A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

manufacturer from England.When first married, James and Ethyl Bowman built a home in Hamilton, Ohio. Due to ill health,James moved his family to a 10 acre apple ranch in Hood River, Oregon. The Hood River Valley is stillthe area of premier fruit-growers due to volcanic soil, glacial water, warm days and crisp nights. Nineyears later his doctor advised him to relocate back to Cincinnati. They moved to College Hill, settling at5809 Lathrop. James took over the coal portion of Pierson Coal Co. which was started by Ethyl’sgrandfather, D. L. Pierson. Their 3 children married and stayed in College Hill.Newbold LeRoy Pierson attended school at Farmers’ College and a private school in London,Ontario, Canada. Although he never owned the business, he worked for the lumber company. He was alsoa secretary to the mayor of Cincinnati. Newbold was the developer of lower Cedar Avenue which hadbeen a farm purchased by his father. The street name “Leffingwell” is a surname of the Lathrop relations.One of his children was Daniel Buell Pierson (born 1885). Newbold shared offices with EdgarCummings, another building contractor. After 1918, Mr. Cummings left the construction trade, whileNewbold had a business downturn and went bankrupt. Newbold had built a large home next to that of theCumming’s on Larch Avenue and sold it to the Crosley family. Newbold built a small house for hisfamily on Hillcrest Road. Shortly afterwards, he was killed by a street car.Pierson built a log cabin land office at Hamilton and Ambrose Aves. After his subdivision was builtthe house was then moved to 1418 Cedar Avenue (Dr. Jacob Ferris’ second subdivision), sided, and usedas a house. The house has since been aluminum sided but still can be recognized from the X-shaped crossbeams protruding at each end of the roof. The house was first owned by Anna and William Hobson, thesold to George and Anna Dasch (1924-1947).The late Richard Dasch, Jr., grandson of George Dasch, shared some of his family history. GeorgeDasch was originally from Covington, Kentucky. He was a butcher and took his meat in a horse-drawnwagon along a Spring Grove Avenue, Winton Place, Northside, Goosetown (east Cumminsville) andCollege Hill route. He purchased a whole side of beef from Meyers and did all of his meat preparationfrom the back of the wagon. He established the Daily Meat Market, a butcher shop/grocery store inNorthside at (today’s Spring Grove Avenue and Dooley By-Pass) in 1907 when the Board of Health nolonger allowed meat to be sold from a wagon. During the Depression he lost his business and went towork at Peebles Meats in Northside.Louis Beierle, Richard Dasch Jr.’s cousin, was a delivery boy for the store. People would call in orleave a checked off list of the cuts of meat they wanted. He also delivered groceries, fruit and vegetables.The store had a succession of delivery vehicles, a REO Speed wagon, a Model-T Ford and aRichenbacker Touring Car. He would go to Kentucky to purchase barrels of cottontail rabbits that hadbeen shot by hunters and then cleaned and sold the meat. Mr. Beierle lived in the left side of the buildingthat was originally the House of Free Discussion in Northside. He worked for Mr. Dupps of College Hillas his chauffeur. He drove Mr. Dupps from packing house to packing house throughout New England.Mr. Dupps was vice-president of Cincinnati Butcher’s Supply.Daniel S. Pierson married Mable Brown of Wyoming, Ohio. Their children were: 1) Mahlon Pierson2) Margaret Pierson 3) Frank Pierson 4) James Churchill Pierson 5) Daniel Buell Pierson.The Pierson Lumber and Coal Co. split into two parts, the coal company being run by JamesBowman and his son, Henry. As the demand for coal declined, they went into the tool rental and salesbusiness.Pierson’s had also purchased the Edgewood Lumber Co. across the street from them and that wassold to the Bowmans. During W.W. II the Pierson Lumber Company supplied lumber for crates for theArmy Air Force at Wright Patterson Field in Dayton.In 1950 Jack H. Thornell was president; Lewis J. Henshaw, vice-president and secretary andClarence R. Rusk, treasurer. Under Mr. Thornell 27 , who had a degree in architecture and was a graduate27 Conversation with Dr. Thornell, Dec. 28, 1994.189