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"Looking at Carroll" Part II Page 10
Page 10
At the corner of Center and Market Streets, facing the park, was the home of Andrew Saylor and his wife Elizabeth Ebright Saylor. Their five children were: daughters Electa, Estelle, and Carrie, and sons Bruce and Hugh. The Ebrights and the Saylors were both early settlers in Carroll. Mrs Saylor told me many stories about the town as she remembered it in the early days, when it was almost completely surrounded by woods. Mrs. Saylor died at 84 in 1912, so her memories extended back to the town’s earliest days. One of her stories was about the first coal oil lamp in Carroll, which she owned. It was goblet shape and size, and was a great curiosity. When she lighted it, all her family and neighbors who had gathered for this important occasion left the room and watched through an open window.
The Saylor home has now been converted into a double. The man who built this house also built our Greenfield Township and Fairfield County Courthouse, I was always told by Mrs. Saylor.
My memory goes back to the old lamp lighters who were so faithful in lighting the gas street lamps. To the children who followed them on their rounds, they were looked upon as very important men. Robert Wiley, Joe Uhl, Thaddeus Wade, John Webb, and later Charles Ell and his son Thornton were lamplighters over the years. Last, but by no means least, was Richard (Dickey) Williams who was a faithful one. He also carried the mail and hauled the freight from the Hocking Valley depot.
I have always loved the old song, “Brighten the Corner Where You Are” and many times it has made me think of these lamp lighters as they went on their rounds. When the Scioto Valley Traction Company was built and operated in 1904 we were happy to have electricity to light our streets. Then our lights really did shine brightly to give joy to friends and neighbors. All of us felt grateful to the great genius Thomas A. Edison who made this miracle possible.
Carroll has always been fortunate in having good doctors. Dr. John H. Nau was here as early as 1846. His wife was Alice Brobst of Marcy and their home was a wedding gift to the bride from her father, David Brobst, a well-to-do merchant of Marcy. Dr. John Nau and his wife Alice both contracted tuberculosis and passed away within the same year. His brother, Dr. J. G. Nau, who graduated from medical school at this time, moved into the house and took over the practice. His wife, Katie Courtright, sister of the late George Courtright, lived only a couple of years. Five years later he married Miss Sadie Brunner and built the house now owned by Bill and Mildred Ridgway, our popular hardware merchants.
Dr. Adam T. Aldred and his wife, Hesse Ebright Aldred, were also here in the early days. They lived in the house later remodeled by his son-in-law, Jesse Kindler, and the doctor’s office was a small building next door on the alley,
The Saylor home has now been converted into a double. The man who built this house also built our Greenfield Township and Fairfield County Courthouse, I was always told by Mrs. Saylor.
My memory goes back to the old lamp lighters who were so faithful in lighting the gas street lamps. To the children who followed them on their rounds, they were looked upon as very important men. Robert Wiley, Joe Uhl, Thaddeus Wade, John Webb, and later Charles Ell and his son Thornton were lamplighters over the years. Last, but by no means least, was Richard (Dickey) Williams who was a faithful one. He also carried the mail and hauled the freight from the Hocking Valley depot.
I have always loved the old song, “Brighten the Corner Where You Are” and many times it has made me think of these lamp lighters as they went on their rounds. When the Scioto Valley Traction Company was built and operated in 1904 we were happy to have electricity to light our streets. Then our lights really did shine brightly to give joy to friends and neighbors. All of us felt grateful to the great genius Thomas A. Edison who made this miracle possible.
Carroll has always been fortunate in having good doctors. Dr. John H. Nau was here as early as 1846. His wife was Alice Brobst of Marcy and their home was a wedding gift to the bride from her father, David Brobst, a well-to-do merchant of Marcy. Dr. John Nau and his wife Alice both contracted tuberculosis and passed away within the same year. His brother, Dr. J. G. Nau, who graduated from medical school at this time, moved into the house and took over the practice. His wife, Katie Courtright, sister of the late George Courtright, lived only a couple of years. Five years later he married Miss Sadie Brunner and built the house now owned by Bill and Mildred Ridgway, our popular hardware merchants.
Dr. Adam T. Aldred and his wife, Hesse Ebright Aldred, were also here in the early days. They lived in the house later remodeled by his son-in-law, Jesse Kindler, and the doctor’s office was a small building next door on the alley,
