The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-10

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nishes the following to the Louisville
Courier ournal:
So proverbial has it become to imput,
all good things to Ohio men that whel
we hear of anything done by any bod,
good or great or smart, the query at once
pops into our minds, s:Is he an Ohio
| man?" and when it occurs-which is yer,
rarely the case-that he is not, we arr
filed with the most bitter disappoint
ment.
l With these preliminary remarks or
Ohio men in general, the readers of the
Courier-J Journal will not be startled
/ when tell them that Miss Pere Hya-
| clnthe is an Ohio man-that.is to say, ar
| Ohio woman. She was not, however
born in Ohio, but came to the State OF
was brought here in her mothers arms,
when but year cid. Her maiden name
was Emily Jane Butterfeld. and she is a
| sister to W. G.. Butterfeld, author OF
| ''Crawford's Campaign against the San
| dusky Indians" and other historical works
of considerable merit. It was under his
| supervision that she received her early
education. and from him, while Superin-
tendent of schools for Senaca county,
she received her first certificate as a
teacher in the public schools.
Her father, Amroy Butterfeld, was a
native of Richland, Oswego county, New
York, where he was merchant of some
prominence. He emigrated to the West
in 1884, and settled in Melmore, Seneca
county, Ohio. Emily was at that time
about year old, having been born in
June, 1888 Some two years after Mr..
Butterfeld's removal to Ohio, he, on the
10th day of July, 1886, was instantly
killed in Melmore, while assisting in
raising the frame of the first Methodist
Church built in the town. He was
highly esteemed among his fellow men.
Emily Butterfeld was first married to
Edward r. Merriman, a son of DR.. Will
lis Norman, at that time prominent
citizen of Bucyrus; Ohio, and President
of the Ohio & Indiana Railroad, now a
part of the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago Railroad. Edward Merriman, at the
time of his marriage to Miss Butterfeld,
was an exemplary young man, and part
ner of Henry Flock, in the mercantile
business in Bucyrus. He became some
what reckless and dissipated, however,
before his death. Some time after his
marriage he sold out in Bucyrus, and re-
moved to New York City, and shortly
after, while on a business trip to Chi
cago, died, leaving his wife in rather
limited circumstances. Two children
were born to them-a son and daugh-
ter, the latter of whom died early, but
the son is still living, and is now an eEa-
ploye in the Treasury Department at
Washington. A half sister of Edward
Merriman, Miss Georgia Merriman, still
lives in Bucyrus, and is a practicing ply
sician there.
Mrs. Merriman inherited, it is said,
nf he ho ofo Of hov
mother, who is represented by those who
knew her as a most beautiful, amiable
and intellectual woman. After the death
of her husband, Mrs. Merriman returned
to Bucyrus, and for several years made
her home among her old friends. She
was a thorough student, read and
studied industriously, and soon
became proficient in German and
French. She cultivated her talent for
writing, and her work was of char
acter commanding remunerative prices.
She possessed some inventive genius, as
well as talent for writing, and invented
a health corset, upon which patent was
issued, and which attained some popu-
larity among the ladies of the land. A
factory was established for its manu-
facture in Bucyrus, which paid her a
royalty on the goods manufactured, and
afforded her quite little income. In a
few years she had accumulated sufficient
means to go abroad, and she went to
Paris, where she continued her studies,
making many warm friends among the
Americans resident there, and becoming
a universal fayorite.
It was while in Paris that she became
interested in Father Hyacinthe, in listen
ing to his eloquent sermons in the
church of Notre Dame-sermons that we
all know shook the Catholic world to its
very foundation. This interest was fol-
lowed by an acquaintance that in turn
resulted in a marriage. which created
more excitement and evoked more COM
ment and criticism, perhaps, than any
marriage on record.