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The veritable flag that floated over Fort McHenry was on exhibition at the time of Mr. Appleton's address, and this antiquarian
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has a photograph of it. His father's father was a soldier in the Revolution, and was killed at the battle of Germantown. His father was a " cunning artificer " of Philadelphia, an in- sight into whose skill and ingenuity may be obtained by looking upon the relics now con- stituting a part of the "Cabinet of Curiosities" found in the cozy cottage home of Mr. Geo. W. GALLAGER on Greenville Avenue.
When the Glaciers ploughed out this valley they left three large old red sandstone bowlders on this lot. This was in accordance with the eternal fitness of things, for sometime afterwards it became the home of this antiquarian. These strange stones became the nucleus of a collec- tion of geological curiosities, to which speci- mens have been constantly added since 1864, at which time this antiquarian acquired title to this lot and its bowlders.
And to this cabinet have been added num- berless relics from every other imaginable field :
A lock of hair from the head of Na-pa-shin, one of the thirty-eight Indians hung in Minnesota Dec. 26, 1862, and who boasted he had killed twenty-six white men.
A cannon ball fired into the " Anglo-Saxon" when she passed Vicksburg during the Re- bellion.
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Piece of the Cathedral bell at Monterey, Mexico, shattered by a ball from Gen. Worth's division.
Three carthen faces, (burnt clay) taken from Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico, constructed by the Toltecs, about the seventh century.
A howitzer, about twenty-five pounds in weight, made of rebel bullets fired into Fort Sedgwick Dec. 29, 1864, Petersburg, Va.
Gun Lock, ninety-five years under water in the Delaware River, on the " Augusta," sunk while trying to convey supplies to the English army.
Holbein's Dance of Death, carved in Switz- erland, 1496.
Piece of Charter Oak, which stood, 1689, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Piece of Penn Treaty elm.
History of Franklin Pierce, one inch and a half long, and one wide, 14 pp., about 120 mo.
Piece of flag-staff, captured by General Scott at Vera Cruz.
Washington Penny, 1791, very rare.
Pine Tree Shilling, 1672, first coin struck off' in this country.
Coin issued by the Moors when they entered Spain in the seventh century.
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Commission as Brigadier-General, issued by General JAMES H. BAKER, his brother-in-law, to GEORGE WASHINGTON GALLAGER for gal- lant services during the war in Glendale.
THE ALLENS
Have done much to improve Glendale. Mr. Marston Allen, the father, was an eastern gen- tleman, coming to Cincinnati in 1818. After a successful business career he retired to this place in 1853, built the residence now occupied by Mrs. George Shillito, invested his means in other ways, was one of the signers to the pe- tition for incorporating the village, and lived in the quiet and ease which wealth affords until 1868, when he died at the age of eighty years.
CHARLES H. ALLEN, ESQ.,
Hasinvested largely in and around Glendale. About 100 acres of this beautiful country be- longs to him. His homestead stands on a com- manding point, looking south from Fountain Avenue. A porch along its entire front orna- mented by columns, it is an imposing feature, while around its balustraded roof one can walk as upon a castle's walls.
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This house may be distinctly seen from Clif- ton and other points even more remote to the south.
THE DISTINGUISHED NAMES
Met with in the early history of this im- mediate locality, touching the title, church chronicles, act of incorporation, etc., are- Judge John C. Symmes. Col. John Riddle. Hon. Alex. Hamilton. Major Joseph Harris.
Elder Robt. Burns. Rev. Robt. Warwick.
Mr. Samuel Adams. Elder John Hunter.
THE INCORPORATION
Of Glendale was finally effected March 13, 1855. R. C. Phillips, Esq., was the surveyor. While thus engaged, he had his office in a little frame house still standing on the east side of the pike, south of the toll gate. Thirty persons signed the petition asking to be incor- porated. Of these only six are at present living there :
Justice S. Matthews. S. J. Thompson, Esq. Mr. Benjamin Sterrett. Chas. H. Allen, Esq. Mr. Reed Bartlett. John K. Sterrett, Esq.
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HON. W. M. BATEMAN
Is a representative man, in a professional . sense, of the Miami Valley. He studied law with Governor Corwin, and has been a steady and successful practitioner of the same to the present time. He was United States District . Attorney during the whole of President Grant's administration, was State Senator from Hamil- ton County, and has always exercised great in- fluence in public circles. His handsome resi- dence is on the east side of Ivy Avenue, which he built in 1859. He has collected together about fifteen hundred books in his library, and he is thoroughly acquainted with their contents. While devoted to the law, he yet so loves the paths of literature, that he never hesitates to make a detour into those rich realms, always returning, however, the better equipped for the stern and solemn duties of an exacting and jealous profession.
MURRAY C. SHOEMAKER, ESQ.,
Is the son of Col. R. M. Shoemaker (at one time mayor of Glendale) and lives in his father's summer residence on the south side of Fountain Avenue.
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WM. A. PROCTER, ESQ.
R. M. Shoemaker, Esq., is one of the rail- road kings of the West. He engineered the laying out and the construction of the C. H. & D. R. R., the Dayton Short Line, and the Dayton and Michigan ; was President of the Cincinnati Southern for awhile, built four hun- dred miles of the Union Pacific; and all his life has been an energetic, leading man in those tremendous agencies that have hastened the development of this valley and the country at large.
Mr. S. is spending the last years of his eventful life in the late home of Judge Este on West Fourth street, which property he bought out of his ample fortune.
It should be added that he was President of the C. H. & D. and the Dayton Short Line for a number of years.
WM. A. PROCTER, ESQ.,
Owns a farm adjoining Glendale immedi- ately on the east. The stately homestead, with its white walls, broad porch, lofty columns, and wide-spreading lawn, cultivated far away to the front beneath the old forest trees whose kingly presence is felt as you stand beneath them, completely symbolizes the idea of
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a rural retreat from the factory-full city to the south.
COL. C. W. MOULTON,
The head of the Cincinnati law firm, Moul- ton, Johnson and Levy, is also a representative man of this valley.
His home is on Fountain Avenue next north of the Presbyterian Church, and abounds in pictures, statuary, books, and every thing that can lend a refining and an elevating influence to the fireside. There are about fifteen hun- dred books in his private library, not to speak of the law books. Next to the Lincoln library, his is the largest collection of law books at the Cincinnati Bar.
Mrs. Moulton belongs to one of the most distinguished families in the United States. She is a sister to General and Senator Sher- man, and by marriage connected with the al- most royal family of the late Thomas Ewing, whose fine portrait adorns Col. Moulton's library.
J. II. BARRETT, ESQ.,
Superintendent of the C. H. and D. Rail-
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road, resides on Greenville Avenue. He is a representative of this powerful organization which supplies the arterial blood for the many municipal corporations which have sprung up along its course through the Miami valley, and but for which they would never have had an existence.
DR. R. B. MUSSEY
Is living in the Harkness property fronting east on Laurel Avenue. This is a landmark of the village. It was built by Mr. Anthony Harkness about 1853, and possesses some of his characteristics. Mrs. Mussey is a daughter of Col. Charles L. Gano, and a grand- daughter of Mr. Harkness. The pioneers of the valley are thus well represented in the residents of this family homestead.
HON. CHANNING RICHARDS.
This gentleman is at present United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and as such is a representative man of the Miami, and especially the Mill creek val- ley. He lives in a pleasant home on the north side of Sharon Avenue.
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THE HOMES OF GLENDALE.
MR. ALFRED G. ALLEN, one of the sons of the late Marston Allen, has a beautiful cottage villa in the margin of an old forest on Congress Avenue.
MR. N. GOLDSMITH has a delightful home on east Fountain Avenue, in a two-and-a-half acre lot, most beautifully located.
MR. SAMUEL MCCUNE, late mayor of Glen- dale, resides in a tasteful home, with verandas, bay windows, and French roof, facing south on Wood Avenue. Immediately opposite is the home of Robert Clarke, Esq.
JOHN D. JONES, EsQ., resides on Wood and Congress avenues. It is a very noticeable brick structure, surrounded by luxuriant shrub- bery. Many old trees are in the lot to the west of the home. The name of the late John D. Jones, his father, is most honorably associated with the early history of Cincinnati.
MR. CHARLES DAVIS has his summer resi- dence here, and a remarkably beautiful one. It stands on a lot containing six acres, on the cor- ner of Erie and Forest avenues. Choice fruits, flowers, plants, and shrubbery are cultivated here, without regard to the cost, and, as a pleasure resort, abounds with the most ele- vating and refining suggestions and influences.
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THE HOMES OF GLENDALE.
The late JAMES F. CUNNINGHAM, a pioneer of this valley and of the Methodist Church, lived until a year ago in the beautiful residence now standing, and which he built, on the south- east corner of Arbor Place and Sharon Avenue.
THE HARKNESS HOMESTEAD, built by the late Anthony Harkness, Esq., stands as a land- mark fronting east on Laurel Avenue.
WM. WILSON MCGREW EsQ., lives in a hand- some frame on Forest Avenue.
MR. JAMES C. RICHARDSON occupies the Haldeman homestead, and MR. W. S. GRAN- DIN that built originally by R. B. Moores. These constitute a park in and of themselves, extending from Willow to Laurel, and from Fountain to Sharon avenues.
MRS. M. S. PATTERSON's residence is on Sharon Avenue, being the splendid home at one time of Daniel DeCamp, Esq.
DR. JOHN and JAMES PATTERSON are the sons of Mrs. Patterson, and have their office on these premises.
MRS. ROBERT. CRAWFORD is the oldest resi- dent of the village. Her maiden name was Anna Lemon. She was born Nov. 1, 1797, near North Bend. Her father was a carpenter, and built Judge Symmes' house at that place. She remembers secing Judge Symmes, and can describe his appearance.
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MRS. CRAWFORD is an interesting character in the history of Glendale. She lives in the en- joyment of remarkably good health at her ad- vanced age in the home built by Mr. Craw- ford in 1853.
Mr. AND MRS. CLINTON KIRBY, descendants of the Kirby and Crawford families, distin- guished in the history of the country for intelli- gence and wealth, are also occupants of the Crawford homestead, a beautiful place, with an orchard and meadow around it.
MRS. DANIEL MCLAREN's elegant residence stands on Greenville Avenue. It was origi- nally built by Mr. Daniel DeCamp, and always attracts the attention of the visitor to Glendale. Mrs. McLaren has an extensive library, num- bering about one thousand volumes. It is a beautiful house.
MR. W. C. HOWARD, clerk of the United States District Court, has recently purchased a pleasant home on Magnolia Avenue.
DR. AND MRS. PATTERSON
Live in a comfortable home between Mag- nolia and Ivy avenues, not far from the resi- dence of the Hon. W. M. Bateman.
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Are of a high order. The buildings are lo- cated on Congress Avenue. Professor Giau- que, was principal six years. He was suc- ceeded by Prof. H. B. McClure, a fine scholar (now the law partner of Prof. Giauque) who was followed by Prof. R. H. Whallon, now in charge. Mr. Whallon is a well educated gentleman, and is maintaining the high stand- ard set up by his predecessors. There are about two hundred pupils and five teachers in the school.
THE POST OFFICE is in charge of Miss Sallie E. Russell, who is now serving under the third administration since her appointment.
WALTER E. BONNELL is station agent, the depot being a solid brick building, which was recently constructed in place of the frame de- stroyed by fire a few years since.
THE STORES
Are kept by Mr. W. P. Bruce and Wm. Lehrer Co., on Fountain Avenue, and Mr. Maher on Sharon Avenue. Thus in the matter of markets, dry goods, groceries, daily mails, telegraphs, telephones, etc., this village has first-class advantages.
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THE RESIDENTS
Of the valley, not elsewhere named, who have procured homes in this village, are :
Thos. J. Biggs, Esq. Mr. John Titus.
Mr. Henry Cilley. H. W. Hughes, Jr. Mrs. W. B. Probasco. Mr. Daniel McLaren. Mrs. M. Kinmont. J. B. Stoughton, Esq. Mrs. Fenton Lawson. H. R. Probasco, Esq. Mr. Harry Willis. Mr. N. L. Barnard. Mr. J. B. C. Moores. Reed Bartlett, Esq. Michael Dooley, Esq. S. T. Crawford, Esq. Mr. E. L. Loweree.
Mrs. F. M. Douglass. Chas. E. Spinning, Esq. Thos. J. Duncan, Esq. W. St. John Jones, Esq. A. W. Ross, Esq. Mr. John K. Sterrett.
Mrs. B. R. Stevens.
C. W. McIntyre, Esq. C.W. Withenbury, Esq. Prof. E. Y. Robbins. Mr. Thos. Johnson.
THE COCHRAN FARM.
To the north of Glendale is a splendid land- ed estate, belonging to the Hon. John M. Cochran, one of the most highly respected citizens of this valley. Mr. Cochran descends from Hon. Jeremiah Morrow, once Governor of Ohio. He has served the county three terms in the Ohio Legislature, has been
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entrusted with the settlement of large estates, and in these stations has never betrayed a trust. His splendid farm is in a high state of cultiva- tion, and is the home of wealth and content- ment.
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An account of the early settlement of this farm may be seen on page 42-3.
In the old grave-yard, near the railroad, two fallen tombstones read thus :
In memory of
HENRY TUCKER, Who died Sept, 28, 1844, aged 84 yrs. He was one of the first settlers in Ohio.
In memory of MARY TUCKER, Died Dec. 16, 1848, age, 88 yrs.
This venerable couple were thus born in the same year, 1760. Having struggled to clear this rich and beautiful land, they now rest from their labor.
" The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
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This farm now belongs to Mr. Horace Bugher, who uses it mainly for the purpose of cultivating fine stock of all kinds. As such it is a conspicuous illustration of growth in this direction.
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CHAPTER XXI.
SPRINGDALE.
W TE can not devote the space to this interesting locality that it deserves.
About the year 1820 it was the most impor- tant and wealthy village in the county. It maintained that rank until 1851, when the con- struction of the C. H. & D. Railroad-so near and yet so far-took its prestige away, and in- deed blighted its further growth.
In 1841 it had fifty-five dwellings, four stores, two taverns, one school-house, one church, and a large number of mechanic shops.
It has no more of either now. But it is in- teresting even in its old habilaments. The country around it is incomparably rich in soil and beautiful in contour. The farms are in a high state of cultivation.
Many noted names connected with the set- tlement of this valley are to be found in tracing the history of Springdale :
Hon. O. P. Morton was born here; Col.
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Wm. Chamberlain ; Major John Baldwin ; John McGilliard, Justice of the Peace in 1807 ; Capt. John Brownson, U. S. A., John Rogers, Wm. Creager, G. W. Wilmuth, Hatfield Williams, Caleb Crane, and, still later, Dr. John R. Hunt, whose venerable and accomplished widow still lives in refined retirement in the village. We insert this just tribute to Dr. Hunt from the pen of his gifted son, the Honorable Samuel F. Hunt, himself being a distinguished repre- sentative of this valley, now of the Cincinnati Bar. It is an extract from an address delivered by Gen. Hunt at Hamilton, on "The Miami Valley," July 4, 1881.
" There are, too, recollections and sympa- thies of a more tender nature which impelled me to come. My father, more than fifty years ago, after leaving Nassau Hall and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, came to the Miami Valley. For forty years he continued in the practice of his profession. He now sleeps in the village church-yard at Springdale, on the very ground where stood the pioneer church of 1796, and left behind him a memory which is cherished in the whole community as that of a good physician, a kind father, and an estimable friend and fellow- citizen."
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THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Is the growth from seed sown April 4, 1796. Subscriptions for " a Grave-yard and Meeting- house " were started at that date, the following being evidence of the fact :-
We, whose names are hereto affixed, do promise to pay or cause to be paid unto Mr. John Schooley, Mr. William Pres- ton, or Luke Foster, the several sums annexed to our names, in cash or labor, for the use of procuring a piece of land for a grave-yard, and to defray the expense of a temporary meeting-house for the Presbyterian society of this Township of Springfield, on demand, this fourth day of April, 1796 :
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John Schooley
Levy Sayre .. 2 LABOR. CASH.
2 Team. LI Ios od 15 0
This church was a " large frame building, nearly square, with galleries on the three sides, and the pulpit at the north end." . It was com- in 1801-2.
The present brick building was erected in 1834. This church has done great good in the valley. Its old records are bright with names long since " written in heaven." We can not pause to name all who have labored in minis- try and laity within its walls. He who is the Invisible sees and knows all. The Rev. Wm. H. James is now in charge of this historic church. He assumed charge July 29, 1866, and is a graduate of Princeton Theological /
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Seminary. We take great pleasure in giving room to this just tribute to Mr. James, from the pen of Mr. Olden :-
" Without ostentation, but with unremitting labor, Mr. James has served the church for more than sixteen years, and, if a steady increase of membership and uninterrupted har- mony in the church and among the congregation are to be taken as evidence, his ministerial labors have been crowned with more than ordinary success. He has surely secured to himself the confidence and esteem, not only of his congre- gation, but the entire community in which he resides."
MRS. DR. JOHN R. HUNT
Resides in a comfortable home on the main thoroughfare of the village. This has been the scene of hospitality and refinement for more than fifty years. How could it well be other- wise, connected as she is with the Pendletons, and back of them, with Revolutionary ances- tors who fought on the fields of Princeton and Monmouth for the peace and independence which the Republic enjoys to-day.
HON. CHESTER M. POOR,
At present a Representative from this county to the Legislature, cultivates a finely stocked farm just north of the village. Upon it the Hon. O. P. Morton was born ; over it passed Wayne's army ; and near its north line Col. Elliott was massacred.
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CHAPTER XXII.
LOCKLAND
T 's a manufacturing village. No place of its population exceeds it as such. Two rail- roads pass through it, the Miami canal, and many other thoroughfares in all directions.
An immense amount of capital is invested here in its manufactories and mills. It began its career in 1829, when Nicholas Longworth and Louis Howell laid out the town. It is younger than the Miami canal, for when it was constructed there were only two houses there. In 1880 it had eighteen hundred and eighty-six inhabitants. It is partly in Spring- field and partly in Sycamore townships. It was incorporated December 20, 1865.
Here are the celebrated Paper Mills of . Friend and Fox; the two mills of Haldeman Paper Co. ; the Tangeman Paper Mills : Geo. H. Friend's Paper Mills ; the Geo. Fox Starch Factory ; the Flour Mills of Palmer Bros. & House ; the Lockland Lumber Co., belonging
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to Geo. S. Stearns & Sons, and the Cotton Factory, operated by Stearns and Foster.
The Wayne Avenue church, described on page 118, is in this village. It had its beginning in 1799, when a Methodist class-meeting was held for the first time at the house of Mr. Ram- sey by Rev. Francis McCormick. The Pres- byterian church, as a branch of the Reading church, began April 6, 1850. The Rev. Ben- jamin Graves was its first preacher. The Rev. S. C. Palmer is in charge at present. Rev. J. W. Davis is pastor of the Baptist church.
There are many wealthy business men in this little city :
Mr. John H. Tangeman has a large paper mill, giving employment to many persons, a brief sketch of whom appears in the chapter on Wyoming.
Mr. James C. Richardson, president of the Haldeman Paper Co., residing in Glendale.
Mr. Gideon G. Palmer, also referred to in the article on Wyoming, Mr. C. D. Palmer, and Mr. George House, constituting the firm or G. G. Palmer and Co.
Mr George H. Friend, Mr. Thomas Fox, and many others.
The legal profession is represented by William Cornell, Esq.
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The medical profession by Dr. Highland, Dr. J. T. Booth, and Dr. John Anderson.
The new public school building, approaching completion, will be one of the finest and largest in the valley. Prof. J. M. Miller has been principal of this school over thirteen years.
There are some beautiful homes here. That of MR. and MRS. THOMAS Fox is a representa- tive. They were born, respectively, in 1822, and 1823, were baptized by the same minister, and ultimately married by him-the Rev. W. H. Raper-and are both natives of the Miami Valley. Mrs. Fox planned their present ele- gant home. It was built in 1860-a tasteful brick structure, painted dark green with red trimmings. It is the home of many pictures and books.
MR. GEORGE H. FRIEND has a pleasant home on Wayne Avenue, built in 1853. The grounds embrace about four acres. He is the proprietor of three large paper mills.
He has endured many hardships and losses in his business career, but has persevered until he is one of the foremost manufacturers of paper in the valley. His strong convictions and adherence to political principles brought him into local prominence as an opponent of slavery years before the war.
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JOHN GANO OLDEN, EsQ., for a long time a resident of Lockland, was born near Glendale on the old Morse farm, in 1819. His mother was a daughter of Wm. Gano, whose father was a brother of General John Gano, the founder of a distinguished family in Hamilton county. It will be remembered that the blood of the Huguenots courses the veins of this family.
Mr. Olden is a pioneer who has won distinc- tion heretofore in another than the actual field of a frontiersman's life. His literary tastes and achievements have done much to render his name a household word in Mill Creek Valley.
He has a pleasant country home on old Wayne Avenue, but is at present residing in Cincinnati.
The following are the names of some of the prominent citizens who have built residences in this villiage :
Charles S. Dunn, Esq., who has served as mayor, altogether, about eleven years. Joseph Sampson. Jos. W. Thomas, Esq. Mrs. Rebecca Bachelor. W. S. Bacon, Esq. Mr. R. B. Latta. Mr. Henry Gilbert.
Capt. G. W. Walker. Mr. Issac Skillman. J. F. Pendery, Esq. Philip Grosh, Esq. Mr. D. D. Thompson. John G. Lyons.
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Albert Lyons. Adam Schwartz. John J. Smiley, Esq. Leander Warren, Esq. Herbert Sullivan, Esq. Dan Mitchell, Esq. Jacob French, Esq. Mr. John Buchanan.
Mr. Theo. Skillman. W. A. Thomas, Esq. Adolphus Smith, Esq. Lewis Dehmel, Esq.
The Lockland and Wyoming Improvement Co., of which the Hon. Robert Hosea is Presi- dent, has also built several beautiful houses on its fine property, situated on both sides of the C. H. & D. Railroad.
J. C. Bellew, Esq., is at present Mayor of Lockland.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
WINTON PLACE
TS a sprightly suburb immediately north of Spring Grove cemetery. Many costly and delightful homes are to be found here. It has had a wonderful growth, and recently became an incorporated village. It was planned in 1865 by Messrs. Hand and Froome. The celebrated Platt Evans owned the fine ground east of the railroad.
The following gentlemen have located their home here and in this vicinity.
HON. JACOB BURNET, late judge of the Com- mon Pleas Court.
JUDGE F. W. MOORE, now on the Common Pleas Bench.
SAMUEL HANNAFORD, EsQ., widely known as an architect, and at present superintendent of the new Custom House.
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