FEIENDS INTELLIGENCEB portrayals of Meetings. lid-West 0 Meetings visited with m October 24th, staying ession at which WQfred ices in Spain. to organize itself into those active are Manford Jaseom, John and Evelyn Kello^, Mr. and Mrs. nes Wentworth, Merritt William Stanton, and I drawn from all sections jnerican Friends Service to discover names of 1 generally, who are not t)up, but who might find e is also directed to the people in the vicinity of aeir knowledge of those .'ht that group activities )pe, Executive Secretary, ids. His address is Room d, Chicago, Illinois. 'ege Notes ^idates from Swarthmore iege Committee: Greorge ait Gordon, all '38, and Fom his home state. te at the inauguration of at at Kenyon, Ohio, last ce of the small collie in ition in this country and Qts as individnals if demo- rice equipped for solvii^ >tand on the neutrality is- among the faculty, 24 of all recommending that the Id affairs to restrain ag- most vigorous action that among the students who homore debate over Presi- and who are planning a consider the two major ad collective security, le auspices of the CoU^e Jnion. E. li. H. -Ist, at St, "^neeht's Hos- 26 Cocks Daniels, a son, ?nce Danids is a member HALL-CANBTOn Tenth month 9th, in the old home stead on Greenwood Farm, Hulmeville, Pa., Peace Canby, daughter of Joseph Paxson and Maria Olden Abbott Canby, and Robert Winchester Hall, son of Israel and the late Clara Tucker Hall, of Jacksonville, Vermont. KENNEDY-CORBINOn Tenth month 23rd, at Provi dence Friends Meeting House, Media, Pa., under the care of the Meeting, Ruth Janet Corbin, daughter of Ernest and Nellie S. Corbin, of Beverly Hills, Upper Darby, Pa., and Thomas Kennedy, son of Thomas J. and Helen W. Kennedy, of Altoona, Pa. They are living at 601Morton Avenue, Rid ley Park, Pa. DEATHS MOOREOn Tenth month 25th, at his home in Woods- town, N. J., C. French Moore, after a brief illness. He was a member of Woodstown Monthly Meeting where he took an active interest in all its affairs. For many years he was a member of the Ministry and Counsel and a Trustee of the Meeting and president of the Board of Managers of Friends Boarding Home. He is survived by two sons, Edwin and Charles Moore, and a daughter, Alice Moore Myers; one brother and one sister and a host of friends who will greatly miss him. UNDERHXLLOn Tenth month 17th, at Jericho, Loi^ Island, Emma Albertson Underbill, in her 85th year. She was the daughter of the late Richard and Phebe W. Albert- son and widow of the late Samuel J. Underbill. She was an interested member of Jericho Monthly Meeting and had re sided at Jericho for sixty-five years. She is survived by her son, Daniel Underbill, and her grandsons,. Henry Willets Underbill and Samuel J. Underbill. WRIGHTOn Tenth month 19th, at her home in Spring- boro, Ohio, Mary Wright, aged 82 years. She was the daughtCT of the late Josiah and Emily Wright. She died in the old homestead where she was born, and interinent was made in Friends burying ground at Springboro. She was a member of Miflmi Monthly Meeting of Friends. HANNAH J. PIERCE On Tenth month 27th, this beloved friend and counsellor, who would have reached the age of four-score years and ten next First month, was called from our midst. As the result of a stroke, which occurred nine and one- half years ago, leaving her unable to speak and the entire right side paralyzed, she has been confined to her room, but always retained an interest in life. Naturally there is a sense of loss, but to those of us. of the Chappaqua Meeting who knew and loved her, there should be comfort in the thought that as the days pass if we will each take a part of that part of her which we ad mired, into our lives and endeavor to cultivate her cheer fulness, faitiifulness and love for humanity, and strive to take an interest in," and do the things she would have done, Aunt Hannah will still live on. The last time that she attended meeting was on Fourth month 8th, 1928, when she gave the following- message from Henry Van Dyke's book "The Friendly Year": *'And is not the best of all our hopesthe hope of im mortalityalways before us? How can we be dull or heavy . ; s >*.1 W in'k I'hS- m 3)/e. /)iioa) uj(^i<?HT miEND'S-INTELLIQENOmAND JOVRNAL. ; entered support and adherence ' 'ofthose.whose.religio'^ thought it represents. , Weare ^ proposal to havethe **Tolnme'"end and begin evenly with the calendar year, Is very satisfactory to our subscribers generally. So fhrwe have heard from none who disapprove it, 'yhilemany have written toexpress theirapproval. : Our friend Jesse H. Griffen, of Underbill, New - ^prk, has sent us a very elaborate essay on " the ;|^f08nfc Needsof the TemperanceReform, and Its Re lation to our Republican Government." Its length is -inuch more considerable than we are ordinarily will ing to print, but his explanation of his exercise in its preparation, and his strong desire to have it laid be- '" *2 fo'' C"*" readers in some way, haveinduced us to un- a dertake to make a place for it, in four parts, the first - (Ijjj ViJpne being given in the present issue. As he states ^ ideas and presents hisarguments very clearly, we f ^ ^trust that we shall be considered as having given a ' proper hearing to the view of the Temperance ques- " represented by his essay. So many subjects press upon us, while the demand for variety in the C paper isso general and so reasonable, that we are g- ^ obliged to exercise discrimination in assigning space \ GILL.Twelfth month 20th, at the residence of her n^ephew, John Borton> Woodstown, N. J., SarahAnnGill,of Philadelphia. . LIPPINCOTT.At Marlton, N. J., Twelfth month 22d, 1885, William C. Lippincott, in his 72dyear. MORRIS.At Germantown, Pa., Twelfth month 23d, 1885, Joshua H. Morris, iu.his 64thyear; eldest son of the late Anthony P. and Anno Morris. RICHARDS.In Philadelphia, Twelfth month 23d, Lizzie, wife of Samnel-R. Richards. ROBERTS.Twelfth month 23d, 1885, Elihu Roberta, aged 72, brother-in-lww of the late David Pettit. WORRELL.In Philadelphia, suddenly. Twelfthmonth 27th, 1885, LewisL. Worrell, in his 77th year. WEIGHT.Twelfth month 15th, at his residence, 73 Remsen street, Brooklyn, Aaron Wright, M. D., aged 75 years. * He was.tbe sonof Jonathanand Mary Wright, and was bom at Monallen, Adams county, Pennsylvania, Ninth month 30tb, 1810. The family moved when he was four years of age to Springboro,Warren couuty, Ohio. He was a graduate of the medical/iepartment of Yale Collegein 1836, and practicedhis profession a fewyears at Richmond, Indiana, and at Springfield, Ohio. He went to New York city in 1839, and marriedMary, daughter of Amos Willets in1840. After practicing seventeen years in New York, he returned to Springboro, Ohio, in 1857. He changed his res idence to Brooklyn in 1880, wherehepassed the remaining years of his life. lb fof each. SCRIPTURE LESSON. FiRfiT MO. 3d. No. 1. JOSIAH AND THE BOOK OF THE LAW. READ2dKInga, 22d chapter, verses1to13. GoldenText: "Hedid that which was right in the sight of the Lord." 2d Kings, 22d chapter, Ist verse. WE take again the thread of Jewish history. Ma- iiasseh.who succeeded Hezekiah, turned away from the reforms instituted by his father and gave himself up to the vices and idolatries that had brought so much evil upon the nation. He is charged with the death of the noble and inspired prophet Isaiah, who after he had lived beyond a hundred years was mar tyred by being sawed in two. Thomas Ellwood Bays, that " not improbably the author of the Hebrews might refer to this when hewrites: 'Tbey weresawn asunder.'" The iniquities of Manasseh were very great, and his overthrow came suddenly, as did that of his son Amon who succeeded him,rhling about two years. After his death, which was by violence his son Josiah, a child of eight years, was proclaimed king. At this early ^e the power and authority of the kingdom must rest upon the counselors and guardians of the young king, and well for him as it was for the nation, these were wise and god-fearing. The name of Jo- siah's mother is handed down in connection with his own as showing she was worthy of being remem beredher name Jedidah meaning " one beloved." Huldah, the prophetess, lived at this time, and was often consulted in the affairs of the nation. Jeremiah and Zephaniah were the prophets, and Hilkiah, a de vout man, was the high priest. Under such good influences Josiah grew to man hood a zealous defender of the worship of Jehovah, MARRIAGES. EASTBUENPUGH.At the residence of the bride's fether, in Doylestown, Pa.,Twelfth month23d, 1885, Hngh R Eastbum, of Solebury, andSophia, daughter of John B. . Pugh.* . . GAABMATTHEWS.Twelfth month 24th, 1885, at the residence of the bride's parents,by Friends' ceremony, Swnnel.W., son of Abram and Agnes Gaar, and Mary E., ;^ughter of Edward B. and Rachel M. Matthews, all of Richmond, Indiaha. !' FOUNTAIN.With the approbation of r Third Haven Monthly Meeting, on Twelfth month 24th, 1885, Edmnnd E. Hatton, youngest sonof Robert and Su- unna E. Hatton, and Alvertia Fountain, daughter of the late John &and Mary Fountain, ofTalbot county, Md. 8PEAKMANWALTER.At the residence of the bride s parents^ in Media, on Twelfth month 24th, accord- .pg tothe order of theSociety of Friends, underthe care of .Chester Monthly Meeting, Thomas H. Speakman and Anna M. Walter. ' DEATHS. BARNES.Twelfth month 18th, inPhiladelphia, atthe son-in-law, Allen Hibbcrd, D. F. Barnes. la hia 58th year. tfe fn Newtown township, Bucks county. Twelfth month 21st, 1885, Samuel Buckman, in the "t year of his age; a member ofMakefield Monthly Meet- n smce Its first establishment ml818. on the morning of Twelfth bio memb ' Comly, inhis 48th year; a valua- - ^ Meeting, Pa. L^ia Newport, R. I.', Lydia Ann Gould, inher78th year. ** ' ' . -v-V. -J- 1.V-- } ' \ %V' ,V, - GENERATION I JOEL WRIGHT (1750-1829) MARRIED ELIZABETH FARQUHAR(1748-1805) BOTH BURIED SPRINGBORO FRIENDS CEMETERY GENERATION II ANN WRIGHT MARRIED JOSEPH ELGAR, JR. ALLEN WRIGHT MARRIED PHEBE HESTON ELIZABETH WRIGHT MARRIED SAMUEL POULTNEY RACHEL WRIGHT MARRIED JOSEPH HIBBERD JONATHAN WRIGHT MARRIED MARY BATEMAN ISRAEL WRIGHT MARRIED LEAH FERREE GENERATION II ISRAEL WRIGHT (1785-1816) MARRIED LEAHFERREE; D/0 ISAAC ISRAEL BURIED FRIENDS CEMETERY, WAYNESVILLE GENERATION III ISAAC F. WRIGHT MARRIED ANN CHARTERS; LEFT NO FAMILY OSCAR J. WRIGHT (1809-1882) MARRIED 1835 SUSAN SATTERTHWAITE (1812-1850) GENERATION IV ELIZAJANE WRIGHTMARRIEDJOHNJ. MAYERS(CHILDREN; SUSAN; LIDA; HORACE; MARIANNA; MARGARET MARYLEAH WRIGHTMARRIEDJOSEPH WILSONEDWARDS(CHILDREN; ALICE; OSCAR; SARAH T.; MARGARET W.) GENERATION V OSCAR EDWARDS MARRIED OLIVE SIDES GENERATION VI JOHN EDWARDS MARRIED DONNA HAWKE WARREN EDWARDS, DIED OF FLU DURING WWI HERBERT EDWARDS MARRIED FRANCES WATKJNS ISRAEL WRIGHT MARRIED LYDIAMcGURLEY (CHILDREN; LEAHF.; HORACE M.; ANGELINA W.; SUSAN L.) MARGARETA, WRIGHTMARRIEDJOHNH. STEDDOM(CHILDREN; RUTH; SUSAN) SUSANE. WRIGHTMARRIEDJOSEPHHAINES(CHILDREN;RAMONA) JOHNS. WRIGHTMARRIEDAGNES WILLIAMSON( CHILDREN; SUSANH."SUSIE" MARRIED WILLIAM S. SCANLON - "FALLIS PAYNE WAS AGNES WILLIAMSON'S GRANDSON") Vol. 56, pg 287, Ohio History Page 1 of 2 aVMlMUMUtJ.* OHIO HISTORY WELCOME INDEX SEARCH FULL SEARCH INDEX BROWSE BY VOLUME DISCLAIMER ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTACT OHIO HISTORY OHS PUBLICATIONS OPLIN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION GO TO THE ONLJNE COLLECTION CATALOG ABOUT i CALENDAR | PLACES I RESOURCES | MARKETPLACE | LINKS I SEARCH OHIO HISTORY The Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society Volume 56 Find An Error? Back to Volume Contents JOEL WRIGHT, CITY PLANNER by ALFRED J. WRIGHT Associate Professor ofGeography, Ohio Stale University The original plan for Columbus, "laid off by order ofthe Gen eral Assembly for the seat of Government for the State of Ohio," was prepared by Joel Wright of Warren County. This was in 1812, fifteen years after the founding of Franklinton whose sesqui- ccntennial Columbus is celebrating in 1947. Events of this year cause us to turn attention to this Warren County citizen who was called out of retirement to plan the new state capital. THE PIONEER Joel Wright's career as a surveyor coincides with the pioneer period of Ohio history. He made surveys in the Ohio Country the year following the enactment ofthe famed Ordinance of 1787. As a Marylander, he heard about the conflict in claims upon the Northwest Territory by certain eastern states; Maryland had no such claim upon this land. English forces were still in control of Detroit when Wright first camped with his chainmen in the unbroken forest of what is now Ohio. Thomas Hutchins, first Geographer of the United States, had established his "Geographer's Line" with its western meridian as the base for all future surveys. Competent surveyors were needed to bring order and form out of the wilderness. With theodolite, compass, chain, ax, and notebook these pioneer survey ors for the first time used the rectangular system of survey in lay ing out the foundations of the newState. Wright was one ofthese pioneers. On his surveying trips to the Ohio Country, Wright visited the first territorial capital at Marietta, the second state capital at Zanesville, and from the third state capital at Chillicothe (which had been also the first) received authority to lay out the fourth and final seat of state government at Columbus. By that time he had 287 NEXT PAGE Go directly to page: http://pubHcations.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0056287.html&St... 7/7/2004 Vol. 56, pg 288, Ohio History Page 1 of 2 OHIO HISTORY WELCOME INDEX SEARCH FULL SEARCH INDEX BROWSE BY VOLUME DISCLAIMER ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTACT OHIO inSTORY OHS PUBLICATIONS OPLIN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION GO TO THE ONLINE COLLECTION CATALOG ABOUT : CALENDAR I PLACES ! RESOURCES 1MARKETPLACE 1 LINKS i SEARCH OHIO HISTORY The Scholarly Journal of tho Ohio Historical Society Volume 56 Find An Error? Back to Volume Contents 288 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY made surveys in the larger valleys in southern Ohio, had purchased land in the Little Miami Valley, and had lived in the State of his adoptionfor sevenyears. It was no stranger to Ohio that the As sembly commissioned to plat the new capital in 1812. FOREBEARS John Wright and Elizabeth, his wife, were members of a group of the Society of Friends (Quakers) who migrated to northern Ireland from England, doubtless to escape the persecu tion often visited upon members of that faith at the time. They sailed from Castleshane for Philadelphia sometime between 1737 and 1740. The year 1746 found this family living in Menallen, not far irom Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. There their youngest child, Joel, was bom in 1750. Aron Wright Chapmanhas written concerning the youthof Joel Wright.' Hestates thatJohn Wright and his children are frequently mentionedin the recordsofthe Warrington Monthly Meetingto whichMenallenwas attached. WhereJoel obtainedhis formal education is not known, but it is evident that he was well educated for his time. He was proficient in mathematics and be came an excellent surveyor. He also taught school upon occasion, bothas a young man in Pennsylvaniaand after his retirementin Warren County. After the manner of Friends, Joel Wright secured certificates from his local Meeting whenever he made an extended stay in otherpartsof the country. In 1767 he secured one for the Fair fax Meeting, Pipe Creek, Maryland, and later one for Philadel phia. In 1771 he returned to PipeCreekwhere he wasmarried the next year to Elizabeth Farquhar of that place. During the fol lowing25 years they lived at Pipe Creek, with Joel often awayon longtrips following his profession. Of the three boys and three girls bomto this family, the descendants ofone son, Jonathan, are nowliving. Despitehis frequentabsences, Joel was activein the affairsof the Meeting; from1794to 1798he was clerk or business head. ElizabethWright died in 1805, andthe next year Joe! Wright bought a large tract of landinOhiowhere hemade his home the remaining 24 years of his life. 1 In his Aron and Mary Wri^t (New York, 1942). PREVIOUS PAGE NEXT PAGE ht^://pubIications.ohiohistory.org/ohstempIate.cfm?actiondetail&Page0056288.html&St... 7/7/2004 Vol. 56, pg 289, Ohio History Page 1 of 2 QfflO HISTORY WELCOME INDEX SEARCH FULL SEARCH INDEX BROWSE BY VOLUME DISCLAIMER ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTACT OHIO HISTORY OHS PLTBLICATIONS OPLIN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION GO TO THE ONLINE COLLECTION CATALOG ABOUT : CALENDAR 1PLACES ! RESOURCES | MARKETPLACE i LINKS 1 SEARCH OHIO HISTORY The Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society Volume 56 JOEL WRIGHT TRIPS TO OHIO 289 Find An Error? Back to Volume Contents His first contact with Ohio was probably in 1788, when he made his first trip intothe Muskingum Valley. The Ordinanceof 1787 had been enacted to provide government for the Northwest Territory, andeasternand southernpeople were beginningto move into the fertile lands north of the Ohio River. Just how many tripshemadehereis not known, but his papers showthat he made surveys in the Muskingum, Scioto, Little Miami, and Great Miami valleys. In 1798 he was appointed by the Baltimore Yearly Meet ingto leada small partyto northernOhio to arrangesome dis putedmatter withthe WyandotIndians. Chapman, in writing of this, says that Wright kept a diaryon this trip. The party reached the Ohio River twenty days out of Baltimore. Six days laterthey encampednear a Moravian Missionwhere the services of an Indian guide, Joseph White-eyes, were secured to lead them to Upper Sandusky for the conference with the Indians. On the return journey Wright became, ill, and the route was changedso as to permit usinga boat down the Sciotoand up the Ohio River. When, in 1806, he requested a certificate to the Miami Monthly Meetingat Waynesville, WarrenCounty, it was not as a strangercometo take up land in an unknowncountry. His previ ous visits to Ohio had convinced him that the land between the Miami rivers was the most favorable. In the summer of 1806 he andAbijah O'Neal bought a tract ofabout 1,000acres in the Little MiamiValleynear Waynesville, paying$1,500for the land. For seven years he was active in surveyingand sellingparcels of his tract. During this period he became Warren County sur veyor, andthere remaintoday manyof his farmsurveys written in the fine hand observabie on the plat of Columbus reproduced here. In 1814 Wright's son Jonathan brought his wife and younger childrenfromMarylandto make their home in the Miami Valley. His older childrenhad alreadymarriedand established homes oftheir own in the East; hence two branches of Jonathan's family developedbecauseof geographical reasons. Jonathanbought several hundredacres of landa fewmiles west of his father's tract, about midway between the Great and I'RLVIOUS ?AG\i NEXT PAGE http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm7actiondetail&Page0056289.html&St... IflflQOA Vol. 56, pg 290, Ohio History Page 1 of 2 OHIO HISTORY WEI.OOMF. INDEX SEARCH FULL SEARCH INDEX BROWSE BY VOLUME DISCLAIMER ANNOLFNCEMENTS CONTACT OHIO HISTORY OHS PLIBLICATIONS OPI.IN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION GO TO THE ONLSNE COLLECTION CATALOG ABOUT 1 CALENDAR i PLACES ! RESOURCES | MARKETPLACE I LINKS j SEARCH OHIO HISTORY The Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society Volume 56 Find An Error? Back to Volume Contents 290 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Little Miami rivers at a point where many immigrant wagons were crossing the fertile valley. Like his father, Jonathan was a competent surveyor and platted the village of Springboro near one comer of his tract. This was for many years an active Quaker community. At the age of 64, Wright bought landnear his son, married an older sister of Jonathan's wife, and for the next fifteen years lived in serai-retirement, occasionallysurveyingfor his neighbors and the county. CITY PLANNING Familylettersof the early 1800'sreveal that Wright was away from home on different occasions in order to help survey and plat Louisville, Dayton,and Columbus. Chapmanspeaksof a remark Wright made to the effect that Dayton'sMain Street must be wide enough fora coach-and-four to turnaroundeasily. Thewriterhas not pressed this investigation farenoughto locate the original platting he did for Louisville or Dayton, but hehasencountered some recordof Wright'ssurveyof 2,000acres of landnear the Falls ofthe Ohio in June 1818. There is no lack of record conceming another ofthe commis sionswhich Wright acceptedafter his removal to the Miami Val ley. Byjoint resolution February 20, 1812, of bothhousesof the General Assembly sitting in Chillicothe he was authorizedto plat thestate capital.^ Under him was anengineer named Joseph Vance of Franklin County who ran the lines, but the legislative enactment shows that Wright's wasthe masterhand; he decided the width of the streets and alleys andthe boundaries of the original munic ipality. Heselected thesquare for thepublic buildings andthe lot for the penitentiary. The Assemblygave himauthorityto cut anddispose of such timberas wasnecessary; for thistask, he secured the services of Jarvis Pike to clear the State House square and enclose it in a stake-and-rider fence. Pike raised com and wheat on the lot for several years in return for his work. The accompanying reproduction of a copyof Wright'sorig inal platof Columbus shows thathislocation of theState House 2"Resolved by theGeneral Assembly of thestate ofOhiothat Joel Wright of Warren county beand heishereby appointed director agreeably totheprovisions oftbe act entitled 'an act fixingand establishingthe permanent and temporary seats of govern- ment'" LawsofOhio. X loz http://publications.oliiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfni?action-detail&Page-0056290.html&St... 7/7/2004 Vol. 56, pg 291, Ohio History Page 1 of 2 OHIO HISTORY WELCOME I>JDEX SEARCH FULL SEARCH INDEX BROWSE BY VOLUME DISCLAIMER ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTACT OHIO HISTORY QMS PUBLICATIONS OPLIN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION GO TO THE ONLINE COLLECTJON CATALOG ABOUT ' CALENDAR | PLACES ! RESOURCES 1MARKETPLACE i LINKS ! SEARCH OHIO HISTORY Tho Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society Volume 56 JOEL WRIGHT 291 Find An Error? Back to Volume Contcuts square remains, but a second penitentiary has been built several squares north of the original site. The broad strip of land without lots east of the State House square was reserved for sale by the proprietors3 who had undertaken to furnish the land and buildings to the State. Most of the original street names remain. On the low-lying land bordering the Scioto River just belowthe con fluence of the Whetstone (Olentangy), there were no reserva tions made at the time of the original platting. As required by law, Wright filed a report with the General Assembly late in 1812, describing the progress ofhis work. In closing he called attention to the fact that no provision had been made for his compensation, and suggested that such provision be made as the General Assembly deemed fair. In 1813 it was pro vided that Joel Wright, director of the town of Columbus, be paid $503 for expenditures and services rendered.'* In view ofthe progress made, he suggested that another be selected to super intend the work he had thus far advanced, and that he be allowed to retire. William Ludlow was appointed the second director of the town of Columbus in February 1815;5 Wright returned to his family in Springboro. SPRINGBORO The Springboro community is testimony in many ways to the character of Wright and his neighbors. Every deed to land sold by Wrightor his son containeda clause forbidding the sale or manufacture of alcoholic beverages for a period oftwenty years. This was a real sacrifice to be asked of farmers in the West. It was beforethe days of railroadsand commercial meat-packing; farmers turned to stills as an outlet for surplus com. The Wrights, father and son, were reportedly the fu-st to hire harvest hands without a rationof liquor; despitethis their higher wage attracted ail ofthe help needed. It was predominantly a Quaker community, and many of the inhabitants must have shared these principles. Althou^ it had a populationof no more than 350, the community supported 3 Alexander McLaughlin, John Kerr, Lyne Starling, and James Johnston. 4 Lavs of Ohio, XI, 165. Sl^Sf^Ohio. XtII.335. http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfin?actiondetail&Page0056291.htmI&St 7/7/2004 Vol. 56, pg 292, Ohio History Page 1 of 1 GO TO THE ONLINE COLLECTION CATALOG OHIO HISTORY WELCOME INDEX SEARCH FULL SEARCH INDEX BROWSE BY VOLUME ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTACT OHIO HISTORY OHS PUBLICATIONS OPLIN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION ABOUT CALENDAR i PLACES I RESOURCES | MARKETPLACE | LINKS I SEARCH OHIO HISTORY The Scholarly Journal of tho Ohio Historical Society Volume 56 -V'V, Find An Error? iiack to Volume Contents Suni^or'ft liulrameflts Used by Joel Wright in Laying Out Columbu* in PREVIOUS PAGE Go directly to page: 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 NEXT PAGE HOME II CONTACT ABOUT jjCALENDAR || PLACES || RESOURCES || MARKETPLACE || LINKS || SEARCH http://www.ohiohistory.org/otistemp1ate.cfm || Ohio Historical Society- 1982VelmaAve. - Columbus,OH 43211 - 1998 All Rights Reserved. http://pubIications.ohiohistory.org/ohstempIate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0056292.html&St.. 7/7/2004 Vol. 56, pg 293, Ohio History Page 1 of2 OHIO HISTORY WELCOME INDEX SEARCH FULL SEARCH INDEX BROWSE BY VOLUME niSCr.AIMER ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTACT OHIO HISTORY OHS PLTBLTCATIONS OPLTN BICENTENNl^U. COMMISSION GO TO THE ONtlNE COLLECTION CATALOG ABOUT ! CALENDAR i PLACES [ RESOURCES | MARKETPLACE | LINKS | SEARCH OHIO HISTORY The Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society Volume 56 JOEL WRIGHT 293 Find An Error? Buck to Volume Coutcuts a public library and a debating society or "mock.legislature," and even raised $70,000 with which to establish Miami Valley College. Situated on an important east-west highway along which went countless covered wagons headed for new lands of the Mississippi Valley, there was reason for some rowdyand occasionally lawless elements in pioneer towns. Springboro seems to have been an ex ception. In 1829 the Miami and Erie Canal came through Frank lin four miles west of the village; in the late 1830's the railroad came through Waynesville, eight miles to the east Springboro laybetweenthese vital routes. Inevitably the village lost vigor, andthe gentilityof its earlier years did not endure until the twentieth century. But Wright did not live to see its comparative decline. Throughouthis longlife he remainedan active memberof the Society of Friends. Until he died in 1829, he wore the dress of the Revolutionary period, long surtout with flap pockets, long waistcoat and knee breeches, and low shoes trimmed with silver buckles. The final Quaker touch was a broad-brimmed beaver hat. No portrait remainsof this pioneer surveyor. Throughout his lifetime he would have none made, feeling, as did many others amongthe Quakers, that it was "unseemly." In 1825Wright was prevailedupon by his son to make a copyof the Columbus plat he hadprepared as director of Colum bus. He made the 160-mile round trip to Columbus on horseback through what was mostly unbroken forest He was then 75 years of age. This copyhe gave to his son Jonathan, and in 1870it was given to his great-grandson Jesse Wright Earlyin the present centuryit was borrowed bythe OhioStateArchaeological and Historical Society for a special exhibition in Columbus. Laterthis copy was loaned to the OhioState Library for exhibiL officials of the State being unable to find their original plat. A fire inthe State House in 1852 may have desU-oyed it along with other state records. The copy was once offered by Jesse Wright to a younger great-grandson of Joel, Dr. Jonathan Wright of Pleasantville, NewYork; he did not accept iLsayingthat in his opinion it be longed inOhio. In 1923 the Director of theNewYoric Public PRl'VIOUSPAGl': NEXT PAGE http://pubUcations.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfin7actiondetail&Page0056293.html&St... 7/7/2004 Vol. 56, pg 294, Ohio History Page 1 of I OfflO HISTORY WEI.COME INDEX SEARCH FULL SEARCH INDEX BROWSE BY VQLI.TME DISCL.MMER ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTACT OfflO HISTORY OHS Pl tBLICATIONS OPLIN BICENTENNIAL CmiMISSION GO TO THE ONLINE COLLECTION CATALOG ABOUT : CALENDAR I PLACES I RESOURCES | MARKETPLACE | LINKS i SEARCH OHIO HISTORY Tho Scholarly Journal of tho Ohio Historical Socioly Volume 56 Find An Error? Back to Voluiiie Contents 294 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Libraiy borrowed this copy for the purpose of photographing it for inclusion in the Library's Map Room; the copy was then re turned to Jesse Wright in Springboro. Charles E. Wright, Di rector of the CarnegieLibrary, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, probably received this copy at the death of his father in 1928. It is thought that the copy was lost when Charles Wright's residence was com pletelydestroyedby fire in the early 1940's. The only known copy ofJoel Wright's plat of Columbus is, therefore, the photo- gr^hic copy in theNew YorkPublic Library. Fortunately the surveying instruments Joel Wright used during the years he sur veyed in Ohio have come into the possession of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, the gift of his descendants. l!EF;y]OL]SJ'ACiL. Go directly to page: 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 HOME II CONTACT ABOUT jj CALENDAR jj PLACES || RESOURCES jj MARKETPLACE jjLINKS jj SEARCH http;//www.ohiohistory.org/olistemplate.cfm jj Ohio Historical Society - 1982 Velma Ave. - Columbus, OH 432II - 1998 All Rights Reserved. http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?actiondetail&Page0056294.html&St.. 7/7/2004 SOURCE: W. H. BEERS; HISTORYOF WARRENCOUNTY, OHIO, PAGE 887 FRANCISA. WILLIAMSON, M.D., DECEASED, LATE OF WAYNESVILLEWAS BORNNOVEM BER14,1812 AT MANNEY'S NECK, N.C. NEARTHELINEOF VIRGINIA; WASASONOF FRANCIS &ELIZABETH(WARREL) WILLIAMSON, NATIVES OFVIRGINIA, HISANCESTORS BEING OF SCOTCH DESCENT. MR. WILLIAMSON WAS POSSESSED OF A LARGE ESTATE WHICH WAS LOCATED PARTLY IN VIRGINIA AND PARTLY IN NORTH CAROLINA BEING AT ONE TIME A LARGE SLAVE OWNER AND WAS A VERY PROMINENT MAN OF THAT STATE - A MAN OF GOOD EDUCATION AND HIGH INTELLECTUAL ATTAINMENTS, A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN AND A MINISTER IN THE CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION FOR TWEN TY YEARS;A LIBERAL THINKERANDPROGRESSIONIST, FARAHEADOF MOSTOF HIS CONTEMPORARIES OF THAT DAY AND CONVINCED OF THE EVIL OF SLAVERY, HE LIBER ATED HIS SLAVES. HE WAS THE FATHER OF SIX CHILDREN, THREE NOW SURVIVE - ELI JAH, JAMESANDMARY, NOWMRS. BRYANT RESIDING INVIRGINIA. OURSUBJECT AT QUITE ANEARLY AGEWAS SENTTOSCHOOL ANDACQUIRED AGOOD EDUCATION UN DER THE INSTRUCTION OF THE TEACHERS OF MURFREESBORO N.C. HE EARLY ACQUIRED A TASTE FOR LITERATURE AND ABOUT 1832 TAUGHT A CLASSICAL SCHOOL IN HANOVER, VIRGINIA, AFTER WHICHHE READMEDICINE WITHDR. TREZVANTOF JERUSALEM, VA. THENCE ATTENDED TWO COURSES OF LECTURES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYL VANIA AT PHILADELPHIA AND THENCE TWO COURSES AT CINCINNATI AND RECEIVED HIS DEGREE OF M.D. IN 1845. IN 1837-r838 HE TRAVELED OVER THE WESTERN STATES LECTURING ON ONE OF HIS FAVORITE THEMES, PHRENOLOGY. HE VISITED JAILS, ASY LUMSANDPENITENTIARIES, TRAVELINGOVERTWENTYSTATES OF THE UNIONAND OCCASIONALLY DELIVERING LECTURES BEFORE LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. IN DECEM BER 1839 WAS CELEBRATED HIS UNION WITH MISS MIRIAM PIERCE WHO WAS BORN IN WILMINGTON, OHIO IN1822. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTEROFRICHARD AND MARY (FALLIS) PIERCE, HEANATIVE OFWILMINGTON, DELAWARE ANDSHEOFVIRGINIA. THEGREAT- GREATGRANDMOTHER, MIRIAMPIERCEWASA PHYSICIAN ANDNURSEINTHEREVOLU TIONARY WARFOR WHICH SERVICES SHE RECEIVED $700 PER YEAR. THE ANCESTORS OF THE FALLIS FAMILY WERE OF ENGLISHDESCENT AND BECAME EARLY SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA AND WERE THE MOST PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE STATE. JOHN FALLIS, THE FATHER OF MARY BECAME VERY WEALTHY OWNING LARGE TRACTS OF LAND IN PENN SYLVANIA AND LATER IN LIFE HE OWNED 3000 ACRES OF LAND IN CLINTON COUNTY, omo. DR. WILLIAMSON AND WIFE BY THEIRUNION HAD SIX CHILDREN; FOURNOW SURVIVE. MARY, NOWCADWALLADER; AGNES E., FRANKF. ANDCHARLESG. THE DOCTOR WAS A SUCCESSFUL PRACTITIONEROF MEDICINE AND SURGERY FOR FORTY YEARS. IN 1862 HE ENTERED INTO THE EXCITING ARENA OF THE WARAS A SURGEON AND SHORTLY WAS BY DR. ROSENCRANS PROMOTED TO A SURGEON ON HIS OWN STAFF. HE WAS PASSIONATELY DEVOTED TO HIS PROFESSION AND TO THE VERY LAST A CLOSE STUDENT EVER KEEPING PACE WITHTHE ONWARD MARCHOF SCIENCE AND THE UNRE- STRAINABLE PROGRESS OF EVENTS. AFTER THE WAR, HE SETTLED DOWN TO THE PRAC TICE OF HIS PROFESSION AT HIS CHOSEN HOME LEADING A SCHOLASTIC AND DOMESTIC LIFE SUITED TO HIS NATURE FOND OF HOME, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND BOOKS AND IN THEIR ENJOYMENT HE PASSED THE EARLY EVENING OF HIS LIFE WHICH ENDED IN THE NIGHT OF OLD AGE AND INFIRMITY DARKENED DOWN UPON HIM. HE DIED OF PARALY SISJULY 15, 1878. HIS WIDOW, MRS. WILLIAMSON ISVERY PLEASANTLY SITUATED HAV ING A BEAUTIFUL HOME AND RESIDENCE WITH THE SOCIETY OF A LOVING DAUGHTER AND SON. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED WIFE AND UPON WHOM THE DOCTOR RELIEDTO A GREAT EXTENT FORHIS IMPULSES OF STRENGTHINHIS LATERYEARS. SHE WAS ALSOA PHYSICIANOF THIRTYYEARS PRACTICE OR MORE AND HAS ANOTED REPU TATIONOVERA LARGEEXTENT OF COUNTRYFORHERMAGNETICPOWERSAND SKILLIN THETREATMENT OF DISEASE, HERFIELDOF PRACTICE REACHING TOTHELARGE CITIES OFDAYTON, CINCINNATI, RICHMOND, CHICAGO ANDOTHERS.