CUYAHOGA COUNTY OHIO - BECK/BRADY/KININGER/GORDON-Hist of Oh (published 1880) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gina M. Reasoner AUPQ38A@prodigy.com January 26, 1999 *********************************************************************** Nothing found for Beck, Brady, or Kininger. The only mention of Gordon is in volume II, page 242. This is Chapter III, The Underground Railroad 19 pages into the chapter is Iberia Whipping Case. 4th paragraph down is: Rev. George Gordon, president of the college (Ohio Central College) , was present at the conclusion of this cruel ceremony. There is difference of opinion as to his attitude toward the affair. his friends claimed that he in no way encouraged the flogging., that indeed, he had made an effort to prevent it; while the victims and their sympathizers insisted that he witnessed it without protest. In November, 1861, he was fined $300 and cost of prosecution (from $1, 000 to $1,500 additional) and sentenced to jail for six months. Before the close of his term of imprisonment he was pardoned by President Lincoln. At first he refused to leave his prison cell in the jail at Cleveland, because the pardon did not exonerate him. His health was rapidly failing and he was finally prevailed upon to leave the cell in order to save his life. His health improved, but he never fully recovered. he died in 1868. ==== Maggie_Ohio Mailing List ====