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February 20, 1880, a meeting was held at Toledo, President Leaming in the chair. The annual address was delivered by Asher Cook. Resolutions were adopted proposing the pur chase by Congress of the site of Fort Meigs and such improvement of the same as would be consistent with its history and the graves of the many Soldiers therein. For the purpose of promoting this object, the following Committee were appointed : W. W. Jones, I. R. Sherwood and Thomas Dunlap, of Lucas County; and Asher Cook, J. W. Ross and Shibnah Spink, of Wood County.
The following officers were chosen: Vice Presidents-W. Trowbridge, Henry Bennett and Asher Cook; Trustees-M. Brigham, C. D. Woodruff and N. M. Howard ; Secretary- Thos. Dunlap.
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A dinner was taken at Hotel Madison, after which Mrs. J. D. Irving read a poem written by Mrs. K. B. Sherwood, and remarks were made by Mayor Romeis, E. D. Potter, and N. M. Howard.
The last meeting of the Association held was that of August 17, 1887, at Maumee, when Pres- ident Wm. B. Gunn was in the chair, with Ruel Alden as Secretary.
MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
Following is believed to be a correct list of members of the Maumee Valley Pioneer Asso- ciation, with the dates of their arrivals in the Valley, and the places of first settlement, so far as ascertained for record :
(* Deceased.)
Miller Arrowsmith, 1833, Defiance.
Geo. Allen, 1834.
Mrs. H. B. Andrews, 1823, Wood Co.
Samuel Andrews, Toledo, 1835.
Rosantha Atkins, 1833.
Benj. L. Abell, 1846, Defiance.
Henry Bennett,# 1833, Perrysburg.
N. D. Blinn, 1825, Perrysburg.
Mavor Brigham, 1835, Toledo.
Calvin K. Bennett, 1835, Perrysburg.
John R. Bond,* 1836, Toledo.
John Bates, 1832, Perrysburg.
Amasa Bishop,* 1825, Washington Township.
Frederick Bissell,* 1835, Toledo.
A. A. Belknap, 1834, Toledo. Andrew Bloomfield, 1833, Perrysburg.
Gilbert Beach, 1835, Perrysburg.
B. H. Bush, 1834, Washington Township. Sylvester Brown, 1831, Washington Township. A. B. Brownlee,* 1835, Toledo.
Peter F. Berdan,* 1836, Toledo.
Charles Ballard, 1837, Maumee. Julius Brown, 1824. Wm. H. Bennett, 1833, Perrysburg. Richard Bamford, 1838. H. R. Berntheisel, 1831. Abner Brown, 1835. D. Barnes, 1837.
Samuel Blanchard, 1834, Washington Township. Robert H. Bell, 1847, Toledo.
Delia A. Bell, 1847, Toledo. Wm. 11. Boos, 1842, Toledo. Calvin Bronson, 1851, Toledo.
Milo Bashare, 1838, Toledo. John Berdan, 1835, Toledo.
R. Bloomfield, 1842. Ed. F. Browne, 1845, Toledo.
Chas. O. Brigham, 1838, Toledo. Wm. A. Beach, 1855, Toledo. Reed V. Boice, 1846, Toledo. Wm. Baker, 1844, Toledo. Matthias Boos,* 1837, Toledo.
Mrs. M. P. Brigham, 1843, Toledo.
Stanley F. Brigham, 1844, Toledo. Anthony Bordeau, 1816. Mrs. Dr. J. II. Bush, 1836.
Mrs. Henry Bennett, 1833, Perrysburg. Mrs. Pamela Berdan, 1835, Toledo.
Mrs. Eliza Blodgett, 1844, Toledo. Henry E. Bruksieker, 1844, Toledo. A. B. Bradley, 1851. Wm. Babington,* 1855, Toledo.
Peter II. Birckhead, 1854, Toledo. Mrs. Maria Baldwin, 1832, Toledo. Bradford Barlow, 1824, Fort Meigs. Nathaniel Bartlett. Leander Burdick, 1855, Toledo.
Ilerman Baumbach, 1856, Toledo.
Oliver S. Bond, 1855, Toledo. A. B. Brownlee, Jr., 1849, Toledo. Mrs. W. A. Brown, 1836, Defiance. Kate O. Brown, 1843, Defiance.
F. G. Brown, 1841, Defiance. George A. Carpenter,* 1840, Toledo.
Sanford L. Collins, 1831, Toledo. John W. Collins,* 1834, Tremainesville.
James M. Comstock,* 1836, Toledo.
Morgan L. Collins,* 183-1, Toledo.
Charles A. Crane,* 1830, Toledo.
Asher Cook, 1835, Perrysburg.
Jeremiah C. Crane, 1827, Perrysburg.
Galusha Chase, 1839.
Thomas Corlett,* [834, Toledo.
Gabriel ('rane, 1826, East Toledo.
John C'onsaul, 1837, East Toledo.
Edward Connelly,* 1836, Toledo.
Joel W. Crane, 1827, Toledo.
J. E. Cowderick, 1821, Napoleon.
James Curtis, 1834. Jonathan Chappell, 1823, Maumee.
David Creps, 1833, Perrysburg. William Crook, Sr., 1831.
Carlos Colton,* 1824, Monroe, Michigan.
Charles Coy,* 1835, East Toledo.
Frederick J. Cole,* 1842, Toledo.
Cyrus H. Coy. Abram W. Colton, 1849, Toledo.
Albert G. Clark, 1848, Toledo.
Mrs. Roxana Crane, 1818, Wood County.
Joseph G. Cass, 1832, Waynesfield (now Adams).
William L. Cook, 1835, Perrysburg.
Dr. Jacob Clark, 1834, Toledo.
S. D. Chamberlin, 1852, Toledo.
Jacob Cranker, 1832, Toledo.
Henry T. Cook,* 1848, Toledo.
Daniel A. Collins, 1837, Toledo.
M. J. Cooney, 1842, Toledo.
Charles P. Chesebro,* 1849, Toledo.
J. A. Crafts, 1824, Toledo. William Corlett, 1839, Toledo.
G. W. Creps, 1833, Perrysburg.
J. A. Conway, 1837, Toledo.
Isaac Corwin, 1850, Defiance.
Dr. Horatio Conant,* 1816, Maumee.
Dennis Coghlin, 1836, Toledo.
O. V. Crosby, 1828, Delta. Edward Chapin, 1855, Toledo.
Vien Cowderick, 1838, Napoleon.
Charles M. Dorr,* 1837, Toledo.
James Dennison, 1834.
Willard J. Daniels,* 1832, Toledo.
Thomas Daniels, 1837, Toledo.
Joseph W. McNeal, 1834, East Toledo.
Thomas Dunlap, 1840, Toledo.
James Draper, 1849, Toledo.
S. F. Dyer, 1836, Toledo. Patrick II. Dowling, 1839, Mrs. Thomas Dunlap (nee Allen*), 1832, Toledo.
Hannah L. Demmon, 1837.
B. F. Deamer, 1849, Defiance.
Michael J. Enright, 1853, Toledo.
Jacob Englehart, 1852, Toledo.
W. O. Ensign, 1837. Charles H. Eddy, 1844, Adrian, Michigan.
Mrs. II. Eggleston, 1811, Toledo.
R. Evans, 1822, Defiance.
Robert A. Forsyth,* 1816, Maumee.
John Fitch, 1836, Toledo.
William Flynn, 1833.
John Fay, 1833. William Fellows, 1834.
John P. Freeman, 1835, Toledo. William J. Finlay, 1843, Toledo. John Faskin, 1848, Toledo.
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Robert Fenton, 1834, Wood County. Horace F. Fisk, 1847, Toledo. MI. Gurwell, 1847, Defiance. Rev. Elnathan C. Gavitt, 1828, Toledo. Wilson W. Griffith, 1854, Toledo. Jacob Gurwell, 1841, Defiance. Joel M. Gloyd, 1843, Maumee. Mary E. Gloyd, 1850, Maumee. William B. Gunn, 1820, Manmee. Alonzo Godard, 1845, Toledo. Mrs. Mary Ann Gilbert, 1827, Maumee. Volney W. Granger, 1849, Toledo.
Nathan Gardner, 1832. Alfred W. Gleason, 1854, Toledo.
Isaac Hull .* 1814, Manmee. John E. Hunt,* born at Fort Wayne, 1798. W. C. Holgate, 1836, Defiance. Brice Hilton, 1823. Defiance.
Abram Hartman, 1835. Elijah S. Hanks,* 1835, Toledo. Elijah Herriek, 1823, Swanton. W. R. Hull, 1833, Maumee. Calvin Herrick, 1833, Toledo.
Robert A. Howard,* 1823, Mt. Gilead.
N. Montgomery Howard, 1828, Mt. Gilead. Horace Hertzler, Erie, Monroe County, Michigan. W. Houston, 1836. Charles W. Hill,* 1836, Toledo. Harrison L. Halloway, 1834, Toledo. Henry Hall,* Toledo.
J. W. Hone, 1833. I. N. Hathaway, 1840. J. G. Holzwarth, 1854, Toledo.
Francis Hollenbeck,* 1842, Perrysburg. Parley C. Holt, 1843, Maumee. Edward H. Hunter, 1846, Maumee. Mrs. N. M. Howard, 1843, Toledo.
Philip Hoag, * 1842, Toledo. William T. Hall,* 1850, Toledo, Charles T. Howe, 1857, Toledo.
M. W. Hubbell,* 1832, Ft. Wayne.
Frank J. Holt, 1851, Maumee.
Daniel Y. Howell," 1845, Toledo. Arthur D. Howell, 1850, Toledo.
C. B. Holloway, 1836. Cecil A. Hall, 1849, Toledo. Clara Harroun, 1835. Mrs. E. J. C. Harroun, 1836, Sylvania. C. H. Harroun, 1835, Sylvania. Henry J. Hardy, 1851, Defiance.
Hezekiah L. Hosmer, 1837, Maumee. John E. Hall, 1836, Waterville. Henry Hefflebower, 1833, Monclova. Andrew Hunker, 1853, Toledo. Margaret Hunker,* 1853, Toledo. Franklin Huhhard, 1866, Toledo. S. P. Hudson, 1823, Defiance. Arabella H. Hooker, 1839, Defiance. James G. Haley, 1835, Napoleon. E. A. Howard, 1832, Defiance.
H. B. Hall, 1844, Defiance. D. W. H. Howard, 1821, Defiance.
W. C. Halehenson, 1849. Defiance. Charles V. Jennison, 1818, East Toledo. Joseph Jones,* 1835, Toledo. David Johnson,* 1835, Toledo.
W. H. Jones, 1833. Solomon Johnson, 1836. Dr. W. W. Jones, 1849, Toledo. Mrs. Adaline Jones (nee Knaggs), 1831, Toledo. Anna M. Johnston, 1837. Frank P. Isherwood, 1853, Toledo. Mary B. Jarvis, 1853, Defiance. Valentine H. Ketcham,* 1836, Toledo. Harvey Kellogg, 1836, Washington Township. Betsey Ann Kellogg, 1847. Joel W. Kelsey, 1845, Toledo.
William O. Keeler, born in Wood County, 1833. Mrs. Rachel Ann Ketcham, 1835, Toledo. Frank J. King, 1844, Toledo.
John B. Keteham, 1851, Toledo. Laura B. Keyser, 1835, Maumee. Malinda Knaggs, 1818, Toledo.
John S. Kountz, 1846, Springfield.
Horace S. Knapp,* 1836, Manhattan.
J. D. Kirk, 1837, Defiance. Martin L. Leezen, 1839, Toledo. Peter C. Lewis, 1830, Washington Township. Pliny Lathrop, 1834, Richfield. L. C. Locke,* 1835, Perrysburg.
P. G. Loupe, 1830. D. Lindsay, 1834. Thomas H. Leaming, * 1815, Monclova. William Laughlin, 1846, Toledo. Frank T. Lane, 1842, Maumee. Mrs. E. B. Lindsay, 1820. Jonathan Lundy,* 1820, Manhattan.
N. M. Landis,* 1840. Lyman Langdon, 1835, Defiance. Reuben C. Lemmon, 1852, Toledo.
James Myers,* 1836, Toledo. Richard Mott,* 1836, Toledo.
John J. Manor,* 1827, Providence.
John Mosher, East Toledo.
Jerome B. Myers,* 1837, Toledo. L. L. Morehouse,* 1837, Waterville.
Joseph Mitchell, 1830. George S. McKnight,* 1820, Perrysburg.
Patrick Murray, Toledo. Ozias Merrell, 1838. James W. Myers, 1848, Toledo.
Albert Moore,* 1832, Wood County. C. A. Markscheffel, 1849, Toledo. George W. Merrill, 1852, Toledo.
W. H. Merritt,* 1838, Maumee. Edward Malone,* 1851, Toledo.
John A. Moore, 1836, Maumee. Nicholas Matthews, 1847.
Reuben B. Mitchell, 1843, Maumee.
Guido Marx, 1849, Wood County. J. P. Moore, 1834, Fremont. Levi Stanley, 1833, Springfield.
N. M. Merrickal, 1846, Toledo. James McNelly, 1840, Toledo.
D. H. Marcellus, 1835, Defiance.
John Miller, 1820, Defiance.
Hugh J. Marcellus, 1836, Defiance.
E. B. Mix, 1849, Defiance. Peter Navarre,# 1793, Presque Isle.
H. Nood, 1832.
Alexander H. Neweomb, 1835, Toledo,
D. Newton, 1840, Wood County. Mrs. Eveline Newton, 1850, Wood County. Francis L. Nichols, 1836, Manhattan. Mars Nearing, 1834, Waterville.
C. W. Norton, 1835. Jesse S. Norton,* 1835, Toledo.
D. H. Nye, 1849, Toledo. Mrs. M. D. Norton, 1829. H. G. Neubert, 1843, Toledo. Eccles Nay, 1834, Toledo. Chris. Nopper, 1854, Toledo. William Prentice, * 1818, East Toledo.
Philip I. Phillips, * 1825, Tremainesville. George Powers,* 1835, Perrysburg. John U. Pease,* 1835, Sylvania. Emery D. Potter, 1835, Toledo. William Pratt, 1818. Andrew Printup,* 1834, Sylvania.
Don A. Pease,* 1835, Sylvania. Dr. E. D. Peek,* 1834, Perrysburg. Mrs. E. D. Peck, 1844, Perrysburg. S. Perrin, 1838, Perrysburg. George N. Parsons, 1837, Perrysburg.
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B. F. Pratt, 1834.
Edwin Phelps, 1834, Defiance. Alonzo D. Pelton, 1850, Toledo. Sarah Pearce, 1840, Toledo. James Pearson, 1839. Charles B. Phillips, 1828, Washington Township. Frederick Prentice, 1821 (born in East Toledo). Mrs. Esther Perigo, * 1848, Toledo. Gibbons Parry, 1840, Defiance.
Samuel A. Raymond, 1839, Toledo.
Alonzo Rogers, * 1835, Toledo.
Henry Reed, Sr.,* 1833, Waterville. John P. Rowe,* 1831, Erie, Michigan. Abram P. Reed,* 1834, Waterville.
J. A. Robertson, 1836. William Russell, 1833. Alexander Reed, 1833, Waterville.
J. Roemer, 1846, Toledo. E. P. Raymond, 1847. Paul Raymond, 1834.
W. L. Rowland, 1849. Samuel S. Read, 1850, Toledo. Mrs. H. Rogers, 1832. James W. Ross, 1845, Perrysburg.
Mrs. James W. Ross, 1834, Perrysburg. W. H. Reed, 1852, Toledo. James Rohrer, 1822, Defiance.
B. W. Rouse, 1844, Toledo.
Jacob Romeis, 1856, Toledo. R. E. Richards,* 1842, Toledo.
James Raymer, 1853, Toledo.
I. N. Reed, 1847, Springfield Township.
J. P. Ralston, 1842, Defiance.
J. Anstin Scott, 1833, Perrysburg. Samuel B. Scott,* 1835, Toledo. Two Stickney,* 1822, Toledo. Horace Sessions, 1833, Defiance.
Oliver Stevens, 1832, Oregon Township.
Denison B. Smith, 1836, Manmee.
Thomas Southard,* 1832, Toledo. Jessup W. Scott, 1832, Perrysburg.
J. B. Smith, 1833. Peter HI. Shaw, 1823, Toledo. George Spencer,* 1836, Maumee. Joseph K. Secor, 1840, Toledo. James Smith, 1824. Shibnah Spink,* 1833, Perrysburg.
J. J. Smith, 1835. Henry Seabert, 1833. H. T. Smith,* 1838, Perrysburg. Ira K. Seaman, 1832, Sandusky County. Mrs. Aurora Spafford (first woman married on the River).
Daniel R. Stebbins,# 1835, Maumee. Andrew Stephan. E. E. Stewarts, 1843, Toledo. Mrs. Mary M. Stewart, 1843, Toledo. D. G. Saltonstall, Toledo. Dr. William A. Scott, 1835, Swanton. J. V. Straight, 1838. Charles I. Scott, 1839, Toledo. J. E. Scofield, 1833, Florida, Henry County. W. H. H. Smith, 1849, Toledo. James T. Shepard, 1835, Toledo. Levi Snell,* 1815. Thomas J. Southard, 1841, Toledo. Samuel Stettiner, 1850, Toledo. Charles L. Spencer, 1846, Maumee. Joseph M. Spencer, 1850, Maumee. William H. Scott, 1833, Maumee. A. T. Stebbins,* 1846, Henry County. George Stebbins,* 1848. Frank J. Seott, 1833, Manmee. Mrs. R. C. Stowe, 1831, Toledo. Mrs. A. F. Stowe, 1833. James F. Stubbs, 1834. William M. Stubbs, 1836, Defiance.
William Sheffield, # 1841, Napoleon. Catharine E. Scofield, 1843, Florida. Orpha N. Stebbins, 1837, Henry County. E. C. Smith, 185-1, Toledo. James B. Steedman,* 1837, Henry County. William Sehansenbach, 1855, Toledo. Helen Brown Scott, 1847, Defiance.
Jacob Saylor, 1833, Defiance. A. E. Simpson, 1823, Delianec.
William N. Smith, 1826, Defiance. Horace Thacher, 1833, Tremainesville.
E. Tuller, 1839, Perrysburg. S. B. Thornton, 1837.
Miss Taylor, 1835. Thomas Tiernan, 1839, Toledo. Willard Trowbridge, 1834, Fulton County. W. Tappan, 1834. Anson Trowbridge, 1834, Washington.
Perry Thomas, 1835, Wood County.
HIenry Thorner, 1845, Toledo.
Lyman T. Thayer, 1843, Toledo.
P. B. Truax, 1842, Adrian.
R. H. Tympany,* 1843, Toledo.
James Trenton, 1835.
C. Trowbridge, 1834.
L. W. Taft, 1847. Mrs. W. Taylor, 1835.
Adaline Thomas, 1835.
William Travis, 1819, Defiance.
William Taylor,* 1834, Spencer. Wesley S. Thurstin, 1836, Wood County.
M. E. Thornton, 1839, Defiance.
Charles P. Tittle, 1839, Defiance.
Jolın VanFleet,# 1829.
J. Van Tassel, 1829.
John Van Gunten,* 1834.
Thomas Vanstone, 1852, Toledo. James R. Van Fleet, 1828, Waterville.
W. Van Fleet, 1828.
John Van Gunten, 1854, Toledo.
H. Warner, 1835, l'errysburg.
A. B. Waite,* 1843, Toledo.
Joseph S. Whitney, 1834.
S. H. Wolfinger, 1834.
George Weddell, 1837, Perrysburg. J. Washner, 1848.
W. Watson, 1835. Thomas Watts, 1844, Waterville.
John Webb,* 1822, Perrysburg. Mrs. Sarah Wood, 1833. William 11. Whitaker, IS51, Toledo.
George Watkins, 1849, Toledo.
Warren S. Waite,* 1843, Toledo.
Josiah W. White, 1836. Sylvania.
John A. Waite, 1843, Toledo.
Dr. Oscar White,* 1828, Maumee. Morrison R. Waite, 1838, Maumee.
Chauncey D. Woodruff,# 1835, Perrysburg.
Willard V. Way,* 1834, Perrysburg.
Elijah J. Woodruff, 1836, Toledo. Luther Whitmore, 1825, Toledo. Eber Wilson,* 1823, Wood County.
Martin Warner, 1836, Tontogany.
Noah A. Whitney, * 1834, Washington. Hiram Walbridge,' 1833, Toledo. Horace S. Walbridge, 1833, Toledo.
Heman D. Walbridge, 1833, Toledo.
Ebenezer Walbridge,* 1836, Toledo. David Wilkison,* 1818, Perrysburg.
Thomas J. Webb, 1828, Perrysburg.
Mrs. A. B. Waite, 1843, Toledo. John H. Whitaker,* 1844, Toledo. George E. Welles, 1849.
J. W. Walterhouse, 1846, Toledo.
M. I. Wilcox, 1850, Toledo. Jonathan Wood,* 1831. Maro Wheeler, 1852, Toledo.
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Christ. Woeller,* 1850, Toledo.
Lewis Wachenheimer, 1850, Toledo.
Emery P. Willey, 1844.
Alonzo H. Wood, 1843.
Charles West. 1847, Toledo.
James Winans, 1844.
Ed. T. Waite, 1846, Maumee.
C. H. Whitaker, 1846, Toledo.
W. H. Witmore.
Henry Willcox,* 1834.
S. B. Worden, 1824, Toledo. Charles T. Wales,* 1832, Toledo.
B. B. Woodcox, 1838, Paulding County.
Samuel M. Young, 1835, Maumee.
PIONEER POETRY.
The following original poem, read at the first annual Re-union of the Pioneers of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, July 29, 1871, so deseriptive of pioneer life, is deemed worthy of a place here :
PIONEERS, OR, FORTY YEARS AGO.
Yes, everything has changed, John ; there's nothing seems the same :
And yet, it was not long ago, the time when first we came. But the years have passed so swiftly-my hair is white as snow ; And not a white hair when I came-now forty years ago.
'Twas here I set my stake, Johu, wheu all was wild and uew ; We followed np the Indian trail-ours the first team through.
Just there our wagons stood that night-we heard the Wolf's howl then,
And the first sound heard as morning dawned, was the hoom of the Prairie-JIen.
The following verses, written by the late John Greiner and sung by him at a meeting of Pioneers of Franklin County, in August, 1869, are applicable to the average experience of Pioneers throughout the West :
OLD TIMES.
What care we for the flight of time-the hasty flight of years ? The world's the same as ever to the Early Pioneers.
In mem'ry of the old time-of youth's bright sunny ray,
We'll have a good old-fashioned song in the good old-fashioned way,
Singing tu ral, lu ral, tu ral, lu ral
Onee Columbus was a paw-paw patch-no Capitol stood here, No public institutions were then dreamed of-thought of-near. The people in log-cabins dwelt-the latch-string in the door.
Opened to the jolly neighbors dancing on the puncheon floor, Singing tu ral, ete.
A clearing in the wild-wood, a section square of land :
An axe upon his shoulder and a rifle in his hand ;
A wife and tow-head children, and an honest heart sincere, Were all the worldly riches of the Early Pioneer, Singing tu ral, etc.
The Preachers taught the people there the Gospel truths sub- lime ;
And the children got their Schooling only in the Winter time. When ague set the neighbors shaking-chills and fever scorning, They were cured by drinking whisky mixed with tansy in the morning, Singing tu ral, etc.
Game hounding through the forest, and game whistling on the wing ;
The perch, the trout and salmon from silver waters spring : Wild honey in the bee-gum-boiling sugar into cake,,
With beauty in the wilderness, wasn't bard to take. Singing tu ral, etc.
The hair once dark as midnight, now is turning white as soow ; The step once tripping lightly, now treads stately, staid and slow:
The voice once full of music, now falls trembling from the tongue,
And wrinkled brow and failing limbs show they're no longer young. Singing tu ral, ete.
Old Age, serene, is beautiful-'tis bright as closing day ;
And children, loved and dutiful, revere it while you may ;
For, journeying down the hill of life, the end in view appears, And soon the requiem will be sung-"The Last of Pioneers."
JOHN ELLIOTT HUNT was born at Fort Wayne, Indiana (within the Fort), April 11, 1798. He was the seventh of a family of 11 children of Thomas and Eunice (Wellington) Hunt, of Watertown, near Boston, Massachu- setts. The father was a participant in the first battle of the Revolution. at Lexington, and was wounded in the action at Bunker Hill. He was also one of the forlorn hope under General Wayne, at the storming of Stony Point, on the Hudson, and was there wounded by a bayonet. He was then commissioned Major by General Washington for gallant and meritorious con- duct, and afterwards was successively commis- sioned Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel of the Old Continental First Infantry Regiment, by Thomas Jefferson. Subsequently, Colonel Hunt was ordered with his Regiment from Mackinaw to take possession of St. Louis, where he commanded from 1803 to 1807. The passage was made in pirogues and French batteaux, skirting along the Lakes to the Maumee River; up that stream to Fort Wayne; thenee by portage to the head- waters of the Wabash; down that River to the Ohio; and thence to St. Louis. General Hunt well remembered the stop at the present site of Toledo, the occasion being fixed in his memory by the incident of a Soldier's losing a thumb by the explosion of his gun, in firing at ducks at the mouth of Swan Creek. On the banks of the Missouri, 15 miles from St. Louis, Colonel Hunt constructed a cantonment, and named it Bellefontaine. He died at St. Louis, his faithful wife following him three months after his demise. They both lie in Bellefon- taine. In later years, a cemetery was laid out about eight miles back of St. Louis, and is known as Bellefontaine. In 1812, when his brother-in-law, Dr. Abraham Edwards, of Dayton, Ohio, was appointed Surgeon-General to the Army of General Hull, the subject of this sketch went to live with his brother, Henry J. Hunt, in Detroit, and there witnessed Hull's surrender to the British Army under General Brock. He was present, also, at the re-
taking of Detroit, by General Harrison. While in his 14th year, his brother, who was as a father to the children, sent him to Sandwich, Canada, to secure at least an elementary education, no School being then in existence in Michigan. His student-life in Canada, as well as all the schooling ever received by him, was embraced within the limits of the year. He was the first beholder of the landing at St. Louis, of the cel- ebrated travelers, Lewis and Clark, from their three-years' tour to the Pacific Ocean, in 1806.
In 1816, Mr. Hunt came to Maumee City, where, and at Toledo, he subsequently resided. At the former place he at once commenced business, and for many years was in mercantile trade, which was largely with the Indians in this region, with whom his relations were ever friendly, he in large measure possessing their
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John E. Sunt
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confidence and regard. Politically, healways was a Democrat, after the organization of that party. His first Presidential vote was cast for Henry Clay, in 1824; his next was for General Jack- son, in 1828 ; and for the Democratic candidate at each subsequent Presidential election, the last one being for S. J. Tilden in 1876. He was the first Senator from this District after the organization of Lucas County (1835), then serving two years, as he also did in the same body in 1839-41, where he took prominent po- sition. He was a member of the State Consti- tutional Convention of 1850-51. In 1851 he was elected Treasurer of Lucas County, serving as such for two years. Subsequently he served for eight years as Postmaster at Toledo, and until the incoming of Pres- ident Lincoln, 1861.
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As might have been expected from his parentage, the place of his birth and his early associa- tions, Mr. Hunt from childhood had an attach- ment for the military, which was indulged, to a limited extent. In 1837 he was elected by the Legislature as Major-General of the Eighteenth Division, Ohio Militia, in which capacity he did what was then practicable for maintaining both the morale and the organization of that sys- tem, which, not long after, owing to the popu- lar judgment as to its inutility, substantially ceased to be. Coming to the Maumee Valley immediately after the close of the War of 1812-15, and among the few who then dared to undertake permanent residence here, and spending over 60 years in the same, he was permitted to witness events and changes known personally to very few. Ilis almost constant connection with business and public affairs, made him specially familiar with what concerned his fellow-citizens, in whose interest he ever showed due regard. Ile resided at Maumee from 1816 until 1853, when he re- moved to Toledo. May 29, 1822, at Detroit, he was married with Miss Mary Sophia Spencer, a sister of the wife of Lewis Cass, then Gov- ernor of Michigan Territory. They had seven children-Mary Sophia (late Mrs. D. B. Smith, deceased ); Eliza Cass (Mrs. E. A. Brush, De- troit); John Elliott, Jr. (deceased); Julia Ellen (Mrs. D. B. Smith, Toledo) ; Lewis Cass (deceased) ; Isabella (Mrs. E. H. Hunter, Toledo) ; and Virginia (late Mrs. Geo. Spencer Mayo, of Louisiana).
Mrs. Hunt died at Toledo, December 25, 1876. She was born in Western Virginia, in 1796, her parents having been from Connecti- cut. Her eldest sister was married with Gen- eral Cass, in 1810, whom she accompanied to Detroit, remaining there until her own mar- riage in 1822. Probably among all pioneers of the Maumee Valley, no one brought higher degree of personal grace, than did she ; while, of them all, none more readily or more fully assimilated to the peenliar conditions of those early times. She was eminently a Chris-
tian, and her adaptability to circumstances was specially shown in connection with her religious life. Her father's family had long been identified with the Presbyterian Church, with which she united while quite young. Upon coming to Maumee, there being there no Church of that denomination, she cast her lot with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and ever after retained such connection, in which she was specially active and useful. For 54 years she was permitted to walk with the partner of her choice, who followed her to life's close, July 22, 1877. Both were buried in Forest Cemetery, Toledo.
THE MAUMEE VALLEY MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION.
July 28, 1885, was instituted a corporate body with the above title, whose purpose, as set forth, was "to acquire, and hold title to, to preserve, protect and erectand maintain Monn- ments upon the old Forts and Battle-grounds of the Maumee Valley, and to otherwise dis- seminate and perpetuate a knowledge of the important historieal facts and events of the Maumee Valley." The incorporators were D. W. H. Howard, of Fulton County; Asher Cook, of Wood County ; and Wm. Baker, R. B. Mitchell, Samnel M. Young, R. C. Lemmon, Mavor Brigham, Henry Bennett, Richard Mott, John C. Lee, Foster R. Warren and John R. Osborn, of Lucas County.
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