Pioneer Annals of Greene Township

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... Pioneer Annals of
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REESE P KENDJ\LL, M. D.
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
1905
PREFACE.
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893 the writer, from love of the haunts of his
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childhood and youth, conceived the project of
"PIONE:HR ANNALS OF GREENE TOWNSHIP," and
has deemed it well to begin with a few pages of general
history-as a convenience.
Then tradition, sentiment, legend and history-from any
source-will be cherished and recorded in order best to de
pict the character and environment of the brave pioneers
and hardy frontiersmen, who, like the patriotic soldier, are
not perfection,\ but do challenge our admiration and respect
for the virtues they did possess.
"Pioneer Ann·als of
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G. reene T ownsh Ip.
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draw a ".ofold line of demarkation fO, r ,"P, ioneer"
One: "Cooking in the Fire Place' '. In r836 half the
people in Cheviot llsed ,fire place, sixteen fam.i1iesin
total. In 1839 the "William Resor" came, the first good
stove. A good many had used ten-plate. Mrs. Wilmer
used the latter iu 1833 in her pioneer cabin. In 1842 Mrs. Dunham
Griffith ,in the Goudy-Evans cabin, cooked for the potatodiggers,.ill
the fire place. The same year Mrs. William Gain used fire place
one Sunday when B. Brown and sdf partook. In 1840 Mrs. Isaac D.
Carson did the main cooking by the hearth, etc.
Subsequent to 1843 a few, making new homes on Taytor Creek,
cooked by the fire place, but not' pioneers. TheR esor was then a t
tainable. In 1840 the Sayres' used' fire pl1ic~ cooking in the Reeves
house (Dr. Fithian's). In 1836 Mrs. Isaac Bush had some kind of a
stove, but much cooking was in the fire place of the tavern ki~chen.
The other featur,e of vanishmgfr:ontier was the disappearance of
militia system with the close of 1843. Statesmen questioned. the
further need and so that winter the command to enroll and drill was
repealed' One pioneer ,thinks the cessation a year later.
~DATES-17~5. For~ Harl1;lar built; 1787. Congress excludes
slavery; 1788, Marietta settled; 1788, CincinnatifQundeda few weeks
after Marietta; '1788, Block housebuilt;r789, Fort Washing~on built
by Major Doughty and 140 men. He, is defeated by indians; }789,
Generals Harmar and St. Clair arrive; ]790, St. Clair organizes first
militia; 1790, Hi:mlilton County orgalfized and Cincinnati named;
1791, General Wayne appointed, to command of the army of Nbrth
West Territory; 1792, first ferry across Qhio; 1792, first Presbyter
ian churchj Penalty of 75 cents fot: neglect to carry fire· arms; 1793'
8 PIONEER ANNALS of
Post Office in Cincinnati. William Maxwell, Post Master; 1793,
Wayne drilled army at Cumminsvi1le; 1794. first mail in canoe from
Pittsburg; 1794, Wayne's vif'tory over indians; 1795, 500 souls in ten
frames, four log cabins enrl various other shelters; 1799, first pump.
Owner exacted twenty-fiive cents for use; 1799, first Council North
West Territory; ISOO, steamboats discussed. May6th. census over
1400 in Hamilton county; ISOI, People med to discuss incorporation;
1802, State admitted. First Constitution; IS04, County settles faster
than city; 1812, General Hull. War with Great Britain; ISIS, Christ
Ch~rch founded. General Harrison anrl S. P. Chase vestry. Bishop
P. Chase; 1819, Cincinnati chartered; 1805, Arrival of Enoch Carson;
]SI6, Arrival ofH. L. Wilmer; IS24, General Lafayette visits; 1927.
Arrival of Dr. R. G. Kendall; IR29, General Jackson visits; IS32,
Black Hawk War. Cholera; 1836, Philanthropist office' mobbed;
1837, Moselle explodes at Fulton; 1837, Semi centennial. Dr. Drake,
orator; IS40. "Log Cabin" campaign. General Harrison; IS43,
Millerism Dr. Kendall moves to Colraine. Last militia muster;
IS46, First and Second Ohio Infintryat Camp Washington; rS~6,
Mexican War; [849, John Randolph's freedmen (395) arrive to set
tle in Ohio.
John Cleves Symmes pf "Symmes' Hole" was nephew of Jurlge
Symmes.
FOUNDERS OF CINCINNATI-Noah Badgely, Sam. Blackburn
Thad. Bruen, Robert Caldwell, Matthew Campbell, Jas. Carpenter,
William Connell, Mathew Fo~ler, Th. Grizzel, Francis Hardesty,
Captam Henry, Luther Kitchell Henry Lindsey, Israel' Ludlow,
Elijah Martin, William McMillen, Sam. Mooney, Robert Pattison.
Jas. Porter, Evan Shelley, JOs Thornton, Scott Traverse, Isaac
Tuttle, Jno. Vance, Sylvester White, Joel Williams.
William Moody, first white male chUd, born March [7th, 1790.
ALTER, FREDRICK-wife, Mary .vloor~, sister of Arlam Moore
About ISI8, settled. Both from Baltimore. She was German and
gave the writer his first lessons in that tongue. Settled near Ehe
mezer and sold to Richardson. Their dwelling was a log cabin,
whi.c h she often visited, from Cheviot. up to 1844; death .
Children-Catharine. married Jacob Clark; William, married Mary
Orr; Charles married Miss. Reddish; John; Charlotte married James
Clark; Susan married Smith Fawcett; Harriet married David O.
Brown.
William and John boated toOrleans and lost two vessels, Ben
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Hherrod and Samson. In one, John was lost. Charlotte had twin
girls whom none but the mother could distinguish. In 1842 they
visited their grandmother. Frederick died' on the farm. She
died at Cheviot in 1844. An affectionate old lady; a favorite with us
children Very devout, hut said her grace and prayers in German;
still, she had little brogue. She said turkey, deer, etc. were plenty
when they settled. Her love was deep and en<luring; when revisit
ing the pioneer cabin she ever pressed her cheek to the doorsill.
where Frederick .last set his foot. The two Clark's wl:!re brothers.
ADE-Married; from England abo~t 1837. Leased and resided
on the Wardell tract.
Childre~-Wi1liam; John, married Charlotte Bush, (See Sayre);
Joseph; Samuel.
ANDERSON, SAMUEL-M~rried; settled in 1816. Patronized
Stathen's School in 1817.
AYRES, JESSE-Married a sister of Mrs. Posey and of Mrs.
Jonathan Noble; from New Jersey in 1820. Writer saw his. hewed
log house built opposite Israel Miller, north, in 1832 and was in it
with Bill Miller before the door was hung or anyone inhabited it.
The door leaned against the jamb.
Children-Theodore married Martha Whipple; Mark; Preston,
died from epilepsy in his minority, Very active and bright in school.
Saw him spring upon and ride a fat hog while running, during butch
er season; Jesse, educated but laborer. He and Theodore operated
a butcher shop on his own premises several years.
Mrs. Ayres raised Angeline Watson, a sister of Mrs. Henry
Schaefer Henry from GenI1any and worked in Manter's mill about
1837. Our tradition says that Mr. Ayres' house had been D. E.
Stathem's on the Powner tract. Thus that fixes dates.
ASHLEY, ROBERT-From I!;ngland; married Maria Wedding;
was a wheelwright. He and John Clark built the "Windmill" but
the, title was with Willi;;tm Ashley. She was sister of Lawson, brought
up at Felicity, Clermont cc;>un,ty. Thrifty, property, loaned money.
Settled 1820.
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Children-Daniel, married Margaret Griffith, daughter of Dun·
ham; Sarah; Robert. In 1893 saw Daniel's grand daughter at 746
State aven ne, Cincinnati.
10 PIONEER ANNALS of
AYRES, ISA.AC~1'Iarried; ,from New Jer!,ey, 1823. Tel]ant 011
tract ne:x;t west of Old Seven-mile House premises. Day laborer and
plain car-penter. Occhpied mapy years and then moved to Bridgeton.
Children-Daniel and Sabra. In 1842 Daniel, in his kindness.
gave brother Henry and self each a cigar to turn grindstone for his
ax. We smoked alldwere in 'ca13t up' agonies before the arti<;les
were one~quarter consumed! The mother 'took Dan to task' but
we boys defended him.
APPLEGATE, HENRY-Married; masonry in all, branches,
learned on, Long Island. Born in Middlesex, New Jersey, July I,
1791.
III 1812 traveled on foot aud by stage' to Pittsburg. Bought
skiff and ~oated to Cincinnati; bought land near Ebenezer. Inti
mate with 'Gen. W. H. Harrison and Judge Symmes. ,\ttended
latter's funeral ,in a keelboat from city to North Bend. Was energetic,
per'severing and upright; also very self-reliant. (Those early settlers
were mainly from New Jersey and Virginia.), Not learned, but pad
unusual judgment. An intimate termed -him: "Modest, frank,
generous." Two neighbors of nigh same age, John Powner and
Jonathan Markland, differing 1n politics and religion, but never in
a1tercatiou over either; more like own brothers. Prior to 1893 every
ifitinlate of Judge Symmes ball gone. Henry died March 12, I8n.
Powner,-NQvember, 1872. Markland. August, 1873.
Applegate was made constable in 1835 and served many years;
had one thild, Ormond,
APPLEGATE, ISRAEL-Married; settled with the rest near
Ebenezer.
Children-Byram and William. Byram began to teach a couple
of years pri()r to the writer's advent into the same profession in 1848.
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Byram, ("Doc"), has some documents of this ~ame date. For
reasons, not well determined, we boys fcared Henry Applegate very
much. It may have been because of his office of constable, but'he
never gave us a harsh word.
ARMSTRONG, WILL1AM~Married M;artha Crawford from
Pettn'sylvania,in 1819. Settled UPOl'l an "80" east of Joseph Boyd;
farmer and plain carpenter; a mild m:annE>red al1d upright man.
much be1oV'edby om father. Die'd in rgSI; his wife in r852.
Children-Robert, married Susan Kellogg; Rebecca, married
!lope M.ills; -'Wayne, married Miss Brokaw; Jane, marrted Erastus
Burgoyne. (One authority says her name was Virginia).
In r83I Robert had a grocery at the "White Oaks" road corner
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east of the "Cheviot Inn." Was first captain of the Cheviot mili
tia. Burgoyne hada grocery at . head of Main St. City, and then
moved to Cumminsville. Wayne often furnished poles,flagstaff,
for Fourth of July (early, to 1843). The parents called Jane "Gincie";
a patient, sweet-tempered girl. The old lady, our mother and our
self drove the barouche and "Tom" to New London, Rutler county,
via. Miamitown toll-bridge, to visit the Mullens and Lyles;
date, 1842.
ARTaUR, JOHN-Married Freelove Evans; came.in 1833 -4;
worked as help at the Cheviot 111n (tavern). and when Bush quit •.
with Dunham Griffith, operated the hotel a year or more. He was
a famous horse-breaker and was sent for by the father more,than
ollce. On one occasion he came and said to the horse: "Charley,
do you know.me? If vou don't remember, vou will soon I"~ Like
too many in those day;, his only fault was ';drinking ~xcessively";
it effected injury; he went elsewhere, perhaps Indianapolis.
ARMSTRONG-Unknown, except for an episode; a boy and
a girl of that name who attended school about 1839, until one day a
closed hack came from the city and carried them away. It occurred
at the noon recess while all were at play in front of the school house.
Both were very blonde with white hair.
BROWN, BENJAMIN-Married Melissa Miller, from New
Jersey, in 1828, with Mrs. R. G. Kendall.
Under date of DecemQer 31, 1792 he writes: "At the Battle of
Baltimore my uncle Uriah Prosser had forbidden his son Samuel to
come; but when the action began he saw Sam in the front rank
and pulled him back to exchange pl~ces. In a few minutes the\
uncle feU dead. Yonr mother's family lived twice in Philadelphia;
first in Drinker's Lane and second in Coombs' Alley. Your mother's
first child, a female, was still-born in Philadelphia prior to migra
tion to Ohio. Her first home in Cheviot was the (later) 'Day' resi
dence, the Tait. In a short time J~mes Richardson'S, middle of
block, was bought and your parents at once occupied."
He has a list of the first pledged abolitionists, Liberty R.oll, but
only. three voted at the next election; B. Brown, Jonathan Ogden.
R. G. Kendall. Shortly after, those who first failed .rallied and aU
voted the, Liberty Ticket.
Children-Edwin Forrest, married' Alice Torry: Martha, married
Davis; Elizabeth, married Martin; Francis, mar~ied William P.
12 PIONEER ANNALS OF
Biddle, and Florence, (Bird). B. Brown died at Cheviot August 17,
1S96. Mrs. Brown died in Californ~a March, 1903.
Ed win was a pioneer. near Beloit, Kansas, and resides on his
U. S. homestead an iudependent farmer.
BOYD, JOSEPH-Married Rebecca Crawford, from. Pennsyl
vania in ISlO. Cheap land was offered him on Fifth St. City, but
bought an "So" of N. Longworth, just east of Robert Hope and
Dr Fithian. '
Children-James, married Catharine Mill,;; John; Margaret, mar
ried Joseph Morton; Elizabeth, married John Bracken; Martha,
married John Moore; Rebecca; Joseph, married Bertha Heun .
•1 .n Episode.-On the 19th of April, 1902 Joseph, Jr., having
rounded out fifty years in the Masonic Order, the lodge presented
him with a magnificent silver urn, capacity one-half gallon, with
the proper inscriptions, and also a luxurious easy chair. To him
the surprise was a revelation of deep sympathy and he could trust
hlmself to say only a little.
An Incirient.-St. Aloysius church, Bridgeton, besough t from
him a trowel to lay th~ corner stone, which was duly restored. In
November, lqo3, be was again approached in relation to St. Cathar
ine's near Werk's. A sacredness was deemed to have attached to
the St. Aloysius instrument and hence desirable for the second
·cornerstone.' Hence, he ground, brightened and re~handled the
ancient trowel !
(See Reminiscences, Joseph Boyd, Sr.)
BRACKEN, MICHAEL-From Ireland; lived east of Boyd.
Children-W lliam, Thomas, Michael, John, MarY7 Daniel,
James and Francis. John, married Elizabeth Boyd; Dantel, in
California; James, studied medicine with Dr. Litzenberg. Daniel
and James attended school with the writer; civil boys.
BUSH, ISAAC-Married Margaret Foster; came in 1822 from
New Jersey. A good education, also beating both drums and play
ing fife and post horn. Operated "Cheviot Inn," usually termed
'tavern,' quite a space in the thirties. Then quit and followed day
labor; very expert with axe and scythe and a handy butcher.
Children-Ephraim, died in the Reeves' house of white swell
ing; Charlotte, married John Ade, May 20, ISS1, 1901' had golden
wedding; George; James; Mary; Theodore. George in 1836, by
accident, cut Re~se P Kendall's fingers. Died in his teens.