The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
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Republic charged that Mr.. Bookwai-
ter raved aud swore when asked 10
subscribe for the fund for the decora-
ton of soldiers graves. The Repub-
lie was compelled to publish card
from Mr.. Parsons, Republican, de-
nying the etory. Next. the Dayton
whose editor, Bill Blckham,
attended the Cleveland Convention
with a well filed bottle Of whisky,
charged that Professor Geiger, of An
tioch College, wrote q book on the
Sandwich Islands, which bears Mr..
Bookwalter's name as author. Prof.
Geiger promptly wrote q card to the
Journal, giving Mr.. Bookwalter full
credit for the authorship. Next came
the Cincinnati Gazette, ringing the
changes aud charging in a childish
manner that Mr.. Bookwalter had
changed his name from Buchwalter.
The Gazette has had the fairness to
publish. the following correspondence
which explains Itself:
CHANGE IN THE NAME OF BOOKwALTER
THE FAMILY oRTHoGRAPHY.
To the Editor Of the Cincinnati Gazette:
CINCINNATI, July z7.-Will you be
good enough to publish the accompa-
nying letter to me from Jonathan l..
Throckmorton, of ChillicOthe, 0. 2
Mr.. T., as we'll as myself, was born in
Colerain township, Ross county, o..
near Hallsville; went to school there.
and knew from our infancy most of
the Bookwalter family we'll. The John
Book walter, who died at the age OF
eighty. five, was the father of Levi
Buchwalter, and the grand father OF
Morris Lyons Buchwalter, of the firm
Of Tilden, Buch walter s. Campbell.
Johns mother died at Hallsville few
years ago, in her Tooth year. l trans.
acted business for John Bookwalter,
as attorney, years ago, aud remember
that he signed his name Bookwalter.
You were pleased to say in the Ga
zstte of the 2lst: "Judge Yaple for
gets, or never knew, that the Ross
county branch of the family did net
change its name from Buchwalter to
Boekwalter. People who change their
names are always weak about the
head" You will now perceive that !
did know and have not forgotten. how
the name has been spelled by the Ross
county branch Of the family, The
plain Inference from your iteration
and reiteration of Bookwalter, alias
Buchwalter, is that Hon. John w
Book walter changed the spelling o
his name by reason Of weakness il
the head or from antipathy agains
Germans. ] know better, and submit
whether it is candid or fair 10 contin
ue, without any ground for so doing
the attempt to create little and con
temptible pref udice against Mr.. Book
walter. ALFRED YAPLE.
Hon. Alfred Yaple. Cincinnati, o.:
MY DEAR FRIEND-Your letter o
23l inst. received, and in reply hav
to say that an Inspection Of the publ
records Of this (Ross) county show
that the two pioneer brothers, Josepl
and Abraham Bookwalter, from tn
time they settled in Colerain township
this county, always wrote their name
in German, and that the records of tn
various instruments of writing t
which their names are signed general
ly apelled and wrete their name
Buchwalter, sometimes BuckwalteI
and frequently Beokwalter. That th
sons Of Abraham, viz: John, Joseph
Abraham, Jr., Samuel, and Henry
spelled and wrote their names Book
walter, and that four of the Eve son
of Joseph, viz: David, Abraham
Jonathan, and John, spelled and wrot
their names the same way-Bookwal
ter-but Isaac L., the youngest con q
Joseph, spelled and wrote his nam
Buchwalter.
Of all the descendants of the abov
named Bookwalters, 1 know of non
who spell and write their name
Buchwalter, except Levi and Samue
D., grand-sons of Abraham, and onl
sons of John Bookwalter, who die
at Hallsville, in this county, in 1S7:
eighty.five years of age, and who a.
ways spelled and wrote his nam
Bookwalter up to the time Of hi
death.
Levi and Samuel D., as 1 have bee
told. when they grew up wrote, an
have, with their descendants, sine
continued to write, their names Buct
walter, and that they did it SO as
preserve the original spelling of tt
name, or rather because that orthos
raphy came nearer giving the CORE,
pronunciation of the original name
Bookacalter; and Levi and Samuel
were followed in adopting their mett
. cd of spelling the name by two of tn
three sons of their uncle, Samu'
Bookwalter, and by Rev. Isaac
Buchwalter, the youngest son OF th
pioneer, Joseph Boekwalter.
The records here show that Davi
: Bookwalter, the father of Hon. Job
w. Bookwalter, as early as 1880, se'
, eral years before John w, was borl
and up to 1889. after he had remove
to Indians, spelled and wrote his nam
Bookwslter, and l have NO doubt th
he always spelled it the same way.
Yours very truly,
; j. L THRoCKMoRTON.
/ ANOTHER rebel outrage. Six colo