... DANIEL BOON DANIEL BOON WILLIAM A GALLOWAY B S M D XENIA OHIO In Prof McFarland's excellent article on Simon Kenton he mentions Daniel Boon as having been the most prominent early settler of Kentucky He also quotes from Boon's own account giving the date of his first journey from his home on the Yadkin River North Carolina in quest of the country of Kentucky and the names of his associates on this memorable trip Some of Col Boon's most strenuous experiences occurred in Ohio and on this account ...
... REMARKS OF REV REMARKS OF REV B W ARNETT DD MR CHAIRMAN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN There are times in the history and in the life of individuals when language fails to express the throbbings and longings as well as the aspirations of the heart and I find myself sir this evening without words to express my sentiments to you and to this intelligent audience the representatives of this great Commonwealth of ours But your call to me to say a word1 was a command which I could not disobey without feeling ...
... MINUTES MINUTES Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society HELD IN COLUMBUS MARCH 6 AND 7 189 0 The Society convened in the hall of the House of Representatives at 730 p m and was called to order by the President F C Sessions Esq The usual annual address of the President was omitted as the reports of the committees and officers would cover all essential points Dr Edmund Cone Brush of Zanesville was introduced and read an address upon The Pioneer Physicians of the Muskingum Valley The address is ...
... ST ST CLAIR'S DEFEAT AN ORATION DELIVERED BY JUDGE SAMUEL F HUNT ON THE CENTENNIAL OF THE DEFEAT OF GENERAL ARTHUR ST CLAIR AND ON THE OCCASION OF THE RE-INTERMENT OF THE DEAD WHO FELL IN THE ENGAGEMENT ON THE BATTLEFIELD FT RECOVERY O OCT 16 1891 It is said that for more than six hundred years after the battle of Morgarten the Swiss peasantry gathered on the field of battle to commemorate those who had fallen for freedom We have assembled to-day in the same spirit to do honor to the gallant ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA THE VANISHED BISHOPRIC-AN INTERESTING BIT OF OHIO HISTORY The Catholic Historical Review for July contains for people of Ohio a vastly interesting paper A Vanished Bishopric of Ohio dealing the rile French settlement at Scioto or Gallipolis on the Ohio River and the proposition to establish thereat a Catholic bishopric some time about the year 1789 the year that Bishop John Carroll was appointed to the See of Baltimore with jurisdiction over all the United States It ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA A CHAPTER OF CORRECTIONS R W MCFARLAND History is never free from imperfections Particularly is this true of the collected and collated records and data of pioneer periods--the beginnings of history This is most natural as the memoranda are furnished by different authorities who discern the events recorded from various points of view or who are not accurate in their method of statement The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society endeavors to gather and ...
... Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland - he possibly did not know that the best blood of his own State was that of the Scotch-Irish people who went down from Pennsylvania and settled in the Valley He likely did not know that the great and good Dr Archibald Alexander the founder of Liberty Hall now Washington and Lee University so much loved by Washington the very seat of culture and power of the Shenandoah and ...
... Benjamin Enon Cemetery Mad Benjamin Old Frantz Cemetery Benjamin Garlough Cemetery Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Benjamin to Illinois where Benjamin were living in Lawrence County ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS LORAMIE AND PICKAWILLANY The following articles concerning the stations forts and early settlements known respectively as Pickawillany and Loramie were obtained by the Editor of the Quarterly from the Rev William Bigot now a resident of Dayton These articles contain much first-hand information relating to the location of the historic points in question The sketch of Father Bigot - pronounced Bego - is by the Editor For further discussion on ...
... Benjamin Mortimer an Benjamin Mortimer's entries in the diary The Rev Abraham Luckenback here takes up the narrative in German of which the following is a translation Nov 17th after they had besought in prayer upon their knees in the morning meeting the gracious protection and care of our dear Lord and the Indian brethern and sisters had taken the heartiest leave of them whereby tears were ...
... THE TAYLOR-LIVINGSTON CENTENARY IN FRANKTHE TAYLOR-LIVINGSTON CENTENARY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY On the 9th day of June 1904 a reception was given by Mr and Mrs Henry C Taylor at their country place Westcrest situated on the National Road west bank of Big Walnut creek in Truro township to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the family history in Franklin County The invitation issued to the guests on this occasion was in the following form 1804 TAYLOR-LIVINGSTON 1904 MR AND MRS HENRY C ...
... Benjamin Combs A cow bell owned by Isaac Couts' father and was in use when Guernsey County was first settled A fork made near Trenton New Jersey in 1798 and brought to Ohio by Adam Kimball in 1808 The exchanges with Historical Societies and Scientific Institutions have not diminished but on the other hand have increased and we have arranged during the year for exchanges with the following Institutions The American Monthly Magazine Alabama ...
... FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society FOR THE YEAR FEBRUARY 1 1899 TO FEBRUARY 1 1900 GEN R BRINKERHOFF PRESIDENT E O RANDALL SECRETARY COLUMBUS OHIO JANUARY 1900 345 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FROM FEBRUARY 1 1899 TO FEBRUARY 1 1900 ELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES GEN ROELIFF BRINKERHOFF President REV WM E MOORE D D LL D Vice-President HON S S RICKLY Treasurer EDWIN F WOOD Assistant Treasurer E O RANDALL PH B LL ...
... BRADY'S LEAP BRADY'S LEAP BY E 0 RANDALL In what is known as Tract 29 issued in 1875 by the Western Reserve Historical Society the tradition-as the Tract calls it-of Brady's leap is related That a famous leap by Brady was made at the place generally designated as the site there is little or no doubt The time and attending circumstances of the achievement are much in dispute and wrote Mr L V Bierce in 1856 the numerous traditions respecting Brady's Leap across the Cuyahoga River and many other ...
... GEORGE CROGHAN GEORGE CROGHAN BY CHARLES RICHARD WILLIAMS PH D LL D Address delivered at Spiegel Grove Fremont O August 1 1903 before the George Croghan Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution on the occasion of the celebration of the ninetieth anniversary of the battle of Ft Stephenson Mr Williams is editor of The Indianapolis NewsE O R I Happy the country that has no history is an old old saying It falls trippingly on the tongue It passes current at unquestioned value in the ...
... Benjamin Stelle in 1789 offered 20000 acres for sale and many similar advertisements appeared from time to time There is much other evidence in the New Jersey papers of the extent of the local migration to Judge Symmes' colony Many advertisers offered to buy the public certificates which could be used to pay for these lands and equally significant was the large number of farms for sale In 1789 fourteen small farms were advertised at one time ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV NOTE -That portion of this volume embracing the monograph entitled A History of Banking and Currency in Ohio Before the Civil War contained in pages 235-533 is separately indexed on pages 534-539 and is therefore not included in the General Index of this volume A Articles Editorialana - Concluded First Catholic Church in Ohio 226 Adair Gen John Burr's associate 121 History of Banking and Currency Be123 fore the Civil War 235 Adams County Early ...
... Benjamin McCarty Asa Mitchell Joab Comstock Andrew Scott Margaret Bebb Ezekiel Hughes Wm and Ann Gwilyne David and Mary Francis In 1804 a committee of their own members set apart the aforementioned John W Brown to the office and work of the ministry The relation thus established continued until 1811 when Mr Brown was sent on a mission to the eastern states by Miami University The church received large accessions to its membership among whom ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XIII INDEX TO VOLUME XIII A Articles - Concluded Abolition in Ohio 50 History of Ft Hamilton Miller Adams County - 97 Todd's Trace in 318 Historic Worthington Parsons 71 Trebor Tavern in 307 John Brough Hooper 40 Zane's Trace in 318 Kenton's Gauntlet at Chillicothe Agriculture Prehistoric people engaged Brown 483 in 189 Marcus A Hanna Dick 355 American Economic Association MeetOhio in the Spanish and Philippine ing of 288 War Anderson 551 American Historical Association 121 K ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS SETH ADAMS A PIONEER OHIO SHEPHERD By Charles Sumner Plumb Among the pioneers of the Northwest Territory along the Ohio border on the east were many men of sterling worth and rather unusual administrative ability Notably among these men in Ohio history was Seth Adams The following pages will briefly discuss his ancestry review his movements as a citizen and pioneer and set forth his relationship to early day American sheep husbandry The ...