Perry High School - Clock Yearbook (Massillon, OH)

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silver cup in competition in Baltimore, it was judged the best in the show from all parts of the United States. Actually this is the first rec- ord of any national competition won by an Ohioan. The Hardy Pioneers Most of the individuals who settled in this area, settled in Perry Township to farm the rich, fertile soil. With these settlers came in- dividualistic, hardy pioneer stock like Massum Metcalf. He enjoyed the open air, and sparsely populated area for several years, when the area began to get more settlers, he left saying, The country is too thickly settledg I must go Where I cannot see the smoke of my neighbor's chim- ney, nor hear the bark of his dogf, James Duncan In 1822, as business still stagnated, immi- gration almost ceased, discouragement per- vaded the whole township, land values decreased at a fast clip. Because of the horrible condi- tions, one individual- built a flatboat on the Tuscarawas River, loaded it with flour, whis- key, and potatoes, and set off for the New Orleans market by way of the Tuscarawas, the Muskingum, the Ohio and, finally, the Missis- sippi. Fortunately, he did not have to make the whole journey, he sold the boat and all of its commodities in Cincinnati. With his sale cul- minated, he walked back to Perry Township where he lived his remaining days. The man's name-James Duncan. Mr. Duncan figured prominently in seeing that the Ohio Canal passed through Perry Township on the eastern side of the Tuscarawas River on its journey from Cleveland to Portsmouth. He also was responsible for the laying out of a town along the canal,s route. The town was Massillon, and it gets its name, as suggested by Mrs. Duncan, who was somewhat of a Francophile, from Jean Baptiste Massillon, a celebrated Roman Catholic French Bishop of the days of Louis XIV. Robert Owen's Effect In 1824 the socialistic and humanitarian writings of Robert Owen made a great impact on some of the residents of the township. Resi- dents of Stark and Portage counties pooled their resources and purchased two thousand acres of SNR As population in the area increased, law and order came to the area. The first justice of the peace in Perry Township was a Francis Smith. land from the estate of Thomas Rotch so that they could create a so-called communistic com- munity. The group was reinforced by 28 New Yorkers who wished to participate in the ex- periment. But because of the poor business con- ditions of the times, the venture was not a suc- cess. Since they could not make their payments for the acreage, the group gave up its struggle and sold the holdings to James Duncan, Arvine Wales, and Alexander Skinner who divided it into town lots. Johnny Appleseed The first orchard planted in Stark County and Perry Township was planted by Jonathan Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed Chapman, who received his nickname from his going through the country and asking for apple seeds at each so that he could plant them. Sup- posedly, the first orchard was planted on the Daum farm which was located on the south side of the Canton-Massillon Roadf Route 30j, probably located between Zern and Genoa Road. E0 WLING

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Perry Cawnshzp - ,414 Surly J-listargf The Stumps and the Houcks Also figuring prominently in the beginnings of Perry Township were the Stumps and the I-Ioucks. Frederick Stump and his wife Mar- garet moved to Stark County in the spring of 1808. He built a log cabin where he and his wife gave birth to ten of their eleven children. During those early days, sources state that Stump, on occasion, went to Cleveland to have some grain ground. It took a week for the trip. During one of his journeys, Indians came to the cabin, and Mrs. Stump, alarmed by their presence, gave them half a sack of meal. Shortly they returned, Mrs. Stump thought they had come for the rest of the meal. Instead, they left a dressed deer. Of the eleven Stump children, Levi remained on the farm and, because of his frugality and resourcefulness, continued the success of his father. Levi became one of the first horticulturists in the county, and the first The simple, austere, and rough hewn meeting place of the Society of Friends in Kendall served two purposes: this is where the Quakers Q ff- 'fir' V item A XR -. 4- mt- individual in the 'county who specialized in growing small fruits. In 1871 he built one of the grandest residences in Stark County, a 21 room house and lived the life of a gentleman farmer. The property is still in the same family, and the home still stands as one of the land- marks of Richville. With the building of the Ohio Canal in 1828, traffic to Massillon from the East grew heavy, and the taverns along the route could not handle it. John I-Iouck, who had a farm on the present site of Richville, laid out the village in 1836 and built a large tavern on the northeast cor- ner of the 'asquaref' The tavern housed travel- ing farmers, and fed their horses. 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