Houses and Lots for Sale in Marietta

 The Marietta Intelligencer, September 16, 1847

The undersigned offers for sale many eligible Town Lots with Dwelling Houses, worthy the attention of those who desire a residence in Marietta, among which are the following:

Ward's Brick Block - being four distinct two-story dwellings on Second Street, above Scammel - built in modern style, with outhouses convenient; excellent well water, and cisterns to each.

Also, the Darrow House and Lot, corner of Putnam and 5th streets. A large and commodious two-story Frame House near the College - very suitable for a Boarding House - good well and soft water on the premises.

Also, the Johnson House and lot, on Fifth, above Worcester Street, nearly opposite Major Clark's, a large and roomy two-story frame, pleasantly situated, with a good sized Barn.

Also, a small Frame House and Barn, and lot No. 419, on 7th below Washington St.

Also, a small Frame House, and lot No. 321, Washington St.

Also, Frame House and Lot No 322, Washington St. - a very desirable residence.

Also, a large two-story Frame House and lot No 133, near Vinton's Tannery.

Also, a large modern built, two-story Frame House and lot, being the northern part of lot No. 501; Second below Wooster Street; now occupied by Mr. Kelley.

Also, the Kelley House and lot, No. 514; 2d below Wooster streets; a very neat and comfortable residence.

Also, the Gidley House and lot; a two-story frame near the Foundry, Harmar - good cellar, cistern and barn.

Also, the McCoy House and lot, 40 feet by 33, on town lot No. 9, Harmar - a two-story Frame, fronting on the common.

Also, the Skinner Mansion House and lot, No 6, large and commodious, recently fully repaired, fronting on the river - is one of the most desirable residences in Harmar.

The foregoing property will be sold low. Terms liberal. Title undisputed.

Nahum Ward

Old Marietta Papers - Number 34

 The Marietta Register, May 20, 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."

Our notes are now brought down to 1838, but as we have only a very few Marietta papers of that year, and of the first eight months in 1839, and yet hope to receive more, we go back a little for this article. J. C. McCoy has brought us nearly fifty numbers of Gov. Brough's "Western Republican" of the years 1831, 1832, and 1833, and let us see what we can find in them.

June 1, 1831, Abraham Payne was proprietor of the mail stage line between Marietta and Zanesville, and William Warren was carrying on coopering on Putnam Street "near the Wilcox House," that now for a quarter of a century owned and occupied by Col. Mills.

July 4, 1831, there was a "Jackson celebration" in Marietta. Isaac Humphreys, Esq., delivered the oration.

September 3, 1831, Mr. Brough published a half sheet only, giving as a reason, "the sickness of the only person in our employ, and the impossibility of procuring other assistance." From this it will be seen that "Jack Brough" was in the habit of doing his own work, in great part.

September 17, 1831, the "Marietta Museum" was in "full blast" at the house of Major Alexander Hill on Greene Street - under the auspices of Peter Rice, James Houston, and H. Ed. Sill. They had quite a collection of animals, fishes, birds, insects, minerals, coins, wax figures, paintings, etc.

October 15, 1831, a Dr. H. Balsan was practising medicine in Marietta.

Arius Nye was at this October (1831) a candidate for the State Senate - was elected by 192 majority over Isaac Humphreys, Esq., who was a Jackson man. There was some sharp-shooting in the papers. In the Gazette "Master Brough" was talked about, and the "audacity" of his sending a note to Mr. Nye, which was called a piece of "impertinence." Jack retorts: "Are we striding to aristocracy so fast as all this? Are we to be told that Lords and Peers are springing up among us in this land of liberty? What claims had Mr. Nye to superiority other than his own ideas of family greatness, that it should be considered 'audacious' and 'impertinent' to ask him a civil question?" And so they had it.

Mr. Brough's youth was not unfrequently mentioned by his political opponents - not yet twenty years of age, when he began the Western Republican. In allusion to this, he apologizes for "doubling" advertisements on account of "the indisposition of the little lad who not only edits and publishes, but assists in printing the Republican."

"Little lad!" Not very appropriate at this day, surely, when Gov. Brough weighs - how much? - how much less than 300?

July 7, 1832, James Lytle, son of George Lytle of Harmar, went into the river with some other boys and getting beyond his depth was drowned.

July 12, 1832, Dr. William H. Baldwin offered his professional services to the people of Harmar and vicinity.

David C. Skinner was in trade in Harmar at this date.

August 2, 1832, Francis Thierry, one of the early French settlers of Marietta, coming here in 1790 and long a resident, died in Gallia County, Ohio Township, to which place he had removed from Marietta.

Patriotic Language. Sept. 1, 1832, Mr. Brough copied an article from the New York Courier and Enquirer, which he endorsed, although from the opposite political party. We quote from "Master Brough's" editorial, as follows:

"The time has passed for us to inquire whether such opinions are orthodox, or in strict accordance with the known rules or laws of any party. A feeling more deep and pure and holy than inspires any party of this day, calls upon every patriot, every lover of his country, to lend his exertions to save this, the last Republic upon earth, from that final destruction to which she now seems fast hastening. We hope the day is at hand - nay, has already dawned - when the leading men and presses of this Union shall come forward to the promulgation and diffusion of these principles, these correctives of that selfish and maddening ambition which distinguishes the present age."

"We behold the demon of discord rising in our temples and pointing with a savage exultation to the ruins of former Republics, as trophies of his triumphs, while he essays to complete his labors by hurling the land of Washington from its proud eminence. We behold this happy Union brought to the very verge of dissolution, and the cloud-storm of anarchy and confusion gathering over her great and glorious destinies. At such a moment we hail the dawn of an era that would restore harmony and good feeling - redeem the freedom of speech and of the Press from their present thraldom - and establish parties upon their proper footing, in lieu of that fawning sycophancy, man-worshipping, intrigue and management which actuates not only the village politicians, but the distinguished statesmen of our age."

The article from which we have taken the extracts above was headed "Politics." We learn from the next issue that it provoked the ire and opposition of "a few leading individuals." Mr. Brough replied vigorously to their censures upon him. We extract the following, which probably the very large majority of our readers, today, will consider sound doctrine and singularly applicable to these times, although written by Mr. Brough now nearly thirty-two years ago:

"They censure us for publishing the article, and why? Because our Press is pledged to the support of the Administration, and the promulgation of such sentiments is not permitted by the party press! Excuse us readers, this comes home directly. Whatever may be our relations to the Administration, it is our pride to sustain a high and a noble one to our country. He is a dangerous politician who cannot rise above the bickerings of party spirit, when his country is heaving with intestine commotions, and ready to rend that glorious bond which has so long and so happily bound its parts in one great whole. We hope no member of the Jackson party is prepared by his opposition to these sentiments, to throw upon that party the odium of wishing to sacrifice the peace and happiness of this country to the advancement of their favorite. If so, he treads not the same path that we do. For ourselves we wear no collar. We support men only as they support our country. Neither is our Press under any surveillance. We have supported the Administration in its material points, and we have supported its friends when we could consistently do so - nor can the considerate, disinterested supporters of the President be brought to believe that in the present case we have evinced the least hostility to him. As to opposition from any other quarter, we ____ ____ "Smile at the drawn dagger, And defy its point."

Mr. Brough's independent course did not please the Jackson leaders; but he wouldn't be governed by them. They then began to proscribe him, and he soon acknowledged that they had "cut down" his subscription list, still he wrote as he pleased.

In September, 1832, the field officers of our regiment (1st Reg., 1st Brig., 3d Div.,) were Col. Ephraim Palmer, Lieut. Col. Hiram Gard, Maj. Simeon Deming.

Jan. 13, 1833, the house of Mr. Burroughs was destroyed by fire in Belpre, together with most of his furniture and $100 in money belonging to T. Miles.

Feb. 16, 1733, the steamboat Concordia was launched at Harmar.

Feb. 25, 1833, the saw and grist mills of Elisha Rose in Lawrence Township were entirely destroyed by fire.

Proscription. February 16, 1833, Mr. Brough announces: "The situation of our Press is at this moment very critical." He goes on:

"The hand of 'Proscription' has not been laid upon us in vain, and though the unprincipled changeling who sits 'in his pride of place,' the designing demagogue and aspirant who knows no law but his prejudice, no governing principle but his own sordid ambition, and the fawning sycophant and hypocrite whose only pride it is "To do his master's will," may exult in the result of their labors, their foul and loathsome slanders - their base hypocrisy and meanness - their assassin-like stabs under the assumed garb of friendship, let them mark the prophecy of one who, though his years be few, has learned this maxim that public justice though slow, is rue, that it shall not always be thus with them. If fortune now shed her brightest rays, the clouds are already visible upon the horizon, and their darkness will soon be welcomed that it may shield its victims from the indignant resentment of an insulted people. Let them mark the conviction which after life shall bring, that honesty of principle, independence of purpose, and a firm reliance upon the virtue and intelligence of the people are a much surer passport to public favor, than that which is purchased by a fawning sycophancy upon men in power; while their own experience will have taught them that while he who has fixed his principles, and dare declare and support them, is considered an honest adversary; he who has demeaned his nature to become the meanest minion and tool of a party is the object of derision and scorn with even his employers."

He appealed to the people to sustain him against "dictation," adding:

"Shall it be said that Old Washington has lost her virtue, and chose rather to exile a native citizen, than bid him go on his way in the support of principles and the promulgation of truth and knowledge?"

But his party leaders - not his leaders - were older, and had influence; and he chose to try his fortune elsewhere.

March 16, 1833, Mr. Brough announced that it was probable that the publication of the Republican would be suspended after two issues more. It was so suspended, and its industrious and indomitable editor, in April, 1833, removed his office to Parkersburg. He declared in leaving this county: "We leave the editorial desk here free form the spot or blemish of public falsehood or dishonesty, and without having promulgated a sentiment adverse to morality and truth."

He remained at Parkersburg only about six months, when he removed again to Lancaster, Ohio, becoming editor of the Eagle in that place. A few years after, when only 28 years of age, he became Auditor of State, where he won great distinction - beginning to realize his own language to his persecutors in Washington County, that: "Honesty of principle, independence of purpose, and a firm reliance upon the virtue and intelligence of the people, are a much surer passport to public favor, than that which is purchased by a fawning sycophancy," etc.

Higher! Mr. Brough, during these thirty years, after he went an "exile" from his native county, maintained always and everywhere the principles he so clearly and boldly set forth in the several extracts we have given from his Western Republican, edited by the "clever little lad - Master Jack," and he is now Governor of the great State of Ohio, by a majority such as never was before given to a citizen of any State for Governor, or any other State office - over 101,000!

 

The Newport Road

 The Marietta Daily Leader, September 14, 1904

Description of One of the Most Prosperous Communities in Ohio, With Reminiscences of What It Was in Early Days

Mr. A. A. Middleswart has prepared for the Leader the following paper on "The Newport Road," in which he embodies a description of present day conditions with those of upwards of a century ago.

In Early Days

The first wheeled vehicle that passed up the road was in 1809. The road was on the banks of the river. Now the number of teams coming to Marietta on the road will average one hundred and fifty teams a day from the first of May until the first of October, most of them loaded with beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, sweet corn, etc.

Garden Products

The land along the road is used mostly for gardening purposes. My recollection is, the first berries, tomatoes and green corn that was shipped from this county, I shipped in 1865 or 1866. They were shipped to Steubenville, Wheeling and Pittsburgh by river. Five hundred quarts of berries, one hundred dozen cucumbers and fifty dozen of corn is about all I could get for shipment a day. Now there is an average of about five car loads of garden stuff shipped from Marietta every day in the summer and fall, also a large amount from Newport, Belpre, Beverly, and points on the M. & C. railroad, which means a good deal of money, most of which is spent in Marietta.

Schools

The Marietta Township High School building was built in 1893. The school has the reputation of being a first-class school. The high school in the first special district at Newport Township is one of the best of its kind.

Churches

The Valley Baptist church is a neat building. There is preaching every Sunday, also preaching at Miller's school house, Barker's school house and Newell's Run. The Methodist church is a neat and tasty building at Sand Hill. The minister is Rev. Stuart. The Christian church at the same place is a quaint building The minister is Rev. Alford.

Business Houses

The stores along the road are owned by Mr. Reece, James Hyler, James Kester, William Eddy, Frank Leonard and Art Boswell. Charles Miller has a mill at Reno; he also makes berry baskets and boxes. There were oil refineries along the road, but they are dismantled.

The postmaster at Reno is James Kester; at Lower Newport, H. F. Middleswart; at Newell's Run, William Eddy.

The blacksmith at Reno is Peter Bender; at Bell's Run, M. Hauch.

Picturesque Point

One of the most picturesque points between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati is Mt. Dudley. As the road passes just at its foot, many stop here to make the ascent of the mountain and thus get the magnificent view of the country and river.

The People

The people along the road generally are industrious, saving, and honest and a credit to any community. Nearly every farm along the road is producing oil. The owners of the land are getting lots of money for their oil; they can dress in fine linen and velvet and fare sumptuously every day, especially in the summer when they have green beans, corn, tomatoes, melons, etc.

There is a telephone line along part of the road and free mail delivery every day. There is some talk of an electric road being built from Marietta to Newport.

First Settlers

Among the first settlers were the Greens, O'Neils, Browns, Rowlands, Thornileys, Bells, Barkers, Hills, Middleswarts, Millers, Harnesses, Wests, Smiths, Plumer, McCallisters and Cogswells.

Early Wells

The importance of good drinking water was recognized by the first settlers. A long line of wooden pipes was laid from a spring back of Joe Thorniley's barn to the different farms along the road. Another line was laid from the Alder's spring into Newport to supply the settlers with water. A good many wells were dug. The well my father dug was the first one walled up with cut stone on the road.

First Mill

The farmers did their milling at Marietta, Little Muskingum and Dana's mills. The latter mill was built in 1817; it was the first and I think the only over-shot mill built in Washington County. It has gone to wreck and ruin. Miss Cora Kraft has a picture of the mill as it formerly stood.

First School House

The first school house along the road was built about 1816. It was on my father's land and was used as a church occasionally During the sickly season of 1832-33 [1822-23?], it was used as a hospital. The next one was built back of where James West lived.

Settlers Remained

But little of the land has been sold to strangers in the last seventy-five years. Most of the land is owned by descendants of the first settlers. 

The first ministers that preached in the settlements were Jeremiah Dale, Allen Darrow, Harvey Dale and Pardon Cook.

Early Amusements

The amusements of the young people in early times consisted of spelling schools, taffy pullings, singing school and dancing. The fiddlers were a happy-go-lucy sort of chaps - the last of them died long ago.

Flatboat Days

Before the war nearly all the farmers along the road sent their produce of every kind south in flatboats. It was taken down in charge of someone, who brought back coffee, molasses, sugar, etc.

Early Industries

S. B. Smith was the first man to raise strawberries for shipment. William Thorniley, the tanner, the first man to raise sweet potatoes for shipment.

The shoemakers in early times were Thorniley, Cain, Richardson and Bosworth. They were not paid for their work in money, but by having rail split, wood chopped and grubbing done. The tanners were Thorniley and Lang.

Among the coopers were the Thornileys, Baldwins, Stewarts, Peggs and others. Quite a number of the descendants are living in Marietta, among whom is Miss Nina Pegg, the efficient stenographer and bookkeeper of Thorniley Bros. produce house.

Among the weavers were Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. O'Neil and Mrs. Dick. The latter wove linen cloth. The Misses Plumer have some linen which they wove about sixty years ago.

Stage Coaches

The lines of stage coaches were run to Marietta, Wheeling and Clarksburg by way of Newport. The mail was carried in them. When the stages were abandoned about 1850, the mail was carried in them, and then by steamboat.

Graveyards

The old graveyard at Lower Newport was established in 1812. The first person buried was James Reece. The Valley graveyard was established in 1862. The first person buried there was Maggie Carr.

Used Whisky Also

During the early times there was a great deal of sickness, and peach and apple brandy was used as medicine, consequently there was a still at Sand Hill and Newport to make it. These distilleries were dismantled seventy-five years ago. They also made whisky, which was used as a preventative against snake bites. A jug was generally kept in the kitchen and filled so as to be handy. The whisky was sampled every few days to see if it was keeping good.

Early Courtships

In the early times when the young man went to see his best girl, he was dressed up in claw-hammer coat with brass buttons, jeans breeches, cow hide home-made shoes, ground hog or coonskin cap and a deer skin shirt. His girl's dress was of linsey-woolsey, coarse shoes, home-made with a cotton handkerchief around her neck. They did their courting sitting in the kitchen on a bench or split bottom chairs.

Later Courtships

Now, when the young man goes to see his best girl, his coat is a Prince Albert, pants are the best of cassimere, patent leather shoes, derby hat and a gold watch and chain. His girl is dressed in silk and satin, their hair dressed in the usual pompadour fashion. They sit in the parlor with a Brussells carpet on the floor, chairs lined with velvet, lace curtains at the windows, and a piano, with modern music. Are people happier now than they were in the olden days? Who knows?

  

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.

German School

The Marietta Register, January 9, 1863

At a meeting of the Board of Education of Marietta, 2d inst., the following was adopted:

Resolved, That in response to the petition of numerous citizens of Marietta for a school in which instruction in German may be given, or German and English together, the Board of Education appropriate a sum not exceeding $140 for the purpose of defraying the expenses of such school for the term of 12 weeks; and that William Styer, Chris Bahrenberg, and Mr. Baker be appointed a committee to select a Teacher, to be approved by the Board and to make all the necessary arrangements for commencing the school, to visit and supervise the same, and report their action to this Board.

It is understood that the school be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of this Board of Education, as far as practicable; that no pupils be received under 8 or over 13 years, and that instruction be given in such branches only as are taught in the Primary Schools. 

Dr. C. H. Smith Arrested Third Time for Same Offense, Let Go

The Marietta Daily Times, January 6, 1908

The question as to whether or not Dr. Charles H. Smith of this city is a fugitive from Justice from the State of West Virginia was before Judge Jones of the Court of Common Pleas, in chambers, Saturday afternoon, and was continued until this afternoon.

Dr. Smith was indicted in Pleasants County, W. Va., in September last, for performing a criminal operation upon one Gertie Brown, from the effects of which she died. The Grand Jury indicted Smith and J. J. Powell for murder.

Several attempts had been made to get Smith over the river but they had failed and this time a requisition for him as a fugitive from justice had been made by the Governor of West Virginia upon the Governor of Ohio and had been honored by the latter.

Smith was arrested on the requisition and, as is required by our statutes, was taken before Judge Jones by the Sheriff for a hearing.

Prosecuting Attorney Follett appeared for the State and W. S. Hancock for the defense. The Prosecuting Attorney, and Sheriff of Pleasants County and Attorney Craig, of St. Marys, were at the hearing.

The question at issue was whether or not Smith was a fugitive from justice from the State of West Virginia, as it was not claimed the operation was performed in that state. Under their laws the crime was committed where the death occurred, they claiming that Smith was constructively present and that he is therefore a fugitive from justice.

At 4 o'clock Saturday the hearing was continued until this afternoon.

* * *

At 1 o'clock this afternoon the hearing was resumed. 

In his testimony Smith had stated that he was in Parkersburg in October last, which was since the finding of the indictment, and that raised the question as to whether or not going into a state and coming out again made him a fugitive from justice in that state.

Prosecutor Follett submitted what authorities they had found which he admitted were few.

Judge Jones discharged Smith holding that he must have been actually and bodily, and not constructively, in the state when the crime was committed and must have since fled into another state in order to be a fugitive from justice, within the meaning of our statute.

He quoted a number of decisions favoring that view of the case.

This hearing has nothing whatever to do with Smith's guilt or innocence of the crime as it was soley on jurisdiction as to whether or not he could be extradited on the charge under our laws.

The Pleasants County authorities claim they have the dying statement of the girl and other evidence to convict if they can get the accused into their custody.

What their next move to get him will be they did not disclose. 

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.

Huge Crowd at Belpre Homecoming

 The Marietta Daily Times, August 23, 1940

A crowd estimated at from 1,500 to 1,800 persons attended the ninth annual Belpre Township homecoming and picnic Thursday at Howe's Grove below Belpre, and heard political speeches by Congressman Robert T. Secrest, a candidate for re-election on the Democratic ticket, and Clair A. Young, his Republican opponent for the honor of representing the 15th District of Ohio.

The festivities opened with a big parade at 10 a.m., led by cars in which rode officials, including Otis R. Kiracofe, president of the Belpre Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the event.

There were attractive agricultural and mercantile exhibits and numerous entertainment features.

For the best entry in the parade the prize award went to William Mulligan and William Costolo, who drive a miniature locomotive, "Casey Jones No. 33." Gary Brookhart won the prize in the pet division of the parade, and in the costume division a prize was divided between Jack Mankins and Fred Trautman, the "gold dust twins."

A prize for the best float went to the Interstate Lumber Company. Margaret Ann Dressel, Jane Dressel and Helen Barklow provided a fancy riding stunt. The evening program included free picture shows and chorus singing participated in by  200 voices.

Attorney Charles D. Fogle of Marietta introduced Congressman Secrest. His Republican opponent was presented by Attorney Robert M. Noll of Marietta.