The Marietta Register, March 11, 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. 9, 1832 - Monday - Jackson State Convention held at Columbus. Delegates from this county, Dr. Morris German of Harmar and John Lewis of Marietta; elected at a caucus held at John Brophy's.
Jan. 19, 1832. The steamboat "Whale" was launched from Whitney's shipyard; built for Capt. L. C. Wood to run between New Orleans and the Balize - 320 tons burden.
Jan. 30, 1832. Monday evening, the Quarterly Meeting of the Washington County Temperance Society was held at the Court House. Ephraim Emerson was President of the Society, Douglas Putnam, Secretary. The Address was delivered by William A. Whittlesey and by resolution a copy was requested for publication. It was published in the "Friend" of Feb. 25, 1832; and it also appeared in the "Western Republican," published by John Brough.
Feb. 1, 1832. The mercantile firm of "John Mills & Co." - John Mills and Luther Edgerton - was dissolved; also that of "Shipman & Woodbridge" - Samuel Shipman and Dudley Woodbridge.
Feb. 10, 1832. Notice was given of a new mercantile firm - "Mills & Co." - John Mills, Samuel Shipman and Noah L. Wilson. And shortly after notice was given of the firm of "Morgan & Woodbridge" - David T. Morgan, now of Washington, Pa., and the late Dudley Woodbridge.
July 4, 1832. Celebration. Procession formed at the Court House under direction of Chief Marshal Jesse Hildebrand. Marched to the Methodist Church. Declaration read by George M. Woodbridge, "who prefaced it with some very pertinent remarks." Oration by Joel Tuttle, Esq., of Fearing. L. Soyez prepared the dinner under shade near Mr. Ward's residence. James M. Booth, Esq., was President, S. H. Gates, Vice President. There were volunteer toasts by John Lewis, James Withrow, N. Ward, John Brough, Joshua Way, Dan Stone, Col. West, Wesley Protsman, Charles H. Brough, L. J. P. Putnam, William Warren, Jesse Hildebrand, Noah L. Wilson, J. A. Cram, Jacob C. McCabe, Cyrus Olney, George C. Olmstead, John F. Martin, Thomas Proctor, Dudley D. Greene, John G. Gilmore, Augustus J. Stone and George M. Woodbridge.
July 9, 1832. A public meeting was held at the Court House "to take precautionary measures against the introduction of Asiatic Cholera into our town and vicinity." Caleb Emerson was Chairman, John Brough, Secretary. Various measures of cleansing, draining, &c. were adopted. The number of deaths reported at Cincinnati, six days ending Oct. 23, was 140. The "Friend" of Nov. 3d says: "No case of cholera has yet occurred here to our knowledge, and the citizens enjoy good health generally."
July 15, 1832. Sunday, Rev. J. T. Wheat of Wheeling, Episcopal, preached at Library Hall - the first notice we have seen of preaching by that denomination in Marietta. Dec. 28th following, a bill was introduced in the Ohio Senate to incorporate St. Luke's Church, Marietta.
Dec. 1832. Daniel Goodno, Esq., was drowned in the Ohio at Belpre.
Election in 1832:
The election in this county in 1832, as it appears, was not very bitterly contested. The contest was between the "National Republicans" or "Clay men" and the "Democratic Republicans" or "Jackson men." The former triumphed by a majority of 196 on Governor.
The vote in the county stood: For Governor, Darius Lyman 917, Robert Lucas 721. For Congress, Samuel F. Vinton 955, George House 694. For Representative, James M. Booth (re-elected) 818, Joel Tuttle 709, Ezekiel Deming 92. For Sheriff, Jesse Loring 845, Joseph P. Wightman 794. For Commissioner, Ebenezer Battelle 917, Robert Williamson 709. For Surveyor, Griffin Greene (no opp.) 1,602. For Surveyor, Benjamin F. Stone (no opp.) 1,619.
Marietta voted - Lyman 168, Lucas 120. Vinton 191, House 108. Booth 169, Tuttle 118, Deming 2.
Presidential Election in 1832:
There were three tickets before the people - Clay, Jackson, and Wirt or Anti-Masonic. The first was headed by Henry Clay for President, John Sergeant of Pennsylvania for Vice President; the second by Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren; the third by William Wirt and Amos Ellmaker of Pennsylvania. The Clay candidate for Elector, this District, was George Renick of Chillicothe; the Jackson, Isaac Humphreys of this county; and the Wirt, Nahum Ward of Marietta. The Wirt ticket received only a few hundred votes in the State. Jackson carried the State, but this county went against Jackson by a majority of 248. The precise number of votes severally given to Clay, Jackson and Wirt (the latter very few) we have not at hand. The returns in the Friend are given as "Anti-Jackson" and "Jackson." The following is the vote of the county:
Adams - Anti-Jackson 59; Jackson 39.
Aurelius - Anti-Jackson 29; Jackson 29.
Belpre - Anti-Jackson 112; Jackson 40.
Barlow - Anti-Jackson 68; Jackson 36.
Decatur - Anti-Jackson 39; Jackson 0.
Fearing - Anti-Jackson 51; Jackson 38.
Grandview - Anti-Jackson 31; Jackson 49.
Lawrence - Anti-Jackson 20; Jackson 55.
Ludlow - Anti-Jackson 0; Jackson 50.
Liberty - Anti-Jackson 0; Jackson 15.
Marietta - Anti-Jackson 249; Jackson 126.
Newport - Anti-Jackson 59; Jackson 39.
Roxbury - Anti-Jackson 59; Jackson 60.
Salem - Anti-Jackson 59; Jackson 35.
Union - Anti-Jackson 49; Jackson 48.
Warren - Anti-Jackson 30; Jackson 79.
Waterford - Anti-Jackson 141; Jackson 42.
Watertown - Anti-Jackson 84; Jackson 66.
Wesley - Anti-Jackson 28; Jackson 40.
Total - Anti-Jackson 1140; Jackson 892.
The vote was the largest that had then been given in the county - 2,032, an increase of 261 from the Presidential Election in 1828. The total vote in Marietta was 375, an increase of 62 in four years. The majority against Jackson in 1828 in Marietta was 85; in 1832 it was 123.
Marriages in 1832:
March 15, in Union, L. J. P. Putnam and Eliza Kidwell.
Aug. 28, Mansfield French of Marietta and Miss A. M. Winchell of Granville.
Sept. 16, Prof. John Kendrick (then of Kenyon College) and Miss Julia Guitteau of Marietta.
Sept. 20, Joseph Wood of Pa. and Lavina A. Cook of Newport.
Oct. 17, Benjamin Hartwell and Elmina Woodward, both of Newport.
Oct. 21, R. D. Hollister of Warren and Miss Sophia B. Dana, daughter of Edmund B. Dana of Union.
Oct. 11, George Hutchinson of Barlow and Margaret Rogers of Watertown.
Oct. 25, John Test of Marietta and Huldah Smith of Warren.
Oct. 25, Parkerson Reed of Va. and Frances E. Crane of Newport.
Nov. 1, Colbert O'Neal of Belpre and Seraph D. Dana, Daughter of Stephen Dana, of Newport.
Nov. 13, at Athens by Rev. R. G. Wilson, John Brough, Editor of the Western Republican, Marietta, to Miss Achsah P. Pruden, daughter of Silas Pruden, Esq., of Athens.
Nov. 15, Thomas J. Westgate and Miss Abigail Wheeler.
Nov. 15, Dudley D. Green and Nancy Ogle.
Nov. 18, William Mathews of Wesley and Mary Ann Springer of Watertown.
Nov. 23, Horace Wright of Union and Phelista Danielson of Watertown.
Dec. 19, Avery Chappell of Belpre and Laura Ann Putnam of Union.
Dec. 27, Augustus S. Guthrie and Cynthia Ann Knowles, both of Belpre.
Dec. 30, Samuel Griggs (now of Minnesota) and Asenath Wheeler.
Deaths in 1832:
April 10, in Fearing, Asahel Chapman, 30.
June 8, Julia Ann Buell, eldest daughter of D. H. Buell, Esql, 15.
June 13, James Bliss, 50.
June 17, Ruth Whitney, wife of James Whitney, Esq.
July 9, in Harmar, William Greathouse.
July 27, in Wood Co., Va., Samuel S. Spencer, 55.
Aug. 2, in Gallia Co., Francis Thierry, who came from France and settled in Marietta in 1790; long a resident of this place and at one time owner of a part of the "College Square"; he was 67 years of age at his death.
Sept. 9, Dr. Thomas Jett, a native of Stafford Co., Va., aged 83.
Oct. 21, Anna Maria Cole, daughter of Sampson Cole.
Nov. 17, in Chester, Meigs Co., Theodorus Nye, 39.
Nov. 26, in St. Augustine, Florida, Col. John Lawrence Lewis, formerly of Marietta, 54.
Dec. 16, Lovett Bishop, 25.
Dec. 31, in Belpre, Persis Howe.
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