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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