshall; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer ; Con- stable-John C. Rasor.
1873. Trustees-William R. Wilson, Samuel Frase, William Etling; Assessor -- Frank Stottler; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer; Constables- John B. Wertz, John Cameron, David Baughman.
1874. Trustees-Joseph Collins, Ephraim Hatfield, Samuel Frase ; Assessor- Frank Stottler; Clerk-Henry Marshall; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer; Constables- Jobn Raser, John Cameron, Thomas Adams.
1875. Trustees-Peter Frase, Samuel Frase, Joseph Collins; Assessor-Riley Franks; Clerk-Henry Marshall ; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer; Constables-John B. Wertz, John Cameron, Thomas Adams.
1876. Trustees-Peter Frase, George Shank, William Etling ; Assessor-Riley Franks; Clerk-Henry Marshall; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer; Constables-John Sni- der, John Cameron, Thomas Adams.
1877. Trustees-Peter Frase, George Shank, William Etling ; Assessor-Riley Franks; Clerk-Henry Marshall; Treasurer-Jacob Shafer; Constables-John B. Wertz, John Cameron, Thomas Adams.
Justices of the Peace-Stephen Fisher, April 23, 1831; George Wellhouse, March I, 1833; John Comstock, April 24, 1834; George Wellhouse, May 1, 1834; John
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Brown, May 6, 1834; Thomas McElhenie, June 18, 1836; George Wellhouse, April 16, 1836; John Brown, April 28, 1837; Samuel Blair, April 30, 1838; Thomas McElhenie, April 13, 1839; John Brown, April 16, 1840; Samuel Blair, April 16, 1841; Thomas McElhenie, April 13, 1842; John Brown, April 13, 1843; Abraham Franks, April 25, 1844; Thomas McElhenie, April 16, 1845; A. Heffleman, April 21, 1846; A. Franks, April 14, 1847; John Reighley, April 12, 1848; John Brown, April 12, 1848; Thomas McElhenie, April, 12, 1849; John Brown, April 19, 1851; John Reighley, April 19, 1851; Thomas McElhenie, April 21, 1852; John Brown, April 13, 1854; T. W. Peckinpaugh, April 13, 1854; Jacob Huffman, April 17, 1855; John Brown, April 22, 1857; T. W. Peckinpaugh, April 22, 1857; Reuben Dressler, April 14, 1858; T. W. Peckinpaugh, April 17, 1860; Peter Frase, April 17, 1860; Andrew Shafer, April 13, 1861 ; Peter Frase, April 17, 1863; Henry Cooper, Oc- tober 22, 1863 ; Peter Frase, April 13, 1866; Henry Cooper, October 15, 1866; T. J. McElhenie, October 19, 1868; Peter Frase, April 13, 1869; Joseph B. Weaver, Oc- tober 20, 1869; T. J. McElhenie, October 18, 1871; Peter Frase, April 9, 1872; Henry Soliday, October 12, 1872; Joseph B. Weaver, April 14, 1874; J. T. Haines, October 20, 1874; Peter Frase, April 12, 1875; James Bratton, April 12, 1875; G. W. Evarts, April 12, 1877.
The First Settlers in Chippewa township were Nicholas and Adam Helmick, old Henry Franks, Uriah, Henry and John Franks, Thomas Frederick, Henry Houts, Michael Brouse, Paul Baughman, Jacob Hatfield, William Hatfield, John Reichildifer, Stephen Fisher, old Mr. McConkey, Joseph Springer, John Adams, William Doyle, Frederick Galehouse, Isaac Montgomery, David Galehouse, Michael Basinger (came to Chippewa township in 1815), father of Jacob Basinger, Daniel Huffman, father of Daniel and James, Adam Shatto, Michael Brouse, Rev. George Weygandt, Mr. Reed, George, Christian, Jacob, Joseph, Michael and Andrew Whitman, Malachi Feister, Samnel Pierrepont, M. D., John Routson, James Boak, Jacob and John Franks, Stephen Fisher, John Miller, John Newhouse, Andrew Bowen, Robert Meek, John Bowman, George Wellhouse, Benjamin Hershey, George Halloway, Henry Shook, David Johns, Jacob Eberhard, John Wise, John Porter, Peter Waltz, " Major " South, James Hutchinson, Peter Bradenbaugh, Isa- rel Baughman, Jacob Heffelman, etc.
Mr. Hatfield says Rogue's Hollow was named by a Dr. Crosby, who owned the ground and had it laid out. Daniel Slanker, he thinks, built the first grist- and saw- mill west of Doylestown. Mike Greenoe had the first, Fred. Galehouse the second, and after them George Wellhouse and Michael Brouse had distilleries. He is of the opinion that the first election was held where Nicholas Helmick lived. The first graveyard was at Easton, and Lucinda Heckerthorn the first person buried, for he helped to dig her grave-a child of John Routson was the second. Jonathan Cole- man, of Canton, a married man, was drowned in Doner's Lake in 1830.
Henry Franks was born in Fayette county, Pa., and came to Chippewa town- ship in 1816-17, settling a short distance south of Doylestown, on a farm he en- tered from the Government, which he subsequently sold to his son John, when he purchased twenty-five acres east of this, and died May 5, 1836. He was married to Christina Mason, of his native county, and had five sons and six daughters, to wit: John, Michael, Henry, Abraham and Uriah; Elizabeth (her husband, Sam- uel Higgins, a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in Huron county, Ohio), Sarah (wife of John Routson), Abigail, Christina, Catharine and Phoebe, the latter the only two surviving daughters, the sons all being dead but Henry and Uriah. Henry is now eighty-two years of age, and has had seven children, and is a mem- ber of the Methodist church. His wife, Susanna Routson Franks, died in Spencer,
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Ohio. Uriah lives in Noble county, Indiana, was married to Betsey Watt, and had ten children, eight of whom are living. He is a farmer, but has retired from work, and is an excellent man. John Franks was one of the earliest of the settlers, lo- cating two miles south-west of Doylestown, now owned by a Mr. Morganwood, but formerly known as " the Hugle farm."
Henry Franks, known as "Old Henry," with some others, was taken prisoner on the Ohio river by the Indians when he was a young man, and held in captivity by tbem. He was tall, straight, and a large, powerful man, and his captors imme- diately fancied him, and by ceremonies introduced him to Indian citizenship. Its first condition being to run the gauntlet, he was compelled to comply with it, and at the end of the race he was, to save his own life, forced to strike an Indian with his hatchet, whom he nearly killed. This successful act of daring on his part ingratiated him with his captors, who exclaimed, " He make good Indian." Mr. Franks, receiving a wound in this test of mighty manhood, the Indians in- stantly took charge of him, nursing and treating him kindly until he thoroughly recovered. After the capture of Crawford in Ohio, and during the excitement of his horrible death, all of which Mr. Franks witnessed, he made an effort to escape, in which he was successful. He fled to the lake shore, boarded a British vessel, went by water as far as Montreal, crossed to the American side, and thence on foot to Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and to his home in Fayette county, Pa., after a captivity of five years. The life of this man supplies a field for the pen of romance and the narrator of border exploits.
George F. Wellhouse was born in Germany, April 17, 1789, and immigrated to Amer- ica when quite young. He was raised in Washington county, Maryland, and removed to Wayne county at an early period. He was married November 19, 1820, to Eliz- abeth Neiswanger, and had the following children : Abraham, Susannah, William, Elizabeth, David, Mary, Carolina, Hannah and George F. He served as Justice of the Peace of his township at an early date. He was elected to the office of county commissioner in 1829, and served six years; he served in the State Senate from December 5, 1836, to December 3, 1838, and in 1838 he was elected by the Legisla- ture as one of the Associate Judges of Wayne county. He died August 9, 1860, his wife surviving him until March 22, 1862.
Benjamin Herschey was born in Lebanon county, Pa., October 15, 1820, and re- moved with his parents to Baughman township when he was twelve years old. He was married to Susanna Wellhouse, February 25, 1841, by which marriage there resulted ten children, seven of whom are living. He died at his late residence in Chippewa township, January 10, 1875. He was an inoffensive man, characterized by great industry and integrity. His honesty gained him the esteem and confidence of all who knew him, and he was looked upon as a good, exemplary citizen who, during his life, had endeared himself to his family and neighbors. He was a mem- ber of the United Brethren church at Easton.
Frederick Galehouse* was born in Baden, Germany, in 1781, emigrated to America in 1786, and went to Cumberland county, Pa., from thence came to New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1807, and from there to Chippewa township in 1823, settling on the Chippewa creek. Here he lived thirty years, then removed to Doylestown, and died September 22, 1865. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Wilt, of Cumberland
* John W. Galehouse, oldest son of Frederick, was a native of New Lisbon, and came to Wayne county with his father. He was brutally murdered by a Cana- dian villain, named Amos Clark. He was struck down with a poker, lingered a few hours, and died January 29, 1840.
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county, Pa., and had four sons and four daughters, of whom Elias is the only sur- viving son. The daughters living are: Maria, wife of Abraham Miller; Elizabeth, wife of John Gates; and Sarah, wife of James Porter. He had a contract from the Government to superintend the construction of a public road from New Lisbon to Lake Erie, for the use of artillery, and when the news of Hull's surrender came, he told all to scatter, which they did. He was a member of the Lutheran church.
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