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Mrs. Hannah Maria Graham McNutt, who now keeps the post office, relates, that in 1820, Harry Graham and wife, and one child, came to Plymouth, Ohio. Mrs. Graham's name was Elizabeth Miller, from New York State. Mr. Graham was born in Philadelphia, and went to Canada. They both came to Ashtabula at the same time, before they were married, in a boat owned by him, and located in Plymouth in 1818, two miles from any inhabitants, in the woods, on the same ground that is now occupied as a station, on the Jamestown and Franklin Div-
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ision of the Lake Shore Railroad. All the goods they had were drawn in on a hand sled. He payed for his farm by clearing two acres for one, and had the first crop of wheat. Zadoc Mann, owned 900 acres of land here, heavily timbered, which he bought for twenty-five cents an acre. He gave each of his children a farm, gave ground for a church lot and sold the balance in that way. All the music they had in those days, was the howling of the wolves, and the mother's cradle song. They fed the wild turkeys, by raising the back window and throwing out corn. Mrs. McNutt, to-day, cooks dinner in the same kettle that her father and mother brought from Canada, in the boat with them, in 1818.
Of the original settlers from plymouth, Conn., or their descendants, the following notices have been copied :
William Warner, son of Warner Mann, born in Ashtabula, Ohio, June 22, 1813, died May 24, 1880. Grandson of Zadoc.
Elias Cook Upson, born in Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 16, 1797; mar- ried Orra, daughter of Bella Blakeslee, March 31, 1824; died March,
Plymouth School.
1879. He was a Mason over fifty-four years, and took charge of the church over forty years, without pay.
Meret L. Satterlee, son of Clara Blakeslee Satterlee, born in Con- necticut, went to Chicago in 1836, died January 28, 1894.
Died in Plymouth, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1894 -- Mrs. Clara Casady, daugh- ter of the late Stephen and Amanda Mann, and granddaughter of Jos- eph Mann, wife of Charles Casady, aged forty-four years.
In Ashtabula, IIth inst. (year unknown), Henry Jude Blakeslee Seymour, son of Titus Seymour, aged seventy-three years.
Hon. Andrew W. Mann, son of Warner Mann (by last wife), born in Plymouth, Ohio, September 4, 1845, and died at his home, in Burr Oak, Kansas, May 9, 1890. He was a member of Company C., 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was transferred from the Army to the Navy in 1864; served nine months on the monitor, Winnebago, and three months on the Circassian.
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Robert Seymour died March 25, 1875, aged eighty years. Melissa, his wife, died February 1, 1863, aged seventy-four years.
Asher Blakesleee died June 4, 1831, aged sixty years. Charlotte, his wife, died May 13, 1818, in the thirty-seventh year of her age.
Collins Wetmore died July 14, 1859, aged seventy-two years. Maria Wetmore died December 15, 1880, aged eighty-four years and six days.
Amanda Mann died August 30, 1853, aged sixty-four years.
Zadoc Mann died September 29, 1846, aged eighty-seven years. Hannah, his wife, died January 21, 1846, aged seventy-six years. Esther, his first wife, died July 9, 1825, aged sixty-six years.
Clara Blakeslee Satterlee died April 30, 1874, aged eighty-two years. Warner Mann, born February 16, 1784, died May 27, 1858.
Died in Plymouth, Ohio, May 15, 1892, Mrs. Amanda Mann, the widow of the late Stephen Mann (son of Joseph), and daughter of Mrs. Clara Blakeslee Satterlee, aged seventy-one years, two months and nineteen days.
In Plymouth, Ohio, roth inst., Mrs. Sophia G. Mann, second widow of Joseph Mann, aged ninety-six years.
Died at McGregor, Iowa, July 19, 1883, Mrs. Amanda Mann Mat- thews, wife of Isaac Matthews, and daughter Warner Mann. She died on her fifty-sixth birthday.
Died in Ashtabula 20th inst., of paralysis, Frances A., widow of Garwood Blakeslee, aged 69 years.
In Plymouth, O., February 20, Mrs. Olive Lewis, widow of Wm. Lewis, and daughter of Bela Blakeslee, aged eighty-one years. Mrs. Lewis was born in Plymouth, Conn., March 13, 1801.
John G. Blakeslee died September 29, 1828, aged thirty-nine years. Esther R., his wife, died August 20, 1865, aged seventy-five years. Emigrated from Plymouth, Conn., in 1813.
In Plymouth, O., October II, 1865, Lucy C., wife of Darius Van Slyke, and daughter of Elias Cook Upson, aged twenty-nine years; also on the 15th inst., an infant daughter, aged nine days.
In Plymouth, O., September 30, 1862, Chauncey Blakeslee, son of John Blakeslee, aged thirty-nine years. Died in Plymouth O., Decem- ber 23, 1880, Mrs. Lucy Blakeslee Ross, a daughter of John Blakeslee, aged about sixty-five years, widow of the late Felix Ross.
Died in East Ashtabula, December 15, 1880, Maria Mann, daughter of Zadoc Mann, and relict of the late Collins Wetmore, aged eighty-four years.
In East Ashtabula, O., May 30, 1880, Minerva, wife of Collins E. Mann (son of Joseph), aged fifty-seven years.
In Ashtabula, O., October 1, 1880, Mrs. Rebecca F. Mann, the late relict of Wm. Warner Mann, aged seventy-one years and six months.
In Plymouth, O., February 4, 1884, Mrs. Lucy C. Mann, wife of Hiram E. Mann, aged sixty-seven years (formerly Lucy C. Judd of Connecticut. )
Died in Lenox, O., February 13, 1886, Mrs. Helen Harper Graham, granddaughter of Joseph Mann, and wife of Joseph Graham.
Died at Independence, Iowa, October 6, 1895, Mr. Cassius Mann Matthews, only son of Isaac and the late Amanda Mann Matthews, aged fifty-one years.
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Died in Plymouth, O., November 5, 1895, Edgar Orson, son of Orson H. and Mary Mann, aged thirty-one years. Died in Plymouth, O., December 6, 1895, aged seventy-seven years, Mrs. Julia Mann Sey- mour, widow of the late Wm. R. Seymour; she was a daughter of Jos- eph Mann and sister of Austin and Orson Mann, of Plymouth; she was the mother of ten children, seven of whom survive her.
RE-UNION OF THE DESCENDANTS OF PLYMOUTH, CONN., FAMILIES.
Of the families that went from Plymouth, Conn., in 1813, there are now some 400 descendants of the Manns, Blakeslees, and Seymours. It was decided to hold a re-union of those living June 20, 1895, at Woodland Beach Park, near Ashtabula, Ohio. It was not as largely attended as could be wished, on account of the heavy rain which commenced quite early in the day and continued far into the night, thus making it impos- sible for many to get there. A goodly number, however, were on hand
First Store and Post Office,
early, and although the rain made it unpleasant in some respects, the affair was a grand success. There were about 150 or more people pres- ent, of which were recorded 119 names of relatives.
The occasion was indeed a very pleasant one. After some time spent in visiting, dinner was served, which was truly bountiful and ex- cellent. Dinner was followed by a business meeting, R. O. Rote of Geneva, being chairman of the meeting, and Francis Atwater of Meri- den, Conn., acting as secretary. After a few brief remarks, the Mann, Blakeslee and Seymour Re-union Association was duly organized, and the following officers were elected: President, William Seymour; vice president, Mrs. Maria Seymour Ticknor; secretary, Mrs. Ellen S. Mann Lockwood; treasurer, Fred W. Blakeslee.
A committee of three, on date of next meeting, were elected. After which came the reading of letters from absent ones.
The first was from Bela Blakeslee Satterlee, of Plymouth, Conn., containing a goodly number of "Town Orders" given to different men.
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Among them were Zadoc Mann, Titus Seymour, Abel Seymour, Jude Blakeslee, Bela Blakeslee, Asher Blakeslee, Aaron Dunbar, and others and bearing date from 1793 to 1809, signed by Gen. Daniel Potter, Capt. Oliver Stoughton, Samuel Blakeslee, Elijah Warner and others, "Selectmen of the town."
Then came a letter from Isaac Matthews, of McGregor, Iowa, in which he gave a brief description of the town of Plymouth, Ohio, from 1835 to 1850, speaking of many of the pioneers who have passed to the great beyond, but are not forgotten.
A postal card from Mrs. Olive Mann Isbell, was read, expressing many regrets that she could not attend, sending congratulations and messages of love to all.
A very excellent letter from Austin W. Buffum of Tecumseh, Neb- raska, in which a desire to be remembered, is earnestly expressed; also a letter from Mr. and Mrs. George W. Buffum, with regrets that dis- tance would not allow their attendance. One from Mrs. Betsey Gordon of Plymouth, Conn. Postal from Mrs. Emma Satterlee Fuller of Cleve- land. A letter from Mr. Geo. Satterlee of Chicago, in which ill health prevented attendance. Letters from L. W. and John H. Mann of Ocala, Fla., with best wishes to all. A letter from Mrs. Eleanor Paine · was noticed, wishing to know if Milton Phelps was yet alive.
Others were from Carlos A. Mann of Portland, Oregon, and Mr. Henry Seymour of Waupacca, Wis., all of which tell of the love that binds us together in kindred affection.
Those present were:
Mrs. Ellen S. Mann Lockwood, Plymouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Frankie Mann Warner and one child, Mr. Wilber Warner, Mrs. O. H. Mann, Orson H. Mann, son of Joseph, Mrs. Edgar O. Mann and two children, Edgar O. Mann, grandson of Joseph, Ply- mouth, O.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Perry Mann, son of Merritt, Miss Flora M. Mann, Frank L. Mann, Charles T. Mann, Earl T. Mann, Plymouth, O.
James L. Flint, 221 West Prospect street, Ashtabula, O .; Mrs. · Esther Mann Flint, daughter of B. P. Mann; George Porteus Flint, Estella M. Flint, Sarah Flint, James Beilby Flint.
Milan M. Seymour, Walter Seymour, 276 Euclid avenve, grand- children of Wm. R. Seymour, Cleveland, O,
Merrick J. Seymour, son of Wm. R. Seymour; Mrs. Harriet Blakes- lee Seymour, daughter of L. P. Blakeslee, John Mann Seymour, William Merrick Seymour, Plymouth, O.
Miss Lucy E. Topper, Fred Porteus Topper, grandchildren of B. Porteus Mann, East Plymouth, O.
Mrs. Mary Castle Fulkerson, daughter of Electa Mann Castle, and granddaughter of Joseph Mann, and daughter, Mrs. Adell Fulkerson Smith, D. S. Fulkerson, Geneva, O.
Fred W. Blakeslee, son of Garwood Blakeslee, Mrs. Fred W. Blakeslee, and two sons, Ashtabula, O.
Norman Colby and child, Mrs. Estella Amidon Colby, daughter of Emily Seymour Amidon, daughter of Julia Mann Seymour, daughter of Joseph Mann. H. C. DeGroodt, and Mrs. Mattie Amidon DeGroodt.
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Chauncey Amidon and son, Moses, Mrs. Emily Seymour Amidon, Ashtabula, O.
Austin W. Mann, son of Joseph Mann, Ashtabula, O.
Frank E. Harmon and wife, Mrs. Emeline Seymour Harmon, who great grandfather was Zadoc, grandfather Warner, on her mother's side ; her mother was Sevea Mann, her grandmother was Amanda Mann, wife of Warner, and daughter of Bela Blakeslee, and granddaughter of Jude. Mrs. Harmon's father was Bennett, son of Titus Seymour, and his mother was Sevea Blakeslee; so she is directly related to all three families-Manns, Blakeslees and Seymours.
James White, whose mother was Fannie, daughter of Zadoc Mann, had with him his daughter and one child; her name was Lucy White Harvey.
Mrs. Hobart Blakeslee, (Hobart, son of John), Miss Lucy Blakeslee, Charles Blakeslee, Mrs. Charles Blakeslee, Ashtabula, O.
William Seymour (son of Robert), Mrs. William Seymour, Ashta- bula, O.
Frank Harper, son of Loyd Mann Harper, son of Betsy Mann Harper, daughter of Joseph, East Plymouth, O.
View in Plymouth Cemetery.
Allen H. Morgan, son of Julia Mann Morgan, daughter of Wm. Warner Mann; Mrs. Hattie Morgan and children-Grace, Tommy, Hazel, Jasper, Howard, Morgan-East Plymouth, O.
Julia Blakeslee, daughter of Levi P. Blakeslee, Ashtabula, O,
Mrs. Julia Blair, granddaughter of Henry Jude Blakeslee Seymour, Ashtabula, O.
Oliver Perry, Clayton Perry, Mrs. Flora Ticknor Perry, daughter of Maria Seymour Ticknor, Grigg's Corners, O.
Miss Mae Mann, daughter of Watson E. Mann, son of Beilby Por- teus Mann, son of Warner, son of Zadoc, Astabula, O.
Kate Seymour, Alice Seymour, Clarence Seymour, children of Rev. Edward Seymour, supposed to be relatives-cannot trace readily.
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Elder Edwin Dibell, claims distant relationship to one of Great Grandfather Zadoc Mann's wives, Kingsville, O.
Frank E. Mann, son of Austin, son of Joseph, Plymouth, O .; Wil- fred M. Mann, son of Austin, son of Joseph; Mrs. Mira I. Mann, wife of Wilfred, and daughter of Beilby Porteus Mann, and children-Grace Minerva, Ethel Lorena, George Kenneth Mann-East Plymouth, O.
Frank Layton Pancost, grandson of B. P. Mann, and son of Ellen Mann Pancost Lockwood; Alice Cary Lockwood, daughter of Ellen S. Lockwood, East Plymouth, O.
Mrs. Maria Seymour Ticknor, wife of Edmund Ticknor, and daugh- of Henry Jude Blakeslee Seymour and granddaughter of Titus Sey- mour, Maria Mann Wetmore; and Miss Louise Elida Ticknor, Grigg's Corners, Ashtabula, O.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hine, daughter of H. J. B. Seymour, James Hine, Zoe Hine, Huber Hine, Ashtabula O.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ashley, and child, North Richmond, Ashtabula, County, O.
Mrs. Louise Harmon Dickson (granddaughter of Bennet Seymour, daughter of Emeline Seymour Harmon), and baby, Dorothy Dickson, Charles Clare Dickson, Ashtabula, O.
Beilby Porteus Mann, John Henry Mann (sons of Warner Mann and grandsons of Zadoc), Plymouth, O.
John Josiah Morgan (son of Julia Mann Morgan), East Plymouth, O.
Reuben Hall (son of Lucy Seymour Hall, daughter of Ziba Sey- mour, brother of Titus Seymour), Dover, O. James Hall, IIIO Bloom- field street, Hoboken, New Jersey.
Byron Mann, Mrs. Charlotte Mann and daughter, Jessie Adella Mann, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula County, O.
Solomon Phillips, Mrs. Eva Robinson (daughter of Ruth Mann Phillips, daughter of Warner Mann by second wife), and Gertrude Mann Robinson, Akron, O.
Francis Atwater, Meriden, Conn.
L. L. Blakeslee and wife, S. E. Blakeslee and wife, J. A. Blakeslee and wife, Mr. Paden and wife, Mr. Perine, Colebrook, Ashtabula County, O.
THE FIRST AMERICAN TEACHER IN CALIFORNIA.
Mrs. Olive Mann Isbell, now living in Santa Paula, Vetura county, was one of the earliest pioneers, and teacher of the first American school in California. She went from Plymouth, Ohio.
October 1, 1846, an emigrant train of twenty-one wagons-escorted by Col. John C. Fremont and a detachment of soldiers who had met them at Johnson's ranch-arrived at Sutter's Fort. Capt. Sutter wel- comed them with characteristic cordialty, and did everything possible for their comfort. This company, commanded by Capt. John Aram and Dr. I. C. Isbell, had left Illinois, in April, for California, with no definite knowledge of its location, except that it was somewhere on the Pacific Coast. They had made their pathless way over plains, desert and mountains. By some mischance they failed to meet the Donner party at the Mississippi; passed them at Gravelly Ford; left them there in a quarrel-and thus narrowly escaped their tragic fate. At Fort
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Hall they learned from panic-stricken refugees returning to the States that war with Mexico had been declared. A council was called to de- cide whether they should go forward or back. Women cried and begged to be taken home; men were divided in opinion. "What shall we do, Olive?" said Dr. Isbell. The stout-hearted matron of twenty-two re- plied, " I started for California, and I want to go on." That settled it. Others took heart, and the train went on undivided. After resting a week at Sutter's Fort, under orders from Fremont, they proceeded to the Santa Clara Mission, 150 miles south, and reached it October 16. The old adobe building of the Mission was not an inviting shelter to the homesick immigrants, if shelter it could be called at all. There were no floors but the hard-baked earth, no windows, no fire-places, no escape
Mrs. Olive M. Isbell.
for smoke, save a hole in the roof. The ancient walls were infested, and the crumbling tiles let the rain through almost as copiously as it fell outside. The section assigned them had been previously used for stabling horses.
Col. Fremont left a few men to protect the women and children, and took all the able bodied to re-inforce his small army, preparing to move southward to join Stockton at San Diego. Dr. Isbell enlisted as surgeon, and went as far as the Salinas river. Here he was seized with " emigrant fever" (typhoid pneumonia), which compelled his return to the Mission, where by that time the fever had become epidemic. The
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rains came early that year, with strong southwest winds. There was no physician nearer than St. Jose, and he to be had but once a week. From their well stocked medicine chest Mrs. Isbell distributed on an average one hundred doses of medicines a day, and for six weeks slept in a chair by her sick husband's side. They were in an enemy's coun- try, expecting daily to be attacked. Indications of treachery led them to send a messenger to Capt. Webber at San Jose for additional protec- tion. He in turn sent to Yerba Buena for Capt. Marsten with a com- pany of twenty-five marines and one cannon drawn on an ox-cart. The first intimation the immigrants had that help was near was the re- port of firearms in the distance. Climbing on the wall they saw the soldiers trying to pull the cannon out of the mud, while the natives, concealed in the chaparral, were firing at them. Capt. Marsten rode up and asked the loan of a white cloth for a flag of truce; and Mrs. Isbell gave her wedding pocket handkerchief for the purpose.
In this skirmish two soldiers were wounded: one in the fleshy part of the leg, the other in the head. Mrs. Isbell and Mrs. Aram dressed the wounds and prepared dinner for the hungry soldiers. This was the much disputed battle of "Santa Clara," as seen by an eye witness. Mrs. Isbell had spent several nights in cleaning firearms and running bullets-determined, if attacked, to aid in the defense. Another com- pany of soldiers from Santa Cruz arrived soon after.
The winter was marked by unusual cold and over-abundant rains, and tested the endurance of the settlers. Flour at $8 a barrel was be- yound their slender purses, so they subsisted on government rations, glad to be saved from starvation. The few who kept well were taxed beyond their strength in ministering to the sick, and many died under distressing conditions.
Near the end of December Mrs. Isbell was persuaded to open a school. A room fifteen feet square, too dilapidated for any other pur- pose, was obtained. It was damp, dark and dirty; and after suffering several days with eyes smarting from smoke, they were obliged to fore- go the luxury of fire. The school supplies were limited to a few text- books, brought by the various families. A daughter of Capt. Aram, now living in Los Angeles, says she remembers distinctly her struggles with the letter E. For want of black-board, slates or paper, the teacher printed it on the back of her hand with a lead. pencil. There were twenty-five pupils and the term continued two months. It was the first American school in the State.
In the Spring of '47 Dr. Isbell and wife went to Monterey, where she was induced to resume her work. The school opened with twenty- five scholars, but soon increased to fifty-six. At the close of the term, three months, the teacher left the school-room for ranch life at French Camp.
Sugar Camp, Plymouth, Ohio.
INDEX-CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER I. THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH.
Act of Incorporation, Describing the Boundry Lines and the Stipulations to be Abided By-Disposition of the poor of the Old Town-List of Incorporators-Grand List-First Officers-Full List of Representatives, Judges of Probate and Town Clerks. Page 7.
CHAPTER II. EARLY HISTORY.
The Wilderness of the Naugatuck Valley First Penetrated by a Hunting Party in 1657 .- Tunkis Tribe of Indians Original Proprietors-Part of Waterbury, Later Parish of Northbury, and One Hundred Years Ago Incorporated as Town of Plymouth. Page 19.
CHAPTER III. CHURCH HISTORY.
St. Peter's Episcopal Parish Established in 1740-Its Ministers and Other Inter- esting Facts-St. Matthew's Church, Now Closed-Terryville Congregational Society, with Sketches of Pastors-Roman Catholic Mission-The Defunct Second Advent Chapel. Page 45.
CHAPTER IV. THE "WILDERNESS" AND INDIANS.
Most of Litchfield County in 1712 an Unbroken Forest as Absolute as any on the Continent-Last Deer Shot in Northbury-Indian Jack and Two Companions Were the Only Indians in Plymouth Within the Remembrance of People Now Living. Page 68.
CHAPTER V. SOME OF THE PIONEERS.
Sketch of Henry Cook, the First Settler, Together with Other Biographies of His Followers who Petitioned to Make Northbury a Separate and Distinct Parish. Location of Their Homes, Value of Estates, and What Disposition was made of them. Page 75.
CHAPTER VI. REVOLUTIONARY TIMES.
The History More or Less Uncertain-Hot-Bed of Toryism-Northbury the Home of the Only Tory Known to Have Been Executed in Connecticut-Last Pen- sioner of the War Born in This Parish, With a Sketch of His Life and Enlistment. Page 92.
CHAPTER VII. THE CIVIL WAR.
There Were no More Loyal or Brave Soldiers than the Sons of Plymouth, Sev- eral of Whom Gained Honorable Distinction, while Others Met Untimely Deaths at the Front and in the Very Heat of Battle-Roster of Those Enlisting or Belong- ing to the Town. Page 99.
CHAPTER VIII. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
How They Were Conducted in Early Times-The Cost Borne by an Assessment on Each Parent, Who was also Required to Furnish Cord Wood and Board the Teacher a Certain Time-Anecdotes Told About the Old Instructors-Half of the Present Town Taxes Spent on Education. Page 123.
CHAPTER IX.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
Preliminary Meetings Held and Plans Perfected for the Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Town of Plymouth-Complete Account of the Exercises, Including the Speeches of Judge A. P. Bradstreet and Other Orators of the Day. Page 135.
II.
CHAPTER X. CLOCK MAKERS.
Plymouth Made Famous by the Invention of Eli Terry, who was the Founder of the Clock Business of America-Other Prominent Makers, such as Seth Thonias. Silas Hoadley, Samuel Camp, and Chauncy Jerome, were all Natives of this Town. Page 219.
CHAPTER XI. LOCK MAKERS.
Troubles Which Beset the Pioneers of the Cabinet and Trunk Lock Business That was Established in America by Terryville Men of Indomitable Will and Pluck-Sketches and Portraits of All-E. L. Gaylord, the Only Survivor, Lives in Bridgeport. Page 240.
CHAPTER XII. ANDREW TERRY & CO.
Sketch of the Founder of This Prosperous Concern which was One of the Pioneers in the Malleable Iron Industry-The Men who Have Successfully Managed and Kept it Running as Steadily Nearly as Clock Work for Close on to Half a Century. Page 265.
CHAPTER XIII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Interesting Reading About Past and Present People of Plymouth, Commencing with Judge Augustus H. Fenn, Now the Foremost of those who reside elsewhere, and Many Others who Have Attained Wordly Fame-Illustrations of Subjects and Buildings. Page 273.
CHAPTER XIV. SOCIETIES.
Plymouth Grange, No. 72, Patrons of Husbandry, Organized December 7, 1877- Sedgwick Council, No. 21, O. U. A. M., Instituted March 16, 1887-Court Nutmeg, No. 1404, Chartered October 20, 1893-The Terryville Cemetery, With Views From Several Points. Page 421.
CHAPTER XV. PLYMOUTH, OHIO.
Offshoot of Its Namesake in Connecticut and the First Episcopal Parish in the State of Ohio-Descendants of These Early Settlers, Numbering Four Hundred or More, Organize Themselves as the "Mann, Blakeslee and Seymour Re-union Association." Page 429.
INDEX-ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page
Plymouth Training Ground.
2
South Street, Plymouth.
8
Main Street, Plymouth
8
Winter Scene, South Street, Plymouth.
8
Old Grave Yard, Plymouth.
12
Thomaston Reservoir, on Plymouth Hill.
12
Falls at Greystone, Plymouth.
12
Gorge, Devil's Backbone, Plymouth.
15
Articles used to Seal Weights and Measures.
15
Pastoral Scene in Plymouth
18
Circular Dam, Pequabuck 18
Wooden Bridge at Thomaston, Recently Demolished. 18
Main Street, Terryville.
20
Four Corners, Terryville
20
Terryville School Children, 1860
20
Old Carriage Shop, Plymouth Hill.
22
Plymouth Hill School House
22
First Iron Bridge Over the Naugatuck.
22
Terryville Watering Trough
24 .
Main Street, Terryville
24
Street in Terryville.
24
Official Sheep Marks.
26
Smith Homestead, Plymouth Center. 26
Town Building, Plymouth Center
28
III.
Town Hall, Terryville.
Interior of Town Hall
Rev. Luther Hart. 30 Mrs. Luther Hart. 30 First Congregational Church.
3I
Rev. I. P. Warren.
32
Rev. Ephraim Lyman
32
Rev. E. J. Hawes ..
34
Rev. R. C. Learned.
34 36 36
Rev. J. S. Zelie.
38
Rev. C. H. Smith.
38
Rev. Dr. Burhans.
44
Rev. Wm. Watson
44
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
45 46. 46
Rev. B. Eastwood.
Rev. Emerson Jessup.
48 48
Interior View, St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
49
Rev. N. T. Scudder ..
50
Rev. W. E. Hooker
50 52
St. Peter's Episcopal Church Parsonage.
52
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, East Plymouth 53
Congregational Church, Terryville .. 54 54
Interior, Terryville Congregational Church
Rev. Nathaniel Richardson
56
Rev. Merrill Richardson.
56
Parsonage, Terryville Congregational Church.
Rev. Edwin R. Dimock
Rev. Franklin A. Spencer.
58 60 60
Rev. W. F. Arms.
62 62
Terryville Congregational Church Clock.
64
Interior, Terryville Roman Catholic Church.
Rev. M. J. Daly.
Terryville Roman Catholic Church.
66
Two Views of Jack's Ledge ..
72
Lemuel Cook, Last Pensioner of the Revolutionary War.
94
Gen. Erastus Blakeslee 98
Capt. Eugene Atwater.
Redoubt B, near Fort Alexandria, Va. IO2
Officers, Second Conn. Heavy Artillery IO2
Surprise at Cedar Creek. 104
Explosion of the Mine at Petersburg. IO4
The Battle of the Crater. IO6
Upton's Brigade at Bloody Angle. IO6
Burying the Dead. 108.
Cemetery at Andersonville. IO8
Dorence Atwater. IIO
Andersonville Stockade, Showing the Dead Line. IIO
The Battle of Winchester. II2
Union Breastworks at Cold Harbor II2
Pequabuck School House. I28
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Terryville Institute 128
Interior Congregational Church, Plymouth, where Centennial Services were held 170 Tent on Baldwin Park, Terryville, where Centennial Services were held. 170
Loan Exhibit, General View. 198
Exhibit of Furniture. 198 Clock Exhibit 202.
57 58
Rev. H. B. Mead.
Rev. L. S. Griggs.
Rev. Wm. Alfred Gay.
65 66
Rev. H. E. Cooley.
Rev. E. B. Hillard.
Rev. David Lunsden
Rev. J. M. Bates.
Rev. James Gammack.
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IV.
Exhibit of Paintings.
Miscellaneous Exhibit 204
Eli Terry.
218
Copy of Patent Granted Eli Terry .
222
Profile Portrait of Eli Terry.
224
Profile Portrait of Mrs. Eli Terry.
224
Home of Eli Terry, Jr.
226
Eli Terry, 3d.
226
Henry Terry.
228
Henry K. Terry.
228
Henry K. Terry, Jr.
230
Dwight H. Terry
230
Silas Hoadley.
232
Samuel Camp.
232
Hiram Camp.
234
Seth Thomas,
234
The Seth Thomas Clock Works. 235
Stephen G. Bucknall 242 John C. Lewis.
244
Sereno Gaylord.
244
William E. McKee
246
Mother of William E. McKee.
246 James Terry 248
James Terry's Cottage.
248
E. L. Gaylord.
250
Joseph H. Adams
250
Ansel Gaylord.
252
Deacon R. D. H. Allen
252
Warren Goodwin
254
James Mix.
254
Elisha Mix.
256
James C. Mix
256
Frank W. Mix.
258
Willard T. Goodwin
258
Edward H. Mix
262 Henry T. Wheeler. 262
The First Lock Shop.
264
The Old Foundry, Front and Rear Views. 266
Andrew Terry 268 J. W. Clark
268
N. Taylor Baldwin
270
O. D. Hunter
270
J. W. Clark's Residence.
272
O. D. Hunter's Residence.
272
Judge Augustus H. Fenn
274 276
J. W. Pond.
276
Marshall W. Leach
278
Jason Clemence
278
Augustus Von Martensen
280
Mrs. Rosina Martensen 280
282
Julius G. Beach
282
James Hunter. 284
J. B. Baldwin. 284
288
Gaius Fenn Warner
288
Junius Preston. 202
Henry A. Minor. 292
Dr. R. S. Goodwin 296 296
Dr. S. T. Salisbury
Dr. F. J. Whittemore
298
Dr. C. W. Bull. 298 Sarah E. Tolles Plumb. 300
Homer E. Cook.
Louis C. Scheuing.
George H. Plumb.
Page 202
V.
George Pierpont.
Mrs. Joseph C. Alcox. 302
A. Bronson Alcott. 302
Louisa M. Alcott.
Milo Blakesley. 304
Mrs. Milo Blakesley 306
A. M. Blakesley. 306 A. P. Bradstreet .. 308
Frank W. Etheridge 308
Captain Leavitt Darrow
312
Aaron. D. Wells
312
Riley Scott. 3I4
Edwin M. Talmadge 314
316
Mrs. Betsy Bull.
316
Residence of Wm. W. Bull 318
Quiet House, Plymouth. 318
Edward Langdon. 320
Birthplace of Edward Langdon.
320
Residence owned by Mrs. George Langdon.
322
George Langdon. 322
324
Wyllys Atwater
324
Henry Atwater. 326
326
Jonathan Pond's Homestead.
328
Alexander Pond.
328
E. L. Pond's Residence.
330
Andrew Stoughton 330
John M. Wardwell. 332
Residence of W. G. Barton
332
Joseph C. Barthe.
334
Alfred B. Renfree
334
Algelon H. Taylor
336
Dr. W. W. Wellington
336
Gaius Fenn.
338
Jason Fenn
338
Elam Fenn. 340
Mrs. Elam Fenn. 340
Old Todd Apple Tree.
342
Elam A. Fenn
342
The Fenn Homestead.
344
Jason C. Fenn.
344
Rev. Leverett Griggs
348
J. C. Griggs,
348
Thomas Bunnell.
352
Lyman Tolles.
352
Milo Tomlinson.
354
Rev. Moseley H. Williams. 354
Thomas F. Higgins. 356
William Robinson's Residence. 356
Philip C. Ryan.
358
The Ryan Homestead.
358
William B. Ells
360
Richard Baldwin's Residence, Terryville
360
Henry E. Hinman
362
Andrew Gaylord's Residence.
362
Bennett H. Sutliffe. 364
364
Joel Blakeslee ..
366
Gen. Erastus Blakeslee 366
Oliver Smith ..
368
Byron Tuttle. 368
Residence of Byron Tuttle. 370
Bennett H. Sutliffe's Residence
Page 300
304
W. W. Bull.
Mrs. Timothy Atwater, Jr.
Barnabas W. Root.
VI.
Byron Tuttle's Birthplace
370
Storehouse-W. H. Scott & Co. 372
Saw Mill-W. H. Scott & Co ..
374
Coal and Wood Yards, Waterbury-W. H. Scott & Co.
374
Walter H. Scott.
376
W. H. Scott's Residence.
376
Z. F. Granniss ..
378 378
Beach & Blackmer's Store.
380
Nathan Beach.
380
D. W. C. Skilton
382
Porter Sanford.
38 .
B. B. Satterlee.
384
Hiram Pierce.
384
Henry S. Minor
388
Hiram Minor
388
Burr S. Beach.
390
Dr. William Woodruff.
390 392
F. T. Cook.
392
Philo Lewis.
394
Lyman Baldwin
394
George T. Cook
396
E. L. Perkins' Residence
398
Prosper Warner
398
David D. Warner
400
Markham Scott ..
400
Residence of Mrs. G. H. Bates.
402
F. H. Kellogg.
402
J. S. Hemingway
404
Enos Blakeslee.
404
Hon. John Birge. 406
John Henry Wood
406
A. B. Curtis.
408
Chloe Cook Barnes.
408
Elias Smith.
410
Elias Smith Homestead.
410
Joel Griggs
412
Martin Griggs.
412
Franklin P. Wilcox
414
Wilbert N. Austin.
414
A. S. Kelsey
416
Andrew Fenn.
416
Andrew Fenn Homestead.
418
Mrs. Benjamin K. Fenn.
418
General Sedgwick 420
L. W. Belden, Chief Ranger. 422
Terryville Cemetery-View from Southeast Corner. 422
Soldiers' Monument. 424
View from Northeast Corner. 424
New Addition to Westward. 424
View of Center of Cemetery.
425
PLYMOUTH, OHIO.
St. Matthew's Church 430
St. Matthew's Church Parsonage. 432 Plymouth School. 434
First Store and Post Office. 436
View in Plymouth Cemetery.
438
Mrs. Olive M. Isbell. 440 Sugar Camp.
442
Page Store-W. H. Scott & Co.
372
L. H. Ploucquet, Master, Plymouth Grange.
420
Residence of Z. F. Granniss.
R. G. Johnson
T. J. Bradstreet. 396
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