The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-12
Historical Society.

In accordance with public notice number
of the pioneers and other citizsns Of Sandusky
County assembled at Orchard Library on
Saturday, June 9th, at pm, for the purpose
of organising Pioneer and Historic Society
for said county.
On motion of Gen. Buckland, Homer Ever
EFT was appointed president, and R, B. Hayes
secretary.
The meeting then proceeded to form con-
stitution and after consideration the following
was adopted:
ARTICLE 1. This association shall be called the
the SanduslSy County Pioneer and Historical So
ciety.
ART. ? The objects of this sociey shall be to
bring together at stated meetings the pioneer set-
lers of SaDdusky County who still survive, to re-
new the friendship of the past, to perpetuate and
cherish q remembrance of the persons and scenes
connected with the first settlement OF the county,
and to collect and preserve interesting facts, tradi
tions, anecdotes, printed and manuscript matter,
relics, curiOsties, and in short whatever may tend
TO illustrate the history and condition Of the San
dusky Valley before and since its settlement by
the whites.
ART. 8. Any resident of Sandusky County may
become member of this society by signing the
constitution and paying in to the treasury the sum
of one dOllar-provided that any person who re-
sided in Sandusky County on or before the first of
January, 1880, will be exempt from the payment
of any membership, fees or dues.
ART. 4. The officers of the society shall be
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer,
and an Executive COMMITTEES consisting of the
President, Secretary and five other members, who
shall be elected annually, and who shall perform
the duties usually assigned to such offices, and
who shall be elected by ballot, and continue in Of
fee until their successors are elected.
ART. 5, The annual meetings of the society at
which the election of officers shall take place shall
be held on 2nd Of AugEst, at P. No in Fremont,
except when the second falls on Sunday, in which
case the annual meeting shall be held on the fol-
lowing Monday. The other stated meetings will
be held on the first Tuesday of February and May.
Other meetings may be called by the Executive
Committee to be held at the time and place speci-
fed in the call.
ART. g. All monies of the society shall be paid
to the Secretary who shall keep record therof,
and pay the same to the Treasury taking his re-
cept therefor.
ART. Z Alterations or amendments of this con-
stitution can be made only at regular meetings and
with the consent Of at least two-thirds of the
members present.
Thereupon the following persons having
complied with the constitution, became mem
bers of the society-H. Everett, T. Holcombe,
G. Bixler, E. Tindel, r. S. Rice, L. Q. Raw
son, Platt Brush, o. A. Roberts, H. Bowlus,
S. Skinner, John B. Rice, J. L. Green, R. P.
Buckland, j. w, Wilson, G. R. McCulloch, H.
Lang, F. S. White, R. B. Hayes.
On motion the following officers were
chosen to serve until the regular annual
election at the meeting to be held August 3rd
1874, viz Homer Everett, president; L. Q.
Rawson, vice president; R. B. Hayes, secre-
tary j. W. Wilson, treasurer. Executive
Committee HI. Everett, R. B. Hayes, H
Lang, Platt Brush, R. P, Buckland, J. L.
Green.
R. B. Hayes presented to the Society the
the following, which were accepted with
thanks-an engraved portrait framed Of S.
Birchard. A letter from Post Master General
r. j. Meies, appointing Morris A. Newman
the first post master of Lower Sandusky,
dated the End July, 1914. This letter was
presented by Mrs. Julia Myers, daughter of
Judge Newman. copy Of a petition to the
Government of Ohio signed by the inhabi-
tants Of Lower Sanduskys Sixteen in num-
Der, dated Dist Dec. 1913. A letter from He
man B. Ely to S Birchard, on the building of
the first telegraph line through Lower San
dusky, dated 23th March, l847. A report of
James Justice, president, and L. Q. Rawson,
secretary, on the Fremont plank road. II. S.
Knapp, History Of the Maumee Valley. The
Western Annals, by Jas. R. Albach. Two
volumes of the documentary history of New
York.
On motion the executive committee was in
structed to endeavonr to obtain q complete
list of all the pioneer settlers of Sandusky
county who now survive, together with their
residence, date of settlement, place and date of
birth and occupation, and to report the
same to the regular meeting, August 9th.
On motion, the president and secretary were
directed to furnish the proceedings Of the
meeting to the newspapers of Fremont.
HOMER EVERETT, President
r HAYES Sacratarv