FYI

THE LIST AT THE RIGHT displays the names of men who are known to have worked as blacksmiths in, or near, Darrtown. If and when more names are discovered, they will be added.

Most dates in the list are based on obituaries; so, time periods during which each man operated his business occurred prior to the dates shown.

The documents in which the names and dates were found are posted below.

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"Under a spreading chestnut-tree

The village smithy stands;

The smith, a mighty man is he,

With large and sinewy hands; ..."

Click to see the rest of Longfellow's Ode to the Blacksmith.

Documentation of blacksmiths in or near Darrtown

For more info about "smithing," see the Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America at the: ABANA website.

Click the following link to see the source of this excerpt:  biological-cyclopedia-butler-county

The LOCATION of one Darrtown blacksmith shop has been verified. SEE: Lot 13.

The following link provides more info about the Darrtown town hall

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The above image was taken from the 1860 U.S. Federal Census. From it, we can see that John Leatch, who was born in the state of Maryland, worked as a blacksmith in Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio. From the other names listed on the original census report, we deduce that Mr. Leatch was situated in Darrtown. He was 62 years old in 1860, thus, he was born in 1798.

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It is probable that, in 1933, the Darrtown Telephone Company installed the phone at the Rutt home. Click the following link to see info about the Darrtown Telephone Company.

1826 - Joseph Haynes

1860 - _____ Leatch

1890s - Ignaz "Fritz" Weiss and Frederick Abry

1917 - Samuel Abry

1922 - Frank Johnson

1925 - _____ Bisin

1930 - A.C. Wagner

1932 - Jacob Popst

1933 - _____ Rutt

The following link leads to an image of a record from the Butler county recorder's office that confirms "Fritz" Weiss and Fred Abry bought the north half of Lot 124, in March 1890. It seems reasonable to assume that this was the location of the Weiss-Abry blacksmith shop.