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These were days of small things. Men passed whole lives in accumulating the little which men now accumulate in a day. One old man whom he used to know, and who labored hard in accumu- lating small things, he said, was now living in our County Infirmary.
Mr. Cary then spoke of the enterprise of the people of the United States, of the mighty strides they had made in machine improvements, and of the way in which they far surpassed foreign efforts.
After referring pathetically to his aged mother, who, though over eighty years of age, had come with him to the meeting, and to the hope that the old, gray-headed persons present might long live to bless the young with their counsels, Mr. Cary closed.
Mr. BABER, of the Constitutional Convention, was introduced, and expressed his hearty approval of the manner of these old pio- neers who meet together annually to recall the merry days of Auld Lang Syne. He did not claim to be a pioneer, having come to the State of Ohio only twenty-nine years ago, but he was particu- larly glad of the opportunity of having his. voice heard among these pioneers. 1
Mr. HILL, member of the Constitutional Convention from Ashland County, was the next speaker. He spoke enthusiastically of his rever- ence for the gray-haired, of his love for meeting them, and to hear them relate the experiences of their younger days, relate their toils and hardships, and what they did to make the great State of Ohio what it is.
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The Chairman then read the following names of members of the Association who, by reason of sickness, were not able to be present : Mrs. Strong, Mrs. Gillespie, John Whetstone, Reason Reagin, Lewis Maynard, Wm. B. Dodson, Judge D. K. Este, and William Moody.
By a unanimous rising vote, it was determined to convey to those afflicted an expression of sympathy from the members who were able to be present at this anniversary.
Mr. CHILTON A. WHITE, member of the Constitutional Conven- tion, from 'Brown County, was introduced, and spoke at length.
Relic of the Pioneer Presbyterian Meeting-house, afterward "Burke's," on Vine Street.
An invitation was then tendered to volunteer remarks from the old pioneers, and, in response, the Vice-President, WILLIAM P. STRAT- TON, related the following :
The first meeting-house known to him was a very modest frame one, situated on the west side of Main Street, about one hundred feet north of Fourth Street, occupied by the First Presbyterian Church, under the ministry of Joshua L. Wilson. Here the pioneers long met to worship the God of their fathers. In due process of time, this humble temple became too small for their congregation, and gave way to a substantial brick building, long known as the "Two-steeple Church," which at length gave place to the elegant structure now occupying its site, with a hand pointing toward the heavens crowning its lofty steeple.
When the pioneer frame meeting-house was to be demolished or
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removed, William Burke, one of the earliest, most faithful and truly catholic in spirit of Methodist ministers, purchased it, and had it removed to the west side of Vine Street, about midway between Fourth and Fifth Streets, where it long remained for the use of such' as were not Pharisees according to the strictest of the sect. But, as. there seems to be an end to the history of most things, the time came when this truly pioneer meeting-house was taken down and its timbers used for the frames of five cottages, situated on the north- west corner of Cutter and Clark Streets; three of the cottages are still remaining. At the time of the erection of these cottages, Father Burke saved one of the sills of the " old church " for "pioneer canes," one piece of which he bestowed upon me, and after having it properly turned, mounted, and engraved thus: "Cut on Main Street, between Third and Fourth, in 1792. Presented to William P. Stratton, by William Burke, in 1847." This cane is highly prized by me on account of many precious memories, and may be seen by calling on me any time. It was my purpose, when the cane was completed, to call on the donor in person and thank him for so precious a relic -- a part of the old sill in its new form-but that privilege was denied me ; for, on that very night, he was called away from earth to receive the reward conferred upon one who had spent so long and useful a life in the vineyard of his Master.
The Hon. E. D. MANSFIELD then made a few remarks, referring to some reminiscences of the past.
REMINISCENCES AND CONCLUSION.
THE President then said he wished to say something about Mrs. Strong, to whom reference had been made a few moments since. He. spoke of the beauty for which she in her younger days was famous, and of the earnest effort which a certain Indian chief had made to secure her as his bride. He also referred to the courage which she had always possessed, whereupon the Secretary remarked that cour- age from her was expected, inasmuch as she was the daughter of Captain Miller, who fought valiantly under old General Anthony Wayne.
A vote of thanks was extended to the First Congregational Society for the use of the entire building for the day; also to Mr. Loth,
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President of the Jewish Temple congregation, for the liberal tender of their temple for this meeting of the Pioneer Association.
"Come, thou fount of every blessing" was then sung, in the old- fashioned style ; after which, Elder Stratton pronounced a brief prayer, and the happy audience was dismissed.
The First Presbyterian Meeting-House.
1789-In laying out plat of Cincinnati, in-lots number 100, 115, 139, 142, (square between Walnut and Main and Fourth and Fifth Streets,) were dedicated for the use of a meeting-house, graveyard, and school.
1790-16th October. A few cabins, the nucleus of Cincinnati, were clustered about the river bank, and with a population of only two hundred,-all below the strip of high land on which Fort Wash- ington was perched. The Sabbath devotions were in camp-meeting style, under the native forest-trees of this dedicated spot; and, by the law of the territory, male adult attendants at these meetings were required to be armed with loaded guns. At this date Rev. David Rice, of Virginia, the pioneer Presbyterian minister in Kentucky, having preached there since 1783, in his missionary circuit, gathered eight persons at this point, and formed the first Presbyterian Society ; namely, David Kitchell, Jacob Reeder, Joseph Reeder, Annie Reeder, Samuel Sering, Sarah Sering, Jonathan Ticknor, and Isaac Morris.
1791-June. Rev. James Kamper, a licentiate of Transylvania Presbytery, Kentucky, visited this little flock, and in October they agreed to raise seven hundred dollars, and, from the timber growing on the spot, to build a meeting-house. Until it was finished, services were held in a horse-mill on Vine Street, used for grinding corn.
1792-January 16. The subscription was started to build a frame, 30 by 40 feet. (See illustration, page 36.)
1792-January 16. "We, the subscribers for the purpose of erecting a house of public worship, in the village of Cincinnati, to the uses of the Presbyterian denomination, do severally bind our- selves and executors firmly, and by these presents, the sums of money
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and commutations in labor respectively annexed to our names, to be paid to John Ludlow, Jacob Reeder, James Lyon, Moses Miller, John Thorpe, and Wm. M'Millan, or either of them, their heirs or adminis- trators, Trustees appointed for the business of superintending the building aforesaid, payments 'to be made as follows: One-third part of our several subscriptions to be paid so soon as the timber requisite for the aforesaid building may be collected on the ground where the said house is to be built. Another third when the said house is . framed and raised. And the other third part when the aforesaid house may be under cover and weather-boarded. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names :
John Ludlow, Benjamin Valentine.
Samuel Martin,
Jacob Reeder.
Asa Peck,
Daniel C. Cooper,
James Lyon,
Robert Hurd,
Moses Jones,
Moses Miller,
Samuel Dick,
Francis Kennedy, .
john Thorpe,
Robert Benham,
J. Gilbreath,
William M'Millan,
Joseph Shaw,
General Jas. Wilkinson,
John P. Smith,
Isaac Felty.
Winthrop Sargent.
David E. Wade,
James Wallace,
Dr. Richard Allison,
James Brady,
Robert Caldwell,
Captain Mahlon Ford,
Joel Williams,
Jonathan Davies,
Ensign John Wade,
Levi Woodward,
Thomas Ellis,
M. M'Donogh.
William Woodward.
Daniel Shoemaker,
Samuel Kitchell,
Jeremiah Ludlow,
John Blanchard,
Matthias Bruns,
James Demint,
Benjamin Jennings,
Samuel Williams,
Richard Benham,
John Gaston,
Jabez Wilson,
John Cutter,
Jonas Seaman,
David Logan,
Joseph Lloyd.
Reuben Roe,
James Lowry,
Nehemiah Hunt,
John Cummins,
David Long,
Cornelius Miller,
Elliot & Williams,
Alexander M'Coy,
Abr. Bosten,
Thomas M'Grath,
Joseph Spencer, David Hole,
Samuel Pierson.
Thomas Gibson,
James Blackburn,
Daniel Bates.
Henry Taylor,
James Cunningham, .
Benjamin Fitzgerald,
Elias Wallen,
J. Mentzies,
James Kemper,
Thos. Cochran,
Major Joseph Shaylor,
Isaac Bates,
James Richards,
James Kremer,
John Adams,
John Bartle,
Captain Wm. Peters,
William Miner.
J. Mercer, . H. Wilson,
H. Marks,
Seth Cutter,
William Miller,
Matthew Winton,
S. Miller,
James Reynolds,
Ezekiel Sayre,
John Lyon, *
Thos. Brown,
Samuel Gilman,
James M'Kane.
Matthew Deasy,
W. Elwes,
Ensign Wm. H. Harrison, James M'Knight,
John Dixon,
Margaret Rusk, John Darragh,
Daniel Hole."
Gal riel Cox.
James Bury,
W. M. Mills,
James Miller,
Few gave more than two or three dollars ; some 7s. 6d .; none higher than eight dollars. Many gave materials, nails, planks, or a day's work.
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The work was proceeded with in true pioneer style, each person contributing some portion of the material and labor, and it was under cover 6th October, although it had only earth floor and log seats; for here the court was held that tried James May for the murder of Mott Sullivan.
1792-October 23. The Presbytery of Transylvania assembled here, and united in installing Rev. Mr. Kamper.
1794-June 11. General Wayne having brought the Indians into subjection, the trustees -- who then were Jacob Reeder, John Lud- low, William M'Millan, James Lyon, John Thorp, and Moses Mil- ler-resolved to "finish the meeting-house, to pale the door-yard, and fence in the burying-ground ;" and the autograph signatures to the subscription-list, still preserved by the Society, show the amount subscribed, as follows :
Moses Miller,
$8 00
Stephen Reeder, .
$6 00
Jacob Reeder,
8 00
William Reddeck,
1 00
James Lyon, .
5 00
Thomas Denny, .
2 50
James Kamper,
8 00
Robert Mitchell, .
2 00
John Lyon,
2 00
William Harris, .
4 00
Ezra Fitz Freeman,
2 00
Christopher Dickson, 4 00
David E. Wade, .
10 00
Matthias Person,
1 00
John Brown,
10 00
Frederick Coons, J. Gibson, .
1 00
Nathaniel Stokes,
2 00
1 00
Elliott & Williams,
8 00
Robert M'Cray,
2 00
Thomas Irwin,
I 00
A. Hunt & Co.,
20 00
Joseph Brice,
3 00
Samuel James,
5 00
C. Avery,
I 00
James Ward, .
1 00
Jacob Lowe,
I 00
James Garrison,
I 00
Edward Kelly,
I 00
Duncan Steward,
I CO
Jc in Galbraith,
I 00
Thomas Underlevy,
I 00
Andrew Paul,
I 00
Alexander Darlington,
1 00
M. Winton,
3
00
Martin Baum, I CO
John Adams,
3 00
Enos Terry,
2 00
Robert M'Clure,
3 00
A. J. Caldwell,
1 00
William Maxwell,
3 00
Mrs. Willcocks,
I
00
Robertson & Mackay,
3 00
Peter Kemper, 2 00
O. Ormsby,
2 00
Thomas Goudy,
4
00
John Riddle,
4 00
G. Yeatman,
2 00
Job Gard,
3 00
Ezekiel Sayre,
3 00
Samuel Robinson,
3 00
Nathan Moody,
3 00
Luther Kitchell, .
5 00
Samuel Kitchell,
4 00
Stophel Oldrid,
I 00
Samuel Foster,
2 00
William Irvin,
I 00
M'Elwee & Duffy,
3 co
Nehemiah Hunt,
1 00
Isaac Felty,
3 00
John Dixon,
3.00
Cornelius Van Nuys,
3 00
James Brunton,
2 00
William Woodward,
2 00
William. Miller,
2 00
Moses Jones, .
2 00
D. C. Orcutt, .
2 00
Elijah Craig,
5
00
Nathan Barnes,
I CO
Timothy Scanan,
1 00
Evan James, .
1 00
Adam Galliger,
1 00
Joel Williams,
3 00
Alexander Lewis,
2 00
Ziba Stebbins,
3 00
Benjamin Davis,
I 00
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John McCay,
1 00
1
John True,
1 00
John Miller,
I 00
Ferd. Brokaw,
1 00
William Darragh,
I 00
Israel Ludlow,
10 00
Michael Fox, .
1 00
T. Hole,
8 00
James Ferguson, .
5 00
William Cummins,
3 00
Miss Henderson,
2 00
Robert Kepe,
3 00
Thomas Kebby,
2 00
Thomas Kennedy,
6 00
Patrick Dickey,
2 00
Joseph Kennedy,
3 00
Samuel Creigh,
10 00
Samuel Kennedy,
3 00
William Irwin,
I
00
Samuel Dick,
3 00
Azarias Thorn,
I 00
John Hamilton,
3 00
James Gillespie,
· I
00
Russell Farmer,
2 00
John Welsh,
I 00
Abel Sprague,
2 00
Samuel Freeman,
I 00
Kennedy Morton,
1 00
Moses Bradley,
I 00
James Campbell,
1 00
George Gillespie,
I
00
Francis Kennedy,
I
00
Caleb Mulford,
I
00
Levi Sayres, .
2 00
John Miller,
I 00
William M. Bothero,
I CO
Ham. Flaugher,
I 00
Abraham Parker,
2 00
David Logan, .
I 00
George Dougherty,
1 00
Joseph M'Knight,
2 00
William Bedell,
4 00
Noadial Albord, . J. Strickland, .
7s. 6d.
Philip Cook,
1 00
James M'Kee,
75. 6d.
Leonard Teeple,
2 00
Benjamin Jenning,
7s. 6d.
John M'Kane,
3 00
James Brady, .
7s. 6d.
Reuben Kemper,
2 00
Starking Stafford,
1 00
William M'Lain,
I
00
Thomas Williams, Enos Potter,
3 00
Elijah Davis, .
1 00
Thomas Cochran,
4 00
Jonathan Davis,
2 00
A. Andrew,
1 00
Daniel Hole, .
I
00
Thomas Gibson,
8 00
Richard Hoells,
2 00
Thomas Gibson, .
8 00
Daniel Ferrel,
2 00
Love Marcelof,
3
00
John Mercer, .
1 00
William M'Millan,
S 00
David Bay,
2 00
Thomas Fream, .
2
00
David Reeder,
3 00
Samuel Williams,
3
00
Jedediah Tingle,
2
James Lowry,
2
00
Jabesh Phillips,
2
John M' Kane,
00
Isaac Bates,
3
00
Matthias Ross,
4 00
Simeon Nott,
I
Daniel M'Carry,
I
Samuel Pierson,
1 00
Allyn Baker,
5 00
John DeHass,
I 00
Total,
$430 00
THE TWO-HORN CHURCH.
PREPARATIONS were made, in 1812, to erect a brick edifice in place of the frame meeting-house. A paper was prepared by the pastor, Rev. Joshua Lacy Wilson, which subscription-paper, in the handwriting of the subscribers, was recorded in 1845, on the books of the County Recorder, Griffin Yeatman, Book No. 22, pp. 467-9. They agreed to apply the subscription,-
I. To erect an edifice for public worship in Cincinnati.
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I CO
James M'Lain,
I 00
75. 6d.
James Bedell, .
2 00
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2. That each, by self or proxy, should have an opportunity to. purchase a pew therein at public auction, crediting his subscription and twenty per cent of amount paid in cash, but none of the money to be refunded.
3. The pews to be subject to an annual tax for support of a minister in the congregation.
4. Pay to be in cash, material, produce, manufactures, mer- chandise, or labor, as may be accepted by the Treasurer, under the direction of the Trustees or the Building Committee, one-fourth in sixty days after public notice in the Cincinnati newspapers, one- fourth in six months, one-fourth in twelve months, one-fourth in eighteen months, and complete the whole in one year and eight months after the first public notice.
Jacob Burnet, . $500 00 ! J. Carpenter, . $100 00
Martin Baum, .
500 00
C. Park, . 200 00
Wm Lytle, in land,
1,000 00
Jos. Ruffner,
300 00
Dan'l Symmes, 400 00
Hezekiah Flint,
100 00
David E. Wade,
400 00 1
James Conn,
100 00
Jesse Hunt,
400 00
Joseph Warner, 75 00
Jacob Wheeler,
200 00
Leonard Taylor, 75 00
Lucy Zeigler, .
400 00
James Ferguson,
400 00
Joel Williams, in land,
400 00
N. Longworth (on condition that
a sum above $ 12,000 be raised ),
cash, $200, 250 00
Sam'l Stitt
200 00
Francis Carr,
200 00
Casper Hopple,
200 00
Griffin Yeatman,
200 00
Sam l Lowry,
200 00
W. Barr,
200 00
John Kidd, .
200 00
Robert Caldwell, .
David Kilgour,
200 00
Wm. Irwin,
200 00
Joseph Jenkinson,
100 00
John Andrews, 50 00
Wm. Woodward, .
300 00
Geo. P. Torrence, 100 00
O. M. Spencer,
100 00
Jesse Reeder,
200 00
Sam'l Ramsay,
100 00
Wm. Betts, .
200 00
John Riddle, 250 00
Ichabod Spinning, 100 00
John S. Wallace,
200 00
A. Hamilton, 50 00
Isaac Bates, 100 00
Sam'l Perry,
200 00
Clark Bates,
100 00
A. Dunseth,
200 00
Ez. Hutchinson,
100 00
John M'Intire,
100 00
Wm. Stanley, 300 00
Wm. Corry, 100 00
Elias J. Dayton,
100 00
Chas. L'Hommedieu,
1.00 00
Wm. Ramsey, .
100 00
James Riddle,
250 00
Joseph Prince,
150 00
John B. Enniss, 50 00
John S. Gano,
100 00
Dan'l Drake, . 75 00
Wm. Ruffin,
100 00
Robert Allison,
75 00
John P. Spinning, 75 00
Rob't Merrie, 75 00
Peter M'Nicol, 75 00
Jeremiah Reeder, 75 00
A. Moore, painting and glazing, 100 00
John Mahard, . 50 00
John Cranmer,
50 00
Zacheus Biggs,
100 00
Davis Embree,
75 00
Geo. St. Clair, painting and glaz-
ing, 75 00
John Gibson, Jr.,
50 00
150 OQ Dan'l Mayo, Newport,
50 00
Jacob Williams,
200 00
Nathan'l Reeder,
200 00
Elmore Williams,
300 00
Pat Dickey, 200 00
Sam'l Newell, . 100 00
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John H. Piatt, . $100 00
Francis West,
$50 00
John Watson, painting work, . 50 00
J. N. Gluer,
25 00
Thos. Boal.
100 00
Jonah Martin. .
50 00
Jos. M'Murray,
100 00
Arthur Ferguson, . 30 00
James Dover,
30 00
Nath. Edson, lime,
50 00
Isaac Anderson, 12 cash, 12 ma-
Josiah Hally, 50 00
terial or work,
100 00
Thos. Ashburn,
100 00
50 00
H. Bechtle,
100 00
John Jones,
50 00
Solomon Sisco,
25 00
Jacob Baymiller,
200 00
Arthur St. Clair, Jr., 125 00
Thos. Graham,
300 00
W: Noble, 150 00
Andrew Hopple,
50 00
Sam'l W. Davies,
50 00
Sam'l Vonars, carp. w.
100 00
Alex. Johnston,
30 00
Wm. Casey,
50 00
W. C. Anderson,
50 00
Charles Marsh,
25 00
Wm. H. Hopkins,
25 00
Jabez C. Ferris,
50 00
Jos. B. Robinson, .
100 00
John Armstrong,
200 00
Jeremiah Hunt,
100 00
Henry Hafer,
50 00
Oliver Ormsby,
10000
John Heighway,
25 00
John Brown,
25 00
Rob't Archibald,
75 00
Thos. Sloo, Jr.,
30
Total,
$16,745 00.
1795-18th February. The congregation met to divide the meet- ing-house into seats or pews, agreeably to a plan proposed. D. E. Wade and Wm. Bedell were chosen additional trustees. Thus ended the pioneer slab-benches. The house was really not completed until 1799. Rev. Peter Wilson, grandfather of General Peter Wilson Strader, of Cincinnati, was called to be preacher, August 27, 1797, for six months. Officiated from December, 1797, until his death, July 30, 1799.
1795-3d August. Wayne's treaty at Greenville secured peace from further Indian wars.
26th August. Judge Symmes released to Judge George Turner, of Cincinnati, 19,860 acres in the Mad River Valley, and in March, 1796, he laid out the town of Turnersville, on east branch of the Old Chillicothe or Mad River, and invited emigrants there; but, Symmes failing to secure title, the project fell through.
1795-February. The Hamilton County Court established two new townships-Fairfield Township (Butler County now), and Dayton Township (now Montgomery County).
November. Israel Ludlow laid out Dayton, planned by General Wilkinson ; but the title being insufficient, it came into the hands of D. C. Cooper, in 1803.
December 17. Israel Ludlow laid out " Fairfield " (Hamilton now).
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Stephen Butler,
25
Sam'l Kidd,
50 00
Andrew Mack,
50 00
David Wade,
Benj. Coop,
30 00
ANNUAL MEETING
OF
Pioneer Association of Montgomery County. -
HELD AT DAYTON, OHIO, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1874:
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THE early settlers of Montgomery County met at the Court- house ; Henry Brown, President, and H. D. Stout, Secretary.
The following list was read of those members of the Association, and others over fifty years of age, who had recently deceased :
AGE 50. Francis A. Moore, Dayton. July 31, 1873. August 6, 1873. .
50. William Dodd; Dayton.
50. Daniel Izor, Germantown.
October 12, 1873.
51. Henry Schlaman. .
November 27, 1873. May 4, 1873.
53. J. F. Anderson.
53. Thomas Schaeffer.
53. Mrs. Maria L. Garst,
55. Major William Gunckel,
55. John C. Roundstock.
55. James P. Hopkins,
55. Frederick R. Hubly.
55. John Larue, .
55. Mrs. Elizabeth Strong.
56. Mrs. Lydia D. Rush, Dayton,
56. Henry Hobkenmeier,
57. Mrs. Elvira M'Cain,
57. James Turpin, .
58. Samuel Brush,
58. R. R. Campbell, Dayton, .
58. Rev. A. Wombaugh, Perry Township.
58. John Connelly. .
58. Mrs. Mary Ann Miller,
59. Mrs. Louisa Bold,
6o. J. Insco Williams, .
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May 2, 1873.
May 12, 1873.
. November 15, 1873.
November 24. 1873.
. December 8, 1873. April 17, IS74.
. August 15, 1873. October 4, IS73.
. September II. 1873. November 11, 1873.
. June 27, 1873. August 12, 1873.
August 14. 1873. November 24. 1873.
. February 15. 1374. November 19, IS74.
. June 24, IS73.
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June 14, 1873. August 21. IS73.
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. AGE 60. Mrs. Ann S. M'Comb, Dayton,
60. Hiram Grimes, Dayton, 60. Mrs. Mary Ann M'Kinney, 60. Maria Rigier,
61. Hugh Governey, 62. Mrs. Ann Herman,
62. John Beardshear,
63. Mrs. Sarah A. Brennis.
63. Mrs. Rebecca Richmond, .
63. Hiram Buffington,
64. John Stephans, Dayton,
64. Simon Snyder, Dayton, . 64. Jacob Coover, Butler Township,
65. Miss Maria Hertz, -
65. Daniel A. Newman, Dayton,
66. Thomas J. Green, Dayton,
66. Mrs. Elizabeth Antonides,
66. Jacob Felters,
67. Mrs. Elizabeth Kramer,
67. J. R. Wagner,
68. Mrs. Mary Turner,
68. Mrs. Ellen Gaines, Dayton, .
68. Robert Webber,
68. B. F. Ells,
68. W. N. Rinehart,
69. Mrs. Harriet W. Trader,
69. Frederick Hawker,
70. Mrs. Susan Dean,
70. Nicholas Gilman, Germantown,
70 .- Robert Allen,
70. Mrs. Kenzie.
71. Thomas M'N.imara, Dayton,
71. Mrs. Mary T. Childs, 71. E. W. Davis,
71. Andrew Franklin, . 71. Mrs. Hannah Price,
72. Mrs. Eva Treon, Miamisburg, 72. Michael N. Shaeffer,
. 72. Mrs. Angelina Butler, 72. Mrs. Hannah Wood,
73. Mrs. Eva Thomas, Dayton,
73. Mrs. Susanna Morris,
73. Valentine: Frybarger,
74. Henry Espich, Miamisburg,
August 6, 1873.
. August 15, 1873. October 27, 1873.
. January 15, 1874. May 12, 1873.
, March, 7, 1874.
May 15, 1873. December 22, 1873. . March 3, 1874. July 29, 1873.
. August 12, 1873. February 23, 1874.
. September 8. 1873. October 1, 1873.
. June 10, 1873. October 23, 1873. . September 28, 1873. May 10, 1873.
. January 30, 1874. October 4, 1873. . October 14, 1873. November 5, 1873.
. January 11, 1874. March 23, 1874.
. March 7, 1874. March 18, 1874.
. June 24, 1873. July 23, 1873. . January 13, 1874. March 6, 1874.
. July 31, 1873. December 10, 1873.
. December 11, 1873. March 17, 1874.
. March 22, 1874. May 20, 1873.
October 6, 1873. November 27, 1873.
. December 3, 1873. May 20, 1873. May 30, 1873. July 22, 1873: . July 26, 1873.
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AGE 74. Mrs. Mary Wolf, Dayton,
74. Mrs. Malinda Coblentz,
75. Mrs. Alice Swain,
75. Israel Wilson,
75. Augustus Fenner, Miami City,
75. William Alloways, . .
76: Mrs. C. W. Goodman, Dayton,
76. Mrs. Mary Johantgen,
76. Mrs. Mary Black,
77. William Graham, .
77. James H. Mitchell, Dayton,
77. Miss Amelia A. King, .
77. James Riley, Perry Township, .
78. Mrs. Achsah Green,
. November 3, 1873.
81. Peter Artz, Dayton, .
October 16, 1873.
81. Samuel Forrer,
, March 25 .. 1874. May 22, 1873.
82. Mrs. Rachel Parsons,
83. . Miss Sarah Fenner, Dayton,
84. Jarvis Smith,
. March 17, 1874. November 24, 1873.
84. Mrs. Eliza Davidson, Dayton,
85. Mrs. Ann Helvigle, Dayton,
86. Mrs. Catharine Barkman,
86. Henry Marshall, Perry Township,
87. Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman,
88. Mrs. Mary Duffy,
89. John Neff, . May 12, 1873. December 27, 1873.
89. Mrs. Elizabeth Spitler, Mad R. Township,
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89. Daniel Schaeffer, Dayton,
. January, 1874.
91. Daniel Wertz, Jefferson Township,
September 28, 1873.
91. William Spitler,
. March 24. 1874.
92. Robert Wead, Dayton,
July 30, 1873.
94. Samuel Deardoff, Perry Township,
98. Mrs. Mary B. Starr, . October 11, 1873.
... Colonel J. M. Partridge,
William Hopkins,
... Captain Adam Houk,
... James O. Swallon, Butler Township,
January 3, 1874.
. April 23, 1874. July 19, 1873.
. January 16, 1874. March 10, 1874.
March 19, 1874. August 9, 1873.
. December 29, 1873. February 5, 1874.
September 23. 1873. October 13, 1873.
.. January 16, 1874. April 20, 1874.
. April 27, 1874. February 28, 1874.
. September 23. 1873. April 14, 1874.
November 13, 1873. March 8, 1874.
. ' January 30, 1874. March 8, 1874. .
E. D. MANSFIELD, Esq., on the invitation of the President, then took the stand, and delivered the address as per announcement. It was not written, the speaker saying that he had made no prepara- tion, and intended to present just such thoughts as might occur to him on the occasion.
He said the long list of the dead, and the age they attained,
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THE CINCINNATI PIONEER.
showed that the early settlers had a capacity to live. The lives of many had been prolonged even beyond the allotted period of three- score and ten. The average of life at this period is much larger than it was two centuries ago. The pioneers were a hardy, healthy, and vigorous people in body and in mind, which accounts for their longevity.
When speaking of the first settlers of Ohio, no one could tell who they were. It was, in fact, a most difficult question to solve. There were four distinct classes of immigrants. Near Fort Ancient, in Warren County, there is a fortification, the parapet of which is four miles in length. The location of this work, and its details, prove it to have been the most complete in the world. Who built that work is an unsolved mystery. It was done in a time of conten- tion. 'There was war-unrelenting and bitter war-and somebody conquered ; but of the victors and the vanquished no record was left to us. An immense tree which grew upon the parapet had fallen where it grew; and a few years ago the speaker, with a friend, on visiting the fort, had counted the rings which indicated the growth of the tree, and found that it was five hundred years old. The defend- ers of the fort had disappeared, and we should never know who they were, or by whom they had been conquered. Volney, the French philosopher, who accompanied Bonaparte to Egypt, and had studied its history, its institutions, and its people, in a conversation with Little Turtle, a famous Indian, whom he met in Philadelphia, expressed the opinion that the civilization of Egypt came from America. Little Turtle responded, "Why may not Asia have been peopled from Amer- ica?" This was a poser. The problem can not be solved.
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