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Thomas Roe with his oldest son, Charles, came into the township in the fall of 1831. After he located his land-lots two and three in section one- he returned to Cayuga county, New York, for his family, leaving the son to prosecute the work of clear- ing. Mr. Roe removed with his family the next vear. He was a native of England, and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1833, settling in Cayuga county, New York, where he resided nine years and until the time of his removal to Peru. He died in Peru in 1842, and his wife in 1840. Of his nine children, six are now living, and two of them-Charles and Joseph-in this town. The former occupies the old homestead, and the latter the farm adjoining him on the south.
Edward Ashton came from Lincolnshire, England, to Ohio, in the summer of 1831. He located in this township on the farm now occupied by William T. Ashton. He died the following year, August 5, 1832. Mrs. Ashton died in May, 1862. There were eight children, seven of whom came into the country with their parents. The oldest son arrived the subsequent year. The names of the children are as follows: James, deceased; Thomas, who married Mary Edgar and resides in Lyme township; Margaret, who became the wife of S. W. Bryan (dead); Jane who married J. R. Hall, and now resides in Monroeville; William married Sally Birch and occupies the old homestead in this township; Mary (now Mrs. Alfred Cutright) lives in Marengo, Iowa; John resides in Monroeville; Edward married Eunice J. Pulver and lives in Low- ell, Indiana.
Joseph Perry settled where his son, Commodore, now resides, in the autumn of 1832, after a brief residence just south of Macksville. His death took place on the farm upon which he first settled, in 1859, at the age of seventy-fonr. He was a native of New Jersey, but was residing in Cayuga county, New York, at the time of his removal to Ohio. Mrs. Perry survived her husband something over a year. Six of
their nine children are living. Horace, Mrs. Emeline Akers, Sarah A., and Commodore, live in Peru.
Ezra Smith was for many years one of the promi- nent business men of this township. He was a man of energy and public spirit, which were manifested in a variety of enterprises, and acquired a large property.
A French family by the name of Haffel settled in the northeast corner of Peru in 1829. A year or two after, several other families, also from France, took up their residence in the northern part of the town. The names of some of these families were Kagley, Hoover, and Berger, -two families.
The Germans first began to settle in the town in 1830, the first family to arrive being that of John Joseph Smith, in the year mentioned. He took up the farm now occupied by his grandson, Joseph Smith. He died in Peru in 1860, at the advanced age of eighty-seven. His wife died at the residence of a son in Wood county. Two children survive, one of whom, Mrs Addlemann, resides in Peru.
Soon after several other families, by the names of Keller, Kramer, Kilsheimer, Schnal and Weil, settled in the north part of town. After 1840, the town settled rapidly with Germans, and they are now largely in the majority. Among the earliest German settlers in the northwest part of the town, who took up land and have since brought it up to a high con- dition of improvement, are William Scheid, who came into the country in 1849, locating where he now lives. Philip Scheldt, in 1852, followed soon after by Philip Bahler, Philip Erf, William Stutts and William Horn. Mr. Bahler emigrated to this country from Germany in 1849, and settled in Peru, after a residence of a few years in Lyme and Sherman townships. Philip Erf also lived in Lyme a few years previous to his settlement in Peru.
The following is a list of the white male inhabi- tants, over the age of twenty-one years, residing in Peru in the year 1827, as shown by the enumeration of such inhabitants in Huron county, made by the county assessor for the above year:
PERU-99.
E. C. Parker. Salmon Vangilder. Jame : Vantine.
Horace Johnson.
Robert Nesbit.
Arunah Eaton.
Levi R. Sutton.
George B. Gally .
Lyman Ellis. Thomas Tilson.
David Smith.
Thomas J. Smith.
Nathan W. Delano.
Homer W. Farmer.
Isaac B. Smith. James Ashley William Smith. Jacob H. Walliver. Samuel Taft. William Taggart.
Moses C. Saunders.
Ezra Collins. Cornelius Milspaugh. Ahram Blanchard. Monson Pond.
Oliver W. Slocum.
Benj. E. Parker.
Marcus Johnson. Penfield Johnson. Hiram Johnson.
Isaac Johnson.
Calvin Brown.
Daniel Sanborn.
Richardson Eaton.
Richard Gardner. William Best. Gilbert Stevens.
Wyatt Cook.
Newell Adams.
John Hindly.
Henry Adams.
Joseph Ruggles. Daniel Smith.
James Ellenwood.
Samuel Turner.
Luther Hodges.
Benjamin D. Gasier.
Thomas Parker.
Seth Parker John Howe.
Joel H. Ashley.
William Gambell.
L'sher Gambell.
Nelson Mead. Noyes Stone.
Isaac Stone. Jesse Smith. Phineas Williams.
Charles Beintaum,
Daniel G. Barker.
Alexander Pierce.
Jolın Saunders
John S. Prentis.
Seth Backus.
William McIntyre.
John Nyman.
Carles Gardner.
Jacob Kile. Smith Barber.
Cyrus Smith. Samuel B. Turner.
William C. Prentis. Sterling Newcomb.
Ransom B. Elsworth. Carlos Keith.
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Ebenezer Dunton.
Wm. H. Lowther.
Amos W. Smith.
Isaac Holden.
John Holden.
Willard Pierce.
John Fayling,
Stephen M. Tolles
Eli Nelson.
John Nelson
Elijah C'lary.
Elihu Clary.
Homer Turner.
Abramı Reamer.
Robert McGee.
Alden Adams.
John Beach. Jeptha Lawrence.
Harry O. Sheldon.
Pardon Wilson.
Benajah Huntly.
James Vantine.
Calvin Powell.
David Williams.
FIRST EVENTS.
The first couple married in the township was George Douglass and Pearley C. Clary, February 8, 1820. Mrs. Douglass subsequently, and after the death of her first husband, became the wife of Dr. Moses C. Sanders.
The first birth was that of a son of Elihu and Pearly Clary, born October 12, 1816. The first female birth was that of Keziah Raymond, born February 22, 1812. The first person that died in Peru was an infant son of Levi R. and Catharine Sutton. The child died November 20, 1820. Daniel Mack built the first frame house in the township, in 1820. The house is still standing in the village of Macksville, and is used as a dwelling.
The first house kept for the accommodation of travelers was opened by Henry Adams, in the fall of 1816. Joseph Ruggles built an addition to the Tillson cabin in the fall of 1817, when he opened it as a tav- ern. His sign was a pair of deer's horns, and the tavern was called " The Buck Horn."
The first apple orchard planted, was set out by Ilenry Adams in the spring of 1817, the seed being brought by his brother, Newell, from Vermont.
The earliest burials were in private burying grounds. Some twenty or more bodies were interred on the farm of Henry Adams, but were subsequently re- moved to the center burying ground.
Moses C. Sanders opened the first store at Macks- ville, in 1820 or '21.
Dr. Sanders was the first doctor in this township, and also the pioneer doctor of many of the surround- ing towns. He was born in Milford, Massachusetts, in the year 1790. He came to Pern in August, 1818, and on the twenty-fifth of May, 1831, he married Mrs. Pearly C. Douglass, nee Clary. In his early practice, Dr. Sanders made his visits on foot, with his saddle- bags on his arm. He would often walk to Fitchville, a distance of twelve miles, with nothing to direct him through the unbroken forest but blazed trees, visit his patients there, and return the same day. His fees were usually paid in provisions, when his patients could pay at all. From many he neither asked nor expected anything, but he ministered to their neces- sities none the less cheerfully. Ile was universally esteemed for his many excellent traits of character. Hle died May 18, 1857, aged sixty-seven.
EDUCATIONAL.
The first school in the township was kept by Nancy Adams, daughter of Bildad Adams, of Greenfield, in the summer of 1818. She taught in Macksville, in a log house which stood where the frame house of Mr. Fisher now stands. In the fall of the same year, a
log school house was built, where the academy after- wards stood, and the succeeding winter Jonas Leonard, of Bronson, taught school in it, and was the first male teacher in Peru. He had nearly fifty scholars en- rolled, some of whom lived two miles and a half from the school house. In the winter of 1820-1, Henry Adams opened a school in his own house. He taught for twelve dollars per month, and boarded himself, and received his wages in work by the parents of the pupils. The next winter Nelson Strong kept school in the same place. A school house was built soon after, on lot twenty-seven, the first school in which was taught by Miriam Wilson, and the next by David Williams.
LIMA ACADEMY.
In the summer of 1822, an academy was established at Macksville. The principal promoters of the land- able enterprise were Dr. Moses C. Sanders, Harry O. Sheldon, Robert S. Southgate, Eben Guthrie and Elijah Clary. The institution was incorporated under the name of the "Lima Academic Society of Peru, Huron county." The first annual meeting was held on the first Tuesday in August, 1822, at which the following persons were elected a board of trustees for the then current year, viz. : Rev. Alvan Coe, presi- dent; Dr. Moses C. Sanders, Dr. William Gardner, Major Eben Guthrie and Robert S. Southgate. Harry O. Sheldon was elected clerk.
The school was opened the first Monday in Decem- ber, 1822, with Amos B. Harris as principal teacher. In a notice published in the Sandusky Clarion, November 13, 1822, announcing the prospective open- ing, the following terms of tuition are given, viz. :
For orthography, reading and writing, .$2 00
Same with arithmetic and English grammar. 2 50
Geography, rhetoric and composition 3 00
Higher branches of mathematics, Latin and Greek languages. 4 00
The building was a two-story frame, unpainted, and stood where the brick school house does now. The institution was called Lima Academy, because of the fact that it was then expected the name of the village would be changed to Lima. The academy had an existence of only one year, but we are not able to state why it was abandoned as the school was full. The building was afterwards used for a common school, and as a house of worship by some of the religious societies. It was bought a few years since. by Jesse Kingsbury, of Macksville, and now forms a part of his tanning establishment in Macksville.
RELIGIOUS.
The first religious meeting in this township was held at the house of Elijah Clary, on Sunday, in November, 1812. Major Guthrie and family settled in Bronson the same week that Mr. Clary settled in Peru, and in the same vicinity. The two families soon became acquainted, and in the course of the next week after their arrival, they decided to hold a read- ing service at Mr. Clary's the Sabbath following. The
WILLIAM N. MITCHELL.
The subject of this sketch is a native of Mont- gomery Co., N. Y., where he was born, Jan. 1, 1799. He is the eldest of a family of eleven children. His parents were both natives of Huntingdon Co., N. J. His father, James Mitchell, was born May 17, 1773; and his mother, Lorane Salton, Dec. 24, 1779. They were married Jan. 1, 1797.
When William was about a year old his parents removed to Onondaga Co., N. Y., and his early life was passed in that and the adjoining county of Ca- ynga. On becoming of age he decided to try his fortune (as so many other young men were doing) in the Western country ; and finally, in 1820, came to Greenwich, Huron Co., and purchased a tract of wild land, consisting of two hundred and eighteen acres, which he proceeded to clear and fence. The country was at that time thinly settled and heavily covered with timber; but, by energy and industry, he re- moved the forest from a large portion of his land, crected a comfortable home, and soon found himself the owner of a well-cultivated farm.
On the 18th of October, 1289, he was married to
Clarissa, daughter of Elias and Amanda Beach. She is a native of Pompey, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where she was born, Nov. 6, 1812. They have had four children, two of whom died in infancy. The surviving children are Philander L., born Ang. 19, 1833, and Elias B., born Dec. 30, 1839,-both mar- ried and residing on farms in Greenfield township.
In politics, Mr. Mitchell was originally a Jack- sonian Democrat, but of late years he has voted and acted with the Republican party. In religious be- lief and church affiliation he aud his wife are Bap- tists.
Though now over four-score years of age, Mr. Mitchell is still in the enjoyment of comfortable health. He has seen the country, of which he was one of the first settlers, changed from an almost nn- broken forest to a cultivated region, and dotted with the abodes of men. By the blessing of God upon his endeavors he is placed beyond the reach of want, and both he and the companion of his early man- hood await, with the calmness of Christian hope, their departure to a better land.
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meeting was held, and similar services regularly con- tinued on the Sabbath through the winter, being held at the houses of the settlers in the vicinity. Rev. Alvan Coe, during that winter, preached the first sermon in the township. The next year the present Congregational church at Macksville was formed. It was organized by Rev. Messrs. Alvan Coe and William Williams, missionaries of the Connectiont Missionary society, at a school house near the widow Fay's, in Ridgefield, April 18, 1818, and was composed of the following members: Ezra Strong, of Ridgefield; Elijah Clary and wife, of Peru; Ezra Herrick and wife, and Simeon Ammerman, of Bronson. No officers were chosen at this time except a moderator and clerk, Elijah Clary being elected to the former office and Ezra Strong to the latter. At a subsequent meeting, held in pursuance of an act entitled, "An act for the incorporation of religious societies," the following officers of the society were chosen: James Vantine and Harry O. Sheldon, of Peru, and Nathan Sutliff, of Bronson, trustees; Harry O. Sheldon, clerk. The result of the election, and the name chosen for the society, were certified by the trustees to the county clerk, as follows:
We, the undersigned, trustees of the First Presbyterian society of Peru and its vicinity, do certify that a meeting of a religious society was held, according to the provisions of an act of legislature, passed Feb- ruary 5, 1819, for the choice of officers of said society, in the township of Peru, on the 20th day of September, ult., and that the name of said society is the First Presbyterian Society of Peru and its vicinity .
Given under our hands and seals. Dated this 8th day of November, 1821.
JAMES VANTINE, [L. S.]
NATHAN SUTLIFF, [L.S ]
H O. SHELDON, [L.S. ] Trustees.
The earliest record of the election of other officers than those mentioned took place March 1, 1828, when Elijah Clary and James Vantine were elected deacons and Elijah Clary, Nathan Sutliff and Solomon Van- guilder a standing committee. The church employed the Rev. James McIntyre, a local Methodist preacher, to preach for them. He was engaged rather than a preacher of their own denomination because he would take his pay in grain while in the other case half of the salary would be required in cash! The meetings were at first held at the log cabin of Harry O. Sheldon, who had been chosen clerk of the society-not of the church, of which he was not a member. He subse- quently drew a plan and a subscription for a meeting house to be built of hewed logs. It was erected on the line between Peru and Bronson, where the old cemetery now is. In the fall of 1824, John Beach, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Otsego, New York, began to preach for the church, and July 25, 1827, was ordained and installed, and remained till August 18, 1829. From this time until the close of 1833 the church had only occasional preaching. During the year 1834 they were supplied by Rev. Samuel Dunton. In 1835 Rev. E. P. Salmon became pastor and continued three or four years. Rev. S. Stephens began to labor July 13, 1839, and continued two years. Rev. E. P. Sperry was installed pastor June 28, 1842,
and officiated one half the time for about three years and a half. October 6, 1842, Rev. J. M. Hayes was installed pastor to labor one-half the time, and was dismissed September 3, 1851, to open and take charge of the Norwalk Female Seminary. Mr. Hayes' labors as pastor of the church closed in March preceding his dismissal, at which time Rev. E. Conger began his labors with the church and officiated one-half of the time for a number of years. Since Mr. Conger's pas- . torate, Rev. John Mccutcheon, Rev. John D. Mc- Cord, Rev. Hubbard Lawrence, Rev. T. D. Barthol- omew, and Rev. Augustns Cone have officiated as pastors of the church. The last named began his labors in February, 1878, and continnes pastor up to the present During Mr. Salmon's pastorate the church was filled with divisions and contentions. A large portion of the church withdrew and united with the Presbyterian Church in Bronson, then under the care of Mr. Salmon. The church building at Macksville was erected in 1835, costing two thousand two hundred dollars. There are now about forty members of the church. Munson Gregory is clerk, and George Lawrence, William J. Derby and John McFarland, deacons.
The Sabbath school was organized in 1832 or '33, Minor Lawrence being the first superintendent. The school is now in a prosperous condition. It is held in union with the M. E. Sabbath school, M. M. Hes- ter of the latter church being the superintendent.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
The church was organized by Rev. James McIntyre at the old academy building in the winter of 1823-24, and consisted of the following members: Brother Tooker and wife, Pardon Wilson and wife, Samuel Parish and wife, Henry Beam and wife. John Corbett and wife, Harry O. Sheldon, Mrs. Abram Reamer and Mrs. Polly Pierce. The first-named was ap- pointed class leader. They used the academy build- ing as a place of worship until 1847, when the lot and store building of Henry Terry, then recently deceased, were purchased and the building fitted up for a house of worship. It was dedicated by Rev. W. L. Harris, now bishop. The present brick church in Macksville was erected, in 1868, at a cost of three thousand eight hundred and ninety-one dollars. It was dedi- cated Sunday, October 25th of that year, Rev. T. F. Hildreth preaching the dedication sermon. The fol- lowing are the names of some of the early circuit preachers: True Pattee, James McIntyre, Shadrach Rnark, John Hazard, Cyrus S. Carpenter, Joab Ragan, Ebenezer R. Chase, Adam Minear. The present pastor is Rev. E. J. V. Booth, of Fairfield. The membership is now forty-six.
A Sabbath school was organized by Rev. Thomas Dunn in 1842, William G. Mead being the first super- intendent. The school unites with the Presbyterian, M. M. Hester being the superintendent.
A class was organized at the center of town abont the same time that the class at Macksville was formed,
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by Rev. Trne Pattee, and consisted of the following members: Henry Adams and wife. Thomas Tillson and wife, Chas. Gardner and wife, and Meriam Smith. Henry Adams was the first class leader. Meetings were held in the school house at the center of town. The class was finally absorbed by that at Maeksville.
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.
"The First Universalist Society in the county of Haron" was organized at the house of Alden Pierce, in Greenfield, on the 27th of September, 1827. Officers of the society were chosen as follows: Elihu Clary, clerk; Alden Pierce, treasurer; Robert S. Southgate, Monson Pond and Benjamin Washburne, trustees. An act of incorporation was passed by the legislature of the State, February 24, 1834. Rev. T. Strong was the first preacher that came among them. On the 20th of January, 1838, a number of the mem- bers of the above society, met and organized a church in Peru, called the "First Universalist church of Peru." Reuben Farley was pastor; Comfort Eaton was elected elerk, and Munson Pond and Apollos Fay were chosen deacons.
A church building was erected at Macksville in 1840. The church records show the membership to be about ninety-but death and removals have re- duced the number considerably. The present pastor of the church is A. L. Rice, who recently began his labors. H. H. Clark is clerk; Henry D. Williams, treasurer; H. H. Clark, W. H. Smith and Walter Franklin, trustees.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The earliest meeting by the members of this society, was a conference and praise meeting held at the honse of Arnnah Eaton on the 26th day of August, 1837. Elder Asahel Morse was present, and was their first preacher. The church was organized January 13, 1838, at the school house, near Peu center. Elder Morse acted as moderator of the council, and S. B. Webster, clerk. The following named persons were the constituent members, viz .: Arunah Eaton, John S. Sayre, Mary Sayre, Eliphalet Brooks, Effa Brooks, Edward Eaton, Mary Ann Eaton, L. Hodge, Hepsibah Eaton, Hepsibah Parker, Eleanor Me- Mitchell, Abigail Allison, Thomas Hughson, Damel Morse, Joannah Morse, Daniel Perry, Eleanor Eaton. The meetings after organization were generally at the school houses. A house of worship was erected in Macksville in 1840, at a cost of about eight hundred dollars. The membership is now-January, 1879- forty-five. The pastor is Rev. J. P. Islip, of Olena. Officers, G. W. Atherton, clerk; J. Kingsbury and wife, Charles Roe, G. W. Morse and William, Mitchell, delegates.
A Sabbath school was organized in 1841, with Brothers Waters and Terry, superintendents. The school now numbers thirty-two scholars, with J. Kingsbury, superintendent.
THE LUTHERAN CHURCHI,
situated in the western part of the town, was organi- zed in 1859, by Rev. William Shmogrow,. with about thirty members. In 1860, the church building was erected, costing eight hundred dollars. The dediea- tion sermon was preached by Mr. Shmogrow. There is now, January, 1879, a membership of thirty-seven. Rev. Charles Ulrich, of Norwalk, is pastor.
A Sabbath school was organized in the summer of 1848, of about forty scholars, of which Louis Hoff- man is the superintendent.
The first temperance society in the township was organized in 1833, with Simon Spaulding, president, and Seth C. Parker, secretary. During the first four years of its existence, three hundred and fifty-seven members joined the organization.
THE PERU DIVISION, SONS OF TEMPERVNCE,
an existing organization, was instituted December 4, 1878, the officers of which are as follows: C. Woodruff, W. P .; Mrs. E. Clark, W. A .; J. H. Snyder, R. S .; Miss Kate Hester, A. R. S .; G. R. Gregory, F. S .; R. S. Danforth, F .: M. N. Hester, chaplain ; F. J. Hard, C .; Mrs. J. E. Woodruff, A. C .; Mrs. H. Howe, I. S .; W. H. Smith, A. S .; H. L. Derby, P. W. S .; W. H. Smith, D. G. W. P. The membership is, at the present writing, (January, 1879,) forty-three. The meetings of the society are held in the school house in Maeksville.
POST OFFICE.
The first post office was established in 1818, under the name of Peru. Thomas Tillson was appointed postmaster, and kept the office in his own house, on lot twenty-eight. The location of the office was un- satisfactory to the residents of Maeksville, and Mr. Tillson, after serving a few months, was superseded by Moses C. Sanders, and the location of the office changed to Maeksville, where it has since remained, the name being Peru. The present postmaster is C. Woodruff.
ORGANIZATION.
The township, prior to 1820, then called Vreden- burg, was annexed to Greenfield for township pur- poses. The first election as an independent township was held on the third day of April, 1820, at the house of Joseph Ruggles, on lot number twenty-eight, and resulted as follows: Elihu Clary, clerk; Elijah Clary, Richardson Eaton and James Vantine, trustees; Daniel Mack and Newell Adams, fence viewers; Joel Clark and Alexander Pierce, overseers of the poor; Thomas Tillson and Eli Nelson, appraisers of prop- erty; James Ashley, treasurer.
Thomas Tillson was elected a justice of the peace while the township was attached to Greenfield. His commission from Governor Brown was dated January 18. 1819. He held his office in his own honse, on lot twenty-eight. The earliest record of a justice of the
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peace being chosen after the town was organized sepa- rately, was on the 21st of April, 1821, when Phineas Williams was chosen to that office. He was followed by Elihu Clary, Moses C. Sanders, Jr., A. Jenning, Abel Tracy, O. W. Slocum, B. F. Morse and others, for the east part of the town. The first justice of the peace in the west part of the township was Thomas Tillson, followed by Daniel Smith, Arunah Eaton, Levi R. Sutton and others. Mr. Sutton served in that capacity for about thirty years, his term of service commencing in April, 1834. The first report of the township treasurer, dated March 1, 1821 was as follows:
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