The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-07-19


forty years ago when on trading
voyage 10 New Orleans.
Samuel Matlack. q venerable old
man, eettIedii in Lancaster, on Wheel
ing between Front and Second streets
He was the, father,inrlaw of II. II.
Hunter, Esq ;, and brother,in- law Of
Gen, Lynch, and has been long since
numbered with the dead. S1'- tf I,
Woodbridge was mcrchandiz.
ing on Main street before 1906. He
changed his residence TO Chill;cotbe,
where be was Cashier of obe OF the
State Banks in that city for many
years. He paid the debt Of bature a
few years ago.
+ Archibald Carnahan sold goods in
Lancaster before tee war OF 1872, and
died soon after that period. He lost
his life, by drowning. --- .t
It's a remarkable fact that all the
mercantile men Of Lancaster between
it's commencement and the war of 1872.
were Unsuccessful in business some
Of them after short trial. backed up
and left, others. Withdrew from the
trade, and several in the end lost their
all. ..'' t'''''@'''''I 'If'
Ernst Mollenhaur and Peter Neav-
ling were citizens of Lancaster before
1872. Moilenhaur lived on Main be-
tween Second street and Center alley,
and Neavling, moth and adjoining
town They were foreigners.
John Koontz. John Foglesong. Dor
man Lohand, Samuel Jewell, Larkin
ReyAolds, John Lynch, brother OF
Gen Lynch, Thomas Lofand, John
Iofand. John Robinson, Edward Nc.
Calla,1 Job Compton, John Boyle a
brother of Hugh Boyle, and Henry
M'Cart were residents about 1902 -
Their localities are lost to the writer.
Jno II Cooper and HenryW. Cooper,
saddlers by occupation, carried on the
business in 1906. John died in, 1903
and Henry went to Missouri.
Jacob Burton, as early as 1902, liv'
ed in the town. In 1906 he was an
Associate Judge oithe Court Of Com.
mon Pleas. He ard Elnatban Scofeld
represented the county of Fairfield in
the State Senute in 1910.
Gen'l S. F.s Maccracken from Cum,
berland county, Pa, reached here in
the spring of 1910, commenced mer-
chandising on north side of Main, be-
tween Broad street and Center alley
He was leading merchant and busi.
ness man. was Fund Commissioner du
ring the construction of the Ohio Ca
nals, and was Gen of the Militia. HI
died in P57,' the I'D year of his age
aCharleseR, Sherman settled here ir
the spring of 1el0-commenced tht
practice of Law, which he pursued sue
cessfully until tho session of The Legis
lature OF 1926 and '26, when he was
elected one Of the Supreme Judges
He left q large family, all distinguish
cd, yet more particularly in the histo
ry OF our gallant Maj General W. I
Sherman and our present Senator John
lie died in Lebanon, Warren county
Ohio, whilst on his circuit as Judge
in 1929 aged about 42 years. His re-
mains now iiein our cemetery.
Col John Noble was pioneer set
tier, reaching here previously to tht
war of IL and soon alter became q ia
nous inn.keeper, not only in thin
place but in Cincinnati and Columbus
lie was famous for his desile to improve
every tenemcnthe lived in, and twas
said, il nothing else could be done, he
would dig q cellar under a cellar. He il
now about 76 years of age, resides IL
Columbus, and enjoys in his old age The
fruits of early industry and prudence
James Hunter, an Instructor o
youth, put up pretty good house OF
the North. Invest corner, and Archibald
White u cabin on the southwest cor.
ner of Chestnut and Second streets, ir
early times. hunters house was dc
slroyed by fire, and Whites cabin ha'
been recently taken down, and quite q
business building erected in its stead
Frederick A. Foster, native o.
Rhode Island. came with his fathers
family to Belprc, Washington county
in 1896. In 1910 he became clerk in
the store of John Creed, and in subse
quert years q partner. He also was
successful merchant for many years
after on his own account-is now res
ident OF our city and in his day con
tributed much to the improvementant
adornmento of ourcity, ll4al sIi lt
Amos Hunter, born in Pennsylvania
became a resident of the valley ir
1899, but has for msny years past liv.
cd in the city. His dwelling is on Mul
berry street, and near there he carries
ON tho bIacksmilhing business. ID. aa
Capt, Joseph Hunter, the first settler
of Fairfield county, died in Lancaster
in 1926, aged 70 years He was tn,
father Of our fellow citizen Hooking
Ii. Hunter, Esq. .iru -a So
Gilbert Dovol, native pioneer, re
sides on Wheeling, just above Broat
1 strickland does business as nachin
ist at the west end Of Main. He wal
born in 1900 in the old block house il
Marietta, Ohio. as Hog 'a '.i I'd
Gotlieb Steinuan, q native Of Ham
burg, in Europe, reached here in th'
spring Of 1911, in the employment Q
John Shurr, aud has resided in ouI
city, with one short interval, ever since
1 In few years after his arrival, b.
commented business tor, himself, anC
was for many years widely known as
first class inn. keeper, and no man hal
done more than he for the improve
ment OF our town. He snow 80 year,
OF age, and has retirod from business.
'iBeel and Charles Babb were pio