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1850, June 4th, Joel Lamson, aged eighty, died from the effects of a fall.
July 6th, of the same year, and in like manner, Mrs. Elizabeth Ingham.
The same year, Dick Ward, a soldier of the Mexican War, was found dead on the hay-mow of Van Houten's Hotel, with a bottle of rats-bane by his side.
In the summer of this year, or '51, a mover's wagon was passing through town, when one of the company, a lad, tried to get a loaded gun out of the wagon ; in doing which it was discharged, killing him instantly.
Saturday, May 8th, 1852, Dr. William S. Richards, aged sixty-five. On Tuesday preceding, while engaged in the hay-
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loft, by a misstep he was thrown backward and out of the window upon the ground. Lighting upon his head and shoulders, he received injuries from which he died at two o'clock Saturday morning.
1853, Monday, April 18th, Noah Herbert, aged seventy- three, destroyed himself while under temporary insanity.
Wednesday, September 21st, of the same year, Mrs. Eliza Bynner, a lady of unusual culture, the mother of a large family of children, was drowned from the effects of insanity, at the age of fifty-nine years.
1855, Tuesday, November 27th, Mrs. Edward Nichol, aged seventy-six, died from the effects of burning, her clothing taking fire. ·
About this time, Mr. Charles Griffin, a man approaching middle life, was hunting with his brother. They cut down a tree, which, in falling, struck another tree, breaking a limb which flew back, hitting him in the forehead and killing him instantly.
1856, September 23d, Ephraim Wood died from the effects of a fall; aged eighty.
1857, Monday, February 23d, Ebenezer Bland, twenty-four years of age, a student at the college, was crushed by a water wheel at the furnace. Long after the old works were of much practical utility, the water wheel was in position, and the young men used to resort to it for sport. By some accident he was carried down between the wheel and the stone wall of the pit in which it revolved, and was fearfully crushed. He lived a few hours and was able to converse in a very few sentences.
1858, August 1Ith, Mary, the wife of Asa Ward, aged twenty, and Nancy R'., their infant child, were drowned while attempting to cross Cherry Run. She was with her husband and was afraid to undertake the crossing. He thought there was no danger and started in. They plunged at once into the deepest part of the stream, the current being very rapid. They were swept down and the wife and child were drowned.
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1860, Richard Watkins, fours years old, died from the effects of a burn.
(The deaths of our soldier boys in battle are not recorded here. These would add a number to the list).
1863, William Farmer was found frozen in his carriage.
The same year, a man who was driving the team of Mr. Kerr from Newark with a load of coal, was found frozen to death, the team having turned into a yard by the way.
September 24tlı, of the same year, Matthew Adams, aged ninety-two, died from a fall and subsequent fever.
1875 (?), Jasper Munson, son of Jesse Munson, Jr., was killed near Newway, by the running away of his horses.
John Charles, a man past middle life, was drowned in the feeder, opposite William Showinan's. Riding his horse in, to water him, the horse stepped on the bridle, stumbled and threw the rider into deep water.
Two young men, Worley and Jones, employed at the exca- vation for the new railroad, near the old Munson mill, were killed by the sudden caving of the bank above them.
1877, Friday, May 18tlı, John James was driving a team down Granger Street, when the horses took fright in conse- quence of the ring of the neck-yoke being too large for the wagon tongue. The wagon ran against the horses. They ran up Broad Street, part of the way on the sidewalk, until they reached a tree nearly in front of the drug store. Mr. James was thrown against the front of the wagon with one · foot hanging outside and between the bed and doubletree. The limb was crushed. As he came near he was evidently in great suffering and unable to do anything. When the wagon struck the tree, the concussion wrapped him around the tree, and his internal injuries resulted in death seven days after the accident.
1878, January 20th, a child of Harvey D. Evans was killed instantly by a barrel of cider rolling from an elevated posi- tion, falling on his head.
1878, July 20th, the little son of Mrs. Clarissa Evans, she
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being the daughter of Rowland Hughes, was drowned while bathing in the creek.
July 23d, same year, Benjamin Davis, a citizen of Gran- ville, who went to Newark to attend the Soldiers' Reunion of the day before, was found mangled and dead on the track of the B. & O. R. R. near the west end of the bridge at Newark. He was supposed to have been killed by a train, but no satisfactory explanation of the manner of killing is offered.
1879, a little boy, the son of Evan D. Evans, received in- juries while coasting that resulted in death in a few days. His sled ran out of the track, throwing him with great vio- lence against a tree.
On the evening of Wednesday, June 9th, 1880, William H. Sinnet, son of Hon. John Sinnet, was killed by a train on the Ohio Central R. R. The road was just being con- structed through the county. An excursion was planned to accommodate those who wished to go from Granville to at- tend a Sabbath School festival in the evening at Alexandria. There being no passenger cars on the road, the company went on platform cars, the construction train being used, part of the train being loaded with ties and other material. Just after the train had started on its return, the engine pushing the train, Mr. Sinnet was passing in the darkness from one car to another, when it is supposed he missed his footing and fell between the cars ; and the rest of the train, including the engine, passed over him.
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WAR OF THE REBELLION.
CHAPTER XLIX.
Beyond what has already appeared in the annals, little need be said concerning the part Granville took in the War of the Great Rebellion, except to give the register of soldiers she furnished. This must necessarily be imperfect, for no pains- taking could insure the insertion of every name. Granville's sons enlisted not only at home, in numbers beyond her quota, but wherever they were at the time. All branches of the ser- vice witnessed their faithful and efficient work, and many re- sponding to the call of their country went forth to battle and returned no more. Particularly West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi were the theater of their.exploits. They carried their country's banner through the hills, across the Ohio, under McClellan, to a speedy success. At Chicka- mauga, their first battle, some fell at the first fire of the enemy; some in instant death, and some to lie and languish on hospital cots in a hopeless wasting away. Deep and sorrowful was the thrill that chastened the village when the wire's reported Pratt and Paige, the Roses, and others gone by the casualties of battle. French and Green, and Bean and Whitford, and Jones and Gooding, and others died on other fields. Some languished in Andersonville and Libby prisons. Young lives went out in defense of homes, and the homes, though saved, were left shrouded in darkness. Far away be the day when those names and those scars shall be forgotten, or the Nation undervalue the fearful price that was paid for its flag unrent.
A million lives went out On the battle field. A blazing sun Shed relentless rays on the harvest yield Of sword and bayonet and gun. No flag to-day would the Nation know If these were not. And a million more, I trow,
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From hospital ward and surgeon's cot Together brought In their mortal anguish Out of the field but lately fought; With the wasting forms that slowly languish Out of the brake and fen, Or-of all war's casualties the worst- From the enemy's horrible prison pen, Of God and men Accurst ! And there are soldiers' arms and legs And eyes-their flesh and bones! And each one begs In ever rolling plaintive tones That you may not fail to see the price Of the fair device And the refuge its folds proclaim.
There, too, is the desolate hearth,
Orphans' cries and widows' moans,
Yearnings, heart pulsations, worth More than the tongue can name! Look at the countless, pallid host, The hopes that are crushed,
The faces with bitter weeping flushed, The loved ones lost ! Oh, lost! . O, beautiful flag, red, white and blue,
. I see these all in thy stripes and stars, The lives and losses, maims and scars; 'Tis true, 'tis true, Such is thy cost!
ROSTER.
Charles Griffin, Brevet Major General U. S. Regular; died at Galveston. Willard Warner, Major of Seventy-sixth O. V. I., Brigadier General, Staff of General Sherman. Hon. George B. Wright, Brigadier General, Quartermaster General State of Ohio. Hon. John Sinnet, Captain Cavalry, Provost Mar- shal Thirteenth District; deceased September 17th, 1871. Albert Root, telegraph operator; died at Lookout Mountain.
THIRD REGIMENT O. V. I. ENLISTED APRIL, 1861. RICH MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA; BRIDGEPORT, ALABAMA; PERRYSVILLE, STONE RIVER.
Albert Asher, Co. H; died September 4th, 1868. Charles
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B. Case, Co. B; died in army, July 17th, 1864. James McDonald. Albert W. Munson, Co. H; died December 23, 1873.
TWELFTH REGIMENT, O. V. I.
Charles Donahue; died 1866.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT, O. V. I. FT. DONALDSON, SHILOH, CORINTH, VICKSBURG.
Sylvanus Emery, Co. B; died. C. M. Goulding ; quarter- master. Plympton Hitt, Co. B. Lieut. H. C. Knoop, Co. B; Denison University ; died from effects of wound, near Charles- ton, S. C. Lieut. Nelson Sinnet, Co. B. George T. Hughes, Co. H, quartermaster ; died, September 12th, 1872. Guilford Haslop, Corporal Co. B; killed, Chickamauga, September 20th, 1863. J. P. Butler, Co. B; died August 4th, 1861. Wm .. Wright, Sergeant Major Co. B; died January Ist, 1878.
NINETEENTH REGIMENT, O. V. I.
Abraham Ikirt, Co. K; died March 25th. 1868, from wound at Pittsburg Landing.
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, O. V. I. ENLISTED SEPTEMBER, 1861. FT. DONALDSON, SHILOH, SIEGE OF CORINTH, VICKSBURG.
Geo. W. Asher, First Lieutenant Co. D. Frank Carrier, Co. D. Leroy S. Dibble, Corporal Co. D. M. S. Dibble, Drummer Co. D. Geo. W. Ephland, Co. D; died 1875. Dwight Follett, Co. D; died at St. Louis. Benj. B. Gardner, Co. D; died in service, July 29th, 1863. Matthew Lyon, Co. D; died in army August 4th, 1863. Hiram Partridge, Co. D. Wm. K. Potter, Co. D; died in service, November 12th, 1863, at Brownsville Station. Ark. Lucius Robertson, Co. D. Martin Slough, Co. D. W. W. Spelman, Co. D. Lieutenant E. E. Thomas, Co. D; died April 16th, 1878. Geo. B. Whiting, Co. D. Edward Wolcott, Sergeant, Quartermaster ; died February, 1873. Edwin Wright, Corporal.
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, O. V. I.
Dr. E. M. Howland, Surgeon, Captain, Co. I; Libby Prison, March to the Sea; died from effect of wound received from bursting shell.
R. F. Craig, Co. F, Twenty-Sixth Regiment, O. V. I. Mar- shall M. Wilcox, Co. H, Thirty-First Regiment, O. V. I. ; died September 8th, 1875. H. A. Church, Co. K, Fifty-Second Regiment, O. V. I. David G. Davis, Co. G, Sixty-Second Regiment, O. V. I.
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SEVENTY SIXTH REGIMENT, O. V. I. ENLISTED OCTOBER, 1861.
FT. DONALDSON, SHILOH, CORINTH, VICKSBURG ..
Samuel A. Asher, Co. B. William Baker, Co. B. Walter S. Barrick. George W. Bean, Co. K; killed at Arkansas Post. John F. Belt, Co. K; Color Bearer at Shiloh. Jonathan Clif- ton. Co. K, veteran'; died April 26th, 1864, Woodland Ala- bama. Lorin M. Cooley, Co. B; died in service 1861. Thomas J. Davis, Co. K. Joseph Ephland, Co. H; died March, 1879. William Edwards; died at Shiloh, May 3d, 1862. Lewis Follett, Co. B. Norman Gregory, Co. K. George S. Green; killed at Mission Ridge. Caton Hill, Co. C; wounded; died March 22d, 1866. Ezra Hill, Co. K; died in service Novem- ber, 1863. Thomas Jarrett, Co. B. Allen Jarrett, Co. K; died in Cincinnati, June 6th, 1862. Daniel Jones, Co. K. John H. Jones, Co. K; died in service. Griffith H. Jones; died in service. Stephen Jones, Co. K; died April 11th, 1862, from effects of exposure at battle of Ft. Donaldson. Joseph Kelvey. Thomas H. Mead. I. J. Metzger, Captain Co. B; wounded in elbow. Newton Minton; died in army. James Matthews, Co. B. Benjamin S. Marshall, Co. K. Cyrus W. Morey, Co. K. G. Adolphus Munson, Co. C; died in service March 23d, 1863. Lawrence Murry, Co. K. Frank Munson, Co. K; died in service May 30th, 1862. Harvey Northrup, Co. K. Wesley Niberger, Co. K. William Roberts, Co. B. Z. T. Ramey, Co. C. Lucian C. Rose, Sergeant Co. K; died. William H. Rose, Co. H. Timothy Rose, Co. B. Marcus Root, Co. B. William Seadars, Co. H. David Seadars, Co. H. Hiram Webb, Co. B. Louis S. Talbot, Co. C. Lyman Turner; died 1862. David Whitford; died at Monterey, May 16th, 1862; John Woods, Co. K; died 1868. Wallace Warden, Co. K. John B. Woods, Co. K, musician; died. W. S. Wright, Lieutenant; died June, 1878. H. D. Wright, Quarter- master. Theodore T. Wright, Co. H.
SEVENTY EIGHTH REGIMENT O. V. I.
Eli Butler, Co. I; died in service March 25th, 1862. Oscar Cole, Co. I. Samuel De Wolf, Second Lieutenant, Co. I; died January 15th, 1864. Henry Hampshire, Co. I; died in service May, 1863. Jacob Hollinger, Co. I; died in service April 12th, 1862. Charles Spelman, Co. I; died. John A. Weston, Corporal.
EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT O. N. G.
Thomas Davis, Co. E. D. H. Evans, Co. E. C. P. Grims-
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ley, Sergeant, Co. E. Benjamin W. Hill, Co. E; died August 26th, 1865. Hon. Henry Howe, Lieutenant, Co. E. R. A. Lloyd, Co. E. Nicholas Pond, Co. E. John W. Starr, Co. E. John A. Williams, Co. E; died.
Dr. Edwin Sinnett, Major, Surgeon, Ninety-fourth Regi- ment O. V. I. Aurelius Peters, Color Bearer, Ninety-sixth Regiment O. V. I. James M. Boyles, Co. F, One Hundred and Tenth Regiment O. V. I.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH REGIMENT, O. V. I. ENLISTED SEPTEMBER, 1862.
CHICKAMAUGA. Was particularly exposed. Company D went into battle with forty-seven, and came out with eleven killed, prisoners, or detailed to special duty.
W. H. H. Avery, Co. D. Leroy S. Bancroft, Co. D. Charles F. Carrier, Co. D; died. Henry C. Case, Co. D. L. H. Clouse, Co. D. Andrew J. Chambers, Co. D. F. J. Cressy, Sergeant. Co. D; Captain Colored United States Troops. Nelson Durant, Lieutenant Co. F; lost an arm; Captain Co. I. F. A. Eno, First Lieutenant Co. D; resigned January 31, 1863. Isaac Evans, Corporal Co. D. Thomas J. Evans, Co. D. John E. Evans, Co. D. George W. Flaharda, Co. D. Rodney Flaharda, Co. D. Shephard Fulton, Co. D. George Gardner, Co. D. David Giddings, Co. I; died December, 1873. C. W. Gooding, Sergeant Co. D; killed at Chickamauga, September 20th. 1863. Moses Goodrich, Sergeant Co. D. G. A. Graves, Co. D. Charles C. Hays, Co. D. Heman Hobart, Co. D. Burton Huson, Corporal Co. D. Thomas A. Jones, Co. D. Albert Kneeland, Co. D. H. G. Kneeland, Co. D. Thomas H. McBride, Co. D. Charles Marshall, Co. D. Madison C. Messenger. Isaac S. Minton, Co. D; missing; supposed to have been killed at Chickamauga. William Minton, Co. D; died at Watrace. Matthias Montonye, Co. D; obtained substitute. Hon. M. M. Munson, Captain Co. D; resigned January 21st, 1863. G. F. Nelson, Co. D; Quartermaster in United States Colored. W. B. Newbury, Co. D. James Partridge, Sergeant Co. D. Henry C. Paige, Co. D. Hiram Paige; killed at Chickamauga. Charles D. Parker. James S. Ports, Sergeant Co. D. William Ports, Co. D. A. J. Powell, Co. D; Lieutenant United States colored. Lyman B. Pratt, Corporal Co. D; killed at Chicka- mauga, September 20th, 1863, at first fire of the enemy.
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Samuel Richards, Co. D; died in service, June 2d, 1864. Albert Rose, Co. D; died at Nashville, March 3d, 1863. Daniel Rose, Corporal Co. D; killed at Chickamauga, Septem- ber 20th, 1863. Gilman Rose, Co. D. Lucien Rose, Co. D. Samuel L. Rose, Sergeant Co. D; wounded at Chickamauga, died October Ist, 1863. Warren C. Rose, Corporal Co. D. E. W. Showman, Co. D; lost an arm. Charles Sinnet, Second Lieutenant Co. D; Captain in Pioneer Company. W. H. Starr, Co. D. Elias Thomas, Corporal Co. D. John Wamsley, Co. D; also in Seventy-sixth Regiment ; died April 7th, 1878. S. H. Wilcox, Co. D. W. F. Williams, Co. D. G. A. Wilson, Co. D. Theodore Worden, Co. D.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, O. N. G.
John Davis, Co. B; Andersonville; reduced to a mere skele- ton; died at home, January Ist, 1865. D. W. Jones, Co. C. Nicholas H. Pond. Martin L. Root, Co. D. E. Scott, Co. C. Theodore T. Wright, Co. C. Henry Dibble, Co. D.
COMPANY F .- U. S. V. V. ENGINEERS.
Isaac N. DeBow; Israel DeWolf; Hiram Lefevre; Adam Ports; Lucius Smith ; J. W. Schwab; Arthur Thompson; Charles Williams, died November 25th, 1873; Horace M. Wolcott.
UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Job Paige.
FIRST OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.
Daniel Shobbel, Co. E; killed at Lovejoy Station, Alabama, 1864.
E. T. W. Green, Co. E, Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. .
Rev. T. J. Shephard; Orderly Sergeant and Chaplain. Josiah French; enlisted in Illinois; killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27th, 1864. William Sinnet, Camp Chase; died. Reese H. Turner. Captain Turner, Cavalryman; burrowed out of An- dersonville; died July 17th, 1864 E. B. Andrews, President Denison University, Artilleryman. Homer Minton, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery. Milton Hough, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery. John V. Morrison, Lieutenant Co. C, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; Sergeant Quarter- master; died December 9th, 1868 Orris Dibble, One Hun- dred and Fourth Illinois; died. Evan Davis; last heard from at battle of Nashville, 1864 Thomas Evans. Joseph W. Sinnet; enlisted in Illinois,
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CHAPTER L.
OLLA PODRIDA.
I. FIRES.
About 1815, the frame part of Major Grove Case's house took fire and was consumed. This has been described as the first frame house built within the limits of the village. It was erected by Esquire Spelman in 1807. The fire caught from the chimney, and was not discovered until the family had retired for the night. A large quantity of tallow in the pantry near the chimney was melting and just ready to burn. The water thrown to extinguish the fire scattered the tallow and flames, and the family barely escaped from that part of the building. Help arriving, the front part of the house, which was brick, was saved.
About 1834, a small fire engine was purchased by the cit- izens, a fire company was formed, uniformed and drilled under a young Griffith, nephew of A. P. Prichard, from Philadelphia. A supply of leather buckets for carrying water was procured. But fires were scarce, the machinery got out of order and the enthusiasm of drill died away. The whole outfit was suffered to go into decay.
In April, 1857, the shop occupied by B. B. Loar, in the rear of the Methodist Church, was burned.
March, 1860, the two story frame house on the old college farm, used in college times for recitations, was burned.
November 6th, 1860, the dwelling of Samuel Moore on upper Loudon was consumed.
June 2d, 1866, the dwelling of Mr. D. C. C. Wright, just south of the square (formerly Sereno Wright's), was totally destroyed.
November 13th, 1872, just before midnight, the house belonging to L. Bushnell, occupied by Mrs. Root, caught fire, as is supposed, from the emptying of a tobacco pipe into
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the woodhouse after taking a smoke. Twelve hundred dol- lars' damages were allowed by the underwriters.
February 22d, 1873, the frame dwelling of Mrs. Bonnet (formerly Prof. Carter's) on Columbus road was totally de- stroyed by fire.
About this time Mr. Williams' barn, on the Welsh Hills, was burned.
The dwelling of Mr. Parsons on Centerville Street was burned to the ground.
A fire at the County Infirmary occasioned the death of sev- eral inmates, among whom were two citizens of Granville, both insane, Erixena Phelps and a son of Mr. Anthony Carroll.
November 7th, 1875, the dwelling owned by B. R. Ban- croft on Liberty Street, occupied by Rev. Charles Rhoades, was discovered to be on fire at ten o'clock Sunday morning, supposed from a defective flue. It was entirely consumed.
April 2d, 1875, the burning of the old Court House in Newark, added largely to the burden of tax-paying citizens, which was not relieved at all when the new and elegant structure erected in its place was greatly damaged by a sec- ond fire, requiring very heavy repairs.
February 8th, 1877, the house of Mrs. Schultz in the north- west corner of town, took fire from a defective flue. Damage about $50.
February 23d, 1877, the dwelling owned by Sidney Fowle, southwest of town, was entirely consumed by fire.
March 25th, 1877, Sunday morning, Thomas McDonald's dwelling, in the east part of town, took fire on the roof. The loss was made good by the citizens.
May 16th, 1877, the dwelling owned by Mrs. Knowles Lin- nel, on Bowery Street, caught fire from defective flue.
Saturday, ten o'clock A. M., July 14th, 1877, the dwelling of Wm. Lyon, on Equality Street, was burned, together with some household goods.
June 7th, 1877, five o'clock P. M., a slight fire, cause unknown,
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occurred in the dwelling of Sylvester Clark, on Granger Street.
Sunday, August 11th, 1877, three o'clock P. M., the barn of. Jonathan Jones, on Columbus road, was burned, with hay and a cow ; supposed to be spontaneous combustion.
September 30th, 1877, soon after midnight, a house be- longing to Mrs. Minerva Thomas, on Green Street, unoccu- pied, was found to be on fire. Loss slight.
October 19th, 1877, the same house was found to be burn- ing about four o'clock A. M. This time it was consumed, but the loss was covered by insurance.
December 30th, 1877, Sunday, four o'clock P. M., a barn on the old college farm, belonging to E. S. Franklin, was burned.
March 22d, 1878, three o'clock P. M., the roofs of two adjoin- ing houses in the west end of town, were found to be on fire ; damage slight.
April 17th, 1878, the dwelling of M. M. Munson, Esq., on Centerville, was found to be on fire in the hatchway leading to the cellar, and was in great danger of being consumed. It started through the thoughtlessness of a little son of his, who was imitating the process of kindling a fire which had interested him.
June 14th, 1878, three o'clock A. M., an unoccupied house near the north end of Granger Street, belonging to Mr. Hess, was burned to the ground.
February 16th, 1879, the house of T. J. Thomas, half a mile northeast of town, was found to be on fire in the early morn- ing, and was totally consumed. Loss covered by insurance ; origin unknown.
March 20th 1879, there was a slight fire on the roof of the house at the southwest corner of Broad and Liberty Streets, formerly Dr. Paul Eager's.
April Ist, 1879, another slight fire on the roof of B. B. Loar's dwelling, on Morning Street.
July 20th, 1879, early Sunday morning, a wheat stack belonging to Mr. T. J. Thomas and Mr. Hess, was consumed by fire.
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July 29th, 1879, at a late hour, the barn of Mrs. Minerva Thomas was struck by lightning and consumed with its contents.
II. HOTELS.
In the early times, almost any pioneer would incommode himself and family for the purpose of accommodating a traveler, most of that class being men looking for new homes.
About the first systematic effort to accommodate the trav- eling public was by Wm. Gavit, Esq., while living still in his cabin. His stable was only a hitching pole with feeding troughs.
The next was by Judge Rose when he built his two-story frame house in 1808. It continued to be a public house for a number of years. Benjamin Cook, Esq., succeeded him as a host.
The third tavern was kept by Major Grove Case at the northeast corner of Broad and Green Streets. This was as early as 1812, and it continued a tavern stand for years.
The fourth stand was on the south side of Broad Street, in the east part of town, where Mr. Buxton is now located, The house was put up by Orrin Granger, about 1812, who was the landlord for some time. In 1818, after the death of Mr. Granger, Colonel Alpheus Jewett had charge of it. A year or two later, Messrs. Abbott & Wing were the propri- etors. In 1827, it was in the hands of C. C. Rose.
The fifth was the frame hotel on the south side of Broad, where the business blocks now are. It was first occupied by Ralph Granger, and afterward by Charles French.
The sixth was the brick building on the northeast corner of Broad and Prospect Streets, built by George Case and finished by Wing & Granger. William Wing was the first proprietor, followed by R. Granger. Then for a time it was the private residence of Elias Fassett. Samuel Boardman re-opened the hotel about 1834. He was followed by Julius Coleman, in 1837, and he by Silas Bush in 1840.
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III. POSTMASTERS.
I. Hon. Timothy Rose 1806.
2. Hon. William Gavit 1807.
3. Daniel Baker, Esq. 1814.
4. Sereno Wright . 1818.
5. George W. Ells, Esq. 1837.
6. A. P. Wightman
. 1841.
7. A. P. Prichard 1842.
8. G. B. Johnson 1849.
9. Hon. A. E. Rogers 1853.
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