History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers, Part 14

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Press of Leader Printing Company
Number of Pages: 726

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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.

when C. H. Rule became a partner in the office, since which time the publishing firm of the Experiment has been Redfield & Rule.

The paper at a very early day in its existence out- grew the modest meaning of the name its founders chose for it, and has ever since been making advance- ment, so that while it is by name the Experiment, it is in reality a very thoroughly established enterprise. It is the second oldest paper in the Fire-lands.

THE HURON COUNTY CHRONICLE

was started in March, 1875, by George B. Pratt and E. J. Hammer, and after passing through several ownerships, in the spring of 1878, came into the hands of Findley & Dodds, who have since then con- ducted it to the satisfaction of a large number of patrons. Though young, it is well established, and favorably known.

THE HURON COUNTY DEMOKRAT,

the only Germain newspaper in Huron county, was started in 1877, by Hammer & Barr, and the present proprietor, Martin Ruff, became its owner in June of the same year. It was started as a republican paper, but is now democratic.

BELLEVUE. *

The newspaper, the great engine of modern pro- gress and enlightenment, has had a history in the village of Bellevue very like that of the early pioneer settlers-a history of adversities and failures, and of ultimate success. To-day there are two newspapers in Bellevue, generously supported by as enlightened and thrifty people as this country can boast.

The first venture was made by G. W. Hopkins, in the fall of 1851. He opened an office in the old Howard house-now defunct-on Monroe street, and issued

THE BELLEVUE GAZETTE,

with the still more pretentious title of Huron, Seneca, Erie, and Sandusky Advertiser, having a spread eagle at its mast-head, bearing a scroll with "open to all" emblazoned upon it. The paper was a five-column folio, in coarse type, de- voted to current news and the ventilation of such ideas as contributors were ambitious to furnish. C. C. Cook, at present chief of the village fire de- partment, served in the capacity of "devil," thus being the first "printer's devil." His most vivid remembrance is that of his duty to ink the forms on an old wooden Franklin press -a duty with little sentiment and no poetry to allure him on to contin- ued service. The people felt disposed to give the paper a fair support, but its editor was a victim to that human bane-strong drink; so, after a brilliant but brief career of six months, the fledgeling per- ished.

In April of 1861, Mr. O. B. Chapman opened a printing office in Squire's block, corner of Mam and Sandusky streets, and issued

THE BELLEVUE INDEPENDENT,

a seven-column folio, devoted to general and local news. This was the first year of the great rebel- lion, and it would seem that the stirring events of those times should furnish the necessary pabulum to make it a success. But it continued only a short time, and then perished for reasons not now apparent.

We now come to consider the first successful paper established in the village-one to which the town is largely indebted for many of its most valued im- provements, being always intensely devoted to the welfare of the place and the advocacy of such public works and measures as would secure its greatest pros- perity. We therefore think its editor worthy of more than a passing notice. Mr. E. P. Brown says of him- self that he was born at Oxford, Ohio, March 5, 1842, of distressingly poor but outrageously honest parents, and claims that the laws of hereditary transmission have not, therefore, allowed him a fair chance. His early life was one of toil, with little advantage in the way of education, an old darkey preacher being his best tutor, but was successful in obtaining a " sheep- skin" in a public school and valedictory honors. He learned the trade of printer in the office of the Oxford Citizen at the age of fourteen, when he obtained em- ployment in a Cincinnati job office. He enlisted in the Thirteenth Ohio volunteer infantry at Urbana, Ohio, in 1861, and fought the enemies of his country for two years, lacking a week-serving in all the en- gagements of that regiment until the battle of Shiloh, when a rebel bullet between the eyes placed him hors du combat. He was left for dead, and was thus reported, and had the pleasure of reading his own obituary, containing much of a laudatory nature, a privilege seldom accorded the human family; but subsequent events show him to be an exceedingly lively corpse. His wound gave him an honorable discharge from the Thirteenth, but he finally re- entered the army in the one hundred day service as substitute for a Dutchman, in the One Hundred and Sixty-Seventh regiment, receiving three hundred dollars therefor. After the close of the war, Mr. Brown casually made the acquaintance of William L. Meyers, of the Tiffin Tribune, who proved a fast, firm friend, and proposed that, since Bellevne was an excellent place to establish a paper. they embark together in the enterprise. They did $0, but, at the end of the first six weeks, Mr. Meyers be- came discouraged and sold his interest to his partner for four hundred and fifty dollars, on a year's time. Mr. Brown himself had had but two years' experience in editorial work, and never managed an office on his own responsibility, hence he entered upon it with fear and trembling, almost certain he would fail inside the first six months. The outfit of type was purchased of the Franklin foundry, amount-

* By H. F. Baker.

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ing to eight hundred and twenty-three dollars. A six-column Washington hand press and a half-medium Wells' jobber was purchased second hand of other parties for two hundred and thirty-seven dollars. This comprised the outfit. On Saturday, August 10, 1867, the first number of

THE BELLEVUE GAZETTE

Saw the light. The interest taken by the business men in the success of the paper, is shown by the ma- terial aid they accorded it. C. A. Willard, a leading business man, solicited all the subscriptions. Busi- ness men pledged one thousand two hundred dollars, deposited in Sinclair's bank, to be paid at the first issue, and taken in advertising during the first year, which was conscientiously done. and made the capital used by the energetic, intelligent and carefnl manage- ment of Mr. Brown, insuring success.

At the time the first number was printed, an all- absorbing interest gathered around the press. In- deed, the room was full, and as the clean, handsome twenty-four-column sheet was taken off the press, Mr. Willard's rhapsody was beyond expression. Peter Brady, present village mayor, was present, and as deeply interested as any until, in looking over the church notices, the blunder was discovered of dub- bing him Rev. Peter Brady, pastor of the Catholic church. This was too much, and any idea the editor may have had that Mr. Brady was a member of the clerical profession, was immediately dispelled then and there. Proper correction being made, the print- ing of the edition proceeded.

Under Mr. Brown's careful management and the fulfilment of every anticipation the citizens may have had as to the benefits the village would derive from the paper, it proved an unbounded success, and all fears on his part of a failure were dispelled like clouds before the morning sun. In the course of the next three years Mr. Brown purchased a Hoe cylinder rail- road press at a bargain, one which originally belonged to Dan Rice, and was used to print his show bills. This enabled him to branch ont in the business. He, therefore, engaged in furnishing ready prints for other offices, and introduced steam. Business increased on his hands until Mr. Aiken, the originator of the ready print method of publishing newspapers, made him a very advantageous offer to accept the manage- ment of a new establishment in Cincinnati, which he did, and ultimately became as he is now the sole pro- prietor-only another example of what pluck, energy and good management will do.

Mr. E. J. Hammer bought the Gazette when Mr. Brown went to Cincinnati, entering upon its manage- ment July 1, 1824. Mr. Hammer was not a large man, but had large ideas aspiring to greater things than the conduct of a one-horse country paper. Although that was very well done, yet his more ambitious views led him to unite with A. B. Pratt to start the Vorwalk Chronicle which being a county paper, was a step. at least, in the direction of Ex-

celsior. He finally turned the Gazette over to his father, Rev. George Hammer, of Van Wert, Ohio. The old gentleman, though very kindly disposed, had little or no practical skill in the publishing business, hence found it an elephant on his hands. In the spring of 1842, he sold it to Messrs. C. D. Stoner and S. C. Thompson, the present proprietors. under whose care the paper thrives, finding a cordial, generons support among the people of the community, whose attachment for an old friend was proof against mismanagement of the former proprietors, as well as the machinations of enemies.

At the time, Mr. E. J. Hammer had started the Chronicle, and therefore contemplated the sale of the Gazette, as well as removal to Norwalk, H. F. Baker, son of Hiram Baker, one of the early pioneer settlers in Lyme township, proposed to buy it, but unable to agree upon the price, he decided to purchase new ma- terial and start another paper. He had really no ex- perience in the printing business, but his son, H. L. Baker. had mastered some of the intricacies of the trade in the Gazette office, and having a natural taet for it, they together hoped to make their venture a success. This determination was acted upon; an office was opened in the new Union block, and on Thursday, October 21, 1875, the first number of

THE BELLEVUE LOCAL NEWS

was issned. The paper flourished from the start. Being managed with full average ability, and by those

STEAMPAINTING HOUSE.

brought up in the community, well versed in all its lore, it represents the local interests of the town with greater intensity than any other has been able to do. In April, 1848. Mr. Baker purchased the old Burling- ton stone building, contiguous to the new city hall, and tearing down the old front, rebuilt of brick in the same style of the city hall, which together make as fine a block among the many fine business houses, as the town can boast. The proprietors put steam presses and an engine into their new quarters, and are now conducting a flourishing business.

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PLYMOUTH.

THE PLYMOUTH ADVERTISER

was founded October 6, 1853, by James Robinson and D. R. Locke (Nasby.) Two years later it was dis- posed of to A. H. Balsley, of St. Clairsville, O., who continued in its management till January 30, 1869, when he disposed of it to Mr. J. M. Beelman, of Plymouth. Up to that time it was a seven column folio and the only paper in that part of Richland and Huron counties. In August, 1842, J. Frank Beelman was admitted as a partner in the business, and in December, 1876, he purchased the remaining interest in the paper and is now both editor and pro- prietor. The Advertiser has ever been a republican paper.

MONROEVILLE.

THE MONROEVILLE SPECTATOR

was first issued October, 1870, by J. F. Clongh, as a seven column folio, and was enlarged to an eight column soon after. It was subsequently made a six column quarto. The paper was purchased by L. M. Wilkinson September 7, 1876, and he assigned the management to W. H. Wilkinson, who is at present in charge.

THE MONROEVILLE NEWS

was established October 16, 1878, by C. W. Clough as a seven column folio, and was afterwards changed to a five column quarto. The publication was sus- pended in 1879. Both of these papers were neutral in politics.

NEW LONDON. THE AGITATOR,

The first paper in New London was the Agitator, published for a short time by Mr. Brewster.

THE NEW LONDON TIMES

was started by Charles E. Manchester, just before the close of the war. The paper eked out an exis- tence for two years and died for want of support. The material was purchased by a number of New London merchants and about a year after Manches- ter's failure Mr. E. L. Atkinson, of West Salem, began the publication of the Times. He was com- pelled to suspend in less than a year.

THE NEW LONDON RECORD

was started in 1870 by F. A. Whitmore. In 1872 he Jeft town and George W. Runyan, the present owner, then an employe in the office, purchased the material and began issuing the paper as his own. Soon after the entire office was destroyed by fire, but upon January 1, 1823, he began again with new mate- rial, and succeeded so well that a year later he was obliged to enlarge his paper to the size of an eight column quarto.

FAIRFIELD.

THE NORTH FAIRFIELD GAZETTE

was a short-lived paper, started in 1857 by the Rev. Robert McC'une and J. R. Robinson. It was suc- cessively but not successfully owned by Robinson & Lee and by O. B. Chapman. During its short career the paper was well edited and readable.

WAKEMAN.

THE RIVERSIDE ECHO

was a small paper, started in 1873 by Melvin Lewis. It was enlarged from a four column quarto to a six column, and in 1875 was removed to North Amherst, Lorain county. September 18th, 1875,

THE WAKEMAN PRESS

was established by G. H. Mains. The office was sold out in March, 1877, to A. E. Mains, G. H. Mains acting as manager.

In this county papers have also been published recently at Chicago Junction and Collins. The former was known as the Herald, and its proprietor was O. J. Powell, formerly of Wapakonetta. The paper was so short-lived as to be hardly worthy of mention. The Collins paper was the property of Frank Miles. It was issued as a monthly until it reached its sixth or seventh number, and was then absorbed by the Wakeman Independent Press.

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE FIRE-LANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

THE initial movement toward the organization of the Fire-lands Historical Society was made, when, npon May, 20, 1857, a few prominent pioneers as- sembled informally at the court house, actuated with the landable desire of making an effort to preserve from oblivion the early history of the settlement of the "sufferers" land-a land bought with the ashes of happy ruined homes. There were but a few per- sons present-Platt Benedict, Rev. Alfred Betts, Philo Wells, Philo Adams, Seth A. Adams, Horace Hall, P. N. Schuyler, and Harvey Fowler. After some consultation upon the feasibibility of effecting an organization, the meeting was adjourned to June, 17th. But little was accomplished beside the ap- pointment, upon motion, of the Rev. Alfred Betts, of a committee of two persons, in each township, whose duty it should be to collect and reduce to writing, all facts and statistics, in relation to the early settlement of their respective townships, and report the same to the secretary. The committees were constituted as follows:

Vermillion, Wm. H. Crane, John Morgan; Flor- euce, T. S. Fuller, D. Chandler; Wakeman, J. Sher- man, C. Manvel; New London, J. Miller, Thomas

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Smith; Ruggles, B. Sturtevant, H. Sackett; Green- wich, J. Barnes, S. H. Gibson; Fitchville, J. C. Cur- tiss, R. Palmer; Hartland, Elijah Bills, D. Minor; Townsend, D. H. Manville, B. Benson; Berlin, I. Fowler, Z. Phillips: Huron, Rev. S. Marks, Rev. H. C. Taylor; Milan, A. Minuse, C. B. Choate; Nor- walk, Platt Benedict, Dolen Read; Bronson, M. Kel- logg, D. Warren; Fairfield, Dr. J. N. Campbell, A. Benson; Ripley, Gen. D. G. Barker, Wm. Bacon; New Haven, R. Bly, A. Brewbaker; Greenfield, S. C. Parker, H. Spencer; Pern, S. Atherton, R. Eaton; Ridgefield, Rev. E. Eaton, John Sowers; Oxford, Wm. Parish, A. W. Pront; Perkins, J. House, Gen. W. D. Lindsley; Portland, Hon. E. Cooke, F. D. Parish; Margaretta, H. Fowler, Rev. C. Smith; Gro- ton, E. Bemiss, S. Rash; Lyme, L. G. Harkness, J. K. Campbell; Sherman, J. Manley, C. Bloomer; Norwich, G. H. Woodruff, J. H. Niles; Richmond, D. Sweetland, J. Geesy; Danbury, William Kelley, Frank Dwelly; Kelley's Island, Datus Kelley; Clarks- field, S. Husted, E. M. Barnum.

The above committees were afterwards somewhat changed. Z. Phillips was appointed for the township of Berlin, in place of S. Fowler; Charles B. Sim- mons, for Greenfield, in place of J. C. Parker; Robert Carpenter, for New London, in place of Thomas Smith; James Cudderback, of Vermillion, in place of William Morgan; A. G. Stewart, of New Haven, in place of Rouse Bly; Levi R. Sutton was added to the committee for Peru, and William W. Pollock, to the Ridegfield committee. A number of other changes were made before the work assigned to the commit- tees was completed, but they remained substantially the same.

A grand reunion of the pioneers was held at Norwalk on the Fourth of July, 1857, which created much enthusiasm, and brought many of the early settlers to a fuller realization of the importance of gathering the early history of the settlement and de- velopment of the country. An address was delivered by the Hon. Eleutheros Cooke, of Sandusky. .

June 17, 1857, another meeting was held, at which the following officers were elected: Platt Benedict, president; William Parish, Elentheros Cooke, Z. Phillips, Seth C. Parker, John H. Niles, vice presi- dents; Charles A. Preston, treasurer; Philip N. Schuyler, recording secretary; F. D. Parish, G. T. Stewart, corresponding secretaries.

Platt Benedict held the office of president until his death on the 25th of October, 1866. At the annual meeting in 1867, Judge Zalmunna Phillips was chosen to the office. He held it until 1875, when P. N. Schuyler was elected president.

The objects of the Fire-lands Historical Society as declared in the constitution, are to collect and pre- serve in proper form the facts constituting the full history of the Fire-lands; also, to obtain and preserve an authentic and general statement of their resources and productions of all kinds.

In pursuance of this object, the society held annual

and quarterly meetings, which were addressed upon topics of historical interest, by the prominent pio- neers; established a valuable cabinet of curiosities, and began the publication of The Fire-Lands Pioneer. This publication was first issued in the form of a neat pamphlet, from the press of the Sandusky Register, in 1858. Thirteen volumes have been issued,-the last bearing the date July, 1878-containing sketches of the townships, personal memoirs, dissertations upon varions appropriate subjects, obituaries of de- ceased pioneers, and miscellaneous selections of in- teresting matter.

The society has performed a work which can only with difficulty be appreciated by those who have had no practical knowledge, through experience, of the ardnousness of the task. The meetings have been held with regularity, and have been prolific in good results, among which the chief is, perhaps, the fur- therance of social well being, the creation of new and the strengthening of old friendships, the awakening of sympathetic feeling, and the revival of happy memories of the olden time. The work of securing from oblivion the facts of the early settlement of the country, and the memoirs of the sturdy, brave sonls who developed it, is one which will be more fully and widely appreciated as the years roll on, and the last of the honored pioneers of the Fire-lands has passed over to the great majority.

AGRICULTURAL.

THE FIRST SOCIETY IN THE FIRE-LANDS.

In pursuance of a notice published in the Huron Reflector in 1833, a meeting was held at the Conrt House in Norwalk, on the last Friday of June, and then and there was effected the organization of the Huron County Agricultural Society, the first of the kind in the Fire-lands. The following officers were elected : President, Amos Woodward; Vice Presi- dent, Timothy Baker; Directors, Lemuel Morse, Levi Barnum, Lester Cone, John Millen, John Falton, Aaron Corbit, Arunah Eaton, Wm. P Mason, Daniel Beach, Charles B. Simmons: Treasurer, Eben Boalt; Secretary, John V. Vredenburgh.

The first fair was held in the fall of 1833. An address was delivered by T. B. Sturges, Esq. The premium for the best acre of corn was awarded to George Powers, who had a yield of sixty-three bushels; best half acre of potatoes, John Daune, one hundred bushels; best half acre beets, John V. Vredenburgh. The only article in the line of "house- hold utensils" on exhibition was "an improved cook- ing stove," upon which William Gallup took a premium.

After the division of Huron county, the society was reorganized, and had for several years an exist- ence under the name of the Huron and Erie Counties" Agricultural Society. In 1852, the directors adopted a series of resolutions, in which they expressed them- selves as believing that the general interests of agri-

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culture would be best subserved by the existence of separate societies in each of the counties of Huron and Erie. The resolutions were only adopted after a warm debate. In accordance with a resolution that a committee of three from each county be appointed, to close up and adjust the funds belonging to the society, C. E. Newman, D. A. Baker and Giles Boalt were appointed from Huron, and J. F. Reynolds, H. Chase and L. S. Stowe from Erie. This com- mittee held a meeting at Milan, and reported that they had found in the treasury $511.10, of which amount they gave Huron county §299.06 and Erie 8212.04.

The year following the dissolution (1855) was formed the

ERIE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

A meeting was held at Huron in February, at which a constitution was adopted and the following officers elected : President, J. T. Reynolds; Vice President, Harvey Chase; Secretary, F. D. Parish; Treasurer, Charles N. Ryan; Directors, R. H. Rogers, Margaretta ; John Thompson, Berlin ; A. W. Prout, Sr., Oxford; Elijah Bemis, Groton; Elam Ward, Milan.

The first annual fair of this society was held at San- dusky, in the month of October, 1855. The commit- tee of arrangements consisted of the following gentle- men: J. F. Reynolds, F. D. Parish, F. T. Barney, P. Gregg and H. B. Lane. The fair was a great suc- cess, and the prosperity of the society, in that its first essay in the systematic encouragement of agriculture, was the first in a now long series of successful exhi- bitions. The society has fine grounds in Sandusky, is generally regarded as one of the strongest local organizations of the kind in the State, and its activity and prosperity is constantly upon the increase.

HURON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Pursuant to a call published in the county papers, a large number of citizens interested in agriculture met in Everett's Hall, in Fairfield, January 17, 1855, for the purpose of effecting the formation of a county agricultural society. The society then and there organized was the Huron County Agricultural Society. G. T. Stewart, Samuel Atherton 2d, Union White, B. T. Hunt and A. McPherson were appointed a com- mittee to draw up a constitution, which they did to the satisfaction of the convention, as it was immedi- ately adopted. Fifty-two members united with the society and signed the constitution. The following officers were elected: Union White, president; D. A. Baker, Benj. H. Hinkley, vice presidents; W. Mana- han, treasurer; J. C. Curtiss, Jr., secretary.

The society held three fairs at Olena and one at Fairfield, after which the place of exhibition was changed to Norwalk, where it has ever since been. Until 1872, the society had the use of grounds which were insufficient and unsuitable for their purpose, but in that year the present grounds were purchased of

John Gardiner, and were, sometime subsequently, fitted up by the erection of buildings, stalls and vari- ous improvements, at a cost amounting to eight thousand dollars, five thousand of which was a sub- scription fund.

In 1875, the society was still in debt over six thou- sand three hundred dollars; and, in accordance with an act of the legislature, and the question being sub- mitted to the people by a popular vote, the township of Norwalk paid to John Gardiner, from an unexpended fund raised by taxation for railroad purposes, but declared unconstitutional, the sum of six thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, receiving from him a warranty deed of the thirty acres of land included in the fair ground. The township then, through its trustees, leased the grounds to the Huron County Agricultural Society for a term of twenty-five years, to expire in the year 1900, for a consideration of only twenty-five dollars per year, the agricultural society being bound, under forfeiture of its lease, to keep in good condition the grounds, trees and shrubbery, to maintain its organization, and to hold upon these grounds annual fairs.

The first fair held upon the new grounds was in 1873, and was very successful. The committee of improvements consisted of Giles Boalt, O. W. Haws, J. W. Bostwick and John Gardiner.

THE HURON COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY,

an auxiliary of the American Bible Society, is the oldest organization existing in the territory, at pres- ent, included in Huron and Erie counties. It was organized in 1825. Upon March 15th of that year, a meeting was held in Norwalk of " sundry inhabit- ants of Huron county, (a number of citizens from various and distant parts of the county. )" Platt Benedict was called to the chair, and Zachariah Marvin appointed clerk. After adopting a constitu- tion, the meeting was adjourned. On June 6th, another meeting was held, at which the first officers who served the society, were elected. They were the following: President, Ichabod Marshall; Vice Presi- dents, Robert S. Southgate, of Bronson; George G. Baker, of Florence; Jabez Wright, of Huron; Timothy Baker, of Norwalk: Amos Woodward, of Lyme; John B. Johnson, of New London; Moor Far- well, of Sandusky, and Ephraim Munger, of Milan; Corresponding Secretary, Ralph Lockwood: Recording Secretary, Zachariah Marvin; Treasurer, Milton Jen- nings; Directors, William Kelley, of Perkins; Richard Fally, of Margaretta; Francis Strong, of Lyme: Andrew Hanford, of Sherman; Elisha Steward, of New Haven; Eli Holaday, of Greenfield; Harry O. Sheldon, of Peru; Zebediah Morse, of Ridgefield; James Strong, of Oxford: Philo Adams, of Huron; Jasper Miles and Bildad Adams, of Milan; Platt Benedict, of Norwalk; Nathan Tanner, of Bronson; Joseph Crawford, of Fairfield: Samuel Brown, of Greenwich; Rundle Palmer, of Fitchville; Obadiah Jenney, of Clarksfield: Eli S. Barnum, of Florence;

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History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers, Part 14

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.) Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Press of Leader Printing Company Number of Pages: 726

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Press of Leader Printing Company
Number of Pages: 726