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HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY 165
and wife," whereupon the ceremony was ended and the happy pair left
for Cleveland. '
The first doctor was Geo. M. Anderson, Avho came from New York.
He Avas skilful in his profession, but died of cholera in 1834.
The first laAvyer was Hon. Eleutheros Cooke, who came here in 1821,
having previously resided at Bloomingville. The second legal practitioner,
Air. F. D. Parish, came here in 1822, and formed a partnership
with Air. E. B. Sadler in 1836, which continued to 1847, Avhen it was
dissolved in consequence of Air. Sadler being appointed judge of the
judicial district.
Up to 1819 or 1820 the Government postal arrangements here were
of the most primitive character, postmen on horseback, collected and
delivered letters from stage to stage, for Avhich the nominal charge of
25 cents Avas imposed. But about 1820 a small shanty was opened on
Water Streer^ind Air. Hector Kilboume Avas appointed postmaster.
The business of this institution was subsequently removed several times
to different parts of the toAvn, until the prosperity of our commercial
interests Avarranted its removal to the premises where it is noAV located.
The following is a list of allthe postmasters Avho have down to the
present filled that office: Hector Kilbourne, F. D. Parish, Erastus
Cooke, D. CasAA-ell, E. Brink, W. B. Smith, D. Powers, J. Al. Brown,
T, C. AleEwen, E. B. Sadler, A. C. VanTine, John M. Boalt, Chas. M.
Keyes, George Daniel, C. B. Dennis, John J. Molter, Chas. A. Lehrer,
Jas. E. Alelville, Chas. Schippel, James Ryan.
Sandusky Bay AV{IS the first port of entiy defined under the act
passed in 1805, establishing among others "the District of Aliami,"
which in 1812 was changed, by another act, to Sandusky. The earliest
representative institution in said district was at "Danbury" on the
peninsula, Peter P. Ferry being the officer, but in 1821 it was transferred
to Portland ToAvnship, and, under another act, passed in 1842,
it Avas styled Port of Sandusky. In 1854 the treasury department
invested $11,000 in purchasing a site, upon which during the years 1856
and 1857 Avas erected, at a cost of over $64,500, the present block now
standing on the corner of Columbus Avenue and Market Street.
SANDUSKY IN THE YEARS 1831 AND 1832
In the year 1831 George W. Garrett opened the Lawrence Hotel near
the site of the present Lawrence Hotel (the old Colton House) to the
traveling public. At that time ^he low Avater mark was within sixty
feet of the hotel, and'two Buffalo steamers landed daily at the wharf
now used by the Big Four Railroad. The Steamboat Hotel Avas then the
favorite hotel.
The store of A. Root had recently been opened with a stock of new
goods su