Sharing this great article just published today from the "Pike County News Watchman" by Sherry M. Stanley in her "Rural Rendezvous" Column entitled:
I eagerly read through the timeline history of the Temperance Movement in Ohio since I had an early collateral line ancestor who was involved in it; however, she took part in the Greenfield Raid of 1865 that has been largely forgotten about due to being overshadowed by Hillsboro's as stated in many accounts and in this article:
"At Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1873, a group of women led by Eliza J. Thompson, founder of the Women’s Temperance Crusade, marched in the streets, stopping at saloons to pray for patrons and saloon keepers, and demanding that saloon keepers sign a pledge to stop selling alcoholic beverages. The march in Hillsboro prompted additional marches in more than 130 communities."
"At Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1873, a group of women led by Eliza J. Thompson, founder of the Women’s Temperance Crusade, marched in the streets, stopping at saloons to pray for patrons and saloon keepers, and demanding that saloon keepers sign a pledge to stop selling alcoholic beverages. The march in Hillsboro prompted additional marches in more than 130 communities."
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Sharing my "Find A Grave" memorial for my collateral line Limes ancestor - Eliza Catherine "Kate" Marchant Gaskill. I included as much information that I could compile about the July 10, 1865 Greenfield Liquor Raid and the subsequent trial they faced in 1867.
Sharing my "Find A Grave" memorial for my collateral line Limes ancestor - Eliza Catherine "Kate" Marchant Gaskill. I included as much information that I could compile about the July 10, 1865 Greenfield Liquor Raid and the subsequent trial they faced in 1867.
These crusading women were 'warriors' for eradicating the evils of liquor in their village. They had strong beliefs that were based on the tragedies that resulted in so much misery stemming from drunkenness; and they wanted to do something to stop it. I can't blame them. For them it had to be akin to the opiate crisis we are experiencing today - overwhelming. They didn't want to sit on the sidelines and do nothing.
Prohibition was later repealed as we know, but these ladies will be remembered as women who took a stand boldly for a cause they believed in and were proud of it throughout their whole lives.
