The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-07-12

hrst irame building iHlthe town and a
rough one it was, for the weather
boarding was rived out with a irow.
for saw mills were then unknown. In
a few years perhaps only two orfhree
he sold the lot TO Elnathan Scofeld
and purchased andimprovcdthc north.
east corner of Mulberry and Second
streets. Here he lived uuiil he closed
his life which occurred in 1873, at a
very great age. He was appointed the
first Clerk of the Court Of Common
Pleas for Fairfield county, at the May
term Of 1903, and held the Office for
thirty consecutive years. He also Gil.
ed the Office Of Clerk Of the Supreme
Court ior several years. and served as
Justice Of the Peace of Hooking town
ship, and as County Surveyor. lie
was an Irishman by birth.
Elnathan ScofeId visited the town
OF Lancaster about the time it was laid
out, and in 1902 made -it hia perma-
nent place Of residence. He, in con.
nection with John Matthews, opened
store on the north side Of Main street.
II few rods cast Of Front street. John
Greed was their clerk. After conduct
ing the business about two or three
years, Matthews withd ev from the
firm, and Judge Scofcl c9ntir ued
it on bis own account until about the
times of the war Of 1912. A. an early
period Of the town he erected the first
bick house in the town upoA the lot
on the northwest corner u Main and
Second streets. 1t is now occupied as
law. Office by J. s. Brasoe, ESD. lie
was in 1895 appointed County Survey
or-served one or two terms as Justice
of the Peace in Hooking Township
was twice appointed and held'the Of.
fee of Postmaster, in Lancaster -serv-
ed two constitutional terms as AssOci
ate Judge of the Court Of Common
Pleas of Fairfield County, and fre-
quently represented the county in the
Senate Of the Stale. He was native
of Connecticut, and raised in the State
of New York, and dicd in 1889 in the
69Ih year of his age.
Gen. Philemon Beecher came to
Lancaster from Connecticut, in 1901,
and opened law office and soon enter.
ed upon asuccessful practice. In 1903
he represented the county of Fair
field in the lower branch OF the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State, and contin-
ucdin that body for several succeeding
terms--in one of which he was chosen
Speaker, and Major General Of the
Ohio Militia In 1918 he was elected
to Con-rcss from the district Of which
| Fairfield county formed a part--and
continued Representative for two Or
three succeeding sessions He i'm
proved and resided upon the lot on the
north east corner of Main and Second
streets, and departed this life in 1889,
aged G4 years.
William W. Irwin, a native of Albe
marie county, Virginia, settled in Ian
caster in 1901 and commenced the
practice of the law. In few years
afterwards, he was. elected member
Of the House Of Repesentatives--and
continued to represent the county of
Fairfield in that branch at different pc.
riods of time. In 1910 he was elected
by the General Assembly one of the
Supreme, judges of Ohio. In later
years he was twice elected a Represent,
ative in Congress. from the Fairfield
district. He settled on the northeast
corner of Broad street and the Public
square, and closed this life in 1912
aged CT years.
Gen, Beocher, Wm. W. Irwin an(
Hugh Boyle We're brothers in law
they having married the daughters o
Mel Gillespie, OF Brownsville, Pennsyl
vania. .... .
George Cohinberry fixed his first
place OF residence on the South west
corner of the Public square and Broad
street, about 1901. lie, after a short
residence there, built upon the cas-
half of the lot on the northeast corner
of Main street and Center alley, and
kept u house of entertainment unit
1909 or 1910, when he moved TO Rich.
land county, Ohio. lie came to Ian.
caster frJm Berkeley county, Virginia
He died very aged man.
William Babb built cabin and lived
for several years on the North side o.
Main, between Front and Second SITS
His sons, Joseph and Jonathan, rcsid
cd with him. This was earlier thar
1902, Joseph was for years engaged
in conveying the mail from Zancsvillc
to Lancaster. The old man died ir
Somerset several years ago at an ex'
tremc old age.
Dr.. William Irwin settled on tht
west side of Front street, nearly oppo
site the west end of Chestnut street, il
1901 or 1902. He practieed medicn,
and served as Justice of the Peace
for Fair6el county, by appointmcn
of Gov. Arthur St, Clair, under tn
Territorial government. After Obi
was admitted into the Union, lie wa
elected and served q constitutions
term as one of the Associate Judges o
the Court of Common Pleas, of tn
county. He then left and settled il
Franklin county, Ohio, where he died
Samuel Stoops lived on the Nortl
side of Main street, at an early day, il
the room first occupied by James Con
verse as a store room, on the lot ad
joining Gen. Beecher's residence, unit
1901 or '5, when Thomas Frickcr,
halter by trade, became proprietor anf
, carried on his business for about forty
years. He has left this world.
Sosthenes McCabe, who is now
resident of Lancaster, with his father
/ William McCabe, and his brothers
, David and Ezra, came TO tho north par