In 1822 Abijah Hubbell and his son, Jabez Hubbell, and
Barsley Hubbell bored a salt well above the Stout well and a
furnace set for making salt in 1824.
Ruel Braley manufactured salt at his works, five miles above
on Leading creek, in 1830.
The Bradford and Stedman's furnace was located about five
miles below the Stout well in 1830 or 1831.
Still further down the creek Theophilus Jacobs operated a
furnace for a few years with a great deal of energy.
Near the mouth of Thomas Fork Herriman Plummer bored
a well and made salt in 1831.
Two other salt wells had been previously attempted in Rut-
land township, but failed to obtain salt water. One was bored
by Joseph Giles, Sr., and the other one was by Samuel Church
in 1822, which resulted in the discovery of a heavy lubricating
oil, the true value of which was not understood and very little
attention was paid to it.
After the Rutland furnaces began make 200 bushels of
salt per week the prices came down to 50 cents a bushel. After
salt was made in large quantities along the Ohio river the
works on the creek became unprofitable, and the manufacture
of salt was discontinued.
In 1810 Joseph Vining and his brother, Joshua Vining, came
with their families from Hartford, Conn., and settled in Rut-
land township, near the later residence of John B. Bradford.
Timothy Vining, a son of Joseph Vining, was born in Hart-
ford July 24th, 1805. Joseph Vining died at the age of ninety-
one years, and his wife near ninety years.
Timothy Vining married Sina Jones, daughter of Charles
Jones, and they had a large family-six sons and three daugh-
ters. The six sons were all soldiers for their country. Mr.
Vining died at the age of eighty-seven years ten months and
twenty-eight days on May 23rd, 1893.
Mrs. Sina Vining died at the age of eighty-four years.
