USA > Ohio > Hamilton County > Cincinnati > The Cincinnati pioneer > Part 15
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18
OUR HOMES IN CINCINNATI.
Dedicated to the Pioneer Association, July 4, 1875, by P. MALLON.
There is not in the wide world a valley so blest, As the vale where reposes the Queen of the West; The place of my childhood, how dear to me ever, My home on the banks of the beautiful river,
With peace and contentment, O, long would I dwell, Mid this landscape of verdure, this beautiful dell, Where the Pioneers stayed their march to the West, In belief they had reached the lands of the blest.
For our dear Western homes by the beautiful river, We are grateful to Him, the Bountiful Giver; O, long be our city the Queen of the West, In commerce and art, in culture and taste.
-
Her sons and her daughters, proud of their sires, Would kindle anew the patriot fires ; While centuries pass they remember the ways And deeds of the fathers in Pioneer days.
-
31
THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
Mr. Caldwell then read Historical Memoranda, as to Pioneer enter- prise, which resulted in the settlement on the Scioto, and the following account of the recent visit to Chillicothe : -
THE PIONEERS AND CHILLICOTHE.
Bounty lands were granted to the hardy officers and soldiers of Virginia, who had been engaged in the Revolutionary War on Conti- nental establishment. To satisfy these, when action was had in the Virginia Legislature, a large tract of country lying between Green and Cumberland rivers, in the Kentucky territory, was reserved for those holding warrants.
On December 17th, 1783, the officers thus entitled to lands met, and deputed superintendents of locations in behalf of their respective lines, and also nominated two principal surveyors.
Major-General Charles Scott, Brigadier-General Daniel Morgan, Colonel A. M. Heth, Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Temple, and Cap- tain Mayo Carrington, on part of the Continental troops of Virginia, made a contract with Richard Clough Anderson, of Virginia, father of our citizen, Larz Anderson, and ex-Governor Charles Anderson, of Ohio, who had been elected principal surveyor to locate their warrants, at ten shillings per acre, all other expenses to be paid by the officers.
1784, 20th July-Colonel Anderson opened his office at "Soldiers' Retreat," in the limits of the present city of Louisville. Here was his office of entries and surveys, and the first entry made in it was that for land at the mouth of Cumberland by William Brown, and the site of the present Smithland.
The State of Virginia did not relinquish claim to lands on the North-west bank of the Ohio River until March 1784, when, in appre- hension that the wide domain south of the river would not be sufficient to supply her soldiers, Virginia reserved for their use, if needed, all the country lying between the little Miami and Scioto Rivers, to satisfy such Continental warrants; and this is known as the Virginia Military District of Ohio.
Major John O'Bannon and Arthur Fox, surveyors in Kentucky, came over early in 1787, and explored the river front, and up the Miami and Scioto Rivers. Now this is bringing us to the first settle- ment of this domain, the present rich and cultivated State of Ohio.
On the Ist of August, 1787, Colonel R. C. Anderson opened the office for entries in Ohio, and the first entry recorded was for 1,000 acres, to Warrant No. 386, in behalf of Wace and Clements, at the
·
.
32
THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
mouth of Eagle Creek, and bottoms on these rivers were taken up at . once.
In July, 1788, Congress passed an Act, having now organized the North-west Territory, making these entries invalid ; and parties, how- ever impatient, had to hold back until August, 1790, when Congress allowed entries to be made.
This mention is inade of the early entries on the rich bottom lands on the Ohio side, to note the early connection of Nathaniel Massie . in our history.
In 1790, Cincinnati, having become the seat of justice of Hamilton · County, and Fort Washington being an important military protection to the neighborhood, Massie rallied a band of Kentuckians and re- paired to an island twelve miles above Maysville, and built block- houses and cleared corn-fields at Manchester, in Adams County.
In 1793 he attempted a surveying tour, on the Scioto, depending mainly on a brave young soldier of Harmar's expedition, the since well- known Governor Duncan M'Arthur. Several efforts were made, but rendered unsuccessful by the Indians, until the Indians were brought to terms of peace in 1795, by the bold and successful Anthony Wayne.
Colonel Massie, having thorough knowledge of the fertile lands on Paint Creek, and having made entries of his warrants, sought to secure settlers from Kentucky.
There were many of the congregation of Presbyterians, of Cane- ridge and Concord, in Bourbon County, under Rev. Robert W. Finley, " who determined to buy land in a free State, and they joined Massie's party. Finley, in the first place, liberated his slaves, and then wrote to Massie for an interview as to selection and purchase of a new home.
December, 1794, Finley wrote to his friends in Western Pennsyl- vania, and a day was agreed on for all interested to meet at the Man- chester settlement. In March, 1795, sixty men met, according to appointment.
It was even yet not secure for this expedition, and the party met again in 1796, and consisted of the following named persons:
Joseph M'Coy, Benjamin and William Rodgers, David Shelby, James Harrod, Henry Bazil, Reuben Abrams, William Jamison, James Crawford, Samuel Anthony, Robert Smith, Thomas Dick, William and James Kerr, George and James Kilgour, John Brown, Samuel and Robert Templeton, Ferguson Moore, William Nicholson, and the wor- thy, afterward the well-known, Methodist Missionary and itinerant, James B. Finley.
33
THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
.
In 1797 Thomas Worthington, of Jefferson County, Va., had eman- cipated his slaves and visited this infant settlement. He returned, appointed Assistant Surveyor by General Rufus Putnam, and built the first frame house in Chillicothe. This was in February, 1798. Edward Tiffin, of Berkely County, his brother-in-law, with his emancipated slaves; Joseph Tiffin, Joseph Yates, a millwright; George Haynes, a blacksmith.
The Pioneer Presbyterian was the Rev. William Speer, of Penn- sylvania, who wore a cocked hat, and had a small congregation to worship in a log house. Dr. Tiffin was a local Methodist preacher.
Joseph, his brother, had a store, was postmaster, and his tavern had a sign full length of General Anthony Wayne.
Chillicothe being chosen, from its central position, as the Territorial and State capital at an early day, and the Cincinnati Pioneer Associa- tion having had excursions to Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, Spring- field, Louisville, and Marietta, with pleasure acceded to an invitation from Governor Allen to Fruit Hill, and by favor of Cincinnati and Marietta Railroad, a large party of Pioneers, on the 28th of May, was conveyed in safety to this ancient metropolis. On arrival, we were met by Mayor Mick and the City Council, and all the party taken into hospitable care of the General Committee, viz .: Dr. D. H. Scott, Ben- jamin F. Stone, William R. Madeira, Thomas Worthington, and Horace Lansing, assisted by William Poland, M. Keisch, James T. Bonner, of the City Council, together with its President, Martin Schilde ; also, private citizens Daniel Thompson and Dr. B. F. Miessie.
..
Gratefully do we enter the names of our entertainers on the records of the Association, as permanently is fixed in our memory the grateful appreciation of the social reunion secured by being made inmates of their families and made welcome at their hospitable board, viz .: T. N. Marfield, Nathan Wilson, Thomas G. M'Kell, B. F. Miessie, Albert Moore, Henry Wade, William Wayland, Miss Lucy Waddle, William B. Franklin, J. N. Miller, George Holcombe, William R. Madeira, · James S. M'Common, Mrs. M. Merkle, John Smith, August Miller, John Pfeiffer, Jacob Buhl, J. G. Sclegel, and Alder J. Scully ; Mrs. Hannah Walton, Mrs. D. L. M'Gill, James M. Ingham, William B. Mills, M. R. Bartlett, William Carson, Dr. G. W. A. Clough, Dr. Lewis W. A. Foulke, Mrs. Lewis Fullerton, Thomas Woodrow, Jr., Samuel C. Swift, John G. Snyder, William T. M'Clintick, Mrs. Eliza- beth Creed, Charles Schrader, Dr. Samuel M'Adow, Phillip Klein, Dr. William Waddle, E. P. Safford, Dr. J. L. Dunlap, Mrs. David
- 9
-------------------------------
34
THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
M'Kee, Mrs. Charles Rosenfield, Mrs. E. Renick, Sange D. Campbell, Dr. F. A. Rehwinkle, Dr. J. B. Scearce, Major William Welsh, Wi !- liam Poland, Charles S. Mason, A. D. Sproat, D. A. Schutte, W. M'Kell, William E. Floyd, Colonel A. L. Brown, John C. Allston, Henry M. Pinto, General Samuel H. Hurst, John D. Madeira, Mrs. Mary Limb, Mrs. S. Augustus, David Smart, William H. Reed, Rev. T. R. Taylor, Mrs. Benjamin Smith, Jackson Rouser, Thomas Beach, Daniel Thompson, Thomas Doty, Matthew H. Watt, Mrs. Vinnie Lewis, George C. Bovey, William Fair, Smith Pursell, John Schwartzel, Phillip Griffin, J. R. Walters, Joseph M'Connell, Mrs. N. W. Thatcher.
We are indebted also to the Masonic Fraternity, of Chillicothe, who threw open their commodious public hall for our meetings with the- people of Chillicothe in the afternoon and evening. We were ad- dressed, among others, by General Leslie Coombs, of Lexington, Ky., who had been invited, with his daughter, to be of our party.
The Secretary attended, with General Coombs, a few days previ- ously, the .Centennial anniversary of Simon Kenton's settlement, at a point a few miles from the mouth of Limestone Creek, now Maysville. The father of General Coombs had, in the same year, one hundred years ago, made entry of land near Lexington.
The following are the Resolutions of thanks adopted :
Resolved, unanimously, That the Cincinnati Pioneer Association return most cordial thanks to the good people of Chillicothe, including Governor Allen and his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Scott, General and Mrs. Worthington, Mayor Mick and the City Council.
The reception and hospitable entertainment of the Pioneers, by the noble men and women of the ancient metropolis, makes the occasion, as a whole-souled reunion of old folks, one to be marked in our calendar in golden letters,
Resolved, That our thanks be tendered also to the Cincinnati and Marietta Railroad, and its courteous and attentive superintendent, for the safe and pleasant transportation of the excursion party. .
. At this point a little recreation was provided in two humorous sketches by Alfred Burnett. It was found that fun was enjoyed as keenly by the old folks as it is by the young.
By request, Mr. Mansfield delivered an address. He spoke at ran- dom, touching on holidays, on old-fashioned currency, and many other topics. Among other things, he said this State of Ohio had better laws and better school system than any country in the world. Ohio was one of the few States in the Union that gives to woman the right to make a will, and that secures to her her own real estate, the product of her labor, or her portion before marriage. He told how the latter
.
37
THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
Mrs. Graham then read an interesting poem entitled, "The Old and the New." Judge John L. Miner followed in a short address.
After singing "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," and prayer by Elder Stratton, the Association adjourned.
NEW MEMBERS
NOT IN FORMER PRINTED LIST.
Dr. Otho Evans, Franklin ; James S. Snider, Montgomery ; Wealthy Dennis Clark, Elizabeth G. Davis, Newton Wheatley, Harvey Decamp, Henry M. Bates, Dr. Israel Wilson, Zadoc Williams, Samuel F. Cary, Susan C. Neighbors, Mrs. Mary Wellshear, Mrs. Robert Chalfant, Mrs. Emily Purcell, Mrs. Nancy Baker, Sarah C. Wetherby, Mrs. George W. Williams, Miss Mary Clement, Robert M. Cox, Jeremiah B. Moore, Mark M'Makin, Jonathan Bassett, J. W. Jackson, Rebecca Read, Alexander Morris, Samuel B. Neill, Judge Abner Haines, Eaton ; John V. Campbell, Eaton ; Americus Symmes, Louisville ; M. P. Vin- nidge, George Vinnidge, Hamilton ; J. H. Webb, Charles E. Pierson, Mary Ann Patton, Michael T. Delorac, Caleb Dial, Isabella Anderson, Lewis French.
.
IO
------
NOTICE.
HAVE, from long-continued search into the local history of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, and " the Territory North-west of the Ohio." secured valuable items-original and interest- Ing -which I have concluded to glean from and publish, from time to time, in pamphlets of a few pages. in type easily to be read. by Pioneers.
The series may include, in successive numbers of " THE CIN- CINNATI PIONEER."
Biographical Sketch of Judge John Cleves Symmes, with Notes of North Bend, and the Settlement of Symmes's Purchase of Lands between the two Miamis.
The early Courts of Hamilton County, and the Federal Courts of the North-west Territory,
A List of the early Marriages of Hamilton County and the Pioneer Preachers.
The Pioneer Lawyers of Hamilton County and the North- west Territory.
The Territorial Legislative Bodies, before the organization of the State of Ohio.
List of Members of the General Assembly of Ohio, by Counties, and Officers thereof since organization in 1803.
The Newspapers of Cincinnati for the first half century, from the Pioneer " Centinel of the North-west Ter- ritory." 1794.
The early Schoolmasters of Cincinnati and Vicinity.
The Woodward and Hughes High-schools of Cincinnati, with Steel-plate Engravings.
An Ohio Leaf of the Burr-Blennerhassett Treason Trial. with fac-simile of "Cypher " used by Burr.
If intrusted with important papers or information, proper credit, with thanks, will be given therefor.
JOHN D. CALDWELL.
CINCINNATI. August. 1875.
-------
APRIL,
-- 18857.
in
(IN CONTINUATION OF NOS. 1, 2, 8, 4. 5.1
SC THE 2.
CINCINNATI PIONEER.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
JOHN D. CALDWELL,
Secretary Cincinnati Pioneer Association.
CONTENTS.
Steel Portrait of the Secretary,
Corrected List of Members of Cincinnati Pioneer Association from its Organization, November, 1856, to April, 1885, with Dates of Birth or Arrival in Ohio.
Brief Notices of Important Proceedings and Celebrations of the Association for same time.
View of Millcreek Valley, Southern Railroad Bridge, Cincinnati.
PRICE, 25 CENTS.
JOHN D. CALDWELL, No. 233 West Fourth Street. Cincinnati, Ohio.
......
-
THE
CINCINNATI PIONEER.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
.
JOHN D. CALDWELL,
Secretary Cincinnati Pioneer Association.
No. 6. APRIL. 1885.
(IN CONTINUATION OF Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.) PRICE, 25 CENTS.
CONTENTS.
STEEL PORTRAIT OF THE SECRETARY.
CORRECTED LIST OF MEMBERS OF CINCINNATI FIONEER ASSOCIATION FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, NOVEMBER, 1856, TO APRIL, IS85, WITH DATES OF BIRTH OF ARRIVAL IN OHIO.
BRIEF NOTICES OF IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS AND CELEBRATIONS OF THE ASSO- CIATION FOR SAME TIME.
VIEW OF MILLCREEK VALLEY, SOUTHERN RAILROAD BRIDGE, CINCINNATI.
JOHN D. CALDWELL, No. 233 West Fourth Street, CINCINNATI, O.
------------------------------------
МАТКОМ ПИЛИРИЮ
-
RECORDS OF HAMILTON COUNTY BURNT WITH COURT-HOUSE.
IT may be of interest to know that research was made by the editor hereof for several years in the several offices, notably the auditor's and clerk of the courts, in the Hamilton' County Court-house, and that my notes of many points of early history of the city and county may some time be published, and thereby partially replenish the defective records caused by the remorseless conflagration.
I note items as follows :
Names and dates of birth of pioneer lawyers that were members of the Hamilton County bar.
Notes of organization of the pioneer courts; judges and officers in North-west Territory.
Organization of territorial townships, and their officers.
List of pioneer commissioners, auditors, sheriff's, treasurers, etc.
A' list of early marriages of. Hamilton County during territorial times and twenty years of Ohio as a State, with names of preachers licensed to solemnize marriages.
The Symmes settlement at North Bend; burning of Judge Symmes's mansion, and proceedings in court as to alleged incendiary.
ENGRAVED LIKENESS OF THE SECRETARY.
THE Executive Committee of the Cincinnati Pioneer Association at its meeting this day, Wednesday, March 25th, directed the purchase of three hundred copies of No. 6, CINCINNATI PIONEER, and solicited Bro. JOHN D. CALDWELL, the editor, to preface the same with his engraved portrait, as a keepsake for the members of the Association, and in appreciation of his long continued and devoted labors as Secre- tary, serving without compensation.
In accordance with their request, this compilation from the records and list of members are given in this number. All names recorded, with few exceptions, were enrolled by me, and sad to say, a majority of them are no more with the living. The Secretary in most cases has been attendant as pall-bearer, or attendant at their "last of earth."
JOHN D. CALDWELL, Secretary.
ORGANIZATION
OF THE
CINCINNATI PIONEER ASSOCIATION.
.
FIRST MEETING-1856, NOVEMBER 23d.
A MEETING of the citizens of the city of Cincinnati and county of Hamilton who were residents of Ohio prior to the year 1812, was held at the Dennison House on Saturday evening, 23d November, 1856. Major William Perry was called to the chair, and Dr. J. L. Vattier appointed Secretary. The following persons were present and recorded their names, with the time of arrival or date of birth, viz. : William , Perry, arrived July 2, 1805; Gershom S. Craven, December, 1805 ; George Parsell, 1804; Joseph Pancoast, October 10, 1806; Isaac Mac- farland, April, 1806; William Dennison, 1805; J. Wash. Mason, June, 1804; John McMakin, May, 1810; Cyrus Cropper, April, 1810; Joseph M. Huston, June 22, 1811; Henry Rider Smith, May 21, 1811 ; Jas. R. Horrocks, April, 1811; Joseph Thornton, May 21, 1812; John L. Vattier, native, October 31, 1805.
Adjourned to meet again on evening of the 29th, to arrange for a reunion of old citizens.
" 29th November .- William Perry in the chair; Stephen Wheeler, Secretary. New enrollments: Wm. B. Dodson, who arrived 1795; James H. Hughel, 1806; Wm. Lynes, 1809; Stephen Wheeler, 1800; Peyton S. Symmes, 1798; David T. Wheeler, native, 1803; Adam N. Riddle, native, 1806. Birth or arrival in Ohio before the 4th of July, 1812, was fixed as a requirement for membership. A committee was appointed to arrange by publication for a meeting next Saturday evening ; also a committee to secure an orator for a prospec- tive reunion.
6th December .- New enrollments, viz. : Joseph Coppin, who ar- rived 1805; John Wood, 1806; Leonard Sayre, 20th June, 1808; Wm. Gordon, 1808; Robert Minshall, 1809; Joseph Cooper, 1809; Howell Powell, 1st March, 1812; George T. Williamson, native, May, 1805; R. C. Brasher, October, 1806; Wm. P. Stratton, December,
---
1
4
THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
1807; Henry E. Spencer, June, 1807; Wm. S. McDowell, Novem- ber, 1811; Caleb B. Greene, 4th July, 1812.
Permanent organization by choice of William Perry as President ; .Stephen Wheeler, Recording Secretary; Peyton S. Symmes, Corre- sponding Secretary ; John L. Vattier, Treasurer; Committee to Pre- pare and Report Constitution and By-laws, Wm. B. Dodson, Jo- seph Pancoast, W. P. Stratton, Henry E. Spencer, and George T. Williamson.
13th December .- New enrollment : Adolphus Carnes, native, 1810; Stephen J. Wade, native, 1808; Thomas H. Yeatman, native, 1805 ; Henry F. Sedam, native, 1804; David Ziegler Sedam, native, 1805 ; David A. Hartzell, arrived 1804; Charles Myers, 1809; Henry Miller, . 1806; Miles Williams, December, 1806; John Whetstone, 1792; James F. Irwin, 1809.
The Constitution and By-laws were submitted and adopted. (See Caldwell's Cincinnati Pioneer, No. 1, Sept., .1873.)
Hon. Edward D. Mansfield was selected to deliver address at the Pioneer Reunion, and the following named committee was appointed Committee of Arrangements for the same and for banquet at the Den- nison House on 26th December: Adam N. Riddle, Joseph M. Huston, Isaac Macfarland, Jos. Cooper, Geo. T. Williamson, Wm. Perry, and W. P. Stratton.
20th December .- Committee on Banquet reported that provision would be made for one hundred guests at $2 each.
20th December .- Further enrollment: Eden B. Reeder, native, March, 1808; Joseph Bates, native, January, 1809 ; John Jackson, native, November, 1806; Levi Buckingham, native, 15th December, 1795; Wm. M. Corry, native, 16th January, 1811; John Reeves, ar- rived August, 1809; Samuel Lowry, March, 1811; John L. Avery, November, 1807; Peter A. Sprigman, 1803; Stephen S. L'Homme- dieu, 1810.
Committee to Prepare Toasts .- Wm. M. Corry, Peyton S. Symmes, Henry E. Spencer.
Reunion Banquet .- Dennison House, 26th December, 1856 (a notable pioneer assemblage).
New enrollment: Henry S. Earhart, native, 1800; Charles Ross, native, 1809; Freeman G. Cary, native, 1810; W. T. Simpson, 1811; George W. Williams, native, 1808 ; Melancthon S. Wade, native, 1802; Stephen W. Wheeler, native, 1805; Jeremiah M. Clarke, ar- rived 1802.
3
5
THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
Speeches by O. M. Spencer, Bellamy Storer. Reminiscences by W. D. Ludlow, General Wade, Peyton S. Symmes, and others.
ANNUAL MEETING -- ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Saturday evening (December 27, 1856), immediately succeeding the 25th day of December, to commemorate the anniversary, as it may occur each year, of the first settlement of (the village of Losanti- ville, now city) Cincinnati, December 28, 1788.
Officers, 1856-7, Elected .- President, Wm. Perry; Vice-president, Peter A. Sprigman ; Corresponding Secretary, Peyton Short Symmes ; Recording Secretary, George T. Williamson ; Assistant Recording Sec- retary, Caleb B. Greene ; Treasurer, John L. Vattier.
Executive Committee .- Adam N. Riddle, F. H. Yeatman, Joseph Pancoast, Joseph Cooper, Henry Evans Spencer.
FIRST EXCURSION-INAUGURATION NEW STATE HOUSE.
John D. Caldwell, Acting Secretary, was appointed to effect ar- rangements with the Little Miami Railroad Company, and by courtesy of Superintendent Woodward free tickets were secured for officers and members to Columbus and return, where, January 6, 1857, the Pioneers took part in the exercises of opening the new State House of Ohio. They were accompanied by Menter's Band.
1857. In January and March, honorary and corresponding members were appointed as follows :
Honorary Members .-- Dr. Samuel P. Hildreth, Marietta, O .; James W. Taylor, Minnesota; John H. James, Urbana, O .; John B. Dil- lon, Indianapolis ; Neville B. Craig, Pittsburg; Hon. Lewis Cass, United States Senate ; Judge Breckenridge, Pittsburg; Dr. Ezra Fer- ris, Lawrenceburg, Ind. ; Judge James Hall, Cincinnati.
Corresponding Members .- Col. John Johnston, Cincinnati; William Crippen, Sen., Cincinnati; John Day Caldwell, Cincinnati; Samuel Sher- wood Smith, Cincinnati; J. Shoebridge Williams, Cincinnati; Alexan- der Webb, Cincinnati; Judge Isaac Dunn, Lawrenceburg, Ind. ; Gen. Thomas J. Jessup, United States Army, Washington; Col. William Whistler, Newport, Ky.
Through instrumentality of this Association, the city authorities had caused to be painted, from drawing in possession of the Associa- tion, a picture of Fort Washington, erected on this site in 1789.
Celebration of Ohio's Birthday .- The Association initiated the due observance of anniversary of settlement at mouth of the Muskingum, 7th April, 1788, which was the pioneer settlement of the territory
6
THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
north-west of the River Ohio, now the State of Ohio. (This anniver- sary day each year is thus observed.)
Burnet House, April 7, 1857 .- Large concourse of aged pioncers. . Prayer by Bishop C. P. Mellvaine. Exhibition of the new painting of Fort Washington; also portrait of Judge John Cleves Symines, founder of the settlement between the two Miamis.
Gov. Thomas Corwin was to have been the orator, but was indis- posed. Charles Anderson, Esq., delivered an impromptu, but thrill- ing, address, followed by Hon. R. C. Schenck, W. W. Fosdick, and Hon. Samuel Parker, of Indiana.
Among other notable women present at the banquet was Mrs. Sally McCord, born 1799, daughter of the pioneer Simon Kenton.
1857-8. President, Wm. Perry; Vice-president, Peter A. Sprig- man ; Corresponding Secretary, George T. Williamson ; Recording Sec- retary, Stephen Wheeler ; Treasurer, Adam N. Riddle.
The Association issued handsome lithographie membership certifi- cates. One was filled up and presented to Mrs. Anna, relict of Pres- ident Wm. H. Harrison ; and one to John D. Caldwell, as certificate of honorary membership, "for his valuable services in behalf of our organization, and his continued exertions for our benefit ;" and one to William Dennison.
A pioneer monument was projected, selecting for its site the trian- gular piece of ground east of Broadway, on Third Street, at a point which was in front of the parade ground of Fort Washington. This the city council, in due time, by dedication, set apart for use of the Association, should it desire to erect a pioneer monument thereon, a design of which was submitted by the sculptor, Thomas D. Jones. A plan suggested by Joseph Coppin was carried out, to secure a lot in Spring Grove Cemetery, and by his exertions, heartily co-operated in, a large lot was donated to Association, and deed secured therefor.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.