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HISTORY & GENEALOGY


 

Source:
GENERAL HISTORY

of
GEAUGA COUNTY
with
SKETCHES of
Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men
Publ. by
The Historical Society of Geauga County
1880

MONTVILLE.

TOWNSHIP

 

CIVIL ORGANIZATION

 

MILLS.

 

MERCHANTS.

 

TAVERNS.

 

HISTORY OF CHURCHES.

 

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

 

DISCIPLES CHURCH.

 

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

 

SECRET SOCIETIES.

 

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

 

TEMPERENCE.

 

TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY OFFICERS.

 

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES.

 

SCHOOL TEACHERS.

 

MAIL ROUTES AND OFFICES.

 

THE CONTRAST.

 

PHYSICIANS.

 

CEMETERY.

     Prior to the year 1828, there was no regularly laid out cemetery, or burying ground, in the township.  This year [1828] Mr. Elihu Moore sold to certain individuals, one acre of land, for twenty dollars for a cemetery, it being the same land which is known, at the present time, as the old part of the cemetery., located nearly opposite the Methodist Episcopal church.  This land was laid out into family lots, and sold to the people for fifty cents each.  After awhile, the people becoming dissatisfied with that arrangement, it was sold to the township.  It lay in that condition for awhile, and, the township trustees failing to perfect their title, the lands adjoining, including the cemetery ground, was sold Enoch Drake, of Freedom, Portage county, and by him sold to Lucretia Robertson.  I find on file in the clerk's office an old deed from Lucretia Robertson to trustees of Montville, dated Mar. 4, 1844, conveying this same to the township, for the consideration of twenty-five dollars. This deed ended all dispute, and conveyed the title of the land to the township forever.  The family lots in the above described cemetery, in the course of several years, became occupied, so that families that came into the town at a later date could find no place to bury their dead.  May 2, 1864, Rufus B. Dayton deeded his village lot to John V. Whitney and Abram Phelps, containing one and a half acres of land, lying on the north side of the old lot, and they sold one acre to the trustees of the township, for cemetery purposes; consideration - one hundred and twenty-five dollars.  The cemetery is located in the north part of the village, at the center, on the west side of the north and south center road; a beautiful location, and tastefully ornamented with evergreens and flowers, as befitting mementos, offered to the memory of the departed.  Here lie the early pioneers, who helped to change the howling wilderness into fruitful fields, and labored to sow the seeds of education and religion, for the benefit of succeeding generations.

POLITICS.

 

MECHANICS.

 

MANUFACTORIES.

 

MILITARY.

 

RELICS OF NATURAL HISTORY.

 

PRESENT BUSINESS.

 

REMARKS BY THE WRITER.

     I have now finished writing the history of Montville.  The number of errors which it may contain, I am unable to tell.  I have done the best I could under the circumstances; and, but for the assistance of friends, I fear that I should have failed in the enterprise.  I close my labors, by tendering my sincere thanks for the aid received from others, and especially to John V. Whitney, esq., for much valuable information.

MILITARY ROSTER.
pg. 791

The following are the names of soldiers from Montville, who enlisted in the Rebellion, with rank, company and regiment:

COMPANY A, TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT

John Bartlett; private Malcomb Sober; private.
Gelespie Mowry; private. Frank Mowry; private
Abraham McNaughton; private. Abraham Excene; private; re-enlisted in battery C.

COMPANY F, TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT.

Archibald Austin; private
Rufus Daniels; musician
Jason Briggs; private
William Sober; private
R. H. Baldwin, private; afterwards made capt.
Sheridan Smith; private
O. G. Stetson
William Batchelder; private.
Jesse B. Pickett; private.
George Gray; sergeant
Job Broughton; private
Sydney Smith; private
A. B. Paine; private; afterwards made captain.

COMPANY K, TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT.

George W. Perry; private
Thomas Fales; private
Sylvester pierce; private
Edwin Johnson; private; re-enlisted in company B, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth regim'nt

SECOND ARTILLERY.

Ari Bosley; private
Luther Daniels; private
N. A. Stevens; private

BATTERY C, SECOND ARTILLERY

George P. Wintersteen; private
Henry Farly; private
Peter Wintersteen; private.
James Little; private
Allen Wintersteen; private
Franklin Hoffman; private

SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY

T. C. Hart; private; re-enlisted company B, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry. Richard Batchelder; private.
Joseph Tucker, jr.; private
Bishop Williams; private.

COMPANY K, SIXTH OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY

James Mullen; private
Gould Nickerson; private.
Justin Allen; private.
Mandville Wintersteen; private.
Jerome Pickett; private
Emerson Dunlap; private.
John Farley; private
Ralph Hale; private
I. N. Allen; private
Daniel Robison, jr.; private; promoted to second lieutenant
Charles Murray; private
Simon Gold; private; afterwards promoted captain.

COMPANY C, SIXTH OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

John J. Crowder; private

COMPANY I, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.

M. J. Leland; private;
Franklin F. Rhodes; private
Lorenzo A. Strong; private
 
Clarence Hall; private
Eugene Carlton; private
Leonard Roach; private

COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTY REGIMENT

Lewis C. Baldwin; private

COMPANY B, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.

T. P. Alvord; private

COMPANY A, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.

Orrin Morse; private John Morse; private.

COMPANY B, EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.

William Roath; private.
Isaac Nickerson; private
Eugene Barns; private
Van Buren Wintersteen; private

COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT.

Franklin Phelps; private,
Benjamin Leggett; private
Ira Nye; private.

COMPANY E, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT.

James A. Mowry; private
Addison W. McNaughton; private
O. P. Latimer; private
Elisha Hayes; private
Henry Sober; private
John M. McNaughton, jr.; private
Thomas Tucker; private

COMPANY F, NINETEENTH REGIMENT.

Miles J. Whitney; private; re-enlisted in company E, One Hundred and Fifth regiment

Clay Vining; private

FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT.

Alexander Howsworth; private
William Rodgers; private
Ebenezer Nye; private
Charles Perry; private
Alonzo Bogue; private
Levi Howsworth; private
Joshua Rodgers; private
Guardner Pickett; private
Andrew Hayes; private
Benjamin Snethen; private

COMPANY F, SEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

Jake Molyer; private
Shanon R. Wintersteen; private
Lucian Carver; private
Theodore Goodrich; private
George Parker; private
Davis Witnersteen; private; re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-seventy Ohio volunteer infantry

COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.

Charles H. Wintersteen, private
Horace Folsom; private
Arvill Little; private.

COMPANY D, TWENTY-THIRD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

James Crowder; private

COMPANY I, FIFTY-SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

Aaron I. Brown; private

     The following named soldiers enlisted from this township, but the name and number of their regiments cannot be ascertained:
     Howard S. Hemenway, enlisted from Connecticut in Harris Light Guard Cavalry.
     Milton Phelps enlisted from Pennsylvania as private, and was adjutant at the time of his discharge.
     Orvis Pease, enlisted in a Michigan infantry regiment.
     John Bradley, regiment not known.
     William Bill, regiment not known.


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