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Abraham Hard, first, was born in London about 1733, and in company with his two brothers came to America and settled in New Millford, Ct., about the year 1750. His sons were Stephen, Abraham, and Lysander. Abraham, first, died at Brandon, Vt., whither he had removed during the Revolution. During the wars his family was driven from their home by the Indians. Abraham Hard, second, married Rebecca Flagg, whose grandmother, named Ken- dal, came to this country in the May Flower.
Abraham and Lysander Hard came from Vt. in 1816, and settled in Wadsworth, 1818. Abraham Hard, second, was born in New Millford, Ct., July 7th, 1766. He was an ac- tive, earnest, and consistent member of the Methodist church, always ready to sacrifice time, labor, or money for the cause of religion. The Methodist church of Wads- worth and River Styx, in the early days of its history, owed much for its life and prosperity to the labors of " Father Hard," and his equally excellent wife. He died Aug. 12th, 1811, aged 78. Mrs. HI. died Mar. 11th, 1860, aged 91.
Lysander Hard, brother of Abraham, was born in Ct., date unknown. He was a preacher of the Methodist church, of the traveling connection in Vermont, but "lo- cated " in Ohio. He preached the first sermon ever deliv- ered in Wadsworth. Date of death unknown. His scc- ond wife (widow Holcomb) lived to the age of 98.
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Children of Abraham Hard : Aurelia, born Jan. 4th, 1791. Married Wm. Phelps. Now resides near River Styx. Sophia, married Abel Johnson, of Vt. Came to Wadsworth a widow, in 1829, where her four children died. One of them, H. C. Johnson, a man of brilliant tal- ent, was editor of the Wooster Republican, and Sandusky Register. Mrs. J. resides at Poe. Cyrus Hard, born in Salisbury, Vt., July 25th, 1795. Came to Wadsworth be- fore his father, remained a brief time, and located in Mid- dlebury, where he erected the first fulling and carding works in this part of the Western Reserve. He married Lydia Hart. His carding and fulling works in Wads- worth are mentioned elsewhere. He was a prominent citizen, several times elected Justice of the Peace. Was a member of the Congregational denomination. Died Aug., 1865. Rosella, born Apr. 24th, 1798. Married Chauncey Hart. Abraham Hard, third, born in Berkshire, Vt., Nov. 29th, 1800. Married Susan E. Burroughs. Resided till his death near his father in Wadsworth. Died Jan. 28th, 1850. Julia, born Apr. Ist, 1806. Married Caleb Battles. Resides in Akron. Laura, born Jan. 3d, 1809. Married L. Allen. Lives in Brunswick. Lucius Nelson, born in Berkshire, May 30th, 1812. Came with his father in 1818. Married Rebecca Snyder. Is a house joiner and architect. Lives in Wadsworth. Dr. Moses K., born in Wadsworth, Aug. 10th, 1818. Educated at Delaware College, O. Was several years a preacher in the Methodist connection, and is now located in Wooster.
Children of Cyrus Hard : Dr. Hanson, born in 1821. Studied with Dr. G. K. Pardce. Graduated at Cleveland Med. Coll. Practiced several years in Ohio, Ind., Ill., and Wis. Now lives in St. Louis. Lafayette, born 1823. At- torney at law. Studied with A. Pardee. Resides in Cal. Dr. E. G., Studied with Dr. A. Fisher. Graduated at Cleve- land. Practices at Medina. Pulaski C., Esq., is noticed under the head of attorneys of Wadsworth. Married Sa-
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rah C. Mittner. Julia E., married Judge Don A. Pardec, of New Orleans. Caroline, married Gco. K. Pardee, of Wadsworth. Elbert J. Hard, born 1848. Married Filla Dehart. Is a mechanic in Wadsworth.
D. W. and H. H. Hard, sons of Abraham Hard, reside, one in Montville, the other in Sharon.
Dr. Harlow Hard, son of Rev. Lysander Hard, was a physician of considerable note in Ohio and Ind. Died in Ill. Mrs. Lysander Hard had two sons, once well known here. Davis Holcomb, born in Goshen, Ct. Died in Nor- ton, 1828. Welles Holcomb, now lives near Cleveland.
HARRIS FAMILY.
Samuel Harris, born in Saybrook, Ct., Aug. 23d, 1767, was one of the pioneers of Guilford, 1820-23. Moved there with his family in 1826. Married Mabel Gibbs. He had three sons in the Mexican War: John S., now of La Crescent, Minn. Wm. T., died in the U. S. Army, Jul. 30th, 1847. Albert D., killed in the battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20th, 1847. Franklin Harris, now of Akron, served 4 years in the war of the Rebellion. Samuel Harris died July 22d, 1844. Mrs. H. still lives in Seville, aged 75.
Waters Harris, brother of Samuel, born in Saybrook, Ct., 1805. Came about 1830, and established a large tan- nery at Seville, where he still resides.
WILLIAM HOSMER,
Born in Hartford, Ct., 1741. He with six brothers served in the Revolution, two of whom were killed in battle. In 1817, he came on foot from Southwick, Mass., to his son's in Guilford, performing the journey in 49 days. He was then 76 years of age. His family moved to Guilford soon after. He was the first Post Master in Seville. Died Jul. 18th, 1839, in his 99th year.
Henry Hosmer, son of Wm., was born in Hartford, Ct., May 22d, 1793. Was in the war of 1812, at New London,
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Ct. Came to Guilford 1816. Married Lucy Hayes. He located Seville village. Was Justice of the Peace, County Commissioner, Coroner, and Associate Judge of Medina county. Resides at Seville. Chester Hosmer, born 1795. Still resides in Guilford.
CHAUNCEY HART,
Born in Oneida co., N. Y., Sept. 10th, 1797. Married Ro- sella Hard. Came to Wadsworth 1818, where he resided, oil the Medina road. Mr. and Mrs. Hart have been for more than 50 years active members of the Methodist church. They now reside in Akron.
SAMUEL M. HAYDEN,
Emigrated frem Sharon, Ct. Married Asenath Sprague. Came to Wadsworth 1817. Was a stone-cutter, and a good and honest citizen. Moved to Sharon in 1829, where he died Oct. 18th, 1857, aged 76. Children : Julia, married Edward Chandler. Lucinda, married Uriah Allen. Eliza- beth, and Harriet, single, reside in Sharon. Mary, born 1812. Married Alex. Robb. Lois, born 1812. Married S. Johnson. Hiram Hayden, Esq., born Canfield, O., Aug. 9th, 1815. Married Emeline Briggs. Resides in Sharon.
THE HILLIARDS.
Gurdon Hilliard came to Wadsworth from Torrington, Ct., 1818, and settled in the north part of Wadsworth, where he lived till about 1835. when he removed to Mich. He married Adeline Derthick. Second wife, Mrs. Birge. He is still living in Ohio, upwards of 80 years old, for sev- eral years past totally blind.
Robert Hilliard, brother of Gurdon, born in Stonington, came about 1820. Married Alice K. Briggs. Died Feb., 1874. The Hilliard brothers cleared a great quantity of land in the early days of the settlement. Children of Rob- ert Ililliard : Emily, born June 15th, 1810. Married
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I. H. Chandler. Henry H., born Aug. 21st, 1812. Mar- ried Adele G. Pardec. Newton, born June 17th, 1844. Married Agnes Chandler. Jane, born Mar. 28th, 1849.
Wealthy Hilliard, sister of G. and R., married Hopkins Johnson, of Burton, O. Sarah, married Horatio Patchen. Second husband, Henry Stannard. Lives in Iowa. Nan- cy, married Isaac M. Snell.
HINSDALE FAMILY.
Capt. Elisha Hinsdale, born in Harwinton, Ct., Feb. 28th, 1761. Was in the Revolution three years. Was one of those who, in the most discouraging time of that struggle, wintered at Valley Forge. He was a manufacturer of ax- es and scythes in Torrington, Ct. Moved to Ohio in 1816. Settled in 1817 in Norton, on the Akron road, and set up a blacksmith shop, which was resorted to for work for miles around. He married Asenath Barnes. Second wife, Elizabeth Holcomb. He was several times elected Justice of the Peace in Norton township. Died June 22d, 1827.
Children of Elisha Hinsdale : Elisha, jr., born Apr. 23d, 1791. Married Orphelia Whiting. Resided several years in Norton. Died in Mich., Feb. 4th, 1856. Julius, born 1795. Came with his father. Died in Paynesville, 1818. Sherman, married Eliza Oviatt. Lived many years in Nor- ton. Died in Wellington, Aug. 3d, 1859. Asenath, born 1799. Married Edward Spicer. Died July 8th, 1833. Al- bert Hinsdale, born in Torrington, July 18th, 1809. Mar- ried Clarinda Eyles. Moved into the north part of Wads- worth township in 1835, where he still resides. George, born in Braceville, O. Was a builder and architect. Died Mar. 31st, 1842.
Whiting Hinsdale, son of Elisha, jr., born 1815. Mar- ried Abigal Bennett, of Wadsworth. Lives in Mich.
Children of Albert Hinsdale : Burke A., born Mar. 31st 1837. Is President of the College at Hiram. Roldon, born Apr. 30th, 1844. Now resides in Wadsworth. Louisa,
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born April 30th, 1844. Wilbert, born May 23d, 1851.
JOHNSON FAMILY.
Dea. Cyrus M. Johnson, born in Southbury, Ct., Oct. 7th, 1772. Married Elizabeth Whittlesy, of Washington, Ct. In 1796 he moved to Fairfield, N. Y. In 1833 to Sharon, where they resided until their death-Mr. J. Nov. 11 th, 1853, and Mrs. J. Oct. 5th, 1848. They were leading members of the Cong. church of Sharon.
Rev. William Johnson, eldest son, born Fairfield, N. Y., May 26th, 1797. Came in 1834. Organized the Cong. church of Sharon, of which he was the only pastor. He preached 13 years in Sharon. Now resides in Oberlin. Sheldon W. Johnson, born 1800. Came with his father in 1833, and lived many years in Sharon. Died in Cleve- land, 1856. Homer Johnson, born in Fairfield, N. Y., Aug. 15th, 1810. Married Lucy A. Wilder. Still lives in Shar- on. Samuel Johnson, born Aug. 4th, 1815. Married Lois Hayden. Moved to Kansas, and died in 1861. Mary Johnson, died in Oberlin, 1865, aged 70. Eliza, married George Codding. Died in Granger, 1861, aged 57. Sarah, married Mr. Lance. Died in Milton, 1862, aged 62.
HIRAM C. KINGSBURY,
Came from Vermont 1819. Erected the first blacksmith shop in Wadsworth village. Married Clarissa Field, of Brattleboro, Vt. He was a skillful maker of edged tools. Resided upwards of 40 years in Wadsworth. Died at Weymouth, Nov. 18th, 1867, aged 73. Children : Frances (Hamlin), born 1821. Resides at Weymouth. George, born 1823. Lives in Ill. Helen M. (Paynter), lives in Wey- mouth. Sophia, married Mr. Reader. Lives in Iowa.
PHILEMON KIRKUM.
The history of Wadsworth and Norton would be incom- plete without a full description of one of the most
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remarkable and eccentric men of the pioncer period. Phi- lemon Kirkum was a native of Guilford, Ct. He served 4 years in the Revolution, after which he entered the pro- fession of law. The following notice of him is taken from Boyd's " Annals of Winchester," Ct. :
"Tall of stature, erect of form, imposing in manner, flu- ent of speech, imaginative and impetuous, a Jeffersonian of the first water, he was a man of note in Northern Litch- field County. As a lawyer, he was well-read, ingenious in argument, and oratorical in manner. The drawback to his professional success, and the blemish of his lite, was an excitable and uncontrollable temper, mounting at times to frenzy. His competitors at the bar, when unable to cope with him in argument, not unfrequently contrived to arouse his passions, thereby upsetting his argumentative faculties, and destroying his self-control. He eventually withdrew from the bar, and limited his practice to Justice Courts.
" He was the sole representative of the Democratic party in the village (Winchester) during its early growth. His neighbors were straight-haired Federalists. He was thor- oughly indoctrinated and saturated with the principles of liberty and equality. The Democratic farmers, on the sur- rounding hills, looked to him as the advocate and defender of their political faith, and the organizer of their party. It was deemed necessary that a Democratic store should be got up in opposition to the Federal store of Mr. Hinsdale. Some twenty of his friends furnished the capital and made Mr. Kirkum the managing partner. The gambrel- roofed building west of the Lake Street bridge was erect- ed and well stocked with goods. A large, fanciful sign- board on the eastern gable announced that " Philemon Kir. kum & Co." were prepared to sell goods to their friends and the world at large. It was the first sign-board ever erected in Winsted, and it created a sensation. The twen- ty partners, as they had spare time, were in attendance to see the working of the new institution, and discuss the
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political issues of the day. Crowds of customers and idlers were attracted to the " free and casy " establishment, and captivated by the principles there inculcated. A busi- ness so auspiciously inaugurated did not fulfil its promise. Clouds began to obscure its horizon. The partners began to see that a free and equal distribution of worldly goods, to customers unable or unwilling to pay for them, brought no percentage of profit, and an inadequate return for meet- ing the bills payable, and revoked his agency. Mr. Kir- kum was found to be too imaginative and unsystematic for a country merchant; but his integrity was unimpeached. He resumed practice as a lawyer in a small way-talked philosophy, wrote poetry, made political speeches. and rode his old white horse as if he were charging the ranks of Cornwallis at Yorktown. His tall, erect figure, and soldierly gait, combined with fluency of speech, rising at times to real eloquence. made him a man to be noted among thousands. In 1814, as before stated. he left our village, with his wife and son and worldly goods, in a covered wagon drawn by a pair of oxen, and wended his weary way to the Western Reserve, where he invested the small avails of his Winsted property in an uncleared but now valuable farm, located in Norton, Ohio, which he oc- cupied and improved during his remaining life, and left to his worthy grandson, Charles Coe, Esq., who was his stay and comfort in his declining years. A change of residence and associations essentially modified his peculiarities and smoothed down his sharp angularity of character. He di- versified his farm labor with occasional law practice, and in his later years became a most popular " stump speaker " in the Harrison and other campaigns. Mr. Kirkum failed to square his sharp-cut principles of Democracy with slav- ery propagandism. He saw with loathing the political ascendency of the South and the knuckling of the North, and would none of it. He watched the progress of events with deep sorrow, and predicted the bloody issue which
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he did not live to see. He died in 1855, at the age of 91 years. Age had not bent his erect form, nor scattered his flowing gray locks, which he wore in a Revolutionary cue or club to the last years of his life. His teeth, with one exception, continued sound and white as long as he lived. His wife was a Mills, of East Windsor, who died before him. "
George Kirkum, Esq., son of Philemon Kirkum, was born in Winsted. Came to Norton with his father. Was one of the early school-teachers of Wadsworth. He be- came a distinguished lawyer; first in Ravenna, and for n.any years in Hudson. He died at Cleveland, about 1860. Eliza Kirkum married Eben Coe, of Winsted, Ct. On his death came to Norton with her children, and lived with her father.
Children of Mrs. Coe: Julia, born Aug. 26th, 1807. Married Peter Voorhes. Gen. Voorhes, of Akron, was their son. Eliza, born Dec. 23d, 1811. Married Col. Sim- con Porter, of Hudson, afterwards of Cleveland, a distin- guished architect. . Mrs. Porter, now a widow, resides in Cleveland. Charles Coe, born Oct. 25th, 1816, in Winsted, Ct. Came with his mother and resided with his grand- father, who at his decease left to him the farm where he still resides. Mr. Coe has been for many years one of the leading citizens of Norton, and an influential man in the community.
KOPLIN FAMILIES.
Matthias Koplin, born in Huntington county, Pa., came to Chippewa in 1829. He had six sons : William, born in Maryland, Dec. 19th, 1796. Married Mary Simpson. Re- sided many years in Norton, moved to Wisconsin, and af- ter several years returned to Wadsworth, where he died Dec. 7th, 1868. He was a respected citizen and a worthy member of the Cong. church. William Koplin, son of William, born in Pa., 1829. Married Mary Long. Resides
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in Wadsworth. Matthias Koplin, jr., resides near Sandus- ky. Christian Koplin, married Magdalena Baughman. Died 1838, aged 33. Solomon Koplin, son of Christian, born 1828. Married Sarah Miller. Lives in Wadsworth. David Koplin, born 1830. Married Mary Moser. Lives in Norton.
Abraham Koplin, fourth son of Mathias, sr., married Rachel Baughman. Resides at Bates' Corners. Sons : Jacob, Henry H., Joel, Abraham, Reuben, and Eli. Henry H. traveled several years in California, Mexico, and South America. Returned, and resides in Wadsworth. Rev. Abraham graduated at Heidelberg College. Is a minister of the Reformed church. Resides in Pa. Reuben resides at Loomis, Mich. Eli at Bates' Corners.
WIILIAM LAMPSON,
A native of Ct., a soldier in the Revolution, and in the war of 1812, came from Onondaga co., N. Y., to Wads- worth in 1825. Died Sept. 27th, 1827, aged 66. His daughters were long residents of Wadsworth, Norton, and Sharon. Caroline, married Milo Gibbs. Elizabeth, mar- ried Norman Curtis. Jemima, married George Palmer. Mary Ann, married Cyrus Curtis. Laura Ann, married Rev. George Elliott. Mr. Elliott died, and Mrs. E. was for several years matron of the Insane Asylum at Colum- bus. Afterwards held the same position in Indianapolis. Married Rev. Cyrus Brooks, D. D. Now resides in Saint Paul, Minn. Riley Lampson, son of Win., resided many years in Wadsworth, on the Medina road. Was a respect- ed citizen, a member of the Cong. Church. He removed to McHenry county, Ill., where he died. Curtis Lampson went to London, Eng., in his youth, and engaging in a successful business accumulated a great fortune and be- came an English baronet.
The two following were omitted by oversight from their alphabetical order, and are here inserted :
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TIMOTHY HUDSON,
Son of David Hudson, from whom the town of Hudson took its name, and a descendant, of the 6th generation, from Hendrick Hudson, the great discoverer. Married Catl :- arine Brown, daughter of Frederick Brown. Was one of the pioneers of Wadsworth. His farm originally extended from the brook eastward three-fourths of a mile. In 1823, he was appointed County Clerk and Recorder of Decds, and moved to Medina, where he remained 16 years. He was a man of talent, and an carnest supporter of every philanthropic cause, particularly temperance and anti-slav- ery. He published a paper in Medina, called " The Advo- cate of Human Rights," to which the eccentric Charles Olcott was a constant contributor. Hc, along with Garri- son, Gerritt Smith, Tappan, Phelps, and others, was in- dicted by a South Carolina court for sending "incendiary publications " South, and a reward offered for his arrest and transportation thither. He removed to Ill., and after- wards to Ind. He died at Ligonier, Ind., Oct. 29th, 1871, aged 75. Mrs. Hudson still lives at Ligonier.
Children of Timothy Hudson : Eliza, born in Wads- worth, Dec. 6th, 1819. Married Rev. G. W. Palmer. Died in Ind. Rev. Charles F. Hudson, born in Wadsworth, in 1821. Graduated at Western Reserve College, and at Lane Seminary. Was Professor in Center College, Magrawville, N. Y. A great scholar, and author of several theological works and a Greek and English concordance of the New Testament. He died at Haddenfield, N. Y., Apr., 1867. Timothy Hudson, born 1823. Is a lumber merchant at Ligonier, Ind. Lived in youth with his grandfather, Judge Brown, in Wadsworth. Married Ann Louisa Wol- cott, a native of Wadsworth. Catharine Hudson, married J. A. Hayes. Lives in Ind. Amelia, married G. A. Flinn. Lives in Col. William, is in lumber and mill business in Lagrangg, Ind. Cornelia, married W. Bunyan. Lives in Kendalville, Ind. James, died in the army.
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JOSIAHI JAQUITH,
Came from Vt. in 1829. Lived east of Stony Ridge. Died Jan., 1843. Josiah Jaquith, jr., came from Vt., 1831. Set- tled on the same farm with his father. Built an ashery, and followed the business of making potash for several years, hauling it to Pittsburg with teams. He died in Sharon, July 30th, 1842. His son, W. H. JJaquith, is now an active business man at New Portage.
THE LOOMIS FAMILY.
Joseph Loomis, 5th generation from Joseph Loomis, a wool-draper from Braintree, Eng., who came to Windsor, Ct., 1639, was born in Torrington, Ct., Jan. 19th, 1767. Married Clymena Taylor. Came to Wadsworth in 1816. lie was the first Justice of the Peace elected after the township was organized. Was a man of intelligence, en- terprise, and influence, of genial temperament and benevo- lent spirit, and a firm supporter of good morals and religi- ous worship. Died Aug. 15th, 1835.
Orin Loomis, born in Torrington, Ct., Nov. 16th, 1791. Came to Wadsworth in 1815, where he resided till about 1840, when he moved to Merton, O., and in 1866 removed to Oldtown, III., where he still resides. He married Mary Ann Eyles. He was closely identified with the carly his- tory of the township. His hunting exploits have been mentioned elsewhere.
Sherman Loomis, born in Torrington, Ct., Jan. 23d, 1792. Came in 1816. Married Julia M. Mills. Second wife, Lo- demia Sackett. He was one of the leading men in the community in the carly history of the town. Was Justice of the Peace for several years, and Township Clerk and Trustee. Was universally respected and beloved. was one of the original members of the Cong. church, and one of the first teachers in the schools of Wadsworth. He died Feb. 13th, 1851.
Children of Orin Loomis: Oscar, born July 24th, 1825.
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Married A. H. Randall. Lives in Loomis, Mich. Julia, married Luke Smith, Brooklyn, III. Joseph F., died in the army. Edwin, Albert, Orin, and Frank, reside in Ill.
Children of Sherman Loomis: Erastus Gaylord Loo- mis, born Sept. 6th, 1824. Married Harriet Eliza Pardee. He has always resided in Wadsworth, and been an enter- prising business man. No one has done more to build up the town and develop the resources of prosperity than he. He was five years a partner with John Pardee in mercan- tile business, and several years with his brother, E. II. Loomis. He is now engaged with G. W. Wise in lumber manufacturing at Loomis, Mich., and in coak- mining in the Silver Creek mining company, and in real estate business. He has been a very successful business man.
Harvey J. Loomis, born Feb. 18th, 1828. Married Sa- rah Ann Reasoner. He was one of the carly Free State men of Kansas. Has been several tin:es a member of the State Legislature. Resides at Mission Creek, Kansas.
Edgar H. Loomis, born Mar. 22d, 1830. Married Mary A. Bryan. Second wife, Margaret J. Mills. He was sev- eral years in mercantile business with his brother, E. G., and in lumbering in the firm of Loomis, Wise & Co. He was an able business man, of benovolence and Christian principle, a member of the Cong. church, and one whose loss was deeply felt. Died Aug. 19th, 1871.
Julia Loomis, born Dec. 5th, 1836. Married Joseph Schlabach. Second husband, A. P. Steele. Mrs. Lode- mia Loomis still lives with her daughter in Wadsworth.
CAPT. GEORGE LYMAN,
Born Torrington, Ct., Aug. 1st, 1790. Married Ophelia Cook. Came to Wadsworth 1817. Was the first Township Clerk, and one of the earliest school-teachers. In 1821, he went to Canton, where he was engaged in teaching 3 years. He returned to Wadsworth and engaged in the manufac- ture of fanning-mills, which had an extensive sale. For a
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time also he engaged in mercantile business, and in con- pany with Cyrus Curtis built a sawmill on Hohines' brook, which did considerable business. He also carried on a cabinet shop several years, and afterwards was engaged for several years in the manufacture of friction matches. Capt. Lyman was the first commander of the military company after it was organized for the township. By his energy and enterprise he did much toward the business prosperity of the place in its carly history. He was one of the original members of the Cong. church, and has contin- ued an active, earnest member for 55 years. He has been Deacon of the church and Sabbath-school Superintendent more than 30 years. Mrs. Lyman died Feb., 1869, aged 75.
Children of Capt. Lyman : Emily Charlotte, born Dec. 15th, 1812. She was a young lady who was greatly re- spected. Was for several years a teacher in Wadsworth. Married Dr. John Brown. Died Feb. 23d, 1838. Dr. C. N. Lyman, born in Wadsworth, May 14th, 1819. His profes- sional history is given in that of the physicians of Wads- worth. Married Caroline E. Beach. Has practiced as a physician in Wadsworth since 1843, except three years he spent in Medina. Dr. Lyman is extensively known and consulted as a physician among the first of his profession in Northern Ohio.
THE LUCAS FAMILY.
Seth Lucas came from Colbrook, Ct., in 1815, to the west side of Norton. He had suffered the amputation of a leg the year previous to his removal, and the long journey by wagon was too severe for him, and he died, a few days after his arrival, Sept. 5th, 1815, aged 49. The circumstan- ces of his burial are noticed by Mr. Blocker in the previ- ous pages. He left a widow, Mrs. Isabella Lucas, who died 1838, aged 77, and four sons and two daughters. Capt. Seth Lucas, a man highly esteemed, and his brother William, an ingenious mechanic, both died in 1822.
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