Xenia and Greene County Ohio Chronology

The chronology of Xenia and Greene County Ohio.

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1606

The first of several land grants is given to the State of Virginia by England's King James which will later become the Northwest Territories. (Galloway, William, "First Dwellers in Greene County", 1931)

1734

Frontiersman Daniel Boone is born near Reading, PA.

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1749

George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley.

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1750

James Galloway Sr, an early settler and a leading citizen of Xenia OH, is born in Pennsylvania. He fought in the Revolutionary War with General Roger Clark and was regarded by contemporaries much like Daniel Boone.

1754

(date speculative) Marmaduke Van Swearingen (later Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket) is born.

1755

Frontiersman Simon Kenton is born, the seventh of nine children, son of Mark Kenton Sr and the former Mary Miller.

1758

John Paul, the designated founder of Xenia (Ohio), is born in Germantown PA. (Prindle, Eric, "Xenia -- From A Hole In The Rock, 12/7/1978)

1759

Wilbur Wilberforce, England, crusader against slavery, namesake of Wilberforce University in Greene County OH, is born in England.

Rebecca Junkin, first wife of Xenia's early settler James Galloway Sr, is born.

1768

(date speculative) Tecumseh, the second son of Shawnee War Chief Pucksinwah, is born in March under a comet.

James Towler, Xenia Ohio's first postmaster, is born. (XDG, 9/16/1982)

1769

As of 2790 applications are filed at Fort Pitt for Shawnee land in Kentucky ceded to the whites by the Iroquois Confederacy as a result of the Fort Stanwix treaty of 1768.

Frontiersman Daniel Boone first began to explore the present-day Bluegrass State of Kentucky.

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1771

(date speculative) Tecumseh's mother, Methotasa, gives birth to triplets, the first in Shawnee history. One of the triplets dies at birth. (Ref 61 gives the birth date as the winter of 1774-5)

(date approximate) Simon Kenton and William Leachman get into a fist fight over a girl. Thinking he killed Leachman, Kenton leaves Virginia for Kentucky and uses the alias Simon Butler.

Marmaduke Van Swearingen and his brother Charley are captured by a Shawnee hunting party. Charley is released. Marmaduke goes with the Shawnee to be adopted. He is already given his Shawnee name: Blue Jacket.

At Kispoko Town (2-3 miles downstream from present Circleville OH) Marmaduke Van Swearingen falls 50 yards short of completing a quarter mile long gauntlet, his designated task prior to being adopted by the Shawnee. However, he had travelled much further than the Shawnee had anticipated. He would be adopted.

Marmaduke Van Swearingen is adopted into the Shawnee War clan as Blue Jacket and son of the war chief Pucksinwah.

1774

James Collier, one of the three founders of Xenia Township (Ohio), is born.

Daniel Greathouse slaughters friendly Shawnee Chief Logan and his family at Baker's Bottom near Yellow Creek.

Virginia's Governor Dunmore departs for the Ohio Valley in an expedition against the Shawnees, beginning Dunmore's War. He reached the Ohio River with about 1,300 men in early October.

(day speculative) Simon Kenton starts out on his first raid across the Ohio River into Indian territory.

Colonel Andrew Lewis defeats the Shawnees under Chief Cornstalk at the Battle of Point Pleasant (now in West Virginia).

Pucksinwah, the adopted father of Blue Jacket, dies in battle against white settlers near modern Wheeling, WV in what has come to be called Lord Dunmore's War.

The Treaty of Camp Charlotte, in which Cornstalk recognizes Virginia's claims to the upper Ohio River valley, is signed, ending Dunmore's War.

1775

Daniel Boone leaves Detroit to blaze Wilderness Road from Virginia to Kentucky and to the Ohio River.

1777

The first militia of Kentucky is organized under General George Rogers Clark, with Daniel Boone, James Harrod and John Todd captains and Silas Harlan, Samuel Moore, Benjamin Lynn, Thomas Brooks and Simon Kenton as spies.

A large Shawnee war party under Black Fish hits Harrodsburg KY.

Shawnee under Black Fish attack Boonesborough KY. Daniel Boone suffers a broken ankle and Simon Kenton carries him to safety.

James Gowdy, the first merchant in Xenia Ohio (ca Fall 1805), is born.

Shawnee under Black Fish attack Boonesborough KY again. Daniel Boone is present, but injured. This is Simon Kenton's first hand-to-hand battle with Indians.

(day speculative) Colonel Bowman arrives in Boonesboro KY from Williamsburg VA with reinforcements that had been promised six months earlier.

Shawnee Chief Cornstalk, his son Elinipsico and a village sub chief named Red Hawk are taken prisoner and subsequently murdered at Fort Randolf, KY while under a flag of truce.

1778

Daniel Boone is captured (almost by mistake) by Shawnee Blue Jacket in southern Ohio.

Twenty-seven additional members of Daniel Boone's party are captured. They are all taken to Old Chillicothe (about 3 miles north of modern Xenia).

Daniel Boone and ten of his men depart for Detroit.

Simon Girty and others desert Fort Pitt (American) and begin providing services to the British. Girty is forever labeled a traitor and is most feared by American whites.

Daniel Boone and ten of his men arrive in Detroit.

Daniel Boone departs for Old Chillicothe (about three miles north of modern Xenia).

George Rogers Clark starts on a mission to attack Kaskaskia (OH?) in the heart of British and Indian country. Simon Kenton is part of the group.

Daniel Boone is formally adopted as a Shawnee as the son of Blackfish.

Daniel Boone escapes from the Shawnee villiage of Old Chillicothe (about three miles north of modern Xenia.)

Daniel Boone arrives in Booneborough after his escape from the Shawnee.

Kaskaskia (OH?) falls to George Rogers Clark. Simon Kenton participates.

Shawnee Indians attack and lay siege to Boonesborough, Kentucky.

Simon Kenton is captured by Shawnee Bo-nah and several other warriors.

Simon Kenton's third wife, Elizabeth Jarboe, is born.

Simon Kenton is forced to run the gauntlet at the Shawnee Village of Chillicothe, abour 3 miles north of modern Xenia, twice.

Simon Kenton, under a Shawnee death sentence, marched about 12 miles to Piqua where non-life threatening torments are inflicted by the Shawnee. About this time Kenton is again made to run the guanlet for the 3rd time for the Indians at Machachack Creek.

(date approximate) Simon Kenton is captured by Blue Jacket as he attempts an escape from a Shawnee gauntlet. Blue Jacket was returning from a hunting trip as Kenton ran into him. Kenton was downed by a tomohawk to the head, but was not killed.

(date approximate) In rapid succession, Simon Kenton is condemned to death by the Shawnee. Within hours of his execution he is identified as Simon Butler (a Kenton alias) by Simon Girty who makes an impassioned plea for his release; is released; and adopted (informally) by an old squaw who lost a son. Kenton's high standing among the Shawnee would not last. Kenton's "adoption" only assured him sanctuary in a particular wigwam, not across the Shawnee nation that adoption by a chief would warrant.

(date approximate) Simon Kenton spends about three weeks in the care and protection of Simon Girty.

(date approximate) Blue Jacket and Wabethe (the Swan) are become husband and wife.

(date approximate) A returning and defeated war party returns to Wappatomika. In their frustration and anger, Kenton loses his standing and protection. Kenton is again sentenced to death. However Girty is able to persuade those present that the execution should take place at Sandusky, 50 miles hence for greater spectacle. This bough Kenton a little time.

(date approximate) After an eleven day journey to Sandusky from Wappatomika, Simon Kenton's arm and shoulder were broken in separate incidents, Kenton is made to run his nineth gauntlet.

(date approximate) Simon Kenton is tied to a stake for his burning. A torrential downpour comes from what was a cloudless blue sky. The Shawnee untie Kenton and begin considering whether the Great Spirit was angry with them and demonstrating his anger by repeatedly saving Kenton's life. Kenton is again scheduled for death.

(date approximate) At Simon Kenton's third execution, Pierre Druillard shows up and "rents" Kenton for $100 in goods. Druillard, working for the English, wants to return Kenton to Detroit temporarily to interogate him, with the promise to return him to the Shawnee. The Shawnee agree, in part because they are aware of Kenton's charmed existence and favor his seems to hold with the Great Spirit. Druillard, in splendid red and gold British attire, was sent by Shawnee Chief Logan who was sympathetic to Kenton's situation. Kenton is taken by Druillard to Detroit.

James Galloway Sr, an early settler and a leading citizen of Xenia OH, marries his first wife, Rebecca Junkin, in Pennsylvania.

1779

The Shawnee are split into two tribes forever. Approximately two-thirds or nearly 4000 under chiefs Black Stump, Red Eagle, Ki-kusgow-lowa, Red Snake and Yellow Hawk will migrate to a Spanish grant of 25 square miles on Sugar Creek near Cape Girardeau in Missouri. Blue Jacket, among others, remains and forms a new sub-group (sept) at the present site of Bellafontaine OH.

Simon Kenton escapes from the British stronghold in Detroit.

The first land office opens in Kentucky. Isaac Shelby, a well-known Indian fighter is given the first land grant.

Shawnee Chief Black Fish is allegedly killed in a raid on his village by Colonel John Bowman. (Ref 61 gives the date of the Bowman raid as May 29th, 1779 and Blackfish's death six weeks later, in mid-July).

Simon Kenton abandons the alias of Simon Butler, per a certificate from the land commisioner.

1780

General George Rogers Clark crosses the Ohio River into what is now Cincinnati.

General George Rogers Clark enters Old Chillicothe (about three miles north of modern Xenia OH).

A skirmish between George Rogers Clark and the Shawnee at Old Chillicothe near the Mad River results in the loss of the Shawnee corn crop. The Shawnee will turn to the British in Detroit for relief.

1781

Virginia's General Assembly gives up claims to the vast expanse of land north of the Ohio River only on the condition that Congress ignore earlier land purchases in the area from Indians.

1782

Ohio Territory militiamen begin a two-day massacre of the Moravian Indian town of Gnadenhutten (modern New Philadelphia, Ohio). In all, 96 Christian Indians of the Delaware tribe were slaughtered, in retaliation for Indian raids made elsewhere in the Ohio Territory.

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Colonel William Crawford leads an army against the Shawnee at Sandusky and suffers a crushing defeat.

At a great council at Wappatomika, the Ottowa, Chippewa, Delaware, Wyandot, Munsee, Cherokee and Shawnee meet and discover Cornwallis' defeat at Yorktown. Colonel William Crawford, captured 5 days earlier, is burned at the stake. Simon Girty is present. Folklore indicates Girty enjoyed the display.

1783

Simon Kenton's first son is born, known his whole life by his father and mother's first names: Simon Ruth Kenton.

Simon Kenton's Virginia family begins their migration to Bull Run Mountain, KY, at Simon's urging.

Mark Kenton, Simon Kenton's father, dies en route to Kentucky near the New Store (now Elizabeth).

1784

Simon Kenton and his brothers completes a survey of 1000 acres on Lawrence Creek (KY).

1785

Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa and Wyandot Indians sign the treaty of Fort McIntosh, ceding present-day Ohio to the United States.

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Black Snake steps aside as chief of the Maykujay Shawnee and names Blue Jacket as his successor.

1786

The bulk of modern eastern and southern Ohio is surrendered to the whites by the Shawnee by a treaty imposed upon the Shawnee at Fort Finney.

George Townsly, Xenia Ohio's second postmaster, is born. (XDG, 9/16/1982)

Mounted militia under Benjamin Logan attack the village of Mackachack from Limestone (Maysville) OH.The aged Moluntha is captured and subsequently murdered during interrogation by Colonel Hugh McGary.

1787

Simon Kenton is married to Martha Dowden at Kenton Station (KY) by Reverend Wood.

Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacts the Northwest Ordinance, establishing rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union and limiting the expansion of slavery.

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1788

First settlement in Ohio, at Marietta.

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Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket is captured by whites. He escapes several days later.

Since Oct 10th, 1786, 631 boats with 12,205 people aboard have been counted passing the garrison at Fort Harmar on the Ohio River near modern West Virginia.

(day speculative) Shawnee chief Blackfish is allegedly killed by Polly Stinson in a raid of the Stinson home in Madison County, Kentucky.

1790

Simon Kenton's son John is born.

1791

Chief Blue Jacket (Marmaduke Van Swearingen) kills his brother Captain Charles ("Charley") Van Swearingen near the Wabash River in northwest Ohio when 1500 confederated Indians surprise an encamped army of 1300 at what has been called St. Clair's Defeat, the greatest disaster of the Indian Wars in the Ohio Valley.

Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket is commissioned a General in the British Army.

1792

Indians conduct a successful horse-stealing raid on Kenton Station.

1793

Simon Kenton's son Simon Jr. is born.

1794

General "Mad" Anthony Wayne overwhelmingly defeats the Indian confederacy at Fallen Timbers, essentially ending the hostilities along the Ohio River.

1795

Simon Kenton's daughter Sarah is born.

All of the chiefs in the Northwest Territories, including the Shawnee, sign the Treaty of Greenville, officially ending the Indian Wars in the Northwest Territories.

1796

David Willson raises the first house in Greene County, Ohio, a log cabin with a dirt floor in Sugarcreek Twp.

Martha Dowden Kenton, Simon Kenton's wife, dies in a fire.

1798

Simon Kenton marries Elizabeth Jarboe.

1799

Simon Kenton's daughter Matilda is born.

Simon Kenton moves to his first Ohio home, a 1000-acre spread 4 miles north of modern Springfield OH.

The first Northwest Territorial legislature convenes at Chillicothe OH.

1800

Congress divides the Northwest Territory into two parts. The western part will becomes the Indiana Territory and the eastern section remains the Northwest Territory.

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1801

The first Northwest Territorial legislature adjourns at Chillicothe OH.

The second Northwest Territorial legislature convenes at Chillicothe OH.

1802

The second Northwest Territorial legislature adjourns at Chillicothe OH.

36 men meet at Chillicothe OH to formulate a state constitution and take necessary steps for Ohio's admission to the Union.

1803

Congress voted to accept Ohio's borders and constitution. (However, Congress did not get around to formally ratifying Ohio statehood until 1953.)

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(new state) Ohio (17th state) entered the United States of America. The Buckeye State (nicknamed because of the many buckeye trees, the state tree) with Columbus as its capital city seems to have a penchant for the color red. Its state bird is the cardinal; the scarlet carnation is its flower; the state insect is the ladybug; and the state drink is tomato juice. The state song is Beautiful Ohio, the word, Ohio, is derived from the Iroquois Indian word meaning �great river�. The Ohio River is not as great as the Mississippi, but it is pretty big! Ohio�s state motto: With God, all things are possible.

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John Paul, of Xenia OH, is elected to the first Ohio State Senate which convened at the state's new capital, Chillicothe. (XDG, p 5, 4/22/2003)

Greene County, named after the Revolutionary War General Nathaniel Greene, is established by the action of the First General Assembly of the State of Ohio, to become effective 5/1/1803.

The official birthday of Greene County, OH.

Beavercreek Township (in Greene County OH) is established. (XDG, p 8A, 2/27/2003)

The first meeting of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas is held about 5 miles outside of Xenia OH on the banks of the Beaver Creek. John Paul is named the first Clerk of Courts. Governor Edwin Tiffin appoints William Maxwell, Benjamin Whiteman and James Barrett the court's first judges. (XDG, p 5, 4/22/2003)

John Paul purchases 2000 acres (current Xenia OH) from Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson of Hanover County, VA "for 1050 pounds , current Virginia money".

The first meeting of the Greene County court of appeals is held in a log house owned by Benjamin Whiteman, but occupied by Peter Borders. Peter Borders is granted a license to operate a tavern in Beavercreek Township. (It was near the present intersection US 35 and Factory Rd.) (XDG, p 10, 2/12/2003)

Joseph C. Vance is appointed to survey the county seat and lay off the town of Xenia (Ohio). He is paid $49.25. (Prindle, Eric, "Xenia -- From A Hole In The Rock, 12/7/1978)

Jonathan Milhollen marries Philip Rock and Mary Kelly to become the first recorded marriage in Greene County OH.

Joseph C Vance was appointed director to survey Greene County OH and lay out the area known as Xenia. (XDG, p 5, 4/22/2003)

(date approximate) Reverend Robert Armstrong, a traveler, suggests the name "Xenia" (Greek for "hospitality") as the name for the county seat of Greene County OH. Out of consideration for Owen Davis, one of the earliest settlers in the county and the first miller in the area, his wife Laticia cast the deciding vote. .

Benjamin Whiteman is commissioned to repair a blockhouse and it is converted into a jail, the first in Greene County OH. (XDG, p 5, 4/22/2003)

The first session of the Supreme Court in Greene County OH was held in Beavercreek. (XDG, p 5, 4/22/2003)

The Greene County, OH Court establishes a bounty of 50 cents per wolf scalp.

Archabald Lowry records the first will in Greene County OH.

1804

John Marshall raises the first house in Xenia Ohio on Main Street.

The first Greene County (OH) commission meeting is held "at the house of Peter Borders on Beaver Creek". Commissioners were elected and they adjourned.

Amos Darrough receives a contract to build the second Greene County (Ohio) jail to be completed by 9/15/1804. (Ref: The Ohio Historical Chronicle Vol 1 No 5, p 6, 2/10/1975)

Robert T. Marshall is born in the first cabin build in Xenia, becoming the first white child born in Xenia, Ohio.

William Beatty opens a tavern, the first business in Xenia OH. Court was convened in the upstairs west room.

The first "supreme court" (as it is called in some old works) is convened within Xenia (Ohio) limits. (Ref: The Herald-Advisor Magazine Section, p. 2, 9/8/1935)

Simon Kenton is elected Brigadier General of the Third Brigade of the First Division of the Ohio militia.

George & Margaret Pickett of Richmond VA sell to James Bull of Jefferson County VA 1000 acres to record the first deed in Greene County OH.

John Paul sells Joseph C. Vance 257.75 acres of land (Xenia OH) for $250.

The first four tavern licenses are are issued for Xenia OH, including one to William Beatty, who opened his tavern six weeks earlier.

1805

Greene County OH is diminished by the creation of Champaign County - passed 2/20/1805. (Ref: 1855 Atlas)

James Towler becomes the first Xenia Ohio's Postmaster (XDG, 9/16/1982)

Simon Kenton resigns his brigadiership in the Ohio militia to tour recently acquired western lands west of the Mississippi River. He will visit with his friend, Daniel Boone.

James Collier, John Sterrett and James McCoy present a petition to the board of commissioners to create Xenia Township out of a portion of Beavercreek Township (Ohio). "Xenia" is said to equate to the Greek word for "hospitality".

1806

Xenia (OH) commissioners allow a contract to William Kendall to build a courthouse. (Ref: The Springfield News-Sun, 10/20/1929).

The first wedding is performed in Cedarville Twp [Greene County OH] when Martha Townsley and James Galloway Jr wed. (XDG, p 7A, 4/24/2003)

On March 14th, the [Richmond] Virginia Argus prints a story indicating that General Simon Kenton, Major Moore, Captain McPherson and a Mr. McIlvain attempt to enter an Indian council headed by Tecumseh and The Prophet. They are stopped by about 18 Indians who profess and unconvincing friendship.

William Kendall receives a contract for building the Greene County (Ohio) court house. (Ref: The Herald-Advisor Magazine Section, p. 2, 9/8/1935)

1807

Bullskin Trace becomes Ohio's first official highway. It was known as Bullskin Trace in the south, Xenia Road mid-state and Bullskin-Xenia Road in the northern part of the state. (XDG, p 6A, 3/10/2004)

Simon Kenton's son William Miller Kenton, is born.

The northwest portion of Greene County (Ohio) is organized as Bath Township, taken from the territory of Beaver Creek Township, extending from the county western line, east to the Little Miami River. (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003)

A gathering of Shawnee and other tribes occurs in Greenville OH (land previously ceded to the whites by the Indians) to listen to the Prophet, brother of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, speak of returning to the grace of the Great Spirit.

Governor Kirker of Ohio writes to President Jefferson informing him of Tecumseh's desire for peace and white incursions on Indian lands.

1808

The first entry in the civil court record in Greene County (OH) found Jonas Jones guilty of assaulting John Porter in Sugarcreek Twp and finded $8 in court costs.

First US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio.

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This is the last recorded use of the sugar maple tree in the Xenia (Ohio) public square as a whipping post. An unidentified man received eight lashes on his bare back for stealing a shovel-plow and clims. (Ref: The Herald-Advisor Magazine Section, p. 2, 9/8/1935)

The third Greene County Jail is built. (Ref: Greene County Commissioners Jnl - Minutes of 1803 - 1855, 1/14/1980)

1809

Greene County (Ohio) accepts the William Kendall-built County Court House. (Ref: The Herald-Advisor Magazine Section, p. 2, 9/8/1935)

The Common Pleas Court has its first session in the new Greene County Courthouse on the southeast corner of Main and Greene Streets. (XDG, p 5, 4/22/2003)

1810

Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket dies of cholera.

1811

Ross Township in northeast Greene County, Ohio is organized. (XDG, p 5A, 9/03/2003)

Silvercreek Township in Greene County, Ohio is organized from parts of Caesarscreek Township and Xenia Township.. (XDG, p 5A, 9/25/2003)

Simon Kenton's daughter Elizabeth is born.

1812

Rebecca Junkin, first wife of Xenia's early settler James Galloway Sr, dies.

John Hivling conducts the last public whipping of a man in Greene County OH in accordance with a court order.

1813

Simon Kenton begins his first sea-going experience when the Kentucky militia boards Oliver Hazard Perry's fleet on the Great Lakes to capture Detroit.

Xenia is incorporated as a town by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio to be effective 5/1/1814. (XDG, 1/10/1964)

1814

Xenia OH was to have been incorporated as a town but for reasons lost to antiquity the law had become inoperative. A second attempt is made in 1817.

Five Indian tribes in Ohio make peace with the United States and declare war on Britain.

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1815

Greene County (Ohio)'s 4th jail is accepted by the county. It was built by James Miller for $1084. (Ref: The Ohio Historical Chronicle Vol 1 No 5, p 6, 2/10/1975)

1816

The first Xenia Public Library is organized (4th Saturday in March).

Jamestown, Ohio is formally platted. (XDG, p. 9, 6/27/1953)

1817

The Xenia Commissioners (Samuel Gamble, John Haines and Thomas Hunter) meet for the purpose of surveying and marking the different lots that were to be sold off the Xenia public square.

John Smith introduces a bill to the Ohio State Senate to incorporate Xenia as a town.

James Galloway Sr, an early settler and a leading citizen of Xenia OH, marries his second wife, Tamar Wilson.

Moses Collier, David Douglas and Elijah Ferguson are ordered to appear in court to address the petition to incorporate Xenia Ohio as a town. (No records exist as to the result, but it is presumed incorporated as a town in 1817 after this date. Further, there are no official Xenia records unitl 1834.)

1818

Simon Girty, American frontiersman and Loyalist, dies on a farm he established near Amherstburg in Upper Canada. (Ref: Encyclopedia Americana 2000)

Greene County OH is diminished by the creation of Clark County - passed12/26/1817. (Ref: 1855 Atlas)

George Townsly becomes the second Xenia Ohio's Postmaster (XDG, 9/16/1982)

A petition is presented to the Mason grand lodge asking for the formal organization of a lodge in Xenia OH. (XDG, p 14A, 4/29/2003)

1819

Greene-Clark County OH border is altered (to accommodate the property line of General Benjamin Whiteman, a major Greene County landholder), passed same day.

A charter of the Mason grand lodge is granted to Xenia OH. (XDG, p 14A, 4/29/2003)

1820

Greene County population is 10509.

The legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone dies quietly at the Defiance, Mo., home of his son Nathan, at age 85.

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1821

As a result of a visit of the Marquis de Lafayette and his subsequent outrage at a gentlemen Revolutionary comrade's imprisonment in a debtor's prison, Kentucky outlaws debtor's prisons. Many, including Simon Kenton, are freed.

The first chancery court suit recorded in Greene County (OH) shows Lindsay Marshall vs William Marshall & John Snavely over unclear land title.

1830

The population of Xenia OH is 919, the population of Greene County 15122. (Ref: From a typewritten document in the Greene County Room, Xenia Branch of the Greene County Public Library)

Simon Kenton is granted a pension of $240 per year as a Virginia Continental, retroactive to January 1, 1829.

John Paul, the designated founder of Xenia (Ohio), dies in Madison IN. (Ref: Prindle, Eric, "Xenia -- From A Hole In The Rock, 12/7/1978)

1831

John Dodd advertises the opening of his "House of Public Entertainment", a first-class hotel later known as The Xenia [OH] Hotel. (XDG, p 6A, 12/17/2003)

James McLaughlin of Scotland becomes the first naturalization recorded in Greene County OH.

1832

The Bowersville Bank [in Jefferson Twp, Greene County, OH] is robbed of $1203 by two armed men. The cashier, Herbert Fisher, is slightly wounded. (XDG, p.6A, 5/29/2003)

(date speculative) Simon Kenton and Major James Galloway visit Old Chillicothe (about 3 miles north of modern Xenia) and talk of old times.

1833

(day unspecified) The Greene County (OH)_Agricultural Society is founded. (XDG, p 14A, 4/29/2003)

Wilbur Wilberforce, England, crusader against slavery, namesake of Wilberforce University in Greene County OH, dies at age 73.

1834

Xenia City is incorporated and the first recorded council meeting takes place. (XDG, p 35A, 4/3/1984)

1835

"Siwinowe Kesibwi" (The Shawnee Sun) was issued as the first Indian language monthly publication in the United States.

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Greene Street is created in Xenia OH. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

John Hivling opens the Ohio State Bank, Xenia Branch as the first bank in Green County, Ohio. (from a flyer of the Greene County Printing Company, 6/11/1953).

1836

The Little Miami Railroad Company is created by an act of the Ohio General Assembly. (Shell, James H, "Next Stop! Xenia", 1994)

Simon Kenton dies and is buried near his home in Zanesville OH.

The first Xenia OH jail is built by Daniel Lewis for $4600. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

James Towler, Xenia Ohio's first postmaster, dies. (XDG, 9/16/1982)

The first traffic accident occurs in Greene County OH when Roderick Austin, driving the Xenia-Springfield stagecoach, slides into Clifton Gorge after a wheel goes over the edge.

1838

James Galloway Sr, an early settler and a leading citizen of Xenia OH, dies and is buried ~4 miles NE of Xenia.

The first issue of the Xenia Torchlight is published. (Ref: McAllister, Douglas, "A Short History of the Xenia Torchlight Newspaper", an unpublished manuscript)

The Xenia (OH) Board of Education is organized. (Ref: Heckart, Barbara Hooper, "A History Of Xenia Schools", 1994)

1839

Zion Baptist Church is organized with 14 members. These members were freed slaves who had moved from Virginia to Greene County [OH]. (XDG, p 2B, 9/30/2003)

William Henry Harrison (9th US President, 1841) stays at the Merrick Hotel in Xenia OH. (XDG, p 2B, 9/30/2003)

1840

The population of Xenia OH is 1406, the population of Greene County is 17753. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1841

Byron, a small village in the northwest corner of Bath Township (in Greene County, Ohio) was recorded by William Sensiman as 7.38 acres divided into 25 lots, 50 by 194� feet, in a rown along the north side of the road between Yellow Springs and Dayton (Ohio). (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003)

Contracts are signed for the building of a second Greene County (OH) courthouse, to replace the first which had gone out of use in 1832. (XDG, p 6A, 5/13/2003)

1843

The second Xenia, Ohio courthouse is completed. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1844

The Columbus & Xenia (OH) Railroad is incorporated. (Shell, James H, "Next Stop! Xenia", 1994)

172 acres, 12 miles west of Columbus OH, on National Road, is selected as the site for an institution of higher learning for the people of "The African Methodist Episcopal Church". This area became Union Seminary. (XDG, p 10, 2/19/2003)

1845

(day unknown) The first train comes to Xenia Ohio from Cincinnati -- the Little Miami Railroad. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

James Kinney and William Steele are murdered. To hide evidence of the crime, the Puterbaugh building downtown is burned. These are the first murders in Xenia, Ohio. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1847

Mary Ann Hollingshead, 22, becomes the first burial in Woodland Cemetary, Xenia OH.

1848

The Bowersville Post Office [in Jefferson Twp, Greene County, OH] is established when Peter Bowermaster is commissioned as Postmaster. (XDG, p.6A, 5/29/2003)

1849

Joshia Hurty is chosen as the first superintendent of the Xenia (Ohio) public schools. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

James Brown, age 73, is killed in the gravel pit west of Xenia OH when surface dirt caves in on him. This area of town had previously been known as "Brown Town".

William Berryhill of Bellbrook (Greene County OH) becomes the first person (of at least 85) to die in the summer's cholera epidemic.

Jesse Ransbottom murders his wife (by slitting her throat) in a rage after she comes home late. Jesse will be hanged in January, the only legal hanging to occur in Greene County, Ohio. (Xenia Ohio Daily Gazette, p. 9, 6/27/1953)

The trial of Jesse Ransbottom for the murder his wife in Xenia OH begins. Ransbottom will plead not guilty by reason of insanity. He will ultimately be found guilty and hanged in January 1850. (XDG, p 6A, 5/27/2003)

1850

The population of Xenia OH is 3021. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad begin passenger service through Bath Township (OH).

Jesse Ransbottom is hanged for murdering his wife. His is the first and only execution to occur in Green County, Ohio. (XDG, p. 9, 6/27/1953)

Xenia (Ohio) College is started. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

Cedarville Twp [Greene County OH] is officially formed from portions of Xenia, Miami and Ross townships. (XDG, p 7A, 4/24/2003)

1851

James Collier, one of the three founders of Xenia Township (Ohio), dies.

1852

Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day.

Ref: 5

1853

New Jasper Township (in Greene County OH) is legally established. (XDG, p 10, 7/31/2003)

Antioch College, in Yellow Springs, OH, becomes the first public school to admit both men and women.

Ref: 62

The Columbia and Xenia (OH) Railroad merges with the Little Miami Railroad. (This will eventually evolve into the Pennsylvania Railroad.)

James Gowdy, the first merchant in Xenia Ohio (ca Fall 1805), dies.

1854

Christ Episcopal Church members held their first service. Originally called Church of the Advent, the name was changed in 1870 to Christ Church. The congregation first occupies a former Methodist Protestant Church on the site of the present church, which was erected in 1907. (XDG, p 2B, 9/30/2003)

1856

(day unspecified) Tawawa Springs is purchased, so that a school of higher learning could be established in Greene County OH. On August 30th, this area became known as Wilburforce University. (XDG, p 10, 2/19/2003)

Wilberforce University is established in Xenia, Ohio under auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1863, the university was transferred to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.

Ref: 5

Sprint Valey Township in Greene County OH is organized. (XDG, p 9A, 10/30/2003)

Contracts are obtained from the firm of Horton and Macy to construct an iron fence around the Greene County (Ohio) courthouse. (XDG, p 6A, 5/27/2003)

1857

The firm of Horton and Macy complete 502 feet of fencing around the Greene County (Ohio) courthouse at a cost of $1716.92. (XDG, p 6A, 5/27/2003)

George Townsly, Xenia Ohio's second postmaster, dies. (XDG, 9/16/1982)

1859

The first Jamestown [Green County] OH is held. (XDG, p 5A, 9/25/2003)

1860

The population of Xenia OH is 4658. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The sixth jail is built in Xenia OH by John Scott. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1861

At 11:55AM Abraham Lincoln makes a brief stop in Xenia Ohio en route to his inauguration. (XDG, p 6A, 5/27/2003)

The first mention of the Civil War appears in the Xenia (Ohio) Torchlight. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

John Cuppy Jr is the last Revolutionary War soldier to die in Greene County, OH.

Colonel John Lowe, a lawyer from Xenia, is the first Ohio officer killed in the Civil War (at Carnifax Ferry, WV).

1863

Ownership of Wilberforce University in Ohio was transferred to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The school had been founded seven years earlier by the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Ref: 5

1865

Major Martin R. Delany of Wilberforce (Greene County OH) is the first African-American to be commissioned in the US Army.

Simon Kenton's remains are reinterred at Urbana OH.

1867

The Xenia (Ohio) Torchlight comments on the need for a public hall (which will later become Xenia City Hall or The Opera House). (XDG, 10/2/1981)

A contract is granted to the Cleveland architectural firm of Blackburn and Koehler to design a 3-story infirmiry on a basement for the City of Xenia OH. (XDG, p 10A, 3/05/2003)

The Xenia (Ohio) Torchlight reports approval for a Xenia City Hall. (XDG, 10/2/1981)

A site for a Xenia (Ohio) City Hall is selected and approved. (XDG, 10/2/1981)

The roof is completed on the new Xenia (Ohio) City Hall. (XDG, 10/2/1981)

1868

(day unknown) Programs are held in the new Xenia (Ohio) City Hall. (XDG, 10/2/1981)

The Xenia Daily Gazette is first published, as "Xenia Gazette". (XDG, p 6A, 11/05/2003)

1869

A resolution was read and adopted to make the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home a home for orphans of Greene County, OH veterans of the Civil War. (XDG, p 5A, 9/10/2003)

Bonnie Burns Bennett, daughter of John K. & Sarah Laly Bennett of Bath Twp is the first recorded birth in Greene County, OH.

Xenia Ohio's YMCA is incorporated. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

David Clinton Munglod of New Jasper Twp, age 1, dies of scarlet fever, is the first recorded death in Greene County OH.

The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team in America, had quite a day in Yellow Springs, OH, where they trounced Antioch 41-7.

Ref: 4

Alexander Coyce, son of J.M. Alexander and Frances Fryant, is the first recorded birth in Spring Valley Township, Greene County, OH. (XDG, p 9A, 10/30/2003)

Charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady), is born.

Ref: 5

1870

The population of Xenia OH is 6377. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The Little Miami Railroad (providing service to Xenia OH, Cincinnati, etc) leases its operations to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis RR. (XDG, p 7, 6/10/2003)

A force led by George Rogers Clark with Simon Kenton in attendence arrives at Old Chillicothe (about 3 miles north of modern Xenia OH) only to find it deserted and fired by the Shawnee who abandoned it when they heard of Clark's approach.

1871

The city of Xenia Ohio lures The Franklin Academy of Music from Franklin County to Water Street (West Third Street), Xenia OH and it takes the name "The Miami Academy of Music". Instruments arrive in the new location this day and the institution opens. (XDG, p 8A, 9/24/2003)

1873

Nineteen students attend opening class at Ohio State University.

Ref: 5

1874

Dr Dio Lewis arrives in Xenia OH with the intent of forming a Women's Christian Temperance Union. (XDG, p 5A, 10/08/2003)

1875

Greene County [Ohio] Commissioners, alarmed at the overcrowding at the 1843 Greene County Courthouse, ordered that an extention be built onto the existing structure. (XDG, p 7, 6/10/2003)

Orders to add an extention to the Greene County [Ohio] Courthouse are approved. (XDG, p 7, 6/10/2003)

Shawnee Creek (in Greene County OH) floods after a two-hour rainfall. First floor of many homes inundated "but no serious damage".

1877

The first issue of the "The Enterprise", the first newspaper in Cedarville [Greene County] OH, is published. (XDG, p 9A, 10/29/2003)

1878

A hardware store on Limestone Street in Jamestown [Greene County] OH burns down, taking one dwelling and an old hotel with it. (XDG, p 5A, 9/25/2003)

The Xenia (Ohio) Library is founded. (XDG, 9/29/1978)

The Xenia (Ohio) Library opens for business. (XDG, 9/29/1978)

1880

A $450 frescoing is in process at the Xenia (Ohio) City Hall (Opera House). (XDG, p 6A, 6/24/2003)

The population of Xenia OH is 7026. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The first issue of the "The Yellow Springs Review", a newspaper in Yellow Springs [Greene County] OH, is published by Warren Anderson. (XDG, p 9A, 10/29/2003)

1881

(date given as February 1881) Remodeling of the Xenia OH Opera House is complete. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

Xenia (Ohio)'s Opera House opens. (XDG, p 6A, 6/24/2003)

The first telephone is installed in the Greene County OH courthouse. (The first switchboard in Xenia was installed in 1879.)

Citizens National Bank of Xenia [OH] is organized. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003)

1882

The Xenia City Council authorized $12,000 in bonds to cover the cost of an electric light plant.

1883

Xenia National Bank commences operations. (XDG, 10/1/1883)

1884

"The Jamestown (Greene County OH) Cyclone" destroys 186 homes, 4 churchs, the town hall, the high school, 5 dead, 100+ injured, 600 homeless, 20 race horses killed.

1885

G. Moore Peters of Xenia, OH patented the cartridge-loading machine.

Ref: 4

1886

The Shawnee Creek near Xenia OH floods. At least 28 people perish. (Xenia Daily Gazette, 3/2/1984)

The Xenia (OH) Opera House is used as a morgue for 28 bodies of people killed in the previous day's flood.

Xenia [Ohio's] Municipal Waterworks is started when a contract is awarded to John P Martin to develop a water supply for the city. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003)

1887

Cedarville College is established in Cedarville Township [Greene County OH] with a bequest of $25,000 from William Gibson. The doors opened for classes in the fall of 1894. (XDG, p 7A, 4/24/2003)

1888

The Hooven and Allison Company is incorporated with plant and facilities in Xenia OH. (XDG, p 6A, 6/24/2003)

The Xenia Torchlight newspaper goes out of existance as it is absorbed by the Xenia Daily Gazette. (Ref: McAllister, Douglas, "A Short History of the Xenia Torchlight Newspaper", an unpublished manuscript)

1889

The Jamestown [Greene County] OH Opera House opens and is dedicated. (XDG, p 5A, 9/25/2003)

1890

The first electric lights are installed in Xenia OH. (Ref: a typewritten document in the Greene County Room of the GC Public Library).

The population of Xenia OH is 7301. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

Bids are due on a township house for Grape Grove in the farming community of Ross Township in Greene County, OH. The low (winning bidder) was W.E. Elrick, at $771.59. (XDG, p 5A, 9/03/2003)

The first two electric lights are installed in the Greene County [OH] Courthouse for $3/mo paid to the Xenia Gaslight and Coke Co. (XDG, p 6A, 6/24/2003)

1894

Xenia (OH) wins its first baseball game against Dayton, 10-0. (Ref: Heckart, Barbara Hooper, "A History Of Xenia Schools", 1994)

Catherine Greene Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is organized. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003)

1895

The City of Xenia OH requests that the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis Railway Company construct a bridge (later to be known as the 'viaduct') over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks on South Monroe Street. (XDG, p 5A, 5/14/2003)

Beavercreek Township (in Greene County OH) issues charters for two interurbans. (XDG, p 8A, 2/27/2003)

Novelist ("Ohio Town", "Herbs & Apples" & "The Fierce Dispute) and Xenia OH resident Helen Hooven Santmeyer is born in Cincinnati OH. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003)

1896

The first issue of the "The Yellow Springs News", a newspaper in Yellow Springs [Greene County] OH, is published. (XDG, p 9A, 10/29/2003)

1897

(actual date is in January, 1897; route description taken from a 2/01/1897 newspaper clipping) "Dinky", the electric trolley of Xenia OH, makes its first run. (XDG, p 3A, 11/12/2003)

1899

"The Yellow Springs Review", a newspaper in Yellow Springs [Greene County] OH, is sold to another newspaper, "The Yellow Springs News". (XDG, p 9A, 10/29/2003)

Xenia (OH) plays its first football game, losing to Antioch 31 - 0. (Ref: a typewritten document in the Greene County Room of the GC Public Library).

1900

The population of Xenia OH is 8696. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The first automobile appears in Xenia OH. The manufacturers, dealers and repairmen were Jake and Fred Baldner. (XDG, p 6A, 3/24/2004)

1901

The cornerstone to the Greene County OH courthouse is laid. (Ref: a typewritten document in the Greene County Room of the GC Public Library).

1902

The Xenia [OH] Elks Lodge Number 668 comes into being. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003)

State of Ohio authorizes a state flag

Ref: 62

The fast Pan-Handle passenger train Number 2 from St Louis to New York, traveling at an estimated 60 MPH when a loaded coal car runs into the passenger train in the Xenia [OH] train yard. Amazingly, only four people are killed. It took four days to clean the wreckage. (XDG, p 6A, 3/03/2004)

The Greene County OH courthouse is now in use. (Ref: a typewritten document in the Greene County Room of the GC Public Library).

Regular service on the Springfield-Xenia traction line begins. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003)

1904

The Elks Lodge moves into new quarters on East Main Street [in Xenia OH]. (XDG, p 6A, 12/31/2003)

The first Wright Brothers flight in Greene County OH occurs at Huffman Prairie in Bath Twp.

The cornerstone of the Carnegie Library (at the corner of Church and Collier) in Xenia OH, is laid. (XDG, p 9, 3/26/2003)

A distillery in Beavercreek Township (in Greene County OH), recently revived by Colonial Company, is destroyed by fire. The distillery had been in operation, intermittenly and by various owners, since about 1841. (XDG, p 8A, 2/27/2003)

The first Greene County OH auto accident occurs when Edwin W. Hagar is killed on Rt 42 while driving to work in Cedarville from his home in Xenia.

1905

The Ohio Fuel Supply Company secures a franchise from Xenia Ohio to operate.

At Huffman Prairie, Greene County, OH, Orville Wright flies 272 feet in 9� seconds.

At Huffman Prairie, Greene County, OH, Wilbur Wright flies over 24 miles in 39 minutes 23 seconds.

1906

The Carnegie Library (at the corner of Church and Collier) in Xenia OH, opens to the public. (XDG, p 9, 3/26/2003)

1907

The Aeronautical Division was established in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army (at what is now Wright Patterson AFB).

1908

Lts Frank Lahm, Benjamim Foulois and Thomas Selfridge begin training at Wilbur Wright Field (Greene County OH) in the newly acquired Signal Corps Dirigible Number One.

Xenia [OH] Homecoming celebration takes place. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003)

Ref: 1

1909

(and 18th) The City of Dayton welcomes Wilbur and Orville Wright as the world's greatest aviators in a two-day celebration.

1910

The population of Xenia OH is 8706. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

Dice Brothers is awarded a contract to excavate and lay the foundation for the Greene County Children's Home in Xenia OH. (XDG, p 17, 3/20/2003)

1912

Sixteen Daytonians meet with Russell Geiner, President of the Kansas City Rotary Club in the ballroom of the Dayton Club for the purpose of founding the Dayton Rotary Club. Among them were Scott Pierce to become the Club's first President (and a near relative of Barbara Bush) and James Woodhull whose legacy would initiate the endowment fund. Ref

An article appears in the Xenia Daily Gazette (???) stating that "Xenia" is a derivative of the French word "xenie" meaining "gift". The origin of the name "Xenia" (Ohio) has been ascribed to the Greek, Indian and French languages.

1913

(Easter Sunday) Rain begins falling. Between today and the 27th rainfall totals of between 7 and 8 inches were common throughout the Buckeye State. Among the greatest rainfall amounts officially reported were: 11.16 inches at Bellefontaine (Logan County); 10.61 inches at Marion (Marion County); 10:56 inches at Bangorville (Richland County) and 10.15 inches at Wooster (Wayne County). The unrelenting heavy rains resulted in widespread and extreme flooding across much of Ohio. The Miami, Muskingum and Scioto rivers will go to record stages. Ref

Dayton (Montgomery County) OH was the hardest hit city in the state by rain falling rain since the 23rd. Much of Dayton's flood problems could be blamed upon the failure of the Loramie Reservoir in Shelby County on the morning of the 25th. This added millions of gallons of water to the already flood swollen Miami River. South of Dayton, the Miami River swelled to over one mile in width. Except for the highest sections, North Dayton found itself entirely under water. Indeed, when night came on the 25th, most of Dayton, except for the highest points and outlying areas, was beneath flood waters of 6 to 10 feet, and downtown Main Street lay beneath 20 feet of water. Hundreds of people died in Ohio due to the flood, and millions of dollars damage was done. Ref

The Xenia (Ohio) Library becomes the Greene County Library. (XDG, 9/29/1978)

1914

The cornerstone of the Xenia (Ohio) post office building is laid. (from a postcard discovered in the Greene County Room in the Xenia branch of the Greene County Library)

The Xenia OH Post Office Bldg on E Main Street opens for business. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The Hutchinson & Gibney Dry Goods Store in Xenia OH, catches fire, consuming nearly all the merchandise and causing severe damage to the building. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

1915

The Xenia (Ohio) post office building is formally dedicated. (from a postcard discovered in the Greene County Room in the Xenia branch of the Greene County Library)

1916

A tornado passes through Greene County OH causing flooding. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1917

Former Senator Howard Metzenbaum (Democrat, Ohio) is born.

The Office of the Chief Signal Officer designates Wilbur Wright Field, (Greene County) Fairfield, Ohio. (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003) (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003)

1918

Xenia's city government changes to the commissioner-manager system. (XDG, p 2B, 9/30/2003)

1919

Xenia [OH] Women's Music Club is formed. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

George Schwartz, James D. Adair and Roy C. Hayward acquire the contract to operate Xenia Ohio's Opera House. (XDG, 10/2/1981)

McClellan Hospital, in Xenia OH, originally located on the second floor of a two-story building, opens on East Second Street. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

1920

The population of Xenia OH is 9110. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The first national advertisement for Pepsodent toothpaste appears in the Saturday Evening Post. William Ruthrauff, of Xenia OH, was Pepsodent's inventor. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

1921

(date given as October, 1921) The Xenia [OH] Business and Professional Women's Club is started. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

1922

(date given as May, 1922) The Kiwanis Club of Xenia [OH] is officially chartered, designated Club No. 732. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

1923

The Ku Klux Klan marches down Main Street in Xenia OH.

The KKK acquires control of Valparaiso University. (Ref: unidentified newspaper clipping)

(date given as September, 1923) The Xenia [Ohio] City Commission authorizes the purchase of a Model T Ford for the police, to be used in testing telephone alarm boxes. (XDG, p 9A, 8/05/2003)

The Greene County KKK Church is dedicated in Xenia OH in a ceremony with a capacity crowd said to exceed 2800 people. (Ref: Yellow Springs News, 9/28/1923)

A fiery cross is burned on the lawn of the residence of Reverend A.A. Burke, pastor of St. Brigid's Church in Xenia OH. Dr. R.L. Haines, spokesman for the KKK denies responsibility. (XDG?, 9/25/1923)

The Yellow Springs News announces a KKK public rally in Xenia OH for this day. (Ref: Yellow Springs News, 9/28/1923)

1924

Thursday. Dr. R.L. Haines, Rev. Albaugh of Jamestown (OH) Baptist Church, Rev. A.J. Furstengerger, Pastor of the Friends Church in Xenia (OH) and Rev. F.W. Middleton speak for the KKK in a membership rally at the Xenia Opera House. (Ref: Cedarville Herald, 6/20/1924)

1925

The population of Xenia OH is 11,762. (XDG, p 9A, 8/05/2003)

1926

"Dinky", the electric trolley of Xenia OH, makes its last run. (XDG, p 3A, 11/12/2003)

1927

The Interstate Commerce Commission transfers Ohio to the Eastern time zone.

Ref: 5

Wright Field (Greene County, Ohio) is dedicated. (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003)

1928

At the 69th annual reunion of the Xenia [Ohio] High School Alumni Association, Professor GJ Graharn ("Mr Chips") was paid special tribute by the principal speaker, RO Wead, a banker. (XDG, p 9A, 8/05/2003)

1929

A group of approximately 100 Greene County OH citizens meet in the basement of the Court House to discuss the possibility of organizing a historical society for Greene County. The first president was William A Galloway, MD, the great grandson of James Galloway, an early area pioneer. (XDG, p 6A, 2/11/2004)

1930

The population of Xenia OH is 10,507. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The formal dedication of the Armory in Xenia OH takes place. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

1931

The portion of Wright Field (in Greene County, Ohio) west of Huffman Dam was redesignated Patterson Field in honor of Lt. Frank Stuart Patterson, consisting of what is now known as Area A, as well as the Fairfield Air Depot site. (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003)

1933

At about 1AM the Bowersville Bank [in Jefferson Twp, Greene County, OH] is robbed of about $5000 who used explosives to open the vault. by two armed men. The cashier, Herbert Fisher, is slightly wounded. (XDG, p.6A, 5/29/2003)

Severe thunderstorms, possibly a tornado, hits east Xenia OH. One person is killed, 30 others are injured, 50 homes are destroyed. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The CWA approves a $58,000 project to relocate the Shawnee Creek (near Xenia Ohio). (XDG, 12/12/1933)

1934

The Greene County [OH] Museum Association is formed. (XDG, p 9A, 8/05/2003)

1935

The New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps holds an open house for the Bryan Camp, located at John Bryan State Park [Greene County OH]. (XDG, p 7A, 9/17/2003)

1936

Xenia [OH's] Opera House is closed as a fire hazard. (XDG, 10/2/1981)

1939

The cornerstone is laid for Xenia Ohio's City Hall on the site of the old Opera House which was razed in 1938. (XDG, 10/2/1981)

The Xenia (Ohio) City Building at 101 Detroit Street conducts its first open house.

The Xenia (Ohio) City Building at 101 Detroit Street is dedicated. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The Central High Field House (later renamed the Carl H. Benner Field House) in Xenia Ohio is dedicated. (XDG, 11/13/1975)

1940

The population of Xenia OH is 10,633. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The Wright Memorial at Wright Brothers Hill in Area B of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is dedicated to the 119 flyers who earned their wings at Huffman Prairie.

1941

Fire sweeps throught the newspaper office of the Xenia Daily Gazette, destroying the top (fourth) floor and causing water damage on the causing water damage on the lower floors. There are no casualties. (XDG, p 14A, 8/25/2003)

1942

Daylight Savings Time is adopted in Xenia OH, to be effective in the second week of February. (XDG, p 14A, 8/25/2003)

1944

Xenia OH suffers its worst fire in terms of human loss. The house at the then-numbered 1003 W Second Street burns when a coal oil cook stove in one apartment of the three-apartment structure explodes, killing four children. (XDG, p 14A, 8/25/2003)

Richard [Richie] Furay, Yellow Springs OH, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco), is born.

Ref: 5

1948

The two fields, Wright and Patterson (in Greene County, Ohio), are united as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003)

Construction begins on the first house in the 49-home section of Stadium Heights, Xenia OH. (XDG, p 14A, 8/25/2003)

1949

The village of Wright View (in Greene County, Ohio) is dissolved. (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003)

WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting.

Ref: 5

Xenia Ohio's first drive-in restaurant, the Chat'n'Chew opens on Dayton Avenue. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

President Harry S Truman is scheduled to make a brief stop in Xenia OH. A crowd awaited the visit. However, the train was quite late, so the President went to bed. The train proceeded through Xenia, but the President was asleep. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton OH (NBC) begins broadcasting.

Ref: 5

WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting.

Ref: 5

Construction begins on the first house in Stadium Heights [Xenia OH]. (XDG, p 4B, 9/30/2003)

1950

The new city of Fairborn (in Greene County, Ohio) receives its charter from the governor of Ohio at a special ceremony. Through the merger of Fairborn and Osborn, Fairborn became the largest city in the county at the time. (XDG, p 8A, 1/30/2003)

Kuntz's Potato Chips (Company) is organized in Xenia OH.

The Big Snow in Xenia OH. Thirteen inches of snow are recorded. 1100 people are stranded in Xenia. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1951

Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia OH is dedicated. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

The Xenia Daily Gazette prints an article indicating Ohio Bell will convert Xenia to dial telephones in 1952.

The population of Xenia OH is 12,877. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1952

A fire in the basement of The Corner Pharmacy at the corner of Main and Detroit in Xenia OH causes a loss of ~$30,000 of drug stock. There are no injuries. (XDG, p 14A, 8/25/2003)

1953

Xenia City (OH) and Xenia Township School districts merge into the Xenia City School District. (XDG, 6/10/1953)

1954

Greene County Museum Association (in Xenia OH) changes its name to Greene County Historical Society. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1955

A petition is placed in front of the Greene County [OH] Commissioners to alter the boundaries of Xenia Township. The measure will be approved and placed into effect on December 31st. (XDG, p 6A, 12/26/2003)

Tecumseh Township is created from a portion of Xenia Township (Ohio). (Ref: Greene County Commissioners Journal No. 40 p. 304, 12/21/1955)

1959

Rains cause flash flooding in Ohio, including the Xenia area on US 35 west. (XDG, 1/22/1959)

Heavy rainfall (3.4" to 5.6") in Greene County OH causes flooding.

1960

The population of Xenia OH is 20,445. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

A new firehouse is built on East Main St in Xenia OH. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

1961

With the new firehouse completed, the old fire bell on East Main Street in Xenia OH rings for the last time. By noon this day, the 1500-lb bell was en route to a mission at Tangub in the Philippines. (XDG, p 7A, 9/02/2003)

1962

WHBM-FM becomes the first commercial radio station in Xenia authorized by the FCC.

WCDR-FM from Cedarville (OH) College begins broadcasting.

1963

New house numbering system goes into effect in Xenia OH. South and east sides of the street would have odd numbers; north and west sides would have even numbers. (XDG, p 7A, 9/02/2003)

WGIC-FM begins broadcasting from Xenia OH.

1967

WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton OH (PBS) begins broadcasting.

Ref: 5

1968

The Steele Builing annex in Xenia OH burns. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

Students seize the administration building at Ohio State University.

Ref: 2

The remaining Columbus-Cincinnati passenger trains are rerouted through Dayton and Springfield ending passenger service on the Little Miami Railroad and Xenia (OH). (Shell, James H, "Next Stop! Xenia", 1994)

WELX-AM begins broadcasting from Xenia OH.

1970

The U.S. National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State University.

Ref: 2

The population of Xenia OH is 25,373. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

West Junior High School is renamed Warner Junior High School. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1971

The Greene County Room (formerly "The Greene County Corner") opens in the Xenia [OH] branch of the the Greene County Public Library. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

The last scheduled passenger train (Penn-Central) stops in Xenia OH.

1973

Walter Buffington, retires after 48 years as a Xenia OH firefighter. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

1974

Deadly tornadoes struck wide parts of the South and Midwest before jumping across the border into Canada; more than 300 fatalities resulted. In Xenia OH, three tornados converge, killing 33 and leaving 10,000 homeless.

President Richard Nixon visits Xenia OH in the aftermath of the tornado. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1975

Bob Hope is presented with a Varsity X jacket from Xenia [OH] High School at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (XDG, p 8A, 9/30/2003)

Raymond A Higgins, editor emeritus of The Xenia [OH] Daily Gazette and author of The Cracker Barrell" dies. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

1976

Twelve inches of snow falls on Xenia OH in 24 hours. The total on the ground is 25� inches. (XDG, p 8A, 9/30/2003)

Mrs John (Mary Jo) Morrow and Mrs Harvey (Gladys) Johnson reign as Bicentennial Queens. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

The Xenia (Ohio) City Commission meeting is televised for the first time. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1977

Pam Vanhoose and Yolanda Robinson, both members of the Central State University Fire Department, make history (of sorts) by becoming the first professional fire-fighting women to participate in dousing a blaze in Xenia Ohio. (XDG, 8/16/1977)

(date given as September, 1977) Classes begin in the new Xenia (Ohio) High School. The previous high school building was destroyed by a tornado in April 1974. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1978

Twelve inches of snow fall in Xenia OH in 24 hours. Total snow on the ground is 25� inches.

(date given as April, 1978) The new Greene County Library branch in Xenia [OH] opens. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

The Wright Memorial at Wright Brothers Hill in Area B of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, dedicated to the 119 flyers who earned their wings at Huffman Prairie, is conveyed to the US Air Force.

The Xenia (Ohio) Daily Gazette reports that the railroad tracks laid in 1845, but idle since 1966, have been removed. (XDG, 10/25/1978)

1979

Dr Clement G Austria, a Xenia OH physican, becomes the first president of the Xenia Area Chamber of Commerce to be re-elected. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

The last passenger train (Amtrak National Ltd) passes through Xenia OH at about 8AM.

A new library opens in Beavercreek Township (in Greene County OH). (XDG, p 8A, 2/27/2003)

1980

The population of Xenia OH is 24,653. (XDG, 3/2/1984)

1981

I-675 completion from US 35 (near Xenia Ohio) to I-75 is approved by US Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis. (XDG, 12/31/1981)

Cedarville (in Greene County Ohio) fluorodates its water. (XDG, 12/31/1981)

1982

The last Chessie System revenue freight train returned from Jamestown OH to Dayton OH, ending all rail service on the B&O line through Xenia OH. (XDG, p 8A, 9/30/2003)

1983

(date given as April, 1983) The Muscular Dystrophy Association sponsors a Gala Celebrity Starlight Night at the Blue Moon. The Master of Ceremonies Johnny Walker was joined by Bob Braun and Barbara Kerr. (XDG, p 5B, 9/30/2003)

1984

The last Conrail freight passes eastbound though Xenia OH at about 12:30AM.

Tarah Haller, of Xenia OH, wins first place in the All-American Cheer and Dance Pro-Bowl in Honolulu, HI. (XDG, p 7B, 9/30/2003)

1985

Xenia OH Mayor Walter Marshall presents Helen Santmyer the proclomation naming January 11 as Helen Hooven Santmyer Day in Xenia.

1986

Novelist ("Ohio Town", "Herbs & Apples" & "The Fierce Dispute) and Xenia OH resident Helen Hooven Santmeyer dies. (XDG, p 3B, 9/30/2003)

A Conrail locomotive removes the last freight cars from Hooven & Allison and returns to Dayton, ending 141 years of rail service to Xenia OH. (XDG, p 9A, 10/14/2003)

1987

The O'Rourke Construction Company of Cincinnati, demolishes and hauls away the steel 'viaduct' (the bridge over the railroad tracks on South Monroe Street in Xenia OH) for $34,000. (XDG, p 9A, 10/14/2003)

1988

The Towler Road railroad tracks in Xenia OH are taken up.

Vice President George Bush appears at the Benner Field House in Xenia OH. (XDG, p 7B, 9/30/2003)

1989

The last railroad tracks in Xenia are removed (near US 35 East outside of Xenia).

A tornado hits Xenia OH injuring 16 people, destroying six buildings. (Dayton Daily News, p. 3B, 9/16/2001)

1990

A display of Robert Mapplethorpe photographs opens at Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center. The same day the center and its director are indicted on obscenity charges. Both are later acquitted. (XDG, p 4A, 4/7/2001)

1992

The George J. Graham Track and Field Complex at Xenia (OH) High School is formally dedicated. (Ref: Heckart, Barbara Hooper, "A History Of Xenia Schools", 1994)

1995

Bosnia peace talks opened in Dayton, Ohio.

Ref: 70

Balkan leaders meeting in Dayton OH initialed a peace plan to end 3� years of ethnic fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic reluctantly accepts the U.S.-backed peace plan proposed during talks in Dayton, Ohio, to end four years of bloody conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

Ref: 3

Senior US officials declared that the Dayton treaty on Bosnia was final, rejecting demands from Bosnian Serbs that provisions relating to the future of Sarajevo be changed. (XDG, p 4A, 11/26/2000)

1997

Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM.

Ref: 5

1998

An F-0 tornado touches down in northeast Xenia, OH. Damage is minor. (Dayton Daily News, p. 3B, 9/16/2001)

1999

9-year old Erica Baker disappears while walking her dog in a park in Kettering OH. Ref

2000

A letter to the editor from Robert V Van Trees appears in the Xenia Daily Gazette indicating that there DNA evidence to support the conclusion that Chief Blue Jacket and Marmaduke Van Swearingen are not the same individual. (XDG, p 4A, 5/17/2000)

The Xenia Daily Gazette announced a $2 million donation to Wilberforce University by singer Ray Charles. (XDG, p 1A, 6/20/2000)

A Russian equivalent of a Little League baseball team plays an exhibition game in Xenia OH. (XDG, p 1A, 7/19/2000)

An F4 tornado cuts through the northwest section of Xenia Ohio, killing one and injuring approximately 100. (XDG, p 1A, 9/21/2000)

2001

Hooven Allison, a rope and twine manufacturer in Xenia OH, announced the sale of all outstanding shares of stock to Wellington Leisure Products, Inc of Madison GA. (In March of 2003 Wellington Leisure filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the last 94 employees were laid off in the Fall of 2003.) (XDG, p 6A, 12/24/2003)

The Wilberforce University Choir announces that it will be traveling on March 6th to perform with musician Ray Charles in his California studio. (XDG, p 1, 2/21/2000)

Greene County, Ohio's 2000 census shows a 13% growth from 136,731 to 147,886, while Xenia's population drops 2% to 24,164. (XDG, p 1, 3/17/2001)

Kevin Butts, from Jamestown OH, makes page one of the Xenia Daily Gazette when it is learned he is to appear on "The Jerry Springer Show" in an episode featuring people who have had a mate stolen by a relative. (XDG, p 1, 3/20/2001)

The Xenia Daily Gazette reported on page 1 that Wright-Patterson AFB had successfully turned back foreign hacks into the Aeronautical System Center's computer system. LtG Richard Reynolds claimed 125,000 break-in attempts occurred on Friday, March 22nd. The exact purpose of the attack and identity of the attackers is unknown.

I receive an email from Mr. Gaylord Carlyle Hinshaw, a claimed 7th generatation descendent of the historical Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket. [To see his email, click on Ref: 66].

Ref: 66

The Xenia Daily Gazette prints a page 1 story documenting a posthumous award of a Purple Heart to Albert Dilley for wounds received in France in World War I. Dilley's daughter received the award.

Groceryland in Xenia OH, leveled in the September 20th, 2000 tornado, reopens. (XDG, p. 1A, 7/14/2001)

Roger Fox receives a letter from television's "Believe It Or Not" indicating a desire to do a segment on Fox's "casket-car", a street-legal homemade car made out of a casket. The segment will feature Fox driving his casket-car through downtown Fairborn, OH, a neighboring community of Xenia. (XDG, p 1A, 10/06/2001)

I receive an email from Peter Kinman on the subject of Blue Jacket. He provides additional insight and references. [To see his email, click on Ref: 71]

Ref: 71

2002

The last of four churches destroyed by the September 20th, 2000 tornado in Xenia OH is rebuilt. (XDG, p 1A, 3/15/2003)

The Xenia Daily Gazette reports on page one that Wilberforce University President John L Henderson was appointed by President George W Bush to serve on the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).

The Spirit of St Louis, an exact replica of Charles Lindbergh's famous airplane, is delivered to the Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio, with a brief stopover at the Greene County Airport. (XDG, p 1A, 5/22/2002)

George Soros is presented with the Dayton Peace Prize for his $50M personal donation to keep Sarajevo alive during the war in Bosnia in 1992. (XDg, p 4A, 6/10/2002)

Xenia City Police announce they will not give chase to criminal suspects. Surrounding communities do not follow suit. (XDG, p. 1A, 6/18/2002)

Judge Thomas M. Rose of Xenia is sworn in as a federal judge at the University of Dayton School of Law. It is the first time Dayton has two judges on the federal bench. Chief US District Judge Walter H. Rice is in his 23rd year in Dayton. (XDG, p 1A, 6/13/2002)

I receive an email from Richard L. Pangburn of Blue Jacket. He provides additional insight and references, specifically on the fallicy of the DNA testing. [To see his email, click on Ref: 79]

Ref: 79

Rock star LL Cool J speaks at Wilburforce University. (XDG, p 1A, 9/16/2002)

In an average voter turnout, voters in Xenia and Greene County OH turn down levies for Xenia City Schools and an �% increase in city income tax, but pass a levy in support of Greene Memorial Hospital. (XDG, p 1A, 11/05/2003)

2003

Central State University's Department of Manufacturing Engineering receives $23,000 from Boeing Co. to fund scholarships, according to a page E1 story in the Dayton Daily News.

At least 18 local residents, whose debit cards showed hundreds of dollars in purchases they never made, all have one thing in common, all the debit cards were used in December 2002 at the Fortune House Chinese Restaurant. No charges have been filed, but records have been confiscated. (XDG, p 1A, 1/11/2003)

Xenia City Schools are again rated the lowest in the county with a score of 11 of 22, which is also the lowest score that is considered "continuous improvement". (XDG, p. 1A, 1/15/2003)

Kmart announces that 326 stores are closing, however, the Xenia Kmart will remain open. (XDG, p 1A, 1/15/2003)

Teresa and Robert Milbrandt and Mary Russell of Urbana, OH are arrested in the alleged cancer hoas of 7-year-old Hannah Milbrandt. (XDG, p. 1A, 1/15/2003)

A 14-year old boy is arrested for carrying an unloaded .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol to Baker Junior High School in Fairborn, OH.

(Susan Harvey) Susan Harvey, an employee at the Patriot Ridge Community Nursing Home in Fairborn (Greene County) Ohio, is arrested after she attempted to smother her 82-year old mother, an Alzheimer's patient at the nursing home. (XDG, p 1A, 2/13/2003)

(Susan Harvey) Beavercreek resident, Susan Harvey, accused of the attempted murder of her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, is arraigned in front of Greene County (OH) Common Pleas Court Judge Stephen Wolaver who rule that Harvey will stay out of jail until final dispostion of the case. (XDG, p 1A, 3/01/2001)

(Susan Harvey) Lucille Harvey, the Alzheimer's-stricken mother of Susan Harvey, who attempted to suffocate her in the nursing home where the mother lived and Susan the daughter worked, dies of congestive heart failure. (XDG, p 1A, 3/21/2001)

Marine PFC Christian Gurtner of Ohio City OH is the first Ohio native to be killed in the Iraqi war when his M-249 machine gun accidentally discharges. (XDG, p 1A, 4/05/2003)

The Xenia Daily Gazette announces on page 2A that actor Harrison Ford will serve as the Master of Ceremonies at the 2003 Pioneers of Flight Homecoming on Saturday, July 19, 2003 at the Dayton Convention Center.

(Susan Harvey) Beavercreek resident, Susan Harvey, accused of the attempted murder of her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, court appearance in front of Judge Steven Wolaver is postponed due to the fact that her attorney, Dennis Lieberman, is unable to attend. (XDG, p 1A, 4/11/2001)

The Xenia Daily Gazette announces on page 1A that Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, the information officer conducting most of the press briefings in Iraq from Doha, Qatar, attended the Lucinda Cook Lab School in Wilberforce, near Xenia OH circa 1959.

Dr James A Smith announces his plan to retire as Superintendent of Xenia City Schools on July 31, 2004, at a school board meeting. (XDG, p 1A, 4/16/2003)

Voters in Beavercreek (Greene County) OH reject school levy 61% to 28%. (XDG, p 1A, 5/07/2003)

Retired Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, is scheduled to speak at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton OH, as part of the "Air Power 2003" celebration. (XDG, p 3, 5/07/2003)

Ohio Department of Transportation engineers decide to close the South Detroit Street bridge in Xenia OH after a brief inspection shows it to be unsafe. (XDG, Headline, 5/17/2003)

Whitney Davis, a special needs teacher at Cox Elementary School in Xenia OH wins the 2003 Wal-Mart 2003 Teacher of the Year Award. (XDG, p 1, 5/19/2003)

Xenia High School's Dean of Students, Reggie Baxter, announces he is the cousin of "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard. (XDG, p 2A, 5/26/2003)

Donald "Randy" Person accepts the position of police chief and Jeffrey Leaming accepts the position of fire chief for Xenia OH, following announcements of their respective predecessor's retirements. (XDG, p1, 6/06/2003)

Xenia resident Charles "Fred" Smith has been selected as a member of Team USA, Great Lakes Division of the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin Ireland. (XDG, p 1, 6/05/2003)

Jan Able, Executive Producer of the outdoor drama Blue Jacket, resigns after nealy two decades in the position. Her resignation is effective immediately. (XDG, p 1, 7/15/2003)

Nearly 600 lbs of marijuana, "Mexican weed, nothing high grade", and ~$10,000 in cash are seized in Wilberforce [Greene County] Ohio by a joint task force that included the Greene County Sheriff''s Office and Dayton Police. (XDG, p 1, 7/25/2003)

The Green Cedar Garden Club (of Greene County OH) conducts its final meeting. The 50-year old civic club is unable to attract new members and the remaining four members have decided not to continue. (XDG, p 1, 7/31/2003)

Xenia native Mike Townsley assumes the position of president of Owens Country Sausage in Richardson TX, according to a page 1 story of the Xenia Daily Gazette.

The Xenia Daily Gazette announces the permanent closing of Hooven-Allison's Xenia plant later in the fall, eliminating 94 area jobs. (XDG, p 1, 8/30/2003)

Sinclair Community College president Dr Ned J Sifferlen retires. (XDG, p 1, 5/19/2003)

Sinclair Community College selects Dr Steven L Johnson, as its fifth president. (XDG, p 1, 5/19/2003)

Enrollment in Xenia Community Schools increases by nine students over last year, the first increase in enrollment since the 1974 tornado struck Xenia. (XDG, p 1, 9/10/2003)

Robert F Kennedy Jr will headline a quartet of speakers slated for the 13th annual Westheimer Peace Symposium, October 29th at Wilmington College, according to the Xenia Daily Gazette. (XDG, p 12A, 9/16/2003)

At 11:45AM, the state of Ohio formally transmits its ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to the Federal Government, 135 years late and the last state to do so. (XDG, p 1, 9/18/2003)

Suspended OSU running back Maurice Clarett sues the NFL to allow him to be drafted by the NFL prior to his 2005 eligibility. (XDG, p 4B, 9/24/2003)

Four students suffer minor injuries when some parents of the Xenia OH Athletic Booster Club discharge carbon dioxide fire extinguishers to create fog. Some of the football players trampled some of the band members, sending four students to the area hospital. (XDG, p 1A, 9/30/2003)

A US Express flight from Pittsburgh, carrying 50 passengers, makes a successful emergency landing at Dayton Airport after a leak in an air hose stirs up dust and caused an alarm light to trigger. (XDG, p 3A, 9/30/2003)

Becky Didier, 17, a senior at Fairborn HS [in Greene County OH, near Xenia] wins 4th place in solo, 6th place in presentation and 7th place in dance twirl, in a national baton competition held in July, 2003 at Daytona Beach FL, according to the XDG. (XDG, p 8A, 10/04/2003)

The first case of West Nile Virus in Greene County OH is reported in an unnamed 25-year old male who is recuperating at home. (XDG, p 1A, 10/07/2003)

Central State University men's track coach Jahan Culbreath, pleads no contest to a charge of stalking, a first degree misdemeanor. A presentencing investigation has been scheduled. (XDG, p 4A, 10/11/2003)

Army Spc Artimus D Brassfield, of Flint MI, formerly of Xenia OH, is killed in Iraq while playing baseball when a mortar shell struck nearby. (Dayton Daily News, p B5, 10/26/2003)

Counterfeit $20 bills surface in three [Xenia OH] area businesses, less than a month after the new twentys were issued (October 9, 2003) (XDG, p 1, 11/07/2003)

Xenia [OH] police arrest Wilburforce University student David D Miles for passing counterfeit $20 bills to area merchants. (XDG, p 2A, 11/08/2003)

Kathi Bingamon defeats incumbent Wayne T Baise by 12 votes to become the first female to serve on the Jasper Township Trustee Board [Greene County OH]. (XDG, p 1A, 11/08/2003)

The Ohio Supreme Court grants a stay of Richard R Bays' January 24th, 2004 execution for a 1993 stabbing death of 76-year old Charles H Weaver, handicapped man of Xenia OH. (Dayton Daily News, p B2, 11/21/2003)

"Looney To Command ASC" is the title of a page 1 article in the Xenia Daily Gazette today. "Looney" is AF Lt General Bill Looney, who took command of the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, near Dayton OH. (You'd think they'd come up with a better headline.) (XDG, p 1, 12/09/2003)

US Attorney General John Ashcroft announces that criminal charges have been filed against a federal licensed firearms dealer in Xenia OH (James Dillard, owner of The Hole In The Wall Gun Shop) in a "straw-buying scheme" that had Wilburforce University students purchasing more than 200 firearms and selling them to a New Jersey gang called the Double Bloods. The business has been closed since February 2003. (XDG, p 1, 12/12/2003)

University of Alabama, Department of Art and Art History, formerly of Xenia OH, Gary H Chapman is selected to show three of his paintings in the Biennale Internazionale DelliArte Contemporanea in Florence Italy. (XDG, p 1, 12/19/2003)

2004

(actual date given as "last week") Pre-World War II bombs are found during a routine fence line perimeter patrol at Wright-Patterson AFB. The area was temporarily sealed, including imposing a 600-foot no-fly zone, until the ordinance could be safely removed. (XDG, p 5A, 1/20/2004)

Singer/songwriter Danny Ray of Nashville TN, formerly of Xenia OH, returns to Xenia to sing at New Hope Christian Church. (XDG, p 6A, 1/31/2004)

The Xenia [OH] Community Schools 7.9 mill, two-year emergency levy barely passes (by 87 votes) costing home owners an additional $243/year/$100,000 of assessed value on their property. (XDG, p 1, 3/03/2004)

Xenia [OH] Community Schools announces the selection of Dr Jeffrey Lewis, of Miami East school district, a as the new school superintendent, to begin in August 2004 following the retirement of Dr James A Smith on July 31st. (XDG, p 1, 3/16/2004)

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