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ILLE WEEKLY HERAT*•onthsm re-theLETTER FROM IOWAHistory of Steubenville—,„..je of the First Families-The First White Male Child Horni ,.i t\ Can students, Alp.ledgeon, it thatr. »f !h«- IlrEALP.Ohuk aa, Iowa, ) November a-4, 1 lt;56. /1/,. /./lt;-./ :—I thought I would saya word to the readers of the Herald.one,theI do tikis tor two reasons: first, because I claim the right, having longtheytheredge,Id l*ebeen a citizen of Stenbenvilie; and, secondly, because the good people of “Old Jefferson,’* my native county, mas t'ei‘l an interest in reading a worddirectly from the “far West.” As Ihrce t in louta r.Ww ill treat principally of the first part of ray subject, in this letter, it will !elilts,I K*n -clier thcr nth:• -gp - ■ w-necessary for me to go somewhat intodetailMy fatheiw henb*H*amc a resident ofnow is, about theyear 171*7 or ’OS, if I am not mistaken.OpWhen he remove*! there, his eonstitn-a ml t iv-i se ; h*«lthe i an• ofr a ves,itrv*ands of rhis the* • nenf aian-iardigs. |Halthe no• inted the third family, one of which con sisted of-Black Abe”-- not “Old Abe :is be was familiarly known. Thename of the other white family I haveshort time after myforgotten Afather located, Mr. lians Wilson, wellknown to all the inhabitants of Steubenville, removed all his worldly goods to his house, and f»eoame an inmate1 have frequently heard my father tell, that Mr Wilson earned his stock ofgoods on an old horse, and put them iip in one corner of his log cabin, and there commenced his worldly career, w hich resulted so advantageously.1 have a brother James, who, thelast I heard of him, w as in California,who w as the first white male child bornin Steubenville. Thismay appearstrange to the younger portion of your• /• 4 , i *, _ _ i *i jnaofl\ VVillcitizens—that the first white maloehildhorn in your city, now' a place often or twelve thousand people, is still living,! but it is even so, or was a short time since. He was born, as nearly as my I memory serves me, in November, 1 lt;OS, sixtv-eight years ago. He was the oldest of mv father's family, while I amthe-youngest.1 was horn in Steubenville, in thehouse immediately below the markethouse, or the coiner of Market andThird streets, in March, 1*1.7. Thespot is still dear to memory, and willntcontinue so, as long as being lasts. IrhJam there now in imagination, and my memory is carried back to the days of my childhood, when Steubenville was hut a village compared w ith what it is now'. I have been a subscriber to the,.a W W - - —je J Herald for several months past, andft • 1e-ni —JK BIB. 0 B ^ — ■ m — —look over each number with eagerness, to find the name of some old acquaint-. anee, or dear friend, and I am seldom,: if ever, disappointedIn the year 1821, if memory serves,me correctly, my father removed with e I his family to Knoxville, in Jefferson eor.ntv, (I, of course, being hilt a lad,)where lie remained to the day ot hisdeath, and the remains of both of my venerated and beloved parents lie ••mouldering in the graveyard,” at Island Creek church,; ot w hich they w ereboth respected members.I remained at Knoxville and vicinityuntil the year l*llt;, when T returned to Steubenville, and entered the office ! .1 K. Sutherland, Esq . as a law student Steubenville wTas then full of law students, there being, * I believe, forty or more; and amongtlie number w ere Col. Ceo W. McCook, ThomasMeOauslin, 11 S Moody, S. lt;* IVp-pard, Ac Those were, indeed, palmyiii*«i«-• riHuAFAFBEBEBlCHCHCOCOBOFL*HULA\l.\MlMOONPuPERHsrlt;SH RA1 111 SOIIKTELVV(|Ttra»i by I factTberan,m*isurjFlt; ntonpricdoometintotheprofnlt;LVi-VVIV1JL‘V1PDiluremot*traupoetAmarBiqaolClof cE.paHFi at $ WinFanand(.and,Oil-at lmud dud spri U in Piwo iPinonM tlt;hxUr»*«pkm.S:theSirearttmHted(not*l:i\\S- . * —.--- - — -'ft •If anv of those students should | »itit.n» rn-oW W F ” —--chance to read this, I would be pleased to hear from them, and thus renew' anold friendship.I removed from Steubenville to ( ar-rollton, O , in thespriugof 1843, w hereI practiced my profession, in company with A \V. Morrison, Esq., fora time.i Here 1 commenced my career as a newspaper editor, which 1 continued for near twenty \ curs My first islitorialeffort w as made on a little * by 10 paper, published at Harlem Spring.*— there being no Ih'inocratic paper then published at Carrollton I remained with the Democratic party until 18,71, when I left it, and united my destiny with the Free Sellers. I naturally ran into the llepublii-an party, where 1 re niained until 18,70, when 1 commencedthe publication of a radical Abolitionpaper, and there I have been ever since,and until my eyes have beheld the fruit of my labors, in the wiping lt;*'0 the scum of all villanies ”I lit«• U1 \* it 1advmafblilt%1112AIM* Vmiamtinno!t*»'billquIk i• H|(hiMitin|AIi ftI find this to he a fruitful theme, and n one that I love to dwell upon; but the■s length of my article admonishes methat’ I must stop for the present- I amnow' a resident of Oskaloosa, Iowa, anda. _ A A ~VoA. if vou desire it. will give you an ocea-; sional letter from 'the “far West,” gn -ving your readers some idea of our beautiful prairies, Aic. W A. Hi ntkrjIPJohn 1*cll on His Own Foi.icv —The London Herald, a Tory organ states ..1 1
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Steubenville Weekly Herald
Steubenville, Ohio, US
Fri, Dec 07, 1866
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