History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 165

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company
Number of Pages: 1408

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HISTORY OF TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY.

6th following. Starting directly for the West, he was able to reach Buffalo, where his means being exhausted, he was compelled to seek em- ployment, which could be found in a brickyard only. Remaining there about three months, he came on to Toledo, arriving during the fatal prevalence there of cholera. He first found employment at the Kingsbury House, H. D. Kingsbury, proprietor, where he remained nearly three years. In 1857, he entered the employ of Lyman T. Thayer, proprietor of the American Hotel (corner of Summit and Elm Streets) where he remained until the burning of that house in January, 1861. The following Spring, with moderate savings from his wages, he purchased in Buffalo a second-hand Hack, and commenced what now has been his busi- ness for 27 years. In the pursuit of that, he has been uniformly successful, making mode- rate, yet steady gains; meanwhile establishing

a character for integrity and good citizenship of which any one may justly be prond, and furnishing illustration of what industry, pru- dence and economy, under very unfavorable cirenmstances, will accomplish. Beside ample facilities of the best class for his business, he is the owner of considerable real property in To- ledo, the whole constituting a competence for future needs. In 1872 Mr. Mack made a visit to the Fatherland, being gone three months. In 1881, as a Republican candidate, he was elected Director of the Lucas County Infirmary, while most of his associate candidates were de- feated. He was re-elected in 1884, again run- ning largely ahead of the ticket, as he also was in 1887. Mr. Mack was married January 13, 1861, with Elizabeth Seltzer, who was born near Frankfort, Germany, coming to the United States in 1858. They have two children- William F. and Anna M., both of Toledo.

APPENDIX.

TOLEDO POST, G. A. R.

January 11, 1888, Toledo Post, No. 107, Grand Army of the Republic, was instituted by Comrade II. P. Lloyd of Cincinnati. It was composed of 105 members, of whom 89 were from Forsyth Post, No. 15, and 16 were new members of the order. The officers of the Post then were:

LaFayette Lyttle, Post Commander.

Albert Claypool, Senior Vice Commander. Robert G. W. Foster, Junior Vice Commander. William Dustin, Adjutant. Henry G. Norton, Quartermaster. Dr. J. T. Woods, Surgeon. Leroy E. Clarke, Chaplain. Fred J. Wolfert, Officer of the Day. William C. Mettler, Officer of the Guard. A. D. Stewart, Sergeant Major.

Benjamin F. Griffin, Quartermaster Sergeant. Trustees-M. J. Enright, F. B. Shoemaker, Edwin Goldsmith.

Committees. Relief-James Melvin. C. M. Mont- gomery, F. J. Wolfert. Employment-Win. Corlett, J. C. Romeis, R. G. Bacon. Cemetery-R. G. W. Foster, L. E. Clarke, S.W. Cass. Applications-J. H. Ainsworth, J. A. Stipp, H. P. Fowler. Admission to Military Ilomes, &c .- Edwin Goldsmith, Nat. Ilaughton, J. S. Kountz. Chairman Committee on Social Sessions-P. H. Dowling.

MEMBERS.

Ainsworth, J. 11., sergt., co. G, 12th Ind. V. I. Austin, D. R., Ist lieut., 100th O. V. 1. Alcorn, W. W., private, co. A, 14th O. V. I. Abbott, Willard, corporal, 13th N. Y. V. I. Barkdull, W. H .. musician, co. B. 176th O. V. I. Barkdull. T. H., private, co. B, 176th O. V. I. Brown, Edward O., major, A. D. C. U. S. A. Bacon, R. G., Ist lient., co. II, 38th U. S. C. 1. Bell, John B., maj. and byt. lieut .- col. 15th Mich. V.I. Bigelow, H. W., captain, co. H, 14th O. V. I. Bunker, Ilenry S., commissary, 96th O. V. I. Brown, Calvin S., private, co. G, lowa V. C. Bowman. J. H., private, co. G, 4th U. S. I. Bliven, Charles E., brevet major U. S. V. Booth, M. D., private, co. H, 3d O. V. C. Bodman, Lewis HI., medical cadet, U. S. A. Clarke, W. J., paymaster steward, U. S. N. Clarke, R. W., captain, co. C. 120th N. Y. V. I. Clark, L. E., private, co. I, 14th O. V. I. Claypool, Albert, corporal co. B, 13th O. V. C. Cass, Sammel W., corporal, bat. Il, 1st O. V. L. A. Corlett, William, private, bat. Il, Ist O. V. L. A. Collamore, G. A., surgeon, 100th O. V. I. Doolittle, C. C., brig. and brevet maj .- gen'l U. S. V. Dowling, P'. I., captain, co. C, Ittth O. V. I. De Vilbiss, Allen, hosp. stew., co. A, 100th Ind. V. I. Dustin, William, Ist heut., 19th bat. O. V. L. A. Detiratt, Henry, lient., 7th Mich. V. C. Enright, M. J., 2d lient., co. II, 111th O. V. 1. Faskin, John E., lient .- col. S7th and 130th O. V. I. Fuller, John W., brig, and brevet maj .- gen'l U. S. V.

Foster, R. G. W .. private, co. B, 17th Me. V. I. Fowler, II. P., 2d lieut., co. E, Ist Mass. II. A. Frank, Simon H., Ist sergt., bat. G, Ist Mich. L. A. Flower, S. W., quartermaster, 10th N. Y. V. HI. A. Goldsmith, Edwin, adjt., 100th Ind. V. I. Griffin, B. F., private, co. G, 128th O. V. 1. Gosline, W. A., q. m. sergt., 103d O. V. I. Goodnow. Edgar W., Ist lient., co. F, 4th Mass. V. C. Garver, Emil, sergt., co. F, 19th O. V. 1.

Goodwin, Edward M., captain, A. A. surg., U. S. N. Holloway, George, private, bat. H, Ist O. V. L. A. Haughton, Nathaniel, lieut .- col., 25th O. V. I. Harris, James, Ist lieut., bat. H, O. V. L. A. Hoerr, Louis, private, co. I, 9th O. V. I. Hamilton, J. K., captain, co. B, 113th O. V. I. Hull, Geo. B., 2d lieut., co. C, 185th O. V. I. Hall, James M., private, co. G, 34 U. S. I. Hartley, Geo. W., private, co. G, 7th Mich S. S. Ilussey, Cyrus, lieut .- col., 192d O. V. I.

lIonse, N. W., 2d lient., co. K, 1st Mich. V. 1. Jones, Chas. H., private, co. A, 14th O. V. I. Kumler, John F., 1st sergt., co. A, 83d O. V. I.

Knights, James D., sergt., co. E, 100th O. V. I. Kountz, John S., drummer, co. G, 37th O. V. I.

Kellogg, J. T., Ist lieut., co. H, 13Sth Ind. V. I.

Lyttle, LaFayette, captain and bvt. major, 35th and 94th N. Y. V. I. Lindsay, Cary D., 1st lient., 67th O. V. I. Lasalle, J., captain, co. C, 82d III. V. I. Lee, John C., colonel, 55th and 164th O. V. I.

Montgomery, C. M., private, bat. I, 14th N. Y.V. II. A.

Merrell, John H., sergt., bat. II, Ist O. V. I. A.

Motter, Louis, sergt., co. E, 3d O. V. C.

Mettler, Wm. C., private, co. H, 101st O. V. I.

Melvin, James, Ist sergt., co. C, 33d Mass. V. 1.

MeLyman, Wm. II., captain, U. S. V. MeKecknie, W. E., 2d lient. 167th O. V. I.

Millard, I. I., private, co. 1. 15th O. V. I.

Martin, P'redom, corporal, 130th O. V. I.

Norton, H. G., 1st lieut. and adjt. 137th U. S. C. T.

Puck, John II., private, co. C, 37th O. V. 1. l'arsons, John E., colonel, 187th Pa. V. I. Pierce, Il. L., private, 7th Vt. V. I. Potter, E. D., Jr., private, co. A, 84th O. V. I. Pugsley, Isaac P., A. A. Paymaster, U. S. N. Peck, O. L., 2d lieut., co. B, 10tst O. V. I.

Parmelee, Myron H., drummer, co. A, 130th O. V. ).

Quiggle, R. C., private, co. II, 130th O. V. 1.

Romeis, John C., private, co. C, 5th O. V. I. Root, E. I., corporal, co. 1, 4th O. V. 1. Stewart, A. D., sergt., co. G, O. V. I. Shaw, Daniel C., private, co. 1, 13th Ill. V. 1. Stipp, J. A., private, co. 1, Sth O. V. C. Spain, James H., sergt., co. II, 164th N. Y. V. I.

Shoemaker, F. B., 2d lieut., co. C, 130th O. V. 1. Sawtelle, W. H., private, co. B, 18th Ind. Bat. Smith, W. II. H., Ist lient., 21st bat. O. V. L. A. Schooley, E. W., corporal, co. A, 68th O. V. I.

Sheldon, D. D., Ist sergt., co. I, 192d N. Y. V. 1. Thomas, Geo. W., Ist lient., bat. 1, Sd N. Y. V. L. A. Thorn, Samuel S., surgeon. 130th O. V. I. Terry, T. B., sergt , co. B, 3d O. V. C. Thomas, John H., private, co. F, 206th Pa. Res. Ullrich, Adam, sergt,, co. E, ttith O. V. I. Wolcott, J. L., 2d lieut., 67th O. V. I.

Warn, M. C., 20 lieut., co. C, 26th Pa. V. 1

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Waring, S. II., corporal, eo. E, S4th O. V. I.

Woods, J. T., surgeon, 96th O. V. I.

Woolson, A. M., sergt .- maj., Ist O. V. II. A.

Wolfert, F. J., private, co. (, 55th O. V. I.

Watson. Pliny, Ist lient., co. K, 55th O. V. I.

Waite, Richard, captain, ro. A, 130th O. V. I. Waite, Norman, major, 189th O. V. I.

Wilcox, M. J., quartermaster, 130th O. V. I.

Wood, Harrison, Ist lieut., co. A, 14th O. V. I. Whittlesey, R. D., Ist lieut., bat. G. Ist O. V. L. A. Young. Chas. L., byt. lieut .- col. 70th N. Y. V. 1. and Vol. Gen. Staff.

Young, Horatio S., sergt., eo. C, 130th O. V. I.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

A Branch of the Society of the Army of the Potomac was organized in Toledo, May 5, 1885. The objects are to cherish the memories and associations of that Army ; to strengthen the ties of fraternal fellowship and sympathy formed from companionship therein ; to per- petuate the name and fame of those who have fallen, either on the field of battle or in any line of duty with it; to collect and preserve the record of its great achievements, its numerous and well contested battles, its campaigns, marches and skirmishes; and as an incentive to the organization of such Branch Societies throughout the West. A constitution and by- laws were adopted, and the following officers were elected to serve for one year, 1885-86 : President, General Nat. Haughton ; Vice Pres- ident, Surgeon S. F. Forbes; Secretary, Lieut. C. D. Lindsay ; Treasurer, Wm. Corlett.

Several interesting meetings were held during the year, and a committee was appointed to procure a tablet for Memorial Hall, to com- memorate the gallant dead of the Army of the Potomac.

The officers elected for the year 1886-87 were as follows: President, General C. C. Doolittle ; Vice President, General C. L. Young ; Secre- tary, Lieutenant C. D. Lindsay ; Treasurer, Wm. Corlett.

The officers elected for the year 1887-SS are : President, General C. L. Young; Vice Presi- dent, Dr. Albert Claypool; Secretary, Lienten- ant C. D. Lindsay; Treasurer, C. M. Mont- gomery.

MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Andrews, N. J., 4th N. Y. Art.

Bailey, B. C., 94th N. Y. V. I.

Brown, J. W., 164th O. V. I.

Brown, H. A., 10th Mass. V. I.

Brown, E. O., U. S. A. Bowen, G. W., 16th Mich. V. I. Bacon, R. G., 148th N. Y. V. I. and 38th U. S. C. T. Bishop, W. H., Ist Conn. Cav.

Bartow, James R., 15th N. Y. Cav.

Booth, John G., 34th N. Y. V. I.

Beeley, Joseph L., 67th O. V. I. Baker, H. L., 94th N. Y. V. I. Cheney, W. C., 130th O. V. I. Corlett, William, Bat. II, Ist O. V. L. A. Conger, Charles H., 25th O. V. I. Cool, George E., 34th N. Y. V. I. . Chamberlain, D. P., Surgeon 4th Mich. V. I. Claypool, Albert, 13th O. V. C.

Caughlin, Charles, 49th Pa. V. I.

Clarke, Richard W., 72d and 120th N. Y. V. I.

Cherry, Charles W., 130th O. V. J.

Christie, Il. C., 58th Pa. V. I.

Collins, T. J., 5th O. V. C.

Cooper, George I., Bat. II, Ist O. V. A.

Cranker, Peter, 67th O. V. V. I.

Comly, James M., 23d O. V. I.

Clarke, W. R., Bat. II, Ist O. V. L. A.

Chance, Jesse C., 25th O. V. I. and 13th U. S. Inf.

Doolittle, Charles C., 4th Mich. V. I.

DeGraff, Henry, 7th Mich. Cav.

Dyer, E. M., 67th O. V. V. I. Englehart, Jacob, 130th O. V. I.

Faskin, John, 67th O. V. V. I. Fraser, George S., 25th O. V. I.

Foster, R. G. W., 17th Me. V. 1.

Fisher, A. W., 57th Pa. V. I. Forbes, Samnel F., 67th O. V. V. I.

Fowler, Henry P., Ist Mass. II. A. Gaetsehenberger. F. A., 130th O. V. 1.

Greer, Jacob, 330 N. Y. V. I.

Geddes, L. W., 25th O. V. I. lloyt, William L., 25th O. V. I.

JIall, James M., 3d U. S. I.

Harris, James, Bat. II, O. V. L. A.

Heck, Charles L., 2d Maryland V.

Hawkes, Erastus P., 5th Mich. Cav.

Iloag, Francis, N. Y. H. A.

Hall, James W., 25th O. V. V. I. House, N. W., 1st Mich. V. I. Hime, J. E., 7th O. V. I.

Hardie, James, 13th O. V. C.

Ilaynes, Quade C., 1st Mich. V. I.

Ilaughton. Nat., 25th O. V. J.

Hall, Ceeil A., Bat. H, Ist O. V. L. A.

Jay, Sidney W., U. S. Artillery

Jones, N. H., 5th N. Y. V. Kernek, J. W., 5th Mich. Cav.

Kissinger, S. S., 65th N. Y. V. I. Kummero, Ernest, 25th O. V. I.

Klein, Henry, 149th O. N. G.

Kaney, J. G., 123d Pa. V. I.

Klitter, John, 9th Conn. V. V. I.

King, Jabez W., 2d Maine V. I.

Luke, William, 54th Pa. V. I.

Labadie, Louis, 67th O. V. V. I.

Lindsay, C. D., 67th O. V. V. I.

Lehany, Thomas, 67th O. V. V. I.

Lyttle, LaFayette, 94th N. Y. V. T.

Loeb, Daniel, 72d N. Y. V. I. LaSalle, J., 82d III. V. I.

Lovett, Dennis, 67th O. V. V. I.

Lee, John C., 55th O. V. I. Montgomery, C. M., 14th N. Y. H. A.

Marshall, J. W., 187th N. Y. V. I.

Newton, Robert, 5th U. S. Cav. Peet, John H., 4th N. Y. H. A.

Pray, J. L., Bat. H, 1st O. V. A. and Signal Corps.

Pool, Charles C., 149th N. Y. V. I.

Parmelee, Wm. E., Jr., Bat. HJ, Ist O. V. L. A.

Parsons, John E., 149th and 187th Pa. V.and A.A.G.

Roraback, T. Z., 122d N. Y. S. V. Reeve, Lewis, 1st Mich. Cav. Rowsey, Charles A., 67th O. V. V. I.

Rowley, Horace, 17th Vermont V. I.

Skinner, S. W., 1st Conn. H. A.

Shay, Lewis, 130th O. V. I. Stritmater, J. M., 100th Pa. V. I.

Scott, W. P., 25th O. V. V. I.

Smith, W. F., 4th O. V. I.

Spain, James H., 164th N. Y. V. I. Swartz, Otto, 5th Pa. Cav.

Smith, Wm. H. H., Bat. H, Ist O. V. L. A.

Sheldon, D. D., ISth N. Y. V. I.

Schaefer, Charles P., 67th O. V. V. I. Stewart, A. D., 25th O. V. I.

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Turley, William, 1st N. Y. L. A. Turner, John, 67th O. V. V. I. Thornburg. T. 11., 8th O. V. I. Triquart, Peter, 25th O. V. V. I. Thomas, George W., Bat. 1. 3d N. Y. A.

Worts, J. J., 25th O. V. V. 1. Weber, Alex., 67th O. V. V. I. Worts, George, 67th O. V. I. Woodbury, A., 67th O. V. V. I. Wolfert, T. J., 55th O. V. I.

Wilson, R. F., 10th Pa. Reserves. Whitney, Henry M .. U. S. Cav.

White, John G., 155th N. Y. V. I.

Young, Charles L., 70th N. Y. V. and Gen. Stail.

EIGHTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY.

The following named members of this com- mand were from Toledo :

Frank T. Bennett-Quartermaster Sergeant, Sec- ond Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain ; now Major Second United States Cavalry.

Fred. II. Brown (son of Matthew Brown)-First Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Killed by Indians at Fort Phil Kearney massacre, 1866.

Isaac D'Isay-First Lieutenant ; mustered out, 1866.

James Londen-Sergeant Company G, Third Bat- talion ; killed at battle of Chickamauga.

Win. HI. Moore-Sergeant Company D, First Bat- talion. Now Druggist at Milburn Wagon Works, Toledo.

Homer Sawyer-Sergeant Company D, First Bat- talion ; lost arm in front of Atlanta.

James Clark-Corporal Company G, First Bat- talion.

Frank HI. Venia-Corporal Company G, Second Battalion ; wounded at Utoy Creek ; prisoner at An- dersonville.

Lneien Brown-Private Company D, Second Bat- talion ; wounded at Chickamanga ; prisoner at An- dersonville.

Walter Clum-Private Company II, First Bat- talion ; killed at Pittsburg Landing.

William II. Hoag-Private Company G, Second Battalion.

Charles Jennings-Private Company D, First Bat- talion.

Edward Lacy-Private Company H, Third Bat- talion ; killed at Chickamauga.

James Mills-Private Company HI, Third Battal- ion ; died at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Charles K. Mitchell-Private Company II, Third Battalion ; lost an arm at battle of Utoy Creek.

Daniel Norris-Private Company II, Third Bat- talion ; died at Nashville, Tennessee.

Joseph Parker-Private Company D, First Bat- talion.

Horace Sawyer-Private Company H, First Bat- talion ; wounded at Chickamauga.

Jolın Ten Eyck-Private Company D, First Bat- talion.

Lewis Ten Eyck-Private Company D, Second Battalion ; wounded at Jonesboro, Georgia.

Amos Twining-Private Company D, Second Bat- talion ; prisoner at Andersonville.

Win. Westcott -Private Company D, First Bat- talion.

SONS OF VETERANS.

This organization, as its title indicates, con- sists of sons of Soldiers who served in the Union Army during the War of the Rebellion. Two Camps have been instituted in Toledo.

MARK E. SIBLEY CAMP, No. 1, was mustered August 15, 1882, at the office of Captain B. F. Miller, by Charles W. Gorantlo, from Allen- town, Pennsylvania. The charter members were: C. W. Gorando, C. S. Bigelow, L. A. Alexander, Harry B. Bacon, H. S. Dowling, John S. Cross, James A. Livermore, E. T. Wal- ter, George C. Cramer, E. McElroy, George L. Thorne, James H. Sherwood, Reuben Bigelow, Frank S. Plummer, Frank T. Baldwin.

The Camp was named after a son of Mrs. Ruth Sibley, of Toledo, who was a member of Battery HI, First Ohio Light Artillery. The officers of the Camp for 1887, were as follows : Captain, J. A. Livermore ; First Lieutenant, S. II. Hansen ; Second Lieutenant, Charles Schel- ling ; Orderly Sergeant, L. J. Cook.

ELLSWORTH CAMP, NO. 2, was mustered at Grand Army Hall, East Toledo, November 1, 1882, by Charles W. Goranflo, assisted by mem- bers of Mark E. Sibley Camp, No. 1. The fol- lowing were the charter members: W. II. Gra- ham, E. A. Graham, R. F. Danzy, C. Munger, Orlin L. Boice, Frank Munger, Harry Squire, Orrin McDougal, A. Grant, Wm. Sondert, Wm. Barringer, George Edgar, L. J. Gage, G. W. Marshall, II. Brown, F. Gage and Harvey Harris.

Officers of Ellsworth Camp, No. 2, for 1887, were as follows: Captain, Orrin MeDougal ; First Lieutenant, Thomas Reid ; Second Lieu- tenant, Clarence Dowell ; Q. M. S., Fred. Kratt ; Orderly Sergeant, Wm. Barringer; Chaplain, J. B. Allen ; Sergeant Guard, Fred. Riddell ; Corporal Guard, Wm. White; Color Sergeant, I. N. Gardner; Inside Picket, Charles Sutton ; Outside Picket, Jacob Langendorf.

When these Camps were organized, there were two branches of the order of Sons of Vet- erans in Ohio; but in 1885 these were consoli- dated, and Mark E. Sibley Camp, No. 1, be- came Mark E. Sibley Camp, No. 18; and Ells- worth Camp, No. 2, became Ellsworth Camp, No. 62. Both are now in a flourishing condi- tion.

OIIIO NATIONAL GUARD.

STATE OFFICERS.

Charles L. Young, Brig .- General, Quartermaster- General and Commissary-General of Subsistence, Jannary 14. 1878, for two years.

Henry G. Neubert, Colonel, and Chief of Engi- neers, 1877.

SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.

This command was organized, under the laws of Ohio, in October, 1877, with headquar- ters at Toledo.

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF.

Colonels .- Henry G. Neubert, November 1, 1877, 10 March 31, 1881; Jona. D. Norton, May 19, 18SI, to June, 1887 ; Charles M. Keyes, June 8, 1887.

Lieutenant Colonels .- Jona. D. Norton, November 1, 1877, to May 19, 1881; John G. Avery, May 19,

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1881, to June 18, 1885 : Charles M. Keyes, July 18, 1885, to June 8, 1887 ; Henry S. Bunker, June 29, 1887.

Majors -John J. Woorman, November 1, 1877, to February 17, 1880; John G. Avery, July 7, 1880, to May 19, 1881 ; 11. S. Bunker, May 19, 1881, to June 29, 1887; M. B. Lemmon, Junior Major, September 7, 1886.

Adjutants .- David S. Monsarrat, November 17, 1877 to May 19, 1878 ; H. S. Bunker, May 10, 1878, to May 19, 1881; W. W. Aleorn July 4, 1881, to January 7, 1886; Isaac T. Merrill, February 11, 1886.

Surgeons .- Joseph T. Woods, November 17, 1877. Assistants-J. M. Shoemaker, November 17, 1877, to March 17, 1880; Wm. Graefe, July 7, 1880, to August 15, 1882; Arthur L. Osborn, August 18, 1882.

Chaplains .- Robert McCune, November 17,1877, to October 24, 1881 ; Edward Anderson, November 1, 1881, to November 24, 1884; Patrick S. Stevin, July 28, 1885.

TOLEDO COMPANIES.

Company A .- Walbridge Light Guards. Organ- ized November I, 1872. Assigned to Regiment in October, 1877.

Captains-A. Romeyn Rogers, November 1, 1872, to October 14, 1874; Jerome B. Thomas, October 27, 1874, to December 29, 1876 ; Henry A. Brown, De- cember 29, 1876, to June 7, 1879; J. G. Avery, June 30, 1879, to July 7, 1880; Jacob Me. Weier, July 21, 1880.

Company C .- Toledo Grays. Organized March 15, 1876. Assigned to Regiment October, 1877.

Captains-J. E. Kentigh, March 22, 1877, to March 9, 1878; F. N. Marvin, March 26, 1878, to January 15, 1879; Robinson Locke, March I, 1879, to July 19, 1882; J. R. Wade, August 18, 1882, to May 20, 1884; J. B. Atkinson, June 9, 1884, to July 28. 1885; P. S. Donnelly, August 12, 1885, to January 5, 1886; J. R. Wade, February 15. 1886.

Company H .- Milburn Guards.

Captains-James K. Milburn, August 17, 1877, to July 16, 1888; Burton Varney, July 30, 1878, to Au- gust 27, 1879; W. 11. Moore, September 8, 1879, to . October 21, 1884 ; A. R. Rogers, October 21, 1884.

The above mentioned Companies are made up of men of exceptionally good standing, who have assumed the positions they hold with the paramount purpose of thereby so placing and qualifying themselves as to be useful to their fellow-citizens in any emergency-whether for National or local defense.

BATTERY D, FIRST REGIMENT ARTILLERY.

This command is one of the oldest now in the State service, having been organized in 1867. It had its inception in the order of the State Adjutant General, under which the men- bers of Battery H, First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery (serving in the Union Army), were authorized to organize what was designated as First Ohio Independent Battery, which con- tained many ex-Soldiers of the Union Army during the Rebellion. At the outset, II. A. Perigo was elected First Lieutenant, and Clar- ence Morris Second Lieutenant. The Battery then had two brass six-pounder Napoleons.

In 1877, the organization was increased in standard to that of a four-gun Battery, with the following named officers : O. J. Hopkins, Captain ; James F. Bailie, First Lieutenant;

Sidney W. Jay, Second Lieutenant ; T. J. Cro- mise, Assistant Surgeon.

In 1878, the Battery was advanced to a full six-gun organization, with four six-pounders, and two twelve-pounders, brass pieces, when two Lieutenants were added, and E. H. Losee and Wm. H. Mclain chosen as such officers.

In 1882, by request of its officers, the Battery was reduced to the four-gun basis, Lientenants Losce and MeLain retiring.

The Battery is fully equipped for whatever service it may be called to perform. During the riotous demonstrations of 1877, it was on dnty several days, and contributed materially in adverting threatened violence toward life and property. It was also serviceable in like manner in connection with the disturbances at the Paulding Reservoir in May, 1887.

The roster of the Battery's officers, at this time (1887), is as follows : Captain-Owen J. Hopkins ; First Lieutenant, Louis Kimmerlin ; Second Lieutenant, Furman Upham ; Junior Second Lieutenant, George V. Roulet.

WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.

NATIONAL OFFICERS, 1887-1888 .- Cora Day Young, Toledo, National Senior Vice President.

Kate Brownlee Sherwood, Toledo, National Coun- selor.

DEPARTMENT OF OHIO, W. R. C .- Cora Day Young, Toledo, Chairman Department Executive Board.

OFFICERS FORSYTH RELIEF CORPS, No. 1, W. R. C., G. A. R., 1888 .- President, Emma J. Goldsmith ; Se- nior Vice President, Adelia A. Edson ; Junior Viee President, Mary E. Nicholas; Treasurer, Mary J. Kelsey ; Secretary, Jennie R. Griffin ; Chaplain, Mary A. Bills ; Conductor, Anna E. Pennell ; Guard, Kate Raynor.

FLAGS AND BANNERS.

A large number of flags and banners carried by Ohio troops in the War of the Rebellion were deposited in what is known as the Flag Room, in the State Capitol, at Columbus. Among these were the following from the commands named :

Command.

Flags. Banners. Markers.

14th O. V. I.

25th O. V. I

27th O. V. I

37th O. V. I

47th O. V. I

84th O. V. 1

100th O. V. I.

111th O. V. I

182d O. V. I.

189th O. V. I.

Battery II, 1st L. A

Company C, 3d Cavalry

EXPRESSES.

Wm. F. Harnden is the recognized pioneer Expressman of the United States. He started his messengers between Boston and New York in 1839. For some time, that was the only route occupied by such means of communica- tion. Mr. Harnden soon extended his opera- tions by the Hudson River to Albany, with

$20

APPENDIX.

Henry Wells as Albany Agent. Early in 1841 George E. Pomeroy, then at Albany, planned for starting the first Express line between that City and Buffalo, and June Ist of that year, he left Albany as the pioneer Messenger of what came to be known as " Pomeroy's Express." The trips, at first, were made weekly, the facil- ities consisting of Railway travel to Batavia, and of stage thence to Buffalo ; his parcels be- ing conveyed in a carpet-bag and small trunk. The time for the round trip was 84 hours. For some time, the Bankers of Albany and Buffalo had employed semi-monthly messengers, and at first were slow to surrender their large in- terests to the hands of the new and untried agency ; but ere long such reluctance yiekled to confidence established, and the Express gradually won its way to popular favor. Slow as that trip now seems to have been, the Ex- press " beat the mails " some 36 hours to Buf- falo. Mr. Pomeroy soon extended his route to New York, when Mr. Wells entered his employ, and the River business came into his hands. A brother, Thaddeus Pomeroy, and Mr. Wells and Crawford Livingston, soon became asso- ciated in the business, the firm being Pomeroy & Co. The trips were now made semi-weekly. In 1842, this was changed to daily trips. During this year an important advance was made, by the addition of mail transportation- a matter entirely new, outside the Government mails. To this end, Mr. Pomeroy devised the first postage-stamp provided in the United States. It was about the size and form of the Government stamps subsequently provided. Three eolors were employed-black, blue and vermillion, the former two being of the denom- ination of five, and the latter M of 10 cents. They were O printed on bank-note paper rssSa and sized ready for use. The LETT vignette was a handsome steel portrait of a female, surrounded by the words, " Pomeroy's Letter Express," above being the words, "Free Stamp," and below, llerewith is given this stamp, from the engraving then used. This branch of their business started out quite auspicionsly, meeting with popular favor, and largely for the reason that letters were carried for five and 15, where the Government charged 10 to 25 cents. But this enterprise was soon seriously embar- rassed by a largo number of suits brought by the Government, for alleged violations of postal laws, in carrying mail matter outside the Gov- ernment mails. In all these suits, however, the Courts decided in favor of the Express line, which, however, was subjected to heavy costs in defense.

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History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 165

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903 Publication date: 1888 Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company Number of Pages: 1408

Author: Waggoner, Clark, 1820-1903
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: New York and Toledo : Munsell & Company
Number of Pages: 1408