The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-16
THE LONG AGO,
As TO NlmIshlllen Township,
The Firat Settlers, and who thoy Wore
The Father OF Twenty-Five Children all
Living At ono pimo--A Boy and si0tor
Lost IN tho wooda-.rhe General Mus.
tors, eto.

The following paper waa read by A,
McGrogor at the meeting OF tho stark
County horticultural Society, held In
Loulaylllo January lat, 1890.
Since thorc ia time for and o call FOR
volunteer performances, and being called
on personally, I will give little more Of
the "lung ngo,n Which | poneilod yCator'
day and this morning,
Tho research required 90 dish up these
papers IN "a pleasure 10 mo, for II brings
up no remote antiquity, hut rather tho re-
cent past, with which we ourselves arc
somewhat intimately connected. Those
onrly nottlora OF those localities arc almost
our Immediate ancestors, and, In the
words OF the poets
qhoy come ~ dim procession lod
lltc aud not "a dead
Al warm each hand each brow mg
Asit tlOy rhrcd Josloldayl
Nimshlllon township whoro we are to-
day, takes Ia nnmo from the stream, tho
nnmO being OF Indian origin and ygrioualy
spelled aud pronounced, Miailla, Nlmisil'
ln, Nlmlahllcn, otc. The stream iH ilrat
mentioned 10y Colonel Bouquet, capable
British olllcor, In his Journal. Ho lod an
expedition through this section of Ohio In
i7Gi, aud compelled the Indians 10 mako
ponoe aud deliver up tho many captiyos
they had,
The first settler In the township, being
township XIX OF range Z, u socmn was
John Bowers who entered In 1900, the
south half Of section 32, and removed
thithcr hla family In the spring OF 1908. In
the winlor following the family were
nllllclcd by tho death OF She oldCet boy,
Mr. Bowers served ng county commissions
on In the early days aud na tax collector,
In 1905 John Cans Hottlod on the south
half Of section 3, His son Bonlnmn, who
has been long resident OF Lake town
ship In this county, and who atill survives,
was born In this township In 1907. Tho
oldor Cans was u loUdor and preacher
amodg the Tunkora.
Tho Matthias brothers, Daniolond Jacob,
with their father, then u widowor, settled
on eOoiion n tho same year. In October
Mrs. Daniel Matthias became the mother
OF the first whito child born In tho town
ship. Henry SanOr also settled near by
about Che same tlmo. Thoy used TO hear
the sound OF horn north whon the wind
wna favorable, and Sanor and Jacob
Matthias, ono Sunday started on u trip OF
discoyory, blazing the trees ny they won't
80 na 10 find their way back. In tmo thoy
heard "a dog bark and IN duo time cnnO
10 the clearing Of jesse Wilomnil and hie
son MnhlOn, In Marlboro township.
In those dnya Indians worOplonty In the
hunting and fishing season and tholr de-
mnnd OF the white settlers was for whig-
kcy, especially " thoy once Rot "a tdsto, oa
Daniel Matthias found whom ho gave thom
from his key. He had 10 show them tho
empty kcg In order ~ Convince thom that
tho fire SAtor wna all gone. They wcrO
very dry and wore norrowful over the con.
dillon Of the kcg aH many white mon In
thohu days might have hoOu too. or
course now II would bo otherwise.
Tho frat established rond through tho
county was from Canton east, nonr Louie.
Vile aud Frcob,Tg 20 Lexington aud into
Columbinnn county, and was long known
na tho Thomna roNd, named after John
Thomas OF Columhiann county, Tho road
followed nn old Indian trail,
Niniahillontown wha laid out 10 CONF
potc for the county scat, but was with
drawn from tho contest fin lily, and, 80
Oanaburg and Canton were tho competing
points. Nlmlalllontown wna located n
mile or NO nouthoaet OF Louleylllo
~ Honry LouigonhoiHcr and John Rupord,
brothors.in.law, settled In the township In
1907, Tho former selling his place In a Tow
years 10 Martin Houaor, who had boon u
soldier In Tic ruvolntion. II ID said OF
Michael Rupurd, lnclc OF Horny Loutgnn.
hoinor, that ho was married 10, or at all
events lived with an ludiRn equnw who
horo hlin children. His brdtLnr Martin
Rupord, and cousin Martin lionser were
both taken prisoners by the Indians dur.
ing tho revolutionary war. In 1895 lloihy
Loutzenhciscr built u brick housein Louis.
vllle and opened tavern that did good
business for II was q popular atopplng
place, and for u horseback traveller aud
his animal for supper, lodging aud broak.
fast the charge was illty conts.
Horo too occasionally was general
muator and II was great Oyont, bring
ing Young and old from far aud ncnr
John Augtsllno was tho General, David
Bnr OF Paris the Colonel, and Horny
Loutacnhciser thc Major. AZ these umea
a beligcrcnt state was often developed
and fights were not uncommon later In
tho day,ag whiakey was cheap and nbund-
ant and little restriction was tho rule.
These great occneionH concluded with a
hail chat extended fnr into the night and
80 ended tic rcvolry.
! read that Henry Loulgcnhcisor was
the fnther of twenty-five offspring, all
living AZ ono tiino flo had lhroo wives.