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The first mlitary organization was termed a
"Light Horse Company," commanded by Captain Benoni Pierce.
They were mustered in by Samuel Thompson, in
DILLON'S FALLS VILLAGE -
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THE FIRST STORE
The first store was opened at the Falls of
the Licking by Moses Dillon and sons, about A. D. 1806.
Their merchandise was brought to them on pack horses, rarely by
wagon, and embraced everything known to the pioneer's schedule.
THE FIRST MAIL ROUTE
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
ORGANIZATION, TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL AND GEOLOGY.
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THE FIRST SURVEYORS.
WEST ZANESVILLE VILLAGE.
THE PIONEER PREACHER.
A HEWED LOG MEETING HOUSE.
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was taken down and a frame church was built on the same site.
TEMPERANCE WORK.
TAVERNS.
FLOURING MILL AT DILLON'S FALLS.
THE FIRST BURYING GROUND.
The first burying ground was donated by
John Dillon, Senior, in 1810. He gave an acre of ground,
located not far from the mouth of Timber Run, about one mile west of
the city of Zanesville. It is still used as a cemetery, and
known as "The Quaker Burying Ground." Among the first, perhaps
the first, persons interred there, were William Tudor and family.
This may, and may not, have been a branch of the Tudors of
English renown. It may be that the last of the Tudors
has passed away. They are gone, and
"None return front those quiet shores,
Who cross with the
boatman, cold and pale;
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
And ctch a gleam of
the snowy sail;
And lo! they have passed from our yearning
hearts -
They crossed the
stream and are gone, for aye."
The first tannery was started near the Falls
of Licking river, by William English, in 1810. It is
not known how long Mr. English conducted this business, or
who, if any one, was his successor.
The first marriage in the precincts of what
is now Falls township, took place in 1814. George Simpson
and Rachel Tanner,were the contracting parties. We are not
informed where the ceremony was solemnized, or who joined them in
wedlock according to prescribed form, if any such functionary were
present; certain it is that "marriage is honorable in all, and the
bed undefiled. Wherefore they are no more twain, but one
flesh. What, therefore, God hath joined together, let
not man put asunder.
"There are who say the lover's heart
Is in the loved one's
merged;
Oh, never by love's own warm art,
So cold a plea was urged!
No! hearts that lvoe hath crowned or crossed,
Love fondly knits
together;
But not a thought or hue is lost
That makes a part of
either."
The first bridge was across the Licking river
at the Falls, and was built by the Dillons, in the year 1820.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM FALLS TOWNSHIP.
Hon. David Chambers was elected a
Member of Congress in 1820, one term. And in 1851, was elected
a member of the Ohio Legislature, to which he has returned nine
times. He was a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention,
and the last.
General Edward Ball was elected member of
Congress in 1853; re-elected in 1857; and in 1867, was elected a
member of the Ohio House of Representatives, to which he was
re-elected in 1869.
SALT WORKS.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
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ily, William Drumm and family and Mrs. James Tanner,
are leading members.
The National Road, or National Pike, from Washington
City, D. C. to St Louis, Missouri, through this township, was bilt
in 1830. This is the only turnpike road in the township.
FRAZEYBURG ROAD SCHOOL.
RICH VALE M. E. CHURCH.
OAKLAND CHURCH.
ANCIENT POTTERY.
POST OFFICE IN WEST ZANESVILLE.
The first and only Post Office established in
the village of West Zanesville, was in 1851; Joseph S. Parke
was the Postmaster.
GLEN MOORE NURSERY.
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ISRAELITISH BURIAL GROUND.
This was regularly laid out and set apart for
the purpose in 1871, and has since been decorated in a becoming
manner, and well kept. It is situated on the north side of the
National pike, about two miles west of the city of Zanesville.
It is under the control of the following Board of
Trustees: Jacob Shonfleld, Michael Shonfleld,
Wolf Dryfus, Henry Baer, and Rudolph
Meyer.
THE VILLAGE OF WEST ZANESVILLE ANNEXED TO
THE CITY OF ZANESVILLE.
The question of annexation to the city
of Zanesville was brought before the people in 1870, and resulted in
the election of several officers favorable to the consolidation, to
wit: Mayor, C. W. Buckmaster; Recorder, James Patrick,
whose influence brought about a test, by a vote of the people, in
October, of that year, when a majority of the
votes cast were in favor of annexation. The act of the city of
Zanesville, concerning this matter, will be found in the recital
concerning Zanesville.
GRANGES.
POTTERY.
LIME BURNING.
IRON ORE.
MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE
THE FIRST RAILRIOAD.
The first railroad passing through this
township was the Central Ohio, from Columbus to Wheeling, now called
the Baltimore and Ohio. There is a station at Dillon's Falls.
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FALLS TOWNSHIP, GEOGRAPHICALLY.
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