Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-07-21

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sent number Of eommunicants is
229.
CONGREGATIONS CHURCH..
The First Congregational Church
OF Ashtabnla. was organized by a
4 Council held at the Presbyterian
Church, May 9,ls6O. Twentv.six
persons then united BY letters from
she Presbyterian Church Of this
place. Alpheus Merriman and
Henry Fassett were elected Dea-
cons. Subsequently, Barnard Nellis
L. d. Badger were elected. The
| Society cauRected with this Church
was organized June 16, 1860. The.
I Church and Society worshiped in.
Smitn's Hail until their brick church
was completed, which was dedicat-
ed Feb'y l2, 1882.
Rev. r. H. Conklin was their first
Minister ReY's G. N, Tuthill, Ed
ward Anderson and j, A. ToEIeI
afterwards supplied the pulpit. Rev
S. d. Pest is the present Pastorasas I
Total number Of admissions since
organization, 246; present humber
of commandments, ~ Present num- 4
Der Of members of School, includ- 4
ing teachers, $50. D ssll bae ra.1a.a
-, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. bgs 4
This Church has the largest mem. /
bership of anv 10 the place. at its 4
organization it had 1875; at present.
1t numbers about $40.
Their house of worship was built |
in 1859. They have also school
connected with their Church. Names
of Clergymen, Rey's. John Tracy
and Z. j. Conway. 77j
fft ltai s- NEWSPAPER. iaa3 III 1a /
The Trump of Fame is said to-
have been the first newspaper pub
lshed, on the Western Reserve. I'll
was printed in Warren, Trumbull
county, in IsIl-Thos. Webb, Esq !,
editor. The Ashtabula Recorder,
commenced in 1920, (perhaps in
1872 was the first paper in Ashta-l
bula or this ucounty. Asa w. w II
Hieko& was editor and proprietor
This paper continued about three
years, and was succeeded by the
Westera J0aRnGk; r. W. Griswold,
Esq, editor and proprietor. The.
Western Journal was afterwards
published by Park & Terril, wholI
sold to Hugh Lowry, who in nrtimeI
changed the name to Ashtabula
Journal 1t was published until
1881, when it was sold to parties in
Conneapt, who started the Salem
1AdgertSsef. aa1.j l baa lEs8
The Ashtabula Sentinel was start
ed January 2l, 1882, by an assoeia-
tion. o. II. Fitch, ESQ.,, was editor
the first year, James Graham the
second year; and for the Sd, 4th and
5th years it was again edited by OIL
| ii. Fitch, Esq. It was then, Jan
IA, 1887, J sold to Robert B. Park
man and Henry Fasset, who pub
lished it until the next March, when
Mr.. Fasset retired, leaving it, with
Mr.. Parkman until Oct. q, 1891,
when the establishment went into
the hands of Henry Fassett, who
was editor and proprietor. 1t was
subsequently published by S. S. a.
II, Fassett, Fassett & Nellis, Fass-
EFT & Hendry, A., & S. Hendry, H. /
Fassett & Co, .Giddings & Burton,
J. A. Giddings, II. Fassett, and
Fassett & Howels. Jan. l, 1883, it
was sold to W. G. Howels and J. l.
Oliver, who removed it to Jefferson,
where it has been published under
the same name to this date. & Itdis
now in its 45th year; andwe hope it
may continue, with same name, un-
I'll the next Centennial.
In January, 1884, the Democratic
| Free Press was started by Chas. L.
Clark g Co., and was published one
year, a--a w s
The AshtaBnla Rspl5E5caa, by L.
| B. Edwards, had a being Tor SIX
months.
The Ashtabula Telegraph was
started in January, 1s49, by N. VI
Thayer. w. E. Scarsdale and John
Booth were Editors at different
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