"Capt" William Davidson b 12 Apr
1779 Milford, Connecticut d 15 Jan 1836
s/o Capt William Davidson & Mary Fenn.
md ?? Amanda Tyler b 2 Apr 1780 d 9 Mar
1819 d/o Jared Tyler & Keziah Royce.
she m/2 Abijah Carrington 8 Oct 1815.
2. Davidson, Tyler b 1810 Milford,
Connecticut, d. 16 Dec 1865 New York City
Buried Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati Ohio. Never married.
2. Davidson, Carlos b 1812 Milford,
Connecticut, d 10 Aug 1834 Ohio, buried Episcopal
Church
in Cincinnati, then reinterred 22 Jul 1858 at Spring Grove
Cemetery, Cincinnati Ohio.
2. Carrington, Julia Royce bp 3 Nov 1816
d 7 Jan 1886 Cincinnati Ohio.
Buried Spring
Grove Cem Cincinnati Ohio.
married 1840
Henry Probasco b 4 Jul 1820 Newtown, Connecticut.
2. Carrington, Charles bp Sep 1819. 1865
was residing in the state of Indiana.
Transcribed by - Helen Satterfield
Tyler Davidson Fountain
Fountain Square Cincinnati OH
This superb benefaction stands upon the western half of the
old
Fifth Street market space, now called Fountain Square,
between
Walnut and Vine Sts. It is the donation to the public by
the late
TYLER DAVIDSON, one of the merchant princes of
Cincinnati,
through the connection with it of his brother-in-law Mr
Henry
Probasco, has been so intimate and liberal that it is
sometimes
called the Probasco monument. Feb 15, 1867 Mr
Davidson
addressed a letter from Palermo, Sicily, to Mayor Wilstach,
embodying his thought and intention of several years, in
the
offer to the city of a sufficient sum for the building of the
fountain.
The conditions of the gift were simply that the fountain
should
always be kept in good order, with an abundant supply of
pure
water, free to the use of all; that it should be supplied with
water
twelve hours a day in summer, ten in the spring and fall,
and
six in the winter, except when the mercury should fall below
the
freezing point; that a policeman should always be near it
to
preserve its cleanliness and to guard it from abuse; that
the
water should be used only for drinking and ornamental
purposes,
except in case of fire in the immediate vicinity; and that the
doner
and his legal representative should have the right to hold the
city
responsible for the constant fulfillment of the
conditions. The grant
was accepted, but legal and other difficulties had to be
overcome
in securing the proposed site and the procurement of a
satisfactory
design for the fountain. All were overcome, however and
on the
sixth of Nov 1871, it was unveiled in the presence of an
immense
multitude, and with appropriate ceremonies.
Presented to the City of Cincinnati by Henry Probasco in
memory
of TYLER DAVIDSON Designed by August von Kreling of
Nuremberg,
Germany Modeled by Ferdinand von Miller, Director of the
Royal
Bronze Foundry at Munich, with the assistance of his son,
Colonel
Ferdinand von Miller, Jr., who superintended the placement of
the
fountain in Cincinnati.
Total height of the bronze fountain 38 feet
Total weight of the bronze fountain 24 tons
Height of the central figure 9 feet
Weight of the central figure 2 tons
Circular basin and base of the fountain made
of porphyry quarried
in Bavaria, weight 85 tons. Bronze work cast from
cannons
purchased from the Danish Government, cost of the
fountain
provided by Henry Probasco $105,000 in gold. Cost of
the
esplanade and accessories provided by the city
$75,000.00
Dimensions of the original esplanade, 400 feet long by 60
feet
wide. Architect for the esplanade was William
Tinsley. First
public fountain of importance and artistic merit in the
United States.
First fountain in the world to dispense ice water for
drinking, which
was cooled in an underground ice cellar. There are 438
holes in
each hand of the central figure for the shower of
water. Fountain
Square was dedicated on October 6, 1871, at which ceremony
these prominent men spoke. Archbishop John B. Purcell,
Governor
Rutherford B. Hayes, William S. Groesbeck, Henry Probasco,
Colonel Ferdinand von Miller, Jr., Mayor Simon S. Davis,
Rabbi
Max Lilienthal
DESCRIPTION OF THE FOUNTAIN
The bronze pedestal on the base of porphyry is square; the
four
sides bearing representations in relief of the four
principal uses
of water, water-power, navigation, the fisheries, and
steam. The
pedestal is surmounted by four semi circular bronze basins,
each
pierced in the centre by a single jet an inch in diameter.
From
the centre of the four semi-circular bronze basins, rises a
second
bronze at a pedestal, surmounted by a square column, on
which
stands the Genius of Water, a draped female figure, with
outstretched
arms, from the palms and fingers of whose hands the water
falls in
spray into the four semi-circular basins. On either
side of the square
column is a group of figures of heroic size. The
eastern group
represents a mother leading a nude child to the bath; the
western
group a daughter giving her aged father a draught of water;
the
northern group a man standing on the burning roof of his
homestead,
with uplifted hand, and praying for the rain; the southern
group, a
husbandman with an idle plough, and at his side a dog
panting from
heat, supplicates Heaven for rain. There are life size
figures in niches
at each corner of the bronze pedestal beneath the
semi-circular basins.
One represents a nude boy with a lobster, which he has just
taken from
a net and is holding aloft in triumph with one hand; another
a laughling
girl playing with a necklace of pearls; the third a
semi-nude girl, listening
to the sound of the waves in a sea-shell which she holds to
her ear;
the fourth, a boy well muffled, strapping on his
skates. There are four
drinkin-fountains, equi-distance on the rim of the porphyry
basin. each
is a bronze pedestal, surmounted by a life size bronze
figure. One
represents a youth astride, a dolphin; the second, a youth
kneeling,
holding one duck under his left arm and grasping by the neck
another;
the third is that of a youth, around whose right leg a snake
has coiled,
which the youth has grasped with his left hand, and is about
to strike
with a stone that he holds in his right. The fourth
figure is that of a youth
kneeling on the back of a huge turtle, and grasping it by
the neck. water
issues from the mouths of the dolphin, duck, snake and
turtle,
Transcribed by - Helen Satterfield
OHIO COUNTIES
Ohio County Formation
ADAMS, 1797, formed of a part of Hamilton
ALLEN, 1820, formed of a part of Shelby
ASHLAND, 1846, formed of parts of Wayne, Richland,
Huron, Lorain
ASHTABULA, 1808, formed of parts of Trumbull, Geauga
ATHENS, 1805, formed of a part of Washington
AUGLAIZE, 1848, formed of parts of Allen, Mercer, Darke,
Hardin, Logan, Shelby, and Van Wert
BELMONT, 1801, formed of parts of Jefferson, Washington
BROWN, 1818, formed of parts of Adams, Cleremont
BUTLER, 1803, formed of a part of Hamilton
CARROLL, 1833, formed of parts of Columbiana, Stark, Harrison,
Jefferson,
Tuscarawas
CHAMPAIGN, 1805, formed of parts of Green, Franklin
CLARK, 1818, formed of parts of Champaign, Madison, Greene
CLERMONT, 1800, formed of a part of Hamilton
CLINTON, 1810, formed of parts of Highland, Warren
COLUMBIANA, 1803, formed of parts of Jefferson, Washington
COSHOCTON, 1811, formed of parts of Muskingum,
Tuscarawas
CRAWFORD, 1820, formed of a part of Delaware
CUYAHOGA, 1808, formed of a part of Geauga
DARKE, 1809, formed of a part of Miami
DEFIANCE, 1845, formed of parts of Williams, Henry,
Paulding
DELAWARE, 1808, formed of a part of Franklin
ERIE, 1838, formed of parts of Huron, Sandusky
FAIRFIELD, 1800, formed of parts of Ross, Washington
FAYETTE, 1810, formed of parts of Ross, Highland
FRANKLIN, 1803, formed of parts of Ross, Wayne, Michigan
FULTON, 1850, formed of parts of Lucas, Henry, Williams
GALLIA, 1803, formed of parts of Washington, Adams
GEAUGA, 1806,, formed of a part of Trumbull
GREENE, 1803, formed of parts of Hamilton, Ross
GUERNSEY, 1810, formed of parts of Belmont, Muskingum
HAMILTON, 1790, Original County
HANCOCK, 1820, formed of a part of Logan
HARDIN, 1820, formed of a part of Logan
HARRISON, 1813, formed of parts of Jefferson, Tuscarawas
HENRY, 1820, formed of a part of Shelby
HIGHLAND, 1805, formed of parts of Ross, Adams, Clermont
HOCKING, 1818, formed of parts of Athens, Ross, Fairfield
HOLMES, 1824, formed of parts of Coshocton, Wayne,
Tuscarawas
HURON, 1815, formed of parts of Portage, Cuyahoga
JACKSON, 1816, formed of parts of Scioto, Gallia,
Athens, Ross
JEFFERSON, 1797, formed of a part of Washington
KNOX, 1808, formed of a part of Fairfield
LAKE, 1840, formed of parts of Geauga, Cuyahoga
LAWRENCE, 1815, formed of parts of Gallia, Scioto
LICKING, 1808, formed of a part of Fairfield
LOGAN, 1818, formed of a part of Champaign
LORAIN, 1822, formed of parts of Huron, Cuyahoga, Medina
LUCAS, 1835, formed of parts of Wood, Sandusky, Huron
MADISON, 1810, formed of a part of Franklin
MAHONING, 1846, formed of parts of Columbiana,
Trumbull
MARION, 1820, formed of a part of Delaware
MEDINA, 1812, formed of a part of Portage
MEIGS, 1819, formed of parts of Gallia, Athens
MERCER, 1820, formed of a part of Darke
MIAMI, 1807, formed of a part of Montgomery
MONROE, 1813, formed of parts of Belmont, Washington, Guernsey
MONTGOMERY, 1803, formed of parts of Hamilton, Wayne ,
Michigan
MORGAN, 1817, formed of parts of Washington, Guernsey,
Muskingum
MORROW, 1848, formed of parts of Knox, Marion, Delaware,
Richland
MUSKINGUM, 1804, formed of parts of Washington, Fairfield
NOBLE, 1851, formed of parts of Monroe, Washington,
Morgan, Guernsey
OTTAWA, 1840, formed of parts of Erie, Sandusky, Lucas
PAULDING, 1820, formed of a part of Darke
PERRY, 1818, formed of parts of Washington, Fairfield,
Muskingum
PICKAWAY, 1810, formed of parts of Ross, Fairfield,
Franklin
PIKE, 1815, formed of parts of Ross, Scioto, Adams
PORTAGE, 1808, formed of a part of Trumbull
PREBLE, 1808, formed of a part of Montgomery, Butler
PUTNAM, 1820, formed of a part of Shelby
RICHLAND, 1808, formed of a part of Fairfield
ROSS, 1798, formed of parts of Adams, Washington
SANDUSKY , 1820, formed of a part of Huron
SCIOTO, 1803, formed of a part of Adams
SENECA, 1820, formed of a part of Huron
SHELBY, 1819, formed of a part of Miami
STARK, 1808, formed of a part of Columbiana
SUMMIT, 1840
TRUMBULL, 1800
TUSCARAWAS, 1808, formed of a part of Muskingum
UNION, 1820, formed of parts of Franklin, Madison,
Logan, Delaware
VAN WERT, 1820, formed of a part of Darke
VINTON, 1850, formed of parts of Gallia, Athens, Ross,
Jackson, Hocking
WARREN, 1803, formed of a part of Hamilton
WASHINGTON, 1788, Original County
WAYNE, 1808, formed of a part of Columbiana
WILLIAMS, 1820, formed of a part of Darke
WOOD, 1820, formed of a part of Indian Lands
WYANDOT, 1845, formed of parts of Marion, Crawford, Hardin