The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 42

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1254

USA > Ohio > Union County > The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record; > Part 42

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).

At Milford Center, Clarence Cranston practiced for a short time at a

394

HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.

recent date. He is now at Topeka, Kan. T. H. Bain, who read in Marysville, went to Kansas after his admission, and is now with Mr. Cranston.

Several persons have read law at Marysville, who have never practiced at that place, but were admitted to the bar and opened offices subsequently in other localities. Some of them have become prominent among the members of their profession. The records show the following persons to have been ad- mitted at Marysville, who have not been mentioned in the foregoing list:

James F. Freeman, admitted before Hon. Ebenezer Lane and Hon. P. Hitchcock, Judges of the old Supreme Court, June 30, 1838. Mr. Freeman was a resident of Madison County, and was one of the few men admitted by the Supreme Court as held in Union County under the old State Constitution, Lucins Case, of Newark, Licking County, being another. The others were admitted by the District Court.

William T. Buckner read with Robinsons & Piper: admitted August 12, 1871; is not now in Union County, and never practiced here.

B. A. Beard, from Delaware or Morrow County; admitted August 28, 1872.

Wilson S. Bailey, admitted January 4, 1878; went to Kansas, in which State he now resides.

T. S. Cheney, admitted August 28, 1872: was a non-resident.

A. G. Carpenter, lived at Mansfield; admitted September 6, 1875.

Stephen A. Court, not a resident of Union County; admitted January 4, 1878.

Erwin G. Dudley. admitted August 21, 1854; not a resident of this county.

Eugene D. Hamilton, not a resident; admitted March 12, 1879.

Jacob A. Jackson, of Springfield, Ohio; admitted September 6, 1875.

Samuel F. Marsh, from Woodstock, Champaign County, admitted Septem- ber 1, 1868; is now living in Columbus.

John H. Miller, admitted March 14, 1876: was not a resident of Union County.

Richard M. McCloud, of London, Madison County; admitted March 12, 1879.

Robert B. Montgomery, of Columbus, admitted March 12, 1879.

Anthony J. McCaffery, not a resident of this county; admitted March 12, 1879.

James T. O'Donnell, of London. Madison County; admitted March 17, 1874.

George H. Purdy, of Delaware County, was admitted August 20, 1857; entered the Union army during the rebellion, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., in July. 1863.

Thomas H. B. Park, read with Robinsons & Piper, at Marysville, and was admitted September 1, 1869; removed subsequently to Kansas.

George Randall, from Muskingum County, was admitted August 22, 1861; served in the army during the rebellion; located afterward in Kansas, from which State he went to New Mexico, but finally returned and is now living in Kansas.

Arthur I. Varys, admitted March 12, 1869; was not a resident of Union County.

The present Union County bar is composed of a class of gentlemen with whom it is a pleasure to be acquainted, and undoubtedly many of them are destined to win honorable reputations; while, so far as the writer knows, all are worthy members of their profession, and stand before the public in an en- viable light as courteous, genial citizens, of whom their county and State need never be ashamed. That they will ever preserve the dignity of their calling, and the honor which should be the pride of the profession, seems assured.

george M Richard

397

HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.

CHAPTER X.

THE UNION COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

TN 1837, there were but five physicians in the county of Union, and these were the following: John P. Brookins, at Richwood; Winthrop Chandler, in Liberty Township; Benjamin Davenport, in Union Township; Ira Wood, at Marysville; and Reuben P. Mann, at Milford. Dr. Wood was the father of John and Harvey S. Wood, now of Marysville. In 1840, the following physi- cians were;practicing in the county, each one paying a license of 50 cents: John P. Brookins, Jeremiah Curl, Benjamin Davenport, Reuben P. Mann, Charles Morrow, David H. Silver, Stephen Kinney, Marquis Wood, David Welch, Winthrop Chandler-ten in number.

The early medical men of the county rode over a large extent of territory, and had a class of diseases to deal with far different from those generally en- countered at the present day. Their remedies were few in number, and the various expedients resorted to were not always of the enlightened nature of those now used. Yet the pioneer doctors won enviable reputations in their time and were indispensable to the settlements. They were brave and hardy, and underwent trials which the hardest worked members of the profession to- day could scarcely bear for a great length of time.

From the records of the Union County Medical Association, it is ascer- tained that the first meeting "was held at Magnet City [now Magnetic Springs ], July 1, 1881. There were present the following physicians: E. Y. King, S. E. Williams, H. McFadden, G. J. Skidmore, S. S. Skidmore, S. S. Drake, R. A. Gray, P. H. Bauer, and Dr. Gorselino, of Radnor." A temporary organi- zation was effected by electing Dr. E. Y. King, Chairman, and Dr. R A. Gray, Secretary. Committees were appointed for the purpose of reporting Constitution and By-Laws at the next meeting, to be held the first Monday in August following. On the day appointed a meeting was held at the same place as the former one, and the organization was completed by the election of the following officers: Dr. E. Y. King, President; Drs. I. N. Hamilton and A. Boylan, Vice Presidents; Dr. P. H. Bauer, Secretary; Dr. S. S. Skidmore, Treasurer; Drs. S. E. Williams, F. A. Vigor and A. Sabine, Standing Commit- tee of three. The cominittee on Constitution and By-Laws made a report, which was adopted with slight modifications, and the following physicians were enrolled as members of the Association: J. Q. Southard, I. N. Hamil- ton, F. A. Vigor, S. S. Skidmore, S. S. Drake, A. Sabine, S. E. Williams, A. Boylan, H. McFadden, W. Y. Root, P. H. Bauer, William McIntire, R. A. Gray, G. J. Skidmore, E. Y. King. At the next meeting, September 5, 1881. Dr. A. Boylan was made one of the Vice Presidents of the Association, and there were admitted to membership Drs. D. W. Henderson, J. S. Howland, J. B. Taylor, R. A. Robertson, M. J. Jenkins, J. M. Southard, Charles McCune. The Association then on motion adopted the code of ethics of the American Medical Association. By the provisions of the Constitution, the Association receives to membership regular physicians in Union and adjoining counties. Article 2 reads as follows: "The object of the members of this Society, both in their individual capacity and their associated efforts as members of this So- ciety, shall be the association of the profession for the purposes of mutual

398

HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.

recognition and fellowship, and the maintenance of union, harmony and good government among its members; thereby promoting the character, interest, honor and usefulness of the profession, the cultivation and advancement of medical science among its members, and the elevation of the standard of med- ical education." Candidates for membership must present satisfactory evi- dence of qualification or be submitted to a rigid examination, and are elected to membership by ballot by a two-thirds vote of the members present.

June 5, 1882, the following were elected officers of the Association: Pres- ident, I. N. Hamilton; First Vice President, J. M. Southard; Second Vice President, J. B. Taylor; Secretary A. Sabine; Treasurer, S. S. Skidmore. Meetings are held on the first Monday in each month, Marysville being the regular place of meeting unless otherwise specified. Interesting discussions are held, papers read, and much is done to increase the usefulness of the pro- fession within this county. The following are the present members of the As- sociation :

E. Y. King- native of Pennsylvania; graduated at Bellevue Hospital Col- lege, New York, in 1864; began practice in 1859.

Andrew Sabine-native of Ohio; graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1856; saw active service in the army during the war of the rebellion, and is now practicing at Marysville.

S. S. Drake, native of Ohio; graduate of Columbus Medical College, Co- lumbus, Ohio, in 1877.

S. S. Skidmore-native of Ohio; graduate of Cleveland Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1869.

P. H. Bauer-native of Germany; graduate Miami Medical College, Cin- cinnati, Ohio, in 1871.

F. A . Vigor-native of New York; graduate of Columbus Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1879.

S. E. Williams -not given.

I. N. Hamilton-native of Ohio; graduate of Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1862.

G. J. Skidmore- native of Ohio; graduate of Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1868.

H. McFadden-native of Ohio; graduate of Ohio Medical College, Cin- cinnati, Ohio, in 1862.

J. Q. Southard-native of Ohio; graduated at Cleveland, Ohio, in. 1855.

A. J. Richardson-native of New York; graduate of Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1868.

B. P. Hall-native of Ohio; graduate of Starling Medical College, Col- umbus, Ohio, in 1882.

R. C. Richey-native of Ohio; graduate of Columbus Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1882.

D. W. Henderson-native of Pennsylvania; graduate of Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1852.

William McIntire-native of Pennsylvania; graduate of Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1849.

R. H. Graham-native of Yellow Springs, Ohio; graduate of Columbus Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1879.

N. P. Davidson-native of Ohio; graduate of Columbus Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1882.

A. J. Pounds-native of Delaware, Ohio; graduate of Columbus Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1881.

Charles McCune-native of Ohio; graduate of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., in 1878.

399

HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.

J. B. Taylor-native of Ohio; graduate of Columbus Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1881.

A. Boylan-native of Pennsylvania; graduate of the University of Mich- igan, in 1861.

J. S. Howland-native of Brown County, Ohio; practiced since 1876; was formerly, for five years, a member of the Logan County Medical Society.

Several members of the Union County Association are also connected with the Ohio State Medical Society, as follows:

A. Boylan, Milford Center; admitted in 1878.

D. W. Henderson, Marysville; admitted in 1856.

E. Y. King, Richwood; admitted in 1882.

W. McIntire, Millville; admitted in 1881. A. Sabine, Marysville; admitted in 1$82.

J. M. Southard, Marysville; admitted in 1860.

J. Q. Southard, Raymond: admitted in 1882.

CHAPTER XI.

THE PRESS OF UNION COUNTY.

O CTOBER 1, 1880, an article was published in the daily Marysville Trib- une (issued as a daily during the County Agricultural Fair), treating upon the press of the county. It was written by John H. Shearer, editor of the paper, who had taken great pains to procure the facts it contained. The article was substantially as follows:

"The first paper in the county was issued at Marysville, February 20, 1839, eighteen years after the town was declared to be the county seat. Stephen McLain and Robert McBratney were the publishers and William C. Lawrence was the editor. The title of the paper was, Our Freedom and Union County Advertiser. After running part of a year, the title was changed to The Un- ion Star, and was continued by the same publishers until about the middle of the second volume, when the name of McLain dropped out and the paper was issued by R. McBratney. The Stur was continued until about the first of May. 1841, when the office was purchased by John Cassil, who changed the name of the paper to Union Gazette. Mr. Cassil was the editor and J. E. Wilson the printer. The paper, after the publication of a few numbers, was, in May, 1842, removed to Bellefontaine, and Thomas M. Robb became editor while this arrangement lasted. The paper was sent to Marysville each week and distrib- uted to subscribers. About the 30th of May, 1843, the press was moved back to Marysville, and Mr. Cassil again assumed editorial control, and published the paper until the 4th of May, 1844. The Gazette was Democratic in poli- tics during the time Mr. Cassil had control of it.

"The Gazette establishment was purchased of John Cassil by P. B. Cole and W. C. Lawrence in May, 1844, and the name of the paper was changed to The Argus, and it espoused the cause of the Whig party. Six weeks later the name was changed to The Argus and Union County Advertiser. Cole and Lawrence ran the paper just one year, and then sold it to James S. Alexander, who ran it about five or six weeks and stopped its publication. It was then re- sold to John Cassil. Mr. Cassil published the paper irregularly for about a year, changing it into a Democratic paper.

400

HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.

"In June, 1846, P. B. Cole re-purchased the Argus and became its editor. He changed it back to a Whig paper, and continued its publication, under the foremanship of David W. English, until September, 1849, when he sold the establishment to C. S. Hamilton, and he in turn established the Marysville Tribune. David W. and George English were the early printers of the Trib- une, and continued such until October 16, 1850, when Eckert and Cassil be- came printers and remained such until April 5, 1851. The printers then changed to J. G. Cassil and C. C. P. Davis. Both of these veteran printers are still living, the former printer of the Woodfield Spirit of Democracy, in Mon- roe County, Ohio, and the other editor of the Democrat, published at Wapako- neta, Auglaize County, Ohio. These gentlemen published the Tribune until December 1, 1852, when Eckert dropped out and the printers were Cassil & Plumb; but these dropped out in February, 1853, and J. W. Dumble became printer. About the 1st of December, 1853, John B. Coats bought the office and became the editor, with C. S. Hamilton as associate editor, and J. W. Dumble and P. B. Plumb* printers. Plumb, as printer, dropped out January 20, 1854, and J. G. Cassil assumed the responsibility as foreman. In June, 1854, Hamilton became disconnected as associate and, on the 1st of Decem- ber, in the same year, Coats sold the press to Samuel McBratney and D. S. Parker, who became the editors. On the 25th of March, 1855, Parker retired from the paper, and C. S. Hamilton again assumed the editorial control, leav- ing the business department to McBratney, J. G. Cassil continuing as printer. This association, as editor, publisher and printer, continued until October 1, 1858, when the present editor, John H. Shearer, purchased it, and has con- tinued the paper ever since under its ancient name, The Marysville Tribune.

"In May, 1843, John Shrenk started a Whig paper in Marysville, entitled The Union Journal. It survived only fourteen weeks, when it gave up the ghost with the acknowledgment that, 'through the unfortunate schism of the Whig party in this county, for the last few years, the locofocos have the coun- ty offices, which secure to them the public printing.' All the numbers of the Journal were bound in book form and are well preserved.

"The Eaglet was a small paper started in October, 1845, to catch the county printing, on the suspension of the Argus after it came into the hands of Alexander. It was published by G. A. Cassil, and lived only about three or four months.

" The Union Journal was a literary paper started in Marysville early in the year 1853. It was edited in the early part of its existence by A. Tolland Tur- ner, and printed by J. G. Cassil and Andrew M. Pollock. It was a good lit- erary journal, but was clearly in advance of the times. It survived not quite a year. t

"The Union Press was established in October, 1858, by Hylas Sabine. It was Republican in politics, and was continued until August, 1863, a period of four years and ten months. The last year of its existence it was edited by John B. Coats. # The materials of the office were purchased by the Valland- ighamers, who at that time, in the midst of war, treason and the assailing of the government, were determined to establish a paper that would advocate ' the freedom of speech and the press,'-that was, to advocate license to assail the government and its friends while they were in the act of putting down rebels.

* Mr. Plumb has since become distinguished as United States Senator from Kansas, to which State he removed about 1854.

+ The materials were purchased by J. W. Dumble and P. B. Plumb, who removed them to Xenia and published a paper called the Xevia News. This paper was the same afterward edited by Whitelaw Reid, now of the New York Tribune.

Į In the spring of 1861, soon after the war of the rebellion began, Mr. Sabine went to Washington, and left the editorial management of the paper to Mr. Coats. In the fall of the same year, Mr. Sabine went to Harvard Univer- sity to take a law course. Mr. Coats continued as editor until the fall of 1862, when his labors upon the paper ceased, and Mr. Sabine edited it during the balance of the time until August, 1863.

401

HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.

Consequently, the Union County Democrat was built upon the ruins of the Un- ion Press, and William M. Randall became its editor. The first number was issued Angust 26, 1863, and was continued until the fall of 1864, when its publication ceased and the materials were sold.

"In the spring of 1872, W. H. Gribble, of Bellefontaine, started a paper entitled The Press, having received new materials. After publishing the pa- per about five months he abandoned it and the office, and left the place. A botch by the name of Conklin was allowed to take possession of the office, after Gribble left, under the promise that he would continue the paper, but he pos- sessed little ability other than to ruin the materials, which he did most effect- ually. He published, or tried to publish, a small sheet entitled The Monitor, which was a burlesque upon typography and a disgrace to the profession. He finally left for other parts, and the materials of the office were partly disposed of in Marysville and the balance shipped back to the type foundry.

"About the first of April, * 1874, the Marysville Journal was established by C. M. Kenton, which was soon after changed to Union County Journal, and has since been continued under that name without change until the present time. The Journal and the Tribune are now the only papers published in Marysville.

"About the first of Angust, + 1872, the Messrs. Vaughan established the Richwood Gazette, which was continued by J. H. Vaughan till the spring of 1880, when he sold the office to the present proprietors, Smith & Ferguson.

"In 1878, the Union County Journal published during the fair a daily journal, the first daily ever issued in the county. In 1880, the Tribune is- sued the first morning paper-the Journal's being an evening one-during the week of the fair. These are small matters within themselves, but they belong to the history of the press and we give them for what they are worth.

"The Marysville Tribune is the oldest paper in the county. Its genealogy runs back through the Argus, Union Gazette, Union Star and Flag of Free- dom, so that the Tribune, counting back through its predecessors, has a line- age of over forty-three years.

"It is difficult, at this late day, to secure enough of the old papers to ena- ble us to get a chain of all the changes that have taken place in proprietors and publishers of the early papers of the county. A change seemed to be nec- essary whenever the means of a new proprietor was exhausted. From 1839, the time of the issuing of the pioneer paper of the county, until 1849, the be- ginning of the Tribune, the county was almost in its native forest state. The few settlers who were laboring hard to open out their farms were not in a condition to be liberal in supporting the press, and few of them had much time to spare for reading. The times have greatly changed since then. We have so many advantages at the present day, and there is so much in the way of improving the county, that we cannot form a proper estimate of the strug- gles of the early pioneers. The press of the county has done a fair share in advocating and bringing about this millenium of advancement and prosperity."

In 1879, Mr. Shearer erected the commodious building in which the Tribune has since been located. and has made numerous improvements in the office at recent dates. In May, 1882, a new two revolution Campbell cylinder press was placed in the establishment, superseding the Potter cylinder press

* The first number was issued June 9, 1874; Charles M. Kenton, proprietor. Started as an eight-column folio; was slightly enlarged June 15, 1875, the number of columns remaining the same and the name being changed to Union County Journal. June 1, 1880, it was again enlarged, to a nine-column folio, which is its size at present. When the paper was started it was printed on a " Washington " hand-press. In 1876, the present Cottrell & Babcock cylinder press was put in, and four years later steam power was added. The office has also a 13x19 Nonpareil jobber and a smaller Peerless jobber, and is generally well stocked. It has occupied its present quarters iu the Robinson block since the fall of 1879; was previously in the upper story of the building at the southeast corner of Main and Center streets.

+ The first number of this paper was issued on the 16th of August, 1872.

402

HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.

which has been in use for eighteen years. Other presses have been added, for job work, and in November, 1882, a four and a half horse power engine was purchased to take the place of the one of three horse power which was hardly sufficient to run all the presses at one time at a required speed. The office is now one of the best stocked country offices in the State. and the paper enjoys a large circulation.

The Richwood Reporter is the latest venture in the journalistic field in Union County, and bids fair to be very successful. The proprietors, J. S. Blake & Bro., issued the first number Jannary 28, 1882, subscription price $1.25 per annum. The paper is a seven column folio, printed entirely at home, and on the first of November, 1882, had reached a circulation of about 600 copies, with the list rapidly increasing. The office is well stocked with first class material, and with its neighbor, the Gazette, will doubtless continue to be well patronized by the people of that section.

CHAPTER XII.#

LOG CABIN CAMPAIGN OF 1840.

D URING the eight years of Jackson's administration and the four years of Van Buren's, the veins and arteries of the Government, as is the case generally when a party has been too long in power, had become more or less corrupted. Many of those who were the collectors and custodians of the public moneys, had become defaulters-among the number Price and Swartwout-and the whole of them denominated as " Spoilsmen and Leg-Treasurers," as mentioned in the song below. Add to this the belief which was chronic in the minds of many offi- cials, incumbents and oracles, that the party had the right of succession to the Gov- ernment, and were so solidly seated in the affections of the people that no human power could displace them, and we have the key that inaugurated the furor of that memorable year. Their grievances aroused and combined all the latent op- posing forces in the country, and in their arousing they assumed a spirit of ear- nestness that foreboded victory from the very start.

It may be interesting, especially to the older class of readers, to recall to their memory a few of the facts and incidents connected with the never-to-be-forgotten " Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign of 1840," when the Presidential contest was between Martin Van Buren, the then Democratic incumbent of the office, and Gen. William Henry Harrison, who was the candidate of the Whig party. That was a campaign which no one who passed through it will ever forget. It was a year noted for its large meetings and its endless hurrahs. The campaign began early in the year, and was kept up with unceasing energy till the day of the Pres- idential election. Many people did very little else for a period of seven or eight months than attend the mass-meetings and hurrah "for Tippecanoe and Tyler too." The devices to be hauled about in processions were almost endless and as diversified as the ingenuity of man could make them, for effect upon the masses. The Whigs were confident of victory. They feltit in their bones, as they expressed it, and hence labored with increasing zeal and energy. The very atmosphere seemed to be full of victory for them. The Democrats were correspondingly dispirited, and felt more than half whipped for the six months preceding the election. People went in wagons, carriages, on horseback and on foot, to attend all the large gath- erings within a radius of fifty miles or more, stopping for neither rains nor mud. It was nothing unusual to hear of crowds estimated at from 50,000 to 100,000

*Contributed by Judge John B. Coates

403

HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.

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.

The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns military record;, Part 42

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1254

Author: Durant, Pliny A. [from old catalog]; Beers, W. H., & co., Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1254