This, like the townships south of it, is a high rolling land, in places hilly and rough, but has a strong limestone soil, that produces well all the various kinds of grain and grasses.  It is underlaid with the same strata of coal which is found in the other parts of the county, which is almost exclusive used for all purposes.
     Wayne township was organized June 12, 1805.  It contains two villages, four postoffices, ten churches and three railroad stations along the line of the Pan-Handle road, which passes through it from east to west.

EARLY SETTLERS

     As in other townships, so in this, there is great difficulty in determining with certainty who the first settlers were, when they settled, or where.  It is probable that about 1796 or 1797, was as early as any whites settled within the present limits of the township.  It is conceded that the first white child born in the limits of Wayne, was John Mansfield, who was born on section ten, December, 1797, and Joseph Copeland was the second white child born within the township, in 1800.
     James Blackburn came from Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1798, and settled two and a half miles southeast of Bloomfield, on the farm now owned by Washington Stringer, and his brother, Anthony Blackburn, came at the same time and settled beside him.  This property is also owned by the Stringers.  John Maxwell came from the same place at the same time and settled near the Blackburns, and Jacob Ong settled on Short creek at an early date.
     The following is a list of early settlers who were here from 1806 to 1814:
     Michael Stonehocker, Lewis Throgmorton, Henry Beamer, John Dickey, Richard Coleman, John Barrett, Jacob Spaw, Benjamin Price, John Cox, Wm. Wright, Jr., John Lyons, James Tipton, Joseph Knott, John Debos, Robert Peoples, John Tipton, Robert Christy, Wm. Spraggue, John Hoover, James Sample, Hugh Trimble, John Sprague, Joseph McGrail, Leonard Ruby, Manuel Manly, Thomas Carr, Tobias Shanks, John Vorhes, John Welch, Joshua Cle, John Vanhorn, Nicholas Merryman, John Coleman, Charles Stewart, Abel Sweezy, John Thorn, Wm. Elliott, Jacob Cox, Nicholas Wheeler, Wm. Cox, John Dayton, Elijah Cox, Samuel McNary, Zebidee Cox, Jacob Lemon, Sheridan Cox, Greenberry Green, Christopher Cox, Wm. Sweezy, Zebidee Cox, Jr., Thomas Arnold, Thomas Bell, John Edgington, Isaac Vanhorn, Ezekiel Cole, John McClay, George Hazelmaker, John Matthews, Sylvester Tipton, Henry Ferguson, John Kinney, Wm. Wright, Sr., Richard Boren, Methiah Scammerhorn, Daniel Shivillee, Richard Ross, John Johnson, James Barber, James Ferguson, James Sinkey, Amos Scott, Benjamin Bond, John Jones, Thomas Lindsey, Gabriel Holland, Patrick Moore, Lorue Tippen, Robert McLary, Peter Ross, Moses Riley, Jacob Vorhes, Morris Dunlevy, Solomon Tracy, Michael Worxby, Wm. Sullivan, Thomas Jones, Ernel Tracy, Thomas Ross, Joshua Lemon, Henry Barber, James G. Harrah, Robert Milligan, John Hedge, David Milligan, John Scott, Andrew Duncan, Peter Beebout, thomas Moore, Andrew Johnson, James Dogan, Jacob Jones, Thomas Riley.

MILLS.

     The first mill was built by Nathan McGrew, on Cross Creek, where Shelly's station now stands.

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     Some time from 1856 to 1860, David Farmer bought from Henry Eagleson, of Harrison county, a steam flouring mill, which he removed to Bloomfield and put up on the tanyard lot, formerly owned by Alexander Bines.  The citizens, as an inducement, assisted in the purchase.  About 1863 or 1864, Farmer sold it to Voorhes & Keller, who attached a saw mill to it.  These men run it some time, when it was sold by the sheriff to Reuben Burchfield, who sold it to Patton & Boop and they sold it to Clement Boop who is now successfully carrying on the business.

HAYTI

     There is in the southern part of this township a colony or neighborhood of colored people, which originated the application of the name of Hayti to their settlement.  About 1835, a Mr. Buford, of Charles City County, Va., liberated 6 or 8 slaves, who emigrated to Ohio and settled on Still Water, Harrison county.  They were sent under the guardianship of Benjamin Ladd. The same Mr. Buford subsequently, about 1830, liberated some five or six families containing eighteen or twenty persons in all. These last were sent under the guardian care of Robert Ladd, who first bought a quarter section of land, and then another lot of one hundred and five acres of Thomas Mansfield, and settled them on it, where these colored people have since lived.  By Mr. Buford's will these lands were to be divided among the children of these families as they became of age.  When the lands were thus finally divided, there were from five to fifteen acres to each heir.  There are at present, 1879, eleven families, amounting in all to some fifty or sixty persons, occupying the premises.  They have two churches - one Baptist and one M. E. Church, with Sabbath schools connected with each.  The M. E. Church was established about 1845, and the Baptist Church in 1870.  They are also organized into a separate sub-district for school purposes.  Upon the whole, they do not appear to have progressed very much in material prosperity, or improved in moral or intellectual development.

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TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

BLOOMFIELD

     This village was laid off by David Craig, in 1817, but being far inland, its growth and business have been slow.  It is difficult to gain much history of its early business.

TEACHERS

     The first teacher was Isaac Holmes, and the second one was John Haughey, the next one Joseph Dunlap.

BLACKSMITHS.

     The first blacksmith was John Morrison, who started business in 1823.

WAGONMAKERS.

     The first wagonmaker was John Crow who started a shop in 1823 or 1824.

FIRST PHYSICIANS.

     The following are the first doctors who located in the village:  First, Dr. Harrison; second, Dr. Riddle; third, Dr. Vorhees; fourth, Dr. Johnson.

FIRST HOTEL.

     The first hotel was started by Richard Price in 1822.  The second one by Marion Duvall some time after.

TANNERIES.

     The first tannery was started by Thomas M. Latta who came in 1826; and the second one by Henry H. Beckett in 1827.  The tanneries are now all discontinued.

DISTILLERIES.

     Distilleries were numerous and pervaded every portion of the township, but like the tanneries, they have all disappeared.

BUSINESS HOUSES OF TODAY.

     Bloomfield at the present time contains two dry goods stores, one grocery store, one hardware store, one wagon ship, two blacksmith shops, two shoemaker shops, two harness shops, one drug store, one steam flouring and saw mill, two doctors, three churches, viz.: one Old School Presbyterian, one M. E. Church, one U. P. Church, and a population of about two hundred inhabitants.

UNIONPORT.

FIRST BUSINESS HOUSES.

     The first store kept in the village was started by Coleman & HErvey in 1854.

HOTELS.

     William Hervey kept the only hotel in the place until 1872, when he was succeeded by William Mc____, who still continues the business.  Then Samuel Sproat started a hotel, which he is successfully conducting.  The next hotel was started by Sproat and is still in successful operation.

EXCHANGE MILLS - UNIONPORT

     There was an old water mill on the property now occupied by these mills, when Mr. Hervey bought it in 1850.  This old mill he removed and replaced it with a new one, in which he put new double engines.  In 1866 he sold it.  Since then it has passed through several hands,  The steam engines were taken out and the mill is now run by water power, and is doing a good business.

THE CARRIAGE SHOPS.

UNIONPORT LODGE NO. 383 F. & A. M.

ITALIAN MARBLE WORKS - UNIONPORT.

PICTURE OF
RESIDENCE AND HOMESTEAD, (FARM OF 500 ACRES,) OF
JOHN ALLEN, PEASE TWP., BELMONT CO., OH.

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UNIONPORT CARRIAGE WORKS

UNIONPORT HOTEL.

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POSTOFFICES.

BLOOMINGDALE

UNIONPORT

FAIR PLAY

CRESSWELL.

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CHURCHES

MOUNT MORIAH - REGULAR BAPTIST

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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - UNIONPORT

M. E. CHURCH - UNIONPORT

M. E. CHURCH - BLOOMFIELD

M. P. CHURCH - BLOOMFIELD

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

     WILLIAM FERGUSON. - Mr. Ferguson was born in Pennsylvania in 1778.  In 1802 he came to Wayne township and purchased land in section five, but returned to his native state and remained until 1803, when he came again and made a permanent settlement.  After clearing some land and building a cabin, his next step was to purchase a still for making Whisky, as that was the only staple article that would bring money at all times.  This enterprise was continued for but a few years.  Mr. Ferguson then engaged in farming and followed that for the balance of his life.  In 1818 he was elected justice of the peace, and remained in office until 1836.  He died in 1868, on the farm he settled in 1803.

     JAMES FERGUSON, a son of William Ferguson, was born on the old homestead in Wayne township, Mar. 26, 1809.  He was reared a farmer and received his education in the log school house of his time.  At the age of twenty-eight years he married Miss Sarah Woods, by whom he has four children. Mr. Ferguson had two sons in the late war.  John was captain of Company G, 43d O. V., and William was sergeant of the same company.  Mr. Ferguson has represented the township in various offices, and is one of the trustees at present.

     SAMUEL FERGUSON was born on the old homestead in 1815.  He was reared a farmer, and during his boyhood attended a subscription school during a few months in the winter, and in this way received a fair education.   In 1840 he married Miss Martha Boyd, of Wayne township.  They have nine children— seven sons and two daughters.  Mr. Ferguson is the present owner of the old Ferguson homestead and resides there.

     JOHN MOORE. - The subject of this sketch was born in Saline township, Jefferson county, in 1820, and is a descendant of one of the pioneers of that township.  John was reared on the farm and received a good practical education.  He is engaged in his chosen profession, that of farming and stock raising, and is devoting a great deal of his time to the raising of fine sheep and cattle, in both of which he aims to excel, and may be called one
of the model farmers of this township, or rather of Jefferson county.  His farm is finely improved and shows a good cultivation.  It is located near what is known as the Dorsey Flats.

     GEORGE MAXWELL was a son of James Maxwell, one of the pioneers of Wayne, and a native of Pennsylvania.  George was born near. Bloomfield, Feb. 24, 1826.  He was reared a farmer and received a good common school education.  He married Miss Mary Howard, Jan. 1, 1867.  They have one child, who was born Dec. 29, 1867.  On the morning of Dec. 26, 1877, Mr. Maxwell left home to go to Steubenville, and while passing a train standing on the side track near Bloomfield, the engine of which train was blowing off steam, making a noise so great that he could hear nothing else, an eastern bound train, running at great speed, struck him and caused instant death.  The news was soon carried to his family and friends, casting a gloom over the whole neighborhood, as Mr. Maxwell was a person highly respected by all who knew him.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church and belonged to the Masonic order.  His loss was felt by his brother members, both in the church and the lodge.

     ROBERT PARKS. - Mr. Parks was born in Wayne township, Mar. 26, 1800.  Labon Parks, father of Robert, was a Virginian and first came to Ohio as a soldier, being stationed at Fort Carpenter for some time, and was present there when the Johnson boys came in after their escape from the Indians.  He came to Steubenville, in 1797 and remained until 1800, when he moved to Wayne township.  Robert married Miss Mary Hedges, daughter of John Hedges, of Wayne township.  They have seven children - two sons and five daughters.

     JOHN BELL, SR., was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1804, and came to Jefferson county, Ohio, with his parents. When a boy.  They located in Wayne township, where Mr. Bell has remained ever since.  He was brought up on the farm and received a limited education, as there was too much hard work to be done to allow of much schooling.  In 1829, he married Miss Nancy Merryman, daughter of Nicholas Merryman.  They have had nine children, of whom seven are living - five sons and two daughters.  Mr. Bell is a farmer, and a very active man for his age.  He resides near Bloomfield.

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     JAMES REED. - Mr. Reed was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., Apr. 14, 1816.  He went to Richland county, Ohio with his father, but after a time came to Jefferson county and located.  He married Miss Mary Mansfield, daughter of Thomas Mansfield.  They have three children.  Mr. Reed's occupation was that of a farmer.  He served as a justice of the peace for a number of years, and in 1875, was elected county commissioner, and served with credit to himself and to his county.  He died Dec. 20, 1878.  His son occupies the old homestead at Unionport.

     SAMUEL BLACKBURN was born in December, 1813.  His father was Anthony Blackburn, who came from Pennsylvania in 1800.  Mr. Blackburn was brought up on the farm on which he now lives.  In 1839, he married Miss Rachel Rolen, daughter of John Rolen, of Wayne township.  They have had six children – four sons and two daughters.  Mr. Blackburn is a member of the Presbyterian church, and has been for a number of years, and is a citizen well liked by all who know him.

     JOHN COLE. - The subject of this sketch was born in Jefferson county, in 1812.  His father, Joshua Cole, came from Pennsylvania in 1800, and first located at Richmond, this county.  After remaining there for twelve years, he moved to Wayne, and entered section 19, where he built a home and brought up his family, consisting of eight children.  John was the third son, and was brought up on the farm, and received a good common school education.  In 1837 he married Miss Mary Merryman, daughter of Nicholas Merryman.  They have had six children, but two are now dead.  One son, Joshua P., was in the late war.  Mr. Cole is a member of the Baptist Church; he is one of the directors of the National Bank at Smithfield, and owns a part of the old homestead in Wayne township.

     WILLIAM J. STARR. - Mr. Starr was born on the Starr home stead, in Wayne township, in 1844.  His father was one of the early settlers in Jefferson county.  William was reared a farmer, and received a common school education.  After the death of his father he took charge of the old homestead, and has remained there ever since:  He is a very enterprising farmer and good citizen.

     WILLIAM MERRYMAN was born in Wayne township, May 25, 1820.  His father was Nicholas Merryman, who came from Maryland in 1801, and located in Wayne township.  William was raised on the farm, and has followed the occupation of farming all his life.  In 1840 he married Miss Nancy Bell.  They have had eight children, of whom five are living - Mary, Nicholas, Charles, Patterson and Sarah.

     JARET MERRYMAN, son of Nicholas Merryman, was born in Wayne township, June 10, 1811.  He was brought up on the farm, and educated at the subscription school of early times.  Nov. 19, 1829, he married Miss Mary Jones.  They moved to Harrison county and remained there eight years, when they returned to their native county, where they have lived ever since.  They have eight children living-two sons being in the late war.  Mr. Merryman is a member of the Baptist Church, and a respected citizen.

     THOMAS McFERREN was born Sept. 5, 1843.  He is a son of Thomas and grandson of James McFerren, who came from Scotland in 1783, and first located in New York, but came to Jefferson county in 1802, and located in Wayne township on land now owned by the subject of this sketch.  Thomas is a farmer, and has a fine improved farm.

     JAMES P. HOPKINS - Mr. Hopkins was born in the farm on which he now resides, Aug. 8, 1820.  In 1843 he married Miss Cordelia Devall who died May 21, 1849.  In 1851 he married Miss Isabel Nelson of Belmont county, and by that marriage has eight children, six sons and two daughters, all residing in Jefferson county.

     GEORGE W. STRINGER, was born in Pease township, Belmont county, in 1824, and came to Jefferson county with his parents in 1836.  The Stringers were a pioneer family of Belmont county, coming there in Indians times, and their descendants remained in the vicinity ever since.  George W. was reared a farmer and still follows that honorable occupation, and has a fine improved farm.

     ANDERSON VERMILLIN was born in Smithfield township, Jefferson county, in 1849, and is a son of Charles Vermillin, an old citizen of Smithfield township.  Mr. Vermillin is a married man and follows farming as an occupation.  His postoffice address is Smithfield.

     JOHN G. HAMMOND was born in Wayne township in 1844.  He is a son of Thomas Hammond who was also born in Wayne on the Hammond homestead.  John was reared a farmer and received a good education.  He married Miss M. Armstrong, daughter of Robert Armstrong of Bloomfield, in 1872.  They have four children - Thomas O., Robert W., Cordelia M., and Frank W.

     ROBERT SNODGRASS was born in Salem township in 1813.  His father, James Snodgrass, came from Lancaster county, Pa., in 1810, and settled in Salem.  Robert received his education in the common schools, and was raised a farmer.  He married Miss Hannah McFerren, daughter of James McFerren.  They have two children living - Isabel and James L., both married.

     JOSHUA ROWLAND - Mr. Rowland was born in Maryland, May 4, 1803, and came to Jefferson county with his father, Thomas Rowland, in 1807, and located on the farm on which he now lives.  He married Miss Rebecca Tipton, daughter of Luke Tipton, a pioneer of Wayne township.  They have one son, Shadrach, who lives with his parents.  Mr. Rowland is a farmer and lives near Bloomfield station.

     JAMES MATHER was born in Scotland, June 2, 1812, and came to America with his father's family in 1822, and located in Wayne township.  James was reared a farmer and received a fair education.  In January, 1837, he married Miss Nancy Copeland, daughter of James Copeland.  They have five children - three sons and two daughters.  Mr. Mather is a farmer and fine stock raiser, and has a fine farm near Bloomfield.

     JOSEPH McNARY, son of John McNary, was born in Wayne township in 1845.  HE was raised on the farm and educated in the common schools.  In October, 1866, he married Miss Nancy McLaughlin, daughter of James McLaughlin.  They have two children:  Margaret, born Sept. 2, 1867, and Frank, born Jan. 1, 1879.

     HENRY RALSTON. - Mr. Ralston was born on the Ralston homestead, in Wayne township, Mar. 10, 1833.  He was brought up on the farm and received a common school education.  In 1858, he married Miss Eliza McNary, who lived until she had two children and then died.  He then married Mary Vorhees, who has also bore him two children.  Mr. Ralston is a farmer by occupation, and a member of the Baptist church.

     R. P. MANSFIELD was born in Wayne township, Aug. 9, 1835, and is a son of Edward and Mary Mansfield, and grandson of Thomas Mansfield, one of the pioneers of Wayne township.  Mr. Mansfield was raised on the farm and received his education at the common schools of the township.  At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Company E, 52d regiment, O. V., and remained during the war.  In 1874, he married Miss Susan Long, daughter of James Long.  Mr. Mansfield is a farmer and stock raiser, and occupies the Thomas Mansfield homestead, near the eastern boundary of Wayne.

     R. J. MANSFIELD. - The subject of this sketch was born in Wayne township, June 2, 1839, and is a son of Edward and Mary Mansfield  He received his education in the common schools and in starting out in life for himself chose farming as the best means of earning a livelihood.  In 1867, he married the best means of earning a livelihood.  In 1867, he married Miss L. Black of Harrison county.  They have four children - two sons and two daughters.  Mr. Mansfield occupies a portion of the old homestead of his father, in Wayne township.,

     JOHN W. MANSFIELD, son of James Mansfield, was born in Wayne township, Sept. 18, 1848.   He was brought upon the farm and received his education at Hopedale academy.  He married Miss Sarah J. Moores, daughter of Col. John Moores, Mar. 8, 1872.  They have three children - Mattie, John and James.  Mr. Mansfieldis engaged in farming.

     JAMES R. MANSFIELD, son of James and grandson of Thomas Mansfield, was born in Wayne township, June 20, 1831.  He

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was reared a farmer and received his education in the common schools.  Oct. 19, 1869, he married Miss Sarah C. Burriss.  They have four children - three sons and one daughter.

     JACOB MANSFIELD, is a son of Samuel Mansfield, and was born in Wayne township, Oct. 19, 1844.  HE was reared a farmer and received his education in the common schools.  Oct. 19, 1869, he married Miss C. Burriss.  They have four children - three sons and one daughter.

THE HERVEY FAMILY

     The genealogy of the Hervey family, or at least one branch of it, is as follows:  Taking it as a basis, Robert Hervey of Ireland, father of William Hervey, Sr., who was born in County Down, Ireland, in the year 1740, near Lisburn.  In 1770, he took passage in the ship, "East of Donegal," from Belfast to America, as per certificate of passage dated May 17, and landed at Philadelphia, July 24, of the same year.  After his arrival he lived with his uncle McCormic in Chester county, Pa.  In 1773 he was married to Sarah Hudson, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Hudson.  She was born the 14th of May, 1753.  Date of death not recorded.  William and Sarah HErvey had a family of nine children, six boys and three girls.  Elinor, the oldest, was born Jan. 15, 1774, and died in her infancy.  William, the second child, was born Oct. 9, 1775, and at this date his father came from Chester county, Pa., over the mountains to Washington county, Pa., and located and moved his family in the fall of the same year.  William married Susannah Hawthorn, near Taylorsville, Washington county, and moved out to Jefferson county, Ohio, in the year 1807, and located on section 27 in Wayne township, where he encountered all the trials and hardships and dangers of a pioneer settler.  There was born to him nine children - five boys and four girls:  James, Joseph, William, Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Robert, John and Susannah.  James has long been a resident of Kansas, and has a family of five boys and two girls.  Joseph lives on the old homestead and has a family of five boys and three girls.  William H. lives in Unionport, Wayne township, where he purchased a farm and mill property in 1838.  About 1852 a survey for a railroad was made through this property.  He then erected a store building, and in association with his brother John, laid out and surveyed the town plot of Unionport; William is still a resident here, and resides on the old farm; he married Mary McNary, daughter of Judge Samuel McNary, in the year 1838, and had a family of two boys and one girl; the oldest son, Samuel A., was a soldier in the late war, was taken prisoner and confined in Libby prison, and has never been heard of since, but is supposed to have died from prison cruelty.  George W., the other son, married Laura J. Campbell, of Harrison county, Ohio, September, 1878.  Mary, the daughter, married J. Ross Reed, and lives in Unionport.  Sarah married Hugh Hervey, of Pittsburgh, and moved to Logan county, Ohio, where they reared a family of four girls and two boys; she died May 12, 1878.  Hannah died at the age of nineteen, unmarried.  Mary married Daniel McKee, of Harrison county, Ohio.  Robert C., died at the age of twenty-six, unmarried.  John married Ann Parkhill, and had a family of two boys and seven girls, and now resides in eastern Virginia.  David, Sr., another son of William, Sr., was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1794; he married Elizabeth Archer, of Washington county, and came to Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1817, and located on section 15, in Wayne township, near the town of Bloomfield; he lived on this farm for fifty-four years, and then removed to Bloomfield, where he lived a retired life until his death, May 12, 1879.  He was an active and zealous worker in the church, and held the office of elder in the United Presbyterian church, of Piney Fork, for forty years, and was in the same official position in the United Presbyterian church, of Bloomfield, from its organization until his death.  His careful and mature judgment marked his course through life, and established him a prudent and safe council.  The issue of his marriage was seven boys and four girls:  Ebenezer, John, David, Robert, Joseph, James, Susannah, Esther, Nancy and Mary.  Of these, Ebenezer, John, David, James, Esther and Mary, reside in Jefferson county, and have families.  Ebenezer married side in Jefferson county, and have families.  Ebenezer married Margaret McNary, and had a family of two girls and one boy; the son was a soldier in the 126th O. V. I., and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness.  John resides in Wayne township, and owns the old homestead; he has a family of eight children.  David and James own property adjoining the old homestead, and have large families, of whom none are married.  Mary resides  in Bloomfield, and has one child.  Esther resides in Harrison county; she married John Leech, and has a family of five girls and one boy—one daughter married Mr. H. Braden, of Missouri.  Susannah married N. M. McCoy, died and left one child.  There is now of these two pioneers, William and David Hervey, of the third generation—as traced in family history—a representation of more than fifty children and grand-children, all residents of the same township, where they first settled.  The following account of the reunion of the Hervey family, held at Bloomfield, Nov. 19, 1878, was taken from the Steubenville papers:

FAMILY REUNION.

     On the 19th inst., at Joseph Hervey's, near Bloomfield, was held the second annual reunion of that branch of the Hervey family known to be descendants from Robert Hervey, of Scotland.  The occasion was one of unusual interest, combining with it all the requisites of an enjoyable season, both for old and young.  At a very early hour began the arrival of friends and invited guests, and so continued until the assemblage numbered nearly one hundred persons.  At ten o'clock the meeting was called to order by appointing John B. Hervey chairman, and G. W. Hervey, secretary.  According to the arranged programme, Rev. David Hervey, of West Va., conducted the devotional exercises, after which the president, Mr. John B. Hervey, delivered the opening address—“A Welcome"—which was calculated to make all feel that they were for the present, at least, one nation, one kindred, one family.  David Hervey, Sr., of Bloomfield, was assigned family history, and spoke at some length, giving a pretty concise and full history of his ancestors as learned from his father, which carried us back to near the close of the sixteenth century, when Robert Hervey, the progenitor used as the basis of this family, is supposed to have emigrated from Scotland to the North of Ireland during some of the Scotch persecutions.  A number of ancient papers were produced, among these church certificates and his father's certificate of passage on the ship “East of Donnegal" from Belfast, Ireland, to Philadelphia, in the United States, dated Apr. 17, 1770, and signed by Captain James Blair.  He also related many incidents of pioneer life of the tomahawk and scalping knife, so familiar to those of the earlier settlements of Pennsylvania and Ohio.  This, the youngest of a large family, and the only living representative of the third generation can stand but a short time at the head of this family.  His mind is sound, and reasoning-power good, though far advanced in years and frail in body. 
     Rev. David Hervey, of West Virginia, the oldest representative of another branch of the Hervey family, and second cousin of David, of Jefferson county, Ohio, was by invitation present, accompanied by one of his daughters.   He read quite a lengthy history of the family and state, which he had prepared for publication in a work soon to be gotten up in the interest of West Virginia.  His extempore speech on the war history of Virginia and his association with it while amusing, was at the same time calculated to arouse a spirit of patriotism in the breast of every loyal citizen.  At this juncture of the proceedings the chairman of a committee that had been in session in another part of the house was introduced, and announced dinner.
     The afternoon meeting was opened by an address from William H. Hervey, Superintendent of the City Hospital in. Cincinnati, showing what would become of the honest and industrious youth thrown upon the cold charities of the world. Joseph Hervey, of Bloomfield, was the next speaker and gave a brief rehearsal of modern history, Communications from the following persons were read by the Secretary: William Hervey, of Chicago, John Hervey of Virginia: James O. Hervey of Lexington, Kentucky and W. R. Hervey, of Louisville, Kentucky.  The latter being an extended history, introducing a link which had for many year been lost sight of W. R. Hervey commenced the practice of law in 1836; at a later date, through the solicitations 'of a number of leading Whigs, Mr. Clay among the number, he assumed the editorial management of the Lexington Intelligencer.  He enjoyed the entire confidence of Mr. Clay, and was honored with his warmest friendship to the close of '" illustrious statesman's life.  He is now in the possession of the most valuable relic of that great man—the original manuscript of a speech delivered by him, and the only speech which Mr. Clay ever wrote out in full, and which Mr. Clay presented to him a short time before his death as a mark of his personal friendship and esteem.  In 1848 when General Taylor received the nomination for the Presidency over Mr. Clay, he withdrew from the press and accepted the tellership in the Northern Bank of Kentucky.  In 1856 he was elected Clerk of the Louisville Chancery

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Court; at the breaking out of the rebellion he was appointed a member of the board of enrollment for the 5th Congressional District of Kentucky, at the close of the war he was tendered the position of cashier of the United States Depository at Louisville, which he accepted and held for ten years, when he was appointed Special Agent of the Treasury Department for the examination of all the Sub-Treasuries and Depositories in the United States.  Rev. Jamison of Hopedale, was called upon and made some very appropriate remarks, touching his relationship as minister with the majority of those present.  Following this was a cane presentation by the little boys to their grandfather, David Hervey, Sr.  William Hervey of Cincinnati represented the boys in a neat and well-timed speech.  "Build on your own foundation," a charge to the youth, by David A. Hervey.  This hewed the corners off the eulogies on name.  The Valedictory by Miss Nannie Leech, was well received and spoke highly of her literary culture.  The Bloomfield U. P. Choir conducted by N. M. McCoy, furnished some very appropriate and well rendered selections of music.  There were other exercises meritorious and worthy of mention, but time and space forbids.                                COMMITTE.
     UNIONPORT, November 29th, 1878.

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