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

dinner, a shadow fell across her for a fleeting second. She looked up to see two quarters of venisonhanging alongside the shed. An Indian friend she had treated had shot a deer and was dividing it with her,leaving without a sound and without waiting for explanation or thanks.Later, just before the onset of the 1882 Dakota Conflict Outbreak, her friend came again. This timehe told her that his people would not hurt her family, but there were others who would, and that the Bellsshould leave immediately.” The family quickly did as they were told, coming to Hutchinson (Minnesota).Mary died in 1913 in Lamont, Iowa.The “Six Mile House” was built in the 1830’s on Bell’s land that he bought from Daniel Jessup andserved those driving their herds and flocks to the large markets in Cincinnati, as well as farmers. It was atwo story, wood sided building with exposed log rafters in its 10 rooms. The inn had a succession ofmanagers some of whom leased the inn for five year intervals. The owners of the property contain manyfamiliar names seen in the history of that area: Rinkle, Aston, Craig, Schibi, Renstler, Bernard Kroger andJohn Edison. It was torn down before 1920 and the current poured concrete Six Mile House was builtacross the street in 1908. This building was demolished in 2000.Thaddeus T. died 3-11-1853 of tuberculosis when he was 35. He left a will which specified theclothing he was to wear when buried, left his son his Masonic regalia, sword and pistol, left items fromhis store to various family members and provided for his unborn child. His grave is marked by a Masonicemblem. He and his family, along with his father, (died 1873 of pneumonia) had moved to SwitzerlandCounty, Indiana.Mrs. Ruth J. Wells has a Bell Bible printed in 1855. In it is listed:Jane Aston was born Nov. 24, 1833William Kendall Bell was born March 23, 1828Laura Ann Bell was born March 31, 1864Seymour Barton Bell was born July 1, 1856William Kendall Bell died April 7, 1875 aged 47 yrs. & 15 daysJane Bell died Feb. 1, 1888 aged 54 yrs., 2 mo. & 7 da.John Parker 24 served in the Revolutionary War under Col. Quick and later under Col. Vroom. At StatenIsland he bore dispatches for General Washington for eighteen months. He fought at Elizabethtown wherehe wounded in the leg and emigrated to Springfield Township in 1897. He was born 1761 in Somerset,New Jersey and died 29 June 1844.Samuel Pierce 25 came from Middleton, Connecticut, and enlisted in the Revolutionary War in 1777. Hecame to Mill Creek Township in 1814; died 12 June 1828 in his cabin east of the Cincinnati and Hamiltonturnpike near the residence of Solomon Eversole. He was interred in the Roll Cemetery on the west forkof the Mill Creek, Cumminsville. He was born Sept. 1759. His wife died in 1842.While the Pouders were not in College Hill, their name is encountered through several marriages. JohnPouder and his wife, Elizabeth Kniselley Pouder came to Coleraine Township from Baltimore in 1817 bywagon. They first owned the land which it now 5th and Race Streets. They traded this land for 640 acresin Colerain Township. Their farm was between Groesbeck and Barnesburg. John was a carpenter andbuilt the first frame house outside of Cumminsville, that, years later when their son Samuel John and hiswife Hannah (Giffin) owned the house, the barn was a station on the Underground Railroad. 26 HannahGiffin was the daughter of James and Margaret (Carson) Giffin, a cousin of the Indian scout, ‘Kit’Carson. Harriet Pouder, daughter of Samuel John and Hannah (Giffin) Pouder, married Charles West, Jr.24 Yearbook of the Ohio SAR, 1895, op. cit.25 Yearbook of Ohio Society SAR, 1895, op. cit.26 John Pouder, Mrs. Nellie Whedon & Miss Thelma M. Murphy, 1947, also, Mrs. Ruth Wright.54