History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Part 121

Author: Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Number of Pages: 716

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1842, Trustees, H. Frisbee, J. Kennedy, S. Fitch; clerk, Chester Phil- lips; treasurer, Hiram Gleason: overseers of the poor, E. Fitch, N. B. Sage.

1843. Trustees, Vespasian Stearns, H. Frisbee, S. Fitch: clerk, C. Phillips; treasurer, E. Fitch: overseers of the poor, Amos Briggs, Orson Spencer: assessor, D. J. Stearns,

1814. Trustees, John Kennedy, Elliott Stearns, Josep' S. Allen ; clerk, C. Phillips; treasurer, William Romp; overseers of the poor, H. B. Gleason, J. N. Lawrence; assessor, John Barnum.

1×45. Trustees, Oliver Weldon, C. Fitch, E. Fitch; clerk, C. Phillips; treasurer, Wm. Romp: assessor, J. Kennedy : overseers of the poor, N. B. Gage, E. Fitch,

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1846. Trustees. Caleb Cook. Elisha Fitch, Geo MeKillip: lerk. C. Phillips; treasurer. J. Kennedy : assessor. D. J. Stearns.

1847. Trustees, H. Frisbee, S. Fitch, John Carpenter: clerk. Jotham Howe: treasurer, Newton P. Loomis: assessor. V. Stearns

1848. Trustees, H. K. Miner. Amos Briggs, D. J. Stearns: clerk. J. R. Henry ; treasurer, Thomas F. Husted: assessor. Chester Phillips.

1849. Trustees. Eli Fitch. John Kennedy, Norman Dutcher: clerk, J. R. Henry : treasurer, Jotham Howe: assessor. ( . Phillips.

1×50. Trustees. Buel Stearns, Chauncey Fitch, Alanson Tilly : clerk, Elliott Stearns: treasurer. Jotham Howe: assessor, C. Phillips.

1×51. Trustees. Samuel Daniels, Elias P. Usher. Caleb Cook ; clerk, Gen. W. Thompson: treasurer, William Romp: assessor. Chauncey Fitch. 1×52. Trustees, Samuel Daniels, E. P Usher, Caleb Cook: clerk, G. W. Thompson; treasurer, Wm. Romp: assessor, C Fitch.

1-33. Trustees, E. P. Usher, Peter Kidney, John Ames: clerk. G. W. Thompsou: treasurer, J. Howe: assessor. (. Fitch.

1-54. Trustees, E. P. Usher, Chauncey Mead, Harvey Barnum; clerk. G. W. Thompson: assessor. Chauncey Fitch.

1×55. Trustees, Cyrus P Dryden, Harvey Barnum, Eli Fitch; clerk. A. G. Hollister: treasurer. Henry S. Howe: assessor. C. C. Fitch.

156. Trustees Chauncey Fitch. Thomas Brown, Buel Stearns; clerk, N P. Loomis: treasurer, Elsha Fitch; assessor. Francis Fitch.

1857. Trustees C. Fitch, T. Brown. B. Stearns: clerk. N. P. Loomis: treasurer, E. Fitch : assessor. F Fitch.

185X, Trustees, Eastman Bradford, James P. Rice, C R Vaughn; clerk. Jas. II. Strong: treasurer, N P Loomis; assessor. @ @ Fitch 1×59. Trustees, O R Vaughn, Lewis Short. Charles Carpenter: clerk.

J. H Strong: treasurer. Eastn'an Bradford, assessor. Buel Stearns.

1460. Trustees, Henry Pomp. O. C. Lawrence, Eli Fitch: dleik. Rich- ard Pollard: treasurer, Elsha Fitch: assessor, C. C. Fitch

ING. Trustees, Cal in Geer. Luther Barnum. J. W. Fitch: clerk, 0). W' Kendall: treasurer. C. P. Pryden: assessor, Newell Nelson.

1-62. Trustees. J. W Fitch. H Romp. Benom Bartlett: clerk, John (. Fitch; treasurer Elisha Fitch; assessor. Butel Stearns.

1º13. Trustees, & W Fitch. H. Hoffty zer, Benj Salshiny , clerk, John G. Fitch: treasurer, William W. Mead. assessor, Newell Nelson

1×64. Trustees, J. G Fitch. 6 W Kennedy, ( R. Vaughn, clerk, N. P. Lnomis: treasurer, W. W. Mead: assessor, Newell Nelsan.

1465 Trustees, Chauncey Fitch. C. C. Fitch, Win, Bushy ; clerk. J. G. Fitch: treasurer, Wm W. Mead.

1566. Trustees. Eastman Bradford, Calvin Geer, Charles S Underhill: clerk, J G Fitch: treasurer. W. W. Mendl, assessor, G W. Kennedy.

1867. Trustees, Eastman Bradford. Newman Pickard, Charles C. Fitch: clerk, J. G. Fitch: treasurer, W W Mead; assessor, Gardner Stearns.

IMGW. Trustees, C (. Fitch, Benoni Bartlett, Lester Bradford, clerk. Asabel Osborn: treasurer. W. W. Mead. assessor, Gardner Stearns.

1×69. Trustees, O P Smith, J. R Ruple, Elisha Fitch, elerk. Asabel Oshorn: treasurer. W. W. Mead: assessor, James R Shaw.

1:10. Trustees, Calvin Geer, David H. Barnard, Benj Salisbury : clerk, A. Osborn: treasurer, W. W. Mead: assessor. R. T Elliot.

1871. Trustees, B. Salisbury, Lester Bradford, O. P. Smith, clerk, J. G Fitch: treasurer, W. W. Mead, assessor. Gardner Stearns.

1572. Trustees, D. II Barnard, ( @ Fitch, Win. J. Camp: clerk. Henry Northrop: treasurer. W. W. Mead: assessor, Joel Hall.

1413. Trustees, D. H. Barnard. C. C. Fitch, M. E. Baker: clerk, R. Pollard; treasurer. W. W. Mead: assessor, R. T. Elhut.

1874 Trustees, Wm. J. Camp, Jas Hicky, Wm. Busby; clerk, Rich- ard Pollard: treasurer, Win. W. Mead: assessor. Lawrence Bramley.

1875. Trustees, Win. Bu-by, G. W. Kennedy, L. C. Taney: ch rk. Henry Northrop: treasurer. Geo, R. Dryden: assessor, Lawrence Bramley.

1×76. Trustees, Clayton sharp, G. W. Kennedy, L. C. Taney : clerk, Henry Northrop; treasurer. G. B Dryden: assessor, Hemy Romp.

1877. Trustees, Clayton Sharp, Win. T. Williams, John Hull; clerk. J. G. Fitch: treasurer, G. B. Dryden; assessor. G. W. Kennedy

1878. Trustees, Clayton Sharp, Win. T Williams, William Daniels: clerk, W D. Bennett: treasurer, G B. Dryden; assessor, Erastus Libby. 1879. Trustees. Clayton Sharp, W. F. Wilhams, W. W. Darrald : clerk W. D. Bennett: treasurer. George B. Dryden; assessor, Erastus Libby.

DAVID JOHNSON STEARNS.

Eliphalet Stearns was of English deseent, and was a, captain in the American forces during the Revolu- tion. This son Elijah, a native of Massachusetts. served with him, acting at first as his servant, but being afterward promoted to a lieutenancy, in which capacity he rendered zealous service in the cause of liberty. After his discharge at the close of the war, he located at Dover, Vermont, where in the year 1793

David Johnson Stearns, the subject of our sketch, was born; he being the second of eleven children.

In 1815 David J. Stearns emigrated to Ohio, and settled on " Butternut Ridge," in Kingston, now

Olmstead, where he bought a tract of land, and cut the first tree, for the purpose of improvement, that was felled on the ridge. In February, 1819, he was married to Polly Barnum, of Fernsburg, Vermont, by whom he had eight children.

Mr. Stearns was elected town clerk in 1823, and held the office for seven years without remuneration. In 1831 he was elected township trustee, serving two years, and he also acted as assessor one year. Politi- cally he has always been a Democrat. In religion he is a l'hiveralist, having been a member of that church sixteen years. Mr. Stearns remains a fair representative of pioneer days, contented to have been a successful farmer, free from ostentation, and de- voted to the best interests of the people around him. Being in fair health and good spirits, he enjoys life even in his old age, and the burden of his eighty-six years, rests very lightly upon him.

CHAPTER LXXXI.

ORANGE.

Date of Settlement Thomas King in 1418-Names of those then there Description of the Township-Organization-First Officers List of Voters in 1820-Seth Mapes- Amos Boynton-Dr. Witter Ralph Arnold -No Mills, nor Stores -- Abram Garfield-James A. Garfield-The First Store-Formation of Chagrin Falls-Area taken from Orange-Pro- gressive Changes-Present Situation-Cheese Factories-Mills- Stores -Methodist Church at the Center-Methodist Church on the Hill- Bible Christian Church-North Orange Disciple Church-South Orange Disciple Church-Free Will Baptist Church-Principal Township Officers.

IMMEDIATELY after theclose of the war of 1812-15, a few emigrants moved into township seven, range

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ten, of the Western Reserve, the greater part of which is now comprised in the civil township of Orange. The first who located himself in township ten, was Serenus Burnet, who settled on the Chagrin river in 1815, but he was in that part which has since been included in the township of Chagrin Falls. We are unable to fix with absolute certainty the exact date of the first arrival in that portion of number ten which now belongs to Orange, but believe it to have been in 1816. To a greater extent than in most townships, the old settlers of Orange have passed by death and emigration. Its oldest surviving pioneer is now Mr. Thomas King, of Orange Hill, whom we have consulted in regard to the early history of the township, but whose unfortunate and extreme deaf- ness made it impossible to obtain more than the most meager details,

Mr. King settled where he now resides in ISIS. The only residents of the present township of Orange which he found at that time, were the families of Jesse Kimball, Rufus Parsons, John White and Theron White, all being on the high ground in the north part of the township. These families had been there at least one year at that time, and some of them he thinks two years; which is the reason why we fix the year 1816 as the probable date of the first settle- ment in the present township of Orange.

The western part of that township was composed of the narrow valley of the Chagrin river, running al- most due north across it. Separated from this valley by a high, steep hill was a broad extent of high land, known as Orange Hill, comprising nearly all the northern part of the township. The land descended gradually to the south, and the portion south of the central line was only of moderate hight, but was yet composed of dry and somewhat broken ground. free from every suspicion of swampiness. The soil was gravelly, with some clay, and, when covered with its native, heavy growth of beech. maple, oak, elm, etc., presented a more alluring appearance to the pioneers than some more fertile regions, made unwholesome by frequent swamps and miasmatic exhalations. As has been observed, all the first settlers located on the Hill. evidently determined to secure a healthful sitna- tion as the first consideration.

The newcomers went to work zealonsly, making clearings around their cabins, planting, sowing and reaping grain while the stumps still showed the marks of the axe, and obtaining ample supplies of wild mint- ton and woodland pork from the deer and bear which abounded on all sides of them. Several other settlers came during 1818 and 1819, and in the spring of 1820 it was determined to have a new civil township. The requisite order was made by the county commission- ers on the 7th of June in that year; the name of "Orange" was selected for the new township, which then comprised survey-townships six and seven in range ten, being the whole of the present Solon and Orange, and the greater part of Chagrin Falls.

The first election was held at the house of Daniel

R. Smith, on the 21th of the same month, when the following officers were chosen: Trustees. Eber M. Waldo, Caleb Litch, Edmund Mallet ; clerk, David Sayler: treasurer, D. R. Smith: lister, Eber M. Waldo; appraiser, Lawrence Inff; overseers of the poor, Thomas King, Serenus Burnet; fence viewers, William Weston, Seruyn Cleaveland; supervisors of highways, E. Mallet, Rufns Parsons, Caleb Litch, Thomas Robinson. These were all residents of sur- vey-township number seven, as number six was not settled until the fall of that year, and all but the Bur- nets, and possibly one or two others, resided in the present township of Orange.

Although we have been somewhat troubled about learning the facts in relation to the very first settle- ment, we have been very fortunate in ascertaining the condition of the township at a little later period; for the first town-book shows in the record for 1822, a full list of those who cast their votes at the election on the 20th of May of that year. These were as follows: Peter Giardinier, Jonathan Covey, Edward Covey, Jesse Kimball, Jacob Gardinier, Isaac Satler, Sylva- nus L. Simpson, William Weston, Caleb Alvord, Na- thaniel Goodspeed, Thomas King, Seruyn Cleaveland, Lewis Northrop, Clarimond Herriman, Benjamin Jenks, Nathaniel Sherman, Joseph Watson, Amaziah Northrop, Daniel R. Smith, Jacob Hutchins, Jedediah Buxton, Daniel S. Tyler, Asa Woodward, Silas T. Dean, Ansel Jerome, Luman Griswold, Sereuns Burnet, Ephraim Towne, Benjamin Hardy, Cornelius Mills- pangh. Abel Stafford, Caleb Fitch, John G. White, James Fisher.

The whole number was thirty-six. Besides these there were several whose names have previously been given, and who were evidently absent from the polls, so that there minst have been between forty and fifty voters in the township; indicating a population of about three hundred inhabitants. The three or four settlers in the south part of number six, who then constituted the whole population of the present town- ship of Solon were evidently of the unanimous opin- ion that it was not worth their while to go so far through the woods to election, for none of their names appear on the list. From 1822 the increase of popu- lation seems to have been decidedly slow during several years: for in 1828 only thirty votes were cast.

Seth Mapes settled in the south part of the town- ship in 1822, where his son, Jolin D. Mapes, was long a prominent citizen. In 1829 Amos Boynton, who had been a resident of the county (in Newburg) since 1818, located himself about a mile and a half south of Orange Center, on the farm still occupied by his widow and his son, Mr. II. B. Boynton. Mrs. Boyn- ton states that when they came, the township was still almost a wilderness. The road running north and south through the center had been laid ont but had not been worked. Dr. Witter was then prac- tieing medicine at Orange Center, where he had been for two or three years, being the first physician in the township.

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The same year, 1829, Ralph Arnold settled in the locality, where he has since resided, in the southwest part of the township, he being now one of the oldest of the "old settlers." There was then no store, hotel nor mill in the present township, though there had been a very poor little gristmill on the river, which had been speedily abandoned. Most of the settlers took their grain to be ground at a little log mill, situated near the present village of Chagrin Falls. Deer were >till numerous in the forest, and "the wolf's long howl" nightly menaced danger to any sheep which should be found outside of a well-fenced yard.

In 1824 Abram Garfield, a half-brother of Amos Boynton, settled on the farm adjoining that of the latter, and there, in the year 1831, while the primeval forest still stood close around his father's log cabin, was born a child destined to become, before reaching the age of fifty years, one of the foremost statesmen of America-James A. Garfield. A youth spent amid the hardships of pioneer days strengthened his phys- ical frame without cramping his mind, and from the time he left his father's farm in early youth until the present date, whether in military or civil life; whether as preacher, college-president, general, politician or statesman, his career has been one of almost uninter- rupted success.

The first store in Orange was established near where the " Bible Christian " church now stands, west of the center, about 1835. It was kept up three or four years. About the time it was closed. a Mr. Bymont opened a store on the town-line of Warrensville. which was maintained about the same length of time as the other one. By this time the village of Cha- grin Falls was doing a considerable business, and the farmers of Orange generally went thither to do their trading, except when they visited the growing city of Cleveland.

In the year 1845 the township of Chagrin Falls was formed, embracing. (besides a part of Solon and Geauga county) all that part of Orange comprised in the first division of tract number three except lots one, two and three in that division. The area of the section thus taken from Orange lacked a trifle of two and a half square miles; leaving a little over twenty- two and a half square miles within the boundaries of that township.

Since that time Orange has contained nothing that could be called even a small village. Its existence has passed in the peaceful pursuits of a thoroughly agricultural community. Its annals are therefore, of necessity, brief. Between 1840 and 1850 occurred the principal part of the change which must always take place in every new country when the log houses give way to framed ones, and the section passes from the pioneer period to the farming period. Only a few log houses lingered after 1850.

When treason assailed the nation's life the sons of Orange did their full part with the rest of the soldiers of Cuyahoga county, and their names will be found

among those of their respective regiments in the gen- eral history of the county.

Since the war the township has been largely de- voted to dairying, and there are now three cheese factories in it; that of J. P. Whitlam, at Orange Cen- ter: that of M. A. Lander, about two miles southwest of the center, and that of David Sheldon on Chagrin river, two miles east of the center. The steam saw- mills of James Graham near Chagrin river and close to the township of Chagrin Falls, and that of John Stoneman a mile west of the center are the only man- ufacturing establishments in the township.

Orange C'enter consists of a small store, three or four houses, a Methodist church and a post office. North Solon post office, notwithstanding its name, is also sitnated in Orange township, half a mile east from its southwest corner. A store was opened there in 1860 by Mr. Elbridge Morse. In 1863 he sold it to G. G. Arnold, the present proprietor, who had for three or four years previously been keeping a store near the residence of his father, Ralph Arnold.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (ORANGE CENTER).

This church was organized in 1839. The first members were P. C. Gordon, Mary A. Gordon, Henry Gordon, Alanson Smith, Henrietta Smith. Jesse Luce, Sophia HI. Luce, Sophia Weller, Reese Bowel, Mar- garet Bowel, William Case, William Lander, Mary A. Lander, Caroline Lander, Ansel Lander, Abigail Lan- der, Clarissa Hennessy, Ferris Thorp, Sarah Garden- ier, J. J. Hennessy, William Hennessy. Henry Gor- don was the first class-leader.

Rev. Mr. Halleek was the first pastor. Meetings were held at the school-house and at the residence of members until 1868, when the present neat framed edifice was erected. There are now about seventeen members. The following have been the pastors since Mr. Halleck, on this circuit, with the years in which their services began, as fully as could be ascertained from the scanty records: William F. Wilson and ITiram Kellogg, 1841: Timothy Goodwin and Lorel - zo Rogers --: S. C. Freer and R. H. HurIbut, 1849; - Lake, 1852; E. Lattamore and Benjamin Excell. 1853: William Patterson and S. Reynolds, 1854; William Patterson and A. Fouts, 1855; William Lum and J. B. Hammond, 1857; Thomas Gray, 1858; Iliram Kellogg, 1859; Cyril Wilson, 1860; M. Wil- liams, 1862; J. K. Mendenhall, 1863; Albert Norton, 1865; Rev. Mr. Warner, 1862: Rev. Mr. Brown, 1869; Rev. Mr. Radeliffe, 1820; Robert Gray, 181; Hiram Kellogg, 1822: Rev. Mr. Darrow, 18:5; Samuel Col- lms, 1826: George Johns, 1822: F. L. Chalk, 1828.

THE METHODIST CHURCH ON ORANGE HILL.

Preaching was held there by the Methodists as early as 1830. A small church was organized, and in 1841 a framed house of worship was erected. The church edifice belongs to Warrensville circuit, which also includes the one at Orange Center, and when there has been preaching on the hill, it has been by the

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minister- named above, in the sketch of the church at the center. There are now but a small number of members on the hill, and the services are not in- morons.

THE BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

A " Protestant Methodist " church was organized among the people of the central part of Orange as early as 1840, or before. After a time the members largely adopted the views of the " Bible Christian seet," and the church was reorganized under that name. About 1848 a small church building was erected. where the cemetery now is, a mile west of Orange Center. Here the congregation worshiped until 1865, when the present more commodious edi- fico was built, a little west of the former location.

The system of the " Bible Christians " is very much the same as that of the Methodists, and this church was in the same circuit with Chagrin Falls until 1823, when it was connected in a circuit with two churches in Warrensville. Rev. George Rippin was the first Bible Christian preacher who officiated in Orange. He was followed by Rev. Messrs. Hodge. Roach, Pinch, Hooper, Colwell, Wieket. Chapel, Tethua, Johns, etc. Rev. George Johns was pastor from 1823 to 1826: Rev. George Bodle from 18;6 to 1828; and Rev. Herman Moon became pastor in ISTS.

THE NORTH ORANGE DISCIPLE CHURCH.

This church was formed on the 28th day of July. 1845, with fifteen members. The first elders were William T. Hutchinson and Ira Rutherford. For about fifteen years the church flourished, and the number of members increased to thirty, but during and since the war they have largely migrated to other parts, and the organization has been broken up.

SOUTH ORANGE DISCIPLE CHURCH.

This was formed on the 2nd day of March, 1845. Amos Boynton and Z. Smith were the first overseers. Like the North Orange church, it flourished for a time, but emigration and other causes were too power- ful disorganizers to be successfully withstood.

THE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.

'The members of this organization reside in Orange and Solon, mostly in the vicinity of the line between the two townships. There were services held by preachers of this faith for many years before the church was organized, which event occurred on the 25th day of April. 1868. The Rev. W. Whitaere was the first minister; John Wentmore and JJoseph A. Burns the first deaeons; Wm. Mills, J. A. Burns and John Wentmore the first trustees, Mr. Whitacre continued as pastor until 18:3, when he was succeeded by Rev. J. C. Stecle. A framed church was built in 1820, on the north side of the town line road, half a mile east of North Solon post office.

PRINCIPAL TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. (OBTAINED FROM THE RECORDS.)

1820. Trustees, Eher M. Waldo, Caleb Litch, Edmund Mallett ; clerk, David Lafler; treasurer, D. R. Smith: lister, Eben M. Waldo; appraiser, Lawrence Huff; overseers of the poor. Thomas King, Serenus Barnet.

1822. Trustees, Caleb Alvord, Benj. Hardy. Thos. King: clerk, James Fisher: lister, John G. White; appraiser, Edmund Mallett ; treasurer, Caleb Litch.

1823. Trustees, Sernyn Cleaveland, N. Goodspeed, Jas. Fisher; clerk, (. Alvord; treasurer, D. R. Smith; lister, D. R. Smith; appraiser, C. Litch: overseers of poor. Thomas King, Edward Covey.

1824. Trustees, S. Cleaveland, N. Goodspeed, J. Fisher: clerk C. Al. vord; treasurer, D. R. Smith ; lister, C. Alvord: appraiser, Serenns Bur- net : overseers of poor, S. Cleaveland, E. Covey.

1525. Trustees. N. Goodspeed, S. Burnet, Samuel Dull: clerk, C. Al- vord: treasurer, Edward Covey : lister. Theron White; appraiser, Jede- dialı Burton: overseers of poor, S. Cleaveland, D. R. Smith.

1-26. Trustees. E. Covey, S. Burnet, Jonathan Cole: clerk, Ansel Young; treasurer, S Cleaveland: overseers of poor, D. R. Smith, (". Litch.

1897. Trustees, S. Burnet, J. Cole, E. Covey: clerk, 1. Young: treas- urer. Thos, King : overseers of poor, J. Burton, Jonathan Covey.

1828 Trustees, Jas. Fisher, (. Litch S. Cleaveland.

1839. Trustees, Lawrence Huff, Isaac Eames, William Luce; clerk, C. Alvord : treasurer, E. Covey : overseers of poor, S. Burnet, J. Cole. 1430. Trustees. E. Covey, J. Witter. D. R. Smith; clerk, C. Alvord; treasurer, S. Cleaveland: ove seers of poor T. King, C. Litch.

1831. Trustees, Jas. Fisher, Fred'k Mallet, Wm. Smith; clerk Samuel G. Harger: treasurer, S. Cleaveland; overseers of poor, C. Litch, E. Covey.

1432. Trustees, Amos Boynton, Jas. Fisher, L. Huff: clerk, S. G. Harger: treasurer, E Covey; overseers of poor, C. Litch, T. King.

1533. Trustees, C. Litch, A. Toynton, L. Haff; clerk, S. G. Ilarger; trensurer. Wm. Luce: overseers of poor, E. Covey, S. i nrnet.

1834. Trustees, Saxton R. Rathbun, Cyrus Phelps. Joseph Cline; clerk, Michael G Hickey: treasurer, Wm. Lander; overseers of poor. Wm. Luce, L Huff.

1835 Trustees, E. Covey, S. Burnet, A. Boynton: clerk, C. Alvord; treasurer, W m. Lander; overseers of poor, Henry Abel, Ethan Wait. 1836. Trustees, M. G. Hickey, S. R. Rathbun, E. Burnet: clerk Cyrus Phelps: treasurer, Wm. Lander: overseers of poor, Thos. King, Phares Thorp.

183% Trustees, S. R. Rathbun, Cotton J. Pratt, Samuel Nettleton ; clerk, Henry W. Gordon: treasurer, Wm. Lander; overseers of poor P. Thorp, L. Huff.

1838. Trustees, J. Cole, C. J. Pratt. H. Abel: clerk, Elbridge Smith : treasurer, Wm. Lander; overseers of poor, G. Thorp, Asahel Jerome. 1839. Trustees, J. ( ole, (. J. Pratt. S. Nettleton : clerk, L D. Williams; treasurer, C. J. Pratt: overseers of poor, Phares Thorp, Elestus Arnold.

1840. Trustees, J Cole, S. Nettle'on, Howard S. Allen; clerk, L. D. Williams; treasurer. Wm. Lander; overseers of poor, Samuel Robin- son, Edmund Burnet.

1811. Trustees, H. Church, Asahel Green, H. Abel; clerk, (. T. Blakeslee; treasurer, Stephen Barnet: overseers of poor, Wm. Luce, Thos. Marlett.

1442. Trustees, H. Church, H. S. Allen. B. Hardy; clerk, J. Cole; treasurer, S. Burnet: overseers of poor, Ethan Wait, Orson Cathat. 1843. Trustees, H. Church, H. S Allen, B. Hardy; clerk, S. Burnet; treasurer, Noah Graves; overseer of poor, S. Burnet, Jesse Luce.

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History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Part 121

Author: Johnson, Crisfield Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co. Number of Pages: 716

Author: Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Number of Pages: 716