Taken from the obituary of Dr. John L. Vattier, as it appeared in the Jan. 14, 1881 Cincinnati Daily Gazette. In part, the article reads: "In connection with the death of Dr. Vattier, the story of the Last Man's Society is again brought to public notice. This story, which was first published in 1855 and again in 1874, is of such interest that it will bear reproduction in full: On the 30th day of September, 1832, seven then well known young men of this city met and formed a club, from its peculiar object called the Last Man's Society. The seven were Jas. M. Mason, Dr. J. L. Vattier, Fenton Lawson, Henry L. Tatem, Wm. Stanberry, Wm. Disney, Jr., and J. R. Mason. The seven were to hold an annual dinner each year, or as many as survived, and at the first dinner, held October 6, 1832, in a mahogany casket prepared by the father of present Expostion, Commissioner McAlpin, a bottle of wine was placed, and the casket locked, the lock sealed, and the key thrown away. This casket was to be kepty annually by the members of the socieyt, and when six had died, the seventh was, on the 6th of October next following the death of the sixth, to open the casket and drink the wine. This agreement was faithfully carried out. For five years, the seven at their annual dinner. Then in June, 1837, Mr. James M. Mason died. The sic continued the custom two years, when, in November, 1839, Wm. Stanberry died. Three years later Mr. J. R. Mason died, leaving but four of the society. These four partook of their annual dinner for seven years, when in 1849 death again invaded the society, choosing for his victim Wm. Disney, Jr. For six years Messrs. Lawson, Tatem, and Dr. Vattier kept up the annual dinner until in June, 1855, Mr. Lawson died, and his death is said to have produced such an effect on the mind of Mr. Tatem, in whose custody the mystic box was at the time, that he died two months later. In the delirium preceding death he is said to have begged that the casket be removed from the house. By the death of Mr. Tatem, Dr. Vattier became the last surviving member, and in accordance with the object for which the club was formed, he, on the 6th of October, 1855, broke open the casket, opened the bottle, and drank the wine. Up to the date of his death Dr. Vattier, regularly, on the anniversary of October 6, has prepared and eaten, all alone, a dinner in memory of the Last Man's Society, which by his death is now extinct....." One of the other articles appeared in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette on August 18, 1874. ----- Original Message ----- From: <annbergelt@aol.com> To: <ohhamilt@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [OHHAMILT] UNIVERSALIST RECORDS > > Hi, Margo; > > I think I found something that might be of help to you with this search. > There are no matching entries for the two marriages you cited in either > "Restored Marriages, Hamilton Co. OH 1808-1849" or the index of marriage > notices in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette 1821-1881. > > And the marriage index above also does not have any church in its > reference list that's called a Universalist church. > > However -- in the "Hamilton County Ohio Selected Baptism Records, early to > 1859" there is: > > Lawson, Caroline Augusta Bapt. 25 May 1845, parents Fenton and Eliza > -- Code K > Lawson, George Park Bapt. 1822 (no other dates), parents Fenton and Eliza > A same code > Lawson, J.H. bapt. 5 Oct 1834, parents Fenton and Eliza A - same code > > K is the code for the Church of the New Jerusalem, 1811-1859 LDS film # > 1630318 > > There are several other baptisms in this time frame for Lawsons, with the > same church code. They do not have parents indicated, but if you want > those names, let me know. > > Best wishes, > > Ann Bergelt > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Margo Pomeroy <minniemittens@yahoo.com> > To: OHHAMILT <OHHAMILT@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tue, Aug 3, 2010 4:24 pm > Subject: [OHHAMILT] UNIVERSALIST RECORDS > > > > > would like to know if anyone on the list can tell me if there was a > niversalist Church in Cincinnati around 1831, where it was located and > what it > was called. I can't seem to find Universalist record sources either here > in > incinnati or in Philadelphia. > > pecifically I am looking for the marriage of Fenton Lawson to Eliza > Augusta > srael They would have been married around Aug 1831 since their first born > son > as born 13 May 1832. She was only 17 when she married so I don't see them > arried much before that. > > nother possible marriage lookup in the Universalist records would be her > other. Mary Hartford Israel's marriage to Abraham Murray around 1825. This > one > ight be in Cincinnati or possibly Illinois. > Margo > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com > Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: > ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ > Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: > ttp://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he message > > > To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: Kaesemein@aol.com > > Did you miss a message? 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