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"There is the well he dug, with the water so cold. With its wet, dripping bucket, so mossy and old, No more from its depths by the patriarch drawn, For the pitcher is broken and the old man is gone. Chorus, etc.
" 'Twas a gloom giving day when the old farmer died; The stout-hearted mourned, the affectionate cried, And the prayers of the just for his rest did ascend, For they all lost a brother, a man and a friend. Chorus, etc.
"For upright and honest the old farmer was; His God he revered, and respected the laws. Though faultless he lived, he has gone where his worth Will outshine, like pure gold, all the dross of the earth." Chorus, etc.
Resolutions were also adopted in respect to the memory of Mrs. W. M. Robinson (wife of the President of the Association), Mrs. David Burnham and Mrs. John Fleck. John B. Coats was elected Secretary in place of H. Sa- bine, who had removed from the county. Mr. Robinson was re-elected Presi- dent. Remarks were made by Nelson Cone, Aaron Shirk, Judge Coats and others, and the assembly adjourned to meet September 8, 1881. At the time named there was a fair attendance, and several new members were admitted. An adjournment was had to the second week in June, 1882, but no meeting
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was held at that time, nor until the 27th of September following, when a few of the members met at the Mayor's office in Marysville. The old officers were re-elected, and the regular date for holding meetings was changed to the third Wednesday in June, but one meeting being agreed upon annually instead of two as before. The last gathering was very interesting, notwithstanding the small attendance.
UNION COUNTY FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY.
This company was organized at York Center, in June, 1881, and was in. corporated on the 10th of that month. It is designed exclusively for a protect- ive fire insurance association for farmers. The incorporators were: Uriah Cahill, Lemuel Cahill, John Trimble, M. E. Stamets, C. W. Smith, H. P. Harvey. L. D. Worbs, L. W. Bolenbaugh, Amon Davis, John Penhorwood, Jehu Grey, Jacob Harris, Nat Brooks, Isaac Cahill, L. H. Bechtel, P. T. Webster, J. J. Miller, S. Taylor, J. A. Morrow, L. H. Southard, Bent Ca- hill, W. M. Skidmore, A. J. Richardson. The following officers were chosen: President, Uriah Cahill; Vice President, Amon Davis; Secretary, L. H. South- ard; Treasurer, S. Taylor; Directors, L. H. Bechtel, Isaac Cahill, C. W. Smith, Nat Brooks, Amos P. Harvey. The first fire loss incurred by the company occurred early in December, 1882, when the house of J. J. Goldsmith, of Jack- son Township, was burned, and an assessment was made to pay it. A horse belonging to Amon Davis, of York Township, had been previously killed by lightning, but the loss was paid without an assessment. The officers of the company in December, 1882, were: President. Uriah Cahill; Vice President, John Penhorwood; Secretary, L. H. Sonthard; Treasurer, Sylvanus Taylor; Directors, C. W. Smith, L. H. Bechtel, Lemuel Cahill, A. P. Harvey, Stephen Shirk.
THE UNION COUNTY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
Was organized probably about 1866 (the absence of the records makes the date uncertain), and has been very successful to the present time. Among the teachers of Marysville who have been connected with it are L. Piper, R. L. Woodburn and Edward W. Porter. Franklin Wood was its first President, holding that position a number of years. He moved from Marysville in the fall of 1878, and is now engaged in teaching in the State of New York. The Teachers' Institute has been very beneficial to its members; the attendance has averaged about 150, most of the teachers present belonging to Union County. S. W. Van Winkle, of Richwood, is the President of the Institute at this time (December, 1882), and --- Spain, Secretary, succeeding E. W. Porter.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
The Normal School which was very successfully conducted by J. S. Whar- ton and D. N. Cross, two well-known teachers of this county, during the sum- mer of 1882, at Marysville, promises to be a permanent and profitable organi- zation as a review preparation and special training for teachers who desire to become more proficient in their vocation. During the Normal, many teachers were in attendance, and all appreciated its value and importance. The ear- nest teacher knows that education is not a fixed bnt a progressive science, and will always, during his vacation, devote at least a little time to reviews and study of his work.
THE GRANGE IN UNION COUNTY.
Among the many agencies and influences which have been at work to ad- vance Union County to the front rank of counties in Ohio, the Grange is enti- tled to notice. The Grange movement, having for its main objects the social,
* Items by J. S. Wharton.
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educational and material advancement of the farming classes of our country, took its start a few years after the close of the late war. Its growth at first was slow and uncertain, but about the year 1870 it received a new impulse and rap- idly spread over the Western States, and successively in other sections of our country, until it secured a footing in' every State and extended into Canada and Great Britain and other countries of Europe.
The first Grange in Ohio was organized in East Cleveland, in 1872. On August 11, 1873, Mill Creek Grange, No. 99, the first Grange in Union Coun- ty, was organized at Watkins, in Mill Creek Township. Thomas P. Shields, who was a member of this Grange, received the appointment of Deputy from the National Grange to organize Granges, and subsequently organized the Granges in this county. The Granges of the county were organized in the order, and with the Masters and Secretaries as follows:
Mill Creek Grange, No. 99, organized August 11, 1873; Thomas P. Shields, Master, William D. Brown, Secretary.
Dover Grange, No. 225, November 22, 1873; James Rittenhouse, Master, Milo Howey, Secretary.
Allen Township Grange, No. 342, December. 1873; William H. Crary, Master, George Mitchell, Secretary.
York Grange, No. 313, December 27, 1873; Sylvanus Taylor, Master, U. Cahill, Secretary.
Leesburg Grange, No. 372, January 9, 1874; O. Jewett, Master, H. High- bargin, Secretary.
Paris Grange, No. 404, January 15, 1874; John W. Robinson, Master, S. McFadden, Secretary.
Liberty Grange, No. 616, February, 1874; James Herd, Master, C. W. Lyon, Secretary.
Rush Creek Grange, No. 710, 1874; William Wilber, Master, W. D. Cameron, Secretary.
Claibourne Grange, No. 849, 1874; M. W. Hill, Master, J. D. Graham, Secretary.
Byhalia Grange, No. 918. 1874; Jehu Gray, Master, John Hobensack, Secretary.
Broadway Grange, No. 972, June 26, 1874; W. S. Rogers, Master, Z. C. Pooler, Secretary.
Jerome Grange, No. -- , 1874; Thomas Jones, Master, J. Hutchisson, Secretary.
Darby Grange, No. 1,091, 1874; John Knock, Master, L. A. Dockum, Secretary.
Several of these Granges have built commodious halls in which to hold their meetings. There is also a County or Pomona Grange, composed of inem- bers from the several subordinate Granges, organized April 6, 1877, Thomas P. Shields, Master, J. C. Hull, Secretary. The County Grange is intended to advance especially the educational features of the order.
One noteworthy feature of the Grange is the admission of women to full membership, and to this fact may be attributed its great success as a social in- stitution. The Grange has done much toward lessening the burdens of wo- men in the country households and afforded occasions and facilities for social intercourse unknown, or at least uncommon, before its advent. The presence of women at the regular meetings tends greatly to the encouragement and refinement of all parties. The Grange encourages education among farmers, and in their meetings are discussed questions calculated to improve their con- dition and contribute to make their homes more attractive. These discussions lead to liberal sentiments, and it is believed that through the liberal teachings
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of the Grange much has been accomplished in bringing our rural population to the adoption of improved methods in farming, and greatly encouraged the spirit for building our free gravel roads, which at an early day encountered such strenuous opposition.
The Grange is in no respect partisan, yet in the meetings of the subordi- nate Granges as in the State and National Granges, men of all parties and sections are brought together and calmly discuss questions of public policy. These meetings and discussions tend greatly to remove sectional prejudices and jealousies, and moderate the asperities engendered in heated political campaigns. The influence of the Grange has been felt in the legislation of our country, notably in the States of Illinois and Wisconsin, where restrictive laws regulating railroads were passed. These were commonly known as the Granger Laws, and much commented upon at first. yet they have all stood the test of the Supreme Court of the United States. In the future, this influence is destined to be felt in the impending contest between the people and mo- nopolies.
Among those who have represented the Granges of Union County in the State Grange may be named: John W. Robinson. Mrs. Sarah C. Robinson, Sylvanus Taylor. James Rittenhouse. William H. Crary, Thomas P. Shields, Mrs. E. J. Shields, Philip Coe, Mrs. Louisa S. Coe, James B. Dort, Thomas M. Brannan, Mrs. Amelia Brannan, L. L. Laughery, Mrs. Jane Laughery, Henry Highbargin, Mrs H. Highbargin. John M. Roney, Mrs. E. M. Roney, S. G. Gilcrist, Mrs. Lizzie L. Gilcrist. The county has also been represented among the officers of the State Grange by Mrs. E. J. Shields, who filled the position of Pomona.
Many of the most substantial men and women of our county are members of the order and devoted to its principles. Among them will be found many who have held and now hold important official positions, such as County Com- missioners, Sheriffs, Treasurers, etc.
The Grange in Union County was popular in the start, subsequently it lost in membership and some Granges became dormant from various causes, more especially because many looked upon it as merely a money-saving insti- tution, and being disappointed, dropped out. Recently, however, as in other sections of the country. the Grange is beginning to have a healthy growth, and the prospect is that it will be in the near future what it was intended to be, a blessing to farmers and their families.
The educational feature of the order is being more thoroughly put into practice now than ever before. The National and State Granges are devoting. a large portion of their revenues toward the payment of lecturers to visit the Granges throughout the land, and any subordinate Grange, by a limited ex- penditure added to the provisions made by the State and National Granges, can secure the benefit of lectures, essays and addresses, on subjects of general interest. Such privileges have been enjoyed by the citizens of the towns and cities greatly to their profit and improvement, but never by the country people until this system was devised by the Grange. That there has been a great improvement following the efforts of the Grange, no intelligent observer will deny. The safety of our free institutions depends upon the intelligence and virtue of our people, hence the importance of encouraging every effort to im- prove and advance the agricultural classes who constitute the great conserva- tive element of our country.
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CHAPTER VII.
THE COUNTY BOARD.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS-STATISTICAL.
THE first recorded meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held April 17. 1820, the following being the only entry found regarding it: " Joel Frankelberger, being appointed Clerk of the Board of Commissioners and duly qualified to office, there is deposited with said Clerk one bond of James Ewing, Sheriff, and one of Joseph Kennedy, Coroner." April 28, 1820, the sum of $1 per month was allowed for the hire of the Clerk's office. May 15, the Commissioners "received pay for William Buram's license as a tavern keeper; also, received pay of Sanders & Davis in the use of the house for cost
one year. Received of the county money, in cash, 50 cents." June 5, allowed to Thomas Reynolds, for his services as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, $40 for one year; also, allowed $5 to Nathaniel Kazar, for making a table for the Clerk of the Court. On page 44, Record No. 1, is the following: " Ordered, by the Commissioners of Union County, that Levi C. Phelps, Sur- veyor of said county, shall commence running the line around the county on the last week of July, 1820. calculating the variation of the compass in order to run the true course."
The business of the early Commissioners seems. from the records, to have been mostly in the line of issuing orders on the Treasury and attending to road matters. The following are among the first allowances recorded:
May 15, 1820-
To Joseph Williams, Lister of Mill Creek Township $3 00
Order by Joshua Ewing on Treasurer .. 3 75
Order by Philip Hawn, as House Appraiser. 1 25
Order by John Reed, as Lister and Appraiser. 10 00
Order by James Boal, as Road Commissioner. 5 00
July 10, 1820-
Order by Thomas Reynolds. 1 50
Order by Henry Sager, as Commissioner. 9 00
Order by Robert Nelson, as Commissioner. 9 00
Order by David Comer, as Commissioner. 6 75
Order by Henry Sager, for running county line 15 00
Order by Joel Frankelberger, as Clerk. 5 00
Order by John Porter, as Grand Juror.
1 50
Order by Allen Leeper, as Grand Juror.
1 50
Order by David Comer, as Grand Juror.
3 00
Order by Otis Green, attending on Grand Jury
1 50
Order by Isaac Dodd ..
1 00
Order by William Bodley
1 00
Order by Samuel Kazar, Jr., Chain Carrier.
6 50
Order by William Leeper, for chain carrying.
11 00
Order by David Mitchell, Associate Judge. .
6 72
Order by Nicholas Hathaway, Associate Judge 6 00
6 00
Order by A. D. Van Horn, Attorney ..
Order by Nathaniel Kazar, table for Clerk.
5 00
Order by A. Gill, Grand Juror. 1 50
Order by T. Reynolds .. 10 00
Order by Nathaniel Kazar, for making bench. 75
Order by Joshua Ewing, as County Auditor. . 41 41
The total number of orders issued in the year 1820 was 129.
Order by William Gabriel, Associate Judge ... 40 00
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June 2. 1523, the Commissioners met at Marysville, and appointed Richard Gabriel, Esq. Treasurer for that Year, and John Rood. Collector for the same time. June 4. 1527. George Reed. Henry Sager and James Hord. Commissioners, met and proceeded, with the Anditor, to form a Board of Equalization. " Andrew Noteman's house, appraised to $100, reduced to $800: Bonbon P. Mann's two lots, formerly in the name of Samuel Kazar, and one house, all formerly appraised to $200, reduced to $150." June a. 1827. " The Commissioners of Union County accepted a certain license for vonding goods, bearing date. October form. A. D. 1825. for the term of one year. granted to Lanson Curtis. A law being passed, at the session of the winter previons, altering the mode of collecting taxes, commencing and taking offeet on the ist day of March, 1826, the above laid over for further consideration." Under the same date, the record says: " The foregoing license given to Lanson Curtis, the Commissioners of Umion County. after a full investigation, agree to allow and refund back to the said Curtis the amount of the proportion which would acerno on said license for six months. amounting to $7.50." At the samo dato the Commissioners, having been notified of a vacancy in the office of County Anditor, appointed Lovi Phelps as Anditor pro tem.
November 4. 1528, by order of the Commissioners, Levi Phelps began sur- veving the boundaries of the townships in Union County in the following order: Union. Darby, Jerome. Allen, and the line between Liberty and Lees- burg. June 6. 1827 a tax of three mills on the dollar was levied for road purposes, and four mills for county purposes. March 3. 182S. the bond of County Auditor Lovi Phelps was received. he having been elected to the office in October. IS27. March 1. " Ordered, by the Commissioners of Union County, that Levi Phelps, Surveyor of Union County, proceed to establish the eastern boundary of Union County, to commence on the 24th of this instant." AAlso, samo date, ordered " that notice be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners of Delaware County notifying them of their intention of estab- !ishing the above-mentioned boundary line. commoneing on the above men- tioned [ date ]. to meet at Ephraim Markley's, on Scioto, on said day." March 2. IS2'S. Stephen Melain was appointed to the office of County Sealer, and Levi Phelps was authorized to cause all necessary repairs to be performed on the court house and present his account to the next Board of Commissioners. June B. ISes, the Commissioners placed the tax for that year at three mills to the dollar on the grand levy, and four mills for county purposes. At the same date, Levi Phelps was ordered to proceed to survey and establish the cast hne between the counties of Franklin and Union, and also establish the south- Cast corner of Union County agreeably to an act of the Legislature, passed Jamary 10. 1820. Greeting the county of Union; to commence on the third Monday in July following. Notice of said stop was ordered to be forwarded to the Clerk of the Commissioners of Franklin County. It was also ordered that Mr Phelps proceed to establish the lines of the several townships, the lines between Union and Marion, and Union. Hardin and Logan Counties, and give the required notice to the Commissioners of the different countries. De- comber 2. ISES. Mr. Phelps having been unable to complete the surveys of the aforementioned county and township lines, was ordered to complete the unsur- veved balance, instructions being given him as to the manner of procedure. He had not quite finished his work in March. 1829. and was given further time.
March 3, 1829. ordered that Silas G. Strong receive $14 in advance toward his salary for 1829: also, ordered that a sum not exceeding $15 be advanced by the Treasurer, on the order of the Auditor, for the purpose of procuring a litigation record.
May 4. 1529: " On a special call by the Jailer of Union County, on ae-
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count of an insane person by the name of Joseph Bishop, the Commissioners met and proceeded to business. Present, Henry Sager. Jame- Herd and Elias Robinson. Said Commissioners called to their assistance Renben P. Mann and Ira Wood, physicians, for the purpose of examining said Bishop; where- upon, on examination of said Bishop. as aforesaid. said physicians and Com- missioners are of opinion that medical aid is at this time unnecessary, but are of opinion that it would be unsafe and inexpedient that said Bishop run at large. Therefore, resolved, that said Bishop be kept in close confinement under the direction of Ira Wood, one of the aforesaid physicians, for such a time as in the opinion of said physician shall be necessary for the public safety."
June 2, 1829, it was ordered that John Stewart, then a resident of Paris Township, should be "attached for all purposes to the township of Union." On the following day, the Commissioners settled with Stephen McLain, County Treasurer, and found a balance in favor of the county, for county road and school purposes, of $1,826.435. June 6, authorized Levi Phelps to procure a map of the county, to be used in the Auditor's office. June 9, 1830, it was found that there was a balance in the Treasury of $1. 957. 773. June 10. allowed Levi Phelps, for salary as Anditor the previous year, $50; also. $40 for a county map. Jur e 11. Silas G. Strong sent in his resignation as County Recorder, and the Commissioners appointed Robert Andrew to fill the vacancy June 25, notice having been received from the Commissioners of Logan County that they intended to proceed to establish the line between Logan and Union Counties, from the Greenville treaty line north, on the second Monday in July, Levi Phelps, Surveyor of Union County, was ordered to proceed to assist them in the work.
March 5, 1832, Levi Phelps was ordered to procure 600 feet of flooring plank, one inch thick. 1,600 feet of " sealing " plank and 150 feet of 4-inch plank, for the purpose of repairing the jail. June 7, 1832, upon settlement with the County Treasurer, it was found that the balance of funds in his pos- session amounted to $6,149.113. On the same day, the Commissioners em- ployed Adam Wolford to repair the jail, " by laying floors and partitions, agree- ably to an article of agreement entered into, for the sum of $23; and also directed the County Auditor to pay the said amount for the performance of the said work, and also for the materials, to be paid out of the County Treasury." March 5, 1833, ordered that the Auditor procure weatherboard strips for the "jail house."
June 2, 1834, the Commissioners settled with the County Assessor, allow- ing him $55.50 for thirty-seven days' services, and $1 for duplicate. June 5, 1835, an appropriation of $55 was made for framing a bridge over Mill Creek on the Marion State road, north of Marysville .* March 7, 1837, the Commis- sioners appropriated $300 for the purpose of building a bridge across Darby Creek, on the State road near Milford, said sum to be expended under the direction of Jacob Fairfield. A small appropriation was subsequently made for finishing the work. June 7, 1838, the following attorneys, residents of Union County, were taxed 50 cents each by the Commissioners: W.C. Law- rence, P. B. Cole, Augustus Hall, John F. Kinney. The same amount was taxed against each of the following physicians: Winthrop Chandler, Benjamin Davenport, Reuben P. Mann, Ira Wood, David Welch, John P. Brookins; the latter was at the time one of the County Commissioners. The rates of taxation for that year were: For school purposes, two mills on each dollar of valu- ation; for county purposes, four mills; for court house purposes, two mills; for road purposes, three mills; for State and canal purposes, four mills.
* A new wooden bridge was built at the same place in 1855.
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Numerous appropriations were made during 1838 for building bridges over the streams of the county.
June 3, 1839, the board ordered that a certain saw-mill in Jerome Town- ship, charged on the duplicate to Dandridge and Daniel Hemmenway, be omitted from the new duplicate, as it had gone out of existence. At the same time it was ordered that Samuel Martin's mill be valued at $100. Silas G. Strong resigned as Auditor, October 3, 1839, and on the 12th of the same month the Commissioners appointed Silas G. Strong Anditor pro tem .; he was elected to the office for the succeeding term. June 7, 1841, Thomas F. Woods, County Assessor, was allowed $110.371 for his services. March 7, 1843, the Commis- sioners ordered the County Surveyor to act in conjunction with the Surveyor of Franklin County in establishing the line between the two counties, and also to establish the southeast corner of Union County.
March 2, 1847, the County Recorder was authorized to transcribe, from the records of title deeds in Madison and Ross Counties, all pertaining to Union County, for record in the latter. The work was done under the super- vision of William M. Robinson, then Recorder. The taxes assessed in 1847 were in amount as follows:
For county purposes $2,660
For road purposes. 1,660
For bridge purposes.
400
For school purposes 660
Total.
$5,380
June 6, 1849, ordered that the bounty on wolf scalps be increased to $3.50 on each wolf under six months of age, the county paying the excess of $2.50. June 6, 1850, the Commissioners authorized the levy of $4,000 in Paris Town- ship for aid to the Marysville & Delaware Plank Road Company, $4,000 in the same township for the Clark & Union Turnpike Company, and half the same sums in Union Township for the same roads, with further orders for levies in 1851. Neither this plank road nor any other was ever built in the county, and the taxes levied were not collected. April 7, 1851, the voters of the county, by a vote of 1,212 to 779. decided to raise a tax of $75,000 for stock in the Springfield & Marysville Railroad, and $12,500 in the Indiana, Piqua & Columbus Railroad, should the latter be constructed through Milford Center, with other provisions. Subsequent to this election, the Commissioners sub- scribed the above amounts in the bonds of the county, those officers at the time being J. W. Robinson, M. H. Wadhams and William T. Fulton.
June 5, 1851, the Commissioners directed the Sheriff to " keep the door of the court room closed, and exclude therefrom all shows and exhibitions for gain; provided, however, that agricultural exhibitions and lectures on the arts and sciences are not to be excluded, on proper occasions, for the use of said room." December 8, 1852. further action was taken in the matter, which resulted in the promulgation of the following order: "It is hereby ordered that the court room be closed against all meetings, excepting political meet- ings, wherein three or more townships may be represented, and in all such meetings the carpet is to be carefully removed; also, that the rooms in the lower story of the court house, not now occupied by county officers, be imme- diately vacated; also, that it is contrary to our views of propriety for officers who are entitled to rooms in the court house to rent the same to be used for any kind of business, or to receive an inmate, as a joint occupant of their room, when such inmate is not a county officer. The County Sheriff to enforce these regulations, so far as they relate to the second story of the court house, and the County Auditor to enforce them so far as they relate to the lower story."
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