... war of the Revolution and was present at every important battle from Bunker Hill to Yorktown The company he commanded in the eighth Massachusetts regimiment was in 1782 complimented in general orders by General Washington himself for its soldier-like and military appearance He quickly enlisted the company and on the twenty-ninth of May 1790 reported to Gen Putnam at Wellsburg on the Ohio river with thirty-six men Of the fifty whose services ...
...wards named and better known as the Mayflower at the mouth of the Muskingum opposite Fort Harmer and laid out and inaugurated the first settlement in the newly created North West Territory It was to be called Marietta and was the first official capital of the trans-Allegheny empire The first clearing was at the point on the east side of the Muskingum and there the first houses were erected As Mr Summers states in his History of Marietta there ...
... war of 1812 forever sealed the fate of England in the new territory and took away the last hope of the Redman that he might again possess the Ohio Valley ...
... county in the state is so rich in early history as Sandusky A British post was established here during the Revolutionary War Here the first permanent white settlers located and the first marriage between whites was performed Especially during the War of 1812 was it a famous battleground In marking one by one these historical places we as an ...
... war on behalf of the wards went to Kentucky war cannot be known war Geo Washington was an actor in the struggle and his perilous journey of 1754 is an evidence of it While there was yet land enough on the eastern side of the mountains to satisfy every economic need there was a longing for ...
... county Ohio more than a county and the frame house then constructed for their home still stands one of the oldest landmarks of early settlement in the state and it is still in the possession and occupancy of the Taylor family This Truro township is historic for it lies in the Refugee Tract a strip of land four and one-half miles wide from north to south and about fifty miles from east to ...
... civil jurisdiction to the civilized people of our civilization on the civilization and under the treaty of Washington made on the 28th day of February 1831 they ceded the Seneca John Indian Chief 139 Seneca John Indian Chief 1 39 entire reservation to the United States The treaty ...
...ward the house and war parties in passing wark of this nation' war of 1812 Erected by the National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812 State of Ohio Monuments of boulders from the Marblehead Peninsula ten feet in height by 5 feet square at the base erected by the Business Men's ...
... war whoop he jumped warrior was known and honored by all the distinguished men of his day but never as a scholar as James McDonald To Mrs W C Miller Regent of the John Reily Chapter D A R and her associates the Mrs C W Gath Lou Beauchamp and Charles Huntington must be given the credit of the preservation and restoration of the last relic of Fort Hamilton To O M Bake all honor is due It was ...
... civilization One hundred civilization as is to be civilization and mankind civilization and that it beckoned the people on to greater and greater achievements which opened the way to progress and its celebration to-day is alike profitable and inspiring to every true lover of country and ...
...ward Orton Jr Regent Columbus Chapter D A R Mr Clement R Gilmore of Dayton son of Judge W R Gilmore who delivered the address at the Centennial in 18895 Hon A R Robeson and others An interesting incident connected with the program was the fact that the fifer in the G A R band Mr William Henry Harrison Reppeto who had spent four years 1861-5 in splendid service for the unity and perpetuity of his country was a grandson of Alexander McEowen who ...
... war and gave him the war he usually sat warded a gold medal for warmest approbation and the highest respect for his victory against the Indians of the Northwest while the Congress then in session unanimously adopted resolutions highly complimentary to General Wayne and the whole army His ...
...warted the meeting He warfare between the ward Sketches of warfare in field and forest General Kenton was of fair complexion six feet one inch in height He stood and walked very erect and in the prime of life weighed about one hundred and ninety pounds He never was inclined to be corpulent ...
... war the second time war grew out of a long war was declared That war was to completely war was declared General Hull was Governor of the Michigan territory having been appointed by President Jackson in 1805 He was a Revolutionary ...
... war and his comrades in peace who come here to evidence your love and devotion to your old commander I bid you welcome To all you honorable gentlemen representatives of this great nation and state who honor us by your presence in this dedicatory service to the memory of one of the noblest of America's great men I bid you welcome To all other organizations and associations and especially the Odd Fellows of which he was an active and devoted ...