Compiled for Big Walnut Area Historical Society by Polly Horn


*Compiled for Big Walnut Area Historical Society by Polly Horn*
* Articles ran in The Sunbury News in the Because You Asked column Local History is a collection of facts and stories gleaned from newspapers, histories and individuals who lived the events. I have made every effort to be sure the incidents are accurate but errors do happen so please *contact me* if you have proof of errors and we will work together to correct the errors. MENU General Big Walnut Area History is followed by Townships and Villages
Assistance Needed Identification of Photos Most Recently Added to this Site Big Walnut Area History Prehistoric Glaciers Early Settlers Forests, Prairie. Bridges Community Library Also see: Community Library Ohio's 200th Display Schools Big Walnut, Center Village / Harlem, Galena, Sunbury Transportation Maps, Stagecoach, Railroad Wars American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, War on Terror Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial Outstanding Historical Figures Curtis, Ben - golfer Lane, Foster - aviator Rosecrans, William Starke - Major General Sherman, Everett - bridge builder Southworth, Billy - baseball manager Willis, Governor Frank B. - Ohio governor	Townships Berkshire Genoa Kingston Porter Trenton Villages Galena Village History Galena School Sunbury Businesses Churches Clubs and Organizations Doctors and Health Military Post Office Recreation and Sports Schools Town Hall and Village Square Weather FIRSTS: Nescafe - First Instant Coffee and Instant Food NestlesNestea - First instant tea RFD - First in the nation

Your Assistance is Needed Do you have a photo of the old Sunbury Firetruck? We would like to add it to the story of the fire department. Also looking for a photo of the jail cell which was inside the east door of the Town Hall. contact me Do You Know about the Railroad School #9, Victory Camp on Big Walnut Road or Franklin Station? We would like photos to post contact me Do you know when the Greyhound bus stopped picking up people at the Grill in Sunbury? *contact me* Still Looking for Information About the Quilt 1919 Genoa Township Quilt of Soldiers and Sailors research by Carolyn Maruggi Franklin Railroad Station in Genoa Township contributed by Florobel Lacher Looking for identification of these photos Berkshire 1894 - photo from Terry Easton Galena 7th and 8th Grades - Harold Roof Teacher Galena School Grades and Year Unknown- Harold Roof, teacher Service Station Help Us Identify These Photos East Side -postcard circa 1909 Help! 1919 Genoa Township Quilt of Soldiers and Sailors research by Carolyn Maruggi Baseball Players AND other teams? need identification Condit Cornet Band - 1890 photo from Ken Crowl Employees of Sunbury Manufacturing Company - photo from Ken Crowl Nestles Sunbury Picnic, July 4, 1921 Sunbury 1920 Basketball Team Sunbury School Photo 1923 - Photo from Don Edwards Sunbury School Primary Students about 1924 Ross Dent Road School 1907, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1925 or 26 Trenton Township Special School 1886-7 Most Recently Added Added in February 2012 American Legion Post 457 by Gene Fuller Otis Kimball Baker's Dress Uniform in the Newsletter Postcard from Farmer's Bank in 1914 - Photo from Don Edwards John W. Shultz Sales and Service - From Gene and Joan Fuller and Jane Davisool Added in March 2012 Sunbury School Primary Students about 1924 Added in May 2012 a Berkshire School c 1894 - photo from Terry Easton
Big Walnut Area History
Prehistoric:	Galena:
Glacier Boulder* Biggest Rock - ODNR Ancient Ohio Trail - Plan to travel through Ohio's ancient past Also see: Community Library Ohio's 200th Display	Bank Robbery* Baseball Team C. C. Bricker's Store Creamery* Farris Store photo from Cobb Farris Galena Bank Bank Robbery* Galena Episcopal Church by David Simmons Galena History Program - Polly Horn and The Sunbury News GALENA SCHOOL also see Schools Galena School* Galena Shale Tile and Brick Company* Promotional Ashtrays Galena United Methodist Church* I.C. Budd's Store John W. Shultz Sales and Service Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company-1909 Postcards of Galena - from Mary Lou Abell Galena Veterans Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Galena Cemetery Soldiers of the American Civil War Buried in Galena Cemetery - Compiled by Suzanne Allen Truman Beard, Civil War Soldier
Early Settlers:
Big Trees, a Blessing and Problem for Settlers* Big Walnut Residents Before 1816 by Suzanne Allen Counties in Ohio- Formation by Essa Willison Moses Byxbe's Home in Massachusetts by Carol Lew Prairie and Prairie Run* Tombstone Photos taken in Delaware County Cemeteries - site of Leona Gustafson Waterways and Covered Bridges Covered Bridge over Alum Creek at St. Rt. 37 from Judy Shumway, Marion Ackerman, Suzanne Allen
Big Walnut Area:	SUNBURY:
4-H Clubs compiled by Suzanne Allen Bands* Community Library Community Library Ohio's 200th Display Creameries - Center Village, Cheshire, Condit, Galena, Sunbury * Famous People with Big Walnut Ties First Flu Shots -1976 Girl Scout Troops Hucksters* Maps Showing Formation of Delaware County Stone Quarries*	Origin of the Name Sunbury by Carleton and Dorothy Burrer Picturesque Sunbury 1896 Letts & Whittier booklet Nicknames of Old Timers, by Bill Whitney AROUND THE SQUARE: East Side -postcard circa 1909 donated by Jo Cartright East Side of Square Between 1927 and 1954 Fires post card from Jeff Sellers East Side of the Square -1956-8 Ron Bryant Photo F.F.A. Welcomes Visitors to Sunbury Fire-East Side - 1926 * Fire North Side - 1927 * Fire East Side - 1956* North Side- East of Bank facing Sunbury Square North Side of Square- postcard owned by Don Edwards, mailed 1914 North Side of Square - Postcard of Jeff Seller North Side of Square Down Sidewalk to the East-- Postcard owned by Jeff Seller Postcards of Sunbury - from Mary Lou Abell, Jeff Sellers, and Don Edwards South Side of the Square Sunbury Cemetery- Straightening Markers - 2006 Photos by Bob Bishop BUSINESSES: Anderson's Drug Store - 1908-9 Calendar / Account Book Baker's Hy-Way Service Station tag from Red Edwards Blakely & Williams Store - incomplete Burrer Mill* Cantrell Brothers Sinclair Service Station Columbus Sreet- North from the Creamery to Square - Jeff Seller's postcard Delaware County Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance- 1929 Doctors Made House Calls* Electricity in Sunbury* Farmer's Bank Hill's Drug Store - photo from Arthur Siegesmund Hopkins House- a.k.a. Myers Inn Hy-Way Service Station Linco Service Station photo from Jeff Sellers Mary and George Richmond Antiques Myers Inn Nestlés Beverage Company* Derailed Train Missed Nestlès Plant - photos from Jane Estep Nestlés Employees, February 17, 1930 Tearing Down the Nestlés Facility Red & White Store Shaw Pharmacy on Granville Street Shaw Pharmacy on Cherry Street Sunbury Co-Operative Creamery Creamery's Dray Looking North from the Creamery to Square Jeff Seller's Postcard Sunbury Electric Company Sunbury Elevator* Sunbury Grill Sunbury Manufacturing Company Sunbury Post Office - First Rural Free Delivery* Sunbury School also see Schools Sunbury Super Market The Sunbury News Turning of Benoy Building Townley-Main IGA Townley IGA in Big Walnut Plaza Whitney Insurance V & M Williamson - Chevrolet Sales and Service Wilcox Buggy Works* W. O. Buckingham & Sons 1905 Mortgage for horse and buggy Wheaton & Cockrell for wagon CHURCHES: Condit Presbyterian Church Sunbury Baptist Church* Demolition of the Building- 2004 Sunbury Methodist Church CLUBS: American Legion Post 457 Otis Kimball Baker's Dress Uniform Knights of Phythias Hall Remembering Girl Scouts by Polly Horn HEALTH AND WELL BEING: Doctors Made House Calls* First Flu Shots - 1976 LANDMARKS: Ohio Bicentennial Marker on Square Town Hall* Builder = Col. Granville Adolphus Frambes Cupola - Lenny Lepola Eagle Soars Over Town Hall Again Trees on Sunbury Square MILITARY Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park WW II: Conant Brothers Serve by Suzanne Allen Ohio Fallen Heroes Ohio Fallen Heroes-First Flag Ohio Fallen Heroes Monument Dedication RECREATION BASEBALL TEAMS Nestles Independent Team Sunbury Independent - 1920-21 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Sunbury* Camp Clifton* WEATHER: Snow 2010 by Lenny Lepola
Schools:
Early Schools* Annual Meetings of Voters to elect Directors of Harlem Dis. #7 1905-West Galena School 1908 Third Annual Boxwell Commencement in Genoa Township Centralized Schools CENTER VILLAGE - HARLEM; Center Village High School Became Harlem School* Annual Meetings of Voters to elect Directors of Harlem Dis. #7 GALENA SCHOOL: Galena School-Adminitration Building* 1889 Commencement * 1892 Commencement * 1898 Commencement * 1898-1948 Alumni Booklet from Red Edwards 1909 (May) Gas Bill * April 1923 Photo of Students and Faculty * from Red Edwards Galena 7th and 8th Grades - Harold Roof Teacher Galena School Grades and Year Unknown- Harold Roof, teacher 1943 Alumni Banquet * 1946 Basketball Team - photo from Cobb Farris 1948 Alumni Directory * 1957 Elementary Graduation = BWHS Class of 1961 * * Original Items Owned by Donald "Red" Edwards SUNBURY SCHOOL: Sunbury School- Harrison Street School* 1893 - 2nd Sunbury High School Alumni Banquet 1906 Commencement Invitation - Robert Domigan * 1915 Sunbury High School Annual 1916 Commencement Invitation and Program- Mary Hazel Holt and Ray L. Eley * 1919 Commencement Invitation - Forrest Wilcox 1921 Commencement Program * 1923 Sunbury School Photo Sunbury School Primary Students about 1924 1926 - First Football Team 1936 Junior - Senior Banquet Program * 1936 Musical * 1936-7 Clifton Miller's Bus #3 * 1938 Eighth Grade Operetta * 1938 FHA Banquet * 1938 Baccalaureate & Commencement * 1938 Class Memories of Betty Morris * 1939 Eighth Grade Play * 1940 Eighth Commencement * 1940 Jr. Class Play * 1941 Spring Musical * 1941 Baccalaureate & Commencement * 1942 Baccalaureate & Commencement * 1943 Senior Class Play * 1943 First Front - Junior & Seniors * 1943 Baccalaureate & Commencement * 1948 Sunbury High Football Team 1951 Graduation Invitation * * Original Items Owned by Donald "Red" Edwards Consolidated School: Big Walnut Local Schools 1950- Big Walnut High School on Baughman Street 1951-1991, then Junior High School, 1991- Middle School 1968-1991 - Big Walnut Elementary School, 1991- Hylen Souders Elementary School, 1974- Big Walnut High School, 1991- 1956 Graduation Ticket * 1957 Galena Elementary Graduation = BWHS Class of 1961 * * Original Items Owned by Donald "Red" Edwards Jim Swearingen, Ohio Magazine
Transportation:
Delaware County Maps First Cars* Franklin Railroad Station in Genoa Township contributed by Florobel Lacher Stagecoach Inns * Center Inn or Van Dorn Inn Curtiss Inn by Marian Whitney, Burrell Denune Myers Inn Railroad Advantages* Railroad Wrecks* Derailed Train Missed Nestlès Plant - photos from Jane Estep
Wars:
American Revolution American Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Big Walnut Cemeteries with photos of cemetery markers Flagholders for Soldiers of American Revolution American Revolutionary Soldiers Buried In Sunbury Soldiers in the American Revolutionary was Buried in Eastern Delaware County by Suzanne Allen 1776 Marker Placed on John Williams' Grave by Suzanne Allen War of 1812 War of 1812 Soldiers buried in Eastern Delaware County by Suzanne Allen Civil War Soldiers from Eastern Delaware County compiled by Suzanne Allen Soldiers Buried in Delaware County compiled by Polly Horn Galena Soldiers of the Civil War - Compiled by Suzanne Allen Marking Graves of Civil War Vets for Veteran's Day 2010 - in Kingston, Porter Townships Marking the Civil War Vets for Veteran's Day 2011 in Trenton Cemetery Armstrong, George by John Quist Beard, Truman, Civil War Soldier Carpenter, Thomas by John Quist Fleckner, Henry E. by John Quist Frambes, Col. Granville Adolphus by Polly Horn Haycook, George W., Civil War Soldier and Harlem Farmer by John W. Quist Haycook, Nathaniel, Civil War Soldier by John W. Quist Jones, Col. John Sills- Kavage Collection Kempton, John F. by John Quist Longwell, Dr. Albert - Civil War Doctor by Suzanne Allen Morrison, Dr. Francis W. - by John Quist Rosecrans, Major General William Starke* - learn more on Rosecransheadquarters.org Stark, Thomas E. by John Quist Thrall, Azra - the father by John Quist Thrall, Stephen - the son by John Quist 4th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Suzanne Allen 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Suzanne Allen G. A. R. Posts in Delaware County and their Namesakes George Torrence - Delaware Lawrence Myers - Sunbury Jerry Coomer - Ashley Charles Slack - Galena Joseph Tanner - Ostrander by John W. Quist Battle of Sunbury- The Myth by Richard M. Helwig Copperheads - Source of the Myth from It Happened in Delaware Facts About Myth	World War I 1919 Genoa Township Quilt of Soldiers and Sailors also includes those living from earlier wars - research by Carolyn Maruggi Austin, Raymond - namesake of American Legion Post 115 in Delaware by John W. Quist Baker, Otis Kimball World War II Billy Brooks Southworth WWII Hero- clippings Conant Brothers Serve by Suzanne Allen Fred Foster Mitchell and American Memorial Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands Dutch Man Adopts Grave - The Sunbury News, 1-4-2007 Hope Mitchell, WAAC to WAC Paul Mitchell Freezes Toes in Belgium Jack Welch Memorial Service contributed by Jo Courtright William H. Linnabary's Tags Found in Dessert World War II Marian Whitney's Scrapbook from The Sunbury News Vietnam Conflict Vietnam War Memorial - Virtual Wall includes records of each victim War on Terrorism Army SPC Anthony D. Kinslow Ohio Fallen Heroes Monument
BIG WALNUT AREA TOWNSHIPS also see Thumbnail History Sketches and Maps
Berkshire Township:	Kingston Township:
Berkshire Academy & Episcopal Church Berkshire Methodist Church, by G. D. Neilson Berkshire One Hundred Years Old-1906 by Nellie Stark Berkshire School c 1894 - photo from Terry Easton Judge Benjamin Carpenter Major Thomas Brown's Home Maps 1807 1830 1866 1866 Berkshire Corners 1866 Rome Corners 1866 Village of Galena Moses Byxbe's Home in Massachusetts by Carol Lew Proprietor's List, A-H Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Berkshire Cemetery Delaware G.A.R. Post named for Berkshire Township Native, Corporal George B. Torrence by John W. Quist West Galena School, Sub Division #6 - 1905 Teacher's (James Rose) Souvenir Booklet Also see: Community Library Ohio's 200th Display	Blue Church* Old Blue Church from June Johnson Major General William Starke Rosecrans* Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Blue Church Cemetery Marking Graves of Civil War Vets for Veteran's Day 2010 Also see: Community Library Ohio's 200th Display
Genoa Township:	Porter Township:
1919 Genoa Township Quilt of Soldiers and Sailors research by Carolyn Maruggi Coon Hunters Await Start of Season Curtiss Inn by Marian Whitney, Burrell Denune Franklin Railroad Station contributed by Florobel Lacher Genoa Township One of a Kind by Lenny Lepola - The Sunbury News 8-16-2007 Is House of Historic Significance? Map 1830 Property Taxes-1951 Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Burnside/ Bon Air Cemetery Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Curtiss/Copeland Cemetery Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Redbank Cemetery Yankee Street Covered Bridge donated by Mary Beth Berggren Also see: Community Library Ohio's 200th Display	Aviation Pioneer - Foster Lane* Chambers Road Covered Bridge* Chambers Road Covered Bridge Postcard from June Johnson Condit Cornet Band - 1890 from Ken Crowl Kingston Center Methodist Church in Olive Green from Ken Crowl Maps 1866 East Liberty 1866 Olive Green Marking Graves of Civil War Vets for Veteran's Day 2010 Mt Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church became Mt Pleasant Church - postcard from Ken Crowl photos by Polly Horn Olive Green Store and IOOF Lodge Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Stark Cemetery Also see: Community Library Ohio's 200th Display
Harlem Township:	Trenton Township:
Annual Meetings of Voters to elect Directors of Harlem School Dis. #7 Haycook, George W., Civil War Soldier and Harlem Farmer by John W. Quist Haycook, Nathaniel, Civil War Soldier by John W. Quist Hucksters* Vicki Tieche has written a wonderful history of Harlem Township which is available at Community Library Map 1866 Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Fancher Cemetery Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Harlem Cemetery Soldier of the American Revolution Buried in Hunt Cemetery Also see: Community Library Ohio's 200th Display	Camp Clifton in Trenton Township Center Inn or Van Dorn Inn Condit Cornet Band - 1890- from Ken Crowl Condit Elevator photo from Larry Lane Condit Family - see Condit Town Condit Post Office - North Condit Condit Presbyterian Church Condit Residence - postcard from Red Edwards Condit School - postcard from Ken Crowl Condit Town a painting- by Hazel Hoover Condit Family Cring's Household Balm - booklet from Red Edwards Hick's Store in North Condit Horn's Sohio Station, 1948-1963 Log Home on Ross Road Map - 1866 Perfect Family of Trenton Township by Suzanne Allen Ross - Dent Road School 1907, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1925 or 26 Sinkey School Soldier of the American Revolution Buried in Trenton Cemetery South Condit Store Vans Valley School, 1901-4 from Maxine Longshore Vans Valley School, 1926-27 from Judy Shumway Bob Hoover identification Also see: Community Library Ohio's 200th Display
Community Library Displays for Ohio's Bicentennial	Famous People with Big Walnut Ties
Displays by Margaret Arnold	Ben Curtis, golfer Billy Southworth, baseball manager* -Clippings about Billy Southworth - Southworth Photos from Doug Brookhart -Experiencing BiIlyl Southworth's Induction into the Hall of Fame, 2008 - Photos by Mark Brown Everett S. Sherman, bridge builder by David Simmons Foster Lane, aviator Governor Frank B. Willis Major General William Starke Rosecrans* Community Leaders Quiz by Carol Wirick and Ken Crowl
Prehistoric Ohio in Big Walnut - January 2003
Community Library - February 2003
Berkshire Township - March 2003
Trenton Township - April 2003
Harlem Township - May 2003
Genoa Township - July 2003
Kingston Township - September 2003	This is a work in progress. More History articles will be added as time and money permits.
Porter Township - November 2003

Other Sites with History or Photos from the Big Walnut Area BigWalnutMemory.org - Community Library site Greeting from Delaware, Ohio - Picture Postcards of Delaware County, Ohio
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