Amesville Village Rich in History and Rural Charm
Amesville sits on a rising eminence in the Federal Creek valley with views of McDougal creek and surrounding hills. Founded in the early 1800s, it built schools in 1804 and 1811, a post office in 1821, and formed churches in 1829 and 1824. veteran residents include Jennie Brawley, nearly 91, living outside Amesville and still active at home.
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J. Russell Marple
Ludel Boden
Federal Creek
McDougal Creek
Amesville
Cutler
Ewing
Ames
Moses Everett
Harvard University
Ezra Walker
Sophia Walker
Famous Old Library Proved Realizations of Dreams Desires
A memorial to the early settlers details the founding of the first public library in the northwest territory. In 1792 Ephram Cutler and George Ewing blazed a path to what is now Ames township. Isolated settlers discussed roads and education, raising money to buy books by trading animal skins and titles in Boston. John Brown led the initial division. the library grew to several hundred volumes.
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Ames Township
Goonskin
Ephham Cutler
Ales Township
George Ewing
Boston
Northwest Territory
John Virown
Flowers brighten Amesville gardens in southeastern Ohio
Residents of Amesville report a common trait of having flowers, though none single out a favorite variety. Vegetable plots gain charm from nasturtiums zinnias and marigolds along sidewalks and paths, helping Amesville appear one of the cleanest and most picturesque towns in the region.
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Amvenville
Amesyvitla
Ohio
Amesville Boasts Up to Date Stores and Highways
Amesville presents a thriving, prosperous village atmosphere with modern amenities. The drug store doubles as a registered pharmacy beside a soda fountain, carrying groceries, post cards, magazines, and even rouge. Across the street a modern hardware and garage shop anchors the business district serving farmers shipping produce to Athens.
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Amesville
Que
Athens
Inns Offer Noted Hospitality in Amelville
Famous Hospitality Is Found at Inns, two modern inns capable of handling all tourist trade. The Capitol Inn and Wilson's are well equipped and ready to show visitors Amelville's famed hospitality, as the village now boasts.
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Capitol Inn
Wilson's
Amenville
Amelville
Want Credit Natural Stone Pulpit In Ames Township
Amesville boasts a natural stone pulpit near the village once used by young Thomas Ewing for orations. Residents recall Ewing, Ohio University’s first graduate, practicing speeches on Saturdays and vacation time in AMELVILLE.
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Ames Township
Ewing.i
Amesvile
Thomas Ewing
Ohio University
Amelville
Life of Amesville’s F. W. Gibson and Mrs Dean in town
Mrs Heena Owen Dean visits Amesville daily to chat with neighbors and tour the Gibson store kept by F. W. Gibson a popular local mentor. Gibson born near Morrison hill taught school before 1878 then bought the drug store married Miss Curfman in 1879 and fathered five children Clyde, M C Gibson, Irene, and two others with ties to Athens, New York, Providence Rhode Island, and Bremen.
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Heena Owen Dean
Gibson
Amies-times
Gibsons
Dean
Ames Township
Linnie
Edward
Charles Greene
Hocking Valley
Mr. Gibson
Morrison Hill
Athens-Pomeroy Road
Amesvile
Amesville
Luela Curtman
Curfman
Clyde Gibson
Athens
John Hartley
Amesvilles
C. Gibson
New York
Irene Cederberg
Providente
Rhode Island
G. Linscott
Bremen
Installment Plan Boom Reaches Britain Auto Sales
London reports a surge in installment plan purchases of automobiles. A manager from a major UK car agency says at least 65 percent of his sales are now made through this plan, signaling a major shift in buying behavior across the industry.
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London
Great Britain
Do You Uh Huh Berg Children Enjoy Dolls
In Amenville on the afternoon the messenger writers visited the village two Berg children Edith and Jeanette six years old were observed playing with a doll and doll carriage. Both girls with black curly hair answered yes when asked if they liked dolls and admitted they often nap in the afternoons.
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Messenger
Oe Village
Edith Berg
Jeanette Berg
Chris Berg
Amenville
Amesville Postoffice Mirrors City Office in Tiny Town
In Amesville a fourth class post office handles twice daily mail with two deliveries and returns. Rural route serves seventy two residents all of whom subscribe to the Athens Messenger. Postmistress fills shelves with groceries and says busy month ends with monthly reports and Washington red tape.
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Amesville
Postoffice
Postofice Department
Washington, D. C
Red Star
Athens
Markis
Athens Messenger
Postoffice Department of
Washinington
Dawes Orders Fence Repaired at Amenville Cemetery
Charles Dawes, vice president of the United States, visited Amenville to view relatives buried there. He ordered the cemetery fence repaired at his expense after seeing the poor condition, prompting locals to take steps toward repairing public properties.
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Amesville
Amenville
Charles Dawes
United States
Dialogue by Amesville Boys Through Time
In Amesville and Ames Township the influence of vocations is noted with early programs in schools churches and public venues. A tale recalls Thomas Ewing and John Brown delivering Shakespearean dialogue as Brutus and Cassius to local audiences.
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Amesville
Ames Township
Thomas Ewing
John Brown
Brutus
Cassilla
Athens storekeepers host locals and travelers in friendly town scene
Mrs Gibson greets visitors while Mr Gibson, a longtime government weather recorder since 1904, pours water for thirsty tourists and boasts of posting daily forecasts in front of the Athens store. He recalls helping bring a weather station to town as townspeople browse magazines and converse with locals.
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Rygnt
Mr. Gidson
Mel
Mrs.Gibson
Mrs. Gibson
Gibson
Government
Athens
Charlie Grosvenor
Congress
Ming
Druggist Displays Relics Collection In His Possession
Amesville druggist F W Gibson showcases a private relics collection from the old days. The items include Civil War pistols, a Revolutionary War powder horn, cavalry stirrups from a Spanish War son, a century-old lamp, a candle snuffer, and a leather boot jack, each preserved with reverence.
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F. W. Gibson
Amesville
Linscott Run
Gibson
Jong
Cavalry
Ames Township Early Facts and First Settlers Compiled
The Ames township history lists the first white child in Ames or Athens County as Matt Strong born to Judge Strang in 1797 with noted dating adjustments. It recalls early births, mills, schooling in 1802, and figures like Judge Cutler and Thomas Ewing, plus Rev. Dickson and circuit riders shaping religious life.
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Amesville
Ames Township
Athens County
Matt Strong
Daugour
Judge Strang
Hocking
Ames
Cutler
Wing
Gustavus Evarts
Aubrose Evarts
John Baker
Buing
Christopher Herrold
Henry Barrows
Federal Creek
Charles Cutter
Thomas Ewing
Betsy Wyatt
William Darker
Judge Cutler
Washington County
George Ewing
Thomas
Perry County
Indiana
Wyatt
Austin Thomas
Dickson
Walker
Mrs Adair's Charm Enhanced by Cheerful Amesville Setting
Lucy Adair, 73, a long time Amesville resident praised for charm and grace. Born 1855 she raised four children Eleanor Adair Gifford T E Clark William and Ernest. She enjoyed music teaching organ work and homemaking which all colored her life in Amesville. Her lavender gown and cheery canary framed a portrait of a beloved local figure.
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Lucy Adair
Amesville
Mrs. Adair
Eleanor Adair Gifford
T. E. Clark
Athens
William Adair
Pittsburgh
Ernest Adair
Huntington
West Virginia
James
Martha Henry Patterson
Henry
Shapnetor
First Lodge Meeting in Amesville in 1856 Founding
A history thread recounts Amesville lodge origins with meetings in 1854 1866 charter grant and early debt to build a lodge room. It notes charity as core, wartime service in 1861, and resumed meetings after the Civil War. References Ames Judge Ames Squire John Brown local figures Stearns and Ebenezer Currier whisky deal.
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BTR
AL HL & A. BD
Mn‘ Hirst
Anesville
Wasson Harris
W. M
J. ,& Woolman
Dickey
J. W
Job S King
LV. Harris
John Patterson
S&s
G. W. Panthers
J. D. Little
Judge Ames
Ames Township
John Brown
Asa
Stearns
Ohio
Ebenezer Currier
Athens
Utah requires 10 day limit for visiting motorists
Utah law gives visiting motorists a 10 day period to register. After this window a temporary license must be obtained for one dollar, covering six months.
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State of
Utah
Colorful Beginnings of Amesyville School Development
The Amesyville area of Athens Ohio pursued mental development via early 19th century grazing rules and a frontier library project. An 1829 pasture ordinance allowed citizens to graze sheep on town commons with marks and annual penning duties, amid scarce funds for education. The piece traces how education evolved from barter funded by fur trade to a community library and later bond debates for a new high school.
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Ohio University
Athens
Ames
New School Bond Issue Aims To Modernize Amesville District
Amesville and vicinity voters face a bond proposal to raise about 66,000 dollars for a new joint high school. The plan, tied to local prosperity and farming shifts toward sheep raising, would place the present building and district lines into a central site. supporters cite modern facilities as essential to education and community growth.
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Amesville
Amesvilla
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