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USA > Ohio > Huron County > 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 63
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The aggregate loss was seventy-five thousand dol- lars, upon which there was a partial insurance. The origin of this fire is unknown, but is thought to have been incendiary. The majority of the parties burned ont were soon doing business again, and the portion of the burned district on Main street was soon re- built.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Despite the repeated conflagrations with which Monroeville had been visited, no effort was made to organize a fire department until after the disastrous fire of 1872. Immediately following this, the legis- lature was petitioned to pass an "enabling act." authorizing the council to issue bonds in any amount not exceeding eight thousand dollars, the same to be applied to the purchase of fire engine, etc. This was done, and on August 10, 1822. a number four steam fire engine, of the Clapp and Jones pattern, was pur- chased ; also, fifteen hundred feet of hose. and two hose reels, at a cost of four thousand, seven hundred dollars. The department was organized, with Henry M. Roby, chief : A. S. Skilton, engineer : August J. Antenen. assistant, and William Rooney, fireman. Hose companies number one and two were formed, with twenty men each. They are officered as follows: Number One-Dr. C. M. C. Prentiss, foreman : Thomas Clarck, assistant ; Thomas Emerson, treas- urer ; J. Carabin, secretary. Roby, Number Two- A. E. Scholey, foreman ; Charley Karcher, assistant; A. E. Scholey. treasurer ; Roscoe De Witt, secretary. A hook and ladder company is in process of formation. The water supply is inexhaustible.
MONETARY INTERESTS.
In the year 1856, Messrs. Head & Perkins com- meuced to do a private banking business in Monroe- ville village. After a time they were succeeded by S. V. Harkness, and he in turn, in 1866. by the present proprietors, Messrs. J. S. Davis. C. S. Crim and H. P. Stenz, who. under the firm name of Davis, Crim & Stenz, organized the " Exchange Bank of Monroe- ville." These gentlemen are also connected with the First National Bank of Galion, and the latter with the First National Bank of Plymouth. The ' Ex- change" does a general banking business. To show its stability, in 1873, when the disastrous panie struck our country, it had on deposit $180,000, and its de- positors were promptly paid on call. The proprietors are widely known as gentlemen of strict integrity and unquestionable financial ability. Steel portraits of Messrs. Davis and Stenz appear in this volume.
Isaac Smith and A. W. Prentiss have also done a private banking business in Monroeville.
RAILROADS.
In the year 1836 a charter was granted for the San- dusky and Monroeville railroad. Work was com- menced immediately and the road completed he- tweeu these points in 1838. The cars were drawn by horses. In about 1836 or '37. the since notorious Brigham Young worked a lot of men on this road. While excavating for the deep cut the bones of a mastodon were unearthed. The line was extended to Mansfield, steam was applied and the road eventually extended to Newark, when it was leased to the Balti- more and Olno railroad, and is now the Lake Erie Division of that company's line.
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In 1851-2 the Cleveland, Norwalk and Toledo rail- road was built. This is now the Southern Division of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad. The two lines of railroad cross in Monroeville.
CHURCHES.
In 1818 a Baptist Church was organized in Ridge- field township, composed of members residing in the territory now embraced in Huron and Erie counties. The meetings of this body were held in different local- ities until 1835, when, by mutual consent, the church was permanently located in Norwalk, and the name changed from " Ridgefield " to "Norwalk" Baptist Church. For particulars connected with the early organization and history of this church, see history of Norwalk Baptist Church in this volume. This was the first church organization in the township of Ridgefield.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sundry inhabitants, of the Presbyterian church, of Lyme and Ridgefield townships, met at the house of S. Van Rensselaer on the 14th day of November, 1831, and organized the above named church, agreeably to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States, approved by the general association of the State of Connecticut. The following divines were present : Revs. A. H. Bells, Enoch Conger, Eveston Judson and E. P. Salmon. The constituent members of this church were : James Hamilton, Sr., Hannab Hamilton, John Seymour, Sarah A. Seymour, Thomas H. Prentiss, Elmira Barney, Lewis Stone, Hannah Stone, Micah Skinner, Cata Skinner, Dilatus W. Skinner, Jane Catharine Skinner, Nathan Ste- phens, Eliza Stephens, Mrs. Rebecca Van Rensselaer, Mary A. Sowers, Mary Holiday, Laura H. Sherman, Eliza Ann Seymour, Elmira Cook, Nancy Hand, and Betsy and Melissa Brown. Services were held in the school house, standing on the site now occupied by John Hosford's residence, until 1840, April 13th, of which year, the building committee report the church as finished, at a cost of about four thousand dollars. This is the building yet occupied by this society. The season of 1865, however, the church was rebuilt, and extensive improvements made, for which some four thousand dollars were expended.
The parsonage, which is located on Monroe street, was purchased in the spring of 1864, at a cost of seventeen hundred dollars. The church officers, on organization, were : James Hamilton, Sr., John Seymour and Thomas H. Prentiss, elders; John Seymour, clerk.
The charter which was granted in 1838, created the Presbyterian and Congregational church and society of Monroeville, and on April 16, 1838, James Ham- ilton. Sr., George Hollister. John M. Latimer, Justus Brown and George W. Mannahan, were elected trustees, and James W. Humphrey, secretary. 1854, Allen Lindsley, clerk ; 1860, Augustus W. Prentiss. clerk. He was succeeded by E. J. Squire, and he by
the present clerk, Brainard W. Salisbury. The official roster for 1878 is: John S. Davis, George Fish, David Clary, Albert Brown and Brainard W. Salisbury, trustees ; Jonathan Green and Albert Brown, deacons; E. J. Squire, treasurer ; D. H. Clock, chorister, and George W. Paine, organist and superintendent of Sabbath school, in which there is an average attend- ance of sixty-five. The church membership at present (March, 1879,) is sixty.
The records are quite imperfect from which the following list of pastors is compiled. The first regular pastor was Rev. E. P. Salmon, who remained until about 1836 ; for the six years following, the church had no regular pastor, but was supplied by the following : Rev. David Higgins, - Parlin, A. H. Betts and - Conger. June 1, 1842, Rev. I. B. Par- lin was installed pastor by the Huron Presbytery. He served until March 20, 1847, when he was dismissed, and Revs. Sperry, Newton, Sawyer and others, acted as stated supply until July 28, 1858, when Rev. C. W. Clapp was installed. He resigned, March 30, 1855, and the following acted as supply: Rev. Charles Richards, - Walker, Henry Willard, J. E. Weed. D. E. Wells began preaching March 1, 1864. He was installed September 25, 1866, and dismissed in 1868. After him, was Rev. T. J. Lewis and Smith Barnes. 1870, Rev. J. T. Pollock assumed charge. He resigned, November 7, 1873, and was followed by Rev. C. W. Wallace, who remamed until April, 1876, and from this date until October 1, of the same year. When the present pastor, Rev. A. A. Cressman, assumed charge, the church was without a pastor.
Laura Sherman died December 31, 1876, aged eighty-six years, and Mrs. Mary Sowers died January 20, 1877, aged seventy-seven years. These were the last and only constituent members of this church, who were residents of Ridgefield township.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The following sketch is written from the "recol- lections" of James Green, Esq., of Monroeville, one of the constituent members of this church. During the summer of 1832, a traveling minister, Rev. Shad- rach Ruark, preached occasionally in the school house, then standing on the site now occupied by the resi- dence of John Hosford. Esq., and in, it is thought, October of that year, a class was formed, consisting of the following persons: Benjamin Murphy, who was leader, James Green, Mrs. Mary Green, Mrs. Nancy Green, Mrs. Ann Bills, Mrs. Maria Bills and Mrs. Ann Morrison. Meetings were held in the school house above mentioned until about 1841 or '42, when a small brick church was erected on Broad street. This was occupied until about 1861, when it became too small, and the present commodious church on Chapel street was erected. This cost, with site, fifteen thou- sand dollars. The former church was sold to the Catholic society, and is now occupied by them for school purposes. The average membership since 1861 has been one hundred and forty.
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In perhaps 1834, a Sabbath school was organized in Monroeville. This was on the union plan, and was composed of children of every denomination. James Green was its superintendent.
The Sabbath school in connection with the Metho- dist Episcopal Church was formed in 1842-James Green, superintendent. This school has now (1879) an average attendance of eighty. John Hosford, superintendent.
Among the ministers who have presided over the destinies of this church, are the following: Rev. Day, Goshorn, Edward Thompson (late bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church), H. O. Sheldon, Thomas Barkdull, Disbro, Thomas Cooper, George W. Brown, Lee, T.
J. Pope, Pounds, John T. Kellum, James Kellum, Evans, - - Milligan,
Painter, John A. Mudge, John R. Jewett,
McKaskey, T. J. Guard, E. Thompson, and the present pastor, Rev. F. S. Woolfe.
The present church officials are: James Green, Samuel Carr, George Hearson, William Powley, Harry Powley, Frank Mason and Thomas Ackerman, class leaders; John Hosford, James Green, Dr. C. L. Kreider, Gardner Young, J. S. Green, Isaac De Witt and Frank Mason, stewards and trustees.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The writer desires to express his thanks to Rev. M. W. Homes for the following history of this church: "On June 6, 1836, eighteen members of this denomi- nation formed themselves into a conference under the following pledge: 'We, the undersigned members of Baptist Churches, feeling desirous to sustain the public worship of God in the village of Monroeville, and other parts of the town of Ridgefield, do agree to unite in conference, covenanting, by the help of God, to meet for his worship at such time and place as shall be by us appointed; and when not favored with the preached word, to improve the time in exhor- tation, singing and prayer, as the word of God directs.'
"The following are the names of those forming the conference: David Webb, Roswell Phelps, Samuel Chapman, Diodatus Hubbell. Oliver Webb, David S. Webb, Martin L. Ruggles, Henry Dillingham, Lydia Webb, Louisa S. Webb, Miamee Phelps, Amanda Dillingham, Sallie Chapman. Celia Hubbell, Louisa Lake. Elizabeth Webb, Eliza Giasler and Fidelia Ruggles.
"The conference held their first meeting June 18, 1836; Elder A. Morse, moderator, and Roswell Phelps, clerk. At this meeting arrangements were made for regular religious services, including the monthly covenant meeting. On August 27. 1836, the organi- zation of the conference as a church was fully com- pleted, by the adoption of articles of faith and church covenant and the approval of ministering brethren and the churches of which those composing the con- ference had been members. The articles of faith
were those known as the .Philadelphia articles.' In 1850, the church adopted what are known as the .New Hampshire articles,' at which time the name of the church was changed to Monroeville Baptist Church. At the same meeting they appointed delegates to apply for admission into the Huron Baptist association, and were received at the session of that body at Nor- walk, the same year.
"The first addition to the church, by baptism, occurred April 2, 1837, when three were baptized. One of these, the wife of deacon F. H. Drake, and daughter of Diodatus Hubbell, is still living (April, 1879).
"April 15, 1857, six more were baptized, among whom were David Clock and wife. Mrs. Clock at this writing is still living.
"The church employed Elder A. Morse as supply until they could secure the service of a regular pastor. The Rev. S. B. Webster was engaged in the spring of 1837. The following have served the church to the present time: William White, Benjamin Thomas, A. Brown, Jeremiah Hall, C. J. Biroles, E. B. Turner, E. Eaton, Watson Clark, D. W. Morgan, D. Morse, L. Bailey, J. L. King, J. Hawker, D. Downie, M. E. Lyon, and the present incumbent, Rev. M. W. Homes.
"The church and society were incorporated March 5, 1838, with Diodatus IIubbell, Edward Baker and David Clock as trustees. The first meeting as a church and society was held April 14, 1838, when a constitution was adopted aud the following officers elected: Willard Knight, president; Diodatus Hub- bell, Samuel Clock and George W. Allen, trustees; and Edward Baker, clerk. At the same meeting, Willard Knight, George Hollister, Elisha Lake and Benjamin F. Morse were appointed a committee to si- perintend the building of a house of worship. The house was completed and dedicated January 8, 1839, Elder S. Wadsworth preaching the sermon. The cost of the building is not given; it has since been repaired, once in 1844, cost not given; again in 1868 -69, at an expense of two thousand dollars.
"A Sunday school was organized in the spring 1839, and reported to the association forty scholars. Its present superintendent is William Roth. Under the labors of Rev. S. B. Webster, the membership was largely increased. During the entire history of the church there have been received into its fellowship six hundred and twenty-nine. Of this number, four hundred and nineteen were received by baptism. The present pastor began his labors January 1, 1877, since when fifty-two have been added to the church. The following gentleman have served the church as deacons: David Webb, Diodatus Hubbell, Edward Thomas, F. H. Drake and William Skaden, the last two still acting as such; clerks, R. Phelps, Benjamin Vrooman, J. Gantz, C. D. Hall, F. H. Drake, and the present incumbent, G. Stimson. There is a commodious parsonage."
ORRIN W. HEAD.
Orrin W. Head was born at Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., on the 18th of May, 1808. His parents were Jonathan and Hepzibah (Livermore) Head, both born in New England, the former in Rhode Island, the latter in New Hampshire. His father, with two brothers, left Rhode Island in early life to settle in New York. They came up the Mohawk, bringing their silver money in a tin-pail, and landed at Utica when there was but one tavern in that now populous and beautiful city, and nearly the whole of Oneida County was unsettled. The tavern above mentioned oeenpied the identical site of Bagg's Hotel, well known to travelers on the New York Central Rail- road.
Mr. Head had eight brothers and two sisters, of whom six brothers and one sister are still living, the latter in Oakland, Cal.
In 1836 he was married to Julia Crane, in Mar- shall, Oneida Co., where her parents had resided for many years. Four children were the fruits of this marriage, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Thaddeus W., born December, 1837; Irvin T., born December, 1839; Lucy M., born January, 1841; George, born September, 1846.
Mr. Head came to Ridgefield township in April, 1842, purchasing what was then known as the Sowers farm, consisting of one hundred and eighty
aeres. He has lived on the same land ever since, but has at various times bought and sold contiguous lands, so that his farm now comprises two hundred and fifty aeres.
It is an achievement well worth recording, that he has taken, almost literally with his own hands, the native forest (yielding, the most of it, one hundred eords to the aere) from more than three hundred acres of land, hardly a log-heap having been burned on all that extent of ground of which he did not superintend and assist the construction, handspike in hand. And yet a hale old age testifies that the work did not overtax his vigorous constitution.
Mr. Head elaims to have more miles of good fenee on his farm than any other farmer in Huron County, and no one ean ride past his well-kept and well-cul- tivated grounds without thinking that his claim is valid.
In 1857 he built, in company with Mr. E. B. Per- kins, what is known as the "Davis Block," in Monroeville, and established there the Perkins & Head Exchange Bank, which continued in suc- eessful operation five years.
Mr. Head never held or songht any publie office, but he has been the "standing bondsman" for town- ship and county functionaries of every grade for the past twenty years.
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
This church was first denominated "Unity," but this was subsequently changed to "Zion,"-the name it now bears. Its history begins with the year 1843. The summer of that year Rev. Alvah Guion, rector of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk, began, and for one year subsequent, held service every Sunday after- noon in the Presbyterian Church. There were then but three Episcopal families residing in Monroeville. At the end of the year, from various reasons, services were discontinued, and eleven years intervened ere regular services were again established. During this interval occasional services were held by rectors of the surrounding parishes.
In 1854, Rev. G. S. Davis, of Medina, accepted a call. He took up his residence in Monroeville, preaching here on each Sabbath afternoon, and in Lyme township, during the forenoon. The parish was organized, and measures were taken to raise funds sufficient to build a church edifice. This was nearly consummated, when deaths and removals caused a postponement. During the stay of Rev. Mr. Davis, the congregation met in the Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches, and in public halls, and it was during his rectorship that the rite of confirmation was, for the first time, administered in Monroeville. After two and one-half years Mr. Davis resigned charge of the parish, the communicants at that time numbering ten.
The summer of 1857, Rev. J. P. Curran, rector of St. Luke's Church, Milan, assumed charge of the parish, holding service in Perkins' hall on Sunday afternoon. A Sunday school was now organized, with five teachers and twenty-five children. The question of building a church was again agitated, and work was abont to begin, when Mr. Curran resigned the rectorship.
July 8, 1860, Rev. Samuel Marks assumed charge of the parish. September 25th, the corner stone of the church was laid, aud on the 8th of December, 1861, it was completed and opened for divine ser- vice. The cost was three thousand five hundred dollars. The holy communion was first administered within its walls on Christmas day. The consecration of the church was consummated on February 2, 1864, by the Rt. Rev. C. P. Mellvane, bishop of the Diocese of Ohio. Nine clegymen were present. The Rev. Mr. Phelps, of Fremont, preached the sermon, from 1 Kings viii. 27. Rev. Mr. Marks, by reason of failing health, resigned the pastorate in the spring of 1864.
The following summer the pulpit was supplied by different clergymen, and in the autumn Rev. A. E. Bishop assumed temporary charge. He remained until July, 1865, when the Rev. William R. Powell entered upon the duties of the rectorship; he remained until February, 1867, when he resigned. Rev. Henry L. Badger succeeded him, and he remained until the spring of 1869. Rev. W. H. Dean then assumed
charge. He remained until August, 1870, and was succeeded by Rev. D. C. Howard, who resigned Sep- tember 1, 1872. The parish now remained for more than one year with only occasional supply.
On December 2, 1873, Rev. J. Karcher, present rector, assumed charge. The membership at present (1878) numbers fifty-six. The Sabbath school has an average attendance of forty. Albert C. Williams is superintendent. Following are the church officers: on March 27, 1856, Edwin Prentiss, Charles Earl, Alva Adsit, James T. Camp, C. C. Williams, Thomas M. Cook, Lewis Zahm, Daniel F. Williams and Isaac Smith were elected vestrymen, and William R. Jack- son, clerk. At the Easter election, 1866, Philip Ward was elected senior warden, H. L. Wilson, junior warden, and Isaac Smith, Jonathan Prentiss, John S. Roby, J. T. Camp, Albert Williams and R. G. Martin, vestrymen. In 1868, wardens and a number of vestrymen re-elected; new vestrymen, Dr. O. Pren- tiss and Henry M. Roby. 1871, Jonathan Prentiss and Albert Williams, wardens; John S. Roby, William R. Jackson, Charles William Radcliffe, Dr. O. Prentiss and E. Wright, vestrymen; at the same time Dr. O. Prentiss, Jonathan Prentiss and Albert Williams were elected delegates to convention at Toledo. 1872, wardens re-elected; new vestrymen were H. S. Wilson and R. G. Martin. 1874, Jonathan Prentiss and Dr. O. Prentiss, wardens; H. M. Roby, H. J. Coit, C. H. Williams, W. R. Jackson, W. W. Radcliffe and J. T. Camp, vestrymen. 1875, Edmond Wright, warden; Dr. O. Prentiss, vestryman. At this election the number of vestrymen was increased to seven to avoid the danger of a tie vote. 1876, A. C. Williams, se- nior warden, William Prentiss and A. S. Skilton, ves- trymen. 1877, officers re-elected entire, except J. H. Sargent, vestryman. 1878, A. C. Williams and A. S. Skilton, wardens; Dr. O. Prentiss, H. M. Roby, Geo. Williams, Charles Sargent, C. H. Williams, M. O. Merrill and J. T. Camp, vestrymen. The parsonage was built during the summer of 1866, at a cost of two thousand dollars. Henry M. Roby was the superintendent of construction.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
This church, which is located at Four Corners, was organized by Rev. Jeremiah Butler on the 11th of February, 1846. Following are the constituent members: Chauncey Cook and Dorcas, his wife, Mrs. Theoda Cook, Elias Kingsley and Polly, his wife; Brainard Willard, Miss Mary Ann Willard, John Hoyt and Lydia, his wife; Miss Amelia K. Hoyt, Mrs. Laura E. Weed, Mrs. Eunice Cook and Moses Fisher, who joined by letter; Elisha Cook, V. M. Horton, Samuel M. Cook, Thomas Smith, C. B. Cook, and Miss Cornelia Kingsley, joined by profession. Meet- ings were held in the stone school house until 1853, when the present meeting house was erected. This is a substantial wood building with spire, and cost with grounds $1,785. A Sabbath school was organ- ized several years prior to the formation of the
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church, and has continued until the present. There is now an average attendance of seventy children. II. C. Reed is its able superintendent. Following are the ministers who have presided over this church for a period of one year or more: Rev. J. E. Allen, who assumed charge in April following the organiza- tion. He remained five years, and was succeeded by Rev. C. C. Baldwin. After him were Rev. C. Bur- gess, MI. H. Smith, - Coyner. E. N. Bartlett, Quin- cy M. Bosworth, John Hollway, J. H. Payne, C. W. Wallace, A. D. Knapp, and F. S. Wolfe, who is the present incumbent. The present membership is eighty-four. The whole number who have united with the church since its formation is one hundred and seventy. The following are the names of per- sons who have served the church as deacons: Chann- cey Cook, Cornelius Powers, M. W. Needham, and W. S. Barnes, and W. K. Radcliffe, the present in- cumbent. The clerk of the church is Mr. C. B. Cook, to whom the writer is indebted for the data of this sketch.
EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCH.
The organization of this church occurred on Feb- ruary 10, 1861, and was consummated through the efforts of Jacob Setzler, Sr., and Philip Weihl. Fol- lowing are the original members: John, Jacob and Philip Weihl and wives, Jacob Setzler and wife, Jacob Setzler, Jr., and wife, Henry, Casper and Jacob Haas and wives, Philip Knoll and wife, Ludewick Kanbach and wife, Jacob and Philip Erf and wives, Jacob Seel and wife, Philip Horn and wife, Chris and William Heimann and wives, William Hankamer and wife, Jacob Weisenheimer and wife, Carl Bender and wife, William Miller and wife, William Miller, Jr., and wife, Jacob Gehring and wife, George Meyer, wife and father, George Linder and wife, John Bahr and wife and William Stotz and wife. Meetings were held in the old Methodist Episcopal Church and in public halls until 1864, when the present church was completed. The cost of this structure was two thou- sand three hundred dollars. The ministers who have presided over the church are as follows: Rev. F. E. Ludevic, Wilhelm Hessal, Frederick Hamberly, Wil- liam Kling. Frederick Benedict and William Renter, . the present pastor, who assumed charge some three years since. The officers on organization were: Philip Weihl, president; John Bahr, secretary; Jacob Set- zler, Jr., treasurer; William Miller, Jacob Setzler, Sr., and Jacob Erf, trustees. The present officers (1828) are: Philip E. Horn, president; Jacob Hinninger, sec- retary; Chris Ilankamer, treasurer; Philip Deidrich. George Holdrick and Henry Haas, trustees. The present membership is one hundred. The Sunday school, in connection with this church, was organized in August, 1875. by the Rev. Mr. Renter, who was the first, and is the present, superintendent. The school has an average of sixty children in attendance. Charles Hankamer, assistant superintendent.
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