20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . o sayof this man Paul is, that he and his fam-ily were surprised and killed by the In-dians somewhere north of Fort Washing-ton, now the city of Cincinnati, sometimein 1789 or 1790. So far as location is con-cerned the student of history is left tojudge for himself where the massacre tookplace. Some few persons who have takena deeper interest in the early history ofthe Miami Valley have delved into earlytraditions and have sought to show thatMr. Paul and his family met death at thehands of the Indians so
20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . o sayof this man Paul is, that he and his fam-ily were surprised and killed by the In-dians somewhere north of Fort Washing-ton, now the city of Cincinnati, sometimein 1789 or 1790. So far as location is con-cerned the student of history is left tojudge for himself where the massacre tookplace. Some few persons who have takena deeper interest in the early history ofthe Miami Valley have delved into earlytraditions and have sought to show thatMr. Paul and his family met death at thehands of the Indians somewhere near theforks of Twin Creek. The part Mr. Pauland his son, John Paul, Jr., played in themaking of Clark County, would indicatethat the slaughter must have taken placesomewhere within the countys borders. One son and one daughter of the Paulfamily escaped being slaughtered by theIndians. They remained where the fatherhad built the first cabin in Clark Countyand continued to farm, the son, John, dy-ing at the age of ninety-one years in was buried in the New Carlisle eeme-. ——l——.
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