Wyandot County directory. Comprising city directories of Upper Sandusky, Carey and Nevada; business directories of Marseilles, Kirby, Sycamore, McCutchenville, Little Sandusky, Belle Vernon, Whartonsburg 1877, Part 4

Author: Gillingham & Talcott, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Gillingham & Talcott
Number of Pages: 192


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"Sum-mun-de-wat amused me after he came home, by relating a circumstance that transpired one cold evening, just before sun- down. 'I met,' said he, 'on a small path, not far from my camp, a man who ask me if I could talk English.' I said 'little.' He ask me, 'How far is it to a house ?' I answer, 'I dont know-may be 10 miles-may be 8 miles.' 'Is there a path leading to it ?' 'No -by and by dis go out, (pointing to the path they were on, ) den all woods. You go home me-sleep-me go show you to-morrow.' Then he come my camp-so take horse-tie-give him some corn and brush-then my wife give him supper. He ask where I come.


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I say, 'Sandusky.' He say, 'You know Finley?' 'Yes,' I say, he is my brother-my father.' Then he say, 'He is my brother.' Then I feel something in my heart burn. I say, 'You preacher ?' He say, 'Yes;' and I shook hands and say, 'My brother!' Then we try talk. Then I say, 'You sing and pray.' So he did. Then he say to me, 'Sing and pray.' So I did; and I so much cry I can't pray. No go sleep -- I can't-I wake-my heart full. All night I pray and praise God, for his send me preacher to sleep my camp. Next morning soon come, and he want to go. Then I go show him through the big woods, until come to big road. Then he took me by hand and say, ‘Farewell, brother; by and by we meet up in heaven.' Then me cry, and my brother cry. We part-I go hunt .. All day I cry, and no see deer jump up and run away. Then I go and pray by some log. My heart so full of joy, that I cannot walk much. I say, 'I cannot hunt.' Sometimes I sing- then I stop and clap my hands, and look up to God, my heavenly Father. Then the love come so fast in my heart, I can hardly stand. So I went home, and said, 'This is my happiest day.'"'


UNION SCHOOLS. - While the school buildings of Upper San- dusky are not grand or costly, the recitation rooms are well and comfortably arranged, and are fitted up in modern style. The teachers are efficient, and pupils can obtain an academic education. E. A. Galbreath is Superintendent, and W. F. Helle is Prof. of German. Following are the names of the teachers: W. M. But- ler, "A" High School; Mrs. R. L. Jones, "B" High School; Miss Corilla Beistle, "A" Grammar Department; Miss Jennie Miller, "B" Grammar Department; Miss Maggie Kerr, Intermediate De- partment; Miss Kittie Plott, Senior Secondary Department; Miss Lida Gump, South Junior Secondary Department; Miss Jennie Rummell, North Junior Secondary Department; Miss Aggie Adair, South Primary Department; Miss Minnie Maple, North Primary Department.


SILVER CORNET BAND .-- The Upper Sandusky Silver Cornet Band was organized during the spring of 1866 by A. Martin, who is the leader. This is one of the best bands in the State. The present members are as follows : A. Martin, leader; E. Brauns, 2d E b. Cornet; Fred Martin, Ist B b Cornet; Alfred Martin, 2d B b Cornet; Adam Stutz, Ist E b Alto; John Seider, 2d E b Alto; H. Wissler B b Tenor Solo; Thomas McCormick, B b Bass; John


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Clinger, E b Tuba; G. Landversicht, Base Drum; Charles Cramer, Tenor Drum.


"THE KIRBY LIGHT GUARDS" is a Military Organization composed of a number of the young men of Upper Sandusky. The members are well drilled, and take pride in keeping up their organization. They frequently march on dress parade, making a fine appearance. Should their services be demanded for an engage- ment, there is no doubt but they would give a good account of themselves.


FIRST NATIONAL BANK -- This Bank was organized on the 2d' day of November, 1863. It has a cash capital of $105,000, and a surplus fund of $47,000. The officers are: S. Watson, President; James G. Roberts, Cashier; Directers, T. V. Reber, John D. Sears, David Straw, Henry Maddux, S. Watson and James G. Roberts.


WYANDOT COUNTY BANK .- On the Ist day of April, 1867, the Wyandot County Bank was organized. It has a cash capital of $35,000. George W. Beery, Sr., is President of the institution, and Ed. A. Gordon is the Cashier. The stockholders are as fol- lows: I. H. Beery, J. A. Maxwell, George W. Beery, Sr., and Lovell B. Harris.


CENTRAL BANK .- In the year 1860, R. R. McKee established a Banking House. He was succeeded in the business by R. R. McKee & Co., and on the 3d day of March, 1873, the firm of R. R. McKee & Co., were succeeded by the Central Bank, the latter being the first bank started under the new State law. Following are the officers: President, John S. Rappe; Vice President, J. S. Hare; Cashier, William H. Frederick; Directors-John S. Rappe, J. S. Hare, C. Engel, P. O'Brien and J. D. McKee.


The officers of all the above named banking institutions are courteous and accommodating gentlemen, while both officers and stockholders of each are solid and reliable business men.


NEWSPAPORIAL .-- In the month of February, 1845, the Wyan- dot Telegraph, the first newspaper published in Upper Sandusky, was started. The editor and proprietor was John Shrenk. The politics of this first journalistic enterprise were Whig. It was a five-column paper, size 20 and 34 inches by 27 and 3/4 inches, and fairly printed.


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The Telegraph was published in the old Council House until that building was taken possession of for county purposes, at which time Shrenk moved to the lot where the Methodist Church now stands, and while his new office was being prepared for occupa- tion, worked off one number of his paper in the open air under an apple tree. In the fall of 1845, the Democracy having elected the entire ticket, the Telegraph died for the want of support, and . its successful rival, the Democratic Pioneer, was first issued by the editor, William T. Giles, on the 29th of August, 1845. In the spring of 1853, the name of the paper was changed to the Wyan- dot Pioneer


On the 20th of July, 1848, the Wyandot Tribune, a Whig journal, was established. J. S. Fouke was the editor and publisher. The Tribune was afterwards transferred to A. C. Hulburd. Hulburd subsequently formed a partnership with M. R. Gould, and in January, 1850, the Tribune suspended.


In the spring of 1855, the proprietor of the Wyandot Pioneer became involved, his material was attached and sold, and the Pioneer passed under the editorial control of Col. William T. Wilson, and became a Republican paper. In July, 1856, the Pioneer was sold to G. W. Keen and H. N. Lewis, who transferred the establishment, in 1857, to Charles G. Mugg. On the 11th of February, 1858, the Pioneer was again transferred to Col. Wilson.


To go back in our newspaper narrative, we will state that by the transfer of the Pioneer to Col. Wilson, in 1854, the Democratic party was left without an organ. R. D. Dumm came to the rescue for the Democracy, and issued the Democratic Vindicator. About the close of the first volume, the material was sold to N. W. Dennison, who moved it to Iowa, and the Democrats were again without an organ. The gap was soon filled by N. Jones and J. W. Wheaton, who issued on the 20th of August, 1857, the Demo- cratic Union. In February, 1858, R. D. Dumm assumed control of the Union.


We have omitted to mention in the foregoing the short-lived Wyandot Herald, the first number of which was issued April 19th, 1853, and which passed out of existence with the completion of its sixth number. It was Democratic in politics, and was conducted by Charles Warner, as editor and publisher.


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When Col. (then Captain) Wilson left for camp, in com- mand of the Wyandot Guards, on the third of May, 1861, his wife, Mrs. L. A. Wilson, took the management and editorial con- duct of the Pioneer. She published three numbers, when the Pioneer passed into the hands of L. A. Brunner, who had recently arrived from Maryland, and on the 16th of September, 1864, Otho J. Powell became a joint partner with Mr. Brunner. On the 31st of January, 1866, Col. Wilson again assumed the proprietorship and editorial control of the Pioneer. On the 27th of September, 1866, he was succeeded by Pietro Cuneo, who changed the name of the paper to Wyandot County Republican, and is the present editor and proprietor.


The Democratic Union has changed hands two or three times since Mr. Dumm assumed control of it in 1858, Mr. E. Zimmer- man taking control of it in November, 1868, and L. A. Brunner succeeding him on the Ist of November, 1870. Charles L. Zahm has had charge of the Union, as editor and proprietor, for over two years past.


EARLY POETRY .- The following is the concluding portion of a poetical effusion which appeared in the Wyandot Pioneer, nearly twenty years ago. The lines were written by the editor, C. G. Mugg, and refer to the rather well-known mishap of Col. Crawford :


Long years have passed, and many a morn and eve,


Time's changes on the face of nature weave : Where once the wigwam of the savage stood,


Or where unseen in pathless solitude


Roamed the wild deer and beast of pray alone, By marshy fen, by reeds and grass o'ergrown; All these have passed away, and in their place Are dwellings of a nobler, better race.


Where once the Indian village decked the plain,


Bright summer shows her fields of waving grain,


Which in the spring and early summer bloom, Blossom alike o'er white and red man's tomb.


To thee, thou Battle Isle, changes but few have come Since erst the Wyandot thy shade his home Had made. Now wave thy oaks as green as when


Thou shelterest in their need brave Crawford and his men.


Though near an hundred years have fled, Thy shade still reaches o'er the slumbering dead,


That sleep in one huge grave, by midnight fires, Dug for our murdered Anglo Saxon sires.


God rest them! May their children ever keep Sacred the spot where their forefathers sleep, And may they make that mound, in years to come, A sacred shrine-a proud mausoleum.


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THE "U. S. BOOK CLUB" was organized September 20th, 1872, by Dr. Rabe, (since moved away) and others. It commenced with about fifty members and one hundred and fifty volumes. Ad- ditions have been made from time to time, until the Club now has three hundred volumes. The membership has not increased very rapidly, owing to different circumstances. Only members are al- lowed access to the Library. The fees are $2 oo on joining, and $1 00 annually thereafter.


THE " OHIO FRUIT JAR COMPANY " was organized March 27th, 1876, and a patent was issued during the same month, authorizing . the Association to manufacture A. W. Brinkerhoff's " Patent Self Sealing Fruit Jars." The office of the company only is in Upper Sandusky, while their ware is manufactured in the east and shipped to them. Their glassware is made in Pittsburgh, and their wire work is manufactured in Waterbury, Conn. The officers are : President, A. W. Brinkerhoff ; Treasurer, T. E. Beery ; Secretary, M. H. Brinkerhoff.


THE "WYANDOT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY " was or- ganized January 3rd, 1852, and a fair held in the fall of the same year, on the ground now occupied by the School House, corner 4th and Johnston streets, upon which the old Council House of the Wyandots stood. The incorporators were C. M. Karr, Scott M. Fowler, A. McCarey, John Kisor and W. H. Renick. The following fall the fair was held at the southwest corner of town, (on the Kirby road,) on ground then owned by Henry Jones, where it was held until the fall of 1856, when it was moved to their present grounds, at the north end of Sandusky Avenue. Present officers: J. S. Rappe, President ; G. W. Kenan, Vice President ; C. B. Hare, Secretary; E. A. Gordon, Treasurer.


CAREY.


One of the cosiest, handsomest and most promising towns of the State is Carey. It possesses the advantages of three lines of railway, namely, the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland, the Columbus and Toledo, and a branch road of the C. S. & C., running from Carey to Findlay. The land upon which the town is situated was once owned by the old Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad (now C., S. & C.) The ground was surveyed by Judge Beidler, of Upper Sandusky, who was then Assistant Engineer of


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the Mad River Road, under R. M. Shoemaker, who was Chief Engineer, and who now resides in Clifton, near Cincinnati. The town was fully laid out in 1843, and the lots sold in the spring of 1847. It was named after the Hon. 'John Carey, now deceased. The survey was not a pleasant task, as the land was a black, loamy soil-almost a swamp-was covered with water, and heavily tim- bered with oak, ash, beech, elm, hickory, etc. Among the first pioneers of Carey, now living, are John Houck, Charles Zuck, David Straw and Henry Houck. The first building was costructed in the spring of 1844, by Henry Houck for his brother John, who kept it as a hotel under the name of the "Carey House." It is . yet standing and used for the same purpose, under the name of the " American House." By the spring of 1845 two warehouses were completed. One of them is at present occupied by David Straw as a grain warehouse, while the other is now known as the " Carey Flouring Mill." During the year 1845, R. W. Shawhan, of Tiffin, built a grain warehouse on Findlay street, this side of the Galt House. The work was in charge of Hugh Mulholland. The building was afterward sold and moved to South street, where it was run as a grist mill, by Wonders & Bro., four or five years. At the present time it is used as a woolen factory by the Aspinall Bros. In the summer of 1848, the Galt House was built by John Houck. The house has changed hands several times since then. It is now owned and kept by F. J. Worrello. Carey contains three dry goods stores, seven groceries, two boot and shoe stores, two clothing stores, two drug stores, two hotels, five churches, one bakery, one furniture store, two butcher shops, two livery stables, three carriage and wagon manufactories, three blacksmith shops, one foundry and machine shop, five regular physicians, three law- yers, one private boarding house, one restaurant, two billiard halls, two saddle and harness shops, two millinery stores, one newspa- per, four insurance agents, two hardware stores, four saloons, two barber shops, one bank, one broker, two flouring mills, on e woolen mill, one brick yard, two sash and door factories, one saw- mill, one tannery, two express and three telegraph offices, post office, three railroads, two jewelry stores and one photograph gal- lery.


Carey is fifty-one miles south of Toledo, sixteen miles from Tiffin, twelve miles from Forest, ten miles from Upper Sandusky by rail,


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sixteen miles from Findlay, and sixteen miles from Fostoria. It is in the midst of one of the best wheat-growing sections in the coun- try, and is unsurpassed anywhere in the State for fruit culture. The town is built upon a level plat, surrounded by well-tilled farms and forests of good timber, with an abundance of good, pure water. There are many substantial and creditable business blocks, and several elegant private dwellings.


Soon after the first settlement of Carey, the surrounding coun- try was rapidly settled with substantial farmers, roads were forth- with surveyed and constructed through the dense forests, and be- fore many years had elapsed all kinds of grain and country pro- duce for twenty-five and thirty miles around were brought thither, and found a ready market. The cause attributed for this was the fact that the only railroad in that section of country at the time was the Mad River road. Several warehouses did a flourishing business there by purchasing the surplus grain and other merchant- able articles from the producers and then shipping to Sandusky by the Mad River road ; from there the purchaser shipped to Buffalo and other points by boat. It is asserted that wagons to the num- ber of one hundred and thirty-five were, on some days, counted, unloading their products.


From such a small and comparatively insignificant beginning, as portrayed by our feeble pen, behold the Carey of to-day ! with a population of about «leven hundred, possessing a culture and re- finement equal to that of any of her neighboring towns, first-class schools and wellattended churches ; elegant residences and modern business blocks; beautiful drives surrounding, and all that heart could wish for comfort, independence and happiness.


One mile and a quarter west of Carey is located the stone quarry of George B. Corwin. This quarry furnishes the finest of building stone, and is now largely sought after by builders and contractors in many parts of the country. There is also plenty of limestone close by. Such advantages will no doubt go far toward making Carey in the future the busy, flourishing city it is destined to be


Carey boasts of a very fine and commodious Town Hall, built last year, at an expense of $5,000. It is 45 by 65 feet, and two stories high. On the first floor are the Mayor's office, Council Room and Trustees' Room.


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Carey is not only well represented with churches, but possesses also fine public schools, which are in charge of Prof. Charles D. Bogard, a gentleman fully qualified for such a trust. Following are his assistants: Miss Mary Foster, Grammar Department ; Miss Lizzie Miller, Juvenile Department ; Miss Princess Moody, Inter- mediate Department. The building is a large two-story brick, divided into four apartments. Carey has, in addition to her schools and churches, one Odd Fellows', one Free Masons', and one Grangers' Hall.


The Carey Weekly Times was established by Mr. Frank T. Tripp, in the month of May, 1873. Mr. Tripp continued its pub- lication up to August, 1876, when the paper passed under the con- trol of Hon. L. A. Brunner. Mr. Brunner is a journalist of large experience, and, in the estimation of many, publishes the best local paper in the county, and one that will compare favorably with any local paper in the State.


The indications of improvement and progress in Carey are marked on every hand. New buildings are being constructed, and others are projected. The Columbus and Toledo Railroad, which has been completed within the last twelve months, has added a new impetus to business. Some capitalists from abroad have al- ready arranged for building an extensive planing mill, in connec- tion with a sash, door and blind factory and saw mill. It is pre- dicted that inside of three months these manufacturing establish- ments will be in operation. We predict for Carey a healthy, steady growth, and a bright future.


NEVADA.


Nevada is one of the most favorably located and progressive towns in Wyandot county. Her citizens are public spirited, am- bitious and enterprising. The town is well supplied with churches for the spiritual training of the people, while the rising generation have the benefit of the best of schools.


The Union Schools of Nevada are presided over by S. W. Van Winkle as Superintendent, with the following corps of as- sistants : Miss Mary C. Close, Grammar Dept ; Miss Maggie Rowinsky, Secondary Dept .; Mrs. Mary Young, Primary Dept. The school has an average attendance of about two hundred and fifty.


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The Nevada Fire Company was organized April 8th, 1872. It is an independent organization, with twenty-eight members, but their apparatus belongs to the corporation. They have a sporting and service truck. The organization is known as " Res- cue Hook and Ladder Co. No. I." The present officers are : J. A. Brown, Foreman ; J. A. Ankrum, Assistant Foreman ; R. B. Conant, Secretary; L. Wilson, Treasurer.


The " Franklin Literary Society" was organized on Thurs- day evening, January 25th, 1877, in the basement of the M. E. Church. At present the Society meets every Tuesday evening. The officers are: R. B. Conant, President ; Miss Mary Close, Vice President ; J. M. Wilcox, Secretary ; T. H. Harter, Treas- urer. The Society is increasing in interest and numbers.


The " Nevada Dramatic Troupe " was organized August 8th, 1876, in the Town Hall. Following are the officers : R. B. Co- nant, Manager ; J. M. Wilcox, Secretary ; J. A. Brown, Treas- urer ; A. J. Flaharty, Musical Director.


The " Nevada Silver Cornet Band" has been organized several years. This Band possesses more than ordinary merit, having taken the third premium at the Tournament in Upper San- dusky, in 1874, on which occasion it competed with six other bands. The officers are : A. J. Flaharty, Leader ; J. L. Balliet, Secretary ; J. N. Goodbread, Treasurer.


The following sketch of Nevada, from the pen of J. L. Cook, Esq., written several months ago, is so appropriate and compre- hensive that we give it entire, without attempting to improve it :


' 'The village of Nevada is located on the line of the P., Ft. W. & C. Railway, midway between Bucyrus and Upper Sandusky, being eight miles from either, in the midst of a rich and product- ive agricultural district, with Broken-Sword Creek within less than one mile both north and west, near the eastern boundary of Wy- andot County, State of Ohio. As far back as we can trace any reliable history, or even tradition, this region of country was owned and occupied by the Wyandot Indians ; they were, doubt- less, here long previous to the discovery of America by Columbus. We have reliable accounts of them being here during the old French War, and our forefathers learned by bitter experience that they were here when they defeated the army under Colonel Craw- ford, capturing and roasting alive the gallant leader himself.


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Those Indians remained here until the year 1843, when they were removed to what is now the State of Kansas, where they still remain a weak imbecile remnant of a once powerful, brave and warlike people. The march of civilization has trodden them under foot, the debauchery introduced by a Christian people has eaten out their vitals, the hydra-headed monster, intemperance, is sucking the last of their life-blood. Very soon they will be known only in history. Let the present owners of these lovely lands profit by the fate of their predecessors-the same enemy is abroad in the midst of you.


The United States Government, having purchased these lands from the Indians in 1842 offered them for sale in October 1845, the minimum price being fixed at $2.50 per acre, at which most of them sold, a few for more, but some would not sell for even that, amongst those the tract upon which the original plot of Nevada is located. Immediately after the sale the tide of emigration began to pour in beyond all precedent, log cabins sprang up as if by magic all over the recently unbroken forest, cabin raisings, log rollings and social gatherings of all kinds were the order of the day, but unlike most new settlements the bottle was not the in- evitable companion at these gatherings, to which in a great degree may be attributed the unprecedented growth and prosperity of this community. In five years the face of the country had com- pletely changed and began to present the appearance of an old set- tlement. A greater population could be found in the same bounds, than in some other places that had been settled forty years.


The first white settler within the immediate vicinity of Ne- vada was Isaac Miller, who emigrated from the State of Virginia in the year 1835, and settled on a tract of land about one mile northwest from the corporate limits, now owned by N. L. Bachtell. His sons Isaac Lair and Jacob are still amongst you Amongst the first settlers after the land sales were Lewis Longwell, John Horick, Joshua Cook, Samuel Snider, Joseph and George Reinehart, David Wolf, Charles and Frank Palmer, Joseph Bachtell and Sivenoe Burke. The first settler within the bounds of the present corpora- tion was James McLaughlin, who commenced improvements in 1849 ; next, Samuel Allison, then William Welch. All of these settled upon lands adjoining the original town plot. The lands upon which this plot is located were purchased from the Govern-


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The Telegraph was published in the old Council House until that building was taken possession of for county purposes, at which time Shrenk moved to the lot where the Methodist Church now stands, and while his new office was being prepared for occupa- tion, worked off one number of his paper in the open air under an apple tree. In the fall of 1845, the Democracy having elected the entire ticket, the Telegraph died for the want of support, and its successful rival, the Democratic Pioneer, was first issued by the editor, William T. Giles, on the 29th of August, 1845. In the spring of 1853, the name of the paper was changed to the Wyan- dot Pioneer


On the 20th of July, 1848, the Wyandot Tribune, a Whig journal, was established. J. S. Fouke was the editor and publisher. The Tribune was afterwards transferred to A. C. Hulburd. Hulburd subsequently formed a partnership with M. R. Gould, and in January, 1850, the Tribune suspended.


In the spring of 1855, the proprietor of the Wyandot Pioneer became involved, his material was attached and sold, and the Pioneer passed under the editorial control of Col. William T. Wilson, and became a Republican paper. In July, 1856, the Pioneer was sold to G. W. Keen and H. N. Lewis, who transferred the establishment, in 1857, to Charles G. Mugg. On the 11th of February, 1858, the Pioneer was again transferred to Col. Wilson.




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