HARLEM TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE 2011 HISTORICAL MEETING November 10, 2011

Transcription

1 HARLEM TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE 2011 HISTORICAL MEETING November 10, 2011

2 Program HISTORICAL PROJECTS 2011 Benajah Cook Memorial Marker Diane Kabler Military Flagholders for Veteran Graves Vicki Tieche, Diana Robertson Archaeological research Dr. Joni Manson, Dr. Dave Snyder Antique Tractors John Yeagle, Joe Henney Harlem Township Historic Booklets Vicki Tieche Harlem Township Cemetery Mapping Phyllis Davidson, Barb Morrison USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project Vicki Tieche Harlem Cemetery Clean Up Joni Manson, Betty Kenney Center Village Cemetery Renovation Work Vicki Tieche Cemetery Entrance Markers Diana Robertson, Vicki Tieche Historic Homes Inventory Joni Manson, Dave Snyder, Diana Robertson Who s Who in Harlem Township, 20th century Vicki Tieche

3 Benajah Cook Farm and Sawmill Benajah Cook Moved to Granville, Ohio in 1805 Purchased section of township at Sheriff s sale Moved to and founded first white colony in Harlem Township in 1807 First Justice of the Peace in Township Son John Cook purchased homestead and continued to operate farm and sawmill Constructed home on Gorsuch Road in 1863

4 Cook Homestead

5 Cook Home Built by Benajah Cook s Son, John

6 Barn Barn Located on Cook Farm Older Section Built in 1837 North half of barn, closest to Gorsuch Road was built in Southern half was added at later date,

7 Gorsuch Road Gorsuch Road Site for Cook Historical Marker & Parking Near Duncan Run Creek

8 Duncan Run Creek Duncan Run Creek Near Head of Cook Mill Race

9 Mill Race Berm of Cook Mill Race

10 Race Remnants of Old Cook Mill Race Person is standing in the race.

11 Ohio Historical Marker Ohio Historical Markers Program Pricelist $2,200: Ohio Site Marker 1" text - same text on both sides $2,265: Ohio Site Marker 1" text - different text on each side $2,300: Ohio Site Marker 5/8" text - same text on both sides $2,450: Ohio Site Marker 5/8" text - different text on each side $1,800: Ohio Corporation Marker Price includes a seven-foot aluminum post (two square-section posts for corporation markers), set screws, and prepaid shipping Replacement posts cost $325 for 7' and $350 for 10'. Custom art work and metal-plate photos can be accommodated at an additional cost. Please allow extra time for artwork production. *Prices include $350 to cover the Ohio Historical Society's costs in administering the markers program, the grants program, and to assist sponsors in the long-term maintenance of the markers. Effective Jun 1, 2010

12 Text for Cook Historical Marker Benajah Cook Sawmill and Farmstead The Benajah Cook family arrived in this area when the land was totally forested. Benajah purchased 4000 acres at a sheriff s auction on June 12, 1807 and selected 500 acres along Duncan Run Creek for his family farm and the location of his sawmill. These early settlers transformed the dense forest into farmland and created a life of sustainable living through hard work, dedication and a clear vision of the future. The mill race visible along the north side of Duncan Run near the Gorsuch Road bridge is the last vestige of the sawmill operated by Benajah on his farmstead. Upstream from the millrace there are traces of the foundation for a dam, most likely a wooden weir, constructed across Duncan Run. Logs were floated down Duncan Run at times of high water to be stored in the mill pond, sorted, and moved single file along the mill race. The water flowing along the mill race facilitated the orderly movement of the logs and powered the mill wheel that drove the vertical up and down motion of the saw. Benajah Cook and other families who settled in the newly formed Harlem Township in the early 19 th century are remembered and recognized for the hard work and dedication that created productive farmland. The pioneering spirit of these early farming families of Harlem Township is embodied in the traces they left behind and celebrated by today township s residents.

13 Funding for Marker Current balance in Savings Account $1, Cost of Ohio Historical Marker $2, Funds Needed $1,065.52

14 Military Flagholders for Veteran Graves Diana R. and Judy K. place a War of 1812 marker on the grave of John Searfoss in Fancher Cemetery. Mr. Searfoss s descendant, Jo Barginear in Houston, Texas was so thrilled to discover we had placed a marker on his grave that she donated $ to our Harlem Township fund. Mr. Searfoss actually lived in Plain Township, near Harlem Road and Walnut Street, but was buried in Harlem Township.

15 2011 Accomplishment New Flagholders Revolutionary War 1 (previously unknown) War of (none previously marked) War with Mexico 1 Civil War 33 (30 already had flagholders) Spanish American War none needed World War 1 7 (12 already had holders) Total 56 New Flagholders; Cost - $870.00

16 In Cemeteries Harlem Cemetery Fancher Cemetery Hunt Cemetery

17 Center Village Cemetery has a large number of Civil War veterans buried and remembered many of them never came home. Top photo center Daniel Hubbell who died at Andersonville Prison; right photo Emery Garlinghouse who was wounded at Atlanta and died there. Center Village Cemetery all new flagholders

18 2012 Objective for 2012 Flagholders for World War II unknown number, 70 graves No Flagholders Broken WWII Flagholder

19 Archaeological Research recording new finds From field near cell tower From Harlem Cemetery From soon to be horse farm

20 Artifact ID Days

21 Old House Site Investigating the John Q. Adams house site on the bank of Duncan Run near the old route of Gorsuch Road. On 1866 map.

22 Settler Artifacts Three IS stones found in Center Village Cemetery. Meaning? Infant son or? Heavy metal pieces found in Center Village Cemetery gravestone shims

23 Antique Tractors John Yeagle in the 2011 Parade

24 1951 Cockshutt 40 s Picture was recently published in an international magazine

25 1946 McCormick-Deering Model W-9 This was the largest farm tractor produced in 1946

26 1951 Cockshutt 40 This tractor was pictures on the 2010 Bicentennial plaque

27 Gene Piper and Allis Chalmers Gene was the original owner of this 1957 model

28 Line-up at the 2007 Harlem Show

29 Lee Piper and 1931 McCormick-Deering THIS TRACTOR WAS ORIGINALLY ON STEEL AND LITERALLY REPLACED THE HORSE. LEE PIPER STARTED FARMING WITH THIS MODEL.

30 Harlem Township Historic Booklets 2011 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HARLEM TOWNSHIP WORLD WAR I Over There, Over There Harlem Township has only one, possibly two, veterans from the Spanish American War and at least twenty-five from World War I. This 23 page booklet tells a little about each of the wars and the service records of the men from Harlem Township who fought for the red, white, and blue. Cost $5.00

31 CIVIL WAR MEMORIES This 98 page booklet came about because a former resident of this area had seventy-three letters written home to Center Village by boys fighting for the Union. The booklet also contains excerpts from the diary of Sgt. Charles W. Durling who was in the group that chased Morgan, a write up on the Fighting Chaplain of the 32 nd OVI (from Center Village), and pages on those we lost and the involvement of local families in the war plus more. Cost $10.00

32 Harlem Township Cemetery Mapping Fancher Cemetery Old Section

33 USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project We live as long as we are remembered... Old Russian Proverb Harlem Township Cemetery Index 2010 AAA-CON CONV-HAM HANA-MCE MCG-SEB SEE-ZIM Vicki Tieche

34 Harlem Cemetery Clean Up - James Betty working on two different stones

35 Eliza Budd Joni spent a lot of time working on the Eliza Budd stone. It was amazing how beautiful and colorful it was when clean.

36 George W. Budd Civil War Veteran George W. Budd s stone. Working on the stone spread the lichen yellow color. Bottom, Vicki working with soft brush.

37 Center Village Cemetery Renovation Work When the WPA mapped Center Village Cemetery in 1935, they recorded 173 graves. When we read the cemetery in 2010, we found only about 100 graves and many empty pediments, downed stones, and broken stones and footstones placed in piles under trees and around the cemetery edges.

38 Peter C. Carr There was no intention to begin work on Center Village Cemetery this year, but internet contacts made for the Civil War Memories book led to contact by Patti Stafford in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, whose 3 rd Great-Grandfather, Peter C. Carr, and wife Pelia Ann Hartrum Carr were buried in Center Village Cemetery in now lost graves. Patti donated $ to help with our projects with a request that we try to find her grandparents. So far, we ve been unsuccessful. Peter & Pelia Carr s son Asa s stone left; their nephew Will Hartrum s flag right

39 War of 1812 Veteran Adam Piper War of 1812 veteran, Adam Piper s stone is missing a critical piece. In trying to find it, we unearthed the original stone for Civil War veteran David Clark, in two pieces, buried several inches down.

40 Hannah Roberts Hannah Roberts was the wife of Beers Roberts who donated Center Village Cemetery to the township. At first glance it appeared there were two stones mixed together at her burial site. It turned out to be one large one very repairable. The bottom of her stone is signed by D. Bennet

41 Obelisk The obelisk monument was in three pieces in three different places in the cemetery and unreadable even using various computer techniques like a negative image. But, by using flour to fill the letters in the stone it was possible to read: Hannah E.; dau of WT & LE; SMETHERS; DIED APR; 25, The marble obelisk had been mounted to a pediment with an iron spike. Location of the pediment is not yet certain.

42 Dora Marriott Someone paid extra to have a decorative edging made for the grave of Dora Marriott, but over the years it disappeared into the ground. Even worse, her stone was misplaced on the granite pediment for her Mother s stone which had fallen off. Her unusual grave is now almost back the way it originally was.

43 Omer Simpson Poor little Omer Simpson died in 1857 at the age of 2 months. Then his stone was broken and the top part with his name put under the tree fifty feet away from the broken off base and pediment of his stone. The pediment and broken base were dug up and the top part placed with them. His stone is now waiting repair over the winter.

44 To Do Center Village so much more to do! The two large pieces go together. They re broken through the eagle design and the top is missing. No name. Military? Or? Where are the missing graves? Figuring out how they go together Large pediment buried behind two stones. Why? The unmatched broken pieces.

45 Cemetery Entrance Markers Proof for Harlem Donated stones with mounted bronze plaques to be mounted at the entrance to each cemetery. Cost app. $1,650, $850 donated.

46 Harlem (Buddtown) Cemetery On land owned by the John Budd family (1809) Earliest burial 1814; most recent burial 1913 Burial location of Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War veterans, and Reverend Daniel Bennet, founder of the Harlem Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery and records maintained by Harlem Township

47 Center Village (Centreville) Cemetery Deeded to the township by the Roberts family in 1858 Earliest burial 1856; most recent burial 1925 Burial location of War of 1812 and Civil War veterans A Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1857, was immediately east of this cemetery Cemetery and records maintained by Harlem Township

48 Hanover-Snipetown Cemetery Named for the Hanover family (1830), owners of the land, and Snipetown, which existed at the intersection of Fancher and Green-Cook Roads Earliest burial 1824; most recent burial 1997 Burial location of War of 1812 and Civil War veterans Cemetery and records maintained by Harlem Township

49 Hunt Cemetery Named for the Daniel Hunt family (1835), who bought the land from Benjamin Gorsuch (1832) Earliest burial 1832; re-activated and expanded 2010 Burial location of Revolutionary War, War of 1812, War with Mexico, and Civil War veterans Cemetery and records maintained by Harlem Township

50 Fancher Cemetery On land owned by the William Fancher family (1810) Earliest burial 1822; currently active cemetery The oldest of three sections is closest to Fancher Road Burial location of many veterans from the Revolutionary War to the present Cemetery and records maintained by Harlem Township

51 Maple Grove Cemetery Established on land owned by R.J. Kern Earliest burial appears to be 1900 North and South sections; currently active cemetery Burial location of many veterans from the Civil War to the present Cemetery and records maintained by Harlem Township

52 Barnhard Addition to Fancher Cemetery Donated to Harlem Township for cemetery expansion by John L. Barnhard in 2006 Cemetery and records maintained by Harlem Township

53 Historic Homes Inventory In the mid-1990 s, a survey was made of the old homes and buildings in Delaware County, but all the local information is contained in one book. The objective of this project is to develop more historical information on the houses and other structures existing in Harlem Township for a permanent record and so residents know more about the township origins.

54 Historic Homes Inventory For the house pictured on the prior page 6. When was the building first constructed, year? Possibly 1815, definitely by 1836 based on the selling prices 7. Who was the original builder or owner? Henry Fancher and/or Elijah Clark (Henry most likely built the small, one story section between 1815 and 1831; Elijah the front two story section between 1831 and Who first owned the land the house is on if not the builder? John Cleve Symmes, granted as Revolutionary War Land Bounty, April 3, 1800: sold as portion of to Benajah Cook at Sheriff s sale in Franklinton, June 12, 1807: sold to Moses Byxbe of Berkshire the same day: sold to Reuben Lamb, June 12, 1810; sold to William Fancher Sr, June 12, 1810; sold to Henry Fancher, Sept. 16, 1815; sold to Elijah Clark, March 30, Who all has owned the house in the years since it was built, and what years did they own it? Sold to George Hursey, Nov. 18, 1836; sold to Abijah Mann, Jan. 4, 1839; sold to Thomas Mann, Feb. 16, 1844; sold to Marcus A. Mann, Jan. 3, 1895 (estate); sold to Henry A. Mann, June 24, 1905; to the Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Oct. 9, 1923; to Anna M. Droke, June 30, 1931; to Marguerite C. Redfern, June 3, 1932: to Clinton H. Orcutt, Feb. 6, 1933; to Frank and Magdalena Reither, Jan. 31, 1936; to lawsuit, Dec. 12, 1940; to the Federal Land Bank of Louisville, April 22, 1941; sold to George and Grace Dell, June 3, 1941; sold to Kirsten L. Dell, 1992 (estate).

55 Who s Who in Harlem Township, 20th century The Delaware County History published in 1880 contained stories and biographical sketches of the settlers and those who came shortly after. In 1910 a county directory was published with additional sketches of 19th century residents Nothing has been done since 1910, which means we ve missed recording information about people in the community in the 20th century those we knew and who were instrumental in the development of our community when we were kids.

56 Lest We Forget Them We Need to Record Them