Grove City History - Part 6

(The following was written by Harold Windsor and is reprinted from “Reflections II”, a collection of local stories available at the Grove City Welcome Center and Museum. Any opinions made in the article are from the author.)With Breck came such hardy pioneers as William Sibray, John Mallot, Jeremiah Smith, George Van Sciver, and George Weygandt, and their families. These five pioneers journeyed from Fairfield County together to establish this community. Other pioneers and first settlers who followed the above-named trail blazers, are listed with the date they settled in the village:William Breck, 1846John Malott, 1846Jeremiah Smith, 1846William Sibray, 1846William Dearduff, 1852Tobias Freeman, 1850Hiram Mallott, 1850Dr. Joseph Bullen, 1852N.C. McLean, 1852Ann Monges, 1852Randolph Higgy, 1852W.H. Young, 1853Jessup Raymond, 1853Elihu Rose, 1854John Postle, 1854George H. Allen, 1854William M. Blackburn, 1854Kark Boch, 1854John W. Douglass, 1854Chris Zeigenspeck, 1854Jacob Lewis, 1854Enic Miller, 1854John Clark, 1854Peter Aller, 1855Robert Batty, 1855N.H. Steel, 1855William Nichols, 1855Rev. T. H. Hall, 1855Alex Frankenberg, 1856E.C. Brett, 1856William Neiswender, 1857William Schirner, 1857John Smith, 1857Chaz. H. Fritsche, 1858Beatty Clark, 1859Gabriel Postle, Sr., 1860John Buckholtz, 1860S.K. Reed, 1860Harvey Coit, 1861August Baer, 1861Fanny White, 1862Israel Postle, 1863Rev. C. Reichert, 1863Alexander White, 1864William Starr, 1865Irvin Fearing, 1865A.M. Anderson, 1865William Bender, 1865Anton Pilger, Sr., 1866George Coffman, 1867Robert Clough, 1867Leonard Buckholtz, 1867George Stroeder, 1867Carl Barthold, 1867Samuel Russell, 1867J.S. Vincent, 1867W.R. Mench, 1868William Voekel, Sr., 1869Robert Fairlamb, 1869Chas. Mahone, 1872William O. Bodle, 1874Joseph Buckholtz, 1878Emmanuel White, 1878Hanna M. Wilson, 1879The above is known to be the authentic list of the first settlers and Pioneers of Grove City, for information was gathered from the recorder’s office in the courthouse, from the deed record books, showing transfer of lands from William Breck to the above mentioned.(The conclusion of this story in the next blog entry.)