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Volume XI

October 1898

Pages consecutively Numbered for New Series, Vol. X

OBITUARIES.

[Page 317] -      DAVID G. ALLING        OLIVER T. AMES, an old soldier of the rebellion, died Friday at his home, No. 56 Milan street, after a long illness, aged 54 years and four months.  The deceased was born at Ceylon, Erie county, Febr. 22, 1844, and had a large circle of acquaintances in this vicinity.  He leaves a wife and six children, two brothers, two sisters, and many friends to mourn his death.  Norwalk Reflector, June 20, 1898.        A. J. BROWN       [Page 318] -            DANIEL BILLS        WALTER J. BISSELL        DANIEL BEMIS       [Page 319] -     [PORTRAIT OF E. H. BROWN]      EDWIN H. BROWN     [Page 320] -                ISAAC BROWN     [Page 321] -      MRS. LUCINDA BECKWITH     [PORTRAIT OF C. R. BOSTWICK]      CHARLES RUGGLES BOSTWICK and MARIA L. BOSTWICK       [Page 322] -       [Page 323] -          WOOLSEY BRADLEY        MRS. FLORA BROADHURST     [Page 324] -            JONATHAN BLISS        MRS. ELIZA M. CLARY             [Page 325] - Frederick Abel, of Detroit, Dr. Cordelia Williams, of New York City, Mrs. J. C. Flanagan, of Norwalk, and S. L. Clary, of Pen Yan, N. Y.  One brother still survives her.  He is Harrison Williams of Lorain county.        ALMON B. COE, died Sunday, Mar. 13, 1898, aged 77 years.  Mr. Coe was born in Rootstown, O., Nov. 6, 1820, and came to Wakeman with his parents when 6 years old.  He was married to Miss Nancy Russell, his widow, Nov. 13, 1868.  He leaves six children, three by his present wife and three by his first wife.        MRS. MARGARET CURTIS        J. D. CHAMBERLAIN        MRS.DELIA CURTISS       [Page 326] -   PORTRAIT OF PHILO COMSTOCK See Vol. 7 N. S., page 148   PORTRAIT OF MRS. PHILO COMSTOCK See Vol. 8 N. S., page 128                       [Page 327] -            OLIVER P. DUNBAR,   [Page 328] - mont; Mrs. Helen Bagley of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mrs. Frances J. Martin of Massillon, Ohio.        MRS. EDWARDS        MRS. BETSEY FURLONG        OSCAR F. FULLER         [Page 329] -   PORTRAIT OF O. F. GILLETT        OSCAR FITZERLON GILLETT        The remains of THOMAS GREENE, an old resident of this city, who died at Norton, Huntington county, New Jersey, a few days ago, arrived in this city last night.  Mr. Greene was 57 years of age, a veteran of the late war, and has lived nearly the whole of three daughters and a son, Mrs. Mary D. Coleman and Miss Edith M. Greene, of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Ella M. Greene and Charles S. Greene, of this city. - Norwalk Chronicle, Dec. 13, 1897.        MRS. ADDIE GRIDLEY         [Page 330] -   PORTRAIT OF MRS. SARAH HOYT    MRS. HANNAH JONES Twins - daughters of William and Judith Reed Gallup   [Page 331] - children born of this union, two of whom died in infancy, the third, Miss Mabel, survives.        JOHN A. GRAHAM     [From "Genealogy of the Gallup Family."]      "WILLIAM5 GALLUP (Benadam4, Benadam3, John2, John1),     [Page 332] -                ABRAM HARRIS          WILLIAM S. HICKOK          MRS. MARY M. HARRIS   [Page 333] -       PORTRAIT OF MARY HATHAWAY]        MARY HATHAWAY   [Page 334] -            PHILIP HARDT, SR.        MRS. HARRIET C. HENDRYX        MRS. WILLIAM HOLTEN,        MRS. ELECTA HARDING       [Page 335] -     S. P. HILDRETH See Vol. 10 N. S., page 136   [Page 336] -        MRS. ANGELINE W. HULL        LEONARD B. JOHNSON        MRS. MARY ANN MORSE KENNAN         [Page 337] - See Vol. 9, N. S. p. 137 PORTRAITS OF JOHN KENNAN AND MRS. MARY ANN KENNAN [Page 338] -   [Page 339] -            JESSE KINGSBURY       [Page 340] -          HENRY KELLER        THEODORE G. KING        ETHAN LOVELL   [Page 341] - PORTRAIT OF STEPHEN LOCKWOOD      STEPHEN ADOLPHUS LOCKWOOD     [Page 342] -        MRS. SAMUEL LYON      JOSEPH LEE        J. MADISON MEAD        MRS. G. L. McPHERSON     [Page 343] -   MRS. CORNELIA MASON      CORNELIA MASON         [Page 344] -        ASAHEL J. MOWRY        MARK S. MOSES        MARION MEACHAM [Page 345] -        MRS. MARY ANN MAYNE      MRS. M. MUNSEL      MARY ANN MILLER     [Page 346] -        LUCIEN H. NOBLES      HOMER PAGE      LOVINA WHEELER-PERCY      MINOT PIERCE     [Page 347] -          MRS. MARY PEAK      JANE AMMERNEAU PARKER   [Page 348] -      MRS. EUNICE COBB PHILLIPS        BETSY ANN ROWLAND PELTON   [Page 349] -        S. W. ROWLAND     [Page 350] -          MARY ANN RIPPON     [Page 351] -      JAMES ROBERTS      MRS. EDWARD ROSEKELLY      EUNICE A. ROOT      MRS. EMMA O. ROBINSON     [Page 352] -        MRS. JOHN F. RANDOLPH        DR. W. H. SYKES     [Page 353] - PORTRAIT OF N. G. SHERMAN See Vol. 10 N. S., page 147 [Page 354] -      HANNAH MILLER SAGE      MISS. LAURA SPRAGUE      MR. DANIEL B. STURGES [Page 355] -      CAPTAIN WILLIAM AUGUSTUS STRONG      ELORY TAYLOR, Perkins, Erie county, died Mar. 17, 1898.  He came to this county in 1811, with his parents when a boy of seven years.  Mr. Taylor was 90 years of age, and was among the first settlers of Perkins township, having settled there in 1815. In 1810 Rev. John Beatty came from Connecticut, and purchased of the Firelands company nearly all the land in Perkins township. He then went back to Connecticut, and sold a tract of this land to the father of Elory Taylor, Jesse Taylor. Jesse Taylor and family, then started from Connecticut in wagons, traveling through the then unbroken forest.  Elory Taylor was then but 7 years.  The family finally arrived at what is now Perkins township, erected cabins and commenced to cultivate the land.  This tract of land is better known as the “Yankee Settlement.”  In 1816 a log school house was built and an instructor employed. Among the scholars was Elory Taylor.  This is where he received his first education [Page 356] -      Elory Taylor was one of thirteen children, two of whom are still living.  He was married twice.  Both of his wives preceded him to the grave.  Mr. Taylor was known for miles around as being, in one sense of the word, the first settler in Perkin's township.      MRS. DOLLY THORP, relict of Jeremiah Thorp, died on Tues day, Feb. 22, 1898.  Dolly Swan was born in Lebanon, Madison county, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1823.  At the age of twelve years she came with her parents to Ohio, locating on the banks of La Chapell creek, near Mason's Corners, where she lived until she was united in marriage at Vermillion, June 9, 1850, to Jeremiah Thorp, and went directly to housekeeping on the farm where their children now live, and where they spent their lives together, until her companion was called to the great beyond, some four years ago.  Mrs. Thorp spent her last days with her daughter, Mrs. Stephens and family.      MIRANDA WONSER, died July 17, 1898.  Her maiden name was Miranda Bardwell and she was born in the state of New York in 1822.  She was married to Timothy Higley in 1843 and they came to New London township the next year, settling on the Butler road, which neighborhood was at that time nearly all woods with an occasional log house for variety.  Mr. Higley died in 1871 and the widow then came to Clarksfield Hollow.  After a few years she became the wife of L. B. Wonser, but the union was a short duration.      MRS. ALBERT WHITNEY, died Friday June 17, 1898, after an illness of a week, aged 70 years.  She was a well known and greatly beloved resident of New London, where she had resided for 45 years.  Besides her husband, she leaves five children to mourn her departure, viz: Mrs. Frank Wheeler, of Chicago, Mrs. William Whitworth, of Greenwich; G. T. Whitney, of Norwalk; Thomas Whitney, of Benton Harbor, Mich., and William H. Whitney, of New London.      S. E. WALTERS, died at the home of his son-in-law, V. A. Shankland, at Sand Lake Mich., Dec. 21, 1897.  Mr. Walters was born at Homer, N. Y., in 1812.  He came to Bellevue in 1820, and resided here until 1881, when he removed to North Dakota [Page 357] - where he was engaged in farming until 1892; since then he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Shankland, at Sand Lake, Mich.  Mr. Walters was closely identified with Bellevue, its interests, and its people for over half a century.      MRS. EMILY ADAMS WILCOX      ALONZO WEST, died Thursday morning, Sept. 29, 1898, at the home of his son on North Pleasant street, after a long illness with paralysis.  Besides his wife he leaves three children Mrs. Garner and William H. West of Cleveland and C. J. West, Norwalk.  Mr. West was born in Peru township and has always lived there and in Norwalk.      WILLIAM H. WILDMAN   [Page 358] -        MISS CAROLINE WILLIAMS      ORRILLA YOUNG   [Page 359] - ceremony was performed by Squire Daniel Sherman, uncle of Gen. and Hon. John Sherman. In the year 1840, they purchased a home and moved to Townsend, O., and in 1860, they removed to Collins.  The family consisted of seven children, six of whom survive; Sylvia, Noah, Mary H., Martha E., Mahlon J., and Orrilla J., one son, John B. having lost his life while serving his country in the late war.      MRS. DOROTHY ZEPLEY, died Jan. 6, 1898, at the home of her son Jacob Zepley, one of the Pioneer settlers at this place, aged 71 years, 3 months and 5 days.  The deceased was a native of Merzweiler, Germany, and in 1844 she came to Ohio, locating in Cleveland until 1848, when she came to Weaver's Corners and has made this place her home ever since.  She was the mother of seven children all of whom survive her, viz.: Mrs. Hattie Kurtz, of Farmington, Mich.; Mrs. Amanda Yingling, Henry, John, Joseph, Jacob and William Zepley, all of this place.