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Mrs. Wall-Eliza Lord-found many congenial neighbors in town, the beginning or resuming of life-long friendships. The Jones families, the Robert Baileys, the McMillens, the Josiah Harris family were all bound by cords of mutual affection and respect. What affected one fam- ily was of interest and concern to them all.
The Walls lived, for a time, on the south-west corner of Ontario street and the Square. For many years a frame-building stood on that site, now occupied by a drug-store. It was made a landmark by the fig- ures "61" in very large size placed on its front gable.
From this the Walls moved to Huron street south of Erie, where the parents died, Mr. Wall aged 67 years, and Mrs. Wall 59 years.
Children of Edward and Eliza Wall:
Eliza and Edward Wall, died young. Martha Wall, m. Brougham Harris, Fanny Wall, m. Milton Rider. son of Josiah A. Harris. (See Harris sketch.)
Mary A. Wall, m. Frank Bruce.
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Mrs. Brougham Harris, a childless widow, resides in Lakewood. Two grandchildren are in her care on whom she lavishes a wealth of affection. Mrs. Harris is an unusual woman in many ways. Advancing age does not prevent her from keeping abreast of great movements, local or national. She is intensely interested in life as she finds it, and most optimistic in her predictions for the world's betterment. Withal she loves to dwell upon the pioneer days of neighborly kindness and good will, while she continues to exemplify them in herself.
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LEWIS
William Goodwin Lewis was a dry-goods merchant of the city as early as 1830, at which time he married and came west from New Britain, Conn. His wife was Eliza L. Southworth, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Shipman Southworth of Paris, N. Y.
Mr. Lewis's store was on the north side of Superior near Water street, and just east of J. H. Crittenden's leather and shoe-store. The family resided on the opposite side of the street between Bank and Seneca, now West 6th and 3rd streets. J. C. Fairchild of the firm of Fairchild and Champion, either shared the house with them or boarded with them, as his address was the same.
Mr. Lewis was hard hit by the panic of 1837, and within a year or two following it he returned east, settling in Philadelphia. There he entered the hardware business in which he was successful. For many years he was a member of the Walnut street Presbyterian church of that city.
Children of William G. and Eliza Southworth Lewis:
Henry Martyn Lewis, b. 1831; m. the Presbyterian church in Phil-
Frances A. Smith of Litchfield, adelphia.)
Conn. (He was in partnership with his father, and an elder in
Mary Justia Lewis, b. 1833. William Goodwin Lewis.
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HOADLEY
The arrival of the Hoadleys and Woolseys from New Haven, Conn., in 1830, added much to the social element of the town, and in after years to its renown, as one of the party became governor of Ohio. These fam- ilies were people of considerable note in their eastern home, and were closely related to several scholars of national reputation, and had been
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accustomed to many niceties of living that hitherto our little western town had been too poor or too busy to adopt.
Mr. Hoadley and Mrs. Woolsey were brother and sister. On the other hand, Mrs. Woolsey was a sister of Sherlock J. Andrews who had been established here for nearly five years, and his wife was a sister of John W. Allen. So it will be seen that the new arrivals, combined with relatives who had preceded them, formed a delightful family group which for many years enjoyed mutual intimacy, affection, and respect.
Hon. George Hoadley, or "Squire Hoadley," as he was best known, was the son of Capt. Timothy Hoadley of Northford, Conn., who earned his military title through the command of a company of militia in the American Revolution, was with Gen. Schuyler at Burgoyne's surrender, and a man of distinction in his native town.
His son, at the early age of 20, was a graduate of Yale in the class of 1801, and among other well-earned honors previous to his removal to Cleveland, at the age of 50, had been mayor of New Haven, Conn.
Upon his arrival here, he advertised for legal business in the Herald, stating his experience, etc. His office was located at 45 Superior street. His ability was soon recognized by the town, and he was made a justice of the peace, and it is stated that during the 15 years he served as a magistrate, he decided 20,000 legal cases.
The late Judge James D. Cleveland, in a keen but kindly criticism of early men and events, said :
"George Hoadley was one of the most remarkable men of the day and the town. He was thoroughly educated, an encyclopedia of legal learn- ing, a fountain of intelligence on equity, history, biography, and horti- culture.
"He displayed the kindest heart to every one who came into his court, and was known to every man and boy as one who administered his office with integrity, firmness, and consideration for all, without respect of persons, and his judgments were regarded as irreversible and final."
Squire Hoadley was mayor of the city in 1846, and soon afterward re- tired to private life, devoting himself to his books and his flowers, for which he possessed intimate knowledge and exquisite taste. He was hale and hearty to within a few days of his death which occurred in 1857, from the effects of a sudden cold. His grave is in Erie street cemetery at the left of the main drive going east.
Mrs. Hoadley was a lady of the old-fashioned school, and one of the finest characters who lived in Cleveland at that day. She was Mary Woolsey, daughter of William Walton and Mary Dwight Woolsey, and was born in New York City in 1793. She was a niece of Timothy Dwight, president of Yale college, granddaughter of Jonathan Edwards, presi- dent of Princeton college, sister of Theodore D. Woolsey, also president of Yale, and an aunt of Theodore Winthrop.
She married, 1st, Jared Scarborough, who died, leaving her with a young son, William Scarborough.
In 1819, she married George Hoadley in New Haven. She brought with her to Cleveland her son William and three Hoadley children, the oldest ten years, and the youngest but a year old. To these were added, four years later, another daughter. These children she partly educated
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herself, and besides book-knowledge, inculcated in them her own simple manners, New England conscience, high ideals, and moderate thrift. Her daughters matured into exceptionally fine women, and her son became governor of Ohio.
After the death of her husband, Mrs. Hoadley removed to Cincinnati to make her home with one of her children. She died 14 years later and was laid at rest beside her husband in Erie street cemetery.
Children of George and Mary Woolsey Hoadley :
Mary Ann Hoadley, b. 1820; m.
Thomas F. Pomeroy of Utica, N. Y.
Elisabeth Dwight Hoadley, b. 1822; m. Gen. Joshua H. Bates of Cin- cinnati.
George Hoadley, b. 1826; m. Mary B. Perry. He became governor of Ohio.
Laura Hoadley, b. 1834, in Cleve- land. Died unmarried at the age of 19 years.
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HAYDN
Anson Haydn was a young merchant of Hartford, Conn., went to New York City in 1823 to establish an importing business, and seven years later at the age of 44 came to Cleveland and dealt in real-estate.
He was the son of Levi and Margaret Strong Haydn of "Haydn's," near Windsor, Conn. In 1817, when 31 years of age, he married Mary Lloyd, the 18-year-old daughter of Thomas and Mary Bradley Lloyd. Bishop Chase, who performed the ceremony, once said of her:
"The sweetest flower that bloomed in the state of Connecticut is Mary Lloyd."
Her family were of considerable local distinction in Hartford, Conn. Her father was a member of the Connecticut Land Co., and owned large tracts of land near Warren, Ohio. The first Cleveland home of the Haydns was on the west side of the Public Square, the present site of the American Trust Co.'s building. The house was painted white, had green blinds, and stood in a garden that ran back to Seneca, now West 3rd, st. Here Mrs. Haydn died six weeks after the birth of her only son. He was the eighth child, seven little daughters having preceded him. Her fu- neral services were held in Trinity church when it stood on the corner of St. Clair and Seneca streets.
Jane, the eldest daughter, took charge of the family, and for a year was assisted by her aunt Delia Lloyd, who gave up a European trip in order to be with the stricken household. As Mr. Haydn was a real-estate dealer, it naturally followed that the family changed their place of resi- dence two or three times, but when he opened and allotted Summit street, he built a picturesque one-storied brick cottage there on the corner of Ontario street, which soon became embedded in trees, shrubs, and many
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flowers. For nearly half a century it was the center of hospitality and good cheer. The family were ardent Episcopalians, and each member of it a faithful worker and attendant of either Trinity or Grace church. Here the unmarried sisters, Jane, Caroline, Margaret, and Sarah Haydn, lived, some of them long years after the death of their father and of their brother. They were gentle, refined ladies of the old school of man- ners, and beloved by all who knew them. The march of events swept away the old homestead to make room for some new city buildings, and the two remaining sisters, all that were left of the once large household, removed to the East End to spend the rest of their days.
The children of Anson and Mary Lloyd Haydn :
Jane Haydn, b. at Hartford, Conn .; died in 1876, unmarried.
Mary Haydn, m. Thomas Miller of Lexington, Ky.
Caroline Haydn, d. 1877, unmarried. Rosella Haydn, b. 1822; m. Dr. Au- gustus Barlow of Fort Scott, Kas. She died young.
Ann Haydn, b. in New York; un- married.
Margaret Haydn, unmarried.
Sarah Haydn, unmarried.
Thomas Lloyd Haydn, b. 1835. This son of the family also never mar- ried. He was a graduate of Trin- ity College, N. Y., and a colonel in the staff of Gen. Wright dur- ing the Civil War, and was wounded while carrying dis- patches the night of Sheridan's ride. He died when 46 years of age. Anson Haydn, the father, died the same year, aged 85.
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HARRIS
Josiah Albert Harris, for nearly 40 years editor and publisher of the Cleveland Daily Herald, came here from Amherst, Ohio.
He was the son of Judge Josiah Harris, a pioneer of that place who re- moved to it in 1818 from Becket, Mass. The wife of Judge Harris was Charity Messenger, daughter of Hiram and Ann Shapley Messenger. She was a delicate woman, and died in 1837 leaving four children. Judge Harris was a power in his community. He was the town's first post- master and its sheriff. His chief characteristic was a generosity of human sympathy, which made him the confidant of people whose private affairs were tangled and peace of mind jeopardized thereby, and he was the first one to whom a neighbor in financial distress turned for help or comfort. His son Josiah H. Harris was 21 years of age when, in 1830, he married Miss Esther Race and came directly to Cleveland with his young bride, one year his junior. Her mother was Viana Joice Race, a pioneer of Ridgeville, Ohio, who came there from Egermont, Mass.
The first Harris home was a small frame-house on the south-west corner of Ontario street and the Public Square. Later, it was on Bank
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street, No. 72, and finally the family occupied one of a brick block of residences that Mr. Harris erected on Seneca street north of St. Clair.
The Cleveland Herald was founded in 1819 by Eben Howe and Zibba Willes, and for 16 years thereafter led a precarious position as a weekly newspaper. In 1837, Mr. Harris assumed its publication, having bought and consolidated it with The Cleveland Gazette, formerly owned and edited by Charles Whittlesey. At this stage of its growth, the Herald was yet a poor and struggling venture, requiring all of Mr. Harris' ener- gies to keep it afloat. To add to the responsibility, he started a daily issue, turning the older one into a weekly resume of the news. And thus, The Cleveland Herald might be said to have been "born again" as The Cleveland Daily Herald.
Mr. Harris was a man of extraordinary industry. Mr. Edwin Cowles, long years editor of The Cleveland Leader, learned the printer's trade of him, and facetiously claims that Mr. Harris was at one and the same time editor-in-chief, and his own city editor, financial editor, commercial edi- tor, mailing clerk, and book-keeper. Had each of these been a separate personality, Mr. Harris could have divided his stock of sterling quali- ties, simple goodness, and unbounded generosity, making of them better men than the average. He was mayor of the city in 1847.
He died in 1876 aged 67 years, and was buried in old Erie street ceme- tery.
Mrs. Harris was a fair sample of the noble pioneer women of the past. If Mr. Harris was a tireless, energetic worker, in no less degree was his wife. It was in the days of apprenticeship, and when boys learning their trade were members of their employer's household all through their period of service. Mr. Harris always had several of these young students of the printer's trade at his establishment, and many a testimony has been preserved and furnished of the uniform interest and motherly kindness ever shown by Mrs. Harris to "her boys," as she continued to call them long after they had reached manhood.
She had several young children of her own, and these with the ap- prentices made a large household to care for. The three hearty meals to be cooked each day and served to ever-hungry men and boys was but a fraction of the unceasing labor and planning involved in the manage- ment of the household.
It is amazing that Mrs. Harris found a moment's time for anything outside of it. But from the first days of her life in Cleveland to the last, over 70 years, she showed a personal interest in every philanthropic and patriotic work in which women could lend a helping hand, and was one of the founders of several of the city's oldest and loveliest charities. The Protestant Orphan Asylum and the Dorcas Society, organized to care for aged women and crippled children, were among these. When the Civil War broke out she became, at once, a most energetic and efficient mem- ber of the Sanitary Commission, and every day found her in its store- room superintending or helping to pack boxes of clothing and dainties for sick and wounded soldiers at the front. A bas-relief of Mrs. Harris on a bronze panel can be seen in the Soldiers' and Sailors' monument on the Public Square, placed there in honor of her memory.
She was long a valuable member of the Early Settlers' Association, an
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organization that showed her every respect it was possible to bestow. At its annual meetings, she sat at the president's right hand and was often referred to in terms of sincere affection. The death of Mrs. Harris at the age of 93, after but three days' illness, followed immediately after the annual dinner of the Dorcas Society in 1903, at which she was present.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah A. Harris:
Byron C. Harris, b. 1832; m. Emily Chigee ; 2nd, Catherine Van Ness.
Brougham E. Harris, b. 1838; m. Martha Wall, deceased. His wid- ow resides in Lakewood.
Helen Harris, m. F. X. Byerley, de- ceased.
Zachariah or "Zach" Harris, m.
Mary E. Tabor, deceased. He was an unusually handsome child, and in his young manhood retained his grace and good looks.
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GRIFFITH
Another early member of the First Baptist church and identified with all its struggles and anxieties was Mrs. Jasper Griffith. She was Lettie Morris of Shefterburg, Vt., daughter of Robert and Charity Mor- ris, and married Seth W. Stewart, aide de camp to Gen. Brooks in the battle of Plattsburg. Mr. Stewart died, and in 1829 she married Jasper Griffith, who lived but a short time.
Mrs. Griffith's residence in Cleveland was on the north-east corner of Bank and St. Clair streets, the old Blair place, and she was well known by all the old families living in that neighborhood. Her children were John Stewart who married Celinda Chandles, and Susan Stewart who married, in 1843, Charles L. Fish, a lawyer.
Mrs. Susan Stewart Fish resided in Cleveland for over 70 years, and for half a century was a member of the Baptist church her mother helped to organize. Her life was far from a happy one. Mr. Fish was a peculiar man who required much of his wife, and prosperity brought no cessation of her household affairs. She had other family sorrows, all of which she bore patiently.
They lived on Huron street near the hospital for many years, and both died corner of Prospect and Cheshire streets.
There were sons in the family, but no data concerning them can be found. They are said to have died in young manhood.
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Thomas Dorset and his wife Mary East left Inton, England, in 1830, to seek a new home in America. They were led to invest in a farm in Newburgh, which was sold and another and larger one purchased with the proceeds.
Finally they moved into town and lived on the corner of Ontario and High streets, then a nice neighborhood. The nearest store was on the corner of Ontario street and the Public Square, and once when the family were complaining about the distance, Mr. Dorset remarked, "I shouldn't wonder if some day the city would grow so large that a store will be opened way out here. Who knows that perhaps this lot will be wanted to build a store on?" A surmise that seems odd enough in the present congested condition of Ontario street far beyond High street. And when one glances at the latter in passing, it does not seem possible that once well-known Cleveland people were residents of the forlorn, alley-like street in which two or three old, tumble-down houses occupied by poor negroes are still standing.
Thomas Dorset died in 1858, and his wife in 1866, aged 61 years. They both lie in Erie street cemetery, with a stone marking their graves. They had no sons or none that reached maturity, but their four daughters married and lived in the city many years.
Children of Thomas and Mary East Dorset :
Betsey Dorset, m. Wendall Wacker- Mary Dorset, m. Samuel Curtis.
ยท man. Harriet Dorset, m. Thomas Davis.
Anna Dorset, m. Jonathan Williams.
Wendall Wackerman was a well-known pioneer baker. He also had a grocery-store.
Anna Dorset Williams died in 1859, and Jonathan Williams m. 2nd, Elisabeth
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KELLOGG, KELLEY, CLARK, CAMP, BINGHAM
These families, all related through marriages, came to Cleveland from 1830 to 1836.
James and Polly Kellogg were the children of James Kellogg, Sr., and Lydia Nash Kellogg, and were born in Northfield, Conn.
James Kellogg, Jr., left Northfield, and engaged in the paper business in Lewistown, Pa. In 1830 he removed to Cleveland, and continued the manufacture of paper in this city. He also engaged in the business of contracting and building. His office was at 48 Superior street, and his residence at that time was 93 Bank street. He built the American House with its stores below, hotel above, and a third story in which was a large room that served as a hall, the scene of many functions quite opposite in character, but equally important to the citizens who attended them.
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Here the Stone church members worshiped before their own building was ready for them, in 1833, and here was the scene of many a festive gathering, terminating in a ball that lasted till the cock crew for sunrise.
Mr. Kellogg erected other buildings, and was a well known man in town for many years. He was a vestryman of Trinity church, and all the family were members of it.
He married his second cousin, Susannah K. Camp, b. 1791, in Nor- walk, Conn. She died in Cleveland aged 83 years.
She was a daughter of Isaac Camp and Elisabeth Nash Camp. She had a brother living in Cleveland, Charles L. Camp, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere.
The children of James and Susannah Camp Kellogg:
Edward Turner Kellogg, b. 1823; m.
in New Albany, Ind., Harriet Brainard. He died in California, aged 32.
Charles D. Kellogg, b. 1827 ; d. seven years of age.
Susannah Catherine Kellogg. A life- long resident of the city and be- loved of many friends. (Died re- cently.)
Wm. Norman Lyster Kellogg, m. Charlotte E. Kelley, daughter of James H. Kelley. He died in Ra- cine, Wis., aged 35 years. While living in Cleveland, W. N. L. Kel- logg was a member of the firm of "Freeman & Kellogg," doing a large business.
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CLEVELAND
There are several traces in Cleveland and Newburgh of a James Cleveland who lived at intervals in both places.
His wife was Polly George, born 1802, who died in 1871 at Fond du Lac, Wis.
James Cleveland died, 1867, in Missouri, aged 66 years.
Children of James and Polly George Cleveland :
William Cleveland, b. 1822.
Josiah Cleveland, b. 1824.
Sally Fox Cleveland, m. Porter J. Morgan.
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JOHNSON
The following death-notice, copied from The Cleveland Advertiser of January, 1830, serves a double purpose. It indicates that Mrs. Philo Johnson was a resident of the village in 1830. It also is a good speci- men of the style of obituary that prevailed for many years preceding and following it.
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"In this village, on the 16th inst., Mrs. Birth Johnson, relict of Mr. Philo Johnson of Derby, Conn., aged 76 years.
"Her sickness though long and distressing made no breech in her faith that she had in Christ, but undoubtedly wrought out for her a far more and exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
"During her sickness she looked forward with great delight to the resurrection morning, saying, 'If Christ had not risen, then hope were vain,' but she blessed God that 'He was the first fruits of them that slept,' therefore she should be 'clothed with immortality and reign with Him in glory.'
"N. B. Printers in New Haven, Conn., are requested to insert this notice."
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COZZINS
Mathew Cozzins and his wife Susan came from England about 1812 and settled in Cazenovia, N. Y., where Alfred and Myron Cozzins, Cleve- land pioneers, were born, the former in 1817.
The two brothers settled in Cleveland about 1830. They were stew- ards on steamboats, kept restaurants, etc. Alfred had charge for a short time of the present Forest City House. He lived in Prospect st.
In the early '30s, Alfred married Lucy Anne Burton, daughter of William and Lucy Webb Burton, pioneers of the city. She was born in 1820 in St. Albans, Vt., and died in Gastonia, N. C., in 1896.
Alfred Cozzins and family removed to Ottawa, Ont., in 1859, and from there went south, where they remained until after the death of Mrs. Cozzins.
Children of Alfred and Lucy Burton Cozzins:
Myron Ellison Cozzins, m. Mary Ida Cozzens, m. J. F. W. Thomas of Henderson of West Liberty, O., Chicago. and lives in Chicago, Ill.
Alfred Cozzens died in 1896, at the home of his son in Chicago, only four months after the death of his wife.
Mary Anne Cozzens, sister of Alfred and Myron Cozzens, m. Benja- min Ross, with whom the former was associated for a few years as "B. Ross & Co., grocery and provision dealers," but the city directory of 1856 indicates that Mathew and his two sons were all engaged in another busi- ness on Water street.
In 1837 Myron Cozzens was keeping a livery stable on Champlain st. About 1846 he married Jane Webb, daughter of Joseph Webb, who, with his brother, John Webb, was in the grocery business on the corner of Water and Johnson streets.
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Myron Cozzens was then about 35 years old, and his bride, 18 years.
They had one son :
Myron Alfred Cozzens, b. 1848; d. Cleveland. He was a prosperous
1906; m. Louise Ellen Clark of manufacturer of lard oil.
After the death of Myron Cozzens, Sr., his widow married Alexander S. Cramer, by whom she had two children, Edwin Cramer and Mary Cramer. A. S. Cramer was a Cleveland merchant. He is buried in Erie st. cemetery.
Jane Webb Cozzens Cramer died in her 76th year. The family burial- lot was in Erie st. cemetery, but has recently been removed to Lake View.
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ABBEY
On the north-west corner of Ontario and Michigan street stood a picturesque country tavern facing the latter thoroughfare. It set back a little from the street. Its long veranda was reached by a flight of steps its entire width. In front was a watering trough sheltered by an immense, wide-spreading elm. This tavern was renamed two or three times ac- cording to the taste or ambition of its changing landlords. "Farmers' and Mechanics' Hotel" was the one by which it was known when Seth A. Abbey and his wife had charge of it.
They came to Cleveland in 1830, and with them was Peter Abbey, 61 years of age, of Enfield, Conn., the father of Seth. Mrs. Peter Abbey had died in Watertown, N. Y., in 1821. She was a Miss Hannah Alden, daughter of Col. Amos Alden of Enfield.
Seth Abbey assisted in the incorporation of the city in 1836, by serv- ing with Edmund Clark and Richard Winslow as first judges of elections. He was also city marshal for a time, and judge of police court. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted and served in a cavalry regiment.
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