Old Marietta Papers - Number 38

 The Marietta Register, June 24, 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."

To go back to the first newspaper ever published in Marietta, the "Ohio Gazette and Virginia herald," by Wyllys Silliman, an article we have just discovered, written by the late Caleb Emerson in 1839, says that he then had in his possession an imperfect paper of the first number issued - on December 7, 1801. The earliest number in possession of the Register Office bears the date Oct. 24, 1803, and is No. 97.

In the opening address of the first number - according to an extract in Mr. Emerson's article - the editor apologizes for adding "Virginia Herald" to the title previously fixed upon, "Ohio Gazette." "He might rest this apology," he says, "upon the generous and extensive patronage he has received from the inhabitants of the western part of Virginia"; but he wishes to place it upon a broader ground and he goes on as follows:

"He is, indeed, proud in having this opportunity, at this time, and by this measure, to give to his Fellow-Citizens on both sides of the Ohio a pledge of his equal regard and an example of that liberality of sentiment, which is not only so decorous in private character, but which forms so important a pillar in the fabric of social and political happiness.

Breathing the same air - having the same wants - being capable of the same pleasures - talking the same language - living under the same national government, what is there to limit or divide our affections? - A river! - A river whose kindred branches we inhabit - whose current, mild and unbroken, though composed of a thousand tributary streams, affords us an impressive lesson of unity and peace.

Surely this country ought to become one of the happiest under Heaven! Blessed with a friendly climate - a rich and diversified soil - a rapidly increasing population - and separated on all sides from the rest of the world by lakes and mountains, we form a world of our own, which can be ruined only by our own follies - shall we admit, that of all the most fatal, a spirit of discord.

At present we enjoy the protection of a Government recognizing an equality of rights and having liberty for its basis; may it be perpetual! but may we never forget that the best guarantors of our freedom will ultimately be found in the justness of our principles and the harmony of our feelings!"

The only thing that has ever created anything of a "spirit of discord" between those residing upon this or that side of the "river whose kindred branches we inhabit," is Slavery. Our neighbors over the river have now put that out of the way, and hereafter it will be a reign of "unity and peace."

Jan. 9, 1840, "George Benedict, Dealer in Groceries and Provisions at the Upper Landing on Ohio Street" first appears in an advertisement. Mr. Benedict is still "at it," now on Front Street, although he took a vacation from that business for some years, in the way of steamboating and banking.

Jan. 23, 1840, the Intelligencer notices a Durham calf raised by Judge Joseph Barker of Newport, which was eight months old and weighed 630 lbs.; also a potato raised on the farm of William R. Putnam, Jr., which weighed 3-1/3 lbs.

Franks and Hendrie advertise that they had bought the extensive iron foundry - "Washing Foundry" - of Nye & Cram and would carry it on.

Feb. 20, 1840, Edgerton & Woodbridge (Luther Edgerton and George M. Woodbridge) advertise the close of their business; and Woodbridge & Barber (George M. Woodbridge and Levi Barber) continued the store at the same stand.

March 2, 1840, the County Commissioners formed the township of Jolly from the north part of Grandview. On the formation of Noble County in 1850, a portion of the township was attached to Monroe County and subsequently the remainder of the township was again attached to Grandview.

About this date, J. P. Wightman leased the Mansion House from John Lewis.

March 28, 1840, Robert Hurdsman and a Mr. Yates were drowned at Beverly while attempting to cross the Muskingum in a skiff. Mrs. Yates was in the skiff, but retained her hold on it after it passed over the dam, and was rescued.

April 26, 1840, Thomas Fleming was drowned while passing over Chambers' dam on the Little Muskingum.

May 7, 1840, F. B. Loomis first advertised his store in Marietta.

May 19, 1840, John Miner, a son of Henry Miner, was drowned in the Little Muskingum, about a mile Corner's mill.

June 1, 1840, the County Commissioners formed Independence Township.

July 1, 1840, J. Moorehead opened an office as attorney at Law in the Court House.

July 14, 1840, "George H. Wells, recently from the city of New York," announced that he had established himself in the Hardware business on Front Street. Mr. Wells is still here, in the grocery business. This was the foundation of the present house of Bosworth, Wells & Co.

July 28, 1840, Rev. Thomas Wickes, from Troy, N. Y., was installed as Pastor of the Congregational Church in Marietta. Opening prayer by Rev. L. G. Bingham, former pastor; sermon by Rev. Dr. Linsley, then President of Marietta College; installation prayers by Rev. M. DeWitt; charge to the pastor by Rev. Francis Bartlett; right hand of fellowship by Rev. Dr. D. H. Allen, then Professor in Marietta College; charge to the people by Rev. L. G. Bingham; concluding prayer by Rev. B. Roberts; benediction by the pastor. Mr. Wickes is still the pastor of that church.

Aug. 4, 1840, the "Mail Line and "Opposition" stages, while racing, came into collision while ascending March Run Hill, six miles above Marietta, as they were coming down from Zanesville. The opposition stage was thrown off the bank, with nine passengers, several of them injured, a Mr. Peck from New York very seriously.

Aug. 28, 1840, Squire A. Null fell, with a scaffold, sixteen feet to the ground while at work on the house of Vincent Payne in Marietta, and was so severely injured that he died on the next Monday, aged 24.

Sept. 11, 1840, a shocking fight occurred at Beverly between workmen on the Lock and the Creekites, as they were called, between whom ill feeling had existed for some time. Clubs, stones, brickbats, knives, etc., were freely used, and the fight did not terminate until five or six persons were seriously injured, one dangerously. Gov. Shannon, Dem., was speaking there at the time, but the fight did not arise from politics, and was not at the meeting.

Returning from Beverly, a horse and wagon drive by a German named Kneille of Marietta was precipitated from the bank near Coal Run, and Mr. Kneille was instantly killed and his wife very much injured. There had been some racing and the horse was frightened.

Oct. 30, 1840, in carelessly loading a cannon at the foot of Front Street, it burst and so seriously injured a German that he died the next Tuesday.

Marriages in 1840:

Feb. 13, Stephen Smith of Marietta and Sarah J. Marshall of Harmar.

March 8, George W. Lane of Aurora, Indiana, and Sally Maria Buell of Marietta.

March 9th, Matthew Beswick and Lydia Smith, both of Harmar.

March 17th, Conrad Cline of Virginia and Mary Ann Crawford of this county.

March 18th, John Thornily and Jane Temple.

March 19th, William Whittock and Nancy Patton, both of Fleming.

April 19, Ethan Allen of Marietta and Patience Dye of Lawrence.

April 21st, in Newport, Bartlett Jackson and Amanda M. Bell.

April 29th, William Wallace Dodge and Harriet H. Holden.

May 5, William Alcock and Polly White.

May 10th, William Slocomb and Siba H. Buell.

May 20th, Noah L. Wilson and Kezia R. Waters of Columbus.

May 21st, Leonard Scott and Rebecca Briggs of Westchester County, New York.

May 30th, Jacob Moats and Elizabeth Young of Salem. 

June 11, David McKibben and Eliza Ann Crea.

June 25th, in Newport, Ira Hill 3d and Desdemona Lackey.

July 1, Nathan Udell and Eliza Payne of Salem.

July 1, in Belpre, Asa D. Newell and Eleanor Shettlesworth.

July 23d, Wyllys Hall Jr. and Emma Sullivan.

Aug.12, Peter Wilkins of Harmar and Anna Otten of Fearing.

Aug. 18th, Joshua Ripley and Cynthia F. Rouse, both of Belpre.

Sept. 1, in Fearing, Thomas Lankford and Hannah Hill.

Sept. 16th, George Putnam and Susan A. Westcott.

Sept. 23d, Milton Ellenwood and Sophronia S. Needham, both of Warren.

Sept. 24th, Solomon Athey and Lucinda N. Hill, both of Fearing.

Sept. 24th, Rufus Payne of Salem and Mrs. Elizabeth Gay of Guernsey County [in Guernsey County].

Sept. 30th, John Floyd of Woodsfield and Nancy Harper of Marietta.

Oct. 1, Francis Vinton and Harriet W. Fox, both of Waterford.

Oct. 18th, Jacob Wood of Marietta and Marinda Longfellow of Aurelius.

Oct. 21st, Z. B. Ballard of Decatur and Mary Ann Cole of Warren.

Oct. 23rd, Hiram Martin of Watertown and Caroline Woodruff of Barlow.

Nov. 8, Joseph Caywood 2d and Elizabeth Reed, both of Lawrence.

Nov. 24th, William P. Cole of Warren and Louisa Shields of Watertown.

Dec. 17, Henry Coomes and Polly A. Vaughn.

Dec. 17th, Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Herrington, both of Harmar.

Deaths in 1840:

Jan. 3, in Warren, Catharine, daughter of Lewis W. and Susan Reppert, aged three years.

March 8, in Cincinnati, Mrs. Sarah S. Bingham, wife of Rev. Luther Bingham, former pastor of the Congregational Church in Marietta.

March 19th, Clarinda, daughter of Nathaniel Bishop, 22.

April 22, in Marietta, Samuel Weston, in his 25th year.

May 9, in Union, Eliza Dickey in her 26th year.

May 10th, in Harmar, Mrs. Susannah Burlingame, wife of Christopher Burlingame and daughter of Gen. Rufus Putnam, 74.

May 11th, Mrs. Eliza, wife of Charles Sullivan, in her 39th year.

May 12th, in Lawrence, Mrs. Hannah Caywood, wife of Joseph Caywood and daughter of Samuel Dye, Esq.

May 21st, Harriet Tharp, wife of Silas Tharp of Harmar, 29.

May 26th, in Michigan, Mrs. Josephine N. Rice, daughter of J. Gabaudan of Marietta.

June 28, Mrs. Sally Booth, wife of James M. Booth, Esq., in her 51st year.

July 5th, in Harmar, Elizabeth Spencer Stone, wife of Augustus I. Stone, 24.

July 5th, in Waterford, Elizabeth McDonald, wife of Thomas McDonald, 56.

July 26th, in Clermont County, Daniel D. Morris, formerly of Marietta.

Aug. 16, in Roxbury, Elias Pewthers, Esq., 37.

Sept 11, in Choctaw Nation, Edward H. Byington, son of Rev. Cyrus Byington, in his 12th year.

Nov. 12, in Waterford, David White, 74.

Nov 27th, Col. Ichabod Nye, in his 78th year, a native of Tolland, Conn.; his family, with that of Gen. Benjamin Tupper, who was his father-in-law, and those of Col. Cushing, Maj. Goodale and Maj. Coburn, landed at Marietta, Aug. 19, 1788, the first families that arrived here.

Dec. 6, Lucius S. Palmer, 22.

Dec. 14th, William Skinner, Esq., 71.

Dec. 17th, Mrs. Sarah H. Andrews, wife of I. W. Andrews.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 37

 The Marietta Register, June 17, 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."

Friday, Aug. 30, 1839, occurred a transaction at Parkersburg that is worthy of note, even now. It was a circumstance that had its influence in this region to bring about the state of public opinion today - a transaction that caused some excitement at the time, and but one of thousands that have taken place under the infernal influence of slavery, thousands many times more aggravated than this. It was the mobbing of Col. Augustus Stone and David Putnam of Harmar, because they were charged with being abolitionists. 

Mr. Putnam, we believe, was the particular object of the Parkersburg ruffians; and Col. Stone suffered, perhaps, because he happened to be in company with the former. It is now nearly twenty-five years ago - what a change in the country! Abolitionists are now about as thick as mosquitoes in August, and through the wicked and tyrannical spirit of slavery - its own suicide - their principles now prevail. Col. Stone and Mr. Putnam both live to see their sentiments popular, however much odium and contempt may have been cast upon those principles in times past. It may be remarked that Col. John Stone of Belpre, living opposite Parkersburg, did not cross the Ohio to that place for many years, for the hate that there prevailed against him because he exercised free thought on the subject of slavery and dared maintain his thoughts before the people. He has had no trouble in going to Parkersburg during the past three years. Even an abolition paper is published there, edited and printed by an abolitionist.

The following is copied from the Marietta Intelligencer of Sept. 5, 1839:

"Outrage at Parkersburg - On Friday last, Mr. David Putnam, Jr., and Col. A. Stone, two respectable citizens of Harmar, went to Parkersburg to transact some business, and as they were about to cross the river on their return, were assailed by a mob and both of them knocked into the river. Fortunately, they escaped without much injury, but from the spirit manifested by the assailants, there can be no doubt that they intended a most brutal outrage upon the person of Mr. Putnam. We do not intend to give the particulars of this assault, or comment upon it in the terms it deserves, until we learn whether the respectable citizens or our neighbor city give countenance to it. We cannot believe they will consent that the odium of this disgraceful affair shall rest upon them. On the contrary, we trust they will use all diligence to bring the perpetrators to justice.

"If Mr. Putnam has violated law, let him be punished by law, So long as we profess to be governed by laws, it is the duty of every good citizen to maintain their supremacy. We cannot imagine a case where a resort to mob law would be justifiable; and unless our Statute Book is to become a reproach, and the name of Liberty a bye-word, every attempt to supplant law by violence should be promptly and fearlessly put down."

Sept. 12, 1839, "Morton" communicated to the Intelligencer a high appreciative and just notice of Lilly Martin, then a girl in her seventeenth year, living with her father, a few miles up the Muskingum, and since so distinguished as an artist. The writer spoke of her "extraordinary taste, talent, and genius," and mentioned that:

"Her first work was on the unwhitened plastered wall of her chamber. She commenced with a piece of charcoal and common chalk, using her finger to stamp with. She has recently obtained some poor crayon and a few paints and brushes. With these instruments, she has covered the sides of her room with splendid pictures."

"One side of the room presents a view from a public piazza out upon a water scene bordered by hill and dale, and field and forest; all original, and beautifully conceived. Groups are presented on the piazza, in various employments, and the figures present not only an accurate proportion, but some of them are shaded and finished in the most exquisite manner. There are some talking politics and some making love. One picture presents a boy playing with the dog and cat; the dog and cat are fighting, and the boy has thrown his cap over the head of the dog, and is exulting at the advantage thus given to puss."

Several other pictures on the walls are noticed:

"But the best hit of all is 'the young baker.' Mrs. Martin had sent her daughter to make bread, and while engaged, the child (for she has only the appearance of a child) conceived the idea of drawing a like figure on the wall. And there it is, not in rude unfinished outline, but a well finished and most strikingly rich crayon drawing. This picture being alone, in a rough room, full of barrels, meal tubs, and rubbish, and being drawn on the rough plaster, has the most extraordinary effect. It represents a girl with a very pretty face, bending over her work, her hair disheveled and yet ornamental; the cape tied loose about her neck, and turned round to the side, sleeves rolled up, and both hands delving in the dough. One could not conceive of anything more natural. This picture, alone is worthy of more than I can write, and no one can have any idea of it without seeing it.

"I can only say, that the circumstances of this display of talent are the most extraordinary. I cannot associate the work and the author together, so strange is the contrast! One gazes at the pictures and glances at the child, who appears to gaze totally unconscious of the merit they possess."

Marriages in 1839:

Aug. 8, Israel W. Andrews, Professor in Marietta College (now President), and Miss Sarah H. Clark of Danbury, Conn.

Aug. 12, Col. Ichabod Nye of Marietta and Mrs. Rebecca Beebe of Belpre.

Sept. 22, Benjamin W. Clark and Marietta Broadhurst.

Sept. 25th, Rev. J. R. Barnes of Evansville, Ind., and Caroline M. Webster.

Oct. 2, Riley Bruce and Mary D. Cockshott, both of Belpre.

Oct. 6th, Richard Beebe and Vilate Wolcott, both of Waterotwn.

Oct 6th, in Marietta, Flavel C. Cole and Mary Dye.

Oct. 10th, Samuel Weston and Eliza Ann Reckard.

Oct. 11th, in Warren, Jacob Reppert of Madison, Ind., and Ann M. Reppert.

Oct. 17th, Sala Bosworth and Joanna F. Shipman.

Oct. 17th, William J. Smith of Marietta and Elmina Clarke of Athens.

Nov. 17th, in Harmar, Alfred Finch and Jane Williams.

Nov. 20th, William Foster of Springfield, Mass. and Matilda W. Foster of Marietta.

Dec. 3, James Withrow and Betsey Locker.

Dec. 5th, William Grant and Mary Ann Willard.

Deaths in 1839:

Aug. 11, Miss S. Maria Brigham, formerly of Princeton, Mass.

Aug. 11th, Anna Maria Ward, in her 19th year.

Aug. 22d, Frederick Shipman, aged 44.

Sept. 8, in Belpre, Rev. William H. Jolly, a Universalist clergyman, 43.

Sept. 10th, in New Orleans, of Yellow fever, Royal G. Hart of Harmar, 29.

Sept. 11th, in Marietta, Rowena, wife of Dennis Racer, 30.

Oct. 22, Caroline Augusta, daughter of F. A. and Harriet Wheeler, 11 months.

Oct. 29th, Selah, wife of William Slocomb, 54.

Nov. 11, in Salem, Mary, wife of Rufus Payne, 45.

Nov. 30th, Mary Ann, daughter of John Collins of Fearing, 14.

Election in 1839:

The result in this county in 1839, between the Whig and the Democratic parties, was very close - caused by "stay-at-home" Whigs. The Whig vote on Representative was 166 less than in the year before, while the Democratic was only 15 less; and the consequence was that the Whigs lost the best offices in the county at that election. The total vote stood as follows: For Senator, Samuel R. Curtis, Whig, 1210; Isaac Humphreys, Dem., 1215. Representative, William r. Browning, Whig, 1199; William A. Whittlesey, Dem., 1225. Auditor, James M. Booth, Whig, 1177; J. P. Wightman, Dem., 1251. Commissioner, Daniel H. Buell, Whig, 1211; Hapgood Goddard, Dem, 1199. Treasurer, Robert Crawford, Whig, 1238; John Young, Dem., 1196. Assessor, Tartus Lindley, Whig, 1144; A. G. Hollister, Dem., 1242. Prosecuting Attorney, Arius Nye, Whig, 1224; Charles F. Buell, Dem., 1180.

The Democrats, it will be seen, elected the Representative, Auditor and Assessor, while the Whigs elected the Treasurer, Commissioner and the Prosecuting Attorney.

S. R. Curtis, who was beaten for the Senate in this District, then hailed from McConnelsville and had been an Engineer on the Muskingum Improvement from which position he was removed on account of his politics. He has since been well known to the country as a Colonel of one of the Ohio regiments in the War with Mexico in 1846-47; as a Republican Representative in Congress for several years, from Iowa; and as a Major General during the present war, west of the Mississippi.

We give the vote of the county in detail for Representative, as follows:

Adams - Browning 50, Whittlesey 75.

Aurelius - Browning 35, Whittlesey 55.

Belpre - Browning 105, Whittlesey 51.

Barlow - Browning 39, Whittlesey 35.

Decatur - Browning 17, Whittlesey 13.

Fearing - Browning 29, Whittlesey 33.

Grandview - Browning 5, Whittlesey 99.

Lawrence - Browning 8, Whittlesey 55.

Ludlow - Browning 7, Whittlesey 55.

Liberty - Browning 4, Whittlesey 33.

Marietta - Browning 381, Whittlesey 204.

Newport - Browning 68, Whittlesey 53.

Roxbury - Browning 58, Whittlesey 79.

Salem - Browning 46, Whittlesey 32.

Union - Browning 47, Whittlesey 62.

Warren - Browning 35, Whittlesey 60.

Waterford - Browning 117, Whittlesey 99.

Watertown - Browning 88, Whittlesey 68.

Wesley - Browning 60, Whittlesey 63.

Total - Browning 1199, Whittlesey 1225.

Nov. 14, 1839, the Intelligencer contained the following notice:

"Big Steam Boat. Among the novelties of the day worthy of notice is a steamboat just built by Mr. Wyllis Hall of this town. It is not a rival of the Great Western, but is, nevertheless, quite a curiosity. It is only thirty feet in length - has an engine of four horse power and a cabin sufficiently large to accommodate twelve or fifteen persons - and is, altogether, a very neat, well proportioned steamboat."

Nov. 21, 1839, the Intelligencer had an article - a "leader" - which favored the nomination of Gen. Scott for the Presidency for political reasons, although stating that Daniel Webster was the first choice of the editor - but he could not probably be elected. The friends of Clay and Harrison had become embittered against each other, and Gen. Scott was the man to unite them. Gen. Harrison, however, did unite them.

And this in the Intelligencer of Dec. 2:

"Mr. Leonard Scott brought to our office on Tuesday, a steel trap found in the forks of a sugar tree on Wolf Creek in this County. The pan of the trap extends entirely through the wood and over it three or four inches of solid wood is formed. The fork in which the trap was found was about 45 feet from the ground. Every part of it is in a perfect state of preservation. Mr. Scott is of opinion that it was undoubtedly carried there by some animal. It has been purchased by Mr. Scott, who intends taking it to New York, probably to place it in the Museum."

Judge Ephraim Cutler of Warren was the Delegate from this Congressional District to the Whig National Convention, held at Harrisburg, Pa., in December, 1839, which nominated Gen Harrison for the Presidency.

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 33

The Marietta Register, May 13, 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."

James Dunn has kindly furnished us nearly a complete file of the Marietta Gazette from the year 1837. We have but about six numbers of the year 1838, and only two or three in 1839, until the Intelligencer was started in August of that year. The Register Office owns a complete file of the Intelligencer, from the beginning, except five or six copies that are missing. Cannot some one furnish us numbers of the Gazette in 1838-39?

January, 1837, the Legislature incorporated what was the Second Ward in Marietta into the town of Harmar.

January 20, 1837, an advertisement gives us the first intelligence of the "Marietta Library" through the columns of a Marietta newspaper, although the Library had then been in existence some years. A. T. Nye was at this time the Secretary and he still holds that place.

January 25, 1837, Wednesday evening, there was the brightest and most beautiful display of the Northern Light that has been seen this century; the whole northern half of the heavens was brilliantly illuminated with many changing shades, from the brightest crimson to a pale white light.

January 26, 1837, the Washington County Anti-Slavery Society held its second annual meeting, in Fearing, the President, L. DeWitt, in the chair. Luther Temple, Thomas Proctor (now editing an unconditional Union paper at Macon, Mo.), and James M. Amlin took an active part in the meeting. Officers for the year 1837 were elected, as follows: President, J. C. McCoy; Vice President, D. G. Stanley; Secretary, L. Temple; Treasurer, Thomas Wickham. The Directors were, Col. Harry Hill, Salem; J. Amlin, Fearing; Rev. B. Roberts, Watertown; James Lawton, Barlow; John Stone, Belpre; Thomas Ridgeway, Union; Seth Hart, Harmar; Rev. A. Dana, Newport; Rev. L. DeWitt and T. Post, Marietta.

Anti-Slavery doctrines are slightly more popular now than in those days.

February 25, 1837, two fine steamboats were launched from the boatyards in Harmar - the "John Mills," under command of Capt. Charles Bosworth; and the "Isabella," Capt. James Whitney.

February 27, 1837, Theodore Scott began his second quarter of school in Marietta. He is still "at it" here, after a period of over twenty-seven years - has been a very successful teacher.

A. L. Guitteau & Co. were at this date opening out a new dry goods store, groceries, &c., "one door north of the store of Mills, Wilson & Co., on Front Street."

March 11, 1837, another public meeting was held at the Court House to secure the Ohio River terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at this point - Col. A. Stone, chairman; N. Ward, secretary.

May 2, 1837, Arius Nye resigned the position of Cashier of the Bank of Marietta, which he had held nine or ten years; and Anselm T. Nye was appointed Cashier in his place.

May 4, 1837, the first meeting of the Commissioners of the "Duck Creek Navigation Company," incorporated at the previous session of the Legislature, was held at Salem. William W. McIntosh, S. N. Merriam, James Dutton, James M. Amlin, Harry Hill and Silas Hobby were appointed to open the books; and one hundred shares were at once subscribed. Col. Harry Hill was chairman; Joel Tuttle, secretary, of this meeting.

May 15, 1837, "Hon. Daniel Webster and lady arrived and landed at this place, and after a short promenade, passed on down the Ohio. There was no display in their appearance or conversation, and Mr. Webster conversed in an easy and affable manner with those who accosted him."

July 11, 1837, a lad named ____, who was in service at the Mansion House, was drowned in the Ohio at the foot of Front Street.

July 15, 1837, a man named Rowe was killed two miles below Harmar, where he had been employed in getting out stone for the lock on the Muskingum. He took shelter from a heavy shower under a shelving rock, which took a slide and crushed him to death.

September 2, 1837, a public dinner was given to Hon. Thomas Ewing in Marietta under the trees at the Court House. Judge Ephraim Cutler was President of the day; the Vice Presidents were Arius Nye, Joseph Barker, Jr., George Dana, Dr. George Bowen, Judah M. Chamberlain, William Mason, Thomas F. Stanley, and Major John Clark. The Marshal was Capt. Francis Devol. Mr. Ewing addressed a large concourse of people.

Election in 1837 - The election in Washington County in 1837 was bitterly contested - more so probably than at any previous period, unless perhaps in 1828. Both the Whig and Democratic parties made strenuous efforts, and personalities were not uncommon currency. The opposing papers of the county were conducted - the Gazette (Whig) by Caleb Emerson; and the Democrat, nominally, by Jacob Baughey, although Charles B. Flood probably did most of the campaign writing for the democratic organ. The vote was larger than ever before polled in the county - 527 larger than at the Presidential election in 1836, which was the largest previous vote. The Whigs triumphed by an average majority of about 115. The young Whigs were jubilant at their successes in the town, county, and State. In Marietta they fired 26 guns; but in Harmar they "waked the hills" with 250 guns! Of course, Levi Barber had a hand in that.

The Whig candidate for Senator in this district - Washington, Morgan and Perry - was Dr. Perley B. Johnson of Morgan County; and the Democratic candidate was William Hawkins, also of Morgan. Perry was a strong democratic county, and Mr. Hawkins was elected, although Dr. Johnson carried this county by 145.

Judge Walter Curtis of Belpre was the Whig candidate for Representative and was elected over Isaac Humphreys, Dem., by 132 majority. J. D. Chamberlain, for Commissioner, Whig, had 103 over Legget, his Democratic opponent. James M. Booth, Whit, had the same majority over William A. Whittlesey, Dem., for Auditor. Robert Crawford, Whig, beat Ebenezer Gates, Dem., for Treasurer, 83. D. P. Bosworth, Whig, had 121 over M. Deterly, Dem., for Recorder. And Francis Devol, Whig, was elected Assessor by 119 over Crawford, Dem.

We give the vote of the county in detail, for Senator and Representative, as follows:

Adams: Johnson 72; Hawkins 46; Curtis 70; Humphreys 48.

Aurelius: Johnson 32; Hawkins 50; Curtis 31; Humphreys 50.

Barlow: Johnson 39; Hawkins 39; Curtis 38; Humphreys 38.

Belpre: Johnson 131; Hawkins 47; Curtis 131; Humphreys 47.

Decatur: Johnson 28; Hawkins 7; Curtis 28; Humphreys 7.

Fearing: Johnson 60; Hawkins 25; Curtis 59; Humphreys 23.

Grandview: Johnson 19; Hawkins 89; Curtis 19; Humphreys 89.

Lawrence: Johnson 22; Hawkins 70; Curtis 22; Humphreys 65.

Liberty: Johnson 6; Hawkins 30; Curtis 6; Humphreys 30.

Ludlow: Johnson 3; Hawkins 66; Curtis 3; Humphreys 66.

Marietta: Johnson 393; Hawkins 147; Curtis 391; Humphreys 145.

Newport: Johnson 64; Hawkins 58; Curtis 64; Humphreys 58.

Roxbury: Johnson 63; Hawkins 67; Curtis 62; Humphreys 66.

Salem: Johnson 53; Hawkins 50; Curtis 52; Humphreys 51

Union: Johnson 51; Hawkins 54; Curtis 52; Humphreys 53.

Warren: Johnson 45; Hawkins 88; Curtis 47; Humphreys 88.

Waterford: Johnson 121; Hawkins 95; Curtis 115; Humphreys 98.

Watertown: Johnson 76; Hawkins 84; Curtis 76; Humphreys 83.

Wesley: Johnson 47; Hawkins 67; Curtis 44; Humphreys 67.

Total: Johnson 1324; Hawkins 1179; Curtis 1310; Humphreys 1178.

Hon. Calvary Morris, Whig, of Athens, was elected to Congress from this district.

Marriages in 1837:

Jan. 1st, Charles W. Green of Watertown and Susan Parke of Union.

Jan. 24th, John Wilson and Hannah H. Hallet, both of Salem.

Feb. 13, Dr. George Bowen of Waterford and Miss Joanna Wheeler of Bridgeport, Conn.

March 3, Lewis Shepard and Julia Ann Kidwell of Union.

March 8th, William Brophy and Maria Peters of Salem.

April 5, John M. Slocomb and Julia White from Wardsboro, Vt.

April 13th, James Campbell and Nancy Culver of Adams.

April 20th, James Stanley of Salem and Grace Racer of Marietta.

May 4, John Greiner of Marietta and Lucinda Bennett of Athens.

July 4, Heman Fuller and Zipporah Miller.

Aug. 24, Hiram Pugh of Marietta and Miss J. Uhl of Virginia.

Aug. 31, Thomas Maxon and Hannah J. Caywood.

Aug. 31, William Caywood and Ann Henton.

Sept. 7, Dr. John C. Stone of Marietta and Mary E. Spinning of Springfield.

Sept. 28, Mighill Dustin of Barlow and Mary B. Dana of Newport.

Oct. 8, Dr. J. S. Dodge of Cincinnati and Emily W. Dana of Belpre.

Oct. 11th, in Adams, Chester Judd and Mary Burch.

Dec. 28, Francis G. Gitteau and Sarah F. Fulton.

Deaths in 1837:

Feb. 6, Capt. Timothy Buell, a native of Killingworth, Conn., aged 69. He had resided here over forty years, was Sheriff several terms, and Representative.

Feb. 18th, in Beardstown, Ill., Mrs. Nancy Greene, wife of Dudley D. Green, 25.

Feb. 19th, Miss Mary Dunlevy, 52.

April - in Marion, O., James B. Gardiner, who published the Commentator in Marietta in 1808-09; he afterwards published papers at other points, Columbus among them.

June 30, Mrs. Mary Hollister, wife of Sereno Hollister, 37.

Aug. 24, in New York, Mrs. Hannah Gilman, widow of Benjamin Ives Gilman, formerly of Marietta, 71.

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.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 31

 The Marietta Register, April 29, 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."

Jan. 1, 1835, a prospectus of the "Young Men's Western Magazine," to be published at Marietta, was issued by C. C. Preston at $2.50 per year.

Jan. 3, 1835, a public meeting was held at the Court House in favor of improving the Muskingum river; and a memorial (not the first one) was sent to the Legislature in order to secure the aid of the State in accomplishing the work. A meeting was held at Zanesville on Jan. 7th for the same purpose; also at McConnelsville, about the same time.

Jan. 8, 1835, a lad named Parker, aged 14, was drowned in the Ohio, opposite Harmar, while skating.

Jan. 15, 1835, three Tailors advertised their business in Marietta, John Cunningham, James Kirby, M. A. Chappell.

Feb. 9, 1835, the mercury in Marietta stood at 16 degrees below zero.

May 23, 1835, Solomon Maxwell, student and a nephew of Prof. Samuel Maxwell, was drowned in the Muskingum while in bathing; he was in his 17th year.

June 6, 1835, the steamer Rufus Putnam, built by James Whitney, left Marietta on her first trip.

Aug. 1, 1835, Pazzi Lapham retired from the Gazette, having sold out to Edward W. Nye. Mr. Lapham edited the paper eight months and a half and did it well.

Oct. 1, 1835, D. H. Buell, Esq., opened a Bookstore in Marietta. Dr. W. B. Farrell had a Drug store in town at this date.

Oct. 7, 1835, Lionel Tenney, first took charge of the English School connected with Marietta College. He was afterwards a teacher here for about twenty-five years.

Election in 1835:

The Whigs in this county let the election go by default and di not poll one-half their strength. The county voted - For Senator, Andrew Donally of Meigs Co. (elected) 416; William Wall of Athens, 534; Nahum Ward of Marietta, 430. For Representative, William Pitt Putnam, 581; Isaac Humphreys, 785. For Auditor, Robert Crawford, 426; William A. Whittlesey, 890. For Treasurer, Amos Dunham, 499; Ebenezer Gates, 816. For Commissioner, Ebenezer Battelle, 606; Robert K. Ewart, 689. For Assessor, John Brown, 594; James Ewings, 600. For surveyor, Benjamin F. Stone, 720. For Prosecuting Attorney, Arius Nye, 780.

Marietta voted - Donally, 99; Wall, 74; Ward, 167. Putnam, 157; Humphreys, 180. Crawford, 171; Whittlesey, 136. Dunham, 155; Gates 167. Battelle, 194; Ewart, 117. Brown, 176; Ewings, 111. Stone, 219. Nye, 205.

Marriages:

Dec. 25, 1834, B. F. Pixley of Marietta and Lydia B. Corner of Belpre.

Dec. 25, 1834, Charles Foster and Mary Ann Cherry, both of Fearing.

Jan. 11, 1835, Theodore Shreiner and Maria Tuttle, both of Fearing.

Jan. 18, A. H. Durfee of Belpre and Frances Carlisle of Marietta.

Feb. 8, Samuel S. Brown of Waterford and Harriet N. Lagrange of Adams.

March 24, John Hemphill and Marian Gage, both of Waterford.

March 26, George Greenwood and Elizabeth Edgerton, both of Newport.

March 26, Ezekiel Hoskinson and Susan Riley, both of Marietta.

March 19, Josiah Morgan and Mary Ann Chapman.

April 10, Charles G. Culver of Watertown and Harriet Brown of Waterford.

April 19, Dr. John Allen of Cincinnati and Charlotte Dana of Waterford.

May 14, James H. Guthrie of Gallia County and Charlotte Oaks of this county.

May 21, Christopher C. Smith and Orilla Davis, both of Union.

June 24, John Gidley and Elizabeth Athey.

July 2, Samuel Rightmire and Harriet Nixon.

July 23, Thomas Sinnamen and Orilla Alcock.

July 23, in Aurelius, Dr. Benjamin Brown and Content A. Rayley.

July 28, in Salem, Madison R. Morse and Mary Porter.

Aug. 6, Spencer T. Bukey and Eliza Hill.

Aug. 6, Isaac Shook of Alabama and Maria Shipman.

Aug. 27, Thomas H. Sanford and Mary Ann Harris.

Sept. 24, Dr. F. Regnier and Elizabeth Barber.

Oct 21, Arthur Kelley of Marietta and Harriet Neal of Parkersburg.

Oct. 14, Thomas Hays of Newport and Abigail Jones of Marietta.

Oct. 29, Jesse Whiston of Marietta and Esther Richardson of Newport.

Oct. 29, John Williams and Royana J. Lewis.

Nov. 4, James M. Palmer (of Palmer) and Sophia Gard.

Nov. 17, John Johnson and Nancy Fulcher, both of Warren.

Nov. 25, John M. Proctor and Rowena Green.

Nov. 26, Alpha Brown and Lavina McAtee, both of Waterford.

Dec. 9, in Warren, James Pratt and Catharine Van Pelt.

Deaths in 1835:

Jan. 3, in Salem, Eben Spears, aged 60.

Feb. 2, Miss Maria, wife of Henry Sutton, 28.

March 2, Hannah, daughter of Roger Toothaker, in her 21st year.

March 17, in Union, Solomon Dickey, Esq.

March 27, Mrs. Betsey, wife of Thomas Vinton.

Jue 5, Theodosia, wife of Oliver Dodge, 35.

Aug. 16, Chauncey Reed, 25.

Nov. 10, in Union, Mrs. Rosanna Devol, 34.

Dec. 9, Sarah O., wife of D. P. Bosworth.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 30

The Marietta Register, April 22, 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."

March 15, 1834, wheat 44 cents a bushel in Marietta.

Nahum Ward was President of the Washington County Agricultural Society, in 1834; Dr. Jonas Moore, Vice President; George M. Woodbridge, Recording Secretary; Dr. S. P. Hildreth, Corresponding Secretary; Samuel Shipman, Treasurer.

June 28, Delafield & Nye dissolved partnership in the Gazette, after a year's continuance, E. W. Nye withdrawing. J. Delafield, Jr. continued the paper.

July 4, 1834. Celebration - Declaration of Independence read by William A. Whittlesey, Esq., Oration by Levi H. Goddard, Esq.

July 16, 1834, the card of Dr. E. H. Allen, Dentist, first appears in the Marietta Gazette; on the 26th, we first observe an advertisement by Dr. H. Trevor; and on August 15, Dr. F. Regnier gave notice that he had permanently located in Harmar.

Ephraim Palmer was at this time Colonel of the militia in Washington County; Hiel Dunsmoor, Adjutant.

August 23, 1834, we first find the term "Whig" used in the Gazette as applied to a political party. About this time the National Republicans took that name; and not long before the Democratic Republicans took the simple name of "Democrat."

About this date the Nimrod, a small steamboat from Marietta, burst a steam pipe some distance above Maysville, and it was reported that seven persons were killed and several others scalded.

Sept. 13, 1834, Jason R. Curtis, for many years a well known citizen of Marietta, died after a short illness. He was the father of Hon. W. F. Curtis.

Oct. 18, 1834, John Delafield, Jr., gave notice that he should within a short time withdraw from the Gazette, as he had been elected Cashier of the Clinton Bank, then soon to go into operation at Columbus.

Capt. Zebulon Jennings raised 292 bushels of corn on four acres of upland, measured and certified - 73 per acre.

Nov. 14, 1834, Hon. Sardine Stone, long a leading citizen, died in Union, at the age of 66.

Nov. 15, 1834, Pazzi Lapham, who had been publishing the Patriot at London, Madison County, succeeded Mr. Delafield as editor and publisher of the Marietta Gazette.

Nov. 22, 1834, the Episcopal Church, corner of Fourth and Scammel streets (now a German church) was first opened for public worship.

Election in 1864 - The Whig Ticket succeeded in Washington County, 292 majority. The county voted - For Governor, James Findlay, 907; Robert Lucas, 615. For Congress, Samuel F. Vinton, 916; A. V. D. Joline, 393; Dr. Thomas M. Drake, of Athens, 140. For Representative, Joseph Barker, Jr., 906; Isaac Humphreys, 597. For Sheriff, Benjamin M. Brown, 808; Joseph P. Wightman, 695. For Recorder, James M. Booth, 881; Silas Cook, 578. For Commissioner, John D. Chamberlain, 865; Solomon Dickey, 591. For Coroner, Francis Devol, 890.

Marietta voted - Findlay, 256; Luas, 90. Vinton, 256; Joline, 44; Drake, 34. Barker, 252 Humphreys, 91. Brown, 245; Wightman, 100. Booth, 243; Cook, 89. Chamberlain, 243; Dickey, 85. Devol, 246.

Marriages:

March 4, 1834, James Bowen of Waterford, and Catharine Ann Wheeler of Watertown.

March 6, William Thorniley and Eliza Jane Rowland of Newport.

March 6, Armstrong Wilson and Louisa Travis, both of Roxbury.

May 15, Adonis Carver and Anna Phillips, both of Newport.

June 5, George Lee and Susan Bartlett, both of Marietta.

June 26, Jacob Rardin and Samantha Travis, both of Roxbury.

July 17, Daniel G. Wilson and Margaret A. Palmer, both of Waterford. 

August 3, John McAllister and Olive F. Owen, both of Marietta.

August 21, Benjamin Rutter and Mary Leget, both of Watertown.

August 27, Dr. E. H. Allen and Irena Benedict of Belpre.

August 30, Allen Devol, Jr., of Waterford and Edith La Grange of Adams.

November 13, Benjamin Racer and Mrs. Abigail Churchill.

November 20, Joseph E. Hall and Miss Susannah E. Roe.

November 14, Argalus Pixley, Jr., and Sally Watkins.

November 14, William Mervin and Nancy Kennedy.

November 14, Amos Knowles and Jane Miller of Belpre.

December 18, Erastus W. Stacy and Amy Gates, both of Union.

December 21, George W. Tyler, Printer, and Mary Allen, both of Marietta.

Deaths:

September 29, 1834, in Adams, Mrs. Parthenia Judd, in her 55th year.

October 12, in Cincinnati, Alfred Proctor of Watertown in his 26th year.

November 7, Mrs. Sophia, wife of L. G. Converse, in her 34th year.