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JAMES D. EASTON
James D. Easton died suddenly and unexpectedly, of heart
failure, at his home in Monroeville, on Monday afternoon, July 8th,
1895, at 2 o'clock, aged 79 years
Mr. Easton was born in Rushville, Ontario
county, New York, in 1816, and was brought to Huron county by his
parents in 1818, when two years of age; he had been a resident of
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In 1848 he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Baker,
who died but a few months previous to his death. Shortly after
marriage Mr. Easton settled in Peru, where he lived until
1873, when he removed to Monroeville, where he afterwards resided.
He was an ardent Republican from the organization of
that party and was always prominent in the party conventions and
gatherings. He served as mayor of Monroeville for one or two
terms and was a member of the Huron county Infirmary board of
directors for six years.
Mr. Easton was one of the most active members of
the Firelands Historical Society and rarely failed to attend its
meetings. He was a member of its board of directors and
trustees for five years, from 1885 to 1889 inclusive, and vice
president for five years from 1890 to 1894, inclusive.
He was a man of strong convictions and aggressive
individuality, good habits and temperate, honest and upright in his
dealings, of good character and an excellent citizen and neighbor.
One daughter, Ida S. Easton, and one son, J.
P. Easton, both residents of Monroeville, survive him.
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ETHAN ALLEN PRAY On Friday afternoon, June 28th, 1895,
at 2 o'clock, the earthly life of one of Norwalk's oldest and best
citizens ended as tranquilly as the setting of a summer's sun.
Ethan Allen Pray, respected and esteemed by all,
died at his home. No. 38 East Seminary street, this city,
after several months of illness with stomach and bowel troubles.
Esquire Pray, as everybody called him, had been
a patient sufferer for many weeks; but with indomitable
determination he kept about his business and daily visited his
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he himself knew that he was slowly and surely sinking
to his final rest.
He was confined to his home but fior nine or ten days,
and bore his sufferings with great fortitude, and resignation.
The immediate cause of his death was thought to be catarrh of the
bowels.
He was conscious up to the last moment of his life and
realized that his work on earth was ended and that he was soon to
try the realities of spirit life. He died in the full hope of
the resurrection and an exalted life beyond.
Mr. Pray was 82 years old He was born in
Killingly, Windham county, Connecticut, Jan. 15, 1813. He was
the eldest of eight children and the last but one to pass over the
river of death. One sister, Mrs. Amy Carver, aged 80
years, still lives in Cayuga county, New York.
When four years of age Mr. Pray removed
with his parents to Cayuga county, New York, where he remained till
his twenty-sixth year. He received a good education in the
common and normal schools in that state, and on completion of his
studies was a successful school teacher for many years, both in New
York and in Huron county.
In 1839 Mr. Pray came to Huron county,
and after living in Fairfield for six months removed to Fitchville,
where he remained until 1855, when he was appointed superintendent
of the Huron County Infirmary, which position he occupied for six
years.
In 1861 Mr. Pray was elected justice of
the peace of Norwalk township, and held that office for twelve
years, until 1873. After that time he held the same
office for a number of terms, and was one of the township justices
of the peace, and a township trustee, at the time of his death.
During the war Esquire Pray was mayor of
Norwalk, serving in that capacity six consecutive years, and again
two years afterwards. He was admitted to the bar in 1873, and
afterwards held the office of city solicitor for two years.
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Esquire Pray cast his first presidential vote for
William Henry Harrison in 1836, and again voted
for him in 1840.
He was one of the first and foremost members of the
Republican party with!which he always enthusiastically affiliated up
to the day of his death.
In 1837 Esquire Pray was married to
Miss Amanda C. Cheney, of Ovid, Seneca county, New York.
As a result of this union five children were born, all of whom are
living. They are Mrs. J. L. VanDusen and Mrs. G. W.
Cole, of Norwalk; Mrs. Sarah A. Bates, of Sacramento,
California; Mrs. Joseph Casper, of Cayuga county, New York
and Dr. Frank E. Pray, of Dayton, Ohio.
The first wife, the mother of the above children, died
Jan. 3, 1872.
On July 1st, 1875, he married Mrs. Mary Sutton,
a most estimable lady who survives her lamented husband.
Besides the foregoing, a number of grandchildren and a
large circle of warm friends regret the death of this excellent man.
Mr. Pray had a kind, genial disposition, was
careful and conscientious in all his business transactions,
scrupulously honest, and the soul of integrity in all his dealings.
He was in truth a noble man highly respected and greatly beloved by
all who knew him.
He was a consistent and loyal member of the Norwalk
Baptist church, which he attended with great regularity.
He was one of the oldest and most influential masons in
Huron county and was a prominent member of Norwalk Commandery
Knights Templar.
His funeral was very largely attended on Sunday
afternoon, June 30th in the Baptist church. The Masonic
fraternity and the Bar of Norwalk appearing in their respective
bodies to honor the memory of their esteemed associate.
The services were under the direction of the Knights
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The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Dr. T. F.
Hildreth, who eloquently eulogized the life of the deceased,
portraying his virtues in fitting language. Prayer was offered
by his pastor, the Rev. E. P. Smith. The music was
choice and the floral offerings were very fine.
Members of the Masonic fraternity were present from
many of the surrounding towns.
The remains were deposited in the family lot at
Woodlawn cemetery, with the beautiful Masonic burial service well
conducted. ----------
FRANCIS G. LOCKWOOD
Francis G. Lockwood died at his home in Milan, Ohio, on July
21, 1891, in the 76th year of his age.
The following biographic sketch was prepared and read
at his funeral services on July 23rd at his late residence by
Rev. L. M. Kumler.
Francis Gregory Lockwood was born in the city of
New York, April 6th, 1816. He was the eldest son of Ralph
and Esther Antoinette (Gregory) Lockwood. His parents and
their remote family connections were all from Norwalk, Fairfield
county, Connecticut. His father with his family removed to the
almost unbroken wilderness of Huron county in the Connecticut
Western Reserve in 1819-20, locating at Merry's Mills, soon
afterward called Milan, and held the office seventeen years.
Good schools were soon a part of this prosperous
settlement, and being naturally of studious and inquiring habits,
Francis, at the age of 18 had acquired from such educational
advantages and as assistant in his father's varied transactions as
postmaster, merchant, etc., a somewhat liberal and good business
education. Two years were spent in the city of Buffalo, New
York, first as accountant for a prominent dry goods house;
afterwards associated with parties operating in real estate
conveyancing and six months in the book keeping department of a
large banking house in Wall street (time of Van Buren's
administration). During the years '37 and '38 he honorable
discharged
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the duties of accountant and teller in the Exchange Bank of
Hartford, Connecticut. Early in 1839 he became junior partner
in the forwarding and commission house of Geo. Davis & Co.,
Buffalo, New York.
His father, Ralph Lockwood, died October, 1838,
leaving his family encumbered with a property difficult to manage as
to real estate, minor heirs to protect etc, so that Francis
removed to Milan in the spring of 1840.
His next venture was a general dry goods business with
his cousin, James C. Lockwood, deceased, under the firm of
J. C. Lockwood & Co.
Recovering health in 1851 he again entered into the
mercantile business in the spring of 1852 with his brother, Ralph
Lockwood, under the firm name of F. G. & R. Lockwood,
which continued to do a reasonably prosperous business for more than
thirty years. From 1871 to the time when it became a
certainty, Mr. Lockwood was personally, and pecuniarly to his
hurt, identified with the construction of the Wheeling & Lake Erie
railroad.
As a citizen interested in the
promotion of public educational and charitable institutions of
his chosen place of residence, in his day of active things, he was
at the very front. As such he was honored by his fellow
citizens from time to time with positions of trust and
responsibility. In '57 as secretary of the Milan Canal Co.,
assuming the general management of the same in 1859. In 1864
he wa appointed to the office of township clerk, which office,
during the war of the Rebellion required close and constant
attention to relieve the necessities of soldiers and their families.
With the same year and with six succeeding years he served as clerk
of the Milan Board of Education. Milan corporation elected him
clerk in '75 and in '77 he was appointed secretary of the W. & L. E.
R. R. Co., with office at Norwalk.
In 1854 he was married in Milan to
Miss Electa M. Reynolds, daughter of Jason and Esther (McMillen)
Reynolds. They became, in process of time, parents of one
daughter, Coralin A., and two sons, Walter J. and
Frederick S., all of whom were in attendance at the last rites
of respect. Three brothers, Ralph, William and
Stephen Lockwood, with one sister, Mrs. Marvin of
Buffalo, New York, survive Francis as members of the faimly
of Ralph Lockwood.
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In 1840 Mr. Lockwood was admitted to membership
in the First Presbyterian church of Milan, while the Rev. Everton
Judson of precious memory with pastor. ----------
JULIA AUSTIN COMSTOCK
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BETSEY COMSTOCK ROCKWELL
Betsey Comstock Rockwell
died at her home in New Canaan,
Connecticut, Aug. 14, 1895, aged 83 years and 8 months.
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In 1828, when only sixteen years of age, she came to
Norwalk, Ohio, with her brother, Philo Comstock, then only
nineteen, to assist him in settling and making a home on the land
owned by their father, Nathan Comstock, on the Old State
Road. After staying with hi two years, she returned to her
home in New Canaan, Connecticut, where she was married to David
S. Rockwell, Principal of the New Canaan academy She was
the mother of six sons, all of whom survive her.
In 1860, she, with her husband and family, came to
Milan and purchased the farm since owned by Geo. Roberts.
In 1865 they returned to New Canaan, where she survived her
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LOUISA ASHLEY BEERS
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SUSANNAH DUBOIS.
Susannah Dubois died at her home in
New Haven, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1895, aged 90 years, 7 months and 15 days.
She emigrated to Plymouth, Richland county, Ohio, in
1818, with her parents, Peter and Sarah Ruckman, formerly
Sarah Lee. She married T. J. Dubois four years
after; she lived with her husband 65 years; she was the mother of
ten children, all surviving her except the youngest, which died in
infancy, and one who died at the age of forty-five. The oldest
is now nearly seventy years of age, and the youngest now living 49
years, all being present at the funeral except one in California and
one in Nebraska. She retained her faculties in an
extraordinary degree until the last two days of her sickness, and
bore her sufferings with great fortitude and patience, always
thinking of other's comforts more than her own. She was a kind
and affectionate mother and a warm friend to all her neighbors and
associates, and seemed to live wholly for the comfort and happiness
of others.
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ANDREW BEELMAN
Andrew Beelman died at New Haven, Ohio, July 2, 1895, aged 82
years.
He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, on Apr.
26, 1813. He removed to Ohio in the year 1836, was married to
Elizabeth Seeley Oct. 4, 1838, and first erected his pioneer
dwelling in the forest in the west part of New Haven. In that
township he spent his long and useful life.
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GRIZZLE MARIA MEEKER
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DAVID HIGGINS
David Higgins, of Norwalk, who was a sufferer from organic
heart trouble for a long time, did at his late home on Sunday
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Mr. Higgins had lived in Norwalk and vicinity
for about fifty-five years and was an esteemed citizen and a
business man of probity and honor. He conducted a tin and
store store in Norwalk for about forty years.
He was born at Bath, New York, Oct. 3, 1827, and was,
therefore, in the 68th year of his life. He came to Norwalk in
1840 when but 13 years of age, making his home with his grandfather,
the Rev. David Higgins, a pioneer Presbyterian minister in
this locality.
He was united in marriage in 1852 to Mary Williams,
of Milan, and she, together with one son, David, survive him.
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ALBINA G. SANDERS. Mrs. Albina G. Sanders, died Friday evening,
Aug. 10, 1894, in Cleveland. Her husband and several children
survive her.
Mrs. Sanders was a daughter of Ezra
Smith, at one time one of the most prominent citizens of Huron
county. He lived in what is known as the Mingus house,
in Peru, when that little village was a lively, prosperous place,
larger than Norwalk.
Her husband, Dr. J. C. Sanders, was a son of
Dr. Moses Sanders, who was a famous physician of Peru in those
days. Dr. J. C. Sanders opened his office in Norwalk in
partnership with Dr. Reed, and his practice and home were
afterward purchased by Dr. Ford. The history of his
family is very prominent in the early annals of Huron county.
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MARIA ROSS. Mrs. Maria Ross, an old Pioneer of Huron county,
died Dec. 15, 1894, at her home at White Fix, at the advanced
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age of over 89 years. The deceased lived in that place over 47
years, moving from Vermont to Ohio in 1821. She was the mother
of 15 children, 47 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and five
great great grandchildren. Five of her children life to mourn
her loss. She survived her husband 14 years.
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CLARISSA GLEASON CLAWSON. Clarissa Gleason Clawson
was born in Hector, Tompkins county, New York, Jan. 25, 1812.
She was married to John G. Clawson, Feb. 4, 1830.
Mr. and Mrs. Clawson came to Ohio in the autumn of 1836, and
settled in Clarksfield. In 1839 they came to Milan, in the
vicinity of which they have resided most of the time since.
Mrs. Clawson was the mother of eleven children,
two of whom died in infancy. She died Nov. 14, 1894, at the
home of her youngest daughter, in Lorain, Ohio, where she had gone
to spend the winter. All that loving hearts and willing hands
could do to alleviate her sufferings and smooth her pillow until the
end came, was done by her eldest and youngest daughters and youngest
son, who were present during her last sickness.
Of the six sons and three daughters who survive
her, four sons and two daughters were present at the funeral to pay
their last tribute to the loved one.
In her young days Mrs. Clawson was a member of
the Baptist church, but a few years ago she became a member of the
Seventh Day Advent church, of Norwalk, the members of which attended
the funeral in a body. The funeral services were held in the
Milan M. E. Church, and were conducted by its pastor, the Rev.
James Gray. The body was interred in the Milan cemetery.
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ADDISON KELLEY, OF KELLEY'S ISLAND
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HON. CHARLES C. BALDWIN.
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CAPTAIN DeWITT C. WILSON.
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JULIA WARD.
Julia, wife of W. B. Ward, died at her
home in Freeport, Michigan, on Apr. 5, 1894, aged 77 years.
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LEONARD A. WHEATON.
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CHARLES R. BUTLER
Another prominent citizen of Norwalk, Charles R. Butler, died
at his residence there after four months of severe sickness.
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on Friday, Sept. 13, 1895. He was born at Coburg, Ontario,
about 43 years ago, and came to Norwalk in April 1876 where he was
very enterprising and prosperious in business. He leaves a
widow, Mary Bently Butler, and three daughters, who
have the heartfelt sympathy of many friends.
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R. LITTLE
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CIDELIA KILBURN CRAWFORD
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LUCIUS CURTIS SIMMONS.
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ANDREW J. COIT.
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CHARLOTTE M. H. DAVIS
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BETSEY P. WEST.
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FREDERICK W. FOWLER
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CHRISTIAN WITT.
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CALVERT CALON CANFIELD
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EUNICE CORBIN CANFIELD.
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MITTIE BEBOUT RICHARDS
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MEMOIRS
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
born February, 1796, died 1894, aged 98 Formerly of Wakeman.
Died at Norwalk Children, one son and six daughters.
LUTHER AVERY, born
1819, died February, 1895, aged 76. Resident of North Monroeville.
Survive, two daughters and four sons.
LYDIA SMITH BASCOM, born Dec. 5, 1808, died Feb. 9, 1895,
aged 67, formerly of Greenfield. Married Feb. 9, 1827.
Leaves three sons and one daughter.
JOHN BINGHAM, born Sept. 28, 1820, died Feb.
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22, 1895, aged 74. Of Florence. Married Elizabeth
Rice in 1859. Four daughters survive.
ALFRED BASCOM, born
1830, died May 2, 1895, aged 65. Of Greenfield. Wife,
two sons and one daughter survive.
MRS. RUTH O. BALDWIN, born 1830, died Oct. 12, 1894, aged 64.
Of Waukegon, Illinois. Widow of Milton Baldwin, son of
the founder of Baldwin University. Daughter of Rev. Harry
O. Sheldon.
BETSEY BAKER, born in 1801, died Mar. 1, 1894, aged 93,
formerly of Fairfield, married Spencer Baker, and settled in
Fairfield in 1817, was a sister of Mrs. David Johnson.
ALBERT BROWN, born
May 6 1801, died May 27, 1894, aged 93, of East Norwalk, married
Emma Jane Bloomer, Apr. 22, 1832. Children, Mrs. L. J.
Dimick, Charles A., Carrie F., and H. H. Brown and
Mrs. C. H. Archer.
MRS. JULIA A. BEECHER, of Wakeman, born Apr. 7, 1806, died
Jan 8, 1894, aged 88. Married Cyrenus Beecher, Nov. 18,
1856. She was a cousin of N. G. Sherman of Norwalk.
Mr. Beecher died July 17 1885.
MYRON H. BENTLY, of Florence, born Dec. 16, 1828, died Nov.
14, 1894, aged 65.
MRS. CAROLINE BURR, of Wakeman, born ____ died Dec. 4, ____,
aged 78. About 1818 came with her parents (named Canfield) to
Wakeman and were the first settlers.
MRS. JOHANNA CASHMAN, of Wakeman, born 1810, died Nov. 14,
1893, aged 83.
BILSY CONGER, wife of Edward Conger, born Sept. 21,
1827, died Feb. 9, 1894. Married in Bronson, June 1, 1848.
No children.
S. W. CURTISS, born July 10, 1832, died Feb. 2, 1895, aged
62. Of Fitchville. In June, 1851, married Fidelia
Tucker. Children, Mrs. Ada Townsend, Misses Bertha
and Pearl Curtiss.
MRS. MAHGARET CARTER, of Florence, born Sept. 6, 1826,
died June 5, 1894, aged 67. Came to Ohio in 1834 and married
John Carter in 1845. Five children survive.
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PATRICK DONNELLY and wife, Mrs. P. Donnelly, died Jan.
28, 1895, and Jan. 29, 1895, aged 104 adn 102 years. Formerly
of Norwalk, later of Toledo. They were married 80 years and
have three children, the eldest, Matthew, is 79 years old.
JOHN EGGLESTON, born
in 1813, died Apr. 23, 1895, aged 82. Of Fitchville.
children, Mrs. A. Burton, Mrs. H. T. Morse, Miss Kate Eggleston,
Mrs. R. Knight, Mrs. Garlic, Miss Hanna Eggleston, Mrs. Harvey
Richardson, Samuel E., Elmer E., John and James.
CYRUS H. ENNES, of
Wakeman born Oct. 14, 1828, died Dec. 27, 1893, aged 65.
Married Celia French Oct. 18, 1851. His widow and son
C. E., survive.
MRS. JENNETTE SHELTON FRENCH, of Wakeman, born 1810, died
Feb. 16, 1895, aged 85. Her four sons, Birsy, Silas,
Douglass and Lewellan survive.
MRS ESTHER FLETCHER,
of Clarksfield, born 1824, died Nov. 14, 1893, aged 69. She
married Joseph Fletcher.
SMITH FLETCHER, of Clarksfield, born Sept. 24, 1830, died May
2, 1894, aged 64. Married Eliza Weaver in 1856.
JOHN FISHER, born
1815, died Mar. 31, 1895, aged 80, formerly of Hartland.
Children, Lucius, Spencer, and daughters Francis and
Mrs. Edgar Burras.
JUDGE D. H. FOX, of Norwalk, born 1834, died May 26,
1894, aged 60. Married Cynthia Beach. Children,
Fred P., and Carrie. He was major of the 101st
Ohio Regiment, Judge of Probate for Huron county for 15 years and at
time of death President of the Huron County Bank.
EDWIN GAGER, of
Norwalk, born Mar. 4, 1808, died Apr. 14, 1894, aged 86.
Married Permelia Rose in 1831. Children, Mrs. S. K.
Mann, Mrs. C. J. Baldwin, H. C. Gager.
FRANK HALE, of
Wakeman, born 1821, died Feb. 8, 1894, aged 73.
JOSEPH M. HASKINS, of
Wakeman, born, Apr. 23, 1812, died July 28, 1894, aged 82.
Married Henriette Shelton May
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1838. Children, Isaac T., Hepsy, Charles M., Ida M. and
Joseph L., with their mother survive. His grandfather
Haskins was a captain in the Revolutionary army.
B. H. HINKLEY, died
Mar. 1, 1894, aged 83. In 1830 he married Maria Paine.
Children, William and Mrs. Hannah Snyder.
Resided in Bronson about sixty years.
WM. S. HYDE, of Townsend, born Nov. 18, 1805, died May 7,
1895, aged 89. Married Oct. 19, 1836, to Adeline Allen.
Two children survive. He was one of the proprietors of
Collins town plat.
LYDIA BOWLEY HACKETT, of
Fairfield, born Dec. 3, 1815, died Mar. 13, 1895, aged 79.
Married Feb. 14, 1837 to Wheeler Hackett. Children,
Samuel, Thaddeus and Edward.
ABIGAL HUNTER, born 1806, died Mar. 21 1895, aged 89.
East Norwalk was her residence for over fifty years. Children,
William Thayer and Mrs. T. C. Wormwood.
H. LEGRAND HURLBUT, born 1817, died Feb. 2,
1895, aged 78. Formerly of Norwalk, later of Fairfield,
Michigan. Came to Norwalk in 1818. Married Matilda
Gurley, sister the first Mrs. David Morehouse.
WILLIAM L. HARROD,
Attorney-at-Law, born Oct. 8, 1835, died Sept. 31, 1895, aged 60.
Of Norwalk. Married Adelaide A. Mallette, Oct. 21,
1857. Children, Mrs. A. S. Mead, Mrs. K. E. Vroman, George
H., and Fred W.
MRS. RACHEL INGHAM, of Wakeman, born February, 1811, on the
Ottawa county peninsula, opposite Sandusky, probably the first birth
on the Firelands, died Jan. 4, 1894, aged 83. children,
Mrs. Eugene Bentley and Mrs. Davenport, brother,
Barnum Peck, of Florence, and sister, Mrs. Norton, of
Milan, survive.
MRS. AUGUSTA M. JOHNSON, of Wakeman, born 1830, died Jan. 16,
1894, aged 65. Her sister, Mrs. S. B. Porter, survives.
SEYMOUR A. JOHNSON,
of Wakeman, born Jan. 16, 1825, died Aug 4, 1893, aged 69. His
parents were the first white couple married in Wakeman.
Married Augusta M. Jefferson,
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Jan. 5, 1849. His widow and daughter, Mrs. Celia A. Dalton,
survive.
ELIZABETH A. JACOBS, born 1813, died February, 1894, aged 81.
Over forty-six years a resident of Norwalk.. Mother of E.
L. Jacobs, Eugenia M. Palmer, Emma Korus and Mrs. John
Linder.
JENNIE TURNER JOHNSON, of Norwalk, born Apr. 21, 1840, died
May 8 1895 aged 55, married Luther B. Johnson, Oct. 8, 1858.
Children, Milo, Alma and Mrs. John Linder.
GILBERT KNAPP, born
Jan. 16, 1821, died Mar. 8, 1894, aged 3. Of Margaretta
Tp. since 1848. Children, James H., John T., Cyrus C.
EDWIN KINNEY, of
Norwalk, born 1824, died Apr. 19, 1894, aged 70. Leaves widow
and four sons: C. S., Bruce, A. E. and Emmet.
POLLY M. KELLOGG,
born Apr. 19, 1817, died Jan. 22, 1894, aged 76. Of Fairfield.
She married Asher P. Kellogg Nov. 22, 1834. Four
daughters and one son survive.
ERI KEELER, born 1799, died Apr. 11, 18914, aged 94. Of
Norwalk. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, came to Norwalk, Ohio,
in 1817 with his father and family and in company with Platt
Benedict and family.
He leaves five children, Isaac M. Keeler, of
Fremont, Ohio, editor of the "Fremont Journal"; Col. William B.
Keeler, of Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. N. E. Martin,
Cleveland; Mrs. George W. F. Randolph, Plainvield, New
Jersey, Mrs. Homer B. Johnson, Norwalk; and one sister,
Mrs. L. Reding, of this city.
His first vote was cast in 1820, for James Monroe
for President, adn he voted at every presidential eleciton since,
his last vote being cast for Benjamin Harrison in 1892.
Mr. Keller was the last surviving person of the
sixty-nine voters of Norwalk who voted in 1828 at the first
corporation election in the village.
PETER LUDWIG, born Feb. 6, 1839, died Jan. 8, 1895, aged 56.
Of Norwalk. Leaves five sons and four daughters.
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ALEXANDER LEWIS, born
1825, died May 3, 1895, aged 70. Of Greenfield. Wife and
one son survive.
JUDGE MOON, born Aug.
26, 1832 died 1894, aged 62 yers. Born in New Haven, Huron
county, married in 1860 to Mary E. Bent, at Kansas City,
Missouri. Children, four girls and two boys. Second
marriage to Florida Brinner, of Kansas; one child.
PHILO McMILLEN, born
March, 1826, died in June, 1894, aged 68. Resided at Huron.
MARTIN C. MOREY, of
Norwalk, born September, 1809, died September, 1894, aged 85.
Children, son Arthur, daughter Marietta Dandaran,
Greenbush, New York.
WILLIAM E. MOSHIER,
died 1894, aged 82. Formerly of Norwalk, died at Pueblo,
Colorado.
LUCY C. McCONNELL,
born September, 1864, ied Aug, 1894, aged 47. Born in Berlin
Township.
HENRY H MANAHAN, born
1816, died July, 1894, aged 78. Formerly of Norwalk, later of
Nevada, Missouri. Married Mary Jane Chapin.
children, Frank, Mrs. J. T. Birdsey, Mrs. S. S. Bigelow and
Mrs. A. P. Fisher.
ALPHEUS MANLEY,
born July 17, 1804, died Jan. 1, 1894, aged 89. Formerly of
Sherman last of Oberlin. July 3, 1828, he married Marietta
Bartlett. Children, Mrs. S. F. Deyo and Miss
Mary Manley.
MRS. H. B. McCLURE,
died Feb. 8, 1894, aged 84. Of Huron. Sister of Mrs.
Rev. Samuel Marks.
PHILLIP MORTON, born
Mar. 15, 1817, died Mar. 26, 1805, aged 78. Of Berlin.
Wife and two children survive. Brother of Gilkey and
Robert, and worked as a sadler in Norwalk about 60 years ago.
LYDIA MITCHELL, born
1814, died Feb. 24, 1894, aged 80. Of Norwalk. Mother of
Mrs. G. H. Christian.
PHOEBE W. MARTIN,
born 1811, died Feb. 28, 1894, aged 83 eyars. Of Norwalk.
Mothe rof Mrs. David Young.
G. L. McPHERSON, born
October, 1803, died Feb. 6, 1895, aged 91. Hartland.
Married Thankful Butler in 1833. No children.
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MARY E. MOREHOUSE,
born 1814, died July 11, 1895, aged 81. Of Norwalk.
Widow of Lewis Morehouse. Children, Miss Lettie G.,
Mrs. Fannie Frank, Mrs. Thomas W. Dunn, Burt and Del.
DAVID E. MOREHOUSE,
born May 18, 1825, died Nov. 29, 1894, aged 69. Of Norwalk.
Married Eliza Gurley Aug. 16, 1847. Children Mrs. R.
T. Parker, Albert H., Mrs. J. W. Foster, Mrs. E. T. Williams, Miss
Sue, Mrs. O. g. carter, Jr., and Mrs. C. M. Hinkley.
Mr. Morehouse had resided in Norwalk since 1839, and after
the death of his wife married Roxanna Fuller in 1884.
MRS. I. T. NORTON,
Milan, Died Mar. 10, 1894.
MRS. MARY NORTON, of
Milan, born 1809, died Mar. 3, 1894, aged 85. Was a sister of
Mrs. Rachel Ingham, first white child born on the Firelands,
who died Jan. 4, 1894 and of Barnum Peck, of Florence,
surviving.
WORTHINGTON NIMS, of
Strongs Ridge. Born Oct. 10, 1801, died May 5, 1895, aged 93.
Children, Daid Nims and Mrs. Melvin Wood.
REV. DR. ALEXANDER NELSON,
died Jan. 28, 1894, aged 88. Of Delaware. Connected with
Norwalk Seminary and Baldwin University. Children, Prof. E.
T. Nelson, Miss lara Nelson.
C. PERRY NICHOLS,
born 1809, died Feb. 2, 1895, aged 86, Norwalk. children, son
F. L., daughter Kate.
MARY NEWMAN, born
Dec. 4, 1821, died December, 1894, aged 73 years. Of Norwalk.
Married Charles E. Newman Sept. 15, 1842. Mrs. T. D.
Shephard the only child.
MRS. TAMZON PULVER,
of Clarksfield, born 1814, died Feb. 21, 1894, aged 80.
DEXTER PARKER, of
Wakeman, born June 5, 1819, died Mar. 4, 1894, aged 74.
Married Amarelia Bailey, Nov. 17, 1850, who with eight sons
and two daughters, survive.
MRS. MARIA REYNOLDS PECK,
of Clarksfield, born Sept. 6, 1819, died Dec. 28, 1894, aged 75.
Married Riley R. Peck, Dec. 31, 1837. Children, Ira
O., Ft. Scott; Charley R.,
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Kansas; Elvira Hollopeter and Cynthia Emery,
Grelton, O. and Celina Stone, Clarksfield.
MRS. MARIETTE
RANSOM, formerly of Wakeman, born 1823, died Mar. 6, 1894,
aged 71. She was sister to B. H. French, of Wakeman.
THADEUS
SPRAGUE, of Wakeman, born Jan. 28, 1826, died Sept. 22, 1893,
aged 67. Married Sarah Arnet, Oct. 19, 1852.
Widow, two sons and two daughters survive.
WILLIAM
STEEL, of Wakeman, born June 24, 1810, died Jan. 28, 1894,
aged 83. Was twice married and had ten children.
HENRY T. SHERWOOD,
born 1807, died November, 1894, aged 87 Lived on the Firelands
over 60 years.
H. M.
SINCLAIR, aged 78, formerly of Bellevue, late of Lydonville,
New York.
CAROLINE M.
STEWART, born July 5, 1820, died Dec. 30, 1894, aged 74.
Resided in Berlin and Milan since 1842. Children, E. W.
Stewart, Akron, E. H. Gibbs, Elmira, N. Y.
MARTIN K.
STOTT, born September 14, 1835, died January 16, 1895, aged
59. Of Boughtonville. Married Dolly S. Page. Children four sons two
daughters.
WM. SQUIRES,
born 1812, died Feb. 27 1895, aged 83. Of Berlin. Leaves
three children
TIMOTHY R. STRONG, born Apr. 17, 1817, died July 11, 1894,
aged 77. Of Norwalk. Married Ann Eliza Smith Apr. 3,
1845. Children, Wm. H., Mrs. Clara L. McGuire, Mrs.
Alice C. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Charlotte F. Kennan. Mr. Strong
practiced law at the bar of Huron and adjoining counties for over
fifty years and was one of the most noted members of the Ohio bar.
H. B. TILLINGHAST,
died 1894. Born at Berlin Heights, Erie Co., died at Toledo.
Children, Jay C, Albert, Grace and Lamille.
MRS. BETSY
TODD, of Wakeman, born Mar. 31, 1813, died June 2, 1894, aged
80. Married George Todd Aug. 27, 1834, who died April,
1853. Children, Edgar M., Edwin D. and Mrs. Ellen G.,
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MRS. GILLETTY TERRY, of Wakeman, born July 4, 1806, died Dec. 11,
1893, aged 87. She was a Purdy and married Jasper
Munger in 1826, who died in 1836. Children, Sheldon,
of Wakeman, and Orrin W., of St. Johns, Michigan. She
married Halsey Terry, jr., in 1839, who died in 1859.
One son, Halsey Terry Jr., survives.
MRS. CAROLINE UNDERHILL,
born 1818, died June 10, 1894, aged 76. Came to Sherman in
1826.
MRS.
JOSEPH WOOD, born 1809, died March, 1894, aged 85.
Mother of Joseph B. Wood, Mrs. E. Howard Smith and Mrs.
Geo. Sawyer.
WILLIAM WARD, of Norwalk, born 1817, died Apr. 19, 1895, aged
78. children, George, William and Mrs. Reiley
Sherman.
DUSTIN WASHBURN, born June 14, 1824, died April, 1895 aged
70. Married Ruma Catlin in 1846. Children,
Cyrenind, Jay M., Edgar W., Dallas and
Mrs. J. W. Hong.
NANCY TAYLOR WHITE, of Norwalk, born 1817, died May 1895,
aged 78. Married John C. White in 1841. Children,
J. S. White and Mrs. J. H. Lombard.
ORASANUS A. WHITE, of
Norwalk, born Oct, 4, 1819, died Dec. 21, 1894, aged 75. First
wife, died in 1854. Second wife died in 1891. His
children, Mrs. Laura Herrick, Mrs. Mary W. Stevens, Miss Franc
White. Was three times mayor of Norwalk, 1867 to 1871, and
again 1876-78. Was very active in starting the system of water
works, and was at one time a teacher in the Norwalk public schools.
WILLIAM B. WOOLVERTON,
of Norwalk, Attorney-at-Law, born Aug. 6, 1843, ied Oct. 21, 1894,
aged 51. Married Josephine Dewey Jan. 19, 1881.
Enlisted in 1861 in Co. A, 72d Regiment, O. V. I., and served three
years and nine months. Nine months of which he was a prisoner
in Flroence, Millin and Andersonville, an account of which prison
life written by him may be found in
Vol. 7 of the FIRELANDS PIONEER.
He was Prosecuting Attorney of Huron county from 1874
to 1878, two terms; and postmaster of Norwalk from January, 1892,
until removed for political reasons in November, 1893.
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JAMES F. WHITON, of Wakeman, born Mr. 22, 1828, died June 3,
1892, aged 64. Brother of J. M. Whiton, of Wakeman.
MRS. O. S. WASHBURN,
Birmingham, O., born 1816, died July 5, 1894, aged 78. She
leaves a husband, two sons and four daughters.
MRS. PHOEBE ANN WOOD,
of Wakeman, born 1810, died Nov. 15, 1894, aged 84. Married
James Wood November 29, 1827, who died in 1877. She was a
Bently.
JEDDEIAH WOOD, son of Gilbert
Wood, died at his home in New London Township, about one mile
east of the village, Oct. 5, 1894. He was married Sept. 22,
1861, to Susan F. Townsend, who survives him. His sons
are Ralph J. Wood and Frank Gilbert Wood, of New
London, and his daughters, Luxanne M. Hubbard and Sarah
Alida Noble, of Norwalk. Another daughter, Della May,
died Jan. 30, 1884.
MRS. LUCY M. YARICK, of Wakeman, born in 1826, died July 31,
1894, aged 68. Married George Green, who died leaving
son, F. Green, of Toledo. Second marriage to Mr.
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