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 5

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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To go back in our newspaper narrative, we will state that by the transfer ot 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 inen.


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 $I oo 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 ยท 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 eleven 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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ment by a man named Mckibben, from whom Jonathan Ayres and Joel Garret, of Upper Sandusky, bought them, and laid out the village of Nevada, in October, 1852, which at that time had been cut upon the town site, except from the track of the Ohio and Indiana railroad, then in course of construction. The prim- eval forest in all its glory adorned the landscape. At the first sale of lots but few found purchasers at any price ; lots 20 and 22, upon which the large brick block now stands, were offered at fifteen dollars each without bidders. In the spring of 1853, Wil- liam McJunkin, the first permanent settler of the village proper, removed here with his family, bringing a stock of general mer- chandize, and for a number of years had a complete monopoly of all the business of the place, being postmaster, railroad agent and general superintendent, and may be considered, in the full sense of the term, the pioneer of the place. In 1854, the first saw-mill was put in operation by Marshall and Langham.


Amongst the first inhabitants were Aaron Alban, Benjamin Maskey, J. L. Cook, John Tudhope, William Nye and John Moran. The first ten years was a struggling existence-a constant battle with logs, stumps, mud and mosquitoes. What few chil- dren there were in the village had to go one mile in the country to school, and it was a matter of speculation amongst us whether there ever would be a sufficient number in town to have a school of our own.


In 1858, the Evangelical Lutherans organized a church, under the auspices of Rev. A. B. Kirtland, being the first religious or- ganization in the place ; in 1859 they erected a house of worship, which is still in use. The same year the Presbyterian Church was organized ; the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1861, and the Ad- vent Christian Church in 1867.


In 1868, the Shaw M. E. Church, the first brick building in the place, was erected, costing about $14,000. In 1869 the A. C. church built a house of almost equal dimensions, also of brick ; and, finally, in 1875, the Presbyterians completed a fine, tasteful brick house of worship.


In 1861, a No. I steam grist mill was erected by H. W. Wil- liams and others; the following year a saw and planing mill was put in operation by the American Beehive Company.


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In 1866, the village became incorporated, which appeared to give impetus to progress and public improvements before un- known ; side walks began to be made, streets to be graded, and order and system to appear.


On the 23d of November, 1867, the first great calamity fell upon the place in the destruction by fire of the best business por- tion of the town, and this, though a severe blow to some indi- viduals, proved a vast benefit to the town, as other and better buildings soon took their place, being of brick with metalic roof, whereas the others were of wood.


In 1872 another serious fire occurred destroying the saw and planing mill, then belonging to Abram Lance ; planing mill re- built by Samuel Bever, in 1873. A third disaster of this kind oc- curred in 1875, destroying the old landmark. The first building was erected on the corner of Main street and Railroad avenue by Wm. McJunkin, in 1853, but this is now replaced by other and bet- ter buildings. In 1860 the population was 200 ; in 1870, 828, and now, in 1876, it is considerably over 1,000, with a school numera- tion of over 300, with four prosperous churches, four dry goods and variety stores, one fancy store, three grocery and provision stores, two hardware stores, two drug stores, two clothing stores, two boot and shoe stores, one hotel, one steam grist mill, one saw mill, one planing mill, one grain. warehouse, four blacksmith shops, four shoe shops, three wagon and carriage shops, two har- ness shops, one bank, one town hall, one purifying establishment, one cabinet and furniture store, three millinery stores, one barber shop, three livery stables, one brick yard, and last, though not least, one printing office, established in 1872, by A. B. Kirtland, and which, judging from appearances, has been a successful enter- prise.


An elegant brick school house is now under contract, con- sisting of six schoolrooms, besides other necessary apartments, costing in the neighborhood of $14,000, and which, when com- `pleted will be an ornament to the place, and an earnest of more substantial growth and prosperity.


[The corner-stone of the above named building was laid on Wednesday, July 6th, 1876. The building is now about com- pleted, and will soon be ready for use .- Pubs. Directory.]


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Whatever of progress Nevada has made, and whatever of prosperity she has attained, may be attributed, more than to any other one thing, to the harmony that in early times always existed amongst her citizens, and the unity of action in regard to what- ever enterprise was undertaken. May this unity, harmony and prosperity prevail, and increase in an accelerated ratio until the next Centennial, is the earnest desire of the writer."


MARSEILLES.


Marseilles is one of the oldest towns in Wyandot county. It is situated on Tymochtee Creek, and on the road known as the " Bellefontaine Road." This road was cut out by the troops under Gen. William Henry Harrison, when moving to meet the British, then camped on the shores of Lake Erie.


A few miles northeast of Marseilles, on the road leading to Upper Sandusky. General Simon Kenton, then a prisoner in the hands of the Wyandots, ran the gauntlet.


The northern portion of Marseilles was laid out by a man named Fitzgerald, under the name of Burlington, in the year 1825. Two years later the southern portion was laid out by Josiah Robinson, and the whole was incorporated under the name of Marseilles.


Marseilles is located in the midst of one of the finest farm- ing countries in the State. The locality is healthy, soil fertile, and the timber is of excellent quality. The water is principally lime, magnesia, sulphur and iron. There are several good stone quarries in the vicinity, which furnish excellent building facili- ties. Among the early settlers of Marseilles township were Judge Remick and Hugh Long, Sen. The Marseilles Steam Flouring Mill was built in 1851 by a joint stock company. It is owned and run at present by Socrates Hartel.


The people of Marseilles are genial and free-hearted. They take pride in maintaining churches and schools, and are partic- ularly opposed to the sale of intoxicating beverages. There is not a single saloon in the town. The Public Schools are in charge of William C. Gear, a thorough scholar, a competent educator and teacher, and a true gentleman.


With the exception of railroad communication, Marseilles pos- sesses all the elements for the development of a first-class town.


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Among other kinds of business carried on, there are several dry goods and grocery stores, one hardware and tin store, two drug stores, five physicians, one hotel, one boarding house, one grist mill, a woolen mill and carriage manufactory, a tannery and steam saw mill, and two cooper shops.


LITTLE SANDUSKY.


Little Sandusky is located in the southeastern portion of Pitt township, on Little Sandusky Creek, which empties into the Sandusky River about a mile north of the town. The lo- cation joins the old Reservation line on the south. The town was started as an Indian trading post, and was once a place of much importance. It has a population of about two hundred. When the town was laid out the Delawares joined it on the east. and the Wyandots on the north. A daily line of four-horse stages was run during the winter season, in early times, from Columbus to Detroit, passing through Little Sandusky, which was probably at that time the most busy, bustling point between those places.




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