Waterloo Township History and 1826 Organization Details
Waterloo township in Athens county sits on the western border with six miles square area of 23 040 acres. It was settled starting 1806 with Moses Hewitt and later named voters list for the 1826 township organization election. Early mills built by John Hewitt and Joseph Brookson, with 1811 first mill and sawmill on the same ground rebuilt by Nelson Hewitt. The 1826 election set officials, judges, clerks, and various township officers. The post office opened in 1859 with Hugh Boden as postmaster. by 1865 Mrs Hoodlet continued as magistrate and post office correspondent reflecting party strength.
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Athens County
York Township
Athens Township
Lee Township
Vinton County
Vinton
Hocking
Moses Hewitt
Abram
Foster Place
Dzekiel Robinett
Willam Lowry
Mr. Lowry
Athena County
William
Vienna
Kanawha River
Waterloo
Robert Cotton
Hugh Boden
James Wayhugh Lewis Davis
Joseph Johnson
Samus Alison
William Johnson
John Hewitt
Joseph Brookson
Nelson Hewitt
Joseph Healt
Abram Fee
Joseph Bullard
Silas Bingham
Andrew Glass
Pardon Hewitt
Willam Towrs
James Lowry
Joseph Hewitt
P C Hewitt
Ezekiel Robinett
Lemuel Robinett
Nathan Robinett
Wiliam Young
Susai Bingham
Joseph Martin
Andrew Glaag
Horace Martin
William Young
Hacklel Robinett
Josemy Lowry
Samuel Lowry
Willam
Coca
Young
Fred Hoodlet Lowry
Hoodlet
Athens Messenger
Swaim Philosophy Concerning Funds Carried On
In New Marshfield the Swaim family story centers on John Swaim who instills thrift. His son Clifton known as Key grew up handling money from pig sales and later bought a cow at a public sale despite being a child bidder. Clifton has since earned and managed all his own money from early ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swaim
New Marshfield
Mr. Swaim
Clifton
Key
Clif‘ton
Blind Youth Sells Baskets in Cramped Summit Grange Quarters
Troy Morrison, a 25 year old blind youth from New Marshfield, operates a basketry business in Summit Grange No 1728 of New Marshfield. He crafts market baskets trays and ferneries using premium reed, markets goods at church services, and sings. The Grange recently bought its own building with space for dining and meetings.
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Troy Morrison
New Troy
Marshfield
Troy
Big Step
Troy Ernest Licher
James
Romsey
W. Valdo
Hicher
New Marshfield
New Oranges
West Virgin Marshfield
Grange
Woodman Hall
Sum- Smit Grange
Albany
Ohio
Hoodlets Take Charge of Postoffice at Summit Grange
The Summit Grange booklet notes the Hoodlets and Marshfeld organization with members I H Etfaw major and others including Austin Hawk, Celesta McKibben, Harry Hawk, Lena Whitlatch, William Merritt, and John Smith among trustees. The document lists many members across families and villages, recounting a 1893 northern US and Canada hunting trip led by Mr Swaim, and notes the booklet is printed as Summit Grange activity continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfeld
I. H. Etfaw
Austin Hawk
Celesta McKibben
Calvin Etaw
Milton Efaw
Lena Whitlatch
Harry Hawk
Tlara Metbven
John Smith
Florence Merritt
Eres
Hazel McKibben
Pomona
Mildred Hunter
Horn
Faye McNeal
Will Merritt
Harry
United States
Isiia Enlow
Hadly Ely
Orland
Canada
Amy
L. Gs. Enlow
Mary Ely
Robert
Frank
Nora Frank
Fergusa Place
Bertha Farmer
G. N. Gale
Gabriel
Hana Hoodlet
F. G
Tering
Hawk
Austin
Freda Hawk
L. Hewitt
Hewitt
G.C. Herron
Lulu
Alva Higley
H. P
Mary Hewitt
Addie Hunter
Cca
Mr. Swaim
Lola Higby
Rebecca
John Swaim
Uriah Judy
Lowren
Jon Boy
Alice King
Ella Judy
Emmahi
Jones
L. H. Lightfritz
Pearl Light Fe
Fritz
Ruth Llewellyn
Wiliam
Lightfritz
Chester Lightfritz
County
Ity
Bert McKibben
Celesta McKth
Gay
Frank McDaniel
Nannie
Mace
Jerome Mace
Elston Mace
el Mace
Clarence McNeal
Foyelana
McNeal
Charles Martin
Noo. McDaniel
Mabel Merritt
I. N. McClead
Frances Nichols
Eliza Pidcock
Anna Nanna
H. D. Nanna
Charles Nagle
Mary Nagle
William Pidcock
Hurley Pidcock
W. E. Pierce
Carrie Pickett
Flor
Elizabeth Pidcock
Abe Pickett
Jake Pollock
James Pollock
J. Porter
Dena Russell
Tirzah John Swaim
P. C. Shaukis
George Scott, Sr
C. A. Shafer
Clyde Sickles
Garnett Sickles
Clarence Sharrock
Leftha Steward
Harrison Six
Beatrice Sickley
Frank Steinmeyer
Harvey Whitlatch
Sylvester Withers
C. W. Walker
Cora Withers
James R. Youngs
Grover Young
Robert Zimmerman
H. H. Zimmerman
Summit Grange
Night Before the Athens County Fair Exhibit Rush
Mrs. Frank Nichols, a Grange decorating member, hustles to prepare the Athens County fair booth in a mad rush the night before opening. She describes apple green colors, her spotless home and garden, and the exhibit she has worked on for three years while hoping for a sunset snapshot but lacking film.
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Frank Nichols
Grange
Athens County
Dr McPherson and the first screen door novelty
A resident recalls Dr. McPherson bringing the first screen door to New Marshfield about 40 years ago. A girl walked into the door thinking an invisible cover appeared upon the door, later learning the screen was placed between the sales room and the wareroom, not at an exterior doorway.
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Dr. McPherson
New Marshfield
Athens
Dr. MacPherson
Waterloo Field Brothers Boden Celebrated Lifelong Athens County Residents
William J Boden and John Newton Boden longtime Waterloo township farmers near New Marshfield. John Newton 82 active in Masonic lodge and Church of Christ, with wife Priscilla 80, leading in Grange activities. couple celebrated golden anniversary. Sons and daughters include Mrs George Holdren, Miss Corlila Boden, and Rev W H Boden. Tos Lifelong resident William Boden farmed, member Church of Christ and Summit Grange 1728, reads novels, married twice, children Clark L J James H Boden. Booklet lists Grange members in county with degrees, praising growth and fraternal spirit.
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Athens County
Waterloo Township
Wiliam J. Boden
John Newton Boden
New Marshfield
Masonic Lodge
Church of Christ
Priscilla
Bowen
George Holdren
Corlila Boden
Columbus
W. H. Boden
California
Boden
William Boden
John
Summit Grange
Athens Messenger
la Quincy Hewitt
Minnie Herron Boden
Mr. Boden
Clark
L. J. Boden
James H. Boden
Athens
L. H. Efaw
Pomona
Music in the Air in New Marshfield Led by Hiram Stright
Hiram Stright and family fostered local music since 1884 in New Marshfield. The first band included Sherman Ferguson WilL Tox George Pake and others under Stright's guidance. His sister Mabel Stright learned cornet at three, audiences doubted her talent. The Stright band performed at Athens county fairs Coolville and Logan fairs and for General Grosvenor in Athens. They even played in Columbus for a centennial. Practices were winter and summer three nights weekly. Mrs Stright trained many pupils. their two grown children are talented. There was also a tannery with large vats and later trash filling the pits. THERE'S music in the air.
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Hiram Stright
New Marshfield
Stright
Sherman Ferguson
Will Tox
George Pake
Herron
John Emish
L. Stright
Logan
C. H Grosvenor
Athens
Columbus
Waterloo legacy shapes New Marshfield township name
The article recalls early New Marshfield history with settlers led by Charles Withers and Mrs. Withers forming Waterloo linked in English history. It notes Waterloo’s prominent place, a hotel on Main Street, and a request for a separate township in March 1826. Current Marshfield residents include Mrs John Smith and Mrs Trune Russell among others.
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Charles Withers
Waterloo
Church of Christ
New March
New Marshfield
Marshfield
John Smith
Trune Russell
Misa Paul
Old Swaim House to Withers House in New Marshfield
The Old Swaim House near the present bank site was the first hotel in New Marshfield run by Mr and Mrs Andrew Swaim. Mrs Swaim died after a stroke and fire from an open grate. The hotel later became the Withers House under Mr and Mrs Charles Withers and burned in the 20 years ago fire that destroyed New Marshallé’s business district.
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Withers
GG W. Duffey Hardware
Japix
McClure
Will Allison
Agape Made From Indians in Thrilling Escape Tale
An excerpt about Moses Hewitt a New Marshfield settler captured during the Indian war. Born 1767 Worcester Mass, he joins garrisons on Blennerhasset Island, endures bondage and pursuit, seeks escape amid prairie foot races, and endures restraints while natives probe honey and berries.
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Louder Boden
Moses Hewitt
New Marshfield Territory
S. 2
Hildreth and I
Hesperian
Worcester
Mass
Ohio
Blennerhasset Island
Hewitt
Neil
Kenawha
Soldier's Civil War prison tale recalls hunger and endurance
Lafe Hawk, 85, of New Maralefield, recalls enlisting at 17, serving in the 35th Ohio, and enduring capture, prison warehouses, and guard treatment during Civil War days. He shares how women at Winchester aided prisoners, letters home, and key battles from Antietam to Lynchburg, ending with his 1865 discharge.
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John Alden
Lafe Hawk
New Maralefield
Mr. Hawk
Wilkesville
Ohio
Mart
Uney
Speers
Secord Leutenant
Poncementy Hote
Parkersburg
W. Va
Summersville
Hawk
Thirty-Fifth
Ohio Regiment
Lewinburg
Rul Run
Frederick
Maryland
South Mountain
Stanton
Winchester
Lynchburg
Danville
New Marshfield Four Churches Now In Town
Four congregations stand in New Marshfield namely Church of Christ Methodist Episcopal Methodist Protestant and Pilgrim Holiness. History notes 1870 founding of the Christian church by T J Allison J M Swaim Daniel Conkey Marcus Griswold and others with dedication by Rev H Bingman. Methodist Protestant built 1940 with initial 70 members. The piece also recounts prison hardships and a prison escape narrative tied to a veteran observer’s reminiscence.
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Ew Marshfield
Church of Christ
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Protestant
Pilgrim Holiness
Christian Church
T. J. Allison
J. M. Swaim
Daniel Conkey
Marcus Griswold
H. W. Hewitt
H. Bingman
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William Lowry
Alexander Young
Silas Rinehem
Rita Qahelat Tessa
Baltimore & Ohio
Swaim
New “Home
EFAW
Newspapter fanHive
Waterloo Field
Haan Stright
Swaim House
Bank
Ohio University
Teles
Kearnstown
Thia
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