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(Many will not remember the steeple of 1816, and for their delectation we reproduce the old white church as it was after the repairs of 1837, and before the building of this brick church).
The church now numbers three hundred members, with a Sabbath School of two hundred and fifty. The session now consists of H. L. Bancroft, Charles Wynkoop, John D. Evans, William Howe, Morgan Williams, Robert Owens, William Nichols, T. J. Robinson and D. Griffin. The Trustees are David Owens, President, Dr. A. Follett, Dr. William Davies,
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Walter Prichard, J. C. Jones, John Debow, Edward Nichol, T. J. Robinson, and Hon. E. Sinnett.
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METHODIST CHURCH, NORTHEAST CORNER OF PUBLIC SQUARE.
Within the nine years the Methodist Church has erected a very fine house, the description of which has been kindly fur- nished by Mr. John Montgomery.
"The building is of brick. The church had felt the need of a new place of worship for many years. Measures were taken in the winter of 1882, Rev. Moore being pastor, to see what could be done in the way of raising money. Subscrip- tion papers were circulated, and by April about $8000 had been subscribed; enough to justify going forward with the work. A building committee was selected, consisting of John Montgomery, R. G. Fosdick, E. P. Hayes, J. D. Aldred, and David Evans. At first it was proposed to let out the building by contract, but after receiving bids from several contractors, the committee concluded to take the work in
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hand themselves, hiring mechanics and procuring material, thinking that a more permanent structure would be the re- sult. In this they were not disappointed. The entire cost of the church was about $15,000. Such a church let out to contractors would have cost $20,000. Better satisfaction was given, as it gave employment to home labor; and, as far as possible, the money was kept in circulation at home. John Montgomery was made a sub-committee to oversee the entire work, which he did from beginning to end.
' The site selected was on the northeast corner of the pub- lic square, where the old M. E. Church and Town Hall stood. These being removed, work was commenced August 18th, 1882, to prepare the ground. The cellar was excavated, and the foundation laid deep and broad. Granville stone was put in below the frost line, and three courses of dressed Corning sandstone above. The foundation being laid, work ceased till spring.
'Early the next season brick-making commenced on the old Norton Case farm. During the winter, timber was got out for sills, posts, etc. The bricks for the front were sand- rolled, giving them the form and shape of pressed bricks. Crane & Wiley, of Newark, with two helpers, put up the walls, commencing July 11th, 1883, and finishing October 13th ; carpenters meanwhile keeping up their work as needed, Mr. E. D. Evans being foreman. The building was enclosed and a good slate roof on by winter.
'The church is 85 feet in length by 54 in width. The audi- torium is 54 by 55, and the lecture room 30 by 40. East of the same are library and infant class rooms ; over the latter a kitchen, and over the lecture room a ladies' parlor. There are folding glass doors below and gothic windows above, so arranged as to throw the whole into the auditorium when needed. The auditorium proper has a seating capacity of 350, the lecture room 150, and the parlor 150.
'The tower stands at the southwest corner, 14 by 14 on the ground, and 100 feet high. The main entrance is in the
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tower, with another on the east side, and a third on the north at the right of the rostrum.
' The inside finishing was begun early the next Spring, (1884). The auditorium is furnished with very neatly fin- ished circular seats, made of cherry, which grew on John Montgomery's farm, originally known as the Apollos Griffin farm. Two trees made three thousand feet of choice lumber ; one tree being four feet, the other three, at the stump. Four twelve foot logs were cut before reaching the first limbs. Their equals probably cannot be found in the country. The seats were made at Richmond, Indiana. There are four aisles, one running along each wall, and two radiating from the rostrum. The wainscoting is of highly polished cherry. The frescoing is beautiful, the ceiling being of corrugated iron, neatly panneled and frescoed. There is a set-back in the wall behind the pulpit, of five feet depth, sixteen feet long, for the organ. This is beautifully frescoed, with a vine and leaves, grapes and wheat-heads being interspersed. There are two large gothic windows of stained glass in the
auditorium. The building is heated by two furnaces. The lecture room is seated with neat chairs. It. also, is highly frescoed. The church is nicely carpeted.
' The ladies of the church are ever to be remembered for their untiring labors, raising by socials about $1500, toward finishing and furnishing the church.
'Nice stone walks are laid on three sides of the church, and to the three entrances.
'The work being completed, the church was dedicated by Bishop Merrill, December 22d, 1884, Rev. James Michel be- ing pastor."
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BAPTIST CHURCH, STONE, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PUBLIC SQUARE.
Under pastor W. C. P. Rhoades the church had grown in influence, numbers, and financial ability. Visitors from abroad at college commencements and other occasions, began to hint that the house of worship was not equal to the church's need. It was replied that while the people recog- nized the fact, the congregation was not able to build such a house as was needed; and the rejoinder was, " Do what you can, and you shall have help from without." With this encouragement the matter was tested. The sum of $15,000 was subscribed at home, and $10,000 abroad, which sum was pushed to the aggregate of $30,000, and it was resolved to build. They limited the architect in their plans to this sum. But the final cost, when furnished and ready for occupancy was only a fraction short of $50,000. This amount was secured chiefly through the agency of Pastor Rhoades ; half being contributed by the Granville church, and half by friends abroad.
Messrs. D. M. Shepardson, E. M. Downer, and A. U.
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Thresher, were the building committee, and the architect was L. B. Vaulk, of New York City. The builders, on a contract, of $30,000, were Messrs. Garber & Vance, of Newark, O. The rest was expended under the direct super- vision of the committee.
The old church was removed across Main Street, to the east, set over a high, roomy, airy, brick basement, and sold to the township for $5000. The new church was then erected on the old site, being completed in 1883. The material is Sandusky limestone, with trimmings of Berea stone. The cut will give the external appearance of the building.
The auditorium is in the center of the building, and is lighted from the east and west sides through windows of stained glass, but not sufficiently to obviate the necessity of using gas on cloudy days. It has three entrances, one at each of the three angles accessible on Broadway and Main Streets. The pulpit is on the south side. Back of the pulpit and elevated higher than the speaker's head, is the organ loft and space for a large choir, accessible by stairways outside of the auditorium. The organ was made by Johnson Bros., at a cost of $4000, and was the gift of Mrs. Rev. Francis W. Platt. Mr. Platt was formerly a student of Granville College, and afterwards a pastor in Toledo, O. He had worked hard to procure an organ for his own church. The subscription was successful, and the instrument ordered and promised at a certain time. Meantime he fell into a lingering illness and died. The first use of the organ when erected was at his funeral. In view of his love of music and this result of the closing work of his life, his widow gave this organ as a memorial of him.
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The audience room is cruciform, the transept being longer than the nave. The floor rises from the pulpit and the seats circle around it, like an amphitheater, with five radiating aisles. They are cushioned and the floors are carpeted. The head of the cross is occupied by the Sunday School room, seated with chairs. It may at any time be thrown open to
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the auditorium, adding seats for three hundred; the whole then having a seating capacity of twelve hundred. The groined ceiling is of corrugated iron, the supporting points along the south side of the transept and either side of the nave resting on wooden pillars, four in number. The seats, organ and furniture are of oak.
Beyond the Sunday School room is a room for ladies' meet- ings. At the east side, connecting with both, is the infant class-room, and on the west are rooms for socials, a dumb waiter connecting with the kitchen below. Around the organ are various small rooms for libraries, the pastor's use, or other service. The baptistery is immediately in the rear of the pulpit, secluded from it by a portiere. It is below the level of the platform. Candidates descend to the water by a flight of steps and ascend on the opposite side. In perform- ing the rite, the officiating clergyman stands beside the open tank, and all is in sight of the audience.
The present membership (1889) is 476. The Sabbath School numbers 381. The officers are :
REV. J. C. BALDWIN, D.D., Pastor. PROF. W. H. JOHNSON, Clerk. PROF. A. U. THRESHER, Treasurer. DEACONS.
D. M. SHEPARDSON, PROF. GEO. MCKIBBEN, T. J. THOMAS,
T. J. WRIGHT,
C. T. CHAPIN; HENRY PALMERTON.
TRUSTEES.
D. M. SHEPARDSON, J. C. MALONE, ESQ., BURTON CASE,
PROF. CHAS. CHANDLER,
' J. P. WILSON, F. W. SHEPARDSON.
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DOANE HALL.
ACADEMY HALL.
COLLEGE HALL.
DENISON UNIVERSITY.
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DENISON UNIVERSITY.
Concerning this institution little need be said in addition to that with which we closed the record of 1880. It still holds on its way with a full tide of prosperity. In 1887, Dr. Owens resigned the presidency, and Dr. Galusha Anderson was elected to the vacancy. The preparatory department is now designated as Granville Academy.
The last report of the Finance Committee shows an en- dowment beyond the real estate of about $350,000 of interest- bearing investments.
The faculty now stands as follows :
Galusha Anderson, D.D., LL. D., President and Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy.
Almon U. Thresher, A. M., Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature.
John L. Gilpatrick, A. M., Professor of Mathematics.
Charles Chandler, A. M., Professor of Latin Language and Literature. Rev. Richard S. Colwell, A. B., Professor of Greek Language and Literature. George F. Mckibben, A. M., Professor of French and German Language. Clarence L. Herrick, M. S., Professor of Geology and Natural History. Alfred D. Cole, A. M., Professor of Chemistry and Physics.
J. D. S. Riggs, A. M., Professor and Principal of Granville Academy. Leverette E. Akins, A. M., Instructor in Mathematics.
Wm. H. Johnson, A. M., Instructor in Greek.
Wm. G. Tight, M. S., Instructor in Natural Sciences.
Herbert L. Jones, M. S., Instructor in Natural Sciences.
Wm. S. Burns, A. B., Instructor in English and Latin.
Mrs. J. E. Dixson, Librarian.
Rev. John Kyle, Curator of Buildings and Grounds.
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SHEP ARDSON COLLEGE FOR WOMEN.
In 1841, there came to the place a young man fresh from his studies in Brown University, having studied also at Amherst College; slender in form, of bloodless face, with penetrating eyes hidden behind a pair of glasses; of san- guine-nervous temperament, accustomed to push forward in his work in the church and the world without stopping to read character, or saying to anyone : " Is this so?" or " Shall that be done ?" If it seemed right to him to be done, and he the one to do it, he went forward and it was done. It was the time of the annual examinations in the College. These he attended, and by his close questions and sharp searching of their scholarship he became the dread of the students. He probed and exposed the dullard and quickened the best to higher aspirations.
This was the Rev. Daniel Shepardson, whose acquaintance with Ohio was then beginning, and who has constantly since been prominent in the interests of the Baptist Church of this State, laboring indefatigably either in her pulpits or in the cause of education. After a period of years spent in Zanesville, Cincinnati and Piqua as a pastor, and in Cincinnati as prin-
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cipal of Woodward High School, he came in 1868 and took charge of the Female Seminary, as already narrated. He at once threw his accustomed energy and faith into the work of making it a power in his church. He was assisted by his excellent wife, who also possessed great energy and faith. Among their helpers were Misses M. O. Brooks, Mary E. Anderson, L. A. Barton, Clara Campbell, Mary Abbott, Hattie Gunnison, Hattie Partridge, Ida M. Saunders, Mrs. Whissen, Mr. George Shepardson. His first class was grad- uated in 1869, numbering six. - The average number for the sixteen years of his work is ten.
In 1889, Dr. Shepardson transferred the property he had used for the school purposes to a Board of Trustees, largely co-incident, but not identical with the Board of Denison University ; to be increased in their hands by the additional endowment of $100,000, and to be perpetuated as The Shep- ardson College for Women, not inferior in grade to the high- est college for young mnen.
By courtesy, the library, museum, laboratories, and class- rooms of Denison University are open to the young ladies. The curriculum is co-extensive with that of the University, and the calendars are identical.
The $100,000 endowment has been secured. Dr. Shepard- son and family have retired from the care of the institution, but he hopes to give himself, in the near future, to the rais- ing of another like sum for the further efficiency and life of the College.
The former building used by the boarding department has given place to a modern structure of brick upon a basement of stone. It is well represented by the cut. It is called " Burton Hall," in honor of Dr. N. S. Burton, who com- menced the school in 1859.
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The faculty at present consists of :
Galusha Anderson, D.D., L.L. D., President, and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy.
M. Frances Babcock, Lady Principal; Latin Language and Literature.
Mrs. M. K. Compton, Matron.
Mrs. Andrew L. Ralston, Director of Art Department.
Carrie A. Hutson, Instructor in Instrumental Music.
Amy L. Lyons, Instructor in Mathematies.
Josephine C. Robertson, Rhetoric and English Literature.
G. D. Rogers, Instructor in Vocal Music.
GRANVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE.
In 1882, Mr. Kerr was compelled by increasing illness to notify the Trustees that he must be relieved at the close of the current academic year. But disease anticipated his resignation, and his death occurred April 15th, 1882. He had been at the head of the institution continuously since 1854, except during the years 1872-6. To him was due, in a large measure, the continued existence and reputable standing of the college. During the remainder of this year the college was conducted by Mrs. Kerr and the Faculty.
Rev. Dwight B. Hervey then took charge of it (1882), and at once expended $4000 in improvements upon the
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buildings and grounds, providing ample and very desirable quarters for all departments of instruction, and his admin- istration has enjoyed the full confidence of the Board and of the community. The attendance has averaged about seventy.
The following extracts from the catalogue, of 1887, will serve to illustrate the standing of the college :
" Those whose only object is to obtain an education under Christian influences, who will cheerfully submit to kind and wholesome discipline and reproof, are cordially invited to be- come members of the Institution." . "We can be responsible for our pupils' progress and improvement only as we control their time, their associations, and the influences which surround them." "We, on our part, pledge ourselves to guard from evil the young ladies entrusted to our care; to surround them with healthful, moral, and religious influences; to exercise watchful care over their manners, habits, minds, and hearts, and to give them every advantage- social, intellectual, and moral - of a well regulated school."
The faculty at present (1889 catalogue) is :
Rev. D. B. Hervey, A. M., President; Psychology Ethics, Evidences.
Miss Georgianna Humphreys; English Literature, Rhetoric, Modern Lan. guages.
Miss Myra F. Weld, A. B .; Latin and Greek Languages. .
Miss Minnie A. R. Drake, A. B .; Mathematics, Natural Sciences, English.
Miss Grace E. LaFerre; Natural Sciences, Book-Keeping, U. S. History.
Prof. E. F. Appy; Piano, Violin, Theory.
Mrs. E. F. Appy; Piano, Organ.
Miss Annie Love Carter; Vocal Culture.
Miss M. Luella Gurney; Painting, Crayoning, Drawing.
THE GRADED SCHOOL
Is still prosperous, graduating large classes in the usual curriculum. The present year witnesses the demolition of the building erected in 1860, and the rising in its place of a larger, more commodious one, at a cost of $20,000.
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VIII. THE OPERA HOUSE, OR TOWN HALL.
OLD GRANVILLE BANK, STONE (at the left), EPISCOPAL CHURCH (in center), TOWN HALL (to the right).
The former frame church of the Baptists, it has been said, was moved across Main Street and placed near the Episcopal Church. It was elevated upon a brick basement of good height. The township then purchased it for $5000 and fitted it up for public uses. In 1888, it was enlarged at a cost of $3000, the contract being taken by Mr. Wallace W. Carpen- ter. Two additional windows were required by the addition, and made symmetrical with the three foriner ones The audience room above will now accommodate eight hundred. The basement has apartments for the Postoffice, Justice of the Peace, Town Council, Fire Department, and citizens' gatherings, etc.
IX. FIRE DEPARTMENT.
In 1886, the Granville Hose Co., No. I, was formed, with a membership of sixteen. F. W. Shepardson is president; W. M. Black, vice president ; W. L. Courtney, secretary ; J. W. Ackley, treasurer; W. C. Smoots, foreman ; H. C. Bel- ford, first assistant; I. H. DeBow, second assistant ; W. H. Sanford, pipeman, and J. Bolen, assistant pipeman. The corporation furnishes a reel-cart and five hundred feet of hose. The company furnish their own rubber outfit, and a uniform of blue shirts, belts of leather, and oil cloth helmets ; and pay their own expenses.
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X. ANNALS.
In 1881, among the deaths were David Messenger, who died at Utica, O., at noon of Friday, January 14th, aged eighty-nine; and Valorus Graves, son of Josiah Graves, of old age, Saturday, January 15th. Both these were of the original families of the colony. Freeman Haskill, August 24th, aged seventy-five. Eunice W. Little, November 25th. Hon. T. W. Ewart, not long a resident of the place, Octo- ber 9th.
In 1882, the Town Hall was sold to Sam. Everett and re- moved by him to the vicinity of the railroad, and became a ware-house. Afterward it was totally consumed by fire.
The old Methodist Church was removed to the rear of the Female College and is used as a laundry.
Apr. 15th died Hon. W. P. Kerr, aged 60. His name has occurred often on the preceding pages, chiefly as identified, first, with the Male Academy, & then the Female College; as also with the Convention for Revising the State Constitution. He was a graduate of Granville College, & probably, like many others, laid the foundation for subsequent ill health by assiduous application to study in his College days.
July 16th, died Dea. Timothy M. Rose, aged 85. He was born Mar. 24th, 1797, in Granville, Mass., & at the age of 8 years came hither with the colony, & always lived here there- after. He was for some time the last survivor of those who came that fall, and living in the place. He has seen all the changes of the place, & in many of them has been a prominent actor. He was a man of earnest piety, full of social life, of simple habits of expense, & a forward contributor to every work of benevolence. His first wife & the mother of his chil- dren, was Matilda Mead & the second was Mrs. Susan Little, a sister of Rev. Jacob Little, D.D. ; her first husband having been a cousin of the same name. Mr. Rose survived all his children.
Oct. 17th, died Rev. Joseph Little, aged 54. He studied at Hudson College & Lane Seminary. He was a Chaplain in the War of the Rebellion, connected with a W. Virg. Regiment. After the war he devoted himself to doing good among the men to whom he had ministered in the army, & their families. He was in Chicago, preparing to publish a line of charts for
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reading & singing lessons, when his nervous system gave way under his labors & self-denial. He was the most genial of men, a very interesting companion, & a great singer. He delighted in a little box melodeon that he could carry about in his hand. In the army he would put it on a stump or barrel head, & begin singing some lively and humorous song,-(& no one could do it better). Soon a crowd would gather around him & be enter- tained for a suitable time. Then he would change to sacred music & ask " the boys" to join in, which they would do with a hearty good will. Next, & almost before they were aware of it, they would be following him in prayer, or listening to a tell- ing talk.
Happy, laughing, earnest, prayerful brother! He left his name to his country as " Chaplain Joe Little."
In 1883, died Mrs. Jane S. Bancroft, daughter of Thomas Little, Esq., and wife of Deacon G. P. Bancroft, September IIth, aged eighty-nine. She had lived with her husband since January 27th, 1814, a period of almost three score and ten years. September 29th, died Colonel Daniel M. Baker. His father, though an original member of the company, did not come to Granville for several years. Colonel Baker was prominent in the military organizations under the old militia laws.
In 1884, died Deacon Girard P. Bancroft, January 18th, aged ninety-three. He survived the wife of his youth only four months. He was a skillful mechanic, and a life-long officer in the church. He retained his cheerfulness and vivac- ity and quick movements almost to the last.
In 1885, June 29th, the Ohio Central Railroad was changed to the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad.
Deaths. Rowland Hughes, January 6th, aged eighty-five; Grove Case, February 19th, aged eighty-five; his wife, Laura Case, April 2d, aged eighty-eight; Mrs. Sophronia H: Whit- ing, April 7th, aged seventy-eight; Mrs. Elizabeth Asher, April 17th, aged seventy-two; Frank F. Rose, September 5th, aged twenty-nine; Mrs. Sarah P. Goodrich, October 4th, aged eighty-two.
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In 1886, Dr. E. Sinnett was elected to the Ohio State Senate.
Died, Mrs. Carrie Buxton Black, wife of Mr. C. W. Black, April 19th, aged thirty-six; Dr. C. J. Gifford, a prominent physician since 1840, May 3d, aged seventy-eight; Mrs. Car- oline Aydelott Johnson, wife of Mr. G. B. Johnson, Novem- ber 26th, aged sixty-nine ; Charles Webster Bryant, August 3Ist, aged thirty-seven.
Mr. Bryant was the only child of Mr. Orren Bryant & Mrs. Mary F. Bryant, the mother being a daughter of Wm. Fitch, Esq., of Alexandria, who came to Ohio in 1836. Charles was born May 24th, 1849, and lived at Alexandria until 1866, when he came to Granville. He was a student of the University until infirmity of the eyes obliged him to cease from study. He then engaged in civil engineering & was employed in surveying the route for the Ohio Central Rail Road. He went into the service as axeman, & before they reached Toledo he had charge of the second instrument. After service with other roads he entered the drug business, purchasing in company with Mr. C. W. Black, the stock of Mr. A. P. Prichard, Jr., & qualifying himself as a pharmacist by a course of study at Cincinnati.
He had a remarkable penchant for genealogical studies, & he kept up an extensive correspondence in pursuit of facts with an interest that knew no impatience. It was supposed he had his labors for this History nearly completed, but no trace of finished work can be found. Through his influence The Granville His- torical Society was formed. He gathered about him a class of young men fitted to be his co-adjutors & impressed them with something of his own interest in historical matters. A large collection of historic relics was gathered by them, & they were considering the means of obtaining a permanent place for de- positing them. In the midst of the interest he had awakened, he was taken with typhoid fever & died. The historical collec- tion has since been placed in the care of Denison University to be preserved and returned to the Society if it shall ever be revived.
In 1888, Dr. E. Sinnett was re-elected to the Ohio State Senate for another term of two years.
October 19th, died Mr. Jason Collins, aged eighty-one.
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October 26th, died Rev. C. VanMeter, aged sixty-eight years. He was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, February 13th, 1820. He was a student at Granville College, but ill- health prevented his graduating. He married Miss Sophronia E. Langdon, of Granville, in 1848. In 1856 he became con- nected with the "Five Points Mission," New York, where he began the work of placing orphans and neglected children in western homes. In 1861, he established the " Home for Little Wanderers," superintending it eleven years, going west more than seventy times with companies of homeless children. He visited the city of Rome just after it was opened by Victor Emanuel, in 1870. Two years later he entered upon a course of labors in that city that continued until his death. He was engaged in day, night, and Sabbath schools; in Bible and tract distribution; in the translation and printing of the International Sunday School Lessons, sending them free to ministers, teachers, and colporteurs all over Italy and the adjacent islands. For eight years he held his school within three hundred feet of the Vatican. His remains rest in the beautiful Protestant cemetery, among the people he loved and for whom he labored.
In 1889, died Mr. William D. Moore, April 20th, aged seventy-nine. He was born in Canterbury, Vermont, January 12th, 1810, graduated at Dartmouth College, 1837, intending at that time to seek an appointment as a foreign missionary. But his health failed just as he was ready for licensure; and this led him to devote most of his life to the work of teaching. He was at the head of Granville Female Academy from 1845 to 1854, sending out an aggregate of sixty graduates. He died at Granville after a long and painful illness.
Mrs. Amanda F. Dunlevy, daughter of Elias Fassett, wife of Francis Dunlevy. Esq., died at Denver, Colorado, May 20th, aged sixty-two. Her mother was Jerusha, daughter of Jere- miah and Jerusha Munson, of the original colony. In early life, by the death of two sisters, she was left the only child of her parents. Most of her mature life has been spent abroad, but she ever maintained her interest in the friends of her youth.
XI. THE CENTRAL NORMAL AND BUSINESS COLLEGE.
An association of prominent educators of Granville has just been formed for the purpose of furnishing the best instruction in normal and business studies. An institute
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session will be held in the summer, but instruction will be given throughout the year, in five consecutive terms. It is designed to be a permanent institution. The gentlemen of the Association are :
PROF. R. S. COLWELL, President,
PROF. A. U. THRESHER, Vice President.
PROF. F. A. SLATER, Secretary,
PROF. J. L. GILPATRICK,
PROF. A. D. COLE, PROF. L. E. AKINS.
This adds another educational feature to our literary vil- lage. Prof. Slater has been here for some time, giving instruction in book-keeping, phonography, and kindred sciences. The other gentlemen will be recognized as con- nected with Denison University. They will be assisted by other prominent educators.
XII. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Mayor,
R. S. COLWELL,
Clerk,
H. A. CHURCH,
Treasurer, . W. J. POND,
Marshal, EDGAR SANFORD.
COUNCILMEN.
W. H. SEDGWICK,
DR. G. G. KYLE,
JOHN DEBOW, MARK EDDY,
W. S. COURTNEY,
E. D. EVANS.
XIII. PRESENT BUSINESS HOUSES.
The business houses are at present :
Books, Stationery, Etc .- Kussmaul & Shepardson. Dry Goods-Geo. C. Parsons.
(A second store has recently been closed for transfer and is expected to open soon under new auspices.)
Groceries-Carter & Carter, H. L. Reed, M. L. Oatman, Perry & Prior.
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Boots and Shoes-I. M. Pierson, F. Miller, M. Eddy.
Hardware-W. M. Geach & Son, E. W. Jones & Son. Dentistry-W. H. Sedgwick & Son.
Jewelry-L. A. Austin, T. A. Jones.
Drugs-The C. W. Bryant Company, H. P. Belford & Co.
Meat Shops-W. C. Smoots, M. L. Oatman, McMillen & Webster.
Tin Shops-E. W. Jones & Son, L. S. Twining.
Harness-D. French, Geo. Sampson.
Millinery-M. E. Spayd, E. Piper.
Monuments-DeBow Bros.
Tailoring-H. LaFerre, J. W. Swabb.
Mr. T. A. Jones has also an engine and machinery, pre- pared to do all light work in repairing, silver plating, etc.
Wright, Sinnet & Wright are in possession of The Bank of Granville, doing a good banking business.
" The Granville Times " was started by H. A. Church in 1880. In 1884 it was sold to Rev. C. B. Downs. He soon received to partnership W. H. Kussmaul, a practical printer. In 1887, Mr. Downs sold to Mr. Kussmaul, who in turn sold one-half interest to Mr. Frank M. Shepardson. It is now published by Kussmaul & Shepardson, having a very good circulation among patrons at home and specially good among those who have gone out from Granville to reside elsewhere. It has a very high standing with the papers of Central Ohio. They are prepared to do good job printing and are doing a large business.
Granville has had ten papers antedating The Times; its pre- decessors being: The Wanderer, (1815, S. Wright), The Gran- ville Intelligencer, (1847, D. Hunt), The School Clarion, (1851, S. N. Sanford), The Licking Bee, (1851, a temperance paper), The Herbarium, (1857, Ladies of Female College), The Deni- sonian (1857, Franklin Soc. of D. U.), The Collegian, (1867, Calliopean Soc. of D. U.), The Denison Collegian, (a union of the two foregoing), The Licking Monitor, (1872, George W. Evans), The Family Monthly, (1875, successor to the last mentioned).
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John C. Malone, Esq., acts as justice of the peace, notary public, real estate and insurance agent.
Hon. M. M. Munson is a resident in the village and attends to law business.
In 1883, Mr. Edgar A. Wright succeeded Dr. W. H. Sedg- wick as Postmaster, and he was followed by Mr. Albert H. Jones, the present incumbent.
Our physicians at this time are-
DR. E. F. BRYAN, DR. W. C. DAVIS,
DR. E. SINNETT, DR. G. G. KYLE,
DR. A. FOLLETT, DR. KANE FOLLETT,
DR. J. WATKINS, DR. E.A. DARBY.
So far as known, the only survivors of those who came in 1805 are-
MR. JUSTIN HILLYER, Topeka, Kansas.
Mr. TRUMAN HILLYER, . Columbus, Ohio.
REV E. C. GAVITT Toledo, Ohio.
REV GEORGE E. GAVITT, Ashley, Olio.
MRS. ALCY ROSE DURFEE, . Hartford, Ohio.
Mr. Willis Clark, of Toledo, Illinois, and Mrs. Marietta Clark Ackley, Granville, who came two years later, are still living.
We close our record with a tribute to Granville, printed in the catalogue of Granville Female College, 1888. It origi -. nally appeared in an Eastern paper :
'· Edward Everett Hale, in an after-dinner address last sum- mer, told this story: He had formed the acquaintance not long before, of a Russian gentlemen who had been traveling through this country on a mission of investigation for his Government. This foreign observer had made good use of his opportunities, and was full of opinions about the men and things he had seen. Among other statements, he said that he had been peculiarly impressed by the advantages enjoyed by American society in the smaller and little-known places, where he had often found culture and comfort abounding which in other countries were confined to city life. Dwelling on this theme, to him a novel one, the Muscovite gentleman mentioned the names of such
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villages in the various States that he had visited, and among them that of Granville, Ohio.
This opinion, entitled to some weight because of its origin, reached me before my acquaintance with the place in question began. But I am bound to say that it has been confirmed by my experience aud observation thus far. For here is a place, secluded and little known by the world at large, whose intel- lectual and social advantages are more than metropolitan. Lying in the heart of the hill region of Ohio, it is quite re- moved from the currents of commercial and financial activity that sweep through the land. Here are no factories, no busi- ness center, no prospect of such things in time to come. A village of perhaps 1200 inhabitants, quiet and clean as a New England hamlet, with shady streets and pleasant homes-it has altered but little in the years past, and presents few attrac- tions to the busy and progressive. And yet here is a scene of intense intellectual activity - a home of genuine culture - a center of wide spread religious influence, and a source of ever- renewed pulsations of far-reaching power."
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