History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers, Part 72

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Press of Leader Printing Company
Number of Pages: 726

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Benjamin Barney settled in the year 1826; his two sons, Henry and John, taking up respectively lots one hundred and fifty-one and one hundred and sixty- one, both in section one. There was also a third son, Benjamin, who was insane. He once wandered into the prairie or marsh, was lost and not found until he was almost dead. There were several girls in the family, among them Julia and Sophia, the latter the wife of Luther Coe, and after his death the wife of Rouse Bly. The Barneys were from Lucerne county, Pennsylvania. They removed to Michigan. George Beymer, of Franklin county, settled in 1815. He died in 1817, leaving a wife, Christina Beymer, and five children : Louisa (Lisle), Fanny (Burns), William, MacIntyre and St. Clair. The mother died in 1849. George Beymer had the honor of establishing the first line of stages in Ohio, running from Wheeling to Chillicothe, and received a gratuity from the government for doing so.

Stephen Stilwell settled upon the town plat in 1815. His wife's name was Lydia. She lived until quite recently, and, at the time of her death, she was in her ninety-ninth year. Selden Graves also located in the village about this time, but not long after moved to Seneca county. Joseph and Moses Incho, of Knox county, settled, respectively, upon lots fifty- one and twenty, in section' three, and a brother, Robert, settled in Greenfield. Moses removed to Ripley about twelve years later.

In the year 1816, there were quite a number of arrivals. Luther Coe, a brother of the widely known Rev. Alvin Coe, settled on lots one hundred and twenty-seven and one hundred and thirty-eight, in section one. He married Sophia Barney, and they reared a family of six children. Coe died in 1827, in Indiana. His widow married Rouse Bly. Ezekiel Rooks and William Ellis settled near the marsh (sec- tion four) in the same year-Rooks upon lots one hundred and forty-eight and one hundred and forty-

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nine, and Ellis adjoining him upon the latter. Ellis died in 1824. Isaac Powers eame about the same time and took up the lot north of Rooks, but removed to Michigan with his family as early as 1821. All these families were from New York State. Ronse Bly, who came in sometime during 1816, took up lots one hundred and thirty-seven and one hundred and thirty-eight. seetion one. It was probably about this time that Joseph Darling, of Connecticut, came into the township. He married Sophia Dana, and lived in New Haven till his death, which occurred about 1855. John Myers located, not far from the year above mentioned, on the town plat, and Benjamin West, Gasper and Matthew Smith, John Middleton and several others, arrived in the township. Henry Granger came in about 1817, and built a tavern. Benjamin McFarland eame from New York the same year, bringing with him his mother. He resided for a number of years on the town plat, and is still living in the township, aged nearly ninety. He never mar- ried. Wm. Clark, who came at this time, or earlier, perhaps, took up no land for a permanent homestead, but bought various parcels upon speculation. David Dow, of New York, eame in 1817, bought land of Clark, and afterwards went into the shoemaking business. He married Louisa Beymer. Medad Wood- ruff was another arrival during the same year. He was drowned some time after.

Enos Rose was one of the first who entered the settlement in 1818. Elisha Steward, a native of Con- nectieut, but for some time a resident of Pennsyl- vania, took up lot one hundred and twelve, section one. He married Mary Rice. Wm. Bunn, of Mary- land, came in the same year .. A Mr. MeEwen arrived about the same time, and Bunn married one of his daughters.

Thomas T. Mulford arrived in 1819. His parents had lived on Long Island, but Mr. Mulford's last place of residence, before coming to Ohio, was in Lucerne county, Pennsylvania. He was a single man when he came to New Haven, but in 1821 he went to Connecticut, (New London county,) and married Phoebe Steward. Then returning, he engaged, with Mr. Steward, in the tanning business, and in 1827 bought the farm upon which he at present resides. lot eighty-nine, a part of lot eighty-eight, and a part of lot eighty, section one. His wife died in 1860. The children of this couple were: Lewis, Polly. (Mrs. T. M. Chapman, of New Haven,) Emeline, Almira, (wife of Dr. William Smith, of Van Wert, ) Marion, (who married Elizabeth Born, of Buffalo, New York, ) residing upon the old homestead, and Harriet, (wife of Dr. Charles Richards, of Joliet, Illinois). Lewis and Emeline are dead.

Enos Avres settled a mile and a half south of the village, in 1819, and engaged in cabinet-making.

After 1820 the settlement increased very slowly for a number of years. It had grown with considerable rapidity until then, but Judge Wells, the principal owner of the land, in that year raised the price to

about three dollars per acre, and there seemed but little inclination among would be settlers to take it at that priee.

Judge Ives, of Wallingford, Connectieut, one of the ablest men New Haven had among its many able citizens, came to the village in 1820, married Polly Frisbie, and resided there most of his years. He died in 1864. Moses S. Beach came the same year, and at a later date brought his family to the then growing and active little town. Dr. John B. Johnson came also in 1820. He was from Southington, Connectient. He married Roxanna Andrews, settled down in the village to follow his profession, and was doing very well with prospeet of fine success in the future. 1Ie died, however, in 1824, leaving a family of four ehil- dren-Jane E., Hermie, John B. and Wallace. Jane E. is the wife of William F. Knight, himself an old resident of the county. Wallaee is in Buffalo, and the other two are dead. Richard Frisbie came to the township about this time. He married Emma Andrews, a sister of Mrs. Johnson.

Ives Riee, of Wallingford. Conneetient, came to New Haven in 1821. He married Elizabeth Johnson. J. B. Lewis, of New London, Conneetient, came into New Haven in 1822, but returned east and remained until the spring of 1823. He lived upon the town plat, and was a tanner, until 1833. when he bought a farm-lot eighty-one, section two. and made his home there. His first wife was Louisa White, and his second, Susan Head. He has three children living: Oscar. (in Illinois,) Leander H., (in Knox county. Ohio,) and James S. (at home. John Love- land came into the township in June. 1822. He was a native of Vermont, but moved into Ohio from Pennsylvania. He took up lots thirty-four and thirty-three, seetion two. Ile was engaged for several years in the production of whisky, and distilled pep- permint and other essenees. He married, in 1824, Flora, a daughter of Joseph Dana, and several years after her death married Calista Curtiss. His children, by both wives, are: John B., (in Fremont, ) William W., (in Michigan.) Roekwell, (deceased,) Almira Jane, (Mrs. Woodworth, New Haven, ) Flora A., (in New York.) George W., (in Richland county.) and Oscar A., on the old homestead.

The Brewbakers, from Pennsylvania originally, but directly from Mansfield, settled upon lot nine, section two. The old gentleman's name was Andrew, and his sons were Andrew, Jacob, and John. Peter and John Lang were among the early settlers. They came from New York, and lived in the village. The first named was an odd and original character, who had a hand in almost every haren-scarem adventure that was enacted in his time. William B. Moore was a prominent citizen, who arrived in 1819. IIe married Mary Graham, of Greenfield. Dr. Philo P. Hoy, Ira Towne, John D. Loomis, Merrit Clark, George Knight, and several others, who took a lead- ing part in the affairs of the village, became residents about this time. Henry Moore, of New York State,

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also arrived in 1819. Christian Culp settled about the year last mentioned in the southern part of the township, lot one hundred and fifty-four, section one. He was originally from Virginia, but had lived in Ohio some time before coming to New Haven. He married, in Fairfield county, Eleanor Burton. They had eight children, three of whom-Mary (Mrs. E. Sherman, of Plymouth). Henry, of Ripley, and Jacob, of Plymouth, are living. Mr. Culp built a saw and grist mill upon his property about 1834. He died in 1849, and his wife in 1820. John W. John- ston came also in 1822, or the following year, from Pennsylvania. He married Temperance Andrews. Their children were Elizabeth (now in Allen county), Lucretia (in Iowa), and John W., who died young. Jesse B. Frost, who came in at this time, bought first the F. M. Chapman farm, and afterwards went on to the Frisbie place. John Fulkerson, who became a settler about 1820, or possibly several years before, was generally accredited with bringing the first rat into the township. At least the one which jumped from his wagon when his goods were unpacked was the first ever seen in New Haven. In 1822, Horace Hough, who arrived from Connecticut, bought the Lemuel Powers farm. Ebenezer Frisbie, of Walling- ford, Connecticut, came during the same year, and after occupying for a short season several pieces of ground, took the MacIntyre farm. Jasper M. Smalley came in about 1823, and built a distillery. During the same year came Bazaliel Rice and his son- in-law, Jesse Gaylord, from Connecticut, and the former took up lots one hundred and four and one hundred and five in section one. Enoch Conger, the Presbyterian preacher, came from New York: arrived in 1824. Henry Steele, a blacksmith, located the same year in the village. William C. Enos, a lawyer, came in also in 1824, and lived in the township for several years. The fact that he was at one time car- ried in an uncomfortable and undignified position upon a rail, by a number of his fellow citizens, may be taken by some as an indication that he was not popular among the people. He had the satisfaction of prosecuting a number of those who had indulged in the sport of giving him a ride. Colonel Elam Weeks, of New York State, became one of the com- munity in 1825. He married a daughter of Horace Ilough.

After 1825, the arrivals became more frequent; the land was rapidly taken up by farmers; the village de- veloped; the newness of the country was gone; the best of the pioneer days passed, and the era of staid, sober life, without the privations, the pleasures, or the excitements of former years, was begun. New- comers were given a welcoming, but it was not such as those arriving before '20 had received-not so warmly hospitable or cheering.

HOUSEHOLDERS IN 1826.

In the year 1826 there were, as is shown by the clerk's copy of the trustees report, eighty-six house-

holders in New Haven township. We give the names by school districts:

District No. 1 .- Joseph Darling, Jr., Joseph Dana, Josiah Curtiss, William Babcock, Isaac Fox, Rufus Love, Nicholas Doile, - Birge, Matthew Smith, John Loveland, Jacob Brewbaker, George Livengood, Joseph Inscho, Stephen Stilwell, Francis Stilwell, John Brewbaker, Joseph Price, Elen Lightner, Zuriel W. Harris, John Stobz-20.

District No. 2 .- Caleb Palmer, Matthew Bevard, John Falcurson, Bazaliel I. Rice, Arthur Sinclear Beymer, Elizabeth May, Wm. Beemer, Lydia Pratt, David Powers, Jesse B. Frost, Benjamin MeFarland, Leroy Reed, Phebe Hardin, Henry Steele, John My- ers, George, Shirel, James B. Lewis, Andrew Forbes, Almira Ives, Moses S. Beach, David Dow, James Skinner, Jason C. Ames, Richard Johnson, Benj. M. Bartow, Sarah Stuffey, Richard Frisbie, Roxanna Johnson, Elisha Steward, Elam Weeks, Ebenezer Frisbie, Enoch Conger, Jesse Gaylord, Joseph Skin- ner, Reuben Skinner, Horace Hough, Benjamin Bar- ney-37.

District No. 3 .- William York, Luther Coe, Rouse Bly, John Barney, Henry Barney, Benj. F. Taylor, William Gould, Lemuel Powers, - Gilbert, Mar- tin M. Kellogg, Joseph Wilson, Hugh Long, Matthew McKelvey, William C. Enos, William Dixon, Samuel Gilchrist, John Shaw, Christian Culp, John Moore, Hannah Moore, Villiers Morrell, Ezekiel Rooks, Wil- liam Ellis, Hepsabeth Redington, Charles Hills, Al- fred Tubbs, Joseph Cain, Eunice Cain, - Linzey-29.

INITIAL FACTS.

The first white child born within the limits of New Haven township, was Ruth, daughter of Caleb and Harriet Palmer. She was born April 29, 1813. She married Jesse Youngs, and is still living in Mich- igan. Judge Isaac Mills gave her father ten dollars to be held in trust for her until she was of age.

George Beymer was the first person who died in New Haven. He settled in the township in 1815, and died June 24, 1817, after a long illness, contracted while he was in Franklin county, Ohio. A large fam- ily was bereft of a father when he was removed, and because of this fact, and also as it was the first time that death had invaded the settlement, the occasion was one of the intensest sorrow. An old settler, speaking of the funeral, says that it was one of the most agonizing experiences that he can recall to mind, and one of the most solemn. The women who were present gave expression to their grief in the most heart-rending manner, wailing and sobbing during the whole of the sad service. The sermon was preached by the Rev. James McIntyre. A strange sight it must have been to have seen that uncouth, earnest man, speaking in his peculiar way of religion, to the little group of people who stood by the first grave opened in New Haven.

The first couple married in the township. were James Skinner and Harriet Beymer. They were

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married in June, 1817, at Reuben Skinner's house, by Caleb Palmer.

The first Masonie funeral in New Haven was that of Dr. John B. Johnson, who died in 1824.

The first school was taught by Sophia Barney, in 1815. Joseph Dana tanght the first singing school, abont 1820.

Caleb Palmer's was the first log house. The first framed building was a small barn built by Royal N. Powers. The first brick house was that of J. K. Partello.

Mrs. Joseph Darling, (a daughter of ". Priest " Ed- wards, of Ripley), taught the first Sunday school about the year 1830, upon what is, at this writing, known as the Henry Trimner farm.

The first saw mill was built by William Clark, on lot sixty-five, section two, in the year 1816. It was afterwards owned by Moses S. Beach. It has long since passed away, but the old race can still be seen.

The first grist mill was built by Caleb Palmer, in 1816, or the year following, upon lot fifty-seven, sec- tion two.

The first Fourth of July celebration of which any information can be gleaned, was in 1822. It was held upon the square, where a green bower was erected over the speaker's stand and dinner tables. Speeches were made, and toasts responded to, Caleb Palmer having one which caused much merriment. Colonel Elam Weeks was marshal of the day, and George Beymer got up the dinner. There was a large crowd present, and in the evening the young people had a danee.

The early settlers went to Truxville, (now called Ganges), in Richland county, to have their milling done. It was quite a formidable undertaking to make a trip there and back, and occupied at least two. and sometimes three or four days, although the mill was but ten or a dozen miles distant.

The first salt obtained was packed from the mouth of the Huron, upon horses, and cost those who bought it about twelve dollars per barrel.

The first deed of land in New Haven township was made early in 1815, to David and Royal N. Powers. It conveyed the land at the center of the township upon which the village of New Haven was laid out.

The first cemetery laid out in the township was the one on John Skinner's farm, lot one hundred and three, section one. It lies upon a sandy knoll. The location is a beautiful one, and the cemetery is. and has been, kept in good condition. The earliest death recorded upon its many stones was in 1817.

The township records, which date back to 1815, when the first eleetion was held, are still in existence, and fill a ponderous volume. The records for the first six years were transeribed in 1821 by David Powers, then township clerk.

The first justice of the peace, Caleb Pahner, elected November 24. 1815, served until 1822, when he was succeeded by Elisha Stewart. Palmer was also the

first postmaster in New Haven, and one of the first commissioners of Huron county in 1815.

The first lawyer who located in the township was Wm. Clark, Esq., who settled as early as 1815.

The first chopping in the township, for the pur- pose of improvement, was done in 1810, by William McKelvey, upon what is now known as the John Keiser farm, lot sixty-five, section two. MeKelvey was one of the pioneers of Greenfield township.

The first wheat was sown by Caleb Palmer in 1810 -before he became a settler-upon the ground where he afterwards located his home.

The first orchard was put out upon the farm of Reuben Skinner. Mr. Skinner and his son took a quantity of cranberries, which they picked upon the marsh or prarie, to Knox county, and exchanged them for one hundred of very small trees, The Skin- ners made their settlement in 1814. Some of the trees, which were set out soon after this date, are still alive and in bearing condition. The orehard is now the property of John Skinner.

ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP.

The first election in New Haven township was held on the 17th of August, 1815. John Barney was chairman; Josiah Curtiss and Stephen D. Palmer, judges: Daniel Powers and James McIntyre, Jr., elerks. Following are the names of the officers at that time eleeted: Samuel B. Carpenter, elerk: Robert Inscho, John Barney, Martin M. Kellogg, trustees; James MeIntyre, Chisim May, overseers of the poor; Samuel Knapp, Reuben Skinner, fence viewers: Stephen D. Palmer, Henry Barney, supervisors: Calvin Hutchin- son, Samuel Knapp, appraisors; Calvin Hutchinson, constable; Caleb Palmer, treasurer.

The officers in service in 18:9-are as follows: B. T. Dimm, clerk: Theodore Mills, treasurer; Abner Sny- der, assessor; James Fitch, A. J. Seydel, Alexander Clark, constables; Phillip Upp, E. Skinner, George Strimple, trustees: A. Snyder, George Nichols, Jacob Culp, justices of the peace; Jesse Snyder, F. M. Chap- man, E. S. Case, Charles Ganung, S. S. Snyder, George Nichols, Cyrus King. James Hateh, members of school board.

SOCIAL AMUSEMENTS.

New Haven having, in early times, a larger popula- tion than any of her sister townships, it followed naturally that the people led a more jolly, social life than in most other communities. Almost every Saturday afternoon was given up to amusement, and nearly the whole population was there gathered upon the square to indulge in various games, such as ball, pitching quoits, wrestling, running, jumping, etc. Many a royal frolie was had at the taverns, and many a jovial crowd assembled to engage in some hilarious but harmless merry-making. Wild pranks were played by the young men upon each other, and often the fun was carried into the solemn ranks of their elders. Liquor was used more or less freely on all oe-

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casions, and perhaps, some things were done under its exciting influence which would not have been done without it. Those who remember the "old times" in New Haven, however substantiate the commonly ac- cepted idea that, in spite of the general use of stimul- ants, there was not an excess of baleful result. On one occasion nearly the entire population of the village went out in sleds to a locality by the side of the prairie, to have a winter pienic, and after having a good dinner and a happy time, returned to the village with the sled stakes bearing each an empty jug. Nearly all had partaken of the contents of these jugs, but not a person was unduly or indecently affected by it. The weddings and parties were occasions of un- bounded enjoyment. There was a lack of formality and of the artificial but plenty of honest, homely hospitality and good feeling. A number of men and women would often go in an ox cart to the house of a friend where they had been invited, and there meeting many other guests, would enjoy in a genuinely sociable way the whole of a long, but seemingly short evening. Sometimes the accommodations were ap- parently insufficient for the number of guests. There would, perhaps, be no table large enough to hold the substantial supper or dinner that had been provided, but it was an easy matter to take a door from its hinges and lay it upon a couple of barrels, and the ladies and gentlemen of the olden time probably en- joyed the various good things, set forth upon this im- provised table, as their descendants do the luxuries now more elegantly served. Some of the weddings were great "social events," and others were noted as many are now-a-days only for their oddity. When Elisha Steward was married to Mary Rice, a boister- ous, bacchanalian crowd took forcible possession of the groom, put him upon a sled, where they had placed a keg of whisky and compelled him to drink while they drove away and around the country.

One of the novelties in marriages was that of Charles Hooker and Hermie Johnson by Dr. Ben- schooter, justice of the peace. He met them, and the following brief conversation ensued :

" Charlie, do you want to marry Hermie?"

" Yes."

" Hermie, do you want to marry Charlie Hooker? " " I do."

"Then," said the squire, " I pronounce you, ac- cording to the laws of the State, man and wife."

DEATH FROM "DAMPS."

Great excitement was caused in 1822 by the death in a well of two men named Pace and Hatch. They had dug a well for Henry Barney, and, when all was in readiness to begin the work of stoning it up, Hatch descended in a tub, and just as he reached the bottom he was observed to fall and become apparently insen- sible. Pace immediately descended to rescue his friend, and he, too, fell and expired. It was not un- til then that the bystanders thought of the "damps," or noxious gases in the well. They knew, beyond the

possibility of a doubt, that both men were dead. After several hours had passed, their bodies were re- covered. Hatch left a wife and several children; Pace was a single man, and had, only a short time before, come into the township from Pennsylvania. This casualty was, we believe, the first that occurred in New Haven. It cast a gloom over the whole com- munity.

DISTILLERIES.

Whisky being an article of common consumption and in use, practically, as a legal tender, it followed naturally that the township should not be without places for its manufacture. A distillery was built within the present limits of Plymouth village in 1825 by Lemuel M. Powers and Martin Kellogg. In 1827 a number of men who had been engaged in the ex- citing, if not dignified act of giving a fellow citizen a ride upon the rail, took refuge from the sheriff in this distillery, and it was from that time generally known as "Fort Defiance."

John Loveland was engaged in the production of ardent spirits at a small distillery near the site of his present residence, and as many of the preachers in the surrounding country were among his patrons it is reasonable to infer that he made a very good article of whisky. Several ministers were in the habit of drinking at his distillery and of going to it to have their bottles filled. Mr. Loveland once paid his share of support to the Rev. Enoch Conger in liquor, giving him fifteen gallons from his still. Jasper W. Smal- ley was also engaged in distilling.

ROUSE BLY AND THE FUGITIVE SLAVES.

One of the numerous ramifications of the "Under- ground railroad" passed through New Haven. Rouse Bly was one of the brave, humane spirits who risked all, even life itself, in befriending the poor, fleeing slaves, during the troublesome times beginning about 1840. His house was one of the depots upon the road where many a weary traveler, who only knew he was going toward the north star and freedom, stopped for rest and refreshment. Dozens of times Rouse Bly took men and women through to Norwalk or Oberlin from his house in New Haven. He often had bands of blacks secreted about his house or out- buildings, and his ingenuity invented some shrewd methods of concealment. It is related that on one occasion a number of southern slave owners, who had lost some of their human property, stopped at Bly's place, probably having suspicion that he was one of the "nigger runners," and made a careful search of the premises, looking, in the course of their examin- ation, into the smoke-house where, unknown to them, and hidden by the thick clouds of smoke, the very slaves they had lost, crouched, trembling with fear.

RELIGIOUS MATTERS-EARLY AND LATE.

It is altogether probable that the first sermon delivered in the township was by that eccentric, but good man, Rev. James MacIntyre. He was the only

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son of an early settler. who bore the same given name, and came into the county in 1814, from New York State, being then a young man. Ile was without other education, theologically, than that which he had secured from reading diligently the few books that fell into his possession. He was awkward, un- couth, illy clad, had a poor voice, was comparatively ignorant, but he was in earnest. The Bible was his great study. argument his forte. His style was dry, plain, but forcible in reason and convincing. He was a Methodist, and the creeds which he combatted most persistently, strongly and successfully, were those of Calvanism and Universalism. His argumentative artillery fired some telling shots into the forts of these faiths. He was never stronger than when doing battle against some advocate of one or the other belief, in debate. In his utter disregard of dress and personal appearance, MacIntyre bore some resemblance to another strange character-" Johnny Appleseed " --- of whom an account is given elsewhere in this history. The first impression created by the appearance of MacIntyre was, invariably, one of surprise. Those. however, who were disposed to judge too hastily, from his appearance, that he lacked ability, were soon con- vineed to the contrary when they heard him speak. Early settlers describe him as a remarkably tall, gaunt, ungainly figure, with thin, peaked face, small, deep set eyes, and sandy hair. He usually appeared at the place where a meeting was to be held. attired in a tow cloth shirt, often worn in the manner of a frock, tow cloth pantaloons, one tow cloth suspender, with a "buckeye" hat upon his head, and barefooted. He was the last man a stranger would have picked out in the little group as the preacher. He would begin speaking in a cracked, squeaking voice, and those who had never seen him or heard of him before, would imagine that they saw before them some poor, cracked and erazed fanatic. Wonder would soon change to admiration, as the pioneer preacher proceeded with the argument of his sermou. He was, although poorly educated, naturally smart, energetic and earnest. His converts were numerous, and the amount of good he accomplished, great. Apropos, of his extreme eare- lessness in the matter of dress, it is related that once upon a time, when Macintyre and some others had sent woolen cloth away to be dyed, that he marked his piece with the initials of his name, and when it was returned, had it made into a coat, which bore conspicuously upon the back the large letters "J. M'I." Although the marking could have been easily removed, the letters being merely coarse yarn stitched upon the cloth, MacIntyre never took them off, and they were visible to the people of New Haven until the garment was worn ont. The preacher could plead law as well as religion, it is said, and was frequently employed to do so.

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History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers, Part 72

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.) Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Press of Leader Printing Company Number of Pages: 726

Author: Williams, W. W. (William W.)
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Press of Leader Printing Company
Number of Pages: 726