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This vintage postcard from the early 1900s shows Jelloway as it appeared at that time.
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Jacob Phifer moved to the Ohio frontier after serving in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, settling at the crossroads now known as the intersection of US Route 3 and Ohio 205. He built an inn there and founded the first post office in the area. He is buried in the Jelloway Cemetery.
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An ancient oak tree guards the entrance to the cemetery, and probably has since well before Jacob Phifer was buried there.
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The population of the village peaked in the 1850s at over 1500. The town gradually spread up the hillside, as visible from the Jelloway Cemetery.
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The village offers no hints about the colorful people associated with its past to travelers who zoom through. It was named after a Native American bird charmer, Chief Tom Jelloway.
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The founder of Jelloway fought in one of the bloodiest battles in American history, the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War, where the patriot forces lost over 50 percent of their men. In this painting, General Herkimer is seen directing the militia from where he fell.
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