Post date: Apr 24, 2010 2:45:26 PM
The settlement of Brumbaugh's estate was purely a family affair. First, the personal belongings were distributed among the eight heirs either by mutual agreement or by lot. then, the household goods not already distributed and the land of considerable acreage, was sold at a family auction. For a number of years the big house on the homestead was occupied by tenant farmers. It was allowed to deteriorate until was considered beyond repair. The final scene described must have been dramatic. The fire departments from nearby towns were invited to be on hand.
During the burning of the building observers were able to see the hand-hewn logs that comprised the outside walls of the original dwellings. They appeared to be 12" by 6" thick, chinked with "chic and daub", a composition of lime and clay with horse hair to knit it. This was a German method of construction. The bricks were a light, yellowish red, almost orange. They were soft, hence had been covered, with plaster for protection. There were countless square-headed nails found in the ashes.Acquisition of the Brumbaugh homestead and other properties, which totaled 720 acres, was begun by Harry Bartlett Stewart Sr. early in 1900. The pictures below are the remains as of 2009. The left top is part of the foundation of the house and the remaining pictures are of the barn foundation. The house and barn were located North of the family cemetery off the East side of the Quail Hollow entrance drive.
Sources:
A History of Hartville Ohio by James W. McPherson III
The Stark County Bicentennial Story Volume I (Early Hartville, page 68)
"Et Wundert Mich" (It Wonders Me) by A. J. Brumbaugh
Ohio Lands a Short history by the Office of the Auditor of the State of Ohio
Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio
Bureau of Land Management, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington D.C.
Conrad Brumbaugh and His Lineage by Lewis H. Brumbaugh
My memories of the Land and its People before Quail Hollow by J. Donald Brumbaugh, 1983
Atlas of the State of Ohio 1868 by H.F. Walling
Quail Hollow ... Frontier to State Park by Steven C. Espenschied