The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-05-28
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~ % SciOtO Bottoms" SlSI'7
aWillso.6e or our ifieTdsof
the 9earlg Iayigiv62 us Lh4or4
Light. aboutldbatfnfirstyciopD6f
iorp raised at LsgGasvlnsR n9m
boThe raboSe qarhgaph Rad
clipped 1fnm theG Pofismoutli
Republican some otimeln Mos
yemIer or Depembefilasthsisi
The oecasi9AoEhieh brought
a@phl a@phl this inquiryrN ass if, wesre4
member me PhPG tightly, q coDiEOyersS
N lhe, Porismopth papers cons
cernirgs the early settlement
OF Scioloaconlty, The TimeA
had a correspondent who was
lp error in this slEery matter,
and we sent that paper a vety
well authenticated statement
ofan old gentleman whV knew
whereof, he testified, but the
editor editor Of the Times took no noA
nsces Of it, ii nasoI o. aomiY
"a That qperaQn was the late.
John JIodhnnl d Merritt, Of Campcreek
'90fwgnnThhiP, lp this cOpnty,swho
was born in Pennsylvania, J an
Oh, 1856. His father. II Hezekiah
Merritt, came TO Manchester,
OHIO, in the year 179p, and af-
'serwarddss brougt,' his fal,',,y to
the bottoms potion son on (, 4 beSSsiiO SSriotO l5Yii
er, near where Lucas X now,
stands and landed there ,I he.
24lh Of December OF the Last
'amed Year. (l795J Nj. John,
Msrrett was then. within d d few,
days Of ten years OF age&quite
old enough ever afterwards fltT 10, L
remember all the little circum.
a.. TH L = Iii
stances attending that settle,
ment.. sHs informed US ihaf
IFS father Immediately I pr pro
ceedGdto construct a v tenipor-1 teGYippt,r1
ary shelter Tor bis family 'IahfSdp and
dl'er#ard erected a cabin foTr'
himself, wife ab3 FIVE dGiidreen,.' o.
He also intSt6ad Us That MS
faVhert tlised a'ttopS Of corn Slii In H.
Tie aIfoii6&ihg.e Wee9a quote uotes
MI rMelritps own Words, Sas EaS Et.S
'tatedthem to Us III F.s5rdafy,'
1870, at which time We wrote
rheutd0&hj ana rdadtfemft92,
linn Tor hisd dtbllfrtha1io and
printed iHqhePlke G5untyRed
pablieah1onnf '3d 5f the folg
lo~iiiglMIeR, naihAy:sTfd 0"
3 %Mg faghers miide na scafhra.
aud tie offspring erscadH a.
h'g cabin. Hdlphti IN sessraP
aCresnot d cbra2 f6rsiwhieh heg
nadno5 go tooHmea0he faoWo
MaryswIle) foralfd seed MP
lnoiilerMasA good gafdeher,S
and ytiGrl family ofafea dBgaeri
than most OF the eal'lylse ttlers,
on itliis1accOuntn nG0 .s..iyaio1iD
o Mr. Merritt also said: oi moi
8 II 'clalmitbat my laher whsa
thHi first white man who8ettlsat
on thee SeiOtoIri9er,9 Gl5RgTft
whole length" 20 ii9sm9aI qleA
oWe1Iikaea havea "hfetSfy set
righ,,n and asith edlpor sdiifRT
lanes niayauhavS doNefT0oksAi
ounarllcle,a%e agbfdlFesbeJeC
luily ealb lhsattedtada to it, Il
q saBIa-SS44- 81 Z ssSI-aaa-aauOH9 %
,JoHNoQs FaEMoSR isdin Sab
fgarrlscqioi a, lew ears q ago
lls presence there would have,
beeii' he signal Tor. 4 series riei Of Of
receptions 6 and ovation nss, ebugi
now hereceivesaonty atpassfhg
h9lice.n 3lhes polorie wi heIhada
aclhieyed and lhe . ppsitiaA hao
bad created lOr himself, have
been Oswept away aid to:day.A
the explorers 6foa Me Rocky
Mountains -walks.-the streets of
Calif9rp4qta's Chief city eompar.
aIiyely unknown. When, Gen, =
lFfemdnt was, IN france, he
was arrested, tried, and 966nd
lgniltyaUfHraising'anoheyJ on thec
Memphis and Bl Paso 1Rs VR.
bonds bydalse representations
and sentenced sstol tImprisonai
meHt for q tbrm ofa years.ao Hsu
male good ,hisCesoape5fr6m thsit
jurisdic'ienoi oEnatbaib Frenohu
cuurIs and camo, IN tba D,,,na