"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



OHIO COUNTIES




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

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 foutain 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 diamerter.  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 
repesents 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 hugh turtle, and grasping it by the neck.  water
 issues from the mouths of the dolphin, duck, snake and turtle,   
Transcribed by - Helen Satterfield

              Mary Bonsal