Excerpt from The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland: From 1749 to 1890 During this period of about twenty years a number of Catholic families came from Maryland and Pennsylvania and settled in Columbiana county, some as early as 1812, and others a few years later in Stark and Wayne counties. In 1814 the saintly Dominican Father, Rev. Edward Fen wick, was sent by Bishop Fla-get, of Bardstown, Ky., to look after the spiritual interests of the Catholics, sparsely settled in Southern and Central Ohio, with a view to provide them with regular pastoral attendance. In 1817 he paid his first pastoral visit to the few Catholic families settled in the north eastern part of the state - Columbiana and Stark counties. It is therefore from last mentioned year that Catholicity in Northern Ohio really dates its beginning. As this narrative is to be confined to the territory of Northern Ohio - the present Diocese of Cleveland - in record ing the establishment, growth and progress of the Church, it will deal with such facts relating thereto as far as the subject demands, and the narrow limits of a sketch will permit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.