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Mrs. Betty Washington Lovell, widow of Col. Joseph Lovell, came to Marietta in 1837. She was the daughter of Howell Lewis, son of Col. Fielding Lewis, whose wife was Betty Washington, sister of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Howell Lewis was the favorite nephew of Washington and his pri- vate secretary; he married Ellen Hackley Pollard, who resided for some years in Marietta and died here in 1855.
When quite a child, Mrs. Lovell, with her parents, was the guest of Washington at Mt. Vernon and was accorded the unusual privilege to a child of sitting at the table with him.
She remembered this visit and the fact of her having sat on General Washington's knee. This was a few months before his death.
Mrs. Ellen Jael Steele, sister of Mrs. Lovell, came to Marietta two or three years before the latter. She married Dr. Patrick of Charleston.
Mrs. Lovell was a power in the Church. The following obituary gives a true idea of her. Her nieces married as stated above. Her son, Joseph Lovell, married Sarah, daughter of A. T. Nye and niece of Arius Nye. Their daughter, Betty W., married F. F. Oldham, son of Judge W. H. Oldham.
OBITUARY.
DIED-In Marietta, Ohio, July 2, 1866, Mrs. BETTY WASHINGTON LOVELL, aged 69 years.
The deceased was a woman of strong characteristics, sound in judg- ment, self-reliant, fixed in purpose, active, energetic, executive.
In her religion, she was at once evangelical and catholic. While
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she loved all who love the Lord Jesus, she was intelligently and zealous- ly devoted to her own communion, adorning it with a Christian life for half a century; giving to it, laboring for it : her purse a church treasury, her heart in its missions.
For many years, she was the ministering angel in the sick-rooms of Marietta ; almoner to the needy, comforter to the sorrowful. going about doing good.
Many of the poor that survive her, will miss and mourn her: many that went on before, will welcome her. Her ministries in the flesh are closed, and she has gone to join the host of ministering spirits. Stars that set are not extinct : they go to shine in other skies.
For years she had been waiting and watching. A believer in the pre-millennial coming and personal reign of Christ on the earth, she earnestly longed that she might be in the number of the quick at His advent. It was otherwise ordered. And it matters not; for "them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him."
She rests from her labors, and her works do follow her. She has left to her children the heritage of a good name and a Christian exam- ple. She has left to the community the saver of a life of piety.
Mr. F. A. Wheeler came to Marietta in 1939. He traces his Church- manship back to the carly days: his father and mother were married and he baptized by the Rev. Philo Shelton, who was one of the first four Deacons ordained by Bishop Seabury. August 3, 175: who were the first ordainel in this country. Mr -. F. A. Wheeler's maiden name was also Wheeler. She is a si-ter of the Rev. Eli Wheeler, who visited Marietta in 1:47, whose wife was the great-aunt of Mrs. C. B. Wells.
Mansfield French came from Gambier to Marietta and returned to that place. He at one time owned and sold to Mr. Swearingen the square on which the latter lived. He was associated with Mr. Bingham in the Institute of Education, in connection with which they erected in 1832 the building that is now the Dormitory of Marietta College. Dur- ing the War of the Rebellion he, being acquainted with Secretary Stan- ton, impressed upon him the importance of enlisting colored troops, and was sent to the South to induce them to enlist. He was connected with the Freedman's Bureau.
Miss Deborah T. Wells was a sister of Messrs. M. P. and C. B. Wells. and married Mr. D. P. Bosworth. Their son. D. P. Bosworth, married first, Miss Clara Van Zandt, a sister of Mrs. C. B. Wells. and second. Miss Jeannie S. Shaw, of Portland. Main -. Mr. M. P. Wells came to Marietta in 1:41 ; Mr. C. B. Wells in 1542. Mrs. M. P. Wells was Miss Harriet Butler, of Durham, Conn. Mrs. C. B. Wells, who was Miss Cornelia Van Zandt, comes of an old Church family of Long Island. where Van Zandt is found on the lists of Wardens and Vestrymen and it is seen also in the same connection at Trinity Church, New York. Judge Nye's second wife was connected by marriage with the Van Zandt family.
W. F. Curtis, whose name is in the Circle Records married Aurelia - A. Buell, whose mother was a daughter of Capt. Timothy Buell and a -- . cousin of Daniel H. Buell.
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Governor Meigs took some interest in the Church and offered a lot on which to build the church edifice. (See estimates, page 54). His daughters became Episcopalians. In 1825, the Journal of the Diocesan Convention was sent to "Col. Barker and Gov. Meigs."
Mr. Moses McFarland lived on his farm, two or three miles above Marietta on the Muskingum. His daughter, Eunice, married James H. Greene, son of Capt. Daniel Greene. He'at one time kept a hotel in Marietta. His family were always constant attendants at Church.
Dr. John Kendrick, for some years a member of the Faculty of Kenyon College, visited Marietta in 1830. He was a classmate of Chief Justice Chase and valedictorian of the Class of 1826 at Dartmouth. Late in the year 1839 he came to Marietta and became professor of rhetoric in Marietta College. In 1846 he became professor of the ancient languages and in 1866 of the Greek language. He resigned in 1873 and has since been Professor Emeritus. Dartmouth College conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. in 1870. He married Miss Julia Guitteau, half-sister of Abner L. Guitteau, and is the father of the Rev. J. Mills Kendrick, D. D. A memorial sermon by Dr. Boyd after the death of Mrs. Kendrick was printed for distribution among her friends.
The Rev. Henry Dana Ward, mentioned on page 18, is an uncle of the Misses Ward (Sarah Catharine, now Mrs. W. L. Rolston; Mary Elizabeth, now Mrs. C. R. Rhodes; Harriet Caroline, now Mrs. G. H. Barbour ; Henrietta Dana, now Mrs. E. G. Leonard; the latter two now of Cincinnati) and of their cousin, Mrs. I. R. Waters (Ellen Grosvenor Ward), mother of the author of this History ; all descendants of Major General Artemas Ward, first Commander-in-chief of the Army of the Revolution. Mr. I. R. Waters is a brother of Mrs. Eliza P. Sisson, now of Chillicothe. He came to Marietta in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Barbour are very active workers in St. Paul's Church, Cincinnati.
Judge C. R. Rhodes came to Marietta in 1846 and has been closely identified with the Church and Sunday school. Mrs. Emma Cadwalla- der is his sister, and he is the father of the Rev. Dudley Ward Rhodes.
Mr. George Jenvey, a native of England, came to Marietta with his family in 1853. He is the father of the Rev. W. R. Jenvey, and has sons living in Marietta, but for several years he has been resident in Cumberland, Md.
Mr. Swearingen came from Wheeling with Mr. Wheat in 1832, where he had been a vestryman of St. Matthew's Church. He lived in the house at the west corner of Fifth and Putnam streets and at one time owned the whole square on which the house was situated. He was very liberal in his gifts to the Church. His daughter Sarah married Charles, son of Dr. Hildreth.
Alexander Henderson, one of the vestrymen of 1826, was at one time, 1815, Cashier of the Bank of Marietta. He lived below Williams- town, in Virginia, and it is said of him that rain or shine, he always
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came up to Marietta to the Service on Sundays. He built the brick house, No. 126 Second street, where the Misses Stone lived. His grand- son, H. C. Henderson, married Miss Caroline Snodgrass, granddaughter of Joseph E. Hall. Mrs. Jane H. Henderson was a devout woman and read numerous religious works loaned her by Mr. and Mrs. Buell, who were good friends of hers. Her colored man, Cæsar, often came up to Marietta on errands for her.
Silas Hobby, vestryman in 1826, lived a short distance from town on Duck Creek ; he and his daughter, who married Wm. A. Whittlesey, used to ride in on horseback to the Service in the Old Court House, and hitch their horses to Mr. Woodbridge's fence, which adjoined the Court House lot. Joel Tuttle, or 'Squire Tuttle, as he was called, lived not far from Mr. Hobby, and it is said he sometimes read the Church Service in the Old Court House. James B. Mathews. was a son of John Mathews, Surveyor of the N. W. Territory, and a well known citizen of Marietta for many years.
Mr. Charles Sullivan was an artist of local fame, and many of his paintings are now of considerable valne to the antiquarian, particularly those of the pre-historic works about Marietta. He painted a portrait of Mr. Wheat and presented it to Judge Nye, and one of Judge Nye, presenting it to Mr. Wheat. Mrs. Sullivan was a fine musician and a beautiful singer. Their daughter, Eveline, married Daniel G., son of J. B. Mathews. Another daughter, Emma, married Wyllys Hall, a nephew of Joseph E. Hall.
William P. Skinner, like his father, William Skinner, was one of Marietta's early merchants. His sister, Mrs. Nahum Ward, was the mother of Mrs. W. L. Rolston and Mrs. C. R. Rhodes. He is still a resident of Marietta and his daughters are communicants.
David B. Anderson, Sr., was a native of Connecticut, but went ear- ly to Rome, New York, and came to Marietta from that State in 1817. He married Miss Eunice Hall, sister of J. E. Hall. Their children have been active workers in the Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones were very good Church people. He was a member of the Church of England and his name was on the Register of this Parish in 1834.
Milo Hoadley's name appears on the Register in 1837. He was a manufacturer of carriages. His wife was energetic in the Circle and elsewhere.
Abner L. Guitteau was descended from an old French family. His father came from Connecticut to Marietta in 1796. The former was one of the early merchants of Marietta.
William Holden was also a merchant.
Timothy Richards was an active man in the Sunday school and al- ways present at church.
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George Benedict came to Marietta in 1839 and is still engaged in business here.
Mrs. Jackson came to Marietta in 1839 and was very influential in the Church.
Her son, George H. Jackson, was a deputy from the Diocese of Texas to the General Convention of 1850.
Miss Isabella Soyez, who married Mr. DeBeck and was confirmed in 1861, was the daughter of Louis Soyez, a Frenchman, who lived in the house once occupied by the French baker, Thierry, who furnished bread to King Louis Phillipe, when he stopped at Marietta for provis- ions, on his way down the Ohio in 1798.
John Arnott's name appears on the list of communicants in 1844. His daughter married T. R. Sheppard, son of Charles J. Sheppard.
Mr. Medlicott came to Marietta with his family in 1847. He was a native of Ireland. Mrs. Medlicott had two brothers who were clergy- men in the Church of England.
The names of Hodkinson, Whiffing, Fell and others of a later date will be recalled without mention here.
Dudley Woodbridge was the son of Dudley Woodbridge, who came from Connecticut to Marietta in 1788. He was at school when his father came west, and remained there to complete his studies, then fol- lowed him to Marietta in 1794. He was for many years a prominent merchant, and was the senior in the firm of Dudley Woodbridge, Jr., & Co., of which Harman Blennerhassett was a member. The family of his son, George M. Woodbridge, are connected with St. Luke's.
The Blennerhassetts were Episcopalians, Mrs. Blennerhassett being a Church member: their mansion on the island was nearly opposite Belpre, and for society, they were dependent upon the army officers and their families at Belpre and Marietta, so it is not improbable that they would attend Divine service at Farmers' Castle.
Cyrus Ames, who came from Massachusetts to Belpre in 1798, and settled there, was the son of an E piscopal clergyman who graduated at Harvard and was a chaplain in the Revolutionary war. He died at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-8.
Farmers' Castle at Belpre was formed of thirteen block-houses, ar- ranged in two rows with a wide street between then. The spaces be- tween the houses were filled up with pickets, forming a continuous enclosure about eighty rods long and six rods wide and about ten feet high. The houses were built of round logs and the interstices filled with mortar, the lower story about twenty feet square and the upper, twenty-two feet. The two corner houses on the rear side had watch towers. The block-house of Ebenezer Battelle, which was the place of Public Worship, occupied the northeast corner of the fortification.
Campus Martius at Marietta was about one hundred and eighty feet square, formed of continuous lines of dwelling houses two stories in
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height, constructed of sawed timber four inches thick. . At the corners were block-houses of very solid construction, of the same size as those at Belpre, on one of which was a cupola for a bell. Over a gate which opened toward the Muskingum was a projecting house of hewn timber. In the center of the enelosure was a deep well and near it a large sun dial.
In this note it was intended to mention some of the people con- nected with the early history of the parish, and in showing the rela- tionships and marriage connections between them, some nanies be- longing to later times have been brought in. It would be pleasant to say something of all who have had a share in the history of the parish, but it is impossible not to omit even some of those who belonged to the -early period, which, as the most interesting, the author has endeavored to give the greatest prominence:
NOTE V. Page 103.
In May, 1883, the author had the pleasure of calling on Dr. and Mrs .- Wheat, in Hartford, Conn. He met a venerable man, tall and "straight as an arrow, with white hair and beard, who was well mated with a fine looking lady who retains her youthful vivacity. Conversa- tion revealed the fact that on Ascension Day just past, the Doctor had baptized his great-grandchild, and he read the author some lines he had composed upon that occasion. It being near dinner time, the author was asked to dine at the house of the rector of St. Thomas' Church. After a delightful afternoon and some pleasant conversation, he took his leave of Dr. and Mrs. Wheat, having first received the priestly bless- ing of this patriarch of the Church.
Speaking of Mr. Delafield, Dr. Wheat said he thought it a mistake that he ever "sowed wild oats." His youth was as pure as a girl's; he certainly had none of the vices, hardly even the tastes or habits of young men. He may. have appeared to Miss Wells as what she calls a dandy, but though he was very polite and dressed well ("store clothes") there was nothing foppish about him. He further said, " How little do we know of the hearts of our hearers! Much as I esteemed Miss Wells, oh, how much more I should have been interested in her, and how much it would have encouraged me and held up my hands if I could have known then, what now I learn of her fifty years after- wards." Pages 76, 77.
The resolutions on page 71, in regard to a parish school, and those on page 79 about seats in church, were prepared by Mr. Wheat. He says these ideas were carried out in all his parishes.
The reader will be interested to know that the triangle and glory, with the Hebrew word Jehovah, in the old church, was the work of - Mr. Wheat's own hands; Jeffers, the plasterer, only preparing the plas-
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ter of Paris for him. He said: "Your artist's conception of our Ger- man congregation in the woods is good, but to have been realistic, it should have been a sort of amphitheatre on a gently sloping hillside, I and my interpreter standing at the bottom, and the congregation in tiers rising one above another, and closer to us, the band and choir."
Mr. Wheat's communications in defense of the Church, alluded to on page 97, are interesting to read.
He and Mrs. Mrs. Wheat are now (October, 1883) in Washington, D. C.
NOTE VI. Page 123.
LETTER OF THE REV. C. L. F. HAENSEL.
GAMBIER, 19th Nov. 1838.
My dear scholars,
It was very gratifying for me to read the kind letters which both of you wrote on my leaving Marietta. The office of a teach- er has sometimes seemed trying to me, when I thought, scholars did not like their school, or did not look upon me as their friend. In you, dear Caroline and Daniel, I have found much affection, and that has often cheered me up; and it will cheer me up to think of it hereafter, when I shall teach again. I should have been glad to teach you longer, and I shall always remember you as my dear young friends. Whenever I have an opportunity, I shall inquire after you ; and, dear Caroline and dear Daniel, let me always hear that you are endeavoring to follow the example of Jesus. He is the perfect pattern, and will guide your steps to obedience, gentleness, diligence, faithful and quiet performance of all your duties, and then to heaven at last. But you must re- member, that among your duties is faith in Jesus as the Saviour who came from heaven to save your souls, and bought them with his own blood : now that you may have faith, you must under- stand the Scriptures : so you have to love your Bible and carefully to study it, and even then you can not understand it, unless you pray for a light to your mind and a change of your heart. If you do this, you will be like young Timothy, who from a child learned the Scriptures, and they made him wise unto salvation. Him Saint Paul loved as his own son, and he could trust him with every thing, so that he put him as a Bishop over other ministers and congregations ; and the apostle could travel to other countries far off, and at last die in full assurance that Timothy would sup- ply his place as a man who loves the Saviour and watches for souls. I wish that each of you may acquire that character, that one may trust you with anything, and you will keep the charge given to you.
I have written from here to Marietta twice : one letter to Mr. Barker, and one to Mr. Hall. So you have heard already, I sup- pose, that I safely arrived here.
I travelled as far as Newark on Saturday after I left Marietta, and there I stopped to keep the Sabbath-day holy. On the morn- ing of Sunday it was cold and the ground was covered with snow. I did not go to see the Sunday-school, because the minister, Mr.
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Newman, thought the school-room would not be warmed. and very few children would attend. But we afterwards found, there was fire made, and the scholars were very comfortable. I preached for Mr. Newman twice; they have a fine church, with a tower and bell in it, and a large clock which shows the time. The sing- ing is very good, but is altogether done by a choir in the gallery ; and some of the people in the pews below will turn 'round and look up during the hymns and chanting, just as if it were an ex- hibition and not the worship of God in which they ought devout- ly to take their part in heart and mind, if they can not sing with their voices. When the evening came on, I missed my little company at the lecture-room ; but we had some singing at Mr. Newman's, and all the family sat 'round the fire, reading some chapters of Scripture, two verses each, at family prayers: and we had much conversation about England, because Mr. Newman and all his family are from the old country, which gave us much to talk of.
On Monday afternoon, I set out for Mount Vernon, where I arrived at night ; and on the following morning I asked my way to Gambier, and set out to travel the five miles on foot. A young man was going the same way, with whom I kept company, and I found he was a student, come from London in England, and very pious. We had so much to talk with each other, about Lon- don, and about the heathen, and how missionaries ought to go in- to all the world to preach the Gospel, that I got over the ground without getting tired, and I did not feel as if I had traveled any distance, when my companion said : "This is Gambier." I found this a very small village, not larger than that part of Marietta which is on the plain : but immediately I heard a fine large bell ring, and looking that way I saw the College, which is a grand . building with a tall spire : I was quite pleased with the sight. It is so built that it looks very old, something like the old colleges that they have in Europe, and that gives quite a peculiar appear- ance to it in this country, where everything else is so new. I had not to go to the College, but to the opposite end of the village, where the Bishop lives. He received me very kindly, and in- quired after you all, particularly Mama. With him I stopped until the following morning after breakfast. I then removed to a house close to the College, where I occupy two rooms with a good stove and plenty of wood, and a good friend residing in the apart- ments next to me, who finds a way to get everything done for me that I want. So far, then, I have lack of nothing. What is bet- ter yet, I have opportunities for profitable intercourse, and assist- ance towards my own improvement.
Now I could wish to tell you how I spend my time here, but there is not room left. I must close this letter, therefore, and wait to see whether I shall have any letter from you, to say that I am to write to you again, and then I will. I am very desirous to hear that Mama is quite recovered, and how Papa and all the rest of the family are, and other friends, also Theodosia ; whether Mr. Hoadley's little Silas is well again. and how the Sunday- school is going on. Give my regards to your parents, and affec- tionate remembrance to all friends, and believe me,
Dear Caroline and Daniel,
Your sincere friend,
C. L. F. HAENSEL.
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NOTE VII. Page 196.
The Rev. J. Mills Kendrick, D. D., was ordained Deacon by Bishop Mellvaine, May 31, 1864, in Rosse Chapel, Gambier, Ohio, having com- pleted his studies there at that time; and was advanced to the Priest- hood by the same Bishop and at the same place, June 28, 1865. From his ordination in 1864 to 1866, he was engaged in mission work at Put- in-Bay Island, Lake Erie. From 1866 to 1868 he was rector of St. An- drew's Church, Fort Scott, Kansas, and after that, until 1874, rector of St. Paul's, Leavenworth, Kan. He then became minister in charge and afterwards rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Columbus, Ohio. From 1878 to 1883 he was Superintendent of Missions in the city of Cincinnati, and he is now (1883) the General Missionary of the Diocese of Southern Ohio. In June, 1883, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Marietta College. At the first an- nual Convention of the Diocese of Southern Ohio, in 1875, he was unanimously elected Registrar of the Diocese and continues as such.
The Rev. William R. Jenvey studied at the Divinity School, in Philadelphia, and was ordained Deacon by the Rt. Rev. Wm. Bacon Stevens, Bishop of Pennsylvania, in the Church of our Savior, Phila- delphia, June 24, 1873; and was advanced to the Priesthood by the same Bishop, February 11, 1874, in St. Paul's Church, Cheltenham, Phila. May 15, 1874, he became assistant to Bishop Whitaker in St. Paul's Church, Virginia City, Nevada, and Missionary to the adjoining towns of Silver City and Dayton. At Silver City he built Grace Church which cost about $5,000, and was consecrated June 18, 1874. September 3, 1878, he became rector of Trinity Church, Reno, Nevada. This church being unfinished, he finished, furnished, and paid for, and it was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, 1879. In September, 1882, he reported 65 communicants, 205 S. S. scholars and 15 teachers. He was chaplain and instructor of mathematics for the Diocesan School for Girls and also Superintendent of the Public Schools. June S, 1883, he became rector of St. Paul's Church, Hoboken, New Jersey.
The Rev. Dudley Ward Rhodes pursued his studies at the Divinity School in Philadelphia and was ordained Deacon at Easter, April 5, 1874, by Bishop Bedell, in St. Luke's Church, Marietta, and Presbyter, December 6, 1874, in St. Paul's Church, Cincinnati, by Bishop Talbot, of the Diocese of Indiana. During July, August and September, 1874, he officiated in Christ Church, Cincinnati, and from October, 1874, to May, 1876, in St. Paul's, Cincinnati, of which church he was Minister in Charge and then Assistant Minister. In May, 1876, he became Rector of the newly organized Church of Our Saviour, Mt. Auburn, and con- tinues as such, having declined a call to St. John's, Cincinnati, in 1882. He published "Creed and Greed," in 1879, " Dangers and Duties," in 1880, and " Marriage and Divorce," in 1881.
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The Rev. Joseph D. Herron graduated from the General Theologie- al Seminary, New York, with the degree of Bachelor of Theology, in May, 1879, and was ordained Deacon on Trinity Sunday in the Church of the Transfiguration, (" Little Church around the Corner") N. Y. city, by Bishop Potter, of New York, and on Trinity Sunday, 1880, was ad- vanced to the Priesthood by the same Bishop at the same place. He was, as Deacon, immediately appointed Assistant Minister at St. Augus- tine's Chapel, Trinity Parish, N. Y., where he remained until the first of October, 1882, when he became Pastor of Trinity Church, New Castle, Pa. He has published two Christmas Carols, (Pond, pub.) "O Ring, Glad Bells," and "I know, I know where the green leaves grow."
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