Watertown, Palmer, Wesley, and Barlow

The Marietta Intelligencer, June 2, 1858

In a flying trip a few days since through the townships of Watertown, Palmer and Wesley and Barlow, we found grass and wheat everywhere to be doing finely; no complaints were made except occasionally that a field was found to be slightly affected with the fly. 

But murmurs, loud and deep, were heard constantly about the long-continued rains and their effect on the corn land. Comparatively little corn has been planted. None but high and sandy land would do to plant with any prospect of the corn's coming up. Many farmers had not planted a hill. The five days we were out fortunately proved pleasant and without rain, and almost every farmer we called on was found either planting or preparing to plant corn. There has been very little drying weather within the last week, and the heavy rains of yesterday have made planting impossible for at least another week. The present prospect is certainly not the most flattering to the farmers, with the low prices for produce on hand and so poor a show for another crop.

Of peaches and cherries there seemed to be a fair prospect of an average crop. We observed now and then an orchard of apple trees that gave earnest of a respectable yield, but most of the trees were without fruit. What few apples there are, are of the more ordinary kinds, the grafted fruit being most easily killed by the frost.

One very noticeable feature of the farms through the townships above mentioned is the uniformly good barns with which they are provided. More regard seems to be had for the comfort and welfare of the quadrupeds than for themselves, for in numerous instances we saw good framed barns for the cattle and rather inferior log houses for the family.

With few exceptions, the farms are in good order and well improved - fences strong and trim, implements ready for use and housed, the brush cut down in the fence corners and other out of the way places, gates and bars in good order, &c. 

There is only one fault, a very general one by the way, which we wish to complain of. It is that the front yard is too often enclosed with a rail fence and made into a pasture, a vegetable garden, or a pig pen, instead of being surrounded by a neat board or picket fence and adorned with shrubbery and flowers. There is very little, too little, attention paid to the surroundings of dwelling houses. We believe that every farmer's wife would thank her husband for a little spot in the front yard which she might have the control of, and that should be held sacred against the incursions of calves, pigs, or the plow, where the taste for flowers, so proverbial to the sex, might be cultivated, and where some relief might be obtained from the toil and drudgery of everyday life. That it would contribute immeasurably to the happiness of the wife there can be no doubt.

Every means for the development and cultivation of purity of taste, refinement of feeling, and nice perception of the beautiful ought to be improved, and none are so easily obtained at so cheap an expenditure as in the arrangement and care of shrubbery and flowers.

  

Barlow Burglary

 The Marietta Register, May 6, 1880

Barlow, Ohio, April 26th 1880.

Mr. Editor:

On Thursday night, April 22d, some miserable starved out sneaks broke into Dudley Hartson's cellar between 10 and 5 o'clock, and took therefrom one five gallon jar of butter and a three gallon jar of lard. They also visited the meat barrel and fruit cupboard. 

We presume the sneaks thought we would think the things were taken in the afternoon, as it was known the family were absent, but we happened to know for certain that all was right in the cellar between 5 and 6 in the evening. 

We are satisfied they are no strangers to our house or cellar. They left very plain footprints in the soft mud of the cellar bottom, one quite long with narrow heel, apparently that of a woman, wearing about a No. 7 shoe. The other rather short and thick with nails in heels and toes, undoubtedly that of a man. We do not imagine they came from afar.

The good people of Barlow will do well to keep their outside cellar doors locked and not leave their houses alone night or day. This is not the first time by some half dozen or so that we have missed small articles, such as corn, soap, sweet potatoes, chickens, apples, eggs and other things, and we think it about time to take some measures to dry up such business.

Losers

1850 Census Statistics

Marietta Intelligencer, August 15, 1850:

1850 Census Statistics of Barlow

The Deputy Marshals of this County are now busily engaged in performing the duties of their appointment, and we hope to make weekly reports of their proceedings. By favor of B. F. Stone, we are enabled this week to give an abstract of the census returns of Barlow.

The increase of population in that township is greater than we expected, being over 20 percent. Two facts are worthy of special notice. 

1st. The number of families in the township exceeds the number of dwelling houses only two. We doubt whether there are a score of townships in Ohio in which only one dwelling house in a hundred has two families.

The rate percent of mortality is almost unprecedentedly small, less than 4-5 of one percent!

From Mr. Stone's items we copy as follows:

The population of Barlow is 1,062. There are in the township three ministers and three churches. The value of church property is $800. The church buildings will seat 875 persons, viz: Old School Presbyterian, 375; New School, 200; Methodist Episcopal, 300.

There are in the township 188 dwelling houses and 190 families. There were eight deaths in the year ending June 1, 1850, viz: two of consumption, one disease of the heart; one dropsy; one tonsillitis; one erysipelas; one scarlet fever; and one inflammation of the head. The ages of the persons deceased were 71, 38 26, 19, 16, 4, 2, and 2.

The Crops of 1849 were very short. The estimate is that the wheat fell short 7/8, oats 1/4, and potatoes 1/2. The potato crop was cut short by rot. As to the wheat crop, Mr. Stone says: "You may think reporting the crop of 1840 [1849] was 7/8 short is a wild idea, but I verily believe that no person could with any degree of propriety say that the calculation is far from the fact."

The usual average of crops in Barlow is estimated as follows: Wheat, 12 bushels per acre, Corn 30; oats 20; Potatoes 85.

The average wages paid for hands per month with board is $10. Day laborers 50 cents and board; carpenters, 87 cents and board. Weekly wages of female domestics with board $1.

Mr. Stone concludes his letter with a remark to the truth and justice of which every man who knows anything of the people of Barlow will subscribe. He says: "I do not believe that a more kind and hospitable, or a more industrious people, can be found in this or any other country, than I found in Barlow township, Washington County, Ohio."

Probably a larger proportion of the inhabitants of Barlow are Scotch, or of Scotch descent, than of any other township in the county. They are industrious, frugal, hospitable, and scrupulously honest. The township also has some of the Yankee leaven and we suppose, a sprinkling from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. We presume the native Buckeye now predominates.

One fact more we may state in regard to Barlow. We presume there is no township in the county, and but very few in the State, in which so large a proportion of the citizens are free holders, nor one in which so few persons can be found who ever lack the necessities and comforts of life. Poverty, such as exists to a greater or less extent in nearly every township, is a thing unknown in Barlow.

Marietta Intelligencer, August 22, 1850:

1850 Census Statistics of Belpre, Warren, Beverly, and Ludlow

By favor of B. F. Stone, we are enabled to give some statistics of Belpre township. The population is 1,623 , an increase of over 20 percent since 1840. 

There are 270 dwelling houses and 278 families in the township. 

The number of deaths in the year preceding June 1, 1850, was 14, as follows: of consumption, 6; cholera infantum, 2; scrofula, 1; dropsy in the head, 1; putrid fever, 1; nervous fever, 1, unknown, 2. The ages of the persons deceased were as follows: 52 years, one; 33, one; 31, two, and 26, 25, 23, 22, 10, 6, and 3, each one; two, 1 year; and 1 less than one year.

There are four churches in Belpre, and one resident minister. The number of persons accommodated by the church buildings, and the value of the buildings, is thus stated:

Methodist, upper Belpre, 200 persons, $300 value.

Methodist, lower Belpre, 250 persons, $300 value.

Universalist, 250 persons, $300 value.

Congregational, 300 persons, $500 value.

Crops. The usual average crops are stated thus:

Wheat, 16 bushels per acre; Corn, 45; Oats, 25; Potatoes, 105. Last year Potatoes were short 1/4 and wheat about 7/8.

The increase of population in Belpre is greater than we anticipated. We shall look for the agricultural and other statistics from there with interest. Belpre is Mr. Stone's township, and he very modestly declines saying half so much in its praise as he might. We venture to copy from his letter, communicating the facts given above, one paragraph:

"Perhaps we cannot say with our Barlow neighbors that we are all industrious, to a man, yet the fact that there is a steady increase of wealth in the township proves that the majority of the people are industrious and prosperous, and sir, if you do not believe what I say about the increase of wealth in the township, I will refer you to the Auditor's books, and there you will find a steady increase of personal property, moneys and credits, new structures &c. brought upon the duplicate for taxation."

Correction for Barlow: There was an error in our statement last week as to the value of church property in Barlow. It is $1,900 instead of $800.

Warren - Beverly - Ludlow

Col. A. Stone has completed the census of Warren township and returns 1,425 inhabitants, an increase of 50 percent since 1840!

Mr. Lewis H. Green has completed the census of Ludlow, and sends us the following report:

The whole population is 1,051, an increase of nearly 100 percent since 1840! The number of males is 559; females, 492. Married within the year, four. Died within the year, 15. Born in the State of Ohio, 577. Value of real estate (by owners), $94,000. Other statistics will be published at an early day.

The "Huckleberry-Knobs," as a citizen of Columbus once styled this part of Ohio, are "coming out." We shall by and by see if the population of the "knobs" has not increased faster in the last ten years than that of the "fertile" counties in the center of the state. We want to compare the rate percent of mortality, too. We think the returns will show that Marietta is the healthiest town in Ohio and that the rate percent of mortality in the county, in the year ending June 1, 1850, was less than one half the average of the state.

The following is a table of the returns so far made in this county, compared with the returns of the last preceding census:

Barlow - 1840, 880; 1850, 1,062

Belpre -  1840, 1,296, 1850, 1023

Beverly village - 1840, 317; 1850, 526

2nd Ward, Marietta - 1840, 858; 1850, 1,635

Warren - 1840, 931; 1850, 1,425

Ludlow - 1840, 539; 1850, 1,051

Joseph F. Barnett

The Marietta Register, January 11, 1894

Joseph F. Barnett of Barlow, Ohio, was born in old Virginia in February, 1828, consequently he is almost sixty-six years old. He remained there until the year 1845, when he emigrated to Ohio.

He says: "In that State I followed working on a farm for a livelihood. The year previous to our departure we raised two hundred and fifty bushels of wheat, which we had to haul in wagons to market a distance of forty miles. We could not sell our wheat until we had shown a certificate or order from a white man to another white man that knew the wheat was raised by us. That was done to prevent slaves from stealing wheat from their masters and selling it to free persons. 

"When we decided to leave the State, the first thing to be done was to obtain free papers. When that was done we thought, as a matter of course, everything was all right. Our company consisted of nine persons. We were frequently stopped on our way to show our free papers. 

"We reached Parkersburg on the morning of the 27th of October, 1845. Before crossing the river to Ohio we again had to show our free papers and have our wagons searched. When we crossed the river it was almost dark and the whole crowd had but 75 cents, therefore, we were compelled to stop traveling.

"We stopped at Daniel Goss', now T. B. Hibbard's home. We then and there put up our tent of canvas. While there many persons came through curiosity to see us. We had been there but a few days when each of us was called upon to give a bond of $1000, that we would not become a township or county charge, and if we failed to comply, we would have to return to Virginia.

"We expected we would have to return. I went to Daniel Goss and told him of our predicament. He was a good old Christian and belonged to the M. E. church, to which I also belonged. Brother Goss was a good abolitionist. He said to me, 'Get in my buggy and go with me to Belpre,' which I did. Col. Jack Stone, Capt. Putnam, Francis Stone, and Mr. Browning signed our bonds. 

"We then rented a farm of Mr. Beck and went to work. We lived on Beck's farm two years and then moved close to where I now live. My father, brother and myself purchased 100 acres of land - 33-1/3 acres each - and I did not have a cent to pay thereon. I gained the confidence of good men, of whom Charles and Mark Green were my closest friends, they having helped me with a note of $500." 

Mr. Barnett, by being industrious, economical, and prompt, has accumulated quite a fortune. He is the owner of 700 acres of land where he lives in East Barlow. The improvements on his farm are good. He occupies one of the finest residences in Barlow and his barns and outbuildings are numerous. There are four dwellings on his premises. His farm is well stocked with horses and cattle, sheep and hogs. He has for many years made a specialty of the sheep business. I think I can safely say that no man, colored or white, in Barlow Township, has made and saved as much as Mr. Barnett. Still he has met with many misfortunes, and at this time he suffers intensely with a chronic ailment. He has been married three times. His last wife is still living. His first wife was a daughter of the late Ambrose Asbury, the father of five ministers of the gospel. They are all fluent speakers. I have been informed that Mr. Barnett is out of debt.

In conclusion, I will relate an incident I am reminded of by Mr. Barnett's bond business, and his mentioning the name of Sheriff Mark Green. Once upon a time a large family consisting of twelve persons, who were exceedingly poor, had been time and again ordered to leave the townships in which they lived, or give bond that they would not become a township charge. Finally they moved to Marietta, which was at the time Mr. Green was Sheriff of this county, and the painful duty of ordering them to leave or give bond devolved upon him. The Sheriff had learned what a time they had had moving from place to place, and no doubt he had compassion on them, as he was a very kind and humane man. He addressed the head of this ungodly family as follows: "Old man, I have come to order you off of the face of God's green earth."

John W. Tuttle

Census Items

The Marietta Register, August 25, 1870

Palmer Township returns:
  White males - 281
  White females - 303
  Colored males - 3
  Colored females - 1
  Total - 587
  Loss in ten years - 34

Fairfield Township
  White males - 403
  White females - 421
  Colored - 0
  Total - 824
  Loss in ten years - 19

Decatur Township
  White males - 622
  White females - 595
  Colored males - 112
  Colored females - 108
  Total - 1,437
  Gain in ten years - 215

Wesley Township
  White males - 646
  White females - 660
  Colored males - 106
  Colored females - 112
  Total - 1,524
  Gain in ten years - 20

We have before given Union - total 862; Barlow - 1,190; Watertown - 1,458. Muskingum was largely taken from Union Township, since 1860, so that no comparison of gain or loss can well be made there. The net gain in the other six townships is 197.

 
   

Back to the Old Home

The Daily Register, January 6, 1906

After almost thirty years of wandering and absence, I've been back to the old home in Barlow, Ohio.

In Chicago I met and recognized Mr. Peter McLaren. We had a long "crack," lasting into the wee smaw hours a' yont the twial.

Meeting an old and dear friend in Marietta, was so busily occupied in conversation that I forgot to look out of the car window until we reached Fleming, and then I felt at home. Every house and home and hill and rock and road an stream seemed familiar and unchanged. I saw the hills I'd traversed as a boy with a gun in pursuit of the game that always escaped; the hills that I'd climbed when a schoolboy and played hooky, we called it in those days going to the winter-green hill. I looked down the stream on whose banks I sat and fished many a summer day; I saw the swimming pools, the joyous meeting place of us boys on summer evenings long ago. And then Vincent - I hardly recognized it. It has grown and is a beautiful village of comfortable, commodious and handsome homes.

The old Vincent homestead has passed to strangers and the family scattered. Only one of the name, Mr. Caleb Vincent, now resides in the village. At Barlow I missed the genial and hearty welcome of Capt. J. W Merrill. In memory I went back to the war time and recalled the kindness and attention show to a soldier brother, and the thoughtfulness and sympathy for the friends at home. I recalled, too, my first visit to the Barlow House, the morning after the battle of Chickamaugua. It was the saddest duty of my life to carry the message to the wife and mother that the son was wounded and a prisoner. But the next morning I carried another message that Capt. Merrill was exchanged and was coming home. And so in this home I have seen the pendulum swing, in twenty-four hours, from anguish to joy.  Uncle Jim and Aunt Beck are gone, but they live in memory for the many kind deeds done. 

My people were Scotch, and my visit to my kinsfolk was necessarily among the Scotch people. It began with Mr. Thomas Drain's and extended to Mrs. Duncan Drain's. Only a few of the old Scotch are now living - Uncle James McKay, ninety past, Mrs. Daniel Drain, eighty-seven past, Mrs. David Furguson, eighty-five past. They enjoy the present and recall the past. We think of them as in the twilight of life. But they are enjoying the present and waiting for the coming of the eternal morning. It is worth a trip across a continent to see the closing of a busy and a happy career.

A few others of the younger Scotch, of seventy to eighty, are still in their old homes near Barlow. I visited in twenty-five or thirty different homes, and if any of the sons or daughters in all these thirty years have failed to follow in the footsteps of their fathers, it was never mentioned. The highest tribute that Tennyson could pay to the dead prince was: "He spake no evil, no, nor listened to it." And the tribute that could adorn the character of a king must necessarily add luster to the character of the people.

It was quite a change, coming from a section where every home and farm is for sale. These old farms and homes have been occupied by the same families for sixty or seventy years; seemed strange. In some of the homes I've seen four generations of the same name; in others three and two.

What wonderful memories cluster around these old homes. In one I could see the old gray-haired sire sitting by the fireside after his first born son had been killed in battle, and his second son had gone to the front. I saw him again after his third and last son had been sent to the front. I could recall the parties, the pleasures and the hospitalities of the home. These old rooms and homes bring back the pleasures and happiness of long ago, as well as the sorrows and sadness.

The old father died; the son took his place in the home, in the church, in society.

I have never seen more perfect satisfaction and contentment with their lot in life than here in Barlow and adjoining neighborhood. I had only two weeks to spend, and two weeks were entirely too short. My last day I spent with my aunt, Mrs. Margaret Gordon, and Capt. Samuel Harvey spent the day with us at the Gordon home. It was only two weeks, but my cup of pleasure ran over and my only regret when I came to bid adieu was that my time was too short.

M.

Marcus Anderson

Marietta Register, January 2, 1889

Marcus Anderson died at the home of his son, Edward Anderson, of Pneumonia fever, Dec. 27th, '89, in the 81 year of his age.  He was born in County Derry, Ireland, May 2nd, 1809.  He was married to Rebecca Rogers in 1835 and came to the United States in 1837 locating near Philadelphia, Pa., and came to Ohio in 1841 and settled in Washington County where he resided (except eight years spent in Tenn.) until his death.  Ten of his eleven children are still living, who only three months since mourned the loss of their mother.  In 1835 he joined the Presbyterian church.  In 1841 connected himself with the M. E. Church, afterward rejoining the former at Barlow, O.  He was a good citizen, a friend to the church, a faithful Christian.  Friends mourn but not as those who have no hope.  The funeral services, very largely attended, were held at Warren M. E. chapel. 

 

Scotch Settlements in Washington County

Marietta Register, June 7, 1894

A paper read by Hon. John A. Brown before the New Century Historical Society at their rooms Friday, Evening, June 1st.

It has been said that the first settlers of a country stamp the imprint of their characteristics on the inhabitants of that country.  Our own county settled by hardy natives of New England, by men fresh from the fields of the war for Independence, and schooled in the giant struggle that formed the Federal Constitution, thus merging thirteen separate political communities into one great nation, still retains that imprint.

First after the natives of New England came the Scotch, whose character, traditions and education, being of the same stamp, fitted them to be able auxiliaries, working for the same objects, and pursuing those objects, by the use of the same means, with an obstinacy that seemed to defy opposition.

The first permanent Scotch settlers of whom we have any account, were John Harvey and family who settled in Barlow township on the farm now occupied by his grandson, Samuel Harvey.  James Harvey, a nephew came in the same vessel settled in Wesley, afterward removed to Warren, now Dunham.  They left Scotland in 1816, arriving here the same year.  In 1821 there came the father of James Harvey, with his family, he and William Fleming, who came the same time, settled in what is now Dunham on the farm owned by William Fullerton, lately the home of Alexander McTaggart.  John Fleming and family, who settled in Barlow, Daniel Shaw, of Dunham, then Belpre, Archibald Greenlees and John McCuig came the same year.

Robert Breckenridge, whose wife was Catharine Harvey, left Greenock, June1st, 1818, and arrived at Marietta in October following.  Mr. Breckenridge settled in Wesley but removed to Barlow in 1828, where he died October 2nd, 1871.  His wife survived him a few years.  John and Hugh Breckenridge came in 1820, settled in what is now Palmer.  John served as County Commissioner from 1849 to 1852.  Hugh was killed at a barn raising, April 8th, 1838.  Edward and William Breckenridge with their sisters, Elizabeth and Nancy came in 1830.  Edward settled in Watertown and William in Barlow.  Elizabeth married David Reed in 1838, who settled in Fairfield.  Nancy married David Greenlees in 1833, who came from Scotland in 1832.  Isabella married James Colville in 1814 and came to Washington County in 1837.

The Breckenridges above mentioned are all the children of Andrew whose wife was Nancy Brown.

In 1831, there arrived Thomas Breckenridge who settled in Belpre, David, George and Andrew Breckenridge, who settled in Barlow Township in what was formerly known as the "Burgh."  David Loynachan, Thomas Drain, William Fullerton, Edward McLarty who died at Rockford, Illinois, August 31st, 1887.  John Dunlap and others in 1832.  Neil McTaggart who now lives in Iowa and Duncan Shaw who died in Dunham in 1871, in 1833.  James Brown about the same time.  Hugh Greenlees, William Andrew, whose wives were daughters of David Breckenridge, Isabella Colville, who married Duncan Shaw, and possibly Hugh Mitchell, in 1836.  In 1838 about sixty of our people sailed from Liverpool, England, among whom were A. McTaggart and Daniel Drain, who died December 17th, 1882.  John Drain who died 1864, Duncan Drain, who still lives in Palmer, John Gordon, Neil McKay, of Barlow, and his family, John Brown and family, and Alex McIlievie who after some years removed to Cincinnati where some members of his family still reside.  In 1841 John Dunlap and family, Walter McFarland, Neil McKay of Dunham, his sons Neil, James and Malcomb, still live.  His daughter Catharine, who married Daniel Shaw, died some years ago.  Archibald, William, John and Daniel Murchy and their mother came about that time.

It is impossible at this time to give all dates, but we may be pardoned for attempting to give from memory, the names of some omitted, as well as to name some arrivals since 1841. 

George Turner, of Barlow, whose wife was a daughter of Thomas Breckenridge, came at an early day, also John McKay who married a daughter of John Fleming, Neil and Daniel McCuig, Peter Waterson, Angus Conley, Duncan Monroe, Joseph Reed, Hugh Reed, Robert Dunlap, Daniel and A. McArthur, and later Alexander Dunlap and his four sisters.  Daniel Turner, of Barlow, his father and mother and the rest of their family.  James Smith, Neil Conley, Donald and Alex. Galdreath, A. McCollomson, John Drain, of Belpre, James and John Kelly, Hugh Bailey, Alexander McPherson and family, Colin Lang, his two sisters, since removed to Illinois.  And about 1850 Charles and Archibald McKay, who bought a farm in Belpre Township.  Archibald died on the farm which was afterward sold by Charles to John P. Coe. Charles and his wife removed to Michigan to be near their son Daniel, an only child, and later went South where Charles died in 1890.  Mrs. Mary Armour came in 1869, and lived with John Gilchrist, in Belpre Village, and died in 1890, aged 86.  And about 40 years ago Hugh Blue and wife in company with his father-in-law, Hugh Loynachan and his wife, their sons Malcomb and james, bid Scotland farewell.  Mr. Loynachan and James are dead and Mrs. Loynachan and Malcomb returned to Scotland.

These are all natives of Argyleshire in the southwest part of that shire the peninsula of Cantire jutting out into the North Channel, in latitude about 55 degrees North and longitude nearly 6 degrees West of Greenwich.

There are other Scotch pioneers from Lanarkshire, William Frazier who came in 1823, John Ormiston, William and David Lamb, their father and mother who came in 1824.  James Ormiston in 1828.  He was the father of ten children nine of whom are alive, seven reside in this county, three occupy the homestead, 487 acres, on the south branch of Wolf creek.  David Ormiston, his sons, James, William and John, emigrated from Scotland and settled in Barlow, in 1828, James still resides in Barlow.  The writer remembers when James "taught his little ideas how to shoot."  James Ormiston, the father of James and David arrived in 1831, Robert Haddow the same year.  His son John represented this county, in the General Assembly, during its sessions of 1860 and 1861; he died several years ago.  James served in the last war, he was a member of the 36th regiment, O.V.I., and still lives in Barlow township.  William Johnston from Dundee, settled in Decatur fifty years ago.  James Dalzell, George Croll and James Donaldson came later.

All, whose names I have given, settled west of the Muskingum river, in the townships of Warren, Belpre, Barlow, Watertown and Wesley.  Their descendants are numerous in Barlow, Belpre, Dunham, Fairfield, Palmer and Watertown.

Of those who arrived previous to 1840, few survive.  David Fleming and his sister, Mrs. Daniel Dunsmore, are the only survivors of John Fleming's family.  Ann Harvey of Dunham is the last of James Harvey's family, and Mrs. Jane Murchy is the only one left of the children of John Harvey.  Thomas and David Breckenridge of Barlow, are the only resident survivors of their father's family.  Others might be named; but the greater number have passed over the river.

It is not the object of this sketch to give a personal history of each pioneer nor to emblazon his virtues, but having known Daniel Shaw long and well, the writer will be sustained by those who knew him equally well, in calling attention to his many virtues.  His door was always open to the stranger or to him in distress, and no person, be he worthy or unworthy, ever sought his aid in vain.  Many can date his start in business to the advice and material aid of Daniel Shaw.  It is not saying too much that he might with safety have used the language of one of old, "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; if his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone."

The Scot, on leaving his native heath, had no other institutions to plant in the land of his adoption, than those in harmony with American civilization.  They are industrious; few indeed have disappointed their creditors; "their proverbial caution has prevented them from assuming obligations which were beyond their ability to discharge.  By their industry and thrift, they have kept themselves above want, and beyond the reach of those temptations which lead to crime."  In the matters of education, morality and religion they are in harmony with the American idea.  In religion nearly all are Presbyterians, and are staunch defenders and supporters of the church and school.  And although there are fears that many immigrants are the enemies of our institutions, and a strong desire to exclude such exists, yet the Scotch have never been named among that class which is denied a welcome to our shores.

It may not be considered a digression to notice the facts; That the Scotch were in this country at, and previous to the Revolution; "that John Witherspoon, born in Scotland in 1722, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, was in 1768, called to the presidency of Princeton College; that he became a member of the Continental Congress, and affixed his name to that immortal document, "the Declaration of Independence."  And a few years later, when a more perfect union was formed, James Wilson of Pennsylvania,another Scotchman, signed his name to that constitution which made the thirteen colonies one Nation.  It has been estimated that one-third of the men who fought for Independence were of Scotch blood.  They were in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war and in the late civil war.

In conclusion allow me to express our obligations to your fathers and mothers for their great work in founding here a State based upon civil and religious liberty, and we rejoice that they built not alone for themselves and their descendants, but for us and ours as well, and while we acknowledge to you our obligations to them, we would not forget our duty, to join you in preserving the principles for which they sacrificed so much.

And should a crisis arise, and the Nation look to Ohio for a leader, may our noble state, made largely what it is by the dissemination and growth of those principles planted at the mouth of the Muskingum, be found not wanting.

Reminiscences of Early Days

Marietta Register - Semi Weekly, May 11, 1888

By Benjamin F. Palmer, Late of Barlow, Ohio

In giving this brief history of early life, we will state that the ancestor of our family, Walter Palmer, came from Nottinghamshire, England, to Charlestown, Mass., in 1629, and finally settled at Stonington, Ct., in 1653, where he died in 1661, and in the language of Moses, we will say, Walter begat Jonah, and Jonah, Samuel; and Samuel, Seth; and Seth, Joseph; and Joseph my father.

Joseph Palmer, born January 13th, 1761, at Scotland, Windham county, Ct., was the oldest member of a large family of children. At the commencement of the Revolution he volunteered and performed a tour of duty, being 16 years old at the time of his enlistment; he served out his time, and was discharged ten days before New London was burnt by the British. A short time after his return home a fever sore broke out on his leg, extending from his knee to his ankle, which rendered him a cripple for life.

At the age of twenty-one he went up to Poltny, Rutland county, Vt., and after some little acquaintance went into partnership with Elisha Hibbard, and engaged in merchandising, and was quite successful. In 1785 he returned to Windham, Ct., and married Miss Hannah Fox, February 7, 1785, and immediately returned to Poltny and commenced housekeeping.

Business prospered with them, and they were getting along so well that Mr. Hibbard, against father's consent, contracted to furnish a forge, owned by Hon. Matthew Lyon, with charcoal for one year, which proved disastrous to them. When the year was half up, Mr. Hibbard left between two days for father to get out the best way he could. He labored hard, and finally fulfilled the contract to the satisfaction of the firm, but it left him penniless and homeless. He then by hard labor and frugality secured a piece of land, and commenced farming. When he got business in shape so that he could begin to enjoy life, the house was burnt with all its contents, save one chest, which did not exceed in value five dollars. The house was soon rebuilt and the family once more had a home to protect them.

Their oldest child, Joseph, was born November 24, 1785, at Poltny; the second, Jabish Fox, August 31, 1788, at Poltny; the third, Benjamin Franklin, Nov. 10, 1791, at Poltny; the fourth Jerusha Perkins, August 12, 1795, at Poltny; the fifth, Isaac Lazel, January 11, 1797, at Poltny; the sixth, Ephram, August 4, 1799, at Poltny; the 7th, Betsey, February 4, 1803, at Brown's Mills, Ohio.

During John Adams' administration the alien and sedition act was passed, and Col. Matthew Lyon, the Representative from the Rutland county district, took a very active part against it, for which crime he was arrested by the administration and confined in prison at Virgeness, Vt., and was fined heavily. His friends were so indignant that they would have torn the prison down but for the solemn protest of Col. Lyon, that he would never leave the soil till he was legally discharged by the administration. After his trial his friends met at my father's to make arrangements to go and pay Col. Lyon's fine and bring him home, Mrs. Lyon being one of the party. It was fine sleighing at the time, and the friends of Col. Lyon made up a company of thirteen pair of Irish gray horses to represent the thirteen states, and drove down in procession to bring the Colonel home. The fine was a heavy one, and had to be paid in gold and silver. Mrs. Lyon carried the coin in her apron by the assistance of two of the party, and laid it down to the proper officer. After paying the fine, Mrs. Lyon very tantalizingly told the officers that they still had enough left to buy out their old town. Col. Lyon was immediately returned to Congress, which office he filled to the entire satisfaction of his constituency. Col. Lyon and family afterwards moved to Kentucky.

Some time near 1795 Mr. Hibbard returned and made father a visit, and promised him if he would come to Grand Isle to see him, he would do something for him. He made the visit, but received nothing. On his return home he told us that as soon as he could make satisfactory arrangements that he should remove to Ohio. Accordingly, in the spring of 1801, he sold his farm to Joseph and Ezra Smith. Joseph was the father of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormons who built the temple at Nauvo, Ill.

The business was all settled up and we were ready to emigrate by the first of September. We started in company with Peter Howe, Esq. Prowty, Elijah and Thaddeus Pond, brothers - five families in all. We called and took dinner with Dr. Walker, who came on and settled at Amestown, Athens county, shortly after. After bidding them farewell, we joined the balance of the Company. Next morning, just over the state line in New York, our company consisted of thirty persons, sixteen horses, and five wagons. Uncle Peter Howe's family consisted of himself and wife and two children, Mrs. Prowty, Mrs. Howe's eldest daughter, eight daughters and two sons, the Pond brothers had two children each. Stephen Oatis came out with us; he was in the employ of Mr. Howe, driving one of his teams for him, and finally settled on the Muskingum river, near Lowell, this county. Our family consisted of father, mother, Joseph, Jabish, Franklin, Jerusha, Isaac and Ephram.

Our first day's drive brought us to Fort Ann. Our course was by way of a place called the Painted Post, and from that point to Pittsburgh, on the Ohio river. We left Fort Ann and arrived at Cuyahoga Lake without any mishaps. We crossed Cuyahoga Lake on a bridge that was over one mile in length - two years later this bridge was swept away. At this point Mr. Pond broke the axle to his wagon, and we stopped for repairs, which were soon made. The next point was Seneca Lake. From Seneca Lake we made a point on the Mohawk river and followed up that stream for some distance.

Our next point was Dike's Settlement. At Dike's Settlement my mother sent me to a cabin to get some milk. A young man there asked me by name and where we were from. I told him, and he happened to be an acquaintance of our family. His name was Olds. He came over and made us a visit, and immediately packed up his budget and came to Ohio with us. We met 2 other young men at this cabin, Elisha and Elijah Alderman, who afterwards came out and settled on Sharp's Fork of Federal Creek, Athens county. The lady that furnished us the milk was Mrs. Phillips, who came out at an early day and settled near Amesville, in Athens county. Between Seneca lake and Dike's Settlement we passed Saratoga Springs, and all hands must have a drink of the all healing waters.

From Dike's Settlement we made for King's Settlement, a distance of forty miles, through the wilderness. We had to cut our road through. Father wrote to Mr. King and he came with some hands and assisted usin getting through. Our first day in the woods was a very pleasant one, and we made some seven or eight miles. The second was also very pleasant, and we got along finely. On the evening of the second day everything was so lovely that Uncle Peter Howe decided we must have a dance. Elijah Pond was requested to get out his violin and make ready. The dance was commenced and kept up till a late hour of the night. When the clouds were noticed gathering up the dancers retired for the night. Shortly after the storm came and the rain poured down in torrents till morning. Here we had to take off our wagon covers to get under the brush.

From this time on to King's Settlement we had more or less rain. We crossed the Genesee river before coming to King's Settlement. The third evening we cut a tall dry pine which soon made us a bright light for quite a distance. As soon as our fire was burning brightly the wolves opened up their music which was kept up the entire night. The fourth day got along finely. On the evening of the fifth Mr. King, with help, met us, and by his assistance we got safely through to King's Settlement. At this place we put up with a man by the name of Smea, who was engaged in making canoes. (This station was on Oswego Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny river.) Father and the Pond brothers made two large canoes, which carried our two wagons, the goods and the three families. Mr. Howe and Esquire prowty built four canoes, which carried their wagons, families and all their goods. Our canoes were run single till we reached the Allegheny river, then they were lashed together two, two and two just far enough apart to let the end of the hub rest on the edge of the canoe.

Elijah Pond, Stephen Otis and my brother Joseph, 16 years old, Mr. Otis in his seventeenth year, with an Indian for a guide, who was recommended by Mr. King, took the horses across to Pittsburg. When we started down the Allegheny, the water was very low and there was no one of our company that had had any experience with boating, and we were put to a great deal of trouble to get our boats over the riffles. We came to a Quaker Missionary Station, and the women and children were permitted to sleep in the school house, which we regarded as a great favor. One of the Pond brothers had a sick child, that they had doctored for some time before they left Vermont and so far on this way, and they despaired ever saving it till they could get to Ohio.

At this station they asked the old Friend if they had a doctor. The old Friend replied, yes, a very good one, and he would have him call in the morning and see the child.

In the morning the old Indian and his squaw called and examined the child, untied a little bundle and took out a root three inches long and three-fourths in diameter, told Mrs. Pond to steep it and give to the babe, and it would relieve it. The doctor charged five dollars for it, but the old Friend told him that would not do, so he consented to take fifty cents. The medicine was given as directed. The child was relieved of an incredible amount of worms in a few hours, and it soon became a healthy, robust child.

After leaving the missionary station, we came to an old Indian by the name of Corn Planter. He had considerable improvement and a very good house. We next came to an Indian village. We landed and built a fire, and prepared our dinner. After dinner we boarded our boats and started out. Father remarked that we were too close together and if we should get in a riffle we would have trouble. No sooner said than done. Our canoes grounded and the end of Uncle Peter's ran in between ours and separated them and left most of our goods, women and children in the river. The water was from two to three feet deep. But very fortunately we were all gathered up safely, the most of them on the point of an island a short distance below, while the balance made the main shore. (No evil resulted from this mishap save a good ducking, and what time it took to gather up our goods.) There were six children under four years old. Every old lady caught a child as they were floating. My sister, Jerusha, was the only one that came near being drowned. It was some time before she recovered. Jabish caught brother Isaac in his arms and managed to catch a piece of a canoe and climb on it and floated down and stranded on a rock in the middle of the river. Father and Mr. Pond managed to get to them and brought them safely to shore.

One canoe was ruined, the other we managed to repair, and a short distance below we bought a good canoe of Mr. Galin, and hired him to pilot us down to Pittsburg. We were detained two or three days by this mishap. Mr. Pond had twenty dollars tied up in a awahite cloth, which was lost, and we had given up finding it. After we had started, Mr. Galin said it would not do to leave it, he would go back once more and look for it. He got a canoe of the Indians, and in company with Mr. Pond, Esq. Prowty, and father, they rowed out into the river just below where we were shipwrecked and the first thing they found was the lost money. They soon returned, greatly elated with their success and we boarded our boats once more for Pittsburg.

Arriving at Fort Franklin, our supplies were nearly exhausted, but we could get but very little here. Several times Mr. Galin landed and put the women and children on shore in passing dangerous places. They told us when we got to Parker's Mills we could get provisions. It was on a stream that emptied into the Allegheny. When we got to Parker's Mills we got a good supply of flour and they butchered a beef for us and we had plenty to last us till we got to Pittsburg. Here was Parker's falls, which was quite dangerous, but Mr. Galin managed to get our boats all safely over. We all started once more on our way.

We had not gone far till we saw a boat coming up the river, and it proved to be a company of soldiers going up to Fort Franklin. They had the old flag floating at masthead. Uncle Peter's girls did not intend to be outdone. They soon had all their handkerchiefs floating in the breeze. The soldiers was playing Yankee Doodle as they passed us. Father had an old French musket in the bow of his canoe that was heavily loaded, and he reached down and fired it off. The soldiers gave us three cheers and the captain said there was a man for the times.

We were very fortunate from this time on till we landed in Pittsburg, where we met the balance of our company, that had gone on with the horses, awaiting us. Elijah Pond, Stephen Oatis, and brother Jabish, brought the horses overland from Pittsburg to Marietta. From Pittsburg we had no misfortunes with our boats and landed safely at Marietta on thee 12th day of November, 1801. The parties with the horses was equally as fortunate and came on and joined us in two or three days after our arrival with the boats. The canoe father bought of Mr. Galin for twenty dollars, he sold to William Skinner for eighteen. The other was so injured in our shipwreck, that we did not get but three or four dollars for it.

Father got a house of Dudley Woodbridge that stood near the mouth of Duck Creek where we lived till father could get a house. He came up to the old Wolf Creek mills and found a house near the mills, but a few rods from where Moses Malster now lives. Father then went out to Amesville to see Ephraim Cutler, and here he found uncle Jason Rice. Father and Mr. Rice bought one half section of land of Mr. Cutler, the lot that father settled on and the one south of it, that was afterwards owned by the Corner family.

Father came back to Marietta and we soon packed up and started for the Wolf Creek Mills. The first day we drove to Col. Deming's, the next brought us safely to the Mills. We found our house in rather a hard shape. A flock of sheep had made it their headquarters a part of the summer. Mother, like most good housewives under such circumstances, expressed herself. Father told her the house would soon be all right. He turned the plank over, which gave it a better appearance. We soon got our house arranged and were living at home once more. At the time we came here Col. John Sharp and Josiah Hart were rebuilding the Mills. Uncle Samuel Brown was an apprentice under Col. Sharp, learning to be a millwright.

Major Haphel [Haffield] White, Robert Oliver, and Mr. Dodge at the same time, owned a saw mill, on South Branch, near where Moses Malster now lives. The mills built by Col. Sharp and Hart, were swept away in the spring of 1813 or 14. Father sold one horse, and we got Mr. White's crop of wheat to thresh for every tenth bushel, which was a great help to us in getting through the winter.

We were all blessed with good health and early in the spring we moved to our new possession. Elisha Maloy had built a cabin, 10 by 12 ft., he lived in while making tar. Father, Joseph and Jabish, lived in the Malboy cabin, while building our house which they had ready for us to move in by the middle of March, 1802. Mr. Rice moved in with us, while building his house. We cut and burnt over 7 or 8 acres of land and planted to corn without plowing or furrowing; part of it was harrowed with a wooden tooth harrow; it was tended altogether with hoes. We had a good crop of corn and potatoes. Father set out 20 apple trees that grew finely. The second field we cleared extended from the house where A. F. Breckenridge now lives, up to the South line, and extended west far enough to contain 15 acres. This lost was sowed to wheat and harrowed in, one half the first of October, and the balance, the first of November 1802, (it was not plowed) we had a fine crop of wheat and we now thought that we could take care of ourselves.

In the spring of 1803 uncle John Danly bought and moved in, and joined our settlement. In the fall of 1803, Cornelius Gard bought out Mr. Rice; Mr. Rice going back to Amesville where he lived, and died. John and William Corns moved in in 1806. Henry Corns, their father, bought out Mr. Gard but did not move in till 1807; John and William Corns tended the farm in 1806. Timothy and David Gard, sons of Cornelius. Timothy moved up to Licking County and David bought 80 acres of Mr. Danly, and settled with us. John Corns bought the half of two lots, Atkinson getting the other half in 1810. William Corns commenced on the lot now owned by John Breckinridge (at present the homestead of Robert Breckenridge) and died there, he and his wife. Atkinson moved in in 1813. In the fall of 1802, Joseph Wood came to our house and staid all night. He was taking the census of the Territory, to see if we did not have population enough to be admitted as a state. Timothy Hiatt moved into the settlement in the spring of 1815, and commenced building a mill on Wolf creek. The winter following he sold out his mill to Samuel Brown, who finished it, a very good saw and grist mill.

The first school we had in the settlement was taught by Russell Darrow. He commenced in the fall of 1804. The school consisted of our family and Benjamin Danly. (He died when about 21; he was the second person buried in the Gard cemetery.) Russell Darrow was a nephew of Jason Rice; he married a daughter of Mr. Eavelling, that lived in the Proctor settlement in Watertown, and moved up to Bald Eagle, where he died a short time after. The second term was taught by Brother Jabish. Cannot give the exact date. The third term was taught by James Ashcroft, who commenced in the fall of 1809. John Treat Deming taught the fourth school, a term of four months, commencing in the fall of 1811. He gave good satisfaction to all concerned.

When we settled here, Waterford extended over all this section. Roxbury Township was set off in 1805, and not long after, Wooster, now known by the name of Watertown. Brother Joseph was married in the fall of 1808.

The famous pigeon roost covered 100 acres or more and was confined mostly between the head waters of Danly's Run and the old Lancaster road. Large timber was bent to the ground in many places.

Father caught large numbers of them in a net. They were made of different sizes covering from one to two hundred square feet. Father would select a smooth piece of ground, sufficiently large and clear every thing off smooth and clean. The net was set in an upright position on one side, with a cord extending to a cover, where he placed me to spring it. Father set a stake at the center of ground, that the net would cover, with a pulley attached. He had a stool pigeon for a decoy. Its eyelids were closed with a fine silk thread to bind it. A small cord was tied to its legs passed through the pulley and then to a place where he was secreted. He would slacken the cord and let the pigeon rise some five or six feet, then he would draw it down slowly. Its fluttering as it rose and settled would soon attract the attention of the pigeons. He covered the ground with wheat, and it would be but a short time until the decoy would have a large number with it picking up the wheat; when a sufficient number had settled I would spring the net and then we would have lively times until we got our birds bagged. The pigeons proved a great help to us, as their flesh was very good and the feathers answered for filling our pillows and bedticks.

August 1st, 1813, under a call of the Governor, Return J. Meigs, for volunteers, brother Jabish and I volunteered, joined a company of mounted militia, Timothy Buell, captain, and belonged to the 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Ohio Militia. We found our own horses and arms. Jabish had a very fine rifle which he carried. Our gun was a French musket that had been through the old French War, also the Revolutionary War. The man that carried it through the Revolution, brought it home with him to Poltney, Vermont, and father bought it of him and brought it out with us to Ohio. We left home August 3rd and were in active service until the close of the war, when we were discharged, September 7th, being out thirty-eight days.

During the summer of 1815 we assisted Samuel Brown in getting out the timber, and building the mill for Timothy Hiatt, which he soon after bought, and it has borne the name of "Brown's Mills." At the raising of this mill, we had the basement story up and were putting up the second, when a heavy stick of timber slipped and knocked my brother Jabish over backwards, into the creek; he fell nearly twenty feet and the stick of timber on top of him. The hands removed the stick as quick as possible, expecting to find him dead, but fortunately he was not seriously injured. A block that had been sawed off of one of the mud sills was so heavy that it sank. Jabish fell close to it and the stick of timber happened to fall on the block, which saved his life. In the summer of 1816, we bought a lot in Barlow, built a cabin and kept bachelor's hall (Aunt Sally Pugh living on an adjoining lot, baked my bread for me) until the fall of 1817. November 28th I was married to Miss Margaret Houghland, of Barlow, and immediately moved into my cabin, and commenced to keeping house, where I have lived ever since. I have been out of the county but twice. Once I had some business that called me to Parkersburg, W. Va., and once to visit some old friends in Athens county.

Barlow Soldiers

The Marietta Register (Semi-Weekly), June 3, 1887

The following is a complete list of the soldiers furnished by Barlow Township, living and deceased, including one soldier of the Revolutionary War, and two of the War of 1812.

1776
Samuel Chapman, Sr., of the Revolutionary War, died and is buried at Barlow.

1812
Capt. William Dustin.
B. F. Palmer.

1861
36th Regt. O.V.I., Co. F.James Haddow.
S. W. Harvey.
W. H. Morris.
Harvey Dunsmoor.
Arthur Lawton.
Ezra J. Lawton, died at Summerville, W.Va., in 1862, buried at Barlow.
A. F. Tiffany.
D. S. Huffman.
R. A. Huffman.
S. H. Huffman.
Anson Woodruff.
A. P. Beach.
C. T. Beach.
D. L. Preston.
William Harvey.
F. M. Cunningham, died at Summerville, W.Va., 1862, and buried at Barlow.
Simeon Evans.
David Evans, died at Camp Dennison, O., 1864, and buried at Barlow.
Nicholas Clay.
Henry Green.
John Louthan.
Zeno Johnson, died at Chattanooga, 1864, and buried at National Cemetery, Chattanooga.
Benjamin Robinson.
Robert Harvey, killed at Cloyd Mountain, Va., 1864, and buried at Dublin, Va.
M. D. Mingus.
Solomon Saylor.
Hugh Conley.
E. A. Chapman.
George Hoysington.
C. W. Love.
James McMains.
Anselm Vincent.
Josiah Miller.

63rd Regt., O.V.I.
Alexander Ormiston.
Archibald Ormiston.
D. H. Morrow.

77th Regt. O.V.I.James Bartlett.
John Bartlett.
James Fleming, killed at Shiloh, 1862, and buried at Shiloh.
R. H. Fleming.
David Harvey.
H. S. Richards.
L. D. Richards.
Joseph Robinson, killed at Shiloh, 1862, and buried at Barlow.
J. P. Calvert, killed at Shiloh, 1862, and buried at Shiloh.
J. W. Morris.
George Gooding.

92nd Regt. O.V.I.John W. Huffman, died Carthage, Tenn., 1863, and buried at Carthage, Tenn.
J. W. Merrill.
J. J. Clark.
Robert Graham.
I. B. Lawton.
John Murphy, died at Nashville, Tenn., 1863, and buried in Dunham, Twp.
Benajah Morris.
J. H. Proctor.

148th Regt., O.N.G.
I. F. Palmer.
William Agin.
P. Dunsmoore.
C. E. Evans.
J. C. Vincent.
I. A. Ormiston.
Thomas Lynch.
T. J. Mellor.
John Dustin.
James F. Ormiston.
C. L. Christopher.
David Gates.
R. G. Lawton.
Andrew Greenlees.
J. A. Arnold.
G. M. Morris.
David Smith.
Daniel Murchy.
Andrew Harvey.
W. W. Huffman, died at Bermuda Hundred, Va., and buried at Bermuda Hundred.
J. H. Robinson.
William Beebe.
B. F. Culver.
G. B. Turner.
L. P. Pond.
William Lamb, died at Bermuda Hundred, Va., and buried at Barlow.
Joseph Morris.
J. A. Henry.
M. A. Vanvaley.
Richard Fisher.
William Miller.
A. W. Tomkins.

Miscellaneous.
D. W. Payne, 125th Regt., O.V.I.
William H. McGetchey, 125th Regt. O.V.I.
James Carlin, 125th Regt. O.V.I.
W. K. Dunbar, 53rd Regt., O.V.I., died in the service.
Jacob Sayler, 53rd Regt., O.V.I.
John Jones, killed at Chancellorsville, Va., 1863, Huntingdon’s Battery, and buried at Barlow.
Francis Huffman.
W. H. Lewis, 3rd U.S. Colored Infantry.
Charles Stribling, 3rd U.S. Colored Infantry.
C. W. Butler, 3rd U.S. Colored Infantry, killed.
Aaron Male, 3rd U.S. Colored Infantry.
John Scott, 3rd U.S. Colored Infantry.
James Lewis, 3rd U.S. Colored Infantry.
Robert Liggins, 3rd U.S. Colored Infantry.
Isaac Miller.
David Vincent.
Albert Vincent.
Jacob Jones.
J. W. Vanvaley.
T. H. Cooksey.
David Woodruff.
William H. Cunningham.
S. F. Harvey.
B. F. Corp.

Barlow Soldiers Corrections

The Marietta Register (Semi-Weekly) , June 10, 1887

The following corrections to the list of Barlow’s soldiers have been handed me by Capt. Haddow which I gladly forward to the Register.

To the soldiers of 1812 the names of Darius Hartson and ____ Carr should be added, both buried in Barlow cemetery.

William Lamb of the 148th was buried at Tunnel, Warren Twp.

The name of James Gould should be added to the 148th.

B. F. Corp (in miscellaneous) was a member of the 77th O.V.I., was killed at Shiloh and buried there.

Aaron Male, John Scott and James Lewis were killed in battle, John Murchy, not Murphy, of 92.

Of this list of Barlow soldiers, the following individuals have died since the war: W. H. Morris, Harvey Dunsmoor, Simeon Evans, Hugh Conley, Solomon Sayler, George Hoysington, James McMains, Josiah Miller, David Harvey, J. H. Proctor, Andrew Harvey, William Beebe, L. P. Pond, Francis Huffman, Albert Vincent, Robert Liggins.

Of the 111 who enlisted from Barlow, 34 are now dead and 77 are yet living, 30 of whom have found homes in the far west.

C.C.L.

Barlow Soldiers Corrected Again

The Marietta Register (Semi-Weekly), June 14, 1887

Mr. Editor: It does seem a little difficult to get the names of Barlow soldiers right and I have still further corrections to make.

Firstly it was Heman, not Herman, Chapman. Secondly, Albert Vincent was never in the service and Cyrus Vincent was not one of the O.N.G. There were three brothers, Ansel, David and Cyrus. Ansel first enlisted in the 36th, was discharged on account of poor health and re-enlisted in 148th O.N.G. David went first for three months, and afterwards enlisted from Athens County in the 18th and died at Tullahoma. Cyrus was a member of the 126th.

One of the Vincents.

The difficulty is always great in securing accuracy in these matters. The Register is desirous of getting all these points right and as the fault is not ours is the more patient to the end, that the local history of Barlow shall be truthfully written. We are also in receipt of these additional names: Hiram Miller, Cav.; Stephen Miller, Ar., George Young, 77th; Charles Lewis, a brother of W. H. Lewis.