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tection, and employed men in the different divisions of their territory to inspect Vessels, and report their condition. Mr. Herrick was employed by this Board as Marine Inspector, his district extending from Toledo to Cleveland. This position he held for several years, and subsequently acted in a similar capacity for the Fire and Marine and Toledo Mutual Insurance Companies. For many successive years he was appointed Harbor Master by the City Council, a position he filled most acceptably.
Mr. Herrick was married December 3, 1846, with Margaret Van Fleet, daughter of Jared Van Fleet, an early settler in Lucas County. Seven children have been born to them, four of whom are now living, the others having died in infancy. Their living children, in order of birth, are: Thomas C., born February 24, 1848; Mattie E., born April 17, 1853, now the wife of Elmer Shealds ; Clara, born April 16, 1860, wife of Charles Beard ; and Anna, born April 6, 1865, wife of John Schweikert.
Captain Herrick, as he is familiarly known, retired from active business about ten years since. He is genial in disposition and enjoys the esteem and respect of all who know him. For many years he led a busy and active life in the early River and Lake navigation, and is now enjoying a well-earned repose, surrounded by relatives and friends.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
From the files of the Toledo papers have been collected the following record of early marriages and deaths of residents of Toledo :
MARRIAGES.
At Lockport, N. Y., October 9, 1837, Roswell W. Cheney and Miss Lucy W. Daniels The bride was a sister of the Daniels brothers, so intimately connected with Toledo throughout its history. Mr. Cbeney opened a store in the City in November, 1837, and died there many years since. Mrs. C. is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Emery D. Potter, jr.
At Cleveland, October 5, 1837, II. A. Ackley, M. D., of Toledo, and Miss Sophia S. Howell, of Willoughby.
October 3, 1837, at Troy, N. Y., John Jay Newcomb, of To- ledo, and Miss Mary Marshall,
October 12, 1837, in Brecksville, Ohio, J. H. McBride, Editor of the Miami of the Lake (Perrysburg), and Miss Clarissa Patrick.
December 20, 1839, at Ohio City (now in Cleveland) Daniel O. Morton, of Toledo, and Miss Elizabeth Tyler, of the former place.
November 20, 1840, William C. Blodgett and Mary Selden.
January 15, 1840, Abel W. Fairbanks, publisher of the Blade, and Miss Alice Holmes.
At Tecumseh, Mich., December 25, 1840, Mr. Arthur Hughes and Miss Maria Brown; and Mr. Samuel F. Lester and Miss Cornelia Eliza Brown, were married by Rev. W'm. N. Lester: both brides being daughters of Gen. Jos. W. Brown.
January 23, 1841, O. C. Smith and Matilda McCarty, both of Toledo
At Toledo, October 24, 1841, Levi Snell and Jane Clyde.
Toledo, October 26, 1841, Chas. F. Abbott and Fanny T. Story.
Toledo, December 30, 1841, Valentine Il. Ketcham and Rachel Ann Berdan.
Toledo, January 5, 1842, Daniel Segur and Lucy Keeler.
Pawtucket, R. I., October 25, 1841, Rev. Geo. R. Haswell and Abby A. Lord. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Haswell came to Toledo as Pastor of the Presbyterian (now First Congrega- tional) Church.
Toledo, May 9, 1842, Thomas Dunlap and Jeannette Allen.
Toledo, May 23, 1847, Ilarrison H. Dodd and Ann Maria Bradford.
Maumee City, July 18, 1843, Denison B Smith and Mary Sophia Hunt.
Toledo, August 1, 1843, John R. Bond and Eliza Peckham. Toledo, June 4, 1843, Win W. Consaul and Priscilla Hoag.
Norwalk, December 5, 1843, Benj. D. Tilden of Toledo, and Jane Eliza Latimer.
Toledo, December 27, 1843, James Murray and Elizabeth Valentine.
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Willoughby, O., June 8, 1813, Emery D. Potter and Mary A. Card.
Toledo, Jan. 4, 1843, Geo. R. Perkins and Elizabetli J. Acres. New York, October 9, 1843, Chas. W. Hill and Elizabeth C. Titus.
Toledo, Nov. 16, 1843, Robert W. Titus and Eliza A. Stocking. New York, October 15, 1814, Gideon W. Weed and Rebecca Clarke. Toledo, July 7, 1844, Hezekiah L. Hosmer and Jane Thomp- Buffalo, N. Y., Oct 13, 1845, Egbert B. Brown and Mary S. Davison.
Detroit, Oet. 16, 1845, Gilbert F. Rood and Jane E. Burnham. Toledo, Dee. 6. 1844, Andrew Shurtz and Harriet M. Freeman. Toledo, April 21, 1845, Wm. C. Cheney and Ann E. Glenn.
Warsaw, N. Y., July 25. 1844, Samuel S. Blanchard and Helen Wilder.
Toledo, August 9, 1815. Jas. S. Fifield and Sarah Hanks.
Sanford W. Freeman and Christiana Crane, in Toledo, Au- gust 21, 1845.
St. Clairsville, O., Feb. 12, 1846, Chas. H. Williams aud Sarah C. Thomas.
Toledo, May, 1846, Elijah S. Hanks and Mary Smith.
Toledo, Dee. 3, 1846, Calvin Herrick and Margaret Van Fleet. East Granville, Mass., July 7, 1847, J. Austin Seott and Sarah S. Ranney.
Toledo, April 6, 1848, Thomas Watkins, Jr., and Mary Wiley Detroit, May 14, 1×45, Alex. 11. Newcomb and Susannah llorner.
Toledo, August 13, 1849, Joel W. Kelsey and Mary Jane Ryder.
Toledo, August 15, 1849, James Deveau and Sarah E. Clark. Toledo, August 16, 1849, Thomas ('. Mayhew and Albertine V. Fitch.
Toledo, July 9, 1:49, Milton Smith and Sarah A. trane.
Norwalk. August 28, 1849, Wm Baker and Frances C. Latimer. Buffalo, Sept 12, 1849, Hez. L. Hosmer and Mary D. Stower.
Dayton, Sept. 19, 1849, Truman C. Everts and Elonise H. Morrison.
Geneseo, N Y., Sept. 18, 1849, Timothy Tredwell and Sarah M. Bakewell.
Toledo, Sept. 6, 1849, Platt Card and Miss M. Waite.
December 5, 1849, Horace N. Howland and Mary D. Medsger. Toledo, Jan. 31, 1850, John W. Walterhouse, Jr. and Frances Windmill.
Albion, Pa., July 11, 1850, Salmon H. Keeler and Sarah A. Denison. Toledo, October 16, 1850, Milton E. Buckingham and Mary M. Berdan.
Milan, O., April 9, 1:50, Calvin Cone and Adaline Dwight. Toledo, Dec. 6, 1852, E. Clark Blodgett and Fanny M. Deyo. Toledo, Jan. 17, 1853, Capt. James Draper and Ellen Wilson Findlay, June 30, 1853, Burleigh B. Barney and Elizabeth Westenhaer.
Toledo, July 2, 1853, Christian Woehler and Ruhama Wester- field.
Toledo, July 6, 1853, Uranus McWaine and Eliza C. Cheney. Toledo, July 27, 1853, Oscar S. Ball and Mary Ann Edwards. Toledo, Aug. 3, 1853, E. Dwigbt Nye and Frances L. Collins. Toledo, Sept. 6, 1853, John 11. Whitaker and Catherine Mc- Donald.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8, 1853, Wm. II. Bennett, of Toledo, and Helen Root.
Bellevue, O., Dee. 25, 1853, Maro Wheeler and Mrs. Susan A. White.
Toledo, June 6, 1853, John Sinclair and Ann S. Perigo.
Hillsdale, June 16, 1853, Charles Pratt and Sophia Fowler.
Seneca Falls, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1854, W. S. B. Hubbell and Laura Hoskins.
Newark, N. J., May 2, 1854, Albert G. Clark and Julia M. Ward.
Delphos, Nov. 18, 1852, A. T. Stebbins and Elizabeth B. Colton. Toledo, Jan. 11, 1853, Henry Merrill and Louise MI Pheatt. Toledo, July 7, 1854, Daniel H. Nye and Emma P. Swift.
Toledo, Nov. 28, 1854, Wm. S. Williams and Martha Church ; and F. A. Sehmoeker and Sarah B. Church, all of Toledo.
Dec. 31, 1854, Minot I. Wilcox and Emma Finney.
Wareham, Mass., Jan. 14, 1855, Ira E. Lee, of Toledo, and Mary E. Tollman.
Marshall, Mich., Jan. 21, 1857, Chas. Pratt and Kate Sherring. Toledo, March 21, 1857, Marviu K. Draper and Christiana Kinney
Toledo, April 20, 1857. T. C. Strong and Marian L. Freeman. Toledo, April 22, 1857, Frank Braisted and Helen M. Fisk. Toledo, March 10, 1857, George Dakin and Jenny Keeler.
Newark, N. J., May 21, 1857, Richard Waite, of Toledo, and Alice J. Voris.
Lima, Indiana, October, 1857, Dr. Robert L. Evans, of Toledo, and Caroline James.
Toledo, May 7, 1857, Elias Fassett and Mary E. Wales.
Cleveland, June 15, 1857, Elijah G. Crane and Annie M. Rhoades.
Richfield Spa, New York, September 3, 1857, Charles B. Roff and Clara Manly.
Toledo, September 16, 1857, Charles M. Mowbury and Jennie M. Blodgett.
Toledo. Nov. 10, 1857, C. C. Rodgers and Catherine A. Dodd. Toledo, Dec. 15, 1857, Andrew Shurtz and Miss E. Avery.
Toledo, March 23, 1858, Noah A. Whitney and Mrs. Eliza Eldred.
Lafayette, Indiana, March 27, 1858, C. S. Tarbox and Minerva J. Timmons.
Stewartstown, N. II., July 11, 1858, W. A. C. Converse, of Toledo, and Mary Tibhetts.
Toledo, Sept. 15, 1858, John J. Worts and Frances F. Brigham. Toledo, Oct 16, 1858, Albert S. Dooley and Gertrude Yardley. Fremont, Oet. 13, 1858, John E. Hunt, Jr., and Mrs. Virginia J. Mitchell.
Toledo, Nov. 11. 1858. Wm. T. French and Marin (', Curtiss. Toledo, Nov. 25, 1858, Henry G. Standart and Myra B. Allen. Toledo, Nov 2, 1858. James R. Tyler and Louisa Arnukl.
Toledo, Dec. 2. 1854, 0. C. Schenck and Margaret P. Robinson. Toledo, Dec. 7, 1858, Charles Dodge and Calista E. Palmer.
Toledo, Jan. 26, 1859, Dr. W. C. Daniels and Charlotte W. Inskell.
Toledo, Jan. 10, 1859, ficorge W. Gove nud Esther Irwin
Rochester, New York, Jan. 13, 1859, Ehenezer Walbridge and Sarah A. C'ornell.
Deermont, New York, Jan. 18, 1859, J. H. Maples and Mary HI. Swords.
Toledo, Jan. 19, 1859. E. B Hydr and Lydia R. Fitch.
New York, June 28, 1859, Chas. B. Phillips amul Marin E. Johnson.
Seville, Ohio. July 3, 1859, L. A. Parker and Mary E. Dowd. Poland, Ohio, Sept 1, 1859, Isaac R. Sherwood and Kate M. Brownlee.
Cape Vincent, New York, Sept. 15, 1859, %. C. Pheatt and Augusta Buckley.
Floyd, New York, Sept. 14, 1559, Win. B. Thorne and Louise L. Moulton.
Onondaga, New York, Sept. 7, 1839, Robert Cummings and Mary P. Woolston.
Toledo, Oct. 6, 1859, Harvey P. Platt and Mary Oswald.
Toledo, Oct. 20, 1859, Win. Chamberlain and Marin Thorn.
Texas, Ohio, Oct. 26, 1859, Cyrus 11. Coy and Mary A. Rouch.
Toledo, Oct. 20, 1850, Peter Faskin and Catherine $. Gilchrist.
Toledo, Nov. 21, 1859, Russell J. Skidmore end Nettie Raymer Toledo, Dec. 1. 1859, W. B. Pugh and N. D. Bronson.
Brownville, New York. Dec. 5, 1959, William Henry Smith and Elizabeth C. Brown.
Toledo. Dec. 7, 1859, Wm T. Clark and Harriet L. Windmill. Toledo, Jan. 1, 1861, Leonard Wilcox and Hannah E. Taylor. Toledo, Jau. 2, 1861, Albert L. White and Adelia § Ainger.
Varick, N. Y , Jan. 2, 1861, R. F. Russell and Susan A. Fruser.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1861, Wm. H. Machen and Mary A. Short.
Boston, April 25, 1861, Maurice A. Scott and Mary B. Mes- singer.
Toledo, May 24, 1861, Ira H. Spear and Laura Burger.
Toledo, May 28, 1861, W. S. Brainard and Kate Thomas.
Toledo, April 17, 1861, T. P. Brown and Frances A Hampton.
Troy, N. Y., May 29, 1861, Edmund Yardley and Louise A. Mosher
Erie, Mich., June 6, 1861, Christian Hertzler. Jr., and Belle Mulholland. Sharon, Mich., Ang. 26, 1861, Henry L. Phelps and Louisa Fairchild.
Cincinnatus, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1861, George F. Dennison and Jennie S. White.
Toledo, Oct. 14, 1861. Jerome L. Stratton and Lizzie Lawton. Toledo, Sept. 19, 1861, John Daiber and Mary M. Thacher. Celina, O., Oct. 15, 1861, Eli M. Ashley and Sue E. Riley
Toledo, Nov. 1, 1861, Frederick Valentine and Clara B. Hoag. Toledo, Nov. 14, 1861, Thomas Bladen and Isabella Durell. Toledo, Dec. 5, 1×61, A. W. Barlow and Hattie G. May.
Toledo, Dec. 4, 1861, Geo. Butterfield and Mrs. Sarah M. Russell.
Toledo, Jan. 29, 1862. Denison B. Smith and Julia E. Hunt.
Toledo, Jan. 30, 1862, Col. Stephen J. MeGroarty and Mary Knaggs.
Toledo, Feb. 11, 1862. J. D. Dezendorf and Mary A. Swift.
East Toledo, Feb. 9, 1862, Ilorace A. Thatcher and Caroline Waldeck. Cleveland, Feb. 12. 1×62, Leverett J. Bush and Harriet I. Wilson Toledo, April 30, 1562, James N Fahnestock and l'annie A. Morris. Toledo, May 21, 1862, Jas. C Messer and Marion M. Lillemind. Blissfield, Mich., May 27, 1562, 0 L. Harrison and Jennie E. Carpenter.
Gilead, Ohio, May 1, 1862, Stephen S. Laskey and Mary Pratt. Toledo, June 16, 1862, Augustin F. Machen and Constance Machen
Toledo, Ang. 19, 1862, Scott llilchens und Apphya Avery.
Toledo, Aug. : 13, 1862, Edward P. Sprague and Maximilia Morris.
Toledo, Sept. 22, 1862. Oliver Dean and Agnes A. Brown
Toledo, Sept. 23, 1862, Alanson Skinner and Mrs Ermina Pheatt.
Toledo, Aug. 18, 1862, Charles Palmer and Sophia Schouler. Toledo, Oct. 1, 1862, 11. C. Nicholas and Emma Edwards.
New Bedford, O., Sept. 16, 1862, George W. Hart and Aman- ela Burgert.
Cincinnati, Jan. 15, 1863, Jeremiah T. Dewey, of Toledo, and Laura Z. Henderson.
Toledo, Jan. 20, 1863, John Richards and Emily J. Woodruff. Toledo. Jan. 6, 1863, Edward 11. Bradshaw and Lillie M. Harger.
Toledo, Jan. 26, 1863, John Williams and Eliza 3. Hicks.
Toledo, Feb. 3, 1863, John H. Moulton and Mary E. Scott
Toledo. Feb. 17, 1863, Francis X Berlanger and Ellen M1. Kernick.
Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1563, James M. Whitney and Imo- gene Nicholas.
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Toledo, Feb 5, 1863, Walter Hamlin and Harrict Blandon.
Toledo, March 25, 1863, Frederick C. Ripley and Frances Hall Scott. Toledo, May 5. 1863, Dr. Solomon Stough and Lizzie S. Car- kener.
Toledo, May 7, 1863, Charles II. Waite and Ella Stevens. Toledo, May 26. 1863. Robert F. Just and Emelia M. Stephan. Toledo, June 18, 1863, Martio Bijur and Harriet Kraus.
East Toledo, Dec. 10. 1863, Stillman Brown and Mary Fisher. New York, Dec. 23,1863, Oliver S. Bond and Clara A. Raymond, Toledo, Dec. 31, 1863, Fred F. Saublant and Helen M. Miller. Adrian, Mich, Jan. 1864, Newton A. Marsh and Nellie M. Crit- tenden.
Peoria, III, Jan.7, 1864, D. N. Bash and Josephine R. Ballance. Toledo, Jan. 13, 1864, Jos. L. Beach and Laura C. Osborn.
La Salle, Mich, Jan. 18, 1864, Lient. E. S. Dodd and Sarah E. Ronch
Toledo, Feb. 24, 1864. M. H Gill and Libbie T. Ketcham.
Toledo, Feb. 27. 1864, James D. Cook and Clarissa A. Town. East Toledo, Feb. 7, 1864, Rev. Ezra Howland and Olive Jennisor ..
Toledo, March 9, 1864, Norman Waite and Annie E. Swift. East Toledo, April 28, 1864, John C. Ketcham and Mary Davis. Dayton, Oct. 31. 1866, Edwin C. Shaw and Alice Winters.
Toledo, Oct. 1866, Henry J. Chase and Sarah L. Bailey,
Bergen, N. J., April 17, 1867, Abram W. Colton and Kate Van Hora.
Columbus, Oct.16,1867, Gen, Jas, W. Forsyth, of Gen. Sheridan's Staff, and formerly of Maumee City, and Lizzie, daughter of ex- Gov. Denoison.
Toledo, May 13,1868, Jessnp W. Scott 2d, and Mary J. Mouroe. Toledo, Jnue 3, 1868, Gen. C Pepper and Fannie L. Peckham, Toledo, June 4, 1868, Leander Burdick and Jennie S. Walker. Toledo, June 8, 1868, Wm. H. H. Smith and Julia W Griswold. Monroe, Mich., June 10, 1868, Edward D. Moore and Zorah R. Compton.
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1869, Frank S. Thorn and Georgia Ste- phenson.
Toledo, May 18, 1869, Junius A. Flagg and Mary E. Haskell. Toledo, May 27, 1869, S. M. Peanock and Carrie Eaton.
DRESDEN W. H. HOWARD was born in Yates County, New York, November 3, 1817. He was a son of Edward, his grandfather being Thomas Howard. May 22, 1821, the grand- father, with his sons Edward, Robert A. and Richard, their wivesand two children ( Dresden and a cousin named Sidney), and a daughter of Sidney HI. Nelson, left their pleasant homes on the banks of Seneca Lake, near Geneva, for the West. The grandfather rode on horseback, the families and small supplies of clothing and household goods being loaded into two two-horse covered wagons. In due time, over roads almost impassable, the party reached the then Village of Buffalo. Here, the grandfather, with the wo- men and children, embarked on board a 30-ton Schooner (name not remembered), commanded by Captain Anson Reed, tor a long and peril- ous voyage to Fort Meigs, 14 miles above the mouth of the Maumee River. This destination was reached at dusk, June 17th, after a trip of 26 days, where they were cordially welcomed by the few white settlers at " Orleans," the little hamlet under the Fort. Dresden's recollection of the scene that met his view on entering the month of the River, abont 10 o'clock A. M., is vet very clear to him. The dark color of the water of the River was in strong contrast with that of the clear water of the Lake. The seene of chief interest as they slowly passed up the stream, consisted of the white tents of Indians camped on the West bank, from the house of Major Stickney (near Bush Street), to the mouth of Swat Creek-the Indians being there on business with Major Stickney, then Indian Agent for the Government. They were ac- tively engaged in racing and other sports pecu-
liar to Indians : but upon discovering the little Vessel, they gave one wild (to the passengers, unearthly) yell, and ran down the bank, to get as near as possible to the craft. While the boy was deeply interested in the scene, the women were cronched in deadly fear on the deck at such first view of the locality which was to be their home. The Vessel made slow progress up the River, with nothing to be seen but the primeval forest which lined its banks, and a deer and her fawn which had sought protection in the water from swarms of musquitoes, or from some hungry wolf. In due time, the end of the journey was reached. The teams were many days behind the arrival of the Vessel, they having in bad roads-especially through the " Black Swamp "-more to overcome than the calms and adverse winds of the Lake. The real destination of the party was Tecum- seh, or An-au-ba (now known as Ann Ar- bor), Michigan; but the persuasions of the Hollisters, Spaffords, Forsyths, General Hunt and other residents induced them to stop, when they soon were quartered in little cabins of bark-covered walls, Some cleared land was rented, and a small crop of corn, potatoes, pumpkins, squashes, etc., soon planted. With " dog-days" came ague and fever, attended by want and privation known to none but the pioneer. Several times the entire family was prostrated, with no one able to attend upon the sick. The frosts of October were patiently awaited as the only source of relief to the sufferers; which season was made the more grateful for the abundant supplies of fish and corn-" pone," which it brought. The grand- father had little means with which to start in the new home. He first entered 160 aeres of Government lands, where now is the Village of Woodville, Sandusky County ; but the Black Swamp proved too much for him, and he abandoned his purchase, subsequently selling it to Amos E. Wood, the founder of Woodville. In 1822, lands were purchased at Grand Rapids, Wood County, when cabins were built for Edward, Robert A. and Richard Howard; and in the Spring of 1823 they cut a road from the Indian Mission, eight miles below, through a dense wilderness to the Grand Rapids of the Maumee, and founded a settlement immediately opposite the Ottawa Indian Village of Kin-jo-i- no and Reservation of 12 miles square, at the head of the Rapids.
All of the families, with the grandfather, lived upon their original purchases, cleared away the forests, and made for themselves comfortable homes (save Robert A., who sold his place in 1836, and moved to what now is Fulton County, where he died), and in due time were "gathered to their fathers," their bodies resting on the banks of the Manmee, within hearing of the never-ceasing murmur of the Rapids.
Edward Howard (the father of Dresden)
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was a Soldier in the War of 1812-15, as was Thomas in the Revolutionary War. The for- mer was at the battles of Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie. He was never robust after the War, and died in 1841. The mother (Nancy Haight Howard) survived him until 1881, dying at the age of 84 years, and being buried beside her husband. The children were Dres- den ; one brother, James Monroe, born in Yates County, New York; and one sister (Anjinette), born in Wood County. James died in 1841 ; and the sister is the wife of Hon, George Laskey, of Toledo. Coming here in child- hood, with Indian boys for playmates, Dres- dren learned the languages of the several tribes in the Valley, and became more or less attached to Indian life. Ilis inelin- ations early turned toward Indian trade and the hunter's life. The fur trade with the tribes was then a Inerative business, and his readiness with their dialects made his services in de- mand by traders, who paid well for them. With others, he was employed by Government Agents in collecting the wandering bands for removal to their new homes beyond the Missis- sippi in 1832, and again in 1838. In 1832 he aided the removal, when they were transported across the country by wagons and on the backs of their ponies. For a boy, the trip was attractive. Seareely any settlement was passed for the whole distance. The Indians were located on the banks of the Osage River (now in Kansas), where is the Town of Ottawa, named for the tribe. In 1840, Mr. Howard was employed by W. G. and Geo. W. Ewing, fur traders at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to take a stock of Indian goods up the Missouri River, and open trade with the Omahas, Mis- souries, lower Sioux, Pottawatomies and other tribes inhabiting the Valley and tributaries of that stream. His father and brother dying in 1841, made it necessary for him to return and care for an invalid mother and his sister, and accept the more quiet life of farming and civilization, for which his previous experience had done little toward fitting him. His school days (from seven to 10 years) were en- tirely spent at the " Old Indian Mission," 10 miles above Fort Meigs, in a School of 100 Indian children-he being the only White pupil, save a few Indian and French half- breed boys and girls. That School was organ- ized by the Home Missionary Society of New England, and was closed upon the removal of the Indians in 1838.
The tribes inhabiting the Valley of the Mau- mee, and also that of the Wabash and their tributaries, at the time of Mr. Howard's earliest recollections (and for many years be- fore), were the Ottawas, Pottawatomies, Mi- amis, We-aws, Piankishaws, Shawnces and Delawares, with a few of the Ochibewas and Muncies. The principal Chiefs of the Ottawas were Na-wash, O-to-saw, Char-lo, Oe-que-nox-
ie, Kin-jo-a-no, Ot-to-kee, Wa-se-on, Wa-se- on-i-quet, and others. Of the Pottawatomies, were Waw-bon-see, Baw-becce, Me-te-ah, Win- a-meg; of the Miamis, La Fontain and Rich- ard-ville, with many others, whose names are not recalled ; of Shawnees, were Joseph and William Parks, whose Reservation was at Wa- pa-kon-neta. The Walkers (half-breeds) were principal men among the Wyandotts at Upper Sandusky. Turkey Foot ( Mis-sis-sa-inzit), was a noted Ottawa Chief, as was O-to-saw. Little Turtle (Mis-she-kenee) perhaps was the most noted, as he was the most intelligent Chief of the Miamis, whom, Mr. Howard thinks, lies buried near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Turkey Foot was buried near the rock from which he harangued his Braves when he fell, pierced with a bullet from one of Wayne's Sol- diers, August 20, 1794. Mr. Howard's memory is stored with facts and associations connected with the aboriginal tribes with whom he was so long intimate. When asked by Governor Noyes, of Ohio, why he always spoke with such special kindness of the Indians, he replied, " They have always, in childhood and in man- hood, treated me with kindness, and I could not be ungrateful for their uniform generosity. Treat an Indian justly, and you will secure bis friendship for life. Treat bim illy, and you have his enmity for life." Mr. Howard's present residence is on the site of the old Indian Village of Winameg, Fulton County, where the former residents so long enjoyed savage life, and where so many of them found their last resting place, which is now carefully protected. The Red Man has taken his last drink from the shaded spring at the foot of the hill, his last look upon the landscape so long his pride, and now sleeps nearer the setting Sun. In the Spring of 1827-28, Mr. Howard-then a boy of 10 years-first visited that locality, and there ate his first bowl of hominy and roast of venison. and took his first drink from the pure waters of the spring. The Indians had just returned from their Winter hunting-grounds in the pine and sugar-maple forest of the then wild Terri- ritory, now the fertile and rich State of Mich- igan, where they had enjoyed a successful hunt ; bringing in a bountiful supply of Maple sugar (of which they were fond). They were having their annual dance or worship of the Great Spirit (Chi Manitoo), returning thanks for sue- cess in the hunt, and asking for a prosperous season to come. For the Summer, the women were to plant and hoe, while the men, beside lounging about, were to look for an occasional deer. Corn, beans and pumpkins are still planted there; but not by the faithful, patient squaws of former days.
Mr. Howard, with all his early attachment for the primitive ways of the Indians, has not been backward in promoting the methods and means of Christian civilization. For forty
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years past he has been identified, to greater or less extent with the agricultural, the financial, the political, and the social move- ments of the age, seeking faithfully to meet his full duty in these several relations of life. In promoting the construction of good roads, ele- vating the farming interests, and the estab- lishment of sound morals and general educa- tion, he has been active. In 1870 he repre- sented the Tenth District on the State Board of Equalization. Elected to the State Senate in 1871 from the Thirty-Third District, he served in that body for two years. In 1860 he was Presidential Elector, casting the vote of the Fifth Congressional District for Abraham Lincoln. Of all his record in connection with elections, that which gives him his chief pride, was made in the fight for the exclusion of the sale of intoxicating liquors at Wauseon, in April, 1887. 1Ie was appointed by Governor Foraker, April 1, 1887, a Trustee of the Toledo Asylum for the Insane, constructed for the State, near Toledo. Mr. Howard was married in 1843 with Mary B. Copeland. There were born to them two children-Osceola E. M., Civil Engineer, of San Diego, California ; and M. Agnes, now residing with her parents at Wanseon, Ohio.
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