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TWINSBURG, OHIO
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Part I History
Part II Genealogies
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
THE SAMUEL BISSELL MEMORIAL
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
OF TWINSBURG
TWINSBURG, OHIO
MCMXVII
DEDICATION
To those sturdy men and women who left their well-
established New England homes to found a new com-
munity in the wilderness; who, with strong faith,
dauntless courage and untiring industry,
founded this township of Twinsburg;
to whose wisdom, patience
and devotion each succeeding
generation is debtor.
This book is gratefully dedicated.
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Centennial History
vj Twinsburg, Ohio
1817 1917
An account of the settlement of the township and sub-
sequent events during a hundred years, illustrated with
portraits of representative citizens and views of noteworthy
buildings and natural scenery.
By
Lena M. Carter
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2010 with funding from
Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
http://www.archive.org/details/twinsburgohio18100insamu
CONTENTS OF PART I
Nature's Contribution to Twinsburg 9
The Settlement at Millsville 13
The New Township of Twinsburg 18
An Era of Prosperity 28
Development of the Public Schools 40
Samuel Bissell and the Twinsburg Institute 44
Music 66
The Churches 75
Twinsburg in the Civil War 108
The Postoffice, and Civil Status of Twinsburg 127
Travel and Transportation 129
Industries 137
Professional Life 144
Twinsburg's Fight for Temperance 147
Societies 153
A Group of Incidents 162
Cemeteries 166
Developments of Recent Years 168
Centennial Celebration 179
Centennial Poem 186
PREFACE
AT the annual meeting of the Samuel Bissell Memorial
Library Association, February 22, 191 3, it was de-
cided to undertake the publication of A History of
Twinsburg, to be issued in connection with the Centennial
to be held in 1917. The entire matter was placed in charge
of a committee of five which organized with Mr. Chauncey
B. Lane as chairman, Miss Eliza P. Reed, secretary, Messrs,
R. B. Chamberlin and W. S. Lister, in charge of finances, and
Miss Lena M. Carter, historian. Rev. R. T. Cross was
chosen genealogist.
It was never expected that the task would be un-
attended with difficulties. Many perplexing problems have
presented themselves, some of which are as yet unsolved.
The willingness of both former and present citizens to assist
financially, and also in furnishing necessary data, has been
greater than it seemed wise to hope. It has developed that
many records, supposedly existent, have disappeared.
Consequently some subjects are treated generally rather
than in detail, since even the most painstaking investigation
cannot supply such a lack in a work involving the occur-
rences of a century.
An attempt has been made to meet the desires of the
diff^erent persons who may read this book. There are not a
few who made their homes in Twinsburg many years ago
who may desire in these pages to live over the old days, to
renew acquaintance with friends long forgotten and to pass
on to their posterity an enduring account of the events of
years long past. There is this generation, some of whom are
descendants of the early settlers, some of later advent here,
and others who know of Twinsburg only as the home of their
ancestors. To those who know the present town the process
by which it has evolved from the past possesses much of
interest. And there are those of future generations whose
unquestionable right it is to know what of character and
Preface 7
endeavor have been incorporated in their inheritance from
the century just now gone by.
The Hfe and work of Rev. Samuel Bissell are given
rather lengthy treatment, both because of the real worth of
the man and his mission, and also because of the renown
given the town through his work. Furthermore, as the
publication of this book has been assumed by the Samuel
Bissell Memorial Library Association, it has seemed fitting
that proper recognition should be rendered Rev. Mr. Bissell
in these pages.
Another difficulty confronting the committee was the
selection of illustrations. The necessarily limited number
of persons, buildings and natural scenes here portrayed were
selected because it was thought they would merit the in-
terest of the living and, also, of future generations. It was
deemed wise to insert few pictures of the living. Against
his earnest protest the committee voted to insert the picture
of the chairman.
Acknowledgment is gladly made of the value to the
writer of the published accounts of early life in the town
prepared by Mr. Ethan Ailing and Mr. Luman Lane. Mr.
Samuel A. Lane's History of Summit County has also been
very helpful. The opportunity is here taken to express
gratitude to all who have contributed material and, in
several instances, an entire chapter toward this book.
Among contributors not elsewhere named are Mrs. W. C.
Prentiss, Mrs. A. J. Brown, Mrs. E. B. Grouse, A. W.
Elliott and Dr. R. B. Chamberlin. In addition to these are
the many who have freely given valuable information,
often, after much exacting research. Numberless times the
many years and the active memory of Mr. Oscar A. Nichols,
Twinsburg's third oldest man, have been proven of high
value.
Undoubtedly many inaccuracies will be discovered
notwithstanding the fact that many items have been omitted
because of lack of reasonable verification. No effort has
been made, nor needed to be made, to give more praise to
Twinsburg's citizens than is their just due. The writer
entertains the feeling that if error has been made it has been
in withholding rather than adding expressions of com-
mendation.
8 Preface
If, after having read this book, the reader shall have a
warmer feeling of gratitude toward the pioneers and their
successors, if he shall possess a better understanding of the
business of making a thriving, respectable, law-abiding and
progressive community, if he shall feel a keener sense of his
responsibility as a citizen, the committee charged with the
preparation of this book will feel its effort and labor have
not been in vain.
Tinker's Creek at Old AIills
Tinker's Creek, Old Swimming Hole
The Falls at Old Mills
Water W orks Reservoir
Where Big Stones Were Quarried
Richardson Grovi
Ledges axd Cave Near Reservoir
Leach's Falls, in Winter
NATURE'S CONTRIBUTION TO
TWINSBURG
Walter B. Lister
SURROUNDED on all sides by hills, Twinsburg
nestles comfortably in the little valley made by
Tinker's creek. From above, it presents a pretty
panorama of patches of green, gold, and dark brown,
dotted with the black and white of houses and the
red of barns, cut in all directions by the grayish-brown of the
roads, while throughout the whole goes a winding path of
willow-green along the serpentine course of the Tinker's.
Here and there are tracts of woodland, in winter bleak and
bare save for an occasional pine, in spring the brightest of
greens, and turning to an artistic confusion of all colors under
the witchery of fall.
That is the way it now appears. A hundred years ago
the picture was changed. In place of red barns and modern
houses were a few log cabins. The church-spires were not
there to pierce the sky. Where now are pastures and fields
of corn and grain, the forest was unbroken. Where now
automobiles speed along brick pavement, a little trail
wandered in and out among the trees.
Wild animals of all sorts were in abundance. The best
authority that we have is Luman Lane, whose sketches
give a good idea of the natural features of those early days.
According to him the deer were so plentiful that they usually
saw a number every day that they traveled in the woods.
In the fall they were killed with some difficulty but in winter
he says it was no uncommon thing for a hunter to bring
down three or four in one day. Bears were rather common
and used to kill the settlers' hogs in the woods. Wolves were
frequently heard and their tracks often seen near houses.
They caused a great deal of trouble by killing sheep. Luman
Lane says in one place, "One night, my sheep not being
safely shut up, I heard them howl as if they were rejoicing
with full bellies. In the morning, on going to look at my
sheep, found they had taken only four. This was not the
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only time they killed my sheep." Turkeys were quite num-
erous and their calls could be heard in all directions upon
a still morning. A hunter would select one, go as near as
possible, and then imitate the call of the hen turkey, the
tom-turkey would usually come near enough to shoot.
Hedgehogs were common. The dogs would bite them
and get their mouths full of quills which had to be im-
mediately drawn out. There were some wildcats
but they stayed in the deep woods and as they did no
damage little attention was paid to them. Rattlesnakes
were plentiful. A large yellow spotted snake which some-
times measured eight or nine inches in circumference existed
upon the high land and a small dark-colored" massa-sauga"
upon the low land. There were no crows but great numbers
of the larger ravens. We are told that the owls used to make
a " hideous noise" in the night. The passenger pigeons were
exceedingly abundant here. Henry Parmelee tells about
their vast numbers in 1835. They would fly from the
Aurora swamp, where they stayed at night, to the Northfield
swamp, where they fed. Their flight so darkened the sky
that chickens started for their roost. The flock was several
miles wide and made such a roaring noise that one could not
hear conversation ten feet away. The raccoons and black
and grey squirrels destroyed considerable corn. Luman
Lane says that he once saw fifty squirrels in five minutes.
All of these animals were quite unafraid of man. Sometimes
the felling of a tree would be answered by the howl of wolves
and a deer would occasionally be browsing upon the same
tree upon which a settler was chopping.
Times have changed. Such conditions no longer exist.
With the clearing away of the woodland many animals,
before common, disappeared. Wolves, bear, deer, and rat-
tlesnakes are things of the past. Foxes, which Luman Lane
speaks of carelessly, as if they were too common to mention,
are now rare. No one has seen a passenger pigeon for
twenty years. Crows have replaced the ravens and the
only turkeys we now have are domesticated.
Yet nature's contributions to Twinsburg have not
ceased. In fact, nowhere are her beauties better displayed.
In birds, flowers, and beautiful landscape she is rich beyond
all comparison. Imagine, if you can, a better field for a
Nature's Contribution to Twinsburg ii
nature student than the Aurora Pond district. The ledges
of rock at one side, the open marshy country surrounding,
and the dense tamarack bog, with a few pines and spruces
scattered here and there, and with ferns three or four feet
high rising upon the trunks of dead trees crossing pools of
stagnant water, form a naturalist's paradise. In winter the
place is rather deserted save for an occasional grouse or
quail and the hawks which slip silently through the bare
tamaracks on the watch for prey. If it were not for the
chickadees, nuthatches, and small woodpeckers the stillness
would be oppressive. In the spring when the tamaracks
again show their little bundles of green needles many
migratory birds make it their temporary home. Tiny wood
warblers, with plumage containing all colors of the rainbow,
inhabit the treetops, visible only to keen eyes and a field
glass. Out on the pond the ducks can be seen, now flying
overhead from one woods to another, and now settling for a
moment upon the surface of the water. About a half dozen
species of sparrows haunt the open fields and the birds are
innumerable in the thickets. Just to provide a note of
discord, a flock of blackbirds can generally be heard. In
early summer the vegetation in the swamp becomes very
dense and provides excellent cover for the great number of
ovenbirds, which are often heard but seldom seen. In late
summer swarms of insects take possession and remain until
fall.
Bird lovers will find some other places nearly as fruitful
for observation as the Pond. A large woods crossing the
Dell District road is full of life and upon an early spring
morning Bissell's woods upon the Bedford road is teeming
with all kinds of birds. Anyone who is deeply interested in
this subject soon learns to know the local habits of the birds;
that in a certain grove he is likely to find woodpeckers, in a
certain thicket, thrushes, and so on. The writer has himself
studied over sixty-five different species of birds in Twinsburg
township and a more careful study might show over one
hundred and fifty species present.
The ornithologist is by no means the only one who finds
Twinsburg a profitable field for investigation. While a
review of the local flora would be too lengthy to permit of
space here, the possibilities are unlimited for original in-
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vestigation along this line. Such places as the marshy
ground near Aurora Pond present immense numbers of
plants, both marine and terrestrial. A careful study of the
grasses alone there would take many months. The chance
for important finds of rare or new species is great. Several
years ago some plants of the pink lady's slipper, a very rare
orchid, were found there. And even the ordinary "posies"
which we gather on a walk through the woods are of suffi-
cient number and variety to interest, surprise, and confuse
one.
Rock formations of many kinds exist here. The three
series of ledges present an interesting field and the under-
lying strata of glacier-scratched rock form landmarks of
which every resident has reason to be proud.
Such a survey shows that nature, while changing greatly
during a century, has not done so for the worse. She re-
mains today as wonderful and as sublime in her manifesta-
tions as in the days of Luman Lane. Throughout the course
of a hundred years an invisible force has been selecting the
strongest and the fittest of all forms of life, that only those
might survive. The natural features which we have now in
Twinsburg are not what have been left by the devastating
hand of man, but instead the finest of all that have ever
existed here. The trees, the flowers, and the birds which we
behold are those which have been tested in the laboratories
of the outdoors and found to be the best. So it is always with
nature; she never stands still, never retrogrades, but ever
progresses onward by a process of evolution which moves
steadily toward the ideal.
We may love nature and her forms today as much as or
more than the naturalists did ten decades ago. The pas-
senger pigeon has gone but we bestow our affections upon
the cardinal, a newcomer, and need feel no whit loser for the
change. The call of the wild is stronger and more irresistible
than ever. And in the glorious springtime,
"When beechen buds begin to swell
And woods the bluebird's warble know,"
he who holds close kinship with nature is drawn by an unseen
longing to her bountiful domains, the woods and fields, to sit
at her feet and hearken to her wisdom.
Ethan Alling
THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AT
MILLSVILLE
TO those who know the natural advantages of
Twinsburg it may seem strange that it was the
last township in what is now Summit County to
be settled. However, the settlements in the Con
necticut Western Reserve were largely a matter of
chance, as departures from the established lines of travel
were attended with great hazards. Naturally the water
courses and old Indian trails determined most of the earlier
settlements. The nearest waterway of any consequence
was several miles west of Twinsburg, and the old trails led
farther north or south. This fact, and a certain clannishness
prevalent in newly settled regions, probably, in large
measure, account for the fact that not till 1817 did the hills
and valleys we love resound with the ring of the home-
steader's ax.
Back in Connecticut what we call Twinsburg was simply
"Township Five in the Tenth Range" to the Connecticut
Land Company, and as such was sold to several parties.
Moses and Aaron Wilcox acquired the northern and north-
eastern portion, Henry Champion the western and north-
western part and Mills and Hoadley the southeastern part.
The most unusual feature in the early history of the
town is the fact that the first settlement was made by a boy
of only sixteen years, Ethan Ailing. Fortunately we have
available his own account of life in those early days. In
i860 he wrote as follows:
"I was born in Milford, (now Orange) Conn., five miles
west of the city of New Haven, the 1 3 th day of August, 1 800.
My father, Lewis Ailing, was bred a farmer, but at my
earliest recollection, was selling goods in New Haven, where
he lent his name freely and suffered loss, as he afterwards
told me. After his failure in the above business he took
heavy jobs, building turnpike roads, etc., at the same time
working a small stony farm and keeping a country tavern on
the Derby Turnpike four miles west of New Haven. He was
an industrious saving man but unfortunate in pecuniary
matters. My mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth
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Clark, died in New Haven, July 15, 1806, leaving two chil-
dren, myself and brother Lewis, who was then about fifteen
months old. From that time until my father re-married in
1809 (to Nancy Wheeler of Derby, Conn., who came and
died with him in Ohio), I lived or stayed with my grand-
father, uncles, etc., four miles from New Haven, and fared
hard, not being much cared for by anybody. There was a
school kept six months in the year about a mile from where I
lived to which I was sent with my little basket containing
my dinner and Webster's Easy Lesson Spelling Book, with
instructions that if I passed any person older than myself
to take off my hat and make a bow, rain or shine. This
instruction was given at both ends of the road and its ob-
servance strictly required of all school children and youth in
that day.
"In 1812 I had a severe sickness that made a cripple of
me for more than a year and put an end to my school
opportunities (which will account for my bad spelling and
worse grammar), with the exception of studying the Sur-
veyor's Art a few months in the fall of 18 16. In the spring
of 1 8 14 my father got a situation for me in Loomis and
Johnson's grocery store in New Haven, by paying my board
the first year, where I stayed until the company failed in
1 8 16. Young men now expect a large salary the first year
and often get more than they can earn.
"In the winter of 1816-17 my father sold his farm and
other property and took notes which he traded off (guar-
anteeing payment) to the amount of five thousand dollars to
Mills and Hoadley for 1000 acres of land in Tract 3, Town-
ship No. 5, Range 10, Connecticut Western Reserve, which
township they, after the above trade was made, called
MiLLSViLLE. A part of the notes were never paid, con-
sequently we had but 400 acres of the land.
"On the 3rd day of March, 18 17, 1 started for Ohio with
three hired men, Zeri Ailing, Rodolphus (called Tom)
Wolcott and Lex Johnson. We had a muddy road all the
way except one day's travel on the ice from Buffalo to
Dunkirk, and arrived at Zina Post's in Hudson on the 31st
day of March. Stayed over night and the next morning went
to Esquire Gideon Mills with a letter of introduction from
Isaac Mills, one of the firm from which we bought the land.
Early Settlement at Millsville 15
We took an early dinner with Esquire Mills and he started
with us for the north town, as he called it, not having heard
of its being named Millsville. From Wm. Chamberlin's we
followed a line of marked trees, called Chagrin road until
we came to the line of Tract No. 2 (afterwards known as the
Wilcox tract), which Esquire Mills said was the center of the
town. There we sat down under a beech site tree, which
spot is now the exact S. E. corner of the Public Square.
The lay of the land was uneven, a bad slough a few rods
south of where we stopped, and nothing looked inviting to
locate a village upon. We then took a southeasterly course
up the creek to the falls (since called the Mills), where we
found some sticks of hewed timber which had been drawn
by the people of Hudson, and I believe Aurora, to build a
sawmill. They had also put up a log cabin with one roof
which we afterwards occupied. Thence we passed over the
hill known now as the Hawkins' farm and returned to
Esquire Mills'. Thus ended my first day in this town. We
stayed two weeks with Esquire Mills and cleared oif a piece
of his old slashing to plant with corn upon shares, and in the
meantime selected the hill above named to commence
operations upon. Tract No. 3 had not yet been surveyed
into lots but was surveyed that season by Samuel S. Baldwin,
Esq., of Newburg, O. The question having often been
asked why we preferred that spot to the center I will here
give the reasons. First, there we found excellent plow and
grass land, water, stone, timber, sugar trees, etc. Second,
the water-power at the falls was the best for miles around,
probably three times the water there then that there is now,
and we believed that business would center there as it had
centered at Middlebury and other places regardless of the
centers; and I still think there would have been a smart
village built up had not the owners. Mills and Hoadley,
attempted a foolish speculation by laying out a village and
asking from fifty to two hundred dollars apiece for lots con-
taining less than one half an acre of land, thus shutting out
mechanics, etc.
"On the 15th day of April we took bed and board in the
shanty at the Falls. Our stock of provisions was a barrel of
poor pork that I paid Capt. Oviatt twenty-five dollars for,
one bbl. of flour, eight dollars, ten bushels of potatoes, five
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dollars, and one gallon of whiskey, $1.50. The latter being
in those days, indispensable in the best of families had to
soon be replenished. Our entire cooking utensils and
furniture consisted of a bake kettle without a bail, two tin
bake pans, one case knife, one iron spoon, and a board, two
foot by six, that was got for a door to the shanty. Each one
had a jack knife and provided himself with a sharp stick
fork and a clean chip plate, every meal. With these I cooked
and kept house for a family of from four to six and enter-
tained lots of company. Ours being the only hotel in the
place we had many hungry visitors and enjoyed life first rate.
"About the 20th of May Elisha Loomis and Lester
Davis arrived from New Haven and stopped with us a part
of the time; on the 31st of May Frederick Stanley arrived
and on the ist of July my brother Lewis, Gideon Thompson
and Zenas Ailing arrived with a drove of 104 Merino sheep,
having driven them from Derby, Conn., to Hudson, O., 660
miles, in thirty days. On the 7th of July my father and
mother, sister Elizabeth, then seven years old, Irena
Thomas, afterwards wife of Luman Lane, Amos Cook Taylor,
father of Timothy Taylor, now at Macedonia, and Wilson
Whitticus, the colored boy (called Tone), arrived — making
in all fifteen souls from our neighborhood in Conn, that had
arrived to that date, July 7th, 1817. Two of these, however,
Johnson and Davis, had returned to Connecticut.
"About the first of June we raised a log house; early
the next spring (181 8) we built a frame barn and in the fall
of that year raised and partly finished a frame house. These
were the three first buildings of their kind in the township.
The sawmill was erected in 18 17, the gristmill in 1818.
Joel N. Thompson had a distillery in operation in 1821 at
the spring where O. Appleby now lives.
"The average number of our family the first year was
14, mostly men; all lived and got along comfortably in a log
house which had but two rooms, one below and one above,
poorly chinked and not mudded at all; the fireplace without
jambs calculated for wood 6 feet long. All were healthy and
could eat three meals a day without inconvenience. Pro-
visions were dear, except venison. In the fall of 1 8 1 7 we paid
for eight poorly fatted hogs, eight dollars a hundred. The
meat of a good sized deer cost only from fifty cents to a
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dollar, or less than one cent a pound. Consequently we
devoured many of these noble animals. Flour was eight
dollars a barrel, salt ten dollars. Goods were still higher,
^ cotton shirting was 50 cts. a yd., calico 75 cts., etc. With
the best economy we could use our money was all gone before
we could raise anything to sell and when that good time
came (1819) money was scarce, produce was plenty and very
low, wheat being fifty cents in trade, with other grain and
meat in proportion. In the fall of that year I lent Oliver
Brown of Hudson eight dollars in money for a few days.
When I called for it he said he would deliver me twenty-four
bushels of the best white seed wheat for the debt, and did
so. Every prudent man stopped making contracts to pay
money. Notes were given payable at a time and place, in
cattle, grain, etc., at the market price, which was not under-
stood to mean exactly what the article would fetch in money
but less than the trade price. The price of chopping the
timber on an acre of land, ready for logging was six dollars;
chopping, clearing and fencing, twenty dollars. At which
price Gideon Thompson, John L. Thompson and Nathaniel
Palmer (known as the Twinsburgh Land Clearing Company)
chopped, cleared, and fenced some eighty acres in 1819-20."
From another account we learn that Ezra Osborn
arrived with his family July i, 18 17, but settled in the
western part of the township. Mrs. Osborn has the dis-
tinction of being the first woman to be a settler in the town.
It is difficult after these hundred years to even imagine
what of dissatisfaction with old conditions, yearnings for
change, zest for adventure, sense of duty and other senti-
ments prompted the migrations of these pioneers, but it is
certain they must have been men and women of strong faith,
untiring energy, and a great hope.
THE NEW TOWNSHIP OF TWINSBURG
THE reader has already learned that the north and
northeastportionof" Township 5 "were drawn by Mos-
es and Aaron Wilcox. At that time they were merchants
InKillingworth, Conn. Born May ii, 1770, at North Killing-
worth, Conn., they had been educated in the same school
had engaged in business together, had married sisters
(Huldah and Mabel Lord of Killingworth) at the same time,
and held their property in common. Though they did not
personally visit their Ohio property till 1823, in 1819 they
made an arrangement with the settlers to name the town.
For this privilege they donated six acres of land for a public
square and twenty dollars toward the erection of a school-
house. As they did not own the land covering the exact
center of the township they set aside six acres adjacent to it.
In naming the town they evidenced their oneness in feeling
and called it Twinsburg.
At their store in Killingworth they had for inspection
by possible purchasers a map of the lots in their tract in
Twinsburg, made by Jos. Darrow, also a description of each
lot and a plan of the settlement at Millsville. In the spring
of 1820 they sent Elijah W. Bronson to Twinsburg to act as
their agent. On the east side of the square he erected a log
house which was the first building at the center. In the fall
of 1820 he brought his wife and Samuel Hull to Twinsburg.
In 1823 the Wilcox twins came to Twinsburg. For a
time they lived by themselves in a blacksmith shop that had
belonged to Oliver Clark. It stood on the lot where the bank
now stands. This was a temporary arrangement as that
year they built on the same lot the first frame house erected
at the center.
In the spring of 18 19 there were enough voters in the
town to effect a township organization. The commissioners
of Portage county issued a proclamation and the first election
was held in April, 1819. Frederick Stanley was elected
clerk and other officers were chosen. It appears that Lewis
Ailing and Frederick Stanley were elected justices of the
peace, but later it was learned that it was necessary to have
an order from the court to appoint justices. The next fall
THE NEW TOWNSHIP OF TWINSBURG
THE reader has already learned that the north and
northeast portion of "Township 5 "were drawn by Mos-
es and Aaron Wilcox. At that time they were merchants
inKillingworth,Conn. Born May ii, 1770, at North Killing-
worth, Conn., they had been educated in the same school
had engaged in business together, had married sisters
(Huldah and Mabel Lord of Killingworth) at the same time,
and held their property in common. Though they did not
personally visit their Ohio property till 1823, in 1819 they
made an arrangement with the settlers to name the town.
For this privilege they donated six acres of land for a public
square and twenty dollars toward the erection of a school-
house. As they did not own the land covering the exact
center of the township they set aside six acres adjacent to it.
In naming the town they evidenced their oneness in feeling
and called it Twinsburg.
At their store in Killingworth they had for inspection
by possible purchasers a map of the lots in their tract in
Twinsburg, made by Jos. Darrow, also a description of each
lot and a plan of the settlement at Millsville. In the spring
of 1820 they sent Elijah W. Bronson to Twinsburg to act as
their agent. On the east side of the square he erected a log
house which was the first building at the center. In the fall
of 1820 he brought his wife and Samuel Hull to Twinsburg.
In 1823 the Wilcox twins came to Twinsburg. For a
time they lived by themselves in a blacksmith shop that had
belonged to Oliver Clark. It stood on the lot where the bank
now stands. This was a temporary arrangement as that
year they built on the same lot the first frame house erected
at the center.
In the spring of 18 19 there were enough voters in the
town to efi^ect a township organization. The commissioners
of Portage county issued a proclamation and the first election
was held in April, 18 19. Frederick Stanley was elected
clerk and other officers were chosen. It appears that Lewis
Ailing and Frederick Stanley were elected justices of the
peace, but later it was learned that it was necessary to have
an order from the court to appoint justices. The next fall
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Lewis Ailing and Samuel Vail were elected and commissioned
as justices of the peace. In 1820 Elisha Loomis was made
clerk, in 1821 Elijah W. Bronson, and in 1822 Luman Lane.
In 1819 occurred the first death in the township, that of
the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Chamberlain. On
the 23rd of November, Maria Stanley, afterward the wife
of Rev. Mr. Burton, was born, being the first white child born
in Twinsburg. There were no weddings till March 19, 1821,
when Eliza Dodge was married to Emery Alger by Esquire
Ailing.
In November, 1820, Luman Lane and Hanford White
came to Twinsburg. In i860 Mr. Lane wrote a historical
sketch covering the forty years he had lived in the town.
The present generation is under great obligation to Mr.
Lane for his work. He recorded the following as being men
of 21 years or more when he arrived here: Emery Alger,
Samuel Alger, Lewis Ailing, William Allin, N. S. Barnet,
John Basset, Henry Bennet, E. W. Bronson, Reuben
Chamberlain, Oliver Clark, Darling, Davis, John
Dodge, Cyrus Hodskin, Isaiah Humphrey, Roman Humph-
rey, Nester Hurlbut, Leonard Kilborn, Cotton Leech, Levi
Leech, Elisha Loomis, Elias W. Mather, Josiah Myric,
Noah P. Nichols, Ezra Osborn, N. J. Palmer, Perkins,
Preston Pond, Lyman Richmond, ■ Sawyer, Frederick
Stanley, Amos C. Taylor, Joel W. Thompson, Orrin Tucker,
Asa Upson, Edwin B. Vail, Homer G. Vail, Samuel Vail.
Instead of holding their lots about the square at specu-
lative prices the Wilcox brothers sold them at very low
figures and, as an inducement to tradesmen and mechanics
to settle here, actually gave them lots for homes and shops.
As a consequence of this wise policy within five or six years
there were from twelve to fifteen families living near the
square. In 1823 a post office was established with Moses
Wilcox as postmaster.
In September, 1827, the Wilcox twins died within a
few hours of each other. They were taken ill on the same
day, of the same disease, and were buried in the same grave.
Their death at this time, when money was becoming ex-
ceedingly scarce, caused a cessation of improvements in the
northern part of town and this condition continued several
years, but was finally relieved.
20 TwiNSBURG HiSTORY
To the present generation there is somewhat of glamour
in the life of the pioneers. To be sure, there was freedom
from some of the tiresome exactions of today, and some of the
strain of the twentieth century was absent, but there were
hardships little imagined today. It was a time when the
race was to the strong.
There was first the breaking of home ties and then the
difficulty in reaching Twinsburg. A few had horses, more
had oxen, but many made the trip from Connecticut on foot.
Of his trip Luman Lane wrote: "We traveled on foot,
bringing our packs upon our backs, from Killingworth,
Conn. The last day we traveled forty-six miles. We came
in what was called the Wheadon road, and saw no house
between Newburgh and Twinsburgh, but was told there was
one in Bedford a little way from the road. The small bushes
were cut, but it was difficult to keep the road as it was in the
evening. The bridge was built across Tinker's creek at the
center of Bedford, but it was with difficulty we found it.
On arriving at Mr. Bronson's we found Jesse Pratt, who had
arrived a few days before with a team of a yoke of oxen and a
horse. Joshua Post came in company with him, with an ox
team to Northfield. Orin Tucker came with Mr. Post, Mr.
Tucker having married Mr. Post's daughter and having
been here in the spring and gone back to Saybrook."
When the weary travelers reached Twinsburg the place
looked little as it does today. Forests covered most of the
ground. They were not well kept groves but dense woods
choked with underbrush. The log cabin was usually erected
on a little plot of cleared ground and more land cleared as
opportunity allowed. Many settlers planned to clear a
certain number of acres of timber land each year. Only the
very best of the timber was saved. A most casual glance at
the sturdy construction of the older buildings in the town
shows us something of the lavishness with which good timber
was used. What today would be called first class trees were
felled and often burned to get them out of the way. Mr.
Lane wrote: "The first summer I was in town, after harvest,
there was a logging-bee nearly every day, except the Sab-
bath, till sowing time. Sometimes it was as much as one
could do to carry whiskey and water to the others in the
field. Raisings of log houses and log barns were very
New Township of Twinsburg 21
frequent. The whiskey bottle always passed freely around.
When we began to raise buildings without whiskey there was
violent opposition." So thick were the woods that it was
not safe for the uninitiated to venture far from home as
these incidents related by Mr. Lane prove: "People were
frequently lost in the woods and sometimes remained out
over night. A man once told me he lay in the woods north-
east of my house. He said when night came on he tried to
make a fire with his gun, lost his knife, failed to make a fire,
and remained there till morning.
"I once, while boiling sap in the woods half a mile from
any house, heard a person call. I answered. It was before
the setting of the sun. The call advanced nearer and nearer
until it began to grow dark. I thought it was not a man and,
having heard panther stories, began to be afraid. My fears
were increased by its taking a circuitous route after I knew
it must have seen the fire. I took my ax, passed cautiously
out among the bushes, determined if a panther should
spring upon me to give one good blow with the edge. I saw
something and spoke. It answered. I found it was Mrs.
Bull, the mother of Lorenzo Bull, of Solon. She had gone
out to bring in the sheep. I accompanied her to the house
and Hanford White went with her to Mr. Bull's. They had
just commenced making a search for her.
"Prof. Nutting, of Western Reserve College, when
going to Solon to preach once became lost in the woods or
swamp southeast of the center of Solon and remained there
with his horse till morning. He laid his saddle on his feet to
keep them from freezing.
"One time a little before night I heard a person call. I
answered. It was the wife of Reuben Henry. She was
going directly towards Solon where probably she must have
remained over night in the woods as it was six miles to the
nearest neighbor in that direction."
Other dangers lurked in the forests. Wild animals were
far too prevalent for safety. Again we quote from Mr.
Lane: "One evening in Nov., 1821, while living alone in the
woods, I went to my nearest neighbor, Aaron Post's house.
When I came out to go home we heard a dog bark some way
ofi^ in the woods. We went to him, cut down a tree and
killed a coon. The dog ran ofi^ but soon barked again. We
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went to him, saw a bear upon a tree forty or fifty feet from
the ground, the moon shining at that time. A man went for
a rifle and shot the bear.
"One day, as I was hunting a few rods west of Aaron
Post's house, I heard dogs bark near me, they having treed
a bear. I soon heard two guns, went to them and found a
number of men and dogs fighting a wounded bear. One gun
was then discharged near the head of the bear. It did not
hit him, but he was soon killed. Here I had an opportunity
to see with what ease and dexterity a bear can use its fore-
legs and feet."
Wolves were often heard and their tracks seen near
dwellings, and many herds of sheep suffered from their
depredations. Rattlesnakes were numerous. The low
lands were infested with the small, dark colored massa-
sauga. It is told that in 183 1 Mr. Luman Lane was bitten
on the foot by one, that his hired man opened the wound
with his jack knife and sucked the poison out. Mr. Lane
sufl^ered the loss of much blood before the nearest physician,
Dr. Town of Hudson, could give attention to his wound,
and suffered from it more or less during later life.
The very early homes were crude indeed. Made of
logs, with one room below and a loft above, they frequently
sheltered large families. A huge fireplace generously sup-
plied with logs was usually the only attractive feature
indoors. Sometimes the entire floor was planked, again only
one corner making a place for laying the beds. Doubtless
Twinsburg suffered such poor housing a shorter period of
time than did the neighboring towns since it was settled
later and had a sawmill in operation almost from the first.
Conveniences in the home there were none. A meager
supply of heavy cooking utensils and the ubiquitous spin-
ning-wheel gave ample employment to the wife and daugh-
ters. There was soap to be made in generous quantities,
fruits to be dried, candles to be dipped, flax and wool to be
spun, woven, sometimes dyed, and made into garments for
the family. All sewing was done by hand and long stitches
were considered disgraceful.
Good health was usual, but those who settled near
Loomis' Mills in 1822-3 suffered severely from "bilious,
intermittent and typhus fever," scarcely an adult living
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within a mile of the pond, made by damming the waters of
Tinker's creek, escaped an attack, and not more than two of
forty or more years recovered. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Ailing succumbed and were buried in the same grave, Sept. 7,
1823. The death of Mr. Ailing was keenly felt by the
community.
It was a time when sickness was greatly to be dreaded.
Medical attention was difficult to obtain, Drs. Israel Town
and Oliver Mills of Hudson being the chief dependence in
times of sickness. Though far apart the people were truly
neighborly. Every one had the freedom of his neighbor's
house, and when sickness or trouble came the neighbors, as a
matter of course, did what was possible to alleviate pain and
sorrow, even to the point of frequently transmitting in-
fection to their own households. It is true our grandmothers
had a considerable knowledge of the medicinal qualities of
the common herbs and were skillful in their application in
cases of sickness or accident. But it is also true that many
and many a home was saddened by the intrusion of the
grim reaper when just a little attention from a well-trained
physician might have given the forces of life and health the
victory. The dangers from infection and contagion were
little understood and much absolutely needless sickness and
suffering were endured. The mortality among the infants
tells its own sad story of the difficulties and the tragedies of
pioneer life.
Those were times when men had time and opportunity
to make the acquaintance of their real selves; to think long
and decide wisely. The work necessary to be done before
the early settlers could expect to be comfortable was helpful
in preventing them from feeling their loneliness too acutely.
Probably the summers were fairly pleasant but the long
winter months, before the roads were well defined and social
life well established, must surely have tried their souls.
But the greatest hardship to the settlers was the scarcity
of supplies and the lack of money. Of course there soon was
corn, wheat, vegetables and maple sugar of their own pro-
duction. But salt, tea, and, in fact, almost everything else
had to be obtained from neighboring towns or points farther
away. Transportation was very difficult and money ex-
ceedingly scarce. The needs of the people kept in advance
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of their resources. Coarse three-fourths woolen cloth cost
three dollars a yard, lead was twenty-five cents per pound,
nails one shilling per pound, and poor at that. Mr. Lane's
experience was not so very unusual: "After I got to Twins-
burgh I wanted an a'x to work with. I went to Hudson
through the mud to buy one. I got one by paying two dol-
lars and a quarter. I then ground it; in a few hours I broke
it. Then I went to Newburgh, bought a piece of steel (the
road being mostly through the woods), then to Hudson to
get it put on the ax; then ground the ax — it failed again;
bought another — that failed; got it fixed again. We used
to go to Capt. Alger's to grind ; he lived where Nelson Upson
now does. I then wrote to my father in Connecticut to send
me two axes, which he did by Aaron Post who came to
Twinsburgh July 27, 182 1. A chopper would chop an acre
for an ax which he knew was good. The price of chopping
an acre was six dollars."
As produce became more plentiful the price lowered and
money became even more difficult to obtain. Notes were
given payable in stock or produce, due at some future day.
A number who had purchased farms and agreed to pay six
or seven dollars an acre for them found they could not pay,
and left the township. Some of these farms with all the
improvements upon them were afterwards sold for three
dollars an acre. In 1825 butter made in Twinsburg sold for
eight cents per pound, and cheese for five. Of course many
failed to meet their obligations at the time agreed upon. It
is told of Esq. Hudson that in 1828, when meeting with some
disappointment in such a matter, he said, "It would take as
many Twinsburgh men to make a reliable man as humming
birds to make a tom-turkey." However, most of the obliga-
tions were met in full a little later.
We would expect that a town settled largely by Con-
necticut folk would not long be content without a church or
school. A log schoolhouse was erected on the square in 1822.
How the expense, save the twenty dollars from the Wilcox
twins, was met we do not know. It was the first public
building in the town. About this time the newly formed
Congregational Society agreed to build on the square a
two story house, the lower to be used for a school and the
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upper for church services. The plan did not meet with
general favor as here appears:
"Twinsburgh, Feb. 3d, 1823.
At a meeting legally warned and held at the school-
house, in the center of s'd town — voted, that the public
square shall remain unoccupied by any public buildings at
present.
Luman Lane, Clerk."
Evidently the word present was interpreted literally for
after an interval of time a one story house was erected. It
was moved twice and then torn down. The first school
teacher in town was Lavina Merriam who later married
Junia North. It is said that "people frequently went to
meeting with ox teams; their clothes not very good, some-
times much patched, and in summer the men were sometimes
barefoot."
It is a matter of record that the first captain of the
military company was Elisha Loomis, the second Joseph
Myrick and the third Asa Upson. While Asa Upson was
captain, probably about 1823, arrangements were made for
the company to march from the center to his father, Saul
Upson's place, and take dinner in his new frame barn. With
the idea of having some diversion on the way a subordinate
officer was given liberty to select a number of men who
should go on ahead and act as Indians. After giving the
"Indians" time to get well ahead the remainder of the
company proceeded on the march. Though they kept a
sharp lookout nothing was seen of the enemy. They began
to wonder what could have happened to the "redskins" when
suddenly the latter sprang from ambush, seized the captain
before he could use his sword, and in less than half a minute
the well formed company resembled a flock of sheep scared
by wolves. By the time the barn was reached the few
prisoners had obtained their liberty. Of course, Capt.
Upson and his men were the subjects of much raillery from
the victorious braves, but we are told that both friend and
foe did ample justice to the dinner of roast pig, turkey,
chicken pies, and countless other good things.
The later history of the military company is not
positively known. It is certain that Horace Norton and
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James Brown were captains sometime in the early forties.
Mr. A. J. Brown has in his possession the commission re-
ceived by his father, James Brown, in which he is promoted
to the Lieutenant Colonelship of the ist I. Reg., 3rd Brigade,
20th Division of the Militia of Ohio. It is dated Jan. 4,
1844, and signed by Wilson Shannon, Gov., and W. S.
Wane, Sec. of State. The commission was for seven years,
but not long after its issuance the militia law was repealed.
Another captain was George Dodge. His rifle is now in the
possession of his son, Albert Dodge. The captain's dress
consisted of a blue suit, with brass buttons and epaulets, and
a long white feather in the hat. He wore a sword and Capt.
Brown had also a bass drum.
For many years the public square was anything but
beautiful, though freely used. The northeastern part was
swampy and on the northern portion of the west side there
was a spring from which several near-by families obtained
water. A goodly number of the present citizens can re-
member having drawn water from the well near that spot.
The square was not fenced and animals roamed at will over
it.
Social privileges were such as were common to all new
settlements. A six hundred mile trip into new territory is
somewhat of a leveler, since the man with considerable
possessions can not well bring them with him and, to a cer-
tain degree, must manage much as does the man having
little. Most of the heads of families were comparatively
young men and their only hope of success here lay in their
ability to work. They most certainly had never failing
opportunities to exercise that ability. When they were not
busy with their crops there were new buildings to be erected,
various improvements waiting to be made, and always the
forest to be cleared. Knowing they must work or fail, with
true Yankee ingenuity and pluck, they managed to take
their pleasure and relaxation in performing their work.
Hence the logging bees, the husking bees, the paring bees and
raisings. Even hunting and fishing combined pleasure with
necessity. At these gatherings the women congregated and
prepared the necessary viands and, according to all reports,
it was no small task. On account of their small homes the
women found it necessary to have their quilting bees. With
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a true spirit of adaptability they managed to put much of
cheer into their necessary hardships.
Clothing was coarse and made to withstand hard wear
rather than for adornment. The men generally wore buck-
skin trousers as they were more durable than any other kind
when working in the woods. Women's and children's
clothes were of home manufacture. It was no little task, in
addition to all her other duties, for the housewife to prepare
the cloth and garments for the usual good-sized family. It
does not seem strange to us that so many mothers laid down
their burdens before middle age was reached.
Notwithstanding their privations and hardships the
pioneers struggled on, performing their daily tasks with
fidelity, planning improvements, ever hoping for better
things. It is not at all improbable that they enjoyed life as
well as the average person does today. Under difficulties a
less sturdy people would have found insuperable they laid
the foundation for a superior moral and intellectual life. We
of today owe them a debt of gratitude because they kept
their ideals through the stress of pioneer life.
Note — So many of the settlers of Twinsburg, including the Wilcox
brothers, came from Killingworth, Conn., that it may be of interest to
know more concerning the place. It is situated in Middlesex Co. and
was settled in 1663. It was first called Hammonnasset, then Kenilworth,
and finally Killingworth. The township is thirteen miles in length from
north to south and about three miles in width. It is about twenty-five
miles east of New Haven, and about one thousand acres on Long Island
Sound is a salt marsh. There are two parishes, Killingworth and North
Killingworth, the latter being rough and stony.
It is possible, but not certain, that Longfellow's poem, "Birds of
Killingworth," was based on a crusade once made there against several
kinds of birds. There was much slaughter and few birds remained.
Yale College was chartered Oct. 1701. Saybrook was decided upon
as its location and Rev. Abraham Pierson, settled pastor at Killingworth,
chosen as its first rector, or president. His people would not consent to
his removal and until his death in 1707 the students and library were
at Killingworth, while the commencements were held at Saybrook.
AN ERA OF PROSPERITY
IT is both natural and right to expect harvest after
seedtime. It was the lure of harvest that drew
the pioneers to the Western Reserve. They came
planted, watered, and waited; but not long. The
country was new, hard labor was freely bestowed, and
results were bound to follow. The pioneers found here
fertile land, a diversified soil, timber, waterways and free-
stone. The question was how to turn these natural re-
sources into "earthly goods." It was soon seen that the
difficulty would be that of securing good markets rather
than that of production. With no railroads and poor high-
ways the matter was serious. In 1825 Mr. Ailing took
butter to Akron where the canal locks were being constructed
and sold it for eight cents per pound. In 1828 he bought the
stage-line, thus transferring toTwinsburg the route from the
old Cleveland to Pittsburg road through Northfield. He
had also built a tavern at the center in 1826. With a stage
line through the town this tavern now did a good business,
furnishing a local market for considerable produce. In 1833
about one thousand dollars worth of dairy products were
disposed of outside the township. By this time, after some
costly experience, the people had a good understanding as to
what they could raise and market profitably, and planned
accordingly. Contact with people from other localities, and
a tri-weekly mail gave them some idea of the demands they
might reasonably hope to be called upon to meet.
Probably the most prosperous twenty-five years of the
town's life were those between 1835 and i860. The census
reports give the population in 1833 as 670 (or 607), in 1850
as 1281 and in i860 as 1138.
Those who remember the town as it was previous to
i860 tell us there have since been many changes. Then, at
the center all was activity. The prosperity in the surround-
ing country, the Twinsburg Institute with its hundreds of
students and the stage-line were the predominating factors
in this condition. The activity at the center was a reflection
of the progress throughout the township. At that time the
net profits from agriculture were greater, in proportion to
An Era of Prosperity 29
the labor expended, than they have been since. The soil
was at its best, labor was cheap, the outlay for machinery
was negligible and the standards of living were on a less
expensive plane. Consequently the man who prospered
had money with which to build substantial buildings, to
invest, or lay away for the eventide of life.
Yet travel was difficult. What are now nearby cities
were then reached only after hours of wearisome travel. As
a consequence the busy matron only infrequently went
farther from home than to the center. Occasionally the
farmer would take a load of produce to Cleveland or Akron
and bring back some supplies in bulk. But articles of lesser
importance, but much more frequently purchased, were
obtained at the center.
Some understanding of conditions throughout the town-
ship during this era may be gained from a list of business,
mechanical and professional men in Twinsburg in i860. At
that time S. H. Bishop and Son, A. L. Nelson and Co., Hart,
Stevens and Co., Osmon Riley, and James Hill were dealers
in dry goods. Andrews and Ingersol sold groceries and
produce, Edward Crouse dealt in stoves and tinware, while
John and Peter Madden were merchant tailors. Elmore
CI irk was hotel keeper at that time. J. W. Harlow and
J. P. Garzee were blacksmiths; James Alexander and Albert
Upson were carriage makers; C. O. Stimson made harness.
There were four shoemakers : Henry Livingston, Eli Holmes,
Nelson Hinkston and Lot Griffith. Of carpenters and
joiners there were William Clark, T. F. Riley, David Riley,
Robt. Powers and Edwin Barber. John Williams is named
as a cabinet maker, Frederick Stanley as a mason, and Eli
Thompson and A. C. Doan are called stone masons. Chas.
Bock and Jos. Isler were coopers. J. W. Fessenden is named
as the only artist in town.
The spiritual welfare of the community was watched
over by Revs. Kennedy, Bryant, and Henderson, who
preached each Sunday in well filled churches. The sick
were cared for by four physicians: J. G. Stearns, S. A.
Collins, A. P. Clark, and S. A. Freeman.
At this time the Twinsburg Institute was housed in the
old building at the southeast corner of the square. In the
late fifties the attendance showed some decrease, though not
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much. About three-fourths of the out-of-town students
boarded in the homes about the center. Water from the
springs nearby had been piped to the Institute and many
homes.
In the early fifties the stage-Hne was discontinued. The
mail was then brought daily from Macedonia. In i860, A. L.
Nelson was postmaster. The opening of the Cleveland and
Pittsburg R. R. through Macedonia in 185 1 caused much
traffic on the west road and accordingly reduced that on the
Cleveland road.
Even so late as i860 the square was still a common.
People drove across at will with whatever vehicles they
chanced to possess. Some attempts at grading had been
made. In 185 1 Zeno Parmelee received about three hundred
dollars for labor on the grounds, but as yet it was barren of
trees.
Away from the center the town was more closely settled
than now. The log houses had mostly been replaced by
frame and, sometimes, stone houses. These new homes
usually sheltered good sized families. At that time houses
were constructed with regard for durability, not convenience
as now understood. There was usually a fairly large cellar,
none too well lighted, with a dirt floor. Here were kept the
winter's supply of vegetables and fruits, the pickles, pre-
serves, cider, vinegar, and soft soap. The glass fruit jar
was almost unknown. Fruits were usually dried or made
into thick preserves, though some were canned in stone or
glass bottles, being sealed with red sealing wax. Usually,
though not always, stairs of some description led to the first
floor.
Here might be found a kitchen, pantry, sitting-room,
one or two bedrooms, and a "square" room. The kitchen
generally served also as dining-room and was uncarpeted.
The whiteness of the floor determined the reputation of the
housewife in the neighborhood. In the earliest houses there
were sometimes huge brick ovens built in the kitchen. In
those homes baking day was an event, and a not very popu-
lar one with the boy whose task it was to bring the wood,
good hickory preferred, to heat the oven. But those who
partook of the Indian bread, baked pork and beans, and
other toothsome articles of food cooked in these ovens, say
An Era of Prosperity 31
the results justified the labor. Nevertheless, they were
superseded by the "elevated oven" type of cook stove, more
convenient and with a less voracious appetite for good wood.
Tables were of the drop-leaf pattern and when they proved
inadequate to the occasion resource was had to good long
boards. Chairs were of wood and constructed for hard
service. Cooking utensils were of iron. Copper and pewter
had some special uses. The dishes were heavy and ordi-
narily had all-over decorations in gray, blues, or brown.
There might have been carefully put out of harm's way
some choice china, but it seldom saw service. Even the
glassware was of heavy design. Steel knives and forks were
in use, the best ones having choice handles. German silver
was often used in spoons, though good solid silver spoons
were frequent. Considerable ingenuity was frequently exer-
cised in secreting these same spoons when the mistress
desired to go away from home. Many matrons always took
their spoons with them when leaving the house unoccupied
for the day. The table napery was not infrequently of home
manufacture. The fare was plain but would not today be
called inexpensive. Vegetables were home-grown and meats
home-cured. For fresh meats poultry was freely used, or the
farmer would kill a sheep or pig. He sometimes shared this
fresh meat with a neighbor who would later repay him in
kind. Both corn and wheat were freely used in breads. In
those days the farmer took grain to mill and returned with
flour. The "patent process" was not invented and all of the
kernel of wheat was used in some form. Salt rising bread
was common and the yeast cake unknown. Fruits were
used largely in the dried form. Apples and small fruits were
fair and free from worms. Some years peaches were as
plentiful as apples and large quantities would be left un-
picked. Maple sugar or dark brown sugar was commonly
used, white sugar being classed as a luxury. With plenty of
eggs, milk, cream, home-made butter and cheese the cooks
of those days made an enviable reputation for themselves in
spite of many adverse circumstances. It is not inconceivable
that the conveniences of the up-to-date kitchen might con-
fuse the matron of olden times fully as much as the make-
shifts of those days would handicap the housekeeper of the
present day.
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Although lard and kerosene lamps were introduced, the
tallow candle was the chief reliance for artificial light during
this period. Once the candles were made by the process of
dipping the wicks repeatedly in tallow, but candle molds
later came into use to the joy of the busy housekeeper. The
earlier lanterns were of perforated tin, and later, four-sided
glass ones were used. With both the tallow candle furnished
the light. It was the custom to caution the scholars who
attended the spelling schools to be sure to bring their candles.
These candles were inserted in blocks of wood about four
inches square. A short narrow board with a hole bored near
the upper end was nailed to the block, and this wall candle
hung on a nail in the schoolroom.
For reasons not now seeming reasonable there was
frequently a step from the kitchen into the next room. The
sitting-room floor was covered with a rag carpet and fur-
nished for comfort, but the front, or best, room was for
appearance's sake only. It might boast a "store" carpet,
have cane-seated or horsehair chairs and a few other fur-
nishings, but it was kept darkened, being opened to be
swept and dusted, and was used only for very special occa-
sions, such as funerals, pastoral visitations and weddings.
The bedrooms were commonly very small, but what the
rooms lacked in size was more than offset by the voluminous
feather beds found therein. The number and quality of
goose feather beds in a housewife's possession was an indica-
tion of her thrift and prosperity. It was not uncommon to
give each daughter a feather bed and pair of pillows when
she was beginning housekeeping in her own home. Bed-
springs were unthought of, all the bedsteads being corded.
Fireplaces were commonly built in the houses but in
their absence large box stoves were used. These were also
used in the schools and churches.
Wall paper was used very little, whitewash being uni-
versally used. Sand, whitewash and soft soap were the
cleansers of that era. Windows were composed of small
panes of glass, anything larger was supposed to be certain to
break too easily for practical use.
The housewife was almost sure to have stored safely
away a goodly supply of herbs for use in case of sickness, and
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not infrequently her skill at such times was proved to be of
unusual quality.
Close by or adjoining the house there was often a milk
house, or room, which was the scene of much activity. A
smokehouse, granary and one or more barns, without base-
ments, completed the array of buildings. There was almost
no machinery, nearly all kinds of farm work being done with
simple tools.
The farms were composed of small fields fenced with
rails, the garden often being enclosed with pickets. Even
the gardens differed from those of the present. Tomatoes
were by many considered harmful and the smaller vegetables
were little known. Much use was made too of the smaller
fruits. Wild berries were cultivated by many. The location
of many an old home is marked now by a few stones and a
lonely currant bush.
Love of the beautiful found expression in the culture of
flowers and shrubs. Perennials were favorites but other
flowers demanding more work and time were not neglected.
Lilacs, snow-balls, cinnamon roses, holly hocks, bleeding
hearts, tiger lilies, peonies, four o'clocks, tulips, larkspur,
poppies, daffodils, jonquils and many, many others had
admiring friends. The lawns of today were only door yards
in those busy times.
Water was obtained from wells or springs. Where
cisterns were in use they were often made of oak planks, as
were most of the drains not left open. Great efforts were
made to keep everything about the home clean and whole-
some. Dirt was considered a disgrace but, unfortunately,
everything detrimental to health was not classed as dirt.
As a result epidemics were all too frequent. Diseases easily
preventable now were then looked upon as visitations of
Providence. It is rather startling to learn that pulmonary
diseases were, for at least several years, responsible for
nearly half of the mortality in town caused by disease.
As people prospered they gave more attention to the
matter of clothes. For common wear, cloth of home manu-
facture was used, but for Sunday and gala occasions some-
thing better was desired and the merchants were glad to
supply the need. Style was by no means ignored, but
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fortunately it was not so changeable as now. Men as well as
women bowed to its dictates. A good dress would serve for
years, and as all the sewing was done by hand this was well.
The men wore much broadcloth, fancy vests, and a few were
the proud possessors of silk hats. Children's clothes were
patterned after those of their elders, much woolen and linen
goods being used. Both boys and girls wore leather boots,
and few things were supposed to thrill a boy's soul as did the
possession of his first pair of red-topped boc ts. Shoes were
made of calfskin or cowhide and had to be kept well-greased
to make them impervious to water. In many families it was
the custom to have the shoemaker come to the house once a
year and "fit out" the entire family with shoes. Stockings
and socks were knitted at home, usually from home-grown
wool. No one so long as she could knit need feel herself
useless or a burden.
The center was the common meeting point for the entire
town, yet each neighborhood had its own life, centering
usually about the school building. Difficulty in travel and
mutual dependence in sickness and times of stress made this
necessary as well as desirable. A notable feature of those
days was the spelling-school with one district arrayed
against another, sometimes township against township.
During this period the Twinsburg Institute was enjoying
its greatest prosperity and its exhibitions and concerts were
great attractions.
There seems to have been little dearth of other social
attractions. The hotel was the scene of many social func-
tions, the one of March 9, 1853, being decidedly unusual.
That day four of Twinsburg's young men were married, the
brides all being from out of town. In the evening a great
party was given in the hotel. The invitations were printed
in New York and about three hundred guests including all
the officiating ministers were present. In deference to the
wishes of the brides the grooms hired the bar for the evening
and closed it. The dining-room was enlarged for the occa-
sion, enabling two hundred to be seated at one time. The
party broke up about midnight, but some of the young
people danced two hours longer. Those who came from the
Institute could not get to their rooms until morning. Mrs.
Sarah Henry Turner remembers that incident well. The
An Era of Prosperity il,2-| ^^BS^? 35
four couples were: Israel Lewis Cannon and Ruth Skeels of
Bedford, Hoadly Ailing and Mary Jane Webb of Newburg,
Edwin Parmelee and Mary Hathaway of Independence,
Rufus Bailey and Sarah Richardson of Bedford. Mrs.
Lewis Cannon is the only one still living in Twinsburg,
though both Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Bailey still survive.
Hiram Kelly was proprietor of the hotel at that time.
It was in 1852 that Barnum brought his circus to
Twinsburg, It was the first season he had Tom Thumb
(Charles S. Stratton) on exhibition. Tom Thumb was then
fourteen years of age, less than two feet tall, and weighed
sixteen pounds. The circus tent was so crowded that there
was no room for the circus. It is not surprising to hear that
the people called Barnum a humbug. Nevertheless he had
their money — and kept it.
The Harrison-Tyler presidential campaign in 1840 was
the first of the American spectacular political campaigns,
and Twinsburg did her best to give impetus to the move-
ment. A log cabin and a high liberty pole were raised near
the center of the square and, of course, a barrel of cider was
placed beside the cabin. Wooden bowls were provided for
drinking the cider. The boys had a small log cabin close by
the large one, A company of forty men, each with a red
flannel patch on his left shoulder, rode horseback to Ravenna
to a political mass meeting. Their banner bore the in-
scription :
"With the patriot Harrison
We will storm Mat's garrison."
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too" was the slogan of the
Whigs who called the Democrats Loco-focos. Excitement
ran high. Communication was slow and reliable information
as to distant affairs difficult to obtain. While local condi-
tions may have colored their opinions the people gave evi-
dence of a commendable spirit of patriotism in that they
viewed the political situation from a national rather than a
provincial standpoint.
Previous to 1840 Ravenna was the county seat and
Twinsburg a part of Portage county. Summit's first county
fair was held in 1850, but Akron was too distant to be popu-
larly visited and in the early fifties Twinsburg arranged for
a township fair. This led to the organization of the Union
36 TwiNSBURG History
Agricultural Society, which held fairs in Twinsburg until
1871.
It is undoubtedly tr le that with some folk prosperity
as well as hardship leads to discontent. Such was the case
in the late fifties. The desire to better one's condition is not
easily satisfied and furthermore, other causes were contri-
buting toward a feeling of unrest. A farm that suflftced for
a pioneer and his young family was inadequate when the
children were grown and had families of their own. No
longer could farms be obtained by simply clearing more
forest, yet new homes must be found. The so-called western
lands were very cheap and ace irdingly attractive. Several
families left Twinsburg to try their fortunes in new fields,
most of them going to Hopkins, Mich. Among those who
went there were Chauncey, Harvey, William, Maria, Cath-
erine, and Hannah White; Josiah, James, William, Edwin
and Mary Parmelee; John, Robert, Philander and Olive
Baird; Pliny and Aurelia Tucker, Albert Lane and Fred-
erick Stanley.
It is difficult after the lapse of so many years to reaHze
the changes that took place during the first forty years of
Twinsburg's existence. Yet of those who came to Twins-
brug in 18 17 only Ethan Ailing, Lewis Ailing, and Frederick
Stanley remained in i860, Mr. Stanley being the only man
in Twinsburg who had voted in the first township election in
1 8 19, and he later moved to Michigan. Mr. Ethan Ailing
lived till April 22, 1868, having been a resident of Twinsburg
fifty-one years and one week.
In i860 the average age of the men in town who were
at the head of families was forty-three years. The average
family consisted of about five and one-half members. The
following list of heads of families living in Twinsburg in
i860 is taken from the records made by Mr. Ethan Ailing
that year:
James and Margeret Alexander, Ethan and Eliza
Ailing, Ethan L. and Electa Ailing, Lewis and Huldah
Ailing, Emanuel R. and Frances Andrew, William and
Adeline Andrews, Odell and Eliza Appleby, Nathaniel and
Alice Bailey, Henry and Amanda Baldwin, Edwin B. and
Cynthia Barber, Horace and Vervelia Barber, Jarvis and
Emmeline Barber, Lewis and Matilda Barber, Sophia Bar-
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ber, Frederick and Mary Jane Barney, Deborah Beardsley,
Elam and Sarah Bennett, Henry and Fanny Bennett, Lewis
and Clorinda Bidlock, A. V. and Persis Bishop, Leonard and
Sophia Bishop, Moses and Emily Bishop, Sanford and Fanny
Bishop, Blodget and Fanny Bissell, Cephas and Isabel
Bissell, David and Amanda Bissell, Samuel and Fanny
Bissell, Morris and Laura Blodget, Charles and Hannah
Bock, Emmeline Booth, Almon and Arta Brown, James and
Amanda Brown, Sidney and Harriet Bryant, Henry and
Mary Buell, William Burton and wife, Henry and Violetta
Cannon, Horace and Mercy Cannon, Israel and Lucinda
Cannon, Israel L. and Ruth Cannon, Nathan and Elizabeth
Cannon, Sylvester and Rebecca Cannon, Elijah and Eliza
Carpenter, Thaddeus and Margaret Carter, Mary Ann
Carver, Darius and Lilias Chamberlin, Huldah Chamberlin,
Luman and Huldah Chamberlin, Julia H. Chamberlin,
Philo and Lydia Ann Chamberlin, Reuben and Sarah Cham-
berlin, William and Victoria Chamberlin, Albert and Sarah
Chapman, Erastus and Wealthy Daniels, Ansel and Sybil
Doan, George and Alma Dodge, Harrison and Sylphira
Dunshee, Mrs. Benjamin Elliott, Lorenzo and Jane Eno,
Virgil and Sarah Eno, John W. and Mary Fessenden, Wil-
liam and Minnie Flohr, Seth and Fidelia Freeman, Joel and
Fanny Garzee, James Gillie, William and Anna Golding,
Lot and Louisa Griffith, Reuben and Ann Griffith, Ira and
Elizabeth Griswold, Carlton and Emily Hanchett, Camillus
and Fanny Hanks, John and Mary Ann Hansard, Josiah W.
and Miria Harlow, George D. Harris, John M. and Cicelia
Hart, Joseph and Lucia Hawkins, Jarvis and Sarah Heather,
Horatio and Mary Henderson, Augustus and Mary Herrick,
Betsy E. Herrick, Burke and Hannah Herrick, David and
Betsy Herrick, Elizabeth Herrick, Elisha and Julia Herrick,
Horace and Aurelia Herrick, James and Deborah Herrick,
Jonathan and Phila Herrick, Justus and Doratha Herrick,
Newton and Abbie Herrick, Rufus and Sarah Herrick,
Joseph and Susan Higley, Tyler and Sally Hill, Hial and
Mary Hine, Nelson and Mabel Hinkston, Czar and Belinda
Holcomb, Eli and Mary Holmes, Roswell and Lucy Hubbell,
Wilmot and Wealthy Hull, Nathan and Laura Hutchinson
Abel and EHzabeth Ingraham, Chauncey and Abigail Ingra-
ham, Leander and Amanda Ingraham, Joseph and Mary
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Isler, Oscar and Augusta Kelsey, Philo P. and Sarah Ken-
nedy, Theodore and Huldah Kennedy, Solon and Mary J.
Lacy, Chauncey and Phoebe Lane, EHsha and Lucy M.
Lane, JuHus and Mary Lane, Luman and Emma Lane,
Isaac and Jane Lanning, Orris and Sally Leach, Alfred and
Emma Ledsham, Henry and Laura Livingston, Adam and
Elizabeth Long, Alonzo and Mariett Maxam, Ansel and
Mary Maxam, Isaac and Clarissa Maxam, William and
Hannah Maxam, Robert and Lucretia McAnderson, John
and Olive Mcintosh, John and Betsey McGoff, Loren and
Hannah McMillen, William and Sarah Mead, John and
Sabra Merrick, Alanson and Doratha Mills, George and
Cordelia Moore, James and Annhona Moran, Alonzo and
Belville Nelson, Salmon and Mary Ann Nelson, Caleb and
Amanda Nichols, Francis and Lydia Nichols, Orrin P. and
Wealthy Nichols, Orson and Maria Nichols, Junia and Mary
North, Horace and Meranda Norton, Charles and Jane
Osborn, Josiah and Harriet Oviatt, Luman and Lucinda
Oviatt, Samuel and Sarah Ann Oviatt, Solomon and Marga-
ret Oviatt, Charles and Minerva Parks, E. L. and Chrystia
Parks, William and Hester Parks, Gardner and Rhoda
Parmelee, Joel and Harriet Parmelee, George and Susan
Pease, William and Charlotte Ann Piatt, Mrs. Lydia Porter,
William and Amanda Porter, Aaron and Amy Post, Adin
and Hannah Post, Franklin and Jane Post, Giles and Ann
Post, Philo and Luna Post, Robert and Catherine Powers,
Mrs. Sylvia Pritchard, John and Mary Raleigh, Mrs. Esther
Redfield, Josiah and Eliza Redfield, Nathaniel and Mary
Reed, Daniel and Lydia Richardson, Orson and Mary Rich-
mond, David and Mary Riley, Lorenzo and Melissa Riley,
Orsmon and Harriet Riley, Talmon and Mary Jane Riley,
Gilbert and Diantha Roach, James and Diantha Roach,
Martin and Sarah Roach, Moses and Minerva Roach,
Oliver and Jane Roniger, Festus Sheldon, Mrs. Agnes
Smith, Edmund and Amanda Smith, Isaac and Mary Smith,
Isaac and Hannah Smith, William and Asenath Southworth,
Sylvester and Azubah Southworth, Albert and Josephine
Stanley, Frederick and Thankful Stanley, George and
Nancy Stanley, Ezra and Laura Starkweather, John G. and
Mary Stevens, Charles and Mary Stimson, Michael and
Bridget Sullivant, Hector and Polly C. Taylor, Eli and
An Era of Prosperity 39
Mary Thompson, William and Emmeline Thompson,
Thomas and Louisa Trenbath, Lafayette and Minerva
Tucker, Orrin and Deborah Tucker, Charles A. and Mary
Turner, John and Lucy Tyson, Nelson and Huldah Upson,
Carillus and Maria Vail, Apollos and Betsey White, Mrs.
Mary White, Alexander and Julia Ann Wilcox, John and
Sarah Wilcox, William and Mary Wilcox, Benson and Eliza-
beth Withey, Ephram and Sarah Woodbury, Andrew and
Martha Wright, John F. and Mary Wright, Hezekiah and
Susan Young.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
TWINSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS
E. S. Kerr
TWINSBURG has had good schools throughout its
history. The pioneers who settled the town came
imbued with New England standards of a high order.
The influence of Connecticut ideals has been felt in every
period of the school history of the town and no doubt has
been a controlling factor. Emphasis has been placed upon
education to such an extent that always Twinsburg has had
commendable schools.
The first school building was built in 1822 on the public
square. Moses and Aaron Wilcox, who donated the square
to the town, contributed twenty dollars in money for the
building. This building served as church, school and town
hall. Lavina Merriam was the first teacher. Another build-
ing was built on the northeast corner of the square and later
moved to the west side of the square where it was destroyed
by "Loco-Focos" because anti-slavery meetings were held
in it. The desks consisted of a wide shelf around the wall
which the pupils faced. They sat upon long benches.
Those in the front of the room were smaller for the younger
pupils. The studies pursued were the three R's. Punish-
ment for misdemeanors consisted in holding out the palm
of the hand for a few strokes of the ferule. After this build-
ing was torn down, school was held in the M. E. church.
The township was divided into ten school districts
about 1835. Log schoolhouses were built in each district.
In 1853 the township was redistricted and a map showing the
new districts was prepared by C. W. Mathers, town clerk.
The new districts were larger than the original districts
and consequently fewer in number. At this time new school
buildings were erected in nearly all the districts. The
average cost of a school building was four hundred dollars.
This period was one of a new awakening along educational
lines. Teachers' wages ranged from eight to twelve dollars
per month. Increased interest in school afi"airs resulted in
rapid progress. The Board of Education of which Robert
Dunshee was chairman, subscribed for and began to read the
Development of Public Schools 41
"Journal of Education." In these days the Board of Educa-
tion usually held their meetings in the basement of one of the
churches. Records show that Board meetings were held in
the Methodist and Congregational churches.
As might be expected the school at the center, district
No. I, because of its larger enrollment and leadership, has
occupied the center of the stage. After the destruction of
the school building by the "Loco Focos" and while school
was being held in the M. E. church, the Board made re-
peated efforts to purchase the Free Will Baptist church for a
school building, but without avail. The Board then pur-
chased the old church, later known as Lyceum Hall, on the
east side of the square. School was held in this building
until 1885. The building still stands and is owned at present
by Miss Alford. In 1885 a bond issue for a new building
carried and work was immediately begun on the new
building which is the one occupied at present. At this time
the Board of Education was composed of the following men:
Dr. S. Freeman, pres., P. W. Gott, J. T. Hempstead, Frank
Post, L. H. Oviatt and O. E. Chamberlain.
The first superintendent to teach in the new building
was A. A. Mall who taught one year. Mr. Mall was suc-
ceeded by A. W. Carrier who taught for nineteen years.
Mr. Carrier's work occupies a prominent place in Twins-
burg's school history. He introduced the higher branches
into the school and by untiring effort and sacrifice laid the
foundation of the present high school. Emphasis was
placed upon mathematics as is evidenced by the fact that
trigonometry was taught. Mr. Carrier conducted the first
high school commencements. The first music teacher to
teach in all the schools of the township was Mrs. Cleora
Lane who began teaching music in 1903. Mr. Carrier was
succeeded by L. G. Bean in 1906 at which time the Board of
Education was composed of S. H. Crankshaw, pres., C. B.
Lane, H. E. Post, Mrs. E. B. Crouse and S. C. Williams.
E. J. McCreery was town clerk. Mr. Bean's administration
marks the beginning of a new era in Twinsburg's schools.
Under his supervision the schools were reorganized and the
outlying districts were brought under supervision. The
high school was standardized. The first assistant high
school teacher to be employed was Miss Ruth Murdock, who
42 TwiNSBURG History
began teaching In 1907. Mr. Bean was succeeded by H. L.
Janson in 1909. Mrs. Dollie H. Bean was the first high
school principal. She began teaching herein 1909. The close
of the year 1909 marked the retirement of C. B. Lane from
the Board of Education. Mr. Lane served the people of
Twinsburg intermittently as a Board member for a period of
more than forty years. His work was characterized by
wisdom and foresight. To this honored citizen credit is
due for the proper solution of many of the School Board's
perplexing problems.
The chief development of Mr. Janson's administration
was the centralization of the schools. At a special election
on June 4, 1910, the people of Twinsburg voted in favor of
the centralization of the schools. The Board of Education
was composed of P. P. Evans, pres., Mrs. W. S. Lister, F. J.
Doubrava, Dr. R. B. Chamberlin and O. H. Bennett. The
school building was remodeled. The school was reorganized,
placed upon a standard grade and given a first grade high
school charter by the state. Messrs. C. E. Riley, O. H.
Bennett and C. B. Lane bought about five acres of land
adjoining the school property and gave the schools the use
of it with the understanding that the School Board should
finally acquire it. The teaching staff" for the first year under
centralization was composed of the following teachers:
high school teachers, H. L. Janson, supt., Mrs. Dollie H.
Bean, prin.. Miss Mary Brown, assistant prin.; grade
teachers, Edna Lane, Ellen Bissell, Eloda Holt, Florence
Ellsworth, Effie Holt (Dell district). Mr. Janson was suc-
ceeded by Mr. F. D. Green in 191 1. In 1912 Mrs. Bean was
succeeded by Miss Alberta Grant; Miss Brown was suc-
ceeded by Miss Edna Lane and Miss Ruby Gall was em-
ployed as special music teacher. Mr. Green resigned in
March, 1913, to accept an appointment by the State. Mrs.
Dollie H. Bean was chosen to complete the unfinished year.
Mrs. Bean was succeeded by E. S. Kerr in 191 3, Mrs. Bean
succeeding Miss Grant as high school principal. Miss
Mildred Moore succeeded Mrs. Bean as principal in 1914.
In addition to those mentioned above the following persons
have taught or are teaching in the grades of the centralized
school: Frieda Schmalzle, Mary Keenan, Edna Swan,
Development of Public Schools 43
Frances Moore, Lovina Caster, Ina Walton, R. T. McBrlde,
Christine Doster, Marion Wall, W. A. Forbes (Dell district).
Within the last three years some significant develop-
ments of a different nature have manifested themselves.
The high school classes in Agriculture have improved the
school lawn. Another group built the apparatus necessary
for a Chemistry department. Still another group has
brought to completion a manual training shop. These im-
provements and added opportunities for the children have
been made possible by the excellent services rendered by the
members of the present School Board which is composed of
P. P. Evans, pres., O. H. Bennett, G. B. Walton, Mrs. W. S.
Lister, W. H. Chamberlin, and E. J. McCreery, clerk. That
the people of Twinsburg appreciate the services rendered by
this Board is evidenced by the fact that every member has
been re-elected and in most cases more than once. There is
at present under construction on the school grounds an
athletic court of magnificent proportions. This undertaking
has been made possible by the contribution of Daniel R.
Taylor, a former Twinsburg boy who is also to be thanked
for other substantial evidences of his interest in his boyhood
home. During the last ten years the Twinsburg schools
have been helped in large measure by the work of W. S.
Lister whose wisdom, foresight and untiring labors for Twins-
burg's betterment have given him a foremost place among
our worthy citizens.
SAMUEL BISSELL AND THE
TWINSBURG INSTITUTE
Compiled almost entirely from papers in Mr. BisseWs
own handwriting by his daughter, Mrs. Fanny Bissell.
FOR my father's ancestry I am largely indebted to his
day-book of 1850. Concerning his father's people he
writes: "My forefathers were Nonconformists, came
from Somersetshire, England, and landed at Plymouth,
Mass., in 1628. With others they went across the woods
and settled in Windsor, Conn. My father was born in East
Windsor and, when young, was left an orphan because of the
death of his father in the Revolutionary War. He was
brought up by his brother, Justus, and with him moved to
Middlefield, Mass., at an early age."
Here in 1796 he married Thankful Cheeseman. There
seems to have been some romance connected with the
coming to Braintree, Mass., of her ancestor, George Cheese-
man, son of Lord George Cheeseman, Earl of Clifford, a
Catholic. By the death in the Revolutionary War of her
father, Edward Cheeseman, the family of nine children were
scattered. Thankful Cheeseman at the age of six found a
home in the family of Judge Niles of Braintree, Mass.,
where she acted as servant, having no education whatever.
Later, she went with her brother to Middlefield, Mass.,
where occurred her marriage to Robert Bissell. And in this
rough country their five children were born: Samuel, Apr.
28, 1797; Laura, May 2, 1798; Roswell, Oct. 7, 1799; David,
July 4, 1802; Bianca, Apr. 6, 1804.
In 1806 my grandfather, Robert Bissell, with his
family were forty days on the road from Middlefield, Mass.,
through Penn. by way of Pittsburg to Mantua, O. Here he
left the family while he went on to select the site of their
future home. His choice fell upon a spot in the wilderness
one mile southwest of the center of Aurora, Portage Co.
He rolled up a log cabin covered with bark, without door,
fireplace or chimney; destitute of floor save in one corner
where were plank split out of ash on which to spread the
beds.
Rev. Samuel Bissell
Samuel Bissell and Twinsburg Institute 45
Here, about the middle of July, one day at noon he
placed his family and left them to spend the night alone.
In the dead of night, while the children slept, their faithful
dog gently struck grandmother with his forepaws several
times, until he knew she was awake, but made no sound.
An animal was heard to approach the cabin and rub itself
against the corner where grandmother lay, and then go
away. In the morning the children picked long black hairs
from off the corner. Bruin could easily have made them his
prey had he been so disposed.
Here amid wild beasts, without meat, vegetables, butter
or milk, having only bread and a jug of molasses brought
from Massachusetts, grandfather had left them to go to
Warren. He sold his team and took as partial payment a
barrel of pork which, after being brought, proved unfit for
use.
Just so soon as my father was sufficiently strong an ax
was placed in his hands, and till 1816, he helped fell the trees
and clear away the forest until sixty or more acres of dense
forest were changed into fruitful fields. Grandfather was a
carpenter and as such was absent from home much of the
time when his health would permit. Thus it came about
that more than a usual portion of the labor on the farm was
performed by the children.
When father was about fifteen years of age the War of
1 81 2 took place. He wrote concerning it: "War was de-
clared by our government against Great Britain. There
were two great political parties: one in favor of the war
called the Republican and now answering to the Democratic
party; the other, called the Federalist, now answering to the
Republican party who thought the differences between the
nations might have been settled much better in some other
way. One of our neighbors, a Republican, who had been
appointed marshal with full authority, came to my father
and demanded his oxen. My father remonstrated, telling
him the oxen were his sole dependence in clearing his land
and providing bread for his family. Although father was an
invalid, it made no difference. The cattle were taken and no
remuneration offered and it was not until some time after
the close of the war that I rode horseback fifty miles to
obtain a pittance for the privation. Such was the unfeeling
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mind toward one of another party. Party names change
but does the depraved mind of man alter?"
As early as 1812 father relates the following: "Went
over the entire eastern part of what was then called No. 9 in
tenth range. Its owner we knew not nor cared not. We
drank of the big spring near Herrick's stone house and found
swarms of bees in the trees not far from Mr. Riley's stone
house which furnished at least one hundred pounds of
honey."
Following these writings I find a description of father's
earliest efforts to master the common branches. "In 18 14
I rode in the rain and mud through Mantua and Shaylersville
to Ravenna and there purchased a large slate which I carried
choice as gold under my arm fairly shivering with the cold
before I reached home. In November I began to study
Arithmetic at the age of seventeen years. Fathers could
hardly spare their sons in summer and only in winter could
the lower branches of study be attended to. When I reached
common fractions I was told they were useless and so
omitted them and this practice became common. In 18 15
I began the study of English grammar being the only young
man in town that attempted it; but four or five young men
had gone to Pittsburg or New England for the study of the
higher branches. In a short time I recited the theory of
"Murray" and when I began to parse the teacher frankly
confessed that he was incapable of hearing me. And now I
must give it up or go a mile and a half to the pastor, Mr.
Seward. I chose the latter. Beside traveling that distance
I did chores enough to kill any young man of the present
day."
Father speaks of being in two great wolf hunts some-
time in 1816 or 1817. These were held for sport and to clear
the woods of wolves which were troublesome. Entire town-
ships would sometimes be surrounded by the hunters. These
hunts were attended with great danger although the life of
constant peril from wild beasts was conducive to good
markmanship.
Father continues to write: "In 18I6 through the influ-
ence of the blessed Bible I united with the people of God and
resolved, by the Lord's assistance, to spend my life to benefit
my fellowman. For this object I needed a better education.
Samuel Bissell and Twinsburg Institute 47
I urged my father to let me begin a classical course. This he
very reluctantly consented to do, but only upon condition
that as much time as I should spend doing this before coming
of age I should make up after. Since there were no schools in
this region where the higher branches were taught I walked
each day a mile and a half to the residence of Mr. Seward,
pastor at Aurora, and recited as he could find time to hear
me. This was kept up for two years during which time I had
the sole instruction of a Sabbath school of about twenty
persons.
"In 1 8 19, when I thought I was prepared to enter college,
there was no such institution in this part of the country.
A literary society had been located at Burton and chartered
by the Legislature, a building was in process of erection and
a man was expected to take charge of the school which was
designed to be a college. Mr. Seward was one of the board
of trustees and wished me to go to Burton to school. I was
not pleased with the idea and determined to go to Yale.
But I had no means to defray my expenses abroad. He
very kindly offered to assist me if I would go to Burton and
otherwise not. I was dependent and felt very unpleasantly
to go counter to the advice of Mr. Seward and wept much
over it. I resolved, dependent as I was, to put my trust in
God and go to Yale.
"With great effort my father obtained twenty dollars
and a few friends gave me three more. I fixed upon the day
to start expecting to walk to New Haven. Just at this
time a merchant from Massachusetts came to Aurora and
procured two horses on a debt, expecting to ride one and lead
the other. He told me I might ride one if I would bear the
expense. Since he knew of my dependence and my object
and was himself an ofiicer in the church I felt he was hard.
I rode the horse to Massachusetts, starting with only
twenty-three dollars. When I arrived I had spent all but
five. I walked sixty miles to Hartford but my feet were so
sore that I was obliged to take the stage for the remainder
of the trip to New Haven. I then had about three dollars
left.
"With trembling steps I called upon President Day and
told him from whence I came and my object, but took care
not to reveal my poverty. He asked me what I had studied
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and remarked that there was some provision made for poor
students after they entered college. But I was not yet pre-
pared for admission. Cut off from all hopes of aid when he
left off conversation, my hopes of help from man were gone
and my only support was in God. I had supposed I had a
friend in college who would help me, but he had gone into
the country. All were strangers. I arose with a heavy heart
but not desponding and, as I was turning to bid him good-bye,
he said very pleasantly, 'You will make your home with us
for the present' and took me into an adjacent room, saying,
'This was the study of Dr. Stiles and Dr. Dwight and there
is a box containing Dr. Stiles' Hebrew manuscripts,' and
there furnished me with books to finish my preparation for
college. At Commencement, which took place in about four
weeks, I went about forty miles to East Haddam and there
remained studying till January, the beginning of the second
term of the freshman year, when I was examined and ad-
mitted in 1820. I had nothing on which to rely for support
and had to be credited or leave. At the beginning of the last
term of the freshman year I found work which paid for my
board, room, fuel and light. You may well imagine the
trials through which I had to struggle. In the autumn of
1 82 1 I taught select school at Plymouth, Conn., and for
three months the next fall. Then I went to Harwinton and
taught three months and in 1823 six months.
"By these means and with waiting on tables, hearing
recitations, and some donations, I was able to receive my
diploma in September, 1823, and left college free of debt.
With four small trunks I took stage for Buffalo, N. Y., pay-
ing double fare. There I put my property aboard a schooner
that belonged to Ft. Meigs on the Maumee. Expecting my
property would be left at Cleveland I started on foot to
make the two hundred mile trip home. After being home a
week I sent to Cleveland to learn if my property had arrived
and word was returned that it had.
"I asked my father for his oxen and cart to drive through
the woods and mud to Cleveland. Over my ordinary clothes
I put a logging frock. With food in a pillow-case and whip
in hand I started at noon on Thursday, the second week in
October. I drove a mile and a half when in a deep mud-hole
the bow came off and away went one of the oxen. I got into
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the mud half a leg deep and extracted the neap from the
yoke pulling off the other bow and away went the other ox.
I shouldered the yoke and put after the oxen in the woods,
drove them back half a mile, put them in a lot and returned
home to make a bow-pin. Then I returned, yoked up the
oxen, put them on the cart, drove over to the northwestern
corner of Twinsburg, and, the night coming on, stopped at a
log shanty owned by Oliver Wells. The next day I arrived
in Cleveland about noon and went to Merwin the chief
business man and asked for my property. It had not
arrived. With an oath he asked me on what I had put my
property. I named the schooner when he said, 'Why did
you not build a coffin and put the property in it and shove
it off into the lake?'
"After further inquiry I found the vessel had passed
Cleveland in a gale the week before and had stranded at the
mouth of Black River. Thinking the vessel might be left
there I resolved to drive on. In the meantime two mission-
aries, Alvin Coe and wife, who had made their way from
Vernon, Trumbull County, to Cleveland on their way to
spend the winter at the mission station on the Maumee
above Ft. Meigs, asked the privilege of riding with me to
Black river. I told them I had only a cart and oxen and a
board across the box. Mrs. Coe was a very delicate woman,
well educated. Many people thought them foolish to go on
such an errand. They got aboard the cart and I drove on to
Dover where we spent the night and the next day about the
middle of the afternoon we arrived at Black river. I left the
team and went six miles to the mouth of the river, found the
vessel had been stranded, but had got off the day before and
had taken my trunks. I started to walk back to my team
but it became so dark that I stopped at a log cabin, ate a
bowl of bread and milk and took the floor for my bed. In the
morning I arrived at the place I had left my team, probably
where Elyria now is, and spent the Sabbath. Considering
the uncertainty of getting my property unless I went after
it I concluded on Monday morning to drive on to Portland,
now Sandusky City, where I arrived at noon Wednesday
with my missionaries and then drove the team back eight
miles and put them out to pasture. I returned to Portland
the next morning. Leaving Mrs. Coe to go to Detroit when-
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ever opportunity should present itself, Mr. Coe concluded to
walk with me seventy miles to the Maumee. Thursday
morning we started and arrived at Lower Sandusky, now
Fremont, at about noon on Friday and before us was the
Black swamp of forty miles and with but a horsepath through
and a shanty half way. We started, expecting to reach the
shanty by nightfall, but failing, we lay in the woods sheltering
ourselves as well as we could under the trees for it rained and
sleeted and became so cold that the snow did not melt on the
leaves. About nine in the morning we came to the shanty
where the woman made a cake of Indian meal and pumpkin
and put it into the embers to bake. This, together with some
fried wild duck, constituted the best breakfast I ever ate.
It was Saturday noon and Mr. Coe said he could not endure
to walk through and would stay till Monday. I inquired
the way and alone started for Ft. Meigs. I waded Portage
river and went on and on until I came out at dusk on the
Maumee opposite Swan creek where Toledo now is. The
river was wide, the wind blew a gale. There was a house on
the opposite bank but I could neither be seen nor heard and
was obliged to camp out for the second night on the cold
bank of the river. It was so cold that for the first time that
season the river froze a rod out into the stream. As early
as it was worth while I went down to the brink and made all
possible signs of distress. Soon a man came out of the
house down to the river and came over in a canoe. Never
was I so glad to see a human being. Soon after landing I
pulled off my boots. My heels were so raw and inflamed that
I could no longer wear my boots. It was the Sabbath, but
my feet so pained me that I got but little rest. Toward
evening I put some rags around my feet and walked a mile
down the stream to the house of an Indian agent by the
name of Stickney. He was a well educated most agreeable
gentleman. He had married Molly, the oldest daughter of
Gen. Stark. They had four children. The oldest daughter
the mother called Molly after herself, the other daughter
Indiana. The oldest son they called One, the other Two.
After spending the night here I returned to Swan creek and
Monday afternoon hired a horse with an Indian to take it
back and rode eight miles to Ft. Meigs. Here I found Mr.
Coe and the next morning bought a pair of moccasins and
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walked with him to the mission station, wading the river.
It was now November and the vessel had come and gone to
Detroit, taking my property.
"I found at the station a young man who had volunteered
his services for a year to establish the station. When the
year closed he was taken sick and had just recovered so far
that chills had left him. He asked to go with me to Aurora
on his way home to Meadville, Pa. I told him I feared the
ague would return and he would be left among strangers.
He insisted on going and we returned to Ft. Meigs. The vessel
returned from Detroit on Friday and on Sunday morning
started back. As there was no other way of getting to
Detroit we both went on board. The young man had six
dollars, I was then penniless. Monday morning we arrived
at the mouth of the Detroit river but the wind and the cur-
rent were too strong to allow the boat to go up. I hired a
horse and a boy; the young man rode; I walked. We ar-
rived at Detroit in the evening and found Mr. Coe at the
residence of Gov. Cass. There we spent the night. The
next day I found my property and on Wednesday put it
aboard a vessel bound for Portland. We arrived Friday
noon. The ague returned to the young man. I went for
my oxen, and took on my load Saturday morning and drove
eight miles, the young man having a dreadful fit of ague on
the way. We spent the Sabbath very pleasantly and Mon-
day morning started on. When we had gone about four
miles we found the snow a foot deep and the weather very
cold. I went by the side of my cattle in my moccasins
through the snow and arrived in Newburg Thursday night.
Friday the snow and mud would about half bear up. I was
all day till night getting to Twinsburg. Here I had a bowl
of bread and milk and slept on the floor. The next day I
arrived home about 10 o'clock, having been gone over a
month. Such were my sufferings and labor in my course of
education."
An autograph album and my father's diploma are
perhaps the only relics of the contents of those four trunks
which I possess and these I highly prize.
At the end of three months he hired money and returned
to Connecticut to study theology with a Rev. Hart of
Plymouth and Rev. Pierce of Harwinton. He was licensed
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to preach the Gospel by Litchfield South Association in 1825.
He preached his first sermon in Wolcot, Conn., then supplied
for several Sabbaths the church at Waterbury, Conn.
In September, 1824, he was married to Fanny Gaylord
of Harwinton, Conn.
In 1826 he returned to Aurora. But sometime prior to
his return he was informed of the eff"ort to locate a college
at Hudson, O., and was asked, with many others in different
parts of the country, to collect funds to begin the enterprise.
For some time he went from door to door begging for this
object and by these means the first building was erected.
In this humble manner Western Reserve University had its
beginnings.
A few years later he gave his patrimony of one hundred
acres in Aurora to the college. Still later he filled a vacancy
for one year teaching in it.
On returning to Aurora with his wife in the fall of 1826
he found the state of education much as ten years before,
when he made the resolution to spend his life trying to do
good to his fellowmen. He went to Moses Eggleston who
owned the land around the center and asked to let him chop
down some maple trees and cut them into wood. Mr.
Eggleston assented. Accordingly, he prepared some ten
cords of wood, had it hauled and deposited near what was
called the old academy and then announced that on a certain
day a school would commence; the tuition would be two
dollars for twelve weeks and as money was very scarce he
said, "You may pay me in anything you please, and when
you please, and nothing if you don't please." Scholars came
in very cautiously at first but before two years had passed
nearly all of suitable age were present. Several began prep-
aration for college, among these were two of the first three
graduates from Western Reserve College.
Near the end of the two years my father was invited to
spend several Sabbaths in Twinsburg. He went but con-
tinued teaching in Aurora. About this time he preached the
funeral sermon of the twin Wilcoxes. At the end of three
months the people of Twinsburg saw fit to ask him to be-
come their pastor. And now I will quote from father's
writings concerning his work for several years:
"Dismissed my school in Aurora and moved to Twins-
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burg in January, 1828. To pay me for the three months
service they built a very good log block house, one half mile
west of the square, which became my home for many years.
In the spring of 1828 was ordained and installed pastor of the
Presbyterian church and society.
"Twinsburg was very new; their meeting-house was on
the west side of the square nearly opposite Mr. Alexander's,
a mere shell of a building with a few seats around on the
outside of the room. There were about as many people as
could sit around on these outside seats; in the winter it was
cold and uncomfortable but before the new church was built
it was crowded. On the same lot where the log block house
was erected there stood also a log house 20x30, built for a
shoe shop. It was very rude with rough boards for a floor
and loose ones overhead. Three holes were cut out of the
logs for windows of four panes each. There was a fireplace
at one end built of rough stones and topped out with sticks
plastered over with clay. In the fall of 1828 this was fitted
up with seats and invitations were given to all youths of
suitable age to attend school welcome, or, if they chose to
pay, the tuition would be ^2.00 per quarter. Some forty or
more scholars were packed into this small space, giving
ample employment to one teacher for four months in the
year. This continued to be the place of school till 1831.
During the first and second winters a school term of four
months was held but in the winters of 1831 and 1832 I was
called to teach in Western Reserve College and there was no
school.
"When I first came the township was comparatively new
and the people generally were in very moderate circum-
stances. Roads were bad and almost impassable at certain
seasons of the year. Our houses were poor and our means of
living pretty hard. Money was scarce and all business was
transacted by barter. I borrowed ^100.00 of Zeno Kent of
Aurora and paid interest for two years of ^40.00. It was
during this period, 1831-32, that our first church was built.
"In 183 1 the people of the church concluded to erect a
building for the double purpose of meetings on the Sabbath
and school during the week. They made me sole committee
to raise funds for the building. They were to procure the
materials and I the money needed. It was finished in 1832
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at an expense of ^700.00, of which cash part I was obliged
to furnish ^190.00. My school was now transferred from
the cabin to a comparative palace. We then proposed to
board scholars from abroad at nine shillings per week, in-
cluding fuel, lights and washing. Such was the beginning of
Twinsburg Institute.
"When the new church was erected it was likewise full.
Scarcely a family in town neglected to meet on the Sabbath
for public worship. I was in the habit of visiting all the
families each year and the visits were pleasant and profitable.
We shared the labors and hardships. Many a time we were
so poor we knew not today what we should have on the
morrow and often Mrs. Bissell and myself walked to Aurora
to procure food to bring home in our hands. On one of
these visits when we were opposite Mr. Crawford's, a bear
stood in the road before us and when Bruin had gazed
sufficiently long at us he took to his heels and fled. In early
life I learned to follow the chase and when my father died in
1833 the old beloved rifle fell into my hands. Soon after
that a flock of wild turkeys came near the door and I shot
two of them and a little later a deer came into the lot nearby
and paid the forfeiture of his life for his temerity.
"At about this time in consequence of our common pov-
erty, and feeling that help from abroad would be desirable, I
went to New York and procured of Mr. Woolsey of that
city, father of J. M. and President Woolsey, twenty-five
acres of land as a lifelong possession of the church society.
Soon after this I visited Mr. Beers of Connecticut, Com-
missioner of the school fund, and induced him to relieve, as
soon as possible, many of our citizens who happened to
settle on a mortgaged tract (Tract No. 2) forfeited to the
state of Connecticut, and who felt little heart to improve
their lands as they might lose them. The settlement was
satisfactorily adjusted.
"At the end of the first seven years I had received not
above $75.00 per year as a salary and all was returned in one
way or another. The little church of twelve members, I
think, had increased to an hundred and fifty."
But meanwhile a storm cloud had been slowly gathering
over the church, brought on by the various opinions held by
its members concerning the temperance question. Father's
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views were strongly for temperance and as to the need of
reform at that time you have only to read "Twinsburg from
18 17 by Ethan Ailing and from 1820 by Luman Lane." Yet
on account of the trials and controversies that were the
outgrowth of these opinions father was dismissed and went
to Edinburg where he had been invited in the fall of 1835.
As to school and church privileges they were in much the
same condition as he had found Twinsburg and he resolved
to give the youth of Edinburg the privileges of more than a
common school education. He first went to Pittsburg and
purchased ^100.00 worth of books, then opened the school
loaning the books to those who came. More than fifty were
on hand and profited by the privilege expecting to pay ^2.25
per quarter. The tuition the first four months fell short of
the cost of the books. In the course of a year and a half
nearly all the youth availed themselves of the privilege.
In the fall of 1837 the church invited him back to Twins-
burg. He returned and then a series of persecutions fol-
lowed that are not very common these days. Out of them
grew the second church over which father was pastor till
1843 when he resigned to better look after the interests of the
growing school which he had resumed upon returning to
Twinsburg.
At this time began three regular terms in a school year
of forty weeks. Concerning the growth of the school father
wrote: "A house 20x35 was erected (where the present stone
building stands), 20 feet more were soon added. Boarders
from abroad came in and the numbers so increased that in
August, 1843, the Tavern at the center was purchased. It
was 30x50 and two stories high. Soon another building
30x50 and three stories high was added. In two more years
another building 30x40 and three stories high was necessary
and a year or so later the old church and academy and an
intermediate building were provided. The increase from
forty to three hundred pupils, including at least fifty
boarders in the family, necessitated seven teachers and
assistants to give instruction in German, French, vocal and
instrumental music, penmanship and all the common
academic studies. No charter was ever obtained and no
public money appropriated. Board and tuition were so low
that the most indigent found encouragement to enter the
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institution and avail themselves of its privileges. A large
number were received who paid little or nothing. In 1843
three Indian youths left their forest homes about Mackinaw
and Traverse Bay, Mich., and landed in Cleveland on their
way to Vernon where lived the missionaries who rode with
me to Sandusky City twenty years before, and who, after
spending some time in Maumee and there passing from
lodge to lodge among the Indians in the neighborhood of
Mackinaw for several seasons, now worn out in this good
service had returned in the evening of their life to their
original home in Vernon. These youths called at the
Institute and through a French interpreter made known
their object, viz. : to find a place by the help of these mis-
sionaries where they might go to school. Our doors were
open to them, feeling that we were under the strongest
obligation to help a poor neglected and injured people, and
they went no farther. Others followed these from seven
different tribes, east and west, until the whole number
reached over two hundred. Most of them remained, on an
average, at least a year. All boarded in the family and were
supplied with books and stationery. Of these, two have been
teachers in academies, one a very respectable minister of the
Gospel, several have taught schools among their own people.
Andrew J. Blackbird, or Mack-a-de-pe-nessy, son of a chief
of the Ottawas from the northern part of Michigan, has
been a national interpreter, postmaster, and soon after
leaving the Institute obtained from the Michigan Legis-
lature the rights of citizenship for his people in that state.
He was the author of "The History of the Ottawa and Chip-
pewa Indians of Michigan." Another, a Seneca, Peter
Wilson by name, graduated at the head of his class of medi-
cal students at Geneva, N. Y., and for years was employed
by his nation as their agent at the Legislature at Albany to
look after their interests; others were interpreters of mis-
sionaries, one a councilor of his nation, one a teacher among
the Freedmen of the South. During the War of the Rebel-
lion one raised a company of sharpshooters, became their
captain and fell in the battle of the Wilderness. Several
others joined the army and acted a loyal part. It may be
said of them as a body of youth that as large a proportion of
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them have excelled as is true of an equal number of white
students."
In 1853 occurred the death of my grandmother, Thank-
ful Cheeseman Bissell, at the ripe old age of eighty-three
years. My father wrote of her: "She fairly shamed all her
children in acts of hardship and heroism. Though deprived
of all means of learning early she was surpassed by few in
the application of what she learned late in life. In the ab-
sence of physicians during those early days she deserves the
highest commendation for what she did in the capacity in
which she was called to act."
Of indigent white youth that father made a home for,
aided in their education, and in some cases bore their ex-
penses in college after fitting them, their name is "Legion,"
and the amount expended much greater than that for the
Indian youth. Among these at an early day were William
C. Bissell and two sisters, children of a cousin, Orice Bissell,
who had died leaving them orphans. Another was Drusilla
Featherstone whom he took at nine years of age and edu-
cated in music. Subsequently four others of the same
family were with them and did well. These are just a
sample of the many that were raised in father's family
though never adopted.
During the period of giving instruction not less than
six thousand were more or less under his care. Among these
are numbered presidents and professors of colleges and theo-
logical seminaries, members of Congress, governors of states,
members of state legislatures, ministers, missionaries, judges,
attorneys, physicians and a host of teachers in common and
high schools.
In i860 father wrote: "My former companion, a most
faithful wife and a conscientious Christian, was attacked
by a pulmonary disease; and while away from home, and
watching by her bedside, and after she had closed her eyes
in death, I felt that there was no hope of escaping bank-
ruptcy for my indebtedness was not less than six thousand
dollars, and I had no means to pay. I said to a friend, " I see
no way but to assign what I have to creditors." After I had
labored so long, to fail was almost too much to bear. For the
moment I was disheartened. I thought of past and trying
days and reflected that, trusting in the Lord, I had passed
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through all difficulties. I resolved that I would cast myself
on God and do my duty. Claim after claim was left for
collection and in every case, at the end of the stay of judg-
ment, principal and interest were paid. At length I sold the
Institution and buildings and nearly completed every pay-
ment. Three hundred dollars were saved with which I was
determined to build a house in which I might still continue
the business of instruction. Thus the stone house was
erected, largely with my own hands and the donations of old
friends and pupils."
Although the adoption of the free school system by the
state, and the breaking out of the Civil War greatly reduced
the numbers in attendance, he continued, with the assistance
of his second wife, Cynthia Amelia Sikes, a most worthy
helper as well as teacher in the school, his life long labors
almost to the last.
He passed away at his home south of the center at the
ripe old age of 98 yrs. and 4 mos. Thus the career of the
founder of Twinsburg Institute was ended. It had its foun-
dation in prayer, the superstructure was reared in faith and
corresponding works, and all was under the fostering care
of God to whom he always ascribed the honor of the ac-
complishment.
Additional Facts
As a rule, school catalogues are not considered very
interesting reading matter, but surely some of the catalogues
issued when the Twinsburg Institute was at the zenith of its
popularity must be made an exception. It is a matter of
regret that some of these catalogues cannot be here repro-
duced. Through them the unusual personality of Rev.
Mr. Bissell is unconsciously made clear to the reader.
In one of them for the year commencing April 9, 1849,
and ending March 9, 1850, the summary gives the attend-
ance of gentlemen as 204, and ladies as 106. Thirty towns
and three states are represented.
As to the studies we read: "Instruction will be given
in Greek, Latin, French, and German; in Algebra, Geom-
etry, Trigonometry, Mensuration, Surveying and Naviga-
tion; in Natural, Moral and Mental Philosophy; Chemistry,
Rhetoric, Logic, Astronomy, Mineralogy, Geology and
Physiology; In Geography, English Grammar, Arithmetic,
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Reading, Spelling, Definition, Penmanship and Book Keep-
ing. Also in Vocal Music, Music on the Piano, Melodeon,
Flute, Violin, Violincello, etc. In Drawing and Painting.
Besides there will be weekly exercises in Declamation, Elo-
cution, and Composition, together with the benefit of a
Lyceum. The most approved works in all the above
branches will be used. Effort is now being made to add a
Library and suitable Philosophical, Chemical and Musical
Apparatus, and such other conveniences as shall contribute
to its greatest usefulness."
As to location we learn:
"The Institution is situated in the village of Twins-
burgh, Summit Co., Ohio, five miles from Western Reserve
College, on the road from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, nineteen
miles from the former, with a Daily Stage both ways. A
Plank Road will be made to Cleveland the present season.
"The buildings of the Institution will accommodate
75 boarders, generally with but two in a room, with a Kitch-
en, Dining Hall, spacious Halls for study. Music, and
Recitation Rooms. The best water in the world has recently
been brought to the Institution in pipes, which very greatly
conduces to health and comfort. It is surrounded by an
industrious, moral, and thriving population. A residence
of more than 20 years in the place has proved it healthy
almost without a parallel."
Under Sessions and Vacations we read:
"The year is divided into three sessions. The first will
commence on the second Monday in April and continue 12
weeks; then there will be a vacation of 6 weeks for the
accommodation of the farmer to secure his crops, and for the
student to derive profit from labor. Then will commence
the second session of twelve weeks, after which there will be
a vacation of two weeks, when the winter term of 16 weeks
will begin, at the expiration of which there will be a vacation
of 4 weeks to continue till the second Monday in April,
making, in all, 40 weeks in the year for study."
But more interesting matter is treated of under the
heading of Expenses:
"Board, Room, and lodging may be had at the Sem-
inary from $1.00 to $1.25 per week, according to the price
of provisions.
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Tuition in Greek, Latin, and the higher Mathematics . .^3.00
In the EngHsh branches only 2.50
In German and French each, extra 2.00
In lessons on Piano Forte and melodeon, each 5.00
In Music on Violin, Violincello, Flute &c., once per
week 2.00
Vocal Music, Drawing and Painting Free
Expenses of wood in Recitation Rooms, keeping same,
ordinary repairs, &c 50
Washing will be done in the Institution at 2 cents per
article. Wash dishes, pails, towels, brooms, fuel, lights,
carpets and curtains, furnished by the student.
If payment is delayed till the end of the term, a differ-
ence of one dollar more per quarter will be made. Past
experience has taught us not to extend credit, except under
peculiar circumstances.
There will be an examination of two days at least at
the end of each session, with exhibitions in Music and other
things.
Parents and friends are earnestly desired to be present
on these occasions."
Tradition tells us that not all the students particularly
enjoyed these following regulations:
"Each student is expected to attend public worship
where his parents or guardians shall direct.
Students will not be permitted to remain in the Institu-
tion who will go and come on the Sabbath, knowing the rule,
nor will students be suffered to remain who shall devote any
part of their time during the week to learn to dance.
There will be Biblical exercises each Sabbath, on which
all may attend.
Every reasonable pains will be taken to guard the
morals of youth, and render them comfortable, happy, and
contented."
In 1857-8 we notice the expenses are a trifle higher,
among other things washing having advanced from 2 to 3
cents per article. Profane language and card playing has
been added to the list of things that "will not be suffered,"
and a Library of over 600 carefully selected books acquired.
The catalogues tell us little about the exhibitions, but
many old students remember them as being attended from
Samuel Bissell and Twinsburg Institute 6i
far and near, and the following program surely shows they
were quite properly named.
ANNUAL
EXHIBITION
of
TWINSBURGH INSTITUTE
March io, 1848
MUSTC
The Nineteenth Century — An Oration
H. R. Dancox, Hudson, O.
Twilight Musings — An Essay
Miss Sarah E. Henry, Twinsburg, O.
If a God there be, that God how great!
Miss Eunice Turner, Twinsburg, O.
My Mother — A Poem . Miss Rebecca Young, Twinsburg, O.
MUSIC
Our Country — An Oration .... H. A. Atkins, Waterbury, Vt.
Glory — An Essay
Miss Ellen Young, Twinsburg, O.
There's blight in earth's beauties — A Poem
Miss Marilla M. Clark, Concord
MUSIC
The Suicide — A Dialogue F. H. Risley, Aurora
MUSIC
The Destiny of our Country — An Oration
F. W. Mattocks, Vernon
Foreigners — An Oration A. G. Smith, Concord
MUSIC
The Glory and Honor of War — A Dialogue
Chas. Turner, Twinsburg
MUSIC
Energy of Determination — An Oration
A. W. Tappen, Union ville
An affair of honor — A Dialogue A. G. Smith, Concord
MUSIC
The cultivation of the Mind — An Oration
J. K. Frost, Mantua
The Phrenologist nonplussed — A Dialogue
F. H. Risley, Aurora
MUSIC
62 TwiNSBURG History
Durability of literary fame — An Oration
Chas. Turner, Twinsburg
True Nobility — An Oration with a Valedictory
F. H. Risley, Aurora
MUSIC
Younglove's Steam Press, Cleveland
It is doubtful if anyone ever called Mr. Bissell lax in
discipline. He so earnestly coveted success for his pupils
that he could not tolerate anything which, in his opinion,
would not develop the best in a student. The writer
remembers hearing it said, "Those who were sent to his
school thought him stern and uncompromising, but some of
those whom he practically carried through school thought
him 'a little lower than the angels'."
Mrs. Sarah Henry Turner says: "He was a strict
disciplinarian, which was necessary, as many were the
pranks played. I remember once a bucket of water being
placed on top a slightly opened door so that a latecomer
received an unwelcome shower bath. If Mr. Bissell sus-
pected a too joyful time was going on in some boarder's
room his quiet step would not be heard, but a rap on the
door would warn of his presence and — all would be silent
within. In church he always occupied the back seat that
he might see if any of his pupils were missing from services,
he requesting their attendance. His Sabbath commenced
Saturday at sundown and Sunday evening he and his wife
began week day labors. Doors were locked at lo p. m. and
any one out later must gain admittance as best he could. At
5 a. m. the big bell rang for rising, and at 6 a. m., for break-
fast. There were many assistant teachers and at 8 a. m.
began the writing class conducted by Warren P. Spencer
whose uncle was the originator of the Spencerian system.
At meals, many times sixty, or more, sat at the long table,
Mr. Bissell at the head. All stood while the blessing was
said."
It is related by several that on one Hallowe'en night
some academy students appropriated Mr. Bissell's carriage,
or stage, and drew it as far as Tinker's Creek. When they
had gotten that far Mr. Bissell himself raised a curtain, put
out his head and said, "Boys, I guess you have brought me
far enough, now you may draw me back" — and they did so.
Samuel Bissell and Twinsburg Institute 63
He had overheard all their plans and accordingly concealed
himself in the carriage. It would seem from the above that a
sense of humor and discipline are not always incompatible.
Many people of prominence, of whom we can here
name only a few were once students at the Twinsburg
Institute: Emerson White, once president of De Pauw
University, Ohio Commissioner of common schools, and
superintendent of the Cincinnati schools; Hon. Henry
McKinney, state senator for Summit-Portage district,
1869-70, since common pleas judge in Cuyahoga county;
William B. Hazen, once chief of the weather bureau; Gen.
Lucius Fairchild, who sometime held the office of member
of Congress, governor of Wisconsin, consul at Liverpool,
consul general at Paris, minister to Spain, commander of
Dept. of Wisconsin G. A. R. and commander-in-chief of
National Encampment G. A. R.; Gen. A. C. Voris and Hon.
U. L. Marvin of Akron; Dr. Knowlton, Hons. D. W. Gage,
and W. S. Kerruish of Cleveland. Of the latter it can be
said that in his active appreciation of Rev.Mr. Bissell and his
work he has shown himself to be a truly grateful friend.
Another man not yet mentioned was Chief Pokagon,
the last chief of the Pottawattamies. His father ceded to the
U. S. government 1,000,000 or more acres of land including
the present site of Chicago. Chief Pokagon spent the latter
part of his life in efforts to obtain from the government the
price agreed upon, finally securing nearly ^200,000.00. He
was highly educated. He spent two years at the Twinsburg
Institute after leaving Oberlin College. Throughout his
long life his deepest desire was expressed in his tireless
efforts to keep "the white man's fire-water" from the
Indian.
Many have publicly proclaimed their indebtedness to
Mr. Bissell for their start in life, and not a few in a sub-
stantial manner remembered him when his days of activity
were past.
A few of the older students, inspired by Mrs. Ruth
Sheels Cannon and Miss Juliette Parmelee, arranged for a
gathering to celebrate the 95th birthday of Rev. Father
Bissell, as all in later years called him. As many of the old
students as could be reached were invited to come and bring
a basket, and one dollar as a birthday gift. The large school
64 TwiNSBURG History
room was decorated and filled with friends who rejoiced to
do something to brighten his declining years and honor the
faithful teacher. He was a very happy man, though nearly
blind. Short talks were given by Judge Marvin, Hon. W. S.
Kerruish, Henry Watterson, Chas. Lane and others. Mrs.
Ruth Cannon recited an original poem, "To Our Aged
Teacher." One hundred and ten dollars were left to remind
Mr. Bissell of the esteem in which he was held.
Mr. Bissell lived until Aug. 26, 1895, his comfort
ministered to by his family, friends among his former stu-
dents, and the Presbytery with which he always maintained
his connection.
Gracious tributes were paid at his funeral and the
passing years have more and more plainly shown that they
were faithfully deserved.
A Retrostect
It is now well nigh a century since Rev. Samuel Bissell
came from Aurora, a single purpose in his heart, to serve his
God by service to his fellowmen.
It Is not humanly possible to measure his success. To
be sure, the crude cabin is now gone, Lyceum Hall Is now a
store-room, the old Institute building is torn down, and
even the stone building of which Mr. Bissell said, "The rock
of Gibraltar will as soon give way, without an earthquake,"
presents an altered aspect to the passerby. A thoughtless
man might say that the Institute Is gone. But Is It.? Minds
were quickened and trained, new purposes were brought
into life and currents of thought and action started that can
be terminated only by the end of time. Twinsburg's share
in this honor is that her sons and daughters, from generation
to generation, availed themselves of the opportunities
offered them.
Comparatively few men live to experience such satisfy-
ing fruition of their labors as did Mr. Bissell. He never
experienced afiluence; little enough the ordinary comforts
of life. Yet his life was full and the sunset hours made
peaceful because he had made his full contribution to society.
It is to the credit of the present citizens of Twinsburg
that they delight to honor the memory of this stalwart
figure whose long life spanned so extensive a period of the
town's development.
Samuel Bissell and Twinsburg Institute 65
A TRIBUTE
W. R. Rose
I.
"Deep in the wildwood his clearing was made;
Deep in the forest his torch redly flamed;
Firm in the soil his foundation was laid;
Rude were the timbers he fashioned and framed.
There in his temple he taught and he prayed —
Voicing the mission that hosts have acclaimed.
II.
"Worn was the pathway that led to his door —
^ Worn by the seekers who came from afar;
Widely he scattered his bountiful store —
Far shone the light of that beautiful star.
Heavy the burden he cheerfully bore.
Calloused the shoulder he put to the car.
III.
"Shadows that drift in a wavering line;
Shadows that circle and halt by the wall;
Shadows of seekers enriched from the mine,
Learners who came at the magical call;
You drew the life from the sturdy old vine —
Steward and master, he gave you his all!"
MUSIC
WHEN man becomes domiciled in a new country
there is every dependence placed upon nature, and
every effort made to bend nature to meet the needs
of the human family. Under such conditions one would
scarcely expect to discover much activity in the pursuit of
the finer arts. Yet this very struggle with nature seems to
engender in man a desire to free himself from his bondage to
nature, and to improve upon nature by adding something of
himself to it. Our forefathers were many of them artists in
their individual lines of work and, doubtless, most of them
cherished the hope of a life less burdened with drudgery and
replete with the more enjoyable features of life. At least
we may be sure they wanted the best things in life for their
children, and, mindful of the good things in their New
England life, they were rather good judges of what of the old
life it would be well to incorporate in the new. So we are
not surprised to learn that it was possible for a singing mas-
ter upon his arrival here to find plenty of material to form
a singing school.
The man was Luther B. Prentiss whose boyhood home
was in Plainfield, Vt. He had settled in Warrensville, O.,
and came from there to Twinsburg in 1823, following the
marked trees through the forest. He started the first singing
school held in Twinsburg and conducted its weekly meet-
ings for a considerable period of time. He has the distinct-
ion of having conducted the singing at the dedication of the
first church in Twinsburg. When that church celebrated
its fiftieth anniversary he was residing here with his son
Willard C. Prentiss. He lived to be ninety-four years of
age, dying in 1897.
As a matter of fact, there is little positively known about
musical matters during those earlier years. Mr. Samuel
Bissell realized the value of music as an accomplishment, and
also its desirability as a feature of his school, and early in-
cluded it in his course of studies. The man who probably
did the most for Twinsburg musically was an instructor in
music in Mr. Bissell's school.
Mr. John W. Fessenden came to Twinsburg in 1845
and began teaching music in the Twinsburg Institute,
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holding this position until i860. Wednesday evenings he
taught beginners the rudiments of music and inspired many
to take up musical careers. Friday evenings were given
over to instrumental music, and Sunday evenings were
devoted to sacred music. These classes were free to every
resident of the town and many availed themselves of Mr.
Fessenden's instructions. At the close of each term a con-
cert was given and an admission fee charged. After these
concerts Mr. and Mrs. Bissell often served an oyster supper,
charging only 25 cents per couple. The musical instruction
offered at the Institute attracted many students from afar
who came largely on account of the musical course.
Aside from his work in the Twinsburg Institute he
taught singing schools, bands and orchestras in several
nearby towns. He gave private lessons on the violin, flute
and other instruments. For a long time he had charge of the
choir of the Congregational Church and under his direction
it had the enviable reputation of being the best country
church choir in the Western Reserve.
For many years during the summer months he con-
ducted singing school for the children, usually concluding
the work with a juvenile concert. Many remember the
cantatas given, especially the "Shepherdess" and the even
more talked of one "The Flower Queen" in which Victoria
Southworth took the part of the queen so beautifully that
for years she went by the name of Queen Victoria.
Concerts were a feature of the Twinsburg Fairs. Under
the leadership of Prof. Fessenden groups of young people,
selected from the best singers in the town, rendered musical
selections for the entertainment of the crowds that were
accustomed to attend the Twinsburg Fairs. At the fair in
1857 Emma Fessenden and her mother, Mary Fessenden,
sang the duet "Ruth and Naomi." The Foster Family and
Company also gave concerts at the fairs here.
There are many who can be remembered as having, at
some time, taught music here. The old fashioned singing
school was decidedly a social institution and usually
prospered.
Richard Redfield had a large singing class here in i860,
and about 1865 Mary Garzee (Chandler) taught a class in
music. Some of the older musicians now in Twinsburg
68 TwiNSBURG History
received their first instructions from her. A few years later
Mary Prentiss (Foote) and AHce Pratt (Clark) were giving
lessons in music. About 1874 Mr. Volney A. Curtiss, himself
a good tenor, began conducting a singing school here and
continued in this work for several years. There are many
now in town who were in his classes and participated in the
concerts given under his direction. Alia Fessenden (Rud-
gers) for several years was a teacher of music here and was
an inspiration to many musically inclined. Letella Fessen-
den (Baker), another daughter of Prof. J. W. Fessenden,
was a help to the town musically, being church organist and
leader of music in the W. C. T. U., giving much attention to
her work.
To a large extent the churches have always fostered
musical talent. The early churches possessed no instru-
ments and few hymnals. At that period the minister often
led the singing. The tuning fork was the chief reliance of
the chorister and quite a commotion arose in one of the
churches when the chorister took his "fiddle into church,"
but later, the deacon's son was playing the bass viol there.
It was probably in the fifties that organs, or rather har-
moniums, were introduced into the churches.
Diminutive affairs that they were, they at least inaug-
urated a new era in church music.
Musical instruments in the home were infrequent, those
in comfortable circumstances sometimes had small melo-
deons. As pecuniary matters improved the melodeon
increased in size, was superseded by the organ, and that in
time was replaced by the piano. The first (1865) organ in
town was Miss Tina Dunshee's and it is still in good condi-
tion. The first piano in town for private use was Miss Stella
Clark's. Today the home where there is no piano is the
exception.
While the older generations had their singing schools
these classes later became less popular and, as private
lessons were more easily obtained, about a quarter century
ago were practically discontinued. It did not take the
thoughtful long to discover that there were all too many
possessed of some musical talent who were receiving no
musical instruction. Music was ceasing to be a community
affair. Only a very few were studying vocal music. The
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condition was noted, discussed, but nothing of a preventive
nature attempted. However, the feeling that all children
ought to have an opportunity to learn something of music
persisted. The solution seemed to lie with the schools and
arrangements were made to have music taught therein. It
was a difficult matter as there were several schools, each of
several grades. Indications of good results were forth-
coming surprisingly soon, and later, when the question of
centralization was before the people, the argument that the
centralized school would afford better opportunity for musi-
cal instruction, was no little factor in the decision for
centralization.
Few things really test one's love of music as does the
position of church chorister in a small town. There have
been many in the Twinsburg churches who have spent them-
selves freely in the service of the church trying to bring
about better musical conditions. It would be impossible
to name all even could we measure the importance of their
work. In the Congregational church Zeno Parmelee led the
singing for about twenty years; Josiah and Richard Red-
field rendered faithful service, as did Elisha Herrick, and
Luther Nichols who proved a satisfactory leader. Abner
Lane spent much time and work in his leadership. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank C. Lane were enthusiastic workers. Mrs. S. H.
Hull was for many years a faithful organist and in later
years her daughter, Mrs. Lida Beaumont, assisted in the
work. Mrs. Newton Herrick and daughter, Mrs. Flora
Yost, are remembered as faithful and efficient. Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Hanchett rendered faithful service in both
Baptist and Congregational churches.
In the Methodist church Mr. Jesse Crankshaw, Miss
Esther Carter, Mr. Evelyn Parmelee and Harrison Dunshee
are recalled as choir leaders. Mr. S. H. Crankshaw was
chorister for twenty-six years. He was succeeded by his
wife who, as Millie Norton, first played the organ in church
at the age of twelve, and held the position of organist for
twenty-seven years. Their daughter, Mrs. Mabel Culhan,
succeeded her mother as organist. Mrs. Crankshaw began
giving music lessons about forty years ago and has continued
in the work until the present, being actuated primarily by
love of the work, and during that time has never solicited
70 TwiNSBURG History
a pupil. Mrs, Ora Elliott is another who has been faithful
as a member of the choir and as organist. Mrs. Ethel
Twerell both as vocalist and pianist of more recent years
has rendered efficient service. Mrs. Ethel Griste Vial is a
highly accomplished musician and her removal several years
ago to other fields of labor has been a distinct loss to the
musical life of the town.
Bands
While the people of Twinsburg have ever been able to
sing in time and tune other forms of musical expression have
had intermittent seasons of success. Common folk can sing
at any time and in any place but when dependence is placed
upon reed, wind and stringed instruments for the enjoyment
of music a newly settled country offers many difficulties.
It was about thirty-five years after Twinsburg was settled
when her first band was formed. That it was organized by
Prof. Fessenden and was a success for a short time is about
all that can be learned concerning it. Some of the members
were: Orrin Redfield, Richard Redfield, Henry Holcomb,
Hosford Hull, Aurelius Tucker, Henry Parmelee and
Evelyn Parmelee. The latter is living in Twinsburg at
the present time.
The Criterion Band
The Criterion band, formed in 1884, was the first band
that existed any length of time and that performed any
notable part in the town's musical development.
A few boys interested in the matter held a meeting and
requested Prof. Fessenden to organize them and others into a
band. So many responded to the invitation of Prof. Fessen-
den that it was impossible to accept all. In order to make a
proper choice he asked each candidate to whistle or sing.
Those showing what he considered musical talent he
organized into the Criterion Band. Beside those appearing
in the picture of the band there were: Otis Bennett, Ed.
Crouse, T. Taggart, Abner Lane and Bert Chamberlin.
The name Criterion was derived from the brand of
instruments they purchased in a complete set from Brainard
and Sons of Cleveland. The members met for practice
twice a week in the old school house on the east side of the
square.
Their expenses were met by giving band socials and
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entertainments. They were fully uniformed and well
drilled in marching. Besides playing for socials and enter-
tainments they played for Decoration Day services, fairs,
soldiers' reunions and various public gatherings. Those who
witnessed the band on parade will long remember Prof.
Fessenden with large pompon on hat acting as drum major.
His baton will be on exhibition at the Centennial Celebration
in 1917.
A good band wagon in which they were conveyed to
various places was owned by the band.
This band played for ten years. After completing a
course of instruction under Prof. Fessenden they chose S. D.
Scoutten as leader and continued to play under his leader-
ship until the band was discontinued.
Later Bands
About this time there were three other bands in the
town, none of which existed long. As these broke up many
of their members joined the Criterion.
The North Street Band consisted of T. C. Cochran,
Bert Chamberlin, Abner Lane, Hosmer Lane, Gideon Mills,
Elmer Buell, Will Smith, Will Parmelee and C. E. Riley.
Among the members of the West Street Band were
Frank C. Lane, Ed. Lane, Clare Hempstead, Carl Hemp-
stead, Adelbert Dodge, Fred Jenkins, Frank Parmelee,
George Walton and Henry Beldin.
Neither of these bands were uniformed.
The Martial Band consisted of R. T. McManus, Jas.
Fisher, W. H. Boose, David Nelson, R. Mitchell, Chas.
Donahue, John Mulligan, and Wm. Taggart. This band
was one of ten to play at a barbecue in Cuyahoga Falls
about 1885 and by invitation led the other nine in the Grand
March. Jas. Fisher, bass drummer, and Robt. McManus,
fifer, continued to play for a long time, and later were joined
by Abner Lane, fifer, and James Brown, snare drummer.
They furnished martial music for about fifteen years. The
last time they played together was Decoration Day, 1899.
TwiNSBURG Concert Band
In the year 1909 Prof. Parkinson, a young musician
studying at the Dana Institute, Warren, O., came to Twins-
burg to organize a band, having heard, a,8 he expressed it,
72 TwiNSBURG History
that It was a decidedly musical town. He interviewed
several of the young men of the town who agreed to assist
him and, if possible, to learn to play an instrument so that
for the benefit of the town a band could be formed. A
meeting was held, following a call for volunteers, and about
twenty responded and expressed a willingness to organize.
A complete set of band instruments was ordered and, in due
time, arrived ready for distribution. Prof. Parkinson
examined the lips and by several other methods of his
endeavored to place the instruments to men whom he
thought best fitted for them. One good parent was much
disturbed the next morning, when, upon asking his son, to
whom he had given fifteen dollars for his share in the
instrument fund, to see his band instrument he was shown
a "measly little" piccolo and he insisted that his son be
given an instrument of some size.
Under the careful instruction of Prof. Parkinson, the
band held weekly practice meetings for about a year, at the
end of which time the instructor left his work in Warren and
moved to Ann Arbor, Mich.
Prof. Wm. T. Kirk, a veteran band leader of Cleveland,
and the director of Kirk's Military Band, one of the oldest
and best known organizations of Ohio, became the instructor
for the boys of Twinsburg. For a year or two he gave his
strict military teaching to the band and so forcibly did he
impress the band that the name of the Opera "Martha"
still lingers with the members of the band.
Prof. Geo. Kerwin of Cleveland succeeded Prof. Kirk
and for a year he drilled the band, giving special attention to
tuning of the instruments by getting the correct number of
vibrations in a given tone, and other methods of teaching
favorite with him. At this time the band met with several
difficulties by reason of men leaving town for school and
seeking employment elsewhere and the band was forced to
discontinue for a time. Feeling that a good band was a
necessity in a live town, steps were taken to get in new
players. Soon eighteen players, all high school boys, were
chosen and under the direction of Dr. R. B. ChamberHn,
S. D. Scoutten and others, were faithfully instructed for a
year when several of the players remaining from the old
band joined them and the present Twinsburg band was
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organized and put on a business basis for the primary pur-
pose of being a benefit to the town. Under the leadership of
Dr. R. B. ChamberHn, assisted by S. D. Scoutten, this band
has been a blessing to the town. It has been well organized
for several years and, although beset with many difficulties,
always found in keeping a country band together, it is still
keeping up its practice and filling many out-of-town engage-
ments, in addition to giving semi-monthly park concerts on
Saturday evenings which have attracted large crowds from
Twinsburg and all the neighboring towns. Twelve hundred
people or more are known to have been present on one
occasion. These concerts have often been supplemented by
other features such as vocal music, drills by the children,
moving pictures and other events.
The members of the Twinsburg Band are fully uni-
formed, have all first class instruments and play the best of
band arrangements. This band has made special plans for
the Centennial and will furnish no small part of the enter-
tainment during Centennial week in 1917.
Orchestras
Barbers' and Scouttens' Orchestra was organized for the
purpose of playing at dances, and was in existence about
1880. S. D. Scoutten played first violin, Fred Barber,
second violin, Frank Barber, bass viol, and Frank Scoutten,
flute and piccolo. They played for the Western Reserve
Academy dances, at the first dance at Kent House, Geauga
Lake, and at most of the dances in the surrounding small
towns. They also furnished music at the entertainments
given by Mr. Bissell's scholars.
Prof. Fessenden led an orchestra consisting of S. D.
Scoutten, cornet, Abner Lane, violin. Perry Hanchett, flute,
and Letella Fessenden, piano. This orchestra flourished in
the early eighties.
In 1899, another orchestra was formed consisting of
S. D. Scoutten, first violin, Bert Chamberlin, second violin,
Frank Lane, cornet, Mrs. Frank Lane, piano. This orches-
tra played till 1901.
The Western Reserve Orchestra has been playing since
1910 and has deserved the credit the people willingly give it.
It has filled many out of town engagements and added much
to the life of the community. Dr. R. B. Chamberlin is the
74 TwiNSBURG History
leader. The personnel of this orchestra has been rather
varied and the following list does not give mention of all
who have at some time played : M. E. Culhan, cornet; F. D.
Barber, Mrs. A. W. Elliott and Mrs. Roy Stingel, violins;
Bert Chamberlin, second violin; Roy Stingel, viola; Mrs.
R. B. Chamberlin, cello; E. B. Crouse, bass viol; A. W.
Elliott, clarinet; Arthur Dunscomb, saxophone; Orrin
Nichols, trombone; B. Forbes, flute; Orland Bishop, drum;
Elmer Wing, trap drums; Mrs. M. E. Culhan, piano.
Thus it will be seen the people of Twinsburg have not
been content with an existence barren of the higher forms of
enjoyment and education. That the struggle for better
things has not been vain is attested by the fact that the
people demand good music. Whatever the next century may
bring in musical advancement, it is a matter of no small
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CHURCHES
HISTORY OF TWINSBURG BAPTIST CHURCH
Eliza P. Reed
THE first regular Baptist Church of Twinsburg was
founded by those early settlers who, like their
ancestors, were devoted to the principle that man
should worship God according to the dictates of conscience.
The first record, Dec. 7, 1831, states, "It was resolved, for
the advancement of the cause of Christ, that we form our-
selves into a conference."
June 15, 1832, six delegates who had responded to
invitation, were received from Perry and Chardon. These
were joined in council by Elders Chas. A. Turner of Twins-
burg and Robert Missildine of Northfield. "A church
Covenant and Articles of Faith and Practice were adopted.
The right hand of fellowship as a Baptist Church was
received by Brethren Junia North, Pearly Abbe, William
Carter, and Sisters Mary Beach, Rachel Carver, Betsey
Carver, and Anna M. Carter, all of whom had letters from
sister churches." Two days later. Elder Jesse Hartwell
baptized David Beach and Oliver Brown, making a begin-
ning of nine members, increased during the first year to
twenty.
The first Article of Practice reads: "We engage that
we will receive no one into our fellowship as members of this
Church but such as give a satisfactory evidence of a work
of Grace on their hearts, and whose lives appear to corres-
pond with their profession, and have been buried with Christ
in Baptism." Regulating christian living "to correspond
with profession" appears to be the foundation of much
church action as recorded in the minutes of that date.
Church requirements and home discipline were enforced
with the same measure of old Roman severity.
In 1833 delegations were sent to Grand River Baptist
Association at Geneva, also to Silver Creek Baptist Con-
ference at Mantua. Twinsburg was one of the churches to
animate the organization of the Portage County Baptist
Association founded in 1834. At its annual meeting Twins-
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burg was always represented, and for many years Rev. C. A.
Turner was Moderator.
Baptist history of this section would be incomplete
without mention of Elder Turner's remarkable personality,
whose lifetime of labor as a pioneer preacher was devoted to
the Gospel as he felt "it was delivered to the saints." Com-
ing early to Twinsburg, he lived, and reared twelve children
on the small farm which he worked that he might not be a
burden to the churches. Tho always connected with the
Twinsburg church his untiring labors extended over a large
range of neighboring territory, where he was engaged
preaching, sometimes for only one-half or one-fourth the
time. He was the first minister of the Twinsburg Church
and afterwards, at intervals, whenever they were without a
pastor. He was always ready to help in their need, some-
times serving a part of the time only. The salary he re-
ceived was at best meager and frequently there was no
regular remuneration.
Other elders connected with the church history are:
Caleb Green, Brewster, Barnes, Dodge, and Lester Fergu-
son, evangelist.
This was the first regular Baptist church in the section.
Like the leaven that leavens all it reaches, its members
assisted in establishing churches in all the townships adjoin-
ing, besides many others near. The minutes record frequent
calls and response for help in conference and organization.
Following a great revival season, 1838 shows an addi-
tion to the church membership of thirty-two, making a
total of fifty-four, the largest ever enrolled.
The ordinance of baptism was always observed at
Tinker's Creek, sometimes when it was necessary to cut
away the ice.
The first recorded meeting of Baptists was held at the
home of David Beach, the second in the Methodist meeting
house, then on the northwest corner of the square, the third
at the Academy where the organization was completed.
They were dependent upon others for a place to worship for
nine years. In 1841 their first church building was erected.
It was located on the north side of the square, where today
it serves as hardware store for E. B. Crouse.
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In 1842 the church petitioned the legislature and so the
following year was incorporated.
The church was not forgetful of the benevolent objects
of the day. Burmah was one of the early fields of interest
and help. In 1834 the Association recommended raising
twenty-five cents from each member, and Twinsburg
reported five dollars, increasing to fifty-four dollars in 1842
and varying in amounts during other years. Deacon North
was early appointed on the Executive Board of the Associa-
tion Missionary Society, where he served many years.
Deacon White was another whose life was spent in the
Twinsburg Baptist church. He was its first and only deacon.
Following in the line of generations of Baptist deacons the
allegiance he gave to the representative principles of the
denomination could not have been altered by time or trial.
In his heart this church and its interests held first place.
After occupying their church building on the north side
of the square for eighteen years they moved to the church
vacated by the Free-wil 1 Baptists and located on the west
side of the square. "A more commodious place of worship"
states the church report of 1859.
This church membership was never large. The average
was twenty-eight and a half. During the lean years of the
Civil War only nineteen were enrolled. A pastor wrote,
"Not large in numbers but large in heart."
The periods of ten pastors and five clerks are shown in
the table appended.
The State Convention for aiding the churches helped in
sending P. P. Kennedy as pastor in 1856. From the minutes
we learn, "Still their motto is onward and upward, striving
to maintain the worship of God in the faith of the Gospel."
The Portage Association met with the church in 1866
and again aided in filling the pulpit. Elder Crandall gave
new vigor to the church. At that time it was customary to
hold three consecutive sessions on Sunday. The morning
service being followed by Sunday School. Then a short
recess when the well-filled lunch baskets were emptied and
neighborhood news exchanged. After which came the
afternoon service with the regular sermon when the small
children were allowed to sleep. Usually friends attended the
last service.
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The weekly prayer-meetings were held on Thursday
afternoon except the last week in the month when the
Covenant meeting came on Saturday. Communion service
was bi-monthly.
Again the church felt impelled to move, this time be-
cause of the blacksmith and wagon shop which was so close
that its Sunday activities resounded above the voices of
worship. The most desirable location that could be ob-
tained was where the town hall now stands on Cleveland
Road. To this place, in 1867, the church building was
moved, some repairs were added and sheds built on the rear
of the lot.
1869 was a year of sorrow, because of the death of the
church clerk, Calvin T. Reed, who had faithfully filled that
office for twenty-six years. Other responsible and honorable
duties in church and Association had been consistently
discharged during his years of faithful service. The Associa-
tion bears witness, "His life was salt, was light.^^
The Portage Association was organized to cherish and
serve the small churches of which it was composed. In 1870
the time came when in its best judgment it could better serve
by turning the current into the larger stream. So they
recommended to their component churches that each unite
with other adjoining associations. The Cleveland Associa-
tion was nearest Twinsburg so they entered that in 1877.
The church maintained its regular appointments
"thankful to Him who gives a heart for the work and ability
to bear burdens." The attendance decreased and after the
death of Elder Turner in 1888 there was no regular com-
munion service. Elder Tolhurst of Bedford visited among
the members who now numbered fifteen.
In 1877 there was a great revival in Twinsburg. Baptist
minutes read: "Considerate to God's will, a few members
were permitted to meet in Covenant meeting for the first
time in two and one-half years." Two new members by
their faithful adherence to conviction inspired the church to
feel they ought still to stand for the principles taught by
their denomination." In response they organized, filled the
vacant offices, repaired the church at a cost of ^450.00, and
called as pastor Rev. J. R. Thompson of Chester X Roads,
Ohio.
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The following year the church registered thirty members
a Sunday School of forty-six, with good equipment of books
and periodicals. The offering to missions was fifty-six
dollars. Devotional meetings were introduced bringing to
the church two days of revival conducted by Association
leaders. The prayer-meeting was sustained with interest.
The Sunday evening service was shared alternately with
Congregational and Methodist churches. The Woman's
Society was organized to help meet the church expenses.
Mrs. A. J. Brown was president. Everyone helped, often
those outside, and they raised ^200 a year. Their regular
meetings were once in three weeks at homes where they were
invited. The church was blessed with Divine favor. The
pastor characterized it as earnest, faithful and loving.
So for six years during two pastorates, the church
nurtured those given to its care. Often not knowing which
way to turn next thru the difficulties, learning by trials that,
"Man's extremity is God's opportunity."
In 1885 the last pastor resigned and the aged deacon
died. Left with only three male members, and not seeing
any plain path, the church waited to be assured it had ful-
filled its mission.
Nine years later the last church meeting was called
with Bedford Baptist pastor moderator. The trustees of
Twinsburg Baptist church transferred the property to the
trustees of Bedford Baptist church and as many of the
members as wished received letters to that church. The
church building was sold and remodeled and has since served
as town hall.
This church is like many others in its history of faith
and struggle. The Truth which was made stronger by their
lived of consecration and service is still to be maintained
and bequeathed by God's children. May all like them
merit the commendation, "Well done, thou good and faithful
servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy
of thy Lord."
TWINSBURG BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastors Clerks Deacon and Trustees
Chas. A. Turner Wm. Carter Deacon Junia North
1834— 1888 1832-1835 1832-1885
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Francis Green
1838-1840
R. Philipps
1843-1844
A. S. Jones
1844-1845
Elder Hawley
1 846- 1 849
Wm. H. Earl
1852-1855
P. P. Kennedy
1856-1861
Elder Crandall
1 866-1 868
J. R. Thompson
1877-1883
J. R. Hall
1883-1885
Theodore S. Powell
1 83 5-1 840 Early Trustees
Samuel C. Nelson
1 840- 1 842
Calvin T. Reed
I 842-1 869
S. R. Hanchett
1877-1894
Junia North
Charles West
Seth Hanchett, Sr.
Carlton Hanchett
Apollos White
Later Trustees
Sidney Beany
N. H. Reed
S. R. Hanchett
H. C. Beardsley
Mrs. Miranda
Brown
Mrs. Cornelia
Hanchett
FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH
A "Free-will Baptist church was formed April 24, 1843.
Their meeting house was built in 1847 and burnt in 185 1,
and rebuilt the same year. In 1859 it was sold to O. Riley
who exchanged houses with the Baptists."
It is regrettable that no other reliable information can
be obtained regarding this organization.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
By Rev. R. T. Cross
For the first five years, 1817 to 1822, religious services
were held in private houses and in the upper part of the
grist mill. Lewis Ailing, Sen., usually led whent here was no
preaching, alternating some of the time with Asa Upson.
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About 1821-2 Rev. John Seward, pastor at Aurora 1812 to
1845, preached once in four weeks. Rev. William Hanford,
a general missionary from New England, preached one-
fourth of the time for several years. He was pastor at
Hudson 18 15 to 1836. Other ministers preached occa-
sionally. Most of the first settlers were Congregationalists
from Killingworth, Conn.
Organization. August 23, 1822, Rev. John Seward
and Rev. William Hanford organized the church in the
school house built that year on the public square. Mr.
Hanford preached the sermon. The articles of faith,
covenant and rules of practice were those recommended by
the Portage Presbytery. There were thirteen charter
members, as follows: Lewis Ailing, then 44 years old,
Belizur Beech and his wife Rachel F., Robert Hurd, about
35, and his wife Mary, James H. Kelsey, 21, and his wife
Fanny, 21, Luman Lane, 26, Mrs. Comfort Nichols (wife of
Noah P. who was 29), Irena Thomas, 18 (later the wife of
Luman Lane), John A. Wells, Hanford White, 25, Mrs.
Julia Ann White, 55, (wife of William White). More than
half were under 30. Luman Lane, Hanford White, John A.
Wells (who died in 1824) and Irena Thomas united on con-
fession. Seven brought letters from Killingworth, Conn., as
did twenty-three more later on. Lewis Ailing and Comfort
Nichols brought letters from the Hudson church.
Ecclesiastical Connection. It was a Congregational
church, as plainly appears from the records, but, under the
Plan of Union between Presbyterians and Congregation-
alists which then prevailed in the west, it was from the
beginning associated with Presbytery, and hence was often
spoken of as a Presbyterian church. July 28, 1836, the
church voted "that we sustain the church government that
we have always sustained (Congregational) and still hold
our relation to Portage Presbytery." February 19, 1835, a
"council'* was called for advice, which was a Congregational
way of getting it. October 15, 1838, the church voted
unanimously to ask Presbytery to dissolve the relation
existing between them and that body, but nothing seems to
have come of that vote. On November 18, 1841, the church
sent a delegate to help form a Congregational Association
at Hudson and on December 15 approved the constitution
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presented there. Yet the relation with Presbytery con-
tinued. On November 20, i860, a Congregational council
installed Rev. Sidney Bryant. On April 19, 1861, the dual
ecclesiastical relation came to an end when the church, with
only three dissenting votes, withdrew from Presbytery and
joined the Puritan conference, with which it is still con-
nected.
Pastorates. The Bissell Era, 1828 to 1843. For nearly
six years the church had no regular pastor. Among those
who preached for it were Revs. John Seward, William Han-
ford and Samuel Hale. When there was no preaching
Luman Lane, Philo Mills and Robert Hurd were asked to
lead the Sabbath meetings. In the winter of 1827-8 the
influence of meetings in Hudson reached Twinsburg. For a
time meetings were held every evening. At the end of eight
weeks a committee went to Aurora to get the school teacher
there to come and preach for them. He was Samuel Bissell,
then thirty years old, a graduate of Yale (see sketches of
his Hfe). He was called at a salary of $150 besides what
missionary help they could get. The first year he received
but half of the $150. In 1834 it was raised to ^300. On
January i of that year thirty-five had joined the church. He
was to preach not less than two-thirds of the Sabbaths each
year.
He began January 13, 1828, preaching seven Sabbaths
on trial, for which they paid him a good log house worth
^28.00. He was then called, and was ordained and installed
April 30, 1828, and remained pastor seven and one-half
years. In that time he received 141 members. He also
started Twinsburg Institute. See its history in another
chapter. In 1835 he went to Edinburg and remained a year
and a half, preaching and teaching, returning in 1837.
October 7, 1836, the church had asked him to return, an
action which the church a year later declared irregular.
March 30, 1837, the church asked Presbytery to install him
again, which was not done.
Division — Second Church. December 3, 1834, about
twenty members signed a paper in which they refused to
consider themselves as any longer under the control of
Presbytery, and claimed for themselves the name of the
First Calvinistic Congregational Church of Twinsburg.
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They claimed that the ministers had too much power in
Presbytery. They could not, without much expense and
trouble, discipline their members. They wanted the privi-
lege of forming their own rules and regulations and of dis-
ciplining their own members, subject only to the exalted
Redeemer, and not to the Portage Presbytery. They were
evidently simon pure Congregationalists. They did not
succeed in starting another church, and nearly all at different
times came before the church, made explanation, and had
their names restored. They were Dan Parmelee, Elisha
Lane, Alanson Mills, Jedediah Clark, Abel Ingraham,
Leander H. Ingraham, Chauncey Hull, Samuel H. Hull,
Robert Hurd, Lewis Ailing, Salmon A. Taylor, Alexander
Nicol, William Scott, Ebenezer H. Wilcox, Josiah Redfield,
William W. Southworth, Andrew Kirkwood, Gideon H.
Mills, Martin Wilcox, Joel W. Thompson and Sylvanus G.
Redfield, a rather substantial list of good men. As a sort of
test case Robert Hurd was tried in February, 1835, ^^^
suspended for signing the paper, a council sustaining the
action.
But more trouble was to come. June 8, 1837, after Mr.
Bissell's return, the church bewailed the discord and aliena-
tion that had existed for two years and voted that all who
wished to withdraw and form a new church might do so if
they would give notice within two weeks, in which case they
would cease to be members of the church. On the next
Sunday afternoon, a new church of fifty members was
organized, over which Mr. Bissell was installed by Presby-
tery, May 2, 1838, and remained pastor until the churches
re-united in May, 1843. At the organization Mr. Bissell
read a paper, which is still extant, in which he laid the blame
on those who had opposed the temperance cause. Yet six
days later the old church passed a strong temperance
resolution. The difficulty was probably- one of method.
During the six or more years of separation several
ministers preached for the old church, which was left with a
membership of 80 or 90. Among them were Rev. Samuel
Hair for one or two years from October 26, 1835, Rev.
Joseph Treat one year. Rev. Ebenezer Ward one year, Rev.
Chester Chapin two or three years. See sketches of these
and other ministers in genealogical section.
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Very full articles of faith, covenant, etc., were adopted
by the second church. In the six years of its history there
were 55 members, and 41 when the churches reunited. No
one ever joined it on confession. Nathaniel Wilcox and
Jared Atwater were the deacons. The records in a book by
themselves are preserved by the present church. Most of
them are in the neat hand of Mr. Bissell, though Eli Lee was
chosen clerk in 1838 and Joel R. Parmelee in 1841. The
latter was also treasurer the last three years.
The old church naturally did not take kindly to the new
organization. Charges were brought against Mr. Bissell.
He was unsuccessfully labored with and then complained of
to Presbytery for "irregular and disorderly conduct."
Those who had left them were voted "guilty of a high mis-
demeanor and were proper subjects of discipline." Fellow-
ship was withdrawn from them and letters to the new
church refused. The old church received back some of the
members without letters, for which the new church com-
plained to Presbytery and was sustained.
In March, 1842, the new church said in substance, "You
all come and join us." The old church laid the overture on
the table. Nine days later the old church said in substance,
"You all come and join us and we will support Mr. Bissell's
school." The new church said no, and gave their reasons.
In April, 1843, the old church sent word that on candid
reflection they felt that the spirit of most if not all of them
had not been the spirit of Christ, which they sincerely
regretted. The next day the new church responded favor-
ably and three days later still voted for union on condition
that there be unfeigned cordiality towards Mr. Bissell, that
they sustain the doctrines of the gospel as expressed in their
articles of faith, and that there be an express understanding
that they remain the uncompromising adherents of the
order of our churches as expressed in I Cor. 14, 34, 25 (in
which Paul forbids women to speak in the church). The old
church accepted these conditions. On May 30, 1843, Pres-
bytery met here and united the two churches, and they have
been one ever since. Mr. Bissell, no longer pastor, lived on,
useful in church and school, for fifty-two years longer, until
1895. At the fiftieth anniversary of the church in 1872 he
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read an interesting paper, reviewing his connection with the
church.
Before the Civil War, 1843-1860. July 31, 1843,
Rev. Robert C. Learned was called as pastor of the reunited
church at a salary of ^400 and four weeks vacation. He was
installed September 27, 1843, and dismissed April 8, 1846.
In his resignation he stated that they had reduced the salary
one-eighth and had not paid half of what even then was due.
He thought they were starving him out, as Parliament
starved Charles I by withholding supplies. Different min-
isters supplied the pulpit in the next two years. Mr.
Learned's son, Rev. Dwight W. Learned, is a very prominent
missionary to Japan and has been highly honored by the
Emperor for his services.
Rev. Horace W. Palmer was ordained and installed
April 5, 1848, at a salary of ^350. He was dismissed April 5,
1852, resigning on account of poor health, declining the
church's generous offer of funds for taking a five months'
vacation. The church parted with him reluctantly. He
was so tall that the boys called him the high priest. The
congregation filled the church.
January i, 1853, Rev. Joseph H. Scott was called at a
salary of ^500. He accepted the next October, was ordained
and installed in November, preached his farewell sermon
November 14, 1858, but was not dismissed by Presbytery
until April 5, 1859. In August, 1857, he suggested that the
morning service be closed with Congregational singing.
This caused trouble and in the interest of peace he withdrew
the suggestion but resigned. The church unanimously
refused to accept his resignation. He regretted only five
hopeful conversions in five and a half years, and spoke of a
"divided church," of "worldliness and schism," of downward
progress under his and the two preceding pastorates, for
fifteen years, and implied that covenant breaking was
tolerated and the church ruled by an oligarchy. During
most of the next two years Pres. George E. Pierce
and Prof. Henry B. Hosford, both of the college at Hudson,
supplied the pulpit.
Pastorates During and After the War. Rev.
Sidney Bryant was called August 21, i860, at a salary of
^500, and installed by council November 21. He remained
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until October 7, 1867, when he left, chiefly for lack of
financial support.
Rev. Andrew Sharp was pastor from January, 1869, to
May, 1872, at a salary of ^700 and parsonage. Following
him Dr. Hitchcock supplied for two Sabbaths and Rev.
A. N. Chapin for eleven.
The fiftieth anniversary was observed August 23, 1872.
Among the speakers were Luman Lane, a charter member,
Rev. Samuel Bissell, the first pastor, Dea. Joel R. Parmelee,
Rev. Sidney Bryant, and Charles Lane, who gave a history
of the church.
Rev. Aurelian H. Post was pastor from October i, 1872,
until April 2, 1882, at a salary of ^800 and parsonage. It
was the longest pastorate in the history of the church thus
far. April i, 1877, thirty-six joined on confession and five
by letter, the largest number that ever joined at one time.
The tradition of the excellence of his preaching still lingers
in the church.
Rev. Charles M. McNulty was pastor from October i,
1882, to September 28, 1884.
Rev. William Haynes was pastor from October 12,
1884, to October i, 1889.
Rev. Charles H. Lemmon, coming from the United
Brethren Church, was called October 28, 1889, at a salary
of $700 and moving expenses. He began work March i,
1890, and remained until February 24, 1895. During his
pastorate, after June 1891, he preached Sunday afternoons
at Macedonia, where thirty-seven persons petitioned for a
branch church. The Twinsburg church called a council
and the branch church was organized August 5, 1891. L. R.
Foster and A. R. Munn were the deacons. It was organized
with nineteen members. In 1897 it had thirty-four. It is
now extinct. Since leaving Twinsburg Mr. Lemmon has
had twenty years of excellent work in Cleveland, and is now
pastor at New London.
Rev. A. Wilmer Swengel was pastor from April, 1895,
until October 30, 1898. He is now in business in Harris-
burg, Pa.
Rev. Joseph Wolfe began his pastorate January i, 1899,
and closed it April 20, 1902. His son, Jesse Benjamin Wolf,
is a missionary in China.
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Rev. Arthur T. Reed, who had been state evangehst a
number of years, was called July 21, 1902, at a salary of
$1000, he to secure ^200 of it in evangelistic work, for which
he was allowed to be absent ten weeks each year. He closed
his work April 9, 1905. He died in Cleveland March 24,
1910. In December, 1904, Mr. and Mrs. Shafer assisted
him for a week in special meetings.
Rev. Walter R. Blackmer began work June 4, 1905, and
closed it November 30, 191 1, after a pastorate of six and a
half years. He is now pastor at Arcade, N. Y.
Rev. Roselle Theodore Cross was called July 29, 191 2,
at a salary of ^900 and parsonage and four weeks vacation.
He began his work September i, 191 2, and closed it August
31, 1916, at the age of seventy-two. The church asked him
to remain after that as pastor emeritus. In the fall of 1916
he was to supply until a new pastor should be secured.
For further information about pastors and other church
officers see their names in the genealogical part of this book.
Deacons. Those marked D. died in office: Lewis
Ailing, D., William Parmelee, D., Nathaniel Wilcox, D.,
Joel W. Thompson, Josiah Redfield, Andrew Conant, Dan
Parmelee, Jared Atwater, Luman Lane, William Wilcox,
George Stanley, Orville C. Clark, Joel R. Parmelee, Edward
Crouse, Sen., Gideon H. Mills, Charles Lane, Harrison
Dunshee, Wallace W. Chamberlin, Chauncey B. Lane,
Oscar O. Kelsey, Hosmer C. Lane, Peter P. Evans.
Clerks: Luman Lane, Rev. Samuel Bissell, Josiah
Redfield, Hector Taylor, John W. Dodge, Zeno Parmelee,
Rev. Robert C. Learned, Joel R. Parmelee, John M. Hart,
George Stanley, Rev. Samuel Bryant, Rev. Andrew Sharp,
Oscar O. Kelsey, Henry W. Cannon, Charles E. Riley,
Hosmer C. Lane.
Treasurers (of the Church) : Elisha Lane, John
Dodge, Dan Parmelee, Nathaniel Wilcox, Jared Atwater,
Lewis Ailing, Daniel W. Richardson, Joel Parmelee, Edward
Crouse, Sen., Nelson C. Dodge, Hosmer C. Lane, W. B.
Parmelee, Charles Lane, Oscar O. Kelsey, Helen Dodge.
Discipline. The discipline of members was much more
frequent and thorough in the early days than it is at present.
The records of several church trials are found in the minutes.
The most common offenses were falsehood, swearing. Sab-
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bath breaking, dishonesty, heretical views, and especially
covenant breaking by absenting oneself from church ser-
vices and ordinances. In a number of cases the offending
member confessed his wrong and continued in membership.
Moral Reforms. Resolutions were occasionally passed
against the great evils of the day, as slavery, intemperance,
etc. The first was on June 17, 1833, when it was unani-
mously voted that the church views the making, vending and
using of ardent spirits as a rank moral evil. November 5,
1834, a motion not to receive members unless they would
pledge themselves to total abstinence, etc., was lost by one
vote. Four weeks later the same in substance, only stronger,
was passed and it was voted to put it in the articles of faith
and practice. Two months later it was rescinded, not
because it was wrong, but because it was too radical for the
present. On June 14, 1837, just after the radical temperance
people had left and formed a new church, the old church
resolved that they would not admit members who refused
to promise that they would not make, use or provide for
others ardent spirits as a beverage, and that has been sub-
stantially their attitude ever since. In 1844 the deacons
were instructed to get raisins for communion purposes, and
in 1857, and again in 1874, it was resolved to use the pure
juice of the grape. In 1858 resolutions were passed against
going to the post office or making cheese on Sunday, and
against slavery. Dea. William Wilcox profitably ran a non-
Sabbath breaking cheese factory for years.
Membership and Revivals. During Rev. Samuel
Bissell's pastorate of seven years and seven months he
received 141 members, 85 of them joining in 1831 and 1834.
From 1822 to 1843 the number received each year was as
follows: 13,3.5,0,3,0, 17,9,3,36, II, 12,46,5, 13,3, 14,3,
21, I, 3, 8, total 229. When the churches united in 1843
there were 128 members. The reported membership by
half decades since 1855 has been: 1855, 126; i860, 106;
1865, 68; 1870, 98; 1875, 71; 1880, 105; 1885, 106; 1890, 134;
1895, 175; 1900, 150; 1905,128; 1910, 120; 1915, 150. In
The Ohio Observer for September 28, 1833, Rev. Samuel
Bissell reports a recent and powerful revival in Twinsburg.
For seven days four or five hours were spent each day in
united prayer, and sixteen sermons preached. Sunrise
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prayer meetings were held. There were about fifty con-
versions. April I, 1877, when Mr. Post was pastor, forty-
one united, thirty-six on confession. Union services were
held in 1865-6 and twenty joined the Congregational church.
In 191 3 twenty-nine joined, all but seven on confession, and
nearly all from the Sunday School, largely a result of
Decision Day.
Church Property. "The First Congregational So-
ciety of Twinsburg" was incorporated by the state legislature
December 27, 1830, more than eight years after the church
was organized. The charter gives the above name but in its
records it is almost always spoken of as "The Corporation."
It and its officers have to do solely with the temporal affairs
of the church. Joint meetings of the church and corporation
are "The Society," so called in the records of those meetings.
Its province has been to call and dismiss pastors, and, until
recently, to provide for the salary. Three efforts to follow
the usual custom of our churches now and have but one
organization, the incorporated church, have been un-
successful.
The first building used was a log schoolhouse built on
the square in 1822 and used for school, town house and
church. Timber was brought for a two story building,
school below and church above, but a town meeting voted
that no public building should be put on the square. Yet
it was finally built there, one story high, was twice moved
and then torn down.
A Congregational church and school building combined
was built in 183 1 and occupied January 18, 1832, the money
for it, ^700, being raised by Rev. Samuel Bissell. Later it
was used for a town hall and still stands on the east side of
the park. It was built by volunteer labor, some quarrying
stone, some laying them, others hewing timber, framing it,
etc. It was 60 ft. by 30 and was used by the church until
the present building was erected.
After the churches reunited in 1843 the feeling in-
creasingly prevailed that there should be a new house of
worship. Between March 19, 1846, and September 20, 1847,
there were seven votes of acceptance of different sites — the
Hankston place, the Scott place, the present location, the
site of the present Methodist church, the Alexander place,
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the public square, and again and finally the present location,
bought of Zeno Parmelee for $200. Lewis Ailing, Justus T.
Herrick and John W. Dodge were the building committee.
The upper part was to be used for religious meetings only.
The ^3300 raised by selling pews paid for the building with a
small surplus. Forty slips were sold in advance September
27, 1847, and the rest later, 72 pews in all. There were four
at each end of the present platform space. They sold at
from ^10 to ^100 each, totalling $3300 and averaging
about $47.
The following persons bought pews : south side, Huldah
Wilcox, Justus T. Herrick (2 pews), Chauncey Lane, Jared
Atwater (2 pews), Elisha Lane, Benjamin Oviatt, Dan
Parmelee, Daniel Richardson, Zeno Parmelee, George G.
Dodge (2), Frederick Stanley, James T. Herrick, William
Porter, Albert A. Atwater, Dan W. Richardson, Hanford
White, Jonathan E. Herrick, Lewis Ailing, John G. Stevens,
George Stanley, Charles F. Stanley, David Bissell, Joel R.
Parmelee, William W. Southworth, Philetus Smith, Alma-
rine B. Tinker, Isaac Hanks, Samuel Bissell (4), John Odell,
John Smith; north side, Arba Porter, John G. Stevens,
Agnes Smith, Augustus W. Herrick (2), Zeno Parmelee,
Luman Lane (2), John W. Dodge (2), Samuel W. Herrick
(2), James Hill, Israel Cannon, Hector Taylor, John F.
Clarke, Ethan Ailing (3) Julius Lane, Orrin Tooker, James
Henry, Cephas Bissell, Lorenzo Riley, Elisha L. Parks,
Richard T. Smith, S. A. Andrews, Nathaniel Wilcox,
George D. Harris, Mrs. Thomas, Samuel H. Hull, Samuel
Bissell (4). Mr. Bissell had four on each side, at the rear,
for the use of his pupils.
The church was dedicated in November, 1848, Rev.
J. Hopkins of Chagrin Falls preaching the sermon from
Ps. 122: I. It was printed in pamphlet form.
It was voted to inclose the church with a fence with two
gates in front. In August, 1908, the church was redecorated
and painted inside. Cost, ^245. One year, 1856-7, the
steeple blew off and was repaired at an expense of $210. In
191 3 about ^1600 or more was spent in reconstructing the
basement, putting in water, closets, a kitchen, etc., two
large rooms being arranged with folding doors between.
The next year an asbestos roof was put on and the interior
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repapered, repainted and recarpeted. The repairs in two
years were nearly as much as the original cost of the church.
The horse sheds were built and owned by individuals in
1859. Numbering from the north they were owned by
George Stanley, Joel R. Parmelee, William Wilcox, Julius
Lane, Lorenzo Riley, Albert Atwater, Luman Lane, Justus
T. Herrick, Blodgett Bissell and Lewis Parks.
The parsonage was willed to the church, with three
acres of land, in 1865, by Mrs. Huldah Ailing, widow of
Lewis Ailing. It was valued at ^2,000, and its use at once
added to the pastor's salary. The study was built in 1870
at a cost of ^353.
The society lot of 25 acres southeast of the village was
donated in 1832 by W. W. Woolsey. It has generally
brought an income of ^40.
Mrs. Lorenzo Riley made a bequest that brings $4.0
yearly to the corporation, and also a bequest of $200 the
interest of which is to be used in buying books for the S. S.
library. $250 was received from the estate of Fanny Bissell.
In 1863 lot 94 in the cemetery was bought for a min-
isterial burying lot.
In 1895 Mrs. Lorenzo Riley gave the town clock at an
expense of ^350.
Miscellaneous Items. May 5, 185 1, it was voted to
dispense ordinarily with agents for benevolent societies.
Later the word ordinarily was struck out.
March 7, 1858, the choir that sings under Mr. Fessenden
and the one that sings under H. Herrick were invited by
vote of the church to sing together, Mr. Fessenden to take
charge for six months.
November 7, 1856, it was voted to sustain prayer meet-
ings in the school houses.
March 15, 1877, a motion to return to the old custom of
having communion in the afternoon was lost.
September 22, 1887, it was voted to have a roll call the
second Tuesday in October. It became an annual event for
many years.
October 12, 1895, it was voted that the clock run by
sun time. In 1907 standard time was adopted, and eastern
time in 1914.
The schedule of benevolences adopted in 1865 contained
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six causes for which, as a denomination, we do not give now.
In 1856 Ethan AlHng asked if he could commune with
the church. The question was referred to a committee. He
was not a member of any church, there being none in the
vicinity with whose doctrines he was in full agreement. He
was Calvinistic, a Baptist as to baptism, but did not regard
the mode as essential, had been immersed. The committee
reported that "in the judgment of charity he was a Chris-
tian," but later Presbytery advised that he unite with some
church whose views harmonized with his, and that then the
church at Twinsburg extend to him the privilege of com-
muning.
During Mr. Bissell's pastorate the people stood during
the prayer and sat during the singing. In the new church
they rose during the singing and faced the gallery, where
the singers were.
Singers. Mrs. James H. Kelsey and her sister, Philena
White, were the main treble singers in the first years. After
Zeno Parmelee came in 1824 he led the singing for about
twenty years. Other leaders have been Josiah Redfield,
Richard R. Redfield, Sylvester Southworth, Mr. Root, Joel
R. Parmelee, John W. Fessenden many years, Elisha E.
Herrick many years, Luther H. Nichols, Hosmer C. Lane,
Frank C. Lane, Arthur Dunscomb, Mrs. Walter S. Lister.
Mr. Fessenden had as well trained a choir as any church
could furnish in the musical conventions then in vogue.
Sunday School. There was no Sunday School until
sometime after Rev. Samuel Bissell came in 1828. The
following list of those who have served as superintendents is
probably incomplete: Dea. Nathaniel Wilcox, John Dodge,
Joel R. Parmelee, Clark Stevens, Mr. Shepherd, father of
Rev. Mr. Palmer's wife, Daniel W. Richardson, Jr., Dea.
George Stanley, Charles Lane, O. O. Kelsey, Chauncey B.
Lane, Orville C. Clark, Luther H. Nichols, A. B. Hawkins,
Adelbert A. Dodge, Frank C. Lane, George B. Walton,
Wallace Chamberlin, George Wall, Charles E. Riley, Fred J.
Bissell, Ray O. Bissell, Earl S. Kerr, P. P. Evans, and
perhaps others.
The Woman's Missionary Society was organized in
August, 1875, with two members, Fannie Wilcox and Frances
Parmelee. Records began to be kept March 3, 1876, when
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there were ten members and it had become auxiHary to the
W. B. M. I. September 13, 1877, Miss Frances Parmelee
went as a missionary to Japan. In April, 1891, it combined
the home with the foreign work and became auxiHary also to
the Ohio W. H. M. U. The whole amount of money raised
has been about $2100. Miss Sabra Bates has been secretary
fifteen, and treasurer thirteen years, thus serving twenty-
eight years in all. The society has had the following presi-
dents: Mrs. J. T. Herrick, 1877-9, Miss Fannie Wilcox,
1879-80, 1883-4, 1886-7, Mrs. William Elliston, 1880-3,
1887-9, 1898-9, Miss Frances Parmelee, 1884-5, Mrs. J. W.
Fessenden, 1885-6, 1889-90, Mrs. C. H. Lemmon, 1890-2,
Miss Helen Dodge, 1892-8, Mrs. Joseph Wolfe, 1 899-1902,
Mrs. Arthur T. Reed, 1902-5, Mrs. W. R. Blackmer, 1905-08,
Miss Sabra Dodge, 1908-16.
The Young People's Society of Christian En-
deavor was organized early in 1887, after the revival
meetings of that winter. The membership was soon 129,
from the three churches and Sunday Schools. When the
Epworth League was organized the number was smaller.
Until 1889 meetings were held on Tuesday evenings. A
Junior society was organized in 1895. The following persons
have served as president: Fremont A. Nichols, Charles E.
Riley, Carl W. Hempstead, Luther H. Nichols, Mary
Stanley, Eliza Reed, Frank Lane, Mrs. Seth Hanchett,
Clarence Wright, A. W. Elliott, Sophronia Clark, Hosmer C.
Lane, Hattie E. Lane, Elodie McManus, Gustave Scholz,
Hattie Crouse, Nellie Crouse, Mrs. E. B. Crouse, Edna Lane,
Mrs. Carrie Smith, Lynn Chamberlin, George Walton,
Florence McManus, Gertrude Doan, Elodah Holt, Arthur
Dunscomb, Mildred Dunscomb, Earl S. Kerr, Corinne
Evans, and perhaps others.
The Congregational Dime Society was organized
February 10, 1869, its object being "the repairing of the
interior of the church." In 1916 its name was changed to
"The Woman's Association of the Congregational Church."
The whole amount raised to date has been about ^5000, an
average of about ^160 per year. The following persons have
served as president: Mrs. E. L. Parks, Mrs. E. P. Sharp,
Mrs. L. Riley, Mrs. Lucia Hawkins, Mrs. Nelson Dodge
(5 yrs.), Mrs. Erastus Daniels, Mrs. C. E. Wilcox, Miss
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Nellie Dodge, Mrs. Albert Hawkins, Mrs. Harrison Dun-
shee, Mrs. J. T. Herrick, Mrs. William Haynes, Mrs. Mary-
Lewis, Mrs. E. B. Crouse, Mrs. W. W. Chamberlain, Mrs.
L. H. Nichols, Mrs. H. W. Cannon, Mrs. Newton Herrick,
Mrs. Magdalena Crouse, Mrs. D. N. McElroy, Mrs. E. M.
Otto, Mrs. John O. Baldwin, Mrs. Frank Twerell, Mrs.
Oretta Riley (5 yrs.).
Janitors. Among those who have served as janitors
were "Tone," a colored boy, William Bissell, a student,
Elisha Lane for years, Zeno Parmelee, Joseph N. Higley, the
first one to receive pay, Joel P. Garzee, janitor and usher,
Dea. Crouse, Edward B. Crouse, John Baldwin.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
By Mrs. S. H. Crankshaw
The first available records of Twinsburg tell us the early
settlers were in the habit of holding religious services.
Sometimes they were held in the upper part of the grist mill,
but usually in some home. They were conducted, possibly,
by a missionary, a preacher from some neighboring town,
occasionally by a Methodist circuit rider, but more usually
by Lewis Ailing or Asa Upson of this place. Since a large
majority of the early settlers came from Connecticut, we
would naturally expect to find many Congregationalists,
fewer Methodists, and a goodly number with membership
in other churches. Notwithstanding their several church
relationships back in the East, after braving the common
dangers of the wilderness, they were glad to come together
for the worship of a common Heavenly Father.
In 1822, a log schoolhouse was built on the square. It
was used as schoolhouse, townhouse and church, and here the
circuit preachers on their rounds often proclaimed the
Gospel. It appears that in the late twenties it became
increasingly difficult to make satisfactory arrangements
regarding the use of the schoolhouse for Methodist services,
and as a result of this difficulty, until the erection of the
first church, the Methodists worshipped in private homes;
most usually at the home of Solomon Upson, who lived on
the farm now occupied by W. H. Chambers, on the Cleve-
land road.
As to the formal organization of the Twinsburg Meth-
odist Episcopal church, the first steps were taken in the
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spring of 1821, by the formation of a Methodist class at the
home of Asa Upson, whose house stood directly west of
where Guy Herrick now lives. It is very probable the class
was organized under the presiding eldership of Wm. Swayze,
and possibly Rev. Ira Eddy was on the circuit, although
nothing definite can be learned. When this class was formed
Twinsburg became a part of the Cuyahoga Circuit "which
embraced the whole region watered by the Cuyahoga River,
whose name it bears," and which was formed in 1818. The
Ohio Conference, of which this circuit was a part, was
composed of two districts, five circuits, and had two pre-
siding elders, and eight preachers. In 1824 the General
Conference formed the Pittsburg Conference. Another
change was made in 1836, when the Erie Conference was
formed from the northeastern portion of Ohio, and the
northwestern portion of Pennsylvania. Again in 1875 a
change was made, and the East Ohio Conference was
formed embracing that part of Ohio which lies to the east of
the Cuyahoga River, and from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.
This arrangement continued until 1912, when the East
Ohio and North Ohio Conferences were consolidated, form-
ing the North-East Ohio Conference which embraces ten
districts, with more than 500 regular appointments and 25
special appointments, with 865 churches and 152,000 mem-
bers, and possessing property valued at ^9,193,000.00. When
compared with the Conference of 1818, we see the wisdom
of our forefathers in establishing churches in eastern Ohio.
Until 1828, the circuit to which Twinsburg belonged
was in the Ohio District. At this time a new District,
Canton, was formed. In 1832 it was changed and called
Warren District, and in 1834, Ravenna, and continued thus
for many years, when it was changed to the Akron District.
Twinsburg was in the latter till the fall of 191 2, when it was
transferred to the Cleveland District. It is now in the
Akron District having been transferred there at the last
conference (1916).
A circuit in those early days meant, perhaps, its extreme
points were 100 miles apart, or so large that it would take six
weeks to cover it. Usually each circuit had two preachers,
a senior and a junior. The former would oversee the work of
the circuit, and the latter would assist him. It meant much
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work for these men, as for instance, nine times to preach in
one week, and each time at a different place, without the
modern conveniences in travel. The records show that since
the formation of the class, Twinsburg has been associated on
a circuit with Hudson, Streetsboro, Northfield, Fish Creek,
Bainbridge, Brandywine, Dacos Corners, Butlers, Aurora,
Solon, Macedonia, and Glen Willow, excepting the years
iSyi-'ya, i874-'79, 1894-1900, when it was a station, as it
has been since 1909.
The first Methodist church in Twinsburg was built in
183 1 on the northwest corner of the public square, possibly
about 40 feet south of where E. J. McCreery's store now
stands. This building was used as a church only 18 years,
but during that time many souls were saved and much good
accomplished. The building, when it was replaced by a new
one was purchased by Harvey McFarland and removed to
his lot. He afterwards sold it to James Hill who moved it
to the northwest of his house, or about where L. H. Ben-
nett's house now stands. In 1871 or '72, Mr. Hill sold it to
Henry Lusk who moved it across the street to the rear of his
lot where it has since been used as a barn.
When the need of a larger building became imperative
the Methodist Society bought land of John and Betsey
Clark. It was "deeded December 8, 1847, to Thaddeus
Carter, James Roach, Nelson Upson, Simon Gould, Aaron
Post, William Clark, Robert Cochrane, Henry Bennett, and
Avery P. Clark, as Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal
Church Society, and their successors in office." The con-
sideration was ^175.00. On this land the church now in use
was built in 1848, Fred Bunnell and William Clark being the
contractors. It was dedicated in January, 1849. Rev. A.
Hall was pastor at the time and Rev. John C. Ayres was
Presiding Elder. The dedicatory sermon was preached by
Rev. Day of Newburgh. Revs. J. C. Ayres and John Bain
assisted in the service. The cost of the church, which was
$3000.00, was met by subscription.
The church has undergone many repairs, and many
changes have been made. Of the latter, one of the most
noticeable was in the first year of Rev. D. Rowland's pastor-
ate, (1876) when the high narrow pulpit, and the seats in the
southwest corner were removed, the rostrum built out, and a
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new pulpit and chairs procured. In the large room below, a
partition was erected, dividing it into two rooms. In the
one, with the necessary furnishings, a comfortable room
resulted where prayer meetings, socials, etc., could be held.
Kitchen furnishings occupied the other. At a later date
(1889), $700.00 was spent upon the interior of the church.
It was given a thorough renovation, the rostrum was ex-
tended into the southeast corner; eight memorial windows
replaced the old ones. Six of them were gifts from the chil-
dren of sainted fathers and mothers whose former relation
to the church has ever been held in sacred memory. The
names of these departed members were: Mrs. Eliza Ailing,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Herrick, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Carter, Mr.
and Mrs. William Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cochrane,
Mrs. S. E. Booth, Mrs. Betsey (Carver) Clark, Mr. and Mrs.
Adin Post, Ezra Clark. In 1895 the cushions for the pews,
at a cost of $200, were purchased. Other amounts were
expended from year to year as necessity demanded. In 1903
the coal-oil lamps gave way for the more satisfactory lights
from the generation of gasoline. The past year electric
lights have been installed.
The men who, after careful consideration, formed the
rules of the church as given in the Discipline of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, showed wisdom in advising to
"build churches plain and decent, and with free seats."
When the new church was completed the members and
friends of the church selected their pews, and in all these
years they have been recognized as "his" or "her" family
pew.
The Good Book says, "A righteous man regardeth the
life of his beast." Our forefathers accepted the truth of this
statement, and in October, 1858, erected sheds at the rear of
the church where their oxen, or horses, and wagons would
be protected from heat or storm while the owners enjoyed
the privileges of the sanctuary. The sheds are still in use.
In 1839 trustees were appointed to raise subscriptions
for the erection of a parsonage. A lot was purchased of
Ethan Ailing for $100. The deed was given July 8, 1841, to
T. A. Carter, James Roach and William Clark, as trustees.
The records tell us "a house 28 feet long, 22 feet wide, 14
foot posts, and a barn 22 feet long, 16 feet wide, 14 foot
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posts" were built. Three or four years later a wing was
added to the east of the house. The upright is still in use
and in a fair state of preservation. In 1883-4 the trustees
thought to repair the wing, but finding it past repairing,
concluded to tear it down and build a new one containing a
dining-room, kitchen and pantry. The cost was about ^250.
A good porch was later built to the front of the upright,
which added to the looks, and comfort of the home. Electric
lights have been installed also in the parsonage this year
(1916).
One of the most chacteristic features of early Meth-
odism, was the "class." The work of the old class leaders
has for many years been performed, more and more, by the
pastors. Probably this is well, yet the loss to the church of
those stalwart men, who had in their souls a deep feeling of
personal responsibility for the spiritual well-being of their
fellow members, has not been Inconsiderable. Some of the
class leaders remembered by those now living are: "Uncle"
William Clark (as he was familiarly called) and T. A.Carter.
After the death of the latter George W. Dresser held the
position.
A few instances are given in the records of young men
who wished to take up the work of the ministry, and who,
when the Quarterly Conference (now called District Con-
ference) of this circuit was held at Twinsburg, were licensed
to preach. Nelson Henry (of Bainbridge) and John Akin
were licensed July 4, 1831, and Henry Chamberlain in 1843.
Avery Proctor Clark who came to this place when a young
man, received his license in 1838. He afterward became a
successful doctor of medicine and followed that vocation as
long as able. L. W. Ely, also from Bainbridge, was licensed
in 1840. He afterward served twice as pastor of this charge,
1854-6, and 1874-6. Hiram W. Carter, son of T. A. Carter,
was given a license in 1864. He later became a successful
physician at Cuyahoga Falls, O. Alanson Mills was also
classed as a licensed preacher or exhorter. Carl W. Hemp-
stead, second son of John T. Hempstead, received his
license from the Methodist Conference, but later entered the
Congregational ministry, and is now pastor at Riceville,
Iowa. Charles Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jones, is
another young man to go out from Twinsburg to preach.
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He has an appointment to the Methodist church at South
Hamilton, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Blackman, whose
membership is with this church, but who, at present, reside
in Montana, have a son, J. C. Blackman, in the Congrega-
tional ministry.
The members of the Official Board consist of the
Stewards, Trustees, Traveling and Local Preachers, the
Superintendent of the Sunday School, the President of the
Epworth League, and the President of the Ladies Aid
Society. When organized, it is the duty of the Board to
devise, and carry into effect, suitable plans for providing for
the finances of the church, and discharge such other duties
as may, from time to time be committed to it. Of the many
who have held important positions on the official board, we
will mention only a few: Wm. Clark, T. A. Carter, Jona-
than E. Herrick, Wm. Parks, Harvey McFarland, George
Dresser, Joseph Greenlese, Robert Cochrane, Frank Wright,
Thomas Cochrane, Joseph B. Carter, John T. Hempstead,
Robert B. Chamberlain. The present members of the
board are: Stewards, A. W. Elliott, Mrs. F. T. Twerell,
Mrs. E. J. McCreery, V. R. Hempstead, Mrs. W. E. Twerell,
and M. E. Culhan, Recording Steward; Trustees, A. W.
Elliott, W. H. Boose, S. H. Crankshaw, C. A. Cannon, V. R.
Hempstead.
It would be difficult to imagine just how the present
generation would submit itself to the disciplinary measures
of the older days. Primarily, these measures were adopted
for the real good of the society, but of course, it was not
always easy to differentiate between the essentials and non-
essentials in those exercises intended to promote spiritual
growth. Not only members, but class leaders, and occa-
sionally even pastors allowed themselves to be led away by
matters of form rather than of spirit, as appears in the
following incident, during the pastorate of Allen Fonts,
185 1-2. He ruled to have the men and women sit on
opposite sides of the church as in the old church. A prom-
inent member of that day did not favor the proposition, and
would not vote for it. He was threatened to be "churched,"
which meant to be eventually turned out of the church. His
reply was, "All right, but I'll join again every six months
the rest of my life." The question was finally dropped.
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It is a matter of history that during the winter of
1827-8 there was a great revival of religion in Hudson.
Owing to the fact that Twinsburg was on the same circuit
with Hudson, it does not seem strange that this spiritual
revival soon reached the Twinsburg church, and many were
added to its membership. In 1834, another revival is re-
ported as resulting in the conversion of 70 or 80 souls. In
the winter of 1838, Liberty St. was the scene of a most
marked religious movement. There had been for sometime
an afternoon preaching appointment at the schoolhouse
under the direction of Rev. W. S. Worello, the Methodist
preacher of this circuit, which culminated in arousing a deep
religious sentiment, and wonderful results followed. One of
the first converts was the teacher of the school, Horace Ben-
ton, then 18 years of age, who, in after years became promi-
nent in the Methodist church of northern Ohio, as well as
the head of the drug house of Benton, Myers and Co., of
Cleveland. His stand had a most important influence not
only upon his scholars, but upon the young people of the
street.
Very probably John Wesley Gould who died in 1908,
and Horace Benton who died in 191 3, were the last ones
that could have told of the great things God did for them
in the Liberty St. schoolhouse revival. During the pas-
torates of J. H. McCarty (1856-7), G. J. Bliss (1865-6),
L. S. Rader (1886), A. C. Welch (1887-8), and others, many
were brought into the church. We would make special
mention of the revival of Jan.-Feb., 1877. Rev. D. Rowland
was pastor, and with Rev. A. H. Post of the Congregational
church, held union meetings every night for six weeks, with
extra services in the afternoons. God's blessing was on
those meetings, for never were people favored with finer
sleighing than that winter. They could find no excuse to
stay away from the meetings, nor wished for any. The
services could not be alternated between the two churches,
for the Methodist church could not accommodate the crowds.
The Congregational church was filled every night. A large
choir were in their places each night, and sang those good
"Gospel Hymns," (Book No. i was new at this time) and
many hearts were reached by those songs. Over 140 found
their way to the altar, and a majority of the number united
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with one of the three churches. While many of the number
have been called "over the river," some are still found
steadfast in the churches.
At the time of its organization the church consisted
almost entirely of those who came from afar to establish their
homes in this community. As their sons and daughters
married they very frequently settled nearby, continuing
in the church of their fathers. After a time, however,
conditions changed. As the population increased the
available farms became less and less numerous. At the same
time, means of travel and communication were increasing.
The disadvantages of rural life loomed larger as the advan-
tages of urban life became more and more apparent and
easy of attainment. Untried paths became suddenly
attractive. Parents craved for their children a life easier
than their own. Then, too, somewhat of the same spirit
that had brought their fathers here now evidenced itself by
sending the younger generation to new fields of activity.
And as the farm homes became depleted, the activities at
the center of the town declined. It is possible that these
halting periods in a town's growth make for a sounder
eventual success, but they most certainly make many
changes in a church roll. No one can well deny that the
first obligation of a church is to its own community, but still
less can a charge of failure be laid against an organization
which has, year after year, been giving earnest Christian
men and women to all parts of the world. With these con-
siderations in mind, the old church records make some
decidedly interesting reading matter.
It certainly should be of interest to the present genera-
tion to learn that Solomon Upson and wife, Asa Upson and
wife, Rebecca Upson, Aaron Post and wife, Emery Alger and
wife, Amy Clark (and probably others) are mentioned (1826)
as of those who were members of the early class. In an old
class book of 1 841-4, we find these members named: William
Clark, Harriet Clark, Thaddeus Carter, Esther Carter,
Aaron Post, Naomi Post, Amy Clark, Avery P. Clark, Avis
Clark, James Roach, Mary Roach, Philander Booth,
Sally Booth, Betsey Dresser, Lydia Carter, Reuben
Henry, Nathan Caldwell, Gideon Mills, Jane Taylor,
Eliza Ailing, Samuel Curtis, Rebecca Curtis, Rebecca
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Upson, Betsey Clark, Francis Dawson, Thomasina
Dawson, Lucretia Henry, Betsey Dennison, Melissa
Hammond, Caroline Richardson, Samuel Conant, Agnes
Conant, Ephraim Cook, Eliza Cook, Alvin Graham,
Sarah P. Wilson, M. A. Curtice, Polly Curtice,
Spencer Parmelee, Mary Beeman, Sarah Scott, Heman
Merriam, Wm. Southworth, Sarah Dresser, Willard Dewitt,
Elizabeth Dewitt, Nelson Hinkstone, Mabel Hinkstone,
Chloe Roach, Elmore Clark, Giles H. Post, Maria Post,
Wm. P. Maxam, Hannah Maxam, Timothy Taylor, George
Dresser, James Norton, Ann Norton, Odell Appleby, Eliza
Appleby, Noah P. Nichols, Eliza Booth, Lucy Ann Elliott,
Experience Roberts, Lucy Ann Roberts, Prudence South-
worth, Jeremiah French, Betsey A. Stow, Isabel Clark,
Allen Bond, Alonzo Watkins, Mary Dawson, Harriet Tay-
lor, Benjamin Elliott, Lucinda Elliott, Jehiel Beers, Almira
Beers, Henry M. Chamberlain, Eli Thompson, Sarah Blake.
The membership at the present time numbers about 75.
The Methodists have ever been able to find among
their numbers, those who could, and would sing. In the
earlier years, the pastor usually "started the tunes" and
sometimes Reuben Henry led the singing. Later, Esther
Carter (now Mrs. E. R. Husted of Ravenna) aided by her
tuning-fork, was leader. It is very probable the first organ
was purchased in the early '6o's. When the choir was first
organized, they occupied the front pews, with the little
organ in front. Jesse Crankshaw is remembered as the first
chorister, and Miss Parley Woodbury as organist. The
choir later occupied the two seats at the rear of the audi-
torium. A space just large enough for the organ was in the
center of the seat, third from the rear. Each Sunday the
organ was lifted out, and carried to the front for use during
the Sunday School hour. A new six-octave organ was pur-
chased in 1875, or '76, which was used for over 20 years.
After the change was made in the pulpit and rostrum in
1876-7, the choir then occupied the corner to the left of the
pulpit, and is still to be found there each Sunday. A good
orchestra is one of the features of the Sunday School.
The term of the Presiding Elder, or District Superin-
tendent as he is now called, has varied in the past century
from one year to six. He superintends the work of his
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district, and aims to visit each charge each quarter of the
year. Among those who have served in this capacity on this
charge, are Revs. WiUiam Swayze, Charles Elhott, Ira Eddy,
W. B. Mack, WilHam Stevens, Isaac Winans, John Chand-
ler, Billings O. Plympton, Timothy Goodwin, H. N. Stearns,
William Hunter, A. Hall, S. Gregg, Moses Hill, J. Graham,
James Greer, John Tribby, A. D. Morton, Sylvester Burt,
W. H. Locke, W. H. Rider, D. H. Mueller, J. W. Robbins,
L. H. Stewart, E. O. Buxton, Ner W. Stroup, F. W. Luce,
and this year (1916) J. S. Secrest.
In reading the following list of preachers who have been
associated with this charge, it should be remembered that in
the early part of the century, Twinsburg was on a circuit,
and two, and sometimes three, preachers were required to do
the necessary work: Alfred Bronson, 1820; he was soon
transferred to another circuit, and it is not given in the
records as to who served the remainder of the year; Ira
Eddy, 1821-3; Wm. Collins, Orin Gilmore, 1823-4; Philip
Green, Wm. C. Henderson 1824-5 5 Robert Hopkins,
1825-6; John Crawford, Wm. R. Babcock, 1826-7; John
Crawford, Cornelius Jones, 1827-8; Ignatius H. Tackett,
Cornelius Jones, 1828-9; John Chandler, J. M'Lean, T.
Vaughn, 1829-30; Caleb Brown, John Ferris, 1830-1; John
W. Hill, 1 83 1-2; Thomas Carr, John E. Aikin, 1832-3;
Thomas Carr, L. D. Prosser, 1833-4; Ira Eddy, Asahel
Reeves, 1834-5; Edward H. Taylor, John L. Holmes,
1835-6; J. K. Hallock, A. G. Sturges, 1836-7; J. K.Hallock,
J. Marvin, 1837-8; W. S. Worello, J. W. Davis, 1838-9;
L. M. Reeves, Ira Norris, 1839-40; Ira Norris, L. D. Wil-
Hams, 1840-1; Thomas Carr, W. F. Wilson, 1841-2; Peter
Burroughs, A. Reeves, 1842-3; Henry Elliott, D. M,
Stearns, H. Kellogg, 1843-4; Henry Elliott, W. French,
A. Norton, 1844-5; J. E. Akin, A. Reeves, J. H. Tagg,
1845-6; Peter Burroughs, 1846-7; A. Hall, 1847-9; L.
Rodgers, 1849-51; A, Fonts, 185 1-2; V.Lake, 1852-4; L. W.
Ely, 1854-6; J. H. McCarty, 1856-8; Wm. Monks, 1858,
(after a service of one and one-half years, he died March,
i860); H. P. Henderson supplied the balance of the year,
and as pastor till 1861; C. T. Kingsbury, 1861-3; M. Wil-
liams, 1863-5; G. J. Bliss, 1865-7; J. B. Grover, 1867-8;
B. J. Kennedy, 1868-9; E. D. McCreary, 1869-70; Alvin
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Burgess, 1870-1; E. C. Latimer, 1871-3; H. Henderson,
1873-4; L. W. Ely, 1874-6; D. Rowland, 1876-9; W. H.
Wilson, 1879-80; J. H. Tagg, 1880-2; W. D. Stevens, 1882-3;
W. H. Pearson, 1883-6; he was appointed Chaplain in the
U. S. Army and left in Aug., 1886; J. Tribby completed the
year; L. S. Rader, 1886-7; A. C. Welch, 1887-9; J- Q- A.
Miller, 1889-90; I. J. Harris, 1890-4; J. W. VanKirk,
1894-6; J. F. Huddleston, 1896-9; A. C. Stockham, 1899-01;
W. L. Askue, 1901-6; H. S. Chace, 1906-8; Phillips,
supply, Sept. to Dec, 1908; T. H. Kerr, Dec, 1908-9;
Alfred Walls, 1909-12; A. C. Horricks, Sep., 191 2, to May,
1913; R. C. Hallock, May to Sep., 1913; Garfield Morgan,
1913-4; G. T. Norris, 1914-15; Joseph Mottershead supplied
till Dec, 1915; W. G. Walters, Dec, 1915-16; G. H.
Crafts, 1916.
Owing to the fact that Twinsburg has been associated
with other charges so much of the time, it is difficult to
determine accurately the amount paid each year for pastoral
support. Of later years it has averaged $500.00, aside from
the use of the parsonage. For the present year, it has been
placed at $750.00 and parsonage.
SOCIETIES
Sunday School — The earliest records inform us the
Sunday School was held only through the summer months
of the earlier years. It was held in the lower room of the
church, and during this time, Benjamin Elliott is remem-
bered as superintendent. In 1858-9 it was held through the
winter for the first time. Alanson Mills was then superin-
tendent. There were six classes, 30 scholars, one Bible
class, and an average attendance of 20. A report for 1878
gives 150 scholars enrolled, and an average attendance of 70.
Of later years the enrollment has been near the 100 mark.
Of the many who have served as Sunday School superin-
tendents, only a few names can be given: Philander Booth,
A. Mills, Wm. Clark, T. A. Carter, George Dresser, Oscar A.
Nichols, John Cochrane, Thomas Cochrane, Mrs. Mary
Wright, Mrs. Sarah Bennett, Mrs. J. B. Carter, Lena Carter,
Dr. R. B. Chamberlin (who served 10 years), and the
present supt., Mrs. S. H. Crankshaw. O. A. Nichols, whose
age is 81, is undoubtedly the oldest one living of the earlier
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number. The school possesses a good library of about 200
volumes. The case was the workmanship and gift of the late
Thomas Cochrane. His mother, Mrs. Agnes Cochrane, at
her death, left a bequest of $50 for the use of the library.
Another bequest of ^300 was left to the church by Mrs.
Eliza Ailing, a part of which was for the benefit of the
library.
The Bible was the first text-book used. Each scholar
was expected to come to Sunday School prepared to repeat
a verse, or verses of Scripture to the teacher. Then the
Catechism was introduced. Lesson leaves in a few years
followed, and the uniform international lesson helps were
used for many years previous to the adoption of the graded
work in the fall of 1909. Both are still used with satisfaction.
The Ladies Dime Society — The Ladies Dime Society
was organized in May, 1870 or '71. One of its objects was
sociability, and another to raise funds for the care and
decoration of the interior of the church and parsonage.
The socials were held once in two weeks, till after the
Baptist church reorganized in 1877, when they were held
once in three weeks. It was the rule for the hostess to serve
a plain supper, and each one present was expected to pay
10 cents. These socials were usually well attended, and
socially and financially successful. The Society as-
sisted, in a large measure, to cover the expense of the
addition to the parsonage and many of the repairs to church
and parsonage, bought the cushions, and keeps the church
papered and carpeted, besides paying yearly $60.00 toward
pastoral support. Mrs. Eliza Ailing is thought to have been
the first president. Mrs. W. E. Twerell is now president.
The Epworth League — Prior to the organization of
the Epworth League, the young people of the Methodist
church joined with those of the Congregational church in the
organization of the Christian Endeavor Society which was
organized in 1887. The services were held alternately in the
churches Sunday evenings. After the organization of the
Epworth League, it was thought more satisfactory results
might accrue from the organization of a local chapter of the
Epworth League. The charter was given January 31, 1893.
It is known as the Watson Chapter, No. 9361. Rev. I. J.
Harris, who was pastor at this time, was instrumental in the
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organizing of the chapter and was its first president. For
several years the League contributed ^25 yearly to the
support of a medical missionary worker at Chungking
General Hospital, China. It also contributed toward the
furnishings of a room at the Deaconess Home, Cleveland,
and in many other ways has done good work.
Junior League — A Junior League was organized
October 18, 1900, with Mrs. A. Stockham as superintendent,
and Mrs. A. W. Elliott, assistant superintendent. There
were 19 charter members and a total enrollment of 38. The
meetings were held Saturday afternoons. In about a year
it was discontinued.
Benevolences — The Twinsburg church has not been
neglectful of people less fortunately situated. Oiferings are
yearly taken for the various benevolences: Missions —
Foreign and Home, Freedman's Aid Society, Conference
Claimants, Temperance Society, Educational Fund, &c.
For missions the church has averaged to give $50 yearly for
the past quarter century not including what is given by the
Sunday School, and Epworth League. A Woman's Mis-
sionary Society has flourished intermittently, but as other
agencies for doing missionary work were so readily available,
the necessity of sustaining these societies has not been so
apparent to all, as doubtless it should be.
Federation — In the winter of 1916 a movement
toward a possible federation of the Twinsburg churches was
formally inaugurated. A committee of five each from the
Congregational and Methodist churches was named to
*'study the religious situation in Twinsburg." After much
thought and care, a plan of federation was drawn up, and
after having been carefully explained to the adult persons of
the town, was submitted to them for ratification or rejection.
Knowing there was a feeling prevalent in the town that one
church could be more effectively conducted than could two,
not being willing to convey to the public the idea that the
forces making for right living were possibly antagonistic, and
earnestly desiring the very best of every good thing for the
community, the members of this church voted in favor of
federation in the ratio of four to one. The proposal, how-
ever, was rejected as there were too many who thought it
best to allow the old relationship to continue.
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An account of the past is valuable for the light thrown
upon the future. Many problems that will arise have been
solved in principle, if not in detail. Yet new ones will arise.
In common with thousands of other churches, Twinsburg
faces the problem of what, for want of a better name, is
called the rural problem. The old New England families
have disappeared, and their posterity have been rapidly
disappearing. In their place have come many people from
nations alien to our customs, language, religion, and com-
munity ideals. Here the matter is complicated by the
proximity to a large city, and the desirability of Twinsburg
as a residence section. Many adjustments will certainly be
necessary, but a real church cannot be defeated in doing its
real duty. If the next hundred years shall bring new duties,
it is reasonable, in the light of past experience, to expect that
earnest endeavor, intelligent energy, and a spirit of devotion
will find the necessary solution.
TWINSBURG IN THE CIVIL WAR
Compiled by Chauncey B. Lane, Co. H, 177th Reg., O. V. I.
In times of peace the real worth of a community may be
determined by the spirit in which it meets difficult problems
and baffling situations. But in times of national stress and
peril we judge a town's true value by the response it makes
to the nation's call for help.
Judged by this standard, few townships, if any, can
give proof of being animated by a better spirit of sacrifice
and enthusiastic patriotism than can Twinsburg during the
"War of the Rebellion."
Immediately after President Lincoln's first call for
seventy-five thousand troops, volunteers began to enlist
from Twinsburg, a number from the township being enrolled
in the first three months' service. Under successive calls by
the President volunteers were forthcoming until, in all,
during the war there were one hundred and twenty besides
the thirteen "squirrel hunters."
In the latter part of the summer of 1 861 twenty-one
men went from Twinsburg and enlisted in Company K, 19th
Reg., O. V. L, which was being recruited for three years'
service at Alliance, Ohio. During the months of August and
September of 1864, thirty-six, the largest number that en-
listed from Twinsburg in any one regiment, joined Com-
panies E and H of the 177th Reg., O. V. I., then forming at
Cleveland, Ohio, for one year. Seventeen enlisted in
Company E, and nineteen in Company H. A number of
those enlisting at this time were only eighteen years old and
took advantage of the first opportunity to enter the service
as soon as their age permitted.
Soon after the beginning of the war the ladies of the
township organized the Soldiers' Aid Society and held fre-
quent meetings. This society assisted in every way possible
in supplying the needs of the soldiers in camp and hospitals.
No records of the work done are now available, but during
the four years of war supplies were being sent to the men
wherever needed.
At the time of the war Twinsburg received only one
mail a day, which was carried to and from Macedonia by
Mr. Salmon Nelson. At about eleven o'clock each morning
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as he drove up to the postoffice at Nelson's store there
would be quite a crowd of people waiting for news from the
front. Especially would this be the case after some great
battle. Only a few daily papers were taken and it was the
custom for someone who had a paper to read the news, while
others listened, many of them being parents anxiously
watching and waiting for the names of sons.
In the latter part of the summer of 1862 Kirby Smith, a
rebel raider with a command in Kentucky, was making his
presence known in successive raids, and was evidently
designing the capture of Cincinnati.
So acute was the danger that Gov. Tod, on September
ID, 1862, sent the following appeal through the papers to the
citizens of northern Ohio:
"To the several Military Committees of Northern Ohio:
By telegram from Major-General Wright, Commander-
in-chief of Western forces, received at 2 o'clock this morning,
I am directed to send all armed men that can be raised
immediately to Cincinnati. You will at once exert your-
selves to execute this order. The men should be armed, each
furnished with a blanket and at least two days' rations.
Railroad companies are requested to furnish transportation
for troops to the exclusion of all other business.
David Tod, Governor."
To this appeal thousands of men from northern Ohio
responded and among them were thirteen fromTwinsburg.
No muster roll of the Twinsburg Squirrel Hunters has been
preserved and the names of those who went are given from
memory by the only two survivors of that company now
living in Twinsburg, Evelyn A. Parmelee and Herman H.
Baldwin: Frank Baldwin, Herman H. Baldwin, Frank
Booth, Andrew J. Foster, Tyler Hill, Evelyn A. Parmelee,
Aurelius Tucker, Daniel W. Richardson, Wilbur Upson,
Beverly Upson.
Other towns responded to this call and the men went to
Cleveland where they met others from various townships
and joined together, forming a company with Daniel W.
Richardson captain. They took with them such arms as they
could get. Some had muskets, others either rifles or shot-
guns, but they were ready for service immediately.
The Twinsburg contingent was taken by train to
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Columbus, thence to Cincinnati, and from there across
the Ohio River into Kentucky.
After the danger was over the men were returned to
their homes, those from Twinsburg having been gone from
home nearly two weeks. Governor Tod telegraphed to
Secretary Stanton, "The minute men or squirrel hunters
responded gloriously to the call for the defense of Cin-
cinnati."
At the following session of the Legislature a resolution
was unanimously adopted, authorizing the Governor to
have lithographed and printed discharges for the patriotic
men of the state who responded to the call of the Governor.
The Squirrel Hunters Discharge
Our Southern Border was menaced by the enemies of
the Union. David Tod, Governor of Ohio, called on the
Minute-Men of the State, and the Squirrel Hunters came by
thousands to the rescue. You, Evelyn A. Parmelee, were one
of them and this is your Honorable Discharge.
Charles W. Hill, Adj. Gen. of Ohio.
Approved by
David Tod, Governor
Malcolm McDowell, Major and A. D. C.
Under the act of April 14, 1863, for the reorganization
of the militia of Ohio, those liable to duty in Summit County
were organized into companies and regiments under com-
mand of David Tod, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
the State of Ohio. Those liable under this act in the northern
part of the county formed the first regiment of militia in the
county of Summit.
Two companies were organized in Twinsburg for the
regiment, one company being made up of those living north
of the east and west road from Macedonia to Aurora, and the
other those south of this road. The officers who held com-
missions from the governor were: Daniel W. Richardson,
captain, Chauncey B. Lane, first lieutenant, Alfred Led-
sham, second lieutenant, for the north company; Josiah
Oviatt, captain. Earl C. Herrick, first lieutenant, William
Chamberlin, second lieutenant, for the other company.
Oscar A. Nichols was commissioned quartermaster of the
regiment. These companies met frequently during the
summer and fall on the square at the center of the township
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for drill in the manual of arms and company formation.
The square, so called then (now the park), made an ideal
place for company movements as there was not then a tree
or shrub on the whole place, just a bare common.
In the latter part of the summer the commissioned and
non-commissioned officers of this and other regiments from
northern Ohio went into camp in Cleveland for a week under
instruction in drill in company and regimental formation.
The officers were commissioned for five years and the
organizations were maintained during the war to take part
in the struggle if necessary, but no drilling was done after
After the close of the Civil War the patriotic citizens of
the township decided to erect a monument in memory of
those who had gone forth to serve their country and, if
necessary, lay down their lives in defense of the flag.
An association was formed with Jonathan E. Herrick,
president, Thaddeus A. Carter, treasurer and John C.
Smith, secretary, with a building committee consisting of
James Roach, Ethan Ailing, Orrin P. Nichols, Philo Cham-
berlin and William A. Parks.
About ^2500.00 was raised by subscription among the
citizens of the township, and a contract was entered into
with Levi Marble of Bedford to build the monument.
Twinsburg having an abundance of sandstone, it was
decided to use this for the base of the monument, also for the
foundation which is of solid sandstone, all quarried in the
township. The monument, located somewhat north of the
middle of the park at the center of the township, consists of
the following dimensions, as recorded on a marble slab
inserted in the second base on the east side:
Weight and measurement of this monument above
the foundation as it now stands.
1st Base 358^^ cubic feet, weight SOjS49 lbs.
2nd Base 121 cubic feet, weight 16,920 lbs,
3rd Base 47 cubic feet, weight 6,768 lbs.
7 Pieces Marble 100 cubic feet, weight. .18,120 lbs.
Total 626^^ cubic feet. Weight 92,357 lbs.
The first base was quarried out of a sheet of rock be-
tween the house and barn then owned by Gardner Parmelee,
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but now by Henry Garrard, three-quarters of a mile west of
the center of the township. It was raised out of its bed with
jack screws, loaded on moving trucks and moved in that way
to the park by Mr. Henry Porter of Chagrin Falls.
The second base was quarried on land now owned by
Charles Richner, and drawn to the park by teams furnished
by the citizens, gratuitously. The third base was also
quarried on Mr. Parmelee's land, loaded on two truck
wagons and drawn by horses.
The marble furnished by the builder consists of seven
pieces surmounted by a large spread eagle cut in marble and
looking to the east.
On the first base on the north side in raised letters is the
word "Twinsburg" and above this is " 1867 Semi-Centennial
year of the settlement of Twinsburg."
On the east and south side are the names of the soldiers
from Twinsburg who served in the war and were alive in
1867; a complete list is given in this chapter.
On the west side: "To the memory of our patriot sons
who fell during the rebellion of 1861 to 1865." These names
are also given in this chapter.
The dedication of the monument July 4, 1867, was a day
long to be remembered by the people of Twinsburg, it being
the anniversary of American Independence, also the semi-
centennial of the settlement of the township. A large tent
had been put on the park, west of the monument, where the
main exercises were held.
Over in the orchard northeast from the park, near
where Mr. Bishop's house now stands, a big barbecue was
staged. Colored cooks were secured from Cleveland for the
occasion. An ox which weighed one thousand pounds was
roasted whole under the direction of David Huson. An iron
rod was run through the ox so that it could be turned over
the hot fire. Tables were set in the orchard, ten of them, and
about 500 people were present, the dinner being free to all.
Jonathan E. Herrick was president of the day with
Horace P. Cannon marshal.
The Declaration of Independence was read, Hon. O. S.
Griswold of Cleveland being the orator of the day. Hon.
N. D. Tibbals of Akron responded to the toast: "Our citizen
soldiers." Henry L. Hitchcock, President of Western Reserve
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College to: "Our sons who never returned." Other speakers
were Dr.HenryJ. Herrick, a native of Twinsburg, Rev. Sydney
Bryant, Edwin Oviatt, S. A. Lane, editor Akron Beacon, and
Ethan Ailing. The exercises were fittingly interspersed with
singing, martial and band music, and the firing of cannon.
Under the direction of Mr. Lewis Ailing and Mr.
Bailey extensive preparations had been made for an enter-
tainment that evening befitting the observance of the
national holiday as well as the fiftieth anniversary of the
settlement of the town. But during the afternoon a violent
storm razed the large tent and drenched the ground so that
it was necessary to postpone that part of the celebration.
Even under those disappointing circumstances it was a day
never to be forgotten by those present.
Incidentally the erection of the monument led to much
needed inprovements on the public square. In 1867 the
township trustees, Philo Chamberlin, Oscar A. Nichols, and
Chauncey B. Lane, appropriated $1400.00 for improvements.
Only $1100.00 was used, although much grading was done,
especially on the southeastern portion. Lewis Cannon and
William Parks set out most of the trees. To insure against
damage by trespassers a fence was erected a little later,
Edwin Barber having the contract for the work. This fence
lasted for about a quarter of a century. Now the attractive-
ness of the park is its chief protection.
Following are the names and record of the one hundred
and twenty volunteers from Twinsburg:
Andrews, Emanuel E., Priv., age 28, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 21, 1861, for 3 yrs.; dis-
charged at Nashville, Tenn., on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
Andrews, George L., Priv., age 19, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with his company June 24, 1865.
Andrews, William H., Priv., age 32, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O, V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Mustered
out Oct. 5, 1864, at Marietta, Ga., on expiration of term of
service.
Bailey, Frank D., Priv., age 18, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 31, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865,
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Baldwin, Cassius O., age 19, Co. G, 115th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 5, 1862, for 3 yrs. Mustered
out with company June 22, 1865.
Barber, Albert D., Corporal, age 18, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Appointed
corporal. Discharged June 5, 1865, at Columbus, O., on
surgeon's certificate of disability.
Barber, Caswell, Priv., age 25, Co. E, 41st Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 27, 1861, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged May 12, 1862, at Louisville, Ky.
Barber, Jarvis, Priv., age 28, Co. E, 41st Reg., O. V. I.
Entered service Sep. 2, 1861, for 3 yrs. Discharged May 12,
1862, at Louisville, Ky.
Barney, Elmer, Priv., age 33, Co. K, 19th Reg., O.
V. L Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Discharged
Nov. 13, 1865, at Camp Dennison, O., by order of War
Department. Veteran.
Barney, Frederick, Priv., age 30, Co. G, 115th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 2, 1862, for 3 yrs. Discharged
Jan. I, 1864, at Camp Dennison, O., on surgeon's certificate
of disability.
Beardsley, Hiram G., Priv., age 19, Co. G, 115th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 2, 1862, for 3 yrs. Captured
Dec. 5, 1864, at Block House No. 3, Nashville and Chatta-
nooga R. R. ; paroled; mustered out June 13, 1865, at Camp
Chase, O., by order of War Dept.
Beldin, Frederick E., Priv., age 24, Co. H, 177th
Reg., O. V. L Entered service Aug. 25, 1864, for i yr.
Mustered out with company June 24, 1865.
Bennett, Henry S., Priv., age 36, Co. D, i8th Reg.,
Wis. V. L Died July 13, 1865, at Jaynesville, Wis.
BissELL, Edward, Priv., age 30, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Killed
while on picket duty at Atlanta, Ga., July 18, 1864. Veteran.
BissELL, Harlow A., Commissary Serg., age 19, Co. K,
19th Reg., O. V. L Entered service Nov. 9, 1861, for 3 yrs.
Appointed corporal, promoted to commissary sergeant Mar.
8, 1865, and transferred to Field and Staff. Mustered out
with regiment Oct. 25, 1865. Veteran.
BissELL, Henry A., Priv., age 19, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
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O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 23, 1864, for i yv. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Blodgett, Morris, Priv., age 37, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged June 2, 1862, at Corinth, Miss., on surgeon's cer-
tificate of disability. Re-enlisted, priv. Co. E, 177th Reg.
O. V. I., Aug. 29, 1864, for I yr. Mustered out at Columbus,
O., July 3, 1865, by order of War Dept.
Booth, John H., Priv., age 18, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 24, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Bull, Norman H., Priv., age 18, Co. A, 23 rd Reg.,
O. V. I, Entered service Feb. 19, 1864, for 3 yrs. Mustered
out with company July 26, 1865.
Callender, William C, Priv., age 24, 9th Independent
Battery, O. V. Light Artillery. Entered service Sept. 24,
1863, for 3 yrs. Mustered out with battery July 25, 1865.
Carter, John E., Priv., age 20, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 25, 1864, for i yr. Died
Mar. 15, 1865, in hospital at Wilmington, N. C. Interred in
grave 718.
Carter, Joseph B., Priv., age 22, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Wounded
at battle of Stone River, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1863; transferred to
Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 11, 1863, by order of War Dept.
Discharged Oct. 12, 1864.
Chamberlin, Asahel H., Priv., age 17, Co. H, 150th
Reg., O. V. I. Entered service May 2, 1864, for 100 days.
Mustered out with company Aug, 23, 1864. Second enlist-
ment. Corporal, Co. F, 177th Reg., O. V. I. Entered service
Sept. 10, 1864, for I yr. Mustered out with company June
24, 1865.
Chamberlin, Joseph P., Priv., age 21, Co. K, 19th
Reg., O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs.
Mustered out Oct. 5, 1864, at Marietta, Ga., on expiration
of term of service.
Chamberlin, Samuel F., Priv., age 18, Co. G, 115th
Reg., O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 2, 1862, for 3 yrs.
Captured Dec. 5, 1864, at Blockhouse No. 3, Nashville and
Chattanooga R. R.; paroled; mustered out June 13, 1865,
at Camp Chase, O., by order of War Dept.
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Chamberlin, Walter C, Prlv., age i8, Co. H, 177th
Reg., O. V. I. Entered service Sep. 2, 1864, for i yr. Died
of measles Feb. 15, 1865, at Federal Point, N. C. Body
disinterred and brought to Twinsburg, O. Buried in Locust
Grove Cemetery.
Chaffee, Howard, 6th Reg., O. V. I.
Chapman, John S., Priv., age 21, Co. A, 23rd Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service May 18, 1861, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged Jan. 5, 1865. Veteran.
Coffey, John S., Priv., age 19, Co. B, 85th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service May 25, 1862, for 3 mos. Mustered
out with company Sep. 27, 1862.
CoRBiTT, MiLO A., Priv., age 22, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged Aug. 28, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's cer-
tificate of disability.
Crankshaw, David, Musician, age 22, 49th Reg.,
111. V. I. Entered the service Jan. i, 1862. Mustered out
Sep. 20, 1862, by order of War Dept.
Crocker, Henry, Priv., age 17, Co. G, 115th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 5, 1862, for 3 yrs. Died
Oct. 8, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O., of injuries incurred in
passing through a railroad bridge at Columbus, O.
Dell, John, Serg., age 21, Co. K, 19th Reg., O. V. I.
Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Corporal Apr. 14,
1863; Sergeant Sep. 25, 1864. Mustered out with company
Oct. 24, 1865. Veteran.
Dodge, William; no record save name on monument.
Ferguson, Dryden, Priv., age 33, Co. G, 125th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Oct. 16, 1862, for 3 yrs. Died
June 25, 1864, at Kenesaw Mt., Ga., of wounds received in
action.
Fessenden, Frank M., Priv., age 17, Co. I, 49th Reg.,
111. V. I. Detailed as musician. Entered service Jan. i,
1862. Discharged Apr. 30, 1862. Second enlistment, Priv.,
i8th Reg., U. S. I. Entered service Mar. 28, 1864, for 3 yrs.
Detailed musician. Discharged at Fort Phil Kearney as
principal musician Mar. 28, 1867.
Fessenden, Herbert C, Priv., age 15, 49th Reg.,
111. V. I. Entered service Jan. i, 1862. Detailed as musi-
cian; discharged. Second enlistment, Priv., Battery A.,
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1st Reg., O. V. Light Artillery. Entered service Dec. 20,
1863, for 3 yrs. Mustered out with his battery July 31, 1865.
Fessenden, John W., Priv., age 41, 49th Reg., III. V. I.
Entered service Jan. i, 1862. Detailed as musician.
Flohr, Henry, Priv., age 19, Co. E, 177th Reg., O. V.
I. Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered out
with company June 24, 1865.
Flohr, John, Priv., age 23. Co. E, 177th Reg., O. V. I.
Entered the service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered out
with company June 24, 1865.
Flohr, William, Priv., age 24, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 30, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
France, David, 103rd Reg., O. V. I. No record save
name on monument.
Franklin, Benjamin S., Priv., age 18, Co. C, 103rd
Reg., O. V. I. Entered service July 21, 1862, for 3 yrs.
Mustered out with company June 12, 1865.
Freeman, Monroe, Priv., age 26, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Sep. i, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out June 22, 1865, at Chester, Pa., by order of War Dept.
Gaylord, George W., Priv., age 28, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Died at
Hudson, O., July 18, 1862.
Grey, Benjamin, Priv., age 44, Co. G, 41st Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Sep. 10, 1861, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged Apr. 21, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn., on surgeon's
certificate of disability.
Grey, Pitkin, 103rd Reg., O. V. I. No record save
name on monument.
Griste, Luman G., Priv., age 18, Co. E, 105th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 7, 1862, for 3 yrs. Appointed
Corporal Dec. 31, 1862. Wounded Sep. 19, 1861, in battle
of Chickamauga, Ga. Discharged Feb. 24, 1864, on sur-
geon's certificate of disability.
Griswold, Alton J., Priv., age 18, Co. G, 104th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Mar. 7, 1865, for i yr. Mustered
out July 27, 1865, at hospital, Portsmouth Grove, R. I., by
order of War Dept.
Hanks, Edwin R., Priv., age 18, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 21, 1861, for 3 yrs. Died
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Feb. 24, 1863, at Annapolis, Md., from effects of confinement
in Rebel prison.
Hanks, George W., Serg., age 23, Co. A, 104th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 5, 1862, for 3 yrs. Appointed
Corporal Aug. 22, 1862, and Sergeant Sep. 10, 1862. Died
May 10, 1864, at Cleveland, Tenn.
Hansard, John, Serg., age 21, Co. B, 41st Reg., O. V. I.
Entered service Aug. 20, 1861, for 3 yrs. Appointed Ser-
geant from Corporal, Apr. 1862. Killed Apr. 7, 1862, in
battle at Shiloh, Tenn.
Hansard, William, Serg., age 19, Co. G, 41st Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Sep. 10, 1861, for 3 yrs. Pro-
moted to Second Lieutenant Co. D, Sep. 8, 1862. Pro-
moted to First Lieutenant Co. H, Mar. 24, 1863. Promoted
to Captain Co. K, Oct. 12, 1864. Died Jan. 9, 1865, in
hospital at Nashville, Tenn., of wounds received in action.
Harlow, Charles H., Priv., age 24, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered the service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mus-
tered out with company June 24, 1865.
Harris, Julian C, Priv., age 18, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 24, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Hawkins, Joseph G., Priv., age 18. He was in the
Mexican War, having run away from home to enlist. No
further record of service in that war available. Colonel, age
33, 13th Reg., O. V. L Entered service June 22, 1861, for 3
yrs. Promoted from Lieutenent-Colonel May 13, 1862.
Killed in battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Hawkins, Alfred, Priv., 49th Reg., 111. V. L Entered
service Jan. i, 1862. Detailed as musician. No further
record found.
Heather, Clinton B., Priv., age 18, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Sep. 12, 1862, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Heather, Spofford, Priv., age 18, Co. E., 177th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Sep. 5, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Herrick, Earl, Priv., age 26, Co. D., 84th Reg., O. V.
L Entered service May 26, 1862, for 3 mos. Mustered out
with company Sep. 20, 1862.
Herrick, Hfnry J., Surgeon, age 29, 17th Reg., O.
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V. I. Entered service Feb. 14, 1862, for 3 yrs. Promoted
from assistant surgeon Dec. 12, 1862. Resigned Dec. 26,
1864.
HiNKSTON, Elmore, First Serg., age 21, Co. K, 7th
Reg., O. V. I. Entered service June 20, 1861, for 3 yrs.
Appointed Sergeant from Corporal; First Serg. Died from
wounds received in battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, 1863.
HoLCOMB, Henry, Priv., age 20, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Hull, Ferris C, Priv., age 21, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Hull, Samuel H., Musician Regimental Band, age 23,
2ist Reg., O. V. I. Entered service Oct. 17, 1861, for 3 yrs.
Mustered out Sep. 20, 1862, by order of War Dept.
Jones, Julius, Corporal, age 21, Co. D, 41st Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Sep. 10, 1861, for 3 yrs. Appointed
Corporal Dec. 9, 1864. Mustered out with company Nov.
27, 1865. Veteran.
Lane, Chauncey B., Priv., age 18, Co. D, 84th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service May 26, 1862, for 3 mos. Mus-
tered out with company Sep. 20, 1862. Second enlistment.
Corporal, Co. H, 177th Reg., O. V. I. Entered service
Aug. 23, 1864, for I yr. Mustered out with company
June 24, 1865.
Lane, Sherman, Priv., age 23, Co. K., 19th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 21, 1861, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged Oct. 21, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certifi-
cate of disability.
Lamb, Andrew J., Corporal, age 22, 177th Reg., O.
V. L Entered the service Sep. i, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Lanning, Isaac, Priv., age 26, Co. B, 41st Reg., O. V.
L Entered service Aug. 27, 1861, for 3 yrs. Mustered out
with company Nov. 27, 1865. Veteran.
Livingston, Henry, Priv., age 34, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Malone, James, Priv., age 24, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 21, 1 861, for 3 yrs. Mustered
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out Oct. 5, 1864, at Marietta, Ga., on expiration of term of
service.
Mason, Milton A., Priv., age 18, Co. B, 41st Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 27, 1861, for 3 yrs. Mustered
out Sep. 24, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Mason, Nathan G., Priv., age 18, 30th Reg., Ind. V. I.
Served two years; discharged. Second enlistment. Battery
A, 1st Reg., O. V. Light Artillery. Entered service Dec. 23,
1863, for 3 yrs. Mustered out with battery July 31, 1865.
Maxam, Alonzo a., Corporal, Co. B, 2nd Reg., O. V. C.
Entered service Aug. 12, 1861, for 3 yrs. Appointed Cor-
poral Jan. I, 1865. Mustered out with company. Veteran.
McKiNNEY, William, Serg., age 29, Co. G, 115th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 6, 1862, for 3 yrs. Appointed
from Corporal Jan. 5, 1863. Captured Dec. 5, 1864, at
Blockhouse No. 4, Nashville and Chattanooga R. R.;
prisoner of war. Mustered out June 13, 1865, at Camp
Chase, O., by order of War Dept.
Mead, Henry, Priv., age 19, Co. B, 2nd Reg., O. V. I.
Entered service Aug. 12, 1861, for 3 yrs. Transferred Feb.
17, 1863, to 25th Independent Battery, O. V. Light Artillery.
Appointed Corporal May 2, 1865. Mustered out with
battery Dec. 12, 1865. Veteran.
Mead, John, Priv., age 18, Co. H, 177th Reg., O. V. L
Entered service Aug. 24, 1864, for i yr. Mustered out with
company June 24, 1865.
OviATT, Anderson, Priv., age 18, Co. K, 19th Reg.
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 21, 1861, for 3 yrs. Died
May 7, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O., from wounds received
at battle of Shiloh, Tenn., Apr. 7, 1862.
OviATT, Lyman, Priv., age 26, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Parks, Charles, Priv., age 33, Co. C, 115th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 21, 1862, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged at Cincinnati, O., on surgeon's certificate of dis-
ability,
Parmelee, Evelyn A., Serg., age 21, Co. H, 177th
Reg., O. V. L Entered service Aug. 23, 1864, for i yr.
Appointed from Corporal Oct. 8, 1864. Mustered out June
3, 1865, at Washington, D. C, by order of War Dept.
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Pease, George E., Priv., age i8, Co. I, loth Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Dec. 30, 1863, for 3 yrs. Died
Aug. 27, 1864, in prison at Andersonville, Ga. Interred in
National Cemetery, grave 7021.
Post, Giles, Priv., Co. B, 24th Reg., Conn. V. I.
Entered service Sep. 6, 1862, for 3 yrs. Discharged Sep. 30,
1865.
Powers, Edwin, Priv., age 18, Co. E, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1864,
Pratt, Harvey H., Priv., age 21, Co. B, 41st Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 27, 1861, for 3 yrs. Mustered
out Aug. 26, 1864, on expiration of term of service.
Prentiss, Willard C, Priv., age 18, Co. E, ist Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Apr. 16, 1 861, for 3 mos. Mustered
out with company Aug. i, 1861. Second enHstment, Second
Lieut., Co. C, 1st Reg., O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 20,
1861, for 3 yrs. Promoted to Second Lieutenant from
Corporal Co. D, June 2, 1863. Resigned June 15, 1863.
Redfield, Orrin S., Musician Regimental Band, age
22, 2ist Reg., O. V. L Entered service Oct. 17, 1861, for 3
yrs. Discharged Mar. 7, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of
disability.
Redfield, Richard R., Musician, age 28, Co. H, 177th
Reg., O. V. L Entered service Aug. 23, 1864, for i yr.
Mustered out with company June 24, 1865.
Richmond, Virgil, 6th Reg., O. V. C; no record save
name on monument.
Seymour, Augustus, 41st Reg., O. V. L Name on
monument; no further record,
Shroeder, Louis, Priv., age 25, Co. A, 7th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service June 19, 1861, for 3 yrs. Drowned
at Fredericksburg, Va., May 24, 1862.
Smith, Calvin, 2nd Reg., O. V. L No record save
name on monument.
Smith, John C, Priv., age 30, Co. C, iisth Reg., O.
V. L Entered service Aug. 20, 1862, for 3 yrs. Appointed
Corporal Sep. 19, 1862; detached as clerk at District Head-
quarters, Nashville, Tenn., June 18, 1864. Mustered out
with company June 22, 1865.
SoDON, George; name on monument only record.
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SoDON, Edward, Q. M. Serg., age 25, Co. I, 6th O. V. C.
Entered service Oct. 29, 1861, for 3 yrs. Appointed Cor-
poral. Wounded May, 1863, at Chancellorsville, Va. Ap-
pointed Q. M. Serg., Dec. i, 1864. Mustered out June 27,
1865, at Petersburg, Va., by order of War Dept. Veteran.
Springer, Charles H., Priv., age 20, Co. B, 41st Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 20, 1861, for 3 yrs. Killed
May 27, 1864, in battle of Pickett's Mills, Ga. Buried at
Marietta, Ga.
Stanely, George L., Priv., age 18, 9th Independent
Battery, O. V. Light Artillery. Entered service Oct. 11,
1 861, for 3 yrs. Mustered out with battery July 25, 1865.
Veteran.
Starkweather, Thomas L., Priv., age 31, Co. E,
177th Reg., O. V. I. Entered service Sep. 3, 1864, for I yr.
Mustered out with company June 24, 1865.
Stearns, Charles H., Priv., age 22, Co. A, 7th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service June 19, 1861, for 3 yrs. Killed in
battle at Winchester, Va., Mar. 23, 1862.
Thompson, Eli, ist Serg., age 40, Co. G, 115th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 5, 1862, for 3 yrs. Appointed
Sergeant Feb. 17, 1864. Captured at Blockhouse No. 4,
Nashville and Chattanooga R. R. ; paroled. Perished by
explosion of steamer Sultana on Mississippi River near
Memphis, Tenn., Apr. 27, 1865.
Thompson, George; name on monument only record.
Tucker, Aurelius, Priv., age 22, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 25, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out June 3, 1865, at Washington, D. C, by order of War
Dept.
Turner, Daniel W., Priv., age 19, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Trans-
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. i, 1863, by order of
War Dept.
Tyson, Charles S., Corporal, age 20, Co. C, 115th
Reg., O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 21, 1861, for 3 yrs.
Appointed Corporal Mar. i, 1863. Captured Dec. 5, 1864,
at Lavergne, Tenn. Mustered out May 20, 1865, at Camp
Chase, O., by order of War Dept.
Upson, Albert, Second Lieut., age 30, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 8, 1861, for 3 yrs. Promoted
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from First Serg., Feb. 9, 1862; promoted from Second
Lieut. Jan. 2, 1863; promoted to Capt. July 25, 1864.
Mustered out with company Oct. 24, 1865. Veteran.
Upson, Orville, Priv., age 24, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Upson, Wesley, Second Lieut., age 31, Co. K, 19th
Reg., O. V. L Entered service Aug. 28, .1861, for 3 yrs.
Promoted from Serg. to Second Lieut. Jan. 2, 1863. Pro-
moted to First Lieut., Co. B, July 25, 1864 Mustered out
with company Oct. 24, 1865. Veteran.
Upson, Wilbur F., Corporal, age 30, Co. H, 177th
Reg., O. V. L Entered the service Aug. 26, 1864, for i yr.
Mustered out May 31, 1865, at Camp Dennison, O., by
order of War Dept.
Varney, Sidney; name on monument; no further
record.
Wait, Henry C, Priv., age 18, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered the service Aug. 23, 1864, for i yr. Mus-
tered out with company June 24, 1865.
Wait, Newton L, Priv., age 18, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
0. V. L Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Trans-
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sep. 7, 1863, by order of
War Dept.
Wait, Warren L, Priv., age 18, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Died
Feb. 12, 1862, at Columbus, Ky. Buried at Mill Springs,
Ky.
Weatherby, Charles B., Priv., age 21, Co. A, 49th
Reg., O. V. L Entered the service Aug. 6, 1861, for 3 yrs.
Wounded Apr. 7, 1861, in battle of Shiloh, Tenn. Killed
Dec. 31, 1862, in battle of Stone River, Tenn.
Webster, Charles, Priv., age 19, 20th Independent
Battery, O. V. Light Artillery. Entered service Feb. 29,
1862, for 3 yrs. Mustered out with battery July 13, 1865.
Webster, Edwin P., enlisted in the 7th U. S. Regulars
at Cleveland, O. Served 3 yrs.
Wilcox, Irving F., First Lieut., ist Reg. Mich. V. I.
Discharged Nov. 5, 1863. Later was Capt. Veteran Reserve
Corps. Discharged June i, 1868.
Wilcox, Sherwood, Serg., age 19, Co. E. 177th Reg.,
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O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 29, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Wright, Harvey M., Priv., age 27, 9th Independent
Battery, O. V. Light Artillery. Entered the service Oct. 11,
1861, for 3 yrs. Captured Sep. 17, 1862, in action at Cum-
berland Gap. No further record.
Wright, Nelson, Priv., age 18, Co. H, 177th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 24, 1864, for i yr. Mustered
out with company June 24, 1865.
Williams, George, Priv., age 20, Co. K, 19th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered service Aug. 28, 1861, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged July 7, 1862, at Columbus, O., on surgeon's certifi-
cate of disability.
In addition to the above are the names and records of
men who spent their boyhood days in Twinsburg but moved
away before the war:
CowLES, Edward, Second Lieut., age 32, 9th Inde-
pendent Battery, O. V. Light Artillery. Entered service
Oct. II, 1861, for 3 yrs. Promoted from Sergeant Dec. 12,
1862. Resigned Apr. 20, 1864.
Mills, Gideon H., Corporal, age 29, 9th Independent
Battery, O. V. Light Artillery. Entered service Oct. 11,
1 86 1, for 3 yrs. Appointed Nov. 20, 1864. Mustered out
with battery July 25, 1865. Veteran.
Post, Elbrige S., Musician, age 18, 21st Reg., O. V. I.
Entered service Oct. 17, 1861. Mustered out Sep. 20, 1862,
by order of War Dept. Second enlistment, Co. F, 4th Reg.,
Mich. V. I., Sep. 5, 1864. Discharged May 6, 1865.
Post, Henry C, Priv., age 18, Co. A, ist Reg., O. V.
Light Artillery. Entered service Mar. 8, 1864, for 3 yrs.
Mustered out with battery July 31, 1865.
Post, Sidney J., Priv., age 18, Co. A, ist Reg., O. V.
Light Artillery. Entered service Feb. 29, 1864, for 3 yrs.
Mustered out with battery July 31, 1865.
Taylor, Daniel R., Priv., age 24, Co. D, 84th Reg.,
O. V. I. Entered the service May 26, 1862, for 3 mos.
Transferred to Co. F, June 10, 1862. Promoted to Q. M.
Serg., June 11, 1862. Mustered out with regiment Sep. 20,
1862. Ohio State Military Agent at Louisville, Ky., from
Nov., 1863, to Mar. 1864, and at Nashville, Tenn., from
Mar., 1864, till close of war.
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Taylor, Virgil C, First Lieut., age 23, Co. E, 84th
Reg., O. V. I. Entered the service May 26, 1862, for 3 mos.
Elected First Lieutenant June 2, 1862. Mustered out with
his company Sep. 20, 1862.
Tucker, Pliny H., Priv., age 26, Co. I, ist Reg.,
Iowa V. L Entered service Aug. 19, 1862, for 3 yrs. Dis-
charged in Tenn. Feb. 12, 1865.
Vail, Alfred K., Corporal, age 28, Co. A, 49th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 6, 1861, for 3 yrs. Appointed
Corporal July i, 1865. Mustered out with company Nov.
30, 1865. Veteran.
Vail, George W., Lieut., age 31, Co. A, 49th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Aug. 6, 1861, for 3 yrs. Captured
Dec. 30, 1862, at battle of Stone River, Tenn. Returned to
company June i, 1863. Appointed First Sergeant Mar. 6,
1864. Wounded in battle of Pickett's Mills, Ga. Promoted
to First Lieutenant Feb. 10, 1865. Mustered out with
company Nov. 30, 1865. Veteran.
Vail, Samuel B., Priv., age 28, Co. A, 49th Reg.,
O. V. L Entered service Feb. 5, 1864, for 3 yrs. Killed
May 27, 1864, in battle at Pickett's Mills, Ga.
Following are the names of men who were volunteers
in the Civil War and who have sometime lived in Twinsburg
but are not elsewhere mentioned in this chapter:
Amasa Aldrich, Homer C. Ayers, Cyrus C. Bennett,
Ebenezer Bissell, Henry Buell, Charles P. Conant, Harlan
S. Conant, Horace G. Conant, Judson W. Carter, George
W. Carter, William C. Clapp. Robert Curpha, Martin V.,
Deady, Julius M. Dunscomb, Samuel Eels, Arba P. Farwell,
Henry Farwell, Jacob Furst, William Fowler, Daniel T.
Franklin, Levings Gould, Prosper Gott, Calvin W. Hanks,
Charles F. Harris, Charles Hart, William L. Henry, Brainard
S. Higley, Dwight R. Herrick, J. F. Huddleston, Chauncey
Hull, Wallace Humphrey, Andrew Jersey, Edward J.
Johnson, Nathan Lamb, Orris Lamb, Charles H. Marshal,
Cassius F. Mather, Milo McClintock, William Mead, Hays
Mills, Thomas Monks, Zarah C. Monks, George Monks,
Henry M. Palm, W. H. Pearson, William Potinger, Mendon
Prentiss, Nathan R. Proctor, Orson Richmond, Riley Root,
Dr. Selby, Ira Shattuck, Isaac Smith, Alfred G. Thompson,
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Charles A. Turner, Carlllus Vail, Seth A. Wait, Henry J.
Wing.
Memorial Exercises
The first exercises in the nature of a memorial to those
who served in the Civil War and died during the service or
since were held May 30, 1870. This service was brought
about by the activity of Mrs. M. J. Hopkins. She and a
few other ladies made wreaths and bouquets and decorated
both the Soldiers' Monument and the graves of the soldiers.
This was continued until 1873 when a more extensive
observance of Memorial Day was participated in by the
townspeople. M. C. Reed, Esq., of Hudson, delivered the
address in the Congregational Church. Since that time
there has been an address given in one of the churches or on
the park each Memorial Day. The ex-soldiers and the chil-
dren of the town decorate the monument and the graves of
the soldiers and count it time and effort well spent to honor
those to whom honor is so assuredly due.
Note — The following sometime residents of Twinsburg
were in the Spanish-American War: Elmer M. Buell, Edson
Freeman, Charles Gerrard, Louis Rich, Jesse Wolfe.
Eppy Riley was in the War of 18 12,
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POSTOFFICE AND CIVIL STATUS
From official records we learn that Twinsburg's first
postmaster was Moses Wilcox. He was appointed Mar. 28,
1825, but where the office was and how much business was
done is not known. After the death of Mr. Wilcox in 1827
Mr. Ethan Ailing was appointed to the position. At that
time mail was received once a week from Hudson. In 1828
the total postal receipts were ^36.01. With the institution
of the stage line came a tri-weekly mail. In 1839 the receipts
were ^256.67, and in i860 about ^400.00 although postal
rates had been greatly reduced. For the quarter ending
Sep. 30, 1890, they were ^100.01, while for the quarter ending
Sep. 30, 1916, they were $176.58.
After the Cleveland and Pittsburg railway was built
the mail was daily brought from Macedonia, Mr. Salmon
Nelson being carrier. Later Mr. Alanson Mills held the
position many years.
The first money order issued by the Twinsburg office
was dated Apr. 7, 1890; Oct. 2, 1916, money order No.
17000 was issued. The money order receipts totaled $542.06
during September, 1916.
In July, 1903, a rural free delivery route was estab-
lished with Mr. O. P. Nichols as carrier. He was succeeded
in 1908 by his son, Bela F. Nichols.
There are now two mails each day bringing an average
of 334 pieces of first, 246 of second, 161 of third, and 17 of
fourth class mail.
Following is a list of Twinsburg postmasters with dates
of their appointments: Moses Wilcox, Mar. 28, 1823;
Ethan Ailing, Oct. 24, 1827; Edwin T. Richardson, Nov. 2,
1839; George H. Ailing, Jan. 6, 1851; S. D. Kelly, July 9,
1853; Alonzo L. Nelson, Jan. 17, 1855; Hector Taylor,
May 27, 1861; George Stanley, Apr. i, 1868; William
McKinney, July 19, 1871; Sherman Lane, Dec. 13, 1880;
Fred D. Barber, Nov. 3, 1885; Seth R. Hanchette, Apr. 27,
1889; Alonzo L. Nelson, July 24, 1893; Bert Chamberlin,
Jan. 30, 1897; Albert W. Elliott, Jan. 17, 1901; Roy W.
Nichoh, Oct. 21, 1908; Albert W. Elliott, Dec. 2, 191 1.
It is quite probable that since 1831 the postoffice has
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always been located immediately overlooking the northern
portion of the public square, and for over twenty years in its
present location.
Civil Status
The people of Twinsburg have never been conspicuous
as seekers of office and, consequently, Twinsburg has not
been represented in public office so much as some other
towns, this tendency being emphasized by the fact that the
county seats have both been rather distant.
At the time of the organization of the new county of
Summit, April, 1840, Mr. Augustus E. Foote was elected as a
county commissioner, and re-elected that fall for the regular
three year term. In the numerous adiustments necessary at
that critical time Mr. Foote rendered efficient service. He
was also a representative in the state legislature in 1843-4.
Another county commissioner from Twinsburg was
Nelson Upson, elected in i860, re-elected in 1863, resigning
the office in March, 1866.
Orrin P. Nichols, one of Twinsburg's prosperous
farmers, also a successful lumberman in western Pennsyl-
vania and northern New York, was elected representative to
the state legislature in 1875. He died April, 1877, before the
expiration of his term of office, lamented by his colleagues
and fellow townsmen.
William McKinney, one of Twinsburg's "soldier boys,"
and at the time of his election, Twinsburg's postmaster, was
elected in 1880 county sheriff, and re-elected in 1882.
Throughout his four years of service he was assisted by
Evelyn A. Parmelee, a comrade from Twinsburg, as deputy
sheriff.
Horace P. Cannon was in 1859 made president of the
Summit County Agricultural Society, and in 1863 was
re-elected to that office which he filled with characteristic
zeal.
The present township officers are: Township trustees,
Dr. L. G. Griste, William Fee, Ransom Tyson; clerk,
Ellsworth J. McCreery; treasurer, Edward Crouse; con-
stable, S. H. Crankshaw; superintendent of roads, V. R.
Hempstead; notaries public, A. J. Brown and Dr. R. B.
Chamberlin.
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION
Could the early settlers be permitted a glance over
Twinsburg's present highways the most familiar and, at the
same time, strangest of sights would meet their eyes. Most
familiar because to most people the roads suggest the loca-
tion of well remembered places and strangest because of the
undreamed of vehicles that speed to and fro upon these same
old roads.
This matter of travel and transportation was the first
real difficulty to confront Twinsburg's prospective settlers.
How could they reach this new place in far-off Ohio.? Some
answered the question as did Luman Lane and Hanford
White by walking, carrying their packs upon their backs.
Zenas Ailing, Gideon Thompson and Lewis Ailing (12 years
of age) traveled at the rate of twenty-two miles each day
with a large drove of sheep. Most of the women and chil-
dren came behind slow moving oxen. Jesse Pratt drove
"a team of a yoke of oxen and a horse." Some had horses
but, judging from the experience of Mr. Nestor Hurlbut,
the advantage was somewhat doubtful. Mr. Hurlbut
walked the entire distance between Goshen, Conn., and
Twinsburg five times. When about to leave Goshen on his
last trip he made a wager with a man about to start on
horseback that he would beat him to Twihsburg. By travel-
ing more hours each day Mr. Hurlbut managed to make
equal progress with the man on horseback and, when nearing
the end of his journey, noticed both horse and rider showing
signs of fatigue. Mr. Hurlbut then put forth extra effort and
actually arrived in Twinsburg six hours ahead of his com-
petitor.
So accustomed to walking were these hardy men that
they did not hesitate to undertake long trips frequently, nor
did they shrink from carrying heavy loads. It was told of
Isaiah Humphrey that he purchased an old-fashioned heavy
bull-nosed plow in Richfield, shouldered it and walked with
it the entire distance (15 miles) to Twinsburg without
stopping to rest. Even that task seems easier than to pay
the transportation charges of those days. The Allings paid
^16.00 per cwt. on a box of log chains, wedges, drag teeth,
etc., sent from New Haven to Cleveland.
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Probably the oxen would now appear no more unusual
than the conveyances of early times. For several years
wagons were very uncommon, and for many years there were
none at all in the northern portion of the township. Rude
sleds were used both summer and winter. What were called
sap-boats were used in hauling grists to mill, bringing sup-
plies from neighboring towns, taking the families to church
and social gatherings, and for numerous other purposes.
They were made of long flat puncheons turned up at the
front, held together by strong cleats and wooden pins. Fre-
quently chairs were provided for the elders while the children
managed as children always know how. Sometimes they
rode behind in sap-troughs fastened to the sap-boat. These
sap-troughs were made of halves of short sections of large
logs, hollowed on the inside and hewed sufficiently flat on the
outside to prevent rolling.
For a long time all wagons were destitute of springs.
The spring wagon was the predecessor of the buggy. Cov-
ered vehicles were heavy, cumbersome affairs till some little
time after war time. The first automobile owned by a
citizen of Twinsburg was the property of Jay Brewster
about ten years ago. Now there are about sixty automo-
biles owned here.
One ceases to wonder that pedestrianism was so com-
mon when attention is drawn to the fact that the earliest
*'roads" were only paths blazed through the forests. Natur-
ally it was some considerable time before the roads could
receive much attention as each man was obliged to clear as
much land as possible for his own use. We are told that in
the summer of 1821 the men living on the Solon road bound
themselves to labor on the road each alternate Saturday
afternoon or pay two quarts of whiskey. We are not
definitely told to whom payment was to be rendered, but it
is not inconceivable that the workers were willing to give
a neighbor an occasional "afternoon ofi"." A few years later,
after much difficulty had been experienced in crossing
Tinker's creek (named by Gen. Moses Cleveland after
Joseph Tinker, one of his assistants) a bridge over forty
rods long was built across it. This lasted several years.
Trees were frequently felled across the creek for a means of
passage.
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It is not strange that roads were built only where really
necessary. It was natural that there should be a road from
north to south crossing an east to west road at the center of
the town. Cleveland to the northwest and Loomis' Mills,
Ravenna and Pittsburg to the southeast necessitated the
road diagonally crossing the town. Other roads were built
to make the more remote parts of town accessible. The fact
that Twinsburg was platted by several owners, and that none
too accurate instruments were used may account for some
irregularities in width and direction of the secondary roads.
A study of the map appended may prove interesting to one
concerned in this subject. The free turnpike was mostly
built by the owners of the land through which it passed.
Mills and Hoadley across theirs and Champion across his.
The latter asked ^4.00 per acre for land abutting the turn-
pike and ^3.00 for that which did not touch it. The turn-
pike cost about $3000.00 and was free to all travel. The
roads of early times were fenced with rails that would be an
extravagance now.
In the spring of 1828 Ethan Ailing and Jabez Gilbert
bought the stage property from Hudson to Cleveland,
bringing the stage line through Twinsburg instead of North-
field. This transaction brought about a tri-weekly mail and
from one to five stages a day, also most of the other through
travel. The venture was finally successful although Ethan
Ailing lost $600.00 in running the stage the first season of
seven months. Much of the freight passing between Cleve-
land and Pittsburg was conveyed through town in "Penn-
sylvania teams," usually six horses drawing a large covered
(Concord) wagon. The roads were sometimes so bad that
these Pennsylvania teams would be two days traveling from
a point one mile northwest of the square to the higher
ground, near the sandmill, east of town.
Four horses were driven on the stage coaches which
carried passengers and the mail. Jabez Gilbert was the
most noted of the drivers. The arrival of the stage was an
event, and nearly every boy in town sometime resolved to
be a stage driver.
In the middle forties the citizens of Twinsburg and
other towns along the turnpike built a plank road, first from
Twinsburg to Bedford and, later, from the center to Hudson.
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A company was formed, stock issued, and the road to Bed-
ford built. It was in use in 1849.
No record is now available of the list of stockholders, but
it is known that Ezra Starkweather and Lewis Parks were
two of the directors of the company.
Anson White and Orrin P. Nichols, who had a steam
sawmill just north of the present residence of Henry A.
Bissell, furnished the oak and chestnut plank of which the
road was constructed. Eli Thompson had the contract for
the stone culverts between Twinsburg and Bedford.
While the plank road was a great improvement over the
dirt turnpike, it was never a financial success. The con-
struction of the Cleveland and Pittsburg railway in the
early fifties caused a change in the mail route and through
travel. Also much of the heavy teaming was diverted to the
Macedonia road.
There was a tollgate about a mile northwest of the
square, and a more substantial one in Bedford a mile or more
over the county line. The tollgate on the Hudson road was
near the town line. Toll was collected for travel on the road
until the early sixties, but by that time the road had become
so worn and rough that the collection of toll was discon-
tinued. Soon the Twinsburg plank road became only a
memory of the past, and remained a total loss to the stock-
holders.
Railroads
When the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railway Company
was preparing to build a road between Cleveland and
Pittsburg Twinsburg was along the route proposed. Natur-
ally those who lived along the stage route did not take
kindly to the plan, nor did the owners of the stage property.
Others feared an undesirable class of citizens would come
with the railway, some even predicting as inevitable a change
in the political status of the town. At any rate, so much
hostility to the plan was evidenced that the railway was
finally located three and a half miles west of the center, and
even at that distance its construction sealed the doom of the
stage line. To this generation the matter might easily seem
to have been managed with little foresight, but it is well to
remember that in those days railways were so new that the
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people could not really know the value to a community gf a
good railroad.
Even then Twinsburg was destined to share in the
promotion of a railway. As the C. & P. neared completion
the desirability of a branch through the southern part of the
county, Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, connecting with the C.
and P. at Hudson became apparent to many. In order to
secure this "Akron Branch," by a special act of the Legisla-
ture March 24, 1851, authority was given the county com-
missioners, with consent of the legal voters, to subscribe for
^100,000.00 of the stock of the company and to borrow the
money on bonds not less than ^100.00 each at a rate of
interest not exceeding seven percent. At the special election,
June 21, 1 85 1, for the adoption of the new State Constitution
Twinsburg voted against the bond issue 156 to 3. Neverthe-
less, the measure carried and for twelve or thirteen years
Twinsburg helped build what since 1881 has been known as
the C. A. & C. R. R
But until 1880 Twinsburg was without a railroad. A
few years prior to that time surveys were made for what was
known as the Waddell line and some grading was done.
Evidence of this can still be seen both east and west of
North street a few rods north of the square. However the
project was abandoned and it is very difficult to obtain much
reliable information concerning it.
In 1880 the Connotton Valley R. R. was built, passing
one-half mile east of the center. It was a narrow gauge road
extending from Cleveland to Canton and on to Bowerstown
in Harrison county. Later it became the Cleveland and
Canton and as such was brought to standard gauge. For
several years it has been known as the Wheeling and Lake
Erie and has had a steadily increasing business. It is diffi-
cult to even imagine what the present condition of Twins-
burg would be had not a railroad been available during more
recent years. In return, Twinsburg has given a large amount
of business to the railway.
The Connotton Valley railroad brought also the tele-
graph to Twinsburg. At first the American Rapid Tele-
graph Co. operated the Connotton Valley lines through
Twinsburg. The Postal Telegraph Co. was the product of
evolution from the Rapid, through the Bankers and Mer-
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chants and the United lines. Its first office in Twinsburg
was established in 1882 with Fred D. Barber in charge. His
successor was R. F. Campbell. A .W. Elliott took the office
in 1 891, remaining until 1908. John Leach next held the
position until his tragic death from electric shock in 191 3.
M. McLaughlin now has charge of the work here. In 1882
there were only two wires, by 189 1 there were four, two large
and two small compounds, and the steadily increasing
volume of business has necessitated additions. This is the
first test station this side of Cleveland and is considered
quite important by the company.
From time to time there have been prospects of a trolley
through the township and investigatory surveys have been
made, but no very earnest attempts have ever been made
toward any such object.
Improvements
The road from Bedford to Hudson has been improved
with a 14-ft. brick pavement, but except that the dirt roads
receive far better care, they remain much as the early settlers
left them. A short street has recently been opened running
west from just south of the old Ailing store to provide access
to the new Crankshaw allotment.
In her hundredth year Twinsburg has seen auto bus
service instituted along the old plank road. Several round
trips daily are made between Hudson and Harvard Avenue,
much to the satisfaction of the townspeople.
There is little doubt that the improvement of her roads
is Twinsburg's greatest problem. To those who know the
usual enterprise of the townspeople it may seem strange
that more has not been done. However, it is no small task
to construct and maintain approximately thirty miles of
good roads. Climatic conditions, a varied soil, the presence
of quicksand in many places and the increased traffic make
dirt roads impractical at least one-third of the year. But the
cost of materials and labor to construct roads that can
withstand the rapid and heavy traffic now so common is
prohibitive if borne by the township alone, and that the
problem is not local may be readily inferred from a recent
newspaper item: "In twelve hours' time Sunday (Sep. 17,
1916), 2476 autos passed a certain point on the Hudson
road and an expert who knew the make and cost of the
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autos counted up what passed in 10 minutes and the amount
was $56,000.00."
The county has aided, and probably will do so again
in the construction of the main roads, but to the township
those who live on the secondary roads must look for help.
These roads can be improved at much less expense and at
the same time be less provocative of misuse than those more
extensively traveled. Much of Twinsburg's future depends
upon how this problem is met. While the solution of this
problem may bring new ones to be solved, it will solve some
that are as old as the town itself.
Hotels
In times long gone by travelers could not so readily pass
through Twinsburg and a place to find refreshment was a
necessity. Even in 18 17 there seems to have been some
warrant for calling the Alling's log house "Hotel Ailing."
Quick to discover opportunities, and perhaps mindful of the
tavern his father kept on the Derby turnpike, Ethan Ailing
in 1825 began the construction, near the southeast corner of
the square, of the town's first tavern. It was completed the
next year, Mr. Ailing moved in on Dec. 6, 1826, and with a
Christmas ball formally opened the tavern. In the spring
of 183 1 he rented the tavern to Samuel Edgerly. In 1835
David Grant was the proprietor. It was probably later that
he had a hotel where the present Masonic building stands.
In the meantime, probably in 1830, another hotel had been
built by Otis and Eli Boise. It is still standing on the east
side of the square. Northwest of the square on the Bedford
road, where Mrs. Boose now lives, Edwin Richardson kept a
hotel as also did Park Clark. Ezra Starkweather, for many
years, kept a hotel on the Cleveland road and had a flourish-
ing business. The house still stands, being the last in Twins-
burg on that road. Among those who were proprietors of the
present hotel were Edwin Richardson, L. Bailey, (perhaps
Messrs. Chase and Thompson,) Hiram Kelly, E. W. Clark,
Granger Blackman, Messrs. Hawkins, Lewis, Luke, Nicho-
demus, Stein, Mrs. Betsey Clark, John Blackman and H. A.
Bissell.
Mr. Elmore Clark had the longest proprietorship, from
1854 till 1885. When he took possession of the hotel,
probably about November 15, his friends insisted he should
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give a Christmas ball. He thought it impossible as there
was no barn in which the horses could be properly cared for.
They replied that he could build one for the occasion. He
thought the time too short but agreed to make the trial and
the race with time began. The trees had yet to be felled and
the lumber prepared from them. The greatest difficulty
experienced was that of securing proficient "scorers." When
the night of the ball arrived Edwin Barber was driving the
last nail by lantern light when the first horse was brought to
the barn. A record probably impossible to duplicate today!
Another unusual feature of the Twinsburg hotel is the
fact that John Madden for forty consecutive years sat at the
same place at the hotel table. Now in his eighty-seventh
year he vividly recalls many stirring events of those earlier
days.
The time is past when highways and hotels can be
neglected without endangering the future of the town.
Doubtless the next few years will bring great improvements
to Twinsburg. Certainly if the needs and desires of the
community are considered with the zeal and unselfishness
our forefathers so often manifested, and with the intelli-
gence of which the community is highly capable the following
years will mean much to Twinsburg.
INDUSTRIES
It seems that most of the early settlers came here
intending to make agriculture their chief pursuit, and Twins-
burg has ever remained an agricultural township though
never entirely destitute of industries. It would be futile and
serve no real purpose to attempt any fine distinction between
industrial and agricultural life and, in the early days, such
a distinction was utterly impossible. Very independent
were our forefathers. Few were the absolute requirements
for life that they could not produce, though there were
some, and it is very possible they enjoyed their hard earned
independence fully as much as this generation does its
luxuries.
Although they styled themselves farmers they really
were, in many respects, manufacturers. From the forests
they wrought lumber and made homes and rude furniture.
The skill attained by many of those early woodsmen might
easily seem impossible today. From the maples they ob-
tained sap and made their maple sugar. From their sheep
and cattle wool and hides were obtained and converted into
garments and other coverings. From the milk butter and
cheese were made. The fields produced wheat and corn
which were ground into flour and meal.
But they did not carry their independence too far.
They desired to establish a community, not to live each
family to itself. A man could make a shelter for his family
from logs, but he wanted a frame house and barn and was
glad to patronize a sawmill to get them. A well filled corn
or wheat bin might insure against hunger, but a grist mill
served infinitely better than rude home processes in con-
verting the grain into flour and meal. The law of demand
and supply operates as well in the forest as in the metropolis.
In 1817 Elisha Loomis erected a sawmill and in 1818 Elias
Mather built a gristmill at the falls in the southeastern part
of town. The gristmill did not enjoy a monopoly of all the
grain since by 1821 Joel Thompson had a distillery in opera-
tion at the spring on the present Frank Scoutten place. It
was soon abandoned because of the lack of rye.
In time other mills were erected, but those at Mills-
ville were responsible for much of the early development
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of the town. With sawn lumber available the carpenter
became a very busy and much sought man. Great hardware
stores were a matter of the future and to the "village black-
smith" fell many tasks other than shoeing horses and oxen.
Oliver Clark was the town's first blacksmith and his shop
probably stood on the lot where the bank now does. When
the stage route was through the town the blacksmith pros-
pered. With sometimes as many as fifty horses stabled at
the tavern barn and ofttimes almost impassable roads one
can readily perceive why there were several blacksmiths in
town. Probably the difficulties in transportation and the
fact that the early wagons were made almost entirely of
wood accounted for the presence of several wagon makers.
Where the blacksmith and wagon maker flourished naturally
the harness maker found plenty of employment. When the
cooper and the tinner began work in town is not known,
but it seems certain the requirements of early times would
make the cooper a busy man. The tasks then done by the
tinner were very different from those exacted of him
today. The carpenter was aided in the transformation of
the wilderness by the labors of the mason. Frederick
Stanley was listed in i860 as a mason. As he came to
Twinsburg in 1817 he was doubtless the town's first mason.
At one time Zeno Parmelee was engaged in the manu-
facture of brick. He lived then on the Solon road where
Charles Chambers now does and planted the large sycamore
tree that now stands in front of the house. Later he built
a house of brick west of the present Masonic hall.
From a notice concerning "mills for sale" in the Ohio
Observer in 1834 we obtain some information relating to the
mills at Millsville. The gristmill is described as having two
pairs of four and one-half foot burr stones, with bolting and
screening machines. The sawmill is said to have a capacity
of from 500,000 to 600,000 feet of lumber yearly, with
twelve and a half acres of land for mill yard purposes. A
frame house, springs, quarries and eighty-two acres of land
are also offered for sale. The notice is signed by J. W.
Wolsey for the owners in New York.
Apollos White had a sawmill on Tinker creek where the
road from the Solon road to the Cleveland road crosses the
creek. In the later thirties he sold the best of whitewood,
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ash, oak and hickory lumber at from $6.00 to $8.00 per
thousand feet. Mr. Gibbs had a gristmill close by Mr.
White's mill. It was later owned by Mr. Ledsham and
burned in 1865. Orrin P. Nichols and Anson White ran a
steam sawmill on the Cleveland road just north of the resi-
dence of H. A. Bissell. Justus Herrick operated another
on the Hudson road. For many years Gideon Mills operated
a portable sawmill.
Jay Brewster built a sawmill east from the hotel. He
sold to George Boose who still operates it. A cidermill is
worked each season also by Mr. Boose.
The old-fashioned gristmill has disappeared. In the
nineties Mr. Hardin built one near the depot but it was not
used long and, with some additions, has been used as feed
mill and store. Luton Hanchett, W. H. Boose, E. Bowen
and Bissell and Roach have successively been proprietors,
the last named firm at present conducting a feed and coal
business.
There came a time when it seemed that milk products
could be handled collectively better than individually.
Andrews and Ingersoll had dealt extensively in dairy
products and H. Ailing had a building for storing cheese
where the town hall now stands. The building burned in
1866. In i860 the sales from dairy products were estimated
at about ^75,000. The butter and cheese factory seemed
the answer to the query as to how to best handle the in-
creasing amount of milk. For several years part of the old
Institute building was used as a cheese factory where some-
times the milk from fourteen hundred cows was used. Later
factories sprang up in all directions. William Wilcox
operated one on the Solon road, Lorenzo Riley one on
Liberty street, Solomon Oviatt one at the old mills, George
Haggett one on the Hudson road, the latter two being later
owned by Mr. Straight. Much milk from Twinsburg was
taken to the factory at the four corners on the Macedonia
road, and some at another just over the line in Bedford.
Now for many years most of the milk produced here has
been shipped to Cleveland.
Nature was kind to Twinsburg in storing a goodly
supply of sandstone both east and west of the center. From
the time of the first settlement stone had been used freely,
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but until the C. and P. R. R. was in process of construction
comparatively little went out of town. Until the Con-
notton Valley R. R. was built Macedonia was the shipping
point of most of the stone sent outside. Here the stone
lies so near the surface that it can be readily quarried and
consequently many small quarries have been worked.
Among those engaged in quarrying have been A. N. Stanley,
Nelson Doubrava, N. Herrick, D. and C. Herrick, H. Dun-
shee, Gardner Parmelee and Boose Bros.
About 1882 the late C. F. Emery purchased about 16
acres of land of David McElroy and erected a mill for
crushing sand. The mill has a capacity of from 130 to 140
tons per day, the sand being used in foundry work. The
late William Twerell worked as engineer in this mill over
twenty-five years. William Twerell, Jr., has been foreman
of the quarry for twenty-seven years, making thirty-four
years he has worked in the same quarry. Mr. Alfred Emery
is the present owner.
In 1908 a company consisting of Ezra Atwater, George
Manlove and Alfred Emery purchased of H. Chambers the
old J. F. Wright farm and erected a sand and gravel mill
north of the W. & L. E. depot. The sand is used in foundries
and the gravel in concrete block construction. These sand-
mills are Twinsburg's present greatest venture in the in-
dustrial field.
While not a manufacturing town herself Twinsburg has
ever been a liberal patron of the industries of others and it
may not be amiss at this point to make some mention of the
business carried on in the town, though it is obviously im-
possible to treat the subject as fully as would be desirable.
The first store in town (1829) was the bar in AUing's
tavern and the stock of goods consisted of tobacco and
Scotch snuff, costing $3.50. In 183 1 Mr. Ailing built a
house in front of where the Crankshaw home is located and
the wing was used as a store. When Mr. Ailing built the
present Dr. R. B. Chamberlin house he moved this wing to
his new location where it has since been used as a shop. In
1835 he built the store now occupied by E. J. McCreery and
for the first time went to New York for goods. In 1847 he
sold, exclusive of flour, salt and produce, ^14,000 worth of
goods. He was succeeded in business by his sons Francis A.
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and George Hoadley Ailing. Since the death in 1856 of
G. H. Ailing the building has been occupied by S. H. Bishop
& Son, Bishop & Chamberlin, Wilcox & Lamb, Wm. McKin-
ney, Messrs. Armstrong and Bull, Luton Hanchett, Seth
Hanchett, Chamberlin & Tucker, L. K. Chamberlin and
E. J. McCreery.
There is a vast difference between the stock carried in
the first store and those of the present. To one who for the
first time investigates the resources of the country general
store there are many surprises. That the town can maintain
two such stores, besides feed and hardware stores, is an
indication of the progress made by the citizens both in
culture and in material possessions.
South from the Ailing store Andrews and Ingersoll had
a store. Across the Cleveland road from AUing's, John
Odell built a store and was for a time associated with
Hector Taylor. Mr. Odell sold to A. L. Nelson. After the
building burned Mr. Nelson built, on the same site, the
present cement one owned by Mrs. Amanda Tucker, and
housing the postoffice, telephone exchange and library.
Hector Taylor built a store a few feet to the east and was in
partnership with Edwin Richardson. The building now,
with an additional story, stands north of the McCreery store.
Next stood the old Baptist church and east of that a small
building used at one time as a shoemaker's shop by R. A..
Bailey, and for a time by Edward Crouse as a tinner's shop^
The Baptists later acquired the Free-will Baptist church an ^
for many years Mr. Crouse had his business housed in thi
old Baptist church building. His son, Edward B. Crouse,
still uses it for his hardware and tinning business. Hart and
Dodge had a store at the corner of the square and Solon road
and south of them John and Peter Madden had their
merchant tailoring establishment. Succeeding the Madden
brothers were George Mizer, William Fee, Chamberlin and
Tucker and the present proprietors, A. E. and G. L. Bishop.
South of the Maddens' store Ed E. Parmelee had a harness
business. Here also was sometimes the postoffice and the
first telegraph office. On the corner, just across from the
hotel, was the famous "Jimmy" Hill store. Mr. Hill built
and, for a brief period, lived in the present Charles Wagner
place. On the site of the old store Fred Miller erected the
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building now occupied by Mr. Krafton. South of the hotel
lived Royal Taylor and later, Mr. James Alexander. Mr.
George Boose now owns the place. Next came the building
erected in 1832 by the Congregationalists, later, as
part of the Bissell Institute, called "Lyceum Hall,"
still later used as a public school building and at present
owned by Miss M. F. Alford. At the southeast corner of the
square stood the Ailing tavern, later also used as part of the
composite Institute building. Mrs. Franklin Post now has a
residence on this corner. Across the road stood the tavern
barn and east of the barn Zeno Parmelee had a blacksmith
shop. When a mere baby his son Henry crept from this shop
to the creek and was found asleep upon a stringer of the
bridge. Harrison Dunshee lived for many years on the
corner diagonally opposite the tavern, his house being part
of the present Masonic building. South from the corner
Thomas Parmelee had a shop and next came the Abbey
place, just north of W. Fee's present home. The Abbey
home was considered an unusually fine house in the early
days. Leverett Clark's farm came to the south side of the
square, his barn stood about where the M. E. church now
does and his house farther east. On the west side of the
square Zeno Parmelee had a blacksmith shop just east of
where the Congregational church stands, keeping three or
four men employed throughout the year. The shop on the
west road, for many years operated by Moses Roach and at
present by Adam Stingel, was once Mr. Parmelee's. What
was built for a Free-will Baptist church, later acquired by the
Baptists and now used as a town hall on the Cleveland road,
once stood north of the present Crankshaw place. East of
the N. C. Dodge home stood James Alexander's shop. Many
of the buildings on the west side of the square encroached
upon the public ground and had to be moved farther west.
For some years George Andrews and Nathan Chapman had
a wagon shop in the building at the rear of A. N. Roach's
residence. Across the street from the old hotel barn stood
William Judd's blacksmith shop, later operated by J. W.
Harlow. J. P. Garzee was another of Twinsburg's black-
smiths, as also was Jas. Fisher and, more recently, Robert
McManus.
On the north side of the square the houses now occupied
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by Mr, Carpenter and Mr. Keever were once the homes
respectively of Aaron and Moses Wilcox. The former was
also for many years the home of Hector Taylor.
The Twinsburg of 1917 has little more of manufacturing
than did the Twinsburg of 181 7. Some lumber is sawed
during the winter months by those who still have timber,
but most of the lumber used is shipped here from far-away
points. Flour is purchased at the stores, even meat being
mostly shipped in. The milk, or cream, is nearly all sent
to Cleveland; cattle, poultry, eggs, fruits, vegetables, wheat
and other commodities are sent out of town and much of
the money derived from their sale used to foster industries
elsewhere. The standards of living are becoming more
urban than rural. In short, Twinsburg is practically a
suburb of a large industrial city. Surrounded by a thriving
agricultural and dairying community, indirectly she plays
well her part in the industrial field. A superior citizenry is
already hers and she is well content to furnish peaceful
homes and necessary supplies to those embroiled in the
ceaseless whirl of industrial life.
PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Perhaps no violence would be done truth by stating
that Twinsburg's professional men have been her teachers,
preachers and physicians. Yet such a statement might
convey an entirely wrong impression regarding the attitude
of the townspeople toward professional life.
There were no professional men among the earliest
settlers. Such a condition would now seem intolerable, but
it was usual and almost inevitable in early sparsely settled
communities. It is an additional evidence of the character
and training of the pioneers that they keenly felt this lack
and sought to remedy it. The needs of the sick and suffering
first spurred the people to action.
When the first resident physician, Dr. William O'Bryan,
came to Twinsburg we do not know except that it was after
1823, and even in 183 1 Dr. Town, of Hudson, was Twins-
burg's nearest physician. In the early times Twinsburg
depended upon Drs. Israel Town and Oliver Mills, of Hud-
son, when severe sickness manifested itself. At a later date
Drs. Selby and Stevens were here and by i860 the town had
four physicians: Seymour A. Collins, John G. Stearns, A. P.
Clark and S. A. Freeman. Of this group only Dr. Seth A.
Freeman remained long in active practice here. In his early
manhood he was an expert worker in iron, working in the
large carriage shops of Lowman of Cleveland and later, here
in the blacksmith shop of J. W. Harlow. While still working
at his trade he began alone the study of medicine and after
taking one course of lectures began his long practice. He
died in 1902 after a very active life, his ability recognized
far beyond his home town by both the laity and the medi-
cal profession.
Dr. Luman G. Griste came to Twinsburg in 1871, began
practicing medicine in 1872 and completed his medical
course in 1874. Mrs. Griste studied with her husband and
has shared with him the labors over an extensive territory
where they have made for themselves a host of grateful and
devoted friends. It may with propriety be here mentioned
that the entire Griste family have been engaged in profes-
sions. Their daughter, Mrs. Ethel Griste Viall, besides
being an accomplished musician is also a successful teacher,
Professional Life ^145
and their son, the late Lemar Griste, at the time of his death
in 1902 as a chemist was employed by the Mineral Point
Zinc Co. of N. Chicago as superintendent. Furthermore,
Mrs. Griste is a sister of the late Dr. S. A, Freeman. Al-
together a record, not frequently excelled !
Dr. R. B. Chamberlin graduated from the dental
department of Western Reserve University in 1901 and
began practicing here as a dentist. The study of disease and
medic ine was, however, so attractive to him that he con-
tinued his studies, graduating from Cleveland Medical
School in 1904. He has a rapidly increasing practice and
as much dental work as he can spare time for.
When compared with other towns that have no resident
physicians Twinsburg is exceedingly well favored, being
able also to easily obtain specialists from Cleveland when it
is desirable.
Among the teachers in the public schools there have
been comparatively very few who could be properly called
professionals. Most of the teachers in the earlier schools
were young folk who saw in teaching an opportunity to earn
a little — and the word is used advisedly — money and to
whom teaching was an incident, not a goal. Since the
establishment of the high school and the reorganization of
the school system the condition has changed. As the
founder of the Bissell Institute the Rev. Samuel Bissell was
a shining example of the value to a community of a man
dedicated to the cause of education.
As a pastor Rev. Mr. Bissell was the first resident minister
in the town. Previous to 1828 Rev. Mr. Seward of Aurora,
Rev. Mr. Hanford of Hudson, and the Methodist circuit riders
had been relied upon for preaching services. In other chapters
concerning the schools, churches and music the reader has
learned of the faithful services of Twinsburg's preachers and
teachers.
But Twinsburg has done better than to provide homes
and work for professional men. She has trained the youth
entrusted her and sent them far away, but always calls
them hers. The names of men long gone from here, such as
McKenny, White, Fairchild, Kerruish, Marvin, Voris,
Ingersol, Knowlton, Wilson, Pokagon and Hazen link
Twinsburg forever with professional life.
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Since the passing of the old Institute and the multipli-
cation of special schools the public schools have simply pro-
vided a good foundation and the inspiration for specializa-
tion. Many students have gone from Twinsburg to institu-
tions of higher learning, such as Adelbert College, Western
Reserve University, Case, Oberlin, Wooster, Mt. Union,
Erie, Hiram, Dennison, Valparaiso and other colleges with
the purpose of taking up some profession. It would be
impossible to mention all but among them are J. C. Black-
man, C. W. Hempstead and Charles Jones in ministerial
work; W. H. Gillie, Harvey Brenizer and Albert Chapman
practicing law; W. P. Chamberlin, R. B. Chamberlain and
J. O. Nelson practicing medicine; Mrs. Ethel G. Viall, Mrs.
Lenora L. Pascoe, Clare B. Hempstead and Harry Carrier
teaching, and Clyde Cochran as electrician; Roy Stingel, a
teacher of pharmacy at Case School, W. S. Lister, attorney-
at-law in Cleveland, and P. P. Evans, consulting engineer,
make Twinsburg their home.
As facilities for easy travel between Cleveland and
Twinsburg are increased probably many will avail them-
selves of homes in Twinsburg and it is hoped a goodly
number of the town's own sons and daughters may be
among the number.
TWINSBURG'S FIGHT FOR
TEMPERANCE
MRS. MARY FESSENDEN
History tells us that the first mills erected in Twinsburg
were a sawmill in 1817, a gristmill in 1818, and a distillery
in 1821. We also are told that the whiskey was carried
away in gallon bottles as fast as it ran from the pipes.
However, on account of the difficulty in obtaining rye, this
distillery did not long continue in operation.
That first distillery and whiskey bottles have caused
Twinsburg a deal of trouble. Liquor drinking was made
popular by the fact that liquor was served at all house and
barn raisings. As the population increased business also
increased. For years liquor was free to be bought or sold at
the stores and no questions asked. At the close of the Civil
War the U. S. government put a revenue on liquor, and later
the state required the vendor of liquors to have a license.
Intemperance seemed to be on the increase everywhere
and there was great agitation all over the country regarding
it. There began to be organizations in our own town. The
"Sons of Temperance" did good and faithful work to down
the monster, but it had gotten an iron grasp on Twinsburg.
The people became alarmed and went to work with a will.
They knew it would be a hard pull, and a long pull, but they
were confident victory would finally crown their efforts. We
already had a few laws that, if enforced, would help our
condition.
The building on the corner across from the hotel was
owned by Mr. James Hill who kept a store of general mer-
chandise, both dry and wet goods, and curiosities of all
description. Surely Dickens would have called it another
"Old Curiosity Shop." Mr. Hill was a unique character and
everything in the building was characteristic of himself.
On the first floor were dry goods and all sorts of implements
and notions; in the basement were all kinds of wet goods;
wines, whisky, brandy, rum and New Orleans molasses. In
1872 Mr. Hill died and Mr. A. L. Nelson was appointed
administrator. All the goods were sold except the wet goods
which were removed to the stone store on the northwest
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corner of the square. Here they were sold and the supply
replenished as soon as necessary. It was not long before
there began lively times in the old town of Twinsburg. Old
men, young men and even boys were soon drawn into the
vortex. Mothers began to be alarmed for their sons, and
wives for their husbands. In the meantime the proprietor
had purchased the Hill building and fitted it up for a saloon
and soon had men behind the bar dealing out intoxicants.
For some time this was the only place in town where the
nefarious business of selling liquor was carried on for the
purpose solely of making money.
This business affected not only our own town, but the
surrounding country felt the baneful influence of the
Twinsburg saloon. Topers would drive into town and their
horses would stand for hours, pelted by the merciless storms,
while they, inside, were preparing for the doom that surely
awaited them. I would here assure my readers that I know
whereof I speak for I have lived to see the awful results of
that saloon.
The ladies of Twinsburg, thinking it time to have
something done to stay the tide of intemperance in our own
town, and stimulated to action by the success of our sisters
in other places, resolved to do all they could toward the
suppression of this growing evil. Several meetings were held
before any society was formed. A permanent organization
was talked of and it was finally decided to have a society
with a constitution and officers. A committee was appointed
to draft a constitution, and a meeting was appointed for
April 8, 1874, in the M. E. church. This meeting, which
opened with singing and prayer, was largely attended.
The proposed constitution was read, accepted and signed by
sixty ladies. Thus the "Ladies' Temperance League of
Twinsburg" came into existence. A pledge was drawn and
circulated. Out of a population of seven hundred only two
hundred and eighty signatures were secured. This result
was partly due to the fact that so many were ardently
attached to the use of hard cider kept by many of our citi-
zens who would not discard it from their cellars.
Nevertheless the temperance ball was kept rolling.
The League's prayer meetings were held every week inter-
spersed with lectures and mass meetings. Special days
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devoted to prayer and fasting were well observed. It is a
duty and a privilege to give special mention of the great help
and encouragement the League received from our pastors,
Rev. Mr. Ely of the M. E. church, Rev. Mr. Post of the Con-
gregational church, and Rev. Mr. Thompson and Rev. Mr.
Hall of the Baptist church, and their wives; also the noble
women of whom were Mrs. S. M. Bissell, Mrs. J. North and
many others who were equally faithful. These pastors spared
themselves neither day nor night, preaching in their pulpits,
recommending and trying to secure speakers, working among
the men, rallying the people for the public lectures and mass
meetings. During this time no opportunity was lost to
endeavor to persuade the proprietor of the saloon to abandon
his ungodly business. Time after time our League sent a
delegation to plead with him, but it seemingly was useless.
He claimed that he was in a legitimate business, that he was
a benefit to the town, that he helped the government, and,
furthermore, that one cause of intemperance was "the over
anxiety of mothers for their sons," it "having a tendency to
destroy their manhood." He said he found nothing in the
Bible that forbade the selling of liquor. He expressed his
willingness to have the ladies visit him again but intimated
the closet was a more suitable place to pray for him than any
public place. The ladies promptly assured him the closet
had not been neglected in importuning the aid of a Higher
Power in his behalf.
So the women of Twinsburg worked on, prayed on.
The battle was on, the crusade never faltered. They never
lost sight of the object for which they worked and prayed.
An appeal had been prepared and circulated throughout
the town. This appeal, signed by one hundred and eighty-
two ladies was presented to the proprietor of the saloon and
he was asked to sign the Druggists Pledge. He declined. He
was then asked if he would be willing to have services held
in his store. He said he would like it very much as it would
be something new. A selection from the Bible was read, a
hymn sung, a number of prayers offered, all joined in singing
"Nearer, my God to Thee" and the ladies passed out, feeling
their labors and prayers were in vain. Yet we still remem-
bered that God is ever in his watch-tower.
At our annual meeting May 11, 1877, a resolution was
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adopted that the name of this society be changed from
"Ladies' Temperance League" to "Woman's Christian
Temperance Union."
About this time five men were appointed to secure
speakers for the evening mass meetings. The following were
some of the speakers secured : Rev. Mr McRoot of Hudson,
O., Rev. Josiah Strong, Hudson, O., Jay O. Dell, Cleveland,
Mr. Dissette, Cleveland, Senator Goodhue, Akron, O.,
Judge Marvin, Akron, O., and Captain Fishure, Akron, O.
The influence of these lectures were good and great and
everlasting. The workers were encouraged, the work began
to be more popular and some who had been indifferent
began to climb into the temperance water wagon.
In May, 1878, a wave of the Murphy movement reached
us. We had public meetings nearly every evening for a
number of weeks. The work was carried on under the
auspices of the W. C. T. U., assisted by the five men who
secured the speakers. May 3, 1878, Elder Early of Bedford
and Mr. Flick of Newburg spoke of the reformation and
work of Mr. Murphy. It was a most impressive service.
One hundred signed the pledge and wore home the badge.
The help received from our pastors was a remarkable factor
in forming public sentiment during this crusade. It was the
general thought and expression that no legislation had ever
succeeded in making men good, the reform must come from
within. A prayer made by one of our pastors will never be
forgotten by those who heard him. He prayed thus: "O
God, we pray Thee that, if it is possible, we pray Thee, con-
vert the saloon keepers; but if it is not possible, we pray
Thee to sweep them off the face of the earth. Amen."
This minister was the father of three nice boys who were
daily exposed to the awful influence of the Twinsburg
saloon.
State legislation had placed some restrictions upon
liquor selling, especially as to selling on Sundays and to
minors and habitual drunkards. Our people were convinced
that liquor was being unlawfully sold in Twinsburg, yet
they could obtain no evidence.
Forbearance ceased to be a virtue and two of our men
went to Cleveland and secured two or three secret service
men to come and board at the hotel. If I remember rightly
The Fight for Temperance 151
they came as stone contractors, there being a number of
stone quarries being worked at that time. The detectives
spent most of their time loafing about the saloon and soon
found out just what they were expected to learn, namely,
that liquor was being sold on Sunday and that habitual
drunkards, minors, and anybody with the price could obtain
liquor. As a result the whole saloon squad was arrested,
taken to Akron, tried and convicted — and in some slick way
skipped the country. For the latter condition of affairs
Twinsburg was, for several reasons, very thankful.
I am reminded of an incident of about this time. We
were planning and preparing for a big temperance rally to
be held soon. Brother Charles Lane said to me, "Mrs.
Fessenden, you women have been singing and praying for
years. Now there is going to be something doing." "Yes,"
said I, "that is just what we have been doing — praying that
you men might take a little interest and responsibility in this
reform work. And now, don't you see, our prayers are being
answered.?" "Well," said he, "I guess that is so."
Twinsburg began to realize what a blessing it was to be
rid of a saloon and the accompanying disgrace. The reform
work went on. The W. C. T. U. kept the subject before the
people by holding special meetings and conventions. Much
credit is due the good men who were a great help in every
effort for reform. There began an agitation to hold an
election under the Local Option law. Finally the election
was held and Twinsburg was voted "dry" and has ever since
continued dry.
Twinsburg has a priceless heritage in the devoted
service of the Christian sisters who labored so faithfully in
the days now passed.
The W. C. T. U. has been fortunate in having faithful
workers enter the ranks year after year, until now we have
a strong and flourishing organization. When the three
churches were in a prosperous condition it was the custom
to elect an officer from each church. In 1893 Mrs. A. J.
Brown was elected second vice president from the Baptist
church, and in 1897 was elected president of the Union, and
as such she has continued most of the time since, ever faith-
fully keeping before us the object of our organization. Mrs.
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Ethel Twerell and Mrs. Sadie Twerell have since both been
presidents of the Union.
Of those who belonged to the first organization only-
three have continuously maintained their membership.
They are Miss Nellie Dodge, Miss Sabra Dodge and Mrs.
Mary Fessenden.
SOCIETIES
The Twinsburg Fair
The people of Twinsburg and adjoining townships,
being largely interested in agriculture and dairying, decided,
in the early fifties, to hold a local fair for the display of the
results of their labors.
The first Twinsburg fair was held in the fall of 1853 on
the public square at the center of the township. A large tent
was erected at the northwest corner of the square where the
main display of agricultural products was made and the
remainder of the ground was used for the live stock on
exhibition.
There being no fence enclosing the exhibit, in order to
finance this township fair, men were stationed at the
corners of the square where the different roads centered, and
pay was collected of the farmers and others as they came to
the exhibition.
This form of fair was continued for two or three years,
and attracted more than local interest. As a result, Twins-
burg, Hudson, Northfield, Solon, Aurora, Bedford, Bain-
bridge and Streetsboro joined together and formed the
"Union Agricultural Society."
Grounds were purchased consisting of nearly thirteen
acres of land a short distance east of the center between the
roads to Aurora and the depot, and were fitted up with
buildings, a trotting track, judges' stand and all the neces-
sary fixtures for a successful display of the products of the
territory included in the society.
The first fair held on the new grounds, September, 1856,
was a great success, both in the variety and large number of
articles on exhibition, and in the attendance which was much
larger than expected.
These fairs were continued for about fifteen years attract-
ing a large number of people who came to view the exhibits
and who enjoyed meeting the exhibitors and their friends.
In the later sixties, some of the most active promoters,
having moved away, and others having died, it was decided
to discontinue the meetings and the last fair was held in
1871.
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The grounds were sold in 1872 to Albert N. Stanley, the
affairs of the society were closed, and the "Union Agricul-
tural Society" remains now only a memory to the older
citizens of Twinsburg and adjoining townships.
At present there are six dwelling houses on the grounds
where the Twinsburg Fair formerly was held each year.
The Female Benevolent Association
The history of Twinsburg would not be complete
without mention being made of the philanthropic work of
the Female Benevolent Association. A band of ladies met
on January 31, 1855, ^^^ organized this society. Its object
was to supply pecuniary aid to the local destitute poor, and
to aid in the several benevolent objects of the day. Their
Preamble reads thus: "Whereas, the various objects of
Benevolence urge constantly increasing efforts, and demands
upon the Christian public for the enlarged exercise of their
charity, both at home and abroad, and wishing to exert our
ability for the relief of the suffering, and for the evangeliza-
tion of the world —
"And whereas, we believe that by uniting our labors we
may not only accomplish much more real good, and at the
same time benefit ourselves by cultivating the social affec-
tions, and creating a greater harmony of feeling and interest,
we the ladies of Twinsburg organize ourselves into a Benevo-
lent Association, or Sewing Society."
The membership fee was twelve and one-half cents,
payable annually, and "the contribution of such work as they
are able to perform at their regular meetings once in two
weeks." Besides the membership fee, the ladies contributed
ready-made garments, or material for them. The records
tell us in one year 88 garments were made.
Besides lending assistance to the needy of the town,
boxes of clothing were sent annually to one of the following
named benevolent institutions: Home Missionary Society,
Indian Orphan Society, American Female Guardian Society,
Girls Industrial School. The total value of the boxes sent
amounted to nearly ^230, and averaged over $32. The
existence of this Association was only seven years, but it can
be readily seen these ladies did valiant work. The first
officers elected were: Mrs. (Rev.) J. H. Scott, pres., Mrs.
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H. Cannon, vice pres., Mrs. J. W. Dodge, sec'y-) Mrs. J. N.
Higley, treas.; managers, Mrs. G. H. Ailing, Mrs. J. Her-
rick, Mrs. J. T. Herrick, Mrs. L. Parks, Mrs. F. Sheldon,
Mrs. G. Stanley, Mrs. S. Stephens, Mrs. L. Cannon. It is of
interest to read the names of those who were members.
Besides those named as officers, there were Mrs. Lewis
Ailing, Mrs. Ethan Ailing, Mrs. Wm. Andrews, Mrs. A.
Atwater, Mrs. S. Bentley, Mrs. S. Bissell, Mrs. E. B. Bissell,
Mrs. Sanford Bishop, Mrs. A. V. Bishop, Mrs. David
Bissell, Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. I. Cannon, Mrs. E. Crouse, Mrs.
Burton, Mrs. S. A. Collins, Mrs. Jane Chamberlain, Mrs.
Cochrane, Mrs. J. P. Garzee, Mrs. E. Herrick, Mrs. D.
Herrick, Mrs. Samuel Herrick, Mrs. B. C. Herrick, Mrs.
Augustus Herrick, Mrs. N. Herrick, Mrs. J. M. Hart, Mrs.
M. Holmes, Mrs. J. Lane, Mrs. Chauncey Lane, Mrs.
Matherson, Mrs. A. L. Nelson, Mrs. Silvia Parmelee, Mrs.
J. R. Parmelee, Mrs. Wm. Porter, Mrs. D. W. Richardson,
Mrs. S. Redfield, Mrs. L. Riley, Mrs. S. Richard, Mrs. E.
Starkweather, Mrs. Dr. Stevens, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. E. S.
Smith, Mrs. C. O. Stimson, Mrs. H. Taylor, Mrs. S. G.
Trembath, Mrs. E. Thompson, Mrs. White, Mrs. Wilson,
Mrs. Wm. Wilcox, Mrs. H. Young, Misses M. Beardsley,
S. Beardsley, Lucia Bissell, Laura Bissell, A. Gilbert, Delia
Hart, Caroline Herrick, Esther Herrick, C. Lane, Harriet
Lane, Lucy Mills, M. E. Parmelee, Lizzie Parks, Maria
Quigley, Dolly Gove. Only two of these members are living
in town at the present time, viz. : Mrs. L. Cannon, and Miss
Maria Quigley.
Another society called the Soldiers Aid Society was
organized about 1861, which caused a division in the efforts
of the ladies, and in April, 1862, "the Societies postponed
for a time."
Summit Lodge No. 213, F. &. A. M.
Am_ong the enduring institutions of Twinsburg should
be mentioned the "Old Masonic Lodge" which for over
half a century has contributed to the fraternal spirit of its
many loyal members.
In the early fifties a dispensation was granted to a cer-
tain fev/ Freemasons who held memberships in lodges of the
New England States and, having come as pioneers to Twins-
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burg, desired to form a new lodge here. These brethren,
after holding meetings under dispensation for some time,
applied for a charter of the Grand Lodge. In 1856 a charter
was granted them with the following Twinsburg pioneers as
charter members:
S. A. Andrews, G. H. Ailing, W. Crankshaw, Silas
Oviatt, Solon S. Lacy, Hector Taylor, W. H. Andrews,
Henry Boswell, John Dodge and Eli Thompson.
This lodge obtained suitable rooms in the old cheese
storage house situated on the Cleveland road on the lot now
occupied by the present town hall. The lower rooms were
used to store cheese which was undergoing the ripening
process. The upper hall was for the freemasons and many
strange stories have been told by outsiders of the mysterious
events which often occurred in that old masonic hall.
In 1866 the hall was destroyed by fire and but for M. O'
Neal all books, jewels, charter and Bible, recently presented
by the ladies, would have been lost. These were taken by
him to the home now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Prentiss where they were kept until the new hall was built
which was completed the same fall. The new hall is the
present "Old Masonic Hall" on the southeast corner of the
park. It was formerly the residence of Harrison Dunshee
from whom it was purchased. An addition of 24 feet was
built to it and it has been used ever since for lodge purposes.
The early fifties found many chapter Masons in this
locality and soon a charter was granted which was dated
1857 and a thriving chapter soon was working. These
members also contributed to the erection of the new Masonic
Hall and were given a third interest in it by so doing.
The charter members of this chapter which was Summit
No. 74 were as follows: S. A. Andrews, A. W. Clark, A.
Mills, J. W. Dodge, E. C. Holmes, O. Riley, S. Bryum, Wm.
H. Andrews, A. Ingersoll, G. H. Ailing.
Changes in jurisdiction of the chapter lodges necessi-
tated the removal of this chapter some years later to Bedford
where it now is located. The Blue Lodge still remained at
Twinsburg where it has always been found active and
fulfilling its mission to those "who seek."
The present membership of fifty-four speaks highly of
the consideration that is given Masonry in so small a juris-
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diction as is commonly found in the present system of
cuting down size of jurisdictions by chartering new lodges.
This sketch would not be complete without reference to the
names of a few "Brothers" who have given years of loyal
support to "Old Summit." In this relationship we mention
A. P. Clark, S. A. Andrews, J. T. Hempstead, E. A. Parme-
lee, J. D. Scoutten, N. A. Chapman, Oliver Roniger.
Junior Order United American Mechanics
John Osman Baldwin
Twin City Council No. 187, Jr. O. U. A. M., should
be remembered among the defunct organizations of this
town, not for the things it did not or could not accomplish,
but for the good and the influence it did exert In the few
brief years of its existence; it is with a sense of delicacy that
I write in its memoriam. This is not a history of the Order,
it is only a few remarks pertaining to a worthy organization
which "came and saw" and — disbanded in August, 1897.
Twin City Council No. 187, Jr. O. U. A. M., was in-
stituted October 31, 1891, in Twinsburg, O., by Oliver H.
Perry Council No. 88, of Kent, O., with about twenty-five
charter members, and remained an active organization for
six years. Her declaration of principles were intensely
patriotic. The objects of the Order stood for the good of our
common country. It was one of the finest schools of patriot-
ism with which any young man of American birth could
identify himself.
During its career in this town, it made its influence felt
in many ways, and was the fountain head of the sentiment
in this community which led to the placing of an American
flag upon our public school building, long before there was a
law in this state requiring one to be there. In fact, the
Subordinate Councils of this Order were the ones who were
instrumental in placing a law upon the statute books of
Ohio requiring a flag to be placed upon every public school
building in this state, and a Bible therein.
The Council in Twinsburg instituted Councils in Hud-
son, O., and in Solon, O., and assisted in conferring the work
upon a Council established at Talmadge. It had delegates
to all local and state meetings, supporting patriotic action
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and legislation. It co-operated with other Councils of like
denomination in the good of our common country. It should
have been encouraged and maintained, and doubtless would
have been in existence today, not only in Twinsburg, but in
nearly every town in our land, had not an obnoxious and
inexorable funeral tax (which put nearly all the Councils in
the country out of existence) been levied against them.
The Council Hall was the scene of many pleasant and
inspiring meetings — many open meetings were held with
good speakers in attendance. Probably one of the best and
most patriotic addresses ever given in this town was deliv-
ered by Prof. A. W. Carrier, February 22, 1893. ^ copy of
this speech may be found in the Samuel Bissell Memorial
Library, Twinsburg, Ohio.
To the credit and honor of its membership it may be
said they were a unit in every good and worthy cause in the
community during the life of the Council. It was a worthy
organization in its time, and its teachings will last indefi-
nitely wherever its spirt has been known, fostered and
nourished. In these closing days of our first century, as a
town and as a people, may her old spirit of "Virtue, Liberty
and Patriotism" rest upon and be with us, cementing the
bond of unity among us in a stronger brotherhood in the
new century to come.
The Young Women's Christian Temperance Union
The Young Women's Christian Temperance Union was
organized in 1889 or 1890. Miss Jessie Elliston was presi-
dent the first year of the society's existence. She was
succeeded by Miss Eliza Reed who continued in that position
till the organization was discontinued.
The society was incorporated and owned the building
which is now the "Ink Stand." At that time the building
stood just west of Mr. Crouse's hardware store.
The Y's organized a Loyal Temperance Legion with
Mrs. S. R. Hanchette as superintendent.
At the time the society disbanded it had on hand a sum
of money which was banked and faithfully looked after by
Mrs. Carrie P. Rhodes. A part of this money was used to
make possible the first lecture course and the remainder was
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used to defray some of the expenses of the L. T. L. and to
help with other temperance activities in the town.
The Village Improvement Society
In the spring of 1891 the ladies of the town arranged a
meeting to discuss what could be done to obtain a sidewalk
from the depot to the center of the town, there being then
only a dirt, or mud, walk. Consequently, April 8, 1891,
Mrs. W. C. Prentiss posted notices for a meeting in the town
hall.
That the people were really interested was proven by a
well filled house. A society was organized as "The Twins-
burg Improvement Society." Membership was contingent
only upon the payment of twenty-five cents yearly. The
officers elected were: Pres., Mrs. W. C. Prentiss, Treas.,
Mrs. Sada Greer, Sec, Mrs. Sarah C. Bennett.
For five years this society gave a social or entertainment
once every three weeks. The town was canvassed and every
one given an opportunity to help by giving either money or
labor. About ^800.00 in cash was gotten in the five years.
Many availed themselves of the opportunity to donate their
labor and the work progressed favorably until there was a
good walk from the east side of the park to the depot, and
another from the southeast corner of the park to the school
grounds.
Upon this accomplishment of the object of its organiza-
tion the society ceased its labors, having faithfully earned
the gratitude of all who have profited by the untiring zeal of
"The Twinsburg Improvement Society."
The Victoria Woman's Club
The Victoria Woman's Club is one of many proofs that
the women of the town have been alert and faithful in mak-
ing the best use of their opportunities. On the afternoon of
February 6, 1903, a group of ladies met at the home of Mrs.
S. R. Hanchett and organized a "Woman's Club of Twins-
burg." The following named women were present at the
meeting: Mrs. W. L. Askue, Mrs. E. B. Crouse, Mrs. Bert
Chamberlin, Mrs. L. K. Chamberlin, Mrs. R. B. Chamber-
lin, Mrs. A. W. Elliott, Mrs. S. H. Hull, Miss Hattie Lane,
Mrs. A. T. Reed, and Mrs. Frank Twerell.
The object of this club was agreed to be, primarily, the
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improvement and development of its members. A careful
perusal of its published programs gives conclusive evidence
that this high and worthy objective was never forgotten.
The first regular meeting was held February 27, 1903.
The following October the name was changed to "The
Victoria Woman's Club," and a constitution and by-laws
adopted. Mrs. Bert Chamberlin, Mrs. Askue and Mrs.
Hull constituted the committee on constitution and by-
laws. They and the following were charter members: Mrs.
L. K. Chamberlin, Mrs. E. B. Crouse, Mrs. S. R. Hanchette,
Miss Hattie Lane, Mrs. A. T. Reed, Mrs. A. Stingel and
Mrs. Frank Twerell.
The meetings were held the first Friday afternoon of
each month, the programs consisting of music, papers upon
interesting and profitable subjects, and current events.
Usually one of the summer meetings took the form of an
outing at some favorite resort, and one of the mid-year
programs was open to guests.
Mrs. A. T. Reed was the first president and her able
leadership did much toward the success of the club. After
her departure Lena M. Carter, Mrs. L. K. Chamberlin and
Mrs. L. G. Bean were presidents.
The subjects studied during a course of years were of
some considerable latitude. Aside from miscellaneous topics
some special study was given to American institutions and
government, authors and people of note, Ohio, England,
Russia, Japan, Scandinavia, the Great Northwest, the
Southland, the different races, Mormonism and domestic
economy, special attention being given to current affairs.
It is very possible that the same elements that con-
tributed to the success of the organization may have brought
about its discontinuance. In 191 2 so many members found
themselves unable to give the requisite time to the work of
the coming year that it was deemed advisable to discon-
tinue the club, provision being made, however, for its
resumption should such a course at a later time be con-
sidered wise.
The printed records show the ladies named below were
at some time members of "The Victoria Woman's Club":
Mrs. W. L. Askue, Mrs. L. G. Bean, Mrs. John Blackman,
Mrs. W. R. Blackmer, Mrs. W. H. Boose, Mrs. A. W. Car-
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rier, Lena M. Carter, Mrs. H. S. Chace, Mrs. Bert Chamber-
lin, Mrs. L. K. Chamberlin, Mrs. R. B. Chamberlin, Mrs.
S. H. Crankshaw, Mrs. E. B. Crouse, Mrs. George Dodge,
Mrs. Frank Doubrava, Mrs. B. P. Forbes, Mrs. F. D.
Green, Mrs. C. E. Griffey, Mrs. S. R. Hanchette, Mrs. Jas.
Harper, Mrs. V. R. Hempstead, Mrs. Leonard Herrick, Mrs.
S. H. Hull, Mrs. H. J. Janson, Mrs. Frank Lane, Miss
Hattie Lane, Mrs. E. J. McCreery, Mrs. A. T. Reed, Miss
Eliza Reed, Mrs. Henry Reed, Mrs. C. E. Riley, Mrs. Carrie
Smith, Miss Mary Stanley, Mrs. A. Stingel, Mrs. Frank
Twerell, Mrs. Fred Twerell, Mrs. Will Twerell, Mrs. Lester
Unger.
The Ladies of the Maccabees
A flourishing hive was organized here in 1899 by
Deputy Melva Caswell. The original membership of
thirteen was soon increased to fifty-three, including a team
of twenty-four well drilled guards. The Great Commander
once pronounced this the best country hive in Ohio. A
change in assessments caused the loss of some members, and
the present number of members is the same as at the organi-
zation of the hive. Death has claimed three members whose
death claims were promptly paid upon presentation. Among
those who have contributed largely to the activities of the
hive have been the late Mrs. Charles Wilson and Mrs. A. J.
Brown.
A GROUP OF INCIDENTS
The Wilcox Twins
It was inevitable that much of romance should connect
itself with the unusual in the lives of the Wilcox twins. It is
probable that much of the impossible told concerning them
had some foundation in fact and there is abundant evidence
that their twinship possessed some uncommon features.
Mrs. Augustus Ellsworth, daughter of Aaron Wilcox, is
authority for the statement that the twins were like one
soul in two bodies, that what one knew the other also knew,
that their agreement in opinions concerning all things
reached even to politics and religion. Once when Aaron had
been to Connecticut on a long visit he returned unexpectedly
at night. He lived in a log house back of where Charles
Wagner now lives. Moses lived in a log house opposite
where Mr. Pottinger lives. A daughter of Moses went to her
uncle's house and found that he had returned. She hastened
home and told her father. "Yes," he said, "I know it; he
came at ten o'clock last night." And so it proved, though
his only means of communication was telepathy.
One can easily imagine many situations in which their
remarkable likeness in appearance might have led to peculiar
situations, but it seems certain that the similarity must have
been in more than personal appearance, judging from this
incident. At one time one of the twins could not make his
usual weekly call upon the young lady he was then courting.
He asked his brother to go in his place. The brother con-
sented to do so and spent the evening very agreeably while
the girl was in total ignorance as to the fact that he was not
the twin who usually came.
In naming the town they perpetuated the fact of this
feeling of inseparability and in the public square the people
of Twinsburg have, not only a beautiful park, but a mem-
orial of a singular psychic condition.
Shooting Stars
In 1833 there was a very unusual meteoric display, such
as had occurred about three times in the preceding century.
The people on the Solon road were more religious than
scientific. At least they believed in preparedness and.
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thinking the end of the world had surely come, they gathered
at Aaron Post's, where Charles Schmalzle now lives, and
held a prayer meeting. Orrin Tucker lived next door, where
Mrs. Bonner now does. They strongly urged him to join
them and spend the remaining time in prayer. But he was
either better read or more observant than they and refused.
After further urging he finally said, "Boys, when I see Venus
start I'll come." He had evidently noticed that the fixed
stars and planets were all in their proper places.
The Drought of 1845
Once a century is sufficiently frequent for such a con-
dition as existed in 1845, "the year of the great dry spell."
For many weeks no rain fell; streams became dry; crops
were ruined; pastures left bare as the road. At first, the
farmers thought such a condition could not long continue.
They daily drove their cattle long distances for water or
hauled water to them. Later many herds were driven to the
southern part of the state where they remained until relief
came. As the condition began to become serious only the
least valuable of the herds were disposed of, but later
animals valued at ^80.00 or thereabouts were sold for ^5.00.
Had it not been for the many good springs with which
Twinsburg is abundantly favored much more suffering
would have resulted.
The Flood of 1913
So recent was this occurrence that it seems little an
event of a past century. The fact that the township has a
considerable elevation makes the matter less worthy of
mention from the point of damage suffered. On Easter
Sunday, March, 1913, a gentle rain began to fall. This rain
continued, increasingly heavy, for three days. Of course,
like all other streams. Tinker creek overflowed her banks.
The W. & L. E. railroad, like nearly all other railroads in
Ohio, suspended operations for a time. Much inconvenience
was experienced, and some damage done along the creek;
culverts were washed out, cellars flooded, fences carried
away. But when Twinsburg's condition was compared with
that of many other towns in Ohio her people felt they might
well be thankful for an uncommonly fortunate place of
habitation.
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The Underground Railroad
In general, the Western Reserve inclined very strongly
toward the abolition of slavery in those stormy years pre-
ceding the Civil War. Hudson was the boyhood home of
John Brown and, at a later time, he gathered and stored
some of the ''sinews of war" within the confines of Summit
Co. But the fact that Twinsburg's public school building
was torn down by the Loco-focos because it was being used
for anti-slavery meetings shows plainly that the friends of
abolition did not have all things to their own liking. For
many years previous to the war politics seethed with accusa-
tions and recriminations. That the escaping slaves had
many friends here was well known, and that a branch of the
underground railroad was operated through Twinsburg was
an open secret. Probably slaves were sometimes secreted in
Twinsburg but commonly Twinsburg's activity was ex-
pressed by the zeal of some of her citizens in conveying the
refugees from Hudson, or elsewhere, to points north of town.
Some of the citizens were subjected to suspicion because of
their well-known attitude favoring putting right above an
unjust law, and in later years there were mild rumors to the
effect that some men, never suspected of complicity in the
business, were really very efficient servants of down-trodden
humanity. It is a sad time in a nation's history when men
feel they cannot rightly obey the country's laws; but when
war raised its ugly head Twinsburg showed her love of
country was sincere and earnest.
The Great Sleigh Ride of 1856
The unusually good and long continued sleighing in the
winter of 1855-56 led to many local sleighing parties. Con-
siderable neighborly rivalry was stimulated and this led to a
series of contests among neighboring townships. A rude
flag, ridiculously embellished, soon became a prized posses-
sion. Solon, the first town to gain the flag, was deprived of
it by Twinsburg, the first town in Summit Co. to win it.
This victory required sixteen four-horse teams of Twinsburg.
The flag was successively won by Bedford, Brecksville,
Royalton, Boston, Independence, Hudson and finally Rich-
field with seventy-three four-horse teams. The excitement
had become so intense and widespread that it was deter-
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mined to make a final, tri-county contest. This was held
March 15, 1856, Summit county winning with one hundred
and sixty-two four and six-horse teams. A few days later
Medina county sent one hundred and eighty-two similar
teams to Akron. They took the flag with them back to
Medina county, but through a veritable sea of mud. A
string of bells used during this contest may, during the
sleighing season, still be heard merrily jingling along the
Macedonia road.
CEMETERIES
A matter usually ignored until necessity compels
attention Is that of a proper place of burial. For several
years after the settlement of Twinsburg burials were made
on the farms. But such an arrangement was far from
satisfactory, and did not appeal to a people of New England
birth and training. Accordingly the township bought an
acre of land northeast of the square for a public burying
ground. The first burial made there was that of Lucretia
Hull who died September 9, 1823. This burying ground
sufficed until In the middle forties. In the winter of 1845-6
there was some agitation regarding a new cemetery but no
action was taken by the town.
Mr. Ethan Ailing was convinced that a dlff"erent
arrangement was timely, and accordingly purchased of Park
B. Clark and others one and a half acres of land a short
distance southwest of the public square. After grading,
fencing, and allotting, he planted locust trees. June i, 1846,
he offered at public sale the lots of Locust Grove cemetery
for from three to six dollars per lot. But few lots were ever
bought until necessity arose for their use.
At first Mr. Ailing proposed to give lots to those who
were unable to purchase a place for burying their dead, but
becoming convinced the privilege was abused he substituted
the plan of selling a single grave, letting the town bear the
expense. In 1855 he proposed selling one quarter of the
ground to the town for such a purpose but the voters rejected
the plan.
In i860 a new fence became an Imperative necessity,
and it was thought stone would be both cheaper and more
durable than iron. The owners of lots in the cemetery were
asked to state what they would contribute toward the
expense that would be incurred in building a fence according
to the following specifications: "Fence to contain four
courses of stone, and to be 5 ft. 6 in. high, including under-
pinning, to-wit: 1st, or foundation stone, 2 ft. square; 2d
course 18 In. bed and 16 in. thick; 3d course 15 In. bed and
14 in. thick; 4th course 12 in. bed and 12 in. thick. Should
enough be subscribed the work will be done the coming
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Locust Grove Cemetery
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Cemetery Lane
The Hotel
The Second Academy Building
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season. Surplus funds, if any, accounted for. No fence, no
pay. Signed, Ethan Ailing."
Subscriptions amounting to $1140 were secured and the
work was commenced the last day of March. The entire
work was completed by November 17, i860, at "a cost of
$1,079.66." A strip of land 3 ft. wide was bought upon
which to build the fence, bringing the cost of the improve-
ments, including road and repairs, to $1850.
The first burial, July 5, 1846, in Locust Grove Cemetery
was that of James Henri, the oldest man in town at the time
of his death, he being 83 years of age. By December 31,
i860, there had been 221 interments. There were 318
deaths in Twinsburg from July, 1841, till December 31,
i860, of whom 108 were under 5 years, 9 over 80 years, and
one over 90 years. Of the 221 who were buried in Locust
Grove Cemetery by i860 we know the causes of deaths of
about one-half. Of these 34 died of consumption, 26 of old
age, 5 of dropsy, 4 of typhus fever, 3 of heart disease, 2 of
cancer, and one of smallpox.
In 1870 Mr. Lewis Ailing deeded the driveway to the
township, and in 1889 the town acquired possession of the
cemetery, Mr. S. H. Lane, Mr. C. B. Lane, and William
Rudd being the township trustees. By 1903 the cemetery
had become so crowded that the town, M. Roniger, C. E.
Riley, and W. C. Prentiss being trustees, bought a strip of
land to the south containing one acre. Soon after the town
came into possession of the roadway, land to the east of it
was purchased and in 1872 the vault built thereon.
More recently the driveway was made wider and other-
wise improved. The beautiful hard-head work at the en-
trance was done in 1907, the late Gardner Parmelee having
the contract for the work.
Twinsburg takes pride in a well-kept resting place for
those who are done with life's toil. Many are brought here
from other places for burial. To them, in death as well as in
years long gone, Twinsburg is home.
DEVELOPMENTS OF RECENT YEARS
W. S. Lister
It was the writer's privilege to come into the life and
affairs of Twinsburg in the spring of 1908. There was little
to suggest the former activity and glory of the town. The
"Founders" had all gone, and their prowess and many other
sterling qualities were but memories to the remaining few
who remembered them. The Bissell Institute and the
towering figure of its proprietor were no more, and the
thrill which the presence of the students of this school gave
to the town was no longer felt.
According to accounts of the town's activities in its
earlier history, there was much that reminds one of rural
life as it was made to appear by poets and fiction writers of a
generation or two gone by. If the halo and charm attaching
to country life, as depicted in story books, ever had any
justification in fact, this justification was furnished in the
life actually lived in Twinsburg between the years 1830 and
1 870. But from about 1 870 on the currents of life moved too
swiftly for communities like Twinsburg, that were near large
cities. They couldn't even stand still without becoming a
sort of backwater. Stagnation became inevitable.
It was characteristic of such communities, after having
passed through the period between 1870 and 1900, that the
population was predominantly composed of the aged and the
middle aged. Few young men were to be found. When they
reached early manhood or even advanced boyhood, they
sought the larger spheres of life in which to work out their
destinies. This flight by the young men caused a like move-
ment among the girls or left them behind to face spinster-
hood.
Twinsburg, in 1908, showed marked effects of this
hegira of young men and young women.
The town, however, was quite ready to make emergence
from its quiescence of several decades, as is attested by the
rapidity with which it moved to effect its transformation.
It is difficult to go back in memory, even so short a time, and
reconstruct conditions as they existed in 1908, and it is not
essential; but as the writer has been requested to tell the
story of Twinsburg's later development, it may be proper
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to set out here, and with approximate order, some of the
principal things that have come to pass in that time:
1. An unified telephone service, with local capital and
local exchanges.
2. A library providing free books and magazines, and a
reading room.
3. A centralized school, in place of the old sub-district
plan.
4. A water system, serving almost every householder,
in and about the center, so organized as to be a
community utility.
5. A bank, with purely local capital, directed by
responsible citizens, and devoted to the interests of
the community.
6. Pavement completed from Akron to Cleveland,
inauguration of bus service, reproducing the stage-
coach lines of the early days.
7. Electric light and power service, making possible
street and house lighting, and bringing to everyone
within the limit of the service lines the possibility
of affecting many labor-saving conveniences at
slight cost.
To attempt a full statement of the facts surrounding the
accomplishment of each of the above enumerated improve-
ments, would require the space of this entire volume. The
principal facts are within the knowledge of many, though
there are some misconceptions in the minds of the people of
the community generally with regard to some of them. For
the benefit of future generations, and in order that there may
be available to every one an exact statement of facts, which
can be verified by documentary and living witnesses, the
following brief summary is deemed to be justified:
The Hudson Telephone Company
Mr. James W. Ellsworth, under date of October 20,
1907, made a proposition to the village of Hudson, whereby,
under certain conditions, he ofi^ered to provide said village
with sewer and water systems, and with an electric lighting
plant, the principal condition attaching to said ofi"er being
the removal from the streets of said village of all overhead
wires. This ofi"er was duly accepted by ordinance of the
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council of said village passed on the tenth day of December,
1907, and negotiations were opened with the Central Union
Telephone Company, operating the Bell lines, and the
Akron People's Telephone Company, operating the in-
dependent lines, with a view to having their wires placed in
underground conduits. The village representatives and the
said Telephone Companies were unable to agree. A boycott
of the Telephone Companies was attempted, but accom-
plished nothing that was helpful. It was the cause, however,
of the service being greatly neglected.
In the summer of 1909 the writer approached Mr. W. C.
Wood, the present manager of the above company, a practi-
cal telephone man, and, together with him, worked out a
plan for meeting the situation. This plan involved the
formation of The Hudson Telephone Company, the purchase
by it of the Bell and independent properties, and compliance
with the requirements of Mr. Ellsworth's proposition. It
further involved the raising of ^25,000.00 of capital, through
the co-operation of some of Hudson's public spirited citizens.
It required more than a year's time in which to consummate
the transaction, owing largely to the fact that Mr. Ellsworth
was in Europe and some of the proposals had to be sent to
him for approval.
Not since the installation of the telephone in Twinsburg
in 1882 has the town been without telephone service, but, in
many particulars, the results were only indifferently satis-
factory. Some of the difficulties encountered are indicated
by the fact that immediately previous to consolidation there
were sixty instruments operated under the Bell system and
seventeen under that of the Akron People's.
The result of this accomplishment gives Twinsburg, as
well as Hudson, a telephone service that is equal to the best,
having available to each of her one hundred and twenty-six
subscribers, through one instrument, connection with every
telephone user in the country. It also gave Twinsburg a
local switchboard, which brings it into closer touch in case
of trouble, and tends to facilitate the service.
The Samuel Bissell Memorial Library Association
The above institution was brought into existence follow-
ing a number of meetings, held in the fall of 1909 and the
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winter of 1910, to consider the needs of the community. A
committee was appointed to make a survey and report.
This committee comprised the following: Rev. Alfred Walls,
Rev. W. R. Blackmer, A. W. Elliott, L. G. Bean and W. S.
Lister. The report of this committee, recommending "that
a library association be formed, and that arrangements be
perfected for housing a library in connection with one or
other of the places at present open to the public," was
approved.
The association was formed at a meeting held at the
Congregational Church in the spring of 1910, and the follow-
ing officers were chosen: President, W. S. Lister, Vice-Presi-
dent, E. A. Parmelee, Secretary, A. W. Elliott, Treasurer,
L. G. Bean, Librarian, Rev. W. R. Blackmer.
More than one hundred people joined in making up a
fund in excess of $600.00, which fund was used in equipping
and furnishing a room in the building of Mrs. Amanda
Tucker, and on May 7, 1910, the Library was formally
opened. Miss Mary E. Downey, then state library organ-
izer, was present at the opening, and spoke.
For a short time a charge was made for the issuance of
books but, by arrangement with the township trustees and
the board of education, this was dispensed with, and levy is
now made by the trustees for maintenance, and the board
of education makes contributions for the purchase and
repair of books.
The library is in great need, however, of assistance,
outside of the help it receives from the taxing authorities,
and it is to be hoped that some of the citizens will find it in
their hearts to make provision for it by will or otherwise.
There are 2475 volumes on the shelves of the library, of
which 900 are fiction. There are seventeen magazines con-
stantly available on the tables. The library room is open
from eight a. m. to eight p. m., and is well patronized and
fully appreciated.
The present oflficers are as follows: President, W. S.
Lister; Vice-President, Ray Bissell; Secretary, Miss Edna
Chambers; Treasurer, A. R. Mountjoy; Librarian, Miss
Lena M. Carter.
Annually, on the 22nd day of February, the Association
meets to hear reports of officers, and to elect new officers.
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To these meetings all the families resident in the township
are invited, and the adult members thereof present at such
meetings are entitled to vote. A dinner is served by the
ladies of one or other of the churches. Good music is pro-
vided, and usually a speaker from outside the township.
The attendance at these meetings has seldom been fewer
than one hundred.
The Centralized School
This change was brought about in the year 1910,
through the fact that the small sub-district school buildings
were generally in poor condition, and changes were required
to be made in the center building owing to the action of the
State in condemning the same, because of improper or in-
sufficient means for heating and ventilation.
The Board of Education at that time had the following
membership:
P. P. Evans, Dr. R. B. Chamberlin, O. H. Bennett,
Frank K. Doubrava and Mrs. W. S. Lister. The Board
recommended centralization on the ground that it would
render unnecessary further expenditures on the small out-
lying buildings, would justify a greater outlay for the center
building, and was in line with progressive ideas obtaining
generally.
Following a mass meeting held in the town hall at
which both sides were presented, and much feeling mani-
fested, the question was submitted to the voters on June 4,
1910. The result showed about two-thirds of the electors
voting favoring centralization and about one-third thereof
opposing it.
Accordingly, the center building was reconstructed to
care for all the children of the township, except those from
the Dell District, which, by consent of all parties was left out
of the centralization scheme, and in September of 1910 the
school opened under the new arrangement.
In consequence of centralization it soon became ap-
parent that the school grounds were entirely inadequate.
An opportunity offered for acquiring a little over five acres
of land between the school building and Tinker's Creek, but
the Board of Education was not in funds to take advantage
of it. Upon learning of this situation, Mr. C. E. Riley, Mr.
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C. B. Lane and Mr. O. H. Bennett offered to purchase the
said land and hold it for a reasonable time for the benefit of
the schools, and with the right in the Board of Education to
acquire the property at any time for the sum of $800.00 (the
purchase price), with the understanding that interest on
this sum and the taxes would be paid, for the use of the land.
In accordance with this arrangement the property has ever
since been held in the name of C. E. Riley, trustee, for the
above purpose. It is to be hoped that the time will soon
come when these public spirited men may be relieved of this
burden.
The Wilcoxton Water Company
Twinsburg people for many years boasted of its ledges,
and of the springs issuing therefrom, but few communities
were so poorly supplied with water conveniences until the
completion of the present system in the fall of 191 2. This
lack caused the writer, soon after his settlement in Twins-
burg, to canvas the springs of the neighborhood for a source
of supply that might be available for use and justify develop-
ment. This canvas established the conviction that the
spring now used is the best single source of supply, as the
flow is fairly constant throughout the year, the water is
reasonably soft and the elevation above the center about 80
feet.
The chief difficulty was, of course, financial. After
consideration of various possible methods of procedure, the
writer decided to lay before Mrs. Celestia E. Wilcox, the
owner of the above spring, the entire matter of furnishing
the town with a water system. Mrs. Wilcox's response, after
full consideration, was most generous. She accepted without
qualification the method outlined, and signed the following
proposal which was submitted to her:
"Twinsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 191 1.
Mr. W. S. Lister,
Twinsburg, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
Following our several conversations, I hereby offer and agree
upon the formation of a corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
"Water Company") by April i, 1912, with a subscribed capital of
not less than $2,000.00, having for its purpose the supplying of
water to the people in and about the center of Twinsburg Town-
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ship, Summit County, to grant and convey to such corporation a
perpetual right in and to the water flowing from the large spring
on the 70 acre tract of land owned by me, and situated on
the East side of the highway leading from Twinsburg to Solon,
upon the conditions and subject to the restrictions following, to-wit:
1. Sufficient water shall be left flowing from said spring to
meet all requirements for watering farm animals in pasture on said
70 acres of land.
2. Water shall be furnished to the dwelling houses now on
said 70 acre tract and on the 10 acre tract now owned by me on the
West side of the highway opposite said 70 acre tract and the water-
ing trough in front thereof, in sufficient quantities for all domestic
purposes, but not less than is now flowing at said places.
3. The water taken from said spring shall be delivered and
kept continually available for use at the Public Square and School
House lot at said Twinsburg Center.
4. As a condition precedent to the making of said grant and
conveyance, the Board of Trustees and the Board of Education of
said Township shall, respectively, by resolution, agree to provide
and furnish, within one year from the date of said grant and con-
veyance, suitable drinking founts at said locations.
5. So much of the water as is not required for the purposes
aforesaid, may be used by the people living in and about said
Center upon such terms and conditions and subject to such rules,
regulations and restrictions as may be fixed and imposed by said
Water Company.
6. Said grant and conveyance shall carry with it the right to
said Water Company at any time to enter upon so much of said 70
acre tract as may be necessary to properly improve, safeguard and
protect said spring, and to build and construct suitable reservoirs
and housings, to lay and maintain water pipe lines from said spring
to the said highway and to do all things incident thereto — provided
that, in the laying of such pipe lines, the same shall be placed at
such depth as will not interfere with cultivation of the land.
7. Said grant and conveyance shall also contain a provision
that, upon the incorporation of the territory in and about said
Center into a village, such village shall at any time have the right to
acquire, take over and enjoy all the rights in said spring passing
under said grant and all property of said Water Company, upon
paying to such Water Company a sum equal to the value of all the
property and improvements then owned by said Water Company,
exclusive of the rights in said spring, and an agreement on the part
of said village to furnish water to all persons then receiving water
from said Water Company at the same rentals as will be charged by
such village generally for like service.
(SIGNED) Celestia E. Wilcox."
Immediately this offer was signed, a survey was made
and an estimate formed of the requirements for develop-
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ment, both from a financial as well as physical standpoint.
In this matter the engineering ability and services of Mr.
P. P. Evans were of great value.
Considerable time and effort were required to secure
the funds necessary, but this was ultimately accomplished,
and on April 29, 19 12, the above Company was incorporated,
and the work of construction undertaken.
By the terms of the Articles of Incorporation, among
other things it is provided:
"The purpose for which said corporation is formed Is to meet
the conditions of a gift of Celestia E. Wilcox of Twinsburg Town-
ship, Summit County, Ohio, under date of October 4, 191 1;" (set
forth above) ; "and for the purpose of doing only such things as are
necessary or incidental to meet and carry out the purpose of said
gift, with power to make regulations for the government of said
corporation, and to make and enforce terms, rules and conditions
for the use of said water — said terms, rules and conditions to be
such as to enable said corporation to be self-sustaining, to make
repayment to its stockholders of its paid up capital and the pay-
ment of any indebtedness incurred by it — but the utilities of said
corporation shall not be operated for profit, nor shall any officer,
director or stockholder at any time receive any compensation or
profit from said corporation or from the operation of said utilities."
The Company has a capitalization of ^5000.00, and
issued bonds for a like aggregate sum. A share of stock was
issued to the purchaser of each bond of ^100.00, and an
effort was made to limit the individual holdings of stock by
giving the bonds the widest possible distribution throughout
the township and among the friends of the town. It is to be
hoped that these shares will remain so far as possible with
the original investors until the system can be taken over by
the community when it shall be organized into a village.
No good can result from the concentration of this stock in
the hands of a few, and the people who are enjoying the
benefits of this convenience should jealously guard and keep
their shares of stock in order that they may have part in the
management and direction of the business, and assist in
safeguarding, the interests of the water users who, after all,
are the real parties in interest.
More recently the Company has acquired the tract on
which the spring and reservoir are situated, with a view of
protecting the environs thereof, and will retain sufficient
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land to make the source of the town's water secure against
possible invasion or contamination.
The Board of Directors of the Company at present
comprises the following: C. B. Lane, C. E. Riley, A. W.
Elliott, E. B. Grouse, C. F. Grouse, P. P. Evans, S. H.
Grankshaw, R. B. Ghamberlin and W. S. Lister.
Its officers are:
President, W. S. Lister; Vice President, G. F. Grouse;
Treasurer, P. P. Evans; Secretary, A. W. Elliott; Superin-
tendent, S. H. Grankshaw.
The TwiNSBURG Banking Gompany
To all appearances a more quixotic performance would
be difficult to imagine than the actual methods adopted and
pursued by Mr. E. O. Ghristy in the promotion and organiza-
tion of the above bank. He came to Twinsburg in the fall of
191 1, without introduction of any sort, and was a stranger to
practically everyone in the town. He immediately an-
nounced in the stores, and to persons he met casually, that he
had come to organize a bank, and then proceeded to set
forth the advantage of such an institution and the methods
he had used in other places and proposed to follow in
Twinsburg. The people at first smiled as they listened,
thinking that the explanation lay in a weak or overwrought
mentality. Among themselves they joked about the
matter, but very few took any serious interest in the man or
the subject.
After a sojourn in the town of several weeks, and with-
out having asked or received any assurances, Mr. Ghristy
left Twinsburg and went to Ghicago to spend the winter.
He returned, however, in the fore part of April following and
immediately took up the agitation for a bank, and con-
tinued without cessation until the full capital was sub-
scribed, the organization effected, and the building nearly
constructed and equipped.
He was not robust in health during any of his stay in
Twinsburg, and much of his work was done under conditions
that suggested hospital care, but by sheer will power he held
himself to the task he had set himself and could not see the
work neglected. In mid-summer of 191 2, however, he sue-
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cumbed to his illness and was taken to St. Luke's Hospital,
Cleveland, where in September, 191 2, he died.
The bank was formally opened on November 11, 1912,
and has proven itself a great convenience to the community.
It has a capital of ^25,000.00 and its deposits at present
aggregate $129,402.04. Its surplus and undivided profits
total $3,728.55. Its present Board of Directors comprises
the following: O. H. Bennett, G. L. Bishop, H. A. Cochran,
C. H. Craemer, W. H. ChamberHn, P. P. Evans, V. R.
Hempstead, A. R. Mountjoy, C. E. Riley.
Its officers are as follows: President, C. E. Riley, Vice
President, G. L. Bishop, Secretary, A. J. Brown, Treasurer,
O. H. Bennett, Cashier, A. R. Mountjoy.
Electric Light and Power Service
Unsuccessful efforts were made by Twinsburg people in
1912 and 1913 to obtain light and power service from The
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company. But in the
winter of 1914-1915 the late Mr. Will Christy, vice president
of the company, became interested in the efforts then being
made to secure better lighting conditions, and through his
intercessions and kindly interest, a proposition was made by
the company to extend its service lines so as to furnish streel^
and residence lighting, and power, on a basis involving the
purchase of preferred stock of the above company sufficient
to cover the cost ($7500.00) of the entire installation. The
work of meeting the above requirements was left to the
following committees: W. S. Lister, Chas. F. Crouse, P. P.
Evans, A. W. Elliott, Edward Wilson, H. C. Gillie, A. N.
Roach and E. J. McCreery. A lighting district was estab-
lished by petition to the township trustees, and provision
made for the location of twenty-four street lights at an
expense of $18.00 per light per annum, to be covered by a
levy upon the taxable property within the district. The
purchase of the aforementioned stock was accomplished and
all expenses of the proceedings had by the committee were
covered through the co-operation of a number of public-
spirited citizens, whose names are entitled to mention.
They are as follows:
C. F. Crouse W. Krafton
A. W. Elliott A. C. Baldwin
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H. C. Gillie J. H. Culhan
E. J. McCreery Fred Twerell
Roach and Bissell C. B. Lane
A. J. Brown C. J. Wagner
M. F. Alford S. H. Crankshaw
E. E. Cowles A. Stingel
A. E. and G. L. Bishop C. E. Cochran
P. P. Evans F. D. Barber
W. S. Dunscomb T. A. Bell
R. O. Bissell E. S. Maxam
E. B. Grouse M. E. Culhan
B. G. Tucker L. H. Nichols
Dr. L. G. Griste V. R. Hempsted
W. W. Fee C. F. Richner
H. M. Fowler W. S. Lister
Akron-Cleveland Pavement
This improvement, now just completed, was com-
menced in the spring of 191 1. It had the active support of
the then acting county commissioners and of the trustees of
the townships through which it runs. It today constitutes
one of the main arteries for public travel in northern Ohio,
and brings Twinsburg into daily touch with many people
from all parts of the country.
The establishment in recent months of passenger bus
services between Hudson and Cleveland is a substantial aid
to the community. This service will doubtless be improved
and elaborated as the traffic increases.
Nothing has contributed more to the transformation of
the town than the brick pavement, although it has brought
with it problems that are new and serious. These problems
grow out of the speed, reckless driving and vast number of
automobiles upon the highway. Life and limb are put in
great jeopardy, and unless there is soon provided by the
State or County an adequate force of highway constabulary
to check and control this immense traffic, the toll of killed
and injured now so frightful will not be lessened.
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
W. S. Lister
The observance of anniversary periods in connection
with any happening or event is an evidence of Interest in and
admiration for the thing done and the chief actors involved.
Fifty years ago, and in the semi-centennial year of 1867, the
citizens were moved to make fitting commemoration of the
township's settlement, and at the same time to honor the
brave Union soldiers, who in response to their country's
call had gone out from the township — some never to return,
through the erection of the substantial monument now
standing In the park.
As the centennial year of 191 7 approached, there was
generally manifest among the people of the township the
feeling that there should be fitting celebration of the event.
On New Year's Day of 1916 more than one hundred and
fifty people sat down to a community dinner in the Congre-
gational Church and listened to discussions as to possible
methods of celebration, means for making the celebration
of greatest possible good to the community, and the scheme
of organization best adapted to the purpose. At this dinner
Mr W. S. Lister was toastmaster and the following re-
sponded to toasts, all bearing on the centennial: Dr. L. G.
Griste, Mr. Daniel R. Taylor, Mr. Reuben Hitchcock^
Professor E. S. Kerr, Mr. C. B. Lane and Miss Lena M.
Carter. Mr. Taylor, who had left the township as a boy of
twelve years, was somewhat reminiscent. He said in part;
"I have always felt a deep affection for this good old town, for
here my grandfather, Daniel Richardson (for whom I was named)
and his family came in 1824, located on the Cleveland Road, one-
half mile west of here, and with his stalwart sons developed a farm.
Two of his sons, Edwin and William, were for a time merchants in
the village. Daniel W. Richardson, another son, remained upon
the old farm (part of which is now owned by your worthy and enter-
prising citizen, Mr. W. S. Lister) until about 1866. Some of the
older ones of you will remember him as an active, independent and
progressive farmer, and a thoroughly good citizen, who, if he were
here today, would enter into the spirit of this meeting with great
zest. Here many of the family are buried in your beautiful ceme-
tery. Here my father. Royal Taylor, lived for a number of years
and married my mother, Sarah Ann Richardson, Here I was born,
in the Huldah Wilcox home at the northeast corner of the square
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and Solon Road. Here I attended for a time Rev. Samuel Bissell's
academy. In Tinker's Creek I learned to swim and fish. My first
lessons in horsemanship were with my grandfather's old gray mare
Tib.'
"The settlers of the Western Reserve were the sturdy sons and
daughters of New England. No better ever settled a new country.
Their industry, prudence, intelligence and moral worth should be
historically preserved. Why not commence by holding a meritori-
ous centennial celebration.'"'
All the speakers heartily favored giving the celebration
real character and making it fittingly commemorative, and
those present unanimously gave this sentiment their en-
dorsement and authorized the appointment of a committee
of twenty-five with full power to act. This committee
comprises the following:
Mr. O. H. Bennett Twinsburg, Ohio
Miss Ellen Bissell Twinsburg, Ohio
Mr. W. H. Boose Twinsburg, Ohio
Miss Lena Carter Macedonia, Ohio
Dr. R. B. Chamberlin Twinsburg, Ohio
Mrs. L. K. Chamberlin Twinsburg, Ohio
Mrs. Ella Cochran Twinsburg, Ohio
Mrs. S. H. Crankshaw Twinsburg, Ohio
Mrs. E. B. Crouse Twinsburg, Ohio
Mr. M. E. Culham Twinsburg, Ohio
Mr. A. W. Elliott Twinsburg, Ohio
Mr. P. P. Evans Twinsburg, Ohio
Mr. W. H. Gillie Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. John Gould Aurora, Ohio
Dr. L. G. Griste Twinsburg, Ohio
Mrs. Kate Hanchett Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. H. J. Herrick Hudson, Ohio
Mr. Lawrence Hitchcock Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. W. S. Lister Twinsburg, Ohio
Mr. C. E. Riley Twinsburg, Ohio
Mrs. Anna Straight South Euclid, Ohio
Mrs. Allah Rudgers Akron, Ohio
Mrs. Ethel Twerell Twinsburg, Ohio
Mr. Ranson Tyson Twinsburg, Ohio
Mrs. C. J. Wagner Twinsburg, Ohio
The committee immediately organized by electing the
following officers: President, Mr. W. S. Lister, Vice-
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President, Mr. C. E. Riley, Secretary, Miss Ellen Bissell,
Treasurer, Mr. P. P. Evans. Mr. C. B. Lane, though not a
member of the committee, was elected Honorary President.
An Executive Committee was named comprising the above
officers and in addition Dr. H. J. Herrick, Dr. R. B. Cham-
berlin and Mrs. C. J. Wagner.
It was decided by the full committee, after thorough
deliberation, to hold the centennial celebration August fifth
to eleventh inclusive. The fifth, being Sunday, will be
known as "Devotional Day" and will have appropriate
exercises. The next three days will be taken up with recep-
tions, family reunions and gatherings which will be of
interest to the diff"erent groups. During the last three days
there will be celebrations of a public nature. The committee
has been assured of the co-operation of the Twinsburg Band
which will greatly help to enliven the events of the entire
week. An Athletic Association has been formed to develop
and conduct all manner of sports and field events.
The production of a pageant has been decided upon and
Miss S. Gertrude Hadlow of Cleveland has been made
Pageant Master and will have entire direction of the affair.
THE PAGEANT OF TWINSBURG
By Miss S. Gertrude Hadlow
No method of celebrating the anniversary of a town
seems more fitting or gives more permanent satisfaction
than the presentation of a pageant.
There is every reason why this should be true. For, a
pageant is the history of the town presented dramatically
in the open fields and sunshine, by the co-operative effort
of the townspeople.
Local pride and patriotism are quickened by seeing
enacted the heroic past, out of which the present has come.
Pageants not only give communities a wide advertise-
ment but they teach the valuable lesson of co-operation and
common endeavor. For, when such an undertaking is once
carried through, there remains a spirit of unity, which is the
greatest strength of any institution or community.
Mr. Louis N. Parker, "the father of modern pageantry,"
speaks of the pageant ^s being "the representation of the
history of a town, in dramatic form, from the earliest period
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to some later point. This is set forth in verse and prose of
the most direct sort, and is embellished with choruses, songs,
dances, marches, and every legitimate spectacular adjunct.
It is acted in some beautiful and historical spot. It is acted
by the citizens of the town themselves, their wives, their
children, and their friends. It is acted in a spirit of sim-
plicity and reverence, and the audience must bring the same
spirit in watching its progress. It is not a stage-play. It is a
lofty and dignified panorama of the town's history. And it
is an act of local patriotism. And out of local patriotism
grows that wider patriotism which binds the people of one
country together. But it is more still. I confess I cannot
conceive a pageant except as an incident in a great act of
praise and thanksgiving."
The "episodes" in the Pageant of Twinsburg will be
scenes of importance in the past of the town. The "epi-
sodes" will be linked together by "interludes" — music,
dancing or singing — which will suggest the nature of the
scene which is to follow.
In a general way the Pageant of Twinsburg will follow
the outline suggested below:
Episode i
Struggles of our ancestors with the savages.
Episode 2
1. An incident of settlement.
2. The naming of the township.
Episode 3
1. An incident showing the influence and character
of Samuel Bissell.
2. An exhibition or activity of the Bissell Institute.
Episode 4
1. The Underground Railroad.
2. The departure of troops for the Civil War.
Episode 5
I. Fair day at Twinsburg, of the Union Fair Asso-
ciation.
Episode 6
I. Dedication by the "Spirit of Twinsburg" of all past
history (all performers in all episodes) to "the
Spirit of America."
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It is customary to close a pageant with the singing of the
Star-Spangled Banner by the whole cast and the audience —
the latter, of course, on their feet. A patriotic air, sung with
respectful fervor, brings home to the people the underlying
patriotism of the whole performance, and sends them away
in an exalted state of mind.
CONCLUSION
A hundred years is a long, long time. While it has not
been always easy to go back a century and untangle the
threads of fact and fancy it has been less difficult than it
would have been for our ancestors to foresee the Twinsburg
of 191 7. To most of them the town would be a source of
satisfaction. It is possible that in some particulars it might
be a disappointment to a few. It might be a puzzle to
others, but to all it would be an astonishment. A hundred
years ago no one could anticipate the nation-wide develop-
ments that would determine along what lines community
life should progress.
Doubtless the pioneers cherished their dreams as to the
future of the town they were building and we know they
were alert to seize opportunities to promote its growth and
development. To their credit, and our benefit, they wisely
left future details to be attended to in seasonable time by
those who would be conversant with conditions then existing.
But for the future they laid a broad and sure foundation in
their industry, thrift, self-sacrifice, reasonable independence
and reverence for education and religion. And these funda-
mental virtues have survived till this day in the character of
the townspeople.
It is a long, long way from the old log cabin to the
present commodious homes; from the candle to the electric
light; from homespun to present day fabrics; from ox-
cart to automobile; from the old well-sweep to the turning
of a faucet; from the old blue teacup to the present
bank; from the old log schoolhouse to the building accom-
modating two hundred and twenty-five pupils; from
an upper room in a gristmill to the present comfortable
church edifices; from the mud turnpike to the brick pave-
ment; from the infrequent weekly newspaper to the public
reading-room, library and R. F. D.; from isolation to the
telephone; from real estate, with improved land selling at
$7.50 per acre, to the present 15398 acres valued at ^782,-
220.00; from personal belongings carried in a pack to the
present ^727,460 worth of personal property; from the little
settlement at Millsville to the present population of 829.
Conclusion i^
To this progress the early settlers and succeeding genera-
tions have all generously contributed.
In the preceding pages an effort has been made to give
due honor to the founders of the town; to portray the hard-
ships they encountered and the spirit that enabled them to
wrest success from difficulties; to bestow proper gratitude
upon those citizens who, through the century, have striven
to better their community; to bring to the present genera-
tion a keener realization of the noble past to which they are
heirs; to give to future generations, as their right, some
knowledge of the past that they may be inspired toward
further achievement.
Nothing has so heavily contributed to the realization
that the historian's task has been inadequately performed
as the fact that such incomplete mention has been made of
the large number of townspeople to whom so much of credit
and praise is justly due. Throughout her existence Twins-
burg has always had a large majority of citizens who went
about performing every task with fidelity, demanding little
for themselves, giving freely of themselves and their sub-
stance whenever need was known, quietly bearing their full
share of life's burdens. The heart grows warm and tender
toward these unobtrusive, faithful folk.
That the future will bring changes all know; what
the changes will be none know. The past is gone: its fruits
remain. The present is with us, and with it is promise of
rich fruitage. That the future century may be replete with
those things that make for ideal community life is the
burden of the heart of Twinsburg in the year 1917.
TWINSBURG
The Story of a Hundred Years
A Centennial Poem
BY
John Osman Baldwin
1917
The Pilgrims found a landing place upon New England's shore —
And planted there a hardy race where pines and wild waves roar;
Then, as the fleeting years swept by, there drifted o'er the land
Descendants of that company, and — here today we stand.
As children of that sturdy race whose lineage we claim,
We aim to make this rural place ideal in fact and name —
To foster here where maples thrive in every verdant grove,
Each home and school, each church and shrine, for which our
. Fathers strove.
From the log cabin in the wild beside the wooded stream,
To modern telephone and bank, seems like a wondrous dream;
The avenue and paved street were once the wildwood trail;
Sidewalks for the hurrying feet — and route of rural mail. ,
Where once the stage-coach rolled along o'er ways of corduroy, 1
Adown the woodlands dark and long, the auto' whizzes by; ,'
Where once the hour-glass ran its course in grains of yellow sands, i
A town clock now with measured force ticks on — with gilded hands. I
Where once the rustic farmer swung keen cradle thro' the grain, '
The busy reaper's arm is flung athwart the teeming main; '
Where once the busy spinning-wheel drew out the slender thread.
The vacuum cleaner stands today, or sewing-machine instead.
By steam we thresh the golden grain which forms our daily bread; <
The clumsy flail is rent in twain, its blistering glory fled;
The roller mill has thrust away the mortar's odious name;
The tallow candle burns today in the electric flame.
'Twas here the wily Blackbird chief led dusky warriors 'round
From yonder steep and tangled ledge to primal hunting ground.
'Twas here, one century ago our fathers set their seal,
Where flowers bloom and waters flow all for the common-weal.
Upon our east, in majesty arose Fort Lauren's walls;
And west, in sweet serenity, the proud Cuyahoga falls;
O, transformation marvellous! Where death and danger roam,
A wild unbroken wilderness — a land of pleasant homes!
Centennial Poem 187
One hundred summer suns have gone o'er these green fields of ours;
One hundred seasons have put forth their wealth of fruits and
flowers;
And full one hundred patriot sons braved fields of murderous flame,
And here upon enduring stone is carved each honored name.
Lyceum Hall is silent now, its glorious work is done;
A central high school crowns the brow of yon hill sloping down;
Across the way there stands enshrined a memory and a name —
All honor to that grand good man* directing youth to fame.
Along the shady avenue the white-walled temples rise,
Erected when the town was new, and pointing to the skies;
Within those courts are lessons taught, and hymns and words of prayer
And yearning hearts thro' grace have sought and found God every-
where.
And here, in one great brotherhood of Compass and of Square,
Are principles of fellowship in which its members share;
Their history is woven into fabric of the town
Along with many other things that give the place renown.
The crimson tide of rum and crime, of misery and of shame.
Was staunched, we trust, forever more, when the White Ribbons
came;
Like a fair wave of golden light upon a darkened shore,
Their ensign white, a beacon bright, goes ever on before.
And there upon the Locust Hill the Marble City lies,
Built up by cruel dart of time, and hallowed memories;
The pine trees guard each silent home in solemn quietness benign,
And every monumental stone is memory's treasured shrine.
And here we pause, to honor those who gave the splendid park
To generations yet to come — should it not bear a mark
In memory of those brothers twain, allied in life, in death the same?
With us their ashes yet remain, and lingers still the noble name.
Our pleasant river, much the same, with curves of winding shore.
And ledges, by the loom of time, their scenic garments wore;
From out their massive forms have come foundations firm, of stone,
And nature seals the ruins o'er with beauty of her own.
The pioneers now slumber in lowly beds of green.
Where flowerets without number grace each silent scene;
The new age now before us with blessings dropping down,
Be one great benediction — be Twinsburg's joy and crown!
*The Reverend Samuel Bissell, founder of education in Twinsburg.
1 88 TwiNSBURG History
A hundred noble years have gone within the scroll-writ Past;
Adown the winding path of time the withered flowers are cast;
Back o'er the mountains, hills and dells, to many a worthy state,
Run golden threads which bind us all to achievement and to fate.
The village stores still take their gain as in the years gone by;
The same old marts, tho' changed in name, is where we sell and buy-
And those old tavern walls — could they but tell of long ago —
But they belong to another age, and time hath willed it so.
My great grandsire, with axe and chain and tripod, ran the lines
Of this fair township, which was then all clad in trees and vines.
My grandsire set the beauteous trees upon the "village green;"
As some have died, new ones have come to fill the ranks between.
The landmarks of the pioneers have mostly passed away;
They paid their tribute year by year, in building those today;
The cooper shops and scale-board works are gathered to the past,
Around each ruin memory lurks, and she is fading fast.
And Ledgsham's Mills and Parmelee's Falls have felt the tooth of Time.
And Loomis's Mills and the old plank road have fallen into line;
And other places I might name which Clio holds in trust,
Are gone at last to their repose, they slumber in the dust.
And where the trailing sandstone ledge of western slopes, let down
In pasture lots and timberlands on eastern side of town,
A path of serpentine and black winds out across the green,
It is the Wheeling Railway track whose smoky pall is seen.
In years gone by, a few lead pipes brought crystal waters down
From purling springs of purple hills to this New England town;
But later years hath wrought a change — those clear pure waters run
Thro' one continuous long straight main, to gladden every one.
The seed well sown in years gone by, by loving hearts and hands,
Along the rough and rugged way, today, in harvest stands;
And every gift has brought to us an increase o'er the last,
And blessings of most lasting worth, from struggles of the past.
The fathers wrought the best they knew — resigned their all to us —
May we to high ideals prove true and faithful to our trust;
Bequeathing to those yet to come, as years are handed down,
The priceless heritage of home and a progressive town!
PART II
Genealogies
Genealogical Sketches of About Nine
Hundred and Seventy-Five Families, and
Brief Mention of about Six Hundred and
Forty-Five Individuals, who have lived in
Twinsburg, making about Sixteen Hundred
and Twenty Entries, arranged alphabetically.
Also a Roll of Honor Containing the Names
and Residences of the Patrons of this Book,
who showed their Faith in it by Subscribing
for it in Advance.
By
Rev. R. T. Cross
Author of My Children's Ancestors^ etc.
PREFACE
UNDOUBTEDLY this part of the book contains mis-
takes. Some of them may be the author's own, pure
and simple. Others belong to those who furnished
the facts, as the author can prove by referring to the filled
blanks and letters, which he has preserved. He has detected
and corrected a number of mistakes which people have made
in dates concerning themselves and their families. Some are
due to very poor or very blind writing of names and dates.
Some have been unwittingly copied from other books and
documents. Even grave stone inscriptions are not always
accurate. Sometimes the death and burial dates are con-
fused.
Some of the family records are very incomplete, lacking
many names, dates and facts. We simply could not get
them, especially in the case of people who lived here so long
ago that no living person remembers them.
People who refused us information — there were very
few such — even when we called at their homes, cannot com-
plain if their family record is incomplete and incorrect.
Even in such cases we have felt bound to give such facts as
we could glean from others.
Some will say: "Why, I could have told him all about
that family if he had asked me." But we did not know that
you knew, and so we failed to get it.
If from the time the book is published until after the
centennial celebration, the readers of the book will make a
note of all mistakes and omissions and needed additions, and
send them in, it is possible that we can print them in a sup-
plement which can be given to the owners of books, or fur-
nished at from ten to twenty-five cents. At any rate send in
such mistakes, omissions, etc., as you discover, and mark
them in your own copy of the book.
There are about eleven names in the history of Twins-
burg that are represented by so many individuals and families
that for convenience of reference we have prepared charts of
them. They were neatly copied by Mr. Walter S. Duns-
comb and then photographed and cuts made of them. When
daughters marry and have children the names of those
children come of course under the father's name.
In the case of several or many families of the same name,
and in the case of children born in Twinsburg, we have not
confined our record closely to township lines. The record
will be far more valuable to the families themselves, and to
their friends, if it includes names of children and grand-
children born elsewhere. But of course we could not carry
such records too far. We could not prepare a complete
genealogy of each family. In many cases we have carried
the line in condensed form back to the first one of the
family who came to America, or to one who was a Revolu-
tionary soldier.
We have learned of some unpleasant facts in the history
of some families, but have not felt called upon to record
them. No murder, so far as known, has been committed in
the township. Yet Rev. Samuel Bissell, in his record of
deaths in the early thirties, says in parenthesis after the
name of a certain woman: "Murdered by her husband."
We have not told who that husband was. If the good
Lord blots out our sins from his book we should be willing
to do the same with the sins of our townsmen.
Neither have we told all the good traits and deeds. We
would gladly have done so but there was not room enough.
These are genealogical sketches, not biographical.
We have occasionally inserted little incidents that may
seem trivial, but they all help to better understand the
people and the times. Posterity has preserved such inci-
dents and we will help pass them on.
The preparation of these sketches has been a long
drawn out and a very tedious task, probably taking a year
of solid work in the past three years. Yet the author has
enjoyed it, partly because he believes in the fun of hard
work, and the value to a man, as Booker Washington said, of
having a hard job on hand, and partly because he has felt
sure that he was doing a good and abiding work for the com-
munity. If the book is appreciated and used he has his
reward. It is said on good authority that no township in
Ohio has hitherto undertaken such a work as this. Twins-
burg leads them all in the efi"ort to preserve a record of all
her families. We are glad to help in thus putting Twinsburg
on the map. Much credit is due the Congregational Church
for allowing its pastor to give so much of his time to this
work.
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION
1. The people now living in Twinsburg, furnishing records
of their own families and giving information about
former families.
2. Elderly people, here and elsewhere, many of whom have
been consulted, some of them many times.
3. Twinsburg people, or their children, living elsewhere.
This has involved an extensive correspondence.
4. Church rolls and records. Those of the Congregational
Church are quite complete, covering nearly one hun-
dred years.
5. School registers, especially for Districts No. 7 and No. 2.
It is a great pity that so many of those records have been
destroyed.
6. Catalogs of the Twinsburg Institute.
7. The so-called Cemetery Book, published In i860, with
authentic early history of the town, by Ethan Ailing
and Luman Lane. Its list of heads of families here in
i860 is very valuable.
8. Histories of Summit (and Portage) counties. Lane's,
Doyle's, Perrln's and Bowen's. Their biographical
sketches of Twinsburg people we have referred to for
further information about those people.
9. Atlas of Summit Co. in 1870, with map of village and
township at that time.
10. Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, especially
Part 4.
11. The census of the township taken by Rev. Samuel
Bissell in May, 1833, the original manuscript and a copy
made by Charles Lane.
12. Family Genealogies, especially those of the Lane, Her-
rlck, White and other families.
13. Listof deaths and burials In Twinsburg since July, 1841,
kept successively by Rhoda Green, Ethan Ailing and
Mrs. Willard C. Prentiss. Their list is chronological
but has been of most use after being turned into an
alphabetical list. It contains over 1000 names. It is
very valuable in spite of many mistakes.
14. Inscriptions on cemetery monuments and tombstones.
15. Record of births and deaths kept by Rev. Samuel
Bissell during his pastorates from 1828 to 1843.
16. Files of the Ohio Observer, published many years at
Hudson. The Western Reserve Historical Society in
Cleveland has the only complete file. Many books in
that library have been consulted.
ABBREVIATIONS
ab. = about.
b. — born.
bap. =baptlzed.
Bapt. = Baptist Church (in Twinsburg only).
bro. = brother.
bur. = buried.
chh. = church.
chil. = children.
col. = college.
CI. = Cleveland.
Cong. = Congregational Church (in Twinsburg only).
d. =died.
dis. =dismissed.
div. = divorced.
d.s. =died soon.
d.y. = died young.
here i860 =name in i860 list in cemetery book.
hus. =husband.
m. = married.
m. (2) = second marriage.
mem. = member.
Meth. = Methodist church (in Twinsburg only).
prob. = probably.
see below =see fuller sketch of person further on.
sis. = sister.
tea. = teacher.
Tw. = Twinsburg.
Tw. H. S. = Twinsburg High School.
Tw. Inst. = Twinsburg Institute.
unm. =unmarried.
w. =wife.
where = lived where.
wid. =widow.
"Children, by ist wife" =that all his children were by
his first wife; "children by ist wife" (with no comma after
children) =that there were or may have been other children.
Lists of children are numbered, except when there are
but few, or when the order of birth is not known.
As a rule children born elsewhere of Twinsburg born
people are not given, unless they are in nearby towns or
cities. Exceptions depend partly on whether the facts were
furnished or not. All towns and cities mentioned without a
state are in Ohio, except names of some well known cities,
like N. Y. City, Chicago, etc., whose names are not dupli-
cated in Ohio. Initials are not given when the full name is
known. In a number of cases the middle initial does not
stand for any name but is a name by itself. In such cases it
should have no period after it, but we have not found it
convenient to follow that rule.
Months are indicated by numerals: 8, 21, 1916 =
August 21, 1916.
Abby Ake — 197
Genealogies
A
Perly Abby, ab. where Mr. Fee lives; charter member
of Bapt. chh. 1832; he and w. dis. to CI., Dec. 1833;
m. Thankful Clark of Ct.
Children
Sarah Elizabeth, b. 9, 10, 1828.
Helen Maria, b. ab. 1830.
Charles Abby, m. Nettie Blodgett, dau. of Morris
Biodgett; to Oakland, Calif.
John Adams, b. 1847; d. 6, 22, 1905; son of Richardson
and Mary (Hurst) Adams; she d. 1890; farmer on Liberty
St.;
m. 1871, Henrietta Elizabeth Brown, b. i, 23, 1847,
dau. of Roswell and Mary (Osborne) Brown, she b. ab. 1819;
d, I, 31, 1891.
Children
Emma Eliza, b. 1872.
George Washington, b. 1873, farmer on Liberty St.
Pearl May, b. 1884.
Mary A. Adams, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
William T. Adams, b. 7, 4, 1872 in Ireland; son of
Thomas and Anne (Sadler) Adams; to O. 1879; to Tw.
1897; farmer on Bedford road 19 yrs.; to CI. 1916;
m. 3, 28, 1900, Susie Ann Hackett, b. 9, 24, 1881, dau.
of La Francis and Susannah (Warner) Hackett.
Children
Forest Glee, b. 3, 13, 1901.
Fern Evangeline, b. 7, 30, 1906.
Lloyd Ake, b. 10, i, 1887; CI.; salesman;
m. Lucille Cowles, b. 6, 14, 1888, dau. of Elwood
Elisha Cowles, see.
Children
Infant, b. 12, 25, 1911; d. 12, 27, 191 1.
Samuel Elwood, b. 4, 24, 191 3.
198 — ^Akins Alford
Rev. John C. Akins and wife. See census of 1833.
Children
Matilda, b. ab. 1827.
Julia Ann, b. ab. 1830.
William, b. ab. 1832.
Martha Aekins, Meth. 1844.
Rev. Mr. Akins, pastor of Meth. chh. 1845.
Hester Albaugh, niece of Mrs. Margaret Carter;
dressmaker; shop in village; here in 1858 and years after-
wards; Meth.
Miss or Mrs. Betsy Alderman, b. ab. 1794; ^- ^o, 18,
1855.
Sarah Alderman, became 3rd w. of Dea. 'Jared
Atwater, see; Meth. 1843.
Seth Aldrich, b. in Vt.; d. in Elyria ab. 1908; tolnd.;
lived on Liberty St. ;
m. ab. 1840, Sianna Gould, b. 12, 21, 1812; d. 11, 15,
1845; bur. in Tw.; dau. of Thomas Gould, see. They had
Amasa, b. 1842; d. in Elyria 1911; in Civil War.
James Alexander, b. 4, 4, 1804; d. 11, 3, 1889; here
i860; 1st house so. of hotel; carriage maker, shop ab,
where Nelson Dodge lives;
m. 1848, Margaret Curtiss, b. 12, 22, 1812; d.
3, 30, 191 5, age 102; bur. in Tw.; Meth.
Children
Maria (adopted) b. 9, 10, 1848; Meth.; m. i860, Alfred Hawkins
see.
William Duncan, b. 8, 25, 1850; m. Mary Freeman, dau. of Dr.
Seth A. Freeman; two chil.; Brooklyn, N. Y.
Alice Jane, b. 9, 22, 1853; d. 12, 30, 1901, unm.
AdellM., b. 2, 12, 1857; d. 6, 13, 1908; m. 11, 5, 1879, Clarence A.
Bartlett of Solon.
Thomas Love, b. 7, 12, 1859; m. Belle Raster of Bedford, b. 12, 25,
1858; she taught in Tw. He in business in CI. They had James Fred-
erick, b. 7, 26, 1883.
Miss Marie F. Alford in Tw. in recent years boarding
at different places.
Alger Alling — 199
Capt. Samuel Alger, in Tw. and over 21 in 1820;
where Nelson Upson lived in i860, near Guy Herricks;
meetings held in his house in early days; sold to Solomon
Upson and went to Mich.
Emery W. Alger, son of above; here and over 21 in
1820; to Mich. ab. 1835-40; 5 or 6 chil. when he left;
m. 3, 19, 1821, by Lewis Alling, Eliza Dodge, dau. of
John Dodge, first wedding in Tw.
StephanaTryphenaAliffe, Cong. 1858, dis. to Hud-
son 1861.
Ambrose and Andrew Allen, Meth. 1844, 1845.
Clyde Foster Allen, b. 4, 29, 1881, son of Albert and
Eliza, Allen; in CI. several yrs.; to Tw. 1915; farmer in
S. W. part of town;
m. 1904, Ora Mosher, b. 6, 28, 1881, dau. of George
A. Mosher, see.
Children
Harold Kenneth, b. ab. 1904; killed by coh 191 2.
Clyde Vaughn, b. 11, 11, 1906.
Harris Mosher, b. 3, 4, 1913.
Robert Allen, b. i, 12, 1858; farmer in south part of
Tw.; son of Stewart and Elizabeth Allen;
m. 3, 12, 1891, Lisette Elizabeth Spring, b. 4, 28,
1863, dau. of Jacob and Magdalena Spring.
Children
Frank Allen, b. 3, 12, 1892; Tw. H. S. 1910.
Grace Louise, b. 12, 18, 1894; Tw. H. S. 191 1.
ALLING PEDIGREE
I. Roger Alling, b. in Eng., son of James; m. ab.
1642, Mary Nash.
II. Samuel Alling, 1645-1709; m. Elizabeth Win-
ston.
III. Capt. Daniel Alling, 1682.^-1756; m. Rebecca
(Cooper .?) .
IV. Silas Alling, i 734-1817; m. 1756, Dorcas
Baldwin.
200 — ^Alling Alling
V. Lewis Alling, b. 4, 5, 1779 at Orange, Ct.; d. in
Tw. 9, 5, 1823; bur. in same grave with 2nd wife; to Tw.
7, 27, 181 7; farmer; merchant in New Haven, Ct.; also
kept tavern near New Haven; married first couple in Tw. ;
m. (i) Elizabeth Clark, i 779-1 806.
m. (2) 1809, Nancy Wheeler, b. 3, i, 1772; d. 9, 5,
1823; Cong. 1823.
Children
1. Ethan, 1 800-1 865; see below.
2. Lewis, Jr., 1 805-1 865; toTw. 1817; where Manly Leach lives;
Cong. 1828; m. I, II, 1829, Huldah Wilcox, 1 808-1865; dau. of Moses
Wilcox; no chil.
3. Elizabeth D., 1 8 10-1843; Cong. 1834; m, i, 11, 183 1, Augustus
Thompson and had Eliza, Caroline and Charles.
4. Lucy W., b. Tw. 1820; d. ab. 1840; Bapt. 1838; m. (i) Samuel
A. Healey; no chil.; m. (2) Myers, and had Fannie who m. Franc
Olive; la.
Ethan Alling, son of Lewis above, b. New Haven, Ct.,
8,13,1800; d. Tw. 4, 22, 1868; first settler of Tw., 4, I, 1 8 17,
his father's family coming in July; postmaster 1827-39;
operated stage line; built hotel opposite s. e. corner of park,
1826; rented it to Samuel Edgerly 183 1; merchant many
yrs. from 183 1 on; house and store where Samuel Crankshaw
lives on west side of park; built house where Dr. Chamberlin
lives and moved store building there; in 1848 sold business
to sons Francis A. and George Hoadley, the latter buying
out the former 185 1 and continuing until his death, 1856;
see "cemetery book," written in part by him, also Perrin's
Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1039, and Lane's Hist., p. 1061;
m. in Bridgeport, Ct., 4, 14, 1824, Eliza Blackman,
b. German, Chenango Co., N. Y., 8, 16, 1804; d. 4, 24, 1889,
at son Ethan's in Akron, where she lived last 20 yrs; Meth.
before 1841.
Children
Francis Augustus, b. i, 30, 1825; see below.
George Hoadley, b. 3, 4, 1828; see below,
Orville Ethan, b. 7, 26, 1836; d. 2, 25, 1837.
Ethan Lewis, b. 12, 25, 1837; see below.
Atwood Philo, b. 10, 30, 1843; d. in Akron 2, 22, 1875.
Census of 1833 gives, as in Ethan Alling's family, William Alling, b.
ab. 1819, also "Tone," a black boy, b. ab. 1813.
Alling Anderson — 201
Francis Augustus Alling, son of Ethan above, b.
I, 30, 1825; d. Tw. 10, 5, 1854; in mercantile business with
bro. George Hoadley, 1848-51;
m. 1846, Helen L. Griswold; d. 6, 20, 1867, age 39.
Children
Perry Ethan, b. 5, 12, 1847; CI.
George, 1846-48.
Helen A., b. 3, 21, 1850; d. 1889; m. Dr. Richard Elson.
Frank Willie, b. i, 9, 1852; d. 12, 4, 1855.
George Hoadley Alling, son of Ethan above, b.
3, 4, 1828; d. II, 4, 1856; merchant in Tw. 1848-56, suc-
ceeding his father;
m. 3, 9, 1853, Mary Jane Webb of Newburg, one of
four couples in big hotel wedding party; see account
elsewhere.
Children
Julia E., b. II, 18, 1855; d. 9, 5, 1856.
Mary E., twin of above; m. 1877, William Adams; lives in Calif,
and has one son.
Ethan Lewis Alling, son of Ethan above, b. 12, 25,
1837; to Akron 1869 and still lives there; in 1874 assisted
Lewis Miller in starting Chautauqua in N. Y.; ran hotel
there, also at Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia 1876;
m. II, 24, i860, Electa Ann Herrick, b. 12, 10, 1837,
dau. of Jonathan Herrick, see.
Children
Orville Cyrus, b. Tw. i, 6, 1862; m., 6, 15, 1891, Alice D. Guy of
CI. and had Guy Ethan, b. 1893.
George Hoadley, b. 7, 4, 1867; killed fr. accident in his rubber
factory in Akron, 3, 24, 1910.
Charles Anderson, b. Sweden 5, 5, 1865; toTw. 1909;
m. 6, 3, 1898, in CL, Augusta Hildan, wid. of Gustaf
Lendenstrom; she b. in Finland 3, 21, 1850; to America
1893; one child by 1st hus. whom she m. 1871; she d. 3, 21,
1916, bur. in Tw.
Robert McCord Anderson; renter; Cong. 1866, dis.
1872 to Mich.
Mrs. Lucretia Anderson, prob. wife of above.
Mary Deborah Anderson; m. Allen Hickox; both
Lucretia and Mary Cong. 1866, dis. 1872 to Mich.
202 — ^Anderson Andrews
John W. and Ed. L. Anderson, bros., at old quarry on
Macedonia road 1914-16; now in CI.
David Anderton, Meth. 1877.
Amasa B. Andrews and George S. Andrews, teachers
in Tw. Inst. 1847-8.
Emanuel (Robert.?) Andrews, b. ab. 1833; here i860;
prob. bro. of Samuel, went west; in Civil War;
m. ab. 1833, Frances I. .
Samuel Armstrong Andrews, b. in N. Y. 7, 4, 18 18;
d. in 111. 6, 12, 1876; where Samuel Crankshaw lives; to
Tw. about a year before marriage; left Tw. ab. 1873-5;
grocer and butter and cheese dealer; charter member and
1st master of Tw. Masonic lodge 1856;
m. (i) Almira E. Hull, b. 5, 25, 1825, in Tw.; d.
9, 25, 1859; dau of Samuel H. Hull, see.
m. (2) Mrs. Elarkey L. (Cooper) Reynolds, who d.
5, 23, 1901, in 111.
Children By First Wife
1. George Lewis, b. 7, 9, 1845; see below.
2. Melissa A., b. 5, 23, 1847; m. 2, 24, 1865, Henry Holcomb, see.
3. Charles Hull, b. 8, 15, 1852; d. Tw. 4, 25, 1872.
4. Nettie, 1855-72.
By Second Wife
5. Ethan A., b. 7, 15, 1862, in Tw.
6. Florence E., b. i, 22, 1866; m. 3, 17, 1885, Sardorus S. Smith.
George Lewis Andrews, b. Tw. 7, 9, 1845; d. 7, 23,
191 1, Tw.; son of Samuel A. above; in Tw. 1884-91;
masonic lodge, 1866; carriage and wagon maker; in Civil
War;
m. 3, 24, 1868, Millicent M. Thomas, b. 5, 11, 1844;
dau. of Osman and Lois Julia (Matthews) Thomas of
Streetsboro.
Children
Osman, b. 2, 22, 1874; Index, Washington.
Charles Thomas, b. 7, 9, 1875; m. (i) 10, 30, 1905, Alice May-
Williams; m, (2) 12, 5, 1910, Ethelyn Haynes.
Almira Julia, b. 7, 30, 1877; m. 6, 22, 1898, Judson S. Griffith, CI.
William H. Andrews, b. Astoria, N. Y., 9, 19, 1830;
d. 3, 12, 1902; nephew of Samuel, above; where Mr. Duns-
comb lives; carpenter; justice of peace; mason; to Hum-
Angel Askue — 203
boldt, Kans., 1866; in 19th O. V. I. 3 yrs, and in several
battles;
m. 12, 24, 1854, Adeline Redfield; b. 3, 16, 1829; d.
in Kans. 2, 18, 1904; dau. of Sylvanus G. Redfield; see.
Children
James Henry, b. 9, 13, 1856, in Tw.; m (i) 12, ii, 1900; m. (2);
nochil.; N. Y. City.
Orrin Sylvanus, b. Tw. 12, 21, 1859; m. 10, 26, 1907, Harriet A.
Weld; Greeley, Kans.
William Angel, Meth. 1877.
Odell Appleby, b. in N. Y. ab. 1804; d. 1883; here
i860, where Frank Scouten lives; farmer; from Troy or
Syracuse, N. Y., 1832; Meth. 1843;
m. (i) Eliza Guest, b. ab. 1806; d. 12, 20, i860; sister
of Mrs. James Alexander; Meth. 1843.
m. (2) ab. 1861, Mrs. Huldah B. (Richardson)
OviATT, wid. of Sherman Oviatt, see. She b. ab. 1832; d.
9, 8, 1908; Meth. 1877.
Children By First Wife
William, b. ab. 1 83 1; d. and bur. in Tw. 1882-3; m. Ann Chamber-
lin; to Solon and CI.; had Frank and Ida May.
Henry O.; m. sister of stepmother; to Unionville, Mich.
Mary Jane, b. ab. 1837; m. (i) Solon Lacy; m. (2) .
Hiram A.; m. Nancy Griffith, dau. of Lot Griffith; Burton.
Children By Second Wife
Avery, b. ab. 1864; d. 7, 15, 1867.
Anna Eliza; m. Lewis Vance, Newburg.
Thomas Appleton and wife. See census of 1833.
Children
James, b. ab. 1820.
David, b. ab. 1826.
Rebecca, b. ab. 1829.
Rachel, b. ab. 183 1.
William O. Ashcroft, where Mrs. Jennesik lives,
brick house on Hudson road;
m. Alma E. Chamberlin, b. ab. 1845; d. 11, 12, 1865,
dau. of Joel Chamberlin; no chil.
Rev. W. L. Askue, pastor of Meth. chh.;
m. Mrs. Louie (Howes) Peck; no chil.; she had
Carl Peck.
204 — Atwater Atwater
ATWATER PEDIGREE
I. David Atwater, one of first settlers of New Haven;
d. lo, 5, 1692; m. Damaris Sayre who d. 4, 7, 1691.
II. David Atwater, 1650-1736; m. Joanna
who d. 1722.
III. Joshua Atwater, 1787-1773; m. 1721, Anna
Bradley.
IV. David Atwater, 1 723-1 806; m. 1746, Elizabeth
Bassett, 1 746-1 783.
V. Jared Atwater, 1758-1813; m. 1785, Eunice
DiCKERSON.
VI. Jared Atwater, b. 5, 27, 1795; d. Hopkins,
Mich., 3, 10, 1873; where Mrs. J. W. Fessenden lives; from
New Haven, Ct., to Ovid, N. Y., 1832, and soon after to
Tw.; in 1856 to Kalamazoo and Hopkins, Mich.; dea.
Cong. chh. 1843-56;
m. (i) HuLDAH Alling, who d. 9, 20, 1820; Cong 1837.
m. (2) 4, 25, 1 82 1, Elizabeth Bassett, dau. of Amos
Bassett.
m. (3) Sarah Alderman, Cong. 1837.
Children By First Wife
1. Albert A., b. 12, 30, 1818, see below.
2. Louis E., b. 3, 28, 1820; d. 11, 5, 1820.
By Second Wife
3. Louis Bassett, b. 7, 21, 1823; grad. of Yale; d. ii, 16, 1807.
4. Julia Ann, b. 8, 9, 1824; d. 1911; m. William Powell.
By Third Wife
5. Edwin H., b. 10, 21, 1826; d. 12, 27, 1827.
6. Mary H., b. 10, 16, 1828; d. 8, 21, 1891 ; m, 1849, John Almon
Baird, see.
7. Nathan, b. 2, 6, 183 1.
8. David P., b. 7, 13, 1833.
9. Lyman A., b. 12, 25, 1837.
Albert Atwater, son of Jared, above, b. 12, 30, 1818;
d. 5, 26, 1899; to Tw. with parents ab. 1832; Cong. 1836;
m. (i) 6, 25, 1842, Mary H. Herrick, b. i, i, 1822; d.
3, 10, i860; dau. of James W. Herrick; Cong. 1845, to
Chester 1848.
Atwater Bailey — 205
m. (2) 10, 4, 1861, Jane Atwater, b. 7, 7, 1827; d.
II, 23, 1906; dau. of Stephen Atwater.
Children By First Wife
I. Huldah Deborah, b. i, i, 1844; Cong. 1861, to Newburg 1864;
m. 6, II, 1873, George Lewis Stanley, see.
2. Jared James, b. 8, 12, 1845; m. 8, 14, 1867, Hattie G. Root;
Crete, Neb., 1901. They had:
(i) Albert Ailing, b. 5, 27, 1868; m. ii, 13, 1901, Emily
Coville Daniels.
(2) Hattie Belle, b. 6, 3, 1870; m. 7, 15, 1901, Wm. H.
Hotze.
(3) Mary Lucille, b. 12, 10, 1871; d. 10, 27, 1899; unm.
(4) Jennie Josephine, b. ii, 28, 1873; d. 12, 17, 1896; unm.
(5) Harmon Gordon, b. 9, 19, 1877; m. 10, 27, 1902, Emma
Daniels.
(6) Fannie Emily, b. ii, 25, 1879; m. 7, 22, 1903, Alva B.
Stallu.
(7) FrankEdward, b. II, 25, 1879; m. 6, 17, 1906, Bertha B.
Kennedy.
3. Sarah Emma, b. 8, 4, 1847; m. Seldon Cone, Cong. 1863; to
Newburg, 1864.
4. AlbertHenry, b. 6, 25, 1850; d. 6, 23,1909; unm., lawyer in CI.
5. Ezra Ailing, b. 9, 18, 1852; m. 5, 17, 1882, Corda C. Phillips,
Newburg.
6. Louis Mather, b. 8, 8, 1855; d. 7, 23, 1906; unm.
7. Mary Eliza, b. 4, 6, 1858; d. 10, 22, i860.
8. William, b. 3, 4, i860; d. 5, 2, i860.
By Second Wife
9. Schuyler Edgar, b. 12, 28, 1867; m. 6, 19, 1906, Mira Herrick.
Lewis B. Atwater, Cong., 1843; dis. to New Haven
1845-
Homer C. Ayers, from Akron; ass't teacher in Inst.,
1859; to la.; d. in Yankton, So. Dak.;
m. 12, 29, 1865, Emma Theresa Fessenden, b. 11, 13,
1843; dau. of John W. Fessenden. She now at Belle Plain,
la. She m. (2) 1895, M. L. Prentiss.
Children
Thomas, Ed. of The Times, Lincoln, Neb.
Fannie, m. Kennedy, Denver, Colo.
Bessie, Chicago.
B
Nathaniel Bailey, b. ab. 1821; d. Tw.; here i860;
son of David and Susan (Dumply) Bailey; grocery where
2o6 — Bailey Baird
John C. Blackman lives, so. side of park; bro. of Mrs. Edwin
B. Barber;
m. Alitia White, b. ab. 1827; d. at Chagrin Falls ab.
1906; Meth.
Children
Frank D., b. Tw.; d. in west; in Civil War.
George, b. Tw.; d. in west.
RuFUS A. Bailey; m. 3, 9, 1853, Sarah Richardson
of Bedford, one of hotel party referred to elsewhere; shoe-
maker; Lansing, Mich.
Francis Bailey, Inst. 1848.
Ellen Bailey, b. 1844; d. 4, i, 1846.
John Bailey, b. 1841; d. 3, 21, 1851, by accident.
John Baird, colored; worked for O. P. Nichols; slave
before war; thenN. Y.; here4or5yrs; horseman; to CI.;
several children, a son b. 1876; d. 6, 14, 1878; twins d.
7, 31. 1879.
Robert Hunter Baird, b. ab. 1795; d. 8, 15, 1847;
from Becket, Mass.; built 1847 where Mr. Houghton lives
on North St. ;
m. Thanful Streetor; d. 11, 4, 1876; who m. (2)
Frederick Stanley, see. Cong. 1844 from Becket, Mass.;
dis. 1863 to Hopkins, Mich.
Children
1. Corinthia Elden, b. 7, 20, 1819; d. 9, 18, 1873; m. 7, i, 1839,
Joseph Sturges, see.
2. Robert Ashley, b. 3, 21, 1821; d. 12, 4, 1871; m. 3, 27, 1849,
Eliza Messenger, 1825-1907.
3. Wealthy Catharine, b. i, 25, 1826; d. 3, 23, 1894; to Aurora
ab. 1841 ; m. II, II, 1847, Orrin Parks Nichols as his 2nd w., see.
4. John Almon, b. 10, 14, 1827; d. 9, 22, 1905; m. 2, 9, 1849,
Mary H. Atwater, 1828-1891, dau. of Jared Atwater, see. Son Robert to
Hopkins, Mich. Dau. Bertha; m. Dudley Henderson of Hopkins, Mich.
5. Hannah Orilia, b. i, 8, 1829; d. 2, 8, 1906; m. 11, 26, 1848, Dr.
Edgar Henry Wait of Ravenna. They had Edwin E. H. Wait, and a dau.
who m. Dr. Hathaway of Wellington.
6. Olive Thankful, b. 8, 9, 1830; d. 3, 6, 1891, in Hopkins, Mich.;
m. 10, 22, 1850, Nelson Newell Upson, 111. They had Clara A. and Fred
of Hopkins, Mich.
7. Philander Osden Wadsworth, 6, 7, 1833; d. 4, 12, 1903; m.
2, 4, 1862, Amelia Tooker, and had Kendall of Hopkins Station, Mich.
Baker Baldwin — 207
Benton Baker, farmer; here 1875-90; on Hudson
road;
m. i860, Eunice Keys, b. ab. 1837; d. 3, 10, 1890; dau.
Qf Keys, see.
Children
Orris Elman, b. 2, 20, 1868; Darrowville.
Norris, twin of above.
Ada; m. Harry Swift, bro. of Mrs. Earl Maxam.
Mary Baker, Cong. 1910; to CI. 1913.
Irene E. Baker, Cong. 1897; to Bedford 1898.
Ophelia Baker, in Dist. No. 7, 1861.
BALDWIN PEDIGREE
Richard Baldwin, Eng.; d. 1633.
I. Nathaniel Baldwin; to New Eng. 1639 with
bros. Joseph and Timothy.
II. Samuel Baldwin.
III. Samuel Baldwin.
IV. Caleb Baldwin.
V. Samuel Baldwin.
VI. Samuel Smith Baldwin, b. Ridgeway, Ct., 12, 9,
1772; d. 7, II, 1822; 1st sheriff of Cuyahoga Co., 1810-13;
surveyed city of CI. for Moses Cleaveland; later, in 18 17,
surveyed s. e. part of Tw.; lived on farm in Newburg;
m (i) 5, 10, 1796, Sarah Camp, b. 1782; d. 8, 9, 1818.
m. (2) 7, II, 1819, Rhoda Boughton; d. 7, 17, 1854.
Children, By First Wife
Philander, b. 9, 15, 1798.
Lucretia, b. 8, 30, 1800; m. 1828, Reuben I. Henry, see.
Julia.
Caroline.
Sarah.
Henry, b. 4, 27, 18 13; see below.
Also four others whose names are not known.
Henry ("Carey") Baldwin, son of Samuel Smith
Baldwin, above; b. 4,27,1813; d. 9, 24, 1868; to Tw. 1835,
buying farm on Liberty St. where his son, Henry H., now
2o8 — Baldwin Baldwin
lives; built log house, married, and raised family there;
farmer; hunted deer, etc., all through that region; in 1848
built frame house, William Clark and Harrison Dunshee
doing the carpenter work, and John W. Fessenden and Henry
Parmelee the painting; he and w. among founders of Dis-
ciples chh. at Solon;
m. 12, 24, 1835, Amanda M. Risley, b. 9, 14, 1815; d.
9, 20, 1907, aged 92; dau. of Nathaniel Risley of Aurora, an
officer in Rev. War, commended by Washington; she m. (2)
Rev. Almon Beecher Green and outlived him.
Children
All born in the log house and educated in the little white school
house on Liberty St.
1. Francis Hart, b. 12, 7, 1838; d. 5, 6, 1898; m. 3, 12, 1863,
Elizabeth Mcintosh. They lived in Solon and had Agnes Amanda, 1866,
Henry F., 1868, Allegur Maynard, 1869, and Wilbur Mcintosh, 1875.
2. Henry Herman, b. 6, 26, 1841; see below.
3. Cassius Osman, b. 12, 7, 1843; see below.
4. Orsa Amanda, b. 2, i, 1847; m. 2, 28, 1867, Dr. Hiram W.
Carter who d. 1907; see; she lives at Cuyahoga Falls.
5. Cordelia B., b. 7, 3, 1857; m. 10, 11, 1876, Rev. Thomas B.
Knowles, a Disciple minister. They had nine boys:
(i) Paul Baldwin, b. 9, 5, 1877; Hiram Col. 1898; d. 8, 23,
1903;
(2) Almon Beecher, b. 4, 15, 1879; Hiram Col.; opera
singer; m. 12, 29, 1908, Mrs. Ardelle Kampfert; N. Y.
City;
(3) Harry Woodworth, b. 2, 4, 1881 ; m. 6, 21, 1901, Marga-
ret Price; CI.;
(4) Ewett Waldon, b. 10, 24, 1887; CI.;
(5) Ralph Campbell, b. ii, 10, 1888; m. 6, 17, 1910, Eva
Gamble; CI.;
(6) Frank Coler, b. i, 8, 1890; drowned 7, 19, 1910;
(7) Louis Garfield, b. 8, 5, 1892; Hiram Col.; Disciple
minister;
(8) Albert Gerrold, b. 8, 23, 1895; Kemper Military School,
Penn.;
(9) Herbert McLean, b. 8, 23, 1898.
Of the five chil. of Henry Baldwin, Francis, Orsa and Cordelia B.
attended higher schools.
Henry Herman Baldwin, son of Henry, above, b.
6, 26, 1841 ; always lived on old home on Liberty St.; mem-
ber of town board of education; "squirrel hunter" in Sept.,
1862, going to defend Cincinnati at time of Gen. Kirby
Baldwin Baldwin — 209
Smith's raid; has sword and regimentals of Nathaniel
Risley of Rev. War; Meth.;
m. I, 12, 1865, Laura Marie Booth, b. 8, 31, 1843,
dau. of Philander Booth, see. They celebrated their golden
wedding Jan. 12, 1915.
Children
1. Bert Booth, b. 7, 16, 1866; unm.
2. Henry Philander, b. 6, 11, 1868; unm.
3. Lillian Emeline, b. 4, 5, 1870; m. 9, 13, 1888, Otis H. Bennett,
see.
4. Mary Orsa, b. 12, 9, 1871; m. 2, 2, 1893, Edward Boose, see.
5. Herman Edward, b. 10, 7, 1875; m. 10, 20, 1897, Blanche
Savage of Chagrin Falls.
6. Delia Amanda, b. 10, 27, 1876; Meth.; m. i, 21, 1903, Charles
Frederick Tryon of Macedonia.
Cassius Osman Baldwin, son of Henry, Sen., above, b.
12, 7, 1843; in Civil War 1861 to Sept. 1865, 115th O. V. I.;
carpenter; Meth.; mem. of F. and A. M. Lodge 213; lives
since 1899 in Coshocton Co.; justice of peace there; see
Bowen & Co's. Hist, of Portage and Summit Co., p. 883;
m. (i) 2, 8, 1866, Marie M. Goff, b. 8, i, 1845, dau. of
John Goff, see.; d. 6, 29, 1876 at Youngstown; taught in
Tw. schools during Civil War;
m. (2) 1878, Cordelia Thare Norton, b. i, 4, 1839;
d. 4, 16, 1897; dau. of Horace Norton, see.
m. (3) 12, 26, 1883, Emma C. Lee, b. 4, 24, 1852; d.
4. 15, 1897.
m. (4) 3, 22, 1899, Mary Ann Troendtley, b. 7, 4,
1849.
Children, By First Wife
John Osman, b. 6, 2, 1871, see below.
Alton Cassius, b. 10, 26, 1874, see below.
John Osman Baldwin, 6, 2, 1871, in Solon; to Tw. in
infancy; Tw. public schools; worked on farm and elsewhere;
Cong. 1895; has written many poems of pronounced merit;
built present home on old Goff homestead; director in
United Amateur Association of America 1916-17;
m. II, 25, 1897, Mary Anna McIntyre, b. 8, 4, 1875,
dau. of Samuel McIntyre, see; Cong. 1898.
Child
Wallace Cassius, b. 11, 16, 1898; Cong. 1913.
2IO — Baldwin Barber
Alton Cassius Baldwin, b. lo, 26, 1874; lives in Tw.
on old Goff place; Tw. public schools; employed in Marble
& Shattuck Chair Co., Bedford; Summit Lodge F. & A. M. ;
m. 3, 29, 1905, Eva M. Parker, b. 7, 18, 1882.
Children
Alton Parker, b. 2, 11, 1906.
Wilfred Edwin, b. 4, 28, 1907.
Ford Wayne, b. 2, 15, 1911.
Timothy Banleigh, b. ab. 1840; in Dist. 2, 1854-5.
Martha E. Banning, in Dist. 2, 1854.
Mary A. Banning, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1855-7.
Stephen S. Barber, b. ab. 1812; d. 5, 16, 1852;
m. Sophia Carver, b. ab. 1811; d. i, 13, 1867; here
i860; both Meth. 1843.
Children
Edwin Bernlce, b. 1833; see below.
Lewis.
Caswell, see below.
Sophronia.
Jarvis E., b. ab. 1837; see below.
Edwin Bernice Barber, b. 1833 ; d. 6, 6, 1882; son of
Stephen S. above; lived and owned where Mrs. Hickox
lives, south side of square; here i860; carpenter; after his
death she lived 24 yrs. in CI.; returned to Tw. 191 2;
m. Cynthia Sophia Bailey, b. 10, 22, 1834, dau. of
David and Susan (Dumplin) Bailey of Bainbridge.
Children
Frederick Delos, b. 4, 25, 1856; in village on Hudson road; m.
1 1, 1 1, 1885, Mary Ann Neal (O'Neal), b. 8, 16, 1859, dau. of Michael O.
Neal, see. They had Ola May, b. 11, 26, 1888; d. 6, 10, 1911.
Frank Adelbert, b. i, 6, 1859; d. 4, 2, 1913; unm.
Caswell Barker; where Mr. Fee lives; in Civil War;
m. "Minda" Prentiss, dau. of Luther Prentiss, see.
Children
Florence; m. Fred Cole; Brewley, Calif.
Edith; m. Ray Church; Redlands, Calif.
Jarvis E. Barber, b. ab. 1837; d. in Washington; here
i860; farmer; lived in Northfield; in Civil War;
m. (i) Candace Fitch.
m (2) Emeline C. , b. ab. 1839; had Julia.
Barber Barney — 211
George Barber, b. ab. 1817; d. 10, 9, 1855; bro. of
Stephen S. Barber above; on Bedford road and in village.
Children
Stephen, b. ab. 1846; d. 3, 2, 1857.
George; m.
Mary; m.
Martha, twin of above; m.
Horace Barber, b. ab. 1829; d. — ; cousin of Stephen S.
Barber above; farmer where Mr. Haughton lives; here
i860;
m. Vervelia Ames, b, ab. 1831; d.; sister of w. of
Chauncey B. Lane.
Children
Albert Daniel Maheny, b. ab. 1854; in west; in Civil War; m.
Masena Eliza Post, dau. of Bradford and Eliza (Williams) Post.
Flora, b. ab. 1855.
John Williams, b. ab. 1852; Hudson; m. , who d.
4, 25, 1916.
Horace; m. Wait, dau. of Seth Wait, see.
And others.
Lewis Barber, bro. of above, b. ab. 1833; here i860;
m Matilda Ricksicker, b. ab. 1835.
LoviNA A. Barber, dau. of S. and S. Barber; d. 8, 21,
i8i8, age4>^.
John Barker, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
William B. Barnard, b. ; d. ; where Mr.
Dunscomb lives;
m Mary , b. ab. 1801 ; d. 7, 13, 1835.
Children
Son, b. and d. 6, 29, 1835.
Caroline, Cong. 1843.
N. Barnet, here 1820 and over 21.
Elmer Barney, here after the war, worked for Newton
Herrick; in 19th O. V. L; single, but m. here and moved to
Geauga Co.;
m Samantha Haley, who d. Jan. 1905; Cong. 1872.
Frederick Barney, carpenter; in Civil War.
Miss Barney, d. 12, 2, 1880.
212 — Bassett Beaney
John Bassett, here 1820 and over 21.
Mrs. John Bassett, sister of Sidney Beaney, see.
Children
Walter B.; d. 2, 26, 1850; age 4.
John W., b. ab. 1847; Unadilla, Neb.; here in 50's and eady 6o's;
lived at Gardiner Parmelee's.
Mary I., b. ab. 1850.
See records of Dist. No. 7. The above names may be grand-
children.
Alanson Harrison Bates, b. in Mass. 1816; d. i, 3,
1897; son of Aaron and Nancy (Mathev^^s) Bates; to Ohio
1829; lived in Trumbull Co. several yrs., also in N. Y. state;
to Kansas 1870; to Tw. 1881, where he d.;
m. 1838, Laura Nichols, b. 1821; d. 3, 8, 1870; dau.
of Caleb and Amanda (Parke) Nichols; Cong. 1869.
Children
Ellen Louise, 1839-1878; m. Daniel Fast.
Sabra E., b. 1846; lives in Tw.; Cong. 1869 and again 1883.
Isaac D. Bates; m. Eliza , both Cong. 1829.
Children
Isaac, b. May, 1828; bap. i, 4, 1829.
Henry Martyn, bap. 5, 26, 1833.
Belizer Beach, lived north of Charles Lane's; sold to
Naaman Case; from Ct. ; m Rachel F. , both charter
members of Cong. chh. 1822; dis. to Findley, 1844.
David Beach and w. See census of 1833; in west part
of town; called doctor and practiced; Bapt. 1832; both
dis. 1839.
Children
Oliver Lewis, b. 9, 29, 1828.
Eliada, b. ab. 1829.
David, b. ab. Jan. 1830.
Phineas Burnice, b. ab. 1832.
Mary Peck, member of family May 1833.
L. Gardner Bean, b. Athens Co., 1872; teacher;
dentist; studied Ohio Uni. and W. R. Uni.; supt. schools in
Tw. 1906-09; Athens;
m 8, 8, 1906, DoLLiE Hooper, b. Athens Co., 1877;
principal of Tw. H. S. most of time 1909-14.
Sidney Beaney, b. Eng. 3, i, 1819; d. at Geneva and
bur. Tw. 2, I, 1895; son of John Beaney, 1776-1864, and
Beaney Beardsley — 213
Jane (Weston) Beaney, 1 780-1 864, who had 12 chll.; in
New Eng. a few yrs.; came west on foot; worked in Hudson
brick yard 6 mo., then in hat store 3 yrs., then to Eng. and
brought parents; farm in Tw. a few yrs, then moved house
across Hne into Northiield, now Macedonia, where part of
farm was still in Tw.; later lived in Geneva; he and w.
Bapt.;
m. 6, 28, 1858, Mary Roughton, b. Eng. 3, 19, 1836;
d. 2, 6, 1907; dau. of Benjamin (d. 1844) and Sarah (Thomp-
son) Roughton, who had 12 chil.; to America with mother,
1847.
Children
Walter, b. 8, 24, 1859; lives on old farm; m. Ida Holbrook; 5 chil.,
one of whom, Ray, m. Isa Mizer, dau. of Samuel Mizer; Northfield.
Sidney, b. 6, 17, 1861; d. 1912; m.
Sarah Jennie, b. 8, 24, 1864; Geneva.
Addie Amelia, d. 1874, age 2 yrs.
Alfred Beaney, bro. of Sidney above, b. ab. 1807; d.
I, 8, 1876.
Davis Beardsley, b. Vt., 1875; d. Tw. i, 10, 1849;
farmer; lived just south of where son Henry lived on Streets-
boro road;
m. (2) Deborah Davis, b. 1815; d. Dec, 1873.
Children
Lucinda Jane, b. ab. 1835; d. a few years ago; m. Isaac banning,
see.
WilHam Jay, b. Nov. 1838; in Civil War; infant of d. 7, 3, 1858.
Henry Clay, b. 12, 7, 1840; see below.
Amos Davis, b. 11, 28, 1847; see below.
Henry Clay Beardsley, b. 12, 7, 1840; d. 11, 16,
191 5; son of Davis above; farmer on Streetsboro road;
Bapt.; m. 3, 3, 1863, Minerva Brown, b. 7, 30, 1843, dau.
of Almon Brown, see; Bapt.
Children
Hiram Groovner, b. 4, 16, 1864; see below.
Perry, b. 11, 22, 1869; d. 5, 8, 1877.
Hiram Groovner Beardsley, b. 4, 16, 1864, son of
Henry Clay above;
^ (i) 5) 31? 1883, Margaret Taggart, b. ab. 1865,
dau. of Alexander Taggart, see.
2 1 4 B E ARDS L E Y BeCKLEY
m. (2) Millie Mead, dau. of John Mead, see.
Children By First Wife
1. Pearlie E., b. 3, 5, 1884; m. William Middleton of Hudson.
2. Jay Henry, b. 2, 5, 1885; d. 3, 15, 1902.
Children By Second Wife
3. Iva May, b. 12, 12, 1894; m. 2, 3, 1912, Charles Daniels.
4. Perry Edgar, b. 6, 3, 1896.
5. Garland Thomas, b. 12, 13, 1899.
6. Henry Clay, b. i, i, 1903.
7. Arthur Davis, b. 8, 27, 1906.
Amos Davis Beardsley, son of Davis above; b.
II, 28, 1847;
m. June 1866, Elnora Vergina Cannon, b. 1845; dau.
of James Sylvester Cannon, see.
Children
Nellie Olivia, b. 8, 13, 1867; m. 10, 27, 1894, Charles Guy Herrick
see. She m. (i) John Kellum, see.
2. Frederick James, b. 6, 21, 1869; d. July 1891.
3. Franklin Jay, b. 5, 19, 1871; d. May 1884.
4. Son, b. ab, 1873; d. 6, 6, 1884.
5. Sarah Eva, b. I, 31, 1874.
Mrs. Reuben Beardsley, b. ab. 1812; d. 8, 8, 1848.
Mr. Beardsley (Reuben.?), b. ab. 1810; d. 6, 27, 1882.
Ellen Beardsley, in Dist. 2 ab. 185 1-2; at Apollos
White's.
Levi Beardsley, b. ab. 1840; at Joel Parmelee's; in
Dist. 2, 185 1-2.
Mr. and Mrs. Becht, in Dist. 7 on Macedonia road
across from schoolhouse, also on Solon road; he m. (2)
Martha West, dau. of Charles West; she Bapt.; several
children.
Silas Beckley, here ab. 1844:54; undertaker; made
coffins; house east side of square; cabinet shop in front;
Cong. 1847; dis. to New Haven, Ct., 1854.
Cornelia Beckley, in Inst. 1848; Cong. 1851, dis. to
New Haven, 1854.
Ellen M. and George W. Beckley, Inst. 1848.
Child of Silas Beckle]^ d. i, 20, 1850, age i yr.
Beebe Bell — 215
Louisa Beebe, Meth. 1843.
Mary Beeman, Meth. 1841.
Jehiel and Almira Beers, Meth. 1843.
LoviNA C. Beers, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-9.
John William Behling, b. Wis. 6, 30, 1 878, son of Wm.
and Frieda BehHng; Hved in Milwaukee and CI.; to Tw.
1915; m. ID, 20, 1900, Emma Louise Detman, b. Wis.
I, 13, 1884. They had Lavern Louise, b. 4, 9, 1905, and six
other chil. who d.
Erastus Belden, m. Betsy A. , who was b. ab.
1806 and d. 12, 22, 1886, at Mr. Roach's.
Children
1. Josephine.
2. Minerva C, b. 7, 12, 1830; d. 2, 3, 1895; m. Moses Nelson
Roach, see.
3. Josephine, b. 8, 3, 1838; m. Albert N. Stanley, see.
4. Edward, b. ab. 1842; d. ii, 25, 1855; son of above.''
5. Frederick E.; see below.
Frederick E. Belden, d. 12, 12, 1896; son of Erastus
above; rented farms; in 177th O. V. L; to Calif, several yrs.
after marriage ; then to Tw.; then to Bedford ab. 1888;
m. 2, 28, 1870, Emogene Azubah Lusk, dau. of Henry
Lusk, see; b. 2, 28, 1849; d. 4, 17, 1916.
Children
Henry Augustus, b. i, 5, 1872; m. 1890, Nellie Nichols, dau. o
Fremont Nichols, see; lived in Tw.; now in CI.; six chil.; Cong. 1887
Lillius Ann, b. 8, 11, 1880; m. 6, 10, 1913. Thomas H. Sloban of
Bedford.
Frank Albert Belek, b. Austria 12, 25, 1869; to U. S.
1889; to Tw. 1916; farmer on Macedonia road;
m. I, 16, 1900, RozALiE Macha, b. in CI. 10, 30, 1874.
Children
Albie Anna, b. 2, 14, 1901.
Albert Frank, b. 11, 6, 1903.
John Alfred, b. 8, 22, 1905.
Elsie May, b. 12, 15, 1910.
Thomas Alexander Bell, b. 5, 26, 1873; unm.; son
of William and Isabella (Sloan) Bell of Streetsboro; he
2i6 — Benedict Bennett
lived here a short time and d. 7, 14, 191 2, aged 80. Thomas
is cattle buyer; farm N. W. of Tw., old Elisha Herrick place.
Albert Benedict, m. Helen Cannon, b. ab. 1845;
who d. in Bedford, 8, 19, 1867; dau. of Horace P. and Mercy
E. Cannon. They had Nina, b. ab. 1863; d. 12, 10, 1905;
m. Fred Garree, see.
Leon Benedict?
Henry Bennett, b. 1798; d. 10, 14, 1873; came from
near border bet. Canada and U. S.; returned there to be
married; settled on Liberty St. where his grandson, Otis,
now lives; cleared land and built first house; he and w.
Meth.;
m. Fanny Streator, b. ab. 1804; d. May, 1878.
Children
Cyrus Crawford, b. 4, 19, 1827; see below.
Henry S., b. 1830; d. on way home from army; lived in Wis.; m.
and had three chil.; see below.
Elam Morse, b. 12, i, 1834; see below.
Cyrus Crawford Bennett, b. 4, 19, 1827; d. in Civil
War; to Wis.;
m. 6, 7, 1848, Caroline Sarah Johnson of Wadsworth,
b. 3, 26, 1826; d. 191 2. They had Levin Henry, b. 7, 27,
1849; see below; had seven other chil.
Henry S. Bennett, son of Henry, above; b. 1830; d.
on way home from Civil War; lived in Wis.;
m. Catharine .
Children
Elam, b ; m.; had 2 girls.
Emma, b. ; m.; had i boy.
Henry, b. ; m. in Wis.; had 2 chil.
Levin Henry Bennett, son of Cyrus Crawford above;
b. 7, 27, 1849; farmer; carpenter; on Liberty St. and later
built house in village on Bedford road;
m. I, 5, 1881, Emma Viola Post, b. 2, 15, 1859, dau. of
Philo Post, see; Meth.
Children
I. Ray Orman, b. 4, 2, 1882; m. 3, 25, 1907, Hattie Dalrymple,
dau. of Adelbert Dalrymple, see: lives in Detroit, Mich.; he Tw. H. S.,
1897.
Bennett Bennett — 217
2. Ida Luella, b. 11, 18, 1883; d. 4, 3, 1895.
3. Luna Caroline, b. 4, 21, 1885; Tw. H. S. 1902; m. 11, 5, 1902,
Louie Chamberlin, son of William Chamberlin, see.
4. Leon Philo, b. 10, 31, 1888; see below,
5. Flossie Idella, b. 4, 23, 1892; d. 8, 11, 1895.
6. Ila Moss, b. 10, 23, 1896; Tw. High School, 1913; m. 10, 27,
191 5, Nelson George Doubrava, see.
Leon Philo Bennett, b. 10, 31, 1888, son of Levin
Henry above; farmer on Liberty St.;
m. II, 23, I9IO, WiLHELMINA HENRIETTA AuGUSTA
Frolich, b. 1887, dau. of Charles Frolich, see.
Children
Paul Arthur, b. 9, 4, 191 1.
Earl Williams, b. 2, 11, 1913.
Leona Wilma, b. 3, 10, 1915.
Elam Morse Bennett, b. Tw. 12, i, 1834; d. 9, 8,
1871 ; son of Henry above; farmer on Liberty St. where son
Otis now lives; bothMeth.;
m. I, 27, 1858, Sarah Catherine Smith, b. Orange,
5, 14, 1838, dau. of Almon and Susan Henriette (Squire)
Smith, both b. New Milford, Ct. After her husband's death
she remained on farm 20 yrs. and brought up her sons, then
came to village and lives s. w. corner of park. See Perrin's
Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1040.
Children
Almon Curtis, b. ii, 9, 1859; see below.
Delas Hoadley, b. i, 23, 1864; see below,
Otis Hartley, b. 10, 8, 1865; see below.
Almon Curtis Bennett, son of Elam, above; b.
II, 9, 1859, farmer on Hudson road one mile from village;
m. 3, 24, 1885, Florence York of Tw.
Child
Elam, b. 10, 13, 1895; m. 6, 22, 1916, Gladys Walters of Boston, O.
Delas Hoadley Bennett, son of Elam above, b.
I, 23, 1864; street car conductor; Cuyahoga Falls;
m. II, 17, 1888, Millie Roniger, b. 4, 30, 1871, dau.
of Morris Roniger, see.
Children
Pearl, Tw. H. S. 1906; m. Joshua Frederick Fisher of Akron, and
had Justus, b. 1910, Kermit, b. 1911, and Lenora, b. 1913.
Jessie Maud, b. 12, 16, 1891; d. 12, 20, 1912; m. Olin Carpenter,
and had Thelma who d. y.
2i8 — Bennett Betts
Otis Hartley Bennett, son of Elam above, b. lo, 8,
1865; farmer on Liberty St.; member of Tw. School Board;
m. 9, 13, 1888, Lillian Emeline Baldwin, b. 4, 5, 1870,
dau. of Herman Baldwin, see.
Children
Harry, b. 12, 24, 1895; farmer; m. 7, 12, 1915, Bernice Johnson,
dau. of Arthur T. Johnson, see. They had Faye Marie, b. 2, 23, 1916'
Daughter d. y. 2, 18, 1907.
Fred Ellsworth Bennett, b. 8, 31, 1862; worked
here 8 or 10 yrs. ; son of James and Zelma Bennett of Orange,
and bro. of Mrs. Charles T. Chambers; now in CL;
m. (i) Cora Watson, and had May who d. at age of 22,
and Grace Lorene.
m. (2) Susie Hagerman of Worcester, and had Dudley,
b. 1896, and Anna Bell, b. 1903.
William Benthans, b. ab. 1867; d. i, 2, 1897; tran-
sient; fr. Eng.; worked for Moses Bishop.
ToNi Beri, b. in Hungary, 12, 16, 1855; to U. S. 1901;
to Tw. 1916;
m. 3, I, 1880, Elizabeth Solo, b. in Hungary 11, 6,
1862. They had Toni, see below, Joe who d. y. and Olix who
lives in CI.
ToNi Beri jun., son of Toni above; b. in Hungary
2, 18, 1883; to U. S. 1903; to Tw. 1916; farmer on Bedford
road on William T. Adams' place;
m. 5, 2, 1908, GuRD Teresz, b. in Hungary, 10, 23, 1889;
to U. S. 1903.
Children
Theresa, b. 12, 28, 1909.
Toni, b. 5, 8, 191 1
Rosa, b. 8, 17, 1912.
OHx, b. 2, 13, 1914.
Edgar Betts, b. ab. 1835; d.; he and bro. Edwin here
ab. 50 or 55 or more yrs. ago; rented farms;
m. (i) Emma Clark, dau. of Ezra Clark, see.
m. (2) ; Chardon.
Children
Bertie, b. ; d.
Hermon, b. ; with mother in Detroit, Mich.
Betts Birdsell — 219
Edwin Betts, twin bro. of Edgar above, b. ab. 1835;
d. at Chardon early in 1916, age 80; farmer;
m. (i) Clarissa Clark, dau. of Ezra Clark, see; and
had Wendell; and infant son d. 10, 19, 1859.
m. (2) Mrs. Edgar Betts after separation from his bro.
Fred Bicker, many years on Almon Brown's farm;
now in Aurora;
m. Margaret Jane Taggart, dau. of Alexander Tag-
gart, see; she b. ab. 1865 and m. (i) Hiram G. Beardsley.
Jonathan Bidlake, b. ab. 1778; d. Tw. i, 15, 1845.
See census of 1833; lived near where Otis Bennett lives.
Children
Lewis, 1 820-1 863. See below.
Calvin, b. ab. 1822.
Betsy, b, ab. 1824; m. Washington Rhodes; see.
Hannah, b. ab. 1827.
Laura, b. ab. 1830.
Lewis Bidlake, b. Tw. 1819-20; killed on train 11, 24,
1863; farmer on Liberty St. until 1858, then Aurora;
m. (i) Susan Gould, 1818-1859; dau. of Thomas
Gould.
m. (2) 1861, Clarinda Gould, 1836-1880.
Children
Daughter, d. 12, 3, 1842, age 6.
Ellen, d. 8, 21, 1853, age 9.
Daughter, d. 3, 20, 1861, age 12.
Daughter, d. 3, 19, 1861, age 10.
John, d. 7, 12, i860, age 5.
By Second Wife
Dayton, Minnie, b. 1862.
David Bidlake; m. 11, 31, 1831; had Edwin, b. ab.
1832.
John Bidlake, 1811-1833.
Hannah M. Billson, teacher in Tw. Inst. 185 1-3;
m. Mr. Sprang, of CI.
Willie Isadore Birdsell, b. 1845; lived near old
mills; son of John and Abigail (Parsons) Birdsell; Cong.
1887;
220 — Bishop Bishop
m. 1869, Charlotte Louisa Griffith, b. 1851; d. in
Hudson 1912; dau. of Lot Griffith, see; Cong. 1887.
Children
1. Effie Maud, b. 1870; Cong. 1887; dis. to Streetsboro, 1900;
m. 1896, James H, Clark of Streetsboro and had Gilbert Horace, 1898,
and Terese, b, 1902.
2. Bessie Abbie, b. 1874; ^- 1895, Abraham L. Lighton, and had
Donald Edward and Harmon Bruce.
Alfred Ernest Bishop, b. 2, 20, 1867, Weymouth, son
of Reuben and Elcina (Mann) Bishop; to Tw. 1909; mer-
chant, n. e. corner of park;
m. 7, 3, 1893, Emma Amanda Kittinger, b. 12, 18, 1874,
dau. of David B. and Charlotte Frances (Richards) Kittinger
of Bath; Cong.
Children
Orland Rodolph, b. 8, 16, 1895; Cong. 1910; salesman in CI.
Harold Ross, b. 3, i, 1901; Cong. 1913.
Gwendoline, Charlotte, b. 2, 8, 1904; Cong. 1916.
George Lewis Bishop, bro. of above and partner in
business, b. at Weymouth 7, 6, 1870; unm.
David Bishop, left Goshen, Ct., Jan., 1800, in company
of 30, in sleighs, for Bloomfield, N. Y.; left there April 24;
to O. by fleet on Lake Erie of 5 boats of 2 to 4 tons each;
had 4 sons, Samuel, Rueben, Luman and Joseph.
Luman Bishop, had Leonard and Moses Cook.
Leonard Bishop, b. in O. ab. 1810; to Tw. 1843; here
i860;
m. Sophia Maxam, b. ab. 1815; d. 6, 6, 1895; dau. of
William Maxam, see; no chil.
Moses Cook Bishop, bro. of Leonard and son of
Luman above, b. ab. 1828; d. i, 21, 1910; here i860; farm
on Hudson road;
m. Emily Peck Herrick, b. 12, 23, 1827; d. i, 19, 1909;
dau. of Augustus Herrick, see.
Children
Mary, d. 9, 4, 1866, age ii.
Elmer Luman, b. 8, 10, 185 1; see below.
Emma, m. Elisha Ellsworth, see.
Kate, m. Burton Keyes, see.
Bishop Bissell — 221
Alda B., b. 8, 13, 1867; m. William J. Greenlease, see.
George, m. Lillie Martin who d. 1915; 6 chil.
Anna, b. ab. 1870; d. 12, 29, 1887.
An infant d. 2, 9, 1854, age 6 mo.
Elmer Luman Bishop, b. Tw. 8, 10, 1851; d. 9, 19,
1881;
m. 10, 29, 1873, LiLLIUS AURELIA LuSK, b. 2, 2, 185I,
dau. of Henry Lusk, see. They had Leonard Elmer, b. Tw.
5, 2, 1875; m. 9, 28, 1905, Ruby Glen Litzell; Akron.
Lillius m. (2) 4, 15, 1891, Orson H. Nichols, see.
Sanford H. Bishop, b. ab. 1810; d.; here i860, back
of where bank stands; merchant; to Solon; Cong. 1834;
m. Fanny Melissa Cannon in Aurora, b. ab. 1817.
Children
Martha, Cong. 1861; dis. to Collamer, 1865; m. Anson B. Cham-
berlin; to Solon.
Frank.
William, mail clerk on Erie R. R.
Frederick.
Americus Vespucius, in business with father; commission bus. in
Milwaukee, Wis.; lived where Miss Eliza Reed lives; m. Persis Stiles,
Cong.; teacher in Inst. 1859; no chil.
BISSELL PEDIGREE
I. John Bissell, fr. Somersetshire, Eng., to Plymouth
Colony, 1628; later to East Windsor, Ct.
II. John Bissell, Jr.
III. Jeremiah Bissell.
IV. Israel Bissell, East Windsor, Ct., d. 1776 in
middle life of camp distemper in Rev. War;
m. Hannah , who d. 5, 28, 1799. They had
Robert, Israel, Justus, Eunice, Roxana, Prudence and Anna.
V. Robert Bissell, b. ; d.; to Aurora, 1823;
m. Thankful Cheeseman, b. Braintree, Mass., 8, 7,
1769, dau. of Edward Cheeseman, in Rev. War.
Children
Rev. Samuel, b. 4, 28, 1797; see below.
Roswell, b. ab. 1800; d. 3, 8, 1851, had Orrin, Calvin, Harriet and
Samuel.
David, b. 7, 4, 1802; see below.
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Rev. Samuel Bissell, son of Robert above; b. Mid-
dlefield, Mass., 4, 28, 1797; d. Tw. 8, 26, 1895, age 98; to
Aurora with parents 1806; Yale Col. 1823; Yale Sem. 1825;
pastor at Tw. 1828-43 except i^ yrs. when teaching and
preaching at Edinburg; founder and principal of Tw. Inst.;
see Hist, of Cong. chh. and Hist, of Inst.; see also Perrin's
Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1040. In Twinsburg's first century
he was her most distinguished and useful citizen.
m. (i) 1824, Fanny P. Gaylord, b. ab. 1800; d. Tw.
5, 31, i860; dau. of Elijah Gaylord, of Harwinton, Ct.;
m. (2) Aug. i860, Cynthia Amelia Sikes, b. 11, 28,
1823; d. 8, 15, 1897; dau. of Chauncey and Cynthia (Han-
cock) Sikes; grad. of Wilbraham Academy, Mass., and
principal of ladies' department; Cong. 1870.
Child, By Second Wife
Fannie Amelia, b. 1864; m. Sept. 1883, Frederick Lloyd Bissell, son
of her cousin, Orrin Burke Bissell; see chart; they live in Winterset, la.
Mr. Bissell's census of 1833 gives William Bissell and
Rhoda F. Judson as members of his family.
David Bissell, son of Robert above, b. 7, 4, 1802; d.
3,23,1879; he and w. Cong. 1843; farmer, on Hudson road;
m. ab. 1826, Amanda C. Loveland, b. 5, 28, 1809; d.
6, 6, 1889, aged 80; dau. of P. Loveland.
Children
1. Warren G., b. 3, 4, 1827; d.; m. (i) Charlotte Bailey, who d.
9, ID, 1855, age 24; m. (2) Jane Sutherland.
2. Emeline B., b. 4, 13, 1828; d.; m. Samuel Herrick, see.
3. Edward, b. 12, 19, 1830; killed in Civil War.
4. Fidelia Laura, b. 10, 8, 1833; d.; m. Joel Turner, see.
5. Mary A., b. 2, II, 1836; d.; m. Ansel Maxam, see.
6. Lucia M., b. 2, 27, 1839; d.; m. Lawson Pratt, see.
7. Harlow A., b. 8, 31, 1842; in Civil War and d. soon after; m.
Ellen Richardson.
8. Henry Augustus, b. 7, 4, 1845; see below.
Henry Augustus Bissell, son of David above, b.
7, 4) 1845, farmer; hotel in Tw.; in Civil War;
m. II, 6, 1868, Fidelia A. Thompson, b. 8, 17, 1846,
dau. of Aaron and Lyta (Leach) Thompson.
Children
1. Vina Augusta, b. 11, 10, 1872; m. 3, 22, 1893, William P.
New^roth; she Cong. 1887, dis. to Hudson 1893.
2. Zany, b. and d. i, 11, 1882; one of triplets.
224 BiSSELL BiSSELL
3. Mabel, b. i, ii, 1882; d. 8, 18, 1882.
4. Reata Capitola, b. i, 11, 1882; m. 6, i, 1904, Fitch Gerald
Nichols; she Tw. H. S. 1900.
5. WinnieMay, b. 6, 2, 1885; m. 12, 30, 1905, Eugene B. Merrick,
and had Rita Antoinette, b. 4, 12, 1907, and Alfred Henry, b. 3, 20, 1913;
d. 3, 30, 1916.
Justus Bissell, son of Israel above, b. 2, 16, 1759; d.
9, 16, 1832; to Aurora Oct. 1808, where he and w. d.;
m. 12, 20, 1779, Ann Blodgett, b. 3, 2, 1760; d. i, 24^
1839- Children
Justus, Jr.; m. Mercy Collins.
Barber; m. Mabel Riley.
Orris.
Cephas, b. 6, 25, 1800; see below.
Eunice, b. 10, 22, 1796; m. Tyler Smith, see.
Roxy; m. Parish.
Philena; m. Aaron Baldwin.
Elvira; m. Rev. Bascom.
Anna; m. Daniel Leach.
Ebenezer Blodgett, b. 7, 20, 1784; see below.
Also a son, Israel, who d. in infancy.
These names not in order of birth.
Cephas Bissell, son of Justus above, b. 6, 25, 1800;
d. 5, 19, 1867; to Aurora with parents 1808; there until
1833, then to farm in s. e. part of Tw.; farmer; Cong.; see
Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1041;
m. 2, 23, 1829, Isabel Crawford, b. 5, 20, 1806; d.
July or Aug., 1883; dau. of Solomon Crawford, see; Meth.
Children
Cephas Crawford, b. 4, 19, 1830; see below.
Isabel Almina,b. 9, 20, 183 1; d. 12, 26, 1833, scalded.
Anna Elvira, b. 12, 25, 1840; d. i, 30, 1862; m. 3, 27, 1861, Nelson
C. Dodge, see.
Henry Alexander, b. 3, 3, 1847; see below.
Cephas Crawford Bissell, son of Cephas above, b.
4, 19, 1830; d. 9, 28, 1873;
m. Phila Reed, and had Fred Crawford; see below.
Dr. Fred Crawford Bissell, b. 11, 23, 1871; Oberlin
Col. 1894-6; CI. Homeopathic Med. Col., 1899; in 5th
Reg. U. S. A., 1898; Akron;
m. Lillian A. Pay, of Oberlin.
Children
Ivan, b. 5, 16, 1900.
Fred and Frank, twins, b. 8, 15, 1902.
BiSSELL BiSSELL 225
Henry Alexander Bissell, son of Cehpas above, b.
3, 3, 1847; farmer in s. e. part of town on Aurora road; of
late yrs. in village on Bedford road;
m. 12, 18, 1878, Anna Laura Nichols, b. 2, 25, 1859,
dau. of Oscar A. Nichols, see; Cong. 1898.
Children
Roy Henry, b. 9, 22, 1880; killed by accident in CI. 3, 25, 1907,
Tw. H. S. 1898.
Ray Oscar, b. 12, 9, 1882; farmer; Cong. 1903 and 1913; S. S.
supt. twice; Tw. H. S. 1901.
Ellen Anna, b. 2, 27, 1885; Cong. 1899; Tw. H. S. 1901; atObedin
1904-5; teacher many yrs. in Tw. schools.
Fred J., b. 10, 16, 1888; Cong. 1906; S. S. supt.; coal and feed
business; Tw.
Oralsabel, b.8, 20, 1894; Cong. 1908; Tw.H. S.1911; Kent Normal
School; teacher.
Ebenezer Blodgett Bissell, son of Justus above, b.
7, 20, 1784; d. 4, 24, 1864, age 80; fr. Middlefield, Mass.;
to Aurora 1806; to Tw. 1855; where P. P. Evans lives;
Cong. 1855;
m. (i) Mary Root, b. 2, 16, 1794; d. i, 23, 1825; dau.
of Jeremiah and Lucretia Root;
m. (2) 4, 22, 1830, LuciNDA Pardee Hart, b. 5, i, 1792;
d. 6, I, 1846;
m. (3) Angeline Collins; d. 11, 12, 1853;
m. (4) 10, II, 1854, Mrs. Fanny Parmelee, b. ab.
1784; d. 10, 12, 1875, age 91 ; wid. of Dan Parmelee, see.
Children By First Wife
1. Mary Ann, b. 2, 16, 1812; d. 1867; m. 2, 18, 1829, George
Barker, and had Norman, Hannah, Orson, Franklin, Lucretia, Adelia,
Newton, and Samuel, all dead but Mrs. Lucretia Stanton.
2. Sylvester, b. 2, i, 1814; m. (i) Mary Ann Foster; m. (2) 7, 7,
1841, Eleanor Nelson Hinsdale; had Watson Brown by ist w., and by
2nd w., Herman Hinsdale, Lucy, Mary, and Ellen.
3. Lucretia Page, b. 3, 18, 1817; d. Aug. 1841; m. 10, 20, 1836,
A. N. Beard, one child, Mrs. Cordelia Chandler.
4. Albert Newton, b. 9, 25, 1821; d. 1850; m, ii, 23, 1848,
Margaret Brown and had Robert Emmett.
Children By Second Wife
5. Clara Maria, b. 3, 27, 183 1; m. 11, 5, 1857, William H. Par-
melee, see; had Nettie, Sylvia Lucinda, Howard Emmett, Herman Bis-
sell, and Mason Ellsworth.
226 BiSSELL BlACKMAN
6. Ebenezer Blodgett, Jr., b. 4, 12, 1832; d. 6, 28, 1867; through
Civil War, under Garfield; m. i, i, 1856, Melinda Pease and had Linnie,
Emma and Retta.
7. Vesta Lucinda, b. i, 14, 1836; m. 4, 8, 1858, Ornaldo Lewis,
1830-1914, and had Frank, Fred, Nellie and Bert.
William C. Bissell, of Wes. Res. Col. teacher in Tw.
Inst. 1834-5.
Mrs. Sophia Bissell, b. ab. 1805; d. Aug. 1883.
Andrew J. Blackbird, son of Indian Chief; fr. Grand
Traverse, Mich.; one of 20 or more Indian youths who were
in Tw. Inst. 1846 and later yrs. His bro. d. here and was bur.
with Indian ceremonies. It is said that his tribe owned the
land around the Sault St. Marie in Mich., and that he
became very wealthy and d. about 4 yrs. ago, aged over 90.
See Tw. Inst, catalogues for names of other Indians.
Major Elijah Blackman; in Rev. War; came fr.
Becket, Mass.; lived in Aurora;
m. Elmira Hamilton. They had:
Isaac Newton Blackman, b. 7, 23, 1812; d. 12, 23,
1890; lived in Aurora;
m. Henrietta Granger, b. 11, 22, 1815; d. 8, 26,
1849; dau. of Horace Granger, 1 776-1 839, and Charlotte
(Snow) Granger, 1 783-1 851. They had child 3 yrs. old who
d. 4, 20, 1843, and also had:
Horace Granger Blackman, b. 9, 10, 1840; d. 4, 18,
1902; lived in Aurora but came to Tw. ab. 1871 and bought
home south side of park;
m. 9, 26, i860. Amy Amelia Clark, b. 10, 11, 1842,
dau. of John Finley Clark, see. She still lives in Tw. They
had:
John Clark Blackman, b. 12, 4, 1861; lived in village
and for a time in CI.; to Pompey's Pillar, Montana, 1916;
m. 12, 20, 1883, Nettie Adilla Greenlese, dau. of
Joseph C. Greenlese, see; b. 10, 12, 1859. They had:
Rev. John Carrell Blackman, b. 3, 18, 1885; Cong.
1904; Tw. H. S. 1902; Wes. Res. Col. 1907; Union Theo.
Sem. 191 2; was pastor at Big Timber, Mont., now at Pom-
pey's Pillar, Mont. ;
m. 6, 18, 1913, Jessie Darle Fearis.
Blackmer Bliss — 227
Rev. Walter Raymond Blackmer, b. Belchertown,
Mass., 10, 28, 1875, son of Alanson Leroy and Mary A.
(Sadler) Blackmer; Amherst Col. 1897; Hartford Seminary
1900; ordained at Marietta 9, 25, 1900; ass't pastor of
First Cong. chh. of Marietta 9, 25, 1900, to May 31, 1905;
pastor of Tw. Cong. chh. 6, i, 1905, to 11, 30, 191 1; Arcade,
N. Y., 12, 7, 191 1, to present time;
m. 6, 27, 1900, Nellie L. Rice, b. 8, 20, 1855, dau. of
Horatio N. and Luna C. (Smith) Rice. Mrs. Blackmer's
cousin, Mary Temple, lived in the family and d. 2, 9, 1910.
Dow Blair, b. 5, 23, 1875, in Penn., son of Robert and
Harriet (Oldacre) Blair; to Tw. 1916 on Charles Riley's
farm. Liberty St.;
m. 12, 18, 1901, Laura Kimmel, b. Penn. 3, 23, 1876,
dau. of Samuel and Jane (Baney) Kimmel.
Children
Stacy Jewell, b. 6, 30, 1904; d. y.
Glenn Avery, b. 5, 24, 1905.
Samuel Wesley, b. 6, i, 1909.
Susan Margaret, b. i, 6, 1913; d, y.
JoAB (or Jacob) Blake, b. ab. 1790; d. 7, 5, 1830; see
census of 1833;
m. Sarah (.?) who m. (2) 9-1832, Ezra Clark as
his first w. She Bapt. 1838; Meth. 1845.
Children By First Husband
Andrew, b. ab. 1822.
Anson, b. ab. 1826.
Lucinda, b. ab. 1830; m. William Thomas.
Perhaps other children.
Mr. Blakeslee, b. ab. 1800; d. 9, 6, 1844; on Bedford
road; moved away; had son William.
DwiGHT G. Blakeslee, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
Flora S. Blakeslee, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
Mr. Blass, child of d. 5, 23, 1853, age i yr.
Rev. George Josiah Bliss, b. ab. 1810; d. 12, 2, 1872;
pastor of Tw. M. E. chh. 3 yrs.
Mrs. Lucy H. Bliss, his widow, lives in Madison. She
was b. in Ct.
228 — Bliss Bonner
Jane Elizabeth Bliss, his sister, b. 4, 14, 1822;
m. Schuyler M. Chamberlin, see.
John Bliss, b. ab. 1846; in Dist. 2, 1858; one of boys
brought from N. Y. City; at Dea. Wilcox's; probably went
into army; prob. bro. of Rev. George Bliss above.
Morris Blodgett, b. ab. 1823; d. ; where Verne
Hempstead lives; here i860; wagon maker for James
Alexander; after mother's death all went to Calif. ; returned
to Tallmadge and d. ; in Civil War, Co. K, 19th O. V. I., and
177th O. V. I.; in battle of Shiloh;
m. ab. 1848, Laura Clark, b. ab. 1829; d. in Tall-
madge 1876; dau. of William Clark, see; Meth.
Children
Two d. in infancy.
Mary, b. ab. 1849; d. 4, 2, i860.
Nettie, m. Charles Abby; to Calif.
Charles Bock, b. ab. 18 18; cooper; shop just north
of Mr. Fee's; went to Hudson;
m. (i) , b. ab. 1821; d. 9, i, 1855;
m. (2) Hannah Myers, b. ab. 1834. No children.
Otis and Eli Boise, built present hotel 1830; owned
property here. Otis m. Elvira ; she Cong. 1834, dis.
to Hudson 1835.
Jefferson Bolander, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1 860-1.
Allen Bond, Meth. 1843.
Alexander Bolton, in early day lived in extreme n. e.
corner of Tw. and Summit Co. in one roomed unplastered
house. One of his daughters m. Alvin Seward who lived
many yrs. in Aurora; two or three other daus. lived in Solon
many yrs.
Godfrey Bonner, b. 1842, in Berne, Switzerland; d.
II, 14, 1911; to America i860; farmer on Solon road;
m. 1880, Martha Porter, b. in Ireland 1849; to
America 1871; dau. of Nelson and Martha (McDowel)
Porter; Cong. 1897.
Boose Boose — 229
Children
1. Edward Godfrey, b. in Hudson, 1880; m. 1900 (?) Ruby
Corwin and had Mabel Marie and Dorothy Agnes; he Cong. 1900;
Monroe.
2. John Nelson, b. 1882 in Hudson; m. 191 1, Wilkelmina M.
Petterson; had Mary Elizabeth; Hudson.
3. Mary Folwell, b. 1885 in Hudson; d. 12, 2, 1902.
4. Lucy Porter, b. 1886; d. 1887.
5. Fred Lee, b. 1887; Cong. 1904; m. 1914, Katherine Murray;
on home farm.
6. Frank Wait, b. and d. 1889.
7. Jessie Clark, b. and d. 1890.
John George Boose, b. in Germany 5, 2, 1836; d. Tw.
3, 9, 191 1 ; to America 185 1; she in 1859; to Tw. 1866;
contractor; stone mason;
m. Olean, N. Y., i, 30, i860, Magdalena Newman, b.
in Germany 12, 11, 1842; both Meth. 1877.
Children
1. John WilHam, b. i, 13, 1862; m. 7, 6, 1887, Elark L. O'Neal,
b. 9, 7, 1862; dau. of Michael O. Neal, see; no chil.; CI.; Meth.
2. William Henry, b. 12, 13, 1863; see below; Meth.
3. Charles Henry, b. 3, 28, 1865; d. 3, 11, 1901; killed in quarry;
m. 12, 10, 1890 (.?), Rose Anna Martin who d. 9, i, 1896; had Alvin, of
Tw. H. S. 1909.
4. Edward, b.Tw. 2, 28, 1867; m. 2, 2, 1893, Mary Orsa Baldwin,
dau. of Herman Baldwin, see; no chil.
5. George W., b. Tw. 3, 3, 1869; see below.
6. Lena Belle, b. Tw. 6, 3, 1875; d. 5, 21, 1877.
7. Arthur Newman, b. Tw. 12, 25, 1877; m. 10, 2, 1901, Cora
Belle Chamberlin, dau. of Oscar E. Chamberlin, see; Meth. They had
Genevieve, b. ii, 21, 1906; CI.
William Henry Boose b. 12, 13, 1863, in Olean,
N. Y., son of John George Boose above; farmer on Bedford
road; Meth. 1890;
m. 6, 27, 1900, Daisy Belle Stephenson, b. 7, 31,
1878; Meth.
Children
Sterling William, b. 3, 20, 1901.
Theodore Alford, b. 12, 21, 1905.
Helen Marie, b. 2, 20, 191 1.
George W. Boose, b. 3, 3, 1869; east side of park;
mill work and threshing; son of John George Boose, above;
m. 2, 6, 1893, Helen Lena Hahn, b. 9, 19, 1870, dau.
of Peter and Barbara Hahn of Coshocton Co.
230 — BoosiNGER Booth
9
10
Children
Merle Wilbur, b. 3, 19, 1894.
Mabel Leola, b. 6, 5, 1895.
Ralph Leonard, b. 10, 3, 1896.
Ray Edson, b. 9, 14, 1897.
Forest Hamilton, b. 10, 20, 1899.
Charles Henry, b. 2, 20, 1902.
George Cecil, b. 12, 13, 1906.
Walter Emerson, b. 11, 4, 1908.
Boy, b. and d., 6, 10, 1912.
Wayne Stanley, b. 10, 15, 1913.
Conrad Boosinger, "Uncle Coon," an early settler
in s. w. part of the town on present Dell farm; came about
1830; very religious;
m. (i) Tyson, sister of John Tyson.
Children
Two sons and five daughters.
Elizabeth and Rebecca were twins; in school 1842-5.
Temperance, b. ab. 1828; m. Richmond; Milbury Corners.
Susan.
Nancy (?).
Samuel Booth of Stratford, Ct., had Elisha who had:
Philander Booth, b. in Ct., 6, 25, 1802; d. Tw.
5, 7, 1857; early settler s. e. of village where Mrs. McElroy
lives; mason; plastered many houses and the church build-
ings of Tw. ; built the A. L. Nelson building where post office
is;j he and w. charter mem. of Meth. chh.;
m. 1825, Sarah Emeline Henry of Aurora, sister of
Reuben Henry, b. 12, 5, 1807; d. 9, 3, 1888.
Children
1. Henry Philander, b. 4, 17, 1826; d. Rantoul, 111., 4, 15, 1891;
bur. in Tw.; to Calif. 1850, then Oregon, and Butte, Mont.
2. Eliza Emeline, b. 12, i, 1827; d. 6, 23, 1850, while teaching in
Randolph; Meth. 1843; tea. in Tw. Inst. 1849.
3. Lycurgus, b. 11, 7, 1829; see below.
4. Angeline, b. ab. 1833; d. 9, i, 1837.
5. Cornelia E., b. 10, 23, 1836; d. 7, 24, 1901; Doe Run, Mo.; m.
6, 19, 1859, Isaac Cross, and had Charles and Fred.
6. Delia, b. 2, 23, 1840; d. Luray, Kan., 3, 9, 1906; Meth.; m.
5, 30, 1863, John Francis Stevens, son of John G. Stevens, see; 2 chil.
7. Lillian Jane, b. i, 3, 1842; d. 11, 23, 1863; Meth.; m. 2, i,
i860, Darius Chamberlin, see.
Booth Bowen — 231
8. Laura Marie, b. 8, 31, 1843; m. i, 12, 1865, Herman Henry-
Baldwin, see.
9. John Howard, b. 9, 19, 1845; d. in Kan.; in Civil War; m.
1867, Emma A. Hilton.
10. Frank Lynn, b. 2, 28, 1848; m. 11, 25, 1869, Loretta Slocum;
3 chil.; Boulder, Colo.; he Meth.
11. Marcellus Holmes, b. 8, 9, 1851; m. Minnie Cobb; Corsi-
canna, Tex.; both Meth. 1877.
Lycurgus Booth, b. 11, 7, 1829; d. 5, 14, 1909; son of
Philander above; with bro. Henry to Calif. 1850; returned
1852;
m. 12, I, 1853, Chloe Tooker (Tucker) of Tw., b.
8, 20, 1829; d. 12, 24, 1888, both dying in Rantoul, I\\.
Child
Emma A., b. 8, 24, 1854; m. (i) 12, 2, 1872, Alonzo Lucky, son of
Geo. W. Lucky. They had Adelbert Alonzo, b. 1874, who m. 1899,
Mabel Ives and had George A., b. 1902; m. (2) Charles W. Hamilton of
Rantoul, 111.
William Richard Bowen, b. 5, 10, 1879, son of
Richard and Martha (Johnson) Bowen of Boston; in Tw.
1904-13, back again 1916;
m. 5, 3, 1905, Hazel Mina Roniger, b. 10, 27, 1887,
dau. of Morris Roniger, see. They had Richard Leroy, b.
8, 13, 1907.
Mark Sheridan Bowen, bro. of above, b. 8, 18, i860;
in Tw. from 1909 to 191 2; to Barberton 191 2;
m. (I).
m. (2) 4, 18, 1905, Florence Iva Bishop, of Chicago;
b. 3, 13, 1882; Meth.; dau. of EUwood Claud and Amanda
(Evans) Bishop.
Children, By Second Wife
Edith Lucile, b. i, 16, 1907.
Melvin Sheridan, b. 10, 14, 1910.
Elizabeth Juanita, b. 8, 31, 1915.
Edwin D. Bowen, b. Hudson 3, 4, 1864, son of Richard
and Martha (Johnson) Bowen; to Tw. 1901, grain, feed and
coal dealer; lived near depot; to CI. 1915;
m. 10, 3, 1889, in Tw., Nettie C. Sadler, dau. of
Gibson and Jennett (Hewitt) Sadler; no chil. but nephew
lived with them, Earl William, b. 12, 12, 1893.
232 — BOYER BrIGGS
James William Boyer, b. 6, 3, 1869, son of George and
Emma Boyer, of Pa.; farmer; to Tw. 1911, to Boston 1914;
m. 12, 30, 1886, Clara Catharine Housel, b. 4, 5,
1866; dau. of Solomon M. and Sally Housel of Pa.
Children
George Arthur, b. 3, 6, 1888; d. 3, 7, 1888.
Mary Estella, b. 4, 23, 1889; d. 7, 15, 1890.
Cora Eva, b. 3, 10, 1892; d. 4, 3, 1908.
Sarah Emma, b. 3, 18, 1900.
Lloyd Allen, b. 6, 9, 1902.
Joseph Bruce, b. 5, 13, 1908.
Mrs. Louisa Bradford, b. ab. 1815; d. 10, 19, 1897.
Frank J. Bramley, b. Olmsted, 3, 17, 1873; farmer;
son of Laurence Bramley, b. in Eng. 1829; d. CI. 6, 14, 1913;
owns old Mcintosh farm. Liberty St. 1909; to village 1912;
to farm again 191 5;
m. 3, 6, 1901, Mabel Charlotte Thayer, b. 11, 3,
1879, dau. of Alson Thayer, b. 1854, and Emily Jane
(Richards) Thayer, b. Chagrin Falls, 7, 29, 1856; lived in
Tw. several yrs. with daughter.
Children
Ruth Emily, b. 8, 3, 191 1, in Tw.
Jestina Ellen, b. 12, 24, 191 5, in Tw.
Albert Brenizer, b. 5, 16, 1878, son of William and
Lucy Brenizer; farmer; s. w. part of Tw. on Dodge road;
m. Etta May Umstead, b. 9, 14, 1883, dau. of Charles
and Alice Umstead.
Children
Ralph Albert, b. 12, 30, 1906; d. 1,5, 1907.
Wesley Umstead, b. 6, 24, 1908; d. 7, 4, 1908.
Albert Alvin, b. 6, 14, 1915.
Harry Brenizer, Tw. H. S. 1905; lawyer.
Harry Brew, farmer on Liberty St. ab. 1914.
Jay Brewster, built and run present sawmill in village;
lives now in Aurora;
m. Alice Stutzman.
Richard Briggs, b. Eng. 2, 4, 1878; came June 1905;
farmer; son of Richard and Jane Briggs; to Bedford 1916;
Bronson Brown — 233
m. in Eng. 2, 24, 1912, Frances Atherton, b. 5, 18,
1888, dau. of Alfred and Ada Atherton; Cong. 191 3.
Children
Richard Alfred, b. 12, 20, 191 2,
Frances Evelyn, b. 6, 18, 1914.
Elijah W. Bronson, from Ct., spring 1820, to sell land
for Moses and Aaron Wilcox; returned in fall and brought
back wife and hired man, Samuel H. Hull; town clerk 1821 ;
lived on Liberty St. ab. where Charles Riley lived; early
meetings held in his house; built of logs first house in village
on east side of park about 1820, or before 1824;
m. in Ct. ab. 1820, Fanny Molthorp; both mem. of
Cong. chh. 1829. See census of 1833.
Children
I. Emily, b. ab. 1823; m. Burchard; she Cong. 1834.
George Egbert, b. ab. 1823.
Carlos (or Charles .^), b. ab. 1825.
Sarah, b. ab. 1828.
Dwight, b. Sept. 1829.
Henry, b. ab. 1832.
First five bap. 12, 24, 1829; the last 9, 7, 1832.
Charles Brooks, colored; to Hudson 1872;
m. Phoeba a. ; both Cong. 1872, but left
before being received.
I. James Brown, m. and had James, William, Nichols,
Daniel, Thomas, Lewis, Israel, Betsy and Jennie.
n. James Brown, m. Orvilla Phelps of Ct., and had
Hannah, Orvilla, James, Roswell, and Almon. Roswell m.
Mary Osborn and lived in Solon. They had Nelson, of
Mantua, Harriet, who m. Anderson, she d. 8, 14,
1914, Henrietta, who m. John Adams, see; Isadore, who m.
Homer Richards, and another girl who m. Linton,
also James, unm.. Liberty St.
HL James Brown, b. Blandford, Mass., 12, i, 1806;
d. 8, 17, 1885 ; bound out from 1 1 to 21 ; to Tw. 1839; shoe-
maker, west side of park near store; bought 18 acres unim-
proved land s. e. part of town in 1841; had 300 acres there
finally; capt. of militia co. and col. of reg't. ; a strong man
physically; cut and put up 4 cords of wood in a day; mowed
with a scythe 5 acres of grass in a day; mowed grass once
234 — Brown Brown
from 9 to noon and cradled 5>^ acres of oats the same day;
a great wrestler and never put on his back after age of i6; a
great marksman with rifle; "honest, industrious and up-
right"; in Tw. 46 yrs.; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p.
1041;
m. (i) I, 7, 1832, Emeline Waterman, b. 5, 22, 1809;
d. 4, 14, 1843; dau. of Zebedee Waterman, a Rev. soldier;
m. (2) I, 10, 1844, Maranda Hanchett, b. 7, i, 1825,
at Jerusalem, N. Y., d. 10, 26, 1913; dau. of Seth Hanchett,
see.
Children By First Wife
1. Cornelia, b. 3, 10, 1833 (?); d. 3, 31, 1901; m. (i) Riley Root
who d. in Civil war; m. (2) John W. Barge of CI. By first hus. she had
Emeline and Mary.
2. Horace, b. 5, 30, 1836; d. 4, 7, 1843.
3. Betsey, b. 2, 10, 1840; d. 8, 20, 1841.
Children By Second Wife
4. Almon James, b. 2, 16, 1846, see below.
5. Carlton Hanchett, b. 6, 8, 1855; d. 6, 12, 1856.
Almon James Brown, son of James above, b. Tw.
2, 16, 1846; to dist. school and Tw. Inst.; one term W. R.
College at Hudson and in 1864 entered Baldwin University
at Berea, left before graduating on account of sickness;
taught dist. schools several terms before and after marriage;
tutored one term in Tw. Inst.; justice of peace since 1883;
notary public since 1898; first secretary of Tw. Banking
Co.;
m. 3, 5, 1868, Jestina Lovinia Dunshee, b. 12, 18,
1848, dau. of Harrison Dunshee, see.; Bapt. 1877.
Children
James Harrison, b. 12, 27, 1877; m. 10, 24, 1900, Lepha Pearl
Aikins; lives in Solon. They had a child b. and d. 6, 14, 1904, and a son
J. C. Leland, b. 3, 7, 1906; James grad. Tw. H. S., 1896, and CI. Business
Col. 1897.
Almon Brown, son of James and Orvilla above, b.
2,4, 1812; d. 2, 12, 1886; to Tw. 1854; farmer; where Mr.
Hickman lives on Streetsboro road;
m. 2, 6, 1840, Artemisia Cannon, b. 9, 10, 1818; d.
9, 19, 1891; dau. of Sylvester and Rebecca Cannon; both
Meth.
Brown Buell— 235
Children
Almira, b. 12, 16, 1840; d. 12, 25, 1891; Meth.
Minerva, b. 7, 30, 1843; m. 3, 3, 1863, Henry Clay Beardsley, see.
Horace Sylvester, b. 7, 31, 1846; unm.; many years in village.
Harris D., b. ab. i860; d. 3, 31, 1865.
Francis Brown, Bapt. 1843.
Oliver Brown, Bapt. 1832-3.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown, his bro. Harold Brown, and
Miss Atwater, on farm near Old Mills.
Rev. Sidney Bryant, b. i 2, 5, i 8 i 2, in Sheffield, Mass. ;
d. II, 3, 1885; son of Ezekiel and Mary (Northrop) Bryant;
grad. Oneida Inst., Whitesboro, N. Y., 1837; studied
theology New Haven, Ct., 1838-9; preached at West Stock-
bridge, Mass., 1844-56; then East Granby, Ct. ; Twinsburg
Cong. chh. 1860-7; ^ year in Oberlin; two yrs. in York;
five in Vermillion; two in Waterford, Pa.; then lived with
son;
m. Harriet Warner Lord, dau. of Joshua and Mary
(Douglas) Lord of Canaan, N. Y. She Cong. 1861.
Children
Samuel Joshua, b. 6, 26, 1851; Oberlin Col. 1873; Yale Sem. 1876;
8 yrs. pastor So. Britain, Ct.; lawyer in New Haven, Ct.; Cong. 1866.
Douglas Lord, b. 6, 13, 1854; d. Tw. 10, 16, 1861.
Harriet, b. 2, 26, 1858; lives in Hartford, Ct.
Truman BuELL of Middlefield, 1 796-1 878; in Tw. 6 yrs.;
m. 1835, Lois Spencer, 1812-1888. Their son was
Henry Martin Buell, i 836-1907; here i860; in
Civil War;
m. i860, Mary S. Hazen; both Cong, i860; dis. 1862
to Middlefield.
Children
Elmer Martin, b. 1861, now in Calf.; in Spanish War; in Tw. 14
yrs.; Cong. 1885; to Mt. Forest, 111., 1888.
Rosie Mary, b. 1865; d. 1907; lived with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Wilcox; Cong. 1885; dis. to Chagrin Falls 1890; m. 1887, William J.
Shampel.
Henry M. Buell had a bro., Charles Lory Buell, of
Middlefield, whose dau. Carrie Lydia, b. 1880, lived in Tw.
many yrs. with her aunt, Mrs. Celestia Wilcox. She m.,
236 — BuELL Burgess
1902, Harley Smith, who Hved but a short time. She m. (2),
191 3, Rev. Edward Thomas MacMahon, of Nottingham.
Her bro., Lewis John Buell, 1 878-1 892, Hved in Tw. i}4 yrs.
Mrs. Buell, d. 8, 22, 1828, age 75.
LuTiE Buell, b. 1879; d. 4, 18, 1892. Lucius J. Buell,
perhaps the same; Cong. 1891.
Charles Buell, b. 1847; d. 3, 17, 1901.
Edgar Leonard Bull, b. 2, 9, 18 — ; d. Feb. 1873; to
Tw. with w. and 5 chil. fr. Mich., Dec. i860, and lived at
Tyler Hill's on Liberty St.; to So. CI. 1871; he was son of
Samuel and Fannie H. Bull;
m. 1847, Hannah Hill, b. 5, 25, 1817; d. 7, 30, 1890;
dau. of Tyler Hill, see.
Children
Norman Hill, b. 2, 8, 1848; d, 191 1; in Civil War 1862 to close;
m. Frances Kent.
Amelia Sarah, b, 10, 5, 1850; d. June 1904; m. Nov. 1886, C. D.
Woodbridge.
Joseph Edgar, b. 5, 9, 1852; m. Maude Humphrey; CI.
Fannie H., b. i, 15, 1854; m. May i, 1886, Henry T. Cowin; CI.
Ella Caroline, b. 10, 9, 1856; CI.
Martin Bull; teamster; lived where Mrs. Wing lives
on Hudson road; here 12 or 15 yrs; to Bedford; to CL;
came from Solon ;
m. Eva Clark, adopted dau. of John F. Clark.
Children
Infant, d. 2, 4, 1874, 5 "^o.
Nora, Otto and Hattie, all m.
N. H. Bull, in Civil War, from Solon.
Aaron and Theodosia Bunce; Bapt. 1838-42.
Mrs. Kate Burdge, lives at Mr. S. F. Oviatt's near
Old Mills.
Mr. Burgee or Burgay, where Mr. Solenski lives; to
Akron; his infant d. i, 6, 1909, age 6 days.
Rev. a. Burgess; Meth. pastor 1870.
BuRNEs Burton — 237
John Burnes, b. ab. 1855; killed on railroad 8, 17,
1889; conductor;
m. 1873, Imogene J. Parmelee, b. 185 1, dau. of Zeno
Parmelee, see; Cong. 1866; CI.
Children
Charles L., b. 10, 8, 1884; m. 9, 8, 1909, Anna Noland.
Jessie, b. ab. 1885; d. 12, 8, 1889.
Ralph, b. 1887; d. 8, 11, 1888.
Charles M. Burnes, bro. of John above; b. 6, 9, 1863 ;
to Tw. 1887; left 1893; clerk at Millersburg;
m. 10, 9, 1891, Emma M. Gardner, b. 10, 9, 1865.
Children
Harold L., b. i, 26, 1893.
Herbert J., b. 10, 9, 1898.
Thompson Burrell, b. Ireland ab. 1840; d. 6, 5, 1910;
m. 12, 7, 1871, Mrs. Maria (Clark) Wilson, wid. of
Thomas Wilson, see.
Children
1. Thompson, b. 9, 6, 1872; d. i, i, 1875.
2. Nellie, b. 10, 22, 1875; ^- 4> ii? 191O) unm.
3. Jane Margaret, b. 12, 12, 1876; m. (i) Robert Hamilton, see;
m. (2) Thomas Jefferson Burroughs, CI.
4. Thompson, b. 12, 8, 1879; m. 2, 13, 1909, Beatrice Fricker;
Colorado Springs, Colo.
5. Ralph Clark, b. 3, 21, 1885; unm.; Zero, Mont.
Thomas Benton Burroughs, b. 5, 22, 1876, son of
Levi and Sarah (Nichols) Burroughs of Northfield; to S. W.
Tw. 191 1 ; farmer;
m. 12, 22, 1898, Lillian Burns, b. 12, 22, 1876; dau.
of Cornelius and Henrietta (McBride) Burns of Northfield.
Children
Lorna, b. 5, 6, 1900.
La Verne, b. 5, 22, 1903.
Rev. F. Burroughs, Meth. pastor 1842.
Minerva Burroughs, Meth. 1842. Wife of above (.?).
Charles Hubbard Burton, b. 9, 11, 1839; d. 4, 2,
1901; son of Hubbard and Abigail W. (Ball) Burton; to
Tw. 1893; back to CI. 1900; Lakewood 1907; lived s. e. part
of town, where Mr. Allen lives ;
238 — Burton Cameron
m. I, 21, 1865, Susan Anna Gray, b. 12, 25, 1839; dau.
of William and Margaret (Webster) Gray, and sister of Mrs.
Albert W. Hawkins; Cong. 1895; dis. to CI. 1904.
Children, B. in Cl.
1. Charles George, b. II, II, 1865; m. (i) 9, 23, 1873, Almina M.
Murbett, who d. Apr. 1907; m. (2) 2, 18, 1914, Nina Belle Chase; by
1st w. had Ellen Gertrude and Charles Arthur; by 2nd w. had Robert
Chase.
2. Anna Eliza, b. 2, 8, 1868; d. 3, 5, 1893; unm.
3. Henry William, b. 7, 30, 1870; m. i, 16, 1895, Carrie Geist, and
had Charles Harold and Francis.
4. Hubbard Augustus, b. 9, 5, 1872; d. 12, 11, 1904; m. Apr. 1896,
Lillie May White, and had George Hubbard.
5. Agnes Amelia, b. 9, 11, 1874, unm.
6. Walter Frederic, b. 6, 15, 1877; d. Tw. 12, 31, 1897; unm
Rev. Sherman Burton, preached and taught some;
m. Maria Stanley, b. 11, 23, 1818; d. 11, 23, 1881;
dau. of Frederic Stanley; first white child b. in Tw.
Helen Burton (their child .? ) d. 8, 11, 1856, age 22 mo
Helen Burton, in Dist. 7, b. ab. 1852.
William Burton, here i860; to Minnesota yrs. ago;
m. Henrietta Harlow, dau. of Joseph W. Harlow, see.
She lived in Oberlin and later m. Henry Smith, who m. (i)
Sarah McFarland.
Walter F. Bustor, b. ab. 1867; d. 12, 31, 1897.
William and Sabina Butler; Meth. 1844.
Mary Button, b. ab. 1851; d. 4, 23, i860.
Simeon Byron, on Macedonia road 2 or 3 yrs.; back to
Macedonia and d. Lydia Byron in Dist. No. 7, b. ab. 1849.
C
Wm. C. Callender, in Civil War; name on monument.
Nathan Calwell; Meth. 1841.
Jane Cameron; worked for Justus Herrick; Cong.
1870; m. ab. 1874-5, James Monroe, and went to Shalers-
ville.
Cameron Cannon — 239
Eliza P. Cameron, sister of above; Cong. 1881; d. in
asylum.
Mr. Campbell, fr. Eng. ; section hand on R. R. ;
killed 7, 3, 1893.
CANNON PEDIGREE
I. John Cannon; m. Rebecca Gibbs; one of 50
families that settled Blandford, Mass., in 1735.
II. Nathan Cannon; hadNathan, John, Isaac, Ezek-
iel and Rebecca, all farmers in Blandford.
III. Nathan Cannon, b. 12, 2, 1759; d. 1846; in
Rev. War;
m. 4, 5, 1785; Elizabeth Gilmore, b. 1760, in Ches-
ter, Mass.; dau. of James Gilmore, who was in Rev. War.
Children
1. Col. Israel, b. 4, 2, 1786; see below.
2. Sally, b. 1788; m. William Clark.
3. Sylvester, b, 1790; see below.
4. Artemisia, b. 1793; m. John Hamilton.
5. Olive, b. 179s; m. Marcus Hamilton.
6. Salome, b. 1797; m. Jordan Rowley.
7. Nathan, b, 1800; see below.
8. Tryphena, b. 1807; m. Spelman Gibbs.
Israel, Sylvester and Nathan came to Tw. ; the 5 girls m. and
remained in Mass.
Col. Israel Cannon, son of Nathan above, b. 5, 2,
1786; d. 6, 19, 1865; fr. Blandford, Mass., to Aurora, 1833;
to Tw. 1843 ; justice of peace many yrs. in Mass. and colonel
in militia; in Mass. legislature 1828-31; came by canal to
Buffalo; on first steamer fr. Buffalo to CI.; in ox cart to
Aurora; see Bowen's Hist, of Portage and Summit Cos., p.
873;
m. 1806, LuciNDA Parks, b. 10, 21, 1786; d. 5, 6,
1875, age 89; dau. of Reuben and Mary Parks.
Children
1. Polly, b. II, 25, 1808; d. II, 23, 1852.
2. Betsy, b. 3, 2, 181 1; d. 5, 10, 1874.
3. Franklin Henry, b, 10, 10, 1813; d. ii, 19, 1887.
4. Horace Parks, b. 4, 8, 181 7; see below.
240 — Cannon
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5. Hon. Reuben Parks, b. i, 13, 1820; d. May, 1898; Aurora; in
state legislature; justice of peace; commissioner 25 yrs.; m. 10, 18,
1843, Betsy Baldwin, dau. of Alanson and Ruth Baldwin.
6. Sarah Melissa, b. 4, 13, 1822; d. 3, 26, 1899; m. 1845, Lorenzo
Riley, see.
7. Israel Lewis, b. 8, 7, 1829; see below.
All born in Blandford, Mass.
Horace Parks Cannon, son of Israel Cannon above,
b. 4, 8, 1817; d. 3, 24, 1904, age 87; where Thomas Bell
lives, and sold to Elisha Herrick; director and vice pres. of
Summit Co. Agricultural Fair;
m. Mercy Elizabeth Kennedy of Aurora, b. ab. 1803 ;
d. 4, 7, 1879; Cong. 1887.
Children
Helen; d. and bur. in Bedford; m. Albert Benedict and had Nina,
see.
Cassius, b. ab. 1846; d. i, 26, 1879.
Delia, b. ab. 1849; d. 3, 4, 1867.
Mary, b. 1853; d. 9, 2, 1853, age 6 mo.
Israel Lewis Cannon, son of Israel above, b. in
Blandford, Mass., 8, 8, 1829; d. Tw. 3, 9, 1909; in Aurora
fr. 5 to 15; to Tw. 1843; farm on Aurora road a mile fr.
center;
m. 3, 9, 1853, Ruth Beach Skeels, b. 2, 18, 1835; dau.
of Theron Nelson and Samantha (King) Skeels, of Bedford;
one of hotel party described elsewhere.
Children
1. Frank Parks, b. 4, 20, 1855; see below.
2. Fannie Augusta, b. I, 6, 1856; m. 1875, Edwin C. Rich and had
Frank, b. in Tw., and Lewis who d. 1915. She and sister Jessie have
dressmaking estalalishment in CI.
3. Charles Augustus, b. 4, 7, 1857-8; unm; Meth.; township
trustee; with his mother on old place.
4. Horace Parks, b. 6, 30, 1859; d. July, 1915; see below.
5. Jessie Lucinda, b. 9, 12, 1861; business in CI.
6. Fred Israel, b. 9, 9, 1864; CI.; see below.
7. Mary Lucinda, b. i, 27, 1868; d. 1883.
8. Harry Valentine, b. 2, 14, 1871; m. 1898, Lillie Nelson; no
chil.; Shoshone, Ida.
9. Edson Lewis, b. 8, 8, 1873; ^- iQ^^j Margaret Rothgery; had
Edson Junior; CI.
Mrs. Ruth Cannon has 9 great-grandchildren.
242 — Cannon Cannon
Frank Parks Cannon, son of Israel L. above, b. 4, 20,
1855; lives in Grand Junction, Colo.;
m. 1883, Christina M. Sugar.
Children
Gladys Franklin, b. 12, 12, 1884.
Nelson J., b. 10, 18, 1886; d.
Allen L., b. 2, 28, 1889.
Lester B., b. 6, 29, 1892.
Ruth B., b. I, 17, 1901.
Horace Parks Cannon, son of Israel L. above; b.
6,30, 1859; d. July 1915;
m. Emma C. who d. 1915.
Children
Ernest.
Jessie.
Fred.
Mirty.
Lewis.
All born in Mich.
Fred Israel Cannon, son of Israel L. above; b. 9, 9,
1864; CI.;
m. Victoria La Reams.
Children
Leslie L., b. in Kan. 10, 19, 1892.
Helen R., b. Tw. 8, 24, 1894.
Hazel v., b. in CI. 12, 19, 1896.
Robert C, b. Chicago, 9, 15, 1909.
Sylvester Cannon, son of Nathan above, b. ab. 1790;
d. 4, 14, 1869, age 79; here 1854 and i860;
m. Rebecca Clark, b. ab. 1791 ; d. 3, 20, 1875, age 84.
Children
James, b. ab. 1817; see below.
Artemisia, b. 9, 10, 1818; d. 9, 19, 1891; m. 2, 6, 1840, Almon
Brown, see.
James Cannon, son of Sylvester above; b. in East ab.
1817; d. 10, 27, 1902, age 84; shoemaker; lived in Kent;
m. Sarah Nye, who d. 6, 6, 1903, age 82.
Children
Elnora Vergina, b. 1845; m. June 1866, Amos Davis Beardsley, see;
Ravenna.
Cecelia; d. y.
Julia Olivia; m. Lemuel Olon and had Mertie who m.
Culver, lives in Neb., and William who lives in Kan.
Cannon Carey — 243
Emmaette; m. Loyal Meriels, who d.; she lives in Mantua with
dau., Mrs. Delia Hill.
Mary; m. George Harper; 4 chil., in Ravenna.
Frank James; m. Phila Barnes; 7 chil.; Kent.
Nathan Cannon, son of Nathan above, b. ab. 1800;
d. 7, 26, 1869; to Ohio 1833; to Tvi^. 1834; here i860;
m. Elizabeth Waterman, b. ab. 1803; d. 11, 21, 1879;
Cong. 1835; no chil.; adopted Henry W., see below.
Henry W. Cannon, adopted son of Nathan above, b.
3, 5, 1830; d. 10, 7, 1895; farmer; Cong. 1877; in Tw.
Inst, several terms;
See Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1041;
m. (i) 2, I, 1856, VioLETTA Hamilton of Cazenovia,
N. Y., b. ab. 1830; d. 4, 11, 1863; both Meth.;
m. (2) I, I, 1869, Delia Harmon of Aurora, b. 10, 23,
1838; d. 5, 13, 1906; Cong.
Children By First Wife
Clayton, b. Tw. ; m. (i) Ames; m. (2).
Hattie, b. Tw.; m.; Charlotte, Mich.
By Second Wife
Julia May, d. 11, 2, 1889, age 15; a cripple.
George (Washington!*) Cannon; see census of 1833;
lived where Robert Gillie lived;
m. Bathsheba White, dau. of Paul?
Children
Fidelia Sophia, b. ab. 1821.
Elizabeth Arminda, b. ab. 1822.
George (Pickatonica) b. ab. 1825.
Mary Cannon, late of Westfield (Mass.) Academy, in
Tw. Inst. 1834-5.
Willis Horton Cannon, b. New Athens, July, 1893,
son of Ellis and Mamie (Horton) Cannon; to Tw. 1916;
m. 8, 28, 1916, Mary Ruth Anderson, b. Cadiz,
5, 30, 1896.
Thomas Carey, b. ab. 1855; d. 7, i, 1905; fr. N. Y.;
here several years; owned place where Mr. Ferris lives;
laborer; m.
244 — Cargold Carpenter
Children
Effie; m.; in CI.
Marguarite; m.; Canton.
Cornelius Jeremiah; Tw. H. S. 1906; m.; Akron.
Leo; m.; Akron.
Orpha; m. Charles Leach; Akron.
Lewis Cargold; see census of 1833; came from Swit-
zerland; had tannery near David Cochrane's place.
Children
Lewis Francis, b. ab. Feb. 1833; Inst. 1848.
Julia.
Daniel; Tw. Inst.
W. R. and Frances Carl; fr. Streetsboro; Bapt. 1883.
Mr. Carman; farmer on Roach place 3 or 4 yrs, and on
Gaylord place.
Almond Carman in Dist. 7, b. ab. 1835.
Elijah Carpenter, b. 9, 19, 1830; d. 9, 17, 1912; to
Tw. 1854; where Austin Herrick lives; to Kingston, Mich.,
1870; bro. of Mrs. Philo Post; son of Aaron and Tirzah
Carpenter, see.
m. 7, 30, 1854, Eliza Caroline Clark, b. 11, 16, 1836;
d. 9, 18, 1908; dau. of Robert and Mary (Holt) Clark.
Children
1. Minerva Louise, b. 12, 25, 1855; m. 6, 5, 1871, John Davis;
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.
2. Alonzo Elijah, b. 10, 22, 1858; m. 8, 23, 1884, Martha Bying-
ton; East Dayton, Mich.
3. Annie Harriet, b. 2, 6, 1862; d. 10, 12, 1888; m. i, 6, 1882,
George Alva Vail; 2 chil.
4. Lulu Blanche, b. 12, 4, 1864; m. 5, 29, 1889, John Seib; King-
ston, Mich.
Mrs. Tirzah (Drake) Carpenter; wid. of Aaron
Carpenter; mother of Elijah above; lived on Liberty St. in
the 50's and had George, b. ab. 1845; d. 3, 13, 1854, and
Comfort, b. ab. 1847.
Charles Edward Carpenter, b. 10, 3, 1878, in CI.;
son of David Lyman Carpenter of CI. who was in Civil War;
to Tw. 1914;
m. 12, 18, 1901, Edith May Mosher, b. 2, 3, 1878, in
Irving, Mich.; dau. of George A. Mosher; see; toTw. 1914.
Adopted child, Elton Leighton, b. 6, 27, 1909.
Carr Carter— 245
Rev. T. Carr; Meth. pastor 1844.
John J. Carran, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1857-9; CI.
Arthur Willis Carrier, b. 1862; d. 1908, son of
Joseph and Mary (Edison) Carrier of Brimfield; grad. of
Mt. Union Col.; sup't. of Tw. schools 18 yrs., 1 888-1906;
m. 1888, Lola Cook, b. 1868, dau. of Henry and Maria
Cook of Alliance; lives in CI.
Children, B. in Twinsburg
Harry Elmer, b. 1889; Tw. H. S. 1906; teacher in CI. H. S.
Lucile Marie, b. 1891 ; teacher; m. 1914, Leon K. Jordan, and had
Arthur, b. Oct. 1915.
Harold Ray, b. 1893; CI.
Kenneth Cook, b. 1902; d. 2, 19, 1903.
CARTER PEDIGREE
I. Robert Carter; d. 175 1 at Killingworth, Ct.
II. William Carter, b. 1702; m. 1733, Ann Yale.
III. Thaddeus Carter, b. Wallingford, Ct., 1735; m-
1783, Lucy Andrews, dau. of Elisha Andrews.
IV. Noah Andrews Carter, b. Wallingford, Ct.'
1777; d. 1830; adopted by uncle. Rev. Noah Andrews, a
Meth. preacher; m. Lydia Gaylord, b. 1778.
V. Thaddeus Andrews Carter, b. 3, 24, 1802, at
Bristol, Ct.; d. Tw. 10, 22, 1870; see census of 1833 which
calls him Amos; to Ohio 1826; located in west part of town
on wild land; he and both wives Meth.; all bur. in Tw.;
m. (i) 5, 12, 1828, Esther Alford Marshall, b.
12, 9, 1805; d. 9, I, 1845; dau. of Samuel Marshall;
m. (2) 12, 28, 1845, Margaret McKisson, b. 5, 6, 1812;
d. 9, 18, 1871.
Children, By First Wife
I. Noah Andrews, b. i, 15, 1829; d. i, 26, 1829.
Noah Andrews, b. 4, 2, 1830; see below.
Samuel Marshall, b. 10, 29, 1831; see below.
Rollin Beecher, b. 7, 5, 1833; see below.
Mary Elizabeth, b. 3, 26, 1835; m. 5, 12, 1863, Rev. Chester T.
Kingsbury, see.
246 — Carter Carter
6. Esther Amelia, b. 3, 27, 1837; Meth.; m. (i) 7, 7, 1870, Elliott
Rawson of Ravenna who d. 7, 19, 1874; she m. (2) 2, 15, 1877, George S.
Husted.
7. Joseph Benson, b. 2, 28, 1839; see below.
8. Dr. Hiram Wilson, b. 5, 20, 1841 ; see below.
9. John Emory, b. i, 7, 1844; d. in Civil War 3, 15, 1865.
Noah Andrews Carter, son of Thaddeus A. above;
b. 4, 2, 183 1 ; d. Akron, 2, I, 1895; bur. in Tw.; carpenter;
lived in Hudson and Akron; built Buchtel College, etc.;
m. 6, 24, 1852, Jane Rebecca Herrick, dau. of Rufus,
see; b. 9, 27, 1833; lives Chagrin Falls.
Children
Ella Jane, b. 9, 20, 1854; "i. 12, 12, 1872, Calvin H. Erase and
chil.; Fostoria.
Frank Noah, b. 11, 22, 1856; m. 11, 25, 1880, Fanny Elizabeth
Whipple, 1858-1893; 5 chil.
Wilbur Thaddeus, b. 5, 26, i860; m. 2, 17, 1887, Kate Pattison;
had Kirby, b. 1888.
Bessie Maria, b. 4, 5, 1862; d. 7, 17, 1863.
Emory John, b. 10, 21, 1865; m. 10, 28, 1891, Laura V. Stierwalt;
had 3 chil.
Samuel Marshall Carter, son of Thaddeus A. above;
b. 10, 29, 183 1 ; d. II, 2, 1872, by accident; bur. in Tw.;
Meth.; went west in early fifties; to Newburg 1866; ma-
chinist;
m. 7, 4, 1858, in 111., Nancy Park, who, in 1880, m.
M. T. McDonald, who, with, 2 daus., went to Kansas, 1885.
Children
Dr. John Thaddeus, b. 6, 24, 1862; d.; Wes. Res. Col. and Medical
Col.; lived in CI.; m. 12, 10, 1891, Alice M. Hanchett, dau. of Erastus
Hanchett, see. They had Ruth, b. 7, 20, 1896; in Woman's Col., CI.
Mary Esther, b. 4, 11, 1866; m. 3, 22, 1887, Leslie Eugene Rich and
had 5 chil.
Margaret Lillian, b. 4, 28, 1872.
RoLLiN Beecher Carter, son of Thaddeus A. above;
b. 7, 5, 1833; d. 8, ID, 1861, at Buck Tooth, N. Y.; bur. in
Tw. ;
m. 5, 20, 1857, Almena Baird, b. 8, 30, 1833, who m.
5, 6, 1871, Oscar A. Nichols, see.
Child
Rollin Burt, b. 5, 17, 1858; d. 12, 23, 1905; Ohio Wes. Univ. 1882;
physician; Akron; m. Helen Huling, of Vt.
Carter Carter — 247
Joseph Benson Carter, son of Thaddeus A. above;
b. 2, 28, 1839; farmer in west part of town; now in Mace-
donia; Meth.; in Civil War 1861-1864; wounded; see
Doyle's Centennial Hist, of Summit Co., p., 695 and Bowen's
Hist., p. 755;
m. 12, 24, 1873, Amarilla Luella Spafford, of North-
field, dau. of Jason Spafford, see; b. 8, 4, 1852; she Meth.
Children
Lena May, b. 4, 26, 1876; Mt. Union Col. 1899; Meth.; S. S.
Supt.; teacher; Tw. librarian; author and compiler of first part of this
book; m. II, 20, 1902,
Thaddeus Benson, b. 9, 14, 1882; Northfield H. S. and Ohio State
Univ.; farmer in Northfield.
Dr. Hiram Wilson Carter, son of Thaddeus A. above;
b. 5, 20, 1841 ; d. 8, 25, 1907; teacher; Baldwin Uni.; Cleve-
land Homeopathic Med. Col. 1869; practiced at Knoxville,
Tenn., one yr. ; Cuyahoga Falls many yrs., where widow now
lives; Meth.;
m. 2, 28, 1867, Orsa Amanda Baldwin, dau. of Henry
Baldwin, see; b. 2, i, 1847; taught school.
Children
1. Harry Baldwin, b. CI. 7, ii, 1868; d. Tw. 4, 6, 1870.
2. May Esther, b. 6, 18, 1870; Ohio Wes. Uni. 1892; dean of
Lawrence Uni., Appleton, Wis.; teacher in Denver, Colo., public schools.
3. Wilson Andrus, b. 3, 4, 1872; Ohio Wes. Uni. 1892; prof, in
Case School; m. (i) 8, 28, 1895, Jessie Riggs and had Harold Riggs and
Helen Laura; m. (2) 5, 25, 191 2, Jane M. Thomas.
4. Frank Boynton, b. 11, 23, 1873; rn- (i) 12, 7, 1892, Mabel.
Marshall Gardner, who d. 5, 24, 1907; m. (2) 10, 20, 1908, Nellie Murphy.
5. Earl Valentine, b. 2, 14, 1878; m. 6, 22, 1899, Clara McCuskey,
and had Kenneth Earl, Donald Leslie and Marjorie Agnes.
William Carter, b. 12, 7, 1802, in Ct.; d. 3, 3, 1891;
from Hadam, Ct., ab. 1827-9; to Kalamazoo, Mich., ab.
1850; charter member of Bapt. chh. 1832; see census of
1833;
m. Anna Maria Southworth, b. 10, 4, 1801 ; d. 8, 22,
1861; charter mem. of Bapt. chh.
Children
1. Charles Henry, b. 12, 24, 1824; d. i, i, 1906; m. in Mich.
6, 26, 1855, Caroline Dresser.
2. Edward Oliver, b. 7, 23, 1826; d.
3. Evelina Eliza, b. 5, 25, 1830; m. 8, 25, 1855, Daniel W. Kings-
ley, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Independence, Kan.
248 — Carter Case
4. Judson Wade, twin of above; b. 5, 25, 1830; d. 3, 5, 1862; was
in Civil War.
5. Giles R., b. s, 25, 1835; d.
6. George Willis, b. 3, 30, 1839; d. 3, 27, 1862; he and Judson
both d. of fever in Civil War.
Betsey Southworth lived in above family 1833, sister
of Cleveland grocer.
Lydia Carter; Meth. before 1841.
Bernice Carver, b. 7, 19, 1780; d. Tw. 8, 17, 1861;
to'^,Tw. from Whitehall, N. Y.; many yrs. where Curtis
Bennett lives;
m. Rachel Collar (.?), b. 3, 19, 1786; d. Tw. 5, 5, 1850.
Children
Betsy, b. 4, 22, 1803; d. i, 30, 1870; m. 1832, John Finley Clark,
see.
Sophia, b. ab. 181 1; m. Stephen Barber, see.
Sally; m. Capt. Thomas D. Scott, see.
Jane; m. David Wright, see.
George Washington, b. i, 20, 1814; see below.
Harriet, b. 1821; m. Timothy Taylor.
Arvilla, b. 1824; m. Elmore W. Clark, see.
The above list not in order of birth.
George Washington Carver, b. i, 20, 1814; d. in
Iowa; in Tw. after marriage until ab. 1848; on hill so. of
village; kept hotel in Bedford;
m. 2, 12, 1835, Mary Ann Klink, b. 3, 22, 1816; d.
5, 24, 1892; dau. of Henry Klink, see.
Children
1. Sarah Ann, b. 11, i, 1835; d. 3, 23, 1899; m. 1853, William
McKinney, see.
2. John Wolsey, b. 7, 14, 1837; d. 8, 29, 1886; m. Jane Dustin.
3. Bernice Henry, b. 6, 22, 1841; d. 8, i, 1898.
4. Bunavista, b. 9, 3, 1847; d. 7, 23, 1849.
5. Georgetta Lasilla, b. 6, 22, 1851; m. 5, 12, 1875, Curtis Hickox,
see.
Naaman Case; lived in west part of town, also on
Hanchett farm on North road;
m. Mary , b. ab. 1804; d. 8, 22, 1845.
Children
1. Maria, m Joseph Roberts (?).
2. Warren, b. ab. 1830.
Case Chaffman — 249
3. Loron, b. ab. 1833.
4. Levi, b. ab. 1834,
5. Sarah, b. ab. 1834; d. 6, 20, 1845.
6. Lester, b. ab. 1837.
7. Calvin, b. ab. 1839; d. 9, 17, 1857.
8. Albert, b. ab. 1841.
9. Annette, b. ab. 1843; d. 9, 30, 1853.
This list is from Record Book of Dist. No. 7.
Charles H. Case, Bapt. 1840.
Mrs. Temperance Minor Case; wid. of Gideon Case;
b. ab. 1802; d. 2, 17, 1875; lived in last years at her daugh-
ter's, Mrs. George G. Dodge's; Cong. 1848; from Cuyahoga
Falls.
Ellsworth Caton, b. 6, 10, 1864, at Fresno; to Tw.
1897; returned 191 5; section foreman for W. and L. E.
R. R.;
m. 4, 5, 1888, at Coshocton, Sarah Bell Phillabaum,
b. 6, 19, 1869, at Fresno.
Children
Ernest Alexander, b. Fresno, 4, 20, 1889; station agent at Tw.
1907-15.
Asa Clifford, b. 10, 3, 1893; Meth.
Rev. Horton Sheldon Chace, b. 1872; pastor M. E.
chh. 1906-08; son of Charles H. and Lydia A. (Hall) Chace;
m. 1892, Ines May McCalmont, dau. of John L. and
Ellen (Robinson) McCalmont.
Children
Marguerite Blanche, b. 1893; d. 1897.
Lydia Elizabeth, b. 1898.
Mildred Ruth, b. 1903,
Charles Tread way Chaffman, b. 2, 13, 1877, Balti-
more; son of Benjamin Franklin Chaffman, who d. 1914;
toTw. 1914; north road;
m. in Va., 11, 23, 1899, Catharine Reese, b. in Wales,
2, 29, 1876; to America 1882; dau. of John Reese, of CI.
Children
Alice Elizabeth, b. 5, 21, 1906.
John Benjamin, b. 7, 11, 1910.
Viola, b. 7, 23, 1913.
25Q — Chamberlin Chamberlin
William Chamberlin, b. in Eng; to. Conn., 1780;
m. Jemima Skinner.
Children
Joseph, b. ab 1784; d. 8, 28, 1859; see below.
William, b. 12, 9, 1786; d. 4, 6, 1844; see below.
Amos, b. ab. 1793; d. 4, 17, 1861; see below.
Reuben.
Samuel.
Philemon.
Asahel.
Hiram, b. ; d. 12, 25, 1886; see below.
Lucy.
Lydia.
Mary.
Ann; m. Case.
Joseph Chamberlin, son of William above, b. ab. 1784;
d. Tw. 8, 28, 1859; fr. Conn, to Hudson, 1809; then Tw.;
farm on Liberty St.; began dairy business here 1828; a
noted hunter and marksman; of great strength; caught
small bear coming down tree and held it by hind legs until
his bro. Hiram, came a half mile and killed it;
m. Huldah , b. ab. 1783; d. 2, 17, 1869, age 86.
Children
Luman; see below.
Lyman, b. 7, 4, 1807; see below.
Merrick (Beman.^), b. ab. 1824. Adopted.^ See census of 1833.
Luman Chamberlin, son of Joseph above; had cooper
shop on Liberty St. near and across road fr. Charles Riley's
farm;
m. (i) March, 1832, Corintha (Delilah) Henry, b.
ab. 18 1 8, dau. of Reuben Henry, see.
m. (2) Mrs. Huldah (Baker) Gould, wid. of Stephen
Gould, see.
Children, By First Wife
Mary, b. 7, 7, 1833; d. 7, 25, 1902; m. 1854, John F. Wright, see.
Jelina, b. 1843; m. 1865, George Palmer, see.
Alice Ellen, b. 1849; m. 1868, George F. Hardie, see.
Lyman Chamberlin, son of Joseph above, b. 7, 4, 1807;
d. 7, 22, 1858; Liberty St. where George W. Adams now
lives:
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m. (i) II, 6, 1834, Caroline Ferguson, b. 8, 6, 1815;
d. 5, 15, 1844; Meth.
m. (2) 3, 4, 1845, Julia Ferguson, b. 10, 23, 1819; d.
12, 3, 1870; Meth.
Children By First Wife
1. Darius Lyman, b. 5, 11, 1836; d. 10, 4, 1906; see below.
2. Caroline Elmira, b. 3, 24, 1838; d. in Kan.; m. Wallace
Crawford, see.
3. Joseph, P., b. 6, 12, 1840; d.; in Civil War; to Mo. and m.
4. Hulda A., b. 2, 6, 1842; m. in west and there now.
5. Samuel F., b. 4, 28, 1844; d; in Civil War.
By Second Wife
6. Cassius C, b. 12, 9, 1845; d. in Solon; to Mo. and back; m.
(2) , who lives in Solon.
7. Walter C, b. 6, 24, 1848; d. 2, 15, 1865, at Ft. Fisher, N. C,
in Civil War.
8. Frank A., b. 5, 3, 1853; m. 11, 27, 1876, Mary Hansen (.?);
Akron; both Meth.
Darius Lyman Chamberlin, son of Lyman above, b.
5, II, 1836; d. 10, 6, 1906; lived in Ridgeville, Solon and
Tw.; Meth.;
m. (i) 2, I, i860, Lillian Jane Booth, b. i, 3, 1842;
d. II, 23, 1863; dau. of Philander Booth, see.
m. (2) 12, 29, 1870, Marion M.Tyrrell, b.8, 10, 1835;
d. 9, 6, 1906; Cong. 1879. By second wife he had Chase
Lew^is; see below.
Chase Lewis Chamberlin, b. Ridgeville, i, 17, 1872;
d. Apr. 2, 1915; engineer; Cong. 1887; lived in CL;
m. 6, 19, 1895, Ella Allison Prentiss, b. i, 11, 1873;
dau. of Willard Prentiss, see.
Children
1. Harley Lewis, b. 5, 2, 1896.
2. Josephine Marian, b. 6, 6, 1898.
3. Lee Clark, b. 6, 11, 1903.
4. Earl Francis, b. 2, 19, 1905.
5. Ruth Ella, b. 5, 25, 1907.
6. Willard Darius, b. 12, 5, 1910.
William Chamberlin, son of William above, b. Win-
chester, Ct., 12, 9, 1786; d. 4, 6, 1844, in Hudson;
m. 10, 9, 181 1, Nancy Gaylord, b. Goshen, Ct., 3, 18,
1792; d. in Hudson 2, 14, 1861.
Chamberlin Chamberlin — 253
Children
1. Philo, b. 10, I, 1 81 2; see below.
2. Asahel, b, 7, ii, 1814; d. 4, 5, 1815.
3. Joel, b. 3, 25, 1816; see below.
4. Lucinda, b. 9, 18, 1818; m. Edward Farr.
5. Lydia, b. 8, 13, 1820; m. Austin Wilder; lived and both d. on
Hudson road where Wm. Barber lives.
6. Lucy, b. 5, 8, 1822; m. John E. Tyson, see.
7. Sherman, b. 4, 8, 1824.
8. Samantha, b. 9, 6, 1826.
9. Caroline, b. 12, 29, 1828; d. Tw. 10, 21, 1855; Meth.; m.
Crane; lived in Tw.
Philo Chamberlin, b. 10, i, 1812; d. 4, 15, 1875; son
of William above; farmer; old tesident; on Hudson road;
here i860;
m. Lydia Ann Glazier, b. i, 16, 1819; d. 8, 16, 1888;
sister of William Glazier, see.
Children
William; m. Cora South worth and lived in Bedford; had Victoria
Jeannette, bap. 1839, Arthur and Paul or Pearl.
David, b. ab. 1845; d. 7, 8, 1892; m. Mary Riley and had (i)
Cleora Belle who m. (i) Frank Chauncey Lane and m. (2) 1906, John H.
Prescott; (2) John Julius of Akron.
Frank; m. (i) Mary Jane Matherson; m. (2) Ward, of
Solon; had Harry.
Joel Chamberlin, b. 3, 25, 1814; d. in Calif. 12, 3,
1850; bro. of Philo above; came early to Hudson;
m. Mary Ann Bartlett.
Children
Alma E., b. ab. 1845; d. 11, 12, 1865; m. William O. Ashcroft, see.
Anson; once a clerk in Nelson's store.
Son; d. 8, 31, 1844.
Child; d. 12, 8, 1851.
Amos Chamberlin, son of William, Sen., b. ab. 1793;
d. Tw. 4, 17, 1861;
m. Jerusha Crane, b. ab. 1794; d. 11, 4, 1871.
Children
Horace Adelbert, b. 3, 24, 1819; d. 1876; see below.
Harris B.; m. Oct. 1850, Maria Henry, dau. of James Henry, see;
3 chil.
Schuyler Mortimer, b. 11, 3, 1821; see below.
Orville W.
Henry H.
254 — Chamberlin Chamberlin
Laura M.
Jerusha A.
Catharine R.
Cordelia M.
Another d. y.
Horace Adelbert Chamberlin, son of Amos above,
b. 3, 24, 1819; d. ID, 31, 1876; in s. w. part of town; bought
of A. E. Foote and there some yrs., then on Butler farm in
Northiield;
See Doyle's Centennial Hist., p. 798;
m. 9, 24, 1839, Anna Post, b. 11, 28, 1820; d. 6, 21,
1896; dau. of Zina Post, see.
Children
1. Zina F., b. 8, i, 1840; d. 1890; lived across town line in North-
field; m. Sarah A. Paxson, and had Harmon E., who m. Jennie Brower
and had Marie and Reginald. Harmon E. is supt. of Summit Co.
Infirmary.
2. Francis Augustus, b. 5, 17, 1842; m. Filetta Chidsey.
3. Edward A., b. 7, i, 1844; m. i, 7, 1868, Elizabeth Ranney.
4. Delos, b. 5, 6, 1852; d. 12, 29, 1853.
5. Adelbert Horace, b. 11, 12, 1854; see below.
6. William E., b. 3, 5, i860; m. 7, 4, 1879, Agnes Clarkson, and
had Roy, b. ab. 1880; d. 2, 18, 1899; and Louie, whom. Luna Caroline
Bennett; see Levin H. Bennett.
Adelbert Horace, son of Horace A. above, b. 11, I2>
1854; d. 2, 9, 1909; farmer in west part of town;
m. II, 3, 1880, Mary Eunice Thompson, b. 2, 15, 1859,
dau. of Robert W. and Eunice (Turner) Thompson, Eunice
Turner being dau. of Rev. Charles Turner, see.
Children
Walter Horace, b. 9, 22, 1881; see below.
Luella M.; d. at age of 6.
Marcella H., twin of above; d. y.
Walter Horace Chamberlin, b. 9, 22, 1881;
m. 9, 23, 1908, Cora Fleshman, b. 9, 28, 1885, dau. of
John and Sarah L. (Nighman) Fleshman.
Children
Luella Grace, b. 8, 31, 1909.
Leola Marie, b. 9, 7, 1914.
Chamberlin Chamberlin — 255
Schuyler Mortimer Chamberlin, b. 11, 3, 1821, son
of Amos above;
m. ab. 1843, Jane Elizabeth Bliss; Cong. 1889, dis.
to Hudson 1901 . They had George Schuyler, see below, also
Ralph R., and Julia who m. Robert White.
George Schuyler Chamberlin, son of Schuyler M.
above, b. 2, 15, 1849; to Tw. 1885; there 16 yrs.; in s. e.
part of town; then to Hudson;
m. 12, 14, 1870, Emma Matilda Heighton, dau. of
William G. and Rebecca Heighton, b. 11, i, 1847, in La
Porte, Ind.; d. 6, 16, 1914.
Two Adopted Children
Denzil Worthington, b. 1887; CI.
Olive Amanda, b. 1889; m. Fred A. Saywell, of Hudson.
Both chil. Cong. 1898.
Hiram Chamberlin, son of William above and bro. of
Joseph and William; d. 12, 25, 1886 (.?); fr. Guildford, Ct.;
lived on Liberty St. where George Adams lives, and in Solon
where Adelbert Chamberlin lives; shot last deer at so. end
of Liberty St. ; saw brown spot moving, then feared it was a
man; a large buck shot through heart; Meth.;
m. (i) 4, 18, 1828, Susan Willson; d. 3, 2, 1837;
m. (2) Clarinda Gould, b. 11, 17, 1808, dau. of Thomas
Gould, see; Meth.
Children By First Wife
1. Infant, b. and d. April, 1829.
2. Reuben, b. 5, i, 1830; see below.
3. John Wesley, b. ab. 1831; m. in Bedford; no chil.
4. Ann, b. 8, 26, 1834; m. William Appleby, see.
5. Sylvia, b. Oct. 1836; m. Lamb, in west, had Arvilla,
Luella, Minnie and Dell.
By Second Wife
6. Caroline Harriet, b. 5, 30, 1844; m. 4, 24, 1870, John Cochran,
son of Robert, see; no chil.
7. Asahel Harrison, b. June, 1847; see below.
An infant.
Reuben Chamberlin, son of Hiram above; b. 5, i,
1830; d. 5, 24, 1888; Liberty St., on Tyler Hill farm; in
Tw., then to Solon, and back to Tw. before 1871 ; to Mich.,
1881, with all but eldest child;
256 — Chamberlin Chamberlin
m. Sarah Jane Hill, b. 5, 27, 1829; d. 6, 18, 1906;
dau. of Tyler Hill, see.
Children
1. Loretta Jane, b. 7, 29, 1854; m. 12, 31, 1874, Albert Judson
Dodge, see.
2. Hiram Fremont, b. 9, 28, 1856; Meth. 1877.
Clara Ann, b. 10, 22, 1859; d. 5, 11, 1912.
Arthur Wesley, b. 4. 10, 1862; d. i, 19, 1912.
Walter R.; d. Jan. 1867.
William Sheridan, b. 7, 4, 1867.
Cora Dell, b. 3, 30, 1871; Tw. H. S. 1899.
AsAHEL Harrison Chamberlin, b. ab. 1847; d. 5, 14,
1899; son of Hiram above; Meth. 1877; in Civil War;
farmer on Solon road;
m. I, 30, 1867, Agnes Cochran, dau. of Robert
Cochran; b. 10, 26, 1843; lives with son in Tw.
Children
Adelbert Carlos; see below.
Barton Price, d. y., age 10 weeks.
Bertha Agnes, d. y.
Lloyd Earl, d. y., age 9 mo. 23 days.
Robert Burns, b. 6, 28, 1880; see below.
Adelbert Carlos Chamberlin, son of Asahel above;
merchant in Tw. several yrs; farmer and horticulturist on
Solon road on father's old place; Cong.
m. II, 5, 1902, Harriet Crouse, dau. of George
Edward Crouse, see; b. il, 5, 1869.
Children
Dorothy Agnes, b. i, 20, 1905.
Infant, d. 9, 4, 1908.
Dr. Robert Burns Chamberlin, b. 6, 28, 1880, son of
Asahel above; dentist and physician; Tw. H. S. 1898; Wes.
Res. Dental Col. 1901; CI. Med. Col. 1904; band leader;
Meth.;
m. (i) Gertie Emogene Parmelee, dau. of Evelyn
Parmelee, see; b. 1881; d. 6, 18, 1906; Meth. They had
Glenn Evelyn, b. 6, 15, 1906; Meth. 1914;
m. (2) 8, 14, 1912, Lulu Maud Culhan, dau. of John
H. Culhan, see; b. 7, 7, 1882; Meth.
Chamberlin Chamberlin — 257
CoRYDEN Chamberlain, b. 4, 29, 1821; d. 7, 13, 1889;
lived in Vt. ;
m. I, 23, 1845; Harriet Eliza Ward, b. 9, 3, 1823;
d. 12, 17, 1914.
Children
Oscar Eugene, b. 1846; see below.
Wallace Ward, b. 1851; see below.
Cleora J., b. 10, 21, 1854; m. Orville E. Griswold, see.
Helen, b. ; m. Perry Nichols, see.
Oscar Eugene Chamberlain, son of Coryden above;
b. Vt. 4, 26, 1846; to CI. 1850 with parents; to Solon until
1870; then Tw. until 1902; then CI., and toLakewood 1912;
m. 12, 21, 1870, Belle Amanda Parks, b. i, 31, 1852,
dau. of William Avery Parks, see.
Children
Dr. Webb Parks, b. 8, 27, 1876; see below,
Cora Bell, b. 5, 14, 1881; m. 10, 2, 1901, Arthur Newman Boose,
see.
Dr. Webb Parks Chamberlain, b. 8, 27, 1876; Hiram
College, 1900; physician and surgeon; Wes. Res. Univ.
1903 with degree of M. D.; CI.;
m. 2, 22, 1906, Lucy Bell Libbey, of Bedford, b. i, 28,
1878.
Children
Charlotte Isabel, b. 7, i, 1908.
Webb Parks, Jr., b. 7, 19, 1910.
Wallace Ward Chamberlain, son of Coryden above,
b. 7, 16, 1851 ; farmer many yrs. on Oscar O. Kelsey's place;
Cong.; deacon; CI.
m. (i) 12, 25, 1872, Emma Irene Kelsey, dau. of Oscar
0. Kelsey, see, b. 4, 24, 1854; ^- 4j 6, 1908;
m. (2) 4, 22, 191 1, Edith E. Ballard.
Children, By First Wife
Stella May, b. 4, i, 1875; d. 4, 12, 1891.
Lynn Kelsey, b. 8, 21, 1878; see below.
Nellie Blanche, b. 6, 10, 1884; CI.
Lynn Kelsey Chamberlin, b. 8, 21, 1878, son of
Wallace Ward above; merchant in Tw. ; farmer on Oscar
O. Kelsey's old place; both Cong.;
258 — Cham BERLIN Chapin
m. 6, I, 1902, Florence Edith McManus, b. 11, 27,
1882, dau. of Robert T. McManus, see; she was a teacher.
Children
Gertrude Leona, b. May 27, 1904
Harold Eugene, b. 10, 9, 1909.
Wayne Carroll, b. ii, 24, 1914.
Miss O. R. Chamberlin, sister of Coryden of Solon;
taught on Liberty St., 1858; m. Dr. Russel, of Solon, and
both d. of consumption.
Who was Truman Chamberlin, b. 1807; d. 10,3, 1870.'*
Henry M. Chamberlin, local Meth. preacher, 1844.
" Ruben" Chamberlin, see census of 1833 ; lived north
and back of Ernest Post's place; had as adopted children,
Olive (Osborn), b. ab. 1819, and Alman (Clark), b. ab. 1829.
Mary E. Chamberlin, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
Charles Thomas Chambers, b. Chagrin Falls, 4, 25,
1856; son of George Chambers, who came from Eng. 1866,
and Eloisa (Pebbles) Chambers, b. Blandford, Mass.;
m. 6, 15, 1881, Mary Abigail Bennette, b. 7, 29, 1864;
dau. of James and Zelma (Prentiss) Bennette, of Warrens-
ville.
Child
Maud, b. Chagrin Falls, 6, 24, 1886; m. 3, 23, 1908, Raymond
Fremont Oldham of Chagrin Falls.
William Hosea Chambers, b. 10, 10, 1859; son of
Daniel Chambers, b. 6, 8, 1829, and Eliza (McCanny)
Chambers, b. Oct. 1839; farmer on Bedford road;
m. 8, 25, 1889, Rosa Maria Post, b. 8, 23, 1870; dau.
of Philo Post, see.
Children
1. Edith Lula, b. 4, 23, 1892; m. 3, 22, 191 1, Clarence Hamilton
Mahler, see.
2. Edna Luella, b. 9, 18, 1896; Tw. H. S. 1913.
3. Ina Lucille, b. 9, 8, 1898; Tw. H. S. 1916.
4. Gracie Idella, b. 10, 6, 1902.
5. Earl Hosea, b. 5, 16, 1905.
Rev. Chester Chapin, preached 2 or 3 yrs. for First
Cong. chh. when chh. was divided; ab. 55 yrs. old then;
fr. Brecksville; wife a milliner; son Chester was lame.
Chapman Chapman — 259
CHAPMAN PEDIGREE
I. William Chapman of Ct. and w. Mary.
II. Isaac Chapman of Groton, Ct., and Montgomery,
Mass.; in Rev. War; had 8 chil. of whom one was,
III. Nathan A. Chapman, b. Groton, Ct.; m. Eunice
Parks; 9 chil.
IV. Albert Chapman, b. Montgomery, Mass., 4, 12,
1812; d. 2, 27, 1896; farmer; to Ohio 1837; to Ind. 1839;
toTw. 1845; on north road cor. Ice house road; also back of
bank; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1042; Meth.;
m. 1839, Sarah Eno, b. 5, 15, 1815; d. 2, 20, 1895;
Meth. ; dau. of Gaylord and Azuba (Phelps) Eno of Granby,
Ct., Gaylord being son of David Eno who was in Rev. War.
Children
Nathan Albert, b. 4, 8, 1842, see below.
Lydia, b. June 1847; d. 5, 8, 1900; m. 1869, Edward J. Johnson,
see.
V. Nathan Albert Chapman, b. 4, 8, 1842; Tw.
Inst., Hiram Col. and Baldwin University; 2 yrs. in la., 5 in
Portsmouth; Tw.; CI. since 1904;
m. I, 3, 1865, Grace Pritchard Howe, b. Akron 1845;
dau. of George and Sarah Howe; Baldwin Uni.; Meth.
Children
JennieGrace, b. ID, 4, 1865; d. 10, 20, 1903; Meth.; m. 5, 20, 1880,
John R. Hughes of Portsmouth and had Albert C. 1887-95; Grace
Eloise, b. 1897, and Gladys Newell, b. 1899.
Carlos Albert, b. i, 16, 1868; W. R. Col. and Cinclnnatti Law
School; lawyer in CI.; m. 10, 25, 1894, Ethel Eddy, and had Ralph E.,
b. 1899; he Meth.
John S. Chapman, bro. of Mrs. Tolman F. Riley; in
Civil War; name on monument.
John Chapman, a man of that name in Hudson;
English soldier in war of 1812; in battle of Lake Erie 9, 10,
1813; taken prisoner; commanded English in sham battle
on lake 9, 10, i860; had Matthew, John, Reuben and two
girls. Was he also in Tw. ^
26o — Chase Clark
Amos Chase, b. ab. 1817; d. 12, 7, 1855; unm.
Miss Relief Chase, b. ab. 1790; d. 12, 29, 1862.
Mary Ann Chatterton; teacher in Tw. Inst. 1853-4;
Bapt. 1853.
Hezekiah Childs; to Buffalo; m. Jane E. ;
she Cong. 1833.
Andrew Chor; cooper; here i860; worked for Mr.
Bock; unm.
William T. Clapp; taught in Dist. No. 7; in Civil
War; his bro., Charles T., attended school in Dist. No. 7.
Dr. Avery Proctor Clark, b. Canada, 11,8, 1805 ; d.
Tw. 3, 4, 1885, aged 79, bro. of Polly Clark, who m. James
O. Dodge, 1824; here i860, in house on North St. where
Charles Riley lives; homeopathic physician; had water
wheel and lathe at Leach's falls and made furniture; Meth.;
m. II, 13, 1832, Avis Dodge, dau. of John Dodge and
sister of James O. Dodge, b. 4, 15, 181 1 ; d. 7, 19, 1898, aged
87; had golden wedding 1882; Meth.
Children
1. John Wesley, b. 3, 24, 1834; d. 9, 18, 1838.
2. Ann Elizabeth, b. 9, 24, 1835; d. 9, 15, 1838.
3. Sarah Helen, b. 7, 6, 1837; d. i, 17, 1839.
4. Sarah Ann, b. 6, 13, 1839; d. 2, 18, 1841.
5. Adam A., b. 8, 5, 1842; d. 3, 26, 1843.
6. George Avery, b. 2, 29, 1844; d. 8, 21, 1847.
7. Sophronia Jane, b. 6, 14, 1846; unm.; d. Los Angeles, 12, 8,
1913; Meth.
8. Adelia Abigail, b. 8, 26, 1848; d. 3, 31, 1851.
9. Joseph Stearns, b. 2, 5, 1851; d. 7, 12, 1861.
10. Dr. Hiram Rufus, b. 3, 31, 1853; d. i, 10, 1890; Meth.; m.
6,22, 1881, Sadie B.Johns who d. 1909; they had William Thaw, b. 1882,
and Lora, b. 1883. They went west and d. in Wis.
11. Ella Belle, b. i, 25, 1856; m. Othniel T. Chapman and went
west; Cedarville, Kan.; she Meth.
Ezra Clark, b. 3, 25, 1807; d. 6, 30, 1890, age 83; son
of Ezra and Naomi (Williams) Clark; came from Saybrook,
Ct., ab. 1821, with his mother, Mrs. Aaron Post, Diah
Clark (no relative) also coming; he kept station on "under-
Clark
Clark — 261
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ground railroad" for runaway slaves; Meth.; was great
clearer of land; called "Ohio Land Clearing Co."; wind-
rowed an acre of heavy timber in 2^ days and for pay got a
warranted ax; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1043;
m. (i) Sept., 1832, Mrs. Lucy Blake, wid. of Jacob or
Joab Blake; she d. 2, 19, 1874, age 69. By Jacob she had
Andrew, Anson and Lucinda; see Blake;
m. (2) Mrs. Mary Smith, d. 4, 18, 1881, age 71 ; Meth.
1877;
m. (3) II, 24, 1 88 1, Mrs. Betsey (Crawford) Hatch,
wid. of John Homer Hatch, see; she b. 11, 29, 1845; living
on North St.; Meth.; Cong.
Children By First Wife
Celia; m. Fowler.
Harrison.
Emma; m. Edgar Betts, see.
Clarissa; m. Edwin Betts, see.
Plympton, d. y.
Children By Third Wife
Lucy Wealthy, b. 4, 6, 1883; d. 2, 24, 1910; m. 5, 15, 1910 (?),
Frank Green, of Bedford.
Oscar Ezra, b. 10, 29, 1884; d. i, 26, 1895.
Billings O. P. Clark, d. 7, 26, 1836, age 2 yrs. 9 mo.
Name on Ezra Clark's monument.
Jedediah Clark, Sen.; a sea capt., sailing a vessel
between N. Y. and the West Indies;
m. Rebecca Lynde, b. ab. 1781; d. 5, 13, 1853; here
as wid. 1833 with son Jedediah; Cong. 1828, dis. to Hudson,
1850.
Jedediah Clark, Jr., son of above, b. Chester, Ct.,
6,3,1805; d. 2, 8, 1877; to Tw. in early day by ox team, 42
days coming; located farm in heart of dense forest; went
to Hudson 1850; Cong. 183 1, dis. to Hudson 1850; a man
of "absolute honesty and integrity," as so many of the early
settlers were;
m. (i) Fidelia Hanchett, b. 12, 6, 1814; d. 3, 27, 1855;
dau. of Seth Hanchett, see; Cong. 1834;
m. (2) Mrs. Mercy (Post) (Brower) Hill, b. 2, 15,
1811; d. 2, 21, 1875; dau. of Joshua Post, see; Cong. 1863.
Clark Clark — 263
Children, By First Wife
Samuel Lynde, b. ab. 1839; d. 12, 26, 1841.
Orville Carlton, b. 12, 18, 1842; see below.
Samuel Lynde, b. 3, 24, 1850; see below.
John B. Clark of Hudson, bur. in Tw. with w. Polly,
and his half-bro., Capt. Lewis Clark, was own bro. of
Jedediah Clark Sen., above, and of Zelotes Clark below.
They had sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, see, Mrs. Sylvia
Pritchard, see, and Mrs. Esther Redfield, see. Remains of
John B.'s parents also interred here.
Orville Carlton Clark, b. 12, 18, 1842; d. St. Paul,
Minn., 7, 25, 1915; son of Jedediah Clark, Jr., above;
farmer in Tw., in old stone house on Liberty St. and supt. of
Cong. S. S. 1865-70; then studied at Oberlin 1870-76; grad.
Theo. Sem., 1876; ordained 12, 18, 1876, and preached 34
yrs., at Vermillion, O., Hartford, Ct., Missoula, Mont.,
Springfield, 111., St. Paul, Minn.; built and paid for 11 chhs.
and chapels, being sometimes sent by the Home Miss. Soc.
to a place for a year to get a chh. on its feet; practically
blind 5 yrs. before going to Oberlin, where his wife studied
with him; Cong. 1863;
m. I, 26, 1865, Alice Hill, b. 11, 16, 1848, dau. of
Mrs. Hill, who was Jedediah Clark's second wife.
No children, but adopted 3, Ernest, Leila, who d., and
Ruth.
Samuel Lynde Clark, b. 3, 24, 1850; d. 5, 23, 1915,
son of Jedediah Clark, Jr.; Hudson many years; later had
charge of farms, etc., for Berea Col. Ky., and Ohio Wes.
Col. at Delaware; Cong. 1866;
m. Hudson, 8, 18, 1880, Lucy Brown, b. 8, 13, 1850,
niece of old John Brown.
Children
Harley Brown, b. 6, 9, 1881; d. 9, 19, 1901.
Howard Hinsdale, b. 10, 24, 1888; architect, Los Angeles.
Francis Orville, b. 3, 28, 1886; grad. Berea Col., Ky., 1908; teacher
there; m. 8, 2, 1913, Emma Jane Witt.
Leila Marian, b. 4, I, 1 894; Ohio Wes. Uni.
Leverett Clark, b. 2, 5, 1774; d. Tw. 4, 26, 1843; fr.
Milford, Ct., 1823 ; lived at center, where Nathan Chapman
lived later;
264 — Clark Clark
m. Amy Amelia Vail, b. 9, i, 1776; d. Tw. 5, 9, 1865;
Meth. before 1841.
Children
I. Ann; m. (i) Amos Cook Taylor, see; m. (2) Samuel Vail, see.
John Finley, b. 2, 16, 1801; see below.
William, b. 5, 25, 1803; see below.
Burk.
Phila, b. ab. 1707; m. Jonathan E. Herrick, see.
Park Brown, b. ab. 1813; see below.
Mabel, b. ab. 1813; m. Nelson Hinkston, see.
Elmore Warner, b. 4, 10, 1816; see below.
Leverett, Jr., b. ab. 1818; m. Melinda Banning.
John Finley Clark, b. 2, 16, 1801 ; d. 2, 20, 1874; son
of Leverett Clark above; where Charles Wilson lives;
m. 10, 6, 1832, Betsy Carver, b. 4, 22, 1803; d. i, 30,
1870; dau. of Bernice Carver, see; Meth. before 1841.
Children
I. Spencer N., b. 8, 26, 1833; d. 8, 16, 1837.
Newton, b. 8, 4, 1836; d. i, 4, 1837.
Spencer, b. ab. 1839; d. i, 4, 1856.
Child, b. ab. 1840; d. 4, 20, 1843.
Newton, b. ab. 1841; d. 2, 23, 1875; see below.
Amy Amelia, b. 10, 11, 1842; m. 9, 26, i860, Horace Granger
Blackman, see.
Newton Clark, b. ab. 1841; d. 2, 23, 1875; son of
John Finley above;
m. Maria Johnston, b. ab. 1845; d. 2, 27, 1912.
Children
Zella Maria; m. 1880, Charles Henry Wilson, see.
Lettie.
OUie; m. E. C. Lovejoy, Detroit.
William Clark, b. 5, 25, 1803; d. 4, 17, 1878; son of
Leverett Clark above; carpenter; here i860, where Verne
Hempstead lives; Meth.;
m. I, I, 1826, Harriet Sperry, b. 7, 11, 1806; d. 11, 4,
1888; she m. (2) Col. Phinehas T. Gorham, of Rev. War;
she Meth.
Children
1. Laura Jennette, b. i, i, 1829; d. 8, 4, 1876; Cong.; m. ab.
1848, Morris Blodgett, see.
2. Henry Dewalt, b. 6, 6, 1831; see below.
3. George Burk, h. 3, 12, 1834; d. in Akron; merchant in Rich-
field, then Akron; m. Millie Wilcox.
Clark Clark — 265
4. Mary Jane, b, 5, 12, 1838; d. 11, 3, 1840.
5. William Jerome, b. 7, 21, 1841; Meth.; Iowa.
6. Lewis Barton, b. 4, 9, 1847; d. 5, 28, 1915; in 177th O. V. I.;
m. Marion J. Little.
Henry Dewalt Clark, b. 6, 6, 1831; lives in Detroit,
Mich.; son of William above;
m. 7, 20, 1854, Ermina Smith, 1834-1902.
Children
Hattie Bell.
Geneo D.; d. in CI., aged 49.
Ogden C; d. in CI., aged 47.
Bela B.; d. in CI., aged 33.
Lewis; d. in infancy.
Park Brown Clark, son of Leverett above, b. ab.
1813; d. in Neb.
m. (i) Nancy .
m. (2) Matilda Gorham.
Had several children.
Elmore Warner Clark, son of Leverett above, b.
4, 10, 1816, at Watertown, Ct.; d. 7, 8, 1885; came west
with father 1823; clerked for Ethan Ailing, 17 yrs.; went
south; 3 yrs. at Drapersburg; justice of peace 1876; kept
hotel in Tw. 1855-1885; Meth.' 1843;
See Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1043;
m. 10, 12, 1842, Arvilla Carver, b. Whitehall, N. Y.,
10, 6, 1823; d. 2, 22, 1899, age 75; dau. of Bernice Carver,
see.
Children
Bela Bronson, b. 10, 23, 1844; d. i, 4, 1916, at Akron; in hotel at
Tw. with father many yrs., then to Akron; connected with Buchtel Col.
many yrs.; m. Alice Pratt of Copley and had Pearlie May, who d. y.
Estella Maria, b. 10, 19, 1854; m. Orrin Parks Nichols, see; she
m. (2) Richard O'Donald, see.
Etta May, b. 5, 31, 1864; m. 9, 9, 1891, Charles Wagner, see; she
Meth. 1877.
Frank B., d. 10, 13, 1850, age 3.
Daughter, d. 8, i, 1853, infant.
Delia A. Clark, fr. Bedford; taught in Tw. Inst.
1854-7.
Marilla M. Clark, fr. Mantua; taught in Tw. Inst.
1847-50; m. Mr. White, author of White's Arithmetic.
266 — Clark Cochran
Oliver Clark, here 1820; one of first settlers; black-
smith; shop near where Alfred Bishop's house is; to Hudson.
Robert, George, Cordelia and Louisa Clark, in
Dist. No. 4, Liberty St., in the 50's. Whose children were
they .?
William W. Clark, taught in Tw. Inst. 1857-9.
Zelotes Clark, bro. of John B. Clark, see; b. ab. 1747;
d. 12, 5, 1834; see census of 1833;
m. Elizabeth Harris (?), b. ab. 1758; d. i, 4, 1836;
both Cong. 1826; had Esther, Zelotes, and perhaps others.
Otto Cleaver; farmer on Young's road; to Hudson;
m. , who d. of wood alcohol, 5, 18, 1906,
age 50; two boys and two girls; boy Amer b. ab. 1898, was
shot by accident 9, 18, 1905.
Mrs. Cleaver, mother of above (.^), b. ab. 1830; d.
2, 17, 1907.
Philip Cleg, b. ab. 1835; here i860;
m. Catharine , b. ab. 1830.
Oliver Stofford Clewel, b. 2, 20, 1872; fr. CI.; worked
for Manly L Leach 1915-16.
Dudley M. Cobb, b. 11, 19, 1877, in Russell, N. Y.;
son of Stephen M. and Caroline A. (Reddington) Cobb;
with Dunscomb family since 1914;
m. 12, 3, 1910, Mrs. Maud (Smith) Wilson, b. Mt.
Vernon, Ind.; wid. of John H. Wilson, by whom she had
Marie Wilson, who m. Jay E. Hatch, and Dudley Wilson,
b. 8, 13, 1907, and 4 others who d.
Robert Cochran, b. 5, 9, 1800; d. 2, 10, 1880; son of
John and Mary (Brodie) Cochran of Scotland; to America
1832; farmer on west side of Solon road near town line;
after marriage came by canal and lake to CL; then to
Aurora and then to Tw.; bought farm at south end of
Liberty St.; lived in log house and about 1836 built stone
house, first one in Tw. ; had served apprenticeship as cabinet
maker but spent life in carving a farm out of forest; he and
w. Meth;
Cochran Cochran— 267
m. 8, 12, 1832, Agnes Kirkwood, b. 6, 6, 1816; d.
2,4, 1891; dau. of Andrew (1770-1861) and Jeannette (Love)
Kirkwood (i 768-1 861). She came over on same ship with
Robert; m. in Albany ,N. Y.
Children
1. Jeannette Ann, b. 7, 10, 1837; d. 2, 4, 1850.
2. Mary Jane, b. i, 21, 1839; d. 5, 31, 1895; m. John Forbes of
Bedford; Meth.
3. Agnes, b. 10, 26, 1843; Meth.; m. i, 30, 1867, Ashel H. Cham-
berlin, see.
4. John, b. 7, II, 1846; m. 4, 24, 1870, Caroline Harriet Chamber-
lin, dau. of Hiram Chamberlin, see, and went to Bedford; no chil.;
Meth.
5. Margaret, b. 9, 4, 1849; d. 11, 5, 1915; Meth.; m. 7, 4, 1871,
John GilHe, see.
6. Thomas Crawford, b. 3, 21, 1850; see below.
7. Jeannette, b. 10, 10, 1853; d. 7, 7, 1854.
8. Isabelle Ellen, b. 4, 9, 1855; d. 2, 4, 1863.
9. Lizzie Ann, b. 3, 6, 1857; Meth. 1876; m. Luther H. Nichols,
see.
10. Berthie, b. 4, 14, 1861; Meth. 1877; m. 10, 14, 1880, William
A. Rudd, see.
Thomas Crawford Cochran, b. 3, 21, 1850; d. 9, 30,
1912, by fall from staging on his new house in village;
farmer many yrs. on Solon road; Meth.;
m. 8, 20, 1876, Ella Augusta Lane, b. 7, 31, 1855, dau.
of Charles Lane, see; studied at Oberlin; Cong, and Meth.
Children
Clyde Ernest, b. 3, 25, 1878; Tw. H. S. 1897; Case School 1902;
m. 8, 27, 1902, Mabel Densmore of CI. and had Velma Marie, b. 8, 29,
1903, and Wayne Fletcher, b. 8, 15, 1905.
Lyle Forest, b. 9, 20, 1889; Tw. H. S. 1906; Wes. Res. Col. 1911;
m. 3, 14, 1912, Mabelle Florence Sankers and had Florence Ruth, b.
5, 24, 1914, and Thomas Kirkwood, b. 3, 18, 1916.
David Cochran, b. in Scotland 1804; d. Tw. 11, 17,
1878; son of John and Mary (Brodie) Cochran; home on
and near Liberty St.; farmer; weaver of Paisly shawls;
stone mason; to America 1832 with brothers; lived several
years in stone house on Liberty St. which his bro. Robert
built; finally bought of bro. in law, Andrew Kirkwood, the
place where he and children lived so long;
m. ab. 1842, Margaret Baxter, b. 8, 14, 1823; d.
2, 27, 191 1 ; dau. of WilHam and Isabelle (Shaw) Baxter.
268 — Cochrane Collins
She came with parents ab. 1832, three months crossing and
near being wrecked; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p.
1042.
Children
1. James Baxter, b, 4, 19, 1844; m. Martha McClintock.
2. Robert, b. 10, 10, 1846.
3. William Perry, b. 6, 10, 1849.
4. Margaret Maud, b. 3, 11, 1852; m. 1876, Milo A. McClintock;
I
see.
5. David Duncan, b. 10, 10, 1854.
6. Isabell, b. 8, 12, 1856.
7. Mary Ann, b. 10, 3, 1859.
8. Martha Agnes, b. 10, 3, 1859; m. Samuel Fletcher.
9. Almina C, b. 3, 12, 1861; m. George P. Snyder.
10. John, b. 4, 23, 1863.
William Cochrane, b. ab. 1779; d. 2, 3, 1846.
Albert Cochran, grandson of David above, b. 2, 5,
1887.
Lewis Philip Cochrane, adopted son of David Coch-
ran above, b.; d.;
m. Phebe Ann Stafford, dau. of Alfred Stafford, of
Aurora; b. ; Cong. 1879; now in Aurora.
Children
Carrie, b. ; unm.; H. S. 1898.
Mary, b. ; m.; Aurora.
Alfred, b.
Ozzie, b. ; m. Judson Nichols, of Bedford.
Vincie, b. ; H. S. 1898.
Grace, b ; unm.
Pearl, b. ; unm.
Elmer, b. ; Aurora.
Gunell, b.
John C. Coffee; in Civil War; name on monument.
Dr. Seymour Albinus Collins, b. 4, 28, 1827, Monk-
ton, Vt.; d. 2, 15, 1900; here i860; where Mrs. John
Hempstead now lives; son of Augustin and Cassendana
Collins; to Ohio with parents by ox team 1833; settled in
Bedford; CI. Med. Col. 1854; 2 yrs. in Astabula Co., then
to Tw. 1855-56, then many yrs. in Orange as farmer, doctor
and justice of the peace, then in Tw. till death;
Collins Conant — 269
m. (i) 2, 22, 1854, Salina Hathaway, b. 5, 29, 183 1;
d. 8, 16, 1892;
m. (2) II, 29, 1893, Mrs. Rhoda Watson (Roach)
Parmelee, wid. of Gardiner Parmelee; she b. ab. 1827; d.
2, 15, 1910; Meth.
Children, By First Wife
1. Mary Hathaway, b. Aug. 1855; d. 11, 21, 1862.
2. Charles Hathaway, b. 7, 22, 1856; m. 8, 5, 1887, Julia Benedict.
3. Edward, b. 9, 12, i860; m. 11, 14, 1882, Lida S. Wheeler, of
Bedford.
4. Julia, d. y. i, 26, 1868.
5. Harry, 1867-74.
Miss Bina Collins, sister of above, b. ab. 1830; d.
8, 19, 1892; lived with brother.
WiLFORD Ellsworth Collins, b. 8, 6, 1868, near
Rootstown; son of WilHam Penn and Harriet Louise
(Snyder) Collins; to CI. ab. 1890; insurance agent; sum-
mers in Tw. since 191 1;
m. ID, 24, 1895, Emma Barnes, b. i, i, 1870, in Noble
Co., dau. of Vachel and Sarah Margaret (Tribby) Barnes.
Children
Carolyn, b. 9, 10, 1901, in CI.
Harlan Barnes, b. 10, 19, 1904, in CI.
Frank Comings; here 2 or 3 yrs.; painter and paperer;
on North St.; m. Mary ; no chil.
Andrew Conant, b. Pawlet, Vt., 4, 10, 1798; d. 1854;
son of John Gardner Conant who was in Rev. War, de-
scended from Roger Conant who came to America 1623;
Andrew one of 10 chil.; clothier; to Ohio 1830; to Tw.
from Strongsville; farm on Young's road; to Bedford ab.
1844-5, where he had a woolen mill; Cong.; dea. 1837-42;
m. Elizabeth Green, b, 1800; d. 1877-8 in Bedford;
dau. of Beriah Green, see; Cong. 1836.
Children
Frances; d. Bedford 1848; m. 1838, Bradford Montgomery; he to
Calif. 1849 and d. day after reaching San Francisco; she Cong. 1835.
Laura A., d. 1886; m. ab. 1850, Richard Rowe and had 2 sons and
2 daus.
Henry Andrew, b. 1825; d. in CI. i, 14, 191 1; m. Mahala Barnes.
Eunice W., b. 1834; d. in Bedford 1857; unm.
2 JO — Co NANT Cooper
Almira A., b. ab. 1829; d. 9, 9, 1841.
Charles Preston, b. 12, 30, 1836; d. 12, 21, 1909, at Sandusky
Soldiers' Home; quarry worker; Lieut, in 23rd O. V. I.; m. 1868,
Arvilla Davis, who d. 1905; a dau. 3 yrs. old drowned at Newburg.
Emily Sophia, 1839-1885; m. 1858, George Tinker, 4 sons.
Harlan Smith, b. Tw. 12, 2, 1842; killed at Shiloh 1862, in ist
Mich. Regt.; unm.
Horace Green, b. Tw. 12, 2, 1842; d. 10, 18, 1915; to 111. 1878; in
1st O. V. I. 3 yrs; wounded twice; m, i, i, 1870, Emma Myra; no chil.;
adopted dau.
John and 2 others d. y.
The above list not all in right order.
Samuel and Agnes Conant; Meth. before 1841.
Charles H. Conkey, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1856-7.
Edward Conklin, lived with Seth Hanchett; m. and
has 4 chiL; Chicago.
Francis Conklin, bro. of above; name now Coleman;
lived with Orville C. Clark and Carlton Hanchett; lawyer
in Lorain.
Joseph Conklin, bro. of above; lived with Thomas
Cochran and Almon Brown; several chil.; Chicago.
Mary Connors, b. ab. 1836; in Dist. 4, in 1853.
Amos Cook; Cong. 183 i; m. Ann Clark.
Silas Cook, back to Conn, with Mr. Ingraham;
m. Mary Ingraham, dau. of Leander Ingraham, see;
she Bapt. 1837; Cong. 1840.
Mrs. Lura Jane Cook, b. ab. 1863; d. 4, 28, 1911;
lived at Austin Herrick's; Meth.; had adopted son William.
Ephraim and Eliza Cook; Meth. before 1841; where
Mr. Stocker lives; to Solon, Independence and Bedford;
large family, Daniel, George, Ephraim, Silas, etc.
Mrs. John T. Cook, b. ab. 1804; d. i, 30, 1870.
Leland and Amy Cook; Bapt. ab. 1840.
Relationship of above Cook families not known.
Daniel Cooper; in Dist. 2 In 1852.
COPELAND COWLES 27I
Alba Raymond Copeland, b. 8, 8, 1881 ; son of James
Sankey and Mary (Conway) Copeland; to Tw. 191 5, on
Bert Tucker's farm on Hudson road;
m. 9, 22, 1910, Dolly Belle Comstock, b. 7, 11, 1883 ;
dau. of Henry and Happy (Green) Comstock of Independ-
ence.
Children
Raymond, b. and d. i, 24, 1912.
Hazel Irene, b. 9, 10, 1913.
MiLO Andrew Corbett, b. Euclid, 6, 9, 1836; d.
10, 27, 1908; in Civil War; farmer; in Tw. awhile and
many years in Newburg;
m. 7, 5, 1859, Eliza Jane Edwards, b. Eng. 5, 11,
1839; to U. S. 1846; now with daughter, Mrs. Axel T.
Johnson on Liberty St.
Children
William N., b. 6, 26, 1861; see below.
James Albert, b. I, 31, 1865; m. Augusta Johnson; 3 chil.; lives in
Solon.
Eleanor Amelia, b. 3, 16, 1868; m. Charles Raymond; 3 chil.;
Fostoria.
Mary Jane, b. ii, 13, 1876; m. Axel Theodore Johnson, see.
William N. Corbett, b. Tw. 6, 26, 1861 ; son of Milo
A. above; farmer on Bedford road; now in meat business
in Akron;
m. 3, 15, 1881, Christine Rull.
Children
1. Miles Andrew, b. 12, 29, 1882.
2. Charles, b. 4, 13, 1884.
3. William N., b. 9, 13, 1886.
4. Albert, b. 5, 2, 1888.
5. Eliza Jane, b. 12, 20, 1890.
6. Elmer, b. 4, 30, 1892.
7. Cora, b. II, 22, 1895.
8. Edwin, b. Tw. 10, 3, 1904.
All but last b. in Newburg.
Robert Wesley Corkhill, b. in Isle of Man, 4, 3,
1839; d. Tw. 7, 9, 1901; to America 1868; to Tw. 1887;
worked many years on the Dodge farm; unm.
Elisha L(oomis ^) CowLEs, b. Ct. 1806; d. Tw. 12, 13,
1838; son of Benjamin Cowles of Ct. who d. 1817, leaving
Elisha, and Caroline, who m. Justus Herrick; Elisha bound
272 — CowLEs Crafts
to a farmer but his time bought by his mother and all 3
came to Tw., where her twin bro., Maj. Elisha Loomis,
lived, driving through with one horse wagon; while in his
teens Elisha bought land and cleared it, the Joseph Hawkins
place, where his mother died; then he sold, and bought a
mile so. of village and there brought his 17 yr. old bride ab.
1828; Edward and Eliza Ann b. there; Cong. 183 1;
m. (i) Mary Lane, b. Ct., 2, i, 181 1; d. Tw. 2, 13,
1837; dau. of Elisha Lane; Cong. 183 1.
m. (2) 5, 23, 1837, Esther Jerusha Mills, b. 7, 2,
1817; d.; dau. of Philo and Julia Mills; Cong. 1831; she to
Wis. 1855; to Charles City, la., 1865. In 1842 she m.
Robert Dunshee, see.
Children By First Wife
Edward, b. i, 20, 1829; see below.
Eliza Ann, b. 5, 4, 1832; m. 9, 15, 1853, Harrison Barnes, 1821-
1896; to Wis. 1854; to Charles City, la., 1865; 7 chil., 5 of them living
in 1915.
Child By Second Wife
Mary Esther, b. 3, 18, 1838; d. Charles City, la., 3, 16, 1872; m.
12, 25, 1857, Hammet H. Case of CI. who d. 1891 in Calf.; 3 chil.
Edward Cowles, b. i, 20, 1829; d. Jan. ; to
Bedford 1861; son of Elisha L. above;
m. Martha Matthews.
Children
Elwood Elisha, b. i, i, 185 1; see below.
Otis, d. age 12.
Carl George; m. Barnes.
Dr. Edward M., b. St. Law Co., N. Y.; Cong. 1903.
Elwood Elisha Cowles, b. i, i, 1851; travelling man;
on Solon road on old Joel Parmelee place; now in Bedford;
m., 1877, Elizabeth Dunn.
Children
Lucille, b. 6, 14, 1888; m. Lloyd Ake, see.
Mortimer John; m. 8, 17, 1908, Bessie Cross; no chil.
Mr. Coy, d. 8, 13, i860; age 37.
Rev. George Herbert Crafts; b. 3, 19, 1858 at
Whateley, Mass.; Garrett Biblical Inst., Evanston, 111.
1894; pastor of Tw. Meth. chh. 1916 ;
Craigie Crankshaw — 273
m. (i) 12, 24, 1888, Mrs. Zilpha (Albons) Beekman,
b. II, 16, 1850; d. 5, 19, 1915; wid. of Isaac C. Beekman;
m. (2) 6, 26, 1916, Mrs. Effie I. Poole, wid. of Rev.
F. W. Poole, b. at Nevada 10, 11, 1868; supt. several yrs.
of Deaconness' Home in CI.; by first hus. she had Helen
Irene and Ralph W.
Peter Craigie, b. in Scotland ab. 1850; to U. S. 1882;
d. 3, 6, 1915, and bur. in CI.; farmer in s. e. part of town, old
Edgerton farm; had dau. who m. H. M. Hay, and son John;
further facts not obtainable.
Silas Cramm; m. Millicent ; she as wid.
Cong. 1834-5 ; dis. to Rantoul, 111., with John W. Dodge and
family; mother of Mrs. Dodge; her first hus. a Bissell; lived
to be 90 or more ; for years after going to 111. she observed the
hour on Friday of the prayer meeting of Tw. chh.; she and
Mrs. Thomas the only women in their day that spoke in
Cong, prayer meeting.
Mr. a. E. Crampton, railroad agent and operator here
ab. 1914-15, son of Mrs. Harriet Kelly who lived here at
same time.
Rev. Mr. Crandall, Bapt. minister here after the war
sev. yrs., ab. 1868; shoemaker; from Seville; d. ab. 1913.
His children were Samuel, Joseph, Louise and Lulu.
Charles Nelson Crane, b. ab. 1843; d. 4, 7, 1846.
George Washington Crane. Who was he.?
Jerusha Crane; Meth. 1845.
Rhoda Crane; Meth. 1845.
Relationship of above Cranes not known. Crane
family lived where Mrs. Celestia Wilcox lives.
William Crankshaw, b. 12, 22, 1809; d. 10, 29, 1879;
farmer on Bedford road;
m. (i) 10, 6, 1832, Rachel Shaw, b. 7, 11, 1811; d.
4, 21, 1871; dau. of Robert Shaw, 1785-1857, and Alice
(Hopkinson) Shaw, 1 786-1 857, who had William, Jesse, Job,
and Rachel; Job b. ab. 1822; d. 9, 22, 1843;
274 — Crankshaw Crawford
m. (2) Mrs. Margaret Johnson (Gillie) Moore, dau.
of James Gillie, see; both wives Meth.
Children By First Wife
1. Robert, b. and d. 1833.
2. James E., b. 3, 7, 1834; m. 11, 30, 1854, Arzalia G. Vanderhoof.
3. Jesse, b. 2, 20, 1837; d. 6, 20, 1896; m. 2, 5, 1861, Mary Jane
Porter; Cong. 1858; dis. to Akron 1864. Their dau. Jennie Belle, a
trained nurse; toTw. 1916; bought old Crouse place on Macedonia road.
4. David, b. 4, 17, 1839; m. 12, 31, 1865, Delilah Gordon.
5. Margaret M., b. 9, 15, 1841; Meth. 1857; m. (i) 5, 23, 1868,
Charles Stiles; m. (2) 2, 6, 1889, Elijah H. Hoffman, killed by auto in
Akron 3, 18, 1915.
6. Charles Henry, b. 12, 5, 1844; d. 8, 19, 1846.
7. Mary Elizabeth, b. 2, 18, 1848; d. 3, i, 1915; Meth.
8. George W., b. 7, 5, 1850; Meth.; m. 12, 7, 1871, Irene E.
Morton; Williamsburg, Kan.
9. Samuel Henry, b. 3, 5, 1853; see below.
Samuel Henry Crankshaw, b. 3, 5, 1853 ; Meth. 1877;
farmer; lives in village west side of park;
m. II, 28, 1877, Marilla Meranda Norton, b. 2, 14,
1858, dau. of Horace Norton, see; Meth.
Children
Horace Westwood, b. 6, 20, 1881; m. 10, 15, 1902, Eliza M.
Sawyer, b. 4, 19, 1882, dau. of Riley B. Sawyer, see; they had Earl, who
d. II, 20, 1911, age 6; Sebring.
Mabel Persia, b. 5, 25, 1888; Meth.; Tw. H. S. 1906; m. 8, 14,
191 2, Manly Emerson Culhan, see.
A. E. Cranson, (same as Nathan .'') ; renter here 20 or
25 yrs. ago; to Trumbull or Geaugo Co.;
m. RoxANA Slade, whose mother was a Herrick; both
Meth.
Children
Walter.
Ida.
Lucy.
Albert.
Perhaps another.
Solomon Crawford, b. 2, 14, 1772; d. 10, 28, 1853; to
Ohio 1816; to Tw. 183 1 ; from Orange Co., N. Y.; lived in
house on Bedford road where Henry Bissell's house is now;
m. 3, 13, 1800, Anna Crawford, a 2nd cousin; b.
2, 24, 1783; d. 9, 10, 1863.
Crawford Crocker — 275
Children
Alexander, b. 8, 14, 1801; see below.
Cadwallader, b. 8, 2, 1803; m. Myra Taylor of Aurora ;Streetsboro.
Isabel, b. 5, 20, 1806; m. Cephas Bissell, see.
Alexander Crawford, b. 8, 14, 1801; d. 8, 22, 1870;
son of Solomon, above; to Aurora, then to east part of Tw.
on Henry Bissell place; farmer;
m. 5, 6, 1829, SoPHRONiA Wallace, b. 8, 20, 1808; d.
9, 30, 1895.
Children
1. Alexander Wallace, b. 6, 27, 1830; see below.
2. Laura Sabrina, b. 6, 6, 1832; d. i, 10, 1834.
3. Solomon Walter, b. 2, 17, 1835; d. 3, 20, 1845.
4. Alanson, b. 4, 8, 1837; m. (i) 9, 30, 1863, Alice Eggleston of
Aurora; m. (2) Lavina Wheeler of Medina.
5. Cadwallader, b. 4, 23, 1840; d. 3, 12, 1845.
6. Anna Almira, b. 4, 6, 1842; m. 2, 15, 1871, Rufus Noyes;
Mattoon, 111.
7. Betsy, b. ii, 29, 1845; m. (i) John Hatch, see; m. (2) Ezra
Clark, see.
8. Amanda Melissa, b. 2, 22, 1848; m. 12, 27, 1866, Aurelius
Tucker, see.
9. Robert, b. i, i, 1852; d. 1899; m. in Gunnison, Colo.
Alexander Wallace Crawford, b. 6, 27, 1830; son of
Alexander Crawford, Sen.; San Diego, Calif.; to Hum-
boldt, Kan., ab. 1875;
m. (i) II, 12, 1863, Caroline Elmira Chamberlin, b.
3, 24, 1838; d. in Kan.; dau. of Lyman Chamberlin;
m. (2) 8, 31, 1897, Mary Crowell, b. i, 26, 1845, of
Calif.
Children
First four b. in Tw. near Aurora Pond.
1. Fred Walter, b. 5, 12, 1865; d. June, 1902, in Colo.; unm.
2. Arthur Wallace, b. 6, 24, 1867; d. 1904; m. Amelia Bauer;
Kan.
3. Grace Lilian, b. 2, 25, 1869; m. 1892, James Allen Morris (or
Harris .?); Kan.
4. May Elmina, b. i, 28, 1874; m. June 1890, Simeon Walter
Withite; Kan.
5. Charles Lyman, b. ii, 28, 1876; m. 1910, Bertha Choekley.
6. Georgia Gertrude, b. 2, 12, 1878; m. Feb. 1899, Albert Choek-
ley.
Mrs. Mary Crendale, b. ab. 1799; d. 6, 7, 1859.
Davis J. Crocker, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
276 — Crocker Cross
Henry Crocker, b. ab. 1841; d. 10, 4, 1862, killed on
cars going to the war by putting his head out of car window;
a substitute for Newton Clark at $600; worked for John F.
Clark.
Julia Crocker, wid. of Ezra Crocker; Cong. 1840, dis.
1843 to Wishauwakee, la. Her children, Frances Julia,
Mary Ann and Ezra were bap. 7, 4, 1841.
William C. Croff, Bapt. 1841.
Marshall Calvin Cross, b. 7, 20, 1855 (.'') in Nelson;
in Tw. since 1910;
m. (i) and has dau. in Kan.
m. (2) Mrs. Etta (Goss) Wegman, wid. of Philip
Albert Wegman, see.
Child
Charles David, b. ii, 25, 191 1.
Andrew Cross, fr. Little York; chil. b. there; black-
smith and teamster; lived where John Hempstead lives;
both dead.
Children
George; d. 1913, bur. in Northfield.
Burton, or Barton, CI.
Levi.
A girl.
Mrs. Harriet Cross, b. 8, 19, 1836; d. 3, 6, 1859;
dau. of Augustus Herrick. Had infant d. 5, 13, 1859, and a
child d. 6, 15, 1862, age 9 mo.
Rev. Roselle Theodore Cross, b. Richville, N. Y.,
8, 21, 1844; pastor of Tw. Cong, chh,, Sept. i, 1912-
9, I, 1916; formerly principal of Oberlin Academy; Oberlin
Col. 1867; author of Home Duties, Clear as Crystal, Crys-
tals and Gold, My Children's Ancestors, Twinsburg Fami-
lies, etc.;
m. (i) 8, 12, 1869, Emma Asenath Bridgman, b.
12, 2, 1843; d. in CI. 9, II, 1910;
m. (2) 10, 21, 1913, Martha Roena Hanchett, b. Tw.
7, 15, 1856, dau. of Oliver O. Hanchett, see.
Children, By First Wife
Theodore Bridgman, b. I, 5, 1873; d. 2, 3, 1876.
Leora Minnie, b. 2, 3, 1875; Oberlin Col. 1898; librarian in CI.
CrOUSE CULHAN — ^^^^
Charles Finney, b. 6, i, 1876; d. 9, 14, 1876.
Rev. Judson Lewis, b. ii, 10, 1878; Colo. Col. 1901; Yale Sem.
1904; pastor of Rollstone Cong. chh. Fitchburg, Mass.; m. 9, 13, 1904,
Florence Emily Isham; 3 chil.
Cleaveland Roselle, b. 5, 19, 1882; Oberlin Col. 1903; Wes. Res.
Law School 1907; lawyer in CI.; m. 11, ii, 1908, Ruth Adah Savage,
Ober. Col. 1905; i child.
George Edward Crouse, b. in Ger. 2, 6, 1825; d.
8, 15, 1907; son of John George and Marie Magdalene
Crouse; plumber and tinsmith; began business in Tw. 1853;
Cong. 1866; dea. 1878 to death;
m. 4, 8, 1854, Magdalene Schauss, b. 12, 13, 1837;
d. 8, 7, 1912; dau. of Henry Schauss, see; Cong. 1858.
Children
1. Mary (adopted) b. 3, 10, i860; m. Sherman Leach, Bedford.
2. George Henry, b. 12, 28, i860; m. Laura Todd, Wellington,
Kan.
3. Emma, b. 5, 29, 1864; m. 10, 16, 1890, Highland B. Wright,
see; CI.
4. Edward Bryant, b. 6, 5, 1867; tinsmith and plumber; Cong.
1902; m. I, 26, 1891, Minnie Rose Moss, Cong. 1891 fr. Seattle. They
had Irene b. 10, 28, 1892, charity worker in CI., studied at Lake Erie Sem.
at Painesville; Cong.; Tw. H. S. 1909.
5. Harriet, b. ii, 5, 1869; m. ii, 5, 1902, Adelbert Carlos Cham-
berlin, see; she Cong.
6. Nellie, b. 12, 2, 1873; m. 5, 8, 1895, George Bertram Walton,
see.
7. Charles Frederick, b. 5, 22, 1878; m. 3, 7, 1906, Elizabeth
Gillie, dau. of John Gillie; both Cong. 1913 ; he Tw. H. S. 1897; no chii.
8. Frank Lewis, b. 9, 24, 1880; d. 2, 29, 1884.
John Culhan, b. in Ireland 1812; d. 4, 17, 1895; farm-
er on Liberty St.; to Tw. ab. 1862;
m. Ann Malqueen, b. in Ireland 1823; d. 2, 2, 1898.
Children
Mary Jane, m. Perry Morrison of Solon; had Bert, Stella, Nellie
and John.
Elizabeth, d.; m. Cowan; had Anna who m. Irving Stone-
man of Chagrin Falls, and William.
John Henry, b. 1859; see below.
James; m. Elizabeth ; 3 boys; Massillon.
John Henry Culhan, son of John above; b. Cohoes,
N. Y., 2, 22, 1859; to Tw. ab. 1862; near depot.
278 — Culver Curtiss
m. 9, II, 1881, ESTELLA LUELLA PoST, b. 12, I9, 1863,
dau. of Philo Post, see.
Children
Lulu Maud, b. Tw. 7, 7, 1882; Tw. H. S. 1900; taught several
terms; m. 8, 8, 1907, Dr. Robert Burns Chamberlin, see.
Manly Emerson, b. Streetsboro, 10, 31, 1886; Meth.; Tw. H. S.
1903; m. 8, 14, 1912, Mabel Crankshaw; dau. of Samuel Crankshaw,
see.
Mrs. Culver, b. ab. 1813; d. i, 10, 1898, at Darius
Chamberlin's, where she lived several yrs.; v^^as mother-in-
law of Mrs. Chamberlin's sister.
Mr. Cummings and wife, in s. w. part of township.
They had Walter b. ab. 1824, Mary Ann, b. ab. 1827, and
Abner, b. ab. 1829. Census of 1833.
Robert Curpha, b. ab. 1822 in Isle of Man; here i860;
in Civil War; worked for Robert Cochrane;
m. Margaret, b. ab. 1824.
Children
Found in Dist. Reg. No. 2.
Robert.
Margaret, b. ab. 1852.
Ella, b. ab. 1854.
Latisha, b. ab. 1857.
Robert Curpha, cooper, tailor in Madden Bros, store
one summer; went west ab. i860.
M. A. and Polly Curtice; Meth. 1841.
Margaret Curtice; Meth. 1843.
Chauncy Curtis; Bapt. 1840.
Samuel and Rebecca Curtis; Meth. before 1841.
George Ellsworth Curtiss, b. 4, 18, 1863; d. 6, 9,
1910; son of George and Emily (Brower) Curtiss of North-
field; to Tw. ab. 1903;
m., 12, 26, 1888, Emma Jemima Bell, b. 7, 6, 1864;
dau. of William and Isabella (Sloan) Bell of Streetsboro, and
sister of Thomas A. Bell; to Kent 1915.
Children
Ada Blanche, b. 12, 17, 1895; Kent Normal School; teacher; Tw.
H. S. 1911.
Ruth Esther, b. 12, 9, 1897.
Curtis Daniels — 279
VoLNEY Curtis; shoemaker; music teacher; so. side
of park where Mr. Mattison Hves; went to Ravenna and
m. (2) Clements; some children in Neb.
Mrs. p. Curtis; probably wife of above; b. ab. 1831;
d. 5, 13, 1876.
Children
Clarence, Bertha and Walter.
D
Carl Christian Dachtler, b. 12, 24, 1865; killed at
powder mill 7, 21, 1911; son of Christy and Elizabeth
Dachtler;
m. 8, 31, 1889, Elizabeth Christian Geil, b. 2, 18,
1865, dau. of Martin and Elizabeth (Warner) Geil; both
Cong. 1907.
Children
Carl Henry, b. 7, 21, 1891; d. 8, 10, 1891.
Anna Mary, b. 12, 29, 1894; m. 1913, Hope J. Osborn, and had
Elizabeth Catharine, b. 1913; m. (2) 5, 18, 1916, John Morris, see.
Catharine Elizabeth, b. 2, 16, 1895.
William Martin Henry, b. 10, 13, 1896.
George Carl, b. i, 31, 1899.
Christy Henry, b. 2, 6, 1901.
Frieda Caroline, b. 9, 2, 1903.
Ida Pauline, b. 7, 25, 1905; d. same day.
Sophia L., b. i, 17, 1907.
Adelbert Dalrymple, laborer; where Mr. Solenski
lives; dau. Hattie adopted by Miss Young and m. Ozman
Bennett, see. Another dau. d. 10, 24, 1885, age 3 days.
Henry R. Dancox, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1849.
Erastus Daniels, b. Ct., Aug. 1824; d. 11, 12, 1888;
son of Lemuel C. and Eunice (Young) Daniels; here i860;
where Curtiss Bennett lives; to Tw. 1849 with bro. Levi
who d. 1864 unm.; wagon maker and farmer; Cong. 1877;
see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1043 ;
m. I, 9, i860. Wealthy A/Iatthews, b. St. Law. Co.
N. Y., 6, 26, 1836; d. in Calif. Nov. 1906 and bur. Tw.;
dau. of John Matthews; Cong. 1877; dis. 1899; willed
^1000 to 2 sons of a former pastor, and ^1000 to 2 sons of
another pastor, boys whom she had taught in S. S.
One Child
Minnie G., b. ab. 1865; d. 8, 29, 1888.
28o — Daniels Dawsow
Mrs. Daniels; d. 3, i, 1901, age 78.
Esther A. Daniels, sister of Erastus above; Cong.
1877; dis. to Dundee, N. Y.
Daniels; d. 2, i, 1864, age 50.
MoLLiE E. Darling, b. 3, 30, 1844; taught on Liberty
St. 1871-2 and in village 1872, in Dist. No. 2 in 1873 and in
Dist. No. 6 in 1873-4; lives in Northfield.
Frederick and Maria Darlin; Meth. 1845.
John Robert Gough Davis, b. in Eng. 2, 25, 1887, son
of Stephen and Esther Davis; to America 1906; North St.
on W. S. Lister's place;
m. 3, 12, 191 2, Alice Marjory Teasdale, b. in Eng.
6, I, 1886, dau. of Robert and Catharine (Lewis) Teasdale;
she came 1912.
Children
Dennis Teasdale, b. 4, 12, 1914.
Robert Ian Teasdale, b. 3, 16, 1916.
Rev. J. W. Davis, Meth. pastor 1838.
Lester Davis; to Tw. with Elisha Loomis ab. 5, 20,
1817, fr. New Haven, Ct., probably the one who was here in
1820 when Luman Lane came.
Dawson, an English family from Canada;
moved to Cherry Valley, 111.; see census of 1833.
Children
Robert, b. ab. 1820, Jane, ab. 1822,
Dinah, ab. 1825, Mary, ab. 1827,
Ann Ward, ab. 1829, John Francis, ab. 1831,
William, ab. Jan. 1833.
Dau. of "Dorsan" d. 8, 7, 1842, age 6 mo.
Francis and Thomasine Dorsan (perhaps same as
Dawson, see above); Meth. before 1841. Jane Dorsan and
Mary Dawson, Meth. 1843.
Hugh Love Dawson, b. 12 23, 1872, near Wilmington,
Pa., son of Luke Calvin and Beulah (Love) Dawson; to
CI. 1901; insurance agent; in Tw. summers of 1913 and
1916; Westminster Col. 1897;
Day Deady — 281
m. 6, 28, 1905, Marian Kincaid, b. Elgin, 111., i, 15,
1875, dau. of Eugene Cornell and Isa (Padeford) Kincaid;
atOberlin Col. 1898-9.
Children
Hugh Harold, b. 7, 23, 1906.
Eugene Kincaid, b. 2, 7, 1909.
Alexander Day, b. in Eng. 3, 2, 1871, son of Isaac and
Adeline (Rawson) Day; came with w. and i child from
Sheffield, Eng., summer of 1893; rest of chil. b. in CI.; to
Tw. 1914; on Dodge road;
m. 4, 27, 1892, Isabel Heap, b. in Eng. 3, 18, 1870,
dau. of John and Mary (Cross) Heap.
Children
John Alwyn, b. in Eng., 2, 7, 1893.
Frances Isabel, b. 11, i, 1894; d. 3, 8, 1900.
Adeline Mary, b. 4, 5, 1897.
Alexander James, b. 2, ii, 1900.
Martha Millicent, b. 12, 6, 1901.
Florence Evelyn, b. ii, 26, 1904.
Isabel Jane, b. 2, 17, 1906.
Charles Herbert Curtis, b. 2, 10, 1909.
Parents and 5 chil. Cong. 1915.
Horace Atchley Day, b. York Springs, Pa., 9, 29,
1872; inCl. loyrs.; toTw. 1915; conductor on Penn. R. R.;
lives on old Isaac Maxam place. Dodge road;
m. 9, 29, 1898, Marian Frances Forbes, b. 3, 17, 1872,
in Northfield; dau. of James and Anna (Rinehart) Forbes.
Children
Elwood Forbes, b. 6, 13, 1900.
John Wesley, b. i, 23, 1903.
Anna Eleanor, b. 10, 3, 1907.
Robert Lee, b. 7, 14, 1913.
Martin Deady; farmer; where Mr. Richner lives;
now in Solon; in Civil War fr. Solon;
m. Maria Franklin; d. in Solon 1914; dau. of Alonzo
Franklin, see.
Children
Harry; m. Bull, Solon,; Cong. 1887.
Dora; unm.
Alonzo; d. y.
A boy; d. y.
282 — Dell DePew
John Dell, b. in Eng. i, 3, 1840; d. 9, 5, 1900; parents
died soon after reaching America ab. 1842, leaving Betsey,
Samuel, Grace and John; John cared for until 9 by Betsey,
Mrs. William Penhale of Newburg; he then lived with
Gilbert Roach of Tw.; in Aug. 1861 enlisted in Co. K, 19th
O. V. I.; re-enlisted Jan. 1864; in 14 battles and many
skirmishes; never wounded or taken prisoner; in 1877
bought farm on road from Macedonia to Hudson. His bro.,
Samuel Dell, b. in Eng. 4, 18, 1829; m.; nochil.; since 1911
has lived with niece, Mrs. Ransom Tyson;
m. 2, 4, 1866, Theresa Dolaishe, b. in Bohemia, 12,
24, 1844, dau. of Joseph and Ann Dolaishe who d. 1852 on
passage to America, leaving Barbara, Anna, Joseph, Francis
and Theresa, the latter reared by Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Reed; she and hus. Meth.; see Bowen & Co.'s Hist, of
Portage and Summit Cos., p. 732.
Children
1. Alice May. 11, 13, 1866; m. 11, 17, 1886, Nelson D.Waite, see.
2. Mary Etta, b. 8, 23, 1868; m. 10, 27, 1886, Ransom J. Tyson,
see.
3. Lillie Nora, b. 11, 22, 1870; m. 3, 21, 1891, Siegle Schon, of
Bedford.
4. John Francis, b. i, 31, 1874; m. 11, 25, 1895, Fannie G.
Manning; CI.
5. Pearl Grace, b. i, 7, 1876; nurse in CI. hospital.
6. Roy Winfield, b. 12, i, 1880; see below.
7. Mabel Theresa, b. II, 21, 1883; m. 12, 23, IQ09, Mark Schreff-
ler.
Roy Winfield Dell, son of John above; b. 12, i, 1880;
farmer in s. w. part of Tw.;
m. 3, 4, 1902, Letitia May Whapham, b. 1880, dau. of
John and Sarah (Realf) Whapham of Eng.
Children
Maria Theresa, b. ii, 2, 1902.
Donald Lee, b. 5, 10, 1905.
John Kermit, b. 11, 19, 1906.
Lillian B. Deming; fr. Winsted, Ct.; taught in Tw. and
vicinity several years.
Carrie M. Dem, b. in Holland; to U. S., 1878; in CI.
15 yrs.; to Tw., 1907, with family of William L. Jones.
Daniel DePew, d. 9, 20, 1834, age 9.
Dewey Doan — 283
Samuel Henry Dewey, b. 2, 4, 1820, in Becket, Mass.;
d. 10, 30, 1892, in Wellington, son of Samuel A. and Isabel
(Parks) Dewey; to Ohio 1844; on Liberty St. a few yrs.;
m. 8, 4, 1845, at Ravenna, Susan L. Reed, b. 12, 12,
1823, at Worthington, Mass.; living in Wellington; dau.
of Lothrop and Chloe (Burnham) Reed; no chil.; Cong.
1848 fr. Strongsville, and dis. back 1851.
William and Elizabeth Dewitt; Meth. 1842.
Frederick William Dieckman, d. ab. 1905 in Akron;
m. as her 2nd h., 4, 14, 1893, Mrs. Jane (McCormick)
Taggart, wid. of Alexander Taggart, see,
Myron B. Dimmock; in 1851 partner of Edward
Crouse, Sen.; in 1853 lived opposite Israel L. Cannon; no
house there now; huckster; quite a character in town 60
yrs. ago; noted for original ways and speech;
m. Sally Blake, dau. of wife of Ezra Clark by her
1st hus.
Mrs. Harriet M. Dimmock, b. ab. 1826; d. 4, 8,1853.
DOAN PEDIGREE
I. John, II. Daniel, III. Israel, IV. Prince,
V. Prince, VI. Edmund, who had 11 chil., one of
whom was
Ansel Bushnel Doan, b. 3, 20,1804; d. 2, 20, 1869;
had farm in so. part of town; also lived on North St. where
Charles Chambers lives; Bapt. 1835;
m. (i) Maria Clark (Doan Gen. says Comstock), b. ab.
1806; d. 10, 19, 1846; Cong. 1842, dis. to Free Will Bapt.;
m. (2) Mrs. Abigail C. Stillman, who lived where
Charles Chambers lives; she d. 9, 15, 1851;
m. (3) I, 8, 1852, Violetta Sybil Dodge, b. 1814; d.
5, 13, 1890; dau. of John Dodge, see; Cong. 1838.
Children By First Wife
Harriet, b. ab. 1830; m. Templeton Clutter.
Laura Amelia, b. 5, 23, 1832; d. 10, 11, 1888; m. Henry Living-
stone, see.
A dau. d. 9, 16, 1842, age 5 mo.
Charles Augustus; m.
A son, d, 4, 18, 1845.
284 — DoAN Dodge
Ida A., b. 10, 9, 1846; adopted by Juliette Stannand; m. George
Post, Conn.
By Third Wife
Artsel Weeks, see below.
Ansel Weeks Doan, b. 4, 20, 1854; lives on North St.;
mason;
m. 3, 3, 1883, Alice Nettie Southworth, b. 3, 31,
1857, dau. of Sylvester Southworth, see; Cong.
Children
Gertrude Azubah, b. 12, 25, 1883; Tw. H. S. 1901; m. George D.
Viers, see; Cong.
Gratus Alberta, b. I, 26, 1886; Cong.
Lola Bell, b. 11, 7, 1898; d. 6, 27, 1899.
Ruby Marie, b. 2, 16, 1901; Cong.
DODGE PEDIGREE
I. Richard Dodge, 1602-71, Salem 1638.
II. Edward Dodge, d. 1727; m. Mary Haskell,
III. Jonathan Dodge, b. 1679; m. Esther Friend.
IV. Jonathan Dodge, b. Beverly, Mass., i, S, 171 1 ;
m. 12, 9, 1736, his 2nd cousin, Lois Dodge, b. 8, 9, 1714, dau.
of Elisha Dodge (3) (Joseph 2, Richard i), b. I, 8, 1683, and
m. 1709, Mary Kimball of Wenham.
V. James Dodge, b. 8, 19, 1749; killed at Bunker
Hill 6, 17, 1775, in Col. Prescott's Regt.; lived at Groton,
Mass.
VI. John Dodge, b. Groton, Mass, 7, 7, 1774; ^•
6, II, 1853; to Henrietta, Monroe, Co., N. Y., Feb. 181 1;
with w. and 8 chil. to Ohio with ox teams, spring 18 19; spent
3 weeks in one of log houses of Owen Brown, his son, the
famous John Brown, being then 19; the house being in N. W.
Hudson; then bought lot 13 in Hoadley and Mills tract,
where Curtiss Bennett lives, which was then at end of road
from Hudson; planted first apple orchard in Tw.;
m. (i) I, I, 1800, Hannah Weeks, b. Pomfret, Ct.,
12, 26, 1780; d. 10, 13, 1823, of fever contracted by nursing
the sick;
m. (2) 7, 22, 1829, in Oneida Co., N. Y., Mrs. Ursula
Stewart, b. ab. 1791; d. 11, 22, 1855; Cong. 1831; only
Dodge Dodge — 285
weaver in Tw. for some time; once in picking chips she
gathered small rattlesnake in apron.
Children, By First Wife
1. James Osman, b. 2, 22, 1801; d. 9, 22, 1826; m. 4, 24, 1824,
Polly (or Mary) Clark, walking back to N. Y. to be nlarried.
2. Eunice, b. 9, II, 1802; d. 11, 20, 1881; m. Oct. 1821, Leonard
Kilburn, 2nd wedding in Tw.
3. Eliza, b. 10, 26, 1804; d. ; m. 3, 19, 1821, Emery
W. Alger, see; ist wedding in Tw.
4. George Griswold, b. 10, 22, 1806; see below.
5. John Weeks, b. 11, 21, 1808; see below.
6. Avis, b. 4, 15, 1811; d. 7, 19, 1898; m. II, 13, 1832, Dr. Avery
Proctor Clark; see. She was housekeeper 8 yrs. after her mother d.
7. Violetta Sybil, b. 2, 18, 1814; d. 5, 13, 1890; m. i, 8, 1852,
Ansel Bushnel Doan, see. She Cong. 1838.
8. William Raymond, b. 5, 22, 1817; d. ii, 24, 1888; m. Apr.
1844, Philena King; he Cong. 1834; she 1843; both dis. to Granville
1843- ^ .
9. Mary Ann, b. 9, 12, 1819; d. 12, 4, 1855; m. 10, 15, 1843, Orris
Bissell Smith, see.
ID. Millicent Hannah, b. 10, i, 1821; d. 5, 13, 1858; m. 9, 26,
1843, Albert E. Root, see; Cong. 1834; dis. to Talmadge 1843.
George Griswold Dodge, b. 10, 22, 1806; d. 12, 5,
1890; son of John Dodge above; in 1825 bought 25 acres
back of where Mr. W. L. Jones lives, near a sawmill; tax on
same 1827 was 25 cents, 6 mills; about time of marriage
bought on Hudson road where Frank Haggett lives; in
1834-6 bought where George Furst lives; cleared a portion
and built small frame house ab. 1837; in 1848 a brick house
where he lived rest of life; came to own 300 to 400 acres;
Cong 1832;
m. 1833, Alma Case, of Hudson; b. 4, 4, 1809; d.
3, 7, 1886; dau. of Gideon and Temperance (Miner) Case;
Cong. 1834.
Children
I. Daughter, b. and d. 7, II, 1835.
Nelson Case, b. 8, 29, 1836; see below.
Newton Weeks, b. i, 26, 1839; d. 12, i, 1861; Cong.
Albert Judson, b. i, 9, 1841; see below.
Helen, b. 4, 3, 1844; Cong. 1866; lives in village.
Sabra, b. 9, 13, 1849; Cong. 1867; lives in village.
Nelson Case Dodge, b. 8, 29, 1836, son of George G.
Dodge above; Cong. 1877; farmer on part of his father's old
farm; now in village;
286 — Dodge Dodge
m. (i) 3, 27, 1861, Anna E. Bissell, b. 12, 25, 1840; d.
I, 30, 1862; dau. of Cephas Bissell;
m. (2) 10, 10, 1865, Martha Parham, b. 10, 10, 1845,
dau. of Charles and Rebecca (Davis) Parham, of Eng.;
Cong. 1 866.
Children
Adelbert Albion, b. 2, 21, 1869; m. 10, 4, 1898, Clara King; Cong-
1887; to Lima 1893; now So. Bend, Ind.; 2 chil., Dorothy and Nelson^
Anna Elvira, b. 2, 18, 1872; Cong. 1885; m. 6, 26, 1901, Grante J-
Straight, of Mayfield.
Albert Judson Dodge, b. i, 9, 1841, son of George G.
Dodge above; farmer on part of his father's old farm on
Dodge road; Cong. 1871;
m. 12, 31, 1874, LoRETTA Jane Chamberlin, b. 7, 29,
1854, dau. of Reuben Chamberlin, see; Cong. 1883.
Children
1. Mabel May, b. 5, 16, 1877; teacher in CI.; Cong. 1887; m.
6, 23, 191 5, John Wadelin of CI. and had John Albert, b. June 1916.
2. Ethel Lucilla, b. i, 22, 1879; Cong. 1891; CI.
3. George Garfield, b. 12, 20, 1880; see below.
George Garfield Dodge, b. 12, 20, 1880, son of
Albert above; farmer on old farm;
m. 10, 4, 1904, Mary Prentiss, b. 12, 7, 1884, dau. of
Willard Prentiss, see; Meth.
Children
1. Lois Isabelle, b. 6, 20, 1905.
2. Marjorie Jennette, b. 9, 17, 1907.
3. Jennette Frances, b. 7, 22, 1910.
4. Joanna Louise, b. 5, 3, 1914.
John Weeks Dodge, son of John above, b. Steuben,
N. Y., II, 21, 1808; d. in 111. 2, 16, 1896, age 88; between
1828 and 1840 chopped, cleared and fenced 200 acres in
Tw.; 1848-55 merchant with John M. Hart where Bishop's
store is; to 111. 1855 with "Ohio Colony"; at Rantoul where
he farmed, had drug store and dealt in real estate; justice
of peace many yrs.;
m. 8, 21, 1834, Susan Bissell of Aurora.
Children, Born in Twinsburg
Orris Bissell, b. 12, 8, 1838; now in Dixon, 111.; m. (i) Pauline
of 111.; m. (2) 6, 27, 1872, Anna Moore of 111. and had 2 chil.
DOLAISHE DOUBRAVA 287
Susan Augusta, m. James M. Beard of 111. Their dau., Anna, m.
Rev. Charles Blood of Marseilles, 111., and Edith m. Newton Hampel of
Rantoul, 111.
Mary, m. A. P. Neal of 111., had John and Pauline.
Two or three others d. y.
Francis Dolaishe, b. ab. 1847; d. 2, 13, 1914; son of
Joseph A. and Ann Dolaishe who both d. coming from
Bohemia 1853; several yrs. on Parmelee place a mile west
of village; later at Port Clinton;
m. II, 20, 1870, Mary Parmelee, b. 9, 16, 1850, dau.
of Gardiner Parmelee, see.
Children
Mary Edith, b. i, 27, 1872; m. i, 27, 1891, Lemuel D. Hyde; Port
Clinton; one child.
Ora Francis, b. 4, 7, 1877; m. 9, 7, 1907, Albert Hendricks; Elyria;
now Port Clinton.
Theresa Dolaishe, sister of Francis above, b. 1844;
m. John Dell, see.
Caroline S. Doolittle, lady principal in Tw. Inst.
1857-9; m. during the Civil War another member of the
Inst.
Nelson Doubrava, b. Bohemia 1838; d. 4, 13, 1902;
to U. S. when young; stone contractor; on Aurora road;
m. 1861, Ottillia Schaff, b. Germany, 3, 14, 1842;
came 1852.
Children
1. Delia, b. 5, 27, 1862; m. Harry French, CI.
2. Joseph Frank, b. 2, 8, 1864; m. (i) Mrs. Ida Hope; d. 7, 29,
1894, age 35; m. (2) Jannet Mead; Canton.
3. Anna Marie, b. i, 27, 1866; m. George Gray; Syracuse, N. Y.
4. George James, b. 10, 12, 1867; see below.
5. Ferdinand Maximilian, b. lO, 12, 1869; see below.
6. Matthias, b. 2, 24, 1872; see below.
7. Laura Theresa, b. 7, 6, 1874; Penn.
8. Francis Joseph, b. 10, 26, 1876; see below.
9. Josephine, b. 11, 2, 1879; Meth.; lives with her mother.
10. Clara, b. 2, 2, 1882; m. Robert Abbott; Akron; 6 chil.; she
Tw. H. S. 1897; Meth.
11. Carl, twin of above, b. 2, 2, 1882; m. Jennie Nelson; Hudson;
I child.
George James Doubrava, b. 10, 12, 1867; on Aurora
road mile fr. center; son of Nelson above;
288 — DOUBRAVA DOUDS
m. 5, 30, 1 89 1, Mary McGill, b. 5, 30, 1864, in Scot-
land, dau. of George and Elizabeth (Orr) McGill, Doyles-
town; fr. Scot. 1865.
Children
Delia Elizabeth, b. i, 8, 1892; Tw. H. S. 1909.
Nelson George, b. 9, 11, 1893; Tw. H. S. 1909; m. 10, 27, 1915,
Ila Bennett, dau. of Levin Bennett, see.
Raymond Elmo, b. 5, 7, 1895.
Ferdinand Maximilian Doubrava; b. 10, 12, 1869,
in Independence; d. Tw. 4, 17, 1915; son of Nelson above;
to Tw. when 3 yrs. old; mason contractor; in village on
Aurora road ;
m. I, 5, 1898, Harriet Ann Martin, b. 10, 14, 1870,
dau. of Bryan Martin of Northfield; both Meth.
Children
Sterling Max, b. 1,6, 1901.
Marion Emma, b. 7, li, 1903.
Harold Le Marr, b. 1,6, 1906.
Helen Edna, b. 1,9, 1908.
Matthias Doubrava, b. 2, 24, 1872; farmer, on Aurora
road 2 miles from park; also quarry man;
m. 8, 8, 1908, Sadie Marie James of CL; fr. Wales
1890; nurse; grad. Huron Road Hospital 1907.
Children
Elizabeth, b. 8, 26, 1910.
Nelson James, b. 12, 29, 1911.
Dorothy, b. 6, 8, 191 3.
Francis Joseph Doubrava, b. Tw. 10, 26, 1876; in
village on Aurora road;
m. 10, I, 1902, Bertha Southworth Holt, b. 4, 21,
1879, dau. of Howard C. Holt, see; she Cong.
Children
Mildred Belle, b. Akron, 7, 21, 1903; Cong. 1916.
Darwin Francis, b. Tw. i, 31, 1910.
William John Douds, Bapt. ; m. .
Caroline Eleanor Douds, b. 1854; m. ab. 1872,
Charles Albert Viers, see.
William John Douds, Tw. near old mills.
Daughter; m. John Whaley, New Mexico.
DouDS Dresser — 289
Jessie M. and Ella E. Douds, Cong. 1891; dis. to
Hudson 1893 and 1895.
Curtis L. Dow, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
Columbus Draper, d. 4, 13, 1843, age 9.
Alvin Frederick Dresher, b. Baltic, 5, 31, 1879, son
of Frederick and Catharine (Geib) Dresher; farmer on
Liberty St. since 1904;
m. 2, 24, 1904, Nina Blanche Fisher, b. i, 8, 1885,
dau. of George W. Fisher, see; no chil.
George Washington Dresser, b. 3, 27, 1826; d. Tw.
4, 16, 1904, age 78; to O. fr. Schroon Lake, N. Y., with
parents ab. 1833; sister Carohne 3 yrs. old came also; son
of Levi Dresser, 1 796-1 881, and Betsy (Griswold) Dresser,
1806-67; Meth. 1843; Levi had bro. in Tw.;
m. 5, 22, 185 1, Caroline Matilda White, b. 11, 5,
1830; d. 7, 29, 1913; dau. of Apollos White, see; Meth.
Children
Perry White, b. 5, 27, 1853; see below.
Alice Adelle, b. i, i, i860; m. 9, 29, 1881, William. Seymour Hale
of Chagrin Falls; she Meth.
Perry White Dresser, b. in Northfield 5, 27, 1853;
farmer in west part of town;
m. (i) 5, 27, 1874, Ella Celinda Southworth, b. ab.
1832; d. 5, 27, 1888;
m. (2) II, 16, 1889, Elizabeth Ann Togan of Brecks-
ville.
Children, By First Wife
Percy Levi, b. 12, 15, 1876; Hudson.
Lina Viola, b. 3, 20, 1879; m. Comstock of Macedonia.
Aha Adelle, b. 11, 23, 1882; d. 4, 23, 1888.
Floyd Oris, b. 9, 24, 1886; d. 4, 19, 1888.
Wellington, Oscar A. and Antoinette E. Dresser;
in Tw. Inst. 1848.
Sarah Dresser, Meth. before 1841.
Mr. Dudley and w.; see census of 1833.
Children
Oscar Augustus, b. ab. 1817.
Reuben, b. ab. 1819.
Malvina, b. ab. 1821.
290 — Duncan Dunshee
Emiley Duncan, teacher on Liberty St. 1859; fr.
Northfield.
James Dunn, b. ab. 1843, Margaret Dunn, b. ab.
1846, and Catharine Dunn, b. ab. 1847, all three at school
in Dist. No. 2, on Solon road, in 1854-5.
Julius Mumford Dunscomb, b. N. Y. City, 4, 3, 1836;
killed on railroad at Tw. depot 8, 15, 1914; son of Col.
Daniel E. Dunscomb who was a personal friend of Pres.
Martin Van Buren and ist auditor of war dept., and Col. in
war of 1 81 2, son of Capt. Edward Augustus Dunscomb,
Capt. of Color Co. in 4th Virginia (Washington's) reg't. in
Rev. War. Julius was in Civil War, 71st N. Y. Militia;
wounded in first battle of Bull Run; newspaper man; in
Tw. after 1905;
m. 4, 13, 1864, Sara Elizabeth James, b. 5, 13, 1853;
d. Tw. I, ID, 1910, at her son's. One of their 10 chil. was
Walter Sewell Dunscomb, b. Brooklyn, N. Y.,
12, 25, 1872, son of above; grad. of Lehigh Univ., Pa., class
of 1894; civil engineer;
m. 10, 3, 1891, Mabel Caroline Van Billiard, b. So.
Bethlehem, Pa., 5, 9, 1872; d. Tw. 5, 28, 1908; dau. of
Munroe and Emily Augusta (Beckel) Van Billiard.
Children
1. Arthur Leroy, b. Anthony, N. J., 7, 3, 1894; Tw. H. S. 191 1;
in class of 1918 Oberhn Col.
2. Mildred Augustua, b. Oakwood, Pa., 4, 10, 1897; Tw. H. S.
1915; School of Home Economics, Battle Creek, Mich., class of 1917.
3. Frances Marian
4. Marian Frances twins b. Akron, 5, 2, 1901.
5. Marguerite, b. CI., 8, 17, 1903.
6. Aubrey Ellsworth, b. CI. 7, 2, 1905.
7. Mabel Caroline, b. Tw. 2, 14, 1908.
Father and first 5 chil. Cong. 1913.
Rev. William Dunshee, fr. Vt. ; Disciple minister;
preached in s. w. part of town;
m. (i) Louise Turner.
m. (2) Nancy Livingstone.
By first w. had Harrison, Norman, Robert and others; see below.
Harrison Dunshee, son of William, b. Warrensville,
O., 5, 10, 1824; d. Tw. 3, 28, 1897; Tw. Inst.; taught dist.
DUNSHEE EdGERLY 29I
schools before and after marriage; carpenter; later dairy-
man and manager of cheese factory; justice of the peace;
deacon in Cong. Chh. 1883 to death; on different farms;
finally owned farm and built house where P. P. Evans lives
on Solon road;
m. 3, 12, 1848, Sylphina Leora Nye, b. 9, 3, 1830;
d. 10, 5, 1903; dau. of Wetherbe and Martha (King) Nye;
Cong. 1876.
Children
Jestina Lavonia, b. 12, 18, 1848; m. 3, 5, 1868, Almon J. Brown, see.
Martha Elnora, b. i, 7, 1852; d. 9, 24, 1875; "i- 9? i6> 1873, Seth
Remington Hanchett.
Rev, Norman C. Dunshee, son of William above;
Disciple minister; taught in Tw. Inst., 14 classes a day; to
Hiram College, professor there and teacher of Pres. Garfield;
to Des Moines, la., and taught in Disciple College; preached
52 yrs. and missed no Sunday;
m., in Hiram, Calista Fish; two daus. are professors
in Des Moines Col.
Robert Dunshee, son of William above; d. Charles
City, la., I, 5, 1873; here in the 50's; taught in Inst.; on
West road; to Wis. 1855;
m. 10, 4, 1842, Mrs. Esther Jerusha (Mills) Cowles,
wid. of Elisha L. Cowles; b. 7, 2, 1817; d. Charles City, la.,
10, 9, 1899. She was dau. of Philo Mills.
Children
John Yale, b. Tw. 5, 5, 1844; d. Charles City, la., 7, 2, 1895; unm.
Carlos Eugene, b. Tw. 3, 22, 1846; d. 3, 8, 1905; m.; no chil.
Edmond Philo, b. 11, 8,, 1852; m. 2, 14, 1877, Emerine Hamilton
Hurd who d. 6, 23, 1912. They had Esther Agnes, a lawyer, Zilpha
Ruth, drowned 1896, Marion Elizabeth and Robert Edmond. Edmond
Philo lives in Wilmette, la.
Rev. William H. Earl, pastor of Baptist Church,
1852-5.
Samuel Edgerly, rented Ethan AUing's tavern in
spring of 183 1, s. e. cor. of park; see census of 1833.
292 — Edgerton Elliott
Children
Steven, b. ab. 1808.
Emily, b. ab. 1813.
Frances Hyram, b. ab. 1827.
Hyram Edgerly: b. ab. 1805 d. i, 29, 1833.
Hugh Edgerton, b. ab. 1876; d. 2, 2, 1899; son of
Albert Edgerton and wife Olive; lived in s. e. part of town
where the late Mr. Craigie lived; went to Hudson;
m. Pearl Entley, dau. of Philip Entley, see. She
m. (2) .
George Washington Edwards, b. 2, 22, 1866, son of
WiUiam and Elizabeth (Kaneen) Edwards of Newburg; on
Solon road where Charles Nichols lives; to Hudson ab. 1909;
Cong. 1895;
m. 2, 9, 1893, Daisy Irena Parmelee, b. 7, 11, 1872,
dau. of Philander Parmelee.
Child
Ruth Myrtle, b. 3, 6, 1897.
Albert Clayton Edwards, d. i, 19, 1908, aged 35.
Charles Edwards, d. 5, 23, 1904, aged 36.
Charles M. Edwards, blacksmith; here 18 15-16;
m. Mrs. Rose Black; children in family, Minerva and
William.
Samuel Eells, b. 9, 7, 1832; d. of disease in Civil War
at Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 1862;
m. ZiPPORAH Herrick, b. 8, 20, 1833; Cong. 1864;
dis. 1868; dau. of David Herrick. She m. (2) S. Edward
Gooch, see.
Moses Eggleston, of Aurora;
m. as 2nd w. and her 2nd husband, Mrs. Fanny
(White) Kelsey, wid. of James Kelsey, see. They lived
in later years with her son, O. O. Kelsey.
CoRWiN and Rhoda Eggleston, Bapt. 1838.
Rev. H. Elliott, Meth. pastor 1843-4; to Minn, and
in Massacre of 1862; house burned; d. Paynesville, Minn.
Elliott Elssworth — 293
Albert Wolcott Elliott, b. 3, 11, 1874, at Defiance,
son of Albert and Henrietta (Emery) Elliott; to Tw. 1891;
charge of Postal Telegraph 17 yrs; postmaster several yrs.;
cashier of Tw. bank during its first 3 yrs.; Meth.;
m. 6, 20, 1897, Ora May Tucker, b. 7, i, 1875, dau.
of Aurelius Tucker, see; Meth.
Child
Donald, b. i, 20, 1904; Meth. 1914.
Benjamin Elliott, b. ab. 1819; wagon maker; here
in 1851; d. I, 3, 1854; lived opp. Edward Course; shop
where Mr. Blackman's barn stands, Mr. J. W. Fessenden
having a paint shop above. Widow, Lucy Ann {^), and 2
chil. went to Bedford; both Meth.; also Lucinda O. Elliott.
Hattie Elliott, b. ab. 1850; in Dist. No. 2, 1861.
William J. Elliston, renter on different farms; to
Northfield. His mother, Mrs. Mary Elliston, b. ab. 1844;
d. 9, 4, 1900;
m. Clara J. Tripp, who d. 6, 24, 1900; an active tem-
perance worker; both Cong. 1879.
Children
1. Willard, d. Oct. 1914 and bur. Tw.; m. and had son.
2. Harry, d. bur. Tw.
3. Hattie, m. Shoemaker; lives in Penn.; Cong. 1895;
dis. to Penn. 1905.
4. Jessie, d.; m. John Reeves of Salem; Cong. 1887; son lived
on North St.
5. Clara E., m. (i) Henry, who d. in Mich.; m. (2)
; Cong. 1891; dis. to Bedford 1895.
Augustus Ellsworth, of Hudson;
m. 4, 17, 1837, Harriet Newell Wilcox, dau. of
Aaron Wilcox, see, b. 12, 8, 1817; d. 11, 8, 1859.
Children
1. Charles Henry, b. 7, 31, 1838; d. 3, 24, 1904; m. 9, 5, 1866,
Mary Alice Van Everz, and had Caroline M., of Hudson, Charles R., d.
y., and Raymond Carl, of Shoshone, Wy.
2. Elijah, b. 3, 26, 1842; d. 3, 26, 1865, in senior year in Wes.
Res. Col.
3. Edwin Seward, b. 4, 28, 1844; d. 6, 20, 1845.
4. Harriet Newell, b. 3, 15, 1853; d. 3, 3, 1910; m. 2, 21, 1878,
John O'Harter, 3 chil.; Dante, Tenn.
5. Elisha Martin, b. 6, 7, 1855; m. i, 16, 1879, Emma Bishop;
Hudson, O.
294 — Ellsworth Eno
James Wesley Ellsworth, b. 7, 9, 1853; d. 10, 20,
1902; son of Henry and Elizabeth (Meach) Ellsworth, of
Streetsboro; farm near old mills, s. e. part of town;
m. 4, 26, 1882, Anna Isabella Bell, b. 7, 26, 1856,
dau. of William and Isabella (Sloan) Bell of Streetsboro.
Children
Derwood Ray, b. 4, 24, 1883; m. 12, 3, 1913, Adela Brennan.
Florence Ada, b. 9, 7, 1888; m. 2, 20, 1913, Walter B. Kinch,
Aurora; she Tw. H. S. 1905.
Rev. L. S. Ely, Meth. pastor 1837.
Rev. L. M. Ely, Meth. pastor 1854-5, 1874-5.
Seth Ely, fr. Erie, Penn.;
m. Laura , both Cong. 1840.
Daniel Emmons, lived in log house under the Bennett
ledges, a hunter and "every where at once man"; had a
cave in the rocks for hiding things.
Caroline Perkins Emmons, Bapt. 1852.
Gaylord Eno, of Granby, Ct.;
m. Augusta Phelps, dau. of Azariah Phelps; she b. ab.
1787; d. Tw. 2, 20, 1855. Four chil. lived in Tw. as follows.
Sarah Eno, b. 5, 15, 1815;
m. Albert Chapman, see.
AzuBA Jane Eno, b. ab. 1823;
m. Sylvester M. Southworth, see.
Lorenzo Eno, b. ab. 18 18; here i860, near old mills;
hunted and trapped; went back to Ct.;
m. Jane Root (.?), b. ab. 1828.
Children
Georgia Ann.
Gaylord.
Child of "Mr. Gaylord" d. 5, 3, 1856.
Virgil Eno, b. ab. 1828; d. Tw. 5, 14, 1894; came fr.
Ct., here i860; s. e. part of town, where Mr. Allen lives, also
near depot; started to enlist in Civil War;
m. Sarah Monroe, of Palmyra, N. Y., 1 827-1900.
Entley Evans— 295
Children
Martha A., 1852-1906; unm.; Cong. 1 887-1905.
Alice Estelle, 1854-1913; adopted by Carlton Hanchett, of Kings-
ville, and m. 1875, Hartley E. Calkins, also an adopted child of Mr.
Hanchett.
Frank A., b. 1857; d. 9, 6, 1894; m. Lizzie Hall, 1868-93, and had
Clarence, m. 191 2.
Mary, 1859-75.
Duane.
Philip Entley, lived on Hudson road where Philo
Chamberlin lived;
m. Emma Mizer, sister of Mrs. Adam Hahn.
Children
Perley, m. Hugh Egerton, see.
Nettie.
Grover.
Gill.
All m. and live in Coshocton Co.
John A. Estell, Cong. 1887.
Mr. Estey, shoemaker;
m. Mrs. Martha (West) Wright, wid. of Andrew-
Jackson Wright, see.
Peter Platter Evans, b. 5, 2, 1870, in Chillicothe;
to Tw. 1909; bought old Harrison Dunshee place on Solon
road; civil engineer; sec. of Osborn Eng. Co. of CL; Cong.
1910; Pres. of Tw. Board of Education. Pedigree: Michael
Platter, 1656-1719; Jacob Platter, 1689-1734; Joseph Plat-
ter, 1725-57; Peter Platter, 1758-1832; Alma Platter, b.
1846, m. William Edgar Evans, b. 1845, son of George
Evans, 1812-59 and Mary (Zimmerman) Evans, 1817-47;
m. 9, II, 1894, Mary Ellen Harward, of Columbus,
b. 7, 2, 1869; dau. of Benjamin (d. 1872) and Phoebe Morris
(Clark) Harward (b. 1835); grad. of OberHn 1891; Cong.
1910.
Children
Eugene Harward, b. CI. 6, 30, 1895; Cong. 1910; Tw. High School
1913; Oberlin, class 1917.
Corinne Phoebe, b. Auburndale, Mass., 7, 19, 1898; Cong. 1913;
Tw. H. S. 1917.
Rodger Clark, b. CI. 12, 19, 1901; Cong. 1913; killed by lightning
7, 20, 1916; bur. in CI.
George Lawrence, b. CI. 4, 12, 1906.
296 — Everett Fee
Dea. William Everett, Mindwell Everett and
Marshall Everett, all Bapt. 1837, dis. 1841.
James Luther Everhart, b. Tuscarawas Co. 1857, son
of Daniel and Eleanor (Cross) Everhart; to Ashtabula Co.;
to Florida 4>^ yrs.; to Tw. 1895; to Bedford 1905; Cong.
1899; rented farms;
m. 1883, Clara Olive Riggle, b. i860, dau. of Charles
and Nancy (Barrick) Riggle; Cong. 1899.
Children
Charles Howard, b. 1883; CI.
Emmett Blaine, b. 1885; Bedford.
Doyle Cross, b. 1889; d. 1913.
Glada Grace, b. 1897; Bedford.
F
Charles H. Farwell, b. Concord, Mass., 10, 22, 1821;
d. 9, 22, 1904; to Ohio 1837; to Tw. 1839; worked at
blacksmithing with Thomas Parmelee; to Hudson ab. i yr.
after marriage;
m. Tw. 5, 14, 1845, by Rev. Samuel Bissell, Ellen
Amelia Porter, b. Ct. 11, 17, 1826; d. 8, 22, 1910; dau. of
Arba Porter, see. They had Arba Porter 1 849-1 880, who
was in Civil War; Cyrus b. and d. 185 1, and Henry, see
below.
Rev. Henry Farwell, b. 5, 17, 1846; Wes. Res. Col.
1872; Lane Sem. 1875; Presb. minister; lives in Hudson;
in Civil War;
m. 4, 19, 1876, Mary Jane Maginnis, b. 6, 20, 1854,
dau. of Rev. Franklin and Lucy Ann (Porter) Maginnis.
Children
Franklin M., b. 4, 14, 1877.
Clara L., b, 8, 24, 1800; m. 11, 24, 1902, James G. White.
Drusilla Featherstone, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1849.
Elizabeth Featherstone, of CI.; teacher in Tw.
Inst. 1855-61; m. a minister.
William W. Fee, b. 4, 11, 1863; son of Thomas and
Maria (Hill) Fee; owns old Dr. Freeman place on Hudson
road; township trustee;
Ferguson Fessenden — 297
m. 12, 30, 1885, Lillian Post, b. 2, 15, 1867, dau. of
Franklin Post, see; no chil.
Dryden Ferguson; in Civil War; name on monu-
ment; killed at Kenesaw Mountain; bur. in Aurora.
Lester Ferguson, came to live 2 or 3 yrs. with Mrs.
Hanford White, where George Wall lives now, from Cole-
brook, Ct.;
m. Herrick, sister of Mrs. White. They had
Israel, Marie and James.
Walter E. Fern, b. 1869; lived in Mr. Maunder's
house near depot ab. 191 3, and then on Solon road ab.
1914-15;
m. Nellie Grace Moon, b. 1890.
Children
Joseph William, b. 1906.
Eland Edward, b. 1909.
Cora Viola, b. Tw. 191 1.
Nellie Elizabeth, b. Tw. 1913.
Jessie Ethel, b. Tw. 1915.
Howard Ferris, b. 5, 17, 1884, son of Selah and
Louisa (Plumb) Ferris of Newbury; in first house north of
schoolhouse;
m. 3, 9, 1907, Abbie Louise Nighman, b. 12, 5, 1887,
dau. of Irving W. and Kate May (Lewis) Nighman. They
had Louise, b. 9, 20, 1914.
FESSENDEN PEDIGREE
I. Nicholas Fessenden, 1650-1719; m. Margaret
Cheney, 1655-1717.
II. Thomas Fessenden, 1684-1738; m. 1708, Abigail
Poulter, 1692-1719.
III. Thomas Fessenden, b. 1709; m. Hannah
Prentice.
IV. Thomas Fessenden, 1741-1804; m. 1775, Lucy
Lee.
V. William Fessenden, 1779-1825; m. 1802, Eunice
Frost.
298 — Fessenden Fisher
VI. John White Fessenden, b. 3, 11, 1821; d. Tw.
9, 21, 1899; to Hudson 1840; studied in Wes. Res. Col. and
taught music and portrait painting; to Tw. ab. 1843, where
he lived ab. 56 yrs.; had charge of music in Bissell Inst.
1843-60, and of Cong, choir many yrs. In 1861 he and
sons Frank and Herbert enlisted and were detailed as
musicians, he as band leader; at battle of Shiloh; discharged
on account of poor health, the sons re-enlisting and serving
through war. He taught music until 3 yrs. before death;
was also a photographer. Stephen Scouten, Ed. Crouse and
Bert Chamberlin, all in Tw. band, were his pupils.
m. (i) 1843, Amanda M. Nichols, b. ab. 1823; d.
7, 13. 1851;
m. (2) 12, 18, 1852, Mary Righter, b. 11, 29, 1833;
dau. of John and Amy (Usher) Righter of CI. and Brecks-
ville; he in war of 1812; d. aged 95.; Cong. 187 1.
Children By First Wife
1. Emma Theresa, b. 11, 13, 1843; Cong. 1861, dis. to Akron
1866; m. (i) 12, 29, 1865, Homer Ayres, m. (2) Mendon L. Prentice;
Iowa; teacher in Tw. Inst. 1857-9.
2. Frank Mervin, b. 3, 22, 1845; in Civil War and in Indian wars
5 yrs.; m. Abbie Wilson; decorator; Chattanooga, Tenn.
3. Herbert Cleaveland, b. 5, i, 1847; d. 2 or 3 yrs. after war, in
Mich.; in Civil War; m. 7, 31, 1867, Sarah Porter.
4. Ada Eunice, b. 4, 19, 1849; d. 1898; m. Robert Stratton, Oma-
ha, Neb.
5. John Caleb, b. 2, 22, 1851; m. , la.
Children By Second Wife
6. Allah Amanda, b. 8, 31, 1854; taught music many yrs. in Tw.;
began at 12 as organist of Cong, chh.; m. 10, 12, 1876, Micah Segur
Rudgers; no chil.; Akron.
7. Daughter, b. Nov. 1856; d. i, 24, 1857.
8. Daughter, b. 7, 24, 1858; d. 9, 4, 1858.
9. Julian Ward, b. 2, 28, i860; unm.; florist; mason.
10. Harrold, b. 6, 27, 1863; d. 9, 22, 1863.
11. Letella Edith, b. 4, 3, 1868; m. 12, 11, 1889, Harry Morse
Baker, CI.; 2 chil.; Cong. 1886.
Anton Fisher, b. in Hungary June 1878; came with
parents; meat cutter in CI.; toTw. 1915; Macedonia road;
to CI. 1916.
m. June 1906, Anna Berpalec. They had Helen
Josephine, b. 8, 10, 1907.
Fisher Flohr — 299
George W. Fisher, b.; farmer on Liberty St.; lives
now on place with dau., Mrs. Alvin F. Dresher;
m. Esther Ann Cox, b. 2, 14, 1849; grand niece of
Horace Greeley.
Children
Lura Eldora, b. ii, 5, 1876; m. James Watson, see.
Nina Blanche, b. i, 8, 1885; m. Alvin F. Dresher, see.
James Fisher, b. 10, 15, 1867; blacksmith; lived
where Mrs. Curtiss home is; now Monrovia, Calif.; Mrs.
Peggy Fisher, mother of James, d. Tw. 10, 8, 1886, age 74;
m. II, II, 1880, Ida Jane Post, b. 4, 11, 1858, dau. of
Franklin Post, sjse; Meth.
Children
1. Franklin Leon, b. 1882; m. 1903, Nellie Gipp.
2. William, b. 1885; d. 3, 10, 1885.
3. Lynn William, b. 1887; d. i, 18, 1892.
4. Jane Edith, b. 1890; m. 1910, Harold Jackson.
Horace Fisk, d. 9, 4, 185 1, age 20; fr. Chester;
worked for Mr. Norton.
George Fleshman, b. 9, 11, 1864, in Kent.; d. 8, 26,
1911 ; lived near old mills and in s. w. part of town ; farmer;
m. ab. 1885, Alice Wise, b. 3, 16, 1866; now in Akron.
Children
Florence May, b. 10, 16, 1888; m. (i) 12, 24, 1905, Howard Post,
who d. 12, 20, 1909; had Dorothy Marie; m. (2) Oscar Rupert and had
Sylvia; lives in Akron.
Jay David, b. ii, 25, 1891; m. Ruth Dixon; Macedonia.
Rebecca, b. 4, 25, 1893; m. Fred L. Green, see.
Ray, b. 5, 2, 1896; Akron.
Caleb Fletcher, b. ab. 1784; d. 9, 16, 1878, aged 94;
lived in edge of Solon;
m. Betsy , from Adams, N. Y., b. ab. 1790; d.
6, 3, 1 881; Cong. 1832; always at chh.; quite a character.
Children
Lorenzo, Cong. 1834; m.; travelling man.
David; m.; to Ind.
Elizabeth; m. Coe.
William Flohr, b. ab. 1806; d. 10, 22, 1865; here
i860; where John Culhan lives; cabinet and coffin maker;
m. Minnie , b. ab. 1815; Cong. 1866.
300 — FooTE Forbes
Children
George, b. Tw. 2, 10, 1850; left Tw. 1875; to Chagrin Falls.
Jennie, m. Weyle; CI.
Henry; 177th O. V. I.; d. in Soldiers' Home, Wash., D. C, 4, 4,
1894.
John, in 177th O. V. I.; d. at Red Cloud, Neb.; m. Rosa Wood-
bury.
William, b. 1840; in 177th O. V. I.; m. Ellen Woodbury; Inavale,
Neb.
Mary, b. 6, 22, 1835; d. 7, i, 1874; m. Wait; her dau.,
Mrs. Ida Dougherty, Sioux Falls, So. Dak.
Kate, or Catharine; Cong. 1886; m. Martin Roach; now Mrs.
Stowe.
Eliza; m. Ellington; CI.
FOOTE PEDIGREE
I. Nathaniel Foote.
II. Robert Foote.
III. John Foote.
IV. Capt. John Foote.
V. Rev. John Foote.
VI. Samuel Augustus Foote, gov. of Ct. ; m. Eudora
Hall, dau. of Gen. Hall.
VII. Augustus Edwin Foote, b. 1813; d. 1832; son
of Gov. Foote and bro. of Commodore Foote, of Civil War
fame; lived on present Prosper Gott farm, given him by his
father; to Tw. 1832; to CI. ab. 1875; county commissioner
3 yrs. and 7 mo. from 1840; state representative, 1843-4;
bro. of John A. Foote, a lawyer in CL;
m. 10, 7, 1832, Aurelia Post, b. 6, 20, 1813; d. 1872;
dau. of Zina Post, see.
No chil. but adopted twins, b. Apr. 1847, Frances
Burton who m. Henry Sizer of CL, and Agnes, unm.; both
dead.
In 1856 Thomas C, James B., and William R. Foote
attended School Dist. No. 7.
Benjamin Platt Forbes, b. 4, 13, 1873, son of Carlos
and Mary Jane (Pond) Forbes; to Tw. 1909; North St.;
opposite P. P. Evans; |
Forbes Fowler — 301
m. 9, 28, 1898, Jennie Bartlett, b. i, 29, 1874; d.
9, 21, 1910; dau. of Charles O. and Emma (Snow) Bartlett,
also sister of Mrs. Walter S. Lister; on com. to select books
for library 1909-10; active in church and temperance work;
both Meth.
Children
Elton Bartlett, b. 8, 29, 1902.
Janet Snow, b. 10, 17, 1906.
Ed. Forbes, ab. 191 2-1 3 lived on Solon road.
Children
Lillian, b. 7, 21, 1901.
Earl, b. 4, 21, 1904.
Lloyd, b. 7, 26, 1911.
Rev. a. Fonts, Meth. pastor 185 1.
CouLSON Monroe Foster, son of Edwin F. and Ann
E. (Deisman) Foster; b. Boston, O., 5, 13, 1846; to Tw.
1880; farmer in s. w. part of town;
m. (i) 12, 31, 1876, Polly Maria Carter, b. Richfield;
d.
m. (2) ab. 1904, RosANNA Sherman, b. 10, 4, 1848.
Children, By First Wife
Martin, b. 6, 11, 1880; m. Blanche Strickler; no chil,
Edna Anna, b. 2, 10, 1882; m. George Strickler; Bedford; 4 chil.
Horace Burnham Foster, b. 4, 26, 1828; d. i, 25,
1909; lawyer in Hudson many years; studied in Tw. Inst. ;
Wes. Res. Col. 1852; taught in Dist. No. 7;
m. Abigail Dennison Neal, 1824-1880, and had
Jessie Elizabeth, who m. William B. Parmelee, see.
Andrew J. Foster, "squirrel hunter" from Tw. Sept.
1862.
Henry Marion Fowler, b. Amesbury, Mass., 9, 4,
1858, son of Capt, Ezekiel Fowler, who was killed in the
Civil War; to CI. 1888-9; summer home on Solon road
opposite P. P. Evans' since 1907; in CI. deals in photo-
graphic supplies;
m. 6, I, 1896, Caroline Smith, b. 9, 20, 1868, dau. of
Darwin and Cornelia (Kelso) Smith of Brimfield.
Children
Eva Marlon, b. CI. 5, 13, 1897.
Lillian Rowell, b. CI. 8, 21, 1898.
302 — Fowler Francis
Lemuel S. Fowler, b. 8, lo, 1833; d. 5, 10, 1901; son
of Joshua and Cynthia (Honey) Fowler; here yrs. ago on
different farms;
m. 9, 2, 1861, LucRETiA Maria Holcomb, b. 3, 11,
1844; d. 12, 23, 191 1 ; sister of Henry and dau. of Czar
Holcomb, see.
Child
Cleora Belinda, b. 8, 19, 1867; m. i, 26, 1887, Harry Wise, Cuya-
hoga Falls.
William Fowler, b. in Newbury; d. 5, 24, 1905;
studied in Tw. Inst.; in Civil War 3 yrs; mem. Minnesota
legislature and president of state board of agriculture; to
Redlands, Calif., where he was mayor eight years.
m. 5, 18, 1857, Caroline Amanda Lane, b. 12, 23, 1838,
dau. of Chauncey Lane, see; d. i, i, 191 1.
Children
1. Frank Lane, b. in Minn. 9, 10, 1859; d. Oct. i, 1910.
2. William Chauncey, b. in Minn. 4, 13, 1862; d. 2, 21, 1863.
3. Mary Caroline, M. D., b. in Tw. i, 28, 1864; missionary
in India several yrs.; m. 1898, Capt. Robert D. Thompson, and had
Robert Donaldson, b. in Burma, 12, 21, 1902; Eugene, Oregon.
4. Ellen Cordelia, b. 7, 4, 1867; Redlands, Calif.
5. Chauncey Eugene, b. 4, 22, 1872; d. 3, 20, 1882.
6. William Lucius, b. 3, 15, 1875; m.; no chil.; Redlands Calif.
France and wife; see census of 1833. They
had Enoch Hayne, b. ab. 1821; Hand, b. ab. 1823; Sarah,
b. ab. 1829, and Margaret, b. ab. 1831.
David and Daniel France; both in Civil War.
John Francis; lived on Augustus Herrick place on
Hudson road; see census of 1833 ;
m. Sarah (.?) , who d. 8, 14, 1834, age 28.
Children
Jewett Martha, b. ab. 1826.
Betsey Ann, b. ab. 1828.
Adeline Eliza, b. ab. 1830.
Mary Jane, b. ab. 1831.
A dau. b. and d. 8, i, 1834.
Onias, John, Betsy, Salinda and Roxy Francis, all
to Bapt. chh. by letter 11, 11, 1832, John being dismissed
1836; Onias, Betsy and Roxy dis. 3, 10, 1833. Roxy m.
Henry Huyk ab. 1833.
Frank Freeman — 303
Louis Frank, Cong. 1876-79.
Alonzo Franklin, b. 11, 25, 1802; d. 6, 14, 1853; fr.
Jay, N. Y.; to Bedford 1834; son of Dean and Electa
(Morse) Franklin;
m. II, 17, 1829, DiANTHA TORRENCE, b. 9, 5, 181I; d.
in Solon 3, 11, 1891; dau. of Daniel and Irene (Boynton)
Torrence. She m. (2) ab. 1859-60, James Roach, see, and
lived where Fred Miller lives; she and 3 chil. to Tw. ab.
1859-60.
Children
1. Daniel Torrance, b. I, 19, 1 831; d. 4, 10, 1911; m. i, 25, 1861,
Diana Pebbles; d. in Jefferson; in 177th O. V. I.
2. Irene, b. 7, 2, 1833; d. 4, 17, 1906; m. 2, 16, 1854, Alvin Rudd;
Windham; 4 chil.
3. Aurelia, b. 9, 7, 1835; d. 2, 2, 1900; m. 2, 20, 1855, Horace
Herrick, see.
4. Mary E. b. 7, 3, 1837; m. 11, 17, 1859, Amos H. Allen; Calif.
5. Almira, b. 10, 20, 1939; d. 7, 8, 1915; m, 2, 24, 1861, Harvey
H. Cox; 2. chil.
6. Maria, b. 8, 13, 1842; d. 7, 10, 1914; m. i, 20, 1866, Martin
V. Deady, see; Solon.
7. Electa, b. 8, 28, 1844; m. i, 17, 1866, Oliver E. Dewey, Solon;
3 chil., one of them Mrs. Roy Mountjoy now of Tw.; see.
8. Benjamin S., b. i, i, 1847; m. 8, 12, 1869, Susan Peaseley;
Kingston, Mich.; 103rd O. V. I.
9. George Washington L., b. 6, 5, 1849; m. 5, 12, 1875, Delia M.
Caldwell; Mantua, 5, chil.
10. Susan Pamelia, b. 10, 2, 1851; d. 5, 26, 1885; m. 12, 14, 1869,
John T. Hempstead, see.
Marvin Frazier and w. Hester, fr. Sardus, N. Y.,
both Cong. 1832;
Dr. Seth Freeman, b. in Painesville, 10, i, 1830; d.
2, I, 1902; son of Jeduthan and Sarah (Edson) Freeman;
homeopathic physician; to Tv^^. 1850; began practice 1858;
built large house where Wm. Fee lives; see Perrin's Hist, of
Summit Co., p. 1044;
m. (i) Fidelia M. Harlow, b. ab. 1834;
m. (2) Elizabeth Guest, b. ab. 1839; d. 4, 22, 1867;
m. (3) Mary Guest;
m. (4) Jennie Fricker, b. 1845; Ashtabula.
304 — Freeman Fulton
Children By First Wife
Mary; m. William Alexander, son of James Alexander, see; Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
George P.; CI.
By Fourth Wife
Edson, b.; unm.; Tw. H. S. 1895; Case School.
Ray; m.; Tw, H. S. 1903; Ashtabula.
Monroe Freeman, bro. of Seth above, in Civil War;
m. LuciNA ; 4 chil.; he killed by street car.
Clara Freeman, sister of Dr. Seth Freeman above;
Meth.
Rev. Mr. French, Meth. pastor 1844.
Jeremiah French, Meth. 1844.
George Friedle, farmer on Solon road, also on Dodge
road;
m. Mary who d. 12, 25, 1915, in CI.
Two children burned; dau. Theresa m. Holmak.
Charles Frolich, b. 6, 3, 1866, son of Charles and
Rickie Frolich, who came to CI. fr. Ger. ab. 1879; to Tw.
1909; farm on Hudson road;
m. ab. 1886, Anna Scheimer, b. 2, 19, 1868, dau. of
August and Louise Scheimer, who came to CI. from Ger. ab.
1875 ; she a doctor and he a fireman 25 yrs; he dying in Tw.
4, 7, 1915, and bur. in CL, age 'j'j.
Children
1. Minnie Henrietta Augusta, b. 5, 31, 1887; m. 11, 23, 1910,
Leon Philo Bennett, see.
2. Charles Donald, b. 2, 31, 1889.
9
Edward Cad, b. 7, 27, 1891,
Louis William, b. i, 8, 1893.
August Alvin, b. 11, 25, 1894.
Walter Arthur, b. 12, 14, 1896.
Anna Margaret, b. 5, 4, 1898.
Esther Gertrude, b. 4, 22, 1904.
Arthur Clarence, b. 10, 7, 1906.
10. Edna Helen, b. 8, 28, 1910.
Mrs. Ella Fuller, Cong. 1877, dis. to Chagrin Falls,
1900.
Mrs. Harriet Fulton, wid. of Gaylord Fulton; b.
1828; fr. Lagrange 1899; d. in Toledo, 12, 18, 1914. Daugh-
FuRST FURST — 305
ter Ella Louisa, b. 3, 21, 1855; taught in Tw. 5 yrs., ab.
1 898- 1 903; now in Toledo.
Jacob Furst, b. 12, 20, 1840; d. i, 28, 191 1; lived in
Bedford; to Tw. 1903; farmer on old George Dodge place;
both Meth.; son of Jacob and Mary Furst; in Civil War
over 3 yrs.;
m. 9, 23, i860, Mary FIist, b. 1850; d. 8, 12, 1913 ; dau.
of Lawrence and Elizabeth Hist.
Children
John B., b. 10, 28, 1866; see below.
George Emery, b. 7, i, 1868; Meth.
Jacob Jason, b. 2, 23, 1870; d. 1891; Meth.
William W., b. i, 20, 1872; see below.
Albert, b. 2, 15, 1878; see below.
Nelle May, b. 10, 31, 1880; m. 1900, H. A. Titchworth, see, and
had Gertrude Belle, b. 6, 19, 1905.
Charles, b. 10, 19, 1883.
Lillie Belle, b. 5, 16, li
John B. Furst, b. 10, 28, 1866, son of Jacob above;
m. II, 12, 1908, Mary Camon.
Children
John Richard, b. 6, 4, 1909.
Marcella Lois, b. 3, 27, 1912.
Mary Genevieve, b. 3, 28, 1914.
William W. Furst, b. i, 20, 1872; son of Jacob Furst
above;
m. (i) 3, 8, 1895, Nina Eberhart.
m. (2) 10, 12, 1908, Anna Augustat.
Children By First Wife
John Reno, b. 10, 19, 1896.
Helen Marguerite, b. 3, 4, 1898.
By Second Wife
Thelma Ruth, b. 1909.
Emily Grace, b — ; d. 8, 26, 1913.
George Emery, b. 1913.
Albert Furst, b. 2, 15, 1878; son of Jacob Furst
above ;
m- 7j 3> 190/5 Belle Whins.
Children
Joseph Emery, b. 5, 8, 1907.
Wilson Raymond, b. i, 5, 1912.
3o6 — Gage Gatys
G
David W. Gage, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1847-8.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Galladay, renters in west part of
town; they and Bertha G. Galladay, Cong. 1887, fr. and
dis. back to Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Galloway, lived in s. w. part of town.
James Gardiner, b. Nov. 1876; son of Robert Gardi-
ner of CI.; to Tw. ab. 1910; to Akron 1916; farmer on
Hudson road;
m. Winnie Lemmons. No chil.
William Gardiner, b. ab. 1888, bro. of James above;
to Tw. ab. 191 3; farmer on Hudson road;
m. Oct. 1909, Mary ; no chil.
Henry H. Garrard, lived on Macedonia road at
quarry;
m. (i) Gould.
m. (2) Mrs. Hattie Whittier of Ravenna.
Had by ist w. Charles Henry, b. ab. 1873; d. 4, 14,
191 2; m. Frederika Hagerman, who m. (2) Albert Edward
Wilson, see; no chil.
Frederick Garree, lumber dealer; run sawmill;
lived so. side of park; in Tenn.;
m. Nina Cannon Benedict, b. ab. 1863; d. 12, 10,
1905; gd. dau. of Horace Cannon; Cong. 1885.
Children
Helen Louise, b. Ravenna, perhaps ab. 1905.
Inf. d. y.
Joel P. Garzee, b. ab. 1822; d — ; blacksmith; janitor
of Cong, chh.; bell ringing had character; lived where
Mrs. Boose lives; shop where town hall is;
m. Fanny , b. ab. 1825; Cong. 1859.
Children
Mary J., music teacher; Cong. 1863, dis. to Randolph 1867; m.
Charles Chandler; went west.
Frank.
Elizabeth Gatys, d. 3, 10, 1862, age 39.
Gaylord Gillie — 307
George W. Gaylord, b. ab. 1833; d. of disease in
Civil War, 7, 17, 1862; went fr. Tw. but lived in edge of
Hudson; blacksmith; worked for Mr. Roach.
John Gibbs; fr. Eng.; here ab. 10 yrs.; bought grist
mill of Apollos White, on ice house road; sold to Mr.
Ledshim; Bapt. 1844; had one child, Ezra, b. ab. 1836; d.
6, 24, 1848.
Jabez Gilbert, most noted of Ethan Alling's stage
drivers. His expolits in driving four horses would make a
chapter by itself. In 1828 he and Ethan Ailing bought
stage line from Hudson to CI. so that it might run through
Tw.; was here in early 40's.
Anne Gilbert, Cong. 1858, fr. Hartford, dis. 1866 to
Solon.
Jacob Gill, b. 4, 7, 1872 in Eng., son of Jacob and Ann
(Davis) Gill; came over 1894 and returned to Eng. 1900 to
marry; to Tw. 1911 and bought Ed. Gillies' place on Ice
House road;
m. 4, 4, 1900 in Eng., Catharine Felton, b. 3, 19, 1877,
dau. of Edward and Mary (Williams) Felton.
Children, B. in Solon
Lillian Rose, b. 3, 10, 1901.
Edith Eva, b. 2, 17, 1902.
Edward Felton, b. i, 28, 1905.
George Henry, b. 5, i, 1910.
Lazarus Henry Gill, b. in Eng. 5, 13, ab. i860; to
U. S. ab. 1878; to Chagrin Falls, then Solon, then Tw. 1891 ;
farmer and dealer in cattle, Bedford road;
m. Oct. 1879, Mary Matilda McElroy, b. 10, 11,
1863, dau. of Joseph Alexander McElroy, see.
Children
Edith, b. 5, 24, 1880; m. Eugene Turner, no chil; Bedford.
Harry Edward, b. 4, 27, 1883; m. Inez Talbert; 2 chil.; lives in
Northfield on town line.
Maud Sophronia, b. 9, 24, 1885; m. Clarence Squire, see.
Emily Alleta, b. 8, 5, 1897.
John Henry, b. June 1903.
James Gillie, b. Eyemouth, Scot., ab. 1801; d. Tw.
9, 27, 1870. Sons James and John to U. S. 1855, and in 1856
3o8 — Gillie Gillie
James, Jr., bought farm and mill property in Tw. for his
father, who, with wife and chil. Jessie, Mary, Robert and
William, came in 1857. They walked over fromMacedonia
to Daniel Richardson's place, and across Tinker's Creek on a
timber 40 ft. long and one wide, which was the top of the
dam; all were heart sick, homesick, tired and hungry and
wished themselves back in Scotland. Later Margaret
(Gillie) Moore, a wid., came with 3 sons, Ed, James and Joe
Moore, who got schooling in Tw. and then went west. Their
mother m. (2) Wm. Crankshaw, see, and after his death
went to Keokuk, la., and d. 191 1;
m. in Scot., Elizabeth Johnson, b. ab. 1806; d. 12, 19,
1892, age 86.
Children
James Johnson, b. ab. 1825; d. 11, 25, 1858; m. in Scot._i8s5,
Katy and had James, who d. when y. man; she returning to
Scotland.
Margaret Johnson, b. ab. 1827; d. 1911. See above.
Jane Johnson, remained in Scotland.
Jessie Johnson, b. ab. 1834; d. 11, 22, 1906; m. Samuel Stevens;
no chil.
Mary Johnson, b. ; m. Jonathan Neal; CI.
John Johnson; see below.
Robert Johnson, b. 9, 30, 1840; see below.
William Johnson, b. ab. 1842; d. 2, 20, 1864; unm.
John Johnson Gillie, son of James Gillie above;
machinist; CI. and other places;
m. 7, 4, 1871, Margaret Cochran, b. 9, 4, 1849, dau.
of Robert Cochran, see; d. 11, 8, 1915, at her daughter's
home in Tw., Mrs. Charles Crouse.
Children
Elizabeth Agnes, b. in la., 12, 16, 1877; CI. Central H. S. 1897; m.
3, 7, 1906, Charles Frederick Crouse, see.
William Johnson, b. i, 25, 1879; CI.; dentist; m. 1906, Florence
Miller of CI.; no chil.
John Edward, b. i, 11, 1881, farmer in Moran; m. 6, 6, 1904, Ethel
Enos; had Harry William.
Harry Cochran, b. 12, 2, 1883; salesman in CI.; farm mile fr. Tw.
on Bedford road; m. 9, 9, 1909, Jessie Alice Olmstead of CI., b. 12, 15,
1881; dau. of Charles Davis Olmstead; no chil.
Robert Johnson Gillie, son of James above, b. in
Scotland, 9, 30, 1840; d. i, 22, 1909; to Tw. with parents
1857; farmer on Solon road one mile fr. park;
GiLLMORE GlEASON 3O9
m. 3, 17, 1875, Jessie Hamilton, b. lo, 25, 1851; d.
8, II, 1914; Meth.
Children, All Born in Tw.
1. Robert Johnston, b. 2, 20, 1876; m. i, 29, 1901, Laura Jarvis,
and had Robert Johnston 3rd, b. 8, 20, 1904, and John Newell, b. 9, 29,
1913; Tomahawk, Wis.
2. Edith Hamilton, b. 9, 26, 1877; m. 12, 3, 1902, Henry Luther
Yerian of Youngstown, and had Jessie Edith, b. i, 11, 1904, Grace Anna,
b. 9, 16, 1907, and John H., b. ii, 15, 1911.
3. William Hamilton, b. i, 10, 1879; Tw. H. S. 1899; lawyer in
CL; m. I, 10, 1910, Bessie Oriska Trescott, and had James Trescott, b.
5, 30, 1912, and William Trescott, b. 3, 10, 1915.
4. Jean Hamilton, b. 9, 2, 1880; m. 2, 25, 1901, William Jefferson
Sethman, and had William Gillie, b. 12, 16, 1901; Berea.
5. James Garfield, b. 3, 24, 1883; CI.
6. Hattie LeVern, b. 12, 29, 1889; m. 11, 17, 1909, Harry Lewis
Herrold, and had Edith Viola, b. 9, 13, 1910, and Alice Oniska, b. i, 18,
1912; CI.
Emily and Cordelia Gillmore, Bapt. 1852-4.
William Aston Glass, b. 7, 9, 1866; son of Jackson C.
and Sarah (Wearry) Glass; farmer; on Hudson road 1907-
15; now in Hudson township;
m. 4, 27, 1892, Lydia Maria Guse, b. 4, 4, 1868, dau.
of Louis and Louise (Bahr) Guse.
Children
Beulah Grace, b. 3, 2, 1894.
Harold William, b. i, 3, 1897.
Mabel Lillian, b. 8, 20, 1901; d. i, 17, 1902.
Roy Melvin, b. 10, 27, 1902.
William Glazier, b. ab. 1798; d. 11, 12, 1865; in
brick house near Hudson line.
Lydia Ann Glazier, sister of above; m. Philo
Chamberlin, see.
Myron Glazier; m. Sarah Ruggles, who d. 2, 11,
1853, ^g^ 28; m. (2) Mary , who d. age 60.
Miss E. E. Gleason, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1860-1.
Elijah (.'') Gleason.
Sally Gleason, d. 2, 13, 1853, age 20.
3IO GOFF GOTT
John Goff, b. 3, 15, 1801, in Ireland; d. i, i, 1885; to
Toronto, Can., 1845; to Tw. 1847;
m. on Easter Day 1843, Betsy Maloney, b. 10, 9,
1824; d. 12, 31, 1906, both bur. at Pittsburg.
Children
1. James, b. Mar, 1845; d. in Mexico 1884; unm.
2. John, b. 3, 19, 1846; d. 3, 24, 1914, in N. Y. City; m. 9, 12,
1870.
3. Maria M., b. 8, i, 1847; d. 6, 29, 1876; m. 2, 8, 1866, Cassius
O. Baldwin, see.
4. Ella, b. 6, 22, 1851; m. 12, 21, 1871; Mantua.
5. Thomas, b. 3, 30, 1854; m. Apr. 1890; lives at Alert Bay, B. C.
6. George, b. 5, 22, 1858; d. 7, 24, 1900; m. June 1895.
William Golling, b. ab. 1830; here i860; came fr.
Ger., she when 14; lived on Ice House road where Peter
Murray lives; had blacksmith shop there 3 yrs.;
m. Anna , b. ab. 1836; Bedford.
Children
Dr. William F.— ; Bedford.
Louis, m. (i) Lillie Grace Walton, dau. of William H. Walton, see.
m. (2) Lucy McClintock.
Frank.
Herman.
Emma.
Charles Gonneo, d. 5, 10, 1859, age 24; a French
refugee; brought up by Moses Eggleston.
Edward S. Gooch, b. ab. 1817; d. 12, 29, 1891; fr.
Eng. ; educated and had much mail; lived just beyond
where Austin Herrick lives;
m., as her 2nd hus., Mrs. Zipporah (Herrick) Eells,
wid. of Samuel Eells, see, half sister of Austin Herrick; she
b. ab. 1834; d. 2, 7, 1903; both d. near Pond Brook; she
Cong. 1882; no chil.
James Goodwin, b. ab. 1818; shot 10, 29, 1834.
Mary Gorham, Meth. 1843.
Prosper Wales Gott, b. 6, 18, 1846; to Hudson 1904;
in Civil War 1861-5; son of Samuel and Phebe Gott;
m. I, 26, 1869, Maria Lovinia Oviatt, dau. of Luman
Oviatt, see.
Gould Gould— 311
Children
Donna May, b. 5, i, 1874; d. 6, 27, 1898; m. 6, 21, 1893, William
John Hoye, and had (i) Allen Gott, b. 4, 16, 1894; d. 9, 19, 1896, (2)
Marvel Allen, b. 4, 19, 1897, (3) Ruth Isabella, b. 3, 27, 1898.
Thurma Oviatt, b. 12, 19, 1885; m. 10, 23, 1907, Agnes Kevan,
and had (i) Donna Rose, b. 8, 2, 1908, (2) Frederick Leo, b. 6, 28, 1910.
Thomas Gould, b. 10, 3, 1771; d. 6, 24, 1844; son of
Stephen Gould, 1 748-1 806, Weare, N. H., and Esther
(Wilder) Gould; to Tw. 1837, Liberty St.; bought Phil-
ander Booth's farm; sold later to son, Simon; Meth.
m. (i) Amy Weatherhead, dau. of Jeremiah Weather-
head;
m. (2) Deborah Lynde, who d. 9, i, 1842, dau. of
Sylvanus Lynde.
Children By First Wife
1. Sarah, b. 4, 18, 1794; m. John Lamb, Guilford, Vt.
2. Thomas, b. 7, 29, 1796; m. Rebecca Packer; Aurora.
3. Amy, b. 10, 21, 1798; m. Jesse Packer; Streetsboro.
4. Lucinda.
Children By Second Wife
5. Deborah, b. 5, 5, 1805; m. Samuel Parsons, Vernon, Vt.
6. Simon, b. 5, 22, 1806; see below.
7. Stephen, b. 6, 5, 1807; see below.
8. Clarinda, b. ii, 17, 1808; m. Hiram ChamberUn, see.
9. Olive, b. 4, 21, 1811; d. 1838; unm.
10. Sianna, b. 12, 21, 1812; d. ii, 15, 1845; m. Seth Aldrich, see.
11. Susan, or Susannah, b. 10, 7, 1817; m. Louis Bidlake, see.
12. Lyman Harrison, b. 4, 18, 1819; d. Feb. 1835; Guilford, Vt.
13. John Wesley, b. 3, 3 1820; see below.
Simon Gould, b. 5, 22, 1806; d. 7, 12, 1874; bur. in
Tw.; son of Thomas Gould above; came 1835 fr. Guilford,
Vt.; bought 100 acres no. end Liberty St., across from
Tyler Hill place; taught school 15 winters; his bro. Stephen
came 1836; in 1837 their wives came, each with small
children, by stage to Albany, canal to Buffalo, and boat to
CI. Simon lived awhile with his bro.-in-law, Jesse Packer,
two miles east of center; bought farm of Hiram Chamber-
lin, 10 acres cleared, 10 slashed, and a good log house, at
$8.00 per acre, west side of Liberty St., where 3 chil. were
born; in 1843 rented a farm across the road further south,
the Stannard farm, a cheese factory afterward on site of
house; worked both farms; then sold first back to Hiram
312 — Gould Gould
Chamberlin and bought from his bro., Stephen, the farm
sold in 1850 to Lorenzo Riley, who moved the house north
to foot of hill and built large house where Charles Riley now
owns. Simon moved to Newbury 1850-58, then to Berea,
where he d.; ardent mem. of Meth. Chh. and a local
preacher;
m. (i) ab. 1828, Philura Baker, b. 9, 19, 1806; d. 2, 22,
1843; dau. of Peter and Lavina (Davis) Baker.
m. (2) 7, 22, 1843, Abigail Thompson, b. i, 7, 1810; d.
12, 5, 1893; dau. of Nathan and Abigail (Dayton) Thomp-
son.
Children By First Wife
1. James, b. 8, 26, 1829; d. 7, 19, 1888; m. Ann Gibbs.
2. Aurilla M., b. 4, 7, 1832; m. Ithel Wilbur.
3. Isabella M., b. 5, 19, 1836; m. Daniel Johnson.
4. Harrison B., b. 12, 13, 1838; d. s.
5. Lucy Ann, b. 7, 8, 1840; m. John Baldwin, Jr., son of founder
of Baldwin University, Berea.
Children By Second Wife
6. Elizabeth Jane, b. 6, 9, 1844; d. 2, 13, 1848.
7. Dayton Thomas, b. 2, 3, 1847; m. Margaret Rebecca Reid
Stephen Gould, b. 6, 5, 1807; d. 1853 at Newbury;,
son of Thomas Gould above; to Tw. ab. 1836; Liberty St.,
bought Booth farm now owned by Charles Riley; to New-
bury ab. 1848-9;
m. HuLDAH Baker; dau. of Peter and Lavina (Davis)
Baker; later she m. Luman Chamberlin, see, and d. ab. 1885.
Children
Levings, b. 1836; veteran of Civil War and in Spanish War; m.
Mary Ann Coville, Newbury.
Clarinda, b. 1839; m. Lewis Bidlake, see, whose ist w. was Susan
Gould; Meth.
Lorette, b. 1842; m. Charles Marble.
Melville and Melissa, twins, b. ab. 1840; both d. 1843.
John Wesley Gould, b. 3, 3, 1820; d. in Kent 1908;
son of Thomas Gould above; lived awhile on Stannard
farm on Liberty St., opposite Frank Post's; then bought the
Case lot at the cross road; then to Aurora 1848; a convert
at schoolhouse revival 1839; Meth.;
m. 8, 20, 1839, Eliza Maria Post, 1819-1882; dau. of
Aaron Post, see; Meth.
Gould Grant — 313
Children
John, b. 3, 28, 1844; see below.
Henrietta, 1851-54.
Aaron P., b. 1855; m. 1879, Emma Wallcott of Akron; now in No.
Carolina.
Ettie, b. 1867 (.?); m. 1885, William Smith; Kent.
John Gould, b. Tw. 3, 28, 1844, son of John Wesley-
Gould above; to Aurora 1848 where he has since resided,
living in present home over 50 yrs.; became writer for
Cleveland Herald 1872, later for N. Y. Tribune, and various
other papers. Since 1880 for 21 winters was lecturer for
farmer's institutes, lecturing in 28 states and Canada. He
and w. have traveled extensively;
m. I, I, 1879, Helen Ferris, b. 1850, dau. of Dr.
Osman and Maria (Reed) Ferris of Mantua. She is an
artist of note; studied at Oberlin and grad. of Hillsdale Col. ;
Mich.
Daniel Gould, fr. Weare, Mass.; here several yrs. in
early days;
m. Sarah Snell.
Children
Otis H., b. 1815; had Charles J. Gould of CI.
Orris P., b. 1818.
Dr. Charles L.
Laura S.
Ralph.
Dolly Gove, Cong. 1855; niece of Mrs. Justus Her-
rick; m. Sidney Smith, see.
Robert Graham, s. w. part of town; had one of first
threshing machines in town;
m. Ann Pollock, fr. Pa.; both d.
Elizabeth Graham, in Dist. No. 4 i860.
Alvin Graham, Meth. 1841.
David Grant; in 1835 kept hotel opp. s. e. corner of
park;
m. (i) 8, 18, 183 1, Irena Hull, f. ab. 1811; d. i, 20,
1834; sister of Samuel Hull, Sr.;
314 — Grant Green
m. (2) Mrs. Harriet (Carver) Taylor, wid. of
Timothy Taylor and sister of Mrs. Elmore Clark; Meth.
By first wife he had Charles, b. ab. 1832.
John P. Grant; worked on Dodge farm; Cong. 1886
fr. No. Platte, Neb., and dis. to Bedford.
Alanson Gray; see census of 1833;
m. and had Silas Renalda, b. 1831.
Beriah Green, b. ab. 1775; d. i, 25, 1867, age 92; on
west side of North St., near creek, near where Guy Herrick
lives; house fell down; fr. Pawlet, Vt. ; cabinet maker;
here i860;
m. Elizabeth Smith, b. ab. 1771; d. 3, 27, 1846; both
Cong. 1834; she was sister of William Smith, see.
Children
Rev. Jonathan Smith — ; to Honolulu as missionary, 11, 5, 1827,
reaching there 3, 3, 1828; in 1829 explored northwest coast of North
America with view to further mission locations; at Hilo a year, then at
Wailuku on Maui Is. 10 yrs; then released from service as he had scruples
about receiving money from slave holders.
Rev. Beriah, b. ; d. ; prof, of sacred literature at
Wes. Res. Col. 1830-33; resigned July 1833 to accept presidency ot
Oneida Inst, at Whitesboro, N. Y. He (or his bro Jonathan ?) dropped
dead after preaching in Brooklyn, N. Y.; grad. Middlebury, Col.;
Elizabeth, 1 800-1 878; m. Andrew Conant, see.
Laura, b. ab. 1805; d. 3, 30, 1883; Cong. 1834 ,and again 1869 fr.
2nd chh. Tw. ; unm.
Rhoda, b. ab. 1811; d. 2, 25, 1885; Cong. 1834, and again 1862 fr.
2nd chh. Tw.; unm.
Francis D. Green, b. 4, 30, 1871 ; grad. of Valparaiso,
Ind., Bus. Inst, and Normal Dept. of Muskingum Col.;
supt. of schools Freeport 10 yrs; supt. of Tw. schools 191 1-
13 ; now in state auditor's office; son of Joel E. and Martha
Green, Joel's father being in Rev. War, and great grand-
father on mother's side, being in battle of Lake Erie, 9, 10,
1813; both Meth.;
m. 9, 27, 1893, Almeda Parker, b. i, 24, 1872, dau. of
Aaron L. and Martha Parker.
Children
Ralph Walker, b. 7, 4, 1894; Tw. H. S. 1913; Meth.
Martha Reech, b. 3, 20, 1902.
Wayne Baker, b. 8, 17, 1905; killed by auto i, 14, 1914.
Franklin Lay, b. 7, 15, 1908.
Green Greno— 315
Mr. Green, b. ab. 1817; d. 9, 15, 1900.
Rev. Francis Green, pastor of Bapt. Chh. 1839; m.
Ablatha .
Fred Lewis Green, b. Bedford, 9, 9, 1884; to Tw.
1896; s. w. part of town; on old Bishop place; farmer;
m. 7, 19, 1910, Rebecca Fleshman, b. 4, 25, 1893;
dau. of George Fleshman, see.
Children
George Frederick, b. 7, 20, 1911.
Alice Louise, b. 10, 10, 191 2.
Allen Leroy, b. 12, 5, 1913.
Robert J., b. 6, 25, 1915.
Joseph Curran Greenlese, b. 12, 28, 1823; d. 12, 7,
1901, in Bedford; on farm where Wm. Boose lives; came
fr. Niagara Falls, Can.; to CI. 1863;
m. 9, 19, 1847, Jane Ogram, fr. Eng., b. 10, 7, 1826; d.
12, 5, 1915, in CI.; both Meth.
Children
1. George, b. 9, 13, 1849; d. Redkey, Ind.
2. John, b. II, 28, 1851; unm,; Hudson.
3. Eliza, b. 3, 5, 1854; m. Porter Hotchkiss, CI., and had Oliver,
b. 7, 15, 1880.
4. Mary, b. 9, 30, 1856; m. John Oviatt, see.; 5 chil.
5. Nettie Adilla, b. 10, 12, 1859; m. 12, 20, 1883, John Clark
Blackman, see.
6. Alice, b. ab. 1861; d, 1863, age ly^.
7. William, b. 8, 5, 1866, in Tw.; see below.
William J. Greenlese, b. 8, 5, 1866; now of Hudson;
paper hanger;
m. 12, 24, 1889, Alda B. Bishop, b. 8, 13, 1867, dau. of
Moses Bishop, see.
Children
Clell Bishop, b. 4, 6, 1891, Tw.; m. i, 7, 1913, Jessie Pontius, who
^- 7> 13} 1913? teacher; Adelbert Col.
Don William, b. Tw. 7, 15, 1893; d. 12, 19, 1897.
Webb Moses, b. Tw. 12, 31, 1895; in CI.
Grace Olive, b. Newburg, 4, 14, 1901.
Alda Mae, b. Newburg, 7, 3, 1906.
Thelma E. Jane, b. Hudson, 9, 5, 191 2.
Philander Greno, Meth. 1843.
3i6 — Greer Griste
Thomas Greer; m. (i); m. (2); had
David Alanson, b. ab. June 1832; see census of 1833.
Alonzo W. Greer, on Luther Nichols farm 3 yrs; coal
and feed business year or two; where Roy Nichols lives;
he and w. and Blanche, Meth.
GusTAVUS Griffith, b. ab. 1846; d. Feb. 1872.
Lot Griffith, b. Vt., ab. 1817; d. 8, 19, 1891; came
1830; here i860; near old mills; shoemaker;
m. (i) Dec. 1835, Louisa M. Hubbell, b. ab. 1816 or
1821; d. Tw. 12, 28, 1847;
m. (2) 9, 4, 1848, Louisa Nash, b. ab. 1818; d. Tw.
5, 2, 1876.
Children By First Wife
Roswell; Medina Co.
Alvira; m.
Nancy; m. Hiram Appleby, see.
Augustus.
Child, d. 2, 22, 1852, age 2.
By Second Wife
Charlotte, b. 1851; d. 191 2; m. 1869, Isadore Birdsell, see.
Marilla Griffith, d. 12, 28, 1847, age 3 ; child of Lot ?
RuEBEN Griffith, b. ab. 1804; here i860; near old
mills;
m. Ann , b. ab. 1814. They had Samuel. In
Dist. No. 7, Samuel, b. ab. 1845, and Edgar G., b. ab. 1852.
GRISTE PEDIGREE
I. George Griste; to America about middle of 17th
cent.; Norwich, Ct.; had George (drowned) and John.
II. John Griste, b. 1734; m. 1764, Delight Lotrip;
to Penn. 1788.
III. George Griste, b. 1772; m. 1796, Loise Brad-
ner; 13 chil.; d. 1852 in Calif.
IV. John B. Griste, b. 11, 13, 1811; d. 8, 11, 1867;
to Ohio 1835;
m. 8, 31, 1837, Louisa Hale, descended from Sir
Mathew Hale; had Perry O. and Luman George.
Griste Grover — 317
V. LuMAN George Griste, b. 6, 18, 1844; in Civil
War, 105th O. V. I.; wounded; discharged 1864; East-
man's College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1869; Homeopathic
Col. of CI.; practiced in Tw. since 1874; author of small but
excellent volume of poetry. Straws and Thistledown. See
Perrin's Hist. Summit Co., 1044;
m. Nov. 1867, ZiLPHA Freeman, b. 4, 6, 1846, dau. of
Jeduthan and Sarah (Edson) Freeman, and sister of Dr.
Seth Freeman, see. She is also a physician and has prac-
ticed with her husband; Meth.
Children
LeMarr, b. 6, 8, 1868; d. 11, 10, 1902; Univ. of Chicago; chemist;
supt. Mineral Point Zinc Works, Chicago; m. 1898, Carolyn Van Camp,
and had Mary Zilpha, b. Nov. 1901.
Ethel L., b, Apr. 1870; m. Jan. 1890, Frederick Viall; she principal
of H. S. Willoughby; two degrees from Woman's Col. of CI.
Ira Griswold, b. 11, 6, 1812; d. 12, 18, 1895; son of
Elisha and Betsy (Tubbs) Griswold of Schroon, Essex Co.,
N. Y.; to Northfield 1837; to Tw. 1850; located in s. w.
part of town, where son now lives;
m. 1844, Elizabeth J. Hall, b. 11, 10, 1825; d. 4, i,
1897; dau. of David and Hannah (Baird) Hall of Spring-
field, Summit Co.; Meth.
Children
Alton Jasper, b. 4, 26, 1846; d. 10, 22, 1910; in Civil War; m.
6, 24, 1869, Mary F. Farquhar.
Child, d. 8, 16, 1853, age 2.
Orville Eugene, b. 12, 25, 1853; see below.
Estelle Adelle, b. 7, 12, i860; Meth.; m. 12, 28, 1887, Elbert J.
Stoy.
Orville Eugene Griswold, b. 12, 25, 1853; son of
Ira above; farmer in west part of town;
m. II, 24, 1875, Cleora Jane Chamberlin, dau. of
Coryden Chamberlin, see.
Children
Dean Edwin, b. 10, 21, 1883; m. 6, 16, 1910, Gertrude M. Hawley.
Clell Bee, b. 3, 8, 1893.
Mary R. Griswold, b. ab. 1839; in Dist. No. 7.
Rev. J. B. Grover, Meth. pastor 1867.
3 1 8 — Hack Haggett
H
Frank Hack, b. Bohemia, 9, 16, 1872; to U. S. 1897;
to Tw. 1908; farmer on Macedonia road;
m. 2, 24, 1900, in CI., Cilia Stary, b. Bohemia, 11, 3,
1875.
Children
Frank, b. 11, 2, 19CXD.
Emile, b. 9, 19, 1902.
Edward, b. i, 27, 1905.
Mamie Cilia, b. 11, 15, 1908.
George Otto, b. 8, 11, 1913.
Samuel Hackins and wife; here 1833; see census of
that year.
Children
Hyram, b. ab. 1821.
Charlotte Ann, b. ab. 1826.
Cornelia, b. ab. 1828.
Flora Matilda, b. ab. 1830.
Nelson, b. ab. Feb. 1833.
George Washington Haggett, b. 5, 4, 1825; d. 3,9,
1901; on Hudson road opp. Curtis Bennett's; fr. St. Law.
Co., N. Y.; both Meth. 1877;
m. II, 26, 1848, Mary Richardson McMillen, b.
7, 27, 1825; d. 4, 20, 1900.
Children
Charles Wilbur, b. Aurora, 3, 5, 1850; d. 8, 31, i860.
Frank Lorell, b. 11, 27, 1853; see below.
Albert Curtis, b. 9, 24, 1855; see below.
Frank Lorell Haggett, b. 11, 27, 1853; farmer on
Hudson road opp. Manly Leach;
m. 3, 28, 1877, Birdie Emma Leach, b. 10, 21, 1857,
dau. of Orris Bissell Leach, see.
Children
Stella Mae, b. 11, 6, 1881.
George Orris, b. 5, 28, 1892.
Albert Custer Haggett, b. 9, 24, 1855; d. 12, 24,
1904; several yrs. on Liberty St.; to CI.
m. 12, 18, 1878, IsABiNDA Post, b. 7, 20, i860, dau. of
Franklin Post.
Hahn Hamilton — 319
Children, Born in Twinsburg
Nellie Jane, b. 7, 2, 1883; m. 12, 18, 1901, Howard Dietrick, CL,
and had Gladys Marie, b. Jan. 1909.
Roy Franklin, b. Feb. 1885; m. 6, 29, 191 1, Agnes O'Neil, CL, and
had Helen Marie, b. 3, 15, 1913, also Albert Charles and Alta May,
twins, b. 2, 5, 1915.
Daisy, b. ab. 1891; d. 3, 21, 1907.
Charles Wilbur, b. Aug. 1893, CI.
Adam Hahn, b. i, 8, 1856; farmer; in Tw. 19 yrs;
several years on Liberty St., where Charles Riley lived;
now at Glen Willow;
m. 4, 16, 1877, Samantha Ellen Mizer; Meth.
Children
Jessie Bell; m. Samuel Stolifer, see.
David Leander.
Frederick Clifford; inf. of ; d. 6, 6, 1908.
Louva May; Meth.
Rev. Samuel Hair, preached i or 2 yrs. for Cong. chh.
when Mr. Bissell was in Edinburg, O., ab. 1835-7; then 27
yrs. old; fr. Ann Arbor, Mich.; probably would have been
settled but some hoped to get Mr. Bissell back.
Hall, lived in Macedonia and sent chil. to Tw.
school, Dist. 7.
Children
Lucius, m. and lived in Tw.; to 111.
Hiram, b. ab. 1827.
Louise, b. ab. 1836.
Cynthia, b. ab. 1838.
Amanda, b. ab. 1844.
Ira, b. ab. 1846.
Rev. Albinus Hall, Meth. pastor 1847-8.
Rev. J. Ransom Hall, Bapt. pastor Nov. 1883 to Nov.
1885; to Kipton; had 2 boys and an adopted girl.
Robert Hamilton, ticket agent W. & L. E. R. R.; in
CI. now;
m. (i) , b. ab. 1865; d. 7, 16, 1895.
m. (2) Jane Margaret Burrell, b. 12, 12, 1876; she
m. (2) Thomas Jefferson Burroughs of CL; she dau. of Mrs.
Thompson Burrell of Tw.
3 20 — Hamilton Hanchett
William Hamilton, here 1823 and on committee to
frame and raise building for chh. and school.
Clementine, Consider, Harriet and Olivia Ham-
mond, Bapt. ab. 1834.
Stoughton D. and Sarah Hammond both Bapt 1834.
Melissa Hammond, Meth. 1841.
Maria Hammond, d. 2, 8, 1843, age 10.
HANCHETT PEDIGREE
I. Thomas Hanchett, 1625-1676; m. Deliverance
Langton; dea. in ist Cong. chh. Northampton, Mass.
H. Dea. John Hanchett, 1649-1744; m. 1677,
Esther Pritchard, d. 1711.
HI. John Hanchett, Jr., 1679-1761; m. 1707, Lydia
Heyward, 1683-1 777.
IV. John Hanchett, i 709-1 796; m. 1733, Mary
Sheldon, 1713-1795.
V. David Hanchett, 1743-1819; m. 1765, Deborah
Sheldon, 1745-1842; he in Rev. War; 12 chil.; the 9th was
Seth.
VI. Seth Hanchett, b. 8, 7, 1783; d. 9, 5, 1853 Tw.;
came 1833 to Aurora; there a year or so, then to Tw.; lived
and d. on Streetsboro road near old mills, just south of
present Mizer farm;
m. II, 27, 1806, Patty Remington (Stephen, Stephen),
Bapt. 1842; b. ab. 1785; d. 9, 26, 1854.
Children
1. Son b. and d. 12, 11, 1808.
2. Jannet P., b. 6, 4, 1810; d. 5, 8, 1861; Bapt. 1842.
3. Carlton, b. 3, 22, 1812; see below.
4. Fidelia, b. 12, 6, 1814; d. 3, 27, 1855; m. Jedediah Clark, see.
5. Roena T., b. i, 13, 1817; d. 7, 24, 1869 m. Anson White, see.
6. Erastus, b. 5, 24, 1819; d. 4, 22, 1827.
7. Oliver Olds, b. 5, i, 1821, see below.
8. Maranda, b. 7, i, 1825; d. 10, 26, 1913; m. James Almon
Brown, see.
9. Erastus, b. 5, 27, 1828; d. 8, 21, 1903; m. 10, 9, 1853, Jane
Wait; see below.
Hanchett Hanchett — 3 2 1
Carlton Hanchett, b. 3, 22, 1812; d. i, 31, 1898;
lived on father's old farm near old Mills; also at Cherry-
Valley and Kingsville; Bapt. 1842;
m. (i) 4, 15, 1844, Emily Sheldon, b. 4, 5, 1821; d.
5, 24, 1861;
m. (2) 4, 10, 1862, Harriet Walker, b. 2, 9, 1827; d.
2, 20, 1907.
Children, By First Wife
Mary S., b. 8, 14, 1845; d. 8, 20, 1847.
Daughter, b. and d. 5, 12, 1847.
He also adopted Hartley E. Calkins and Alice Eno, who were
married 1875, she dau. of Virgil Eno, see.
Erastus Hanchett, b. 5, 27, 1828; d. 8, 21, 1903;
lived on old place after father's death, later in Newburg;
carpenter; Bapt. 1853;
m. 10, 9, 1853, Jane Wait of Aurora, b. 2, 16, 1828; d.
10, 2, 1903.
Children
Alison S., b. 7, 6, 1855; d. i, 24, 1859.
Lewis Carlton, b. 11, 20, 1858, farmer; in Tw. several yrs.; unm.;
Chicago.
Edgar Adelbert, b. 5, 5, i860; unm.
Alice May, b. i, i, 1865; m. Dr. John T. Carter, see; she now
teacher in CI.
Jessie Eliza, b. 9, 15, 1868; teacher, CI.
Oliver Olds Hanchett, b. 5, i, 1821 at Jerusalem,
N. Y.; d. Tw. 5, 11, 1891; to Aurora when 12; the next
year to Tw. with parents; farmer; on No. road, east side,
next to Solon line; Bapt. 1838;
m. 4, 20, 1846, in Ravenna, Cornelia Jennett Reed,
of Mantua, b. W. Granby, Ct., 8, 24, 1826; d. Tw. 9, 29,
1894; dau. of Justin Reed.
Children
1. FideHa, b. 8, 2, 1847; d. 3, 31, 1848.
2. Seth Remington, b. 6, 7, 1851; see below.
3. Martha Roena, b. 7, 15, 1856; m. 10, 21, 1913, Rev. R. T.
Cross, see; Bapt. 1877; Cong. 1914.
4. Luton Reed, b. 8, 8, 1859; business man; unm.
5. Perry Albert, b. 4, 7, 1866; see below.
Seth Remington Hanchett, son of Oliver O. above,
b. 6, 7, 185 1 ; d. 8, 20, 1910; studied atOberlin; merchant;
postmaster; Bapt.; Cong. 1895;
322 — Hanchett Hanks
m. (i) 9, i6, 1873, Martha Dunshee, dau. of Harrison
Dunshee, see; b. i, 7, 185 1 ; d. 9, 24, 1875;
m. (2) 2, 25, 1879, Kate Ann Nichols, dau. of Orrin
P. Nichols, see; b. 6, 19, 1855; she now in CI.
Children, By Second Wife
Dwight Nichols, b. 2, 6, 1884; electrician in CI.; studied at Case
School; Cong. 1899.
Helen Wealthy, b. 9, 10, 1888; charity worker in CI.; studied at
Lake Erie Sem.
Perry Albert Hanchett, son of Oliver O. above, b.
4, 7, 1866; sign hanger in CI.;
m. 10, I, 1890, Alice O'Donald, b. ab. 1864; d.
I, 25, 1912.
Children
Oliver Perry, b. ii, 25, 1891; m. 8, 30, 1913, lone Myers, and had
Robert Leroy, b. 8, 9, 1914, and Richard Elroy, b. 5, i, 1916; CI.
Leda Dorothy, b. 5, 31, 1896; m. 9, 8, 1915; John Taylor of CI.
Rhea Leona, b. 6, 23, 1902.
Mr. Hanes, blacksmith, worked for Ed. Judd.
Rev. William Hanford, first regular pastor of Cong,
chh. at Hudson, 1815-1836; often preached in Tw. and
helped organize the Cong. chh. in 1822; to O. 1813; gave
half of time to missionary work ; 9 yrs. in Windham ; "prayers
peculiarly impressive."
Camillus Hanks, b. Vt. 8, 15, 1808; d. Tw. 5, 4, 1876;
to Tw. ab. 1845; farmer, where Mr. Richner lives;
m. before setting in Tw. Fanny M. Daniels of West-
ern N. Y., b. 3, 27, 1808; d. in N. Y., 2, 4, 1887; Meth.;
no chil.; an adopted dau., Harriet A., d. i, 11, 1855, age 10.
Isaac Hanks, younger bro. of above, b. West Pawlet,
Vt., 2, 15, 1 8 18; d. 1895; to Tw. ab. 1845-6; on Bedford
road; to Wis. ab. 1856; in Wis. legislature several yrs.;
music teacher;
m. 4, II, 1841, LuciNDA Wheden.
Children
Milton Henry, physician of some prominence; d. in Chicago, 1893;
in Tw. Inst.
Alta; m. M. H. Bixby; So. Haven, Mich.
Hanks Hardie — 323
Stella; m. Theodore Rogers, West Superior, Wis.
Helen; m, Harry Rogers.
The last two were teachers.
Jonathan Safford Hanks, bro. of above, b. Vt. 1810;
to Calif, in gold rush; d. there 1880;
m. 1834, Sarah Jane Akins, b. July 1815; d. 1854;
dau. of John and Rachel Akins.
Children, Twelve, Nearly All D. Y.
O. Galusha, b. 8, 6, 1835; d. 10, 17, 191 1; m. 1870, Mrs. Eliza
Brown.
Calvin W., b. 6, 3, 1837; d. 8, 2, 1914; m. 1867, Eliza A. Traelsted;
he was in Civil War.
George W., 1839-1864; d. in Civil War.
Malona R., b. 3, 4, 1841; m. 1868, T. Charles Miller who was in
Civil War; she Concord, Calif., son John G. in Tw. Inst. 1882.
Edwin E., 1843-1864; d. in Civil War.
Ermina Jane, b. II, 13, 1845; d. 7, 1,1910; m. 1866, Sherman Lane,
see.
Emma A., b. 8, 26, 1850; m. 1870, Eugene W. Smith.
Harriet A., Adeline and Camillus Hanks were in Dist.
No. 7, 1845, 49 and 61.
John Hansard, b. ab. 18 18; d. 6, 17, 1863; here i860;
near old mills; stone mason;
m. Mary Ann fr. Northfield, b. ab. 1823; d.
12, 2, i860. They had dau. b. and d. 1854; no other child.
William Hansard, bro. of above; unm.
John and William Hansard, nephev^rs of above; lived
with them; one did cemetery stone work; both "as good
scholars as any in town"; both d. in Civil War, in 41st
O. V. I.; one a Lieut.
Benson Hardie of Tw.; m. 8, 8, 1836, Caroline
McMiLLEN of Streetsboro, sister of Mrs. George W. Hag-
gett. See file of Ohio Observer 1836. One child was
George Francis Hardie, b. 5, 6, 1842; now on farm in
Solon; worked in cheese factory on Liberty St.;
m. (i) 8, 4, 1868, Alice Ellen Chamberlin, b. 9, 16,
1849; d. I, 26, 1885, dau. of Luman Chamberlin, see;
m. (2) I, 13, 1886, Caroline Elizabeth Walton of
Wheeling, W. Va.
3 24 — Harlow Harrison
Children, By First Wife
Adalaide Caroline, b. 6, i6, 1869; m. Edwin Hine, see.
Lina Alice, b. 8, 7, 1871; m. Arthur H. Hine, see.
Stella Jane, b. 7, 18, 1873; m. Charles S. Norris, see.
Lillie May, b. 10, 20, 1875, m. Samuel Denton Leech, see.
Manly George, b. 10, 30, 1877; unm.
Joseph W. Harlow, b. ab. 1809; d. 11, 26, 1863; here
i860; blacksmith;
m. Maria , b. ab. 18 12. She m. (2) Julius
Riley, see.
Children
Henrietta, m. William Burton, see.
Fidelia M., b. ab. 1834; m. Dr. Seth A. Freeman, see.
Charles H., b. ; d. ; Hudson; in Civil War; his son
d. II, 3, 1864).
William; Meth. 1877.
Carrie.
George Daniel Harris, b. Goshen, Ct., 1802; d.
Hudson 1879; son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Clark) Harris;
Elizabeth being sister of John B. Clark of Hudson; she
Cong. 1828; she and son George to Tw. 1823; see census of
1833; he here i860; lived near Esq. Heard, near Cargold's
tannery, then bought farm mile so. and mile west of center;
he Cong. 1828;
m. 3, 27, 1828, Permelia a. Thompson of Hudson, b.
1808; d. Hudson 1881; dau. of Stephen Thompson, who
was in Rev. War.
Children
1. Amelia Abigail, i830-i90o;m. 6, 20, 1849, Marcus Buckman
of Randolph, 5. chil.
2. Ceha Maria, b. 1832; Cong. 1849; dis. to Oberlin 1857; m.
1895, Dea. James Coe of Hudson as his 2nd w. He d. 1896.
3. Mary Lucretia, b. 9, 28, 1834; d. 1893; Cong. 1858; dis. to
Hudson 1861; unm.
4. Martha, b. 1838; d. 12, 25, 1854.
5. Charles Fayette, b. 12, 3, 1841; d. 12, 10, 1914, in Soldiers'
Home in Wash.; in Civil War; Cong. 1858, dis. to Hudson 1867 (?)
6. Julian Christopher, b. 6, 15, 1845; d. 1873; in Civil War.
7. Delia Ella, b. 12, 31, 1848; d. 11, 14, 1890.
Rev. J. J. Harris, pastor of Meth. chh. several yrs.,
ab. 1893;
m. Jessie Bliss, and had Mary, Elsie and Merle.
Marion B. Harrison, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1856-7.
Hart Haughton — 325
JohnM. Hart, b. ab. 1808; d. ab. 1890 (?); here i860;
lived so. side of park; had store several yrs. where Bishop's
store is; Hart & Stevens; Hart & Dodge; he and w. Cong.
1849 fr. Solon, dis. to Franklin Mills (Kent);
m. 7, 3, 1835 at Streetsboro, Cecelia Preston, b. ab.
1811; d. 9, 19, 1888.
Children
Son d. 12, 4, i860, age 13 mo.
Charles D., d. 10, 12, 1850, age 19 mo.
Hiram C. Hart, b. ab. 1810; d. 12, 10, 1858; merchant
and tailor.
Charles Hart; in Dist. 7; in army. His sister,
Elizabeth lived in Moses Roach's family and went by name
of Libby Roach. Does any one know what became of her.'*
He now lives in Coin, la., and is bank president.
Joseph Sanburn Harvey, b. Solon 8, 31, 1838; living
there now; in Tw. 1865-68;
m. at Columbus, 5, 15, 1865, Mary Elizabeth Mont-
gomery, b. 3, 30, 1835; d. 12, 28, 1915. They had Lena M.,
b. Tw. 8, 18, 1868; m. 10, 28, 1885, James Newton Richards
of Solon, now of CI.; and Effie F. (.?) who m. Mr. Potter of
Attleboro.
John Homer Hatch, b. 9, 9, 1830; d. 9, 12, 1875;
lived in Aurora and a short time in Tw.;
m. 6, 6, 1872, Betsy Crawford, b. ii, 29, 1845, dau. of
Alexander Crawford, see. She m. (2) Ezra Clark, see.
Children
Mattie Almira, 7, 2, 1873; m. 2, 22, 1893, Eugene Post, see.
John Thomas, b. 9, 10, 1874; ^- 9) ^2, 1903; m. 1895, Eva Beards-
ley, dau. of Amos Beardsley, sister of Mrs. Guy Herrick. She m. (2) and
lives in Kent. He Cong. 1877; Meth. 1880.
Mary L. Hathaway, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1852;
m. 1853, Edward C. Parmelee, see.
Harlin Haughton, b. i, 31, 1861, at Southington;
farmer on Solon road; to Tw. 1901; son of Henry and
Lucinda Haughton;
m. 2, 19, 1882, at Braceville, Anna Tigue of Mineral
Ridge, b. 12, 24, 1864.
326 — Hawjohn Hawkins
Children
. Blanch, b. at Easten, Mich., 3, 15, 1884.
Effie, b. at Easten, Mich., 9, 20, 1886; Tw. H. S. 1904; m. i, 20,
191 5, Leslie Hartle Mack of Darrowville, and had Lorna Mildred, b.
5, 10, 1916.
August Hawjohn, fr. Finland; b. ab. 1892; d.
7, I, 1913-
Orrin W. Hawkens, Meth. 1841.
John Hawkins; d. July 1916; fr. Eng.; renters; he
and wife both Meth. 1885; had several children, Peter,
Meth. 1885, and John Jr., now in Aurora; worked for
Charles Riley; m. Linda Miller, dau. of Robert; 2 chil.
Miss D. Hawkins, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1849.
Jerry Hawkins, kept hotel for a short time.
Joseph A. Hawkins, b. Vt. 3, 7, 1806; d. 8, 23, 1873;
here i860; son of Adolphus and Nancy (Grant) Hawkins;
Adolphus wounded at Lundy's Lane in war of 1812; came
to Hudson ab. 1829; to Tw. 1837, on hill s. e. Tw., where
Mr. Allen lives; capt. of militia and col.; Cong. 1871;
m. (i) Submit French.
m. (2) 2, 15, 1831, Lucia Pond, b. Ct. 3, 5, 1815; d.
3, 22, 1893, in No. Car. while visiting son Alfred; dau. of
Preston Pond, see; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1044.
Children By First Wife
Joseph Gaylord, b. Hudson 1827; killed 1862 at battle of Stone
River; Col. of 13th O. V. L; was in Mexican War 2 yrs.; teacher; m.
1849, Jane Smart, and had Submit, b. Tw., m. (i) and (2); nurse.
Children By Second Wife
Albert Wayland, b. Hudson, 7, 10, 1833; d. 7, 25, 1902; lived on
father's place; he and w. Cong. 1877; m. (i) 1855, Laura B. Turner, who
d. 5, 5, 1884; m. (2) 3, 6, 1886, Eliza Gray, b. No. Ireland; d. CI. 10, 13,
1915; dau. of William and Margaret Gray of CI.; Cong 1886 fr. CI., dis.
to Glenville 1903.
Alfred, b. ab. 1837; see below.
Alfred Hawkins, b. ab. 1837; in Civil War; went
south after war. Highlands, No. Car. ;
m. i860, Maria Alexander, b. 9, 10, 1848, adopted
dau. of James Alexander, see.
Hawley Hempstead— 327
Children
Huber, m. in No. Car.; i child.
Daughter, d. 2, 29, 1865, age 8 mo.
Laura; blind; with father.
Berry, unm.
Rev. Mr. Hawley, pastor of Baptist Church, 1846-9.
Rev. William Haynes, b. 4, 6, 1847; d. 5, 4, 1914, in
Strongsville; son of a pioneer settler in eastern Canada;
grad.of Bangor Sem. 1882; preached at Holton, Me., 1882-4
Tw. Cong. chh. 1884-9; three short pastorates in Neb.
1889-92; Lyme chh. Bellevue, O., 1892-02; Vermontville,
Mich., 1902-7; Monroe, Mich., 1907-9; Lodi, 1909-13;
Strongsville, 1913-14;
m. 6, 3, 1875, Susan McRoberts, b. i, 16, 1854; d.
7, 30, 1899.
Children
Lillian^Gelena, b. 6, 19, 1878; m. 5, 8, 1902, W. E. Barnard.
Ethelwyn A., b. 11, 10, 1879; m. 12, 5, 1910, C.T.Andrews, Index,
Wash.; Cong. 1887.
Elsie Grace, b. Tw. 4, 27, 1887; Anacortes, Wash.
Mrs. Lucy W. Healey, Bapt.; sister of Ethan Ailing
and lived in his family.
Jarvis Heather, b. ab. 1804; d. 9, 19, i860; here i860;
in present Hayne house when it stood next to Cong, chh.;
m. Sarah , b. ab. 1809; d. 10, 16, 1873; a large
tall woman.
Children
Jarvis (.?).
Elizabeth L., b. ab. 183 1; m. Adam Long, see.
Clinton, in 177th O. V. L; m.
George, unm; Cong. 1866; to Akron; caterer.
Sarah Augusta Heather, Cong. 1861.
Spafford Heather, in 177th O. V. L
Mrs. William G. (Rebecca) Heighton, b. 11, i, 1847;
d. 3, 21, 1902; Cong. 1893; mother of Mrs. George Cham-
berlin of Hudson.
John Tinker Hempstead, b. 7, 4, 1848; d. Tw. i, 5,
1916; son of Billings Stoddard and Margaret M. (Andrews)
328 — Hempstead Henry
Hempstead of Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y.; farmer; 21
yrs. where Fred Miller now lives; then s. w. cor. of park;
both Meth. 1877;
m. (i) 12, 14, 1869, Susan Pamelia Franklin, b. 10, 2,
185 1 ; d. 5, 26, 1885; dau. of Alonzo Franklin, see;
m. (2) 10, 5, 1885, Rosa Bell Parmelee, b. 7, 22, 1856,
dau. of Gardiner Parmelee, see; Meth. 1885.
Children, By First Wife
Clare Baisley, b. 4, 8, 1871 ; see below.
Carl Watson, b. 9, 7, 1872; see below.
Vern Rosa, b. 9, 24, 1874; see below.
Clare Baisley Hempstead, b. 4, 8, 1871; grad. of
Valparaiso Univ., Ind.; teacher; Smithville; Meth.
m. 2, 12, 1902, Queen Zabeda Hampton, of Bedford.
They had Floris Lucile, b. 5, 17, 1903.
Carl Watson Hempstead, b. 9, 7, 1872; Berea Col.
and Chicago Theolog. Sem.; pastor Cong, chh., Riceville,
la.; Meth.; Cong.;
m. I, I, 1903, Mertie May Lemmon, b. 11, 10, 1874,
dau. of Rev. Charles H. Lemmon, see.
Children
Jean Charles, b. 8, 6, 1904.
Donald Lemmon, b. 7, 12, 1906.
Bessie Lloyd, b. 11, 14, 1908.
Alice Susan, b. 3, 6, 1911.
Vern Rosa Hempstead, b. 9, 24, 1874; farmer; Mace-
donia Road; both Meth.;
m. 6, 14, 1899, Gertrude Samantha Williams, b.
10, 29, 1877; dau. of Sidney Williams, see. They had John
Kieth, b. 3, 15, 1902, and Sidney Wayne, b. 9, 29, 1903 ; both
Meth. 1914.
Rev. Horatio P. Henderson, b. ab. 1824; d. in Mich.;
here i860 and 1873. Pastor of Meth. chh.;
m. Mary Dewey, b. ab. 1826. They had Ida.
David "Henrie" or Henry, b. in Scot. ab. 1763; d.
Tw. 7, 3, 1846, oldest man in town then; first burial in
cemetery; took no food or medicine last 29 days; consistent
Christian 40 yrs; Cong. 1838; here prob. as widower with
son James, below.
Henry Henry— 329
James Henry, son of above, b. in Scot, i, 12, 1800; d.
I, 21, 1844; farmer on Liberty St.
m. (i) Margaret A. Nicol, b. ab. 1801 ; d. 8, 23, 1849,
burned in burning house.
m. (2) 1850, Mrs. Susan Henrietta Smith, b. 1810;
d. 3, 7, 1886; wid. of Almon Smith, and mother of Mrs.
Elam Bennett.
Child, By First Wife
Agnes, Cong. 1843; Tw. Inst. 1848; dis. to Solon 1850; m. Samuel
Griswold of Solon.
HENRY PEDIGREE
I. Thomas Hendry, in Bridgewater, Mass., before
1743; to Harpersfield, N. Y.; m. Ann Miller.
n. James Hendry, at Harpersfield, N. Y., was killed
by Indians and tories in sugar bush, 1771 (or 1781 .•*).
III. Reuben Henry, son of above; came summer
1821 ; wife lost in woods; see Tw. Hist, of i860, p. 59.
Children, See Census of 1833
Lysander, b. ab. 1806.
Betsy, b. ab. 1813.
Selina, b. ab. 1815.
Corintha, b. ab. 1818; m. Mar. 1832, Luman Chamberlin, see.
Orris.
Austin.
IV. James Miller Henry, bro. of above, b. 12, 10,
1771; d. 2, 13, 1844; dropped d. fr. Hendry; to Aurora
1804; 3rd family there; to Tw. before 1833, see census of
1833; where Thomas Bell lives; Cong.;
m. 9, 19, 17 — in Blanford, Mass., Sarah Cochrane,
b. 3, 19, 1778; d. I, 15, 1856; dau. of John Cochrane, first
white man to die in Buffalo, on way to CI., see Perrin's Hist.
Summit Co., p. 825.
Children, See Census of 1833
Reuben Irving, b. 1800; see below.
Sarah Emeline, b. ab. 1807; m. Philander Booth, see; she tea. in
Tw. Inst. 1853.
Gilbert Hall, b. ab. 1813; Emporia, Kan.
Eusebia, b. ab. 1817; m. Blanchard, Lyons, Mich.
Maria, b. ab. 1820; m. Harris Chamberlin, son of Amos or William.
Henry H., of Iowa.
330 — Henry Herrick
Reuben Irving Henry, b. Harpersfield, N. Y., 1800;
d. 8, II, 1863; where Thomas Bell lives; to Geauga Lake
ab. 1847; both Meth.;
m. 4, 28, 1828, in Aurora, Lucretia Baldwin, b.
8, 30, 1800, dau. of Samuel Smith Baldwin, see.
Children
1. Sarah E., b. 2, 8, 1830; m. 10, 20, 1853, Charles Turner, son of
Rev. Charles Avery Turner, see; he d. 1900.
2. Lucretia A., b. 11, 30, 1832; d. 1857; m. Harris Freeman.
3. William Webster, b. 1836; d.; m. Olivia Sill in 111.
4. Wilbur Fiske, b. 10, 6, 1838; m. io8th 111. V. I.; m. (i) Jose-
phine Feiger; 3 chil.; m. (2) Delia ; St. James, Mo.
5. Mary A., b. 9, 8, 1842; m. Ransom S. Kennedy, CI.
The three girls in Tw. Inst. 1848.
Irene Hesler; Meth.; taught several yrs. in Tw.
Harvey Henson; fr. Hudson; farmer for a time on
Dodge road;
m. Helen Collins of Columbus.
Children
Mildred Elizabeth, b. 7, 27, 1913.
Helen Martha, b. Feb. 1915.
HERRICK PEDIGREE
Sir William Herrick, 1577-1653; London; mem. of
parliament; m. 1596, Joan May, 1578-1645.
I. Henry Herrick, son of above, b. 1604; to Va.,
then to Salem, Mass., ab. 1653; m. Editha Laskin.
II. Ephraim Herrick, 1638-1693, Beverly, Mass.;
m. 1661, Mary Cross, dau. of Robert Cross, who was
ancestor of Rev. R. T. Cross.
III. Ephraim Herrick, b. 1664; to Preston, Ct.,
1694.
IV. Ephraim Herrick, b. 1692; m. 1719, Rachel
Fellows.
V. Isaac Herrick, 1719-1819; aged 100 yrs.; m.
1743, Elizabeth Herrick.
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VL Isaac Herrick, b. 2, 8, 1748; d. 9, 30, 1809;
Worthington, Mass.;
m. (i) 9, 3, 1771, Olivet Worthington; d. 1784;
m. (2) II, 25, 1784, Mrs. Prudence (Avery) Stark-
weather; d. 1841, aged 78.
Children By First Wife
1. Holibert, b. 5, 15, 1772.
2. Persis, b. 8, 28, 1774.
3. Olive, b. s, 23 1776.
4. Isaac, b. 3, 21, 1780; see below.
5. Eunice, b. 6, 11, 1782.
Children By Second Wife
6. Avery, 1 785-1 860; m. Mary Chapin.
7. James W., b. 5, 24, 1788; see below.
8. David, b. 7, 7, 1790; see below.
9. Mary, b. i, 16, 1792.
10. Rufus, b. 5, 4, 1794; see below.
11. Horace, b. 5, 24, 1796; d. Tw. 3, 20, 1894, aged 98; Capt. at
Pittsfield of comp. that escorted Lafayette in 1825; m. i, 17, 1822,
Mary Noble; no chil.
12. Asa, b. 4, 7, 1798; see below.
13. Woodbury, b. 12, 19, 1799; d. 1800.
14. Augustus T., b. II, 16, 1801; see below.
15. Justus Tyler, twin of above, b. 11, 16, 1801; see below.
16. Jonathan E., b. 7, 11, 1804; see below.
Isaac Herrick, 4th child of Isaac above, b. 3, 21, 1780;
d. 1862;
m. Jerusha Brown.
Children
1. Jerusha Olivet, b. 1804.
2. John Wyburn, b. 1805.
3. Levi Worthington, b. 1806. .
4. Isaac, b. 181 i.
5. Amanda Maria, b. 181 2.
6. Mary Ann, b. 1816; m. i, i, 1837, Asahel Beeman, of Tw.;
to^Bedford.
7. Martha Cordelia, b. 1822; m. Joel Nelson, of Tw., and settled
in Bedford; she Bapt. 1838.
James W. Herrick, son of Isaac and Prudence above,
b. 5, 24, 1788; d. I, 10, 1873; to Aurora ab. 1800 for a few
yrs., then to Tw.; here i860; took first printing press to
CI. fr. Pittsburg in ox team; first of the Herricks in Tw.;
m. (i) 8, 10, 1810, RosETTA Riley, who d. 3, 24, 1817
334 — Herrick Herrick i
I
m. (2) 9, 4, 1817, Deborah Tomlinson, 1782-1868, aged i
86; Cong. 1840; |
m. (3) ID, I, 1868, Mrs. Lucy Chatfield, d. 1872, aged i
81. '
Children By First Wife {
1. Louisa, b. 1812; m. 1829, Daniel Abby. j
2. Polly M., b. 8, 31, 1814; d. 3, 14, 1817. |
By Second Wife j
3. James T., b. 7, 7, 181 8; see below. j
4. Eliza, b. 1820; Cong. 1840; m. Elias W. Mather, see. j
5. Mary, b. 1822; Cong. 1840; m. 1842, Albert Atwater, see. ,
6. Betsy, b. 1824; Cong. 1840. i
7. Sarah D., b. 1826; m. 1850, Owen Blakeslee. j
8. Ezra S., b. 1828; d. 1831. ;
I
James T. Herrick, son of James W., above, b. 7, 7, j
1818; farmer in Rantoul, 111.; Cong. 1840, dis. to Rantoul, !
111., 1850; I
m. (i) 7, 7, 1842, Betsy Holbrook, of Mantua, 1820- j
1849, and had Martha, b. 1846; d. 9, 8, 1853. '
m. (2) II, 25, 1850, Martha Selina Blakeslie, of '■
Claridon, 1827-1853, and had Rosetta Salina, 1851-56. i
m. (3) Mrs. Millicent (Bissell) Thomas, b. 1814, 1
wid. of David Thomas, see; Cong., dis. to Rantoul, 111. 1
I
David Herrick, 8th child of Isaac and Prudence above; i
b. 7, 7, 1790; d. I, 28, 1867; to Tw. a few yrs. after his bro. i
James; to Summit Co., Sept., 1835; i
m. (i) I, 15, 181 2, ZipPORAH Avery of Preston, Ct.;b. ;
ab. 1793; d. 9, 30, 1848; I
m. (2) Julia Austin, of Ct., b. July 1816; d. 7, 4, 1854. I
Children By First Wife
1. William A., b. 9, 14, 1814; Cong. 1836, dis. to Mich. 1845; ,
letter returned 1847; m. Jeannette Nichol; Cong. 1844, dis. to Mich. ;
1845.
2. Margaret Prudentia, b. 5, 19, 1818; Cong. 1836; m. Nathan
Chatfield.
3. James Oliver, b. ii, 9, 1820; see below.
4. Mary Hewitt, b. 2, 4, 1823; Cong. 1843; m. Isaac F. Smith,
see.
5. Esther, b. 3, 6, 1825; d. 10, i, 1826.
6. Esther Brewster, b. 2, 19, 1827; d. 1915; Cong. 1843, dis. to
Vienna, i860; m. i860, Nodiah Woodruff; Oberlin.
Herrick Herrick— 335
7. David, b. 5, 30, 1829; see below.
8. A son, b. II, II, 1831.
9. Zipporah, b. 8, 20, 1833; m. (i) Samuel Eells, see; m. (2)
Edward S. Gooch, see.
By Second Wife
10. Austin O., b. 9, 22, 1852; see below.
James Oliver Herrick, 3rd child of David above, b.
II, 9, 1820; d. 9, 28, 1849; Cong. 1842, dis. to Wes. Res.
Col.;
m. 1844, Mary Jane Conant, who d. 8, 18, 1849;
Cong. 1844, dis. to Windham 1846; letter returned 1847, to
Solon 1848.
Children
Mary I., b. 3, 14, 1845; m. 1867, Albert G. Smith, Kankakee, 111.
Zipporah J., b. 12, 14, 1846; at Oberlin 1867-8; m. 3, 17, 1870,
William T. Pottenger, see.
James T., b. 2, 8, 1849; d. 9, 16, 1849.
David Herrick, Jr., son of David above, b. 5, 30, 1829;
d. 3, 30, 1895;
m. (i) 5, 5, 1852, Betsey G. Shaw, b. 2, 5, 1834; d.
9, 29, 1878; she and hus. Cong. 1877;
m. (2) 12, 24, 1879, Cora Bell Tracy, b. 11, 23, 1859,
who m, (2) William T. Pottenger, see; she Meth.
Children By First Wife
1. Elbridge Alson, b. 9, 9, 1853; d. Aug. 1914; m. Madaline
Wooden.
2. Callsina Thurston, b. i, 10, 1856; d. i, 5, 191 1; m. 1880, Ellis
Kennedy.
3. Helen Ester, b. 4, 8, 1858; d. 10, 5, 1886.
4. Charles Frank, b. 12, 12, 1863; d. Dec, 1915; m. 4, 5, 1893,
Mary Knickle; both Cong. 1877.
5. Bessie Zipporah, b. i, 22, 1866; m. 12, 24, 1884, William Alvin
Chapman.
6. Mira Bell, b. 12, 29, 1867; m. Schuyler Edgar Atwater.
7. Bela David, b. 3, 22, 1874; m. 6, 15, 1895, Ida M. Nestle.
By Second Wife
8. Tracy Ellis, b. 4, 17, 1887; Tw. H. S. 1904; m. 6, 11, 1909,
Blanch Gill.
9. Avery Nelson, b. 4, 4, 1 891; see below.
Avery Nelson Herrick, son of David, Jr., above; b.
4, 4, 1891; lives in Tw., Meth.;
336 — Herrick Herrick
m. II, 26, 1913, HuLDAH Carol Richner, dau. of
Charles F. Richner, see; b. 2, 4, 1895.
Child
Patricia Carol, b. i, 10, 1915.
Austin O. Herrick, son of David Herrick, Sen., above,
b. 9, 22, 1852; on Aurora road 2 miles fr. center; farmer,
fruit raiser and agricultural lecturer;
m. 1873, Josephine Daniels, of Plainwell, Mich., b.
1,9, 1855.
Children
Henry Daniels, b. 11, 7, 1875; see below.
Charles Shirley, b. 8, 22, 1879; lives in CI.; m. 2, 22, 1915, Eliza-
beth Johnson.
Cornelia J., b. 4, 25, 1881; d. 4, 18, 1912; m. 10, 20, 1910, Eben
Henney, had child b. 4, 12, 1912; she Meth.
Henry Daniels Herrick, son of Austin O. above; b.
II, 7, 1875; grad. Tw. H. S. 1896 and of Hiram Col. 1900;
farmer on father's place;
m. 4, 6, 1902, Mabel Lola Kelly, dau. of J. C. Kelly,
of Huntington, Ind., b. 9, 11, 1882; Meth.
Children
1. Carl Austin, b. 6, 17, 1903.
2. John Henry, b. 7, 10, 1904.
3. Ervin Merrett, b. 2, 4, 1906.
4. James Arthur, b. 7, 5, 1908.
5. Margaret Ellen, b. i, 28, 1910.
6. Lois Mabel, b. 8, 13, 1914.
RuFUS Herrick, loth child of Isaac and Prudence
above, b. 5,4, 1794; d. 1,9, 1847; he and 2nd w. Cong. 1834;
farmer on Dodge place, north side of Dodge road;
m. (i) 3, 19, 1822, Rebecca Wright, d. 4, 6, 1831.
m. (2) II, 10, 1 83 1, Eliza Wright; Cong. 1834.
Children By First Wife
1. Elizabeth, b. 3, 8, 1823; Cong. 1839; dis. to Wis. 1846; m-
Joel Turner, b. 1819; see.
2. Louisa, b. 7, 6, 1824; d. 5, 18, 1854; Cong. 1838; m. Richard
T. Smith, see.
3. Samuel Wright, b. 4, 6, 1826; see below.
By Second Wife
4. Jane Rebecca b. 9, 27 1832; m. i, 24, 1852, Noah Andrus
Carter, see.
Herrick Herrick — 337
5. E. Maria, b. 5, 30, 1834; m. James Brown, to Canton, now
Montreal.
6. Huldah, b. 5, 5, 1837.
7. Almira.
8. Rufus Dwight, bap. 4, 3, 1840; m. — ; Cincinnati.
9. Saphronia.
ID. Levi; d. Dec. 1879.
Samuel Wright Herrick, son of Rufus above, b. 4, 6,
1826; d. II, 27, 1858;
m. Betsy Emeline Bissell, b. ab. 1828; d. 7, i, 1866;
dau. of David Bissell, see.
Children
Amanda R., b. 1852.
Jennie L., b. 1855.
Orrin, lives in CI.
Asa Herrick, 12th child of Isaac and Prudence above,
b. 4, 7, 1798; d. Tw. 10, II, 1853;
m. 6, 3, 1824, Malinda Farer.
Children
Edwin, b. 2, 22, 1825; see below.
Horace A., b. 6, 10, 1827; see below.
Martha, b. 3, 15, 1830.
Malinda, b. 10, 15, 1833; d. Mar. 1861.
Mary Jane, b. 3, 15, 1835.
Edwin Herrick, b. 2, 22, 1825; son of Asa above;
m. I, I, 1850, Calcina Shaw, of Chester.
Children
Byron, b. i, 28, 1854.
Emory, b. 7, 18, 1862.
Grant, b. 7, 21, 1864.
Horace A. Herrick, b. 6, 10, 1827; d. Apr. 1914, in
Chester; son of Asa above;
m. 8, 24, 1853, Harmony Norton.
Children, Born in Chester
Vernon A., b. 2, 10, 1857.
Henry Burt, b. 12, 26, 1861; Dr. in CI.; m. Mary Langley.
Louisa A., b. 10, i, 1863; d. Jan. 1864.
Augustus T. Herrick, 14th child of Isaac and Pru-
dence above, b. 11, 16, 1801 ; d. Tw. 5, 15, 1873; Cong. 183 1 ;
m. (i) II, 16, 1825, LauraMillard, of Pittsfield,Mass.,
b. 1801; d. II, 20, 1856;
338 — Herrick
Herrick
m. (2) Mrs. Mary Patterson, b. ab. 18 16; d.
Children, By First Wife
Emily Peck, b. 12, 23, 1827; m. Moses Bishop, see.
Horace, b. 2, 17, 1830; see below.
Augusta, b. 1832; d. 3, 24, 1833.
Norman, b. 3, 10, 1834; ^- 2, 8, 1838.
Harriet, b. 8, 19, 1836; d. Mar. 1859; m. Cross.
Clarissa, bap. 8, 27, 1837; d. 2, i, 1841.
Horace Herrick, son of Augustus T. above, b. 2, 17,
1830; d. 12, 5, 1894;
m. 2, 20, 1855, Aurelia Franklin, b. 9, 7, 1835; d.
2, 10, 1900; dau. of Alonzo Franklin, see.
Children
Albert, b. 11, 6, 1858; d. 8, 7, 1885; unm.
Clayton, b. 6, 6, i860.
Ellen, b. 2, 17, 1874; "n. 6, 20, 1900, Dan A. Chambers, Chagrin
Falls; she Tw. H. S. 1895.
Justus Tyler Herrick, twin of Augustus T. above,
b. II, 16, 1801, in Worthington, Mass.; d. Tw. 5, 31, 1882;
to Tw. 1834; to Aurora ab. 1825; farmer; he and first w.
Cong. 1836; he dis. to Northfield 1859;
m. (i) 10, 10, 1827, Caroline J. Cowles, b. 12, 30,
1808; d. 10, 27, 1847; sister of Capt. Elisha Loomis Cowles,
see; taught Tw. school;
m. (2) 3, 23, 1848, Doratha Maria Gove, of Worthing-
ton, Mass., b. 5, 13, 1807; d. 10, 22, 1864;
m. (3) I, 19, 1865, Jerusha Louisa Stevens, dau. of
Isaac Stevens, see; b. 4, 22, 1821; d. 3, 18, 1900; no chil.;
Cong., Bible class teacher.
Children By First Wife
Lucretia, b. 8, 14, 1828; d.; m. Sidney B. Smith, of Solon.
Elisha Cowles, b. 12, 25, 1829; see below.
Rufus, b. 8, 5, 183 1 ; see below.
Dr. Henry J., b. i, 20, 1833; see below.
Charles, b. i, 9, 1835; m. in Ridgeville where he lived and d.;
I
2
3
4
5
2 chil.
6
7
Newton, b. i, 5, 1837; see below.
Amanda Caroline, b. 8, 28, 1838; d. 5, 26, 1840.
Caroline Amanda, b. 12, 3, 1841; d. 7, 20, 1859.
Erwin Justus, b. 4, 23, 1844; d. 1915; m. 1869, Emma Terrell;
Grand Rapids; one girl drowned, Edna Delphene, age 15.
By Second Wife
10. Eugene Gove, b. II, 22, i8q I : d. 5, 31, 1875; unm.
Herrick Herrick — 339
Elisha Cowles Herrick, son of Justus T. above, b.
12, 25, 1829; d. 3, 20, 1899, inTw.; Cong. 1866; S. S. supt.;
m. II, 22, 1854, Julia M. Wright, of Pownell, Vt.; b.
I, 9, 1834; d. 3, 20, 1892.
Children
Caroline J., b. 3, 20, 1859; m. Charles Scouten, see.
Elisha Wright, b. 11, 24, 1861; m. (i) Lettie Clark; m. (2)
; CI.
Cliff Carlton, b. 4, 12, 1864; m. ; Mich.
Charles Guy, b. i, 27, 1868; carpenter and trapper; m. 10, 27,
1894, Mrs. NeUie (Beardsley) Kellum; no chil.; see Kellum; she Meth.
RuFUS Herrick, son of Justus T. above, b. 8, 5, 1831;
d. I, 27, 1875; on Solon road in old house on Gillie place;
No. Ridgeville; here i860;
m. 6, 28, 1855, Sarah A. Upson, of Tallmadge, b. ab.
1835-
Children
Harriet, d. y.
Herbert Haddock, b. Jan. 1868; m. ; Elkhart, Ind.
Jay Justus.
Alvin Upson.
Dr. Henry Justus Herrick, son of Justus T. above,
b. I, 20, 1833 ; d. I, 28, 1901 ; Cong. ; Williams College, 1858
Rush Med. Col. 1861; surgeon in Civil War, 17th O. V. I.
in Libby prison 2 mo.; practiced in CI.; prof, in med. col.
surgeon general of Ohio under Gov. Foraker; summer home
in Tw., where Mr. Dunscomb lives;
m. 12, 8, 1863, Mary H. Brooks, dau. of Dr. Martin L.
Brooks, of CI., b. 1841 ; d. 8, 14, 1909.
Children
Frances Hope, b. 12, 15, 1864; unm.; CI.
Dr. Henry Justus, b. 9, 12, 1867; see below.
Frederick Cowles, b. 10, 30, 1871, see below.
Leonard Brooks, b. 8, 28, 1876; m. (i) Maud Tucker; m. (2)
Audrey Donovan; Grand Rapids, Mich.; had Leonard Tucker.
Dr. Henry Justus Herrick, son of Dr. Henry above,
b. 9, 12, 1867; Worcester Univ., 1891 ; Wes. Res. Med. Col.,
1894; physician and oculist, Hudson;
m. 9, 9, 1896, Henrietta L. Wilkes.
Child
Mary Martyn, b. 9, 18, 1897.
340 — Herrick Herrick
Frederick Cowles Herrick, son of Dr. Henry, Sen.,
above, b. lo, 30, 1871, Amherst Col., 1894; Wes. Res. Med.
Col, 1897; CI.;
m. Anne Crowell, in CI.
Children
Henry Crowell.
Frederick C, Jr.
Newton Herrick, son of Justus T. above; b. i, 15,
1837; d. 3, 16, 1910, in Tw.; where Mr. Houghton lives;
Cong. 1 861;
m. (i) I, 19, i860, Abigail Wright, of Pownell, Vt., b.
ab. 1837; d. Tw. 4, 24, 1881; teacher on Liberty St.
m. (2) I, 5, 1882, Mrs. Nellie Yost, of Bedford, now
in Youngstown; b. 2, 8, 1845; Cong. 1883; no chil.
Jonathan E. Herrick, i6th child of Isaac above, and
Prudence, b. 7, 11, 1804, in Worthington, Mass.; d. Tw.
1,18, 1898, aged 93 ; to Aurora 1826; soon after m., bought
farm i^ mi. so. of Tw.; cleared forest and lived there 60
yrs.; built stone house 1845; township trustee; chairman
of com. on soldiers' monument; Meth.; Cong. 1831.
See Lane's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1072;
m. 4, 10, 1828, Phila Clark, b. ab. 1807; d. 5, 7, 1889;
dau. of Leverett Clark, see; Cong. 1831; Meth.
Children
Burke Clark, b. 10, 25, 1829; see below.
Earl, b. 7, 4, 1834; d. 11, 15, 1905; in Civil War; m. 3, 18, 1858,
Lauretta B. Parker, b. ab. 1841; d. 8, 17, 1911.
Electa Ann, b. 12, 10, 1837; m. ii, 24, i860, Lewis E. Ailing, see.
Olive, b. 2, 23, 1840; d. 7, 14, 1851.
Cyrus M., b. 2, 23, 1847; d. 10, 16, 1855.
Burke Clark Herrick, son of Jonathan E. Herrick
above, b. 10,25, 1829; d. 11, 15, 1905; business in Newbury;
then on farm in Tw. ; to Akron 1868, where he had crockery
store; in Tw. Inst.; taught 10 winters; pres. of Summit
Co. Bible Soc; Meth.; prominent in chh. and Y. M. C. A.
work; see Lane's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 517;
m. 2, 4, 1858, Hannah C. Cannon, of Streetsboro, b.
ab. 1832; d. 3, 12, 1912, aged 80; Meth.
Herrick HiCKox — 341
Children
Oakley Cannon, b. 10, 26, 1861; m. i, 5, 1893, Abby Lena Olin;
no chil.
Winnifred C, b. 12, 22, 1866; m. 9, 11, 1889, Frederick Eli Bruce;
CI.; had Marjorie, 1890, Dorothy Winifred, 1893, and Leonard Herrick,
1898.
Victor Marshall, b. 8, 8, 1872; see below.
Victor Marshall Herrick, b. 8, 8, 1872; Akron;
m. 8, 15, 1900, DeEtta Fisher, b. 8, 2, 1874.
Children
Robert Fisher, b. 1903.
Earl Victor, b. 1907.
William W. Herrick. Who was he?
Frank Leander Hickman, b. i, 2, 1869; to Tw. 1910;
on Streetsboro road; son of John W. and Margaret (Taylor)
Hickman;
m. 6, 30, 1902, Harriet Hensey, b. 5, 26, 1878, dau. of
Andrew J. and Caroline (Taylor) Hensey.
Children
Howard William, b. 4, 24, 1903.
Alice Ada, b. 9, 8, 1905.
Franklin, b. 1,8, 1908.
Lewis Hidenicker, worked for Samuel Bissell hauling
stone; had dau. "Maggie May Louise."
Curtis Hickox, b. 6, 10, 1854; d. 3, 31, 1915; bur. in
Tw.; youngest of 10 chil., two bros. dying a few weeks
previous; lived a few yrs. in Tw,, where Dr. Chamberlin and
Mr. Ferris live, then many yrs. in edge of Aurora;
m. 5, 12, 1875, Georgietta Lasilla Carver, b. 6, 22,
185 1, dau. of George W. Carver, see. No chil.; she now
lives in Tw., so. side of park.
Allen Hickox, b. ; d. ; in Tw. a few yrs.,
worked at hotel and in cheese factory; to Northfield and
then to Mich. ;
m. Mary Deborah Anderson, dau. of Robert McCord
Anderson, see.
342 — HiGBY Hill
Children
Lula, b. Northfield; unm.; Clifford, Mich.
Stella, b. Mich.; m. Adalbert Appleby, son of Henry Appleby, see;
Unionville, Mich.
Sanford, b. Mich.; unm.; Clifford, Mich.
Alida, b, Mich.; m. Folsom.
Julia and Ann Higby, Bapt., dis. 1840.
Joseph N. Higley, b. ab. 1806; here i860; on No. St.;
house burned.;
m. Susan W. Spencer, dau. of Dea. Brainerd Spencer
of Aurora (.?), b. ab. 1810; both Cong. 1851 fr. Aurora, dis.
to Youngstown 1864.
Children
Brainerd Spencer, b. Windham, 9, i, 1837; 155th O. V. I.; grad.
CI. Law College; lawyer in Youngstown; mayor once; Tw. Inst.;
Adelbert Col. 1859; m. i, i, 1861, Ruth Isabella Stevens, dau. of Dr.
John G. Stevens, see.
Harriet A., ; m. Allen; Tw. Inst.; Cong. 1 861;
to Youngstown.
JamesHill, b. 7, 21, 1801; d. 9, 14, 1872; built Wagner
house; merchant; store on corner where Mr. Crafton is;
building moved eastvi^ard and now used for postal telegraph;
"queer"; store packed with many things out of sight;
m. late in life, Mrs. Julia M. Smith, b. ab. 1808; d.
2, II, 1875; mother of Henry Smith who m. Sarah McFar-
land.
M. Hill.
Sarah Hill; unm.; Cong. 1858, dis. 1906 to Perrys-
ville.
Tyler Hill, b. Vt. ab. 1790; d. 3, 13, 1869; to Tw.
1830; many yrs. on Liberty St., first farm so. of present
Bramley farm;
m. Sarah (or "Sallie") Fish, b. ab. 1787-8; d. i, 13,
1871, age 83.
Children
James; Ashtabula.
Joseph, b. Vt. II, 30, 1824; d. 6, 29, 1913 in Akron; last survivor
of his father's family; m. (i) 3, 14, 1854, Habitable (Mehitable.!*) Drake,
and had 12 chil.; m. (2) 3, i, 1889, Mrs. Rosalia A. Spang and had 3
more chil.
Hill Hine — 343
Ambrose; Cong. 1842; d. Mich.
Delight; m. George Brainerd; d. in Brooklyn.
Hannah; m. Edgar Bull; d. in CI.
Sarah Jane, 1829-1910; m. Reuben Chamberlin, see.
There was a Mrs. Hill d. 4, 22, 1833, age 29.
HINE PEDIGREE
I. Thomas Hine (Hind, Hinde) at Mllford, Ct., 1646;
m. Elizabeth .
II. Samuel Hine, b. I, 26, 1659-60; m. Abigail
III. William Hine, bap. i, 9, 1703-4; m. (i) 1727,
Abigail Hollinworth; m. (2) . By second
w. he had Hezekiah.
IV. Hezekiah Hine; m. Lois Bristol; ii chil.
V. Jehiel Hine ("Hial"), b. 1761; m. 1781, Eliza-
beth Johnson.
VI. Jehiel Mann Hine ("Hial"), b. i, 2, 1800; d.
10, II, 1894; came to Hudson 1828; bought farm in s. w.
cor. Tw. ab. 183 1; built log house; in it many years; then
frame h. and d. there;
m. (i) Mary Pease, 1810-1865; and then to Tw. ab.
1830.
m. (2) Mary L. Bateman, who d. in Tw.
Children, By First Wife
1. George G.; Akron.
2. Horace, b. 12, 26, 1839; see below.
3. Charles C, b. 5, i, 1842; see below.
4. Hiel, b. ; Hudson.
5. Henry, b. ; d. 1849-50 in Calif.
6. Mary, b. ; m. (i) Egerly; CI.; m. (2) Dr.
Munn; Calif.
7. Harriet, b. ; d. ; m. Josiah Oviatt; i dau.Ella;
m. O'Neal, Hematite, Mo.
Charles C. Hine, son of Jehiel M. above; b. 5, i, 1842;
lived in Hudson after marriage; township trustee and co.
commissioner many yrs; see Lane's Hist, of Summit Co., p.
835;
m. 10, 8, 1867, Ellen M. Farrar of Hudson. They
had one dau. Florence Farrar, b. 5, 9, 1876.
344 — HiNE HiNKSTON
Horace A. Hine, b. 12, 26, 1839; farmer in s. w. part
of town; now lives in Lakewood;
m. I, I, 1861, Minerva Henrietta Post, b. 12, 21,
1838; d. 2, 6,1911; dau. of Henry and Lucy Post.
Children
Frank Charles, b. 12, 6, 1861; m. 10, 2, 1883, Lillian McBridc.
Edwin Ellsworth, b. 4, 19, 1864; see below.
Arthur Horace, b tt t 1869; see below.
Arthur Horace Hine, son of Horace above; b. 11, i,
1869; farmer on Solon road;
m. 1,6, 1890, LiNA Alice Hardie of Solon, b. 8, 7, 1871,
dau. of George F. and Alice E. (Chamberlin) Hardie, see.
Children
Alice Estelle, b. 2, 12, 1894; Tw. H. S. 1908; m. 1909, Lee Shep-
herd, see.
Lee Everett, b. 9, 15, 1893.
Harold George, b. 3, 9, 1900.
Edwin Ellsworth Hine, son of Horace above; b.
4, 19, 1864;
m. 12, 25, 1889, Adelaide Caroline Hardie, dau. of
George F. Hardie, see; b. 6, 16, 1869; d. 12, 21, 1898.
Children
Forest Edwin, b. 9, 30, 1890; m. 10, 25, 1913, Frieda Burian.
Lloyd Luman, b. i, 17, 1892.
Bruce Hardy, b. 7, 3, 1897; d. 11, 20, 1900.
Homer A. Hine, b. Shalersville, 1865; d. in Akron
1914; studied at Grand River Inst.; taught 4 yrs.; Cong.
1887; to Akron fr. Tw. 1890; sec. and treas. of Star Drilling
Co.; see Doyle's Cent. Hist., p. 429.
m. II, 14, 1906, Jane Hall, dau. of John Hall.
Nelson Hinkston, b. ab. 1817; here i860; to Hudson
and then west, to HI. or la.; where Dr. Chamberlin lives;
shoe merchant; see Lane's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 849, for
his troubles in Hudson; both Meth.;
m. Mabel Clark, b. ab. 1815; d. 9, i, 1868; dau. of
Leverett Clark, see. They had Elmer, in Inst. 1848, in
Civil War, 7th O. V. I. and killed 3, 2, 1864.
Elmira Hinkston, b. ab. 1840; d. 2, 3, 1864, perhaps
dau. of Nelson above.
HiNKSTON HOFF — 345
Joseph Hinkston, bro. of Nelson, above; lived in Tw.
Christian Jacob Hirschman, b. in Germany 3, 24,
1848; d. Tw. 2, 15, 1910; lived at Geauga Lake, Solon; to
Tw. 1893; on Hanchett and Rudd farms, each several yrs;
m. (i) 1873, Christina Dietz, who d. in Germany;
m. (2) 2, 19, 1889, Mrs. Gottlieben Mary (Frisch)
Feiler, b. II, 6, 1856; d. in St. Louis, 4, 5, 1915; bur. in
Tw.; came to U. S. 1888 with two boys.
His Children By First Wife
Christian Jacob, b. 1873; see below.
Jacob, b. 1874; m. 1891, Lottie Myers.
Lizzie, b. 1875; ^- 1904? Frank S. Miller, see.
William, farmer and cattle dealer; unm.; lives on Solon road.
Her Children By First Husband
Edward Adolph Feiler, b. in Germ., 11, 9, 1883; m. 3, 2, 1902,
Catherine Ruth Henson; St. Louis.
Charles Francis Feiler, b. i, 13, 1886, in Germ.; m. 3, 8, 1911,
Bertha Elizabeth Thompson and had Clifford Roy; St. Louis, Mo.
Their Children
Frederick Albert, b. 2, 16, 1890.
Jessie, b. 11, 8, 1892.
Harry John, b. Tw. 9, i, 1894.
All now in St. Louis.
Christian Jacob Hirschman, b. i, 19, 1873; farmer
on Solon road;
m. Dec. 1896, Hattie Elizabeth Johnson, b. 6, 5,
1875, dau. of Adolph Frederick Johnson, of Solon. Meth.
Children
Gertrude Elizabeth, b. 7, 3, 1897; Tw. H. S. 1915; Cong. 1913.
Frances Christina, b. 9, 27, 1900; Cong. 1913.
Leonard Jay, b, 9, 19, 1906.
Irene Viola, b. 10, 19, 1915.
Cyrus Hodskin, here and over 21 in 1820.
Andrew John Hoehn, b. in CI. 9, 21, 1875; unm.; far-
mer on Hudson road, last house; to Tw. 1915.
Christine Hoehn, sister of above, b. 8, 24, 1864, in CI.;
to Tw. 191 5.
Bennett McIntosh Hoff, b. i, 18, 1863; to Tw.
4, I, 1896; on Bert Elliott's farm on Hudson road; son of
Thomas Dye and Ruth Hoff;
34^ — HoLCOMB Holmes
m. 2, 7, 1892, Carrie Lillian Lemons, dau. of Amos
B. and Minerva Lemons.
Children
Ruth Minerva, b. ii, 11, 1892; Meth. 1914.
Bennett Wade, b. 5, 14, 1894; Meth. 1914.
Orlo McKinley, b. 12, 2, 1895.
Claude Amos, b. 2, 7, 1905.
Eli Holcomb; s. w. part of town. See census 1833;
name of wife not known.
Children
Electra Lucille, b. ab. 1826.
Austin, b. ab. 1828.
Francis, b. ab. 1830.
Czar Holcomb, bro. of above, b. 10, 15, 1806; d. 6, 17,
1868; here 1833 and i860; on Hudson road where Moses
Bishop lived; Cong. 1834; son of George W. and Electra
(Loomis) Holcomb;
m. 12, 15, 1831, Belinda Post, b. 12, 21, 1812; d.
9, 19, 1888; dau. of Joshua Post, see; Cong. 1831,
Children
Lucretia Maria, b. 3, II, 1834; d. 12, 23, 1911 or 12; m. 9, 2, 1861,
Lemuel S. Fowler, see.
Andrus; m. and had (i) Samuel C; m. Emma Reese, had child
Grace, (2) Nellie May, (3) Charles H., m. Emogene Greely 1882.
Henry, b. 8, 14, 1844; d. 6, 24, 1900; in 177th O. V. L; m. Melissa
Andrews, dau. of Sa muel Andrews, see. They had Samuel H. of Akron
Sherlock Holcomb, bro. of Eli and Czar; had Hol-
land, b. ab. 1831, and Wells, b. ab. 1832.
Martha and Mary Holcomb, d. 1834, both aged 14
mo., perhaps chil. of Eli.
Rev. J. R. Hollock, Meth. pastor 1836-7.
Rev. HoLLOCK, Meth. pastor 191 3.
Eli Holmes, b. ab. 1826; here i860; d. — ; shoemaker;
to Mich.; no chil. but adopted 2, Catharine and Francis.
Ellsworth Holmes, lived 3 or 4 yrs. where Mr.
Stocker lives; went to Warrensville; now in CI.;
m. Laura Cole and had a dau. who m. Mr. Cathgart
of CL; had also Henry and Mary.
Holt Hoyt — 347
Howard Charles Holt, b. 10, 28, 1853, son of Charles
Henry and Densie Cornelia Holt of Chester, Ct.; to Tw.
1874; farmer; lives on Solon road; Cong.;
m. 9, 26, 1875, Isabella Josephine Southworth, b.
7,27,1854; d. 4,29,1915; dau. of Sylvester M. and Azubah
Jane (Eno) Southworth, see; Cong.
Children
1. Cora May, b. 10, 14, 1876; m. 3, 10, 1897, Frank Twerell, see;
Cong. 1894.
2. Bertha Southworth, b. 4, 21, 1879; ^- ^Oj i> 1902, Frank
Doubrava, see; Cong. 1895.
3. Effie Cornelia, b. 8, 10, 1882; teacher; Cong. 1903; Tw. H. S.
1901.
4. Nellie Bell, b. 2, 27, 1886; d. 4, 27, 1895.
5. Elodah Blanch, b. 7, 19, 1888; teacher; Cong. 1903 ; Tw. H. S.
1906.
6. Lloyd Edwin, b. 9, 2, 1894; Tw. H. S. 191 1; stenographer in
CI.; grad. of bus. col.; Cong. 1908.
Henry Holt, Bapt. 1878.
Charles Honkanen, b. ab. 1881 in Finland; to U. S.
1903; to Tw. 1909; laborer; lives near depot;
m. in Randall ab. 1905, Lydia Maki, b. in Finland
6, 9, 1882; to U. S. 1904.
Children
Lillian Mary, b. 6, 24, 1907, at Ashtabula Harbor.
Walner Jalmari, b. 6, i, 1909.
Karl Williams, b. i, 27, 1912.
Mrs. Sarah Hood, wid.; b. ab. 1755; d. Tw. 2, 7, 1831.
John J. Hoopingarner, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1847-9.
Rev. Arthur C. Horrocks, pastor of Meth. Chh.
1912-13;
m. in chh. i, 15, 1913, Daisy Barr of Brecksville.
Frank Luther Hoyt, b. in Saybrook 7, 29, 1878; son
of George W. and Lucinda (Gardner) Hoyt; fireman; to
Tw. from Ashtabula 1915; Lucinda b. 3, 25, 1834;
m. (i) Almira Wood.
m. (2) II, 13, 1909, Lottie May Gardiner, b. 7, 22,
1884.
348 — HuBBELL HUGHSON
Children By First Wife
Doris, b. II, 26, 1900.
George Albert, b. 6, 21, 1905.
By Second Wife
Ralph Norman, b. 2, 26, 191 2.
Florence May, b. 3, 16, 1914.
RoswELL HuBBELL, b. ab. 1788; d. 12, 10, 1861; here
i860; near old mills; held seances; prophesied before the
war: "There's going to be war right here, civil war; brother
will kill brother;"
m. Lucy , b. ab. 1792.
Children
Louisa M., m. Lot Griffith, see.
Reuben H., b. ab. 181 1; d. 11, 10, 1848.
Rev. John L. Huddlestone, Meth. pastor 1896-8.
Philip S. Huff, b. 3, 19, 1873, in Bakersville; son of
Lewis and Mary Huff; to Tw. fr. Fresno 1916; farmer on
Charles Riley's farm on Liberty St.;
m. 3, 21, 1916, Mrs. Grace (Croy) Brink, wid. of A.
Brink.
Children, By First Husband
Clinton Abraham Brink, b. 10, 25, 1904.
Ray Clifford Brink, b. 8, 24, 1907.
Elisah Huff, bro. of above; worked several yrs. for
Otis Bennett, also on other farms.
John Wesley Huffman, b. 6, 26, 1875; came from
Ind. ab. 1895; lives on Dodge road;
m. 2, 5, 1903, LoRETTA May Wiggins, dau. of James
Henry Wiggins, see; no chil.
David A. Hughson, i 827-1 893; fr. Canada; black-
smith shop where Alfred Bishop's house is; home where
Harriet Lane lives; Cong. 1866; partner with Robert Gillie
in saw and grist mill, Solon road, west side, first brook after
crossing Tinker's creek.
m. 2, 15, 1853, Emily Adaline Lane, b. 12, 8, 1827 (.?);
dau. of Elisha Lane.
Hull Hull— 349
Children, Born in Tw.
1. Mary Etta, b. 12, 5, 1854; d. ; m. 7, 18, 1872, Henry
Johnson of Bedford, and had Clarence, b. 7, 14, 1873.
2. Emiley A., b. 4, 17, 1856; m. 2, 12, 1883, Willard B. Russell
of Cherryville.
3. Milton E., b. 2, 6, 1858; m. 1885, Frasia L. Hillman; Youngs-
town.
4. George Herbert (?), b. 3, 30, i860; m. 1889, Emma M. Hoff-
man; Sandusky.
5. Eliza A., b. 10, 30, 1863; d. 1887; m. 8, 13, 1881, Charles M.
Bancroft; Denmark.
6. Edward A., b. 4, 13, 1866; CI.
7. Estelle, 1868-1878.
HULL PEDIGREE
L JosiAH Hull; d. 1675; m. 1641, Elizabeth
LooMis, dau. of Joseph Loomis.
H. Thomas Hull, 1665-1720; m. 1685, Hannah
Sheather.
HL Josiah Hull, b. 9, 10, 1707; m. 2, 3, 1732, Eliza-
beth Redfield.
IV. Amos Hull, b. 7, 31, 1772; d. 3, 12, 1850; m.
Nov. 1798, LucRETiA Newell; d. 9, 14, 1834; Cong.; both
d. in Tw.
V. Samuel Hosford Hull, b. 10, 10, 1800; d. 1879;
to Tw. fall of 1820 with Elijah W. Bronson; to Calif. 1849
and d. there, three oldest sons going with him; farmer.
Liberty St. where Ernest and Frank Post live; Cong 183 1;
see census of 1833.
m. Emiley Post, b. 6, 2, 1805; d. 5, 3, 1887; dau. of
Joshua Post, see. He had sisters, Almira, and Huldah, d.
9, 9, 1823, first bur. in old cemetery.
Children
Almira, b. 5, 25, 1826; d. 9, 15, 1859; m. 1844, Samuel Andrews,
see.
Henrietta, b. 4, 7, 1828; d. 2, 18, 1906; m. 185 1, David Scouten.
Sylvester, b. 6, 22, 1830; to Calif. 1849; m. and d. there.
Chauncey, b. 6, 30, 1832; d. 4, 27, 1887; to Calif. 1849; in Civil
War; wounded; back to Tw.; unm.
Amos, b. 3,30, 1834 (?); to Calif. 1849; d. there; m. Jane Bowman.
Samuel Hosford, b. 4, 16, 1836; m. Carrie A. Riley, see below.
Wilmot, b. 10, 10, 1838; m. Wealthy Nichols; see below.
350 — Hull Humphrey
Irena, b. 9, 21, 1840; d. 5, 25, 1912; m. (i) James Clifford; m. (2)
John Nesbit (?).
Pharies or Ferris, b. 2, 21, 1842; d. 8, 26, 1912; in Civil War.
Emiley, b. 8, 6, 1844; d. 3, 31, 1885; m. David McElroy, see.
Almira Hull, d. 9, 9, 1823, dau. of Amos (?), b. 1842.
Samuel Hosford Hull, Jr., b. 4, 16, 1836; d. i, 31,
1907; son of Samuel Hosford, Sen.; carpenter and con-
tractor; in 21 St O. V. I. as musician and served as foreman
carpenter to 1864; Cong. 1877;
m. I, 14, 1874, Carrie Ardell Riley, b. 12, 16, 1854,
dau. of Talmon Riley, see; Cong. 1877.
Children
Dwight Edwin, b. 5, 15, 1876; m. 1898, Louise Stineforth of CI.
and had (i) Edwin Dwight, b. 5, 3, 1899, (2) Ardell Carrie, b. 6, 19, 1900,
(3) Dudley Frank, b. 3, 9, 1914; CI.
Lida Mary, b. 4, 15, 1882; m. (i) 11, 5, 1902, Claude E. Griffey;
m. (2) 10, II, 1908, Horace B. Beaumont of Montreal; she Cong. 1908.
WiLMOT Hull, bro. of above; b. 10, 10, 1838; d. 3, 25,
1905; here i860;
m. Wealthy Nichols, of Streetsboro; b. ab. 1839.
Children
Elton; m. Carrie Lane, b. 12, 13, 1867, dau. of Chauncy B. Lane.
They had Florence L., b. 4, 14, 1890, and Lois M., b. 10, 20, 1894; Akron.
Oakley; went west; CI. now.
Chauncy Hull, Cong. 1831; d. 1846, St. Joseph,
Mich.
Florilla Hull, Cong. 183 i.
Charles Hull, Cong. 1832; dau. of d. 3, 5, 1835, age
5 weeks.
Roman Humphrey, d. 1836; here 1820 and over 21;
farmer, on old Roach and Reed place, Macedonia road;
lawyer, practiced in a small way ab. 1840; bro. of Judge
Van R. Humphrey of Hudson;
m. 10, 25, 1814, Abigail Norville, dau. of William
Norville; no chil. They adopted Pamelia, b. ab. 1822, and
Maria, b. ab. 1826. Anson C. Davis, b. ab. 1829, Delila
Millard, b. ab. 1816, and Lydia, b. ab. 1838, are given in. the
family list in census of 1833.
Humphrey Hurlburt — 351
Isaiah Humphrey, bro. of above; d. 3, i, 1877; here
1820 and over 21; b. Goshen, Ct.; on Reed and Roach
place; in Tw. Inst. 2 yrs. and 6 mo.; taught; studied law;
admitted to bar 1842; leader in patriot war, invading
Canada; to Boston, O., 1851; active in raising troops for
Civil War; offered colonelcy of colored regt.;
m. 12, 22, 1833, Almira Wait.
Children
1. Ruby, b. 9, 28, 1834; n^- 1876, Stephen Green.
2. Elwyn, b. Tw. 5, 29, 1836; physician in Peninsula 20 yrs.; to
Akron 1885; m. 12, 20, 1857, Mary E. Holcomb, of Hudson.
3. Lydia, b. i, 22, 1838; m. 10, i, 1857, Alonzo W. Hancock.
4. Wallace, b. 7, 8, 1840; in Civil War; m. Sarah A. Smith, who
d. in Boston, O., 7, 14, 1916.
5. Isaiah, 1842-55.
6. Almira Wait, b, 9, 6, 1844; m. 1864, Christian Bartzes.
7. Delia Louise, b. 2, 22, 1848; m. 1872, Judge Robert F. Paine.
Isaiah Humphrey, d. 8, 22, 1830, age 66, prob. father
of Roman and Isaiah above.
Jason Hurd, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1853; fr. Aurora.
Robert Hurd; see census of 1833; he and w. charter
members of Cong. chh. 1822; he on com. to frame and raise
school and meeting house 1823 ; chh. seceder 1834, for which
suspended as test case Feb. 1835; withdrew 1836;
m. Polly (Mary.?) Brainard, of Haddam, Ct.; d.
Aug. 1 841 in Hancock Co.
Children
1. Lorenzo Andrews, b. ab. 181 1.
2. Wellington, b. ab. 1812.
3. Mary Ann, b. ab. 1815.
4. Robert Brooks, b. ab. 1817.
5. Jared, b. ab. 1822.
6. Anson, b. ab. 1824.
Huldah, b. ab. 1827.
Cordelia, b. ab. 1830.
Edwin, b. ab. 1832.
Nos. 5, 6 and 7 bap. 8, 24, 1828.
Nestor Hurlburt, here 1820; walked between Goshen,
Ct., and Tw. 5 times, the last time on wager to beat man on
horseback; reached here 6 h. ahead of him.
352 — Hurst Ingraham
William Hurst, b. Ireland ab. 1810; d. i, 29, 1886;
lived in last h. on Bedford road, where Mr. Adams lived
until 1916; to Tw. 1861;
m. Mary C. Spafford, dau. of Nathan, see. She b. at 1
end of lane north fr. ice house road at bend; she b. 5, 7, 1837; .
d. 3, 10, 1910. '
No chil., but adopted William Adams, see.
Robert Hurst, bro. of above. Liberty St.; went to
Hudson and d. ab. 1900; m.; no chil. His nephew, Robert j
Hurst, worked for Charles Riley.
!
Mrs. Mary O'Brian Hurst, b. ab. 1843 ; d. 3, 10, 1910. I
Who was she.'' j
Nathan Hutchinson, b. 4, 15, 1807; d. 6, 17, 1889;
son of John Hutchinson of Mass., 1781-1810; here i860;
north and off from Bedford road;
m. Laura P. Parks, b. ab. 1814; d. 11, 10, 1889; sister
of William and Lewis Parks.
Child
Caroline Ellen, b. ab. 1836; d. i, 16, 1870; m. 1856, Oscar Nichols,
see. I
Henry Huyk; m. i, 30, 1833 (.?) Roxy Francis. '
I
Frederick Wilbur Ickus, b. 5, 19, 1883, son of 1
Joseph Henry Ickus; R. R. mail clerk; to Tw. fr. CI. 1911;
m. 3, 2, 1908, Charlotte Adaline Waldo, b. 6, 13,
1886, in CI., dau. of Joseph and Alice (Adrian) Waldo of Cl. '
Child
Joseph Robert, b. 1,7, 1909.
"Al" Ingersoll, in grocery store with Samuel Andrews;
butter and cheese dealer; lived in different places around
park; widower; had son Avery who went west.
Abel Ingraham, b. 1787; d. Tw. 3, 28, 1862; here in
i860; where George Walton lives; fr. East Haddam, Ct.;
see census 1833;
Ingraham Isler— 353
m. Elizabeth Hurd, b. 1787; d. Tw. 9, 29, 1862; sister
of Robert Hurd; both Cong. 1833; their house burned and
she perished in it.
Children
Leander H., b. ab. 1810; see below.
Eleanor Andrus, b. ab. 1816.
Elizabeth Mary, b. ab. 1818; Cong.; dis. to Bristol, Vt., 1843.
Chauncey Edward, b. 4, 13, 1821; see below.
Leander H. Ingraham, b. ab. 1810; d. in Ct.; son of
Abel above; here i860; back to Ct.; both Cong. 1833;
m. ab. 1 83 1, Amanda C. Corbitt, b. ab. 18 14 (census
says Lord).
Children
Emeline Laurena, b. ab. 1832; m. Hurd; d. 9, 25, 1852.
Emiley; m. Ephraim Marble; she Bapt. 1853.
Perhaps a girl.
Mary; m. Silas Cook, see; Cong. 1840.
Chauncey Edward Ingraham, son of Abel above, b.
4, 13, 1821; here i860; on Ice house road where Jacob Gill
lives ;
m. 1843, Abigail K. Proctor, b. i, 25, 1822; d. 11, 29,
1906; dau. of Henry E. Proctor, see; Meth.
Children
Elizabeth Electa, b. i, 23, 1848; d. 10, 15, 1888, Meth.; m. i, 17,
1873, Quincy A. Odekirk of Fayette, la., and had Bertie, Everett,
Marion, Blanche and Byron — all married.
Marcus Lafayette, b. 7, 7, 1853; d. i, 24, 1874.
Sarah Laurena, b. 6, 8, 1856; d. 12, 24, i860.
Cora Rosalia, b. 2, 8, i860; m. 2, 22, 1886, Egbert Lambkin Upton
of Fayette, la., and had Elvira Louisa, 1887, Elizabeth Asenath, 1888,
Alice Cora, 1890, Harry A., 1892, Henry Wallace, 1896.
Walter Keech Ink, b. Mansfield, 10, 10, 1883; now
in business in Tw.; was salesman in CL; son of Charles and
Ella Ink;
m. 8, 20, 1907, Lottie May Wilson, b. i, 7, 1885, dau.
of Charles H. Wilson, see; Tw. H. S. 1902.
Children
Harry Wilson, b. 2, 9, 191 1.
Katherine Zella, b. 8, 28, 1913.
Reata Ella, b. 3, 11, 1916.
Joseph Isler, b. ab. 1837, here i860; cooper;
m. Mary , b. ab. 1840.
354 — ^Jackson Johnson
J
Humphrey Jackson, infant of d. 9, 29, 1885, age 7
weeks.
Isaac Jayne, b. Eng. i, i, 1845; d. Tw. 5, 24, 1914;
son of John and Mary (Burton) Jayne; to U. S. ab. 1878; to
Neb. and then Tw.; quarryman many yrs,; justice of the
peace 1896- 1909; Cong. 1878; S. S. teacher many yrs.;
m. 10, 15, 1882, Charlotte Hardy Fansler, b. 11, 20,
1850, dau. of Solomon and Lois Matilda (Parrish) Fansler;
Cong. 1876.
Children
Frank Fansler, b. 10, i, 1883; mason; m. 12, 3, 1914, Jennie Oja.
Clarence Earl, b. i, 23, 1887.
Ethel Blanche, b. 9, 4, 1891; Cong. 1904; m. 12, 30, 191 1, Charles
Erwin Wymer, b. Aug. 1884, of Columbiana Co.; they had Edith May,
b. 5, 10, 1913, and Charles Emerson, b. 4, 26, 1916.
Mrs. Mary Jennesek, widow; on Hudson road; 2
boys, Joseph and James.
Elsie H. Jewett, Bapt. 1852.
John, a Swede, drowned 7, 16, 1900; boarded at Charles
Wilson's; transient.
Axel Theodore Johnson, b. 11, i, 1876, in Sweden;
to U. S. 1879; son of Adolph Frederick and Eva Matilda
Johnson of Solon ; farmer on Liberty St. since spring of 1916;
m. II, 24, 1899, Mary Jane Corbett, b. 11, 13, 1876,
dau. of Milo A. Corbett, see.
Children
Willis Andrew, b. 4, 9, 1901.
Eva May, b. 10, 7, 1905.
Charles Tury Johnson, b. 2, 12, 1880, son of Adolph
Frederick and Eva Matilda Johnson of Solon; farmer;
bought old Hanchett place on Solon road;
m. 7, 23, 1902, Elizabeth Emiley Jacobson, b. 3, 26,
1881, dau. of August and Charlotte C. Jacobson.
Children
Ralph Edward, b. 11, 23, 1903.
Arthur William, b. i, 23, 1908.
Harold Charles, b. 10, 21, 1913.
Johnson Johnson— 355
Philip Johnson, Cong. 1877; to Tuscora, N. Y., 1878.
George P. Johnson; in Dist. 7, 1849.
Ed Johnson; in Dist. 7, 1857.
Maranda Johnson; in Dist. 7, 1863.
Edward J. Johnson, son of Timothy on Liberty St.
who m. Mary Streeter, b. Constantia, N. Y., 10, 3, 1842; d.
2, 23, 1906; to Tw. 1868; farmer; in 41st O. V. I.;
m. 12, 24, 1867, Lydia Chapman, b. 6, 18, 1847; d.
5, 8, 1900; dau. of Albert Chapman, see.
Children
Albert Edward, b. 2, 26, 1871; d. 3, 26, 1888.
Arthur J., b. 8, 4, 1874; see below.
Arthur J. Johnson, b. 8, 4, 1874; d. 11, 28, 1902;
Meth. ;
m. 2, 28, 1894, IvA Bell Greer, b. 2, 20, 1877, dau. of
Alonzo W. and Marinda Jane (Wood) Greer. Iva Bell m.
(2) Perry Kever, see; she Meth.
Children
Bernice Ellen, b. 4, 8, 1897; m. 7, 12, 1915, Harry Bennett, see;
Meth. ;
Beatrice Elizabeth, b. 11, 12, 1898; Meth.
Henry Johnson, d. 4, 17, 1834, age 31.
Robert Johnson, b. ab. 1851 ; d. i, 11, 1911.
Wellington Johnson, b. ab. 1815; d. 4, 16, 1888.
Joseph Johnson; see census of 1833; lived where
Wm. Parks and Oscar Chamberlin afterwards lived; wife,
b. ab. 1800; d. 5, 31, 1835, probably 2nd wife.
Children
Anson Blake, b. ab. 1811.
Nancy, b. ab. 1814.
James Havens, b. ab. 1816.
Emily, b. ab. 1822; Bapt. 1838-45; m. Ellis.
Harriet Newell, b. ab. 1824.
Lovina, b. ab. 1827.
Elizabeth, b. ab. 1829.
Joseph, b. ab. 1832.
Another, still born, 1835.
3S6 — Johnson Judson
Silas Johnson and wife; see census of 1833. [
Children j
Mary Ann, b. ab. 1822; Bapt.
Lucretia, b. ab. 1823. \
Matilda, b. ab. 1831. j
Child of d. 12, 20, 1830. I
Rev. a. S. Jones, pastor of Baptist Church, 1844-5.
Mrs. Sarah (Edson) Jones, b. Hartford, Ct. ab 1809; \
m. (i) Jeduthan Freeman. '
m. (2) William Jones; Hved in old age with her dau., |
Mrs. Dr. Griste. I
Julius Jones; in Civil War; name on monument. 1
Emma, Louise and John H. Jones in Dist. No. 7 in the ;
fifties. Who were they? I
William Lester Jones, b. in Wis. 7, 22, 1866; son of'
William C. and Blanch A. Jones who were b. in Eng.; in
CI. many yrs; to Tw. 1907; bought old Nelson Dodge place ;
on Dodge road; j
m. 8, 5, 1886, Nettie Howe, b. i, 24, 1865, Cong.; dau. I
of Ferdinard Howe, 1837-1910, and Harriet Ann (Mclntyre) ;
Howe, b. 1827; m. 1862. !
Children I
Clarence Ferdinand, b. 7, 17, 1887; m. 9, 17, 1908, Minnie Alice;
Erb; CI. 1
Adelbert Lester, b. 7, 31, 1889; m. 7, 29, 191 1, Flora Groder. \
Rev. Charles Frederick, b. 9, 5, 1891 ; Tw. H. S. 1910; grad. of M_t.
Union Col. 1913; Boston Meth. Sem. 1916; m. 7, 21, 1914, Lela Marie ^
Todd; Cong. I
Hattie Blanche, b. 2, 6, 1896; d. 5, 6, 1900.
Mason Collins, b. 2, 17, 1903; Cong. 1915.
Joseph, the Indian boy, b. ab. 1836; d. 9, 18, 1849; see
Blackbird.
William B. Judd, blacksmith, where Mrs. Curtis'
house is; shop near Kraf ton's corner; to Calif, and back
1849; infant of d. 9, 30, 1848; m. Eunice ; both^
Meth. His bro. Ed. also here. I
Rhoda F. Judson, Cong. 1830.
JuHNKE Kelsey— 357
GusTAF Carl Juhnke, b. lo, 5, 1859, in Ger.; to U. S.
1885; CI., Tw. 1903-07, and again 191 5; Bedford road;
m. 10, 20, 1888, Henrietta Augusta WoiDE, b. 10, 24,
1869, in Ger.; came 1886.
Children
Elizabeth, b. CI. 9, 14, 1889; m. 1909, William P. Beck.
Viola Henrietta, b. 6, 27, 1899.
K
Rev. H, Kellogue, Meth. pastor 1843.
John Kellum, of Shalersville;
m. 8, 26, 1883, Nellie Olivia Beardsley, b. 8, 13,
1867, dau. of Amos and Elnora (Cannon) Beardsley, see.
She m. (2) 10, 27, 1894, Charles Guy Herrick, see.
Children
Adah May, b. 12, 27, 1888; d. 2, 17, 1913; m. 5, 25, 1903, Chades
Minner of Newcastle, Pa.; lived here 5 mo. 1909-10; they had (i) Eva
Elnora, b. 10, 26, 1908; d. 3, 23,1913; 2() Frank Edgar, b. 2, 5, 1911; d.
3, 18, 1913. Mother and 2 chil. bur. in Tw.
Rossie Beardsley, b. 2, 5, 1890; Tw. H. S. 1906; m. 1909, Anna
McNiece, CI.; had Lucille, b. 3, 13, 1910.
S. D. Kelly, fr. Solon; kept the hotel here;
m. Sarah (f) Eggleston, of Aurora.
Children
Sarah, m. Delos O'Dell, son of John O'Dell, see, and had Eva who
m. Miles Bacon, Northfield.
Artie, a girl.
Carrie, learned trade with Mrs. Riley; unm.; Chicago.
Rose.
David and Moses, who went to Texas.
Hiram L.; now in Marfi, Texas.
Mrs. Harriet Kelly, lived here ab. 1914-15; mother
of A. E. Crampton, see.
James Hervey Kelsey, b. ab. 1801 ; d. Tw. 6, 18, 1833,
by fall across a log trying to escape a falling tree.
m. 6, 27, 1821, Fanny White, b. ab. 1801; d. 2, 28,
1874; ^3.u. of William and Juliana (Pierson) White; Juliana
m. (2) 10, 13, 1839, Moses Eggleston, see; Fanny Cong.
1870. They had son d. 3, 18, 1833, 3 mo. They also had
Oscar O., see below.
358 — Kelsey Kennedy
Oscar Orlando Kelsey, b. 2, 4, 1829, on Solon road
across street from where he spent his Hfe; d. suddenly Oct.
22, 1912; farmer; Cong. 1871; deacon 1909 until death;
^ m. II, 24, 1852, Augusta Lane, b. 4, 4, 1829; d. 3, 21,
1907; dau. of Luman Lane, see; Cong. 1871; tea. Tw.
Inst. 1853. They had Emma Irene, b. 1854; d. 4, 6, 1908;
studied at Oberlin; m. 1872, Wallace W. Chamberlin, see.
Sherman Kelsey; Cong. 1838;
m. Asenath S. Post; Cong. 1834; d. 9, 27, 1841, age
20.
Rev. B. Kennedy, Meth. pastor 1868.
Justin Theodore Kennedy, b. 1824; d. 1910; son of
Justin and Betsy (Hathaway) Kennedy of Aurora, b. in
Mass;
m. (i) Huldah Adaliza Rood, 1833-1882; Cong. 1866;
of Charlestown; dau. of William and Huldah (Stevens)
Rood;
m. (2) Hattie J. Eldredge, of Aurora, b. 1839; now in
CI.
Children
Frank Clayton, 1853-89.
Fred Clarence, 1855-1892; m. 1886, Emma A. Gurley, now of CI.
Harry Burnham, 1860-1885.
Paul Everett, b. 1870; m. 1894, Dora Foster McMurray, Pomona,
Calif.;
The last 3 chil. b. in Tw.
Hannah E. and Martha J. Kennedy, teachers in Tw.
Inst. 1851-2.
Rev. Philo Perry Kennedy, i 820-1 888; here i860;
pastor of Bapt. chh. 1858-62; where Mr. Fowler lives on
North road; son of Eber and Mary Alice Kennedy; came
from Aurora, where he d. and was bur.;
m. (i) 1846, Sarah Grow, 1827-63; dau. of Artimas
and Rosaltha Grow;
m. (2) ab. 1864, Mary Alice Havens; Calif.
Children By First Wife
1. Charles Henry, 1848-1907; m. 1876, Mary Matthews.
2. Frances, 1849-65.
3. Rosa Irena, 1851-66.
4. Edwin Wait, b. 1853; m. 1879, Mary BoUwine.
Kerr King— 359
5. Mary ("Minnie") Alice, b. 1855; m. 1879, Hart Risley of
Streetsboro; CI.
6. Philo Perry, 1 860-1 881.
Others d. in infancy; one boy d. 9, 23, 1858, age 5 mo.
Children By Second Wife
Willis.
Sarah ("Birdie"); m. Orrin Farrar.
Kate Estelle; m. Rugg.
Earl Snyder Kerr, b. Freeport, 9, 10, 1889; son of
Boyd and Leora May (Snyder) Kerr; Ohio Wesleyan Col.
1913; supt. Tw. schools 1913 to present time;
m. 8, 14, 1913, Veda Virgilia Fitch, b. Freeport
7, 13, 1889, dau. of William F. and Hannah Elizabeth (Wall)
Fitch; Muskingum Col. They had Leora Elizabeth, b.
6, 19, 1914-
Rev. Thomas H. Kerr, pastor of Meth. chh., Dec,
1908, to Oct. I, 1909.
William S. Kerruish, parents from Isle of Man, b.
10, 30, 1831 ; studied at Tw. Inst., then in Wes. Res. Col. in
class of 1855 for 2 yrs; then graduated at Yale Col. 1855;
taught languages one year in Tw. Inst., then studied law in
CI. and has practiced there since 1857, 59 yrs.;
m. Oct. 1859, Margaret QuAYLE, b. 12, 27, 1834. They
have had 8 chil., six of whom were living on his 80th birth-
day.
Perry Kever, b. 4, 7, 1870; son of John Van Buren
and Mary (Reid) Kever; lives north side of park;
m. 4, 7, 1904, Mrs. Iva Bell (Greer) Johnson, wid.
of Arthur Johnson, see; no chil.
Keyes; farmer on Fred Stanley place;
m. , b. ab. 1822; d. 3, 3, 1877.
Children
Burton; m. Kate Bishop, dau. of Moses Bishop, see; had Bertine
who m. Ralph Sceese of Hudson.
Eunice; m. Benton Baker, see; Darrowville.
Leonard Kilborn; here 1820;
m. 1821, Eunice Dodge, b. ab. 1802; d. 11, 20, 1841;
2nd wedding in Tw. ; she dau. of John Dodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron King, both Bapt. 1838-9.
360 — King Kingzett
Walter D. King, b. Ind. i, 8, 1870, son of Doaster
King; in CI. 30 yrs.; to Tw. 19 12 on Aurora road; car-
penter; farmer;
m. 9, 22, 1900, Mary Ellen Lohr, dau. of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Lohr; b. 10, 22, 1874; Cong. 1913.
Children
Myrna Margaret, b. CI. 6, 6, 1901.
Dorothy A., b. 11,9, 1903; d. 12, 31, 1903.
Clarence Eugene, b. 11, 29, 1908.
Rev. Chester Taylor Kingsbury, b. CI. i, 25, 1821;
d. 2, 22, 1903; grandson of Judge James Kingsbury, first
white family to winter on Western Reserve; in Tw. 1862-3
as pastor Meth. chh.;
m. (i) 9, 6, 1846, Lucy F. Hart, b. Sept. 1822; d.
7, 6, 1862;
m. (2) 5, 12, 1863, Mary Elizabeth Carter, b. 3, 26,
1835; dau. of Thaddeus A. Carter, see; she now in Alliance.
By first wife he had Ada.
By second wife he had Genevieve Marie, b. 8, 22, 1869;
m. 10, 7, 1896, Arthur Wright and had Helen EHzabeth, b.
11,7, 1897.
John Henry Kingzett, b. 1,6, 1863, son of John and
Sarah (Ingham) Kingzett; to Tw. fr. CI. 1892; 3 yrs. on
Hanchett farm, Hudson road; away 5^ yrs., back 1901 and
8 yrs. on Hudson road, first farm south of stone house; to
No. Dak. 2 yrs.; now in Hudson as overseer of Boys' Home
farm; both Meth.;
m. in No. Royalton, 6, 25, 1884, Florence Lucina
Edgerton, b. I, 15, 1864, dau. of William and Eliza (Bark)
Edgerton.
Children
1. VirgilHoward, b. 3, 30, 1885; m. 1910, Bertha Young; Hudson.
2. Clyde Granger, b. i, 2, 1887; Clyde, No. Dak.
3. John Henry, Jr., b. i, 19, 1889; m. 191 1, Garnett Clopher;
Clyde, No. Dak.
4. Frank' Edward, b. 2, 27, 1891; m. 1912, Cleo Leach; CI.
5. Aha Eliza, b. Tw. 4, 23, 1893.
6. Genevieve Lucille, b. Tw. 9, 4, 1895.
7. Olive Marie, b. 4, 8, 1897.
KiRKwooD Knopf — 361
Andrew Kirkwood; d. 5, 8, 1837; came 1832; seceder
fr. Cong. chh. 1834; t)ro. of Mrs. Robert Cochran, see; had
Thomas, bap. 4, 10, 1836; m.; Dowaglac, Mich.
Henry Klink (or Clink); lived in woods or field so. of
old Dodge farm on Dodge road; bought farm in Fairfield,
Mich., before 1851;
m. Rachel Noel, b. 3, 22, 1816 (mistake, unless she
was 2nd w.)
Children
Jeremiah, b. ab. 1814; saddle and harness maker, advertised in
Ohio Observer 3, 28, 1834, as having written Aug. 1833 from Jersey City,
N. J., and not heard from since, feared he had d. of cholera.
Mary Ann, b. ab. 1815; d. 5, 24, 1892; m. George W. Carver, see.
Josiah, b. ab. 1817.
Ann Eliza, b. ab. 1821; Mich.
Rachel, b. ab. 1824; m. Leman Bailey; Mich.
Eleanor, b. ab. 1829; m. L. Treat (f); Mich.
Child b. Apr. 183 1; d. 8, 19, 183 1; 4 mo. old.
Julia Ann, b. ab. 1832; m. Sergeant, Mich.
William, youngest; d.; Mich.
Also Hezekiah, Delilah, Aurilla and two others; order of births not
known.
Mrs. Rev. Knapp, bur. in Jefferson; lived
where Charles Wagner lives; she
m. (2) JuNiA North, see.
By first hus. she had
Carey; m. Minerva Cannon, dau. of Porter Cannon of
Solon ;
Judson; m.; Geneva.
August Knopf, b. 1839; d. 3, 30, 1915; to Tw. from
CI., then to Aurora; farmer;
m. 1876, Carrie Henrietta Klinger, b. 1857; dau.
of Lewis and Minnie Klinger.
Children
Lydia Augusta, b. 1877.
Matilda, b. 1880; m. 1904, Charles Rice, see.
Minnie Carrie, b. 1882; m. 1908, Ellsworth Troyer.
Fred, b. 1885; m. 1912, Sarah B. Patterson; see below.
August, 1 887-1900.
Amelia, b. 1889.
Ida, 1891-92.
362 — Knopf Ladrache
Lena, b. 1893; lives at Otis Bennett's.
William Henry, b. 1895.
Lillie, b. and d. 1897.
Carl, b. 1901.
Fred Knopf, b. 3, 26, 1885, sonof August Knopf above;
farmer; on Frank Bramley farm, Liberty St. 3 yrs. fr. 191 2;
then to Solon;
rn. 3, 5, 1912, Sarah Belle Patterson, of Solon, b.
2, 15, 1889, dau. of William J. and Fanny Watson Patterson.
Children
William Robert, b. Tw. 12, 2, 191 2.
Thelma Eloise, b. Tw. 10, 28, 1914.
William Theodore Krafton, b. CI. 7, 10, 1872, son of
Theodore and Jennett (Lewis) Krafton; he from Holland,
she b. Utica, N. Y. ; came to Tw. 1909; barber;
m. 7, 29, 1899, Alleta Ann McElroy, b. 10, 29, 1868,
in Northfield, dau. of Alexander McElroy, see; no chil.
John Kubik, b. in Bohemia 1845; to Tw. 1907; farmer
s. w. part of town;
m. Mary Stepankova, b. Bohemia, June 1849.
Nine chil., all married and in CI. but the two following:
Tony, b. in Bohemia, 7, 23, 1883, farmer and runs
threshing machine; unm.
Albert, b. 4, 21, 1895; unm.
Solon Lacy, b. Aurora ab. 1820; here i860;
m. Mary Jane Appleby, b. ab. 1837, dau. of Odell
Appleby; 2 daughters.
C. Alice LaRue, or Larne, Cong. 1895, dis. 1896 to
Penn.
Edwin Christ Ladrach, b. Rogersville 1871; to Tw.
1904; farmer on Liberty St.; son of Gotlieb Ladrach, b. in
Switz. ;
m. 3, 4, 1903, Elizabeth Pauline Berger, b. 10, 6,
1 88 1, dau. of Daniel Berger, b. in Switz.
Lafferty Lamson — 363
Children
Florence May, b. 9, 29, 1904; d. 2, i, 1916.
Sterling E., b. 2, 21, 1906.
Dorothy Naomi, b. 2, 2, 1907.
Carrie Gladys, b. 8, 10, 1909.
Edward Russell, b. 9, 30, 191 1.
Earl Daniel, b. Apr. 1913; d. 5, 3, 1913.
Irene Anna, b. 9, 11, 1914.
Thomas R. Lafferty, here several yrs.; worked on
farm; telegraph operator; CI,
m. Emma Root, dau. of Riley and Cornelia (Brown)
Root.
Children
Nellie, d. y.
Roger Theodore, grad. of Harvard Col.
Nathan (.?) Lamb, on Nathaniel Reed place 2 or 3 yrs.,
and first Horace Chamberlin place.
Children
Andrew, b. ab. 1842 (?); in Civil War.
Mary, b, ab. 1850.
Orris, b. ab. 1852.
Willard, b. ab. 1854.
Sarah, b. ab. 1856.
Nathan; in Civil War.
J. Harrison Lamson; to Tw. 1 861-2; bought farm on
Solon road where Mr. Hine lives; to Bedford;
m. Genette.
Children
Sarah, b. ab. 1853; d. 6, 28, 1864.
Mary L. ("Minnie") b. 1854; d. 1886; m. Charles Morse of Bed-
ford; no chil.
Harry B., b. 1858; no chil.; Bedford.
Cora, b. ; d. 4, ii, 1913; m. C. D. Hubbell and had 2 boys.
Roy, b. 1870; m.; no chil.; Bedford.
Harry Lamson, nephew of one above; here 15 or 20
yrs. ago; where John Stocker lives; to Bedford.
Mr. Lamson, on Solon road; m. Mathews,
sister of Mrs. Daniels; she m. (2) Mr. Ham; here ab. i860.
364 — Lane Lane
LANE PEDIGREE
I. Robert Lane, fr. Derbyshire, Eng.; early settler
of Stratford, Ct.; m. 12, 19, 1665, Sarah Pickett, 1648-
1725; 10 chil.
IL Dea. John Lane, 1674-1759; m. (i) 1700, Lydia
Kelsey; m. (2) 171 1, Hannah Parks; 10 chil., 5 by each
wife.
in. Joseph Lane, b. 1723; m. (i) 1751, Rachel
Pond; m. (2) 1761, Lydia Kirtland; 7 chil.
IV. Philip Lane, 1766; m. 1795, Rebina Nettleton;
10 chil.; Luman, Henry, Harvey, Chauncey, Julius, Abner,
Nathan, Lovina, Harriet and Polly. Luman, Chauncey and
Julius came to Tw.
V. Luman Lane, b. Killingworth, Ct., 10, 30, 1796;
d. Tw. 4, 17, 1879; farmer; to Tw. 1820, walking the 600
mi., 46 of them the last day; settled on farm on Solon road,
two mi. fr. center, where son, Charles, and g'dson, Hosmer,
have lived; charter mem. of Cong. chh. and active mem.
until death, 57 yrs.; township trustee and clerk several yrs.;
joint author with Ethan Ailing, of Hist, of Tw. i860, see.
See Lane's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1064;
m. (i) 12, 25, 1823, Irena Thomas, fr. Woodbridge?
Ct., b. 1804; d. 5, 19, 1838; charter mem. of Cong, chh.;
lived in Ethan Alling's family;
m. (2) in Aurora, 4, 16, 1839, Miss Emma Parish, fr.
Morristown, Vt., b. 1805; d. 6, 4, 1882.
Children By First Wife
Charles, b. Tw. 11, 29, 1824; see below.
2. Albert, b. 5, 23, 1826; see below.
3. Charlotte Esther, b. 1827; d. 5, 9, 1828, age 10 mo.
4. Augusta, b. 4, 4, 1829; m. 11, 24, 1852, Oscar O. Kelsey, see.
5. Edward, b. 4, 10, 1831; see below.
6. Emeline, b. 1832; d. 9, 28, 1846.
7. Sarah, b. 5, 11, 1836; m. (i) ii, 8, 1864, Elisha White, see; m,
(2) I, 22, 1868, Gideon H. Mills; see.
Another d. y.
Child By Second Wife
8. Mary Philena, b. 2, 19, 1840; d. 9, 17, 1868.
Lane
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Charles Lane, son of Luman above; b. Tw. ii, 29,
1824; d.Tw. 3,9, 1904; farmer, on father's place; in Cherry
Valley, in., 1853-1861; converted at 9; Cong. chh. 61 yrs.;
deacon 22 yrs.; S. S. librarian more than 30 yrs.; taught
school many years;
m. 8, 8, 1852, Ellen Kelsey, of Killingworth, Ct., b.
2, 28, 1829; d. 10, 14, 1913; dau. of Daniel and Roxie (Hill)
Kelsey; Cong.; S. S. teacher many yrs.
Children
Ella Augusta, b. 7, 31, 1855; Oberlin Col.; Cong. 1876; Meth.
1887; m. 8, 20, 1876, Thomas Cochran, see.
Hosmer Charles, b. 12, 28, 1857; Cong. 1876; S. S. supt.; deacon
1910—; clerk 1899—; Oberlin Seminary 1891; preached in Florida;
teacher; unm.; lives on father's old place.
Albert Lane, son of Luman above; b. 5, 23, 1826; d.
Hopkins, Mich., 4, 4, 1892; teacher and farmer;
m. 12, 31, 1854, Delia A. Andrews, of Solon.
Children
Charles Bird, b. 2, 19, 1858; m. Flora Kidder; Hopkins, Mich.
Clark Luman, b. 9, 27, 1862; telegraph operator at Grand Rapids,
Mich.; m. 1883, Annie Pierce.
Dwight A., b. 6, 3, 1866; m. 1889, Jennie Barnes; Glendale, Calif.
Edith Philena, b. 8, 23, 1868; m. 1887, John D. Buskirk; physician
at Shelby, Mich.
Edward Lane, son of Luman above, b. 4, 10, 1831; d.
at Chariton, la., 6, 4, 1874;
m. (i) 1853, Melissa Bunce;
m. (2) 1855, in Solon, Martha A. Bosworth.
Children, By Second Wife
Jennie, b. 3, 10, 1857; d. 5, 5, 1907; m. 1881, J. W. Parmelee, of
Red Oak, la.
Edward L., d. in infancy.
Chauncey Lane, son of Philip above, b. in Killing-
worth, Ct., 8, 31, 1803; d. in Tw. 3, 5, 1885; to Tw. 1828;
farmer on Macedonia road i>^ mi. from village.
See Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1045;
n^- 5j 3I> 1837, Phoebe Worthington Bailey, dau.
of Asher and Abigail (Smith) Bailey, b. i, 20, 181 1; d.
II, 2, 1885.
Lane Lane — 367
Children
Caroline Amanda, b. 12, 23, 1838; d. i, i, 1911; m. 5, 18, 1857,
William Fowler, see.
Chauncey Bailey, b. i, 14, 1844, see below.
Chauncey Bailey Lane, son of Chauncey above, b.
1,14,1844; farmer on father's farm; later in village; Cong.
1877; dea. since 1904; trustee; treas,; S. S. supt. and
teacher; justice of peace; pres. of Library Ass'n.; township
trustee; pres. of board of education many yrs.; executor of
many estates; in Civil War, 84th and 177th O. V. L
See Doyle's Centennial Hist., p. 1071;
m. 2, 27, 1867, Ellen Mary Ames, b. in Vt., 6, 5, 1843 ;
d. 3, 13, 1913; dau. of Edwin and Anna (Scribner) Ames;
Tw. Inst, one yr. ; teacher in Tw. and elsewhere; Cong.
1877.
Children
1. Carrie Adell, b. 12, 13, 1867; Cong. 1887, dis. to Akron 1889;
m. 10, 10, 1888, Elton W. Hull, of Akron, see.
2. Daughter, d. y., 12, 28, 1869.
3. Frank Chauncey, b. 12, 3, 1871; d. 2, 21, 1902; Cong. 1887;
5. S. supt.; farmer; m. 9, 4, 1894, Cleora Belle Chamberlin, who m. (2)
John H. Prescott.
4. Edwin Ames, b. i, 6, 1874, see below.
5. Edna, b. 4, 15, 1886; Cong. 1898; Tw. H. S. 1903; Oberlin
Col. 1909; teacher in Tw. H. S. several yrs.
Edwin Ames Lane, son of Chauncey B. above, b. 1,6,
1874; Cong. 1887; business in Fort Worth, Texas;
m. 9, 19, 1901, Mary Blanche Force, of Millersburg.
Children
Wilbur Chauncey, b. CI. 9, 8, 1905.
Clarence Edwin, b. Texas, 2, ii, 1912.
Dorothy Mae, b. Texas, 11, 3, 1914.
Julius Lane, son of Philip above, b. Killingworth, Ct.,
6, 6, 1805; d. 4, 29, 1872; farmer on Solon road where
Chris. Hirschman lives; to Tw. ab. 1828; paid $3,00 per
acre for land;
m. (i) 3, 21, 1833, Emeline B. Kelsey, 1815-1841;
m. (2) 3, 2, 1842, Mary Charlotte Mann, b. 18 17; d.
5, 4, 1889; dau. of John Mann, see; Cong. 183 1.
Children By First Wife
Harriet, b. i, 23, 1834; d. 6, 25, 1862.
Sherman, b. 7, 6, 1838; see below.
368 — Lane Lane
By Second Wife
Mary Emeline, b. 3, 23, 1844; m. 6, 27, 1876, Samuel E. Rideout,
see.
Abner Henderson, b. 4, 8, 1852; see below.
Sherman Lane, son of Julius above, b. 7, 6, 1838; d.
8, 22, 1910; wounded in Civil War; postmaster; town
clerk; carried village mail 22 years; lived on North St. near
park;
m. 10, 2, 1866, Ermina Jane Hanks, dau. of Jonathan
Hanks, see; b. 11, 13, 1845; d. 7, i, 1910; Meth.
Children
Harriet Emma, b. 5, 13, 1872; post office and telephone clerk;
Meth.; unm.
Florence Amelia, b. 11, i, 1874; d. 9, 18, 1882.
Abner Henderson Lane, son of Julius above, b. 4, 8,
1852; studied at Oberlin; Cong. 1866; dis. to CI. 1897;
back to Tw. 1915 and bought place where Gardiner Par-
melee lived on Macedonia road;
m. 3, I, 1874, Mary J. Lee, of No. Solon, Cong. 1877;
dau. of William and Isabelle Lee, of Solon. j
Children '
Lenora Belle, b. 12, 15, 1874; Tw. H. S. 1896; studied at Oberlin |
and Wes. Res.; grad. of CI. Normal School and of Woman's Col.; taught <
many yrs. in Tw. and CI.; m. 7, 6, 191 5, Matthew John Pascoe of CI. 1
Ernest Lee, b. 6, 16, 1879; Cong. 1891, dis. to CI. 1897; m. 12, 5, 1
1906, Bertha Daubert; near CI. I
Elisha Lane, son of John and g'dson of Dea. John (see
Pedigree above), b. No. Killingworth, Ct., 10, 23, 1783; d.,
Tw. 3, 15, 1866, age 82>^; lived on North St.; j
m. (i) ab. 1809, Mary Clark, b. 12, 18, 1783; d. Tw.
6, 8, 1837; Cong. 1834;
m. (2) Lucy M. Holt, b. ab. 1805; d. Hopkins, Mich.,
I, 31, 1872; Cong. 1840.
Children, By First Wife
1. Mary, b. 2, i, 1811; d. 2, 13, 1837; Cong. 1831; m. Elisha
Cowles, see.
2. Eliza Ann, b. i, 12, 1813; d. Deerfield, Mich., 4, 26, 1891;
Cong. 1834; m. I, 18, 1838, Josiah Redfield, see.
3. William Clark, 1815-1856; m. 1843, Mary Ann Chase, or
Clapp; Sparta, Tenn.
Lane Leach— 369
4. Harriet Marie, b. 6, 22, 1818; d. Tw. Sept., 1837-8; Cong.
1834- ^ .,
5. Emily Adaline, b. Tw. 12, 8, 1827-8; d; m. 2, 15, 1853, David
A. Hughson, see.
Jared Lane, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1850.
Albert S. Lankton, b. ab. 1849; one of the boys
brought from N. Y. City; Hved at O. O. Keisey's; came ab.
1858-60; went back; wrote a few times and then no further
word from him.
Isaac Lanning, b. ab. 1835; here i860; s. e. part of
town; worked for Cephas Bissell; in Civil War;
m. LuciNDA Jane Beardsley, b. ab. 1835; dau. of
Davis Beardsley; to Hancock Co.; she d.
David Lanning, bro. of above and lived with him;
unm.
Rev. E. C. Lattimer, Meth. pastor 1871-2.
Mrs. Mary Lattin, Cong. 1858, dis. 1859 to Bedford.
John Laube, farmer in edge of Solon 2 or 3 yrs. ; now in
Boston; Cong. 1909;
m. Anna Schernbacker.
Children
Ruby, m. Fred Johnson of Solon.
Helena, m. Lawrence Sullivan.
Boy; d.
Hermon and August.
Orris Bissell Leach, b. 10, 18, 1818; d. I, 24, 1899, in
Tw.; son of Daniel and Anna R. (Bissell) Leach; fr. West-
field, Mass.; to Aurora 1841; to Tw. ab. 1851; on Hudson
road where son now lives; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co.,
p. 1045;
m. 4, 28, 1850, Sallie Maria Blair, b. 8, 21, 1819; d.
9, 30, 1888; 23 yrs. a teacher; dau. of Isaac and Rebecca
(Tyler) Blair of Aurora.
Children
Helen Adalaide, b. 10, 7, 1852; m. Lynn Hawkins of Moran and
had Bert, b. ab. 1886.
A son, b. 12, 26, 1854; ^- 45 7? ^^S5-
370 — Leach Ledgsham
Emma ("Birdie"), b. lo, 21, 1857; m. 3, 28, 1877, Frank Lorell
Haggett, see.
Manly Isaac, b. 9, 19, i860; see below.
Manly Isaac Leach, b. 9, 19, i860, in Tw. and always
lived on Hudson road; farmer;
m. 3, 24, 1883, Florella Agnes Mosher, b. 5, 25,
1862; Meth.; dau. of Alonzo Mosher.
Children
Maud Mabel, b. 4, 24, 1884; Tw. H. S. 1900; Meth.; m. 1911,
Phil Ford of CI. and had Trent, b. 2, 17, 1913, and Manly Leach, b. 9,
9> 1915-
John, b. 4, 8, 1886; Tw. H. S. 1906; telegraph operator; killed
5, 6, 191 3, by fall from telegraph pole.
Pebble, b. i, 18, 1892; d. i, 18, 1893.
Thor, b. 8, i, 1894; d. 4, 24, 1902.
Rev. v. Leaks, Meth. pastor 1852-3.
Rev. Robert Coit Learned, b. 8, 31, 1817; d. 4, 19,
1867; pastor Cong. chh. 1843-6; first pastor after reunion
of chhs. His ancestral line was Edward"^, Amasa^ Ebene-
2er^ William^ Isaac^ Isaac^ William^; Yale Col. 1837;
prepared most of Colt Genealogy; to Norwich, Ct.;
m. (i) I, 19, 1848, Sarah Birdsey Whitney; d.
7, 9, 1864;
m. (2) 2, 13, 1866, LoRA Elizabeth Talcott.
Six children; the eldest was Rev. Dwight Whitney
Learned, b. 1848; Yale 1870; missionary to Japan; honored
by the emperor, etc. Prepared in 1843 list of all who had
ever been members of the church, and in 1844 a complete
list of all who were members then.
George L. Ledgsham, b. ab. 1801; d. 12, 18, 1874; had
mills on Ice house road; mills burned later;
m. Mary ; Cong. 1871.
Mrs. Oxendale, a sister-in-law, lived with them.
Alfred Ledgsham, son of above, b. ab. 1830; here
i860;
m. Emma Read, of Strongsville, b. ab. 1835; in Civil
War time wrote poetry for CI. papers.
Lee Lemmon — 371
Eli Lee, fr. Guilford, Ct.; in 1847 sold farm of 75
acres on Solon road to Oliver O. Hanchett; both Cong. 1833,
dis. 1847;
m. (i) Lydia , b. ab. 1802; d. 3, 2, 1843.
m. (2) Betsey , b. ab. 1808; d. 9, 26, 1845.
Children, By First Wife
Orriette, bap. 2, 27, 1838.
Cornelia, bap. 5, 31, 1840.
Elvira, bap. 6, 19, 1842.
Elford E. Lee, Cong. 4, 8, 1849.
George Lee, Cong. 4, 6, 1851; dis. 1854.
Julius Lee, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1849, 1854-5.
Samuel Denton Leech, farmer on Gillie place on
Solon road;
m. ab. 1902, LiLLiE May Hardie, b. 10, 20, 1875, dau.
of George Francis Hardie, see.
Children
Raymond Stanley, b. 3, 31, 1903.
Vernon Earl, b. 12, 6, 1904.
Llewelyn Dent, b. ii, 25, 1906.
Calvin Leech, lived a few yrs. on Macedonia road, in
Dist. 7, and had Newton and Calvin.
Cotton Leach, here 1820 and above 21.
Levi Leach, here 1820 and above 21.
Rev. Charles Harvey Lemmon, b. 8, 25, 1853, in
Sandusky Co.; grad. of Union Biblical Sem. of Dayton,
1883; pastorates in Un. Br. chh. North Robinson, 1883-6;
Fostoria, 1886-9; Vanlue, 1889-90; Cong. chh. Tw. 1890-
95; Union Cong. chh. CI. 1895-02; North Cong. chh. CI.
1902-1915; New London 1915 ;
m. I, I, 1873, Bessie J. Nehrhood, b. 6, 13, 1853;
Cong. 1890-95.
Children
1. Mertie May, b. 11, 10, 1874; ^- i» !> I903j R^v. Carl W.
Hempstead, see; Cong. 18905.
2. William Burton, b. 5, 31, 1880; grad. of Case School; m.
9, 8, 191 2, Carrie McGregor; CI.
372 — Lenishaw Leslie
3. Newlan Davis, b. 12, 23, 1881; m. 11, 29, 1906, Edna Norton
Arnold.
4. Waldo Biddle, b. 3, I, 1885; grad. of CI. Law School; m. 3, 30,
1912, Maryian Martin; Royalton.
5. Alice Eliza, b. I, 23, 1887; grad. Grinnell Col., la.; m., 3, 31,
1913, Prof. Alfred Basch, East. CI.
6. Grace Warner, b. 3, 18, 1889; m. 11, 28, 1913, Rev. Walter
Charles Schafer and had Charles Henry, b. 5, 22, 1915.
7. Ruth Nehrhood, b. 10, 30, 1892, Tw.; m. 7, 28, 1915, Edward
William Young; Kansas City, Mo.
George Lenishaw?
William Franklin Lentz, b. 5, 4, 1873, in Penn.; son
of William F. Lentz, Sen.; to Tw. fr. CI. 1915; barber; to
Macedonia 1910;
m. 12, 30, 1893, Cora Mary Falstich, b. Penn., 8, 23,
1872, dau. of James Falstich.
Children
Sesta Eliza, b. 6, 9, 1894; m. 11, 6, 1915; Robert Noble of Cl.
Howard Casper, b. 6, 6, 1903.
Arleen Mary, b. 7, 12, 1905.
Ruth Naomi, b. 9, 4, 1906.
Lucile Anna, b. 12, 28, 1910.
James William, b. 7, 12, 1913.
Earl David, b. 3, 24, 1916.
Rowland Leonard, b. 7, 22, 1820, in Stark Co.; d.
9, 30, 1893;
m. (2) 2, 24, 1875, Anna Maria Howell, b. 6, 18, 1839;
d. Tw. I, 30, 1914; dau. of Sylvanus and Ann (Quinby)
Howell. She and son to Tw. on Hudson road one mile so. of
village 4, I, 1900; there 14 yrs.; she Cong. 1901.
Child
Clyde Howell, b. 8, 26, 1880, in Kent; m. (i) 1908, Joanna Strat-
ton; m. (2) 10, 15, 1913, Julia Delila Knapp of Clearfield, Pa.; Kent.
Samuel Leslie, farmer on Young's road; now in
Bedford;
m. ZuLEMA Spafford, b. 1828, dau. of Nathan Spafford,
see.
Children
James, killed by boiler explosion Aug. 1915; unm.
Nathan; Bedford.
Rev. William W., Cong, minister, Ashtabula.
Lewis Lister— 373
Julian Lewis, b. 10, 24, 1834, son of George W. and
Lydia Lewis; to Tw. fr. Streetsboro 1889; rented hotel 2
yrs. of Mrs. Arvilla Clark, and lived in Tw, until 1907, except
2 yrs. in hotel in Bedford; owns old academy building and
Samuel Bissell home; had charge of cemetery and of street
lights; in Streetsboro now; Cong. 1893.
m. 12, 31, 1857, Sarah Louise Waite, b. 12, 21, 1836;
d. II, 19, 1907 at Tw.; dau. of Jonathan and Abigail Wait;
Cong. 1893. .
Children
Eugene Elwood, b. 7, 18, 1859; m. (i) 7, 3, 1881, Mary Emma Hart;
Cong, and Meth. 1887; had Mabel, b. 7, 19, 1882; m. 1908, Albert
Warnock.
Kate May, b. 10, 4, 1861; m. 12, 31, 1884, Irving Wood Nighman
of Streetsboro, and had Abbie Louise, b. 12, 5, 1887; m. 1907, Howard
Ferris of Tw. see.
Jonathan Lewis, Bapt. 1838.
Abraham L. Leighton, with wife's parents and worked
father's farm in Hudson;
m. 1895, Bessie Abbie Birdsill, b. 1874; dau. of
William Isadore Birdsill, see.
Children
Donald E., b. Tw. 1896.
Harmon B., b. Tw. 1900.
Robert J. Linton, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1 860-1.
Walter Scott Lister, b. 3, 3, 1871, son of Rev.James
and Margaret (McKenzie) Lister, from Eng., now of CI.;
lawyer in CL; Cong. 191 2; to Tw. 1907, buying and im-
proving the old Richardson place on the Bedford road;
mover in getting water works and electric lights for Tw.;
chairman of Centennial committee;
m. 5, 18, 1898, Minnie Frances Bartlett, of Brecks-
ville, b. II, 18, 1876, dau. of Charles Oliver and Emma
Rovena (Snow) Bartlett; Cong. 1910; member of Tw.
school board.
Children
Walter Bartlett, b. 9, 29, 1899; Tw. H. S. 1915; Denison Uni-
versity.
Alice Fay, b. 11, 23, 1901; Cong. 1914.
Fanny Snow, b. 8, 6, 1904; Cong. 1916.
James McKenzie, b. 3, 9, 1907.
374 — Little Long
John Little, here 1833; see census; on Macedonia
road;
m. Lucy .
In census Gideon Case and Sally Little are given as in
his family.
Henry Livingstone, b. 4, 26, 1830, Watertown, N. Y.;
d. Bedford, 10, 22, 1906; son of Henry and Nancy (Lacore)
Livingstone; Henry, the father, b. in Ireland; to CI. 1837;
Henry, the son, shoemaker and cheesemaker; in 177th
O. V. I.; on Macedonia road; mem. of Summit Lodge of
masons; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1046;
m. 12, 25, 1850, Laura Doan, b. 5, 23, 1832; d. 10, 11,
1888; dau. of Ansel B. Doan, see.
Children
Russell Henry, b. 10, 23, 1851; d. 7, 20, 1868; found hanging,
perhaps accidental, while practicing after a show in which a man appar-
ently hung himself.
Ella Marie, b. 11, 7, 1853; Cong. 1887, dis. 1900, to Chagrin Falls;
m. George Lafayette Fuller of Chagrin Falls and had Harry Livingstone,
Jay Livingstone, James Livingstone, and Mina May, d. y.
Laura AmeHa, b. i, 16, 1859; d. 12, 3, i860.
James Lockert, of Richfield, Bapt. several yrs. from
1878; came horseback.
Sylven and Ambrose Lockwood, Bapt. 1834.
Jane E. Logue, fr. Northfield; teacher in Tw. Inst.
1859.
Adam Long, b. ab. 1829; here i860; lived in present
Jayne house when it stood just south of Cong, chh.; his
father, John Long, to Calif, about 1849 and d. there;
m. Elizabeth L. Heather, b. ab. 183 1; dau. of
Jarvis Heather, see; had child d. 4, 27, i860, age 10 days.
Mrs. Catharine Long, b. ab. 1810; d. 4, 10, 1848.
Was she Adam's mother .^
G. W. Long, lived awhile where Mr. Haggett lives.
Phoebe Long, b. ab. 1840. Sister of Adam.?
The above Longs were related but we have not learned
how.
LooMis Looms — 375
LOOMIS PEDIGREE
Line in Eng.: Thomas, John and John.
I. Joseph Loomis, son of last John, b. Eng. ab. 1616;
d. in Ct. II, 25, 1658; m. (i) 1646, Sarah Hill; m. (2) 1659,
Mary Chauncey.
II. Nathaniel Loomis, b. Eng.; d. 5, 19, 1688; m.
1653, Elizabeth Moore; he and his father, Joseph, were in
King PhiHp's war.
III. Hezekiah Loomis, b. 2, 21, 1668-9; d. 1758;
m. 1690, Mary Porter.
IV. Noah Loomis, b. 4, i, 1692; d. 2, 3, 1774;
m. 1713, Sarah Morton, who d. 1781.
V. Isaiah Loomis, b. 6, 28, 1730; d. 1811;
m. 1755, Abigail Barber.
VI. Elisha Loomis, b. 6, 17, 1780; d. Grinnell, la.,
5, 28, 1856; to Ohio fr. New Haven, Ct., 1810; to Tw. ab.
5, 20, 1 817; one of first settlers of Tw.; town clerk 1820;
capt. of first military co. ; major; Cong. 1828; sailed
around world twice in ship Oneida, in which were brought
Henry Obadiah and Thomas Happo fr. Hawaian Islands to
Ct. Their coming gave great impulse to missions to the
Islands. He built saw and grist mill on Tinker's Creek in
s. e. part of town and run them many yrs,;
m. 10, II, 1825, Eliza Mills, b. ab. 1806; d. 8, 19,
1841, dau. of Philo Mills, see; Cong. 1824.
Children
Samuel, b, 2, 12, 1829.
Philo, bap. 6, 5, 1831; d. 4, 12, 1832.
Julia Eliza, bap. 3, 16, 1834; m. Rev. Nathaniel McConaughy, of
Northfield.
Philo, bap. 6, 17, 1838, d. 12, 31, 1838, age 6 mo.
Elisha Mills, bap. ii, 17, 1826; d. 9, 23, 1841.
Note — Elisha Loomis was once held as prisoner on Spanish man-of-
war, but got out of a port hole and swam 3 miles in a shark-infested sea,
on coast of Peru. He was a picturesque character.
Harvey Loomis, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1847-8.
376 — LoRsoN LuTz
Christine Lorson, Cong. 1883; to Newell, la., 1884;
fr. Sweden.
George William Love, b. 7, 19, 1871; to Tw. 1912;
back to CI. 1915;
m. 12, 4, 1895, Harriet Edna Johnston, b. 2, 20, 1871,
dau. of Frederick and Jane (McLaughlin) Johnston.
Children
Gladys Vivian, b. 8, 28, 1896; m. 12, 25, 1915, James Thomas
Norris; CI.
Frederick Earl, b. 9, 29, 1906.
Frederick Irvin Lovell, b. Jonesville, Mich., 11, 13,
1859; to Tw. 1907; farmer, on Leonard farm 8 yrs.; son of
Joseph Lovell;
m. 10, 14, 1891, Barbara Edna Glass, b. Uniontown,
12, 10, 1868, dau. of Henry and Sarah (Boyer) Glass.
Child
Raymond Irvin, b. 3, 6, 1893; grad. Ohio State Vet. Col. 1914;
Akron; Tw. H. S. 1910.
George A. Luke, kept the hotel 3 or 4 yrs. about 25
yrs. ago; now in Ravenna;
m.
Children
Alba; m. ; lives in CI.
Charles A.; m. Orrie Nichols, dau. of Fremont Nichols, see; had
several children; lives in CI.
Bertha; m. Joseph Kirk, of New Jersey, and had Hazel.
Myrtle; m. and died in a year or so in Ravenna.
Henry Lusk, b. Hudson, 7, 25, 1827; d. 4, 29, 1888;
son of Milton Lusk of Hudson, 1803-84, and Dency (Preston)
Lusk;
m. 4, 2, 1848, Anna Mollie Tucker, b. Tw. 5, 17, 1827;
d. 2, 26, 1899; dau. of Orrin Tucker, see.
Children
Emogene Azubah, b. 2, 28, 1849; d. 4, 17, 1916; m. 2, 28, 1870,
Frederick Belden, see.
Lillius ("Lillie") Aurelia, b. 2, 2, 1851; d.1916. m. (i) 10, 29, 1873,
Elmer Luman Bishop, see; m. (2) 4, 15, 1891, Orson H. Nichols, see.
Hattie Maria, b. 2, 4, 1854; d. i, 13, 1907; m. 12, 7, 1875, Richard
H. O'Donold, see.
James Bernard Lutz, b. 8, 20, 1881, son of Luther
Matthew and Josephine Lutz; quarryman; Liberty St.;
Madden Mahlar— 377
m. 12, 25, 1907, Mary Maud Mansfield, b. 10, 13,
1887, dau. of William and Sarah (Barter) Mansfield.
Children
James Bernard, b. 12, 4, 1909.
Clara Mary, b. 11, i, 191 1.
Mildred Agnes, b. 7, 23, 1913.
M
Peter Madden, b. in Dublin, Ireland, 9, 7, 1828; d. in
Euclid 12, 24, 1905; firm of J. & P. Madden, tailors in Tw.
1851-90, where Bishop's store is; parents came to Stark
Co. 1838;
m. I, 20, 1880, Mary E. Grannan, of Cincinnati, b.
9, 8, 1856; resides in CI.
Children
John Joseph, b. 11, 18, 1880, Tw.; m. 6, 2, 1913, Elizabeth May
Drennan; i child; CI.
Mary Frances, b. Tw, 6, 15, 1882.
Peter Thomas, b. Tw. 11, 14, 1883.
AHce Catherine, b. Tw. 2, 20, 1886.
George Edward, b. CI. 11, 29, 1887.
John Madden, bro. of above and business partner, b.
in Dublin, Ireland, 4, 7, 1830; unm.; boarded 26 yrs. at Tw.
hotel; now in CI.
John Comaish Maddrell, b. Isle of Man, 3, 30, 1863;
to CI. 1891; to Tw. 1911; farmer on Dodge road;
m. 2, 18, 1893, Bertha Jane Morrison, b. Isle of Man,
6, 4» 1873.
Children
Alfred John, b. CI. 12, 17, 1893; d. 12, 17, 1899.
Eleanor Jane, b. 3, i, 1896; d. 7, 15, 1896.
WilHam Quayle, b. CI. 4, 2, 1897; d. 3, 25, 1898.
Paul Morrison, b. CI. 2, 16, 1901.
Edwin Henry, b. CI. 8, 25, 1903.
Clarence Hamilton Mahlar, b. i, 22, 1888, son of Louis
and Katherine Mahler of Perrysburg;
m. 3, 22, 1911, Edith Lulu Chambers, b. 4, 23, 1892,
dau. of William H. Chambers, see.
Children
Glenn Alvin, b. i, 23, 191 2.
Wayne Orman, b. 12, 29, 1913; d. 6, 5, 1914.
Vernon Walter, b. 8, 16, 191 5.
378— Malone Marshall
Mrs. James Malone, worked in Wilcox cheese factory;
one child; later she m. Harrison Green; went to Kan.; both
dead.
Elisha Mann, b. & d. in Ct., in Rev. war; m. Sarah
Henderson, b. ab. 1766: d. 4, 13, 1850; came to Tw. as
wid. with herdau., Mrs. Nathaniel Wilcox; Cong. 1831.
Children
Fanny, b. 6, 13, 1790; d. 9, i, 1853; m. 1813, Nathaniel Wilcox,
see,
John, b. ab. 1794; d. 11, 25, 1834; m. who did not
come to O.; had Mary Charlotte, b. 1817 and m. Julius Lane, see, as his
2nd w.
Sarah, or Sally, b. ab, 1799; d. 7, 14, 1848; unm,; Cong,
Joel Marble, infant of d. i, 3, 1843.
Jacob Markle, see census of 1833 ; where Arthur Hine
lives on Solon road;
m. Cody.
Children
Sena, or Scene, b. ab. 1817; m. 1835-6, Seth R. Billings of CI.
Joel, b. ab. 1819; m. Eliza Jeannette; Cong. 1843, dis. 1844 to
Findley; he Meth. 1843.
Lydia, b. ab. 1821.
Elijah Cady, b. ab. 1823,
Elizabeth, b. ab. 1827,
John, b. ab. 183 1.
Emogene Markle, dau. of Fred (.?) and Eliza Markle,
d.y.
Jonathan Marsh, Bapt. 1833.
Charles Harmon Marshall, b, Akron, 3, 14, 1846,
son of Daniel Walter and Sarah King (Blair) Marshall of
Rochester, N. Y.; in Civil War when 15 and served to close;
in prison 9 mo,; to Minn. 1868; to Tw. 1890; indifferent
homes; to No. Bend, Oregon, 1910; farmer, painter and
decorator;
m. 10, 14, 1877, Adah Elizabeth Smith, b. Hopkinton.
N. Y., II, 20, 1849, dau. of Aaron Tyrrell and Diodema A,
(Dewey) Smith.
Marshall Mather — 379
Children
Robert Roy, b. July 1875; d. 10, 14, 1888.
Clarke Sheldon, b. 5, 21, 1882; d. Tw. 7, 5, 1895.
Howard Daniel, b. i, 23, 1885; d. 2, 5, 1889.
Harold June, b. 6, 21, 1889; d. 7, 12, 1889.
Samuel Marshall, see census of 1833; fr. New Hart-
ford, Ct.; both Cong. 1833.
m. Mary .
Children
Mary Minerva, b. ab. i8o8; Cong. 1834; m. Charles Hull.
Libens R., b. ab. 1814.
Laura Amelia, b. ab. 1819.
Samuel Sherlock, 1822-1835.
William Goodwin, b. ab. 1826.
Julius Dwight, b. ab. 1828.
Gilbert Riley, bap. 7, 14, 1833.
In Dist. 7, Julius E., b. ab. 1854, and William, b. ab. 1854.
Mrs. Alda Martin; d. 2, 13, 1895, age 23.
Almon E. Martin, b. ab. 1849; in Dist. 7, 1860-1; at
Rufus Herrick's.
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin; both Meth.; he d.
I, 31, 1901, age 77.
William Martin, son of above; farmer on Hudson
road.
Area and Helen Marvin, Bapt. 1852.
Milton Arthur Mason, worked at Mr. Oviatt's; in
Civil War; name on monument.
Nathan Mason, worked for Mr. Hawkins; in Civil
War; name on monument; in Dist. No. 4 in early 50's.
Mrs. Mason, a wid., sister of Theodore Kennedy's
first wife, a Rood; on Solon road near where Mr. Hine lives;
3 or 4 small children; Kitty, b. ab. 1861; in Dist. No. 2 in
1865; her dau. Mrs. Clara Davis lives in Ravenna.
MATHER PEDIGREE
I. John Mather, of Linconshire Co., Eng.
II. Thomas Mather, of Linconshire Co., Eng.
jSo — Mather Mather
III. Rev. Richard Mather, b. Eng. 1596; d. Dor-
chester, Mass., 4, 22, 1669; a famous divine; m. (i) Cath-
arine Holt; m. (2) 1624, wid. of John Cotton; she d.
1655; he father of Increase Mather, who was father of
Cotton Mather.
IV. Timothy Mather, b. Eng. 1628; d. 1684, at Dor-
chester, Mass.; m. (i) Catharine Atherton; m. (2)
Elizabeth Weeks.
V. Richard Mather, 1653-1688; m. 1680, Cath-
arine Wise.
VI. Lieut. Joseph Mather, 1686-1749; m. Phebe
VII. Benjamin Mather, b. Lyme, Ct., 9, 19, 1731;
d. 12, 25, 1821; m. (i) 1753, Irene Pearsons; m. (2) 1763,
Abigail Worthington.
VIII. Elias Mather, b. Colchester, Ct., 10, 25, 1770;
d. 9, 3, 1839; m. 1794, Abigail Marvin Swan.
IX. Elias Worthington Mather, b. WilHamstown,
Mass. 8, 22, 1798; d. 8, 28, 1879; in Tw. spring of 1817;
one of first settlers; in 1823 after caring for others in time of
much sickness he was very sick and barely escaped death;
Cong. 1828; dis. to Vineland, N. J., 1863;
m. (i) 9, ID, 1824, Phoebe Gibbs Henry, b. 1803; d.
II, 24, 1835; Cong.;
m. (2) 5, 29, 1837, Fannie Parmelee, b. 1810; d.
6, 6, 1850;
m. (3) 2, 12, 185 1, Eliza Herrick, b. 1820; dau. of
James W. Herrick; Cong. 1840, dis. to Vineland, N. J., 1863.
Children By First Wife
1. Cornelia P., b. 12, 19, 1825; d. 3, 29, 1855; m. 2, 12, 1851,
Harvey Baldwin.
2. Charles Worthington, b. 5, i, 1828.
3. Infant, d. y.
4. Cotton Franklin, b. 10, 27, 1835.
Children By Second Wife
5. Lucius Carroll, b. 3, 13, 1839; d. 10, 3, 1841.
6. Cassius Lamar, b. 11, 26, 1840; m. 1865, Rebecca M. Peabody.
7. Frances, b. ab. 1842; d. 12, 28, 1861; Cong. 1861; m. .
Matherson Matti — 381
8. Helen Louise, b. 6, 7, 1845; m. 1871 Rummill; Cong.
1861, dis. to Vineland, N. J., 1864.
9. Lucius Frank, b. 7, 3, 1848; in Civil War.
Children By Third Wife
10. Harriet Eliza, b. 12, 18, 1851; d. ; m.
11. Mary Maria, b. 9, 22, 1853; d. ; m.
12. James Henry, b. i, 26, 1859; d. 11, 20, 1864.
Timothy A. Matherson, b. ab. 1821; here i860; lived
where Mrs. Betsey Clark lives;
m. Jane , b. ab. 1821; Meth.
Children
Mary Jane, m. Frank Chamberlin, son of Philo Chamberlin, see;
she Meth.
Theodore (.'').
John Matson, son of John and Anna Matson, who came
from Sweden;
m. 9, 7, 1899, Minna Lilwiis, b. in Finland, dau. of
Erick and Anna Lilwiis.
Children
Charles John, b. 1905; d. 1907.
Anna Hilga, b. 3, 18, 1910.
Ellen Elsoafet, b. ii, 16, 1912.
Gottlieb Matti, b. ab. i860; d. 2, 8, 1905; fell and
broke back and a cripple many yrs.; he and she Cong. 1897.
m. Cora Buss, of Canton; d. in Akron; she m. (2)
Fred Kyle, of Kent.
Children
Minnie, m. John Doolittle of Kent.
Samuel, who m. Ida Dorner of Akron.
Ida, Tw. H. S. 1906; m. John P. Furtsh, of Alliance.
All Cong. 1897.
Robert George Matti; bro. of Gottlieb above and
son of John and Katherine Matti; b. i, 23, 1866; farmer in
west part of town;
m. 9, 29, 1892, Mrs. Ida May (Montgomery) Matti,
dau. of Samuel and Mercia Montgomery; b. i, 26, 1866;
she m. (i) Samuel Matti, b. 6, 18, 1854; d. 10, 4, 1891.
Children
Rolland Samuel, b. 2, 22, 1890; m. 11, 3, 1915, Margaret Campbell;
he son of first hus.
382 — Mattison Maxam
Ethel Lynn, b. 8, 8, 1893; m. 9, 14, 191 1, John Henry Clemens;
Solon; no chil.
Lela Elma, b. 5, 30, 1895; m. 1913, Elmer Judson Wing, see.
Dorothy Alice, b. 3, 14, 1901.
Doris Gertrude, b. 3, 14, 1901.
William Eugene Mattison, b. ab. i860, son of Nathan
and Ardelia (Smith) Mattison; harness maker; toTw. 1913;
in CI. most of previous time;
m. (i) ab. 1880, Olivia Lovelace and had 2 chil., who
d.y.
m. (2), Jan. 1889, Lucretia Sarah (Ingersoll), wid.
of Adam Forbes.
Elias W. Mattison, lived on Cannon place.
William Curtis Maunder, b. Dover, Eng., ab. 1841;
d. Tw. 12, 3, 1914; son of William Curtis Maunder; to New-
burg ab. 1870; to Tw. ab. 1882; worked in quarry many
years; Cong. 191 3;
m. 1879, Louise Dodge, from Penn.; who d. 12, 30,
1912, age ab. 65.
Children
Frank Dodge, b. 9, 13, 1880; m. 9, 15, 1909, Bessie Jane Wells, of
CI.; CI.
William Curtis, b. 9, 21, 1884; Meth.; m. 5, 15, 1907, Emma Cub-
bage, and had (i) William Curtis, b. 11, 26, 1908, (2) James Cubbage,
b. 10, 26, 1910, (3) Shelma Jane, b. 9, 13, 1914; Gwendlen, Pa.
William Maxam, b. in Mass. ab. 1786; d. Tw. 2, 4,
1854; of Welsh ancestry; fr. Sackett's Harbor, N. Y.; 13
days on the lakes; to Tw. 10, i, 1833, with 11 chil.; had 2
sickles for cutting grain; Isaac borrowed cradle to cut with;
he, or son William, Bapt.;
m. Martha Tiffany, b. in N. Y. ab. 1793; d. Tw.
5, 29, 1852; an expert weaver; Bapt. 1834.
Children, First Eleven Born in N. Y.
1. William Tiffany, b. II, 9, 1811; see below.
2. Martha, b. 1813; Bapt. 1836; m. (i) Rufus Phipps; m. (2);
m. (3); no chil.
3. Sophia, b. 1815; d. 6, 6, 1895; m. Leonard Bishop, see.
4. Elisha, b. 1817; m. Lydia Sybrant (.''); son Ezekiel d. 3, II,
1856, age 4.
5. James, b. 1819; m. Elizabeth Drake; large family.
6. Isaac Baker, b. 1821; see below.
Maxam Maxam — 383
7. Susan A., b. 3, 6, 1823; d. 10, 10, 1905; m. George Pease, see;
Bapt.
8. Alfred, b. 1825; d. ; m. Mary Vanetter; Mich.
9. Danforth, b. 1827; d.; m. who d. 4, 23, 1855.
He m. (2).
10. Joel, b. 3, 29, 1829; d. 7, 23, 1907; m. Louisa Wells, and had
Melvin who had several chil.
11. Ansel, b. 3, 27, 1832; here i860; m. Mary Bissell, b. 1837, and
had Delia, Truedie, and Henry.
12. Linus, b. Tw. 1834; d. in Mo.; left a family.
13. Jane, b. Tw. 1836; m. Edgerton; dau. Artemisia m.
Frank Skeels.
William Tiffany Maxam, son of William above, b.
II, 9, 1811; d. 3, 3, 1907; here i860; came with parents
1833;
m. I, 31, 1832, Hannah Rowland, b. 9, 22, 1808; d.
3, 27, 1874; Bapt. 1838; both Meth. 1843.
Children
Horace William, b. 10, 31, 1832; see below,
Alonzo Able, b. 11, 15, 1834; <^- 5 here i860; in Civil War; m.
Marietta Kellogg; Lawton, Mich.
Samuel Howland, b. 7, 6, 1836; m. Amanda Hall, Lawton, Mich.
Lewis Leroy, b. 8, 9, 1844; m. Mary Howland; Havelock, Nebr.
Horace William Maxam, b. 10, 31, 1832; son of Wil-
liam above; lives at Palmyra, Neb.; to Mich. 1854; to
Nebr. 1868; on homestead ever since; "never drank or used
tobacco";
m. 9, 10, 1855, Elizabeth McKay, b. 12, 25, 1839; d.
8, 23, 1865.
Children
Frank William, b. 9, 27, 1857; lives in Colo.
John Nesbit, b. i, 14, i860; d. 4, 22, 1895; m. Isabelle Gray.
George Henry, b. 5, 31, 1863; d. 3, 21, 1898; m. Mary Raburn;
Wyoming.
Mary Eliza, b. 9, 31, 1865; d, 2, 4, 1866.
Isaac Baker Maxam, son of William Maxam, Sen.,
above, b. 1821; d. 10, 5, 1897, aged ^6\ here i860;
m. Clarissa Kellogg, b. ab. 1829; d. Sept. 1899; or
9, 19, 1902.
Children
Rolland W., b. 2, 19, 1852; Schaffer, No. Dak.
John B., 1857-1912.
Angelia, b. 3, 2, 1859.
Earl, b. 4, 6, 1861 ; see below.
Daisy, b. 6, 22, 1872; m. John McBride; Schaffer, No. Dak.
384 — Max AM McCrary
Earl Maxam, son of Isaac Baker Maxam above; b.
4, 6, 1 861;
m. 1884, Minnie Swift.
Children
Clarence, b. 3,9, 1885; m. 9, 9, 1906, MyrtlePeairs; he Cong. 1904.
Pauline, b. 9, 16, 1902.
Rita Maxam, Tw. H. S. 1904.
Robert McAnderson, b. ab. 181 3; here i860; car-
penter; on Hudson road; to Mich.;
m. LucRETiA , b. ab. 1827.
Children
Daughter, who m. Allen Hickox.
James or John.
Ross Taylor McBride, b. 3, 3, 1892, son of Marshall
and Margaret (Lytton) McBride, of Sarahsville, studied at
Franklin Col.; teacher in Tw. schools 191 5 — ;
m. 10, 13, 1914, Laura Evelyn Morris, b. 5,18,1896,
dau. of Alonzo C. and Laura E. (Dickerson) Morris, of Penn.
They had Margaret Jane, b. 12, 8, 1915, in Tw.
John McCafferty, here 2 or 3 yrs. in the early eighties;
quarryman and R. R. section hand; fr. Newburg; had
family; a son John.
Rev. J. H. McCarty, pastor of Meth. chh. ab. 1856-61 ;
wrote "Black Horse and Carryall."
Emily, b. ab. 1853; d. 10, 21, 1856.
MiLO Alphonso McClintock, b. 12, 30, 1844; lives
on hill road west of village; son of Dexter and Sarah Olive
McClintock;
m. 9, 13, 1876, Margaret Maud Cochrane, b. 3, 11,
1852; dau, of David Cochran, see.
Children
Margaret Maud, b. 4, 29, 1878; m. 8, 20, 1906, Albert E. Griffith.
Winifred Winina, b. 4, 10, 1881; d. ii, 12, 1913.
Kenneth Norton, b. 7, 28, 1886; teacher.
Edmund H. McCrary, night operator at depot; now
on farm at Mantua;
m. Edith Dorothy White, b. 7, 19, 1895, dau. of John
William White, see.
McCreary McElroy — 385
Rev. E. D. McCreary, Meth. pastor 1869.
Ellsowrth John McCreery, b. 3, 29, 1876, son of
David H. and Jeannette (Chase) McCreery, of Brecksville;
merchant in Tw. since 1905; town clerk; both Meth.
m. 4, 29, 1903, Edna Nichols, b. 10, 4, 1881, dau. of
Orrin Parks Nichols, see.
Children
lola Jeannette, b, li, 13, 1907.
lona Estelle, b. ii, 13, 1907.
Erving H. McConoughey, fr. Solon (.?); Tw. H. S.
1896.
Allen M. McDonald, b. 5, 2, i860, son of Allen and
Mary (Prickerd) McDonald, of Streetsboro; to Tw. 1900;
on Thomas Bell's farm, Bedford road;
m. 3, 25, 1884, Susan Margaret Bell, b. 10, 19, 1861,
dau. of William and Isabella (Sloan) Bell of Streetsboro.
Children
Bessie Luemma, b. 7, 23, 1887; Tw. H. S. 1906; m. 6, 22, 1910,
Roy Wesley Nichols, see.
Clyde Harold, b. 7, 4, 1898.
David Nesbit McElroy, b. 8, 3, 1833; d. Tw. i, 18,
1902; son of James and Ruth (Nesbit) McElroy, of North-
field; from Penn. to Northfield when 2 yrs. old; farmer and
cheesemaker; bought farm of Philander Booth ab. 1879,
near sandmill; Cong. 1887.
m. (i) Emily Hull, b. 8, 6, 1844; d. 3, 31, 1885. They
had Samuel Logan McElroy, b. i, 30, 1872; quarryman;
unm.; Meth.; on old place with stepmother.
m. (2) 12, 27, 1887, Elizabeth Ellen Menoher, b.
6, 16, 1845, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Curry) Menoher of
Penn.; Cong. 1892.
Joseph Alexander McElroy, b. in Pa. 8, 30, 1819; d.
Bedford, 3, 13, 1902; to Tw. 1875, in brick house so. side of
park; ab. 1880 to Solon, then Bedford;
m. II, 22, 1855 (.?), in Northfield, Samantha Ann
Haines, b. 4, 24, 1832, in Salem; d. 3, i, 1889.
3 86 — McFarland McIntosh
Children
John, b. 9, 2, 1856; unm.; Bedford.
Emily, b. 12, 21, 1858; m. William Harpell who d.; she now in
Bedford, i child.
Nora, b. 5, 21, 1861; d. 10, 28, 1884, in Bedford.
Mary Matilda, b. 10, ii, 1863; m. Oct. 1880, Henry Gill, see.
AUetta Ann, b. 10, 24, 1868; m. William T. Krafton, see.
Voorhees Alexander, b. 7, 4, 1870; unm.; Bedford.
All b. in Northfield and all lived in Tw.
Harvey McFarland, b. ab. 1807; d. Apr. 1885, age
78; lived where Eliza Reed lives; merchant; store west side
of park, bet. Nelson Dodge's and Samuel Crankshaw, also
east side of park; fr. Hartford; both Cong. 1834, then Meth.
m. Polly , b. ab. 1808; d. 4, 26, 1891, age 83.
Children
1. Gilbert, b. ; d. ; Medina.
2. Sarah, b. ; bur. Tw. Aug. 1914; m. Henry Smith; see.
3. Edward, b. ; d. Jan. 1915; CI.
4. Melvina, b. ab. 1830; d. ; m. Otto Sayres, see.
5. Cordelia, b. ; m. Bartlett.
6. Mary, b. ; m. Samuel Johnson.
7. Amelia, b. ; m. (i) ; m. (2) Walch
8. Frank, d. y.
In Ohio Observer, 12, 7, 1833, Henry McFarland offered one cent
reward for return of Elijah Dagan, 16 yrs. old, an apprentice in tannery
and shoemaking. "All persons forbidden to trust or harbor him on my
account."
George McGill, b. 1836; d. 3, 5, 1906;
m. Elizabeth Orr, b. 1838; d. 6, 17, 1893; both of
Doylestown; fr. Scotland 1865. They had Mary, b. 5, 30,
1864; m. George James Doubrava, see.
John Wesley McIntosh, b. 2, 4, 1805; d. 3, 19, 1895;
son of Pascal Paoli and Aby (Clark) Mcintosh. Pascal in
Rev. War; came early to Ohio City (CI.) His father,
Ebenezer Mcintosh, b. in Scot.; to America before Rev.
War; member of Boston "tea party." John came to Tw.
1 831; here i860; carpenter; much local renown for captur-
ing wild cats in the ledges; one afternoon killed 3 deer and 2
turkeys; on Liberty St. where Frank Bramley lives; see
Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1046.;
m. 7, 26, 1829, Olive E. Ferris, b. 3, 11, 1814; d.
Feb. 1884; dau. of Granderson and Mary (Card) Ferris of
Sufheld; both Meth.
McIntyre McKinney — 387
Children
Luelleu, b. 9, 5, 1830; d. 9, 25, 1830.
Mary Aby, b.9, 23, 1832; d. 7, 25, 1874; m. 1848, David Riley, see.
Alexander G., b. 10, 10, 1837; d. 6, 2, 1857; studied under Garfield.
Orrin, b. 4, 22, 1850; d. 4, 24, 1850.
Samuel A. McIntyre, b. Millersburg, 1851; Boston,
O., where chil. were born;
m. 3, 26, 1872, Ella Johnson, b. 2, 21, 1851, in Ireland;
to Hudson 1868.
As wid. she lived in house where Nelson Dodge's garden
is ab. 1883-97.
Children
1. Eva Louise, b. 3, 17, 1873; m. 10, 26, 1896, Lyman J. Hoffman;
she Cong. 1890; Auburn. 4 chil.
2. Mary Anna, b. 8, 4, 1875; m. ii, 25, 1897, John O. Baldwin,
see.
3. Arthur James, b. 8, 7, 1878; m. 11, i, 1902, Ada France; Akron;
one son.
John McKee, where Guy Herrick lives; worked for
Charles Lane and Newton Herrick;
m. (i) Ann , b. ab. 1847; d. 12, 7, 1891.
m. (2) May, 1892, Eliza Mary Wilcox, b. 7, 29, 1847,
dau. of John Wilcox; Cong. 1906, dis. to Hudson 1908..
Children
Gracie, lived with Mrs. John Hempstead; went west.
Harry.
William McKinney, b. 12, 29, 1833; d. 4, 7, 1898;
shoemaker in Tw. and elsewhere; returned to Tw. i860 and
opened shoe shop; enlisted 1862 in 115th O. V. I., serving
through the war; sergeant; in prison several months in
Alabama; was on the Sultana that exploded near Memphis,
but being sick had left the boat at previous stop; read his
own name among the dead; so thin his mother did not know
him; was spy and scout; resumed shoe business in Tw.;
postmaster 1871-81; to Akron; sheriff of county 4 yrs.;
see Lane's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1077;
m. 2, 8, 1853, in Tw. Sarah A. Carver, b. 11, i, 1835;
d. 3. 23, 1899; dau. of George W. Carver, see.
3 88 — McLaughlin McMillan
Children
Ella Mary, b. 12, 28, 1854; d. 1857.
Clara Locella, b. 6, 8, 1858; m. 1881, Charles P. Mallison, 2 chil.;
Akron.
Perry Archer, 1 864-1 893.
Nellie Maud, b. 1870; d. 10, 6, 1873.
Ozza Marthasia, b. 1875; d. 3, 9, 1878.
Paul William, b. 1879; m. 1902, Selina Kline.
Martin McLaughlin, b. Irville, 3, 24, 1870, son of
John and Mary (Moore) McLaughlin from Ireland; to Tw.
1916; in charge of Postal Telegraph;
m. II, 4, 1899, Gertrude Deal, b. in Penn., 12, 13,
1880, dau. of Samuel M. and Anna (Mill) Deal.
Children
I. Marie, b. Penn. 6, 9, 1901.
William Theodore, b. Penn. 7, 5, 1902.
Francis Martin, b. Penn. 10, 23, 1904.
John Samuel, b. Penn., 4, 3, 1907.
Anna Margaret, b. Penn., 10, 29, 1909.
James Edward, b. Newark, 2, 5, 1913.
Gertrude Geraldine, b. Newark, 9, 26, 1915.
R. McMann, infant of d. 2, 13, 1891, age 3 days.
Robert Terrace McManus, b. 8, 21, 1855, son of
Edward and Catharine (Quinn) McManus, of Canada; on
different farms and where Howard Holt lives; also black-
smith; to. CI. and returned to Tw. 1914, on Lynn K. Cham-
berlin's farm;
m. 2, 15, 1882, Caroline Edith Miller, b. 2, 15, 1857,
dau. of Robert and Rose (Douds) Miller, see.
Children
1. Florence Edith, b. ii, 27, 1882; Cong. 1892; Tw, H. S. 1899;
m. 6, I, 1902, Lynn K. Chamberlin, see.
2. Elodie Carrie, b. 6, 24, 1884; d. 7, i, 1910; Tw. H. S. 1901;
m. 5, I, 1909, Hugo Ernest Hanswald.
3. Infant, b. and d. 11, 14, 1886.
4. Dwight, b. 2, 10, 1891; d. 2, 13, 1891.
5. Elsie Roberta, b. i, 10, 1894; m. 6, 6, 1912, Ralph Roy Dun-
ker; CI.
Loren J. McMillan, b. ab. 1829; here i860; m.
Hannah , b. ab. 1832.
McNuLTY Mead — 389
Rev. Charles M. McNulty, pastor of Cong. chh.
10, I, 1882, to 9, 28, 1884;
m. Mary Vinton, Cong. 1883, dis. to Glenfield 1886;
one child b. Tw.
Albert Henry McRitchie, b. Bedford, 7, 18, 1868;
son of Thomas and Anne McRitchie who came from Scot-
land; to Tw. 1905; 10 yrs. on Dodge road on farm;
m. 9, 4, 1889, Hattie Effegene Perkins, b. 12, 9,
1865, dau. of Samuel and Margaret (Harper) Perkins.
Children
1. Eva Bertine, b. 3, 11, 1890, in Bedford; m. 3, 27, 1913, Rode-
rick James Ryan, son of Stephen A. Ryan, see; one child; Macedonia.
2. Gladys May, b. 8, i, 1892, in Solon; CI.
Floyd Verne, b. 9, 10, 1895, in Bedford.
Margaret Anne, b. 3, 16, 1898, in Bedford.
Ruth Alberta, b. 7, 27, 1901, in Bedford.
Theodore Perkins, b. Tw. 6, 29, 1905.
Henry Meach, son of Aaron and Cordelia Meach; had
cheese factory at old mill many yrs. ago;
m. Ermina White, fr. N. Y.; had 2 sons, Earl and
George.
Mary Meach, b. ab. 1838; m. Eli Holmes, see;
to Bloomingdale, Mich.
William J. Mead, b. in Claremont, Pa., 1789; d. at
Charleston, 1846;
m., 183 1, at Buffalo, N. Y., Dorothy Dickson, b.
Albany, Eng., 1810 or '14; d. at Tw. 8, 4, 1912, where she
had resided 58 yrs. She m. (2) 1850, Alanson Mills, see.
Children
1. William, Jr., b. in Buffalo, N. Y., 1832; see below.
2. Mary, b. Pittsburg, Pa., 1834; d. in CI. 1905; m. 1852, William
Ricksicker, see.
3. Dorothy, b. 1836; m. 1859, Nelson E. Seward, of Aurora; had
Carrie (Harmon) of Aurora, and Frederick of Hudson.
4. Orange, b. 1838; d. 1905, at Traverse City, Mich.; m. 1859,
Jeannette Seward of Aurora, 5 chil.
5. Jennette, b. 1840, lives in Calif.; m. 1861, Henry Butler, of
Aurora; they had Frank and Frederick.
6. John, b. 1840; see below.
7. Henry, b. 1842; lives near Buffalo, N. Y.; m. (i) 1869, Anna
Harrington; m. (2) .
390 — Mead Melvin
William Mead, Jr., son of William above; b. 1832;
here i860; in Civil War; lived where Mr. Renard lives on
Aurora road;
m. Sarah Gambal, of Solon, b. 1836; d. 1863-4.
Children
Daughter, d. 8, 19, i860, age 3.
William, jr., m. and lives in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Luella, m. A. F. Diegley; Chicago, 111.
John Mead, son of William J. above; b. 1840, at
Charleston; where Mrs. John Hemstead lives; now living
at Zoar; in Civil War; in Tw. 1 846-1 879;
m. (i) 1868, Elizabeth (or Celissa) Carn, b. 1846; d.
4, 9, 1876;
m. (2) 1878, Adah Carn, 1861-1891.
Children By First Wife
1. Burk, b. Tw. 1869; d. 1896; m. 1890, Luna Thompson.
2. Edward, b. Tw. 1871; d. 1903; m. 1891, Sophia Gressel.
3. Jettie, b. 1873; m. 1895, Joseph F. Doubrava, see; Canton.
4. Jesse, b. Tw. 1876; m. 1906, Minnie Stump; Joliet, 111.
5. Millie, twin of Jesse, b. 1876; m. Hiram Beardsley.
6. Infant, d. y.
By Second Wife
7. Emma, b. and d. 1880.
8. Oliver, b. Canton, 1881; d. Thurston, 1901.
William M. Mead; had cheese factory on Hudson
road; writing teacher 50 yrs.; had Adeline M., who m. P. E.
Alvord, and who was court stenographer in CI.
William John Meek, b. in Eng. 4, 8, 1880; to U. S.
1 881; son of John and Fanny Meek, of CL; painter and
paper hanger; to Tw. 1916.
m. II, I, 1904, Mabel Maud White, dau. of John Wil-
liam White, see, b. 11, 25, 1884 in Canton.
Children
Earl William, b. Tw. i, 22, 1906.
Violet Mabel, b. CI. 10, 17, 1907.
Ernest George, b. Windermere, 5, 2, 1910.
Ruth Wait, b. Chardon, 12, i, 1911.
Clarissa Mellon.
Hiram Melvin, fr. N. Y. ; here short time near where
Mrs. Hickox lives so. side of park; livery; furnished horses
for Samuel Bissell's two stages to CI.
Merriam Miller— 391
Children
Delbert Melvin, d. 10, 4, 1853, age 3.
Another child d. 9, 18, 1853, age 5.
Edward, Heman and Sarah Ann Merriam; all Meth.
ab. 1842-5.
John Merrick (see Myrick), b. ab. 1813 ; d. In Mich.;
here i860; shoemaker; lived on Dodge road where Albert
Bernizer lives; also where Fred Miller lives; practiced
trade from house to house, "whipping the cat";
m. Sabra Tiffany, b. ab. 1812, sister of Mrs. William
Maxam.
Children
John, an adopted child.
Perhaps William H., in Dist. No. 7, b. ab. 1839.
Charles Merrick, and wife; see census of 1833.
Children
Jane Jovia, b. ab. 1828.
Harriet, b. ab. 1830.
Martha, b. ab. 1832.
Cyrus Merrick.
Son of Henry Merrick, b. 2, 10, 1829.
Clarissa Miller, Bapt. 1 841-3.
Rev. John Quincy Adams Miller, Meth. pastor
1889-90.
Charles S. Merrill, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1856-8.
RoLLiN Merrill, perhaps lived in Solon but children
in Tw. school Dist. No. 2.
Children
Delphine, b. ab. 1843; in Dist. No. 2, 1853.
Erksine, b. ab. 1847; m. Ella Baldwin of Aurora.
Walter Merrill, fr. Cambridge, Mass.; worked
several yrs. in Tw. at different places.
Robert Miller, b. 1820 in Ireland; d. i, 24, 1908;
son of Robert and Martha (Park )Miller; lived in stone
house on Liberty St.; to U. S. 1866;
m. 1841, Rose Douds, b. 2, 12, 1819; d. 4, 24, 1909;
both Cong. 1877, dis. to Solon 1887.
392 — Miller Mills
Children
Eliza, b. 5, 3, 1842; m. 10, 31, 1862, William John Mitchell, see;
she d. 1915.
William.
Ellen Jane, m. William Akins; CI.
James D., b. ii, 27, 1851; see below.
Alexander.
Caroline Edith, b. 2, 15, 1857; m. 1882, Robert T. McManus, see.
John.
Matilda Gertrude, b. 2, 14, 1861; Cong. 1884-7; m. WiUiam Bell
of Solon; no chil.
James D. Miller, b. II, 27, 185 1 ; d. 9, i, 1916; farmer
on Solon road and on Bedford road; son of Robert above;
m. 12, 6, 1871, Francis Josephine Johnson, b. 7, 23,
1849.
Children
1. Fred J., b. i, 10, 1873; see below.
2. Nettie May, b. 8, 2, 1875; unm.
3. Frank Sherman, b. 4, 28, 1880; see below.
4. Charles Arthur, b. 10, 30, 1883; m. 12, 28, 1905, Teresa Clay;
CI.
5. Nellie Grace, b. 3, 21, 1886; Tw. H. S. 1904; teacher, unm.
6. Carl H., b. 12, I, 1891; m. 6, 26, 1912, Luella Sawyer, b. 11, 23,
1894, <^^u- of Riley B. Sawyer. They had Helen Alberta, b. 9, 2, 1915,
and Edward B., b. 3, 31, 1914.
Fred J. Miller, b. i, 10, 1873; farmer; son of James
D. Miller above;
m. 3, 23, 1898, Mamie Maria Williams, b. 9, 18, 1879,
dau. of Sidney C. Williams, see.
Children
Arlington Lloyd, b. 9, 7, 1900.
Raymond Leroy, b. 2, 15, 1902.
Ralph Williams, b. 8, ii, 1910.
Frank Sherman Miller, b. 4, 28, 1880; killed in
powder mill 3, 26, 1907; son of James D. Miller;
i^- 3» 9> 1904? Lizzie Hirschman, b. 1875; Cong. 1913;
dau. of Christian J. Hirschman, see.
Children
Ruth Leona, b. 6, 27, 1905.
Frank Sherman, b. 4, 16, 1907.
Alanson Mills, b. ab. 1804; d. 5, 30, 1884; uncle of
Gideon H. Mills; fr. Hudson; where Mr. Renard lives on
Mills Mills — 393
Aurora road; carried mail for yrs. and she after him, to
Macedonia; local preacher in Meth. chh.;
m. (i) Sarah Kelsey, b. ab. 1804; d. i, 4, 1855; Cong.
1834;
m. (2) Mrs. Dorothy Mead, wid. of William J. Mead,
see; b. 1810; d. 8, 12, 1904; she Meth.
Children, By First Wife
Samuel Jedediah, b. Feb. 1833; editor in Toledo.
Sarah Ann, b. after 1833.
Gideon Hays Mills, Sen., 1802-1886; lived near
Joseph Carter's place, west part of town; Meth. before
1841;
m. (i) Mar. 1828, Matilda Case, b. Granby, Ct., 1805;
d. 1877; both Cong. 1834, dis. to Hudson i860, rec'd. again
1881;
m. (2) Mary , b. ab. 1832; d. 5, 26, 1912.
Children
Julia M., b. ab. 1832; d. i, 16, 1912.
Lucy A., b. ab. 1833.
Gideon Hays, Jr., b. 1834; see below.
Elizur, b. ab. 1838.
Almon D., b. ab. 1841; d. 1914, at Hudson.
Harlow, b. 4, 11, 1844; New Virginia, la.
Gideon Hays Mills, Jr., b. 10, 29, 1834; d. 11, 10,
1902; son of Gideon H. Mills above; on Solon road where
widow still lives; in Capt. George Wetmore's 9th Ohio
Independent Battery fr. 10, 2, 1861 to 7, 25, 1865; in fifteen
battles; see Bowen & Co's. Hist of Summit and Portage
Cos., p. 836;
m. I, 22, 1868, Mrs. Sarah (Lane) White, b. 5,11,
1836, dau. of Luman Lane, see, and wid. of Elisha White,
see; both Cong. 1868.
Children
Lottie Philena, b. i, 28, 1869; m. 5, ii, 1892, George M. Wall, see.
Gideon Luman, b. 11, 28, 1870; see below.
Gideon Luman Mills, b. 11, 28, 1870, son of Gideon
H. Mills above; Cong. 1887; CL;
m. 4, 28, 1897, Electa Sheets, b. 7, 14, 1876; d. 11, 24,
1910; Cong. 1898.
394— Mills Mizer
Children
Frank Carlos, b. 7, 2, 1901.
Charles Glenwood, b. 9, 30, 1904; d, 5, 25, 1908.
Nellie Electa, b. ii, 5, 1910.
Philo Mills, b. 11, 16, 1764; d. 12, 5, 1837; to Tw.
1823; fr. Conn, with 6 chil.; see census of 1833;
m. I, 30, 1805, Julia A. Buell, b. 11, 25, 1872; d.
8, 28, 1850; cousin of Moses and Aaron Wilcox; in Hudson
ab. 1849; Cong., dis to Hudson 1850.
Children
Eliza, b. ab. 1806; d. 8, 19, 1841; Cong. 1824; m. Elisha Loomis,
see.
John Yale, b. ab. 1812; d. 7, 4, 1840; Cong. 183 1, dis. to Wes. Res.
Col. 1835.
Ralph Wooster, b. ab. 1815; d. 12, 6, 1834; Cong. 1834.
Esther Jerusha, b. 7, 2, 1817; Cong. 1831; m. (i) 1837, Elisha L.
Cowles, see; m. (2) 1842, Robert Dunshee, see.
Julia, Cong. 1841.
Lucy A., Cong. 1851, dis. to Hudson i860.
Philo Mills, Jr., d. 5, 14, 1833, age 35.
John A. Mills, d. May 1824.
William John Mitchell, b. 4, 6, 1835, son of William
and Mary Mitchell of Northfield; to Liberty St. 1878; back
to Northfield 1890;
m. 10, 31, 1862, Eliza Miller, b. 5, 3, 1842; d. 1915;
dau. of Robert and Rose (Douds) Miller.
Children
1. William b. 8, 7, 1863; m. 5, 16, 1883, Zella Thompson, dau. of
Rev. J. R. Thompson; Chester Cross Roads.
2. Mary, b. 10, 14, 1865; m. i, 10, 1883, Anthony Staley of
Canton.
3. Robert, b. 9, 8, 1871; m. Nov. 1891, Susie Weldy.
4. Rosetta, b. 6, 4, 1877; d. Tw. i, 16, 1881.
Phineas Mixer, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1849-51.
Samuel Mizer, b. in Tuscaravi^as Co. i, 6, 1859; son of
Samuel Mizer who d. 1859 and Hannah (Hawk) Mizer, who
d. 4, 13, 1896; farmer on Streetsboro road; Cong. 1896;
m. I, I, 1885, Laura Ellen Murray, b. in Holmes Co.,
4, 8, 1865, dau. of William Murray, 1843-1913, and Josephine
(Tuttle) Murray, 1838-1900; Cong. 1893.
mollenkopf monroe 395
Children
Isa May, b. lo, i8, 1885; m. Ray Beany, of Northfield.
William Daniel, b. i, 16, 1887, lives with parents.
Leafy Maude, b. 12, 7, 1890; m. 12, 31, 191 1, Carl Bowen, of CI.
John M. Mollenkopf, b. in Germ. 4, 3, 1863; d. Tw.
6,24,1912; toU. S. ab. 1888; toTw. 1911; farmer on Hud-
son road;
m. Maria Krass, b. in Germ. 4, 29, 1869; to U. S.
1883.
Children
Herman, b. i, ii, 1897.
Theodore, b. 7, 29, 1900.
John Moloney, b. ab. 1827; d. 2, 28, 1878; renter on
several farms; Hudson; fr. Ireland to Tw. 1852;
m. Mary O'Connor, b. 6, 24, 1826; d. 4, 7, 1910.
Children
Mary, b. ab. 1852; taught in Tw.; m. George Gannon; Hudson.
Matthew, b. ab. 1856; d, at age of 51 ; m. .
Thomas, b. ab. 1858; Hudson.
Michael, b. ab. 1859; Akron.
John, b. ab. 1862; Akron.
Ellen, b. ab. 1863; Hudson.
Anna; teacher in Akron.
Rev. William Monks, b. 6, 9, 1806; d. 3, 10, i860;
bur. Tw.; in 1864 reburied at Tallmadge in grave with son
who d. in War; son of William and Rachel Monks — Wm. in
Rev. War; pastor Meth. chh. 1858-60;
m. (i) Harriet Burns, dau. of Thomas and Margaret
Burns.
m. (2) Martha Clark, dau. of George Clark.
Children
1. Thomas, b. Mar. 183 1; d. June 1901; Capt. in 62nd Reg.
Penn. Vol.
2. Rachel, 1833-1907; m. 1857, Robert Randall.
3. Margaret, b. 1835; m. 1880, Rev. James Colton; CI.; Meth.
4. Sarah Jane, 1837-1911; m. 1858, Jones Webb.
5. Zarah Caston, 1841-1909; m. 1865, Hattie Bohrer; in Civil
War.
6. George, 1 848-1 864; d. hospital; in Civil War.
RoLLiN Harrison Monroe, b. 1840, Shalersville;
m. 1876, Jane Cameron, b. in Scot. 6, 9, 1852, dau. of
396— Monroe Morris
Alexander and Elizabeth Cameron; to CI. with parents
when 2 yrs. old; to Tw. 1869; Cong. 1870-93.
Children
Harry Robert, b. 8, 28, 1878; m. 1905. .
Frank George, b. 5, 25, 1882; m. 1906, Cameron.
Mina Monroe, b. 1870; d. 12, 2, 1890; lived at Wallace Chamber-
lin's; Cong. 1886.
Joel A. Monroe, Bapt. 1838.
Fannie Moore, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1854.
George W. Moore, b. ab. 1834; here i860; teacher
and farmer; went west;
m. Oct. 1858, Cordelia Thare Norton, b. i, 4, 1839;
d. 4. — 1899; she m. (2) 1878 Cassius O. Baldwin. No chil.
Mildred Moore, graduate of Denison Uni.; high
school principal in Tw. 1914 — .
James Moran, b. ab. 1818; farmer; here i860; Cath.;
m. Annona Maloney, b. ab. 1826.
Children
Ella; m. Vaughn, near Boston, O.
Annora ("Nora"); m. Roberts, CI.
Thomas; m. (i) Crissie Doud.
Barney Joseph Morgan; on Justus Herrick's farm;
d. in Hudson;
m. , who d. in Hudson.
Children
Jane, b, ab. 1857; d. 10, 17, 1874.
William.
A girl.
Rev. Arthur James Garfield Morgan, b. in Eng.
6, 14, 1882; came 1908; preached 4 yrs. in Eng. and here
since coming; pastor of Meth. chh. 191 3-14; Mt. Union
Col.;
m. 6, 17, 1916, Lola Richards, of Cortland.
Rev. William Morrelle, Meth. pastor 1838.
John Van Morris, b. in Defiance, 8, 7, 1888; adopted
by Mrs. Lura Jane Cook; to Tw. at age of 7; at Austin
Herrick's 10 yrs.;
Morse Mountjoy — 397
m. 5, 18, 1916, Mrs. Anna (Dachtler) Osborn; dau.
of Carl C. Dachtler, see.
Andrew J. Morse; lived north of bank; to Chicago
after the war; cooper;
m, (i) and had i child.
m. (2) 184Q, Mary Packer, 1823-89; dau. of Jesse and
Amy (Gould) Packer.
Children By Second Wife
Charles H., d. 2, 4, 1848, age 5.
James E., d. 2, 22, 1849, age 2.
Addie, 1841-1915; m. William H. Easdand, of Chicago.
Perhaps one other.
George Alonzo Mosher, bro. of Mrs. Manly I. Leach,
b. 6, 14, 1853, fr. Chester 1916; son of Alonzo and Maria
Mosher; carpenter and farmer; in village;
m. 6, 27, 1874, Eliza E. Johnson, b. 12, 28, 1856, in
New Orleans, N. Y.
Children
Charles Ambrose, b. 3, 31, 1876 in Mich.
Edith May, b. 2, 3, 1878; m. Charles E. Carpenter, see.
Ora Jane, b. 6, 28, 1881; m. Clyde F. Allen, see.
Iva, b. 8, 6, 1883; m. Milan Pelton of Chester.
Jeremiah Moulthrop.
Mrs. Sarah Moulthrop, b. ab. 1772; d. Tw. 8, 30,
1853; age 81; Cong. 1829.
Fanny Moulthrop; m. Elijah Bronson, see.
Isabinda Moulthrop, b. 6, 4, 1804; m. 1824, Adin
Post, see.
The relationship of the above not known.
Alfred Roy Mountjoy, b. 11, 11, 1875, son of John H.
and Charlotte Ann (Richards) Mountjoy of Chagrin Falls,
now of Russell; studied at Adrian College; to Tw. 1915;
cashier of Tw. bank; both Cong. 1915;
m. 10, 23, 1901, Olive Jane Dewey, b. 2, i, 1877, dau.
of Oliver E. and Electa (Franklin) Dewey.
Children
Mazel Pearl, b. 3, 30, 1904; d. 6, 11, 1904.
Lawrence Lynn, b. 12, 23, 1905.
Gertrude Olive, b. 9, 17, 1907.
MUELLAR NalSON 398
Rudolph Muellar, b. in St. Louis, 5, 14, 1874; in
Spanish War in signal corps; in Cuba and Philippines over
3 yrs., building lines; in charge of Postal Telegraph in Tw.;
m. Albuquerque, N. M., 5, 14, 1905, Jessie Ruth
VooRHEES, of Terre Haute, Ind.
Child
Hugo Rudolph, b. 2, 26, 1913.
Peter Ryan Murray, usually called Peter Ryan, b. in
Ireland ab. 1813; came to U. S. 1846; to Tw. in early 70's;
d. 3, II, 1 901, age 89; bought farm on Icehouse road where
his nephew, Peter Murray, lives;
m. Mary , who d. 8, 26, 1887.
Peter Murray, b. i, 31, 1861; came 5, 24, 1885; son
of Andrew and Katharine Murray;
m. 9, 6, 1887, Anna Keenan, b. 4, 26, 1867, dau. of
Bernard and Mary Keenan; she came 4, 23, 1881.
Children
I. Katharine, b. 12, 19, 1888; m. i, 19, 1914, Fred L. Bonner, see.
Minnie, b. 10, 19, 1890; m. 5, 12, 1909, Jacob Matti.
Joseph, b. 10, 15, 1892.
John, b. I, 23, 1895.
Peter, b. 8, 18, 1897.
Bernard, b. 11, 5, 1899; d. 8, 12, 1912.
Teresa, b. 3, 8, 1902.
Agnes, b. 10, 19, 1907.
Capt. Joseph Myrick (see Merrick, another form of
same name); lived beyond Verne Hempstead's and on
Roach farm; capt. of militia co.; meetings held at his house
in early days; built second house in Tw., a frame house
south of park.
William H. Myrick, or Merrick, in Dist. 7; b. ab.
1839; m. Sabra Maxam; to Mich.
N
James Nalson;
m. Eliza , b. ab. 1834; d. 2, 11, 1909, both Bapt.
Children
David, b. ab. 1865; d. 10, 21, 1887.
Eliza Jane; m. York.
Neal Nelson — 399
Mary Ann, b. ab. 1866; d. 4, 3, 1907.
James, b. ab. 1868; d. 9, 29, 1904.
Joseph.
John; m. Mrs. Lillian Adele (Viers), wid. of Pinell Drake; dau. of
Charles A. Viers, see.
Michael O. Neal (or O'Neal), b. 10, 27, 1823; d.
1876; son of Moses and Mercy Neal of Salem; here ab. 5
yrs., where Dr. Grist Hves; kept store;
m. 12, 27, 1846, Samantha B. Beldin, b. 10, 6, 1828;
d. 7, 28, 1867; dau. of Erastus and Betsey (Armitage) Beldin
of Northfield; he to Calif. 1849 and d. while landing; she d.
Tw. 12, 22, 1886, aged 80.
Children
I. Jennette Elizabeth, b. 6, ii, 1848; m. Willard C. Prentis, see.
Henry M., b. 9, 24, 1851; unm.; railroad man.
James, b. 4, 7, 1854; d. 4, 16, 1854.
Mary Ann, b. 8, 16, 1859; m. Fred D. Barber, see.
Elark L., b. 9, 7, 1862; m. John Boose, see.
Frederick, b. 11, ii, 1865; d. 5, i, 1866.
Infant, b. 1867; d. i, 13, 1868.
Thomas W. Nealy, b. ab. 1858; killed 5, 20, 1900 by
street car throwing him from load of hay; where Mr. Gill
lives on Icehouse road;
m. Emma ; Bedford.
Children
Thomas G.
Margaret E.
Charles Neice; d. 9, 8, 1896 fr. accident on farm;
age 25; fr. Bakersville.
Maggie Neilson; hved at Robert Cochran's; Meth.;
to Neb. and m.
Alonzo L. Nelson, b. Hebron, N. Y., 12, 8, 1827; d.
5, 4, 1897; son of Solomon and Mary Ann (Thompson)
Nelson; to Tw. 1835 when 8 yrs. old, by Erie Canal to
Buffalo and then by horse and wagon; Tw. Inst.; taught
in dist. schools; at 20 began clerking in John Odell's store;
afterwards bookkeeper for G. H. and Frank Ailing; in 1852
bought Odell property and started general store; building
burned in 1854; he then devised the present building, which
400 — Nelson Nichols
contains postoffice and library; postmaster; lived in house
in rear; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1047;
m. 6, 12, 1853, Belvina A. Smith, b. West Moriah,
N. Y., 1830; d. 4, 2, 1903; dau. of George B. and Clara
(Everest) Smith; came with parents to Bedford when a
young girl; mother d. Bedford 1846; father d. in Mich.
Her sister, Susie Smith, lived with them and d. 2, 29, 1892,
age 45; Meth.
Child
Jay Odell, b. 1863; Howard City, Mich,; m. 1894, Minerva L.
Baird and had Kenneth Alonzo, b. 1896.
Solomon (or Samuel) C. Nelson, b. 6, 11, 1804; d.
4, 7, 1866, son of John and grandson of Moses Nelson;
father of Alonzo above; lived where Bert Tucker lives;
Bapt.;
m. 12, 30, 1826, Mary Ann Thompson, b. ab. 1807; d.
8, 15, 1889, age 82; Meth.
Mrs. Chloe Nelson; d. 8, 9, 1850, age 64, wife of
Moses.
Col. Caleb Nichols, son of James, b. Mass., ab. 1789;
d. 6, 1,1865; to Mesopotamia, 1823; to Kent, 1835; toTw.,
1840, with son Orrin;
m. Amanda F. Parks, b. Mass., ab. 1796; d. 3, 28,
1875; both Meth.
Children
1. Mary; m. Osmen Guild, Mesopotamia.
2. Orrin Parks, b. 6, 21, 1817; see below.
3. Isabelle, b. ab. 1819; d. 7, 25, 1852; Meth.; m. 1842, WiUiam
Avery Parks, see.
4. Laura, b. 1841; d. 3, 8, 1870; m. 1838, Alanson H. Bates, see.
5. Amanda, b. ab. 1823; d. 7, 13, 1851; m. 1843, John W. Fessen-
den, see.
6. Sabra E., b. ab. 1825; d. 10, 22, 1844; Meth.
7. Luther H., b. ab. 1827; d. 11, 27, 1851.
8. Caroline; Meth.; m. Limon L. Barnes.
9. Hannah A., b. 5, 4, 1833; d. 6, 21, 1907; m. 1859, Josiah Red-
field, see.
ID. Oscar A., b. 7, 16, 1835; see below.
II. Amelia S., b. ab. 1840; d. 3, 29, 1852.
Nichols
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402 — Nichols Nichols
Orrin Parks Nichols, son of Caleb Nichols above, b.
Hampden Co., Mass., 6, 21, 1817; d. Tw. 4, 28, 1877; at 6
came with parents to Trumbull Co., then to Kent; in 1840
bought 70 acres on Bedford road where John Stocker lives;
added other farms; lumber dealer in western N. Y. ; in
legislature, 1875.
See Lane's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1075;
m. (i) 1840, Lemira F. Crow, of Litchfield, b. ab. 1818;
d. 2, I, 1845;
m. (2) II, II, 1847, Wealthy Catharine Baird, b.
I, 20, 1826; d. 3, 23, 1894.
Children By First Wife
1. Laura E., d. 11, 12, 1842, aged i mo.
2. Mary G.; d. 5, 27, 1844, aged i yv.
By Second Wife
3. Fremont Allen, b. 3, 23, 1849; see below.
4. Orrin Parks, b. 6, 21, 1852; see below.
5. Katie Ann, b. 6, 19, 1859; m. 2, 25, 1879, Seth R. Hanchett,
see; she Meth., then Cong.; lives in CI.
6. William Pitt, d. 7, 16, 1865, aged i.
Fremont Allen Nichols, son of Orrin Parks Nichols
above, b. 3, 23, 1849; d. 9, 29, 1902; he and w. Meth. 1877;
m. 12, 31, 1868, Zalia Fankel of Boardman, b. ab.
1850; d. 3, II, 1901.
Children
1. Orrin Parks, b. 4, 25, 1870; m. Lulu Bull, dau. of Charles Bull,
and had Maud, Budd and Montgomery Parks; Youngstown.
2. Nellie Blanche, b. 9, 24, 1873; ^- 1890, Henry A. Belden, son
of Frederick E. Belden, see; CI.; they had Floyd, Fred, Ethel, George,
Stanley and Florence.
3. Orrie Edith, b. 10, 10, 1875; m. Charles A. Luke; Lakewood;
they had Viola, Luella Alpha and George.
4. Roy Wesley, b. 10, 14, 1877; m. 6, 22, 1910, Bessie Luemma
McDonald, dau. of Allen M. McDonald, see; had child d. y.; Tw.
5. Alvah Fankle, b. 7, i, 1880; m. 9, 4, 1909, Leola Dorathea
Richner, dau. of Charles S. Richner, see; Tw.
6. Pearl Eldena, b. 10, 4, 1884; m. Montgomery Garfield of CI.;
they had Mildred and Helen.
Orrin Parks Nichols, son of Orrin Parks Nichols
above, b. Tw. 4, 21, 1852; d. 4, 26, 1908.
m. 12, 5, 1871, Estella Maria Clark, b. Tw. 10, 19,
1854, dau. of Elmore W. Clark, see; she m. (2) 8, 7, 191 1,
Richard H. O'Donald, see.
Nichols Nichols — ^403
Children
1. Elmore Clark, b. 4, 11, 1875; see below.
2. Orrin Baird, b. 8, 10, 1877; d. i, 27, 1878.
3. Fitch Gerald, b. 5, 24, 1879; m. Reta Bissell, dau. of Henry A.
Bissell, see.
4. Edna Estella, b. 10, 4, 1881; Tw. H. S. 1899; "i- Ellsworth J.
McCreery, see,
5. Bela Fremout, b. 3, 11, 1883; see below.
6. Orrih Dwight, b. 10, 19, 1891; Tw. H. S. 1909; Meth. 1914.
Elmore Clark Nichols, b. 4, 11, 1875; son of Orrin
Parks Nichols, above; in CI. many years; back to Tw. 1903;
on Bedford road in village;
m. 3, 4, 1895, Mary Cannon, b. 7, 3, 1873, <iau. of
Henry Cannon who lived a year in Tw.
Children
I. Sterling Cannon, b. 12, 27, 1897; Tw. H. S. 1915; Case School.
Irene Estelle, b. 11, 22, 1899; Tw. H. S. class of 1917.
Paul Elmore, b. 6, 18, 1904.
Nelson Clark, b. 12, 3, 1905.
Ruth Elizabeth, b. 9, 9, 191 2.
Harold Orrin, b. 5, 5, 1914.
Bela Fremont Nichols, b. 3, it, 1884, son of Orrin P.
Nichols, see; in village on Bedford road; rural mail carrier;
m. 12, 21, 1904, Ora Pearl Bennett, b. 11, 20, 1884,
dau. of Charles N. and Hattie (Pritchard) Bennett.
Child
Faye Estella, b. i, 10, 1906; d. 4, 7, 1911.
Oscar A. Nichols, son of Caleb above, b. 7, 16, 1835;
farmer on Bedford road; now in village; Meth.;
m. (i) 1856, Ellen Caroline Hutchinson, b. ab.
1836; d. 4, 16, 1870; only child of Nathan Hutchinson, see;
m. (2) 1870, Mrs. Almena (Baird) Carter, wid. of
Rollin Beecher Carter, b. 8, 30, 1833; Meth.
Children By First Wife
1. Luther Herbert, b. 10, 30, 1857; see below.
2. Anna Laura, b. 2, 25, 1859; Meth. 1876; Cong.; m. Henry A.
Bissell, see.
3. Perry Hutchinson, b. 10, 3, 1861; m. Helen Chamberlin, dau.
of Coryden Chamberlin, of Solon, see; no chil.; Lakewood.
4. Nora Irene, b. 4, 27, 1864; d. 9, 3, 1915; m. 1885, Alonzo
Roach, see; she Meth. 1877.
5. Harold Hamlin, b. 12, i, 1868; d. 8, 10, 1885.
404 — Nichols Nichols
By Second Wife
6. Elsie Amanda, b. i, 3, 1871; m. George P. Porter of Cincin-
nati; no chil.
7. Charles Albert, b. 12, 9, 1872; m. (i) 1895, Ann Viers; Meth.;
no chil.; m. (2) 6, 5, 1915, Lucy Davies fr. Eng., b. 5, 12, 1887, and had
Oscar Perry, b. 3, 14, 1916.
All above chil. b. in Tw.
Luther Herbert Nichols, b. 10, 30, 1857; lives in
CI.; son of Oscar A. Nichols above; Cong. ; S. S. supt. ;
m. 9, 25, 1878, Elizabeth Ann Cochran, b. 3, 6, 1857,
dau. of Robert Cochran, see.
Children
Bertha Laura, b. 2, 28, 1882; m. June, 1905, Walter Burdette
Holmes, and had Burdette Walter, h. 6, 28, 1908.
Rexford Allen, b. 6, 25, 1891.
NoAH Pluma Nichols, b. 8, 14, 1793; d. i, i, 1868;
one of first settlers in Tw., at end of Liberty St. near top of
hill; not related, so far as known, to previous Nichols
families; Meth.;
m. Comfort ("Cumphy") Thompson, a great weaver
of cloth; charter member of Cong. chh. 1822;
Children
Henry; d.; m.
Charles, bap. Feb. 1826.
Francis, b. ab. 1830; here i860; m. Lydia A. Haggett, b. ab. 1830,
sister of George W. Haggett, see.
Orson H., b. 7, i, 1832; see below.
Another son.^
Orson H. Nichols, son of Noah P. above; b. 7, i,
1832; d. Tw. 9, 9, 1910; where Austin Herrick lives;
m. (i) I, 24, 1856, Theresa Maria Crooks, b. 5, 8,
1835; d. 9, 16, 1861;
m. (2) Martha S. Bicking, 1828-1889; Cong. 1863,
dis. to Aurora 1875;
m. (3) 4, 15, 1891, Mrs. Lillius (Lusk) Bishop, b.
Hudson, 2, 2, 185 1 ; d. Tw., 10, 6, 1916; dau. of Henry
Lusk, see; wid. of Elmer L. Bishop, see.
Children, By First Wife
Georgia, b. 9, 15, 1857; m. William Loveland of Chagrin Falls.
Their dau., Ida m. Harris Parker, of Aurora.
Perry B., b. 8, 21, 1859; lives in CI.; m. Alice Ward; Cong. 1877.
They had Lester and Vera, and one who died.
NicoL North — 405
Alexander NicoL, b. Scotland ab. 1766; d. 7, 10, 1837;
Cong. 1834;
m. Agnes (Brodie?); Cong. 1834, dis. 1843.
Children
Margaret, b. ab. 1801; d. 8, 23, 1849, burned in house; m. James
Henry, see.
Agnes; m. John Mcintosh, see.
Sophia; m. James Langmuire, of Bedford.
; m. Scott.
Jeannette; Cong. 1833; dis. to CI. 1840.
Mr. Nicodemus, kept hote in early nineties; fr. Mog-
adore; to CI.
Charles Sheldon Norris, b. 12, 24, 1871; son of
Johnson Montgomery and Mahaly (Schoonover) Norris;
farmer on Solon road; to Tw. 1909 fr. Solon; across line to
Solon 1916;
m. 2, 16, 1892, Stella Jane Hardie, b. 7, 18, 1873;
dau. of George Francis and Alice Ellen (Chamberlin) Hardie,
m. 1868, she dau. of Luman Chamberlin.
Children
Iva Lina, b. 7, 18, 1893; m. 9, 3, 1912, Clyde A. Watson.
Merle Sheldon, b. 8, 29, 1895; Tw. High School 1915.
Rexford Dean, b. 5, 2, 1898,
Cecil Sylvan, b. 8, 10, 1900.
Marjorie May, b. 8, 30, 1902.
Rev. George T. Norris, pastor of Meth. chh. 1914-15 ;
m. 8, 28, 1 889, Alice Viola Hale of Mogadore ; studied
at Oberlin. They had Wendell and Paul.
Rev. Ira Norris, Meth. pastor 1839-40.
NORTH PEDIGREE
I. John North, b. Eng. 1615; d. 1691; came 1635,
Farmington, Ct.
II. Thomas North, 1649-1712; in Indian wars;
m. Hannah Newell.
III. Ebenezer North, 1703-1789; m. 1730, Sibyl
Curtis, i 703-1 794.
IV. Dea. Noah North, 1733-1818; m. (i) 1756,
Jemima Loomis; m. (2) 1771, Elizabeth Humphrey.
4o6 — North Norton
V. JuNiA North, i 760-1 828; m. (i) 1785, Sabrina
Tyler; m. (2) 1807, Mrs. Sally Covey.
VI. Dea. Junia North, b. 4, 30, 1796; d. 12, 30, 1885,
age 90; fr. Litchfield, Ct., to Tw. 1824; charter member of
Bapt. chh.; see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1047;
m. (i) 4, 27, 1824, Lavinia Merriam, i 797-1 854, Bapt.
1832; to Hudson 1802; taught first school in Tw.;
m. (2) Mrs. Mary (Wolcott) Knapp, see.
Children
1. Mary Sabrina, b. 4, 18, 1825; d. 7, 24, 1898; m. 9, i, 1856,
Nathaniel H. Reed, see.
2. Junia Merriam, b. 3, 13, 1827; d. 10, 19, 1897; m. Elizabeth
Blackwell; lived in Nevada.
3. Ruby Lavinia, b. 7, 7, 1829; d. Feb. 1902; Bapt.; lived in
Oberlin 1897; m. 6, 11, 1853, Jephtha Williams.
4. Eliza Ann, b. 8, 17, 1832; d. 12, 28, 1853; tea. Tw. Inst. 1852-3.
5. Amelia Maria, b. 7, 23, 1834; d. 10, 18, 1853.
6. Orlen Loomis, b. 7, 21, 1836; d. i, 12, 1854.
7. Orson Whedon, twin of above, b. 7, 21, 1836; d. 10, 20, 1853.
William North, b. ab. 1835; d. 6, 18, 1910.
Capt. Horace Norton, b. i, 10, 1808; d. 8, 23, 1883;
son of Uriah Norton, 1751-1813, in Rev. War, and Lydia
(Hutchinson) Norton, who d. 2, 22, 1813; to Chester, then
to Tw. 1842; farmer on Bedford road where Mr. Gill now
lives; later bought where Verne Hempstead now lives;
when 8 yrs. old went to mill with oxen, 17 mi.; gone 3 ds.;
one year chopped 25 acres for logging and 10 for wheat; see
Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1048;
m. 5, 14, 1833, Meranda Fisk, b. Batavia, N. Y., 4, 13,
1816; d. Tw. 3, 23, 1892; dau. of Benjamin and Beulah
(Lamberton) Fisk; both Meth.; Free Will Bapt. in Tw.
Children
1. Paulina Tryphena, b. 3, 14, 1834; d. 4, 20, 1913; m. 10, 19,
1856, John Minot Barker of Ashtabula Co.
2. Plympton, b. 2, 4, 1836; d. 2, 4, 1837.
3. Cordelia Thare, b. i, 4, 1839; d. 4, 16, 1897; m. (i) 1858,
George Moore; m. (2) 1878, Cassius O. Baldwin, see; she Meth.
4. Norman, b. 5, 9, 1841; d. 9, i, 1845.
5. Newton Norman, b. 10, 7, 1844; d. 12, 19, 191 1; m. 10, 24,
1865, Mary R. Cox; he to Mich. 1878; to Calif. 1895; Meth. 1877; 4
chil.
6. Marilla Meranda, b. 2, 14, 1858; m. ii, 28, 1877, Samuel
Henry Crankshaw, see.
Norton Op ell — ^407
Samuel G. Norton, b. ab. 1827; d. 11, 18, 1848, on
Lake Erie.
Capt. James Norton; where Abner Lane lives; built
house from boat wreck; old lake capt.;
m. Hannah ; both Meth.
Children
Walter, Ann Eliza, James, Samuel (all dead) and H. Earl, Fresno,
Calif.
First and third in Inst. 1848.
Rev. Mr. Norton, Meth. pastor 1844.
Arminda Norvel, Bapt.
Henry C. Norviel, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1857-9; fr.
Brecksville.
William N. Norviel, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1855; fr.
Brecksville.
Lorenzo Nurse, child of d. 8, 25, 1854, age 3.
James Nutal; d. 10, 19, 185 1, age 28.
Washington Nye; d. in asylum; lived on North St.
where Mr. Taylor lives; fr. Bedford;
m. (i) Jane Martin, b. ab. 1838; d. 7, 9, 1902.
m. (2) Mrs. Mary Smith of Bedford, who d. 3, i, 1915.
No children.
o
Dr. William O'Bryan, first physician in Tw.
Odekirk, on Macedonia road; in house that
burned a few yrs. ago. Mrs. Odekirk's nephew, Reuben
Kellogg, lived with them. They had a dau. who m
Schoonover; lived there 2 yrs., then to Macedonia; also a
dau. who m. Irving Davis and lived there a few yrs., then
in Macedonia.
Mr. Odekirk, b. ab. 1872; d. 7, 29, 1894.
John Odell, b. ab. 1808; d. 7, 18, 1851; merchant;
where P. O. is before Mr. Nelson had it; "accurate and
painstaking"; lived east side of park; here 1833; see census;
4o8 — Odell Osborn
m. Lydia Cody, aunt of "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
Children
Nathan Delos, b. 1832; m. Sarah Kelley, b. 1832, dau. of S. D.
Kelley who ran the hotel.
John T., b. ab. 1844; general manager of B. & O. R. R. in Balti-
more.
John H. and Theodore Odell, in Inst. 1848.
Richard H. O'Donald, b. in Argill, N. Y., 9, 10, 1849;
banker in Howard City, Mich., son of John and Eliza Jane
(Nelson) O'Donald;
m. (i) 12, 7, 1875, Hattie Maria Lusk, b. Hudson
2, 4, 1854; d. I, 13, 1907; dau. of Henry Lusk, see;
m. (2) 8, 7, 1911, Mrs. Estella Maria (Clark)
Nichols, wid. of Parks Nichols; b. 10, 19, 1854, dau. of
Elmer Warren Clark, see; Meth.
Children, By First Wife
Harry J., b. 8, 15, 1877; d. ii, 17, 1880.
Mary Jane, b. 9, 21, 1879; d. 7, 28, 1916; m. 6, 29, 1904, Arie M.
Cook.
Grace Maud, b. 9, 12, 1881; m. 6, 24, 1903, Earl Francis Phelps.
William D. O'Donald, b. 7, 30, 1853; d. Nov. 1903;
bro. of above; lived ab. 1890-03 where Mr. Richner lives;
then to Grand Rapids, Mich.;
m. I, II, 1888, Carrie Chloe Inman, b. 7, 14, 1861,
dau. of Charles J. and Jane B. (Mallany) Inman.
Children
Hazel lola, b. 2, 11, 1891 in Tw.
William Arthur, b. 7, 31, 1897 in Howard City, Mich.
Josiah and William O'Donald, Cong., dis. to Hop-
kins, Mich. 1854.
Nina Oldham; Meth.; lived at Charles Riley's; to
Bedford.
Charles Osborn, b. ab. 1826; d. 3, 3, 1889; farmer
where Charles Schmalzle lives;
m. Jane Post, b. ab. 1825; d. 9, 11, 1908; dau. of
Aaron Post. No chil.; both Meth.
Ezra Osborn and family; to Tw. 7, i, 1817, and settled
in west part of township, a little west of Chauncey Lane's
old place. Mrs. Osborn was the first woman settler in the
township.
OSBUN O VI ATT ^409
Robert Elson Osbun, b. 2, 24, 1863, in Hardin Co.,
son of John and Hannah (Lewis) Osbun; to Tw. 191 5; far-
mer on Leonard, or Lovel place, mile south on Hudson road;
m. 12, 27, 1890, Cora Josephine Peters, b. 7, 5, 1865
in Wyandot Co., dau. of Andrew Jackson and Almira
(Woolsey) Peters.
Children
Elmo Earle, b. 6, i3, 1892; m. 12, 23, 1914, Florence Russell of
Columbus; Glen Rock, Wy.
Ethel Marie, b. 4, 12, 1894; grad. of Ashville High School.
Mary Alice, b. 11, 15, 1896; Glen Rock, Wy.
Clifford LeRoy, b. 9, 3, 1898; Lake Forrest, 111.
Hattie Mae, b. 8, 13, 1902.
Delia C. Ostron, Cong. 1854.
Franz Trangott Otto, b. 6, 8, 1855; to Tw. 1899; to
Bedford 1904; present location unknown; son of Franz
James Martin Otto, 1 820-1909;
m. 4, 19, 1880, Elizabeth May Mills, b. 7, 18, 1851;
Cong. 1900, also children; she living in Hanford, Calif.
Children
Maybelle Jane, b. 5, 6, 1882; m. 9, 27,1905, Frankland Garfield
Hamm, and had Gertrude and Gladys; Lachine, Quebec.
Frank Sherman, b. 8, 27, 1886; m. 12, 8, 1915, May Frieda Minnie
Rambert; CI.
George Martin, b. 9, 17, 1890; m. 6, 4, 1914, Yoonne Lee Fluhart;
CI.
Frederick Overson, on Fred Miller's place 1912-13;
fr. CI.; to Metz; one son.
Benjamin Oviatt, b. 2, 27, 1755; in Rev. War;
m. Mary Carter who was captured by Indians at age
of 12. They had Luman, Heman, Benjamin, Salmon,
Nathaniel, Hulda, Olive, Mary and Betsy.
Benjamin Oviatt, b. Goshen, Ct., 1779 or 178 1; d.
2, 27, 1848; came west 1799; to Hudson 1802; toTw. 1840;
Cong.; had about 700 acres in s. e. part of Tw.;
m. 181 5, Rhoda Kellogg, b. in Vt., dau. of Bradford
and Ann (Thompson) Kellogg.
4IO OviATT OviATT
Children
Three d. y.
Eliza or Elizabeth.
Olive.
Hanford.
Julia.
Silas.
Salmon F., b. ii, 27, 1827; see below.
Martha.
Mary.
Salmon F. Oviatt, b. ii, 30, 1827; son of Benjamin
Oviatt above; farmer in s. e. part of Tw. near old mills.
See Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1048; oldest person in
Tw.;
m. 5, 9, 1849, Margaret Cameron, b. i, 31, 183 1; d.
1882; dau. of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Andrews) Cameron.
They had Lincoln, adopted, see below.
Lincoln Oviatt, b. i860; lives now in Hudson; county
commissioner; active in politics; has held all important
township offices; see Doyle's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 863;
m. Sept. 1881, Nina E. Slocum, dau. of John Slocum
of N. Y. and Akron.
Children
Ida Mae, b. 1883; m. 1904, Silas E. Sawyer, now of Hudson; she
Cong. 1899; Tw. H. S. 1900.
Fayette L., b. 1889.
LuMAN Oviatt, b. 10, 14, 18 19; d. 8, 12, 1892; son of
Benjamin Oviatt, Sen., above;
m. 8, 31, 1842, LuciNDA Craig, b. 12, 13, 1823.
Children
Two d. in infancy.
Loran Luman, b. 2, 19, 1844 in s. e. part of Tw.; d. 6, 6, 1907; see
Doyle's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 507; farmer and cattle dealer; lived in
Northfield; m. (i) 3, 17, 1864, Lura Templeton, dau. of Elisha Temple-
ton, who d. 3, 18, 1873; m. (2) Elva Adell Eggleston; by first w. had
Edward Luman and Frank Loran; by second w. had Vinna P., Hazel L.
and Lynn E.
Maria L., b. 12, 21, 1849; m. 1869, Prosper Wales Gott, see.
Stella A., b. 11, 8, 1853; d. 5, 12, 1854, twin.
Finly V., b. 9, 2, 1863; d. 12, I, 1874.
Sherman Oviatt, b. ab. 1823-4; killed 3, 22, i860 by
log crushing him near old fair ground ; of French descent and
OviATT Page — 411
wife of Danish; on Prosper Gott farm, and in village where
Mrs. J. W. Fessenden lives;
m. HuLDAH Brevoort Richardson, b. ab. 183 1; d.
9, 8, 1908. She m. (2) ab. 1861, Odell Appleby, see.
Children
Fannie Emqgene, b. i, 10, 1851; m. Randolph Riley, see.
John Clark, b. Tw. 6, 20, 1857; d. 2, 4, 1904; in Inst,; to Aurora
ab. 1884; to 111. 1885; to Martin, Mich., 1899; m. (i) 2, 21, 1882, Mary
Abby Greenlese, of Tw., b. 9, 30, 1856, dau. of Joseph Curran Greenlese,
see; m. (2) 3, i, 1906, Pearl A. Harpa; had Frank Hurd 1884, Henri
Clark 1887, Jessie Earl 1889, John Clark 1892, Wayne Pearl 1895, and
by 2nd w. Nettie Ella 1913.
Samuel OviATT, b. ab. 1797; here i86o; on Solon road;
m. Sarah Ann , b. ab. 1810.
Children
Anderson, b. ab. 1843; d.; in Civil War.
E. Adell, b. ab. 1854.
Eunice M. Oviatt, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
Anson Owen, Cong. 1834.
P
Jesse Packer, b. 1790, at Guilford, Vt.; d. in Streets-
boro 1865; to Ohio ab. 1832; lived in Tw., several yrs. in
Aurora, then Streetsboro ab. 1850;
m. ab. 1820, Amy Gould, b. 10, 21, 1798, dau. of
Thomas Gould, see; she survived him several yrs.; both
prominent in Meth. chh.; several chil. — Mary m. Andrew
Morse, see; Soviah (Sophia.'*) m. Joseph Pratt and went to
Wis.; Louise m. Capt. Seymour Reed of 7th O. V. I. Entire
family now dead.
Eli Henry Page; d. i, 19, 19x5; son of Enos and
Cinderilla (Baldwin) Page; worked in Alexander's wagon
shop; to Streetsboro, then to Hopkins, Mich.;
m. 3, 13, 1861, Amelia A. (Sturtevant) Lane, adopted
dau. of Elisha Lane, dau. of John M. and Mary Sturtevant.
Children
Son; d. 9, 15, 1862, age 2 weeks.
Olie Bell; m. 9, 25, 1883, Benjamin S. Foote.
412— Palmer Parish
George Palmer, son of Resolved ^nd Mary (Swem)
Palmer; came fr. Northfield; worked for Lorenzo Riley; to
Kansas;
m. 1865, Jelina Ordelia Chamberlin, dau. of Luman
Chamberlin, see, b. 1843.
Children
Mary Delilah, b. 1867; d. 1912; m. 1893, William Leroy Devine.
Emmer Amenzo, b. 1868; m. 1896, Addie Roscoe.
Vinnie Elmina, b. 1875; "i- 1892, James Cassell.
Harry Guy, b. 1878; m. 1901, Florence Wemple.
Roy Garfield, b. 1881; m. 1906, Grace Evelyne Lowe.
Nathaniel Palmer; here 1818; he and Gideon and
John L. Thompson chopped, cleared and fenced 80 acres,
1818-20, at ^20 per acre; helped care for sick in 1823, when
so many were sick, taken himself and barely escaped death
in that "fatal year."
Rev. Horace Weston Palmer, b. Palmyra, i, 19,
1815; d. II, 18, 1876; son of Samuel and Irene (Parks)
Palmer; grad. Theological Dept. of Wes. Res. Col. 1844;
preached at Hartford, 1844-7; Twinsburg Cong'l. chh.
1848-52; Kingsville 1853-70; Andover 1870 until death;
m. (i) 3, 8, 1838, Harriet Shepard, who d. 5, 6, 1864,
leaving 2 sons; her father lived here and was S. S. supt.;
m. (2) 2, 14, 1866, Agnes Kitchman.
Z. S. Palmer, b. ab. 1794; d. 8, 18, 1880, age 86;
m. Mary A. , b. ab. 1805; d. 11, 9, 1870.
Sabina Parham, b. Deerlield, i, 17, 1848, dau. of
Charles and Rebecca Parham and sister of Mrs. Nelson C.
Dodge, with whom she has lived since 1909; in CI. many
yrs; taught in Dist. No. 7.
Mrs. Philena Parish, b. ab. 1781; d. 8, 28, 1853;
mother of Luman Lane's 2nd w. and grandmother of Mrs.
Isaac Jayne. She lived with Mrs. Lane; was wid. of John
Parish.
Justus Parish; m. Roxana Bissell, dau. of Israel.
She in Tw. awhile as wid. with son Amasa. Had also Fitch
and Ephraim, and Cyrus R., who d. 5, 9, 1848, age 24.
Parks Parks — ^413
PARKS PEDIGREE
I. Robert Parke, b. Eng. 1580; came 1630.
II. Thomas Parke, b. Eng. ab. 1619; came 1630; d.
1709.
III. Robert Parke, 1651-1707, in King Philip's War;
II chil.
IV. James Parke, 1685-1726; Norwich, Ct.
V. Robert Parke, b. 171 8; to Westfield, Mass.
VI. Aaron Parks, 1748-1824; 12 chil.; one Amanda,
b. 1766; m. Caleb Nichols, see, and came to Tw.
VII. Moses Parks, 1758-1862; m. 1807, Electa
Avery; Montgomery, Mass.; 11 chil.; 2 sons came to Tw.
as follows:
VIII. Elisha Lewis Parks, b. 10, 24, 1808; d. 11, 3,
1906, age 98; to Tw. 1839; built brick house on Bedford
road ab. 1894; to village 1882, first house north of Cong,
chh.;
m. 12, 3, 1843, Christia QuiGLEY, b. ab. 1810; d. i, 30,
1896; dau. of Hugh and Mary (Holland) Quigley of Chester,
Mass.; Cong. 1844; no chil., but her niece, Maria Quigley,
lived with them many years, see.
VIII. William Avery Parks, bro. of above; b. 8, 23,
181 5; d. 2, 6, 1899; to Tw. before marriage, 1842; on Bed-
ford road many years near where James Miller lived; mem.
Meth. chh. 56 yrs.;
m. (i) Mar. 1842, Isabel A. Nichols, b. 1819; d.
7, 25, 1852; dau. of Caleb Nichols, see;
m. (2) 12, 7, 1853, Hester L. Parks, 1816-1876; Meth.
Child, By First Wife
Isabelle, b. ab. 1850; m. 12, 21, 1870, Oscar E. Chamberlin, see
Charles Parks, see census of 1833; Cong. 1832, dis.
1845 to Dover;
m. Cynthia M. , Cong. 1832, dis. to Dover.
Children
1. Harriet Minerva, b. ab. 1819; Cong. 1838, dis. to Dover 1845;
m. W. Tidd.
2. Harman Horatio, b. ab. 1821.
414 — Parks Parmelee
Eliza B,, b. ab. 1824; Cong. 1838, dis. to Dover 1845.
Urania June, b. ab. 1825; m. Higley.
Henry Beman, b. ab. 1826.
Lucinda Cordelia, b. ab. 1828; Cong. 1843, dis. to Dover 1845.
Charles Sheldon, b. ab. 1831.
Infant, b. Apr. 1833. j
Charles M. Parks, b. ab. 1827; on Aurora road; here
i860; in Civil War;
m. Minerva C. , b. ab. 1832.
Child
Charlotte, b. ab. 1854; d. 2, 13, 1859.
Clark Parks and wife; see Census of 1833.
Children
Ruth Sabrina, b. ab. 1827.
Amy Adeline, b. ab. 1829.
A "Mr. Parks" d. 3, 30, 1859, age 76; father of one of
above probably. Augustine (.f*).
Augustine Parks, Meth. 1843.
Almina Parks, Meth. 1844.
PARMELEE PEDIGREE
I. John Parmelee, i 590-1659, fr. Eng. ab. 1639;
signed covenant before landing, June 20;
m. (i) Hannah , mother of his chil.; m. (2)
II. John Parmelee, ab. 1615-1688-9; came 1635;
m. (i) Rebecca and had Nathaniel; m. (2); m. (3)
Hannah and had 9 chil.
III. Nathaniel Parmelee, b. 1645; killed 1676 in
King Philip's war; m. Sarah French.
IV. Dea. and Lieut. Nathaniel Parmelee, 1672-
1718; m. 1696, Esther Ward.
V. Lemuel Parmelee, i 704-1 774; g'dfather of Joel
R. Parmelee; m. 1728, Sarah Kelsey.
V. Nehemiah Parmelee, b. 9, 15, 1710; m. (i)
Hannah Hull; m. (2) 1766, Sybil Parmelee.
Parmelee
Parmelee — ^415
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4i6 — Parmelee Parmelee
VI. Nehemiah Parmelee, b. lo, 5, 1741, Killing-
worth, Ct.; m. Nettleton.
VII. Gardiner Parmelee, Cobbleskill, N. Y., where
probably all his chil. were born; he d. 18 10, on visit to
Killingworth, Ct.; m. Experience Wilcox.
VIII. Zeno Parmelee, 1801-1862; see below.
Besides Zeno, Gardiner (VII) had
Sabra, 1803-1886; m. Leonard Evarts;
Anna, 1805-1891; m. 1822, Rufus Redfield;
Chloe, 1807-1891; m. David Fritcher;
Asphy.
Dea. and Lieut. Nathaniel Parmelee (Gen. IV), b.
3, 22, 1672; d. I, 26, 1718;
m. 1696, Esther Ward.
Children
1. Nathaniel, b. 1697; m. (i) Ann Post; m. (2) Bethia Kelsey.
He had EUab, b. 1730; m. Rachel Smith, parents of Eliab, Jr., b. 1775,
who m. Lydia Pierson and had Alfred; see below.
2. Esther, b. 1698.
3. Josiah, b. 1700; m. Mary Buell and had Josiah, Jr., father of
Fanny, who m. Dan Parmelee, see.
4. Hiel, b. 1702.
5. Lemuel, 1704-74; m. Sarah Kelsey. They had:
(i) Jeremiah, 1730-97.
(2) John, b. 173 1.
(3) Sarah, b. 1734; m. Josiah G. Redfield, see.
(4) Dan, b. 1739; m. Mary Stevens and had Rebina, 1768,
Polly, 1772, Dea. WiUiam, see below, Polly, 1777, and Dan, see
below.
(5) Rebina. (6) Asahel. (7) Trial.
6. Lydia, b. 1707; m. Ira Ward.
7. Nehemiah, b. 1710; m. (i) Hannah Hull; m. (2) Sybil Par-
melee. They had Nehemiah, Jr., b. 1741, who m. Elizabeth Nettleton
and had Gardiner; see below.
8. Hannah, b. 1712. 9. Ezra, b. 1714. 10. Abner, b. 1716.
II. Sarah, b. 1718.
Alfred Parmelee, Gen. VIII, son of Eliab, son of
Eliab, son of Nathaniel; see chart; b. 4, 14, 1798; d. 8, 28,
1846; fr. No. Killingworth, Ct.; to Tw. 1831; see census
1833; where Albert and Nathan Chapman lived later; to
Terre Haute 1845; family returned to Tw. and later to
Parmelee Parmelee— 417
Mich.; both Cong. 183 1, dis. 1845; she Cong, again 1847, as
wid., and dis. i860 to Hopkins, Mich.;
m. 3, 18, 1824, Sylvia Rutty, his 3rd cousin.
Children
1. Mary, b. 3, 13, 1825; d. 6, 27, 1874; Cong. 1847, dis. to Hop-
kins, i860.
2. Eliza, twin of above, b. 3, 13, 1825.
3. Josiah Pierson, b. 3, 2, 1827; m. 1856, Amanda Moore; Cong.
1854.
4. James Ellsworth, b. ii, 10, 1828; d. Hopkins, Mich., 12, 31,
1884; m. Catherine White.
5. WilHam Harvey, b. 10, 13, 1830; Tw. Inst., then a year in
Wes. Res. Col.; Cong.; m. 5, 11, 1857, Clara Maria Bissell of Aurora,
dau. of Ebenezer Blodgett Bissell, see.
6. Harlow Lewis, b. 4, 22, 1833 in Tw.; d. 1848.
7. Gilbert, b. 1835; d. ii, 3, 1859 in Tw.
8. Edwin, b. 10, 26, 1837; Cong. 1854; now in Hopkins, Mich.;
m. 12, 22, 1862 Polly Rebecca Edgell.
Dea. William Parmelee, son of Dan, see chart; b.
Killingworth, Ct., 7, 21, 1775; d. Tw. 10, 11, 183 1; fr.
Claremont, N. H., to Tw. 6, 9, 1828, with all of family living
but Lucius, with ox teams; 5 days after arrival Sarah
ReHef d. ; that winter and perhaps the next they lived in log
house south side of Macedonia road, on eastern slope of
ledges near brook; bought of John F. Clark land on Solon
road just north of Tinker's Creek; "cordwinder," shoe-
maker and farmer; both Cong. 1828; dea. 1828-31; body
moved from old to new cemetery;
m. 10, 4, 1801, Fanny Rocye, b. Claremont, N. H.,
12, 4, 1782; d. 10, 4, 1842; dau. of Joel Royce, in Rev. War,
burned on log heap 1782, before wife's eyes and 3 mo. before
her child was born.
Children
1. Lucius, b. 12, 2, 1802.
2. WiUiam, b. 11, 3, 1804; d. ii, 5, 1804.
3. William, b. II, 7, 1805; d.
4. Mary; m. Albert Gallatin Alden, desc. of John Alden.
5. Fanny, b. 8, 12, 1810; m. 5, 29, 1837, Elias W. Mather, see.
6. WilHam, b. 11, 28, 1812; d. 8, 6, 1814.
7. Joel Royce, b. 7, 14, 1815; see below.
8. Samuel Newell, b. 6, 14, 1817; d. Tw. 1864 (.?); m. 9, 7, 1857,
Martha Horton and had Louise Kennedy, i860; Frank Smith, 1862;
and Thornton, 1863; d. 1864.
9. Sarah Relief, b. 11, 19, 1819; d. 6, 14, 1828.
41 8 — Parmelee Parmelee
10. Dan Stevens, b. I2, lo, 1821; d. 9, 16, 1891; m. 10, 5, 1843,
Mary Ann Barbour and had 4 sons; Edward Anson, of Omaha, Neb., the
only survivor.
11. Harriet Lucinda, b. 2, 7, 1824; d. 12, 24, 1896; m. 3, 2, 1852.
12. Emily Caroline, b. 9, 28, 1826; d. Denver, Col., 3, 13, 1902;
m. 5, 7, 1849, David Douglas Belden, first mayor of Omaha, Neb.; much
confusion fr. squatters; government deeded him all the land and he
deeded to others as seemed just to him; to Colo., mining; in legislature
and his vote decided location of capital at Denver and not Golden;
judge; d., Denver, 12, 2, 1897.
13. Edward Carroll, twin of above, b. 9, 28, 1826; d. CI. 8, 28,
1900; m. 3, 9, 1853, Mary Louise Hathaway, one of hotel party of four
couples; lived on Solon road in house that burned, where H. C. Holt now
lives; lightning tore shoes from her feet; he had store in Solon until
1877; then farm in Austinburg; then to CI. and was humane agent until
death; had Emily Caroline, 1854; CI.; and Carroll Hathaway, now
judge in Wyoming.
Dea. Joel Royce Parmelee, b. 7, 14, 1815; d. Tw.
9, 30, 1886; son of Dea. William Parmelee above; to Tw.
with parents 1828; when father d. in 183 1 care of family
fell on him at age of 16; borrowed tools, carrying plow on
back, and paid for use in work; Cong. 183 1 at first service in
new chh. now east of park; dea. 1872-82; supreme ambition
was to preach, hence with much self-denial by self and
mother he entered Wes. Res. Col. 1838, but health failed
in 2nd year and he became a farmer; lived where Elwood
E. Cowles lives; house burned 1893; ''^w of maple trees
brought fr. woods on shoulders, all at once except replace-
ments; had children educated as he wanted to leave them
"a wealth that could not be taken from them;" lost most of
property near close of life, this and heavier loss of son in
ministry never made a breach in his faith nor changed his
cheerful disposition;
See Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1048;
m. 8, 28, 1844, Harriet Abby Holt, of Chester, Ct.,
b. 12, 3, 1815; d. 8, 2, 1894, in old ladies' home in CI.; dau.
of Benjamin and Lucy (South worth) Holt; Cong. 1844.
Children
Rev. Howard Royce, b. 3, 18, 1846; see below.
Mary-Ella Holt, b. 8, 28, 1848; d. 5, 20, 1913; Cong. 1866; Lake
Erie Sem.; m. Rev. Amzi Wilson.
Harriet Frances, b. 5, 13, 1852; missionary in Japan, 1877 — ; Lake
Erie Sem.; Cong. 1866, again 1888.
William Benjamin, b. 5, i, 1859; see below.
Farm ELBE Parmelee — ^419
Rev. Howard Royce Parmelee, son of Joel Royce
Parmelee above, b. 3, 18, 1846; d. 6, 14, 1883; opposed but
finally yielded to father's earnest desire that he should
preach; Wes. Res. Col.; Lane and Union Seminaries; pr.
at Hampden in Vinton Co., and in Mesopotamia; well near
cemetery; he had fever, pneumonia and tuberculosis and d.
at father's month after father stricken with paralysis;
m. Laura Ann Delano, b. Dorchester, Mass., 10, 6,
1850; d. Vt. 12, 20, 1885.
Children
Royce Delano, b. Tw. i, 11, 1873; d. 8, 14, 1876.
Wallace Joel, b. 11, 26, 1879, at Edinburg; m. 6, 28, 1901, Gertrude
Genung; Hudson.
Emma Faith, b. Edinburg, 8, 21, 1882; Oberlin Col. 1906; Y. W.
C. A. sec, Racine, Wis.
William Benjamin Parmelee, son of Joel R. Parmelee
above, b. 5, i, 1859; now in Chicago, 165 1 N. Cicero Ave.;
in electrical construction work many years;
m. 10, 30, 1889, Jessie Elizabeth Foster, dau. of
Horace B. Foster of Hudson, see; b. i, 24, 1859.
Children
Joel Royce, b. in Arizona, 10, 22, 1890; d. 10, 23, 1890, bur. in Tw.
Howard Foster, b. i, 8, 1893, in Hudson; d. 2, 6, 1897, bur. in Tw.
Abbie Neal, b. 12, 8, 1894; now in Beloit Col., Wis.
Dan Parmelee, son of Dan, or Daniel; see chart; b.
Killingworth, Ct., 12, 11, 1779; d. Tw. 5, 21, 1851; where
P. P. Evans lives; chh. seceder 1834;
m. I, 29, 1806, Fanny Parmelee, b. ab. 1882; d. 10, 12,
1875, aged 93; his 2nd cousin; dau. of Josiah Parmelee,
1 2th son of Josiah, b. 1700, and Mary (Buell) Parmelee; he
son of James who was son of Dea. Nathaniel. Her sister,
Melinda, b. 8, 6, 1790, m. David Lane and was the mother of
Mrs. Mary Streeter, who lived several yrs. with ''Aunt
Fanny," ab. 1870.
No chil. but took Edward Parmelee, bro. of Joel R., and
Mary Aurelia Parmelee, dau. of Zeno, see.
Fanny m. (2) 10, 11, 1854, Ebenezer Blodgett Bissell,
see, as his 4th wife.
Zend Parmelee, son of Gardiner Parmelee; see chart;
b. Ct. I, 21, 1801; d. Hudson, 4, 27, 1862; walked to Ohio
1822-3; where Charles Chambers lives; set out big tree in
420 — Parmelee Parmelee
front; also where Samuel Crankshaw lives; lived awhile in
Hudson and Brecksville; he built brick house where Mrs.
Hickox lives; blacksmith; shop in front of present Cong,
chh.; also one on lower depot road nearly opposite Mrs.
Franklin Post's; justice of peace ab. 20 yrs.;Cong, 1824;'
see Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1049;
m. (i) Juliette Post, b. 8, 29, 1806; d. 5, 16, 1834;
dau. of Joshua Post, see; Cong. 1831;
m. (2) Amelia Dailey; Cong. 1838; d. 11, 17, 1838;
ni. (3) 1837, Jerusha Post, b. 1809; d. 11, 23, 1880;
sister of first w.; Cong. 1840.
Children By First Wife
1. Gardiner, b. 4, 2, 1827; see below.
2. Mary Aurelia, b. 9, 19, 1829; d. 8, 31, 1814; m. (i) Seth
Stevens; m. (2) Wellington Johnson; m. (3) Ira Shattuck, see.
3. Zeno Philander, b. 1 831; see below,
4. Henry, b. 7, 18, 1832; see below.
5. Juliette, b. 1834; d. 1897; Cong. 1877.
Children By Third Wife
6. Electus, b. 1840; d. i, 6, 1905; unm.
7. Evelyn Abijah, b. 1842; see below.
8. Emogene Jerusha, b. 1851; m. 1873, John M. Burnes, of CI.,
see; Cong. 1866, dis. to CI, 1880.
Gardiner Parmelee, son of Zeno above, b. 4, 2, 1827;
d. 10, 9, 1885; blacksmith; quarry; quarried the big stone
base in soldiers' monument; lived mile west of center 1862
until death;
See Perrin's Hist., p. 1049;
m. II, 9, 1848, Rhoda Watson Roach, b. 12, 10, 1829;
d. 2, 15, 1910; dau. of James Roach, see. She m. (2) Dr.
Seymour A. Collins, see.
Children
Mary, b, 9, 16, 1851; m, 11, 20, 1871, Francis Dolaishe, see.
Juliette; d. y.; d, 2, 26, 1852,
Rosa Bell, 7, 22, 1856; m, 10, 5, 1885, John T. Hempstead, see.
Chloe Oretta, b, 4, 8, 1861; m. 9, 15, 1880, Charles E, Riley, see,
Zeno Philander Parmelee, son of Zeno above; b.
1,31,1831; d, 6, 17, 1901; tailor; where Abner Lane lives;
m. 3, 21, 1859, Rebecca Elizabeth Younker, b. 3, 2,
1 841, dau. of Dan and Maria (Lutys) Younker; she now in
Hudson.
Parmelee Farm E LEE — 421
Children
1. Ida May, b. 2, 4, i860; m. 3, 28, 1880, George R. Green, of
Willoughby, who d. 12, 19, 1915, They had Amos G., b. 12, 21, 1895.
2. Hoadley Philander, b. 10, 27, 1861; Elliston, Mont.
3. Frank, b. i, 27, 1865; m. 12, 24, 1892, Louisa Edwards; Glen-
willow; had Ruth M., b. 3, 6, 1897.
4. Gardiner Henry, b. 5, 18, 1869; see below.
5. Daisy Irena, b. 7, II, 1872; m. 2, 2, 1893, George W. Edwards,
of Hudson.
6. Carrie Elsie, b. 2, 10, 1878; m. 10, 12, 1898, Edwin Rhoades,
of Solon, and had Norman L., 1899, Myra, 1902, Edwin, 1903, Charles,
1908-12, Ruth R., 1914.
7. Martha Horton, b. i, i, 1888; Cong. 1904; Tw. H. S. 1906;
m. 10, 15, 1908, Grover Johnston, Boston, O., and hadThelma, 191 1, and
Margaret, 1914.
Gardiner Henry Parmelee, son of Zeno Philander
Parmelee above, b. Lewisburg, 5, 18, 1869; d. 6, 18, 1914;
stone mason; made pillar at cemetery entrance;
m. 2, 10, 1902, Alice Elizabeth Edwards, dau. of
William E. Edwards, see, b. 4, 29, 1880; Meth.; she m.
(2) .
Children
1. Gardiner Philander, b. 11, 26, 1902.
2. Agnes Rebecca, b. 6, 6, 1904.
3. Frank Richard, b. 2, 6, 1906.
4. Edna Estelle, b. 9, 10, 1908.
5. Alta May, b. i, 10, 1910; d. 9, 8, 1912.
6. Luman George, b. 3, 18, 1914.
Henry Parmelee, son of Zeno above, b. Tw. 7, 18,
1832; to Wadsworth; also on old Roach place on Mace-
donia road; painter;
m. 12, II, 1856, Susan Margaret Miller, dau. of
Jacob Miller, b. 12, 3, 1834; d. 2, i, 1914.
Children
1. Zeno Miller, b. 8, 30, i860; m. 7, 15, 1882, Alice May Smith,
1864-1909; dau. of Rev. Jacob Smith, and had (i) Emogene Alice, b.
1883; m. 5, 5, 1909, Norman Robinson, 3 chil.; (2) George Henry, b.
1885; m. 1905, Maude Rasor, 4. chil.; (3) Lillian Cora, b. 1887; m.
1912, Charles Alexander; (4) Luther Jacob, b. 1889; unm.
2. Kate, b. 11, 3, 1865; m. 12, i, 1886, Grant Furry, 6 chil.
Evelyn Abijah Parmelee, son of Zeno above, b.
9, 21, 1842; painter and paper hanger; home on Hudson
road next to schoolhouse; "squirrel hunter" at Cincinnati,
1862; also in 177th O. V. I. ab. i yr. to end of war; in
422 — Parmelee Pearson
government shops at Nashville, 1863-4; ^^ battles of
Murfreesboro and Stone River; deputy sheriff, 188 1-5;
m. 1875, Elsa Murray, b. ab. 1852; d. 12, 19, 1886;
They had Gertie Emogene, b. 1881; d. 6, 18, 1906;
Cong. 1891; Meth. 1902; m. 1901, Dr. Robert Burns
Chamberlin, see; she Tw. H. S. 1898.
Edwin Parmelee, taught in Dist. 4, on Liberty St.
ab. i860.
Spencer Thomas Parmelee; distant relative of Tw.
Parmelees; Meth. 1841; invented machine to put head on
pins, also made pianos; worked in present masonic building;
made fortune from invention of gloss used on rubber shoes
and coats; in Scotland for a time; descendants near Brans-
ford, Ct.
Samuel Parmelee.
Leonard Parr, Bapt. 1834, dis. 1834.
Patrick Patton, section hand; d. 9, 6, 1905, age 40.
Perry W. Payne, fr. CI.; teacher in Tw. Inst. 1856-7.
Alvin Arthur Peairs, b. 3, 6, 1848; from ab. 1901 to
1905 on farm where James Miller has lived; now in Roots-
town;
m. 10, 25, ab. 1870, Caroline Miller, b. 6, 21, 1854.
Children
I. Lillian; m. William Justus; Beach City.
John Wilson; m. Irene Arbor; Seattle, Wash.
Bernice.
Charles Miller.
Myrtle Ada, b. 2, 28, 1884; m. 9, 9, 1906, Clarence Maxam, see.
George Giles, m. Grace Padley; Elyria.
Ruby Imagene; m. Edson Twerell; CI.
Alvin Arthur.
9. Viola; m. Otto Hasse; CI.
George Pearson; d. ; fr. Canada; farmer on
different farms;
m. Elizabeth Lee, dau. of William and Isabelle Lee of
Solon; resides in CI.
Pearsons Perkins — 423
Children
1. Clara, b. Tw., 12, 24, 1883; m. 6, 15, 1906, Grant Money, and
had Lawrence; CI.
2. Grace L., b. 11, 15, 1890; m. Sept. 1912, Joseph Bartos, and
had Cyril; CI.
3. Blanche Zela, b. Tw. 5, 27, 1892; m. 7, i, 1914, Vanantius
Vincent; CI.
4. Glenn McPhale, b. Tw. 2, 13, 1894; CI.
5. Louise Lennora, b. Tw. 10, 4, 1895; CI.
Rev. W. H. Pearsons, pastor of Meth. chh. 1883-6;
later a chaplain in U. S. army.
Ebenezer Pease; m. Polly Kellogg, i 788-1 864. They
had George; see below.
George Pease, b. 4, 28, 1807; d. 10, 4, 1887; lost eye-
sight in childhood and blind 69 yrs.;
m. Susan Ann Maxam, dau. of William Maxam, see;
b. 3, 6, 1823; d. 10, 10, 1905.
Children
Mary Marena, b. 8, i, 1845; d. 10, 17, 1907; m. Lewis Post.
George Ebenezer, b. 5, 21, 1847; d. 8, 27, 1864; in Civil War.
Charles Albert, b. 11, 11, 1853; see below.
Charles Albert Pease, son of George above, b. 11, 1 1,
1853; farmer in west part of town;
m. 1875, Effie Julia Allen, dau. of George W. and
Cordelia L. (Marsh) Allen.
Children
Agnes Pearl, b. 8, 8, 1879; d. 1887.
Elsie Lottie, b. 2, 16, 1881; d. 1887.
George Allen, b. 11, 11, 1887; m. 1910, Jessie Dixon.
Anna M. Peck, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1 860-1.
Sarah, Christina and Emiley Peck, Bapt. 1838.
Mr. Pendergrast, with Mr. Stephenson on Solon road,
old Southworth place; b. ab. 1843; d. 3, 31, 1898; to Tw.
1895.
Louis Pendleton, on Aurora road 1913-16;
m. Elizabeth , who d. 1916.
Stephen Perkins, "Uncle Stephen"; here 1820,
weather prophet, "a tall, gaunt man"; to Mich, and d.;
424 — Perkins Pond
m. (i) 1820, a sister of Mr. Bishop.
m. (2) Harrington.
Two sons by first w. ; 2 daus. and 3 sons by 2nd w.
Thomas H. Perkins, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1855.
Elam and Asa Phillips, Meth. 1845.
Rev. R. Philipps, pastor of Bapt. chh. 1843-4.
Mr. and Mrs. George Phipps, Bapt. 1837.
RuFUS Phipps, b. ab. 1817; d. 12, 4, 1849, as a result
of digging wells through the rock, as others died; on Mace-
donia road; Bapt. 1837.
Ephraim Phipps.
John O. Pierce, d. June 1844 in Palmyra; Cong. 1843.
Mrs. Sabra (Bull) Pinney, b. ab. 1770; d. 4, 11,
1850, age 80; lived at Caleb Nichols';
m. (i) James Nichols, father of Caleb; m. (2)
Freeman; m. (3) Pinney.
William H. Platt, b. ab. 1826; fr. New Jersey; on
Smith place on Icehouse road; here i860;
m. Charlotte Ann , b. ab. 1825. They had
William.
Bernard Anthony Plent, b. in Bohemia 8, 20, 1864,
of Eng. descent; manufacturer; toU. S. 1871; to Ohio 1886;
to Tw. 191 2;
m. Anna Alice Peysha, b. CI. 12, 15, 1867; parents fr.
Bohemia.
Children
Otto John, b. CI. 3, 5, 1886; bookkeeper; m. 1910, Nettie Lear;
had Genieve, b. Tw. 1912, and Jean, b. 1915.
Stella Bernadina, b. CI. 11, 20, 1889; trained nurse.
Bernard Paul, b. Bedford, 11, 12, 1897.
Millie Barbara, b. 11, 29, 1899; d. ii, 8, 1906.
Richard Joseph, b. Bedford, 8, 10, 1901.
Parvis Poe, b. ab. 1815; d. 2, 7, 1895.
POND PEDIGREE
I. Daniel Pond, at Dedham, Mass., ab. 1652; m.
Abigail Shepherd.
Pond Porter — ^425
II. Robert Pond, b. 1667; m. (i) Joanna (Law-
rence?) mother of all his children; m. (2) ; m. (3).
III. Ezra Pond; m. (i) Abigail Farrington; m. (2)
Mrs. Margaret Metcalf.
IV. Elijah Pond, i 739-1 785; m. Margaret Met-
calf, dau. of his step-mother.
V. Prescott, twin of next.
V. Preston Pond, b. 9, 22, 1792, in Grafton, Mass.;
d. Hudson, 1833; to Tw. 18 18; came with ox team; only
5 families here then; in s. e. part of town; later n. e. part of
Hudson; came fr. Winchester, Ct. ;
m. Esther Wheadon, b. ; d. , age 85;
her father in Rev. War, with Putnam and saw him ride
down that steep "where no pursuer dared to leap."
Children
Lucia, b. 3, 5, 1813; m. 183 1, Joseph Hawkins, see,
Harriet, b, 2, 2, 1817; m, Smith.
Sarah, b. 9, 22, 1820; m. Ephraim R. Woodbury, see.
Laura, b, 6, 11, 1822; m. Church; Hudson.
Julius, b. 3, 16, 1824; m. Sarah Scott, d. 1845.
JuHa, twin of above.
Lewis, b. 12, 21, 1826; d. 1836.
Mary, b. 2, 18, 1828; d. 2, i, 1844; m. Hurd.
William (.?) Pope, Scotch; came ab. 1835 or later.
Children, John, William, George and Francis (twins), Mar-
garet, Isabelle.
Arba Porter, b. Ct. ab. 1784; d. 9, 12, 1852; to Tw.
ab. 1833; lived 2 yrs. with bro. Wm. A. Porter, then on
farm on Young road; he and w. Cong.;
m. (i) ab. 1820, Mrs. Atlanta (Beecher) Scott, b.
Ct. 10, 22, 1788; d. Mar. 1885; she m. (i) ab. 1808, Myers
Scott and had Julia Janette, who m. (i) Emulus Johnson,
Catharine Maria who d. 1895 in Colo, and m. William S.
Porter, see; Harriet Eliza, who m. Hiram Keyes, and Delia
who d. in CI. of cholera, age 14;
426 — Porter Porter
Children
^ I. Julia Ann, b. ab. 1821; d. in Tw.; m. Paul Webster and had
8 chil.; Cong. 1838, dis. to Cuyahoga Falls 1844; her dau. Jessie Blanche,
Cong. 1838, m. Charles Daniel Webster.
2. Jane Burr, b. 5, 17, 1824; d. 4, 22, 1870; m. 1842, Charles
Frederick Stanley, see.
3. Ellen Amelia, b. 11, 17, 1826; d. 8, 22, 1910; m. 1845, Charles
H. Farwell, see; dis. fr. Cong, to Hudson 1854.
4. Frances Martha, b. 2, 5, 1829; d. 9, 24, 1914; m. ab. 1847,
Samuel Winthrop McCrea; lived in Battle Creek, Mich., 64 yrs.; 3
chil.
5. Elizabeth, b. i, 8, 1832; d. 10, 20, 1907; m. 8, 23, 1849, Milton
Goddard; Mich.
James Joshua Porter, b. Noble Co. 10, 17, 1871;
farmer in s. w. part of township since March, 1904;
m. 12, 25, 1904, Nellie Irene , b. in N. Y.
3y 25, 1873.
Children
Elsie Evelyn, b. 10, 7, 1905.
Alva Summers, b. 8, 6, 1907.
Harry Edward, b. 5, 22, 1910.
Ethel Irene, b. 11, 2, 1912.
Ada May, b. 6, 20, 19x5.
All but last born in Peninsula.
William A. Porter, b. ab. 1797; here i860; next to
Young's place on Young's road; Cong. 1836; to Hudson and
d. there;
m. Amanda Chamberlin, b. ab. 1799; d. in Hudson;
Cong. 1838; no chil.; adopted Mary Jane Bliss who m. 1 861
Jesse Crankshaw, see.
William S. Porter, b. ab. 1811; d. 8, 8, 1867, killed
by lightning, (or was it she.'');
m. Catharine Maria Scott.
They had Catharine, who d. 2, 2, 1844, age 7.
Mrs. Liba Porter, b. ab. 1758; d. 8, 23, 1848, age 90,
perhaps mother of Arba and William A. Porter, above.
Mrs. Martha (McDowell) Porter, mother of Mrs.
Godfrey Bonner, with whom she lived in later years; d. in
CI. 8, 2, 1916.
Post Post — ^427
POST PEDIGREE
I. Stephen Post; d. 8, 16, 1659; fr. England, 1634;
Hartford, Ct., 1636; m. Elinor , who d. 1670; had
John, Catherine, Thomas, b. in Eng., and Abraham.
II. Abraham Post; Saybrook, Ct.; m. Mary .
III. Abraham Post, 1669 (.?)-i748; m. 1692, Eliza-
beth Stephens.
IV. John Post, b. 1700; m. 1733, LydiaBushnell.
V. Joshua Post, 1743-1825; see below.
VI. Joshua Post, b. 11, 22, 1771; see below.
Joshua Post (Gen. V. above), b. 5, 14, 1743; d. 6, 10,
1825; Saybrook, Ct. ;
m. ab. 1763, Anna Jones, b. 8, 13, 1742; d. 4, 19, 1826.
Children
1. Ezra, 1 764- 1 841; m. 1783, Polly Stevens.
2. Ashbell, 1765-1823; m. Betsy Phelps.
3. Jerusha, 1 766-1 802; m. 1785, Peter Spencer.
4. Joshua, 1771-1822; m. 1795, Molly Dee; see below.
5. Zina, 1774-1865; m. 1808, Masena Kellogg; see below.
6. Ann, 1776-1846; m. Richard Doane.
7. Lyondia (?), b. 1779; m. Thomas Pratt.
8. Diana, b. 1781; m. 1800, Samuel Buell.
9. Henry, b. 1784; killed 1866; m. 1804, Mary Ann Clark.
10. Isaiah, b. 1785; m. (i) 1811, Lydia Doane; m. (2) 1841,
Jerusha Pratt.
Joshua Post, son of Joshua above; b. 11, 22, 1771; d.
9, 19, 1822; fr. Ct. 1820 to Boston, O., where he d.; wid.
came to Tw. with 12 of 13 chil. ; on Liberty St. where Harry
Post lives;
m. 1795, MoLLiE Dee, b. 2, 4, 1772; d. i, 4, i860; dau.
of Marcus Dee.
Children
1. Joshua, b. 6, 24, 1798; d. 11, 23, 1885; m. ii, 7, 1824, Emeline
Fletcher, 1 807-1 887; Cong. 1840, dis. to 111., 1843.
2. Polly, b. 10, 4, 1799; d. 6, 19, 1881; m. 1816, Abijah Pratt;
they remained in New Eng.
3. Deborah, b. 4, 29, 1800; m. 1820, Orrin Tucker, see.
4. Hetta Ann, b. 10, 5, 1801; d. 1859; m. (i) 1822, John Thomp-
son, see; m. (2) Jonah Weatherby, see; m.( 3) Daniel Pratt.
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5. Hannah, b. 6, 13, 1803; d. 1883; m, Edwin Vail, see.
6. Emily, b. 6, 2, 1805; d. 1887; m. Samuel Hull, see,
7. Juliet, b. 8, 29, 1806; d. 1834; m. 1826, Zeno Parmelee, see.
8. Diana, b. 10, 30, 1807; m. (i) Homes (.?); m. (2)
Johnson Sanford, or Stanford.
9. Jerusha, b. 6, 31, 1809; d. 1880; m. Zeno Parmelee, see.
10. Mercy, b. 2, 15, 181 1; d. 1875; m. (i) Pinkney Brower; m.
(2) Hill; m. (3) Jedediah Clark, see.
11. Belinda, b. 12, 12, 1812; d. 1888; m. 183 1, Czar Holcomb, see.
12. Sally Maria, b. 9, 14, 1815; d. 1902; m. (i) 1835, Chester
Secoy; m. (2) Milton Lusk, see.
13. Philo, b. 6, 29, 1817; see below.
Philo Post, son of Joshua above, b. in Conn., 6, 29,
1817; d. 4, 21, 1900; on Liberty St.;
See Perrin's Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1049;
m. I, I, 1850, Luna Carpenter, b. 8, 7, 1828; d. 7, 22,
1904; sister of Elijah Carpenter, see; dau. of Aaron and
Tirzah (Drake) Carpenter, of Boston, O.
Children
1. William d. 3, 14, 1854, age 15 mo.
2. William, b. 1854; d. 12, 21, i860.
3. Emma Viola, b. 2, 15, 1859; m. i, 5, 1881, Levin Henry
Bennett, see.
4. Estella Luella, b. 12, 19, 1863; m. 9, 11, 1881, John H. Culhan,
see.
5. Harry Emerson, b. i, 7, 1865; see below.
6. Rosa Maria, b. 8, 23, 1870; m. William Hosea Chamberlin, see.
Harry Emerson Post, b. 1,7, 1865, son of Philo above;
farmer on Liberty St.;
m. 6, 16, 1886, Minnie Roniger, b. 5, 11, 1868, dau. of
Morris Roniger, see.
Children
1. Viola L., b. 7, 27, 1887; m. 9, 2, 1908, Sheldon S. Ridgway.
2. Velma L., b. 5, 24, 1889.
3. Beata B., b. i, 24, 1894.
4. Lloyd P., b. I, 8, 1897.
5. Harvey E., b. 9, 2, 1904.
ZiNA Post, son of Joshua and Anna (Jones) Post of
Gen. v., b. 4, 14, 1774; d. 8, 8, 1865; bought part of Asa
Upson's farm, extreme south part of Tw., barn in Tw. and
house in n. e. corner of Hudson; lived in Hudson; in war of
1812:
430 — Post Post
m. 1808, Marsena Kellogg.
Children
1. Aurelia; m. Oct. 1832, Augustus E. Foote, see.
2. Anna; d. 1896; m. 1839, Horace A. Chamberlin, see.
3. Eben; m. 1839, Maria Davis; see below.
4. William; d. Feb. 1889; unm.; with parents on old place.
5. Bradford, b. 7, 19, 1821; d. 1904; see below.
6. Elvira; d. 1904; m. Chauncey Fowler of Hudson, who d. 1870.
7. Cynthia; m. Nelson Wait.
Eben Post, son of Zina above, 181 5-1 887; on farm in
extreme so. part of Tw., later in Hudson, where he d.;
m. 1839, Maria Davis, of Killingworth, Ct.
Children
1. Lewis H., b. 1841.
2. George Eben, 1843-1871.
3. Clark Davis, 1851-1853.
4. Mary Eliza, 1853-1871.
5. Zina.
6. William Frederick, b. 1859.
7. Amelia Ann ("Cora"), b. 8, 2, 1861; m. Laudensbager.
Bradford Post, son of Zina above, b. 7, 19, 1821; d.
5, 17, 1904; lived on farm just south of his father's on Hud-
son road but in Hudson township; went to Chattanooga,
Tenn. ;
m. (i) 2, 5, 1843, Eliza Williams, b. 8, 8, 1824; d.
3y 3> 1856;
m. (2) Martha Chittenden, b. 1835.
Children By First Wife
Charles Bradford.
Marena Eliza.
By Second Wife
Zina John.
IraL.
Adin Post, b. 6, 10, 1778; d. 5, 26, 1879; shoemaker,
going to homes twice a year to fit them with shoes;
m. Chloe Dee, sister of Mollie Dee who m. Joshua
Post, Jr., see; they were daus. of Marcus Dee.
Children
Charles; owned where Charles T. Chambers lives; m. and had
dau.
Adin, Jr., b. 8, 28, 1799; see below.
Simon.
George.
Post Post — ^43 1
Adin Post, Jr., b. 8, 28, 1799; d. i, 22, 1881; son of
Adin above; where Frank and Eugene Post live on Liberty
St.; farmer; Meth.;
m. (l) 12, 30, 1824, ISABINDA MOULTHROP, b. 6, 4, 1804;
d. 4, 24, 1 851; Meth.;
m. (2) Mrs. Hannah Reynolds, b. 2, 10, 1804; d.
5, 26, 1879; Meth.
Children
Franklin, b. 7, 8, 1827; d. 1892, see below.
Silas, b. I, 28, 1836; d. 2, 23, 1873.
Minerva, b. 2, 25, 1839; d. 6, 26, 1886; m. Lafayette Tucker, see.
Franklin Post, son of Adin above, b. 7, 8, 1827; d.
7, 16, 1892; farmer on Liberty St.;
m. 2, 17, 1856, Margaret Jane Taggart, b. 11, 11,
1837, dau. of Thomas and Jane Taggart; she lives at center,
east of park.
Children
1. Ida Jane, b. 4, ii, 1858; m. ii, ii, 1880, James Fisher, see.
2. Isabinda, b. 7, 20, i860; m. 12, 18, 1878, Albert Haggett, see.
3. Lillian L., b. 3, 25, 1867; m. 12, 30, 1885, William Fee, see.
4. Eugene F., b. I, 9, 1872; m. Mattie Hatch; Meth.; see below.
5. Nellie M., b. 10, 18, 1874; "i- 1902, Bert G. Tucker, see.
6. Ernest W., b. 2, 20, 1880; m. Mabel Coroner; see below.
Eugene Franklin Post, b. i, 9, 1872; son of Franklin
Post above; farmer on Liberty St.;
m. 2, 22, 1893, Mattie Almira Hatch, b. 7, 2, 1873,
dau. of John Hatch, see;
Children
1. Edna May, b. i, 6, 1894.
2. Alda Fay, b. 4, 9, 1895.
3. Franklin Eugene, b. i, i, 1897.
4. Neil Alvin, b. i, 18, 1899.
5. Gail, b. I, 27, 1900.
6. Ida Margaret, b. i, 12, 1902.
Garland S., b. 11, 9, 1904.
Leonard H., b. i, 15, 1906.
Boy, b. 3, 27, 1908; d. 8, 16, 1908.
10. Howard Judson, b. 5, 16, 1911.
Ernest Wilford Post, son of Franklin Post above,
b. 2, 20, 1880; farmer on Liberty St.;
m. 8, 31, 1907, Mabel Lovina Coroner, b. 8, 26, 1884;
dau. of George Edwin and Betsy M. (Moon) Coroner;
432 — Post Post
Children
Genevieve Wilford, b. i, 17, 191 1.
George Adin, b. 10, 13, 1913.
Aaron Post, b. ab. 1789; d. 8, 3, 1866; son of Nathan ?
Post of Ct. v^rho d. aged 104; relationship to previous Post
families not knovv^n. Aaron came 1823, on Solon road v^^here
Charles Schmalzle lives; here 1833 and i860; bought farm
with house that had no floor, roof or chimney; both Meth.;
m. (i) Mrs. Naomi (Williams) Clark of Saybrook,
Ct., vi^hence the Posts came; b. ab. 1781; d. 2, 17, 1859.
By first hus. she had Ezra Clark, see, and Ann Clark, v^ho
m. Homer Vail, see;
m. (2) Amy , b. ab. 1792; d. i, 8, 1880; Meth.
Children
1. Clarissa Naomi, b. ab. 1816; d. ab. 1836.
2. Aaron Patterson, b. ab. 1818; d. y.
3. Eliza Maria, b. ab. 1820; m. 8, 20, 1839, John Wesley Gould,
see; parents of John Gould.
4. Jane Elizabeth, b. ab. 1823; m. Charles Osborn, see.
Dennis (Julius?) O'Daniels, b. ab. 1820; d. 1870; adopted son;
to Freeport, 111., 1850, then to Muskegon, Mich.
Rev. Aurelian H. Post, b. 4, 15, 1838, son of Rev.
Martin M. Post, D. D.; pastor of Cong. chh. 10, i, 1872, to
4, 2, 1882; now living in Clinton, N. Y.;
m. 9, 24, 1866, Agnes H. Hand, b. 5, 5, 1846, dau. of
Oliver H. Hand.
Children
1. Aurelian A., b. 12, 18, 1867; Cong, minister.
2. Mary Agnes, b. 12, i, 1869; teacher.
3. George Hobart, b. 8, 3, 1871; d. 11, 4, 1905; m. 10, 27, 1897,
Mattie C. Critchell.
4. Elizabeth Abby, b. Tw. i, 20, 1874.
5. Martin Mercilian, b. Tw. 9, 25, 1877; m. 8, 12, 1904, Charlotte
L. Marsh.
6. ClarenceBede, b. Tw. 5, 28, 1881; blind; pastor of Presb. chh.
Kirkland, N. Y.
Charles Post, see census of 1833 ;
m. Eveline Hurd, dau. of Robert Hurd, of Conn.
Nathan Post, b. ab. 1794; d. 4, 28, 1864.
Patterson A. Post, b. ab. 1817; d. ii, 9, 1843.
Post Pratt — ^433
Giles H. Post, b. 2, 4, 1818; d. 5, 4, 1864; here i860;
Meth. 1843; In Civil War 1862-3, enlisting fr. Conn, while
there on a visit;
m. 4, 24, 1842, Anna Maria Roys, b. 5, 11, 1820; d.
4, 17, 1897; dau. of Theodore and Clarrisa (Parks) Roys;
Meth. 1843; husband and 3 sons in Civil War.
Children, Born in Twinsburg
Elbridge S., b. 7, 20, 1843; in Civil War from Ohio and again fr.
Mich.; attended Bissell Inst, several yrs.; m. 2, 21, 1871, Josephine A.
Mimie; lives in Dallas, Tex.
Sidney J., b. 5, 26, 1845; in Civil War; m. 9, 14, 1875, Loretta J.
Butler; Wadsworth.
Henry C, b. 9, 20, 1847; d. 9, 10, 1878; unm.; in Civil War; he
and Sidney J. in ist Ohio Battery.
William T. Pottinger, b. 4, 17, 1848; lived in Denver,
Colo., and Kankakee, 111.; in Tw. since 1913;
m. (i) 3, 17, 1870, ZipPORAH J. Herrick, 1846 — , dau.
of James O. Herrick, see; one child;
m. (2) 7, 28, 191 3, Mrs. Cora Bell (Tracy) Herrick,
wid. of David Herrick, see; she b. 11, 23, 1859.
Rev. Volney Powell, Bapt., dis. 1839; went west and
bought flour mill.
Theodore S. Powell, Bapt. 1833, dis. 1840,
Lavina Powell, Bapt. 1833.
TiRZAH Powell.
Relation of preceding to each other not known.
Robert Powers, b. ab. 1816; here i860; ab. where
Mrs. Riley Sawyer's barn is; carpenter; made the doors on
the Wagner house;
m. Catharine , b. ab. 1821.
Their dau. Maggie, had son who d. 9, 18, 1862, age i.
A son, Edwin, in Civil War.
Lawson Pratt, b. ab. 1832; d. 3, 8, 1886; fr. Copley;
teamster;
r-r.^'-^^^^^ Bissell, b. 2, 27, 1839; d. 9, 14, 1874; dau.
of David Bissell, see. She teacher in Tw. Inst. 1859.
434 — Pratt _^ Prentiss
Children
Lulu Belle, Cong. 1886, dis. to Chicago, 1897; m. Will Bissell of
Aurora.
Myrtle M., Cong. 1887, dis. to CI. 1897; she m. Rev. Charles H.
Dutton.
Pitt.
And another.
Alice Pratt, sister of above;
m. Bela Clark, son of Elmer Clark, see.
Jesse Pratt, here some yrs. before i860; carpenter;
later kept hotel in Streetsboro.
Mrs. Pratt and dau. came with William White and w.;
she 75 and dau. 42.
Joseph Pratt, lawyer;
m. Sophia Packer, of Aurora; to Baraboo, Wis.;
mem. of legislature.
Harvey H. Pratt, in Civil War; name on monument.
G. E. Prebst(.?).
Luther Richard Prentiss, b. 7, 20, 1803, in Acworth,
N. H.; to Vt.; to Ohio Mar. 1820, Warrensville; music
teacher; taught singing school in Tw. 1823-4; hved here
last II yrs. and d. 11, 24, 1897, age 94;
m. Abigail Patterson, i 806-1 858, and had
WiLLARD Corwin Prentiss, SOU of abovc, b. 3, 31,
1843; carpenter; to Tw. 1866-9 ^^<^ since 1885; in Civil
War in ist O. V. I.; at Bull Run and Shiloh; when Thomas
Cochran was killed in Sept. 191 2 he was on staging and fell
with him;
m. I, 23, 1868, Jennette Elizabeth Neal (O'Neal),
b. 6, II, 1848, dau. of Michael Neal, see.
Children
1. Abbie Jennette, b. 3, 9, 1870; d. 9, 23, 1901; m. James T.
Hanford of CI.
2. Ella Allison, b. I, ii, 1873; m. 6, 19, 1895, C. Lewis Chamber-
lin, see.
3. Edna Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1875; Tw.
4. Luther Augustus, b. 7, 15, 1878; see below.
5. Annis Bell, b. 10, 5, 1880; Tw.
6. Hattie, b. 4, 6, 1883; d. 9, 14, 1883.
Prentiss Proctor — ^435
7. Mary Ann, b. 12, 7, 1884; Tw. H. S. 1902; m. 1904, George
G. Dodge, see.
8. Bessie, b. 7, 3, 1871; d. 8, 15, 1872.
Luther Augustus Prentiss, son of above, b. 7, 15,
1878; lives in edge of Aurora;
m. 10, 19, 1897, Mary Elsie Ronegar, dau. of Morris
Ronegar, see.
Children
I. Marguaritte L., b. 10, i, 1896.
Corwin L., b. 10, 18, 1898.
Dorothy S., b. 4, 13, 1900.
Robert Neal, b. 8, 29, 1901.
Edsythe J., b. 5, 11, 1905.
Esther A., b. 5, 11, 1905.
Maurice M., b. 3, 20, 1908; d. 1908.
Annie Helen, b. 3, 19, 1912; d. 3, 22, 1912.
William Barton Price, merchant in same store as
John Odeli; to Solon and in business in CI. with C. B.
Lockwood ;
m. Susan Merwin Taylor, dau. of Amos Cook
Taylor.
Two Prices here in business. Was one John?
Mrs. Price, d. 3, 19, 1895, aged 78; prob. a widow.
Abraham Pritchard, b. ab. 1788; d. 3, 14, 1858;
where Mrs. Curtis's home is;
m. Sylvia Clark, b. ab. 1790; d. 10, 5, 1865; here
i860; Cong. 1861; sister of John B. Clark of Hudson; her
sister Esther, m. Sylvanus Redfield.
Henry Elisha Proctor, b. 4, 16, 1789; d. at Fayette,
la., 10, 20, 1863; came fr. Tallmadge ab. 1833; to Fayette,
la., 1854 with horses and wagons; lived on Liberty St.; he
and w. Cong.;
m. (i) Aug. 1819, Electa Rice of Brookfield, Mass., b
4, 8, 1790; d. 9, 29, 1842;
m. (2).
Children, By First Wife
I. Nathan Rice, b. 7, 24, 1820; d. 9, 3, 1863, after seige of Vicks-
burg; in 38th la. Inf.; m. (i) 6, i, 1846, Lucy Ann Perkins, b. ab. 1822;
d. 3, 21, 1850. They had Electa Judith, 1847, and Daniel, 1848, now of
Fayette, la. Nathan m. (2) 1850, Susan Collins, 1825-1898.
436 — QuiGLEY Raleigh
2. Abigail Keziah, b. i, 25, 1822; d. ii, 29, 1906; m. ii, 17, 1843,
Chauncey Ingraham, see.
3. Marcus Lafayette, b. 3, 4, 1824; d. 12, 17, 1832.
4. Polly Gould, b. Stowe, 10, 6, 1827; d. 10, 26, 1827.
5. James Hamilton, b. Tallmadge, 5, 29, 1829; to Calif. Dec.
1854 and never heard from.
6. John Milton, b. Tallmadge, 6, 27, 1832; killed in R. R. acci-
dent at Maynard, la., 9, i, 1913; m. 3, 19, 1857, Susan Ann Armstrong
of Fayette, la. They had Adam E., Estella M., William R., and Eliza-
beth E.
7. Sarah Maria, b. Tw. 3, 14, 1836; d. Oct. 1913 in la.; m. 4, 3,
1859, John Howard, and had Frederick H., Charles H., Abbie A., John
H., Albert M., Irwin P., and Charlotte L.
Q
Maria ("Minnie") Louisa Quigley, b. Chester,
Mass., 3, 23, 1843, dau. of William and Jane Ann (Baker)
Quigley; to Tw. 1856 and lived with her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Lewis Parks until his death; Cong.
1866; lives in village on Macedonia road; taught school in
Dist. No. 2.
R
George Rabinett;
m. Isabel ; both Bapt. 1834, dis. to Northfield,
1839.
Joseph Henry Rabich, b. in Hungary, i, 24, 1870; to
U. S. 1888; to Tw. 1905; farmer on Chauncey Lane farm,
Macedonia road; Cong. 1914;
m. 9, 7, 1896, in CL, Julia Zotke, b. 1878.
Children
1. Mary, b. 9, 17, 1897.
2. Joseph, b. I, 14, 1899.
3. Anna, b. 12, 27, 1901.
4. Stephen, b. 8, 15, 1903.
5. JuHa, b. Aug. 1905.
6. John, b. 12, 14, 1907.
George, b. 4, 6, 1909.
Emma, b. 3, 6, 1911.
Clarence, b. 4, 6, 1915.
Rev. L. S. Rader, Meth. pastor 1886.
John Raleigh, b. Ireland, 6, 24, 1816; d. CI. 10, 23,
1895; to U. S. 1848, settling at Hudson; to Tw. 1858, on
4
Raleigh Redfield — 43 7
Crawford farm, Aurora road; here i860; to Brandywine
1868, then Brecksville, then Randall, then CI. ab. 1875;
m. Jan. 28, 1858, Mary McDermott, niece of William
Hurst, see; b. ab. 1835; d. CI. 4, 29, 1905.
Children
1. James, b. Tw. 11, 28, 1858; d. CI. 3, 20, 1904; m. 5, 29, 1883,
Margaret Lee of Brecksville, and had Frank and May Loretto, a music
teacher — all in CI.
2. John, b. Tw., unm., CoUinston, Utah.
3. Minnie, b. Tw. 3, 27, 1861; m. CI. 9, 26, 1883, M. C. Haley;
CI.
4. Edmund, b. Tw. 3, 8, i860; d. CI. 12, 10, 1875.
5. William, b. Tw., killed 1877 by accident.
6. Margaret Jane, b. Tw. 10, 3, 1863; m. in Hudson, i, i, 1885,
George W. Browne, and had Louis Marsden, Isabelle, George, Jr.,
Octavia, Marguarite and Clinton.
7. Timothy, m., 7 chil.; Supt., of Am. Steel Wire Co.
8. Michael, b. at Brandywine.
9. Catharine, m. John Royce, 6, chil.
10. Robert, d.; unm.
11. Patrick Joseph, b. in CI. 6, 30, 1875; m., 6 chil., in CI. P. 0.
Mrs. Raleigh; had Timothy, b. ab. 1840; in Dist.
No. 2 in 1853-4.
George Ralph, b. Eng. 11, 9, 1886, son of George
Ralph; to U. S. 1911; to Tw. 1915;
m. 2, II, 191 1, HiLDAH Datson.
Children
Violet Jane, b. CI. i, 13, 1912.
Harold John, b. Solon, 6, 7, 1914.
Rev. a. Reaves, Meth. pastor 1842.
Rev. L. M. Reaves, Meth. pastor 1839.
I. Orrin Redfield, b. 6, 25, 1769; d. 12, 31, 1841;
Killingworth, Ct. ;
m. 3, 10, 1796, Rachel Graves, b. 2, 24, 1769; d.
4, 21, 1850; 10 chil.; eldest son was
II. Sylvanus Graves Redfield, b. 9, 18, 1798; d.
Geneva, Kan., 11, 6, 1859, suddenly; where Mr. Dunscomb
lives; Cong. 1831; one of seceders 1834;
m. 3, 21, 1827, Esther Clark, b. ab. 1799, sister of
Zelotes Clark, see; Cong. 1828, dis. to Humboldt, Kan.;
went there 1870 and d.
438 — Red FIE LP Redfield
Children, All Born in Tw.
Adeline, b. 3, 16, 1829; d. 2, 18, 1904; m. 1854, William H. And-
rews, see.
Josiah Clark, b. 4, 27, 1831; see below.
Richard Randolph, b. 6, 17, 1833; see below.
Orrin Sylvanus, b. 5, 5, 1838; see below.
III. Josiah Clark Redfield, son of above, b. 4, 27,
183 1 ; d. 4, 27, 1904; Tw. Inst.; bus. col. in CI. and law
school; farmed and taught school to get education; Wis.
I yr. ; to Geneva, Kan., 1857; i860 — sheriff 2 terms; then
receiver of U. S. Land Office 3 yrs.; then hardware to 1872;
then receiver at Wichita, Kan.; then dry goods to 1880;
real estate; co. commissioner 4 yrs.; state legislature 1869,
'71; he and wife had thrilling experiences as sheriff during
the war; secured and disbursed much relief in grasshopper
scourge 1874;
m. 10, 13, 1859, Hannah A. Nichols, b. 5, 4, 1833; d.
6, 21, 1907; dau. of Caleb Nichols, see.
Children
1. Flora Gracia, b. 8, 10, i860; m. 9, 15, 1878, Allen Ashley of
Newton, Kan. and had Carrie Effie, 1879, and Genevra, 1890.
2. Carrie Effie, b. 8, i, 1862; d. 2, 25, 1876.
3. Frank, b. 7, 18, 1867; m. 10, 19, 1893, Jessie May Boyce and
had Benjamin Boyce, 1895, and Gertrude Collier, 1897.
4. Kate, b. i, 7, 1869; d. 8, 24, 191 1; m. 10, 16, 1889 and had
George R., 1891, and Margaret, 1894.
5. Belle Gladys, b. 7, 5, 1874; m. 5, 24, 1899, Charles Baldwin
Harris of Dallas, Tex., and had Dorothy R., 1903, Howard, 1906, Charles
B., 1908, Frank R., 1910.
6. Pearl, b. 5, 8, 1878; m. 5, 24, 1899, George D. Downing, Detroit
Mich., and had Rudolph A., 1901, and George D., Jr., 1912.
III. Richard Randolph Redfield, son of Sylvanus
G. above, b. 6, 17, 1833; d. 2, 23, 1908; musician in Civil
War; teacher in Tw. Inst. 1860-1;
m. in Kan. i, 10, 1884, Ida J. Parsell.
Children
Carl, b. I, 22, 1885; d. 9, 22, 1885.
Gail, b. 9, 22, 1886; m. 12, 10, 1909, Lillis Ernst.
III. Orrin Sylvanus Redfield, son of Sylvanus G.
above, b. 5, 5, 1838; d. 9, 7, 1910, Humboldt, Kan.; in 41st
O. V. I. as musician;
m. 9, 12, 1871, Sarah Victoria Hentz, b. 1850; Mus-
kogee, Okl.; now in Humbolt Kansas.
Redfield Reed — ^439
Mrs. Orrin Redfield d. Tw. 9, 12, 1868, age 25. Was
she first w. of above?
Children
John Clark, b. 6, 16, 1872; unm.
Daisy Low, b. 11, 9, 1874; m. 1898, Alexander Schleisher.
Roy Earl, b. 12, 2, 1876; d. 1904; m. 1903, Flora Hamby.
Orlin Scott, b. 10, 5, 1879; ^- IQOJ^ Lucretia Pinoon.
All in Humboldt, Kan.; no chil.
II. JosiAH Redfield, b., Killingworth, Ct., 9, 5, 1803 ;
d. 3, 28, 1865; bro. of Sylvanus G. Redfield; farmer;
carding mill with bro.; here in early day; Cong. 183 1 ;
deacon 1843-65; in choir many yrs.; one of seceders 1834;
he and w. dis. to Willoughby 1848; rec'd. back 185 1; lived
where Mr. Dunscomb lives;
m. I, 18, 1838, Eliza Ann Lane, b. i, 12, 1813; d.
4, 26, 1891 ; dau. of Elisha Lane, see; Cong. 1834; to Mich.
1879 and lived with son William.
Children
Carlos Clark, b. 11, 4, 1838; d. 8, 4, 1839.
Mary Emiley, b. 6, 14, 1842; d. 9, 23, 1842.
William Elisha, b. 11, 14, 1852; see below.
William Elisha Redfield, b. 11, 14, 1852, son of
Josiah above; resides Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Tw. Inst.; com-
mercial course and Mt. Union Col.; salesman in Solon; to
Mich. 1879; farmer; township clerk, 15 yrs.; other offices,
and taught school 8 yrs.; manager of co-operative creamery
at Mt. Pleasant, 1893-1913; Cong. 1877; Meth. in Mich.;
m. 12, 22, 1878, Clara Adelia Barker, b. Mich. 2, 4,
1858, dau. of Franklin and Mary O. Barker; he in 41st
O. V. 1.
Children
1. Ethel Grace, b. 12, 20, 1880; m. 1907, Peter S. Nelson.
2. Josiah Franklin, b. 9, 9, 1883; m. 1910, Catherine Cecelia
Carey; Seattle, Wash.
3. Arlie Dott, b. i, 18, 1887; Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
4. Orrin Harrison, b. 9, 24, 1888.
5. William Dean, b. 4, 16, 1891.
6. Floyd L., b. 4, 16, 1891.
7. Irma Gretchen, b. 11, 12, 1895.
Rev. Arthur Tappan Reed, b. 2, 10, 1845; d. 3, 24,
1910; son of Simon and Maria (Dudley) Reed, of Austin-
burg; Oberlin Col. 1870; Sem. 1874; preached at Medina
440 — Reed Reade
1874-80, at Cedar Rapids, la., 1880-81, at Chardon, 1881-86;
state evangelist for Ct. 1886-89; evangelist in Ohio and
middle west, 1889-02; pastor in Twinsburg Cong, chh.,
1902-05; Madison, Wis., 1905-10;
m. 10, 21, 1875, Kate Abbie Bushnell, b. 5, 16, 1849,
in Hartford; Oberlin Col. 1871; dau. of Seth A. and Caro-
line A. (Billings) Bushnell; lives in Oberlin.
Children
Harold Bushnell; Oberlin Col.; CI.
Dr. Dudley Billings, b. 10, 24, 1878; Oberlin 1903; m. 5, 19, 1908,
Clara J. Jones; Chicago.
Carolyn Augusta, Oberlin 1903; Walla Walla, Wash.
Theodore Andrew, Oberlin Col.; Oak Park, 111.
Calvin Thomas Reed, b. 10, 14, 1813; d. Solon 5, 5,
1869; son of Samuel and Sally (Thomas) Reed; lived on
Young road, then in village about where Mrs. Hull lives;
worked in sawmill near where Mr. Lister lives and cut planks
for plank road; mem. and clerk of Bapt. chh. for yrs.;
m. Electa Pettibone, b. 5, 18, 1818; d. Apr. 1880;
dau. of Elijah and Catharine (McKee) Pettibone; Bapt.
1842.
Children
1. Samuel Eugene, b. 9, 8, 1850; m. ii, 26, 1873, Sarah Sheets.
2. Frances Catharine, b. 12, 29, 1853; m. 12, 17, 1873, Wesley
Sheets. Their dau. Electa, m. Luman Mills, see.
3. Charles Fremont, b. 3, 12, 1856; d. 9, 10, 1876.
4. Lottie, b. 6, 5, 1859; d. 6, 25, 1862.
5. Mary Ellen, b. 9, 8, 1862; m. Lyman Hardie.
In Dist. 7 Sylvanus Reed, b. ab. 1837, and James
Reed, b. ab. 1864.
Lewton Reed, b. ab. 1808; d. 12, 29, 1890; age 82;
bur. in Windsor where he had lived. After w. died he lived
3 yrs. in Tw. with his sister, Mrs. Oliver O. Hanchett;
m. Maria Hoskins; no chil.
REED PEDIGREE
I. William Reade, b. 1605; to America 1635; Wey-
mouth, Mass.
II. William Reade, 1639-1706; m. 1675, Esther
Thompson, grand dau. of Francis Cook of The Mayflower.
III. William Reade, 1682-1753; m. Alice Nash.
Reade Reeves — 441
IV. Ebenezer Reade, b. 1709; m. 1732, Hannah
Thompson.
V. Silas Reade, 1744-1797; m. Rebecca .
VI. John Reade, b. 1773 ; m. 1798, Hannah Waters.
VII. Henry Reade, 1799-1871; m. (i) 1824, Lucy
Harwood, 1803-1843; m. (2) Mary Stevens, b. ab. 1800;
d. Tw. 5, 23, 1884, living 13 yrs. with son Nathaniel.
VIII. Nathaniel Harwood Reed, b. Windsor,Ct.,
9, 10, 1825; d. Tw. 7, 4, 1907; farmer, on Macedonia road;
m. 9, I, 1856, Mary Sabra (or Sabrina) North, b.
4, 18, 1825; d. Tw. 7, 24, 1898; dau. of Dea. Junia North,
see.
Children
Henry Junius, b. 7, 20, 1857; see below.
Eliza Lavinia, b. 5, 17, 1859; studied at Obedin; Ohio Normal
Univ. 1883; teacher many yrs.; lives in Tw. on Bedford road; her
adopted child, Lois Gay, was b. 3, 5, 191 2.
Julia Amelia, b. 8, 18, 1865; d. i, 24, 1868.
IX. Henry Junius Reed, b. 7, 20, 1857; farmer on
his father's old place;
m. 3, 20, 1889, Anna Elizabeth Forbes, of Macedonia,
Meth.; dau. of James and Anna E. (Reinhardt) Forbes, of
Scot, and Ger.
Children
1. Esther Eleanor, b. i, 6, 1890; m. 8, 19, 1911, George M.
Rufener, son of Christian Rufener, see.
2. Harland James, b. 12, 24, 1894.
3. John Henry, b. i, 24, 1896.
4. Dorothy Isabelle, b. 9, 24, 1898.
5. Laurence Forbes, b. 7, 4, 1900,
Peter Reeves, b. Ireland; to U. S. 1861; lived across
from where P. P. Evans lives; stone mason; Cath.; to Mo.;
m. a widow {^) who perhaps had a child.
Children
Lizzie, b. ab. i860.
Mary Ann.
William.
Charles, b. ab. 1858.
Edward, b. ab. 1869; d. 4, i, 1877; drowned in creek back of house;
body found after 7 days.
John T. ; Cong. 1887; m. Jessie EUiston; Solon.
Christie.
442 — Renard Rice
NoRRis James Renard, b. Ashtabula, 9, 14, 1847, son
of Francis and Louise Renard, who came from France; on
Aurora road;
m. (i) 3, 5, 1866, Therese Sloane, b. in Ireland; d.
at age of 22;
m. (2) Laura Belery, b. CI. ab. 1866; d. Tw. 11, 17,
1912.
m. (3) 8, 19, 1914, Mrs. Maida (Hoffman) Johnson,
b. 7, 23, 1884, who by first h., E. F. Hobart, had Allen Roy,
b. 7, 27, 1907.
By his first w. Mr. Renard had 5 chiL, all dead but
George, now in Darrowville.
Mrs. Hannah (Armstead) Reynolds, b. ab. 1805;
d. 5, 25, 1879; ^
m. (2) as his 2nd w., Adin Post, see.
By her first hus. she had Sarah Reynolds, now living at
Grand Haven, Mich.; Meth.; unm.; Ellen Reynolds,
Bapt. 1838, Asenath Reynolds, unm., William Reynolds,
who m. Elark Cooper; he d. in 2 or 3 yrs. and she m. (2)
Samuel Andrews (see) and d. 5, 23, 1901, and perhaps other
children.
Betsy Rhoads, in Dist. 2, 185 1-2.
Adalaide Rhoads, in Dist. 2; b. ab. 1847.
Ann Rhoads, in Dist. 2; b. ab. 1843.
Washington Rhodes, b. ab. 1815; d. 5, 7, 1853; in
Dist. 2;
m. Betsy Bidlake, dau. of Jonathan, see; b. 1824;
child d. 4, 21, 1853, age 5 mo.; perhaps parents of above
children.
Charles Rice (or Reis), worked 7 to 9 yrs. for Otis
Bennett, on Liberty St. ; lived near depot; went to Suffield;
m. 1904, Matilda Knopf, b. 1880; dau. of August
Knopf, see.
William Rice, bro. of above; worked for him; also
lived in village.
Alice Rice, b. ab. 1858; d. 9, 14, 1864.
Richardson Richardson — 443
Capt. Daniel Richardson, b. Eng. ab. 1778; d. Tw.
12, 8, 1858; from Barkhamstead, Ct., 1824, in ox carts;
bought farm where Walter S. Lister lives; built saw mill
near Tinker's Creek, a few rods from spring in maple grove;
mill burned 1849; he and sons sawed lumber for his home;
he was "well-to-do"; family one of importance in Eng.; his
bro. was governor of No. Car.;
m. ab. 1808, Susan ("Sukey") Mills, b. ab. 1776;
d. 9, 15, 185 1 ; dau. of Lieut. Gideon and Ruth (Humphrey)
Mills; he eldest son of Rev. Gideon Mills, first pastor of
Canton chh.
Children
Edwin Treat, b. 6, 25, 1809; d. 2, 23, 1888; justice 1847; to
Ravenna 1852, banker; m. 5, 8, 1834, Caroline Carter, who d. 4, ii,
1888; Meth.
William Mills, m. Helen C Hays of Middleton, Ct.; Cong. 1840,
dis. to Garrettsville 1843; d. Bloomington, 111.; no chil.
Sarah Ann, b. 12, 9, 1813; d. 4, 25, 1865; attended Catharine
Beecher's school in Hartford, Ct.; m. 3, 27, 1837, Col. Royal Taylor of
Solon, see; 7 chil.
Elizabeth E.; Cong. 1834; m. Norman Eldrid; no chil.; Wis.
Sukey Cornelia; m. Henry Jones of Salt Lake, Utah.
Gideon Humphrey, b. ab. 1815; d. Tw. 7, ii, 1845; m. 6, 7, 1841,
Jane Gardner of Cuyahoga Falls; i child.
Julia Maria, b. 12, 21, 1823; d. 6, 24, 1874; Cong. 1835; m. 5, 6,
1845, John Norris of Elkhorn, Wis.
Daniel Woodruff, b. 5, i, 1822; see below.
This order of the children, or else some of the birth dates incorrect.
Daniel Woodruff Richardson, b. 5, i, 1822; d.
3, 20, 1868; here i860; he and w. in Inst.; lived with
parents and succeeded to the place; developed large dairy;
had first Buckeye mowing machine in town; "well-to-do";
in 1864 chosen capt. of home guards; to Cincinnati as
"squirrel hunter," 1862; to Bloomington, 111., 1866, and
bur. there; Cong.; chh. treas. 1862 and 1864; supt. of S. S.;
m. 4, 16, 1846, in Windham, Ct., Lydia Earl, b. 9, 28,
1824; d. 12, 5, 1895; dau. of Robert and Lydia (Hubbard)
Earl.
Children
I. Martha Annette, b. 2, 22, 1847; Cong. 1861, dis. to Blooming-
ton, 111., 1867; m. 6, 8, 1869, Edward Frederick Wheden, of Hudson,
who d. 1884; she m. (2) George C. Berlin, Caldwell, Idaho. By first
hus. she had (i) Edwin Earl, (2) Pierce Richardson, (3) Florence, wife of
Dr. Dyer of Seattle, (4) Faith Lydia.
444 — Richmond Ricksicker
2. Charles Daniel, b. 2, 19, 1849; d. 11, 11, 1873; unm.
3. Edwin Earl, b. 4, 18, 1861; d. Dec. 1888; unm.
4. Estella May, b. 10, 18, 1864; d. 9, 24, 1865.
5. Isabelle Sarah, b. 6, 26, 1865; d. 10, 12, 1869.
Orson Richmond, b. ab. 1836; here i860; with
Lorenzo Riley; in Civil War; to Kansas;
m. Mary ab. 1840 and then had home on
Liberty St.; had Orson.
Lyman Richmond, here 1820 and over 21.
Charles Selex Richner, b. in CI. 8, 12, 1858, one of
II chil. of John Richner, 1 830-191 2, and Marie (Eichen-
berger) Richner, both of Switzerland, who were m. and
came to CI. 1855; farmer; to Tw. 1908, on old Hanks
place west of village;
m. II, 29, 1883, Marie Louise Schmidt, b. in Germ.
7, 16, 1864, dau. of J. Henry Schmidt, 1826-98, and Sophia
(Damon) Schmidt, who were m. 1852 and came to CI. 1872.
Children
1. Anna Charlotta, b. 9, 26, 1884; d. 10, 5, 1885.
2. Sophia Marie Henrietta, b. 2, i, 1886; m. i, 30, 1908, Henry H.
Keyes, and had Valerie, b. 1909, and Henry W., b. 191 5; CI.
3. Karl John Felix, b. 7, 25, 1887; d. 4, 14, 1888.
4. Edward Herman, b. 11, 18, 1888.
5. Leola Dorathea, b. 7, 9, 1890; m. 9, 4, 1909, Alva F. Nichols,
see.
6. John Henry, b. 5, 14, 1893; d. 10, 6, 1894.
7. Huldah Carol, b. 2, 4, 1895; m. ii, 26, 1913, Avery N. Herrick,
see; Tw. H. S. 191 1.
8. Herbert William, b. 8, 19, 1896; Tw. H. S. 1914.
9. George Charles, b. 5, 21, 1900.
10. Raymond Robert, b. 3, 9, 1904.
Roland Alpha Rickerson, b. i860 in Bath; farmer;
clerk, &c; several yrs. in Tw. with John W. Mcintosh; now
in Lorain; Meth.;
m. 12, 31, 1881, Mary Eliza Riley, b. i, 23, 1852, dau.
of David Marshall Riley, see; Meth.
They had Alpha L., b. 7, 12, 1887; Tw. H. S. 1905, now
in Lorain; Meth.
William K. Ricksicker, d. ab. 1910; from Va.; here
as clerk for Barton Price; then Aurora many yrs., and then
CI.; director of Charities there;
i
RiDEOUT Rl LEY ^445
m. just before the Civil War, Mary Mead, dau. of
Wm. J. Mead, see; had Charles and Ella, both in CI.
Samuel E. Rideout, b. Vt. 1841, son of Timothy Abbot
and Diana (Glasier) Rideout; Hudson since 1879;
m. (2) 6, 27, 1876, Mary Emeline Lane, b. Tw. 3, 23,
1844, dau. of Julius Lane, see; she once treasurer's assistant
Bradford Acad., Mass.
Children
Carroll Lane, b. i, 29, 1881; m. 9, 17, 1902, Anna V. Carson;
Hudson.
Henry Newton, b. 4, 29, 1884; Chicago.
Moses Riggs; he and w. here in May, 1833; had son,
Sheldon, b. 1832.
Julius Riley, Jr., (son of Julius, Sen.; b. 6, i, 1750;
in Rev. War) ;
m. Mabel Atkins, who d. 3, 20, 1874, age 62, moved to
Chester, Mass.; 4 boys and 4 girls, all m. but Julius and
came to Ohio 1812. One was Eppy, see below. Julius, Jr.,
m. (2) Mrs. Joseph W. Harlow, see.
Eppy Riley, son of Julius above; b. 12, 24, 1789; d.
Aurora 4, 5, 1874; first Riley to come to Aurora, in 1807;
two trips back to Mass. barefooted, carrying his shoes and
averaging 52 miles a day; was in War of 181 2; see Bowen's
Hist, of Summit Co., p. 870-1 ;
m. (i) Rebecca Parrish, b. ab. 1791; d. Aurora, Sept.
1834;
m. (2) Mrs. Diana (Parrish) Boies, b. ab. 1799; d.
9, 15, 1888.
Children By First Wife
Olive.
Orsman.
Lorenzo, b. 10, 19, 1820; d. 2, 5, 1893; m. 4, 24, 1845, Sarah
Melissa Cannon, b. ab. 1823; d. 3, 26, 1899; dau. of Israel Cannon; no
chil.; Cong. 1844; see Bowen's Hist., p. 871; she nioved to village and
built house where Almon Brown lives; she made generous bequests to
the Cong. chh. and gave the town clock. He owned ab. 2000 acres.
Tolman Fitch, b. 7, 9, 1823, see below.
Betsy, b. 11, 24, 1829; m. John Lester Thompson, see.
By Second Wife
Guerdon L.; m. Addie Henry.
44^ — Riley Riley
ToLMAN Fitch Riley, b. 7, 9, 1823; d. 4, 30, 1908; son
of Eppy Riley above; carpenter; absent fr. Tw. many yrs.;
came back and spent last yrs. with son Charles;
m. 1853, Mary Jane Chapman, b. 6, 23, 1834; d.
I, 26, 1908; one of prime movers of Tw, aid society in Civil
War; a strong temperance worker; had millinery store in
first house west of Meth. chh. She m. (2) Hopkins.
Children
Carrie Ardell, b. 12, 6, 1854; m, i, 14, 1874, Samuel Hosford Hull,
see.
Charles Eppy, b. 5, 5, 1856; see below.
Homer, b. ; unm.; lives with his sister.
Charles Eppy Riley, b. 5, 5, 1856, son of above; on
part of present farm 188 1-6, then on Macedonia road 7
yrs., then back to farm 1893; director of Summit Co. Agr.
Fair; township trustee several terms; S. S. supt. several
yrs.; Tw. Inst. 4 yrs.; now in village on North St.; pres.
of Tw. bank;
m. 9, 15, 1880, Chloe Oretta Parmelee, b. 4, 8, 1861,
dau. of Gardiner Parmelee, see; both Cong. 1891.
Children
Lynn Gardiner, b. 12, 13, 1884; electrical engineer, Pittsburg
Penn.; m. 10, 23, 1906, Katharine Estella Scott, and had Barbara Ann,
b. II, 24, 191 2; he Cong. 1903.
Sarah M., b. 9, 20, 1898; Cong. 1913; Tw. H. S. 1915; Oberlin
Col. 1915 —
David Marshal Riley, b. Aurora 3, 21, 1817; d.
II, 26, 1898; son of Julius above; carpenter; lived in Tw.
30 yrs. and later at Aurora;
m. (i) 8, 30, 1848, Mary Aby McIntosh, b. 9, 23, 1832;
d. 7, 25, 1874; dau. of John W. Mcintosh, see;
m. (2) June, 1877, Mary Hutchinson, who d. 10, 2,
1902.
Children By First Wife
Randolph Raymond, b. i, 10, 1850; engineer; Tw. Inst.; m. July,
1874, Fanny Emeline Oviatt, who d. 1889. They had Jay Sherman, b.
i> 35 1877; d. 12, 18, 1915; engineer; lived in Newark.
Mary Eliza, b. i, 23, 1852; Tw. Inst.; m. (i) 1870, David Philo
Chamberlin, son of Philo Chamberlin, see; m. (2) 1881, Roland Alpha
Rickerson, see.
Bradley Alexander, b. i, 28, 1873; d. ii, 29, 1877.
Riley Roach— 447
By Second Wife
Nellie, b. 6, 26, 1879; m. 1899, E. Bunker Chapman.
Cora, b. 3, 8, 1881; Solon.
Grover, b. 11, 12, 1884; Newburg.
Charles, b. 12, 28, 1887; Aurora.
Joseph Taylor Riley, b. 2, 9, 1872, son of Joseph and
Mahala (Hutchinson) Riley; here about 3 yrs.; on old
Carter place in west part of town about 10 yrs. ago; now in
Twin Falls, Idaho;
m. Louise Matti, sister of Robert Matti; dau. of John
and Katherine (Faler) Matti, of Switzerland; b. 5, 11, 1872;
Children
Harold, b. Alliance, 4, i, 1895.
Fern, b. Tw. 8, 14, 1897, m. Thomas Looney; Ogden, Utah.
James, b. 9, 3, 1899.
H. Risley and Freeman H. Risley, teachers in Tw.
Inst. 1847-8; fr. Aurora.
James Roach, b. ab. 1807; d. Tw. 2, 16, 1876; ances-
tors fr. Ireland; to Tw. 1836; on lot No. i ; had then ^5.00
in money; worked as carpenter to pay for unimproved land;
cut down trees evenings which his boys trimmed the next
day; Meth. chh.;
m. (i) Mary C. Nelson, b. ab. 1806; d. 3, 18, i860;
Meth.
m. (2) DiANTHA Torrence, b. ab. 181 1; Meth.
Children
Gilbert, b. ab. 1826; d. 1882; see below.
Chloe Campbell; Meth.; m. Horatio Bartlett, both d.
Rhoda Watson, b. ab. 1827-9; ^- 2, 15, 1910; m. (i) Gardiner
Parmelee, see; m. (2) Dr. Seymour A. Collins, see.
Moses Nelson, b. 10, 16, 1832; see below.
Martin Van Buren, b. ab. 1836; d. ; m. Sarah Jones,
b. ab. 1840.
Moses Nelson Roach, son of James above; b. Hebron,
N. Y., 10, 16, 1832; d. 5, 10, 1886; mechanic and farmer,
also blacksmith; shop where Adam Stingel's is; 3 yrs. in
Hudson township; Meth. S. S. supt.; Summit Lodge of
Masons and Summit Chapter; see Doyle's Cent. Hist., p.
772;
m. 6, II, 1853, Minerva C. Belden, b. 7, 12, 1830; d.
2j 3j 1895; dau. of Erastus Belden, see; Meth.
448— Roach Rogers
Children
Hattie, b. ii, 13, 1857; d. 11, 5, 1859.
Albert Erastus, b. 12, 10, i860; m. 5, 13, 1885, Agnes M.Meikle,
Akron; 3 daus.; R. R. man; Tw. Inst.
Alonzo Nelson, b. 9, 24, 1862; see below.
Gilbert Roach, b. 7, 5, 1825; d. 2, 6, 1882; son of
James Roach above; lived on farm, then in village; then
to Newburg;
m. 1848, DiANTHA Hall Sawyer, b. June, 1824; d.
June, 1896; Meth.
Child
Mary Bethiah, b. 9, 18, 1857; m. 7, 12, 1885, Charles Finney-
Morgan, lawyer in CI.; son of Prof. John Morgan of Oberlin. They had
Whittier Roach, b. Apr., 1886; m. 1908, Josephine C. WiUis, and Gilbert
Eugene, b. Dec. 1888; m. 1915, Ruth Schulte.
Alonzo Nelson Roach, son of Moses above, b. 9, 24,
1862; railroad station agent 25 yrs. at Clinton; coal and
feed Tw. since 1915;
m. 6, 13, 1885, Nora Irene Nichols, b. 4, 27, 1864; d.
9, 3, 1915, at Tw.; dau. of Oscar Nichols, see.
Child
Leonard Nelson, b. 2, 12, 1895; studied Akron University 3 yrs.
Richard B. Robbins, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1853-4.
Joseph Roberts, fr. Eng. ; lived near Joseph Carter;
see records of Dist. No. 7.
Children
Eliza, b. ab. 1835.
Mary C, b. ab. 1840.
Caroline, b. ab. 1840.
Joseph (.^); m. Maria Case.
Mrs. Experience (Wilcox) Roberts, b. ab. 1777; d.
12 (or 11), 8, 1854; lived where blacksmith shop is, also in
small house east of Mrs. Curtis's house; maiden name was
Wilcox;
m. (i) Gardiner Parmelee, see; m. (2)
Roberts, who d. before she came to Tw. Her dau., Lucy
Roberts, "a peculiar character," lived with her and after-
wards alone, and d. in county house ab. 1900; both Meth.
Jane Rodgers, d. 9, 25, 1849, age 27.
Hester Ann Rodgers, d. 4, 10, 1851.
Frank Rogers, b. ab. 1845; d. 6, 3, 1865.
Rogers Root — ^449
John Rogers, as a boy, from Solon, worked for Luman
Chamberlin in early 50's; became millionaire; d. a few yrs.
ago in Chagrin Falls; had son, William E. Rogers, a banker
in Chagrin Falls.
Rev. L. Rogers, Meth. pastor 1849-51.
Oliver H. Roniger, b. 6, 10, 1807, in Switzerland; d.
8, 6, 1882; to U. S. and Tw. 1832; cleared land and built
house near old mills; mem. masonic lodge; see Perrin's
Hist, of Summit Co., p. 1050;
m. Nov., 1834, Jane Burroughs, b. ab. 1812; d. 9, 10
1855; dau. of John and Sarah Burroughs, of Palmyra; no
chil. but adopted Morris Dunn; see below.
Mrs. Frances Ronigar, d. 9, 3, 1850, age 'j'j.
Miss Anna Ronigar, d. 5, 20, 1888, age 89.
Morris Roniger, b. 10, 22, 1846; d. 12, 19, 1915; son
of John and Martha (Reed) Dunn, and adopted by Oliver
H. Roniger above; resided near depot; park and cemetery
caretaker several yrs;
m. (i) 7, 3, 1866, Mary A. Sabin, who d. 1883;
m. (2) 4, 27, 1885, Augusta Bronson, b. 3, 16, 1856,
dau. of Allen and Jane (Pomeroy) Bronson.
Children By First Wife
1. Minnie Jane, b. 5, 11, 1867; m. Harry Emerson Post, see.
2. Martha, b. 2, 22, 1869; unm.
3. Millie Frances, b. 4, 30, 1871; m. Delos Hoadley Bennett, see.
4. May Elsie, b. 5, 10, 1879; m. 1895, Luther A. Prentiss, see.
5. Oliver Homer, b. 6, 17, 1881; Cong. 1899; m. Ira Brown.
Children By Second Wife
6. Hazel Mina, b. 10, 27, 1887; m. 5, 3, 1905, William Richard
Bowen.
7. Charles Carl, b. 4, 21, 1889; m. 7, i, 1910, Susie Borgerman.
8. Hoadley Emerson, b. 3, 9, 1891; m. 4, i, 1911, Anna Billig.
9. Gertrude Mame, b. 11, 8, 1893; m. 11, 21, 1911, Russell Davis.
10. Leora Hattie, b. 4, 12, 1895; d. 4, i, 1903.
11. Maxim Lucille, b. 2, 12, 1898; d. 8, 10, 1899.
Jared Root, fr. Vt. to O., 1837; in Tw. near Pond
Brook; to Wis. just before the War;
m. Sally Lamb, and had 7 or 8 chil.; among them
Albert, Jerome, Lydia, Alfred and Mary.
450 — Root Rowland
Albert Root, son of Jared above; fr. Brattleboro, Vt.,
1837; on Liberty St. and on different places; Cong. 1840;
in 1856 whole family to Wyalusing, Wis.;
m. (i) MiLLicENT Hannah Dodge, b. ab. 1821; d.
Tw. 5, 13, 1858; dau. of John Dodge, see; Cong. 1834, dis.
to Tallmadge 1843;
m. (2) Syena , Cong. 1840.
Children
Lydia, Sarah and John R. in Tw. Inst. 1848, also Mary and Henry.
Jerome Root, son of Jared above; Inst. 1848; lived
near where Mr. Hickman lives; later to Solon;
m. Brown.
Riley Root, fr. Ct. ; lived in Aurora, and for awhile in
Tw. on Cochran road; d. in army near close of war;
m. Cornelia Brown, dau. of James Brown, see; b.
3, 10, 1833 (.?); d. 3, 31, 1901; she m. (2) John W. Barge of
CI.
Children
Emmeline, b. 8, 16, 1854 {f); m. Thomas Lafferty, see; she Bapt.
Taught many years.
Mary, b. 2, 11, i860; lived many yrs. with grandfather, James
Brown; Bapt.; m. John W. Barge of CI.
John Rose, Meth. 1845.
William Rosenbury, renter on Hudson road; to Bed-
ford; dau. Ora m. 10, 26, 1904, Robert Small, see.
Rosa B. Ross, Cong. 1891.
Alminda Rosswell, Bapt. 1837.
August Rostel, b. Germ. 6, 12, 1884; farmer on
Macedonia road; to U. S. 1904; to Tw. 1909;
m. 7, 20, 1908, Mrs. Pauline Moltar, b. Germ.
I, 18, 1873.
Children
Amanda Augusta, b. 7, 20, 1909.
Alfred, b. i, 17, 191 2.
Rev. D. Rowland, pastor Meth. chh. 3 yrs. ab.
1876-9; d. a few yrs. ago.
His w. d. Tw. 5, 20, 1879, age 42; no chil.
I
RuDD Saari — 451
Willis Alonzo Rudd, b. Windham, 7, 17, 1856; son of
Alvan V. Rudd, 1830-1889, who m. 1854, Irene Franklin, of
Bedford; in brick house on Bedford road, 1 882-1900;
teacher and farmer; Meth. and Cong.; now in CL;
m. 10, 14, 1880, Bertha Ellen Cochran, b. 4, 14, 1861,
dau. of Robert Cochran, see.
Children
Irene Agnes.
Iva Elizabeth; m. 12, 4, 1910, Arthur Bertram Newman; CI.
Rupert Roscoe, b. i, 6, 1888; d. 2, 7, 1888.
Christian Rufener, b. Nov. 1843; at Tw. 4 yrs.;
Meth.;
m. Elizabeth Lorentz, b. 1846; d. Oct., 1894.
Children
1. John Samuel, b. 7, 4, 1873; to Tw. 1904; here 4 yrs.; on brick
road; to Kent; both Meth.; m. Rosa Nellie Rutter, b. 8, 28, 1875, dau.
of George and Emma (Rake) Rutter. They had Mary Gertrude, b. 3, 25,
1 901.
2. GeorgeM.; m. 8, 19, 1911, Esther Reed, dau. of Henry Reed,
see; had Elizabeth, b. 6, 13, 1913; he teacher in New Jersey.
3. Gertrude.
Andrew Russell, fr. Ct., relative of Luman Lane and
d. at his house, 8, 15, 1853, age 21 ; came to attend Tw. Inst.
Stephen Andrew Ryan, b. 9, 13, i860, son of Roder-
ick J. and Mary (Murphy) Ryan; mason contractor; s. w.
part of town on Dodge road;
m. (i) 4, 23, 1890, Margaret Powers, b. 11, 13, 1873;
d. 10, 24, 1903; dau. of Edward and Mary Powers;
m. (2) 5, 30, 1908, Mary Whitside, of Fall River, Mass.
Children, By First Wife
Roderick James, b. 3, 22, 1892.
Mary Agnes, b. 2, 25, 1895.
Margaret Catherine, b. 5, 31, 1897.
Peter Ryan; see Peter Ryan Murray.
Stephen Ryan, d. 10, 24, 1903, age 30.
Daniel Saari, b. 7, 12, 1858; to Tw. 1909; near Mr.
Dunscomb's;
m., 1878, Maria YoKi, b. 11, 8, 1858; 9 chil., 5 of them
dead, two m. in CI., 2 at home, viz.:
45^ — Sabin Sawyer
Hildreth Sophia, b. 4, 6, 1902; Cong. 1913.
Emil, b. 5, 7, 1905.
Mary A. Sabin, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1849-51.
James William Safford, cousin of John Hempstead;
here at school ab. 1876.
John and Olive Sanborn, both Bapt. 18402.
William Grant Sarver, b. 4, 4, 1863, Shelby Co. ; son
of Hiram and Nancy Sarver; to Tw. from Pa. 1915; left
1916;
m. II, 29, 1900, Ina Thomas Critser, b. 2, 2, 1870, dau.
of Clinton and Susan Critser.
Children
Ethel Louise, b. 3, 23, 1902.
Wilma Blanche, b. 9, 10, 1904.
Frederick Merrill, b. 8, 26, 1906; d. i, 8, 1907.
Florence May, b. 7, 29, 1908.
Frank Sattler, b. in Germ. 2, 12, 1846; to U. S. 1863;
to Tw. 1910; farmer in s. e. part of town;
m. in CI., 2, 15, 1870, Rosa Marie Ernig, b. in CI.,
7, 8, 1852.
Children
I. Berth Rosa, b. 9, 30, 1870; m.; CI.
Catherine, b. 7, 27, 1872; m.; Gates Mills.
Joseph A., b. 4, 20, 1875; ni.; CI.
George Frank, b. 5, 5, 1880; m.; CI.
Theodore, b. 3, 19, 1884.
Frank John, b. 9, 17, 1889.
Grace Catherine, b. 9, 3, 1894.
I
Silas Sawyer, b. 12, 29, 1828; d. 7, 5, 1910; lived in
Solon and in last yrs. with son in Tw. ;
m. 10, 23, 1855, Harriet Harman, b. 4, 23, 1838; d.
3» 28, 1915.
Riley Benjamin Sawyer, son of Silas above; b. 2, i,
1857, in Solon; to Tw. 1885; kept meat market; spent
many winters in Florida, where he d. suddenly, 12, 15, 1914;
bur in Tw.;
m. I, I, 1880, Sophia Jarvis, b. i, 12, 1858, dau. of
Ebenezer and Polly M. (Cutler) Jarvis, of Elmore.
Sawyer Schempp — ^453
Children
Eliza, b. 4, 19, 1882; Tw. H. S, 1899; m. 10, 15, 1902, Horace W.
Crankshaw, see.
Silas E., b. i, 4, 1884; Tw. H. S. 19CX); m. 9, 21, 1904, Ida M.
Oviatt, of Hudson, dau. of Lincoln Oviatt, see.
Albert, b. 4, 16, 1888; in Tw. 2 yrs. after marriage; now in CI.;
m. II, 24, 1909, Lulu Phillips, and had Vera Lucile, b. 11, i, 1910, and
Orrin Phillips, b. 4, 11, 1914.
Luella, b. 11, 23, 1894; ^- 6, 26, 1912, Carl H. Miller, see.
Mr. Sawyer, here in 1820.
John Sayles, drowned 6, 3, 1871, age 26.
Otto Sayres, fr. N. Y. state; marble cutter;
m. Melvina McFarland, b. ab. 1830; d. 1858; dau.
of Harvey McFarland, see; no chil.
J. A. Sayres, d. 10, 13, 1854, age 30.
August J. Schacht, b. in Germany i, 10, 1861; to CI.
when 14 with parents and 3 sisters; to Tw. 1899, In south
part of town;
m. 1872, Ida Dettmann, dau. of John and Freda (Land)
Dettmann of CI.
Children, Born in Cl.
Edith, b. 1886; m. 1910, Floyd Dougherty; Tw.
Raymond, b. 1890; m. 1912, Helen Chamberlain; Bedford.
Herbert, b. 1895.
Henry Schaus, b. in Germ. 1812; d. Tw. 2, 9, 1889; to
U. S. 1853; lived where Chauncy B. Lane lives;
m. 1835, Anna Maria Theiss, b. in Germ. 1812; d.
1887. They had Magdelena who m. George Edward Crouse,
see.
Peter Schaus, perhaps bro. of above, 1 805-1 868.
August Scheiner, d. 4, 9, 1915; bur. in Cl.
William Frederick Schempp, b. in la., i, 11, 1871; to
Tw. 1909; Calif. 2 yrs.; Hudson, then Tw. again, 1913-15;
policeman in Cl. at one time;
m. I, II, 1904, Marion Emeline Yocum, b. 9, 25, 1873,
in CL, dau. of Elmore S. and Frances E. (Swift) Yocum; she
in Tw. with William Maxam's family several yrs. before
marriage. They had Jewel Frances, b. Cl. 7, 31, 1908.
454 — ScHULTz Scott
GusTAVUS ScHULTZ, workcd at Albert Hawkins; Cong.
1897; m. in CI.
Charles Simon Schmalzle, b. 3, 24, 1867, son of John
Simon and Elizabeth (Geisel) Schmalzle; to CI. fr. Germ.
1887; farmer on Solon road;
m. 1890, Katherine Mary Hiel, b. 7, 7, 1872, dau. of
Martin Daniel and Elizabeth (Warner) Hiel; to CI. fr.
1883 ; both and 2 girls Cong. 1903.
Children
Frieda Marguerite, b. CI., 8, 6, 1891; Oberlin Col.; teacher in Tw.
1912-15; Tw. H. S. 1910.
William Martin, b. CI. 12, 19, 1892.
Carolyn Margarete, b. CI. 11, 26, 1894; Tw. H. S. 1916.
Carl John, b. CI. 4, 13, 1897.
John Schmalzle, bro. of above, b. Germ. 1868; to U.
S. 1906; farmer on Solon road;
m. 1903, Mary Martha Keppler, and had Martin
Keppler and Martha Schwill.
Bronson Schofield, and w.; hereab. 1912-13; laborer.
Noah H. Scott, teacher in Tw. Inst. 185 1-5.
Sarah S. Scott, Meth. before 1841.
Rev. Joseph H. Scott, pastor Cong. chh. 1853-1858;
m. Ellen E. , Cong. fr. Parma, dis. to West
Liberty, la.
They had Eliza, bap. 10, 3, 1858.
Henry Scott, of Solon; d. 12, 18, 1864, age 24.
Thomas D. Scott; to Bedford and d.;
m. Sally Carver, dau. of Bernice and Rachel Carver.
Children
Son, d. II, I, 1843, age 3 mo.
Child of T. Carver, d. 10, 24, 1842, age 2 mo.
Infant, d. 3, 23, 1846.
William Scott, fr. Scotland; where Mr. Ferris lives;
seceder 1834; Liberty St. ; worked for James Brown;
m. Ann (Ferris.''), sister of Mrs. Mcintosh; Cong.
1840, dis. to Mich. 1842.
ScouTTEN Seiss — 455
Children
Agnes Brodie, bap. 7, 13, 1834.
Alexander Francis, bap. 7, 26, 1835.
Alexander Francis, b. 9, 2, 1837.
Margaret Brodie, bap. 6, 21, 1840.
David Jones Scoutten, b. Rush, Pa,, 11, 27, 1821; d.
5,25,1907; to Tw. 1842; carriage maker; worked for James
Alexander, then in shop of his own; at Solon some yrs.;
m. 10, 7, 185 1, Henrietta Helen Hull, b. Tw. 4, 7,
1828, dau. of Samuel Hull, see; she d. 2, 18, 1906.
Children
Charles Hull, b. Solon, 5, 27, 1853; d. 2, 8, 1909; in CI., telegraph
operator and station agent Tw. and CI.; m. 1882, Carrie Herrick, dau,
of Elisha Herrick, see; no chil.; both Cong. 1884.
Frank Marion, b. 9, 17, 1855; see below.
Stephen Douglass, b. 9, 23, 1859; see below.
Frank Marion Scoutten, b. 9, 17, 1855; at Aurora
till 7 or 8 yrs, old; railroad man many yrs,; on Aurora road;
m. Tw, 12, 5, 1884, Augusta Hoppa, b, 6, 27, 1868, of
Warrensville.
Children
Floyd Lamont, b. 6, 16, 1887; machinist in CI.; m. 12, 25, 1908,
Minnie Cushman of CI.; 3 chil.
Bena Henrietta, b. Tw. 6, 17, 1889; m. 4, 13, 19 — , Lawrence
Fillmore Ellsworth of Hudson; i child.
Douglas Clifford, b. 7, 30, 1893; machinist in CI.; m. 7, 5, 1913,
Clara Ehman of Richfield.
Hazel, b. 2, 3, 1895; d. 7, 18, 1915; m. 11, 24, 1914, Walter Laird
of CI.
Stephen Douglass Scoutten, bro. of above, b, 9, 23,
1859; railroad man many yrs., painter; built house in Tw.;
m. (i) 5, 5, 1883, Minnie White, b, 10, 12, 1866; d.
7, 10, 1901;
m. (2) 10, 20, 1907, Mrs. Esther (Squire) Hoose; she
d. 12, 5, 1912; Cong, fr, CI, 1909,
Child, By First Wife
Louva May, b. 4, i, 1886; m. 9, 16, 1905, Alfred A. Likens, of
Akron and had Basil Eugene, b. 7, 9, 1906; she Tw, H. S. 1903.
Mr. and Mrs, Seiss, on old Hempstead place; he d.
and she m, (2) Mr, Serrand; in stone house on Liberty St.
ab. 1912-13; had Frieda, b. ab. 1900, and Richard, b. ab.
1906.
456— Selby Sharpe
Dr. S. F. Selby; here ab. 1848-55, where Ed. Crouse
lives; physician and surgeon; fr. Ashtabula Co.; in Civil
War as surgeon; later in Solon, then in CI.
Children
Ellen, d. 9, 11, 1854, age 2.
Infant, d. 9, 20, 1855.
Mary.
Emma.
Obed.
Selden, see census of 1833; Cong. 1834.
Children
9
10
Joseph Alanson, b. ab. 1812.
Henry Strong, b. ab. 18 13.
Nathaniel Dwight, b. ab. 1815; Cong. 1834.
Clarissa Hosanna, b. ab. 1817.
Elias Benjamin, b. ab. 1820.
Lucy, b. ab. 1822.
Ruth Adelia, b. ab. 1824.
Ezra Carlos, b. ab. 1827.
Cynthia, b. ab. 1828.
David, b. ab. 1832.
Mabel Selden, Cong. 1902.
John Seman, b. ab. 1889, in Hungary; to U. S. 1902;
to Tw. 1916; fr. CI.; farmer on Young's road;
m. 2, 8, 1909, Katie Hardony, b. in Hungary; to U. S.
1904. They had Katie, b. in CL, i, 26, 1914.
Samuel A. Sessions, taught on Liberty St. 1857-8,
1858-9.
Rev. John Seward; to O. 181 1; pastor at Aurora
18 12-1839, then at Solon 15 yrs.; often preached in Tw.;
see Hist, of Cong. chh. He was the father of 14 chhs.
Rev. Andrew Sharpe, b. Pomfret, Ct., 10, 3, 18 10; d.
4, 6, 1891 ; grad. of Brown Univ. 1838, of Hartford Theolog.
Sem. 1840; preached Willimantic, Ct., 1840-49; Rockville,
Ct., 1849-5 1, Willoughby, 1853-56, CoUamer 1857-67, Wake-
man 1868, Twinsburg Cong. 1869-72; Hebron, Ct.;
m. 10, 6, 1840, Elizabeth P. Gilbert, dau. of Hon.
Ralph and Sarah (Nichols) Gilbert of Hebron, Ct.; no chil.
Shattuck SiEss — 457
Ira Shattuck, b. ab. 1831; d. 2, 21, 1907; a North-
field man;
m. as her 3rd husband, Mrs. Mary Aurelia (Par-
melee) Johnson, who d. 8, 31, 1914, age 85; dau. of Zeno
Parmelee, see. After his death she lived with Mrs. Charles
Chambers.
Festus Sheldon, b. ab. 1794; d. 3, 7, 1869; here i860;
farmer; lived in and owned brick house south of park;
m. (i) Rachel , d. before i860; Cong. 1854; fr.
Aurora;
m. (2) Mrs. Nonie, whose dau., Sarah Nonie, m.
Gilbert Reed.
Children
Nancy, b. 1820 or 22; d. 7, 10, 1889; m. 1846, George Stanley, see.
Marilla, bedridden for years and later m. Thomas Mathews.
Dr. Hyram Sheldon, b. ab. 1803; at wid. Parmelee's;
Cong. 1833; see census of 1833.
Rev. G. Sheldon; m. Harmony Ann ; Cong.
1838, dis. 1847, to Wes. Res. Col.
Lee Shepherd, b. 1881, son of George and Myra
(Howard) Shepherd; n. w. part of town; farmer; now in
village;
m. 1909, Alice E. Hine, b. 1891, dau. of Arthur and
Lina A. (Hardie) Hine. They had Chester Lee, b. 191 2.
Mr. Shepherd, father of wife of Rev. Horace W. Pal-
mer; supt. of Cong. S. S.
Athlea Shipman, b. ab. 183 1; d. 9, 23, 1851.
Joseph Shroad, b. ab. 1850; d. 3, 9, 1899; here a few
yrs.;
m. Emma Hickox, of Aurora. She m. (2) and went to
.^. Ravenna. One child, Susan.
Lewis Shroeder; in Civil War; name on monument.
Francis Xavier Siess, b. in France 8, 24, 1861; to
U.S. 1872; CI.;
m. 9, 29, 1909, in stone house on Liberty St., Carrie
I Rein, wid. of Frank Snell; no chil.; Meth.
458— SiMOND Small
Edward Simond, fr. Dover 1916; farmer on Hudson
Road; m. Jan. 1916, Ann Lee.
Joseph Albert Sinek, b. in Bohemia ab. 1870; to U. S.
with parents ab. 1885; toTw. 1911; on brick road i yr.; on
Aurora road since 191 2;
m. II, 21, 1898, in CI., Rosa Kuberna, b. CL, 10, 2,
1873; parents from Bohemia.
Children
Mamie Theresa, b. 5, 17, 1900.
John James, b. 5, 16, 1902.
Frances Rosa, b. 5, 18, 1904.
Alexander Joseph, b. 11, 27, 1906.
Agnes Maxime, b. i, 21, 1910.
Joseph, b. 8, 2, 1913.
Horace Slade, farmer on Bedford road, son of "Mr.
Slade," who d. 2, 4, 1868, age 75, and "Mrs. Slade," who d.
8, 10, 1870, age 78, both fr. Mass; she dau. of Justus Her-
rick; see;
m. MooRE, sister of George W. Moore.
Children
Ed,; m. Robins; Solon and CI.
Frank; m.; CI.
Lillie.
Arthur.
John Slade, b. ab. 1848; d. 5, 3, 1854.
RoxANA Slade; m. A. E. Cranston.
Albert Slade, bro. of above; lawyer in CI.
Edwin Slade, of Bedford, taught in Tw.
Andrew Small, b. in Pittsburg, 4, 10, 1840; d. 10, 7,
191 2; fr. Northfield to Tw. 1877; to Bedford 1906; owned
where Verne Hempstead lives;
m. 3, 16, 1871, Eunice Elizabeth Clark, of North-
field, b. 9, 7, 1850.
Robert James Small, son of Andrew, b. 2, i, 1874, in
Northfield.
m. 10, 26, 1904, Ora Rosenbury, b. 8, 22, 1882, dau. of
William Rosenbury.
They had Thelma Amelia, b. 5, 22, 1907.
Smith Smith — ^459
Some of the following Smith families may be related to
each other, besides those that are given as related. If so, we
have not ascertained it. The Smith families in genealogy are
always a difficult problem.
Edmund Smith ("Increase Smith"), b. ab. 1817; here
i860; farmer, on Bedford road;
m. Amanda R., b. ab. 1827.
They had 18 chil. when they left Tw. One boy of 16 or
17 yrs. enlisted and d. of measles.
Children, Partial List
Monroe.
Arthur.
Corintha.
Camelia.
Amanda; m. T. L. Reed, of Reedly, Calif.
Eliza.
Therom.
Clarence, and others.
George B. Smith, b. Kingsbury, N. Y., ab. 1790; d. in
Mich., 2, I, 1866;
m. Clarissa , b. ab. 1801; d. 9, 30, 1846.
John Smith; to Tw. ab. 1835-6; d. before i860; she
here i860; on old John Hempstead place on Macedonia
road;
m. (i) in old country, Belle Cochran, who d. there;
m. (2) Agnes Cochran, b. ab. 1800; d. 10, 22, 1872;
sister of his first w.
Children
James, b. ab. 1830; d. 7, 23,1891; Inst. 1848; Cong. 1889; m.
Price (f); Ice house road; 3 boys and 2 girls, about whom we are unable
to get data.
John, b. ab. 1833; d. 3, 30, 1872; unm.; grad. of Ann Arbor Univ.
ab. 1857; teacher; in Civil War, in provost marshal's office; Inst. 1848;
Cong. 1 861.
Philetus Smith, b. ab. 1808; d. 11, 21, 1853; farmer
on Macedonia road opposite schoolhouse.
Children
Names given in records of Dist. No. 7.
Elizabeth, b. ab. 1837.
William E., b. ab. 1837.
Mary E., b. ab. 1838.
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Rufus C, b. ab. 1840.
Minerva, b. ab. 1840.
Marshall, b. ab. 1841.
Ophelia M., b. ab. 1843.
Tyler Smith, b. i, i, 1786; d. 5, 24, 1847; from Mid-
dleton, Conn., ab. 1812;
m., Aurora, i, 1 1, 1814, Eunice Bissell, b. 10, 22, 1796;
d. 2, 14, 1883; dau. of Justus Bissell, see; Cong. 1844, dis. to
Solon 1847; she m. (2) James Hill.
Children, Born in Aurora
1. Orrilla Zilpha, b. 5, 26, 1815; m. i, 11, 1842, Alfred N. Beard.
2. Richard Thaddeus, b. 3, 23, 1817; see below.
3. Orris Bissell, b. 3,6, 1819; d. ; m. (i) Mary Ann Dodge,
dau. of John Dodge, see; m. (2) Delia Tinkham Calkins; m. (3) Sarah
P. Tinkham.
4. Henry Augustus, b. 6, 8, 1821; see below.
5. Sidney Benjamin, b. ii, 29, 1823; see below.
6. Elisha Tyler, b, 12, 24, 1827; d. y.
7. Elijah Tracy, b. 10, 3, 1830; m. 9, 5, 1852, Lydia A. Stannard;
m. (2) Elizabeth HoUister.
Richard Thaddeus Smith, b. 3, 23, 1817; d. 7, 27,
1852; son of Tyler above; farmer on Macedonia road
opposite Elder Turner's;
m. 5, 9, 1844, Louisa Herrick, dau. of Rufus Herrick,
see; b. 7, 6, 1824; d. 5, 18, 1854.
Children
Alvin Thaddeus, b. 9, 10, 1845; d. in Ridgeville, 8, 26, 1863.
Elbert Sidney, b. 3, 8, 1847; see below.
Ellen Maria, b. 3, 13, 1849; m. (i) Augustus Lawton Wright and
had Elbert Augustus and Edith Rosalind; m. (2) Moses Fuller; she in
Cl.
Elbert Sidney Smith, son of Richard T. above, b.
3, 8, 1847; lawyer in Springfield, 111. ; member of 111. senate;
to 111. fr. Solon 1869;
m. 6, 19, 1879, Eliza Jane Kinsley, b. i, 3, 1845; dau.
of Rev. Hiram (1799-1887) and Elsie Ladd (Moulton) (1806-
89) Kinsley.
Children
Elda Louise, b. 5, 3, 1880.
Elberta Thalia, b. 3, 8, 1882.
Sidney Benjamin, b. 2, 7, 1885; m. 11, 22, 1910, Madeline Bab-
cock and had Elbert Sidney, b. 10, 27, 191 1, and Emma Louise, b. 9, 2,
1915-
462 — Smith Smith
Henry Augustus Smith, son of Tyler above, b. 6, 8,
1821; d. ab. 1893; lived in Solon and bur. there;
m. 4, 7, 1850, Clarissa Higby, who d. in Kan. ab.
1892, sister of William Higby.
Children, Born in Solon
Jennie Estelle, b. 9, 26, 1854; d. y.
Henrietta Augusta, b. 9, 21, 1856; m. George Kerner; Rochester,
N. Y.
Henry Augustus, Jr., b. 11, i, 1857; d.
Clarence Leroy, b. 7, 14, 1863; in the far west.
William Herbert, an adopted son, b. 11,28,1854; d. in California.
Sidney Benjamin Smith, son of Tyler above, b. 1 1, 29,
1823; d. II, 5, 1874; lived in Solon; first secretary of Tw.
Fair; he and Henry in Tw. Inst.;
m. (i) 5, 2, 1850, LucRETiA Herrick, dau. of Justus
Herrick, b. 8, 14, 1828; d. 9, 22, 1861;
m. (2) 2, 26, 1862, DoLLiE GovE, niece of Mrs. Justus
Herrick;
m. (3) 10, 30, 1866, Phidelia Norton.
Children By First Wife
Ida Caroline, b. 2, 9, 1852; d. in Calif. 1910.
Jenella Eunice, b. 10, 29, 1854; m. John W. Jones, of Claridon and
had 4 daus.
Florence Emma, b. 10, 14, 1856; d. 10, 5, 1874.
By Second Wife
Gove, b. 4, 29, 1865; d. May 1875.
Victor.
William Smith, b. Ct., 2, 4, 1782; d. 3, 3, 1855; to
Mecca ab. 1827; he was bro. of Betsy Smith who m. Beriah
Green, see; his father was Jonathan Smith, 1746-1840; m.
Hannah Witter, 1750-1823;
m. 9, 1 1, 1803, Betsy Wilbur, b. 2, 14, 1783 ; d. 4, 29,
1843.
Children
1. William, b. 3, 10, 1805.
2. Jonathan, b. 9, 22, 1806 (.^); missionary to Hawaiian Islands (?)
3. Betsy, b. 7, 27, 1808.
4. Arvalina, b. 8, 21, 1810.
5. CeHna, b. 5, 5, 1812.
6. Joseph William, b. ii, 22, 1814.
7. Elenor, b. i, i, 1818; d. 8, 21, 1853.
8. Christa Cook, b. 3, 12, 1820; d. 12, 15, 1852.
9. Hannah, b. 3, 29, 1822.
Smith Smith — 463
10. Isaac Fellows, b. 7, 26, 1824; see below; only one of family
that lived in Tw.
II. Mary Melissa, b. 3, 8, 1829.
Isaac Fellows Smith, son of William above, b. at
Preston, Ct., 7, 26, 1824; d. at Little Rock, Ark., 7, 16, 1865,
in 43rd 111. Regt.; here i860; so. side of park; on Aurora
road a year or more; then to Ashkum, 111. After his death
his family returned to Tw. but back to 111. 1874-5;
m., in Tw., 10, 18, 1853, Mary Hewitt Herrick, dau.
of David Herrick, see, b. 2, 4, 1823; d. 7, 5, 1885; Cong.
1866, dis. to 111. 1876.
Children
1. Son,_d. 12, I, 1857, age 3.
2. David Oliver, b. i, 8, 1856; see below.
3. Mary Esther, b. Vernon, 5, 31, 1858; d. Oberlin, July, 1899;
unm.; teacher.
4. Jonathan Green, b. 6, 11, i860; see below.
5. William Avery, b. 9, 22, 1862; see below.
David Oliver Smith, b. Ashkum, 111., i, 8, 1856, son of
Isaac above;
m., 8, 13, 1884, Fannie Lucina Wilcox, dau. of John
Wilcox, see; b. 4, 3, 1854; Oberlin Col. 1870-75; Winamac,
Ind.
Children
I. Avery Wilcox, b. 7, 5, 1885; d. 1904.
Alvin Jonathan, b. 9, 10, 1887; unm.
Ethel Rose, b. 3, 29, 1889.
WilHam Edward, b. 3, 23, 1891; d. 1910.
Oliver Lewis, b. 5, 24, 1892; d. Dec. 1895.
Mabel Frances, b. 8, 19, 1893.
Thomas Freeman, b. i, i, 1896.
Rev. Jonathan Green Smith, son of Isaac Fellows
Smith above, b. 6, 11, i860; Oberlin Col. 1885; seminary
1888; Cong, pastor at Tomah, Wis., since 1898; moderator
of Wis. State Ass'n.;
m. (i) 9, 14, 1887, Anna Grace Allyn, of Oberlin, b.
10,23,1862; d. 7, 6,1901; dau. of Albert and Abigail (King)
Allyn;
m. (2) 6, 30, 1908, Margaret Hillard Hewitt, b.
II, 22, 1867, dau. of Charles Edwin and Eliza Ann (Hillard)
Hewitt.
464 — Smith Smith
Children, By First Wife
Ruth Mary, b. 9, 3, 1888; d. 10, 21, 1888.
Paul Brand, b. 4, 6, 1890; d. 3, 7, 1903.
Margaret Helen, b. 11, 17, 1892; Ripon Col. 191 5; teacher.
Raymond Allyn, b. 12, 26, 1894; music teacher.
Dorothy Gladys, b. 11, 25, 1897; d. 12, i, 1897.
Theodore Jonathan, b. 3, 15, 1901.
William Avery Smith, son of Isaac Fellows Smith
above; b. Chebansee, 111., 9, 22, 1862; Columbus;
m. 5, 29, 1888, Rosa L. Campbell, b. Aug. 1862; Cong.
1888, dis. toOberlin 1889.
Children
1. Howard Campbell, b. 4, 8, 1889; d. 4, 28, 1908.
2. Wilbur William, b. 2, 19, 1892; m. 6, 10, 1916, Anna M. Hall.
3. Lois Mary, b. 8, 27, 1894.
4. Olive Lenore, b. 12, 10, 1897; d. 11, 30, 1898.
5. Wendell Philips, b. 5, 24, 1900.
6. Adelbert David, b. 4, II, 1902.
Roy Floyd Smith, b. 9, 19, 1888 In Akron, son of
Charles M. and Mary (Gilbert) Smith; local agent for W.
& L. E. R. R.; in railroad work many years;
m. 12, 3, 1910, Maud Ilene Ralston, b. i, 28, 1893, at
Smithfield; dau. of James C. and Elizabeth (Guyton)
Ralston.
Children
Harold Wayne, b. 4, 3, 1911.
Geraldine Crenelle, b. 5, 2, 1912; d, 3, 28, 1913.
Bessie Burdine, b. 2, 12, 1915.
Henry Smith, son of Mrs. Julia M. Smith, who m.
James Hill, see;
m. Sarah McFarland, dau. of Harvey McFarland;
she d. Aug. 1914.
Children
William.
Clayton, who had son Harvey.
Don Juan Smith, b. Fremont, 3, 28, 1857, son of George
and Elizabeth Smith; barber; to Tw. 1916;
m. (i) 1889, Effie Wiedman, and had Clyde, b. 8, 12,
1902.
SnELL SOLINSKI — 465
m. (2) I, 7, 1913, Mrs. Ida C. (Gillespie) Noxon, who
had by first hus. Leila, b. 9, 16, 1886; d. 1910. Ida C. was
dau. of Joseph and Justina (Sears) Gillespie; g't. g'd. dau. of
Samuel Sears, of Rev. War.
Isaac Snell and wife; see census of 1833; where
William Boose lives;
They had Cene, b. ab. 1828, and Catherine, b. ab. 1830.
Frank Snell;
m. Jan. 1887, Carrie Reiss, who later m. Francis
Siess, see; here 1906-09.
Children
Lillian Marie, b. ii, 29, 1887; m. Frank Sadoski; CI., and had
Bernard, b. 6, 14, 1908, and Leonard, b. 12, 3, 1910.
Theresa Marie,b. 3, 29, 1889; m. Joseph Regenau, CI.
Xavier, b. 10, 27, 1892.
Milton E. Sober, b. 1870, son of William and Amanda
(Allen) Sober;
m. 1896, Elsie Marie Veon, b. 1872, dau. of Harvey
S. and Maria (Cowley) Veon.
Children
Waldo Allen, b. 2, 16, 1898,
Lynn Albert, b. 5, 30, 1910.
Edward Sodon; in Civil War; name on monument.
John Solinski, b. 12, 27, 1867, son of John and Kath-
erlne (Gribowski) Solinski; to Tw. 1910; mile west of
village;
m. 1888, Victoria Kozlowski, b. 12, 20, 1864, dau. of
John and Josephine (Mickalski) Kozlowski.
Children, All Born in America
I. Frank, b. 11, 8, 1889; m. 5, 3, 1911, Hattie Mikalski.
9
10
John, b. 6, 14, 1891; d. 9, 3, 1892.
Joe, b. II, 12, 1893.
Sophie, b. 3, 20, 1896; d. 6, 3, 1898.
Marian, b. i, 31, 1898.
Lottie, b. II, I, 1900 (?); Meth.
Lawrence, b. 5, 3, 1902; d. 5, 6, 1902.
Helen, b. 11, 27, 1903; Meth.
Sigmond, b. ii, 30, 1905.
Sophie, b. 7, 13, 1908.
466 — South WORTH Spafford
William W. Southworth, b. ab. 1791; d. 11, 21, 1863;
fr. Chester, Ct. ; Solon road; see census 1833; Meth. 1843;
m. AsENATH Watrous of Deep River, Ct., b. ab. 1793;
d. 12, 13, 1876; both Cong. 1834.
Children
1. William Ezra, b. ab. 181 5; see below.
2. Susan Matilda, b. ab. 1817; Cong. 1834; m. Almon Tinker.
3. Asenath, b. ab. 1821; Cong. 1834; m. Post.
4. Sylvester M., b. ab. 1823; see below.
5. Chauncey, b. ab. 1825; d. 8, 21, 1846; Cong. 1843.
6. Prudence Amanda, b. ab. 1828, bap. 1836; Meth. 1845.
7. Richard Pomeroy, b. ab. 1832; bap. 1836.
8. Victoria Jeannette, bap. 1839; m. William W. Chamberlin, see.
9. Samantha Maria, bap. 1836,
Child of Capt. Southworth, d. 2, i, 183 1, age i>^ yrs.
Mrs. Mary Southworth, b. ab. 1827; d. 12, 12, 1892.
Frank Southworth; Cong. 1893; Bedford.
William Ezra Southworth, son of William above; b.
ab. 1815; where Mr. Taylor lives on Solon road; Meth.; d.
Oct. 1884;
m. Mary , b. ab. 1827; d. 12, 12, 1892.
Children
Edgar; m. ; Jackson, Mich.
Chauncey.
Ella, b. ; d. ; m. 5, 27, 1874, Perry Dresser, see.
Lena; m. (i) Armstrong; m. (2) — Sweet.
Frank; m, Delia Custer (.?); Bedford.
Sylvester Southworth, son of William, Sen., above;
b. ab. 1823; d. 7, 3, 1902; Cong. 1843;
m. ab. 1847-8, Azuba Jane Eno, b. ab. 1823; d. 2, 13,
1891.
Children
Byron, b. ab. 1849; d. 5, 29, 1853.
Isabelle Josephine, b. 7, 27, 1854; d. Apr. 1915; m. 1875, Howard
C. Holt, see.
Alice Nettie, b. 3, 31, 1857; m. 1883, Ansel Weeks Doane, see.
Cora Adella, b. 8, 18, 1862; nurse; unm.
SPAFFORD PEDIGREE
I. John Spafford, 1612-1768; m. Elizabeth Scott.
Spafford Spooner — ^467
II. John Spafford, 1648-1696-7; m. 1675, Sarah
Wheeler.
III. Capt. John Spafford; m. 1700, Dorcas Hop-
KINSON.
IV. Capt. John Spafford, b. 1702; m. Hannah
Tyler.
V. Bradstreet Spafford, b. Rowley, Mass., 173 1;
in Indian wars; m. 1752, Mary Page.
VI. Col. Nathan Spafford, b. 5, 25, 1761; d. before
1817; in Rev. War; to Geneva, N. Y. ; m. Hannah Barnet
who d. 1824 at Geneva.
VII. Nathan B. Spafford, b. Fairfax, Vt., 1791; fr.
Geneva, N. Y., to Tw. 1827; to Northfield, 1858; in Tw.
lived at end of lane running north from bend in Ice house
road Yi mi.;
m. 1817, Mary ("Polly") Morrison, who m. (2) his
bro. Hiram.
Children
1. Lydia, b. ab. 1821; d. 1853; m. John Tryon.
2. Ammarilla, b. ab. 1823; d. 1843.
3. Almon Jackson, b. ab. 1826; m. Laura Washburn.
4. Zulema, b. ab. 1828; m. Samuel Leslie.
5. Jason Morrison, b. 9, 18, 183 1; d. 1876; m. Philena Cranson;
dau. Amarilla m. Joseph B. Carter, see.
6. Seth A., b. 5, 2, 1832; m. Irena Tenant.
7. Infant, b. May 1833.
8. Mary C, b. 5, 7, 1837; m. William C. Hurst, see.
Infant of Hiram Spaiford, d. 5, 8, 1828, age 3 days.
Apereth Spencer, d. 9, 5, 1858, age 41.
Brainerd and Harriet Spencer, here at school from
Aurora; Harriet was teacher in Tw. Inst. 1854-7.
Warren P. Spencer, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1847-50.
Mrs. George Spooner; wid.; Cong. 1897, dis. 1903;
fr. south; in old stone house on Liberty St.; she m. (2)
Miss Georgie Spooner, prob. her dau.
468— Sprague Squire
Celia and Emma Sprague, nieces of Mrs. Harrison
Dunshee; made home with her; taught several yrs.
Mrs. Sprang, on Hudson road; d.
Jervis Spring; m. Almira , both Cong. 1844,
dis. to Burton. Mr. Spring, perhaps same one, had cloth
mill on Tinker's Creek near Mr. Lister's.
Mr. Springer, on Streetsboro road; worked for Salmon
Oviatt.
Mrs. Springer, d. 8, 7, 1853, age 35.
Charles Springer, killed in Civil War.
Jane Springer, m.; lives at Mogadore.
Clarence Squire, farmer on Bedford road;
m. Maud Sophronia Gill, b. 9, 24, 1885; dau. of
Lazarus H. Gill, see; two chil. d. y.
Sylvester Squire, b. Hinsdale, Mass., 7, 6, 1809; d.
Aurora, 10, 9, 1876; son of Ezekiel and Clarissa (Stuart)
Squire, he being son of Rev. War soldier; to Mantua 1811;
to Tw. ab. 1838; bought 400 acres nearly square, bounded
north and east by county line; sold west half and bought
179 acres east of east half and after 1848 lived across line in
Aurora; taught 10 terms;
m. 1836, Rebecca Snow, b. Mantua, i, 20, 1811; d.
Aurora, 8, 10, 1887; dau. of Franklin and Lydia (Olcott)
Snow; he son of Rev. War soldier.
Children
Laura M., b. Mantua, 9, 3, 1837; d. Claremont, Calif. 3, 13, 1913;
m. 1880, Erastus Jackson; no chil.
Franklin, b. ab. 1840; d. in infancy.
Edwin, b. Tw. 6, 13, 1843, see below.
CharlesA.,b.Tw. 5, 18, 1845; m. (i) ; m. (2) Mary
Russell; no chil.; Geauga Lake.
Martin Sylvester, b. 6, 10, 1852; d. 10, 26, 1859.
Edwin Squire, son of above, b. Tw. 6, 13, 1843; now
in Claremont, Calif.;
m. 10, 3, 1883, Sarah Ann Carter.
Standish Stanley — 469
Children
Frank Carter, b. 5, 16, 1885; Stanford Univ.; civil engineer in
Portland, Oregon.
Laura Charlton, b. 4, 25, 1887; grad. of and prof, in Pomona Col.,
Calif.
Edwin John, b. 9, 28, 1889.
Susan L. Standish, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
STANLEY PEDIGREE
I. Thomas Stanley; d. i, 31, 1663; to Cambridge,
Mass. 1634; m. Benett Stanley.
II. Nathaniel Stanley, b. Hartford, ab. 1638; d.
II, 14, 1712; to Hadley, Mass., 1659; m. 1659, Sarah
BOOSAY.
III. Nathaniel Stanley, b. 7, 9, 1683 ; d. 8, 17, 1755 ;
m. II, 14, 1706, Anna Whiting, 1686-1752.
IV. Augustus Stanley, b. 3, 31, 1713; d. 3, 8, 1770;
m. Alice Seymour, 1717-1766.
V. Frederick Stanley, 1752-1795; m. Martha
Bigelow; So. Hadley and Hatfield, Mass.
VI. Frederick Stanley, b. Hartford, Ct., 7, 19, 1786;
d. Hopkins, Mich., 8, 14, 1870; bur. Tw.; came fr. New
Haven, Ct., ab. 1816; ab. a year at Hudson; then to Tw.
5, 31, 1817; on farm i mi. so. of village now owned by Mr.
Sutton; stone and brick mason and plasterer; contract for
one of Wes. Res. College buildings; worked on some of first
brick buildings in CI., going to and fro horseback; worked at
trade until 1854; cleared his farm and in 1846 sold it to son
George, and bought farm mile west of center and opened
stone quarries there; quarried stone for bridges on several
railroads; in the 50's that stone the best in Ohio for walls;
to Hopkins, Mich., soon after 2nd m.; chosen town clerk
1819 and justice of the peace with Ethan Ailing;
m. (i) 9, 13, 1813, Maria Alling, b. 4, 23, 1795; d.
9, 28, 1854;
m. (2) Jan. 1858, Mrs. Thankful Baird, wid. of
Robert Baird, see; b. ab. 1796.
470 — Stanley Stanley
Children
1. Charles Frederick, b. ii, 13, 1815; see below,
2. Maria, b. 11, 23, 1818, first white child b. in Tw.; m. Rev.
Sherman Burton, see; Cong. 1831.
3. George, b. 2, 12, 1821; see below.
4. William, b. 5, 4, 1824; d. 4, 17, 1836.
5. Albert N., b. 5, 3, 1830; see below.
6. Mary Elizabeth, b. 1838; Cong. 1887, dis. to Los Angeles, 191 2;
m. 3, 25, 1864, Rev. Martin Post, Eagle Rock, Calif.; she teacher in Tw.
Inst. 1857-9.
Charles Frederick Stanley, son of Frederick above; ■;
b. II, 13, 1815; d. 3, 5, 1881 ; to Rome 1866 and lived M^ith
son George L. until death;
m. 9, 5, 1842, Jane Porter, b. 5, 17, 1824; d. 4, 22,
1870; dau. of Arba Porter, see.
Children
Hiram K., b. 6, 10, 1843; d. Sept. 1843.
George Lewis, b. 8, 12, 1844; see below.
Atlanta M., b. 5, 16, 1846; Cong. 1863, dis. to Rome 1867; m. (i)
Leander Campbell; m. (2) Charles L. Bauder; m. (3) Albert Allyn and
has 2 children; Portland, Ore.
George Lewis Stanley, son of Charles Frederick
above, b. 8, 12, 1844; now in Ashtabula; in Civil War, Oct.
1861, to close in 1865; in 9th O. Bat.; to Rome in Nov. 1866;
to Ashtabula 1888 where he has a Portland cement factory;
Cong. 1866, dis. to Rome 1867;
m. 6, II, 1873, HuLDAH D. Atwater, b. i, i, 1844, dau.
of Jared Atwater, see.
Children
Letta Atlanta, b. 9, 14, 1877; d. 3, 24, 1903; m. Clark C. Cadle.
Arba P., b. 3, 18, 1881; m. 6, i, 1912, Lulu Shingledecker.
Edgar A., b. 11, 25, 1882; m. 7, 10, 1907, Edith Fae Watson and
had Letta May, b. 5, 3, 1914.
George Stanley, son of Frederick above, b. 2, 12, 1821 ;
d. II, 2, 1871; clerk of Cong. chh. 1862-71; dea. 1865-71;
S. S. supt. ;
m. 3, 26, 1846, Nancy Sheldon, dau. of Festus Sheldon,
see; b. ab. 1820; d. 7, 10, 1889.
Children
Herbert George, b, 2, 28, 1847; see below.
Edward Oliver, b. 8, 25, 1850; d. 4, 25, 1891; m. 11, 10, 1875, Ella
A. Johnston, who d. at Warren 9, 26, 191 5.
Stanley Starkweather — 471
Herbert George Stanley, son of George above, b.
2, 28, 1847; d. I, 7, 1892;
m. I, 21, 1869, Cornelia A. Cannon, who d. 11, 28,
1900.
Children
1. Grace Cannon, b. 9, 30, 1875; ^' 12, 15, 1897, Walter Thomas
Akers, Akron. They had Marjorie, b. 9, 12, 1900, Walter Thomas, Jr.,
b. 5, 12, 1906, Stanley, b. 6, 7, 1913.
2. Wilson George, b. 12, 4, 1878; d. 12, 4, 1900.
Albert N. Stanley, son of Frederick above; b. 5, 3,
1830; d. 4, 9, 1910, age 80; on corner where Mrs. John
Hempstead lives, and also where Bert Tucker lives; farmer
and cattle buyer; spent whole life in Twinsburg;
m. 4, 5, i860, Josephine V. Beldin, dau. of Erastus
Beldin, see; b. 8, 3, 1838; d. 10, 5, 1906.
Children
1. Erastus Beldin, b. 12, 3, 1862; m. 6, 4, 1895, Etta M. Dale; and
had Esther J., b. 3, 19, 1896, and Blanche E., b. 8, i, 1898; Warren.
2. Earl D., b. 8, 4, 1864; Beehive, Mont.
3. Harriet, b. 6, 4, 1867; d. 12, 23, 1870.
4. Mary A., b. 4, 7, 1872; Los Angeles, Calif.
5. Bessie M., b. 7, 27, 1874; m. 10, 24, 1899, George L. Wygant,
see.
6. Frederick A., b. 7, 22, 1877; m. 10, 28, 1903, Gertrude Tibbals
and had Josephine Lucy, b. 8, 22, 1904, Isabel, b. 5, 25, 1906, and Lucy
Alma, b. 7, 26, 1909.
Capt. Timothy Stannard, b. Fairhaven, Ct.; cousin
of Aaron Post; capt. in war of 1812; to Tw. in 30's and
bought farm just south of Otis Bennett's; frame house;
John Gould's father rented it in 1843 and John born there;
Capt. Stannard went back to Fairhaven, Ct., engaged in
local coastwise trade and d. there ab. 1875; a notable
character, "sagacious and orthodox."
Phoebe Staples, d. 6, 23, 185 1, age 53.
Ezra Starkweather, b. ab. 1803; d. 5, 23, 1873; here
i860; farmer, where Ed. Crouse lives; kept hotel on Bed-
ford road where Wm. Adams lives; there ab. 1840; sold it
ab. i860;
m. Laura Herrick, b. ab. 1801; both Meth.
472 — Stasek Stevens
Children
Belcher,b. ab.1828; d. in St. Louis; there before the war; m.Marilla
Clark, a teacher in Inst.; their son, Oakley, lives in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Thomas, b. ; unm.; in Civil War; in soldiers' home, Dayton.
Frank Stasek, b. 8, 9, 1859, in Bohemia; toU. S. 1891;
CI.; baker and hotel keeper; to Tw. 1916 and bought
Elwood Cowles' place on Solon road; by first wife had
Jerry, b. 11, i, 1894; m. lives in CI., and Virginia, b. 5, 6,
1903;
m. (2) 2, 10, 1908, Ana Stazi Navak, b. in Bohemia
5, IS, 1873; to U.S. 1886.
William Xenophon Steadman, b. 7, 2, 1880; fr. CI. •
to Tw. 191 5; on old Smith place on Icehouse road;
m. (I) .
m. (2), 9, I, 1909, Ilo Linderman, b. 10, 20, 1891.
Children By First Wife
1. Luman, b. 11, 18, 1899; d. Dec. 1906.
2. Harvey, b. 5, 6, 1901.
3. Muriel Elizabeth, b. 6, 21, 1904.
4. Herbert, b. 10, 26, 1906.
Children By Second Wife
5. Wilma Elizabeth, b. 2, 25, 1911.
6. Ilo Pearl, b. 5, 22, 1912.
7. John William, b. 5, 26, 1914.
8. Theodore, d. 11, 15, 191 5, age 3 weeks.
Charles H. Stearns, one of first fr. Tw. killed in
Civil War.
Robert Edward Stein, b. 2, 22, 1883, son of Jacob and
Phoebe (Marhoofer) Stein of Tuscarawas Co.; to Tw. 191 1;
left, 191 5; owned house below Mrs. Curtis's; blacksmith
with Adam Stingel;
m. 10, 10, 1907, Ida May Fett, b. 7, 28, 1887, dau. of
John and Mary (Schumacher) Fett.
Children
Harold Henry, b. 10, 30, 1908.
Walter Alien, b. 4, 7, 1914.
John Stephenson, farmer on Solon road; to Tw. 1895;
unm.; Cath.
Cyprian Stevens; m. Rachel Lyon and had:
Joseph Stevens, i 754-1 826; m. Olive Puffer and had
Stevens Stevens— 473
Dr. Isaac Stevens, b. Windsor, Ct., 7, 28, 1775; d.
Tw. I, 30, 1854; physician; lived where Ed. Crouse lives;
both Cong. 1854;
m. 4, II, 1799, Mary Pierce, b. 6, 13, 1777; d. Solon,
I, 15, i860; dau. of Ebenezer and Eunice (Loomis) Pierce.
Children
1. Mary, b. i, 5, 1800; d. Tw. 5, 23, 1884; m. 10, 23, 1843, Henry
Reed, see.
2. Mercia, b. 9, 24, 1801; d. 12, 14, 1881; m. 2, 10, 1845; Jotham
Randall.
3. Ebenezer Pierce, b. ii, 10, 1803; d. 2, 9, 1894; m. Feb. 1832,
Lucy Yeomans.
4. John Gordon, b. 12, 2, 1805; d. 4, 2, 1881; see below.
5. Eunice, b. 10, 20, 1807; d. 3, 21, 1809.
6. Jerusha Louisa, b. i, 20, 1810; d. ii, 14, 1818.
7. Eunice, b. i, 28, 1812; d. 8, 23, 1825.
8. Alexander Clark, b. 3, 10, 1814; see below.
9. Harriet Lucia, b. 8, 6, 1816; d. 3, 24, 1905, Cong. 1880.
10. Jerusha Louisa, b. 4, 22, 1821; d. Tw. 3, 18, 1900; Cong.
1849; m. I, 12, 1865, Justus T. Herrick, see.
Alexander Clark Stevens, son of above, b. 3, 10,
1814; d. I, 17, 1892;
m. 5, 27, 1847, Mary Phillips Barnard; they and his
mother and Jerusha to Solon, 1858.
Children
Howard.
Ashley, b. ab. 1848.
Isaac, b. ab. 1852.
Dr. John Gordon Stevens, b. 12, 2, 1805; d. 4, 2,
1881; son of Dr. Isaac Stevens above; to Tw. fr. Nelson
1846, buying the Leach place and later the place since
owned by the Crouses; Cong. 1849 fr. Nelson, dis. 1864 to
Youngstown;
m. (i) 183 1, Isabel Wadsworth, dau. of Seth Wads-
worth ;
m. (2) 5, 23, 1843, Mary Amanda Wadsworth, b.
II, 10, 1819; d. at Harmar 11, i, 1874.
Children
George Philander, b. ; d. in Ravenna; m. Harriet Hosmer
of Aurora, now in Ravenna; he tea. Tw. Inst. 1855.
John Francis; m. 5, 30, 1863, Delia Booth, b. 2, 23, 1840; d.
3, 9, 1906; dau. of Philander Booth, see.
474— Stevens Stocker
Ruth Isabella; m. i, i, 1861, Brainard Spencer Higley, son of
Joseph Higley, see; she teacher in Tw. Inst. 1859.
Ann Miranda, b. 9, 8, 1853.
Fannie Bell, d. 5, 3, 1854, age 3.
Infant, d. 6, i, 1849.
Samuel Stevens, where Mr. Lister lives;
m. Jessie Gillie, sister of Robert and John Gillie;
Meth.
Rev. W. D. Stevens, Meth. pastor 1882.
Cicero Belvina Stevens, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-9.
Robert Stevenson; here about i88<5-£:; now at Stowe
Corners;
m. Nora Stroud, b. ab. 1857, now at Cuyahoga Falls.
They adopted Daisy Bush who m. William H. Boose, see.
B. Stewart; near Manly Leach's; to Mentor; son
Albert Stewart, b. ab. 1826; drowned in pond at Leach's
falls, 7, 29, 1849; flood washed out dam and it was never
rebuilt.
Charles O. Stimson, b. ab. 1828; here i860, 3 or4yrs.,
where Oscar Nichols lives; harness maker;
m. Mary , b. ab. 1835.
One child, Emma, who m. "Brick" Pomeroy as his 3rd wife.
Adam Stingel, b. 4, 8, 1857, son of Jacob (1832-1906)
and Razena (Zahner) Stingel; blacksmith; to Tw. 1898;
both Cong. 1903;
m. 9, 22, 1881, Ida May Wright, b. 10, 7, 1863, dau. of
Benjamin Wright (1822-1873) ^nd Lucinda (Rager) Wright.
Children
Jacob Leroy, b. 4, 15, 1883; Cong. 1903; druggist; m. 5, 10, 1910,
Helen Curtiss of Hudson; Cong. 1913. Adopted children, Russell, b.
4, 6, 1914, and Leanora Ida, b. 3, 10, 1915.
Charles Edwin, b. i, 2, 1887; d. i, 13, 1887.
John Stocker, b. in Switz., 5, 28, 1874, son of John
Stocker, b. 10, 28, 1841, and Marie (Abbuhl) Stocker, d.
4, 12, 1888; married 1866 and to U. S. 1888; he lives with
son in Tw. ;
i
Stockham Streeter — 47g
m. II, i6, 1898, Rosalie Aebi, b. 11, 11, 1876, inSwitz.,
dau. of Frederick and Magdalena (Balmoose) Aebi; she
came 1880; Cong. 1913.
Children
Frieda Eliza, b. 9, 5, 1899; Cong. 1913.
John Frederick, b. 9, 26, 1900; Cong. 1914.
Homer Stuart, b. 12, 28, 1901.
Ernest Charles, b, 7, 2, 1904.
Lillian Corinne, b. 6, 10, 1915.
Rev. Almon Stockham; Meth. pastor 1899.
Samuel Stolifer; m. Jessie Hahn, dau. of Adam
Hahn, see; four children; infant d. 6, 10, 1903, age 2; son
aged 15 d. Jan. 1916.
Oliver L. Stone, Meth. 1844.
Elijah Storrs and wife, fr. Moriah, N. Y. ; both Cong.
1840, dis. to Northfield 1840.
Harriet Storrs, prob. dau. of above, Cong. 1840, dis.
1840.
Betsy Ann Stowe, Meth. 1844.
Mrs. Mary {^) Streeter, widow; fr. Aurora; lived
where P. P. Evans lives;
m. (i) Lane, of Streetsboro.
m. (2) .
Clara Streeter; d. in Oregon, 1914; m. Rev. Mr.
Thompson, of Hudson.
Joseph Streeter, d. 11, 18, 1841; Cong. 1832;
m. 4, 9, 1833, Flora Mills, of Hudson; Cong. 1834,
dis. to Hudson 1855; lived on Liberty St.
Marcus Streeter; Cincinnati.
Mary L. Streeter; Cong. 1867; to Fenton, Mich.,
1871.
Dr. Worthy Streeter, of Bedford, practiced much in
Tw.
Mrs. Streeter, b. ab. 1764; d. 10, 3, 1849.
476— Streeter ^ Summers
Mary Streeter; m. Timothy Johnson.
Relationship of above Streeters not known.
Clara A. Stroud; worked several yrs. for Mrs. Elam
Bennett; Cong. 1879; m. William Wheeler, Bainbridge,0.
Joseph Sturgis; to Tw. 1844; to CI. 1851; built
present Celestia Wilcox house, one story, ab. 1846;
m. 7, I, 1839, CoRiNTHiA Elden Baird, b. 7, 20, 1819;
d. 9, 18, 1873 5 dau. of Robert Baird, see; one grandson was
governor of West Virginia.
Children
Henry Clay, b. 11, 24, 1840; d. 4, 14, 1891; m. 8, 9, 1865, Louise
Ferrel who d. 10, 3, 1912.
John C., b. 7, 3, 1842; d. 8, 25, 1870; m. 8, 3, 1868, Lurinda Snow.
Josephine T., b. Tw. 2, 7, 1845; d. 5, 7, 1879; ^- "» 18, 1866,
William C. Walsh who d. 2, 22, 1873.
Olive C, b. II, 25, 1846; m. E. L. Paisley; CI.
The children's marriages and deaths were all in CI.
Rev. a. G. Sturgis, Meth. pastor 1836.
John Miles Sturtevant and wife, Mary (Morton);
probably did not live in Tw. but in Munson.
Children
Sarah; lived at Apollos White's; went to Iowa; m. Moore.
Mary Jane; lived at Anson White's and m. William White, son
of Hanford, see.
Susan; lived at Apollos White's; m. Moore; to Iowa.
Amelia A., b. 1842; adopted by Elisha Lane; now in Hopkins,
Mich.; m. 3, 13, 1861, Eli H. Page, who d. yrs ago; was in Civil War;
worked in Tw. a few months at wagon making.
Michael Sullivan, b. in Ireland ab. 1803 ; to America
1850; here i860; near old mills; bought farm 1853; to
Boston, O., 1865 and d. there, age over 80;
m. Bridget Ryan, b. ab. 1825; d. 1889.
Children
James; m. Mary McGuire; 5chil.; Boston, O.; see Doyle's Cent.
Hist., p. 835.
John.
Delia; Hudson.
Lawrence; Boston, 0.
Agnes; Hudson.
Frank Stephen Summers, 25, b. 6, i860; where Charles
Nichols lives; in Tw. ab. 2 yrs., 1904-6; now in Pomona,
Calif.;
I
Sutton Taggaat — 477
m. 5, 26, 1881, Affa Adelle Donaldson, b. 3, 25, 1862.
Children
Ralph.
Ethel Catherine, b. 4, 7, 1882; m. 10, 6, 1901, William Edward
Twerell, see.
Son.
Clarence Wesley Sutton, b. 5, 4, 1870; Cornell
University 1900; teacher; bought Leonard farm mile south
of village and lives on it in summer since 1915; CL;
m. 9, I, 1903, Florence May Tupper, b. 8, 10, 1879,
in Genoa, N. Y.; Cortland, N. Y., Normal School; teacher
3 yrs.
Children
Dorothy Elizabeth, b. 12, 6, 1904.
Edward Henry, b. 10, 5, 1906.
George B. Sweet, b. 3, 11, 1864; d. 3, 3, 1907, So.
Haven, Mich.;
m. 1 1, 3, 1882, Mary Antoinette Cook, b. 9, 22, 1864.
They had Floyd D., b. 10, 14, 1884; Ella Pearl, b. 5, 6, 1889,
and Chrystal, b. 9, 10, 1891, of Bedford. Mrs. Sweet and
dau., Ella, have lived several yrs. at Austin Herrick's.
John and Sarah Swemm, Bapt. 1841.
Rev. a. Wilmer Swengel, pastor of Cong, chh.. May
1895-N0V. 1898; ordained 1886; now in business In Harrls-
burg. Pa.;
m. Sara LaRue.
They had Hope LaRue; Cong.
C. Alice LaRue, a sister of Mrs. Swengel, was In the
family six months.
Harry L. Swift; m. Ada Barker.
William Swisshelm, teacher In Tw. Inst. 1847-8.
T
Rev. J. H. Tagg, Meth. pastor 1845 and 1882.
Alexander Taggart, b. and d. In Ireland; to U. S.
and returned:-
478— Taylor Taylor
m. Jane McCormick, b. in Ireland ii, 15, 1845; In
Tw. over 44 yrs.; she m. (2) Frederick William Dierckman,
see.
Children
Margaret Jane,b. ab. 1865; m. (i) 5, 31, 1883, Hiram G. Beardsley,
see; m. (2) Fred Becker of Aurora; 7 yrs. on Almon J. Brown's farm.
Thomas, b. ab. 1867; m. Mary Clark, 3 chil.; CI.
William, b. ab. 1870; d. June, 1892, age 22.
Amos Cook Taylor, b. ab. 1786; d. Tw. 10, i, 1828; to
Tw. July, 1 8 17, one of first settlers; here 1820;
m. 1 8 19, Ann Clark, dau. of Leverett Clark, see;
Cong. 1 83 1.
Children
Timothy, b. 1821; d. Sept. 1882; Meth.; lived in Macedonia; m.
Harriet Carver, b. 1821 ; Meth.; dau. of Bernice Carver, see. She m. (2)
David Grant, see. Their dau., Arvilla Taylor, m. 1862, Clark Benjamin
Bishop, father of George T. Bishop, of Northfield. Arvilla was b. 1844,
Ann in 1846 and Burke ab. 1850.
Leverett Clark, b. 1823; went south and not heard from after
Civil War.
Julia Annette, b. ab. 1826; m. Lester Upson, son of Asa Upson; to
Iowa.
Susan Merwin, b. ab. 1827; m. William Barton Price, see.
All the children bap. 2, 17, 183 1.
TAYLOR PEDIGREE
I. Samuel Taylor; to New Eng. 1666; Hadley,
Mass.
II. Samuel Taylor, 171 3-1 804; pioneer in Pittsiield,
Mass., 1752; 5 sons, all in Rev. War.
III. Samuel Taylor, 1764-1813; to Middleiield,
Mass., 1770; one of 36 families to Aurora 1807, 45 days on
road, via Harrisburg and Pittsburg, Pa. ; in Rev. War at 16;
m., 1789, Sarah Jagger, 1767-1853.
IV. Royal Taylor, b. Middlefield, Mass., 9, i, 1800;
d. Ravenna 11, 20, 1892, age 92; as boy worked in woods,
brickyard, etc., to help support mother and her family; at
16 bought land in Solon and sold at loss in 1820; taught
school; learned printer's trade; studied law 2 yrs.; to Tw.
between 1825-34; on Liberty St.; after 2nd m. lived in house
back of the bank, then on Hudson road; helped open cheese
trade with the South; in charge of bankrupt concerns after
Taylor Taylor — 479
panic of 1837; at Chagrin Falls; had care of about a half
million acres in Ohio and elsewhere; traveled much; state
commissioner of Blind Asylum; in Cuyahoga Co. 1842-68
after leaving Tw.; promoter and agent for CI. & Mahoning
R. R.; helped form Free Soil party, 1848; Republican;
appointed by Gov. Todd to guard interests of soldiers;
handled over ^2,000,000 for soldiers, widows and orphans ; in
Columbus nearly 3 yrs, as commissioner on military claims
strong temperance man; to Ravenna 1868 and d. there.
m. (i) 3, 29, 1826, Rebecca Saunders, of Ky., b. 11,3,
1799; d. 8, 22, 1836.
m. (2) 3, 27, 1837, Sarah Ann Richardson, b. 12, 9,
1813; d. 4, 25, 1865; dau. of Capt. Daniel Richardson, see,
m. (3) 8, 28, 1866, Mrs. Annette (Waterman) Hatch,
1816-1893; Meth.
Children By First Wife
1. Samuel Saunders, b. 12, 27, 1827; d. in 111. i, 3, 1881; m.
II, 30, 1848, Emily D. Kent.
2. Worthy Sulpicious, b. 3, 9, 1831 ; killed in Civil War, 7, 14, 1863;
m. 10, 15, 1859, Elizabeth Barnes.
3. Royal Squire, b. 11, 25, 1832; d. ii, 18, 1833.
4. Mary Melinda, b. 9, 18, 1834; d. 12, 13, 1913; unm.
5. Rebecca Annette, b. 8, 22, 1836; d. 10, 14, 1838.
By Second Wife
6. Daniel Richardson, b. 3, 28, 1838; real estate many yrs. in CI.;
unm.
7. James Royal, b. 7, 4, 1841; d. 4, 5, 1876; unm.
8. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 6, 24, 1843; d. 5, 30, 1890; m. 4, 27, 1868,
James R. Reniff.
9. William Gideon, b. ii, 18, 1845; m. 2, 20, 1879, Belle Ferre;
CI.; both Meth.
10. Annette Susan, b. 8, 3, 1850; m. 4, 7, 1869, Charles N. Har-
rington; Chicago.
11. Charles Arthur, b. 3, 25, 1854; d. 9, 10, 1855.
12. Ellen Estelle, b. 10, 19, 1859; unm.; teacher in CI.
TAYLOR PEDIGREE
Thomas Taylor, in Eng.
I. William Taylor, b. 1609; to New Eng. before
1647.
II. Samuel Taylor, 1651-1711; Wethersfield, Ct.
III. John Taylor, 1688-1761; m. Elizabeth Bailey;
13 chil.
48o^Taylor Taylor
IV. William Taylor, i 722-1 777; m. Ruth (Rich)
HiGGINS.
V. William Taylor, 1757-1835; in Rev. War.; m.
Abigail Case.
VI. Hector Taylor, 1799-1874; fr. Ct. to Ohio 1826;
to Tw. 1832; merchant many yrs.; in Mr. Ink's store when
it stood just west of Ed. Grouse's tin shop; lived where Bert
Tucker lives; postmaster; Cong. 1838, dis. to E. CI. 1870;
descended also fr. Elder William Brewster;
m. 9, 4, 1822, Polly Ann Carter, b. 8, 24, 1804, in
Bristol, Ct. ; d. 11, 16, 1867; dau. of Noah Andrews Carter,
see; she 7th gen. fr. Elder William Brewster; Cong. 1840.
Children
Anna, b. II, 9, 1834; d. 6, 23, 1906; m. Andrew J. Foster, b. 10, 18,
1833; d. 10, 25, 1896.
Virgil Corydon, b. Tw. 8, 4, 1838; see below.
Katherine, b. Tw. i, 17, 1845; d. BuflFalo, N. Y., 7, 16, 1915; an
invalid 15 yrs. or more; m. i, 25, 1872, John Lockwood Romer, of Buf-
falo, b. 12, 16, 1845. They had Ray T., Mrs. Charles C. Albertson and
Mrs. Harold H. Baker.
Virgil Corydon Taylor, son of Hector above; b.
Tw. 8, 4, 1838; clerked in father's store inTw.; Lieut, in
84th O. V. I. in Civil War; to CI. 1870; in real estate busi-
ness many years;
m. 6, 23, 1863, Margaret M. Sackett, i 838-1908;
dau. of Alexander and Harriet Sackett.
Children, Born in Cleveland
Harriet Ellen, b. 12, 25, 1864; m. Dr. Frank E. Bunts.
Katherine Isabelle, b. 2, 3, 1866; m. (i) 1888, L. Dudley Dodge;
m. (2) R. O. Carter.
Alexander Sackett, b. 4, 3, 1869; m. 1894, Clara T. Law and had
Virgil Corydon, Jr.
Grace Margaret, b. 9, 6, 1872; m. John Buxton Cochran.
Salmon A, Taylor; one of seceders fr. Cong. chh.
1834; both Cong. 1834;
m Sarah Ann who d. 4, 25, 1865, aged 52.
Children
Emma Eliza, b. ab. 1828; m. Beman.
Dau. b. and d. 8, 2, 1835.
Brainerd Storrs, bap. 10, i, 1837.
Edward C. Taylor, Cong. 1849, dis. to Parma 1849.
i
Taylor Thompson— 481
Jane Taylor, Meth. before 1841.
William Henry Taylor, b. Eng. ; to U. S. ab. 1887;
in CI. many yrs., working in steel mills; to Tw. 1903 on
North St.; both Meth. 1903;
m. (i) Clara whod. inNewburg, ab. 1894.
m. (2) 8, 5, 1895, Mrs. Amelia (Edwards), wid. of
David Phillips of Newburg; she b. 4, 29, 185 1, in Eng.; to
U. S. ab. i860.
Mary Temple, b. ab. 1879; d. 2, 9, 1910; Cong. 1909;
cousin of Rev. Mr. Blackmer's wife and brought up by her
mother.
Mrs. Emily Jane Thayer, b. 7, 29, 1856; dau. of
Richards; dressmaker; in Tw. several yrs. with her
— ^ — J
dau., Mrs. Frank J. Bramley, see.
Proctor Thayer, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
David Thomas, b. ab. 1810; d. 10, 21, 1842; son of
John Thomas of Streetsboro; lived in present Jayne house
when it stood where Mrs. Martha Hanchett Cross lives;
wood chopper; bro. of Osman Thomas, father of Mrs.
George L. Andrews;
m. MiLLicENT Bissell of Aurora; Cong. 1835.
Children
Orlin B., b. Tw. 8, 26, 1838; d. Lamoni, la.; Tw. Inst. 1848; Cong.
1851, dis. to Rantoul, 111., 1858; a Mormon elder in Ohio, W. Va., la.,
Mo., Colo., and Nebr.; m. (i) 1864, Carlie Church; m. (2) 1855, Mary
Moffet; 7 chil.
David, b. Tw. ab. 1843; m. in 111.
Millicent; d. in Rantoul, 111.; m. (2) James Herrick, see.
Alfred G. Thompson; renter on different farms.
Erwin Thompson; farmer; found dead, 12, 8, 1875, on
cold night near spring on Macedonia road; had fallen under
horses' feet;
m. (i) Jerusha Turner, b. 1831; d. 7, 15, 1853; dau.
of Rev. Charles A. Turner, see;
m. (2) Emeline N.Turner, sister of above, b. 1827; d.
3, 25, 1916, at Macedonia.
482 — ^Thompson Thompson
Jennie, d. 9, 22, 1854, age 22 mo.; his child.
Perhaps also Lillie who attended school in Dist. No. 7
in 1871, and William Burke, b. ab. 1864.
Who were George C. Thompson, b. ab. 1840, and in
Civil War; Sarah E. Thompson, b. ab. 1845; Frances
Thompson, b. ab. 1849; and Mary E. Thompson, b. ab.
1 861 } Names found in register of Dist. No. 7.
Rev. James R. Thompson, b. Bainbridge, 12, 20, 1833;
Hiram Col.; pastor at Chester Cross Roads iy}4 yrs.;
pastor of Bapt. chh. Tw. 1878-84; LaGrange 4 yrs.; then
Chester again 5 yrs.; then 19 yrs. in Tenn.; now in CI.
Home for Bapt. Ministers and Widows;
m. (i) Delia Turner, of Hiram, b. 183 1; d. 1897;
studied in Oberlin;
m. (2) Laura A. Elder, d. 3, 22, 1916, age 74.
Children, By First Wife
Zella Judy, b. 8, i, 1864; m. 1884, William Mitchell, now of Chester
James Bert, b. June, 1874; ^' Anna ; Ashland.
Joel W. Thompson, here in 1820; lived on O. Appleby
place, where Frank Scoutten lives now; in 1821 had dis-
tillery; whisky carried away in gallon bottles; soon dis-
continued for want of rye and no distillery in township since
then; he and w. Cong. 1828; seceder 1834; dis. to west
1840;
m. Emiley Mills, of Hudson.
Children
1. Gideon M., b. ab. 1817; drowned 8, 18, 1834.
2. Laura Ann, b. ab. 1819; Cong. 1834, dis. to west 1840.
3. Harriet, b, ab. 1821; Cong. 1834, dis. to west 1840.
4. Augustus, b. ab. 1823.
5. Abraham, b. ab. 1826.
6. Joel, b. 12, 2, i8c8; d. 5, 28, 1835.
7. Emily Florilla, b. ab. 183 1.
8. Edwin, bap. 10, 28, 1836.
9. Edward, bap. 10, 28, 1836, twin of above.
10. Joel Mills, bap. Aug. 1838.
The first 5 were bap. 8, 24, 1828.
Mrs. Thompson, b. ab. 1805; d. 6, 23, 1880, age 75.
Gideon and John L. Thompson cleared land 1818-20
at ^40 per acre for clearing, chopping and fencing; they
cleared the park.
Thompson Tift— 483
John Lester Thompson, b. Bridgport, Ct., 1801; d.
Feb., 1829; lived on Liberty St.;
m. I, 10, 1821, Hetty Ann Post, b. 10, 5, 1801; d.
9, 6, 1859; dau. of Joshua Post, see. She m. (2) 1833, Jonas
Weatherby, see, and m. (3) Daniel Pratt.
Children
Eli, b. 9, 30, 1823; see below.
William, b. 5, 29, 1826; d, 8, 10, 1879, in Ct.; here i860; to
Bridgport, Ct., ab. 1842; m. and d. there; m. 12, 15, 1852, Laura
Nichols; nochil.; heMeth. 1843.
John Lester, b. 8, 24, 1829; see below.
Eli Thompson, son of John L. above; b. 9, 30, 1823;
killed on the Sultana near Memphis 1865, returning from
the war; here i860; stonemason; where Mrs. Lillie Nichols
lives; Meth. 1843;
m. I, 12, 1846, Mary Amanda Emmons, b. ab. 1831; d
2, 20, 1867.
Children
Ella; m. John Place, Seattle, Wash.
Anna, b. 1852; d. 7, 26, 1854.
Alice; m. Hollinger; Bowling Green.
Frances; m. Charles Pope; Findlay.
John Lester Thompson, Jr., bro. of above, b. 8, 24,
1829; lives now in Aurora;
m. 3, 29, 1850, Betsy Riley, b. 11, 24, 1829; d. 3, 22,
1916.
Children
Harry R.; m.; CI.
Charles C; m.; Youngstown; d. 8, 27, 1916.
Hettie Ann, d. y.
Edmund W.; Aurora.
Warren (.?) Thorp, b. ab. 1863; d. i, i, 1912; farmer
where John Stocker lives, from Mayfield; 4 chiL; wife m.
(2) and now at Chagrin Falls (.^).
Joseph Tift, b. ab. 1772; d. 11, 16, 1852, age 80; lived
where S. D. Leech lives; wife's name not known.
Children
Sally Tift, b. ab. 1800; d. 5, 16, 1877; unm.; lived with bro.
Albert; Bapt. 1847.
Albert, b. ab. 1806; d. 11, 11, 1871; fr. Mass.; unm.
Dennis, d. in Hopkins, Mich.; unm.
Charles, b. ab. 1819; d. i, 10, 1858; unm.; Bapt. 1847.
484— Tiffany Tucker
Mr. Tiffany; infant of d. 2, 11, 1849, age 8 mo.
Almon Tinker; harness maker; shop south of Bishop's
store; to Jackson, Mich.;
m. Susan Southworth, dau. of WiUiam W. South-
worth, see; Cong. 1834.
They had several children — Abernathy (.?), Ella, Mina,
David, etc.
HaRTSON A. TiTCHWORTH, b. ;
m. 1900, Nellie Furst, b. 1880, dau. of Jacob Furst,
see; div. 1913. They had Gertrude Belle, b. 6, 9, 1905.
Henry Treap, Cong. 1887.
' Christian and Mary Treap, renters on Macedonia
road; Cong. 1887, dis. to Akron, 1890.
Rev. Joseph Treat, b. ab. 1784; d. Windham, 1841,
leaving w. and 4 grown chil.; preached for First Cong. chh.
a yr., after division of chh.; preached at Windham, 1816-26.
Thomas G. Trenbath, b. ab. 1831; here i860; here
only a few yrs.; root doctor;
m. Louisa , b. ab. 183 1 ; no chil.
Caroline Trowbridge, fr. Hudson; teacher in Tw.
Inst. 1857-8.
Orrin Tucker, b. 11, 11, 1796; d. 8, 4, 1866; son of
Enoch and Anna (Parson) Tucker; came 1820; farmer; on
Solon road, where Mrs. Bonner lives; in the great meteoric
shower of 1833 he declined to join his neighbors in a prayer
meeting, they supposing the end of the world had come,
adding "When I see Venus start I'll come"; both Cong.
1828; in War of 1812; See Bowen & Co's Hist, of Portage
and Summit Cos., p. 925;
m. 9, 22, 1820, Deborah Post, b. 4, 29, 1800; d. 4, 2,
1861, dau. of Joshua Post, see.
Children
1. Joshua William, b. Northfield, 11, 5, 1822, (census says 1824);
d. 10, 24, 191 2; m. 12, 17, 1848, Maria P. Gilbert.
2. Erastus Miles, b. 10, 16, 1825; d. i, 31, 1910; m. 4, 11, 1850,
Maria L. Lillie who d. 9, 16, 1912.
3. Anna MoUie, b. 5, 17, 1827-8; d. 2, 26, 1899; m. 4, 2, 1848,
Henry Lusk, see.
Tucker Turner — 485
4. Chloe Abigail, b. 8, 20, 1829; d. 12, 24, 1888; m. 12, i, 1853,
Lycurgus Booth, see.
5. Lafayette, b. 4, 29, 1832; d. 9, 14, 1916; m. 8, 30, 1857,
Minerva Post, who d. 6, 26, 1886; dau. of Aden Post, see; 4 chil.
6. Pliny H., b. 5, 17, 1836; d. 10, i, 1908; m. 2, 15, 1866, Lizzie
Rice, who d. 11, 8, 1909; he in Civil War, 1862-5, ist Iowa cavalry.
7. Aurelia Foot, b. 12, 22, 1839; d. 3, 5, 1906; m. 2, 4, 1862,
Philander O. Baird, see.
8. Aurelius H., b. 6, i, 1842; see below.
AuRELius H. Tucker, b. 6, i, 1842; d. i, 21, 1907;
3on of Orrin above; in Civil War, 177th O. V. I.; Meth.,
1877;
m. 12, 27, 1866, Amanda Melissa Crawford, b. 2, 22,
1848, dau. of Alexander Crawford, see. Meth. 1877.
Children
Bert Grant, b. June, 1868; always lived in Tw.; contractor and
carpenter; lives north of park; m. 9, 17, 1902, Nellie M. Post, b. 10, 18,
1874; dau. of Franklin Post, see; no chil.
Ora May, b. 7, i, 1875; ^- ^1 20, 1897, Albert Walcott Elliott, see.
C. p. Tupper; m. Mary A. , b. ab. 1814; d.
10, 22, 1856.
TURNER PEDIGREE
I. Humphrey Turner, b. Eng., 1593; to Plymouth,
1628, then to Scituate; m. Lydia Garner; eldest son was
II. John Turner, b. Eng.; m. 11, 12, 1645, Mary
Brewster, g'd. dau. of Elder William Brewster; one child
was
III. EzEKiEL Turner, b. i, 7, 1651; m., 1678,
Susannah Keeney; one son and 10 daughters; son was
IV. EzEKiEL Turner; m., 1729, Boradil Denison.
V. Amos Turner, b. 1744; m. 1770, Prudence
Allyn.
VI. Stephen Turner.
VII. Stephen Turner; m. Lucretia Wightman;
eldest child was
VIII. Rev. Charles Avery Turner, b. Groton, Ct.,
5, 20, 1796; d. Tw. 10, 5, 1874; Baptist minister; Groton,
Ct., and Blandford, Mass.; bought land in Tw.; cleared it
486— Turner Twerell
and remained on it until death, on Macedonia road; he held
services in homes and schoolhouses in Tw., Aurora, Streets-
boro, Hudson, Northampton, Stowe and Boston; never had
a salary; supported large family by farm and gave all his
children a good education in Tw. Inst. ;
m. 3, 8, 1818, in Groton, Ct., Mary Bailey, b. ab.
1796-8; d. 7, 23, 1889, age 93.
Children
1. Joel, b. 1819; d. in Calif.; m. (i) Elizabeth Herrick, b. 3, 8,
1823, dau. of Rufus Herrick; Cong. 1839; m. (2) Fidelia Bissell, b. 10, 8,
1833; d. 2, 25, 1856; dau. of David Bissell, see; Joel and Elizabeth had
Mary and James.
2. Mary Ann, b. 3, 16, 1821; Bapt. 1838; m. Rev. Archibald
Williams, Bapt. minister.
3. Lucy, b. ab. 1823; Bapt. 1846; m. in Canada, Duling.
4. Charles, b. 3, 2, 1825; see below.
5. Emeline, b. ab. 1827; d. 3, 25, 1916; m. Erwin W. Thompson,
see.
6. Eunice, b. Blandford, Mass., 2, 28, 1830; m. 11, 18, 1852,
Robert M. Thompson, of Hudson; she d. yrs. ago.
7. Jerusha, b. ab. 1831-2; d. 7, 15, 1853; m. Erwin W. Thompson,
see.
8. Elisha, b. ab. 1834; alcalde (mayor.'') of Jackson, Calif, and shot
ill court house while making political speech.
9. Reuben, b. ab. 1836; d. 12, 13, 1852.
10. Cordelia M., b. ab. 1839; d. 12, 19, 1863; teacher.
11. Daniel W., b. ab. 1843; d. 6, 26, 1874; i^^ Civil War.
12. James, b. ab. 1847; d. at age of 12 or 13.
Permelia, b. ab. 183 1-2 and Mary E., b. ab. 1845. Who were they?
Charles Turner, son of above, b. 3, 2, 1825; d. 7, 13,
1880; lawyer; Tv7. Inst.; Col. of io8th HI. Inf.; Capt. of
Co. B. to 8, 28, 1862; then Lieut. Col. to 3, 13, 1863; then
Col. 7, 9, 1863; brevet Brig. Gen. 3, 26, 1865; judge of
court of common pleas; teacher in Tw. Inst. 1847-8;
m. 10, 20, 1853, Sarah E. Henry, b. 2, 8, 1830, dau. of
Reuben I. Henry, see; she lives at Pekin, 111., 4 chil.
Jane E. Turner, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1847-8.
William C. Turner, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
William Weller Twerell, b. 6, 27, 1845, in Eng. ; d.
9, 14, 191 1 ; to N. Y. with w. and 2 chil., Apr., 1870; then to
CI.; to Tw. 7, 17, 1883, as superintendent of Emery's sand-
mill; to Akron, 1907;
TwERELL Tyson — ^487
m. (i) In Eng. spring of 1865, Harriet Stevens, b.
8,31, 1843; d. 9, 20, 1904;
m. (2) 1906, Emma Royer.
Children, By First Wife
1. Ellen, b. 12, 27, 1865; m. 6, 19, 1895, George J. Lintern, of CI.
2. Frances, b. 10, 22, 1867; m. 11,2, 1887, William Henry Bround
of CI.
3. William Edward, b. 11, 8, 1871; see below.
4. Frank Steven, b. 9, 19, 1874; see below.
5. Kate, b. 10, 14, 1876; m. i, 20, 1906, William Pearce, of CI.
6. Albert James, b. 9, 17, 1879; unm., with Otis & Co., CI.
7. Fred Thomas, b. 7, 18, 1882; bus. in CI.; m. 11, 28, 1907,
Sarah L. Wilt, dau. of Luther and Ella L. (Lemmon) Wilt; she niece of
Rev. C. H. Lemmon; lived in his family and that of Almon J. Brown;
teacher; no chil.; Tw. H. S. 1901.
8. Edson Lewis, b. in Tw. 5, 29, 1885 (the preceding 5 born in CI.);
m. 4, 21, 1906, Ruby J. Pearce, he in Union Nat. Bank of CI.
William Edward Twerell, b. CI., 11, 8, 1871; works
insandmill; Cong.
m. 10, 6, 1901, Ethel Catherine Summers, b. 4, 7,
1882, dau. of Frank S. Summers, see; school teacher before
marriage; Meth.
Children
Myrtle Ethel, b. i, 7, 1903; Meth. 1914.
Harriet Adelle, b. 2, 18, 1905; Meth. 1914.
Frank Stevens Twerell, b. CI. 9, 19, 1874; engineer
atsandmill; Cong.;
m. 3, 10, 1897, Cora May Holt, b. 10, 14, 1876; dau.
of Howard C. Holt, see; Cong.
Children
Viola, b. 8, 15, 1903; Cong. 1916.
Ola, b. 8, 16, 1907.
John Edwards Tyson, b. 3, 5, 1808; d. July, 1883; fr.
Penn. ab. 1830 and In early 30's settled on farm in s. w. part
of Tw. ;
m. 3, 26, 1841, Lucy Chamberlin, b. 5, 8, 1822; d.
12, 24, 1902; dau. of William and Nancy Chamberlin, see.
Children
1. Charles S., b. 3, i, 1842; d. at Yale, la., 2, i, 1914; in iiSth
O. V. I.; in Andersonville prison; on the Sultana when it blew up near
Memphis, 4, 27, 1865; m. 7, 4, 1865, Ellen A. Woolcut, b. 5, 9, 1841; d.
same day as he.
2. John, b. 9, 16, 1843; d. 2, S, 1845.
488— Tyson Upson
3. Robert, b. 6, 28, 1845; d. i, 27, 1916; farmer and cattle dealer
in s. w. part of Tw.; unm.
4. Mary, b. 4, 24, 1847; d. 12, 23, 1866; m. Edward Whipple.
5. George W., b, 8, 26, 1849; d. 6, 5, 1904; unm.
6. Nancy, b. 5, 13, 1852; m. Lyman Post; Boston, O.
7. Lucy, b. 6, 9, 1854; ni- Calvin Zigler; Newville, Pa.
8. Ransom Josiah, b. 6, 8, 1856; see below.
9. Lydia, b. 12, 5, 1859; unm.
Ransom Josiah Tyson, son of John E. above; b. 6, 8,
1856; farmer on his father's old place; township trustee;
m. ID, 27, 1886, Etta Mary Dell, b. 8, 23, 1868, dau.
of John Dell, see.
Children
John Dell, b. 8, 23, 1887; d. 8, 30, 1887.
Vern Dell, b. 2, 2, 1890; m. 5, 7, 1914; Gertrude Shriver; Akron.
Floyd King, b. 7, 17, 1896.
Bessie Dewey, b. 4, 26 ,1898; d. 9, 23, 1898.
Viola Theresa, b. 6, 23, 1901; d. 8, 26, 1901.
Jay Lewellyn, b. 9, 29, 1903.
Albert Tyson, in Civil War.
Melissa Tyson, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1855.
U
Solomon Upson, fr. Ct. ; d. bef. 1833; Meth.;
m. , b. ab. 1774; d. 10, 30, 1856, age 82,
Meth.
Children
Rebecca, b. ab. 1795; here in 1833; Meth. bef. 1841.
Asa; see below.
Nelson, b. ab. 1803, see below.
Asa Upson, son of Solomon above; Capt. of Tw. mili-
tary co.; religious meetings at his house in early days; both
Meth.; log house back of where Guy Herrick lives; bought
farm where Mr. Lister lives; to Warrensville;
m. Chloe Carter, of Barkhampstead, Ct.
Children (See Census of 1833)
Charles Nelson, b. ab. 1819.
Lester Thompson, b.ab. 1821.
Carter Asa, b. ab. 1825.
Saul, b. ab. 1827; d. i, 4, 1832.
Chloe, b. ab. 1831.
Upson Vail— 489
Nelson Upson, b. ab. 1803; son of Solomon above;
here i860; sold farm to Oscar Nichols 1865, on Bedford
road; to Killingworth, Ct., 1860-6; to Hopkins, Mich.;
Meth.;
m. HuLDAH Hull, of Killingworth, Ct., b. ab. 1804;
Meth.
Children
Nelson Newell, b. 6, 10, 1827; d. 3, 9, 1911; see below.
Julia Rebecca, b. Dec. 1828; teacher in Inst. 1847-8; m. Dexter
Parks.
Wesley, b. ab. 1830; Lieut, in 19th O. V. I.; to Mo.
Albert, b. ab. 1831; Lieut, in 19th O. V. L; to Mo.
Huldah, b. ab. 1833.
Wilbur F.; to Hawk Point, Mo.; in 177th O. V. L
Beverly; to Hawk Point, Mo.; "squirrel hunter" in 1862.
Orville; in 177th O. V. L
Augusta, b. ab. 1842; d. 2, 28, 1857.
Nelson Newell Upson, son of Nelson above, b. 6, 10,
1827; d. 3, 9, 1911; Tw. Inst. 1848;
m. 10, 22, 1850, Olive Thankful Baird, b. 8, 9, 1830,
dau. of Robert Hunter Baird, see.
Children
Nelson Newell, 1853-1912.
Olive Belle, 1 856-1 881.
Clara Augusta, b. 1858.
Fred Philander, b. 1861.
V
Edwin B. Vail, here 1820 and 1833; see census; living
in Findlay, i860; d. ab. 1864; lived where Mrs. Betsey
Clark lives;
m. Hannah Post, b. 6, 13, 1803; d. in Hudson 3, 29,
1883; dau. of Joshua Post, see.
Children
1. Mary, b. ab. 1824.
2. Harriet, b. i, 24, 1828; d. 2, 8, 1896; m. Cyrus Brower.
3. Cyrus, b. ab. 1829; d. 7, 4, 1892.
4. George Washington, b. ab. 1830; in Civil War; physician; m.
Martha Weatherby; lives near Seattle, Wash.
5. Alfred, b. ab. 183 1; in Civil War.
6. Daughter, d. 8, 3, 1834, age 3 mo.
7. Samuel, killed on picket duty in Civil War, 5, 27, 1864.
8. Charles, b. 1847, only one living; Toledo.
490— Vail Vaughn
Homer Gaylord Vail, bro. of above; d. in Northfield
ab. 1882; here 1820 and many yrs.; stone mason; Cong.
1831, dis. to Hudson 1857; see census of 1833;
m. (i) Ann Clark, b. ab. 1799; d. 11, 20, 1856; dau.
by first hus. of Mrs. Aaron Post and sister of Ezra Clark;
Cong. 1829.
m. (2) ab. 1856, Mrs. Sarah Cash of Hudson.
Children, By First Wife
Julius, or Julian, Smith, b. ab. 1824.
Julia Electa, b. ab. 1827.
Cayrillius ("Chill"), b. 12, 9, 1833; d. 10, 13, 1895; here i860;
terribly wounded in Civil War; m. 11, 25, 1855, Maria Carpenter, b.
I, 30, 1841; left Tw. soon after marriage; Macedonia; see Hist, of
Portage and Summit Co., p. 931,
Samuel Vail, bro. of Edwin and Homer above; here
1820; d. 1842; appointed justice of peace fall of 1819; lived
on Hudson road; Cong.;
m. (i) Lois , b. ab. 1776; d. 4, 18, 1834, from
bone in throat; both Cong., dis to Hancock Co., 1828;
m. (2) Mrs. Taylor, of Tw.
Children
Homer and Edwin.
Mrs. Vales, wid.; on Leslie farm, Young's road,
1915-16; to CI.; had Frank, James, a twin of James, and
others.
Rev. James William VanKirk, b. 2, 27, 1858, son of
Benjamin F. and Elizabeth VanKirk; pastor of Meth.
chh., Sept., 1894-96; inventor of peace flag for the world ;
Youngstown;
m. Lizzie M. Mowles, dau. of Jacob and Lovina
Mowles.
Children
Earl O.; m. Alma L. Hayes.
Orpha W.; m. Oliver Johnson.
Lucinda Van Waggoner, Bapt. 1840.
Edward Thomas Vaughn, b. Eng., 1878; to Tw. fr.
Eng., 1907, wife coming 1908; farmer; on Hudson road;
son of William and Aliza R. (Pierce) Vaughn;
m. 1904, Annie Briggs, b. Eng., 1882; dau. of Richard
and Jane (Jones) Briggs.
Verclas Wagner— 491
Children
Alice Annie, b. Eng., 1905.
Nora Evelyn, b. Eng., 1907.
Edward, b. Tw., 1909.
John Charles, b. Tw., 1910.
Ernest, b. Tw., 191 2.
Thomas Henry, b. Tw., 1913.
Frederick L. P. Verclas; teacher In Tw. Inst. 1845-9.
Charles A. Viers, b. Northfield, 1847; son of Charles
Viers; lived in No. Hudson, and in Tw. on the Wm. Adams*
place; now in Akron;
m. ab. 1871, Caroline Eleanor Douds, b. 1854; d.
I, 18, 1914; dau. of Wm. John Douds, see.
Children
1. Anna Linda, b. 12, 8, 1871; m. (i) Charles A. Nichols; m. (2)
William Kepler.
2. Lillian Adele, b. 10, 20, 1873; m. (i) Pinell Drake; m. (2) John
Nelson.
3. Mary Samantha, b. 4, 5, 1875; m. (i) James McMillan; m. (2)
Dale Braden.
4. John Douds, b. i, 9, 1877; m. Althisla Whephan.
5. Charles Leroy, b. 8, 4, 1878; d. 3, 19, 1881.
6. Caroline Edith, b. 9, 12, 1880; m. Fred Ritzman.
7. George Depew, b. 2, 3, 1883 ; m. Sept. 1905, Gertrude A. Doan,
see below.
8. Raymond Everett, b. 9, 14, 1885; m. Josephine Lye.
9. Paul Leander, b. 11, 22, 1887; m. Edith Rodgers and Mattie
Strole.
10. Laura Elida, b. 9, 27, 1890; m. George Stark.
11. Another died at birth.
George Depew Viers, b. 2, 3, 1883; Akron;
m. 9, 27, 1905, Gertrude Azula Doan, dau. of Ansel
Doan, see; b. 12, 25, 1883.
Children
Vida Victoria, b. i, 4, 1907.
Florence Vila, b. 4, 22, 1909.
Glenn Raymond, b. 5, 26, 1911.
w
Miranda Wadsworth, Cong. 1849; fr. Windham.
Charles Jacob Wagner, son of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Fontius) Wagner of CI., b. 12, 8, 1861 ; to Tw. on Bedford
492 — Wagner Wall
road, 1914; manufacturer of awnings and tents; studied in
CI. H. S., Tw. Inst, and Brooks Military School;
m. 9, 9, 1890, Etta May Clark, dau. of Elmore W.
Clark, see; b. 5, 31, 1864; studied in Tw. Inst., Buchtel
Col. and Ada Normal School.
Children
Gladys Marie, b. 9, 3, 1891.
Elizabeth Clark, b. i, 29, 1893, student in College for Women, CI.,
class of 191 7.
Mattie Wagner, lived in Mr. Carter's family, Meth.
Seth a. Wait, b. ab. 1826; d. i, 22, 1915, at Chagrin
Falls; in 177th O. V. I.; Cong. 1900, joining while living
with daughter, Mrs. Horace Barber, Jr., on Daniel's place.
Nelson D. Waite, b. 12, 15, 1864, son of Benjamin K.
and Maria L. (Darby) Waite;
m. Alice May Dell, b. 11, 13, 1866, dau. of John Dell,
see; lives in s. w. part of town.
Children
Jessie June, b. 6, 11, 1888.
Warren Dell, b. 6, 17, 1892.
Dell Benjamin, b. 10, 28, 1897.
Dorothy Evalyn, b. 11, 29, 1903.
Mrs. Frank Wait, b. ab. 1852; d. 9, 13, 1874.
Obadiah Waite, painter; in village and on Liberty St.;
to Mich, and died;
m. Carpenter, dau. of Aaron and Tirzah
Carpenter and sister of Mrs. Philo Post.
Children
Warren, b. ab. 1844; in Civil War; d.
Newton, b. ab. 1848; in Civil War at early age; soldiers' home in
Calif.
A son, b. ab. 1853; d. 9, 17, 1858.
A son, b. ab. 1851; d. 3, 22, 1856.
Henry C, b. ab. 1849; in Civil War; Bedford.
Frank.
Francis.
George Morris Wall, 12, 19, 1865, in CI., son of
George William Wall, b. Eng., 12, 20, 1832, and Elizabeth
(Morris) Wall, b. CI., 4, 17, 1847; d. i, 29, 1908; bookkeeper
in powder mill; lives on Solon road;
Wallace Walton — 493
m. 5, II, 1892, Lottie Philena Mills, b. i, 28, 1869,
dau. of Gideon Hays Mills, see; both Cong. 1906.
Children
Adelbert Mills, b. 11, 5, 1894; Cong. 1908, in Mt, Union Col.;
Tw. H. S. 1914.
Marion Elizabeth, b. 2, 18, 1896; Cong. 1908; in Normal School at
Kent; Tw. H. S. 1914; teacher in Tw. schools.
George Gideon, b. 10, 20, 1898; Cong. [913.
All 3 b. in Wilmington, Del.
J. Charles Wallace, b. ab. 1853; in Dist. 2, 1865-6.
Rev. Alfred Walls, pastor of Meth. chh. several yrs.
preceding Sept. 191 2; unm.
Rev. William G. Walters, of CI., pastor of Meth.
chh. 1915-16.
William Henry Walton, b. Bedford, 12, 29, 1843;
now in Bedford; to Tw. ab. 1885 and lived where his son,
George now lives on Bedford road; farmer;
m. 12, 25, 1868, Mary Laing, b. 7, 25, 1848, 13th child
of James and Betsy (White) Laing, fr. Scotland 1850; going
west fr. Buffalo they would not take a Sunday night boat,
the Griffith; it burned and all lost but one.
Children
George Bertram, b. 9, 19, 1869; see below.
Lillie Grace, b. 12, 22, 1875; d. 3, 19, 1898; Cong. 1891; m. 11, 10,
1897, Louis Golling; she one of first graduates of Tw. H. S., 1895;
teacher.
George Bertram Walton, b. 9, 19, 1869; Cong. 1891 ;
farmer on Bedford road; member of school board;
m. 5, 8, 1895, Nellie Crouse, b. 12, 2, 1873, dau. of
Edward Crouse, see; Cong. 1885.
Children
Ina Blanche, b. 3, 20, 1896; Tw. H. S. 1913; Kent Normal School;
teacher; Cong. 1913.
Harold Edward, b. 7, 26, 1897; Tw. H. S., 1915; Oberlin Col. and
Denison Uni.
Lillie Margaret, b. i, 10, 1899; Cong. 1913; Tw. H. S. 1916;
Oberlin Col.
Florence Elizabeth, b. i, 17, 1905.
494~Ward Webster
Rev. Ebenezer Ward, preached for First Cong, chh.,
1839, during division; farmed also as chh. could not pay
much salary; to Solon; many yrs. in Streetsboro; had
quite a family; son, John Barney, lived yrs. in Solon and d.
I, 13, 1916; also son, Charles, and dau., Julia Ann Ward,
Cong. 1838.
Lillian Washburn, Cong. 1887; to Akron, 1888.
Alonzo Watkins, Meth. 1843.
James Watson, son of Noble and Margaret Watson,
of Solon; Liberty St.; now in Solon;
m. (i) Annie Aiken;
m. (2) 2, 12, 1901, LuRA Eldora Fisher, b. 11, 5, 1876,
dau. of George W. and Esther A. (Cox) Fisher, see.
Children By First Wife
Glenn Jay, b. 8, 5, 1892; d. 3, 25, 1911, killed on cars.
Charles.
By Second Wife
Leonard Wayne, b. 3, 5, 1909.
Mrs. Wattams, b. ab. 18 10; d. 6, 29, 1867.
Jonas Weatherby, fr. Bennington, Vt.; on Liberty
St. near Lee Bennett place; blacksmith shop near cheese
factory; great character on Liberty St.; to Burton ab. 1846
and d. there; wid. then to Tw. and then to Bridgeport, Ct.,
and remarried;
m. 1833, Mrs. Hetty Ann (Post), wid. of John L.
Thompson.
Children
Martha; m. Dr. George W. Vail, see.
Charles; killed in war near its close.
Mary; now in Bridgeport, Ct.
Paul Webster, b. ; d. before 11, 2, 1855; made
will 8, 26, 1854; where Abner Lane now lives; owned canal
boat;
m. Julia Ann Porter, b. ab. 1821; d. 11, 5, 1868. She
m. (2) Alexander Hamilton Wilcox, see.
Weeks Wells— 495
Children
Mary A.; m. 5, 20, 1873, F. M. Wilcox, son of Alexander H. Wil-
cox, see.
Martha Frances; m. before 5, 20, 1873, Charles Bailey.
Harriet E.; m. 6, 4, 1866, P. Sherwood Wilcox, son of Alexander
H. Wilcox, see.
Charles D.; in Civil War and shot in right eye; m. Jessie Goddard;
to Elk Rapids, Mich.
Edwin P.; in Civil War; m,; d.
Adaline.
Ellen A.
Theodore and Addison Weeks, farmers 2 yrs. last
house on Hudson road.
Darius Weeks, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1845-6.
Philip Albert Wegman, b. 6, 21, 1868; killed in
powder mill, 12, 10, 1909; lived one yr. 1905, where Bert
Tucker lives, then Solon, Glen Willow and Tw.;
m. 4, 18, 1890, Etta Goss, of Hiram; she m. (2) Mar-
shall Calvin Cross, see.
Children
1. Ida May, b. 10, 20, 1891; d. 7, 26, 1896.
2. Lena Viola, b. i, 16, 1893; Akron.
3. Robert Jay, b. 6, i, 1895; d, 8, 4, 1896.
4. Carrie Josephine, b. 3, 11, 1896; Chagrin Falls.
5. Virginia Bell, b. 3, 15, 1898; m. 10, ii, 1915, Elmer Charles
Losher, of Chagrin Falls.
6. Ira Manuel, b. 9, 12, 1901.
7. Thomas Orlo, b. 2, 10, 1905.
8. Nellie, b. and d. 10, 9, 1908.
Augustus Welch, Cong. 1834.
Joseph Welch; in Civil War; first w. d. 9, 19, 1888,
age 49; m. (2) Mrs. Snyder. His dau., Ida, m. (i) Henry
Hope and m. (2) Joe Doubrava now of Canton; see.
Rev. a. C. Welch, Meth. pastor 1887-8.
Augustus Welch, Cong, 1834.
Charles Welden, to Aurora.
Mrs. Welden, d. 3, 28, 1865, age 23.
Adelia Wells, Bapt. 1835.
496 — Wells White
John A. Wells; d. May, 1824; charter member of
Cong. chh. 1822.
Charles West, d, 3, 31, 1882, age 80; lived in Mace-
donia, bur. in Tw.; Bapt. 1835;
m. (i) Mary B. ; d. 2, 21, 1847, age 45.
m. (2) Nancy ; d. 2, 4, 1879, age 75.
Fannie West, 183 5-1908, a daughter of above?
William John Westlake, b. Eng. 8, 10, 1865; to CI.
with parents 1870; son of Emanuel Westlake; farmer on
Liberty St.; to Tw. 1916;
m. 9, 14, 191 2, Mrs. Augusta (Sahs) Pursch, wid. of
Emil Pursch, by whom she had first six of following seven
children:
Children
Edwin Pursch, b. 4, i, 1894; m.; CI.
Carl Pursch, b. 11, 26, 1895; CI.
Rudolph Pursch, b. 2, 24, 1899; CI.
Helen A. Pursch, b. 2, 12, 1902.
Arthur Pursch, b, 3, 5, 1904.
Elmer Pursch, b. 3, 3, 1906.
By Second Husband
Richard Emanuel, b. 5, 15, 1913.
All seven born in CI.
WHITE PEDIGREE
I. Elder John White, to New Eng. 1632; d. I, 23,
1684; one of first settlers of Cambridge and Hadley, Mass.,
and Hartford, Ct.; m. 12, 26, 1622, Mary Levet who d.
1684.
II. Lieut. Daniel White, 1639 (.'*)-i7i3; m. 1661,
Sarah Crow, 1647-17 19.
III. Capt. Daniel White, 1671-1726; m. 1704, Ann
BissELL, 1675-1709.
IV. Capt. Elisha White, 1706-1778; m. 1732, Ann
Field.
V. Dudley White, 1741-1811; m. Thankful Mur-
ray.
White White — 497
VI. William White, i 760-1 839; to Tw. Sept., 1821,
fr. Killingworth, Ct., with 3 yoke of oxen and 3000 lbs. of
goods; where O. O. Kelsey Hved;
m. 1790, Juliana Pierson; d. 8, 16, 1836; Cong. 1822,
a charter member.
Children
1. Child d. in infancy.
2. Julia, b. 1795; d. 1821, on journey to Ohio.
3. Hanford, 1 797-1 855; see below.
4. Polly, 1 798-1 8 1 7.
5. Fanny, b. 5, 19, 1801; d. 2, 28, 1874; m. James H. Kelsey, see.
6. Philena, b. 8, 3, 1806; d. Tw. 4, 4, 1901, aged nearly 95; lived
many yrs. in small house south of where George M. Wall lives on Solon
road; Cong. 1834.
7. William, b. 1808; d. 1821, on journey to Ohio.
Bathsheba White, b. ab. 1767; d. i, 21, 1834, perhaps
sister of William of Gen. VI.
Hanford White, son of William above, b. Killing-
worth, Ct., 7, 3, 1797; d. Tw. 4, 28, 1855; to Tw. Nov.
1820, 600 miles on foot, 46 miles the last day; farmer where
Lynn K. Chamberlin lives, also where George M. Wall
lives; Cong.;
m. (i) 1822, Hepzibah Pratt, who d. 10, 13, 1837-
Cong. 1828;
m. (2) 1838, Mary Herrick, b. ab. 1805; d. i, 27
1879; Cong. 1849.
Children By First Wife
1. WilHam, b. 4, 30, 1823; d.; m. Mary Jane Sturtevant, see.
2. Malvina Maria, b. i, 16, 1825.
3. Heman Franklin, b. 3, 23, 1827; m. 1855, Jane Buskirk; to
Hopkins, Mich.
4. Chauncey, b. 4, 19, 1829; went west 1858.
5. Catharine, b. 12, 22, 1830; m. 1858, James E. Parmelee of
Hopkins, Mich.; Cong. 1855.
6. James Harvey, b. 5, 9, 1833; to Hopkins, Mich.
By Second Wife
7. Elisha, b. 6, 29, 1839; d. 6, 19, 1865; m. 11, 8, 1864, Sarah
Lane, dau. of Luman Lane, see; she m. (2) i, 22, 1868, Gideon H. Mills,
see.
Apollos White, b. ab. 1794; d. Tw. 4, 30, 1868; here
i860, where Mr. Norris lives on Solon road; erected mills on
Tinker's Creek and Icehouse road, and for many yrs. made
498— White White
and sold much lumber; his home a station on "underground
railroad;"
m. Betsy (Eldridge?), b. ab. 1796; d. 10, 19, 1881;
Bapt. 1838.
Children
Anson, b. 10, 3, 1817; d. Kent, 6, 7, 1896; cheesemaker on Liberty
St. and elsewhere; m. (i) 4, 5, 1838, Roena Hanchett, b. ab. 1817; d.
7, 24, 1869; dau. of Seth Hanchett; m. (2) 4, 4, 1871, Celia Davis of
Akron, Ind., now of Kent.
Harlow; to la., son Eugene d. 8, 11, 1854.
Corintha, Bapt, 1838; m. Calvin Gilbert; Solon.
Caroline Matilda; m. George Dresser, see.
John William White, b. Canada, i860; to CI. 1891;
to Tw. 1905; lives near depot;
m. I, 19, 1882, Elizabeth Kellestine, b. 10, 12, i860;
Meth.; Cong. 1914.
Children
Mary Elizabeth, b. 10, 20, 1883 ; m. 1902, Harvey White; Chardon.
Mabel Maud, b. 1885; m. ab. 1905, William Meek, see; CI.
William John, b. i, 12, 1890; m. Lena Harrison; he in U. S. Navy.
James David, b. 9, 24, 1893; d. ab. 1897.
Edith Dorothy, b. 7, 19, 1895; m. 191 2, Edmund Henry McCrary;
near Mantua; she Meth.
Jonathan White; see census of 1833; lived north end
of Solon road; had Lester, b. ab. 1803.
A Jonathan White d. i, 29, 1844, age 78.
Jonathan White, lived where John T. Hempstead
lives; a Mr. White d. 6, 27, 1882, age 72.
m. Smith.
Children
Mary Parmelia, b. ab. 1826.
Cynthia Oliva, b. ab. 1827.
Benjamin Webster, b. ab. 1830.
Jonathan Almon, b. ab. 1831.
Paul White, lived on Icehouse road opposite Peter
Murray's, also in village; see census of 1833;
m.
Children
1. Alma Bathsheba, b. ab. 1818.
2. Alfred, b. ab. 1823.
3. Benjamin Franklin, b. ab. 1824.
White Widmer — 499
4. John, b. ab. 1825.
5. Sabra, b. ab. 1828.
6. Stephen, b. ab. 1830.
7. Daniel, b. Mar. 1832.
Emerson E. White, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1851; later
state supt. of public instruction.
Mary E. White, teacher in Tw. Inst. 185 1-2.
Frederick William Wheeler; see census of 1833;
son Western William, b. ab. 1818; Meth. 1877.
Nancy Wheeler and dau., Elizabeth, to Tw., July,
1817.
Hiram Wheeler; m. Mary Emiley Wilcox, dau. of
Moses Wilcox; she as wid. d. 4, 30, 1830, aged 24.
Rudolph Wheeler.
Relationship of these Wheelers not known.
Mrs. Whipple; d. Dec. 1866.
James Whitehouse; Cong. 1836;
m. Elizabeth , Cong. 1836.
Wilson Whittacus ("Tony Ailing"), colored; to Tw.
7, 7, 1 8 17; worked for Ethan Ailing.
Gottlieb Widmer, Sen., and wife, Maggie; lived on
Salmon Oviatt's place 1904-7; now in Wis.; had 7 chil., and
others who d. y.
Gottlieb Widmer, Jr., son of above, b. 2, 11, 1877, in
Switzerland; to U. S. with parents, 1884; farmer; in Hud-
son 12 yrs. and chil. born there; now on Cochrane farm,
Solon road;
m. 10, 12, 1901, Clara Luginbuhl, dau. of Albert and
Rosa Luginbuhl, of Alliance, b. 3, 20, 1882, in Switz.; to
U. S. with parents 1889.
Children
Carl Emil, b. 10, 20, 1905.
Helen Margaret, b. 7, 15, 1907.
Clarenrece Fderick, b. 10, 29, 191 2.
500— Wiggins Wilcox
James Henry Wiggins, b. 5, 7, 1850; here 12 or 13
yrs. ; in Berea now ; lived on the George Stanley farm and on
Gillie place;
m. 8, 16, 1875, Hannah Nell Rayner, b. 8, 16, 1859.
Children
1. Loretta Mae, b. 2, 5, 1897; m. 2, 5, 1903, John Wesley Huff-
man, see.
2. Leslie Adelbert, b. 5, 5, 1879; d. 3, 16, 1888.
WILCOX PEDIGREE
I. William Wilcoxson, 1601-1652; to New Eng.
1635; Concord, Mass.; to Stratford, Ct. ; m. Margaret,
d. 1655.
II. Joseph Wilcox, of Killingworth, Ct., 1638-1683;
had bro., Nathaniel; m. Anna , 1659.
III. Nathaniel Wilcox, b. 8, 29, 1668; m. 11, 21,
1695, Hannah Lane; he had bro., John, whose son, Silas,
had Josiah of Brecksville.
IV. Nathaniel Wilcox, b. 7, 19, 1700; d. 1755;
m. MiNDWELL , b. 1713; d. 10, 24, 1793.
Children
Mindwell, 1 736-1 807.
John, 1738-44-
Ebenezer, b. 3, 4, 1740; see below.
Nathaniel, 1742-62.
John, 1 744-1 824.
Mabel, 1 746-1 809.
Jerusha, 1755-1829.
Joel, 1753 (?)-i776.
V. Ebenezer Wilcox, son of Nathaniel above, b,
3, 4, 1740; d. 12, 4, 1820;
m. 5, 2, 1782, Mary Nettleton, b. 10, 30, 1743; d.
3, 19, 1827.
Children
Nathaniel, b. 11, 3, 1783; see below.
Mary, b. 12, 3, 1785.
VI. Nathaniel Wilcox, son of Ebenezer above, b.
II, 3, 1783; d. Tw. 9, I, 1853; fr. Conn, to Tw., 1831,
accompanied by w. and 4 chil., g'd. mother Mann, Charlotte
Mann, a niece of his w., Sarah Mann ("Aunt Sally") and
John Mann; Cong. 1831; dea. 21 yrs.; led prayer meeting
Wilcox
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502 — Wilcox Wilcox
in North St. schoolhouse many yrs.; see census of 1833;
lived where Mrs. Celestia Wilcox lives;
m. 4, 17, 1813, Fanny Mann, b. 6, 13, 1790; d. Tw.
8, 28, 1853; dau. of Elisha Mann (cousin of Horace Mann
the educator) 1756-1834; m. 1789, Sarah Henderson, 1766-
1850. Elisha Mann at Bunker Hill and through Rev. War.
His son, John, 1794-1834, had Mary Charlotte, b. 1817; m.
3, 2, 1842, Julius Lane.
Children
John, b. 3, 21, 1814; see below.
Frederick William, b. 2, 5, 1816; d. 10, 20, 1819.
Mary Ann, b. 6, 20, 1818; d. i, 9, 1862; Cong. 1831.
William, b. 10, 29, 1822; see below.
Nathaniel Henderson, b. 3, i, 1825; d. i, 27, 1861; to Hopkins,
Mich.
Rev. John Wilcox, son of Nathaniel above, b. 3, 21,
1814; d.4, 12, 1876; to Tw. with parents 1 831; Cong. 183 1,
dis. 1843 to Wes. Res. Col.;
m. 9, 24, 1845, Sarah Pamelia Spencer, dau. of Evan
and Lucina (Bacon) Spencer, b. 5, 17, 1821; d. 6, 5, 1868.
Children
Eliza Mary, b. 7, 29, 1847; m. May, 1892, John McKee.
Fannie Lucina, b. 4, 3, 1854; Oberlin Col. 1870-75; m. 8, 13, 1884,
David Oliver Smith, see.
William Wilcox, son of Nathaniel above, b. 10, 29,
1822; d. 12, 4, 1881; lived in Thompson 10 yrs. after mar-
riage; when parents d. he returned to Tw., 1858, and bought
out heirs on Solon road one mile fr. center; his father lived
on east side across fr. present house on west side, which was
rebuilt in 1872. William kept Sunday closing cheese factory
1867-78; dea. in Cong. chh. 20 yrs.;
m. (i) 5, 6, 1847, Mary Lucina Spencer, b. ab. 1819;
d. 2, 7, 1877; dau. of Enan and Lucina (Bacon) Spencer.
m. (2) 3, 30, 1878, Celestia Eliza Buell, sister of
Henry Martin Buell, see; b. 4, 22, 1840; to Tw. 1858; Tw.
Inst.; taught on Solon road; living now on old place;
donated water right for water works; no chil. by either wife.
WILCOX PEDIGREE
(See on previous page)
I. William WiLCOxsoN, 1601-1652; m. Margaret —
Wilcox Wilcox — 503
II. Joseph Wilcox, 1638-1683; Killingworth, Ct.;
m. Anna
III. Dea. Joseph Wilcox, b. 1659; m. Hannah
Kelsey. He was bro. of Nathaniel, ancestor of Dea. Wil-
iam of Tw.
IV. Capt. Abel Wilcox, b. 1701; m. Martha
Stevens.
V. Dea. Abel Wilcox, b. 3, 14, 1732; in Rev. War.;
m. Mary Hall.
VI. Moses Wilcox, b. 5, 11, 1772; see below.
Aaron Wilcox, b. 5, 11, 1772; see below.
Moses Wilcox, son of Dea. Abel above; b. 5, 11, 1772;
d. 9, 24, 1827; he and Aaron came 1812 and selected and
purchased 1000 acres in north and northeasterly part of
township; moved here 1823; lived back of present bank
building; first postmaster, 1823, until death; Cong. chh.
in Ct., 1802;
m. HuLDAH Lord, b. 1778; d. 9, 6, 1854, whose sister
Mabel m. Aaron Wilcox.
Children
I. Concurrance; m. Hezekiah Child.
William Lord.
Mary Emily, b. 1805; d. 4, 30, 1830; m. Hiram Wheeler.
Cynthia; m. Henry Williams.
Huldah, 1808-1865; m. Lewis Ailing, see.
Rev. Ebenezer Hayden, b. ab. 1812; m. Arabella Proctor;
183 1 ; seceder 1834; Oberlin Col. 1839; seminary 1842.
Moses; d. 4, 11, 1864, age 52; m. Isabella Forsythe.
Aaron, b. 1814; m. Eliza Jane Morley, see below.
Phineas, b. ab. 1821; m. Augusta Smith.
2
3
4
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6
Cong.
7
Aaron Wilcox, twin of Moses above, b. 5, 11, 1772; d.
9, 25, 1827, within a few hours of his brother and of the same
disease and bur. in the same grave; to Tw. 1823 ; lived north
of park where Bert Tucker now lives;
m. Mabel Lord, b. 1781 ; d. 9, 29, 1851 ; dau. of Capt.
Martin Lord.
Children
1. Louise M., b. ab. 1806; d. 10, 20, 1834; Cong. 1833.
2. Charles Lord, b. ab. 1808; Cong. 1834, dis. to west 1840.
3. Horatius Nelson, b. ab. 1810; Bapt. 1832.
504— Wilcox Wilcox
4. Rev. Martin, b. ab. 1811; d. CI. 9, 27, 1851; seceder 1834;
Oberlin Col. 1839, seminary 1842.
5. Mabel E., b. ab. 1816; d. of measles while at school in St.
Louis, 7, 8, 1835; Cong. 1831.
6. Harriet Newell, b. 12, 8, 1817; d. 11, 8, 1859; m. 1837, Augus-
tus Ellsworth, see.
7. Fanny Woodbury, b. ab. 1821; d. 5, 24, 1844.
Aaron Wilcox, b. 18 14, son of Moses above, who was
son of Abel, a revolutionary soldier, who was son of Abel, of
Kllllngworth, Conn.;
m. Eliza Jane Morley, b. 1813, dau. of Thomas
Morley, 1763, son of Thomas, 1724, son of Abel, 1689, son of
Thomas, son of Abel, 1650.
Child
Sarah Jane, b. 1840; m. 9, 28, 1864, Peter Marshall Hitchcock, b.
1839, at Painesville, and had Charles Wilcox, Reuben, a lawyer in CI.,
Lawrence, Harold Morley, also Peter Marshall and Harry who d. y.
Mrs. Peter M. Hitchcock is living in CI.
Alexander Hamilton Wilcox, b. 1811; d. 6, 14,
1873; here i860; where Abner Lane lives; to Ashland ab.
1870 or later; relationship to other Wilcox families not
known; made scale boards;
m. (i) Electa M. Tower, b. ab. 1812; d. 9, 25, 1855;
m. (2) 1857, Mrs. Julia Ann (Porter) Webster, wid.
of Paul Webster, see; b. 1824; d. Aug., 1868.
Children By First Wife
F. M.; m. before 5, 20, 1873, Mary Ann Webster, dau. of his
step-mother.
Irving; d. y.
Irving F., capt. in Civil War; shot in eye; d. in Dayton soldiers'
home; m. Lissa Clark of Streetsboro.
Sherwood, b. 1,8, 1846; d. 2, 9, 1908; m. 6, 4, 1866, Harriet E.
Webster, dau. of his stepmother; she lives in Lakewood.
Mary; m. Jack Preston, of CI.
Julia, b. ab. 1849; Meth.; m. Jenkins.
By Second Wife
Alice Cornelia, b. 1858; m. 1881, Warren M. Holmes; Cherryvale,
Kan.
Delia Douglas, b. i860; d. 1894; m. 1883, Jesse North.
Ida Jane, b. 1862; d. 1896; m. 1884, George Avery.
Levi, b. 1864; d. 1884.
Edwin Wilcox; m. Eliza Richardson, formerly of
Northfield.
Wilde Wilson— 505
John Wilde, Bapt. 1841.
Austin Wilder, owned land here; Hudson;
m. Lydia, dau. of William Chamberlin, see.
John F. Willard, fr. Wethersfield, Ct.; Cong. 1830.
Mrs. Amstead Willard, b. ab. 1808; w. of above .^
Harriet Thair Willard, b. ab. 1830.
Rev. M. Williams, Meth. pastor 1863-4.
Rev. S. D. Williams, Meth. pastor 1840.
John Williams, cabinet maker; here i860.
George Williams, adopted by Daniel Richardson;
in Civil War.
Laura Williams, teacher in Tw. Inst. 1854.
Van Renselaer and Judy Ann Williams, Meth. 1845.
Sidney Cyrus Williams, b. 1848; d. 2, 13, 1910; son
of George and Maria M. Williams, who went to Mich.;
farmer on Hudson road;
m. Jennie Leighton, b. 12, 28, 1851; Meth.; d. i, 28,
1910; dau. of George Leighton who came fr. Eng. to Hud-
son, 1853; b. 1815; d. 1893, and m. Mary Berry, b. 1815;
d. 1854.
Children
Gertrude Samantha, b. 10, 29, 1877; m. 6, 14, 1899, Verne Rosa
Hempstead, see.
Mamie Maria, b. 9, 18, 1879; m. 3, 23, 1898, Fred Miller, see.
Ray George, b. 9, 15, 1881; d. 4, 15, 1885.
Harry Orrin, b. 3, 26, 1885; m. Delia McVeigh; CI.
Rev. W. F. Wilson, Meth. pastor 1841.
Rev. M. H. Wilson, Meth. pastor 1879.
Charles Henry Wilson, b. in Eng. 11, 27, 1856; d.
6, 4, 1916; son of George and Charlotte (Sturges) Wilson,
who came to U. S. 1865 and lived at Hudson; she now living
at Noble; Charles to Tw. 1880, on Hudson road in old
Clark place; farmer;
5o6 — ^Wilson Wing
m. 3, II, 1880, Zella Maria Clark, dau. of Newton
Clark, see; b. ab. 1862; d. 4, 7, 1911.
Children
Lottie May, b. i, 7, 1885; m. 1908, Walter Ink, see; she Tw. H. S.
1902.
Charlotte, twin of above; d. when a month old.
Albert Edward Wilson, bro. of above; b. in Eng.
7, 22, 1864; to U. S. 1865; carpenter; lived with Charles
many yrs.; to CI. 1916;
m. 7, 16, 1914, Mrs. Frederika (Hagerman) Gar-
rard, b. II, 9, 1881, wid. of Charles Henry Garrard, see;
adopted Catherine, b. 8, 19, 1902.
Elizabeth Wilson, sister of two Wilsons above; m.
Wesley Armstrong, of Noble.
Thomas Wilson, b. Oct. 1838, Isle of Man; d. i, 16,
1871, bur. at sea; a seaman;
m. I, 31, 1866, Maria Clark, b. Isle of Man ab. 1850;
to. U. S. 1871; to Tw. 1884; she dau. of Thomas Clark;
she m. (2) Thompson Burrell, see.
Children
Sinclair, b. 3, 24, 1867, see below.
Maud, b. II, 21, 1868; m. Dyer Marsh; CI.
Thomas Isaac, b. 6, 27, 1870; d. 1871.
Sinclair Willis Wilson, b. 3, 24, 1867, in Isle of Man;
mason, carpenter, farmer; lives near depot;
m. 6, 5, 1912, Carrie Louise Munkel, b. 4, 9, 1878,
dau. of Frederick and Minnie (Froelich) Munkel of CL; fr.
Germ.
Children
Junior Sinclair, b. 4, 20, 1913.
Thomas Frederick, b. 3, 18, 1916.
WING PEDIGREE
Mathew Wing, d. Eng. 1614.
I. Rev. John Wing, b. 1585; d. ab. 1630; Oxford
1603; m. 1610, Deborah, dau. of Rev. Stephen Bachiler,
with whom and her 4 sons she came to New Eng. 1632; she
d. 1692, age 100.
II. Stephen Wing; m. Oseah Dillingham, 1646.
Wing Wing — 507
III. Nathaniel Wing; m. 1680, Sarah Hatch; he
in King Philip's War.
IV. Ebenezer Wing; m. 172 i, Elizabeth Black-
more.
V. Simeon Wing; in Rev. War; m. Mary Allen.
VI. Allen Wing; m. 1794, Cynthia Burgess, d.
VII. David Wing; m. 1797 (.?), Alice Lake.
VIII. Jefferson Gancelo Wing, b. 2, 9 1820;
8, 7, 1904; to CI. 1844; n^- 10) 3) 185 1) Phebe A. Durrell,
b. II, 14, 1832; d. II, II, 1912.
IX. Freeman Lake Wing, b. 2, 8, 1855; killed
at powder mill 9, 30, 1892 or 93 ;
m. 3, 27, 1877, TizzETTA Elizabeth Scranton, dau.
of Almon and Lucretia (Sands) Scranton; she b. 3, 23, 1858;
Cong. 1893.
Children
1. Charles Edwin, b. 11, 7, 1879; see below.
2. Julia Adelaide, b. 10, 28, 1881; Cong. 1895; m. ii, 29, 1905,
Carroll Eugene Green; she Tw. H. S. 1902.
3. Jessie Lucretia, b. 2, 22, 1884; Cong. 1895; m. 9, 4, 1909,
Lewis Marshall Wolcott; had Carroll Monroe, b. ii, 16, 1910; she Tw.
H. S. 1902.
4. Elmer Judson, b. 7, i, 1887, see below.
5. Alice Alma, b. 12, 7, 1889; m. 11, 28, 1911, Charles Sylvanus
Page; had Wilbur Alfred, b. 8, 25, 1912, and Stanley Edwin, b. ii, 2,
1914.
6. Florence Lulu, b. II, 15, 1891; m. 1915, Arthur Witt of Hudson,
and had Norman Arthur, b. May, 1916.
Charles Edwin Wing, b. 11, 7, 1879; printer and
publisher, Augusta, Ga.; son of Freeman Lake above;
m. II, 24, 1904, Susie Evelyn Wattles; Cong. 1906.
Children
Inez Tizzetta, b. 2, 12, 1906.
Mildred Augusta, b. 9, 16, 1907.
Edwina Evelyn, b. 5, 8, 1913.
Elmer Judson Wing, son of Freeman Lake above, b.
7, I, 1887, paperer and painter;
m. 5, 15, 1913, Lela Elma Matti, dau. of Robert
George Matti, see; b. 5, 30, 1895. They had Robert
Freeman, b. 11, 2, 1915.
5o8— Wing Woodbury
Henry Wing; on Chauncey B. Lane's farm ab. 1907-13 ;
m. (i); m.(2); had Lydia, Rodney, Albert, and Law-
rence, H. S. 1910.
Benson Withey, b. ab. 1835; here i860; In Civil
War;
m. Elizabeth , b. ab. 1835.
Rev. Joseph Wolfe, pastor of Cong. chh. 1 899-1902;
came fr. Madison; went to Grafton;
m. Lizzie B. .
Children
Jesse Benjamin, Oberlin Col. 1905; b. Springfield, 111., 2, 7, 1881;
in Spanish war; mechanical engineer; now in Shansi Mission, China.
Walter.
Wendell.
Another?
John Wood;
m. Elizabeth M. ; Cong. 183 1.
Milan Woodard, here a short time, where Frank
Scouten lives; to Detroit, Mich.;
m. (i) Mary .
m. (2) .
Child By First Wife
Walter; m.; Detroit.
By Second Wife
John, d. 8, 27, 1894, aged 4.
Herbert.
Leora.
Ephraim R. Woodbury, b. ab. 1817; d. 10, 22, 1871;
to Tw. ab. 1853; here i860; where Manly Leach lives; to
Mich.; justice of peace i860; bothMeth.;
m. 2, II, 1841, Sarah Pond, b. ab. 1822; d. in Ind.
3, 26, 1878; dau. of Preston Pond, see.
Children
1. Parlia, d. Butler, Ind., Mar. 1912; music teacher; m. 12, 25,
1865, Willim Roberts, who d. ab. 1900; 4 chil.
2. Mary; d. y.
3. Helen, b. Auburn, Ind., 2, 17, 1849; Meth.; m. 12, 14, 1865, in
Tw., William Flohr, son of William Flohr, see; to Neb. 1886; Inavale,
Neb.; had Charles who m. and had Claude, Nettie and Harold.
Wright Wygant— 509
4. Preston, b. Auburn, Ind., 7, 14, 1850; d. Tw., i, 29, 1853.
5. Lauren A., b. Tw. 8, 14, 1854.
6. Rose B., b. Tw. 6, 24, 1858; d. 1894; m. 3, 23, 1876, Louis C,
Herrick and had 3 chil.; he killed on R. R. in Iowa, 1892.
7. Charles, b. Tw. 3, 24, 1861; d. 5, 5, 1863.
8. Arthur, b. 3, 6, 1865; d. ab. 1906; m. and had 4 chil
David Wright, b. ab. 1804; d. 2, 4, 1843;
m. Jane Carver, who m. (2) Baum, of North-
field.
Children
Andrew Jackson, b. ab. Jan. 1833; here i860; Inst. 1848; where
Mr. Ferris lives; to Mich.; m. Martha West, b. ab. 1835; d.
Mervin, Inst. 1848.
John Frank Wright, b. i, i, 1827; d. 10, 13, 1889; son
of John Wright who was in war of 1812, and he son of Gen.
Josiah Wright who was in Rev. War, and bro. of Gov. Silas
Wright, of Canton, N. Y.; both Meth.;
m. 2, 22, — , Mary Chamberlin, b. 7, 7, 1833; d.
7, 25, 1902; dau. of Luman Chamberlin, see.
Children
Edwin; d. 4, 29, 1855, age 6 mo.
Clarence Edward, Meth.; m. Eleca Talcott, Geneva.
Hiland Bert, b. 10, 12, 1864; m. 10, 16, 1890, Emma Crouse, b.
5, 29, 1864, dau. of Edward Crouse, see; he Aleth.
Julia Wright, sister of above; m. Elisha Herrick,
see,
Abbie Wright, sister of above; m. Newton Herrick,
see.
Both from Pownell, Vt.
George Wright, in Dist. No. 7, b. ab. 1838.
Harvey M. Wright, in Civil War; name on monu-
ment.
George L. Wygant, b. 5, 21, 1877, son of Andrew J.
and Hannah M. (Barnes) Wygandt; Guy's Mills, Penn.;
m. 10, 24, 1899, Bessie M. Stanley, dau. of Albert N.
Stanley, see.
Children
Thelma Marie, b. 12, 2, 1905.
Stanley Albert, b. 11, 20, 1909; d. 12, 30, 1909.
5IO— Wyman Young*
John Clinton Wyman, b. Vt., i, 13, 1812; d. 2, i,
1870; farmer on town line road; to Tw. 1849 fr. Essex Co.,
N. Y.; to Brecksville, 1855; to So. Brooklyn, 1857. Pedi-
gree: John^, Jacob^, Daniel^ Daniel^ John% John Clinton^
m. Elizabeth Jerusha Fish, b. 4, 30, 1815; d. 8, 26,
1873.
Children
1. Emily Caroline, b. 11, i, 1843; d. 9, 26, 1866; m. 10, 17, 1865,
Sheridan A. Oakes, of Brecksville.
2. John Edward, b. 6, 4, 1846; m. 9, 14, 1870, Jennie Clarissa
Pierson; 4 chil.; Brooklyn.
3. Ellen F., b. 10, 28, 1848; m. 9, 27, 1871, Wyman H. Bascomb,
of Vt., who d. 7, 17, 1879; no chil.; Kan.; la.
4. FrankHn E., b. Tw. 12, 7, 1851; d. 5, 18, 1853.
5. Clark Eddy, b. Tw. 2, 7, 1854; m. (i) 10, 6, 1890, Minnie
Baker, who d. 9, 24, 1905; m. (2) 7, 18, 1908, Susan Long.
Albert G. Wyman, bro. of John C. above, b. 11, 20,
1809;
m. 3, 20, 1833, Maranda Everest; lived in Macedonia
but members of Bapt. chh. in Tw. and attended many-
years; both dead.
York;
m. Eliza Jane Nalson, dau. of James Nalson, see.
Children
James.
John.
Joseph.
Eliza Jane.
William Yost; son of Rev. William Yost, of CI.;
Youngstown;
m. ab. 1895, Flora B. Yost, b. 4, 5, 1868; Cong. 1887;
to Bedford 1895; she Mrs. Newton Herrick's dau. by first
hus.
Hezekiah Young, b. 1803; d. 6, 29, 1885; son of
Samuel and Mehitable Young who were b. in Killington
(KiUingworth.?), Ct.; to Tw. fr. Ogden, N. Y., ab. 1835;
farmer in n. w. part of town on recent Shepherd place;
m. Susan Bradford, b. ab. 1805; d. Tw. 5, 8, 1891;
both Meth.
ZaDA ZiTTLE 511
Children
Ellen, b. Ogden, N. Y., 1829; d. i, 18, 1906.
Rebecca, b, 1833, in Ogden, N. Y.; d. 4, 20, 1900.
Sarah, b. Tw.; d. 1866; m. A. H. Pettibone,
Ellen adopted Hattie Dalrymple, who m. Ray Orman Bennett,
son of Levin Bennett, see; she also adopted Ralph Young, now of
Painesville.
z
Peter Zada, b. in Hungary, May 1886; to U. S. 1900;
to Tw. 1916; farmer on Young's road;
m.
Children
Mary, b. 2, i, 1908.
Helen, b. 12, 25, 1912.
John, b. 10, I, 1915.
John Zittle, lived at John Mcintosh's; fr. N. Y. ; in
Dist. No. 4 in 1859-60; b. ab. 1847.
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INDEX
519
Abbe, Pearly, 75
Abbe Place, 142
Abolition, 164
Academy, 76, 180
Act of Legislature, Special, 133
Addresses, Patriotic, 158
Adelbert College, 146
Agent, 18
Agreement with Mrs. Wilcox,
173
Agricultural Classes, 43
Agriculture, 137, 153
Ague, 51
Aiken, Rev. John E., 103
Aim of Committee, 8
Akin, John, 98
Akron, 28, 29, 35, 63, 112,
133, 151, 165
Akron Beacon, 113
Akron Branch, 133
Akron, Cleveland Pavement,
178, 9
Akron District, 95
Akron People's Telephone
Co., 170
Alford, Miss M. F., 41, 142,
178
Albany Legislature, 56
Album, Autograph, 51
Aldrich, Amasa, 125
Alexander, James, 29, 36
Alexander House, 53, 142
Alexander Shops, 142
Alexander, Margaret, 36
Alger, Samuel, 19
Alger, Emery, 19, 101
Alger, Mrs., 101
Alger, Capt., 24
Aliens, 107
Alliance, 108
Allin, William, 19
Ailing, Electa, 36
Ailing, Eliza, 36, 97, 101, 105,
155
Ailing, Elizabeth, 16
AlHng, Ethan, 7, 13, 28, 36,
55, 90, 91, 97, 111, 127,
131, 135, 166, 167
Allin?, Ethan Lewis, 36, 113,
129
Ailing, Francis, 141
Ailing, George rioadley, 35,
127, 139, 141, 156
Allip.K, Mrs. Geo. H., 155
Ailing, Kuldah, 91
Aliir.g, Lewis, 13, 14, 16, 18,
IS, 23, 36, 80, 83, 87, 90,
91, 94
Ailing, Mrs. Lewis, 14, 23, 155
Ailing Store, 134
Ailing, Zenas, 16, 129
Allinsj, Zeri, 14
Allotting of Cemetery, 166
Allotment, Crankshaw, 134
American Female Guardian
Society, 154
American Flag, 157
Ar/ierican Government, 160
American Institutions, 160
American Rapid Telegraph
Co., 133
Ancestry, 44
Andersonville, Ga., 121
Andrews and IngersoU, 29,
139, 141
Andrews, Adeline, 36, 155
Andrews, Emanuel E., 36,
113
Andrews, Frances, 36
Andrews, George L., 142
Andrews, S. H., 90, 156, 157
Andrews, William, 36, 113,
156
Annapolis, Md., 118
Ann Arbor, Mich., 72
Anniversary, 66, 84, 86, 179,
181
Annual Exhibition, 61
Anti-slavery Meetings, 40
Apparatus, 49, 53
Appearance of Twinsburg,
Early, 20
Appleby, Odell, 16, 36, 102
Appleby, Eliza, 36, 102
Appointments, 95
Arcade, N. Y., 87
Armstrong, Mr., 141
Army, 56, 108—126
Arrangement of Houses, 30
33
Articles of Faith, 75, 81, 84,
88
Articles of Incorporation, 175
Artillery, 115—125
Artist, 29, 66
Asbestos, 90
Ash, 44, 139
Askue, Rev. W. L., 104
Askue, Mrs. W. L., 159, 160
Assessments, 161
Assignment, 57
Assistance Acknowledged, 6
Association, Congregational,
81
Association, Portage, 77
Athletic Association, 181
Athletic Court, 43
Atkins, H. A., 61
Atlanta, Ga., 114
Attorneys, 57
Atwater, Albert, 90, 91
Atwater, Mrs. Albert, 155
Atwater, Ezra, 140
Atwater, Jared, 84, 87, 90
Aurora, 15, 44, 47, 51, 61,
63, 81, 82, 96, 110, 145,
153
Aurora Pond, 12
Aurora Pond District, 11
Aurora Swamp, 10
Authors, 160
Auto-bus Service, 134
Automobiles, 9, 130, 134, 178,
184, 186
Average Age, 36
Average Cost of School Build-
ings, 40
Average Family, 36
Ayers, Homer C, 125
Ayres, Rev. John C, 96
Ax, 24, 45, 188
B
Babcock, Rev. Wra. R., 103
Bailey, Alice, 36
Bailey, Frank D., 113
Bailey, L., 135
Bailey, Nathaniel, 36
Bailey, Rufus A., 35, 141
Bailey, Mrs. Rufus A., 35
Bain, Rev. John, 96
Bainbridge, 96, 153
Baird, John, 36
Baird, Olive, 36
Baird, Philander, 36
Baird, Robert, 36
Baldwin, Amanda, 36
Baldwin, A. C, 177
Baldwin, Cassius O., 114
Baldwin, Frank, 109
Baldwin, Henry, 36
Baldwin, Herman, 109
Baldwin, John Osman, 94,
157, 186
Baldwin, Mrs. John Osman,
94
Baldwin, Samuel S., 15
Bands, 67, 71
Bank, 18, 138, 169, 176, 177,
184, 186
Bank Deposits, 177
Bankers' & Merchants', 134
Banner, 35
Baptist, 92
Baptist Church, 75-80, 141,
149, 151
Baptist Woman's Association,
79
Bar, 34, 140, 148
Barbecue, 71, 112
Barber, Albert D., 114
Barber, Caswell, 114
Barber, Cynthia, 36
Barber, Edwin, 29, 36, 113
Barber, Emmeline, 36
Barber, Frank, 73
Barber, Fred D., 73, 74, 127,
134, 178
Barber, Horace, 36
Barber, Jarvis, 114
Barber, Lewis, 36
Barber, Matilda, 36
Barber, Sophia, 36
Barber, Vervelia, 36
Barnes, Elder, 76
Barney, Elmer, 114
Barney, Frederick, S7, 114
Barney, Mary Jane. 37
Barnet, N. S., 19
Barns, 9, 16, 33
Barnum, 35
Barter, 53
Base, 111
Basement, 33, 90, 147
Basset, John, 19
Bates, Miss Sabra, 93
Baton, 71
Beach, David, 75, 76
Beach, Mary, 75
Bean, Dollie IL, 42. 160
Bean, L. G., 41, 171
Beaney, Sidney, Sr
Bear, 9, 22, 54
Beardsley, Deborah, 37
Beardsley, H. C, 80
520
INDEX— Continued
Beardsley, Hiram G., 114
Beardsley, Miss M., 155
Beaumont, Lida, 69
Bedford, 20, 35, 111, 131, 132,
134, 135, 150, 153, 156,
164
Bedford Baptist Church, 79
Beds, 22, 32
Bedrooms, 30, 32
Bedsprings, 32
Beech, Belizer, 81
Beech, Rachel F., 81
Beech Site Tree, 15
Beeman, Mary, 102
Beers, Commissioner, 54
Beers, Almira, 102
Beers, Jehiel, 102
Beginnings of Twinsburg In-
stitute, 54
Beldin, Frederick, 114
Beldin, Henry, 71
Bell Lines, 170
Bell, T. A., 178
Benches, 40
Benevolences, 77, 91, 106
Bennett, Cyrus C, 125
Bennett, Elam, 37
Bennett, Fanny, 37
Bennett, Henry, 19, 37, 96,
114
Bennett, L. H., 96
Bennett, Otis H., 42, 43, 70,
172, 173, 177, 180
Bennett, Sarah C, 37, 104,
159
Bentley, Mrs. S., 155
Benton, Horace, 100
Benton, Myers & Co., 100
Bequest, 91, 105
Berries, 33
Betterment of Service, 170
Bible, 46, 149, 156, 157
Biblical Exercises, 60
Bidlock, Clorinda, 37
Bidlock, Lewis, 37
Birds, Early and Recent, 10,
11, 12
Birthday, 95th, 63
Bishop, A. v., 37, 155
Bishop, A. E., 141, 178
Bishop, Emily, 37
Bishop, Fanny, 37
Bishop, G. L., 141, 177, 178
Bishop, Leonard, 37
Bishop, Moses, 37
Bishop, Orland, 74
Bishop, Persis, 37
Bishop, Sanford, 37
Bishop & Chamberlin, 141
Bishop & Son, 29, 141
Bissell, Amanda, 37
Bissell, Blodget, 37, 91
Bissell, Bianca, 44
Bissell, Cephas, 37, 90
Bissell, David, 37, 44, 90
Bissell, Mrs. David, 155
Bissell, Ebenezer, 125
Bissell, Edward, 114
Bissell, Mrs. E., 155
Bissell, Ellen, 42, 180
Bissell, Fanny, 37, 44
Bissell, Fred, 92
Bissell, Harlow, 114
Bissell, Henry A., 114
Bissell, Henry A., 139
Bissell, Isabel, 37
Bissell, Justus, 44
Bissell, Laura, 155
Bissell, Lucia, 155
Bissell, Orice, 57
Bissell, Ray O., 92, 171, 178
Bissell, Robert, 44
Bissell, Roswell, 44
Bissell, Rev. Samuel, 7, 44-65,
66, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88,
89, 90, 92, 145, 187
Bissell, Mrs. Samuel, 54, 149,
155
Bissell, Thankful Cheeseman,
44, 57, 62
Bissell, William C, 57, 94
Bissell Entertainments, 73
Bissell's Woods, 11
Blackbird, Andrew J., 56, 186
Blackman, Granger, 135
Blackman, Rev. J. C, 99, 146
Blackman, John C, 99, 135
Blackman, Mrs. John C., 99,
160
Blackmer, Rev. Walter R.,
87, 171
Blackmer, Mrs. Walter R.,
93, 160
Black River, 49
Blacksmiths, 29, 42, 138
Blacksmith Shops, 18, 78, 138
Black Swamp, 50
Blake, Sarah, 102
Blanket, 109
Bliss, Rev. G. J., 100, 103
Block House, 114-120
Blodgett, Laura, 37
Blodgett, Morris, 37, 115
Blue Lodge, 156
Board of Education, 40, 41,
171—4
Board of Directors, 176, 177
Bock, Charles, 29, 37
Bock, Hannah, 37
Boise, Eli, 135
Boise, Otis, 135
Bond, Allen, 102
Bonds, Issue, 41, 133
Bonds, 175
Bonner, Mrs., 163
Bookcase, 105
Books, 55, 156, 171
Boose, George, 139, 142
Boose, Mrs. E., 135
Boose, W. H., 71, 99, 139, 178
Boose, Mrs. W. H., 160
Boose Bros., 140
Booth, Frank, 109
Booth, Eliza, 102
Booth, Emmeline, 37
Booth, John H., 115
Booth, Philander, 101, 104
Booth, Sally, 97, 101
Boots, 34, 50
Boston, 164
Boswell, Henry, 156
Bottles, 30, 147
Bowen, E., 139
Bowerstown, Harrison Co.,
133
Bowls, Wooden, 135
Boycott, 170
Boys, High School, 72
Branches Taught in Twins-
burg Institute, 58, 59
Brainard & Sons Co., 70
Braintree, Mass., 44
Brandy, 147
Brandywine, 96, 98
Bread, 31, 45
Brecksville, 164
Brewster, Elder, 76
Brewster, Jay, 130, 139
Brickmaking, 138
Brick Pavement, 9
Bridge over Tinker's, 20, 130,
142
Broadcloth, 34
Bronson, Rev. Alfred, 103
Bronson, Elijah W., 18, 19, 20
Brown, Almon, 37
Brown, A. J., 26, 128, 177,
178
Brown, Mrs. A. J., 7, 79, 151,
161
Brown, Amanda, 37
Brown, Arta, 37
Brown, Rev. Caleb, 103
Brown, James, 26, 37, 71
Brown, John, 164
Brown, Mary, 42
Brown, Miranda, 80
Brown, Oliver, 17, 75
Bryant, Harriet, 37, 155
Bryant, Rev. Sidney, 29, 37,
82, 85, 86, 87, 113
Buell, Elmer, 71, 126
Buell, Henry, 37, 125
Buell, Mary, 37
Buffalo, 14, 48
Buggy, 130
Bull, Mr., 141
Bull, Mrs., 21
Bull, Lorenzo, 21
Bull, Norman H., 115
Bunnell, Fred, 96
Burgess, Rev. Alvin, 104
Burials, 166
Burmah, 77
Burroughs, Rev. Peter, 103
Burr Stones, 138
Burt, Rev. Sylvester, 103
Burton, 47
Burton, Rev., 19
Burton, William, 37
Burton, Mrs. William, 37, 155
Bushes, 20
Bus Service, 169
Butlers, 96
Butter, 28, 45, 137
Buxton, Rev. E. O., 103
By-laws, 160
Byrum, S., 156
Cabinetmakers, 29
Campaign, Political, 35
Campbell, R. F., 134
Camp Chase, 114, 115, 120,
122
Camp Dennison, 114, 116,
120, 123
Camp, 108—126
Caldwell, Nathan, 101
Calico, 17
Callender, William C, 115
Calvinistic, 92
Canal Locks, 28
Cancer, 167
Candles, 22, 32, 184
Cannon, Charles A., 99
Cannon, Elizabeth, 37
INDEX— Continued
S2I
Cannon, Henry W., 37, 87
Cannon, Mrs. Henry W., 94
Cannon, Horace P., 37, 112,
128
Cannon, Israel, 37, 90
Cannon, I. Lewis, 35, 37, 113
Cannon, Lucinda, 37
Cannon, Mercy, 37
Cannon, Nathan, 37
Cannon, Rebecca, 37
Cannon, Ruth S., 37, 63, (i4
Cannon, Sylvester, 37
Cannon, Violetta, 37
Canton, 133
Canton District, 95
Card Playing, 60
Career, 58, 67, 157
Carpenter, Mr., 143
Carpenter, Elijah, 37
Carpenter, Eliza, 37
Carpenters, 29, 45, 138
Carpets, 32, 60
Carr, Rev. Thomas, 103
Carriagemaliers, 29
Carrier, Prof. A. W., 41, 158
Carrier, Mrs. A. W., 161
Carrier, Harry, 146
Carrier, Mail, 108, 127
Carter, Anna M., 75
Carter, Esther A., 37, 101
Carter, George W., 125
Carter, Hiram W., 98
Carter, John E., 115
Carter, Joseph B., 99, 115
Carter, Mrs. Joseph B., 104
Carter, Judson, 125
Carter, Lena M., 6, 104, 160
171, 179, 180
Carter, Lydia, 101
Carter, Margaret, 37
Carter, Thaddeus A., 37, 96,
97, 98, 99, 101, 104, 111
Carter, Mrs. Thaddeus A., 97
Carter, William, 75, 79
Carver, Betsey, 75
Carver, Mary Ann, 37
Carver, Rachel, 75
Case School, 146
Cass, Gov., 51
Cast, 183
Caster, Lovina, 43
Caswell, Melva, 161
Catalogues, 58-60
Catechism, 105
Catholic, 44
Cattle, 45, 137, 163
Capacity, 40, 138
Capital, 173, 176, 177
Cellars, 30, 148, 163
Cement Building, 141
Cemeteries, 166, 167, 179
Census, 28
Centennial Celebration, 71,
73, 179—185
Centennial History, 6
Centennial Poem, 186-188
Centennial Year, 179
Centralization of Schools, 42,
69
Central Union Telephone Co.,
170
Chace, Rev. H. S., 104
Chace, Mrs. H. S., 161
Chaffee, Howard, 116
Chagrin Falls, 90, 112
Chagrin Road, 15
Chairs, 31
Chamberlin, Asahel, 115
Chamberlin, Bert, 70, 71, 73,
74, 127
Chamberlin, Mrs. Bert, 159,
160, 161
Chamberlin, Darius, 37
Cahmberlin, Henry, 98, 102
Chamberlin, Huldah, 37
Chamberlin, Jane, 155
Chamberlin, Joseph, 115
Chamberlin, Julia H., 37
Chamberlin, Lilias, 37
Chamberlin, Luman, 37
Chamberlin, Lydia Ann, 37
Chamberlin, Lynn, 93, 141
Chamberlin, Mrs. Lynn, 159,
160, 161, 180
Chamberlin, Oscar E., 41
Chamberlin, Philo, 37, 111,
113
Chamberlin, Reuben, 19, 37
Chamberlin, Dr. Robert B.,
6, 7, 42, 72, 73, 99, 104,
128, 140, 145, 146, 172,
176, 180
Chamberlin, Mrs. Robert B.,
74, 159, 161
Chamberlin, Samuel F., 115
Chamberlin, Sarah, 19, 37
Chamberlin, Victoria, 37
Chamberlin, Wallace W., 87,
92
Chamberlin, Mrs. Wallace W.
94
Chamberlin, V/alter C, 116
Chamberlin, Walter H., 43,
177
Chamberlin, Dr. Webb P.,
146
Chamberlin, William, 15, 110
Chamberlin & Tucker, 141
Chambers, Charles, 138
Chambers, Edna, 171
Chambers, H. W., 94, 140
Champion, Henry, 13, 131
Chancellorsville, Va., 122
Chandler, Rev. John, 103
Chapin, Rev. A. N., 86
Chapin, Rev. Chester, 83
Chaplain U. S. Army, 104
Chapman, Albert, 37, 146
Chapman, John S., 116
Champan, Nathan A., 142,
157
Chapman, Sarah, 37
Chardon, 75
Charges, Transportation, 129
Charles I., 85
Charter, 55, 81, 89, 156, 157
Chase, 54, 135
Cheeseman, Edward, 44
Cheeseman, George, 44
Cheeseman, Lord George, 44
Cheeseman, Thankful, 44
Cheese, 137, 139, 156
Cheese Factories, 88
Chemist, 145
Chemistry, 43, 58
Chester X Roads, 78
Chester, Pa., 117
Chestnut Plank, 132
Chicago, 63, 176
Chickamauga, Ga., 117
Chills, 51
China, 31, 86
Chippewas, 56
Chor, Andrew, 37*
Choir, 67, 91, 100, 102
Chorister, 68, 69
Christian Endeavor Society,
105
Christmas Ball, 135 — 6
Christy, E. O., 176
Christy, Will, 177
Chungking Hospital, 106
Churches, 40, 54, 75-107, 145,
186
Cider, 30, 35, 139, 148
Cincinnati, 63, 109, 110, 120
Circuit Riders, 94, 95, 100,
103
Circus, 35
Cisterns, 33
Civil Status, 127, 128
Civil War, 58, 85, lOS-126,
147, 164, 182
Claimants, Conference, 106
Clapp, William C, 125
Clark, Amy, 101
Clark, Anna, 37*
Clark, Arvilla, 37*
Clark, Avery, 29, 37, 96, 98,*
101, 157
Clark, Avis, 37, 101*
Clark, A. W., 156
Clark, Betsey, 37, 96, 97, 101,
135
Clark, Elizabeth, 14
Clark, Elmore W., 29, 37,*
102, 135
Clark, Estella, 68
Clark, Ezra, 37, 97*
Clark, Harriet, 37, 97, 101*
Clark, Isabel, 102
Clark, John P., 37, 96*
Clark, Leverett, 142
Clark, Lucy, 37*
Clark, Marilla, 61
Clark, Oliver, 18, 19, 138
Clark, Orville C, 87, 92
Clark, Park B., 135, 166
Clark, Sophronia, 93
Clark, William, 29, 37, 89,*
96, 97, 101, 104
Clark, Zedekiah, 83
Class, Methodist, 95, 98, 99
Classical Course, 47
Cleaners, 32
Cleats, 130
Cleg, Margaret, 37*
Cleg, Philip, 37*
Clerks, 19, 77, 78, 79, 80, 84,
Cleveland, 28, 29, 48, 49, 55,
59, 62, 63, 86, 108, 112,
123, 129, 131, 133, 138,
139,141,144,145,146,150
Cleveland, Akron & Colum-
bus R. R., 133
Cleveland and Canton R. R.,
133
Cleveland and Pittsburg R.R.,
30, 127, 132, 133, 139
Cleveland Association, 78
Cleveland District, 95
Cleveland Medical School,
145
Cleveland, Gen. Moses, 130
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INDEX— Continued
Cleveland Road, 30, 78, 94,
156, 177, 179, 181
Cleveland, Tenn., 118
Clifford, Earl of, 44
Clio, 188
Clock, 91, 186
Clothing, 33
Coal Business, 139
Cochrane, *Agnes, 37, 97,
105, 154
Cochrane, Clyde E., 178
Cochrane, *David, 37
Cochrane, Ella, 180
Cochrane, H. A., 177
Cochrane, John, 104
Cochrane, *Margaret, 37
Cochrane, *Robert, 87, 96,
97, 99
Cochrane, Thomas C, 71, 99,
104, 105
Coe, Alvin, 49
Coe, Mrs. Alvin, 49
Coffey, John S., 116
College, 47, 48, 52
College Presidents, 57
College Professors, 57
Collins, Dr. *Seymour A., 29,
37, 144
Collins, *Salina, 37, 155
Collins, Rev. William, 103
Columbus, 110, 114, 115, 116,
119, 123
Commander, G. A. R., 63
Commissions, 111
Commission of Jas. Brown, 26
Commissioner of School Fund,
54
Commissioners of County,
18, 128, 133, 178
Committee, 8, 53, 171, 180
Common, 111
Common Branches, 46, 55
Common Pleas Judge, 63
Communion Service, 78, 88,
92
Community, 2, 68, 100, 168,
171
Community Dinner, 179
Community Life, 184
Company, 16, 108-126, 132
Compass and Square, 187
Conant, Agnes, 102
Conant, Andrew, 87
Conant, Charles, 125
Conant, Harlan, 125
Conant, Horace G., 125
Conant, Samuel, 102
Concerts, 34, 67, 73
Conclusion, 184, 185
Concord, 61
Concord Wagons, 131
Concrete Block, 140
Conditions, Changed, 101
Conditions, Early, 28
Conditions in Edinburg, 55
Conditions in 1828, 53
Condition of Public Square,
26, 113, 153
Conditions, Present, 107
Conduits, 170
Conference, 75
Congregational Church, 41,
67, 69, 79, 80-94, 100,
105, 106, 126, 142, 149,
171, 179
Congregational Council, 82,
85, 86
Congregational Dime Society,
93
Congregational Ministry, 98,
99
Congregational Society, 24
Connecticut, 94, 162
Connecticut Land Co., 13
Connotton Valley R. R., 133,
140
Constable, 128
Constitution, 81, 148, 160
Consul, 63
Consul-General, 63
Consumption, 167
Contagion, 23
Contamination, 176
Contests, 164
Contractors, 96, 151
Contracts, 17, 111, 132, 167
Contribution, 43, 64, 185
Controversies, 55
Conveniences, 22, 96, 169, 173
Conventions, 92, 151
Conveyances, Early, 130
Cookery, 31
Cooks, Colored, 112
Cook, Eliza, 102
Cook Ephraim, 102
Cooper, 29, 138
Co-operation, 158, 170, 181
Copper, 31
Corbitt, Milo, 116
Corinth, Miss., 115
Corinthians I., 84
Corn, 23, 137
Corporal, 114-125
Corporation, 89, 91, 173, 174
Cost of Butter, 24
Cost of Cheese, 24
Cost of Lead, 24
Cost of Nails, 24
Cost of Woolen Cloth, 24
Cost of Roads, 134
Council Hall, 158
County Aid, 135
County Seats, 128
Covenant, 75, 78, 81, 84, 85,
88
Cowles, *Edward, 37, 124
Cowles, *Martha, 37
Craemer, C. H., 177
Crafts, Rev. G. H., 104
Crandall, Elder, 77, 80
Crankshaw, Allotment, 134
Crankshaw, David, 116
Crankshaw, Jesse, 69, 102
Crankshaw Home, 140, 142
Crankshaw, *Rachel, 37
Crankshaw, Samuel H., 41,
69, 99, 128, 156, 157, 180
Crankshaw, Mrs. Samuel H.,
69, 94, 104, 161, 180
Crankshaw, *William, 37, 156
Crawford, Alexander, 37, 54,*
103
Crawford, Rev. John, 103
Crawford, Saphrona, 37*
Criterion Band, 70
Crocker, Henry, 116
Crops, 59, 163*
Cross, Rev. Roselle Theo-
dore, 6, 80, 87
Grouse, Charles P., 176, 177
Grouse, *Edward, 29, 37, 87,
94, 141
Grouse, Edward B., 70, 74,
76, 94, 128, 158, 176, 178
Grouse, Mrs. Edward B., 7,
41, 93, 94, 159, 160, 161,
180
Grouse, Hattie, 93
Grouse, *Magdalena, 37, 94,
155
Grouse, Nellie, 93
Crusade, 27, 149
Culhan, Mabel, 69, 74
Culhan, Manly E., 74, 99,
170, 180
Culhan, John H., 178
Culverts, 132, 163
Cumberland Gap, 124
Circuit Riders, 94, 145
Curiosities, 147
Gurpha, *Margaret, 37
Gurpha, *Robert, 37, 125
Currant, 33
Current Events, 160
Curtice, M. A., 102
Curtice, Polly, 102
Curtis, Rebecca, 101
Curtis, Samuel, 101
Gurtiss, Volney A., 68
Cuyahoga Circuit, 95
Cuyahoga Falls, 71, 98, 133
Cuyahoga River, 95, 186
D
Dacos Corners, 96
Dairying, 28, 153
Dana Institute, 71
Dancing, 34, 60, 182
Dancox, H. R., 61
Dangers, 21, 178
Daniels, Erastus, 37
Daniels, Wealthy, 37, 93
Darling, Mr., 19
Darrow, Joseph, 18
Davis, Mr., 19
Davis, Rev. J. W., 103
Davis, Lester, 16
Dawson, Francis, 102
Dawson, Mary, 102
Dawson, Tomasina, 102
Day, Rev., 96
Day, President, 47
Day-book, 44
Deacons, 77, 79, 84, 86, 87
Deaconess Home, 105
Deady, Martin V., 125
Death Claims, 161
Decision Day, 89
Declaration of Independence,
112
Declaration of Principles, 157
Decoration Day Services, 71,
126
Dedication, 2, 66, 90, 96, 112,
182
Dell District. 11, 42, 43, 172
Dell, John, 116
Demand and Supply, 137
Democrat, 35, 45
Dennison, 146
Dennison, Betsey, 102
De Pauw University, 63
Deputy-Sheriff, 128
Derby, 13, 14, 16
Derby Turnpike, 135
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523
Desks, 40
Detroit, 49, 51
Development of Public
Schools, 40-43
Developments of Recent
Years, 168-175
Devotional Day, 181
Devotional Music, 67
Dewitt, Elizabeth, 102
Dewitt, Willard, 102
Dickens, Chas., 147
Diningroom, 30, 59, 98
Dinner, 25, 172
Diploma, 48, 51
Dirt Roads, 134
Disease, 19, 33, 145
Discharges, 110, 113-125
Discipline, 62, 63, 83, 84, 87,
88, 99
Discipline of M. E. Church,
97
Dishes, 31
Dissette, Mr., 150
Distillery, 16, 137, 147
Districts, 95
District School, 34, 40
District Conference, 98
District Superintendents, 102,
103
Division, 82, 83
Doan, Anson, 29, 37
Doan, Gertrude, 93
Doan, Sybil, 37
Doctor of Medicine, 98
Doctrines, 84
Dodge, Adelbert, 71, 92
Dodge, Albert, 26
Dodge, Alma, 37
Dodge, Eliza, 37
Dodge, Elder, 76
Dodge, George, 26, 37, 90
Dodge, Mrs. George, 161
Dodge, Helen, 87, 93, 94, 152
Dodge, John W., 19, 87, 90,
92, 156
Dodge, Mrs., John W., 155
Dodge, Nelson C, 87, 142
Dodge, Mrs. Nelson C, 93
Dodge, Sabra, 93, 152
Dodge, William, 116
Dogs, 10, 21, 45
Domestic Economy, 161
Donahue, Charles, 71
Doster, Christine, 43-
Doubrava, Frank J., 42, 172
Doubrava, Mrs. Frank J., 171
Doubrava, Nelson, 140
Dover, 49
Downey, Mary E., 171
Drag Teeth, 129
Drains, 33
Dress of Capt. of Militia, 26
Dresser, Betsey, 101
Dresser, George, 98, 99, 102,
104
Dresser, Sarah, 102
Drills, 73, 111
Driveway, 167
Dropsy, 167
Drought of 1845, 163
Drowning, 121
Druggist Pledge, 149
Dry Goods, 29, 140, 141, 147
Dunkirk, 14
Dunscomb, Arthur, 74, 92, 93
Dunscomb, Julius, 125
Dunscomb, Mildred, 93
Dunscomb, W. S., 178
Dunshee, Harrison, 37, 69,
87, 140, 142, 156
Dunshee, Mrs. Harrison, 37,
94
Dunshee, Robert, 40
Dunshee, Tina, 68
Dwight, Dr., 48
E
Earl, William H., 80
Early, Elder, 150
Early Hardships, 27
Early Needs, 23
Early Produce, 23
Early Resources, 24
Easter Sunday, 163
East Haddam, 48
East Ohio, 95
East Windsor, 44
Ecclesiastical Connections,
81, 82, 83, 84
Eddy, Rev. Ira, 95, 103
Edgerly, Samuel, 135
Edinburg, 55, 82
Education, 40, 46, 145
Educational Fund, 106
Eels, Samuel, 125
Eggleston, Moses, 52
Elders, 75-80
Election, 133, 151
Elevation, 163, 173
Electric Light, 97, 98
Electric Light and Power,
169, 177, 178
Electric Shock, 134
Elliott, Albert W., 7, 74, 93,
99, 127, 134, 171, 176, 177
Elliott, Mrs. Albert W., 70,
74, 106, 159
Elliott, Benjamin, 37, 102,
104
Elliott, Charles, 103
Elliott, Rev. Henry, 103
Elliott, Lucinda, 37, 102
Elliott, Lucy Ann, 102
Elliston, Jessie, 158
Elliston, Mrs. William, 93
Ellsworth, Mrs. Augustus,162
Ellsworth, Florence, 42
Ellsworth, James, W., 169,
170
Ely, Rev. L. W., 98. 103, 149
Elyria, 149
Emery, Alfred, 140
Emery, C. F., 140
Emperor of Japan, 85
End of World, 162
Engineer, 146
England, 160
Enjoyment of Life, 27
Eno, Jane, 37
Eno, Lorenzo, 37
Eno, Sarah, 37
Eno, Virgil, 37
Entertainments, 71, 159
Epaulets, 26
Epidemics, 33
Episodes, 182
Epworth League, 93, 105, 106
Epworth League President,
99
Era of Prosperity, 28-39
Erie, 95, 146
Europe, 170
Evangelist, 76, 87
Evans, Corinne, 93
Evans, P. P., 42, 43, 87, 92
172, 175, 176, 177, 178,
180
Evolution, 12
Examinations, 60
Executive Committee, 181
Executive Board, 77
Exhibits, 153
Exhibitions, 34, 60
Expense of First Schoolhouse,
24
Expenses, 47, 59, 60, 70, 172
Explosion, 122
Facilities, Traveling, 146
Factory, Butter and Cheese,
139
Fairchild, Gen. Lucius, 63,
145
Fairgrounds, 153, 154
Fairs, 35, 67, 71, 153
Farm Animals, 174
Farms, Deserted, 24
Farmers, 137
Farwell, Arba B., 125
Farwell, Henry, 125
Feathers, 32
Featherstone, Drusilla, 57
Feature, Unusual, 136
Federal Point, N. C, 116
Federalists, 45
Federation, 106
Fees, Membership, 154, 159
Fee, W. W., 128, 141, 142, 178
Feed Store, 139, 141
Female Benevolent Society,
154, 155
Fence, Rail, 131, 163
Fence, Church, 90
Fence, Park, 113
Fence, Stone, 166, 167
Ferguson, Dryden, 116
Ferguson, Lester, 76
Ferns, 11
Ferris, Rev. John, 103
Fessenden, Alia (Rudgers), 68
Fessenden, Emma, 67
Fessenden, Frank M., 116
Fessenden, Herbert, 116
Fessenden, John W., 29, 37,
66, 67, 70, 71, 73, 91, 92.
117
Fessenden, Letella (Baker),
68, 73
Fessenden, Mary, 37, 67, 93,
147, 151, 152
Fever, Bilious, 22
Fever, Intermittent, 22
Fever, Typhus, 22
Fiddle, 68
Field and Staff, 114
Fight for Temperance, 147-
152
Fire, Destroyed by, 139, 156
Fireplace, 22, 32, 53
Fire-water, 63
First Automobile, 130
First Band, 70
First Baptist Building, 76
First Minister, 76
First Birth, White, 19
524
INDEX— Continued
First Blacksmith, 138
First Burials, 166, 167
First Calvinistic Congrega-
tionalist Chuch of T., 82
First Captain of Militia, 25
First Cong. Society of T., 89
First Churcli Building, 24, 53,
66, 89
First Deacon, 77
First Death, 19
First Fair, Township, 153
First Frame Barn, 16
First Free Will Baptist
Church, 80
First Frame House, 16
First Frame House at Center,
18
First Grade High School
Charter, 42
First High School Com-
mencement, 41
First Log House, 16
First Lecture Course, 158
First M. E. Church, 94, 96
First Mills, 147
First Money Order, 127
First Music Teacher, 66
First Music Teacher in Pub-
lic Schools, 41
First Organ, 68, 102
First Piano, 68
First Postmaster, 127
First Public Building, 24
First Real Difficulty, 129
First Resident Minister, 145
First Resident Physician, 144
First School, 24, 40
First School Building, 40
First School Teacher, 25, 40
First School of Mr.Bissell's, 53
First Sermon by Rev. S. Bis-
sell 52
First Tavern, 28, 135
First Telegraph Office, 134,
141
First Telephone, 170
First Town Election, 36
First Wedding, 19
Fish Creek, 96
Fisher, James, 71, 142
Fishure, Capt., 150
Flag, 111, 164
Flax, 22
Flick, Mr., 150
Flohr, Henry, 117
Flohr, John, 117
Flohr, Minnie, 37
Flohr, William, 37, 117
Flood of 1913, 163
Floors, 22
Flora, Local, 10, 11, 12
Flour, 15, 17, 137
Flower Queen, 67
Flowers, 10, 11, 12, 33
Foote, Augustus E., 128
Forbes, B. P., 74
Forbes, Mrs. B. P., 161
Forbes, Warren A., 43
Forests, 20, 137
Foster, Andrew J., 109
Foster, L. R., 86
Foster Family & Co., 67
Fort Laurens, 186
Fort Meigs, 48, 50
Fort Phil Kearney, 116
Fouts, Rev. Allen, 99, 103
Fowler, H. M., 178
Fowler, William, 125
Fowls, 10, 31
Fractions, Common, 46
Frame Buildings, 16, 25
France, David, 117
Franklin, Benjamin, 117
Franklin, Daniel T., 125
Fredericksburg, Va., 121
Freedman's Aid, 106
Freedmen, 56
Freeman, Edson, 126
Freeman, Fidelia, 37
Freeman, Monroe, 117
Freeman, Dr. Seth A., 29, 37,
41, 144, 145
Freemasons, 155, 157
Free School System, 58
Free Will Baptist Church, 41,
77, 80, 141, 142
Freight, 131
Fremont, 50
French, Jeremiah, 102
French, Rev. W., 103
Frost, J. K., 61
Fruit Jars, 30
Fruits, 30, 32
Funeral, 32
Funeral Sermon, 52
Funeral Tax, 158
Furnishings, 32
Furniture, 16, 32, 137
Furst, Jacob, 125
Future of Town,U36, 185
G
Gage, Hon. D. W., 63
Gall, Ruby, 42
Gardens, 33
Garzee, Fanny, 37, 155
Garzee, Joel, 29, 37, 94, 142
Garzee, Mary (Chandler), 67
Gauge, 133
Gaylord, Fanny, 52
Gaylord, George W., 117
Geauga Lake, 73
Geneva, N. Y., 56, 75
General Conference, 95
Gerrard, Charles, 126
Gerrard, Henry, 112
Gibbs, Mr., 139
Gibraltar, 64
Gilbert, Miss A., 155
Gilbert, Jabez, 131
Gillie, H. C, 177, 178
Gillie, James, 37
Gillie, W. H., 146, 180
Gilmore, Rev. Orin, 103
Girls' Industrial School, 154
Glass, 31, 32
Glen Willow, 96
Golding, Anna, 37
Golding, V/illiam, 37
Goodhue, Senator, 37
Goods, 140
Goodwin, Rev. Timothy, 103
Goshen, Conn., 129
Gospel Hymns, 100
Gott, Prosper W., 41, 125
Gould, John, 180
Gould, John Wesley, 100
Gould, Levings, 125
Gould, Simon, 96
Gove, Miss Dolly, 155
Government, U. S., 45
Governor, 26, 57, 63
Graded Lessons, 105
Grading, 130, 133, 166
Granary, 33
Grand Lodge, 156
Grand River Association, 75
Grant, Alberta, 42
Grant, David, 135
Graham, Alvin, 102
Graham, Rev. J., 103
Grain, 137
Grape Juice, 88
Grasses, 12
Gravel, 140
Great Britain, 45
Great Commander, 161
Great Northwest, 161
Great Sleighride, 164-5
Green, Rev. Caleb, 76
Green, Francis, 80
Green, F. D., 42
Green, Mrs. F. D., 161
Green, Rev. Philip, 103
Greenlese, Joseph, 99
Greer, Rev. James, 103
Greer, Mrs. Sada, 159
Gregg, Rev. S., 103
Grey, Benjamin, 117
Griffey, Mrs. C. E., 161
Griffith, Ann, 37
Griffith, Lot, 29, 37
Griffith, Louisa, 37
Griffith, Reuben, 37
Griste, Ethel (Viall), 70, 144,
145
Griste, Lemar, 145
Griste, Dr. Lumnan G., 117,
128,144, 145,178,179,180
Griste, Mrs. Lumnan G., 144,
145
Gristmill, 16, 80, 94, 137, 138,
139, 147, 184
Griswold, Alton J., 117
Griswold, Elizabeth, 37
Griswold, Ira, 37
Griswold, Hon. O. S., 112
Group of Incidents, 162-165
Grover, Rev. J. B., 103
Growth of Twinsburg Ins., 55
Guns, 22
H
Hadlow, S. Gertrude, 181
Haggett, George, 139
Hair, Rev. Samuel, 83
Hale, Rev. Samuel, 82
Hall, Rev. A., 96, 103
Hall, Rev. J. R., 80, 149
Hallock, Rev. J. K., 103
Hallock, Rev. R. C, 104
Hallowe'en, 62
Hammond, Melissa, 102
Hammonnassett, 27
Hanchett, Carlton, 80, 137
Hanchett, Cornelia, 80
Hanchett, Emily, 137
Hanchett, Luton, 139, 141
Hanchett, Perry, 73
Hanchett, Seth, Sr., 80
Hanchett, Seth R., 69, 80
127, 141
Hanchett, Mrs. Seth R., 93,
158, 159, 160, 161. 180
Hanford, Rev. William., 81,
82, 145
Hanks, Calvin W., 125
INDEX— Continued
S2S
Hanks, Camillus, 37
Hanks, Edwin R., 117
Hanks, Fanny, 37
Hanks, George W., 118
Hanks, Isaac, 90
Hansard, John, 37, 110
Hansard, Mary Ann, 37
Hansard, William, 118
Hardin, Mr., 139
Hard Head Work, 167
Hardships, 20, 23, 185
Hardware Store, 76, 138, 141,
158
Harlow, Charles, 118
Harlow, Josiah W., 29, 37,
142, 144
Harlow, Maria, 37
Harnessmaker, 29, 138, 141
Harper, Mrs. James, 161
Harris, Charles F., 125
Harris, George D., 37, 90
Harris, Rev. I. J., 104, 105
Harris, Julian C, 118
Harrisburg, Pa., 86
Harrison-Tyler, 35
Hart, Charles, 125
Hart, Cicelia, 37, 155
Hart, Delia, 155
Hart, John M., 37
Hart and Dodge, 141
Hart, Stevens & Co., 29
Hartford, 47
Hartwell, Jesse, 75
Harwinton, 48, 51, 52
Hathaway, Mary, 35
Hats, Silk, 34
Hawkins, Albert B., 92
Hawkins, Mrs. Albert W., 94
Hawkins, Alfred, 118
Hawkins, Joseph G., 37, 118
Hawkins, Lucia, 37, 93
Hawkins, Mr., 135
Hawkins Farm, 15
Hawley, Elder, 80
Haynes, Rev. William, 86
Haynes, Mrs. William, 94
Hazen, William B., 63, 145
Heart Disease, 167
Heart of Twinsburg, 185
Health, 22, 33, 59
Heather, Clinton B., 118
Heather, Jarvis, 37
Heather, Sarah, 37
Heather, Spofford, 118
Heating, 32, 172
Hempstead, Carl W., 71, 93,
98, 146
Hempstead, Clare B., 71, 146
Hempstead, John T., 41, 98,
99, 157
Hempstead, Vern R., 99, 128,
177, 178
Hempstead, Mrs. Vern R.,
161
Henderson, Rev. Horatio P.,
29, 37, 103
Henderson, Rev. William C,
103
Henderson, Mrs. Mary, 37
Henri, James, 167
Henry, James, 90
Henry, Lueretia, 102
Henry, Nelson, 98
Henry, Reuben, 21, 101, 102
Henry, Sarah (Turner), 61, 62
Henry, William L., 125
Herbs, 32
Heresy, 87
Herrick, Abbie, 37, 155
Herrick, Augustus, 37, 90
Herrick, Aurelia, 37
Herrick, Betsy G., 37, 155
Herrick, Betsy E., 37, 155
Herrick, Burke, 37
Herrick, Caroline, 155
Herrick, Charles, 140
Herrick, David, 140
Herrick, Deborah, 37
Herrick, Doratha, 37, 155
Herrick, Dwight, 125
Herrick, Earl C, 110, 118
Herrick, Mrs. Earl C, 155
Herrick, Elisha, 37, 67, 92
Herrick, Elizabeth, 37
Herrick, Esther, 1.55
Herrick, Guy, 95
Herrick, Hannah, 37, 155
Herrick, Dr. Henry J., Sr.,
113, 118
Herrick, Dr. Henry J., Jr.,
180
Herrick, H., 91
Herrick, Horace, 37
Herrick, James, 37, 90
Herrick, Jonathan E., 37, 90,
97, 99, 112
Herrick, Julia, 37
Herrick, Justus, 37, 90, 91,
139
Herrick, Mrs. Justus, 93, 94
Herrick, Mrs. J., 155
Herrick, Mrs. Leonard, 161
Herrick, Mary, 37, 155
Herrick, Newton, 37, 140
Herrick, Mrs. Newton, 69, 94
Herrick, Phila, 37, 97
Herrick, Rufus, 37
Herrick, Sarah, 37
Herrick, Samuel, 90
Hickory, 30, 139
Higher Branches, 41, 46
High Priest, 85
High School, 41, 145, 186
Highways, 129
Highway Constabulary, 178
Higley, Brainard S., 125
Higley, Joseph N., 37, 94
Higley, Susan, 37, 155
Hill, Charles W., 110
Hill, James, 29, 90, 96, 141,
147
Hill, Rev. John W., 103
Hill, Rev. Moses, 103
Hill, Sally, 37
Hill, Tyler, 37, 109
Hine, Hial, 37
Hine, Mary, 37
Hinkston, Elmore, 119
Hinkston, Mabel, 37, 102
Hinkston, Nelson, 29, 37
Hiram, 146
History of T., 6
History of Summit Co., 7
Hitchcock, Dr. Henry L., 85,
112
Hitchcock, Lawrence, 180
Hitchcock, Reuben, 179
Hive, 161
Hodskin, Cyrus, 19
Hogs, 116
Holcomb, Czar, 37
Holcomb, Belinda, 37
Holcomb, Henry, 70, 119
Holmes, Eli C, 29, 37, 156
Holmes, Mary, 37, 155
Holmes, Rev. John L., 103
Holt, Effie, 42
Holt, Elodah, 42, 93
Home Cured Meats, 31
Home Missionary Soc, 154
Homespun, 184
Hopkins, Mich., 36
Hopkins, Rev. J., 90
Hopkins, Mary Jane, 126
Hopkins, Rev. Robert, 103
Horricks, Rev. A. C, 104
Hosford, Prof. Henry B., 85
Hospital, 108
Hostility to C. & P. R. R.,
132
Hotel Ailing, 135
Hotels, 16, 135, 136, 139, 142,
150
Hotel Barn, 136
Hotel Keeper, 29
Hotel Wedding Celebration,
34
Hubbell, Lucy, 37
Hubbell, Roswell, 37
Huddleston, Rev. J. F., 104,
125
Hudson, Esquire, 24
Hudson, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 52,
61, 81,82,85, 96, 100, 117,
127, 131, 132, 133, 134,
144, 145, 150, 153, 164,
169, 170
Hudson Telephone Co., 169
Hull, Chauncey, 83, 125
Hull, Ferris, 119
Hull, Lueretia, 166
Hull, S. Hosford, 70, 119
Hull, Mrs. S. Hosford, 69,
159, 160, 161
Hull, Samuel, 18, 83, 90
Hull, Wealthy, 37
Hull, Wilmot, 37
Humphrey, Isaiah, 19, 129
Humphrey, Roman, 19
Humphrey, Wallace, 125
Hunter, Rev. William, 103
Hurlbut, Nestor, 19, 129
Hurd, Mary, 37
Hurd, Robert, 37
Husking Bees, 26
Huson, David, 112
Hutchinson, Laura, 37
Hutchinson, Nathan, 37
Hymnals, 68
I
Ice, 76
Ideal Community, 40, 185
Illustrations, 7
Implements, 147
Improvements, Road, 134
Inaccuracies, 7
Incident of Militia, 25
Incorporation, 77, 174, 175
Independence, 35, 137, 164,
184
Indians,
Indian Agent, 56
Indian Bread, 30
Indian Councilor, 56
Indian History, 56
Indian Interpreters, 56
Indian Meal, 50
526
INDEX— Continued
Indian Minister, 56
Indian Orphan Soc, 154
Indian Teachers, 56
Indian Youths, 56, 57
Indigent White Youths, 57
Industries, 137 — 143
Infants, 19
Infant Mortality, 23
Infection, 23
Ingersoll, A., 29, 156
Ingersoll, H. W., 145
Ingraham, Abel, 37, 83
Ingraham, Abigail, 37
Ingraham, Amanda, 37
Ingraham, Chauncey, 37
Ingraham, Elizabeth, 37
Ingraham, Leander H., 83
Ink Stand, 158
Insects, 11
Instruments, Musical, 67, 74
Instruments, Telephone, 170
Interments, 167
Interpreter, French, 66
Intoxicants, 148
Iron, 31
Isler, Mary, 37
Isler, Joseph, 29, 37
Jackknife, 16
Jackscrews, 112
Jambs, 16
Janitors, 94
Janson, Prof. H. L., 42
Janson, Mrs. H. L., 161
Japan, 85, 160
Jaynesville, Wis., 114
Jenkins, Fred, 71
Jersey, Andrew, 125
Jewels, 156
Johnson, Lex, 14
Jones, A. S., 80
Jones, Rev. Charles, 98
Jones, Rev. Cornelius, 103
Jones, Edward J., 125
Jones, Julius, 119
Jones, William, 98
Jones, Mrs. William, 98
Journal of Education, 41
Judd, William, 142
Judges, 57
Judges' Stand, 157
Junior E. L., 106
Junior O. U. A. M., 157
Junior Y. P. S. C. E., 93
Jurisdiction, 156
Justices, 18,19
Keenan, Mary, 42
Keever, Perry, 143
Kelsey, Augusta, 38
Kelsey, Fanny, 81, 92
Kelsey, James, 81
Kelsey, Oscar, 38, 87, 92
Kellogg, Rev. H., 103
Kelly, Hiram, 35, 135
Kelly, S. D., 127
Kenesaw Mt., Ga., 116
Kenilworth, 27
Kennedy, Rev. B. J.. 103
Kennedy, Huldah, 38
Kennedy, Philo P., 29, 38, 77,
80
Kennedy, Sarah, 38
Kennedy, Theodore, 38
Kent, Zeno, 53
Kent House, 73
Kent, 157
Kentucky, 109, 110
Kerr, Prof. Earl S., 42, 92, 93,
179
Kerr, Rev. T. H., 104
Kerruish, W. S., 63, 64, 145
Kerwin, George, 72
Kilborn, Leonard, 19
Killingworth, 18, 20, 27, 81
Kingsbury, Rev. C. T., 103
Kirk, Prof. William T., 72
Kirk's Military Band, 72
Kirkwood, Andrew, 83
Kitchen, 30, 59, 97, 98
Knitted Apparel, 34
Knowlton, Dr., 63, 145
Krafton, W., 142, 177
Labor Donated, 159
Lack of Railroads, 28
Lacy, Mary J., 38
Lacy, Solon S., 38, 156
Ladies' Aid, 99
Ladies' Dime Society, 105
Ladies' O. T. M., 161
Ladies' Temperance League,
148, 149, 150
Lake Erie, 95
Lake, Rev. V., 103
Lamb, Andrew, J., 119
Lamb, Nathan, 125
Lamb, Orris, 125
Lamps, 32, 97
Land, Plow and Grass, 15
Lane, Abner, 69, 70, 71, 73
Lane, Albert, 36
Lane, Caroline, 155
Lane, Charles, 63, 86, 87, 92,
151
Lane, Chauncey, 38, 90
Lane, Chauncey B., 6, 41, 42,
87, 92, 108, 110, 113, 119,
167, 173, 176, 178, 179,
180, 181
Lane, Cleora, 41, 69, 71, 73,
161
Lane, Edward, 71
Lane, Edna, 42, 93
Lane, Elisha, 38, 83, 87, 90,
94
Lane, Emma, 38
Lane, Frank, 69, 71, 73, 92,
93
Lane, Harriet, 155
Lane, Hattie, 93, 159, 160,
161
Lane, Hosmer, 71, 87, 92, 93
Lane, Julius, 38, 90 91
Lane, Lenora (Pascal), 146
Lane, Lucy, 38
Lane, Luman, 7, 9, 12, 16, 19,
55, 81, 82, 86, 87, 90, 91,
129
Lane, Mary, 38, 155
Lane, Phoebe, 38, 155
Lane, Sherman H., 119, 127,
167
Lane, Samuel A., 7, 113
Lanning, Jane, 38
Lanning, Isaac, 38, 119
Lantern, 32, 136
Last Fair, 153
Last Nail, 136
Last Pastor, 79
Latimer, Rev. E. C, 104
Later Military History, 25
Lavergne, Tenn., 122
Laws, 147, 150, 157, 164
Lawns, 33
Leach, John, 134
Leach, Orris, 38
Leach, Sally, 38
Learned, Rev. Dwight, 85
Learned, Rev. Robert C, 85,
87
Lectures, 144
Ledges, 11, 173, 187
Ledsham, Alfred, 38, 110, 139
Ledsham, Emma, 38
Ledsham's Mills, 188
Lee, Eli, 84
Leech, Cotton, 19
Leech, Levi, 19
Legislature, 47, 56, 77, 89
Lemmon, Rev. Charles H., 86
Lemmon, Mrs. Charles H., 93
Letters, Church, 75
Lewis, Mary, 94
Lewis, Julian, 135
Liberty Pole, 35
Liberty St., 100, 139
Library, 59, 60, 91, 104, 141,
171, 169, 184
Library of Yale College, 27
License, 98, 147
Lighting District, 177
Lights, 60
Lincoln, Pres., 108
Liquor, 147, 152
Liquor Vendors, 147
Lister, Walter B., 9
Lister, Walter S., 6, 43, 168,
171, 176, 178, 179, 180
Lister, Mrs. Walter S., 42, 43,
92, 172
List of Business Men, 29
List of Families, 36 — 39
Litchfield S. Association, 52
Livingston, Henry, 29, 38,119
Livingston, Laura, 38
Local Option, 151
Location, Church, 76, 77, 78,
89, 96
Location of Post Office, 127
Locke, Rev. W. H., 103
Loco-focos, 35, 40, 41, 164
Locust Grove Cemetery, 116,
166
Locust Hill, 187
Log Block House, 53
Log Cabin, 15, 35, 184, 186
Log Chains, 129
Logging Bees, 20, 26
Logging Frock, 48
Log House, 82, 89
Log School Building, 24, 53,
94, 184
Long, Adam, 38
Long, Elizabeth, 38
Longfellow's Poem, 27
Long Island Sound, 27
Loomis, Elisha, 19,^22, 25, 137
Loomis & Johnson, 14
Loomis' Mills, 130, 188
INDEX— Continued
527
Lord, Huldah. 18
Lord, Mabel, 18
Lots, 15, 19
Lot, Society, 91
Louisville, Ky., 114, 123
Loyal Temperance Legion,
158, 159
Luce, Rev. F. W., 103
Luke, Mr., 135
Lumber, 137
Lusk, Henry.. 96
Lyceum, 59
Lyceum Hall, 41, 64, 142, 187
• M
Macedonia, 30, 86, 96, 108,
110, 127, 132, 139, 165
Machinery, 29, 33
Mack-a-de-pe-nessy, 56
Mack, Rev. W. B., 103
Mackinaw, 56
Madden, John, 29, 136, 141
Madden, Peter, 29, 141
Magazines, 171
Mail, 30, 108, 109
Mail, Daily, 127
Mail Route, 132
Mail, Tri-weekly, 28, 127, 131
Mail, Weekly, 127
Mall, A. A., 41
Malone, James, 119
Manager, 155, 170
Manlove, George, 140
Mantua, 44, 46, 61, 75
Manual Training, 43
Manufacturers, 137, 143
Map, 131
Maple Trees, 52, 186
Maple Sugar, 23, 137
Marble City, 187
Marble, Levi, 111
Marble Slab, 111
Marietta, Ga., 113, 115, 120
Markets, 28, 143
Marshal, 45
Marshal, Charles H., 125
Martial Band, 71
Martial Music, 113
Marvin, Judge U. S., 63, 64,
145, 150
Marvin, Rev. J., 103
Mason, 29, 138
Mason, Milton A., 120
Mason, Nathan G., 120
Masonic Building, 135, 142
Masonic Hall, 138, 156
Masonry, 156
Masons, Chapter, 156
Massachusetts, 45, 47
Massa-sauger, 10, 22
Mass Meetings, 35, 148, 150,
172
Mathematics, 41
Mathematics, Higher, 60
Mather, Cassius F., 40, 125
Mather, Elias, 19, 137
Matherson, Mrs., 155
Mattocks, F. W., 61
Maumee, 48, 49, 50, 55
Maxam, Alonzo, 38, 120
Maxam, Ansel, 38
Maxam, Clarissa, 38
Maxam, Earl S., 178
Maxam, Hannah, 38, 102
Maxam, Isaac, 38
Maxam, Mariett, 38
Maxam, Mary, 38
Maxam, William P., 38, 102
McAnderson, Lucretia, 38
McAnderson, Robert, 38
McBride, R. T., 43
McCarty, Rev. J. H., 100, 103
McClintock, Milo, 125
McCreary, Rev. E. D., 103
McCreery, E. J., 41, 43, 96,
128, 140, 141, 177, 178
McCreery, Mrs. E. J., 99, 161
McDowell, Malcolm, 110
McElroy, David, 140
McElroy, Mrs. David, 94
McFarland, Harvey, 96, 99
McGoff, Betsey, 38
McGoff, John, 38
Mcintosh, John, 38
Mcintosh, Olive, 38
McKinney, Hon. Henry, 63,
145
McKinney, William, 120, 127,
128
McLean, Rev. J., 103
McLaughlin, M., 134
McManus, Elodie, 93
McManus, Florence, 93
McManus, Robert T., 71, 142
McMillen, Hannah, 38
McMillen, Loren, 38
McNulty, Rev. Charles M.,
86
McRoot, Rev., 150
Mead, Henry, 120
Mead, John, 120
Mead, Sarah, 38
Mead, William, 38, 125
Meadville, Pa., 51
Meal, 137
Measurements, 111
Meat, 31, 45
Mechanics, 15, 19
Medina Co., 165
Medical Attention, 23
Medical Profession, 144
Medicine, Study of, 144, 145
Meeting-House, 53, 76, 80
Melodeons, 59, 60
Membership, 54, 75, 80, 88,
102
Members of Congress, 57, 63
Members of State Legisla-
ture, 57
Memorial Exercises, 126
Memorial Day, 126
Memphis, Tenn., 122
Merrick. John, 38
Merrick, Sabra, 38
Merriam, Heman, 102
Merriam, Lavina, 25, 40
Merwin, Mr., 49
Meteoric Display, 162
Methodist Episcopal Church,
40, 41, 69, 79, 89, 94-107,
142, 148, 149
Methodist Meeting-House, 76
Methodist Society, 96
Mexican War, 118
Middlebury, 15
Middlesex Co., Conn., 27
Middlefield, 44
Milford, 13
Military Committees, 109
Militia Law, 26
Milk, 45, 137, 139
Milkhouse, 33
Milk Products, 139
Miller, Fred, 141
Miller, Rev. J. Q. A., 104
Mills, 138
Mills, Alanson, 38, 83, 98,
104, 127, 156
Mills, Doratha, 38
Mills, Gideon, 14, 71, 83, 87
101, 124, 139
Mills, Hays, 125
Mills, Isaac, 14
Mills, Lucy, 155
Mills, Dr. Oliver, 23, 144
Mills, Philo, 82
Mills & Hoadley, 13, 14, 131
Mill Springs, Ky., 123
Millsville, 13, 14, 137, 138.
184
Mill Yard, 138
Mineral Point Zinc Co., 145
Minister to Spain, 63
Ministers, 57
Minute Men, 110
Minutes, 77
Missildine, Robert, 75
Missionary, 56, 57, 81, 82, 86,
94, 106
Missions, 79, 93, 106
Mission Station, 49, 51
Mississippi River, 122
Mitchell, Robert, 71
Mizer, George, 141
Moccasins, 50, 51
Moderator, 76, 79
Molasses, 45
Money, 35
Money Scarcity, 19, 23, 24, 53
Money Orders, 127
Money Order Receipts, 127
Monks, George, 125
Monks, Thomas, 125
Monks, Rev. William, 103
Monks, Zarah C, 125
Monument, 111, 179
Moore, Cordelia, 38
Moore, Frances, 43
Moore, George, 38
Moore, Mildred, 42
Moran, Annhona, 38
Moran, James, 38
Morgan, Rev. Garfield, 104
Mormonism, 161
Mortality, 33
Mortgaged Tract, 54
Morton, Rev. A. D., 103
Moltershead, Rev. Joseph,
104
Mountjoy, A. R., 171, 177
Mount Union, 146
Mueller, Rev. D. H., 103
Munn, A. R., 86
Murdock, Ruth, 41
Murphy Movement, 150
Music, 55, 59, 66—74, 145,
182
Musician, 116 — 125, 144
Muskets, 109
Muster, 113 — 125
Muster Roll, 109
Myrick, Joseph, 25
Myrick, Josiah, 19
528
INDEX— Continued
N
Naming Township, 182
Nashville, 113, 121, 123
Nashville & Chattanooga R.
R., 114, 117, 118, 122
National Cemetery, 121
Natures Contribution, 9-12,
28, 66, 139
Neighborhood, 21, 23
Neighborhood Social Life, 34
Nelson, Alonzo L., 29, 30, 38,
127, 141, 147
Nelson, Belville, 38, 155
Nelson, David, 71
Nelson, Dr. Jay O., 146
Nelson, Mary Ann, 38
Nelson, Salmon, 38, 80, 108,
127
Newburgh, 15, 20, 24, 35, 51,
96, 150
New England, 41, 46, 66, 81,
107,155,166, 180, 186, 188
New Haven, 13, 14, 16, 27, 47,
129
New London, 86
New Orleans Molasses. 147
New Township of T., 18-27
New Year's Day, 179
New York, 34, 54, 128, 140
New York Owners, 138
News from Front, 109
Newspaper, 109, 184
Nichodemus, Mr., 135
Nicol, Alexander, 83
Niles, Judge, 44
Nichols, Amanda, 38
Nichols, Bela F., 127
Nichols, Caleb, 38
Nichols, Comfort, 38, 81
Nichols, Francis, 38
Nichols, Fremont A., 93
Nichols, Luther H., 69, 92,
93, 178
Nichols, Mrs. Luther H., 94
Nichols, Lydia, 38
Nichols, Maria, 38
Nichols, Noah P., 19, 81, 102
Nichols, Orrin P., 74, 111,
127, 128, 132, 139
Nichols, Orson, 38
Nichols, Oscar A., 7, 104, 110,
113
Nichols, Roy W., 127
Nichols, Wealthy, 38
Nonconformists, 44
Norris, Rev. G. T., 104
Norris, Rev. Ira, 103
North, Lavina, 25
North, Mary, 38, 149
North, Junia, 25, 38, 75, 77,
79, 80
North Chicago, 145
North-East O. Conf., 95
N. O. T. & L. Co., 177
Northfleld, 10, 20, 28, 75, 96,
131, 153
North Killingworth, 27
North Ohio Conference, 95
North Street, 133
North Street Band, 71
Norton, Rev. A., 103
Norton, Ann, 102
Norton, Horace, 25, 38
Norton, James, 102
Norton, Meranda, 38
Norton, Millie, 69
Notaries Public, 128
Notes, 17, 24
Number of Students, 57
Nutting, Prof., 21
O
Oak, 139
Oberlin, 63, 146
Obligations Postponed, 24
Odell, John, 90, 141
Officers, 110, 155, 159, 160,
171, 176, 177
Official Board, 99
Ohio, 160, 161
Ohio Conference, 95
Ohio Com. of Schools, 63
Ohio District, 95
Ohio Observer, 138
Ohio River, 95, 110
Ohio W. H. M. U., 93
Old Academy. 52
Old Age, 167 '
Old Curiosity Shop, 147
Oldest Man in 1846, 167
O'Neal, M., 156
Orator of the Day, 112
Orchestra, 67, 73, 102
Ordinance of Baptism, 76
Organization, 81, 94, 100, 128,
148, 157, 161, 171, 176
Ornithologist, 11
Osborn, Charles, 38
Osborn, Ezra, 17, 19
Osborn, Mrs. Ezra, 17
Osborn, Jane, 38
Ottawas, 56
Otto, Mrs. E. M., 94
Ovens, Brick, 30
Oviatt, Anderson, 120
Oviatt, Benjamin, 90
Oviatt, Capt., 15
Oviatt, Edwin, 113
Oviatt, Harriet, 38
Oviatt, Josiah, 38, 110
Oviatt, L. H., 41
Oviatt, Lucinda, 38
Oviatt, Luman, 38
Oviatt, Lyman, 120
Oviatt, Margaret, 38
Oviatt, Samuel, 38
Oviatt, Sarah Ann, 38
Oviatt, Silas, 156
Oviatt, Solomon, 38, 139
Oxen, 45, 48, 112, 129
Ox Cart, 184
Ox Teams, 20, 25
Oyster Supper, 67
Packs, 20, 129
Pageant, 181—183
Palm, Henry L., 125
Palmer, Rev. Horace, 85, 92
Palmer, Nathaniel J., 17, 19
Panorama, 9, 182
Pantry, 30, 98
Paring Bees, 26
Parliament, 85
Park, 111, 113, 187
Parker, Louis N., 181
Parkinson, Prof., 71, 72
Parks, Charles, 38, 120
Parks, Chrystia, 38, 93, 155
Parks, E. Lewis, 38, 90, 91,
132
Parks, Hester, 38
Parks, Lizzie, 155
Parks, Minerva, 38
Parks, William, 38, 99, 111,
113
Parmelee, Dan, 83, 87, 90
Parmelee, Edwin E., 35, 36,
141
Parmelee, Evelyn A., 69, 70,
109, 110, 120, 128, 157,
171
Parmelee, Francis, 92, 93
Parmelee, Frank, 71
Parmelee, Gardner, 38, 111,
112, 140, 167
Parmelee, Harriet, 38, 155
Parmelee, Henry, 10, 70, 142
Parmelee, James, 36
Parmelee, Joel, 38, 84, 86, 87,
90, 91, 92
Parmelee, Josiah, 36
Parmelee, Juliette, 63
Parmelee, Mary, 36
Parmelee, Miss M. E., 155
Parmelee, Rhoda, 38
Parmelee, Spenser, 102
Parmelee, Sylvia, 155
Parmelee, Thomas, 142
Parmelee, William, 71, 87
Parmelee, Zeno, 30, 69, 87,
90, 92, 138, 142
Parmelee's Falls, 188
Parsonage, 91, 97, 98, 104,105
Party, Wedding, 34
Passenger Bus, 178
Pastor, 52, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82,
83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 98, 99,
103, 104, 145, 146, 149,
150
Pastor Emeritus, 87
Pasture, 163, 168
Patch, Red, 35
Paths, Blazed, 130
Patrimony, 52
Patriotism, 35, 108, 157, 181,
183
Pavement, 134, 169, 184
Pearson, Rev. W. H., 104, 125
Pease, George, 38
Pease, George, 121
Pease, Susan, 38
Pedestrianism, 130
Penmanship, 55, 59
Pennsylvania, 95, 128
Pennsylvania Teams, 131
Perkins, Mr., 19
Perry, 75
Perry, Oliver H., Council, 157
Persecutions, 55
Personality, Mr. Bissell's, 56
Personality, Elder Turner's,
76
Personal Property, 184
Pews, Free, 97
Pews, Owners of, 90
Pewter, 31
Philanthropy, 154
Phillips, Rev., 104
Phillips, R., 80
Physicians, 57, 58, 144 — 146
Piano, 59, 60, 68, 73, 74
Pickets, 33
Pickett's Mills, 122, 125
Pictures, Moving, 73
INDEX— Continued
529
Pierce, Pres. Geo. E., 85
Pierce, Rev., 51
Pierson, Rev. Abraham, 27
Pig, 25, 31
Pillows, 32
Pine Trees, 11, 187
Pioneers, 8, 184, 187
Postoffice, 19, 108, 127, 141
Postoffice and Civil Status,
127, 128
Potatoes, 15
Pottawattamies, 63
Pottinger, Wm., 125, 162
Poultry, 31
Powell, Theodore S., 80
Powers, Catherine, 38
Pittsburg, 28, 44, 46, 55, 59, Powers, Edwin, 121
131
Pittsburg Conference, 95
Plainfield, Vt., 66
Planets, 163
Plan, 20, 170
Plan of Union, 81
Plank Road, 59, 131, 132, 134,
188
Planks, 33—44
Planks, Ash and Oak, 132
Plants, Marine, 12
Plants, Terrestial, 12
Piatt, Charlotte Ann, 38
Piatt, William, 38
Platting of Township, 131
Pledge, 148—150
Plow, 129
Plymouth, 44, 48, 51
Powers, Robert, 29, 38
Practice, Religious, 70, 72, 73
Practice, Medical and Den-
tal, 144—146
Pranks, 62
Prayer Meetings, 78, 88, 89,
91, 148, 163
Pratt, Alice (Clark), 68
Pratt, Harvey H., 121
Pratt, Jesse, 121
Preaching, 75 — 107
Preachers, 75, 107
Preachers, Local, 99
Preachers, Traveling, 99
Preamble, 154
Preface, 6
Preferred Stock, 177
Prentiss, Luther B., 66
Plympton, Rev. Billings, 103Prentiss, Mary (Foote),
Poem, 61—186
Pokagon, Chief, 63, 145
Political Parties, 45
Political Status, 132
Politics, 35, 162, 164
Pompon, 71
Pond, 23
Pond, Preston, 19
Population, 28, 184
Pork, 15, 45
Portage County, 18, 35
Prentiss, Mendon, 125
Prentiss, Willard C, 66, 121,
156, 167
Prentiss, Mrs. Willard C, 7,
156, 159
Presbyterian Church, 53
Presbyterian Society, 53
Presbytery, 64, 81, 82, 83, 84
Presbytery, Portage, 81, 84
President of W. C. T. U., 151,
152
Portage County Baptist As-Presiding Elder, 95, 102, 103
sociation, 75, 77, 78 Price of Chopping, 17, 24
Portage River, 50 Primitive Homes, 22
Portage Presbytery, 81, 83, Principal, High School, 42
84, 92
Porter, Amanda, 37, 155
Porter, Arba, 90
Porter, Henry, 112
Porter, Lydia, 37
Porter, William, 37, 90
Portland, 49, 51
Portsmouth Grove, 117
Prisoners, 25
Pritchard, Mrs. Sylvia, 38
Private in War, 113 — 125
Privations, 45
Problems, 6, 178
Problems, Rural, 107
Proctor, Nathan R., 125
Produce, 24, 143
Post, Aaron, 21, 22, 24, 38, Products, Agricultural, 153
96, 101, 162 Profanity, 60, 87
Post, Adin, 38, 97 Professional Life, 144—146
Post, Amy, 38 Profits, 177
Post, Ann, 38 Programs, 61, 160
Post, Aurelius, 86, 89, 100,Promotion, Bank, 176
149
Post, Elbrige, 124
Post, Franklin, 38, 41
Post, Giles, 38, 102, 121
Post, Hannah, 38, 97
Post, Harry E., 41
Post, Henry C, 124
Post, Jane, 38, 142
Post, Joshua, 20
Post, Luna, 38
Post, Maria, 102
Post, Naomi ,101
Post, Philo, 38
Post, Sidney, 124
Post, Zina, 14
Postal Receipts, 127
Postal Telegraph Co., 133
Postmaster, 30, 181
Promotion, R. R., 133
Property, Church, 89
Proposition, 169, 170, 173,
17.7
Proprietor, 135, 148, 149, 168
Prosser, Rev. L. D., 103
Prosperity, Era of, 28 — 39
Provisions, 59
Psalms, 90
Psychic Condition, 162
Public Burying Ground, 166
Public Money, 55
Public Sale, 166
Public Schools, 40—43
Public Speakers, 149, 150
Public Square, 15, 18, 24, 40,
128, 153, 162, 174
Pulmonary Diseases, 33, 57,
167
Pulpit, 96
Puncheons, 130
Punishment, 40
Puritan Conference, 82
Q
Quilting Bees, 26
Quarries, 140, 151
Quarterly Conference, 98
Queen Victoria, 67
Quicksand, 134
Quigley, Maria, 155
R
Race Track, 153
Races, Various, 160
Rader, Rev. L. S., 100, 104
Railroads, 132 — 134
Rails, 33, 131
Raisings, 20, 26
Raisins, 88
Raleigh, John, 38
Raleigh, Mary, 38
Rally, Temperance, 151
Rations, 109
Rattlesnakes, 10, 22
Ravenna, 35, 46, 95, 131
Reading Room, 169,171, 184
Ready-made Garments, 154
Real Estate, 184
Rebel Prison, 118
Records, Church, 84, 92, ,94
97, 98
Records, Non-existent, 6
Records, Society, 154
Redfield, Eliza, 38
Redfield, Esther, 38, 155
Redfield, Josiah, 38, 69, 83,92
Redfield, Orrin S., 70, 121
Redfield, Richard, 67, 69, 92,
121
Reed, Rev. Arthur T., 87
Reed, Mrs. Arthur T., 93, 159
160, 161
Reed, Calyin T., 78, 80
Reed, Eliza P., 6, 75, 93, 158,
161
Reed, Mrs. Henry J., 161
Reed, Mary, 38
Reed, Hon. M. C, 126
Reed, Nathaniel, 38, 80
Reeves, Rev. Asahel, 103
Reeves, Rev. L. M., 103
Reform Work, 151
Regiments, 108 — 126
Religious Situation in T., 106
Remuneration, 45, 76
Reorganization of Schools,
41, 42
Repairs, 90, 96, 105
Representative, State, 128
Republican, 45
Resignation, 85
Reservoirs, 174
Retrospect, 64
Reunions, Family, 180
Reunions, Soldiers, 71
Revenue, 147
Revivals, 76, 78, 79, 88, 100,
101
Revolutionary War, 44
Rhodes, Carrie P., 158
630
INDEX— Continued
Riceville, la., 98
Rich, Louis, 126
Richard, Mrs. S., 155
Richardson, Caroline, 102
Richardson, Daniel W., 38,
87, 90, 92, 109, 110, 179
Richardson, Edwin T., 1, 27,
135, 141, 179
Richardson, Sarah Ann, 179
Richardson, Sarah, 35
Richardson, William, 179
Richfield, 129, 164
Richmond, Lyman, 19
Richmond, Mary, 38
Richmond, Orson, 38, 125
Richmond, Virgil, 121
Richner, Charles, 112, 178
Rider, Rev. W. H., 103
Rifles, 54, 109
Riley, Charles E., 42, 71, 87,
93, 167, 172, 173, 176, 177,
180
Riley, David, 29, 38
Riley, Eppy, 126
Riley, Harriet, 38
Riley, Lorenzo, 90, 91, 139
Riley, Mary, 38
Riley, Mary Jane, 38, 126
Riley, Melissa, 38, 91, 93, 155
Riley, Oretta, 94, 161
Riley, Orsmon, 29, 38, 80, 156
Riley, Talmon F., 29, 38
Ringgold, Ga., 119
Risley, F. H., 61
Roach and Bissell, 139, 178
Roach, Alonzo N., 142, 177
Roach, Chloe, 102
Roach, Diantha, 38
Roach, Gilbert, 38
Roach, James, 38, 96, 97, 101,
111
Roach, Martin, 38
Roach, Mary, 101
Roach, Minerva, 38
Roach, Moses, 38, 142
Roach, Sarah, 38
Roads, 53, 130 — 135
Robbing, Rev. J. W., 103
Roberts, Experience, 102
Roberts, Lucy Ann, 102
Rock Formation, 12
Rogers, Rev. L., 103
Roll Call, 91
Romance, 44, 162
Roniger, Jane, 38
Roniger, Morris, 167
Roniger, Oliver, 38, 157
Root, Riley, 92, 125
Rostrum, 96, 97
Rowland, Rev. D., 96, 100
Royalton, 164
Rudd, William, 167
Rudgers, Allah, 180
Rudiments of Music, 67
Rules of Practice, 81, 83
Rules of T. Institute, 60
Rum, 147, 187
Rural Free Delivery, 127, 184
Rural Life, 168
Rural Probem, 107
Russia, 160
Rye, 137, 147
S
Sabbath, 62
Sabbath, Breaking, 87
Sabbath School, 47
Salary, 14, 54, 82, 85, 86, 87
Saloon, 149 — 151
Saloonkeeper, 149 — 151
Salt, 17, 23
Salt Marsh, 27
Samuel Bissell and T. Ins.,
44—65
Samuel Bissell Memorial Li-
brary Association, 6, 7,
158, 170, 172
Sand, 32
Sandstone, 111, 139, 140, 188
Sandusky City, 49, 55
Sap-boats, 130
Sap Boiling, 20
Sap Troughs, 130
Sawmill, 15, 22, 137, 139, 147
Sawmill, Steam, 132
Sawyer, Mr., 19
Saybrook, 20, 27
Scandinavia, 160
Schmalzle, Charles, 163
Schmalzle, Frieda, 42
Scholz, Gustave, 93
Schools, 40—65
Schoolhouse, 18, 24, 142, 172
Schoolhouse of Logs, 40
Schoolhouse of Logs on
Square, 24, 40
Schoolhouse Lot, 174
School Grounds, 159, 173
Schools Centralized, 169, 172,
173
Schooner, 49
Scorers, 136
Scott, Rev. Joseph H., 85
Scott, Mrs. Joseph H., 154
Scott, Sarah, 102
Scott, William, 83
Scoutten, Frank, 73, 137
Scoutten, J. D., 157
Scoutten, S. D., 71-73
Sealing Wax, 30
Seats, 40, 53
Second Church, 55, 82, 83
Secrest, Rev. J. S., 103
Secret Service M«n, 150, 151
Selby, Dr., 125, 144
Semi-Centennial, 112, 179
Seneca, 56
Sergeant, 114—125
Sermon, 77, 90, 96
Sessions, 59, 77
Settlement at Millsville, 13 —
17, 112, 179
Seward, Rev. John, 46, 47, 81,
82, 145
Sewer System, 169
Sewing Machine, 186
Sewing by Hand, 22, 34
Sewing Society, 154
Seymour, Augustus, 121
Shafer, Mr. and Mrs., 87
Shannon, Wilson, 26
Sharp, Rev. Andrew, 86, 87
Sharp, Mrs. E. P., 93
Sharpshooters, 56
Shattuck, Ira, 125
Shaylersville, 46
Sheds, 90, 97
Sheep, 9, 16, 31, 129, 137
Sheldon, Festus, 38
Sheldon, Mrs. Festus, 155
Shepherd, Mr., 92
Shepherdess, The, 67
Sheriff, County, 128
Shiloh, Battle of, 118, 120,
123
Shirting, 17
Shoes, 34
Shoemakers, 29, 34, 141
Shops, 53, 140—142
Shooting Stars, 162, 163
Shotguns, 109
Shroeder, Louis, 121
Shrubs, 33
Sickness, 22, 23
Sidewalk, 159
Sikes, Cynthia Amelia, 58
Silver Creek Baptist Conf., 76
Singing, Church, 92, 102
Singing Master, 66
Singing School, 66 — 68
Sitting-room, 30
Skeels, Ruth, 35
Sketch, Historical, 19
Skill with Herbs, 23, 33
Slate, 46
Slaughter of Birds, 27
Slaves, Escaping, 164
Slavery, 88
Sleds, 130
Sleighbells, 165
Slough, 15
Small-pox, 167
Smith, Agnes, 38, 90
Smith, A. G., 61
Smith, Amanda, 38 — 155
Smith, Calvin, 121
Smith, Carrie, 93, 161
Smith, Edmund, 38
Smith, Hannah, 38
Smith, Isaac, 38, 125
Smith, John, 90, 111, 121
Smith, Kirby, 109
Smith, Mary, 38
Smith, Philetus, 90
Smith, Richard, 90
Smith, Will, 71
Smoke House, 33
Snuff, Scotch, 140
Soap, Soft, 22, 30 32
Social Center, 34
Social Gatherings, 26, 70, 159
Social Institutions, 67
Social Privileges, 26
Societies, 104, 153—161
Sodon, Edward, 122
Sodon, George, 121
Soldiers' Aid Society, 108, 155
Solon, 21, 96, 130, 138, 139,
141, 153, 157, 162, 164,
174, 180
Somersetshire, 44
Sons of Temperance, 147
Source of Supplies, 29, 143
South Hamilton, Mass., 99
Southland, The, 161
Southworth, Asenath, 38
Southworth, Azubah, 38
Southworth, Prudence, 103
Southworth, Sylvester, 38, 92
Southworth, Victoria, 67
Southworth William, 38, 83,
90, 102
Spanish-American War, 126
Species of Birds, 11
INDEX— Continued
531
Special Election, 42, 133
Specialists, 145
Spelling Schools, 32, 34
Spencer, Warren B., 62
Spencer, Mrs., 155
Spinning Wheel, 22, 186
Spirits, Ardent, 88
Spirit of America, 182
Spirit of Twinsburg, 182
Spirit of Unity, 181
Spoons, 31
Spread Eagle, 112
Springer, Charles, 122
Spring on Square, 26
Spring Wagon, 130
Spring Water, 30
Springs, 163, 173
Spruces, 11
Square, A Common, 30
Square, Improved, 113
Square Room, 30
Squirrel Hunters, 108
Stage, 47
Stage Arrival, 131
Stage Coach, 131, 169, 186
Stage, Daily, 59
Stage Driver, 131
Stage Line Acquired, 28
Stage Line Discontinued, 30
Stage Line Doomed, 132
Stage Property, 131, 182
Stage Route, 132, 138
Stairs, 30
Standards of Living, 29, 143
Stanley, Albert N., 38, 140,
154
Stanley, Charles, 90
Stanley, Frederick, 16, 18, 29,
36, 38, 90, 138
Stanley, George, 38, 87, 89,
90, 92, 122, 127
Stanley, Josephine, 38
Stanley, Maria, 19
Stanley, Mary, 93, 161
Stanley, Nancy, 38, 155
Stanley, Thankful, 38
Stanton, Sec, 110
Star-Spangled Banner, 183
Stark, Gen., 50
Stark, Mollv, 50
Starkweather, Ezra, 38, 132,
135
Starkweather, Laura, 38, 155
Starkweather, Thomas, 122
State Action, 172
State Constitution, 133
State Convention, 77
State Legislature, 128
State Senator, 63
Station, 96
Statute Books of Ohio, 157
Stearns, Charles H., 122
Stearns, Rev. D. M., 103
Stearns, Rev. H. N., 103
Stearns, Dr. J. G., 29, 144
Stein, Mr., 135
Stephens, Mrs. S., 155
Stevens, Clark, 92
Stevens, Mrs. Dr., 155
Stevens, John G., 38, 90
Stevens, Mary, 38
Stevens, Rev. W. D., 104
Stevens, Rev. William, 103
Stewards, 99
Stewart, Rev. L. H., 103
Stickney, Indiana, 50
Stickney, MoUie, 50
Stickney, One, 50
Stickney, Two, 50
Stiles, Dr., 48
Stimson, Charles, 29, 38
Stimson, Mary, 38, 155
Stingel, Adam, 142, 178
Stingel, Mrs. Adam, 160, 161
Stingel, Roy, 74
Stingel, Mrs. Roy, 74
St. Luke's Hospital, 177
Stockham, Rev. A. C, 104
Stockham, Mrs. A. C, 106
Stock, 133
Stock Carried, 141
Stock Issued, 132
Stockholders, 132, 175
Stone, 15
Stone Fence, 166
Stone House, 46
Stonemason, 29
Stone River, Battle of, 115,
118, 123, 125
Stone School Building, 58, 64
Store, 140—142, 147, 188
Store, Nelson's, 109
Store, Stone, 147
Storeroom, 64
Storm, 113
Stoves, 31, 32
Stoves and Tinware, 29
Stow, Betsey A., 102
Straight, Anna, 180
Straight, Mr., 139
Stratton, Charles S., 35
Streetsboro, 96, 153
Strong, Rev. Josiah, 150
Stroup, Rev. Ner. W., 103
Students, 30, 58, 168
Study, Pastor's, 91
Sturges, Rev. A. G., 103
Style, 27, 33
Subscriptions, 97, 111, 167
Suburb, 143
Sugar, 31
Sugar Trees, 15
Sullivant, Bridget, 38
Sullivant, Michael, 38
Sultana, Steamer, 122
Summary, 58, 169
Summit County, 13, 164, 165,
174
Summit County Agricultural
Society, 128
Summit County Fair, 35
Summit County Lodge of F.
& A. M., 15.5—157
Summit No. 74, 156
Summit-Portage District, 63
Sunday School, 77—79, 92,
102, 104—106
Superintendent of S. S., 92,
99, 104
Superintendent of J. E. L.,
106
Superintendent of L. T. Le-
gion, 156
Superintendent of Schools, 41
Superintendent of Roads, 128
Supervision Established, 41
Supplies, 108, 130
Support, 48
Support, Pastoral, 104
Surgeons, 118
Surgeon's Certificate, 113 —
125
Surveying, 14, 58
Surveys, 133, 134, 174
Swan Creek, 50
Swan, Edna, 42
Swayze, Rev. William, 95, 103
Swengel, Rev. A. Wilmer, 86
Sword, 25
Sycamore Tree, 138
Tables, 31
Tackett, Rev. Ignatius, 103
Tagg, Rev. J. H., 103
Taggart, Thomas, 70
Taggart, William, 71
Tailoring, 29, 141
Talmadge, 157
Tamarack Bog, 11
Tappen, A. W., 61
Taverns, 13, 55, 135, 140, 142,
188
Taxes, 173
Tax Levy, 171
Taylor, Amos Cook, 16, 19
Taylor, Daniel R., 43, 124,
179
Taylor, Rev. Edward H., 103
Taylor, Harriet, 102
Taylor, Hector, 38, 87, 90,
127, 141, 143 ,156
Taylor, Jane, 101
Taylor, Polly C, 38, 155
Taylor, Royal, 142, 179
Taylor, Samuel A., 83
Taylor, Timothy, 16, 102
Tea, 23
Teachers, 42, 57, 144, 146, 147
Team. 45, 164, 165
Telegraph, 133
Telegraph Office, 134
Telegraph Wires, 134
Telepathy, 162
Telephone, 184, 186
Telephone Exchange, 141
Telephone Service Unified,
169
Temperance, 54, 55, 83, 88,
147—152
Temperance Society, 106
Temples, 65, 187
Tent, 35, 112, 153
Term of Service, 113 — 125
Test Station, 134
Text Books, 105
Theological Seminaries, 57
Thomas, Irena, 16, 81
Thomas, Mrs., 90
Thompson, Alfred G., 125
Thompson, Eli, 29, 39, 102,
122, 132, 156
Thompson, Emmeline, 39
Thompson, George, 122
Thompson, Gideon, 16, 17, 29
Thompson, John L., 17
Thompson, Rev. J. R., 78, 80,
149
Thompson, Joel W., 19, 83,
137
Thompson, Mary, 39, 155
Thompson, William E., 39
Three R's, 40
Thumb, Tom, 35
Tibbals, Hon. N. D., 112
532
INDEX— Continued
Timber, IB, 20, 143
Time, Sun, Standard, East-
ern, 91
Tinker, Almarine, 90
Tinker, Joseph, 130
Tinker's Creek, 9, 23, 62, 76,
130, 138, 163, 172, 180
Tinner, 138, 141
Tippecanoe, 35
Tobacco, 140
Tod, Gov., 109, 110
Tolhurst, Elder, 78
Toll, 132
Tollgate, 132
Tone, 94
Tools, 33, 50
Town, Dr. Israel, 22, 23, 144
Town Clock, 91
Town Hall, 89, 139, 172
Townhouse, 40, 94
Township Five, 13
Township Trustees, 113, 128,
167, 171, 173, 177, 178
Tradesmen, 19
Traffic, 134, 178
Tragedies of Pioneer Life, 23
Trail, 9
Transportation, 23, 109, 129
—136
Travel and Transportation,
29, 129 — 136
Traverse Bay, 56
Treasurers, 84, 87, 93, 128
Treat, Rev. Joseph, 83
Trees, Marked, 66
Trenbath, Mrs. S. G., 155
Trenbath, Louisa, 39
Trembath, Thomas, 39
Trials, Church, 87
Tribby, Rev. John, 103, 104
Tribes, 56
Tribute, A, 65
Trolley, 134
Troops, 108, 182
Trotting Track, 153
Trousers, Buckskin, 27
Trunks, 48 — 51
Trustees Church, 79, 96, 99
Tucker, Amanda, 171
Tucker, Aurelia, 36
Tucker, Aurelius, 70, 109, 122
Tucker, Bert G., 178
Tucker, Deborah, 39
Tucker, Lafayette, 39
Tucker, Minerva, 39
Tucker, Orrin, 19, 20, 39, 90,
163
Tucker, Pliny, 36, 125
Tuition, 52, 53, 55, 60
Turkeys, 10, 25, 54
Turner, Charles A., 39, 61,
75, 76, 79, 125
Turner, Eunice, 61
Tucker, Mary, 39
Tucker, Sarah Henry, 34, 62
Turnpike Road, 13, 131, 184
Tuning Fork, 68, 102
Twerell, Ethel, 70, 99, 105,
152, 161, 180
Twerell, Mrs. Frank, 94, 519,
161
Twerell, Fred, 178
Twerell, Sadie, 99, 152
Twerell, William, 140
Twerell, William E., 140
Twin City Council, 157
Twinsburg Banking Co., 176,
177
Twinsburg Concert Band, 71,
181
Twinsburg Fair, 153
Twinsburg's Fight for Tem-
perance, 147 — 152
Twinsburg Improvement So-
ciety, 159
Twinsburg in Civil War, 108
—126
Twinsburg Institute, 28, 29,
34, 44—65, 66, 82, 142,
145, 146, 168, 182
Twinsburg Institute Begun,
54
Twinsburg Institute Build-
ings, 55, 139
Twinsburg Land Clearing
Co., 17
Tvson, Charles, 122
Tyson, John, 39
Tyson, Lucy, 39
Tyson, Ranson, 128, 180
U
Underground Railroad, 164,
182
Unger, Mrs. Lester, 161
Uniforms, 77
Uniform International Les-
sons, 105
Union Agricultural Society,
35, 153, 154, 182
Union Soldiers, 179
Unionville, 61
United Brethren Church, 86
United States Goverment, 63,
147, 149
Unlawful Selling, 150
Upson, Albert, 29, 122
Upson, Asa, 19, 25, 80, 94, 95,
101
Upson, Mrs. Asa, 101
Upson, Beverly, 109
Upson, Huldah, 39
Upson, Nelson, 24, 39, 96, 128
Upson, Orville, 123
Upson, Rebecca, 101, 102
Upson, Saul, 25
Upson, Solomon, 94, 101
Upson, Mrs. Solomon, 101
Upson, Wesley, 123
Upson, Wilbur, 109, 123
Utensils, 16, 22
Vacations, 59, 85 — 87
Vail, Alfred, 125
Vail, Carillus, 39, 125
Vail, Edwin B., 19
Vail, George W., 125
Vail, Homer G., 19
Vail, Maria, 39
Vail, Samuel, 19, 125
Van Kirk, Rev. J. W., 104
Valparaiso, 146
Valuation, Property, 95
Valuation of Gifts, 154
Value of Land, 131
Varney, Sidney, 123
Vaughn, Rev. T., 103
Vault, 167
Vegetation, 11
Vegetables, 30, 33, 45
Vehicles, 30, 129, 130
Venison, 16
Ventilation, 172
Vernon, 49, 56, 61
Vessel, 51
Vests, Fancy, 34
Veteran, 114, 116, 119, 120,
122, 123, 125
Veteran Reserve Corps, 115,
123
Viall, Ethel Griste, 70, 144,
146
Victoria Woman's Club, 159
—161
Village, 15
Village Council Ordinance,
170
Village Green, 188
Village Improvement So-
ciety, 159
Vinegar, 30
Violin, 59, 60, 67, 73, 74
Violoncello, 59, 60
Volumes, 171
Volunteers, 72, 108, 125
Voris, Gen. A. C, 63, 145
Voters, 18, 133, 166, 172
W
Waddell Line, 133
Wager, 129
Wages, Teachers, 40
Wagner, Charles J., 141, 162,
178, 180
Wagons, 130, 138
Wagon, Band, 71
Wagonmaker, 138
Wagon Shop, 142
Wait, Henry C, 123
Wait, Newton I., 123
Wait, Seth A., 125
Wait, Warren I., 123
Wall, George, 92
Wall, Marion, 43
Wallpaper, 37
Walls, Rev. Alfred, 104, 171
Walters, Rev. W. G., 104
Walton, George B., 43, 71, 92,
93
Walton, Ina, 43
Wane, W. S., 26
Ward, Rev. Ebenezer, 83
War Dept., 114—125
War of the Rebellion, 56, 198
War of 1812, 45, 126
Warren, 45, 71, 72
Warren District, 95
Warrensville, 66
Washington, D. C, 122
Waterbury, Vt., 52
Water, Early Sources, 30, 33,
59
Water, Recent System, 169,
173—176
Water Power, 15
Water Wagon, 150
Watkins, Alonzo, 102
Watson Chapter, 105
Watterson, Henry, 64
Weather Bureau, 63
Weatherby, Charles B., 123
Webb, Mary Jane, 35
INDEX— -Continued
633
W
Webster, Charles, 123
Webster, Edwin, 123
Week-day Labors, 62
Weight of Stone in Monu-
ment, 111
Welch, Rev. A. C, 100, 104
Well on Square, 26
Wells, John A., 81
Wells, Oliver, 49
Western Reserve, 13, 28, 67,
164, 180
Western Reserve Academy,
73
Western Reserve College, 21,
52, 53, 59, 112
Western Reserve Orchestra,
73
Western Reserve University,
52, 145, 146
V/est, Charles, 80
Wheadon Road, 20
Wheat, 17, 23, 137
Wheeler, Nancy, 14
Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R.,
133, 140, 163, 188
Whigs, 35
Whiskey, 16, 20, 130, 147
White, Anson, 132, 139
White Apollos, 39, 77, 80, 138
White, Betsey, 39
V/hite, Catherine, 36
White, Chauncey, 36
White, Emerson C, 63, 145
White, Hanford, 19, 21, 81, 90
129
White, Hannah, 36
White, Harvey, 36
White, Julia Ann, 81
White, Maria, 36
White, Mary, 39
White, Philena, 92
White. William, 36, 81
Whitewash, 32
Whitewood, 138
Whitticus, Wilson, 16
Wilcox, Aaron, 162
Wilcox, Alexander, 39
Wilcox, Celestia, 93, 173, 174
Wilcox, Ebenezer, 83
Wilcox, Fannie, 92, 93
Wilcox, Huldah, 90, 179
Wilcox, Irving F., 123
Wilcox, John, 39
Wilcox, Julia Ann, 39
Wilcox, Mary, 39
Wilcox, Martin, 83
Wilcox, Moses, 19, 127, 162
Wilcox, Nathaniel, 84, 87, 90,
92
Wilcox, Sarah, 39
Wilcox, Sherwood, 123
Wilcox Twins, 13, 18, 19, 27,
40, 52, 143, 162
Wilcox, William, 87, 88, 91
Wilcox Tract, 15
Wilcox and Lamb, 141
Wilcoxton Water Co., 173 —
176
Wild Animals, 9, 10, 22, 46,
54
Wilderness, 2
Wilderness, Battle of. The, 56
Williams, George, 124
Williams, John, 29
Williams, Rev. L. D., 103
Williams, Rev. M., 113
Williams, Sidney C, 41
Wilmington, N. C, 115
Wilson, Mrs. Charles, 161
Wilson, Edward, 177
Wilson, Dr. Peter, 56, 145
Wilson, Sarah P., 102
Wilson, Rev. W. F., 103
Wilson, Rev. W. H., 104
Winans, Rev. Isaac, 103
Winchester, 122
Windows, 32, 53, 97
Windsor, Conn., 44
Wing, Elmer, 74
Wing, Henry J., 125
Wing to Parsonage, 98
Winter, 11
Winter Supplies, 30
Withey, Benson, 39
Withey, Elizabeth, 39
Wolcot, Conn., 52
Wolcott, Rodolphus, 14
Wolfe, Jesse B., 86, 126
Wolfe, Rev. Joseph, 86
Wolfe, Mrs. Joseph, 93
Wolsey, J. W., 138
Wolves, 9, 22, 46
Woman's Club of Twinsburg,
159
Woman' Christian Temper-
ance Union, 68, 150, 151
Woman's B. M. I., 92
Woman's Missionary So-
ciety, 92, 106
Woman's Association, 93
Wood, Mr. W. C, 170
Woodbury, Ephraim, 39
Woodbury, Parley, 102
Woodbury, Sarah, 39
Woodsmen's Skill, 137
Wool, 22, 137
Woolsey, J. M., 54
Woolsey, Pres., 54
Woolsey, W. W., 54, 91
Wooster, 146
Worrello, Rev. W. S., 100,103
Wright, Andrew, 39
Wright, Clarence, 93
Wright, John Frank, 39, 99
Wright, Martha, 39
Wright, Mary, 39, 104
Wright, Major Gen., 109
Wright, Nelson, 124
Yale College, 42, 87
Yale College Chartered, 27
Yale College Commence-
m.ents, 27
Yost, Flora, 69
Young, Ellen, 61
Young, Hezekiah, 39
Young, Rebecca, 61
Young, Susan, 39, 155
Young W. C. T. U., 158
Young P. S. C. E., 93