Revolutionary War Officer First Individual Buried in Famous Mound Cemetery Here

Marietta Daily Times, April 7, 1938

Colonel Robert Taylor, Revolutionary War officer, with numerous direct descendants residing in and near Marietta, was the first individual buried in the famous Mound Cemetery here. Colonel Taylor died on September 30, 1801, "in the 65th year of his age."

In the little plot near the fence on the Sixth Street side of the cemetery are stones marking also the graves of his wife, Jane Taylor, and a daughter. An inscription records that Mrs. Taylor "departed this life Feb. 26th, 1819, in the 79th year of her age."

One time resident of Attleborough, Mass., Colonel Taylor came here with Commodore Abraham Whipple in 1799. He bought a farm of 200 acres along what is known now as Miller's Lane, a few miles east of Marietta. He acquired another tract in Fearing Township, near Whipple, and there he and his family resided at the time of his death.

The exact location of this tract has not been determined, according to Louis E. Miller, a great-grandson, living at 713 Fifth Street. Mr. Miller, aged 81, is the oldest surviving descendant. Great-great-granddaughters are Mrs. Emma West, Mrs. Lucy Racer and Mrs. Etta Miller Smith, all living in the Reno neighborhood, Marietta Township. Mrs. Smith is the wife of Clayton B. Smith, one time deputy in the Probate Court. They are parents of Glenn B. Smith of the county surveyor's office here, and a lieutenant in Company A, 166th Infantry, Ohio National Guard.

Lieutenant Smith has preserved some records dating back to the period of his relatives' residence here. There is a receipted bill for $6, the price of the black walnut coffin in which the colonel was laid to rest. Another bill for funeral charges totaled $2.25. One John Shaw appends his signature as recipient of these sums in full.

Here is a letter, faded and time-stained, written at Attleborough, Mass., to Colonel Taylor more than 137 years ago. Creases preserve the envelope form in which it was folded for "carriage," but time has obliterated every vestige of the seal. It was penned by John Tilton, a New England friend of the pioneering family. He was concerned as to how they fared in the "wild western state of Ohio."

Attleborough, 31st March 1800.

Dear Sir:

I received your agreeable favor of the 13th of January last on the 26th instant. Although I heard of your safe arrival, was very anxious to hear of your welfare, and how you and the family bore the fatigues of the journey.

We were exceeding glad on receiving the lines you wrote us, and we often mention the many agreeable hours which were spent in company by both families. I am glad to hear your town lot is so well situated, which must make it valuable. I suppose the land is natural to Indian corn as the other grains you mention, for I heard great fame of the production of that grain in the western country.

Your purchase of those articles of trade you mention - the profits of which will pay your expenses - is no small acquisition. I hope you are well supplied with fish that's peculiar to that country, and plenty of every kind in abundance.

Received a letter from (illegible) in answer to the one you were so kind as to forward from Pittsburgh, in which she mentions that Mr. Prince was in hopes to get you to settle in Cincinnati, as the country is so much superior, and they did so much better than in Marietta. he intended to write you on the subject, which I hope you have received ere this.

Nothing of any consequence has happened among us since your departure, except some failures. Job Sweeting has sold all his estate to Barry A. Page for five thousand dollars, and intends to purchase a farm. Capt. Page is about exchanging the estate with Jabez (name illegible) in North Providence, for his place. Doct. Sterling desires his best respects to you and family. He has met with an unfortunate loss in the death of his son a few weeks since, by suicide.

Your friends in town and country in general are well, and were exceeding glad to hear from you, and desire their best regards to you and family. I hope you have not made a purchase before you hear from Cincinnati. perhaps that part of the country would suit better than Marietta.

We have had a comfortable Winter. February and March were the most tedious. I hope in your next you'll be able to write us how you are settled, and your prospects, which i hope will be as soon as you receive this.

We have had great mourning and lamentation for the death of our illustrious and great General Washington, news of which has no doubt reached you ere this. As to politics, we have but little news except the New Constitution in France, and Boneparte being at the head of Government. We are all well at present. Mrs. Tilton and Mrs. (Benoset?) join with me in the most unfeigned love and esteem to yourself and family. And believe me, dear Sr., your humble servant,

John Tilton

P.S. Since writing the above, I thought it best to send this to the care of Col. Sprout, as you did not mention your being settled at Marietta, and perhaps you have gone to Cincinnati, and have paid the postage there. Please write to me often. Be assured that Mrs. Tilton and myself will be glad at all times to hear of your welfare and family. . . . Your son, Robert, thinks exceeding hard that you did not give him the lot up town, as now he is deprived of voting, and not eligible for any office in Town or Government. I remain as above.

John Tilton 

Murder of William A. Dutton

 The Marietta Register, June 17, 1864

On Friday, 10th inst., about noon, William A. Dutton, a little son of John B. Dutton, nine years old last February, was shot through the heart and instantly killed at the upper end of the "Capitolium" square on Fifth Street, above Washington.

It appears that an abandoned family named Steed, two or three weeks ago, moved from the top of the hill north of town, into a small barn in the locality of the murder. Rude boys often threw stones at the barn in which they were staying and probably used impudent language to the inmates. Mrs. Steed became enraged and, it is said, threatened to shoot the boys.

Just before the shooting, some boys stoned the barn; who they were, we are not advised. The little Dutton boy and two or three others of his age were playing upon the commons near the barn. Perhaps some of them had thrown stones, influenced by larger boys, and perhaps not. At any rate, a gun was fired from the barn, killing the little Dutton boy.

Mrs. Mary Steed, her son William J. Steed, some 15 years of age, and two daughters were arrested and had an examination before John Test, Esq. The daughters were discharged. Mrs. Steed and her son were committed to jail on the charge of murder. Four of Mrs. Steed's younger children, one about a year old, have been sent to the County Infirmary.

Some Valuable Additions

 Marietta Daily Leader, April 7, 1899

Mr. George Weiser, the undertaker, has made some very valuable additions to his business equipment in the way of wagons for the conduct of business.

He has had the home firm of J. H. Oesterle, the Wooster Street carriage builders, make for him a casket wagon or ambulance which in point of design and style of finish is much the finest that has ever been seen here. It is quite an innovation in the way of a casket wagon, as it has large plate glass panels in the sides and ends and is thoroughly up-to-date in every particular, being constructed of the very best material known to the carriage builder.

The other addition is a funeral car, which was purchased from the Riddle Coach and Hearse Co., of Ravenna, O., who made the shipment of the car to Mr. Weiser in a car of their own. In order to get the hearse into this car it was necessary to take off the regular wheels and put on a set of smaller ones to allow it to enter the freight car. 

It has a very massive and elegantly carved body, everything being of the heaviest and best wood obtainable. The workmanship is perfect. The wheels are equipped with rubber tires and the bearings are of the latest improved pattern, which makes them very easy running. There is no doubt that the car is the finest in this section of the state.

Mr. Weiser has been to great expense in getting these very handsome additions to his equipment and can feel justly proud of the selections he made when ordering the vehicles.

John Malster

 Marietta Register, November 16, 1889

John Malster of Waterford died at the residence of Moses Malster in Waterford Township, Wednesday, and was buried at the Palmer cemetery yesterday, November 15.

He was the son of Christopher Malster who came to Palmer Township in 1795, tow years in advance of his wife who made the journey from Pennsylvania with a two year old child on horseback. 

John was born in Palmer, September 2, 1800, and was therefore past 89 years of age. His life has been spent in this county and through all his active years was one of hardship. As early as 1822 he made a trip south on a flat boat and had he been at the recent reunion would have outranked James Stowe and Christopher Greene in years and ante-dated them as flatboatmen.

He was a farmer and stock-raiser, though a man of a business turn of mind. He sold goods in Palmer for Col. Stone 55 years ago and afterwards clerked for Chapin and Fearing in Beverly.

In his diary he noted that he "had raised and bought wheat and made twenty-five barrels of flour which he sold to Col. Stone at $2.50 a barrel and trusted him six months without interest. I have bought and sold wheat for 28 cents a bushel and oats for 12-1/2 cents and hauled them to Harmar."

He never married. He was a genial and kind-hearted man. A supporter of his county paper and quite a reader. Since the announcement of the Tri-Weekly, his letter was received at this office asking for this edition. He was scrupulously honest and thoughtful in business matters and allowed no debts to stand against him. In his death a pioneer and old-time citizen is gone.

Chewing Tobacco Has Been "Staff of Life" for 108 Year Old John B. Bane

The Marietta Daily Times, April 12, 1948

By Roberta S. Burson, Times Staff Writer

Chewing tobacco may be considered a bad habit, but for John B. Bane of Wade, Ohio, it has been a "staff of life" for about 108 years.

The Civil War veteran, Washington County's oldest resident and one of the country's few remaining Civil War veterans, chuckled about his life-long habit during an interview Friday.

"I've been chewin' since I was just a small lad," he said, a puckish smile crossing his silver-bearded face.

"My grandfather held me on his knee and let me such his plug tobacco to make me puke," he went on in a strong voice. "Why, I was such a poor, sickly child I could hardly stand alone."

He wagged his white head and a half-smile tugged at his mouth, half hidden by a white mustache. "I have used tobacco ever since."

Lives With Daughter

Fully clothed, lying propped up on an old-type brass bed in the living room of the small cottage overlooking the Ohio River which he occupies with his daughter, Mrs. Lilly Hess, the kindly-faced old gentleman presented a character study which might have fit a prophet.

Blue eyes, dimmed by age yet possessing an amazing keenness, peered out from beetling eyebrows and from beneath a dark, heavy melton cap. Light and dark shadows, playing from windows on either side of the bed, touched his cheeks which were a little hollow, lending mysterious beauty to the almost ageless qualities of his handsome, well-preserved features.

"Yes, I was in the Civil War," he said slowly. "I was a blacksmith by trade, but since last November I've been in bed mostly. Legs played out on me."

Recalls Old, Old Memories

His kindly face mirrored a thousand memories that occurred more than 86 years ago. "I went out as a substitute during the Civil War for my stepdaddy and foreman, Jim Connor. I was about 17-18 years old. Was with the 38th regiment here at Newell's Run, working as a hostler. Took care of 12 head of horses."

He spread his hands, made huge by years of blacksmithing. "I didn't have much time to fool around. Had to be ready so's I could take hay anytime it was wanted to the horses. I had to carry the hay in my arms."

He rubbed his bearded chin thoughtfully. "Daggone. I believe I've forgot the name of my commanding officer entirely," he said regretfully. "I was 21 years old when I got out of the war. After that I went home and took up blacksmithing again." His face lighted. "I did blacksmithing ever since I was big enough and strong enough to life a hammer to an anvil. His voice seemed to swell with pride as he added, "I expect I've been as good a blacksmith as ever worked. Made hundreds of pounds of horseshoe nails."

His voice softening, he spoke of his mother, Lucy Tice Weaver Bane Connor, who bore him three months after the death of her husband, Dr. Jim Bane, which occurred on a ferry boat as he was en route home from a medical case.

Born in Virginia

"I was born in Virginia," he continued. "When I was about two months old I was brought to Noble County by my grandfather, George Tice, a farmer and trader. We lived on what was known as Demmy's Run, near Lebanon. Lived there 19 years. The rest of the time I've lived here in this county."

A wistful note crept into his voice. "I never was out of the county to do a day's work that I know of. Hobbies? Play?" He scoffed. "I never had a chance to learn to play. I never got to go to school, but I learned a lot in the war. If I had the chance I would have been a doctor or a preacher - I don't know which." He sighed and added in a low tone, "I never got away from home to learn anything in the world. I never go to any elections. Voted about once."

Referring to World Wars I and II, and to the general strife prevailing throughout the world today, the old blacksmith voiced his opinion of the situation brought about by the actions of people in six short words: "I call it just plain hoggishness."

Has Thirty-Four Grandchildren

In reference to his own life, Mr. Bane spoke briefly of his first wife, Sarah Catherine Bowersock, who has been dead 44 years, and of his second wife, who is also dead. With the aid of his daughter he counted 34 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a number of great-great grandchildren - descendants of his four daughters and one son.

As for his philosophy of life and reasons for his longevity, the old smithy who was born the year Martin Van Buren was defeated for the office of presidency of the U.S. by William Henry Harrison, Whig candidate from Ohio, and his running mate, John Tyler, both of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" fame, gave a thoughtful and sincere reply. "I always charged myself to live as near right as I could," he said slowly. "Christian ways and everything else. I don't know that I've told anyone a lie, or done any mean act of any kind." A reverent note tinged his voice. "My mother raised me like that."

Has Never Worn Glasses

Healthy to an unbelievable degree, the more-than-a-century-old man can boast of having never worn glasses and to having four of his own teeth. He chuckled as he displayed them. "I can eat pretty near anything that comes before me, and I drink lots of coffee," he said.

Looking ahead to the future and to his birthday which comes on July 1, the Civil War veteran who has outlived 25 presidents of the United States, who has seen the abolition of slavery, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, the advent of the railway, automobile, and airplane, and who has lived through the Civil War, the War with Mexico, World Wars I and II and other conflicts - offers a challenge to the months and years ahead.

"I feel fine down to my legs," he said. "There are so many things I want to do, if my legs would just let me."

He sat up in bed and gave a hearty handshake. "One of these days they may be stronger. I'll be 109 years old come July 1. come around and visit me then, and," he smiled slyly, "you can bring me a new pair of trousers for my birthday - size 32-34."

The Marietta Daily Times, November 1, 1948:

Oldest Resident In This Section Dies at Home

John B. Bane, Civil War Veteran and oldest resident of this section of Ohio, died early Monday morning at his home at Wade at the age of 109.

Mr. Bane was born July 1, 1839, in Virginia and was brought to Ohio when he was quite young. He lived in Noble County in his early life. He had also lived in Pennsylvania and in West Virginia before moving to Beverly where he lived until about 12 years ago when he moved to Wade. He was a blacksmith in his active life.

Mr. Bane's wife, Mrs. Mary Bowersock Bane, died in 1904. Son and daughter are Edward Bane of St. Clairsville and Mrs. Lillie Hess of Wade. There are 34 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a number of great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Doudna and McClure's. Burial will be in Beverly cemetery.

William H. Dabold

 The Marietta Times, October 26, 1882

Early last Friday evening as Mr. William H. Dabold of this city was assisting with his team in hauling home the steam thresher of Mr. Ben Bragg, when near the Gage Barker place above Pinchville, one wheel of the machine ran into a rut and threw Mr. Dabold off the pole where he was standing, under the wheels and crushed him to death instantly, the wheel passing over him at the waste.

Mr. Bragg, in his efforts to catch Mr. Dabold when he fell, was thrown down and badly bruised about the leg and arm. The hind wheel pushed Mr. Dabold's body for some distance and finally passed over it before the machine could be stopped.

Mr. Dabold was 33 years of age and leaves a wife and two small children to mourn his untimely death. His remains were buried from his house on Third Street, Sunday afternoon followed by Odd Fellows in regalia and a large concourse of sympathizing friends.

Death of Lilly Martin Spencer

The Daily Register, May 24, 1902

A Famous Artist Who Formerly Lived in Vicinity of Marietta

New York, May 23 - Lilly Martin Spencer, a noted artist, whose paintings years ago achieved for her worldwide reputation, died yesterday [May 22, 1902] at 226 West 114th street at the age of 77 years.

Mrs. Spencer came to America with her parents when she was 5 years old. Her father was a scholarly Frenchman, instructor of the young Dukes of Exeter and Devonshire. They lived in Marietta, Ohio. At the age of 12 years Lilly Spencer was considered a marvel, and Nicholas Longworth, the Cincinnati millionaire, who had heard of her, offered to send her abroad to study. She refused to do so, because he stipulated that she must abstain from all original work for seven years and spend that time studying old masters. He remained her friend, however, and after she married and came to New York, she opened her studio under his patronage.

Among her most notable paintings are the allegorical representatives of "Truth Unmasking Falsehood," for which Senator Sprague of New Jersey offered $20,000, an immense sum at that time.

Up to a few weeks ago Mrs. Spencer still worked at her easel. Among her recent paintings are portraits of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Robert Ingersoll. Her masterpiece is considered to be "Algeria," from "Childe Harold."

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Scores of Marietta people will remember Mrs. Spencer when she lived here, and how even in childhood her work was marvelous. It is told that when she resided in a house near Devol's Dam she covered the very walls of the building with exquisite paintings and for many years the house was a place constantly visited by sightseers.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 36

 The Marietta Register, June 10, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

J. H. Devol has kindly brought us a few more numbers of the Marietta Gazette of 1838 and 1839.

Jan. 1838, Oliver Rice Loring of Belpre was elected by the Legislature one of the Associate Judges of this county.

April 7, 1838, there was a half-century celebration of the first settlement in Marietta. Henry Fearing was Chief Marshal. George M. Woodbridge, Esq., delivered the oration at the Congregational Church. Dinner at the Mansion House - Col. Joseph Barker, President; Ephraim Cutler and Joseph Barker, Jr., Vice Presidents. The singing was under the direction of Beman Gates; also the College Band performed during the day under the lead of Samuel Hall, one of the graduates of that year, in the first College Class. Among the volunteer toasts was one: "To the memory of Judge Gilbert Devol and his son Gilbert, who caught a pike (fish), which was seven feet long and weighed 94 pounds, in the Muskingum, after chasing him three miles in a light canoe - and which was served for dinner on the 4th of July, 1788."

April 8, 1838, Hugh Breckenridge of Barlow died of an injury received the evening before, being struck on the head by the falling of a rafter while engaged in raising a barn. He was forty years of age and came from Scotland in 1820.

April 12, 1838, the law firm of Whittlesey & Harte was first advertised.

April 21, 1838, the first meeting of the Stockholders of the Marietta and Newport Turnpike Road and Bridge Co., was held at the Mansion House to elect five Directors.

May 10, 1838, public sale of lots in Lowell. Among the advantages of Lowell mentioned were - "in the midst of a fertile, healthy and thickly settled region of country;" "daily mail;" "high dam, connected with the Muskingum Slackwater Improvement, about to be erected; canal and locks, giving the place extensive water power for manufacturing purposes;" "steamboat navigation at all seasons."

May 7, 1838, the first meeting of the Farmers' Duck Bridge Co. stockholders was held at the Court House under act passed by the Legislatures, Feb. 10, 1838.

May 8, 1838, Edward Deming, son of Simeon Deming, Jr., was killed in Watertown in his 13th year. He was assisting his uncle in hauling logs from a side hill to a mill. Being on the lower side, two logs started and rolled over him.

July 4, 1838, celebrated in Marietta by the "Mechanics Lyceum" - Isaac Maxon, Chief Marshal; John Test, Assistant Marshal. At the Baptist church, the Declaration of Independence was ready by ____ Fuller, and an oration was delivered by Charles Hendrie. Dinner at the Mansion House, Col. Joseph Barker presiding, assisted by Argulus Pixley. Toasts were given by Col. Barker, Robert Smith, Isaac moss, Thomas J. Clogston, James M. Booth, John Greiner, William West, S. Dewey, Matthias Moot, J. G. Glidden, E. Gates, and others.

Marriages:

Feb. 22, 1838, Robert T. Miller and Marietta Fuller.

Feb. 27th, 1838, William H. Leonard and Julia Ann Nott.

May 6, Lovell P. Wheeler and Angelina Gill.

June 28, in Marietta Township, Mrs. Mary Chaddock, aged 57, to William McClintick, aged 22.

This happy match, by Hymen crowned,

Heaven bless their nuptial joys!

And as successive years roll round,

Fill their cups with girls and boys.

Oct. 17, 1838, Nathan Bell of Barlow and Charlotte Bell of Newport.

Oct. 18th, Alvin Reckard of Marietta and Hester Q. Brown of Fearing.

March 24, 1839, Rev. William Perry and Mary Ann Reckard of Marietta.

Sept. 1, 1839, Parley Brown and Miss C. H. Shaw, both of Waterford.

Sept. 1, Joseph Bell of Newport and Deborah Williamson of Marietta.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 35

 The Marietta Register, May 27, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

It seems a little singular that with all our advertising, we have been able to obtain only three copies of the Marietta Gazette for the year 1838, but so it is.

The Gazette of Jan. 6, 1838, is before us - edited and published by Isaac Maxon.

Mr. Maxon, if we are not in error, began to work at the printing business in the office of the American Friend, under Royal Prentiss in the year 1822, or perhaps 1823. At any rate, he worked in that office in 1823. For several years, from about 1830 or 1831, to 1837, he published the Spectator at Athens.

He bought the Marietta Gazette of Caleb Emerson about Dec. 1, 1837 - published the paper four years, until near the close of the year 1841, when he sold out, after which only three or four more numbers of the Gazette were published until it was discontinued. Mr. Maxon then quit the printing business. For years past he was engaged in farming, about two miles from Marietta, just east of Duck Creek. This spring he removed to Richland County, Illinois, near Olney, the County Seat.

At the October election in 1838, Washington County voted for Governor - Joseph Vance, Whig, 1384; Wilson Shannon, Democrat, 1264. The total vote was 2643, the largest ever cast in the County to that date - 145 larger than in the year before.

The Gazette of Nov. 3, 1838, notes the escape of Wallace Dodge, formerly of Marietta, from prison in Quebec. He had joined the Canadian Patriots and was taken prisoner the winter before.

Nov. 9, 1838, Slocomb & Buck - William Slocomb and Frederick Buck - advertised their "New Boot and Shoe Store" on Greene Street, connecting with it a Bookbindery.

Nov. 22, 1838, Thursday evening, at about 8-1/2 o'clock, the extensive Carriage Manufactory of Milo Hoadley on the Plain took fire and was, with nearly all the stock, entirely consumed. Loss said to have been about $10,000, with no insurance.

Marriages:

Oct. 18, 1838, John Fletcher [John Fulcher] and Nancy Olive Stanton, of Warren.

Oct. 29th, David Scovill and Rebecca Shears, of Warren.

Nov. 4th, Sereno Hollister and Cynthia Ann Brooks.

Nov. 18th, William H. Stewart and Cynthia A. Morton, both of Harmar.

Died - Nov. 21, 1838, in Fearing, deeply regretted by all his neighbors, Augustus Caesar Tuttle, in his 27th year.

He ceased to breathe at high noon sun!

His race on Earth he then had run.

A man unknown in distant place,

But round his neighborhood a grace.

Retired was he, though good and kind;

To faults in others ever blind.

All - all around him felt distressed;

One pang of grief their hearts impressed

When death did seal his honest fame,

And Justice honored his good name.

Ye who would live in peace and love,

In Tuttle's track be sure to move.

We don't know, but we guess that the late Edward Postlewayt Page communicated the above obituary.

The Gazette of October 30, 1841, still published by Mr. Maxon, is before us. He soon after sold out. This must conclude our notice of the Marietta Gazette.

This brings us down to the time the Intelligencer was started, in August, 1839. How much longer these notes from the "Old Marietta Papers" will be continued we can not tell, but we shall make some notes from the first years of the Intelligencer, beginning next week.

 

Old Marietta Papers - Number 32

The Marietta Register, May 6, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

September 5, 1835, the name of T. P. Harshberger first appears in the Gazette, as in business in Marietta, just from "Pittsburg."

January 3, 1836, the "Mansion House," on Ohio street, was open to the public by John Lewis, who built it the previous season. He advertised to "accommodate travelers and others, in the best and most comfortable manner." Mrs. Lewis, who is now - after a period of more than twenty-eight years still the landlady - yet keeps a "most comfortable" house.

Lewis S. Greuzard took a room under the Mansion House to carry on the business of a barber; also, he did sign, fancy and ornamental painting.

February 5, 1836, the bill introduced by Isaac Humphreys of this county, making an appropriation not exceeding $400,000 for the improvement of the Muskingum by slack-water navigation, passed the Ohio House of Representatives - yeas, 49; nays, 19. The bill passed the Senate, March 4 - years, 23; nays, 12. The Board of Public Works applied $100,000 for the prosecution of the work in that year, 1836.

February 22, 1836, Whig State Convention held at Columbus - delegates from this county, William R. Putnam, Sr., George Dana, Sr., David Barber, Francis Devol, Levi H. Goddard. Joseph Vance of Champaign County was nominated for Governor and elected, the next October, over Eli Baldwin, Dem., of Trumbull County.

February 27, 1836, we see the first notice of the "Washington County Mutual Fire Insurance Company," James M. Booth, Secretary. Esquire Booth is still the Secretary of the Company.

April 10, 1836, John Platt of Marietta advertised that he had for ten years cultivated successfully the genuine tea plant from China, and that after much expense and many experiments, he confidently believed he had discovered the art of drying and manufacturing the leaves, so as to produce tea equal in quality to the imported Young Hyson.

April 7, 1836, the anniversary of the first settlement of Ohio, at Marietta, was celebrated. A. V. D. Joline, Esq., was Marshal of the day and the procession, longer than on any previous occasion in Marietta, marched to the Congregational Church. The address was delivered by Arius Nye, after which, about two hundred persons took dinner at the Mansion House, with Col. Joseph Barker, President, and Col. Ichabod Nye, Judge Joseph Wood, Deacon William R. Putnam, William Dana, D. H. Buell, and William Pitt Putnam, Vice Presidents. Fine music and many toasts.

April 30, 1836, Edward W. Nye retired from the Gazette, after having conducted it nine months - besides his connection with it, in company with John Delafield, Jr., a year from June, 1833, to June, 1834. He now sold out to Caleb Emerson, L. J. and V. C. Knight.

May 1, 1836. Our files to this date have been complete from April 1813, with the exception of three or four numbers in 1833-35. During the rest of this year - from May 1, 1836, to January 1, 1837 - we have only eight copies of Marietta papers.

May 7, 1836, the Gazette appeared with this announcement: "Printed and published weekly by L. J. Knight & Co., at No. 3, Green-street - C. Emerson, editor."

December 16, 1836, the Gazette was published by C. & W. D. Emerson, the McKnights having withdrawn.

December 27, 1836, the dwelling house of Col. Augustus Stone, in Harmar, was destroyed by fire between 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening.

Elections in 1836. We have no newspaper containing the returns of the elections in 1836, except we are able to state that Washington County voted for President - Harrison, 1,070; Van Buren, 906. This was the largest vote polled in the county to that date. At some future time we shall publish the returns of the State and Presidential elections in this county in that year.

Marriages in 1836:

January 17, 1836, Charles G. Terrell and Susan Perdue, both of Warren.

February 25, George Sayler and Eliza Rightmire, both of Newport.

March 22, J. A. Cram and Elizabeth Stewart of Zanesville.

March 23, Daniel Proctor of Watertown and Mary P. Longworth of Morgan County

March 24, Dr. Charles C. Hildreth of Zanesville and Sarah A. Swearingen of Wheeling.

March 29, William H. Powers and Susan H. Gage, both of Waterford.

March 31st, Thomas Chambers and Mary G. Hill of Lawrence.

April 6, Joseph Chambers of Waterford and Elizabeth Brooks of Marietta.

April 6, Thomas P. Flagg and Sarah F. Corner, both of Marietta Township.

April 7th, Jonathan Nixon and Mary Cisler, both of Lawrence.

July 21, John Matthews, Jr., and Lydia Schofield, both of Salem.

September 26, John Dowling of Fearing and Phebe Perkins of Adams.

September 29th, Jason B. Blackinton and Martha Cone of Warren.

Nov. 17, James Thompson of Zanesville and Julia Ann Doan of Salem.

Nov. 22d, Jonas Galusha Glidden and Margaret C. Protsman.

Deaths:

April 20, 1836, Mrs. Minerva Nye, wife of Col. Ichabod Nye, in her 68th year. She was a daughter of Gen. Benjamin Tupper of Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, one of the projectors of the first settlement at Marietta. She arrived at Marietta, August 19, 1788, in company with her husband and two children, Gen. Tupper, Col. Cushing, Maj. Goodale and Maj. Coburn, and their families. These five were the first families that came as settlers of Ohio. She was the first female who ledged in the "Stockade," and on that ground she afterwards lived nearly 48 years.

December 28, 1836, George Dunlevy, Esq., aged about 62. He had been Clerk of the Court for twenty years, and for some years before his death was a member of the M. E. Church.

Unfortunate Killing of Mr. Jacob Cram

The Marietta Republican, August 6, 1863

We deeply regret to announce the unfortunate killing of Mr. Jacob Cram, a well known and worthy citizen of this place, by a Sergeant of the 8th Michigan Cavalry, near the late battle field at Buffington's Island, on Monday, the 20th ult.

Mr. Cram went from here as Captain of an Independent Cavalry Squad, his company being a part of the first expedition sent from here in pursuit of Morgan. The battle of Sunday morning at Buffington, coming on, he became very much excited and at length exhibited plainly signs of partial derangement, to which he has at times been subject. In the condition he then was, it was found impossible to persuade him to retreat with the rest of the forces; and he was consequently taken prisoner by the rebels. His unfortunate condition being evident, the rebels are supposed to have released him, first taking his arms and horse. He remained in the vicinity until the next day (Monday), when the Union forces, probably suspecting him to be a spy, who was feigning craziness, also took him prisoner.

The efforts made by the Union soldiers to confine Mr. Cram were naturally resisted by him. He was accordingly mounted on a horse, behind the Sergeant who afterwards shot him. Watching his opportunity, Mr. Cram hit this man on the head with a club, knocking him senseless. Upon recovering, the Sergeant instantly drew his revolver and shot Mr. Cram through the breast, the ball passing, as is supposed, between the lobes of the lungs. The startled horse ran away, but after going a short distance Mr. Cram fell to the ground and died. After being stripped of his money, watch, and a portion of his clothes, his remained were wrapped in a blanket and buried.

For some days his family and friends here were in a state of uncertainty as to his fate. Search was at length made, and on Saturday last his grave was found, the body disinterred and brought home. On Sunday afternoon last he was buried from the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. A. T. Nye, in this place. Mr. Cram leaves a widow and three children, with many relations and friends, to mourn his loss.

We have no hesitation in saying that the killing of Mr. Cram was an outrageous murder, which should be officially investigated.

  

Old Marietta Papers - Number 10

The Marietta Register, November 27, 1863

 

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register." 

Notes from "American Friend" for the years 1817 and 1818, as follows:

The taxes on "resident land" in Washington County in 1816 amounted to $4,348; only seven counties in the State exceeded this; the rank was Ross, Hamilton, Columbiana, Fairfield, Trumbull, Clermont, Muskingum, Washington.

Ezekiel Deming, John Sharp and Henry Jolly elected Associate Judges of this county by the Legislature, January 1817.

Feb. 14, 1817, it was stated that the Ohio river had been bridged with ice for 25 days, ice 19 inches thick, and loaded wagons, sleds, &c., crossing daily; "the oldest inhabitant cannot remember a winter as severe."

The name of "Charleston," Brooke County, Virginia (a few miles above Wheeling) was changed to Wellsburg at this date.

Feb. 1817, Valentine Labolt, "an old aggressor," was sentenced to the Penitentiary for seven years by our Court, as the Friend says, for "having a natural propensity to steal cloth," an offense for which "he received a public whipping" a few years before.

March 27, 1817, the Bank of Marietta (two years after the war of 1812 had closed) resumed specie payment.

Spring Election, 1817 - Town Council, James Sharp, Samuel Hoit, Robert Williamson. Treasurer, Joseph Holden. Assessors, Daniel H. Buell, James M. Booth, Constables, Enoch Hoff, Sampson Cole, Isaac Rice. Justices of the Peace, James M. Booth, Anaximander Warner.

Adolphus Wing "hung out his shingle" in Marietta as an Attorney at Law, August 1817. He went from here to Michigan, we believe.

Sept. 9, 1817, John Lane was hung at Gallipolis for the murder of William Dowell.

In the fall of 1817, notice was publicly given that a petition would be presented to the next Legislature, praying for the removal of the County Seat from Marietta to Waterford; and a public meeting was called to meet December 3d at Major Alexander Hill's tavern on Greene Street to remonstrate against it. The movement, we presume, was not very formidable. Washington County then extended further north than at present; Morgan was formed the next winter.

Wednesday, February 4, 1818, it had snowed constantly for 30 hours, and the snow here was two feet deep on a level. On Monday, 9th, the mercury was 20 degrees below zero, and on Tuesday, 10th, 22 degrees below - heavy fog on both mornings.

May 14, 1818, "a number of the citizens of Marietta and townships adjoining, as a mark of their esteem for Col. Levi Barber, also of their approbation of his official conduct in the late session of Congress, gave him a public dinner" - "elegant repast," prepared by Major Alexander Hill. Joseph Wood presided, assisted by Ephraim Cutler. Among the volunteer toasts were those given by Ex-Gov. Meigs, Hon. John Sharp, D. H. Buell, James M. Booth, D. Woodbridge, Jr., Alexander Henderson, Dr. Hildreth, and Col. Barber himself toasted Henry Clay.

June 4, 1818, William C. Amlin was drowned in Duck Creek at the mouth of Reed's Run, while bathing, aged 20 - a son of James Amlin of Fearing.

In Belpre, July 1, 1818, John Rouse, aged 77, was found lying dead in a pool of water where he had been watering a horse, supposed to have fainted and fell in. He came from New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1789.

Nov. 5, 1818, annual meeting of the Medical Society, 3d District of Ohio, was held in Marietta; the following persons were licensed to practice medicine: Giles S. B. Hempstead (long in practice at Portsmouth, now retired at Hanging Rock), Ebenezer Bowen, Charles Ulmer, Alexander McMillan.

Nov. 1818, Henry P. Wilcox (son of Gen. Joseph Wilcox, then lately deceased) was appointed Postmaster of Marietta in place of Samuel Hoit, resigned.

Dec. 11, 1818, William McCracken was drowned in the Ohio near McFarland's landing.

Election in 1817 - Sardine Stone of Union Township was elected to the State Senate from Washington and Athens, receiving 612 votes in this county, without opposition. Nathaniel Hamilton of this county, and Sylvanus Ames of Athens, were elected to the House. The other candidates voted for were Major Alexander Hill and Giles Hempstead. Dr. J. B. Regnier was elected Commissioner, receiving 333 votes to 310 for Daniel Goodno.

Election in 1818 - Washington voted for Governor James Dunlap 627; Ethan A. Brown 262. The vote of Marietta was Dunlap 180; Brown 27. This county did not vote with the State, in which Brown received 30,194; Dunlap, 8,075.

For Representative in Congress, this county gave Col. Levi Barber (for re-election) 621; Gen. E. W. Tupper of Gallipolis, 213; Henry Brush of Chillicothe, 26. The District elected Brush, 2727; Barber, 1808; Tupper, 1954.

Col. Joseph Barker of Washington, and Sylvanus Ames of Athens, were elected to the Legislature. In this county Barker received 512; Ames 320; Amzi Stanley, 453; John Patterson, 99. Daniel Goodno was elected Commissioner; Timothy Buell, Sheriff; and Silas Cook, Coroner.

Marriages in 1817:

Jan. 2, in Adams, Joshua Sprague and Miss Phebe Brown.

Jan. 10, William Brewster of Warren and Lucretia Fuller of Marietta.

Jan. 30, Louis Soyez and Miss Ann Protsman.

March 27, Zephaniah Bosworth and Lucy Burlingame.

March 30, in Union, John Leonard and Elizabeth Hall.

April 12, Richard Thorla and Cammilla McAllister.

April 23, Dr. Cyrus Spooner of Adams and Mary Wing of Marietta.

April 27, Elisha Rose of Lawrence and Rebecca Cook of Fearing.

April 30, Salmon D. Buell of Adams and Miss Eliza Buell, daughter of Capt. Timothy Buell, of Marietta (parents of Maj. Gen. D. C. Buell).

May 11, Joseph Barker, Jr., of Newport and Melissa W. Stone of Belpre.

May 31, James Reed and Mary Noble, both of Salem.

July 2, Isaac Monkton of Wooster (Watertown) and Rebecca Haskell of Marietta.

July 23, Presley Petty and Margaret Nixon, both of Lawrence.

July 30, Joseph Geren and Nancy Hill.

Aug. 2, Aaron Fuller and Mary Irwin.

Aug. 5, Robert Williams and Mrs. Mary Needham.

Aug. 3, in Waterford, Dr. Nathaniel Fuller and Celestina Scott.

Sept. 10, David Gosset and Sarah Riley.

Sept. 16, Henry Hildreth and Abigail Haven.

Monday evening, Oct. 20, Nahum Ward and Miss Sarah C. Skinner.

Oct. 31, John Shepard and Lucy Burch, both of Adams.

Nov. 23, Capt. Joseph Cook of Wood County, Va., and Mrs. Rhoda Cook of Belpre.

Nov. 25, in Adams, Alexander Allison and Nancy Seifert.

Dec. 4, Jedediah Fuller and Nancy Nesmith.

Dec. 9, in Newport, Charles Little and Mary Frazer.

Marriages in 1818:

Jan. 4, William H. Buell and Lavinia Rogers.

Feb. 12, Judah M. Chamberlain and Rhoda McIntosh.

May 23, Thompson Gates and Sarah Gold.

June 4, Dr. Burr Bradley of Salem, Indiana, and Esther W. Plumer of Marietta.

June 28, John Gates, Jr., and Clarissa Crane.

July 2, in Salem, Milton Pixley and Anna Perkins.

Aug. 13, in Salem, James Hill and Phebe Hussey, also Norman Payne and Lydia Hussey.

Aug. 18, William McNeil and Susanna Corwin.

Oct. 6, in Union, Thomas Jenkins and Mary Dyar.

Oct. 25, Dr. Erastus Webb of Circleville and Miss Eliza Cook of Belpre.

Nov. 22, in Salem, William Porter and Mary Sutton.

Deaths in 1817:

Jan. 18, Gen. Joseph Wilcox in his 61st year (the publication of his death last week was erroneous).

April 1, in Harmar, Paul Fearing, Jr., in his 17th year.

April 20, Capt. Nathaniel Smith, aged 25.

June 1, Noah Needham, formerly of the State of Delaware.

July 7, in Waterford, Eli G. Cogswell, buried with Masonic honors.

Aug. 26, Oliver Dodge, aged 53, buried with Masonic honors in Adams.

Aug. 26, in Harmar, James Nichols.

Sept. 6, in Harmar, James Purington.

Oct. 3, Mrs. Sarah, wife of Jonathan Guitteau, aged 31.

Oct. 5, at Louisville, James C. McFarland, Esq., of Marietta.

Oct. 6, in Chillicothe, Mrs. Lucy, wife of Dudley Woodbridge, Sen.

Oct. 21, in Fearing, Simeon Tuttle.

Oct. 29, in Belpre, Dea. Benjamin Miles.

Nov. 16, in Zanesville, Elijah B. Merwin, Atty. at Law.

Dec. 4, Phillip Worthington, aged 67.

Deaths in 1818:

May 20, Mrs. Mary Hartshorn, aged 28.

June 14, Mrs. Sarah Thorniley, at Philadelphia, aged 54 (daughter of Col. Israel Putnam and sister of the late David Putnam).

July 20, Mrs. Lucy Putnam, widow of Maj. Ezra Putnam, aged 89.

July 31, in Harmar, James Sharp, Esq., aged 51.

Aug. 7, in Roxbury, Catharine, wife of Luke Emerson, aged 27.

Oct. 14, Mrs. Sarah, wife of Commodore Abraham Whipple, aged 79.

Advertisers in 1817:

Nathaniel Clark accepts a challenge of Alexander Mitchell of Short Creek, Virginia, published in St. Clairsville papers, to run his horse "Plough Boy" against Mitchell's horse "Defiance," for $500 or $1,000, four miles, provided Mitchell would come to Marietta to run.

May 22d - "Humbert, Miraben & Co, Watchmakers, lately arrived from Paris, respectfully inform the public," &c.

June 11 - "Dry Goods, Fancy and Millinery Store. Mrs. St. Aubin is opening," &c., at "corner of Water and Main streets." This was on the corner of what is now known as Front Street, next to the Ohio, now occupied by store houses built subsequently and owned by W. L. Rolston.

July 17 - "New Store, Dry Goods, upper end of Ohio Street," Wyllys Hall.

July 30 - New Saddlery, Alfred R. Beebe & Co, Marietta.

July 31 - New Store, Nathaniel Dodge, Jr., "on the upper Point, lately occupied by Skinner & Chambers."

Sept. 25 - New Goods, John Mills & Co.

Oct. 16 - William Slocomb (then a teacher, we believe) advertises Cummings' Geographies for sale. Archibald Rollow, blacksmith.

Oct. 23 - Dr. De St. Ledger, Parkersburg, will also practice in Belpre.

Advertisers in 1818:

January - Capt. Daniel Greene and Sidney Dodge formed partnership in trade - Greene & Dodge. 

Oct. 15 - David B. Anderson, Watch Repairer and Jeweller. "Farmers' Duck Creek Bridge" was then in use, Samuel H. Gates, Sec'y. Elisha Huntington was teaching in the "Muskingum Academy," and Secretary of the Marietta "Moral Society," a society kept up for some years for the promotion of good morals. A Mr. Holyoke opened a singing school in the Muskingum Academy. 

John Sharp, Esq., of Lawrence, Nov. 13, 1818, gives notice that he had obtained Pension Certificates for the following Revolutionary soldiers: Jerry Burham, Oliver Rice, Asher Allen, James Knowles, Godfrey Shreve, Joseph F. Trible.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 9

The Marietta Register, November 20, 1863

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register." 

March 15, 1816, the "American Friend" first issued under the sole charge of the late Royal Prentiss, he having bought out his late partners T. & D. H. Buell. He announced that the paper would continue Republican, with "Truth its guide, Liberty its object." In its second issue Mr. Prentiss declared himself decidedly in favor of James Monroe for "the next President."

The year 1816 has been distinguished as "the cold year." April 19, the Friend says: "On Sunday last we were visited by a severe snow storm, and the night following by a severe frost. The prospects of fruit are entirely cut off. The weather still continues very cold."

May 17, 1816, it was announced that the Ohio Penitentiary was "filling up very fast," and contained 16 convicts! Think of the 800 today! There were none from Washington County.

A visit to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, in April, 1816, is related in a long letter published in the Friend by the late Nahum Ward. 

July 20, 1816, Nathan Cole of Warren, in a state of insanity, committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.

Sept. 2, 1816, William Reece was killed in Newport by a stick of timber falling on him at the raising of a barn.

Sept. 20, 1816, the store of Joseph Holden was broken open and robbed of between $100 and $200 in cash.

"David Putnam, Esq., raised in his garden this season a radish weighing 21 lbs., and 32 inches in circumference."

Levi Davis was tried for the murder of a stranger who was found floating down the river about a mile and a half below town. On the night of Aug. 8, 1816, Davis had started down the river in a canoe with this stranger; both had been drinking freely. Davis was sentenced to the Penitentiary for 21 years.

HORRID ACCIDENT - Under this head is related the explosion of the steamboat Washington, opposite Harmar, on the morning of June 5, 1816. It was a new boat, commanded by Capt. Shreve; left Wheeling Monday morning; "safely came to anchor opposite Point Harmar about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening"; the fires were kindled Wednesday morning, preparatory to starting, and soon it exploded and "spread death and torture in every direction"; seven persons lost their lives and ten others were scalded, some of them very badly; the town was alarmed by the explosion; six or eight of the victims "were nearly skinned from head to feet"; six died Wednesday night and were buried on Thursday, attended by a large concourse of citizens.

Among the badly scalded was Notley Drown; but he recovered to meet his death in a similar manner nearly fifteen years afterwards. He was killed by the explosion of the steamboat Tri-Color, April 19, 1831, at Wheeling, aged 35. Mr. Drown was Captain of the Tri-Color and was a resident of Harmar. His son, Capt. H. H. Drown, is the present well known and highly popular commander of the Marietta and Cincinnati packet, Bostona No. 2. 

Capt. Shreve was but slightly injured. The boat remained nearly three weeks for repairs, then left for the Mississippi.

ELECTION 1816 - Very light vote in this county. For Governor, Thomas Worthington, 360; James Dunlap, 225. For Congress, Levi Barber, 521; Edward W. Tupper, 47; Henry Brush, 17; John A. Fulton, 7. For Representatives, Sardine Stone, 535; and Robert Sinzee, 536, both elected without opposition. For Sheriff, Timothy Buell, 526; John Clark, 43; Alexander Hill, 28. For Commissioner, Titan Kimble, 441; Nathaniel Hamilton, 168. For Coroner, Sampson Cole, 525; A. Hamilton, 27. The district elected Levi Barber to Congress.

The Presidential Election took place November 1, 1816. The Friend of the week before contained no allusion to the fact, except the Sheriff's proclamation; and that published the week after contains no returns whatever. Two weeks after, the statement is made that but 42 votes were given in Marietta Township for Electors for President and Vice President, and but very few in the county. At previous elections Marietta had polled 170 votes. No public interest was felt in this election. The Federalist party was dead, and there was but slight opposition to the election of Mr. Monroe. Only 24 votes were given at Cincinnati, as the Friend learns. Ross County did not give 300 votes in all.

MARRIAGES in 1816:

January 21, Michael Gard and Clarissa Baker, both of Union.

April 7, Solomon Lewis and Miss Sarah White, both of Wooster (Watertown).

May 1, Joseph L. Reckard to Miss Delila Jennings, both of Marietta.

August 21, Henry Clark and Patty Herrington, both of Marietta.

August 15, John P. Mayberry, Attorney at Law, of Parkersburg, and Miss Lucy Fearing, of Harmar. 

August 27, John Corp and Elizabeth Dodd, both of Marietta.

September 22, George Dana and Deborah Fisher, in Belpre.

November 21, Zebulon Jennings and Betsey Maxon.

November 26, E. S. McIntosh of Marietta and Elizabeth Seeley of Waterford.

DEATHS in 1816:

Gen. Joseph M. Wilcox died in the beginning of the year, date not given.

May 10, H. W. Noble, Esq., formerly of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a highly esteemed merchant.

October 1, in Adams, Joshua Sprague, Sen., in his 89th year.

October 4, in Union, Sprague's granddaughter, Mrs. Cynthia Olney, in her 20th year.

ADVERTISERS in 1816 - Some notes from the advertisements in 1816, as follows: March 20, Nahum Ward offers "prime Ohio Bottom," opposite Guyandotte, at $15 per acre; land now worth $100 or more. John Platt, choice fruit trees for sale in Marietta. April 10, Bank of Marietta, A. Henderson, Cashier. April 25, Nathaniel Dodge "has put the rope-walk on Point Harmar in motion"; also Henry L. Prentiss "has put the old rope-walk (formerly occupied by Giles Hempstead) in motion." Elias Colby, blacksmith, at Harmar. June 11, J. & A. Cunningham, tailors, Marietta; and June 21, A. Fuller, sadler.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 8

The Marietta Register, November 13, 1863

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

The following comprises all that we can glean from the "American Friend" for the years 1814 and 1815, that will interest our readers:

Saturday, Jan. 1, 1814, D. H. Buell assumed editorial control of the paper, which was now published by the firm of "T. & D. H. Buell," Mr. Everett, a partner with them for eight months, during which he was the editor, having died the week before. We shall give some account of the Buells in another article.

April 16, 1814, the name of the late Royal Prentiss first appears as one of the publishers of the Friend - the firm being "T. & D. H. Buell and R. Prentiss."

Feb. 15, 1814, Lieut. Joseph M. Wilcox of the regular U. S. Army was killed by Indians on the Alabama River in his 24th year. He was a son of Gen. Joseph Wilcox of Marietta and entered West Point Military Academy in 1807. He was sent down the Alabama River on a perilous expedition in command of three picked men in a canoe. After being out two days, they landed to escape 10 Indians in a canoe, but the Indians landed; they beat off the Indians, killing two of them. They wandered about in the woods to escape, went through swamps, and finally returned to the river and began building a raft, one of their men having deserted them. Just as their raft was done, the three men were attacked by eight Indians. They made a desperate resistance, and after Lieut. Wilcox was shot through the body and mortally wounded, he rushed on an Indian, knocked him down with his rifle and threw him into the river. Corporal Simpson was wounded in the knee. The other man crept into a cane brake. The Indians split the skulls of Lieut. Wilcox and the Corporal, having first scalped them, and just then a detachment came in sight, but too late to save the lives of the gallant Lieutenant and Corporal; they rescued the man in the cane brake.

May 7, 1814, Mathew Hungerford died, having been mortally injured a day or two before by a limb of a tree falling on his head while chopping in the woods near Marietta.

May 17, 1814, John Glidden was instantly killed in Fearing by a stick of timber falling on him at the raising of a house.

May 21, 1814, the Friend gives an account of a "reported highway robbery," 10th inst., near Graham's Station, now Racine, Meigs County. Abraham Youngkin was bringing $1,915 from J. C. McFarland at Charleston, Kanawha, to Joseph Holden in Marietta. He "reported" that he had been robbed. Afterwards $1,817 of the money was accidentally discovered where it had been secreted in Marietta. The Friend "forbears to comment," &c.

July 4, 1814 - celebrated by the "Republican citizens" at the Congregational Church. Declaration read by Col. Levi Barber, then Clerk of the Court. Oration by Isaac Humphreys, Esq. Dinner at the house of John Brough Esq. The committee of arrangements consisted of William Skinner, Joseph Holden and R. C. Barton.

March 30, 1815, Samuel McClintick, "a respectable citizen of this town," was drowned a short distance below Harmar, leaving a numerous family.

April, 1815, Samuel Hoit succeeded Griffin Greene as Postmaster of Marietta.

June 1, 1815, the ferry-boat attached to a rope across the Muskingum and propelled by the current, crossing in high water, was sunk by the force of the current and mismanagement of the ferry-man, having on board H. L. Prentiss and a black servant girl who lived with Gen. Wilcox. The girl was drowned. The others escaped.

July 4, 1815 - celebrated by "the Republican citizens." Procession formed in front of Joseph Holden's store under Chief Marshal R. C. Barton. Marched to the M. E. Church. Declaration read by Dr. Hildreth. Oration by D. H. Buell, Esq. Dinner at the house of John Brough, Esq.; Joseph Wood presided. Speaking of the oration by D. H. Buell, the committee of arrangements (Joseph Holden, Levi Barber, J. B. Regnier, S. P. Hildreth and R. C. Barton) in their report say that "for classical elegance, correctness of delineation, and the pure spirit of Republicanism which it breathed, it has rarely been equaled and never excelled in the Western country."

ELECTIONS - For the election in 1814, the Republicans of this county nominated John Sharp and Jehiel Gregory (the latter of Athens) for Representatives; Timothy Buell for Sheriff; Joseph Holden for Commissioner; and Silas Cook for Coroner. Capt. Buell declined to be re-elected Sheriff, and Capt. Alexander Hill was nominated instead; Joseph Holden declined to be Commissioner, and Daniel Goodno was nominated in his place, for re-election. The Federalists nominated Joseph Barker and Silas Bingham for Representatives; John Clark for Sheriff; Joshua Shipman for Commissioner; and Moses McFarland for Coroner.

The county went Republican, as it had usually done. The vote for Sheriff stood - Capt. Alexander Hill, 462. Maj. John Clark, 397. Total vote of Washington county, 870.

For Representative in Congress - William Creighton, Jr., of Chillicothe, received 509 votes. Levin Belt, 361. Athens County gave Creighton 212; Belt 106.

In 1815, John Sharp of this county, Republican, was elected to the State Senate, beating the late Deacon William R. Putnam 127 in Washington County and 175 in Athens. Henry Jolly of this county and Robert Linzee of Athens were elected Representatives over Joseph Barker and Alvin Bingham. William Skinner was elected Commissioner over Caleb Emerson. Total vote of Washington County, 817.

Marietta voted for Senator, Sharp, Republican, 121; Putnam, Federalist, 49.

MARRIAGES:

Dec. 30, 1813, Richard Alcock and Wealthy Buell, both of Marietta.

Jan. 2, 1814, Rufus P. Stone of Belpre and Eliza Barker of Union.

Feb. 13, 1814, Nathaniel Smith and Jemima Broom, both of Marietta.

March 20, 1814, Levi Cole and Sally Duncan, both of Marietta.

April 7, 1814, Abraham Payne and Philomelia Pixely, both of Marietta.

Oct. 29, 1814, by John Brough, Esq. (father of Gov. Brough), N. Bishop and Elizabeth Giles, both of Marietta.

Oct. 30, 1814, Reuben Cartwright and Catherine Protsman, both of Marietta.

Nov. 3, 1814, Capt. Jason R. Curtis and Polly Clark (parents of William F. Curtis), both of Marietta.

Dec. 1, 1814, Frances R. Stanley of Fearing and Nancy Payne of Salem.

Dec. 15, 1814, Ezra Chapman and Mary Conner, both of Marietta.

Dec. 22, 1814, Robert Wells and Hannah Case, both of Marietta. 

March 12, 1815, Capt. Nathaniel Olney of Union and Mary Smith of Adams.

April 6, [1815], Col. Robert C. Barton and Rachel B. Van Duyn, both of Marietta.

May 25, 1815, Francis Thierry and Fanny Blake, both of Marietta.

Sept. 6, [1815], in Wooster (Watertown), Peter Taylor and Margaret Ashcroft.

Oct. 12, 1815, Eli Iams and Catherine Crawford (parents of R. P. Iams), both of Marietta.

DEATHS:

March 29, 1814, Didier Gevrez, a native of France, aged 52.

April 7, 1814, Mrs. Polly Cole, wife of Samson Cole, "an amiable woman."

May 4, 1814, in Belpre, Mrs. Eunice Curtis, wife of Capt. Eleazer Curtis, aged 48.

May 9, 1814, Abigail Hoyt, wife of Benajah Hoyt, aged 59.

May 24, 1814, in Fearing, John Amlin, a native of Germany, aged 77.

May 29, 1814, Roswell Buell, eldest son of Capt. Timothy Buell, aged 19.

June 26, 1814, Jonathan Delong of Salem, aged 55.

Aug. 14, 1814, in Belpre, Col. Nathaniel Cushing, aged 57, and on the 26th, his wife Elizabeth, aged 61, both of fever; moved from Massachusetts in 1788, and the obituary states: "Long will the loss of this once happy pair be regretted by their neighbors and acquaintances. So long as virtue remains will their characters be esteemed."

Jan. 29, 1815, in Harmar, Isaac Mixer, tavern keeper, aged 78.

March 12, 1815, in Newport, Mrs. Elizabeth miner, wife of Capt. Matthew Miner, aged 45.

April 16, 1815, Charles Wells, Esq., of Tyler County, [West] Virginia, who had lived on the frontiers 40 years, aged 70.

May 2, 1815, in Adams, Mrs. Sabra Sprague, wife of Jonathan Sprague, aged 48.

October 31, 1815, in Washington, Kentucky, Joseph Bates of Marietta, aged 36.

July 16, 1815, Artemas Sawyer, Esq., died in Marietta, a lawyer and a native of Sterling, Massachusetts.

Aug. 7, 1815, Gordius G. Pierce, son of Stephen Pierce, in his 23d year.

ADVERTISERS - Among the advertisers in the years 1814 and 1815, we notice J. Mason, teacher of penmanship; James White, new mill on Duck Creek in Fearing; Robert McCabe & Co., shoemakers; H. Cole, tailor; Jonathan Devol & Carlisle, clothiers in Union; Capt. T. Buell requests the Washington County Volunteers who were in service in 1813 to meet at Stephen Shepard's tavern; Joseph Holden, in trade, Marietta, also James Whitney & Co., Harmar; Capt. Alexander Hill, Sept. 10, 1814, re-opens his public house at the old stand on Greene Street, having retired from the U. S. service; Skinner & Chambers, in trade, Harmar; Elisha Rose and Oren Newton, clothiers in Newport; James Stanley, clothier in Fearing; Jonathan Guitteau & Co., merchants; Woodbridge & Pierce, merchants; and H. W. Noble & Co., merchants; the late Dudley Woodbridge being in all of these firms.

The "Marietta Races" were advertised to take place on the Commons, Nov. 10, 1814 - a purse of $70 for four mile heats, on the second day, $30 for two mile heats, on the third day for "a handsome sweepstake," one mile heats. "N. B. No person will be permitted to erect a tent or sell liquors on the ground who is not a subscriber to the amount of $5."

The "Marietta Moral Society" notified to meet at the "new Congregational meeting house," Nov. 14, 1814.

Jan. 19, 1815, Griffin Greene, P.M., offers a reward of $150 for the detection and conviction of person or persons who broke open the mail between Marietta and Athens, Dec. 18, 1814. Jan. 28, 1815, law card of Porter Converse to practice in Marietta; and Feb. 4, medical card of Dr. Charles  A. Newton in Newport. April 13, 1815, Bank of Marietta, D. S. Chambers, Cashier; also D. J. Burr, Harmar, offers his flock of 91 merino sheep for sale, household furniture, &c. Lieut. Andrew Fisher, tavern, in Harmar. Samuel Jellison, tailor, in Marietta. June 2, 1815, dissolution of partnership in trade of Weston Thomas and Philip Cubbage. Ambrose Stewart, Harmar, blacksmith; and John Dodge, Waterford, wool carding.

July 27, 1815, Augustus Stone, Harmar, offers $100 reward for the robber who broke open his store and stole $360. Oliver Record to make edge tools in Marietta.

The 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3d Division, Ohio Militia, was ordered to parade on the Commons in Marietta, Sept. 2, 1815, by Col. Augustus Stone. The Regimental Staff consisted of Rev. S. P. Robbins, Chaplain; Dr. S. P. Hildreth, Surgeon; G. S. B. Hempstead, Surgeon's Mate; Jesse Davis, Paymaster; William Pitt Putnam, Adjutant; Daniel G. Stanley, Quartermaster; Stephen Devol, Sergt. Major; Weston Thomas, Quartermaster Sergeant; William Henry Shipman, Fife Major; John Matthews, Drum Major. John Thornily was Major. We are not advised who was the Lieut. Colonel.

Nov. 24, 1815, the late Dr. John Cotton inserted his medical card, stating that he had taken his residence in Harmar and would "faithfully and punctually attend to any business in the line of his profession."

So ends our notes for two years from the American Friend (1814 and 1815) and in the entire two years there was not more local matter than is often contained in a single number of The Marietta Register of this day.