The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-09-05
MANY YEARS AGO.
A Historian Writes Of Times Long
Gone by,
A. the Last Reunion Of the Dewalt
Family,
ne Tells OF the Old spread Eagle Hotel
and Other Interesting Matters,

held at ths residence Of Jacob
Butler near New berlin, August ~,
Dr. Lew sluaber read the history OF
the family.
Among other things, DE- sluaaer said
la NY effort t0giye you the v nvul1gy
OF the Dewalt family, 1 muat premise
by saying that there was not the allen'
tiOn given 10 family blood aud pedigree
with the people OF my aneeRtTy who
originally settled ia tho Middle states,
na WIS customary among the Pufltnnh
of the North or the lluguen0ts OF thN
South. The reason why, am unable
10 state unless from the iiGt, that they
were less educated, W0 hear IN this
country u great deal about pedigreta q IN
horses aud cattle, but rarely aa applied
20 the human family and yet blood
tells IN lhe human ince ~ Wen ~ ~
horses aud cattle, IL would he wen u
more attention was given the subject,
~ would save many u pdug,
have nOt betn able 10 trace the De.
walt family farther back than my great
granalatherwho came from u province
on the Rhine in Germany lie eml.
grated % America before the liey0lu-
tlonary war and settled IN York county
la ptlinaylyanin, Grandfather fhllllp
Dewalt, the head of this branch OF the
family, married Eva Motter nd soon
after removed from York 10 Ctuler
county. Here he lived following the
buainesa Of falmlng ana tavern Keep
Ing until seven children were born u
them. George, Daniel, Jacob, Phillip,
Samuel, Nancy ana Polly,
With this family and their household
goods and farming utensils packed ma
six horse wagon and u cart, they
CAME ~ 1908 10 CANTON
Here he was persuaded TO purchase o
tWO,Rt0ry log house standing on the
hOulhWeat corner OF Market ana Tuaca'
rawRs streets aud open u tavern, Of
which the town was then much In need,
Ills sign was that OF the Spread Eagle,
and ever since, now eighty years, has
the place been known aB the Eagle cor.
ner lie was u popular landlord, and
No his means increased he purchased
laud In different parts Of the county,
among which was q quarter section IN
Lawrence township, After Uncle ia
cob married lac was given this piece
aud II is to his children we are indcbt'
for this entertainment to-day.
or the family who came from Penn,
aylyanIa, all have paid the debt OF
nature except Uncle Daniel who Is now
In his Goth year, lie is with MS today
In good health and spirits, stu inter
cated In the questions OF the day
enjoys good, 0quare meal as well 0s
the next man
SATISFIED 10 LIVE
as long as the Lord Intends he shall
and ready 10 10 whenever called.
Time viii not permit my giving you
In detail, q history OF the llrat family OF
Dewaltg who came 20 stark county
eighty years ago. | may state IN brief,
that samuel, the youngest, died before
he attained his majority. The balance
all married and reared families, OF
which Jacob, the one we are today
commemorative Ia the largest, having
had ten children, all living but one, and
| might add, by way OF parenthesis,
that Philips wife Of this family,
TAKES THE PREMIUM
III NNNlNK INV lulkNob hAlAHVl va NNN
dreu of any of the connection-liteen,
all living but one,
An the members Of the original fam.
lily who came 10 stark county, belonged
10 the Lutheran church In politics,
they were divided, though never active,
Never had any political aspirations.
Daniel has been County Coroner sew
eral times aud Deputy L, s. Marshall,
but the office sought him, not he the
office.
Times have changed, and we change
with them. IL may he profitable for
the present generation to know some
thing Of the hardships and privations
TO which our ancestors were subjected
In the enrly settlement OF our country,
Omitting entirely for want Of time,
any mention Of the trials and trbula'
tions of the men, | viii give n single
example OF
WHAT THE WOMEN HAD TO DO
My mother, Nancy Dewalt frequently
told me, that when but n years old, she
aud her younger sister rode to New
Lisbon on horseback "A distance of 30
miles, aud brought back ten bushels OF
oats. Cabins aloug the road were "few
and far between" and they were obliged
Co cross Hahn's Bottom, the terror of
travellers aud teamsters. But few girls
OF the present day would undertake.
such a Journey, ] should have mention
ed, that about the year 1914, Great
Grandfather Dewalt and his wife, then
quite advanced In years, came from
York county, Pa, with their son Hon
felt, and settled In 0snaburg, township,
Great Grandfather lived to the age OF
l07, and Great Grandmother TO The age
Of lO3, Both died and are buried In
Osnaburg. A number Of their descend.
enla now live IN that neighborhood, /
know OF no family or person by the
name Of Dowalt not connected with
these two families. There were several
of the Dewalts and banners related,
who left Pennsylvania mt an early day
aud settled In East Tennessee. have
hpnrd of them I'm passing through that