The Drum Defiance Crescent News 10-7-1931 UGF

    The big Vallandigham meeting in Defiance on 15 Aug. 1863, when Farmer and Washington Twp. delegates rode  down on a big hay wagon decorated with hickory boughs, and a large U.S, flag bravely flying.
    There was a "Buckskin Band" at Ney and some of the instrument were community owned, at least the bass drum was. A big man Grif  Hatfield a red-hot Republican swore that drum should not be carried to "no dam copper head meeting " John Campbell a wiry little scotchman, he said the drum should go, and it was agreed that if he licked Hatfield the drum should go, and other wise not. They sailed into each other and soon John had Grif on his back thumping him vigorously with both fists.
    Soon Grif squealed "enough".John was little hard of hearing and kept pounding Grif's mug, and a grinning by-stander leaned over and said loudly to John "Grif says he had enough" John said "oh all right, I did not here him", and got up and so the drum went to the big Vallandigham meeting. John's 12 year old son John played the drum.