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David, who married Caroline Wilbur, also lives on the old farm, and Sarah Louisa, who married A. B. Beverstock, is deceased.
Thomas Dickey was born in Hillsboro, New Hamp- shire. December 15, 1790, and was one of a family of thirteen. When nineteen years of age, he was en- gaged to General Benjamin Pierce, and while with him, entered the army, and served during the entire war. During the siege of Fort Erie he was wounded in the foot. After his discharge from the service he returned to New Hampshire, September 15, 1815; he started on horseback for Ohio, and in due time reached Monroeville, where he stopped, near the late residence of William R. Jackson, until April, 1819, when he married Elizabeth Myers, and removed to Seneca county. After a couple of removals he re- turned to Ridgefield township. This was in October: 1825. He located in the second section. and remained in the township until his death, which occurred on the tenth of January, 1879. Mrs. Dickey died in 1854. The children of this couple were five-three boys and two girls; but two of the children are now living.
Charles Hubbell, of Charlotte, Crittenden county, Vermont, arrived in Ridgefield, July 23, 1812. He located on lot number sixteen, in the second section. The children numbered four; one son and three daughters. The oldest daughter, Cecelia, married Forrest Messenger, and died in Monroeville July 30, 1849, of cholera. The second daughter married Jona- than Green, of Pern township. The third daughter married Ebenezer Welch, of Lyme township.
George H. Clock was born in 1265, and emigrated to Ridgefield in the spring of 1817, from the State of New York. He settled on lot number six, in the third section. His wife was Margaret Overhiser, by whom he had thirteen children: Daniel, David, Tim- othy, Elijah, Archibald, Samuel, Andrew, James, Sally, Parmelia, Sophronia, Lovina and Julia Ann.
The only one of these children now residing in Ridgefield township is Samnel, who married Maria Vroman. One son of this marriage was killed in the army; another, Andrew, is married and lives in Mon- roeville village; a daughter is married and resides in St. Louis, Missouri. Descendants of Timothy also reside in the village; among them are David Clock and Mrs. James Hamilton.
William Brooks, a native of Onondago county, New York, came to Huron county in 1818. His family, consisting of a wife and four children, re- mained east. Mr. Brooks came to Monroeville, and was engaged by the Burt Brothers in the construction of the grist and saw mills at that point. In 1822 the family arrived. They lived for a time on the farm now occupied by Mrs. Daniel Clary, and afterwards in Monroeville village. Mr. Brooks returned east, where he died in 1849.
In March, 1839, the family located in Sherman township, where the widow still resides, at the ad- vanced age of ninety-four years. The children were:
Clinton, who married Lydia Haskins, and died in Michigan; Emeline, who married John Van Buskirk, and died in Norwalk of cholera in 1834: Temperance, who has been thrice married, is now the wife of William Ticknor, and lives on lot number ten, in section three, Sherman township; and Sylvester O., who married Jerusha Ann Hallis, and died in 1849.
John Burdue, a Frenchman, was quite a character in the early settlement. He built the first log cabin in Norwalk township for Platt Benedict. He lived for some time in the family of John Somers, Sr. He finally returned to Canada.
Daniel Clary was born in Herkimer county, New York, in 1799. In 1817 he came to Ridgefield and purchased one hundred acres of land of Major David Underhill. This was in lot number nineteen in the first section. Mr. Clary paid for this land in labor, and so faithfully did he perform his part of the con- tract, that, at the expiration of three years, he had lost but three days' time. He subsequently purchased the farm on lot number nineteen, in section one; upon this he built the residence where he died, on April 29, 1863. On February 23, 1825, he married Miss Mary Wilcox, by whom he had two sons-Homer C. and George W., the latter of whom is deceased. The former resides on the old farm. The widow of Daniel Clary still occupies the home mansion.
James Breckenridge, from Crittenden county, Ver- mont, married Lovina J. Read November 20, 1811. In the winter of 1817, he came by team to Ohio, and, after encountering many dangers, reached Joseph Read's. in Ridgefield township, on March 7th. The following summer he purchased two lots in Venice and erected thereon a house, returning in the fall to Vermont for his family. In June, 1818, he began the journey, and in July reached the "promised land." On arrival he found that he could not get a title to his land, and that the people who were there, and not already dead, were in a fair way of dying-for all were sick. He then purchased two lots in Monroe- ville, where Eckhart's hotel now stands; built a house and opened a hotel, the first, of importance, at least, in the village. The children of this couple numbered nine, two of whom died in Vermont. George W., who became eminent as a minister in the Methodist Epis- copal Church; Ann F., Giles C., Jane E., Almira N., Jeannette, and Frank A. who was a soldier in the union army during the rebellion. He was captured at Milroy's defeat, Winchester, Virginia, and was for many months an involuntary guest at the hotel de Libby, Richmond Virginia.
Dodatus Hubbell emigrated f:om Lanesborough, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, to Ridgefield in the spring of 1818. He purchased lot number eighteen, in the second section. In 1819, he married Celia Littlefield. The season of 1820 was noted for the prevalence of agne, billions fever and sore eyes. Mr. Hubbell became afflicted with the latter trouble and became totally blind. He returned to Massachusetts, where he regained his health and eye-sight. In 1828
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he returned to his home in Ridgefield, where he died, August 19, 1862. Mrs. Hubbell died November 5, 1877. The children of this couple numbered four- one died in infancy-Eliza Ann, who married F. H. Drake, of Monroeville, Rosamond M., who married E. Read, and Celia MI., who became the wife of James G. Hardy, and now resides in Covington, Indiana. Mr. Hubbell became an early member of the Baptist Church, and always remained a prominent member and one of its principal supporters. The bell of this church, which cost three hundred dollars, was one of his many donations.
Hial Hunt emigrated from Vermont, and in 1816 located in Margaretta township, Erie county, and, in connection with a brother, erected a mill on Cold creek, but, being unable to obtain a title to the land, gave it up, and he came to Ridgefield in the spring of 1818. He purchased, finally, the lot upon which stands the brick building occupied by R. G Martin's hardware, and A. L. Lane's drug store. In 1820 he removed from the county. Returning about 1824, he settled in the first section of Lyme township. He has had five sons and one daughter. His first wife died in 1835, and he married a widow lady, named Phillips.
Reuben Bloomer, from Vermont, arrived in Ridge- field township on October 27, 1817. He located a few rods east of the present residence of Sidney Brown, where he lived a few years, and removed to Sherman township, where he settled, permanently, on what is now known as the " Bloomer farm." Here he died, June 20, 1836. His wife died July 24, 1826. The children were : Susan, Coles A., Albert, Emma J., Charles B., George and John U. Four are living- three in Ridgefield township.
Charles Parker, of Rhode Island, married, on Feb- ruary 4, 1798, Lucina Lamberton, from the State of New York, and in about 1800 emigrated to Ohio. He located at, or near, the present village of Painesville, in Lake county, and was among the early merchants of that village. He remained there until 1811, in May of which year, he removed to Milan, (then called Avery,) and settled on Huron river, about one and a half miles southwest of the present village of Milan.
Here the historic block house was erected, to protect the settlers from the incursions of savages, rendered more ferocious by the offer of British gold for scalps. After the infamous and cowardly surren- der of the traitor, Hull, at Detroit, the families in the block house fled southward for safety. The family of Charles Parker were : Ira, who was born before the parents came to Ohio : he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in the army. Anna and Hiram were born at Painesville. Anna married Thomas J. Prentiss, on September 27, 1819, and came at once to live in Ridgefield, locating on the farm now owned by H. P. Stentz. Here two children were born, Charles P., who married Emma Lurkins, and resides in Monroeville, and Jane, who married Bailey
Wheeler, and is now deceased. Hiram married Mrs. Mary A. Russell, and died in Michigan, in 1876, at Milan. Two children were born : Lucina who mar- ried Samuel Knight, and lives in Illinois, and Catharine, who married Hiram Brooks, and is living in the south. Mr. Parker died October 12, 1815. He had three wives.
Perry Easton came from Ontaria county, New York, and located in Ridgefield, June 9, 1818. The journey was performed by team to Buffalo, and from thence to Sandusky by boat. Settling on lot number six, he remained until 1821, when he removed to Bronson township, and finally to Peru, where he permanently located. He died May 9, 1858. Mrs. Easton died December 29, 1872. The children were three : James D. and John C., (twins,) and a daughter, Cordelia. James D. married Jane Barker, and lives in Monroeville ; John C. married Anna Estes, and lives in Paris, Texas.
James Hamilton and family moved from Granville, Washington county, New York, to Lyme township, this county, in the spring of 1819. Here he located and remained until the spring of 1826, when he re- moved to Monroeville. Mrs. Hamilton died in Lyme in August, 1821. Mr. Hamilton died in Milan in June, 1855.
The family consisted of nine children: Chester, who died in Milan; Henry, who died in Buffalo, New York; Margaret, who married N. M. Standard, of Milan, died from injuries received by being thrown from the high bank near the residence of the late David Clock, by a frightened horse; Daniel, who died in Milan; John, who now lives in Anamosy, Iowa; James, Jr., who was born in Granville, New York, August 8, 1806, married Emily J. Brown. (She died May 30, 1851, leaving the following children: James H., Frank B., Francis J., Emily, Margaret and Sarah; Emily is deceased.) Mr. Hamilton married Berthulia Clock, November 4. 1852, by whom two children were born: Clay and Marrion L. He is at present postmaster at Monroeville. Findley F., the next child of James Hamilton, Sr., is deceased, as are Thomas and William Edgar, which comprise the family.
Forrest Messenger came from Granville, Licking county, Ohio, to Milan, Huron county, in Angust, 1822. He remained there until 1825, when he came to Ridgefield township and purchased land in what is now Monroeville village. Upon this he still resides. In the fall of 1828 he married Miss Cecelia Hubbell, by whom five children were born. Of these, three are still living. Mrs. Messenger died of cholera in July, 1849. In the spring of 1850, he married Hannah Patterson, by whom he has had one child, now de- ceased. Mr. Messenger was the "village blacksmith" thirty-four years, and, during stageing times, he did an extensive business. He has, undoubtedly, shod more horses than any man in Huron county. During the war of 1812, although too young for a soldier, yet he accompanied the army as a fifer.
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John Brown, of New Hampshire, came to Ohio in the summer of 1823, and located in the village of Monroeville, where he lived the remainder of his life. The children were: Albert, Justus, Jeremiah, Sally, Melissa, Esther and John: five are still living. Al- bert is the only one residing, at present, in the town- ship. He married Emma J. Bloomer; they have seven children.
John Fish came from Licking county, Ohio, to Peru, in about 1822. In 1825 he settled on lot num- ber seven in Ridgefield township, and this farm is still owned by his heirs. His first wife was Jane Gam- ble, by whom the following children were born: Au- rora B., Sidney D., Gordon W., Edwin, Mary J., and Sarah A. Mrs. Fish died June 6, 1832, and he mar- ried Lydia Van Coy, who is still living. The children by this marriage are: Platt C., James G., John W., Celia, Judson D., and Ida, all living. Mr. Fish died September 13, 1866.
Daniel Sherman, in February, 1825, purchased the farm formerly owned by Sanders Littlefield. This is now occupied by S. D. Fish. (For further of Mr. Sherman's history, see Sherman township.)
P. J. Robertson, from Washington county, New York, located in Ridgefield township, on lot one, sec- tion four, where he still resides. In 1834 he married Mrs. Anna Prentiss. One child was born to them, (George) who died at the age of seventeen years.
C. S. Brown, from Madison county, New York, settled in Ridgefield, on lot eight, in 1837, where he now lives. He has two children: Lloyd, who married Rose Mahon, and lives at home, and Retta, who mar- ried William H. Bishop, a son of Augustus W. Bishop, who settled in Ridgefield in 1835.
Isaac Smith, from Tompkins county, New York. settled in Fitchville in 1835. In October, 1836, he married Cornelia Barnhart, and in February, 1838, came to Monroeville, and soon after engaged in mer- chandising, and has prosecuted this vocation continu- ously, with the exception of two years, until the pres- ent period. His wife died in 1850, and in 1854 he married Elizabeth Platt, with whom he now lives. He is the oldest merchant in the village. The chil- dren are as follows: Byron A., Ellen L., Hattie C., Cynthia J., Ralph P., Ed. S., and Abbie N. The last three are by the second wife. Elvira M. and Frank J. are dead.
Among the early settlers we find the names of Al- len Lindsley, Lysander Halladay, David Webb, B. B. Jackson, Ezra Leonard, Asel Morse, Elihu Potter, Henry Tice, who was quite prominent in the village, Levi Cole, who settled in Ridgefield very early, had a family of eight sons, some of whom yet reside in the county. The Burt brothers who built the grist and saw mills in the village, were very early settlers. They came from Derby, Vermont.
John Green came from Auburn, New York, to Huron county (locating in Greenfield township) in October, 1818. In 1822 he removed to Lyme town- ship. where he died, October, 1826. James, his son.
was then fourteen years of age. He drifted with the tide, until 1833, when he came to Monroeville. He married Catharine Palmer, of Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1834. They have four children-a son and three daughters. Mr. Green was, for a number of years, engaged in merchandising. He has been a justice of the peace for twenty-one years, and infirmary director for several years.
J. R. Hall, a native of Kirkwood, Belmont county, Ohio, came to Ridgefield in the fall of 1836. He married Mrs. Jane Prout, and, erecting buildings in Monroeville village, engaged in merchandising. He was entirely burned out in the fire of 1855. He then purchased the property on the south side of the river, where he yet resides. Of the family of five children, three (Russell, Jane and Aldura) are deceased. Jeannette and Marion are at home. The latter married William W. Beardsley, who is deceased.
James Mason, of Atlantic county, New Jersey, located in Ridgefield township in 1831, where he still resides. He married Abigail Hess. The children are : Elias, Melissa, Francis H., Mary E. and James, who are all living.
FIRST EVENTS.
The first white child born in the township of Ridgefield, was a son to Seth and Sarah Brown, born August 29, 1815. He is now the Rev. George W. Brown, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is located in Illinois. He was a missionary among the Indians in the Lake Superior region before the open- ing of the copper mines.
The first deaths were, without doubt, the Sweatland family before mentioned, which occurred in July and October. 1815.
The first burial in the Monroeville cemetery was Preoxcintha. wife of Isaac Clary. She died on the 21st of September, 1818.
The pioneer wedding in the township was Thomas Dickey to Miss Elizabeth Myers. It transpired in April. 1819. This couple died in Ridgefield, the wife in 1854, and the husband, January 10, 1879.
The first frame house in Monroeville was built by John Sowers, in about 1820. It stood just back of the site now occupied by the Davis block. This building now stands near the Baptist Church, and is occupied by Mrs. Ed. Wright.
The first brick building was built by George Hol- lister, in about 1830. This is now the residence of John S. Davis.
Schuyler Van Rensselaer was the first postmaster in Ridgefield township, and we learn that the office was located in a building standing on the site of the present Exchange block, (corner Main street and Milan avenne. ) This building was erected by Van Rensselaer, and in it he sold goods, among the first in the township. James Hamilton is present postmaster, appointed December 19, 1814.
The first goods were sold by a man named Drummond, who fitted up a corner of Burt's saw
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mill for a store. This was immediately after the mill was completed.
John Sowers planted an orchard on the farm where Thomas Cone now lives, in 1817. This is believed to have been the pioneer orchard in the township.
Seth Brown and John Sowers each sowed a piece of wheat, as soon as practicable, after settlement.
The first 4th of July celebration was held at George Pearce's, near the William H. Jackson residence. For dinner, they had baked meats, beans, and sorrel pie, and it is highly probable that whisky added its exhilirating effect to the festivities. A dance was held in the evening. The following 4th of July a celebration was held on "Independence Island," then extending from a little above the present bridge at Monroeville some twenty rods below and some five or six rods in width, and covered with trees. This island has now entirely disappeared.
We have before stated that the first hotel stood on the site now occupied by the Eckhart Hotel, owned by Emerson Brothers. This pioneer hotel was a wood structure. In about 1834 it was burned, and soon afterwards the present brick hotel was erected. This was undoubtedly built by Harry Griffin, and christened the Railroad Honse. Griffin, who mar- ried Harriet Sturges, was its host some three years, and is said to have kept the best hotel between Cleve- land and Detroit. Uriah M. Eckhart is the present host.
The Exchange Hotel was built by James T'ice, who sold it to Stephen Crippen. It was operated some years for a hotel. Isaac Smith is the present owner.
ORGANIZATION.
Ridgefield township was organized the first Monday in December 1815, and comprised the territory now included in the townships of Ridgefield, Sherman, Lyme, and the south half of Oxford. The first election was held in the spring of 1816 at the house of Joseph F. Read, on lot sixteen in section two. No record of this election can be found. Enos Rose, in his "sketch of Ridgefield township," says: "From the recollection of those who were at this election, David Page, Levi Sutton, and David Underhill were the first trustees; Joseph F. Read, township clerk, and Sanders Littlefield, justice of the peace. The names of electors were as follows: Joseph F. Read, Daniel Sherman, Sanders Littlefield, George Pearce, Seth Brown, Daniel Page, John Sowers, Sr., John Sowers, Jr., Moses Sowers, David Underhill, John Hahn, Thomas Webb, Adam Wires, George Wires, Thomas Dickey, Richard Henry, George and John Burt, and two others named Drake and Strong.
On March 4, 1816, the second and third sections of Lyme were set off to Wheatland. March 2, 1818, Oxford was attached to Bloomingville. February 6, 1820, one mile square on the southwest corner of Ox- ford was attached to Lyme, and the next square mile east attached to Ridgefield, and on March 6th, of the
same year, the Lyme portion was set back to Ridge- field. Lyme and Sherman were detached from Ridge- field in 1819. Lyme, and about one mile of Groton now Erie county, making an election district, and Sherman and Norwich were organized as a township the same year. Ridgefield is described as township number four, range twenty-three.
The township officers for the year 1878 are: Alex- ander Mushett, John G. Myers, and Samuel La- morenx, trustees; Isaac Smith, clerk; H. P. Stentz, treasurer; Fred W. Aves, assessor; Henry Kingsley and Fred W. Aves, constables; and J. P. Cornell and James Green, justices of the peace.
MONROEVILLE VILLAGE.
On September 29, 1817, the north part of lot number four, in the fourth section, owned by John Sowers, Sr., and the south part of lot number five, in the same section, of which Seth Brown was owner, was laid out as a village. It was named Monroe, and continued to be called by that name until the estab- lishment of a post office, when, to avoid repetition, the name was changed to Monroeville. On May 24, 1836, an addition was made to the village, by the heirs of Seth Brown, and consisted of one hundred and forty-one lots.
March 6, 1868, a petition was presented to the com- missioners of Huron county, asking that the village of Monroeville be incorporated. The prayer of the petitioners was granted, and an election ordered. The following gentlemen were elected: James Green, mayor; W. J. Lewis, recorder; Roman Zipfel, treas- urer; Wm. R. Jackson, S. B. Martin, C. P. Prentiss, J. Hamilton and R. Zipfel, trustees. The successors to the office of mayor, recorder and treasurer, are as follows: 1870, John Sowers, mayor; H. M. Roby was elected recorder, but declined to serve, and H. P. Stentz was appointed to fill vacancy. 1871, B. A. Smith, clerk. 1872, S. Robbins, mayor; D. Packard, treasurer. 1873, A. S. Skilton, clerk. 1874, R. Zipfel, treasurer. 1876, R. Zipfel, mayor; A. Hipp, treas- urer. 1877, John Butler, clerk. 1828, Roman Zipfel, mayor; A. E. Scholey, clerk; A. Hipp, treasurer; W. M. Fanning, James T. Camp, J. Tillotson, Joshua Parker, C. P. Hankamer and F. G. Murphy, conncil- men; Henry Kingsley, marshal; J. Henninger, street commissioner.
FIRES.
Were it possible to purify by fire, then, indeed, would Monroeville be purity itself. In the early morning of March 4, 1855, occurred the first fire of importance, in Monroeville village. At this time the space on the west side of Main street, from Monroe street south to near where now stands the blacksmith shop, was filled by a row of wooden buildings. The building farthest south was oc- cupied by J. R. Hall's grocery. The fire originated from a box of ashes standing in the rear of the build-
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ing next north. There was no provision for fire, and a strong wind from the southwest drove the de- vouring element rapidly northward, and, although buckets were brought into requisition, and every one strove heroically to stay its ravages, yet without avail, and in perhaps three hours, nothing remained, ex- cept ashes and smouldering ruins, from where the fire originated, north to Monroe street. The most im- portant building destroyed was the Hollister ware- house. The entire loss was estimated at seventy-five thousand dollars.
In the spring of 1867. the second serions fire took place. It originated in the building, corner Main street and Milan avenue, and extended south along the east side of Main street. The fire was subdued when, about two-thirds of the distance from Milan avenne to Eckhart's hotel had been burned over. Three buildings only were left standing, north of the hotel. The principal sufferers by this fire were: John Hosford, Philip Meibger, Urlan & Zipfel and James Wright. The rebuilding of the burned district was immediately begun. The loss, outside of insurance was six thousand dollars.
In April, 1870, the three buildings north of the hotel (which were saved in previous fire) were burned. The losses were Urlan & Zipfel and J. Antemen, and the amount, not covered by insurance, aggregated some two thousand dollars.
On the night of April 1. 1877, occurred the last grand conflagration. The fire originated in the mil- linery store of Mrs. Parsons, standing on the north side of Monroe street. The wind blew a gale. and soon the fire fiend reached Main street. About mid- night the wind shifted to the north and the flames were carried across Monroe street to Mrs. Aves' mil- linery store, which was soon destroyed. This was followed rapidly by the residence and office of Dr. Lane, the town hall, F. & J. Tyler's market, A. Hipp & Co.'s grocery, Merrill, Cary & Co.'s stores, A. L. Lane's drug store, R. G. Martin's hardware store, J. Carabin's grocery. The halls of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Good Templar Societies were in these buildings and lost everything. Fire companies had been summoned by telegraph from Norwalk, San- dusky and Bellevue, and arrived on the scene at the time the fire had reached the store adjoining the Davis block. Bellevue steamer was soon in position and poured two powerful streams into the burning pile. The other companies worked with a will, and by their almost superhuman efforts the fire was stayed at this point. The people of Monroeville should ever cherish a feeling of gratitude for the noble assistance rendered on this occasion.
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