Clark County Historic Firsts Articles by Arthur D ... · Clark County Historic Firsts – Articles by Arthur D. Hosterman Published in the Springfield News January –July 1938 1832

Clark County Historic Firsts – Articles by Arthur D. HostermanPublished in the Springfield News January –July 1938

1832 Cholera Epidemic, 501840 Presidential Campaign, 49, 541848 Presidential Election, 651849 Cholera epidemic, 651852 cholera epidemic, 471926 Paper about Columbia Street Cemetery by

George S. Dial, 79

AAbolitionist movement, 77Adams, Nathan, 13Agricultural Society Activities, 72Aldrich, Minerva, 58Allen, Aaron, 42Ambler, John, 37, 84Anderson, Ira, 65Ansted and Burke, 59Anthony, General Charles, 40, 41, 50, 53, 74, 79,

83, 84Anti-Slavery Movement, 77Arbogast, Peter, 26Arcade Hotel, 34Arcue Building, 34Armstrong, Allen, 58Armstrong, Cyrus, 74Armstrong, Edward, 28Armstrong, Oliver, 66Armstrong, Thomas, 34Asbury Chapel, 26

BBacon, Henry, 34Bailey, Henry, 25Baird, Carrie, 58Baird, Lavinia, 58Baird, William, 29Baisinger, Peter, 47Baker, E.D., 48Baker, Jonathan, 71Baldwin, Jonah, 15, 18, 31, 37, 80Baldwin, William H., 82Ball, Abraham B., 27Bancroft and Pool (hatters), 75Bancroft, John, 75, 79Bancroft, Louis, 75Bancroft, P.E., 75Bancroft, Phraotes E., 75

Bancroft, Robert C., 75Banes, Dr., 48Banter, Horatio, 26Barnett, Caleb, 49Barnett, James, 59Barnett, Samuel, 59Barrett, Caleb, 47Barrett, James, 55Bartholemy, John, 55Bartlett, Sarah, 55Battle of Piqua, 25Baumgardner, Andrew, 26Baumgardner, George, 26Bean, Thomas, 65Beardsley, Elijah, 79Beesley, William, 28Bennett, David, 48Benson, Andrew, 28Benson, George, 28Benson, J.M., 66Best, Francis, 28Best, Isabel, 28Bible Society, 38Bingerman, Jacob, 27Bingle, James, 23Bishop, James, 26Black Horse Tavern, 29Black, Andrew, 24Black, John, 34Black, Robert, 47, 58Black, Samuel, 24Blake, Father, 61Blieu, James, 30Bloxum, William, 19Blue, Uriah, 49Blunt, Dr. Ambrose, 39Bodkin, Charles, 26Boston Store, 63Boucher, Joshua, 64Bower, Reverend E.M., 63Boyle, James, 72Brace, J.P., 65Bracken, Isaac, 21Bradburgh, Henry, 27Brannan, 67Bretney, C.V., 22Bretney, Charles, 69Bretney, Harry V., 22

Clark County’s Historic Firsts – A.D. Hosterman2

Bretney, Henry, 22, 69Brown, John, 49Brown, Rowland, 72Brubacher, Captain Benjamin, 50Buchanan, Mr., 58Buckeye Cook Stove, 52Buckingham, Belinda, 70Buckingham, Stephen, 70Buckland, John, 47Buckles, John, 28, 66Buffenbarger, George, 23Burrowes, Alice, 70Burrowes, Thomas, 70Busbey, Thomas, 49Busby, Hamilton, 29Butler, Joseph, 27

CCalwalder, Mr., 58Campbell, John, 30Cary, Martin, 36Cary, Waitsel, 35Catholic families in Ohio, 61Cavalier/Cavileer/Cavilier, Charles, 37, 40, 60, 74Chamberlain, Herman, 46Chamberlain, Isaac, 42,45Champion City, Champion reapers, 59Chapman, Jesse, 13Chapman, William, 13Cheneworth, James, 42Chenoweth, Thomas, 29Chinchima Indian Village, 27Christian Charity society, 38Christie, James S., 37, 84Christie, Jesse, 79Christie, Mary, 75Churches

"All Souls" Church, 63"Christ Church", 63Associate Reform Presbyterian Church, 63Brick Chapel, 71Central Methodist Episcopal, 64Christian Church in New Carlisle, 71Clifton Presbyterian Church, 71Columbia Street Methodist Episcopal Church, 64First Baptist Church, 62First Lutheran Church, 62First Presbyterian, 39, 63Fletcher Chapel, 71

High Street Methodist Episcopal, 64Knob Prairie Christian Church, 71Knob’s Church, 30Methodist Episcopal Church, 20Methodist Protestant Church, 48, 64Miller Church, 71Moorefield Methodist Episcopal Church, 71North Street African Methodist Episcopal

Church, 64Oakland Mission, 63Oakland Presbyterian Church, 63Protestant Episcopal, 63Second Baptist Church, 62Second Presbyterian, 63St. John Baptist Church, 64St. John’s German Evangelical Lutheran, 62St. John's Lutheran Church, 64St. Raphael's Church, 61United Presbyterian, 63Universalist Church, 62Zion's Lutheran Church, 62

Circle, Emanuel, 47Cisterns, 81City Hall, 65Clark County Locations

Allentown, 42Beatty, 47Bethel Township, 12, 27, 46, 48, 68Brighton, 44, 47Brottensburg, 42Catawba, 46Clifton, 48

Presbyterian Church, 71Dialton, 47Donnelsville, 44, 48, 85Edwardsville, 46Enon, 30, 42, 48, 71Fight for County Seat, 32German Township, 13, 23, 47, 68Greene (Green) Township (Bath Township), 24,

42, 48, 71Harmony, 44, 47Harmony Township, 29, 47, 48, 71Indian Piqua, 25Lagonda, 28, 46Lawrenceville (Noblesville), 47Lisbon, 29, 42Mad River Township, 12, 30, 48, 71Madison Township (Vance Township), 23, 46, 48Medway, 46


Moorefield Township, 26, 48, 71Naming of County, 32New Boston, 25, 32

Cemetery, 25Decline, 25Description, 25Settlement, 25Vacated 1860, 25

New Carlisle (Monroe) (York), 461832 cholera Epidemic, 50Christian Church, 71

New Moorefield, 48North Hampton, 47Owltown, 42Pike Township, 24, 47Piqua, 3Pitchin (Concord), 48Plattsburg, 29, 48Pleasant Township, 26, 46Prehistory, 1Selma, 48

Anti-Slavery Movement, 77South Charleston, 42,46South Charleston Fair, 72Springfield

"Old Virginia", 34"Sleepy Hollow", 34Early Description, 15, 34Early Hard Times, 31Early Shops and Industries, 39First Cemetery, 79First College, 10First House and Taverm 11First Officers, 34First Piano, 78First Plat, 10First Settler, 6First Springs and Water Power, 81How and Why Came into Existence, 81Industrial Rise, 59Naming Of, 10

Springfield Township, 28Tremont City (Clarksburg), 42, 48Vienna, 44, 47, 49Windsor, 42

Clark County Historical Society at Memorial Hall,74, 78

Clark, George Rogers, 5, 32Clay, Henry, 50Claypool J.T., 65

Cliff Park natural gas well, 74Clokey, Reverend Joseph, 63Cochran, Reverend, 84Coffee, John, 26Coffee, Joseph,26Coffee, Taton, 26Cogan, Father, 61Collett, Joshua, 21Colonization society, 38Columbia Street Cemetery, 15

List of Burials, 79Congress Lands, 14, 29Conrad, Dr. F.W., 62Cook, Captain, 41Cook, Franklin, 48Cook, Jacob, 17Cook, John, 63Cooley, J., 70Cooper, William M., 55Cornell, Benjamin, 26Corwin, Tom, 49Cory, Elnathan, 27, 48Cory, Judge David J., 71Cory, Thomas, 27Cotter, George S., 81County Home, 74Covered Wagons, 44Cowan, David, 24Cowshick, Thomas, 13Cox, Gabriel, 45Crabill farm, 46Crabill, David,26Craig, John, 29Crane, John, 27Crawford Farm, 71Crawford, A., 30Crawford, Abel, 12Critz, Conrad, 46Critz, Elizabeth, 28Croft Windmill, 69Croft, George, 21, 27, 71Croft, Henry, 69Crue, John, 27Cummings, E.H., 41, 70, 72, 84Cutler, Daniel, 46

DDallis, John, 37Dardis, Reverend George, 62


Daugherty, Colonel John, 74Daugherty, John, 10, 15, 18, 31, 57, 79Davisson, Isaac, 23Dawson, Constantine, 26Dawson, Ellen, 26Dawson, George, 46Dawson, Henry, 26Day, Ruben, 30Dayton and Mad River Turnpike, 43Dean, George, 65Defferndorfer, H., 63Demint, James, 6, 16, 68, 74, 79Demint, Mrs. James, 15, 79Demint, Nancy, 79Dial, E.G., 53Dial, George S., 79Dial, Judge, 47Diehl, Professor, 62Distilleries, 28, 66

Blose, Seitz and Blose Distillery, 42John Ross Distillery, 48Kiblinger Distillery, 42Lagonda Distillery, 46

Dobbins, Robert, 71Donahue, Mrs., 58Donnel House, 8Donnel, James, 8, 29, 48Donnel, Jonathan, 1, 5, 8, 25, 28, 68, 74Donnel, William, 48Doolittle, Miss, 58Dow, Lorenso, 42Dowden, Archibald, 21Driscol Carriages, 69Driscol, Elias, 69Driscol, James, 69Dugan, John, 28Dunning, Miss, 158Dynes, John H., 47

EEarly Roads, 43Early wildlife, 72Eaton, John, 29Ebersole, Emily, 55Edward, Reverend Jonathan, 55Egmond, Isaac, 26Elliot, Reverend Charles, 64Ells, Samuel, 41Elsworth, Jesse, 23

Emery Chapel, 47Enon Station, 30Entertaining in Early Days, 76

FFairgrounds, 72Faleconer, Dr. W.C., 63Ferncliff, 67, 76Fields, Green B., 15, 28Finley, Mrs., 58Fire Fighters, 60

Bucket Company, 60Fire Company Rivalries, 60Independent Company, 60Neptune Company, 60rover Company, 60Western Engine House, 60Silver Grey Engine House, 60

Fires - Ferrell, Ludlow and Rodgers shop fire, 60Firey, Dr. M.J., 62First Account of Social Events in Springfield, 76First Agricultural Society, 72First Boarding School for Boys, 57First Book Store, 41First Building Boom, 41First Business, 6First Cabin, 6First Carriage Factory, 69First Catholic Parish and School, 61First Cemetery, 79First change of Location of Springfield’s Business

District, 75First Cholera Scourge, 65First Church, 20First Clark County Author, 85First Clark County Lawyers, 83First College, 56First Community Victory, 32First Council with the Indians, 18First County Bible Society, 84First County Church Organizations, 71First County Court Judges, 82First County Jail, 35First County Mills, 66, 68First Court, 21First Courthouse, 37First Daily Mail, 39First Depression, 31First Designation of Land Tracts, 14


First Early Church Organizations, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71First Effective Sanitary Measures, 50First Emigrants, 4First Fair, 72First Female Seminary, 55First Fire Company, 60First Fire Fighters, 60First First, 1First Frame House, 17First Golden Wedding Anniversary, 75First Human Inhabitants, 2First Industries on the Race, 59First Internationally Recognized Artists, 67First Inventor, 52First Jury Case, 82First Lively Interest in Politics, 49, 54First Market House, 36First Medical Society, 80First Merchant, 15First Military Company, 50First Mill, 17First Murder in Springfield, 75First Names of Our Streams, 7First National Highway,43, 44, 45, 51First National Highway Postal Regulations, 51First Newspaper, 33First Newspaper Agency, 65First Outside Shipment, 8First Paper Mill, 39, 81First Piano, 78First Platting of Springfield, 10First Political Excitement, 49, 54First Post Office, 51First Postmaster, 21, 51First Presbyterian Church, 39First Private Schools, 58First Public Celebration of the Declaration of

Independence, 50First Public Fees, 50First Railroads, 53First Real Estate Exchange, 16First Record of Early Society Fatalities, 38First Revival, 25First Sabbath School Society, 50First School, 19First School of Higher Education, 40First Settlers in Townships, 12, 13, 23, 24, 26, 27,

28, 29First Springfield Settler, 6First Springs and Water Power, 81

First State bank, 65First Street Improvement, 34First Street Lighting Plan

Cost of Street Lamps, 50First Supreme Court Judge, 70First Surveyor, 8First Tannery, 17First Tavern, 11First Telegraph Line, 65First Thunderings of a Coming Storm, 77First Trial, 21First Venture, 8First Village, 3First Villages, 3, 42, 46, 47, 48First Visit of General Winfield Scott, 73First vocalist band (The Buckeyes), 65First Wagon Track from the East, 9First White Men, 5Fish, John B., 48Fisher, Maddox, 31, 34, 51, 68, 76, 79, 84Fisher, Thomas, 37Fisher’s Corner, 31, 34Fithian, George, 82Foley, James, 26, 34Foos Inn, 22Foos, Griffith, 9, 16, 18, 20, 22, 31, 37, 50, 71, 84Foos, Gustavus, 31Foos, John, 31, 69Foos, Mrs. Anna, 58Foos, Mrs. Griffith, 79Foos, William, 31, 74Foreman, Colonel William, 49Forgy, Presley, 27Forgy, Stewart, 27Foster, John, 38, 66Frankenberg, Mrs. George, 76Frankenstein, Eliza, 67Frankenstein, George L., 67Frankenstein, Godfrey N., 67Frankenstein, Gustavus, 67Frankenstein, John, 67Frankenstein, John A., 67Frankenstein, Marie M., 67Frankenstein, Anna C., 67Frey, George H., 65, 70, 74Friends Society, 48Fullom, Michael, 24Funderbaugh, Jacob, 27Funston, General Fred, 46Furman, Isaac, 23


GGager, Martin, 47Galloway, James, 5, 30Galloway, Reverend John S., 63, 84Gard, Gersham, 68Garlough, John H., 24Garst, Elias, 80Garst, Michael, 80Gas and Coke Company, 74Geiger, H.R., 56Geiger, Nancy M., 55Gillette, Dr. Berkley, 80Gilmore, John, 26Gilmore, Otis, 50Gladdis, Maxwell, 64Goble, Miss S.E.,55Golden, William, 47Goode, James S., 74Goodfellow, Moore, 29Goodfellow, Samuel, 29Gore, Joshua, 74Greenmount Cemetery, 79Greenway Academy, 57Gribenhoffer, William, 61Grimke, Frederick, 34Gwynne, D., 63

HHaar, Hannah V., 55Haas, Catherine, 58Haas, Hannah, 58Hains, Leonard, 27Halsted, Robert, 46Hamma Divinity School, 56Hamma, Dr. M.W., 62Hammond, Anson, 49Haney, Henry, 29Hanifan, Daniel, 61Hansbrough, George, 48Hardik, Ed., 55Harlan, Judge Robert Barclay, 82Harnett, Elijah, 68Harpersette, Dr., 80Harris, William, 66Harrison, Mary, 58Harrison, R.A., 40, 57Harrison, Reverend Thomas, 46Harrison, William Henry, 49. 54

Harvey, Samuel, 43Hatfield, Nathaniel, 28Hathaway, Benjamin C., 41Hay, John A., 46Hedrich, Henry, 84Hedrick, Phillip, 23, 46Helwig, Dr. J.B., 62Hendershott, Dr. Isaac, 50, 80Hendricks, William, 26Henkle/Hinkle, Reverend Moses M., 26, 41, 50, 64,

70, 84Henkle/Hinkle, Saul, 20, 39, 84Henkle, William D., 40Herbert, William, 47Hershey, Jacob, 46Hertzler, Daniel

Murder Case, 35Higher Education in Springfield, 56, 57Hillalan, Samuel, 30Hinkle, D.W., 47Hinkle, Reverend Samuel, 64Hodge, Andrew, 84Holmes, William, 27Hopkins, James, 29Horton, Nelson, 49Houston, George, 73Houston, Robert, 43, 80Howard, Reverend Maurice, 61Howard, Solomon, 40, 84Hubble, Jacob, 24Huffman, Jacob, 27Huffman, Lewis C., 66Hughel, Daniel, 12Humphrey, Robert, 84Hunt, Colonel, 41, 50Hunt, James M., 83Hunt, John, 34, 46Hunt, Richard, 18, 37Hunt, William, 72Hunter, Judge Hocking H., 70Huntington, Samuel, 21Hupp, John, 48Husted, John, 27Husted, Solomen, 27

IIcenbarger, Granny, 36Indian Attacks, 18


“Indian Doctor’s Dispensory” (first medical bookpublished in the west), 80, 85

Inlow, Abraham, 24Inskip, Reverend John, 64

JJackson Road, 42Jackson, John, 27James, John, 27Jewett, George M., 84Jewett, George W., 34, 83John A. Pitts factory, 59Johnson, Andrew, 34Johnson, Anna B., 40Johnson, Frederick, 34Jones, Dennis, 74Jones, John, 42Jones, Justin, 21Joseph Parrott farm, 74Juda, John, 29Judy, Amaziah, 48Judy, Bolivar, 48Judy, John, 29Juncket, Reverend Henry Dauwen, 61

KKearney, Reverend James F., 61Keever, Abraham, 27Keifer, J. Warren, 80, 85Keifer, Joseph, 85Keifer, William W., 85Kellar, Dr. Ezra, 56, 62Kelly, James, 79Kelly, Oliver S., 65Kelsey, John, 46Kenton, Mrs. Simon, 10Kenton, Simon, 4, 18, 28, 46Kershner, Jacob, 47Kiblinger, Daniel, 66Kiblinger, Jacob, 13, 66Kiler, A.G., 48Kills, Jacob, 39, 81Kills, William, 89Kindleberger, Dr. T.J., 59, 74King, Colonel David, 48, 65Kinkade, William, 71Kiser/Kizer, David, 34, 74Kizer Compass, 74Kizer, Colonel Thomas, 74

Knox, John, 48Kyle, Thomas, 30

LLafferty, Samuel, 26Lamme, William, 27Lancey, Isaac, 58Land Surveys, 14Lawman, George, 27Layton, J., 30Layton, John, 34Layton, Joseph, 12, 30, 34, 82Layton, Judge, 71Layton, Robert, 12Layton, William, 27Leffel foundry and machine shop, 52Leffel Turbine, 52Leffel Water Wheel, 52Leffel, Daniel, 45Leffel, E.C., 69Leffel, James P., 27, 48, 52, 59, 63, 66Leffel, Jeremiah, 48Leffel, John, 27, 48, 68Lehman, Reverend John, 62Leman, John, 72Lemon, John R., 26Library Society, 38Lightfoot, Christopher, 23Limestone Street, 35Linden Hill Academy, 46Lingle, Dr., 49Lingle, Jacob, 37Lingle, John, 17List of Pioneers in Columbia Street Cemetery, 79Literary Society, 38, 70Littler, Judge J.H., 37Loffborough, Jacob, 27Log Cabin Interiors, 21Lowman, George, 27Lowndes, Mrs., 58Lowry, Archibald, 11, 15Lowry, David, 8, 12, 43, 68Lowry, James, 39Lowry’s Inn, 16Ludlow Line, 14, 29Ludlow Road, 14Ludlow Tavern, 32Ludlow, A.R., 60Ludlow, Cooper, 15, 25, 31, 34


Ludlow, Israel, 14Ludlow, John, 5, 25, 70Ludlow, Ruth, 70Ludlow, Silas, 65Luse, Justice, 24Luse, Thomas, 24

MMacIntosh, Miss M.E., 55Mad River National Bank, 65Mad River Trappers, 49Mail system, 21, 39Main Street, 16, 34Manse, Nathaniel, 14Market House, 36, 54Maroney, Reverend J.A., 61Martin, Henry, 47Mason, Emily, 76Mason, General Samson/Sampson, 32, 40, 63, 76,

83Masonic Lodge, 83Mast, P.P., 59, 64May Day, 76Mayne, Emanuel, 47, 49Mayne, Squire, 29McBeth, Alexander, 26McBeth, Andrew, 37McBeth, Helen J., 55McBride, Richard, 51McCarney, William, 37McCleave, George, 79McClintock, John, 49McCollom, John, 23McConkey, Archibald, 26, 84McCormick, Mr., 66McCoy, William, 27McCullough, Samuel, 82McElroy, James, 34McGookin, Reverend William, 58McGregor, Frank, 22McGregor, Robert R., 22McGrew, T.F., 25McIntire, Garner, 47McIntire, William, 37McKinley, Archibald, 13McKinney, James, 30McKinney, Joseph, 27McKinney, Samuel, 27McKinnon, Daniel, 34, 82, 84

McKinnon, Judge, 71McLaughlin, Dr., 48McPherson, Captain, 27McPherson, John, 12McWilliams, Mr., 58Mechanic Street Underground Railroad home, 77Merchants, Early, 15Merdock, Dr. William, 80Mereness, Abram, 35Merideth, John, 29Merrill, Miss, 58Messenger, Reverend George, 62Mill Race, 28, 59Mill Run, 17, 31, 34, 39, 68, 81Miller, Christian, 12Miller, Daniel, 71Miller, J.R., 42, 48Miller, Laura, 58Miller, Reuben/Ruben, 47, 58Miller, Robert, 26, 71Miller, Samuel, 29Miller, Virginia, 58Miller, William B., 72Mills, 17, 27

Barnett Mill, 59, 69Benson's Mill, 28, 66Christie and Muzzy’s, 59Croft's Mill, 68Demint's Mill, 68Donnel's Mill, 68Eagle City Mill, 66First Mill, 66First Paper Mill, 81Fisher's Mill, 68Flour Mill, 31, 66Grist Mill, 31, 48, 66Hertzler's Snyderville Mill, 68Hockman's Mill, 66Junction Mills, 28, 66Lagonda Mill, 46Leffel's Saw Mill, 66Lowry's Mill, 68McOwens Mill, 46Mills and Factories Run by Water, 81Rabbitts and Olds Mill, 59Rebert's Mill, 34, 66Rector's Mill, 68Rennick's Mills, 51Saw Mill, 42, 66Schindler and Biser, 59


Seitz Mill, 48Snyder's Mill, 68Taylor's Mill, 68Woolen Mills, 66

Minick, Michael, 27Mitchell, General John, 57Mitchell, Ross, 62Monfoot, Francis, 30Montjoy, T., 70Moore, Captain, 26Moore, Daniel, 84Moore, Reverend, 58More, Ralph, 29Morgan, Charles, 68Morgan, John, 45Morris, Joseph, 29Morse Line Telegraph, 65Mortimer, George, 63Mound Builders, 2, 71Mt. Pisgah, 47Mullholland, Jonathan, 34Murray, James T., 84Murray, Peter, 74Myers Livery Stable, 28

NNational Road/Cumberland Road, 22, 43, 44, 51

Construction, 44Early Mail Service

Time Requirements, 51Funding, 43Hotels and Taverns, 45Railroad’s Effect, 53Robberies, 51Traffic, 44Travel Description, 73

Needham, Alice, 80Needham, Amelia, 80Needham, Dr. William A., 37, 46, 80Needham, Minerva, 80Neer, Henry, 46Neer, John, 46Netts, George W., 81Newlove, John, 47Newlove, Joseph, 46, 71

Newlove, Laybourne, 47Newspaper delivery, 51Newton, Joseph, 47Nichels, Humphrey, 50Nichelson, Andrew, 48Nichols, John D., 41, 65Nicholson, Andrew, 29Nicholson, Isabel, 29Nicholson, James, 29Nicholson, John, 29North Street, 34Northern School, 55Norton, James, 35

OO’Reiley Line Telegraph, 65Ohio State Fair, 72Oliver, Peter, 23O'Maley, Patrick, 61O'Maley, Reverend Joseph, 61Osborn/Osborne, William, 48, 49Over, Elias, 47Owens, Dr. E., 46Owens, Reverend E.D., 62Oxtoby, Henry, 71

PPaige, Ira, 31, 40, 66, 68, 72Paramee, Ezekiel, 27Parish, Orin, 82Parker, Elizabeth, 58Parmer, William, 12Parson/Parsons, John W., 44, 53Patten, Thomas, 24, 84Patterson, General, 48Pattoch, Ebenezer, 42Paul, John, 5Pearson, Joseph, 46Pearson, William, 46Peck, Baker W., 37Peet, Miss, 58Peirce, Jonathan, 72Pence, Thomas, 13, 23Pennsylvania House, 45, 73People’s House, 48Perrin, John, 28Perrin, Joseph, 37, 40, 63, 74Pierce, C.H., 65Pierce’s book Store, 65


Pingree, Reverend M., 58Pinkered, Nathaniel, 19, 28, 58Platt, Zepeheniah, 24Poague, Reverend Andrew, 63Pope, Harvey, 35Porter, Green, 48Post Office, 21, 47Post Office Regulations, 51Postage Cost, 75Postle’s Hotel, 49Presbury, Reverend, 58Presbyterian Society, 37Prinkett, Nicholas, 28Pursell, Benjamin, 27Putnam, Reverend Franklin, 63

RRaffersberger, Paul, 47Railroads

Columbus and Xenia Railroad, 53Little Miami Railroad, 42, 53, 61Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, 53Springfield and Dayton Railroad, 53Springfield and London Railroad, 53Springfield and Pittsburgh Railroad, 53

Rathburn, Thomas, 29, 47Ray, Andrew, 28Ray, James, 28Ray, John, 28Rea, John, 66Reading Room Society, 38Rebert, Andrew, 66Rector, Charles, 13, 68Rector, Margaret, 23Reddish, Nathan, 28Redmond, Judson, 66Reed, Jane Molenar, 70Reed, John, 15Reed, Whitelaw, 46Regent Theater, 34Reid, James, 28Reid, Jane, 58Reid, John, 28Reid, William, 58Religious Revival, 20Rennick, Robert, 15, 28, 51Rennselaer, General S. Van, 54Reyburn, Joseph, 27Reyburn, William, 46

Reynolds, John, 82Rhinehart, Ballard and Co., 59Rhodes, Jesse, 48Richard, Jacob, 26Riggs, Edward, 27Riley, Owen, 61Rinehart, Levi, 64Ripley, David, 47Rivers, Creeks and Springs

Beaver Creek, 28, 66, 68Buck Creek, 7, 34, 59, 81Donnels Creek, 68Foos Spring, 22Honey Creek, 46Indian Spring, 30Jackson Creek, 12, 27Layton Spring, 30Location of Early Springs, 81Mad River, 7, 66, 68Mill Creek, 66Muddy Run, 12Partington Spring, 30Sinking Creek, 66Storm Creek, 68

Robbins, Chandler, 40, 57, 70Robbins, James, 80Roberts, Henry C., 35Robinson, Joseph, 47Robinson, Richard, 26Robinson, Thomas, 23Rodgers, Dr. Robert, 80Rodgers, Judge William A., 70, 82Rodgers, Miss Rebbie, 55Rodgers, Professor Henry, 58Rodgers, Reverend James L., 55Rodgers, Richard, 74Rodgers, Robert, 55, 66Rogers, Henry, 35Rogers, William S., 83Ross, E.C., 63Ross, John, 48, 74Ross, Mary, 13, 23Ross, William, 13, 48Rowe, Reverend John, 58Rudy, John, 45Ruffin, "Billy", 65Runyan, John, 82Runyon, Abraham, 26Runyon, John, 26Runyon, Joseph, 26


Ryan, Harvey, 47

SSaile, Reverend, 20Sawyer, J.H., 55Sawyer, Miss E.M., 55Sawyer, Reverend, 84Sawyer, Reverend James F., 63Schladern, Reverend, 62Schools, 19, 27

Early Teachers, 55, 58Female Seminary, 55Greenway Academy, 57Lowman School, 27O.C. High School, 57, 70Pinkered School, 19, 40, 58Private Schools, 58School Costs, 27Springfield Public Schools, 40St. Raphael's, 61Wittenberg College, 56

Schultz, J.C., 62Scott, Charles, 35Scott, General Winfield, 73Sellers, A., 64Shellabarger, Samuel, 40Shelton, Reverend Wallace, 62Sherrard, Susan C., 55Shouvlin, P.J., 58Shrofe, Christian, 12Simon, E.W., 62Simonton, Samuel, 17, 28, 37Sims, Jeremiah, 84Sintz, Peter, 28, 43Sketches of Springfield(1852), 75Skillings, Lewis, 28, 71Skylight Daguerreau Gallery, 69Smallwood, Walter, 15, 17, 35Smith, Abraham, 48Smith, Captain James, 5Smith, Dr., 80Smith, Dr. Daniel, 62Smith, Dr. Hezekiah, 85Smith, Dr. Peter, 80, 85Smith, Enock B., 34Smith, George, 33Smith, J. Alleson, 55Smith, Joseph, 47Smith, Miss, 58

Smith, Samuel, 19, 27Smith, Seth, 24Smith, William, 30Smith’s Academy, 58Snodgrass, George, 47Snodgrass, James, 28Snodgrass, John, 28Snyder Station, 48Snyder, D.L., 68Snyder, Henry, 68Snyder, J., 68Snyder, Jacob, 71Snyder, Martin, 68Social life in Springfield, 76Society for the Encouragement of Instrumental

Music, 38Spangenberger House, 75Spencer, Nathaniel, 70Spencer, W.M., 84Spencer, Will, 72Spining, Arthur M., 78Spinning, Mary Catherine, 76, 78Spinning, Pierson (Pearson), 31, 37, 40, 66, 76, 78,

84Sprague, Joseph, 63Sprecher, Dr. Samuel, 56, 62Sprigg, William, 21Sprigman, Mr., 76Sprigman, Peter A., 50, 63Springfield Artillery, 50Springfield Band, 50Springfield Board of Education, 55Springfield Lyceum, 70Springfield Pioneer, 70Stage Coach Companies, 44Stage Coach Mail Service, 51Stage Coach Travel, 51Stage Coaches, 46, 73Starrett, Robert, 23Steele, Dr. E.W., 80Steele, James, 24Steele, Reverend Archibald, 46, 63, 66, 84Steele, Reverend John, 63Sterdevant, Reverend Charles, 55Stewart, Charles, 37Stewart, James B., 24Stewart, John T., 24, 46Stewart, Samuel, 24Stickley, Clement, 46Stickney, John, 71


Stimson, Orin, 58Stires, Cornelius, 46Stone, Barton W., 71Stone, Dr. John, 78Stone, John E., 80Storm, Peggy, 23Storms, Henry, 13Stout, Matilda, 58Stowe, Charles, 15Street Lights, 20Strong, Eunice, 58Sugar Grove, 18, 45Sullivan, Samuel, 47Sutton, Jeremiah, 46Swan, G., 82Swayne, Wager, 57Symmes, Daniel, 21

TTaft, Alonzo F., 46Talbott, Sampson, 21Tanneries, 17, 47

Bretney Tannery, 22, 69First Tannery, 28

Tatman, Joseph, 12, 34, 82Taverns

Buena Vista Tavern, 45Foos Tavern, 11, 16Gibbon's Saloon, 75Hickory Tavern, 48John Hunt’s Tavern, 37Ludlow Tavern, 32, 45Norton Tavern, 45O.K. Tavern, 45Ross Tavern, 45Tavern Life, 45

Taylor, Ally, 69Taylor, Bayard, 43Taylor, J.P., 64Taylor, James, 68Taylor, Samuel, 68Taylor, William, 5Tecumseh, 18, 25, 68Teller, Isaac T., 84Temperance Society, 38Tenney, Miss, 58The Buckeyes(1849), Quartet band, 65Thiesse, Reverend J.N., 61Thompson, Reverend John, 20

Thorpe, Joseph T., 63Todd, Samuel, 66Toland, Cornelius, 79Toll, Cady, 24Tolls, 44Torbert, James L. (Judge), 39, 50, 58, 82, 83Torbert, Mrs., 58Towler, Dr., 80Trader, Reverend, 46Trappers Corner, 51Travel in Pioneer Days, 43, 44Tuckow, Kanawa, 21Tulloss, Dr. Rees Edgar, 56Turner, David, 29Turner, James, 29Turner, Miss S.J., 55Turner, O.W., 69Turner, Robert, 29Turner, Samuel, 29Turner, Thomas, 29Turner, William, 29Tuttle Brothers, 11Tuttle, Professor L.B., 65Tuttle, Sylvanus, 26Tuttle, Z., 49Tyro’s Club, 38

UUnderground Railroad, 77

VVan Meter, Jod, 84Vance, David, 23Vance, Ephriam, 23Vance, General Joseph, 32, 54Varian, Reverend Alexander, 63Verdier, Adam, 24Vicory, Merrifield, 79Vicory, Miss, 58Vinal, H., 63Virginia Military Land District, 14, 29Vocal Music society, 38Voss, Thomas, 26

WWaddell, A., 72Waddle, Daniel, 49Walker, Oliver, 27Wallace, Hugh, 12Wallace, Ruban, 27


Ward, Artemus, 46Ward, C.T., 34Ward, Cyrus, 80Ward, E.T., 63Ward, John, 26Ward, Margaret, 26Ward, William, 18, 26, 28Warder Library, 70Warder, J.T., 28Warder, Jeremiah, 40, 46Warder, John A., 41, 70Warder, Mrs. Ann, 58Warren, Joseph, 35Water Power, 81Way, Emma, 58Weaver, Christopher, 13Weaver, William, 13Webster, Daniel, 50Weekley, John W., 64Weir, Professor William H., 58Werden House, 44, 51Werden, William, 40, 51, 75West County Building, 37West, David, 69Westcott, Mary L., 55Western Pioneer Newspaper, 38Whalen, John, 27Wheeler, Ebeneezer, 24Whig Party, 49White, Judge William, 40, 50, 78, 82Whitely, John, 71Whitely, Squire, 29Whitely/Whitley, William N., 53, 59Whiteman, General Benjamin, 48Whitley Machine, 59Willbank, John, 37Williams, Milo, 40Williams, Reverend C.H., 64Williams, Thomas, 12, 30Wilson, Dr. Jesse, 48Wilson, Hugh, 48Wilson, William, 35, 58Wingard, Ruben, 30Winwood, Benjamin, 80Wissinger, James, 65Wittenberg College, 56Woods, James, 12Woodward, Jacob S., 50Woodward, Mrs., 58Woodward, Robert C., 54

Woolsey, James, 46Worthington, Ruth, 40Wright, Reed, 66Wyandot Indians, 84

YYeasel, Abraham, 26Yeazle, John W., 48Yellow Springs Pike, 47Young, Reverend William, 64


# Title Subject Date1 The First First Springfield, Clark County Prehistory 1/2/19382 First Human

InhabitantsMound Builders 1/4/1938

3 First Village –Piqua

Piqua 1/6/1938

4 First Emigrants Simon Kenton, James Demint 1/9/19385 First White Men Captain James Smith, George Rogers Clark, John Paul,

John Ludlow, David Lowry, Jonathan Donnel, WilliamTaylor, James Galloway, Bethel Township, Mad RiverTownship

1/11/1938

6 First SpringfieldSettler, First Cabin,First Business

James Demint, his cabin, his family, and his still 1/13/1938

7 First Names of OurStreams

Mad River, Buck Creek (Lagonda) 1/16/1938

8 First OutsideShipment, FirstVenture, FirstSurveyor

David Lowry, shipment from New Orleans, JonathanDonnel (first surveyor), James Donnel, Donnel House

1/18/1938

9 First Wagon Trackfrom the East

Griffith Foos (led first wagon train to Springfield fromColumbus area) James Demint, Franklinton

1/20/1938

10 First Platting ofSpringfield

Colonel John Daugherty, James Demint, Israel Ludlow,Mrs. Simon Kenton, Naming of Springfield, GriffithFoos, First Plat

1/23/1938

11 Springfield’s FirstHouse and Tavern

Griffith Foos (built first tavern in Springfield), FoosTavern, Archibald Lowry, Tuttle Brothers

1/25/1938

12 First Settlers inTownships

Bethel Township, Thomas Williams, John McPherson,Hugh Wallace, David Lowry, Jackson Creek, DanielHughel, Joseph Tatman, Mad River Township, JamesGalloway, Muddy Run, blacksmith, William Parmer,Joseph Layton, Robert Layton, Abel Crawford, ChristianMiller, Christian Shrofe, James Woods

1/27/1938

13 First Settlers inTownship

German Township, William Ross, William Chapman,Jesse Chapman, “Billy” Chapman, Jacob Kiblinger,William Weaver, Christopher Weaver, Charles Rector,Archibald McKinley, Henry Storms, Nathan Adams,Thomas Cowshick, Thomas Pence, Mary Ross

1/30/1938

14 First Designation ofLand Tracts

Congress Lands, Virginia Military Land District, LudlowLine, Israel Ludlow, Ludlow Road, Nathaniel Manse,

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land surveys15 Springfield First

MerchantEarly Springfield, Walter Smallwood, Cooper Ludlow,Jonah Baldwin, Robert Rennick, Archibald Lowry,Charles Stowe, G.B. Fields, John Reed, early merchants,Colonel Daugherty, Lowry’s Inn, Mrs. Demint,Columbia Street Cemetery

2/3/1938

16 First Real EstateExchange

Griffith Foos, Early Main Street, Foos Tavern, Lowry’sInn, James Demint

2/6/1938

17 First Mill, Tannery,Frame House

Mill Run, Grist Mill, Walter Smallwood, Post Office(1804), Cooper Ludlow (first tannery 1805), RobertRennick, John Lingle, Jacob Cook, Samuel Simonton(first frame house)

2/8/1938

18 First Council withthe Indians

Indian Attacks, Foos Tavern, Tecumseh, CaptainWilliam Ward, Jonah Baldwin, Dr. Richard Hunt (1st

doctor), McPherson, Sugar Grove, Simon Kenton,Walter Smallwood, John Daugherty, Griffith Foos,Council with Tecumseh

2/10/1938

19 First School Nathaniel Pinkered (first school, 1806), WilliamBloxum, Samuel Smith

2/13/1938

20 First Church Mrs. Walter Smallwood, Methodist Episcopal Church(First in Springfield - 1806), Rev. John Thompson,Reverend Saile, Pinkered School House, Reverend SaulHinkle, New Lights, Religious Revival, First ChurchBuilt 1811, Griffith Foos

2/15/1938

21 First Postmaster,First Court

Robert Rennick (first postmaster), Mail system, SamuelHuntington, William Sprigg, Daniel Symmes, IsaacBracken, Archibald Dowden, Kanawa Tuckow, SampsonTalbott, Justin Jones, George Croft, Joshua Collett, firsttrial, log cabin interiors

2/17/1938

22 More About FirstSpring Discoveredby Foos

Griffith Foos, Foos Inn, Foos spring, Henry Bretney,Bretney Tannery, Frank McGregor, Robert R.McGregor, Harry V. Bretney, C.V. Bretney, NationalRoad

2/20/1938


Madison Township (Vance Township), David Vance,Isaac Davisson, Phillip Hedrick, James Bingle, JohnMcCollom, Jesse Elsworth, Robert Starrett, EhpriamVance, George Buffenbarger, Christopher Lightfoot,German Township, Peter Oliver, Thomas Pence, MaryRoss, Isaac Furman, Margaret Rector, ThomasRobinson, Peggy Storm

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Greene Township (Bath Township), Abraham Inlow,Justice Luse, Thomas Luse, Ebeneezer Wheeler, JacobHubble, Samuel Stewart, John T. Stewart, James B.Stewart, John H. Garlough, Cady Toll, Thomas Patten,James Steele, David Cowan, Seth Smith, MichaelFullom, Pike Township, Andrew Black, Samuel Black,Adam Verdier

2/24/1938

25 Springfield’s FirstRevival, NewBoston

New Boston settlement, Indian Piqua, Henry Bailey,Jonathan Donnel, Battle of Piqua, Tecumseh, JohnLudlow, Cooper Ludlow, T.F. McGrew, New Bostondescription, decline of New Boston, New BostonCemetery, New Boston Vacated 1860

2/27/1938


Moorefield Township, Captain Moore, RichardRobinson, James Bishop, Benjamin Cornell, DavidCrabill, John Ward, Horatio Banter, James Foley,Margaret Ward, William Ward, Mr. McDaniels,Alexander McBeth, John R. Lemon, Thomas Voss,Sylvanus Tuttle, Charles Bodkin, John Runyon, JacobRichard, Abraham Yeasel, Moses Hinkle, PleasantTownship, Joseph Coffee, Taton Coffee, Isaac Egmond,Archibald McConkey, William Hendricks, SamuelLafferty, Henry Dawson, Abraham Runyon, JosephRunyon, George Baumgardner, Andrew Baumgardner,Peter Arbogast, John Gilmore, Ellen Dawson, JohnCoffee, Constantine Dawson, Asbury Chapel, RobertMiller

3/1/1938


Bethel Township, Joseph McKinney, Jacob Huffman,Thomas Cory, Elnathan Cory, Abraham B. Ball, WilliamLayton, John James, Stewart Forgy, Presley Forgy,Samuel McKinney, Leonard Hains, Ruban Wallace,John Crane, George Lowman, Joseph Reyburn, WilliamHolmes, John Crue, Abraham Keever, Joseph Butler,Edward Riggs, Oliver Walker, William McCoy, JacobBingerman, Benjamin Pursell, John Jackson, JacobLoffborough, John Whalen, Ezekiel Paramee, ChinchimaIndian Village, John Husted, Solomen Husted, MichaelMinick, George Croft, Henry Bradburgh, Jackson Creek,William Lamme, John Leffel, James Leffel, mills,Samuel Smith, Jacob Funderbaugh, Captain McPherson,George Lawman, schoolhouses, Lowman school, school

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costs28 First Settlers in

Townships –Springfield

Springfield Township, Robert Rennick, JonathanDonnel, Nathaniel Pinkered, Green B. Field, SamuelSimonton, James Ray, John Ray, Andrew Ray, JohnBuckles, Junction Mills, Mill race, Peter Sintz, ElizabethCritz, James Reid, John Reid, Myers Livery Stable,Cooper Ludlow (first tannery), John Perrin, EdwardArmstrong, John Dugan, Francis Best, Isabel Best, JohnSnodgrass, James Snodgrass, Nathaniel Hatfield,Andrew Benson, George Benson, Nathan Reddish,Benson’s Mill, Lewis Skillings, John Foster, BeaverCreek, Simon Kenton, Lagonda village, grist mill,William Ward, William Beesley, Nicholas Prinkett, J.T.Warder, whiskey distillery

3/6/1938

29 First Settlers inTownships –Harmony

Harmony Township, Ludlow Line, Military Lands,Congress Lands, James Hopkins, Ralph More, BeaverCreek, John Nicholson, James Nicholson, AndrewNicholson, Isabel Nicholson, Moore Goodfellow, JohnJuda, Thomas Chenoweth, Lisbon, John Merideth,Hamilton Busby, Joseph Morris, John Craig, John Judy,Plattsburg, Thomas Turner, James Turner, RobertTurner, William Turner, David Turner, Samuel Turner,Henry Haney, James Donnel, William Baird, BlackHorse Tavern, John Eaton, Squire Whitely, ThomasRathburn, Samuel Miller, Squire Mayne, SamuelGoodfellow

3/8/1938

30 First Settlers inTownships – MadRiver

Mad River Township, Thomas Williams, JamesMcKinney, James Blieu, John Campbell, PartingtonSpring, woolen factory, Layton Spring, Enon Station,Indian Spring, Samuel Hillalan, Francis Monfoot,Knob’s Church, Thomas Kyle, Ruben Day, JamesGalloway (orchard owner), William Smith (tanner), J.Layton, A. Crawford, distilleries, Ruben Wingard,Joseph Layton

3/10/1938

31 Springfield’s FirstDepression,Overcome

Griffith Foos, John Foos, William Foos, Gustavus Foos,Early Springfield development, Hard times in earlySpringfield, Maddox Fisher, Mill Run, grist mill, flourmill, cotton factory, Fisher store, Fisher’s Corner,Confidence in Springfield restored, Cooper Ludlow,Jonah Baldwin, Colonel Daugherty, Ira Paige, Pierson

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Spinning32 First Community

VictoryEarly ambitions in Springfield, Formation of ClarkCounty, Mr. McBeth, Maddox Fisher, Joseph Vance,George Rogers Clark, Naming of Clark County, NewBoston, Fight for Clark County seat, Ludlow Tavern

3/15/1938

33 The FirstNewspaper

George Smith (first newspaper), “The Farmer” –Newspaper 1817, how first newspaper printed

3/17/1938

34 The First StreetImprovement

Early description of Springfield as part of ChampaignCounty, Springfield’s first officers, Frederick Grimke,Daniel McKinnon, Joseph Tatman, Joseph Layton, C.T.Ward, John Layton, Thomas Armstrong, Henry Bacon,George W. Jewett, Zephaniah Platt, William Wilson,John Hunt, John Black, James Foley, Enock B. Smith,John Daugherty, John Ambler, David Kiser, JonathanMullholland, Rebert Mill, Early Springfield Growth,Mill Run, Regent Theater, Arcade Hotel, ArcueBuilding, Buck Creek, North Street, “Old Virginia”,“Sleepy Hollow”, early taverns, James Norton, CooperLudlow, James McElroy, Boarding House, Fisher’sCorner, Maddox Fisher, Pearson Spinning, Main Street,South Limestone, Andrew Johnson, Frederick Johnson,street improvements

3/20/1938

35 The First CountyJail

First jail (1818), Walter Smallwood, James Norton,Henry Rogers, Waitsel Cary, Abram Mereness, blackbear guarding prisoners, William Wilson, cost of jail,location of jail, description of jail, Daniel Hertzlermurder, Charles Scott, Henry C. Roberts, Harvey Pope,Joseph Warren, prison escape

3/22/1938

36 The First MarketHouse

First market house (1830), description of market house,Granny Icenbarger (first baker), second market house(1848), Martin Cary, cost of market items

3/24/1938

37 The FirstCourthouse

John Hunt, John Hunt’s Tavern, Maddox Fisher, cost ofcourthouse, John Ambler, Joseph Perrin, Jonah Baldwin,Jacob Lingle, Richard Hunt, Pearson Spinning, SamsonMason, Griffith Foos, William McIntire, SamuelSimonton, Thomas Fisher, Andrew McBeth, WilliamMcCarney, Charles Cavalier, William A. Needham,Colonel Daugherty, John Dallis, Charles Stewart, JamesChristie, Baker W. Peck, first courthouse (1827),Presbyterian Society, Judge J.H. Littler, description of

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courthouse, courthouse bell, John Willbank, Anna, Ohio,West County Building

38 First Record ofEarly SocietyFatalities

Saul Henkle, Western Pioneer Newspaper, early literarysociety, early organizations that did not last long, librarysociety, Bible society, Tyro’s Club, Colonization society,Society for the Encouragement of Instrumental Music,Vocal Music society, Reading Room Society,Temperance Society, Christian Charity society

3/29/1938

39 First Paper Mill,First Daily Mail

Springfield became town (1827), James L. Torbert, SaulHenkle, First Presbyterian Church, mail service, earlyshops and industries in Springfield, Dr. Ambrose Blunt,James Lowry, Jacob Kills, Mill Run

3/31/1938

40 The First School ofHigher Education

Pinkered School, Springfield public schools, MiloWilliams, Charles Cavileer, first high education school,William Werden, Sampson Mason, Joseph Perrin,Pierson Spinning, Charles Anthony, Jeremiah Warder,James L. Torbert, Ira Paige, tuition cost for higheducation, High School, Samuel Shellabarger, WilliamWhite, R.A. Harrison, William D. Henkle, ChandlerRobbins, Solomon Howard, Ruth Worthington, Anna B.Johnson

4/3/1938

41 First Book Store,First BuildingBoom

John D. Nichols, first book store in Springfield, LiterarySociety, John A. Warder, Charles Anthony, E.H.Cumming, M.M. Henkle, Samuel Ells, buildings as of1831, Captain Cook, Colonel Hunt, Benjamin C.Hathaway

4/5/1938

42 Forgotten FirstVillages

Brottensburg, J.R. Miller, Enon, Lorenso Dow,Allentown, Jackson road, Greene Township, AaronAllen, Saw mill, Lisbon, Ebenezer Pattoch, JamesCheneworth, Isaac Chamberlain, South Charleston, LittleMiami Railroad, Owltown, Tremont City, Kiblingerdistillery, origin of Owltown name, Blose, Seitz, andBlose distillery, Windsor, John Jones

4/7/1938

43 First NationalHighway

National road, travel in pioneer days, first road surveyedby David Lowry, early roads, Dayton and Mad RiverTurnpike, Bayard Taylor, Samuel Harvey, RobertHouston, Peter Sintz, National Road completed throughSpringfield (1839), story behind National Road,construction of road, funding for National Road

4/10/1938

44 First National John W. Parsons, account of the arrival and construction 4/12/1938


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Highway,Continued

of the National Road, Werden House, traffic on theNational Road, stage coaches, covered wagons, tolls, tollexemptions, Brighton, Vienna, Harmony, Donnelsville,Stage Coach Companies

45 First NationalHighway,Continued

Hotels and Taverns on the National Road, tavern life,Ludlow Tavern, Ross Tavern, Norton Tavern, GabrielCox, John Rudy, Emanuel Mayne, Isaac Chamberlain,Pennsylvania House, John Morgan, Sugar Grove, DanielLeffel, O.K. Tavern, Buena Vista Tavern

4/14/1938

46 First Villages Lagonda, Edwardsville, Lagonda rivalry withSpringfield, Simon Kenton, Jeremiah Warder, Lagondamill, Lagonda distillery, John Hunt, Crabill farm, Dr.William A. Needham, Medway (1807), ReverendArchibald Steele, Jacob Hershey, McOwens Mill,Medway Methodist Church, New Carlisle (1828),William Reyburn, Honey Creek, Bethel Township,York(1810,New Carlisle), Monroe(1812,New Carlisle),Reverend Thomas Harrison, Linden Hill Academy, Bankof North America, John A. Hay, General Fred Funston,South Charleston(1815), Madison Township, ConradCritz, John T. Stewart, John Kelsey, Jeremiah Sutton,Reverend Trader, Daniel Cutler, Whitelaw Reed, RobertHalsted, James Woolsey, Phillip Hedrick, ClementStickley tannery, South Charleston Sentinel (1840),Artemus Ward, Alonzo F. Taft (mayor SouthCharleston), Catawba(1836) (Newbury, Buck Creek),Pleasant township, George Dawson, Henry Neer,Cornelius Stires, William Pearson, Joseph Newlove,Herman Chamberlain, John Neer, Joseph Pearson, Dr. E.Owens

4/17/1938

47 First Villages,Continued

Harmony(1832), Laybourne Newlove, HarmonyTownship, Henry Martin, Joseph Newton, Robert Black,Harvey Ryan (tanner), William Herbert (blacksmith),John Newlove (school teacher), 1852 cholera epidemic,Wiseman Post Office, Vienna (1833), John H. Dynes,Caleb Barrett, Vienna Cross Roads, Emanuel Mayne,D.W. Hinkle(tanner), Samuel Sullivan(cooper), WilliamGolden, Garner McIntire, Brighton(1834), David Ripley,Martin Gager, John Buckland, Joseph Robinson, ThomasRathburn (school teacher), Brighton Center post office,

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George Snodgrass, North Hampton(1829), PikeTownship, Peter Baisinger, Reuben Miller, JosephSmith, Paul Raffersberger, Lawrenceville(1843)(Noblesville), German Township, Emanuel Circle, EliasOver, Mt. Pisgah, Bull Skin (Lawrenceville), Dialton,Pike Township, Judge Dial, Beatty, Yellow Springs pike,Emery Chapel, Jacob Kershner

48 First Villages,Continued

New Moorefield(1840), Moorefield Township, HughWilson, John W. Yeazle, Dr. Banes, Pitchin (Concord),Green Township, David Bennett, origin of name Pitchin,Green Porter, George Hansbrough, Methodist ProtestantChurch in Pitchin, Plattsburg(1852), HarmonyTownship, William Osborne, Amaziah Judy, John B.Fish, Bolivar Judy, Andrew Nichelson, People’s House,Selma(1842), Madison Township, Dr. Jesse Wilson,Friends Society, Donnelsville (1830), Bethel Township,James Donnel, Abraham Smith, Jeremiah Leffel,Tremont City(1838) (Clarksburg), German Township,John Ross (distillery), Seitz Mill, William Ross, JohnHupp, Dr. McLaughlin, Clifton(1833), GeneralBenjamin Whiteman, John Knox, A.G. Kiler, GeneralPatterson, Colonel David King, Enon, Mad RiverTownship, Elnathan Cory, E.D. Baker, Franklin Cook,Jesse Rhodes, J.R. Miller, William Donnel, HickoryTavern (1812), Snyder Station, John Leffel, James Jeffel,grist mill

4/21/1938

49 First Lively Interestin Politics

Log Cabin Presidential Campaign of 1840, WilliamHenry Harrison, Tom Corwin (Ohio Governor),Harmony Township, Thomas Busbey, Vienna, WhigParty, Caleb Barnett, Emanuel Mayne, Dr. Lingle,William Osborn, Colonel William Foreman, DanielWaddle, Uriah Blue, Nelson Horton, Z. Tuttle, JohnBrown, Anson Hammond, canoe on a wagon, JohnMcClintock, Harmony Township 1840 campaigninvolvement, campaign trip to Columbus, Mad RiverTrappers, Log Cabin on a wagon, Postle’s Hotel

4/24/1938

50 A Group ofInteresting Firsts

Henry Clay’s first visit (1830), Colonel Hunt, firsteffective sanitary measures, cholera epidemic 1832,streets cleaned to avoid 1832 cholera, New Carlisle lost33 to cholera in 1832, first military company (1825),

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Captain Benjamin Brubacher, Springfield Artillery, ages16-50 required to perform military duties, first SabbathSchool Society (1827), Daniel Webster’s visit (1833),first street lighting plan(1825), cost of new street lamps,cost of residents to light lamps, first public fees,Humphrey Nichels, Otis Gilmore, Jacob S. Woodward,James L. Torbert, cost of public services, fines, GriffithFoos, Peter A. Sprigman, first public celebration of theDeclaration of Independence (1832), Major CharlesAnthony, Springfield Band, Reverend M.M. Henkle,Colonel Hunt, Dr. Isaac Hendershott

51 First NationalHighway PostalRegulations

Early mail service on the National Road, stage coachmail service, Post Office Regulations, Newspaperdelivery, robberies on the National Road, express mail,time requirements for mail delivery, Richard McBride(first mailman), Robert Rennick (second mailman),Maddox Fisher (third mailman), first post office,Rennick’s Mills, William Werden, Werden House,Trappers Corner

4/28/1938

52 Springfield’s FirstInventor

National Road, Cumberland Road, First railroads, JamesLeffel (first inventor), Leffel foundry and machine shop,Springfield’s industrial rise, water wheel, Leffel turbine,description of James Leffel, Buckeye cook stove

5/1/1938

53 Springfield’s FirstRailroads

Railroads stopped National Road construction, railroadseffect on community growth, Mad River and Lake ErieRailroad (1848), Little Miami Railroad, John W. Parson,first passenger train, General Charles Anthony,Springfield and Dayton Railroad, Springfield andPittsburgh Railroad, Springfield and London Railroad,Columbus and Xenia Railroad, William Whitely, E.G.Dial, Stage Coach travel, descriptions by travelers

5/3/1938

54 Springfield’s FirstPolitical Excitement

1840 Presidential Campaign, Robert C. Woodward,William Henry Harrison campaign visit, Log Cabin,Market House, General S. Van Rennselaer, GeneralJoseph Vance, Charles Anthony

5/5/1938

55 First FemaleSeminary

First Female Seminary(1848), J.H. Sawyer, ReverendJonathan Edward, J. Alleson Smith, Emily Ebersole,1855 seminary catalogue, Robert Rodgers, William M.Cooper, James Barrett, Reverend Charles Sterdevant,Hannah V. Haar, Sarah Bartlett, Nancy M. Geiger (Judge

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Frank Geiger’s Mother), Mary L. Westcott, Susan C.Sherrard, description of students and teachers andcourses, Springfield Board of Education, ReverendJames L. Rodgers, Miss M.E. Macintosh, Miss E.M.Sawyer, Miss S.J. Turner, Miss S.E. Goble, Ed. Hardik,Helen J. McBeth, John Bartholemy, Miss RebbieRodgers, Northern School

56 Springfield’s FirstCollege

Wittenberg College, Dr. Ezra Kellar, H.R. Geiger, Dr.Samuel Sprecher, first graduating class, growth ofWittenberg, opening of Wittenberg, Dr. Rees EdgarTulloss, Hamma Divinity School

5/10/1938

57 First BoardingSchool for Boys

Greenway Academy, Chandler Robbins, design ofGreenway Academy, Wager Swayne, General JohnMitchell, Judge William White, R.A. Harrison,Springfield’s O.C. High School, Higher Education inSpringfield, development of Springfield as aneducational center

5/12/1938

58 First PrivateSchools

Professor William H. Weir, early private schools,Nathaniel Pinkered, Smith’s Academy (1813), PinkeredSchool (1806), James L. Torbert, Ruben Miller, Mrs.Torbert, Mrs. Ann Warder, Eunice Strong, locations ofearly schools, Miss Merrill, Miss Tenney, ReverendPresbury, Allen Armstrong, Mary Harrison, HannahHaas, Springfield Female Seminary, Robert Black, Mrs.Lowndes, Lavinia Baird, Laura Miller, Virginia Miller,Carrie Baird, Catherine Haas, Elizabeth Parker, MissVicory, Miss Peet, Emma Way, Orin Stimson, list ofearly teachers, Mrs. Anna Foos, Mr. Calwalder, Mr.Buchanan, P.J. Shouvlin, Minerva Aldrich, MissDunning, Miss Smith, Professor Henry Rodgers, Mrs.Woodward, Mr. Donahue, Mrs. Finley, Reverend M.Pingree, William Wilson, Miss Doolittle, Isaac Lancey,Reverend Moore, Matilda Stout, Mr. McWilliams,William Reid, Jane Reid, Reverend William McGookin,Reverend John Rowe

5/15/1938

59 First Industries onthe Race

Mill Race, Buck Creek, Samuel Barnett, James Barnett,Ansted and Burke, Mills, James Leffel, Rabbitts andOlds mill, Barnett Mill, Christie and Muzzy’s, Schindlerand Biser, Dr. T.J. Kindleberger, P.P. Mast, John A. Pittsfactory, Rhinehart, Ballard and Co., Whitley Machine,

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Railway Car Stops, William Whitley, William N.Whitley, Champion City, Champion reapers, foundationsof Springfield as a manufacturing center

60 First Fire Fighters How water supplied to fight fires, fire fighters, leatherbuckets, bucket lines, fire engines, hand enginecompanies, first fire company, Charles Cavilier, RoverCompany, “Utility” Company, Independent Company,Silver Grey Engine House, Western Engine House,Neptune Company, fire company rivalries, BucketCompany, Ferrell, Ludlow and Rodgers shop fire, A.R.Ludlow, volunteer fire fighters, first paid fire department(1864)

5/19/1938

61 First Catholic Parishand School

Catholic families in Ohio, 1835 first Catholic familiescame to Clark County, Reverend Henry DauwenJuncket, William Gribenhoffer, St. Raphael established(1849), Reverend Joseph O’Maley, Patrick O’Maley,Reverend James F. Kearney, first regular parishregister(1849), Reverend Maurice Howard, first Catholicschool at St. Raphael’s, Daniel Hanifan, Father Blake,Owen Riley, Little Miami Railroad, Reverend J.A.Maroney, Father Cogan, Reverend J.N. Thiesse

5/22/1938

62 First Early ChurchOrganizations

First Lutheran Church(1841), Reverend John Lehman,Dr. Ezra Kellar, Professor Diehl, Dr. Samuel Sprecher,Dr. F.W. Conrad, Dr. J.B. Helwig, Dr. M.W. Hamma,Dr. M.J. Firey, Dr. Daniel Smith, E.W. Simon, St. John’sGerman Evangelical Lutheran(1845), ReverendSchladern, Zion’s Lutheran Church, J.C. Schultz, FirstBaptist Church(1836), Reverend E.D. Owens, RossMitchell, Second Baptist Church, Reverend WallaceShelton, Reverend George Dardis, UniversalistChurch(1837), Reverend George Messenger, location ofchurches

5/24/1938

63 First Early ChurchOrganizations,Continued

United Presbyterian, Associate Reform PresbyterianChurch, Reverend John Steele, Reverend James F.Sawyer, Reverend Joseph Clokey, First Presbyterian(1819), Reverend Archibald Steele, Reverend AndrewPoague, Reverend Franklin Putnam, Reverend John S.Galloway, Dr. W.C. Faleconer, Oakland Mission,Oakland Presbyterian Church, SecondPresbyterian(1860), Boston Store, Reverend E.M.

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Bower, Protestant Episcopal(1834), Reverend AlexanderVarian, Joseph T. Thorpe, Joseph Sprague, H. Vinal,George Mortimer, Peter A. Sprigman, H. Defferndorfer,Joseph Perrin, E.T. Ward, Samson Mason. D. Gwynne,E.C. Ross, John Cook, “All Souls” Church, “ChristChurch”

64 First Early ChurchOrganizations,Continued

Early settlers Methodist, Joshua Boucher, J.P. Taylor, A.Sellers, Springfield Circuit, Reverend William Young,Maxwell Gladdis, Columbia Street Methodist EpiscopalChurch, Central Methodist Episcopal(1862), P.P. Mast,High Street Methodist Episcopal, Reverend CharlesElliot, Levi Rinehart, Reverend John Inskip, John W.Weekley, Methodist Protestant Church (1829), ReverendSamuel Hinkle, Reverend Moses Hinkle, Reverend C.H.Williams, St. John Baptist Church, North Street AfricanMethodist Episcopal Church(1824-1825), St. John’sLutheran Church

5/29/1938

65 A Group of FirstsWorthRemembering

First Telegraph Line(1847), 1848 Presidential Election,Ira Anderson (first telegraph operator), “Billy” Ruffin,George Dean, George H. Frey, O’Reiley Line, MorseLine, First State bank, Mad river Valley branch of StateBank (1846-47), Levi Rinehart, J.T. Claypool, MadRiver National Bank, First Newspaper Agency, J.P.Brace, John D. Nichols, newspaper subscriptionsalesmen, C.H. Pierce, Pierce’s book Store, First CholeraScourge, 1849 Cholera epidemic killed 75, David King,First vocalist band, The Buckeyes(1849), Quartet band,Silas Ludlow, Thomas Bean, Oliver S. Kelly, JamesWissinger, Professor L.B. Tuttle, City Hall, first bandperformance at City Hall

5/31/1938

66 First County Mills Flour mills, saw mills, grist mills, woolen mills,distilleries, first mill erected by Archibald Steele on MadRiver, Hockman’s Mill (2nd mill, 1808), Jacob Kiblinger,Eagle City Mill, Ira Paige, Daniel Kiblinger, JunctionMills, Beaver Creek, Sinking Creek, John Foster, JohnBuckles, John Rea, Robert Rodgers, Mr. McCormick,Lewis C. Huffman, Judson Redmond, Benson’s Mill,Oliver Armstrong, Pierson Spinning, J.M. Benson,Leffel’s Saw Mill, Mill Creek, William Harris, ReedWright, James P. Leffel, Rebert’s Mill, Samuel Todd,

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Andrew Rebert67 First Internationally

Recognized ArtistsSweet, John A. Frankenstein, Godfrey N. Frankenstein,Brannan, Anna C. Frankenstein, John Frankenstein,George L. Frankenstein, Gustavus Frankenstein, MarieM. Frankenstein, Eliza Frankenstein, Niagara Falls, MadRiver, Ferncliff

6/5/1938

68 First County Mills,Continued

Rector’s Mill, Charles Rector, Storm Creek, GermanTownship, Mad River, Gersham Gard, Hertzler’sSnyderville Mill, John Leffel, James Leffel, Tecumseh,Taylor’s Mill, Beaver Creek, James Taylor, CharlesMorgan, Samuel Taylor, Fisher’s Mill, Maddox Fisher,Mill Run, Ira Paige, Demint’s Mill, James Demint,Croft’s Mill, Bethel Township, George Croft, MartinSnyder, Snyder’s Mill, Elijah Harnett, Henry Snyder, J.Snyder, D.L. Snyder, Donnel’s Mill, Jonathan Donnel,Donnels Creek, Lowry’s Mill, David Lowry,

6/7/1938

69 First CarriageFactory

David West, first carriage factory (1837), Elias Driscol,James Driscol, Driscol Carriages, Henry Bretney,Bretney Tannery, Charles Bretney, Barnett Mill, AllyTaylor, John Foos, Henry Croft (inventor of cornsheller), Croft Windmill, E.C. Leffel, daguerreau room,Skylight Daguerreau Gallery, O.W. Turner

6/9/1938

70 First Supreme CourtJudge

Springfield Pioneer, Nathaniel Spencer, T. Montjoy,O.C. High School, Chandler Robbins, Judge William A.Rodgers, Judge Hocking H. Hunter, Judge WilliamWhite, Springfield Lyceum(1841), literary society, E.H.Cummings, John A. Warder, M.M. Henkle, WarderLibrary, John Ludlow, Ruth Ludlow, J. Cooley, StephenBuckingham, Belinda Buckingham, Thomas Burrowes,Alice Burrowes, George H. Frey, Jane Molenar Reed

6/12/1938

71 First County ChurchOrganizations

Bethel Township, Christian Church in New Carlisle,Judge David J. Cory, Crawford Farm, Jacob Snyder, howand when churches organized, George Croft, Mad RiverTownship, Knob Prairie Christian Church(1806), Enon,Barton W. Stone, William Kinkade, Jonathan Baker,Griffith Foos, Daniel Miller, Judge Layton, KnobPrairie, Mound Builders, Harmony Township, RobertMiller, Robert Dobbins, Henry Oxtoby, Joseph Newlove,John Stickney, Lewis Skillings, John Whitely, BrickChapel, Fletcher Chapel, Moorefield Township,

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Moorefield Methodist Episcopal Church, Miller Church,Judge McKinnon, Green Township, Clifton PresbyterianChurch

72 First AgriculturalSociety

John Leman, Will Spencer, James Boyle, Ira Paige, E.H.Cummings, Charles Anthony, first fair, agriculturalsociety activities, William Hunt, William B. Miller,Fairgrounds, Ohio State Fair, South Charleston fair,Rowland Brown, A. Waddell, Jonathan Peirce, earlywildlife, wild turkeys, rabbits, wild pigeons

6/16/1938

73 First Visit ofGeneral WinfieldScott

Pennsylvania House, stage coaches, General WinfieldScott visit, George Houston, description of travel onNational Road

6/19/1938

74 More InterestingFirsts

Kizer Compass, Colonel Thomas Kizer (surveyor),David Kizer, Colonel John Daugherty, Jonathan Donnel,James Demint, Jonathan Donnel, Clark CountyHistorical Society at Memorial Hall, County Home,“farming out” the poor, poor house, Joseph Parrott farm,John Ross, Joseph Perrin, Charles Cavileer, CyrusArmstrong, Dennis Jones, Richard Rodgers, Gas andCoke Company (1849), Charles Anthony, James S.Goode, William Foos, Peter Murray, T.J. Kindleberger,Joshua Gore, price of artificial gas, Cliff Park natural gaswell, George H. Frey

6/21/1938

75 First change ofLocation ofSpringfield’sBusiness District

Bancroft and Pool (hatters), Sketches ofSpringfield(1852), P.E. Bancroft, Robert C. Bancroft,Spangenberger House, Gibbon’s Saloon, John Bancroft,William Werden, first murder in Springfield, changes inthe business district, cost of mailing a letter ($.25), LouisBancroft, Mary Christie, first golden weddinganniversary, Phraotes E. Bancroft

6/23/1938

76 First Account ofSocial Events inSpringfield

Social life in Springfield, Mrs. George Frankenberg,May Day, Ferncliff Cemetery, cliffs where FerncliffCemetery stands, General Samson Mason, Emily Masoncrowned May Queen, formal balls, Mr. Sprigman,Pierson Spinning, social events, piano at PiersonSpinning’s house, Mary Catherine Spinning wedding,Maddox Fisher, house weddings (no church weddings),dinner at noon, tea in the evening, simpler entertaining

6/26/1938

77 First Thunderings ofa Coming Storm

Abolitionist movement, anti-slavery movement,Underground Railroad, Origins of name Underground

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Railroad, Anti-slavery movement in Selma, MechanicStreet Underground Railroad home, fugitive slave law

78 Springfield’s FirstPiano

Clark County Historical Society at Memorial Hall,Pierson Spinning, Mary Catherine Spinning Wade, howpiano came to Springfield, Dr. John Stone, Arthur M.Spining

6/30/1938

79 Springfield’s FirstCemetery

Columbia Street Cemetery(1803), used until 1845, 1926paper by George S. Dial about cemetery, Mrs. JamesDemint, cemetery dedicated 1814, GreenmountCemetery, James Demint, Nancy Demint, list of earlypioneers buried in Columbia Street, John Daugherty,Mrs. Griffith Foos, Maddox Fisher, Dr. William A.Needham, General Charles Anthony, James Kelly, ElijahBeardsley, Merrifield Vicory, John Bancroft, JesseChristie, Cornelius Toland, George McCleave, D.A.R.

7/3/1938

80 The First MedicalSociety

First Medical Society (1838), Dr. Hendershott, Dr.Smith, Dr. Robert Rodgers, Dr. William Merdock, Dr.Berkley Gillette, Dr. E.W. Steele, Benjamin Winwood,Elias Garst, Robert Houston, John E. Stone, JamesRobbins, Michael Garst, Dr. Harpersette, Dr. Towler, ,Dr. William A. Needham, Amelia Needham, JonahBaldwin, Alice Needham, Cyrus Ward, MinervaNeedham, Samson Mason, Dr. Peter Smith, “IndianDoctor’s Dispensory” (first medical book published inthe west), J. Warren Keifer (grandson of Dr. PeterSmith)

7/5/1938

81 Springfield’s FirstSprings and WaterPower

George W. Netts, how and why Springfield came intoexistence, water power, location of early springs, firstpaper mill, William Kills, Jacob Kills, George S. Cotter,city cisterns, Mill Run, Buck Creek, factories and millsrun by water

7/7/1938

82 First County CourtJudges

John Reynolds, Samuel McCullough, John Runyan,George Fithian, Orin Parish, Daniel McKinnon, JosephTatman, Joseph Layton, first jury case, G. Swan, SamsonMason, Hon. James L. Torbert, Judge William Rodgers,William H. Baldwin, Hon. Robert Barclay Harlan,William White

7/10/1938

83 First Clark CountyLawyers

Early lawyers, William White, James L. Torbert, JamesM. Hunt, Samson Mason, General Charles Anthony,Masonic Lodge named after Charles Anthony, George

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W. Jewett, William S. Rogers84 First County Bible

SocietyBible Society to distribute Bibles, John S. Galloway,M.M. Henkle, Saul Henkle, Archibald McConkey, W.M.Spencer, James S. Christie, Reverend Archibald Steele,George M. Jewett, Moses Henkle, Pierson Spinning,Isaac T. Teller, John Ambler, Jod Van Meter, JeremiahSims, Robert Humphrey, Griffith Foos, Thomas Patten,Joseph Keifer, Maddox Fisher, Daniel McKinnon,Daniel Moore, Andrew Hodge, Solomon Howard,Charles Anthony, E.H. Cummings, Henry Hedrich,James T. Murray, Reverend Sawyer, Wyandot Indians,Reverend Cochran

7/14/1938

85 First Clark CountyAuthor

Peter Smith, “Indian Doctor’s Dispensatory”, WilliamW. Keifer, J. Warren Keifer, how book wasrediscovered, Dr. Hezekiah Smith, Peter Smithemigration to Springfield, Donnelsville

7/17/1938

Documents

Clark County Historic Firsts Articles by Arthur D ... · Clark County Historic Firsts – Articles by Arthur D. Hosterman Published in the Springfield News January –July 1938 1832