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Fairview township
originated in September, 1850, the division of Cool Spring township. Thomas
Coulson settled in this part of the county in 1798. He was a
pioneer in other ways. He opened the first school, primarily for his own
children, but invited those of his neighbors. His house was on the
thoroughfare from Mercer north to the lakes, and he built the first
tavern in the limits of the township, and during the war of 1812
entertained passing soldiers. Along the old state road, about the center of the township, the turn pike company erected a tavern in 1825 where the stage horses were changed and where the daily interest and activities of such a place caused a village to grow. Here, in March, 1846, a postoffice was established. The name selected was Harthegig, after an Indian of that name who was a familiar character among the early settlers. James Sellors, the landlord of the stage tavern, was the first postmaster. --------------------------- The stage coaches
have long since made their last trip over this road, and the busy
traffic of the
old times is forgotten save by the very old residents, and a few years
ago the last excuse departed for longer continuing the postoffice, the
residents along the road being supplied daily with their mail from a
rural carrier’s wagon. The only other village community in the
township is at Fredonia, only a part of which lies in Fairview. Among the pioneer families established in this township and identified with it as leading citizens were the Cubbisons, Alexanders, Boyds, Rambos. George
Cubbison is said to have opened the first store in the township
in 1848. Besides the many members of the
Cool
Spring Presbyterian congregation, at a later date were organized the
Fairview Baptist
church and the Oak
Grove Wesleyan Methodists. Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
1909, page 154 |
Places
Fairview Township
