Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-29


Mia township, Lorain county, was or
gahized Soy years ago, and the last 4th Of July
witnessed the celebration Of the event with
great spirit The programme on the occasion
we have before published, and from a full &C.
count Of the interesting proceedings published
in the Elyra Democrat, we clip asifolIows Of
the notables aud relics present
Mrs Bcnoni Adams, (iomery the wife Of
Daniel Bronson) was presented as the first
white woman who crossed the Cuyahoga River
and settled in Columbia, and her child, then a
babe some six months, now the Rev s. Q.
Bronson, Of Sandusky city, and the Orator Of
the day. Mrs. Adams, though she has passed
the period of three score and ten years, still
gives evidence Of that strength Of body and
mind, which fitted her to endure with courage,
the hardships and trials Of frontier life. The
Rev d Orator remarked, that though he laid no
claims to bravery, or physical courage, yet he
had "brave mother" and illustrated the re.
mark by relating that on one occasion she
heard ut night bIcaling among the calves,
and seizng a bludgeon, she called on the hired
man who foliOiced her, the dug tOHol0ing him,
and drCve the wolves from their prey.
Onanother occasion, she, with her infant in
her arms, met a bear in the woods, face TO face.
They mutually stopped to take an observation,
when, instead of fainting or fleeing, she shook
her old apron at him, and Bruin left rapidly
as possible
The next in order was the presentation of
the first school teacher in Columbia, and her
scholars. Mrs. Adams was the teacher, and
her surviving scholars present, were Alva Hoa.
dcy, Myra Hoadey, Sally Hoadley and John
Williams. Some one enqured of Mr. Williams
il he recollected whether he bore the infection
Of the rod while under her care, when she re-
marked that he was a very good boy, and did
not require correction The scholars appeared
about as old as their teacher
The first white child born in Columbia, APP
pearcd upon the stand in the person Of Mrs.
Terrell, wife of Albert G Terrell Of Ridgeville.
She was the daughter Of Maj Lemuel Hoad.
ley born in 1908.
The first child born in Medina county. Her
maiden name was Sally Warner Her present
name not remembered.
Frederick Hart an ole colored man, about
100 yea old, presented as the first child Iother
than Indian) born in Kentucky. He was either
a slave Of Daniel Boone or OF one Of his asso-
cates, and was manumtted about twenty years
ago He now resides in Columbia, and ap.
pears like an honest, intelligent, but very intirm
old man.
The first white woman that crossed the Guy
ahoga river, on a sand bar formed at its mouth
dry shod, in 1911, Mrs. Barnhardt, then Miss
BhoJa Bronson.
The following relics of the past were then
exhibited
\ cane, belonging to Rev. Geo. Whitfield.
A cane made from the hull of the Lawrence,
Perry flag ship.
A bonnet made in 1914 by Mrs Tilloteon.
A plaid cloak, seventy five years old.
A bread tray, by Mrs. Oliver Terrill, about
100 years old.
A salt cellar and creamer, which were
brought from Scotland, and had been in the
family over 200 years.
The meeting then adjourned to meet in
Ridgevie, on the first Tuesday in June, 1860