The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-12
EARLY STARK COUNTY HISTORY.
qE.za I'll ISL White Msn-Some Interesting
"Reminiscences of Early Settlement
eEhe SAD Fate of Culbersop.
trvzstten for the Ohio Centennial

eSiza I'll ISL White Man-Some Interesting
R4srE inisences of Early Settlement
eEhe & Fate of Culberson.
trvzstten for the Ohio Centennial
The first white nan who pitched his
tyagt so Stark county, was James F.
Y.ey.ssard from Franklin county, Penn.
ME- agas q suryeyor-had been a clerk
5n a9s gand office in ChillicOthe, and
rxs5,yr the establishment of an office for
sEy District in Steubenyille, served
.tgsexea yearor more, then came to Stark
,.ezgtr. The few who had explored
aEe sygantry. returned with such Won
sSarFgl stories of the character of the
afa3 Guality of timber, fine springs and
yrey,rrsl lay of the land, that everybody
27r5srested in the West became excited.
Tlm original government survey Of
gz,s5s in this District was in sections of
5Usr gliIes square. To select and enter
"A lefs quantity, required the services of
q ssgryeyor: and when Leonard discoV-
1Rsd this necessity, he decided to locate
ABpself in the District where land was
laeing sought, as he could make it more
groitable than his employment as clerk
Ia the land office. He engaged
..Tagnes and Henry Barber, two brothers
SraIp Virginia, to accompany hlm.
VI was in the month of March, 1900,
2hat the three men started from Steu.
44gsTiDe. Their outfit consisted OF
ETkgOkets, -four and salt, cooking uteQ-
sis. two axes, surveying instruments
I'D q few other articles, packed upon
rFw@ horses. Each of the party carried
,9vi9e and ammunition. They walked
sgysd rode by turns. Their route was by
aU INDIAN trail to a crossing on Sandy,
thence through al unbroken forest up
fEas Nimishillon, until they reached
g19zst they supposed would be in the
vzgjrhborhood of the center of a new
acGHnty. which they knew must soon be
F9rraed. Recon- .ter-ng the locality
Ygupd about, they concluded to settle
S3own near a spring on the n. L. quarter
e6 section 3, at present known as the
8s,ad farm, lying Immediately north oil
Civ County Fair Ground. Here The
wgrty constructed a rude shelter of sap
$ytgs. setting up forks upon which they
zdared cross pieces. covered and incloS
sad il with bark. With this they man
.4gedto get along, until they construct
81 4 substantial log cabin. They hat
no trouble about living as game wa
abundant. In about a month after
X,eoDard returned to Steubenville, ente:
Cd the quarter upon which he was
sguatter. advertised himself as a sur
Vayor and land jobber, offering his sci
,TfSfss TO persons in search of land in tn
sySaw country. On his return, he too
,qyith him a fresh supply of flour.
While on a visit to the land office i
.Yuue following, he made the acquaint
.zUea of a man by the name of Jane
GyuJberson. who it appears was from tn
,sayne county in Pennsylvania. Gu.
.SeI,son came of a good family, but hal
acquired habits of dissipation, and wa
quite absolute. In a tit of desperation
.%eleft a wife and three children, deter
.waiDed to extricate himself, or as he e2
dressed it, 'bury himself with som
%adjan tribe in the West" Leonar
yT,rsuaded him out of this notion, an
sTrrauoed with him to return with hil
20 their camp and assist in such wor
I've might be able to do. Culberso
gT7lljnUIy acceeded to this propositio
-sy,d ACCOMPANIED Leonard to his cam
yTDere he remained doing such work
T6sonard directed until the followin
sSyctober. when he made visit to an i
dian trading post, at Il
EsQath of the Sandy. Here whisk
yExs kept, and CulbersOn was induce
T@5ndnlge in his old habit. He BEGAN
INTOXICATED, and from exposure on b
yNsnrn to the Station, caught a seyel
eg9d. which resulted in infiammatic
- Ella Irnoa The men at fine Post d
az they could for his relief, but
rrvyVed of no avail. He fingered abol
sseek and died, a substitute for