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.
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