CHAPTERS:
XVIII - Augusta Twp.
XIX - Brown Twp.
XX - East & Fox Twps.
XXI - Harrison Twp.
XXII - Lee Twp.
XXIII. - Loudon Twp.
XXIV. - Monroe Twp.
XXV. - Orange Twp.
XXVI. - Perry Twp.
XXV. - Rose Twp.
XXVIII. - Union Twp.
XXIX. - Washington Twp.
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CHAPTER XIX.
BROWN TOWNSHIP
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BOUNDARY - ORGANIZATION -
FEATURES - RAILROADS - VILLAGES
- CLAY INDUSTRY - SCHOOLS - CHURCHES - POPULATION -
FIRST ELECTION
This civil township was
named for John Brown, who then resided at
Pekin, and who built the first mill in that part of
Carroll County. Brown Township originally was
embraced within the limits of Stark County, was made
an independent township in 1815. It now covers
an area of 27,000 acres.
It was first settled by Richard Vaughn and
Moses Porter, the former of whom settled near
Oneida, the latter on the tract of land where the
village of Malvern now stands. Isaac
Craig and Amos Janney soon after settled
where Pekin now stands and which they laid out in
1808. They soon erected a small frame mill,
which was propelled by a "tub" water wheel. It
helped many a farmer out and saved the pioneers many
a long, and mean trip to mill at Canton on
horseback. Soon after, however, the floods
carried this mill away. The mill-site was sold
to David and Jacob Crumbecker, who built a
good flouring mill which served its customers many a
year.
The first couple married in Brown township was
Martin Ayers and Elizabeth Reed, June 10,
1812. They were united in marriage by
General Augustine, a justice of the peace.
Colonel Ayers led an active life at New
Harrisburgh; died many years ago of a cancer, after
years of intense suffering.
The Tuscarawas branch of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh
Railroad passes through this township, via Pekin,
Oneida and Malvern. This road was constructed
in 1853-54 and the Carrollton & Oneida road was put
in operation in about the same time.
The first schoolhouse in the township was built in
1812, and the first sermon preached was by Rev.
Thomas Rigdon, in 1815, in Pekin. He was a
strict Baptist and a brother of the famous Mormon
Sidney Rigdon, who preceded Brigham Young.
The first election in this township was held in 1816 -
all the voters within the township were out to vote
and twenty-nine ballots were cast. Fourteen
were cast for James Reed for justice of the
peace and fourteen were cast for Thomas Latta
for the same office and one blank ticket was cast.
It was then settled by lots being cast which
resultedin the seating of James Reed who held
the office twenty-one years.
The population of Brown Township in 1840 was 2,165; in
1880, it was 2,325; in 1884 it was placed at about
the same and its assessed
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valuation was $66,960.00. In 1910 the township
has a population of 2,655.
The villages within this township are Minerva, Malvern,
Oneida, Pekin and Leyda.
VILLAGE OF MALVERN
Originally this was
called Troy, as shown by the county plat books.
The date of its platting was November, 1834, by
William Hardesty. It is a station on the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad and in 1884 had a
population of 500 souls. At that date it had
four churches, a flouring mill by W. A. Baxter &
Co.; a furniture store by G. Deckman; a
planing mill by Fishel & Buel; a grocery by
Van M. Gween; hotel by A. Lawton;
physicians were Drs. W. R. Spratt and John
Moffett; dry goods by T. H. Poessler,
also by J. H. Wilson.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, MALVERN
This village was among the
early incorporations effected in Carroll County -
away back in the '30s or '40s. Its present
elective officers are: C. W. Ruff,
mayor; H. Hart, clerk; F. E. Hoffee,
treasurer; Fred Reed, marshal; street
commissioner, Henry Parker; councilmen, S.
G. Deckman, William Diesinger, W. S. Kilpatrick,
Harvey Eckley, Walter Elson (chairman).
The village was paved in 1915 at a cost of $35,000;
pavements run from thirty to forty feet in width of
most excellent home-made paving brick.
A successful system of waterworks was installed in
Malvern in 1915. Three very deep wells furnish
the best quality and quantity of health-giving
water. It is forced to a stand-pipe on the
highest hill overlooking the village. This
gives a pressure of over seventy-five pounds per
square inch at the curbing of the main street.
A volunteer fire-fighting equipment includes two
chemical engines and over 500 feet of workable hose.
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The village has electric lights produced by a private
company organized in 1920, owned by local capital
and is known as the valley Electric Light Company.
The village has a town hall two stories high - a brick
structure.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY FOR 1921
Auto garage
- |
Malvern
Garage Company;
Malvern Motor Sales Company |
Banking - |
Malvern
office of the Minerva Savings & Trust
Company |
Barbers - |
George
Auseon,
George Wingerter |
Blacksmiths
- |
James
Burwell,
Lawrence Artzner,
Keffler Bros. |
Drugs - |
H. H. Hart |
Harness - |
Henry
Wingester |
Lumber - |
Buell & Son |
Machine
shop - |
Keffler
Brothers |
Meats - |
Herman
Weaver |
Milling - |
Beach
Milling Company |
Millinery - |
Miss Mary
Casper |
Newspaper - |
"Clay City
Times" a sheet printed at the Minerva
News plant, every week |
Restaurants
- |
The Hahn
and
the Jackson |
Live stock
- |
Atwell &
Finefrock |
General
Dealers - |
J. D.
Crider,
J. E. Yoether,
Malvern Dry Goods Company |
Groceries - |
I.
Kirkpatrick,
W. A. Lewis,
D. A. Mason,
Mammone & Augustine |
Stoves and
tine ware - |
W. C. Lewis |
Furniture &
undertaking - |
S. G.
Deckman |
Merchant
tailor - |
C. W. Rice |
Shoe
repairs - |
Adam
Maurer,
Steve Emets |
Plumber and
implements - |
J. M.
Robertson |
Moving
picture house - |
The Malvern
Amusement Company, made up of ten local
stockholders. Name is the
"Odessa." |
Phone
system - |
The
automatic plan. |
For the clay products manufacturing
plants see special article in this work
on that topic. |
THE POSTOFFICE.
The postoffice at the
village of Malvern was established in 1844.
Among the persons who have served as postmasters the
following list has been furnished especially for
this history:
David Shull, H. W. Ackley, C. G. Prosser, A. R.
Hains, David Shull, Jr., T. H. Peossler, E. H.
McCall, V. M. Green, W. C. Lewis, T. H. Newton, W.
H. Deckerman, Isaac Kirkpatrick, H. C. Ross, R. T.
Spratt.
The office is now a third class postoffice and has
one rural free delivery route with Robert W.
Hewit as its carrier.
During the last fiscal year this postoffice transacted
a business of $2,291.01, and a money order business
of $35,000.
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The present postmaster received his commission August,
1919. His only office clerk is Ora B.
McMillen. The office has been located
where it is now situated for seven years. Dec.
21, 1918, the safe was blown open and the contents
stolen..
THE VILLAGE OF MINERVA.
This sprightly business
center, is situated partly in Stark and partly
within Carroll County. It is situated
geographically in section 1, township 16, range 6.
It was laid out by Tim Taylor, Jan. 3, 1835.
In 1884 it had 1,200 population and was noted for
its being the market for much wool and farm products
in its trade circle. The Pennock brothers
located their extensive car shops there; there were
then five physicians; two attorneys; one bank; one
green-house; a planing mill; three hotels; a
flouring mill; opera house, and other business
places. the place is sixteen miles from Canton
and twelve miles from Carrollton.
The present industries include the Owen China Company
established twenty years ago as a home stock concern
and now employs 150 men the year round. then
there is an extensive toy factory where twenty-five
persons find constant employment. The flouring
mill is a flourishing plant. It was the first
to be erected in Carroll County - a log shack of a
building but in 1824, changed to a better building
over a half century ago and changed to the roller
process system and is still doing a good
flour-making business. At the near-by hamlet
of Pekin, a large fire-proof building block factory
is fully equipped and doing an extensive business;
it is owned by Canton capital.
The business factors of the
village in the winter of 1920-21 were:
Auto
garages - |
Messers.
Yeagley, Jobs and Will Crider |
Attorneys - |
Mr. Cope |
Banking - |
Minerva
Savings & Trust Company
Minerva Banking Company |
Bakeries - |
Arthur &
Hargrove,
Mr. Severance |
Barbers -
|
Morrow &
Helman |
Blacksmith
shops - |
Joseph
Carns
Tim Felitz
Frank Helman |
Clothing - |
Brown & Son
Charles Hoops
John Barenbliet |
Creamery -
|
Evaporated
Milk plant "Highland" brand, erected in
1915 |
Drugs - |
E. D.
Rutledge
William M. Hoops
Thomas Cross |
Elevator
(warehouse) |
Leonard
Dennis |
Furniture - |
Freed &
Schmactenberger |
Feed store
- |
Hart & Son. |
Grocers
(exclusive) - |
L. B.
Wright & Son,
H. H. Hart & Son,
P. Pennock,
William Abbott,
O. Whittaker |
Dry goods - |
Will Kurtz,
Ralph Smith |
Fair store
- |
Managed by
Ivan Speakman |
Hardware - |
Gunder &
Lotz |
Hotels -
|
Jackson and
Minerva |
Ice dealer
- |
Frank
Miller |
Implement
dealers - |
Same firm
as hardware |
Jewelers - |
J. N. Kurtz
Fred Adset |
Lumber
dealers - |
Charles
Daniels,
Burtsfield & Cox |
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Livery - |
Frank B.
Miller,
Jerome Miller |
Meat
markets - |
L. B.
Wright & Son,
Kenneth Crowe |
Marble
works - |
Hart &
Guthrie |
Millinery - |
Miss S. J.
Moorehead |
Newspaper - |
The "News."
(See press chapter) |
Opera house
- |
Mrs. O. C.
Finefrock |
Restaurants
- |
C. H. Rue,
Mr. Miller, Arthur & Hargrove |
Stock
dealers - |
None at
present |
Shoe stores
- |
J. W.
Wetzel,
Callerdine & Simpson and
the general dealers |
Shoe repair
shops - |
L. Davis,
McConna & Messmore |
Veterinary
- |
Dr. F. A.
Harsh |
The doctors of the village are: |
|
Doctors
McHenry, Thomas, Temple and Casey |
The
dentists are: |
Doctors
Myers, Van Pelt, Bates and Tannihill |
The recently established "Ad Club" of
Minerva is doing much toward the
enlivening of the business and reaching
out after more. |
The lodges are the |
|
Masons,
Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias,
Woodmen,
Maccabees, and
Grand Army of the Republic (See Lodge
Chapter) |
The churches of Minerva are the |
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Christian,
Lutheran,
Methodist Episcopal, and
Presbyterian (See Churches in separate
chapter) |
THE POSTOFFICE
Minerva is a third class
postoffice, with present office force in the persons
of the postmaster, J. C. Ruff; Grace V. Betz,
assistant, and Nellie N. Harsh, clerk.
Among the postmasters now recalled by the present
patrons of the office are: J. F. Greenwood,
George E. McDonald, S. E. Moorehead, James Simpson
and James Jerome. The present incumbent
received his commission signed by President
Woodrow Wilson, Sept. 17, 1916.
LEYDA
This is a hamlet in section
27 of Brown Township; it is a way-station on the
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway and of no commercial
significance.
PEKIN.
This is an old hamlet
platted by Amos Janney and Isaac Craig,
Sept. 21, 1808 and is really now a suburb to
Minerva. It has some clay industries.
WIERTEMBURG
This was platted by John
G. Hudelmeyer, Sept. 29, 1836. It is on
the opposite side of the creek from Oneida.
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ONEIDA
This is a station and
junction point on the Pennsylvania and the Wheeling
& Lake Erie railways, in the center of section 16 of
Brown Township In 1884 it had a good mill,
general store, hotel and a marble shop. It has
but little business today.
THE CLAY INDUSTRY OF MALVERN AND VICINITY
(By Hon. C. W. Ruff)
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