1967 Dave's postcard to Cathy -Feb.28

Catherine's boyfriend, met at SIU in the summer of 1966, became known as "one-a-day" due to the frequency of correspondence arriving in P.O. Box 50.  Here is a sample.  [Dave will appear "in person" in May 1967 as a prom date.  Stay tuned!]

President Lyndon Johnson postcard -mailed 1967. Caption: President Johnson was born near Johnson City, Texas, August 27, 1908.  He was a U.S. Congressman in 1937, U.S. Senator in 1948, Senate Minority Leader in 1953, Senate Majority Leader in 1956, Vice-President in 1960, and in 1963 the 36th President.

Feb. 28 [1967]

Dear Cathy,
Hi!  I saw this and thought of you.  I know how much you like him so I figured you'd want it to put this next to Goldwater.  Took NMSQT [National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test] today – ugh – was it hard – Didn't finish one section – Are we ahead of you in English – we studied the gods in 9th grade.  Dave.

US President Elections of the "6" Years

The first "6" U.S. Presidential election was held in 1796.  For previous posts about family history and Presidential Elections see US President Elections of the "4" Years and US President Elections of the "2" Years.

• 1796 GHU's great-grandfather John Fawley, was born in northern Virginia in 1795.  His father, George Fawley 1764-1815, and George's father, John 1720-1803 would have been eligible to vote if they were property owners.  - John Adams became the second President after George Washington declined to serve a 3rd term.  The second-place candidate, Thomas Jefferson, became the Vice-President.  Other candidates in 1796 were N.Y. Senator Aaron Burr and former South Carolina governor, Thomas Pinckney.
  
• 1816 Sarah Jane Wilson Morrow, grandmother of Lucie Brown Ballantyne, was born in 1812.  She died in 1885, but was never eligible to vote for President since women were not allowed to vote until the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920.  - Secretary of State James Monroe of Virginia defeated Rufus King a Senator from New York.
  
• 1836 Nathaniel Ballantyne, 1812-1892, great-grandfather of Jean Wallace Ballantyne, married Sarah Wallace Ballantyne in 1835 - Martin Van Buren, the previous Vice-President, defeated four other candidates in the 1836 election – William H. Harrison of Ohio who became President in 1840; Hugh White, Senator, of Tennessee; Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, Senator; and Willie Person Mangum, Senator, of North Carolina.
  
• 1856 CJ Uible's maternal grandfather, George K. Smith, an Ohio River boat captain, would have been about 40 years old - James Buchanan, from Pennsylvania, won a three-way contest for President, defeating John C. Fremont, a military man and explorer who later served as Territorial Governor of Arizona; and Millard Fillmore who had become President in 1850 after the death of Zachary Taylor, but lost the 1852 election to Franklin Pierce.
• 1876 GHU's father, Ira Franklin Hiestand was 25 and already the father of Gladys' older siblings, Harry b.1872, Luna b.1874 and Dorsey b.1876. - Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio Republican lawyer and former governor, defeated Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York in a disputed election.
• 1896 Adrian Wilmer Brown, father of Lucie Brown Ballantyne, was 42.  Lucie's brother, Robert Morrow Brown was 19 and Lucie was 16-years old in 1896.  - "Republican candidate William McKinley (a former Governor of Ohio) defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan (a former Representative from Nebraska) in one of the most dramatic and complex races in American history."  -wikipedia
  
• 1916 CJ Uible was 33 and would have voted in Westboro, Ohio.  - Incumbent President Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate, was pitted against and defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate.
• 1936 Jean's sister, who turned 21 in 1935 would have been eligible to vote.  She was married in 1936 to James Dailey. - Franklin D. Roosevelt won a second term as President, defeating Alf Landon, Governor of Kansas.
• 1956 Harold & Jean Uible, parents of three daughters, voted in New Vienna. (Where was the voting location?) - Dwight Eisenhower, popular WW2  military hero, won a 2nd term, defeating Adlai Stevenson.
• 1976 Catherine, Roberta, Serena & John all eligible to vote. - Jimmy Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford, causing some sorrow among Republicans and at least one of the aforementioned.
• 1996 Wendy eligible to vote. - Clinton / Gore, won a second term, defeating Dole / Kemp. Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party.
  
• 2016 Christian & Andrew eligible to vote. - ??? to be determined after the publication of this post.

1975 Uible Florida history

The following is presumed to have been written by Gladys Hiestand Uible in 1975 about the early years of the CJ Uible family in Florida, approximately beginning January 1934.  Though written by GHU, some of it is from the perspective of one of her Uible grandchildren.  Written on stationery from the Inn on the Park hotel, London, England with "Hotel of the Year" in Egon Ronay's 1971 Guide at the bottom of the page. Transcription, with paragraph breaks added, follows.

42 years ago last Jan my grandparents came to Fla bringing my father along who was 8 years old at that time.  They wanted to see what Fla was like so they drove down the west coast staying a few days in several towns.

The diving for sponges was interesting along the gulf, very large turtles were on display & fish was [sic] was plentiful.  Naples was a small village known for its good fishing along the coast.

Indians had several interesting places to visit along the Highway from Naples to Miami & was then known as the Tamiami Trail.  The highway in places were not too good & not very wide in the Mt. district which made it dangerous driving if traveling fast.  There were many curves & it took 3 to 4 days coming from Cin to L.W.

Coming up the East coast their [sic] were a few towns with Ft. L being the largest.  When we arrived in L.W. the weather was perfect & being near the beach we like [sic] it very much & since our boy liked to swim & the town not large at that time we thought it safe in later years to let him get out on his own with a bicycle.

The next year when we came back for 3 months we lived in a cottage on 3rd Ave. No. between J & K sent our  son to North grade [school] .  At that time tourists were especially welcomed to L.W. with no tuition charged.  As time went on parents were asked to buy Fla. license plates if a child entered school.  Extra teachers were often hired to help in the school during Jan, Feb, March.

From 3 St North on the west side of K many lots were like a forest.  My grandmother didn't like the idea of my Dad following a path & sometimes playing with others among the trees as growth for snakes had been seen there.  Even west from town this side of Congress was simply a Fla growth with little cottages here & there with the families raising vegetables.

Many houses were or rather small cottages were built on a lot with only 25' frontage which was too small for comfort.  That happened when the town was first laid out & as time went on people would buy 2 lots to build a home.  Before this time there had been a very bad tornado which destroyed many homes & buildings so they began to build more substantial homes.

At first when homes were being built it was thought that no provision for heat was needed but in later years people found that it can get real cold in the southern part.  But as a rule only lasts for a few days to a week.  Now heat has been added to school & churches before when too cold no school for a couples of days or more.

We were told that Feb 22 was about the height of the tourist season & people always began to leave in numbers after the Heilea [Hialeah] horse racing closed.  You would hear the natives say that the business section of towns was looking like the Fair grounds looked after the fair was over.  In other words not many people around.

US President Elections of the "4" Years

Though there is not U.S. Presidential election in 2014, we are going to review the past Presidential Elections that did occur in "4" years, and which of our ancestors might have been interested in the election results.  The first presidential election was in 1788 and the first one in a "4" year was 1804.

• 1804 Jacob Hiestand III, great-grandfather of Ira Hiestand, HH's 3rd great-grandfather, would have been 54 years-old. He and wife Mary Polly Eby were living in Pennsylvania, near Lancaster.  They emigrated to Ohio in 1806.  --Thomas Jefferson was elected to his second term, defeating Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
  
• 1824  John Brown, son of the Revolutionary Soldier, Capt. Oliver Brown, was 44 years-old in 1824, born in Massachusetts, he married in Brooke, Virginia in 1806 and later moved west to what later became West Virginia.  Lucie Brown Ballantyne was his great-granddaughter, making him Jean's 2nd great grandfather.   --John Quincy Adams became the 6th President, defeating Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay.
  
• 1844  Johann David Uible, grandfather of CJ, was born in Germany in 1822, dying in Warren County, Ohio in 1849.  He would be HH's great-grandfather  --Zachary Taylor was elected President, defeating Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren.
  
• 1864  Alexander Bell Ballantyne, born in 1841 in Pittsburgh, was living in Hancock County, West Virginia by 1866 when he married Virginia Irene Freeman.  They were Jean's grandparents. --Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term, defeating George B. McClellan.
  
• 1884  Ira Franklin Hiestand, father of Gladys Hiestand Uible was 33 years old at the time of this election.  Born in Hillsboro in 1851, he lived his entire life in Highland County, Ohio. --Grover Cleveland was elected for the first term (his second election was non-consecutive in 1892), defeating James G. Blaine, John St. John, and Benjamin Franklin Butler.
  
• 1904  CJ Uible would have been 21-years-old and Nathaniel Ballantyne 36 in 1904.    --Theodore Roosevelt defeated Alton B. Parker, Eugene V. Debs, and Silas C. Swallow.
  
• 1924  Women's suffrage 19th Amendment passed in 1920, allowing women to vote in elections.  Gladys Hiestand Uible was 32 in this year before HH was born; Lucie Brown Ballantyne was 44.  --Calvin Coolidge defeated John W. Davis and Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
  
• 1944  The first presidential election in which Jean would have been able to vote.  --Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.
  
• 1964  The year the New Vienna house sported a "This House Sold on Goldwater" on the front  lawn, causing much town talk.  --Barry Goldwater was defeated by Lyndon B. Johnson.
  
• 1984  By 1984 all the HH Uible "children" were old enough to vote.  The U.S. voting age changed from 21 to 18 in 1971 with the passage of the 26th Amendment. --Ronald Reagan was elected to his second term defeating Walter Mondale.
  
• 2004  Wendy was first eligible to vote in 1995, thus this was her third Presidential Election.  --George W. Bush was elected to a second term, defeating John Kerry.

See the US President Elections of the "2" Years for more Uible/Ballantyne history connected with Presidential Elections.

1994 Jean's Postcard from Roscoe Village, Coshocton OH -May10

Postcard Roscoe Village, Coshocton OH -mailed 1994.  Caption: Roscoe Village in the Mid 1830s.  This famous Canal scene, from a mural by Dean Cornwell, located in Bank One, Coshocton, N.A., is being recreated in the restoration of Roscoe Village. 

1994 Jean's Postcard to Morgans from Roscoe Village, Coshocton OH -May10

Tues. 5-10-94

Such an interesting restored village where we had Mother's Day Buffet before overnight at Atwood Lodge and visit to New Cumberland yesterday.  Super full weekend.  Love to all the Morgans from G'dad & G'ma Uible

US President Elections of the "2" Years

As in 2012, every 20 years in a "2" year is a US Presidential Election.

• 1792 - Christian Eby born 1743 in Lancaster PA, 3rd great grandfather of Gladys Hiestand Uible (her paternal grandfather's great grandfather), could have been eligible to vote if he owned property. – George Washington was elected to his second term, running unopposed.
  
  
• 1812 - Sarah Jane Wilson Morrow (1812-1885) was born in Virginia though she would have never been able to vote for president (see 1912).  She was the grandmother of Lucie Sarah Brown Ballantyne. – James Madison, 4th President of the US was elected to a second term, with Elbridge Gerry as 5th V-P.  They defeated Federalist DeWitt Clinton and his running mate Jared Ingersoll.
  
  
• 1832 - James L. Freeman, 1809-1892, grandfather of Nathaniel Wallace Ballantyne, could have voted – Andrew Jackson, the incumbent was elected to a second term as 7th President with Martin Van Buren continuing as the 8th V-P.  John C. Calhoun had served as VP during Jackson's first term.
  
  
• 1852 -Annie Ballantyne, sister of Alexander Bell Ballantyne, and aunt of Nathaniel Wallace Ballantyne was born in 1852.  She would not have been eligible to vote until 1919, however. – Franklin Pierce, Democrat, elected as 14th President, with William Rufus King as 13th V-P.  They defeated Winfield Scott, Whig candidate and John P. Hale, Free Soil candidate.
  
• 1872 - [Ira Franklin Hiestand, born 1851, father of Gladys Hiestand Uible voted in his first presidential election.] – Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican incumbent, continued as 18th President.  Henry Wilson of Massachusetts became the 18th Vice-President.  The previous vice-president, Schuyler Colfax was not renominated due to a scandal involving the Union Pacific Railroad's transcontinental line and the financing thereof.  The unsuccessful candidate, a Liberal Republican (but also supported by the Democrats), was Horace Greeley and his running mate Benjamin Gratz Brown.
  
• 1892 - [Gladys Hiestand Uible was born] – Incumbent Benjamin Harrison, Republican of Indiana, lost to former President Grover Cleveland, Democrat of New York who became the 24th President of the US and only person in American history to be elected to a second, non-consecutive term.  Harrison's running mate was James Whitelaw Reid who was born and raised on a farm near Xenia, Ohio.  Reid, an 1856 graduate of Miami University, was the author of Ohio in the Civil War and was a longtime editor of the New York Tribune and a close friend of Horace Greeley.  Cleveland's running mate, who became the 23rd Vice President of the US, was Adlai Stevenson I, a former congressman from Illinois.
  
  
• 1912 - [Cecil Uible marries Gladys Hiestand, Cecil would have been able to vote in this election though the 19th amendment extending voting rights to women was not ratified until June 1919.]  A four-way contest for the presidency in 1912 included the following candidates: Democrat Woodrow Wilson of NJ running with Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana; former President Theodore Roosevelt ran on the Progressive ticket with Hiram Johnson of California as his running mate; William Howard Taft, Republican was the incumbent with Nicholas Murray Butler of NJ as his running mate; and Eugene V. Debs, Socialist of Indiana ran with Emil Seidel, who was the first Socialist mayor of a major city, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1910-1912.  Woodrow Wilson was elected as the 28th President and Thomas R. Marshall served as the 28th Vice-President.
  
• 1932 - [Robert Brown Ballantyne, born 1910, brother of Jean Uible votes in first presidential election] Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat of NY, and his running mate, John Nance Garner of Texas, defeated incumbent Herbert Hoover, Republican of California, whose running mate was Charles Curtis, the 31st VP and a long time senator from Kansas.  Garner became the 32nd Vice President and Roosevelt the 32nd President.
  
  
• 1952 - [First presidential election in which Harold & Jean both voted as residents of New Vienna.]  Dwight D. Eisenhower, a 5-star general in the US Army during WW2, became the 34th President with Richard Nixon as the 36th VP.  They defeated Adlai Stevenson II, whose father ran for VP in 1892, and his running mate John Sparkman from Alabama.
  
  
• 1972 - [Catherine votes in her first presidential election as voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 by ratification of the 26th Amendment in 1970.]  Richard Nixon became 37th President of the US with Spiro Agnew the 39th Vice-President.  The Democratic nominee was George McGovern.
  
  
• 1992 - [Ginny is born, will vote for President in 2012!]  Bill Clinton became the 42nd President and Al Gore the 45th Vice-President.  The Republican nominee was George H.W. Bush and his running mate was Dan Quayle.  Ross Perot also ran as a strong independent candidate.

NV/Clinton/Highland County related websites

Updated 4/26/12

Digitalized [Hillsboro] News-Herald searchable local paper from 1886-1914.

A variety of websites exist pertinent to those interested in the history of New Vienna, Clinton and Highland Counties.  Here are a few I have found especially interesting and/or useful:

Clinton County Biographies, Ohio Genealogy Express most from History of Clinton County, Ohio, pub. 1915

Clinton County Ohio Obituary Collection

Historical Maps of Clinton County (County Engineer's GIS office)

Clinton County Resource Guide, especially the history section (WNJ)

History of Clinton County by Pliny Durant, published in 1870s, partly scanned.

History of Clinton County, [Not Working, will try to find a new link] published by W.H. Beers and Co. 1916 via Heritage Pursuit, only partially available -- 11/13/11 no longer a valid website

History of Clinton County, Green Township 1882 by C.C. Bowers

New Vienna History by Olive S. Brown and Gretchen Huffman (VanPratt website)

Clinton County Bicentennial 1810-2010 Home Page
Clinton County Bicentennial Timeline
Clinton County Bicentennial Township Histories

Clinton County Board of Elections - current elected officials and historical election results (but only back to 1999)

1916 property ownership map of Highland County on ancestry.com

Highland County, Ohio - Maps and Gazetteers

Highland County -Careytown, Penn Township

Highland County Business History Appalachian info includes famous residents, major employers, bit of history

History of the Early Settlement of Highland County (digital book)

Genealogy Sites
Rootsweb.ancestry.com (Hiestand)

Highway/early roads
Pioneer Migration Routes through Ohio
Kanawha Trace

Highland Pioneer Sketches & Family Genealogies by Elsie Johnson Ayres partially transcribed at Rootsweb.ancestry.com

OhioPix Picturing Ohio's History: Selections from the Ohio Historical Society's Collection (no entries for New Vienna, but you can search "Clinton County," "Highland County," Wilmington, Hillsboro, etc.)

New Vienna Firm [Wells] is Moving to New Building (1 of 2) - May 15, 1952

The Leesburg Citizen, run by locally famous Mack Sauer [note the ad for "Breakfast at Sauer's" on WPFB in top left corner of front page of newspaper], ran a 4-page special edition on Thursday, May 15, 1952 in honor of Wells Mfg., moving to their new building on West Main Street, New Vienna. Besides talking about the company, the open house and the $40,000 remodeling job, there is also a section on the history of the building (below the fold).  See below for transcription of history.  

Part 2 will feature pictures of products and office employees. 

New Vienna [Ohio] Firm [Wells Mfg.]is Moving - Leesburg Citizen, May 15, 1952

New Vienna Plant to Hold Open House Friday

The Wells Mfg. Company, New Vienna, will hold open house in their new $40,000 plant Friday, May 16 from 1 to 5 and 7 to – P.M.

The new headquarters contain 10 rooms, including 3 offices, assembly rooms, storage rooms, etc.  It is modern to the minute.
The Buckeye Ramblers, Wilmington, will play for round and square dancing in the assembly room Friday evening. Dancing will be free to everyone.  There will be roses for the ladies and toys for the children.
Mr. C. J. Uible, president, extends a cordial invitation to everyone to attend the open house.

Hotel Fealy, New Vienna Ohio [later Wells Mfg.] Corner of Main & South St., Built in 1878, across from Train Depot

Leesburg Citizen clipping from May 15, 1952 about Wells Mfg.

Building History

The company purchased the old Fox building at the railroad crossing in New Vienna at public auction in Sept. 1950.  The building had gone through a disastrous fire and had to be almost entirely rebuilt.  This was done with Vaughn Huffman as contractor and Mr. Uible as supervisor.  Fifty-two thousand face brick were used in reconstructing the walls.

The original building was was erected in 1878 [Another source says 1883] by Truman Peale, who operated a general store in the downstairs rooms.  The upstairs was used as a city hall and for roadshows, dancing, etc.

It was later remodeled and was known as the Phaley [Picture above clearly shows Fealy] House and later the Elton Hotel.  In recent years the Fox Restaurant was located there and Leo Dodds had apartments upstairs.  It was hit by fire in March, 1950, and Mr. Dodds' widow sold the building at public auction to Mr. Uible.

Mr. Uible spared no expense in rebuilding.  Offices have hardwood floors, sound proof ceilings, venetian blinds, and are modern to the minute.  The rest rooms have tile walls and are equipped with showers for the employees.

An elevator shaft has been installed and later an elevator will be installed between the first and second floors.  [This never happened, I think for structural reasons.] The first floor has 10 rooms, including 3 offices, assembly room, storage rooms, stock room, etc.  The upstairs is not yet completed, but assembly rooms will be finished there at a later date.

The building is 170 by 44 feet.  The new addition at the rear is 78 feet by 44 feet.

Mr. Uible, retired contractor, is one of New Vienna's most prominent businessmen.  He has served on the village council for many years and has always been one of the town's most loyal boosters for every improvement.

He is warmly congratulated by the citizens of New Vienna on the fine, modern home he has constructed for the company he heads.


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See Part Two of the Leesburg Citizen May 15, 1952 article on Wells Mfg. moving into their new building at this link.

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   CatherineWed May 18, 07:32:00 AM 2011

   John Levo adds: I barely remember my parents going to the grand opening of the new building. I think I was given a green yo-yo.
   The article makes mention of the Fox Restaurant. It was run by Georgia Fox and her mother. When they relocated, they went to the building next to the village park. Georgia had her restaurant and her brother lived upstairs and ran a card game in the front room. I think he also did some work for the township or village. I never heard him called anything but Bullger. My parents bought the building in 1965 from Georgia and moved the trophy business from our den at home to the building. In addition to the trophies, he and Doc South sold a line of pet and animal health supplies. Hard to believe that it has been 50 years since Red Dot was established.

Harris Hotel Apartments and Feed Mill map

Some preliminary work on the history of feed mills in New Vienna has found a connection between the Elroyd Collier family, John and Marie Cooper family, and the Uibles who all lived in the same Harris Hotel/Apartments building on the Corner of SR-73 and SR-28.

Harris Hotel Apts. c1950 - one time home of Colliers, Uibles, John Cooper family, Mrs. Pierce family among others. Photo above and below courtesy of Carolyn Collier Taubenheim.

HH Uibles lived in downstairs apartment 1951-56 as did John Cooper family 1957-? in white part on right,, Colliers lived in upstairs closest to SR-73 c1945-50, corner of South and West Sts, New Vienna Ohio. Torn down for Jim Mitchell's Sohio Station, later Ralph's pizza, in 2010 Dollar Store. Originally Harris Hotel/Apartments.  This photo from Uible collection, taken just prior to demolition in 1967.

The white part where we lived had a porch around the front with the main entrance being on the east side next to the small yard area.  There was a separate entrance to an office closest to the brick part of the building where HH had his law practice.  CJU owned the apartment building during part of this time.

As for the feed mills, here is a rough map of where they were located.  [The map has been removed as it turned out to be easily altered and was being used as an advertisement for a Hillsboro business.]
A: Originally Boden Flour Mill, later New Vienna Milling Co. - now demolished
B: Farm Bureau (branch of Wilmington Farm Bureau)
C: Unknown name, was probably located further west but on south side of RR tracks, behind Smith Funeral
D: New Vienna Grain, run by Benson West and his son-in-law Glenn Southerland - demolished
E:  Near where cannery was, now near plastic factory, run by Mac Laughlin, possibly from Lynchburg


Corrections and additional information on mills in New Vienna still being collected. Thanks for any help you can provide!

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   CatherineTue May 10, 10:17:00 AM 2011

   HH reports that "E" the mill by the cannery is north rather than south of the RR tracks.

Huffman Clothing, Bill Huffman and the NV Class of 1948

The recent discussion of Bill Holmes brought lots of comments and questions about the history of the store, most of which were answered by the following ad/article from a 1960 clipping from the Wilmington News-Journal.  [Transcription follows.  To read the full article on Bill Holmes, click here.  (Comments are at the bottom of the article.]

Huffman Clothing (History) New Vienna Ohio  - WNJ 1960

1960 [exact date unknown]
Shown above is one of Clinton County's most famous clothing stores.  For 62 years, this store was known as the Phillips Bros. Clothing Store.  Owned first by Harley Phillips.  Later Harley and his brother Cliff formed a partnership.  People from all over the county came to buy their clothes at this store.  In 1958, this store was purchased by William Huffman, former star athlete for New Vienna High School.  "Bill" as he is known by his many friends, is married to the former Gretchen Fullerton and they have two fine sons, Mark, age 3 [or 8?] and Scott, age 4.  A staunch figure since 1917 in the store has been Bill Holmes, who has been associated for 43 years, with both Phillips and Huffman.


From this article we learn that the Phillips Bros. store opened for business in 1896 and that Bill Holmes started working there in 1917 when he was 33 years old, prior to that Bill was a clerk at the M.R. Harris Grocery in the Iron Building [later Daye Hardware].  Bob Johnson later bought the store from Bill Huffman.  Not sure when it closed.

Moving on to Bill Huffman, he was a 1948 graduate of New Vienna High School and an athlete as mentioned above.  The following pictures are from the New Vienna High School Memory Book 1881-1963.

New Vienna Ohio High School - Class of 1948.
Top Row: Margaretha Baumann-Fac, R.W. Fenwick-Supt, Thomas Rudisill-Fac and Kathryn Tolle-Fac.
Fourth Row: Daryl Hunter-Fac, Sara Swartz-Fac, John Hughes-Fac, and Martha Tolleson-Fac.
Third Row: A.F. Roush-Fac, Richard Carey-Pres, Jean Rolfe-V.Pres, Mary Lou Berwanger-Sec'y, Robert Streber-Treas and Glenn Bernard.
Secord Row: Harold Burns, Donald Hite, Jack Hoopingarner, Bill Huffman, Jacque Laymon, June Pence and Kathryn Mobley.
First row: Jean Rachford Barrett, Joellen Rulon Streber, Carolyn Saunders Thornburg, Betty Smith (Hoffer?), Harold Thornburg and Della Turner.

Many of these names are familiar.  I know there were at least two weddings – Joellen Rulon married Bob Streber, and Carolyn Saunders married Harold Thornburg.  Please help me out with who else married who and what happened to them.  Here are links to obituaries: Jean Rachford Barrett (2010),  Glenn Bernard (of Parkinson's in 2010), Carolyn Saunders Thornburg (2011)

1946 Basketball Team - Homecoming Queen & Attendants - New Vienna Ohio High School.
Top Row: Bill Flint, Glenn Bernard, Carey Streber, Donald Hite, Carrie Custis, Carolyn Saunders Thornburg, Esther Roush, Raymond Walls, Oren Butcher, James Akers, Robert Minzler and Glenn McElwee-coach.
Middle Row: David Blackburn, Jack Preston, Herbert McKenzie, Harold Burns, Tom Carey, Dan Fox, Andy Cluxton, Roger McKenzie, Lowell Prickett and Bill Huffman.
First Row: Dale Cluxton, Donald McKamey, Hugh Heizer, Hoyt Penn, Jimmy Allen-manager, Leonard Sword, Howard Thompson and George Stevenson. [Picture from the NVHS Memory Book 1881-1963, page 76]

1947 Baseball Team - New Vienna Ohio High School.
Back row: Glenn McElwee-coach, Lowell Prickett, Dale Cluxton, Glenn Bernard, Roger McKenzie, Raymond Walls, Howard Thompson, David Blackburn and Hoyt Penn.
Kneeling: Tom Carey, Herbert McKenzie, Jim Mongold, Dan Fox, Jim Allen-manager, Bill Huffman, Bill Flint and Donald McKamey. [Picture from NVHS Memory Book 1881-1963, p.76]

1946-47 Track Team - New Vienna Ohio High School.
Standing: Lowell Prickett, Glenn Bernard, Bob Streber, Mr. McElwee-coach, Alfred Kendall, Melvin Rhoades and Danny Fox.
Kneeling: Andy Cluxton, Harry Allen, Don Hite, Bill Huffman, Harold Burns, Tom Carey and Roger McKenzie. [Picture from NVHS Memory Book 1881-1963, p. 75]

Blacksmiths and Kenny Williams Gas Station in New Vienna Ohio

The first blacksmith shop was operated by John Spears about 1820.  Spears is listed as the "principal blacksmith" in early New Vienna according to the History of Clinton County, published by W.H. Beers and Co. 1916.

A general description of a blacksmithing firm's mission in the 1800s: to give prompt attention to horse shoeing and all general blacksmithing, job work and repairing, guaranteeing first-class work in all departments of this business.  Blacksmiths were practical and skilled mechanics of a city worthy of notice, and were often wagon makers and machinists also.

Common occupations necessary anywhere in the early 1800s included those who could employ themselves as carpenters, coopers, harness and saddle makers, hatters, cabinet makers, chair manufacturers, shoe makers, gunsmiths, locksmiths, blacksmiths, brick and stone masons, plasterers, in fact, mechanics of every calling, though nearly all, upon settling here, turned attention chiefly to farming.

HH remembers four blacksmith shops from the 1930s.  Two in the same block of the CJU house – one in the front of the warehouse where CJU and W.A. Hodson kept their road equipment (and in the back there were gooseberry bushes), and one further down the block across from the New Vienna Senior Citizens in the now empty lot next to the Derivan House (see 1920 census information below) on the corner of 2nd and Main Streets.  The Schuler blacksmith shop pictured below, and Joe Ryan's (also in 1920 census) at the corner of Pearl and RR Streets.  Joe was famous for being a very strong man – there's a story that he picked up and threw a refrigerator at someone in anger.  His wife, Mary, ran a small garden business at the same location, selling seedlings, flowers, etc.

J.F. Schuler, Blacksmith c.1930?, became Ken Williams Texaco/Sunoco, New Vienna Ohio South St. (SR73) - Image courtesy of Mike Whited

Williams Garage, New Vienna Ohio c1960 - Image courtesy of Mike Whited

Kenneth D. "Kenny" Williams died June 16, 2003 at the age of 92.  H was born October 6, 1910, the son of Grover Cleveland and Lena Grace Dick Williams and moved to New Vienna in 1944.  He and his wife, Helen M. Sollars Williams (1907-2007), were married March 28, 1937.
At his death Kenny was survived by his wife, his daughter, Barbara Ellen (Roger Grey) Blackmore of New Vienna; and a grandchild, Tonya Rae Blackmore.  He was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.

Kenny Williams Sunoco repair truck, New Vienna Ohio c1960 - Image courtesy of Mike Whited

Other historical trivia about blacksmiths and early New Vienna history:

From History of Clinton County c1890:  In 1810, Charles Harris, father of Elisha Harris, of Snow Hill, bought the land now owned by Jonathan Leeks, and settled upon it, and commenced the work of improving it. About the same time, the land now owned by Carey Clark and Hezekiah Hildebrant was settled by Thomas Cox, grandfather of Vincent Cox, blacksmith of New Vienna; and Joseph Anthony settled the land now owned by Messrs. Levi Miller, Dr. E. M. Woodberry and Henry Nordyke. William Noble, Sr., settled south of the Harris farm, and Aaron Cox where William Elliott now lives. Elisha Noble settled the Thomas Nordyke farm. Charles Harris built the "Snow Hill House," and opened a tavern there, probably the first in the county. His brother-in-law, Samuel Wasson, near the same time, built a house near where Cyrus King now lives, and commenced to entertain travelers.

The village has also two harness, three shoe and three blacksmith shops, all of which are in a prosperous condition. It has two wagon shops, and one buggy and carriage shop, one sash and blind factory, three livery stables and one furnishing and undertaker's establishment. The stables are owned and run by Nordyke & Sons and Homer Hussey; the blacksmith shops by the Hunt Bros., Vincent Cox and H. Deriven; the carriage and buggy shops by Samuel Hixon & Son; the wagon shops by S. Hixon and Allen Dennis; the shoe shops by S. Hetherington, J. Eakins and T. Dowden; the sash and blind factory by James Nevin & Son. It has two mills, both of which grind and saw. One is owned by C. C. Lazenby & Co., the other by Benjamin Baker. The post office is located on Main, between West street and railroad, west side.

According to a 2010 bicentennial history of Clinton County published in the WNJ,
1874 – Hooktown, located at the intersection of Clark and Steel Road, had a blacksmith shop and general store and tannery. The town was destroyed by a tornado and never rebuilt.
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A blacksmith by trade, Paton Mowrer  was born December 06, 1827 in Highland Co OH., and died December 03, 1865 in New Vienna, Clinton Co. Oh.. He married Amelia Dorsey Sellman August 27, 1846 in Brown, Co. OH., daughter of John Sellman and Hanna Reynolds. She was born May 26, 1822 in Brown Co, OH. Jackson Twp., and died March 13, 1896 in Chicago, IL.

Paton was discharged from the Army with a disability on 22 Jan. 1863 in Gallatin,TN. Paton Mowrer is found on the 1850 Brown Co. OH. Fincastle Twp. census, age 27-b.1823 born in OH., blacksmith with wife; Ameldia D. age 27-b.1823 born in OH. with son; Ethan A. age 1 b.-1849 His brother; Samuel age 18-b.1832 born in OH., blacksmith, is living in the same household. Pay Mory is found on the 1860 Clinton Co. OH. age 32-b.1828 born OH. blacksmith, with wife; Almelia age 37-b.1823 born in OH., Children: Ethan A. age 11, Erie (John) age 9, Sarah age 6, Nancy age 4, & Rufus age 1. Payton's brother Samuel is living several households away on same census. After Payton died in 1865 his widow Amelia Mourer, is found on the 1870 Livingston CO. IL. and on the 1880 McLean Co. IL. census, age 58, she and her parents born in OH. with children; Sarah age 26, Rufus age 20 (clerk in Dry. G. Store), John (Erie) age 29 (R.R. Conductor). John's wife; Mary A. age 25 and their children; William age 5 & John P. age 3.
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Information from census records includes:
1850 Green Township (looked at page 179-185)
John Myers, 48, blacksmith, wife Lucinda 43, sons Stephen 21 & Joseph 17 farmers
Leo D. (?) Wilson 31, blacksmith wife 35, Bertha Nordyke 14, Martha Wilson 6, Samantha 5, John 1, Robert Houle 16
Washington Page, 26, blacksmith lived with Elisha Harris 42 innkeeper

1860
W.L. Sheppard-33 blacksmith, wife unreadable, 26, daughter  ? 8, ? 6, John, 5, Louise (?) 3, Mirabelle 2
Pey Mowrer-37 blacksmith, wife Amilia 37, children Ethan 11, Eric 9, Sarah 6, Marey 4, Rufus 1
John Brewer 35, wagonmaker,
Caleb Sainther-21, blacksmith lives with John B & Samuel Mowrer 25, blacksmith, wife Mary 22, boarder Frank Austin 13

1880 Census - very difficult to read
Thomas Hand 31, blacksmith, wife Sallie 29, daughter Corda 8, brother William also blacksmith - Green Twp
Vincent Cox, 34? blacksmith, wife Martha 28, sons unreadable 13, Willie 4?
Unreadable maybe James Nevan, age 47, blacksmith, wife Jennina 37, children Dick 17 carpenter, Fanny 8, Frank 2, mother-in-law Margaret Clancey 65
David Green  blacksmith, 33, wife L...29, daughter A... 11, Catherine C... in-law?
William Bell, 44, blacksmith, wife Nancy 42, children Edward 20, farm worker, Grant 15 farm worker, Jessie 12, Ida 8

1900 Census
Thomas Wright b. Nov. 1881, blacksmith, son of John T., b. 1851, paperhanger and Mary E. b.1856, siblings: Bertha b.1876 Milliner trimmer, Edith B. b. 1878, teacher, Flora b. 1885
Albert Lytle b. 1869, blacksmith, wife Althea b. 1873, children Lizzie b.1894,  Ray b.1895, Ruth b.1897, Leonard b.1899
Merion Wilson b. 1866, blacksmith, wife Florence b. 1870, mother Nancy b. 1842
John Gilliland (partly unreadable in 1910, but legible in 1900), b.1862, blacksmith, wife Laura., children: Keley (?) F. b.1885, Mary b. 1899
John Schuler, b. 1871 in IN, blacksmith, wife Jessie b. 1872, daughter Helen b. 1899
Allen Gilliland b. 1867, blacksmith, wife Ollie b. 1870 in IN, chlden Harvey b. 1890, Bertha b. 1872, Blanche b. 1895, John b. 1898

1910 Census
Benjamin Dorke (sp?), 26, blacksmith born in IL, wife Myrtle 19, daughter Cassie 1, brother-in-law Clarke Davidson (?) 17
John F. Schuler (spelled correctly in 1910), 39, blacksmith shop, wife Jessie 36, Helen A. 11, Ivan J. (John I?), 7, sister-in-law Minnie Good, 26, dry goods saleslady
Alvin B. Gilliland (partly unreadable in 1910, but John Gilliland is blacksmith in 1900), 43, blacksmith shop, wife Olive., children: Bertha 17, Blanche E. 15, John 11, Mary 9
Thomas E. Wright 28, blacksmith, wife Jessie 26,
Fred M. Deck, 20, blacksmith, son of Frank D. 49 and Callie M. 41, siblings: Harry R. 18, Etta M. 16, Lucille 14, Mildred E. 11, Nellie J. 6
Eugene Edwards, 42 blacksmith (in 1900 listed as wagon maker), wife Edna 32, Bonnie 13, Grace 11, Kathryn 2

1920 census
James O. Stoops 42, blacksmith, wife Mary 32, children Earl 13, Harry G. 12, Ethel 9, Olive 6, Elmer 3&8/12, Donald 1&2/12
Harley Gilliland, 51 blacksmith shop, son of Elizabeth 79
Joseph Ryan 20, blacksmith shop, father Richard Ryan 65 was draying laborer, mother Margaret 57, sister Mary 18
John F. Schuyler (spelled Schuler on shop), 49, blacksmith shop, wife Jessie 46, Helen W. 21, John I, 16, sister-in-law Minnie Good, department store clerk
Hubert J. Derivan 62, blacksmith shop, wife Susan I., 58, Joseph F. 28, veterinarian, Mary S. 24, Hubert 21, John E. 18, Harry J 27, Civil Engineer shop
Jess Shoemaker 27, blacksmith shop, wife Vilma 24, Dolores 2, Harlan 2/12

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2 comments:

1. 
   CatherineFri Apr 22, 09:25:00 AM 2011

   From HH: Steel road today is Steele Rd, and there is a Leeka road, while you mention a Mr Leeks. Reminds me of the story how Cleaveland Lost an "a" because there wasn't room for all those letters in the headline.
   
   My response: Of course Steel could have been misspelled in the WNJ where I got the info on Steel(e) Rd and Hooktown. Which remind me of "Huff" town. I need reminded of the history of that term. Was that the same section of NV that was also sometimes called "Canada"?
   
   There is a Henry Leeka mentioned as a member of the 149th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the "War of the Rebellion", and it's Jonathan Leeks (according to the Clinton County History of 1890) who bought the land encompassing (?) Snow Hill. However in checking the census records, there is no mention of any Leeks in Green Twp or Clinton County in the 1800s so that is a misspelling. Very good!
   
   The 1880 Census records show a Jonathan Leeka as a farmer, age 59 with 3 sons, Harvey (29), Alphonse (27), and Sylvanus (23) and a daughter Ellen (16), all at home on the farm in Green Twp.
   
   Sylvanus is shown as living in Logan County in 1900. The 1920 Census shows 4 Leeka's in Clinton County (3 in Green Twp), but they are all age 65+, so younger ones must have moved away....
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   Mary Uible CrowsonSat Apr 23, 10:57:00 AM 2011

   Catherine--
   Very likely they are the same person...I've found (especially in the older census records) that spelling of names can be sketchy: either the taker was in a hurry, wasn't sure how to spell or possibly didn't care? Of course, there's always the assumption they knew how to spell a name and really didn't. If it's only off by one letter, I'd say you got the right person.

Bill Holmes of New Vienna Ohio

Many of us remember Bill Holmes (b. 1884) as the ultimate "it's a perfect fit" salesman at Huffman Clothing, downtown, Main Street, New Vienna Ohio.

Huffman Clothing, New Vienna Ohio c1960 (Sesquicentennial Display) - Image courtesy of Mike Whited

Here's pictures of him at two different stages of his life:

M.R. Harris Grocery, Iron Building c1915, New Vienna Ohio, later became Daye Hardware.  Pictured Harry Curtis, Bill Holmes and M.R. Harris - Image Courtesy of Mike Whited

Bill Holmes, Huffman Clothing c1970? - Image Courtesy of Mike Whited

The 1910 Census shows William H. Holmes (26), wife Norma E. (29), son Harold G. (8), Daughter Thelma J. (6), and son Burdette (3).  Bill is listed as a grocery clerk.  


In the 1920 Census W.H. "Bill" Holmes  was 36, clothing store clerk, wife Norma 39, daughter Thelma, "very brilliant" 15, son Burdette 13.  Thelma later became a teacher in Columbus.  [No mention of Harold, who would now be 18, in Ohio.]

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Further information on Huffman Clothing can be found here.  

4 comments:

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   CatherineThu Apr 14, 01:26:00 PM 2011

   From Chuck Collier: Great job Catherine & we ALL love it!! Mike Whited....i have to look you up this summer & see all of those pics!! We have a bunch of NV historians on the [email] list. Help me out here gang.........but the pic of Bill Holmes has got to be in the 1970's. we didn't wear wide ties in the 60's & Bill looks very old in that photo. I'd heard that when he was in his 90's, a dog caused him to fall over at the Shell station & that was the beginning of the end. If you remember, he lived right across the street. The Huffman pic can't be from 1930. Bill didn't buy it until maybe the mid--late 1950's. Penny or Gretchen could tell you. it was Phillips Clothing before....remember gang...it was Harley Phillips who ran it. He was an old gentleman who'd had throat cancer & talked through the hole in his throat.
   
   [Editor's Note: I'll change the dates when we get a consensus.]
   
   From Mike Whited: Didn't Bill always call everyone Honey?! I remember when Dad bought my first suit; it was from Bill.
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   Mary Uible CrowsonThu Apr 14, 09:17:00 PM 2011

   THAT'S the Bill Holmes I remember with the coke bottle glasses!
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   CatherineWed Apr 20, 09:36:00 AM 2011

   I adjusted the dates and am publishing a new post on Bill Huffman. Here are more comments I received by email:
   
   From Chuck: [slightly edited] Bill Holmes was something else!! I can still hear that gruff, staccoto type voice & as i remember, he was chewing gum quite often. A true "character" of NV. avon theater, post office, dr. fullerton's, faris implement, the bank, carey's/john earl's barber shop, streber's, phiilip's/huffman clothing, noble's drug store, master's/sweeney's/minzler's grocery & pete demas' restaurant/jim chaney's barber shop.....a great row of shops in NV. i have abouit 6 of the NV bank calendars. there are some great pics in there....mostly from jo williams, homer's wife. one of the pics is of gleason streber in the 1930's......yes, catherine, they were there a long time!! what fun this is!! mike, a get together would much fun this summer.....we'll be in touch!!
   
   From Nancy H: Yes, I remember Harley Phillips. I had forgotten all about him until Chuck talked about him. I remember Bill driving VERY slow around town as did Doyle Wright and you had to watch out for them. It drove Dorothy Wright Johnson Bernard and Thelma crazy. They didn't want to take their keys away from them! I remember Thelma wearing red lipstick and she didn't put it on right. She was a lot fun to be around. I know she was a great teacher. I remember Mom talking about her brother Burdett in Columbus, but I don't remember her mentioning Harold. I have such fond memories of NV, but when I go back now it makes me so sad, because it has changed so much. I love all the stories and pictures that all of you have sent thru the e-mails. They bring back fond memories!! I think all of us need to take a day and get with Mike Whited and look at his pictures of NV!! Keep the stories and pictures coming. I will help you anyway I can. I can alway ask my brother David. He remembers things about NV that I have forgotten.
   
   Catherine adds: What did happen to Harold Holmes??
   
   Chuck adds: great memories nancy....LOVE IT!!!! and bill as i remember drove a black & white 1956 ford at one time & went, like nancy said, no more than 12 miles an hour......tom greene pulled him over once & said "bill, speed it up a bit"!!(just teasing)...
   
   From Marvin W: Oh the memories.....I don't remember the car he (Bill Holmes) was driving at the time, but I do remember watching him drive up and double park in front of the clothing store. The strange part about the situation was he didn't have to open the drivers door to get out. You see, there wasn't any door. I was told Bill lost the door in an accident and chose not to replace it. It just made it a lot easier for him to get in and out I guess. I have to admit it was a strange sight to see him drive through town.
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   CatherineWed Apr 20, 09:37:00 AM 2011

   And more comments received by email:
   
   John U adds: I will guess the last picture of Bill Holmes was closer to 1970 as I remember him well from delivering the New Journal to the store in the late 60's and early 70's. And I do not recall him loooking as old as he does in that photo. This brought back some great memories for me. The paper route was some solid good business experience from an early age for us.
   
   From Jim S: I remember getting my first pair of regular basketball shoes at Huffmans and Bill took care of me they were the RED BALL JET SHOES I think KEDS made them. I also used to buy a lot of shirts from the store after I got out of High School. Like Marvin said I also remember Bill driving that car with the drivers door off. Bill sure was a salesman he sure could talk.
   
   John L adds: Did Bill Huffman buy the store from Harley Phillips and then later sell it to Bob Johnson or was it the other way around? I kind of think Bill still had the store for a while after he moved to Hillsboro. I can remember being up town well after Bill Holmes would have closed the store only to see him drive up, double park and go to the door of the store to make sure he had locked up. I guess that was rather common.
   
   Chuck adds: Bill bought it from harley...pretty sure. Does anyone other than me really remember harley & the esophageal speech he used due to his laryngectomy?? It's been a very long time ago. Also, no one seems to remember agin's furniture. Carl Agin had a furniture store next to the locker (where don mill's restaurant was later). As a kid, I spent much time in the locker with my aunt blanche. The furniture store wasn't there very long. They had a couople of kids.. skip & pam, I believe...we're talking 1955 or so. The store was not very clean...you wouldn't buy a sofa there. On the downward side of the locker was thorne's & later our store, if I remember correctly.
   
   Mike W - found an historical article from a 1960 WNJ, with the history of Huffman Clothing which is being posted soon. [To summarize – Bill Huffman bought it from the Phillips in 1958, the store originally opened in 1896 and Bill Holmes started working there in 1917.]
   
   Chuck: thanks mike.....mystery solved & a great piece of NV history. for more stuff like this, i ask you all to some time go to the CC library on n. south st. & go thru the WNJ micro films......they'll help you run the machines. it's really simple. if i can do it, any one can. i've spent many hours in there on my summer vacations in the past years. the films go back into the late 1800's. thanks again mike....it'll be great to see you this summer...it's been way too many years!! i have fond memories of you & your dad!!

Snow Hill Pictures and Future Posts

Snow Hill Country Club, Wilmington Ohio [New Vienna] Aerial view 1924 - Image Courtesy of Mike Whited

Sunday, November 9, 1924 – Snow Hill Country Club, Wilmington, Ohio.  This picture was taken during the opening exercises, attended by 1,500 residents of Wilmington and vicinity.  Snow Hill, the early home of Mrs. George Dent Crabbs, Cincinnati, was built by her great-grandfather in 1820.  She had the homestead restored and gave it to the club.  – Captain John W. Pattison* and Lieutenant Wright Vermilya*. 

In the interest of sharing more pictures sooner (and getting ahead of my self-appointed deadlines), I'm sharing pictures without much historical research to go with them.  I love the research part (or I wouldn't be doing it) but it can be a big drain of time; fascinating, but time consuming.

Snow HIll Country Club, October 13, 1924, New Vienna Ohio - Image Courtesy of Mike Whited

Therefore, some subjects for which I have not yet even started research, I'll go ahead and post some pictures in and around our current ongoing stories – Pictures and family memorabilia from the 1950s and prior, Europe 1954 Tour, etc...  In case you are interested and/or have something you would like to share – pictures, stories, memorabilia, information, anything would be welcome.  Here's a list of what is currently in progress:

Coming up but still being researched:

• Blacksmiths of New Vienna (soon)
• Bill Holmes (sooner)
• Young Ho Kim (where are the pictures?) (late April?)
• New Vienna (Ohio) Methodist Church History (May)
• Wells Article from 1952 (mid-May)
• History of New Vienna in the 1920s - (late May)
• Report Cards? - boring, but of historical interest? (late May) 
• CJU & GHU's 99th Anniversary (June) -- still have postcards from them not yet posted
• Auburn (Careytown), Highland, and West Chapel Churches possibly included in an article on other New Vienna (and area) Churches
• Friends (Quakers) in New Vienna Area, National Headquarters of Pacifist Movement post-Civil War
• New Vienna Bank (next year with the 1960s?)
• New Vienna Flour Mill, Bodens
• New Vienna Business District - pre 1960
• Early Citizens of New Vienna
• Hiestands
• Browns
• Westboro

Snow Hill Country Club, Wilmington, Ohio [New Vienna] c1925 - Image Courtesy of Mike Whited

Snow Hill Country Club, from the Golf Course, New Vienna, Ohio c1950? - Image Courtesy of Mike Whited

*And because I can't resist doing some research, Captain John W. Pattison (1884-1957) was a WW1 Air Force Veteran, and was active as an aerial photographer and a leader in civil aviation who lived in the Milford area. He was also the son of Ohio's 43rd Governor, John M. Pattison.

**Lieutenant Wright Vermilya was the pilot of a Spartan C4-300 according to the first United States aircraft registry in 1927.

According to the 1916 History of Clinton County, [in 1820] "Charles Harris built the "Snow Hill house," and opened a tavern there, probably the first opened in the county. Mr. Harris's brother-in-law, Samuel Wasson, built a house about the same time and near the Snow Hill house and commenced to entertain travelers."

Charles Harris is the father of Elisha Harris (b. 1808) who in the 1850s and 1860s lived and worked in New Vienna as an "Innkeeper," possibly running the Harris Hotel at the intersection of what later became SR-73 and SR-28.