Source:
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
Vol. II
Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882
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Chapter VII.
BROOKFIELD.
Trumbull Co., OH.
Pg. 346
ORGANIZATION
POPULATION AND INDUSTRIES
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VILLAGES
PROPRIETORSHIP
EARLY SETTLEMENTS
The first white
man who came into this township for the purpose of settlement was
JAMES McMULLEN, Sr.. The inducement held out to him
to come into this then unbroken wilderness was an offer of one
hundred and sixty acres of land in lot number seventy-eight in the
east part of the township. He arrived in the year 1796, and
erected his log cabin near a spring a few rods southeast of the
present school-house.
This cabin was a very rude structure, built
of unhewn logs notched and fitted together at the ends and “chinked
” with mud. The floor was made of split logs familiarly known
as puncheons. McMullen had a family of seven sons,
namely: Thomas, Samuel, John, Martin,
James, William, and Doctor (the latter receiving
this unusual name on account of his being the seventh son).
Samuel was married to Elizabeth, daughter of William
Chatfield, in whose cabin the marriage ceremony was performed
by Rev. Thomas G. Jones. This was the first
marriage in the township. The cabin stood immediately south of
the present residence of James Bentley, lot
sixty-seven. William, a son of James McMullen
and his second wife, was born in the log cabin above mentioned and
was the first white child born in the township.
REV. THOMAS G.
JONES
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JOHN BRIGGS
JOHNSON PATRICK
JACOB ULP lived southeast of
Chatfield, and Ethan Newcomb joined Mr. Bentley on the
north
THOMAS THOMPSON
JUDGE ROBERT
HUGHES
The first death
in the township of which there is any record, was that of MRS. HENRY
GANDY. The body was interred in the woods, a short distance
south of the present Whitacre coal bank.
MATTHEW
THOMPSON
DR. THOMAS
HARTFORD
ROBERT
MONTGOMERY
In 1811 the
road districts were designated and
the supervisor elected received the names of the
persons whom he had under his charge, and the
following assignments are appended to show the extent of the
Brookfield settlement in that year. The district assigned to
Jacob Ulp included the road leading from his house to
Brockway's mills, also the road running east on the center line from
Yankee run to the Pennsylvania line, and embraced the following
persons with himself: Thomas G. Jones, Benjamin Jones,
James McMullen, Nathan Birge, Geo. Middleton, John Tribby, John
Patterson, Philip Yarnell, and Daniel Groscost.
JAMES WILSON
HENRY H. GANDY
William
Cunningham's district included the road leading from the center
north to Brockway's mill and from thence on the triangle road
leading to Simeon Wheeler's, and included the
following persons: David Bacon, Constant Lake,
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Clark Rathbun, Samuel l'atrick, Benjamin Bentley, Ethan Nathan,
John Briggs, Reuben Campbell, James Thompson, Henry and John Hull,
James Russell, Jacob Reeder, Richard Creamer, Thomas Pattens, Joseph
R. Porter, Jonathan Alderman.
SCHOOLS
INDIANS
THE BROOKFIELD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
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THE PRESBYTERIAN (OLD SCHOOL)
CHURCH.
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In 1866 REV. G. S. RICE was the stated supply
for a time.
THE METHODISTS
THE DISCIPLES CHURCH
NOTES OF SETTLEMENT.
DR. ELIJAH
FLOWER
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E. D. KING
JACOB ULP came from New Jersey to
Brookfield in 1804 and settled on the farm where his sons now live.
He married Elizabeth Scheiner and raised three sons
and two daughters. All are living except one daughter, viz:
William and Amos, Brookfield; Enoch, Hickory
township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania; Eliza (Clark) Girard,
Pennsylvania. Susan is dead. Jacob Ulp
died in 1860 aged eighty-three; Mrs. Ulp
died in 1836 aged about sixty-two. William Ulp was born
in Brookfield on the farm where he now lives in 1810. He
married, first, Elizabeth Carkuff, a native of New Jersey.
She bore four children, all now living: Timothy Dwight,
Enoch, William, and Adelaide. Mrs.
Ulp died in 1845 aged thirty-two. Mr. Ulp
married for his second wife Nancy Wright, a native of
Massachusetts. Five children, Eliza, Jane,
Leonidas, Ella, and Ida. Amos Ulp
was born in Brookfield in 1813, and is still a resident of the
township. He married Rachel Conover and has
three children—Robert, Charles, and Alfred.
ROBERT
MONTGOMERY
JAMES BENTLEY
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WILLIAM SQUIRES
ABIEL
BARTHOLOMEW
JAMES STEWART
PHINEAS WHEELER
JAMES CHRISTY
DR. ROBERT P.
HAYS
Among the Welsh
residents of Brookfield DAVID S. JONES, who lives on a farm
in the southwest of the township, is one of the most prominent.
At the time of our visit he was absent, visiting his
native land, therefore we are unable to give a personal history of
him.
- (See Sharon's
Notes at bottom of this page)
JOHN and LUCY
BENTLEY
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SAMUEL D.
GETTIS
ISAAC D. PRICE
R. R. MINER
PETER COOK
JAMES LAFFERTY
J. G. TREAT
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BIOGRAPHIAL SKETCHES
BLISS HART AND
FAMILY
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SHARON'S NOTES RE:
DAVID S. JONES
There is no biography of this man who was a prominent person in Trumbull
Co., Ohio because he was on a trip when the biographies were written.
I have found the following things for him:
1870 Census Brookfield, Trumbull Co., OH on Aug. 19, 1870 - Brookfield
Twp., OH - Post Office: Brookfield, Ohio
Dwelling 153 - Family 150
Jones, David S.
ae 35yrs M W Coal Digger RE$2,000
Pers$300 b. Wales
Jones, Ann
ae 33yrs F W Keeping house
b. Wales
Jones, Thomas
ae 12yrs M W b. Ohio
Jones, David
ae 11yrs. M W b. Ohio
Jones, Mary J.
ae 9yrs. F W b. Ohio
Jones, Stephen
ae 6yrs. M W b. Ohio
Jones, Edward
ae 5yrs. M W b. Ohio
Next page continues family
Jones, Augusta
ae 4yrs. F W b. Ohio
Jones, Elizabeth
ae 3yrs. F W b. Ohio
Jones, Arthir
ae 2 yrs. M W b. Ohio
Jones, Margaret
ae ?/12yr F W b. Ohio
Source: Ancestrycom 1870 Census Place: Brookfield, Trumbull,
Ohio; Roll: M593_1271; Page: 63B; Family History Library Film: 552770
1880 Census Brookfield Tp., Trumbull Co., OH on 7th & 8th day of June,
1880
Dwelling 101 Family 124
Jones, David S. W M 49
Married - Coal Mining
b. England
Jones, Anna
W F 49 Wife
Married - Keeping House
b. England
Jones, David
W M 24 Son
Single - Coal Miner
b. England
Jones, Stephen W M 21
Son Single
- Coal Miner
b. Ohio
Jones, Edward W M 19
Son Single
- Coal Miner
b. Ohio
Jones, Augustus W M 17
Son Single
- Coal Miner
b. Ohio
Jones, Elizabeth W F 16
Dau Single
- At Home
b. Ohio
Jones, Arthur
W M 13 Son
Single - At School
b. Ohio
Jones, Margaret W F 11
Dau. Single
- At School
b. Ohio
Jones, Gwenddolen W F 9 Dau.
Single - b. Ohio
Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Brookfield, Trumbull,
Ohio; Roll: 1070; Page: 54A; Enumeration District: 187
Found at Ancestry.com
David S. Jones' Will can be found at Ancestry.com
It is in Vol. 12, pp. 401 - 405
The Will says David S. Jones died April 20, 1891 at Brookfield, Trumbull
Co., Ohio |