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* *ohtr-heth•atbeBrookMiss Jane CoffeyVV. H. Frank, Absalom Carney and Mr.Evans, and those assisting in surveying the town plat, Thos. Plummer, Leviowe a debt of gratitude that I can onlypay by cherishing and honoring theirPhelps and John Fleming. Where areencouragedmemory. 1 hey advised and meat a time when I needed it and tookthey now.” When 1 attempt to answer great interest in getting me a place inthe question I feel a sense of lonlines Marysville, where I could learn a tradee’sand bereavement. They have crossedfrom the continent of matter to theanshores of reality. They are all gone butBrookthe writer and I am to the margin come in,\ “nd onc of the firs* ,our women in’urk.and I expect to die.Rich woodreertiePhillip Plummer , the first and principal factor in the building of the nowZiba Brown, a Protestant Methodistpreacher, and went to Iowa, and Rev.bu.y and prosperous town of Richwood, Brown' 1 believt'- wa' a memler of ,he;ugoodIn look- *owa Legislature at one time. Of herw,es»■tbeding over the tract of land called the rich woods” he saw that it was a good country and had a future. He at onceconceived the idea and laid out the townafter life I know nothing. She was agood woman and I hope they were useful in life and at its close passed fromlaborand called it Richwood. He workedrefrill3hhard and faithfully for the development of the town and surrounding country, which was at that time an unbrokenIt will be fitting for me to say that these four females were all of a nobleItype of woman, enduring uncomplainingly the privations, labors and selfforest. *He was a man possesseddenial incident to the life of the pioneerkindliest feelings toward his fellows, his in the wilderness, so that others mightiadoctrine being “live and let live.” Heblessed. It is well for us while re-Quakera friend to all I viewing their works to honor theird-mankind and when in his power to help, a friend indeed. I am of the opinionmemory, and as well also their immediate successors, who bore the burden andd,that he did not realize financially what he should have dope for the labor, self-the jgarlybuilding upRichwoodAdenial and privations he encountered to I It will also be well for me to say thate-tsmake it possible for himself and others I the first few persons in Richwood at theto have a goodly heritage. Someytoafter the time of which I write he was I peoplegood citizens—moralMethodisthonor. Dr. Brookins and family werek*j joined the North Ohio Conference in I the only ones of the four residents or11845, traveled 19 years, was a successful I families of the town, at the day I menpastor and had many souls through his I tion, that made a profession of christiani-ik ministry brought into the fold of Christ, ty, that I know of, yet every one were 11-hThese will shine as stars in his crown ofSabbath* rejoicing forever. He died at GalenalaboreddbJuly 4, 1864 in hope ofeternal life—a triumphantthey rested from their labors; nolabor9-Pl-death. His wife die^ his sickness. His famisuddenly duringRichwoodaboutinhabitants seemedto agree that itone son being killed during the war, and j took six days of labor and restthere are two daughters living. I gather-1 seventh to properly obey the fourthed these facts from his nephew, Rev. I commandment. The first inhabitantsOliver Burgess, who traveled Richwood were all temperance people—I am of theCircuit several years ago.opinion that not one of them drank anyVa1Thomas Plummer, the surveyor, died intoxicating liquors. As for myself Imany yearsVernon.ago at his home in Mt. never drank any spiritous or intoxicatingsmokedbtJohn Fleming died long ago. He was » cigar or pipe, never cheweduseda local preacher in the M. E. church.aboutI know but little of Absalom Carney $0 years. And now I can say I am gladand family after I left Richwood. He of it. The human system doeswas a good man, industrious, laboring either tobacco or spiritous liquors.*1iopen up the townbeware of both—they are unnecesfor settlement. I have heard with sad- h**ry and injurious. What ia alcohol ? Apiitthiablt;I!tragic death—he was killed poison, a brainsoulthe Indians—but Ir I the particulars. His family haveobtain I poison of virtue, of morals an^ religion,the cause of more tin than all otheranlt;thewhbacanlt;witnopassed to that undiscoveredcauses combinedthatwhose bourndtravelerdrink.” etc* turns.rnm.Ihaveknowledgeclosing these reminiscences, andactors, of thoseItime or place of his death, but of course engaged in the settlementacts and actors, ofof Richwoodso l oec toe didUfatioity 1;has goneithe early pioneersmajorityRichwood on theearliest days, I hopereader,will see by the foregoing what time,other shore. He was a very industrious labor and perseverance will accomplish,and kind man, a quiet and goodBrookins some years after theand some of the changes that occur asmoved to Raton, Ohio, after whichtime peasesmayI have no knowledge of him, at this Wif that we mayand so numberwriting. The Doctor, wile end Mite unto wisdom end atappleheartsan lt;9drt»iin 1 a fsoopaectowandwhlt;i mJane Colley were chri.ttan people, mem- have ple„, ™flw:tionClosemaybars of the M. P. church, and no doubt,found a welcome in the HouseAs e finis in regard to myself, Fredericmade with hands, eternal in theHose men gives In her “LessonTheir kindness to me will havecorrect statement of my feelings*permanent place on my memory’s wallmemory laststhem and Mr. PhillipI UUJeaeSy X ititleIpapandWoMr,HehabIlk ft fletuflvl mm loiUsI so;
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Richwood Gazette
Richwood, Ohio, US
Thu, Aug 12, 1897
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Bursley M.
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