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L~1-esr yosko)-* V, Him Ullll tuwrites of him as “livng in his fine Whitewater mansion adjoining Con-nersville”—now Elmhurst School.g-Sn11l-m1-(Iato10)feidin10idr-ii-nfleElmer Edwards, father of William T. Edwards, was the first white child horn in the county. Their log cabin stood in Main street, north of the Heel) Rink. The father and mother of Elmer made the Ohio River trip from Pittsburgh to Cincinati by flat-boat. thence to Oonnersville by wagon. Elmer had the ambition to possess a suit of broadcloth to he married in. Not having the money he devised ways and means to obtain the sufficient amount. By peeling, cutting and drying bushels of apples and selling them he purchased the broadcloth suit. Mr. Edwards was the first, farmer in the county to use tile in draining land. The tile was brought from Portsmouth, Ohio to Cincinnati, via the Ohio River, then by canal boat to Connersville.The first store in the town was that of Joshua Harlan. The businesswas conducted in a log cabin on thesite of the home of William Heeb. In 1X20 Mr. Harlan built a brick/milding which is a part of the build-oeristead nor table. I had a large tool chest that served as a table and one or two keys, or rather tubs, and one small chest that served for seats. For lodging our beds were laid on the floor. All the stock we had was a sow and pigs, not even a chicken. In this manner wife and I began our married life.Mr. Maison tells of how he provided furniture for his home. My next object was to make seats. For this purpose 1 went into the creek bottom and selected a suitable blue ash tree, cut it down, then into the side notches and split off blocks of suitable lengths and widths for benches. With the broad ax and drawing knife they were made smooth. Some were made for only one person to sit on and were made with three legs. The long ones were made with four legs. In this way we were soon provided with seats. Our next object was a bedstead, i found on the place some black walnut rails, which were well seasoned. From these I made a high post bedstead. Our bedstead made and well corded, and with our bedya-e~ton-a-o-leor*s-n-nting known today as the Buckley House. In this building was one of “Ye olden time Inns.’4When Daniel Morrison came to Connersville in IS JO as a boy of sixteen from his home in Baltimore, Md., lie had no idea of what frontier life would be. From Baltimore to Pittsburgh the journey was made in a six horse wagon. From Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on a flat boat. Five days were consumed floating down the river. Mr. Morrison was apren-tieed to a carpenter for three years. The first year he received $25.00, the second $25.00, the third $15.00. jn addition he received his bed, board and washing and worked from six in the morning until six in the evening. Mr. Morrison assisted the civil engineers who surveyed the route of the canal, also assisted in drafting the plans for construction.Having done this work it enabledMr. Morrison to survey Fayette county preparatory to making the first map of the county, which took him two years to make. The map of Fayette county, printed in 1X55, was from this map of Daniel Morrison’s. He also showed the boundary line between the Twelve Mile Purchase and Indian Territory which was only five miles west of the town of Connersville. Mr. Morrison fells of howof feathers upon it, we found it to beindeed a great luxury.(To be Continued).♦--OUTCLASSEDRichmond, Intl., June 17.—The engine of the Cincinnati flyer of the Pennsylvania railroad lost the decision in a “bout” today with a two-ton automobile truck, and will have to be taken to the shops at Columbus, O., for repairs.raitinKaCO]imhaOhSOIImattofratteitinwiThheeo:baA.VeaswiTeSI! KI l\V ()lt;) J -() GI j K,The marriage of Mr. Donnelle D. Sherwood and Miss Zelma May Ogle will be solemnized at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ogle, of Fayette street, at half past six o’clock, this evening. Theceremony will be performed by the Rev. L. E. Brown, of the Central Christian church. Among the out-of-town guests who will attend are Mr. and Mrs. William Conrad, of Lapel, Indiana, Miss Edna Semler, of Germantown, Miss Daisy Masters, ofLebanon. S. S'. McCarty and family, of Liberty, J. E. McCarty and children, Floren and Donald, of Slits-ville, Indiana, William McCarty andmSimC‘(HITb;!itltlCficlborC;X*
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Connersville Evening News
Connersville, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 19, 1916
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Fayette C.
Indiana, USA 11 Mar 2021
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