History of New London, (Huron County) Ohio United States of America

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The town of New London (population 1,527) is on the New York Central, the Northern Ohio and auto routes 60 and 162. It is a short distance north of the Ashland County line and four miles east of Fitchville. One of its substantial industries is the C E Ward Company, which manufactures regalia. there is a large printing plant, the B F Harrison Company; a tile factory and other industries. Charles H Hearson is publisher of the New London Record, the postmaster is L L Leech, and the town is looking forward to the erection of a federal building. The banks are the Third National, of which E E Townsend is president and V B Winebar is cashier. C H Burke is president of the Savings and Loan Banking Company, Preston Golding, first vice president; E D Briggs, second vice president; and W R Lawrence, secretary and cashier. C H Burke is Huron County representative in the General Assembly.

New London has a very commodious library building. Miss Marian Wood is the librarian and Miss Elizabeth McConnell is librarian-emeritus. In this library is a framed picture of New London's soldiers in the Civil War, presented by William B Thom of New York City and George W Runyan, who for many years was editor and publisher of the New London Record. Photographs are shown of Edwin D, William H, Myron B and James M Runyon, Andrew K Evans and Charles H Rawson. Forty veterans appear in a picture of the reunion of the Twelfth Ohio Independent Battery, Light Artillery, held in New London, Sept 26, 1889, as follows: G H Clock, W H Brown, W B Fleming, Sam Call, George Russell, Norman C Potter, Ransom Barrett, James Tompkins, David Houghtlen, C H Boden, A P Fairbanks, Peter Clemmons, J T Mead, J M Knapp, R F Fulton, William Richardson, J M Beelman, M B Spalding, Albert A Powers, William Culbertson, Ashley A Barrett, M S Pollack, A McClellan, J A Turner, William Banks, Theodore Brown, Clem LaValle, B Vanator, Garrett VanVranken, H Cookingham, C A Newman, H B Belding, W L May, John Bigelow, C Starbird, F T Daniels, B F Watros, Charles June, W S Carney, Russell Godfrey.

Ira L Landis is the superintendent of the New London schools. A fine new building was finished a few years ago. Churches of New London are Baptist, Congregational and Methodist.

New London was first called Merrifield Settlement, then it became Kinsley's Corners, then King's Corners and in 1853 was incorporated as the village of New London. R C Powers was the first mayor; clerk, John Thom; treasurer, J O Merrifield; councilmen, J Bradley, J F Badger, A Starbird, V King and A D Kilburn; marshal, A A Powers. In May 1857, the J S Merrifield lot, now Monumental Park, was purchased as the site for a new school house.

FROM: History of North Central Ohio, by William Duff. Historical Publishing Co, Topeka-Indianapolis, 1931.

History of New London, (Huron County) Ohio

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