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teara .Of eaift i uutr ro-

A. D.

Cadwallader, JiMjoh

Randall,

-taining

Imr con8'ciot^@f^

C. D. Woolly, Well: C. Cornel , she passed gently with tlie

George W. Sides and DrewSweet./h'i

couvictioo

that ad her future

- - there should be nought bht bliss.

A CaSo.We desire to tender our sin. ' Mrs. Hairis funeral took placr- on

cere

thanks to our many friends for their

j

Tuesday

of this week. 'Mr. Harris

kindness nndsyiapatliydurmgonr law be- anived from Florida with,

reavoment . J.. H.

i iARilia

I, ^ , * i

.1

Sept. 15,1879.

and

Family. ]i her reiirains on Monday. A

hiicf

land very appropriate address was

Sept. 15, 1879.

a n d F am il y .

On Salurday Morning the 6th

'^inst.

of

Cholera

InfADiuai.J/uuiK

Har

Kis,

son Qf Israel Hurris, ot il^is place,

-aged 16 months and 23 days.

JiMMiB

was a sweet, Innueent, pure

liiile child, just such a loving one as

'grows Into the hearts of nilloo gentle

given by the Rev. John Hawke,after

which the solemn procession moved

to Miami Cemetery, whdre tlic ashes

of t he l ov ed and lost ware laid

inlo

their last earthly resting-plaoe.

Tlie pall-beurers were 'Messrs.

,1

M. Hadden, A D Cadwallader, 3a-

lor earib,and the angels

look

him.

The' 'cob Randall, William Jones, Gortii-ii

dear boy is

now

of liie bright throng, | J. Wright, aud Joel Evans.

that live by the Tree of Life where > '

I .

was lively'and

9

o'clock, P.M.,

of cunsumpiio,,*

playful,a well

spring

ofjoyin

his

earth- J. Harris,

i

the

twenty first

ly home. In about 13 hours from bis ce.

first attack, his little eyes were

closed few montlis

ngo u*e

puhiisheda

forever on earth.

God

bless the be-

' end'a murriage,

nut

reaved

parents,

and draw their hearts; IV - h e

bright

Impes

ol

to himself. W ie od I.V ,1. to be with.

ertd iij iiie iroatspf deiitli In ar.. u

-Obtuaru -s,

i we

havp

i t i

air. Har-

I

iia\p

lu^t

one

ol our

most

nr..mi.

Db.a th o f Mrs . I . H Ha r r i s .

Mrs. 1. H. Harris died of

pulmonary

consumption, m Jacksouviile,

Fior

ida,

January

15th, 1873, whither she

-T ,UM on e 01

our

most p.-umis

logyounj

men-one

whose

hiijhesi

e Z.-

hH,adfad

.

he heart

s

chamber

of

friendship from all

\lio

^vere mumate with

him;

Ins nninerons

ncqiuilntaiices.

not

one

will

v.t., ^ . . . . . . . .v. . - --..a ^siHiMHances. no t on e will

had been taken b> her husband for announcement d his demli with,

the benefit of

her

health.

For the j puug

of

regret and sorrow..

I . . . . . .w

V..V

u;. .

o o nu s orro w

first

few

weeks after her arrival, the f

will remain

a

Viicuum

in

soci-

genial atmosphere of that region '

n,,. i.

, ,

seemed to reinvigoi'ate her, and .i, V 'ust be the an-

there appeared every indioat ian that

she would return in the .Spring, re

stored to her pi i.stine health ; bu t

But

how much deeper must

be the an

gusli ol

thilt

lieuit, whose miLui i

b .-en quickened

bv T.i^

l.nlled to his

fond

caress' Ab thi denVl

Rebecca C. Harris died at the I

resid^iitfe

of lier

Son, I. H. Harris,

|

n Tuesday, Sept. 9th, at12 o'clock

M.

She

had

been ill for

noarlyl

ive weeks, tlie

immediate

cause of

tli being, probably, neuralgia of

he heart. She was tire daughter

f John and

Sftfnh

Jennings, and

born

in Gloncester Connty. i

Jcrlcy,

October

2nd, 1804.

was tire

fifth

child

in a

familyi

seren children, and

was one of'

he jJioneer mothers of Warrea

parbnta h'hvirig come

to

ynesyille in 1807.

In 1823, she was united in mar

to James flarrfs, by whon:

e had seven children, oniy

three

whom survive

her. Soon aftei

r riage, she and her husband re

ved to Ceiiterville, Ohio, where

he latter engaged in mercantile

rsuits and

where he remained nn

the snmmer

of 1844,

at

which

me they rethrhed to VVaynesville

n the spring of 1849 the husband

ied, and in

1855

the subject

ol

'

sketch

again returned-to Cen-

rsHlleand remained there unti

mouths

prior

to

bej

Siie was an early member oi

hat is commonlyknown as tht I

School

Baptist Church, having

'

a commuaicant of that organ

tbr over fifty years.

he

a devoted wife, an affectionate

her and a consistent

christain.

d; '

The

funeral of Afrs.

Harris

took .

last Thursday aft.ernoon

from

:

e M. E. Church. The Rev. Mr.

of

Franklin preaclied

I

funeral disconrse

from

the

text,

are the dead who die in

Lord; yea,

saith

my spirit, lor

ey do rest from their labors and :

eir works do follow tbem:'^ A

and attentive congregntiou

to the reverend

gentle

able

disconrse.

At the close,

opportunity

to

take

a

Iw t

look

the

face

of

one of our oldest and

esteemed'

citizens was given,

ich all

improved;

and then the

,

ral cortege moved to

Miami.

'

where all that was mor-' I

of the beloved Motherwas laid

to its last earthly rest |

alaf

, theuncertaintyof human

uopes

t'

liiiu to liopict. N'o l:irnriincre

cmi

o -

the

6th instaDt, her husband

u''ruble

sorrow of tliui

liea'rr''Xd

received

a

telegram announcing

her

world

has

no

riglit

to

intrude

nn-

dangerous

illness. He at onee

has-

s ctuary

with

unavailing

words

of

lened :? her bedside, butshe 8urvi-, ' l f' * Heaven's peace flow

i.i

.......

r 6 balm intothew,.nnderi,ni,i. ..i

v

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Ob itwa r y .

Rebecca C. Ilarns died at the

residence of lier Sou, I. H, Harris.

n Taeaday, Sept.

9b.

at 12o'clock

M. Siie

had been ill fi)r nearly;

five weeks, tlie immediate caose of

deatli being,

probably,

nenralgia

of

the heart. She was the daughter

of Jolin and

S^ftah

Jennings, and

was

born

in

Gloncester Connty.'

New

JerSey, October 2nd,

1804.

She was tlie

fifth

child in

a

family

of seren children, and was one of'

the pioneer raothew of Warrea

connty.her parents Keririg come to

Wayneaville in 1807.

In 1823, she wm nnited in mar

riage to

James flarris, by

whom

she

had seven

children, only tlirec

of whom Buh-ive lier. Soon aftei

raari;iage, she and her husband re

moved to Centerville, Ohio,

where

the latter engaged in mercantile

pursuits

an d

where

he

remained

nn

til the summer of 1S44, at which

tjme they rethrbed to

Waynesville.

In the spring of 1849 the husband

died,

and

in 1855

the

snbject

of

I

this sketch again returned-to Cen-

^ r ^ i l e and remained there unti'

ubotit tVo

mouths

prior to bei

death.

She was an early member of

what is commonly known as h< i

Old School Baptist Church, having '

been a comdiuaiAnt of that oi'oud-

ization for- over

fiffy years.

'She

was a devoted wife, an affectionate ^

mother arid aconsisterit christain.

ri ;

^HE funeral-of Mrs. Harris took 1

place last

Thnrsduy afternoon

from I

the M. E. Chnrch. The Rev. Mr.

Thompson

of

Franklin

preached

the funeral discourse from the text, .

Blessed

are

the

dead

who die in

;i

the

Lord;

yea, eaith my spirit,

for

hey do rest from their laborrand

works

do

follow tbem:' '

A '

large and

attentive

congregfetion

listeried

tri- the reverend

gentle

man's able

discourse. At theclose^

an opportunity to take a last

look

the face of cnie ofour oldest and

esteemed

citizens was given,

'

which all improved; and then the ,

cortege

moved

to Miami; i

Cemetery,

where

all that

was

mor-i r

l of the beloved Mother was laidI

to its

last earthly

rest ' t

Tiie

pall-bearers

MeMre.:

ahe hud

no

teara.(*t3^;

but re-

A.

0,

Cadwallader,

Jacob Randall,'

taining her

cooj^o^ba^to the

last,

C. D. 'Wpoll^, Well; 0. Cornell, she

passed

with the

George W. Hides and

Brew

Sweet. conviction that her

Future

I ' ' there should be nought but bliss.

A

CAito. We

desire to tender our sin- ' Mrs. Hairis

f uner al took

place on

cere

tfeaaks

to

Dur many Wends for their

Tuesday of this

week. Mr.

Harris

from %-lorida

With

Sept.

15,1879. andFamily. J her reurams on Monday. A brief

. ^ ' and very appropriate address was

, Sept. 15, 1879. an d Family.

On Saturday Morning the 6th

linst. of Cholera lDrAoluu,Jru)iiB Har-

BIS, sun

of IsraelHarris, of

il^is

place,

-aged 16months and 23 days.

JiHiira was a sweet, inooeeot, pure '

;little child, just

such

a

loving

one

as

grows

into the

hearts of

niltoo

gentle'

:

g iven by the Rev.

John

Hawke, after

which the

solemn

procession moved

to Miami Cemetery^ whdre the ashes

o f

th e

loved

un d

l o s t

wore l ai d i nt o

their last earthly resting-place.

Tiie pal l-beurcrs were Messrs. J.

M. Hadden, A D Cadwullader,

Ja -

lor

earth,and

the angels

took

him. The I1cob

Randall,

William Jones,

GorUj-u

.dear boy is now of the bright thronff. J. Wright, and Joel Evans.

u l: t

.L

m

that live by the Tree of Life where

death

n e ve r c o me s .

On Friday Jimmie

was lively'and

jolayfulla well spring

of

joy

in

his earth

ly home. In about 13 hours from hi

.. . * Gn Tiiursday the 21h

was hvely and 9 o clock,

P.M.,

of

consumption

joym lusearth- '^ufscd J. Harris,;,, the tkventy firKt

hours

from bis b's uge.

fes were

closed

'o'Uhs ago ive published a

irst attack,

his little eyes were

closed u

lew moiuhs

ago ive

pnbliaheda

forever

on earth. God

bless

the be- our

yo:njg friend'a marriage, not

reaved parents, and draw their hearts; the bright

hopea

of

to himself. \v.

IeL r o f r

>

OWtuarie,. , '' 'I' in .Ur. H.r-Ob i t u a r i e s .

Db-ath o f

Mrs.

I. H Harris.

Mrs. I. H.

Harris

died of pulmonary

consumption,

m Jacksonville, Flor

Ida, January 15th, 1873, whitliersbe

had been taken by her husband for

the b e n e f i t of her hea l th .

F o r

th e

first few weeks a ft er h er a rr iv al , the

genial a tmosphere of that region

seemed t o re in vig wat e-

her,

and

l we

have lu^t one

of

uiir

most promir

; gyvun, men-onev. ho-te higher enloiv

... . .t ho lJ .

..voboVe

.0 Comber

of (,ic

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M r D e n n i s

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Community H is to r i a n

The Mary

L.

Cook P u bl ic L ib ra ry

Waynesv i l l e Ohio 45068

D e a r M r D a l t o n :

Your e f f o r t s in prov id ing

us with documenta t ion

on

th e

H a rr i s

and Mosher

f ami l i e s

i s

apprec ia ted

more

than

mere

words

can expre ss

You wil l be pleased to

learn t ha t

Virgin ia Mosher

Blandford

a t tended

our Mosher

Reunion,

August 15,

1987. She

i s a lovely young lady . The pic ture s she brought with her

we re

mos t

u s e f u l some o f wh ic h

we

had

n e v e r

s e e n

Could you

p le a se

g ive us

th e name and

address

o f th e

people who own

th e

ammel House? And, if you know, we would

a p pr ec ia te l ea rn in g

when

th i s ho te lres t au ran t wil l

be

open

fo r b u s i n e s s

We

wish to br ing

a number

o f

Moshers

to th e

ammel House fo r an evening meal in the near fu tu re

Virgin ia

plans to

meet with

us

would

be pleased to

g re e t

you ag a i n on

t h a t

o ccas i o n

Enclosed

you

wi l l

f ind

a manuscr ip t

wrote

fo r

the

Mosher Reunion .

Feel

f r e e to

dup l i c a t e

it if th e need

arises

Again, thanks fo r your more than generous

a s s i s t a n c e

in

prov id ing

i m p o r t an t

documenta t ion

to

our

r e se a rc h

S i n c e r e l y

C h a r l e s

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topped with a chair rail. Above the chair

r il

the

were covered with

plaster

applied directly

to

the

and then whitewashed. A

stenciled

decorative

band, in red on buff, bordered

the walls above

e

windows

Unique

to

Schoolhouse No. 1 was the l ck of a

hall

or

closets for

coats and storage. Coat hooks

mounted

on boards

around

the two back

in

the classroom, and

shelves were fastened

the

hooks

to

hold

the

tin

pails

and

lunch

s the children brought to school.

A wood burning stove was

used

to heat the

uilding on

cold

mornings, taking the chill off the

tudents

who

had

walked

from

neighboring farms

and

climbed over the

stile

of the four-board

high fence.

Wood for fuel was chopped from a stand of

virgin

trees next to the school property, and stored in a

wood shed to the back of the school. In later years,

about

1886) an L shaped coal stove

unevenly

warmed the room, and a coal shed was built in the

front of

th e

school yard

Water was available at the well in the northwest

corner of the yard, and a

thirsty

child was sent

outside with a

bucket

and a

cup

A hole in the ceiling of the old school is visible in

the center of the building where a bell rope once

hung. The bell was removed, and the opening

shingled over by John Nutt. a neighboring

farmer

who purchased the school for

S20 after

the

school

district was consolidated in

924

Today, this

school

building

is

owned

by

Carl Kastle.

The I sr ae l Ha rris

House

Israel Harris, the owner of the first site of School-

house No. 1. and the original proprietor of the

land traded in 1854 to the school board by John S.

Rober ts , was a farmer from the

Green

Mountain area

of

Rutland

Vermont

Israel and his wife. Elizabeth, purchased their land

by

virtue of the right of pre-emption

from

the

Cincinnati Land Office Full

payment

for a tract

containing 500 acres off the north

side

of Range V.

Township 3. Section

22)

was made in October 1805.

and

the original

letter

of

patent, granted and

signed

y

President

Thomas

Jefferson, is in the archives of

the Dayton Public Library.

As

assignees of William Wells, the Harris

acquired

an additional 681.91 acres along their north border in

1813. This land patent

was

signed and sealed

by

the

authority of President James Monroe.

Beers History of Warren Countii tells us Israel

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and

Elizabeth

Hanis moved to Washington Township

in

1806

with their son James who was born in

Rutland. Vermont in 1801. However, notes of a land

surveyor,

and the date of

Israel Harris first installment

payment on his

land, indicate

he

may have

been

the area as early as December 1802.

Tax records for the

500

acres begin in 1809 with

Israel Harr is listed as the original proprietor , owning

250 acres in the north part, and John Harris,

presumed to be Israel s brother, listed with 250 acres

to th e south.

The houses

John

and Israel Harris built for their

families still stand to the north of E. Social Row

Road, about one mile east of the Lebanon Pike.

Although both houses are dated as having been

built

before 1809. Israel Harris house, secluded by trees

and a long access drive at 1351 E. Social RowRoad,

is judged to be the older: based on the use of large,

bark-covered logs as joists.

The Israel Harris brick hou se was

constructed

on a

fieldstone foundation of bricks made and fired on the

property. Traces of the original brick kiln were

discovered when wings were being added to the

simple, two-story, center door facade in the 1960 s by

Mr.

and

Mrs. V. A. Fleming.

A Bark Covered

Log

Joist

in the s r ae l a r ri s ouse

The interior woodwork and doors suggest the

house was extensively remodeled during the early

Victorian period of the 1860s. An iron box

lock

on

one of the bedroom doors is dated 1863. Other early

Victorian features of the house are the large newel

posts on the wide

straight-run

stairway, the two-ovcr-

two windows, and the front door s semi-elliptical

expanse of glass

Two end chimneys,

with

corbelled caps, indicate

there were once more fireplaces than remain today.

Puzzling

Construction

Under

Basement

Stairway

in

the

s rae l

a r r i s o u s e

The

first

floor li\ ing room fireplace was said to have

been originally fieldstone. and the replacement of 8-

inch-wide floor planks with nanower floorboards, in

th e sou theast co rn er of a

second

floor bedroom

suggest a nanow staircase was once located next to

the centered fireplace.

An interesting feature of the remodeled house is

the cherry and oak paneling used as accents. These

lovely panels were milled in the

1960s

from trees

logged on the property: making them unique as

well

as

decorative.

Also unique , and a curiosity, is a projecting

tube-like cement covered form which runs east to

west under

th e

cellar

stairs. An

active

imagination

combined

with the stories

told

of

the house having

been a stopover point on the Underground Railroad,

and signs of the ground

sinking

in tunnel-like patterns

in the yard, encourages many a theory on the nature

of this mysterious

rounded

outline.

This house, now owned by the V. A. Fleming

family,

was in the Harris

family

until 1830 when it

was sold along with 200 acres by

Israel

and

Elizabeth

Harris to

John

S. Roberts for

3 000

Fifty

acres

in

the

northwest

corner

had been sold in 1826 by

the

Harris to their daughter. Philena Harris Hatfield. and

her husband Thomas Hatfield. Jr. (Thomas Hatfield.

Jr. was a brother of

John

Hatfield whose

will

directed

the buildingof the stone house on Nutt Road.)

John S Roberts and his heirs owned the house

and

the 200 acres of land until

186b.

but local his tory

books

and other sources researched are shy on

details about the Roberts family.

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The

John

Harris Hous e

John

Harris,

the original owner of the

brick

house

that sits just above

the road

at 1243 E. Social

Row

Road,

was primarily

a farmer,

but

like others in the

township,

he

had invested in the manufacturing

venture in Woodbourne. When he died in 1828, it

was his wish, as expressed in his

will,

that the farm,

consisting of the 250 acres he

had

settled on to the

south of Israel Harris, be

left

to his wife. Elizabeth.

so long as she

remains

a widow, for the benefit

of raising and schooling my six children, or until my

youngest child

comes of age . is

will also called

for

the saleof his quarter share of the Woodburn Cotton

Factory

in

Washington Township,

with the profits to

be divided among all ten of his children the six

minor children at home, and the four who were

grown and independent.

The John Harris house, built before 1809,

remained in the possession of the

Harris

family

until

the mid-1850 s

when

it was owned by Robert G.

McEwen

and then by Milton

McNeal. Eventually,

the

house came back into the ownership of another

branch of the Harris family that of John Harris

brother Israel.

This

Israel

Harris had a grandson and namesake,

icraol HonWinc Harris who

was

the first son of

ames

and Rebecca Harris. Born in Centerville into affluen

circumstances.

Israel Hopkins

Harris made good us

of his opportunities, n 1844. when the James

Harr

family moved to a home in Waynesville.

Isra

entered

Yale

University as a beginning junior cla

student. He was a

studious

youth: graduating wi

honors

in 1846.

After

his

graduation.

Israel returne

home to work as an assistant in his father s dry good

business

After the death of their father. ames Harris, i

1849.

Israel

and his brother Joseph carried on the

father s business

until

1855. when Israel became

private

banker in the

firm of

Stokes

and Harris.

Jarvi

Stokes. Israel s partner, was

the

father of Israel s fir

wife.

Esther Ann. who also died in 1849.

(In

on

year, Israel lost his father, his

wife, and his infan

daughter, just

six

months old.)

n

1852, Israel marrie

Carrie E. Bunnell of Wanen County.

Beers

History of Warren

Count\i

. in a

biograp

ical

sketch,

credits Israel

H. Harris

with

bein

successful in all

his

business enterprises; and describ

him asone ofthe wealthiest, most widely known, an

esteemed citizens of the county. Devoting muchof h

time to natural sciences, particularly archeology an

qeoloqy.

Israel s collection

in

those areas

of

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as

said to have equalled, if

no t

excelled, any

private collection in th e United States. He also

possessed a Treasury of Pearls including the only

agat ized pearl upon record in 1882. Called th e

Kohinoor

no t

to b e c on fu se d

with

t he d ia mo nd of

that

name),

this agatized pearl was said to

have

been

a jewel of nameless price . Th e majority of th e

pea rl s in Israel's collection

came

from this area,

having b een p ur ch ased from the Little Miami River

P e a rl Fisheries.

Although Warren

County

claimed Israel H. Harris

as on e of its leading citizens, he maintained a

personal interest in Washington

Township, an d

in th e

land his grandfather ha d acquired

an d

divided in th e

early 1800 s. In

1871,

he strengthened these ties to

th e township by purchasing the house John Harris

ha d built on th e south half of th e original Harris tract.

Israel H. Harris o wn ed t he property until his

death

in 1897, although records indicate he was living in

Waynesville when he died. After

1897,

the house

passed down through his children by his third wife,

E di th M os h er , whom

he

married

in 1874,

after

his

second

wife, Carrie, d ied of

pulmonary

consumption

in

1 8 7 3 .

Th e John

Harris house

appears

to

have

been built

in

three

sections.

There

is a two-story sect ion, with a

center

door an d

symmetrical window placement, built

over

a cellar in which large

hand-hewn

logs are

used

to support the floors; a smaller cottage-l ike room that

makes

up a west wing;

an d

a later one-s tory frame

kitchen

addition, to

th e rear, which creates an

offset- L

shaped

house.

The two original sections

ar e

bricked as one, with

Flemish b o n d brickwork

o n th e

front and

Am e ri c a n

bond brickwork elsewhere; making it difficult to

determine if they were built at the same time, or, if

not,

which

wa s built first. There are

differences

in

detailing, however,

between th e two

sections.

Th e

west wing chimney is corbelled, while the two-story

chimneys are not;

an d

a diagonal row of bricks run

under the roof line in the wing, while the large section

ha s a

three-row

belt

corbelled

across its

facade.

All of the windows have been changed to the

common two-over-two, except for two windows in

t he s ec on d

floor

rear

which

ar e

still

six-over-six.

The

pegged window frames are interesting to note in that

some

p eg s a re

as large as on e inch in diameter.

The barn on the property has pegged rafters, and

hand hewn beams; including a beam that measures at

least 1 0 inches x 2 0 inches thick.

Today

the house John Harr is built reflects

th e

neglect of years of absentee ownership, but there are

interior features which suggest what it

once

was.

Traces of beaded panelling (probably walnut), original

pe g rail, early chair railing, an d wide utilitarian

woodwork, with beaded edges, as well as 8-inch-wide

plank flooring in the upstairs, and examples of three

early door styles cross and Bible, four panel, and

board an d

batten,

ar e all features of

this

h ou se . T he re

are

also two original fireplaces that remain,

each

with

rectangular openings framed by pilasters an d notched

mantel shelves, yet each uniquely individual.

Recently purchased by Lee E. Snyder, the Harris

hous e n o w h as an interested a n d resourceful o w n e r

to preserve what is left, an d restore what

th e

years

have changed.

T h e J o b J e n n i n g s H o u s e

Th e

Jo b

Jennings

house an d

th e Robert Bradford

house

which

share

a pr ivate lane

on th e

south s ide of

E. Social Row Roa d, just east of the John Harris

house, are fine examples of two different approaches

to renovation. The Jennings house has

been

comfortably remodeled,

an d

tastefully furnished with

period pieces reflecting

t he p re se nt

owners (Mr.

Mrs. Lee E. Snyder) interest in

th e

Victorian era. Th e

Bradford house has been carefully restored

an d

lovingly preserved as an outstanding illustration of a

country

Federal farm

house.

Th e

no w

private lane that

passes

to

t he e as t

of

th e

Bradford house and to the west of the Jennings

house, extended in the past as far as Lytle

encouraging th e

border

settlers

to

transact their

business

an d make their

friends

in Clearcreek

Township. In fact,

many

of

th e

farmers south of th e

early Franklin an d Mt. Holly

Road

(Social Row Road)

considered themselves citizens of Warren County.

9

Jo b Jennings

an d

his wife Elizabeth were Quakers

who

came

to Ohio in 1817 from the Woodbury

Monthly Meeting in New Jersey. In their mid-thirties,

th e

Jennings settled on the border property acquired

from, an d with the help of th e Stringtown Quakers,

Solomon an d Ruth Miller. The brick house they built

circa 1833) is

at

1 2 8 6 E.

Social

R ow R oa d.

This house is architecturally valuable from the

standpoint of exterior detailing.

T he d oo r placement

is

u n u s u a l in th a t it is on th e

left

r a th e r t ha n c e n te r e d

and

symmetrical.

Th e

Flemish

bond

front is

enhanced

by two diagonal courses of brick which form a

c or b el le d c or n ic e, an d two-belt courses

of

corbelled

brick

t ha t

ru n

u nd er th e se co nd

floor

windows.

T h e

windows

were changed

after th e Civil War to

two-over-two. an d

each

is topped by a flat brick arch

with a radiating voussoir.

Jo b Jennings wife died in 18 54, a nd in 1857 he

sold

th e

hous e an d fa rm t o J o h n

Hatfield an d hi s wife

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Hatfields. however,

were

unable

to

the

six

promissory notes

they

had signed, and

Jennings took the

matter

to

the

March

Term of

1861 Warren County Common Pleas Court. The

was

a Sheriff's

sale

of the

house

and the 160

s to settle the Hatfield debt.

A.

Stokes purchased

the

farm

at the

sale. An advertisement in Lebanon s Western

described the property

simply

as a

brick

house

with a frame

barn .

The

court

records

the

property

was

appraised

at

S50

an

acre.

rvis Stokes (the grandfather

of

Benjamin Stokes)

Israel H.

Harris purchased

the

property

in

1865,

and in 1867 it was acquired by Isaac

Stansell and

Joseph B.

Kindle.

The

Kindle

name is the one most

often associated

with

the house and much has been

written

about

Joseph

B. Kindle,

a blacksmith

originally from

Burlington,

New Jersey, whose

heirs

owned

th e

home for

over 60

years.

In

recent years,

a bedroom and family

room

have

been added to the house and a

bricked

tobacco barn

has replaced the

original bank barn that was

destroyed by fire.

The

Robert

Bradford House

The Fron t Entr ance of the

Robert Bradford House

The Bradford house is the most arresting house in

the

southeast quadrant of

Washington Township. It

sits secluded

in a pastoral setting

at

1284 E. Social

Row Road

In

1813. the original 170.93

acres

was

purchased

by

John

and

Eliza Mercer Heighway

of

Cincinnati.

The son of

Samuel

Heighway, a member of the first

surveying party

to

chart the

lands

recorded

under the

Symmes

purchase)

John

Heighway was

born in

England

in 1785. His parents made their

home

in

Cincinnati and John became one of that city s most

prominent men.

He served as

president

and cashier

of the

United

States

Branch

Bank,

and was

probably

best

known

for

having built

the

first

bank

vault

ever

erected in the city. His wife, Eliza Mercer, born March

18

1791. was

the

first female child born

in

Cincinnati

After owning

the

land

for only a year, the

Heighway's sold

the acreage

in

1814 to Francis and

Abigail

Martin who

then

resold the land at a

loss

in

1815

to

three

brothers:

Robert,

Thomas,

and David

Bradford. Immigrants from County

Down

of

Ireland,

Robert

wasthe oldest and the

first

of the

Bradfords

to

arrive in Philadelphia in 1812. His

father

had died in

Ireland, his mother, four brothers, and his

sister, left

their small farm to join him in America in the spring

of

the same

year.

One brother. James, died soon

after

arriving in

Philadelphia.

Another brother,

Thomas, found a job in a Philadelphia foundry. The

rest of the

family

moved on to

Cincinnati, Ohio.

Robert

Bradford, who was twenty-four years old in

1812, worked at a variety

of

jobs before moving to

Washington Township

with

his

Virginia

born

wife

Elizabeth

Myers. Trained in his

youth

as a weaver, he

worked

as

a bricklayer's

helper for

6.00

per

month;

in a Cincinnati flour mill

for

1.00 a day; and as a

sharecropper on a farm near Cummingsville for

two thirds

of

the crop

While 1820 tax records list Robert Bradford as the

sole

owner

of the Washington Township

land

parcel,

deed

records

indicate

it was

1822

before Robert

and

his

wife

had purchased Thomas Bradford's two-thirds

share. Thomas'

share had

grown to two-thirds in

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M r. Charles

D .

Mosh e r

5 2 4

S .

V i n e

Street

Ma r i o n , Ohio 43302

D e a r

M r.

M o s h er :

WAYNESVILLE.

OHIO 45068

Ju ly

31 ,

1 9 8 7

I

regret

that I was u n ab le to meet

yo u

back a t

the

l ibrary during

your r e c e n t

v is i t

to g ath er g en ea lo gic al inf or ma tion on the Mosher

f a mily.

I ha d much

to

do i n c l u d i n g pic king up the c a r which was in

fo r

r epa i r s . I am

ra ther

se l f i sh w ith

time

on

day of f .

I am going

through

a col lect ion

o f s crapb oo ks from

th e H arris family

and

co p y in g

th e i t e m s

o f

genea log ica l i n t e r e s t and h is to r i ca l i n t er es t

e s p e c i a l l y th e

pea r l s

fo r

you .

This

may take some

time

an d ef fo r t s i n c e the scrapbooks

h a v e n t

been

organized .

But t h i s

wi l l

be

an o p p o r t u n e

t im e

to

p u t toge ther

more

Har r i s

a n d

M o s h e r f i l e s f o r our genea l og i c a l v e r t i c a l

file

We h a v e

two Har r i s f i l e s in our

O h i o a n a Room

a n d y o u appa ren t l y ove r looked

one

I am c o n s e q u e n t l y s e n d i n g

th e

informat ion

copied from

th e

Ol d N o r t h w e

Qua r t e r l y

M a g a z i n e o f 1898 .

As I t o l d

yo u

d u ri n g

our

c o n v e r s a t i o n , th e Mosher l ine h e r e ended w i t h

I s r a e l Harr is M osher and daugh ter , Virg in i a . I s r a e l Harr i s Mosher was

bo rn

in

1 8 9 2

in

a

house

nex t

to

th e

Har r i s home on

M a i n

S t r e e t .

T h e

g e a n e a l o g i c a l

inf or ma tion

ap p ears in

par t

in

A

Genealogical H istor y

Of

The J e n n i n g s F am il ie s In E n g l a n d

and

A m e r i c a ,

V ol.

I I -The

A m erican

F am i 1 i e s

P a g e

396

2093 D e s c e n d a n t s of H e n r y

S ta t e s :

ISRAEL HOPKINS HARRIS Rebecca C.

2 0 3 3 ,

Jo h n 1 9 9 3 , Jacob

1 9 7 9 , I saac 1 9 7 4 , H e n r y 1973 , so n o f Jam es and

R ebecca

C.

Jenn ings

Har r i s .

B o r n

Nov.

2 3 ,

1 8 2 3 .

M r. Har r i s w as mar r i ed

t h r e e

t imes an d h a d

seven

ch i l d r en ;

tw o

o n l y

now l iv ing-Mrs . L a u r a H M osher and a ha l f

s i s t e r .

2233 .

Lau r a

Ha r r i s

ma r r i e d

Jo hn Jacob

Moshe r .

Their children

MOSHER

a )

Caro l ine

J e n n i n g s b . Sep t. 1 1 ,

1884.

b )

E d i t h 0 . b .

May

22, 1 8 8 6 .

c

I s r a e l Har r i s b .

F e b .

5 , 1 8 9 2 .

Mr Mosher

i s

dead; widow an d c h i l d r e n l iving in Waynesville

Oh io

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WAYNESVILLE,

OHIO 45068

The Genea l og i c a l His to ry Of

The

J enn i ngs

F am i l i e s was

pub l i shed

in 1899

so now

we know t h a t John J a cob

Moshe r

was

de c e a s e d

by t h a t

t im e .

l l

know wher e to lo o k

f o r

his o b i t u a r y .

As I

t o l d

you p r e v i ou s l y , it

i s

t h rough Rebecca Cla rk Je n nin gs , th e

mothe r

o f

I s r a e l

Hopkins Ha r r i s t h a t th e f ami ly is r e l a t ed

The

J enn ings fami ly

i s

your connec tion to the

genea l og i ca l

l i n e of

Wil l i am

J enn i ngs

Bryan who i s

we l l

known in th e h i s t o r y books . Mr.

Bryan i s o f cou rse r e l a t e d t h rough th e Jenn ing s fam ily .

Thought

you

migh t l i k e th e Will iam Jenn ings Bryan

connec t ion

and b iog raphy as it

appea r s in th e book. Have enc l o s ed it t o o .

The

Wiggins and

McKi l lop s 1878 Direc to ry of

Waynesv i l l e ,

Ohio

lists J . J . Mosher-book keeper -Waynesv i l l e Bank . The only

Mosher

l i s t ed

in

th e

January

1 ,

1900

Waynesvi l le

Direc tory

i s Mrs.

Laura

H. Moshe r -Ma i n St

s I

to ld

you,

Virginia Mosher, daughter of I s rae l Harris Mosher and

Nel l i e

Cutwr ight Mosher,

i s the

l a s t

of the l i ne in t h i s area excep t

f o r

th e Hawke

ch i l d r en .

Ed ith 0 . Mosher

mar r i e d

Ronald Hawke and

l i v ed

and

d ied

h e r e .

The i r

ch i l d r en

l i v e

in

Texas . Vi rg i n i a migh t

know

the addresses . V irg in ia was the

only

Mosher descendant here

s ince the others

were g i r l s . Vi rg i n i a s

address :

Vi rg i n i a Bland fo rd

929 L a r r i w o o d

Ke t t e r i n g ,

Ohio

45429

P h o n e

5 1 3 - 2 9 3 - 8 6 3 1

Most of

the Mosher h i s to ry i s going

to

be found through the Harr is

family since there i s

a

double

connection.

Harrises marrying Moshers

and

Moshers

marrying Harr ises .

I

have wri t ten to Virginia

to

l e t

h e r

know t h a t you w i l l

be in con t a c t .

s I f ind Mosher i n fo rma t i on , I

wi l l

be happy to send it along to

you.

I t

also

expands

our f i l es . I would be

interested

in swapping

the Mosher informat ion

you have

so tha t I

can

add it to our f i l e s .

Most

Sin^rely,

l ennis

E. Dalton

Communi ty

Hi s t o r i a n

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Ohioana Room

Mary L.

Cook P u bl ic L ib ra

Ve r t i c a l

F i l e /Genea l ogy

Harris

From a s c r apbook made

by

Lau r a Ha r r i s

Mosher a t

age

13

o r 14

b eg i n n i n g

May

12 , 1875 :

M r. I s r a e l H. Ha r r i s , b ank e r , o f t h i s

p l a c e ,

and Miss

Edi th

Mosher

th e

Young and comely

daugh t e r o f

m ine

host Mr.

Nathan

Moshe r ,

was

mar r i e d on

New

Ye a r s eve ,

at t h e r e s i d e n c e o f t h e b r i d e s

father;

t h e o ld

Hammel Hou s e ,

by E l d e r J .H .

Dodd ,

o f t h e Ch r i s t i a n chu r ch o f this p l a c e .

The newly

ma rr ie d c ou ple left fo r a t ou r t h rough th e no r t h .

I .H . H a r r i s

and

his new w i f e , o f W ayn e s v il le , t ook a v e r y

p l e a s a n t

b i r d s ey e

view

o f S t .

Lou i s

and

Chicago

on their

r e c e n t wedding t o u r . Mr. Ha r r i s i s th e f avo r i t e

banke r o f

th a t p a r t

of

the

ocun ty . /

MARRIAGE OF MR I .H . HARRIS N

MISS

EDITH MOSHER._This

p lea san t event

t r ansp i r ed

l a s t

Thursday

even ing ,

a t 5 h

o c l o c k , December 31 , 1874 , a t th e home

of

th e b r i d e s

p a r e n t s ,

i n

t h i s p l a c e . E ld e r J .H . Dodd pe r fo rmed th e

ceremony un i t i ng

th e

two

hea r t s

in holy

wedlock ,

till

t h ey

s h a l l be

pa r t e d

by d e a t h .

M r .

J a c ob Mosher

and

Miss Mary E. Mosher a c t e d a s

groomsman

and b r i d e sma i d .

M r.

Ha r r i s

is

we l l

known

a s n o t o n ly ou r

b a n k e r , b u t

one

o f ou r mos t s u b s t a n t i a l and h ig h ly r e sp ec te d c i t i z e n s - a

gent leman

o f wea l th

and

c u l t u r e ;

and

h i s

f a i r young

b r i de ,

daugh te r

of

Mr.

and Mrs. M.N. Mosher i s a

lady

es teemed

by

all

who knew he r be s t as pos s e s s i ng

all

those

a t t r i b u t e s

which go

to

make up

th e

i d e a l womanhood. We c o r d i a l l y

un i t e d wi t h t h e i r

ho s t s

o f

f r i e n d s

in wi sh i ng f o r them

a

happy and p rospe rous voyage ac ro s s th e sea o f life as i s

mos t certainly

their

desert.

Mr. and

Mrs. Ha r r i s ,

d i r e c t l y

on

th e

conc l u s i on of

th e

wedding ceremony l e f t fo r the

depo t ,

where

they

took

th e

6:35 t r a i n fo r

Xenia and Dayton. From Dayton

they purposed

going to Cinc inna t i ,

thence

to S t . Louis and from S t .

Louis

home

by

way

of

Chicago.

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Will Be A Spring Bride

Ma .

^Bcl Mrs. I. HaiTis

,Mosber >

Uieir daughter

Vk giriia i ^

of

518

Nontli-: St.

- . aynesyiile, .to

D iiel L. Blandtfor^, sop of

a,. :... /

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;

Ji \

of-628 l^wi-sha:m

Ba^ ljoai..

Miiss Moslier is a graduaite of.

WaynesvUe H ig h Scihool and

also of Miami Universi ty at

Ox-

; ford. She is employed in the

P ei t ^i ii ne l De pa ir tm en it of To p

Value

Entea-prises in KeLtering.

He r fianoe is a graduate of

Clean-ci eek High School and is

employed by Frigidaii-e in Day

t o n

Th e

weddling will ta ke p lac e

on. Saturday May 31

at

Ure St .

jMary s Episcopal

Church

UVaynesviLle.

513/897 4826

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LOCATED: 5 18 Nor th St

a t c orne r o f

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St

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slant top

writing

desk, slant frontbureau

desk^

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Iwash stand, wicker lamp stand Minnesota treadle

sfe^ing machine, large

wall mirror,

three birds eye

maple., dressers

with

oval mirrors, birds eye

maple

rocker, birds eye straight chair, six T back dining

chairs, fqqt stool,

wicker

liamper, spindle

back

chairs,

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SOUVIONIR ANJ) HOME COMING EDITION OF

THE

MIAMI CxAZETTE

The Citizens Bank, Cilavnesille, Ohio

Bank of

Discount

and

Deposit.

A gen(ii-ai banking? exchange and

collection

busi

ness

transacted.

Dejjo.sits

solicited.

We call .special

attention

to

our savings

depart

ment, pai l

on .savingsaccounts,

our

present accounts

represent

anioimls

fritin JiiK jlollar (o as

high

as one

thousaiul (hi lla rs. i tc gl n (o savi ami apeti an account.

ff ice r s

It. F. Moslier, i residonL; .JauH S Stoops, 1st. Vice

President; Levi S. Liikens, 2nd. Vice

President;

J. N.

Lemmon, Cashier; W. A. Meri itt, Assistant Cashier;

F. C. Hartsock,

Teller.

The d i rec tor s o f

this

bank

are

active in th e su

pervision of its affairs and are as follows: R. F. Mosher,

C. A.

Hinsch,

James Stoops, Levi S. Lukens, W. A.

Merritt,

Nathan

Jones,

Charles Cornell,

W.

J.

Sher

wood

and

Frank

Elbon.

K. F. M OS MK It

When [.in-( itizons IJank was irganizcMl there was

only one man who was considered

for the

Presidency

tha t man was K. F. Moshe r, ami

th e

nnnTier in which

he

has

admini.stered

th e

affairs of the institution, proves

th e

wisdom of tha t

choice.

Mr. Mosher has a remarkable faculty

fo r

business,

and can

accomi)lish a

great

amount

of

work in a

given

t ime

To

his

ahilil.y and

th e

universal confidence and

este( rn in whicfi ht; is held hy

the

p.;aple of

the

commu

nity, the stei ly

p i.;c.r;s if i i. ,.s :,n a

measu re

due.-

Mr. Mosi ier s honv is in

(^ardingtori,

Ohio,

but

he

makes

frequent

visits to V/aynosvillo to

attend

to the

C. A. HINSCH

The Citizens Bank is fortunate in having a boar

of directors who take the greatest interest in the affai

of the bank and all of

whom

are capableand efficie

businessmen, but it is especially favored inhavingo

its board, Mr. C. A. Hinsch, President of the Fift

National Bank, of Cincinnati.

Mr. Hinsch became interested in th e Citizen

Bank on its establishment and has taken an active

inte

es t

in

it s

affairs

ever

since. He is one

of the bes t know

men in Ohio in financial circles. In a comparatively few

years

he has

brought the

Fifth

National to

th e

forefron

of Cincinnati s banking in.stitutions, and everything h

takes hold of proves a success.

J. N. LEMMON. CASHIER.

P^ew

men attend more faithfully to business tha

doesJ. N. Lemmon, Cashier of the Citizens Bank, an

from the time the bank was organized he has faith

fully safeguarded the interests of every depositor an

stock holder and seen to the carrying out of every on

of th e

manifold details which

ar e

included in

the busi

ness of a

banking

institution.

Mr. Lemmon ha.s been a citizen of Waynesville

little more than three years, corning here from Dry

iiidge, Kentucky. He was Ixirn SepLemhim 9, 1S56. Hi

father died when he was only I years of age, and Mr

Lemmon remained on th< farm with his

mother

until he

was almost thirty yeav-; oM.

In 1884 he entered themerchantilebusinessat Dry

Ridge;Kentucky. After several years at this he bough

a farm where he lived until comingto Waynesville.

In IST? the People? Bnk wis or^anizei at Dry

Ridge and Mr. Lemmon was elected a director. In

188C

the cashier of the

bank riled

]Liit.e suddenly and Mr

Lemmon was prevai cd ut>f n to t.ake up the duties of

the position which he

filie

1with ability uo to the time

he resigned to accept, the position of Cashier of th e

Citizen.s Bank.

Mr. Lemmon was marrieil in 1886 to Miss Marv

Browning. Mr. and

Mr.s.

Lemmon make

their

home

at

their spaoious Grand View Far ir iust east of Corwin