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MASSOLIT: Women in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey The Significance of Xenia in Homers TheAs of the censusthe city had a population of 25, At the geographical center of the county, it was selected as the county seat and houses the County Courthouse, County Sheriff's Department, Jail, and other regional departments. Xenia was founded inthe year Ohio was admitted into the Union.
In that year, European-American pioneer John Paul bought 2, acres 8. Joseph C.
Vance was named to survey the site and lay out the town. The following year, he bought the town site of acres 1.
The name of the new village was chosen in typically democratic fashion. Vance called a town meeting to discuss possible names. The committee had considered several suggestions without reaching any decision. Then the Rev. Robert Armstrong proposed the name "Xenia," meaning "hospitality" in Greek, because of the fine hospitality extended to him in this friendly community.
When a tie vote occurred, Laticia Davis, wife of Owen Davis, was invited to cast the deciding ballot.
She voted for "Xenia. It took in the homeland of the Shawnee Indians. The Shawnee war chief Tecumseh was born there in William Beattie was Xenia's first businessman. Inhe opened a tavern which became a center of community affairs.
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InJohn Marshall built Xenia's first house. The first log school house was constructed inand, that same year, the Rev. James Towler became the town's first postmaster. The growing community soon attracted many pioneer industries - flour mills, sawmills, woolen mills, pork packing plants, oil mills, and tow mills.
A petition for incorporation, dated March 24,was circulated among the 88 households of Xenia, and on July 21,that petition, containing 66 signatures, was filed with the Court of Common Pleas of Greene County.]
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