Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15

counsel, ana asked leave 10 crocS-eNhtnlne
further. / elected the fact that was decisive
of the case. This gave me confidence. j
argued the cause closely and well and was
abundantly congratulated by the members of
| the bar who were present My next attempt
was AT Lancaster. Mr.. Sherman. father of
the General asked me to argue cause of his,
which gave room for some discussion. had
short notice, but was quite successful and,
the case being applealed, MT. Sherman sent
his client to employ me with him." He then
gives an account of his first fee OF S25, II
have had several fees since of $4,000 and
UPWARDS, but never one of which felt the
value. or in truth as valuable to me as this.
As a professional man my for
tune was briefly made" In 1876, he was ap-
pointed Prosecutor for Athens county, and
for many years attended the courts regularly.
In 1890 he was elected to the U. s. Senate,
and remained there until 1887; he was Harri-
sons Secretary of the Treasury in 1871, and
Taylor,'s Secretary of the Interior in 1849. In
In 1850 he was u. s. Senator from Ohio; but
retired in 1851 to private life and the practice
of the law.
BISHOP E. 4. ANEs.
| Edward R. Ames, was the third son of
Judge Silvanus Ames, and was born in Ames
township, in 1906. His early education
| limited. but solid, and was completed at the
Ohio University. He supported himself
meanwhile by teaching and other employ
ments. In 1920 he went to Lebanon, Illinois
taught school for two years, and was then
licensed to preach. F. several years he
passed the usual life of a ethodist itinerant'
In 1S4O he was elected by the General Con
ference at Baltimore, as Corresponding
Secretary of the Missionary Society for tn
South and West. This was before the days
OF railroads, travelling was slow and difficult,
but during the four years that he filled the
office he travelled some 25,000 miles. In one
tour he passed over the entire frontier line
from Lake Superior to Texas, camping out
| r'y 1.-THE entire route. He was elected az
one of the Bishops of the M. E. Church in
| 1852, and is esteemed as one of the most
eloquent preachers of the church. During
the most of his adult life he passed in lndi-
ana, but was located as Bishop in Baltimore
Maryland. Since then his labors have been
onerous and responsible.
CLARKE COUNTY.
Clarke county was formed March /, 1877.
| from Champaign, Madison and Greene, and
named in honor of Gen. George R. Clarke
The first settlement in Clarke was "Chribb's
Station" at the forks of the Mad river in
the spring of 1896. The old Indian town of
Piqua, the ancient Piqua of the Shawnees
and the birthplace of Tecumseh, was on the
south side of the Mad river, about five miles
west of Springfield. It was destroyed by
Gen. Clarke, in 1880. Abraham Thomas has
given a full account of the seige. as also
Drake, in his "Life of Tecumseh." In the
summer of 1886, Tecumseh became chief;
he resided at Urbana, then removed to Piqua
on the Great Miami. In 1906, through the
influence of Laulewasikaw, the brother of
Tecumseh. a large number of Shawnees
established themselves at Greenville. and
very soon after the brother assumed the Of
flee of prophet" and commenced that
career of cunning and pretending sorcery
which enabled him to sway the Indian mind
completely. Tecumsehs death is narrated
elsewhere. Springfield was laid out in 1903.
1t was the scene of several of Tecumseh's
exploits.
SPRINGFIELD.
Springfield is typical manufacturing city,
and through the bulk of manufacturing con-
sists of agricultural implements. large
variety of other articles are produced.
The early history of the settlement of
Springfield and the Mad river valley is of
great interest. In August, 1899, John Hum
phreys and Gen. Simon Kenton with six
families from the State of Kentucky, settled
near the bridge over Mad river, west of this
block house station for protection against
the Indians. James Demint, to whom is
given the honor of being the founder of
Springfield, came with his family from
Kentucky in the same year. He built a large
double log-cabin on the bluff overlooking
Lagonda Creek, near the present site of the
northern school building. Mr.. Demint en-
tered large tracts of land south and west of
the city, which he eventually laid out into a
plat of lots. He was typical pioneer, rough
and ready, and inaugurated the first manu-
| featuring enterprise of the settlement, by
setting up a small still on Buck Greek. In
1901, Griffith Foos brought several families
from Kentucky, whose members helped to
swell the infant settlement. The first tavern
was opened by Mr.. Foos in 1901. and was
located on the present Main street, near
Spring. Springfield, in 1904, consisted of
one dozen log houses. The first church
building was erected on Main street in 1911.
The first census of the city was taken in 1920,
and showed population of $40 persons. In
1927 Springfield was incorporated as town,
and in 1850 as city.
Springfield in its infancy seems to have
been a thorough-going and very religious
settlement, with a general respect for law
and mortality. Her history up to 1850 is the
same as that of almost any other Ohio vii
lage during the same period In 1850 there
was the first movement toward manufactur.
ing industries, and by 1869 the city had got
fairly started on that marvellous career oil
manufacturing prosperity which has made
her what she is.
| hooking county was FORMED MarCn L, 1910
from Ross, Athens and Fairfield. The name
IS a contraction of the name of the Hook
hooking river, which means "bottle." The
tract once belonged to the Wyandots.
| Logan comfy was settled about the yeal
1906, and in the war of 1912, settlements in
this county were considered on the verge o1
civilization, the troops destined for the
northwest passed through it and there were
several blockhouses in the county. About
five miles from Bellefontaine, ON the head
waters of the Mad river, Gen. Simon Kentor
was buried. The inscription reads:
i ''In memory of Gen. Simon Kenton,::
who was born April 3rd, 1855, in Culpep-:
per county, Virginia, and died April 26,:
1886, aged 81 years and 26 days. His fell:
.low-citizens of the West will long rem:
:ember him as the skillful pioneer of:
early times, the brave soldier and the:
honest man."
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Morgan county was organized March
1873 and named from Gen. Daniel Morgan
of Revolutionary fame. The Muskingun
flows through the heart of the county, ant
the first settlement was made in 1880 at BIZ
Bottom, on the Muskingum, by about 30 mel
from Marietta. We have already alluded t.
the fate of this first settlement, which perish
ed at the hands of the Indians.
} Meigs county was formed from Gallia ant
, Athens, April /, 1919, and named from Re
turn j. Meigs, Governor of Ohio. TIL
Courts were directed ''to be temporary
, held in the meeting house in Salisbury town
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