Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-06-18

IncmsclNes, aInlu tne cOnIuSlOD Ot tHOse
they were trying to relieve, crying, "Save!
save! o save my husband - "Save my
wife - "Save my son my daughter; my
child my babe I"
BY the favor of Heaven, the women
and children were all saved. the babes all
floating on the water aud being picked
up. The men who were on the deck
were all rescued. Not so the seven young
men up the masts. They, as named in
the section Oh navigation, were all Of
them drowned, being precipitated violent
", aud held under water by the masts
and rigging.
The funeral was attended by Mr..
Hall, from Chagrin, and Mr.. Robert
Montgomery, who preached a very ap-
propriate and feeling discourse, to deep
v affected assembly, convened in the barn
Of Mr. Harmon.
Mr.. Harvey Taggart, young man of
genius, who had been pupil of the wri-
ter, aud had gone subsequently through
regular course oflegal studies, and been
admitted to the bar, drowned himself in
| the Asht abula, near the bend, in the west
part of Kingsyille, 1928. He was found
in shallow water, with pocket-handker-
chief full of stones suspended around his
neck, to keep his head under water. He
was under cloud of disappointment, in
regard to his expectation Of soon being
settled in the business of his profession
This was the probable cause of his com
mittng suicide.
On the 5th of January, 1881, Mr.. J.
| Smith, an excellent miller, went into his
water wheel to clear it of ice While in
the wheel, it commenced revolving swift
| ", and before ke could be liberated. he
was bruised to death. He was n middle
aged man and left wife and five child
rem to mourn for him.
The catastrophe of Mr.. William Hum
phrey, by shipwreck, in 1896, is men
toned in the section On navigation. His
widow, a woman of honorable character
and connections, became insane and hang
ed herself in her chamber, in October,
l843, leaving large family of children.
Horace Shaw hanged himself on the
same farm, few days after, leaving a
wife and ten children. His wife had a
tall which injured her head and caused
her death, sixteen months after his death.
MARRIAGE.
The first white persons married in this
township was Mr.. Beverly Starr and Miss
Catharine Braddock, in the winter of
1907 or 8, by William Perine, Esq
BIRTH.
The first child born in Ashtabula of
white parents, was son of Mr.. Joseph
Kerr and his wife, in 1904. The moth
er received premium of fifty dollars
from the proprietor Of the township, Ne
hemiah Hubbard. Esq.
BENEFACToRs.
/. In the commencement of the settle
ment of Ashtabula, Nehemiah Hubbard,
Esq, of Middletown, Connecticut, the
proprietor of the township, gave for the
use of the inhabitants, an ample lot for
a burying ground, lying along main street,
bank of the Ashtabula. BY the geper-
Gus donors consent, this lot was after
ward exchanged with Mr.. Hall Smith for
an equal amount of land which composes
the present old cemetery, west Of the
north public square.
2. Some forty years ago, Mr.. Hall
Smith presented for public use and ac-
commodation, the ground of the north
public square, in this village.
3. About thirty-three years since, Mr..
Peleg Sweet presented to the public the
commodious cemetery and square in the
East village.
4. Another beneiaction to the public,
made by Nehemiah Hubbard, Esq, about
the year 1928, consisting OF the ground
of the south square in front Of the Epis-
copal church, must not be forgotten.
These generous benetactors, together
with their liberal gifts, should be com
mcmorated by durable inscriptions on
pillars of granite, or finest marble, erect
ed in the midst of the grounds by them
severally presented, to those who ought
to be, the grateful Citizens of Ashtabula.
| THE END.