Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-09
A NOTED WAR CHARACTER
Recalled by an Auction at the Vallandigham
Home.
Antique Furniture in q House Thu,
Had Been Occupied by the Same
Family Since 1907.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.


LISBON. Ohio. October 8. 1896.
Nestled among the green hills. covered
with grass and dotted here and there with
forest trees, lies the pretty town Of Lisbon.
Columbiana county, second in age to
Marietta, the oldest town in Ohio. A pretty
little stream. Beaver creek, winds around
on the south side of the town. which en-
braces some $500 souls. 1t is an historic
old place. and from it's people have come
the fighting McCooks" of military fame;
the Vallandighams, of whom Clement L.
was very prominent member, and many
others. Edwin M. Stanton, President Lin
coins Secretary of War, argued cases
within the court house walls. Mark Hanna
was born and reared here, and Major Nc
Kinley's ancestors lived here. His great
grandfather and grandfather were citizens
of the town. and the major was born few
miles from here. and still owns a small
farm In the country His successor in Con-
gress, r. w. Tayler, resides here.
Among the old families who still remain
in this modest city is that of the Vallan-
dighan 8. Their mansion has been occupied
by the family since 1907. But their re-
moval this week marks an epoch in the
history of the community. and the SALE at
auction. of the home effects has proved an
event of unusual interest. 1t was a bright
autumn day last Saturday. when the large
grounds of the old mansion became the
| scene OF lndl Olt-SdQuenln2 sight, SAFE
| of the (ares and penates of generations.
| Among the relics shown us by the gentle
ard ladylike Mrs. Chas" H. Gilman of
Youngstown. Ohio. Ga Vallandigham was
| an antique piano, said to have been the first
| brought into Ohio. 1t was originally the
| property Of Benjamin Hanna. Mark Han
| mas grandfather and was purchased for
| $16 by her father on her sixteenth birthday.
| 1t has five and one-half octaves is without
| pedals. is ornamented with brass bands at
| top and bottom of the four legs, is inlaid
| with a lighter wood, and bears oval
| white porcelain plate the inscription. New
| Patent, G. Astor & Co., Cornhill, London.
| Its number is 237
| Several antique, inla.d tables, pieces of
| old china and pewter, furniture imported
| from Scotland over one hundred years ago,
| &c, were among the articles offered
to lovers of the antique. The position occu-
| pied by the old piano markell the spot
| where had stood the manly form of David
| Mckinley. the great grandfathe: of Maj
| Mckinley, who at the mature age of over
| seventy vigorous. weil-spent years. had
| been married to his second wife, blushing
| widow of about his own age. the charms OF
| whose face were enhanced by an old-fash-
| toned CAP
Rev. Clement Vallandigham. father OF
| the Clement L., noted in war times as
a supposed rebel smpathizer, performed the
| ceremony.
TIE vallandighams were. on the paternal
| side. Huguenots; on the maternal, Scotch
| Irish. They came from French Flanders,
| the original name being Van Landeg Chem.
| They lived Lear Courtrai so years ago,
| and one Of them commanded body of
| knights under the Lion of Flanders at
| the battle of the Golden Spurs" fought
| lear Courtrai in 1872. Michael Van Lam
| deghem and Jane his wife, were probably
| the first of the family TO immigrate 20
| America. and they settled in Stafford
| county. Va. in 1850. A son, Michael, re-
| moved to Fairfax county near Alexandria
| Va, He was the first to write the name
| Val1andigham. His son, George, born in
| 1876. crossed the mountains to Allegheny
| county, Pa. He vas colonel under com
| mission from Lcrd Dunmore, and became
| famous in Indian wars and as supporter
| of Pre- sident Washington during the w his
| ky Instruction" ia
| Clement Vallandigham was the Presby-
| terrain pastor in New Lisbon NOW Lisbon)
| for thirty-two years. His fifth child, Glenn
ent L., gained additional notoriety by being
/ the democratic candidate for governor OF
| Ohio in 1853, while he was in Canada I'M
! dergoirg u military sentence of exile fol
discoura ging enlistments. He afterwaro
| served in Congress and was killed by &C
| cident while handling pistol and ex'
planning to his law partner the manner
| in which homicide had occurred in muir
der cage In which they were engaged. The
| Valla ndigham family were not generally II
! sympathy with Clement L. in his pefitica
| views. 1t is known that the latter said, 6
short time before his death, II never wa:
disunionist," and repeated the word.
with great earnestness.