History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Part 80

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Philadelphia : Williams brothers
Number of Pages: 458

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A Universalist society was organized at Monroe Centre a short time previous to the date of the erecting of their church building, which occurred in 1853. Rev. Philander P. Smith was the officiating preacher at this time. Since his removal Revs. B. F. Hitchcock, C. L. Shipman, Mr. McArthur, and Mr. Wilson have been the ministers. Meetings are at present held irregularly, and there are but few members.

KELLOGGSVILLE VILLAGE.

The village of Kelloggsville derives its name from Amos and Martin Kellogg, who were among its early settlers. It is located in the west part of the township, near Ashtabula creek, and comprises the territory first occupied by the early settlers of Monroe, and which was first known as Ferguson's Settlement. The post-office first received the name Kelloggsville, Amos Kellogg being the first postmaster, and afterwards the village was called by the same name. From 1820 to 1830, Kelloggsville was one of the most important business points in this section of the State. Caleb Blodgett was the live business man of the place. The mills and tannery and several distilleries were then in full operation. The hotels and stores did a large business. At present it presents a very quiet appearance. There are one store, a post-office, a harness-shop, one tannery, a doctor's office, and two churches in the place.

ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP AND ITS OFFICERS.

Monroe township was organized in the year 1818. Previous to this date the north portion of the township, consisting of a strip two miles wide by five in length, had belonged to Salem, now Conneaut township. The township was named Monroe, in honor of James Monroe, the President of the United States.

The first township election was held at a log cabin, on what is called the Walker Bennett farm, in the northwest part of the township, July 4, 1818. David Niles was elected chairman, Ezekiel Colby and Elijah Peck judges of the election. The following officers were then chosen : David Niles, Harvey Dean, and Stephen Webb, trustees ; Martin Kellogg, clerk ; Asa Brown and Peter Peck, overseers of the poor ; Perry G. Gardner and Isaac Bennett, fence-viewers; Amos Kellogg, treasurer.

The township trustees from 1819 to 1877, inclusive, have been as follows : 1819, John Bushnell, Caleb Blodgett, Benjamin Abbott; 1820, Benjamin Abbott, David Niles, Jonah Kellogg; 1821, Elijah Peck, Stephen Webb, David Niles, Jr. ; 1822, David Niles. Jr., Solomon Durkee, Jr., John Hill; 1823, Sol- omon Durkee, Jr., Benjamin Wetmore, Barnabas Hamblin; 1824, same; 1825, William Ensign, David Hatch, Almeron Hill; 1826, Rufus Hatch, Jr., Benja- min Abbott, Jonah Kellogg; 1827, Benjamin Wetmore, Rufus Hatch, Silas Durham; 1828, Silas Durham, Benjamin Wetmore, Daniel Hatch; 1829, Na- thaniel Webster, John Hill, Daniel Bennett ; 1830, Nathaniel Webster, Daniel Bennett, James Hicks; 1831, James Hicks, Daniel Bennett, James Brown ; 1832, Eber Sanford, Humphrey Cram, Danville Hayward; 1833, Humphrey Cram, George P. Gardner, Ralph Williams; 1834, H. Cram, George P. Gard- ner, Abner Kellogg; 1835, same; 1836, Sedgwick Bushnell, George P. Gard- ner, Solomon Durkee; 1837, S. Bushnell, Danville Hayward, P. Stevens; 1838, Martin Kellogg, E. B. Woodbury, P. Stevens; 1839, Isaac Smith, Hiram Kent, William Read, Jr .; 1840, Isaac Smith, Paul Stevens, Lyman Brewster; 1841,

ELISHA FARNHAM.

WM. K.PINNEY

H. F. HARDY.

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Samuel Eaton, John Niles, E. B. Woodbury ; 1842, Samuel Eaton, E. B. Wood- bury, John Howard ; 1843, John Howard, Samuel Eaton, John Hardy ; 1844, John Hardy, Samuel Eaton, John Howard; 1845, John Hardy, S. S. Bushnell, Augustus Abbott ; 1846, David Durkee, John Howard, George Van Gaasbeck ; 1847, John Howard, George Van Gaasbeck, I. W. Babbett ; 1848, John How- ard, George H. Wiekwire, John Wetmore ; 1849, John Howard, Rufus Hateh, J. E. Hill; 1850, J. E. Hill, R. Washburn, J. Holmes ; 1851, R. Washburn, H. N. Bushnell, C. C. Baker; 1852, Rufus IIatch, J. E. Hill, J. Mitchell ; 1853, Alonzo Marshall, Lewis Howard, Samuel Eaton ; 1854, same; 1855, Asa Fuller, Josiah Hieks, Alonzo Marshall ; 1856, same ; 1857, S. S. Bushnell, Jo- siah Hicks, John Howard ; 1858, S. S. Bushnell, John Howard, Gilbert Sweet ; 1859, Augustus Abbott, Gilbert Sweet, J. W. Read; 1860, Augustus Abbott, Lewis Howard, E. P. Baker; 1861, E. P. Baker, Alonzo Ferguson, C. Dean ; 1862, W. K. Kinney, S. S. Johnson, P. F. Kellogg; 1863, W. P. Woodbury, Rufus Eaton, S. S. Johnson ; 1864, G. Sweet, G. G. Waite, P. F. Kellogg ; 1865, G. G. Waite, P. F. Kellogg, Julius Benson ; 1866, G. G. Waite, C. Dean, -

-; 1867, A. F. Moon, C. Dean, L. C. Atwater; 1868, A. Curtiss, L. C. Atwater, E. Hayward; 1869, J. W. Traverse, L. H. Kellogg, E. Hayward ; 1870, E. Hayward, Lyman Everts, H. N. Bushnell; 1871, H. N. Bushnell, L. Everts, R. Washburn ; 1872, B. B. Hardy, John Wetmore, R. Washburn ; 1873, R. Washburn, R. Eaton, B. B. Hardy ; 1874, E. P. Baker, R. H. Eaton, G. A. Lillie ; 1875, E. P. Baker, H. S. Dean, B. S. Woodward ; 1876, H. Morse, D. W. Houston, A. Marshall; 1877, D. W. Houston, R. P. Smith, Hiram Morse.

Township Clerks .- 1819, Peter Peek; 1820 and 1821, Martin Kellogg; 1822, James Vosburg; 1823 to 1852, inclusive, Francis Kellogg ; 1853, James M. Power; 1854, C. L. Bushnell; 1855 to 1860, inelusive, Josiah Burge; 1861 to 1866, inelusive, L. B. Howard; 1867 and 1868, H. F. Hitchcock ; 1869 to 1877, inelusive, L. B. Howard.

Township Treasurers .- 1819 to 1821, inelusive, Stephen Webb; 1822 to 1825, inelusive, Rufus Hateh, Jr .; 1826 to 1837, inclusive, Solomon Spalding; 1838 to 1844, inelusive, William K. Pinney ; 1845 to 1856, inclusive, D. S. Gifford ; 1857 to 1864, inelusive, W. W. Kinney ; 1865 to 1870, inelusive, S. S. Johnson ; 1871, C. Benson ; 1872 to 1876, inclusive, C. F. Eaton ; 1877, L. G. Felch.

Listers .- 1819, Harvey Dean ; 1820, Isaac Bennett ; 1821, Henry Belden ; 1822, Ambrose Ford; 1823, Martin Kellogg; 1824, John Bushnell; 1825, Eber Sanford.

Assessors .- 1841 to 1843, Abner Kellogg; 1844 and 1845, Hervey Sperry ; 1846, Isaae Smith ; 1847, E. B. Woodbury ; 1848 and 1849, S. S. Bushnell ; 1850 and 1851, Lewis Howard; 1852, T. S. Young; 1853, H. L. Seribner ; 1854 and 1855, Alfred Buss ; 1856, T. S. Young ; 1857, Samuel Young; 1858, Philip Doel; 1859, John Dean; 1860, T. S. Young; 1861, S. S. Bushnell ; 1862, Samuel"Young ; 1863, Elijah Curtiss ; 1864, W. W. Kinney ; 1865, L. C. Atwater _; 1866, T. S. Young; 1867, S. Hayward ; 1868, T. S. Young ; 1869 to 1875, inelusive, Samuel Mitehell; 1876, H. N. Bushnell; 1877, Lewis Howard.

Justices of the Peace .- 1819, William Ensign, David Niles; 1821, Amos Kellogg, Benjamin Abbott ; 1824, Elijah Peek, Samuel Eaton ; 1825, Harvey Sperry ; 1827, Samuel Eaton, Henry Belden ; 1829, William Ensign ; 1830, Henry Belden, Ira Benton; 1832, James M. Bloss; 1833, Ira Benton, Nathaniel Webster; 1839, Samuel Hayward; 1840, E. B. Woodbury ; 1842, Hermon 51

Torry ; 1843, Bartlett B. Smith ; 1846, Solomon Durkee, Lewis Howard ; 1848, B. B. Smith ; 1849, S. S. Bushnell, Lewis Howard ; 1851, B. B. Smith ; 1852, S. S. Bushnell, Josiah Burge; 1855, T. S. Young; 1858, S. Hayward; 1859, J. Burge ; 1860, T. S. Young; 1861, S. Hayward ; 1862, E. P. Baker; 1866, P. F. Kellogg, Julius Benson ; 1868, T. S. Young; 1869, Julius Benson ; 1870, Parkman Baker; 1873, Parkman Baker ; 1875, J. H. Wardwell, C. O. Wiley, Julius Benson.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM KELSO PINNEY.

On the 30th day of November, 1801, the subject of the present sketeh was born at Middlefield, Hampshire county, Massachusetts. His parents were Benjamin and Cynthia Robbins Pinney, originally of Connecticut. The father died in about 1826, in Massachusetts. The mother came to Ohio, and died in 1855. William K.'s education was received prior to his eoming to Ohio. He located in Kelloggs- ville, and passed his life here engaged in farming and shoemaking. He held numerous township offices, among which were treasurer and constable, holding these offiees some twelve years. The date of his marriage was August, 1826, and the lady to whom he was united was Sophronia, daughter of Joseph and Louisa Smith (née Pease). From this union was born one ehild ; this was Harriet L., September 1, 1829. She became the wife of L. H. Leavitt, and is now residing in Monroe township (this county). Mr. Pinney was Republican in polities. Ile was not a professor of religion, but was favorable to Universalism. He died on the 22d day of December, 1877.

HANCE F. HARDY.

The son of Captain William Hardy, born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1797. Hance F. Hardy was left an orphan at the age of seventeen. He early acquired habits of industry, and no sooner was he bereft of his parents than he took a contract to carry the mail from Sandusky to Fort Meigs, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles. The route lay through the Maumee swamp, and at certain seasons of the year was almost impassable. The journey was made on horse- baek, following notched trees, and many of the streams could be crossed only by swimming. The trip was made onee per week. When twenty years of age he bought a farm in Monroe township, this county, when he made it his home for sixty years. He was one of the early settlers of that part of the county, and had his full share of the privations and hardships of pioneer life. He was an indus- trious, law-abiding citizen, and lived a useful life. He died December 23, 1876, nearly eighty years of age.

January 1, 1819, he was united in marriage to Acenoth Chapin, and the fol- lowing are the names of Mr. Hardy's children, with dates of their birth : Chloe P., born October 8, 1819 ; Laura A., born September 30, 1821; Margaret, born September 8, 1823; William, born August 30, 1825; Julia, born January 28, 1828; Caroline, born May 29, 1830; Matilda E., born April 29, 1835 ; Jane M., April 24, 1837. Mr. Hardy was a member of the Congregational ehureh, in which he was for many years a deaeon.

KINGSVILLE TOWNSHIP.

THE early history of this township, written by Harvey Nettleton for the Ash- tabula County historical society, is so excellent in its style of composition and statement of fact that we adopt a large portion of it with but slight change.

LOCATION-SHAPE.

This township is situated on the lake-shore, in the county of Ashtabula, State of Ohio, being number thirteen in the second range of townships of the Con- necticut Western Reserve. The township lines, in common with others of the eastern part of the Reserve, were run out by the Connectiont land company during the year 1796-97. Having no fractional township or gore attached, it varies from a square, the eastern line being longer than the western. It is like- wise curtailed of a small portion of its territory hy a slight variation of the line drawn between the first and second ranges of townships, which takes off from its eastern side and adds it to Conneaut.

ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS.

John H. Buell, Timothy Burr, Elijah White, Theodore Ely, Enoch Perkins, Royal Tyler, and Ephraim Robbins were the parties that came into possession of this township, together with Conneaut gorc, at the time that the Connecticut land company's drawing was effected, in 1798. This accounts for the Buell tract, the Perkins tract, etc., which were so familiar to the early settlers. It required twelve thousand nine hundred and three dollars and twenty-three cents to entitle these parties to the ownership of this township. Of this sum White and Ely each contributed three thousand dollars; Burr, two thousand ; Buell, nine hundred ; Perkins, seventeen hundred and forty-five ; Tyler, eighteen hundred and eighty; and Robbins, three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and twenty- three cents.

NATURAL FEATURES.

The two principal ridges running from east to west through the township, at convenient distances, give an agreeable variety to the surface, afford good roads and favorable building sites, and furnish a soil well adapted to the cultivation of the grains, of fruit, and of garden vegetables. This township is without doubt a better agricultural district than any other in the county, although Conneaut contests the right to this reputation very stubbornly. It is watered by the Con- neaut and Ashtabula creeks, with their affluents, together with several smaller streams that empty into the lake, making this an excellently-watered district, and furnishing admirable advantages for the use of water-power.

PRIMEVAL SCENERY.

The forest with its unbroken ranks of trees and its ocean of leafy boughs, the rich and luxuriant vegetation that clothed the ground, presented a scene which lovers of nature would have delighted to contemplate, filled with beauties which the untutored savage was wholly unable to appreciate. Nature delights to decorate herself with flowers, and enjoys the fragrance of her own perfumes. Here the wild-flowers which decked this region constituted one of the principal beauties of the woods. Among the earliest of these was the violet, which sprang up in profusion as the snow melted in spring, and although a modest, unpretentious flower, is not excelled in sweetness by any other that blooms. As spring advanced and the warm summer days came there appeared the cowslip, the lady-slipper, the wild pink and the wild balm, the primrose, and others too numerous to mention. Here too grew the wild plum and the crab-apple, whose blossoms yield so rich a fragrance. These beauties of nature had for ages, as the years followed cach other, sprung up in this vast forest garden, bloomed, and then withered and died, and no heart was made glad by them, verifying the truth that

"Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air."

Yet they may have courted the admiration of the red children of the forest, and some of them may have decked the dark and glossy locks of many a fair young Indian maiden, and graced the bower of many an Indian queen.

FISH, BIRDS, AND ANIMALS.

When the first settlers arrived the streams were plentifully supplied with fish, such as the sturgeon, the pike, the pickerel, muskelonge, the buffalo, with shoals of the smaller kinds.

Large herds of elk and deer ranged' in unrestrained freedom through the wil- derness in summer, cropping the luxuriant herbage and basking in shades, and during the deep snows of winter congregating together in some sheltering thicket, subsisting on the small twigs and bark of trees. These animals were the unre- strained denizens of the woods, where they had long had peaceable possession, disturbed only by the occasional attack of the wolf, or the sharp crack of the Indian rifle. Panthers, thongh never numerous, were known to visit this region occasionally upon the arrival of the first settlers. There was likewise a large species of the wild-cat, which was a fierce and formidable animal, and more troublesome than almost any other, destroying sheep and poultry. They have been known to drag a deer, which had been wounded and left by the hunters, a considerable distance into their dens. In addition to these were found bear, wolves, otter, beaver, muskrat, red, gray, and black foxes, raccoons, and porcupines, with a variety of smaller game; all of which, with the exception of the beaver, were numerous at the time of first settlement in the township. The beaver had been, at no remote period, very numerous, as the existence of their dams yet remaining in the early years of the settlement of the township furnished the proof. These dams were full of brush and sticks, covered with mud, and so ingeniously contrived as to form an obstruction capable of resisting the force of a current and becoming perfectly tight. The beavers were taken by the Indians by cutting a hole in the dams, and setting traps in the water. The unsuspecting animals per- ceiving the drain, and coming down to repair the breach, were easily caught in the traps. The woods were enlivened by a multitude of birds, whose wild and cheerful notes. especially those of the wild robin, were singularly sweet and pleasant. These birds were very numerous, inhabiting the tops of the tallest trees, beginning their song at the first dawn of morning, and filling the woods with the sweetest melody. Wild turkeys were found in great abundance, being frequently seen with their broods numbering thirty or forty in a drove. The partridge and the quail were also inhabitants of the wood. Among the birds of prey were the eagle, hawk, buzzard, raven, and the owl.

THE FIRST SETTLERS.

Eldad Harrington, originally a native of the Bay State, but used to frontier life, and immigrating to the township from western Pennsylvania, was the first resident. He was what was termed a " squatter," not possessing a title to the land whereon he settled, but appropriating it to his use. A hunter of great repute, and ineited by the abundance of fish and game, and by the rich appearance of the bottom-lands along the Conneaut, he erected his cabin on a second bottom tract, in the bend of this stream, some time in the year 1803. He thus availed himself of the advantages of an excellent spring of water, and of a small opening in the creek bottom, which had been cleared by the Indians for the purpose of raising corn. His example was soon followed by others of the same class, who, to the number of six or seven families, located without color of title along the creek within the limits of this township, the date of their settlement most probably being in the year 1805. Their names were Andrew Stull, Leonard and Michael Widener, Daniel Tolbert, Elijah Lewis, Israel Harrington, a Mr. Blackman, and a Mr. Blackamore. Except the last named they all came from western Pennsyl- vania. They were nearly all of them men of no property, and without resources except such as could be gathered from the woods and waters, and from cultivating small patches of potatoes and corn. It is said of them that they were a happy and contented company of men, aspiring to nothing of the good things of this life beyond the hoe-cake, the porringer of milk, and the dish of fried leeks.

Blackamore had been a Continental soldier ; had served his country in the Rev- olutionary war; had been in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Mon- mouth ; was a genuine patriot, and an honest man.

Andrew Stull was an ingenious hlacksmith, and possessed greater skill in climb- ing trees than any man known to the settlers. He made for himself a set of iron claws, which he fastened to his wrists and knees, by means of which he would ascend the largest trees with great ease and alacrity. As this ability en- abled these hunters to forego the necessity of felling trees, some of which were oftentimes three or four feet in diameter, and thus with much labor to obtain the hide of a raccoon or an opossum, it was by them highly appreciated. Some of these men afterwards became property-holders in the township, and lived out use-

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RESIDENCE OF DR. E. M. WEBSTER, KINGSVILLE, ASHTABULA Co., OHIO.

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ful and honorable careers. One of them, Israel Harrington, was the first justice of the peace in the organized township.

The first settler in the township, who was also a proprietor of Kingsville soil, was Captain Walter Fobes, who came in the fall of the year 1805 from Norwich, Massachusetts, and located on the north ridge, about one mile and a quarter from the west line of the township. Here he purchased about five hundred acres of land, and an equal amount in the township of Madison, Lake county, designing to have his children, of whom he then had five, to settle on these lands, and thus to be near to him. At this date, however, only one of his descendants, Mrs. John Merriam, of the fourth generation, resides on, and is owner of, any part of these lands. The county infirmary farm and the north village are ineluded in his Kingsville purchase. He donated lands to the public to be used for burial pur- poses, and was himself the first to be buried therein, in the spring of the year 1816. He was a useful eitizen, and may be regarded as the first permanent settler in the township.

In August of the following year, 1806, Captain Rodger Nettleton removed from Austinburg township to Kingsville, and purchasing three hundred aeres ad- joining Mr. Fobes on the west, located himself and family thereon, where he eon- tinued to reside up to the time of his death, in 1854.

He was originally from Norfolk, Litehfield county, Connecticut, and was one of the pioneers of the Western Reserve, settling in Austinburg in the year 1800. He held a captain's commission in the militia, under the Territorial government, signed by Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwestern Territory. He was a Presbyterian of the Puritan school, and took the lead in organizing the first church in the township. He was a zealous church member, a man of probity, and lived for nearly fifty years a useful and honest eitizen of the township.

Thomas Hamilton, known to the Kingsville pioneers as the Duke of York, in 1806 purchased a piece of land on the north side of the North Ridge road to the east of Mr. Fobes. ITis cabin and that of Mr. Fobes were about one mile distant from each other.

In the spring of 1809, Deaeon Clark Webster, from the State of New York, made a purchase of what was known as the Skinner traet, and located himself thereon. In a narrative written by himself many years ago he says, " In April, 1809, I had a log house rolled up, and in the following May moved my family into it. It had no chimney. Here I had not resided long before my wife was taken sick, and she lay eleven weeks, neither able to dress or undress herself, nor even to feed herself. It was the Lord's will that she should recover, but this mis- fortune threw me back in my business. I had no team to help me, nor any means of buying one. Mr. Nettleton had a team which he let me use, and so I got in some grain, and made partial provision for the future as best I could." It is said of Mr. Webster that he was an industrious and enterprising inhabitant.

Shortly after Mr. Webster's arrival, Captain White Webster, from Litchfield, Connecticut, arrived, and settled in the centre of the township on land lying adjoining the farm of the former.

The year 1809 witnessed also the settlement in the township of Jonathan and Isaac Hart,-brothers,-the former purchasing a lot from Mr. Fobes, and the latter a portion of the Buell tract, his western line being bounded by the western line of the township.

Silas Tinker, from Chester, Massachusetts, settled ou the south ridge, and erected the first building west of Kingsville Centre. This was in the year 1809. The settlement in the bend of the Conneaut, where the squatters were residing, was augmented about this time by the accession thereto of Thomas Kezartee, from Virginia, and Amos Batehelor, from New Hampshire. Zachariah Olmstead settled on the lot formerly oeeupied by Thomas Hamilton.

Thus did the settlement grow, until there were, in 1810, when the township was organized, between twenty-five and thirty families within its limits.

HOW THE TOWNSHIP CAME TO BE NAMED "KINGSVILLE."

The subject of obtaining an appropriate name for the township was early a matter of discussion among the settlers. There seemed to be a variety of opinion or choice in the matter. The name first proposed, and so far adopted as to have designated the name in the first township map that was made, was " Fobes' Dale," in honor of the first permanent settler. Some one, not having proper respeet for Noah Webster, had the audacity to attempt the correction of the orthography, and change the meaning conveyed, by obliterating the " D" and substituting " T." The settlers would not tolerate this, and clamored for a change. The name of Norwich was then applied, by which designation it was known for a short time, when a certain individual by the name of Kingsville, not a resident of the township nor propri- etor of any part of it, proposed to the settlers to give them four gallons of whisky if they would honor hiwi by bestowing upon it his name. The proposition was agreed to, and accordingly it was christened " Kingsville."

OTHIER EARLY SETTLERS.

The following trace their residence, either of themselves or of their ancestors, in the township as given herewith: B. L. Noyes, 1810; M. Whitney, 1811; II. L: Dibble, 1815 ; Jeremiah Luce and A. Luce, 1816; F. B. Phelps, Amos Barrett, and Alvin Fox, 1817; H. P. Newton, 1818; F. B. Nettleton, 1819; Edwin Dibble, 1820; Morris Carter, 1821; A. Nettleton, 1822; S. J. Wright and L. D. Fox, 1823; R. L. Grover, E. O'Harra, and Charlotte Brown, 1824; A. B. Luec, 1825 ; P. H. Dibble and E. M. Webster, 1827; E. O. Butler and J. V. Welton, 1828; Judson A. Knapp, 1829. The above are subseribers to the his- tory. Other early settlers deserving mention are Daniel C. Phelps, Edward and Nathan Blood, William Woodbury, Reuben Heath, Girard Griswold, Joseph Hawkins, Reuben Harman, William and Stutson Benson, Charles Brown, Jacob Crater, Ezekiel Sheldon, Wheeler Woodbury, Samuel Rugg, Anson Titus, Aaron Lyon, Smith Webster, Elijah Webster, Urial Munger, Stephen Munger, Libeus Hill, Eden Wileox, Samuel Rice, Jedediah Hibbard, Samuel Newton, Gideon and Reuben Luce, Zacheus Bugbee, Thomas and Roswell Cook, Daniel Noyes, Nathan Russell, David Wood, Ives Morse, William Corwin, Andrew Stanton, Obadiah and Samuel Wood, John and Obed Dibble, Andrew and Silas Harvey, Elijah Hill, Mr. Beardsley, and Rev. Benj. Barnes. The Dibble family, originally from Massachusetts, removed to Kingsville from Denmark township, in 1820. John Dibble, Sr., settled in Denmark in 1810. The family is a large and influential one.

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History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, Part 80

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.) Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Philadelphia : Williams brothers Number of Pages: 458

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Philadelphia : Williams brothers
Number of Pages: 458