History of the city of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Part 58

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


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The views thus given on this question, while they have now no practical bearing, seem to be proper, as due to all parties concerned. The time has come, when the people on both sides of the line should be able to speak freely and frankly of differences in the past, and in the spirit of amity and mutual confidence, address themselves to the many important matters which they have and are to have in common. Who was right or who was wrong half a century ago, is now comparatively of small concern ; but how the affairs of the future may be made promotive of the highest possible welfare of all, is a matter of grave concern. It is just cause for common gratulation, that asperities arising from past antagonism, are gradually yielding to more considerate relations, with very little now left, outside the record, to indi- cate that differences ever existed.


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A disposition to treat with levity the mili- tary operations connected with the so-called " Toledo War," was shown in various ways and on many occasions, on both sides of the line, during and subsequent to their occurrence. Thus, when a bill to organize and discipline the militia of the State was before the Ohio Legislature, in February, 1837, Representative Quinby, of Portage County, moved to amend the enacting clause, by adding the following :


Whereas, Our warriors, in days of yore, Went forth from peaceful scenes,


To try the tug of furious War, Amid the Wolverines : And Whereas, most villainons traps and shares


Were then prepared to catch them-


Black Swamp to wallow nnawares, And briars and thorns to scratch them ; And Whereas, most wondrous feats of arms And legs, were then performed,


Whilst raging Owls rang forth alarms, And the brambly battle stormed; Therefore, that we may emulate Those deeds of chivalry, And equal glories perpetrate, Let it enurted be."


In March, 1835, a poet of the period, whose nom de plume was " Bard of the Woods," gave freedom to his muse, in view of the threatening state of things between Ohio and Michigan. Samples of this production are here given, as follows :


Most dire presages haunt my brain ; Ileart rending pangs I can't restrain, In the dark glens of solitude. Where nature wears her aspert rude- Where starving woly s are heard to howl, Or more plaintive eries the Spreech Owl; Or March's angry breaths that sweep Hail, rain and snow full two feet deep. I strive in vain to soothe my mind : Let what will happen, be resigned ; But still, the thought my heart controls, Now is the time to try men's souls. * *


Give a cheek to Governor Lucas, Who seems, indeed, a second Brutus ; And in despite of civil law. Dares in peace the sword to draw, The sheath, indignant, throw away, And hasten to the mad atfray. Celestial Dame, suppress your sorrow ; Let ns not our troubles borrow. This son of Mars-this man of thunder- On the Maumee may soon knock under. I frankly own I am some frighted, While others seem so much delighted, To see his vassal band preparing For the enterprise so daring. * *


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YOUNG TOLEDO! RISE TO FAME! Mart of the Western World should elaim Homage of all the ports around- Her wealth and power know no bound ; More mighty far than ancient Rome, Stand by inherent power alone. But oh ! methinks I see them dashing ! lear pistols pop ! and swords a-plashing ! While first to last many oppose, With eyes plneked out or bloody nose ; Whose borrid threatening or grimace Convince they'll die or keep their place. The first of April is the day, For Ohio bravos to display. According to all ancient rnles, No doubt they'll all be " April Fools."


Farmer's History of Detroit has the follow- ing Michigan " War Song" of the period :


Old Lucas gave his order all for to bold a Court,


And Stevens Thomas Mason, he thought he'd have some sport. He called upon the Wolverines, and asked them for to go To meet this rebel Lucas, his Court to overthrow.


Our Independent Companies were ordered for the march ; Our Officers were ready, all stiffened op with starch ; On nimble footed coursers our Officers did ride.


With each a pair of pistols and sword hung by his side.


In the same volume it is stated, that " the troops from Detroit came home on the Steam- boat General Brady, and the day (September 10th ) being the anniversary of Perry's victory, they celebrated that, instead of the one they did not win."


In this connection, Mrs. L. H. Sigourney's Lines on the Admission of Michigan into the Union, giving " Miss Columbia's" welcome to that young member of the National Household, will be appropriate. It was written for the Knickerbocker Magazine in 1836, and was as follows :


Come in, little Sister, so healthful and fair, Come, take in our Father's best parlor a share. You've been kept long enough at the nurse's, I trow Where the angry Lakes roar. and the Northern winds blow. Come in-we've a pretty large household, 'tis true, But the twenty-five Children shall make room for you.


A present, I see, for our Sire yon have brought. To add to his dessert-how kind was the thought- A treat of rije berries, both crimson and blue, And wild flowers to stick in his button-hole, too; The rose from your prairie-the nuts from your tree-


What a good little Sister !- come hither to me.


You've a dowry, beside, very eunningly stored, To fill a nice enpboard, or spread a broad board : Detroit, and Chicago, Ann Arbor, and more- For the youngest, me thinks, quite a plentiful store : You're a prog, I perceive -ft is true to the letter, And your sharp Yankee Sisters will like you the better.


But where are your Indians, so feeble and few- So fall'u from the heights where their forefathers grew " From the forests they fade-o'er the waters that bore The names of their baptisin, they venture no more : ol, soothe their sad hearts, ere they vanish afar,


Nor quench the faint beam of their Westering Star !


Those Ladies who sit on the sofa so high,


Are the stateliest dames of our Family :


Your thirteen Old Sisters-don't treat them with seorn- They were notable Spinsters before you were born ; Many stories they know, most instructive to hear- Go, Make them a court'sy, 'twill please them, my dear.


They can teach yon the names of those great men to spell, Who stood at the helm, when the war-tempest fell ; They will show you the writing that gleamed to the sky, In the year Seventy-Six, on the Fourth of July, When the flash of the Bunker-bill flame was red, And the blood gush'd forth from the fields of dead.


There are some who may call them both proud and old, And say they usurp what they cannot hold ! Perhaps their bright loeks have a sprinkle of gray- But then, little Michy, don't hint it, I pray ! For they'll give you a frown, or a box on the ear, Or send you to stand in the corner, I fear.


They indeed bore the burden and the heat of the day, But you've as good right to your penny as they ; Though the price of our Freedom they better have known, Since they paid for it out of their purses alone :


Yet a portion is saved for the youngest. I ween, So, hold up your head, with the " Old Thirteen."


CHAPTER IV.


COUNTY AFFAIRS.


A LIMITED extent of details pertaining to the start of the County of Lucas, whose birth was attended by such disturbing, if not tragic events, will be of interest here.


The first session of the Commissioners of the County was held at Toledo, September 14, 1835, at which John Baldwin and Robert Gower were present, the third member (Cyrus Hollo- way) being absent. Samuel M. Young acted as Clerk of the Board. The following appoint- ments were made : County Auditor, Samuel M. Young, of Manmee ; Treasurer, Eli Hub- bard, of Port Lawrence ; Recorder, Frederick Wright, of Port Lawrence.


The first business following these appoint- ments, consisted in the creation of a new Town- ship, to be called Lucas, and to consist of the territory lying North of the " Fulton line," and West of the East line of Range four East, being the territory then in dispute between Ohio and Michigan.


At the second session of the Board, October 12, 1835, " it being deemed expedient and abso- lutely necessary for the well-being and the enjoyment of the rights of citizens of this State, that that part of the County of Lucas known as 'the disputed territory,' and lying North of what is known as the . Fulton line,' be annexed, for Township purposes, to the Town- ship of Waynesfield," it was resolved, that that part of Lucas County known as Port Lawrence Township, be annexed to the Township of Waynesfield, for all civil purposes, and that the electors of the same have equal rights and privileges at the then ensuing election as did other electors of Waynesfield Township; where- upon, it was directed, that notice be given to the electors of Port Lawrence that they should vote at Maumee City, and thus have "the privilege of voting, without the interference of the Michigan authorities." The emergency calling for such action, arose in the apprehen- sion that interference from Michigan would prevent a peaceful election under the laws of Ohio within the disputed territory.


At a session held October 13, " the object for which such annexation was made having been accomplished," Port Lawrence was restored to its former status. The emergency demanding the former action had been removed by the agreement on the part of the Michigan anthori- ties, peaceably to abide the action of Congress upon the boundary question. This latter action by the Commissioners took place on the day of the State election ; consequently, Toledo and


Port Lawrence Township was for one election within the polling precinet of Manmee City.


December 7, 1835, the Board of Commis- sioners met, when Samuel Barrett, elected in October, as the snecessor of Cyrus Holloway, took his seat. Four County roads were estab- lished ; the former action, creating the Town- ship of Lucas, was rescinded, the Township not having been organized ; several more County roads established. The Viewers appointed for such roads included William Jones, Elisha Trowbridge, Robert Howard, Hiram Clark, Abram Shepler, James Thrasher, Elijah Clark, Samuel Searing, William P. Homer, Alvin Evans, Amasa Bishop, Baxter Bowman, Fred. A. Rew, Matthias S. Van Fleet, Daniel P. Ketcham, David Clute, John Emery, Philo B. Scott, Chandler L. Wing, Aaron H. Doolittle, Jonathan II. Jerome, John Van Fleet, John Pray, James Atchison, and John Taylor. J. Irvine Browne, of Toledo, having resigned the office of County Assessor, Johnson II. Hobart, of Maumee ('ity, was appointed for the vacancy.


June 6, 1836. York Township (now in Fulton County) was established, the first election to be held at the house of David Doolittle, June 30th. The Township of Providence was created at the same time, the first election to be held June 30th at the house of Peter Manor. June 20, 1836, the Township of Springfield was created, the first election to be held October Sth, at the house of William Ford. Two ap- propriations for road improvements were made-one of $20 between Toledo and Tre- mainesville; and one of 8500, between To- ledo and the head of the Rapids. An allow- ance of $47.66 was made to County Auditor Young in full for his services from September 14, 1835, to June 20, 1836. Tax levies were inade as follows: For County purposes, five mills on the dollar; for Road purposes, three mills ; for School purposes, one and one-half mills; and for Township purposes in Port Lawrence, one-half mill. December 5th, Wil- liam P. Daniels became a member of the Board, vice John Baldwin, elected Associate Judge. County Roads 14, 15, 16 and 17 were then established, with Wiley Hamilton, Daniel Strayer, William Allman, Thomas Gleason, James Wolcott and Oscar White as Viewers. An appropriation of $100 was made for the road from Upper Toledo to the State line, to be expended by Santord L. Collins.


At the March meeting, 1837, petitions were presented for tive new Townships, which were


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not acted on. A survey was ordered for a road to extend from the Northern termination of Monroe street, Toledo, to the intersection of the Indiana Road with the Turnpike leading from Maumee to Monroe, with Coleman I. Keeler, Jr., Mareno Fox and John T. Baldwin as Superintendents.


In 1837, the Board resolved to accept this County's portion of the Surplus Revenue of the United States, under the act of Congress passed March 28, 1837.


June 4, 1837, Roads Nos. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 34, with Eli Hubbard, Marmaduke Bunting, Jacob Hallett, George Black, Jonathan Hampton, David Hubbard, John Wilsey, Thomas Wood, John Harters, Thomas Berry, William Stair, Noah A. Whit- ney, Thomas A. Whitney, William Meeker, Nathaniel Leggett, Benjamin G. Lewis, as Viewers.


January, 1838, Wm. P. Daniels and Eli Hub- bard were appointed a Committee to purchase a " County Poor Farm."


February 6, 1838, $50 was appropriated toward the crection of a Bridge over Swan Creek at its mouth in Toledo.


March 5, 1838. The Townships of Gorham and Clinton (now in Fulton County) were es- tablished. A new Road was established, from Toledo along the North bank of the Maumee River to the West line of the County. Galen B. Abel, County Assessor, having resigned, Cyrus Fisher was appointed to the vacancy, with Wm. Prigyzer of Tremainesville, Fred. E. Kirtland of Waynesfield and Galen B. Abel of Waterville, as Deputies.


April 9, 1838. The new Jail was accepted, and $25 appropriated for furnishing bedding for it. The North half of Section 16, Township No. 3 (now Adams), was accepted for Infirmary purposes, and 81,000 voted for its improve- ment.


June 16, 1838. John U. Pease, James Wil- kinson and Roswell Cheney were appointed as Directors of the County Infirmary.


August 3, 1838,- It was resolved to erect a Court-House on the Court-House Square, in Oliver's Division of Toledo, as designated by the Commissioners in locating the County-seat at Toledo, said building to be of the size and arrangements of the Ashtabula County Court- House. For such building the " proprietors of the City of Toledo " had bound themselves to contribute the sum of $20,000. Wm. P. Daniels, of the Board, was appointed Superintendent of the work.


November 2, 1838. S. L. Collins, County Treasurer, having resigned, Daniel McBain of Toledo, was appointed for the vacancy.


March 4, 1839. German Township (now in Fulton county, was created.


June 5, 1839. Sections 33, 34, 27, 23, 24 and half of 13 were taken from Waynesfield and at- tached to Springfield Township. Benjamin


Mallett, Jr., was allowed $53.00 for painting ; and A. G. llibbard & Co. 88.76 for black- smithing.


December 2, 1839. The Township of Rich- field was established, the first election to be held at the house of Willard S. Fuller.


December 30, 1839. Adolphus Kraemer, of Hartford, Sandusky (now Ottawa) County; Platt Card, of Toledo; and Isaac Knapp, of Lower Sandusky (now Fremont), were appointed to establish a State Road from the Maumee River opposite Manhattan to Lower Sandusky, via Hartford (now Oak Harbor). The proposition of Richard Mott, to lease a building for use as a Court-House, was accepted.


January 4, 1840. Horace Waite, John Fitch and J. W. Scott were appinted Fund Com- missioners, in charge of the surplus revenne belonging to Lucas County.


March 2, 1840. Road No. 47, in Sylvania, was established, with Andrew Printup, David Harroun and Hiram Parker as Viewers, and Wm. White as Surveyor. Road No. 46, with Benj. Joy, Townsend Ellis and Lyman Morse as Viewers, and D. L. Westcott as Surveyor; Road 48, with Daniel Strayer, Harvey Kellogg and Samuel Divine as Viewers, and Wm. Mar- tin as Surveyor.


June 1, 1840. The Townships of Washington and Manhattan were created ; an election to be held June 24th, at the house of Sylvester Cor- nell, in Manhattan Village ; and June 27th, at the house of Benj. Mallett in Washington.


June 17, 1840. The proposals of John E. Hunt, Horace Waite and Thos. Clark, 2d, for erecting County buildings at Maumee, were accepted.


December 8, 1840. Luther Dodge, R. A. Howard and Lyman Parcher were appointed Viewers, and Chester Briggs Surveyor, for a new Road ; as were Benj. Joy, Hiram Parker and John Harroun Viewers for another Road.


March 1, 1841. The new Townships of Ful- ton, Pike and Franklin (now in Fulton county), were created.


December 6, 1841. Richard Mott was allowed $400, for County orders destroyed by the burning of his warehouse in Toledo, November 29, 1840. The Toledo Register was allowed 8522.40, for publishing the delinquent land-list for 1841.


June 6, 1843. A bill was presented by J. H. Jerome, for 1,000 rails, at $2.00 per 100. Action was taken for the adjustment of a question of boundary between Lucas and Williams Conn- ties.


In 1843 a law was in force in Ohio, under which County Commissioners were empowered to levy special taxes upon Lawyers and Phy- sicians, " according to their annual incomes." The Board of Commissioners of Lucas County levied such taxes for the year 1843, as follows :


Lawyers. Toledo-Caleb F. Abbott, $3.00 ; Edson Allen, $2.00 ; John Fitch, $4.00; C. W. Hill, $2.00; L. S. Lownsbury, $2.00 ; Hiram Clark, $1.00; Daniel


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0. Morton, $3.00; Geo. B. Way, $3.00; Myron it. Til- len, $4.00. Maumee City-S. M. Young, $4.00; M. R. Waite. $4.00; D. F. Cook, $2.00; James M. Cottin- bury, $1.00; Thos. Dunlap, Jr., $1.00; Nathan Rath- bun, $1.00; llenry Reed, Jr., $1.00; 11. C. Stowell, $1.00 ; Jessup W. Scott, $1.00. Manhattan-Franklin Johnson, $2.00.


Physicians. Toledo-Manly Bostwick, Gustavus Wilde, John Mosher, Geo. R. Perkins, Jacob Clark and Calvin Smith, $2.00 each. Maumee City-Alex. Anderson, $2.00; Justus Dwight, $1.00; C. Matthews, $2.00; C. S. Ramsey, $1.00; Wm. St. Clair, $2.00; John II. Van Avery, $2.00; Oscar White, $2.00. Syl- vania-Horace Green, $2.00. Manhattan-James L. Chase and Luther Parker, $1.00 each. Waterville- Welcome Pray, $2.00. Gorham- John Kendall, $1.00. York-Allen White, $1.00. Swan Creek- T. B. Colton, $2.00.


June 6, 1844, like taxes were again assessed ; but it is noticeable, that the plan of levying the same " according to annual income " (rang- ing from $1.00 to $4.00 per year), was then changed to a uniform tax of 25 cents-a fact not specially assuring of increasing incomes. The parties then taxed were as follows :


Lawyers. Toledo-Edson Allen, Caleb F. Abbott, Wm. Baker, C. M. Dorr, Henry Bennett, John Fitch, C. W. Hill, L. S. Lownsbury, D. O. Morton, - Van Ness, James M. Whitney, Geo. B. Way. Man- mee-S. M. Young, M. R. Waite, H. F. Waite, Henry S. Commager, II. C. Stowell, Win. MeK. Scott. J. M. Coffinbury, Henry Reed, Jr., Thos. Dunlap and Na- than Rathbun. Manhattan-Franklin Johnson.


Physicians. Toledo-Manly Bostwick, Jacob (lark, Calvin Smith, Geo. R. Perkins, Robert H. Timpany, - Taylor, John Mosher. Maumee-Alex. An- derson, Justice Dwight, Chauncy Matthews, Wm. St. Clair. Oscar White. Providence-S. B. Wood- worth. York-Allen White. Sylvania-Amos Mi- nor, Horace Green. Royalton-Joshua Young. Richfield-Mather M. Mason. Manhattan-James L. Chase, S. D. Jones.


September 4, 1843. A. Ritch was allowed $9.60 for 1,200 feet of oak plank, for bridge over Swan Creek.


December, 1843. A road was established, to run from the Temperance House in White- ford Township, South past the house of Elder Showers, and to the Manmee Road that passed Benjamin Joy's dwelling-house; Fred. Leon- ardson, Isaac Lewis and Eli Hubbard being appointed Viewers, and William White, Sur- veyor for the same. J. Ream & Co., were allowed payment for publishing 407 " squares" of forfeited land-list, and for 520 " squares " of delinquent land-list, at 50 cents per " square."


July 2, 1844. The bond of John E. Hunt and others for $10,000, securing the erection of County buildings at Maumee, was cancelled, in consideration of the fulfillment of such agreement. Road No. 128, Viewers, James Thrasher, James Trowbridge and M. II. Butler ; Road No. 129, Viewers, George Miller, Elijah Royce and Daniel Murphy; Road 131, Viewers, John Freehart, William Martin and Nehemiah Allen ; Road No. 131 /2, Viewers, Edwin Fuller, Abraham Sheplar, and William Allman, were severally authorized. Road No. 133, since


known as the " River Road," between Toledo and Maumee, was authorized, with George B. Knaggs, S. B. Comstock and Junius Flagg as Viewers.


The first expenditure by the County for ice, was for the supply of the Supreme Court, for use in drinking, in the Summer of 1844, the amount paid therefor being $1.00.


June 11, 1844. Horace Waite was paid $65.00 for services as Commissioner; Lyman Parcher, $40.00, and G. B. Abell, $38.00 for same. llaskell D. Warren, Townsend. Ellis and Andrew Printup were appointed Viewers for a new Road in Sylvania ; Daniel Rob- bins, Jr., Michael Shields and H. D. Turk, in Providence ; E. D. Potter, Lyman Parcher, S. L. Collins, for Road in Oregon ; and Benjamin Joy, Alvah Evans and Henry Mercerean, for Road in Sylvania.


January 12, 1845. Proposals for building a Jail at Maumee were examined, to wit : Isaac IFull, 84,500 ; J. Miller, $5,291 ; Elijah Clark, $3,775 ; C. Matthews, $3,414; J. Hale and George W. Reynolds, $3,200; Peter II. Shaw, $960; S. Johnson, $350; Francis Manor and Samnel Wag- ner, $865. The offer of Isaac Hull was accepted. At the same session, a Road (No. 124) was established, to run from Springfield to Śwan- ton, with Thomas Dobbins, Jacob Gnaggy and Solomon Salisbury, as Viewers, and Hiram Davis, as Surveyor. A new Road (No. 126) was anthorized from Bean Creek, in Water- ville, to the Henry County line, of which P. B. Scott, Phidias Nearing and David Robbins, were Viewers, and William Martin, Surveyor.


March 17, 1846. The County was divided into four Districts for appraisal of taxable property, and Assessors appointed for the same, as follows: District No. 1-S. B. Comstock ; No. 2-F. E. Kirtland ; No. 3-J. Graham Klinck ; No. 4-Elisha Williams; at the rate of 81.50 per day for time thus " necessarily em- ployed." As Viewers for a proposed Road in Waterville, Welcome Pray, Lorenzo L. More- house and Alfred Eldred were appointed ; for like purpose in Richfield, Oristen Holloway, Isaac Washburn and D. L. Westcott.


March 4, 1847. J. Austin Scott was ap- pointed Commissioner of the Maumee and Syl- vania Free Turnpike, vice Francis Hollenbeck, whose term had expired.


June 7, 1847. George D. Treat, Gabriel Crane, John Consaul and D. L. Westcott were appointed Viewers for proposed Roads in Ore- gon Township ; and Benjamin Atkinson, Jacob Fancher and - - Shields for Road in Provi- lence ; William W. Wilson, Marcus Bennett and William M. White, for Road in Richfield ; Jacob Fancher, Orson Ballou and John G. Isham, for Road in Providence.


March 9, 1853. The new Township of Mon- «lova was created. It was ordered that the prices to be paid by the County for the use of vehicles for conveyance, be as follows : For


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single open buggy, with horse, $1.50 per day ; for covered do., $2.00; for two-horse do., $2.80. Dr. William St. Clair proposed to attend upon the inmates of the Jail, and furnish medicines for $125 per year, which offer was accepted.


December, 1854, the County Commissioners authorized Edgar F. Potter to " take charge of the Jail at Maumee City, for the purpose of re- ceiving female prisoners, criminals, insane persons, and perhaps some County paupers." Dr. H. Graham, of Toledo, was appointed Jail Physician, and as such to " visit, attend to, pre- scribe for and furnish all necessary medicines for all prisoners in the County Jail in Toledo, at the rate of $200 per year," until the next session of the Commissioners.


At the March session, 1855 (Joel W. Kelsey, William F. Dewey and Daniel F. Cook, present), the following plan for the employment of eer- tain convicts within the City of Toledo, was adopted by the County Commissioners, at the request of the authorities of said City, to wit :


Ist. All able-bodied male persons sentenced to im- prisonment and hard labor in the Jail of Lucas County, according to the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of Ohio, passed March 12, 1855, shall be employed in the manner hereinafter specified .


2d. All małe persons thus committed to the Jail, by the Mayor of Toledo, for the violation of any of the penal ordinances of said City, shall be employed under the direction of the Sheriff of said County or his Deputy : Provided, the City of Toledo shall bear and pay all Jail and board fees of prisoners thus con- vieted and sentenced, and shall be entitled to the work and labor of all such convicts.


3d. All male persons convicted and sentenced as aforesaid by the Probate Court of said County, shall be hired out and let to service by the Sheriff of said County ; and the avails of all labor of such convicts shall be collected and received by the said Sheriff, and be by him paid into the treasury of said County, taking a proper receipt therefor, which receipt he shaft file with the County Auditor.


4th. The person having charge of such convicts, when performing work or labor as aforesaid, shall adopt such means, by chain and ball or otherwise, for the security and safe-keeping of such convicts as he may deem necessary or proper.




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