Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-04-10
For the Chronicle.
Early Times In Vienna.

EDITOR CHRoSIcLE:-A few items of the frsI
settlement of Vienna. as I get them from soms
Holmes came from Litehfeld.. Connecticut. in
the spring of l19S. having in. his employ SAM
uel Hutohins. Edward Scoheld. Titus Hays. Da-
Tid Clark. Rosert Edmond, and Raphael Cook
Surveyor. Arriving in June, they travelled all
the way on foot, and leading q horse that car
ried their cooking utensils. and built . cabin
near the present residence Of Homer Leet, ESQ;
they surveyed the Township, cleared q piece Of
ground and sowed to wheat. and then they oiled
their cooking uten sils, covered them with leaves
and built a large brush-hesp over them. and a
number Of brnsh-hesps around near them, 10
pTevend the Indians from finding hem and
then they set out. on foot, for their homes in
S HzSo9SnHectieudti to winter. An9 in the spring Of
Scoheld, Raphael Cook. and-Hoodly, set out
for V~iennawith an Ok team. two Cows and a
wagon. When they zane to.the MahoningRiyer.
q short distance below youngstown. they CAM
up with Col. Hilman. who could pot get across
the river. All hands went TO work. cut the
bank and got their teams over and started on
their Journey. Holmes taking thelead and Sam
uel Hutchins driving the team. with the first
wagon that ever passed through youngstown,
stopping for the night with Capt. Young. Early
the next morning Raphael Cook set his commas
and leading the way. the party started for Wen
na, marking and cutting their road as they went
alonglhenes the name Of the Holmes road and
succeeded in reaching Vienna the second night,
and stopped on what has since been known as
Merlls Hill, near the present residence of Ho-
mer Leet, Esq. In the fall of 1T99. Isaac
y mOf Gu uls Iamlly Ous accompanied Ey
Denis Palmer. they were the first white family
In Vienna. and settled about one mile south
west of the center-there Layina Flower was
BORN, the hrst white child born IN Vienna. On
lS04-'5.
In the spring of 1900. Seth Bartholomew,
Hill, came on in one party. Another party came
the same year. g them were Joel HumasOn.
Isaac Humasons Simeon Wheeler, Wm. LATER
settled At or near Paynes Corners. Samuel
Lowry came and settled one-half mile west of
the center. In the fall. Abial Bartholomew, and
Hm; Clinton, went back 70 Connecticut.and in
Clinton, Wm. Clinton. Calvin Munlon. Jesse
Joseph Bartholomew and Ira Bar
came on, TIT heir families and six
having been forty-one days on their
Less than three months after their
arrival, and on the first day Of January, Abial
some timber for bed-steads. and In falling .
black walnut tree near whore Adam EcClurK's
barn now stands limb broke Of. few back
lifting Abisl on the forehead. causing his death.
VI. LeaVitto OF Leayittsburg was called TO attend
aim; they had to go around BY Niles to get
across Muaquito Creek; q doctor from Vernon
also called. Abial died on the second day
aiter ne was hurt, and Wss the first person
In the winter Of 1893 and 1900, BsthshebA.
vie OF Isaac Flower. set q steel trap under
nAEEc ueLCulckeo1 TOOSteQs ana smut the dogs
n the cabin. and in the night she heard the trap
Ipring, she got up (Mr. Flower being sick with
! feVsD and let the dogs out. and followed them
bout twenty rods from the house. where the
were in 3 fight with q large wolf; she got
hand-spike, when her daughter brought a
orch 30 that she could see: she pounded the
Tolt on the head with the hand-spike until she
houghti it was dead. and dragged it to the
louise. Just as she was going TO take the trap of
Is leg, Mr.. Flower looked out and told her she
lad better kill her wolf before she took the trap
and she got an az and struck the wolf on the
lead II jumped up on its feat again. but 4
more we'll directed blows with the az made
tame enough to skin, This was the first wolf
,illed BY . woman that IhAve hoard Of in Vien-
a. u. MN.