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"Looking at Carroll" Part I Page 4
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Mill Street ran northeastward to the basin of the Ohio Canal where the most of the grain trade was conducted. The old basin was also the headquarters of the state repair boat. A boat-house stood here as a shelter for the tools and the Dick Gorham, the state boat, lay up here during the winters. Mr. Gorham, for whom this boat was named, settled in this community in 1832 and for many years operated the town’s drug store.
Carroll’s flourishing grain market brought much business to the town. Mr. William Breck, a pioneer business man, built and operated the first warehouse as early as 1832. Mr. Andrew Saylor was associated with him, but in 1862 Mr. Saylor went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Nimrod S. Ebright. The firm handled about 60,000 bushels of wheat and corn annually.
Although Carroll had a population of only about 200 in those days, there were three hotels in the town to care for the transients brought in by the canal business. William Breck, a pioneer business man, built the first warehouse, started the first store and opened the first hotel. This hotel was later owned by Jim Harris, Col. Bope and John Azbell. During the time of the canal’s closing years of activity it was known as Azbell House and had a tavern in connection which was popular with the boat men. Later the ownership of this hotel passed to Mr. Azbell’s son-in-law Ellsworth Heller, and his wife Ida.
The Historical Atlas of Fairfield County, published in 1875, lists this hotel as the only tavern in town. It states also that Carroll at that time had about two hundred inhabitants, two stores, and a fine two-story brick schoolhouse. Charles Breck, who is named as the first postmaster in Greenfield township, had his office in Carroll about this time.
The first brick house in Carroll was run as a hotel by Jacob Fenstermaker and later occupied by Mrs. Jennie Fenstermaker. The third hotel, on Canal Street, was operated by Thomas Manley, whose children wer Bob, Eddie, Adaline and Katherine (Kit), Luella (Lue) and Frank. This hotel was later operated by Elijah Winter, father of Meas Winter, for seventeen years Carroll’s postmaster. Of Elijah’s family of nine children, the only one now living is a daughter, Cora, who married Frank E. Wilson, brother of Mrs. Joseph Gundy.
Mrs. Wilson, now living in North Hollywood, California, recalls that the hotel was owned by Mother Daughterman at the time they lived there. She also recalls that the canal afforded the young people many pleasant experiences, such as, fishing and boat riding in the summer and ice skating in winter. During the winter when the canal was frozen over, the state repair boat stayed in the canal at the center of town. She remembers a family by the name Richardson who lived in the boat, and who were kind enough to allow the skaters to come inside the boat to get warm.
In 1880, when Cora Winter was five years old, there was a typhoid epidemic in the town. Her mother was living at that time in the home of Dr. Nau. a widower, and her mother kept house for him. Across the street lived Dr. Aldred, whose daughter, Emma, was Cora’s friend and playmate. Emma’s brother, Meredith, and Cora’s brother George, succumbed to the disease and the two girls barely survived.
Mill Street ran northeastward to the basin of the Ohio Canal where the most of the grain trade was conducted. The old basin was also the headquarters of the state repair boat. A boat-house stood here as a shelter for the tools and the Dick Gorham, the state boat, lay up here during the winters. Mr. Gorham, for whom this boat was named, settled in this community in 1832 and for many years operated the town’s drug store.
Carroll’s flourishing grain market brought much business to the town. Mr. William Breck, a pioneer business man, built and operated the first warehouse as early as 1832. Mr. Andrew Saylor was associated with him, but in 1862 Mr. Saylor went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Nimrod S. Ebright. The firm handled about 60,000 bushels of wheat and corn annually.
Although Carroll had a population of only about 200 in those days, there were three hotels in the town to care for the transients brought in by the canal business. William Breck, a pioneer business man, built the first warehouse, started the first store and opened the first hotel. This hotel was later owned by Jim Harris, Col. Bope and John Azbell. During the time of the canal’s closing years of activity it was known as Azbell House and had a tavern in connection which was popular with the boat men. Later the ownership of this hotel passed to Mr. Azbell’s son-in-law Ellsworth Heller, and his wife Ida.
The Historical Atlas of Fairfield County, published in 1875, lists this hotel as the only tavern in town. It states also that Carroll at that time had about two hundred inhabitants, two stores, and a fine two-story brick schoolhouse. Charles Breck, who is named as the first postmaster in Greenfield township, had his office in Carroll about this time.
The first brick house in Carroll was run as a hotel by Jacob Fenstermaker and later occupied by Mrs. Jennie Fenstermaker. The third hotel, on Canal Street, was operated by Thomas Manley, whose children wer Bob, Eddie, Adaline and Katherine (Kit), Luella (Lue) and Frank. This hotel was later operated by Elijah Winter, father of Meas Winter, for seventeen years Carroll’s postmaster. Of Elijah’s family of nine children, the only one now living is a daughter, Cora, who married Frank E. Wilson, brother of Mrs. Joseph Gundy.
Mrs. Wilson, now living in North Hollywood, California, recalls that the hotel was owned by Mother Daughterman at the time they lived there. She also recalls that the canal afforded the young people many pleasant experiences, such as, fishing and boat riding in the summer and ice skating in winter. During the winter when the canal was frozen over, the state repair boat stayed in the canal at the center of town. She remembers a family by the name Richardson who lived in the boat, and who were kind enough to allow the skaters to come inside the boat to get warm.
In 1880, when Cora Winter was five years old, there was a typhoid epidemic in the town. Her mother was living at that time in the home of Dr. Nau. a widower, and her mother kept house for him. Across the street lived Dr. Aldred, whose daughter, Emma, was Cora’s friend and playmate. Emma’s brother, Meredith, and Cora’s brother George, succumbed to the disease and the two girls barely survived.