The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04
Ohio's Oldest Man.

II Samuei de Ohamplaln was the '.Fathcl
,Iof New France" or Canada, by gaining
and keeping foothold near the st, Law.
renee and in 1908 In laying the foundation
OF Quebec lie was followed by mission
! arIes, one Of whose servants was Jean
Baptisto Reveur, who died near Lake
Champlain about 1906. His great grand
son, Peter Reveur, was an engineer in
the French forces IN America and of the
the party that built tho sixty forts from
the mouth of tue St. Lawrence to that of
the Mississippi about 1926, and which in.
Guided Detroit. The name of Louisiana
was early given that vast region, claimed
by France, between tho Allegheny and
Rocky Mouutalas. When the King of
France had dominion in North America,
all the domain northwest Of the river OHIO
was included In thn province OF Louisiana,
the north boundary Of which, by the
treaty OF Utrecht, concluded between
Franco and England IN 1918, was fixed at
The forty-nlnth parallel of latitude north
OF tho equator. After the conquest Of tho
French possessions in America by Great
Britain this truct was ceded by France to
to tho English, by the treaty of Paris, in
1903.
Peler Rcveur had a SOD, Jean Rsveur,
VINO became trapper aud hunter, and
married in 1770 woman of French
lDdian extraction attached in domestic
service to the Britlsh garrison at Detroit.
Jean was away most Of the time hunting
and trading with the indians, but his wife
remained at her old place at the fort in
which her son Joseph Rcyeur (now augli-
cized into Rcvore) was born july 4, l777,
one hundred and Six years ago, The babe
grew up into hearty lad and. learned the
trade OF baker from the British baker of
the post. BY the treaty OF peace signed
At Paris September 8, 1888, tho clllm Of
tho English monarch to the northwest
territory, including Detroit, ceased. Jos.
eph kev0re Piled his trade of baker at
Dotroit and other government military
posts on the lakes until the outbreak of
'he war Of 1872. The Indian allies of
the french did not Mt once accept the
peace of 1888, and Pontiac, the great o.
tawa Chief inceEscd at the transfer of his
lands from one European power to another,
Stirred up great conspiracy Of the tribes
ot the lakes tor the destruction of all the
British ga-risons. Detroit endured an
eight months' scige, but was saved by
half-0recu Indlan girl, the. little sister of
Joseph Rev0rc's mother, who revealed the
plot III time. Peter Keveur, the grand
father of Joseph Revere, was lieutenant
OF the French forces under Montcalm and
was killed with his comma nder at Quebec
IN 100. Jean, the father OF JOSEPH Re
veur (or Revorc, as now spelled), adhered
10 tho British in the Revolution, but rem
dcred no special services beyond those of
scout and pilot near tho great lakes. He
sosantS 's Years. and Was &th lh6s nanns fans
and their British allies when defeated by
General Mad Anthony Wayne ut Fallen |
Timbcrs. August 20, 1894.
Joseph lievore, in the war Of 1912,
Joined the American forces and was with
General Hull when he igno5ly surrendered
his army, the Detroit post and all Michl-
gan to the British. lie witnessed !he
gallant Colonel Lewis Cass break his
sword rather than deliver 1t up to the
British commander. During tho war he
was at Fort Mcigs, Maiden and on the
river Raisln. The exploit CT that war in
which this aged veteran takes the most
pride was his participation III Harrison's
victory over the. allied British and Indians
under Froctcr and Tccunsch, on the river
Thames, where not ten feet away he saw
Colonel Richard NJ. johnson shoot Tecum-
sch. At the close of the war he remained
in the ne,ghborhood Of Fort Melgs, work.
ing for Mr. Mcintosh in tavern and
then for Mr.. Forsyth, who kept store.
Finally he drifted to Plttsburg, where he
married and where he kept barber shop
and bakery combined.
In his young days he was a famous
athlete and boxer, and even after he was
fifty ycaIs old he could throw any man in
Piushurg or that region. His tour chill
drcn having died. he came down the Ohio
river with his wife, and about 1850 settled
iii Felicity, where for many years he fol-
lowed his trade OF a baker. Here, during
the latc war, Ills wife died and the old
man was left without known relative
i'll the wide world. Finally time made it's
cruel advances on HIM, his inflrnnties IN.
creased and two or three years ago he
came to the County lnirmary. Here your
reporter found HIM propped up in his bod,
and after an interview with mm cleaned
the foregoing data. lie will soon pass be-
yond the great river, and not many days
will ensue ere this aged warrior will have
finished the good fight and gone to realms
unknown.