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When Mr. Wood wrote his article, he was giving one-half his time to superintendency and the other half to teaching, and the other teachers in the schools at that time -(January, 1876), with the enrollment in the various grades, were as follows: Miss Nellie S. McDonald, Principal Highest Depart- ment, SO; Mrs. Mattie A. Robinson, Assistant Highest Department; Miss Alice S. Pierce, teacher first Grammar Department, 38; Miss Dora E. King, teacher Second Intermediate Department, 40; Miss Laura Scott, teacher First Intermo- diate Department, 57; Miss Abbie E. Neal, teacher Third Primary Depart- ment, 65; Miss E. Amelia Burgner, teacher Second Primary Department, 47; Miss Kate T. Lee, teacher Second Division, First Primary Department, 33; Miss Lucy J. Jones, teacher First Division, First Primary Department, 60; total enrollment, 420. Mr. Wood writes, continuing the article already quoted: " The aim, both in government and instruction, has constantly been to adopt that which should give a thorough and practical preparation for the future, to teach how to use the mind and other faculties, rather than bare facts. There has been a willingness to adopt improved and tested methods of teaching, whether the result of our work or that of others. We have found that fre- quent reviews and examinations, both oral and written, are of great advan- tage. One great difficulty with us is, our pupils leave school, especially the boys, before they have had time or sufficient maturity to complete a proper course of education. But it is easier to point out and lament than to correct. When our present house was built, in 1862, considerable complaint was made that so large a plan was adopted, larger by one third than the present need demanded. But the wisdom of the arrangement was soon accepted, for in 1868
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the number of pupils in attendance was fully equal to the capacity of the house, and in that year, by vote of the district, they commenced to raise a fund to put an addition to the present house, or erect a new one in another part of the vil- lage. Said fund has accumulated to about $8,000 (in 1876). Although 100 scholars are accommodated in rented rooms, and the schoolhouse still crowded, the new schoolhouse is not yet erected.
"Mention should be made of Hon. Cornelius S. Hamilton,* whose tragic death occurred in December, 1867. He came to this county at the age of six- teen years, with his father and family, in 183S, and spent his time till he was twenty-five upon his father's farm, assisting in the transformation of those broad and fertile acres from the dense and heavy forest to the beautiful field and meadow. He had already decided upon intellectual pursuits, and ac- quainted himself with some of the principles of law through Blackstone's works. He came to Marysville in 1848, and pursued the study of law in the office of Hon. William C. Lawrence. He also edited and published for sev- eral years a weekly paper, the Marysville Tribune. He was a man of good judgment and remarkable will power, accomplishing his own ends when con- scious he was in the right, sometimes even against the majority, though not by unjust means. He was a man of high principles, of honor and integrity, and soon gained the confidence of his fellow-citizens. He was a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of Ohio, now in force. He was also sent to the State Legislature, and to the House of Representatives at Washington, of which he was a member at the time of his death. The school privileges of his youth were limited; but in early manhood, accepting the fact that education is one of the corner-stones of our Republic, and a powerful in- fluence in the elevation of man, he became interested in the advancement and improvement of the public school. He taught the opening school under the new law of 1849, and was one of the first Board of Examiners under that law. The next year he was elected a member of the Board of Education, and was retained in that office till his death, some eighteen years. To him is given the credit mainly of placing Marysville in the van, with places of equal size, in regard to educational matters. He had a largely controlling influence in securing the adoption of the Union School system in 1860. According to the records, it was left principally to him to carry into effect the various measures to complete that arrangement. He lived to see something of the advantages resulting. He had more to do than any other individual in carrying out the purpose he, with others, had formed, of establishing a school which should offer to all good and equal facilties for obtaining a thorough preparation for the various departments of business life or admission to the halls of our higher institutions of learning. Success in business, and the college records at Oxford, Delaware, Wooster and Yale, show that their anticipations are already realized. Through his taste and decision chiefly we have a good house, beautifully and favorably located, surrounded with ample grounds, adorned with evergreens and other trees, all of which will bear a favorable comparison with any school premises in our State."
A very fine new school building has been erected in the eastern part of town. The contract for building it was let to Woodward & Son, of Mount Gilead, Ohio, June 22, 1876, for $23,518. The structure was completed and school first began in it late in the fall of 1877. It is of tasteful design and finish, and contains ten rooms for school purposes, to be used during school sessions, and for recitations, etc., besides other rooms for various uses. One room in the upper story is neatly fitted up for a hall for exhibitions, having a wide stage and seating room for several hundred people. The principal ob- jection to the building is its height.
* See notice in Chapter XIV.
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Franklin Wood. Superintendent of the Marysville Schools, left in 1877, and is now located at Binghamton, N. Y. His successor is the present Super- intendent, Prof. W. H. Cole, from Highland County, Ohio. He came here from the Missouri State University, and had previously taught at Nashville, Tenn .. Wilmington, Ohio, and Delaware, Ohio. He is a very successful teacher. His assistants in the schools of Marysville for the school year of ISS2-83 were the following: L. B. Demorest, Principal High School: Miss Alfarata Clute. Principal Grammar School: Miss Minnie Walker. First De- partment Grammar School: Miss Amma Murphy, Fifth Grade: Miss Della E. Miller, Fourth Grade, "A" Division: Miss Amelia Burgner, Fourth Grade, "B" Division: Miss Lillian Robb. Third Grade, "A" Division: Miss Nellie Robinson, Second Grade. "A" Division; Miss Emily Shinn, Second Grade, "B" Division: Miss Jennie E. Smith, "A" Primary: Miss Mattie Robinson, "B" Primary: Thomas J. Davies, Teacher of Music. The janitors are Victor Payne, for the east building, and Maggie Payne, for the west building.
VILLAGE INCORPORATION, ETC.
From the absence of records, or any positive evidence on the subject, it cannot be determined at what exact date Marysville was incorporated; but it was probably in 1840, as an old memorandum at the court house shows that Otway Curry was elected Mayor in that year, being, it is thought, the first to hold the office in the place. The corporation limits have been several times extended. by action of the Commissioners of the county. The record above mentioned, which is in the office of the County Clerk, shows that Otway Curry was elected Mayor, May 4, 1840: James E. Wilson. April 17, 1843; John Cas- sil. May 6. 1844; P. B. Cole, March 31. 1845: and Otway Curry, March 20. 1846. The earliest record found in the office of the Corporation Clerk is dated September 7. 1S46, and it presents the following facts:
" The Council of the town of Marysville met in the Mayor's office. Io the absence of William W. Steele. Recorder, on motion. W. H. Frank was ap. pointed Secretary pro tem. Members present: O. Curry, B. Welsh, Thomas Turner, James W. Evans. Jacob Bouser and William H. Frank. On motion, C. W. B. Allison was elected Recorder to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re- moving away of W. W. Steele. On motion, meeting adjourned until Monday evening, October 5, 1846.
SECRETARY pro tem."
The meeting was held as appointed. R. L. Broome was allowed 85.25 for seven days' service as Street Superintendent: P. B. Cole $10.75 for print- ing. Otway Curry appointed a committee of one to report an ordinance upon the subject of curbing the sidewalks in Marysville. The Street Superintendent was ordered to purchase plank and repair the bridge by S. P. G. Brown's dwell- ing house, by making a double track. October 10. 1846, Otway Curry, Thomas Turner and Bill Welsh were appointed a committee of three to select one or more suitable sites for a burying-ground, and ascertain on what terms the same could be purchased. They made a report on the 13th of November. but what it was the record fails to state. A meeting of the citizens was called to take some action on the subject of purchasing a new burial ground and removing the old one from the corporation. December 7, 1846. R. L. Broome and Samuel Ressler were appointed Fire Wardens for one year.
February 1. 1847, Mr. Evans, of the Council, was appointed a committee of one to consult with the old officers of the hook and ladder company respect- ing the ladders furnished by the citizens in 1845. for protection against fire. Those ladders were six in number. and Mr. Evans was the next day instructed, upon making his report, to superintend the ironing of said ladders and to pro- cure one or more fire hooks and cables. April 24, 1847, the contract for build-
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ing a new bridge on East Center street was awarded to James W. Evans, for $68.50; the bridge was to be completed by the 1st of the following July. It was finished July 17. At the corporation election, March 29, 1847, the fol- lowing officers were chosen: William M. Robinson, Mayor; William H. Skin- ner, Recorder; Richard Bancroft, Charles Rosette, Sammuel Ressler, John Johnson, William E. Lee, Trustees. The new Council met April 5, and elected Bill Welsh Superintendent of Streets; William E. Lee. Treasurer; William T. Brophy, Marshal; John W. Lansdown, Assistant Marshal; William H. Frank and Thomas Turner, Fire Wardens. Since then the elections have re- sulted in the choice of officers as follows:
March 27, 1848-George D. Witter, Mayor; James Kinkade, Recorder; John Cassil. Richard Bancroft, R. Lee, Thomas Turner, F. Wingfield, Trust- ees. At this election the question of purchasing a fire engine was submitted to the electors, and the project was defeated by a vote of forty to eighteen. A bridge over the run at the south end of Main street was built in the fall of 1848.
March 26, 1849-William H. Frank, Mayor; Philip Snider, Recorder; A. R. Hunter, William W. Woods, William T. Brophy, Thomas Peacock, James Welsh, Trustees. April 27, 1849, the job of graveling the "diamond," or pub- lic square, was let to Henry Wolford for $68.68, the gravel to be put on eight inches deep, and the work done by the 15th of the following June. Consider- able graveling was done on the streets in that year, at a cost ranging from 75 cents to $1.05 per rod.
March 25, 1850-W. H. Frank, Mayor: Thomas Brown, Recorder; Thomas Turner, Thomas Peacock, W. W. Woods, Charles Rathbun, A. R. Hunter, Trustees.
March 31, 1851-William H. Frank, Mayor; George W. Cherry, Recorder; Joseph Saxton, Felix G. Wingfield, Thomas Turner, Thomas Brown, Stephen Winget, Trustees.
March 29, 1852-William H. Frank. Mayor; George W .Cherry, Re- corder; Thomas Turner, Joseph Saxton, Felix G. Wingfield, G. A. Cassil, James M. Welsh, Trustees. Cherry resigned as Recorder, and M. H. Wad- hams was appointed July 2, 1852.
1853 .- Cyprian Lee, Mayor; Andrew M. Pollock, Recorder; Thomas Tur- ner, James M. Welsh, Joseph Saxton, Felix G. Wingfield, G. A. Cassil, Trust- ees. Mr. Lee refused to serve as Mayor, and William M. Robinson was chosen to the position at a special election held April 19, 1853.
1854-W. M. Robinson, Mayor, Augustus Turner, Recorder; Thomas Tur- ner, G. A. Cassil, Felix G. Wingfield, J. M. Welsh, Joseph Saxton, Trustees.
1855-John L. Porter, Mayor; Cyrus A. Phelps, Recorder; John Cassil, C. Rathbun, R. Lee, R. L. Partridge, D. Plumb, Trustees. Cassil resigned, and S. C. Lee was appointed to fill vacancy, October 8, 1855.
1856-Samuel McBatney, Mayor; R. C. Clark, Recorder; Seth McMahill, Rowland Lee, R. L. Patrick, Tabor Randall, William Drake, Trustees.
1857-M. C. Lawrence, Mayor; William H. Robb, Recorder; John Fleck, John F. Sabine, James W. Robinson, David D. Welsh, R. Welsh, Trustees.
1858 -- John Barber, Mayor; John Rathbun, Recorder; J. F. Sabine, Sam- uel Sherwood, D. D. Welsh, William Drake, J. H. Ryan, Trustees.
1859-J. D. Smith, Mayor; J. N. Rathbun, Recorder; William Drake, D. D. Welsh, John Barber, Joseph Newlove, W. W. Woods, Trustees.
1860-E. G. Bartram, Mayor; Alvin Thompson, Recorder; E. J. Nugent, Joseph G. Hawkins, John Weidman, William Drake, John B. Coats. Trustees, 1861-R. C. Clark, Mayor; Augustus Turner, Recorder; J. Garrard, J. Newlove, H. Sabine, D. W. Henderson, Robert Snodgrass, Trustees.
1862-Thomas Brown, Mayor; James Kinkade, Recorder; G. L. Sellers,
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Rawson Welsh, William Cartmell, M. C. Lawrence, J. Newlove, Trustees. Lawrence resigned September 5, 1862. and A. J. Whitney was appointed to fill vacancy.
April 6, 1863-Thomas Brown, Mayor; R. L. Partridge, Recorder; Joseph Newlove, J. A. Henderson, Rawson Welsh, O. W. R. Ingman, Robert Snod- grass, Trustees.
April 4, 1864-A. F. Wilkins, Mayor; A. J. Whitney, Recorder; Joseph Newlove. J. A. Henderson. Robert Snodgrass, Joseph Saxton. O. W. R. Ing- man, Trustees.
April 3, 1865-A. F. Wilkins, Mayor; A. J. Whitney, Recorder; John Guthrie, James W. Robinson, Joseph Newlove, W. L. Miller, J. H. Ryan, Trustees.
April 2, 1866-A. F. Wilkins, Mayor; J. A. Henderson, Recorder; J. Newlove, J. W. Robinson, B. W. Keys, John L. Porter, T. J. Buxton, Trust- ees.
April 1, 1867-John Cassil, Mayor; J. F. Snider, Recorder; John C. Nicol, R. R. Henderson, James W. Robinson, William H. Robb, G. L. Sel- lers, Trustees.
April 6, 1868 -- A. F. Wilkins, Mayor; O. M. Scott. Recorder; W. H. Robb. J. W. Robinson, W. S. Johnson, James H. Roney, J. C. Nicol, Trust- ees.
April 6, 1869-A. D. Doolittle, Mayor; O. M. Scott, Recorder; J. L. Por- ter, W. H. Robb, W. S. Johnson, J. H. Roney, J. C. Nicol, Trustees.
April 4, 1870-A. F. Wilkins, Mayor for two years; Tabor Randall, Clerk (two years), H. Speakman, D. Buxton. O. B. Williams, Councilmen for one year; Joseph Newlove, J. A. Henderson. D. Edwards, Councilmen for two years. J. B. Coats was elected to the Council in May, in place of Joseph Newlove.
April, 1871-I. N. Hamilton. M. C. Lawrence, A. C. Pearson, Council- men for two years.
April, 1872-J. M. Kennedy, Mayor; two years; Tabor Randall, Clerk and Recorder. two years; A. D. Doolittle, Levi Longbrake. J. B. Whelpley, Councilmen for two years.
April, 1873-O. B. Williams, H. S. Wood. J. Richard Ousler, Councilmen for two years.
April 10, 1874-Wesley Garrard, Mayor; Tabor Randall, Clerk and Re- corder; Darius Buxton, David Edwards, Philip Snider, Councilmen-all for two years; John L. Porter, Councilman for one year.
April. 1875-S. N. McCloud, L. C. Conrad, O. C. Chase, Councilmen, two years.
April, 1876-Wesley Garrard, Mayor; John H. Kinkade, Clerk; J. B. Whelpley, J. J. Morelock, H. S. Wood, Councilmen-all for two years. Whelpley resigned March 20, 1877.
April 2, 1877-Aaron B. Robinson, F. G. England, I. N. Hamilton, Coun- cilmen, two years; R. Ousler, D. Webb, C. M. Ingman, Councilmen, one year. England resigned, and on the 11th of September, 1877, George S. Baldwin was appointed to fill vacancy.
April 1, 1878-John D. Radebaugh, Mayor; J. M. Brodrick, Clerk; J. J. Morelock, C. M Kenton. W. H. Robb, Councilmen, two years.
April 7, 1879-A. B. Robinson, S. N. McCloud, W. l'. Anderson, Council- men, two years.
April, 1880-Wesley Garrard, Mayor; John M. Brodrick, Clerk; Jesse L. Cameron, John Wiley, Delmore Snodgrass, Councilmen, two years.
April 4, 1881-Robert M. Henderson, Henry W. Morey, Emanuel Fox, Councilmen, two years.
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April, 1882-J. H. Kinkade, Mayor; George W. Heistand, Clerk; William Cartmell, Jr., Israel Slack, E. L. Price, Councilmen, two years.
For the fiscal year ending March 30, 1852, the receipts of the corporation were $225.76; the expenditures for the same time were $107.47, leaving a bal- ance in the treasury of $118.29. It did not cost much to run a village govern- ment and pay for improvements in those days.
FIRES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Ladders were purchased by the village in 1845, for use in case of fires, and this was the first record of any provision made looking to the safety of property from damage by fire. A hook and ladder company was formed, but was probably in existance but a short time .* July 22, 1859, the most serious fire occurred which the place had yet suffered, burning the fine Cassil Block and several other buildings, and causing a loss of about $15,000. A pottery, half a mile south of town, owned by E. Weller, was burned August 30, 1861. In July, 1865, a hand fire engine was purchased for Marysville, at Dayton, Ohio, costing $1,200 It was manufactured in New Jersey; the first engineer was a Mr. Hubbell. June 7. 1865, the County Commissioners had granted a petition from the citizens of Marsyville praying that they be allowed to erect an engine house on the southeast corner of the jail lot; and the Commissioners also donated $50 out of the county treasury to help pay for the engine pur- chased. The engine house was not built until the summer of 1866, when a brick structure, two stories high, was erected.
On the night of June 12, 1866, the Marysville flouring-mill, with a saw-mill attached, fell a prey to the flames, the loss reaching about $10,000. A fire on the 22d of March, 1867, burned Sherwood's grocery store, Smith & Cartmell's grocery store, and the store of F. T. Arthur; loss several thousand dollars. The hand fire engine, which had been considered inefficient, worked finely and saved other buildings from destruction. May 3, 1879, a steam fire-engine was purchased and placed in the fire department room in the new city hall build- ing. In the afternoon of the same day it was thoroughly tested and found to be a first class machine. Sufficient steam was made in four minutes to force water strongly through one nozzle, and two minutes later water was flying through the same hose to a distance of over 130 feet. Another hose was at- tached and water thrown through both with tremendous force. In July, 1881, horses were secured for the department and placed in their quarters in the city hall building. The town now has a paid fire department, organized in August, 1882, and consisting of a chief, engineer and fireman. George W. Fox is the present chief; C. H. Carter, engineer, and French Sellers, fireman. Besides the steamer there is a hook and ladder truck, and the old hand engine- is still the property of the town, though not in use. Everything is kept in readi - ness for turning out in the shortest possible time, and the department is efficient and well organized.
THE CITY HALL.
In the latter part of August, 1864, the Town Council purchased property at the southeast corner of Main and South streets, on which to erect a build- ing for a city hall, engine room, etc. In the spring of 1877, it was decided by vote to build a hall for city use. Plans drawn by F. J. Sager had been for some time on exhibition at McCloud's drug store. Work was soon begun on
*This company was organized immediately after a small fire which occurred on the night of January 22, 1845 cansing a loss of $1,000 or more. A meeting of citizens was held at the court house on the day succeeding the fire, and the company was then organized, with Samuel Resler, Captain ; Mains Wasson, First Lieutenant; Abner Power, Second Lieutenant ; J. S. Alexan ler, Treasurer ; William C. Lawrence, Secretary. A contribution was raised for the use of the company, and a petition was forwarded to the Legislature, praying for an act of incorporation. The offi- cers chosen were to hold only until the company should be incorporated.
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the site named, the old buildings on the ground being sold and moved away. New plans and specifications were called for and on the 15th of August, 1877; bids were opened and the contracts for the different branches of work awarded separately, the whole footing up $12,495. Ground was broken on the 21st of the same month, and the building was completed in the spring of 1878. In the latter part of March in that year. the Council purchased a Seth Thomas striking tower clock and placed it in the tower of the new building. Its cost, with bell. was $915: it is of the eight day variety, forty inches wide, forty- two inches deep, fifty-one inches high, nine inch main wheel, sixteen-inch strike wheel, pendulum five feet long, ball weighs seventy-five pounds; weight of bell 1,000 pounds. Gas fixtures were placed in the building by a Cincin- nati firm. The steam heating apparatus was manufactured by E. B. Arm- strong, of Columbus. The auditorium is finely frescoed. The hall was opened to the public October 21, 1878, when the drama of the "Two Orphans" was given by home talent. The total cost of the building, furniture, fixtures, etc., was $13,191.80, and the structure would be a credit to any town having a much greater population. It contains the fine public hall. the Mayor's office or Council Room, the public library, the fire department rooms and the city prison.
MANUFACTURES.
About 1848-49, the "Marysville Pearlash Factory" was established, and during most of its existence it was the property of Judge W. W. Woods, with whom Darius Buxton was for several years a partner in the business. This ashery was one of the most extensive in the United States, and, in fact, was re- ported as the largest in 1874; but after the death of Judge Woods it was aban- doned and the work discontinued.
In the fall of 1856, the first steam grist-inill in the place was erected by J. & B. Saxton and G. A. Cassil. The subject of building of such an institu- tion had been discussed in the columns of the daily papers for some time, and the mill supplied a long-felt want. It was started June 1. 1857, by Saxton & McCreight, and after being operated a number of years was destroyed by fire. In the fall and winter of 1867, a new flouring mill was built by Miller & Snodgrass, two stories high and 32x36 feet in dimensions. The steam grist- mill in the northeast part of town, now the property of Moses Thompson, was built about 1866, by W. L. Miller; it is a brick and frame structure, contain- ing four runs of stone, having a capacity of about thirty-five barrels daily; does merchant and custom grinding, and furnishes employment for three inen. A new steam grist mill is being erected near the north end of Main street, by Messrs. Sprague & Perfect, the former from Sunbury, Delaware County, and the latter from Columbus It will have all the late improvements and be capable of grinding 100 barrels of flour daily.
The Marysville Butter Tub and Spoke Company was incorporated July 1, 1874; capital stock $50,000. in shares of $100 each; incorporators-W. W. Woods, A. S. Chapman, A. B. Robinson. C. S. Chapman, D. D. Shearer, A. C. Pierson. Philip Snider, J. B. Whelpley, W. H. Robinson. Officers were elected on the 7th of the succeeding August. The manufactures were tubs, buckets, pails and firkins for packing butter, etc. In the spring of 1880, the old company sold out to W. F. Wilcox & Co., the death of Judge Woods being the main cause of breaking up the business, and a new building has been erected oppo- site 'the old one, which is being fitted up by Mr. Wilcox individually, who was the last of three superintendents of the old factory, A. S. Chapman having been the first and E. L. Price the second. The firm of W. F. Wilcox & Co. was composed of Mr. Wilcox and Judge Woods. The sales of the institution ran as high as $60,000 and over, annually, the goods being mostly disposed of in
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Ohio. Shipments were made, however, into Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Part of the old machinery is in the new building. Mr. Wilcox will manufacture butter tubs, pails and hard wood lumber, and give employment to an average of twenty five men.
Rawson Walsh was for many years engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in Marysville, at different points, and, in 1864, the firm of Woodbury & Welsh built the brick factory now standing in the northeast part of town. Robinson & Robinson purchased it soon after, and for a number of years, un- der the management of the latter firm, it was one of the most important insti- tutions in the place. Twenty-five hands were employed, and jeans, satinets, flannels, etc., manufactured. The business amounted to about $30,000 annu- ally, and the firm conducted a store opposite the factory, where they enjoyed a very large trade. These gentlemen are now proprietors of the well-known " factory store " on South Main street. They sold the factory in the spring of 1880 to Turpie Brothers, of White County, Ind., and it is not now in opera- tion.
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