Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-11-24
late as 1882 yoke of oxen mired3 and one
Of them WINS drowned in il, Is =. -.sal !.

ID OIL lAeIn was crowned IN II. Is.s tE5 f+ G5i y
y need not stop here to say that good lae
/, ricuture has converted those dism,
Is swampsinto fertile meadows. Indeed, bu
v a few years have elapsed since the vale
g between US aud MIR. Hoods beautiful man
Q sion was an alder swamp, in which, in m
youthful days often han'ed the gray fox
II person has any love Of the beautiful il
his soul he must no " admire that huntin
. ground as the handsomest lawn afoundyou
. village. >ttsi ..istiH"i q
J on account Of the unrr2mising appear
t ances, opposition, warm, earnest tzand un
/ ceasing was made to the 10 ;ation, and evel
) after the court house was built. and tb
} Judges were ahere to ho.d court, the sGerit
refused 10 open The court, until he fouBt
! they were about TO get the coroner 10 do il
! when on the23d Of August, 1903, lie CAV,
/ notice thOt The law trap was set,'into wblcl
b any one might enter, and nibble the bai,
but out of which few escape without los;
J of hide. The first house inIhe villnge WA.
} built by General Woodurd; on a,ho spo
. where Mr.. Seth pny's stone store now
} stands, in which James Woodard,y your pres
5 ent Sheriff was born, in. July ISlo-being
the first white child born IN the village. ~
Instead Of a mess of pottage, Mr.. Tappan
gave him, as his birth right, a lot OH the
street running south from the south west
corner Of the public squire. '.s.5 as.- 's.'
Tho first couple married in Ravenna
was David Thompson and Catherine Car
ner-though George Boosinger and Nancy
Semcox, living in Ravepna, we're previous
ly married, but for9tl,e want of some one
TO tie the knot they went to where Newton
Falls now stands to have The ceremony
performed 2@'-s Hfa ttjt ~: i's tiis''Ea
A death did not occur in the town till
1906, when Jacob Eatinger was found
| dead lin5t the woods east Of Mr. Jennings -
The same year n man from Pennsy lvanin,
on a visit to the Wrighl's and Simcox's
was killed by wolves on the farm oftiie late
DR.. Meister. He and his horse were both
killed, and we're found nelrly eathen up
In 1908 David Grier started the r first
| tavern in this village-c consisting then Of
one house besides his own. Its,ood on the
corner where Mr. HWheeler's tavern now
stands. Mr.. Toppan gave him the lot,
| and offered him the one east Of il on which
| Mr. Day resides for $5- but David tho'l
| it rather high, and refused to take it, An>
other reason why he declined i. was that
he wanted his spare funds 10 purchase
goods-for he also established a store in
his tavern building, consisting Of a general
assortment, sufficient for a vilagesof one
house besides the store Al specimen oi
the extent of 9David's assortment, l would
mention an anecdole oe a Indy calling IN
one day enqniring for n shawl-David
showed her one she liked, but he refused
10 sell it, as it wrs The only ore he had,
and it would break his assortment. This
vas the FIRST store in Raeenna. 81 t-
In 1910 fourteen men, in Beckett, Mas
achusetts purchas,,d Wind am from Cow
ernor Strong OF Northampton, and inl8ll
sent on young men to begin nm improve.
ment They were Nathan fl Messenge-,
Ebenezer o. Messenger, Eli III afford and
Oliver Afford. In July Of that year nine
families arrived and built school, tavern,
and meeting house, when permanent set.
Element begon ,@'-.'7!17i
In 1911 the inhabitants of the county
were considerably alarmed by the collection
of a large party OF Indians under chief
ca'ledCap'. George. His men were station
ed along the Cuyahoga River without any
apparent object. They were sulky, and
evidently disposed fuf@ar. Capt. George
would brandish his tomahawk, and scalping
knife in apparent defiance, and were threat
ming the inhabitants. Soon after, he and his
warriors disappeared as suddenly as they
appeared, and three days afterwards news
came of the Battle Of Tippecanoe 1t was
then eviden, that they were stationed there
as part of the great Tecumseh's plan for
exterminating the whites,-and had the
issue Of lha. battle been different, Capt
George, and his indians would have COM
menced all indiscriminate slaughter of the
whites. 2. ~ Ss ~ -si--e
The Indians, by their runners, got news
of their defeat, in that battle three days be.
fore the whites got it and left the country
1t now became evident to every one, that
war, with England, was inevitable--and
that the first shock must fall on the scatter
ed, ard almost defenceless west. But scat
tered and exposed as the settlements were
removed almost beyond the bounds Of
civilizalion-the inhabitants prepared for
the conflict with heroism, and frmness
that proved them the worthy defendants of
worthy fathers. On the appearance of the
President proclamation calling for SO, 900
volunteers, Portage county promptly res
sponded to the call. John Campbell Of
what is now Campbellsport, was then Colo.
mel Of all the MIli,iain what is now Por
tage county, and on the Odd of May 1912,
called out his regiment to get volunteers
The regiment formed a hollow square, and
all who would volunteer stepped inio the
hollow. A full company volunteered, and
elected John Campbell, Captain; Alva
Day, lst Lieutenant; John CARTS, 2nd
Lieutenant; aud Aaron Weston, Ensign.
The company was mustered into service on
the lst day Of July 1912, on the ground
where the brick tavern now stands in Camp
bellsport-and on the 4th of July 1872
thirty-ninea years ago this day-they en-
camPed on the public square, in this village,
prepatory to their leaving for the then far