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Winter continues and another
book is at hand: The Axe and The Wheel; A history of
in 1974 by the
This was in the book:
I hereby certify that on the twentyth day of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty CHARLES BLUNK?{BLINK}of the township
of
North in the above district
were married by me THOMAS FAWETT? Minister of
the
and ROBERT BOLLERIGOLD?.
Which marriage was solemnised by Banns.
Dated this 20th Day of May 1840 As witness my hand Thomas Fawett
[This is the one and only
Marriage Transcription in the book but there is lots about the people and the
villages of Beachville, Centreville,
Piper's
Corners, which don't exist
any more; as wekk as Folden's, Sweaburg etc.] If interested let me know.
Date: Thu,
History of
This area was first named
"Oxford Upon the Thames" and included the townships of
believed that
Ingersoll on Jan. 1sth 1852.
John Graves Simcoe issued aproclamation offering a township to those in the
who were U.E.L and who would
come to
200 or more acres at 6 pence
per acre. MAJOR INGERSOLL made application.
Accompanied by CHIEF BRANT of
the Six Nations Indians of New York State and a group of hunters, he explored
the
lands west of the
In 1793 a surveyor, AUGUSTUS
JONES, partially surveyed that area. A grant of 66,000 acres of land was made
to
MAJOR THOMAS INGERSOLL on
condition that he build a 30 mile road from Burford to Ingersoll.{Later called
the Old
Stage Road}. The opening of
the road brought in many settlers, who settled mainly along the Broken Front
and the 1st
and 2nd concessions of the
township.
The surnames of known
settlers before 1800 were:
BEACH, BRINK, BURTCH,
BURDICK, CARROLL, CANFIELD, COOK, CRAWFORD, CHOATE, DICKSON, DODGE,
DYGERT, EDWARDS, HARRIS,
INGERSOLL, KARN, MABEE, NICHOLS, SAGE, SCOTT and TOPPING.
"
county was settled. A fire
destroyed the township books on
An old Treasurer's book
starting in 1892 lists these interesting entries.
JAMES McINTYRE for six chairs
for council $7.50
GEORGE CUTHBERT for burying
horse found dead in the town line $1.00
J.W. BROWN for vaccinating
children in several school scetions in
JAMES WEST for digging a
grave for an indigent $2.00 Paid
DR. WILLIAMS $15.00 for
medical services Paid
JAMES McINTYRE $8.00 for
coffin and shroud Paid
ALBERT PULLIN for repairing
culvert and furnishing plank on
RICHARD MAYBERRY $3.00 for
use of Harris Street Hall
At this time there were 4
commissioners, JOHN PROUSE, JOSEPH JARVIS, JAMES CUTHBERT and J.H. FORDEN.
Road overseers were C.E.
GAMSBY, GEORGE NICHOLS, THOMAS POOLE, WILLIAM ARTHUR and ARTHUR
CLARKSON. Apparently each
commissioner was responsible for certain section of road and paid out various
amounts for
repairs and then was reimbursed
by the Treasurer. The roads were maintainer by statute labour.
All farmers were requested to
do a certain number of days road work. A man shovelling gravel counted as one
day. A
team to haul gravel and dump
it counted as 2 days.
One record in 1894 from the
Shelton Gravel Pit{Dereham and
GEORGE SHELTON SR. sold 14
cords of gravel for $5.60. {information from the then present MRS. GEORGE
{JOSIE}.
The largest gravel pits in
the area were owned by JOHN CUTHBERT, JAMES CURRIE, J.R. ELLIOT, J.S. REYNOLDS,
GEORGE BRAGG, DR. CARROLL,
JOHN WORET and A. WILLIAMSON.
Cattle were pastured on the
road in early days. Stock lags or cow tags were sold by the township for $2.00
per cow.
Date: Thu,
The chapters tend to flip
around in time depending on the subject.
In 1942 GORDON WISEMAN was
paid $3.50 an hour for plowing snow, also a grant was given to the Treasurer of
January 1945 council
consisted of CHARLES M.SWARTZ,reeve, Councillors F.C. SHELTON, J.G. MASSON,
W.B.
BLANCHER and PERCY SAGE.
Clerk treasurer was F.J. CURRY but CHARLES C. BRINK was elected deputy-clerk
and
treasurer because MR. CURRY
was ill. In February L.B. CURRY was elected following the death of his uncle.
WEST
FRED CURRY, JAMES
PULLIN,reeve,
MERRILL.
ARCHIE LONGWORTH, L.B. CURRY,
clerk, BRUCE AMOS, VERNON CUTHBERT,reeve,
CHARLES WILLIAMS, road
superintendent, MAX FRANKLIN, and JACK HARGREAVES.
From 1850 to 1975, the
JACOB TOPPING, 1st warden
1865 GORDON H. COOK 1875 THOMAS R. MAYBERRY 1888 GEORGE J. COOK
1912 JAMES PULLIN 1916 JAMES
INNES 1925 ARLINGTON D. ROBINSON 1934 THOMAS F. PELLOW 1953 J.
[This is a long one: I would
suggest using your FIND Feature as some families are mentioned more than once.
]
1967 REEVES:
BENJAMIN THORTON 1850, JOHN
McDONALD 1851, CHARLES MASON 1852-1853, WALTER B. MABEE 1854,
THOMAS HOLCROFT 1855-1857,
WRIGHT SUDWORTH 1858, HENRY F. MARTIN 1859-1860, JAMES HARRIS
1861-1862, SENNECA LEWIS
1863, JACOB TOPPING 1864-1866, WALTER B. MABEE 1867-1870, GORDON H.
COOK 1871-1875 and 1877-1879,
NICHOLAS SMITH 1876 and 1880, THOMAS HISLOP 1881-1882, FREEMAN
KARN 1883-1885, THOMAS R.
MAYBERRY 1886-1889, JOHN CUTHBERT 1890-1894 and 1903-1904, JOHN
PROUSE 1895-1896, JAMES S.
CUTHBERT 1897-1898, DONALD GUTHRIE 1899-1900, FRANK FOLDEN 1907,
WILLIAM PULLIN 1908-1909,
GEORGE J. COOK 1910-1911, JAMES PULLIN 1912-1917, WILLIAM LONGWORTH
1918-1920, JAMES BASTEDO
1921-1922, JAMES INNES 1923-1925, P.N. LANGFORD 1926, CHARLES BRINK
1927-1930,
1940, BASIL WILSON 1941-
1942, CHARLES SWARTZ 1943- 1946, PERCY M. SAGE 1947-1948, THOMAS F.
PELLOW 1949-1953, JOHN R.
HARGREAVES 1954-1957, WIBUR W. BUDD 1958-1960, GEORGE WALLACE 1961-
1963, ELMER KARN 1964-1965,
J.
LONGWORTH 1971-1972, GEORGE
F.
JAKEMAN 1973-1974. CLERKS:
JAMES BERRY 1856-1861, CHARLES MASON 1861-1886, W.G. FRANCIS 188-
1903, THOMAS R. MAYBERRY 1903
AND 1909, B.G. JENVEY 1909-1918, FRED W. CURRY 1918-1945, LESLIE B.
CURRY 1945-1975.
Date: Thu,
From information provided by
CAPTAIN T.F. WILLIAMS: Some of it is information written in letters by the CODY
family.
This was his wife's family
but he never mentions her name.
FRANKLIN CODY was born near
here in 1826. This was Capt. Williams daughter's; ALENA WILLIAMS {FINES};
great-
grandfather. He had a son
that left home in 1867 and moved to
was
always referred to as Pa. MR,
CODY had acquired considerable land through his logging business, which he then
converted to farmland. He had
6 sons and 2 daughters. On Saturday
hit the area. A young boy
named WILLIE LOUNSBURY died as a result of being hit in the head with a rock at
a
barnraising. Mr. CODY had a
son who became a Doctor, lived in
in the Church and Councillor
and a Deputy Reeve. ALFRED {ALF} CODY was one of FRANKLIN CODY'S sons.
ROBERT DOWL was the Worthy
Chief of the Masons. CHARLES G. CODY was secretary. The Sweaburg Postmaster
was ARVEY FLOOD from 1868 at
least. There was a J. FLOOD living in Sweaburg in 1861. The village was once
known as Floodtown.
NEWS:
THOMPSON was hauled up for
selling liquor on Sunday and fined $20 and costs. As soon as the fine was paid
he was
hauled up again for it the
next Sunday. His trial is to be next Wednesday.
MR. PIPERS has sold their
place and are going to
KATE COMSTOCK'S husband was
hauled up for setting out cabbage plants on Sunday. He set out 18 plants and
was
fined $8.50.
J.R. BASTEDO sells his
sawmill, house and lot, all of his property in the Burg{Sweaburg}.
ALFRED CODY writes: A heavy
frost last night. Nobody is getting married now; they did it last winter when
it was really
cold.
Jan 8, 1877,
WALTER CODY will be teaching at
Newark as from this date at a salary of $400 a year. {At one time or another
three of
the Cody brothers and both
sisters taught school at each of the schools here and at Foldens. They attended
high
schools in Ingersoll, London
and Woodstock and Albert College in Belleville.}
ALFRED CODY will be marrying
MARY ANN CARR on May 19, 1875. July 10, 1875,
Good hard timbered land is
selling at $60 to $100 an acre.
There was a Cheese factory at
Sweaburg on the JAMES PULLIN farm and another at Foldens.
When we were building a new
barn here at Sweaburg I
{Capt. Williams} remember
STEVE HOUGHTON starting to break a huge rock with his sledge.
T.R. MAYBERRY of Foldens was
the Colonel of the Gray Horse Calvalry Unit.
My {Capt. Williams} Uncle
STEVE HOUGHTON, built many of the foundations for the barns in the area.
There was a Threshing outfit
owned by CHARLES HUGHES, he was assisted by JAMES GROVES.
They would do custom work
throughout the district.
At the farm of GEORGE SHELTON
in 1909 these men were there to help with the threshing.
EMERSON MANZER, JAMES GROVES,
ROY PHILLIPS, CHARLES HUGHES, ED BRIGGS, GEORGE SHELTON
with his son JACK, and GEORGE
MANZER.
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001
09:55:48 -0500 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
BEACHVILLE:
The village of Beachville,
rambling for two and a half miles along the banks of the River Thames, and
situated on
Highway 2 between Ingersoll
and Woodstock. Beachville was settled early, partly because of the huge grant of
land to
THOMAS INGERSOLL; also,
because it was an ideal location as the soil was extremely fertile, the river
could be forded
and there was ample water
power for mills. By 1791, Beachville, named after a MR. BEACH who owned the
only grist mill
between the head of Lake Ont.
and Detroit, had sufficient residents to apply for postal service. JOHN
CARROLL, known
to be the first white settler
in the area, is believed to have purchased his land from the Indians and after
proving his clain,
returned to New Jersey for
his family. Upon his return he located on lots 23 and 24 on North Oxford,
overlooking the
future village of Beachville.
In February, 1793, Governor Simcoe reached Beachville and selected a site 5
miles east of
the village where a fort and
settlement was to be established to be known as Oxford{Woodstock}. Beachville
settlers
were furious when it became
known that 66,000 acres had been granted to THOMAS INGERSOLL; his grant was
revoked by
the succeeding Governor in
1799 and he left the district. In 1818 JAMES INGERSOLL returned to cultivate
his father's
farm and soon after his
brother CHARLES arrived. Both men were instrumental in developing the area.
After the War of
1812 the village of
Beachville began to grow phenomenally. In 1819 JAMES FULLER'S blacksmith shop
stood on the
river bank on thw SW side of
the road. In 1821 elections were held for Upper Canada at MARTIN'S Tavern and
THOMAS HORNER was elected.
Beachville was established as an official Post Office in 1836 and W. MERIGOLD
served as postmaster.
During the rebellion of 1837,
GEORGE NICHOLS home was burned. One local rebel, CORNELIUS CUNNINGHAM, a
wagon maker of Beachville,
was captured and hanged in London in 1839. The Great Western Railway was opened
btw.
London and Hamilton in 1853
and 3 railroads were built through the village. Beachville station became the
shipping
point for the Embro district.
However the river flats at the Beachville station were not large enough to
accommodate
extensive shipping yards and
this gave the impetus for Woodstock to be developed. In 1838 a plot for a
chapel and
burial ground was purchased
from R. MARTIN on Church St. This chapel, erected by Father BURKE was in use
until
1876 and
later was destroyed by fire.
In 1804 REV. NATHAN BANGS, held a congregational meeting, when the 1st church
was
organized in the Beachville
area. Around 1806 a "Meeting Place" was constructed on lot 7, B.F.
Conc. where the Karn
Burial Ground was
established. The 1st Presbyterian Church was a small frame building standing
just west of
MR. CHARLES LILLYWHITE'S
home. REV. ROBERT WALLACE was the 1st minister. The methodists worshipped in
the school, Baptist Church
and an unused woolen mill near the home of CHARLES BUCHANAN. THE 1927
BEACHVILLE ORIOLES {Girls
baseball team} EDITH BAIN, ANNIE JANES, MARGARET BAIN, VERNA TOWNSEND,
JESSIE MOGGACH,catcher, MARY
MOGGACH, pitcher, GLADYS OLIVER, LAURETTA OLIVER, WINNIE TURNER
BEACHVILLE METHODIST CHURCH
BIBLE CLASS 1915 World War 1 DON GRAHAM, TOMMY FIELDS[killed in
action], WALTER KNOTT, FRED
FAIRBANKS, ARTHUR CRAWFORD[missing], FRED CRAWFORD, RUSSELL
CRAWFORD, ALBERT REEVES,
EDWARD THORNTON, REV. KAYS, MR. COLLIER, ERNIE LOWES, FRED
KNOTT, ALVIN SWARTZ, BILL
BREMNER. QUARTERLY BOARD, BEACHVILLE CIRCUIT at the home of FRED
BRINK when Folden's Methodist
Church was built in 1911. REV. MR. C.D. DRAPER, FRED BRINK, MRS. A.J. BUDD,
REUBIN NANCEKIVELL, CHARLES
BUDD, WESLEY OSMOND, GEORGE FAIRBANKS, HEMAN THORNTON,
FRANKLIN FOLDEN, MRS. FRED
BRINK, MR. and MRS. JOE BARNETT, GIFFORD POOLE, GEORGE SHELTON,
MARY
OSMOND, MRS. G. POOLE, MRS.
CHARLES BUDD, MRS. GEORGE SHELTON, MRS. FRED SERVICE AND FRED
SERVICE. CHOIR AT UNITED
CHURCH, BEACHVILLE no date J. DAVIDSON, B. LAMBOURNE, HAROLD
FAIRBANKS, JAMES COLLIER, ED
THORNTON, MRS. A SUTHERLAND, MARION FISH, MARY BREMNER, MAMIE
WESTON, HERB BREMNER, JOSIE
COOK, HELEN RAYMER, MRS. J. DAVIDSON, MRS. JAMES COLLIER,
MARGARET THORNTON, LOTTIE
BOWIE, EVELYN DOWNEY, RACHEL PULLEN, MARGUERITE DICKIE, MRS.
GEORGE COLLIER, STELLA CAMPBELL,
JESSIE BREMNER, MRS. G. RAYMER AND DONNA [I am going to
assume RAYMER]. BEACHVILLE
GRIST MILL 1831-1971 Some of the early owners were-DAVID LEWIS FORD,
WILLIAM HOOK SR., BENJAMIN
THORNTON who built the main part, MR. ARCHIBALD, MR. MORGAN, MR BAIRD,
CHARLES GIBSON and WALTER
WINLAW. In August 1971 this historic old mill was purchased by DONALD LAMB.
more on Beachville later
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001
14:33:41 -0500 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
The Limestone Quarries:
Very early settlers
discovered the limestones usefulness in building their homes and buildings.
In 1838, MR. JOHN DOWNING, a
Quarryman, emigrated from Clovelly, Devonshire, England, and recognized the
great
potential if this immense
lime deposit. He formed the Beachville White Lime Co. His grandson, CHARLES
carried on the
business until 1929. A
CAPTAIN GRAHAM recorded in 1833 that lime was burned at his property {east of
Beachville
toward Woodstock} for CAPTAIN
DREW'S Anglican Church, "Old St. Paul's". The COLE and HACKER Grey
Limestone
Co. operated east of
Beachville from the 1870's till the end of the century. MODERN CONVENIENCES:
In 1864 the first coal oil
lamp was demonstrated in JOHN BUCHANAN'S tin shop.
In 1883 the first telephone
poles were erected through the village.
Though electricity was
available in 1895, it was not until 1912 that hydro was installed throughout
the village.
On June 25th, 1912 the Board
of Trustees of Beachville celebrated the inauguration of Hydro-Electric power
by having
an exhibition of electrical
apparatus and gadgets in the driveshed of the Methodist Church. MR. ADAM BECK
made a
speech and then the street
lights were lighted for the first time
The "Volunteer"
Bible Class for Men in Beachville was orgainzed in May 1909, with E.
DAMUDE as teacher; JOHN
HACKER, President and E. KARRAN, Secretary. When Mr. DAMUDE left in July, REV.
C.D. DRAPER became the
teacher.
Another Long List of Names:
ERNEST BARTON, ALBERT
FINDLAY, LYNN ZUFELT, DRURY BRINK, ALBERT ELLIOT, WILL BRINK, AMOS
REEVES, NEWELL FORDEN, MORTON
GERRIE,FRANK ELLIOT, ARDWIN BRINK, ED MAJOR, FRED BRINK,
CHARLES WESTON, ALBERT
SWARTZ, HARRY ZUFELT, HARLEY BARTON, TOM NIXON, THOMAS
McCLELLAND, GEORGE CRAWFORD,
TOM BAIRD, JOHN HACKER, GLEN PATERSON, SIMEON SWARTZ, REV.
C.D. DRAPER,
ERNEST SANDICK, LOUIS
SANDICK, GEORGE COLLIER, ALBERT SUTHERLAND, ED. McCLELLAND, HENRY
FORDEN, GORDON DICKSON, JOHN
PYATT, DANIEL DUNDASS, ANDREW CRAWFORD, MR. MAJOR,
JAMES DICKIE, THOMAS SHARP,
JAMES GRAY, GEORGE CLIFTON.
SCHOOLS: The earliest one
seems to have been a log school, located on Lot 13, Conc. 1, West Oxford.
The 1st Union School , built
in 1886, was located on the south side of Highway 2, on land given by MR. BEN
THORNTON.
Some of the teachers who
taught in the latter half of the 19th century were: MR. SMITH{Long-legged
Smith}, MISS
ELIZABETH GILBERT, MISS
CANFIELD, MR. ORLANDO WHITE was teacher in 1890, MR. TOPPING, MR.
STEWART CANFIELD and MR.
ARCHIBALD. MR. B. A. FINCH was principal of the 4 room school house at
Beachville
for 37 years. MR FINCH was
also superintendant of the Baptist Sunday school and Secretary-Treasurer of the
Beachville
Hydro-Electric Commission.
NEILSON'S CREAMERY:
In 1914 MEILSON"S
Creamery was built just east of the school along the C.P.R. Railway, taking
over the business from
MR. IRELAND'S Butter Factory
which had been located on Queen st. This butter factory had once been owned by
a
MR. HUNSLEY.
News: The flood of 1937 was a
disaster in the Beachville area. Considerable damage to many premises, tearing
down one house, ruining
machinery at the quarries and derailing the C.N.R. train. An Ingersoll Doctor
was drown trying to
reach the scene of the
derailing and several others became victims of the flood. It was decided to
construct a new river
channel between Beachville
and Ingersoll. This was completed in 1949. The rivers beauty was considerably
diminshed.
The local Legion was built on
property purchased from JOHN LOWES, which was formerly the home of MRS. NELLIS
[MRS. POOK'S mother]. End of
Beachville
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001
15:20:52 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe
and The Wheel Content
The Woodstock-Thames Valley
and Ingersoll Railway Company In 1900 an Electric railway line bean operating
between
Beachville and Woodstock.
This was promoted by Misters ICKES and ARMSTRONG. The first car was called the
ESTELLE believed to be named
for DOCTOR ICKES daughter. Mr. IRA WARFIELD came from Pennsylvania to be the
superintendent of this
Railway. The last run was made in 1925.
CENTREVILLE:
Was part of the original
66,500 acres of land granted to THOMAS INGERSOLL and in the 1790's was already
occupied
by squatters.
In 1824 a fanning mill
factory was built by MR. ASHELBY.
The HOLLYLOCK family ran the
General Store.
About 1805, MR. JAMES BURDICK
built a sawmill on Lot15, Concession 1, on the Old Stage Road. It was sold to
ANDREW WESTBROOK in 1810, who
operated it for a couple of years before leaving for the States. He returned
during the War of 1812 with a
band of soldiers and burned the mill and other buildings including the home of
GEORGE
NICHOLS, the owner of lots 15
and 16 and a British Scout.
The home of MR.
NICHOLS{united empire loyalist} was erected in 1805 for his bride. The home
that was built to replace
it is now (late 1970's) owned
by MR. and MRS. MAX HEENEY.
The early millstones of fine
Scotch granite stood at the entrance of the historic Nichols home until the
1940 when they
were removed by MRS. GORDON
{MARGARET WISEMAN, of Sweaburg, following the death of her father, MR. JACK
U. NICHOLS, the
great-grandson of GEORGE NICHOLS. Couch's pond, 11/2 miles from the Nichols
home was used by
MR. AMBROSE FRENCH as a
boating and skating area and was called Oxford Park.
From 1918 to 1928 MR. JACK
NICHOLS generated his own electric power from a dynamo he installed. The
WILLIAMSON Mill was erected
about 1880 by ROBERT
WILLIAMSON, a settler from
England. His son ASHTON and his grandson FRED WILLIAMSON did not like milling.
Later
CARL MILLARD, an enterprising
young farmer, later a pilot for Air Canada and operator of his own airline,
operated the
grist mill with ARTHUR BUDD.
In 1951 the building was bought by MELBOURNE CUTHBERT.
CENTEVILLE HOCKEY CLUB
1947-1948
RAY CONNOR, coach; AUBREY
HUNTLEY, sec-treas; CECIL CONNOR; RAY VOIGT,alt; JACK BARKER,r. defence;
HARRY CONNOR, manager; JOE
HUNTLEY, stick boy: ROBERT CONNOR,l wing; JIM BARKER, r wing; ROY
FRANKLIN, MERVYN CONNOR, MAX
FRANKLIN,alt: MAC FURTNEY, l defence; KEN CONNOR, alt; LEO CONNOR,
goalkeeper; RALPH CONNOR,
centre; WILFRED CROWN, alt.
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001
13:07:19 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel Content
Centreville Schools
The 1st was a log school on
the north part of Lot 13, Conc 1, on the property of WILLARD SAGE. Public
meetings were
held here until 1830.
In Dec 1817, a meeting was
held at the request of ROBERT GOURLAY, to answer questions of settlers. PETER
TEEPLE, Justice of the Peace
presided over this meeting.
In July 1827, a Sunday School
was started in another small school across from the West Oxford Church, by
WILLARD
SCOTT. LYDIA PIPER memorized
the highest # of bible verses.
Other pupils' were GALLOWAY,
JANES, SAGES and WOOD. MR.RUFUS FOSTER was an early teacher.
Trustees were WILLARD SAGE,
WILIAM REYNOLDS and HENRY CARROLL. Pupils were LOUISA CARROLL,
JUSTUS REYNOLDS, ABIGAIL
FOSTER, WILLIAM GALLOWAY, ZACHARIAH and JAMES SAGE, HORACE
FOSTER, 4 McCARTNEYS, LYDIA
PIPER, FANNY NICHOLS, PHOEBE and DANIEL CURTIS, FRED and AVERY
SCRANLLING, EBENEZER
GALLOWAY, ENOCH and MARY SAGE.
A school was built on Lot 15,
B.F. Concession. Land for the 1st school was acquired from MR. and MRS. DAVID
DOTY
in 1843, and for a second
school at the same location from ROBERT WILLIAMSON in 1878.
A MISS PATTERSON was the 1st
teacher in the 2nd school.
Trustees at the time were;
THOMAS HEENEY, ROBERT WILLIAMSON, JOHN NICHOLS, ARCH. PARK and JAMES
NICHOLS. COZA SKUSE, whose
father farmed Lot 13, con 1, was a pupil in the 1890's and later taught there
from
1901-1904. MR. LEONARD CAFFYN
taught in the school in 1935.
Teachers were: MISS WAITE, a
relative of ELISHA HALL, taught in 1864-65; MISS MAGGIE ROSS, later MRS. HALL,
taught from 1866-69; and her
borther JOHN ROSS, substituted. MISS M. McMULKIN, MISS GERTIE SMITH,
MISS ALBERTA McCONNELL, MISS
H. DYKE and MISS HELEN ALEXANDER taught in the old school. MISS
PATTERSON, MISS ELIZA
McKELLAR, MISS HELEN CHOATE, MISS HOCKEY and MISS ARCHIBALD were
teachers in the 2nd school,
prior to 1900.
CENTREVILLE SCHOOL- CLASS OF
1905
MISS ROSS, teacher; MYRTLE
JENVEY, VERA UREN, NORA UREN, SADIE BAILEY, GLADYS UREN, FLO
CHATTERSON, WINNIE JENVEY,
JOE BLANCHER, JOHN MINIER, BEVERLEY BLANCHER, GEORGE CURRIE,
FRED WILLIAMSON, FRED
LAZENBY, WILL BAILEY, WILL LAZENBY, CLARENCE CUTHBERT, EMERSON TITUS,
EARL JENEY, JESSIE
CHATTERSON, MAGGIE CHATTERSON, PHOEBE BLANCHER, MAY MINIER, ELMER
HEENEY and SAM TITUS.
From 1890 to 1094 MR JAMES
CURRIE was secretary of the school board, MISSES AGNES CURRIE, DELLA NIGH,
LENA FEATHERSTONE, ROBINA
HEENEY, COZA SKUSE and RUBY COBBAN were teachers.
After 1905, MISS ROSS, MISS
DUNDASS, MISS CODY, MISS CANNY, MISS LOUCKS, MISS WHITMORE, MR
HARE, MISS COLDWELL, MRS
JOHNSTON, MISS MacDONALD and MR. C. DUNN. CENTREVILLE SCHOOL-1926
VIOLA FRANKLIN, CECIL
NADALIN, VERA JENVEY, MARJORIE LASENBY, STELLA CONNOR, TINA STATES,
CECIL CONNOR, EDNA BERDAN,
JOHN NEILSON, DOROTHY MORRIS, MARTHA BERDAN, IVA BIDDLE,
RAYMOND CONNOR, JOHN NADALIN,
RITA NICHOLS, HARRY FELLOWS, HELEN NICHOLS, MARGARET
NICHOLS, HOWARD JOHNSTON,
JACK MORRIS, JACK KIMBERLY, GORDON STATES
and MARIAN JENVEY
There is a picture of people
at the NICHOLS [mentioned yesterday]. A hunting party: SAM TITUS, GAIL GERMAN,
MABEL CLARK, JACK NICHOLS,
SPURGEON POOLE, FRANK ELLIOTT, GEORGE NICHOLS, GERTIE
NICHOLS, ?? SMITH, BILL BULL,
ALMOND ALMOS, ASHTON WILLIAMSON, CHARLES ALMAS, ROY GALLOWAY
and HARRY SAGE.
[Next will be PIPERS CORNERS:
]
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001
12:10:20 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
PIPER'S CORNERS:
JOEL PIPER, a United Empire
Loyalist from Massachusetts, came with THOMAS INGERSOLL'S party of settlers to
OXFORD UPON THE THAMES in
1793. He settled on lot 12, Conc 2, one mile south of the Old Stage Road on the
east
side of the North and South
trail. The community which developed here was named after him. On Tremaine's
map of
1857, there are PIPERS on
three of the four corners.
The MABEE family occupied the
southwest corner, Lot 13, Con 2, as they had ever since SIMON MABEE, a fellow
U.E.L. from Massachusetts,
had arrived from Norfolk County, in the early 1800's.
The PIPERS were prominent
citizens in the area to which they gave their name. JOEL, the pioneer, was an
Ensign in the
Army in the War of 1812, an
assessor for Oxford in 1813, and a Charter member of the King Hiram Lodge,
Masonic
Order. He supported the
Methodist Church, he served the West Oxford Chapel as a Trustee, and member of
the
Cemetery Board, until his
eldest son ISAAC, succeeded him on his death in 1858.
In 1867, his youngest son,
JOSEPH was a member of a committee of the West Oxford Church. On the 1876 map,
some
PIPERS are still landowners
at the corners; but on the 1896 map the name has disappeared.
MR. SIMON MABEE played a
vital role in the development of Piper's Corners. It was on the north east
section of his
property that the 1st Baptist
Church in Oxford was established, and the Piper's School was built. Towards the
south end
of his farm, he constructed a
dam and pond, and built a grist mill for the early farmers. The impressive
stone house that
he erected with the date 1808
inscribed above the doorway is still standing, and is now {late 1970's}
occupied by its
present owners, MR. and MRS.
MURRAY BUDD.
THE PIPER'S CORNERS BAPTIST
CHURCH:
Was the 1st Baptist church in
Oxford County. In July 1808 PETER TEEPLE, SIMON MABEE, ZACHARIAH BURTCH,
DEBORAH SALES, ABIGAIL BURTCH
and ELIZABETH SCOTT met at the home of PETER TEEPLE to come under
each other's watch-care.
In 1809 they organized the
Church. Mettings were held in the homes of the members. In Feb. 1841, ELDER
MABEE
offered 11/2 acres on the
northeast corner of his farm for a church and cemetery. It was located just
south of the school
with the cemetery at the rear
of the church and school.
[IF YOU ARE MISSING ANCESTORS
THIS MAY BE WHY.]
this cemetery became
neglected and when owned the farm he allowed his cattle to pasture there. The
markers, which
were numerous, were broken
and he gathered them up and put them in the fence corner near the cemetery
around 1890
to 1900. They remained there
for some years, then he made a nice smooth marble walk from the house to the
barn with
these tombstones.
There was another Baptist
Church in the Harris St. Cemetery and in the late 1860, the two churches united
and
then built in Ingersoll. As
far as it is known, no bodies were removed from either of these pioneer
cemeteries.
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001
22:52:09 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel-Piper's
The first Methodist Church
was built in 1856 on 1/8 of an acre on the same section of land as the Baptist
Church; the
Northeast section of Lot 13,
Con 2. Misters SAGE, CURTIS, HALL, JANES, HENNER and DYGGERT were the
Trustees. Its' cemetery was a
mile to the west, on the north side of the road. After many years, the marble
tombstones
were piled in the fence
corners and then buried under plough depth by the owner at the time.
SIMON MABEE built the Grist
mill to serve the settlers.
This mill continued in
operation for many years. MR. ERNEST MABEE a great-grandson told MISS HATTIE
MABEE of
Ingersoll, about its
operation. MR. AMBROSE FRENCH owned the property after 1885. MR. JOSEPH COUCH
purchased the farm from his
uncle, MR. FRENCH.
Immediately to the west of
the entrance to the Mabee farm, the GALLOWAY pioneer cheese factory was founded
by
GEORGE GALLOWAY, in 1866.
This was lot 14, Con 2. MR. ERNEST CLIFTON {later REVEREND} recalled
transporting milk there. A
MR. DICK CHENOWETH took his milk there on the 1st Dominion Day, with a flag
proudly
fastened to a staff on the
wagon. The Galloway enterprise flourished until 1899. GEORGE MAYBERRY was an
apprentice at the Pipers
blacksmith shop. He returned to Salford and opened his own shop. The last owner
of the
smithy was SOLON MARTIN COOK,
of lot 9 Con 2, a grandson of U.E.L. settlers, MANSON and MARY {WHIPPLE}
COOK. He later ran a
blacksmith shop at Centreville.
The DYGGERT family, of United
Empire Loyalist origin from New York state, lived east of Piper's on Lot 9.
Their farm
bordered the sideroad. For
many years the road was called the Dyggert sideroad. The DYGGERTS are ancestors
of the
FOLDEN family, founders of
the village of Folden's.
The THORNTONS on the 3rd farm
east of the corner, lot 10, were early settlers.
REUBEN JANES, a farmer at
Piper's became an early school inspector around 1870. His father, HEMAN JANES,
was
an early settler, and a tax
collector in 1825.
WILLIAM REYNOLDS, was a
teacher at a very early log school, possibly at Lot 7, Con. 1, near MARTIN'S
tavern. he
later took up land on the
corner farm, the west part of lot 14, Con 2, right next to the Galloway Cheese
factory farm. The
creek that furnished the
water power for the various mills was named for him. His geatest claim to fame
is probalby that
he lived to be 100 years old
and is buried with his three wives in the West Oxford Cemetery
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001
11:31:21 -0400 : [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
In 1834 the first log school
was erected a mile south of Piper's Corners at what was known as BURTCH'S
Corners. The
land was bought from JACOB
WHITING, lot 12 Con 3, on the east side of the north south trail.
The Second school was built
in 1856 by MR. CHRISTOPHER. The land was obtained from WALTER BISHOP MABEE,
the son of the pioneer SIMON
MABEE. JOSEPH PIPER made the desks.
A MR. TOPPING, a farmer in
the area, planted trees aroun the school about 1870.
In 1885, the school borrowed
money to buy on half acre of land for a playground from AMBROSE FRENCH, who had
bought MR. WALTER B. MABEE'S
farm.
MR. JAMES MILLINGTON taught
in 1904; A MISS McLEOD after him then a MISS TOWLE MISS McCORQUODALE in
1910, MISS BEATTIE and a MR.
BOWES. MRS. CARL McINTYRE taught in the school in 1921. E.P. MILLER, J.P.
LEGG, M.E.STEWART, JEAN
ARMOUR {Who wrote a history of the school}, JEAN BROWN, W. VINING, P.
SUTHERLAND, KATHLEEN
BUDD{later MRS. BRUCE HUTCHESON}, MARJORIE GILLESPIE, MRS. LaBELLE
PHINN. PIPER'S SCHOOL about
1910 FRED SCOTT, EVELYN POST, JESSIE POST, IRMA BARTON, EDITH
WOOD, IRENE BATTEN, HAZEL
BATTEN, ANN THORNTON, LILY WILKIE, CLARENCE SAGE, CARL McINTYRE,
MAY SCOTT, ROYAL COOK, VIOLET
GOODWILL, ROSS McINTYRE, PEARL COUCH, HARRY SCOTT, HARRY
RUCKLE, HARLEY BARTON, HAROLD
SAGE, JIM WOOD, ROY COUCH, GEORGE SCOTT, ALBERT FINLAY,
ALBERT BATTEN, EMERSON SCOTT
and Teacher, MISS McCORQUODALE
PIPER'S CORNERS' SCHOOL
1925-26
DOROTHY WHATLEY, MARGARET
FRALEIGH, GRACE WHATLEY, HILDA BRINK, MAX ALMAS, LORNE
CRAWFORD, GORDON POST, ROY
WHATLEY, LLOYD BLANCHER, DORA CRAWFORD, ELEANOR POST,
DOROTHY BUDD, BERT WHATLEY,
MURRAY BUDD, JACK HASKETT, HAROLD COUCH, PEARL COUCH,
KATHLEEN BUDD, GERALDINE
BUDD, MAISIE DAWDRY, ? DAWDRY, CECIL COUCH, FRED FRALEIGH, ROY
CRAWFORD, ? DAWDRY, and
TEACHER MISS GLENNA THORNTON.
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001
08:59:57 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
FOLDENS The village of
Foldens had its earliest beginnings in 1803. The HON. ROBERT HAMILTON acquired
from the
Crown what is now Lot 12, Con
3, just northeast of the village corner.The old log road, crossed the northern
portion of
this lot about 1/2 mile from
the present village. In 1873, 21 acres in the SW portion of this lot was
purchased by JOHN
DAVIS. This portion became
the first part of the centre prtion of the village to be settled. MR. DAVIS
gradually sold off
parts for school grounds,
cheese factory and homes.
In 1804, ROBERT HAMILTON
acquired from the Crown the 200 acres of Lot 12, Con 4. This was eventually
broken up
into several lots . In the
same year he acquired the 200 acres of lot 13, Con 4. In 1856, MR. HAMLTON gave
a life lease
for the north half of this
lot 13, 100 acres, to FRANKLIN FOLDEN SR. FRANKLIN FOLDEN SR. emigrated from
Ireland
at that time. His name came
to be applied to this village soon after 1866. It appears from the registry
office records that
FRANKLIN FOLDEN SR. leased
his farm to BENJAMIN THORNTON and moved to another farm which later was
occupied by the RAWLINGS
family. This 2nd FOLDEN home was a mile west of the main corner of the present
village.
The first Methodist church
was built on the present site of Folden's United Church, in 1866. It was
constructed on a
parcel of lant 50' by 60'
leased by FRANKLIN FOLDEN SR. and BENJAMIN THORNTON. FRANKLIN FOLDEN JR.
relocated to the original
Folden farm then sold it to JOSEPH BARNETT.
In 1906 the BARNETTS sold it
back FRANKLIN JR. and he moved his family back. His oldest son, RALPH, who was
born on the RAWLING farm, Lot
15, Con 3 passed away in 1975. His son LAWRENCE {LAURIE}, the only surviving
male member of the Folden
family resided on the family farm. Lot 13, Con 3 of West Oxford which makes up
the 4th
corner of the village was
acquired by DAVID PRICE from the Crown in 1837. He, in turn, sold several lots
in the north
half. One of the 1st was
pruchased by ALMOND ALMAS, the 1st blacksmith and mail carrier. He lived close
to the
corner a mile north of the
village known then as BURTCH'S Corners. The south half was evenually purchased
in 1873
by JOHN DAVIS. Upon his
death, his son ROY, inherited the Davis farm .
The first Methodist Minister
was REV. LEWIS WARNER of the Ingersoll circuit, who travelled on horse back.
WILLIAM RIVERS would bring
people from "The Pines". The 1st Trustee Board were: REV. WARNER;
Chairman,
HEZEKIAH C. WILSON;
Secretary-Treasurer,JOHN R. WAITE; GEORGE GALLOWAY; WILLIAM LOWES; WILLIAM
RIVERS; ENOCH SAGE; FRANKLIN
FOLDEN SR. and RA. JANES.
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001
18:21:29 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
In 1903 the original lot that
the Church was on was enlarged when JOSEPH BARNETT sold 1/3 of an acre to the
Trustees. In 1911 the
original Methodist Church was replaced.
The Building Committee were:
WILLIAM PULLIN, JOHN SHELTON JR. and CHARLIE W. BUDD.
The finance committee were: GEORGE
SHELTON, FRANKLIN FOLDEN JR. and RICHARD WILSON.
The new church was built by
ADAM OLIVER.
Corner stones were laid by;
M.S. SCHELL, former M.P.; LT-COL. T.R. MAYBERRY, M.P.P.; WALTER PULLIN,
Woodstock; JOHN SHELTON SR.,
Ingersoll and MRS. W.B. SAGE of Foldens. WALTER PULLIN, a pioneer resident of
Oxford County, came in 1873
to Foldens. He was born in England in 1834.
The stained glass windows
were presented in the memories of DAVID OSMOND, ENOCH SAGE{donated by his sons
ALBERT and EMERSON}, MRS.
FRANKLIN FOLDEN{donated by her son FRAKLIN JR.}, DR. J. ROGERS{of
Ingersoll}, MR. AND MRS.
WILLIAM RIVERS{by WALBURN and ELSIE}, one donated by the West Oxford Council,
GEORGE J.
COOK, HENRY MERRILL, MARTIN
WILLIAMS, HENRY SEALEY, JAMES PULLIN and BYRON JENVEY, One
donated by DR. RALPH
WILLIAMS{of Ingersoll} One by MRS. J. MARTIN in memory of her 2 daughters, MRS.
ROBERT G.
ANDERSON and MRS. RICHARD H.
WILSON. One in memory of LELA, daughter of REV. and MRS. DRAPER One in
memory of MRS. STEPHEN HILL
Two members have entered the ministry: WILLIAM COMFORT SAGE, son of MR. and
MRS. ALLEN SAGE and ERNEST S.
CLIFTON, son of MR. and MRS. GEORGE CLIFTON. MISS JOSEPHINE
NANCEKIVELL, gave herself to
Evangelistic work.
MARION FOLDEN was the 1st
bride married in the church to MR. JAMES GUTHRIE.
THERE ARE TWO LONG LISTS OF
NAMES TO FOLLOW: Folden's Methodist Bible Class and Foldens United Sunday
School Class
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001
17:28:40 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
Folden's Methodist Bible
Class and Epworth League 1911: These names are in no order, I would suggest
using your Find
Feature: EARL SHUTTLEWORTH,
ALBERT BUDD, NICK SHUTTLEWORTH, GEORGE MANZER, WILBUR BUDD,
WILLIAM FOSTER, WESLEY
OSMOND, RALPH FOLDEN, ELIZABETH{BABE} SHUTTLEWORTH, EDITH BUDD,
CHARLES HOYLE, MRS C. HOYLE,
MRS. CHARLES BUDD, MARY OSMOND, WILL ATKINSON, EDNA OSMOND,
MARION FOLDEN, HENRY BARNETT,
MRS. H. BARNETT, MRS F. MYRON RUTHERFORD, MRS. M.
RUTHERFORD, REUBEN
NANCEKIVELL, JOHN LAWLER, MAUDE OSMOND, HEMAN THORNTON, MRS.
MUNNS, WILLIAM
HASKETT, MRS. W. HASKETT,
MARY HARRIS, MRS. J. WILSON, JOSEPH WILSON, VERA THORNTON, TILLY
SANDERSON, EVA LEWIS, EDITH
HILL, MAY THOMAS, MRS. CHARLES HILL, JOSEPH BARRETT, MRS. E.
PHILLIPS, EDWARD PHILLIPS,
MRS. J LAWLER, FRANKLIN FOLDEN, LESLIE PULLIN.
Folden's United Sunday
School, May 1966 JEFFREY ALLIN, RUSSELL SHELTON, JILL TOWN, LECIA ALLIN, EVAN
MEEK, NANCY WILSON, LORI
WILSON, MARY BARNETT, ANN BARNETT, KATHY SOMERS, VERNA WILSON,
BRIAN SOMERS, DAVID MAYBERRY,
IVAN BARNETT, MAX KIRBY, ANN MAYBERRY, DARLENE VANDERHEIDE,
JANIS KIRBY, BERTHA
VANDERHEIDE, DONNA SINDEN, RUTH WISEMAN, DOROTHY CLIFTON, MRS. R.
CLIFTON, LOREEN WILSON,
LESLIE CUTHBERT, ROBERT MAYBERRY, WILLIAM JELLOUS, VERA BOND,
EDWARD WISEMAN, MITCHELL
KIRBY, MARLENE DORLAND, MARIE SINDEN, JANE MAYBERRY, MRS. D.
BARNETT, MRS. G. MAYBERRY,
MRS A. SHELTON, BERTRAM SOMERS, LEONARD REEVES, L.D. SOMERS,
WILLIAM MAYBERRY, JOHN
CUTHBERT, THOMAS MAYBERRY, JAMES SOMERS and MR. and MRS. D.
ALLIN
I included these names from
1966 because I thought it might help people find some extended family in the
area.
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001
14:24:45 -Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
The Baptist Church: In the
late 1870's people were interested in having a church nearer than Piper's or
Beachville. For
the sum of $1 a church site
was purchased from ROBERT A. POOLE. A committee of 3, THOMAS POOLE, JAMES
JARVIS JR. and JOHN DAVIS,
secured this property. Material from the torn-down Piper's church was used. The
church
was built by a Baptist
member, MR. BENT, assisted by C.W. ALMAS and JOHN DAVIS. It was erected in
1878.
Some of the early Foldens
Baptist members
were the POOLE, DAVIS,
JARVIS, BRAGG, BROWN, BARNETT, ALMAS and PULLIN families.
In 1966 the family names
were; WILLIAM RIVERS; JAMES SOMERS; ROBERT MAYBERRY; DAVID MAYBERRY; M.
SOMERS; B SOMERS; WILLIAM
JOHNSON, DOALD ALLIN, WALL, GEORGE WITTY; O. BOND; S. ALLIN; V.
CUTHBERT; A. MEEK; W.W. BUDD,
TOWN; R. FOLDEN; N. DORLAND; D. BARNETT; WILSON; R. CLIFTON; H.
WISEMAN; D. BROWN; E.
MERRILL, CHARLES SHELTON; A. BOND; H. SINDEN; G. HOWARD; WILLIAM
SHERWOOD; ROBERT HUTCHISON;
G. MAYBERRY, L.
SOMERS GENERAL
STORE: The General Store had
it's beginnings in 1896 when JOHN DAVIS sold 1/2 acre of land just north of the
schoolgrounds to CICERO
GAMSBY, who built and opened the first store on this lot, which included a Post
Office for
many years.
From the GAMSBY family it
passed, in succession, to J.B. and A.E. SAGE and RALPH SAGE; THOMAS POOLE;
GIFFORD POOLE; GEORGE MANZER;
FRANKLIN FOLDEN JR. and to JAMES GUTHRIE in 1920. JAMES GUTHRIE
lost the store to a fire in
1926; he then sold the property to PERCY LANGFORD, who rebuilt the store and
operated it
until
1930. He, then , sold it to
LORNE and MAE WILSON. The WLISONS sold to WILBUR and RUTH JELLOUS in 1957.
In 1969 the sote was sold to
ALLEN PELLOW, who converted it to a private residence.
ALMOND ALMAS was the first
mail delivery person, followed by OLIVER BROWN. OLIVER was the son of a famous
pioneer mother, known
affectionately among Folden residents as Grandma BROWN. The post office was
discontinued
during GEORGE MANZER'S tenure
at the store.
The first rural mail delivery
was by WALTER HARRIS, on foot.
The first blacksmith's shop
was operated by ALMOND ALMAS and later by his son CHARLES. Later it was
operated by
a MR. LEUSAW. This shop was
located north of the village. Sometime previous to 1909 OLIVER BERT HILL began
operating this shop on the
WILSON property. Soon after 1911 MR. HILL bought the shop and moved it by
himself to the
house lot he purchased from
JOHN DAVIS. In the 1950's BERT HILL razed the shop.
THE CHEESE FACTORY:
The Cheese factory was
started in 1904 when JOHN DAVIS sold 1 acre of land to THOMAS CADDY. In 1907,
JOSEPH
BARRETT bought the factory.
MR BARRETT operated the factory for about 7 years. In 1914 the farmers raised
money
by
selling shares and purchased
the factory from MR. BARRETT. The 1st trustees were FRANKLIN FOLDEN JR.;
EDMOND MEEK and GEROGE
SHELTON. JOHN JELLOUS was employed to operate the factory. When he retired
about 1940, his son WILBUR
took over. In 1946 the company sold to WILBUR JELLOUS. In 1962 he sold the factory
to
Neilsons. Neilson's sold the
factory building to ARTHUR BUDD who, for a few years used it as a museum centre
for the
storage of antique machinery.
West Oxford Stars- Football
champions 1909,1910,1911
JOE CLIFTON, ALBERT BUDD,
RALPH FOLDEN, GORDON SAGE, JIM ALMAS, BILLY SPENCE, GIFFORD POOLE,
HARLOLD COOK, NORMAN COOK,
HOWARD POOLE, GEORGE CHANEY, JIM GUTHRIE, GEORGE GUTHRIE.
Winners of the Wood Trophy,
donated by JAMES WOOD.
FOLDENS SCHOOL-1906 EDNA
POOLE, EDITH HILL, VERA THORNTON, CORA MORRIS, PHOEBE BLANCHER,
MARY HARRIS, VERA PULLEN,
GORDON BUDD, RUSSELL SAGE, CLIFFORD PHILLIPS, LESLIE PULLEN, WILL
RIVERS, JAMES MURRAY,
CLARENCE BRAGG, OSCAR WALL, EDNA BUDD, NORA BLANCHER, EDITH SAGE,
MINNIE HILL, HELENA THORNTON,
ISA SANDERSON, CLARENCE PHILLIPS, CLARENCE DAVIS, SANDY
BLANCHER, HAROLD BUTTERWORTH,
EVA THORNTON, DOROTHY PULLEN, ALICE SAGE, BELLE MURRAY,
MABEL BUDD, MYRTLE OSMOND,
MAY DAWSON, MILDRED WILSON, DORA MERRILL, JEAN RIVERS, ETHEL
PHILLIPS, GRANT MURRAY, FRANK
BUDD, RAY DAVIS, ASHTON BLANCHER, JAMES PHILLIPS, MELVIN
PHILLIPS, REG FOLDEN, ARCHIE
RIVERS, GORDON MURRAY, CHARLES BARRETT.
About 1/2 mile north of
Folden's there was a pioneer log school prior to 1858. Pupils from Piper's
Corners and
Burtch's Corners would attend
as well as the Folden children. In those days pupils were accompanied to school
by an
armed adult for fear of wild
animals. The 1st known teacher was MR. BURTON HUGILL 1883-1890 FOLDEN'S
SCHOOL 1911 EARL HILL, RUSSEL
CLIFTON, ASHTON BLANCHER, EARL MERRILL, STEWART RIVERS, EARL
ANDERSON, RALPH SAGE, MISS
IDA ROWE, VIOLA FOSTER, DOUGLAS SAGE, WILFORD HIGGS, TOMMY
MUNNS, LEONA HILL, CLIFFORD
PULLEN, FLORENCE BARNETT, ALVA ALMAS, WELBY MEYERS, HAZEL
FOSTER, JOHN BLANCHER, JEAN
BULLOCK, HOWARD PHILLIPS, IRENE PULLIN, GEORGE GOWANLOCK,
MILDRED GREGG, JAMES BARNETT,
CLARENCE DAWSON, PERCY SAGE, GERTRUDE BLANCHER.
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001
16:17:40 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
Folden's School 1920-1921
FRED SHELTON, JACK SHELTON,
IDA SOEMRS, RUBY FOSTER, ABBIE CUTHBERT, LEONA HILL, FLORENCE
WILSON, BLANCHE QUINN,
BLANCHE ALMAS, DAISY BLANCHER, EVA HIGGS, CARL HILL, WILFRED PHILLIPS,
MR. BERT SILCOX, HAROLD
BARNETT, AUBREY MEEK, LESLIE HILL, MAURICE FOSTER, BERTRAM
SOMERS, MARION CLIFTON,
MARJORIE GREGG, WINNIFRED DAVIS, MARJORIE ROBERTS, RUBY BLANCHER,
GORDON WISEMAN, FRANK
AUCHINCLAUS, GEORGE WILSON, NELLIE GIBBS, ROSE WARREN, AUDREY
AUCHINCLAUS, HILDA BRINK,
ELSIE JELLOUS, GRACE MILLARD, MORRIS COLLINS, ROY DAWSON, MAX
ALMAS, CARL MILLARD, EVA
LOSSING, MADELINE BLANCHER, EVA DAVIS, EWART DAVIS and ED LOSSING
SWEABURG:
" My first memory is the
music of the big saws at the village, as they cut through the huge timbers
brought over from what
was called THE PINES"
wrote DR. OSWALD C.J. WITHROW who was born in the village in 1878.
The 1st sawmill was built by
JOHN CARR. Other sawmills included WITHROW'S, SMITH'S and MEEK'S.
Shingle mills were operated
by residents CROLY & MANZER; FREDRICK GEE, HUGH McCALLEY and RICHARD
WADDINGTON, according to the
Oxford Gazeteer of 1862&63 the last saw mill-grist mill-cider mill built by
HENRY
SEALEY on the NW corner of
the village was burned May 11 1907.
The village was originally
named FLOODTOWN after MR. JAMES FLOOD who bought land here in 1840 from the
Canada co. Later the name was
changed to SWEABORG after a city on the Gulf of Finland which endured a long
seige during the Crimean Was.
Later the O was changed to U
and the village was known as SWEABURG.
MR. FLOOD built the 1st store
in the village and in 1857 his son HARVEY was post-master.
MR. EMERSON GARFAT was the
last operator of the Grist mill which was attached to the store. Owners of the
store
have been: MISTERS FLOOD,
SEALEY, GAMSBY, FOSTER, PULLEN, TALBOT, DIAMOND, BURTON, W. SMITH,
G.
SMITH, DUNSEITH, DAVEY,
LONGWORTH and GORDON WISEMAN.
It was at this store that MR.
WILLIAM PULLEN started his auctioneer business.
The JAMES A. CODY store was
built some time later and stood on the N.E. corner. He was the man in the
community to
go to for Wills, Deeds and
mortgages. Sold Fire Insurance, Marriage Licenses and loaned money. The store
was then
bought by MR. JAMES BASTEDO.
His clerk was MISS MARJORIE STANTON. He opened a Bowling Green behind his
store.
The members were JIM PULLEN,
J. BASTEDO, R.S. LICK, FRED WILLIAMS, CHARLES WILLIAMS, C. FOSTER,
ERNIE THORNTON and JOHN
EDWARDS.
In 1932 GORDON WISEMAN bought
the property and removed the old store and barn.
MISS HARRIET SEALEY ran
another small store which was burned with the mill.
MR. GEORGE SEALEY, a brother,
operated a barber shop on the north half of the Sealey corner lot.
Quotes from PERCY JAKEMAN'S
diary: Dec 2, 1911 - Went to Sweaburg for mail which I guess is the last time
that I will
be able to get it at the Old
Post Office. It is to be transferred to the store across the corner {the
original one} in charge of
MR. TALBOT.
Dec 3 - I bid goodbye to MISS
RUBY BARNES for she is going home this weekend and MR. J. A. CODY is moving to
London.
Dec 4 - Mail given out at MR.
TALBOT'S by HATTIE BUCHANAN, the clerk, today for the first time.
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001
12:23:18 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and the Wheel
That name that is mispelt
from yesterday is IDA SOMERS: There were two blacksmith shops in the early days
in which
woodworking was also done.
One owned by MR. HENRY SEALEY before he constructed his mill. The other was
owned
by MR. THOMPSON. Later owners
were JIM LONGWORTH, who did blacksmithing in the front and JOHNNY HEATH
who did woodworking in the
back and made sleighs and wagons.
One 24th of May{no year
given}, one of the village men bought soem gunpowder to let off and stored it
in a drawer in the
blacksmith shop. A spark flew
into the drawer and it exploded. The explosion moved the shop off its
foundation. There
was an old gentleman, MR.
JAMES MANZER, sitting in the shop and the explosion singed his beard on one
side and
also his hair. MR. MILTON
DAVEY was the last operator of this shop when it closed about 1950.
There were several carpenters
in the village; MR. WITHROW, MR. DOYLE and MR. GEROGE FOX and his son
EDWARD.
MR. FOX made furniture for
the pioneers as well as building houses and barns.
MR. WARREN COREY was a cooper
and made axe handles, barrels and wooden tubs.
MR. WILLIAM JELLOUS was a
stone mason and built many of the stone walls for barns and houses
MR. JOHN ROBLEY was the
county constable for some time and later was given a job at the Woodstock Jail.
SWEABURG CHURCHES: The 1st
Meeting House was a frame building which stood in front of the present
cemetery.
here Episcopal Methodist,
United Presbyterians and Free Will Baptists joined together to form a Union
Meeting House. In
1888 it was sold to HENRY
SEALY who moved it. Older citizens have memories of another Episcopal Church
which
stood south of Sweaburg. The
present church was 1st the Episcopal Methodist, the Methodist Church and then
the
United Church Of Canada. It
was dedicated On Oct 14, 1888. The builder was MR. JUSTUS MILLER of Mt. Elgin.
The building committee were:
GORDON COOK, FRANKLIN CODY,
WILLIAM HUGGINS, REUBEN THORNTON, PETER HUGHES and SAMUEL
HOLDEN. MR. GORDON COOK
donated the bell for this church. DR. FIELD of Woodstock was the Chariman of
the
Funds committee, he was also
the local Justice of the Peace. Some of the organists have been
GERTRUDE MILLARD, BESSIE
WOOD, MRS. LESLIE THORNTON. The organ was pumped by different young
people: CECIL WOOD, WALLACE
FOX, EMERSON GARFAT and the THORNTON brothers. The elders, during the
'50's were WILLIAM LONGWORTH,
GEORGE THORNTON, ROSS HARGREAVES and GEORGE JAKEMAN.
The 1st Ladies Aid was
started in 1899, the members were:
MRS. JOHN CUTHBERT, MRS.
GEORGE JAKEMAN,SR., MRS JOSEPH GARFAT, SR., MRS. WARREN CODY,
MRS. REUBEN LICK, MRS.
WILLIAM CLARKSON, MRS W.B. THORNTON, MRS WES LICK, MRS E.W. FOX, MRS
CHARLES McKAY and MRS.
VOLICK, the ministers wife.
Loyal Daughters, Sweaburg
Sunday School Class-1918
RACHEL PULLEN, VIOLA FOSTER,
ENID HOYLE, VERMA THORNTON, RUBY CHILTON, GLENNA THORTON
The Sweaburg Cemetary is on
land deeded in 1862 by CALVIN MARTIN.
The trustees were FRANKLIN
CODY, JOHN CARR and WILLIAM ARNOLD.
In 1920 the trustees were:
JAMES PULLIN, JAMES BASTEDO, ERNEST THORNTON, WILLIAM EDWARDS and
CHARLES FOSTER.
Forester Officers of Sweaburg
in the 1920's were: EDWARD GILBERTSON, FRANK GARFAT, CHARLES WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM CHEW, WALTER WISEMAN,
WILLIAM LONGWORTH, WILLIAM EDWARS and JAMES PULLIN.
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001
13:45:23 -Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and the Wheel
Sweaburg Schools The 1st
schooll was a small log one in the Gore between the Old Stage Road and the 3rd
Con. This
school was sold by auction to
BLEAKER THORNTON. South Sweaburg school was started in 1857. It was erected on
the property now owned by
MELVIN PULLEN, across from CAPTAIN TOM WILLIAM'S home. In 1858 the following
men
were present at the school
meeting: BENJAMIN THORNTON, JOSEPH HOWARD, WRIGHT SUDWORTH, JOHN
LONG, ADAM DODGE and BLEAKER
THORNTON. BENJAMIN THORNTON built the school. Wood was supplied by
CHILON REYNOLDS. In 1860 the
teacher was MR. JAMES WINTERBORO. On Jan 25, 1877, a special meeting was
held to choose a new school
site. It was 1st moved that the new site be on the corner of JOSEPH THORNTON'S
farm,
lot 4, con 2 of West Oxford.
An amendment was moved that the site be on the corner of REUBEN THORNTON'S
farm,
then amended again that the
site be on the corner of both farms, one acre each. The original motion was
carried.
BENJAMIN THORNTON provided
the land. R. CARR provided sand and stone J.J. PEARCE brick J. ACKERT pump J.
TODD dug the well and banked
the building A. MURRAY built a woodshed This building was later moved to Lot 1,
Con
2. SOUTH SWEABURG SCHOOL
1912:
OTOWLENE TABOUR, MARY
FALLOWFIELD, MARJORY LOUNSBURY, MILDRED LOUNSBURY, MARJORY
STANTON, CONSTANCE CUTHBERT,
CARL TABOUR, CLARENCE COVENTRY, REUBEN ARMSTRONG, FRANK
ARMSTRONG, VERA TABOUR,
KENNETH STYLES, JOHN FALLOWFIELD, NORMAN CUTHBERT, CHARLES
PULLIN, WILBUR CUTHBERT,
WILLIAM LONGWORTH, EMERSON GARFAT, LORNE COVENTRY, MELVIN
STYLES,
WALLACE CUTHBERT. NORTH
SWEABURG SCHOOL 1914 WALTER WISEMAN, ERIC BRINK, MAC CLARKSON,
IRWIN CLARK, MR. J.P. COOK,
IZET LICK, EDNA FOX, WAITIE EDWARDS, MABLE DAVIS, HAZEL FOSTER,
FRANK BRIGGS, WELLINGTON
TALBOT, WALTER PULLEN, PEARL JAMES, RUBY EDWARDS, GRACE
GODWIN, ANNIE JAMES, MARTHA
JELLOUS, GLADYS FOSTER, KARL PULLEN, WALLACE FOX, CAMERON
DeGROAT,
VERNON CORMACK, JESSIE
DOWNEY, MABEL GARNER, NELLIE BRACKENBURY, GLADYS COREY, CLARA
JAMES, VIOLA FOSTER, VELMA
THORNTON, BESSIE BASTEDO, CHARLES DOWNEY, RUSSELL MASSON,
JAMES COREY, ELMER LICK, EARL
PULLEN, GARFIELD COLE, ALEX ROBLEY, LLOYD CORMACK, CHARLES
COREY, ROSE DOWNEY, NELLIE
COLE, AMY PULLEN, BETTY GARNER, GEORGE SPICER, MILTON ROBLEY.
NORTH SWEABURG SCHOOL 1926
ILA PULLEN, EDNA PULLEN, BLANCHE FOSTER, PEARL EDWARDS,
STEWART CURRY, HOWARD
CHILTON, ALBERT FRALEIGH, GEORGE JAKEMAN, MR. ROBERT SWAN, KATE
TRACEY, MIRIAM JAKEMAN, DORIS
FOSTER, FRANCES KNAGGS, MABEL CORMACK, CALVIN DAVEY, DENNIS
READ, JAMES READ, INA
JAKEMAN, ALBERT SMITH, MABEL SMITH, GOLDY CORMACK, BARBARA
THORNTON, ALLAN DAVEY, TOM
JAKEMAN and GILBERT THORNTON.
The trustees in 1865 for
Sweaburg South School were: JOHN CARR, PETER CUTHBERT and WILLIAM ARNOLD In
1913, the trustees were
ARTHUR LONGWORTH, R.D. CUTHBERT and JAMES PULLIN
In 1936 the school held a
reunion. Over 700 residents attended. Former students arrived from Sask,
Illinios and
Michigan. HERBERT SOWERS
staged a scramble of 200 all-day suckers. GEORGE F. JANES of Ingersoll was
chairman of the
entertainment. Music was
provided by KENNETH HILL'S orchestra; a quartet: MILTON DAVEY, GILBERT SMITH,
EMERSON GARFAT and LLOYD GEE;
duet by ANNIE LONGWORTH and JEAN WILLIAMS; readings by WILIAM
GEE of Almonte, Michigan;
Songs by FRED BUCHANAN and a sketch by LLOYD GEE and EMERSON GARFAT. MR.
JAMES PULLIN wrote a poem MR
VICTOR CUTHBERT purchased this building in May 1960.
Committee in 1927 for the
Community park:
JOHN GRANT, LESLIE CURRY,
JOHN THORNTON, GEORGE CUTHBERT, FRED MILLARD and WILLIAM
LONGWORTH. Tennis Players of
Sweaburg: GORDON BASTEDO, BESSIE BASTEDO, IDA PULLIN and MARGARET
MOLLINS{ of Burgessville}
Hunt Club of 1908 AMOS EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARDS, FRANK GARFAT, BEN
THORNTON, SAM MANSER, BILL
CODY, ERNEST BARTON, JACK JELLOUS, NORMAN THRONTON, TOM
WILLIAMS, LORNE CLARKSON,
GODFREY BRAGG, JOHN ROBLEY, FRANK WISEMAN, JACK LAARTZ, GEORGE
WISEMAN, ED WISEMAN, ALF
CARR, JIM LONGWORTH and JIM PULLIN
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001
12:07:17 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
Sweaburg Rifle Association:
Winners of the SCHELL-MAYBERRY trophy 1911
F. WISEMAN, ED WISEMAN, J.
JELLOUS, WILLIAM PULLIN, G. WISEMAN, A CARR, J LONGWORTH, B
ARMSTRONG, J PULLIN, W J
CODY, ED FOX, J ROBLEY The range was on the farm of JOE NANCEKIVELL, lot 7
north west corner.
Winners of the ORSA trophy
{no year given}:
DON WISEMAN, HOWARD SHELTON,
AL HARGREAVES, JIM CHAMBERS, LES HUGHES, BOB WATT,
RON McMULLEN, JERRY SHELTON,
HAROLD BURRELL, BRUCE BURRELL.
PEEBLES: Came into existence
around 1850, about 21/2 miles south of folden's Corners and SW of Sweaburg. The
area between Sweaburg and
Peebles was covered with magnificent, towering Pines and hence was known as THE
PINES. The first name of the
hamlet was PINE GROVE, the first building was a large frame hotel call the Pine
Tree Inn
now owned by MR. JACK HANEY.
previously owned by the SERVICE family. Firsted operated by a MR. LOSSING. In
1871, the population
warranted the establishment of a Post Office and the name of the village was
changed to
PEEBLES, a royal burgh in
Scotland north of Edinburgh, as many of the original settlers were Scottish.
GEORGE COREY
was an early postmaster, also
MRS. FRED SERVICE. MR. and MRS. FRANK WISEMAN, owned the home that housed
the post office. MR OLIVER
BROWN of foldens, son of the very well-known "GRANDMA" BROWN
delivered the mail
to the
SERVICE home by horse. ERNEST
and BILL SERVICE, sons of the postmistress, built and operated a store. Other
proprietors of the Inn were
MR. JAMES DENNIS, and later his son, BEN, who also served as the community
Butcher.
Later ED WISEMAN served in
this capacity. Another General store, operated by ELIAS PALMER, was located on
the
corner of the CHARLES LEWIS
farm, now owned by JAMES SOMERS. The late DAN BARRATT and son-in-law ED
FAIRBANKS, turned up what was
apparently an early brickyard on the 6th concession. The people worshipped in a
tiny
chapel on the farm of JOHN
THOMPSON, 1st concession of Dereham.
In 1890 an unusual late
killing frost froze the hay and grain; farmer had virtually no grain to
harvest. Young men from the
community went West to find
work: eg. JAMES GROVES, JOHN PHILLIPS, CHARLES ALMAS and STEPHEN HILL. A
horse was sold to BEN DENNIS
for .75 cents. In 1873, on lot 8, con 6; property now owned by JOE MANGOLT, a
great
tragedy occurred involving a
MR. TIMOTHY TOPPING and his family.
By the early 1900's Peebles
faded into history
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001
16:41:35 -0400 Subject: [OXFORD] The Axe and The Wheel
Cook's Corners: Was located
at the intersctin of the Ingersoll and Port Burwell Plank and Gravel Road[now
Hwy 19]and
the 3rd Conc. of West Oxford.
Its name was derived from the JOSEPH COOK family who owned property on both
sided
of the concession line. The
1st land grant, lot 18, con. 3 was to ELIZABETH SCOTT in Dec 1798. This is the
farm
across the road from the
Harris St. cemetery. The farm Lot 20, Con. 3, to the west of the cemetery was
owned by
JOSEPH and LUCINDA COOK.
The 1st co-operative cheese
factory in this part of Oxford County was north of the corners on the farm of
JAMES
HARRIS, built in 1865 and
later owned by his son, JUDD C. HARRIS. JAMES HARRIS learned the art of cheese-
making from MRS. RANNEY at
Salford whose daughter, JULIA, he had married. This factory was later moved to
Thamesford. In
the 1870's a cheese factory
was built by MR. WILKINSON on the farm south of the cemetery, now owned by
FRANK
and CURRIE WAY. MR. JOHN
WILFORD made cheese in this factory from 1882 to 1884.
The 1st school was opened in
1856 on the farm of JOSEPH COOK. The 1st trustees were THOMAS HISLOP and
MOSES CLARK.
A womens group was started in
1910. A meeting was held at the home of MRS. HARLEY MAYBERRY. The president
was MRS. M.C. BELL, secretary
MRS. D.W. CLARK and treasurer MISS CARRIE WAY, MRS. B.G. JENVEY, MRS.
W.H. GREGG, MRS. W.O.
EDWARDS, MRS. R.H. MAYBERRY, MRS. J.H. NANCEKIVELL.
The JUDD HARRIS HOUSE was
built in 1871 for JAMES and JULIA HARRIS.
HARRIS STREET CEMETERY:
Believed to be established before 1812.
In 1872 a committee was
appointed to preserve the graveyard as a public cemetery: JOSEPH L. COOK, HOMER
RANNEY, RICHARD MAYBERRY
WALTER HARRIS and NICHOLAS SMITH. In 1925 MR. JOSEPH JARVIS, JOHN
BANBURY, JAMES GROVES, JOHN
W. GREGG and T.R. MAYBERRY. Other secretaries were R.H. MAYBERRY,