Harveysburg Lodge #312 F. & A. M.
met on the second floorof the above building.

The Masonic Lodge in
Harveysburg, Ohio

(The information below is taken from:
Harveysburg, The Village & Freemasonry
researched and compiled by Grover W. Brunton,
May 15, 2000)

Harveysburg Lodge #312 received its charter on October 20th, 1859 at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. The full history can be found at:

http://www.waynesvillemasonic.org/312/312-history.htm.

Harveysburg Lodge No. 312 F. & A.M.
Charter granted A.L. 5858 - A.D 1858
Affiliated with
Waynesville Lodge No. 163 F. & A.M.
1986

Dr. Mary L. Cook Day ~

October 1st, 2005
10:00 A. M. ~ 1: 00 P.M.

at
The Mary L. Cook Public Library
381 Old Stage Road
Waynesville, Ohio 45068
513-897-4826

Come to the library and celebrate Dr. Mary’s 136th birthday!

In 1917, Dr. Mary L. Cook along with other civic-minded persons decided to establish a library in Waynesville, Ohio. They had no building, no books and no money but they did have faith and a willingness to do all possible to make the vision a reality.

Come to The Mary L. Cook Public Library and learn:

• What medicine was like in 1908 when Dr. Mary graduated from medical school.
• Learn about the woman that inspired Mary L. Cook to become a doctor, Dr. Marie Romine of Harveysburg.
• Presentation & Sharing: "Dr. Mary Leah Cook, M.D., Physician & Founder of The Wayne Township Library, Waynesville, Ohio". Dr. Mary’s family will be attending and will share stories.

There will be Refreshments and exhibits with activities for children & families ~~ prizes to win!! A Quilt will be raffled.

Also see:

The Mary L. Cook Public Library ~ 88 Years of Responsible Growth and Community Service

Dr. Mary Leah Cook

The Mary L. Cook Public Library

Dr. Mary L Cook’s generation of Cooks felt a close connection with Harveysburg. Dr. Mary was raised equal distance between Waynesville and Harveysburg. Her mother, Hannah Jane Redfern, was born in Harveysburg and the Cooks were close friends of Dr. Marie Romine who practiced in Harveysburg. Dr. Mary was one of the first class of four students to graduate from Harveysburg High School on May 20th, 1887 (photo left). she also worked for Dr. Romine in her office in Harveysburg. Mary was the oldest of the six children of Seth & Hannah Jane Redfern Cook.

Descendants of John Cook
1 John Cook
+Dinah Spray
........ 2 Samuel Cook 1808 -
............ +Hannah Compton 1814 - 1895
...................3 John Cook
...................3 Amos Cook
...................3 Seth Cook 1846 - 1933
....................... +Hannah Jane Redfern 1846 -
.............................4 Mary Leah Cook 1869 - 1964
.............................4 Lillia Cook 1879 - 1955
................................. +John Dyer
.............................4 Bess Cook 1880 - 1944
................................. +Horace White
........................................5 Geraldine White
.............................4 William Pedrick Cook 1881 - 1928
................................. +Edna Thompson
........................................5 Hannah Jane Cook
........................................5 Mildred Cook
.............................4 George Harold Cook 1887 - 1955
................................. +Edna Howgee
........................................5 Mary Cook
........................................5 Georgiana Cook
........................................5 Frances Cook
........................................5 Janet Cook
...................3 Jonathan Cook
...................3 (Boy who died) Cook

Thomas Montgomery Wales

son of Isaac and Ruth Welch Wales

Isaac Wales (b. 9 mo 30th 1778 in Pennsylvania-d.9 mo. 29th 1824 in Warren Co., Ohio) and his wife, Ruth Welch Wales (b. 7 mo. 7th 1784-d. 4 mo 26th 1856) of Virginia, migrated to Ohio from North Carolina. They moved their membership from Deep Creek Monthly Meeting in North Carolina on 3 mo. 25th 1815 to Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland Co., Ohio. The following year on 3 mo. 27th 1816, they moved their membership from Fairfield Monthly Meeting to Miami Monthly Meeting in Waynesville, Warren Co, Ohio. They settled near Harveysburg. They would have attended at the Harveysburg Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) in Harveysburg once it was established in 1817. The Welch and Wales properties are now underwater after the flooding of Caesar’s Creek to create Caesar’s Creek Lake. Their land was at the foot of the famous “S” curve, which led up to Harveysburg from the valley. They had five children:

1. Mary Wales (b. 12 mo. 2nd 1803-d. 1 mo. 25th 1832)
2. Jane F. Wales (b. 2 mo. 1st 1806-d. 9 mo. 9th 1906) m. Valentine Nicholson
3. Nancy Wales (b. 11 mo. 20th 1809) m. Henry Thomas Butterworth
4. Thomas Montgomery Wales (b. 8 mo. 17th 1812-d. 9 mo. 15th 1888)
5. Caroline Wales (b. 12 mo. 1st 1818-d. 8 mo. 3rd 1844).

Thomas Montgomery Wales, known as T. M. Wales, was active politically in every enterprise of Harveysburg and was president of the Waynesville ~ Wilmington Pike Co. T. M. was a Freemason, a Temperance man and was a noted anti-slavery person. His home was a station on the Underground Railroad and he help to spirit many a fugitive slave to Canada and safety. In October of 1874, T. M. was elected on the Republican ticket to represent Warren Co. in the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Ohio (See, Combination Atlas Map of Warren County, Ohio by L. H. Everts, 1875, p. 22½.)

See:

"Biographies with Warren County Conntection": http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Beers/V/mst/
1019_wales_thomas-m.htm

Political Graveyard:

http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waldrop-waling.html

Valentine and
Jane F. Wales Nicholson

Valentine Nicholson (b. May 27th, 1809 in Clinton County-d. March 24, 1904 in Indianapolis, Indiana) and Jane F. Wales Nicholson (b. February 1st, 1806 in Iredale Co., North Carolina-d. September 9th, 1906 in Indiana) were married on November 3rd, 1830. They had seven children:

1. Mary Ellen (1829)
2. Ruth Wales (1831)
3. Elizabeth (1833)
4. Eden Finley (1836)
5. Martha Jane (1842),
6. Louisa (1844)
7. Caroline M. (1846)

The Valentine Nicholson farm was located between the Samuel Welch and the T. M. Wales properties at the foot of the "S" curve leading up to Harveysburg. See the 1856 Map of the Waynesville-Harveysburg area.

The early death of four of his children encouraged his deep belief in Spiritualism. At some point later in life Valentine was separated from his wife since he chose to live the celibate Shaker life for a while at Union Village, three miles west of Lebanon, Ohio. According to Clarkson Butterworth, the clerk of Miami Monthly Meeting (Membership of MMM in 1897):

Jane F. Nicholson (b. 1806.2.1-d.1906.9.9), Elizabeth Nicholson (b. 1833.12.10), Mary Ellen Nicholson (b. 1829-3-29). Address, 1217 Broadway, Indianapolis, Indiana. Jane was daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Welch) Wales, and named after her grandmother, Jane Finley, nee Irvin. The husband and father, Valentine Nicholson, long apart from his wife, is with the family, to be taken care of. He is not a member (of the Society of Friends). Elizabeth is an artist and Mary Ellen, a teacher of high grade. All bright people.

The Nicholsons (Valentine and Jane F. Wales Nicholson) of Harveysburg were much more radical and experimental than the Orthodox Harveys (Dr. Jesse and Elizabeth Burgess Harvey). Valentine, who was quite vocal and forthright, left The Society of Friends (Hicksite) in 1844 due to what he interpreted as a lack of zeal for abolition among both Hicksites and Orthodox Friends. Friends were equally anxious about his radical and disturbing ideas which went far beyond his advocacy of Spiritualism and belief in Phrenology and Mesmerism.

Valentine and Jane were conductors on The Underground Railroad for twenty years. Valentine came to believe that intentional communal living could model the government of God to the world and would help to convert the world from sin to holiness. He participated in the New England Anti-Slavery Society’s one-hundred conventions in the west in 1843, a series of radical Garrisonian meetings in New York State, Ohio and Indiana which typically encountered violence and expressions of hatred towards its ideals. One of the participants, Frederick Douglas, was almost killed in Indiana.

Valentine Nicholson was a radical abolitionist. Valentine and Jane belonged to Miami Monthly Meeting (probably attending Harveysburg Preparative Meeting (Hicksite); however, his radical position conflicted with the more moderate Hicksite views of Miami Monthly Meeting, which was the center of Hicksite strength in southwest Ohio. He had more in common with abolitionist Friends located in Oakland (Clinton County), Harveysburg (Warren County) and at Green Plain Monthly Meeting outside of Selma (Clark County). In effect, Miami Quarter was moderately Hicksite whereas Green Plain Quarter was much more radical. He separated, “came-out-from”, The Society of Friends eventually joining the Green Plain Congregational Friends at Selma who had also embraced Spiritualism along side their radical abolitionism. His wife, Jane, retained her membership in Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends.

The Nicholsons participated in the Oakland meeting of the Ohio American Anti-Slavery Society in October of 1842. Immediately after that convention another one was held in “Liberty Hall” in Oakland. A group interested in the radical reform of the social system met. This event led to the establishment of The Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform which eventually established seven communities to model God’s government on earth: three in Ohio (Marlborough, Prairie Home and Highland Home) and in Indiana (Union Home, West Grove or Fraternal Home, Kristeen and Grand Prairie). Valentine was involved in the Prairie Home community north of Urbana near West Liberty, Ohio, which only survived from the spring to the fall of 1844.

Valentine Nicholson was advanced in his thinking concerning education in general. He was critical of harsh methods found in many schools and believed that conditions of learning should be positive and persuasive. He advocated the methods of famed educator, Pestalozzi, and he employed a lady from Concord, New Hampshire who held similar views to teach his children and the children of relatives. (This information is taken from a manuscript about Valentine Nicholson’s life found in the Valentine Nicholson Collection located in the library of The Indiana Historical Society, The H. W. Smith Memorial Library, Collection 0M0299. A listing of the Nicholson Collection can be found at : The W. H. Smith Library Manuscripts & Archives website, http://www.indianahistory.org/library/ manuscripts/ collection guides/ om299.html.)

Isaiah Fallis, a miller in Harveysburg, and Valentine Nicholson established a new free town hall in Harveysburg. They built an academy with a hall above dedicated to free speech. Both whites and blacks were educated together on the lower level. The first meeting in this hall was attended by famous abolitionists Samuel Lewis, Benjamin F. Wade and Joshua R. Giddings. Friends were the first teachers: Dr. Wilson Hobbs, Dr. O. W. Nixon and his brother William Penn Nixon and Israel Taylor. The Harveysburg Academy, established by Dr. Jesse Harvey, represented the work of moderate Orthodox Friends, but the Nicholson Academy represented the beliefs of Garrisonian abolitionists and immediate emancipation.

For more information:

God’s Government Begun: The Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform, 1842-1846 by Thomas D. Hamm (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1995).

Jane F. Wales Nicholson’s personal journal, “Memories of Long Ago” and Valentine Nicholson’s of the same title.

The Valentine Nicholson Collection located in the library of The Indiana Historical Society, The H. W. Smith Memorial Library, Collection 0M0299

Charles & Anna King Madden

(Centennial Atlas of Warren County, Ohio, p. 23)

Charles Madden was one of the sons of Hiram and Hannah Harvey Madden. His mother Hannah was the daughter of William Harvey, the founder of Harveysburg in 1829, and Mary Chew Harvey, see The Beginnings of Harveysburg (Warren County, Ohio).

Frank and Lizzie Harvey Shidaker

(Centennial Atlas of Warren County, Ohio, p. 24)

See, photograph of Frank and Lizzie at
Robert F. Shidaker Family

THE HARVEYSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Harveysburg Historical Society meets ten times during the year, the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 P.M. (except in November and January). Call to find out the location of the meeting. The meetings begin with a carry-in pot luck.

The Harveysburg Historical Society conducts two open houses a year of the Black School Museum which was restored by the Society and maintained by it. The open houses are on the third Sunday of September and the third Sunday in May from 1-5 P.M. The Black School Museum can also be opened by appointment. Please call Lucy McCarren for more information, 1-513-897-6195.

The September Open House of the Black School Musuem is conducted in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation, announced on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862.

The Wilson & Sarah Lukens Harvey Home
in 1982 (above).

The Wilson & Sarah Lukens Harvey Home
Harveysburg, Ohio

Wilson Harvey (b. September 26th, 1828) was the oldest child of the five children of Simon D. and Mary H. Burgess Harvey. Simon D. Harvey was one of the son of Isaac and Lydia Dicks Harvey. Isaac Harvey, Wilson's grandfather, was one of the pioneering Harvey brothers who came to Ohio in 1806 and settled on Todd's Fork in Clinton County, Ohio. Both Isaac and his son Simon D., Wilson's father, were involved in the Quaker Mission and School to the Shawnee Indians at Wapakoneta, Ohio (Isaac) and later after 1833 at the Quaker Mission and School in Kansas (Simon D.).

According to Beer's 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio, p. 1002:

" Our subject (Wilson Harvey) was united in marriage Dec. 7th, 1858, with Sarah, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary S. Lukens, whose ancestral history will be found in sketch of Joseph Lukens; by this union they have had four children ~

1. Lizzie L., Born July 6th, 1860, now Mrs. (Frank) Shidaker (see, Robert F. Shidaker Family and Frank and Lizzie Harvey Shidaker)
2. Charlie and Harrie (twins, deceased), and,
3. William L. , Born Feb. 8th, 1868.

Mr. (Wilson) Harvey has resided nearly all his life in Harveysburg and vicinity, engaged principally in the honorable occupation of farming; has been very successful financially in his business life, is a man of excellent judgment and business capacity, and one who has ever held the esteem and confidence of the people of his community; has held nearly every office of the township and corporation in the gift of the people; has always taken a live interest in the subject of education, and in all moral and political progress of his community, and is, as were his ancestors before him, among the best citizens of Harveysburg.

This Greek Revival house was built around 1850. It has also been known as Ashley house.

Robert F. Shidaker Family

(see Frank and Lizzie Harvey Shidaker
for more information)

OBITUARY OF
ROBERT FULTON SHIDAKER

February 23rd, 1836 ~ December 20th, 1907

ROBERT SHIDAKER ~
Answers Final Summons Friday Evening ~
For Many Years Efficient Superintendent of Miami Cemetery.

Robert Shidaker, Superintendent of Miami Cemetery, died Friday night after an illness of several months, the immediate cause of his death being jaundice.

Mr. Shidaker was one of the best known men in this community. A man who as beloved by young and old, possessed of many admirable traits of character and one who will be greatly missed.

For almost twenty years Mr. Shidaker had been superintendent of Miami Cemetery, and he filled this difficult position with unusual ability and faithfulness. Personally, he was one of the kindliest and most winning of men and his friends were limited only by the number of his acquaintances.

Funeral services were conducted from the Cemetery chapel Sunday afternoon, and the great out pouring of people to pay their last tribute of respect, was proof of the love and esteem in which he was universally held. The Chapel was completely filled and almost as many others were unable to gain admittance. Rev. Phillip Trout and Rev. J. F. Cadwallader and Rev. Benj. Hawkins, together with the local lodge of Odd Fellows had charge of the services. A special choir furnished music. Among the floral offerings, two were especially handsome, one of these being from the board of directors of Miami Cemetery, an the other from the Old Fellows lodge.

The following obituary was read at the funeral:

Robert Fulton Shidaker as born near Troy, Miami County, Ohio on February 23, 1836, and died at Corwin, Ohio, on December 20, 1907, at the age of 71 years, 9 months and 27 days. In early manhood, he moved to Clinton County and later to Warren County, where he was married to Hannah Dakin on March 21, 1857. To this exceptionally happy union were born two sons, Charles W. and Frank H., now prosperous farmers near Harveysburg.

When death called the beloved companion of Mr. Shidaker several years ago, although desolate in the extreme, he hid his aching heart from the world by the same cheery face and friendly smile, which characterized him until the day of his death.

On August 8, 1888, he was elected Superintendent of Miami Cemetery. Through his thoughtfulness, carefulness and watchfulness, the City of our Beloved Dead was made an ideal burying ground; it was the special pride of Mr. Shidaker's heart and his efforts to make this sacred spot beautiful were crowned with abundant success.

Mr. Shidaker leaves to mourn his loss besides his two sons, four grandsons and two great grand children. A much beloved grand daughter preceded him to the Great Beyond several years ago.

One who loved children and nature so devotedly could not live far from God. Hosts of Friends which included people of all ages and all classes will remember with kindly feelings the genial, happy, courteous Robert Shidaker.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CARD OF THANKS

The family of the late Robert Shidaker desire to express through the (Miami) Gazette their appreciation of the many kindnesses extended them during his sickness and at the time of his death.

Robert F. Shidaker was custodian of Miami Cemetery when he died. He is buried in Section B.

Nate Harvey

(Possibly Nathaniel Harvey)

Original owned by The Harveysburg Historical Society

Nathaniel Harvey, b. June 30th, 1843 ~ d. April 6th, 1932 (buried at Springfield Monthly Meeting graveyard, Sec. 5, Lot 5). He was the son of Isaac and Sarah Edwards Harvey. He was married to Irena Moon and had three daughters: Della, Janetta, and Gertrude. He was a farmer.

According to the 1930 Federal Census, he was living, at the age of 87, in Cincinnati with his daughter Junetta and her husband, Harmon Cramer, and her daughter, Sarah E. Cramer (1930 Federal Census; Census Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; Roll: 1807; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 35).

HELP US IDENTIFY THESE HARVEYS OF

HARVEYSBURG, OHIO

original photograph owned by The Harveysburg Historical Society

Contact Karen at campbeka@oplin.org

Thanks to Harold J. Howard of Newark, Ohio we have identified the photograph above as the family of Charity (Kimbrough) and Aaron Harvey (Charity is seated directly left of the framed picture and Aaron is directly to the right). This Aaron Harvey is the youngest son of William (the founder of Harveysburg in 1829) and Mary Chew Harvey. The seated people are from left to right: Louise Harvey Harlan, Charity Kimbrough Harvey holding a granddaughter, Aaron Harvey holding a grandson, and Mary Harvey Shidaker. Identity of those standing is not certain. They possible are: Frank and his wife Alice Edwards Harvey, Alvin Harvey, Harlan and Emma Burnett Harvey and Charles Harvey.

Below is a descendent chart of the family of Isaac Harvey (Aaron Harvey's grandfather).

Descendants of Isaac Harvey
(Pioneer Settler at Todds Fork, Clinton Co., Ohio and Quaker missionary to the Shawnee Indians at Wapakoneta, Ohio)

1 Isaac Harvey, December 12th, 1763 ~ May 9th, 1834
.. +Agatha Terrell, September 28th, 1759 ~ June 18th, 1828
*2nd Wife of Isaac Harvey
.. +Lydia Dix (Dicks), April 7th, 1766 ~ January 2nd, 1813
............. 2 Nancy (Ann) Harvey, May 11th, 1786 ~ d. 1859
................. +Archibald Edwards
............. 2 Ruth Harvey, March 29th, 1789 ~ d. 1836
................. +Henry Towell
............. 2 Elizabeth Harvey, July 17th, 1792 ~ d. May 9th, 1875
................. +Enoch Harlan
............. 2 Rebecca Harvey, January 17th, 1795 ~ d. June 20th, 1876
................. +Jonathan T. Hadley
............. 2 William Harvey, December 27th, 1797 ~ December 15th, 1866 (founder of Harveysburg)
................. +Mary Crew 1799 -
............................. 3 Joseph D. Harvey, December 11th, 1819 ~ October 5th, 1889
............................. 3 Jane Harvey, November 1st, 1821 ~ October 15th, 1857
............................. 3 Isaac Harvey, b. December 19th, 1823
............................. 3 Mariah Mary Harvey, b. May 22nd, 1826
............................. 3 Hannah F. Harvey, b. August 5th, 1828
............................. 3 Ruth Harvey, December 3rd, 1830 ~ May 11th, 1856
............................. 3 Martha Harvey, June 12th, 1833 ~ September 19th, 1854
............................. 3 Lindley Harvey, October 17th, 1835 ~ January 14th, 1861
............................. 3 Deborah Harvey, August 26th, 1838 ~ January 14th, 1861-
............................. 3 Aaron Harvey, June 7th, 1844 ~ June 29th, 1912
................................. +Charity Kimbrough 1843 -
............................................ 4 Louise Harvey 1866 - 1930
................................................ +George W. Harlan 1862 -
....................................................... 5 Vivian Harlan 1896 - 1934
....................................................... 5 Gladys Harlan 1903 - 1973
............................................ 4 Mary Harvey 1869 - 1949
................................................ +Harry Shidaker 1882 - 1970
....................................................... 5 Bessie Shidaker 1904 -
....................................................... 5 Wayne Shidaker
............................................ 4 Frank Harvey 1871 - 1957
................................................ +Alice Edwards 1872 - 1950
....................................................... 5 Donald Harvey 1894 - 1961
....................................................... 5 Mary Louise Harvey 1905 - 1966
............................................ 4 Charles Eli Harvey, 1873 - January 8th, 1909
................................................ +Zelma Belle Gaskill
.................................................. 5 Georgia Elizabeth Harvey. b. 1903-
............................................ 4 Alvin Hadley Hadley Harvey 1875 - 1918
................................................ +Clarissa Lillian Smith, June 23rd, 1882 - 1971
....................................................... 5 Zula Marie Harvey, b. June 22nd, 1904
....................................................... 5 Harold Aaron Harvey, February 7th, 1906 - 1978
.................................................. 5 Archelaus Dunham Harvey, July 23rd, 1907 - 1973
............................................ 4 Harlan Harvey 1877 - 1966
................................................ +Emma Burnett 1877 - 1959
....................................................... 5 Alvin Linley Harvey 1906 - 1966
............................................ 4 Zula Harvey 1879 - 1891
............................................ 4 Roy Harvey 1881 - 1884
............. 2 Harlan Harvey, October 9th, 1801 ~ d. May 20th, 1881
................. +Ruth Chew
............. 2 Simon Dicks Harvey, September 18th, 1804 ~ July 14th, 1876
................. +Mary H. Burgess, February 1st, 1809 ~ August 9th, 1862
............. 2 Lydia Harvey
............. 2 Martha Harvey, May 24th, 1809 ~ d. May 5th, 1865
................. +Aaron Antram

Alvin Hadley and Clarissa Smith Harvey (below)

Clara Smith Harvey (below)

All photographs owned by The Harveysburg Historical Society

Above: The "Harvey Bunch", after the death of Aaron Harvey
Below: Framed genealogy of the William Harvey family
hanging in the Black School Museum in Harveysburg.

Main Street ~ Looking east
Main Street ~ Looking East
Above & Below: Main Street ~ Looking west,
starting down the Famous "S" Curve on the right.
Main Street
Harveysburg, Ohio

Postcards~Harveysburg Historical Society

The Harveysburg Mill

on Caesar's Creek

(No longer extant)

"The Grist mill that now stands on Caesar's Creek, near Harveysburg, was built in 1839 by Amos and Samuel G. Welch and Thomas M. Wales. It has been run constantly since its erection, and is now the only one in operation in the township. It is forty feet square and three stories high, and works three runs of stone. Since its original owners, it has been successively owned by Isaiah Fallis, John and Thomas Fallis, George Wikle, William Harlan, William Starry, George Ross, Alfred Edwards, and the present proprietor, T. E. Lawrence" (Beer's 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio, p. 652).

Harveysburg Methodist Church:
Above & Below: Photographs taken in 1982.

The Methodist Church
Harveysburg, Ohio

Harveysburg had a Methodist Church and also a Methodist Church for African-Americans (See, Beer's 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio, p. 653. Below is a photograph of Harveysburg Methodist Church Ladies Aid (Harveysburg Historical Society):

The Darwin Harris House

South Street ~ Harveysburg, Ohio

Darwin Harris was born in Georgia around 1807-1808. He was a farmer in Massie Township of Warren County. He was married to Esther Harris who was born in Delaware. They had two children:

1. John L.
2. James D.

The 1880 Federal Census lists Darwin, a retired farmer, aged 73, and Esther as living in Harveysburg (1880 Federal Census ; Census Place: Harveysburg, Warren, Ohio; Roll: T9_1075; Family History Film: 1255075; Page: 348.1000; Enumeration District: 73).

Also see, "Harris Queries", Posted by Betty Seprodi on http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:uejomrdrmSAJ:www.tbgen.com/bbs/harris.cgi%3Fread%3D6+%22Darwin+Harris%22&hl=en.

The Milton Hadley Home ~ Photograph above taken from
(1903 Centennial Atlas of Warren Co., Ohio, p. 24)

Above: Milton Hadley Home: Photograph of house taken in 1982.

Below: Milton Hadley Home Today

Below: Aunt Lucy & Uncle Milton Hadley
(Original photograph~Harveysburg Historical Society)

The Milton Hadley Home
Cross & South Streets
Harveysburg, Ohio

Information is taken from
Beer's 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio, p. 1002

MILTON HADLEY: farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Clinton County, Ohio, Feb. 19th, 1833; is a son of Jonathan T. and Rebecca (Harvey) Hadley, natives of North Carolina. The grandparents, Simon and Elizabeth Hadley, were probably natives of North Carolina, but emigrated to Indiana, where they lived and died. Jonathan T. Hadley was born March 14th, 1793 and grew to manhood in his native State, and about the spring of 1814 emigrated to Ohio, and located in Clinton County. In 1815, he was married to Rebecca Harvey, by whom he had nine children; six now survive:

1. Lydia D.
2. Samuel L.
3. Simon
4. Deborah L.
5. Milton (our subject)
6. Harlan H.

Mr. (Jonathan) Hadley followed the honest occupation of a farmer through life. When he came from North Carolina to Ohio he rode through on horseback, and after he married, located right in the woods, erected a cabin, and started out in life a poor pioneer, determined to make a farm and a home. He was a man of industry and great energy, and his efforts were crowned with success becoming possessed of a good competency. He furnished each of his children with 130 acres of land, and had a good sufficiency reserved for himself. Mr Hadley was a very retired, unassuming man, never holding or seeking office, but one of those firm, substantial men, prompt and exact in all his dealings, constituting one of the best of citizens in his community.

He (Jonathan) died in October 1878 in his 86th year; his wife (Rebecca Harvey Hadley) died in July 1876, aged 81 years.

Our subject (Milton Hadley) was raised to manhood in Clinton County; was married September 21, 1854, to Lucy M.,, daughter of John L. and Susan Smoot, natives of Virginia, but who emigrated to Perry Co., Ohio, thence to Warren County, and thence to Illinois, where they died. They were parents of seven children, who grew to maturity; three now survive:

1. Sarah A., now Mrs Grimes
2. Lucy M., now Mrs. Hadley
3. Nancy Jane, now Mrs. Gause.

Lucy M. (Hadley) was born in Virginia Aug. 21st, 1832. Mr. Hadley and wife have two children:

1. Isaac H., born Aug. 21st, 1855, and (m. Martha Nedry)
2. Otis (Milton), born May 27th, 1868 (m. Florence Stump), see photo below.
3. (They also raised an orphan as their own, Laura A. Carroll from the age of three who married Charles W. Shidaker [1903 Centennial Atlas of Warren Co., Ohio, p. 24]).

Mr. (Milton) Hadley resided in Clinton Co. till October 1858, when he bought a farm on Flat Rock Creek, in Warren County, where he resided till 1873, when be bought and located where he now lives and since resided, and where he has a fine farm with good improvements, constituting a pleasant home and residence. Mr. Hadley has been Trustee and Treasurer of his township. The general character of his father (Jonathan T. Hadley), as given above, is well represented in his son, and could the country be filled with such men, we should have much better officers, neighbors and citizens.

According to the 1900 Federal Census, Milton and Lucy were living in Harveysburg (1900 Federal Census; Census Place: Massie, Warren, Ohio; Roll: T623 1330; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 144. Milton Hadley died on January 6th, 1912 in Lookeba, Oklahoma in the home of his son Isaac H. Hadley. Lucy died in Harveysburg, Ohio six years earlier. They also had their farm residence in Massie Township (1903 Centennial Atlas of Warren Co., Ohio, p. 24):

Lucy and Milton are both buried in Springfield Monthly Meeting's graveyard, Clinton County, Ohio (Cemetery Records of Clinton Co., Ohio, 1798-1999, compiled by the Clinton Co. Genealogy Society, 2000, P. 472):

Milton Hadley, d. Lookeba, Oklahoma, b. 2-13-1833 Clarksville, Ohio, d. 6-12-1912, Bur. Sec. 6, Lot 1 & 3, wife Lucy M. Hadley.

Lucy M. Hadley, d. Harveysburg, Ohio, b. 8-2-1832, d. 12-15-1906, Bur. Sec 6, Lot 1, nee Smoot, husband Milton Hadley (m. 9-21-1854).

Milton Hadley's mother, Rebecca Harvey Hadley (1795-1876) was the daughter of Isaac and Lydia Dicks Harvey and the sister of William Harvey who platted Harveysburg in 1829.

Milton and Lucy were members of Springfield Monthly Meeting of Friends on Todds Fork in Clinton County, Ohio. They moved their membership to Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends on 1874.1.17 (Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. V, pp. 63 & 568). This happened when the family moved to a farm near Harveysburg. They probably attended Harveysburg Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) located in Harveysburg.

Otis and Florence Hadley,
Christmas 1933
They lived on their farm near Oregonia, Ohio

The Edward & Rachel Lukens
Hatton Home
East of Harveysburg, Ohio ~ on Hatton Hill

These photographs were taken in 1982.
The house is now obscured by trees and hedges.

Edward Hatton (b. September 27th, 1794 in Chester Co., Pa. ~ d. December 25, 1883 in Harveysburg, Ohio) married Rachel Lukens (b. October 24th, 1796 ~ d. May 25th, 1879) in 1817 in Warren County, Ohio (see, Early Marriage in Wayne Township, Warren Co., Beer's History, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Beers/IV/way/0577.htm) at Miami Monthly Meeting in Waynesville. Rachel was the daughter of Levi and Elizabeth Cleaver Lukens.

Edward and Rachel Hatton had eleven children:

1. Lewis, b. 1817.12.2 ~ d. 1822.10.24
2. Ann, b. 1819.9.4 ~ d. 1896.5.26 (m. Moses Kelly)
3. Levi, b. 1821.8.6
4. George, b. 1825.3.19
5. Jervis J., b. 1827.10.19
6. Susannah, b. 1830.2.16 ~ d. 1868.11.27
7. Elizabeth, b. 1833.8.23 ~ d. 1854.6.3
8. Mary E., b. 1836.11.14
9. Edward B., b. 1838.10.1
10. Rachel, b. 1838.10.1 ~ d. 1841.10.17
11. Deborah, b. 1842.7.23

Many of the children were disowned for marriages outside of unity (for marrying a non-Quaker). See, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. V, Ohio compiled by William Wade Hinshaw, pp. 69-70.

Alfred Edwards Home

Harveysburg, Ohio

Alfred Edwards (b. September 25th, 1837 in Harveysburg ~ d. December 4th, 1927 in Harveysburg) was the son of Larkin and Maud Nedry Edwards. Larkin Edwards was in partnership with William Ham, the son of Rhoden Ham, upon whose farm Harveyburg was platted in 1829. They had a blacksmith shop together.

Larkin's son, Alfred Edward married Mary Letitia West of Oakland, Ohio on February 15th, 1870. They had a son, Robert Charles Edwards who was born on December 17th, 1871. Alfred Edwards was at one time the owner of the Harveysburg grist mill (built in 1839) that stood on Caesar's Creek. Previous owners had been Amos and Samuel G. Welch and Thomas M. Wales, Isaiah Fallis, John and Thomas Fallis, George Wikle, William Harlan, William Starry, and George Ross (see, Beer's 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio, pp. 652-653).

Levi S. Lukens

Information taken from
Beer's 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio,
pp. 1007-1008

This sketch also contain a great deal of information about
Rhoden Ham and family, Levi S. Lukens wife's family.
Rhoden Ham owned the land upon
which Harveysburg would be platted in 1829.

LEVI S. LUKENS, farmer; P.O. Harveysburg; born in Warren Co., Jan. 19th, 1845; is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Satterthwaite) Lukens; he was a native of Virginia, whose ancestral history is written in sketch of Joseph Lukens. Benjamin and Mary were parents of four children, two now survive ~~Sarah, now Mrs. Wilson Harvey and Levi S.

Mr. (Benjamin) Lukens was a farmer, and after his marriage located in Massie township, where he resided till his death, in October 1875, aged 75 years; his wife (Mary) died Feb. 17th, 1865, aged 62 years.

The subject of this sketch (Levi S. Lukens) remained with his father till after his majority; was married June 8th, 1870 to Tacy Ellen, daughter of William and Martha (Burgess) Ham, he a native of South Carolina and she of Virginia. William Ham was a son of Rhoden and Abigail Ham, natives of South Carolina.

Rhoden Ham was a son of William and Eleanor Ham, who , it is believed, were natives of South Carolina, and lived and died in their native State. They had three sons who grew to maturity, married and raised families; the eldest of whom was Rhoden, who married Abigail McKinsey, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of Henry McKinsey, of Wayne Township, in this work.

In 1808, Rhoden Ham with his family emigrated to Ohio and located in Wayne Township and there resided one year; thence to Clinton Co., and in 1815 moved back into Warren Co., and purchased a farm embracing the land upon which the town of Harveysburg now stands, of which see history of Massie Township and here he resided till 1828; he removed to Montgomery Co., Indiana, where he died in 1850. His wife (Abigail McKinsey) survived him about two weeks; they had ten children, three now survive~ William, James R. and Mary, Now Mrs. Ammerman, residing in Indiana; James R. is settled in Iowa, engaged in the practice of medicine, is a very active and prominent Brother in the U. B. Church and is a ruling Elder.

William Ham is the only one remaining a resident of Warren Co. He has been thrice married:

first to Leanna Edwards by whom he had three children, one surviving, James R., whose residence is Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Ham's wife died Nov. 2nd, 1835; in December 1837, he married Martha Burgess, issue three children ~ Thomas, Findlay and Tacy Ellen; his second wife died in fall of 1852. On April 18th, 1853, he married Mrs. Rebecca Mills, a daughter of Archibald and Nancy Edwards, natives of North Carolina.

Mr. (William) Ham when a young man, learned the blacksmith trade, located in Harveysburg, and carried on his trade very successful for twenty-five years; thence he entered upon the mercantile business, which he followed twelve years; four of which were in the dry goods and grocery trade, in which he was not so successful, meeting with heavy losses; the last eight years he was engaged in the drug trade, in which he was very successful. In January 1881, he sold out to his grandson Arthur L. Ham, and retired from all active business to pass the balance of his days in quiet and rest. Mr. (William) Ham has spent a life of activity and usefulness, from which his labors have been abundantly rewarded by a good competency; has been an active Christian worker for more than forty years, and lives in faith to believe that when his Lord calls him hence, he shall reach that "brighter shore."

Mr. (Levi S.) Lukens and wife (Tacy Ellen) have three children:

1. Benjamin H., born June 12th, 1871
2. Mary M., born Oct. 24th, 1873, and,
3. Alice, born Jan. 16th, 1876.

Mr. (Levi S.) Lukens, after his marriage, located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided. This farm he purchased of Turner Welch; it consists of 105 acres of good land, most beautifully located, with good buildings and improvements, and is one of the prettiest locations in Massie Township. Mr. Lukens also owns other real estate to the amount of 283 acres, making in all 388 acres, mostly improved land. He is comparatively young, but is a man of great general information and an industrious active famer; takes a great interest in education and all general public improvements and is one of the progressive and useful men of Massie Township.

FIFTY-SPRINGS ~
A 19th CENTURY HEALTH RESORT

Harveysburg, Ohio

During the latle 1850s, a retired businessman, Jonathan P. Clark, from Cincinnati purchased a bucolic area near Harveysburg famous for its multitude of mineral springs. It was located at the end of Clark Avenue on the slope of the ridge southwest of Harveysburg, the same ridge upon which Harveysburg was situated. The more than 50 springs fed into Caesar's Creek. He enclosed the largest of the springs and built spring houses of lattice work and a platform for guest speakers and benches for the audience. After his death, the resort declined but the area was still noted for its 50 springs and its beauty.

Today the springs and the old resort area and an Indian mound are under Caesar's Creek Lake.

THE FAMOUS "S" CURVE
that led up a steep hill to Harveysburg
from the valley of Caesar's Creek
Old State Rte 73 (Wilmington~Waynesville Road)

The bridge crossing Caesar's Creek at the
bottom of the Harveysburg hill (now underwater).

"The first bridge on Caesar's Creek was built in 1846 a the present crossing of the Waynesville and Wilmington Turnpike. It was built by the county aided by private subscriptions. It was covered, weather-boarded and painted by the county in 1848. On the 7th of January 1850, it was washed away, and in the same year was replaced by a substantial 120 foot span, arch bridge, which was burned by incendiaries on the 9th of February 1876. The county then built in its stead the present handsome and substantial iron sturcture" (Beer's 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio, p. 652).

The "S" curve looking from the top of the hill.
In the distance can be seen the valley of Caesar's Creek.
The valley is now Caesar's Creek Lake.

Below: Photos of the "S" Curve from the 1940s:

THE BLACK SCHOOL
IN HARVEYSBURG, OHIO

The Black School before its restoration (above).
It was restored by the Harveysburg Historical Society.
This photograph was taken in 1982.

The front and back of the restored Black School, today a musuem.

Elizabeth Burgess Harvey, wife of Dr. Jesse Harvey, founded what has often been thought to be the first black school in Ohio around 1831 according to Beer’s 1882 History of Warren County. She is also mentioned in the book Ohio Builds A Nation by Samuel Hardin Stille (Chicago, Lower Salem, Ohio and New York City: The Arlendale Book House, 1939), p. 118.:

The first free Negro school in Ohio devoted to the education of the unfortunate people was opened in Harveysburg, over thirty years before the Civil War. The school was opened and conducted by Elizabeth Harvey. She was the first woman to devote her life to the advancement and education of the Negro race. Her name should be entered on the roll of honor of those noble people who gave their lives to a great cause.

Both Elizabeth and Jesse had an abiding interest in the education of Native-Americans and African-Amiericans.