The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-02-15


them were many CampbeIlites, or Disciples.-
This soon raised opposition, which riPed int
open war. Some one bored an suger hole into
log of the house in which Rigdon lived, and
filling it with powder, tried to blow it mp
At length the people resolved to- clear the
town of them, and raised a companyrto mob
them. One of the Disciples called on John
Tilden to help tar and feather the Mormens,
who coely told him there were ,seme Camp.
bellites that deserved it as well as the Nor
mons, and if he would help him tar and feath-
Ter them, he would help tar and feather the
Mormens. They excused him, bat the Others
vent, took Smith and Rigdon ont Of; bed and
covered them with coat of tar and feathers.
The most unfortunate part Of it was, that two
of Smith.s cuiidren were in bed vita him. sick
with the measels. In the ARRAY they toek
cold, and died The Mormous then abandon.
ed the idea of making Hiram "a stake left
the town, aud went back to Kirkland. Their
success since that time until they can defy the
whole force of the United States and have
become nation themselves, is an additional
evidence to prove that persecution is not the
weapon with which to combat error.
As the forms of conveyanee. in the frst set.
tlement of the town, were some what novel, it
may be worth preserving, In deed to George
Young from William Perkins, one of the pro-
prietora. the laud conveyed is thus described !:
Five hundred acres to be taken from lots 6,
Z, IL, 13. or west half Of lot 25-to take five
hundred acres from any of said lots, at his
election-but shall take the whele of said lot
be elects. if SO much shall be necessary to
complete bis quantity. If partof a lot should
be necessary, it is to be taken in such shape
as not to njure the remainder. Said George
to make his election by the 6rst day of Au-
gust next
On the back of the deed is the following
entry: Know all men. that 1, George 7 Young.
have elected the west end of lot 25. and lot
No. 7-aIso the west end of lot No. s, partly
across said lot, so far as to make, in all, Eve
hundred acres. George Young.
The people of Hiram do not appear to have
been much given to the tender passion, as
there was not a marriage 10 I he to ownship from
1904 until 1917, when Henry Paine was mar
ried to Miss Parthena Mason. daughter of
Elijah Mason. They subsequently moved to
| Illinois, where he died IN the Spring Of 1859,
and where she is still living. In 1878 Symonds
Rider was married to Miss Mehitable LoomiS.
The ice being broken. they went on after this.
like other folks. 4
In 1902. when Col. Tilden was removed
from all efiss by the Federal Legislature Of
Connecticut,. he was strongly urged to apply
4 for the Office of Governor of the Western
Territory, which he could have then obtained,
but he declined all further public life.
No documentary history of the township
exists prior to 1920. The records we're prob.
ably kept on loose sheets of paper, and lost.
In April, 1920, Thomas f. Young was elected
Township Clerk, previous to which George
g. Redding was Clerk. The book in which
Young kept the records is called Book B =
the previous book is lost.
In 1850 the Disciples established the Ec
lectlc Institute in this town. The first step in
this movement was taken at aquarterly meet.
ling of this denomination held in Russell. &C.
auga County, in june 1949. Mr.. A. 8. Hay
den having consulted with his brother, Will
liam Hayden, Zsb Rudolph, A. L. Soule and
; others, introduced the subject to the meeting,
claiming that a school, to meet the entire ed
ucationaL Observation-Disclosures and moral
; l-of society, ought to be founded on the Bible
l-tbat it wasnot enough for school to be
conducted according to its Divine precepts,
: but that its grand elements. and outlines Of
> Divine revelations should be thoroughly taught
in it, This may be considered the foundation
stone on which the Institution rests.
:, Mr.. Hayden requested all who coucurred in
these views to meet at the residence Of Mr..
Soule, to take measures to give action to their
views. At this meeting an unanimous opin-
: ion was expressed to bring the subject before
the public-and committee of twelve, resid.
ing in different parts of 'the Reserve was
appointed to lay the matter before the Church.
, ea This meeting adjourned to meet in Bloom
field, Trumbull County, at the annual meeting
to be held in the ensuing August. cess
! At the meeting in Bloomfield, the commit.
tee reported q general feeling, among the
Churches in favor of the immediate establish. =.
msnt of School in harmony with the plat
form laid down. A call was then made on
the Churches to send delegates to act in this
behalf, to Meeting in Ravenna in the follow
ing October.
) At the delegate meeting in October, q con-
t stitution and regulations for the government
of the School we're discussed, and the meeting
! adjourned to meet in Aurora. Portage County.
, to decide the question of location. B. F.
Perky, Zeb Rudolph. Aaron Davis. William
/. Birchard and A. L. Soule, were appoinsed Q
committee to visit and make examination OF
different places desiring its location. The
points to be taken into consideration, BY them
we're Health, Moral Influences, feeling of the
d peenle toward the School, proximity of other
: Schools and facility for obtaining building
materials.
i At the meeting in Aurora in November,
thirty-one Churches were represented by dele
gates. Dr. j. p Robinson was Chairman, and
A S. Hayden Secretary. The committee
made their report when the meeting decided
the location by ballot Hiram having receiv-
ed large majority of the ballots, was liked
upon as the location. A. S. Hayden and ira
Errett were then appointed to draft sonsti
tuition, and procure charter for the Institu'
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