The Pioneer Families

OF

CLEVELAND

1796 - 1840

By
Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham

VOL. II
Under the Auspices of
The Executive Committee of the Woman's Department of the
Cleveland Centennial Commission — 1896.
Evangelical Publishing House
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1831
LATHROP 1831
Married. "In New Haven, Conn., Rev. Samuel Hutchings of this vil
lage to Ehzabeth Coit Lathrop, daughter of the late Charles Lathrop of
Norwich, Conn." {Herald.)
Died. Naomi Bostwick, wife of the late Gershom Bostwick of New-
burgh. {Herald.)
Died. Lucy Ann, wife of Levi Beebe.
Died. Stephen B. Clement aged 28. (Erie st. cemetery.)
Died. "Sophia Allen, wife of Perry Allen, aged 87." (Perry Allen
was landlord in 1836 of the City Hotel on West 3rd street, where court
house now stands.)
The Treasurer of Cuyahoga County pays $25.50 for wolf scalps
brought in this year.
Married. "In Rochester, N. Y., Alanson Penfield of this village and
Lucy Ann Harrol, daughter of George Harrol." (Alanson Penfield was a
commission merchant and in 1856 was living on Erie street.)
Married. "In Cambridge, this state, Mr. Henry Boiler, one of the
proprietors of the Cleveland Advertiser, to Miss Juliana Hersch, all of
this village." (The bride was a sister of David Hersch, and Mrs. David
H. Beardsley.) Married. "John B. Norton and Hannah Dickson, all of Cleveland."
(He died and was interred in Erie st. cemetery in 1841.)
"The annual meeting of the Union Club of Cuyahoga County, for the
detection of horse-thieves will be held on the first Monday in January,
next, at one o'clock, P. M., at the tavern of M. Spangler, in the village of
Cleveland for the purpose of electing oflScers for said club, and to trans
act other business. C. M. Giddings."
December, 1831. {Herald.)

1831
LATHROP

Christopher Leffingwell Lathrop, or "Deacon Lathrop," as he was
known in Cleveland for 60 years, came to the city from Norwich, Conn.,
in 1831, at the age of 27 years. His sister, Mrs, Hutchings, was living
in Cleveland, her husband Rev. Samuel Hutchings being the immediate
predecessor of Dr. Aiken in the Stone Church. The latter and his wife
afterward became missionaries to Ceylon, India. An older brother, the
Rev. Daniel Lathrop, had previously settled in Elyria, O., as the first
paster of the Presbyterian church there and this probably was one of the
inducements that led young Christopher to seek his fortune in the near
by and more prosperous village of Cleveland.
The brothers and sister were the lineal descendants of the Rev. John
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Lathrop, who settled in New England in 1634. Their parents were
Charles C. Lathrop of Norwich, Conn., a Yale graduate of the class of
1788, and Joanna Leffingwell, daughter of Col. Christopher and Elisabeth
Coit Leffingwell.
The March following his arrival in Cleveland, Mr. Lathrop made a
trip to Connecticut, and returned with a bride, Philura Leffingwell Hunt
ington, daughter of Lucretia Leffingwell and Elijah Huntington of Boz-
rah. Conn. Mrs. Christopher Lathrop's brother, Dr. Winslow Tracey
Huntington, came to Cleveland in 1834, and lived for a few years on
Detroit street near Pearl, now West 25th.
The first home of the Lathrops was on Water street, but they moved,
not long afterward to 110 St. Clair street, where they lived many years.
John A. Foote lived nearby at Number 106.
Mrs. Philura Lathrop's life in Cleveland was comparatively short, for
she died in 1843. But it was long enough to make her personality and
presence valued and cherished afterward in memory by her associates
and friends. She found time from household cares to devote herself to
church work, and was one of the founders of the Women's Missionary
Society, which in those days was a union organization composed of mem
bers of all denominations. It is said of her that she was a woman of
sterling good sense. Her unusual and uniform piety may have been an
inheritance, as she was a direct descendant of Elder Brewster of the
Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop had three sons who died in infancy, and a
daughter :
Elisabeth H. Lathrop, m. Wm. M. Meriam in 1860.
Fannie Meriam m. Henry Noble Yates, grandson of the Cleveland pio
neers Henry and Hopey Noble. They reside in Buffalo, N. Y., as does
also Mrs. Elisabeth Meriam.
Two years after the death of Mrs. Philura Lathrop, Deacon Lathrop
married secondly, Keziah Branch Cushman of Willoughby, Ohio. There
were no children of this marriage.
Christopher Lathrop was a grocer and commission merchant.

1831
KNAPP

Nehemiah Knapp, descendant of early American ancestors, and grand
son of a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Amenia, N. Y., near the
Connecticut state line, a town that furnished several of Cleveland's ear
liest pioneers. He came here in 1831 direct from Liberty Corners, N. Y.,
where he had learned the trade of blacksmith. At the age of 25, he
married Mary Harbaugh, daughter of Isaac and Elisabeth Harbaugh,
, pioneers of the city. She was a fine-appearing young lady with beautifui
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dark eyes and a clear complexion. Her character, it is said, fitted her
looks, for she was very sweet-tempered and loveable; a comfort and an
inspiration to her husband, children, and friends. She taught her daugh
ters the accomplishment of fine needle-work, and as they sat in their
winter evenings around an old-fashioned work-stand lighted by a single
tallow-candle, she enlivened the hours with stories well told, or with rem
iniscences of her girlhood days.
Mr. Knapp bought a home on Miles Park where the family lived
many years, and where the parents died. The house is still owned by
their aged daughter, Mrs. Edward L. Dean. It stands west of the New-
burgh Methodist church, and not far from the Miles Park branch of the
Public Library.
Mr. Knapp gradually abandoned his blacksmith shop in order to as
sist his son-in-law E. L. Dean in the manufacture of carriages. He died
some years before his wife who remained in the old homestead until her
own death.
The children of Nehemiah and Mary Knapp:
Henrietta Knapp, m. Andrew J.
Spencer, proprietor of the "Spen- Amantha Knapp, m. Edward L.
cer House," a famous country tav- Dean.
ern in Newburgh. Mahala Knapp, m. William A.
Helen Knapp, m. Heman Hubbard, Creech.
member of pioneer family.

1831
ASHWELL

The name of Rev. James AshweU appears in the annals of Cleveland
and Newburgh as early as 1831. „. . , -r, i j i, +
He was a Baptist minister from Birmingham, England, who must
have been a middle-aged man, as previous to coming here he had a mar
ried daughter with a large family of children.
He had the reputation of being a man of sterling qualities, very de
vout and a great comfort to his parishioners in their hours of trouble
or bereavement. The maiden name of Mrs. Ashwell has not been ascer
tained, nor the names of her children save one:
MaHa Ashwell, b. 1800; m. George Kimberly.
She came to America with her six children to join her parents who
had bien Hving here about 4 years. She took passage on the "Henry
Clav" which took fire on the way over but the flames were subdued. On
its nexrtrlp between the two countries it burned m mid-ocean and all
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Mrs. Kimberly was a wonderful woman. Her husband never joined
her here and she brought up her children unaided. One of them, David
Kimberly, became one of the best known men of the city.

1831
MEAD
William F. Mead and his wife, Rhoda Smith Mead, of Hartford,
Conn., lived where the Sheriff street market now stands. That locality
was covered with forest-trees and bushes, at the time, and many were the
game-dinners of turkey and duck that were secured through the good
marksmanship of the men in the family. Sometimes they did not have
to go a dozen yards from their door-step to aim at a big gobbler sitting
on a stump, or at wild geese flying past within gunshot overhead.
When this game was scarce, there were the pigeons, thousands of
them, roosting at night in the woods now occupied by the cemetery.
They fairly darkened the air as they arrived there in late afternoon, and
left early in the morning. At such times, delicious pigeon-pies were the
most conspicuous part of the dinner-menu in the Mead household until
they palled on the taste. Mrs. Mead was an early member and worker
in the First Methodist Church.
Children of William and Rhoda S. Mead:
George Mead, m. Sarah Wilkenson. Chauncey Mead, m. Patience

John Mead, m. Maria Downing. Elisabeth Mead, m. Joseph McFad-
Maria Mead, died of cholera, aged den.
52. Mary Mead, m. Horace Jones.
Sarah Mead, m. Philetus Francis.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jones lived on Doan street, now E. 105th, for
several years, afterward removed to Illinois.
William and Rhoda Mead have grandchildren residing in the city.

1831
WACKERMAN

Wendall Wackerman, with his twin-brother Michael Wackerman, im
migrated in 1831 from Alsace-Lorraine to New York City.
Michael remained east, but Wendall came on to Cleveland. He was
but 14 years of age at the time. He was in the employ of William K
Wells, a well-known baker and confectioner whose place of business was
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on Superior street below the American House. This was burned in the
big fire of 1835, and Mr. Wells began another bakery on Merwin street.
Meanwhile, Wendall Wackerman had started in business on his own ac-
^^"'^L I ^" ^^^^ ^® ^^^ established at 30 Water street. Some time in
the 60s, he built a brick store and residence on Prospect street comer of
Erie and carried on a very successful business in the bakery and confec
tionery line. There was an ice-cream parlor connected with it, and for
years "Wackerman's" was a very attractive comer on hot, summer
nights. Mr. Wackerman was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church.
He died in 1891. He married Betsey Dorset, dau. of Thomas Dorset, and
had a small family, but the latter are dead, and no data can be found con
cerning the children.

1831
JOHNSTONE

Mrs. Amelia Fox Johnstone, widow of Robert Johnstone, Sr., came
to Cleveland soon after the death of her husband in 1831. She was ac
companied by her only son Dr. Robert Johnstone, and her four unmar
ried daughters. The family was of Scotch descent, but had long been
established in the north of Ireland. They were people of education and
refinement and were at once recognized as valuable newcomers in the
little community. They located on Superior street near the Square, Mrs.
Johnstone and her daughters at No. 105, and the son Dr. Robert John
stone, Jr., with his office at No. Ill Superior street. The latter married
daughter of William Taylor, and practised his profession until his death.*
His sister Anna Johnstone married Leander Ransom, and the unmar
ried sisters were Emily, Margaret, and Eliza Johnstone. They were gen
tle refined women, greatly respected in the community.
The children of Dr. Robert and Mary Taylor Johnstone, Jr. :
Amelia Johnstone, m. Henry Ab- Mathew Johnstone, m. Zantha  .
bey, son of Seth A. Abbey. She Anna Johnstone, d. 17 years of age.
died recently. Arthur Johnstone, unmarried.
Mary Johnstone, unmarried.
Mary and Arthur Johnstone are still residents of this city. The
latter has retired from business life, and is an invalid to whom his sister
is devoted.

• In an address before the Early Settlers' Association, Judge James D. Cleveland paid
eloquent tribute to the memory of Dr. Johnstone.

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HUTCHINGS
The Rev. Samuel Hutchings who became pastor of the Old Stone
Church in April, 1831, was born in New York City at the corner of
Chambers and Church streets, in 1806, and died in Orange, N. J., in his
89th year. His parents were Samuel and Lois Whitehead Hutchings.
His father was 15 years old when the Revolutionary War broke out.
He enlisted, was taken prisoner, and confined in the Middle Dutch Church
from which he attempted to escape by tunneling under Nassau street
toward the Quaker meeting-house on Liberty street. He was recaptured.
The Rev. Samuel Hutchings graduated from Williams College in
1828, and then spent two years in the Princeton Theological Seminary.
He was sent to Cleveland by the American Home Missionary Society, and
took charge of a small congregation meeting in an upper unfinished hall
of the Kellogg Block. The American House now occupies the site. In
the fall of 1831, Mr. Hutchings returned to New Haven, Conn., to marry
Miss Elizabeth Coit Lathrop, daughter of Charles and Joanna Leffing
well Lathrop, and sister of Christopher Lathrop, pioneer deacon of the
Old Stone Church.
The young couple journeyed to Albany on a sloop, thence to Schenec
tady in one of the two coaches drawn by the engine DeWitt Clinton, the
first locomotive in this country, and which had made its initial trip
during the previous month. From Schenectady to Buffalo the route was
continued in a canal-boat, and Cleveland was reached in a small sailing
vessel. Although Samuel Hutchings spent less than two years in this town,
he married many of the parents of old citizens of today, and officiated
at the funerals of several pioneers. In 1833, accompanied by his wife,
he sailed for India to become a missionary in Ceylon, where he remained
over eight years. Then with broken health he returned to America.
After resting and recruiting his strength he took charge of a church
in Newark, N. J., and also engaged in literary work. He wrote over a
thousand articles for the "Library of Universal Knowledge," a well-
known encyclopedia. In 1888 he received the degree of D. D. from his
Alma Mater.
The life of Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchings was an eventful one. She
followed the fortunes of her missionary husband, and bravely stood by
his side through peril and privation. Meanwhile, she became the mother
of ten children, some of whom were born in India. She died in 1901,
in her 89th year.
Children of Rev. Samuel and Elisabeth Hutchings:
Mary J. Hutchings, m. Theodore H. Frances H. Hutchings, m. Frederic
Smith of Newark, N. i. A. R. Baldwin.
Charlotte L. Hutchings, m. Augus- Elisabeth N. Hutchings.
tus L. Wilcox. Charles W. Hutchings, m. Anna
George Long Hutchings, m. Helen Green.
L. Vernidge. Walter W. Hutchings.
Cornelius Hutchings.

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No years of tedious research and of baffled inquiry awaited the writer
m order to secure records of the Nathan C. Hills family, for Mrs. Sabrina
Lioomis Hills the pioneer mother, in her 70th year, gave to her children
and grandchildren a published volume filled with personal reminiscences.
It included interesting events of her childhood, her marriage, and her
removal to Cleveland and of the years that followed. The narrative is
written simply, but very effectively. One cannot but be impressed with
the sweet womanliness of the writer, with her goodness, her kindliness,
her deep spirituality.
She married in December, 1830, Nathan Cushman Hills. At that
time she was 19 years old, and living with her parents Isaac and Martha
Niles Loomis in Whitehall, N. Y. N. C. Hills was the son of Eliot and
Nabby Cushman Hills of Bennington, Vt. His maternal grandfather,
Charles Cushman, was a soldier of the American revolution, and Na
than was of the eighth generation from Robert Cushman the pilgrim of
Plymouth colony. The year following his marriage, Mr. Hills caught
the Ohio fever, and in spite of the warnings and misgivings of relatives
and friends, the young couple started for Cleveland by the Erie Canal
route, reaching here September 1st. The high rough banks, and un
sightly gullies, and the difficulties of landing gave them a poor impres
sion of the town, but after climbing the steep hill the scene changed
into broad streets lined with beautiful forest-trees.
"We put up at the tavern of Mr. Spangler. It was a two-story white
frame-building, occupying the ground where the Miller block now stands.
Here we were thoughtfully entertained. The next morning we went over
the old float-bridge to the west side, where we found the families Sargeant,
Chapman, and Tisdale, all old acquaintances. They insisted upon our
remaining with them a week to rest and enjoy the peach season then at
its height."My husband found a house owned by Miss Miranda Perry, on St.
Clair street opposite Richard Hilliard's. We were soon engaged in set
tling our new home, and selecting needed furniture of John A. Vincent
and of Daniel Duty on Water street, the only cabinet-makers of the vil
lage at that time, and when all was arranged, I think truer satisfaction
filled my breast than does that of the bride of Euclid ave. today.
"By this time I was all impatience to see the town, and could wait no
longer, so we started out to walk first to the Public Square. It did not
take long to scan the beauties of the ten acres enclosed by a rail-fence,
with footpaths in all directions, and the old log- jail occupying the north
west corner. From here we went to the bank of the lake, which was a
quarter of a mile further out than it is now, landslides having since been
of frequent occurrence.
"The next day we took another walk over the vifiage, and found but
one church, 'Old Trinity,' built in 1828 on the corner of St. Clair and
Seneca streets." Mr. Hills obtained employment at the grocery and
ship-chandlery of Samuel Lemen, where he remained a year, then was
appointed canal-inspector. In 1836, he entered the grocery business for
himself, on the corner of Superior street and the Public Square. Mar
shall's drug-store now occupies the site. In an old picture of the Square,
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Mr. Hills' store-sign is partially in view. By that time, the family were
living close by his business, and at 17 Champlain street.
In the summer of 1823, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Loomis came on from
New York to visit their daughter.
"Their first impression was, 'What a delightful spot Cleveland is!'
We took a walk over the village, and up to Ontario street and the Square,
which was then thought to be a long walk from our home on St. Clair
near Water street. My father on looking around saw that there was a
tavern on the corner of Michigan street, kept by the late Judge Seth A.
Abbey. He proposed our going in and having some refreshments, to
which we consented. We had a pleasant interview with Mr. Abbey and
his family. My father, who was a great lover of nature, took long ram
bles as far as Euclid creek, Newburgh, and the west side. One day after
such a walk, as we sat at the supper-table, he looked up at me and said,
'Daughter, I want to congratulate you upon your choice of a home.
Cleveland is destined to be a great city, and I hope you may live to see
it.' " This was in 1833, when the population was only 1500. Mrs. Hills
was living when it had reached 170,000. After the death of his wife in
1886, Mr. Loomis spent part of his time with his daughter. He died at
her home and was buried in Erie street cemetery.
Early in 1833, Mrs. Hills united with the First Baptist church then
numbering but 16 members who met in the old Academy on St. Clair
street, now Engine House No. 1, and thenceforth her life was interwoven
with the history of that religious body. A few years later Mr. Hills fol
lowed her example, and also became identified with the church. At his
death in 1890, he had been a member of it for half a century, and Mrs.
Hills' saintly presence at church-services until 1898 rounded out 63 years
of continuous attendance.
The golden wedding of the aged couple is the climax of romance.
"Fifty years of life spent by two souls in fellowship of mutual love and
mutual toil! how can these be measured or represented by any words?
Who can tell the story of the thoughts and emotions, the plans and aspi
rations, the hopes and the fears that illumined and shadowed those fifty
years of wedded life and wedded love ! of growth in knowledge and char
acter, in patience and charity, of service to each other, to children, and
for the most part to God?"
And when that notable event in the lives of N. C. and Sabrina Hills
was celebrated in 1880, not only were relatives happily interested, but
the whole Baptist denomination of the city and scores of old friends out
side of that faith. The wedding festivities were held at the residence
of their daughter Mrs. Joseph M. Brainard. The home was beautifully
decorated with flowers and trailing vines. Suspended from the doors,
windows, and chandeliers were festoons of smilax interwoven with roses
and honeysuckle. The mantels were banked with moss and many-hued
flowers. A crescent of evergreens contained the names, "Hills-Loomis" and
"1830-1880" with letters and figures in gold.
The Rev. Philip Maxon, at that time perhaps the most eloquent divine
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iL^^t^-^^^^^i ^^^^ ^". address upon the occasion unexcelled in tender
tnought and beauty of expression.
iQon* ^^^ ^^ interesting to note how many pioneers were yet living in
1880 who were guests at the Hills' golden wedding:

John A. Foote.
John W. Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bishop.
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Smith.
Mrs. Herrick Childs.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bingham.
Mrs. Dr. Joshua Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. Caleb S. Butts.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilham B. Castle.
Mrs. Mary Long Severance.
Mrs. Miller Spangler.
Mrs. William Lemen.
Mrs. Joseph K. Miller.
Mrs. Philo Scovill.

Mrs. Silas Brainard.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Rouse.
Mrs. Henry L. Sexton.
Mrs. Benjamin Strickland.
Mrs. William Day.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. George Welch.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Mather.
Judge and Mrs. J. D. Cleveland.
Mrs. Henry Gaylord.
Mrs. E. C. Rouse.
Mrs. George L. Chapman.
Mrs. Herman A. Hurlbut.
Mrs. Matilda Burnham.

Children of Nathan Cushman and Sabrina Loomis Hills:

Maria Laura Hills, b. 1831; m.
George Brainard, son of Nathan
Brainard.
Henry Loomis Hills, b. 1834; m.
Delephine Paulhamis.
Helen Cushman Hills, b. 1834; m.
Joseph Brainard, son of Nathan
Brainard.

William Darwin Hills, b. 1839; m.
Laura Kelley, daughter of Irad
Kelley.
Frances A. Hills, b. 1844 ; m. Henry
Brainard, grandson of Nathan
Brainard.
George Hills, b. 1846 ; died 23 years
of age.

Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Hills lost three young children. The family
burial-lot is in Lake View.

1831

CARLTON

For sixty consecutive years C. C. Carlton conducted a business on
Superior street. Ie began in 1831, when, as a lad of nineteen years, he
came to town to clerk for Thomas and Irad Kelley, merchants, and it
ended in 1893, when, past fourscore years, he retired from active life.
Christopher C. Carleton was as much of an American by birth as any
one could claim to be, both his father's and mother's ancestors having
come from England on vessels that closely followed the Mayflower.
His grandfather, Caleb Carlton, Sr., served in the Connecticut troops
in the revolutionary war and was at the battle of White Plains.
His great-grandfather, Richard Carleton, fought at Bunker Hill and
was in the Connecticut line at Valley Forge, at Monmouth, and at Stony
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Caleb Carlton, Jr., his father, who was bom in Toland county. Conn.,
removed with his family to Ohio in 1814, passing through Cleveland to
settle in Mantua, Portage county. He was highly respected in that com
munity and at times filled several county offices, one of them that of
county commissioner. He died in Mantua and his vsddow, Rhoda Carl
ton, finaUy came to Cleveland to live with her son. She was born in
Wareham, Mass., in 1715, and was a direct descendant of Edward Bom-
passe, who with Miles Standish and others founded the town of Dux-
bury, Mass. The original pronunciation of the name was "Bump," which
was revived in later years.
Mrs. Rhoda Bump Carlton, a grand type of New England womanhood
enlarged and improved by pioneer life, was universally respected and
beloved. The year of her arrival in Ohio, 1814, is sufficient to indicate
the hardships, the toil, the self-sacrifices that, we are assured, she en
dured uncomplainingly.
As the Carltons were among the very first settlers of Portage county,
the hospitality of their little log-cabin was often stretched to its limit
in order to shelter and feed the later arrivals, who, exhausted, cold and
sometimes nearly famished, were welcomed, comforted and heartened,
until their own pioneer homes were erected. Many of the comforts of
the early settlers and, in some cases, of their prosperity, were due to the
sympathy and wise, cheerful counsel of Mrs. Carlton.
She was especially tender with orphan children, and many a forlorn
little one found a home with "Aunt Rhoda," as she was affectionately
termed by the whole community. Some years previous to her death she
became blind. She was laid away in Erie street cemetery, when nearly
94 years of age. Her grave is near the eastern entrance.
Her son and only child, C. C. Carlton, was a refined gentleman in his
social life and very successful in all his business undertakings. Within
two years following his arrival in town as a clerk for Thomas and Irad
Kelley, No. 1 Superior street, that firm became "C. C. Carlton & Co.,"
with Judge Thomas Kelley as the silent partner, Irad Kelley having
retired, and a few years later Judge Kelley also withdrew. In the divi
sion of the firm's property, the latter's lot on the north side of Euclid
Ave. was balanced by some farming land near Elyria, 0., and cuts were
drawn. The Judge drew the lot, upon which he built a fine Colonial
residence. His brother Irad lived farther east on the same avenue.
When the Miller Block was erected on Superior between Seneca and
Bank streets, now West 3rd and 6th, Mr. Carlton moved his store into
it and had an office above where he conducted an immense insurance
business. He had begun this in a small way soon after coming to Cleve
land, and it grew so rapidly that in the early '50s it demanded all his
attention and the store was sold. His last partner in the latter was
Charles Moulton, brother-in-law of General and Senator Sherman. Mr.
Carlton's son-in-law, James Lee, became connected with him in the in
surance business, and thenceforth it was "Carlton & Lee."
In 1834 Mr. Carlton married Jane Louise Stow, daughter of Samuel
Stow and his second wife, Lucinda Hart Stow. Samuel Stow was a revo
lutionary soldier, who, at the close of the war, removed to Eaton, Madi
son Co., N. Y. Miss Stow was left an orphan at an early age and made
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her home with her eldest sister, Mrs. John Daly, who removed to Cleve
land. She was tall and slender, and, at the time of her marriage was
twenty-two years old and her husband of the same age. Their home in
nearly all the years that followed was at 39 Eagle street.
Previous to 1835, Erie st. cemetery was part of a forest spreading
w-estward to the bank overlooking the river valley. Standing on the
site of the old market-house one could see nothing but trees in any direc
tion and the only building in sight was the Walworth farm-house, about
where the Friendly Inn now stands. About 1836 a street was cut through
these woods from Erie street, now East 9th, nearly opposite the ceme
tery to Ontario, and named Eagle street. Evidently Mr. Carlton had a
hand in this allotment, for he was the first person to build upon the street
and his home the only one on it for several years. It was all a part of
the Walworth farm. At first Mrs. Carlton had no near neighbors, but
within the following year or two Benjamin Strickland, who was married
to one of the daughters of John Walworth the pioneer, built a home over
looking the gorge at the junction of Ontario and Broadway. And, in
time, there grew to be quite a settlement, beginning at the present Old
Market House and continuing out Woodland Ave. and Broadway, then
called "Kinsman" and "Pittsburgh" streets, because the mail and the
stage-coaches bound for those towns turned into one or the other of
them. The neighborhood that grew up in Woodland avenue near Eagle street
was composed of the best social element of the town. Each year more and
more residences were built until at last the beautiful tree-bordered thor
oughfare was lined with attractive homes surrounded with lawns and
flowering shrubs. It was an event when they reached as far as the spa
cious home of Dr. Long, once considered " 'way out in the country."
But building activities continued eastward until at length Willson Ave.
— 55th st. — was reached.
Said an elderly lady recently, "I drove out Woodland Ave. the other
day and it gave me a heartache. Whoever would have believed, even
after I was a woman grown, that that beautiful avenue could be what it
is today? And my childhood home! weU, it actually made me feel ill to
see the wretchedly forlorn place now tenanted by three families and a
Chinese laundry!"
For a block or two east of Ontario street, Broadway was also settled
by representative Cleveland families, but it never became a popular res
ident ' street. Mrs. Carlton had but two children, and, when one was
eighteen years old and the other sixteen years, she lost them out of her
daily life for several years, her daughter having married and- gone di
rectly to Omaha, Nebraska, and her son as a cadet to West Point. The
former returned to Cleveland to live, but the latter thenceforth belonged
to his country. .
The mother was an invalid for some years previous to her death.
The children of Christopher C. and Jane Stow Carlton:
Rhoda Carlton, b. 1834; m. James Brig. General Caleb H. Carlton, b.
Wright Lee, son of Hart Gray and 1836 ; m. Sadie Pollock, of Har-
Margaret Evertson Lee, of Itha- risburg. Pa.
ca, N. Y. 379

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HARBAUGH
Mrs. Lee has resided in this city all her life save the four years she
spent in Omaha. It has been a life of varied experience and of sudden
bereavements. Her first three children, two, five, and seven years of
age, died of scarlet fever within a few hours of each other ; Carlton Lee,
a son twenty-four years old, fresh from his college and foreign travel,
met with instant death, and later Mr. Lee lost his life through an auto
mobile accident. Two sons of this family are yet living, James and
Henry Lee. The only daughter, Georgana Lee, married Otis Southworth,
son of William P. Southworth.
Brigadier-General Caleb H. Carlton, at the request of the writer, fur
nished the family data and newspaper clippings from which this sketch
was made possible; but they contained not a word nor even a hint con
cerning himself. Through inquiry, however, it has been learned that
this only son of C. C. Carlton was but sixteen years of age when he
entered West Point and one of the youngest in his class. Some of the
most famous generals of the civil war were then identified with the
school, either as instructors or pupils. Gen, Joe Wheeler was a class
mate, Sheridan a senior, while U, S. Grant and Robert E, Lee were famil
iar figures on the parade-ground.
When the war broke out young Carlton was a member of the 4th
U, S, Infantry, then stationed in California, but ordered back east in the
first months of the confiict. He was later transferred to the Cavalry di
vision of the regular army and served throughout the civil war. He is
said to be a fine-looking man, every inch a soldier, and extremely mod
est regarding his long and valuable service to his country.
In his retirement he spends his days either at Washington, D. C, Old
Point Comfort, or at Rye, N. Y.

1831
HARBAUGH

The Harbaughs originally came from Philadelphia, where Isaac Har
baugh married his step-sister Elisabeth Woodring. A few years later
they removed to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where their first children were
bom. Then, in the early 'SOs, they removed to Cleveland, and resided
on Ontario street near the lake.
They had a large family, all of whom married here. Most of them
lived and died in or near the city.
Children of Isaac and Elisabeth Harbaugh;
Lydia Harbaugh, m, WiUiam Lewis. Mahala Harbaugh, m. Benton Ba-
They removed to Michigan, ker,
Mary Harbaugh, m. Nehemiah Dennis Harbaugh, m, Mary Ann
Knapp, a Cleveland pioneer,  .
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THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CHOLERA
Catherine Harbaugh, m, John Troop. Harriet Harbaugh, m. Harvey Rum-
Amos Harbaugh, m, Lucy Hurlbut mage, an early settler,
of the West side. Amzi Harbaugh, went to Rockford,
Frank Harbaugh, m. Kate Gillette. Ill,, to live with his sister Lydia,
Mr. Harbaugh, Senior, was a builder and constructor.
The family lot is in Erie street cemetery.

1832
THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CHOLERA
June 10, the steamer Henry Clay bound for Buffalo having many
U. S, soldiers on board who were ill with cholera, landed on the west
bank of the river.
The Cleveland Board of Health provided comfortable barracks not
far from the steamer, and medical aid was furnished to the sufferers.
Several of them died, and were buried on the west side of the river.
The bodies of the soldiers who died on board the steamer before reach
ing Cleveland were thrown overboard, and probably were washed on
shore, and thus iielped to spread the disease, Sandusky, Ohio, suffered
greatly from the plague,
John W. Allen was president of the village council that year. He was
energetic and fearless in his efforts to protect the town from the peril
that menaced it, and in caring for the helpless victims of the disease.
The citizens who composed the board of health were:
Dr. Edvdn Cowles, Charles Dennison,
Dr. Orson St, John, Silas Belden.
Dr, John Long. Daniel Worley.
Dr. Joshua Mills, Dr, S, J. Weldon,
These men proved most heroic in their ministrations to the sick and
dying when the terrible disease broke out in town. Every one who could,
fled to adjoining villages, and to lonely farm-houses. In many cases car
rying the germs of the plague with them. It raged for about a month.
Perhaps 25% of those attacked recovered. About 50 people died. Months
afterward, in October of the same year, the cholera broke out again, and
within three days, 14 more were added to its victims.

Died, "Of cholera, John Tomlinson Ells, aged 24." (Erie st. ceme
tery) ; stone very black,
"Died Mary wife of Andrew Cooper, aged 22 years,
Andrew was a gardener living at 61 Rockwell st, m 1845. In 1834 he
erected a store on Superior street. The first tenant was James Sloan.
Another Andrew Cooper lived in East Cleveland.
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BAUDER
The Bauder family of Cleveland is distinguished for its military and
patriotic record extending over 125 years. From the days when Melgert
Bauder and his brother Peter served in the Tyron Co. regiment. Col.
Jacob Klock's battalion, and fought in -the battle of Oriskany under Gen.
Herkimer in the Revolutionary war, to the day when the late Capt. Walter
S. Bauder died from disease contracted in the Spanish-American war,
the Banders have responded to the call of their country. Two brothers
of Melgert and Peter were captured by Indians and carried to Canada.
They lived to escape, but their sister sharing a like captivity was never
restored to her family.
Lodwick Bauder, son of Melgert and father of the three brothers, who
became Cleveland pioneers, was a soldier of the war of 1812.
Charles L. and Levi Bauder were the first to come to Cleveland and
were followed a few years later by their brother Michael. Subsequently
they were joined by their widowed mother Catherine Klock Bauder. The
home of the family had been in St. Johnsville, N. Y. Charles and Levi
were cabinet-makers and started a factory together at first, but after
ward separated their business. Levi's establishment was on the south
side of the Public Square, adjacent to the old "Blue Jug" crockery store
and opposite the Court House, then on the south-west corner of the
Square. He prospered, and probably would have become one of Cleve
land's most substantial business men had not fire twice destroyed his plant,
and in the panic of 1857 wiped out the savings of a lifetime.
About 1837, he married Miss Eliza Philips, daughter of the Rev. Will
iam and Elizabeth Prior Philips. For many years they were members
of the Old Stone Church.
The children of Levi and Eliza Philips Bauder:
Levi F. Bauder, b. 1840. A veteran civil war veteran, in 103rd 0. V. I.
of the civil war. Was 1st Sergt. He died unmarried in 1880.
of Co. B in the famous Seventh Silas E. Bauder, b. 1850. A patent
Reg. 0. V. I. He was county attorney, and an inventor. Was
auditor from 1877 to 1883, and a county clerk of Erie county six
justice of the peace 15 years. A years.
valuable man to his country and Martha Bauder, m. W. H. Kennedy,
to his community. Lived in Euclid village.
Andrew J. Bauder, b. 1842. Also a
Michael Bauder, brother of Charles and Levi, was also a wood-cutter
and like Charles was an inventor.
After the advent of railroads, Michael was employed in the Lake Shore
R. R. shops in finishing the interior of passenger-cars. He died in 1882.
His wife was Mary Ann Bell,
Children of Michael and Mary Bauder:
Henry Bauder. He went on a whal- Eliza Bauder, m, Silas Langdon,
ing voyage and was never heard Her widowed daughter Mrs,
from afterward. Brower lives in Lakewood.
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Seymour Bauder. A Lieut, in 54th neer of the 20th Century limited,
O, V, I, in the civil war, he was Died in 1909, and all business was
wounded five times in the battle suspended in Collinwood during
of Shiloh, the funeral,
Mary Bauder, m.  Gould. Her Hattie Bauder, m.  Gill. Mrs.
husband was R. R. engineer. Gill is the only living member of
Joseph Bauder. He was an engi- this family.
Catherine Klock Bauder, mother of the three Bauder brothers who
were Cleveland pioneers, was born 1773, and died 1853.
Her husband Lodwick, and brother-in-law Rev. Peter Bauder, were
soldiers of the war of 1812. Peter was grandfather of Edson B. Bau
der, attorney now resident of Cleveland. Mrs. Bauder was born in
Tyron Co., now Montgomery Co., N. Y. Her father Joseph Klock was
a farmer and a soldier of the revolutionary war. When absent from
home with his regiment, an Indian came to the farm-house very ill with
a fever. Mrs. Klock took care of him and nursed him back to health.
Whereupon he left, stalking out of the house without a word of thanks;
but some time afterward, with his face and hands daubed with war
paint and tomahawk in his hands, he burst in upon the terrified woman
and seizing her by the arm said, "Come quick!"
The frightened family followed him a long distance and to the top of
a hill, where he paused and bade them look back. Their farm-buildings
were all on fire, and the Indians and Tories killing the livestock. He
then pointed in an opposite direction, saying, "There's the fort" — Fort
Plain— "Go!"
While Fort Plain was a refuge for the settlers it was infested by the
Indians and Tories, and Catherine often told her Cleveland grandchildren
the sights she then witnessed as a little girl; the burning of the church
and other buildings, and of hearing the warwhoops of the savages, and
the shouts of the soldiers.
She was a real "Daughter of the Revolution" who was actually under
fire, and is buried in the old Erie st. cemetery, in section 23.

1832
BRAYTON

Over eighty years ago, two sons and a daughter of Thomas and Ruby
Johnson Brayton came to Cleveland accompanied by their mother from
Welna Jefferson Co., N. Y. They were the descendants of Francis Bray
ton wiio was made a freeman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1643.
The eldest son, Charles David Brayton, was a young physician who
studied with the celebrated Dr. Valentine Mott of New York City, and
hearing in 1832 of the ravages of the Asiatic cholera m the west, he came
on to proffer medical services to the sufferers of the dread malady in this
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locality, and afterward became very prominent in his profession and in
society. Meantime, he had married Miss Antoinette Gilbert, daughter of Mrs.
Jane Gilbert of New York. Their first home was at 121 Seneca street,
and later the fashionable part of Lake street.
Dr. Brayton's office was 27 Superior street.
Mrs. Antoinette Gilbert Brayton died, and Dr, Brayton married sec
ondly, Mrs, Sabrina (Loomis) Clark, widow of Asahel Clark, formerly
of Cooperstown, N, Y,, and a brother of James F, Clark, well-known mer
chant of Cleveland, Asahel and Sabrina Clark had a little daughter
Mary who, in later years, married Dr, Maynard, an Englishman, and died
not long afterward, Mary Clark Maynard was greatly beloved by all
who knew her. She was very kind and charitable, having inherited a
fortune from her father. During the Civil War she was closely identi
fied with the Women's Sanitary Commission of the city, and surrounding
towns. She was a noble woman whose death caused universal sorrow.
Her short married life was most unhappy, and her many friends could
never be reconciled at her untimely fate.
The children of Dr. and Mrs. Sabrina Brayton:
Charles Asahel Brayton, m. Caro- Ness Yates of the well-known Al-
line Bingham, daughter of Will- bany family of that name. He
iam Bingham, a very prominent was a grandson of John Van Ness
business man of the city. of Albany, and Washington, D. C.
Antoinette Brayton, m. John Van
Mrs. Yates, a society woman of the city, has spent all her life in Cleve
land. She is musical and artistic, and always has been much admired
and loved by her family and friends.
Henry F, Brayton, brother of Dr, C, D. Brayton, at the age of twenty-
five, was book-keeper for the Bank of Cleveland, and later was a pioneer
of the insurance business of the city, in which he was engaged for the rest
of his life. He married Charlotte Gilbert who was a sister of Mrs. C. D.
Brayton, He boarded for a time with Mrs, Douglas Sloane, and after
ward lived on Superior street in the residence formerly occupied by
Willard Bumham, now the site of the gas-office. He died in 1888 ased
76. The children of Henry and Charlotte Brayton:
Henry Gilbert Brayton, m, Alice Justine Brayton, m. William Bryon
Clark. of Minneapolis, Minn.
IsabeUe Brayton, died unmarried at Jean Brayton, m. Harry Smith of
the age of 45 years, Milwaukee, Wis.
Mrs, Charlotte Brayton died in 1858, aged 45 years.
Mrs. Thomas Brayton — Ruby Johnson — was born in 1774, two years
before the American Revolution. She lived in Cleveland nearly twenty
years, dying at the home of her son Henry Brayton in 1853. An unmar
ried daughter, Mary, also lived and died with her brother H. F. Brayton.
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1832
HANDY
No history of Cleveland would be complete without mention of that
pioneer banker, railroad director, and church deacon Trueman Parma
lee Handy. He was the son of William and Eunice Parmalee Handy of
Paris Hill, near Utica, N. Y., and he came to town in the spring of 1832
at the age of 25 years.
Seated beside him in the long journey was his bride Harriet New-
combe Hall, born in Albany, 1809, the daughter of Abram B. and Sally
Hight Hall, then residing in Geneva, N. Y. The young couple were six
days on this, their wedding-trip. The weather was cold and stormy, the
roads in a terrible condition. Often the jolting, lumbering stage-coach
would become stalled in a mud-hole, and all male passengers forced to
alight and assist the driver in prying and lifting the wheels out on terra
firma. Mr. Handy was sent here by George Bancroft the historian, to serve
as cashier of the old Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, the first bank in the
city, which had been reorganized recently by Bancroft. When the young
cashier entered or left the building that it occupied on the north-east
corner of Superior and Bank street, he stepped upon the only paved walk
in the city, a little strip the width of the bank; and when the sun beat
down in sultry weather upon that corner, just as it does today, the bank
officials would quench their frequent thirst at the only public well of
the city that stood but a few feet away. To be sure, this exclusive style
and convenient water privilege lost some of its dignity and value through
the matronly swine that roamed the street with their squealing progeny
closely following, and the flocks of geese encroaching upon the sacred
mart of money-exchange. It certainly was humiliating to stumble over
a big porker taking his noontide siesta at the very door of the bank, and
to be hissed at for disturbing the feathered fowl of Roman lineage who
loved to squat on the warm stones of the sidewalk, or bathe in the water
that collected around the well.
For many years before his death, Mr. Handy was the dean of local
banking interests, outranking even James J. Tracey who began four
years later than Mr. Handy, as assistant teller in the old bank of Cleve
land. In 1834 we find T. P. Handy joining in the first railroad venture
made by Cleveland men. They were Aaron Barker afterward postmas
ter of the city, David H. Beardsley, collector of the Ohio canal, John
W. Allen the well-known lawyer, Horace Perry, who died the following
year, Lyman Kendall the dry-goods merchant, and lastly James S. Clarke
the pioneer real-estate boomer, who came to grief in the panic of 1837,
The Cleveland and Newburgh R. R. began on the Public Square back
of the present Forest City House and stretched its wooden rails out
Euclid ave. to a stone quarry near the site of Western Reserve Univer
sity The cars, for freight only, were drawn by two horses driven tan
dem For some reason the enterprise proved a failure, and its $50,000
stocic became worthless. This however, did not deter Mr. Handy in
1845 from becoming a promoter and treasurer of the Cleveland, Colum
bus, and Cincinnati R. R., started under many difficulties, but eventually
a success, , , t i -ut- • /-i
He was financially interested in the Cleveland Iron and Mining Co.,
a valuable enterprise that fairly coined money for all concerned m it.
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T. P, Handy was a deacon in the Old Stone Church as early as 1836 and
he was one of the founders of the Second Presbyterian church in the
'40s. He gave to it largely of his means and at his death the whole con
gregation felt personally bereaved.
Mr. and Mrs. Handy were very musical. They both sang in the choir
of the Old Stone Church in their younger days, and Mr. Handy was
chairman for many years of the musical committee of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. As early as 1836 he was president of the
Cleveland Mozart society, a flourishing musical organization of that day,
Mrs. Handy had a beautiful soprano voice and she often sang in ora-
torial concerts. Her only brother was Rev. Samuel H. Hall, who lived
the latter part of his life in Newark, N. J. His daughter Miss Anna G.
Hall, is still a resident of that place. Mrs. Handy was an invalid for
several years previous to her death which occurred in 1880. Mr. Handy
outlived her several years.
The family residence was on Euclid ave. near Dodge street, and the
family burial-lot is in Lakeview cemetery. Trueman P. and Harriet Hall
Handy had but two children — a little son who died young, and
Helen Handy, who married John S. summer home Lake Terrace,
Newbury. 'Their residence in win- Gross Point Farms.
ter is Detroit, Mich., and their
The memory of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Handy is preserved in the library
furnishings of the Young Women's Christian Association, also by a tablet.
They were presented by Mrs. Helen Handy Newbury. Mrs. Newbury
died within the past year.

1832
INGRAHAM

Timothy Ingraham was the dashing young militia officer from Taun
ton, Mass., who, finding no local military organization in Cleveland such
as he had affiliated with and commanded in his former eastern home,
was shocked as well as grieved that this city should have so long over
looked the necessity for brave defenders in times of future need. With
the late Alfred S. Sanford, he canvassed the list of Cleveland's young
men possessed of military ambition and who had the physical appearance
and social qualifications needful for a crack company of city guards.
This was accomplished in 1838, and after deciding the color of the
uniforms, gray, the newly organized company was accordingly named
the Cleveland Grays.
That was nearly 75 years ago, and six generations at least of Cleve
land's boys and girls have gazed with wonder and awe at the huge bear
skin hats and the tall drum-major, while loyal adults have smiled with
civic pride as our Cleveland Grays march on Superior street or Euclid
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"SOLDIERS ON PARADE"
has been this first, much-beloved military organization. Little did Timo
thy Ingraham, as first captain of the Cleveland Grays, dream that a lit
tle over twenty years later a large per cent of this new local company
would be found enrolled in a terrible civil war, and that he himself would
lead a Massachusetts regiment on the battle-field.
For Mr. Ingraham returned in 1845 to his native state. He was born
in Taunton, Mass., but lived in New Bedford until 22 years of age, when,
in 1832, he came to Cleveland. He soon became well known in other ways
than as captain of the Grays. For several years he was secretary of
the Ohio Canal Packet Co. and later was of the firm of Standart, Ingra
ham and Co., commission and forwarding merchants. The firm was com
posed of Needham Standart, Timothy Ingraham, and Stephen Clary. In
graham was city treasurer in 1840.
After his return to New Bedford, he was captain of the New Bedford
City Guards, taking that company out in 1861 for the three months' serv
ice. He became Colonel of the 38th Massachusetts, and served through
out the civil war, during the latter part of which he was detailed as
Provost Marshal (Jeneral at Washington, D. C. He died in 1876.
Timothy Ingraham married first a Miss Mith, whether in the east or
after his arrival here cannot be ascertained. She died in 1834 of cholera.
He married secondly in 1835, Jane S. Wolverton, one of the accom
plished daughters of Stephen Wolverton of this city, and of whom more
will be found in the sketch of that family.
The children of Timothy and Jane Wolverton Ingraham:
Charles W. Ingraham, b. 1836 ; d. Timothy Ingraham, Jr., b. 1844 ; m.
1867, unmarried. Emily Witter, dau. of the late
Robert Ingraham, b. 1838 ; d. 1858, Dr. William Witter of Windham,
unmarried. Conn,
Alma Ingraham, b. 1839 ; d. 1863, Frank Ingraham, b. 1848.
unmarried. Henry Ingraham, b. 1850 ; m. Anna
William Milford Ingraham, b. 1841 ; McNiel, daughter of Judge Mc-
m. a southern lady, and lived in Niel.
New Orleans.
Charles, William, and Timothy Ingraham were officers o fthe army
in active service throughout the civil war. Timothy and Henry Ingra
ham are living in this city, and engaged in business pursuits.

1832
CRITTENDEN

Joseph Hungerford Crittenden was born in Conway, Mass., in 1804.
He was the son of Chester and Azuba Abbott Crittenden of Conway. His
wife was Eliza Ariadne Kelley, daughter of James M. and Laura Howe
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Kelley, whom he married in Canandaigua, N. Y., in 1834, and in that year
came to Cleveland. „ „
Joseph H. Crittenden began a shoe and leather business at 9 Superior
street which he continued until 1857, when he retired and went to Brook
lyn, N. Y., where he died in 1874. He always kept his interests m Cleve
land, his home for 25 years, and the last of his real-estate holdings was
sold recently to the B. of L. Engineers.
The first home of the Joseph Crittenden family was 78 Seneca street,
and afterward on the present site of the New England Bid. They were
members of the Old Stone Church on the Public Square, and Mr,
Crittenden was one of the donors to the building fund at its erection.
Mrs. Crittenden died in Plainfield, N. J., in 1898, aged 84.
The children of Joseph and Eliza Kelley Crittenden:
Mary Beulah Crittenden, m. David Ella Azuba Crittenden, died in in-
B. Palmer of New York state. fancy.
They had six children, James Manning Crittenden, died in
George Nash Crittenden, m, Olivia infancy,
Headley; had one child, Josephine Abbott Crittenden, m,
Minnie Sarah Crittenden, unmar- John Henry Carman, M, D. Liv-
ried ; living in Plainfield, N. J. ing in Plainfield, N. J.
The above children were all born in Cleveland. The older ones must
have been past 20 years of age when the family removed to Brooklyn,
therefore well known by the young people of their day and generation.
This meant life-long friendships ; for the intimate companions of our
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1832
FENTON
Erie street cemetery is consecrated by the graves of several soldiers of
the American Revolution, heroes of the struggle that made this country a
nation and a republic. All that was mortal of them was laid away here,
hundreds of miles from their places of nativity and the scenes of their
patriotic endeavors.
Two of them were first buried in the small Ontario street cemetery
and when that resting-place of the dead was condemned, their coffins were
hauled up to the surface of the ground and carted over to Erie street
cemetery and again buried from sight. At this writing what remains
of their dust is threatened with yet another removal as commercial greed
is persistently plotting to seize this "God's acre" for pecuniary profit.
There are also several soldiers of the war of 1812 yet resting in Erie
street cemetery, and one of these was a Revolutionary hero as well. His
name was Gamaliel Fenton.
He was born in Mansfield, Conn., January, 1763. The spring he was
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17 years of age, he enlisted in the militia for nine months under Capt.
Smith and Lieut. Read. He marched with his company to New London,
Conn., to join the patriotic forces protecting the coast. A detachment
to which he was assigned spent most of the time cutting faggots near
an Indian village some miles north of New London, These were made
into bundles and carried to the coast for use in the barricades of the small
forts. In November of that year, 1780, his time having expired he returned
home, but not for long ; again he enlisted and took part in the skirmishes
at Horse Neck, and was with the army at White Plains.
In his old age Gamaliel Fenton dictated his revolutionary experiences
to a grandson, and his descendants yet preserve the precious legacy.
In 1788 Mr. Fenton joined the exodus of the young men of the south
ern New England states to the northern ones of Maine, New Hampshire,
and Vermont. He removed to Walpole, N. H., where he remained until
the breaking out of the war of 1812. For 18 months he nursed the sick
and wounded in a hospital at Burlington, Vt., during which time he re
ceived nothing for his services. He was at the Battle of Plattsburg dis
charging his gun, in that engagement 37 times.
His wife Elisabeth Webber Fenton was eight years his junior.
The family lived for a short time in Montreal, where their second child
was born in 1804. In 1832 Gamaliel Fenton, his wife, and two sons,
Orin and Horace came to Cleveland. The latter were both married and
probably brought young children with them. Gamaliel was then in his
70th year, and Mrs. Fenton the elder 62 years.
The family lived first on St. Clair street near Erie street. Early in
the '40s Horace Fenton, with whom his parents lived, built a home on
Kinsman street now Woodland Ave., just east of Erie street, and here
the old people died. The revolutionary hero fell a victim to the cholera
scourge in 1849 and died aged 86 years. Mrs. Elisabeth Fenton followed
him four years later, her death by apoplexy being as sudden as was that
of her husband.
Horace Fenton was 28 years of age when he came to Cleveland. He
was a carpenter and after a time became a contractor. He was a useful
man in the community and much respected. Several fine residences and
public buildings were erected by him.
We find his name in the volunteer Fire Department. Milo Hickox
is foreman of Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, W. J. Warner is his
first assistant, and Horace Fenton second assistant. All three were car
penters. Mrs. Horace Fenton was Lois Thorp of Ogdensburg, N. Y. She was
born in 1808, therefore was 24 years of age when she made Cleveland her
home. She died in the home on Woodland Ave. in 1853, leaving a family
of five children. They were:
Priscilla Fenton, b. 1830; m. her witt M. Calkins of Cleveland; d.
cousin Luther Fenton ; d. 1902. 1910.
Daniel Fenton, b. 1832; died four Henry T. Feriton, b. 1838; d, 1895;
years of age. "i- Louise Hagedorn of Port Hu-
Marixi. M. Fenton, b, 1835; m, De- ron, Michigan.
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Lois Fenton, b. 1842; d. 1867; m. aid McEason, living in Beaver,
Isaac Wright of Kirtland, 0. Pa.
Helen E. Fenton, b. 1845 ; m. Don-
In 1858 Horace Fenton removed to Barton, Mass., and from that
place to Kiantone, N. Y. Meanwhile, he had married secondly, Mrs.
Katherine Young of the former place by whom he had several more chil
dren: Esther, Hortense, Rose, Horace, Nettie, and Francis Fenton.
Horace Fenton, the elder, died 1885 in Cleveland while on a visit to
his children in this city. He was dining with his niece Clarissa Fenton
Jaynes on Madison Ave., now East 79th st., when stricken with apo
plexy, and was buried by the side of his first wife in Erie street cemetery.
Orin Fenton, eldest son of Gamaliel Fenton, was a farmer and lived
on Crawford Road. His wife was Clarissa "Thatcher of Ogdensburg,
N. Y. They had eight children, all but one of whom have passed away.
Children of Orin and Clarissa Fenton:
Sarah Fenton, unmarried. Evelina Fenton, m. David A. Hal-
Elisabeth Fenton, unmarried. sted.
Amos Fenton, m. Susan Lee of Mo- Horace Fenton, m. Sarah Watkins
gadore, 0. of East Cleveland.
Luther Fenton, m. his cousin Claris- Clarissa Fenton, m. Henry Jaynes,
sa Fenton. live in Madison, 0.
William Fenton, m. Isabelle Arm
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FERRIS

Rev. Daniel Ferris of Montton, Vt., came to Newburgh after the death
of his wife Amarilla Stetson Ferris, and lived with his son Lyman who
had preceded him to Ohio three years earlier. He lived in Newburgh
and vicinity about 14 years, dying at the advanced age of 83 years.
Lyman Ferris is the only child mentioned of Rev. David, probably
because the other children, if any, were living in New England. Mrs. Ly
man Ferris was the Newburgh pioneer Jerusha Benton, and the * sec
ond wife of Lyman Ferris. The couple were very refined, punctilious,
and stately in their bearing. They were devout Methodists and were
greatly beloved and esteemed by the members of that denomination, both
in Cleveland and Newburgh, and their home was ever open to traveling
clergymen. They had three daughters, all bom in this locality. Mr. Ferris may
have had children by his first wife who remained in Vermont. He died
in 1872, aged 79, and Jerusha Benton Ferris passed away a year later
Their children were: 390

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Polly Ferris, b. 1830 ; m. Rev. Hen- Lorain Ferris, b. 1836 ; m. Louis
ry Mendenhall. Dibble Stark.
Esther Ferris, b. 1840 ; died young.

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James Miller Craw and his wife Sarah Bentley Craw were from Al
bany, N. Y., and brought their family of five children to Cleveland in
1832. Mr. Craw was a mason and contractor and his two sons followed
the same occupation. In 1837 they were living at No. 32 High street, then
a very attractive location. All the members of this family were valuable
members of society and of Trinity and Grace Churches, and their grand
children are proud of the fact that they come of revolutionary stock.
Children of James M. and Sarah Bentley Craw:
William Valoir Craw, m. Margaret ver. Their only son became a
Wilson. wealthy citizen of Portland, Ore.
James Augustus Craw, m. Rhoda Leonora Craw, m. Moses Drake.
Lynde. They had two daughters who are
Elizabeth Craw, m.  Wood- Mrs. Hiram Wardwell of Ft.
ruff. No children. Wayne, Ind., and Mrs. Roger But-
Mary Craw, m. Joseph Van Schuy- terfield of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Wilham V. Craw, a member of Cleveland's first council, was born on
Pearl street in Albany, N, Y., in 1810. He was the son of James Miller
and Sarah Bentley Craw, and came with them to Cleveland in 1832.
He was a carpenter and building contractor, who erected many busi
ness blocks and private dwellings in the '40s and '50s, few of which remain
standing, having long since been torn down to make room for more mod
ern and pretentious buildings. The Perry-Payne structure displaced one
of them. About the only one yet remaining is the building occupied by
Strong and Cobb, retail druggists.
In later years Mr, Craw turned his attention to the rapidly grow
ing fish business of the city and for forty years dealt in the sale of that
commodity, becoming in time Fish Inspector of Cleveland, His bonded
warehouse stood for forty-eight years at No. 68 and 70 River street.
His value as a citizen, however, was his service in the Council and
on the Board of Education. He was responsible for the survey of the
city by a scientific surveyor brought from Ontario for that purpose, much
trouble having previously been encountered both in city and county
through carelessness of incompetent surveyors. ^ ^,. , ,
Mr Craw was an enthusiast on the subject of pubhc schools, and
threw his whole weight of influence toward the establishment of Cleve
land's first high school, a measure that encountered bitter opposition
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from many of the city's tax-payers. In 1844 he married Margaret A, Wil
son, the daughter of John and Ann Aram Wilson, She was bora m
Watertown, N, Y., in 1821, and was brought to Cleveland by her parents
in 1831. The couple boarded for six months at the residence of Dr. Ingle-
hart on Huron Road near Ninth street, and afterward began housekeep
ing at 20 Bolivar Road, which was their home for many years. They
both died on Kennard street near Scovill Ave. ; Mr. Craw in 1895, and his
wife in 1903 aged eight-three years.
The family attended Trinity Church at first, but feeling the need of
one in their locality, assisted in the organization of Grace Church, of
which society Mrs. Craw was a devoted member and enthusiastic worker.
She took an active part in the Sanitary Fair held on the Public Square
during the civil war, and was ever interested in all measures that needed
her co-operation.
Through the kind impulses of Mr. and Mrs. Craw several talented
boys and girls of earlier Cleveland were enabled to reach heights of
achievement otherwise unattainable. One of these was Hubert Hreki-
mer, the world-famous artist. His mother was a music-teacher and had
set her heart upon her son's career as a musician. Mrs. Craw discov
ered the lad's talent and ambition for art, and persuaded his mother to
change her plans for his future. Hubert was at once given drawing-
lessons and assisted and encouraged in his ambition to be a painter.
Children of William V. and Margaret Wilson Craw:
Kate Bentley Craw, m. Dr. John Frank Gardner Craw, m. Frances
Corlett Gill. Ransom Whipple.
Wilson John Cratv, m. Sarah Law- James M. Craw, unmarried.
rence. Mathilde Craw, m. William J.
Smith.
Those of the family who have passed away were recently removed
from old Erie street cemetery to the new one at Warrensville.
Children of James A. and Rhoda Lynde Craw:
George A. Craw, unmarried. Died Frances Bentley Craw, died 1847.
1905. Edward Lnyde Craw, m. Anna Ma-
Sarah Bentley Craiv, unmarried. rie Rockhifi. Died 1900.
James A. Craw married (2nd) Jane Turner. They had one son:
Charles King Craio.
Of this family but two survive, Sarah B. and Edward L. Craw. The
latter is a real-estate man of Fort Wayne, Ind., and is proprietor of
"The Portland," a fine modern hotel of that city. His son, George Rock-
hill Craw, resides in Chicago.

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Dr. Edwin Cowles who appeared in Cleveland for the first time in 1832
was not, as has been erroneously stated, a brother of the earlier pioneer
of the same name. Judge Samuel Cowles. If any blood relationship ex
isted between them it dated back several generations. But Dr. Cowles
was a brother-in-law of the Judge, having married the latter's sister.
Dr. Cowles was the son of the Rev. Giles Hooker Cowles, D. D., of
Connecticut, who came to Austinburg in 1810, to become the first pastor
of a little congregation that the Rev. Joseph Badger had collected in the
wilderness of Ashtabula county. He was installed over his flock in a
barn where services were held until funds could be raised for building a
church. And when this was accomplished it became famous in a modest
way, for it was ornamented with a steeple, a typical New England church
steeple, the first in Ohio.
The Reverend Giles H. Cowles was accompanied by his wife Polly
White Cowles and a family of children, the second of whom was Edwin,
seventeen years of age. This family was one of the cases where heredity
counts. The children were all gifted with unusual intelligence and with
deep religious feeling. An ancestor on their father's side was the cele
brated New England divine, Rev. Thomas Hooker, and their mother was
directly descended from Peregrine White, that first-born child of the
Plymouth Colony. John Cowles of Hartford, Conn., 1635, headed the
American family of the name.
Mrs. Cowles brought to the wilderness a dainty set of china orna
mented with the family monogram. It was made to order and presented
to her on her wedding-day in 1792. It is said that previous to her mar
riage Mrs. Cowles had been so engrossed in study as to neglect the arts
of the housewife and had not learned to cook. But she brought to the
problems facing her a well-trained mind which soon solved them, and
even excelled in what she had once been deficient. She was also a sweet
singer and two of her daughters inherited from her their musical talent.
Her father was Alpheus White whom tradition claims was a soldier
with Washington, and who lost his wife by drowning the night of the
Crossing of the Delaware. Her mother was Abigail Weed White.
Dr. Edwin Weed Cowles, the oldest child of Rev. Giles H. and Sally
White Cwoles, was born in Bristol, Conn., in 1794. He studied medicine
with 0. K. Hawley of Austinburg and practised his profession in that
to-wn for about ten years; then removed to Mantua, Portage Co., 0. He
remained in the latter place until 1832, when he came to Cleveland,
whether to look over the field in view of settling here, or in order to help
fight the terrible scourge of cholera that threatened the town, is uncer
tain. He did heroic service in unhesitatingly risking his own life to com
bat the unknown disease and unselfishly caring for the sick and dying
strangers in town with no home or personal friends to look after them.
Cholera broke out on a steamer bound from Buffalo to Detroit. It put
into Cleveland for medical help and Dr. Cowles went on with it to Detroit.
Dr. Cowles boarded that summer with Deacon Lathrop, and in the
fall brought on his family and established them on Euclid avenue beyond
E. 107th street, the site of Adelbert College, W. R. U. Here he re
mained but two years, and then for some reason removed to Detroit,
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Mich., where he practised medicine until 1838, when he returned to
Cleveland. Dr. Cowles seems to have been a progressive in his profession and
not inclined to accept as infallible the authorities preceding his time.
It is said that he was the first Cleveland physician to lend an ear to the
shocking Homeopathy heresy (?). Perhaps this may be an explanation
of his evident uneasiness or discontent, as he again returned to Michi
gan, remaining in Adrian and Ann Arbor for five years. "The rest of
his days were spent in Cleveland where he died in 1861. The first home
of the family in town was close to the Public Square on the little street
that ran from it through to St. Clair but for many following years the
residence was No. 77 Prospect street.
At twenty-one years of age Dr. Cowles married Almira Foote of Nor
folk, Conn. She was the daughter of Asa and Sarah Mills Foote. The
latter was first married to Joseph Cowles and had at least one child,
Samuel Cowles, who became the well-known pioneer judge of Cleveland.
Probably it was through this much-beloved half-brother of his wife that
Dr. Cowles was led to make the city his home.
Before the writer lies a letter over a hundred years old written by
Miss Almira Foote to Samuel Cowles, then living in Farmington, Conn.
She had lost both her parents some years previous and was teaching
school in Onandaga, N. Y. The epistle is penned in a vigorous, self-
reliant, hopeful style, though her orphaned and homeless condition evi
dently is keenly felt.
As Mrs. Edwin Cowles and the mother of boys away at school, she
wrote other and beautiful letters, full of motherly love and anxiety. ' Not
over their clothes nor their health, but their manners and morals' "Be
good, serve God," is her principal theme. Evidently she took great com
fort in her first-born, who wrote to her often and kept her posted as to
his daily life. She died in 1846. Both Dr. Cowles and his wife rest in
Lake View cemetery.
The children of Dr. Edwin and Almira Foote Cowles:
Giles Hooker Cowles, b. 1819 ; died Samuel Cowles, b. 1823 • m Anna L
m Cleveland 1842; a young man Wooster, dau. of Calvin Wooster "
of great promise and of fine per- Edwin Cowles, b. 1825- m Eliza'
so^^lity- beth, daughter of Hon 'Morelv
Helen Cowles, b. 1821 ; m. 1st, Dr. Hutchinson of Cayuga N Y
Franklin L. Markham; m. 2nd, Alfred Cowles, b 1832-' m <^av^h
Buell Goodsel Wheeler of Rock- F. Hutchinson, sister and 'dfu of
lord. 111. above.
Samuel Cowles, third child of Dr. Edwin Cowles, was a lawyer. He
went to California m 1853 and became a very prominent judge of that
Alfred Cowles, the youngest child of the family, engaged in the nrint
'''?i,^r''^MT?i?'\^''°*?f'^.?'^'^,".^"^ J°^^Ph ^edill until 1855, when
with Mr. Medill he bought the Chicago Tribune and for twentvSt
years was manager and principal proprietor of that noted metropolitan
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journal. In the later years of his life he traveled much in his own coun
try and abroad. He was a man of strong character and genial hospital
ity. The family residence was at 1805 Michigan Ave., Chicago.
Edwin Cowles, his father's namesake and fourth child, may readily be
conceded a Cleveland pioneer as he came to this town in 1832, a lad of
eight years. He developed into a typical member of the Cowles family,
with additional characteristics from the maternal side also in evidence.
Of these stood out physical and mental courage, and vigorous expression
at all times of independent thought.
Edwin Cowles was an ardent champion of the abolition movement
when it was unpopular and often unsafe to be identified with it. He
founded the Cleveland Leader in 1854 and for long years was its princi
pal proprietor, manager and editor. All through the dark days of the
civil war the Cleveland Leader was unswervingly loyal to the Govern
ment, and stood staunchly by President Linpoln in all his efforts to bring
the war to a close.
Mr. Cowles was absolutely without fear. An infantile disease had
left him with two minor physical losses, one of which was defective hear
ing. In spite of this he walked alone every night of his active life from
his office to his home between midnight and four o'clock A. M., regard
less of the expostulations of his personal friends and of his family. Other
men were assaulted by cowardly enemies or knocked down and robbed by
thugs, but the robust, vigorous, thoroughly self-reliant figure of Mr.
Cowles seemed too doubtful a proposition for any assailant.
He was a very affectionate and indulgent father. Anything that
affected one of his children adversely caused him keen mental distress.
During the earher years of their married life Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cowles
lived in a house adjoining that of Dr. Cowles on Prospect street. After
ward they resided on the south-west corner of Superior and Erie street.
Not long before his death Mr. Cowles built an unusually large and costly
home on Prospect street near Sterling.
He passed from this life in 1890. Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchinson Cowles
outlived him twenty years and died in her childhood home in Cayuga,
N. Y., where she spent much of her declining years.
Children of Edwin and Ehzabeth Cowles:
Almira F. Cowles, b. 1850 ; m. ice M. Hale ; 2nd, Claire Luensch-
Charles W. Chase. „}?^^r „ ^ j u ^o^^
Helen H. Cowles, h. 1851; m. Alfred H. Cowles, h. 1858.
Georse P Pomeroy ; she died in Lewis H. Cowles, b. 1861 ; m. barah
lgQ4~ F. Hutchinson of Cayuga, N. Y.
Eugene H. Cowles, b. 1855; m. Al-

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COON
In the first decade of the last century, Mathew Coon, son of Jeremiah
and Ruth Mosier Coon, of Dutch ancestry, and living in Half Moon,
N. Y., married Albacinda Lyon, daughter of Holmes Lyon. They had a
family of eleven children, some of whom were born in Ballston Spa,
N. Y. In 1832 the family came to Cleveland in the usual way, starting from
Albany and riding on the Erie canal to Buffalo, then changing to a
steamboat or vessel running from that port to this one.
Mathew Coon was then fifty-one and Mrs. Coon forty-four years of
age. Evidently they found life rather strenuous at first in their efforts
to provide for their large family. But in time everything worked out
satisfactorily. Their children were unusually bright, ambitious young
people, who meant to make the most of themselves and proceeded to do
so irrespective of circumstances.
The eldest son became a hotel-keeper, and was landlord of the New
England House for a time. Jeremiah learned the jeweler's trade of N.
E. Crittenden, and for many years had a jewelry-store of his own on
Superior street. John also learned that trade, but left it for the law.
Henry was a civil war veteran, and subsequently was in the service of
the government. He died in the Dayton Soldiers' Home.
Mathew Coon and his wife rest in Erie street cemetery. He died in
1847 and Mrs. Coon survived him 20 years.
The children of Mathew and Albacinda Coon:
Holmes Coon, hotel-keeper.
Jane Coon. John Coon, b. 1822; m. Martha A.
Minerva Coon, b. 1811 ; m. Nathan- E. Howe.
iel Ranney. Caroline Coon, b. 1822; d. 1884;
Harriet Coon, m. Morris Barnes. unmarried.
Mary Coon, b. 1816 ; m. William Seo- Henry Coon, civil war veteran.
field. Elisabeth Coon, b. 1829; m. Will-
Jeremiah Coon, b. 1817 ; m. Olive iam Culver of Massillon, 0.
Stockwell of Rochester, N. Y.
John Coon, third son of Mathew and Albacinda Coon, was born in Ball
ston Spa, N. Y. When but fourteen years of age he began an apprentice
ship with N. E. Crittenden, the Cleveland jeweler. That he made good
use of every moment of spare time is evidenced by the fact that within
eleven years he had mastered his trade, prepared for college, and grad
uated from Yale in the class of 1847. A set of Shakespeare in seven vol
umes attest to his merit in one direction while at college. The books are
inscribed :
"Presented to John Coon for excellency in composition. Noah Porter."
He returned home to study law with Andrews and Foot, and in time
to become a leading member of the bar. He was one of the original "ark
ites," perhaps the youngest member of that celebrated Cleveland club
While at college he made the acquaintance and won the affection of Miss
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Martha Ann Elisabeth Howe, a sister of Henry Howe his roommate and
chum, and after his business affairs admitted of such an important step,
he returned east to Worcester, Mass., to claim his bride.
Among other incidents of his career John Coon was the private secre
tary of Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Interior.
Children of John and Martha A. E. Coon:
George W. Coon, m, Martha A. Os- John Coon, Jr., m, Milly M, Holt,
born of Corning, N, Y,; 2nd, Al
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1832
CLEVELAND

A year or two preceding that of 1832 two brothers, William and
Aaron P. Cleveland, from Charlestown, South Carolina, came to town
and built a small row of stores, reserving the use of one for themselves
as a retail dry-goods store. They were the sons of George and Catey
Caldwell Cleveland, of Guilford, Conn.
William had gone to New York, when a youth, to clerk in a mercantile
house. In 1826 he joined his brother Aaron, who was engaged in cot
ton brokerage in Charlestown, and not long after that the young men
came west to seek their fortunes in Cleveland. The sign over their store
read "Cleveland Brothers." It will be noticed that the name contained
but one A. Although kinsmen of Moses Cleaveland they never had spelled
their name the same, and it is claimed by their descendants that it was
due to their influence the town changed from Cleaveland to Cleveland.
Not long after their arrival here the brothers were joined by a third
and younger one, George Cleveland.
William Cleveland married in 1832 Miss Martha Burrett Brooks of
Pittsford, Vt., twenty-three years of age. She was the daughter of
Joshua and Melinda Kieth Brooks, and sister of 0. A. Brooks of Cleve
land. "The family lived at 78 Water street.' Some time in the '40s
the three Cleveland men removed to New Orleans, La., where they re
mained some years, doing business in the cotton exchange of that city.
They returned north and William Cleveland died in 1887 at Orange,
N. J., aged eighty years.
Children of William and Martha Brooks Cleveland:
Martha Brooks Cleveland, b. 1833 ; William Joshua Cleveland, b. 1849 ;
m. Ruel Keith. the only son of the family became
Caty Caldwell Cleveland, b. 1835 ; a noted Indian missionary in Da-
died 1886 ; unmarried. kota. He married Hannah Stite-
Mary Elisabeth Cleveland, b, 1839, ler of Philadelphia, Pa,
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Aaron P. Cleveland remained unmarried until some years following
his removal to New Orleans.
George Cleveland, who joined his brothers here in 1832, married
Elisabeth Sandford, daughter of Col, Nathan and Elisabeth Mead Sand-
ford, She died in 1838,
Children of George and Elisabeth Sandford Cleveland:
James Cleveland. Mary Tisdale Cleveland.
Elisabeth S. Cleveland, m. Charles George Bowen Cleveland.
A. Devill. Catey Caldwell Cleveland.

1832
BINGHAM

In the thriving little town of Utica, N. Y., one August day in 1804,
a middle-aged man on horseback was surrounded by a group of people.
One could readily infer by the expression on the faces looking up at him
that something unusual was taking place.
The man was Deacon David White of Coventry, Conn. His right hand
held the bridle of his horse, the other clasped close to his breast a young
babe, the only child of his daughter Fanny White, who with her hus
band Flavel Bingham had just died of typhoid fever and had been laid
away, side by side, in the small Utica cemetery.
"The good deacon was starting on his return trip to Coventry from
which place he had been summoned by the news of the double bereave
ment, and was carrying the little orphan with him. It was a pathetic
scene, and the many friends of the young couple who so recently had
been of their number, stood with sad faces, and one by one with words of
sympathy bade Deacon White a Godspeed on his journey.
The little child he held in his arms was Flavel White Bingham, who
in future years was to become Judge Bingham and a mayor of the city of
Cleveland. He was tenderly reared by his prandparents and given all pos
sible advantages of culture and of education. He graduated at Union Col
lege, studied law with Gen. Joseph Kirkland, in his early manhood practised
in Utica in an office on a lot inherited from his father, then joined fortune
with other pioneers of his profession in the thriving village of Cleve
land. His young father, who died so prematurely, was the brother of Cyrus
Bingham, whose sons William and Edward founded the present house of
William Bingham and Co. He was a watchmaker in 1802, with a large
gilt watch as a sign in front of his business place. He ovsmed a lot on
the east side of Genesee street, Utica, upon which he had begun to build
a home when stricken down by fever.
It is regrettable that nothing btu the merest outlines, even of his pub
lic life, seem to be obtainable of Judge Bingham. His sons died during
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the civil war, in which they probably engaged, as flags of the G. A, R,
are placed on their giraves each Decoration Day, All family records are
in the possession of the only daughter who removed from the city years
ago, and whose address, though faithfully sought, cannot be learned.
Flavel Bingham was the first judge of probate of Cuyahoga County,
established in 1852 and served a term of three years. He was mayor of
the city in 1849. His wife was Miss Emmeline Day, formerly of Catskill,
N. Y, She was the daughter of Mrs, Lucy Day and sister of William
and John Day, all well-known pioneer residents of the city.
Mrs. Bingham was a woman of character and culture, and a worthy
companion of the man honored and esteemed by the community in which
she lived so many years. She was "Aunt Emmeline" to her little circle
of Cleveland relatives.
The family lived on St. Clair st. near Erie, now East 9th, and after
ward on the north side of Euclid ave. The Judge and his wife became
members of the Old Stone Church in 1836, and thenceforth were promi
nent in all its services and its social activities. The Bingham burial-lot
is in Erie street cemetery, on the left side of the main drive, and about
the center of its length. Mrs. Bingham's grave was once marked by a
large, white marble headstone, which has disappeared within the past
few years. Those of her mother and her young sons, however, are yet
standing. It is said that Judge Bingham, who outlived his wife, died East
and was buried there.
The children of Flavel and Emmeline Bingham:
Charles A. Bingham, b. 1838; d, Fanny Bingham, married  and
1861, resides in an eastern state.
Edward Day Bingham, b. 1842; d.
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Peck Clark, son of Hezekiah and Mary Peck Clark, married for his
second wife Polly Kellogg, a sister of James Kellogg, Jr. They lived in
Conneaut, Ohio, and died there aged eighty and eighty-nine years of age.
Peck Clark had a large family of children, three of whom either lived
here until death, or spent many years in this city. They were Albert,
Aaron, and Julia Clark.
Albert Clark, b. 1809, was the eldest son. He lived in Conneaut a few
years and then came to Cleveland. Albert Clark was a very handsome
man. He was six feet tall, and carried himself with a most distinguished
air. His relatives loved to entertain him, as he was a charming guest,
always saying the right things to every one, and ever kind and consid
erate. He was county auditor from 1848 to 1852, and previous to that was
with his cousin C. L. Camp in the dry-goods business.
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Albert Clark married Elizabeth Hower Wright, 18 years of age.
She was a pretty little woman, always pleasant in her manner, and full
of fun. She possessed a beautiful complexion, and wore her lovely hair
in curls each side of her face. She died in 1897, aged 83 years.
Children of Albert and Elisabeth Clark :
Amelia Clark, b. 1834; m. DeWitt Fuller. She died leaving a fam-
Patterson. ily of children.
Julia Clark, b. 1838; m. Samuel A.
S. A. Fuller m. 2nd, Louise Allen, daughter of John W. Allen.
Eunice Clark, a beautiful young girl, died in Detroit, aged 18 years.
The Clark residence in 1837 was on Lake street, between Bank and
Seneca. Afterward the home was on the corner of Euclid and Brownell
streets. Albert Clark died in 1876.
The family burial-lot was in Erie street cemetery.

1832
ABBEY

Sarah Goodrich Abbey, a widow, with her little son Perley Abbey,
and perhaps other children, left her home at Mt. Holyoke, Mass., early
in the last century and settled in Conneaut, 0. Upon reaching man
hood, Perley Abbey married Thankful Clark, a daughter of Zelotus and
Elisabeth Clark. Mrs. Clark's brother John B. Clark was at that time
a wealthy and prominent citizen of Hudson, 0.
Thankful Clark Abbey was a direct descendant of John and Priscilla
Alden of the Mayflower, their daughter having married the Clark who
was Mrs. Abbey's first American ancestor. He served in the Pequot
Indian War and received a grant of land from the king of England in
Saybrook, Conn., upon which the family lived for many generations
Mrs. Abbey having been born on it. About 1820, and when Mrs Abbey
was eighteen years old, Zelotus Clark sold his farm in Saybrook and be
came a pioneer of the Western Reserve. '
Mrs. Abbey brought with her from Saybrook a piece of embroidery
that had belonged to Priscilla Alden, which is now in the possession of
her daughter Mrs. L. B. Miles of this city, and when the long-delayed
Art Gallery of Cleveland is at last built and ready for such possessions
it IS Mrs. Miles' intention to bequeath it this valuable heirloom.
For a few years after their marriage, the Abbeys lived in Twinsburg
where their first three children were born, and in 1832, removed to Cleve
land. Mr. Abbey was a contractor and builder in later life, erecting the
Marine Hospital on Lake street, the old Allopathic college, and other
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stone buildings ; but in 1837, was a provision dealer at No. 9 Dock street.
The family at that time lived on Bolivar street, but later their home for
many years was on the corner of Woodland and Perry.
The children of Perley and Thankful Abbey :
Elizabeth Abbey. Mary Abbey, m. Holden, and 
Helen Abbey, m. Cameron. Sweet.
Harriet Abbey, m. Dr. L. B. Miles. Lewis Abbey.
Pettie Abbey.
The family burial-lot is in Woodland cemetery.

1832
DENZER-STACEY

Jacob Denzer, born 1782, came to Cleveland from Germany. He was
50 years of age, and his wife Magdalena 44 years.
Their son, Daniel Denzer, was a lad of seventeen when he accompan
ied his parents from the old world home to the new. There may have been
a son Peter Denzer, as a young man of that name was clerking in this
city in 1845.
Jacob Denzer dealt in produce and garden-truck. He died in 1857
on St. Clair street where the family were living at that time. Mr. Den
zer lived to a great age.
Daniel Denzer was also in the produce business, and made a financial
success of it. He married Sarah Stacey, a handsome, dark-eyed English
girl, daughter of John and Frances Stacey, who arrived here in 1837.
There were several children in the Stacey family. William and James
were in the fruit trade, Josiah was a confectioner and caterer, Gar
rett's Hall, a popular resort, stood on the north-east corner of Euclid
Ave. and the Public Square, Here, for two decades, society devotees
held private dances and other gay functions. To reach the hall, one had
first to enter Stacey's confectionery store. Its door was level with Eu
clid ave., but its show-window, north of the door, faced the Square, and
the steep walk that led down to Superior street. Who can forget the
allurements of that window? How tempting to one with a "sweet tooth"
was that display of gorgeous frosted cakes and delicious looking candy!
Mr, Josiah Stacey had a pleasant face, and kindly manners for every
body, irrespective of age or circumstance. His wife was a dear little
woman, and his helpmate in the many years they passed together.
John Stacey the elder died in 1852, perhaps of cholera, aged 60 years.
His wife Frances lived to be 91. They lie in the Denzer lot in Erie street
cemetery.

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CABLE
Eliezar and Minerva Cable came to Newburgh from Milford, Conn,,
about 1832, and started the first nursery in town,
Mrs. Cable was extremely neat and a great worker. She lived to be
ninety years old, loved and respected by all who knew her.
She had one daughter, Elvira Cable, who married Joseph Cady, After
her mother's death Mrs. Cady removed to Topeka, Kansas.

1832
PANKHURST

A young man 20 years of age was the Cleveland pioneer of this fam
ily. He was born in Rye, England, and in 1822 came to Utica, N, Y., pre
sumably with his parents. His mother was a Forster, a name of note
in England, About 1832, John Pankhurst and his brother WiUiam came
to Cleveland, as so many other Utica residents were doing in and after
that year, "The brothers were skilled carpenters and iron-workers. They
expected to find the small village flourishing, but it failed to meet their
expectations, and William returned to his eastern home.
But John Pankhurst remained here, whereby our city gained much,
in the family he gave to it mostly of the manly, industrious type,
capable of earning an honest living, and one of them, at least, of acquir
ing great wealth.
John Pankhurst's wife, whom he married here, was Sarah Wellsted, a
young English girl of his own age, and also a former resident of Utica.
The records of her ancestry have been preserved for several generations.
Her parents were William and Mary Wellsted. In 1852 the young couple
were living on Bolivar street, happy, prosperous, surrounded by a group
of bright children, the oldest 18 years, the youngest a little lad of seven.
One evening, in the summer of that year, Mr. Pankhurst remarked at
the supper-table that he was not feeling very well. The next morning
dawned upon his lifeless form, one more victim of the cholera scourge
that swept over the city that year, the fourth and last visitation begin
ning in 1832.
Mrs. Pankhurst was thus suddenly bereft of the strong arm and ac
tive brain that hitherto had shielded her from all financial cares, and the
children were deprived of a father whose advice and protection were yet
sorely needed. But the mother seems to have been a woman of character,
and equal to the emergency.
In 1860, she was living at No. 90 Muirson street. Her second son
John, evidently married, resided in a house adjoining. He was an iron
worker, Thomas, the eldest son, was a boiler-maker and living in that
year in a home of his own on St. Clair street.
John Pankhurst's trade proved to be a fortunate one. Eventually he
became the head and chief owner of the Globe Iron Works of this city
and died in 1898 a very wealthy man, one universally admired and re-
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spected. His only daughter married a nobleman of high title, and resides
m Athens, Greece,
1 on^^^u^^^^^ Pankhurst died in a pretty home on Arlington street in
1894, Her youngest daughter, a fine-looking woman of about 70 years,
IS the only remaining member of the family yet living. The parents were
interred in Erie street cemetery, but may have been removed to Lake
View, The children of John and Sarah Wellsted Pankhurst:
WilUam J. Pankhurst, b, 1833; m, Sarah E. Pankhurst, b. 1842; m,
Mary Brady, Ferdinand Ruple; 2nd, James
John Forster Pankhurst, b, 1838 ; m, Ritchie.
Maria Coates, Thomas J. Pankhurst, b, 1845; m,
Mary A. Pankhurst, b, 1840 ; m. Fer- Elisabeth Welhoff.
dinand Ruple,
Mrs. Elisabeth Pankhurst is a widow living with her son H. F. Pank
hurst on 109th street, a sweet-faced woman of refined, cordial manners.

1832
HECKER-BECKER
Henry Hecker and his wife Christina Wilhelm Hecker were middle-
aged, and with a family of four, grown children when they immigrated
from near the river Rhine, Germany, to this country.
Their eldest daughter was married and did not accompany them.
The eldest son of the family was a cripple, the younger one was 20 years
of age; and fear that he might be forced into the German army made
his mother's working hours miserable, and her nighta sleepless. So the
parents severed the ties of almost a life-time, sold their possessions, and
came across the sea.
The Heckers settled on a farm belonging to Philip B. and Edward
Andrews, an hundred-acre tract lying out Superior street near E. 79th
street, (Those thoroughfares were not then laid out,)
The family lived in a log-house that had been occupied by the parents
of the Andrews brothers. The site is on the south side of Superior street
near its junction with E. 79th.
Mrs. Hecker died there and was buried in Doan street cemetery, cor
ner of Euclid. Long afterward, when that burial-site was demolished to
make way for commerce, she was reinterred in Lake View.
The children of Henry and Christina Hecker:
Barbara Hecker, m. Jacob Becker, John Hecker, m, Julia  ,
Elisabeth Hecker, m, Peter Miller. Peter Hecker, m, Caroline Cross,
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Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Becker followed their parents to this country after
the latter were well established in their new home. They had a large
family of children, the older ones of whom were born in Germany.
The Beckers lived in the same locality in Cleveland that their par
ents had chosen, near the junction of Superior and E. 79th. It was then
covered with big forest-trees. Fifty years later these families gave
names to two East End streets, Hecker and Becker avenues.
Children of Jacob and Barbara Becker:
Elisabeth Becker, m. Jacob Hecker, Catherine Becker, m. Catherine Bau-
a cousin. bilt.
Michael Becker, m. Caroline Smith, Mary Becker, m. George Abel,
Ellen Becker, m, Wm. Beckenback. Julia Becker, m. Coonrad Rolph.
Barbara Becker, m. David Wehl-
muth. The fourth and fifth surnames of above marriages may not be cor
rect, or the writer had to spell them by sound, not being familiar with
their nomenclature.
Many of the descendants of the above families reside in the vicinity
of the pioneer home. Among them is WiUiam Abel, whose large furni
ture store and undertaking establishment is located at 7017 Superior
street.

1833
Died. Luther Willes, aged 41 years.
Josiah Pomeroy, aged 33 years. (Erie st. cemetery.)
Fugitives. Edward and Jonathan Jackson of Virginia advertise in
Herald for runaway slaves Martin and Sam. $500 reward. Martin is
described as a very handsome light mulatto.
Cardy Parker "wishes to sell 100 acres of land within three miles of
court-house on the great road down the lake (Euclid ave.) 30 acres im
proved, frame-house and barn."
Black Hawk, the Indian Chief who had been defeated in an Indian
war, carried on in the West, while a prisoner and being taken through
Cleveland, requested the officers in charge to allow him to visit the grave
of his mother. He went in a skiff to the present site of River st. ceme
tery and remained an hour in silent meditation.
Ague still causing much suffering in town and around and about it.
New England people fumigating and disinfecting all letters received from
Ohio before reading them.
At this date, and many succeeding ones, people who reached the age
of 45 or 50 were considered old folks. 404

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BALDWIN
Authorities differ regarding the birthplace of Norman C, Baldwin,
pioneer produce merchant of Cleveland, One biographer states that it
was Goshen, Conn,, and another that it was Litchfield, but all agree that,
wherever it was, he was born in 1802, He was the son of Stephen and
Susannah Adams Baldwin, His father died of tuberculosis, leaving a
vddow and a large family, the younger members of which were of very
tender age. About 1816 Mrs. Baldwin came to Ohio with her family
and settled in Summit county.
Within a short time following that event, Norman but yet a lad in
age and appearance, opened a small country store in Hudson, Ohio. With
in two years he had made such a success of the venture as to need the
services and savings of two of his brothers, whom he took into partner
ship. His good judgment and executive ability were unprecedented, con
sidering his youth and lack of experience. He early manifested a love
of spirited horses, and was a skillful driver. A feat he performed in that
line caused quite a local sensation, and made him the hero of the hour.
He drove from Hudson to Cleveland in 24 hours, something that had never
previously been accomplished.
In 1830 he removed to Cleveland, and became a member of the
firm, Giddings, Baldwin and Co. It did a large produce business, con
nected mostly with the lake and the Ohio canal. It also owned and oper
ated a line of passenger and lake steamers. Mr. Baldwin became the first
president of the Bank of Cleveland, organized in 1834 and was at the
head of the Canal Bank in the financial crash of 1837. The panic swept
him off his feet, and when affairs were finally readjusted, he retired from
mercantile life and for some years foUowing was in the real-estate busi-
nGSS A short time previous to Mr. Baldwin's removal to the city, he married
Miss Mary H. Palmer, daughter of Robert Palmer of Goshen, Conn. She
died in 1867. The family residence was on Euclid ave., between Perry
and Sterling, now E. 22nd and E. 30th. It was one of the finest homes
on the avenue.
Children of Norman C. and Mary Baldwin :
Eliza G. Baldwin, b. 1830 ; m. Henry Elisabeth Baldwin, b. 1844.
B. Perkins, son of Gen, Simeon Henry Parmalee Baldwin, b. 1845;
Perkins of Warren, Ohio. died 1865.
Mary V Baldwin, b. 1832 ; m. John N. C. Baldwin, Jr., b. 1848 ; died
T Newton, a Toledo lawyer. 1878 ; member of the firm of Bald-
Cap't Norman A. Baldwin, b. 1835; win and Collins, merchant miUer?
m. Miss Ann Webster. He was a of Cleveland.
soldier in the Civil war. Ellen Douglas Baldwin, b. 1851.
Charlotte G. Baldwin, b, 1839 ; died
1866, Norman C, Baldwin, Sr,, died in 1887, aged 85 years.

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BRIGGS
James Alfred Briggs was a young lawyer aged 22 from Claremont,
N. Y., who tried his fortune in the village of Cleveland and — ^won out.
He was the son of Rufus and Nancy Hayes Briggs of Cheshire, Mass., who
removed to New York State before his birth.
In 1834, Van Rensselaer Humphrey of Hudson, 0., entered into a law
partnership vsdth Mr. Briggs. Humphrey was much the older, and more
experienced. He is described as broad-shouldered, ruffle-shirted, and as
"Judge" Humphrey "ponderous and imposing." The office of the firm
was over C. L. Camp's store on Superior street,
Mr, Briggs lived in the city 24 years. He was a valuable citizen, and
was usually found on the right side of any public movement. He was an
enthusiastic temperance worker. He stood shoulder to shoulder with
Charles Bradburn in his successful efforts to establish the Cleveland
high school system. He was the first attorney of the C. C, & I, railroad.
Mr, Briggs married Margaret Bayard, dau, of George A. Bayard, The
ceremony took place in Pittsburgh in 1842. She died and he married
2nd Catherine Van Vechten, Both wives were of old. New York State
families, James A, Briggs died in Brooklyn, N, Y,, where he had removed in
1857,

1833
BARNES

William Barnes and his wife Elizabeth Giles Barnes came to Cleve
land from England about 1833.
Mr. Barnes was a carpenter and worked in and about the city many
years. He died of cholera in 1849 at the early age of 37 years.
The home of the Barnes family was a log-house on Lake street between
Bond and Erie, now East 6th and 9th. There were four children, but
only one has been secured.
William M. Barnes, m. Henrietta Fell,

1833
BRECK

In the early summer of 1837 a young man from Rochester N Y
bound for Huron, O., with a stock of dry-goods, and accompanied bv hi's
sister, landed from a steamer near the mouth of the Cuyahoga river
Before reaching Cleveland, the weather became very stormy aiid as
he intended resuming the journey by water, and his sister had been sea
sick on the trip from Buffalo, he concluded to leave her here in care of
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some good women for a couple of weeks, or until convenient to come
back for her.
Just how he came in touch with the right person has not been handed
down, but she was found, and that woman's loving kindness and tender
sympathy with the homesick girl who had never before spent a night
away from her mother was gratefully appreciated and never forgotten.
Many years afterward, the maiden now a middle-aged woman and
with grown children of her own, asked her daughter to accompany her to
the Erie street cemetery, and to help her to find the grave of the dear
woman who had once befriended her.
It was located near the Erie street entrance and on the right side of
the main drive. An old-fashioned marble headstone marked the spot.
It read: "Angelinb
wife of Rev, Joseph H. Breck. Died May 24, 1838."
Alice Angeline Breck was the daughter of Ralph Snow, a merchant
and druggist of Northampton, Mass, She married the Rev. Joseph Hunt
Breck in 1830, and accompanied him back to the Western Reserve where
he had been living the past seven years in Brecksville as a missionary.
He did not return there after his marriage, but took his bride to a home
on Superior street, No. 103, and just east of Webb C. BaU's former
jewelry store, J, F, Ryder occupied the spot many years with his pho
tograph gallery and store,
Mrs. Breck, at the time, had two brothers living in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Lorenzo and George Snow, and the son of one of these men became a well-
known civil engineer of New York City. Mrs. Breck was cordially wel
comed by the best element of the little village, not only through respect
for her husband's calling, but because of her own fine personality, and
she soon won the intimate friendship of Mrs. Dr. Long and other women
most admired and respected in the community. Unfortunately, her life
in Cleveland was brief. She died at the birth of her third child.
Rev. Joseph Hunt Breck was the son of Joseph Hunt Breck, Sr.,
and Abigail-Kingsley-Breck, and it was through his grandmother Rachel
Hunt that father and son acquired their middle name.
The first New England ancestor of the family, Edward Breck, emi
grated to this country with Richard Mather, and became a freeman of
Dorchester, Mass., in 1635, but for some generations that branch of the
family had been living in Northampton, where Rev. Joseph H. Breck
was born. He was educated at Yale, and afterward graduated from a
theological seminary. Perhaps this long course of study was responsible
for his delicate health which compelled him to partially relinquish the
ministry, and while living in Cleveland, he made use of his thorough
classical 'education in fitting young men for college.
The fathers of several business men of the city were thus prepared
by him for a collegiate life. , . , ^ , .
Mrs Harriet Brooks Breck, the widow of his son, possesses a large
photograph of him taken in his old age, and it is most striking in its
expression of gentleness and goodness, and one can easily create from
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it an image of an old-fashioned gentleman and scholar. He lived with
his only son, Hon. Joseph Breck, or occupied the same house for twenty-
two years, and aU that time he was unfailing in his kindness and con
sideration towards his son's wife. She speaks of him in terms of ten
derest gratitude and respect.
Rev. Joseph and Angeline Breck had two children that reached matur
ity:
Hon. Joseph Breck, born 1831 ; mar- 1838 ; married C. B. Denio, who
ried Harriet Brooks. removed to Galen, 111,, and later to
Angeline Snow Breck, born May 21, Vallejo, Cal.
Five years after the death of his wife, the Rev. Joseph H. Breck
moved to a farm on the BrecksviUe road, and while his motherless chil
dren were yet young he met Miss Diantha Chamberlain, a maiden lady
who was a school-teacher in Twinsburg, and they were married. She
outlived Mr. Breck nine years, and died at an advanced age at the resi
dence of his son with whom she had made her home for thirty-one years.
She left no children.
Hon. Joseph Breck lived a long life in or near Cleveland, and died
in 1907, honored and respected. He married the daughter of Hezkiah
Brooks, a pioneer of Carlisle, Lorain Co. She was a pupil of Miss Linda
Guilford, and taught school in Cleveland before her marriage. Her
grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier and on the staff of Gen. Wash
ington. The children of Hon. Joseph and Harriet Breck:
George Dwight Breck, m. Minnie William Merriman Breck, unmar-
Schultz. ried,
Theodore Brooks Breck, m. Martha Mary Louise Breck, m. George
Spencer. Begg, Resident of Detroit.
After the death of Mrs. Angeline Snow Breck, the aged and widowed
mother of Rev. Joseph Breck came on to Cleveland from Northampton to
look after his home and children. Besides this son she had a daughter
Rachel married to Rev. George Hooker, an eminent divine of Massachu
setts, and another daughter Fanny married to a Mr. Eastman.
In many ways this mother was a remarkable woman. She possessed
much musical talent, and as Abigail Kingsley, and as a very young girl
.she led the choir of a Northampton church.
She died in 1847, aged 79 years.

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1833

NOTT
Sergeant John Nott, of Weathersfield, Conn,, 1681, was the American
ancestor of the pioneer family of that name who came to this city in
1833, The Notts intermarried with the Dimmock family of Connecti
cut, and one son in every following generation had "D" for a middle
initial. The Notts possess a family Bible over two hundred years old.
It is bound in calfskin as thick as sole-leather,
William D, Nott was twenty-three years old when, in 1811, he mar
ried Laura Belden of Chatham, Conn.; and he was about forty-five years
old and had a family of children when he removed to Cleveland. The
Notts were very desirable citizens. Their useful occupation of manufac
turing pumps, vessel-spars, etc., was a lucrative one for themselves and
most valuable to the community in which they had come to live. Their
shop was on Merwin street and their residence at 35 Water street.
William Nott died in 1858 and, with his wife Laura Belden Nott, and
several of his children, is buried in Erie street cemetery. Mrs. Nott
died several years before her husband. She was a sister of Capt. Clifford
Belden and an aunt of William Hart, the pioneer furniture-dealer.

Children of WiUiam D. Nott and Laura Belden Nott:

Mary E. Nott, b. 1812 ; m. Nathaniel
Taylor, of Willoughby, 0.
William Dimmock Nott, b. 1814 ; m.
Emily Hurd; 2nd, Emily Doane.
He was a merchant and lived on
Euclid Ave. on the site of Halle
Brothers' store. He was instant
ly killed in 1859 by falling down
the cellar-stairs of his home,
Henry Nott, b. 1817 ; m. Mary Farr
of Euclid, O. In 1856 he was liv
ing at 46 Perry street.
Horace Nott, b. 1817; twin-brother
of above; was in business with

him continuously. He lived at
50 Wood street; m. Harriet L.
Smith of Rockhill, Conn.
Laura Nott, b. 1819; m. Mr. Earl
of Covington, Ky. They conduct
ed a seminary there.
Abram Luther Nott, b. 1822; m.
Elisabeth Slater.
Chauncy Clifford Nott, b. 1824; m.
Mary Ann Ross, daughter of
Joshua Ross, Jr. They had one
child, George C. Nott, a resident
of the city.

The wife of Horace Nott was one of three sisters, SherriU, Harriet,
and Ada Smith, noted for their inteUigence and beauty. They were
the daughters of John and Melinda Farr Smith, of Jefferson County,
N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Nott had three children:

Belle Hastings Nott, b. 1848; m.
Benjamin L. Wareing; 2nd,
James Warham Whitney. Lives
in New RocheUe, N. Y.

Franklin D. Nott, m. Elisabeth Cur
tis.
Jennie SherriU Nott, m. John Knox
Brown, of Buffalo, N. Y.

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1833
KENDALL
An interesting and charming family were the Kendalls, three genera
tions of whom lived in Cleveland, covering a period of half a century.
The Kendall men, father, son, and grandson, were unusually fine-
looking, and of cultured, dignified bearing. They were in the dry-goods
business, and their store was first on the north side of Superior street
below Seneca, now West 3rd, then removed above Seneca on the same
side, and finally into the new Case Block, the site of the present post-
office. The pioneer of any new movement risks much, seldom benefits by it,
and often comes to grief. The experiment of the Kendalls in locating
their business above the Pubhc Square proved a failure. It was many
years later before local trade established a footing on Euclid ave. and
East Superior street, and by that time the once popular store of Kendall
& Son was unknown to the many, and recalled only to the few.
Lyman Kendall, Sr., came to Cleveland in September, 1833, in mid
dle life, 49 years of age. He was the son of Joseph and Hannah Smith
Kendall, and was born in Ashford, Conn. In 1810 he married, and in
the same year opened a general merchandise store in Greenfield, Mass.,
which proved very successful. After a 20 years' residence in that town,
he sold out and conducted a banking business for three years in Homer,
N. Y. Attracted by the glowing accounts of Cleveland's beautiful loca
tion and rapid growth, Mr. Kendall removed with his family to this town,
and, returning to the occupation with which he was most famiHar, opened
a dry-goods store. The family residence was 44 Euclid ave., the site
of which is now covered by the Kendall Building.
Lyman Kendall, Sr., died in 1847, and was buried in old Erie street
cemetery. His wife's maiden name was Martha Clay Goodhue, of Put
ney, Vt. At the time of her marriage to Mr. Kendall she was 20 years
of age, and 43 years old when she removed to Cleveland.
Her parents were Dr. Joseph and Martha Clay Goodhue, and her
American ancestor was living in Ipswich, Mass., in 1639. Dr. Joseph
Goodhue was a surgeon in the U. S. Army for 21 years. He died in
Deerfield, Mass. Mrs. Lyman Kendall, Sr., was a woman of unusually
strong character, and of fine intellect. She was a valuable member of
Old Trinity, and zealous in all good and charitable work. After her
husband's death in 1847, she went to live with her son George KendaU
in Grand Rapids, Mich. She was greatly beloved by the people of that
town, and always addressed or spoken of as "Madam Kendall." Her
death occurred in 1874, and her remains were brought to Cleveland and
placed beside those of her husband.
The year following the arrival of the family in Cleveland, an epidemic
of cholera broke out in the town, and among the victims was the 15-year-
old son, James KendaU. The Cleveland Herald of August, 1834, con
tained the following tribute :
"Seldom has the visitation of this dreadful scourge been more mourn
ful an affliction than in its sudden destruction of this most interesting
youth, known and admired in this community for wisdom and virtues
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KENDALL
Children of Lyman and Martha Goodhue KendaU:
Lyman Kendall, Jr., b, 1811 ; d, aged James Kendall, d, aged 15 years,
30. Charles Kendall, b, 1825; m, Sarah
George Kendall, b, 1813 ; m, Esther K, Butts,
Tallman, John Kendall, b, 1825; m. Aurena
Henry Dwight Kendall, b, 1815 ; m. Whipple.
Marcia D, Havens of Hamilton, The latter were twins,
N, Y,
After the death of Lyman Kendall, Sr,, his son Dr. Henry Dwight
Kendall, who, meanwhile, had studied medicine, and was a well-estab
lished physician, felt obliged to relinquish his practice and assume charge
of his father's store and business.
Dr. Henry D, Kendall later took into partnership his son Lyman
H, Kendall, and the firm was afterward known as "H, D, Kendall &
Son," Finally, Dr, H, D, Kendall sold out his interests and removed
to Grand Rapids, Mich, He died at Guaymas, Mexico, in 1891. Crumb,
Baslington, & Kendall continued the business for a time, then established
a bank, George Kendall, the second son of Lyman Kendall, Sr,, lived in Cleve
land but a year or two, and then embarked in the dry-goods trade in
Kalamazoo, and later in Grand Rapids, Mich,, where he lived until his
death in 1890. Eventually, his four younger brothers followed him to the
latter place. All of them at first were dry-goods merchants, later, be
came interested in real-estate, and in banking and brokering.
The children of George and Esther Tallman Kendall were:
Martha Goodhue Kendall, b. 1844. Mary Kendall, b. 1848.
George Tallman Kendall, b. 1846 ; Esther Kendall, b, 1856 ; d, 1897,
d. 1877,
Children of Dr, Henry and Marcia Havens KendaU:
Lyman H. Kendall, b, 1840 ; m. Miss George Kendall, b, 1844 ; d, 1866.
Clara Mix ; she died 1864, Joseph G. Kendall, b, 1849.
Henry Kendall, b, 1842,
The children of Charles and Sarah Butts Kendall:
Charles J. Kendall, b, 1848, Sarah, Harriet, and Josephine Ken
dall.
The children of John and Aurora Whipple KendaU were :
John, Julia, and Anrm Kendall.
Dr, Henry D. Kendall, his wife Marcia Havens Kendall, and Clara
Mix Kendall are buried in Erie street cemetery.
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1833
KELLOGG
Pliny KeUogg, born in Hanover, N. H., in 1876, was the son of Enos
Kellogg. In 1809 he married Wealthy Smith, daughter of Benjamin and
Maria Smith.
Pliny Kellogg was a shoemaker. He came with his wife and children
to Cleveland in 1833, but remained in the city but a few years, remov
ing to Chagrin Falls some time before 1845. While living here, the
family resided at 81 Bank street where Mr. Kellogg kept a large boarding-
house. The children of Pliny and Wealthy Smith Kellogg:
Leonora Kellogg, b. 1810 ; m. Har- leans and never heard from after-
mon Burrows. ward.
Lydia Kellogg, b. 1812; m. Jarius Stephen Kellogg, b. 1816; m. Abi-
Ruggles. gail Pierce.
Walter Kellogg, 1814, he left Cleve- Lucy Kellogg, b. 1820 ; m. Anson
land very young for New Or- Welcon Gaylord.
Mrs. Wealthy KeUogg died in 1858, and her husband ten years later.

1833
KEEP
Rev. John Keep had charge of the old stone church through the year
of 1833. He was born in Longmeadow 1781, and was the son of Samuel
Keep. He was a Yale graduate of the class of 1802.
While studying for the ministry in Goshen, Conn., he boarded at .the
residence of Judge Nathan Hale, and there met Lydia Hale, the oldest
daughter and domestic mainstay of the family, her mother being an inva
lid. John Keep was attracted by her lovely spirit, pretty ways, and prac
tical accomplishments. He frequently offered her a helping hand when
she was occupied in duties that would allow it, and soon a romance de
veloped. They were married in 1808.
Rev. Keep's first charge was in Blanford, Mass., where his only child
was born. After the close of his work in the Old Stone Church, which
belonged to the Presbyterian society, he organized the First Congrega
tional church on the West Side. It stood on the corner of Detroit and
State street for long years. A police-station now occupies the site. He
was pastor of that church for two years, and then became interested
in Oberlin CoUege and spent his time in soliciting and raising money for
that institution. He visited England, making eloquent pleas for the
education and elevation of the black man. He made Oberlin his perma
nent home, and died there in 1870.
He was a man of lofty ideals and high vision. His services for Ober
lin College when it was poor and struggling can never be fully realized.
Mrs. Lydia Keep was a helpmate in all her husband's efforts.
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CLARKE

Their only child:

Rev Theodore J. Keep, b. 1809 in Eunice Gaylord Thompson, in
Blandford, Mass.; m, Mary Ann 1841,
Thompson, dau, of Kisuyck and
Children of Theodore and Mary Keep:
William J. Keep, b, 1842 ; m. Fran- Fanny M. Keep, b. 1856 ; m. Nor-
ces S. Henderson, mand Pelton,
Mary E. Keep, b, 1849 ; m, George These children died young,
M, Clark,

1833
CLARKE

One of the leading physicians of the town in the '30s was Dr. W. A,
Clarke, who was a partner of Dr. Erastus Cushing, In 1836 he was re
siding at 25 High street, with his office designated as "Cushing and
Clarke," 48 Superior street. He also had a drug-store at 11 Superior
street, and over this was the first location of The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
High street was a short, pretty thoroughfare in those days, and sev
eral well-known families, at different times, resided there. Years ago,
however, it retrograded into a mere passage-way, occupied by negroes
of the lowest type. Dr. Welcome Arnold Clarke was born in Stonington,
Conn., in 1791, and was the son of the Rev. Henry Clarke of Hopkin-
ton, R. I. His mother was Catherine Pendleton Clarke of Westerly, R. I.
Rev, and Mrs. Henry Clarke died in Brookfield, N. Y.
The Clarkes were welcomed as acquisitions to Cleveland's best society,
and their four pretty, accomplished daughters were much admired and
their company sought by the young men in town, but the house of Wins
low won three times in the race. It is not unusual for two brothers to
marry sisters, but the number rarely exceeds that.
Dr. Clarke died in 1848, aged eighty-two, and was buried in Erie
street cemetery, probably in the Winslow vault.
Mrs. Clarke was a Miss Mary Brown, daughter of Nathan Brown, of
Brookfield, N. Y, She was a graceful, slender lady, with alert carriage
and very pleasant, friendly manners. She died a very old lady, outliving
her husband nearly forty-two years. In all that period of widowhood
she retained her own home, and after the death of her daughter, Mrs.
Tracy, cared for and educated the latter's two motherless sons.
She lived for some time on Prospect street near Bolivar Road, but
died on Euclid Ave. in a residence opposite that of her daughter, Mrs.
R. K. Winslow.
The children of Dr. and Mrs. W, A, Clarke:
Mary Anne Clarke, b, 1816 ; m, Na- Lucy Clarke, b, 1821 ; m, Rufus K,
than C, Winslow, Winslow.
Harriet Clarke, b, 1818 ; m.  Helen Clarke, b, 1826 ; m, Hezekiah
Tracy. Winslow.
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Before the locks of the Sault Ste. Marie were built, the Cleveland
firm of Johnson and Tisdale had their two new schooners, the "Swallow"
and the "Julia Palmer," taken by land above the rapids and launched in
the waters of Lake Superior. It was accomplished by means of greased
skids, and its success created much comment all over the country.
The senior member of the firm, Seth W. Johnson, was a familiar fig
ure on the streets of Cleveland for nearly 75 years. He was a pioneer
ship-builder who was 95 years old at his death, 1907, and but for an
accident in which he was injured, he might have lived to the 100 years,
which event he assured his friends, he intended to celebrate. In his
extreme old age he was still a fine-looking, alert man, whose snow-white
hair and beard only served to make his keen eyes still brighter.
Mr. Johnson was a genuine Yankee, possessing Connecticut enterprise
and industry, and the seven years of his youth in which he served an ap
prenticeship to the ship-building trade developed an instinct for vessel-
construction that eventually won him a competence.
Seth W. Johnson was born in Middle Haddam, Conn., in 1811. He
came to Cleveland about 1833, and soon after started a drydock for vessel-
repairing which developed into the building of new ones. The steamers
Constellation and Robert Fulton were the first of these. It was in 1844
that he took into partnership Mr. Erastus Tisdale, and for 19 years
thereafter turned out some of the finest craft ever constructed for fresh
water, besides furnishing many steamers for the English coast-trade.
In 1840 Mr. Johnson married Miss Sophia Norton.
The family lived for some years in a fine brick residence on Wash
ington street, corner of Pearl, now West 25th, West side, and afterward
lived on Prospect Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had many close friends and
attached neighbors during that time, who rejoiced with them in their pros
perity, and grieved when sorrow touched them.
There were two sons in the family. They were Calvert Henry, and
Malcolm S. Johnson, handsome, interesting boys in their childhood and
young manhood. They were in partnership in the tea-trade for a time.
Calvert Johnson met with a sudden and tragic death in Chicago in 1871.
He was 28 years old and unmarried.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had a little daughter, Belinda Norton John
son, who died young and the family mourned the rest of their lives.
Capt. Malcom S. Johnson, b. 1846, m. Amanda Root Ruffner. Mrs.
Amanda Johnson died in 1886, aged 35 years.
Capt. Malcom S. Johnson passed away in 1909, and his mother, the
last remaining member of the family, soon followed him.
The Johnson burial-lot is on Garfield drive in Lake View cemetery.

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In 1833 two brothers started a small dry-goods store on Superior
street just below Bank. Soon after Samuel Raymond was taken into
partnership, and later the firm became Clark & Morgan. The young mer
chants were Henry White Clark, aged twenty-six, and Mervin Clark,
twenty-one years old. They were from New Britain, Conn., and the
sons of Oman and Lucy White Clark.
Six years later Marvin married Caroline Guptil who was bom in
Cleveland, 1822, and was the daughter of those very early pioneers John
H. and Lucy White Guptil, Her mother was one of the party of four
teen who came all the way from Vermont in an open flat-boat, Caroline
Guptil Clark lived but eight years after her marriage.
Evidently Mervin Clark was not satisfied with the financial outlook
for his line of business, perhaps the panic of 1837 may have influenced
his decision, for he left Cleveland for Milwaukee in the early '40s. His
wife died there and then he removed to Rensselaer, Ind. He died while
on a visit to his sister in New Britain, Conn., at the age of forty-two years.
His four children, born in Cleveland, were:
Almira Clark, m, George S, Britain, led on the field. He had served
M. Julius Gay, a noted genealogist, P *^^ I^^^J^t'^^]} ^^^9 ^^^- ?"^
b. in 1834, son of Fisher and m the 183rd, lieutenant-colonel of
Lucy (Thomson) Gay, ^^^ latter, and was but twenty-
,, • ^, 7 , ,. „ ,, one years of age at the time of
Mervin Clark, a young soldier of the his death
civil war, who lost his life at the Oliver Stanley Clark, lives in Wa-
battle ot l<ranklin, and was bur- tertown Wis,
Mervin Clark, Sr,, married (2) Miss Mary J, Thorp, and had two
more children, Lucy and Henry Clark.
Henry White Clark, brother of Mervin Clark, Sr,, remained in the
city the rest of his life and became very prosperous. He married Emily
Rowena Stanley, b. 1810, the dau. of Cyrus and Abigail Lee Stanley.
The family lived for a time on the Public Square, west of the Old
Stone church, and later at 23 Euclid Ave., the site of the Stanley Block.
They had no children of their own, but informally adopted several of
their nephews and nieces, caring for and educating them. "Their roof
was never too narrow to shelter those dear to them, and they never
wearied in giving to others." One who was of that beautiful household
says, "Henry W. Clark was one of the kindest-hearted men I have ever
known, and his wife and he were of one mind and one impulse when it
was a question of giving and doing."
Mr. Clark became interested in mining and lost heavily and was un
able to provide for his numerous proteges as he had hoped and expected.
His business had taken him often to Dubuque, Iowa, and in 1869 Mrs,
Cark died there. She was the granddaughter of Col, Gad Stanley, a Rev
olutionary officer of 1776, whose wife, Mary Judd, was of the bluest blood
of the colony, Mr, Clark outlived his wife only three years.
Mrs. Clark's widowed mother, Abigail Lee Stanley, lived in Cleveland
a number of years, residing with Mrs. Clark. She died in 1867 aged 80.
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Mrs. Clark's sister, Harriet A, Stanley, was a lovely character. She
never married, but gave her long life to the care of nephews and nieces.
While very aged she and a brother lived on Vienna street, and both died
there. Mr. Cyrus T. Stanley of East Cleveland is the only representative of
this family remaining in the city.

1833
HEWITT

When Miss Sarah B. Hitchcock, daughter of Judge Silas and Polly
Bradley Hitchcock, started from Cheshire, Conn., to visit her sister
Mrs. John A. Foote in Cleveland, no one could foresee that then and
there Cheshire had lost one of its dearest young girl residents; one who
had been born and spent her 21 years of life in that old New England
town. For, during her stay in Cleveland, she met Morgan Lewis Hewitt,
a physician and surgeon 26 years of age, who had arrived here from
Plattsburg, N. Y., some time previous, and they were married in 1836.
Dr. Hewitt combined a strong personality with charming manners,
and as a physician was far in advance of his day, advocating and prac
tising methods since adopted by the medical profession.
The couple began housekeeping at 74 Bank street. Subsequently,
Isaac L. Hewitt, a brother, came on from Plattsburg, and began a busi
ness career in the city. He invested in vessel property, and later be
came interested in the iron ore trade. This led to the removal of Dr.
Hewitt in 1857 to Marquette, Mich., of which he became a founder and
promoter. During the 21 years of their residence in Cleveland, Dr. and Mrs.
Hewitt were respected and loved by many people, especially by those
affiliated with the Old Stone Church, of which Mr. Hewitt became an
officer and deacon.
Their removal to Marquette was attended by some sacrifice, as that
place was then a wilderness, and at that time deemed as far away and
inaccessible as Dakota is in this day of railroad communication. Dr.
ment of Marquette. Both he and his wife died there many years ago.
Children of Morgan and Sarah Hewitt:
Ellen S. Hewitt, m, Hon, Peter Mary L. Hewitt, m. Henry Mather
White. ¦ of Middleton, Conn,
Both sisters spent their married lives in Marquette, The former died
some years later, leaving an only daughter, Mrs, Shirer, who divides
her time between Washington, D, C, and Marquette, Mrs, Mary L,
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Isaac L. Hewitt, the brother of Dr, Hewitt, married a Miss Lake
of Cleveland, whose father, Alanson Lake, was in the confectionery bus
iness at that time, Mr, Isaac L, Hewitt removed to Lugonia, California.
Morgan Lewis, the Christian name of Dr. Hewitt, was a favorite
one in early days of the past century. It was bourn by a famous resi
dent of New York state who was an American general and a jurist.

1833
HULBURT

Hinman B, Hulburt was 18 years of age when he came to Cleveland in
1833 and began the study of law in his brother's office. It took him three
years to prepare for his examination and admission to the bar. Mean
while he was a member of his brother's household.
For some reason he hit upon Massillon, 0., as a promising field for a
newly-fledged lawyer, or, perhaps there was something else than the
law in view when he packed his small hairtrunk with his limited ward
robe and his law library, two volumes, and spent part of his whole cap
ital, $3,25, for a ticket to that town,
Massillon was having a boom in those days, and several Cleveland
men were interested in her future,
H, B, Hurlburt entered a bank there and soon developed a talent for
money-making. Everything he touched commercially proved a success,
and in 1852 he returned to Cleveland a rich man, for that day. From
that time on he was connected largely with banking interests and with
railroads, and became one of the leading capitalists of the city. He died
in 1889 worth a half-miUion dollars.
As soon as established in Massillon sufficiently to warrant such an
undertaking, which was only a matter of a few months, he returned to
Cleveland for his promised bride, and a quiet wedding took place on
Pearl street. West Side, that was fraught with the happiness of a life
time, Mrs, Jane Elisabeth Hurlburt was the daughter of Samuel and Fanny
EeUs Johnson who had formerly resided near Utica, N, Y., and had been
in Ohio City, West Side, about three years. Mr. Johnson was a car
penter and joiner. His wife was a member of an old New England
Upon Mr. Hurlburt's return from Massillon, he purchased a home on
Superior street beyond the Public Square where the family remained
for two years. Then a mansion was built on Euclid Ave, which was occu
pied for 56 years. .
For over half a century Mrs. Hurlburt was identified vvath the social
life of the city. She was interested, also, in charitable work and long a
trustee of the Lakeside Hospital. She possessed a forcible personality,
and a strong wiU-power. ^ ,, ^ . ¦ ^ ^ x,. .
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hurlburt were connoisseurs in art, and their
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home was filled with rare pictures and valuable bri-a-brac coUected from
many parts of the world.
These with half of their great fortune was left to the city to found
a gallery of art. At the time of Mr, Hurlburt's death in 1889, twenty-
three years ago, and so far, no steps have been taken that insure the
building of such a gallery for years yet to come,
Mrs. Hurlburt survived her husband until 1910 when she died at
the advanced age of 91 years.
A monument in Lake View cemetery marks their resting-place.

1833
HANDERSON

"Handerson & Punderson" was a well-known firm of druggists doing
business at 75 Superior street. The members of it were Lewis Hander
son and Ebenezer Punderson, brothers-in-law. The latter never mar
ried. Lewis Handerson was the son of Ira and Elisabeth Happ Handerson
of Claverack, N. Y., who came west in the early '30s and settled in Orange
township. Lewis married Prudence Punderson, daughter of Ebenezer
and Mary Capron Punderson of Red Hook, Dutchess Co., N. Y, He
had no children, but the tragic death of his brother Thomas Handerson
while bathing in the Chagrin river, leaving a family of six children, gave
into his care a nephew and niece whom he adopted and fathered the rest
of his life. The children were Dr. Henry E. Handerson, still a practi
tioner of this city, and Harriet Frances Handerson. The latter is the
only surviving charter member of Grace Episcopal church, and in many
ways is a remarkable woman.
Although bom in 1834, she would easily pass for fifty years of age.
Her personality is unusual, her days full of her home, her beloved church,
her friends of a lifetime. Always the last person to look out for has been
herself, and she is "Aunt Harriet" to many young people not of kin.
The Lewis Handersons lived for some years at 68 Seneca street next
to the City Hotel, and then moved to Broadway near the site now occu
pied by the Friendly Inn. That property was originally the Wal
worth farm, and along in the '30s was allotted, and soon the Broadway
frontage was sold to prominent citizens who built homes along the street.
It was considered a desirable neighborhood, the only drawback, it was
so far from town ! By standing at the east end of the old Market house
and looking south-east one can see close at hand the sites of these homes,
and realize the change years have made in a Clevelander's idea of a
convenient location.
These Broadway homes usuaUy stood in the center of large lawns
and gardens. Dr. Strickland lived in the nearest one, his wife having
been a Walworth and one of the heirs of the property. The Handerson
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and Inglehart homes were east of the Stricklands, and adjoined each
other. Mrs. Handerson was a large, fleshy woman, who good-naturedly par
ried any allusions to her size. She was however, very light-footed and a
graceful dancer. Once when invited by a gentleman to be his partner
in a quadrille, she astonished him greatly by promptly accepting, and
had asked her in a spirit of fun, expecting his request to be declined.
Besides Ebenezer Punderson, her husband's partner, she had another
brother, the Rev. Epriam Punderson, an Episcopalian clergyman. He
married Esther Moody, an accomplished lady who was his helpmeet in
every sense of that word. Her sister Caroline Moody married Charles
Preston, a well-known banker and business man of Norwalk, Ohio.
The Rev. Punderson had charge of churches in Sandusky, Belle-
vue, Norwalk, Lyme, and other towns. He kept a classical school for boys
on Champlain street in this city, which was popular and successful.
But it burned down, and other misfortunes following saddened his de
clining years.
The Handersons and Pundersons rest in Woodland cemetery.
Dr. Seth Smith Handerson, an uncle of Lewis, also lived in Cleve
land. He practised medicine, and was at one time the city's sheriff. He
was married twice. His first wife, an eastern lady, left him a son, Zebina.
His second wife was Miss Sarah Hart, from near Albany, N. Y., and
they had three children:
Dr. Charles Handerson, d. in Grand Nancy Handerson, who married Hu-
Rapids, Mich. ron Beebe, one of Cleveland's ear-
Mary Handerson, m. Philetus Bos- ly sheriffs. They died in Racine,
worth, and died in Tennessee. Wis.

1833
HUNTINGTON

George Cabot Huntington was one of the earliest crockery merchants
of the town. He carried on a wholesale and retail business at No. 5
Superior street. In his advertisements, he caUed attention to his sign
of a big pitcher, as a guide to customers. ^ u 4-
He was the son of Erastus Huntington of Norwich, Conn., and about
the year 1833 when 26 years of age, came to Cleveland, At the same time
he was married to Miss Angeline Porter, daughter of Asahel Porter of
Waterbury, Conn. She had two children, and died at the birth of the
second one and was laid away in Erie street cemetery. Both children
died in infancy, some time in the '60s all were removed to a KeUey Island
cemetery. ^^ Huntington married secondly, Emmeline Kelley, daugh
ter of Datus KeUey of Kelley's Island, She lived to be 80 years of age, dy
ing on Christmas day, 1909, in Denver, Colorado, Two years after his
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second marriage, and following the disastrous panic of 1837, Mr, Hunt
ington removed to Kelley's Island where he remained until 1870, when
he took up his residence in New York City, and died 6 years later in
Wallace, Kan,, and was buried on Kelley's Island,
The children :
Erastus Huntington, a merchant of Daniel K. Huntington, now living
Kelley's Island until 1895, when in North Olmstead, Ohio, and en-
he removed to Cleveland, and gaged in fruit-growing,
died here in 1907, Joseph A. Huntington, lives in Den-
Simon Huntington, died in 1863 ver, and engaged in the real-estate
from wounds received in the bat- business.
tie of Stony River,

1833
GRAY
Two years previous to the Ohio boom of 1835, four brothers living
on a farm in Madrid, St. Lawrence county. New York, had a heart-to-
heart discussion over ways and means. They were Ransom, Admiral Nel
son, Ami Nicholas, and Joseph W. Gray.
The paternal farm was unproductive. Its stony, worn-out soil gave
meagre returns for all the labor expended upon it. Had scientific farm
ing been known at that time, the land could have been reclaimed, and
perhaps Cleveland would never have made the acquaintance of a family
that became such a factor in the political life of the city.
Said Admiral N, Gray to his younger brother: "I am sick of all
this! Let us get out from under it. Suppose we break away and start
anew in that town in Ohio folks are talking so much about."
"What could we do there?" asked his brother.
"We'll find something. You can teach school, and I, at least, can chop
wood." And A. N. Gray did that very thing for the first weeks of his life in
Ohio. He brought his young wife, Roxanna Whitney Gray, and their
two children to Cleveland, and from here to Parma, selected a spot that
suited him, cut down some trees, hewed them into logs, and built a
small log-cabin as a temporary home. While this was being done, the
nearest neighbor, several miles distant, sheltered the family.
When the cabin was completed, and everything made comfortable
within, Mr. Gray returned to Cleveland to seek employment. He was
something of a carpenter as well as a farmer, and succeeded in securing
work at this trade.
Every Saturday night he walked ten miles to Parma, and returned
Monday morning in order to be with his family over the Sabbath. Mean
while, his brave wife was piling and burning brush, doing everything
her strength would admit in clearing up the farm.
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For two years a building boom was on in Cleveland, and Mr. Gray
secured contracts to erect houses and stores. This soon enabled him to
bring his family into town, and thereafter when he visited his farm, it
was no longer reached on "Shank's mare."
In 1838, his youngest brother, Joseph W, Gray, came on from Madrid,
taught in the old Academy on St, Clair street for a year or two, and in
1842 the brothers bought the Cleveland Commercial Advertiser. To A.
N. Gray was due the change of name that soon occurred.
"I do not like the name of this paper," remarked Joseph, "Neither
do I," replied his brother. They agreed to each have in mind one that
would be more satisfactory. A. N, Gray hit upon
"Plain Dealer."
"The very thing!" exclaimed Joseph Gray, and from that day, 72
years ago, to this one, "Plain Dealer" it has been.
Admiral N. Gray had other business interests than that of pub
lisher. He became a receiver, cutter, and shipper of railroad iron. His
identification with this commodity gave him among his associates the
name "Iron Gray."
Mr. Gray bought a large lot on Garden street, now Central Ave., be
tween Perry and Sterling avenues. The land ran back to Cedar Avenue.
Mrs. Roxanna Gray was fond of fiowers, and as there was plenty of room,
she cultivated many varieties and in great profusion.
Admiral N. Gray died in 1852, aged 59 years. His wife survived him
36 years, being 88 years old at the time of her death. Mrs. Whitney, the
mother of Mrs. Gray, made her home with her daughter for many years,
dying at an advanced age. The family burial-lot was in Erie street ceme
tery. The children of Admiral and Roxanna Gray:
Charlotte Gray, died unmarried
aged 58. Persia Gray, m. Joseph Bartlett, for
Roman H. Gray, unmarried, major many years city treasurer.
of a regim.ent in the civil war. Arthur P. Gray, m. EUa Howe. He
Helen Gray, m. John S. Stevenson ; resides on La Grange street, city,
removed to Iowa.

1833
CHILDS

An interesting story written by an American author has for its title,
"The Revolt of Mother." It is a modern tale, but the pith of it is ancient
lore. It can be found at intervals in aU pioneer history. Cleveland ham
let and village possessed several intrepid wives and mothers whose firm
stand in domestic crises saved the day for their families.
One such woman was Mrs. Herrick Childs, who in 1833, with her
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three little ones, the youngest a babe of six months, accompanied her
husband from Deerfield, Mass., to Cleveland. The family was en route
for Chicago, but worn out with the long journey by canal-boat and stage
coach, and harassed by the continuous discomforts, and sometimes priva
tion suffered by her babes, Mrs. Childs concluded to end it all at once,
by refusing to proceed another step. The ultimatum to Cleveland was
far-reaching in its results. It gave to it a family name that for 80 years
has been as familiar locally as that of the city itself. Mrs. Childs was
Selina Buckingham, daughter of Nathan and Selina Lewis Buckingham,
and a direct descendant of Thomas Buckingham of Milford, Conn., 1627.
Herrick Childs was 30 years of age when he came to Cleveland, and
had been married four years. He was the son of David Wright Childs of
Conway, Mass. His name appears in the first little directory of the
city, and his residence was 44 Huron street, a beautiful street in early
days, and lined with big maple trees. Later the Childs family moved
to Euclid avenue. The homestead there was recently torn down and the
site is now occupied by the western addition to Halle Brothers Com
pany store.
The sons of the family were all active, enterprising business men of
the city, whose names when connected with any measure of finance or of
public affairs ensured its value and stability. Oscar A. Childs, the
oldest of the brothers, had many business interests other than that of the
big wholesale house that bore his name. He was one of the promoters
of the Northern Ohio Fair, a director of the Mercantile Bank, and a
founder of the Union Club of which he was the president at the time of
his death, Sept., 1881.
Always interested in the growth of the city which had been his home
from infancy, he was prompt to co-operate in every movement toward
its advancement, and liberally donated to all its leading charities. The
beautiful home in which he lived and died stood in the center of a spa
cious lot on the south-east corner of Prospect and Perry streets. The
Y. M. C. A. building, recently erected, now completely covers the lot,
Mr, Childs' widow and daughters reside on East 63rd street near Euclid
avenue, Edwin D. Childs was treasurer of the Kilby Manufacturing Com
pany. He died at the age of 74, respected and loved by all who knew
him. His home was on Euclid avenue, near 76th st., where his widow
still resides.
Henry Buckingham Childs, head of the wholesale shoe firm of Childs,
Groff & Co., died in 1898 in middle age. He was a prominent member
of Trinity church for many years. His family reside at 3206 Prospect
street. Charles Childs, the only surviving brother, resides in New York City,
where he is connected with the Standard Oil Co.
The children of Herrick and Selina B. Childs :
Euphema Childs, bom in Deerfield, William Childs, born in Deerfield,
Mass., 1830 ; m. William Stand- Mass. ; died in early manhood.
ard of Cleveland. Oscar A. Childs, born 1833 ; married
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1st, Martha Searle; 2nd, Mary Chamberlain, dau. of Philo and
Edwards, daughter of Elisha and Emily Pelton Chamberlain.
Eunice Lombard Edwards, and Henry B. Childs, b. 1842 ; m. Carrie
sister of the late Col, William R, M, Iddings,
Edwards, Martha Buckingham Childs, m.
Charles Childs, born in Cleveland ; John H, Johnston, of Lima, Peru,
m, Laura Glessner, of Mansfield, S, A,, a civil engineer and mining
Ohio. expert, Mrs, Johnston is yet liv-
George Childs, died in youth. ing,
Edwin D. Childs, b, 1839 ; m. Lucy

1833
CLARK
In the Cleveland Herald of 1834 appeared the foUowing marriage no
tice: "At Colchester, Conn., October 11, by Dr. Lyman Strong, D. D.,
James F. Clark, of the house of Potter, Clark & Murphey, to Miss Eliza
A. Murphey, daughter of Capt. John Murphey of the latter place."
James Freeman Clark came the previous year from Albany, where
he had been working for Rawdon, Wright & Co., engravers. Out. of this
firm grew eventually the American Bank Note Company.
Mr. Clark was twenty-four years old when he reached the city. His
parents were Cyrus and Annie Trumbull Clark, of Cooperstown, N. Y.
His mother was a niece of Governor Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut,
the "Brother Jonathan" of American history.
Mr. Clark was a singularly refined, dignified man. His face was more
that of a scholar than a merchant, and his later years were spent in his
library and in the companionship of his books.
After selling his hardware interests he became closely identified with
the railroads that made Cleveland a terminus, and also was associated
vdth local banks and dealt in real-estate, all of which made him a very
wealthy man. He is said to have been upright, straightforward, with his
word always as good as his bond.
When but 27 years of age he became an elder in the Old Stone
Church, an office he filled for many long years.
The family lived at first on the Public Square. The house adjoined
that of C. M. Giddings and faced the south. Afterward a home was built
on Euclid Ave. Here Mr. and Mrs. Clark died.
They had no children of their own, but took into their hearts two
little sisters, one of whom in turn made the last years of the aged couple
fragrant with filial love and tenderness.
The foUowing is all the vsrriter can find of Mr. Clark's partner in the
hardware business:
"At Basking Ridge, N. J., on the 29th ult., — August, 1855 — Mr. Sam
uel H. Potter of the firm of Potter & Clark of this village, to Miss Emily
Van Deren of the former place." {Cleveland Herald.)
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In 1833 the little community received a notable addition through the
arrival of a distinguished couple from Cheshire, Conn. The husband
was the son of a governor of Connecticut, the wife a daughter of an old
Cheshire family, and they had been married six years. It may be cer
tain that the first Sabbath Mr. and Mrs. John Alfred Foote walked into
the Old Stone Church every member of the congregation assembled "took
notice," Each and all had heard of the new arrivals and what an acquisi
tion to the town and the church they would be ; so there was much inter
est and innocent curiosity.
What they saw was a fine-looking man about 30 years of age, and a
pretty, attractive young woman six years his junior, who met the atten
tion they received with quiet ease, and, after the services were over,
gracefully responded to the formal welcome of Rev, John Keep and to
the introductions that followed.
Henceforth, for 22 years, Mrs. Frances Amelia Foote was not only a
church member but a church worker. The first impression she made upon
every one was that of a womanly woman, unusually well bred. She was
kind and considerate in all her dealings with others whatever their station
in life. Her father was Judge Silas Hitchcock of Cheshire, Conn. One
of her sisters and a brother afterward located in Cleveland, and another
sister died in Elyria, Ohio.
John A. Foote was the son of Gov. Samuel Foote. His mother was
Eudosia Hull, daughter of Gen. Andrew Hull of Cheshire. Another son
of Gov. Foote became an admiral of the navy, and still another one,
Augustus, resided in Cleveland later, and both he and his wife died here.
Their home was on Ontario street north of St. Clair.
The career of John A. Foote before he came to Cleveland, and his 68
years of life in our midst have been the theme of many a legal and his
torical sketch, so that nothing can be said concerning him that has not
already been told, and in a more interesting and convincing way than is
possible to the present writer. Cleveland was proud of his citizenship
from the time he arrived until his death in 1891. And there was no muni
cipal or state honor that could not have been his for the asking. A grad
uate of Yale, he practised law for six years in New Haven, Conn., and
his first Cleveland partner was significant of his future — Judge Sher
lock Andrews — who never would have associated himself with a man other
than of the finest legal talent.
Mr. Foote stood for everything that was highest and best, irrespec
tive of public opinion. His life-long efforts for temperance legislation
at a time when the cause was not popular shows the temper and con
science of the man. The suffering attending unrestricted sale of liquor
was a constant appeal to his sympathies and sense of justice. He died,
however, before the day when a saloon could not be started in the heart
of a fine residence district despite all protest, or under the shadow of
college walls. At the organization of the Second Presbyterian Church,
he became one of its elders.
The Foote family lived on St. Clair street below Bank for a number
of years, and then followed many of their nearest neighbors to Wood
land ave., that attractive thoroughfare of the '60s, whose pretty homes
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fu^ cultured residents have become almost legendary since the last of
the old families fled before trade and other ^adverse conditions.
Mrs. Frances Foote died aged 46 years, and three years later Mr.
Foote married Mary Shepler Hemperly, widow of A. D, Cutter, a promi
nent business man, and early merchant of the city.
The children of John A, and Frances Foote :
Samuel A. Foote, b. 1829; unmar- Cornelia Foote, m. Gardiner May-
^i^<i- nard, a cousin of above.
Laura C. Foote, b, 1831 ; m, Charles '^^^'^ ^- I^oote, Jr., m. Miss Belle
A, Ely of Elyria, Palmer, adopted daughter of Au
gustus Foote,
Mary Eudocia Foote, m. Morgan E. Andrew and Frances Foote, died in
Maynard of Marquette, Mich. infancy.
There are no descendants of this family bearing the name now living
in Cleveland. John A. Foote, Jr., and his family have been living abroad
for many years. While in the city he had a large wholesale and retail
crockery store.
Mrs. W. D. Rees, 3625 Euclid ave., is a daughter of Mrs. M, E.
Maynard, and granddaughter of Hon. John A. Foote, Sr.

1833
GAYLORD

The name of Gaylord was a familiar one in Cleveland from the very
early days when Capt. Allen Gaylord, his parents, and sisters came here
from Connecticut.
In 1833, two brothers of the same name and distantly related, also
came from Connecticut to become citizens of this town. They were Eras
tus F. and Henry L. Gaylord, sons of Nehemiah and Esther Stevens
Gaylord of Torringford, Conn. Erastus had previouslj'- been a mer
chant of Cornwall, Conn., and was 38 years old when he came west. In
1832 he married Lucetta Cleveland, daughter of Gen. Erastus and Rebecca
Berry Cleveland. She was born in Madison, N. Y., in 1801, and, there
fore, was 32 the year she reached Cleveland.
Her father held a commission as Brigadier-General in the war of
1812, and was in command of Sackett's Harbor and Oswego at different
times. In civil life he was a judge of common pleas court. Her grand
father, Lieut. Moses Cleveland, of Norwich, Conn., served in the Revo
lutionary army all through the eight years of that conflict. He was a
cousin of Moses Cleveland, founder of this city.
Erastus F, Gaylord opened a grocery and drug-store at 30 Superior
street with A. F, Strickland as partner, and afterward with his brother,
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In time the grocery department was eliminated, and "Gaylord's Drug
Store," as years passed, became a familiar landmark of the city. His
son continued the business until his death in 1893, a period of 60 years.
The family lived on Seneca street the first three years of their resi
dence. Mr. Gaylord then built a fine brick house on the north side of
Prospect Ave., now replaced by the westerly 60 feet of the Colonial Hotel.
In 1845 he purchased the Dr. David Long residence on Kinsman street,
now Woodland Ave., a large stone house and 17V^ acres of land running
through to Garden street, now Central Ave.
Mrs. Gaylord was a woman who inherited in a marked degree the
strong characteristics of her father, and the gentle Christian traits of
her mother. She was a lover of reading and remarkably well informed
in literary matters. Her hospitality was of the broadest type, and her
house was never without one or more visitors. The products of the land
were never sold, but were given with a lavish hand to the needy among
the new immigl-ants settling in that part of the city. No one was ever
sent away empty-handed or hungry, and if any one was known to be ill
or suffering she was on hand to help and comfort. Her charming man
ner made her a most gracious hostess. The social gatherings in her
beautiful home were frequent, and the callers on New Year's day accord
ing to the old custom, were many. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord celebrated their
Golden Wedding anniversary in 1873, and their 60th anniversary in 1883.
Mrs. Gaylord was a member of the 1st Presbyterian Church until
the first year of the organization of- the 2nd Presbyterian Church, when
she transferred to it. When a branch of the Sunday School was founded
in the Mayfiower street school building, she had charge of the infant
class, and many of the business men of today (1914) sat under her
teaching. Children of Erastus and Lucetta Cleveland Gaylord :
Sarah Berry Gaylord, m. Dr. John Charles D. Gaylord, m. Josephine
S. Newberry. Scowden.
Henry Cleveland Gaylord, m. Cath- Harriet R. Gaylord, m. 1st, George
erine Hilliard. C. Hammond; 2nd, Dr. C. G.
Smith.
Henry C. Gaylord was a college graduate, a close student, and a
skillful pharmacist. He was a member of the famous "Ark" and an
intimate associate of many of the older business men of his age. He
was 67 at the time of his death. His wife, Catherine Hilliard Gaylord,
was a daughter of the pioneer merchant Richard Hilliard, and at her
wedding in Trinity Church its chimes of bells were first rung for any oc
casion. Mrs. Charles D. Gaylord was the daughter of Theodore and Rosetta
Stuart Scowden. Her parents built a home on Willson Ave., now East
55th street, in an early day. It set back from the road and was sur
rounded by forest and fruit-trees. Lexington Ave. was begun through
the garden on the south side of the house. The latter is now reached
from Lexington Ave. and for many years was occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
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Alonzo Sherwin Gardner was born in Cleveland, the grandson of
Amihaaz Sherwm, of the East End, In 1833 at the age of 24 years, he
married Adeline Doan, 19 years of age. She was the only daughter of
betn and Lucy Clark Doan. She lost her mother at four years of age,
and was raised by Joanna Wickham Doan, her father's second wife.
Alonzo S. Gardner had an enviable reputation. All his life he was
considered a perfectly honest man, who could be trusted in all business
^7^i^Ql"r7 1 ^ ¥ ^ grocery store at 66 Superior street, but in the panic
° I,- 1, I ^^^^^^ it» and afterward opened again in the crockery business
which he carried on for many years. Both he and his wife died in 1892.
Children of Alonzo and Adaline Doan Gardner:
Darwin Gardner, b. 1835 ; m. Lizzie Orlando S. Gardner, b. 1840 ; m. Ma-
Berry, rja Bowers,
Virginia Gardner, b, 1839 ; m. 1st, Hampton F. Gardner, b. 1841 ; died
Lorenzo Jackson; 2nd, George H. from wound in Civil War,
Kidney,

1833
GALLUP

Jabesh Gallup of Groton, Conn., came to Cleveland when he was
about 36 years of age. It was in the early '30s. He was the son of
Isaac and Anna Smith Gallup, and his wife was Lucy Meech, daughter
of Gurdon and Lucy Swan Meech, also pioneers of the city, who came
here about the same time.
Mr. and Mrs, Gallup were married in 1816, and brought a family of
four or five young children with them to their new home, which, for a
short time, was on Water street, Mrs. Gallup was a sister of Mrs. 0. M.
Burke, Mrs. Isham Morgan, Mrs. Calvin Baker, and Mrs. Henry Blair,
and, like all the daughters of the Meech family, she was an excellent
wife, mother, friend and neighbor, kind-hearted, and most pitiful when
sorrow or distress appealed to her sympathy.
The children of Josiah and Lucy Gallup:
Lester Meech Gallup, b. 1824, Mary, Elihu, and Henry Gallup,
Lucy A. Gallup, m. Morris Pomeroy died in infancy.
of Cleveland. Henrietta Gallup, b. 1838 ; m. Daniel
G. Thompson.
In 1843, when the youngest child was five years of age, Mr, Gallup
married 2nd, Louisa Avery. They had two children, Avery and George
Gallup. The latter died at the age of 15.
Within a year or two of his arrival in the city, Mr. Gallup bought a
farm on Broadway, west of Willson ave., now East 55th st., and estab
lished a flourishing nursery business for that period. He also planted a
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large vineyard! The Gallup homestead on Broadway is still a landmark
of that residence district, and the family name yet recalled with respect,
Mrs. Louisa Avery Gallup died in 1873, and Mr, GaUup in 1879, The
family were buried in Erie street cemetery.

1833
CHIDGEY

Early one morning in the year 1819, a small, slight woman and a lad
about 12 years of age trudged together along an English road. The child
carried a stick on his shoulder. On the end of it was a small, compact
bundle. It contained the little fellow's change of linen, his clean smocks,
his Sunday shoes, and, doubtless, a prayer-book of the Protestant Episco
pal Church.
He was on his way to live among strangers, bound out as an ap
prentice to a mason for a term of years. His father, a typical English
man of a certain class, had made a custom of turning his many children
out of their home soon as any tradesman would accept of their services.
No choice was given them regarding the work, or where they would have
to live. All that was settled by the father, when signing away his rights
in them to any one who needed an apprentice.
The boy, John Chidgey, had started very early in the morning of that
day, as he had to walk many miles in order to take a river-boat that
would carry him the rest of the journey.
His mother, dear soul! accompanied him as far as the boat, for he
surely needed her tenderness and her symapthy that morning. She un
derstood it all, and cheered and encouraged him with motherly wisdom
and tact.
To her son, in all the years that followed, a long life-time of years,
she was ever to him his "Little Mother," her memory one almost too pre
cious for words.
John Chidgey served his apprenticeship, mastered his trade, and, in
cidentally, helped to build the massive pier of Dover, Eng., the stones of
which stand as staunchly today as when placed there over a hundred
years ago.
About this time, at the age of 25, there came to him a wonderful piece
of fortune which shaped the rest of his life along happy, peaceful, pros
perous lines, and ultimately took him far afield from his native Devon
shire. He met, wooed and won Eliza Chalker. She was the daughter of
Rev. John Chalker, rector of a parish in Bath. A portrait of this clergy
man hangs today in the library of a Cleveland home where it is referred
to as "Grandfather." The nobility of the face, its mentality and its spir
ituality are very striking.
At the time of his daughter's marriage, he was 50 years of age, and
his wife Elisabeth Pidgeon Chalker was about the same age. Both are
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buried in the churchyard adjoining the rectory in which they lived and
died. Anna Chalker, another daughter of this couple, had married a Mr.
Paul, and in 1833, the latter with John Chidgey fell a victim to the emi
gration fever. Both wished to try the American life then locally the
favorite theme of every conversation. Their father-in-law sympathized
with their ambition and advised them to go ahead, and if affairs did not
at first turn out favorably and they fell short of funds, call upon him and
he would help out to the extent of his means.
The two young couples started May ninth, and were seven weeks cross
ing the ocean. They arrived in New York harbor while the city was
enjoying an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration, cannon booming,
guns firing. Thus was little Mary Chidgey ushered into the new moun-
try. Then she was less than a year old. "Today she is Mrs. Mathivet, 81
years of age.
The Chidgeys and Pauls did not find Cleveland a very active village
in 1833. They arrived here two years too early, two years before the
boom of 1835, which raised its population from 2000 to 5000. There was
little business transacted at the former date, and less building. John
Chidgey had relied on mason work for his own start here, and that failed
him, almost wholly. Father Chalker, back in England, was as good as his
word had been. He stood by his children, sending them money steadily
for two years or more.
Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Paul became discouraged and returned to
England. Some years later they made another voyage of hope, this time
to Australia, where they prospered mightily in family and fortune,
John Chidgey's first Cleveland home was on Bolivar street, then
sparsely settled. His last one was at 132 St. Clair street, where he had
lived many years, Mr, Chidgey was a forceful man and competent in
business affairs. His family was his first thought, and it enjoyed through
him many comforts of life. The household was an unusually peaceful
one, its members bound closely by cords of mutual affection,
Mrs. Eliza Chidgey was a tall, erect woman, who carried herself with
much dignity. She carried a gentle but firm hand with her children who
loved, but implicitly obeyed her. Mr. Chidgey always spoke of her as his
"Queen." She died in 1892, and Mr. Chidgey in 1889.
They were laid away in a stone vault which the latter had built in the
western side of Erie street cemetery.
During the controversy over street railroads, Thomas L. Johnson ran
a track through an alley adjoining the cemetery, and wishing a wider
passage took in several feet of the burial-ground through its whole length
from Brownell to Erie streets. In this strip was located the Chidgey
vault. Consequently it was destroyed, and its contents removed to Lake
View cemetery.
The children of John and Eliza Chalker Chidgey:
Mary Chidgey, h. in Bath, Eng. ; m. Emily Chidgey, m. Byron C, Har-
J. Victor Mathivet, son of Dr, ris, son of Josiah Harris,
Piere Mathivet, Alfred Chidgey, died in Alabama,
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while serving his country in the Eliza Chidgey, ^ m, Charles C. Gale,
civil war. His body was not re- Henrietta Chidgey, m, Joseph M.
covered, Odell,
Elisabeth Anna Chidgey, m. Morris Jeanette Chidgey, m. Dr, Daniel B,
R, Braggins. Smith.

1833
HURLBURT

Heman A, and Hinman B, Hurlburt were the sons of Abram and
Polly Barrett Hurlburt of Charlotte, Vt, Their parents were Connecticut
people who joined the exodus from the state of Vermont at the close of the
Revolutionary War,
Heman A, Hurlburt was a lawyer. In 1831, at the age of 25, he mar
ried Amarett Sheldon, 19 years old, daughter of Medad and Lucy Bass
Sheldon of New York State,
She belonged to the Deerfield, Mass,, Seldons, whose ancestral home,
showing marks of the Indian attack upon Deerfield in 1699, still stands in
that town, a Mecca alike for posterity and for strangers interested in
Colonial history.
Two years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hurlburt came to
Cleveland. They boarded for a time at the Franklin House on Supe
rior street, and there made the acquaintance of several men and women
who became life-long friends.
The first Cleveland home of the Hurlburts was the "Kingsbury Cot
tage." It was built of stone and stood in the center of a tract of land
now confined by the limits of Perry and Huntington streets, and occu
pied subsequently by the Stair family. They lived afterward on the
near the court house, and finaUy Mr. Hurlburt built the attractive
cottage, now 2819 Prospect street, afterward for many years occu
pied by W, J. Hayes. This cottage faced Euclid ave., but the extension
of Prospect street made new conditions, which were met by turning the
house around.
Here Mr, Hurlburt died in 1882,
Mr. Heman A. Hurlburt practised his profession in Cleveland and
maintained his family in comfort. But he was not a money-maker, and
therefore never acquired the wealth of his younger brother. He was
identified with the various early movements tending to elevate the moral
tone of the city, and was a charter member of the Young Men's Library
Association. Mr. and Mrs. Hurlburt had an interesting family of children. They
were:
Frances Hurlburt. Clara Hurlburt, m. Theodore Sim-
Mary Hurlburt. mons.
Harriet Hurlburt. Jennie Hurlburt, m. Erastus C.
William Hurlburt. Lockwood of Painesville, Ohio,
430

1833
RANNEY
Mr, and Mrs, Sylvester Ranney reached Cleveland from Rochester,
N. Y., about 1833, He was a boot and shoemaker when all footwear was
made by hand. He opened a shop at 10 Superior Lane, and his family
lived in the new, and popular street called "Orange Alley," after renamed
Johnson street. Many of the best-known people of the city lived there
because it was close to the heart of town, and though narrow, was pleas
ant and very convenient. Joseph Ranney also lived there.
Horace Ranney, a brother, lived not far away on Bank street.
Mr. Sylvester Ranney's shoe-shop grew to be a big shoe-store on
Superior street, doing an extensive business, and not until recently has
the name ceased to be a familiar one.
Mrs. Sylvester Ranney was a Miss Anna Stilwell, a quiet, domestic
woman, conscientious as to detail, a lovely house-keeper. She could do
beautiful needle-work, and never lost her eyesight nor hearing, although
living to be 91 years old.
She was considered beautiful in her youth, and no less so in her death,
scarcely a wrinkle on her face.
For many years previous the family had been living on Lake street.
Their children were:
William Ranney. Helen Ranney.

1833
CRITTENDEN

Joseph Hungerford Crittenden was born in Conway, Mass., in 1804.
He was the son of Chester and Azuba Abbott Crittenden, of Conway. His
wife was Eliza Ariadne Kelley, daughter of James M. and Laura Howe
Kelley, whom he married in Canadaigua, N, Y,, in 1834,
Joseph H. Crittenden began a shoe and leather business on Superior
street in 1832, which he continued until 1857, when he retired and went
to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died in 1874.
He always kept his interests in Cleveland, and the last of his real-
estate holdings was sold recently to the B. of U. Engineers.
The first home of the Joseph Crittenden family was 78 Seneca street,
and afterward on the present site of the New England Bldg. They were
members of the Old Stone church on the Public Square, and Mr. Critten
den was one of the donors of the building fund at its erection. Mrs. Crit
tenden died in Plainfield, N. J., in 1898, aged 84.
The children of Joseph and Eliza Kelley Crittenden :
Mary Beulah Crittenden, m. David Ella Azuba Crittenden. Died in in-
B Palmer, of New York state. fancy.
Had six children. James Manning Crittenden. Died
George Nash Crittenden, married in infancy.
Olivia Headley. Had one child, Josephine Abbott Crittenden, m.
Minnie Sarah Crittenden, unmar- John Henry Carman, M. D. Liv-
ried Living in Plainfield, N. J. ing in Plainfield.
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1833
SWAINE
Valentine Swaine was a son of Captain John Swaine, an old Nantucket
seaman, who had rounded the world on many a voyage. His vdfe was
Sarah Turner Swaine, and when their son Valentine was born in 1811,
the family was living on the Hudson river near New York city.
Valentine served an apprenticeship at sail-making, and in 1833, when
his time was up, he had just reached his 21st year.
He then came to Cleveland and started a sail-loft, and afterward a
ship-chandlery, a business that proved very successful and profitable.
Upon his retirement from this he was succeeded by the Waltons, who oc
cupied the stand and carried on the ship-chandlery trade in it for many
years. Mr. Swaine was a very quiet man socially. He went through life
blowing no personal trumpets. But he was a most useful man who was
mourned in death; for he had a tender heart, and had been in the habit
of helping poor families by sending baskets of groceries to them out of his
store. His many kind impulses were never mentioned, even to his fam
ily, and only learned through accident.
He was fond of expressing his opinion on public affairs through com
munications to the daily papers under a nom de plume which was not
made public until after his death.
In 1841 he married Lucina Drake, daughter of Reuben and Ruth
Jackson Drake, She inherited attributes of character that made her
mentally strong and very capable.
The Swaines lived first on Wood street, later on Woodland Ave, After
Mr. Swaine's death in 1871, his widow built a home on Prospect street
which she occupied until her own death.
The children of Valentine and Lucina Drake Swaine:
Isabelle Swaine, unmarried. Harriet Swaine, unmarried.
Reuben Swaine, m. Rose Bates, Re- Valentine G. Swaine, m, Susan Reed,
sides in Kansas, Franklin, Edward and Alfred
Swaine, unmarried.

1833
HUNTINGTON

George Cabot Huntington was one of the earliest crockery merchants
of the town. He carried on a wholesale and retail business at No. 5
Superior st. In his advertisements, he called attention to his sign of a
big pitcher, as a guide to customers.
He was the son of Erastus Huntington of Norwich, Conn., and about
the year 1833, when 26 years of age, came to Cleveland. At the same
time he was married to Miss Angeline Porter, daughter of Asahel Por
ter of Waterbury, Conn.
She had two children, and died at the birth of the second one and
was laid away in Erie st. cemetery. Both children died in infancy.
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Some time in the '60s all three were removed to a Kelley Island ceme
tery. In 1837, Mr. Huntington married secondly, Emmeline Kelley, daugh
ter of Datus Kelley of Kelley's Island. She lived to be 80 years of age,
dying on Christmas day, 1909, in Denver, Colorado. Five years after his
second marriage, and following the disastrous panic of 1837, Mr. Hunt
ington removed to Kelley's Island, where he remained until 1870, when
he took up his residence in New York City, and died 6 years later in
Wallace, Kan., and was buried on Kelley's Island.
The children were:
Erastus; a merchant in Kelley's Is- Daniel K.; now living in North 01m-
land until 1895, when he removed sted, 0., and engaged in fruit-
to Cleveland, and died here in growing.
1907, Joseph A.; lives in Denver and en-
Simon; died in 1863 from wounds gaged in real-estate brokerage.
received at the Battle of Stony
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1833
J, F, WARNER

John Fletcher Warner was the son of Justus and Polly Sperry War
ner. He was born in Burlington, Vt., in 1817, and, when 16 years of age,
joined his brother, W. J. Warner, who had preceded him to Cleveland two
years previous.
John F. Warner's first employment was in H. B. Wellman's red ware
house on the river, where, because of his youth and inexperience, he
worked at anything he was called upon to do. Mr. Wellman removed to
Massillon, 0., and in 1837 we find young Warner advanced to the position
of book-keeper for Ransom, Baldwin & Co., forwarding and commission
merchants on River street. John G. Ransom and Stephen A. Baldwin,
members of the firm, were non-residents, living east. In 1837, John F,
Warner was boarding at the Franklin Home, Benjamin Harrington, land
lord, Mr, Warner, like his brother, was a warm-hearted, genial man, with
hosts of friends, and, probably, not an enemy.
He married Abby Kingsley, who was born 1821. She was a daugh
ter of Rev, Phineas and Parnel Keith Kingsley of Rutland, Vt., and a
sister of Mrs. 0. A. Brooks of Cleveland.
The family lived and died on Euclid Ave.
In the fall of 1867, Mr. Warner and his wife went to Florida for the
benefit of Mrs. Warner's health. She died there the following March.
Mr. Warner survived her but eight months, and passed away December,
1868, aged 51 years.
The couple were laid to rest in Erie street cemetery.
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HICKOX
Jonathan Hickox of Washington, Litchfield Co., Conn., married Elis
abeth Taylor of Salisbury, Conn., who was born at the close of the revolu
tionary war. They came to Canfield, 0., in 1815, therefore were pioneers
of that town. Some time in the '30s they removed to Cleveland, and lived
on Superior street, now number 421, long occupied by the gas office,
Jonathan Hickox died in 1845, Elisabeth, his wife, lived with her son
Milo until her death twelve years later, aged 84 years. They had four
sons, two of whom became prominent citizens of the city.
Milo Henry Hickox, the eldest one, was a carpenter and contractor.
He married Miss Harriet Craw, who was born in 1808, in Troy, N. Y.
The young couple lived in Rochester, N. Y., until after the birth of their
first child, George Craw Hickox.
The summer of that year, 1831, they came to Cleveland, and, accord
ing to a letter written by Mr. Hickox soon after their arrival, their pros
pects were far from alluring.
"About four weeks since, we awoke one morning and found ourselves
shaking with the ague. My wife had it every day for a week, and my
infant son every day for three weeks ; and what made it worse, my wife
and child shook at the same time. I spent a week in search of a girl,
gave up the chase, and engaged passage for my wife to return to Roches
ter the next morning, when I met an acquaintance to whom I told my
troubles. He found a maid for me, and we remained."
But the young wife must have gone back to Rochester the following
year, for she died there in childbed in 1832.
Her son, George C. Hickox, was for many years a well-known citizen
of San Francisco, Cal. As a member of the firm of Hickox & Spears, he
carried on a successful banking business in that city.
He died in 1902. Although through a second marriage his father
subsequently had a large family of children, this first one only left pos
terity. He married, and a son, Arthur Milo Hickox, of the Bank of Cali
fornia, is living in San Francisco, and assisted with data for this sketch
of his family.
Milo Hickox, Sr., married (2) Harriet Pelton, daughter of Deacon
Jonathan and Elisabeth Pelton, of Pelton's Corners, East Cleveland. She
had seven sisters, and four brothers, all of whom married and had fami
lies. The Hickox residence was on St. Clair street, and for some years
their nearest neighbor was Silas Belden, whose wife was Mary Pelton,
sister of Mrs. Hickox.
Mr. Hickox prospered in his business, and soon, from the wages of a
dollar a day, which he received upon his arrival in Cleveland, he was earn
ing many times that as a building contractor.
He was a tall, fine-looking man, dignified and stately. Mrs. Hickox
was of medium height, with dark hair and eyes.
According to the story mutely told in the long row of graves in Wood
land cemetery, the close of her life was most pathetic. She had eight
children, three of whom died young. The remaining five lived to maturi
ty, only to die, one after the other, of consumption, that relentless scourge
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Julia, died 1856, aged 16, Martha, died 1864, aged 20.
Elisabeth, died 1858, aged 23, Mary, died 1867, aged 24,
Henry A., died 1864, aged 26,
The family, meanwhile, had removed from St, Clair street to Euclid
Ave,, just east of Dr, Streator, and at the head of 97th street.
Mr. Hickox died, and his wife was left alone. Three young relatives
shared her solitude from time to time, and a devoted house-keeper re
mained with her to the last. They were Viola Blake, Helen Briggs, and
Althea  .
Charles Hickox, younger brother of Milo H,, and born in Connecticut,
1810, came here from Canfield in 1837, and with his parents lived on
Superior street opposite the Arcade. He also was a carpenter, and
worked for Jacob Lowman, the pioneer wagon-maker. Afterward he
began a commission business on a small scale with Jonathan Gillette,
He married in 1843, Miss Laura A. Freeman, daughter of Francis
Freeman of Warren, 0, It is said of her that she was a woman "of rare
excellence, highly educated, and possessed of a strong character, who
brought to her husband's home all the noblest qualities of womanhood,
and made it for 47 years the spot about which clustered everything he
regarded most dear."
Mr. Hickox developed great business ability, became interested in ves
sel property at a propitious time, and eventually invested in milling prop
erty, which brought large returns. He was a charter member of the
board of trade. His sons built the Hickox building, which displaced the
First Baptist church that stood, so many years, on the north-west corner
of Euclid and Erie streets.
Children of Charles and Laura Hickox:
Elisabeth, m. Harvey Brown. Ralph W.
Charles G. Frank F.

1831
WARHAM JUSTUS WARNER
Warham Justus Warner received his unusual Christian name from
his grandfather. He was born in Burlington, Vt., in 1808, and was the
son of Justus and Polly Sperry Warner. The parents had quite a fam
ily of children, four of whom came to Cleveland, W. J., John F., Jane R.,
and Mary A. Warner.
Jane R. Warner married WiUiam Giffin of Huron Co. in 1837. Mr.
and Mrs. Giffin lived on East 82nd street, and were prominent members
of the Euclid Ave. Congregational church.
Mary A. Warner died in Painesville, 0. She was possessed of con
siderable property at the time of her death, and in her will left $5000
and some valuable pictures to the city of Cleveland toward the establish
ment of an art gallery, an institution the city had never possessed.
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WARHAM JUSUTUS WARNER
The paintings were stored for long years in the basement of the City
Hall. Some were ruined, meantime, and others stolen.
Warham J. Warner was a carpenter, mason and contractor. He
came west from Burlington to Black Rock, near Buffalo, in 1830, intend
ing to make that his home. But Elisha Sterling of Cleveland met him,
and took a fancy that he should build Mr. Sterling's home, then in con
templation, on Euclid Ave. He persuaded Mr. Warner to remove to this
city. The latter was then but 23 years old, but no young man of his age
ever was better equipped for life in a young, growing town. He was pro
ficient in two trades in constant demand. He was mentally strong, very
ambitious, and possessed a powerful physique. Withal, he was a man
whom people instinctively trusted. His integrity was never doubted.
He was whole-souled, generous-hearted, and sympathetic to a degree,
A pretty story, and, doubtless, one typical of the man, was told to the
writer concerning him by an aged lady, one of a family whom he assisted
in dire need, "We came to Cleveland about 1840 from England, and
settled on Sheriff street. The expenses of the long journey had exhausted
father's means, and here he was in a strange land, practically penniless,
with wife and several children looking to him as their only support.
He was a carpenter by trade, and in making inquiries for work re
ceived little encouragement. When almost in despair over his dilemma,
some one suggested that he apply to Mr. Warner, who lived just around
the corner in a log-house on Prospect street.
Mr. Warner's big heart warmed at once to father's appeal for work.
He called, and in his hearty way put new life and courage in us all, and
promising plenty of work with which to repay it."
Mr. Warner erected many public buildings, among them the American
House in 1836. He was associated in business for a time with Milo
Hickox, and they built some of the beautiful homes which made Euclid
Ave. famous from 1850 to 1900.
Mr. Warner was one of the founders of St. Paul's P. E. church, and a
charter member of the Old Settlers' Association. He was street com
missioner in 1837.
In 1832, Mr. Warner married Miss Jane A. Morse, 22 years of age.
She was the daughter of Benoni Morse of Burlington, Vt. Her moth
er's maiden name was Smith.
Mrs. Warner was the mother of six sons and two daughters, to whom
she was devoted, but not to the extent of ignoring duties outside of her
family. She stood shoulder to shoulder with her husband in much of his
philanthropic work. She was active in her church society, whenever her
presence and services were required.
Three of her sons and her son-in-law, John H, Rees, served their
country in the civil war, consequently Mrs. Warner and her daughter,
Lydia Warner Rees, were greatly interested in the work of the Sani
tary Commission and in the hospitals here and in the field of action,
giving to them much of their time, strength, and means.
For several years previous to her death, in 1882, Mrs. Warner was
an invalid. Mr. Warner outlived his wife but a year, dying in 1883,
They rest in Lake View cemetery. The family lived for a time at 192
St. Clair street, and afterward No. 80 Prospect street, near Erie street.
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The children of Warham and Jane Morse Warner:
Lydia E. Warner, b. 1834, at Black Edward Seth Warner, M. D., b.
Rock, N. Y,; m, John Hopkins 1842,
Rees. Theodore Morse Warner, b, 1844;
Andrew Warner, b, 1836, in Cleve- m. Alice Kennedy.
land. Frederick Sperry Warner, b. 1846;
Charles H. Warner, b. 1838; m, m, Agnes Morris, dau, of John
Catherine Moore, dau, of Capt. Morris.
Robert Moore. James Warham Warner, b. 1848.
Ann Eliza Warner, b. 1840.

1831

WILSON

John Wilson came to Cleveland from Sacket's Harbor or Oswego,
N. Y., in 1831, expecting to fit out and run a hotel on the corner of Su
perior and Merwin streets, but he died of cholera either before his plans
were matured or soon afterward, leaving six orphan children. The
mother, Ann Aram Wilson, died in Oswego, N. Y., the year the family re
moved to Cleveland. She , was born 1786, in England. Her parents
were Joseph and Margaret Aram of Green Hammerton, Eng. Her fa
ther died in 1803, and in 1806, her mother with her children left Hull
on the "Indian Chief," which was 62 days in making the passage to New
York. The mother died in 1821, aged 83 years, and was interred in On
tario Co., N. Y.
The six children of John and Ann Wilson, left thus alone in a strange
city, must have received sympathy from some source, as they aU lived to
maturity. Two of them removed to a western state, while it was yet in its in
fancy, and grew up with it.
The children of John and Ann Aram Wilson :

Martha Wilson, married George Tie-
bout.
Joseph Wilson, removed to Minne
sota.
Frank Wilson, removed to Minne
sota.
Mary Wilson, died unmarried, in
1863.
Margaret Wilson, born 1821; mar
ried W, V, Craw.

Thomas Wilson, m. Laura Root,
daughter of Herod and Laura
Hurlbut Root. Thomas Wilson
was agent of the "Three C.'s &
I. R. R." for 37 years. He left
two children, Clinton and Jean
Wilson, now residing in Kansas
City and Chicago.

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1831
STICKLAND
Aaron Stickland of Ashford, Conn., came to Cleveland, and opened
a drug-store at 30 Superior street, in 1831. Two years later he took in
partnership Erastus F. Gaylord, who had just arrived from the east,
and the following year his younger brother Henry L, Gaylord,
This business connection lasted about two years, when Mr. Stickland
withdrew. The Sticklands were boarding at the Franklin House in 1837, Five
years later he died, aged 51,
His wife, Polly Stickland, who was born the same year as her hus
band, outlived him 35 years, dying at an advanced age.
Mr. Stickland, at his death, left his property in charge of Mr, Erastus
Gaylord for the benefit of Mrs. Polly Stickland for the remainder of her
life, thus safe-guarding it, and ensuring to her a comfortable support.
There were no children in the family.
The Sticklands rest in Erie street cemetery to the right of the main
drive,, and a monument marks the spot.

1832
MEECH

Gurdon Meech of Bozrah, Conn., came to Cleveland in 1832. His
wife, Lucy Swan, daughter of Deacon Adam, and Lucy Spicer Swan, was
bom in Stonington, Conn., and after her marriage lived in Bozrah many
years. Her daughter Lucy was married to Jabez Gallup two years before,
and had preceded them to Cleveland, and the youngest one, Martha
Meech, was 9 years old,
Mr, Gallup was living on Water street, where Childs, Groff & Co,'s
store now stands, and with him the family remained for six weeks, mean
while making preparation for a home of their own as soon as possible.
But they were all taken very ill with fever and ague, and Mr, Meech
abandoned his plans of living in Cleveland, and gladly accepted Mr, Gal-
lup's proposition to take possession of a small log-house that stood on a
farm he owned in Newburgh. In this they lived until the purchase of one
from Theodore Miles, standing on the old Newburgh road at its junction
with Woodland Hills Ave. Afterward a railroad passed close to the house.
Mrs. Meech, small, slender, slim, had been the oldest of her family,
and unused to hardship of any kind, and, arriving much later than many
of her neighbors, never experienced their earlier hardships. But even
so, things were quite different in Ohio, and much required of her that
she would not have encountered in the old home. Her first new experience
was in handling a gun, never having shot one in her life. But an owl was
after her chickens, and with much trepidation she took down her husband's
weapon and fired at it. It fell, but she was afraid to go near it until Mr,
Meech returned.
Mr. Meech had a farm well stocked for those days, and it suffered
greatly in the grasshopper scourge that, one summer, swept over Ohio,
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The insects came after currants and cherries had ripened, but there was
no fruit or grain of any kind after that. There were no apples, the main
stay of housewives, consequently little sauce for a year, and no mince-pies,
that much-prized dessert of early days. The women, ever resourceful,
stewed up the dried pumpkin left over from the year previous, and spar
ingly flavored it with boiled cider, also a left-over.
Following the' example of his neighbors, Mr, Meech killed off all his
cattle except a cow. One morning, he came into the house from the
barn, and sitting down by the fire began to weep. Mrs. Meech saw the
tears tricking silently down his cheeks, begged him to tell her what
troubled him so.
"My poor horses have asked me for something to eat, and I haven't
a thing to give them," he exclaimed.
But that day, a friend in the city sent word by his hired man that
a vessel had arrived in the river with a load of wet rye which could be
used for feed. His hungry horses were soon hitched up, and in no time
he was on his way for some of that rye. This was early in the spring,
but soon after the grass began to get high enough for stock to nibble, and
the worst of the famine was over.
Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon Meech had 9 children of their own, and adopted
7 children who were either orphans or with parents too poor to support
them. Several were taken by the request of dying mothers, and tenderly
cared for until able to face life unaided. One of these, a girl, married in
Connecticut, and removed to Liverpool, O. Hearing that her benefactors
were in Cleveland, she came to visit them, and although 40 years had
passed since their last meeting, they recognized each other at once.
Another, a boy, followed them from Bozrah. He afterward worked
for Seaman & Smith, for years, making shoes by hand.
Yet another boy was given a profession, became a celebrated physi
cian, and today his grandchildren are living on the old Meech place in
Bozrah. The Meech children were:
Lucy Meech, m. Jabez Gallup. Juliette Meech, m. Isham Morgan.
Angeline Meech, m. Calvin Parker. Nelson Meech, m. Eliza Quiggan.
Abigail Meech, m. Dr. Smith. Martha Meech, m. 0. M. Burke.
Eliza Meech, m. Henry Blair. Olive Meech, died unmarried.

1832
SPENCER

The year 1832 added a large element of strong, conscientious, gifted
men, and refined, spiritual women, who greatly reinforced the religious
and inteUectual ' hf e of the village. One of the former was Thomas
Phelps Spencer, who came from Hartford, Conn., and with Horace Can-
field started a printing establishment. 439

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He was the son of John and Mary Adams Spencer, and born 1809 in
Hartford. His mother was a remarkable woman, one of great strength
of mind, and fervent piety. Mr. John Spencer died, leaving her with
eleven children. The youngest of these, Barzilla and Rosilla Spencer,
were twin daughters but three years of age, and the one next to them was
a little blind brother.
When we reflect that the accumulated cares of such a household rested
upon her widowed head, and that she raised all those 11 children to be
come good and useful men and women, it behooves her descendants to look
upon her as an ancestress fully as heroic as any revolutionary forbear, and
equally as deserving of respect and reverence. She was a sweet, digni
fied, lady-like woman, with a keen, but soft dark eye, an erect figure, and
a graceful carriage. We dwell upon this mother because she died in our
midst, stricken down with cholera in 1852, while on a visit here with her
son and his family. She lies in Erie street cemetery,
T. P. Spencer was an ardent Democrat in his political faith, and in
1834 he and his partners bought the Cleveland Advertiser, which had
been a Whig paper, and at once made of it a Democrat organ. Within
four years their success with it justified them into turning it from a
weekly to a daily paper. It was the small parent of the present Plain
Dealer giant, with its great circulation. In 1841, Canfield and Spencer
sold the Advertiser to the Gray brothers, who changed its name, but not
its politics. After the sale of the Advertiser, Mr. Spencer continued in the
book and job-printing business. Mr. Horace Canfield returned east.
At that time Mr. Spencer was postmaster of the city. He went
into the manufacturing business, and previous to his death in 1885, was
connected with the Waterworks department.
The inauguration of President Grover Cleveland gave him great hap
piness. He was as enthusiastic as a boy, declaring that the account of
it in the evening paper hal almost made him weep. He walked briskly
home from the office that day, erect and vigorous, as usual, and dropped
dead early the next morning. He was a genial man, of sunny temperament,
who had scores of friends who felt deeply his loss,
Timothy Phelps Spencer married Elisabeth Reeve, dau, of the pioneer
John Reeve, She passed away from earth just 10 years previous to her
husband's death.
The children of T. P. and Elisabeth Reeve Spencer:
T. Reeve Spencer, b. 1838; died m. Charles Long Cutter, son of
1867. A. D. Cutter.
Rosella Stewart Spencer, b. 1842 ; Mary Adams Spencer, b. 1855 ; died
married WiUiam H. Kelley, young- in Cleveland, 1896.
est son ef Irad KeUey. Fannie Spencer, b. 1859 ; died in
Annie Elisabeth Spencer, b, 1845; Cleveland, 1880.
The sudden death of their only son, Capt. T. Reeve Spencer, was a
severe blow to his parents and sisters. His life promised much to all his
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WHITELAW
friends. He had served his country throughout the civil war, and at the
time of his death by yellow fever was Deputy Collector of Internal Rev
enue. His district was on Lake Ponchartrain, 60 miles north of New Or
leans. Reeve Spencer was an amiable young man, of sterling integrity,
and fine business capacity.

1832
WHITELAW

For 60 years, George Whitelaw walked, to and fro, on Superior street
between the Public Square and Water street. In 1832, as a young man of
24 years, he stepped, with due caution, upon short boards nailed across
two parallel lines of scantling. Sometimes a board would loosen and
one end fly up to trip the unwary. Ten years later he trod upon long,
heavy planks running lengthwise. These were more serviceable, and
lasted a long time. Finally, when his locks had begun to whiten, he
marched proudly along on Cleveland's first stone pavement, and, doubt
less, felt that, at last, all his predictions of the city's future greatness
were being fulfilled.
He was nearing the end of his life time of fourscore years and four
when, in 1892, he walked slowly along the familiar path for the last time.
Did he pause to recall the days when his first modest home was one
of several frame houses, behind low picket fences, that lined the south
side of the street below the American? Or the similar ones above it,
interspersed by small stores and a blacksmith-shop, all of the way to the
Public Square?
There were many dwellings of varying sizes and shapes on the north
side of the street also. But that locality boasted two village taverns, and a
bank, in addition to the little stores that grew in number and size, year
by year, crowding out the pioneer homes. In these latter lived the Scovils,
the Crittendens, the Levi Johnsons, the Weddells, the Ross families, the
Rev, Breck, and the Rouses,
Below the Whitelaws were Moses White, the Stockwells, and the Mer-
wins. Above them were the Walworths, the Irad Kelleys, the two Bhss
families, the first homes of John Willey and Joshua MiUs, and the stone
edifice of Dr. Long.
George Whitelaw and his twin-brothers were born in Haddington,
Scotland, in 1808. They were of a family of 11 children, the parents of
whom were John and Agnes Robertson Whitelaw, who lived and died
in Haddington. In May, 1832, George Whitelaw started for America, and in seven
weeks the vessel upon which he sailed reached our Atlantic coast, and be
fore stretched the long land-journey which brought him to Cleveland.
The same month, six years later, he married Anna Fayerweather of Bos
ton. She was the daughter of John and Anna Wayland Fayerweather,
and was born near Bridgeport, Conn. 441

1832
STAIR
For 20 years Mr, Whitelaw was a partner of George F, Marshall in
the saddlery and leather business, and from 1858 to 1890, with E, S, Root
in the wholesale leather trade. "Root & Whitelaw" was a firm known all
over the state.
George Whitelaw founded the Scotch Presbyterian church of Cleve
land, and laid the corner-stone of its edifice on Carnegie Ave., corner
of E. 72nd street. He also founded the St, Andrew society, the first
charitable society in the city, and was its president many years.
Although so well known, he seldom entered public life. Twice only
he served in the city council when his services were especially needed,
Mrs, Whitelaw was connected with Old Trinity church when it stood
on St, Clair street, corner of Seneca, She sang for its services there, and
continued a member of the choir long after the removal of the church
to its location on Superior street. She was an active worker in all Trinity
church activities, and a charter member of the board of management
that founded the Church Home on Prospect st. She was an invalid for
some years previous to her death, which occurred in 1893. The George
Whitelaw family lived on Willson Ave., corner of Sibley, for 30 years.
The children:
John Fayerweather Whitelaw, b. died 1873. Married 3rd, Mary
1839; died at his residence, 2536 Ehza Cooper, dau. of George
Euclid ave., June, 1912; married Cooper.
1st, Alice Hill, dau. of T. 0. HiU.
She died 1864, Married 2nd, Al- Anna Wayland Whitelaw, died 1845,
ma Paige of Painesville, 0. She Mary Augusta Whitelaw.

1832
STAIR
John Stair of Redding, England, was a schoolmaster. He married a
Miss Adams, and had three sons, John, WiUiam, and James Stair, Two
of these sons emigrated to Australia and prospered. To this day their
posterity have corresponded with their Cleveland cousins.
Mrs. Stair died, and Mr. John Stair married 2nd, Miss Martha Green,
a well-bred and well-educated lady. She was one of a large family of
children. Her brother, Nathaniel Green, was an artist, and instructed
the children of the royal household at Balmoral in drawing and paint
ing. In late life, when visited by Mr. and Mrs. John Stair of Cleveland, he
was found living in fine style in London, surrounded by the residences of fa
mous artists and scholars.
Mr. John Stair and his wife, Martha Green Stair, had six children
born in England. When the youngest was six months old the family came
to America in company with two other families who were their neigh
bors and friends. One was that of John Reeve, father of Dr, John Reeve,
and grandfather of Mrs. Charles L. Cutter. Martha Green Stair, the eldest
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daughter, was left behind that she might finish her education. When Mr.
Stair and his family arrived in Cleveland, the ravages of cholera in town
caused them to seek safety in Newburgh, where they lived on a farm for
some time.
Returning to Cleveland, Mr, Stair opened a private and classical
school for boys on Pittsburgh street, now Broadway. In 1845 he had
given up teaching as a profession, and entered the grain and seed busi
ness, one that had been started by J. G. Stockley at 93 Superior street.
The firm name was "Stair & Son," the "son" being the oldest child of
the family.
The new undertaking proved a fortunate one, and "Stairs' seed-store"
became famous all over the state. It was located on Ontario street,
A, C, Kendal succeeded Mr. Stair in the business,
Mr, and Mrs, Stair were greatly respected and warmly welcomed
by the social element of the town, Mr. Stair was very optimistic and of
a happy, cheerful temperament. At first Mrs, Stair was very homesick for
her native land. While living in Newburgh she had some guinea hens
whose peculiar cry sounded like, "Go back, go back !"
"It is easy to tell me that !" she exclaimed, one day, "but how am I to
do it?" She was very kind-hearted and a natural nurse. Dr, Cushing, Sr., soon
discovered this talent, and often begged her services when there was seri
ous illness in some poor household. It was not unusual for Mrs, Stair
to be away from her home all night, attending to the needs of some young
mother in her hour of peril, or nursing a very sick child, all without
any remuneration, save the love and gratitude of those she ministered to,
Alas! the generation of dear, unselfish women who lost sleep and
rest in personal services to their neighbors has long passed by. The
trained nurse with prohibitive wages or a charity one is now the only
choice of a household poor in purse, but rich in dignity and self-respect.
The children of John and Martha Stair:
Benjamin Stair, died unmarried. He Thomas Stair, died aged 15 years,
was his father's partner in the Mary Stair, lived to old age unmar-
seed business, ried,
Martha Stair, became an invalid, Samuel Stair, b, 1831; m. Alice
and after 14 years of patient suf- Healy Caffee of Newark, 0,
fering died unmarried, Fisher Stair.
Edwin Stair, m, Marcia Lucia Cobb. Emily Stair, born in Cleveland ; m.
She lost her own life in her devo- Benjamin Franklin, a Newark,
tion to her husband in his last 0., banker.
illness, and survived him but a
few days.
Edwin and Marcia Stair had two sons and a daughter, Mrs. Lucia
Curtis. Frank Stair was connected with the Brainard music-store for
many years. Harry Stair married Miss Belle Beirce, and died leaving
two young sons, and a little daughter.
Samuel and Alice Stair have two talented children. A son, Leslie
Dalrymple Stair, who lives in Chicago, and a daughter, Miss Patty Stair,
a well-knovim Cleveland musician. 443

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REEVE
John Reeve of England came to Cleveland in 1832. He was 44 years
of age, and his wife, Sarah Reeve, also a native of England, was 34 years
old. They brought with them to this city six children, and another one was
born here four years later. Mrs. Reeve's life in Cleveland was very short.
She died in 1838, and was buried in Erie street cemetery.
The father married secondly, Catherine Jones, and a daughter was
born to them in 1845, who died — no date — in Columbus, 0.
The family lived on Michigan street, and were near neighbors of
John W. Willey, the attorney and first mayor of Cleveland.
John Reeve died in 1852, and was buried by the mother of his chil
dren. They were:
William Reeve, b. 1819 ; died 1836. Charlotte Reeve, b. 1829 ; died 1852.
Elisabeth Reeve, b. 1821 ; m. T. P. Edunn Reeve, b. 1830 ; died 1873 ;
Spencer of Cleveland. m. Alice Oliver of Euclid, O. His
Dr. John Charles Reeve, b. 1826 ; m. name is inscribed on the Soldiers'
Emma G. Barlow. Dr. Reeve re- and Sailors' Monument in the
sides in Dayton, 0. Public Square as a veteran of the
Margaret Reeve, b. 1828 ; m. Homer civil war.
Moffett. She died in Cleveland, Henry Reeve, born in Cleveland,
1865. 1836 ; died at Dayton, 0., in 1860.

1834
POPULATION ABOUT 2000
Very dull year for business. 43 canal boats laid up. Steamers com
ing from Buffalo without a barrel of freight. The Cleveland Herald asks,
"What has become of the immense number of boxes, bales, etc., which
we have been accustomed to see crowding our wharfs in such confusion
as wholly to preclude the practicability of a passage from warehouse to
warehouse? Why should our wharves which once were the scene of so
much bustle and life and activity now exhibit so dull and lifeless an
aspect?" Cholera broke out again in the late fall of this year, and there were
many deaths from it in this town and in the surrounding country. A very
pitiful incident connected with the scourge took place on a canal passen
ger boat bound for Akron, 0. Mrs. Joanna Brown, wife of a New York
merchant, was aboard with her infant child when she was stricken with
the cholera in the night. Her sufferings were intense, and the terrified
passengers were obliged to hear her moans and cries of distress without
being able to give her any relief. She died as the canal-boat neared
Akron. The winter of 1834 was marked by unusually heavy snow-storms.
Snow covered the roads throughout the season. All sorts of conveyances
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were put upon runners and the sound of sleigh-bells, and even cow and
sheep-bells, were heard continuously.
Although not a Cleveland record, the following item is of national
interest :
The State of Ohio)
Geauga County. ] ^^'
Personally appeared Brigham Young and made application for a mar
riage-license for himself and Mary Ann Angel of the township of Kirtland
in said county, and made solemn oath that he, the said Brigham Young,
is of age of twenty-one years, and the said Mary Ann Angel is of the age
of eighteen years, that they are both single, and not nearer of kin than
first cousins; that he knows of no legal impediment against their being
joined in marriage. Brigham Young.
Sworn and subscribed, this tenth day of February, 1834, before me,
Ralph Cowles, Dep. Clerk.
Elizabeth Gaylord, through her guardian Leonard Case, offers lot 10
rods square for sale on Lake street.
L. W. Dickson, merchant on Superior street, advertises his dry-
goods. His wife, Matilda Isabell Dickson, died the following year, and
lies in Erie street cemetery. His name is not in the city directory of
1845, Died, "Emulous B. Johnson of Saybrook, Conn,, of cholera, 27 years
old," (Erie st, cemetery,)
Died, Esther, wife of Samuel Clampitt, formerly of New Jersey, lately
of Philadelphia, (Erie street cemetery,)
Theron and Esther Strong Freeman die, perhaps of cholera, leaving
minor children, Samuel S. mentioned as one of them. Thomas Strong
and Charity Fuller are appointed administrators of the estate.
Previous to this year there were but 15 German families residing in
town. They were mostly of the Protestant faith, and in 1834 they organ
ized a society which received the name of "German Evangelical Protes
tant Church,"
It was a small band of Christians whose mother-tongue was still more
familiar than that of their adopted home, and doubtless very little of
the services which they previously had attended in other churches had
been fully understood. This first little German society must, therefore,
have been very dear to its members.
They met, at first, in the old Bethel building near the corner of Water
and Superior street hill, and afterward in a little school-house on St.
Clair street.
Two-thirds of Euclid Avenue below Erie street was yet adorned on
either side with rail-fences. 445

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SARGEANT
From Cleveland Advertiser
Elopement
"Whereas, my wife Jane Ann has this day left my bed, and board,
without any just cause or provocation, this is, therefore, to forbid all
persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no debts
of her contracting after this date, Justin Meeker,
Cleveland, Dec, 24-1834,"
"Whereas, my kind and loving better half has seen fit to post me from
his bed, and board, I would take the liberty to inform the public that he
never had any board to my knowledge, and as for harboring and trusting
me he need have no fear, for no one would do it on his account.
If he will not trouble me, no one will trouble him,
Jane Ann Meeker, Jan, 15-1835,"

1834
SARGEANT

There were four men by the name of Sargeant who lived in Cleveland,
off and on, after 1834.
They were William, doing business at one time as a merchant on Su
perior street, Jacob, Samuel, and Joseph Sargeant.
The last two came from Middlebury, Vermont, their native place,
and were children of Joseph and Lucretia Williams Sargeant,
Jacob Sargeant had a daughter Nancy who married W, S. Pierson of
Hartford, Conn,, and her daughter married Judge Rufus Spaulding, the
well-knovsm jurist of the city and state. She was a very striking-looking
woman, and to the day of her death clung to the fashion of wearing her
hair in three puffs each side of her face. She was much loved and ad
mired by a large circle of friends.
Joseph Sargeant, born 1798, kept the only store of its kind in Cleve
land. He manufactured and sold looking-glasses, picture-frames, etc.,
and he, and his son John, who succeeded him for over half a century,
furnished to thousands of people their only glimpse of art in the beautiful
engravings kept in stock or exhibited in their store-windows.
"Sargeants" on Superior street was so associated with that thorough
fare that it seemed to be as established as the street itself, and many
an old resident of the city today finds it hard to realize that the old land
mark and business-sign have passed out of existence.
Joseph Sargeant married Sophrona Chapman, daughter of Erastus
Chapman. She died in 1826, leaving young children.
He married secondly, Laura Brooks (daughter of Zerah Brooks of
Hartford, Vt.)
Laura Brooks Sargeant was a remarkable woman in many respects,
an ideal step-mother, loving and cherishing the first wife's children as her
very own. They never knew she was not their own mother until after
they began to attend school when they were officiously enlightened upon
the subject. She died in 1873 at her residence on Ontario street, aged
67 years, Joseph Sargeant lived first on Erie street next to the present Cleve
land Trust Co,, and for many years was the only resident on that side of
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the street between Euclid and Prospect, In 1837 he was living on Pros
pect near Ontario street, and finally built and occupied a brick residence
on Ontario street below St, Clair st.
Joseph Sargeant and his wife were life-long members of the Old
Stone church, and their son John and his family followed closely in their
footsteps, and today are still identified with that church society.
The children of Joseph and Sophrona Sargeant:
Catherine Maria Sargeant, m. W. T. John Williams Sargeant, m. Emma
Richmond, son of Thomas Rich- Louise Todd, a very pretty, intel-
mond, ligent woman, devoted to her hus-
Harriet S. Sargeant, m. C. A, Orvis band and children. Her recent
of Racine, Wisconsin, death made many friends sorrow-
Charles Edward Sargeant, m. Mary ful.
Bowen, dau. of Graham Bowen.
The family burial-lot is in Erie street cemetery.

1834
SLAGHT

Abraham Slaght and his wife, Talphena Dickerson Slaght, settled first
on the Euclid ridge. They removed to the corner of St. Clair and East
Madison avenues, where they lived many years and where they died.
Their home was then a farmhouse, surrounded by many acres.
There were two sons in this family, and six daughters. The latter
all married into prominent families of the East End.
The children of Abraham and Talphena Slaght :
Adaline Slaght, m. Timothy Wat- Elisabeth Slaght, m. Abram Nott.
kins. Martha Slaght, m. Henry Ford.
Louise Slaght, m. George Watkins. Julia Slaght, m. Nathan Post.
Sarah Slaght, m. Francis Branch.

1834
SMITH
Archibald M. C. Smith, of the firm of Ward & Smith, forwarding and
commission merchants at No. 1 and 2 Dock st., lived at 62 Bank street,
just north of the Blairs.
Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Seth and Sarah (Barnum) Granger
of Danbury, Conn., who removed to Buffalo, N. Y., and died in that city.
she in 1833, and he in 1848. 447

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SCOFIELD
There were three Granger sisters living in Cleveland in 1834.
Beulah — Mrs. Smith, Harriet Maria — Mrs. William Smyth, and Sarah
Elisabeth Granger. They were very attractive, cultured women; they
were also quite musical, and two of them were members of Trinity Church
choir. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald M. C. Smith had a family of seven children.
Maria Granger Smith, m. Edward Granger Smith, living in Chicago.
M. Atwater. Lives in Buffalo. Amelia Smith— Mrs. D. D. Tracey
Edward Smith, a resident of St. of Erie, Pa.
Paul, Minn.
The Smiths removed from Bank street to St. Clair st., near Perry,
and for some years were the near neighbors of the Perrys and Paynes.
They then removed to Buffalo, where, in 1852, Mr. Smith was killed while
rescuing lives at a big fire in that city. No man was more respected in
the communities in which he lived than was Mr. Archibald Smith, His
widow survived him for twenty-five years.

1834
SCOFIELD

William Scofield of Strongsville, 0., married Mary Coon, daughter of
Mathew and Albacinda Coon, and moved from a farm into the village
of Cleveland. The first home of the young couple was on Bank street, now the site
of the big Root & McBride building. In 1844 Mr. Scofield built a home
on Erie street between Euclid and Prospect streets, where the family
lived for 18 years. About the time of the civil war, they took charge of
Prospect Place, a family hotel on the corner of Euclid and Erie streets.
Mr. Scofield died not long afterward, but his wife continued in charge of
it for many years. This site with that of their former home is now oc
cupied by the Scofield Building.
Mrs. Mary Coon Scofield joined the First Baptist church in 1834, only
a year after its organization. She counted scores of friends in that pio
neer religious society, friends who remained staunch and true until her
death in 1892.
Mr. and Mrs. Scofield rest in Lake View cemetery. They had five
children, the first three of whom died young.
Levi Scofield, m. Elisabeth Wright, a very charming young woman,
daughter of Marshall Wright of Kingsville, 0. (Died recently.)
Mary E. Scofield, m. Alfred S. Field of Columbus, 0., son of John Field.
Levi Scofield has always been an active man of affairs in the city, and
his wife was a member of musical circles and a patron of undeveloped
musical ability.
Mrs. Mary Scofield Fields belongs to the Western Reserve Daughters
of the American Revolution. 448

1834
SACKRIDER
Elijah White, Jr., father of Mrs. Samuel and Mrs. Amos S. Hutchin
son, was a prominent merchant of Granville, Mass., who removed to
Plattsburgh, N, Y,, and engaged in manufacturing. He was married
twice. His first wife was Olive Cone, and one of their children was
Pamelia White, born 1799. She married, in 1819, Robert Sackrider of
Plattsburgh, N. Y., who died in 1826. Mrs. Pamelia White-Sackrider came
to Cleveland with her children, and after the death of her half-sister, Har
riet E; Hutchinson, kept house for Mr. Hutchinson and his two motherless
children until after his second marriage.
Mrs. Sackrider had three children:
Mary Sackrider, b. 1820 ; died 1842. Elijah White Sackrider, b. 1825. He
Cornelia Sackrider, b. 1822 ; married was long years a Cleveland drug-
Mr, Pease of Detroit, gist,
Edward Griffin White, a brother of Mrs. Samuel and Mrs. Amos E.
Hutchinson, lived in Cleveland in the '30s, and died here in 1849, aged
34 years.

1834
WHITING

WiUiam B. Whiting, 34 years of age, removed with his family from
Laurens, Otsego Co., New York, to Grafton, Lorain Co., Ohio, some time
in the early '30s,
He was the son of Gamaliel B. Whiting of Lenox, Mass. His mother,
before her marriage, was a Miss Mary Dismore. She died, aged 74 years,
while her son was living in Grafton, and was buried there. Some years
afterward it was thought best to remove her remains to the Judge Sam
uel Cowles lot in Erie street cemetery, and while doing this it was dis
covered that her body had petrified solidly, and it was with great diffi
culty lifted from the grave. As' in simUar cases, no decomposition had
taken place, and she had the appearance of one sleeping.
William B. Whiting was educated for the law, but had little inclina
tion to practice his profession. While in Grafton he lived on a farm, but
in the course of a few years removed to Cleveland, and finally returned
east where, in Corning, N. Y., he spent the rest of his days, a prominent
citizen of that town. He was for some years its postmaster, and later
became the auditor of an eastern railroad.
Mr. Whiting married, in 1833, Miss Emily Bostwick of Laurens. The
couple had seven children live to maturity, only three of whom married,
Mr, Whiting's sister Cornelia had become the wife of Judge Samuel
Cowles in 1832, and came at once to Cleveland, She lived here the re
maining years of her life, and some of her brother's children also resided
in the city long years after their parents had returned east to live,
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Either in boyhood or in his college days, Mr. Whiting became inti
mately associated with Sherlock J. Andrews, who afterward became a
distinguished lawyer and judge of this city. The latter seems to have
been greatly attached to Mr. Whiting, as he named his only son, William
Whiting Andrews, in honor of his friend.
The children of William B. and Emily Bostwick Whiting:
Dr. Samuel C. Whiting, married William Whiting. Died in young
Emily Caddington (daughter of a manhood.
well-known western editor.) Dr, John Whiting. Enlisted during the
Whiting became a distinguished civil war, and served his country.
Homeopathic physician of La Died unmarried,
Porte, Indiana. Helen M. Whiting, married Thomp-
Edmund R. Whiting. Lives in Kirt- son H. Johnson, youngest son of
land, 0., unmarried. Chilton and Margaret Ohaber
Cornelia Whiting. Died at the resi- Johnson of Vincennes, Ind., and
dence of her brother in Kirtland, long a well-known member of the
unmarried. Cleveland bar.
Hiram B. Whiting. Died in young
manhood. Helen Whiting Johnson died in 1909, and rests in Lake View ceme
tery. She left a daughter who, with her father, spends part of each year
in California. Mrs. Johnson and her sister, Cornelia Whiting, were
both fine women, exceedingly kind-hearted and benevolent, and greatly
loved by their family and friends.
Two children of Dr. Samuel C. Whiting reside in this city. William
B. Whiting, a lawyer, and with the firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.
His sister, Sarah Whiting, married George Hart of Vincennes, Ind.,
and removed to Cleveland. Mr. Hart is treasurer of the Guardian Sav
ings and Trust Company.

1834
WILLIAMS
George Williams, an older brother of William Williams, a well-known
pioneer of a little later day, settled in Cleveland as early as 1834, and car
ried on the business of private banking and brokerage. He was associated
with Grant Fitch of Cleveland, under the firm name of Williams and
Fitch, until the latter's death in 1840, and later on, for a time, with Zal-
mon Fitch, father of above, under the firm name of "George Williams &
Co." George and William Williams were the sons of Ebenezer and Martha
Porter Williams, of East Windsor, Conn., and grandsons of Samuel and
Margaret Huntington Williams, of Groton, Conn.
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Their maternal grandfather, Nathaniel Porter, who was of the fifth
generation from John of Windsor, marched to Boston as a Minute man
on the Lexington Alarm.
George Williams was but 12 years of age when his parents left Con
necticut in 1811, and settled in the wilds of Lake county, consequently
his educational advantages were few. But his subsequent career indi
cates that in common with all other members of his father's family, he
did not allow circumstances to mar his life in the least, nor hinder it from
being all that through a heritage of brains and courage was his.
He remained a bachelor until 45 years of age, and then, in 1844, mar
ried Mary Baldwin, widow of his late partner. Grant Fitch.
Mrs. Williams had a little daughter, Mary Grant Fitch, who grew
to womanhood in the Williams household, which, for many years, was
sheltered in the quaint pioneer dwelling, formerly known as the Dunham
Tavern. It still stands on the north side of Euclid Ave., between East
66th and 69th streets, and is occupied by Dr. J. A. Stephens. Later the
family lived on the north-east corner of Euclid and E. 46th street.
George WiUiams was a resident of Cleveland for 55 years, dying in
1889, aged 90.
The only child of George and Martha Baldwin Williams was a daugh
ter, Martha Candace Williams, who married Edward Hooker Harvey.
Their only child, Melanie Harvey, married Edward Kirke Cushing of
Cleveland.

1834
MACKENSIE

"Mackenzie's Drug Store," Number 100 Superior street, has been a
landmark of the city for 75 years or more, its location still a drug-store,
owned by Strong & Cobb.
"Mackensie's Liver Pills," once known all over the country as a rem
edy for malaria, are yet to be found on druggists' shelves.
The originator of the store and the pills was Dr. Colin Swayne Mack-
ensie, physician and chemist, who, in 1834, came to this town from Bal
timore, Md. He was then 24 years of age, the son of Dr. John Mackensie,
a celebrated physician and a founder of the St. Andrew's Society.
His mother was Sarah Pinkerton, of Chester, Pa,
The Baltimore Mackensies were direct descendants of Kenneth, High
Chief of Kentare, Scotland. Their first American ancestor was Thomas
Mackensie, who came to this country in 1746, married the daughter of
Governor Johnson of Maryland, and settled in that state as a planter.
The memory of Dr, Colin S, Mackensie, the Cleveland pioneer, is still
treasured by several of our present citizens, who in their youth were as
sociated with him either as pupils or as clerks in his drug-store. To
these, and to others, who seem to know nothing of the good doctor's ante
cedents, it may be of interest to learn that he was one of five brothers,
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MACKENZIE
all university graduates and all physicians, who acquired distinction in
their several lines of work and practice.
Dr. John P. Mackensie was super- Dr. George B. Mackensie was one of
intendent of the Maryland Hos- the staff of the State Children's
pital, . Hospital, .
Dr. Thomas G. Mackensie was a Dr. James S. Mackensie was a suc-
founder of the Maryland School cessful practitioner.
of Pharmacy,
There were also two sisters, one of whom married Richard Free-
bourne, and the other Joseph Cushing, well-known citizens of Baltimore.
Dr, Colin S. Mackensie was a prominent member of the Old Stone
church, and, like aU Scotch Presbyterians, he was a theologian. In ques
tions of doctrine that occasionally arose in the congregation, he was ever
a member to be reckoned with and considered. Upon rare occasions he
showed his disapproval of a pulpit utterance by leaving the church in
the middle of a sermon.
But withal he was a very kindly man; always prompt in personal
service or with gifts of money when either was required. He maintained
the old school of manners, polite, punctilious, dignified, considerate, a
person upon whom none would dare to presume, and yet turn to for pro
tection or pity.
The death of his wife, in 1846, was a blow from which he never re
covered. Her headstone, with its pathetic inscription, "She died, and yet
I live," can be found in Erie street cemetery, to the right of the main
drive. She was Emily J. Vallette, a widow, and the daughter of John and
Rosalind McMahan Quin. She was born in Buenos Ayres, Argentine
Republic, and at her second marriage, in 1836, was but 18 years of age,
and only 28 at the time of her death.
The home of Dr. Mackensie was Number 32 Water street, in those
days a most attractive location, commanding a beautiful view of the
lake. Their nearest neighbors were the Alexander Seymour and J. G.
Stockley families.
After Mrs. Mackensie's death, the doctor, with his two young children,
boarded at the residence of an intimate friend, Mrs. Benjamin Andrews,
His only son, Colin Mackensie, Jr., born 1839, was true to family tra
dition, and entered the medical profession. He was a surgeon at Camp
Chase during the civil war, and afterward in the U. S. Army. He died
in New York City at the age of 53. His wife, to whom he was married
in 1863, was Miss Ellen Tolford, of Troy, N. Y., daughter of Rev. David
Tolford, of Vernjont, and Priscilla Waring, of Maryland. Colin, Jr.,
had one son, Colin 3rd, bom 1871, who lives in New York,
Dr. Colin Mackensie's only daughter, Emily Louise Mackensie, b.
1844, married William Furgeson, of Glasgow, Scotland, who died in that
city, 1895. They had one child, Colin Mackensie Furgeson, who resides
in New York.
Dr. Colin Mackensie died in New York City at the home of his son
in 1894, aged 84 years. 452

1834
WHITTLESEY
Asaph Whittlesey, aged 32 years, and his wife, Vesta Hart Whittle
sey, aged 24, started with their two little sons, Charles and Samuel, from
Southington, Conn,, in 1813, to make their home in Tallmadge, O. The
seriousness of such an undertaking was recognized by the whole village
turning out to bid them "Godspeed."
Their equipment was of the best, two horses and a big, roomy farm-
wagon. They took the southern route by way of Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh, mountains and steep hills nearly every mile of the journey. Be
tween Beaver Dam and Pittsburgh an accident to their team nearly cost
them their lives, and so injured Mrs. Whittlesey, that she never wholly
recovered from it. The wagon ran off a steep incline in the road, and,
turning completely over, imprisoned her and the children under it. The
situation was made more serious by the baggage that nearly filled the
wagon. With a superhuman effort Mr. Whittlesey managed to raise
one side, and drag his family out from under it, and a box that held
Mrs. Whittlesey down.
The last days of the journey were made in a drizzling rain-storm, and
when, wet, tired, and bruised, they entered their dreary cabin, standing
on the edge of a swamp, the disheartened young mother gave way to her
tears. But she was a brave little woman, who soon rallied and "made the
best of it." How little we realize today just what this term meant then,
and many years to follow!
For instance, once in entertaining some neighbors to a little tea-
party, the table was found too small to seat all the guests. Mrs. Whit
tlesey quietly withdrew to an upper room and pried up a wide board in
its floor, with which she enlarged the table.
Mr. Whittlesey was a man of unusual courage and resource. He
had many drawbacks from prosperity. In assisting a neighbor to raise
a house, he was hit by a falling beam, and crippled for life, yet, in spite
of all, this couple raised a family, four charming daughters, besides the
sons, who were an honor to the name of Whittlesey.
Especially was this true of Col. Charles Whittlesey, soldier, lawyer,
editor, geologist, author and scientist, whom the city of (Illeveland proudly
claims, and justly honors.
By some good fortune his father secured for him a cadetship at West
Point, which meant a liberal education. After his graduation he was
stationed as second lieutenant at Mackinac and Green Bay. Meantime,
he studied law, for we find him in 1836, as "an attorney and counsellor,"
at No. 16 Superior st. At the same time he is co-editor and publisher,
with his second cousin, Frederick Whittlesey, of the Cleveland Herald
and Gazette. Then he sold out to become a government geologist, ex
plored Lake Superior and the Mississippi basin.
Cleveland became indebted to him through the first history of the
city published, on which he probably lost money, and he assisted the
municipality by enlisting the aid of the national government in neces
sary harbor improvements.
His literary work was prolific. It is said to have comprised 191 his
torical, archaeological, geological, scientific, and religious treatises.
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Mr. Whittlesey remained a bachelor until 50 years of age. He then
married Mrs. Mary E. Morgan, daughter of James and Ann Forman
Lyon. Mr. Whittlesey suffered much with rheumatism during the last years
of his life, but his energy and enthusiasm would not allow it to shelve him
and his many activities. Among these was the Western Reserve Histori
cal Society, of which he was a founder and its first president. He died
in 1886.

1834
REMINGTON

There are headstones in Erie street cemetery that indicate the early
residence in this city of a family of New England ancestry named Rem
ington. Two members of it were still living here in 1856, and a third one,
Stephen G. Remington.
The inscriptions on the stones are very unusual, as, in each one, the
wife's maiden name is inscribed,
"Benjamin Remington, b. 1770 — Nancy Adams Remington, wife of
died 1835. above, 1803—1829.
Mary East Remington, his wife,
1770—1867. Marilla Penfield Remington, wife of
Their son Joseph Remington, 1803 — above, 1800 — 1840,
1834,
John G, Remington, their son, 1797 Eliza Ann Remington, dau. of John
—1863. G. and Nancy, 1823—1834."
The two members of the family v/ho died in 1834 may have been
cholera victims.
Stephen G. Remington was a member of the Old Settlers' Associa
tion. He gave his record of birth 1828, and came here in 1834.

1834
RUSSELL

On September 1st, 1813, occurred a typical New England wedding,
that of Alanson Russell and Miss Nancy Caulkins. Both represented
long lines of American ancestry. He was the son of John Russell, a
revolutionary soldier, and the great-grandson of William and Elisabeth
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Russell, who were living in this country 100 years before its declaration
of independence. His mother was Martha Thrall.
Nancy Caulkins was born in Sharon, and a member of a Connecticut
family that bore upon its lineage tree doctors and divines, lawyers and
patriots galore.
The couple were very young, for the bride was still in her teens, the
groom but recently able to answer "20 years" as his age.
There was nothing unusual in this. The founding of a home and of
a family held no terrors for the young people of that period. They did
not dream of beginning their married life under the conditions in which
they had been reared, the rambling, many-roomed homestead with its
solid Colonial furnishings and its assured comfort.
The newly married expected to live modestly, labor industriously, and
to acquire slowly the degree of living that their parents in equal manner
had attained. Their first home was the center one of the three cottages on
Superior street where the Arcade now stands : on one side the Camps, on
the other the Sackriders. Nancy Caulkins Russell must have been a beau
tiful bride, for, in middle age, she was an unusually attractive woman,
and was still fair to look upon when her head was crowned with silver.
Alanson Russell was born in Rodman, Jefferson Co. At that time,
1834, he had several children, the oldest of whom was 17 years old. The
family lived at 35 Water street, where Mr. Russell kept a small private
hotel where young couples tarried until ready for housekeeping on their
ovsm account, and where unattached business and professional men found
a home not obtainable elsewhere. Among the latter, in 1837, were David
Hersh uncle of Mrs. WiUiam Bingham, Henry Raymond, A. B. Hitch
cock, and S. A. Fairchild, merchants, and two or three bank clerks.
Mr. Russell lived but four years after his arrival in Cleveland. It
may have been declining health and the hope of regaining it that led him
to seek a new home in the west. Were that the case, it proved fallacious,
for he died in the prime of life, 45 years, and was laid away in old Erie
street cemetery, and in 1865, Nancy Caulkins Russell, who outlived him
27 years, was placed beside him.
The children of Alanson and Nancy RusseU :
George H. Russell, b. 1817 ; died Chester C. Russell, d. Princeton, 111,
1888 ; m, Octavia Bolton, Russell Clarinda Russell, m. John Shelley.
Ave., now changed to East 70th See Shelley family sketch.
street, received its name from Emmeline Russell, m. S. A. Fair-
him. child ; 2nd, Thomas Bolton.
Mr. and Mrs. Alanson Russell left little property to their family.
But they passed on to grandchildren their own inheritance, one more
highly prized by many people than a bank-account, and which opened
wide to them the doors of the Society of Huguenots, Colonial Dames, and
Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Frederick and Charles Whittlesey, whose fathers were cousins, be
came joint owners and editors of the Cleveland Herald in 1836. They
were the lineal descendants of John and Ruth Dudley Whittlesey of
Saybrook, Conn., 1664, and were both born in Southington, Conn., Fred
erick in 1801, and Charles in 1808.
The former was the son of Roger Whittlesey, a Yale College gradu
ate in the class of 1787. His mother was Mary Smalley, daughter of
Rev. John Smalley, D. D.
With such a mental heritage, it is not surprising that Frederick Whit
tlesey also graduated from Yale at 21 years of age. He then came west
and studied law with Elisha Whittlesey, a relative living in Canfield, 0.,
and long a congressman of the Western Reserve.
In 1827 he began the practice of his profession in Elyria, 0., and at
once rapidly rose to prominence and distinction. He was early chosen
to represent his district in the Ohio legislature both as congressman and
senator. At one time, he was Speaker of the House, and it is said that
his dignity and decision while in the chair, and his familiarity with par
liamentary rules won the admiration of the legislature.
In his 34th year he removed to Cleveland and established a newspaper
which he discontinued in order to become part owner and editor of the
Cleveland Herald. He was a man of unusual ability, one whom his neigh
bors and friends respected and esteemed, an upright, honorable, Chris
tian gentleman.
In 1840, while in the very prime of life, he was stricken with a form
of paralysis, that for 14 years crippled him in all endeavor, and some
times made him helpless. This terrible affliction was borne patiently and
cheerfully. He died in 1854.
Mrs. Frederick Whittlesey was Eliza Burrall, daughter of John and
Mary Bobbins Burrall of Suffield, 0.
She was 22 years old at the time of her marriage.
The children of Frederick and Eliza Whittlesey:
Mary Whittlesey, b. 1831. Frederick Whittlesey, b. 1841 ; m.
Julia Whittlesey, b. 1835; m. Elias Ellen Kennedy. Resides in Den-
B. Hillard. ver, Colo,
Henry Smalley Whittlesey, b. 1836 ; Albert Whittlesey, b. 1843 ; m. Lucy
m. Mary E. Taylor. Wright.
Eliza Whittlesey, b. 1839 ; m. Henry Emily Whittlesey, b. 1846 ; m. Al-
M. Cowles. fred W. Newton.

1834
WORTHINGTON

George and Ralph H. Worthington, once prominent in the city, were
born in Cooperstown, N. Y., of old American stock.
Their parents were Ralph and Clarissa Clark Worthington. Clarissa
Clark was the eldest daughter of Jerome and Anna Pinneo Clark of
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The earliest Worthington, and for a time the only one in New Eng
land, was Nicholas, who came from England and settled in Saybrook
in 1649, but afterward removed to Hatfield, Ct. His wife was Sarah
Bunce, the daughter of Thomas Bunce of Hartford.
The Worthington brothers who reached Cleveland in 1834 were of
the sixth generation from these ancestors. We find them established in
business, and both boarding at the Franklin House, kept by Benj. Har
rington, who later was one of the city's postmasters.
"George Worthington, hardware merchant, 3 Superior street, corner of
Union lane;
"R. H. Worthington, cap and hat manufacturer, 31 Superior street, three
doors west of the post-office,"
reads the little Cleveland directory for 1837. This record contains no
hint of the hard work, anxiety and worry of running a business on lim
ited capital, with money exceedingly scarce, a financial condition preva
lent in every pioneer town in the '20s and '30s.
George Worthington was but 21 years old when he came west, yet
the enterprise and far-reaching sagacity he at once displayed was most
unusual, and far outclassed the older merchants of the little community.
The manner in which he built up his trade outside of the town is an in
teresting story, and should be of value to the young business man of
today, alike situated.
It was done through personal effort. He did not stand behind the
counter of his small hardware store and wait for customers to drop in
for purchase, but started out and traveled for miles the country round,
solicitating orders, and offering to exchange with farmers or store-keepers
anything he could dispose of, pork, grain, etc.
Soon wagons loaded with produce and drawn by horses or oxen were
coming into town from a hundred miles away, and receiving from him
in return hardware and other merchandise. Before 1840, he had moved
to larger quarters, a store-room on the north-east comer of Superior and
Water streets, once the old Nathan Perry stand, and here he transacted
business for 30 years. Thenceforth it became an extensive wholesale
establishment on the comer of Water and St. Clair streets, where it yet
remains and is partly managed by the second generation of the Cleveland
branch of the family.
In November, 1840, Mr. Worthington married Maria Cushman Black-
mer, 23 years of age. She was the daughter of Reuben Harmon and
Amanda Cushman Blackmer, Cleveland pioneers, who came here from
Dorset, Vt. In 1836 Mr. Blackmer had a general provision-store on On
tario street, the present site of W. P. Southworth Co.
Just in the rear of this store was a little white chapel in the midst of
a cluster of smaU dweUings. Here Miss Maria Blackmer opened a private
school which afterward became absorbed in the newly established free,
or public school system.
As a bride Maria Blackmer was slender and petite, with dark hair, and
large dark eyes, and, judging from the personality of after years, must
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The four sons and four daughters that came into her household were
typical American children, of the seventh generation on their father's
side, and on their mother's directly descended from Thomas Cushman
and his wife, Mary AUerton, of the Mayflower.
Mrs. Worthington's domestic cares absorbed aU her time and effort
for many years. Then, when it required a less measure of attention, her
mind and heart went out in sympathy to struggling humanity, especially
to poor or orphaned children, bereft of mother love or the comforts' she
had deemed so essential for her own little ones, and to the aged whom
life had left stranded by the wayside.
She gave herself freely and of her wealth generously to the various
charities with which she was affiliated, and thus became very dear to
a host of people to whom her own family were strangers, and who
mourned her death in 1902 as a personal loss.
In 1848 Mr. Worthington purchased nine acres of land on the north
side of Euclid avenue between Sterling and Case, East 30th and 40th,
for which he paid $3500. Upon this he erected one of the beautiful homes
that helped to make that throroughfare famous. The previous residence
of the family had been Number 85 St. Clair street.
Children of George and Maria Worthington:
Ralph Worthington, b. 1841. George Worthington, m. Lily M,
Abigail Maria Worthington, m. Smith, dau. of John W. and Altia
George Hoyt, son of Sylvester and DovsTier Smith of Albany, N. Y.
Eleanor Converse Hoyt of Char-
don, 0. Alice Worthington, m, Martin J,
Mary Beadle Worthington, m. Clark Pendleton, son of Charles and
I. Butts, son of Freeman and Charity Sears Pendleton.
Mary Ballard Butts.
Clarissa Clark Worthington, m. Wil- Two children died in infancy.
lis B. Hale, son of Edwin B. and
Susannah Hoyt Hale.
Ralph H. Worthington, who started a business in Cleveland a year
later than George Worthington, evidently had more obstacles to encoun
ter, or was less plucky than his brother, for he tired of the struggles of
a pioneer merchant, and returned east, settling in New York City, where
commercial life was less strenuous.

1834
STEDMAN

Buckley Stedman, a provision dealer, doing business on Merwin street,
and his brother, W. G. Stedman, were sons of Timothy and Mehetabel
Root Stedman.
Buckley married 1st, Lydia Reed, a daughter of George and Abigail
Van de Water Read of Watertown, N. Y.
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Mrs, Stedman was born in 1801, and married in 1822, It is said
that she was a beautiful woman, and a fine old portrait of her in posses
sion of a granddaughter testifies to the fact.
She died in Cleveland, 1844,
The children were George, Norton, Charlotte, Julia, Harriet, Emma,
and Derrick Buckley Stedman.
The family lived on the east side of Ontario street, south of the Pub
lic Square,
Julia Stedman, a handsome, bril- Charlotte Stedman, m. Basil Span-
liant girl, married William Mil- gler, son of the pioneer.
ler of Buffalo, N. Y. Harriet and Emma Stedman, mar
ried Chapman brothers.
Buckley Stedman married 2nd, Diana Kingsbury, daughter of Judge
James Kingsbury, the pioneer. They had no children.

1834
LEONARD

Jarvis Leonard was a resident of Cleveland for 64 years. He came
here in 1834 while it was yet a village, and died in 1898, when it was a
great metropolis. Previous to 1834 he had been living in Pomfret, Vt,,
where he was born in 1809, and where he had been clerking in his father's
dry-goods store. His parents were Orphis and Mary Pratt Leonard of
that town,
Jarvis Leonard started a store of his own in Cleveland at 56 Superior
street under the firm name of Leonard & White.
Two years afterward, he returned to Vermont to marry Miss Frances
Emoretta Tuttle Vail, daughter of AUen and Elisabeth Tuttle Vail.
Their first home was on Superior street. Afterward they lived on
Prospect street, and finally Mr. Leonard built on East Madison ave..
East 79th street, where he died. His wife had passed to the beyond five
years before his demise, aged 84.
Jarvis Leonard seems to have led a quiet business life. His name
does not appear in connection with public affairs of any kind either in the
early or later years of his life. After 1850 he was connected with the
Society for Savings.
The children of Jarvis and Frances Leonard:
Caroline Maria Leonard, b. 1837, in Matilda Charlotte Leonard, b, 1840,
Cleveland. Mary J. Leonard.
Miss Charlotte Leonard is the only surviving member of this family.
She resides on East 79th street, and spends her winters in the south.
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SEYMOUR
For two days in the late summer of 1849, a crowd stood near the foot
of Water street in front of "Sunset Cottage," built and once occupied by
Alfred Kelley, but then the residence of Alexander Seymour, a well-
known and popular resident of the city. Every one coming out of the
house was waylaid and eagerly questioned. All were watching and wait
ing for tidings from within where lay the master of the house, stricken
down with Asiatic cholera. It was the third time that the scourge had
visited the city, and each time its victims had been largely of the best and
most valuable of its citizens.
Sorrow and dismay were on the faces of all gathered there. At length,
some one came out, and announced that Mr, Seymour had passed away,
and was free from further suffering.
He left a family of orphan children, as his wife had died some years
previous, 1839.
Alexander Seymour was the son of Norman and Kate Seymour of
Northampton, Mass. His branch of the Seymour family has been rec
ognized by the descendants of Jane Seymour, wife of Henry VIII, yet
living in an English castle, as related to them in line of descent. His
parents were cousins.
An early resident of the city who lived on Water street, as a child,
says that he was a very handsome man, with a fine, stately carriage, and
polished manners.
While in Troy, N. Y., on business, he met Hester Lansing, daughter
of Jacob Lansing, who gave Lansingburg, N. Y., its name, who had an
ideal home on the Hudson river, and a family of children, all of whom
married into well-known New York families.
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour went to live in Utica, N. Y., where Mr. Sey
mour built a most attractive residence on the crest of a hill and between
two streets, so that both sides of the house had beautiful frontages.
The young couple had a number of relatives living in Utica. Among
them were Horatio Seymour, a cousin, and one-time governor of New
York, and Mrs. Gardner Tracy, a sister of Mrs. Seymour. Three chil
dren of the latter afterward came to Cleveland, James J. Tracy, Mrs. A.
N. Barney, and Mrs. John E. Lyon.
About 1834, Mr. Seymour concluded to engage in the banking busi
ness in Cleveland, and with his wife and three children- came here all the
way from Utica in a carriage. The youngest child, a little girl, took
her naps on a pillow on the floor of the vehicle.
Their first home was on Huron street, west of Erie, near where the
Homeopathic Hospital stands. They then moved to the eastern side of
the double brick residence standing on Rockwell street, back of the
new post-office. Their front windows looked out on the Case homestead,
then occupying the whole square, and surrounded by trees, shrubs and
flowers. Mr. Seymour became interested in Rocky River real-estate, and owned
a large farm there where the family spent vacations and the hot, summer
days. A brother of Mr. Seymour lived on it afterward, many years.
In the Rockwell street home Mrs. Seymour died of consumption. She
was an exceptionally lovable character, and had made hosts of loving,
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grateful friends in the three towns in which she had spent her life, Lan-
singburgh, Utica, and Cleveland.
She had a heart tenderly touched by the sufferings of the needy, and
always listened sympathetically to every tale of sin or suffering. She
lived for her home and family, and trusted God. She left five children,
two of them born in Cleveland. After her death, Mr, Seymour removed
to Sunset Cottage, Water street.
They were both laid to rest in Erie street cemetery. Their two young
est children were delicate and died young. The others were :
Mary Ann Seymour, m. William Cornelius Lansing, m, Lucy Kings-
Warren of England, Manager of bury, daughter of Judge James
the Liverpool, London, and Globe Kingsbury, the pioneer.
Insurance Co. Helen Lansing, m. Seth Coggswell
Baldwin, son of Edward and Mer
cy Doan Baldwin.
While residing in Utica, N. Y., Alexander Seymour became much at
tached to the Rev. Samuel Aiken, and after removing here was instru
mental in securing that clergyman for the Old Stone church. So lov
ing was the friendship of the two men, that they bought adjoining burial-
lots in Erie street cemetery that they might together open their eyes on
the resurrection morn.

1834
MONROE

Nelson Monroe was one of the best knovm men of Cleveland. For a
period of nearly thirty years he carried on a mercantile business that
extended outside of the city and even the state. He died in 1860, aged 52
years. Mrs. Nelson Monroe — Mary E. Luther — of Balston Spa, N. Y., came
to Cleveland in the early '30s to visit her uncles, John and Henry Seaman,
well-known merchants doing business on Superior street. The former
lived on Seneca street, and the latter at 80 Bank street. She soon was
welcomed into the circle of young people of that day, for she was pretty
and agreeable, .and before returning home became engaged to Nelson
Monroe, He brought her back to Cleveland, and here they lived pros
perously, but not altogether happily, for they suffered the loss of several
little children, none living very long. At last, a little daughter survived,
to be the idol of their hearts. They gave her the name of "Keokee," and
everything that wealth and affection could suggest or accomplish was
showered upon her.
But at the age of seventeen she died. A beautiful piece of statuary
marks her grave in Woodland cemetery, and upon it is inscribed, "She
blooms in the field of night." 461

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OTIS
This statue, made in Italy, and erected at the grave of Keokee Mon
roe, is worthy of mention as the first work of art placed in a local ceme
tery. It was enclosed in glass for protection, and for some years it at
tracted much attention. Woodland cemetery was often visited for the
purpose only of seeing the marble figure that was said to be a likeness
of the beautiful young girl sleeping beneath it.
Mrs. Monroe survived her husband for thirty-three years. After his
death she continued to call Cleveland her home, although spending many
years in the east and in foreign travel. The Monroes lived in their early
married life at 104 St. Clair street, opposite the old academy, public
school, and fire-engine house. Between the front windows of the par
lor in this house was married Mr. Monroe's niece, Louise Dabney Mon
roe, to Charles White, the son of Deacon Moses White. And a few years
later, 1864, in the same spot, was married the writer of this history of
the Pioneer Families of Cleveland.
Nelson Monroe built a fine brick house on Euclid Avenue, just east
of Bond street, and Mrs. Monroe continued to occupy it for some years.
It served as a landmark because of two stone grayhounds which orna
mented the door-steps.
At her death, Mrs. Monroe left a large estate, the greater part of
which was willed to benevolent and charitable institutions. She died in
Paradise VaUey, N. Y., in 1893.

1834
OTIS
V/illiam Otis, son of Stephen and Elisabeth Wade Otis, was born in
Scituate, Mass., in 1768.
He married Philena Shaw of Wrentham, and removed to Cumming-
ton, Mass.
After their family of eight children had been added to the household,
and the youngest, a daughter, was nine years old, the couple, now middle-
aged, came to Ohio. They died in Cleveland, and were buried in Wood
land cemetery.
Philma Shaw Otis, pioneer mother and great-great-grandmother of
the present generation, was bom in 1772, and was 68 years old at the
time of her death.
The name of Otis is most honored in Massachusetts. It stands for
brains, and culture, patriotism, and statesmanship. The family is typi
cally American. The first ancestor on this side of the Atlantic was John
of Hingham in 1635, just 200 years before the name appeared in the
financial and social circles of Cleveland.
Mr. WiUiam Otis was preceded to Ohio by his oldest child, WiUiam A,
Otis, and, probably, it was through this son's advice or persuasion that
the whole family followed him a few years later,
William Otis must have been a man of singular independence, and
moreover, something of a wag. He expressed both tendencies in a pecul-
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iar manner, probably originating and ending with himself. He named
his first son after himself, William, adding to it "Augustus."
When his second son was born, he also was named William, with
"Cushing" following it, and so on, until they numbered six Williams.
These sons were usually known by their initials, W. A., W. C, etc. They
were all men of strong character and forceful personality. Two of them
died comparatively young.
The children of William and Philena Shaw Otis:
William Augustus Otis, b, 1794 ; m, William Shaw Otis, b. 1807 ; m. Han-
Elisa Procter. nah Mygatt; 2nd, Miss Lyman,
Philena Otis, b. 1796; m. Silas An- dau. of Darius Lyman of Raven-
drews, of Hartford, Conn. na, 0.
William Cushing Otis, b. 1801; m. Dr. William Francis Otis, b. 1810;
Mary Craft of PainesviUe, 0., in m. Isabella Murrell of Bowling
1829. Green, Ky., his brother's widow.
William Harrison Otis, b. 1803 ; m. William Lucius Otis, b. 1813 ; m. Is-
Minerva Dille of Euclid, in 1831. abella MurreU. He died in Port
age Co.
Caroline Otis, b. 1816; m. 
Bates.
In 1818, William Augustus Otis, then 24 years of age, started on foot
from Cummington, Mass., to seek fortune in the west.
He first tried Pittsburg, but financial luck avoided him there, and he
passed on and up to Bloomfield, Trumbull Co., 0. Here he opened a tav
ern, and started a store, buying and selling every kind of produce in de
mand. He was too tirelessly active and ambitious to remain contentedly in a
country village, and, in the late '30s, he came to Cleveland, and for years
was one of its leading commission merchants. He also became a pioneer
iron manufacturer, and later a banker,
Mr, Otis assisted in reorganizing the Second Presbyterian church, in
1844, at which time he became one of its deacons. In connection with
this, he is said to have been a man who used his religion in his business
life and not merely as a Sunday garment. He died in 1868, aged 74.
He had married, at the age of 30, Miss Eliza Procter of Manchester,
Mass., a lady very near his own age. She died in 1856.
The children of W. A. and Eliza Procter Otis :
Charles A. Otis. William H. Otis. Lived in Indian-
Eliza Procter Otis, m. Hon, T. D, apohs,
Crocker. Charles A, Otis was the mayor of Cleveland in 1875 and 1876. He
succeeded his father in the iron business, and afterward started a rolling-
He and his sister, Mrs. Crocker, lived side by side on Euclid Ave.,
near East 30th street, for many years. 463

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Charles A, Otis m. 1st, Miss Mary Shepard, who died, leaving two
daughters :
Anna Otis, m. Judge WUUam B. San- Nelly Otis, m, Dr, J, Kent Sanders.
ders. Mr. Otis married secondly. Miss Anna Ehza Shepard, his sister-in-
law. They had three sons:
William A. Otis. Harrison G. Otis.
Charles A. Otis, Jr.
Charles A. Otis, Jr., is the best-known Cleveland representative of
this old pioneer family in the present financial and social life of the city.
He is the senior member of the firm Otis & Hough, private bankers and
stock-brokers. He is also the proprietor of the Cleveland Evening News.*
* Since sold to Daniel R. Hanna.
Mr. Otis is exceedingly popular with all classes of men through his
democratic bearing, his ready sympathy, and generosity. He married
Miss Lucia Edwards, daughter of the late Col. William Edwards.

1834
PEASE
Sheldon Pease was the son of Isaac Pease of Derby, Conn.
He was 25 years old when he came to Cleveland. He was married
in 1835 at the residence of Horace Canfield to Miss Marianne Hum
phrey, younger sister of Mrs, Canfield.
Old residents recall Mrs. Pease in terms of great admiration. She had
a beautiful face, a fine carriage, and lovely manners.
The family lived, part of the time, in Dr. Long's former residence,
s. w. corner of Superior and Seneca street. West 3rd. Meanwhile Dr,
Long was occupying his spacious home out Woodland Ave,
Later the Pease family removed farther east on Superior st,, about
opposite the Arcade,
Sheldon Pease was associated with others in the forwarding and com
mission business, and had vessel interests. The firm name was "Griffith,
Pease & Co.," and their place of business was on the corner of Superior
and Merwin streets, on the river.
Mr. Pease was a member of the first Board of Trade, organized in
1847, with Wm. Milford as the president, and during the years of his
residence in the city was an active, progressive citizen, prominent in
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He was general manager of the Western Transportation Co., and, its
headquarters having been established in Buffalo, made his removal to
that city imperative. His home there was on Franklin Ave. He retired
from business in 1870.
Mr. and Mrs, Pease had two sons who, in youth, were unusually hand
some lads, and in their brief manhood gave great promise for the future.
They were both born in Cleveland.
Alfred Humphrey Pease possessed a degree of musical talent that just
ified his parents in sending him to Germany for a musical education. He
became a pianist of national note and a composer of orchestral composi
tion. He died in St, Louis, Mo., 44 years of age.
Arthur W. Pease, born 1844, was a tall, graceful young man, full of
noble inmpulses and talented in many ways.
In 1866, he married Julia Watson, daughter of Stephen Van Rens
selaer Watson,
Five years after their wedding, they both lost their lives in a railroad
accident on the Hudson River Railroad,
This same casualty caused the death of George Benedict, a well-
known Cleveland citizen.
It will be noticed that the declining years of Sheldon and Mrs. Pease
were saddened by the loss of both their children. They often visited
Cleveland friends, and also entertained them generously in their Buffalo
home.

1834
LYMAN

Benjamin Sheldon Lyman was a Cleveland druggist, whose store
for some years was on Superior street, and his residence No. 6 Water
street. He came to this town from Utica, N. Y. His father was Dr, Micah
Lyman of Northampton, Mass., a Yale graduate, who practiced medicine
in Troy, N. Y., and his mother was Elisabeth Sheldon Lyman. The Ly-
mans were residents of Northampton for many generations. They inter
married frequently with the Strong and Sheldon families.
Benjamin Sheldon Lyman was about 33 years of age when he came
to Cleveland, He had recently married Miss Mary H, Wait of Clinton,
N, Y., 27 years old. Their eldest daughter, Elisabeth Sheldon Lyman,
and two sons, who died in infancy, were born in this city. Some time
between the panic of 1837 and 1840, the family returned east and set
tled in Troy, N, Y,, where Mr, Lyman's father, Dr, Micah Lyman, was
established as a physician.
Here was born their second daughter, Mary Sophia Lyman. Several
years later, the Lymans removed to Brooklyn, N, Y, Their only son,
Benjamin Fisher Lyman, was born in that city in 1849,
Mr, Lyman eventually became connected with the consulate of China,
and, in 1871, v^as stationed at Too Choo,
It has not been learned when he returned to this country, or the subse
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HENRY MONROE
Although Nelson Monroe, through his longer residence in Cleveland,
was better known than his brother, Henry Monroe, the latter was the
founder of the large wholesale grocery, established in 1834, and continu
ing in business for about forty years.
The brothers Nelson and Henry were the sons of Abraham and Pris
cilla Utley Monroe of Bridgewater, N. Y,
Henry Monroe traveled for the firm, and in 1836, while on one of these
business trips, died in Chicago of typhoid fever. He left a wife and two
children, Henry, and Emma Monroe.
Mrs. Henry Monroe was a Miss Lucinda Dabney of Providence, Rhode
Island. She was of Huguenot descent, and is said to have possessed a
strikingly beautiful face.
At the time of her husband's death she had been called east by the
serious illness of her mother. She started with her little children for
Providence, but reached there too late. Her mother was dead, and be
fore she could recover from the shock, word was received that her hus
band had died suddenly in Chicago. She had to take the long journey
to that city at once, and after her husband's burial returned to her
father's house.
Little Henry died, and the daughter, Emma Monroe, while on a visit
to her uncle, Nelson Monroe, met and married Charles White, the son
of Deacon Moses White.
Mrs. Emma Nelson White was a very pleasant, intelligent lady. To
her the writer was indebted for valuable data contained in this history.
Charles White, her husband, was bom on Superior street, and died in
1908.

1834
MOULD

It is seldom that a woman 70 years of age is willing to give up her
home and native country in order to be with her children. This was what
Catherine Mould did in 1832. To cross the ocean was a far more serious
undertaking at that time than in these days, and her action was that of a
brave woman and a devoted mother.
The children were all adults. Her son, Henry Mould, Sr., had mar
ried Miss Anne Scribener, and had a family of children, and Catherine's
two grown daughters were of the party. Their home had been in Chet-
sey, Surrey Co., England, and when they reached America they contin
ued their journey by tedious stages to ZanesviUe, 0.
Here they all remained for four years when Catherine's grandson,
Henry Mould, Jr., who was quite musical, came to Cleveland, and in
company with Nathan Brainard opened a music-store, the first one in
which music and all kinds of musical instruments were sold exclusively,
Mr, and Mrs, Henry Mould, Sr,, had a fine family of boys and girls
whose intermarriages with weU-known Cleveland families began, soon
after their arival, which was two or three years after the eldest son
located here, and which their posterity has continued to do,
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EDWARD LYON
Children of Henry and Anne Mould:
Henry Mould, m. Louisa Hicks. He Anne Mould, m. Horatio N, Bost-
died in Boston, Mass, wick, (His second wife.)
Brooks Mould, m. Jane Everett of Caroline Mould, m, Peter Numsen,
Boston, Emily Mould, m, Silas Brainard.
Edmund Mould, m. Jane Parsons. Laura Mould, m. Henry Brainard.
He died in Cleveland. Fanny Mould, m,, died in ZanesviUe,
Wilberforce Mould, m, Elisabeth
Parsons, sister of above. He lives
in California.
Wilberforce and Emily Munson Brainard are the only surviving mem
bers of the family in 1910,
Henry Mould, Sr., associated himself with his son-in-law, Peter Num-
sun, in the confectionery business, which also included fancy bakery and
catering, and this firm was a household word with two or three genera
tions of our citizens. Part of the time "Mould & Numsen" was located
on Superior street, and for some years it occupied a store in a small brick
block which was built on the northern end of the Williamson's resident
property. There was a fine hall connected with it, and for years it was
the scene of fashionable parties and balls,
E. R. Numsen, a son of Peter and Caroline Mould Numsen, married
a daughter of Judge Tilden, and continues a resident of the city,
Henry Mould, Sr,, and his family resided in the eastern half of Leon
ard Case's double brick house on Rockwell street, standing back of
the new post-oflice, and in after years they removed to Prospect street,
just east of the Osborn Building,
Catherine Mould, the beloved grandmother, died in 1842, aged 80,
Henry Mould, Sr., died in 1861, aged 69, and the following year his wife,
Anne Scribener Mould, joined him on the other side. There are none of
the name now living in the city, though many of the descendants in the
Mrs, Emily Mould Brainard is the last of her generation still with us.
She is spending this winter, 1909, with her son in his beautiful home,
"Clovercrest," on Euclid Ridge, and spends her summers with her two
unmarried daughters in a summer cottage four miles farther east.
Mrs. Brainard is a fine type of the lady of a long past generation,
stately, refined, courteous, hospitable, and altogether womanly. She is
tenderly loved by her children and grandchildren, and ten times has
proudly borne the title of great-grandmother. (Since deceased.)
The Mould family rest in Erie street cemetery.

1834
EDWARD LYON

One of the saddest events of the cholera season of 1834 was the death
of fl. briQG
A September issue of the Cleveland Herald contained this announce
ment: 467

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JOHN E. LYON
"Married — By Rev. John Keep, Edward Lyon of the Franklin House
t-) Mrs. Myrette Price of Hudson, 0."
In December following:
"Died — Mrs. Myrette Lyon, at Franklin House, consort of Edward
Lyon, and daughter of Dr. Hitchcock of Sandy HiU, N. Y., aged 34
years." "Her funeral took place on Sunday, attended by a larger concourse
of people than is often witnessed in this place. The marriage of the
above couple was announced in our paper as having taken place just
three months previous to the day of her burial,"
Mrs, Lyon was the daughter of Dr, Zina and Mabel Lockwood Hitch
cock. She was an aunt of the Cleveland pioneer, James Kent Hitchcock.
Her first husband, to whom she was married when 20 years of age, was
Capt. William Price. They had three children: Barton Price, William
Price, and Charles Price, and her death in 1834 left the three little boys
orphans. The writer infers that Edward Lyon was landlord of the Franklin
Home, previously built and kept by Philo ScoviUe. His antecedents have
not been ascertained, nor his subsequent history. His name does not ap
pear in the city directory, two years later, at which time Benjamin
Harrington had charge of the hotel.
Evidently, Mrs. Myrette Price was a second wife, for, on the head
stone in Erie st. cemetery, is the following :
"Amoret, daughter of Ebenezer (?) and Clarissa Lyman, and wife
of Edward Lyon, died 1831, aged 21 years."
E. 0. Lyman is in the directory of 1836. Occupation, book-keeper.
In the late summer of 1835, Edward Lyon married 3rd, at Ken
tucky Springs, Mrs. M. M. Langton of Cincinnati.

1834
JOHN E. LYON

John E. Lyon & Co., forwarding and commission merchants, were
located at 30 Merwin street, in 1836, and James Lyon was book-keeper
for the firm.
John Edward Lyon and his brother James were the sons of James
and Ann Forman Lyon of Oswego, N. Y. The brothers were both
young, John E. being but 23 years, and James Lyon 19 years of age.
But the former seemed to have much business ability and continued to
be a successful Cleveland merchant for many years.
He married Catherine M. Tracey, sister of James Jared Tracey
the banker, who died recently at an advanced age.
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Mrs, Lyon was a lovely woman physically and mentaUy. Her neigh
bors on St. Clair street, where the Lyon famUy lived for some years,
speak of her as whole-souled, kind and considerate, a finely bred woman,
accustomed to a gentle environment and the best things of life, yet able
to adapt herself gracefully to conditions less favorable. Her sister, Susan
Tracey, wife of Ashabel Barney, was also a sweet-mannered, gracious
lady, whom every one, who knew her, recalled with pleasure.
John E. Lyon removed to New York City.
James Lyon also left the city, married,"^ and made his home in Chi
cago.

1834
SMYTH
William Smyth, of the firm of Smyth & Clary, dealers in produce, ship
chandlery, etc.. No. 10 Merwin st., lived first at 30 Seneca st., but later
on Ontario street, south of the Square, when that locality was a fashion
able resident district. His wife, Mrs. Harriet Granger Smyth, was re
nowned as a beauty in Buffalo, her childhood home, and in Cleveland,
where she spent her short married life. For she died young, leaving no
children, and all that was mortal of her sister, Sarah Granger, and her
self rest in old Erie street cemetery.
William Smyth married 2nd, Betsey E.  , who was born in 1811,
and survived Mr. Smyth 32 years.
In the last years of her life, Mrs. Betsey Smyth resided in a pleasant
home on Hamilton street, corner of Wood, East 3rd. "She had held a
conspicuous place in social hfe, and had been a member of Old Trinity
church many years. Her only son, Charles G. Smith, lost his health and
subsequently his life through his services to his country during the civil
war, William Smyth died in 1861, aged 51 years. The whole family lie in
Erie st, cemetery.
William Smyth had three sisters living in Cleveland at an early day.
Eliza, Martha, and Jane. They were the children of Richard and Pru
dence Smyth of Detroit, Mich.
Eliza married Charles M. Giddings. They lived for a time in a large
stone house which he erected for that purpose on the north-east corner
of the Public Square and Ontario street. N. E. Crittenden lived there
afterward, and the Society for Savings building now stands upon the
Mr. and Mrs. Giddings removed to the corner of Euclid Ave. and the
street which bears, or did bear, their name, where they died many years
ago. They had no children.
Mrs. Prudence Smyth, widow of Richard and mother of Mrs. Gid
dings, Mrs, Hiram Wilson, and Wilham Smyth, rests in Erie street ceme
tery. 469

1834
MURFEY
Capt, John Murfey of Colchester, Conn,, was the father of four Cleve
land pioneers.
The mother of these children, Ardelissa Southworth, and her sister,
Parnissa, were the twin daughters of William A, Southworth.
The Colchester Murfeys were of Scotch-Irish descent, their ances
tor being one of a company of North Ireland Presbyterians who settled
in Colchester in the 17th century. Among them were the Murfeys, Lang-
fords, Clarks, and McCarteys, all educated, refined people, whose de
scendants have been noted for their high Christian character and good
breeding. The Murfey family that came to Cleveland in 1834 were :
William Aspinwall Murfey, b. 1812, Gardner Bowen Murfey, b, 1820,
Eliza Murfey Clark, b. 1814, Fanny C. Murfey, b, 1822,
W. A. and G. B. Murfey were hardware merchants, doing business
at 33 Superior street. They had a partner, S, H. Potter, who lived on
Erie street, between Euclid and Superior, The firm sold out to WiUiam
Bingham & Co,
W, A, Murfey removed to Chicago, where he married and had one
son, James Clark Murfey, Gardner B, Murfey, his younger brother, re
mained in the city and in business the remainder of his life,
Fanny Murfey never married, but lived here with her brothers and
sisters, and when she died was buried in one of the family lots,
Gardner B. Murfey married Julia Ann Latham, who was bom in
Thetford, Vt,, in 1821, She came to Cleveland on a visit to her sister,
Lucy Latham Kelly, wife of T. M, Kelly, a pioneer merchant of this
city. Another sister of Mrs. G. B. Murfey, Azuba Latham, married D. N.
Barney, also a Cleveland merchant of an early day.
These sisters, Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Murfey, and Mrs. Barney, were the
daughters of William H. Latham of Lyme, N. H., who removed. to Thet
ford, Vt., and died there. His American ancestor, Robert Latham, came
as a lad of 15 years with John Carver in the Mayflower and married
Susannah Winslow, daughter of Governor Winslow.
The mother of the three sisters was Azuba Jenks, daughter of Zacha
riah and Sarah Tyler Jenks, and their father, William H. Latham, was a
captain of infantry in the war of 1812.
The children of Gardner B. and Julia Latham Murfey:
William Latham Murfey, m. Flor- Julia Murfey, m. Charles Harper of
ence Gale. Pittsburg.
Charles Latham Murfey, m. Flor- James Clark Murfey, unmarried,
ence Spenser, daughter of A. K. Edward Lyon Murfey, m. Rose Rich-
Spenser, ardson.
Gardner Bowen Murfey, unmarried. Lucy E. Murfey, m. Edward Morri-
Lauer Aspinwall Murfey, m. Nina son of N. Y.
Armstrong, 470

1834
WOODWARD
Mrs, Julia Latham Murfey is the only surviving member of the Mur
fey and Latham families. She is a beautiful old lady, possessing all the
charm that clings to the well-born woman of years long gone. She cele
brated her 90th birthday recently in the home of her son, Charles L.
Murfey on Cleveland Heights.

1834
W. WOODWARD

The editor of the Cleveland Advertiser in 1834 was W. Woodward,
who had taken charge of that newspaper but a few months when he lost
his wife suddenly in the cholera epidemic that proved fatal to many
others in town.
"Dec. 19 — Died Mrs, Eliza Ann Woodward, wife of the editor of this
paper. During her brief residence here she had secured many friends,
by whom her last moments of suffering were soothed and who, although
they could not avert the pangs of death, by their sympathy and kind at
tention in some measure alleviated its distress." Cleveland Advertiser.

1834
SLOANE

Olive Douglas of Canaan, Conn., born 1748, daughter of Asa Douglas,
a revolutionary soldier, and sister of Major Asa Douglas, also a patriot
of 1776, married Gen. Samuel Sloane of WiUiamstown, Mass.
General and Mrs. Samuel Sloane had a small family of children, one
daughter of whom married Dr. CasweU; another daughter married, and
her daughter in turn became the wife of Governor John T. Hoffman of
New York.
The son of Samuel and Olive Sloane, Major Douglas Wheeler Sloane,
was born in 1785. He was a graduate of Williams College in the class of
1803. He served in the war of 1812, on the staff of Gen. Whiting,
He seems to have been quite a man of affairs in Williamstovni, and
interested in many things. It is claimed, for instance, that he imported
the first merino sheep into this country.
Business reverses evidently overtook him, for, in 1834, when about
50 years of age, he left the east and with his family took up a residence
in Cleveland, He was very dignified and courteouse in his manners, the
model of a gentleman of the old school. He held office under the U, S,
government, as Receiver of Moneys, and died in 1839, while absent from
home in New Albany, Ind, He was buried in old Erie street cemetery.
The WiUiamstown residence of the family was a very fine Colonial
mansion, now occupied by President Garfield of WiUiams CoUege.
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SLOANE
Major Douglas W. Sloane married in 1810 Maria Cogswell, daugh
ter of Lieut, Samuel and Mary Backus Cogswell, of Lansingburg, N. Y,
In her infancy her father lost his life through an accident, and her mother
married 2nd, Rev. Ebenezer Fitch, first president of Williams College,
Mrs. Maria Sloane was considered a most beautiful and attractive
woman. From the first year of her residence here she took a high position in
the social and religious life of the village, soon to be incorporated as a
city, and entered with zeal and enthusiasm into every good work and
benevolent enterprise. She is said to have originated the Maternal Asso
ciation, and was active in the Magdalen Association in its effort to rescue
or raise the fallen. Her sympathy and her time were ever cheerfully
given to every organized effort to instruct the ignorant, help the poor and
depressed, and to elevate the standard of social and religious life.
Soon after the arrival of the family in Cleveland, the older daughters
opened a select school for young ladies, and their advertisement in the
Cleveland Herald of that year states that they were recently pupils of a
celebrated eastern school.
The family resided at 52 Bank street for some years; afterward re
moved to Euclid Ave., west of Erie, East 9th.
The children of Major Douglas W. and Maria CogsweU Sloane:
Elisabeth Sloane, b. 1811. Catherine Sloane, b. 1821 ; m. Jo-
Maria Sloane, b. 1813; married seph F. Kirlkland, a Cleveland
1835 Parker Handy. Children: merchant.
Mrs. Robert Bhss, Mrs. Wm. H.
Van Dorn, Cornelia Kirkland Sloane, b, 1827;
Douglas Cogswell Sloane, b. 1815. m. Parker Handy, widower of her
Died in Cleveland. sister Maria. Children : Parker
Harriet Douglas Sloane, b. 1817. Douglas Handy, Cornelia Sloane
Susan Sloane, b. 1819 ; m. 1st, Jona- Handy. Parker Handy, Sr., died
than Gillette, a Cleveland mer- 1890. Cornelia K. Handy died
chant; 2nd, Hon. WiUiam T. Ba- 1904.
con of Utica, N. Y. She died
1899. The loss of property, which had been such a blow to the family, en
tailing, as it did, corresponding loss of ease and many comforts, was
slight compared to the sorrow that clouded every year of its sojourn in
Cleveland. Mrs. Sloane was destined to part, one after another, with
four of her lovely, accomplished daughters, her only son, and her hus
band. Maria, aged 22, and Harriet, aged 18 years, died in 1835.
Douglas was 21 years old at his death in 1836.
Ehsabeth, the first born, died in 1838, aged 27.
Major Douglas Sloane died suddenly in 1839, and Catharine, 22 years
of age, and but two years a bride, followed him in 1843. AU in the space
of eight years. 472

1834
CLARK
Through aU this bereavement, enough to appall the strongest heart,
Mrs, Sloane bore herself with a fortitude that only a high-bred woman
— sustained by the traditions of family and her own noble characteristics
of mind and heart — could attain. She passed from earth in 1870 at the
New York City residence of Mrs. Parker Handy.
Her grandson, Parker Handy, Jr., possesses several fine portraits of
the Sloane family, among which are those of his great-grandparents, Sam
uel and Olive Douglas Sloane ; also in the library of his beautiful home in
West 87th street. New York, hang the portraits of his parents, Parker
and Cornelia Sloane Handy, Sr.

1834
CLARK
Aaron Clark, son of Peck and Polly KeUogg Clark, came to Cleveland
from Conneaut, Ohio, in 1834. He was then 23 years old, of the highest
moral character, and fuU of life and energy. He made his home for the
first five months with his mother's brother, James KeUogg. At that time,
A. S. Chapman was fiUing the unexpired term of the late county auditor,
Orville B. Skinner, who had recently died, Mr. Skinner had been out of
health for months, and the work of the office had fallen behind. Mr.
Chapman engaged young Clark as his assistant. The former was not
familiar with the routine of the office, and, having much private busi
ness of his own, he entrusted Clark with his public duties, coming in
occasionally to see how affairs were progressing.
The auditor's office was on the first floor of the courthouse, and west
of the haU that ran through the building. Every Saturday the village
was thronged with people from the country, and the auditor s office was
a meeting-place for many, and soon Mr, Clark became weU acquainted
throughout the county.
His daily routine was to arise at five o'clock, and after a bath and
physical exercise, he would go to the office, read a chapter m his Bible,
and then study until breakfast-time. His office-work covered nine hours
a day. but he found time for much reading and for study. His small
library was remarkable for his youth and the times It included Greek
books philosophy, works on chemistry and botany, the law, and religion
A beautifully kept journal, covering all those early years, is preserved
by his daughter Mrs, James King, It is of inestimable value to any
writer of local history, as it contains facts and data not otherwise to be
secured Extracts from this journal wiU be found in this work, under
the years to which they refer, Mr, Clark was naturaUy spiritual, and
473

1834
BRAINARD
in the long years in which he was a member of Trinity Episcopal church,
SGldom Tnissfid 3. sgi'vicg
In June, 1835, he boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rice, whose home
was then on Euclid ave. A mutual friendship was then estabhshed that
lasted through life. In 1836, Samuel Williamson, the newly appointed
auditor, re-engaged him for his deputy.
The romance of Mr. Clark's life began when he met Mary Hamlin
Beardsley, daughter of David H. Beardsley. She was 18 years old, very
pretty, and quite artistic. The Beardsleys lived in a story-and-a-half
frame-house on the south-west corner of St. Clair and Ontario streets.
The following year Mary went to Cambridge, Ohio, on a visit to her
uncle David Hersch. Aaron Clark followed her there, and they were mar
ried in October, 1837, at the residence of Mr. Hersch. Their life together
was comparatively brief. Mrs. Clark was never physically strong, and
she died in 1843, of the scourge of those days — tuberculosis.
Aaron Clark married 2nd, Caroline E. Bingham, the beloved and
only sister of William and Edward Bingham. She was born in Andover,
Conn., in 1818, and was a gentle, winsome lady, with delicate features and
charming manners. She m.ade.her home an ideal one for her husband and
children, and her hospitality was proverbial. She died in 1891. The fam
ily lived for years on Eagle street, near Erie.
The children of Aaron and Caroline Clark:
Mary Ella Clark, b. 1846 ; m. Edgar Nellie Clark, m. James A. King, son
E. Strong of Cleveland. of Zenas King of Cleveland.
William B. Clark, m. Kate E. Rock- Abby Clark.
well. ' Kenneth Clark.

1834
BRAINARD

For four generations the name of Brainard to Cleveland residents
has been associated with music — sheet music, instrumental music, and,
to those of a past generation, Melodian Hall. One of the finest organists
of the city was a Brainard, and one of the best knovsm music teachers.
And, for that reason, the little street connecting Euclid Ave. with
Prospect street, now known as East 4th, might appropriately have been
called "Music street," so given over was it to the different households of
the Brainard family who dominated the eastern side of it.
The first man, and for some years the only one to live in the street,
was a sheriff, and, probably through seeking him in his home or in direct
ing others to it, people gave it the name of Sheriff street.
In the days of the Brainards, covering nearly half a century, it bore
a quiet, aristocratic air, and though the houses on its western side were
simple, frame-dwellings, many well-known families from time to time
lived in them. It was a very pretty, attractive street: forest-trees lined
it on either side, and their branches formed an arch of green overhead,
474

1834
BRAINARD
A brick cottage with a close-cut lawn stood on the corner now occupied
by the Opera House, and the other corner, in earlier years, was a vacant
lot upon which eventually was erected St, Paul's P, E, Church,
Back of the brick cottage a peach-orchard flourished for many years,
and then came the Brainard homes, Nathan, and his sons, Silas, Henry,
George, and Joseph, though not in the order named.
In time the families built a fine brick block of four residences in which
two or more of them lived. It was considered a fine structure in that day.
The two upper stories of this building are yet visible above the shops now
covering the lower part of it.
Nathan Brainard, the founder of the Cleveland branch of the family,
was nearly 50 years old when he came west with his wife and seven chil
dren, the eldest a daughter 22 years of age, and the youngest yet an
infant. He was the son of Jabez and Lucy Bingham Brainard and was born
in Lemster, N. H., where he resided until 1823, when he removed to
Washington, a town in the same state, of which he was a pioneer and
subsequently its postmaster. Eleven years later he once more sold out
his business interests and homestead in order to begin life again in
this western town. But the Brainard family suffered none of the priva
tions here that earlier settlers experienced. Already Cleveland was ambi
tious to assume the role of a city and only two years later the wish was
gratified. Nathan Brainard engaged in mercantile pursuits, and, in addition
started with Henry Mould, the sale of music and musical instruments. It
was begun in a very modest way, and probably he never dreamed that it
would prove to be the small nucleus of a business that would become
celebrated all over the country.
Mrs, Nathan Brainard, the mother of 10 children, and who twice had
sacrificed cherished household and personal effects through the family
flittings, was 44 years old when she left her native state.
She was Fanny Bingham, her husband's cousin and the daughter of
James and Mary Willey Bingham. Her life must have been rich in ex
perience, but unfortunately, little has been preserved for her grandchildren.
The name Bingham is significant of gentle birth and tradition, and,
undoubtedly, she was kind and wise in her family, and a valuable neigh
bor. She experienced sorrow, as six of her ten children preceded her to
the Other Shore.
She died in 1855 aged 65 years, and was laid away in Erie street cem
etery near the main drive.
Mr. Brainard's small music store was No. 34 Superior street, and the
firm name was Brainard & Mould.
His first Cleveland home was 21 Prospect street, south-east corner of
Sheriff, He survived his wife 14 years, and at his death was laid beside her
in Erie street cemetery, 475

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BRAINARD

The children of Nathan and Fanny Bingham Brainard :

Fanny Brainard, b. 1812 ; died 1835.
Silas Brainard, b. 1814; m. Emily
C. Mould.
Harriet Brainard, b. 1818; died
1838.
Henry Mather Brainard, b. 1823 ; m.
Laura V. Mould.

George W. Brainard, b. 1827 ; m.
Maria Louise Hills,
Joseph Mather Brainard, b. 1830;
m. Helen Cushman Hills.
Mary Brainard, b. 1833 ; died 1837.

Silas Brainard, the oldest son of the family, began his business career
in Cleveland with his father, and was chiefiy responsible for the great
success that crowned their efforts.
A fine store-building was erected on Superior street between West 3rd
and 6th streets, the upper part of which was furnished and fitted up as
an auditorium. It was called the " Melodian," afterward " Brainard's
Music Hall," and was used many years for concerts, popular lectures
courses, and sometimes utilized for large social events.
The building of this hall met a long-felt want. The old Academy of
Music on Bank street. West 6th, was the only theatre in the city, and
there was no public hall adequate to the needs of the community until
the Melodian was built. The firm published and sold music extensively,
and were agents for several piano manufacturers.
It seems very strange and equally pathetic that the name of so widely
known a firm should disappear entirely from Cleveland's business circles.
Mrs. Silas Brainard was one of the finest women of her day and gen
eration. No one having once met her would ever forget it. She had a
gracious personality which was both dignified and winning. For long
years she was identified with Old Trinity church and she ever maintained
a high position in the social circles of the city.
It was her lot to outlive all her brothers and sisters, and to lose some
of her children. Her last days were spent with her son H. M. Brainard
in his beautiful home on the heights of East Cleveland, where she died
in 1912 at an advanced age.
The children of Silas and Emily Brainard:

Charles S. Brainard, d. 1897; m.
Minnie L. Wetmore.
Henry M. Brainard, m. Francis A.
Hills.
Fanny M. Brainard, m. Eugene L.

Graves, son of Luther Graves of
Bennington, Vt.
Emma Louise Brainard, d. 1883 ; m.
Louis M. Brussant.
Annie M. Brainard.
Laura C. Brainard.

Silas Brainard died in 1871, aged 57 years.
Henry Mather Brainard, second son of Nathan, married Laura V.
Mould, sister of Mrs. Silas Brainard. They were the daughters of Henry
and Anne Schrivener Mould of Cleveland, formerly of Chertsey, Eng.
H. M. Brainard died at 31 years of age. His widow outlived hini 46
years. Their children were: 476

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KELLOGG
Alice Brainard, m, Edwin C, Whitte- Walter M. Brainard, m. Florence
more. Chamberlain. He died 24 years
Alfred H. Brainard, m, Mary Helen of age,
Judd. Prof, George W, Brainard, third son of Nathan, married Louise HiUs,
daughter of Nathan C. Hills of Cleveland, He established a music busi
ness with his brother J. M, as a partner, in Louisville, Ky, He was a
fine musician, and after his return to Cleveland became an organist and
music teacher. He spent his declining years in the city, and survived
his brother, thus being the last of his generation.
His children were:
Florence Brainard, m. Paul Condit Mai'y Brainard, died in young wom-
of the pioneer family of that anhood,
name, Joseph Mather Brainard, fourth son of Nathan, married Helen Cush
man Hills, a sLster of Mrs, George W. Brainard, He was in business
with his brother Silas for a few years, then removed to Louisville, Ky.,
and in company with his brother George W. started a music store in that
city. He returned to Cleveland and became connected with the Cleveland
Rolling Mill Company with which his son-in-law was identified. He is said
to have been genial and very generous, and his personality won for him
many friends and admirers. His only child Nelly Brainard married
Wilson Chisholm.

1834
KELLOGG

Burr Kellogg was born in a New York town, bearing the distinctively
Indian name of "Oswegatche," and when he was nearing 30 years of age,
three events occurred in his life that made for change and circumstance,
the gift of a physician's diploma, his marriage, and his removal to Ohio.
He was a son of Wells and Mary Sage Kellogg, and his wife was Juli
ette Andrews, daughter of Noah Andrews. Her mother, Ruth Griswold,
was a niece of Bishop Griswold, and therefore kin to some of the bluest
blood of New England.
Dr. and Mrs. Kellogg were married in 1834, and came immediately
to Cleveland. He may have become established here previous to that
time, but no records are at hand either to prove or disprove it.
1834 was a year that brought many young professional men to town,
its reputation for rapid growth seeming to justify them in cutting loose
from eastern homes and native traditions to a western one that held out
glittering hopes for the future. 477

1834
ELY
But only a few years later they saw the flourishing little city still
flaunting with pride its new municipal finery, but stricken with a financial
panic, impoverished of money and population, the latter rate cut in two
by the streams of people who left it, many on foot and penniless to hunt
for luck and a living elsewhere.
Had Dr, Burr Kellogg been more optimistic regarding Cleveland's
future and possessed his soul in patience, he might have spent the re
mainder of his days here and shared in the great prosperity that over
took the city a little later on, but he removed with his family, about the
year 1844 to Ashland, 0,, thus making his residence in Cleveland a period
of only ten years.
He became a very successful physician and surgeon of Ashland, and
his practice there extended over 30 years. He died in 1863, aged 59,
and his wife outlived him ten years, dying at the age of 63.
Dr. Burr KeUogg was a brother of Mrs. William Shepard and Mrs.
Geo. Tibbitts, pioneer residents of the city.
Children of Dr. Burr and Juliette Kellogg:
Wells Kellogg, b. 1835, in Cleveland ; Augustus Kellogg, b. 1846 ; m, Jen-
m. Matilda Sutton. nie Hershey; 2nd, Anna Grove,
Jane Kellogg, b. 1842, in Cleveland ; Frank Kellogg, m. Julia DiU ; 2nd,
m. Thomas Lacy. Mrs. Jane Miller.
Hiram Kellogg, b. 1844; m. Elsie
WiUard,

1834
ELY
George Beckwith Ely was one of the foremost citizens of Cleveland
for many years. His brother Alfred Ely, 15 years his junior, came at a
much later day, but was equally well known as a business man of the city.
They were the sons of Alfred and Patience Beckwith Ely of Great Bar-
rington, Mass., and EUsburg, N. Y. George B. Ely came to Cleveland
in 1834, at the age of 17 years. He was book-keeper for Pease and AUen,
pioneer forwarding merchants on River street, until 1843. About that
time, Milan, Ohio, was having a business boom, and Mr. Ely left Cleveland
and for a few years was associated in business with John B. Wilbur,
then of Milan, but later of Huron, Ohio.
Some time in the early '50s, he returned to this city and engaged ac
tively in the coal trade and in railroading. In 1856, he was the treasurer
of the Cleveland and Erie Railroad, and his brother Alfred was paymas
ter of the Pittsburgh Railroad. Mr. George B. Ely married Gertrude S,
Harman, bom in Oswego, N, Y. Their chUdren were :
George Frederick Ely, m. Mattie Helen Ely, m. Ralph Worthington.
Keller. 478

1834
MATHIVET
Any day before the centennial year of 1876 one might meet on Supe
rior street or on the Public Square the noticeable figure of an elderly gen
tleman with quantities of snow-white hair inclined to curl, and brushed
straight back from the forehead in pompadour style; his neck swathed
in a high, white-stock, such as our grandfathers used to wear; in his
hand a heavy gold-headed cane.
You would have known at first glance that he was no ordinary man;
not one who had spent a long life in pursuit of pleasure or gain. The
expressive face, moulded into scholarly lines, the stately, leisurely bear
ing hinted of long-continued thought and research. Were you inter
ested in people you would be sure to ask at the first opportunity, "Who
is that man?" and not be surprised at the answer,
"Dr. Pierre Mathivet,
one of Cleveland's pioneer physicians and surgeons."
The name at once suggests sunny skies and a foreign tongue. But
though born in France, Dr. Mathivet had left his native village of Belnec
so early in life that his English had but slight accent.
From the first, Cleveland has had few French settlers; not a half-
dozen families, probably, before 1860. But that half-dozen were a high
type of their nationality, educated, refined, industrious, sufficient unto
themselves, but most valuable members of our community.
To them Dr. Mathivet was bound by close ties of national kinship
and of personal friendship. He was a leader in everything pertaining
to their happiness as well as the welfare of the city of their adoption.
Dr. Mathivet was 28 years old when he came to Cleveland. He had
received his medical education in Philadelphia. In 1830 he married Miss
Mary Wentworth, who was born in Utica, N. Y., but had spent most of
her life in OsWego. The young couple lived in Philadelphia, also in
Watertown, N. Y., then came to Cleveland. Their home was on Seneca
street, their nearest neighbors Josiah Harris and his sons.
During the first year of his practice in this locality Dr. Mathivet was
of the old school of medicine. He was thoroughly versed in the science
of botany, and all things growing were familiar, and classified objects
to him at a glance. He often took his sons with him to the country side
into its fields, woods, and fence-corners, and taught them the names and
often the uses of the herbs he gathered for medicinal purposes.
Afterward, he became a convert to the new school of medicine. It
required bravery those days for a physician to make so radical a change
in his profession. The difference between the old and the new school was
much greater than at the present day, and prejudice was deep, and some
times bitter.
Mrs. Mary Wentworth Mathivet was an American of the seventh
generation. The first one was Samuel Wentworth, who came to Boston
in 1636. He was a cousin, but once removed, of the historic Anne
Hutchinson, who suffered religious persecution at the hands of the Puri
tan fathers. When driven out of Boston and the state by Governor
Winthrop, she took refuge in New Hampshire. Samuel Wentworth and
his wife Elisabeth Kenney followed their unfortunate kinswoman into
exile, and because of this, three of their name became governors of that
state, two grandsons and a great-grandson. 479

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HUTCHINSON
The New Hampshire Wentworths were loyalists, as office-holders un
der the crown were wont to be. There was one exception, however,
Josiah Winslow Wentworth was living in Connecticut at the breaking out
of the Revolutionary war. He sympathized with the patriotic side, and
enlisted in its militia.
The soldiers of the Revolution sacrificed and suffered much, none
more so than Josiah Wentworth, who by his adherence to principle for
ever lost his wife and child.
Mary Hanford Wentworth was an aristocratic, proud-spirited young
woman belonging to a wealthy and prominent Tory family. She bit
terly resented her husband's enlistment; therefore, when the Went
worths and Handfords shook off Yankee dust from their feet and hied
themselves to St. Johns, New Brunswick, Mary joined her relatives, tak
ing with her little Thomas Handford Wentworth, her only child. This
child was the father of Mrs. Pierre Mathivet.
He was raised and educated in St. Johns. In young manhood, he
returned to the "States," perhaps in loyalty to the memory of his patriotic
young father. He married Hannah Smith and settled in Oswego, N. Y,
His first child, however, Mrs. Mathivet, was born in Utica. She was
gifted as a child, and as a woman, and this found expression in verse
and in prose. Years after her death, a printed poem was found in a scrap-
book, which had been one of her cherished possessions, and accompanying
the verse was a note from the editor: "The following beautiful poem
was received at this office from an unknown writer, and signed simply
M. W. M."
Previous to her marriage, Mrs. Mathivet had no knowledge of the
French language; but her ambition and wifely devotion led her to the
mastery of it, and she became not only fiuent in speech, but in French
translation as well. Her last years of life were spent as an invalid. She
was 27 years of age the year she came to Cleveland, and 54 at the time
of her death.
The children of Pierre and Mary Wentworth Mathivet:
Jean Victor Mathivet, b. 1831, in Eugene Mathivet, b. 1833, in Water-
Philadelphia, Pa. ; m. Mary Chid- town, N. Y. ; m. Laurie Curie, b.
gey. (See Chidgey sketch.) in France.
J. V. Mathivet was in the gas-fixture business, corner of Superior and
Bond streets. Mrs. Mary Mathivet, his widow, resides in Lakewood.
Eugene Mathivet was a lawyer. He died in New York City.

1834
HUTCHINSON

Samuel Richards Hutchinson and Amos Shepard Hutchinson were
brothers. Their father was Major Samuel Hutchinson of Alstead, N. H.,
a prominent man of his day, and their mother before her marriage was
Hannah Hathaway Pratt of Pomfert, Conn. She died in (Cleveland in
1867, aged 84. 480

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S. R. Hutchinson was in partnership with Josiah M. Goodman in the
forwarding and commission business on Merwin street previous to 1836,
Just when he came to this place has not been determined.
He married Catherine White of Granville, N, Y., and his brother,
A. S., married her sister. Their parents were Elijah and Mary Scott
White, who removed to Plattsburg while the sisters were young.
The first home of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Hutchinson was on Superior
street nearly where Bank street was extended through to Champlain. In
time they were living on Euclid ave., just west of where Bond street now
cuts through from Superior to Euclid ave. His brother purchased the ad
joining residence, and they lived side by side for years.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Hutchinson were well known in the earlier days of
Cleveland. They were prominent in the Old Stone Church society. They
were buried in Erie street cemetery, but in late years were removed to a
safer spot.
Their children, none of whom married, were:
Samuel Marritt Hutchinson. Jane White Hutchinson, yet living
Edward White Hutchinson. 1913.
Mr. Samuel Hutchinson died 1869, aged 57.
Mrs. Samuel Hutchinson died 1855, aged 35.
Amos Shepard Hutchinson, familiarly known as "Shepard," was in the
milling business, and in the later years of his life in Cleveland he was
associated with his brother Samuel Hutchinson.
He married Harriet Ehsabeth White, a sister of Mrs. S. R. Hutchin
son. They resided on Prospect ave. at the head of Cheshire street, at
first, in what was then called the "Kingsbury Cottage."
It was convenient to the home of Mr. Hutchinson's sister, Thankful
Hutchinson, wife of Elijah Bingham. The latter laid out Cheshire street,
named it, and after long years of residence there, he and his wife died
in the old home, the first one erected on the street.
Mr. A. S. Hutchinson built or bought a house adjoining that of his
brother on Euclid ave., and removed to it, where his wife died in 1847,
aged 36 years, leaving two young children.
Mary Frances Hutchinson, m. Henry Hutchinson, unmarried.
Charles Taylor Kissam of New
York City.
After his wife's death, her half-sister, Mrs. Sackrider, cared for the
household and children. , , x, n xt ^r a j ¦
In time, Mr. Hutchinson removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., and engaged m
VkimiTiPss thcrG
He married 2nd, Miss Ann Channing DeWitt of Norwich, Conn., and
born in that place 1819. Her father was John DeWitt, and her mother
was Harriet Smith Huntington DeWitt, whose four brothers were fa
mous in the Revolutionary War. The children of Amos S. and Ann
DeWitt Hutchinson:
Samuel Huntington Hutchinson, m. James Wilde Hutchinson.
Addie L. Richardson, lived m
England, ^^^

1834
BRAYTON
Capt. Isaac Brayton and his wife Lois MitcheU Brayton were early
settlers of Newburgh.
He was formerly a sea-captain living in Nantucket, Mass.
Mrs. Brayton was a Quakeress of Rhode Island, a sister of William
MitcheU, the astronomer; consequently, was an aunt of Maria Mitchell.
Capt. Brayton lived in Newburgh for a few years, then removed to
Ravenna where he became an associate judge with Benjamin Wade.
The children of Isaac and Lois MitcheU Brayton:
Mary Anne Brayton, m. F. W. Lydia Brayton.
Woodbridge. She is a well-known John Brayton.
temperance worker. Henry Swift Brayton, m. Marion
George Brayton. Shepherd, dau. of Elias Shepherd.

1834
BOLTON

Judge Thomas Bolton, a talented member of the bench and bar, and
a popular citizen of early Cleveland, came to the city in September, 1834.
He was the son of Thomas and Hannah Henry Bolton, and had graduated
the previous year from Harvard College, bearing away with him high hon
ors in mathematics. He entered, as a student, the office of James L. Conger,
a well-known Cleveland lawyer, who had settled in this village ten years
previous, and who took young Bolton into partnership as soon as qual
ified to practice law.
This lasted but a short time, however, for, while in college, a Damon
and Pythias friendship had been established between Mr. Bolton and
Moses Kelly, one that lasted until death parted them. So, after a year's
practice with Mr. Conger, he opened a law-office of his own, ahd sent for
his beloved classmate, also a newly-fledged lawyer, to join him.
Thenceforth, "Bolton and Kelly" was known all over Northern Ohio
as a firm that clients trusted and opposing litigants feared.
Mr. Bolton was considered a handsome man. The portrait of him
establishes this. His strong intellectual face gives one an impression of
great dignity, but the expression of his fine eyes hints of much sense
of humor. The year foUowing Mr. Bolton's arrival in Cleveland, he returned
east for his promised bride, Miss Elisabeth Cone of Moscow, N. Y. He
was 29 and she: 20 years of age at the time of their marriage. She be
longed to an old New England family. Her parents were Festus and
Elisabeth Lewis Cone. Mr. Cone was a captain in the 25th U. S. Regulars
during the War of 1812, and at the close of hostilities he settled in
Moscow. Mr. Bolton's first Cleveland home was on Lake street. From there he
removed to 121 Euclid Ave. where he was living in 1846. Mrs. Bolton
lived but nine years after her marriage. She died at the birth of her
youngest child in 1846, leaving four little children, the eldest but six
years of age. They were: 482

1834
BAILEY
Thomas Bolton, b. 1840, d. 1879 ; m. Festus Cone Bolton, b. 1844 ; m. Elis
Theodosia Ranney ; 2nd, Miss El- abeth Cowdry.
eanore C. Hale. James Bolton, b. 1846; m. Minnie
Elisabeth Bolton, b. 1841 ; m. Judge A. Cornish. He removed to Sioux
Fritz Bach of Brunswick, Ger- City, Iowa.
many. Judge Thomas Bolton married 2d, Mrs. Emmeline Fairchild, daughter
of Alanson RusseU. Child:
Charles C. Bolton, m. Julia Castle, daughter of WiUiam and Mary
Newell Castle.
Thomas Bolton purchased many acres of real estate on Euclid Ave.
upon which he built a picturesque and comfortable cottage in 1850. This
is now 7030 Euclid Ave. and on the south-west corner of Giddings Ave.
It has been a conspicuous landmark for over 60 years. In it, Mr,
Bolton died, and but recently his widow passed away, having occupied
the old home until the last.
Her son resides just west of the homestead.

1834
BAILEY

There were two men by the name of Robert Bailey, in the early years
of the city. One was a dry-goods merchant, the other a copper, tin, and
sheet-iron manufacturer. The latter's place of business was 14 Superior
street. Though coming to Cleveland from Prescott, Canada, Mr. BaUey was of
old American stock.
Mrs. Bailey, Fidelia Kingsley Whittemore, was born in 1818, married
to Robert Bailey in Utica, N. Y., in 1832, and two years later removed
to Cleveland. The family resided for many years on Huron street near
Euclid avenue, and later on Brownell street north of Prospect. Mr.
Robert Bailey was a good citizen, always to be depended upon in any
effort for the moral uplift of the town. He had an interesting family of
"bright boys and girls which enabled him to give practical and valuable
service as a member of the Board of Education.

The children of Robert and Fidelia Bailey:
kn Bailey, b. in Utica, N. Y.
„ ...mes Bailey.
Helen Bailey, died in St, Louis,

John Bailey, b, in Utica, N, Y. Elizabeth Bailey, m. John A, Benja-
James Bailey. . '^^'^•

483

1834
BOND
Mrs. Bailey died when thirty years of age, and Robert Bailey married
secondly, Lucy Case, daughter of Joseph Gaylord and Mary Whitney Case
of Utica, N. Y.
The children of Robert and Lucy Bailey:
Dr. Robert Bailey. Gaylord Bailey, died by accident, as
Lucy Bailey, m. Ernest Barnum, of a lad.
Chicago. While her first child was yet an infant, Mrs. Lucy Case returned to
Utica to visit her parents. The first stage of the journey was by steam
boat to Buffalo, and her whole after-life was saddened by the remem
brance of an incident of her passage. It was in 1849, the year of the
terrible cholera epidemic. The stateroom adjoining that of Mrs. Bailey
was occupied by a mother and a very young child. In the night the poor
woman was stricken with the dread disease. Her pitiful moans and strug
gles could be as distinctly heard by Mrs. Bailey as if she were in the same
room. Death relieved the sufferer before daylight, and the little one was
left absolutely alone.
Doctor Robert Bailey, the only living son of the second marriage, has
been a life-long resident of the city, and naturally is an authority on many
of its past events. Long an active member of the Old Settlers' Association,
he has been most kind in furnishing suggestions and data for this work.
He resides on E. 55th street, and is unmarried.
John M. Bailey, brother of Robert, married Mary Caldwell, daughter
of Lucinda Hickox Caldwell, and granddaughter of Abram Hickox, the
pioneer. Mrs. Mary Caldwell died in Utica, N. Y., and was buried there.
The family had been living in Sandusky, Ohio, she left two young sons,
and a daughter, Mary Bailey, three years of age.
John M. Bailey married secondly, Miss Sarah Harris, daughter of
Eliphalet and Harriet Taylor Harris. Mr. Harris was born in Flushing,
R. I., and married Miss Taylor in Glastonbury, Conn. They removed to
Perkins, Erie Co., Ohio, at the same time and in company with the cele
brated Cook family of Sandusky, who were relatives. Mrs. W. A. Price
of Euclid Ave. is a daughter of John M. and Sarah Harris Bailey, and her
half-sister Mary Bailey resides with her.

1834
BOND
Jonas Bond was born in Lincoln, Mass., in 1761. At the age of 14
years, he enlisted in the Revolutionary army. With him as companion
and chum was a lad named "Dearborn," who became a general, and com
manded the center forces in the War of 1812.
Young Bond was with Arnold and at the siege of Quebec, one of the
few who scaled the walls in safety. He was also in the seizure of Ticon-
484

1834
BOND
deroga, at the battle of Crown Point, and lastly, as a lieutenant he was
present at Yorktown when the British forces surrendered.
In 1789, he married  .
Their first children were born in Guilford, Vt., the others in Maine.
There were four boys in the family, three of whom came to Cleveland,
Samuel, the eldest, died in early manhood, William, the youngest, removed
to Wisconsin, Henry Bond soon followed his brother Newell to this city,
and became his partner in the grocery business in the old City Building
on Superior street near Seneca, E, I, Baldwin's dry-goods store after
ward occupied the site,
Henry Bond married Marian MerriU of Portland, Maine, in 1826,
Their only child was a daughter, Mrs. Marian Bond died of consumption
in 1843. Newell Bond, third son of Jonas, was born in Calais, Maine.
In 1831 he was living in Oswego, N. Y., where his first chUd was
born, and as his second one was born in Cleveland in 1835, he removed
to this city sometime between those dates.
He was a tailor, and in the directory of 1837, his employment is given
as stockmaker. He was a very positive man in his opinions, and fond of argument.
With all a good man and very pious. He belonged to a religious society
called "The Church of God," which is represented today in an edifice on
Lee Road. He was devoted to its peculiar views and to its literature.
His wife was Mary Blinn Bond of New Britain, Conn. She was the
daughter of a sea-captain. One of her sisters, an elegant woman in ap
pearance and finely educated, was the wife of Judge Judd of New Britain,
She often visited Mrs. Bond, and her children frequently spent their sum
mers here. They were greatly admired by Cleveland people.
The highest tribute a woman can receive comes from the lips of a
daughter-in-law who praises and extols her, and in this case the testimony
is — "Mrs. Bond was the best and the dearest woman I ever knew. She was
a mother to her sons' wives, and could not do enough for them."
The Bonds lived first at 25 Bank street. Afterward they bought two
houses on Euclid Ave. near Brownell street, and adjoining the Third
Presbyterian church. Mr. Bond prospered in his business, and invested
to some extent in city real-estate.
The daughters of the family were very artistic, and in after-years
spent much time in Washington, D. C.
Newell Bond bought a large farm in Hendersonville, North CaroUna,
to which he retired in his old age, but died, while on a visit to his daugh
ters, aged 91 years. Mrs. Bond also died in Washington, and both par
ents were buried there.
The children of NeweU and Mary Blinn Bond:
Frederick H. Bond, b. 1835 ; m. Meli- Frances D. Bond, unmarried, an art-
tia Chase, dau. of Donald and ist ; present address. Via Cas, Ca-
Nancy Gregory Chase of Atkin- pri, Italy.
son, Maine, Josephine Bond, died unmarried in
Eugene Bond, . b. 1831 ; m. Jennie Washington, D. C.
Mills. 485

1834
BROWN
Dr. Asa B. Brown, physician and surgeon, with an office in the Cen
tral Building near the foot of Superior street, was practicing his pro
fession in this town in 1834, perhaps earlier.
He married in that year Hannah Bliss, 19 years of age. She was the
daughter of Asahel and Lydia Griswold Bliss. Her father was a far
mer and teacher who lived in Canton, Conn., until about 1821, and then
removed to Whitestown, N. Y. His wife died there in 1830, and he came
west to Elyria, 0., where he lived until his own demise in 1846.
Mrs. Brown had several brothers who became prominent men in the
several localities to which they removed. One was an eminent lawyer;
another, also a member of the bar, was Chief Justice of Dakota, and Su
preme Court Judge of Missouri ; a third brother was an Ohio state treas
urer. Dr. Asa Brown's Cleveland residence was at 56 Bank street.
His wife died a year after their marriage, and was interred in Erie
street cemetery.

1834
BENJAMIN

One of the sufferers by the fire which swept the south side of Superior
street in 1835 from Bank to Water streets, was George W. Benjamin,
who, at the time, was conducting a boarding-house in the rear of Kel-
logg's block, now occupied by the American House. The writer thinks
it was a frame residence that once stood close to the street, and at an
earlier day was the Walworth house, which had been moved to the rear of
the lot. The fire started in this house, and a young maid living with the
Benjamins was burned to death. Evidently there was much practical sym
pathy expressed for the family, as, subsequently, appeared in the Cleve
land Advertiser, the following:
"I would return my sincere gratitude to the ladies of Cleveland for
their kind endeavor to ameliorate my late misfortune in the cordial and
hospitable reception of myself and husband to their dwellings, and in the
voluntary and liberal donations to supply me with wearing-apparel of
which, by the recent fire, I was left nearly destitute.
"May you ever be under the kind proctection of that Being who
neither slumbers nor sleeps, and who though He acts as a Sovereign is
yet a Father. Adaline P. Benjamin."
Mr. Benjamin went into the grocery business. His store in 1837 was
on Bank street, and his residence No. 62 St. Clair street. The name
drops out in the directory of 1845, and the heads of the family either
died between these dates or left the city.
486

1834
HOWE
Amaziah Dutton Howe was 23 years old when he came to this city
from New York state and started the manufacture of sashes and window-
blinds. These were all hand-made in those days. The process was slow
and demanded the skill and accuracy of a first-class carpenter.
Mr. Howe was the son of Amaziah Howe, a native of Vermont, who
belonged to the old New England family of that name. He removed to
Skeneateles, N. Y., where his son A. D. Howe was bom. Mrs. Howe the
elder was a Miss Betsey McKay before her marriage.
Soon after his arrival in Cleveland, Amaziah D. Howe met Miss Elis
abeth Shaw, a young English girl who, with two older sisters, had crossed
the Atlantic a short time previous to seek their fortunes in this country.
They were:
Elisabeth Shaw, married A. D. Sarah Shaw, married John F. Tay-
Howe. lor.
Jane Shaw, married William Fudge,
a burr-mill manufacturer.
During the first years of their married hfe, Mr. and Mrs. Howe lived
on Center street, and afterward on Howe street, named for the family.
They had three children, and in 1852, when the oldest of these was about
12 years old, Mrs. Ehsabeth Howe died, and was laid away in Erie street
cemetery. The following year, Mr. Howe died at the home of his parents
in Skeneateles, in the prime of his life. His body was not brought back
to Cleveland. The children thus left orphaned at a tender age, were cared for by
their mother's sisters until able to look out for themselves, which they
proceeded to do when aU three were yet quite young. They were :
Capt. William Addison Howe, m. Rachel Howe, m. Morris Jackson
Rachel Sage, daughter of John HoUey, grandson of Ezekie!
and Rachel Coleman Sage. Hawley or HoUey the pioneer of
Minerva Howe, m. Samuel Patton; 1797.
2nd, Plez James.
Capt. Howe is stiU a resident of Cleveland and living in a beautiful
home on Abdington Road. He was a member of the famous Seventh
Regiment, O. V. I., in the Civil War, and possesses a mihtary record
that his posterity may weU cherish with pride.
Mrs, Rachel Howe is aunt of the late William Sage, the well-known
literary and dramatic critic of the Cleveland Leader.

1834
HASKELL

Roger and Sarah Hinsdale HaskeU, formerly of Burlington, N, Y.,
but later of Geneva in the same state, removed to Cleveland in 1834,
They were a middle-aged couple, and brought with them grown sons and
daughters, one or more of them married, 487

1834
DENISON
The father and sons engaged in the saddlery business on Water
street, and the family lived near by, George F. Marshall, himself a pio
neer, and one of the founders of the Old Settlers' Association, learned
the trade of harness and saddle-making of the Haskells, and in an address
before that society in 1889 spoke warmly and affectionately of one of the
sons "My old friend and preceptor George H. Haskell, to whom I was
bound in apprenticeship over 57 years ago."
After living here a few years, the Haskells left town for a time and
engaged in farming and lumbering in Summit county, returning in 1850.
Meanwhile the parents died, the father in Summit county, and the mother
at the home of her daughter in Elyria.
The children of Roger and Sarah Hinsdale Haskell:
James R. Haskell, m. Julia White. George H. Haskell, b. 1801 ; m. Em-
Daniel M. Haskell, m. Mary Wood ily Sandford ; d. 1895.
of New York State.
Mr. and Mrs. George Haskell were married 1833 in Geneva, N. Y.,
and came to Cleveland in the following year. He was then 33 years old,
and his wife Emily Haskell 12 years his junior.
She was the daughter of Dr. Jared Sandford of Lodi, N. Y., an intel
ligent, capable woman, always reaching out for the best in everything.
She was greatly interested in missionary work both at home and abroad,
and in connection with her friend Mrs. Charles Wheeler a very active
member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She died in 1881.
The Haskell homestead for many years was on the east side of Brownell
street between Euclid and Prospect streets.
Children of George and Emily Haskell:
Edward Haskell, d. 1871. Cornelia Haskell, m. C. H. Randall.
Charles Haskell, d. 1853. Julia Haskell.

1834
DENISON

Daniel Denison was a ship-builder of Norwich, Conn., who came west
in 1834. He was born 1802, the son of Thomas and Meribah (3owdry
Denison, was married, and had three young children.
His wife was Nancy Williams, daughter of Jedediah Williams, of the
Norwich branch of that old Connecticut family.
Mr. Denison bought property on Ontario street where the family
lived for 16 years. It was number 50, at that time.
In 1850, Mr. Denison removed with his family to Peoria, 111., and en
gaged there in ship-building, but he lived only two years after making
the change. He was buried in Peoria, and his widow and children re
turned to Cleveland. 488

1834
DENISON
Daniel Denison came from old Puritan stock, having descended from
Capt, George Denison, and, also, by double line of descent from Rev.
William Brewster of the Mayflower,
It naturally followed that Daniel and his wife were church-goers, and
Sabbath-keepers. They were faithful adherents of Methodism, and be
longed to the first church of that faith, holding services on the corner of
St. Clair and Wood street.
Their children were in after-years also closely connected with the
First Methodist Church.
Nancy Williams Denison outlived her husband 32 years. She spent
her last days with her daughter Mrs. Hester on Willson Ave., and died
aged 77. She was laid away in Erie street cemetery.
The children of Daniel and Nancy Denison:
Nancy Williams Denison, born in Edwin Denison, b. 1836, in Cleve-
Norwich, Conn. ; married 1st, land ; died 1908 ; m. Julia A. Bur-
Russell Beach; 2nd, George How- well.
lett ; 3rd, John Bramley. She re- Thomas Denison, b. 1839 ; m. Isabel
sides in Saginaw, Mich. M. Myrill. Mrs. Isabel Denison
Merribah Seymour Denison, b. in died in 1912 and was buried in
Norwich, Conn.; m. Dr. A. J. Lake View cemetery.
Gardner. She died at Grand Rap- Jed W. Denison, b. 1841 ; m. M. E.
ids, Mich., and was buried in Lake Fairchild of Middleburg. He re-
View cemetery. No children. sides at 2196 East 101st street.
Louise Adelaide Denison, b. in Nor- Marietta Denison, b. 1845 ; m. Geo.
wich. Conn. ; m. 1st, Wellington Hester, an attorney.
P. Cooke of Cleveland; 2nd, Ed
ward Lewis.
Mrs. Grace Frinton Denison, a daughter of Nancy Beach, lives in
Saginaw, Mich.
Mrs. Louise Denison Cooke was but a year and a half old when her
parents brought her to Cleveland. Mr. Cooke was an early leather mer
chant. They were very prominent in the First Methodist Church, and
had hosts of warm friends in this community. Only one of their three
children lived to maturity, Adelaide Cooke who married Dr. John C.
Davis, and lives in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Cooke's second marriage to Mr. Lewis a widower, took place
when both were in late middle age. He had a lovely daughter who mar
ried Charles H. Weed of Cleveland. Both families of Cooke and Lewis
lived on Prospect st.
Edwin Denison was many years of the firm of Denison Brothers,
leather and hide merchants. He had four sons and five daughters :
Charles E. Denison, of Boston, Mass. Jesse Denison.
May Denison— Mrs. C. B. Miller. Emeline Denison.
Hattie Denison — Mrs. Fred William. Daniel Denison.
Grace Denison^-Mrs. Charles Arter, Ernest Denison.
George B. Denison, lives on Taylor
Road, E, Cleveland, 489

1834
CANFIELD
Seven of these children reside in Cleveland.
Thomas and Isabel Myrell Denison's two daughters are:
Adelaide Denison, teacher in Lincoln Ruth Denison, is a teacher in War-
High School. ren School.
Jed Denison had four children:
Nelly Denison — Mrs. William Flood. Le Roy Denison, m. Florence Mur-
Harry Denison, living in North Da- ray.
kota. Lou E. Denison.
The children of Marietta Denison Hester:
Frank Hester, m. Gertrude Miller. Edwin Hester, lives in Alliance, 0.
Flora B. Hester.

1834
CANFIELD

In 1833 several of Cleveland's largest land-owners began to lay out
streets through their ten-acre lots within the village limits. These had
hitherto been used as small farms or as pastures. Now they were divided
into building lots, and the encouraging sale of these inaugurated Cleve
land's first land boom.
The news of it spread rapidly and for four years or more there was a
steady movement toward this tovsm of opportunity, most of it from the
eastern states.
Among the arrivals in 1834 were two men of Connecticut birth who
had had previous experience in the handling of real-estate and who were
lured hither by reports of the beauty of the city, its commercial advan
tages and its wonderful possibilities. They were Horace Canfield and
Sheldon Pease, brothers-in-law, having married sisters of the well-known
Humphrey family of New Haven Co., Conn.
Horace Canfield was the son of Joseph and Abigail Canfield of Salis
bury, Conn. He married, in 1825, Janette Humphrey, of Humphreyville,
Conn., and the young couple resided in New York City preceding their
I'emoval to Cleveland, and three of their children were born there.
Mr. and Mrs. Canfield were exceedingly refined in their manners and
tastes, and at once became very popular in the village, both in financial
and social circles.
Mr. Canfield was a man of far-reaching thought and possessed of
almost prophetic vision. He was deeply interested in the growth of
Cleveland, especially along esthetic lines. He planted trees freely upon
his own property holdings, urged his associates to do likewise, and never
ceased to use his influence with public officials toward the beautifying of
the Public Square and streets. 490

1834
HUMPHREY
It is claimed that he was the first man to suggest that a railroad could
connect the Atlantic with the Pacific. He wrote an article to that effect
and sent it to the Cleveland Herald. The editor published the com
munication, but remarked upon it in a manner that plainly evidenced
his personal opinion of such a wild and visionary statement.
Mrs. Canfield was a fine-looking woman. She was twenty-seven years
of age when she came to Cleveland, and her residence here extended
over many years. The family residence, part of that period, was on Water
street. West 9th, below Lake street, and afterward on Ontario street, not
far from the Square.
Mr. Canfield died in 1866 at Canadaigua, N. Y., and his widow spent
her declining years with her son, Horace J. Canfield, in his home at
Stockbridge, Mass.
The children of Horace and Janette Humphrey Canfield were:
Janette Canfield, b. in New York Horace Jared Canfield, b. N. Y. City,
City, 1827 ; m. John M, Hunting- 1834.
ton, son of Thomas Huntington of Ellen Curtis Canfield, b. Cleveland,
Norwich, Conn. She d. near Cin- 1838 ; m. Delos Cole, in 1862.
cinnati, O., in 1847. Charles Edward Canfield, b. Cleve-
Josephine Canfield, b. 1829, N. Y. land 1840 ; d. seven years of age.
City; m. Benjamin Franklin near Cincinnati.
Smith of Cleveland.
John M. Huntington served as Quarter Master during the Civil War.
He died in 1865 aged forty-seven years.
Josephine Canfield Smith was a cultured lady with strong literary
tastes. Her husband for many years was connected with railroads ter
minating in Buffalo. They removed from that city to Chicago, 111.
Horace J. Canfield was an editorial writer on the Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser. He was a man of scholarly attainments. In 1878 he removed
to Stockbridge, Mass.
Ella Canfield Cole was a charming and attractive woman, fond of so
ciety and in every way adorned it. Her sudden death in 1866, the same
year as that of her father, was a shock to a large circle of Cleveland
friends. Lee Canfield, who was a real-estate dealer and promoter of the town
in 1833, may have been a brother of Horace Canfield. He was an active
business man in the early '30s, but died or removed elsewhere before the
city was organized in 1836.

1834
HUMPHREY

Sarah Curtis Humphrey, the widowed mother of Mrs. Horace Canfield
and Mrs. Sheldon Pease, is entitled to mention through her long years
of residence in this city.
She was born in Derby, Conn., and was the daughter of Sheldon and
Lois Nichols Curtis, and at the age of 20 married Hon. John Humphrey,
a distinguished man in after-years, and a judge of the New Haven Court.
491

1834
DEAN
They lived in an elegant home situated on a hill overlooking a valley,
and in a Connecticut town named for the family. They were for many
miles around regarded as the aristocrats of the community.
Their wealth and social standing enabled them to give to their two
daughters and only son David Humphrey superior advantages. The lat
ter was but eight years of age at the death of his father in 1826. He
lived with his mother and sisters during their residence in Cleveland,
married Miss Angeline Canda in Chicago, and died in San Francisco,
Cal., aged 35, leaving one son.
Mrs. Sarah Curtis Humphrey died in this city and rests in Wood
land cemetery.

1834
DEAN
David Dean and Olive White were married in Utica, N. Y., in 1828.
Six years later, after a short residence in Columbus, they came to Cleve
land. Their first home was 39 Champlain street, where they were still
living in 1838.
Mr. Dean was a coach-maker and within the twenty years he lived in
town had become one of its leading carriage-manufacturers.
With Mark Whitelaw he built a double brick residence on the south
side of Prospect street, in the north side of which the family lived until
1852. Mr. Dean then bought eight acres of land in the heart of the then
village of Newburgh. It was situated on the west side of Broadway near
Harvard street. The property had been owned by a family named Rad-
way. The grading of Broadway, a few years since, left the family-
residence at an awkward elevation from the street, and it was moved back
and turned to face Dean Place, now East 82nd street.
David Dean died at the age of 61 years. He was a large man and
rather heavy-featured.
Mrs. Dean was a fair type of the New England woman, frugal, ambi
tious, undemonstrative, but warm-hearted. Her married life, for various
reasons, had been a strenuous one, and it had been saddened by the death
of her children. Only one of the six she had mothered lived to reach
maturity. A dear son, fourteen years of age, was drowned, and her only
remaining daughter Harriet died when eight years old.
Mrs. Dean outlived her husband many years, living in the homestead
with her son Edward Leroy Dean, who followed the business of his
father, and died at the same age, 61 years.
He married Miss Amantha Knapp, daughter of a Newburgh pioneer;
she is living alone in the old home. Her son Allen Dean having removed
to Chicago, and her daughter Jeanne married to William J. Townsend
and living on Drexel Ave.
Mrs. Amantha Dean is 72 years young, and her mind so busy with the
various social and philanthropic questions of the day that she does not find
time to be lonely.
Three generations of the Dean family lie in Erie street cemetery.
492

1834
ELY
Merrick Ely of Deerfield, 0., was a member of the distinguished fam
ily of that name, many generations of which have lived in Springfield,
Mass. His father Lewis Ely was a soldier of the Revolution and came to
Deerfield in 1799 from Granville, Mass. His mother was Anna Granger
Ely. Merrick Ely married Lovisa Farnum, daughter of Elisha Farnum, a
soldier and pensioner of the American Revolution. Her mother was
Thankful Day Farnum. Lovisa Farnum was bom in Blanford, Mass.,
and while yet a young girl her parents moved to Deerfield, 0. The Elys
continued to reside in Deerfield, until their family consisted of a son
and four daughters, when, having purchased a farm on what is now
Kinsman Road, Mr. Ely concluded in 1834 to occupy it.
The family left Deerfield on July Fourth in a stage coach drawn by
four horses, and their household goods in two wagons; but such was the
terrible condition of the roads at this time that it required four horses
to draw each wagon and three days to make the journey of 50 miles.
Previous to his marriage Merrick Ely and his brother Lewis Ely
kept a store of general merchandise in Deerfield, 0. An account-book
kept by Mr. Ely, one year, contains the name of Jesse Grant, father of
Gen. U. S. Grant, and shows that he was a frequent customer.
This old account-book is now in the possession of Mrs. Louise Johnson
Smith, the only granddaughter of Merrick Ely.
With WiUiam H. Otis of Cleveland,- Mr. Ely took a contract for carry
ing the U. S. Mail from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, which called him to
Washington, D. C, two or three times each year.
He was a major in the state mUitia, and in much demand on Training
Day, a popular event in early times.
The Ely farm was five miles south-east of the Public Square. Mr.
Ely did not confine himself exclusively to tilling it, but carried on a
business in Cleveland. The road between the two places was a wretched
country-road, one of continuous mud-holes ; on each side of it were woods.
Between Erie street cemetery and the Square was a long stretch of scrub-
oaks. In 1838 Merrick Ely died suddenly, leaving a wife and four children.
He lies in Erie street cemetery.
Mrs. Ely was a patient, forbearing woman, and self-sacrificing to a
fault She was ever considerate of the comfort and happiness of others,
and a mother who gave good advice to her children, and impressed upon
them the duties and responsibilities of life. In short, she was a noble.
Christian woman.
She was a notable cook, and a generous provider. The many neigh
borhood and church-gatherings which were the only social functions of
that dav often met at her house, and it is said that the children were al
ways pleased when she entertained because she invariably passed two
kinds of pie with the doughnuts, whereas all other hostesses seemed to
think one kind sufficient. 493

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The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Ely received good educational
advantages and all in their youth were school-teachers.
Louisa Ely, m. Luke D. Johnson. Sarah Ely, m. Isaac Bears.
Lucinda Ely, m. Luke D. Johnson.
A string of gold beads belonging to Mrs. Lovisa Ely and worn by her
for many years is still worn occasionally by her .granddaughter Mrs,
Charles H. Smith.

1834
GAYLORD

Henry L. Gaylord, son of Nehemiah and Esther Stevens Gaylord, fol
lowed his older brother Erastus to Cleveland, and in partnership with
him led a quiet mercantile life. No mention of him in connection with
public affairs can be found ; nevertheless, he was a valuable citizen during
the 19 years he lived in Cleveland. He died in 1853 when his youngest
son was 11 years of age.
Mrs. Gaylord was Maria Tousley, daughter of Judge Tousley of Mani-
lus, N. Y. She was born in 1805, and died many years after her hus
band had passed away.
The family lived on the south-east corner of Ontario and St. Clair
streets until 1850, and then removed to a home on Prospect ave.
The children of Henry L. and Maria Tousley Gaylord :
Sylvanus Tousley, b. 1836 ; d. about Alice H. Fairbanks, dau. of A. W,
20 years of age, unmarried. Fairbanks.
William Henry Tousley, b. 1842 ; m.
William H. Gaylord graduated at Western Reserve University in the
class of '64, and afterward studied and practiced law. He was born in
the city and spent his life of 63 years in the heart of it ; consequently was
long prominently known among business men.
But chiefly was he distinguished by his connection with the Rowfant
Club, of which he was re-elected president year after year. This society
located on Prospect Avenue is devoted to the study and collection of rare
works and beautiful book-bindings. It annually issues a smaU but ex
quisite volume of master poetry and prose, the edition of which is lim
ited to the regular and honorary membership. The club is known to book-
lovers all over the country as well as in England.
Mr. Gaylord was fully recognized by his friends as a wit and racon
teur. No one tried to measure the former with him without coming to
verbal grief. He had traveled extensively, and numbered friends and
acquaintances in almost every clime, either through contact or corre
spondence. 494

1834
GALE
He loved to entertain the Rowfant Club at his unique home in East
Cleveland, the "Owl's Nest," which contained one of the finest libraries
in the city, and many antiquities.
His only child, Pauline Gaylord Brussewit, at the time of his death,
resided in London, England.

1834
GALE
Martin Gale, son of John and Betsey Herrick Gale, married Susan
Walters, and they removed to Cleveland in 1834. Their journey ended as
they drove up to Job Doan's tavern, corner of Euclid and Fairmount
streets. The next day Mr. Gale looked about unsuccessfully in search of
a house in which to live. There was a little store-house occupying the
south-east corner, about where the Historical Building stands. It be
longed to the Doans, and at that time was used to store corn.
Good Mrs. Doan felt interested in the young couple who had come
such a long journey to seek their fortunes. "If that corn were only out,
you might use the store," she remarked.
"If that is all that hinders, I can make short work of it," replied Mr,
Gale, and was as good as his word. Soon the little store was empty,
swept and cleaned, and he was off to the steamboat dock for the limited
but precious household goods they had brought with them from New
York state.
Mrs. Gale was a woman of much force of character, a good reader,
and possessed a fine memory. She could talk for hours in her old age
of the people she had known in her long life in Cleveland.
One story she loved to tell of early days in the city was that of the
discomfort women endured previous to the reign of hoops. It was the
fashion to wear many petticoats and have dress skirts set out as far as pos
sible. One Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Gale started to call upon friends and
relatives near the Shaker settlement. When they reached the long, steep
hill leading to the heights, her skirts were too cumbersome to make the
climb, so she slipped off two or three, and Mr. Gale carried them up on
his arm.
She died within two weeks of her ninetieth birthday.
The children of Martin and Susan Gale :
Henry Gale, m. Maria Comstock. m. in San Francisco.
Elisabeth Gale, m. L. M. Southern. Martin Gale, m. Emily Talbot.
Benjamin Gale, m. Catherine Rice. John W. Gale, m. Genevive Turrell.
Susan Gale, m. Charles Hagen. Alida Gale, m. DeWitt C. Stebbins,
Merrit S. Gale and Aaron W. Gale, Edward T. Gale, unmarried.
Mrs. Gale had two brothers and a sister who also settled in Cleveland,
John Walters, who married Caroline Doan; Benjamin Walters, and Elis
abeth Walters, who married Edwin IngersoU.
The former home of this family was Plattsburg, N. Y. After the
death of their father Aaron Walters, their mother Susan Roberts Walters
came to Cleveland and spent the rest of her life with children residing
here. 495

1834
HUSSEY
Richard Hussey came to Cleveland some time in the '30s; the exact
year not learned. He was living on Seneca street in 1837. Eight years
later he was keeping the light-house on Water street and evidently liv
ing there. Nothing further can be secured concerning him, save that
he had an interesting family of children who married and were well
known. But they removed to Racine, Wisconsin, and all efforts to com
municate with any of Richard Hussey's grandchildren have failed. There
fore, nothing in regard to his wife has been learned.
So far as can be recalled by early citizens the children of Richard
Hussey were three daughters and a son.
Emily Hussey, m. James H. Kelley. He died leaving three very young
She had 12 children, at her death. children.
Mr. Kelley married a second time. Maria Hussey, m. Mr. Mount and
He died in Racine, Wis. lived in Cincinnati.
Charlotte Hussey, m. Robert Bailey, Alexander Hussey, m. Miss Silver-
a Cleveland dry-goods merchant. thorne.

1834
BEEBE
Huron Beebe of the pioneer firm of Allen, Beebe & Co., was born in
1808, and died in Vermont at an advanced age.
He came to Cleveland in the '30s, and was sheriff for a term or two,
and lived in the jail residence.
He married Nancy Henderson, and they had a family of children born
in Cleveland, all of whom left the city, in time, and settled in Racine,
Wis., where they became prominent citizens of that western town. They
were:
Charles Seth Beebe, born 1848, in Caldwell C. Beebe.
Cleveland ; married Selina East- Eleanor Beebe.
man of Holly, N. Y. Lucy Beebe.
Henry Beebe.

1834
Deforest

A perusal of New York City annals from the year 1634 to the end of
the next century would convince one that whatever the name of DeForest
stands for today locally, it was one to conjure by in the early settlement
of New York. A few years after his arrival in this country Isaac
DeForest married Sarah, daughter of Philip DeTrieux. Both were de
scended from Huguenots who had fled from France in times of religious
persecution and sought refuge in Holland, Sarah's sister Susannah
496

1834
ANDREWS
DeTrieux married Evart Wendall, the American ancestor of that well-
known New York family, and in time the DeForests were closely related
to nearly all the prominent Dutch families of New York,
Two hundred years after Isaac DeForest landed in New York City,
his descendant, Cyrus R, DeForest, became a pioneer of Cleveland, 0,
There was not much difference in the relative size of the two towms, nor
in the size of their pocketbooks, spite of the great prosperity and social
circumstance that had intervened.
Cyrus was neither a lawyer, doctor, or merchant, just plain mechanic.
But he was more valuable, because more useful, to the community in
which he had come to live. The professional and mercantile men were
so numerous in that day that in order to make half a living they were
treading upon each other's heels. On the other hand, a man with a useful
trade could command good wages.
Cyrus R. DeForest was born in Edmeston, N. Y., and at the age of
21, married Julia Ann Sutherland in Black Rock, now an outlying ward
of Buffalo, N. Y., and the following year the young couple boarded a
lake-steamer for this town. They lived for many years on York street,
now an extension of Hamilton. The house stood close to Wood street.
It was then in a pretty, quiet neighborhood, an ideal spot in which to
raise the family of seven children that, in course of time, filled the home
with young, exuberant life. Their eldest son, and namesake of the father,
was born in this city, and died here in 1906. He was long connected with
the Society for Savings. The family have neglected to furnish data; so
that details concerning the other children have not been secured.
Children of Cyrus R. and Julia Sutherland DeForest:
Cyrus DeForest, b. 1835 ; d. 1906. Charles Lee, Maria Louise, Albert
Louis Germain DeForest, a soldier Wright, and Mary Frances De-
of the Civil War. Forest were other children of Cy-
Julia Ann DeForest, m. Rev. Dr. Ed- rus DeForest, Sr.
ward Ingersoll ; d. 1865.

1834
ANDREWS

Benjamin Andrews was one of the few Cleveland pioneers who came
from southern states. He was a Kentucky man, the son of a Presbyterian
minister and the editor of a thriving church paper. His mother was a
(3alhoun, member of the noted Southern family of that name,
Benjamin was one of a large family of sons who were raised in a
refined, literary and religious atmosphere. His brother, L, F. W, An
drews, was editor of the Muscagee Democrat, Macon, Georgia, and previ
ous to the civil war, owned a large plantation in that locality and lived
upon it in luxury. The relatives of the second generation lost all track
of his family years ago, 497

1834
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Benjamin Andrews came to Cleveland some time in the early '30s,
and was associate editor of a local newspaper. During President Tyler's
administration he was appointed postmaster of this city.
He married at the residence of Hon. John W. Willey, Lydia Willey
Adams, niece of the mayor, who had accompanied her uncle to Cleveland
on his return journey from a visit to his native home, Goshen, N. H. She
was the daughter of his sister, Mrs. James Adams.
There are no relatives nor descendants of hers remaining in Cleve
land to sing her praises. But an old church friend and neighbor. Judge
James Cleveland, whose estimate of character was a valuable asset, re
marked to the writer:
"No record of early Cleveland women would be complete without men
tion of Mrs. Benjamin Andrews. She was a beautiful woman, one fitted
to adorn any society, and her soul was as lovely as her face."
Mr. Andrews, though intellectually the peer of any of his associates,
was far from being a successful man. He possessed the easy Southern
temperament that lacked the courage and energy to overcome and gov
ern circumstance. Therefore, Fate denied to Mrs. Andrews the freedom
from care and anxiety that was hers by right.
The family lived on Middle street, then a residence district, and after
ward in a pretty cottage on Erie, East 9th, street, facing Superior street.
Their home was next to that of T. P. May.
Like her uncle. Rev. Elijah Willey, Mrs. Andrews was passionately
fond of flowers and cultivated them assiduously. A well-known citizen
of Canadaigua, N. Y., while on a visit to this locality, declared that he
had not seen such a wealth of floral display since leaving his OAvn city.
After the death of John W. Willey, his widow persuaded Mrs. An
drews to take up her residence in the Willey cottage, where she lived until
Mrs. Willey's second marriage.
The long and distressing illness of her mother called Mrs. Andrews to
Leamster, N. H., where she remained until her own death. It is said that
she took charge of her mother's farm there with much more success than
usually attends the efforts of her sex in that direction.
Benjamin and Lydia Andrews had two little daughters. One of them
died in infancy. The other, named in honor of her aunt Laura Willey,
married and returned west. She was born in 1836, and as Mrs. Laura
Goodwin now resides in Berea, Ohio, a charming representative of the
Willey family.

1834
ATWATER

George M. Atwater who in 1841 married Minerva Merwin, daughter
of Noble H. and Minerva Buckingham Merwin, was the son of Charles
and Mary Merwin Atwater of New York. Mrs. Minerva Atwater lived
but two years following her marriage. She left a little son, Merwin
Atwater, b. 1842, who died at 8 years of age.
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1834
CAMP
The Atwater building at the foot of Superior street, a part of the
Merwin family real-estate, received its name through the Atwater con
nection.*
* The Atwater building was recently destroyed by fire.
George M. Atwater married 2nd, Harriet Brodhead, dau. of Jacob
and Eliza Bleeker Brodhead of Brooklyn, N. Y. By this marriage he
had two daughters, Harriet and Mabel, who became Mrs. George W,
Green and Mrs, Albert Weaver of New York City.
Dr. David Atwater, brother of George M. Atwater, also lived in Cleve
land in the '40s. He was a fine man and a most desirable citizen in the
few years of his residence here.
He was an elder of the Old Stone Church, and during the cholera sea
son of 1849 was a health physician of the city.

1834
CAMP
Seth and Sophia Brainard Camp, of Durham, lived for many years in
Whitestown, N. Y. Three of their family of children came to Cleve
land some time in the '30s, but the exact year is unknown.
They were Willard, Hezekiah, and David Camp.
Willard Camp, b. 1797, m. in 1822, Eliza Higgins, twenty-one years
of age. They had nine children, six of whom were twins. Several of
their children died young. No record of the family in Cleveland can be
found save that they lived here in early years.
The children of Willard and Eliza Camp:
Martha and Mary Camp, twins, b. Franklin and Frances Camp, twins,
1822. b. 1828.
Elisabeth Camp, b. 1824. Theodore Camp, b. 1830.
William and Willard Camp, twins, Eliza Camp, b. 1833.
b. 1826.
Hezekiah Camp, brother of Willard Camp, married Abigail Fosdick,.
They had a child born in Cleveland in 1838. No other record.
David Camp, b. 1802, brother of Willard and Hezekiah Camp, mar
ried Rhoda Allen in 1825^ She was born in 1807, and died in 1839, the
mother of seven childrenT
David Camp married 2nd, Emily Knapp and had three more children,
who died in infancy. He is said to have been a builder and contractor
and among other structures erected by him was a row of white cottages,
three in number, on Superior street west and adjoining Trinity Church.
They had high basements and wide front porches. Though only one story
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1834
HEARD
high they contained six large rooms besides the basement, dining-room
and kitchen, and were considered so attractive that they were duplicated
on St. Clair street near Bank street, and a similar row was erected on
Water street near the foot of St. Clair. AU were familiar landmarks
of the city.
David Camp resided in one of his Superior street houses. He died in
1854, and with other members of his family is buried in Erie st. cemetery.
His eldest son was an officer in the civil war, and evidently lost his life
in it. The children of David and Rhoda Allen Camp:
Sarah Henderson Camp, b. 1826 ; d. d. 1862 in Cleveland.
1849 in Cleveland. Jane E. Camp, b. 1832.
Lieut, Henry Seth Camp, b. 1828 ; Rhoda Ann Camp, b. 1836.
Children of David and Emily Knapp Camp:
David Wilkenson and William Dennison Camp, died young.
Mrs. Emily Knapp Camp died in 1861.

1834
HEARD

A carpenter, Charles W. Heard, lived in 1836 on Euclid ave. the sec
ond door from Sheriff street, and adjoining the Rummage lot. He had
a large family of children, and at the death of his wife, he took them to
live on a farm in Painesville, where, it is told, he had resided previous
to his life in Cleveland.
While several old residents readily recalled this family, and could
name the children belonging to it, no one seemed able to furnish the ad
dress of any member of it from whom additional data could be secured,
Mr. Heard was an architect as well as a builder. He designed many
public buildings erected in the '60s. One of these was the large block
corner of Superior and E. 3rd, occupied for many years by the city as its
city hall.
Walter Blythe, an architect, and Mr. Heard's son-in-law, was his part
ner in business for a time.
The children of Charles W, Heard:
Regina Heard. Lenora Heard.
Imogens Heard. Virginia Heard.
Wallace Heard. Dallace Heard.
Allen Heard. 500

1834
FARLEY
A family that gave to the city of Cleveland one of its safest and sanest
mayors, a mayor whose nickname was "Honest John," should fiU gener
ous space in this historical work. "Honest John" himself could explain
why it does not, why only a few lines must suffice. A negative silence
to all importunities for data, leaves the writer with but scanty material
for a sketch of Patrick Farley, the pioneer, who came here in 1834 from
the north of Ireland. Five years later, he married Miss Anna Schwartz,
who arrived in the city from Bavaria in 1833.*
* The wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Stephen Bodden,
a French priest, who was an Indian missionary.
The young couple began housekeeping at 24 Bank street, and in 1856
were living on a court dignified by the family name. In this year, also,
Mr. Farley was in charge of the U. S. mail, seeing that it was safely deliv
ered from depots and stage-coaches to the post-office, then on the south-west
corner of Water and St. Clair streets. Joseph W. Gray was the post
master. Patrick Farley was an industrious, frugal man, living within his in
come, a combination which secured for his old age a comfortable com
petence. In this he was seconded by his good wife. Both lived long in
years, and passed away from life respected and beloved.
Mr. Farley was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a knight
templar. With no one either to affirm or to gainsay it, the writer con
jectures that he was also a staunch Democrat who wielded the balance
of power in his home ward. He may have had brothers also hving in the
city, as the directory of 1845 contains two John Farleys, one a grocer,
the other a painter, also N. Farley; and his own family may have con
tained several children. The only one on record is John H. Farley,
mayor of the city in 1883 and 1884, again in 1899 and 1900. Meantime,
he served as director of public works with Robert Blee. John H. Farley
is living retired from business and politics. He maintains an ideal sum
mer home in Georgian Bay, where he can indulge fully in his love of
nature, and of animals.
Mrs. Farley was Miss Margaret Kenney, dau. of William Kenney of
this city.

1834
HUTCHINGS

Benjamin R. Hutchings was a leading tailor and draper of Cleveland,
doing business at No. 35 Superior street. He came to the city before
1835 but the exact date is unknown. His wife's maiden name was Susan
Swift, who was born in Vermont, but accompanied her parents to Pots
dam N. Y., while yet in her teens. She came to visit relatives in Cleve
land' and concluded to remain here.
She was an exceptionally fine seamstress, and through this accom
plishment became acquainted with Mr, Hutchings, whom she assisted
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1834
CRAWFORD
occasionally in his work. They were married about 1835, and began their
life together, each aged 24 years, in a story-and-a-half cottage on St.
Clair street near Bank, West 6th, street. For many years, this cottage
was the first residence east of the Kennard House.
Afterward, Mr. Hutchings built a large brick house on the south
side of Prospect street below Erie, and some years later the well-remem
bered public school building was erected on the lot west of it. Friends
expostulated with Mr. Hutchings for building so fine a dwelling so far
from the Public Square. It was considered as out of tovsm.
Later, he exchanged it for a farm, and built a home on Rockwell
street, corner of Bond, where now stands the Rockwell public school.
Mrs. Hutchings was a very intelligent, wide-awake woman, and a mem
ber of the First Methodist church, to which society and its membership
she was greatly attached. She died in 1895, outliving her husband 40
years. They were buried in Erie street cemetery, and the family lot is
marked by a monument.
The Hutchings children :
Sv,san Hutchings, who died at 30 Berthena Hutchings, m. Daniel
years of age. Gardner; 2nd, L. J. Howland.
Frances Hutchings, m. David Haw- Samuel Hutchings, m. Mary Rich-
ley, son of a pioneer. ardson.
Kate Hutchings, m. Aaron Orwig.

1834
CRAWFORD

WiUard Crawford was a millwright, and lived, in 1837, on Orange
Alley — Johnson street. His wife was a Miss Sarah Hosmer of New
burgh. Her parents lived on a farm, now the site of the Ohio State
Hospital. She was extremely neat and frugal, devoting all her time and atten
tion to household affairs, traits which she transmitted to her daughter
Helen in a marked degree.
Children of Willard and Sarah H. Crawford:
Randall Crawford, m. Mary Welch, commander of the famous Shields
daughter of John Welch of East Battery through the civil war. A
Cleveland. fine man.
Helen Crawford, m. Joseph Shields, Mai-y Crawford, m. John Surbury.
Mrs. Randall Crawford, the only surviving member of the above gen
eration, for many years was a prominent worker in the First Methodist
church, but later became an ardent disciple of the Christian Science move
ment. Her son W. J. Crawford is a well-known citizen.*
* Mrs. Crawford and her son have both died since above was written.
502

1834
MOTT
Edmond and Lucinda Caswell Mott came from Vermont, in this year,
and settled in East Cleveland.
Their children were:
Rhoda Mott, m. Daniel Dewitt. Mary J. Mott, m. Roderick White.
Sarah Mott, m. Alva Jones. Caroline Mott, m. Stebbins Ely ; re-
Lucy Mott, m. Truman Buck; re- moved to Iowa.
moved to Minnesota.

1834
PEASE
In 1835 there was living on Lake street between Seneca and Ontario
a young couple not long married. The youthful head of the house,
Charles Pease, late of Warren, 0., was a book-keeper for Robert McNeil,
dry-goods merchant on Superior street, who, evidently, went out of busi
ness in the panic of 1837.
Directly across from the Pease home lived Mrs. John Erwin, a sister
of Charles Pease. They were the children of Judge Calvin and Laura
Risley Pease of Warren, 0.
The name of Charles Pease does not appear in Cleveland's second
directory, that of 1845. He had returned to Warren to aid in the pro
motion of a local railroad that failed of success, but through this experi
ence he gained an insight into the railroad business that made his services
valuable in that line, and he became secretary of the Mahoning Valley
R. R., which brought him and his family back to the city where he con
tinued to live until his death in 1895, aged 84 years.
As a son-in-law of Prof. Kirtland, the noted naturalist, he could not
but become interested in natural history, even if he had not from youth
been an ardent and intelligent lover of the fields and the woods. He pur
chased a homestead in Lakewood where, surrounded by forest-trees and
birds, shrubs and fiowers, his family lived an ideal life. The home bore
the suggestive name of "Whip-poor-wiU."
Mr. and Mrs. Pease were very tender-hearted toward anything capa
ble of suffering, and had little sympathy with the hunting mania pos
sessed by so many men.
Especially were they incensed at the useless slaughter practiced by the
type of sportsman who kiUs harmless animals and water-fowl merely to
brag of prowess, and without making any use of his victims.
It goes without saying that none of the feminine members of the
Pease or Kirtland families wore aigrettes on their hats or in their hair.
Charles Pease never added to his own income through the misfortunes
of others. His integrity was proverbial, and his generosity most un
selfish. Mary Elisabeth Kirtland, wife of Charles Pease and daughter of Prof.
Jared P. and Caroline Atwater Kirtland, was born in Waterford, Conn.,
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in 1816. She died in Washington, D. C, at the home of ex-Senator Con
ger, in 1891. She was a faithful, congenial companion of her husband
for nearly 60 years.
The children of Charles and Mary Pease:
Jared K. Pease, died in Cleveland in Caroline A. Pease, b. ] 838 ; m. Will-
1836. iam L. Cutter of Cleveland.
Charles Pease, b. 1835 ; m. Hester Frederick K. Pease, b. 1843 ; died 11
M. Hotchkiss, dau. of Orvis Hotch- years of age.
kiss of Rockport, 0.

PENNIMAN

Elijah St. John Bemis, owning a printing and book-publishing plant
on the south side of Superior street, had a partner in the business as
early as 1835, by the name of Francis B. Penniman. He may have come
to Cleveland from Utica, N. Y., before 1835.
In May of that year appeared the following marriage notice :
"In Utica, N. Y., Francis B. Penniman, one of the publishers of the
Cleveland Whig, to Mrs. Jane W. Broadwell of Utica."
The Pennimans resided at 160 St. Clair street. They are not in the
directory of 1845, and meantime may have returned to Utica.

1835
POPULATION, 5080
VILLAGE OFFICERS
President, John W. Allen. Treasurer, Nicholas Dockstader.
Postmaster, Daniel Worley. Marshal, Elijah Peet.
Recorder, Edward Baldwin.
In this year began a western land boom. There was a great rush from
the New England and Middle states of agents and land promoters. North-
em Ohio and eastern Michigan were the storm centers of this great move
ment. Thousands of families came west by way of the lower lakes and
the Erie canal, or by the south-western route through Pennsylvania to
Pittsburgh and from thence to Cleveland.
A line of steamers was established between Buffalo and Detroit.
These boats were crowded with passengers at a fare of eight dollars each.
Even small steamers were made to carry from 500 to 600 people.
Long lines of big wagons and ox-teams came in from the south and
were encamped on Superior, Water, and Bank streets, so that it became
almost impossible for residents on those thoroughfares to cross from one
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Hotel and tavern accommodations were inadequate for this constantly
increasing emigration, and private families were forced to open their
doors to the homeless women and children who otherwise would have
lacked shelter.
Mrs. Weddell, Mrs. Moses White, and other women living on Superior
street, complained of being annoyed by day and robbed of needed rest at
night by the continuous stamping of horses in front of their dwellings,
and what was more distressing the cries of young children camping out
in the wagons that filled the street from the Public Square to the river.
We may rest assured, however, that these good women whom this his
tory, we trust, will make household names, did everything within their
power to ameliorate the condition of the luckless people stranded at their
doors. Married. "Smith B. Clampitt to Miss Joanna Darrow, all of this
village." {Herald.) Smith B. Clampitt, at this time was a carpenter.
He became a contractor, and very well known as a citizen. The family
lived on Bolivar street, and later on Columbus road.. The first wife of
Samuel Clampitt died in 1834.
"Married. In this viUage, Oct. 24, by the Rev. S. C. Aiken, Mr. Kel
logg G. Sloane to Miss Mary Ann Tomlinson, both of Cleveland." {Her
ald.) Mr. Sloane was a coach-trimmer and harness-maker, No. 64 Supe
rior street. The family lived on St. Clair street.
Died. '"Wm. F. Ludlow, son of Robert and Lydia Ludlow of St. John,
N. B., aged 34 years." (Erie st. cemetery.)
Frances C. Fuller opens a young ladies' school on the Public Square
(between M:arshairs drug store and the court house).
"Married. In Buffalo, Darius King of Cleveland, to Miss Julia Burr
of Buffalo, N. Y." {Herald.)
Joel Scranton appointed administrator on estate of Stephen S. Lyon,
part of lot, 207 Michigan street, belonging to same.
Porter Bliss of Sodus Point, N. Y., was drowned in 1835 while living
in Cleveland. He was 34 years old. His wife and child returned to
Sodus. Married. Hamilton Hough and Mary Peet. {Herald.)
Marshall Carson, well-known painter of the town, was married, this
year, by Rev. Elijah WUley, to Miss Jane Ehza Cook. They took up their
residence at 37 Bank street near Lake street, Mr, Carson added to his
paint business that of wall-paper, and was a successful merchant for many
years. His son succeeded him. Mrs. Carson may have been a sister of
Samuel Cook, an early merchant whose marriage this year is noted as
follows: "In Buffalo on the 16th ult. Mr. Samuel Cook, merchant of Cleve
land, to Miss Angeline Carson, of Buffalo."
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"Married. Charles G. CoUins, merchant, to Miss Rosina P. Jennings,
aU of Cleveland, Nov., 1835." {Herald.)
Married. "In this village on Tuesday evening last, Mr. Hiram V,
Wilson, counsellor at law, of the firm of Pa3me and Wilson, to Martha
Ten Eick, daughter of Col. Richard Smith of Grosse Isle, Mich., Dec. 24,
1835." {Herald.)
Married. "In this village, by Rev. Willey, Robert McBay, to Miss
Sarah, eldest daughter of Luther Hunt, Esq." (He was a carpenter liv
ing at 158 St. Clair street, and on Bank street in 1845.)
Died. Catherine, wife of Joseph Rees, 27 years old. (Erie st. ceme
tery.) The streets of the town in the early part of this year were generally
torn up. They were being graded. Houses and stores on the lower part
of Superior street were standing on stilts high in the air.
"July 4th, 1835, was celebrated in great style. People came from all
the surrounding country. Mr. Hurd delivered an oration in the Public
Square, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the steamboat Commodore
Perry took a party of gentlemen and ladies for a ride on the lake. (Aaron
Clark's private journal.)
"The Baptist Congregation, having hitherto held services in the Acad
emy, will do so in Court House, until its church is finished." {Herald.)
J. M. Martin has a large advertisement in local newspapers. His dry-
goods and millinery store is opposite the "Bank."
Harvey Rice, administrator of the estate of John Hayward, Andrew
Hull and Ebulous B. Johnson. {Herald.)

1835
From the Cleveland Advertiser
Thursday, July 30
FIRE! FIRE!
"A httle before 12 o'clock last night, our citizens were aroused by the
cry of 'Fire!' which proved in ravages, the most destructive that ever
occurred in this or any other town in the western country of any im
portance. 506

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FIRE ! FIRE !
The whole range of buildings from the book-store of James Kellogg,
to the Mansion House, is laid in ruins.
The fire was first discovered in the rear of the extensive block of brick
buildings on Superior street owned by James Kellogg, and occupied by
himself as a book-store and dwelling, also by
Stickland & Gaylord, druggist and The Bank of Cleveland.
wholesale grocers. George W. Benjamin, boarding-
C. L. Camp, hardware and dry-goods house.
store. Loss, $7000.
After destroying this valuable block the flames proceeded westward,
leveling in their course:
Mr. Newel Bond's stock manufac- Joseph Sargent — looking-glass man-
tury. ufactury.
Mr. Joseph Ranney's grocery. William Wells — bakery.
James A. Briggs — Law office. Daniel A. Shepard — chair-maker —
Varnum J. Card's — justice office. heavy loss.
Moses white's building, occupied by Robert Bailey's tin-shop.
William Alden's shoe-store. A. Chadwick's dressing-room.
Edmund Clark's building, occupied Mr. Irwin's tin-shop.
by two families. John Brown — hair-dressing.
Benjamin Hutchins' merchant tailor Mr. Whittimore's — recess.
shop. "The further progress of the flames was stopped by the solid wall of
the Mansion House and by the indefatigable exertions of the firemen
and citizens. It is feared that it will be necessary to tear down the latter
building. One life was lost, that of a girl 13 years old, named Maria Wright,
who lived in the family of Mr. Benjamin as a domestic.
The origin of the fire is unknown to us. It is said, however, to have
been first discovered on the outside of the rear building occupied by Mr.
Benjamin," "The damage to the Mansion House has not as yet been estimated. The
loss to Mr. Segur the proprietor was very great owing to the careless
manner in which the furniture was removed."
Cards of thanks to the business men of the town for kindness shown
to the sufferers in their efforts to re-establish their stores and shops ap
peared in the Advertiser from time to time in the following months.
It is probable that when James Kellogg built this business block he
moved the frame-residence that had occupied the lot for many years to
the rear of it, and that it was in this dwelling where the fire started.
The site of the Kellogg buildings is now occupied by the American
House. 507

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AIKEN
No clergyman of a strong personality could live an active clerical
life of 44 years in a community without becoming an individual to be
consulted or taken into consideration in any moral or religious movement
in contemplation. It was natural then that the Rev. Samuel C. Aiken
who came to Cleveland in 1835, to take charge of the First Presbyterian
society, now the Old Stone Church, and who was its active pastor or pastor
emeritus for that length of time, should become the central figure in the
religious element of the city.
He baptized a small army of children, in some cases three genera
tions of a family, performed innumerable wedding ceremonies, and with
words of hope and tenderness officiated at the last rites of many scores
of Cleveland's citizens. Small wonder, then,, that his name and mem
ory is still cherished by surviving members of his fiock who recall his
eloquence and his ministrations.
Though simple-mannered in his social life, his bearing in the pulpit
was that of great dignity, his speech deliberate and impressive. He was
fearless in criticism of what his judgment condemned and was the first
Cleveland pastor to openly denounce slavery.
His salary must have been a secondary consideration with him, for,
when the distressing panic of 1837 ruined financially many of the mem
bers of his church, he voluntarily relinquished $300 of his salary, which,
at the highest figures of that day, could furnish but a modest support.
Dr. Aiken was born in Londonderry, N. H., and was 44 years old, not
yet in the prime of life, when he came to Cleveland. He was a descend
ant of one of the Scotch-Irish founders of that town. His first important
ministry was in Utica, N. Y., where he remained 18 years.
Many strong ties of friendship in Utica must have been severed, and
doubtless many blessings followed Dr. and Mrs. Aiken to this far west
ern home. He found conditions here quite different from those he left
in the older town, but he brought to bear upon them his keen judgment
and religious experience of many years. He was often shocked by the
lack of orthodox belief in the community, "yet never," it is said, "in
favor of winning to the church by other than staid old-fashioned meth
ods." Dr. Aiken was married when he came to Cleveland, and had children.
His wife Delia Aiken, maiden name not learned, died in 1837, at the age
of 37 years, and was buried in Erie st. cemetery. That same year, 1837,
is recorded the deaths of two young children of the family.
Dr. Aiken married 2nd, Miss Henrietta Day, a member of a fine.
New England family. She was related to Judge Sherlock Andrews, and
the John Aliens. Her health was impaired so that for many years she
was an invalid, and therefore led a quiet life. She died in 1867, aged
67. She was a sister of Mrs. Maria Younglove and of Miss Emily Day.
Her husband survived her twelve years.
The Aiken family lived at 120 Prospect street soon after their arrival
in the city, and later on Erie street, and while residing at the latter place
they also had a summer home in Summit county, where Dr. Aiken spent
much time in his old age.
In the library of the late Reuben Smith of this city, there hangs a
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fine picture of Dr. Aiken, a valuable possession, and one of great interest
to every one connected by tradition or affiliation to the Old Stone Church.
The family of Dr, and Mrs, Aiken consisted of two sons and an only
daughter. The latter, Helen Aiken, in personality, both physical and
tnental, much resembled her father. She was dignified and reticent,
except with relatives and intimate friends. She married Edward Day
of Albany, N. Y., a distant cousin of her mother. Charles Aiken mar
ried Antoinette Cleveland, a beautiful and gifted woman, the daughter
of Daniel Cleveland of this city. They both died in San Francisco, Cal.
She was a prominent worker in the U. S. Sanitary commission during the
civil war.
The youngest son of Dr. Aiken was lost sight of before his father's
death, and it was rumored that he died and was buried at sea.
Dr. Aiken died in 1879, aged 83 years, and is buried in Erie st. ceme
tery.

1835
ADAMS
Cleveland was honored in 1835 by the arrival of a Revolutionary sol
dier, who for several years drew his pension in this city. He bore the
historic and family name of Samuel Adams, and of course was of Mas
sachusetts stock. But after the close of the War of Independence, he
removed to Vermont. He had a large family of children, several of whom
were sons. These settled in and about East Aurora, N. Y., and after
a sojourn there of a few years, one by one removed to Cleveland.
Mrs. Samuel Adams, Sr., wife of the veteran, was a Miss Anna
Stone before her marriage. She died in 1842, and was buried in Erie
street cemetery. Her husband the following year went to live with his
son Lucas, who had preceded him to Michigan, and there he died shortly
afterward. The second son, Joseph Adams, who was a lawyer, at once opened an
office at the corner of Ontario and Prospect streets. He was one of the
ablest criminal lawyer in the state, and maintained a large and lucrative
practice. His marriage was a romantic one. Upon his arrival in New
Haven, Conn,, on a business trip, he saw standing on the platform of
the depot, either about to take a train or awaiting the arrival of some
friend, a very attractive young girl. He was instantly interested in her,
and she afterwards confessed that the tall, slender, and distinguished look
ing young lawyer caught her fancy on the spot. He made inquiry, learned
that she was Miss Louise Clark, and before many days had passed re
ceived an introduction. They were married and he brought his bride to
Cleveland. Afterward, her sister came to visit her, met Truman B, Peck,
and became his wife.
When Joseph Adams was 70 years of age, he retired from the practice
of law, bought a farm in Minnesota, and went to that state to manage
it. He said to his nephew upon leaving, "You wait twenty years, and
then come out, and I will show you the finest farm in the state." But he
fell far short of reaching his ninetieth birthday.
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ADAMS
His brother, Samuel Adams, Jr., married Lucy Enos of Connecticut.
She was a cousin of Nathan Perry, Jr., and therefore had kinsfoUc to wel
come her when she came to the city. She was then about 40 years old,
and her oldest child, Samuel E. Adams, had preceded her here two years,
and was studying law with his uncle Joseph.
The family lived, for a time, near Clinton Park, in one of the "Twin
Cottages." Their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Paine, occupied the other.
Previously, or afterward, the Adams family resided on the east side of
Wood street. East 3rd, the second house south of St. Clair street. It is
yet in as good condition as it was 70 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Adams, Jr., had five children.
Samuel E. Adams, m. Ruth Bugbee, Harriet Sophrona Adams, unmar-
daughter of Ebenezer Bugbee of ried.
Geneseo, N. Y. Amos Adams, m.  , and
Charlotte Adams, m. Capt. Rowland removed to Michigan.
Johnstone. For over 60 years Samuel E. Adams practiced law in Cleveland, and
was as noted a lawyer as his uncle Joseph. For a time, he was in partner
ship with Judge James M. Coffinberry, a distinguished member of the
bar. Like most lawyers of the day, Samuel E. Adams was eloquent of
speech, quick at repartee, and ready to meet in verbal warfare any of
his peers.
It is to him we owe the statue of Moses Cleveland, standing in the
Public Square, for, in an historical address before the Old Settlers' Asso
ciation in 1880, he suggested and urged that the debt the city owed its
founder should be recognized in that manner. And at the dedication of
the monument, eight years later, Mr. Adams made the address of the
day at Music HaU, on Vincent street.
Mr. Adams was also a high degree Mason. He died in 1893.
Children of Samuel and Ruth Adams:
Georgiana Adams, m. Samuel Leon- John F. Adams, m. Celia L. Oviatt,
ard. Albertine Adams, unmarried.
After the death of Mr. Adams, his widow and daughters moved to
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Joseph Adams, son of Samuel and Lucy Enos Adams, followed the
lakes as a seaman, for a time, and afterwards, for many years, he was
in the Standard Oil Co. He had three children.
Ruth Adams. Frank Adams, associated with his
Lucy Adams, a beautiful girl who father in business. Died in early
died young. manhood of consumption.
Mr. Adams and daughter Ruth reside on East 84th street.
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1835
ATWELL
Samuel Sterling Atwell was another Cleveland blacksmith who dig
nified that useful occupation by his honesty, industry, and other sterling
qualities. His parents were Joseph and Ruth Sterling Atwell. He came
here from Watertown, N. Y., in the early '30s.
Hia blacksmith shop stood on Erie street opposite the cemetery, and
his residence was No. 77 Ontario street. Mrs. Esther Atwell, also from
Watertown, and but the bride of a year, died in 1837, aged 25 years.
She left no children.
Mr, Atwell chose another helpmate from Watertown. Miss Eliza
Cheeseboro of th-at place became his wife. She was 23 years of age
when she came to Cleveland, and her married life extended over 36
years. The home, of Mr. and Mrs, Atwell was an unusually happy one,
and its quiet hospitality was shared among many appreciative friends
and neighbors.
Their son William was a handsome, manly fellow, and their daugh
ter Mary, three years younger, a pretty, slender girl, was very attractive.
Both were children in whom their parents had every reason to take pride.
The AtwcUa removed to the West Side, and lived for a time on Wash
ington stroci:, and later bought a residence on East Franklin street.
William lost his life wiion only 21 years of age, in the civil war. As
.sergeant of company B, 27th 0. V, I., he was killed in action July 4th,
1862. The bond of affection between brother and sister had been unusually
strong, and William's death was a crushing blow from which Mary At
well never recovered. The parents, likewise, were prostrated with grief,
und the whole community sympathized with tho family in their bereave
ment. Afterward Mary Atwell contracted an unfortunate marriage which
led to much pecuniary loss, and both mother and daughter soon suc
cumbed to grief and misfortune, leaving Mr. AtweU bereft of fortune
and every eartiily tie.
After a year or two of loneliness, Mi-s. Laura White, a very estimable
woman who had been for many yoai-s an intimate friend of the family,
married him, and for the rest of her life devoted herself to his comfort.
He died in 1890, u.^ed 82, nearly 60 years of which had been spent in
Cleveland. The family burial-lot was in Erie street cemetery until recently, when
the occupants of it were reinterred in the new cemetery in Warrensville,
Ensign Benjamin Atwell of New London, Conn., a soldier of the Rev
olution, was the grandfather of the Cleveland pioneer.

1835
INGLEHART

Among the prominent physicians of the city previous to 1840, was Dr.
Smith Inglehart. His wife was a Buffalo lady, a Miss Maria Johnson.
Her sister married the famous Buffalo clergyman Dr. Lord, who had
charge of a Presbyterian church in that city through a lifetime of two
or three generations. 511

1835
INGLEHART
Mrs. Inglehart is remembered as a pleasant little lady with very nice
manners. She died early, and her husband married 2nd, Miss Sarah
Johnson, a cousin of his first wife. The wedding was in Old Trinity
Church, corner of Seneca and St. Clair streets. The Ingleharts boarded,
for a time, after coming to the city, with the W. V. Craws, and then com
menced housekeeping on Biroadway between Cross and Ohio streets.
Their nearest neighbors were the Stricklands and the Handersons, The
house previously had been occupied by the Chamberlains.
Mrs. Maria Inglehart left three children.
George Inglehart, m. Miss Culberson Maria Inglehart, m. James Gill. He
of Solon, Ohio. They moved to died, and his widow resides in
Chicago. Glenville. The family burial-lot
Fred J. Inglehart, m. a Buffalo lady. is in Erie street cemetery.

1835
The wave of immigration that struck Cleveland in 1835 taxed the re
sources of the village to the uttermost to find adequate accommodations
for the countless families that poured into the city by steamboat, canal,
and stage-routes. Several new streets were laid out, and large lots near
the center of town were divided into many smaller ones, and built upon.
The view of the river and the flats was beautiful, and any location that
commanded it was eagerly seized upon for dwellings. Little did anyone
dream that the edge of the big ravine, then so charming, would one day
be the site of poverty and vice.
Ashbel W. Walworth was then living on a farm at the junction of
Broadway and Ontario streets, and he aUotted the south-west part of it,
and sold lots to the new residents. And because of its location, the street
they faced was given the name of Hill street. It was a beautiful spot.
And very restful was it for the busy housewives who lived there to pause
in their work and look from door or window across the river-valley to
the high hiUs of Newburgh. Several New England families built homes
here before and after the '40s, the CottreUs, the Bakers, Gunnings, Jud-
kins, and others. The writer has been unable to learn much of their pos
terity. Two of the families intermarried with those who came earlier, the
Judkins and Bakers.

1835
CHANDLER

Alstead, New Hampshire, lost and Cleveland, Ohio, gained several
well-known families of the former place in 1835.
The Brainards, the Benjamin Rouses, the Binghams, and the
Chandlers were some of them. 512

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In September, 1835, Joel Chandler, his wife Sophia Smith Chandler,
and their three children, Joel, Sophia, and Mary, seated themselves in a
big farm- wagon. The father whipped up the black horse, and its mate
the bay one, and the start for the three weeks' trip to Ohio was made.
But first there were many farewells and lingering handclasps from neigh
bors and friends ; for the undertaking was far from being an easy one or
a light one. Would it prove successful? Those left behind hoped for the
best. Had not word come from the Nathan Brainards, the Elijah Bing
hams and other former townsfolk that all was well with them in that
western land?
And if nothing serious happened on the way there, Joel Chandler and
family might eventually share in the good fortune that seemed awaiting
every one who chose Cleveland for a future home. The travelers spent
that first night with the Stowells, relatives living In Rockingham, Vt.,
and all the following day the faithful black and bay team trotted through
the beautiful Green Mountain scenery. As the son of the family wrote
fifty years later :
"Across the Empire State we passed.
The Keystone State came next and last."
Upon reaching Cleveland, they were sheltered by Mr. and Mrs. Ben
jamin Rouse, living on Superior street.
"Dear old neighbors we had known
In brave New Hampshire's land of stone."
Mr, Joel Chandler settled on a farm outside of town. Think of the
corner of Prospect and Bolivar Road as a suburb of Cleveland ! Yet that
it was in 1835.
Two years later the financial panic struck the city, and struck it hard.
Whether of this, or because the sandy soil of the locality proved unproduc
tive, has not been stated, but in 1838, Mr. Chandler invested in a farm in
Richland, Summit county, 0., and removed to it.
Hiram Smith, a brother of Mrs. Chandler, also came west and set
tled on Vermont street, west side.
The children of Joel and Sophia Smith Chandler:
Joel A. Chandler, m, Martha M, Sophia M. Chandler, m, Judson Cul-
Buck. ver.
Mary Jane Chandler.
Children of Joel A. and Martha Buck Chandler :
Francis M. Chandler, m, 1st, Effie George L. Chandler, also Irving,
Barney ; m, 2nd, Mary G, Mahon, Laura, Orson, Park, deceased,
Jennie A. Chandler, m. Clarence
Ellsworth. Mr, Francis M, Chandler, whose office is in the Williamson Building,
represents the Joel Chandler family in this city. He is the popular treas
urer of the Old Settlers' Association, One of his sons, Capt, C. DeForest
Chandler, U. S, A., is being mentioned often in scientific circles,
513

1835
JUDKINS
George B. Judkins and wife came from New York state near Albany.
Mrs. Judkins was Mary Sproat, daughter of Robert Sproat. She was born
on Broadway, New York City, in 1816. Her father was a building con
tractor, and business called him to Albany while Mary was yet a little
girl, and Albany still a quiet, old-fashioned city.
As a child she went with other children to caU upon the last patroon
Van Rensselaer and bid him a "Happy New Year." For which greeting
she received from him a gift. He sat in a huge kitchen surrounded with
baskets filled with children's hats, tippets, mittens, etc., and by a table
heaped with books. Every child who called upon him was invited to help
itself to some article at hand, anything it preferred. The event was anti
cipated with much interest by Albany children, rich and poor. And so
his little New Year callers were of all sorts and conditions of children.
The better bred selected books or candy, while those who stood in need of
clothing were made happy by a garment of their own selection,
Mrs. Judkins lived until recently. At the time of her death, she re
sided with her daughter in a pretty home on E, 111th street. She was an
exceedingly interesting old lady with a phenomenal memory concerning
early Cleveland days. In her declining years, she was tenderly cared for
by her daughter Martha, a former successful public school teacher.
The father of the family died many years ago.
The children were:
William, George, Martha, and Emily Judkins. The latter married Walton
Pelty,

1835
BROOKS

Among the hundreds of families that poured into town, during the
boom of 1835, was that of a widow 48 years of age, her two sons 21 and
24 years old, and a little daughter.
The arrival of this family was an asset to the village of that day
as it is to the city of the present time. Mrs, Joshua Brooks and her sons
William and Oliver became personally known to all business men in town,
especially the homesick, unmarried, and lonely ones boarding at hotels
and thinking longingly of parental homesteads in the far distant east;
for she established a first-class, private boarding-house for men only,
which for many years was a home indeed to several well-known citizens.
She kept plenty of help, among which was a porter to handle trunks
and furniture, and a hostler to look after the horses of her guests. She
made a fine living for herself and daughter, and doubtless assisted her
sons to establish themselves in business. In the financial depression that
followed within two years of her arrival here, when strong men were
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struggling with disaster, or surrendering to a hopeless situation of their
affairs, Mrs, Brooks kept on the even tenor of her way undisturbed and
unaffected by the financial storm.
She was born MeUnda Keith, daughter of Ruel and Abigail Allen
Keith of Hardwick, Mass. Her American ancestor was Rev. James Keith,
first minister of Bridgewater, Mass. He was born in Scotland, 1644,
Miss Keith married Joshua Brooks, Jr., of Lincoln, Mass,, a town in
which six generations of the Brooks family have lived. He removed to
Burlington, Vt,, and died there in 1829, six years before his widow and
children came to Cleveland,
He was the son of Joshua Brooks, Sr., who was one of the farmers at
Concord Bridge the sound of whose muskets were "Heard round the
world." Joshua, Sr., and his father also served in the Revolutionary army
at later dates.
The first American ancestors of the family were Capt. Thomas Brooks
and his vrtfe Grace Brooks, 1634, who settled in Watertown, Mass.
Children of Joshua and Melinda Keith Brooks:
MaHha Barrett Brooks, b. Pittsford, WilUam Joshua Brooks, b. Salis-
Vt., 1809 ; m. WiUiam Cleveland ; bury, Vt,, 1811 ; d, unmarried in
d. Orange, N, J., 1875.
Cleveland, 1854. MeUnda Keith Brooks, b. BurUng-
Oliver Allen Brooks, b. Middlebury, ton, Vt., 1828 ; d. unmarried in
Vt,, 1814; m. 1840, Elenor Brad- Cleveland,
bury Kingsley ; d, Cleveland, 1892.

1835
BAKER
John Baker and his wife Christina McArthur Baker settled on the
new HiU street in 1836. They came from Charlottsburg, Ontario, and
their home was fUled with happy, hearty sons and daughters. The older
boys attended a little country school on Pittsburg street.
The children of John and Christina Baker:
Henry Baker, m. Mary Knowlton. John Baker, Jr., unmarried.
Peter Baker, m. Miss Shannon. Edward Baker, unmarried.
William A. Baker, m. Mary Lamp- Christina Baker, m. HamUton Stick-
son ney, and raised a fanuly of very
Elisabeth Baker, m. Frederick Kit- bright children. They hved on
tridge of NorwaUs, Ohio. the west side.
Charles Brayton Baker, m. Bertha
Roberts. 515

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Oliver Allen Brooks was 21 years of age when he accompanied his wid
owed mother from Burlington, Vt., to this town in 1835, and for 57
years was a familiar figure on Superior street, one of that thoroughfare's
best known merchants.
He began his business career with very limited capital and at a time
when the whole country was in financial distress, and that he succeeded
in gaining even a footing in the commercial circles of the city shows that
he must have possessed unusual business acumen and tenacity.
He became associated with Henry D. Huntington in the sale of crock
ery and glass ware at No. 5 Superior street, sign of the big pitcher, which
eventually developed into a large wholesale and importing business both
in Cincinnati and this city.
He was one of Cleveland's epoch-makers through the building of the
first modern business block on Water street corner of Frankfort.
It was a stone structure of fine proportions.
Mr. 0. A. Brooks maintained several active commercial relations,
among which was his connection with the Society for Savings as a trustee,
and as a director of the Ohio National Bank.
For 28 years he was a vestryman of Trinity Church and for 14 years
held the same office in St. Paul's. He was loyally devoted to the Protes
tant Episcopal faith, and ever prompt, faithful, and wise in the dis
charge of his duties as an officer in the churches with which he was affil
iated. The Trinity Church Home for the invalid and the aged claimed
his special interest and service ; for 22 years he was its treasurer.
In his family relations he was a devoted husband and brother, unself
ish, indulgent, always thinking of others rather than himself. He died in
May, 1892,
Elinora Bradbury Kingsley, whom Mr, Brooks married Sept,, 1840,
was the daughter of Rev, Phineas and Parnel Keith Kingsley of Rutland,
Vt. Her father died in Brooklyn, Ohio, her mother in Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Brooks' American ancestor was John Kingsley who settled in
Dorchester, Mass., about the year 1638. She was of the eighth generation
in line from this progenitor. Her feminine forbears were Abigail Woods,
Abigail Palmer, Ruth Adams, Sarah Sabin, and Mehitable Morey.
Mrs. 0, A, Brooks was a charming woman greatly beloved by her fam
ily and friends, and during all the years of her residence in Cleveland
a valuable worker in Old Trinity and its "Home,"
A bronze tablet memorial to Oliver AUen Brooks is erected in Trinity
Chapel, and his name is inscribed on one of the pillars of Trinity Cathe
dral, The children of Oliver and Elenora Kingsley Brooks:
Oliver Kingsley Brooks, b. 1845 ; m, Charles Ernest Brooks, b, 1851 ; re-
Hattie E. GiU of Meadville, Pa. sides in Indianapolis, Ind.
William Keith Brooks, b, 1848 ; m, Edward Howard Brooks, b. 1854 ; m.
Amelia Shultz of Baltimore, Md. Agnes Endicott Chapin, dau, of

H, M, Chapin of Cleveland,

516

1835
BENEDICT
So many men of early Cleveland became prominent merely through
their bank-accounts and accumulation of real estate, men whose names
never appeared in connection with public duty or public service, that it is
a pleasure and a relief to write of one who was a citizen of Cleveland in a
higher sense, one who had civic pride, and was willing to give of himself
to the city of his adoption w^henever necessity prompted.
For long years no one was better known in this community than
George A. Benedict, who became a member of it in 1835.
He was the son of Amos Benedict of Watertown, N. Y., whose father
was a lieutenant in the revolutionary war. Amos was a cousin of Platt
Benedict who founded Norwalk, Ohio, and planted the forest trees that
make Main street of that town famous for its beautj'.
When Amos Benedict died in 1816, his funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Lyman Beecher, the celebrated divine. George A. Benedict was
then but three years old.
His widowed mother was Ann Stone, daughter of Capt. Stone of Litch
field, Conn. She lived but ten years after the death of her husband, leav
ing George an orphan at the age of 13,
Relatives on both sides of the family cared for the children's physical
comfort and their education. George attended Union College two years
and started to finish at Yale, but the death of an uncle, who was financing
his course in the latter, compelled him to leave college. He studied law,
and in 1834, was admitted to the New York bar.
After his arrival in this city, he became associated with John Erwin,
and he w^as also of the firm of Benedict & Hitchcock.
His public life began as city attorney in 1840. He was clerk of the
first, local, Superior Court, president of the City Council, and, from 1865
to 1869, was postmaster of Cleveland.
But as one of the proprietors of the old Herald and its editor was
George A. Benedict best known. His share in the daily newspaper was
acquired in 1853. All through the dark hours of the civil war the policy
of that paper and its splendid editorials guided by intense loyalty to the
Union, was a power in keeping alive the spirit of patriotism in the city
and throughout the Western Reserve,
Four years after his arrival in the village of Cleveland, Mr. Benedict
married Sarah Francis Rathbone, a lovely young woman, of Brov^nsville,
N. Y. Her father was Amos Rathbone and her mother Mary Williams
Rathbone. The American progenitor of the family was Richard, 1574.
Mrs. Benedict lost her mother in early life and thereafter made her
home with an elder sister, Mrs. Thomas How. Professor How was a fine
scholar and he carefully guided the young girl's studies, so that her educa
tion was unusually complete.
In addition she was very musical; for years she sang in Old Trinity
Church choir. Her daughter Mrs, William Crowell inherits her moth
er's musical gifts and is an eccomplished pianist.
During Mrs, Benedict's 63 years of continuous residence in Cleveland
she was closely identified with its social, religious, and charitable life.
Probably no other woman of this city had as many friends, acquaintances,
and weU-vdshers as Mrs. George A. Benedict.
She died in 1902 at the advanced age of 87.
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1835
BINGHAM
The children of George A. and Sarah Rathbone Benedict:
George Stone Benedict, b, 1840; Harriet Amelia Benedict, h. 1848; m.
married Clara Woolson, Henry Sherman, son of Judge
Mary Williams Benedict, b, 1845; Charles Sherman and nephew of
m. William Crowell, son of John Gen, Tecumseh, and Senator John
Crowell, Sherman.
George S, Benedict, the only son of the family, served as paymaster
in the navy during the civil war. He was instantly killed in 1871, in a
terrible railroad accident between New York and Albany, At the time
of his death he was a brilliant editorial writer for the Cleveland Herald.
His wife was a sister of Constance Woolson, the American authoress,
Mrs, Crowell and Mrs. Sherman are both widows, and are residing
near each other on East 93rd street.
George A. Benedict died in 1870, aged 57 years. His sister Harriet
Benedict who made her home with him after his marriage died in 1840,
aged 30 years.

1835
BINGHAM

In 1827, Elijah Bingham, a lawyer living in Alstead, New Hampshire,
married Miss Thankful Cadwell Hutchinson, a young lady 22 years of
age. Her father was Major Samuel Hutchinson, a prosperous merchant
of Alstead, who had come to that town from Sharon, Conn,, and later re
moved to this place and died here.
A few years after their marriage, Mr, and Mrs, Bingham removed
to Cleveland, They lived for several years in the late residence of Hor
ace Perry on the south side of the Public Square.
Mr, Bingham purchased land on the south side of Prospect street, and
extending through to Garden street. This he allotted, laying out a street
which he named "Cheshire," and upon which he built a comfortable
home. He took absorbing interest in the new street, planting many
forest-trees on each side of it which grew to noble size, their branches
meeting overhead and presenting a beautiful view from Prospect street
looking south, Alas ! they met the fate that in recent years has befallen
the foliage that once made the down-town streets of the city so unusually
attractive — they died from coal-soot and devastating insects.
Upon Cheshire street long stood the homes of many well-known Cleve
land families, who clung to them until forced to leave through the decad
ence of the neighborhood, John D, Rockefeller was one of these,
Mr. and Mrs. Bingham lived in the home they built, for many years.
They there celebrated their golden wedding, and there they died, he in
1881, his wife ten years later. Mrs. Bingham was a gentle, quiet woman,
very retiring but greatly interested in all that was transpiring in the
outside world, and warmly sympathetic with sorrowing friends and neigh-
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bors. She is said to have possessed the first Chickering piano in the state
of Ohio. Her two brothers Samuel R, and Amos Hutchinson were well-
known manufacturers of the city, who in after years returned east to
live. Mr. and Mrs, Elijah Bingham had seven children but two of whom
lived to maturity.
Ellen Bingham, m, Roland R, Noble, erward. His only child. Miss
a fine man greatly respected, Edith Bingham, is a young society
They had two sons who died in woman of the city residing with
young manhood. her widowed mother on Euclid
Charles Edward Bingham, m, Isa- Ave,
beUe Taintor, and died shortly aft-

1835
CLEVELAND

A notable arrival this year, 1835, was that of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Cleveland from Litchfield, Conn.
Mr, Cleveland was a brother of Mrs, Erastus Gaylord who had pre
ceded them to the city by two years, and both were the children of Gen,
Erastus Cleveland, a cousin of the founder of the city,
Mrs, Cleveland was a Miss Julia Gold, related to several noted New
England families, among whom were the Sedgwicks and the Wadsworths.
Gen, Elijah Wadsworth, of Canfield, O,, was a cousin. She was educated
in Litchfield and there acquired accomplishments and developed gifts that
not only enriched her own life but were reflected on those of her family
and friends. She had a taste for drawing and painting, and through
her guidance and instruction her youngest daughter, Mary, early gave
evidence of unusual talent in that direction. This gift was transferred to
her granddaughter, Miss Emma Cleveland, in a marked degree.
Mrs. Cleveland was a thoroughly domestic woman in the wider sense
implied in that expression. Devoted to the happiness of her husband and
children, she ignored all outside claims upon her time and attention that
would interfere with her duties as mother and housekeeper.
Possessed of much literary taste, she spent her leisure hours in read
ing to her children and assisting them to memorize the poems in which
she delighted.
She died in 1852, and what was mortal on earth rests in Woodland
cemetery. Mr, and Mrs, Daniel Cleveland had a family of four children, all of
whom left the impress of their personality upon the community in which
they lived. Especially was this true of Judge James Douglas Cleveland,
whose long life was spent in the city, coming to it a lad, and whose death
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1835
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was a personal loss to every one who had ever known him. He was every
inch a gentleman, gentle, refined, scholarly, judicial.
He married Miss Charlotte Bingham, daughter of James and Char
lotte Kent Bingham of Claremont, N. H,, who survived him but a year or
two. The second son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cleveland was Doctor Thomas
G. Cleveland, who served as a surgeon of the 41st 0. V. I. in the civil war.
He married Miss Harriet Wiley, daughter of Nathaniel and Harriet Hunt
Wiley, of Nassau, N. H., and Watertown, N, Y. Mrs. Wiley was a sister
of Mercy Hunt Abbey, the first wife of Judge Seth Abbey.
Antoinette Cleveland m. Charles Grant Aiken, son of the Rev. Sam
uel Aiken.
Mary Cleveland remained unmarried.
Antoinette Cleveland Aiken died in San Francisco, Cal., aged seventy-
three years. She was a prominent worker in the sanitary commission
during the civil war, and was the author of several volumes of verses.
One poem was a widely quoted patriotic appeal, which helped to prevent
the breaking up of the Hartford, Farragut's old flag-ship.
She left three children who are residents of San Francisco. Her hus
band was a son of Rev. Samuel Aiken, the pioneer pastor of the Old Stone
church.

1835
CLARK
Ashabel Clark, son of Cyrus and Annie Trumbull Clark, of Coopers
town, N. Y., was a resident of Cleveland in 1835. He was a man of
wide business experience, in Albany, in New York, and of Cleveland,
November 18, 1835, he was returning by stage-coach from Columbus,
Ohio, where he had been on some errand. He sat by the driver, chatting
with him, apparently in perfect health and in the best of spirits. Sud
denly he swayed away from his companion, and would have fallen from
the high seat to the ground, had not the driver seized and held him, at
the same time calling upon the other passengers for assistance,
Mr, Clark was found to be dead.
His wife was Sabrina Loomis, daughter of Capt, Amos and Lucy
Tilden Loomis, twenty-nine years old when thus suddenly widowed. She
had three sisters, Mrs, Aurelia Tracy and Mrs, Laura Aiken, both resi
dents of PainesviUe, and Mrs, Lucy Ely of Cleveland,
Mr, and Mrs, Ashabel Clark had one child,
Mary Clark, who married Dr, Maynard,
Mrs. Sabrina Clark married (2nd) Charles Brayton, and wiU be found
in the Brayton family sketch, 520

1835
CUSHING
Any mention of Dr, Cushing brings to the mind of all old residents
of the city the kind, genial, faithful physician and friend, Dr, Erastus
Cushing, But to subsequent generations it suggests Dr, Henry Kirke
Cushing ,eldest son of the former who followed, long years, in his father's
footsteps. From 1835 to 1911, a period of 75 years, father, son, and, for a few
years, a grandson were leading physicians of the city and with a reputa
tion and with patients in many miles surrounding it.
To be so remembered and beloved as was Dr. Erastus Cushing hints
of more than art of physical healing, the ability to cure mental distress
and heartache as well. He was an American. Six generations back was
his ancestor Mathew Cushing who settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1638.
His father was Dr. David Cushing of Stafford's HiU, Cheshire, Mass.,
where Erastus was born in 1802. His mother, who bore the distinctively
New England name of "Freelove" Brown, was the daughter of Joseph
Brown of Cheshire, but formerly of Cumberland, R. I. Dr. David Cush
ing removed in 1812 to Adams, Mass., and died there two years later.
Erastus thus lost his father at the age of 12 years.
His medical education, however, was of the best and most thorough.
First, with a local physician; then, in New York City and at Williams
College. After practicing his profession for ten years in Lanesboro,
Mass., he completed his studies at the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia. Therefore, when he removed to Cleveland in 1835 and at
the age of 33, no physician could be more finely equipped for his work
than was Dr. Cushing.
Until his seventieth year he remained in the harness, assisted in his
later years by Henry Kirke Cushing, his son, who had received his medi
cal degree.
When 24 years of age Dr. Cushing married Miss Mary Ann Platt,
daughter of Abial and Charlotte Mead Platt of Lanesboro, Mass. Like
her husband, she was descended from a long line of American ancestors
both on her father's and mother's side.
It needs scarcely be added that her grandfathers Abial Platt and
Stephen Mead of Lanesboro were Minute-Men of the Revolution, and saw
active service.
Mrs. Cushing died in 1868, aged 62.
Dr. Erastus Cushing survived her for 25 years. He died in 1893 aged
91 years, and was placed by the side of his wife in Erie st. cemetery.
The Cushing homestead, which long years had been a landmark of the
south side of the Square at the beginning of Euclid Ave. after the death
of Mrs. Cushing was demolished, and the Cushing Block erected on the
site. The children of Dr, and Mrs. Cushing were all born in Lanesboro, but
of tender age when brought to this city. The eldest son was eight years
old, the younger one seven years, and the only daughter a babe of five
months. They were: 521

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Henry Kirke Cushing, b, 1827; m,
Betsey M, Williams ; d, 1910,
William David Cushing, b, 1829 ; m,
Caroline J, F, Shaw of Lanesbo
ro; died in Cleveland 1874, and
was buried in Erie st, cemetery.
He represented navigation interests
in the city. His only children died
in infancy.

Cornelia Cushing, b, 1835; married
eorge Patrick Briggs, son of a
Massachusetts governeor. She
died in Cleveland of consumption
in 1858, and was buried in Erie
st, cemetery. There were no chil
dren.

1835
CUSHING
Henry Kirke Cushing, son of Dr. Erastus Cushing and Mary Ann
(Platt) Cushing, was born in Lanesboro, Mass., July, 1827, was brought
from there to Cleveland when his parents removed hither in October,
1835, and lived here till his death, Feb,, 1910, He graduated at Union
College, 1848, studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, re
ceiving the M, D, degree there in 1851, and practiced medicine actively
in Cleveland till about 1893, when he withdrew in favor of his son Ed
ward F. Cushing who had come home after medical school and hospital
training and begun practice here in association with him,
Henry Kirke Cushing served as Surgeon of the famous 7th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of Major, from May to August, 1861 ;
Professor in Western Reserve Medical Department, from 1856-1865, 1878-
1881 ; afterwards trustee of Western Rserve University for several years.
He married in Cleveland, June, 1852, Betsey Maria Williams (daugh
ter of William Williams and his wife Lucy Fitch) , She died in Cleveland,
Oct., 1903. Of their ten children (all born in Cleveland) three died in
infancy. The others were:

1. William Erastus Cushing, b, Sept.,
1853; A. B., Western Reserve,
1875 ; LL. B., Harvard, 1878 ; mar
ried Carolyn J. Kellogg of Pitts-
field, Mass. ; lawyer, Cleveland.
2. Alice Kirke Cushing, b. Feb.,
1859 ; resides in Cleveland.
3, Henry Platt Cushing, b, Oct.
1860 ; B. Ph., CorneU, 1882 ; M. S.,
CorneU, 1885 ; Professor of Geol
ogy, Adelbert CoUege and Cleve
land College for Women; resides
in Cleveland ; married Florence E.
Williams of Ithaca, N, Y, ; three
children living,
4, Edward Fitch Cushing, b, June,
1862 ; B. Ph„ Cornell, 1883 ; M, D„
Harvard, 1888 ; Professor of Dis

eases of Children, Western Re
serve University, 1894-1911; on
Lakeside Hospital Staff; married
Melanie Harvey; died in Cleve
land, March, 1911 ; one child, Ed
ward Harvey Cushing,
5, George Briggs Cushing, b. April,
1864 ; resides Acampo, Calif,
6, Alleyne Maynard Cushing, b.
Aug,, 1867 ; died April, 1903,
1 .Harvey WilliamsCushing , b, April
1869 ; A. B„ Yale, 1891 ; M. D. and
A. M,, Harvard, 1895; Associate
Professor of Surgery, Johns Hop
kins University; surgeon, Balti
more, Md,; married Katharine S,
Crowell of Cleveland; four chil
dren.

522

1835
GILLETTE
For twenty-five years or more Jonathan Gillette was a successful
Cleveland merchant. Part of that time he was associated with Isaac L.
Hewitt and Richard T, Lyon in the commission business on the river,
Mr, Gillette was identified with the growth of the city from some
year in the early '30s until 1862, the date of his death. He was a gener
ous, piublic-spirited citizen, interested in every good work, churches,
schools, and charitable organizations. He was genial and hospitable, with
a circle of warm and admiring friends.
He was born in Windsor, Conn,, in 1808, the son of Jonathan and
Mary Skinner Gillette.
In 1839 he married, in this city, Susan Sloan, one of the accomplished
daughters of Major Douglas W. Sloan, late of WiUiamstown, Mass. Their
beautiful home on Euclid Ave, adjoined that of T, P, Handy, No, 60, and
Parker Handy (whose wife was Mrs. Gillette's sister) , occupied a dwell
ing near by.
In this home Mr, Gillette entertained a bountiful hospitality, his
charming wife presiding with rare grace and dignity. She also made her
home a delightful family circle as well as a social center, and maintained
it until Mr. Gillette's sudden and tragic death, an event over which the
whole community mourned.
Mr. and Mrs, Jonathan Gillette, Mrs, Parker Handy, and several
members of the Sloan family rest in Erie street cemetery, to the left of
the main drive.
The children of Jonathan and Susan Sloan Gillette:
Harriette Douglas Gillette, married Jonathan Edwards Gillette, died in
William Leete Stone, A, B,, A, M., early manhood.
LL. B. WilUam Backus Gillette, married
Douglas Cogswell Gillette, died in Mary Apgar.
early manhood. Three children died in infancy.
Mrs, Harriette Gillette Stone, the only surviving member of her im
mediate family, resides in Mt, Vernon, N, Y, Her husband, the late Col,
William Leete Stone, was an historical and biographical writer of promi
nence, accomplishing much valuable work. He belonged to many histori
cal and literary societies, either as an honorary or corresponding mem
ber.

1835
GOULDER

Christopher Goulder, Sr,, and his wife Julia Brooks Goulder, came to
Cleveland from England in 1835, They brought with them an interest
ing family of two sons and three daughters,
Mr. (Joulder was a sailor, and both his sons followed the same occu
pation. The family lived at 23 Bond street where Mrs. Goulder died in
1856, having outlived her husband a year or two. He died while away
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The children of Christopher and Julia Goulder:
Catherine Goulder, m. Benjamin Ho- Harwood Goulder, unmarried,
ran, who was first assistant or sec- Emily Goulder, m.  Crosby.
retary to U. S. Minister to court Julia Goulder, m. Hiram Blunt. They
of St. James. Mrs. Horan died in removed to New York City where
London in 1859. Mr. Blunt died in 1859.
Christopher Goulder, Jr., b. 1815;
m. in 1846 Mrs. Barbara Freeland,
widow of John Brown.
Christopher Goulder, Jr., followed the lakes. He lived on Crockett
street, near Perry, and between Garden and Scovill. He died in 1896.
The children of Christopher and Barbara Goulder, Jr.:
Charles Goulder, b. 1847 ; m. Marian Harvey D. Goulder, m. Miss Mary
C. Clements. Rankin of Washington, D. C.
Robert Goulder, b. 1849 ; m. 1st, Re
becca Jacobs ; 2nd, Lizzie Herren.
The youngest son of this family is a prominent lawyer of the city re
siding at 7023 Euclid Avenue. His wife, recently deceased, was an ex-
regent of the Western Reserve Chapter D. A. R., and a member of the
Cleveland Woman's Press Club; a woman much beloved in the patriotic
and literary societies with which she was affiliated.

1835
HANKS
Jarvis F. Hanks possessed several talents and many virtues. He also
may have had faults, but moral cowardice was not one of them, else he
never could have faced the disapproval and, in some cases the serious
displeasure, of a minority of the Euclid Ave. Congregational church, that
Sabbath morning, so many years ago, by carrying a violin into the choir
of which he was chorister, and, first softly tuning it, boldly draw the
bow across its strings and lead the singing- of the first hymn.
Many of the congregation were interested and pleased at the innova
tion. Others were shocked beyond measure, especially the oldest mem
bers, who looked upon the "fiddle" as the instrument of the Devil himself.
The church was stirred to its foundations. But progress, musical prog
ress, at last won out, and soon the strains of a violin soaring above the
highest tenor or soprano voices lost all novelty, and as the sustaining
power of the instrument became noticeable its value was appreciated,
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In those days, the Congregational church stood on the north corner
of Euclid ave. and Doan street, E, 105th, back of it was a small ceme
tery dotted with grave-stones. Here many of the earliest pioneers were
laid away in their last sleep. When the church organized a Sabbath
School, Jarvis F, Hanks was its first superintendent and in the Sunday
School auditorium of the costly church edifice hangs a very life-like pic
ture of him.
He was also an artist as well as musician. His regular occupation at
first, was ornamental sign-painting, which developed eventually into a
higher class of work. He received many orders for portraits. Some of
these, showing considerable merit, still hang on the walls of Cleveland
homes. He was especially fortunate in portraits of aged people and of
children. Jarvis F, Hanks was a very public-spirited citizen and took a lead
ing part in anti-slavery and temperance movements. He was the oldest
child of Joseph and Anna Frary Hanks of Pawlet, Vt,, who, shortly after
their marriage, removed to Pittsford, Otsego co,, N, Y., where their son
was born in 1799, Eighteen years later, with their family of eleven chil
dren, the youngest a babe in its mother's arms, they set out in a prairie
schooner for Gallipolis, 0,, near the Ohio river, but after many years of
what proved useless hardship in that region, they returned east. Several
of the children eventually made their home in Bloomfield, New Jersey,
where the parents died and were buried in the cemetery of that town.
The American ancestor of Joseph Hanks was from Holland, while the
descent of his wife Anna Frary Hanks is traced to the Pilgrims.
In 1823 Jarvis Frary Hanks married in Charlestown, Va., Miss Char
lotte Gasbee, daughter of Christian Gasbee of Rockingham, Va. She was
born in 1802 and died in Brooklyn, N, Y,, in 1890,
Mr, and Mrs, Hanks came to Cleveland in 1835, bringing with them a
family of young children, who in after years were scattered from New
York to California. But one, at this date, survives, Mrs. LeffingweU of
Colchester, Conn.
The first Cleveland home of the family was on Muirson street, but for
many years afterward it was on the north-east corner of Euclid Ave. and
E. 93rd street, the present site of Charles Wasson's residence. There was
no 93rd street, however, at that time. It was laid out through his own
grounds by Mr. Wasson's father and named Amesbury Ave. Mr, Hanks
died in 1853 and was buried in Erie st, cemetery.
The children of this family were :
Romelea L. Hanks, m, Everett Clapp Arthur T. Hanks, m, Mary Buckley
of New York City, of New York,
Henry G. Hanks, m, EUen Barker Leslie C. Hanks, unmarried,
of San Francisco. Walter S. Hanks, m, Ellen  ,
Frederick L. Hanks, unmarried, Emmeline C. Hanks, m. John E.
Edwin J. Hanks, m. Anne Deal of Leffingwell of New York.
Philadelphia.
Virginia Hanks, died in her 20th
year in Cleveland, 525

1835
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Jarvis F. Hanks had a brother, Oliver Hanks, who came to Cleveland
in the early '40s, and lived on Euclid Ave. near Lakeview cemetery. He
was a fine man and much beloved by his brother's children.
His daughter, Mrs. Emily H. Prentiss, resides with her daughter in
Bloomfield, N. J., while Mrs. Catherine Hanks Whittlesey and Mrs. Jose
phine Hanks Street still make their home in Cleveland. The three sisters
are accomplished women.

1835
HOYT
James Madison Hoyt was but 20 years of age when he came to Cleve
land fresh from his graduation at Hamilton College, and entered as a
student the office of Andrews & Foote, two of the most prominent lawyers
of Cleveland, both of whom succeeded to the judicial bench. This is men
tioned because not long afterward they took the young man into part
nership with them, which indicates that he must have been exceptionally
bright and unusually promising for his age.
Mr, Hoyt was the son of David P, Hoyt and Mary — Barnum — ^Hoyt,
who removed to Utica, N, Y,, from Connecticut in 1820. There was a
large exodus of New England families into western New York about
that time, and a few years later many of these families who had settled
in or near Utica, again sold out and removed to Cleveland or its vicin
ity. Several of the best known pioneers of this city came here from
Utica, After Sherlock J, Andrews became a judge of common pleas, the firm
name of Andrews & Foote was changed to Foote & Hoji; and in the same
year, 1836, Mr, Hoyt made an eastern trip, returning with a bride. Miss
Mary E. Beebe, daughter of Alexander M, Bebee, LL, D,
Their first home was on Chestnut street; afterward they purchased
a home on Huron Road south of Prospect Ave, and near the Huron street
Hospital where they lived many years; finally they removed to Euclid
Ave, where they both died. Although a successful lawyer vdth a large
clientage, Mr. Hoyt was not contented to practice his profession. It may
have been too exacting for a mind inclined to metaphysics, and to deep
religious revery. Therefore, after 10 years of law he relinquished it
for an occupation that gave him more time to enjoy the things he most
cared for. He entered the real-estate business, bought several of the or
iginal ten-acre lots surrounding the city, allotted, and sold them for resi
dential purposes. With Col, Hiram Wellman he became interested in the
growth and development of Ohio City, now the West Side. It is claimed
that he opened up over 100 new streets in the city.
He was an ardent member of the Baptist church and a lay preacher
of that denomination; supplying vacant pulpits either in the city or in
surrounding towns. For 26 consecutive years he was the superintend
ent of the First Baptist Church Sunday School, loved and revered by
two generations of its children. He vi^as also an interesting and valued
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contributor to leading reviews. He traveled abroad and published in book
form his experiences and impressions of foreign lands.
Mr. Hoyt's eldest son was a Baptist minister who was settled over
churches in Pittsfield, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Brooklyn, N, Y.
The second son was named for James M, Colgate of New York City
who had married Mr, Hoyt's sister. The eldest daughter of the family,
a beautiful young girl, died in 1854.
Lydia Hojrt Farmer was a bright, ambitious woman who gave her later
years to the pursuits of literature. She had several books published.
James H. Hoyt a lawyer of the city was perhaps the most gifted mem
ber of the family. He is a brilliant public orator, and his after-dinner
speeches have become celebrated throughout the state of Ohio and else
where. The children of James and Mary Beebe Hoyt :
Rev. Wayland Hoyt, b, 1838 ; m, Colgate Hoyt, b, 1849,
Maud Mansfield, James Humphrey Hoyt, b, 1850 ; m.
Mary Ella Hoyt, b, 1840 ; died 1854, Jessie Taintor of Cleveland,
Lydia Hoyt, b, 1842 ; m. E. J. Far- Ellen Hoyt, b, 1856,
mer, son of James Farmer, a
Cleveland banker.
The death of Mrs, James Hoyt, Sr,, is registered in the family Bible
in the handwriting of her husband, "My beloved wife Mary Ella Hoyt
of unspeakably precious memory departed this life Feb,, 1890, aged 75
years. Thus our married union lasting 53 years, 5 months and 3 days was
severed," Mr, Hoyt died suddenly of pneumonia following an attack of grip.

1835
HUBBY

Among the men who came to Cleveland in 1835 and made business
ventures was L. M. Hubby. Unlike many of his contemporaries who
risked their all and failed in the financial depression that followed, he
won out and became one of the city's properous business men.
At first he was in the forwarding and commission line with a ware
house on River street. Hubby & Hughes became a familiar landmark
in trade along the river.
When the pioneer raUroad of Cleveland, the "Three C's," was built,
he became its first general freight agent, and from that time on gave aU
his attention to the railroad's interests. Within five years he had become
its president. This was in 1854. His fitness for the position was soon
proved. At that time the road was 135 miles long, and its stock was
on the market below par. When, 25 years later he resigned the position,
it was 500 miles in length, and its stock had sold for 180, Meanwhile
it had become the C. C. C. & St. Louis Railroad, or "The Big Four,"
527

1835
LUKE DEWEY JOHNSON
Mr. Hubby recognized his civic duties to the extent of serving the
city as an alderman for several terms, and he assisted in establishing
Cleveland's waterworks system, Leander Mead Hubby was born in 1812,
therefore was but 23 years of age when he came to Cleveland from
Columbus, Chenango Co., N. Y, He was the son of David and Phebe
Mallet Hubby,
Three years after his arrival here he married Sarah F, French, daugh
ter of Haynes and Sarah Hughes French of Maidstone, Vt, She was bom
in 1815, Mrs, Hubby became prominent in the social life of the city, and in its
benevolent activities. As a member of the board of managers of the
Cleveland Orphan Asylum, and of the Lakeside Hospital she did excel
lent service, and during the civil war she was an active worker in the
Cleveland branch of the Sanitary Commission.
The family lived at 110 Lake Street until Mr, Hubby had erected a
fine residence on the south side of Euclid Ave, beyond Willson Ave, and
in the neighborhood of the Boltons, Sackets, and other families, A ter
rific gas explosion in 1878 destroyed the Hubby mansion and seriously
injured members of the family.
The children of Leander and Sarah French Hubby:
Sarah Louise Hubby, b. 1840 ; m. Catherine Maria Germain.
Charles W. Doubleday. Ella French Hubby.
Frank Winfield Hubby, b. 1841 ; m.
Miss Ella F. Hubby is the only representative of the family remaining
in Cleveland. She spends part of each year in Los Angeles, Cal.
Col. C. W. and S. L. Doubleday have two daughters, Louise and Ella
Doubleday. The family reside in Washington, D. C.
Frank W, Hubby is an attorney of 31 Nassau street. New York City,
He has three children : RoUin G,, Lester M, and Frank W, Hubby, Jr,, and
a grandson, Frank Winfield Hubby 3rd,

1835
LUKE DEWEY JOHNSON
Luke Dewey Johnson and his wife Hannah King Johnson were liv
ing in their native town in Pittsfield, Mass,, when in 1855 they decided
to come west.
They settled in Newburgh where Mrs. Johnson died. Luke D, John
son then married Louisa Ely, daughter of Merrick and Louisa Farnum
Ely, She lived but a short time, and Mr. Johnson married 3d her sister
Lucinda Ely. The latter was but nine years of age when her parents
removed from Deerfield, O., to Newburgh. She was educated at a private
school on Prospect street, and one in Elyria, after which she taught
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1835
DILLON
school at Doan's Corners, boarding meanwhile with Mr. and Mrs. MiUer
Spangler, After her marriage, Mrs. Johnson's home was on Lake street. With
in a few years the family moved to the Ely farm on Kinsman Road,
where Mr. Johnson died. He was buried in Erie street cemetery. Mrs.
Lucinda Johnson after long years of absence from this farm recently
built a pretty home on it for herself and to be near her children who oc
cupy adjoining bungalows. She was a member of the First Methodist
Church when its congregation worshiped on St. Clair street. She lived
to be very aged, but her faculties were preserved to a remarkable degree.
Few people had such vivid memories of bygone days, or had witnessed
such wonderful changes in the city's growth and population; fields and
meadows where once horses and cattle grazed, or where wheat and corn
swayed in the wind, now closely built up streets of houses or business
blocks. The children of Luke D. and Lucinda Ely Johnson:
MeiiHck E. Johnson, m. Louisa Mo- Johnson is a well-known business
reau, granddaughter of the pio- man of the city.
neer Thomas Rummage. Mr. Louisa Johnson, m. Major Charles
H. Smith (recently deceased).
Mrs. Smith has long been a useful society and club woman. She is a
member of the Western Reserve Chapel D. A. R., state regent of the
society. War of 1812, and assistant historian of the Woman's Department
Cleveland Centennial Commission. Her three married daughters, cul
tured and charming women, reside near their mother.

1835
DILLON
{Organization of the Roman Catholic Church)
Although this city was settled mostly by New England people of
Protestant proclivities, these were joined from time to time by a limited
number of emigrants from Ireland, and occasionally from Germany, who
sadly missed the services of the mother church in which they had been
baptized and reared. These Catholic pioneers looked longingly forward
to the time when they could worship God in the old accustomed way.
To them, in 1835, came a young missionary priest, the Rev. John Dil
lon, who organized a Catholic church. For a few years the society dupli
cated the early experiences of their Protestant brethren ; holding services
in private dwellings, school houses, or any place available. A little one-
storied frame cottage on the west side of Erie street near Prospect shel
tered the society at one time. 529

1835
TRACY
With the true missionary spirit, Father DiUon could not long rest
contented under such conditions, and he began the struggle for a church
building. He was aided in this by non-Catholics whose respect and good
will he had gained. A visit to New York City in further search of funds
yielded him about $1000 in gifts of ready money and of pledges.
But, alas! the devoted young priest did not live to see the consum
mation of his hopes and plans. He died in October, 1836, soon after his
return from New York. It was a sudden and severe blow to his parish.
The Cleveland Advertiser of October 20, 1836, contained the follow
ing: "The death of Father Dillon will be deeply felt by his bereaved and
afflicted church. He was one of the first of our clergy in point of talent
and piety, and though he labored in obscurity, yet he labored faithfully
and well,"
The Rev. John DiUon rests in Erie street cemetery, but a short dis
tance from the grave of the Rev. Stephen I. Bradstreet, first pastor of the
Old Stone church.
The families connected with Father Dillon's parish were:
Detmer, Mathews, Alwell, Tuley, Wamelink, Lawler, Smith, Ffits-
patrick, Duffy, Golden, Toole, McCarthy, Bryne, and Mulcahy.
Only the sir-names of the above could be ascertained.

1835
TRACY
James Jared Tracy, who died only recently, was, with but one excep
tion, the oldest citizen of Cleveland, had lived longest within the limits of
the city. He came here in 1835, and remained a continuous resident of
the town and city for 75 years. In all that time he was identified with
its banking interests, as his first employment was in the Bank of Cleve
land, and he was a banker when he died. He saw the village incorpor
ated into a smaU city, and watched it expand and absorb aU the towns
adjoining— Ohio City, Brooklyn, Newburgh, Collamer, Glenville, with
the residents of many other suburban ones spending all their business
hours in the city as far east as PainesviUe, and Gates Mills ; as far west
as Elyria and Lorain ; as far south as Bedford and Cuyahoga Falls.
His knowledge and experience in real-estate was greater, perhaps,
than any other man in the city, for he had seen down-town property sell
for a few dollars a Uneal foot, and again for as much a square foot.
When he came to Cleveland, there were yet many houses used for resi
dences west of the Square. On Water, Bank, and Seneca streets there
were two or three stores near Superior street, but all the rest of their
length clear to the lake were homes — ^homes of the rich and poor alike.
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1835
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Ontario street north and south of the Square was a fashionable resident
street, Euclid ave, had less than a dozen houses on its south side, and on the
north side a little east of the site of the WiUiamson buUding stretched a
pasture full of bushes and wild berry vines, and where horses and cows
grazed. It ran back and down to the level of Superior street, and the old
board fence that enclosed it on that side reached from near the present
Superior entrance of the Arcade almost to Erie street.
Across this field, one evening, Mr, Tracy tried to make a short cut in
order to head off some companions, and to arrive first at the home of
some ladies upon whom the young men intended to call. The others went
around by the Square, Mr. Tracy got mixed up with the blackberry
bushes and tore his clothes, so that the tables were turned, and the joke
was upon himself.
He was the son of Gardner Tracy of Connecticut, who married Cath
erine Lansing of Lansingburg, N. Y. Her father, Jacob Lansing, was
the founder of that tovsm. In 1823 Mr, and Mrs, Tracy removed to Utica,
N. Y. Their son James began an active life at the age of 14, working in
a store. His uncle and aunt, Alexander and Mrs. Seymour, and T. P.
Handy removed to Cleveland, and he soon followed them. Both Mr. Sey
mour and Mr. Handy were officers of the Bank of Cleveland, and he was
given the position of teller, a responsible one for a mere lad, showing that
already he had established a reputation for honesty and ability.
He made his home for some years with his relatives, the Seymours,
and afterward at fashionable private boarding-houses and hotels, until
his marriage at the age of 64 to Miss Jane Foot, daughter of George A.
Foot of Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Tracy had two sisters living in Cleveland for some years — Cath
erine, who married John E. Lyon, a prominent business man of this city,
and Susan H,, who married Asabel Barney of Otsego, N. Y., who also
became identified with the commercial life of Cleveland, (His brother,
D. W. Barney, married Azuba Latham, sister of Mrs. T. M. Kelley.)
Both were charming women, well bred, the kindest of neighbors, hos
pitable, and a great addition to the social life of the town. Long after
their removal to New York City their years of residence in Cleveland
were recalled by early friends here with expressions of the kindest appre
ciation and regard.
The home of James Tracy after his marriage was on Euclid ave,, east
of Erie street. Evidently, he did not share in the present belief that in
the near future the avenue will be a distinctively business thoroughfare,
as shortly before his death he built an elegant mansion only a few short
blocks beyond his former home.
He was one of the members of the "Ark," a celebrated, early club of
the city, composed of a few men having congenial tastes, and fond of
books and sports. He was a quiet man, not given much to public enter
prises of any sort, but always ready to help when any demands were made
upon him for charitable purposes, and he had a reputation for kindness
and consideration in business matters. By birth and breeding he was a
gentleman, and never forgot to be courteous.
His wife is much interested in educational and philanthropic work,
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1835
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Her sister, Mrs. George A. Stanley, was a resident of the city many years,
and during that time a well-known society lady.
The children of James J. and Jane Foote Tracy :
James Jared Tracy, m. Florence Comey.
Catherine Lansing Tracy, m. Lindsey Wallace.

1835
SKED
Alexander Sked, for long years a beloved deacon of the First Baptist
church, was born in East Lowden, Scotland. He was the son of John
and Jean Gray Sked of that town. He married Ann Roberts, at the age
of 30, and they had eight children born to them. In 1831, when a little
past 50 years of age, Mr, Sked with his wife and children crossed the
ocean and started a new home in New York City, But circumstances
were not as favorable there as he had hoped, and in 1835 he came to
Cleveland, He had been a gardener all his life thus far, and he continued the busi
ness here with good success. His three older sons were of age to be of
considerable assistance to him in the work that he found awaiting him,
for, about that time Cleveland was having a horticultural boom. Nathan
Perry had started a large garden on Perry street, and the Rev, Elijah
Willey, a Baptist clergyman, had laid out several acres of fruit-trees,
vegetable and flower-beds on Woodland ave,, corner of Erie street — East
9th — and Mr, Sked's skillful services must have been in much demand
and greatly appreciated. There were many other smaller gardens 'scat
tered all over the town, though the flowers and fruit they contained were
common varieties that had been divided and exchanged over and over
again, Mrs, John Blair and Mrs. Duty had some choice floral treasures,
and Gov, Reuben Wood and the Merwins, who had moved out on the
Detroit Road, near Rocky River, had wonderful gardens for that day, as
Mrs. Wood had spared no expense in collecting rare trees, shrubs and
flowers. The Sked family lived west of the Old Stone Church, in a house
facing the Square,
After Mr, Sked had started a greenhouse and nursery on Perry street,
near Central ave., he removed to that locality, and at his death, in 1868,
the business was carried on by his daughters, Jane and Margaret Sked,
and continued for many years. Margaret, the last member of the family,
died May, 1912, aged 86 years.
The Sked family was much esteemed, especially in the society of the
First Baptist church, to which they had given loyalty and fealty when it
was poor and struggling. They came to town just two years late to be
charter members of it, but their long and complete identification with the
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1835
ST, JOHN
society made Deacon and Mrs. Sked regarded as its founders. Mrs. Sked
passed away in 1861, full in honor and years.
The children of Alexander and Ann Roberts Sked :
Betsey Sked, m. Zebulon Jones, a Susan Sked, m. Daniel Austen.
brother of Mrs. Deacon Hamlin. Jane Sked, unmarried.
John Sked, m. Sarah Bartlett of New Margaret Sked, b. 1826 ; unmarried.
York. He removed to Michigan, Samuel Sked; moved to Westerville,
William Sked, Jr., m. Stella Carey. 0., and married there.
Alexander Sked, Jr., m. Ehsabeth
CuUen. The Sked family are interred in Woodland cemetery.

1835
ST. JOHN

Aruna St. John was nearly 50 years of age when he arrived in town
with his family of five children, and later two Cleveland-born children
were added to the household.
Mr. St. John was the son of Daniel and Abigail Holmes St. John of
the noted Connecticut family of that name, one which members of it usu
ally pronounce "Sinjun," There were several of the Buffalo, N, Y,,
branch of the family living in the city at that time, distant cousins of
Aruna St, John. He was a millwright and followed that occupation while
residing here, a period of about 12 years.
He removed in 1850 to Richmond MiUs, Ontario Co., N, Y,, where he
prospered in business. The family residence in this city was 58 Cham
plain street.
Mr, St, John was married twice. His first wife was a Miss Frost,
and she may have been the mother of one or more of the older children.
The second wife was Mary Sweet, who was about 42 years old when she
came to this city. She died in Richmond MiUs at the extreme age of 95
years. The children of Aruna St. John :
Fanny St. John, m. Sylvester John- George St. John, m. Delia Millard,
gon, Charles St. John.
Daniel St. John, m. Elverette Lewis, Edwin R. St. John, m, Elisabeth
Hiram St. John, m, Lois Bacon, Hennshett.
Cornelius St. John, removed to Loui
siana. 533

1835
UNDERHILL
The Cleveland Herald of April, 1835, contained the foUowing an
nouncement :
"Dr. Samuel UnderhiU of Massillon, O., has associated with Dr, W. F.
Otis for practice of medicine. Office — Union Block, cor. Superior and
Union streets,"
Dr, Otis was a conservative in theology as well as in medical lore,
and to be associated with him inferred that his partner was a safe man
both in theory and practice. Imagine then the shock to this Connecticut-
bred, orthodox community when the newcomer was found to be a liberal-
ist of extreme type,
Dr, Otis dissolved the partnership in haste, evidently, as both men oc
cupy separate offices in 1836, and who could blame him for refusing
longer to share friends and patients with a man possessed of such revo
lutionary ideas concerning religion, and of moral and business ethics?
For Dr, Underbill believed that the fixed order of things which gov
erned our community was faulty, and he openly criticised church-mem
bers who in their business transactions kept merely within the letter of
the law.
Moreover, lacking an audience, perhaps, he started a weekly sheet in
which he promulgated his queer doctrines. We may be sure that it was
looked upon with horror, and tabooed in many a household. Its policy,
as outlined on the printed page, would fail to startle or astonish the
reader of today, whatever may have been the effect created in 1836. In
deed, the first item sounds strangly familiar.
"opposed to all MONOPOLIES.
"In favor of universal and equal opportunities for knowledge in early
life for every child."
(This was before the day of public schools.)
"Teaches that virtue alone produces happiness.
That vice always produces misery.
That schoolmasters should be better qualified, and then should have
higher wages.
That the producing classes are unjustly fieeced.
That nobles by wealth are as offensive to sound democracy as nobles
by birth — ^both are base coin.
Discourages all pretension to spiritual knowledge.
That priests are a useless order of men."
"Inserts the other side of the question, when furnished in well-writ
ten articles."
Which shows that the doctor was as liberal as he professed. It would
have been difficult in that day for him to secure a hearing in any other
local publication.
Dr. Underbill must have been of middle age when he came to Cleve
land, as his son James Underbill was associated with him in the book
and job-printing office, soon afterward established in Union Lane, The
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1835
UNDERHILL
publication of the "Liberist" was more a vehicle for expressing the doc
tor's advanced thought than a means of profit, while his professional
practice must have been limited to patients who were in sympathy with
his views.
Dr. Underbill was an ardent temperance worker. He pleaded for the
cause through the "Liberist," and all through his Ufe frequently gave
temperance lectures. He had the best of company in this work while liv
ing in Cleveland, as many leading citizens of the town had started an ac
tive crusade against the liquor traffic.
Dr. Samuel Underbill was bom on the Hudson river near Poughkeep-
sie, N. Y. He was of old Knickerbocker stock, his ancestors having been
early Dutch settlers of New York City, His parents were Quakers, and
from them he acquired his independent habit of thought.
He married Debora Storey, who was also a Quakeress, Two of their
children were bom in New York State, and the third one in Massillon,
where the family lived a short time before coming to Cleveland.
The sojourn covered a period of about ten years.* Some time in the
'40s. Dr, Underbill removed to Tonica, La Salle Co,, Illinois, where he
engaged in farming, and where he died in 1874,
The children of Dr, Samuel and Debora Storey Underbill :
Eliza UnderhiU, m, William D. Hill James S. UnderhiU, m. Miss Wig-
of Portsmouth, N, H. gins of Massillon, O.
Mary Ann UnderhiU, m. 1st, Joseph Maria UnderhiU, adopted ; m. Gen.
Ross of Cleveland; 2nd, W. D. James Barnett.
HiU. Eliza Underbill Hill died 1858 on a farm in Putnam Co., Ill,, and her
sister, Mary Underbill, married Mr. Hill, after the death of Joseph Ross.
Mary died in Cleveland. Her son, Norman L. Ross, is a civil war veteran,
now living in Winnipeg, Canada.
James S. Underbill died early in 1875 at Tonica, IU. His wife sur
vived him but a year or two.
The name Underbill seems to be connected, locally, at least, with the
medical profession. There was a Dr. Underbill in La Grange, Ohio, and
one in Huron County, who practiced medicine for 50 years or more. Dr.
Samuel had a brother Isaac, and Dr. Abel Underbill was another brother.

*The family lived on Orange Alley, a popular resident street of that
day, which eventually was remained "Johnson street."

535

1835
RANNEY
Joseph Ranney was born in Middleton, Conn. He lost his mother when
he was a young child, and experienced many hardships in consequence.
He early learned the trade of making boots and shoes with the Sages,
very prominent shoe-manufacturers of Rochester, N. Y. The appren
tices who served their time with Mr. Sage received kind and fair treat-
Joseph Ranney came to Cleveland with Sylvester- Ranney, also a boot
and shoe-maker, doing business in 1836 at number 10 Superior Lane.
The family lived at that time on Orange Alley— Johnson street.
Mr. Joseph Ranney was a deacon and very prominent in the church
to which he belonged. .
He married Lucina Fox, a lovely character, to whom a large circle
of friends were much attached. She died aged 77 years, having outlived
her husband 13 years. They both rest in Lake View cemetery.
There were but two children that lived to maturity in this family —
Mary Ranney, who died at the age of 30, and Sarah J. Ranney, who re
sides in E. 89th Place.

1835
RAYMOND
Samuel and Henry Raymond, brothers, born in Bethlehem, Conn,,
arrived in Cleveland in 1835,
Henry became a book-keeper at D, Russell's dry-goods store in the
Kellogg building,
Samuel had been married two years previously to Miss Mary North,
daughter of James North of New Britain, Conn, The North family had
lived for generations in that town,
Mr. Samuel Raymond engaged in the dry-goods business. His first
store, a little wooden building, stood on the site of the present Rouse
block. His partners were Henry W. and Marvin Clark, and the firm was
known as "Clark, Raymond & Clark." This retail store finaUy grew into
a wholesale business, and under Mr. Raymond's name became known all
over northern Ohio.
Upon coming to the city Mr. and Mrs. Raymond identified themselves
with the Old Stone Church, and three generations of the family have since
that time been earnest workers and supporters of that church society.
The Raymond home was No. 15 Lake street. In the fall of 1866, Mr.
Samuel Raymond's health demanded a warmer climate for the ensuing
winter months, and with his wife he started for Havanna, Cuba, via
New Orleans.
They took passage on the steamer Carter, which exploded when
abreast of Vicksburg on the Mississippi, and burned to the water's edge.
Mr. Raymond's life was lost in the catastrophe. Mrs. Raymond's leg was
broken, and she received minor injuries, but was assisted to a bale of
cotton floating in the river, to which she clung until rescued by a passing
steamer. Her long widowhood which followed this sudden and sad bereavement
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1835
RAYMOND
was alleviated by the constant and tender ministrations of her only
daughter who died middle-aged and unmarried while in one of the Gulf
states in search of health.
The Raymond name has ever been an honored one in the city of Cleve
land. All the years intervening between 1835 and 1912 the family tra
ditions for honesty, integrity, church activities and works of benevolence
have been maintained.
Henry N. Raymond died but recently. His home for many years was
on the south side of Superior street, east of and adjoining old Trinity
Church, When Bond — E, 6th — street was opened from Superior street
to Euclid ave. the extension cut through the Raymond lawn on the east
of the house, leaving the latter on the south-west comer of the two streets.
It was the only one remaining of the row of stately dwellings that
once adorned that side of Superior street from the Public Square to Erie
— E. 9th street. One by one they were torn down to make room for
towering business blocks. The Cleveland Leader Printing Co, leased the
property and has erected a huge building for combined newspaper and
office work, and the Raymond home, the last old landmark of that locality,
has disappeared.
The children of Samuel and Mary North Raymond:
Henry North Raymond, m. Elisa- Mary Louise Raymond, died unmar-
beth Strong, daughter of John ried.
and Helen Strong of Schenectady, Samuel A. Raymond, m. Emma
N. Y. Stone.

1835
INGLEHART

Among the prominent physicians of the city previous to 1840, was Dr.
Smith Inglehart. His wife was a Buffalo lady, a Miss Maria Johnson.
Her sister married the famous Buffalo clergyman. Dr. Lord, who had
charge of a Presbyterian church in that city through the life time of two
or three generations.
Mrs, Inglehart is remembered as a pleasant little lady with very nice
manners. She died early, and her husband married again. Miss Sarah
Johnson, a cousin of his first wife. The wedding was in old Trinity
Church, corner of Seneca and St, Clair streets. The Ingleharts boarded,
for some time after coming to the city, with the W, V. Craws, and then
commenced housekeeping on Broadway, between Cross and Ohio streets.
Their nearest neighbors were the Stricklands and the Handersons. The
house previously had been occupied by the Chamberlains.
Mrs. Maria Inglehart had three chUdren:
George Inglehart, married Miss Cui- Maria Inglehart, married James
bertson of Solon, 0. They moved Gill, He died and his widow re-
to Chicago. sides in Glenville.
Fred J. Inglehart, married a Buffalo,
N.Y,lady. ^^^

1835
MILFORD
One of the most interesting men who came to the viUage of Cleve
land was WiUiam Milford, a well-educated Irishman of striking personal
appearance and iwUshed manners. He came from Geneva, N. Y., where
he had been living about five years, or from the time he reached this
country, and was naturalized in 1830,
He was a merchant here for several years, having a controlling in
terest in two stores, "Wm, Milford & Co,," dealers in staple and fancy
dry-goods, doing business at 61 Superior street, and "Milford Harding &
Co,," upholsterers, 12 Water street.
Later on, he was a forwarding and commission merchant.
His residence was 10 Erie street, a few doors north of the May prop
erty, and this home was one of the happiest and most attractive in the
city. Here was dispensed a hospitality most cordial and almost univer
sal. The Milfords had no children, but Mrs. Milford's widowed sister,
Mrs, John McLauren, and her two children, William and Mary McLauren,
were members of the Milford household for some years, and the nephew
and niece were tenderly loved by the childless couple.
As a citizen, Mr. Milford was always active and enthusiastic in pro
moting measures for the advancement or betterment of the tovpn, often
serving as chairman upon such occasions. He assisted in organizing
the first Board of Trade, and was President of the City Council in 1840.
Twelve years later, he appeared to have abandoned commercial business,
and become landlord of the American House, in which he died in 1854,
Mrs, William Milford's maiden name was Miranda McKay, daughter
of Col. Robert and Sophia Clark McKay of Caledonia, Livingston Co.,
N. Y. She was married in 1830, and was 25 years old when she came
to Cleveland. Mr. Milford died on the eve of a serious commercial depression, and
his estate, when settled, fell short of all expectations. The trustee who
had it in charge failed, and the Milford property being involved, was
mostly swept away.
But Mrs, Milford was a woman of great courage and wonderful fort
itude. Although in delicate health, and seemingly unfitted through her
previous sheltered life to cope with the world, she bravely declined all
pecuniary assistance whatever, and succeeded in supporting herself for
20 years, or until her death in 1874.
She was in the employ of the post-office, and for three years was libra
rian and custodian of the Historical Library, She made this latter posi
tion a labor of love, the compensation being very small, and threw herself
with enthusiasm into the task of classifying and caring for the books and
antiquities stored there. Her love of children led her to spend much
time upon those who frequented the Historical rooms, making their vis
its there educational. She was a beloved member of Trinity Church,
from which her funeral services were held, and attended by a large as
semblage of admiring and attached friends.
Her nephew, William E, McLauren, became a member of the Plain
Dealer staff; left journalism to study for the ministry; became rector of
Trinity P. E. Church, and later Bishop of Illinois.
His sister, Mary McLauren, is remembered as a very pretty young
girl, with beautiful hair. She married John S, Conant of Monroe, Mich.,
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1835
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and was last living in Princeton, N, J,, where a son was attending col
lege.

1835
MENDENHALL

Dr. George Mendenhall, born 1814, in Sharon, Conn,, was the son of
Aaron and Lydia Richardson Mendenhall, He graduated from the medi
cal department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1835, and came
directly to Cleveland, He had been a diligent pupil, ranking high with
the faculty and his fellow-students, therefore it followed that he "made
good" in character and in his profession, and won the attention and re
spect of Cleveland people at once. He came of a fine Quaker family, the
American ancestor of which came to this country with William Penn.
Dr. Mendenhall remained in Cleveland nine years, and then removed
to Cincinnati, where he became very prominent as a physician and as a
patriotic citizen.
During the cholera scourge of 1849 he .worked day and night at the
bedside of the stricken, and won the admiration and gratitude of the com
munity by his tireless devotion to the path of duty. He also took an ac
tive part in the civil war, giving valuable service to the Sanitary Com
mission, He was most generous and kindly to his poor patients, his sym
pathy quickly responding to any appeal of the unfortunate,
Dr, Mendenhall married during his residence in Cleveland, and his
wife spent six happy years in this city. She was Miss Elisabeth S. Maule
of Philadelphia, Pa, Her family, dating back to French extraction, came
to this country early. She was a most excellent woman, and most con
genial and helpful to her husband. She also was a worker in the Sani
tary Commission, and spent much time in the Cincinnati hospitals, visit
ing or nursing sick soldiers.
"Women of the War" contains a detailed account of her services, rat
ing them highly.
The children of Dr, and Elisabeth Maule Mendenhall:
Charles MendenhaU, m. Fanny Carlisle.
Emma Mendenhall, m, Larz Anderson,
Laurance Mendenhall, m, Margaret C, Neff,
In 1836, Cyrus Mendenhall and Samuel Richardson were in partner
ship, doing business in Cleveland Center Block. Dr, Mendenhall also had
his office at the same place. As his mother was a Richardson, these men
were his relatives.

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MATHER
Dr. Ozias Mather of East Haddam, son of Dr. Augustus Mather, mar
ried, in 1808, Harriet Brainard. She was the only daughter of Deacon
Jabez Brainard, the revolutionary soldier, a sketch of whom appears on
another page of this work. She was also the sister of Nathan Brainard,
the pioneer.
Dr. Mather died in 1813, in Washington, N, H,, and Harriet Brainard
Mather was left a widow with two little sons, one of them an infant born
the year his father died.
She married, secondly, Edmund Lawrence of Groton, Mass., and in
1853, while on a visit with Cleveland relatives, she died, aged 63 years,
and was buried in Erie st. cemetery. Mr. Lawrence survived her but a
year, his death occurring in West Danvers, Mass. Her children were :
Henry Brainard Mather, b. 1809 ; married, 1840, Ellen Everett, daughter
of Charles Everett. Henry B. Mather died in Boston, Mass., in 1884.
Samuel Holmes Mather, b. 1813 ; m. Emily Washington Gregory.
Samuel H. Mather came to Cleveland in 1835, when 22 years of age.
He was admitted to the bar the following year, and practiced his profes
sion for 15 years. He was one of the founders of the Society for Sav
ings bank, and for many years was connected with it as its president.
He was a most substantial citizen of Cleveland, honest, upright, a leading
member of the Second Presbyterian Church, and always to be found on
the right side of every worthy movement ' in its support or encourage
ment. The establishment of the Society of Savings alone was a most valua
ble event to the community, assuring safety for the small savings of the
poor, and enabling the business man or others in temporary need of money
to borrow it upon real-estate security at reasonable rates. From a small
venture housed in a frame building, it occupies a many-storied and im
posing structure on the site of the Giddings-Crittenden dwelling on the
Public Square.
The marriage of Samuel Holmes Mather to Miss Gregory in 1842
united two famous lines of American ancestry. He was a descendant of
the Rev. Richard Mather, and related to the celebrated Increase and Cot
ton Mather. His bride was the daughter of Dr. W. M, Gregory of Albany,
N. Y., and her mother was Lucretia — Ely — Gregory, member of the fa
mous Massachusetts family of that name.
Mr. Mather was a cousin of Silas, Henry and Joseph Brainard, pioneer
settlers of the city.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Mather in the latter years of their life was
a stone structure on the north side of Prospect street, east of Sterling
ave. Here, probably, was planted the first Boston ivy known to this lo
cality. As it grew year after year its tendrils rapidly extending farther
and yet farther, covering, at length, the entire facade of the house, the
new and beautiful vine was watched and admired by the public, and the
Mather residence became an interesting landmark of the city.
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The children of Samuel H. and Emily G, Mather :
Frederic Gregory Mather, b, 1844, m, 1st, Cornelia Alcott; 2nd, Alice
Yager,
Ellen Augusta Mather, b, 1847 ; m, Richard H, Mather of Amherst Col
lege, Mr, S, H, Mather died in 1894, and Mrs. Mather in 1900. They rest
in Lake View cemetery.
There are no representatives of the family now living in the city.

1835
STRICKLAND

The following wedding notice appeared in the Cleveland Herald, Jan
uary, 1841 :
"Married by Rev, S. C. Aiken, Dr, Benjamin Strickland and Miss
Hannah Walworth,"
"The editor received a remembrance with above notice, Joy and
prosperity attend the couple,"
The groom came to this city from Vermont in 1835. He was then 25
years old, and opened a dentist office on Superior street in a frame house
standing near the present site of Marshall's drug store, and after his
marriage he occupied this house also as" a residence.
Mrs, Strickland was the youngest child of John and Juliana Mor
gan Walworth, the Cleveland pioneers. She was born 22 years after her
brother Ashbel Walworth, and the year her sister, Mrs, Dr, Long, was
married. Her father died when she was an infant, and her mother, four
years later, married William Keyes, and lived on the north side of Euclid
ave,, not far from the Public Square,
"The Stricklands removed their residence to one that was built on the
Walworth farm on Broadway near the old market house, the doctor re
taining his dovsmtown office. Eventually, they again united the two in
a handsome brick dwelling three stories high, set close to the sidewalk.
It occupied the site of her mother's last home on Euclid ave.
Dr. Strickland was a tall, reticent man, with singularly austere bear
ing and cold manners, aU of which may have belied his real nature. He
was prosperous, and his dentistry practice in Cleveland extended over 50
years, George Marshal, who was a near neighbor of the Stricklands for
many years, and a warm friend as well, once gave a delightful pen picture
of the couple. He wrote:
"Although they were well mated, they were somewhat dissimilar in
disposition. He was staid, retiring, isolated. She was outspoken, com
panionable, cheerful, and happy, in her daily walk and conversation. Her
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extreme vivacity, overfiowing spirits and youthful manner would lead
one to fall far short in guessing at her age. It is safe to say that this
good woman maintained aU the elements of youth during her entire life,
and at no time would the term 'old' become appropriate to her.
"During the civil war, her only child, a son, enlisted in the navy with
out the knowledge or consent of his parents. The anxiety as to the where
abouts of the lad and distress over his possible fate was more than the
mother could bear. Hosts of friends caUed upon her to express their
sympathy for her in her trouble." One of them, however, was truly a
'Job's comforter' of the feminine sex. Said she:
'I fear that this trial has been imposed upon you in order that you
may be humbled for the worldliness you have exhibited in building, fur
nishing, and adorning your earthly abode so elegantly,'
Mrs, Strickland replied:
'For mercy's sake ! If this is all the consolation you can bring me in
this hour of trouble and sorrow, I wish you would leave my house at
once,' "
This only son of the Stricklands was very little comfort to them in
their old age through spells of mental unbalance. He died some time
before his parents passed away. The latter event transpired for both
in the same year — 1889.

1835
SACKET

Alexander Sacket, for long years one of the most prominent merchants
in town, had his first glimpse of Cleveland in 1835 — ^the year he became
of age. He was the son of Augustus Sacket of Sacket's Harbor, N. Y. He had
received a liberal education, and, though young, considerable mercantile
training as well, therefore, well able to cope with the difficulties and obsta
cles inevitable in his new business enterprise.
His first employment was with Peter Weddell on the comer of Su
perior and Bank streets, the site of the Rockefeller building. But it was
not long before he branched out for himself and started a dry-goods store
just west of his employer on the site of the Johnson House, and now also
covered by the big sky-scraper. In this enterprise he was aided and ad
vised by Peter Weddell, who delighted in the kindly help and encourage
ment of the young in their first start in business life,
Alexander Sacket married Miss Hannah Johnson, bom in the city
and one year his junior. She was the daughter of the pioneer, Capt. Levi
Johnson. She remained ever a quiet, domestic woman, caring little for events
that did not include her husband and household of seven children. The
family lived at 37 Ontario street, as early as 1837, and later removed to
the south side of Euclid ave., near what is now East 67th street. The
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homestead was roomy, and well adapted for the happiness of a family of
young people, and was surrounded by spacious grounds.
Eventually, Mr, Sacket changed his business to the river front, where
his warehouse long remained a landmark in that locality. And upon re
tiring from this, he gave his remaining years to real-estate transactions,
in which his son-in-law, Mr. V. C, Tayk)r, was, and yet remains, a promi
nent and popular dealer.
The children of Alexander and Harriet Johnson Sacket:
Margaret Sacket, married Virgil C. Levi Sacket, m. Rose Barcley, dau,
Tayler, son of Hector and Polly of Dr, J. T. and Hannah Barcley,
Carter Tayler. EUen Sacket, m. Dr, H. H. Baxter,
Harriet Sacket, m. Henry Rumbaugh a practicing physician of the city,
of North Carolina.
Ma/ry Sacket, m. Charles Brown of
Buffalo, N. Y.
The only son of the family to reach manhood became an active busi
ness man in the community. He died in the prime of life,
Alexander Sacket died in 1884, and Mrs, Sacket in 1897, The ceme
tery lot of the family is in Lake View.

1835
TAYLOR

Rev. Vernon Dyke Taylor, a Presbyterian clergyman about 36 years
old, came to Cleveland from CJonnecticut in 1835, and took charge of the
Bethel — a chapel for seamen. He was an earnest worker wherever sta
tioned. His previous church had been in a constant revival during the
seven years he had been its pastor.
He was the son of Amos Taylor, and born in Hinesburg, Vermont.
Two or more of his uncles are said to have perished as prisoners in the
famous Sugar House near New York City during the revolutionary war.
Rev. Mr. Taylor was married in Vermont to Miss Charlotte Hall
Curtis, who died in Connecticut in 1830, leaving three children. He mar
ried, 2nd, Catherine Maria Woodruff, of a well-known Connecticut fam
ily, who accompanied her husband to Cleveland, She died two years
after her arrival aged 27 years, leaving two young children.
The family of little ones attended school, and were very much taken
with their teacher, a Miss Susan Judd, daughter of William and Sarah
Root Judd. Her parents removed from Northampton, Mass., to a town
south of and near Cleveland. Miss Judd was a graduate of WiUis-
ton Ladies' Academy of her native city, and with her family passed
through Cleveland on their way to their new home. She remained here
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and taught in a private school. It was before the days of the public school
system. The premature death of Mrs. Catherine Woodruff Taylor, leaving
a household of children with no relative in the city to assist the father
in caring for them, appealed to Miss Judd's tenderest sympathies, and at
the urgent solicitation of Mr. Taylor she married him and became a be
loved step-mother to the family, one whose memory was revered by them.
Rev. V. D. Taylor built a home on Erie street the year he came to
Cleveland. It was diagonally across from the entrance to Erie street
cemetery, and numbered "273." An alley separates it from what was
once a Methodist church. Here Mr. Taylor and both his wives died.
Here his daughters were married, and it remains in the possession of his
youngest and only living child, Mrs. H. P, Welton of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
who returns to Cleveland nearly every summer on a brief visit,
Mr. Taylor and his wives Catherine and Maria Taylor are buried in
Erie street cemetery at the left of the main drive not far from the main
entrance. The children of Rev. V. D. and Charlotte Curtiss Taylor:
Cornelius Hector Taylor, m. Julia Edwards of Southampton, Mass.
Ella Eliza Taylor, m. Rev, J, H. Scott,
Mary Louise Taylor, m. Amasa Strong of Geauga Co,
The children of Rev, V, D, and Catherine Wadsworth Taylor:
Timothy Dwight Taylor, removed and died in Illinois,
Edward Payson Taylor, m. Augusta Eno of St, Louis, Mo,
Children of Rev, V, D, and Susan Judd Taylor :
William Henry Taylor, D, S, P,
Charlotte Elisabeth Taylor, m. Rev, H, P. Welton, a Baptist clergyman,
who is a teacher and lecturer in a Bible Institute in Fort Wajoie, Ind.
Cornelius H. Taylor graduated from Western Reserve University in
the class of 1846 or '47. He was twice offered the presidency of that in
stitution in after years. His first pastorate was Huron, 0., where he re
mained for a long period, and where he was much beloved. At the time
of his death in 1875 he was pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of
Cincinnati. His classmate in college — also a Presbyterian minister —
married Ella Eliza Taylor, his sister. Another classmate, Mr. Bushnell,
accepted as his first charge the pastorate of a Presbyterian church in
Sandusky so as to be near his friend in Huron.

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SCHERMERHORN
Morgan Lewis Schermerhorn was only one of hundreds of other New
York children of his generation who were named for a distinguished and
favorite son of that state. He was born in 1806, and his parents were
Cornelius and Catharine Van Rensselaer Schermerhorn of Albany, both of
Knickerbocker lineage. His mother was a sister of Gen. Solomon Van
Rensselaer of the War of 1812.
M. L. Schermerhorn was considered an unusually attractive man,
handsome and debonair. An old lady who as a child visited relatives in
Cleveland in the winter of 1835, says that Mr. Schermerhorn and his
brother-in-law, Judah Colt, figured prominently in the social life of the
town. Chess was much in vogue, that winter, and as Mr. Schermerhorn and
Mr. Colt were experts in the game, they were constantly in demand at
evening entertainments. Mr. Colt also had the advantage of being a fine
looking, gay young bachelor, fresh from the more stirring social life of
the east, and fertile in suggestions for additional fun and frolic.
Mr. Schermerhorn was a lawyer, but appears to have practiced his
profession seldom, using his knowledge of law to further the various in
terests in which he was engaged. After his sojourn in Cleveland, he re
turned to Albany, about 1840, and for many years was in the government
service. In 1825 he had married Elisabeth Colt, member of a well-known fam
ily of New York, a high-bred, accomplished woman. She died at the
birth of her youngest child.
The children of M. L. and Elisabeth Schermerhorn :
Matilda Schermerhorn, b. 1826; m. Edward Baker, and resided in Eng
land. .^ _ ^, ,
Judah Colt Schermerhorn, b, 1834 ; m, Frances H, Clark,
Charles Schermerhorn, a well-known Baltimore merchant; b, 1848; m,
Charlesto Applegarth.
John C. Schermerhorn, b, 1850; m, Caroline Hognic; removed to Texas,
Judah Colt Schermerhorn, who had lived in Cleveland during his early
childhood days, became a civil engineer, and his business eventually called
him back to this city where he lived for some years on Ontario street.
He died suddenly while on a trip to Texas, Meanwhile, his wife, Mrs,
Frances Schermerhorn, an exceptionally lovely woman, had died, leaving
a family of little children bereft of a mother's tenderness and sympathetic
care and Mr, Schermerhorn married again. His second wife was the
^ %wo^'children' of Judah Colt Schermerhorn have been residents of
Cleveland since childhood— Charles R. Schermerhorn, and Mrs, Mary S.
Paddock.

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SHELLEY
For 50 years John Shelley was warden or vestryman of Old Trinity
Church, and in all those years he was in weekly attendance upon its sacred
services, save when ill or out of town. One of the duties of a church
vestryman is to seat "the stranger within the gates," and many are they
whose earliest recollection of Sabbaths in Trinity is that of John Shel
ley's figure, straight and sturdy, ushering visitors up the main aisle to
comfortable pews, or, as warden, contribution plate in hand, moving
slowly down it to the soft sound of clinking coin and to the beautiful
strains of an offertory being played or sung. Probably no one is yet liv
ing whom he first seated or to whom he passed the plate in the little
church on Seneca street.
John Shelley was 20 years when in 1835 he came from England
to the village of Cleveland, then numbering but 2000 souls. He had
started from home with a business project in view, which local condi
tions, at that time, made impractical. 'The next step was to look about
and determine what was most in demand in the little town and least sup
plied. It proved to be gentlemen's clothes. Therefore, Mr. Shelley
opened a custom-made tailoring establishment, at number 15 Superior
street, advertised the fact at once in the local newspapers, and saw that
the same had a conspicuous place in the first city directory of 1837. But
he was too shrewd a business man to continue in an occupation of slow re
turn when fortunes were being made in land allotments. So he put his
own hand to the real-estate wheel and sent it spinning to profitable ends.
He built a fine stone house in the most beautiful part of Prospect, near
Perry. Trinity Cathedral now overshadows it. There were more promi
nent business men probably living within two blocks of that corner of
Prospect street than in any other neighborhood of the city. For years
before his death Col. William Edwards was the sole survivor of that group
of men, and his widow pluckily remains in her attractive home, unmoved
by the allurements of what, at present, are more fashionable districts.
Mr. Shelley died in 1889, following an illness of three months. It is
said that, next to family and church, he was devoted to his friends. In
times of pleasure or pain, sorrow or rejoicing, they were sure of his ready
sympathy and aid. Therefore, upon the day of his funeral, scores of
gray-haired men and women crowded the ample parlors of his home to
pay their last testimony of respect and affection.
Mrs. John SheUey married in 1839, Clarinda RusseU, daughter of
Alanson and Nancy Caulkins Russell, early residents of Cleveland. We
quote from one who knew her well :
"There were few like her. A sweeter, purer woman never lived —
always busy on her Master's service, always thoughtful of others, and
lovingly doing for them."
She was a devoted member and worker in Trinity Church nearly all
her life ; one of the original members of Lakeside Hospital, of the Church
Home — for aged women — and one of the originators of the Diet Dispens
ary — now defunct — which, for long years, was the most beautiful and
practical charity the city has ever known. In hundreds of cases, weeks
or months of suffering among the sick poor were alleviated and made en
durable by daily gifts of delicious beef tea, fresh eggs, milk, etc., and,
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above all, by personal sympathy from the members of that organiza
tion. That funds could not be secured for its further continuance was
a reflection upon those who withheld their dimes, rather than those who
declined longer to give their dollars.
Mrs. Shelley did in 1877. There was but one child in the family :
Mary Shelley, m. Edmund Pechin.
From girlhood to middle age Mary Shelley Pechin was a prominent
society woman. She was closely identified with all Trinity church activi
ties, and an ardent supporter of the Diet Dispensary, which her mother
had helped to found. She is a Colonial Dame, and a Daughter of the
American Revolution. For several years she has been living in Bu
chanan, Virginia.

1836
CLEVELAND A CITY
POPULATION About 6000
FIRST MUNICIPAL OFFICER. ELECTED
Mayor, John W. Willey. Attorney, H. B. Payne.
President of Council, Sherlock J. Treasurer, Daniel Worley.
Andrews. Street Commissioner, Benjamin
Aldermen, Richard HiUiard, Joshua Rouse.
Mills, Nicholas Dockstader. Marshal, George Kirk.
Councilmen, Morris Hepburn, John Fire Chief, Samuel Cook.
R. St. John, Aaron Stickland Postmaster, Daniel Worley.
Horace Canfield, Archibald Smith.
(Sketches of all the above men and their families will be found in this
work.) A year of great prosperity. From March 15 to November 28, 1901
steamships and vessels arrived in port.

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Mr. Benjamin Sears, who accompanied his parents from Delaware
Co., N. Y., to Columbia township, Lorain Co., in 1836, and passed
through Cleveland en route, is still living, in a peaceful and comfortable
old age, although fully 12 years of age when he made that early western
trip. His impressions of the town were very favorable. He says that
Superior street was not then yet relinquished to trade; that there were
still many private residences, with their dooryards fenced in, on each side
of the street from Water street to the Public Square.
Mr. Sears is the father of Mrs. 0. W. Carpenter, 12434 Detroit street,
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1836
SMITH
William T. Smith was born in 1811, and when yet a lad he became a
member of the family of the well-knowm Oren Sage, a shoe-maker of
Rochester, N. Y., and thus learned a trade most valuable in those days.
Mr. Sage had formerly lived in BaUston Spa, N. Y., and a close friend
ship existed between himself and the parents of William Smith.
They were John and Nancy Keysler Smith of Ballston Spa.
In 1835, W. T. Smith married Frances L. Smith, daughter of Elias
and Prudence Crary Smith of Groton, Conn., who had removed to Roch
ester, N. Y, The young couple, though bearing the same name, were not
previously related.
About the time of their marriage, John Seaman, who contemplated
starting a shoe-store in Cleveland, persuaded Mr. Smith to join him in the
venture. The firm of Seaman & Smith conducted a shoe-business on
Superior street for half a century.
Deacon Smith was an earnest, devout member of the First Baptist
church, and much venerated in the community. Long years before his
death, his head was crowned by a luxuriant growth of silver hair, giv
ing him a striking appearance. He had much sympathy for young peo
ple, and his gentle face usually beamed with human kindness,
Mrs. Smith was one of four young married women living in Roches
ter, N. Y., who had been girls together, very much attached to each
other, and remained intimate friends all their lives, which were pro
tracted until very old age. They were Mrs. W. T. Smith, Mrs. John Sea
man, Mrs. Sylvester Ranney, and Mrs. Horace Ranney. They all helped in
the formation of the First Baptist church, therefore charter members, and
the bond of sympathy between them was strengthened in their efforts in be
half of that struggling little religious society.
Mrs, Smith was a tall, fine-looking woman, a great worker in her home
as well as in her beloved church society. She taught in the Sabbath
School from the time her family could spare her to do so until younger
hands took up the responsibility her aged and feeble ones relinquished.
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In many ways she was a most remarkable woman. When about 78
years of age her eyesight was restored to her, and she never lost her
hearing. About this time she took a fancy to fine needle-work, and without
any instruction began to do embroidery such as many a younger and
more experienced woman would have been proud of. The writer had the
rare pleasure of meeting this good woman, and listening to the tales of
her childhood, her enthusiasm over her girlhood friends, she could scarce
ly praise them enough, of her early life in the city, the growth of her
beloved church.
The oil portrait of a lovely woman hung in her sitting-room, and upon
inquiry, she explained that it was that of an aunt, the daughter of a
clergyman, and who was very dear to her in years gone by. This aunt
must have had much to do with her mental and spiritual training, for
she told two incidents when she had received gentle rebukes from her,
in the days of youth and thoughtlessness.
They were both visiting an eccentric relative, when Mrs. Smith made
a remark of criticism or ridicule. "I never discuss my hostess Frances,"
was the reply. Another time, Mrs. Smith spoke to her of the dreadful-
looking hands of a relative, worn and ill-kept. "Oh! but think of what
those hands have done!" she exclaimed. "Think what useful hands they
have always been, what helping hands !"
The Smith home was for a few years at 63 Bank street, and after
ward for 45 years it was Number 97 St. Clair street. Mr. Smith died in
1888. His wife lived into this century, dying in 1906, aged 92 years.
Prudence Smith, an unmarried sister of Mrs. Frances Smith, and who
was probably visiting or making her home in Cleveland, at the time, died in
1843, and was buried in Erie street cemetery.
Children of Wilham T. and Frances Smith:
Henry A. Smith, m. Lydia Dwight Franklin Smith, twin, m. Louise
of Chicago. More of Meringo Park, IU.
Albert B. Smith, m. Elisabeth Lew- Frances Smith, twin, m. Louise
is; lived in Bellevue, 0. Sherwin of Sherwin & Williams.
George E. Smith, m. Claribel Albro Charles A. Smith, m. Harriet Gold-
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1836
YOUNGLOVE

Col. John Younglove, who led his regiment on the battlefields of the
American Revolution, had many grandchildren, but none of them could
have upheld to a greater degree the family name, or more justified fam
ily pride than did his grandson, Moses Cowan Younglove, who at the
age of 25, sought a newer field than his native town. Union Village,
N, Y., and one offering wider opportunities for business success.
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His father, Moses Younglove, Sr., died in 1811, a month before this
only son was born, and from the age of four or five years, a step-father
had helped attend to the latter's physical and spiritual needs.
Moses C. Younglove had no capital to invest when he reached Cleve
land. His only resources were an alert mind, able to recognize Oppor
tunity when he met it, common-sense, and willing hands. He found em
ployment in a small book-store on the north side of Superior street, and,
within a year, it is claimed, had purchased a share in the business, and
such was the faith in the young man's honesty that his note was ac
cepted without security or payment.
The firm was now "Wetmore and Younglove." The partner was Ed
ward Wetmore, a fine young man, who, within a few years, sold out his
own share of the business to Younglove and removed to a suburb of Cin
cinnati. In the Cleveland Directory of 1845 we find the following:
"Younglove, M. C. — book and stationery store, book and job printing, and
book-binding, 46 Superior street."
This stand was under the American House. Seven years elapse, and
with John Hoyt he has started a paper mill at 137 Broadway, the first
one in the city. Meanwhile, five of his half-brothers had come on from
New York state to join his fortunes, and three of them, Brutus J., Caius
C, and Junius B. Cobb, had taken charge of, or purchased the book
store. Other pioneer enterprises were started by Mr. Younglove, and these,
in connection with real-estate deals, made him a very rich man. He
owned a lot on the Public Square, part of the Horace Perry estate, now
occupied by the Park Building, and 10 lots on Euclid, from the corner of
Willson Ave., East 55th, to the residence of Samuel Kimball. The Penna.
R. R. station and tracks cover the one nearest E. 55th street. These
were but a part of his real-estate holdings.
He died in Los Angeles, Cal., at the age of 81, having lived 56 of
those years in Cleveland.
The wife of Moses Younglove was Maria Day, daughter of John and
Maria Powers Day. Her father was a Cleveland merchant. (See Day
sketch.) She was born in the Catskills in 1823, and was but 16 years
of age when she married Mr. Younglove.
She was a gentle, refined lady, of much mental poise. One of her
sisters married the Rev, Samuel Aikin of the Old Stone church.
The family residence was first on Lake street, and the last one on
Euclid, corner of Handy, E, 19th street, Mrs, Younglove died at the
age of 61, and was laid to rest in Lake View cemetery.
The children of Moses and Maria Day Younglove:
Caroline Younglove, b. 1842; m. Cornelia Younglove, m. Edmund B,
Willard Abbott. Meriam. She died 1891.
Albert Younglove, died in Alexan- Gertrude Younglove, m. Caleb E.
dria, aged 26. Gowen. She died in 1884.
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Caroline Younglove Abbott, or "Carrie," as she was known to hosts
of friends, had a life that encompassed 60 years of vicissitudes. She
was interested in and a worker in several benevolent and church socie
ties. She was an active member of the Cleveland Sanitary Commission
during the civil war, and one of the vice-presidents of the Woman's De
partment, Cleveland Centennial Commission of 1896, The sad news of
her death in Rome, far from home and friends, cast a shadow over many
a Cleveland household.
Of her children, seven in number, only three lived to maturity. They
are:
Frank Abbott, m, Mary Root. Gardner Abbott, m. Lois Allen.
Caroline Abbott, m. Homer E.
Keyes. Cornelia Younglove Meriam had two children:
Marie Y. Meriam, m, Charles Ingersoll,
Albert Y. Meriam, unmarried,
Caleb and Gertrude Younglove Gowan had a son :
Albert Y. Gowan, who m. Margaret Smith.

1836
MORSE
Mr. Thomas Wright Morse of Greenwich, Conn., was 28 years of age
when he came to Cleveland in 1836. His wife was Sarah Malvina Paff
of Hemstead, Long Island.
With Benjamin Dodge, he started a clothing store m the Exchange
Building at the foot of Superior street, afterward the Atwater Block,
under the firm name of Morse & Dodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Morse boarded with Mrs. Benjamin Rowland, on Lake
street for a year or two after their arrival. Them Mr. Morse built a
large brick house on the east side of Erie street, the third one from
Euclid. He lived there for a number of years, then built on Euchd Ave.,
just west of where the Hickox building stands, and, finally, had a beau
tiful home on the lake shore in Glenville.
Mr and Mrs. Morse were a very warm-hearted couple, evidenced by
many acts of kindness. While boarding with the widow Rowland, who
came from Bordertown, N. J,, they became interested in her and her
children And after she gave up keeping boarders, she made her home
with the Morse family until her death. The children of it were ^uch
attached to her. She had a son who kept a book-store, and a daughter,
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Jane Rowland, who, it is said, never married. She taught school for some
years. The Morse family was one of the instances, in those days so con-mon,
where consumption seized upon a household and took from it every mem
ber. The children of Thomas W. and Mrs. Morse:
Theodore Morse, m. Susan Holder of Charles Morse, m. a New York lady.
Berlin, Worcester Co., Mass. Fanny Morse, m. Ogden Crittenden.
Virginia Morse, m. Ogden Critten- Her sister's widower.
den. She died in Cleveland, about George Morse. Died 16 years of
25 years of age. age.
Josephine Morse, m. Allen O'Brien.
George was the first to die of consumption, and he, and sister Vir
ginia Morse Crittenden, were laid away in Erie street cemetery. Charles
and Fanny removed to New York, and died there comparatively young.
Mr. and Mrs. Morse joined them in New York, and passed away to the
other life from that city.
The only remaining member of the family and living in Cleveland, is
Susan H. Morse, widow of Theodore, an intelligent lady of advanced
years, who, with her sister, equally interesting, is making her home
at 13535 Euchd Ave.

1836
WILSON

Hon. Hiram A. Wilson was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1808, and
read law with Francis S. Key of Washington, D. C. He came to Cleve
land in 1834, and was the law-partner of an intimate friend, H. B. Payne.
He is described as a very fine-looking man, tall, with dark hair and eyes.
He died of consumption in 1866.
He was a Judge of U. S. court, and for long years at the head of the
legal fraternity of the city. He married Martha Smythe, widow of Mr.
Ten Eyke of Detroit. They boarded at first with Mrs. Wilson's sister,
Mrs. Jane Merwin. Afterward, they lived on the west side of Bank
street, near the Weddell House, and finally on Willson Ave., named for
the family, and now E, 55th street. Judge Wilson purchased 100 acres
of land on the east side of it and built a large brick house on this prop
erty near Euclid Ave,
Mrs. Wilson was short of stature, plump, and considered very pretty.
She filled a prominent place in the social life of the city, as did her sis
ters, Mrs. C. M. Giddings, and Mrs. Noble Merwin.
There were but two children in the family, Jennie Wilson, who died
of consumption, and Mary Wilson, who married W. S, Chamberlain, The
latter had a daughter, Jennie Chamberlain, who was a beauty of interna
tional fame. She visited England and became a favorite in court circles,
and eventually married into the English nobility.
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BINGHAM
In 1836 Sheldon Pease, a Cleveland vessel-owner, had a small steamer
called the "Robert Fulton" plying in the summer between Buffalo and
Cleveland. On this boat WiUiam Bingham, a mere stripling of 20 years,
took passage in the last stage of his long journey from Andover, New
Hampshire, and from its deck caught his first ghmpse of this city just in
corporated, and with a population of less than 5000,
When, in 1904, Mr. Bingham closed his eyes in his last sleep, the
population was over 400,000. In 1836 the eastern line of the town was
East 14th street, with scarcely half a dozen houses beyond East 9th. In
1904 the city stretched eastward five miles from that point, with one con
tinuous line of beautiful homes, lofty apartment houses, and innumerable
places of business. Few Cleveland pioneers lived to experience such
changes, and Mr. Bingham was duly appreciative of the fact. He took
much pride in the city of his young manhood and of his very old age,
and loved well to dwell upon its wonderful prosperity.
WiUiam, Edward, Caroline and Joel Bingham were the children of
Cyrus and Abigail Foote Bingham, and were born in Andover, N. H.
They all became residents of this place at an early day.
Their ancestor, Thomas Bingham, was one of the founders of Say-
^brook, in 1660, and their grandparents were Stephen and Sarah Long
Bingham of Lebanon, Conn.
Flavel Bingham, a cousin of William Bingham, was well established
in this city at the year William graduated from Yale, and persuaded the
latter to join him here and seek his fortune in the fast growing town.
His first occupation was with George Worthington as clerk in his
hardware store, and two or three years later he purchased that of Clark
and Murfey and thus founded the firm of William Bingham & Co., which
is still in existence. He served the city of his adoption in many valuable
ways, his presence on any board or committee establishing its prestige
in the eyes of his feUow townsmen, through his reputation for unswerv
ing honesty. His public services through his many years of citizenship
seem to check off the various important measures undertaken by the
city from that first year of its existence through all the intervening ones
until the date of his death.
Mr. William Bingham's business interests covered a wide field of
activities. Besides his wholesale and retail store, he was connected with
banks, railroads, and other institutions of mart and commerce, either
as director or share-holder.
He was the first president of the Union Club, and a citizen member
of the Loyal Legion.
Mr. Bingham married in 1842 Ehsabeth Beardsley, daughter of David
H. and Cassandra Hersh Beardsley. They began housekeeping in a small
dwelling east of the home of the bride's father. It was 74 St. Clair street,
between Ontario and Seneca streets.
Later they lived on Euclid ave, on a lot upon which, years afterward,
Samuel Andrews erected a palatial residence. This property Mr. Bing
ham exchanged for one on the same street west of Sterling ave. where he
died. 553

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The children of WiUiam and Cassandra Hersh Bingham :
Caroline Bingham, m. Charles Bray- Charles W. Bingham, m. Mary
ton. Payne, daughter of H. B. and
Cassandra Bingham. Mary Perry Payne.

1836
CLEVELAND

Dr. Benjamin F. Cleveland, brother of Daniel, and of Lucetta Cleve
land Gaylord, came here about 1836, soon after his second marriage. His
first wife was Maria TrumbuU Goodwin. He married 1836 in Oswego,
N. Y., Elisabeth Putman, 19 years of age, daughter of Aaron and Mary
Greene Putman.
Their first child was born in Cleveland.
Dr. Benjamin F. Cleveland graduated from Hamilton College. For
many years he was a practicing physician in Madison, N. Y., and a chem
ist. His name is not included in the list of physicians given in directory
of 1837, and he may have been associated during his residence in Cleve
land with his brother in the drug business. His home was at 91 Seneca
street. His daughter Mary Elisabeth Cleveland, b. 1828, in Madison, N. Y.,
married James Orson Seymour. She died in this city in 1857. Her chil
dren live in California.
Lucy Greene Cleveland, b. 1837, in Katherine Sloan Cleveland, b. 1843 ;
Cleveland, married Eben H. married John Jackson Eddy, and
Moore of New Haven, Conn. resides in Boston, Mass.
Dr. Cleveland had seven children, but only those who were born, or
married in this city, are noted above.

1836
KELLY
Moses KeUy, who was destined to be long a central figure in the city,
came to town just in time to witness the panic of 1837, and whatever
sanguine expectations he had cherished before starting west from his
native town, must have "gone glimmering" as soon as his feet touched the
city's only pavement, in front of the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie.
Mr. Kelly was a lawyer and he brought to Cleveland his legal lore
which was his only capital, at a time when the numerous men of his
profession were breaking ranks and fieeing before the storm. However,
the situation resolved itself indeed into the "Survival of the fittest," and
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Moses Kelly remained to win an enviable footing on the bench and at the
bar. His parents were Daniel and Mary Roupe Kelly of Groveland, N. Y.,
and his grandfather was a soldier of the American Revolution. He was
raised on a farm, graduated at Harvard College, and was 26 years old
when he reached Cleveland and opened an office in the Hancock Block.
He made his home at the Franklin House. Three years later he married
Miss. Jane Howe, the accomphshed daughter of General Hezekiah and
Sarah Townsend Howe of New Haven, Conn. Judge Kelly became a law
partner of Thomas Bolton, one of the ablest men at the bar. The firm
"Bolton and Kelly" was well known all over northern Ohio, When the
senior member of it retired it became "Kelly and Griswold," the latter,
member of a distinguished Connecticut family, came to the city at a much
later period,
Mrs, Kelly was an exemplary wife and mother. Her mind was well
stored through years of constant reading. She was fond of literature
and often wrote on various themes for her own pleasure and the gratifi
cation of her family, but resolutely declined to have them published.
The family were of the Protestant Episcopal faith, and Judge Kelly
was one of the founders of St, Paul's church, and was one of its vestry
men during the years that it stood on the north-west corner of Euclid
ave, and Sheriff street.
The first home of the family was on Lake street between Ontario and
Bank streets, where it lived for some years, after which Judge Kelly
removed to a fine residence on Euclid ave. Euclid Place, now East 69th
street, was cut straight through the site of the KeUy homestead some
years after his death, 1870.
Mrs. Kelly lived 82 years.
The children of Moses and Jane Howe Kelly:
Frank Howe Kelly, m. 1st, Florence Margretta Sterling Kelly, lives in
Jewett; 2nd, Katherine Pettee. WiUoughby, Ohio.
They reside in WiUoughby, Ohio. Clara Howe Kelly, m. Earl Wright
Jane Eliza Kelly, died unmarried. of Ann Arbor, Mich.
George D. Kelly, m. Katherine Wick
of Ashland, Ohio. He died 1891.
The family lot is in Woodland cemetery.
Frank H. Kelly was judge of Cleveland Police court for some years.
He was held in much esteem by members of the bar, many of them con
sidering him superior to any previous occupant of that position.

1836
DAY
William and John Day, of CatskiU, N. Y., accompanied by their wid
owed mother, Lucy Day, arrived in this city in 1836. They belonged to
the well-known New England family of that name, whose ancestor Robert
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Day came to Massachusetts in 1630, a family noted for its intelligence
and patriotism. Many of its members fought for their country in the
war of the American Revolution, and many more have given civil serv
ices equally as valuable. When they arrived, the Day family found rela
tives long established in the village, from whom they received a warm
welcome. The brother started a dry-goods store on Superior street, but
William soon withdrew his interest in it.
He had been educated for the ministry, and before coming west had
officiated as pastor of an eastern church. But throat trouble obliged him
to resign from his duties. After a few years' sojourn in Cleveland, he
was again able to preach and had charge of the Bethel Church on Water
street. Before her marriage, Mrs. Day was Elizabeth Waldo Allen, a cousin
of John W. Allen and Mrs. Sherlock Andrews. She was a finely educated
and well-poised woman yet young in years, and assumed charge of a pri
vate school for young women. It was located on the west side of the
Public Square about 60 feet north of Superior street.
Here were educated her own family of four little daughters, as well
as scores of misses, the matrons of yesterday and today. The private
schools of that period taught more than book knowledge. They strove
effectually to mold character as well, and to fit young women for social
and domestic life.
Beautiful needle-work, one of the accomplishments of that day, was
taught in all its branches, and not to be able to sew properly was to con
cede a lack of education. Good manners were taught by precept, and,
as the head of the school was a lady, by example also.
The daughters of William and Elisabeth Allen Day :
Mary Elizabeth Day. Ursula Allen Day.
Julia Sawtelle Day. Lucy Waldo Day.
The youngest and only surviving daughter yet living in the city
is an accomplished musician whose word carries weight in all things musi
cal. Many friends are drawn to her for her mother's sake, and equally
as many for her own.
Lucy Day, the mother of William and John Day, lies in Erie street
cemetery. She died at an advanced age.

1836
FITCH
Grant Fitch, son of Zalmon and Betsey Mygatt Fitch, was born in Can-
field, 0., 1809, and came to Cleveland when he was 27 years old. He mar
ried in Buffalo, N. Y., 1837, Mary C. Baldwin, daughter of James J. and
Candace Beach Baldwin, and seventh generation from Joseph Baldwin of
Milford, Conn. Her grandmother's father was a soldier of the Revolu
tion. She was but 18 years of age when she accompanied her husband
to Cleveland, 556

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Grant Fitch lived but three years afterward, dying in 1840. Some
years after his death, his widow married George Williams, late partner of
her husband.
The only child of Grant and Mary Baldwin Fitch was
Mary Grant Fitch, married 1st, Carl G, Bratenahl, of Cleveland; 2nd,
Edward G, Day of New York City.
Grant Fitch was a banker and broker, doing business with a relative,
under the firm name of Williams & Fitch. His early death was deeply
deplored by his family and friends. He was buried in Erie street ceme
tery.

1836
FOOTE
Jonathan Foote with his five sons, Jonathan, Fenner, David, Asabel,
and Solomon, and his daughter Lovice removed from Colchester, Conn.,
to help found the town of Lee, Mass.
The first religious services in that town were held in a barn, and the
hay mow served as a singers' gallery. The five sons of Jonathan Foote
with their sister constituted the choir, and a poet and wit of the time
wrote of it: "David and Ase sang base,
Jonathan and Fenner sang tenor.
Vice and Sol beat them aU."
Solomon became a physician, and in 1798 married Miss Betsey Cres
set of Pelham, Mass. He died in Rutland, Vt., ten years afterward, leav
ing two young sons and a daughter. But they were left to an intelligent.
Christian mother, who brought them safely through the ills incident to
childhood, and the temptations that beset youth. The sons worked their
way through college, the eldest, Solomon, helping his younger brother
Jonathan. The former became a lawyer, a U. S. Senator, and a very
wealthy man.
Jonathan Foote chose to follow the family profession, and studied
medicine. 1836 found him established in a Cleveland practice. His office
was at the corner of Public Square where Marshall's drug store is now
situated. He was then about 32 years old, and had been living in Whitby,
Ontario, for a few years. He married in 1835 Robina Dow, who was
born in Scotland. She died in 1884.
The children of Jonathan and Robina Dow Foote:
William Dow Foote, b, 1836 ; m, Helen, and Mary Foote, unmarried,
Mary Francis Leggett, Henry S. Foote, m, Harriet E. Clark,
Margaret E. Foote, m, Dr, Henry Mary E. Foote, m, B, McQuay,
Warren. 557

1836
ERWIN
In the month and the year that Cleveland was incorporated as a city,
March, 1836, John Erwin, 28 years of age arrived in town and opened a
law office with George A. Benedict at 31 Superior street.
He was the son of Capt. Samuel Erwin, U. S. A., and Rachel Heck
man Erwin, and was born at Painted Post, N. Y. His grandfather was
Col. Arthur Erwin of the Revolutionary army.
John Erwin graduated at Union College, Schenectady, then, having
chosen the law for an occupation, looked about for the best or most con
venient place in which to secure a legal education.
His choice of Canadagua, N. Y., probably colored his whole life, for it
was there he met his future wife, Nancy Pease, who was temporarily re
siding with her uncle Hon. Gideon Granger of Canadagua and attending
school. She was the daughter of Judge Calvin Pease, a prominent citizen of
Warren, Ohio, and well-known all over Northern Ohio. Her mother was
Laura Grant Risley Pease.
Three months after settling in Cleveland, Mr. Erwin set out for War
ren. There was a typical June wedding, and he returned with his lovely
bride and set up housekeeping on Lake street between Ontario and East
3rd. Directly opposite lived Charles Pease, Mrs. Erwin's brother.
In the course of time John Erwin bought a lot on the north side of
the Public Square between the residences of Charles M. Giddings and
Hon. John W. Allen. The Society for Savings stands on the Giddings
site, and the Chamber of Commerce on that of the Allen's.
On the east half of this lot he built himself a home. James F. Clark
had previously erected a fine residence on the western half.
Like many other professional men of that day, Mr. Erwin, realizing
the future greatness of the city and the consequent increase in value
of its real estate, added to his practice of law that of land agency. He
assisted in the promotion of the residential district of Kinsman Road,
now Woodland Ave., having bought a tract of land of seventy acres front
ing on this street and extending back to Broadway.
To this locaHty he moved with his large family of children in the year
1850. That part of the property touching Broadway is now occupied by
the Standard Oil Company.
Mr. Erwin died in 1888, having outlived his wife Nancy Pease Erwin
nearly 20 years.
The children were:
Calvin Pease Erwin, died at 17 years Florence Heckman Erwin, m. Henry
of age. L. Page.
Cornelia Erwin, m. Dr. William H. Mary Pease Erwin, m, Cyrus E,
Beaumont, Johnston,
Laura Grant Erwin, m. Charles Kate Granger Erwin, m. James Mc-
Pease. Crea.
Lillian Heckman Erwin, died un- Leonora de Oreo Erwin, m. Capt,
married, 40 years of age. Henry H. Wright, U. S. A.
Arthur John Erwin. 558

1836
GALE
Rodney Gale, born 1811 in Petersham, Mass., narrowly escaped a title
of nobility preceding his name. One of his parents, which one is not
stated, had been reading the life of Sir John Rodney, and so impressed
by that character of history and romance as to wish the little son who
came into the household about that time named for that hero. But the
choice was not unanimous, and finally the father declared, "We'll split the
difference and caU him plain 'Rodney.' "
The parents were Daniel and Elisabeth Holland Gale. They had other
children who remained east. Their daughters attended a young ladies'
seminary and there met Miss Marion WiUiams, daughter of Thomas and
Nancy Hanks WiUiams, who was also a pupil of the school. A warm
friendship between the young girls resulted, and when the brother met
Miss Williams he soon felt for her a much stronger feeling than contented
his sister.
He came on to Cleveland in search of fortune, but before finding it
to any great extent, he returned east and claimed his bride.
Their first home was on Frankfort street. Afterward, Mr. Gale
bought on Lake street corner of Bond, East 6th. The lot extended north
to the lake. The family occupied this home for 60 years.
Rodney Gale was a man of strong literary tastes, and associated with
men who also loved books and the retired corner of a library. He be
longed to the Young Men's Literary Association, and was later a mem
ber of the "Ark," consequently, after the death of Leonard Case its
founder, he was a trustee to whom was entrusted its property and tradi
tion. Rodney and Marion Williams Gale had two children:
Mary Hoyt Gale.
George Rodney Gale, m. Helen Richardson of Boston.
They were educated in the Cleveland Public schools. Mary was a
popular teacher for many years, appreciated and valued by friends and
pupils. Mrs. Gale died at the age of 39, and Rodney Gale married secondly,
Charlotte Williams, his wife's sister.
The children by this marriage were:
Charles Gale, m. Bertha Deckert of Philadelphia, Pa,
Carrie Gale, m. Oscar Chapin,

1836
CROSS
David W, Cross,, a lawyer, but best known as a business man, lived in
this city for fifty-five years, ... , .
He was identified with the Western Reserve Historical Society, the
Kirtland Society of Natural History, and was one of the founders of the
Shooting Club that purchased one thousand acres of land near Sandusky
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HARRINGTON 1836
Bay, and also an original member of the "Ark." He was a silent factor
in several charities.
He was connected with the developing of coal land, and was a part
ner with Oliver H. Perry and H. B. Payne in opening up one hundred and
fifty acres of coal in Mahoning county.
Mr. Cross is said to have been a man of strong character, pleasing
personality, and sterling worth.
Mrs. Cross — Lorain Pool Lee, of East Bloomfield, N. Y. — was a daugh
ter of Major Seth and Sally Lee. She came to Cleveland in 1836 on a
visit to Mrs. Thomas Bolton, who was then living on the north side of
Euclid Ave. near Muirson, afterward the residence of George Gardner.
While in the city Miss Lee met David W. Cross, who was a student at
law with Mr. Bolton. They were married and began housekeeping in a
cottage nearly opposite the Boltons, and afterward built and occupied
an elegant home on the same site.
Mrs. Cross was a bright, capable woman, and possessed a vigorous
mind. In later life her physique changed, and from a slender woman she
became stout.
She lived on Euclid Ave. until her death in 1875, some years previous
to that of her husband who died in 1891.
The only child of this family was
Henry Cross, who married Stella W. Wood of Peninsula, 0.

1836
HARRINGTON

Benjamin and Mrs. Harrington for many years host and hostess of
the Franklin House, 25 Superior street, succeeded the Scovils when the
latter gave up the house and removed to Kinsman street and private life.
The Harringtons were immensely popular with guests and friends. Sto
ries of Mrs. Harrington's kindness to strangers who were ill or out of
funds have been handed down as instances of her warm heart and sym
pathetic nature.
They were both Vermonters. Mr. Harrington was born in Shelbum
of that state in 1806. He was the son of Capt. Benjamin Harrington who
followed the seas for many years and afterward settled down as a mer
chant in Shelburn. Mrs. Harrington was Miss Chloe Prentiss dauehter
of Samuel Prentiss of Rutland, Vt. . s «
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Harrington, Jr., were married in 1832. They
went to hve m Canada, at first, but within three years had found their
way to Cleveland, and here spent the rest of their lives, about 40 years
Mr. Harrington was postmaster of Cleveland from 1858 to I860. He
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HITCHCOCK
was a man of kindly impulses, and generous-hearted. For many years
he was a vestryman of Old Trinity, and his wife was an active and loyal
member of that church society. After leaving the Franklin House, the
family lived on the north-west corner of St. Clair and Seneca streets.
Mrs. Harrington's sister, Joanna B, Prentiss, who was many years
younger than herself, lived with the Harringtons, They were childless
and the sweet-faced, stately maiden was the idol of their hearts,
Mr. Harrington was one of those early residents who foresaw the won
derful growth of the city and wisely invested in real estate. He built
business blocks and realized a moderate fortune. His wife died in 1873,
and his own death occurred five years later. He left all he possessed
to Joanna Prentiss, his adopted daughter, and she, in turn, passed it on,
in 1883, to Mr, Harrington's nephew who for many years kept a livery
stable. May Harrington, daughter of this nephew, was the first wife of
Dan R. Hanna. She had three sons.
The Harrington family rest in Erie street cemetery.

1836
HITCHCOCK

James Kent Hitchcock, 23 years of age, was one of the young lawyers
who started to practice their profession immediately after acquiring it.
He was a member of the firm of Randall and Hitchcock, which seemed to
do a successful business,
Mr, Hitchcock was a son of Samuel and Mary Adams Hitchcock of
Sandy Hill, N. Y., and a direct descendant of Luke Hitchcock, an Ameri
can ancestor of 1644.
His father and mother were living in Warren, 0,, as early as 1824, and
he may have come to Cleveland from that town. In 1841 he married
Mary A, Kellogg of Utica, N, Y,, and twelve years later their residence
was 39 Euclid Ave. Some time previous to 1860, they returned to Utica,
N, Y. The children of James K, and Mary Kellogg Hitchcock :
Mary Hitchcock, m. Edward H, Samuel Miller Hitchcock, m, Caro-
Wardwell of Utica, N, Y, line W, Hawkes in Cambridge,
Margaret Hitchcock, m, Henry Mass,
Young of Newark, N, J,
Harriet Hitchcock, m. Edward H.
Wardwell, Mary Adams Hitchcock, a sister of James K,, married in 1836 Julius
Kelley of Kelley's Island. 561

1836
CARRAN
When young Robert Carran came to Cleveland in 1836 from the Isle
of Man, he was accompanied by his two brothers, who went on to Michi
gan, settled near Detroit, and died there years ago.
The father of these pioneer Manxmen was John Carran, and their
mother was a member of the Skelton family. After her death John Car-
ran came to this country and joined his sons in Michigan, where he spent
the remaining years of his life.
Probably, there is no one living today who became residents of Cleve
land in 1836, save Robert Carran himself, now aged 102 years.
The Early Settlers' Association delight in doing him honor, not mere
ly for his great age, but because of the value his life has been to the city
through all his long years of goodness, of usefulness and of patriotism.
Furthermore, his presence at the annual meetings of the association
is undoubtedly an encouragement to many there who are bending under
the burden of fourscore years or more. They look at the familiar form
and face of Robert Carran, and say to themselves:
"If I live as long as he, I have 15 or 20 years yet coming to me."
Robert Carran married Elisabeth Kneal, and, as will be seen below,
four of the five sons she gave him served their country as soldiers of the
civil war. All that kept Louis, the fifth boy, at home during that period
of civic storm and stress was his age, too young to be an acceptable re
cruit. Robert Carran, Jr., was attending Berea College when he received a
letter and some pocket money from his oldest brother then at the front.
Seized with patriotic fervor very prevalent and exceedingly contagious at
the time, he ran away from school and joined the army. Another stu
dent and his particular chum accompanied him.
WiUiam Carran, the youngest of the four soldier boys, fell a victim
to typhoid while his regiment was stationed in Tennessee.
John, the oldest brother, came back at the close of the conflict, wear
ing a captain's bars, and Thomas those of a first lieutenant.
The mother of these sons died, and Robert Carran, Sr., married 2nd,
Miss Ann Quayle of a well known Newburgh family, she also passed
away, and today Mr. Carran makes a home with one of his children in
Lakewood. Children of Robert and Elisabeth Kneal Carran:
Capt. John Carran, m. Emma Wil- William Carran, died in Tennessee
cox. during civil war.
Lieut. Thomas J. Carran, m. Louise Lewis Carran, m. 1st, Mary Ryan ;
Proudfoot. 2nd, Grace Cassidy.
Robert Carran, Jr., m. Eva A. Lee
of Virginia.
Children of Robert and Ann Quayle Carran:
Charles Carran, m. Hattie Ritter, Nelson Carran, died unmarried.
Fanny Carran, m. Plina Robinson. Martha Carran, m. Robert Carr.
562

1836
BENNET
John Bennet and his wife Charlotte Powell Bennet of England settled
in Cleveland before 1837, The exact date has not been preserved. He was
a ship chandler and his business place was on River street. The family
lived at first on Water street, corner of Frankfort, and afterward on
Summit street,
John Bennet bought the piano that Francis Harding brought to Cleve
land from New York, and known as the first one owned in town. He
purchased it for his wife, who was quite musical and for his two young
lady daughters. Mrs, Bennet was noted in town for her unusual beauty.
The daughters inherited their mother's good looks. Both had beautiful
dark eyes, and dark auburn hair,
Mr, and Mrs. Bennet were buried in Erie street cemetery. The former
died in 1870, His wife outlived him many years.
The children of John and Charlotte Powell Bennet :
John Bennet, Jr., m. Amanda Can- Sarah Bennet, m. William Fletcher.
field, Charlotte Bennet, m. Charles Marsh.
The son of John Bennet, Jr., is senior member of the firm of Bennet
& Fish. His only sister is Mrs. F. A. Tamblyn of the city. Mrs. Henry
Kendrick, daughter of Sarah Bennet Fletcher, resides in Chicago. Flora
Marsh, daughter of Mrs. Charlotte Bennet Marsh, married Hilliard Pow
ers. His only daughter is Mrs. Norman King of this city.

1836
BARTLETT

For half a century or more no men were better known in Cleveland
and Cuyahoga Co. than the Bartletts, father and son. Both were county
auditors or city clerks for long terms of years, and wardens of old Trin
ity church.
Joseph Bartlett, born in 1795, was the son of Nicholas and Hannah
Barker Bartlett. His wife was* Lydia Boden Meek, the daughter of Cap
tain Thomas Meek, who was a prisoner of war with Nicholas Bartlett
during the Revolutionary war.
In 1837, Joseph Bartlett, then acting as Recorder, was living on Pros
pect street between Erie and Sheriff. He died in 1864.
Mrs. Bartlett outlived him 22 years, dying in 1886, aged 89 years.
She lived with her son Nicholas, meanwhile, and was adored by her
grandchildren. She took active part in all activities of Trinity church,
and was one of its oldest members,
Nicholas Bartlett, son of Joseph B. and Lydia Bartlett, was born in
1822, He married Lucretia A. Brown, daughter of Benjamin Brown of
New London, Conn. Her father died aged 28, when she was young, and
her mother, Sarah Brown, died in Sandusky, 0., in 1852.
Mrs, Nicholas Bartlett was very dignified, tall and slender, well read,
and spiritually minded. She left Trinity church when Grace church
was organized, and remained an active worker in the later until her death,
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The family lived on Superior corner of Muirson street, and afterward
on Prospect street.
The children of Joseph Bartlett :
Nicholas Bartlett, married Lucretia sia V. Gray. He was an officer in
A. Brown. the civil war.
Benjamin Bartlett, married Mrs. Thomas Bartlett, married Georgia
Louise Mould, widow of Henry King. He was president of a crude
Mould. old company that piped the first
Lydia Bartlett, married Robert oil.
Weaver. Mary Bartlett, married Henry Roe-
Capt. Joseph Bartlett, married Per- der.

1836
BACKUS

The educational advantages of the town were enhanced valuably this
year, by the establishment of a classical school for lads preparing for col
lege. The enthusiastic young master of it was fresh from Yale where
he had just graduated at the age of 23 years. He was well fitted for the
task, as his own education had been acquired through his own efforts,
financially, and he had learned much of practical value outside his col
lege life.
Franklin T, Backus was born in Lee, Massachusetts, His parents
were Thomas and Rebecca Couch Backus, The father died leaving his
widow and a large family of children with limited means of support.
The family had previously moved to Lansing, N, Y, Young Backus
worked on a farm, clerked in a store, and did anything else that oppor
tunity offered. Meanwhile he was studying, and fitting himself for col
lege. After entering Yale he spent his vacations in hard work, earning
the tuition and other expenses that would enable him to return to New
Haven and resume college life.
Upon coming to Cleveland, he entered the office of Bolton and Kelley,
and all the time not required by his boys' school was devoted to the study
of law. He was a successful teacher who was able to enthuse his pupils
with a love of books, and an ambition to become good and useful men.
The writer has heard old citizens of years past who attended the prepar
atory school speak of Mr, Backus in eulogistic terms.
He became a prominent lawyer of the city, and during the latter part
of his life engaged in various business activities. He was one of the
pioneer promoters of the oil trade, and died leaving considerable prop
erty. In 1842, he married Lucy Mygatt, daughter of George Mygatt,
who became a resident of Cleveland after 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Backus
left no family. A niece resided with them many years. She died recent
ly. In 1892, Mrs. Backus gave $50,000 to the Law School of Western
Reserve University, as a memorial to her husband.
The first home of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin T. Backus was for many
years at 134 Lake street. 564

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In September, 1835, Francis Harding of New York City issued a
small neat circular calling attention to his upholstery and window cur
tain establishment newly opened at No. 9 Leonard street close to Broad
way. In this advertisement he states that he has had nine years' experi
ence in his line of work in Europe, and for the past three years has been
employed by the best known cabinet maker of the city. This business
venture must have proved unsuccessful, for the following year he came
with his wife and child to Cleveland, and opened a shop and store on
Water street. This time he had a partner, William Milford, a prom
inent citizen of the town who had active business interests other than
the Water street establishment. This partnership evidently did not con
tinue many years, as the city directory of 1845 does not contain the firm
of Milford and Harding.
Francis Harding was born in Brighton, England, and according to
his New York circular, he immigrated to this country in 1832. In 1835
he married Sarah Philadelphia Barrett, and their first child was born
in New York City. Mr. Harding was an inventor as well as an up
holsterer. In February, 1837, he applied for two patents; one for a
machine for curling hair for mattresses; the other for cleaning and re
storing feathers for beds and pillows. His applications contained the
names of several leading citizens of the town, George Hoadley, Hiram
V. Wilson, and Harvey Rice being among them. It was accompanied
by a drawing of the model machine, finely executed by Jarvis Hanks,
afterward a succesful portrait painter.
The Harding family lived several years on Water street. West 9th,
south-east corner of Frankfort. Mrs. Harding was born in London,
England. She was very musical, and brought with her to Cleveland
the first piano possessed in the town. Afterward it was sold to John
Bennet who had a household of grown daughters. Both Mrs. Harding
and Mrs. Bennet were sweet singers, and as they were near neighbors,
they often sang together, accompanied by the piano. This beautiful mu
sic attracted much attention, and old citizens recall their wonder and
admiration when as boys they hung over the Bennet gate or sat on the
fence listening to the tinkle of the only piano in town, or to the vocal mu
sic that it ofen accom.panied.
Mr. Harding moved with his family on to a farm at the corner of
St. Clair and East Madison, East 79th street. The Rev. Mr. Varian,
the once well known Episcopal rector of the Church of the Good Shep
herd, afterward bought this property, which remained in the possession
of his daughters many years. The firm of Milford and Harding dis
solved and the latter took another partner, who proved a rascal, and man
aged to ruin Mr. Harding within the course of a few years.
Mr. and Mrs. Harding soon after died, leaving a family of children,
the youngest of whom was but six years of age when the father passed
away in 1851, and two years later the mother foUowed him to the Better
Land. The only surviving member of the family is Mrs. Mary Harding
DeWitt, of East 79th street. 565

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The children of Francis and Sarah Harding:
Francis B. Harding, b. 1836 ; m. William R. Harding, b. 1843 ; m. Je-
Sarah Coy. He died 1895. mima More. He died 1908.
Mary F. Harding, b. 1839 ; m. Peter George C. Harding, b. 1846 ; m. Jen-
J. DeWitt. ny Hunnewell ; died 1905.
Thomas E. Harding, h. 1841; m,
Mary Scott, He died 1905,

1836
HERRICK

In 1815, Sylvester Pierce Herrick of Vernon, N, Y,, married Maria
Marcia Smith, daughter of Levi and Mary Olmstead Smith, Mr. Her
rick was a country merchant doing a good business in a store on the
public square of Vernon. He died in 1828, leaving two young sons and
two daughters. Timothy H. Smead, a printer, married one of the lat
ter and removed in 1836 to the West Side, Ohio City, where he edited
and published the Ohio City Argus. The Smeads were joined here by
Mrs. Herrick, her daughter Julia, and the two sons.
Mrs. Herrick contributed articles to the Argus, at the same time edit
ing a small monthly, called the Mother's Magazine, a very creditable
publication which lasted several years. Mrs. Herrick was an unusual
woman for her day. Left a widow, she had raised her little family of
children to honorable and useful maturity. She was born in 1798 on the
Van Rensselaer Manor in New York, and having an admiration for that
historical Knickerbocker family, she named her youngest son for it.
She lived in Cleveland for nearly 60 years, and died at the residence
of R. R. Herrick in her 98th year. To the last she kept abreast of the
times, reading the daily newspaper without glasses.
The children of Sylvester and Maria Herrick:
John Sylvester Herrick, m. Mary Rensselaer Russell Herrick, m. Ade-
Comstock. He died 1887. laide Cushman; 2nd, Mrs. Laura
Mary Elisabeth Herrick, m. Timo- White Hunt, of Norwalk, Ohio.
thy H. Smead ; d. 1829.
Julia Maria Herrick, m. William H.
Van Tine; d. 1898.
In 1845 the Smeads and Herricks were aU living together at 19 On
tario street, John Herrick was then a printer, and Rensselaer R. a car
penter. The Smeads removed to 10 Cedar Ave., where they spent the
remainder of their days, and where their daughter Mary still resides.
Mr. Smead is said to have been "a splendid craftsman, a man of much
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ability, and one of the best printers in the city," He was associated
with the late Edwin Cowles as "Smead and Cowles."
Rensselaer Russell Herrick became a very successful business man and
accumulated much property. He entered politics, and was mayor of the
city from 1879 to 1883, After his marriage he settled on Prospect street,
owning the entire block on the south side of it between Huntington and
Cheshire, Upon this stood his residence, a handsome brick block of
homes, and a frame terrace of four cottages. An illustration of the above
can be found on page 67 of Orth's History of Cleveland.

1836
BRADBURN

Manufacturer, wholesale grocer, and distiller were successively the
occupations of Charles Bradburn who came to Cleveland in 1836, He was
born in Attlebury, Mass,, in 1808, and was the son of a Massachusetts
cotton manufacturer. He was a pioneer in the wholesale grocery busi
ness of the city, and built the first warehouse for that purpose only, at
the foot of St, Clair street.
He took great interest in local educational matters. He served many
terms as a member of the Board of Education. In the establishment of a
High School he took prominent part, and fought long and hard the op
position its promoters encountered. His portrait in oil hangs in the
Central High School building on Willson Ave.
His fine library, the collection of a lifetime, was destroyed in a fire
which burned a fashionable boarding house in which, after his wife's
death, Mr. Bradburn was located.
Mrs. Bradburn was a Miss Eliza Stone, of Lowell, Mass. She was a
very estimable woman, whose infiuence with her family was strong. Her
husband and sons adored her, and her death proved a calamity which
involved each of them in the same manner and degree. The Bradburns
lived on Miami street, then on Woodland ave., corner of Brownell street,
in a double brick house, the other half of which was occupied by Willard
Burnham. The Bradburns afterward resided in a cream-colored, vine-
covered cottage on Euclid ave. adjoining the Ursuline Convent. Judge
Griswald, later, built a substantial brick house on the site, and this, in
turn, gave way for the Colonial Arcade buildings.
Mr, and Mrs, Bradburn had two sons, Charles and George Bradburn,
The former married a fine woman and died leaving a little daughter, Ida
Bradburn, Charles Bradburn, Sr., died within a few days after his son's death,
and George soon foUowed his father.
The family all repose in a vault in Erie stret cemetery.
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1836
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Aaron and Submit Arnold Leland came to Newburgh from Vermont.
Aaron had four brothers who were all in the hotel business, and his own
sons eventually became noted as hotel owners and landlords all over the
country, especially in New York and Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland were both large people, in mind and body. They
were very generous and hospitable. Mrs. Leland had the best business
head of the two. She was a splendid manager of affairs, Mr, Leland
was a jolly, good-natured man, and both were fine dancers, and fond of
that pleasure. Their sons Horace, George, Jerome, and Charles, married
New York or Chicago ladies. Warren married Isabella Cobb, daughter
of Ahira Cobb of Cleveland. She lost her life years afterward in a hotel
fire. Clarissa married Col. Noble Wiggins. They lived in Springfield,
111., where Col. Wiggins kept a large hotel for many years.

1836
BAUDER

Charles L. Bauder was an early furniture dealer of the city. He came
here from Utica, N. Y., about 1836, and after a sojourn of a few years
in this place he returned to Utica, but repenting of what may have seemed
to him a retrograde, he once more made his home in Cleveland, where
he remained until his death in 1876.
His parents were Ludwick and Catherine-Klock-Bauder, of St. John-
ville, N. Y. His mother was a daughter of General Klock from whom
Fort Klock derives its name.
Mr. Bauder's furniture store was on Water street and the family
lived there until their return to Utica. Their second home was 31 Pros
pect street corner of Hickox, where Mr. Bauder bought a lot and erected a
dwelling. Mr. Bauder was 24 years old and his wife but 21 years when they
came to Cleveland. She was Miss Hannah Northrop Eddy before her
marriage to Mr. Bauder. She died in 1873. There were two brothers
of Mr. Bauder residing in Cleveland in the '40s. The family burial lot was
in Erie street cemetery.
The children of Charles and Hannah Bauder:
Emily Josephine Bauder, b. 1830 ; Olive J. Bauder, b. 1846 ; m. W. H.
m. A. E. Hoon. She died in Kokoma, Polhamus, now an honored veteran
Ind. of the civil war.
Lucy A. Bauder, b. 1834 ; m. Charles Eva. F. Bauder, m. Samuel Hunkin
M. Eldred of Elyria, 0.
Viola M. Bauder, b. 1841 ; m. Albert
N. H. Piper. She died 1882. 568

1836
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Oliver Perry Baldwin became a resident of Cleveland in 1836, He
pacticed law and edited a paper for two years, then removed to Virginia,
He was widely known in the south as an editor and a senator. He was the
son of Capt, Daniel Baldwin who lost a leg at the battle of the Brandy-
wine, 0. P, Baldwin married Eliza Shefney of Virginia, He died in 1878.
While living in Cleveland he was noted as an eloquent speaker, and
was a favorite orator on public occasions.

1836
TUCKER

The arrival of Rev. Levi Tucker in Cleveland followed immediately
upon the completion and dedication of the First Baptist church, corner of
Seneca and Champlain streets.
This society had its beginning three years before, when, one February
day, a membership of about 16 people held one of its obligatory cere
monies, baptism by immersion, at the foot of Water street. It must have
taken heroic faith that bitter winter day to walk into the icy waters of
Lake Erie, be immersed in it, and then walk or ride home in a cold wind
with garments clinging and dripping. But it was no unusual sight in
those years' of self-sacrificing Christianity.
The first minister, Elder Tucker, was born in Broome, N. Y., on the
national birthday, July 4th, and was 32 years old when he took charge
of the Baptist church. He was the fifth child of Charles and Charity
Stevens Tucker, When he was twelve years of age, the death of Mrs,
Charity Tucker left a large family of young children motherless. But the
father, with unusual sense and ability, managed to keep his home and
his children within it. Levi received his education in Hamilton college,
and was ordained a Baptist minister.
In June, 1829, he married Jeanette Griswald Lee, daughter of Rev,
Jason and Jeanette Griswald Lee of Butternuts, N, Y.
Mrs. Tucker had a most unusual genealogy. She was descended from
Mathew Griswald and his wife, Ann Wolcott, and belonged to what
might be called "a ministerial family." She was the wife of a Baptist
clergyman, her father was a Congregational minister of Lyme, N. Y.,
her grandfather was Rev. Jason Lee, Sr. ; and the Rev. Joseph Lee, and
Rev. George Griswald were her great-grandfathers. Her only son be
came the rector of a Protestant Episcopal church.
Mrs. Tucker was a delicate woman, but she entered into her husband's
work with enthusiasm, and assisted in his pastoral duties to the limit of
her strength. The personnel of the Baptist membership was particu
larly favorable and satisfactory for a pastor's wife who was frail and
beginning a new^ life far from her mother and girlhood friends. For the
little religious body was like a family of affectionate sons and daughters.
Any sorrow that befeU one member was shared by all, and there were
many instances of mutual interest, affection, and practical help and sym
pathy. "The stranger within their gates" was always noticed and wel-
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comed. The women of the church, like those of all other denominations,
worked early and late for its financial and spiritual welfare. Most of
them were young, many were brides of a recent date, and all were bound
by ties of religious fervor and personal friendship that strengthened with
the years, and lasted until death.
Any social function of the First Baptist church during the last dec
ade of the past century was made interesting by the group of white-
haired women present, addressing each other by given names and mak
ing mirthful or mysterious allusions to the events of bygone days.
And the younger set, being initiated into the detail of church activi
ties, listened enviously, recognizing that nothing happening in the pros
perous present would ever seem so interesting or worth while as those
"twice-told tales" of the early struggles of the church society.
Elder Tucker remained in Cleveland nine years, long enough to be
come much endeared to his little flock. He has been described as a most
lovable man, and his departure for the east was sorrowfully regretted.
Evidently, he had almost prophetic faith in the future of the city, and
great confidence in what steam would accomplish for the world, accord
ing to an incident related of him,
A number of friends, irrespective of denominational preferences, were
dining at the home of Erastus Gaylord, and in the course of conversation.
Rev, Levi Tucker remarked that there were those present who would live
to see Cleveland a great and populous city. Furthermore, he went on to
predict that a railroad would reach, some day, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. This when Cleveland numbered but 6000 people, and railroads were
being talked of merely, the first one to enter the city yet 12 years in the
future. The company smiled at his assertion or frowned at it, according to
temperament, but all thought it presumptuous. Possibly, some lively
young matron whispered to her neighbor beside her, "He must think some
of us are going to be „Methuselahs," and doubtless others thought, "It
takes a minister with no knowledge of practical affairs to predict such
ridiculous and impossible things."
Elder Tucker became quite a traveler. He visited the Holy Land, and
wrote letters from it that were widely published. He died in Cincinnatus,
N, Y., in his 49th year.
Mrs. Tucker was two years younger than her husband. She passed
away in Boston, Mass,, at the age of 45,
Levi and Jeannette Lee Tucker had three children, two of whom are
yet living.

1836
TERRY
Elisha Woodridge Tucker. Died Rev. Joseph L. Tucker. B, 1842,
young, and buried in Erie st, cem- Rector of Christ's Church, Mobile,
etery, Alabama,
Mary Jeannette Tucker. Married
Henry Dwight Peck, Resides in
Virginia. Mrs, Edward Lansing Harris, well-known in the social and patriotic
circles of our city, is a grandniece of Rev, Levi Tucker, her grand
mother having been his sister.

1836
TERRY
Dr, Charles Augustus Terry of Hartford, Conn,, had but recently re
ceived his medical diploma when he came with his bride to Cleveland and
began a practice of his profession that lasted through life.
He was the youngest of the five sons and two daughters of Col. Na-
athaniel Terry of Hartford, who was a member of Congress, and a de
scendant of the Terry who emigrated from England with William Pyn-
chon, and became one of the earliest settlers of Springfield, Mass,
Dr, Terry's mother was Catherine Wadsworth, daughter of Jeremiah
Wadsworth, commissary general in the revolutionary war.
She built an elegant mansion on Prospect street, Hartford, where the
Terry family resided many years, and where Dr, Terry was born. This
house and the adjacent one erected by her brother, Daniel Wadsworth,
are among the finest specimens of New England architecture in the late
18th century.
Col, Terry's five sons, Edward, Henry, Alfred, Charles, and Adrian
Terry, were all unusually handsome, spirited young men, and because
of this and their high social standing, they were early dubbed "the Hart
ford Princes," One of these sons was the father of Rose Terry Cooke,
the poet, and writer of short stories. Another was the father of General
Alfred Terry, distinguished officer of the civil war. A third brother,
Alfred, married the daughter of Gen, Hezekiah Howe, sister of Mrs,
Moses Kelly, a pioneer of Cleveland,
The Terry family possessed musical and artistic ability to a marked
degree. Dr, and Mrs, Terry made their first residence in town at 109 Supe
rior street, A few years later they were living at 43 St, Clair street,
which was on the north side of it, near Water street, Dr, Terry after
ward built a three-storied brick house on the same street, between Bond
and Wood streets. It had a high basement, and this the doctor used as an
office. In this home the family lived long years, and here Dr, and Mrs.
Terry died only one year apart.
Mrs. Terry was Julia Woodbridge, daughter of Ward Woodbridge, a
merchant of Hartford, Conn, She was of a well-known Massachusetts
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and Connecticut family, many of whom were noted clergymen. At the
time of their marriage. Dr. and Mrs. Terry were considered the hand
somest couple in that part of the state. Mrs. Terry had many warm
friends in Cleveland. She was a fine woman, intelligent, cultured, and
refined. She was an invalid several years before her death, which oc
curred in 1871, and her husband foUowed her a year later at the age of
61. They rest in Erie st. cemetery.
Their children consisted of three daughters:
Ellen Frances Terry, b. 1837. Mar- Julia Woodbridge Terry. Married
ried Prof. Charles F. Johnson of Col. Henry Closson, U. S. A.
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn, Eliza Hudson Terry. Died young,
Ellen F. Terry was prominently connected with the Northern Ohio
Sanitary Commission all through the years of the civil war.

1836
WETMORE

The junior member of the firm of Younglove & Wetmore, book-sell
ers, book-binders, and stationers, 40 Superior street, in 1836, was Edward
Perkins Wetmore, He was the son of Dea. Oliver and Esther Arnold
Wetmore, and direct descendant of Elder Brewster.
He was an honorable young man, liberal in his dealings, and greatly
esteemed by his friends and business associates. His generosity and
kindness of heart is said to have been unbounded.
He married, in 1851, Mrs. Frances Norton Dockstader, widow of
Butler Dockstader, of Cleveland. She was the daughter of Elisha Nor
ton, first postmaster of Cleveland, and Margaret Clark, his wife. Her
grandfather, David Clark, came to Cleveland with his family in 1800.
Mr. Wetmore left Cleveland in the '50s, and settled in Cheviot, Ham
ilton Co., 0. He died in Cincinnati, where he had previously removed,
and been engaged in business.

1836
WHITE
Philip White, a painter and glazier, came to town in 1836 from Dur
ham, Green Co., N. Y. He was 42 years old and had a family of at least
four sons. They lived at 126 Ontario street.
Mr. White lived but seven years after his arrival here. He died in
1843, and was buried in Erie st. cemetery. His son Albert White was a
soldier of the Mexican war, and died in 1847 at Pueblo, Mexico.
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1836
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Lampert White, born 1818, was a citizen of Cleveland for 50 years,
but none of his nephews or nieces seem able to tell of his immediate fam
ily. He died in 1868, and was placed beside his father and brother in
Erie st. cemetery. He was a painter, and in 1856 was a constable and liv
ing at 116 Perry street.
John S. White, b, 1825, came with his parents to Cleveland at the
age of eleven, and when old enough was associated with his father in
the painting business. In later life he was in a drug-store with the Gay-
lords, and afterward dealt in oil.
He was a drummer in the Cleveland Grays, a member of the old
volunteer fire department, and at the breaking out of the civil war en
listed in the 103rd Reg, 0, V, I, He was a warm-hearted, generous man,
quiet and methodical.
In 1845 he married Margaret Wolverton, dau, of Henry Wolverton.
of Michigan, The children of Henry S, and Margaret White :
B. F. White, m, Minnie Adams,
Mary White, m, L. H, Root,
Fanny White, m, W, H. Silverthom.

1836
STEWART

Royal Stewart was one of the early Cleveland lawyers, but the year
he came here has not been learned, but probably between 1836 and 1840,
He married Miss Sarah Sabin, daughter of William H, and Sallie
Forman Sabin of Onondaga, N, Y, Her mother was a niece of Judge
Forman of Syracuse, N, Y.
Miss Sabin studied Latin and the higher mathematics, and after
ward entered the celebrated Willard Seminary in Troy, N. Y, While
there she was the room-mate of the future Mrs, Wm, H, Seward, then
Frances A, Miller, whose husband was one of President Lincoln's cabi
net. Miss Sabin married Royal Stewart in 1832, and soon after finishing
her course at the seminary. She died in this city in 1849. Her hus
band probably returned east and died there. His name appears in the
1845 City Directory, but not in that of 1856.
The children of Royal and Sarah Stewart:
WiUiam S. Stewart.
Ellen E. Stewart, m,  Dickinson ; resided in Brooklyn, N, Y,
573

1836
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For many years, beginning with that of 1835, and remaining long
after its owner had removed from this city to Chicago, a warehouse stood
on River street bearing a large sign, upon which was painted in bold let
ters that could be easily read by every vessel entering the harbor :
"T, Richmond."
It stood for the Hon. Thomas Richmond, who once did a fiourishing
mercantile and shipping business in Cleveland and Richmond, the lake-
port of Painesville, which he founded in 1831.
He built many vessels, and was one of the pioneers, if not the one who
established the iron ore trade with Lake Superior mining districts. One
of his epoch-making enterprises was the building of the "Dean Rich
mond," loading her with grain and sending her, via Wetland Canal, to
Liverpool, England,
Mr. Richmond was the son of Nathaniel and Abigail Wood Richmond
of Taunton, Mass., and Banard, Vt., and was about 45 years of age when
he settled in Cleveland. He was in the war of 1812, serving as valet to a
captain, being considered too young for enlistment as a soldier, but bound
to be at the front in the conflict. He went to Syracuse while yet a lad,
and while that place was bearing the primitive name, "Salt Paint," and
engaged in its sole occupation, the manufacture and sale of salt.
In 1822, he married Olive Yale, daughter of Charles Yale of Salina,
N. Y., who was a charming young woman 22 years of age. The first
ten years of their married life were spent in Syracuse; there was a so
journ in Painesville and Cleveland for 15 years more, then the family
removed to Chicago, IU., in which city Thomas Richmond became a lead
ing citizen, one of its most famous founders. He built the "Richmond
House," long known as a Chicago hotel. He was also in the Ohio legisla
ture, and represented his district in the Illinois senate as well. He died,
at the extreme age of 97, in Woodstock, Vt.
Two of his sons married into old and prominent Cleveland families.
The Cleveland residence of Thomas Richmond was 132 Superior street.
The children of Thomas and Olive Yale Richmond:
William T. Richmond, b, 1822; m. Holland M. Richmond, b. 1828; m.
Catherine Sargeant, daughter of in late life Elisabeth Shessber of
Joseph and Laura Brooks Sar- Milwaukee, Wis.
geant of Cleveland. Joseph Richmond, b. 1830; m. Ma-
Cliarles Yale Richmond, m. Caro- ria Sawtell. Lived in Chicago.
line Gibson of Buffalo. Olive Yale Richmond, m, George G.
Allen Richmond, b. 1825; m. Helen Smith. He was born in New
0. Crittenden, dau. of N. C. and York. They lived at Suspension
Maria Crittenden of Cleveland. Bridge.
They moved to Chicago in 1858.
Helen 0. Richmond outlived him,
and died in Cleveland.
At least three sons of this family, Charles, Allen, and Holland Rich
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There were four men by the name of Southworth living in Cleveland
before 1840. Two of them were brothers, the sons of John and Lucy
Barker Southworth of East Haddam, Conn. Their widowed mother fol
lowed her sons west, and died here, and was buried in Woodland ceme
tery. Harrison Grey Otis Southworth, the older brother, born 1815, was a
printer. He died of consumption in 1839, unmarried,
WiUiam Palmer Southworth, born 1819, came to Cleveland in 1836.
He learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for many years,
and became a builder and contractor on a small scale. Some time in the
late '60s, he opened a small retail grocery-store on the n. w. corner of
Ontario and Champlain streets, and established a business policy that
was new to the trade, and one it was freely predicted would surely fail.
Every sale was on a cash basis. An article had to be paid for then
and there. No accounts were entered, because no books were kept. The
wealthiest customer in his purchase amounting to $50 or more was
granted no more favor in respect of payment than the poor one whose
purchase was less than a doUar,
Some of the former, accustomed to the convenience of monthly bills,
argued with him and pleaded in vain,
"Pay down or go elsewhere," was his only reply. Mr. Southworth pos
sessed great executive ability. He was a strict disciplinarian in the con
duct of his business. There was no waste nor leakage. His methods ena
bled him to sell on the smallest margin of profit. His first store-room
soon became too small, and he removed to a larger one across the street.
"Southworths" became a household word, and yet remains the leading
retail grocery of the city.
Mr. Southworth had no use for a lazy or indifferent clerk, but was
most appreciative of one who was ambitious and loyal to his employer.
A young clerk attracted Mr. Southworth's attention by his faithfulness
and industry, which led to positions of trust and finally admittance to the
firm. Mrs. W, P, Southworth was Miss Louise Stark, 24 years of age at the
time of her marriage in 1855, She was the daughter of Jeremiah and
Lucy Champion Stark. Her life was full of activities, and she was al
ways reaching out for the truth in spirit and in doctrine. A most use
ful woman, who longed to see the world better, and especially easier for
woman-kind. She was kind-hearted and sympathetic, ready to help in
any good cause.
The family lived for many years on Euclid ave,, where it is inter
sected by Huron Road. When business crowded that locality they re
moved to Prospect street above Sterling ave.
The children of William Palmer and Lucy Stark Southworth :
William Southworth. Otis Stark Southworth, m. Georgi-
Mary Louise SouthwoHh. ana Lee, daughter of James M.
Frances Southworth, m. Frederick Lee.
Goff. 575

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LOOMIS
The name appears in Cleveland as early as 1812, when Eleazer Loom
is, 24 years of age, died and was buried in the Ontario st. cemetery. He
was a son of Eleazer and Julia Coleman Loomis of Connecticut.
There has not been a time since when some member of the Loomis
family has not been represented in Cleveland as a permanent resident
of the city,
Gilbert and Anson Loomis, sons of Devester and Beeda Clark Loomis,
of Sangerfield, N, Y., were engaged in a wholesale and retail grocery
business at 14 Dock street in 1836. They boarded at the Cleveland House
on the Public Square, now the Forest City House.
When they came to Cleveland, has not been established.
Gilbert Loomis was born in 1810, and died in 1841. He married in
1838, Eliza Ann Moore. Their children were:
Jennie Augusta Loomis, b. 1839 ; m, Harriet Loomis, b, 1841 ; died with-
Henry Lewis, in a month of her father's death,
Anson Loomis was born in 1812. He was married and had been liv
ing in Missouri previous to his residence in Cleveland. His wife's maiden
name was Charlotte Brown. . She died in 1856, and Anson Loomis in
1863. They left no children. The Loomis families had a lot in the Erie
st. cemetery. Laura Loomis, a sister of Anson and Gilbert Loomis, married George
Mix of WaterviUe, N. Y. She removed to Cleveland, and died here in
1881.

1836
SARGEANT

Samuel Sargent, son of Joseph and Lucretia WiUiams Sargeant of
Mansfield, Conn., was a younger brother of Joseph Sargeant the pioneer
merchant of Cleveland. He lived in this city twice, moving away and
returning again. His business while in this locality has not been ascer
tained. Several members of the immediate family removed to Round Prairie,
Minn., and a number of the grandchildren still reside in that town.
Samuel Sargeant married in 1836, Mary Parmalee, daughter of Hor
ace Parmalee. She was then 21 years old, and she died 75 years of age,
Samuel was born in 1803, and died 1891,
The children of Samuel and Mary Parmalee Sargeant:
John Henry Sargeant, m, Sophia Samuel Sherman Sargeant, m, Susie
Dimon. McCarohan,
Joseph Sargeant, b, 1843; m, Lucy Walter Sargeant, m, Sarah E.
M, Woods, Hersh.
Fanny Eliott Sargeant, m, Francis Grace Sargeant, m, Charles W.
C. Chase, Woodruff.
576

1837
STOCKLY
John Gait Stockly was born in Philadelphia, Pa., 1799. He was a
son of Captain Ayres Stockly of Accomac, Virginia, and Mary Gait, his
wife, of PhUadelphia.
He early showed an inclination to follow his father's love of the sea,
by running away and enlisting in the navy. His mother, who was a
widow, had no difficulty in securing his release, as he was a minor.
In order to hold him and prepare him for a life at sea, should he still
with later to follow it, she apprenticed him to Capt. Ogleby, owner of a
ship-yard in Philadelphia, to whom he served his time faithfully, and so
successfully, that with a partner he started a ship-yard of his own, known
as "Berriman & Stockly," on Front st.
Again he was seized with a desire for the sea, and, selling his inter
est in the business, he took voyage to the West Indies, later to England,
and other countries.
About 1830, he was sent by our government as custom officer on a
line of small steamers plying between Buffalo and Chippewa, and used
as a means of communication between this country and Canada, On one
of these trips, he met a young French girl, MUe. Duchatel, and soon be
came very much interested in her. He also met some American capital
ists who were planning to invest in mills on the Welland canal, and was
secured by them as superintendent of their interests.
A portrait of Mr. Stockly as a young man was painted in Philadel
phia by a Portuguese artist, Manuel de Franca, about the time he left
that city.
It is the portrait of a large, handsome, and very attractive young
man. He was a leader and favorite in social circles in the Quaker City, and
when he settled in AUenburg as manager of an enterprise that was to
make so much business for a little, no-account village, he soon became a
leader in everything. His wife, MUe. Catherine Duchatel Stockly, was
born in San Antoine, Lower Canada, and was the youngest of a large
family. Losing her mother before she was two years old, her oldest
brother took her with him, first to St, Albans, Vt., where he was en
gaged in the fur trade, and later to Chippewa, Canada, where he had
a fur hat manufactury.
She was married to Mr. Stockly in June, 1831, at Niagara Falls, on
the American side. They went to house-keeping in a little home in AUen
burg on the Welland canal.
The first child, Mary, lived less than a year. Then a second daugh
ter came to them, and she was also called Mary after Mr, Stockly's
mother, Mary Gait Stockly,
The second Mary is now Mrs. Mary Stockly Cary of Cleveland (since
deceased). In 1837, the Canadian Rebellion broke out, and all American citi
zens holding property in the Dominion of Canada were ordered to swear
allegiance to the English government, or leave,
Mr. Stockly could not thus relinquish his American citizenship, and
although, by this time, he had acquired a large interest in the now flour
ishing mills, he gave it all up, chartered a vessel, loaded her with wheat
belonging to him, and with his family and household effects, sailed off
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1836
STOCKLY
for the little town of Cleveland on the opposite side of the lake. Thus
John Stockly became a pioneer of Cleveland, He was fond of telling that
when he walked to shore from the vessel, and began prospecting for a
home, he had just 25 cents in his pocket with which he bought oranges
for his little daughter Mary,
The first roof that sheltered them was a tavern on Seneca street,
south of Superior. He soon found a new row of stores, but lately
erected on the south side of Superior street, called the "City Buildings,"
of which he rented No. 6, and had his cargo of wheat hauled there and
offered for sale. From this beginning resulted a business now knovsm
as Kendal's seed-store, Ontario street.
Mr. Stockly sold out to John Stair & Son, who, in turn, sold to A. C.
Kendal. The first home of the Stocklys was on a little street on the hill over
looking the flats. Commercial st., and on the east corner of that street
and Seneca was the First Baptist church.
Mr. Stockly made the acquaintance of Sheldon Pease, a well-known
business man, residing on the corner of Superior and Seneca streets,
and soon after met Hon. John W. Allen, a leading lawyer, and the three
became fast friends for life.
The family moved to the north side of Superior street near Seneca,
and lived there until the seed-store passed into the hands of Mr. Stair.
Mr. Allen, who owned a farm on Kinsman street, persuaded Mr.
Stockly to move onto it, and experiment in the cultivation of mulberry
trees and the raising of silk-worms. Congress provided the plants and
the silk-worm eggs. Mr. Stockly built a cocoonery, and made a careful
and thorough trial of the project. But it was not commercially feasible,
as American silk could not compete with that of foreign manufacture.
The experiment, however, proved very interesting. Silk threads were
spun from the cocoons into twist, and there is yet in the family a hand
bag which was knitted by Mrs. Stockly out of the home-made twist she
had spun.
The farm was separated from the town by a broad stretch of woods,
and for a time, after the mulberry scheme was abandoned, Mr. Stockly
raised vegetables, but he was never intended for a farmer, and soon re
turned to the city, building a house on land he had purchased at the foot
of Water street.
Meanwhile, Dr. Upson of Talmadge had discovered coal on his farm
and looked to Cleveland for a market. Mr. Stockly took the agency for
the proceeds of this mine, secured a yard for it and a little office on the
river, and offered it for sale. But no one wanted the "nasty black stuff"
when wood was so cheap and plentiful. But he finally persuaded the
steamboats to try it, and it was found a success. He then hit upon the
idea of sending a wagon-load of it around the city, and giving it to any
one who would make a trial of it. Thus he was a pioneer of the im
mense coal-trade of today.
Mr. Stockly soon saw the. inadequacy of our harbor faculties, as the
river was narrow and, in bad weather, almost impossible to enter. He
then began to plan for a pier at the foot of Water street on his land,
"as," he used to declare, "I own to Queen Victoria's line, and no one can
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1837
STOCKLY
hinder me," In due time it was completed and known as "Stockly's
Pier," and one of the best landings on the lakes.
He also was instrumental in having Water street graded down to
Wall street, newly opened, making an approach to the lake much as it
is today. He was very anxious to have the lake-front extend all the way
from Water street to the city limits, and strongly opposed the building
of the Lake Shore railroad where it is, thus ruining what, he consid
ered, the greatest beauty of the city.
The frequent occasions upon which sick or dying sailors were brought
ashore with no place to take them, made a deep impression upon Mr.
Stockly's sympathies, and he recognized the great need of a hospital with
special reference to their needs. It resulted in the building of a Marine
Hospital, One incident in connection with this was especially pathetic. A poor
Indian chief, named Jocoset, Walking Bear, with other members of his
tribe, had been on a mission to Washington, and was returning to the
west. He was taken very ill and brought ashore by the officers of the
steamboat upon which he was traveling, in a dying condition, and left on
the dock to die,
Mr, Stockly's big heart was at once touched, and he had the Indian
carried into the bedroom of his clerk, and sent for a physician. Every
thing was done for his comfort, and his life was prolonged, by this
attention, for two weeks. At his death, Mr. Stockly headed a subscription
paper to defray necessary expenses for burial in Erie st. cemetery, and
a stone erected at his grave.
Mr. Stockly was a man of strictly temperate habits, and never touched
tobacco in any form, and was kind-hearted and generous to a fault, often
to his own undoing. Incidents without number could be given to illus
trate and show the spirit of a man loved by all who knew him.
As changes were made in the grading of Water street compelled the
removal of his cottage residence on that street to Prospect street near its
intersection with Huron.
At the time of the civil war, Mr. Stockly was too old to enlist, but
joined the hospital service and was doing good service on one of the boats
that went with Admiral Porter down the Mississippi river, was taken Ul,
and sent home. He never recovered, and died May 17, 1863. He was
buried with military honors in Erie st. cemetery, but afterwards removed
to Lake View to the family lot of Stockly and Cary.
Catherine Duchatel Stockly was a domestic wife and mother, to whom
the care of her family was her first concern, and her children, of whom
she raised six, have always showed the results of that helpful care, and
have endeavored to do it credit.
She was born a Catholic, but as Mr. Stockly was an Episcopalian,
they attended Trinity church, corner of St. Clair and Seneca sts.
During the great revival of 1844, she was converted under the preach
ing of the celebrated revivalist. Prof, Finney, and thenceforth was a mem
ber of the Old Stone church, where her children were raised in its
Sunday School and its service. She was a good neighbor, fond of a few
people, but had no desire for general society. She survived her husband
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1837
WILLIAMS
18 years, living a very quiet life with her children and grandchildren,
dying in January, 1882,
Children of John and Catherine Stockly:
Mary SiocArZy, b. 1834 in AUenburg ; George Washington Stockltj, b.
married John E. Cary, 1852. 1844 ; married Olivia Devereaux.
Sarah Frances Stockly, b. 1841 in Anastasia Virginia Stockly, born in
Cleveland ; married Capt. Albert Cleveland ; married Otis B. Boise.
Watrous. George W. Stockly, the only son in this family, was long a prominent
citizen of Cleveland. He was engaged in mercantile business, and pres
ident of the Brush Electric Company. He had previously studied law,
and been connected with banking interests. He died in Atlantic City, a
few years ago.

1837
WILLIAMS

The life history of William Williams, pioneer of Cleveland, runs up
and down a gamut of many years of change and circumstance. It begins
in comparative comfort in East Windsor, Conn., sinks into poverty and
privation; rises on to a plane of hopefulness and great expectation;
drops again into financial failure and domestic bereavement, but ends
at last in a beautiful home on Euclid Ave., Cleveland, where, surrounded
with comforts and the possession of leisure to enjoy the mental stim
ulus the stress of business had long denied.
Had William Williams been able to choose his forbear, he could not
not have selected a more typical New England ancestry from whom to
descend than the American progenitors of his family, whose posterity
through nine generations has been noted for traits of character conducive
to reverence, patriotism, honesty, spiritual growth and mental vigor.
There came a time when a son of Samuel and Margaret Huntington
Williams, because of prevalent and adverse conditions in New England,
faced the necessity of some radical change in the methods of providing
for his large family of growing children.
For, although 30 years had passed since the close of the revolutionary
war, the effects of that confiict were still felt. Taxes were high, the
farming community had become impoverished by unwise and wasteful
tilling of the soil, another war with England threatened, and a pall
of business depression had settled down over the whole country,
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1837
WILLIAMS
It seemed to Ebenezer WiUiams and his good wife Martha Porter
WiUiams (daughter of Nathaniel Porter), that it would be wise to get
out from under all this, to take their children to that western land of
promise, the New Connecticut, and there make a fresh start in life.
Therefore, in the faU of 1811, the family started on their joumey to
Painesville, O,, the place selected for their new home. Two large wag
ons, a span of horses, and a yoke of oxen conveyed the party to Buf
falo, then considered the outpost of civilization, which was reached about
the first of December.
Here the father made a mistake of judgment that caused much suf
fering, and nearly cost the family their lives. He listened to the ad
vice of some one who evidently coveted his entire outfit, and schemed to
secure it far below its value. It was represented to Mr. Williams that
farther progress by land would be doubtful if not impossible, and that
the rest of the journey should be made by water.
He therefore sold his horses and oxen, meanwhile securing passage
on a small schooner that lay anchored in Niagara river. For three weeks,
one-third of which time their teams would have brought them to Paines
ville, they waited for a favorable wind to take the vessel out of the river.
How or where the family was sheltered through those winter weeks of
waiting has not been stated, but probably on the Canadian side, as Buf
falo, at that period was but a poor little hamlet of log-cabins, while west
ern Canada had been settled by American Tories for nearly three dec
ades. At last, late in December, long after navigation at the present day
is considered closed, the little schooner rode out upon the lake, bearing
its precious freight of human lives. Three days of the weather that
December sometimes bequeathes would have brought it in safety to Fair-
port. But, alas ! no such good luck awaited, but icy winds, and boisterous
waves that tossed it about like an egg-shell, and drove it from its course
again and again. When, finally, Fairport was in sight, the dangerous
surf would not admit of landing the party, so the vessel had to run back
to Erie, the nearest harbor on the lake.
We cannot pause to conjecture the distress of the parents during those
days of discomfort and danger. Probably, none of the party had ever
before been upon the water, and to its peril was added, day after day, a
new experience, the horrors of sea-sickness. Erie was but half the dis
tance yet to be journeyed, and Mr, Williams had to purchase anew, or hire
teams in order to finish it,
Painesville was at last reached, and here the family received from
earlier settlers of that town the typical welcome given to the newly ar
rived and exhausted pioneers.
The following year, 1812, Mr, Williams purchased the log-courthouse
which had been abandoned when the county-seat removed to Chardon,
and in this home, in time altered and improved, Mr. and Mrs. Eben
ezer Williams spent the remainder of their lives. Its size and location
peculiarly fitted it for the accommodation of the wave of western immi
gration that many long years swept by its door, and for the numerous
travelers doing business in that section of northern Ohio. It was, there-
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WILLIAMS
fore, used as a tavern, and to this source of revenue Mr. Williams added
a smaU farm of 20 or 30 acres,
William was nine years old when his parents removed to Ohio, He
had little opportunity thenceforth for an education such as his inherited
instincts and ambition craved, and the story of his efforts for self-
improvement, as told by himself, is most interesting, and should be an
inspiration to every other boy alike situated, though it would be an
unusual one who could follow his example of overcoming obstacles that
seemed insurmountable.
He spent his leisure moments in ciphering and solving the prob
lems in two old arithmetics or patiently copying over and over again
some writing-lesson until he became a ready reckoner and an unusually
good penman.
Then opportunity came his way.
A highly educated gentleman from Warren, 0., stopped for a night
at the Williams tavern, and became so interested in the lad, that he per
suaded the parents to aUow him to take William to Warren, promising
to care for and educate him ; but within a year his friend and benefactor
died, and he was obliged to seek another home and other opportunities.
Meanwhile, he had attracted the attention and interest of Warren's
foremost citizen and banker, Zalmon Fitch, who took the bright, ambi
tious boy not only into his office, but into the shelter of his own home, giv
ing him the chance of a life-time. Here he remained six years, then ac
cepted a situation in a Buffalo bank. While in the latter city, his shrewd
foresight led him to make fortunate investments in real-estate, the in
creased value of which furnished a fine capital for future business vent
ures. Mr. WiUiams remained in Buffalo 12 years, and in the winter of
1836-7, removed to Cleveland, where he engaged in banking and in the
real-estate business.
In May, 1825, he married Miss Lucy Fitch, daughter of Zalmon and
Lucy Mygatt Fitch of Warren, 0. The young couple began housekeeping
in Buffalo. But the dream of a long life of happiness with his first love
was scarcely entered upon when it was shattered by a sudden blow, death
claiming the young wife, August, 1829, aged 20 years.
The children of William and Lucy Fitch WiUiams:
Betsey Maria Williams, b. 1828; m. Dr. Henry Kirke Cushing, 1852: d,
1903,
Grant Fitch Williams, b, 1829 ; m, Laura Cook, 1855 ; d, in Kent, O,, 1870.
William Williams married 2nd, Laura Fitch of Warren, daughter of
Zalmon and Betsey Mygatt Fitch, and sister of his first wife.

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1837
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Children of WiUiam and Laura Fitch Williams:
Laura Williams, b. 1835, in Warren; Lucy Williams, b. 1841 in Cleveland.
m. Edward L. Day, Married John D. Crehore.
William George Williams, b. 1837 in Edward Porter Williams, b. 1843,
Cleveland ; took degree of A. B. in Cleveland, A, B,, Western Re
in Western Reserve College, 1861 ; serve College, 1864 ; served in the
m, Martha Portor Hastings ; died 85th Ohio Vol. Infantry, in the
in Oakland, Cal., 1905, civil war from May to October,
1862. He married Louise M. Ma-
Charles Tudor Williams, b. 1839 in son of Utica, N. Y., in July, 1869.
Cleveland. Took A. B. degree in Was vice-president of the Sher-
Western Reserve College, 1862; win-Williams Co. He died in
served his country in the civil Glenville, 0., in 1903.
war from May to October, 1862, Mary Cushing Williams, born in
in the 8th Ohio Vol. Infantry; Cleveland, 1846; married Henry
married 1st, Mary P. Carver ; 2nd, AUyn Harvey ; died in Cleveland,
Mari Carlsen; President of the 1907.
Cleveland Box Co. ; resides Cleve- Jtilia Mygatt Williams, b. 1848, in
land Heights, O. Cleveland ; died in 1855.
The family residence was on the north side of Euclid Ave., till the
place was acquired by the city for the opening of Bond, now E. 6th
street, after which it was on Euclid Ave., nearly opposite the end of E.
24th street.
Mrs. Laura Fitch Williams died in Cleveland in 1852, when the eldest
of her seven children was 17 years old and the youngest but four years.
Mr. Williams outlived her 36 years, dying in 1888, aged 85 years.
As will be noticed his three sons, born in Cleveland, graduated from Cleve
land's college, and two of them served in the civil war.

1837
WHITE
Bushnell White, a lawyer of early Cleveland, was born in 1813, the
10th child of Levi and Polly Dole White, and 24 years old when he came
here from some town in Massachusetts,
Little can be learned of Mr, White, save that he led, outside of his
office, the quiet, retired life of a student. He was U, S, District Attorney
for a time and an able one.
His wife was quite an unusual woman. She was Ehsabeth Brainard
Clarke, only child of Levi Hubbard and Mary Griswold Clarke, She was
born in Middleton, Conn., in 1811. Her father was an associate editor
of the New York Commercial Advertiser, and later he was a judge of
the New York City Courts,
In various years Miss Clarke lived in East Haddam, Conn,, and in
Carthage, N, Y, In 1824 she became a pupil of the famous Troy Semi
nary, founded by Mrs, Emma Willard, where she remained four years,
graduating in 1828, 583

1837
TAINTOR
When Gen. Lafayette visited this country, he was, as he said, de
lightfully entertained at the Willard Seminary, and, upon that red-letter
day occasion. Miss Clarke was selected for one of the reception commit
tee. At the age of 32, she came to Cleveland on a visit to friends, and here
met Bushnell White, to whom she became engaged.
Mrs. White had much strength of character and a power of mind
which impressed itself upon all who came within her influence.
Her fine, intellectual endowments enriched not only her own life, but
that of her family. She frequently contributed to magazines and nev^s-
papers. To the end of her days she remained interested in the best lit
erature of the past and in touch with that of the present.
She lived to the advanced age of 88, having outlived her husband 14
years. Mr. and Mrs. Bushnell White had but two children. The youngest, a lit
tle daughter, died in her tenth year. Their only son, John Griswald
White, is a well-known law^yer, and a factor upon which city officials
count in any designs upon vested property rights. He knows his Cleve
land well, and stands by, ready to defend in her times of need.
With no immediate family to provide for, he has, in a degree, adopted
the Cleveland Public Library, bestowing upon it thousands of books,
many of them rare and most valuable. They are preserved as the "John
G. White Collection," and it is steadily being enlarged.
The family residence for over half a century was 187 Lake street.

1837
TAINTOR

Jesse F. Taintor was one of the many natives of Colchester, Conn.,
who forsook that charming, old Connecticut town in order to found a new
home in Cleveland, 0.
He was the son of Charles and Sarah Taintor, and in 1834, he mar
ried Eunice S. Pierce of Colchester. Three years later found them set
tled in Cleveland on Clinton street. West Side, and Mr. Taintor estab
lished with a firm of lumber dealers. Later, he became a teller and
cashier in the old Merchants' National Bank.
But Mr. Taintor was best known to Cleveland citizens by his long
connection with the post-office, which extended over nearly a quarter
century, being its trusted cashier for that length of time. Meanwhile,
he indulged himself in the real passion of his life, the love of flowers.
He became an authority on trees, and flowering shrubs, and established
at his later home, on Euclid Ave., near Perry Street, one of the first pri
vate greenhouses in the city.
Mrs. Taintor was Eunice Pierce, the daughter of Sylvester and Eunice
Shepard Pierce. Her paternal grandparents were John and Zerviah
Spaulding Pierce. 584

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She was a woman possessed of lovely traits of character, devoted to
her husband and children, patient, brave, and calm through every trial
she had to face. She was very refined, and her bearing was dignified, but
gracious, Mr, and Mrs, Taintor had seven daughters who married into families
long identified with Cleveland,

Anna Taintor, m, H, M, Peckham,
Dead.
Sarah Taintor, m. Henry M. Board-
man. Dead.
Mary Taintor. Living in the old
homestead.

Isabell Taintor, m. Charles Edward
Bingham, son of Elijah and
Thankful Bingham.
Jessie Taintor, m. James Hoyt, son
of James and Ella Beebe Hoyt.
Catherine Taintor, m. Lieut. An
drews, U. S. A.

1837

SMITH

Anson Smith of New London, Conn., 43 j^ears of age, came to the
city in 1837, and engaged in mercantile business on River street.
His wife was Amy Crocker Beckwith before her marriage to Mr.
Smith. They lived on the West Side, then Ohio City, for a year or two, then
removed to Euclid ave, and resided in the "Judge Cowles house," after
ward the Ursuline Convent.
Mr. Smith later built a stately Colonial home on the corner of Euclid
and Muirson street.
In after years. Col. Harris, who married a daughter of Stillman Witt,
purchased this house and remodeled it, tearing away the two-storied pil
lared porch and otherwise destroying the previous Colonial effect.
Mr. Smith died in 1890, a very aged man. His wife had preceded him
to the grave 13 years before.
The children of Anson and Amy Smith:

Hamilton Lamphere Smith, m. Su
san Beecher of New Haven,
Conn.; 2nd, Julia Buttles of Co
lumbus, O.
Johyi Robertson Smith, d. aged 17
years.
Cornelia Smith, m. Judge John King
of Dubuque, Iowa.
Henry C. Smith, m. Harriet Lufkin.
Virginia Smith, m. Ljnnan Farn-
ham of Mass.

Genevive Smith, m. Dr. W. H. Beu-
mont.
Josephine Smith, m. John E. Huston
of Columbus.
Carlos A. Smith, m. Isabelle John
son.
John Robertson Smith, was a soldier
in the civil war, and died from the
effects of it.

Members of the Smith family reside on East 81st street.
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1837
THORMAN
The year in which this family sketch is written, 1912, is a notable
anniversary, not only to the grandchildren of Simpson 'Thorman, but
to thousands of other residents of this city. For it is just 75 years since
young Thorman landed at the foot of Superior street, far from his native
home, alone, and among strangers.
Little could he then have dreamed what his arrival in Cleveland
would signify in years to come. To him belongs the distinction and the
honor to be the first of his long line of ancestry and ancient faith to
settle in this city, and one of those who erected herein the first altar to
Jehovah the God of Abraham.
This altar upon which burned the sacred fire was sheltered at first
most humbly. Today it stands in a costly synagogue of rare architectural
beauty, within whose walls a great organ and a gifted choir of voices
proclaim that "the Lord is in His holy temple," But none the less ferv
ent was the sacred chant of the little congregation that gathered each
Saturday in that pioneer day to establish in their new home the faith
of their fathers,
Simpson Thorman was a Bavarian 23 years of age when he left home
and friends to seek new ties and a livelihood in this country where for
nearly two centuries men of his race had found political and religious
freedom; men who, in turn, fought in the War of American Independ
ence and by their industry, frugality, and rare foresight contantly added
to the wealth and prosperity of their adopted country,
Mr. Thorman landed in New York City, where he remained two years.
How it happened that he left it finally and came on to Cleveland, to be
come our first Hebrew pioneer, has not been learned. That the forerun
ner of our immense Jewish population of today was a man of integrity,
of business ability, possessed of pleasing manners, and esteemed by all
his associates, is the testimony of those who knew him personally. His
shoe-store was at 25 Ontario street,
Mr, Thorman was the first of his faith to found in Cleveland a home,
his marriage to Miss Regina Klein being the first wedding, and their lit
tle son who came within the following year, was Cleveland's first born
Hebrew child,
Mrs. Thorman was born in Germany. Her parents were Julius and
Retta Rosenbaum Klein,
Mr. Thorman was also the first Jewish member of the city council.
He is said to have been a man of kindly impulses, and charitable ac
cording to his opportunity and income. There were years in succession
when our Jewish population was largely increased by families who, es
caping from intolerable conditions in the old world arrived in Cleveland
in dire need. The Thorman homestead, though filled with little ones
who, from time to time, had come to bless and sanctify their parents'
union, was never too crowded to afford shelter for a night or two to
these poor people or until a roof and employment were found for them.
And Mrs. Thorman. What of her?
The answer is to be found in her children. Nine of them called her
"mother" — the name that in a large household stands for tireless devo
tion, endless self-sacrifice, unfailing love!
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The four sons and five daughters of Regina Thorman lived to be fine
men and accomplished women. All married happily and well, and a large
number of representative Cleveland families of the Hebrew faith today
boast of their Thorman blood.
Kaufman Hayes, a son-in-law yet living, though advanced in years,
is one of the best known business men of the city.
One of Mr. Thorman's granddaughters married Martin A, Marks, that
broad-minded, scholarly philanthropist, member of the Public Library
Board, and destined to be Cleveland's future mayor.
Another granddaughter married Sigismund Joseph, head of a big
manufactory. Still another granddaughter is the wife of Rabbi Moses G. Gries,
that brilliant pulpit and platform orator, whose eloquence captivates,
and whose argument wins the respect of his audience.
The children of Simpson and Regina Klein Thorman:
Samuel Thorman, m. Clara Aarons.
Frank Thorman, m. Selma Emrich.
Judah Thorman, m. Julia Goldburg.
Fanny Thoii7ian, m. Philip Erlanger, of Terre Haute, Ind,
Laura Thorman, m, Philip Schloss,
.yElisabeth Thorman,) i-^r\-^^ m. Kaufman Hayes.
(Esther Thorman, \ ' m. Jacob Wiener.
Simon Thorman, m. Hannah Marx.
Rebecca Thorman, m. Michael Wiener.
Samuel Thorman removed to New York City,
Judah Thorman lived in Terre Haute, Ind,
The father died in Terre Haute, in 1881, His remains were brought
back to rest in Willet st, cemetery.
Two brothers of Simpson Thorman came to Cleveland at a later day.
They were Meyer Thorman and Simila Thorman,

1837
KELSEY

Who of the past generation does not recall with a reminiscent smile
the miniature steamboat floating in the fountain at the southwest corner
of the Public Square, and the crowd of eager youngsters following its
every movement, making wild rushes and frantic scrambles to secure a
closer view whenever it approached the outer rim of the basin? and staid
adults, and often old age were not above pausing for a moment on their
way through the Square to watch the smaU craft and to guess in just
which direction it would next head.
How fascinating were the little figures on the deck! the gallant cap
tain always and bravely in command; the faithful watchman ever on the
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lookout; the sturdy wheelsman perpetuaUy on duty! AU three stood
for thorough seamanship and were in no wise responsible for the erratic
steering of their little craft.
No, the beautiful toy was not purchased and placed there by the board
of public works, nor by any other department of our city's govern
ment. It belonged to a man who was nearing or past his 80th birthday
when he whittled out the boat and carved the tiny figures laboriously un
der a microscope, his only tool a pocket knife.
One could rest assured that the little steamer was perfectly true in
detail for its builder, Capt. Lorenzo A. Kelsey, in his day commanded
the finest passenger boats on our Great Lakes; one of them the "Ches-
peake," then considered to be the last word in size and in elegance of
appointment. Fashionable Cleveland and nautical Cleveland strolled
down to the river, and climbed the steep hill, returning, in order to view
the much-talked-of steamer as it lay at the wharf ready to take on its first
cargo and passengers.
It was characteristic of Capt. Kelsey to place his toy in the Public
Square where it might amuse and instruct the youth of his city. To the
very last of his life little children clung to his hands certain of sympa
thy and affection, and young people adored him, and, today, his grand
children cherish his memory as a rare bequest.
He was the direct descendant of William Leet, one of Connecticut's
earliest governors. His father was Eli Kelsey of Leyden, a little viUage
in New York state, where Capt. Kelsey was born. The latter was 34
years old and had a family when he came to this city in 1837,
When the fine New England House was erected at the foot of Superior
street, he was persuaded by many friends to become its first landlord.
One can imagine that the position of clerk was a most important office
in that hotel. For there were professional dead-beats, even in that day,
needing some one of sterner mold, than was Capt. Kelsey, to thwart their
dishonest schemes. For he was generous to a fault, and seldom could deny
an urgent request. Even the little steamer in the Square fountain was
begged from him by an impecunious artist, much to the regret of the
Kelsey posterity.
In 1848 the city of Cleveland proffered the highest gift it could be
stow upon Capt. Kelsey, and he became its mayor and chief officer. The
annual salary was $400! In view of this, and the hundred and one de
mands upon a mayor's pocket-book, by no means his official one, it is not
surprising that the mayor of 1848 was quite willing to retire from office
at the end of the year.
Mrs. Lorenzo A, Kelsey was a typical New England woman, intel
lectual, reserved, and possessing a high standard of womanhood. She had
much mental poise, and dignity of bearing. In their younger days, her
granddaughter thought Grandmother overstrict in her judgment of what
was proper or otherwise, but in their later years were wont to refer to
her standards with pride and accept them as wise and most conducive
to self-respect. Mrs. Sophia Kelsey was the daughter of Minor and Submit Hunt
ington Smith, and was bom in Windham, Conn., in 1806, Her grand-
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father Major Hezekiah Huntington went with the first troops raised in
Connecticut to Boston at the breaking out of the revolutionary war, and
was there when Gen, Washington took command of the army. Major
Huntington was a mechanic, and is believed to be the first man in Amer
ica to make a gun. He was paid $74,000, in Continental money, for mak
ing and repairing fire arms for the army. Continental money had begun
to depreciate, and by the time he reached Hartford from New York he
could scarcely buy a breakfast with a hundred dollar bill. Major Hunt
ington was first cousin of Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration
of Independence, president of Congress, and governor of Connecticut.
Capt, and Mrs, Kelsey lived for over fifty years at 242 Kinsman
street, now Woodland ave. It stood opposite Brownell street. East 14th,
and was torn down recently. Here Capt, Kelsey died in 1889, and Mrs,
Kelsey in 1893. Both were buried in the Kelsey lot at Erie street ceme
tery, but were removed to Lake View in 1903.
Children of Capt. L. A. and Sophia Kelsey:
Eugene 0. Kelsey, m. Mary Nichol- Ada Helen Kelsey, unmarried; d.
son of Providence, R. I., stiU liv- 1907.
ing at 232 Cabot St., Lowell, Josephine H. Kelsey, m. John F.
Mass. Cutter, son of Orlando Cutter and
Antoinette C. Kelsey, m. Gen. J, H. a hero of the civil war. Mrs.
Devereaux of Cleveland. She died a Cutter, a widow, resides in Mead-
widow in 1911, at her home 3226 ville. Pa., and her daughter. Miss
Euclid Ave. Josephine Cutter, is connected
Theodore R. Kelsey, unmarried, with the Hathaway-Brown school.
killed in battle at Chickamauga,
during the civil war.
On page 284 of John Kennedy's History of Cleveland will be found an
engraving of L. A. Kelsey.

1837
FRISSELL

A monument in Erie street cemetery contains the following inscrip
tion:
"Erastus Frissell, b. 1801 ; d. 1879. Grace McLaughlin of Scotland his
Adeline Converse his wife, b. 1826 ; wife b. 1826 ; d. 1853.
d 1878 WilliamFrissell,b. 1834; d. 1850."
Heiiry FrisseU, b. 1826; d. 1878.
In the city directory of 1845, Erastus FrisseU, a shoe-maker, is living
at 31 Champlain street, also Henry Frissell.
Captain Erastus Frissell was an early resident of the city. He was
probably a son or a nephew of the above.
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Rev. Ova Phelps Hoyt lived in Cleveland several years as a worker
for the Society of Home Missions. He had been its secretary previously
and lived in Utica, N. Y., in which place he settled in 1830, six years
after his graduation from Andover Seminary. He was also editor of
the Western Recorder, published in Utica, and, at the time, in a fiourishing
condition. He was the son of Ezra and Jerusha Hoyt of New Haven, and mar
ried in his 26th year, Mary Clark, daughter of Solomon Clark. Their
first child was born in Potsdam, N. Y., and their youngest one in Euclid,
Ohio. While living in Cleveland, their home was 56 Bank street.
As recorded in Cuyahoga County marriages, the Rev, Hoyt's serv
ices were in frequent demand at local weddings. He removed to Euclid,
and thence to Kalamazoo, Mich., where his death occurred in 1866.
The children of 0. P. and Mary Clark Hoyt:
William Clark Hoyt, b. 1826 ; m. Sa- John M. Hoyt, b. 1834 ; m. Elisabeth
bine Paige. Bailey. He lived in Detroit.
Henry E. Hoyt, b. 1828 ; m. Mary Say^ah J. Hoyt, b. 1840 ; m. Isaac M.
M. Lewis. Tripp.
Mary E. Hoyt, b. 1832 ; m. James A.
Palmer of Kalamazoo, Mich.

1837

/

Washington's Birthday was a gay holiday this year. The day was
fine and pleasant, cannon were fired in the morning and at intervals
during the day. The sailors made a huge schooner with f uU sail, and a
portrait of Washington was hung in the rigging. This was placed on
wheels, and drawn through the streets by six white horses. In the even
ing, a splendid ball was held in the assembly room of Kellogg's Block.
The front of the building was iUuminated with 272 candles.
(From private journal of Aaron Clark.)
July Fourth Celebration
The four fire engines of the village augmented by one from Ohio City,
West Side, decorated with fiowers, were each drawn through the streets
by four horses with flags on their heads.
One side of Superior street was kept clear for Sunday School children
who marched in classes with the teacher leading and preceded by the
superintendents. They went to the Baptist church on Seneca street, the
largest in the town, and listened to a fine oration by Oliver P. Baldwin.
In the grove of forest trees northeast corner of Superior and Wood
streets, a dinner was served to aU; toasts were drunk. A boat ride on
the lake finished the day's program. (Aaron Clark's private journal.)
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There was much surprise and considerable interest manifested when,
in 1840, it was rumored about town that Willard Burnham and Charles
Bradburn were planning to build and occupy a double brick house "way
out on Kinsman street" — present locality corner of Woodland and Brow-
neU. The comments of neighbors and business friends over the news were
uniformly disparaging. Every one thought that the Bradburns and
Burnhams were making a great mistake, that the spot chosen was too far
from school, church, and business.
"I hear you are going out into the country to live," was a frequent
remark that greeted members of both families.
But spite of all objections and criticism, the fiitting was made,
and not many years elapsed before it became the fashionable thing to
live on Kinsman street. Houses were built on both sides of the street,
each one a little farther east until, by the year 1860, what is now Wood
land Ave. was lined to Willson Ave. with beautiful homes.
The distance to town was from one to two miles, and there were no
street cars. But men did not object in those days, to the necessary walk
to and from business, and for the benefit of their women folks, nearly
every resident kept a horse and buggy, while a considerable number of
those who could best afford it had, in addition, fine turnouts.
These were supplemeneted by a line of public busses which ran at
.stated intervals to and from the Square.
Attractive cross streets north and south of the avenue were allotted.
Burnham street was laid out close to the double residence, and named
for Mr. Burnham. In after years it was changed to Brownell street.
Longwood Ave., a little farther out, was named in honor of Dr. Long
whose residence adjoined it.
The home of Messrs. Burnham and Bradburn stood back from the
street surrounded by a peach orchard and was reached by a long, broad
path bordered with flowers.
Both families were hospitable, and the spot was the scene of many
pleasant gatherings of neighbors and friends.
Willard Burnham and Miss Matilda Wheelock were married in 1829.
The bride was the daughter of Ephriam and Matilda Upham Wheelock
of Southbridge, Mass. Both of her grandfathers were patriots of the
American Revolution, and an ancestor was one of the founders of Harvard
CoUege. For a few years the young couple lived in Boston, but in the fall of
1837, they started for Cleveland intending to make it their future home.
Their little daughters Emily, Eliza, and Caroline found the three weeks'
journey a tedious one. They began it over the first railroad laid out,
between Providence and New York. Then up the Hudson river to the
Erie Canal, westward to Buffalo, and thence by boat to Cleveland, a
familiar route to thousands of other pioneers bound for Western Re
serve. Mr. Burnham opened on Superior street what was known as the
"Boston Dry Goods Store." A long platform ran across the whole width
of it, reached by two steps. Their first home was on the north side of
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Superior street above Wood street, and on the present side of the gas
office. .„ . ., ..1 . T.-!
Mr. Burnham died in 1852, leaving his wife a widow with six chil
dren. She survived him thirty-five years. It was said of her that she
bravely assumed all her cares and duties, with this great sorrow pressing
upon her heart, without a murmur.
Her subsequent life naturally was one of complete self-denial. Even
after the children were all married and settled elsewhere in life, their
happiness and interests were her own. No sorrow that came to them
but was doubly felt in her own heart. She always had a kind word
for those outside of her own family, who stood in need of her sympa
thy, and her friends were legion.
She died in the harness, suddenly, painlessly.
Children of WiUard and Matilda Burnham :
Emily Bumham, married Dr. A, Ev- George Bumham, married Mrs. Wil-
erett. She died at the age of 31 son, and lives in San Diego, Cal.
years. Abby Burnham, married Charles
Eliza Bumham, married Charles Pettengill.
Dickenson, of Chicago, 111. Harriet Bumham, married George
Caroline Burnham, married Alfred Avery, and has lived all her life
Ely, of Cleveland. in Cleveland.

1837
KIRTLAND

In 1837, Jared Potter Kirtland, a distinguished scientist of national
reputation, honored this city by choosing it for his future home. He was
44 years old, and died at the age of 84, having maintained, meanwhile,
a continuous residence here and causing the name of our city to be bet
ter known, perhaps, than through any other of its prominent citizens.
He was the son of Turhand and Mary Potter Kirtland of Wallingford,
Conn. His father was a large stockholder in the Connecticut Land Co.
and its general agent. This caused a removal of the family, in 1803, to
Poland, Mahoning Co., Ohio. Jared remained in Connecticut with his
maternal grandfather. Dr. Jared Potter, a distinguished physician of
Wallingford, who adopted his grandson and, at his death, left to him his
valuable medical library and a sufficient sum of money with which to
finish his education.
While attending lectures at Yale CoUege, young Kirtland pursued the
study of botany, mineralogy, and zoology, subjects in which he had been
intensely interested from childhood, much more so than in medical lore,
although receiving the education of a physician, in accordance with the
expressed wishes of his grandfather.
Prof. J. S. Newberry, who prepared a complete and interesting sketch
of Jared P. Kirtland for the Cleveland Herald of 1879, says of him :
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"For two and a half years he pursued his professional labors in Wall
ingford, but devoted every moment of unoccupied time to the cultiva
tion of the natural sciences. Plants, flowers, fruit trees, minerals, birds,
fishes, insects and shells, all received a share of his attention; and his
careful observation brought to light new facts in regard to all."
And this knowledge he passed on to others. "He became the teacher
of thousands, of doctors, and farmers, and fiorists, and horticulturists
and naturalists, teaching all of them things that made them better doc
tors, better farmers, better naturalists and better men."
He bought a large fruit farm on Detroit street about three miles west
of the Public Square, and upon this he built a comfortable residence for
his family. In time it became the Mecca of nature-lovers.
"He won followers and devotees from every rank and condition of
life, young people, particularly delighted to study under his directions.
At one time, six young society women walked from one to two and a half
miles, twice a week, in order to practice taxidermy under his supervi
sion. "He was an ardent patriot, a generous and public-spirited citizen, one
who shared his ample means freely with all whom he thought deserving
of his bounty. During the civil war when 69 years of age, he offered
his services to the government and for some months acted as examining
physician of recruits.
In 1815, Dr. Kirtland married Miss Caroline Atwater of Walling
ford, Conn. They had two daughters. Mrs. Kirtland and one of these
daughters died when the little girls were quite young. The surviving
one, Mary E. Kirtland, married Charles Pease of this city, a sketch of
whom will be found in this historical and genealogical work. Mrs. Caro
line Kirtland was a lovely woman, a fit companion for her really won
derful husband.
Dr. Kirtland married secondly in 1825, Miss Hannah F. Toucey of
Newton, Conn., whom he outlived several years.

1837
BUCKLEY

Hugh Buckley and his wife Winifred Nolan Buckley sailed from
Liverpool, England, for America in 1835. It took them eight weeks
and three days to make the journey. They landed in New York and
remained there two years. Then, accounts reached them, doubtless, of
the newly fledged city on the shores of Lake Erie, and they came on to
see for themselves if Cleveland was as beautiful and as prosperous as
it had been represented.
But, alas ! they reached here when business was completely prostrated,
the bottom fallen out of everything, in the panic of 1837, and several
years following, and, for a while, the Buckley fortune must have seemed
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In the course of events, the family removed to the East End, where
the three sons and five daughters grew to maturity, married and settled
in that locality.
Hugh Buckley, Jr., did gaUant service for his country during the
Civil War. He became very popular as a citizen, and fiUed public positions
of trust. He was a warm-hearted, genial man.
Mrs. Margaret Buckley Eddy has been connected with the Cleve
land post-office for many years. One of her sons, Walter Eddy, a fine
young man, is a civil engineer.
Children of Hugh and Winifred Buckley:
John Buckley, m. Lucy A. Lee. Hugh Buckley, Jr., m. Amelia M.
Mary Buckley, m. Byron Meeker. Cope.
Lavina Buckley, died in 1857. Julia Buckley, m. Lester Hender-
Margaret Buckley, m. Louis B. shott.
Eddy. Catherine Buckley, m. Everton C.
William Buckley, m. Henrietta Mc- Cope.
Connell.

1837
CONGAR

To the right of the main drive through Erie st. cemetery and not far
from the front entrance is a weather-worn headstone, its inscription
nearly effaced. It reads, "Abigail, wife of Hanford Congar."
In the little Cleveland directory for 1837 there appear in the list of
professional men living in the city the names of James Conger, Attorney,
and Horace Congar, Physician.
The latter was the son of Handford and Abigail Congar, who then
were living on a farm on the bank of the lake west of the city.
Handford Congar was the son of Ephriam (Ephraim?) and Expe
rience Eastman Congar, who were both born in New Fairfield, Conn.,
and married there in 1787. The family settled in Oneida Co., N. Y.,
about the year 1800, and nine years later removed to Genesee Co., where
the parents died.
Their son Handford was a local justice of the peace, tavern keeper,
and interested in packet boats after the completion of the Erie canal.
Some time in the '30s he came west and settled on the farm on the lake
shore. His wife was Abigail Mellen, At her death, although the family lived
miles away from it, she was interred in Erie street cemetery, where so
many, in and without the city, were being laid away in their last sleep;
for already it was a beautiful spot and gave promise that in the coming
year it would be much more so.
The children of Handford and Abigail Congar received a liberal edu
cation. The eldest daughter attended a popular seminary of New York
state, and the sons were given professions.
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Mary L. Congar, m. WiUiam B, Olivia Congar, m, Dr, Herman Leon-
Smith, ard of Strongsville, 0,
Horace Congar, m, Louise Hayden.
Alvin Congar, m, Nancy Belknap
and removed to Elyria, 0,
Mrs, Smith removed to Ohio when her oldest child was an infant.
Her husband was a native of Linden, N, Y, A daughter of this couple
is Mrs, George Mulhern, of this city,
Horace Congar was a tall, slender man of grave but kindly manner.
Some time after his marriage to Miss Louise Hayden he removed to
Buffalo, N, Y,, where he lived many years on Pearl street, a popular
and successful physician.
When past middle age he began a work. The History of Medicine, in
which he was assisted by his wife, a very intellectual woman of New
England birth. She was a niece of Anson Haydn, a pioneer real estate
agent of Cleveland ; consequently a cousin of those fine useful women, the
Haydn sisters, so long known and esteemed by all old Cleveland families,
Dr, Horace Congar and his wife had no children of their own, but
adopted several. Two faded letters written by Dr, Congar to his father
in reference to one of these, a boy, are filled with expressions of solici-
ture for the lad's future and a desire that he prove to be all that the
good doctor hoped for him.
After the marriage of their last adopted child Dr, and Mrs, Congar
came back to the old farm, "Shady Cove," on the lake shore west of the
city, which was occupied by Mrs. William B. Smith. Here the medical
work was finished, and here Dr, Congar died. His widow returned to
her girlhood home in New England, and lived there several years previous
to her own death.

1837
GARDNER

Col, James Gardner reached Cleveland just in time to witness the
financial crisis that nearly overwhelmed the young city, and which, it is
claimed, depopulated it 50 per cent. The hopes and expectations he en
tertained of the future, which led him to close up or sell his furniture
manufactory in Pittsfield, Mass., in order to engage in a hazard of new
fortune in this western town, must have vanished when he faced the sit
uation here.
He brought with him a wife and five children, one of whom was des
tined to be an important factor in the future history of Cleveland.
Col. Gardner was bom in 1805, the son of Jonathan and Abigail
Babcock Gardner.
In 1828 he married Griselda C. Porter, daughter of Ebenezer and
Eunice Yale Porter of Lee, Mass. 595

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Col. Gardner and a Mr. Cornwall started to manufacture furniture.
The interest of the latter was bought out by John A, Vincent, long estab
lished in business, and the firm became "Vincent & Gardner." Their fac
tory and store was on Water street.
Although comparatively young, 32 years, when he came to this city,
Mr. Gardner had filled positions of honor and trust in his former home
town. He is said to have been the last Colonel of the Massachusetts state
militia. During the mayoralty of Abner BrowneU, in 1853, he served as one
of the trustees of the city, his associates being Geo. F. Marshall, Henry
Everett, Richard Parsons and W, J. Gordon.
The home of the Gardners was on Champlain street, at first, and aft
erward on St. Clair street.
Mrs. Gardner died in January, 1861, and Col. Gardner foUowed her to
the "Better Land" only six months later. They belonged to the Presby
terian Church.
Children of Col. James and Griselda Porter Gardner:
Jane Gardner, b. 1829, in Pittsfield, Frances Elizabeth Gardner, b. 1836 ;
Mass. ; m. Samuel Sterling of m. Joseph 0, Taylor of Chicago.
Cleveland, born 1821 in Salisbury, Samuel Stebbins Gardner, b. 1839,
Conn. in Cleveland ; m. Harriet F. Snif-
James Porter Gardner, b. 1831. fin of New York.
George William Gardner, b. 1834; Rev. Theodore Yale Gardner, b.
m. Rosilda Oviatt, daughter of 1841 ; m. Charlotte A. Gates of
General Orson Oviatt of Cleve- Elyria, O,
land. Sarah Adams Gardner, b. 1847; m,
Mary Louis Gardner. Henry Cook Tibbetts of Kentucky,
James P, Gardner was a merchant of the city for a number of years.
He removed to Cincinnati and became connected with newspaper work
as a writer. He served in the Civil War in an Ohio regiment,
George W, Gardner entered the employ of a steamship company when
but 14 years of age and for five years sailed on the lakes, until his de
sire to be a sailor was satisfied. He entered a bank as a clerk and after
ward went into the grain business and built the Union elevator.
As years passed he became actively associated with many big busi
ness enterprises in the city. He entered politics and for eight years
was a member of the city council. For two terms, from 1885 to 1893, he
was mayor of Cleveland, and a most popular one. His love of the water
clung to him through life, and he became the first commodore of the
Cleveland Yacht Club, He was a fine looking man of medium height, who
appeared more hke a genial lake captain than a business man and the
highest officer of the city. He was universally liked and greatly loved
and admired by his friends.
His wife was a charming woman of domestic tastes who gave her
whole life to her family of seven children. She died in 1899. Mr. Gard
ner outlived her 12 years. 596

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PhOip BatteU, a lawyer, in partnership with R. M. Chapman, was
practicing his profession in this city in 1837, The year he came here is
not to be found. He was a graduate of Middleburg College, Vt.
He had a highly educated wife, a woman of fine antecedents, and ex
ceedingly well bred. Her maiden name was Emma Hart Seymour, daugh
ter of Hon. Horatio and Lucy Case Seymour, She was bom in Middle
burg, Vt,, and attended Willard Seminary, Troy, N, Y., entering as a
pupil in 1823.
Mr. and Mrs. BatteU left Cleveland some time before 1845, and re
turned to Middleburg, Vt., to live in the old Seymour homestead. They
had two children.
Mrs. Battell died, leaving her husband and these children most be
reaved.

1837
BARNEY

Danforth N. Barney and Ashbel Barney were brothers who came to
Cleveland some time between 1836 and 1840. They were merchants of
the city many years, and at length removed to New York state, in which
locality they had previously lived.
Mrs. Danforth N. Barney, Cynthia  , and her infant daughter
died in 1843, and were buried in Erie street cemetery. Subsequently,
Mr. Barney married Azuba Latham, daughter of W. H. and Azuba Jinks
Latham of Thetford, Vt. She was a sister of Mrs. T. M. Kelley and Mrs.
G. B. Murfey.
Ashbel Barney married Susan Tracy, sister of James Jared Tracy,
so many years the dean of Cleveland's banking interests.
Mrs. Ashbel Barney, like her sister Mrs. John E. Lyon, was a charm
ing society lady whom every one admired, and many tried to imitate.

1837
BLISS
Sidney D. Bliss of Castleton, Vt., son of Bradley Bliss and Annice
Wood Bliss, removed to this city in 1837. He was 37 years of age. He
was married to Maria Bradford three years before. She was born in
Berkshire, Vt,, and died in Wickhffe, 0,, in 1870,
The widowed mother of Sidney D, Bliss came with him, or joined him,
and died here.
The children of Sidney and Maria Bliss :
Louisa Bliss, b, in Cleveland, 1840 ; m. Joshua S, Clinton of Grand Rapids,
Mich,
Mary J. Bliss, b, 1837 ; m. L. B. Smith of Wickllffe, Ohio.
597

1837
CRITTENDEN
Seth W. Crittenden, son of Oren and Candace Whitmore Crittenden,
was a resident of Cleveland at least thirty years. He was here and in
business when the directory of 1837 was published. He remained in the
city until 1868, when he removed with his family to Utica, N. Y. He
was a cousin of N. E. and Joseph H. Crittenden, pioneers of Cleveland,
and evidently came to the city some time before 1837.
He was in the insurance business while living in this city, serving
as secretary of a Cleveland company of whom Edmund Clark was presi
dent, and six other prominent Cleveland men directors.
Seth W. Crittenden remained a bachelor until his forty-fourth year,
when he married, in 1854, Miss Cornelia G. Bacon of Utica, N. Y. She
was the daughter of William Johnson Bacon, for many years Justice of
the Supreme Court in New York state, and Eliza Kirkland Bacon his
wife. Mr. Crittenden is recalled as a small slender man, in delicate health,
with very kind, pleasant manners. And Mrs. Crittenden is remembered
as a fine-looking, accomplished lady, much admired and respected by her
friends. Seth Crittenden died in 1888, and rests in Forest Hill cemetery in
Utica, N. Y.
The children of Seth W. and Cornelia Bacon Crittenden:
William B. Crittenden, m. Bessie S. Walter H. Crittenden, m. Lillian H,
Swigart, He died June, 1900, leav- Haines. Mr. Walter Crittenden is
ing Edmund and Alice K. Critten- in business at 206 Broadway, New
den. The widow and children re- York City, and resides in Brook-
side in Brooklyn, N. Y. lyn, N. Y.

1837
COE
The family name of Coe has never been a common one in the city. It
does not appear in the annals of the town until the summer of 1837, when
the smaU schooner Charles Crooks cleared from Buffalo, tied up at a River
street dock, and landed a passenger, Samuel Sage Coe, a slender lad of
18 years. In his pockets was barely enough money with which to pay for
a day's board and a night's lodging. But, spite of his slight physique and
youthful bearing, the boy possessed a man's courage and bravely faced
what might betide him at the top of the steep hill that led from the boat
to Superior street, then the only business one of the towTi.
He had come from Oswego, N, Y,, his birthplace. His mother was a
widow, which accounts for his early self-reliance, and this mother had
been struggling for ten years to keep her children together under one
roof. The father Benjamin Coe died in 1827, He was a leading physician
of the town of Oswego, but the amount of his practice never overbalanced
the credit accounts on his books, and at his death, long standing biUs due
the estate were never paid, 598

1838
COE
Mrs. Benjamin Coe was Matilda P, Parsons, daughter of Col, Eli
Coe, a soldier of the Revolution, who died in Oswego, N. Y,, 1830, aged
82 vears. She was a member of the Springfield, Mass., Parsons family.
Young Coe soon secured a position in Cleveland that paid him $30 a
month. It was a clerkship in the firm of Ransom McNair 'and Co., com
mission merchants. Three years after his arrival here, he was joined by
his mother, his younger brother Charles, and Mary Coe, the daughter of
the family. They all lived together at 112 Lake street, until after the
marriages of the sons.
S. S. Coe was in the produce and commission business for some years,
then drifted into insurance, and with his brother C. W. Coe, became very
well known all over Northern Ohio as an agent for popular insurance
companies. The brothers were gentlemen in the best sense of that term,
as befitted their birth and breeding.
S. S. Coe was a man of kind impulses, and in his business was con
siderate of others. During the last years of his life, he met with some
reverses owing to the panic of 1876. He died in  , and with his wife,
mother, and sister, lies in Woodland cemetery.
In 1856, Samuel Sage Coe married Gertrude Allen, daughter of 
and began housekeeping at 46 Ontario street, corner of Hamilton. It was
one of the finest residences in that locality. His brother, married ten
years previous, lived in a house adjoining it. No. 48.
The children of S. S. and Gertrude Coe :
William Rawson Coe, b. 1854. Gertrude Maria Coe, b. 1864 ; Mrs.
Sage Coe, b. 1861. Thornton P. Smith,
No members of this family are living in the city.

1838
"Jabez Foster died 1838, aged 39 years, also his wife Jane Foster."
(Erie st. cemetery.) They lived No, 30 Seneca st,
"Died, Cynthia, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Gregg," (Erie street
cemetery,) Died, Charles Prentiss (The inscription is defaced. He may have
died earher,)
Died, "Robert Houston Backus, son of the late Rev, Azel Backus,
D, D., Pres. of Hamilton College, aged 36 years." (Erie st. cemetery.)
"Died. Francis (or Frances) Reed, of New York."
599

1838
FITCH
Although a late pioneer, coming to Cleveland at 51 years of age, and
some time after his married son and daughter had settled in the city,
Zalmon Fitch in the 32 years of his residence here was such a leading
figure in financial circles that he merits considerable space in any his
tory of early Cleveland. A pen-picture of him given by one who knew
him well is of value in this connection.
"He had a fine face and figure, courteous to all, always richly though
plainly dressed, and with the most scrupulous neatness, he was a con
spicuous figure on the street, in the church, and in social life. He had
large dark eyes and was thought to strongly resemble Daniel Webster.
A man of high character and unblemished reputation, he was universally
esteemed and respected, and by those with whom he was most inti
mate, greatly loved,"
He was bom in Norwalk, Conn., the son of Haynes and Ann Cook
Fitch in the sixth generation from Thomas Fitch the American ancestor.
His father served in Capt. Jabez Gregory's company, Connecticut mili
tia, in the Revolutionary War.
In 1804, when only 19 years old, he came west and started a store in
Canfield, Ohio, said to be the second one established on the Reserve.
Four years later he married Betsey Mygatt, daughter of Comfort and
Lucy Knapp Mygatt, pioneers of Canfield from Danbury, Conn. Mrs.
Fitch was eighth in line from Joseph Mygatt of Hartford, Conn. Her
grandfather in 1778 was Lieut. Col. of the 16th Regiment of Conn. Mili
tia. In the war of 1812, Zalmon Fitch served under General Wads
worth in defending the Ohio frontier after Hull's surrender.
The first bank established on the Western Reserve was in Warren in
1813, and named the "Western Reserve Bank." Mr. Fitch was made its
cashier, a position he held for 23 years, or until he became its president.
In his hands was nearly the whole management and control of the funds of
the canal then in process of construction. His decision was final and
satisfactory, A very interesting story is told of the manner in which Mr, Fitch
sent money to eastern banks before the days of express companies. He
would sometimes take as high as $50,000 in bills on eastern banks to
Pittsburg, driving his own team, and exchanging them for Ohio money.
He was generally accompanied by his wife's nephew. Comfort A. Adams,
a lad of 17 to 19 years. The money was carried in a carpet sack under
the buggy seat. The first stop was at Poland, 20 miles, for dinner, where
the carpet bag and robes were given in charge of the landlord, Chester
BidweU. The next stop was at Darlington, and the baggage placed by
Mr. Dunlap the landlord in a small closet adjoining the bar room, in
charge of the night watchman (a big yellow dog). The next day at
Economy, 20 miles, for dinner, the precious bag was given to the Econo-
mite brothers, in charge, and then 20 more miles brought Mr, Fitch
to Pittsburg, The same amount of Ohio bills had then to be carried on
the return journey, where stops were made at the same places with the
usual precautions,
Mr. Zalmon Fitch lived in Warren in 1838, and in October of that year,
removed to Cleveland where his two children, Grant Fitch and Mrs.
Laura Fitch Williams, were then living. Soon after coming here, he un-
600

1838
BINGHAM
dertook to straighten out the affairs of the Bank of Cleveland, which was
embarrassed through the panic of 1837, and the utter collapse of Cleve
land's real estate boom. Later he associated with George Williams (who
had been partner of his son Grant Fitch) in the private banking and
brokerage business under the firm name of George WiUiams and Co.
The children of Zalmon and Betsey Mygatt Fitch:
Lucy Fitch, b. in Canfield, 1809 ; m. Laura Fitch, b. 1814 ; m. William
William Williams 1827 ; d. in Buf- Williams 1832; d. in Cleveland
falo, 1829. 1852.
Grant Fitch, b. 1810; m. Mary C.
Baldwin, 1837; died in Cleveland,
1840. Zalmon Fitch married 2nd Rebecca H. Salter of New Haven, Conn.
She was born in Tiverton, England, and died in Cleveland, 1879, aged
89 years. There were no children of this marriage. Rebecca Salter Will
iams had been a music teacher; and as her husband's grandchildren and
great-grandchildren successively reached suitable age, she took delight
in giving them their first lessons on the piano.
The Zalmon Fitch home for 20 years was on the south-east comer of
Prospect ave. and East 9th street. Mr. Fitch then bought and removed
to a house on the north side of Euclid ave., nearly opposite E. 14th st.,
where he died in 1860.

1838
BINGHAM

Edward Bingham, second son of Cyrus and Abigail Foote Bingham, b.
1821 in Andover, Conn., came to Cleveland a year or two after his
brother William arrived. He was associated with the latter in the hard
ware business until his death. He married Esther Sandford. Her
mother, Julia Clark Sandford, was a sister of Albert and Aaron Clark
of the city. The family lived at 83 St. Clair st. in 1856.
The children of Edward and Esther Bingham :
Julia Bingham, m. Luther Allen of Arthur Bingham, m. Nellie A. Whit-
Cleveland, ney of Cleveland.
Albert Lucian Bingham, b. 1862.
Joel Foote Bingham, b. 1827, brother of William and Edward Bing
ham, spent a few years of his late boyhood in Cleveland. He studied for
the ministry and was ordained in the Congregational church, but later
embraced the Episcopal faith. He settled in Hartford, Conn. In 1869,
Western Reserve College tendered him the degree of Doctor of Divinity.
601

1838
SCOTT
Martin Bowen Scott of Deerfield, N, Y,, aged 37 years, while on a
western tour in search of health, visited Cleveland in 1838, Evidently he
found it here, as he remained and lived 34 years afterward, dying at the
age of 71,
He was of an old New England family, the first American ancestor
of which was Richard Scott of Boston, 1633, and M. B, Scott seems to
have been the first of his name in this immediate locality. The year fol
lowing his arrival, he married Miss Mary Williamson, daughter of Sam
uel and Isabella Williamson, who was 26 years old, well instructed in all
the refinements of life, well educated, and, as she was born here, well
known. Mr. Scott began a business career that proved highly successful, bene
fiting not only himself and family, but the city as well.
Hitherto the river had been lined with old wooden warehouses that
were anything but ornamental. Within two years Mr. Scott had built
a steam elevator of brick, a new departure in more ways than one. "The
Scott Elevator" was a landmark and the pride of the river for many long
years. But Martin Scott's patriotism left a more deeply engraven record than
any mercantile venture, however epoch-making. He gave the first $5000
of the civil war loan asked for by the national government. That is, he
was the first Cleveland citizen to respond to the appeal, thus setting an ex
ample of confidence, and of faith in the final result of the conflict between
the North and the South that was invaluable locally.
The children of M, B, and Mary Williamson Scott were :
Isabelle Scott. William Scott, died unmarried,
Martin Scott. Charles Scott, m. Belle Ledling,

1838
MORGAN

One beautiful day in January, 1910, the writer rang the bell of the
Dorcas Home on Addison Road, and at request was ushered into the room
of Mrs. Henry Morgan, who, for some years, had been boarding in that
place. Mrs. Morgan was found reclining on her bed as she had been having a
slight attack of "grip," and in a feeble condition physically. But there
was no weakness of the mind. As she lay there in her pretty, attractive
room, the sun shining in upon her, revealing every feature of her fine
old face, she talked freely and charmingly of her girlhood, widowhood,
and motherhood.
It was difficult to realize that she had passed her ninth decade of life,
had passed through such vicissitudes of circumstances, and yet could so
vividly recall the long gone years when she was young and Cleveland but
little more than a village, 602

1838
VAN TINE
Her parents were Joseph and Clarissa Perkins Hodges of Petersham,
Mass., who came west in 1834 and settled in Geauga Co., 0,
(Joseph Hodges was a soldier of the War of 1812.)
Her grandmother, Silence White Hodges, was a descendant of Pere-
grene White, first child of Plymouth Colony, and her great-grandfather,
Timothy Hodges, was at the Defense of Boston, and served three years
in the Continental army.
She was a bride at 18 years of age, the wife of Henry Morgan, who
was living in Cleveland that year, 1838. Just when he came here, I forgot
to ask. He was a carpenter 24 years old, from Westfield, Mass,
Their first home was No, 52 Prospect street. Ten children came to the
household, seven of whom lived to maturity.
In 1857, when her youngest was a babe of five months, Mr. Morgan
died. A glance at their birth-list will give the ages of the others — think
of it!— 3-5-11-12-13 and 14 years.
And we can but conjecture whether her eight brothers and sisters
living in as many towns of the Western Reserve rallied to her relief in
this dark hour, or whether, as was the experience of so many widows of
past years, she struggled on alone.
The family were then living at 68 Prospect street, perhaps the same
one as in 1838, but renumbered.
Children of Henry and Hannah L, Hodges Morgan :
Francis Louise Morgan, b, 1843 ; m. Richard B. Morgan, b, 1846 ; m, Au--
"Thomas H. Wall, of Cleveland. relia M. Jackson.
Charles H. Morgan, b. 1844 ; m. 1st, William C. Morgan, b. 1852 ; d. 1860.
Julia W. Barney; 2nd, Helen F. Dr. Franklin Morgan, b. 1854; m,
Throop. 1st, Mary C, Orr ; 2nd, Winnif red
George E. Morgan, b. 1845; m. Sa- Webb,
rah E, Clark, Clara Alida Morgan, b, 1856 ; died
1874, unmarried,
Mrs. Hannah Louise Morgan died July, 1910.

1838
VAN TINE

Robert F. Van Tine was a soldier of the American revolution, who
served his country for three years, and was discharged a cripple for life.
He was a member of an old Dutch family of New York and lived in Steu
ben, that state, where he married Mary B, Chapin,
Their son William H, Van Tine was born in 1820, and some time be
tween 1838 and 1840 came to Cleveland, He married Julia Maria Her
rick daughter of Maria and the late Sylvester P, Herrick of Vernon,
N Y The young couple at once joined the Presbyterian church, and
thenceforth for half a century were Sabbath School workers. Their
home was on Brownell street, 603

1838
BRAINARD
In 1892 they celebrated their golden wedding, Mr, Van Tine was a
produce merchant for some years, then went into the insurance business,
in which he was best known.
The children of Wm. and Julia Herrick Van Tine :
Cornelia Van Tine, m. Edward H. Julia Van Tine, m. J. P. Moody of
Pardue. Syracuse, N. Y.
Robert Van Tine, died aged 21. Rensellaer H. Van Tine.
Wm. H. Van Tine, Jr.,m. Mary Long
Hogan.

1838
BRAINARD

Jabez Brainard, born 1759, son of Simon and Hepzibah Spencer
Brainard, a soldier of the American Revolution, rests in Erie street
cemetery at the right of the main drive, and not far from the Erie street
entrance. His brother Simon Brainard was a lieutenant in the Conn.
Continentals. His brother Jeptha Brainard served seven years in the
revolutionary army. His brother Asa Brainard also was a soldier of the
American Revolution.
The parents of these patriots lived in Chatham, Conn. Soon after
the close of the war, Jabez Brainard married Lucy Bingham, daughter
of Deacon Elijah and Sarah Jackson Bingham, and removed to Leam-
sted, N. H., where he lived many years. He was a leading member of
the Presbyterian church of that town, and was familiarly known as
"Deacon Brainard."
His only son Nathan Brainard established himself in business in
Cleveland, and hither at the death of his wife came Jabez Brainard
seeking and receiving in the loneliness of his declining years the minis
trations that only kinship and love can bestow. And in this city, in
1852, in the once well known Brainard residence on Sheriff street, he
died aged 94. A large part of the history of Cleveland is to be found in
the lives of many old families of this city allied through marriage to the
descendants of this revolutionary hero.
Deacon Jabez Brainard was of slight build, and of medium height.
He had blue eyes that twinkled with mirth, or shone with intelligence.
He was exceedingly original in his speech, withal a Puritan by inherit
ance and instinct, a markedly pious man even in the days when irre-
ligion was rare in the community. His desk, a beautiful piece of Colonial
furniture, stood in the library of his grandson, the late Prof. George
Brainard, and doubtless is still treasured and used by the family.
604

1838
GRAY
The Gray brothers, four in number, who made their first appearance
in Cleveland in 1833, were of an old New England family. Their father,
Urel Gray, lived in Bridgport, Vt., where his children were born. Their
mother, Betsey Case Gray, was also of Puritan stock. The family re
moved to Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., N, Y., while the children were stiU
young. In 1833, their second son. Admiral Nelson Gray, with his wife
and two little chUdren came to Cleveland to live. In 1838, Joseph W.
Gray, youngest son of Urel and Betsey Gray, joined his brother here,
and he was soon followed by another one. Ami Nicholas Gray, and
lastly came Ransom Gray, the oldest son of the family.
"The latter did not live many years after his removal to Cleve
land. He was a blacksmith. His widow Rhoda Gray outlived her hus
band many years. They were both buried in Erie street cemetery. There
were no children in this family,
Mrs. Betsey Case Gray joined her sons here after the death of her
husband, and in time was laid away beside Ransom in Erie street ceme
tery. Ami Nicholas Gray, the third son of the family, was also connected
with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and was in the post-office when Joseph
W. Gray was postmaster. He spent some years in Columbus, 0., in an
official position, and lastly in Washington, D. C, where he died. Soon
after his arrival in Cleveland, A. Nicholas Gray joined the First Baptist
Church, and thenceforth his brothers called him "Deacon," to which he
responded with good-natured acquiescence.
But from the fact that his older brother and himself possessed the
same initials grew many complications. The most troublesome came
through their mail. Finally, Admiral N. Gray said to his brother A.
Nicholas Gray:
"I am tired of opening and reading your letters, and surely do not
want you to be reading mine. You will have to change your initials ; call
yourself Nicholas A. Gray."
"How many times must I change my name?" queried the long-suffer
ing young man, "Ever since I joined the church I have been 'Deacon,'
and now you ask me to be something else!"
However, he yielded, and thenceforth was generally known as "Nich
olas" Gray, though all his relatives and intimate friends continued to
affectionately address him as Deacon.
He married Miss Anna Lewis. They had several children, but only
one lived to maturity, a daughter, Alice Gray, who married Dr, Flower,
and, until recently, has lived in New Haven, Conn, This little girl was
the idol of her parents, and while they were living in Columbus, she was
the intimate friend of every member of the legislature because her
father's constant companion, and thus daily a visitor at the Capitol, At
the time, Mr, Gray was the Plain Dealer's Columbus correspondent.
Joseph W. Gray, the youngest brother of the family, was better and
longer known in connection with newspaper work than the others. He
was editor and publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer from 1842 to
1862, covering a critical and exciting period of the country's history.
He died in the second year of the civil war. Had he lived to its close,
the political policy of the Plain Dealer undoubtedly would have been less
aggressive, its attitude toward the southern states less partisan.
605

1838
GRAY
Mr. Gray was an ardent admirer and staunch supporter of Stephen
A. Douglas, a presidential candidate in the campaign that elected Abra
ham Lincoln, and they were warm personal friends.
Much has been written of Joseph W. Gray, the most satisfactory of
which is contained in an article by George Hoyt in the Sunday PZam
Dealer of August 24, 1902. It covers an entire page and contains por
traits of the three Gray brothers associated together in the purchase
and publication of the paper. AU three evidently were fine-looking men.
The face of Joseph is that of a poet. Mr. Hoyt says of him :
"He was a handsome man of medium height; rather slight in build;
hair black and brushed back of the ears, where it was lightly inclined to
curl; eyes bright, genial and laughing; in person scrupulously neat and
always becomingly dressed."
Joseph Gray seems to have been as much beloved by his associates,
as was his caustic pen dreaded by his political opponents.
The Plain Dealer was first housed at 15 Superior street in a build
ing also occupied by Sandford & Hayward, pioneer printers and publish
ers. A big book suspended from the second story was their sign.
To the right was the hat store of Richard and Nicholas Dockstader;
to the left that of Worthington & Stair. Afterward the plant was moved to
the old Atwater Block at the foot of the street and facing it.
Mr, Gray was one of the early postmasters of Cleveland, his term of
office extending from 1852 to 1858. The post-office, at that time, was on
the west side of Water street, corner of St. Clair.
Mr. Gray lived in a pretty cottage, 253 Superior street, near Erie,
the site of the Colonial Theatre. It set back quite a distance from the
sidewalk, and its lawn was ornamented by a fountain, usually active,
and a source of curiosity to children.
In this cottage were entertained many notables, both local and na
tional. Mrs. Gray was well-fitted to be the mistress of such a home.
She was Miss Catherine Foster before her marriage, and the daugh
ter of a pioneer. The writer regrets that more cannot be learned of this
lady, the wife and companion of so noted a Cleveland man. She is said
to have been a very handsome woman, and shone in society.
Mr. Gray's death in 1862 was premature; brought about by an acci
dent through which one eye was destroyed and the loss of the other
threatened. He lived on for a year with his nervous system shattered,
and unable to either read or write. His widow removed to Los Ange
les, California, where she died at the home of her daughter.
Ransom, Admiral N. and Joseph Gray were all buried in Erie st,
cemetery. The children of Joseph and Catharine Foster Gray:
Josephine Gray, m, W, H, Harvey ; sculptor as a model for the Perry
lives in Can Bernardino, Califor- monument now established in
nia. She was a widow in 1902. Wade Park. He removed to New
Eugene Gray. As a lad this son was York City.
noted for his remarkable beauty, Lewis Gray.
and was selected by Wolcott the 606

1839
DOLMAN
The residence and millinery store of Francis and Catherine Dolman
adjoined on the east side of Seneca street.
They were from Bath, England. In the early '40s, they extended their
business by opening, for that period, a fine estabhshment on Superior
street, corner of Seneca, a site that in recent years Webb C. Ball, the
jeweler, occupied so long.
This business venture was very successful. Dolman's millinery store
for three decades or more was one of the features of Superior street,
and popular with the sex that then, as now, delights in pretty things.
The couple bought a farm on Cedar avenue in the vicinity of what is
now East 90th street, upon which they retired. It consisted of about
17 acres, and extended south to Quincy street. Through this farm Mr.
Dolman cut a street and called it Bell avenue.
The children of Francis and Catherine Dolman:
Albert Dolman, unmarried. Jane Dolman, m. Jabez Fitch.
George Dolman, m. Miss Umless. Adelaide Dolman, m. James Crocker.
Dr. William Dolman. John H. Dolman, m. Julia Wheeler.
Dr. William Dolman was a surgeon in the civil war. He died in the
south. His brother John was a paymaster during that conflict, but lived
to return home and engage in the railroad business. His widow, a daugh
ter Jenny, and a son, his namesake, reside on Cedar ave. on the site of
the old homestead. George Dolman, the only surviving member of the
family, resides in Denver.
Mrs. Catherine Dolman was a keen, bright, old lady who lived to be 94
years of age. She died in 1897, having outlived her husband 18 years.
The family all lie in Erie st. cemetery.

1839
Mayor, Dr, Joshua Mills.
Postmaster, Aaron Barker.
Married. In this city, by Rev. Bury, W. J. Gordon and Miss Charlotte
Champlin. "Died. Levi Beebe, of Waterbury, Conn." (Erie st. cemetery.)
"Died. Charles Tracy, 46 years." (Erie st. cemetery.)
The southeast corner of Euclid avenue and Erie street is a cornfield.
The southwest corner is a grove in which political meetings and other
gatherings are held.
Euclid ave. is still a bad road to be avoided. Teams and carriages
find Woodland ave. much better driving this side of Willson, East 55th,
as it had been improved with gravel.
About this time T. P. Handy and M. C, Younglove purchased lots of
five acres each at $100 an acre on Euclid ave, just beyond Huntington
st,, E, 18th, 607

1839
BECKWITH
The name of Beckwith has been best and longest known in this city
through the firm of "Beckwith and Sterling," pioneer carpet merchants
of the town, the senior member of which was Thomas Sterling Beckwith,
He was born in Lyme, Conn., in 1821. His parents removed to Glen's
Falls, N. Y., where his father died, leaving a widow and a family of
young children. Two of these were William E. and Thomas S. Beckwith.
Their mother, Jerusha Sill Beckwith, made her home in Granville, N. Y.,
where her children had educational advantages, and where afterward
her sons through employment in local drygoods stores learned many de
tails of that business. After a clerkship of four years in Granville,
Thomas Sterling came to Cleveland, just in time to become a real pioneer
of this city. He entered the employ of Alexander Sacket, and afterward
followed his brother William into the firm of P. M. Weddell & Co., one
of the partners of which was Dudley Baldwin,
Here, doubtless, Mr, Beckwith acquired some of the business ability
and absorbed the business code of integrity for which Messrs, Weddell
and Baldwin were noted. In 1857, with his brother and Frederick A,
Sterling, yet living, he started the first store in town, dealing exclusive
ly in the sale of carpets. Previous to that time drygoods firms handled
carpets on a small scale, as does the big department store of today on a
large one. The establishment of the firm of Beckwith and Sterling was
soon followed by another one dealing solely in carpets, and these two
firms absorbed the trade so that for many following years, local drygoods
merchants ceased to handle that branch of the business,
Mr, Beckwith was a very religious man and all testimony concerning
him shows that he tried most earnestly to reconcile his business with his
faith. It is said of him that he was honest in the very bone and fiber
of his being. He told the truth and nothing but the truth. He never
deceived a customer, nor allowed his employes to do so. One of Mr,
Beckwith's strongest convictions was that religion should be free to rich
and poor alike, and at his death he left a fund which he hoped would be
the means of establishing a perpetual line of free-pew churches. The
first one built through this fund was called Beckwith Chapel. When it
became self-supporting the fund was to be withdrawn from it, and an
other free-seated church or chapel erected, Beckwith Chapel was located
on Fairmount st., E. 107th, near the Western Reserve University and
Case School of Applied Science. Recently its congregation united with
the Third Presbyterian Church and is housed in a beautiful and very
costly edifice opposite the college grounds and called the "Euclid Avenue
Presbyterian Church,"
Mr, Beckwith was greatly interested in the Bethel, an institution de
voted primarily to the welfare of seamen, but which later included also
the city's poor, especially its widows and children. For 20 years Mr,
Beckwith was superintendent of its Sabbath school. This, in connection
with his regular attendance on church services, must have made his Sab
bath an arduous day for him, especially when advancing years had robbed
him of early strength and vigor,
Mr. Beckwith married in 1849, Sarah Oliphant, daughter of Robert
W. and Mary Raymond Oliphant of Granville, Washington Co., N. Y.
The groom was 28 years old and the bride 27 years. Their first child, a
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little daughter, lived but two months. It was 15 years before their next
child was born, a son, and he was followed by another son within a year.
Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith had taken into their hearts and
home two little girls to whom they gave devoted affection and care.
Mr. Beckwith died in 1876. His widow survived him 24 years, and in
1900 was laid beside him in Lake View cemetery. One who knew her in
timately says that "she was a noble-hearted, sweet-mannered lady, who
in all Mr. Beckwith's labors and trials was inded a 'helpmeet.' After his
death she gave to their four children the guidance and care he was no
longer permitted to bestow, and so far as was in her power carried on
the good work and continued the record of benevolence he so well began."
The children of Thomas S. and Sarah Oliphant Beckwith:
Kittie Beckwith, h. 1849 ; died in in- Fannie Isabella Beckwith, adopted,
fancy. b. 1862 ; m. Cassius B. Clark.
Thomas Sterling Beckwith, b. 1864 ;
Katherine Louise Beckwith, adopted, unmarried.
b. 1858 ; m. WiUiam Otis Knight ; William Oliphant Beckwith, b. 1865 ;
m. 2nd, Addison Hubbard. died 1885.
The last residence of the Beckwith family was 3813 Euclid avenue,
near Case, East 40th st.

1839
SOUTHERN

William and Anna Pixley Southern were residents of Ithaca, N. Y.,
when they concluded to come west. Mr. Southern was a farmer and a
cooper. He was born 1800, and of New England ancestry. His wife,
born 1807, was descended from German emigrants. Mr. Southern pur
chased a farm in Rockport, and the family lived upon it, at first, in a
log-cabin, which gave place some years later to a finer but no more sub
stantial edifice.
Mr. Southern dealt in staves considerably, which kept him much in
touch with Cleveland, and members of his family began to live here at an
early age, and three of the children married into East End pioneer fam
ihes. Mr. Southern died in 1871, and his wife in 1876. Their children :
Julia Southern, m. Peter Bower of Mary Southern, m.  Ander-
Rockport. son.
William Southern, Jr., died in the Joseph Southern, a fruit-grower in
civil war. Rockport, O.
Lemuel M. Southern, m. Libbie Gale, Elvira Southern, m. John Ingram of
dau, of Martin Gale, Cleveland,
Chrystopher Southern, a fruit-grow- Susie Southern, m. Peter Clampitt
er of Rockport, O. of E. Cleveland.
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1839
WINSLOW
The Winslow and Hamlin families of New England settled in Jeffer
son Co., N. Y., thence removed to Richmond, 0., and about 1839 changed
their place of residence to Cleveland. The heads of these families were
warm friends, and their children continued the intimacy through life.
Tisdale Winslow was a direct descendant of Gov. Winslow of the
Mayflower. His wife was Mary Armitage of Albany, N. Y. Their Cleve
land home was near the corner of St. Clair and Bank streets. In their
declining years they removed to Mansfield in order to be with their
youngest daughter Alyoa, whose home after her marriage was in that
place. Alonzo A. Winslow, one of their sons, was a prominent man for many
years in the civil ahd political history of the city. He served as sheriff,
and was thenceforth known as "Sheriff Winslow" to distinguish him from
the other well-known men of the same name in the city.
He lived in a picturesque cottage on Euclid Ave., cor. Giddings Ave.,
East 71st. A brook ran through the place, spanned by a little bridge.
This was once the site of a log-tannery belonging to a man named Curtis,
and the little stream was called Curtis Brook. When the Giddings fam
ily settled near by, and Giddings Ave. was laid out between the lots, the
brook was thenceforth Giddings Brook. A huge garage now covers the
site of Mr. Winslow's cottage.
The children of Tisdale and Mary Armitage Winslow:
Susan Winslow, m. Mr. Chapman. John Winslow.
Abby Eliza Winslow, m. Isaac Seav- Alonzo P. Winslow, m. Alvira Lyon
eras. of Willoughby; 2nd, Emma M.
Alyoa Winslow, m. William Rhodes. Johnson.

1839
RANSOM

Chauncy S. Ransom was the son of Stephen and Sally, or Tally, Grey
Ransom of Watertown, Conn. He came to this city in 1839, and became
associated in business with Lucius M. Cobb on Center street in the manu
factury of sash and blinds. He was also in the lumber business.
His wife was Ann E. Younglove, daughter of Moses and Hannah
Younglove. She was the sister of Moses Younglove, Jr., the pioneer, and
half-sister of the Cobb brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. Ransom were married in Cambridge, N. Y. Their first
home in Cleveland was 162 Prospect street near Brownell, from which
they removed to Case Avenue where they resided the rest of their days.
Mr. Ransom's young sister Tally Ransom, while on a visit to her
Cleveland relatives, died in this city.
Mr. Ransom was a member of the city council for a time, and did
exceUent service. He was dubbed the "Watchdog" of the council because
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He died in 1888, aged 78 years, and his wife passed away in 1896 at
the age of 86.
Children of Chauncy and Ann Ransom :
Minerva A. Ransom, m. Charles Winans of Adrian, Mich.
Moses Y. Ransom, m. Isabella Gorham.
Emily Hooker Ransom, xn. Daniel Pritchard.
M. Y. Ransom's daughter is the wife of Howard Yost of the Society for
Savings. The family burial lot is in Woodland cemetery.

1839
GORDON

William J. Gordon was born on a New Jersey farm on or near the site
of the Monmouth battle-field. He was 21 years old when he came to
Cleveland in 1839. If there was a dollar in his pocket at that time, it had
been earned by him and was neither borrowed nor a gift. He possessed
many talents, but the one talent that made all the others possible to cul
tivate or practical for use was the faculty for business, the keen sense
of commercial value, and of financial opportunities. Accompanying this
was a masterful spirit capable of bending circumstance to his own wiU,
and for having his own natural way. He was independent in thought and
action all his life. Starting with a small grocery on River street near
the foot of St. Clair street, his business culminated in one of the largest
wholesale groceries in Northern Ohio, and known as the house of Gordon
& McMillen. Mr. Gordon also entered the iron trade, which was exceedingly profit
able, and added to this were banking interests. He had a singularly
well-defined dual nature. In private life he was poetical and artistic.
He had much distinction in person, in manner, in bearing, and in intel
lectual outlook on the finer phases of life.
He accumulated a large library, many valuable paintings, beautiful
statuary, and other works of art, results of years of travel abroad. With
out special training in the field of landscape gardening and the art of
bending nature to his own sense of beauty, he had that province of activ
ity entirely at his command, a master of one of the finest forms of esthetic
development. At 23 years of age, he married Miss Charlotte Champlin. Her mother
was a widow who, in the late '40s, became the second wife of James Law
rence. The first Gordon home was 39 Huron street, near Prospect, In
1856, the family was living on the west side of Water street near the
Government property, Mr, Gordon remodeled and added to this home
until it became an imposing mansion for those days. In the rear of his
grounds he erected a facsimile of a ruined abbey which, for many years,
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was a landmark for that part of the city and an object of much interest
and inquiry to passengers entering or leaving the city by steamboat or
railroad. Some time in the late '60s, Mr. Gordon purchased land on the lake
shore and Bratenahl Road, which was added to from time to time until
it comprised 152 acres. Upon this he spent a fortune. Every effect of
long vistas, wide expanses, unusual grouping, and occasionally of vivid
coloring, effects that only a past-master of landscape gardening could
conceive, were produced. These, with the lake and lagoon, made the
park one of the most beautiful of its size in the country. And this, at his
death, he left a free gift to the city.
Although the name Gordon had no place upon Cleveland records until
the year 1839, it is destined to remain there perpetually, unless some
future mayor of the city, born elsewhere and whose interests and rever
ences are confined to the parks and cemeteries of his native towm, fol
lows the example of a predecessor, and runs streets and electric lines
through Gordon Park, thus ruining or eliminating it.
It seems no more than just and appropriate that the long years of
personal labor on the estate Mr. Gordon left to the city should make it
always distinctly associated with its former owner. He gave to it not
only of his means but of himself. Early and late he could have been
found on his grounds directing surveys of its beautiful walks and drives
or overseeing the planting of some rare tree or shrub, frequently himself
handling the spade.
Meanwhile, at the marriage of his only son he turned over to the lat
ter the Water street mansion, and retired to his lake shore estate, where
he remodeled an old farm house standing at the north-east corner of it.
In time this house became completely covered vdth American ivy, convert
ing it into a unique and picturesque feature of the park.
Mrs. Gordon died in this home. She was a woman highly regarded
and much esteemed by many friends. She had a kind heart and was easi
ly touched by the sorrows of this earth, of which alas ! she had had her
share. Her declining years were saddened by the death of her only
daughter in young womanhood, the waywardness of her son, her own
continuous ill health, and other serious troubles. Mr. Gordon outlived
his wife some years. He died in 1893.
Children of William J. and Charlotte Gordon:
Charles Gordon, m. Mary Smithe of New York.
Georgiana Gordon, m. Count Alphonse Vinain (Quatorze) of Belgium.
She lived but a short time after her marriage.
The widow and children of Charles Gordon reside in New York City,
and no member of the family is now living in Cleveland. Daisy Gordon,
daughter of Charles Gordon, married Daniel Rhodes Hanna, and had a lit
tle daughter, Elisabeth Hanna, who, with her mother, resides in New
York City. 612

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HANDY
Truman P, and Parker Handy had a brother associated with them
in Cleveland and in Massillon, 0., but whom ill health forced out of
business. He never recovered from a stroke of paralysis, although his
life was prolonged many years. He died in 1891, aged 72 years. This
brother was Augustus Handy. He married 1st, Harriet Spencer of
Massillon, and they had two children.
Augusta Handy, m. Capt. John R. Johnson.
Harriet Handy, m. John W. Manahan.
Mrs. Harriet Spencer died in 1851, seven years after her marriage,
leaving her two little daughters at a tender age. Augustus married 2nd,
in 1856, Fanny J. Babcock, of Truxton, N. Y., who died within ten years.
She also left two children.
Truman P. Handy 2nd, m.

Helen P. Handy, m.  Dickenson.
The family home was on Superior street. Augustus Handy died at
the home of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Augusta Handy Johnson, on E.
43rd St.

1839
HAMLIN

WiUiam H. Hamlin and his wife Mary Trowbridge Hamlin of Great
Barrington, Mass., accompanied or soon followed the Winslow family to
Cleveland from Richmond, Ohio.
Their children were:
Sarah Maria Hamlin, b. in Court- Maryette Hamlin, m. Ezra Hoyt;
land Co., N. Y. ; m. Harvey John- lives in Cahfornia.
son. Julia Hamlin, and William Hamlin.

1839
JOHNSON

Harvey Johnson of Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., was born in 1815;
married Sarah Maria Hamlin in 1838. They lived in Richmond hamlet.
Lake Co., Ohio, a year or two, then removed to Cleveland.
The children of Harvey and Sarah Maria Johnson, all born in Cleve
land:
Isabella Johnson, m. Carlos A. Emma Johnson, m. Alonzo P. Wins-
g^jth low, a second wife.
Harvey Johnson, and Cora Johnson.
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1839
BURY
Rev. Richard Bury who was rector of Old Trinity in 1839, and in
later years of Grace P. E. Church, was born in England in 1792, but
came with his parents to this country when he was eight years old.
His father was William Bury of Bury, near Manchester, Eng,, his
mother Mary Barnett Bury. 'They had three children, only one of whom
married. The family lived in New York.
Richard, the youngest child, studied medicine and then theology, grad
uating from Union College in 1812. He became rector of Trinity Church,
Albany, then had charge of a parish in Poterdam, N. Y., and in 1830
received a call from St. Paul's, Detroit, the same year that Rev. S. C.
Freeman left Cleveland and took charge of St. John's, Detroit.
Richard Bury remained in that city nine years and then came to
Cleveland. He was married in Sand Lake, N. Y., in 1819, to Mariette Gregory,
dau. of Uriah M. Gregory. She was 26 years old, and the groom her sen
ior only by a year.
The children of Richard and Mariette Gregory Bury:
Mary F. Bury, b. 1820, in Albany, Theodore Bury, b. 1827, in Albany,
N. Y. ; m. Horace Gray. N. Y. ; m. Miriam Dwight.
Elisabeth Bury, b. 1822 in Albany, Richard A. Bury, b. 1830, in Al-
N. Y. ; m. Rev. D. D. Gregory. bany, N. Y. ; m. 1st, Caroline
William A. Bury, b. 1824 in Albany, Choate; 2nd, Mary Hoag.
N. Y. ; m. Eliza Resiune (?). . Caroline Bury, b. 1831, in Detroit,
Charles Bury, b. 1825, in Albany, Mich. ; m. George W. Bloodgood.
N. Y. ; unmarried. Henry A. Bury, b. 1834, in Detroit,
Mich. ; unmarried.
Rev. Richard Bury came back to Cleveland, to take charge of Grace
Church. Mrs. Mariette Bury died in 1861, and two or three years later Mr,
Bury married Mrs. Zervia Fitch. She survived him a number of years.
He died 1875.
The family lived on Clinton street, afterward changed to BrowneU,
and again to E. 14th street.
Miss Mariette Gray of Grosse Isle, Mich., is the last survivor of her
father's and mother's family.

1839
FRANCIS

The euphonious and biblical name of Phyletus Francis is so unusual
that probably but one man in Cleveland ever bore it.
The Francis family that came to this city at an early day was of old.
New England stock, dating back to the seventeenth century. One mem
ber of it, Ezeriah Francis, living in 1815 in Hamburg, near Buffalo,
N, Y,, hailed from Vermont. His wife, Lavina Cheeseman, was a native
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of New Jersey. They settled in that part of Hamburg called "Chestnut
Ridge," but some years later removed to a farm in Chardon, 0.
In 1839, or near that date, their son Phyletus, whose trend of thought
and activity was toward commerce rather than agriculture, left home
prepared to enter any field of honest endeavor leading to what he had in
view for himself. His first venture brought him to this city, and here
he made a modest success in life, married and had a family of children.
His early life on a farm had given him a love for horses, and he be
came interested in the purchase and sale of them. At one time he kept a
livery. In the later years of his life he dealt in real estate.
In 1843 he married Miss Sarah Mead, daughter of William and Rhoda
Mead, the Cleveland pioneers. The Francis home was on Erie street,
opposite the cemetery. They lost their older children, only the two young
est of the family living to maturity.
Phyletus Francis died in 1884, and his wife Sarah Mead Francis in
1906. Their graves are in Woodland cemetery. Their children were :
William P. Francis, m. Hannah Stanley (well known in his con-
Payton. They reside on Stan- nection with the Cleveland Elec-
wood Road, East Cleveland. trie R. R. Their home is 8211
Rhoda Lavina Francis, m. John J. Euclid ave.

1840
A business depression overshadows the city. It began in 1837 and
lasted for five years. Hundreds of families who had settled here in 1835
and 1836, returned to their former homes or removed to cities and towns
farther west. Much valuable Cleveland property was sacrificed by owners
unable to pay taxes upon it.
Many business men of the city who remained in it were hampered for
years by debts incurred during the panic.

1840
BUTTS
Caleb B. Butts married in 1822, Sarah Ann Ross, daughter of John
M. and Eliza Ross of Dover, N, Y., and in 1840 they removed to Cleveland.
"Two years later they were host and hostess of the American House, 42
Superior street. It was built about 1836, and Isaac Newton had had
previous charge of it. Deacon and Mrs. Butts were active members in
the First Baptist Church, and greatly interested in its advancement and
prosperity. In 1872, they celebrated their golden wedding at the home of their
son Bolivar Butts, whose daughter has in her possession large oil por
traits' of the worthy couple which are admired by all who knew them,
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Caleb Butts died in 1888 at the home of his daughter in New Jersey,
while there on a visit, and Mrs. Butts survived him but three years.
The children of Caleb and Sarah Ross Butts:
Eliza Butts, m. Chester Demming Bolivar Butts, m. Martha Gather,
of Stockbridge, Mass. daughter of Robert and Marga-
William Butts, m. an Eastern lady. ret Norton Gather.
The latter was identified long years with Trinity church as a vestry
man.

1840
FREESE

The names of Freese in connection with the Cleveland public schools
covered a period of 21 years, and for 40 years more it remained famil
iar to hundreds of middle aged men and women. Today there still remains
in the hearts of many former pupils yet living tender memories of An
drew Jackson Freese, their high school principal, their honored superin
tendent, their beloved friend.
He was born 1816 in Levant, Maine, the son of Gordon Freese, a poor
farmer; few New England farmers were not poor in those days.
Andrew was a slender, delicate lad, unfitted for the rough, hard work
on the farm. At ten years of age he lost his mother, Hannah Allen
Freese. It was a most distressing loss to a child who particularly needed
the tenderness and intuitions of a mother to tide him over the difficulties
that faced him at that period of his life. He had an alert mind, was
fond of books, and very studious, so it was not long before he was able
to teach in country schools and in that way to fit himself for college and
to work his way through it.
In 1840 the Cleveland public schools were established, and at the age
of 24 years, Andrew J. Freese was sent for, and became the principal of
one of the grammar schools of the city. Seven years later, July, 1847,
when the first high school was opened in the basement of a small Congre
gational church on Prospect street, northwest corner of East 7th St., Mr.
Freese was placed in charge of it. There were 24 pupils, all boys ; but the
following year girls were admitted. For several years the average at
tendance fell far short of 100, and part of the time Mr. Freese had but
one assistant.
In 1853 when the public school system of the city had grown to such
proportions as to need a man of educational experience to give it his
whole time and attention, Andrew J. Freese was the natural candidate
for the position, and thus became the first superintendent of the Cleve
land Public Schools.
He held the office for eight years, and that he remained in it no longer
was a refiection upon the Board of Education for the year he retired,
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The man who superseded him retained the position but two years. Since
then the office has been filled successively by many men. Some of them
gained reputations, more or less deserved, for great ability in their line,
but not one was better fitted personally and mentally to manage the school
system than was Andrew J. Freese. The writer entered a grammar school
of the city in 1857 and well remembers the enthusiasm that prevailed in
the class room during the frequent presence there of Mr. Freese. He
made every pupil feel alive, alert, and inspired with the idea that books
and study were the most delightful things in this world. He had a happy
faculty of drawing out the very best in a pupil, and even a stupid one would
respond to his adroit questioning in a way to astonish the regular teacher.
Mr. Freese remained a resident of the city until his death in 1902.
During the long years of his inactivity in educational matters, for he was
but 45 when his connection with the public schools was closed, nothing
seemed to give him such satisfaction as an occasional visit to a school
building and to offer prizes for exceptional work.
The year he was made principal of the high school Mr. Freese mar
ried one of his young teachers. She was Miss Elisabeth Merrill, daugh
ter of Rev. Moses and Nancy Lee MerriU of HaverhiU, N. J. She was
born in 1825. Her father was a Methodist minister famous as a Greek
scholar. He settled in Brooklyn, 0., and Elisabeth attended the Acad
emy of that towm. Like her father she was scholarly, and a natural lin
guist. She exceUed in mathematics and rhetoric. Miss Merrill taught
in Brooklyn and subsequently became an assistant in the Cleveland high
school. She was a very amiable young woman and often her marriage
proved to be naturaUy domestic although retaining her interest in intel
lectual pursuits until her death in 1893.
The family lived on the corner of Prospect and Huron streets, the site
of the Osborn Building.
Mr. and Mrs. Freese had two daughters, only one of whom survived.
Elmina Freese, married James G. Hobble of Belfast, Maine. Resides on
Hampshire Road, East Cleveland.

1840COE
Charles W. Coe, son of Dr. Benjamin and Matilda Parsons Coe, fol
lowed his elder brother S. S. Coe to this city in 1840. His first employ
ment was secured with Newton E. Crittenden the pioneer jeweler on Su
perior street. Afterwards he became an accountant for Pease & Allen,
the River street commission merchants, and later was associated in busi
ness with his brother and with Charles Hickox. C. W. Coe was an unself
ish, generous-hearted man with frank, genial manners. He resided with
his' widowed mother at 112 Lake street, until his marriage in 1846 to
Miss Maria L. Ives, daughter of John C. and Lucy Coe Ives of Oswego,
N. Y. The couple lived at 48 Ontario street. The lot adjoined that of
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S. S. Coe. The Hotel Lincoln now covers both the Coe lots. To the north
of them lived Henry Castle, Augustus Foot, and Joseph Sargeant, Later
on, Mr. Marshon, engaged in miUinery, built a fine home. All three
houses are still standing.
The children of Charles W. and Maria Ives Coe:
C. C. Coe, b. 1848 ; m. Emily Lamb Parker Leland of HoUiston, Mass.
of Toledo, Ohio. Mary E. Coe, b. 1856 ; unmarried.
Matilda L. Coe, b. 1850; m. Evard
The Charles W. Coe family removed to Toledo in  .

Mr. Coe died in 1909, aged 87 years. Mrs. Coe died in 1902, in her
81st year.

1840
FORD
Hezekiah and Huldah Cobb Ford, of Cummington, Mass., had four
sons who became Ohio pioneers. Two of them settled on Euclid ave., near
Mayfield Road. They were twin brothers, Cyrus and Darius Ford, born
in 1790. They came to Cleveland from Cummington by the way of Mas
sillon, where they remained for a time engaged in an attempt to raise
silk worms. They contracted malaria, and were so prostrated by it that
a change of residence was deemed advisable. Cyrus Ford bought a farm
of 100 acres on Euclid ave. for $18 an acre, and another of the same size
on Mayfield Road, near the Garfield monument, for $16 an acre. He lived
to sell 4 acres of the latter for $1000 an acre.
The Fords were partly Quaker in descent, and therefore took a de
cided stand in their views on the slavery question. Their homes became
stations of the famous "Underground Railroad," and they helped many
an escaping negro to reach Canada and freedom. One of these was a
beautiful Kentucky girl and a little boy, both so nearly white as to easily
pass for such. They had been sold to a cruel New Orleans planter and fled
north into Ohio, being passed on from one anti-slavery family to another
until they at last reached the shores of Lake Erie and were received and
secreted in the home of Cyrus Ford. A little steamer was then plying
between Cleveland and Port Stanley, but its dock was being closely
watched by emissaries of the southern master. The woman was dressed
in rich apparel, her little boy disguised as a girl, and they were driven
in a fine turnout to the boat, and those watching out little guessed that
the elegantly attired lady who walked over the gangplank was the poor
woman they had planned to seize and return to slavery.
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The Fords were esthetic in their tastes and progressive in farming
methods. The acres of forest and field they purchased soon became or
chards of fruit and gardens of vegetables and flowers, Mr, Ford was
never afraid to try anything that came to his notice, and his experiments
were more often successful than otherwise. Mrs. Ford was Clarissa
Whitmarsh, daughter of Deacon Jacob and Anna Poole Whitmarsh. She
was about 50 years of age when she came to Cleveland, Very tall and
very vigorous, she made light of her frequent task of weaving from 20 to
40 yards of linen or woolen cloth. Her hair, of a Titian shade, never
turned gray, but retained its color and its luster to the end of her days.
She was a woman who could do her own thinking, arrive at her own
conclusions, and give her reasons for them with logical clearness. She
was inclined to be reserved with strangers, but friendly and chatty with
people she knew well.
The children of Cyrus and Clarissa Whitmarsh Ford:
Horace Ford, m. Sarah Dawes. Horatio Ford, m. Martha C. Cozad.
Henry Ford, m. Martha Slaght. Francis Ford, m. Mercy Fuller.
Lewis Ford, m. Anna Fenn.
Children of Horace and Sarah Ford:
Mary Ford, m. Jesse B. Fay, attor- Arthur Ford, m. Anna Barclay of
ney. Willoughby.
Nellie Ford, m. W. J. Alton.
Children of Horatio and Martha Ford:
Clara Ford, m. Lyman A. Gould of H. Clark Ford, m. Ida Thorpe.
Indianapolis. Kate F. Ford, m. Bryant Whitmore.
EUa Ford, m. WiU Brunner,
Children of Henry and Martha Slaght Ford:
Alice Ford, m, George Ashland, Harry Ford, m. Minnie Hull.
]V[. D. Louise and Julia Ford.
Children of Francis and Mercy Fuller Ford:
Frank L. Ford, m. Eva Hurlbut. Maria Ford, m. Rev. Harry Jones.
Edunn Ford, m. NeUie Keith. Charles, Minnie, and Fannie Ford.
Children of Lewis and Anna Fenn Ford:
Harriet Ford, m. William F. George Ford, m. Frances Bailey.
Sprague. Lewis Ford, Jr., m. Bessie Mead.
Grace Ford, m. James Monroe, 619

1840
COBB
The mother of Moses Cowan Younglove, Mrs. Chauncy L. Ransom,
and those well known early citizens, the Cobb brothers, was so unusual
a woman that the little to be secured about her only stimulates the wish
to know more. And could one of her children be alive to tell the tale it
surely would be an interesting one.
At nineteen years of age she married Moses Younglove who died
within two years, leaving her with a little daughter. Ann Eliza Young
love, who married Chauncy S. Ransom and died aged eighty-eight, and a
son, Moses C. Younglove, born a month after his father's death.
After five years of widowhood she married (2d) Solomon Cobb, and
within the next fourteen years nine children were added to her house
hold. Again she became a widow, and subsequently joined her older sons,
who had preceded her to this city to engage in business with their half-
brother, Mr. Younglove.
The nomenclature of her second brood of little ones is most original,
and hints of many things concerning herself, strength of character, indif
ference to established precedent, continuity of thought, and, for those
days, a rare knowledge of ancient history.
It may have been a revolt against the ever-recurring biblical names
in her own family. Her father was David, her first husband Moses, her
second one Solomon, and both her mother and herself were "Hannah."
Doubtless she had uncles and aunts and cousins who were Davids, Dan
iels, and Hannahs.
As will be noticed, her own daughters received the beautiful stately
names of Marcia and Lucia, and they proved by no means misnomers.
Mrs. Hannah Cobb was fifty-two years old when she came to Cleve
land, and, with three of her sons and perhaps both daughters, resided
at 83 Seneca street.
As a family Mrs. Cobb's children were book sellers, book publishers,
and manufacturers of paper to make books, and, if one can absorb knowl
edge through the handling of books, they should have been, and probably
were, exceptionally well informed.
The children of Solomon and Hannah (Younglove) Cobb :
Lucius M. Cobb, b. 1817 ; m. Mary Caius C. Cobb, b. 1826 ; m. Helen M.
McMillan. He died aged 74 yrs. Andrews, daughter of the Cleve-
Marcius L. Cobb, b. 1819 ; m. 1st, land pioneer. He died aged 72.
Catherine Ward ; 2nd, Anna Gray. Cassius C. Cobb, b. 1827 ; m. 1st,
He died ae. 72 yrs. Susan Blackwell ; 2nd, Ella Hit-
Junius B. Cobb, b. 1820 ; m. Alice tie. He died aged 83.
Aldrich Wilkinson. He died aged Marcia L. Cobb, b. 1830 ; m. Edwin
73. Stair. She died aged 46.
Lucia M. Cobb, b. 1822; m. Elijah Daniel Wells Cobb, b. 1832; the only
Reed Fenton. She died at 82 yrs. one of eleven children to die in in-
Brutus J. Cobb, b. 1824; m. Rose fancy.
BiU. He died aged 76. 620

1840
HODGE •
Mrs. Sophia Hodge, the mother of Mrs. David L. Wood, and Orlando
J. Hodge, lived long enough with her daughter in this city to entitle her
to space in this history of pioneer families.
She was the daughter of Abel and Anna Caulkins English, and was
born in Lebanon, Conn. In 1810, her parents removed to Hamburg, a
farming district near Buffalo, N. Y. Here, in 1820, she married Alfred
Hodge who had been recently given a government position in Macki
nac, Mich., and the young couple started at once in a sailing vessel for
that far-off, frontier fort.
Mrs. Hodge kept a diary of each day's experience throughout the
eight years she remained there, and of her journey to Mackinac. In it
she relates of the boat passing Cleveland so close that she had a good
view of the village: "A few houses, most of them painted white, stand
ing among the trees high up on the lake bank. They looked very pretty
and gave us a good impression of the place." At first, Mrs. Hodge was
the only white woman in Mackinac.
Mr. and Mrs. Hodge returned to Buffalo in 1828, and four years later,
Mr. Hodge fell the first victim of the cholera epidemic of 1832. His
widow was left with three little children, Mandana, Alfred, and Orlando
John Hodge, the latter but four years of age. She died in 1846, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Wood, 55 Wood street, and was buried in Erie
street cemetery.
During the last days of his long life of 84 years, her son. Col. 0. J.
Hodge, wrote in detail the personal experiences of his boyhood, man
hood, and old age, a precious and private legacy to his family. The writ
ing is very fine but clear and distinct as script, and is a remarkable ex
hibit of the possibilities of a man 84 years. With but an inkling of the
vicissitudes of the writer's life, one could imagine that its pages would
be of absorbng interest. The simplicity and sincerity of its diction
makes it almost a classic, while often its pathos moves one to tears.
Left fatherless at a tender age, his life at first, was a long struggle
with poverty. But he was singularly proud spirited and independent,
insisting always upon earning his own way. In later years he had a
supreme contempt for a dead beat or a sponge, knowing through early
experience that seldom, if ever, is a man obliged to beg.
When but a lad, he walked, from Cleveland to Buffalo in order to enlist
in the Mexican War, and at his death, he was the sole survivor, in this
locality, of that conflict.
His association with his brother-in-law, General Wood, gave him at
an early age a working knowledge of the printer's trade which resulted,
years afterward, in the establishment of the Sun and Voice, Cleveland's
first Sunday newspaper, of which he was for 11 years editor and prin
cipal owner.
The public life of Col. Hodge embraced so much and lasted so long
that space wiU not admit of enumeration. Only here and there can it be
touched upon merely. As a legislator at Columbus, he was Speaker of
the House for four years. He was president of the Sons of the Ameri-
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can Revolution, of the New England Society, and of the Old Settlers'
Association. The experiences of his early life made him particularly sympathetic
and tender-hearted with children. Many a little newsboy has been
marched into a shoe store by Col. Hodge and had his feet properly shod,
or guided elsewhere to displace his ragged coat for a warmer one. The
constant appeal of dependent childhood and of suffering animals led to
the organization of the local Humane Society, of which Col. Hodge was
charter member and for long years an active worker.
At 27 years of age. Col. Hodge married Lydia R, Doan, daughter of
David Clark Doan, a Cleveland pioneer. She died in 1879, from the
effects of an accident. This marriage of his youth was a happy one upon
which he loved to dwell in reminiscence. "Lydia was the most truthful
person I had ever met," he affirmed. "I never knew her to equivocate in
the slightest degree."
They had one child, Clark R. Hodge, who married and died in early
manhood, leaving no family.
In 1882, Col. Hodge took a most fortunate step in marrying Mrs,
Virginia Shedd Clark of Columbus, a young widow many years his junior
but with tastes singularly in accord with his owm. Intelligent, accom
plished, and possessed of a lovely disposition, her devoted companionship
cheered and comforted the last 30 years of Col. Hodge's life.

1840
OVERACHER

Beginning in the late '30s, for nearly 20 years, Gennet Overacher
was landlord of a hotel on Ontario street, corner of Michigan street.
Part of the time he was located where Seth Abbey had once "kept tav
ern," and later he managed the Farmers' Hotel on the opposite corner.
Mr. Overacher had daughters who attended, with Elisabeth Blair and
sisters, the select school taught by Miss Maria Blackmer, afterward Mrs.
George Worthington. The mother and children of the Overacher family
were recalled by Mrs. Blair as refined in manner, and greatly respected,
Gannet Overacher may have been a descendant of Michael Overacher,
a justice of the peace who was a Mayfield, 0., pioneer before 1819.
The following marriages are recorded in Cuyahoga Co. probate court :
1820. Adam Overacher to Chloe Burk, by Michael Overacher, J. P.
1821. Joseph Witten to Esther Overacher, by Michael Overacher, J. P.
1821. Moses Metcalf to Sally Overacher, by above.
622

1840
SMITH
In 1836, Edwin Smith turned his back upon Windham, Conn., where
he had been born, grown to manhood, and married, and set his face
toward the west in search of better opportunities than old Windham had
thus far afforded him.
It demands considerable courage in a man 36 years old with a family
depending upon him to relinquish a certain living and start off to en
counter he knows not what hardship, misfortune, or failure. But courage
and endurance were an inheritance with Edwin Smith. Had not his fa
ther been a drum-major in the battles of White Plains and of Monmouth
in the war of the Revolution? And surely possible poverty and western
wolves were no more dangerous than cannon-ball or leaden bullets. His
patriot father was Nathaniel Smith, and his mother was Submit Hunting
ton of the well-known Connecticut family of that name.
Edwin Smith started his hazard of new fortunes at Black Rock on the
Niagara river, but remained there but a year, then tried Newark, O.,
which place proved no more satisfactory for the business he had in view
than had the former. Cleveland then became his next field of experi
ment, and the family arrived here in 1840, just in time to become pio
neers of this city.
Mr. Smith soon became established in a forwarding business in a ware
house on the river, and the family settled on the east side of Bank street
near Lake street. But after a time, a new house for it was erected on the
south side of Prospect near Perry street ; one that in future years became
the residence of Dr. John Sanders, Jr.
Here Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived until 1870, when they returned to
Connecticut, the children, meanwhUe, having reached maturity, and well
established in life.
Mrs. Amanda Smith was the daughter of Andrew and Phila Stowell
Frink of Windham, Conn., was 37 years old when she came to Cleveland,
and lived to be nearly 90. She must have had an exceedingly interesting
father, judging from the picture of him hanging in the library of his
grandson R. F. Smith. It is that of a fine-featured, noble-looking old man,
the face framed in beautiful white hair that looks as soft as spun silk.
Close by hangs a picture of the homestead built by him in the 18th
century. It is typical of the time and the place, wide, two-storied, its
front entrance in the center and fianked on either side by many green-
shuttered windows.
Andrew Frink for long years was the village blacksmith, honored and
revered. He never came to Cleveland, but his daughter was the link that
connected him and the old tov/n on the Connecticut river with the new
one on the Cuyahoga.
Edwin Smith was the brother of Mrs. Kelsey, Sr., who was also a
Cleveland pioneer. Mr. Smith and his wife were members of the Old
Stone church on the Public Square, and their son Reuben was "Deacon
Smith" of the same society for long years.
The late R. F. Smith was president of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh
R. R. He was a man whose honorable life was patterned as closely as pos
sible' from those of his paternal and maternal grandfathers. His recent
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death was keenly felt and sincerely mourned by the Old Stone church
society. Children of Reuben and Rebecca Smith:
Clifford C. Smith, m. Emma Lewis Carrie B. Smith, her father's com-
of Chicago. panion and housekeeper at the
Augustus F. Smith, m. Mary P. time of his death.
Sackett of Cuyahoga Falls.
The children of Edwin and Amanda Smith:
Andrew Frink Smith, died young in Ermina Smith, died unmarried.
Black Rock, N. Y. Edwin Smith, Jr., m. Louise

Reuben Fairbanks Smith, b. 1830; of Ravenna, 0. He died in Oak-
m. Rebecca Wylie Peters of Col- land, Cal.
Chester, Conn., daughter of Gen.
Peters.

1840
WOOD
David Lusk Wood, son of Eli and Laura Lusk Wood, was born in Bark-
hamstead. Conn. His paternal grandparents were Obidiah and Roxa
Burnham Wood.
David L. Wood sailed the lakes in the summer and set type in the
winter season. But at heart he was neither a sailor nor a printer. All
his tastes and inclinations leaned to a military life. At the age he came
to Cleveland — 21 years — he should have been about to graduate from
West Point — a full-fledged Lieutenant, U. S. A., instead of seeking em
ployment as a civilian in a strange city. But occasionally there are peo
ple who by sheer will-power rectify Fortune's mistakes, and David L,
Wood w^as one of them. There had been no money nor influence to land
him where he belonged — in a military academy, but that did not prevent
a born soldier from remaining one all his life,
A few years previous he had left Connecticut where born, and came
west as far as Buffalo. There he joined the Buffalo Guards, the crack
militia company of that city. In 1837, while on a visit east to relatives in
his native state, word came that the government needed the services of
the Guards in patroling the boundaries between this country and Canada.
The latter had a small civil war on her hands, and certain American citi
zens were taking sides too openly, she complained. Young Wood hastened
back to take his place in the ranks of the Buffalo Guards, and for his serv
ices at that time he received 160 acres of government land — possibly now
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the site of some flourishing city or town. But we may rest assured that
neither Wood nor his comrades held on to their bounties long enough to
realize any future values. Wild, western land was far off, and money in
the hand temptingly near, especially in those days of scarcity — so these
young American Esaus parted with their possessions for a song.
In the summer of 1838, the Buffalo Guards came to Cleveland on a
steamer to visit our own military organization — the "Grays," and young
Wood accompanied it. It was quite natural, then, that when he came
alone in September of the following year, he should at once affiliate him
self with the Grays. He was requested to organize a "gun squad" as aux
iliary to it, which he did, and thenceforth was "Captain" Wood.
During the Mexican War, he opened a recruiting station in the city,
and raised a company, which, however, was not forwarded to the scene
of activities, the sudden close of the war making it unnecessary. After
that episode he was "Major" Wood.
Meanwhile, Major Wood was active in aU military affairs of the city,
and when the civil war broke out, with it came his opportunity. As Quar
termaster General, under both governors — Chase and Dennison — he
armed and equipped over 100 regiments, and gave to six of Ohio's noted
generals in the war their first military instruction.
But he wanted to be at the front, and although passed the age of serv
ice, he accepted a commission as captain in the regular army, and was
wounded in the battle of Stone River.
Gen. Wood was a frank, outspoken man, who had no use for shams
in any guise. Previous to 1840, a grove of oaks and chestnuts pressed
closely upon the rear of the Case homestead, facing the Public Square,
and extended from the present site of the City Hall to the lake. A street
was cut through this and named Wood street. Gen. Wood built a home
upon it where he lived the remainder of his life. At that time it was num
bered 55.
Mrs. Mandana S. Wood was the daughter of Alfred and Sophia Hodge
of Buffalo, N. Y. Her American progenitor was John Hodge, 1643, a Con
necticut farmer. Mrs. Wood's widowed mother resided with her for a
short time, and also her young brother, Orlando J. Hodge, who in after
years became one of Cleveland's most distinguished citizens.
Mrs. Wood was a woman of much intelligence, a constant reader, and
possessed a wonderful memory. No local event, whether of public or local
importance, was ever forgotten. She was at the front part of the time
her husband was in service, and while there did her whole womanly share
in ameliorating the condition of sick and wounded soldiers. She had a
keen sense of humor, which enlivened her own life, and brightened that
of others. Dr. Beckwith, a noted local physician, told an amusing and
characteristic story of her, which was printed four years since in the
Annals of the Old Settlers' Association.
The only child of General and Mrs. Wood was Laura Sophia Wood,
born 1841. She married, in 1867, Nelson H. Lawton, son of Acres WeUs
and Elisabeth Clark Lawton, and is now a widow, residing in New York
City. No children. 625

1840
SMITH
For over 200 years or since the days of the redoubtable Capt. John
Smith of Jamestown, Virginia, an unbroken procession of John Smiths
have been blazing the way for civilization from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
English and Irish Johns mostly, but with here and there a Schmidt or a
Smitt that denoted Germanic origin.
The first John Smith of Cleveland, and the only one for some years,
was a young Irishman from Baileyboro, County Cavan, who came to the
village in 1833. He left behind him a young wife and two little children,
which accounts for the tireless energy, the ceaseless industry of the three
years he spent alone in Cleveland, often sore at heart with home-sickness
and with longing for the dear ones across the water.
It was a joyful time, therefore, that day in 1836, when his family
joined him here, and it was again reunited. Mr. Smith had purchased or
rented a small farm in Warrensville, just over the Newburgh line, and
upon this he settled and cultivated for the next ten years, at the end of
which he removed his household effects back to Cleveland, where he spent
the rest of his days. He was a charter member of St, Mary's church, the
first one of the Roman Catholic faith, and the intimate friend and staunch
supporter of the Rev. John Dillon, and today the Smith family possess a
valuable and historic souvenir, the Bible of the young, beloved first priest
of that parish.
Mrs. Smith belonged to an Irish family, the name of which has long
stood for brilliant intellect and for fervent patriotism. She was Cather
ine Sheridan. Only two of her four children reached maturity. These
were:Patrick Smith, b. 1827 ; m. Margaret Oiwill.
Theresa Smith, m. William Quigley.
The family lived first on Spring street, and for many years following
at the north-east corner of Erie and St. Clair streets.
Patrick Smith was a lad of nine years when he became a resident of
Cleveland. In time he became so thoroughly identified with work on the
local river and harbor that old citizens naturally associate him with it in
any contemplation or conversation regarding early days of navigation.
The sight of a tug steaming in or out of the river, or the rattling chains
of a ponderous dredge deepening or widening the channel, suggests at
once the progressive mind that introduced the former, and the master-
hand that added to and perfected the latter.
One can imagine the pessimistic remarks that greeted "Pat" Smith's
first little steam-tug, the first one on the river.
"It may answer for row-boats. But for vessels and barges? Never!"
And the never-ceasing surprise and interest with which one watches
a saucy, capable little tug of today marshaling a big freighter in or out
of the harbor can be but a fraction of that experienced when the first one
made its trial trip.
Mrs. Margaret Smith was the daughter of Philip OlwiU, also an early
resident of the city. Her mother was a McGrath. In all the 59 years of
Margaret Smith's life her first and only thought was for other people.
Her own wishes, her own comfort always came last, after every one else
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was provided for. She was an enthusiastic temperance worker from the
days when, as a very young girl, she helped to fashion regaha for the St.
Patrick Temperance Society, to those in which she knelt in prayer in
saloons side by side with her Protestant sisters in the temperance crusade
of the '70s.
The children of Patrick and Margaret Oiwill Smith:
Estelle Smith, m. James Cunnea.
Louis Smith, m. Margaret Farnan.
James Smith, m. Elisabeth Dwyer.
Angela Smith, m. Dr. Arnold Peskind.

1830
PHILLIPS

A private school for boys, caUed by its eccentric head "The Sacred
Classical Shades," was one of the features of early Cleveland. Many
and many a time within the past 75 years gray-haired men — growing
fewer and fewer as time elapsed — have exchanged reminiscences of the
days when they were pupils of the famous school, and have laughed hilar
iously over the memories of their boyhood pranks, and of the speeches
and eccentricities of their old schoolmaster.
He was the Rev. William Phillips of Leeds, England, a Baptist clergy
man most proficient in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, who, at 45 years of age,
came to Cleveland from Buffalo. Previous to that time — 1830 — he had
had a varied experience, the most exciting of which was that upon several
occasions, he had missed becoming a very rich man, his exceedingly im
practical nature always preventing him from embracing opportunity.
He was the son of a prosperous manufacturer of military uniforms
who was able to give his children exceptional advantages. In 1811,
William Phillips married Elisabeth Pryor, who brought to him a fortune,
the larger part of which he proceeded to lose through injudicious invest
ment, and by the shrinking of values, caused by the Napoleonic wars,
which absorbed what remained of it.
In October, 1829, with his wife and five children, he sailed from
England as a missionary to Canada, where he purchased a tract of land
which subsequently he aUowed to slip out of his hands. London, Ontario,
now stands on the site. He removed to Buffalo, N. Y., and while there
bought 150 acres within a half mile of Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, 111.
The family started for that place on a steamboat which touched at
Cleveland on the way, and here Mr. Phillips was informed that cholera
was raging in Fort Dearborn. He concluded, therefore, to go no far
ther, and sold or exchanged the farm for a house and lot on Ontario street,
between St. Clair and Lake streets, and remained in Cleveland, where he
opened a classical school on the corner of High and Middle streets. As
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PHILLIPS
before stated, many of his pupils became prominent in the business and
professional life of the city.
Later, he removed to a farm in Warrensville, and taught in Newburgh.
W. S. Kerruish and Moses Watterson attended his school at that time.
After working his farm for a number of years he returned to the city to
spend his last days. In 1866, when nearly 81 years of age, he delivered
a lecture in the country, walked ten miles home in a November storm,
and contracted pneumonia, from which he died.
Elisabeth Prior, wife of the Rev. William Phillips, was as interesting
a character as her husband, though his opposite in disposition and tem
perament. She came of a family made famous through valuable inven
tions. Her father, John Prior of Skipton, Eng., was a clock manufacturer.
He made and erected several large turret-clocks for cathedrals and min
sters. To him we owe the useful though exasperating alarm-clock. He
was the first to notice that the hip- joint form could be utilized in mechan
ics, and brought into use the ball and socket-joint, now universally in use.
By attaching this device to a wind-mill and adding a fishtail vane, he
invented a wind-mill yet used on innumerable farms. This talent has been
inherited in the fifth generation by Arthur L. Bauder, A. M., B. S., an
inventor of the present period.
It is claimed that Elisabeth Prior's wedding portion was $80,000.
The privation of pioneer life, therefore, must have been unusually hard
after one of ease and luxury. But no records of complaint or reproach
have been handed down to Elisabeth Phillips' grandchildren. Like other
members of the sisterhood of pioneer nobility, she accepted disappoint
ment and reverses as ordinances of Providence, rather than the result of
human mistakes or folly.
She was passionately fond of fiowers. A plant called in England the
"velvet plant" was a special pet which she brought with her across the
ocean, nursed it through the rigors of a Canadian winter, thence to
Cleveland, only to find that it was a wayside weed encumbering the
pastures of this vicinity. It is known as the Mullein weed.
Mrs. Phillips died in 1855, and is buried in Erie street cemetery.
The children of WiUiam and Elisabeth Phillips:
George Prior Phillips, b. 1812; died Sarah Phillips, b. 1818; m.  ;
1885, unmarried. d. 1901.
Eliza Phillips, h. 1813 ; m. Levi Bau- Thomas Phillips, b. 1820 ; m.  ;
der; died 1883. d. 1907.
John W. Phillips, b. 1816 ; m. a wid
ow; d. 1884.
All these children, save one, left descendants. After the death of his
wife, the Rev. Phillips married a Mrs. Patton, who died three years
afterward.

628

1831
SEVERANCE.
Dr. Robert B. Severance and his wdfe, Diana Long Severance, of
Shelburne, Mass., gave to Cleveland four sons who, for all too brief a
time, commanded the attention and admiration of the best element of the
town in early days.
Dr. Severance was a student of his father-in-law. Dr. John Long,
a distinguished physician of Shelburne, and practised his profession
in that town until his death at 44 years of age, leaving four young sons —
the oldest 18 years of age, the youngest but 8 years old.
In addition to his practice. Dr. Severance had opened a store for gen
eral merchandise adjoining his residence. It was the only one of the
kind for miles around. In this his two oldest boys, Solomon and Theo
doric, acquired a knowledge of business at a very early age, which served
them well when the death of their parents threw them on their own re
sources. Dr. Severance was a fine man, deeply interested in public affairs, and
very generous and philanthropic. His children were:
Solomon Lewis Severance, b. 1812; Erasmus Darwin Severance, b.
died 1838 ; m. Mary H. Long. 1817 ; ; died 1840 ; unmarried.
Theodoric Cardeno Severance, b. John Long Severance, b. 1822 ; died
1814 ; m. Caroline M. Seymour. 1859 ; unmarried.
These sons were all well equipped with unusual ability and talents.
They were musical, and while living in Cleveland belonged to the choir
of the Old Stone Church, and were enthusiastic members of local musical
societies. None of them followed their father's profession. Solomon
was a merchant, and the others all entered banks and filled important
positions in them when mere lads.
Solomon Severance proved to be the most valuable member of the
family to the city, as he left two children who have been identified with
its social and business interests for nearly 60 years past. He opened a
dry-goods store at No. 57 Superior street, and in 1833 married Mary
Long, only child of Dr. David and Juliana Walworth Long. A brilliant
meteoric phenomena occurred that evening — November 12 — which was
long referred to as "The night of the falling stars." It was most unusual
and lasting. Many timid souls were sure that the end of the world was
at hand. Mr. and Mrs. Severance began housekeeping in a home Dr. Long
had erected for their use on part of the Long estate, and situated on
Huron street, south of Prospect street. Their wedded happiness was of
short duration. Mr. Severance — never very strong — developed a bron
chial trouble which obliged him to seek a warmer climate where he died
in 1838, leaving two sons:
Solon Severance, b. 1834; m. Emily C. Allen.
Lewis H. Severance, b. 1838; m. Fanny E. Benedict of Norwalk; 2nd,
Miss Florence Harkness of Cleveland.
Theodoric C. Severance entered a bank in Elyria at the age of 15.
He came to Cleveland in 1836, and in the years he spent in this city was
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SEVERANCE
teller and cashier of three different banking establishments. He re
moved to Boston, from there to Beaufort, S. C, where he was in the gov
ernment service, and finally failing health drove him to the warmer cli
mate of California, where he died in 1892. In 1840 he married Caroline
M. Seymour, an accomplished young lady of a distinguished family. She
was then 20 years of age, and is yet living — a resident of Los Angeles,
Cal. — and very prominent in the social and club life of that city.
The children of T. C. and Caroline Severance:
Orson Seymour Severance, d. young. Pierre Clarke Severance.
James S. Severance. Erasmus Severance, died at the age
Julia Long Severance. of 23.
Mark Sibley Severance.
John Long Severance was taken into the home of Dr. David Long after
the death of his parents, and became very dear to the members of that
family. He was looked upon as an own son, and great was their grief —
shared in by the whole community — when he died in 1859.
All of the Severance boys had been, from time to time, members of
the Long household — the loss of their parents and their childhood home
appealing closely to Mrs. Long's tender, generous heart.
Mary Long Severance, also, in her young widowhood returned with
her little sons to her father's home on Woodland ave., where she lived
many years after Dr. Long and his wife had gone to their reward. There
she remained until advanced age and failing eyesight, together with
changed conditions in that locality, made a new home in another part of
the city imperative. An elegant and commodious one was erected on
Euclid ave., at the north-west corner of E. 89th street. Here Madame
Severance continued to welcome friends and entertain guests until short
ly before her death.
Other mention of this pioneer will be found on previous pages of this
work. She was one of the finest types of the women of her generation —
gentle, courteous, sympathetic, ever conscientious in regard to duties and
obligations pertaining to her family, the community, and the church
with which she was throughout her long life affiliated. Madame Sever
ance was the first person the writer interviewed in reference to the un
dertaking of this work, and her instant recognition of its future value,
her expressions of encouragement, and ready offers of assistance from
her rich storehouse of memories were potent factors in the continuance
of research through periods when its magnitude and difficulties seemed
too great to be met or overcome.
Pages 279 to 283, inclusive, contain priceless data contributed by
Madame Severance.

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1831
WINSLOW
The arrival of Richard Winslow, in 1831, gave the shipping interests
of Cleveland considerable impetus, for he was a ship-builder and vessel-
owner long years before he removed to the city, and became possessed
of a large fieet of boats afterward. Large, comparatively, for what was
considered that years ago, sinks into insignificance beside the number
and size of the present ones.
Although he came here from a southern state, he was a "down east
Yankee," born in Falmouth, Maine, where he learned all there was then
to know of ship-building. He was descended from a brother of Gov.
Winslow. In 1812, when about 43 years old, he went to Ocracake, N. C,
and while there, nearly 20 years, engaged in active business.
At 45 years of age, he married Mary Nash Grandy, a lovely young
woman very much his junior. She became the mother of eleven children,
most of them boys. Three little daughters died in the same week, soon
after coming to Cleveland, of an epidemic peculiar to childhood, and the
triple bereavement was a blow from which the mother never recovered.
It is said of her that she was small and slight, a typical, southern
woman, soft-voiced, gentle of speech and manner. She had been used to
colored help, and unaccustomed to household work. She found condi
tions in Cleveland so widely different from those of her southern home
as to be most bewildering and discouraging.
The families who kept maids, in those days, were the exceptions;
the women of each household usually performed all the domestic tasks,
even to the family washing. Dear, little Mrs. Winslow tried hard to "Do
while in Rome as the Romans do" with varying success.
Northern cooking also was quite different from that of the south, and
it is recalled by those who were children then, that their mothers, who
were fond of Mrs. Winslow, and sympathized with her in her domestic
difficulties, often furnished her recipes, or came to her rescue when seem
ingly overwhelmed with household cares — for she had a large family of
children. The Winslows lived in a small frame cottage — No. 2 Euclid ave. —
close to the Public Square.
Mrs. Winslow became a member of the St. Clair street Methodist
church, and her memory is still cherished by those yet living of that
society. She died in 1858, and when the First Methodist church was
erected corner of Euclid and Erie streets, now the site of the Cleveland
Trust Company, her sons furnished a memorial window in her name.
This was removed to the recent new edifice farther out on the avenue.
Richard Winslow was 62 years old when he came to Cleveland, and
88 years of age at his death in 1857. He was a money-maker, and, dur
ing his life here, added much to the competence he brought with him.
'The Winslow family had a vault for many years in Erie street ceme
tery. Six children of the eleven born to them failed to reach maturity.
Those who lived were :
Nathan Crane Winslow, b. 1812 ; m. Helen Clarke, dau. of Dr. W. A,
Mary Ann Clarke, dau. of Dr. W. Clarke.
A. Clarke. Rufus K. Winslow, b. 1817 ; m. Lucy
Hezekiah Winslow, b. 1815; m. Clarke, dau. of Dr. W. A. Clarke,
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Edwin Winslow, b. 1824; unmar- Richard G. Winslow, unmarried,
ried. Died at his residence, 28 Died 1854, aged 40.
Cheshire street, aged 82 years.
Hezekiah Winslow left Cleveland about 1860, removing to New York
city. He had one child, a young daughter, who died in Paris, France,
while the family were in Europe.
N. C. Winslow lived on Superior street near Erie — No. 254. He re
moved to Buffalo. He had two sons, William and Henry.
Rufus K. Winslow was the only one of the family who remained in the
city permanently. He owned extensive vessel property, and in most re
spects was very like his father in his business and personal characteris
tics. He had but one child, a daughter, now Mrs. John Chadwick, who
lives in Paris, where her mother, Mrs. Lucy Clark Winslow, died while
on a visit there, removing the last of that family from the beautiful
Euclid ave. home it occupied so many years.
None of Richard Winslow's descendants now remain in the city.

1832
TIBBETS

George B. Tibbets was a well-known citizen of Cleveland through his
office of justice of the peace — one he held for 18 consecutive years. He
was nearly 40 years of age when he came to this city from Schenectady,
N. Y., where he was born. He was the son of John and Elisabeth Van
Vorce Tibbits. His mother belonged to a fine Dutch family of early New
York. George B. Tibbets married Tacey K"ellogg in Buffalo in 1824. She
was a sister of Dr. Burr Kellogg and Mrs. William shepard, both of
whom were Cleveland pioneers in the '30s.
Mr. Tibbets was book-keeper for a business firm during the first years
of his life in the city. The family lived at 48 Erie street — E. 9th. Their
first child was born in Troy, N. Y., and the others were all natives of
Cleveland. Mr. Tibbets died in 1866, aged 71, and his wife in 1850, at
the age of 44.
Children of George and Tacey Tibbets:
George W. Tibbets, b. 1830 ; m. Henry B. Tibbets, b. 1838 ; m. Fan-
Elisabeth Rudman. He was a ny CasteUa. He was a wood en-
patent attorney, and engineer. graver.
Elisabeth Tibbets, b. 1833; m. Hor- Ellen Tibbets, b. 1844; m. Charles
ace E. Dakins. E. Sawyer, and removed to Los
Mary Tibbets, b. 1835. Angeles, Cal.
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1832
OUTHWAITE
In the Cleveland directory of 1837, there appears the following :
J. Outhwaite.
Christopher Outhwaite.
J. & G. Outhwaite.
The initial of the first stands for John, and those of the last John and
George. The four were father and sons, and their arrival in Cleveland
five years previous to this date was a decided gain to the town; not so
much in added business activities, as through the high moral influence
exerted by these men.
John Outhwaite, Sr., came to America in 1830 from Hunton, Eng.,
and settled in Buffalo, N. Y. His wife, Mary Coates Outhwaite, lived but
eighteen months afterwards, and was laid to rest in one of the old ceme
teries of that city. She left eight children, the oldest of whom was about
twenty-two years of age, the youngest eight years.
The children of John and Mary Outhwaite :
John Outhwaite, Jr. William Outhwaite, m. Delia Tay-
Christopher Outhwaite, m. Appelina lor. He died in Kansas.
Harris. Joseph Outhwaite, died in young
George Outhwaite, m. Harriet Hodg- manhood.
son. Margaret Outhwaite.
Mary Outhwaite, m. John Blackwell, Anne Outhwaite.
removed to Iowa.
In 1832, John Outhwaite, Jr., came to Cleveland to look over the field
with a view of removing the family here, should the outlook be favorable.
He was soon joined by his brother Christopher, and a few months later
by the rest of the family.
John and George Outhwaite were grocers at 87 Superior street. The
father, with the help of his sons, carried on a candle and soap-business.
He hved at 184 St. Clair street.
The family had high ideals of life and conduct, and most of its mem
bers at once became identified with the small, struggling Methodist
church, and for many years, which included the life time of some of them,
were earnest and devout workers in that religious society. The names of
John Outhwaite, Jr., of Christopher and his wife, and of Margaret and
Anne Outhwaite, appear upon the early church records, and they were
among those who sacrificed much in order to build the first church edifice
on St. Clair street.
John Outhwaite, Jr., was the only son who remained permanently
established in business here ; the others came and went as circumstances
or inclination dictated. He was actively engaged in the opening of iron
mines in the Michigan peninsula, and assisted in the founding and settle
ment of Marquette. He was born in 1811, and died in 1872. He married
Anne Hodgson, an English girl, who died young, leaving a daughter,
Mary Anne Outhwaite, who afterward became Mrs. Jay Morse. Her
husband was a prosperous business man of the city.
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Mr. John Outhwaite, Jr., married secondly, Martha Peet, daughter of
Elijah and Martha WiUiams Peet, and sister of Mrs. Jacob Lowman, and
of Mrs. Hamilton Hough.
The children of this second marriage :
John Outhwaite, 3rd, m. Mary Nelson.
Joseph H. Outhwaite, m. Annette Boyce.
Caroline Outhwaite, m. Col. James Pickands, of Pickands, Mather & Co.
Christopher Outhwaite, son of John, Sr., was talented, very spiritual-
minded, and naturally inclined to the ministry. But early circumstances
prevented. However, he gave much time and thought to the support and
upbuilding of the church, and sometimes supplied in a pulpit when he
found it vacant in towns where he chanced to spend the Sabbath. He
was cared for in his declining years by his daughter, Mrs. Gould of Lin
coln, Neb.
Christopher and Appolina Outhwaite had four children:
Milton Colt Outhwaite (named for a pioneer Methodist minister) .
Sarah Coats Outhwaite.
Charlotte Outhwaite, m. Hon. Charles Gould of Nebraska.
William Outhwaite.
Harriet Hodgson, the wife of George Outhwaite, was a sister of Mrs.
John Outhwaite, Jr. She also died young, leaving young children. He
married secondly, Mary Poole of ZanesviUe, 0. The family lived south.
Margaret and Anne Outhwaite, the youngest children of the pioneers,
never married. They spent their long lives together in this city, and the
death of the former in 1908 severed a bond of sisterly devotion which
rarely has been equaled.
Miss Anne, at this date, December, 1909, lives at 2350 East 50th street.
A companion tenderly administers to her comfort. Here Miss Anne re
ceives her nephews and nieces, and welcomes old and life-long friends.
She is a gentle, refined woman, and very interesting in conversation. She
has resided in the city, probably, as long, if not longer, than any one liv
ing here — 79 years.
For some time after her arrival in Cleveland she lived with her brother
Christopher on the north-west corner of Euclid and Erie streets, on the
present site of the Hickox building. The dwelling stood then in the
woods. All about, and especially looking to the east, nothing was to be
seen but trees. Mr. Thomas Jones, with his large family of children, lived
on Erie street, adjoining the Outhwaite, and his children were their play
mates. Miss Outhwaite attended the private school on Superior street, con
ducted by Lucinda Hickox Caldwell. Thomas May's little daughter Helen
also was a pupil, and one of Miss Outhwaite's cherished memories is of a
children's party given by Mrs. May in honor of her daughter's birthday.
As a child, Miss Outhwaite stood in mortal fear of the cows which roamed
the streets at will. She was sent for milk every day, at some place not
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LOWMAN
far from home, and often breathed a childish prayer, while on her way
there or back, that she be preserved from harm.
In after years the Outhwaites bought a farm near Woodland ave. —
then Kinsman street. In time, this part of town was aUotted, and a street
cut through their place was named for the family — "Outhwaite ave."
Outhwaite school and avenue were named for this pioneer family.

1833
LOWMAN

The American ancestor of the Lowman family came to the east shore
of Maryland in 1700. Jacob Lowman and his wife Anna Foitz removed
in the latter part of that century to Hagerstown, Md. Jacob Lowman
died, leaving a wddow and children. Unfortunately his farm was mort
gaged for quite a sum of money and his young sons remained or returned
to it to work out the indebtedness. When the mortgage was raised and
the mother and younger children in safe circumstances the boys went out
into the world to seek their own fortunes.
One of them was Jacob Lowman, Jr., the dear, honest, straightfor
ward Cleveland pioneer, who in 1833 at the age of 23 walked all the way
from Hagerstovsm to this village. He was a blacksmith, also a wagon
maker. His first employment was with Elijah Peeet.
Whatever had been the infiuences affecting his previous life, he could
not have chosen to work for any man who could so attract the best that
was within him and hold him to that standard as would Elijah Peet, the
earnest. Christian pioneer, through whose sturdy, steadfast faith was
established the first Methodist Society of the city.
Jacob Lowman, Jr., boarded in the family of his employer — as was
the custom of the day. But it was not long before Minerva, the oldest of
the household of daughters, held captive his heart and he longed for a
home of his own with her dear presence installed therein.
They were married, and began housekeeping at No. 10 Walnut street.
Meanwhile, Mr. Lowman was making and selling carriages and waggons
in Vineyard Lane.
Mr. Lowman entered fully into the church life of his wife's family,
and after Mr. Peet's death, took his place, in a measure, in the Methodist
Church activities and shouldered much of its financial obligations. Jacob
Lowman was a straightforward honest man in his business relations.
A characteristic story is related of him in connection with the contro
versy that arose between the Methodist Church North and South on the
question of slavery. About one-half of the local society became impatient
over the delay in separation from the Southern Church, and concluded to
secede and start a Wesleyan Methodist Church, which they located on the
corner of Euclid and Hickox streets. They claimed. all the movable pos
sessions of the First M. E. Church, and accordingly and very unexpected
ly stripped that edifice of its pulpit and pews.
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SHEPARD
Mr. Lowman was soon made aware of the loss. The next Sabbath
when the depleted congregation came to morning service, wondering how
it should be seated, the auditorium was found provided with long planks
resting upon waggon boxes or hubs and in the very spot where Mr. Low-
man had been accustomed to sit in his pew he was found calmly seated on
the end of one of the planks and in his usual attitude — head slightly droop
ing forward in reverent meditation.
He died in 1881.
.Mrs. Minerva Peet Lowman brought into her own home all the tra
ditions of the Peet family regarding kindness, hospitality and loyalty to
religious convictions.
She was an unusual woman for her day. She had much literary ability
and possessed a small library chiefly of religious books. She conversed
easily and intelligently on questions of theology and biblical lore with the
Methodist clergy 'that so often thronged the parlor of her home. She was
musical, to what extent can be estimated by the bound books of instru
mental and vocal music that her sons cherished as part of her personal
possessions. She had a sweet voice with which she entertained her friends
or used in sacred service. She took advantage of the arrival of a French
gentleman, who became her neighbor, — a Mr. De GoUier — to acquire the
French language, which she learned to read and speak fluently.
But she was not physically strong and was of a nervous, high-strung
temperament. She died in 1857 while comparatively young, leaving three
little sons.
Children of Jacob and Martha Lowman :
Mather J. Lowman, m. Harriet McNairy.
Charles Elijah Lowman, m. Lara Sarchet.
Dr. John H. Lowman, m. Isabelle Wetmore, dau. of Capt. Henry Wetmore.
For many years the youngest son of the family has been a distinguished
physician and surgeon of this city, and considered an authority on sub
jects connected with the medical profession.

1833
SHEPARD

The history of Weathersfield, Connecticut, became linked with that
of Cleveland in the early half of the past century when members of
one family after another of the old New England town became residents
of the new Ohio one. Among these was the Shepard family that for five
generations had been prominent in the commercial, religious, and social
life of Weathersfield. Its American founder was an English ship-builder
who settled first in Middle Haddam, Conn.
Edward Shepard, his descendant, was a furniture manufacturer of
Weathersfield. His wife was Mary Ayrault, great-granddaughter of Dr.
Nicholas Ayrault, a French Huguenot. Generations of Shepards and
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Ayraults lie in the old cemetery of Weathersfield. The table vault of Dr.
Nicholas Ayrault with its weather-worn inscription on the big flat stone,
covering it, is ever of interest to the antiquarian.
Three sons of Edward and Mary Shepard came to Cleveland in youth,
and remained here, actively engaged in business. Daniel Ayrault Shepard
was the first of the three to make the venture, and opened a small chair
manufactory at the foot of Vineyard lane. He subsequently married Louise
Gates, and together they spent over 50 years of life. They had no chil
dren of their own, but their home always echoed with the voice and
laughter of youth. Besides their nephew and two nieces who were
frequent guests, several homeless children from time to time were mem
bers of the household. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard were Presbyterians, and
always actively interested in the social life of the Third Church, corner of
Euclid and Brownell streets. They frequently entertained the church so
cieties at their home on Prospect street, not far west of the present Rose
Building. Mrs. Shepard died in 1888, and her husband the following year, aged
79 years. At the time of the disastrous fire of 1835, Daniel Shepard
was a heavy loser. His chair factory and store, just below the present
American House, was entirely destroyed. He renewed his business at 27
Water street— W. 9th.
Charles Lewis Shepard and Edward Shepard, Jr., joined their brother
in Cleveland a few years later, and at first were engaged in the drug
business, but afterward were either in partnership with Daniel, or active
in furniture manufacturing on their own account. Edward was the old
est of the brothers. He married Helen E. Thompson. Their first home
was on Rockwell street, near the Square, and afterward on Cheshire, a
few doors from the north-east corner of Prospect street. Their only child,
John Potter Shepard, who reached manhood, died unmarried.
Charles Shepard, b. 1812, the youngest of the brothers, was the mem
ber of the family who retained closest touch, through his pen, with the old
Connecticut home, and he kept his mother, Mary Ayrault Shepard, posted
regarding the daily lives and adventures of her Cleveland sons. She also
was a ready writer, and several beautiful and interesting letters from
both mother and son are preserved by their grandson.
Charles L. Shepard married 1st, Elisabeth Hurst, a young English
girl. They attended the St. Clair street church, and were members of
its choir. Their only child was Mary Elisabeth Shepard, b. 1839; m.
Bruce Huling. A son, Charles L. Huling, residing at 13087 Euclid ave.,
possesses a rare and interesting historical volume compiled by some of
the leading families of Weathersfield of the present day. It contains
much valuable genealogy and data. The work was published in Hart
ford, Conn., and its issue private and quite limited. No other history of
Weathersfield has been written, to date.
Charles L. Shepard m. 2nd, Matilda L. Gorham. Their only child,
Fanny Gorham Shepard, m. Charles L. Strong of Cleveland. Shepard
Strong, a well-known real-estate dealer, is a son of this couple.
Mrs. Fanny Shepard was a well-known society lady, and entertained
often and in fine style in her beautiful home adjoining that of D. A,
Shepard on Prospect street. The Weathersfield homestead of the Shep-
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ROOT
ards is yet in the possession of the family. It is two doors north of the
historic Webb mansion, which reminds the writer to add ttiat Daniel
Ayrault, grandfather of the Shepard brothers, was an early and enthusias
tic patriot throughout the revolutionary war.
AU the late memt)ers of the Cleveland family he side by side in Wood
land cemetery.

1834
ROOT
Elias Root, son of Moses Root of West Stockbridge, Mass., married
Nancy Sabis. He lived in Cooperstown, N. Y., where his children wei'e
bom, and came to Cleveland in the early '30s. His home was 76 Bank
street. He was deputy sheriff in 1845. His son, Elias Root, Jr., married
Elisabeth Hoyt, and had two children — Orville, unmarried, and ^Margaret,
who married Arthur Claflin.
Ralph R. Root, son of Elias Root, Sr., was a Cleveland dry-goods mer
chant as early as 1856, and continued in that business until his death.
He was one of the organizers of the firm of Morgan & Root, now Root,
McBride & Company.
He married Miss Anna Y. Tubbs, dau. of John and Cornelia Tubbs.
They had four children, Frederick, Mary, Walter, and Cornelia Root.
The widow of Ralph R. Root resides on Ambler Boulevard, city.
Failure to secure necessary data makes any correct or complete sketch
of this important pioneer family impossible.

1840
PARKER

Dr. Marcus Crary Parker, son of Peter and Louisa Griswald Parker,
who came to Cleveland in 1840 from Enfield, Conn., was a botanic physi
cian and druggist at 86 Superior street. His fii-st residence in the city
was 56 Seneca street — West 3rd. It is claimed that he was the first man
of this vicinity to successfuUy experiment in the refining of petroleum in
its crude state. He lived in this city nearly 50 years, dying in 1887 at his
home on or near Woodland ave.
The wife of Dr. Parker was Frances Rust Dickerson, daughter of
Jonathan and Fanny Dickerson of Northampton, Mass. She was 18 years
old in 1831 — the year of her marriage. Her death occurred in Cleveland
in 1871. The children of Marcus and Frances Parker :
Eliza R. Parker, b. 1832; m. 1st, Mary Parker, b. 1834; m. William
Capt. Read of Sackets Harbor, L. Holcomb.
N. Y.; 2nd, David Hammock of Cordelia Parker, b, 1836; m. Dr,
Southington, Conn. George Oliver.
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INDEX

PAGE
Perley Abbey  400
Seth Abbey  359
Asael Adams  81
Joseph Adams  509
Joshua Adams  312
Samuel E. Adams  510
Samuel Adams, Jr  509
George Akin  128
Rev. Samuel Aiken  508
John W. Allen  302
Ashley Ames  102
Stephen Ames  104
Benjamin Andrews  497
Edward W. Andrews  251
Philip B. Andrews  250
Sherlock J, Andrews  297
John Armstrong  229
Rev. James Ashwell  371
George M. Atwater  498
Samuel Atwell  511
Franklin T. Backus  564
Amasa Bailey  163
Richard Bailey  164
Robert Bailey  483
John Baker  515
Caleb Baldwin  118
Dudley Baldwin  191
Norman C. Baldwin  405
Oliver P, Baldwin  569
Philemon Baldwin, Sr  117
Philemon Baldwin, Jr  118
Runa Baldwin  118
Samuel Smith Baldwin  101
Seth CoggsweU Baldwin  190
Epaphras Barber  208
Josiah Barber  206
Aaron Barker  361
Ashbel Barney  597
Danforth W, Barney  597
William Barnes  406
Gen, Jan^es Barnett  300
Melancthon Barnett  299
Joseph Bartlett  563
Nicholas Bartlett  563
Noble Bates  141
Philip Battell  597
Charles L, Bauder  382

PAGE
Levi Bauder  382
Michael Bauder  382
David H, Beardsley  330
Jacob Becker  404
Thomas S. Beckwith  608
Huron Beebe  496
George W. Benjamin  486
Capt. Clifford Belden  269
Silas Belden  183
Elijah S, Bemis  177
George A, Benedict  517
John Bennet  563
Samuel BidweU  263
William Billings  360
Edward Bingham  601
Elijah Bingham  518
William Bingham  553
Benj. Titus BlackweU  188
Henry Blair  236
John Blair  233
Jonathan Bliss  182
Sidney D. Bliss  597
WiUiam Bhss  181
Richard Blinn  46
Judge Thomas Bolton  482
NeweU Bond  484
David Bonnell  100
Gains Boughton  254 <
Nathan Boughton  254
Charles Bradburn  567
Rev. Stephen I. Bradstreet . . . .270
Amos Brainard  153
George W. Brainard  475
Henry M. Brainard  475
Jabez Brainard  604
Joseph M. Brainard  475
Nathan Brainard  474
Samuel Bronson  67
Silas Brainard  475
Dr. Charles D. Brayton  383
Henry Brayton  384
Capt. Isaac Brayton  482
Hon. Joseph Breck  408
Rev. J. H, Breek  409
James A, Briggs  406
David Brooks  235
Mrs. Joshua Brooks  514

639

PIONEER FAMILIES

PAGE
Melinda Keith Brooks  514
Oliver Allen Brooks  516
David Brower  190
Dr. Asa Brown  486
Hugh Buckley, Sr  593
Almon Burgess  231
Leonard Burgess  233
Brazilla Burk  77
Gains Burk  77
Sylvanus Burk  75
Irene Burk  •. . . . 77
Willard Burnham  591
David Burroughs, Sr  80
David Burroughs, Jr  80
Rev. Richard Bury  614
Dr. Elijah Burton  255
Caleb B. Butts  615
Samuel Calahan  148
Thomas Calahan  148
Widow Calahan  147
Charles L. Camp  333
David Camp  499
Hezekiah Camp  499
Willard Camp  499
Horace Canfield  490
John N. Cannell  320
C. C. Carleton  378
Robert Carran  562
Alonzo Carter  22
Major Lorenzo Carter  16
Leonard Case, Sr  179
Robert Gather  332
Reuben Champion  262
Joel Chandler  512
John Chidgey  428
Herrick Childs  421
Aaron Clark  473
Albert Clark  399
Asahel Clark  520
David Clark  49
Edmund Clark  284
Henry W. Clark  415
James F. Clark  423
Mrs. Joseph Clark  253
Mervin Clark  415
Dr. Welcome A. Clarke  413
Aaron P. Cleveland  398
Dr. Benjamin F. Cleveland . . . .554
Daniel Cleveland  519
George Cleveland  398
WiUiam Cleveland  397

PAGE
Mrs. Solomon Cobb  620
Charles W. Coe  617
Samuel S. Coe  598
Col. Henry H. Coit  335
James L. Conger  315
Handford Congar  594
Dr. Horace Congar  595
John Coon  396
Mathew Coon  396
William B. Corlett  339
Edwin Cowles  395
Dr. Edwin Cowles  393
Judge Samuel Cowles  230
Andrew Cozad  94
Elias Cozad  93
Samuel Cozad  92
Alfred Cozzins  358
Myron Cozzins  359
James A. Craw  392
James M. Craw  391
Willard Crawford  502
William V. Craw  392
Joseph H. Crittenden  431
Newton E. Crittenden  304
Seth W. Crittenden  598
Jedediah Crocker  140
David W. Cross  559
Dr. Erastus Cushing  521
Dr. Henry K. Cushing  522
Abilene Davis Cutter  220
Moses Cutter  221
Orlando Cutter  219
John Day  556
Thomas Davis  252
William Day  555
David Dean  492
Cyrus DeForest  496
Daniel Denison  488
Edwin Denison  489
Elisha Dibble  144
Lewis Dibble  145
Asa Dille, Sr  71
Calvin Dille  70
David Dille  68
Lewis B. Dille  71
Nehemiah DiUe  70
Capt. Samuel DiUe  78
Rev. John DiUon  529
David C. Doan  65
Job Doan  45
Nathaniel Doan  43

640

PIONEER FAMILIES

PAGE
Capt, Timothy Doan  63
John Doane  66
Seth Doan  65
Nicholas Dockstader  308
Richard Dockstader  309
Walter B, Dockstader  310
Samuel Dodge  34
Francis Dolman  607
Thomas Dorset  356
Reuben Drake  132
WiUiam Duckworth  253
Stephen Dudley  159
Rufus Dunham  271
Mrs, Mary Dunlap  260
Andrew Duty  301
Daniel Duty  301
Rudolphus Edwards  36
Rudolphus Edwards, Jr  39
Rufus EUet  297
George B. Ely  478
Merrick Ely  493
John Erwin  558
Patrick Farley  501
Gamaliel Fenton  388
Horace Fenton  389
Orin Fenton  390
Dr. Daniel Ferris  390
Prof. Asaph Fiske  345
Grant Fitch  556
Gurdon Fitch  306
Zalmon Fitch  600
Herchel Foote  223
John A. Foote  424
Dr. Jonathan Foote  557
Stephen Forbes  142
Cyrus Ford  618
Francis Ford  619
Horatio Ford  619
Henry Ford  619
Horace Ford  619
Lewis Ford  619
Phyletus Francis  614
Rev. Silas C. Freeman  314
Andrew J. Freese  616
Captain Erastus FrizzeU  589
Martin Gale  495
Rodney Gale  559
Jabez Gallup  427
Abel B. Garlick  150
Alonzo S. Gardner  427
Col, James Gardner  595

PAGE
Capt, Allen Gaylord  53
Erastus Gaylord  425
Henry L. Gaylord  494
Augustus Gilbert  55
Augustus Gilbert, Jr  56
Charles M, Giddings  310
Irene Burke-Gilbert  99
Stephen Gilbert  42
Jonathan Gillette  523
WiUiam T, Goodwin  360
Christopher Goulder  523
William J, Gordon  611
Dickson Graves  331
Dr. Ezra Graves  218
Ami N. Gray  605
Admiral N. Gray  420
Joseph W. Gray  605
Ransom Gray  605
Jasper Griffith  355
Elijah Gun  13
John H. Guptil  189
Justus Hamilton  52
James Hamilton  54
Samuel Hamilton  50
William H. Hamlin  613
Dea. Samuel I. Hamlin  211
Hezekiah Hand  259'
Lewis Handerson  418
Dr. Seth S. Handerson  419
Augustus Handy  613
Parker Handy  445
Truman P. Handy  385
Jarvis F. Hanks  524
Isaac Harbaugh  380
Francis Harding  565
Benjamin Harrington  560
Calvin Harris  256
Josiah A. Harris  353
William Hart  295
Roger Harkell  488
Alphonso Hawley  25
Ezekiel Hawley  24
Anson Hayden  352
John Hayward  294
Joseph Hayward  294
Nelson Hayward  294
Charles W. Heard  500
Henry Hecker  403
Hurlbut Heman  430
Mrs. Sylvester P. Herrick  566
Isaac L, Hewitt  417

641

PIONEER FAMILIES

PAGE
Morgan L. Hewitt  416
"Uncle" Abraham Hickox  106
Capt. Lorenzo A. Kelsey 
Milo H. Hickox  434
Richard Hilliard  277
Nathan C. Hills  375
James K. Hitchcock  561
Hon. George Hoadley  350
Mrs. Alfred Hodge  621
Joseph Hogan  206
Amaziah D. Howe  487
James M. Hoyt  526
Rev. Ora P. Hoyt  590
Aaron Hubbard  237
Israel Hubbard  236
Leander M. Hubby  527
Timothy Hulbert  262
Sarah C. Humphrey  491
George C. Huntington  419
Gov. Samuel Huntington  57
Hinman B. Hurlbut  417
Heman A. Hurlbut  430
Richard Hussey  496
Benjamin R. Hutchings  501
Rev. Samuel Hutchings  374
Amos S. Hutchinson  481
Samuel R. Hutchinson  480
Elijah Ingersoll  142
Levi Ingersoll  144
Nathan Ingersoll  143
Dr. Smith Inglehart  511
Timothy Ingraham  386
Morris Jackson  194
Marris Jackson, Sr  194
Cleveland James  357
Hamilton James  54
Obadiah Janes  199
Oliver Janes  200
Moses Jewett  193
Benhu Johnson  113
Harvey Johnson  613
Levi Johnson  109
John Johnson  109
Capt. Jonathan Johnson  Ill
Luke D. Johnson  528
Seth W. Johnson  414
Capt. William Johnson  264
Mrs. Aurelia Johnstone  373
Dr. Robert Johnstone  373
John Jones  344
Thomas Jones  343

PAGE
George B, Judkins  514
Rev, John Keep  412
Alfred Kelley  121
Daniel Kelley  155
Irad Kelley  157
James M. Kelley  340
Joseph Reynolds Kelley  158
Madison Kelley  340
Moses Kelley  554
Thomas M. KeUey  158
Dr. Burr Kellogg  477
James Kellogg  356
Pliny Kellogg  412
Capt. Lorenzo A. Kelsey  588
Dr. Henry D. Kendall  411
Lyman Kendall, Sr  410
Col. James Kingsbury  25
Cushing Henry Kirke  522
George Kirke  258
Prof. Jared P. Kirtland  592
Nehemiah Knapp  370
WiUiam Kneen  319
Joseph Landon  11
Chrystopher L. Lathrop  369
James W. Lee  378
Aaron Leland  568
Thomas Lemen  243
William Lemen  243
Jarvis Leonard  459
Wilham G. Lewis  350
Andrew Logan  211
Dr. David Long  :  118
Anson Loomis  576
Gilbert Loomis  576
WiUiam B. Lucas  336
Jacob Lowman  635
Edward Lyon  468
John E. Lyon  468
Benjamin S. Lyman  465
Richard T. Lyon  130
Dr. Colin Mackensie  451
Thomas W. Morse  551
Nehemiah Marks  243
Cotton Mather  238
Samuel H. Mather  540
Dr. Pierre Mathivet  479
George W. May  289
Thomas P. May  288
William May  289
Dr. Donald Mcintosh  208
Samuel Mcllrath  72

642

PIONEER FAMILIES

PAGE
Thomas Mcllrath  73
John McLane  322
Rev. WUliam McLane  304
John McVene  153
WiUiam F, Mead  372
Gurdon Meech  438
Enoch Meeker  168
Smith Meeker  166
Stephen Meeker  168
Dr, George MendenhaU  539
Gen, Ahaz Merchant  210
George B. Merwin  130
Noble H. Merwin  128
Charles Miles, Sr  97
Erastus Miles  23
Theodore Miles  99
WiUiam Milford  538
Dr. Joshua Mills  328
Nelson Monroe  461
Ashbel Morgan  134
Caleb Morgan  133
Henry Morgan  602
Isham Morgan  134
Youngs L. Morgan, Sr  131
Thomas W. Morse  551
Edmond Mott  503
Henry Mould  466
Plina Mowrey  135
Gardner Murfey  470
WiUiam A. Murfey  470
Elias Murray  123
Harvey Murray  123
Humphrey Nichols  212
Henry L. Noble  286
Olmstead Noble  38
Abram Norris  97
Elisha Norton  67
Horace Nott  409
WiUiam D. Nott  409
Lawrence O'Connor  160
John Ommick  341
Charles A. Otis  462
WiUiam A. Otis  462
John Outhwaite, Sr  633
Chrystopher Outhwaite  634
John Outhwaite, Jr  634
Gennet Overacher  622
Marvin Oviatt  285
Silas Owen  188
Thomas Palmer  127
Dr. Markus C. Parker  638

PAGE
Jonathan Pearse  193
Charles Pease  503
George Pease  165
Samuel Pease  165
Sheldon Pease  464
Elijah Peet  126
Stephen Peet '  124
Jonathan Pelton  154
Francis B. Penniman  504
Horatio Perry  89
Horace Perry  87
Nathan Perry, Sr  84
Nathan Perry, Jr  87
Robert Pier  272
Rev. William Philips  627
Jared Pritchard  246
Baird Pritchard  246
Jewett Prime  318
Rev. Ebenezer Punderson  419
Joseph Ranney  536
Sylvester Ranney  431
Chauncy S. Ransom  610
Edmund Rathbun, Jr  195
Edmund Rathbun  192
George Rathbun  '. . . 195
Henry Raymond  536
Samuel Raymond  536
John Reeve  442
John G. Remmington  454
Stephen G. Remmington  454
Hon. Thomas Richmond  574
Harvey Rice  , . 273
Stephen Robinson  149
Joshua Ross  290
Benjamin Rouse  367
Ehas Root  638
Ralph Root  638
Cyrenus Ruggles  338
Thomas Rummage  139
Samuel Ruple  108
Alanson Russell  455
Mrs. Robert RusseU  207
Alexander Sacket  542
Mrs. Robert Sackrider  449
Alfred S. Sandford  341
Elijah Sandford  342
Samuel Sargeant  576
Levi Sargeant  186
Joseph Sargeant  447
Jacob Sargeant  446
Jehiol Saxton  203

643

PIONEER FAMILIES

PAGE
Rev. John Sayle  312
WiUiam Scofield  448
Morgan L. Schermerhorn  545
Martin B. Scott  602
Joel Scranton  227
Philo Scovil  175
John Seaman  348
Solomon Severance  629
'Theodoric Severance  629
Alexander Seymour  460
John Shelley  546
Phineas Shepard, Sr  177
Elijah Shepard  319
Elias Shepard  250
Jason Shepard  250
Daniel A. Shepard  637
Charles L. Shepard  637
Edward Shepard  636
Ephriam Sherman  185
Ephriam Sherman, Jr  185
Ahimaaz Sherwin, Jr  202
Ahimaaz Sherwin, Sr  200
Peter Short  323
Lewis Short  324
Jeremiah Shumway  194
Alexander Sked  532
James Skinner  190
Orville B. Skinner  335
Abraham Slaght  447
Douglas W. Sloane  472
Gaven Smellie  293
Anson Smith  585
Smith John  626
Archibald M. C. Smith  447
Edwin Smith  623
John Smith  626
WiUiam T. Smith  548
William Smyth  469
William Southern  609
WiUiam P. Southworth  575
Ebulous A. Southworth  229
Major Amos Spofford  39
Miller Spangler  243
Michael Spangler  242
Thomas P. Spencer  439
Ara Sprague  197
George W. Stanley  364
Abel Stark  152
Ebenezer Stark  152
John Stair  442
Samuel Starkweather  326

PAGE
Josiah Stacey  401
Buckley Stedman  458
Ehsha T. Sterling  292
John M. Sterling  292
Samuel Stewart  186
Royal Stewart  573
Aaron Stickland  438
Job Stiles  7
John R. St. John  345
Dr. Orson St. John  345
Aruna St. John  533
Dr. Benjamin Strickland  541
John Stoddard  327
John G. Stockly  577
WiUiam StockweU  205
James Strong  138
Judge John Harris Strong  138
Walter Strong  138
Valentine Swayne  433
Jesse F. Taintor  584
Deacon Elisha Taylor  169
Philo Taylor  ...105
Rev. Vernon D. Taylor  543
Patrick Teare  319
George Teibout  343
Dr. Charles A. Terry  571
Simpson Thorman  586
Benjamin Thorp  61
Bezaleel Thorp  60
Joel Thorp  59
Warren Thorp  61
George B. Tibbets  632
John Tinker  337
Stephen Titus  247
John Thomas  276
Dr. Israel Town  124
Bennet Townsend  261
James J. Tracey  530
Rev. Levi Tucker  569
Abraham Turner  200
Wendell Wackerman  372
Edward Wall  349
George Wallace  114
Silas Walsworth  149
Ashbel Walworth  95
John Walworth  90
Darius Warner, Sr  57
John F. Warner  433
Warham J, Warner  435
George Watkins  152
Timothy Watkins  151

644

PIONEER FAMILIES

PAGE
Watson Watkins  .152
Eleazar Watterman  173
WUUam Watterson  313
Horace WeddeU  248
Peter M. WeddeU  247
Benj. S. Welch  160
Capt. Hiram B. Welhnan  213
Edward P, Wetmore  572
John S. White  573
BushneU White  583
Levi White  74
Deacon Moses White  172
George Whitelaw  441
Philip White  572
Wileman White  161
Mark Whitelaw  362
WiUiam B. Whiting  449
Col. Charles Whittlesey  453
Frederick Whittlesey  456
Nathaniel Wiggins  249
John J. Wightman  136
EUam Wulbur  218
James B, Wilbur  218
John O. Willard  171
Luther Willes  225
Ziba Willes  225
John W, WiUey  266

PAGE
Mrs, Newton Willey  268
Abraham Williams  200
George Williams  450
William Wheeler WiUiams , . . . 47
W, W, WiUiams, Jr  48
Samuel Williamson  115
Hon, Hiram A. Wilson  552
John Wilson  437
Richard Winslow  631
Albert Wolcott  174
Stephen Wolverton  364
David L. Wood  624
Gov. Reuben Wood  215
Luther Woodworth  115
W, Woodward  471
John M. Woolsey  363
Albert Wolcott  174
Daniel Worley  274
John Worley  276
George Worthington  456
Ralph Worthington  456
Ansel Young  187
Moses C. Younglove  549
Dr, Samuel UnderhiU  534
John A, Vincent  366
William H. Van Tine  603

645

GENERAL INDEX

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Aarons, Clara  587
Abbey, Charles — Edwin  359
Abbey, Elizabeth — Lewis — Helen —
Harriet — Mary  401
Abbey, Hanah  143-360
Abbey, Harriet — Maria — Seth  360
Abbey, Henry G  360-373
Abbey, Mercy Hunt  520
Abbey, Minnie Lyon  360
Abbey, Perley — Sarah Goodrich  400
Abbey, Peter  360
Abbey, Seth A  365-373-376-622
Abel, Ansel  301
Abel, A  279
Abel and Duty  301
Abel, George  404
Abels, Asahel  21
Abbott, Anna  221
Abbott, Azuba  304-431
Abbott, Rev. Edward — Rev. Lyman... 204
Abbott, Elizabeth  204
Abbott, Frank — Caroline — Gardner. . .551
Abbott, Jason  229
Abbott, Joshua  304
Abbitt, Willard  550
Ackley, John A. — Eleazer — Orange . . 17
Ackley, Elizabeth Buell  24
Ackley, John A  159
Adams, Albertine — Georgiana — John
F  510
Adams, Amos — Charlotte — Harriet. . .510
Adams, Adeline  194-312
Adams, Asael — Alfred — Comfort —
Fitch  83
Adams, Betsey  82
Adams, Cyrus — Allen  312
Adams, Darius  66
Adams, Eli  140
Adams, Frank  312-510
Adams, George  83
Adams, Henry  83, 189
Adams, James E  267-295-312
Adams, Jesse  72
Adams, Joshua  312
Adams, Lucas  509
Adams, Lucy — Ruth  510
Adams, Lydia Willey  268-498
Adams, Mary  48-440
Adams, Minnie  573
Adams, Nancy  454
Adams, Samuel  509
Adams, Sarah — William  43-45
Adams, Whittlesey  83
Aiken, Andrew J. — Catherine  161
Aiken, Caroline  253
Aiken Charles — Helen  509
Aiken, Charles G. — Rev. Samuel  520
Aiken, Delia  508
Aikin, Julia  21
Akin, George — Tamizen  128

PAGE
Aikins, Q. T  88
Aiken, Rev. Samuel  304-461-541-550
Aiken, William  253
Akers, Elizabeth  313
Albro, Claribel ....".  549
Akin, Cyrel — Caroline — Irad — Julia . . .128
Alcott, Cornelia  541
Alcott and Horton  288
Alcott, William G  78
Alden, Col. Amos — Hannah  360
Allen, Elizabeth W.— Ursula  556
Allen, Ethan  190
Allen, Emily C  629
Allen, Gertrude  599
Allen, Hannah  615
Allen, Holden  111-266
Allen, James — William  303
Allen, John W.287-298-302-377-400-504-558
Allen, Lucretia — Minerva — Sybel 109-111-
265
Allen, Lois  551
Allen, Louise  400-303
Allen, Mary  171
Allen, Perry— Sophia  369
Allen, Rheda  499
Allen, Ursula  298
Ackley, Roxanna  19
Alden, Priscilla — John  400
AUee, Ellen  335
Allerton, Mary  458
Alton, W. J  619
Ames, Abigail — Alzina — Easton — Car-
linda  105
Ames, Adelia — Anson  104
Ames, Ashley  102-171-238
Ames, David — Abigail — Martha — Wes
ley—Stephen  104
Ames, Edwin — Charles — Freeland —
Harrison — Henry — Sarah  102
Ames, Henry — Harrison — John O. —
Sarah W  104
Ames, Martha — Orinda — • Priscilla —
Urania — Wesley  105
Ames, Miss May  102
Ammock, John  75-146-341
Ammock, Mary A  210
Anderson, Larz  538
Anderson, Mary Southern  609
Anderson, Margaret  70
Andrews, Abigail  339
Andrews, Arthur — Charles  251
Andrews, Augustus  93
Andrews, Benjamin — L. F. W. ... 497-452
Andrews, Cornelia — Harriet — Ursula —
Sarah— William  299
Andrews, Edward — Philip  403
Andrews, Edward W. — Helen M. —
Francis — Theodore  251
Andrews, Eunice  193
Andrews, Franklin A  235

647

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Andrews, Gustavus  162
Andrews, Helen M  620
Andrews, Jane A  363
Andrews, John  250-263-297
Andrews, Juliette — Noah  477
Andrews, Sherlock J  297
Andrews, Judge Sherlock  424
Andrews Laura W  498
Andrews, Lieut. U. S. A  585
Andrews, Lydia Root  251
Andrews, Mary  172
Andrews, Nathaniel — Mary — Philip B.
 250
Andrews, Samuel  553
Andrews, Sarah  229
Andrews, Mrs. Sherlock  224
Andrews, Philip B  109-265
Andrews, Silas  463
Andrews, Wallace  346
Angel, Mary Ann  472
Apgar, Mary  523
Armatage, Mary  610
Arkland, Mary  362
Armstrong, Adelne — Catherine — Caro
line  229
Armstrong, Elizabeth — Euphema > —
Snover  229
Armstrong, Isabelle  390
Armstrong, Nina  470
Armstrong, Samuel S  14
Arnold, Elizabeth  203
Arnold, George  70
Arnold, Submit  568
Arnold, Esther  572
Armington, Joanna  78
Arter, Charles  489
Ashland, George  619
Ashwell, Rev. James  371
Ashwell, Maria  371
Asston, Eliza  75
Astor, John Jacob  88
Athearn, Adeline  312
Athearn, George — Hepsibah  312
Athon, Carrie  349
Atwater Building  275-498
Atwater, Caroline  503-593
Atwater, Charles — Mary Merwin  498
Atwater, Dr. David — Harriet — Mabel 499
Atwater, Edward  448
Atwater, George M  129-498
Atwell, Joseph— Ruth S  511
Atwell, Mary — William  511
Austin, Daniel  533
Avery, George 
Avery, Louise  428
Avery, Olive  82
Avery, Robert S  188
Avery, Sally  70
Avery, Col. William  334
Axe, Catherine  256
Babcock, Abigail 
Babcock, Fanny J  613

PAGE
Bacon, Cornelia G. — William — Eliza
K  598
Bacon, Lois  533
Bacon, William T  445
Bach, Fritz  483
Badger, Austin  108
Backus, Thomas — Rebecca Couch .... 564
Backus, Robert Houston— Rev. Azel,
D.D  599
Backus, Mary  445
Bailey, Amasa — Cyrus — Horace — Mary
 163
Bailey, David — Gustavus— Joseph— So
phia  164
Bailey, Elizabeth  483-590
Bailey, Fidelia  163-483
Bailey, Frances  619
Bailey, Helen  164-483
Bailey, John  52-108-164-483
Bailey, Lucy— Gaylord  484
Bailey, Richard  52-75-153-163
Bailey, Robert  108-483-496-507
Bailey, Dr. Robert  484
Bailey, Sherman  52
Baird, Ann— Henry  223-322
Baker, Benton  380
Baker, Calvin  427
Baker, Charles B. — Edward — Elizabeth
Henry — Peter — Christina  515
Baker, Elizabeth  83
Baker, Edward  545
Baker, Elbert H  327
Baker, Lucy  273
Baldwin, Ann  64-191-138-285
Baldwin, Albert Dr. — Almon — Dr.
Sherman — Sophrona  118
Baldwin, Asa — Amos — Esther — Eliza
beth — George  117
Baldwin, Caleb  28-118
Baldwin, Calista — Lucette — Martha —
Starr  118
Baldwin, Candace  556
Baldwin, Daniel  190
Baldwin, Dudley  191-232
Baldwin, Edward  44-102-191-461-504
Baldwin, Eliza — Elizabeth — Ellen D. —
Charlotte G  405
Baldwin, Ellen— JSTancy-Waldo  118
Baldwin, Emily — Caroline  102
Bdlawin, Frederick A. R  374
Baldwin, Hannah Northrup  101
Baldwin, Harry  102
Baldwin, Henry  102-118-405
Baldwin, Homer — Henrietta  192
Baldwin, James  118-556
Baldwin, Julia — Lucretia — Philander —
Sarah  102
Baldwin, Mary  117-192-405-451-556
Baldwin, Mercy Doan  44-461
Baldwin, Norman  405
Baldwin, Philemon  117-260
Baldwin, Runa  28-117
Baldwin, Ruth  191
Baldwin, Samuel  62-101-114-191-255

648

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Baldwin, Sally— Polly R  117
Baldwin, Sarah Camp — Rhoda Bough
ton  101
Baldwin, Seth  191-138-461
Baldwin, Sherman F  192
Baldwin, Stephen — Susannah  ! . ! .405
Baldwin, Thomas  191
Ball, Christana  .'. ^258
Ball, James — Mary  , [ 148
Ball, Orvilla  !!!!'.! 148
Ballister, Mary Grant  !!.'.".'! 285
Bambridge, William F  349
Bancroft, George  385
Banford, John  '.  152
Bangs, James S  56
Banbilt, Cathrine  404
Barber, Cynthia 
Barber, Epiphras  187-207
Barber, Josiah  206-208
Barber, Sophia L. — Harriet — Jerusha 207
Barber, Tootle  208
Barker, Aaron  385-361
Barker, Ellen  525
Barker, Hannah  563
Barker, Leora  222
Barker, Lucy  575
Barker, Henry Sizer  362
Barker, Sophia L  361
Barlow, Dr. Augustus  353
Barlow, Cora  274
Barlow, Emma  444
Barlow, Mrs. George  361
Barlow, Julia  341
Barlow, Olive  40
Barlow, Polly  142
Barnes, Elizabeth Giles — William  406
Barnes, Harriet  56
Barnes, William  406
Barclay, Anna  619
Barcley, Rose— Dr. J. T.— Hannah  543
Barnett, Augustus — Gen. James  300
Barnett, Charles — Caroline — Mary . . . 300
Barnett, Martha — James — Melancthon 299
Barnett, Martin— Samuel  300
Barnett, Rhoda  36
Barney, Asobel Mrs  531
Barney, A. N  460
Barney, Rrs. D. W  531
Barney, Julia  603
Barnitz, Col. Albert  71
Barnum, David — Virginia — Frank ...289
Barnum, Ernest  484
Barnum, Jeanette May  289
Barnum, Mary  526
Barr, John  365
Barr, Mary D. — Rev. Thomas  70-92
Barr, Louise  349
Barrett, Polly  430
Barrett, Sarah P  565
Bartow, Capt. John  347
Bartlett, Joseph  ....421
Bartlett, Hannah Barker  563
Bartlett, Moses  70

PAGE
Bartlett, Nicholas — Benjamin — Lydia —
Capt. Joseph — Thomas — Mary.. 564
Bartlett, Sarah  533
Bastion, C  194
Battles, Justin  143
Bate, Newton  39
Bate, Noble— Aurilla Booth  141
Bates, Rose  432
Bates, Caroline Otis  463
Bates, Elizabeth — Isaac — Laura Dell.. 134
Bates, Elvira — Lucy Sophia  141
Bates, Eunice— Noble  99
Bates, Gen. Joshua H  352
Bates, Judge  122
Bates, Lucy  250
Bauder, Andrew J. — Silas E. — Martha 382
Bauder, Arthur L  628
Bauder, Catherine Klock, D. A. R  383
Bauder, Edson B  383
Bauder, Katherine Klock  382
Bauder, Levi  382-628
Bauder, Lodwick  382
Bauder, Melgert, S. A. R  382
Bauder, Rev. Peter  383
Bauder, Capt. Walter  382
Baum, Jacob  77
Baxter, Dr. H. H  543
Bazena, J  113
Beach, Candace  556
Beach, Russell  489
Beakle, Chester  605
Beakle, Horace  104
Bean, John Esq  221
Beardsley, Cassandra  553
Beardsley, David Hamlin .330-385-474-553
Beardsley, Elizabeth  331-553
Beardsley, Gertrude  299
Beardsley John — Sarah  331
Beardsley, Mary H  331-474
Beardsley, Squire — Hannah Hamlin . . 330
Bears, Isaac  494
Seattle, Prof. Joshua  260
Beattie, Mrs. William  96
Beaumont, Dr. William  558-585
Beckenbaugh, Wm  404
Becker, Barbara — Catherine — Mary —
Michael  404
Becker, Elizabeth — Ellen — Julia  404
Becker, Jacob  403-404
Beckwith, Amy C  585
Beckwith, C. L  203
Beckwith, Patience  478
Beckwith, Wells  93
Beebe, Rev. Alexander  526
Beebe, Charles — Caldwell — Eleanor —
Henry — Lucy  496
Beebe, Huron  419
Beebe, Levi — Lucy A  369
Beebe, Mary A  157-168-526
Beecher, Rev. Lyman  517
Beecher, Susan  585
Beers, Jane — Trynhena  108
Beers, Marianne  292
Beirce, Belle  443

649

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Belden, Abigail  295
Belden, Caroline — Emily — Harrison —
Sarah  184
Belden, Capt. Clifford  269-409
Belden, Elizabeth  229-321
Belden James  320
Belden, Laura  409
Belden, Sarah Andrews  183-229
Belden, Silas  154-183-229-344-381
Belden, William  190
Bell, Eliza— David  247
Bell, Ellen— Holden— Leroy— Mary —
Walter  365
Bell, Frank W.— Dr. Richard  71
Bell, Mary  60-382
Belknap, Nancy  595
Bemis, Asaph  345
Bemis, Esther  61
Bemis, E. St. John  176
Bemis, Mary  346
Benedict, Amos — Platt  517
Benedict, Axzelia  262
Benedict, E. Fanny  629
Benedict, George A  558
Benedict, Harriet A. — George Stone —
Mary Williams  518
Benedict and Hitchcock  517
Benedict, Mary  149
Benjamin, Adaline — George W  486
Benjamin, Bianca — David — Cynthia —
Hester — Frances — Enoch — Ly
man  124
Benjamin, Elisha  123
Benjamin, Miss Frank E  124
Benjamin, George W  507
Benjamin, John A  483
Bennet, Charlotte P  563
Bennet, Eunice  48
Bennet and Fish  563
Bennet, John, Jr. — Sarah — Charlotte .563
Bennet, Mrs. John  565
Bennet, Joseph — Sarah  95
Bennett, Wilson  243
Benton, Horace  102
Benton, Jerusha  390
Benson, Ambrose  36
Berry, Lizzie  427
Bidlake, Sally  154
Bidwell, Benj.— Martha L.— Samuel .. 263
Bidwell, Charlotte — Abigail — Lucy —
Sarah  263
Bigelow of Buffalo, N. Y  87
Bill, Rose  620
Billings, Anna Maria  284-361-327
Billings, Dimarus  49
Billings, Henry W.— Julia  361
Billings, Levi  202
Billings, Mary  327
Billings, Polly Williams  284-361
Billings, Squire— William  284-361
Bingham, Caroline  331-384-474-553
Bingham, Cassandra  553
Bingham, Charles  399-519-553
Bingham, Charlotte  520

PAGE
Bingham, Cyrus — Abigail F. — Tho
mas — Stephen  553
Bingham, Edith  519
Bingham, Edward  331-398-553-585
Bingham, Elijah  86-481
Bingham, Ellen  519
Bingham, Fanny  399-475
Bingham, Judge Flavel  398-553
Bingham, Harmony  199
Bingham, Isabelle Taintor  585
Bingham, James  475-520
Bingham, Joel  553
Bingham, Lucy  475
Bingham, Mary Willey  475
Bingham, William  331-384-398-553
Bishop, Laura  138
Bishop, Judge Jesse  173
Bishop, Lucy  160
Bishop, J. P  377
Bishop, Abram — Ann Freeman  139
Bishop, Laura  138
Bixby, Benjamin — Jemima — Margaret 176
Bixby, Marion  176
Blackmer, Maria  457-622
Blackmer, Reuben H. — Amanda C  457
Blajceslee, Anna L. — Clarissa — Gad... 333
Blackwell, Andrew — Benj. T. — Rebecca 188
Blackwell, Jared S. — Jane Maria  188
Blackwell, John  634
Blackwell, Susan  620
Blackwell, Titus 
Blair, Elizabeth  234-622
Blair, Eliza — Harriet — Mary Jane —
John H  234
Blair, Hattie— Lucy— Nelly— Minnie .236
Blair, Henry  236-427-360
Blair, John  233-183
Blair, Mrs. John  532
Blair, Lucy  360
Blair, Polly— Samuel  233
Bleasdale, Thomas C  60
Bleeker, Eliza  499
Blinn, Annie Parker  47
Blinn, Chester H. — James — ^Julius .... 46
Blinn, Hosea  72
Blinn, Richard  43-201
Blinn, Mary  485
Blinn, Sarah Doan — Electra Hamilton 43
Bliss, Albert Wolcott — Nancy E. — Jon
athan — Louise — Stoughton —
William  182
Bliss, Asahel — Lydia Griswold  486
Bliss, Hannah  223-486
Bliss, Henry  70
Bliss, James  136
Bliss, Jonathan — Zerviah White — Cyn
thia White  181
Bliss, Pelithiah— Stoughton  181
Bliss, Porter  505
Bliss, Robert  445
Bliss, William  174-181
Blodgett, Elder John  221
Bloodgood, George W  614
Blunt, Hiram  524

650

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Blythe, Walter  500
Boardman, Henry M  585
Boise, Otis B  580
Boiler, Henry  \, 369
Bolton, Charles C  483
Bolton and Conger  317
Bolton and Kelly  482
Bolton, Festus C. — James — Elizabeth 483
Bolton, Judge — Hannah  482
Bolton, Octavia  455
Bolton, Thomas  455-482
Bolton, Mrs. Thomas  560
Bompasse, Edward  378
Bond, Eugene — Frederick — Frances —
Josephine  485
Bond, Jonas — Henry — Samuel — Wil
liam  484
Bond, Newell  484-507
Bond, Samuel  194
Bone, J. H. A  327
Bonnell, Anna  127
Bonnell, Aaron — Electa  100
Bonnell, Angeline  100
Bonnell, Anna Mcllrath  100
Bonnell, David  72-100
Bonnell, Isabelle  93-100
Bonnell, Johanna — Mary — Nelson  100
Booth, Dr. Charles  130
Booth, Jane  71
Borroughs, Mary L  83
Bourroughs, Preston  118
Bostwick, Emily  449
Bostwick, Phebe  160
Bostwick, Gershom — Naomi  369
Bostwick, Philetus  419
Boswell, John E  362
Boughton, Gains — Nathan — Rhoda ..254
Boughton, Polly— Guy  255
Boughton, Mrs. Rhoda  106
Bowen, Graham — Mary  447
Bowers, Maria  427
Boyden, Georgia  346
Boyd, Joseph  135
Bower, Peter  609
Bradburn, Charles — George — Ida  567
Brace, Wm. C  168
Bradbury, Samuel  96
Bradford, Gov.— Sarah  272
Bradford, Mary — Scranton  229
Bradford, William  228
Bradley, Carrie P  46
Bradstreet, Henry M.— Edward P  271
Bradstreet, Gov. Simeon  270
Bradstreet, Rev. Stephen  270-303
Brady, Mary  403
Brainard, Addison — Eunice — Dem
ming  189
Brainard, Amos — Demos — Martha
Aiken  154
Brainard, Alice— Alfred— Walter ...477
Brainard, Alvah — Demming — Emily —
Hiram — Julia Selden — Nancy-
Timothy  154

PAGE
Brainard, Annie — Charles — Fanny —
Emma — Laura  476
Brainard, Amos— Lucinda Goff — Josh-
ue — John R. — Belinda Bailey .158
Braindard, Fanny — George W  476
Brainard, Harriet  189-357-476-540
Brainard, Henry  377-476-540
Brainard India  128
Brainard, Jabez  475-540
Brainard, Jerusha  73
Brainard, Joseph  476-253-377-540
Brainard, Julia  189
Brainard, Lucy  73-475
Brainard, Nathan— Lucy B. ..377-540-475
Brainard, Nelly— Prof. George W. ...477
Brainard, Rachel  52-152
Brainard, Silas  377-476-540
Branch family  206
Branch, Margaret  49
Branch, Dr. D. C  232
Braggins, Morris  430
Bratanehl, Carl G  557
Bratt, Russell  345
Brayton, Dr. Charles — Francis  383
Brayton, Charles  520-553
Brayton, Henry  250
Brayton, Isabelle — Henry G. — Jus
tine — Jean  384
Brayton, John M  340
Brayton, Ruby— Thomas  383
Breck, Angeline — Rev. (»oseph — ^Hon.
Joseph  407
Breck, Edward  407
Breck, George D. — Theodore B. — Mary
L.— William M  .J08
Brewster, Rev. William  489
Breed, Mary  336
Brewton, Ala  17
Brigham, George  292
Briggs, Caroline  104
Briggs, George P  522
Briggs, James A  365-406-507
Briggs, Nancy Hayes— Rufus  406
Britton, Flora  36
Bristol, Ira  200
Broadwell, Jane M  504
Brockway, Eunice  22
Brodhead, Harriet — Eliza B. — Jacob . . 499
Brooks, Althea  56
Brooks, Betsey — Freeman — Samuel . . . 235
Brooks, Charles E. — Edward H. —
Oliver K.— William K  516
Brooks, Capt. Thomas — Grace — Mar
tha B.— William J.— Melinda K. 515
Brooks, David — Charles — Harriet —
Midas  235
Brooks, Harriet  407
Brooks, Hezekiah  408
Brooks, Joshua — Melinda K. — Oliver
A.— Martha B  397
Brooks, Julia  523
Brooks, Laura — Zerah  446
Brooks, Michael  151
Brooks, Oliver A  377-433

651

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Brooks, Oliver J  56
Brooks, Sylvanus  253
Bronson, Hannah — Hiram V  75
Browler, Rosanna  93
Brower, David  190
Brower, Pulcherry  190
Brown, Alexander E  300
Brown, Alice  195
Brown, Dr. Asa  '. . . . 486
Brown, Charles  543
Brown, Charlotte  576
Brown David  163
Brown, Deliverance — Mary  139
Brown, Freelove — Joseph  521
Brown, Harriet W  117
Brown, Harvey  435
Brown, John  244-409
Brown, Mrs. Joanna  471
Brown, Lucretia A. — Benjamin — Sarah564
Brown, Mary — Nathan  60-413
Brown, Rebecca  138
Brown, Sophia  149
Brown, Thomas  331
Brown, Rev. W. M  229
Brownell, Abner  596
Brownson, Amanda — Lucy — Maria -^
Mary — Nancy — Martha  67
Brownson, Daniel  64
Bruce, Frank  349
Brush, Edward— Patty  139
Brush, Margaret  138
Brush, Sally  225
Brush, Sarah Slaght  151
Brussant, Louis  476
Brussewit, Pauline  495
Bryon, William  384
Buchan, Mrs. Mary Davis  853
Buckley, Hugh, Jr  594
Buckley, John — Mary — Lavina — Mar
garet  594
Buckley, Mary  525
Buckley, Winifred N  593
Buck, Truman  503
Buck, Martha  513
Buckingham, Nathan — Thomas — Seli
na  422
Buckingham, Minerva — Nathan B. —
Rebecca H  128
Buell, Dorcas  291
Buell, Ensign William  16
Buell, Jeptha  36
Bugbee, Ruth — Ebenezer  510
Bullock, William — Susannah  256
Bump, Edward — Rhoda Carlton  378
Bunce, Sarah — Thomas  457
Bunts, Levi — Richard  213
Bunts, Maria  213
Burgess, Almira  198-232
Burgess, Almon  191-231
Burgess, Clarissa  232
Burgess, Ebenezer — Hannah G  231
Burgess, Elizabeth — Clara  312
Burgess, Leonard  73-233
Burgess, Mary  137

PAGE
Burgess, Solon  73-233
Burk, Antoinette — Ann — Edwin — Es
ther — Mary — John  77
Burk, Asha  99
Burk, Augustus — Helen — Harvey —
Lucy — Justina  77
Burke, Benj  203
Burke, Brazilla— Gains  76-105
Burke, Clarence — Elizabeth — Frank. . 78
Burke, Col. Clarence  295
Burk, Eli — David — Margary  76
Burke, Irene — Sylvanus  56-99
Burke, Justina  275
Burke, Judge  171
Burk, Irene — Polly — Louisa  76
Burk, Martha Meech  78
Burke, O. M  77-236-427-439
Burke, Zerviah  77-132
Burnett, Proctor  274
Burnham, Matilda  377
Burnham, Williard  384
Burnside, Hannah  60
Burr, Julia  505
Burrall, Eliza— John— Mary R  456
Burroughs, Alfred — Cjrrus — Gideon —
Phebe— Stephen  81
Burroughs, Allen — Asa — David — Mi
randa — Levi  80
Burroughs, David  38
Burroughs, David, Sr. — Newcomb —
Eunice — Sarah  80
Burrows, Erminie — Harmen — Leonora 344
Burrows, Harmon  412
Burton, Dr. Elijah  255
Burton, Dr. Elisha — Mary Hollister —
Dr. E. D  36
Burton, Jessie — Elizabeth — Martha ..256
Burton, Dr. Elisha  270
Burton, Dr. Erasmus — Francis —
Lucy  256
Burton Dr. Frederick Darwin  256
Burton, George H. — Minerva Norton. 330
Burton, Lucy Webb— William  358
Burton, M. J  72
Burwell, George  309
Burwell, George P  276
Burwell, Julia A  489
Bushnell, Edward— Thomas H  227
Bushnell, Rev. Mr  544
Butterfield, Harriet  Ill
Butterfield, Roger  391
Butler, Walter  —  310
Button, Lucy  195
Butts, Caleb S  377
Butts, Clark T. — Freeman— Mary B..458
Butts, Bollivar  332
Butts, Sarah K  411
Byerley F. X  355
Brunner, William  619
Burnham, Emily — Eliza — Caroline —
George, Abby 
Burnham, Harriet 
Burnham, Rosa  624
Buckley, Julia — Catherine — William .594

652

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Bury, Mary F. — Elizabeth — William —
Charles  614
Bury, Rev. Richard — ^William — Mary
B  614
Bury, Theodore — Richard — Caro
line — Henry  614
Butts, Boliver  616
Butts, Eliza— William  616
Buttles, Julia  585
Cable, Eliazar — Elvira — Minerva  402
Cadman, Charles  210
Cady, Philip  160
Caffee, Alice H  443
Cagan, Josephine  146
Gaboon, Amos — Hiram — Joseph —
Martha  48
Caine, Eliza  161
Calahan, Alexander — James — Julian —
Samuel  148
Calahan, Edward — George — Mary-
Martha  148
Calahan, Harriet  148
Calahan, Thomas  148
Calahan, "Mother"  148
Calahan, Isabelle  149
Caly, Mary  276
Calkins, De Witt  389
Calvin, Mary C  341
Caldwell, Lucinda Hickox  107-484
CaldweU, Asa  108
Caldwell, Mary  484
Camp, Ann Olivia  70
Camp, Rev. Samuel — Sarah  101
Camp, Henry  191
Camp, David  334
Camp, Mary Palmer  333
Camp, Elizabeth A. — Emily — Eliza J.
—Harriet— Mary E  333
Camp, Elizabeth Nash— Isaac  357-333
Camp, Susannah K  357
Camp, C. L  333-399-406-507
Camp, David — Hezekiah — Seth — So
phia B.— Willard  499
Camp, Martha — Mary — Elizabeth —
William— Willard  499
Camp, Eliza — Franklin — Frances —
Theodore  499
Camp, Lieut. Henry — Jane E. — Rhoda
— Sarah — David W.— William D.500
Campbell, Anna  113-368
Campbell, Helen  335
Cambell, WUliam  368
Canda, Angeline  491
Canfield, Amanda  563
Canfield, Alma— Dorcas B  291
Canfield, Abigail — Horace — Joseph ...490
Canfield, Charles E.— Ellen Curtis —
Janette — Josephine  491
Canfield, Lee  491
Canfield and Spencer  440
CanneU, John N  320
Cannell, Jane J. — Henry A. — ^Louise-
Thomas  320

PAGE
Cannell, Eli — Elizabeth — Emily —
Charles  320
Cannell, Patrick  320
Cannon, Grove G  338
Cannon, Victor  102
Capron, Sabrina  162
Card, Louise  346
Card, Varnum  507
Card, Mrs. Joseph  347
Carey, John E  580
Carey, Mary  63
Cary, Elizabeth  138
Carey, Stella  533
Carlisle, Fanny  539
Cariff, George  171
Carlton, Betsey  72
Carlton, C. C— Richard  378
Carlton, Brig. Gen. Caleb H  379
Carleton, David  203
Carlton, Harriet  94
Carleton, Lieut. John  26
Carlton, John  93
Carleton, Martha  300
Carleton, Margaret Kingsbury  28
Carpenter, Mrs. O. W  548
Carlsen, Marie  583
Carr, Emily E  340
Carr, Robert  562
Carmen, Dr. J. H  388
Carran, Charles — Fanny — Nelson —
Martha  562
Carran, Capt. John — Lieut. Thomas J.
Robert, Jr. — William — -Lewis . . 562
Carren, Robert  104
Garriff, George  171
Carman, Dr. John H  431
Carter, Alonzo — ¦ Betsey — Henry —
Lorenzo — Mercy — Polly — Re
becca  21
Carter, Eleazur, Lieut  16
Carter, Edward  38
Carter, Widow  223
Carter, Laura  98
Carter, Lorenzo  115
Carruch, James B  309
Carson, Marshall  505
Carson, Angeline  505
Carson, James M  221
Carver, Mary P  583
Carver, Isabelle  25
Carver, John  187
Case, Betsey  605
Case, Elizabeth Gaylard  180
Case, Leonard, Jr. — ^William  181
Case, Leonard, Sr. ..102-135-179-209-260
Case, Magdaline — Meshack  179
Case, Mrs. Lucy — Joseph — Mary
Whitney  484
Castle, W. B  377
Castle, Henry  618
Castle, Julia — Mary Newell — ^William 483
Cassidy, Grace  562
Cathan, Orison  21
Gather, Lucy Norton — Mathew T. —
Robert  68

653

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Gather, Martha— Robert Margaret . . . 616
Gather, Josephine — Lucy — Martha —
Robert  332
Caulkins, Anna  621
Caulkins, Nancy  454
Chadwick, A  507
Chalker, Eliza— Rev. John  428
Chalker, Anna  429
Chalker, Elizabeth Pidgeon  428
Chamberlains  537
Chamberlain, Charles  244-289
Chamberlain, Diantha  408
Chamberlain, Edward K  36
Chamberlain, Emily — Philo — Lucy . . . 423
Chamberlain, Frank  212
Chamberlain, Florence  477
Champion, Lucy  575
Chamberlain, W. S. — Jennie  552
Champion, Lucy  575
Champion, Mary H.— William H. ...263
Champion, Reuben  365
Chandler, Celinda  355
Chandler, Capt. De Forest  513
Chandler, Frances M. — Jennie — George
L  513
Chandler, Sophia M. — Mary J  513
Chapin, Agnes E.— H. M  516
Chapin, Amelia  289
Chapin, Luther  197
Chapin, Oscar  559
Chapin, Samuel  199
Chapman, Augusta  66
Chapman, A. S  473
Chapman, George L  377
Chapman, George  187
Chapman, Lucy Willey  267
Chapman, Olive  345
Chapman, Pardee  260
Chapman, Selden  207
Chapman, Susan Winslow  610
Chapman, William  70
Champion, Andrew — Reuben  262
Chase, Charles W  395
Chase, Donald — Nancy G. — Melinda .485
Chase, Frances C  576
Chase, Mary  57
Chase, Bishop Philander  177-222
Ch«eseboro, Eliza  511
Cheeseman, Lavina  614
Chidgey, Alfred — Emily — Mary — John
 429
Chidgey, Emily  355
Chidgey, Elizabeth — Eliza — Henriet
ta — Jeanette  430
Chidgey, John  427
Chidgey, Mary  480
Childs, Charles — Oscar A. — William .422
Childs, Euphema — Edwin D. — Henry
B  422
Childs, Groff and Co  438
Childs, Herrick — Selina B  422
Child, Sarah E  113
Choate, Caroline  614

PAGE
Choate, Mary Wright — Richard M. —
Thomas  134
Churchill, Rosanna  '. 142
Churchill, Mrs. Abijah  75
Clampitt, Peter  609
Clampitt, Smith B  505
Clampitt, Esther— Samuel  472
Clark, Aaron  331-590
Clark, Aaron— Peck— Polly K  473
Clark, Abby — Kenneth — Mary Ella —
William B  474
Clark, Abigail  303
Clark, Abigail F.— Judah  284
Clark, Albert  400
Clark, Albert — Aaron — Mary — Julia .399
Clark, Alice  384
Clark, Annie — Capt. Jerome — Mary . .299
Clarke, Annie Trumbull — Cyrus  423
Clark, Almira — Mervin — Oliver S. ..415
Clark, Ann  152
Clark, Ashael — Sabrina I. — James F.
— Mary  384
Clark, Asa Branch — ^Jarvis — James . . 50
Clark, Betsey — Hannah Cole — Joseph 128
Clark, Betsey — Carey — Diodate — Han
nah — Lydia  253
Clark, Beeda  576
Clark, Clarissa — Jerome — Anna P. . .456
Clark, Cyrus — Annie T  520.
Clark, Diodate  128
Clark, David  24-67-138-186-210-247
Clark, Edmund — Henry Freeman . . . 284
Clark, Mrs. Edmund  327
Clark, Elizabeth  625
Clarke, Elizabeth B. — Levi H. — Mary
Griswold  583
Clark, Dr. Ezra — Paulina Belvedere — "*
Sarah  315
Clark, Frances  545
Clark, George M  413
Clarke, Harriet — Helen — Rev. Henry —
Lucy — Mary  413
Clark, Harriet E  557
Clark, Henry White  415
Clark, Henry  61
Clark, Jarvis  138
Clark, James Freeman  423
Clarke, James S  148-279-345-365-385
Cleveland, Judge James  330
Clark, Joseph  260
Clark, Louise E  359
Clark, Lucy  64
Clark, Louise  509
Clarke, Lucintha  345
Clark, Lydia  98
Clark, Margaret  67-210
Clark, Maria — Mary — Ruth  253
Clark, Mattie  344
Clarke, Mary A. — Helen — Lucy  631
Calvin, Mary C  341
Clark, Maria  415
Clark, Mary — Solomon  590
Clark, Mary A. C  64

654

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Clark, Mason — Margaret — Martin —
David Jarvis — Lucy — Rufus —
Margaret Branch  49
Clark, Mervin  189-415
Clark, Michael— Sarah  Ill
Clark, Oman  415
Clark, Raymond and Clark  536
Clark, Sarah E  603
Clark, Sophia  538
Clark, Thankful— Zelotus  400
Clark, Timothy   23
Clark, Victor  243
Clarke, Dr. Welcome E  413
Claflin, Arthur  637
Clapp, Everett  525
Clement, Chloe Inches — ¦ William —
Ranger John  32
Clement, Ranger John — Ann — James —
Joseph — Margaret — Robert .... 33
Clement, Stephen B  369
Clement, Hannah  199
Cleveland, Aaron — Caty C. — Mary —
Martha— Sarah  397
Cleveland, A. P. — Elizabeth — Catey C.
—George B  398
Cleveland Grays  295
Cleveland Gazette and Commercial Ad
vertiser  211
Cleveland Herald  327
Cleveland Plain Dealer  327
Cleveland Weekly Herold  211
Cleveland, Antoinette  509
Cleveland, Judge Camden  82
Cleveland, Daniel — Mary, E  554
Cleveland, Erastus — Moses  519
Cleveland, Josiah — Sally Fox — Wil
liam  357
Cleveland, Judge— James D. .373-377-498-
519 
Cleveland, James — Polly George  357
Cleveland, Rev. James — Antoinette —
Mary  520
Cleveland, Lucy Greene — Katherine
Sloane  554
Cleveland, Mary E  554
Cleveland, Dr. Thomas G  360
Cleveland, William  515-397
Clock, Elijah  195
Clock, Sarah  195
Closson, Col. Henry U. S. A  572
Coates, Maria  403
Cobb, Ahira— Isabelle  v; " r r a
Cobb, Brutus J.— Caius C— Junius B. 550
Cobb, Caius C  .... .251-620
Cobb, Cassius C — Maria L. — Daniel
Welk  620
Cobb, Huldah  ...618
Cobb, Lucius M.— Marcus L.— Junius
B.— Lucia M.— Brutus J  620
Cobb, Lucius M  610
Cobb, Margaret  5°
Cobb, Marcia L  44d
Cobb, Mrs. Solomon  b^"
Cochran, Abner  i'^»

PAGE
Cochran, Amos — Elizabeth Hamilton
of Independence — Selinda  52
Cochran, Enos  153
Cochran, Rachel  77
Coddington, Emily  450
Cody, Philip  203
Cody, Sarah  202
Coe, Benjamin — Samuel Sage — Charles
W.— Mary  599
Coe, Charles W. — C. C — Matilda —
Mary E  618
Coe, Lord Mortimer  297
Coe, William R.— Sage— Gertrude M. 599
Coffin, Eliza  52
Coffinberry, Judge James  510
Cogswell, Maria — Lieut. Samuel .... 445
Colgate, James M  527
Collection, John G. White  584
Collins, Francis— William  122
Collins, Charles G  506
Collister, John  340
Collier, Ann  93
Collier, Eleanor  71
Colt, Ely  195
Colt, Judah— Elizabeth  347-545
Coit, Charles Breed — Elizabeth — Maria
— Mary— Wm. H  336
Coit, Daniel L.— Col. Henry  335
Coit, Dr. Joseph Lathrop — Lucy  58
Cole, Chester T  158
Cole, Delos  491
Coleman, Dr  120
Coleman, Eugene  203
Cole, James  196
Cole, Hannah  253
Coleman, Julia  576
Coleman, Rachel 
Comer, Mary  309
Comey, Florence  532
Comstock, Mary  566
Comstock, Maria  495
Comstock, S. M  67
Concklin, Mary H  214
Cone, Elizabeth — Festus  482
Cone, John  138
Cone, Lucy  28
Cone, Olive  449
Conant, John S  538
Condit, Paul  72-274-477
Condit, Mary  93
Condit, Rhoda  :  72
Conkley, Cornelius — Mrs. Harriet
Doan  46
Conger, Charles L  315
Conger, David — Hannah L. — James L. 315
Conger, Hannah — Phebe  317
Conger, Helen E.— William J  381
Congar, Handford — Abigail — Ephri
am — Experience  594
Conger, James L  344-482
Congar, Mary L. — Alvin — Olivia  595
Conger, Seneca  316
Converse, Adeline  589
Converse, Harriet  199

655

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Converse, Maurice  259
Converse, Maurice, Jr  259
Converse, William H  115
Cook, Caroline — Chauncy  208
Cook, Laura  582
Cooke, Rose Terry  571
Cook, Remember  258
Cook, Samuel  365-547
Cook, Jane Eliza  505
Cooke, Remember  185
Cooke, Wellington P  489
Coolidge, Susan  363
Cooper, Andrew — Mary Mrs  381
Cooper, Dennis  154-169-178
Cooper, Mary E. — George  442
Cooper, Samuel  154
Coon, Caroline — Elizabeth — Henry —
Harriet  396
Coon, Jeremiah — John — Jane — Miner
va—Mary  396
Coon, Mathew — Ruth Mosier  396
Coon, Mary — Mathew — Albacinda .... 448
Copper, Samuel  70
Cope, Amelia M. — Everton C  594
Corlett, Christiana  205
Corlett, Charlotte — Christian —
Charles C  340
Corlett Families  320
Corlett, Isabelle  340
Corlett, James — Margaret — Mary —
William  340
Corlett, Jane C— William B  339
Corlett, Margaret E  320
Cornish, Minnie  483
Cossart, Anthony — Jacques — Jacob —
Lydia Williams  92
Costella, Fanny  633
Couch, Rebecca  564
Countryside, Catherine  60
Cowdry, Ansel  260
Cowdrey, Meribah  488
Cowdry, Elizabeth  483
Cowles, Alfred— Helen  231-394
Cowles, Almira — Alfred — Eugene —
Helen H. — Lewis  395
Cowles, Edwin,  231-354-394
Cowles, Dr. Edwin — Rev. Giles H. —
Polly White— John  393
Cowles, Giles Hooker  231-394
Cowlf s, Henry  456
Cowles, Joseph — Samuel  394
Cowin, Margaret  276
Cowles, Ralph  472
Coy, Sarah  566
Cowles, Judge Samuel  230-302-449
Cozad, Anthony — ^Jacques — Lydia Wil
liams — Jacob  92
Cosad, Andrew — Anne — Elias — Ja
cob — Nathaniel — Samuel  93
Cozad, Andrew Dudley — Justus L. —
Henry I. — Marcus — Sarah L. —
Minerva  94
Cozad, Abigail — Elizabeth — Samuel . . 93
Cozad, Abby  71

PAGE
Cozad, Elas 2nd  93
Cozad, Elias  127
Cozad, Eliza  71
Cozad, Justus — Newell — Marcus  95
Cozad, Newell — Hetty — Martha —
Mary — Silas — William M  95
Cozad, Martha C  619
Cozad, Samuel  140
Cozzens Alfred — Mary A  291
Cozzins, Alfred — Ida — Myron E  358
Craft, Mary  463
Craile, Jerry  105
Cramer, Alexander  360
Cramer, Jane Webb  360
Cranney, Fanny  194
Crary, Prudence  548
Craw, Edward — Frances — Georg A. —
Sarah B  392
Craw, Frank G. — James M. — Kate B. —
Mathilde— Wilson L  392
Craw, Elizabeth — James A — Leonora —
Sarah Bentley — Mary — William 391
Craw, George R  392
Craw, W. V  437-512
Craw, Harriet  434
Craw, Anna Spafford — Richard — John 41
Crawford, Benjamin  272
Crawford, Randall — Helen — Mary  502
Crawford, William J  502
Creech, W. A  371
Crehore, John D  583
Crennall, Margaret  313
Cridland, Emily  266
Crittenden  287
Crittenden, Azuba — Chester . . 304-387-431
Crittenden, Alice — Helen — Newton —
Ogden  306
Crittenden, Alice K. — Edmund  598
Crittenden, Charles C. — Allen K. —
Adelia A. — Nash A. — Feleria . . 304
Crittenden, George N. — James M. —
Josephine A. — Minnie S. —
Mary B  388-432
Crittenden, Helen 0  574
Crittenden, Joseph H. . . .284-304-340-
350-387-431 
Crittenden, Minnie — Mary Buelah —
George Nash  388
Crittenden, Newton  617-304
Crittenden, Ogden  552
Crittenden, Seth W. — Oren  598
Crittenden, William B.— Walter H. ..598
Crocker, Jedediah  64-140
Crocker, Deborah D  140
Crocker, Samuel  141
Crocker, Sarah — Timothy D  140
Crofts, M. B  56
Croft, Rebecca  108
Crosby, Thomas  143
Crosby, Lucy  94
Crosset, Betsey  557
Cross, Henry  560
Cross, Caroline  403
Crowell, Eliza S. — John C  284

656

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Crowell, Katherine  522
Crowell, John — William  518
Culberson, Miss  512
Culbertson, Miss  537
Culver, Sarah  57
Culver, Judson  513
Culver, William  396
Cullen, Elizabeth  533
Cunnea, James  627
Cunningham, Carolino W  268
Cummins, Catherine  14
CumminnH, Nathan  108
Curie, liaurie  480
Cuirier, Sargeant  108
Curtis, Samuel  356
Curtis, Almina— Joseph  262
Curtis, Elizabeth  409
Curtis, Lucia Mrs  443
Curtis, Lois Nichols — Sheldon — Sarah 491
Curtis, Riohai'd  71
Curtis, Rhoda  135
Curtis, Ruth  136
Curtis, Asa  168
Curtis, Joseph K  23
Curtis, A. C  153
Curtis, Charlotte Hall  543
Cushman, Adelaide  666
Cushing, Dr. Erastus  318-443
Gushing, Joseph  452
Cushing, Edward K  451
Cushing, Dr. Henry K  582
Cushing, Harvey W  622
Cushing, Mathew — Dr. David  521
Cushing, William D. — Cornelia  522
Cushin.^•, William E.— Alice R.— Ed
ward F. — George B. — Aleyne M. 522
Cushman, Charles, S. A. R  875
Cushman, Keziah B  370
Cushman, Thomas — Amanda  457
Custead. William  65
Cutler, Elijah T.— Oliver W  125
Cutter, Charles L.— A. D  440
Cutter, Arthur — Charles L.— Frances —
Emma  221
Cutter, Benjamin  219
Cutter, Abilene D. — Moses — Orlando 219
Cutter, Edwin — Helen — Horace  220
Cutter, John F. — Orlando — Josephine 689
Cutter, Moses  221
Cutter, Norman — Nelson P — Richard —
Sarah  220
Cutter, Mary E —Martha— William H 221
Cutter, Orlando Phelps  219
Cutter, Orlando  284
Cutter, William Lemen  220
Dagget, Charlotte  238
Dafj^ John Mrs  277-379
Danks, H. P  148
Darrell, Luke  205
Darrow, Joanna  605
Davis, Charles  194
Davis, Fanny — James S. — Mary  252
Davis and Hunt  252

PAGE
Davis, Dr. John C  490
Davis, Lewis B  164
Davis, Margaret  140
Davis, Thomas  252-324-356
Dawes, Sarah  619
Day, Edward G  557
Day, Edward L  583
Day, Emmeline — Mrs. Lucy — John —
William  399
Day, Henrietta — Lucy Mrs. — Emily . . 508
Day, Hiram — Katherine  73
Day, Mrs. Lucy  555
Day, Mary  340
Day, Mary E. — Julia S. — Ursula A. —
Lucy Waldo  556
Day, Maria — John — Maria Powers . . . 550
Day, Ruth  201
Day, John  555
Day, William  377-555
Daykin, Horace  633
Deal, Anne  525
Dean, David — Olive White — Allen —
Edward L  492
Dean, Edward L  371
Dean, Frank  146
Dean, Sarah  156
Dearborn, General  484
Decker, Sears  151
Deckert, Bertha  559
De Forest, Cyrus R. — Isaac  496
De Forest, Charles — Maria — Albert —
Mary — Louis G. — Julia  497
De Gallier, Mr  638
De Trieux, Sarah — Susannah  496
Demming, Chester  616
Dennis, Elizabeth  267
Denis, Katherine E  83
Denison, Adelaide — Ruth — Le Roy —
Lou— Prank— Flora  489
Denison, Amos — Hannah Williams . . . 125
Denison, Daniel — Meribah C. — Thomas 488
Denison, Daniel — Emeline — Ernest —
Grace— George — Jesse  489
Denison, Edwin — Louise A. — Jed W. —
Marietta — Thomas  489
Denison, Grace Printon  490
Denison, Capt. George  489
Denison, Col. George  125
Denison, Martha  125
Denzer, Charles  272
Denzer, Jacob  401
Denzer, Daniel — Jacob — Magdalena —
Peter  901
Deveraux, Gen. J. H  589
Deveraux, Olivea  580
Devell, Charles A  398
Dewitt, Daniel  .503
De Wolf, Celia  200
Wewev, George  212
De Witt, Peter J  565
De Witt, Ann C— John  481
De Wolf, Elizabeth  80
Dibble, Anson  146
Dibble, Charles — Florence — Minerva . . 146

657

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Bibble, Hosea — Polly — Louisa  145
Dibble, Elisha  144
Dibble, Capt. Lewis  45-146-341
Dibble, Lavina  48-145
Dibble, Lyman — Samuel  144
Dibble, Phebe Stone  107-146-152
Dickenson, Charles 
Dickenson, Clarissa  253
Dickerson, Frances — Jonathan — Fan
ny  638
Dickson, Hannah  369
Dickson, L. W.— Matilda 1  472
Dickinson, Ellen Stewart  573
Dickerson, Tolphena  447
Dill, Julia  478
Dille, Asa  69-114
Dille, David  69
Dille, Elizabeth  160
Dille, Nancy Viers — Saylor Mary —
Luther— Lewis— W. W  69
Dille, George — Luther Gibbs — Lydia —
Keziah  79
Dille, Minerva  463
Dille, Nehemiah  72
Dille, Mary Anne  62
Dille, Samuel  25-62-69-78-125
Dillingham, Charles  221
Dillon, Rev. John  529
Dimon, Sophia  576
Dimmock  409
Dingley, W. W  198
Disbro, Ann  199
Dismore, Mary  449
Doan, Adeline — Lucy Clark — Seth ... 427
Doan, David Clark — Margaret A. —
Seth Carey  65
Doan, Caroline  495
Doane, Emily  409
Doan, Harriet Woodruff  45
Doan, John— Timothy  191-154
Doan, Nancy  18
Doan, Lucy Clark— Seth  162
Doan, Nathaniel — Mercy  191-154
Doan, Capt. Timothy — Seth — Mary
Carey — Sarah A  63
Doan, Tavern — Job  44
Dockstader, Butler  68
Dockstader, Nicholas  365
Dockstader, Butler — Frances N  572
Dockstader, Butler — Richard  242
Dockstader, Nicholas  242-308-504
Dockstader, Elizabeth — Charles — Ju
lia—Richard — William  309
Dockstader, Charles R. — Annie —
Mary K  309
Dockstader, Katherine  310
Dockstader Negro Minstrels  309
Dockstader, Butler — Richard  308
Dockstader, Angelica  308
Dockstader, George — Fanny  310
Dockstader, Nicholas Mrs  327
Dockstader, Mary — Katherine — Jacob 308
Dockstader, Frances N. — Butler .... 572
Dodge, Gen. H. H  35-269

PAGE
Dodge, George C  35-255-284
Dodge, Almeron  102
Dodge, Mary  35
Dodge, Phebe  249
Dodge, Samuel  35-64
Dodge, Wilson — Anna — Fanny —
George — Mortimer H. — Samuel
D  36
Dodge, Ella C— Georgia L.— Kate W. 36
Dodge, Mary L. — -Caroline W. — Jean-
nie C. — Nancy A  36
Dolman, Mary J  307
Doolittle, Joel  199
Dorset, Betsey — Anna — Harriet —
Mary— Thomas  356-373
Doubleday, Louise— Ella  528
Doubleday, Col. C. W  528
Douglas, James  297
Douse, Helen — Thomas  79
Dow, Rev. Lorenzo — Peggy  260
Dow, Prentiss  165
Downing, Maria  372
Dow, Robina  557
Drake, Capt. Sir Francis — Lucinda —
Mary  133
Drake, Mary  132
Drake, Moses 
Drake, Morris J  133
Drake, Reuben  132-195-432
Drake, Ruth — Lucinda  432
Draper, Clarissa  160
Draper, Jane Germain  14
Draper, Asa  76
Drury, Elizabeth  105
Duchatel, Catherine  578
Duckworth, William  253
Dudley, Ella  36
Dudley, Hannah Turner  159
Dudley, Ruth  456
Dudley, Stephen S  159-281-223
Dulevy, Mary Craig  122
Dunham, Caroline — Charles H. — Loret-
ta  272
Dunham, Caroline — Rufus  161
Dunlap, Elizabeth — Nancy — Sarah . ..260
Dunham, Jane Pratt — Rufus  271
Dunham, Phebe  250
Dunlap, Mary A  92-96-169-260
Dunlap, William  260
Dunning, Rev. Wm. H  122
Dunton, Solomon  199
Duty, Andrew — Ebenezer — Abigail —
Daniel '  301
Duty, Daniel  94-301-375
Duty, Edwin  168-302
Duty, Charlotte — Frances J.— John —
Mary E  301
Dwight, Lydia  549
Dwight, Miriam  614
Dwyer, Elizabeth  627
Earl, Helen — Lorenzo — Marietta ....220
Earl, Laura Nott  409
East, Mary  356-454

658

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Eastland, Col. James — Mary Swan —
Martha  157
Eastman, Aurelia K. — Gov  126
Eastman, Experience  594
Eastman, Selina  496
Eaton, Sally  163
Eayrs, Mary  290
Eckstein, Magdalene  179
Edwards, Adonijah — Polly — Anna
Merrill  36
Edwards, Elisha — Eunice L. — Mary .423
Edwards, Julia  544
Edwards, Jemima T  276
Edwards, Jonathan  351
Edwards, Henry — Mary  39
Edwards, Lucia — Col. William . . . 464-546
Edwards, Maria Short  324
Edwards, Rudolphus  145
Edwards, Sarah L  324
Edwards, Stark  205
Edwards, Thomas  39
Eddy, Caleb  71-197
Eddy, John J  554
Eddy, Louis B  594
Eddy, Mrs. Margaret B  594
Eddy, Nancy Blinn  197
Eddy, Walter  594
Eddy, Zackariah  324
Eldridge, Elizabeth  320
Elderkin, Talitha C 
Ellet, Mary Tift— Rufus— Delia  297
Elliot, John  261
Ellington, Conn  262
Ells, John Tomlinson  381
EUswortli, Rosannah  267
Ely, George F. — Helen  478
Ely, Hanson — Mary  246
Ely, Charles A  425
Ely, Warren  253
Elwell, Lavina  148
Ely, Lewis — Merrick — Anna Granger —
Louisa Famum  493
Ely, Louisa — Lucinda — Sarah  494
Ely, Lucretia  540
Ely, Louise — Lucinda — Merrick  528
Ely, Stebbins  503
Ely, George B. — Alfred — Patience ... 478
Ely, Elizabeth— Nathaniel  170
Eliott, John Cromwell — Rebecca  367
Emerson, Dr. Ralph  125
Emery, C. F  77
Emrich, Selma  587
English, Abel— Anna C  621
Eno, Augusta  544
Enos, Lucy  510
Erie, burning of steamship  334
Erlanger, Philip  587
Erwin, Calvin P. — Laura Grant — Lili
an H.— Arthur J  558
Erwin, Florence H. — Mary P. — Kate
Granger — Leonora de Oreo . . . 558
Erwin, Mrs. John  503
Erwin, Capt. Samuel, U. S. A. —
Rachel Heckman  558

PAGE
Eubanks, Mrs. Eliza  129
Everett, Ellen — Charles  540
Everett, Henry  596
Everett, Sylvester  171-248
Fairbanks, Alice H.— A. W  494
Fairchild, M. E  489
Fairchild, Emmeline — Russell  483
Fairchild, S. A  455
Fairchild, J. C  350
Fairfield, Harriet  336
Farley, John H  501
Farnham, Lyman  585
Farmer, Mary  251
Farmer, E. J. — James  527
Farnum, Louisa — Elisha — Thankful
Day  493
Farnsworth, Catherine  219
Farnsworth, Havilah  70
Farr, Marietta  320
Farr, George  70
Farr, Mary  409
Farrand, Helen  313
Faulk, Harlow  244
Fay, Jesse B  619
Fay, Lyman  81
Fay, John  38
Fayerweather, Anna — John  441
Featherstone, David  171
Fellows, Emma  126
Fenn, Delia E  251
Fenn, Anna  619
Fenton, Elijah R  620
Fenton, Elizabeth W  389
Fenton, Horace — Orinv— Maria — Pris
cilla  389
Fenton, Helen — Lois  390
Fenton, Henry T.— Luther — Daniel . . 389
Ferrell, Eva E  288
Ferris, Amarilla Stetson  390
Ferris, Rev. David — Rev. Daniel  390
Ferris, Demis  104
Ferris, Henry L  235
Ferris, Jerusha Benton  390
Ferris, Lorain  146-152-391
Ferris, Polly  391
Ferris, Ljrman  152-390
Ferrill, CatherineT. — Isaac Vrooman 288
Few, Joseph  22
Field, John— Alfred S  448
Fielder, Rev  266
Findlay, 0  80
Finney, Rev. Charles G  251-578
Fish, Charles L  355
Fish, James — Elisha — Sally — Mary
Wilcox  131
Fiske, Asaph  345
Fiske,Calista-John St. John  347
Fitzhugh, Mary  104
Fitch, Abby Mason • — ^ Jane — Jabez —
Sarah  307
Fitch, Ebenezer Rev  445
Fitch, Haynes — Ann Cook  600
Fitch, Emma Maria  308

659

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Fitch, Gurdon  306
Fitch, Col. James  307
Fitch, Rev. James  306
Fitch, Grani^Zalmon— Betsey M. ...556
Fitch, Mary Grant  451-557
Fitch, Lucy — Laura  582
Fitch, Susan  292
Fitch, Zervia  614
Fitch, Zalmon  582
Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth  343
Fletcher, James  250
Fletcher, William  563
Flick, Jacob  244
Flood, William  490
Flower, Dr  605
Folsom, Daniel  406
Fogg, Col. W. P  327
Foljambe, Charles  194
Foote, Abigail  553
Foote, Alfred Mills  225
Foote, Almira  231-394
Foote, Asa — Sarah Mills  394
Foote, Augustus  424-618
Foote, Carnelia — Mary E. — Laura C.
— Samuel  425
Foote, Delia — Laura  105
Foote, Edward Bliss  225
Foote, Frances A. — Gov. Samuel  424
Foote, George A  364
Foote, Helen E  364
Foote, Herchel  223-261-367
Foote and Hoyt  526
Foote, Jane — George A  531
Foote, Mrs. John A  416
Foote, Jonathan — Fenner — David —
Asabel — Solomon  557
Foote, Hon. John A. . .107-221-223-377-424
Foote, William D. — Margaret F. —
Helen — Mary E. — Henry  557
Foote, Mary — Luther — Mary Phelps .285
Ford, Alice — Harry — Louise — Julia ..619
Ford, Charles — Minnie — Fanny  619
Ford, Clara— Ella— H. Clark— Kate F. 619
Ford, Cyrus  ;  95
Ford, Frank L.— Edwin— Maria  619
Ford, Harriet — Grace — George —
Lewis, Jr  619
Ford, Henry  151-447-619
Ford, Hezekiah — Huldah C. — Cyrus —
Darius  618
Ford, Horace — Horatio — Helen —
Francis  619
Ford, Lewis  619
Ford, Mary— Nellie— Arthur  619
Forbes, Aurilla— Plina — Paulina .... 142
Forbes, Stephen V. R 
Forman, Judge — Sallie  573
Forman, Sally — Major  573
Forman, Ann  454
Forsyth, Mrs. Mary  150
Fosdick, Abigail  499
Foster, Catherine  606
Foster, David P  333
Foster, Esther Maria  291

PAGE
Foster, Jabez — Jane  599
Fonts, Minerva  198
Fox, Lucina  536
Fox, Sophia  164
Franklin, Benj  443
Francis, Ezeriah — Lavina C  614
Francis, Phyletus  372-615
Francis, William P. — Rhoda L  615
Francis, Stephen  14
Fredenburg, Col. Carl G  122
Freebourne, Richard  452
Freeland, Mrs. Barbara  524
Freeman, Abigail  284
Freeman, Esther— Theron  138-472
Freeman, Rev. S. C  267-614
Freeman, Cynthia — Nathan  138
Freeman, Laura A. — Francis  435
Freeman, Mary A  343
French, Livonia — Price — Rachel  75
French, Jacob  68
French, Sarah F. — Haynes — Sarah . . 528
Freese, Gordon — Andrew J  616
Freese, Elmina  617
Frink, Andrew— Phila S  623
Frissell, Erastus — Henry — William . . 589
Fudge, William  487
Fuller, Amos — Mercy Taylor  19
Fuller, Abel  19
Fuller, Frances  505
Fuller, Louise Allen  302
Fuller, Mercy  619
Fuller, Sally  204
Fuller, Samuel A  303-400
Fuller, Rebecca  17
Fuller, Isaac  159
Furgeson, Colin MacKensie — William 452
Furrow, James M  164
Gale, Betsey — John — Martin — Susan
Walters  495
Gale, Benjamin — Alida — Elizabeth —
Edward T.— Henry  495
Gale, Charles C  430
Gale, Clara  303
Gale, Daniel — Elizabeth H  559
Gale, Florence  470
Gale, Libbie  609
Gale, Mary Hojd; — George Rodney —
Charles — Carrie  559
Gale, Merrit — Aaron  495
Gallup, Jabesh  427
Gallup, Anna S. — Isaac  427
Gallup, Henrietta — Lester — Lucy A. .427
Gallup, Jabez  236-427
Gardner, Dr. A. J  489
Gardner, Alonzo Sherwin  65
Gardner, Daniel  61
Garfield, Thomas— Calista  142
Garford, William  197
Garlick, Abel B  150
Garlick, Marv E  259
Garlick, Dr. Thodatus  150
Garlick, Dr. William H 
Gardner, Elisha  301

660

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Gardner, Darwin — Hampton — Orlan
do — Virginia  427
Gardner, Amihaaz — Alonzo S. — Ade
line Doan  427
Gardner, Alonzo S  427
Gardner, Daniel  502
Gardner, Jonathan — Abigail B  595
Garnder, George W  596
Gardner, Jane — Mary L  596
Gardner, Farnces E. — Samuel S. —
Rev. Theodore Y. — Sarah  596
Gardner, James Pastor  596
Gardner, John  202
Garbee, Charlotte — Christian  525
Gay, Julius  415
Gay, Maria Clark — Julius  415
Gay, Mrs. Nellie T  206
Gaylord, Anson W  54-412
Gaylord, Capt. Allen  14-53-132-332
Gaylord, Ann — Caroline — Desdemona —
James — Henry C. — Minerva ... 54
Gaylord, Charles D. — Henry — Harriet
—Sarah B  426
Gaylord, Elizabeth  180-472
Gaylord, Erastus L. — Esther Stevens —
Nehemiah — Rebecca Berry .... 425
Gaylord, Esther Stevens — Nehemiah . .494
Gaylord, Erastus  279-425
Gaylord, Henry  377-494
Gaylord, Henry W  279
Gaylord, Joseph  484
Gaylord, Lucetta C  554
Gait, Mary  578
Gaylord, Pauline  495
Gaylord, Roxanna — Timothy  53
Gaylord, Phebe  29-53
Gaylord, Philena Gun  53
Gaylord, Sylvanus — William H  494
Gaylord, William  261
Gates, Charlotte  596
Gates, Henry  152
Gau, Chee  50
Gibbs, Hiram — Susannah  200
Given, William  218
Gibson, Caroline  574
Gibson, Rev. Hugh  319
Giddings, C. M  287-311-369-423-552
Giddings, Jane — George  211
Giddings, Sereno  311
Giddings and Baldvsrin  311
Gibbs, Hannah  231
Gill, Dr. John C  392
Gilette, Jonathan  445
Gilbert, Atoinette-^ane Mrs  384
Gilbert, Abigail  • • • • 206
Gilbert, Augustus  55-42-99
Gilbert, Charlotte  384
Gilman, Dr. Daniel  363
Gilbert, Elias — Daniel — Elizabeth Breck 55
Gilbert, Capt. John  55
Gilbert, Irene— Louise  100
Gilbert, Jonathan  16
Gilbert, Jennie S  »^
Gilbert, Louise  99 661

PAGE
Gilbert, Lester — Stephen L  42
Gilbert, Marinus W  360
Gilbert, Olive Parmeley  55
Gilbert, Chloe Spafford — Stephen  41
Gilbert, Stephen — Olive — Joseph . . .55-111
Gill, Hattie Mrs  383
Gill, Almira  199
Gillette, Kate  381
Gillette, Mary Bonnell  100
Gillette, Harriette — Douglas— William
B  523
Gillette, Jonathan  435
Gill, Hattie E  516
Gill James  512-537
Gilmore, Robert 
Gillspie, A. B  229
Gilmore, Robert  246
Gilson, Helen Douse  80
Gear, Charles  178
Gedge, Laura  36
German Evangelical Church  472
Germain, Catherine  528
Gleason, Moses  260
Gleason, Myra Giddings  311
Gleason, Fayette  189
Glessner, Laura  423
Glendenning, Lavina  56
Goe, Sarah J  95
Goff, Asenath — Guernsey — Sylvester
Dudley  154
Goff, Chloe  152
Goff, Frederick  575
Goldbraith, Harriet  549
Goodenough, Capt. Emerson  256
Goodhue, Charlotte  104
Goodhue, Dr. Joseph — Martha C  410
Goodwin, Mrs. Laura  498
Goodwin, Maria T  554
Goodman, Josiah M  481
Goodwin, Wallace — William  360
Goodwin, William W  236
Goodvsrillie, Thomas  300
Goodwin, Erastus  56
Gold, Julia  519
Goldburg, Julia  587
Gorham, Edward  344
Gorham, Isabelle  611
Gould, Mrs. Mary Bauder  383
Goulder, Benjamin — Emily — Harwood
^Julia  524
Goulder, Charles — Robert  524
Goulder, Harvey D  524
Gould family graves — John M  62
Gould, Lyman A  619
Gould, Oran  75
Gowen, E. Caleb  550
Gowen, Albert Z  551
Graham, Francis  178
Graham, Rebecca  115
Grandy, Lucy Nash  631
Granger, Harriet M  448
Granger, John C  344
Granger, Ruth — Reuben — Martha —
Zodac — Franklin  47

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Granger, Sarah E  448
Granger, Seth — Sarah  447
Grant, Jesse— Gen U. S  493
Grant, Eleanor,  14
Grasselli Family 
Grasselli Chemical Works  25
Graves, Deborah — Dr. Ezra — Hiram —
Temperance  218
Graves, Dickson — Erastus  331
Graves, Edwin — Horatio — Matilda —
Martha— Rufus  332
Graves, Eugene L. — Luther  476
Graves, Noah  54
Gray, Admiral N  605-420
Gray, Alice  605
Gray, Anna  620
Gray, Ami N. — Joseph W  420
Gray, Ami Nicholas  605
Gray, Arthur P. — Roman H  421
Gray, Charlotte — Helen — Persia  421
Gray, Henry H  125
Gray, Horace  614
Gray, Josephine — Eugene — Lewis .... 606
Gray, Joseph W  606
Gray, Ransom  605
Gray, Mariette Miss  614
Grey, Thomas  70
Gray, Parmalee  341
Gray, Persia V  564
Gray, Urel— Betsey C  605
Green, Anna  374
Green, Daniel — Eliza  152
Green, Mrs. George W  499
Green, Martha — Nathaniel  442
Green, Mary  554- 98
Greeniese, Catherine  192
Greenlese, Eliza  260
Greeniese, Mr  235
Gregg, Ebenezer — Cynthia — Mary . . . 599
Gregory, Emily W  540
Gregory, Rev. D D  614
Gregory, Lucy Citther  332
Gregory, Nancy  485
Gregory, Dr. W. M. — Lucretia Ely ... 540
Greely, Horace  167
Griffith, Jasper  353
Gries, Rabbi Moses G  587
Griswold, Judge  567
Griswold, Louisa  638
Griswald, Ruth — Bishop  477
Groff, Janet  36
Grove, Anna  478
Grower, Daniel — Mary  39
Guernsey, Elizabeth  85
Guptil, Caroline — Edwin  George —
James — Minerva — Wheeler  189
Guptil, John H  75
Gun, Almon — Elijah — Minerva — Lucin
da — Mary — Sarah — Sophia ... 14
Gun, Annie Sartwell  13
Guptil, Caroline — John — Lucy White .415
Gun, Chrystopher  104-108-189
Gun, Elijah — Mary  229

PAGE
Gun, Horace  245
Gurley, Lucy  182
Hadden, Judge Alexander  70
Haines, Lillian  598
Haisch, Mary Howe  171
Hagedorn, Louise  389
Hagen, Charles  495
Hale, Alice M  395
Hale, Andrew — Jonathan — ^William . . 94
Hale, Eleanor C  483
Hale, Ella  208
Hale, Jonathan — William  93
Hale, Joseph  48
Hale, Lydia — Judge Nathan  412
Hall, Anna G  386
Hall, Charles  143
Hall, Lucian  130
Hall, Lydia Mrs  205
Hall, Samuel Rev  386
Halle Brothers  409
Halliday, Addison  244
Halliday, Albert — Frank — Harvey —
Nathan  44
Halsey, Charles  113
Halsted, David A  390
Hamilton, Alonzo  394
Hamilton, Augustus — Albert — Edwin —
T.— Adelia C  51
Hamilton, Electa — ^Julia — Ljmian .... 51
Hamilton, Chester  51-57
Hamilton, Judge Edwin  344
Hamilton, Florence — Walter  53
Hamilton, James — Elmira . — Emily —
Eli — Frank — Oliver — Julia ... 54
Hamilton, Justus  51-154
Hamilton, Mary  220
Hamilton, Robert — - Elizabeth — Eliza
beth Kidd — Susannah  51
Hamilton, Salinda  98
Hamlin, Rev. Chauncy  212
Hamlin, Mrs. Deacon  533
Hamlin, Cy — Henry — Mary — Martha —
Louise  212
Hamlin, L. Belle of Milford, Conn. ... 19
Hamlin, Hon. Edward S  23
Hamlin, Homer — Nathan  90
Hamlin, Sarah M. — Maryette— Julia —
William  613
Hamlin, Samuel 1  211
Hamlin, William H. — Mary T  613
Hammock, David  638
Hammond, George C  426
Hammond, Lyman  57
Hanchett, Hiram  141
Hand, Doty — Hezekiah  259
Hand, Henry  132
Handerson, Dr. Charles  419
Handerson, Elizabeth — Ira — Harriet —
Dr. Henry E  418
Handerson, Lewis  418
Handersons  537
Handerson, Dr. Seth — Nancy — Mary .419
Handerson, Zebina  419

662

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Handley, Jonathan  203
Handy, Augustus— Augusta— Harriet 613
Handy, Eunice Parmalee — William ..385
Handy, Helen — Harriet Hall  386
Handy, Truman 2nd — Helen P  613
Handy, Parker D.— Carnelia S. . .445-523
Handy, Truman P  385-523-531
Handy, Mrs. T. P  112
Hanford, Mary  480
Hanks, Arthur — Emmeline — Edwin —
Frederick  525
Hanks, Henry G. — Leslie — Romela —
Walter  525
Hanks, Jarvis  525
Hanks, Joseph — Anna F.  525
Hanks, Nancy  559
Hanks, Oliver  526
Hanna, Daniel Rhoda  561
Hanna, Mattie  157
Hanson, Angelica  308
Hanson, William H  77
Harbaugh, Amzi — Amos — Catherine —
Frank — Harriet  381
Harbaugh, Dennis — Lydia — Mary —
Mahala — Isaac  380
Harbaugh, Elizabeth — Isaac — Mary . .370
Harbaugh, Harriet  140
Harding, Francis  563
Harding, Francis B. — Mary F. — Tho
mas E.— William R.— George C. 566
Harkness, Florence  629
Harkness, Margaret  119
Harley, Adolphus  199
Harlow, Elizabeth  151
Harlow, Samuel  151
Harlow, Sarah  151
Harman, Gertrude  478
Harper, Charles  470
Harper, James  261
Harrington, Benj  332
Harrington, Capt. Benj  560
Harrington, Lewis  60
Harris, Appelina  634
Harris, Ariel— Clarissa— Eliza 186-218-256
Harris, Brougham  349-355-429
Harris, Byron — Helen — Zachariah . . . 355
Harris, Belinda  256
Harris, Calvin — Elizabeth— Hannah .186-
257 
Harris, Colonel  585
Harris, Mr. Edward L  571
Harris, Eliphalet^Harriet T.— Sarah 484
Harris, Henry — Jesse — Lydia — Marian 256
Harris, Jesse  202
Harris, Josiah  353-429-479
Harris, Mrs. Josiah  96
Harris, Milo  301
Harris, Rosamond  186
Harris, Susannah  186
Harrol, George — Lucy Ann  369
Hart, Abigail — Judah — William  295
Hart, Anna B.— Clarissa— George W. 134
Hart, Edwin — Edward — Emma  296
Hart, George  450

PAGE
Hart, Sarah  419
Hart, Rev. Seth  32
Hart, Vesta  453
Hart, William  168-409
Hart and Malone  296
Hartwell, James — Morris  106
Hartwell, Morris  76
Harvey, Edward H  451
Harvey, Emily  220
Harvey, Henry A  583
Harvey, Maria Short  324
Harvey, Melanie  451-522
Harvey, W. H  606
Harwood, Henry  127
Haskell, Charles — Carnelia — Edward —
Julia  .488
Haskell, Roger — Sarah H. — Daniel
M. — George H. — James R  487
Hastings, Martha P  581
Hastings, Samuel, of Boston, Mass. . . 29
Hatch, Miss Stella  187
Hatch, Uriah C  207
Hathaway, Hannah  480
Havens, Elizabeth  301
Havens, Marcia D  411
Hawkes, Caroline  561
Hawkins, Joel B  95
Hawley, Alphonso  132
Hawley, David  502;
Hawley or Holly — Ezekial  24
Hawley, Fanny Buel  9&
Hawley, Juliette Jackson  24
Hawley, Lauren — Fanny  25
Hawley, Lucy — Harriet — Morris J. —
Henry  25
Hayden, Louise  595
Hayden, Ann — Caroline — Jane — Mary 353
Hayden, Anson — Levi — - Margaret
Strong  352
Hayden, Margaret — Rosella — Thomas
L. — Sarah  353
Hayes, Henry  336
Hayes, Newton — Sarah Catherine . . . 278
Hayes, Rutherford B  256
Hayes, William  259-277
Hayward, George L  294
Hayward, Georgiana — Kate — Maria —
William  295
Hayward, John  506
Hayward, John — Joseph — Nelson .... 294
Hayrvard, Malinda — Paul, of Rochester,
New York  406
Hayward, Maria  78-342
Hayward, John — Maria  295
Hayward, Marjory  294
Hayward, Col. W. H  78-342-294
Hazen, Aaron B. — Levina  164
Heacocks, John D  345
Headley, Olivia  388-431
Healy, John  259
Heard, , Allen — Dallace — Imogene —
Lenora  500
Heard, Leonora — Regina — Virginia . . 500
Heard, Sophia  151

663

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Hecker, Christiana — Elizabeth — Bar
bara — John — Peter  403
Hecker, Henry  403
Heckman, Rachel  558
Hedges, Harriet C  148
Hedges, Julia — Martin  130
Heisley, William  36
Hemperly, Mary Shepler  221
Hendee, Uz  192
Henderson, David  141
Henderson, Frances  413
Hnderson, Nancy  496
Henderson, Seth  331
Henderson, Sophia Bailey — Zenus . . . 163
Henderson, Lester  594
Henderson, Mary  358
Henderson, Mary Bailey  108
Hendershott Family  94
Hendershot, Naomi  70
Hendrick, Albert — Frank — Jane — Ju
lia — Louis — Mary  149
Hendrick, Isabelle C  149
Hennell, Elizabeth  46
Hennshett, Elizabeth  533
Henech, Sophia  241
Henry, Hannah  482
Henry, Lucretia Baldwin  102
Henry, Reuben  102
Hepburn, Mercy  338
Hepburn, Morris  165-547
Herr, John J  36
Herrick, Betsey  495
Herrick, Gamaliel  299
Herrick, Julia  566-603
Herrick, Mary E. — Rensselaer R  566
Herrick, Sylvester  566-603
Herkimer, Hubert  392
Hersh, David H. — Cassandra  553
Hersh, David  369-455
Hersh, Juliana  369
Hersh, Cassandra — David  330
Hersch, Sarah E  576
Hershey, Jenny  478
Hester, Frank — Flora — Edwin  490
Hester, George  489
Hester, Jemima G  276
Hewett, Ellen S.— Mary L  416
Hewitt, Isaac L  417-523
Hewett, Dr. Morgan L  416
Hickox, Capt. Abraham — Eri — Jem-
mima Foot  106
Hickox, Ada  25
Hickox, Abram  81-106-163
Hickox, Arietta  294
Hickox, Arthur M  434
Hickox, Charles  435
Hickox, Charles G. — Ralph W. — Frank
F  435
Hickox, David— Phebe Post, S. A. R. .227
Hickox, Esther — Uncle Abram  70
Hickox, George Craw  434
Hickox, Irene P  227
Hickox, Jonathan  434
Hickox, Milo  154-184-389

PAGE
Hickox, Phebe Dibble  147
Hickox, Ruth  14
Hickox, Tamar Tuttle — Dorcas —
Lucy — Lucinda — Oriana — Ruth 106
Hicks, Dr. Robert  347
Higby, Dexter— Rosannah E  267-328
Higby, Laura M  267
Higby, Laura  329
Higby, Phebe S  328
Higby, Sylvester  330
Higgins, George A  312
Higgins, Kate Ford  143
Hill, Alice— T. 0  442
Hill, Betsey  231
HiU, George G  197
Hill, J. F  341
Hill, William D  535
Hilliard, Catherine  297-426
Hilliard, Elias B  456
Hilliard, Julia— Mary— Newton  279
Hilliard, Lydia Hudson— Sarah . .220-277
Hilliard, Miss Laura  279
Hilliard, Mary  292
Hilliard, William  279
Hilliard, Richard  129-220-279-344-375
Hilliard and Hayes  277
Hills, Caleb— Martha G.— William ..263
Hills, Eliott— Nabby Cushman  375
Hills, Frances — Helen — George — Henry
—Maria  377
Hills, Frances A  476
Hills, George C  303
Hills, Helen C— Maria L  476
Hills, Nathan C  218
Hills, Nathan — Sabrina Loomis  375
Hills, WiUiam D  167-377
Himes, Dr. T. N  366
Hinckley, Samuel  88
Hine, Emma  94
Hine, Homer — Mary S  191
Hine, Col. Noble — Henrietta  191
Hinkley, Cleantha  178
Hinsdale Sarah  487
Hitchcock, A. B  455
Hitchcock, Luke  561
Hitchock, Judge Peter  166
Hitchcock, Judge Silas  424
Hitchcock, Mary Adams  561
Hitchcock, Mary — Margaret — Har
riet — Samuel Miller  561
Hitchcock, Polly B. — Judge Silas
Sarah B  416
Hitchcock, Samuel — Mary Adams . . . 561
Hittle, Ella  620
Hoag, Mary  614
Hoadley, Elizabeth — George — Laura —
Mary A  352
Hoadley, Hon. George  351
Hoadleys,  224
Hobble, James G 
Hodge, Mandana — Alfred — Sophia ..625
Hodge, John — Orlando J  625
Hodge, Hon. Orlando J  621
Hodge, Mrs. Sophia  621

664

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Hodgeman,. Mary E  208
Hodges, Clarissa P. — Joseph  603
Hodges, Timothy  603
Hodgson, Harriet  634
Hof ste, John  142
Hoffman, Gov. John L  444
Hognic, Caroline  545
Hogan, Maria — Charles — Mary —
John — Romelia — William  206
Hogan, Mary Long  206
Hogan, Joseph H  206
Holcomb, Mercy  235
Holcomb, William L  638
Holder, Susan  552
Hole, James  362
Holland, Elizabeth  559
Holly, Morris Jackson  487
Holland, J. G  289
Holley, Alphonso  195
Holmes Shepherd Lumber Co  319
Holm, Abraham — Elizabeth  233
Holmes, Abigail  533
Holmes, Rufus C  336
Hollister, Sarah  73
HoUiday, Dencie  70
Howe, Mathew  171
Hollister, Sarah  187
Hollister, Abigail — Mary  256
Honey, Betsey  80
Holt, Elijah, Soldier of Revolution . . .337
Holt, Milly M  397
Holt, Marilla  337
Hooker, Rev. George — Rachel Breck . . 408
Horan, Benjamin  524
Hosmer, Perley  28
Hosmer, Sarah  502
Hosmer, Eben  159
Horton, Burritt  288
Hotal, Elizabeth  154
Hotchkiss, Phebe  237
Hough, Hamilton  127-506
Houghton, Benjamin  108
Houghton, Oran  81
Houghton, Dr. Richard  168
House, Joseph  160
Howe, Amaziah D. — Elizabeth Shaw —
Capt. W. A. — Minerva — Rachel 487
Howe, Eber D  225
Howe, Eben  354
Howe, Ella  421
Howes, Henry  161
Holly, Ezekiel— Lucy  195
Howe, George  242
Howe, Gen. Hezekiah  571
Howe, Harriet^Mrs. Mabel  223
Howe, Jane — Hezekiah — Sarah G. ..565
Howe, Laura — Mabel Dudley — Samuel 340
Howe, Martha A  396
Howland, L. G  502
Howett, Milo  150
Hewlett, George  489
Hojrt, Colgate— James H. — Lydia  527
Hoyt, Elizabeth  637
Hoyt, Ezra — Jerusha  590-613

PAGE
Hoyt, David — Mary  526
Hoyt, Henry J  220
Hoyt, John  550
Hojrt, James  585
Hoyt, O. P  214
Hoyt, Sylvester- Eleanor C  458-606
Hoyt, Rev. Wayland— Mary E  527
Hoyt, William C. — Henry E. — Mary
E.— John M.— Sarah J  590
Hyde, Sarah B.— William  262
Hyde, Zeruiah Fitch  262
Hyndman, James  106-197
Hubbard, Aaron — Emmeline — Jared —
Ruth  237
Hubbard, Ada — Frank — Mary — Wil
liam  237
Hubbard, Amos — Esther — Herman H.
—John Titus  259
Hubbard, Israel  236-262
Hubbard, Cynthia  245
Hubbard, Herman  371
Hubbell, Ephriam  100
Hubbell, Ephriam  100
Hubby, Sarah L. — Frank W. — Ella
French  528
Hubbey and Hughes  527
Hubby, RoUin — Lester — Frank, Jr. —
Frank W. 3rd  528
Hudson, Ruth  171-297
Hudson, Squire  209
Hudson, W. P  144
Hudson, WiUiam  202
Hughes, Elizabeth— William  342
Hughes, Sarah  528
Hughes, Felix  368
Hulburt, Aaron — Abigail — Harriet —
Hannah— Rhoda  262
Hulburt, Rhoda— Nobby  236
Hulburt, Aaron — Mary J  279
Hulbert, Timothy  236-262
Hull, Gen. Andrew  424-506
Hull, Endoera  424
Hull, Julia Jackson  187
Hull, Minnie  619
HuU, Mr  14
Humphrey, Charles  108
Humphrey, Hannah  223
Humphrey, Hon. John — Sarah C. —
David  4
Humphrey, Janette  490
Humphrey, Judge Van Rensselaer . . . 406
Humphrey, Roswell  67
Huntington, Colbert— Francis — Julian
C— Robert G  58
Huntington, Daniel K. — Erastus —
Joseph A. — Simon  420
Huntington, Elijah — Lucretia — Phil
ura  370
Huntington, Erastus  419-432
Huntington, George C  419-432
Huntington, Henry D  576
Huntington, Harriet S  481
Huntington, Margaret  450-581
Hntington, John M. — Thomas . . . 360-491

665

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Huntington, Simon — Daniel K. —
Joseph A  433
Huntington, Submit  688-623
Huntington, Samuel  13-58-91
Hunt, Edward P  274
Hunt, Frances  262
Hunt, Harriet — Mercy  520
Hunt, Helen— Harry— Katurah  252
Hunt, Laura White  666
Hunt, Luther — Sarah  606
Hunt, Mary  142-251
Hunt, Mercy  360
Hunt, Rachel  407
Hunnewell, Jenny  566
Hunter, Alexander  25
Huntoon, William  250
Hurd, Seth  506
Hurlbut, Abram— Polly Barrett  430
Hurlbut, Clara — Frances — Harriet — •
Jennie— William  430
Hurlbut, Eva  619
Hurd, Emily  409
Hurlbut, Heman H  377-430
Hurlburt, Hinman  417-430
Hurlbut, Jane Elizabeth  417
Hurlbut, Laura  437
Hurlbut, Lucy  381
Hutchinson, Amos  449-480
Hutchinson, Edward W. — Jane W. —
Samuel M  481
Hutchinson, Elizabeth — Hon. Merely—
Sarah F  394
Hutchinson, John F  333
Hutchinson, Mary F. — Henry W  481
Hutchingson, Thankful  481-518
Hutchinson, Samuel  449-481-518
Hutching, Benjamin  507
Hutchings, Berthena — Kate — Orwig . . 502
Hutchings, Charles W. — George —
Mary— Walter  374
Hutchings, Cornelia — Charlotte — Eliza
beth  374
Hutchins, Horace — Judge John  36
Hussey, Charlotte — Alexander — Emily
—Maria  496
Hussey, Emily — Richard  340
Hussey, Hepsibah  312
Hutchings, Frances  25-374-502
Hutchings, ,Rev. Samuel  303
Huston, John E  585
Iddings, Carrie M  423
Ingersoll, Adaline — Barlow — Edwin . 143
Ingersoll, Bathsheba — Elisha — Isaac .143
Ingersoll, Catherine — Rose  144
Ingersol, Clarissa  28-144
Ingresoll, Charles  551
Ingersoll, David — Lydia  142
Ingersoll, Edwin  495
Ingersoll, Rev. Edward  497
Ingersol, Eliza  339
Ingersol, Elijah  142
Ingersol, Jane — Lucy — Samantha  143
Ingersoll, John  143-360

PAGE
Ingersoll, Richard — John  142
Ingersoll, Laban  76-143
Ingersoll, Levi — Lucinda — Nathan . . . 143
Inglehart, George — Fred J. — Maria .537
Inglehart, Maria — Fred J. — George .612
Ingram, John  609
Inglehart, Dr. Smith  537
Ingraham, Alma — Charles — Frank —
Henry  387
Ingraham, Robert — William  387
Ingraham, Capt. Timothy  365-386
Irvine, James  274
Irvine, John R.— Mary  269
Irving, Sarah M  363
Irwin, Mr  607
Ives, Maria L. — John C. — Lucy Coe .617
Ives, Margaret  259
Jackson, Aurelia  603
Jackson, Chloe — Harriet — Juliette . . . 195
Jackson, Edward — Jonathan  404
Jackson, Lorenzo  427
Jackson, Mercy  56
Jackson, Morris, Sr. — Lucina Sheldon —
Ruth  132
Jackson, Morris  99-178-194-347
Jackson, Nancy  195-133
Jackson Tower  195-347
James, David  197
Janes, Alonzo — Harmony — Harris —
Jabez  199
Janes, Ebenezer — Obidiah — Sarah
Field  199
Janes, Lorenzo  213
Janes, Laura — Lucretia — Naomi —
Sophia  199
Jaynes, Henry  390
Jenks, Zachariah — Sarah — Azuba .... 470
Jenne, Thankful  187
Jenkins, James  320
Jennings, Rosina  506
Jewett, Alvah  194-312
Jewett, Avis  312
Jewett, Miss Carrie  194
Jewett, Charles P  312
Jewett, Elmira  339
Jewett, Esther — Eunice — Charles —
George  194
Jewett, Florence  555
Jewett, George E  341
Jennings, Jesse  193
Jewett, Julia T. — Lydia A. — Mary J. . 194
Jewett, Miss  145
Jewett, Mary  77
Jewett, Moses  77-193-312-332
Joclyn, Cordelia  115
Johnson, Adeline  137
Johnson, Alexander M. — Henry — Helen
— Henrietta  113
Johnson, Amanda Root  414
Johnson, Belinda — Colvert — Malcolm
—Seth W  414
Johnson, Benjamin — Polly — WiUiam .108
Johnson, Charlotte — Emily — Louise . . 266

666

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Johnson, Prof. Charles F  572
Johnson, Emulous B  472
Johnson, Emma M  610
Johnson, Fanny Eells— Samuel  417
Johnson, Gideon — Hope  287
Johnson, Grace  321
Johnson, Hannah  542
Johnson, Capt. Harpin  108-251-265
Johnson, Harriet — Philander — Perian-
der — Margaret Montier  Ill
Johnson, Harvey  613
Johnson, Isabelle  585
Johnson, James  93
Johnson, Jane — Henrietta  266
Johnson, Capt. John  613
Johnson, Capt. Jonathan  103-139
Johnson, Mrs. Jonathan  265
Johnson, Levi  37-109-111-139-542
Johnson, Merrick E. — Louisa  529
Johnson, Luke — Merrick  140
Johnson, Luke D  494
Johnson, Mary  70-108-251
Johnson, Phebe  75-108
Johnson, Philander  208
Johnson, Mrs. Philo  357
Johnson, Ruby  384
Johnson, Maria — Sarah  511-537
Johnson, Capt. Seth  414
Johnson, Sylvester  533
Johnson, Thompson H. — Chilton — Mar
garet  450
Johnson, Capt. William  251-264
Johnston, Annie M  182
Johnston, Cyrus E  558
Johnston, Elvira — Jane  100
Johnston, John H  423
Johnston, James  127
Johnstone, Amelia Fox  373
Johnstone, Anna — Arthur — Mathew —
Mary  •  373
Johnstone, Emily — Eliza — Margaret . . 373
Johnstone, Capt. Roland  510
Johnstone, Zantha  373
Jones, Alva  503
Jones, Rev. A. P. — Hester Van Bib
ber — Richard  66
Jones, Capt. Augustus — Saba Murdock 133
Jones, Buell  133-195
Jones, Betsey — Samuel  131
Jones, Catherine  444
Jones, Cornelia — Caroline — Frances —
Henry  344
Jones, Cynthia — Daniel — Lucretia  212
Jones, Elizabeth B  312
Jones, Esther  154
Jones, Rev. Ezra  127
Jones, Frederick  133
Jones, Frederick — Mary — Samuel —
William  344
Jones, Rev. Harry  619
Jones, Horace  372
Jones, Judge James  343
Jones, Jane  ¦ •  213
Jones, U. S. Senator John P  343

PAGE
Jones, Mary — Mary Powell  52-343
Jones, Orville — Wm. S  344
Jones, Thomas  343
Jones, Major Samuel  141
Jones, Sophrona  75
Jones, William  133
Jones, Zebulon  533
Joseph, Sigismund  587
Judd, Belah — Jeanette  288
Judd, Judge  485
Judd, Julia  327
Judd, Mary H  477
Judd, Susan — William — Sarah Root . . 643
Judkins, Emily — George — Martha —
William  514
Judkins, George B  514
Judd, Harriet  309
Judson, Wells  336
June, Sayles A  320
Karthaus, John F  214
Keep, Fanny M.— Mary E.— William J. 413
Keep, Rev. John — Samuel  303-412
Keep, Rev. Theodore  417
Keith, Melinda — Abigail — Ruel — Rev.
James  516
Keith, NeUie  619
Keith, Ruel  397
Kenney, Elizabeth  479
Kenney, Margaret — William  501
Kelsey, Josephine — Lorenzo — Sophia
Smith  220
Kelsey, Eli  588
Kelsey, Eugene O. — Antoinette C. —
Ada Helen — Josephine H  58^
Kelsey, Mrs. Lorenzo  623
Kelsey, Theodore R  589
Keller, Mattie  478
Kelley, Raynolds — Thomas  155
KeUey, Alfred  122-155
Kelley, Anna — Helen — Jane — Kather
ine — Maria  122
KeUey, Betsey Gould — Horace — Lucy
— Mary Alice  158
Kelly and Bolton  307
Kelley, Charlotte — Ehzabeth — Daniel —
John M  340
Kelley, Charlotte E  357
Kelley, Charles — Gustavus — George —
Laura — Martha — William H. .157
Kelley, Dulcina — Eliza A. — James H. —
Madison  340
KeUey, Datus  155-419
Kelley, Daniel  155-555
Kelley, Dr. Edwin — Franklin  167
KeUey, Ellen Kneen— WiUiam  319
Kelley, Eliza Arjadne  387
Kelley, Eliza E. — James M. — Laura H. 431
KeUey, Emmeline — Datus  433
Kelley, Emmeline  419
Kelley, Fanny Miles — Thomas Arthur . 158
Kelley, Judge Frank H  555
Kelley, Grace — James — Robert  341
Kelly and Griswald  555

667

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
KeUey, Irad  98-377-440
Kelley, Mrs. Irad  98
Kelley, Jabez  336
Kelley, James M  387-340-496
KeUey, James M  340-387-496
Kelley, James H  357-496
Kelley, Jemima Stone — Thomas  121
Kelly, Jane E. — George D. — Margret
ta S.— Clara H  655
Kelley, Jemima — Joseph  155
Kelly, John  143
Kelley, Julius  561
Kelley, Laura Howe  387-377
Kelly, Mrs. Moses  571
Kelly, Mary R  555
Kelly, Moses  482
Kelley, Mrs. T. M  224-531
Kelly, William  320-440
Kellogg, Augustus — Frank — Hiram —
Jane  778
KeUogg, AbigaU  155-190
KeUogg, Caroline J  522
Kellogg, Edward G. — Charles D. —
Kate— Wm. N. L  357
Kellogg, Enos — Leonora — Lydia ....412
Kellogg, James  356-473
Kellogg, Lucy  54
Kellogg, Lydia A  339
Kellogg, Mary A  561
Kellogg, Pliny — Lucy — Stephen —
Walter  412
Kellogg, Polly  356
KeUogg, Tacey— Dr. Burr  633
Kellogg, WeUs — Mary Sage  477
Kendal, A. C  443
Kendall, Charles — George — Henry D. —
John — James  411
Kendal Community  163
Kendall, Dr. Henry  411
Kendall, Joseph — Hannah Smith —
Lyman, Sr  410
Kendall, Lyman, Sr  410
Kendal's Seed Store  578
Kennedy, Alice  437
Kennedy, Ellen  456
Kennedy — History of Cleveland. . . .66-151
Kennedy, W. H  .382
Kent, Charlotte  520
Kent, Hannah  182
Kerrush, W. S  628
Key, Francis S  552
Keyes, Homer  551
Keyes, Juliana Walworth  329
Keyes, WiUiam  92-641
Keysler, Nancy  548
Kidney, Caroline Short  324
Kidney, George H  427
Kilbourne, George  13
Kimball, Samuel  550
Kimberly, David — George  371
Kinney, Alonzo — Eliza — Ella  242
Kinney, Sobrina  74
Kissam, Charles — Taylor  481
Kittridge, Frederick  515

PAGE
Kinley, Catherine  313
King, Darius  606
King, Georgia  564
King, Hannah  528
King, Hezekiah  141
King, James Mrs  474
King, Joseph— Sarah M  203
King, Judge John  585
King, JuUa  199
King Iron Works  184
Kingsbury, Lucy — Almon  461
King, Nellie Clark  474
King, Mrs. Norman  563
King, Sarah M  202
King, Zenas  171-297-474
Kingsbury, Albert  141
Kingsbury, Absolm  26
Kingbury, Amos  143
Kingsbury, Dr. Asa — Lieut. Ephraim
— Obadiah — Margaret  28
Kingsbury, Rev. C. T  28
Kingsbury, Diana — Judge  283-459
Kingsbury, Judge  118-283
Kingsley, Abigail  407
Kingsley, Abby — Rev. Pheneas — Par-
neU Brooks  516-433
Kingsley, Eleanor  515
Kingsley, John  516
Kirby, Samuel H  336
Kirk, Elizabeth— John  296
Kirke, Rebecca  259
Kirke, Michael  258
Kirke, Cornelia — Elizabeth M. — Fan
ny A. — Georgiana  259
Kirke, George  547
Kirkland, Gen. Joseph  398
Kirkland, Joseph F  445
Kirtland, Mary — Prof. Jared — Caro
line A  503
Kirtland, Mary E  593
Kirtland, Prof. Jared P  592
Kirtland, Eliza  598
Kirtland, Turhand — Mary Potter  692
Klein, Julius — Retta R  586
Klein, Regina — Julius — Retta R  587
Klussman, Ernest  36
Knapp, Amantha  371-492
Knapp, Emily  499
Knapp, Henrietta — Helen — Mahala . . 371
Knapp, Lucy  600
Knapp, Nehemiah  370-380
Knapp, William H  137
Kneal, Elizabeth  562
Kneen, Mary Kenyon — ^WiUiam^John
— Jane  319
Kniffin, Olive  71
Knowlton, Lucy  322
Knowlton, Mary  515
Lacey, Isaac J  99
Lacey, Israel — Polly  62
Lafler, Isaac  66
Lake, Alanson — Miss  417
Lamb, Emily  618

668

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Lamb, Selinda  171
Lamson, Betsey  294
Lampson, Mary  515
Langdon, Silas  382
Lansing, Catherine — Jacob  531
Lansing, Hester — Jacob  460
Larabee, Col  329
Lard, Eliza  349
La Rue, Cornelia  60
Latham, Azuba  158-531
Latham, Julia A. — Lucy — Azuba  470
Latham, Lucy Harris — Wm. H  158
Latham, Robert — Susannah Winslow .470
Latham, WUHam H  470
Lathrop, Charles  369
Lathrop, Daniel — Deacon — Chrysto
pher L  369
Lathrop, Deacon  393
Lathrop, Elizabeth Coit  369
Lattimer, Everton  36
Laughton, Barnabas  141
Laughton, David — Peter  142
Lawrence, Albert  36
Lawrence, Albert G  292
Lawrence, Edmund  540
Lawrence, Electa A  23
Lawrence, Margaret  23
Lawrence, Sarah  392
Lawton, Acres — Elizabeth C  625
Lawton, Edward  289
Lawson, Hannah  187
Lawton, Nelson H  625
Leach, Isaac  192
Leach, Williard  54
Le Baron, Samuel  153
Ledling, BeUe  602
Ledyard, Col. Chrystopher  90
Lee, Eva A  562
Lee, Georgiana — James M  575
Lee, Hart Gray — James W. — Marga
ret E  379
Lee, Helen  309
Lee, Larain Pool — Major Seth — Sally 660
Lee, Laura  49
Lee, Lucy A  594
Lee, Nancy  617
Lee, Susan  390
Leet, Miss  360
Leet, William  688
Leffingwell, John E  525
Leffingwell, Lucretia  370
Leffingwell, WiUiam  83
Leggett, Mary F  557
Leland, Aaron — Submit A  568
Leland, Evard P  618
Leland, Horace — George — Jerome —
Charles  568
Leland, Warren — Clarissa  568
Lemen, Anna — Catherine — Mary  242
Lemen, Thomas  241-291
Lemen, Samuel  375
Lemen, William  241-291-365
Leonard, CaroHne— MatUda-Mary ..469
Leonard, Dr. Herman  595

PAGE
Leonard, Orphis — Mary P  459
Leonard, Samuel  510
Leonard and White  459
Lester, George  344
Leverage, Seba  70
Lewis, Anna  605
Lewis, Edward  489
Lewis, Elverette  533
Lewis, Elizabeth  482-649
Lewis, Eliza L. — Henry M. — Mary
J.— William G  360
Lewis, Emma  624
Lewis, George  104
Lewis, Helen  104
Lewis, Henry  576
Lewis, Luther  229
Lewis, Mary  66-590
Lewis, Morgan  417
Lewis, Venia  162
Lewis, William  380
Lindsley, SaUy  253
Lines, Nelly  146
Linscott, Charles F  343
Little, David  45
Little, Lyman  38
Livingston, Mary L  150
Lloyd, Delia  352
Lockwood, Erastus C  430
Lockwood, Hannah  315
Logan, Andrew  202
Logan, Andrew — Gen. John A  211
Logan, Dr. Augustus  211
Logan, Rodney  211
Logan, Sherwin  203-211
London, Jack  214
Long, Dr. David  76-92-379-426
Long, Mrs. David  407
Long, Dr. David  76-92-119-379
Long, Diana  119
Long, Horace — Mary H. — Solon  121
Long, Dr. John, Sr. — Dr. John, Jr. . . 119
Long, Sarah  553
Loomis, Capt. Amos — Lucy T. — So
brina  520
Loomis, Ann  294
Loomis, Anson — Eleazer — Gilbert .... 576
Loomis, Devester — Beeda Clark — An
son— Gilbert  576
Loomis, Eleazer — Julia C  676
Loomis, Hannah  182-204
Loomis, Harriet — Jennie A  676
Loomis, Helen  295
Loomis, Isaac — Martha Niles  375
Loomis, Jennie A. — -Harriet  576
Loomis, Laura  676
Lord, Abigail — Hope — Richard  207
Lord, Rachel White — Sophia — Samuel
P  207
Lord, Richard  206
Lord, Rev. Dr  511
Lovewell, Robert  79
Lovraian, Mather J. — Charles E  638
Lowman, Dr. John H  638
Lowman, Jacob  638

669

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Lougee, Charles  118
Lougee, Martha Baldwin of Oakland,
Cal  29
Lough, Thomas  318
Lovraaan, Jacob  127-436
Loyd, J  194
Lucus, Abigail R.— Wm. B  336
Lucas, Abigail — Adeline — Beulah —
Harriet  336
Lucas, Harrison — Mary Sarah  336
Ludlow, Lydia — Robert — WiUiam . . . 505
Luenschloss, Claire  395
Lufkin, Harriet  685
Lusk, Laura  624
Luther, Mary E  461
Lyman, Drius  463
Lynde, Rhoda  391
Lyon, Albincinda — Holmes  396
Lyon, Alvira  610
Lyon, Almira — Jennie — James — •
Richard  130
Lyon, Ann Forman — James  454
Lyon, John E  347-365-460
Lyon, Mrs. John E  631
Lyon, Nelly  130
Lyon, Renda  73
Lyon, Richard T  130-523
Lyon, Stephen S  506
Lyon, Thomas U. S. A. — Mrs. Jane . . 129
McArthur, Christiana  615
McBay, Robert  506
McCarohan, Susie  576
McConnell, Henrietta  594
McCrea, James  558
McCrocky, James  208
McCurdy, Ursula  298-302
McCurley, Lena  130
McFadden, Joseph  372
McGrath, Miss 
McGregor, Ambrose M  71-208
McGregor Home  208
Mcllrath Abigail  97
Mcllrath, Andrew  93
Mcllrath, Jane — Samuel  93
Mcllrath, Nicholas  151
Mcllrath, Richard  108
Mcllrath, Thomas  93
Mcintosh, Dr. Donald  136-208
Mcintosh, Elizabeth  209
Mcintosh, Susan  209
Mclntyre, Flora  179
McKay, James  105
McKee, Lydia  361
McKenny, Florence D  146
McKnight, Rebecca Bell  65
McLane, Rev. John — Eliza Baird  322
McLane, William  303
McLaughlin, Grace  689
McMillan, Alexander i — Elizabeth —
Margaret  251
McLauren, Mrs. John — WiUiam — Mary 538
McKay, Miranda — Col. Robert — Sophia
C  538

PAGE
McMillen, Mary  221-620
McNamara, Julia  22
McNiel, Anna — Judge  387
McPherson, George  260
McQuay, B  557
McReynolds, Anthony  46
McVene, Catherine — Etta — Daniel —
Jane — Jerusha — John — Mary —
Pocohontas  153
MacKensie, Colin, Jr. — Emily L  452
MacKensie, Dr. John P. — Dr. Thomas
G. — Dr. George B. — Dr. James
S  452
Magrue, Eva  168
Main, Edward  306
Maitland, Elizabeth— Mary  289
Mallory, Moses  326
Mallory, Minerva — Moses  323
Malone, Hezekiah  296
Manter, Dr. Nathan  99
Manter, Dr. Nathan H  99
Manahan, John W  613
Manning, Mary  340
Mansfield, Maud  527
Marcelot, Leonard  93
Markham, Dr. Franklin L  394
Marks, Abraham — Content M  246
Marks, LaFayette — Manila — Rosetta .244
Marks, Martin  587
Marks, Nehemiah  243
Marks, Nehemiah Jr. — Caroline — Ma-
riUa — Mary  244
Marsh, Charles  563
Marsh, Flora  563
Marsh, Margaret Kinsman  345
Marsh, Mary P  117
Marsh, Robert  191
Marshon, Mr  618
MarshaU, George F  442-541
Marshall, Margaret  66
Marshall's Pharmacy  557
Martin, J. M  506
Martin, Lydia  79
Marx, Hannah  587
Massilliot, Leonard  127
Mason, Emmeline  301
Mason, Mary  344
Mastick, Seabury  217
Mather, Betsey— Jane — ^William D. . . . 94
Mather, Rev. Cotton — James — Harriet
E  302
Mather, Cotton — Maria M  238
Mather, Frederick G.— EUen A  541
Mather, Harriet B. — Samuel Holmes . . 640
Mather, Henry  416
Mather, Mary L  416
Mather, Dr. Ozias — Augustus  540
Mather, Richard  407-541
Mather, Rev. Richard — Increase — Cot
ton  640
Mather, Samuel  302-377
Mather, William Dudley  93
Mathews, Dr. John H  58
Mathivet, Eugene — Jean Victor  480

670

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Mathivet, Dr. Pierre  429-479
Mathivet, Mary Wenthworth  480
Mathivet, Victor  429
Mathias, Charles  153
Matson, Caroline — Dr. Sylvester —
Sophia Tracy  133
Mattoon, Esther  311
Mattox, Abraham  72
Mattocks, Betsey  14
May and Barnett  288
May, Elizabeth — George W. — Minnie —
Sarah  289
May, Helen— WUliam  288
May, Katherine  289
May, Miss Nelly  289
May, Thomas P  288-299-344
Maynard, Gardner  425
Maynard, Mary Clark  384
Maynard, Dr  520
Maynard, Morgan E  425
Maxom, Rev. Philip  376
Mead, Bessie  619
Mead, Chauncy — Elizabeth — George —
John  372
Mead, Charlotte  521
Mead, Elizabeth  398
Mead, Maria — Mary—Sarah  372
Mead, Patience  372
Mead, Sarah  615
Mead, Rhoda Smith— W. F  372
Medill, Joseph  394
Meigs, Lorana  243
Meckler, Abby L  318
Meech, Abigail — Angeline  439
Meech, Eliza — Gurdon  236
Meech, Gurdon  427-438
Meech, Lucy Swan  236-427
Meech, Juliette  132-439
Meech, Lucy  439
Meech, Martha  77-439
Meech, Nelson — Olive  439
Meek, Lydia B. — Capt. Thomas  564
Meeker, Abigail Oliver — Mary Hender
shott — Ann Sherman . — Mary
Buckley — Sarah Demeline — Su
sannah Hurlburt  166
Meeker, Arvilla Smith — Adra Hender
shott— Lida Shaw  168
Meeker, Byron  166-594
Meeker, Caroline  72-166
Meeker, Ebline — Elizabeth — Harriet —
Charlotte — Kate — Morris  166
Meeker, Enoch — Cummins — John —
Smith— Stephen  166
Meeker, Menry Clay — Martha — Nathan
— Rufus Clinton — Stephen —
Samuel  168
Meeker, Jane — Justin  473
Meeker, Ogden — Naomi — Susan 
Meeker, Timothy  166
Mellen, AbigaU  594
MendenhaU, Aaron — Lydia R  539
MendenhaU, Charles — Emma — Law
rence  539 671

PAGE
MendenhaU, Cyrus  639
Maule, Elizabeth S  539
MendenhaU, Rev. Henry  391
Menough, Harriet — Isabella W  114
Merchant, Aaron  210
Merchant, Gen. Ahaz  160-210
Merchant, Charles C  218
Merchant, Harriet — Martha — Mary —
Silas  210
Meriam, Edmund B  550
Meriam, Elizabeth— Fanny— Wm. M. 370
Meriam, Marie — -Albert  551
Merrill, Elizabeth — Rev.Moses — Nancy
Lee  617
MerriU, Mary  486
Merwin, Augustus — James — Mary —
Minerva  129
Merwin, Content  245
Merwin, George B  :  129-217-347
Merwin, Mary  498
Merwin, Minerva — Noble H  498
Minerva, Noble H  128
Merwin, Mrs. Noble  552
Mervyin, Tavern  254
Messinger, Ann S  353
Messinger, Charity — Hiram  353
Miles, Anson — Ann E. — Mary — Livana 99
Miles, Adeliza — Susannah  99
MUes, Charles Sr  97
Miles, Daniel — Polly — Susannah .... 99
Miles, Eben  99-141
Miles, Erastus  21-23-98-159
Miles, Holly  99-218
MUes, L. B. Mrs  400
Miles, Laura Carter  138
Miles, Livana  99
Miles, Lucy  99-195
MUes, Lydia Clark  141
Miles, Samuel  52-98
Miles, Spafford  99
Miles, Theodore  25-99-141
MUford and Harding  538-565
Milford, William & Co  538
MiUard, DeUa  533
Mills, Dea. Benjamin  223
Mills, Jennie  485
MUler, Joseph K  377
Mills, Dr. Joshua  267-328-381
Mills, Mrs. Joshua  377
MiUs, Lois  223
Miller, C. B  489
Miller, Elizabeth  241
Miller, Mrs. Ellen R  120
MiUer, Frances A  573
Miller, Fred  291
MiUer, Hannah — Joseph K. — WiUiam 241
Miller, Henry — James — Mary — Wil
liam L  241
MiUer, Isaac  46
MUler, Jane  478
Miller, Julia Hilliard  279
MiUer, Mary  368
Miller, Madison  210
Miller, Peter  403

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Miller, William  459
Mix, George  576
Miner, Mrs. Erwina  315
Miner, Marion  168
Miriam, Emmeline  266
MitcheU, Jacob  295
Mitchell, Inez  250
Mitchell, Leah Comer  309
Mitchell, William  199
Monroe, Emma — Henry — LucyDabny 173
Monroe, James  619
Monroe, Keokee  462
Monroe, Louise D  462
Montier, Margaret  109
Moody, Alice L  397
Moody, Esther — Caroline  419
Moody. J. P 
Moore, Catherine — Capt. Robert  437
Moore, Eben H  554
Moore, Eliza Ann  576
Moore, Margaret  267
More, Jemima  566
More, Louise  549
Moreau, Louisa  529
Moreau, Louis  140
Morey, Mehetabel  516
Morey, Plina  209
Moran, Frances  102
Morgan, Abby— William  188
Morgan, Ashbel W  77-134
Morgan, Amzie  67
Morgan, Austin — Julia — Reuben — Wal
ter  134
Morgan, Caleb  133
Morgan, Carrie — Clifford — Mary .... 134
Morgan, Charles G. — Herman L  133
Morgan, Deborah  91
Morgan, Eliza J, — Henry  133
Morgan, Frances L. — Charles H, —
George E. — Clara A. — Dr.
Franklin — Richard — William . . 603
Morgan, Mrs. Isham  236
Morgan, George  -.  25
Morgan, Henry — Hannah L  602
Morgan, Isham  124-439
Morgan, Juliana  90
Morgan, Mary Lyon  454
Morgan, Porter J  357
Morgan, Sebert  134
Morgan, Youngs L  91-131-195
Morgan, Zerviah B  134
Morris, Charity — Lettie — Robert  356
Morris, Gouverneur  192
Morse, Emmeline  205
Morse, Fanny — Sarah — T. W. Vir
ginia  306
Morse, Jane A. — Benoni  436
Morse, Susan H  552
Morse, Theodore — Virginia— Josephine
— Charles — Fanny — George . . . 552
Morrison, Ambrose  71
Morrison, Anna — Charlotte — David —
Helen — Thomas  264
Morrison, David  264

PAGE
Morrison, Edward  470
Morrison, Walter  242
Moseley, Catherine  125
Moses, Philo  73
Mott, Daniel— Caroline  503
Mott, Edmond — Lucinda  503
Mott, Lucy— Mary — Sarah — Rhoda . . 503
Mott, Dr. Valentine  383
Mould, Emily— Laura V  476
Mould, Henry  475
Mould, Mrs. Louise — Henry  564
Mowrey, Hosea — Pliny  141-135
Mount, Maria H  496
Mowrey, Hosea  135
Mowrey, Reuben  135
Morey, Rhoda Curtis  136
Munger, Dinah  232
Murfey, Capt. John — Eliza — Fanny C. 423
Murfey, James Clark  470
Murfey, Julia — James C. — Edward
Lyon— Lucy E  470
Murfey, William A. — Eliza — Gardner
B.— Fanny C  470
Murfey, William L. — Charles L. —
Gardner B. Jr. — Lauer A  470
Mulhern, George  595
Munger, Dinah  199
Munhall, Adalaide  324
Murrell, Isabella 
Murray, Elias — Enoch — Eli — Emily —
EUza  123
Murray, Florence  490
Murray, Harvey Capt. — Lyman —
Katherine Smith  123
Murray, Joseph  124
Murray, Mary  344
Mussen, Sophia  38
Mygatt, Betsey  556
Mygatt, Hannah  '.  463
Mygatt, George S  158
Myrill, IsabeU M  489
Mygatt, Lucy — George  564
Mygatt, Betsey — Comfort — Lucy K. .600
Mygatt, Comfort — Lucy  82
Nash, Henry  251
Nechley S  197
Neff, Margaret C  539
Nelson, Jane — William  362
Nelson, Marie  362
Nelson, M. H  194
Nichols, AbigaU  200-213
Nichols, Caroline — Edwin — Jesse —
Minerva  213
Nichols, Elisha  203
Nichols, Humphrey  212
Newbury, Henry  236
Newbury, Susan  81
Newbury, S. Dr. John  426
Newton, Alfred W  456
Nichols, Clarissa  364
Nevrton, John T  405
Nicholson, Mary  589
Nicholson, Miss  148

672

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Noble, Eveline  287
Noble, Henry L.— Martin  286-370
Noble, Mrs. Hopy  287-370
Noble, Roland R  519
North, Thomas  102
North, Mary — James  536
Northrup, Abijah — Betsey — Cornelia
E  184
Northrup, Albert B  184
Northrup, Hannah  101
Northrup, Charles  22
Norris, Abram — Abigail  72-261-293
Norris, Amanda  97-293
Norris, Anna  72-97-261-293
Norris, Caroline  97-275
Norriss, Keziah  97
Norris, Phebe  61-97
Norris, Melissa  61
Norris, Susan  97
Norton, Aaron — Betsey — Martha Foote
Norton, David — Caroline  314
Norton, Elisha 24-49-66-85-90-310-332-572
Norton, Hannah D. John B  369
Nortin, Harriet — Lucy  68-310-332
Norton, Margaret Clark  332-572
Norton, Sophia 
Norton, Sylvester— Minerva  328
Nott, Abram  151-409-447
Nott, Belle H. — Franklin D. — Jennie
SherriU  409
Nott, Chauncey C. — Henry — Horace .409
Nott, George C 
Nott, Horace  409
Nott, Sergeant John — Laura Beldin —
WiUiam D  409
Nott, William D  409
Nugent, Emily — Gabriel — William —
Russell  123
Nye, WiUiam K  137
Odell, Lydia  146
OdeU, Joseph M  430
O'Connor, Almira — Alanson — Alver-
non — Angeline  160
O'Connor, Demiloh — Damon  72-160
O'Connor, Lawrence — Miranda — ¦
Washington  160
Ogelby, Capt  578
Ogden, Nathaniel — Maria  304
O'Kane Grace  109-264
Oliver, Alice  444
Oliver, George  638
Oliver, John— Polly  199
Olmstead, Maria — Stark  38
Olmstead, Noble  38
Ommick, Charles — Eliza — Mary  341
Ommick, John  341
Onstine, Frederick 
Organization of Stone Church  223
Ormsby, Olive  143
Orr, Mary C  603
Orvis, C. A  447
Orwig, Aaron  502
Orwill, Philip— Margaret  626

PAGE
Osborn, Elias  56
Osborn, Martha  397
Osborn, Jane  244
Otis, Charles A  140-463
Otis, Eliza Proctor  140-463
Otis, Harrison G  464
Otis, James  263
Otis, Stephen— Elizabeth  462
Otis, W. A.— Philina— W. C.—W. S.—
W. L  463
Otis, William  70
Otis, WiUiam H  463-493
Otis, Dr. W. F  463-534
Otis and Hough  127
Oura, Anna  56
Outhwaite, Mary Coates  634
Outwaite, John  127
Outhwaite, John Jr. — Christopher —
George — Mary  634
Outhwaite, William — Joseph — Mar
garet — Ann  634
Overacher, Adam — Gannet  622
Overacher, Michael — Esther — SaUy . . 622
Oviatt, Celia — Don Carlos — Edward —
Schuyler— Virgil  286
Oviatt, Charlotte — James  286
Oviatt, Celia L  510
Oviatt, Marvin  285
Oviatt, Rosilda — Gen. Orson  596
Oviatt, Tracey— Schuyler  286
Owen, Betsey — Lucy  189
Owen, Lucy Moches — Silas  188
Owen, Lydia  48-189
Owen, Melissa — Silas  154
Owens, Elizabeth — Noah — Eliza  247
Packard, Isaac — Margaret — Polly
Smith  79
Paddock, Mary S  645
Paddleford, Elizabeth  257
Paddock, Emma  309
Paff, Sarah M  561
Page, Sabina  690
Paine, Eleanor  58
Paine, Edward  32
Paige, Alma  442
Palmer, Aaron  244
Palmer, Abigail  616
Palmer, Belle  425
Palmer, David B  388-431
Palmer, James  100
Parmalee, Mary — Horace  576
Palmer, Hannah  93-127
Palmer, James  100-127-590
Palmer, Jerusha — Lydia  127
Palmer, Lurinda  189
Palmer, Mary H.— Robert  405
Palmer, Orville T  60
Palmer, Sarah F.— Thomas  93-127
Pangburn, Alonzo  80
Pangburn, Lewis  137
Pankhurst, John — Mary — William . . . 402
Pankhurst, John F  403
Pardee, Julia  245

673

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Pardue, Edward H  604
Parker, Betsey  143
Parker, Calvin  439
Parker, Cardy  196-404
Parker, Didema  143
Parker, Eliza R.— Mary— Cordelia ... 638
Parker, Mercy  43
Parker, Peter — Louisa G  638
Parker, Rosanna C  142
Parkman, Henry 
Parmalee, Horace — Mary  576
Parmaley, Olive  55
Parmeter, Betsey  76
Parmeter, Clarissa — Lorana M. — Wil
liam  243
Parmater, John — Joshua — William,
S of R  245
Parshall, Harriet — John  54
Parsons, MatUda P  699
Parsons, Richard  327-596
Patterson, De Witt  ¦.  400
Patton, Samuel  487
Paul, Anna C  429
Paxton, Elisha W  214
Payne, James  62
Payne, H. B  192-284-313
Payne, Mary — H. B. — Mary Perry ..563
Payne, Perry 
Paulhamis, Delaphine  377
Payton, Hannah  615
Pearce, Minnie Larabee— Lieut. Tho
mas, U. S. A  329
Pearse, Boardman  192
Pearse, Emily — Franklin — Mary —
Roxanna  193
Pearse, Henry G  293
Pearson, Ann Jeanett  178
Pearson, Sarah A  150
Pease and Allen  617
Pease, Judge Calvin — Laura R. . . 503-558
Pease, Caroline Atwater — Mary Kirt
land  220
Pease, Caroline — Frederick— Jared K. 504
Pease, Charles  220-558-593
Pease, Ebenezer  98
Pease, Esther Thompson  98-157
Pease, George — Harriet  157-165
Pease, Mrs. George  98
Pease, Huldah — Jesse — Sylvester —
Lucretia  165
Pease, Laura Risley — Nancy  558
Pease, Melissa — Octania Ruggles —
Mary E  165
Pease, Proctor  182
Pease, Samuel  165-339
Pease, Sheldon  553-578
Pechin, Edmund — Mary Shelley  547
Peck, DariusJHannah Warner  306
Peck, Henry Dwight  571
Peck, Hannah  306
Peck, Sarah  274
Peck, Truman B  509
Peckham, H. M  585
Peskind, Dr. Arthur  627

PAGE
Peet, Betsey — Stephen  124
Peet, Caroline— Eliza— Ruth  127
Peet, Elijah  48-124-322-504
Peet, Emerson, B.— Joseph W  126
Peet, Harriet— Martha D  125
Peet, Marcia  127
Peet, Martha W  127-322
Peet, Mary  127-505
Peet, Minerva  127-169
Peet, Rev. Stephen  125-227
Peet, WUliam  21
Pelton, Beulah — Deborah — Elizabeth —
Harriet — Jonathan — Joseph —
Mary  154
Pelton, Lafayette  66
Pelton, Harriet — Dea, Jonathan — Eliz
abeth  434
Pelton, Dea. Jonathan — Elizabeth —
Mary  183
Pelton, Norman  413
Pelton, Sarah— Seth  154
Pelty, Walton  514
Pendleton, Catherine  413
Pendleton, Martin J. — Charles — Chari
ty S  458
Penfield, Alanson — Lucy A  369
Penfield, Marilla  454
Penticost, Mathew  213
Perkham, George  197
Perkins, Anne Maria — Gen. Simeon 302
Perkins, Gen  145
Perkins, Henry B. — Gen. Simeon  405
Perkins, Jackson  115
Perkins, Jane  104
Perkins, Jerome T. — John Ford  340
Perkins, Joseph  284
Perkins, Sprague  238
Perry, Abraham — Temperance  143
Perry, Daniel  84
Perry, Frances  90
Perry, Major Frank — Capt. John S. —
Peter — Paulina  87
Perry, Smith Harriet 
Perry, Horace  85-135-222-268-385
Perry, Horatio  85-89
Perry, Jane  90
Perry, Miranda  375
Perry, Major Nathan  86
Perry, Nathan Jr  85-135-247-560
Perry, Oliver Hazard  89
Perry, Paulina  268
Perry, Polly  143
Perry, Mary B  352
Perry, Sally Prentiss 
Perry, Sophia  85-90-246
Peters, Rebecca Wylie — General  624
Pettee, Kathetine  555
Pettengill, Charles 
Phelps, Asahel — Mary A  285
Phelps, Elizabeth  340
Phelps, Orson  347
Phelps, Philander  29
Phelps, Phyana  219
Phelps, Sarah Maria  344

674

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Phelps, Seth— Sarah P  219
Phelps, Walter  265
Philips, Eliza — Elizabeth P. — Rev.
William  382
Phillips, George P.— Eliza— John W. 628
Phillips, Sarah — Thomas  628
Phipps, Abby  99
Pickands, Anna  360
Pickands, Mather and Co  127
Pier, Eliza  73
Pier, Dr. Ira — Robert — Sarah Brad
ford  272
Pierre, Wealthy  171
Pierce, Abigail  412
Peirce, Eunice S  684
Peirce, Eunice Shepard — Zerviah
Spaulding — Sylvetser— John . .
Pierce, Lucretia J  133
Pierce, Sarah  219
Pierson, W. S  446
Pillsbury, Isaac A  188
Pimlot, Joseph  100
Pinkerton, Sarah  541
Pixley, Anna  609
Platt, Mary Ann— Abial— Charlotte ..521
Plum, Dolly  336
Poole, Anna 
Pomeroy, Thomas F  352
Pollock, Sadie  379
Pomeroy, George P  395
Pomeroy, Josiah  404
Pomeroy, Morris  427
Potter, Dr. Jared— Mary  592
Porter, Angeline — Asahel  419-432
Porter, Edwin — Leman — Mary  262
Portor, Griselda — Ebenezer — Eunice
Y  595
Porter, Harvey  262
Porter, Marguerite  220
Porter, Martha — Nathaniel  450-583
Porter, Mary  154
Porter, Nathaniel — John  451
Porter, Noah  396
Post, John  109
Post, Nathan  447
Post, Phebe  227
Potts, Deborah A. — Mary D.— Samuel 242
Potts, Mary Dockstader  310
Potter, Samuel  246-423
Powell, Charlotte  563
Powers, Hilliard  563
Powers, Maria  550
Pratt, Hannah H  480
Pratt, Ira  80
Pratt, Jane  271
Pratt, Mary  459
Prentiss, Charles  360-599
Prentiss, Chloe — Samuel — Joanna B. 560
Prentice, Cyrus  ^^'¦'¦^I
Prentiss, Emily H  Wnoco
Prentiss, Loren  89-368
Prentice, Mary— Squire  ..314
Prentiss, Sally  85-89
Preston, Anna  60

PAGE
Preston, Charles  419
Prevost, Maria L  251
Price, Mrs. W. A  484
Prime, Aaron  318
Prime, Fanny  318
Prime, Jewett  225-318
Prior, Elizabeth — John  628
Pritchard, Anna  14-245
Pritchard, Daniel  611
Pritchard, Baird— Sally  245
Pritchard, Harriet — Marcus A  245
Pritchard, Jared  14-245
Pritchard, Polly  64-245
Proctor, Eliza  463
Proudfoot, Louise  562
Prosser, Ada  157
Prouty, James  71
Punderson, Rev. Ebenezer — Mary
Capron — Prudence  418
Putman, Abel  257
Putman, Henry  212
Putman, Elizabeth — Aaron — Mary
Greene  554
Quayle, Margaret  320
Quayle, John  340
Quayle, Ann  562
Quiggan, Eliza  439
Quiggin, Robert  320
Quin, John — Rosalind  452
Race, Esther — Viana Joice  353
Race, Mary  96
Radcliffe, Eliza— John— WiUiam  319
Radway, Amaziah  192
Ralph, Conrad  404
Randall, C. H  488
Randall and Hitchcock  661
Randolph, Charles  343
Ranney, Helen  83-431-548
Ranney, Horace  431-548
Ranney, Joseph  507
Ranney, Mary — Sarah J  536
Ranney, Nathaniel  396
Ranney, Sylvester  431-548
Ranney, Theodosia  483
Ranney, Willet  343
Ranney, William  431
Ransom, Anna — Leander  373
Ransom, Chauncey S  610-620
Ransom, John G  433
Ransom, Minerva — Moses Y. — Emily
H  611
Ransom, McNair and Co  599
Ransom, Stephen — Sally Grey  610
Ransom, Tally  610
Rathbun, Akin  128
Rathbun, Alonzo  99
Rathbun, Ambrose — Eunice— Jane . . . 192
Rathbun, Alvin — Caroline — Melinda —
Lydia  196
Rathbun, Caroline — Lydia — Melinda .235
Rathbun, Corydon  22
Rathbun, Edmond  52-195-235

675

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Rathbun, George  192-195
Rathbun, Julia  128-235
Rathbun, Minerva  339
Rathbun, Sarah F. — Amos — Mary W. 517
Rathbun, Rachel — Isabella — Marietta 192
Rathbun, Zebulon  192
Ray, S. Jenny  338
Raymond, Henry  455-536
Raymond, Henry N. — Mary Louise —
Samuel A  537
Rawson, Jonathan  102
Red Jacket Chief  87
Read, Capt  638
Reddington, Myra  98
Reed, C. M  334
Reed, Frances  599
Reed, Lydia — George — Abigail  458
Reed, Susan  432
Reed, Capt. Theodore  367
Reese, Catherine  506
Rees, John H  437
Rees, W. D  425
Reeve, Charlotte — Edwin — Henry . . .444
Reeve, Elizabeth — Dr. John C. — Mar
garet  440-444
Reeve, John — Sarah  444
Reeve, Dr. John  440-442
Remington, John G. — Benjamin —
Joseph — Stephen G  454
Remington, Mr  109
Reynolds, Sir Joshua  309
Rhodes, Cynthia — Oliver  194
Rhodes, Daniel P  207
Rhodes, Ljrman  38
Rhodes, WiUiam  610
Rice, Aaron  260
Rice, Catherine  495
Rice, Edward  273
Rice, Emma - — Henrietta — James —
Mary  274
Rice, Fanny — Truman  274
Rice, Harvey — Stephen  273
Rice, Mrs. Harvey  474
Rice, Harvey Jr  236
Rice, Mary — Truman  216
Rice, Capt. Percy  274
Rich, Walter  248
Richardson, Addie L  481
Richardson, Lydia  539
Richardson, Mary  502
Richardson, Helen  559
Richardson, Rose  470
Richmond, Abigail  574
Richmond, AUen  306-574
Richmond, Calista — -Betsey L  294
Richmond, Charles Y. — Holland M. —
Joseph — Olive — Yale  574
Richmond, Cullen  197
Richmond, Holland M. — Joseph — Olive
Yale  574
Richmond, Levi  115
Richmond, Nathaniel — Abigail W. —
Charles Yale  574
Richmond, Thomas  574

PAGE
Richmond, WiUiam T  294-574
Richmond, W. T.— Thomas  447
Rider, Milton   349
Riddle, Fanny  203
Riddle, John  196
Riddle, Julia  210
Riggs, Starr B  324
Ripley, Lydia R  331
Ritchie, James  403
Ritter, Hattie  562
Risley, Amanda  102
Risley, Laura  603
Risley, Mary  7!5
Roberts, Ann  532
Roberts, Ansel — Chauncey  363
Roberts, Bertha  515
Roberts, Edwin  39
Roberts, Louise  292
Roberts, Susa . .n  495
Roberts, Hon. Clark H. — Lucy  65
Roberts, Z  189
Robbins, Mary  456
Robinson, Anna — Cornelia — Daniel —
Ebenezer, Ezra  149
Robinson, Emma  66
Robinson, Capt. Isaac  149-263
Robinson, John — Nathaniel  149
Rockwell, Kate E  474
Robinson, Malinda  28
Robinson, Maria — Newman — Sally . . 149
Robinson, Mary B. — Stephen  149
Robinson, Nathan  149-339
Robinson, Plina  562
Robinson, Peter  100
Rock, Anna  22
Rockefeller, John D  518
Rockefeller, Eliza  341
Rockhill, Anna  392
Rockwell, Elehu— Ede  269
Rockwood, Sabrina  368
Rodman, Anna  299
Rodney, Sir John  569
Roeder, Henry  564
Roeder, W. F  295
Rogers, Rev. Alexander  335
Rogers, Sandford  94
Root, Capt. Aaron  132
Root, Rev. Benjamin — Philanthropes —
Sophia Leonora — Elizabeth —
Guernsy  85
Root, Elias — Moses  637
Root, E. S  442
Root, Helen  344
Root, James  141-281
Root, L. H  573
Root, Laura — Herod — Laura H  437
Root, Mary  551
Root, Mehetabel  458
Root and McBride  448
Root and Whitelaw  442
Root, Orville — Margaret  637
Root, Ralph R. — Mary— Walter — Cor
nelia  637
Root, Sarah  543

676

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Rorabeck, Maria  260
Roscoe, Abigail  291
Rose, Edward  25
Rose, Edwin G  203
Rose, William  127
Rouse, Benjamin  290-367-513-547
Rouse, B. F  368-377
Rouse, E. C  377
Rouse, Edwin  241-368
Rouse, EUen R. — George W  368
Ross, Elizabeth — Edgar — ^James  290
Ross, Eunice  339
Ross, Joseph  290-367-535
Ross, Joshua  290
Rose, Joshua Jr. — Mary Ann  409
Ross and Lemen 
Ross, Norman L  536
Rouse, Rebecca  367
Ross, Sarah — WUliam  290
Ross, Sarah — John M. — Eliza  615
Ross, Thomas  243
Rossiter, Thomas P  292
Roupe, Mary  555
Round Prarie, Minn  576
Rowfant Club  495
Rowland, Jane — Bery  552
Rudman, Elizabeth  633
Ruggles, Anna — Eliza Ann  144
Ruggles, Judge Benjamin  114
Ruggles, Caroline  339
Ruggles, Cyrenus  338
Ruggles, Cyrus  144-339
Ruggles, Danforth  194-339
Ruggles, Hiram  339
Ruggles, Henry — Jarius — Laura —
Mary  339
Ruggles, Jarius  412
Ruggles, Octavia — Sejrmour  339
Ruggles, Dr. Philo  339
Ruggles, Rufus  144
Ruggles, Sarah  313
Rumbaugh, Henry  543
Rummage, Harvey  140-381
Rummage, Margaret — Sarah — Capt.
Solon  140
Rummage, Martha — Mary  140
Rummage, Capt. Thomas ...109-139-529
Ruple, Abram  210
Ruple, Abigail — Cyrus — Emma — John 108
Ruple, Ferdinand  403
Ruple, Katherine  108
Ruple, Louise  73-108
Ruple, Rebecca Croft — Tryphena —
Polly— Seth— Samuel  108
Russell, Alanson  454-483-647
Russell, Clarinda — Alanson — Nancy C.547
RusseU, Charlotte A  207
Russell, George H. — Chester C— Clar
inda — Emmeline  455
Russell, Harriet  128
Russell, Nancy  64-454
RusseU, Obedience   154
Russell, Robert  206
Russell, Sophia Lord  207

PAGE
RusseU, William  454
Ryan, Mary  562
Rush, Mathias  100
Sabin, Asbury  199
Sabin, Farman  573
Sabin, Sally— WiUiam H  573
Sabin, Sarah  516-573
Sabis, Nancy  637
Sacket, Alexander — Augustus  642
Sacket, Margaret — Harriet — Mary —
Levi— Ellen  543
Sackett, Mary P  624
Sackrider, Mary — Cornelia — - Elijah
W.— Robert  449
Sackrider, Pamelia  449
Sadler, Elveritta  60
Sage, John — Rachel Coleman — Wil
liam  487
Sage, Orin  348-648
Sanburn, Elizabeth  307
Sandford, Gen. Alfred S  294-341-365
Sandford, Charles — George — Harriet —
Nancy  295
Sandford, Elizabeth— Col. Nathan ... 398
Sandford, Elijah  294-342
Sandford, Emily— Dr. Jared  488
Sandford, Esther — Julia C 
Sandford and Hayward  295
Sandford, Julius  295-342
Sandford and Lott  295
Sandford, Mabel  294
Sargeant, Catherine  447-574
Sargeant, Charles — Elizabeth — Jeru
sha Tracey — Julia Ann  187
Sargeant, Fanny — Grace — Lucretia ..576
Sargeant, Harriet — Charles E  447
Sargeant, Jacob  446
Sargeant, T. Jerusha  207
Sargeant, John  187-447-676
Sargeant, Joseph  507-574-576
Sargeant, Laura B  574
Sargeant, Levi — Rosamond  186-208
Sargeant, Nancy  446
Sargeant, Samuel  446-576
Sargeant, Walter  676
Sarnan, Margaret  627
Savrtell, Benjamin  73
Sawtell, Lucy Ann  66
SavTtell, Lewis  70
Sawtell, Maria  574
Sawyer, Charles E  633
Saxton, Anson — Betsey — Cynthia —
Dewitt — Elmira  205
Saxton, De Witt  340
Saxton, Ebenezer — Hannah Loomis . . 204
Saxton, Hannah  38-205
Saxton, Harriet — Jehiel — Sally  205
Saxton, Jehiel  203
Saxton, Phebe — Mary  205
Sayle, Ann — John — Thomas  313
Sayle, Rev. John  312
Sayles, Margaret  38
Saylor, Frances — Mary  69

677

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Seaman, Charles — Lucy S  349
Seaman, Elizabeth  348
Seaman, Henry  349-461
Seaman, John  346-461-548
Seaman and Smith  648
Sears, Benjamin  548
Searl, Rev  178
Searls, Daniel — Amos  262
Searle Martha  423
Segur, E. W  366
Seeley, Oliver  62
Seldon, Robert  187
Selover, Ascher- — Louise  87
Servos, Alexander  33
Sessber, Elizabeth  574
Severance, Diana L  629
Severance, Erasmus C— John Long .629
Severance, Madame  174-206-297
Severance Mansion  23
Severance, Mary Long  279-346
Severance, Orson S. — James S. — Julia
L.— Mark Sibley— Pierre C. ...630
Severance, Dr. Robert  119
Severance Solomon L  629
Severance, Solon — Lewis H  629
Severance, Theodoric  629
Seward, Mrs. W. H  573
Sexton, Henry L  183-340-377
Seymour, Alexander  531
Seymour, Caroline M  630
Seymour, Gov. Horatio  460
Seymour, James 0  554
Seymour, Mary — Cornelius— Helen ..461
Seymour, Norman — Kate  460
Schermerhorn, Charles R  545
Schermerhorn, Cornelius — Catherine
V. R  645
Schermerhorn, Matilda — Judah Colt —
John C  545
Schwartz, Anna  501
Schloss, Philip  587
Schroder, Louise  130
Scofield, Levi— Mary E  448
Scofield, William  396
Scott, Charles  250-602
Scott, Isabelle— William  602
Scott, Rev. J. H  544
Scott, Luther  108
Scott, Martin Bowers  116-602
Scott, Mary  566
Scott, Richard  602
Scovill, Amasa  339
ScoviUe, Asa  336
Scovil, Caroline  176-323
ScovU, Edward — Oliver  176
ScoviUe, Lucy  193
Scovil, Philo  284-323-377
Scovil, Timothy — Samuel  175
Scowden, Theodore — Rosetta  426
Scranton, Abel  227
Scranton and Averill  227
Scranton, Charles H. — Helen Maria —
George — Emily Louise  228
Sranton, Cornelia — Harriet  226

PAGE
Scranton, Eunice  227
Scranton, Joel — Stephen  226
Scranton, Mary J  228
Shaffer, Andrew — Emma — Nancy . . . 133
Shaffer, Betsey  200
Shannon, Governor  268
Shannon, Nelly  152
Shattuck, Betsey — Parker — Sukey . . 62
Shaw, Catherine  176
Shaw, Caroline J  622
Shaw, Elizabeth — Jane — Sarah  487
Shaw, John  72
Shaw, Philena  462
Sheffield, Charles  300
Sheldon, Amarett — Lucy Bass — Medad 430
Sheldon, David  237
Sheldon, Lucinda  194
Shepard, Amelia — Delia — Flora —
Helen— Miles— Maria  178
Shepard, Charles — George — Henry —
Jason — Marian  250
Shepard, Daniel  507
Shepard, Elias — Adelia — Jason  250
Shepard, Elijah— Frank— Mary  319
Shepard, Elizabeth  106-178
Shepard, Mary — Anna E  464
Shepard, Matilda — Phineas Jr. — Wil
liam  178
Shepard, Phineas  177
Shepard, Rebecca  80
Shelley, John  546
Shelley, Mary  547
Sheridan, Catherine  626
Sherman, Clarissa  258
Sherman, Dyer — Mary  28
Sherman, Ephriam  185-256
Sherman, Henry — Judge C. — Gen. Te
cumseh — Senator  518
Sherman, Rev. Henry  125
Sherman, Leland  258
Sherman, Mary — Remember C  185
Sherman, Nancy  48-185
Sherman, Remember  258
Sherman, Roger — Rebecca  128
Sherman, Sarah  292
Shields, Polly  233
Shipard, John J  146
Sherwin, Ahimaaz  86-144-201-257
Sherwin, Asa — Achsa — Benjamin —
Betsey  202
Sherwin, Dephia — Sarah  202
Sherwin, Franklin — Harriet — Caro-
oline — Lucy — Ida  203
Sherwin, Phila  202-211
Sherwin, Poplin  202-257
Sherwin and Williams  549
Shessber, EUen  574
Shields, Capt. Joseph  502
Sholes, John D  338
ShoU, WiUiam H  242
Short, Almira — David — Lewis — Lucy 324
Sort, Caroline — Henry L. — Frank —
Frederick  324
Short, Charles  323

678

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Short, George W  324
Short, Joseph — AbigaU  323
Short, Maryette  325
Short, Minerva — Maryette  324
Short, Peter— Minerva  252-323
Short and Forman  324
Short, Judd and Co  325
Shultz, AmeUa  516
Shultz, Lieut. LA  192
Shumway, Alvira — Dewey — Helen —
Lucy  194
Shumay, Jeremiah  194
Shumway, Mary — Patience  194
Shyrock, Emma  131
Sibley, Jonathan  345
Silsby, Alfred  22
Silverthorne, Miss  496
Silverthome, W. H  573
Sims, Capt. Olivia  327
Simmons, Catherine  312
Simmons, Helen  194
Simmons, Dr. Jonathan — Mary — Peter
— Sophrona  218
Simmons, Sally  93
Simmons, Sophrona  99
Simmons, Theodore  430
Sizer, Abigail— Rev. Joel  321
Sizer, Asa B.— Elizabeth S.— Major .361
Sizer, Eveline  279
Sked, Betsey — William — Alexander Jr 533
Sked, John — Jean Gray  532
Sked, Susan — Jane — Margaret —
Samuel  533
Skelton Family  562
Skinner, Abram — Paulina  88
Skinner, Abraham — Mary  191
Skinner, Cornelia  335
Skinner, Frances — Orville B. — Orson
S.  335
Skinner, Hannah  250
Skinner, Helen — John D  335
Skinner, James — Sarah  57-190
Skinner, Laura  190
Skinner, Mary  253-523
Skinner, OrvUle Bird  345-473
Skinner, Pauline  86-192
Slade, Edward W  66
Slaght, Abram— Elizabeth  151
Slaght, Abraham— Tolphina Dickerson 447
Slaght, Adaline— Louise  151-447
Slaght, Martha  447-619-151
Slaght, Sarah — Elizabeth — Julia  447
Slater, Elizabeth  409
Slawson, Eunice  72
Slingluff, George W  234
Sloane, Douglas Mrs.  384
Sloane, Major A.— Asa— Olive  444
Sloane, Kellogg  .505
Sloane, Maria — Douglas — Harriet-
Susan — Catherine — Cornelia . . . 445
Sloan, Susan  *^^i^?
Sloane, Gen. Samuel ••••••••  ^i
Slosson, Dr. Franklin--Dr. Henry ...325
Smalley, Rev. John— Mary  45b

PAGE
Smartey, Lydia  276
Smead, Timothy, H  566
Smellie, Charles — John — Susan  293
Smellie, Emerson — William  294
Smellie, Gaven  97-293
Smith, E stelle — Louis — James — An
gela  627
Smith, SmithSmithSmithSmith Smith SmithSmith SmithSmithSmith, Smith
Smith,

Abigail  85
Ada— Melinda F.— SherriU ...409
Andrew F. — Ermina  624
Anna Dana  271
Anson  585
Archibald  547
Benj. F  412-491
Bulah G  448
Major Charles H  529
Mrs. Charles H  494
Dr. C. G  426
Caroline  404
Clifford C— Augustus F.— Car
rie B  624
Smyth and Clary  311
Smith, Cornelia — Carlos A. — Genevive
Hamilton — Josephine — Virginia 585
Smith, Dr. Daniel B  430
Smith, Deliverance  177
Smith, Edward — Granger — Amelia . . . 448
Smith, Edwin  268-624
Smith, Elias — Prudence C  548
Smith, Erastus  253
Smith, Ezra B  35
Smith, Franklin — Frances — Charles A 549
Smith, George  66-549-574
Smith, Hannah  480
Smith, Harriet  90-409
Smith, Hiram — Henry A. — Albert B. . 549
Smith, Hiram — Sophia  513
Smith, Jean Brayton  384
Smith, Joel  222
Smith, John  268-409-458-548-585
Smith, Levi— Mary 0  566
Smith, Lily M.— Altai D  458
Smith, Louise  126
Smith, Margaret Scott  83
Smith, Maria— Wealthy  412-448
Smythe, Martha  552
Smith, Minor— Submit H  588
Smith, Nancy — Yeysler — Frances . . . 548
Smith, Nathaniel — Submit H  623
Smith, Patrick — Theresa  626
Smith, Reuben  508-624
Smith, Richard  506
Smith, Ruth— Samuel  49-138
Smith, Sarah H  133
Smith, Sophrona  141
Smith, Theodore H  374
Smith, Mrs. Thornton  599
Smith, WUliam L. — Harriet  90
Smith, William  . .40-348-377-392-595
Smyth, Eliza — Prudence — Richard ...311
Smyth, Prudence — Richard  129
Snell, Sarah A  235
Sniffin, Harriet  596
Snow, Alice. A. — George — Ralph  407

679

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Southern, Chystopher — Elvira  609
Southern, Julia— Joseph  609
Southern, L. M  495-609
Southern, Mary 
Southem, William  609
Southworth, A. Ebulous  229
Southworth, Mrs. Ebulous  184
Southworth, Elizabeth — Mary —
Louis — Sarah  230
Southworth, Eliza — Hannah Chip-
man — Samuel  350
Southworth, Frances — Mary Louise —
Otis S  575
Southworth, Harrison G. 0  575
Southworth, John — Lucy B  575
Southworth, Mary L. — Frances — Otis
Stark  575
Southworth, W. P  575
Spafford, Major Amos  39-42-57
Spafford, Catherine— Mrs. Ralph J. . . 42
Spafford, Chloe — Samuel — Olive Bar
low 
Sparks, Jared  187
Spangler, BasU  241-459
Spangler, Catherine — Harriet  241
Spangler, George  242
Spangler, Mary — Margaret  241
Spangler, Michael  242
Spangler, Miller M  310-377-529
Spaulding, Judge  446
¦Spear, Maria  312
Spencer, Andrew J  371
Spencer, Anne— Timothy P  221
Spencer, Barzilla — Rosilla  440
Spencer, Harriet  613
Spencer, John JMary A  440
Spencer, Platt R  301
Spencer, T. Reeve — Rosella S. — Annie
E.— Mary A  440
Spencer, Rose — Mary Reeve — Timothy 157
Spencer, Thomas P  439-444
Spencer, A. K. — Florence  470
Sperry, Nathan  114
Spicer, Lucy  438
Spicer, Major  131-133
Spaffor, Jacob  260
Sprague, Ara  197-232
Sprague, George — Martha  198
Sprague, Henry  272
Sprague, Martha WUson  198
Sprague, Otis — Gen. John W  198
Sprague, William F  619
Sprecher, Alice  362
Sproat, Mary  514
Stickland, Aaron  438-547
Stickland, A. F  425
Stickland and Gaylord  507
Stickney, Hamilton  515
Stiteler, Hannah  397
Stiles, Charles Phelps  9
StUes, Job Phelps— Talitha Elderkin .
Stillman, Capt. Chauncey  291
Stilson, Anna Bemet — Philo  338
Stilwell, Anna  431

PAGE
Street, Josephine Hanks  526
Strickland, Dr. Benj  92-377-379
Stricklands  537
Stock, Julia  301
Stockley, Anatasia — George W. — Sarah
F  580
Stockly, Capt. Ayres — Mary Gait  578
Stockley, John G  578
Stoddard, Amos  328
Stoddard, Rev. Anthony  84
Stoddard, Esther Williams — John D.^
Mary A  328
Stoddard, John Sr.— John Jr  327
Stoddard, Solomon— William  328
StockweU, Lydia HaU  280
Stockwell, Olive  396
Stockwell, William  205-280
Stone, Andrew  320
Stone, Anna  509-517
Stone, Captain  517
Stone, Ebenezer — Mary — Phebe  144
Stone, Eliza  567
Stone, Emma  537
Stone, Gilbert  336
Stone, Harriett G  523
Stone, William Leete  523
Stow, Elihue — Jemina Paine — Joshua
—Silas  155
Stow, Jane Louise — Lucinda — Samuel 378
Strong, Amasa  544
Strong, Charles H  206
Strong, Edgar E  474
Storey, Debora  535
Strong, Elizabeth — Helen  537
Strong, Esther — Josiah — Thomas —
Rodney  138
Strong, Frances — Louise — Mary  23
Strong, Hannah  269
Strong, James  23-138-191
Strong, Judge James  21
Strong, Judge John  202
Strong, John Taylor  206-537
Strong, Dea. Josiah — Mary Harris . . 138
Strong, Dr. Lyman  423
Strong, Walter  138
Stubbs, Andrew  14
Stafford, Harriet Sherman  185
Stafford, Sarah  174
Stacey, Frances — John — Josiah —
James — William  401
Stair, Benjamin — Martha — Thomas ..443
Stair, Edwin  443-620
Stair Family  430
Stair, Frank — Harry  443
Stair, John  442-578
Stair, Leslie— Patty  443
Stair, Mary — Samuel — Fisher — Emily 443
Standard, William  422
Stanley, Abigail Lee — Col. Gad  415
Stanley, George A. — George W. —
Sarah C  364
Stanley, Mrs. George A  532
Stanley, Harriet— Cyrus T  416
Stanley, John J  615

680

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Stanley, Mary Judd  415
Stanley, Dea. Oliver — Mary Chauncy 364
Stanley, Capt. Oliver, S. of R  364
Stannard, C. C— Capt  245
Stark, Abel— Silas  152
Stark, Capt. Ebenezer  45-146-152
Stark, Henry — James  146-152
Stark, Hyde  152
Stark, Jeremiah — Lucy C. — Louise . . 575
Stark, Louis Dibble  152-391-446
Stark, Lydia F  152
Stark, Pamelia  152
Starkweather, Sarah — William  327
Starkweather, Almira — Judge  130
Starkweather, Hon. Ephriam — Rev.
Soldier  326
Starkweather, Julia Judd  327
Starkweather, Hon. Oliver  326
Starkweather, Samuel  326
Starr, Anna  251
Stebbins, De Witt  495
Stebbins, George  152
Stedman, Buckley  28
Stedman, Charlotte — Harriet — Emma 459
Stedman, George — Norton — Derrick B. 459
Stedman, Julia  241-469
Stedman, W. G.— Timothy— Mehetabel 458
Stephen, Dr. John F  362
Sterling, AUce  293
Sterling, Charlotte B. — Harriet C. —
James A  292
Sterling, Gen. Elisha  291
Sterling, Elisha  279-291-436
Steriing, Elizabeth— Matilda  259
Sterling, Frederick Sr. — Frederick Jr. 293
Sterling, Col. James Tuttle  292
Sterling, Jobn M  259-279-291
Sterling, Marianne — Laura W. — Theo
dore W  292
Sterling, Ruth  511
Sterling, Samuel  59b
Stevens, Cleora A.— Lucy Boynton—
Levi  348
Stephens, Dr. J. A  272
Stevens, Lucy Boynton  34S
Stevens, Louise  21^
Stevenson, John S  421
Steward, Eliza  214
Stewart, Andrew  -ooili
Stewart, Calvin— Jehiel  o?n
Stewart, Catherine  • ^^10
Stewart, Cherry Edward— Margaret
Sayle  186
Stewart, Elizabeth  251
Stewart, Hannah  ^lo
Stewart, John— Susan  355
Stewart, Margarel^Augustus •••••• 22
.t?tpwart Rudolphus — Noble  38-l»b
StewS Royali-EUen E.-WiUiam S. 573
Stewart, Sarah Sabin ...... ... ..... 573
St. John, Aureha—Carohne— Maria-
Martha  346
St. John, Daniel— Abigail H  533

PAGE
St. John Fanny — Daniel — Hiram —
Cornelius  533
St. John, Gamaliel  177-345
St. John, George— Charles— Edwin R. 533
St. John, John R  346
St. John, Madame  335
St. John, Margaret  177
St. John, Dr. Orson  346-381
Surbury, John  502
Summer, Julia  269
Summer, Henry  202
Sutherland, Julia  496
Sutton, MatUda 
Swaine, Isabelle — Reuben — Harriet . 432
Swaine, Capt. John — Sarah Turner . . 432
Swan, Lucy — Dea. Adam  438
Swain, Maria  344
Swaine, Shubel— Sarah Turner — Val
entine  133
Swaine, Valentine  432
Sweet, Mary  533
Sweet, Maria  182
Swift, Susan  501
Swigart, Bessie S  598
Tabor, Mary E  355
Taintor, Anna — Catherine — Mary . . . .585
Taintor, Charles — Sarah  584
Talbot, Emily  495
Taintor, Jessie  527-585
Taintor, Isabelle  619-585
Talbot, Dr  347
Talburt, Candace  70
TaUman, Esther  411
Tamblyn, Mrs. F. A  563
TarbeU, Leverett  338
Tarbell, Linn Parke— John D.— May .338
Taylor, Alfred — Ann Dunlap — Anne
Louise — Louise  170
Taylor, Amanda — Egbert — Julia  106
Taylor, Amos — Rev. V. D  543
Taylor, Bessie — Edith — Rev. Fred
erick — Harry  170
Taylor, Charles  106-178
Taylor, Cornelius— Ella E  544
Taylor, Delia  634
Taylor, Elisha  106-169-212-260
Taylor, Mrs. Elisha  96
Taylor, Elizabeth  434
Taylor, Francis  296
Taylor, Harriet  484
Taylor, Harvey  106
Taylor, John  106-170-487
Taylor, Joseph 0  596
Taylor, Lovica 
Taylor, Mary  138-456-544
Taylor, Margaret  250
Taylor, Maria Dewey — Helen Leonard
—Clara Cushing  170
Taylor, Mrs. Martha  106
Taylor, Nathaniel  409
Taylor, Philo— Wealthy  77-105
Taylor, Prudency,  76-106
Taylor, R. M  210

681

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Taylor, Sophia  64-76-106
Taylor, Rev. Steven  227
Taylor, Timothy D.— Edward P  544
Taylor, Virgil C— Hector— Polly Car
ter  543
Taylor, W. H  259
Taylor, Zerviah D  77-105
Teare, Patrick — Ann Kneen — Mary
Ann  319
Ten Eick, Martha  506
.Temple, William  196
Tenny, James  133
TerriU, David  115
Terrill, Dr. George  153
Terry, Gen Alfred  571
Terry, Dr. Charles A  571
Terry, Daniel  193
Terry, Edward — Henry — Adrian .... 571
Terry, Eliza H.— Julia W  572
Terry, Ellen Frances  572
Terry, Julia W  572
Terry, Dr. M. C  208
Terry, Col. Nathaniel  571
Thare, William  340
Thatcher, Clarissa  390
Thirford, Laura  80
Train, Aurelia — Elizabeth  98
Thrall, Martha  455
Thorp, AbigaU  146-152
Thorp, Alpheus — Caroline — Harriet —
Jane — Joseph  61
Thomas, Anthony — Mary Buckley . . . 133
Thomas, Betsey  142
Thomas, Caroline — Julia  132
Thomas, Catherine — Jemima — Jane —
William  276
Thomas, Charles  105-276
Thomas, Doctor — Sophia  38
Thomas, Dortha — George  62
Thomas, Mary  166
Thomas, Pamelia  108
Thomas, Patrick— Sally  276
Thomas, J. F. W  368
Thompson, Adam — Lydia  154
Thompson, Daniel  427
Thompson, Esther  98
Thompson, Fanny  102
Thompson, Erastus  54
Thompson, E. N  333
Thompson, Frank  346
Thompson, Kisuyck — Mary A  413
Thompson, Ruth  165
Thompson, Samuel  146
Thompson, Dea. Stephen — Mary Wal
ter  97
Thorman, Esther — Elizabeth — Fan
ny—Frank  3  587
Thorman, Judah — Rebecca — Laura —
Simon — Samuel  587
Thorman, Meyer — Simila  687
Thorman, Simpson  586
Thorp, Auronche P. — Jane — John P. . 61
Thorp, Benjamin — James — Maria —
Wesley  61

PAGE
Thorp, Bezaleel — Dayton — Diantha . . 60
Thorp, Cornelius  61-97
Thorpe, Eleanor — Elizabeth — Esther
B.— Ezekial  61
Thorpe, Ida  619
Thorp, Julia — Ferris — Lev?is — War
ren  60
Thorp, Peter  336
Throop, Helen F  603
Tenney, Luman H  257
Tibbals, Esther  237
Tibbetts, George B  633
Tibbetts, Henry C  596
Tibbets, John— Elizabeth V  633
Tibbets, Mary— Ellen— Henry  633
Tibbitts, Miss  145
Tift, Mary  297
Ticknor, Jason  60
Tiebout, Fanny  343
Tiebout, George  343-437
Tiebout, Margaret — Martha  343
Tinker, Adelia — Edson — Edgar — Her
bert  338
Tilley, Loretta  71
Tinker, Almerin — Leafa S. — John —
Nehemiah  337
Tinker, Fred D. — Mary — Volney — Wil-
ford  338
Tilden, Lucy  520
Tinerman, Mary  247
Tinkler, William  163
Tisdale, Erastus  414
Tisdale, Mary E  116
Titus, Cynthia— Stephen  236
Titus, Eliza — Henrietta — John — Sarah 246
Titus, Giles— Phebe — Melissa  246
Titus, James — Phebe — Stephen  245
Titus, Louise— Mary  246
Titus, Philena W  246
Titus, Capt. T. J  334
Treat, Richard  243
Todd, Gov. David  278
Todd, Emma L  447
Tolford, Ellen— Rev. David— Priscilla
W  452
Tomlinson, Andrew  275-310
Tomlinson, Eliza  275-322
Tomlinson, Mary A  505
Toppng, Mrs. Eliza  338
Toucey, Hannah  593
Tousley, Judge — Maria  494
Town, Dr. Israel — Joseph — Hannah
Coleman — Lucy White — Mary
Helen  124
Town, Eliza  286
Towner, Smith  196
Townsend, Albert B  97-261
Townsend, Bennett  261
Townsend, Jeanne — William J  492
Townsend, Chrystopher  223
Townsend, Martha — Anna  261
Townsend, Pamelia  183-223-261
Townsend, Sarah  555
Tracy, Catherine A  385

682

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Tracy, D. D  448
Tracy, Gardner — Catherine Lansing ! 531
Tracy, Harriet Clarke  413
Tracy, James Jared  385-460-530
Tracy, Mr. James J  364
Tracy, James J. Jr.— Catherine Lan-
,^ . sing  532
Tram, Aurelia— Elizabeth  98
Treat, William  154
Trevitt, David  .' 105
Trigg, Mary  274
Tripp, Isaac M  590
Troop, John  381
Trowbridge, Mary  613
Trumbull, Annie  520
Trumbull, Gov. Jonathan  423
Truax, Catherine  288
Tubbs, Anna Y. — John — Cornelia . . . 637
Tucker, Elisha W. — Mary J. — Rev.
Joseph L  571
Tuell, Benjamin  280
Turner, Abraham  200
Turner, Sarah  432
Turrell, Genevive  495
Tuttle, Asahel — Margaret — Sarah S. 292
Tuttle, Celia  210
Tuttle, Elizabeth   459
Tuttle, Henry  105-193
Tuttle, Jesse  80
Tyler, Daniel S  71
UnderhiU, Dr. Abel — Isaac  635
Underbill, Eliza — Mary A. — James S. 535
Underbill, Mary — Dr. Samuel  291
Underbill, Dr. Samuel  300
Underner, Mrs. John  241
Upham, Matilda  591
Vail, Frances E. — Allen — Elizabeth .459
Vallette, Emily J  452
Van Dorn, Wm. H  446
Van de Water, Abigail  458
Van Deren, Emily  423
Van Duser, Jacob  56
Van Norman, Wm  140
Vanderbilt Family  289
Van Ness, Hon. John  384
Van Ness, Catherine  366
Van Rensselaer  87
Van Rensselaer, Catherine — Gen. Sol
omon  645
Van Rensselaer Manor  566
Van Rensselaer, Patroon — Stephen . . 514
Van Schuyver Joseph  391
Van Tine, Cornelia — Julia — Robert —
Rensselaer  604
Van Tine, Robert F  603
Van Tine, William  206-506-603
Varian, Rev  566
Van Vechten, Catherine  406
Vaughn, John C. — Sarah Clark —
Julia  269
Vaughn, Sophelia  77
Van Vorse, Elizabeth  633

PAGE
Varnon, Frances  70
Vermidge, Helen L  374
Viers, Nancy  69
Vincent, Elizabeth — Henry  366
Vincent, Mary Graham  366
Vincent, John A  183-230-366
Vincent and Gardner  596
Wackerman, Michael — WendaU ..356-372
Wade, Elizabeth  462
Wade, Mary  69
Wadsworth, Catherine — Daniel — Na
thaniel—Jeremiah  571
Wadsworth, Gen. Elijah  519
Waggoner, Margaret  94
Waggoner, Mrs. W. B  318
Waite, H. F  170
Wakefield, Theresa  193
Waldo, Eunice — Hannah C. — John ... 26
Waldo, Dr. Carletor — Hannah — Ros
well  3
Walker, James  57
Wall, Edward — Eliza — Fanny  349
Wall, Martha  349-355
Wall, Thomas H  603
Wallace, George — Harriet Menough .
Wallace, Lindsey  532
Walpole, Sarah  235
Walsworth, Daniel — Mary S. — Sophia
B  149
Walsworth, Rev. Edward — Frances
Minor  150
Walsworth, Jared S. — Maria L. — Mary
E  150
Walsworth, Silas  149-280
Walters, Benjamin — Aaron  495
Walters, Elizabeth  143
Walters, John R  46-495
Walters, Susan  495
Walworth, Ashbel  92-260
Walworth, Ansel  229
Walworth, Horace — Hannah  92-229
Walworth, Hannah  541
Walworth, John  90-92-379
Walworth, Juleana Morgan  91-120
Walworth, William of England  90
Warburton, Thomas .....'  140
Ward, Catherine  620
Ward, Eben  347
Ward and Smith  447
WardweU, Edward H  561
Wardwell, Hiram  391
Wareing, Benj. L  409
Waring, Jane E.  66
Waring, Priscilla  452
Warner, Andrew — Ann Eliza — Fred
erick  437
Warner, Charles  75-437
Warner, Darius  57-306
Warner, Dr. E. S  437
Warner, Esther — Delilah W. — Mary —
Marion  57
Warner, Georgia  133
Warner, J. F  434

683

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Warner, Norman — Sarah — Spencer . . 57
Warner, Laura  154
Warner, Lydia  67-190-437
Warner, Theodore — James  437
Warner, Warham J  436
Warren, Abigail — Moses  301
Warren, Harriet  195
Warren, Dr. Henry  567
Warren, Isaac  200
Warren, Rebecca  265
Warren, Spencer  48
Warren, William  461
Warson, Charles  525
Waterman, Eleazar  14-108-173-279
Waterman, Dorcus — Charles— Helen —
Frances — William  174
Watkins Family  206
Watkins, Adaline — Charles  152
Watkins, Edward— Eliza Wardwell .152
Watkins, George  151-447
Watkins, Hosmer  151
Watkins, Russell — Rosetta  151
Watkins, Sarah  151-390
Watkins, Sophia  73
Watkins, Mary — Watson  151
Watkins, Timothy  151-447
Watmough, Minnie  131
Watrous, Capt. Albert  580
Watson, John  320
Watterson, Edward — Julius — Caroline 314
Watterson, Harrison — John J. — Sarah 313
Watterson, Henry — Robert  314
Watterson, Moses G  313-628
Watterson, William  313
Wayland, Anna  441
Weaver, Mrs. Albert  499
Weaver, Robert  e  564
Webb, Jane — Joseph — John  358
Webb, Winnifred  603
Webber, Col. Christopher  221
Webber, Elizabeth  389
Webber, Kate  306
Webster, Gov  142
Webster, Ann  405
Webster, Benjamin — Mary  247
Webster, Irwin  77
WeddeU, Frank — Mabel — Laurance . . 248
Weddell, Frederick — Grace  248
Weddell, Horace  112-247
Weddell, Mrs  505
Weddell, Peter M  85-191-246-642
Weddell, Mrs. Peter  224
Weed, Charles H  490
Weeks, Catherine  61
Wehlmuth, David  404
Weiner, Michael  587
Welch, Benjamin  160-218
Welch, Catherine — James  161
Welch, George  377
Welch, Loretta  218
Welch, Mary  502
Welch, Oscar F.— Rosalia  161
Welch, Rasten — Sardius  70
Weldon, Dr. S. J  381

PAGE
Welhoff, Elizabeth  403
Wellman, Eliza — Marshal — Flora ...213
Wellman, Col. Hiram ...213-239-279-433
Wellman, Flora — Mary  214
Wells, Abigail Buell — Mary — Seymour
— Melancthon — Sarah  121
Wells, Charlotte— James W  286
Wells, Delilah  57
WeUs, Maria  244
Wells, Mary  212
Wells, William K  372
Wetmore, Capt. Henry — Isabella .... 638
Wetmore, Edward  68-572
Wetmore, Minnie  476
Wetmore, Laura  9
Wetmore, Dea. Oliver — Esther A. —
Frances N  572
Wetmore and Younglove  550
Welsh, James  272
Welsh, John  210
Welsh, W. G  56
Welstead, Mary — Sarah — William ...402
Welton, Rev. H. P  544
Welton, Martha L  214
Wemple, Myndert  97
WendaU, Evart  496
Wentworth, Josiah — Thomas H  480
Wentworth, Mary — Samuel  479
Wheeler, BueU G  394
Wheeler, Eunice  47
Wheelock, Matilda — Ephriam — Matil
da U  591
Whipple, Aurena  411
Whipple, Frances R  392
Whitaker, Alfred  338
Whitaker, Lida — Julia  293
Whitaker, May C  338
Wheedon, John — Maria 
White, Adaline — Janette— Jane  162
White, Alpheus — Abigail W. — Pere
grine  393
White, Albert — Lampert — John S. ... 572
White, B. F  573
White, Bushnell  583
White, Catherine— Harriet E  481
White, Deacon David  398
White, Edward G  449
White, Elijah— Pamelia  449-481
White, Eliza — Minerva  173
White, Fanny  398-573
White, Henry Clay— Henry Williams 162
White, John Griswold  584
White, Jacob — Penniman  172
White, Julia  162-488
White, Julian — Loretta  113
White, Levi  74-164-189-583
White, Mrs. Laura  511
White, Lucy — Sabrina  189
White, Mary  481-573
White, Deacon Moses — Charles 
 172-462-205
White, Mrs. Moses  505
White, Hon. Peter  416
White, Philena  246

684

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
White, Philip  572
White, Polly  164-583
White, Peregine  393-603
White, Roderick  503
White, Ruth  ,,', 190
White, Ruhama  70
White, Sally  58
White, Samuel  160
White, Silence  603
White, Wileman  161-239
White, William  80-109-162
White, Zerviah  181
Whitelaw, Agnes  362-441
Whitelaw, Alice — Edith — James H. . . 362
Whitelaw, Anna W. — Mary A  442
Whitelaw, George  441
Whitelaw, John  362-441-442
Whitelaw, Mark — Mary  362
Whitelaw, WUliam  362
Whitman, Ortensia  94
Whitmarsh, Clarissa — Deacon Jacob —
Anna P  619
Whitmore, Bryant  619
Whitmore, Candace  598
Whitney, Alanson — George  67
Whitney, James W  409
Whitney, Roxanna  420
Whitney, Gamaliel — Cornelia — Dis
more  230-449
Whiting, Helen W.— John  450
Whiting, Dr. Samuel — Edmund —
Hiram B  450
Whiting, Sarah  450
Whiling, William B  230-449
Whittemore, Edwin  477
Whittemore, Fidelia Kingsley  483
Whittemore, Frances — Margary  16
Whittelsey, Albert— Emily— Eliza ...456
Whittlesey, Catherine H  526
Whittlesey, Charles  354
Whittlesey, Elisha  299
Whittlesey, Frederick  453
Whittlesey, Henry — Julia — Mary ....456
Whittlesey, John — Ruth — Roger —
Mary S  456
Whittlesey, Vesta H. — Asaph 
Wick, Katherine  555
Wiggins, Col. Noble  568
Wickham, Abner — Asher  200
Wickham, Elizabeth  200
Wickham, Gertrude V. R  462,-
Wickham, Joanna  64-427 ,
Wiesner, Laura  14
Wiggins, Miss  535
Wiggins, Benj  141
Wiggins, Charles — Nahum  250
Wiggins, Phebe — iNathaniel  249
Wiggins, Lucy — Mary — Theodore  250
Wightman, Deborah — David — L. —
Horace F.— Harriet  137
Wightman, John Gamo — Timothy —
Valentine  135
Wightman, Lucy A. — Sherbum H. . . 137
Wilbur, Angelica — Nelson  218

PAGE
Wilbur, Eliam — James B. — Mary Ed
son  161-218
Wilbur, Frederick  46
John B. (Wilbur) 
Wilcox, Augustus  374
Wilcox, Emma  562
Wilcox, John  154
Wilcox, Mary  70
Wiley, Harriet — Nathaniel  520
WUkinson, Alice A  620
Wilkinson, Samuel  345
Wilkinson, Sarah  372
Willard, Adelia — Eliot — Harrison —
Rufus  171
Willard, Clistia — Hudson — Mary —
Thomas  172
WiUard, Elsie  478
Willard, Gertrude  171
Willard, John Oliver — Selinda Lamb —
Stephen  102-17
Willard, Sarah  102-177
Willes, Annette — Caroline — Charles —
Fanny — Maria  226
Willes, Luther  225-267-404
Willes, Zibbe  225-345-354
WiUey, AUen— Fanny— Sophia ...225-267
Willey, Amos — Anna  267
Willey, Caroline — Henry — George . . .267
WiUey, Chloe Frink  225-267
WiUey, Charles N  87-267
Willey, Rev. Elijah  267-498-532
Willey, Hon. John  35-266-325-329
Willey, Laura  498
Willey, Lucretia — Newton  35
WUley, Lydia— Lucy  267
Willey, Mary  35-267-475
Williams, Abraham  200
Williams, Andrew — Elizabeth  30
Williams, Betsey  522-580
Williams, Charlotte — Marion — Tho
mas — Nancy Hanks  569
Williams, Ebenezer— Martha .126-450-581
WiUiams, Edward P. — Charles T.—
Julia M  583
Williams, Florence E  622
Williams, George  557
Williams, Grant F  580
Williams, James  189
Williams, Jedediah — Nancy  488
Williams, Jonathan  356-365
-Williams, Gen. Joseph  47
Williams, Lucinda  28
Williams, Lucretia  446
WUliams, Lucy F  522-583
Williams, Martha — Ruth Granger —
W. W  126
Williams, Mary  517-583
Williams, Polly  284
Williams, Samuel — Margaret — WiUiam
 450-581
Williams, William W. — Nancy Sher
man  189
Williamson, George T. — Rev. James D.
— Judge Samuel E  116

685

GENERAL INDEX

PAGE
Williamson, Mathew — Sarah  116
WiUiamson, Mary  116-602
Williamson, Rev. Samuel  304
WiUiamson, Samuel  116-474
WiUiamson, Isabella McQueen  115
WUUs, George  343
WiUis, Jane E  295
Willis, Mrs. S. A  296
Willman, Joel  213
Wilsie, Peter — Reuben — Stephen ¦ —
Wilkenson  246
Williams and Fitch  657
Williams, WiUiam  601
Wills, William  507
Wilson, Ann Aram  343-392-437
Wilson, Delphine F.— Elisha  220
Wilson, Emmeline — Thomas  114
Wilson, Frank— Joseph  437
Wilson, Hiram B.— Judge  266
Wilson, Jennie — Mary  552
Wilson, John  343-392-437
Wilson, Martha  343
Wilson, Margaret  391-437
Wilson, Minerva  79
Wilson, Sophia  160
Wilson, Thomas  343-437
Winans, Charles  611
Winegart, Martin  144
Wingard, Mary  164
Winslow, Alyoa — Abby — Alonzo P. —
Susan  610
Winslow, Edward— Richard G  632
Winslow, Nathan C. — Hezekiah — Ru
fus K  631
Winslow, Governor— Tisdale  610
Winslow, Governor — Susannah  470
Winslow, Hezekiah — Rufus K. — Na
than  413
Winthrop, Gov. John  90
Winthrop, Theodore  351
Witt, Stillman  585
Wireman, Phebe  87
Witter, Emily— Dr. William  387
Wolcott, Albert  174-181
Wolcott, Gen. Erastus — Geo. Roger —
Hannah Loomis  174
Wolcott, Cjmthia — Elizabeth — Laura .174
Wolcott, Hannah— Cynthia  181
Wolcott The Sculptor  606
Wolverton, George — Jane — Mary —
Nancy  366
Wolverton, Jane — Stephen  387
Wolverton, Margaret-— Henry  573
Wolverton, Stephen  364
Wood, AbigaU  191-574
Wood, Baxter  286
Wood, E. B  144
Wood, Eli — Laura L  624
Wood, Dr. George  303
Wood, John  75
Wood, Laura S  625
Wood, Loretta  129-217
Wood, Mary  217-487
Wood, Rev. M  191

PAGE
Wood, Nathaniel  215
Wood, Obidiah— Roxa B  624
Wood, Gov. Reuben  129-215-632
Wood, Mrs. Reuben  315
Wood, Stella W  560
Woodbridge, Julia — Ward  671
Woodfane, Clark  257
Woodford, Solomon  108
Woodman, Helen  324
Woodring, Elizabeth  380
Woodruff, Charles W  576
Woodruff, Elizabeth Craw  391
Woodruff, Harriet — Sarah  45
Woodruff, Dr. Luther  153
Woodruff, Maria  543
Woodruff, Nathaniel  45-72
Woodruff, Richard — WiUiam — Samuel 33
Woolsey, Elizabeth — Jane — Sarah . . . 363
Woolsey, Mary Dwight  351
Woolsey, Theodore  363
Woolsey, Theodore D  351
Woolseys  224
Woolsey, William  357-363
Woolson, Constance  518
Woolson, Clara  518
Woods,. AbigaU  516-574
Woods, Mrs. Emma Fitch  274
Woods, Geo. C  308
Woods, Lucy M  576
Woodward, Eliza— W  471
Woodworth, Clarissa — Caroline — Eve
line—Julia — Theron  115
Wooley, Elenor  309
Worley, Anna — Charlotte — Frank C. 276
Worley, Burton — Newton J  276
Worley, Frank C  275
Worley, George — Louisa — Margaret . 276
Worley, John  97
Worley, Daniel  276-344-365-504-547
Worley, Eliza T  274
Worley, Frederick — Jane  276
Worley, James — John  275
Worley, Dr. Philip  77-275
Worthington, Abigail — Mary B. —
Clarissa C. — Alice  458
Worthington, George  458-553
Wotrhington, James B  174
Worthington, Nicholas  467
Worthington, Ralph— Clarissa . . . 456-478
Wrenn, Sarah  92
Wooster, Anna L. — Calvin  394
Wright, Ascenath— Abel  226
Wright, Earl  555
Wright, Elizabeth  400-448
Wright, George  261
Wright, Homer  400
Wright, Jerusha  226
Wright, Lucy  71-456
Wright, Maria  507
Wright, MarshaU  448
Wright, Capt. Henry, U. S. A  658
Wright, Richard  193
Wyman, George  236

686

CITIES AND TOWNS

PAGE
Yager, Alice  541
Yale, Eunice  595
Yale, Olive — Charles  674
Yates, W. G  287
Yardley, Dr. Henry  363
Yates, Mrs. Atoinette  384
Yates, John V. N  384
Young, Ansel — Sarah Hollister  187
Young, Brigham  472
Young, Henry  561

PAGE
Young, Jane M. — Martha — Minerva . . 188
Younglove, Ann E  610-620
Younglove, Col. John  549
Younglove, Caroline — Albert — Cornelia .
— Gertrude  550
Younglove, Maria  508
Younglove, Moses — Hannah  610
Younglove and Wetmore  572
Yost, Howard  611

CITIES AND TOWNS

OHIO PAGE
Akron  66-131-133-134-137-177-286-297
Alliance  28-490
Amherst  186-353
Ashland  478-556
Ashtabula  120-301
Aurora  101-102
Avery  42
Austinburg  393
Bath  94
Bedford . . .36-80-102-149-225-250-327-337
Bellevue  649
Berea  139-498
Braceville  46
Brandywine  102-114
BrecksvUle  79-128-154-407
Brighton  227
Bloomfield  463
Brooklyn  253
Brownhelm  295
Brunswick  14
Cambridge  369
Canal Fulton  268
Canton  241-269
Canfield  82-322-434-519-556-600
Carlisle  256-408
Carroll Co  319
Centerville  315
Chagrin Falls  64-71-315-344-412
Chardon  229-468-615
Cheviot  572-598
ChUlicothe  267-329-331
Cincinnati  187-342-397-491-549-572
Circleville  148
Cleveland Gazette  354
Cleveland, Orth's History  567
Claridon  • • • • ¦ -168
CoUinwood  60-160-208

PAGE
Columbus  64-67-548
Columbus 179-226-242-302-444-585-605-622
Conneaut  7-13-26-54-399-400-473
Dalton  213
Darlington  600
Dayton  268-444
Deerfield  246-493-628
Defiance  13
Dover  106-132
Elyria 23-134-174-369-424-456-486-594-596
Euclid  56-75-93-409-444-463
Evergreen Place, Lakewood  217
Fairport  58-91
Farmington  68
Findlay  80
Fort Meigs  41
Gambler  293-331
Geneva  152
Grafton  101-449
Gustavus  136
Hudson  98-112-124-165-400-405-468
Huron . . . 145-195-198-232-327-406-478-544
Huron County  327-435
Independence  80-105
Kelley's Island  389-419-433-661
Kendal Community  163
Kent  37-582
Kingsville  448
Kinsman  228
Kirtland  389-450-472
La Grange  635
Lancaster  315
Lisbon  176
Liverpool  439
Madison  193-236-390
Mansfield  184-423-610
Mantua  378-393
Mansion House  40

687

CITIES AND TOWNS

PAGE
Marietta  157
Massillon 
137-163-205-214-396-417-423-534-613
Maumee  14
Mayfield Road  70-168-622
Medina  100-286-289-333
Melodeon HaU  476
Mentor  71-361
Mesopotamia  49
Miami Settlers  42
Middleburg  106-489
Milan  42-126-478
Mogadore  390
Monroeville  195
Montville  -.  154
Newark  85-246-295-342-443-623
New Philadelphia  210
Noble Road  166-223-261
Norwalk 
203-289-316-366-419-515-517-566-629
Northfield  94-114-123-313-419
Oberlin  100-251-412
Ohio Observer  271
Olmstead  420-433
Olmstead Falls  22-149-171
Orange  60
Painesville  20-53-57-88-
166-191-225-301-340-435-442-463-581
Parma  420
Parkman  58-132
Peninsula  90-560
Perkins  484
Perrysburg  46
Parma  181-208-420
Plain Dealer  421
Poland  592-593-600
Randolph  115-256
Ravenna  89-335-463-624
Richfield  237-262-285
Richland  513
Richmond  610-613
Rockport  48-130-609
Royalton  219
Salem  221-637
Sandusky  108-288-330-381-485-563
Shalersville  30
Stow  180
Strongsville  23-51-73-233-448-595
Suffield  456
Tallmadge  176-453-578
Taylor Road  168
Toledo  13-118-405-617
Twinsburg  408
Wade Park  94
Warren  46-56-81-
179-298-352-405-435-503-561-582-600
Warrensville  29-89-123-301-319-628
Wauseon  208
Wayne  334
Wellington  89-299
Westerville  533
West Liberty  358
Wickllffe  597
Williamsfield  125

PAGK
WiUoughby 
139-184-219-238-346-370-409-555-619
Wooster  206-214-221
Youngstown  57-150-191
ZanesviUe  53-243-466
CONNECTICUT
Andover  331-474-601
Ashford  410-438
Barkhamstead  624
Bethel  323
Bethany  287
Bethlehem  536
Bozrah  134-236-370-438
Bridgeport  441
Bristol  393
Canaan  152-183-229-444
Canton  223-486
Canterbury  82
Chatham  49-138-151-154-409-604
Cheshire  212-416-424
Colchester 
152-307-423-456-470-525-557-584-624
Cornwall  425
Coventry  398
Danbury  447-600
Derby  264-324-358-464-481-491-499
Durham  237
Enfield  165-360-638
East Windsor  181-450-680
East Mendon  117
EUington  262
Farmington  250-394
Fisher's Island  90
Franklin  306
Glastonbury  484
Goshen  53-67-97-151-165-405-412
Greenwich  561
Groton 91-125-131-137-188-427-460-640-548
Guilford  397
Haddam  41-43-55-126-138-153-253
Haddam, East 
 117-151-187-262-540-675-683
Haddam, Middle  63-414-636
Hartford  7-41-55-88-
89-167-174-175-177-263-333-352-
372-393-439-440-446-457-463-571-600
Hebron  206
Humphreyville  490
Lebanon  19-133-294-295-306-554-621
Litchfield . 14-125-298-302-350-405-617-519
Lyme  291-302-311-608
Mansfield  388-576
Middleton  52-138-150-
153-156-180-200-211-348-416-536-583
MUford 
128-191-243-323-326-338-401-422-556
New Britain 
. . .269-288-295-327-350-415-485-536
New Fairfield  594
New Haven  171-292-350-358-
369-374-342-424-554-555-590-601-605
Nevrton  364-693

688

CITIES AND TOWNS

PAGE
New Lebanon  300
New London . .90-226-389-500-511-563-585
New Milford  124
New Preston  330
Norfolk  285-351-394
Norwalk  333-345-357
Northfield  351-356
Norwich  26-48-57-155-269-296
306-336-369-419-425-432-481-488-491
Pomfret  480
Ridgefield  101
RockhiU  409
Salisbury  152-175-291-434-490-696
Saybrook  133-175-400-445-553
Sharon  299-466-518-539
Simsbury  230
Southington  453-466-638
Stamford  121
Sterling City  291
Stonington  90-413-438
Suffield  47-163
Sundersfield  188
Tolland  187-378
Tarringf ord  425
Wallingford  297-363-592-593
Warren  17
Washington  434
Waterbury  84-106-245-419-432-606
Waterford  503
Watertown  503-610
Weathersfield  291-409-636
Windham  266-337-387-588-623
Windsor  174-353-450-523
Woodbury  124
Yale CoUege  306-327
MASSACHUSETTS
Adams  521
Attlebury  567
Becket  227-353
Belcherstown  227
Berlin  552
Blanford  412-493
Boston 
152-290-337-367-441-467-540-654-559
Braintree  294-312
Bridgewater  515
Brookline  347
Cambridge  561
Chester  51
Cheshire  406-521
Conway  273-284-304-327-361-387-431
Cummington  163-164-462-618
Deerfield  13-79-378-410-422-430
Dorchester  407-416
Duxbury  378
Egermont  353
Foxborough  57-190
Grafton  185-540
Granville  7-40-449-493
Great Barrington  142-478-613
Greenfield  410
Hamilton  411

PAGE
Hardwick  514-515
HoUiston  618
Lanesboro  521-522
Lee  124-140-142-143-557-664-595
Lincoln  484-615
Lenox  161-183-211-230-311-449-484
Longmeadow  169-412
LoweU  185-567-589
Ludlow  226
Manchester  206-463
Mansfield  271
Mendon  172
Milford  243
Mt. Holyoke  126-400
Nantucket  482
New Bedford  387
Northampton 
75-166-252-407-432-460-466-543-638
Pawtucket  326
Pelham  50-557
Petersham  559-603
Pittsfield  522-528-595-696
PljTOOuth  152-165
Rickoboth  256
Roe  194-196
Rowley  40
Salem  367
Sandwich  231-312
Scituale  462
Sheffield  204
Shelburne  119-629
Southampton  544
Southbridge  591
Spencer  198
Springfield  54-102-163-571-599
Stockbridge  491-616
Taunton  387-574
Ware  212
Wareham  378
Watertovsm  515
West Danvers  540
Westfield  603
West Stockbridge  101-254-638
West Tillsbury  312
Wellesley College  285
WiUiamstown  444-471-523
Woburn  16
Worcester  198-397
Wrentham  462
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ackworth  301
Alstead  26-219-480-512-518
Amherst  271
Andover  553
Claremont  520
Dartmouth College  270
Exeter  324
Goshen  266-498
Greenfield  270
Hanover  412
HoUis  102-104-193
Jeffrey  219

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CITIES AND TOWNS

PAGE
Lempster  475-498-604
Londonderry  204-508
Lyme  470
Portsmouth  535
Plainfield  186
Ware  212
Washington  640
Walpole  185-389
Westmoreland  34
VERMONT
Albany  250
Arlington  126
Banard  574
Bennington  74-212-375
Berkshire  597
Branford  8-9
Brattleboro  256
Bridgeport  605
Bristol  203-204-235
Burlington  36-389-433-436-515
Castleton  267-328-597
Charlotte  '.  430
Clareden  216-274
Dorset  49-457
Essex  141
Grafton  231
Guilford  256-337-485
Hinesburg  543
Hubbardtown  165
Maidstone  528
Manchester  36-256
Middleburg  200-211-348-446-597
Middletown  215-316
Monkton  104-249-390
Putney  410
Putney  274
Montpelier  250
Northfield  199
Orwell  40
Panton  235
Pawlet  525
Pittsford  397-515
Pomfret  459
Rockingham  513
Royalton  219
Rutland  84-243-433-516-567-560
Salisbury  515
Shaftsbury  355
Shelburn  560
St. Albans  278-358-577
Sudley  I93
Ticonderoga  191
Thetford  168-470-597
Tinmouth  97
Waybridge  55
Windham  258
Virginnes  102-173
Woodstock  219-574
NEW YORK
Albany  223-261-305-308-327-384-
385-419-458-609-614-540-545-610-614
Albion  , , , . 188

PAGE
Amenia  288-299-370
Auburn  252-309
Aurelius  144
Aurora  90-219
Avon  52
Ballston Springs  190
Ballston Spa  41-396-461-548
Batavia  218
Barry  113
Black Rock  220-266-277-423-436-496
Bridgewater  466
Brookfield  413
Brooklyn  148-224-289-323
388-406-407-432-465-499-525-573-598
Broome  132-236-262-669
Brownsville  517
Buffalo . .60-74-87-103-109-111-159-177-
195-265-274-279-284-291-335-345-
347-370-381-409-447-459-465-469-505-512-516-543-574-595-601-624-632
Burlington  487
Butternuts  569
Caledonia  538
Canadaigua  213-340-388-431-491-558
Cambridge  610
Carthage  186-583
Carmel  19
CatskiU  399-560-556
Cayuga  394
Casenovia  81-368
Chenango  36
Cherry Valley . . . 169-288-295-299-300-306
Claverack  418
Claremont  406
Clifton Springs  225
Clinton  227-465
Coimens  247
Columbus  337-528
Cooperstown  226-384-423-456-520
Corning  397-449
Courtland  613
Deerfield  572-602
Delphi  292
Dover  615
Dryden  134
Durham  672
East Aurora  509
East Bloomfield  67-560
Eaton  378
Edmiston  496
EUsburg  478
Elmira  349
Fort Klock  568
Fort Plain  383
Fredonia  94
Gaines  55
Geneseo  610
Genesee County  694
Geneva  .304-487-538
Goshen  151
Granville  124-328-481-608
Groveland  555
Half Moon  396
Hamburg  614-621

690

CITIES AND TOWNS

PAGE
Hebron  119-200-206
Herkimer Co  63
Hemstead  551
Holly  496
Homer  410
Hopewell  188
Ithaca  379-522-609
Kiantone  390
Lansing  564
Lansingburgh  445-460-472-531
Larchmont Manor  183-224
Laurens  449
Leyden  588
Liberty Corner  370
Lima  291
Linden  595
Livingston Co  195
Lockport  54-346
Lodi  488
LovTviUe  77-122-155
Ludlow  194
Madison  361-425-564
Madison University  227
Madrid  420-605
Manilus  494
Monmouth  611
Montgomery Co  383
Moscow  482
Mt. Morris  23
Mt. Vernon  523
New Lisbon  286
New RocheUe  409
New York . . . 129-195-214-224-299-322-
331-346-351-362-363-367-372-374-
384-452-473-480-497-499-606-612-625
New York Tribune  167
Onondaga  394-573
Ogdensburg  213-390-389
Oneida Co  301-359
Otsego  531
Oswego . .333-437-468-478-485-554-598-617
Osweegatche  477
Painted Post  658
Paris  350
Paris HiU  385
Paradise Valley  462
Niagara Falls  117
Penn Yan  117
Phelps  315
Pittsford  625
Plattsburgh  140-416-449-481-495
Potsdam  501-590-614
Poughkeepsie  56-535
Rickoboth  256
Red Hook  418
Richmond Mills  533
Rochester 
126-342-348-369-396-406-431-536-548
Rye  292-380
Rodman  455
Rome  361
Sackets Harbor  215-425-437-542-638
St. Johnsville  382-568
St. Lawrence Co  149

PAGE
Salina  674
Sand Lake  614
Sandy HUl  468-561
Sangerfield  576
Saratoga  348
Saratoga Springs  183-224
Schenectady 39-96-169-260-288-528-637-633
Skeneateles  277-487-518
Sodus Point  505
Staten Island  95
Steuben  603
Syracuse  311-324-573-674-604
Troy  160-289-434-452-465-632
Truxton  613
Union College  297-550
Utica  117-208-223-352-385-398-402
417-445-460-466-472-479-483-492- 504-508-531-526-561-568-583-590-598
Van Rensselaer Manor  567
Vernon  523-566-603
Warren  109
Watertown  360-392-458-479-511-517
WatervUle  576
Welna  383
Whitehall  204-368-375
Whitestown  250-486
White Plains  177-383
WoodviUe  215
WynantskiU  242
West Point  379
MISCELLANEOUS
Ann Arbor, Mich  394-565
Annapolis, Md  93
Atkinson, Maine  485
Atlanta, Ga  292
Atlantic City, Ga  580
Accomac, Va  577
Acampo, Cal  522
Adrian, Mich  611
Aiken, S. C  363
Alton, IU  361
Alameda, Cal  217
Alabama  429
Baltimore, ' Md." '. '. ". '. '. '. 33b'-45i-516-'522-545
Baillerton, Scotland  293
Bath, England  428-607
Baileyboro, Ireland  626
Bavaria, Germany  ,-»>,.. 501
Bayfield, Wis  .T. .269
Benford, S. C  630
Beaver, 111  9
Beaver, Pa  211-221
Belfast, Me  617
Belmont, Mo  293
Belnec, France  479
Beloit College, Wis  125
Belvedere, IU  292
Belvedere, Mich  317
Birmingham, England  371
Bernardino, Cal  606
Berkeley, Cal  150
Blake, S. C  70

691

CITIES AND TOWNS

PAGE
Bloomfield, N. J  525-526
Beauford, S. C  630
Boonville, Ind  324
Boulder, Col  292
Bordertown, N. J  557
Bowling Green, Ky  463
Brandon, Wis  245
Brighton, England  565
Brownson, Mich  70
BrownsvUle, N. Y  517
Brunswick, Germany  483
Buenos Ayres, S. A  452
Calais, Maine  485
Carlisle, Ind  129
Charleston, S. C  397
Charleston, Va  525
Charlottesburg, Ont  516
Ceylon, Ind  374
Chetsey, England  492
Chester, Pa  451
Chicago, IU  171-199-
358-392-443-469-491-563-574-592-596
Cleveland, Ind  50
Columbia, Tenn  182
Covington, Ky  409
Cumberland, R. 1  521
Darlington, Wis  126
Davenport, Iowa  211-276
Denver, Col  203-218-419-433-456
Detroit, Mich  60-129-
157-311-315-365-386-449-531-562-614
Devonshire, England  428
Dover, England  428
Dubuque, Iowa  265-415-586
East Lowden, Scotland  78
Echo, Minn  78
Elizabeth, N. J  166
Elkhart, Ind  23-50-67-138-145-203-261
Erie, Pa  225-261-364
Falmouth, Me  631
Fond du Lac, Wis  357
Fort Dearborn  627
Fort Scott, Kan  353
Fort Wayne, Ind  163-392-544
Fort Scott, Kan  253
Flint, Mich  347
Flushing, R. 1  484
Galveston, Texas  332
Gastonia, N. C  368
Geneva, IU  426
Geor^n Bay  501
Grand Rapids, Mich. 391-410-419-489-597
Greeley, Col  167-168
Greenfield, Pa  238
Greenpoint, L. 1  343
Grinnell, Kan  189
Grosse Isle, Mich  292-506-614
Grosvenor, Col  190
Guajmiar, Mexico  411
Haddington, Scotland  362-441
Hagerstown, Md  635
Hammond, N. J  235
Hampton, Neb  81
Harrisburg, Pa  379

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Havanna, 111  390
HaverhUl, N. J  617
Hayes City, Kan  189
Hendersonville, N. C  485
Herefordshire, England  343
Hopkinson, R. 1  413
Hunton, England  633
Inton, England  356
Indianapolis, Ind  349-463-516
Iowa City, la  70
Ipswich, Mass  211-285-410
Isle of Man  312-313-319-320-339-562
Jackson, Mich  261
John Hopkins University  363
Kalamazoo, Mich  ,.  411-590
Kankakee, Ind  70
Kansas City, Mo  184-437
Kenosha, Wis  81
Kentare, Scotland  457
Kentucky Springs  468
Lancaster, Pa  110
La Grange, 111  182
La Porte, Ind  450
Leeds, England  628
Letonia, Pa  261
Levant, Maine  616
Lexington, Va  314
Lexington, Ky  358
Lincoln, Neb  634
Liverpool, England  593
London, Ont  627
Los Angeles, Cal 
 70-104-309-319-550-606-630-632
Louisville, Ky  477
Lucerne, Pa  17"?
Lynchburg, Va  270
Lugonia, Cal  417
Mcintosh, Minn  315
Mackinac, Mich  160
Macon, Ga  497
Manchester, England  614
Macon, Ga  497
Marquette, Mich  287-416-425
MeadviUe, Pa  303-516-589
Mendham, N. J  72-92
Meringo Park, 111  549
Milwaukee, Wis  362-384-574
Minneapolis, Minn  384
Mobile, Ala  122-571
S. Monroe, Mich  133-145-186-538
Morris, N. J  69-100
Morristown, N. J  46-210
NashviUe, Tenn  306
Nassau, N. J  220
New Albany, Ind  471
Newark, N. J  166-374-386-388-661-661
New Orleans  165-342-387-441
Newport, R. 1  363
Niagara, Ont  33-250
Oakland, Cal  189-583-624
Oracoke, N. C  631
Orange, N. J  374-397-515
Omaha, Neb  379
Ottawa, Ont  358

692

SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

PAGE
Ontario, Canada  160
Ottowa Lake, Mich 
Painesville, O. ...57-225-340-344-500-581
Paris, France  292-632
Pawpaw, Mich  71
Parkville, Mo  62
Pawtucket, R. 1  130
PhUadelphia, Pa 
332-360-380-397-488-525-539-559-578
Pittsburg, Pa  206-274-470
Pittsfield, Mich  .304
Peoria, 111  488
Plainfield, N. J  186-217-388-431
Port Huron, Mich  389
Portland, Maine  46-485
Portsmouth, R. 1  383
Prairie du Chien, Wis  184
Prescott, Ont  483
Princeton, N. J  539
Providence, R. 1  132-172-349-466-689
Quebec, Ont  208
Racine, Wis  340-419-447-496
Rensselaer, Ind  415
Redding, England  442
River Raisin, Mich  145
Roscoe, 111  102
Rockford, IU  381-394
Rockingham, Va  525
Rome, Italy  551
Rye, England  402
Saegerstown, Pa  293
Saginaw, Mich  238-489
Salem, 0  221
San Diego, Cal  592
Sandusky, 0  563
St. Clair, Mich  318
St. Davids, Ont  33

PAGE
St. Louis, Mo  221
St. Johns, New Brunswick  480-605
St. Paul, Minn  126-226-269-448
San Francisco, Cal. . . 118-274-434-491-520
San Jose, Cal  125
Sheboygan, Wis  123
Shelby, Wis  123
Sioux City, Iowa  483
Skipton, England  628
South Bend, Ind  235
Spokane, Wash  70
Springfield, IU  568
Terre Haute, Ind  587
Three Oaks, Mich  251
Tiverton, England  601
Tonica, IU  535
Toronto, Ont  362
Topeka, Kan  402
Trenton, N. J  315
Vallejo, Cal  408
Via Cas, Capri, Italy  485
Vincennes, Ind 
Wabash, Ind  164
Warren, Pa  109
Washington, D. C. ...87-122-171-253-
263-292-303-309-387-504-526-652-605
Watertown, Wis  415
Westerly, R. 1  413
Westmoreland Co., Pa  179
Wheatland, Wis  81
Whitby, Ont  557
Wilkesburgh, Pa  234
Winnipeg, Canada  535
Woodbridge, N. J  315
Woodstock, IU  334
WoodviUe, Pa  366

SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION

PAGE
Major Benj. Ackley  17
Asael Adams  82
Samuel Adams  609
David Ames  102
Ensign Benj. Atwell  511
Nicholas Ayrault  637
 Baldwin  556
Seth Coggswell Baldwin  190
Nicholas Bartlett  546
Melgert Bauder  382

PAGE
Peter Bauder  382
Lieut. Benedict  317
Capt. Benjamin Bidwell  263
Jonas Bond  484
Asa Brainard  604
Jabez Brainard  604
Jeptha Brainard  604
Simon Brainard  604
Col. Brooks  408
Joshua Brooks, Sr  516

693

MAPS

PAGE
Thomas Bunce  457
Joseph Burk  76
Sylvanus Burk  76
Lieut. Eleazer Carter  16
Caleb Carleton  377
Richard Carlton  377
 Caulkins  453
Jerome Clark  299-457
Lieut. Moses Cleveland  425
Charles Cushman  376
 Day  556
David DiUe, Jr  69
Seth Doan, Jr  43-154
Asa Douglas, Sr  471
Major Asa Douglas, Jr  471
Adonijah Edwards  38
Lewis Ely  493
Col. Arthur Erwin  541
Elisha Farnum  493
Gamaliel Fenton  388
Haynes Fitch  600
Isaac Gallup  427
Daniel Gale  459
Nehemiah Gaylord  425
Hiram Gibbs  200
Dr. Joseph Goodhue  410
Capt. Jabez Gregory  600
David Hickox  228
Capt. Timothy Hoadley  351
 Holcomb  235
Elijah Holt  337
Jeremiah Holt  337
Daniel Hubby  628
 Huntington  481
Major Hezekiah Huntington  589
Samuel Hutchings  374
 Jewett  194
 Kelly  538
 Kelly  665
Capt. John Kelley  340
 Kingsbury  26
Joseph Klock  383
 Knapp  370
Col. Chrystopher Ledyard  136
Moses Mallory  326
 Marks  245
Stephen Mead  521
Thomas Meek  546
Timothy Meeker  166

PAGE
Charles Miles, Sr  97
Reuben Mowrey  135
Lieut. Col. Mygatt  600
James Otis  263
John Parmeter  245
Joshua Parmeter  245
William Parmeter  245
Col. EU Parsons  599
Isaac Pease  464
Nathan Perry, Sr  84
John Pierce  584
Abial Platt  521
Ebenezer Porter  595
Nathaniel Porter  451
Dr. Jared Potter  592
Stephen Ransom  610
Edmund Rathbun  192
John Russell  464-455
Cornelius Schermerhorn  645
Timothy ScovU  175
Phineas Shepard  177
Gen. Samuel Sloane  471
Nathaniel Smith  623
Deacon Oliver Stanley  364
Captain Stanley  364
Daniel St. John  533
Gen. Martin Smith  177
Col. Gad Stanley  415
Hon. Ephraim Starkweather  326
Sargeant Samuel Stewart  204
Samuel Stow  378
 Taylor  543
 Tibbals  207
Col. Nathaniel Terry  671
Nehemiah Tinker  337
 Upham  591
Robert F. Van Tine  603
Gen. Jeremiah Wadsworth  554
 Waldo  26
Josiah Wentworth  480
 Wheelock  591
Alpheus White  393
Isaac Williams  47
Benjamin Williams  47
Frederick Williams  47
Gen. Joseph Williams  47
Rev. Nathaniel Wood  215
Brig.-General Erastus Wolcott 
Col. John Younglove  532

MAPS

PAGE
Location of first home in Cleveland — Job Stiles' log cabin  9
Location of 100-acre lots donated by the Connecticut Land Company to Mrs. Job
Stiles and Mrs. Elijah Gun  15
Euclid road between E. 55th and E. 107th streets  196
West 6th and West 9th streets between Superior street and the lake in 1825  240
Superior street in 1825  280
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