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XL. FREDERICK J. ZIMMERMAN.
Mr. FREDERICK J. ZIMMERMAN, of the First Ward, is a na- tive of Maryland. He was born in Hagerstown, of that State, on the 24th of June, 1807. In the early fall of 1816, his father and family removed to Mount Vernon, and settled in a log house then situated where the residence of Mrs. John Irvine now stands, in the Second Ward. His father, Mr. Godlive Zimmer- man, died in this city, February 22, 1845. For many years old Mr. Zimmerman kept tavern where Mr. T. B. Mead's Grocery Store now is. This old tavern building was removed, and Mr. Montgomery Brown erected a large brick edifice on the site of the old Zimmerman tavern. No doubt many of our old citizens remember the " Zimmerman tavern." Like others of the old gentleman's nationality, Mr. Z. dearly loved his pipe or a good cigar. At that early day, tobacco was a luxury not easily obtain- ed ; but the old gentleman was equal to the emergency, as his son Frederick can avouch for, for many a horse-back trip has he taken to Lancaster, Ohio, an older settlement, to procure the weed his father loved so well. Judging from personal feelings, for a good cigar, or a pipe full of pleasant flavored tobacco, is one of my weaknesses, but few of the smokers of the present day, would take so great a trouble upon themselves.
Mr. Zimmerman informs me, that, at the time his father came here, (1816,) there was not a brick house in the village. The brick house on the corner of Vine and Mulberry streets, now
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owned and occupied by Mr. M. Kelly, was, at that time, in course of erection, the walls having reached the second floor.
Mr. F. J. Zimmerman was married July 7th, 1835, to Miss Sarah Colopy, of this city. Miss Colopy was born in Virginia. Her parents came to Ohio, and settled in Miller township, Knox county, and afterwards removed to Mount Vernon. Seven chil- dren were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Z .- six of whom are now liv- ing-two reside in this city, one in Akron, one in Jackson, Michigan, one in Chicago, and one in Mount Holly, this county.
Mr. Zimmerman was Post-Master of this city some five years, under the administrations of Pierce and Buchanan. Mr. Z. built the house he now resides in, on cast Front street, and has dwelt therein for over thirty years.
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MARY AND CATHARINE PRATT.
The Misses PRATT, of the Fourth Ward, are both natives of Pennsylvania, who, with their father, William Pratt, came to Ohio, in May, 1819, and settled on what was then known as the Vore farm, one and a half mile west of Mount Vernon, where the family resided until 1863. William Pratt, the father, died in December, 1829. Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, the mother, died in March, 1853. The two sisters, the subjects of this brief sketch, removed, in 1863, to Mount Vernon, as stated above, and now reside on west High street, a few doors west of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot.
Miss MARY PRATT was born at the Indian Manor Farm, Lan- caster county, Pennsylvania, on the 17th day of January, 1797.
Miss CATHARINE PRATT was born in Franklin county, Penn- sylvania, near the Maryland State Line, on the 10th day of March, 1807.
XLIII-XLIV. MR. AND MRS. E. S. S. ROUSE.
Mr. E. S. S. ROUSE, of the Third Ward, was born of Revolu- tionary stock, in Pittstown, county of Rennselaer, New York, on the 23d day of February, 1795. Served in the war of 1812, in Captain Davis' Company, Colonel Carr's Regiment, General Eddy's Brigade, New York Militia. Came to Ohio in 1818; set- tled in Muskingum county in 1822; moved to Knox county in 1832, and to Mount Vernon in 1850. Residence for the last ten years, on east High street.
Mrs. P. M. ROUSE, wife of Mr. E. S. S. Rouse, is a native of Augusta, New York. Was born October 10th, 1798. Mr. and Mrs. R. were married March 1, 1820. They have raised a family of three sons and two daughters, all of whom are adults and married. This aged and venerable couple can now count their grand children and great-grand children by dozens, and may live to see the fourth generation of their descendants.
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XLV. ISAAC HADLEY.
Mr. ISAAC HADLEY, of the First Ward, is a New Yorker by birth. From the age of fifteen he has been a citizen of Mount Vernon, and has been honored by his fellow-citizens, not only with their confidence and respect, but he has been placed in of- fices of profit as well as of honor, and faithfully and honorably has he discharged the duties of his several posts.
Mr. Hadley was born in the town of Willsborough, Essex county, New York, January 14, 1795, within sight of the waters of Lake Champlain, since made famous by Com. McDonough's victory, September 11, 1814. In 1810, Mr. Hadley's father, with his family, came to Ohio, and settled in the county of Knox. His father, Mr. Smith Hadley, was born August 14, 1765, and died February 4th, 1850, aged 85 years, 5 months, and 20 days.
November 9, 1825, Mr. Isaac Hadley was married to Miss Sa- rah Davidson, of Mount Vernon. Miss Davidson was born in Knox county, on the 22d day of November, 1805, and deceased January 16, 1873, in the 69th year of her age. To Mr. and Mrs. Hadley were born seven children, six of whom are still living- four reside in this city, one in Iowa, and one in Bellaire, Ohio.
Mr. Hadley's public life has been a remarkable one, having, for twenty-four years, held commissions, either from the Presi- dent of the United States, or from the Governor of Ohio. At one time, Mr. H. was acting as Sheriff and Post-Master, at the same time, for four years.
April 28, 1830, Mr. H. received the appointment of Deputy United States Marshal, and served as such for four years. Dur- ing that time he took the census of Knox county, and in the dis- charge of that duty, he visited every house, and every family, at that time within the limits of Knox county.
August 12, 1831, Post-Master General Barry appointed Mr. Hadley Post-Master for this place, and he served in that capaci- ty for about nine years. In 1832 he was appointed by General Bevans, Deputy Sheriff. In October, 1834, Mr. H. was elected and commissioned Sheriff of Knox county, and in October, 1836, he was re-elected, (without opposition,) thus, with his own four years, Mr. H. was acting as Sheriff for six years.
Mr. Hadley was appointed Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, April 13, 1839, and served seven years, that being the Con- stitutional limit. In 1834, Governor Robert Lucas commission- ed Mr. Hadley as Paymaster of the Volunteer Brigade of Knox county, with the rank of Major.
April 30, 1863, Mr. Hadley was appointed and commissioned by the President of the United States, Commissioner for the Thirteenth Ohio Congressional District, composed of the coun- ties of Knox, Licking, Muskingum and Coshocton, and served as such until the close of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- charged.
Notwithstanding his four score years, few men in the prime of their manhood, can compete with Mr. Hadley in the discharge of the duties of every day life.
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XLVI. LEONORA DEBENHAM HARNWELL.
Mrs. LEONORA DEBENHAM HARNWELL, of the First Ward, nee Miss Debenham, was born August 16, 1799, at Rickinghall, Suffolk, England. On the 29th of May, 1834, she married Mr. Adam Harnwell, of Redgrave, Suffolk, England. In March, 1841, Mr. and Mrs. H. left England for America. In the fall of 1843 they settled in Knox county, and for thirty-three years have been numbered among our best citizens. Three children were born unto this worthy couple, two sons and one daughter, only one of whom is now living, Benjamin, who is one of the prominent merchants of Gambier. The recent death of Mr. Adam Harnwell, which took place at his late residence on Gam- bier Avenue, August 4, 1876, has left this venerable lady almost alone in this her hour of mourning and of sorrow. Mr. Harn- well was 70 years of age at the time of his decease.
XLVII. JOHN POWER.
Mr. JOHN POWER, of the Fifth Ward, was born in Washing- ton county, Pennsylvania, on the 17th day of November, 1805. Mr. Power came to Ohio in 1833, and settled in Wayne county : from Wayne county he removed to Coshocton county, and from Coshocton he came to Mount Vernon. September 26, 1833, he married Miss Matilda Settle, of Brown township, this county. Nine children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. P., eight of whom are still living, three girls and five boys. Of the boys, John B., Thomas N., James W., and Samuel, reside in this city, and George C. is a citizen of Wooster, Ohio, and is Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county. Of the girls, one, Miss Nancy, married a Mr. McCoy, and removed to Kansas, and two, Miss Melvilla C., and Miss Martha A., reside with their pa- rents on east Burgess street. George and John are married.
XLVIII. JAMES CAMERON.
Mr. JAMES CAMERON, of the Fifth Ward, is a native of Ire- land, and was born in the county Derry, in the year 1801, the exact date and month we cannot ascertain. Mr. Cameron ar- rived in New York in 1851, and in 1852 came to Mount Vernon. In Ireland, Mr. C. was a farmer, while in America, the land of his adoption, he has followed Railroading, most of the time un- der Mr. William Henegan and his son John.
XLIX. ARTHUR G. RUNYAN.
Mr. ARTHUR G. RUNYAN, of the Fifth Ward, was born in Fleming town, county seat of Huntington county, New Jersey, October 31, 1795. Came to Ohio in 1816. Mr. Runyan has been twice married. his first wife being a native of Geneva, Ontario county, New York.
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L. NORMAN N. HILL.
Mr. N. N. HILL, of the Fourth Ward, is, by birth, a native of the Green Mountain State, having been born in the village of Cornwall, Addison eouiity, Vermont, on the 28th day of Sep- tember, 1803. His father and family came to Ohio in 1809, and settled in Zanesville, where they remained some two years, and then, in 1811, came to Mount Vernon ; the subject of this brief sketch being, at that time, in the eighth year of his age, where he has resided ever since, thus giving him a residence of sixty- five years in this village and city.
Mr. Hill married, on the 12th day of February, 1832, Miss Mary Shaw, daughter of Mr. John Shaw, of Mount Vernon. Three children were the issue of this marriage, only one of whom is now living-a son-John S., who resides on the Harkness road, in Clinton township.
In his early years Mr. Hill taught school, and afterwards be- came chief clerk in the mercantile establishment of old Mr. Samuel Mott, at that time one of the oldest Lawyers in the place. Mr. Hill has been an active and prominent business man all his life-a successful merchant-an extensive produce dealer -a large purchaser and shipper of live stock-a manufacturer of woolen goods, and now the successful manager of our City Gas Works. Mr. Hill built the large Woolen Mill at the foot of Main street, lately occupied by Graff & Carpenter, Produce Dealers, having also dug the race, and put in the water wheel. He car- ried on the manufacture of woolen goods, at the above place, for over eighteen months, successfully and profitably. Of late years Mr. Hill has devoted all his business energies to the man- agement of the Mount Vernon Gas Light and Coke Company.
To few men now with us, does Mount Vernon owe more for its real prosperity, than it does to Mr. N. N. Hill.
PATRIOTIC SONS OF AMERICA, LODGE NO. 31.
ORGANIZED, SEPTEMBER 23, 1876.
TIME OF MEETING -Every Tuesday Evening .- PLACE OF MEETING-Meet; in Hall third story of Sperry's Block, Public Square.
First Officers :
L. G. Hunt, Dist. Pres't.
S. C. Thompson, W. A. Crouch,
Past President.
Vice Pres't. Secretary. Treasurer.
Samuel Davis, D. W. Agnew, H. C. Parker, John Tousley, John Y. Reeve, I. G. (). G. Left
Commander. Conductor.
Right Sup'r.
John H. Stevens,
T. H. Trimble,
M. L. Mills,
Henry Cooper,
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JOSEPH C. DEVIN. HENRY L. CURTIS. DEVIN & CURTIS,
ATTORNEYS- AT- LAW,
MOUNT VERNON, OHIO. OFFICE-North-East Corner of Main and Chestnut streets.
D. C. Montgomery, Attorney- At- Law, MT. VERNON, OHIO.
OFFICE-Over Stauffer & Son's Clothing Store, North-West Corner of Main street and Public Square.
Collections promptly attended to.
J. B. WEIGHT, Attorney-At-Lam, MOUNT VERNON, OHIO.
Collections throughout the State promptly attended to. OFFICE-In Banning's Hall, over Wolffe's Clothing Store, North-West Corner of Main and Vine streets. 1-Entrance on Vine street.
W. M. KOONS, Attorney-At-Law, MT. VERNON, OHIO.
OFFICE-In Israel's Building, over Knox County Savings Bank, north Main street.
Particular attention paid to Collections in all parts of the State.
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LI. SARAH PATTERSON.
Mrs. SARAH PATTERSON, of the Fourth Ward, is now in the 73d year of her age, and is one of those active matrons, so few of whom remain with us. Reared at a period when both sexes were enured to toil and hardships, unknown to the present gen- eration, she has preserved all her early habits, which enables her to bear the infirmities of old age with almost the characteristics of youth full of life and laudable ambition.
Mrs. Patterson was born in Virginia, in 1804. When only two years of age, her parents emigrated from Virginia, (this was in the year 1806,) and settled on a farm within two miles of Utica, Ohio, where she remained until a few years since, when she re- moved to this city, and took up her residence with her son, Mr. James Patterson. A part of this farm is in Licking county, and a part in Knox county. At that time a great many Indians made the forests of Ohio their home, and Licking and Knox counties, to this day, show many signs of their former presence. Sixty-two years ago, when the subject of this sketch was only fourteen years of age, her father being from home, she was sent by her mother to a mill located near Mount Vernon,-(the nearest mill to their farm,) for corn-meal. Sarah performed the trip on horse-back, following the Indian trail through the forests, and returned home safely with the much needed article of food. At that time there was only one log-cabin between their farm and the Owl Creek settlement, and the settlement was mostly inhabited by Indians.
At one time, her father's family were all out of the house, at work on different parts of the farm. Imagine their surprise on returning to the house, to find their home in possession of six Indians, who had found the turnip patch, pulled up what they needed, entered the house with their plunder, scattered all over the floor the rinds, and were having a good time generally. Some were dancing, while others were turning the flax-reel, the humming of which afforded them great amusement.
On one occasion, an Indian Chief named Custo, came to their home, and requested them to make him a vest-which they did. The vest required three yards of Dimity. This will give the reader an idea of the size of this son of the forest. As payment, Custo gave the family a pair of scissors and a silk handkerchief.
LII. JOHN LINN.
Mr. JOHN LINN, of the Fourth Ward, was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1797, and emigrated to Ohio in 1844, and settled near Fredericktown, Knox county, and lived there until 1864, when he removed to Mount Vernon, and has resided here ever since. His home is with his son-in-law, Mr. James Patterson. Mr. Linn is enjoying remarkable good health for a man of his advanced age-now in his 80th year. At the time Mr. Linn came to Ohio, 1844, he says there was only one house on the flat between Cooper's machine shop and the old tan-yard at the foot of Lathrop's hill, as it was then called. At that time all the flat was one vast field of wheat.
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LIII. MARY BARRY.
Mrs. MARY BARRY, nee Harney, of the Third Ward, was born on the 10th day of May, 1806, in the county of Waterford, Ireland. Miss Harney was married to Mr. John Barry, of the county Tipperary, Ireland, on the 10th day of April, 1829.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry, with their family, left Ireland in the fall of 1849, and reached Mount Vernon, Ohio, in December of the same year, after a disastrous voyage of over fourteen weeks. A few days after sailing, when almost in mid-ocean, after pass- ing a pleasant day in social chat over the prospects that awaited them in their new home, and dwelling sadly and sorrowfully on the deserted homes and friends remaining behind, and building many "castles in the air," our emigrants retired to their berths to sleep, perchance to dream, of the loved ones and of the absent. This vessel, like all others at that time, bound for the land of plenty, was crowded with hardy emigrants. To many that night " was the last of earth,"-many saw not the morrow's sun -that was to rise for them no more. Alas! when their slum- bers were the sweetest, the awful ery of fire ! aroused the sleepers, and awoke them to a struggle for life, at that moment the sweet- est " boon to mortal given." The vessel was doomed ! Every effort was made by the captain and crew to quiet the fears of the panic stricken passengers, in many instances, without effect. The strong minded and the healthy, in hours of safety, became almost imbecile and helpless, while the weak andsickly became suddenly endowed with a strength and presence of mind that showed their strength came from a source not human. Some, in their panic, to escape death by fire, sought it in the waves that laved the vessel's sides. Every boat was soon launched and loaded with precious freight-rafts were hastily inade and soon crowded with the unfortunates, and then entrusted to the mercy of the winds and the waves. On the second day after leaving the burning vessel, the boats and rafts were all relieved of their precious loads. Then, and not till then, were many weary hearts made glad with joy, for their dearly loved ones were saved, but, alas! many wept, and would not be comforted, for their dear ones were not. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Barry were numbered with those who perished.
Five, of the eight children, born to Mr. and Mrs. Barry, are still living. Mrs. Barry now resides with her daughter, Mrs. John Henegan, corner of High and McArthur streets, where she is surrounded with every comfort.
LIV. JAMES WARNER MILLER.
Mr. JAMES WARNER MILLER, of the Third Ward, was born in Windham county, Vermont, near Battleboro', on the 8th day of July, 1807. In the fall of 1814, he removed with his father, mother, and three brothers, to what is now Miller township, Knox county, Ohio. His father settled in the woods. At that
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time only two families resided in the territory now within the boundary of the above named township.
The subject of this brief sketch encountered all the hardships consequent to the clearing up a new farm in a dense forest. At the age of twenty-two he left his father's farm, and entered a store in Mount Vernon as a clerk. On the 18th day of Decem- ber, 1833, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Mary G., a daughter of the late Mr. Gilman Bryant, of this city. They have raised a family of ten children, all of whom are living.
As a farmer, as a clerk, as a merchant, Mr. Miller has stood pre-eminent as a careful, prudent, and successful man, and has, by his energy and fair dealing, accumulated enough of this world's goods, to render him independent, and to surround himself with all the comforts the decline of life may require.
Mr. Miller is a shrew business man, and knows how to secure customers, and, what is still better, knows how to keep them. If an article of merchandise, however small and valueless, and he has it not in his store, is called for twice, by different custo- mers, he immediately orders a small lot, and his customers are supplied-they must wait-for no other establishment in the city could furnish the articles wanted.
Although nearly seventy years of age, time,sits lightly on his shoulders, and to-day, he has all the appearance of a man in the prime of life.
LV. JAMES MARTIN.
Mr. JAMES MARTIN, of Monroe township, is one of our fore- handed farmers, and is well known by all our citizens. He is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Washington county, of that State, on the 7th day of February, 1807. He came to Mount Vernon, Ohio, June 18, 1818. At that time, Mr. M. states, there were no churches in the village, as it was only a small place. The first work he performed here, was raising po- tatoes on the piece of ground whereon the Methodist Church now stands, on north Mulberry street. Another piece of work he often alludes to, was his ploughing down of the old Court House, then standing on the north-east quarter of the Public Square.
Mr. Martin married, on the 12th day of April, 1832, Miss Sa- rah Rigg, formerly of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Miss Rigg came to Mount Vernon in the year 1830. To them were born two children, both of whom have deceased. Mr. Martin, his wife and six grand-children, now reside on his beautiful and fertile farm, on the Coshocton road, a short distance from the corporation line.
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