We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! As we do every year, we are taking the rest of the year off to relax and spend the holidays with our loved ones.
See you in 2024!
A Constable Finally Honored after 151 Years
In Murder & Mayhem in Dayton and the Miami Valley, Sara wrote the story of John William Fogwell, a Beavercreek Constable who was killed as he headed home from Dayton. He had a warrant in his shirt pocket he intended to deliver on the way. His dying declaration identified his killer, William Ritchison. As it turns out, this story had the right audience. Steve Grismer, of Dayton Police History Foundation, read the story and realized Fogwell had never been honored as an officer who died in the line of duty.
Recently we learned he is officially [finally] honored on The Officers Down Memorial Page, just in time for the 151st anniversary of his death, which was October 31st. The next step (which is in process now) will be to submit paperwork to the committee for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. If approved, his name will be engraved on the marble wall in Washington DC.
Constable J. William Fogwell
End of Watch Thursday, October 31, 1872
Reminder of Upcoming Craft Fair Events
We’re excited for a few upcoming craft fairs/holiday bazaars. You might see us there!
- Holiday Arts & Craft Show
2900 Glengarry Drive, Kettering, OH 45420
11/11 from 9am-4pm - Craft Bazaar
Michael Solomon Pavilion
2917 Berkley Street, Kettering, OH 45409
11/18 from 9am-3pm - St. Luke’s Beavercreek Christmas Bazaar
St Luke School
1442 Fairfield Rd. Beavercreek, OH 45432
11/18 from 8am-5pm
11/19 from 9am-2pm
Other Daytons (Part 2)
Here is more information about the other Daytons in the US! We covered the first half in Other Daytons Part 1.
- Dayton, Nevada – the second-oldest settlement in Nevada and home to the oldest hotel in Nevada, and once a hotspot for gold miners. Named for a local surveyor, John Day in 1861.
- Dayton, Newark, New Jersey – a neighborhood in Newark, named after Jonathan Dayton.</
- Dayton, New Jersey – an unincorporated community in South Brunswick. Originally known as Cross Roads but was renamed to Dayton in 1866, but it is unclear if it is named for William L. Dayton or Jonathan Dayton.
- Dayton, New York – founded around 1810 when settlers arrived and mistakenly thought they were in Chautauqua County (but they were in Cattaraugus County). Formed from the town Perrysburg.
- Dayton, Oregon – founded in 1850 by Joel Palmer and Andrew Smith, a native of Dayton, Ohio.
- Dayton, Pennsylvania – a small borough in Armstrong County. Population as of the 2020 census was 549 people.
- Dayton, Tennessee – Settled around 1820 and was named Smith’s Crossroads. Renamed to Dayton in 1877, after Dayton, Ohio. Was also the site of the 1925 Scopes Trial that decided if evolution should be taught in public schools.
Dayton Unknown 