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The deacons of the Free Congregational church are Isaac 1. Gifford and Elijah Lyman: the trustees of the society are 1. I. Gifford, E. Lyman and Richard Gibbons.
LIST OF TOWNSIHP OFFICERS .*
1×18. Clerk, Seth Goodwin; trustees Divid Goodwin, Jno. Dansmore, Jas. Nichols; lister, Chipman Porter: appraiser, Thad. Ball; justices of the pence, Jas. Nichols, Ahijnh Haynes.
1819. Clerk, Seth Goodwin; trustees, Jno. S. Strong, Jas, Nichols, Wm. Fuller; lister, Emory Strong; appraiser, Chipman Porter.
1820, Clerk, Benj. B. Olds; trustees, Josiah Carpenter, Eliakim Lyon. Henry Wait: lister, Elijah Lyman; appraiser, Jas. Wait.
1821. Clerk, Emory Strong : lister, Lyman Strong; nppraiser, Elijah Lyman: justices of the peace, Elijah Lyman, Henry Wait.
1822. Clerk, Timothy Clark; trustees, Jas. Smith, E, Bosworth, A. J. Pope; treasurer, Guilford Whitney : lister, Guilford Whitney ; appraiser, Lyman Strong.
1823. Clerk, Timothy Clark; trustees, Eliakim Lyon, Joseph Olds, Thad. Lathrop: treasurer. Guilford Whitney; lister, Guilford Whitney ; appraiser, Chester Tuttle.
1824. Clerk, Timothy Clark; trustees, E. Wilkinson, Eliakim Lyon. Luke Bowen; trensurer, Guilford Whitney; lister, Philo Millard; ap- praiser, H. W. Sabin; justices of the peace, Elijah Lyman, Timothy CInrk.
1825. Clerk, Timothy Clark : trustees, E. Wilkinson. Leonard Penbody, Jas. Wait: treasurer, Ebenezer Stone: lister, Philo Millard; appraiser, Zara D. Howe.
1826. Clerk, Warner Strong: trustees, E. Wilkinson, Leonard Pea- body. Jednthan Freeman; treasurer, Ebenezer Stone; lister, Philo Mil- lard; appraiser, Zara D. Howe.
1827. ('lerk, Warner Strong; trustees, E. Wilkinson, Jno. Hilliard, Curtis Stone; treasurer, Ebenezer Stone; lister, Philo Millard: ap- praiser, Zara D. Howe: justices of the peace, Elijah Lyman, Timothy Clark.
1828 C'lerk, Timothy Clark ; trustees, Asa Drake, Wm. Fuller, Abra" ham Conyne: treasurer, Ebenezer Stone: lister, Philo Millard: ap- praiser, Zara D. Howe; justice of the peace, Jno. S. Strong.
1429, Clerk, M. E Stone: trustees, Ebenezer Stone, Guilford Whitney, E. Lyon; treasurer, Curtis Stone.
1830. Clerk, M. E. Stone: trustees, Ebenezer Stone, Guilford Whitney, E. Lyon; treasurer, Curtis Stone; justice of the peace, Timothy ('lark.
1831. Clerk, M. E. Stone: trustees, David Harvey, Jno. Fuller, A J. Pope: treasurer, Lyman Strong.
1832, Clerk, M. E. Stomme; trustees, E. Wilkinson, Harmon Stone, He- man Coltrin: treasurer, Ebenezer G. Woodward.
1433. M. E. Stone: trustees, Juo. Fuller, Richard Wetherbee Jno. Pope: treasurer, Eliakim Lyon; justices of the peace, Harmon Stone, J. Fuller.
1834. Clerk, Ebenezer Prindle: trustees, David Harvey, David Fish, Jno. Hilliard: trensurer, Lyman Strong.
1835. Clerk, M. E. Stone; trustees, Timothy Clark, Ebenezer Pome- roy, Thos. Copper; treasurer, Lyman Strong; justice of the peace, Har- mon Stone.
1836. Clerk, M. E. Stone: trustees, Norton Briggs, Asa Drake, Avery Sprague: treasurer, Lyman Strong: justice of the peace, Jas. Fuller.
1837. Clerk, M E. Stone; trustees, Norton Briggs, Asa Drake, Avery Sprague; treasurer, Lyman Strong.
1838. Clerk, Davil Harvey; trustees, Flavel Whi ney. Marens Moe A. Conyne; treasurer, Lyman Strong: justice of the peace. Norton Briggs.
1839. Clerk, David Harvey ; trustees, A. Conyne, Flavel Whitney, Asa Drake; treasurer, Lyman Strong; justice of the peace, Harmon Stone.
* This list is complete so far as it can be ascertained from the town books.
STRONGSVILLE.
1840. Clerk, David Harvey; trustees. A. Conyne, Flavel Whitney, Philander Pope: treasurer, Lyman Strong.
1811. Clerk, David Harvey: trustees, Philander Pope, Alanson Pome, roy. Ruhen Haynes: treasurer, Lyman Strong; assessor, Ebenezer Merril: justice of the peace, Warner Strong.
1442. Clerk, Ansel J. Pope: trustees, Alanson Pomeroy, Asa Drake, Roswell Trask; treasurer, M. E. Stone: assessor, Ebenezer Merril: jus- tice of the peace, Myron & Whitney.
1843. Clerk, Montraville Stone: trustees. Roswell Trask, Asa Drake. Eliakim Lyon: treasurer, M. E. Stone: assessor, Harmon Stone.
1944. Clerk, Montraville Stone: trustees, Roswell Trask, Asa Drake, H. G. Spencer; treasurer. M. E. Stone; assessor, Roswell Trask; justice of the peace, Dr. H. L. W. Leonard.
1445. Clerk, Banford Gilbert: trustees, Eliakim Lyon, Chas. Tupper, M. Stone: treasurer, MI. E Stone: assessor, Roswell Trask.
1-46. Clerk, David Harvey : trustees. Roswell Trask, Abial Haynes, Flavel Whitney : treasurer, Warner Strong: assessor. Jno. Watson.
1-47. Clerk, David Harvey: trustees, Abial Haynes, Flavel Whitney, Philander Pope: treasurer, Warner Strong: assessor, Roswell Trask; justice of the peace, Alanson Pomeroy.
1516. C'lerk. David Harvey : trust .es, Abial Haynes, Flavel Whitney, Philander Pope: treasurer, Warner Strong: assessor, Augustus P. Howe: justice of the peace, Harmon Stone.
1849. Clerk, Montraville Stone: trustees. Cyrus Parmenter, David JIPazlit, P'. Pope: treasurer. M. E. Gallup; assessor, E. Merril.
1450. (herk, M Stone, trustees, Philander Pope, Alanson Pomeroy, Francis Bryant: treasurer, M. E Gallup: assessor, O H. Hoyt: justice of the peace, Alanson Pomeroy.
1-51. Clerk, MI. Stone : trustees, P. Pope, A Pomeroy, Francis Bryant : treasurer, M. E Gallup: assessor, O. H. Hoyt: justice of the peace, Dr. J. J. St. Clair.
1452. Clerk, M. Stone: trustees, 1. Pomeroy, Ahijah Haynes, Chas. Ashley ; treasurer. Jubal Whitney; assessor, O. H Hoyt.
1-53. Clerk, MI. Stone: trustees, A Pomeroy. Ahijah Haynes. Chas Ashley: treasurer, Jubal Whitney : assessor. O. H. Hoyt: justice of the peace, John Miller.
1854. (Merk, MI. Stone: trustees. A. Pomeroy, Ahijab Haynes, Chas. Ashley: treasurer, Jubal Whitney ; assess .r. O. H Hoyt
1455. Clerk. M E. Stone: trustees, Caleb Carpenter, D S. Lyon, Benj. Tuttle: treasurer, Warner Strong: assessor, A P. Howe.
16. ('lerk, MI. Stone: trustees. A. Pomeroy, W. H. Ashley, A. T. Sanderson: treasurer, Ahial Haynes; assessor. O. H. Hoyt.
1857. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt; trustees. M. E. Stone, Wm. Heazlit E H. Reed: treasurer, M E. Gallup: assessor. C. T. Rogers,
1×38 Clerk, O H. Hoyt: trustees, E. H. Reed, MI. Stone, Wm. Heazlit: treasurer. M. E. Gallup: assessor. C. T. Rogers; justice of the peace, M Stone.
1859. ('lerk, Alson H. Pomeroy; trustees M. E. Gallup, MI. Stone, Jehiel Dunham: treasurer, Milton Gallup; assessor. O. H Hoyt.
IND. Clerk Milo S. Haynes: trustees, Abial Haynes, J. Dunham, Wm. Heazlit : treasurer, Milton Gallup: assessor, O. H. Hoyt; justice of the peace. Lester Miles.
1861. Clerk. A. H. Pomeroy : trustees. E. H. Reed, 11 S. Dewey, Abi. jah Haynes: treasurer, M. E. Gallnp: assessor, Lester Miles,
1402. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt: trustees. H. S. Dewey. D. S Lyon, R. A. Carpenter: treasurer, F. H. Reed: assessor, Edward Haynes.
1863. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt: trustees, H. S. Dewey, D. S. Lyon. R. A. ('arpenter; treasurer, E. II Reed; assessor, Edward Haynes; justice of the peace, Lester Miles,
1864. ('lerk, O. H. Hoyt: trustees, W. H. Ashley, A. T. Sanderson, G. W. Dunn: treasurer, M. E. Gallup: assessor, Milton Gallup: justice of the peace, MI. Stone.
1865. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt; trustees, R. A. Carpenter, W H. Ashley, W. H. Strong: treasurer, E. H. Reed: assessor. M. S. Haynes.
IS66. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt: trustees, W. H. Ashley, G. B. Strong. Jubal Whitney : treasurer, E. H. Reed: assessor. E. H. Wing: justice of the peace, Lester Miles.
1867. Clerk, O. H Hoyt: trustees, D. K. Drake. Wm. Heazlit, R. A. C'arpenter : treasurer, E. H. Reed; assessor, M. S. Haynes; justice of the peace, MI. Stone.
1868. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt: trustees, Hazen Lathrop. Wm Heazlit, R. A. Carpenter: treasurer, E. H. Reed; assessor, Henry P. Miles.
1869, Clerk. O. H. Hoyt; trustees, Hazen Lathrop, Wm. Heazlit, S. T. Gibson ; assessor. M. S. Haynes; treasurer, E. H. Reed : justices of the peace, Lester Miles, R. A. Carpenter.
1870. Clerk. O. H. Hoyt: trustees, Edward Clement, Wm. Heazlit, S. T. Gibson: treasurer, E. F. Reed; assessor, D. K. Drake.
1871. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt; trustees. D. M. Strong, M. Gallup, E. Cle- ment ; treasurer, M. E. Gallup; assessor, D. K. Drake,
1872. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt; trustees, D. M. Strong, O. D. Pomeroy, E. Clement : treasurer, M. E. Gallup : assessor, D. K. Drake; justice of the peace, Lester Miles.
1873. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt; trustees, D. M. Strong, O. D. Pomeroy, E Clement; treasurer, M. E. Gallup; assessor, D. K. Drake; justice of the peace, D. K. Drake.
1471. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt: trustees, D. M. Strong, O. D. Pomeroy, E. ('lement; treasurer, M. E. Gallup; assessor, D. K. Drake.
18:5. Clerk. O. H. Hoyt: trustees, D. M. Strong. O. D. Pomeroy, Jas. Preston : treasurer, MI. E. Gallup; assessor. D. K. Drake: justices of the peace, F. J. Bartlett. D. K. Drake.
1876. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt: trustees, D. M. Strong, O. D. Pomeroy, Jas. Preston: treasurer, M. E. Gallup: assessor, D. K. Drake; justice of the peace. David E. Hier.
18G. Clerk. O. H. Hoyt: trustees, O. D. Pomeroy. Lorenzo Strong, Henry M. Whitney: treasurer, M. E. Gallup; assessor. O. H. Hoyt.
1878. Clerk, O. H. Hoyt: trustees, O. D. Pomeroy, H. M. Whitney, E. H. Reed: treasurer, M. E. Gallup: assessor, O. H. Hoyt; justices of the peace, F. J. Burtlett, Henry W. Merrick.
1859. Trustees, O. D. Pomeroy, E. H. Reed, William Richards; clerk. M. S. Haynes; treasurer, M. E. Gallup: assessor, B. B. Heazlit.
ALANSON POMEROY.
The late Alanson Pomeroy whose name is held in high esteem by the people of Strongsville, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, February 20. 1805. Hle was the son of Ebenezer and Violaty ( Thayer) Pomeroy, and was the fifth of a family of eight children, consisting of five sons and three daughters. Ebenezer Pomeroy left Northampton about the year 181 ;. and removed to Onondaga county, New York, where he remained five years. lle then pushed for- ward to what was considered the " Far West," and in 1822 settled in Strongsville, where he spent the ro- mainder of his life. Ile was accidentally killed in Angust. 1835, by falling from a wagon.
The subject of this memoir remained in the pater- nal home until the death of his father. ITis advan- tages for schooling were quite limited, but he pos- sessed an active mind with a faculty for picking up seraps of knowledge in his daily life. and thus learned many practical lessons which were never forgotten. The first years of his residence in Strongsville were spent in helping to clear up his father's farm, and to make it a comfortable home. In addition to his farm- ing he after a while engaged in the mercantile busi- ness at Strongsville Center, in partnership with Mr. Benjamin Northrup, and subsequently with Mr. Whitney. Beginning with nothing but his own in- dustry, skill and integrity. by dint of perseverance and good management he gradually acquired a con- siderable property. In 1820 his health becoming very poor, he retired from active business. Ile, how- ever, received no permanent benefit from so doing, and died in the seventy-second year of his age, on the 4th day of January, 1877, after a painful and lingering illness.
In all local affairs Mr. Pomeroy took an active and prominent part. For many years he heldl the office of justice of the peace. He also was one of the in- corporators of the First National Bank of Berea. which he assisted in organizing, and of which he was a director until his decease.
He was a member of the Congregational Church of Strongsville, and his circumstances enabled him to take the lead in supporting it. He also contributed liberally to the American Missionary Association, the Western Book and Tract Society and other Christian organizations. lle increased materially the funds of Western Reserve College, of Baldwin University, and
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of Berea College, Kentucky, and gave several thon- >and dollars to Oberlin.
Mr. Pomeroy's acquaintance in business circles was quite extensive in different sections of the State where he had capital invested. He was particularly noted for his sterling integrity and business tact. What he performed was always thoroughly done. Ile was very tenacious of his reputation for fidelity to engagements of all kinds, suffering nothing to deter him from keeping an appointment or agreement. He was a strong behever in the duty and dignity of labor. With the industrious poor he always sym- pathized; often helping them ont of pecuniary dif- ficulties. Every branch of what he considered true reform drew forth his active and hearty support. He possessed a warm heart and generous dispostion, but was reserved and shrank from public notoriety. He was very careful not to wound the feelings of any one, and his counsel and advice was sought for by many. The news of his death was received with sensations of profound sorrow, and his loss will long be felt in the community in which he had resided over half a century.
Mr. Pomeroy was married on the 9th day of Janu- ary, 1831, to Miss Kezia Pope, daughter of Jonathan and Kezia Pope, of Strongsville. Mrs. Pomeroy was born in 1809, and is still living in Strongsville, sur- rounded by an affectionate family and esteemed by all who know her.
Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy had nine children: The two eldest, ITollish L., born November 26, 1832, and Loreney, born April 10, 1834, died in infancy; 1. 11 .. born March 2, 1836, is cashier of the First National Bank of Berea; Orlando D., born January 1. 1839, resides near Strongsville, engaged in farming; Elizabeth C., born November 29, 1840, is the wife of Henry K. Day, of Elyria. Ohio: Vienna, born July 3, 1843, is the wife of C. W. D. Miller, of Berea; Hollis C., born March 12, 1846, died in infancy; Perlina M .. born August 19, 1849, married W. W. Smith, of Strongsville; Harlan, born June 22. 1853, now at home, is a graduate of the Cleveland Homopathic College.
CHAPTER LXXXVIL WARRENSVILLE.
Boundaries, Soil ete -Attempt at Settlement-Prevented by an Acci- dent-Daniel Warren-Naming the Township-First Death and Birth -James Prentiss- Asa Stiles-Jacob Russell-Peleg Brown - Benja_ min Sharp - Josiah Abbott Enoch Gleason-Jedediah Hubbell-Ansel Young J. E. Adams-Householders in 1829-Civil Organization- First Officers-List of Officers Items from Township Book-Town HIall Roads and Railroads Randall Warrensville Center-Manufac- tures-Public Schools-The United Society of Believers-Its Origin- Names of Early Members-Present Situation Protestant Methodist Church-Disciple Church-The Free Church The Methodist Episco- pal Church.
This township is situated southeast from Cleve- land, and was designated in the survey of the Western Reserve as township seven in range eleven. It is
bounded on the north by the townships of East Cleve- land and Euclid; on the east by Orange; on the south by Bedford, and on the west by Newburg and East Cleveland. The surface is level, and the entire area may be cultivated. It was originally covered with a fine growth of timber, but the greater part has been removed and the township has been cut up into small farms, but few exceeding eighty acres in extent. The soil varies from a stiff clay to a light loam, and is generally productive. In some localities its fertility is increased by artificial drainage, but usually the country is sufficiently undulating to carry off the sur- face water. The streams are but small brooks, and the water power is very limited.
PIONEER SETTLERS.
The first attempt to settle the township was made in June, 1802, by Horace Burroughs, Rodolph Cat- tern, Jacob C'attern and another whose name is not remembered. They came with the intention of locating near the center. While on their way thither they treed a bear which they determined to kill. Having chopped the tree nearly off, they left Jacob Cattern to deliver the finishing blows while they went in the direction in which it would fall so that they could kill the bear when the tree should reach the ground. The tree fell and the bear was killed. They then called Jacob, but received no response, and on running to the butt of the tree they found him lying there, dead. Ile had been killed by a limb struck off from a neighboring tree. This sad accident caused the comrades of the deceased to return home and abandon the enterprise.
The first actual settlement was made by Daniel Warren. He came from New Hampshire to Paines- ville in the fall of 1808. He was very poor, his household effects consisting of ouly the most common articles. A barrel set on end with the end-board of the wagon laid on top served as a table. Nearly all the cooking and baking was done in a tive-quart iron kettle. In the fall of 1809 he removed to Newburg, and soon after began building a cabin in Warrens- ville, two and a half miles away. It was finished without the use of a nail. To this he moved his fam- ily on the 4th day of January, 1810, in the following manner, as related by Mr. Warren himself:
" I procured a horse on which Mrs. Warren with her babe, about three weeks old, rode; my two-year- old boy I carried on my back, and my neighbor Pren- tiss carried our few ' traps' in an ox-team; and in this way we arrived safe, two and a half miles from any other house. Mrs. Warren remarked: 'We left New Hampshire to go into the wilderness, and I guess we have made it out now.' The first run of sledding after this, our friends from Newburg and Cleveland (everybody was a friend in those days) came out to the number of fifty to give us a house-warming, and although they crowded the cabin, a jollier set never graced a palace. Inasmuch as Mrs. Warren was the first woman in the township the company gave her
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the privilege of naming it, and she proposed Warrens- ville, which was adopted by acclamation. It was past midnight when the party started to return home, after having spent a most enjoyable evening."
Mrs. Warren was a true pioneer woman. She would often remain alone several days with her young family while her husband was away following his trade as a brickmaker, and once, when returning from Newburg, was followed by a pack of howling wolves, from which she had a narrow escape. Bears, too, sometimes eame quite near the cabin, but Mrs. Warren was never much alarmed even by such un- pleasant neighbors. She resided in the township un- til her death, October, 1869. Daniel Warren died in 1862.
The infant child spoken of died in 1811, this being the first death in the township. In their family, also, occurred the first birth in Warrensville, that of a son born December 26, 1812, who was named William H. Warren, and who yet resides on lot fifty-three near the place of his birth. The other sons of Daniel Warren were named lliram V., Moses N., James M. and Othello. The daughters were Paulina and Julia C. In 1815 Moses Warren, the father of Daniel, came to live in the township, settling on lot fifty- four. His sons, besides Daniel, were William and Moses. The latter is yet a resident of East Cleve- land.
James Prentiss, a Revolutionary soldier, and the father-in-law of Daniel Warren, settled on lot thirty- two some time after 1810, residing there until his death in 1817. A daughter (Betsey) died in 1813, this being the first death of an adult in the township. He had sons named Robert, James, Samuel MI. and Cyrus. The latter removed to Ravenna, where he be- came the first president of the Cleveland and Pitts- burg Railroad.
Asa Stiles came to the Warren neighborhood from New York about 1812. Ile had three sons named Amos, Hiram and Wilbur. About the same time Jacob Russell, also a New Yorker, settled on lot twenty-three, where he died in 1824, aged seventy- five years. He had a large family, the sons being Ralph, Rodney, Elijah, Elisha and Return. Almost all of the family became Shakers, among whom some of them yet reside. A little later Peleg Brown set- tled on lot sixty-three, where he lived until his re- moval to Indiana in 1837. About the same time Fred. G. Williams became a resident of lot forty-one, where he lived until he joined the Mormons and moved with them to the West.
Benjamin Thorp came about 1813 and settled on lot sixty-two. In 1838 he moved to Michigan. His brother-in-law, William Siekel, settled on the same lot about the same time, where he followed his trade as a shoemaker until his death, about 1836.
On lot fifty-four Josiah Abbott lived before 1816 until his removal to Missouri several years later; Abraham S. Honey and Chester Risley east their for- tunes in the same locality about 1815, and becoming
interested in the Shaker movement, joined the North Union Community. About the same time Caleb Baldwin settled on lot forty-eight, where he lived un- til he was led off by the Mormons. Somewhat later came Enoch Gleason, from Berkshire, Massachusetts, and located on lot sixty-seven. He had seven sons named Milo, Ariel, Ephraim, Almon, Enoch, Perry and Loren. The Baldwins and the Gleasons were the only families that lived east of the center before 1820.
Jedediah Hubbell eame in 1815, or earlier, and made slight improvements on lot seventy-one. He moved away after a few years, but in 1822 returned, and was a citizen of the township many years. Ile had a large family, all but one being now dead. Ansel Young was an early settler on lot forty-two; Gabriel Culver on lot eighty-three; Reuben and Beck- with Cook, on lot seventy-four; Aruna R. Baldwin on lot thirteen; Moses Higby on lot one hundred and five; and Nehemiah Hand on lot twenty-five. Most of these did not remain long in the township, but re- moved to points farther west.
In 1819 John and Luther R. Prentiss eame from New Hampshire with a one-horse team, the journey occupying twenty-eight days. John settled on lot thirty-eight, but in 1834 removed from the township. Luther R., when he began life for himself on lot sixty-three, had nothing (aside from one outfit of wearing apparel,) but an extra pair of shoes and a razor. He persevered, however, until he became the owner of seventy acres of land. He is yet a resident of the township, living near the center. Of a family of six children three remain in Warrensville.
Before 1819 came James Johnson, Salmon Buell, David Benjamin, Moor Bell and Abel Shepard. Bazaleel and Warren Thorp came after 1820 and set- tled in the eastern part of the township, where mem- bers of the family yet reside. About 1826 Col. John E. Adams settled on lot fifty-one, on the Stark Edwards place, where he built the first and only stone house in the township.
In 1829 the householders of Warrensville were J. E. Adams, Wm. Addison, Peleg Brown, Gabriel Culver, Sylvester Carber, David Benjamin, Jedediah Hubbell, Appleton Collister. James Johnson, Orrin J. Hubbell, Thomas Kneale, Asa Stiles, Abel Shep- ard, Daniel S. Tyler, Benj. Thorp, Daniel Warren, Moses Warren. Moses Warren, Jr., Wm. Kelley, Isaac Cooper, Return Russell, Salmon Buell, Benja- min Sawyer, Elisha Russell, Andrew Barber, John Woodruff, Ralph Russell, Moor Bell, Enoch Gleason, Ebenezer Russell, Beckwith Cook, Ephraim Gleason, N. C. Ilains, Nehemiah Hand, James Lee, Daniel Pillsbury, Job Hand, Thomas Radeliff, Lyman Wight, Oliver Ransom, Caleb Baldwin, F. L. Burnett, Jo- seph Clyne, Nathan Goodspeed, Ansel Jenny, Win. Fairchild, Dayton Thorp, Isaac Lassler, Jefferson Wallace, Bazaleel Thorp, Andrew Wilson, Wm. Watterson, Warner Thorp, Thomas Collister, John Kelly, Wm. Cain, Thomas Cain, George Kent, Wm. Kerruish and probably a few others. After this
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period the immigration was so great that no further account can be given of individual settlers.
CIVIL ORGANIZATION.
Agreebly to an order of the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county, the legal voters of the township of Warrensville assembled at the house of Josiah Ab- bott, November 7, 1816, to elect officers to serve un- til the annual election, in April, 1817. Daniel Warren was elected chairman, and James Prentiss, Peleg Brown and Wm. Sickel were chosen judges of election. The following officers were then elected: James Prentiss, Peleg Brown, Wm. Sickel, trustees; F. G. Williams, clerk; Josiah Abbott, treasurer; Robert Prentiss, constable; Moses Warren, Robert Prentiss, poor masters; Benjamin Thorp, Abraham S. Honey, fence viewers.
Daniel Warren was elected justice of the peace and received his commission January 6, 1817. Besides the above named the voters at this election were James Johnson and Humphrey Nichols-thirteen in all. Since 1816 the principal officers have been the following:
1817. Trustees, James Prentiss, Peleg Brown, Wm. Sickel; clerk, F. G. Williams; treasurer, Caleb Baldwin.
1818. Trustees, Gabriel Culver, Daniel R. Smith, Robert Prentiss; clerk, F. G. Williams; treasurer, Caleb Baldwin.
1819. Trustees, Ralph Russell, Daniel R. Smith, Caleb Baldwin; clerk, Ansel Yonng ; treasurer, Daniel R. Smith.
1820. Trustees, Caleb Litch, Asa Stiles, Caleb Alvord; clerk, Ansel Young; treasurer, Edmund Mollet;
1421. Trustees, Josiah Abbott, David Benjamin, Enoch Gleason: clerk, Ansel Young; treasurer, Chester Risley.
1822. Trustees, Robert Prentiss, Gabriel Culver, Solomon Buel; clerk, F. G. Williams; treasurer, Beckwith Cook.
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