The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-06


which runs centrally through
tbe county, and accordingly he NAM
ID the creek: by which names these
streams have ever since been known
Sasa.@I@ TrooL rrt,, 49, 49,
oese o. 49,. CT u
was caiieu ~. oiai1 ? DaeeA.
Wayne's military rond passes upthe
third range q short distance cast OF
the present town site OF Eaton, and
where the county was nrst settled,
the line and open way tnrougn the
.Sres. mas pna,n anu uas ,;en
'nc u,ssss nehs.:.'e
inuuoisspso ~
peen marred ana pfuiseo " lne nneetS
Oh paggage o,s. anu o'an.nce
trains Ing iine en'osen y: n1t.se
iores. a yet oe efacea, - - ~ p,ains
" lhuice'eu pys youhs SloN.a ~
syca'hote ',ces. ine sv".t' pr's
long since peeh esthuiishe1 ~ sPuo
nc nighway, cailed the Oiu lfnes
hoaa. IL crossed banlas r0rk a. OF
near the "rofty o. Fitch, anu az
taineu the hlgn iahas OF INC horth
slue, JUST west Oh q sycamore Tree on
m east siae OF me Nerth road, and
thence run q nstie west Of north 10
Fort Ureenyilie. liner was 7someA
confusion among Inc oia settlers, re-
speeding the origin OF inc ame
ty-ioet fitch. ooihe cin.ineo s.at ~
originated from q team siiulne uou1F
the precipice, whlle otncrs saiu i was
50 notea on me MAJ I ame rou.e, y
the military engineer. 11O l8kLeFm
all proDaolilty IL q True ot1giloitno
name, and SO communicated ~ sne
soldiers 10 tne early seitieFs.
On the 18th Of October, 1792, Lfeni.
Lowry and Ensign Boyd in COM
'mand ofninety non-confmissioned of
ficers md priyates, hariagiH charge
twenty wagons belonging to the quar-
tcrmastcr department Of Gen. WayneB
army, were attacked BY tho Indians
near the head Of Lowry's branch and
a short distance west Of where Zion
Church now stands. After IN obsti-
nate resistance these gallant Young
men, with thirteen others, bravery
fell, being abandoned in the outset by
most OF their comrades. The saFages
killed and carried away about seven-
Ity horses, leaving the wagons aho
stores standing III D roa unmoIest-
hurried In n row a short distance SOUTH
west Of Fort St. Clair. where their ro-
ma;ps rested until the county became
settled. when they Z brought into
gratefui remembrance ior aneir SEW
Ices, On sns asn :, 1".y 49, 5ss;r...
red and buried with military honors
lin the northwest corner Of the old
burial ground at Eaton, on which .oc-
casion Jamrs a. Mendal, 4 disfin-
lgnished scholar, pronounced an apps
tpropriate funeral Grafton On the
ti7tlI day Of October, 1S43, tie ffticthi
anniversary Of their fall, their entire
remains were di~sintcrrcd and placed
in a beautiful artiiirIal mound IN iDe'
cemetery grounus 2: Eason, anu =
marble SHAH, sultaoty Inscrloea, erect
ed TO their memory. nc monume9sl
was erected 70 me aeParteo solu,ers
By n iinerni minced citl<cns " IL
ton, and 2 inneras ofasion WAS sp.0-
nounced BY a.: iialies Or, ana; tne
late Rev Charles w. swan acted as
Chaplain on the occasion, ms snait
connected rs 1t IS with the early ad-
ventures Of western warfare, ane re-
prising as 1t does upon . feiic Of tns
ancient Mound builders lsthe cniel
ornament OF Mound cemetery, net
from its historic sIsnlncance VIII
probably remain so forever.
The county although sparscly SET
fled at that time, furnished her nil
qnota of troops in The war Of. 1872.
Five companies were raised within
the county, besides other small de-
~tachinents. The Companies. were
commanded respectively by Capfs-
James |. Nesbit, David Il. Hendricks,
Daniel Rex, and Richard Sloane
THESE troops served principally on
the frontier settlements, for the pHr-
pose OF holding the warlike Indians
ia check. They were Of great service
in protecting the infant settlements
and deserved well of their country
|. for their protection. Many cfthese
left their wives and children at home
lin their log cabins, and obeyed the