OLD MARIETTA PAPERS
The Marietta Register frequently included a column entitled, “Old Marietta Papers,” which featured news and announcements extracted from some of the area’s earliest newspapers. Microfilm Reel # 39487, covering years 1862-1867, provided the following information about the area’s earliest residents from those columns 1808-1843. Although every effort has been made to note each personal item in a particular issue, some may have been missed. Please consult the microfilm reel if you feel an error has occurred.
May 29 1863
14 Mar 1808: Died, at Springfield, Mrs. Catherine Buckingham, wife of Ebenezer Buckingham, and daughter of Gen. Rufus Putnam, in her 29th year.
Jun 12 1863
Hon. John Brough - We make some notes on the life of Mr. Brough on the occasion of his visit this week to the city of his nativity. Mr. Brough was born in 1811, in Marietta, in the old Court House and Jail, the dwelling house part of which was then occupied by his father, John Brough, Esq., who was at the time sheriff of the county. The father was a native of England and died in 1823 on the farm now known as the “Cleona Farm,” just above the mouth of Duck Creek. After the death of his father in 1823, young Brough went to learn the printing business with the late Royal Prentiss in the office of “The American Friend” [an early Washington County newspaper]. In January, 1831, he began the publication of “The Western Republican,” over the Post Office, at the corner of Front and Putnam streets. It was a Jackson paper and edited with ability. In April 1833, he removed the paper to Parkersburg and sold it the next fall, when he removed to Lancaster, this State, and published and edited the “Lancaster Eagle,” the Democratic paper of Fairfield county, today a violent copperhead paper. He was elected Auditor of State by the Legislature the next winter. He held that office six years, until 1845. In 1841, he purchased the Phoenix, of Moses Dawson, and started the Cincinnati Inquirer, in company with his brother, the late Judge Charles H. Brough, the latter being the resident partner. In 1845, Mr. Brough removed to Cincinnati where he remained three years in law practice, editing the Enquirer part of the time. In 1848, he removed to Madison, Ind., on becoming President of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. He has been in railroad life ever since, now being in charge of the Bellefontaine and Indianapolis road - his charge, we believe, extending from Indianapolis to Crestline. His family resides at Cleveland. Mr. Brough is a man of distinguished ability. His College was the Printing Office. He was always a Democrat - since the War, an unconditional Union man.
Jun 19 1863
Died: Elder William Holley, “for some years a teacher of the Baptist order,” died in Marietta, July 7, 1808, in his 60th year; and Israel Stone died at Rainbow, July 13th age 60.
Died: Sept. 18, 1808, Mrs. Jane R. Woodbridge, daughter of Benj. I. Gilman and wife of Dudley Woodbridge, Jr.
Aug 21 1863
Married: Nov 12, 1811, by Rev. Stephen Lindsley, Mr. Charles Shipman, of this town, to Miss Frances W. Dana, of Belpre.
Married: Nov. 21, 1811, by Rev. Stephen Lindsley, Wm. Corner, of Marietta, to Miss Sarah Maxon, of Fearing.
Married: Jan. 28, 1812, by Rev. Stephen Lindsley, Mr. Samson Cole to Miss Polly Duncan.
Married: March 1, 1812, by Rev. Stephen Lindsley, Mr. James M. Booth to Miss Sally Alcock, both of this place.
Died: Feb. 2, 1812, Mrs. Huldah Tupper, widow of Gen. Benj. Tupper.
Died: In April, Capt. Gilbert Devol, Jr., aged 46.
Died: May 13, Mrs. Sabra Porter, wife of Amos Porter, of Salem, who died about two years ago, the last of the first party who landed at Marietta, April 7, 1788.
Died: June 13, 1812, Maj. Gen. Joseph Buel, aged 49, who was one of the first settlers of Marietta. He had been in the Ohio Senate and Associate Judge.
Died: Wm. Gray, Esq., one of the first settlers of Waterford, died July 24, 1812, in his 52d year.
Married: July 1812, in this town, by Rev. Stephen Lindsley, Mr. George Dunlevy to the amiable Miss Harriet Devol.
Oct 30 1863
Died: Dec 21, 1813 - David Everett [Editor of the “American Friend” newspaper which was first issued on April 24, 1813; printed by T.G. Ransom for D. Everett, T. Buell and D.H. BUELL]: David Everett was a native of New Hampshire. He read law at Amherst in that state and went to Boston and there attained no little reputation as an editor. He had devoted himself to literary pursuits from his early years and was a very fine writer, independent and vigorous. Mr. Everett’s health had failed somewhat and he left Boston for a milder climate, in January 1813, and arrived in Marietta, in the following March. He began is editorial labors here in April, but finished his earthly career within eight months. He died in this place Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1813, of consumption, aged 44. He was buried with Masonic honors. Mrs. Everett died in New Ipswich, N.H., in January 1859, having survived her husband over 45 years.
Nov 6 1863
Married: April 18, 1813, D.H. Buell to Miss Phebe Ward, of Belpre.
Married: May 1, 1813, Thos. Alcock to Miss Sally Wells, of Virginia.
Died: In Newport, May 27, 1813, John Greene, Esq., aged 69 years and 6 months, formerly of Warwick, R.I.
Married: June 13, 1813, Jasher Taylor and Elizabeth Hill, both of Newport.
Nov 13 1863
Died: Feb. 15, 1814, Lieut. Jos. M. Wilcox, of the regular U.S. Army, was killed by Indians, on the Alabama River, in his 24th year. He was a son of Gen. Jos. Wilcox, of Marietta, and entered West Point Military Academy in 1807. He was sent down the Alabama River on a perilous expedition, in command of three picked men, in a canoe. After being out two days, they landed to escape 10 Indians in a canoe, but the Indians landed. They beat off the Indians, killing two of them. They wandered about in the woods, to escape, went through swamps, and finally returned to the river, and began building a raft, one of their men having deserted them. Just as their raft was done, the three men were attacked by eight Indians. They made a desperate resistance and after Lieut. Wilcox was shot through the body, and mortally wounded, he rushed on an Indian, knocked him down with his rifle and threw him into the river. Corporal Simpson was wounded in the knee. The other man crept into a cane brake. The Indians split the skulls of Lieut. Wilcox and the Corporal, having first scalped them, and just then a detachment came in sight, but too late to save the lives of the gallant Lieutenant and Corporal. They rescued the man in the cane brake.
Died: May 7, 1814, Mathew Hungerford died, having been mortally injured a day or two before by a limb of a tree falling on his head, while chopping in the woods near Marietta.
Died: May 17, 1814, John Glidden was instantly killed in Fearing by a stick of timber falling on h im at the raising of a house.
Died: March 30, 1815, Samuel McClintick, a respectable citizen of this town, was drowned a short distance below Harmar, leaving a numerous family.
Marriages:
Dec 30 1813 Richard Alcock and Wealthy Buell, both of Marietta.
Jan 2 1814 Rufus P. Stone, of Belpre, and Eliza Barker of Union.
Feb 13 1814 Nathaniel Smith and Jemima Brown, both of Marietta.
Apr 7 1814 Abraham Payne and Philomelia Pixely, both of Marietta.
Oct 29 1814 by John Brough, Esq., (father of Governor Brough), N. Bishop and Elizabeth Giles, both of Marietta.
Oct 30 1814 Reuben Cartwright and Catherine Protsman, both of Marietta.
Nov 3 1814 Capt. Jason R. Curtis and Polly Clark (parents of Wm. F. Curtis), both of Marietta.
Dec 1 1814 Frances R. Stanley, of Fearing, and Nancy Payne, of Union.
Dec 15 1814 Ezra Chapman and Mary Conner, both of Marietta.
Dec 22 1814 Robert Wells and Hannah Case, both of Marietta.
Mar 12 1815 Capt. Nathaniel Olney, of Union, and Mary Smith, of Adams.
Apr 6 1815 Col. Robert C. Barton and Rachel B. VanDuyn, both of Marietta.
May 25 1815 Francis Thierry and Fanny Blake, both of Marietta.
Sep 6 1815 In Wooster (Watertown), Peter Taylor and Margaret Ashcroft.
Oct 12 1815 Eli Iams and Catharine Crawford (parents of R.P. Iams), both of Marietta.
Deaths in 1814:
Mar 29 Didier Gevres, a native of France, aged 52.
Apr 7 Mrs. Polly Cole, wife of Samson Cole, “an amiable woman.”
May 4 In Belpre, Mrs. Eunice Curtis, wife of Capt. Eleazer Curtis, aged 48.
May 9 Abigail Hoyt, wife of Benajah Hoyt, aged ___.
May 24 In Fearing, John Amlin, a native of Germany, aged 77.
May 29 Roswell Buell, eldest son of Capt. Timothy Buell, aged 19.
Jun 26 Jona. Delong, of Salem, aged 55.
Aug 14 In Belpre, Col. Nathaniel Cushing, aged 56, and on the 26th, his wife Elizabeth, aged 61, both of fever; moved from Massachusetts in 1788.
Jan 29 In Harmar, Isaac Mixer, tavern keeper, aged 78.
Mar 12 In Newport, Mrs. Elizabeth Miner, wife of Capt. Matthew Miner, aged 45.
Apr 16 Chas. Wells, Esq., of Tyler Co., Va., who had lived on the frontiers 10 years, aged 70.
Deaths in 1815:
May 2 In Adams, Mrs. Sabra Sprague, wife of Jona. Sprague, aged 48.
Jul 16 Artemas Sawyer, Esq., died in Marietta, a lawyer and a native of Sterling, Mass.
Aug 7 Gordius G. Pierce, son of Stephen Pierce, in his 23d year.
Oct 31 In Washington, Ky., Joseph Bates, of Marietta, aged 36.
Nov 20 1863
Marriages in 1816:
Jan 21 Michael Gard and Clarissa Baker, both of Union.
Apr 7 Soloman Lewis and Miss Sarah White, both of Wooster (Watertown).
May 1 Joseph L. Reckard to Miss Delila Jennings, both of Marietta.
Aug 15 John P. Mayberry, Attorney at Law, of Parkersburg, and Miss Lucy Welles Fearing, of Harmar.
Aug 21 Henry Clark and Patty Herrington,, both of Marietta
Aug 27 John Corp and Elizabeth Dodd, both of Marietta.
Sep 22 In Belpre, Geo. Dana and Deborah Fisher.
Nov 21 Zebulon Jenings and Betsey Maxon.
Nov 26 E.S. McIntosh, of Marietta, and Elizabeth Seeley, of Waterford.
Deaths in 1816:
Early in 1816 Gen. Jos. M. Wilcox, “date not given.”
May 10 H.W. Noble, Esq., formerly of Portsmouth, N.H., a highly esteemed merchant.
Oct 1 In Adams, Joshua Sprague, Sr., in his 89th year.
Oct 4 In Union, Mrs. Cynthia Olney, granddaughter of Joshua Sprague.
Nov 27 1863
Deaths in 1817:
Jan 18 Gen. Joseph Wilcox, in his 61st year. (The publication of his death last week was erroneous.)
Apr 1 In Harmar, Paul Fearing, Jr., in his 17th year.
Apr 20 Capt. Nathaniel Smith, aged 25.
June 1 Noah Needham, formerly of the State of Delaware.
Jul 7 In Waterford, Eli G. Cogswell, buried with Masonic honors.
Aug 26 Oliver Dodge, aged 53, buried with Masonic honors, in Adams.
Sep 6 In Harmar, James Nichols.
Oct 3 Mrs. Sarah, wife of Jona. Guitteau, aged 31.
Oct 5 At Louisville, James C. McFarland, Esq., of Marietta.
Oct 6 In Chillicothe, Mrs. Lucy, wife of Dudley Woodbridge, Sr.
Oct 21 In Fearing, Simeon Tuttle.
Oct 29 In Belpre, Dea. Benj. Miles.
Nov 16 In Zanesville, Elijah B. Merwin, Atty at Law.
Dec 4 Phillip Worthington, aged 67.
Marriages in 1818:
Jan 4 Wm. H. Buell and Lavinia Rogers.
Feb 12 Judah M. Chamberlain and Rhode McIntosh.
May 23 Thompson Gates and Sarah Gold.
Jun 4 Dr. Burr Bradley, of Salem, Ind., and Esther W. Plumer, of Marietta.
June 28 John Gates, Jr., and Clarissa Crane.
Jul 2 In Salem, Milton Pixley and Anna Perkins.
Aug 13 In Salem, James Hill and Phebe Hussey.
Aug 13 Norman Payne and Lydia Hussey.
Aug 18 Wm. McNeil and Susanna Corwin.
Oct 6 In Union, Thomas Jenkins and Mary Dyar.
Oct 25 Dr. Erastus Webb, of Circleville, and Eliza Cook, of Belpre.
Nov 22 In Salem, Wm. Porter and Mary Sutton.
Deaths in 1818:
May 20 Mrs. Mary Hartshorn, aged 28.
Jun 14 Mrs. Sarah Thorniley, at Philadelphia, aged 54 (daughter of Col. Israel Putnam and sister of the late David Putnam.)
Jul 20 Mrs. Lucy Putnam, widow of Maj. Ezra Putnam, aged 89.
Jul 31 In Harmar, James Sharp, Esq., aged 51.
Aug 7 In Roxbury, Catharine, Wife of Luke Emerson, aged 27.
Oct 14 Mrs. Sarah, wife of Commodore Abraham Whipple, aged 79.
Jan 8 1864
Marriages in 1824:
Jan 11 Nathan Wheeler and Elizabeth Hart; Eli Green and Elizabeth N. Stewart, both of Barlow.
Mar 31 Capt. Nat. Dodge, of Marietta, and Mrs. Lucy Adams, of Warren.
Apr 4 Anthony Hill and Sally Lewis, both of Union.
Apr 25 John Smith, of Newport, and Eliza Williams, of Marietta; Caleb Thorniley and Tabitha Erwin.
May 9 Wm. Case and Fanny Bryan.
May 25 Powell Hoff and Martha Brewster
May 30 Col. John Mills and Deborah S. Wilson.
Jun 3 Cortland Shepard and Hannah Lake; Maj. Henry Hill and Mrs. Jerusha Doan, both of Salem.
Jun 6 Barker Rouse, of Belpre, and Mary Philips, of Marietta.
Jun 8 John Stacy and Lucoba Rice, both of Union.
Jul 13 John Stephenson and Louisa Gray.
Aug 26 Chauncey T. Judd and Clarissa Hartshorn.
Sep 21 Henry Armstrong and Sarah Stephenson
Sep 30 In Barlow, James Lawton, Jr., and Eliza W. Paskell.
Oct 7 In Waterford, Michael Devin and Harriet Chambers.
Nov 28 Nathaniel Dodge, Jr., and Elizabeth Burlingame.
Dec 16 Geo. Payne, of Sallem, and Julinda Hill, of Fearing.
Deaths in 1824:
Feb 9 Jona. Samson.
Feb 15 Dr. John L. Shaw, 54.
Feb 18 John Clogston, 58.
Mar 7 In Fearing, Sally W., wife of Maj. Wm. Hart, 45.
Mar 9 In Union (new Muskingum), Israel Putnam, a grandson of Gen. Israel, 58.
Mar 20 Peter Radcliff Putnam, third son of David Putnam, Esq., 20.
Apr 13 Stephen Hodgmman.
Apr 26 In Columbus, Julia, wife of D.L. Rathbone (sister of Wm. Pitt. Putnam, of Belpre).
May 1 Gen. Rufus Putnam (who was at the head of the first settlement here), 86.
May 11 In Wood Co., Va., Dr. Jos. Spencer, 74.
Aug 19 In Newport, James Mullen, 27
Aug 29 Isabella, wife of John Rowland, 66.
Sep 15 In Meigs Co., Col. Robt. C. Barton, formerly of Marietta. [Check date, difficult to read.]
Jan 15 1864
Deaths in 1822:
Feb 21 John McIntosh, aged 70
Mar 23 Lewis, son of Wm. Skinner.
Apr 2 Susan, infant dau. of Capt. L. Edgerton.
Apr 4 Josiah Buck
Apr 19 Bridget, wife of John Brough, Esq., four weeks and one day after marriage.
Apr 20 Mrs. Algeo.
Jun 27 Chas. F., son of Ephraim Ranger. [Note: Surname might be Ringer]
Jul 10 Humphrey Hook, in Wood Co., VA, 56.
Aug 1 Mary, wife of Elder John Gates, 52
Aug 1 Abram Seevers, in Fearing, 74.
Aug 21 Hon. Paul Fearing, in Harmar, 60.
Aug 21 Cynthia, wife of Paul Fearing, within 6 hours of [husband], 45.
Aug 26 John Cornell.
Aug 26 Edmund Moulton, 76
Aug 27 The wife of Capt. Nathan Bowen.
Aug 30 Mrs. Catharine McClintick, 47.
Sep 9 Janna R. Bowers.
Sep 9 Mrs. Merriam, in Adams.
Sep 10 Reuben Merriam.
Sep 10 Maj. Robert Bradford, in Belpre.
Sep 14 Mrs. Nancy Bliss.
Sep 15 Aaron Smith, 48,
Sep 16 Mrs. Persis Howe.
Sep 16 Mrs. Sollinger, in Union.
Sep 19 Charlotte, wife of A.W. Putnam, 49.
Sep 19 Christiana Ulmer.
Sep 20 John Miller.
Sep 20 Ann Eliza, dau. of Levi Cole.
Sep 21 A.W. Putnam, 55, in Belpre.
Sep 21 Justus Morse.
Sep 21 Silas Barter.
Sep 24 Jacob Schachtelin.
Sep 25 Elder John Gates, 55.
Sep 25 Mrs. Gates.
Sep 25 John Drown, on the Island, 19.
Sep 26 Capt. Obadiah Lincoln, 52.
Sep 26 John Clark, 61.
Sep 26 Sarah, [wife of John Clark], 50.
Sep 27 Mrs. Deborah Erwin, 81.
Sep 27 Hugh Dixon, 40.
Sep 27 Titany Adams, in Warren.
Sep 28 Angelina Lincoln, 17.
Sep 28 Harriet, dau. of Wyllys Hall.
Sep 28 Caroline, dau. of James Bliss, 7.
Sep 28 Mary Ann, dau. of Jasher Taylor.
Sep 28 Lucy, a woman of color.
Sep 30 Clarissa, wife of Capt. Timothy Buell.
Oct 1 Jefferson Lincoln, 12.
Oct 1 Wealthy A., dau. of Rich’d Alcock, 6.
Oct 1 Infant son of John Kelly.
Oct 1 Mary, dau. of S.D.W. Drown, on Island.
Oct 2 Titus Buck, 48
Oct 2 James Knight, 31
Oct 2 Manassah, son of E. Cutler, 12, Warren.
Oct 4 Col. Jacob Ulmer.
Oct 5 Mark Anderson.
Oct 6 Henry Winum, 46
Oct 7 Mrs. Mees.
Oct 8 Philip Cunningham, 23.
Oct 8 William Judson, 37.
Oct 9 Mrs. Lyon.
Oct 9 Eliza Anderson, 13.
Oct 10 Abraham Sharp.
Oct 10 Mrs. Schachtelin.
Oct 10 Mrs. Lucretia Hempstead, 52.
Oct 12 Jonas Livermore, 56.
Oct 14 Charles Lincoln, 4.
Oct 16 John Brough, Esq., 75
Oct 18 Dudley Dodge.
Oct 21 Henry Murphy, 9.
Nov 4 Lydia, wife of Wm. White, 29, Fearing.
Nov 27 John Dye, Sr., 88.
Dec 14 Mary, wife of Benjamin P. Putnam.
And the following are listed with no month or day: Amos Morris, Benj. Nott and Obadiah Morris, all of Adams; Rich’d Talbot, of Grandview; Jotham Wright, of Newport; John Stewart, of Warren; Benedict E. Rathbone, of Belpre; and Elisha Woodward, Richard Waterman, Jos. Babcock and Jona. Guitteau, of Marietta.
Deaths in 1823:
Jan 20 Casper Smith, 46
Feb 23 Mrs. Sally Cain, 48, in Fearing.
Apr 7 Sam’l Brooks, 70, in Union.
Apr 25 Mrs. Abigail Dye, 60, in Lawrence.
May 6 Capt. Phineas Dunsmoor, 50, in Wesley.
May 12 Joel Oaks, in Belpre.
Jun 10 Robert McCabe, 43.
Jul 12 Capt. Benj. Blake, 40, in Fearing.
Sep 8 Jona. Dunham, 70, in Warren.
Sep 15 Wm. Ford, Jr., in Watertown.
Oct 3 Rufus Humphreys, 25, in Newport.
Oct 31 John Chambers, in Lawrence.
Nov 1 Hon. John Sharp, in Lawrence.
Nov 6 Davidson Murray.
Nov 12 Adoniram J. Guitteau, 30, in Fearing.
Dec 30 Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Nat. Clark, 28.
The following is a list of burials in “Mound Cemetery,” during July, August, September and October, 1823, the figures denoting the day [of the month]:
Jul 5 George Howe Jul 23 Child of Mr. Bacon
Jul 8 Jacob Drake Jul 24 Harriet Hartshorn
Jul 11 Son of S. Briggs Jul 24 Harriet Hearn
Jul 13 Mrs. Dempsey Jul 24 Mrs. Miner
Jul 14 Joseph Bartlett Jul 25 Mrs. Miller
Jul 14 T.J.H. Sanford Jul 25 Mrs. Thorniley
Jul 14 Mrs. Hill Jul 26 Pamela Rood
Jul 18 Mary A. Cunningham Jul 26 Son of A. Daniels
Jul 18 Wm. Taylor Jul 28 Rachel Howe
Jul 19 Mrs. Brown Jul 28 Mrs. Hoff
Jul 21 John Locker Jul 28 Levi Benjamin
Jul 22 Dau of Geo. Corner Jul 29 Leonard Foster
Jul 22 Mrs. Livermore Jul 29 Wm. Fulton
Jul 23 Caleb Thornily Jul 29 Anna Rogers
Jul 23 Mathew Miner Jul 30 Jona. Carnes
Jul 23 Son of Sam. Stone
Aug 1 Mr. Brown Aug 16 Mrs. Pratt
Aug 2 Mr. Follett Aug 17 Mrs. Morse
Aug 3 Son of Jacob Brown Aug 17 Child of T. Buell
Aug 5 Eliza Stanley Aug 18 Child of R. McCabe
Aug5 Dau. of Broadhurst Aug 18 Child of Mr. Wheeler
Aug 5 James Lincoln Aug 18 Mrs. Goodwin
Aug 6 Child of W. Holyoke Aug 18 Mrs. Keating
Aug 6 Mrs. Merrill Aug 19 Child of Cherry
Aug 6 Mrs. Rood [sp?] Aug 19 Mr. Goodwin
Aug 6 D. Woodbridge, Sr. Aug 20 John Phelps
Aug 6 Child of D. Protsman Aug 23 Child of J. Brown
Aug 8 Child of Pratt Aug 23 Child of J. Clark
Aug 9 Pearce Morse Aug 24 Child of Mr. Talbot
Aug 9 Wm. McAllister Aug 26 Mrs. Guitteau
Aug 11 Child of A. Daniels Aug 27 Ruth Johnson
Aug 12 Child of D. Murray Aug 28 Mrs. Browning
Aug 13 Jos. Harris Aug 28 Mary Stone
Aug 13 Harriet Goodwin Aug 29 Eliza ____ [Balmer?]
Aug 14 Sally Druse Aug 29 Son of Jed. Chase
Aug 14 Child of C. Thorniley Aug 30 Mrs. Steph. Hildreth
Aug 14 Mrs. ___ Deming Aug 30 Emily Hoff
Aug 15 Mrs. Dr. Jett Aug 30 Andrew Webster
Aug 16 Mrs. Duncan Aug 30 Child of G. Gilbert
Sep 1 Judson Guitteau Sep 19 Child of __ Crandall
Sep 1 Mrs. Spencer Sep 20 Ephraim Hill
Sep 1 Mr. Rood Sep 20 Child of J. Graham
Sep 2 Son of Jed. Chase Sep 20 Child of J.J. Preston
Sep 2 Mrs. Pearce Morse Sep 22 Child of __ Crandall
Sep 3 Rev. S.P. Robbins Sep 22 Robt. G. Duncan
Sep 3 Mrs. Garnet Sep 22 Woman from Fearing
Sep 5 Dr. N. McIntosh Sep 22 Child of S. Lee
Sep 5 Dr. Jabez True Sep 22 Child of R. Mills
Sep 5 Mary Stone, Sr. Sep 24 Rev. Jos. Willard
Sep 11 N. Needham Sep 24 Caleb Barstow
Sep 11 Child of Mercer Sep 24 Allen McNe_l
Sep 12 John Gibson Sep 24 Child of Wm. Alcock
Sep 12 Mr. Shoemaker Sep 25 Mrs. Deem
Sep 12 A. Shay Sep 26 Child of Mr. Locker
Sep 12 Mrs. Tucker Sep 27 James Gilbert
Sep 13 Child of Mr. Brown Sep 28 Henry Gibson
Sep 14 Luther Edgerton, Sr. Sep 28 Child of Mr. Rich
Sep 15 Ephraim Foster Sep 28 Child of Jed. Chase
Sep 16 Child of Mrs. Harley Sep 29 Julia A. Geren
Sep 17 Child of J. Graham Sep 30 Child of D. Gilbert
Sep 18 Child of Jed. Chase Sep 30 Mrs. McCabe
Sep 19 Elizabeth T. Willard
Oct 1 Mrs. Evans Oct 17 Child of Wyllys Hall
Oct 1 Child of C.D. Bonney Oct 18 Mrs. Crandall
Oct 3 Hopkins Greene Oct 20 Child of Jed. Chase
Oct 3 Joshua Shipman Oct 21 Mrs. Bodwell
Oct 3 Mrs. Wm. M. Case Oct 21 Mrs. Ryan
Oct 6 Child of Wm. Alcock Oct 22 Child of Mr. Bacon
Oct 12 Lorenzo Protsman Oct 23 Mrs. McCune [check date]
Oct 14 Child of E. Ryan Oct 28 Mrs. Nat. Dodge
Oct 15 Child of T. Buell Oct 29 Edward Guitteau
Of the above, 72 belonged to the corporation of Marietta; 55 to the township outside the corporation; 14 to other townships. Children, 51, five being those of Jed. Chase. Among the more prominent men were Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., Rev. Samuel P. Robbins, Dr. Jabez True, Dr. Nathan McIntosh, Luther Edgerton, Sr.
Jan 22 1864
Events of 1825:
Marietta, in January, 1825, lost two of its “rising young men.” One - Henry P. Willcox - left suddenly and somewhat mysteriously for “parts unknown”; the other - Benjamin P. Putnam - was cut off by that “fell destroyer,” consumption. The exact date of the disappearance of Mr. Willcox we do not know, but it was about New Year’s. He was the son of Gen. Joseph Willcox, who died just eight years before [see Deaths in 1816 from issue of 20 Nov 1863] and who lived in the house since known as that of the Ward family. He built the house in which Col. Mills has lived for the last quarter of a century; also the store building corner of Front and Putnam sts., now occupied by J.L. Stephens. The Friend [newspaper] makes no mention of his departure, but he was Postmaster, and on the 7th of January the name of David Morris, Postmaster pro tem is published. Jan. 24th, notice was published by Dr. S.P. Hildreth and A.V.D. Joline that they had been appointed by Mr. Willcox as his agents to settle his business. Why he left, we have heard attributed to some purloining of money from letters in connection with the Post Office, the precise nature of which was, we believe, never fully developed to the public. He went to Canada, but subsequently came into Cattarangus Co., N.Y., where he practiced medicine and it is said that he went to Albany where he had some prominence, being at one time Secretary to the Governor. He started out in Marietta with dashing prospects, married a daughter of Rev. Joseph Willard, lived in style, but his career ended here as above related. He once came here, but kept out of public view. David Morris was appointed to succeed him as Postmaster.
Benjamin P. Putnam was the oldest brother of our fellow citizens Douglas and David Putnam. He died on Sunday evening, Jan. 2, 1825 in his 25th year - young, yet he had accomplished “the work of a lifetime.” No man at his age has ever done so much in Marietta. He was twice married, first to a sister of the late J.W. Dana, of Waterford, afterwards to a sister of the late Nahum Ward. We copy from The Friend [newspaper] as follows: “Benjamin P. Putnam was endowed with a strong and active mind, which was early put in train for much usefulness and having received an education at the age of 17, fitting for active life, he went into the Land Office of the late worthy patriot Gen. Rufus Putnam where he continued, strictly and satisfactorily engaged, for two years at the close of which a very extensive Land Agency was placed in his hands and at a subsequent period the office of Cashier of the Bank of Marietta was given him. Business was rapidly multiplying upon his hands, for he gave satisfaction to all who had negotiations with him - when suddenly in the bloom of life, he was called by his God, in whom he had full faith and confidence, to leave this world of sorrows and be at rest. His friends and society at large sincerely mourn the loss of so worthy, generous, humane, hospitable, and philanthropic a character as that which he sustained. He has left a void in our society of no ordinary magnitude.
Died: Jan. 3, 1825, Joel Sherman, son of Josiah Sherman, of Waterford, died at the age of 21 - shot four days before at a Wolf Hunt in Windsor township, Morgan Co., by careless persons who fired at a deer.
May 23, 1825, Gen. Lafayette passed up the Ohio on the steamer Herald, landed in Marietta amid the firing of cannon, and spent about an hour at the house of Nahum Ward, with whom he had become acquainted at Paris, the people generally calling upon him at Ward’s.
Oct 14, 1825, John Bryan was killed near the mouth of Duck Creek by the fall of a stick of timber upon him, while engaged in turning over a newly built flat boat.
Marriages in 1825 [many illegible]:
Jan 20 James M. Amlin, of Fearing (now Ironton), and Eliza Shary, of Lawrence.
Jan 21 Whipple S. Clark and Keziah McLane.
Feb 3 Salmon Parke, of Union, and Sophronia Mason, of Adams.
Feb 13 Jabez Davis and Laura Learned.
Feb 17 Henry P. ___ and Experience Fuller.
Feb 17 Stephen Otis and Sally Dyer, of Union.
Feb 24 Silas Fearing and Mary B. Babcock.
Feb 24 Wm. T___ and Nancy Miller
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