http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/99edf7edb56d45026b529ba2ef93a953.jpg 36cd9532e1d00d1291e35ea5c4dbe518 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to front cover of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] BERLIN TOWNSHIP PROGRAM of the DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY As Presented April 25, 1949 in Berlin High School [illustration of school] This brochure is to record the reports given and the exhibits displayed at this meeting. It has been necessary to make some omissions and amend some procedures. It is hoped, however, that the brochure will serve as a pleasant reminder of the occasion. The brochure has been compiled by Mrs. Anna Smith Pabst, in memory of her grandmother, Anna Eliza Jane Nash Hall, who, in Mrs. Pabst's words, "first taught me to appreciate our ancestors, those sturdy pioneers whose courage and fortitude transformed an Indian inhabited, forested area into good farming tracts, - this humble effort is dedicated to her, the donor of the land for the 'little red schoolhouse,' and to our childhood memories." Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 1) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/9bea671d41b077ef6c3abdc3990a22fa.jpg 0fe342dbf1c3ba50411af9e7c20493a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to inside of front cover of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] The following items were on display, loaned by person or persons named. Record book of Dunham, the tanner Pencil Sketch of Cheshire Blockhouse by Mildred Schanck. Candle mold, tin chandlesticks, copper bed warmer, powder horns, a 1776 dirk with silver and mother of pearl handles, History of U.S.A. by Frederick Butler, publ. 1825 - Glenn Lackey. Grape design ironstone china covered vegetable dish; D. M. Cowgill's 1812 sword - Howard and Ben Cowgill. Capt. A. Freshwater's Civil War sword - Ethel Patton. 1803 handmade nails by Nathan Sherwood, used in Cheshire Blockhouse; silver teapot bought by Mr. Geary for daughter Nellie in 1868 - Edith Nettleton Main. Samuel Nash ledger, post office commission of Wm. Henry Nash, 1863 - Lois and Pauline Nash. Paul Revere Lantern, pressed glass footed salt, Demarest's Monthly Illustrated, 1869; Slough oxen yoke; Wayland's linen primer, hand blown sherry glass - Mr. & Mrs. Wayland Ryant. Record book of Capt. Silas Emerson, 1852-1863; Ella and Ed's picture - Mrs. Cottrill. "1840 Berlin Barter Book"; Richard E. Plunkett's Civil War Sword - Mr. and Mrs. Earl Plunkett. Bockoven Leather Bound Album - Mrs. George Pugh Handbound Leather Daily Readings of Clark Scott; Prayer Book of Harry Janes; School and group pictures - Mrs. Lurie Scott. Parchment deeds signed by Andrew Jackson, James Monroe, one 1830 deed - Ralph Gooding. Wm. H. McWilliams Bible and powder horn carried through Civil War; Account book of Sarah Ann Hotchkiss, d. 1870; diary of Flora Ann Hotchkiss - Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Griffith. Keys of Libbey Prison, (Arza Thrall) - Mrs. Leroy Gill Family Bible Record; pictures of Berlin Twp. Family; T. J. Scott's home in Constantia; Henry E. Scott's Civil War and Dewey Scott's Spanish-American War records; store pictures of Winifred Scott; relic list of Winifred Sarkisian; old silver; - Asa and T. J. Scott family. Daguerreotypes of Joel and George Cleveland - Annabelle Cleveland Smythe. Daguerreotypes of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilcox; early group pictures - Mrs. W. W. James. Pictures of Lydie and Edgar Gregory; Freshwater, schools, etc. - Mrs. Hazel Stanforth. D. S. Janes home south of Cheshire picture, 1875 - Roy Scott. Picture of Mr. and Mrs. David Lackey - Mrs. Plunkett. Edson Williams School picture - Mrs. Guy Gooding. Nash family Bible - Samuel Nash's store ledgers of Tanktown. original sale bill, 1860; antique buttons; Sheffield and coin silver; hand forged shears; bullet mould; ivory handled, rose silk, spangled fan; pictures; McGuffey readers - for the Samuel Nash family - Anna Smith Pabst. Original Grange Charter, 1874; Post office commission, 1896; Currier & Ives picture; typed copies of records; plats of Tanktown; Constantia; and maps; for the Charles Webster Smith's - Anna Smith Pabst. Pictures of Mary Carhart Hall Scott; G. A. Hall home - Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hall. School pictures of his sister when teaching at Curve Road and West Berlin Schools - William Sweeney. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 2) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f960a1d559681f4380ef90d2013730c4.jpg 42d7c0d9fdb844ac8cf7efed2c649acb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 3 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] ABOUT THE SETTLERS The Cowgill Family History - as given by Ben R. Cowgill A widow named Ellen Stackhouse Cowgill came with her five children from Settle, Yorkshire, England, on the ship "Wel- come." They landed at Philadelphia in 1682. The first white family to settle in Berlin Township was that of George Cow- gill who came from Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1805. They arrived at their destination in the north east corner of the township, east of Alum Creek on August 15th, with no mark of the woodsman's axe or trace from Berkshire's Cor- ners. At Berkshire, they found a Mr. Root, surveyor in the employ of Colonel Bxybee, who could pilot them to their home site, where Mrs. Walt Potter now resides. This pioneer family brought with them salt, flour, powder and lead enough to last three or four years. There were 4 males in the family old enough to use a gun against the Indians. They moved from Pennsylvania in two wagons drawn by horses. After they crossed the Ohio River, they bought two cows to bring to their new home. They also had four guns and three dogs, two celebrated Buckinghams and one cur. Upon arrival, they immediately set to work and built a comfortable cabin and shelter for their horses and cows. They cleared the land around the buildings. This work was ingeneously done - there was a deep precipice north of the buildings. The trees were felled and cut in lengths so that one team of horses could haul them to the edge of the bank of the deep ravine. Then they were rolled into the run below. They cleared 3 acres of land in time to sow wheat with the seed they brought. This new soil produced a fine crop at harvest time in 1806. They cleared some 10 or 12 acres by spring of 1807. The Lewis Pioneers - prepared by Emma Lewis Ryant and read by John Ryant. Hannah Lewis Caswell was a child of three when her parents came to Berlin Twp. from Connecticut. The first generation, John Lewis came from Sandwich, England in 1635 on the ship Hercules. Captain John of the fourth generation had three children who came to Ohio, John Lewis, Alanson Lewis and Sarah Lewis, wife of Nathan Sherwood. David of the fifth generation came to Ohio with his five sons and two daughters in 1805. He died in Berlin Twp. in 1831 at the age of 75 years. Of the sixth generation, Hannah, daughter of David Lewis, Sr., was born October 20, 1802. She married Wilbur Caswell in Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 3) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/f6263a941f4b1e867407a44449a55c03.jpg 7ad73c0fae4c06067dd99962e3e21cb2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 4 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] 1817. Mr. Caswell was a teacher and Aunt Hannah and Miss Lotia Dickerman were among his pupils. Aunt Hannah's brothers and sisters were, Patty, Rosetta, David, Jr., Sylves- ter, Betsey, Isaac, Chester, Joseph, Sylvia, John, Hannah and Warren. All lived in Berlin Twp. but Rosetta. David, Jr., born 1778, married Almira Caulkins in Connecticut in 1802 and they came to Ohio in 1805. He died in 1860. Almira, born 1782, died 1878 on the farm where she had lived over 73 years. Betsey, born 1782, died 1875. She came to Ohio with her father. She filled her underbed with the dry leaves of the forest and when relating it to me, she said: "I was never happier in my life." She married John Johnson in 1809, the first marriage in Berlin. Joseph, my father, was born June 10, 1778 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He married Sarah Sherwood in 1813. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and built the first mill for grinding wheat and corn in the township. When they first went to housekeeping in 1813 near the mill, their nearest neighbor was three miles away. Judge Joseph Constant gave David Lewis, Sr., a deed for 80 acres of land on condition that he would settle on it. With a few household goods, rifles, ammunition, flint and tinder box packed in one wagon, with three women and little Hannah, David, Sr., his sons and Alanson his nephew, they started west in August. On reaching the Blue Ridge it was necessary to lighten the load. The men and women carried guns and bundles all the way over the mountains. Crossing the Ohio, they came through Zanesville and Granville, then through the forest with only a pocket compass to guide them. Upon reach- ing Berkshire, they left the women and wagons and the men went on to Alum Creek and surveyed their site with the com- pass and a bed cord. They built their cabin and moved into it the next day. It had no floor, doors or windows. The next spring they made troughts to hold the sap and made over 200 pounds of maple sugar in one iron pot and one frying pan. Venison and turkey was abundant. There was a lack of salt, leather and cooking utensils. The markets were at Zanesville and Chillicothe. The Indians added terror, so a blockhouse was built near where Mr. Saunders now resides. The roof was made from shingles split from the trunks of trees and nailed on with wrought nails made by Nathan Sherwood (my grandfather) in his blacksmith shop. Aunt Hannah can re- member sleeping at the blockhouse. It was used after the war as a church and school. I attended my first school there. The post office was at Berkshire. I have several old letters written from 1812 to 1825 on which the postage was 25? and one that needed 50?. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 4) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5ffe4937d5454fe72f446baee9aa3350.jpg 2855dbfceef23d99232ff3830f83343e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 5 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] The Dickerman Family - as given by Lurie Janes Scott The Dickerman family came from Connecticut in 1815. Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe were in the Dick- erman line a few generations before. The Dickermans set- tled on the farm south of Cheshire where the South Berlin Presbyterian Church now stands. Uncle Benoni Dickerman had a station on the Underground Railroad at the time of the Civil War and helped many people to reach Canada. The Janes family came from Vermont two or three years after the Dickermans came and settled a mile south of them. Harry Janes (my grandfather) married the oldest Dickerman daughter, Elizabeth Alma. My father, Daniel Janes, was born in 1837 in a cabin and lived all of his life on that farm. He died in 1907. In 1840, his father built the large frame house which still stands there. The siding of the house is black walnut. The rooms are all finished with black walnut. The house had black walnut shingles. After I can remember there was a new roof of black walnut shingles put on. These trees grew on that farm. I was born in that house and lived there until I was 23 years old when I married Lyman Scott and went to live on the Peachblow Road. . . . . The original name was spelled Janes. I can well remember when the family began to put the "Y" in the name. When the Janes family came to Ohio, the grandmother, Anna Hawkins Janes, came with the family. She was the widow of the Revolution- ary soldier, Lieut. Elijah Janes, whose records enable me to belong to the Daughters of the American Revolution. She lived to be 100 years old and 8 months and is buried in the old Blockhouse Cemetery. The grandmother of Elijah, Hannah Janes, was captured by the Indians May 13, 1704. Two of her children were killed and she and her infant were carried away. The baby was dashed against the doorpost to free the captive mother of the burden that would impede travel. The Indians decided to scalp her to avoid being overtaken by white avengers. She was then knocked on the head and scalped and left for dead. She was found later by whites sitting up and stroking the blood on her forehead. With much care, she recovered and lived to be over 80 and had descendents more numerous than any of the other of the three Janes lines. . . .I have lived in Berlin Twp. 84 years. As far as I know there is only one other person who has lived in Berlin as long as I have - that is Charlie Hall who has lived here 3 or 4 months longer. . . My mother was Sarah Adams who was born in Berkshire Twp. Her father was Reverend Bartholomew Adams, a Freewill Baptist, who preached over 100 years ago in what is now the Berlin Town House. It was built in 1824 for a Baptist Church. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 5) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/050756b40f0ccd6c731dd4ccffd0a661.jpg a495c7fe48cdbb2c53facab6f7d09546 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 6 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] The May Family - as given by Mrs. Leroy Gill Obidah R. May was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1820. I believe his father's given name was Walter. He was of a family of three boys and two girls. (One brother lives in Delaware, but the others have moved west.) Obidah married Mary Vining who was born in the same house as President Hayes on East William Street, May 5, 1828. They had five children, Bernice, Olive, Elim (who was my father) James and Willie. Bernice married David Winship and moved to Illinois. They had six children, all living now in Illinois. Elim married Josephine E. Thrall, daughter of Arza and Mary Chandler Thrall. To this union came two children who live in Columbus, Ohio, and myself, Ethel, whose home is on Route 36. Olive, James and Willie died while quite young. . . . Grandfather May lived in the vicinity of Alum Creek where he had purchased land from Harlock Dunham in 1848. Dunham was a blacksmith and my father used the same shop which was torn down last year (1948) to make way for the new road. In 1860, religious meet- ings were held at the home of my grandfather until a building was built on land given by him and Nathaniel Roloson. This church was known as the North Berlin U.B. Church. . . . . Grandfather May served in the Civil War under Captain Fresh- water, Company 26, 145th Reg. Also, Grandfather Thrall served in the war, but we do not have his company and regi- ment. Both are buried in the Cheshire Cemetery, as are my parents. The Ridgeway Family - as given by Bessie Ryant Perfect Isaac Ridgeway, Jr., was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married Martha Stevens and settled on a farm in Putnam Co. New York. He died leaving his widow and three children, George, Cornelia and Eliza Jane. Five years later, a Mr. Adams of Delaware County married the widow and brought the entire family to Ohio in 1836. The snow was five feet deep on the level. The first day they crossed the Hudson River at Newburg and continued several days without mishap. Just as they were crossing a small lake, Cornelia would not ride on the sled, but walked across. She was nearly across, when her brother frightened her and she fell. She got her clothese all wet, but they continued a quarter of a mile, with her clothese frozen stiff. They stopped at a tavern, and next day, Cornelias was as lively as ever. They bought candy and gingerbread at a grocery. They went to Wooster by wagon and then continued to Sunbury. They finally arrived at Saunder's Corners in Berlin Twp. the end of the sixth day of March, having been on the road for 32 days. Their first meal was potatoes dug from the garden. The winter had been so mild that the potatoes had not frozen. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 6) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/831d903f8714c6fe3040bebaa62a876d.jpg 1e1ea1a7188bf861461d4f97326bc9a8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 7 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] The Ryant Family - as fiven by Mrs. Otis Perfect Perhaps no other family has lived on the same farm and tilled the same soil for a longer period than the Ryant family. To tell of their lives over a 150 year span in some five min- utes will take some rapid talking and omitting of details. In 1790, the first person living in Berlin Twp. by the name of Ryant was my grandfather, John Ryant. He was an only child, born on November 25, 1796. His parents died in his infancy and he was reared and brought to Ohio by the Nettletons when they migrated from New Haven, Connecticut. He served in the war of 1812, and then in 1827, the records of Delaware Co. show he bought of Florilla Lewis a U.S. land grand of 35 acres for the sum of $150.00 being about $4.28 an acre. This was the beginning of the Ryant farm which was owned by his des- cendants for 120 years. He was married to Love Nettleton, January 1, 1822. A cabin was built in the woods, 1/4 mile south of Cheshire and nearly a mile back from what is now the Cheshire-Westerville Road. Here seven of their ten children were born- four sons and six daughters. Three died while yet children. A few years later a brick kiln was built on the land just south of the Cheshire school and bricks were made for the beginning of the present brick structure near the first, the first story being of the original bricks. Here in this house, the 3 youngest children were born, Harriet, Leonora Isadore, Florence LeDoyt. . . . Before the Civil War, my grandfather was much interested in the escape of runaway slaves from the south over the Underground Rail- way which route passed directly in front of his house. Just 1/2 mile south across where the Presbyterian Church now stands, was the home of Benoni Dickerman whose home was the daylight shelter for the slave on his way across Ohio to Canada. . . . For over 150 years, the Ryants have been active in the religious, political, historical and patriotic affairs of Berlin Twp. Levins Rices was a merchant and postmaster in Cheshire. James Corbin was County Commissioner of Delaware County. Florence LeDoyt served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, marching with General Sherman from Atlanta to the sea. Lenora Isadore was the instigator of the Decoration Day services that for so many years have been a memorial to the soldier dead lying in the Cheshire Cemetery. . . . Some nationally known ancesters are Sarah Jane Hale, editor of Godey's Ladies Book in 1860, the fashion magazine of that time, whose printed editorials and direct contact with President Lincoln brought about the national observance of Thanksgiving. General Alluard B. Nettleton, another cousin, was born in Berlin Twp. and was assistant treasurer of the U.S. Eugene Dyer, grandson of James Ryant, has become head of the department of typhus investigation in the National Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 7) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/55968efe0f3501cdf79b89d57464722a.jpg 54c17876400047cbfe5665328c597008 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 8 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] Health Institute at Washington. . Today, two male lineal de- descendants bearing the name of Ryant are John Ryant who still owns a few acres of the original farm and is known as a breeder of fine Merinos, and Wayland Florence, grandson of the first John, who, until 3 years ago, lived in the original homestead and was owner and operator of the Ryant fruit farm. The Emerson and Sackett Families - as given by Maude Emerson Cottrill Luke Emerson came to Berlin Twp. in 1823. He purchased the farm on the Curve Road and built a log house which still stands opposite the E. P. Roloson home. Luke had four sons, one of whom was Silas, my grandfather; and Joseph, the grandfather of the late Alfred Emerson of Delaware, Ohio. . . . When Luke's sons were old enough to help him, they burned the brick and built the home in which E. P. Roloson's widow now lives (1949). Luke's wife was Mary Stacy, the granddaughter of Colonel William Stacy, one of the founders of Marietta and also the foreman of the first grand jury in Ohio. Both Luke and Mary are buried in the cemetery by the Berlin Twp. Hall. Luke's son, Silas lived in the log house. He married Nancy Ann Faris and they had five children, Edward F., who kept the store at Berlin for many years (having pur- chased it from George Gregg in 1880); Wilber, my father; Anna, who married George Sackett; Ella, the teacher. All attended the old Curve School. . . Silas went about the country on horseback and got up his own company of which he was the Captain, when Lincoln called for troops. . He died in the army in 1865. Wilber took over the warm, and I, too, was born in the log house. Three generations came to life tehre. . . I have a ledger which Captain Silas Emerson kept from 1850 to 1865. Very interesting notations include: Received $1.50 a week for board, room and washing for his brother Asa; 30? premium from the Delaware Bank on $40.00 gold; 75? for one hog; paid 37 1/2? for one day of farm labor. Some of the names men- tioned are Sackett, Shaw, Faris, Roloson and Maxwell . . . I have all of the record books of the Emerson store at Berlin. Prices show coal oil at 8 cents; coffee 10 cents; farm work h hats for 25 cents, etc. Ed Emerson paid Emma Gregg $2.50 per week for board, room and washing. Augstine Sackett and wife came to Berlin Twp. in 1820 and in 1830 built the home on the Curve Road. George was raised there and his son Howard's widow lives there now. . George was a very prominent and prosperous citizen. He served in the state legislature and was county sheriff. . The Sacketts came to Massachusetts in 1630. . . . This branch of Emersons are descendents of Thomas E. of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Among them are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wendell Phillips, Phillips Brooks and the mother of William Howard Taft. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 8) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/520c1ccdd3d6166e619c652b1a09383b.jpg aedeff5b779929696117a14a4edef040 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 9 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] The Philander E. Whittier Family - as given by W. P. Whittier P. E. Whittier met and became engaged to Mary P. Tufts of Farmington, Maine. The gold rush was on at that time and he decided to go to California. He acquired some with moderate success. While there he was drafted to go against the Indians. In going to California, he went from the Isthmus of Panama by boat, had to walk across the Isthmus (30 miles) and then on by boat to California. He was there for 9 years. When he re- turned there was a railroad across the Isthmus, 1863. They were married soon after his return. Mary had put in part of her time teaching school at $6.00 a month and boarded around according to the number of scholars each family had. They came to Ohio in 1866 and purchased the farm we now live on. They paid $3200.00 for 112 1/2 acres. to Theodore and John Lewis. On the place were two small houses and two log barns. . . Father started a Sunday School, and occasionally preached. He and mother were Freewill Baptists. To this marriage five children were born; Mary Emma, Willia Francis, Winifred Parker, Julia Alice and Sarah Ellen. The girls all taught school at $20.00 to $30.00 a month. Alice changed to nursing and died in the service in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1945. Frank owned and ran the Sunbury News for several years and was also mayor of Sunbury. He was county sur- veyer for two terms and died January 31, 1941 in Columbus. Fred stayed and worked on the home place for board and $15.00 a month. He married Edith H. Ferson, December 25, 1899, then bought out the other heirs and has managed the home for 51 years all told. Two daughters were born to this union; Mary Louise and Doris Edith. At the time day labor was $1.00 a day for ten hours' work. Twenty years later the girls both taught school for $125.00 a month. W. P. Whittier was manager of the Delaware Co. Telephone Co. from 1905 to 1914. The Berlin Centralized school petition was started by Ed Irwin and W. P. Whittier. . . When our folks came from Maine in 1866 and located here, the place was called Jacktown. There had been 11 houses and a potash- ery. Dr. Clapp had the post office; Lewis kept tavern; Preacher Thompson had one of the Underground Stations. He said his wife's poke bonnet and green skirt had been worn as a disguise by many a negro on his way north. The wooden bridge across Alum Creek by the Seymour Jaynes place was built about 1874 on the lot line between Wesley Stuart and the Waterfields. The road from the west came diagonally across the bottom land to the ford just south of the bridge. The main road went north through the farms of John Valentine, Hubert Jaynes and Leonard Hitchcock (who had a saw mill run by water power) then forded the river and went north on the east bank of Alum Creek to the lot lines of Benoni Dickerman and Joseph Irwin, thence east to the Presbyterian Church. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 9) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/26e38ea41be3b75dd31863d71e2060aa.jpg 285d1160988a39cceb039726b5e70d3e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [page 10] [corresponds to unlabeled page 10 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] The William Manter Family - as given by Mr. Sealy Manter. William Manter was born in 1818 and came from Connecticut to Ohio. He settled back of the schoolhouse on the Peach- blow Road. He married Susan Stanton and they had three sons and two daughters. One child died in infancy, one son died in the Civil War - his name was Frank. The others were Sealy, William, Frances and Selia. He later bought the farm that is now owned by Will Scott. Later, he moved to a farm south of Galena where he died in 1895. . . When he came to Ohio, it was all timber in this part of the country, the road was blazed on the trees. William had four brothers, but we do not know their names or where they lived. The Dunham Family - as given by James Dunham The Dunham genealogy may be traced back to Rychert Dunham, born 1294, a Spanish adventurer in England. The tenth gen- eration is represented by Deacon John Dunham, born 1588 in Scrooby. He came to Plymouth on the Mayflower. The origi- nal 1807 Dunham lands were in Berkshire Twp. The sixteenth generation under Jeremiah Dunham, a son of Harlock born 1814, died 1843. He married Amanda Blodgett and they lived in Berlin Twp. After his death, she married John Peacock, a weaver from Boston, Massachusetts. . . . Oscar Dunham, the son of Jeremiah, was born 1842 and died 1913. He is buried in the Cheshire Cemetery. He married Mary May. They had four children: Alverdo, Albert, Inez (married Philip Shade) and Matoka (married William Foster). The eighteenth generation was Alverdo Dunham, born October 3, in Berlin Twp. He married Alice Dunham. Alverdo ('Do') Dunham's children are Audrey, Inez, James, Earl and Neil. The Lackey Family - as given by Ethel Lackey Plunkett The first Ohio settlers of the Lackey family were Alexander and Martha Hart Lackey, who came from Carlisle, Penna. in 1830. They came in covered wagons and settled on a farm on East Broad Street in Columbus where the Memorial Hall now stands. After their three sons were married, each moved to Berlin Twp. As each son left home, the father gave him a wagon and a team of horses. . . David Hart Lackey came to Berlin Twp. in 1850. He bought forty-seven and one-half acres from Ranson Adams in 1850. This land was on the Curve Road west of the railroad and east of the Sweeney homestead. Edgar, the second brother bought 80 acres in 1851 in Berkshire Twp. He also bought 59 acres in Berlin Twp. and sold his to Thomas Jefferson Lackey, May 3, 1853. Thomas Jefferson was the grandfather of Ernest and Ethel. The 59 acres was located on the Gregory Road. He later obtained some land Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 10) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/ea7c44985053785432217f27943c6c4a.jpg 7ebfe3208bbf083a0deb1ad0699d10eb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 11 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] from Chauncey Smith. This country was a real wilderness then. Thomas lived with his parents in Franklin Co. until 1857, when he and his wife, Catherine Schanck Lackey and their two sons (William Lewis, 2 1/2 years old and Edson Bird- sell, 6 months) made the tiresome trip in big wagons. David and Edith were born in Berlin Twp. At the age of four, Edson died and he is buried in the Cheshire Blockhouse Ceme- tery. William Lewis and David lived on adjoining farms. . Thomas was the first in the community to own a two horse mowing machine, a grain reaper and a left hand walking plow. He died in January 1905. His home was a plain, modest, Christian one where his neighbors and friends were always welcome. He shared all church and community res- ponsibilities. After his death, 8 acres of his farm were sold to the Berlin Board of Education as the site for the present centralized school building. The country store played its part in community life of this period. Thomas often took produce to the Samuel Nash coun- try store at Tanktown or West Berlin and exchanged it for the supplied he needed. The records of the store show that Thomas took nine pounds of butter there and got ninety cents for it. Among the items he took in exchange for it were - coffee at 15? per pound; saleratus at 10? and 4 yards of cotton at 40?. . . In 1857, Thomas and Alfred Lackey joined the Cheshire Methodist Church which had been built 9 years before. Thomas hauled the new bell from the West Berlin Railroad Station. He was a member of the official board and a trustee until his death. . . A petition for a new road from Cheshire Street through Cheshire was circulated by David Lackey, Jacob Longnecker, Thomas Griffith, Fawn Ryant and C. J. Slough. . . All of the first and second generation are gone except Edith Hanna of Columbus and all but three are buried in the Cheshire Cemetery. . . . In his humble, modest and sincere way of living, Thomas Jefferson Lackey laid a priceless foundation and gave a great heritage for the future descendents of his family. The Freshwater Family - as given by Ethel Freshwater Patton Archibald Freshwater married Lydia Lorena Tuller, August 8, 1844. They had three sons, Arkison, Benjamin Franklin and Julius Homer ("Duke") and an adopted daughter, Ella Perry. He bought a tract of land a mile west of Tanktown, built a log cabin and moved his family there in 1857. He cleared the land, built rail fences and later the 1 1/2 story house east of the log cabin.. . . . Arkison ran off to war and was on Sherman's March to the Sea. He was a sergeant. Archibold was called into the 100 days' service and made a Captain. The two small boys were left to help with the farm- Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 11) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3e22fd8ac2e503f252aee6597fc549f8.jpg cbd6989062b43c4f028951793b61700e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 12 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] ing. Both Frank and Duke received their early education at the West Berlin School. Later Frank entered Ohio Wesleyan where he graduated in the classical course in 1877. He then studied law under Carper and VanDeman and was admitted to the bar, June 2, 1885. He opened a law office in Delaware in 1885. He taught school at West Berlin and here he married Nell Elouise Babcock in 1889. He had two sons and two daughters. He was a member of the firm of Freshwater, Marriott and Wickham; was probate judge for 2 terms; member of Hiram Lodge; K. of P. and B. P. O. E. . . After Arkison was dismissed from the army, he married Amelia Mathilda Breyfogle in 1866. Two of their children were born at Stratford, Archibald Reuben and Louis Ellsworth. Harry Rutherford, Ernest Blaine and Ida May were born at Berlin. He lived in the log cabin on the farm and on land east of the old farm. At the time of his death, he was living in Delaware. After Duke's marriage to Amanda Freshwater 1884, he bought land just across the road from the home place. Their child- ren, Ethel Lorena, OtaMarie and Lulu Blanche were born here. Amanda taught school at one time in Berlin, as did her daughters, Ethel and Blanche. . Duke and Amanda moved to Delaware in 1916. Amanda was 90 years old on March 20, 1949. They lived in Berlin Twp. about 33 years. The Hoadleys and Caulkins Families - The early history of Berlin Twp. would not be complete without the names of the Hoadleys and Caulkins families. These families were attracted by the fertility of the soil and so constituted another wave of migration from the less fertile regions of Connecti- cut. They settled near Constantia, in the Alum Creek area. Some of these families are also buried in the Blockhouse Cemetery at Cheshire. Tanktown of Samuel Nash's day and Constantia of Asa and T. J. Scott's day and the West Berlin Community - presented by Anna Smith Pabst on an opaque projector with appropriate explanations and pictures. Tanktown 1850 - Plat Record V. 1 Delaware County, Ohio Berlin surveyed - 81 lots Surveyors - B. F. Loufbourrow H. E. Eaton 1858 - Plat Record V.2 John B. Slack, Proprietor Surveyor - Charles Neil Atlas 1866, p. 23 - showing Samuel Nash' land and home; and William Henry Nash's home. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 12) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/185f19fc659c906762fe367924a5ce1d.jpg 835223a0b5369a071381a3ff0b17cd3c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 13 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] Constantia or Cheshire - 1848 - Plat Record v 1 Delaware County, Ohio Plat of Cheshire George C. Eaton represented by F. J. Adams The 1880 History of Delaware County: - page 452 states "the first purchaser of land in Berlin was Joseph Constant of Peekskill, N.Y. He bought section 4 from the Government paying two dollars per acre and receiving a deed signed by John Adams." Deed Record, Delaware County, Ohio - Book A, page 84: ...David Galbreath of New York and Thomas of New York were given as a military grant the 4th quarter of the 4th township of the 18th Range and on December 9, 1802, they conveyed this land to Joseph Constant for $2000.00. The president of the U.S. signed the deed to Galbreath and Thomas. (see also Volume 3 p. 78 Ross Co. Transcribed Deeds) Samuel Welding Nash and Catherine Early Nash Samuel Welding Nash was born 1801, Westmoreland Co., Penna. son of Richard Nash of New Castle, Delaware. Wife, Cath- erine Early, daughter of William Early, Adams County, Ohio. b. 1807 m. 1824. 1830 - William Early bought 200 acres land, Berlin Twp. for $200.00. Page 31, deed record V.10 Delaware Co. Deed re- corded August 20, 1830. 1832 - Page 94, Deed Record, V.11, Delaware County,O.,states "The said William Early for and in consideration of the love and good will he bears to the said Samuel Nash, his son-in- law. . hath granted the said Samuel Nash and his heirs one hundred acres of the 200 acre tract conveyed to him by John M. Armstrong." 1851 - First postmaster Tanktown, black walnut store and house. 1851 - First Agent on C.C. & L.L.R. 1851, 1853 & 1857 Ledgers of his store at Tanktown are in possession of Lois and Pauline Nash and Verna Walker (Kansas) 1854, April 3rd - Samuel Nash leased to the Board of Education of Tanktown or West Berlin, land for school purposes, if the Board would keep it fenced on,all sides. He was paid $5.00 for this. The land reverted to the heirs of the Nash estate in 1916. (Deed Record V.37, p.54) Picture of Samuel and Catherine Early Nash Several pages from the ledgers were displayed on projector. Catherine Early Nash died January 14, 1847. 1851, April 11 - Samuel Nash married Jane S. Lewis page 247, marriage record, v.2,Delaware Co., Ohio 1860, April 16 - Samuel Nash died at Tanktown. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 13) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/3cd466d8672cfca22aa537db48e062fe.jpg 8bb220a48284198f4097e582ac5f6a4b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 14 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] 1860, Sale Bill of Samuel Nash (owned 134 acres) (Samuel and Catherine are buried in Blockhouse Cemetery) Inventory of Estate of Samuel Nash - Case No. 966, Delaware County, Ohio. Administrators - George Gregory, Henry J. Eaton. 1860 - Ledger Accounts due Estate - $715.25. Sale Items include: Grocery building $28.00 - buyer Sale Items include: Price Buyer Grocery building $28.00 Wm.Henry Nash Carriage 30.25 H. Osborne Warehouse 41.00 T. P. Flagg 10 shoats 40.20 D. Ridgeway cow & calf 30.00 A. Cowgill Total sale bill: $1164.98 A few of the names on Samuel Nash ledgers were: Gregory; Sackett; Vining; Dickerson; Thrall; Roloson; Adams; Leonard; Barrows; R. Griffith; Geary; Lackey; English; Asa Emerson; Smith; Flagg; Sherman; Elliott; Dickerman; Lewis; Janes; Griffin; Gardner; Doty; Mantor; Miller; Cunningham; Slack; Caswell; Shade; May; Scott; Day; Shaw; McWilliams; Ball; Hodgen; Sanders; Whitman; Osborn; Tharpe; Nash; Nafus; Peacock; Tipton; Early; Caulkins; McNamara; Cole. Samuel Nash's House - 1857 ledger, p.134 - Samuel wrote - R. C. Gardner commended plastering house, May 15, 1853. House on same foundation as one which burned and same size. Cabin stood east of this house. C.C.& L.R.R. Ticket - round trip Columbus - 55 cents - Presbyterian Church of West Berlin - Organized January 16, 1876. Meetings held at first at West Berlin District No. 8 Schoolhouse. Members by letter, January 16, 1876: Henry Osburn; Esther Osburn; Mary Osburn; Libbie Osburn; Joseph Roloson; Margaret Roloson; Louisa Roloson; Fidelia Roloson; Chauncey W. Smith; Henrietta Smith; Rachel A. Gregg; Samuel D. Geary; Martha Geary; Adolphus W.McFarland; Margaret McFarland; Clarissa McWilliams; Ignatius Brown; Elijah Slack. Member by examination: Anna D. Brown. Display of complete roll 1876 - 1903. Church erected 1877; cost $1700. Picture shows building and Mr. and Mrs. Gard- ner and daughter, Eunice. First Elders: I. Brown; E. H. Slack; Chauncey Smith. First Trustees: H. Osburn; R. C. Gardner; John Gregg. First Minister: Rev. Thomas Hill. Membera: 1877 - 65; 1913 - 99; 1916 - 90; 1937 - 74. Church Budget: 1880 - $324.00; 1922 - $1050. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 14) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/ee6366c8b995f02dc95e58e7d9ee36de.jpg a2e4ab03be8890d27ffb9ce372e3aec7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to unlabeled page 15 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] Relic List of Asa Scott Family - in possession of Winifred Scott Sarkisian of New York City: T. J. Scott's musket. Carried from Connecticut to Ohio and back many times (usually on foot). Home made compass. Bullet mould. Small hand-carved powder horn. Pewter-hand wrought-flat ware candle sticks Miniature of James Henry Dewey and his Civil War water canteen. Four pressed glass goblets. Sherry glass. Covered, pressed preserve glass. Milk glass plate - ribbon edge. Quilt made at Cheshire in 1873 by Harriet Dewey Scott. China doll with complete original wardrobe"Pinky." (Pamela Andrews Scott was the mother of all of Thomas Jefferson Scott's children and his second wife was great grandmother of Anna Pabst Smith.) Slides showing family Bible record; pictures of all members of the family who had resided in Berlin Twp. Ancestral chart of Lois McLeod Bloomquist, a lineal descendant of Ruth Scott, daughter of Asa Scott, prepared by C. Ross Bloomquist. Ancestral chart of Asa Scott prepared by Mr. Bloomquist and copied by Anna C. Pabst. Store pictures of W. A. Scott and Henry E. Scott. Thomas Jefferson Scott's home in Constantia; Cheshire Blockhouse which he helped to build; Civil War record of H. E. Scott; Spanish-American War Record of Dewey Scott. Poem composed by C. E. Smith in memory of T. J. Scott. Ohio State Journal picture of W. A. Scott as agent for paper for years. Old silver sugar shell and butter knife given to Nellie Hall Smith for working for Mary Carhart Hall Scott (second wife of T. J. Scott.) Community Pictures on Projector: West Berlin School - Margaret Sweeney, teacher. Guy Gooding School - Ira Gregory, teacher. West Berlin - Ora Schanck Williams, teacher. District 2 - Edson Williams, teacher. Pupils: Julia Elliott (Wilson); John Elliott; Zelpha Wilcox (James). District 8 - George Whitman, teacher Cheshire School - pupils: Wayland Ryant, Bertha Terrill. School Roll of 1884-85 - Minnie Ferson, teacher; Lydia and Edgar Gregory, Margaret Sweeney. C. W. Smith General Merchandise Store, 1912 C. W. Smith Huckster Wagon, horses "Topsy"and"Maud." Home of G. A. and Anna E. J. Nash Hall Mary Carhart Hall Scott; Mrs. Charles Wilcox; Mrs. Irwin, mother of Ed, Jafe, Herb and Jo. Jafe Irwin and wife; Ed Irwin; Carrie Slough (Gooding); Pierce's; Libbie Smith (Hughes); Marston Civil War Letter; Daniel James Homes; Mr. and Mrs. David Lackey; Joel and George Cleveland; As children - Ray Hall, Marie Griffith, Emma McWilliams (Griffith) Homer and Hattie Smith Gregory. Winnie Winters (Furniss); C. U. and Eunice Gardner Hall; Emma Gregg; Aunt Fidelia Roloson; Eva Griffith (Willey) and Fairy Hedden (Pritchard); Tom Wintermute; Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Wintermute. Samuel Nash, a lover of beautiful trees, as shown by the large beautiful elm he left standing west of the old red schoolhouse which was built on land donated by him and which was attended by three generations of Nash descendants and is now owned by a Nash descendant. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 15) http://delawarecountymemory.org/files/original/5abdf61d36881b0825827a99ec535a1b.jpg e54827315aef3f897074bfb271b2535c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource [corresponds to back cover of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society] So-called "Barter Book" of Berlin Twp. - owned by Earl Plunkett First page: Isaac Carhart, Lewis Carhart - Credit $6.80 Second page: Lewis Carhart, 1840 - 13 days work 50? - $6.50 a bill of boards: 640 ft. florin maple; 450 ft. 1/2 in. oak; 400 ft. 1 in.roof. Third page: Elbert Evarts, Dr., 1840: Jany 8th,Dr.to four weeks & six days board at $1.12 per wk. Elbert Evarts commenced board with me again Jany 15. Elbert Evarts left boarding with me March 22, 1840 Elbert Evarts commenced boarding with me again March 5, 1840. Elbert Evarts left boarding with me March 17th, 1840. Elbert Evarts return again March 21, 1840. Fourth page; Stepehn Carhart, Dr. 1840: To one horse ride .25 May 21 to 3 bushels oats .60 To one days work .50 June 25 to one ham 1.00 June 26 to one days work .62 Aug.22 to 1 pair socks .34 __________ 3.25 Page 23: Henderson Hall, Dr., 1845 June 27 to 11 lbs.veal .33 July 23 to 3/4 lb.butter .07 July 4th to 27 3/4 lbs.mutton .83 Aug.11 to 6 1/2 lbs.flour .13 To use of wagon to Columbus .18 Page 24: Thomas Hoadley, Dr., 1846: July 3 horse to pasture 1 wk. .16 To setting 2 shoes .18 To use wagon to Eden .18 Page 26: Melven Janes,Cr. 1845: March 6th to team to draw 100 feets of boards from Dr. Lewis saw mill. .12 To 12 lights of window sash .75 Swapt horses with Darisu Oct.15 1846 Page 27: April 7, 1847: This day reckoned and settled all accounts with Isaac Carhart and found him due one dollar and fifty cents to be paid in team work. M. T. Janes Page 36: James Eaton Cr. 1841: To surveying lands .75 To making out one deed .25 To surveying land .75 Page 38: David Plum dr. 1848: To 5 1/2 thousand shingles $16.50 Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 16) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Description An account of the resource This collection contains the Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society, presented by Anna Pabst Smith April 25, 1949 at Berlin High School. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society Description An account of the resource Program of a community presentation about Berlin Township history and its pioneers, given on April 25, 1949 in Berlin High School. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Brochure Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 22221029 Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Berlin Township--Delaware County--Ohio Delaware County Historical Society--Delaware County--Ohio Settlement--Berlin Township--History--1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anna Smith Pabst Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/