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CONTENTS
Source:
HISTORY of
ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO
By Mrs. Moina W. Large
IN TWO VOLUMES
- ILLUSTRATED -
- VOLUME ONE -
- VOLUME TWO -
Published by Historical Publishing Company
Topeka - Indianapolis
1924
TABLE OF CONTENTS & ILLUSTRATIONS
< CLICK HERE TO
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CHAPTER I. - ORIGINAL TERRITORY AND TITLE |
65-71 |
- Exploration
- Claims of Ownership
- The Western Reserve
- Connecticut Land Company
- Pioneer Settlers
- Titles
- Surveyors Arrive
- Early conditions
- Townships Organized |
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CHAPTER II. - OUR PREDECESSORS |
72-81 |
- Indians
- Algonquin and Iroquois Tribes
- "Ashtabula"
- Indian Villages
- Massasauga
- Indian Customs
- Abundant Game and Fish
- Indian Wars
- Ashtabula River
- Chief Amik |
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CHAPTER III - TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND PLANT LIFE. |
82-85 |
- North and South Ridges
- Sandstone
- "Erie Shale"
- Stone Quarry
- Rivers
- County's Plant Life
- Varieties |
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CHAPTER IV. - EARLY SETTLERS |
86-89 |
-
Emigration
- Early Colonization
- "Old Harpersfield Land Company"
- Alexander Harper
- "Westward Ho" Party
- Hardships Encountered
- Harpersfield as a Metropolis
- Its Population |
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CHAPTER V. - ORGANIZATION
OF COUNTY AND TOWNSHIPS. |
90-98 |
- Legislative Act of 1800
- Trumbull County
- Original Townships
- Officers
- Ashtabula County in 1811
- Division into Townships
- Hartsgrove
- Early Legislation
- First County Officials
- Census Enumerations
- County Seat
- Court House |
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CHAPTER VI. - EARLY DAY ROADS AND MAIL. |
99-107 |
- Conditions
- Pioneer Road Building
- Ashtabula Central Plank Road
- Expenditure
- Its Disappearance
- North Ridge Road
- Aaron Wright
- The Old Girdled Road
- Mail Service
- Post Roads
- First Mail Routes
- Rural Delivery |
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CHAPTER VII. - RAILROADS |
108-122 |
- First Incorporation
- Early Citizens Interested
- Meetings
- Various Routes Considered
- Sale of Stock
- Survey
- Other Projects
- Construction
- First Train
- Later Roads
- Consolidations
- Electric Lines |
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CHAPTER VIII. - IN THE WARS OF THE NATION |
124-129 |
- War of 1812
- Col. Richard Hayes Regiment
- Capt. Joshua Fobes
- Experiences
- Participation in the Civil War
- War with Spain
- Ashtabula County Heroes of the World War
- County Red Cross |
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CHAPTER IX. - NEWSPAPERS |
130-139 |
- "Trump of Fame"
- First County Newspaper
- Ashtabula Sentinel
- Ashtabula Telegraph of 1846
- Pioneer Editors
- Conneaut Gazette
- Jefferson Gazette
- Other Publications |
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CHAPTER X. - A COUNTY OF RESORTS |
140-148 |
- Lake View Park
- Tarry-A-While
- Camp Porter
- Overlook Beach
- Kingsville-on-the-Lake
- Whitman's Creek
- Camp Whitney
- Lake Shore Park
- Clifton Beach
- Woodland Park
- Pearl Camp and Elks' Club
- Bell Haven
- Country Club
- Red Brook
- Hallwood
- Billow Beach
- East Geneva-on-the Lake
- Saybrook Township Park
- Ninevah Beach
- Geneva-on-the-Lake
- Chestnut Grove
- Trail's End
- Cold Springs
- City Advantages
- Boulevard Road |
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CHAPTER XI - FORMER RESIDENTS |
149-155 |
- Benjamin F. Wade
- Joshua R. Giddings
- George E. Power
- Theodore E. Burton
- Granville W. Mooney
- Peter H. Watson
- Geo. A. J. Sampson
- Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee
- Dr. Arthur C. McGiffert
- Robert G. Ingersoll
- Van Sweringen Brothers
- Judge Florence Allen
- And others |
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CHAPTER XII. - ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP |
156-193 |
- Formation
- First Settlers
- Rev. John Hall
- Early Day Conditions
- Hospitality
- Log Cabin Raising
- Ashtabula City
- Moses Cleveland
- Thomas Hamilton
- Nucleus For New Village
- Churches
- First Schools
- St. Peter's Parochial
- Ashtabula Academy
- The Coming of the First Railroad
- Tribulations of the First Family
- City Street Car Lines
- Township Park Commission
- Public Library
- Proportional Representation. |
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CHAPTER XIII. - ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP - CONTINUED |
194-231 |
- Ashtabula Harbor
- First Harbor Survey
- Progress of the Marine Interests
- Evolution of Dock Facilities
- Flood of 1878
- Burning of the Steamer Washington
- William H. Vandelbilt Visits Ashtabula
- An Early Benefactor
- Incidents of the War of 1812
- Tragedies of Passing Years
- Ashtabula Bridge Disaster
- Monument to Known Dead |
| CHAPTER XIV. - AUSTINBURG
TOWNSHIP. |
232-242 |
-
Torrington Land Company
- Judge Eliphalet Austin
- Town of Austinburg
- First Church in Reserve
- First Hotel
- First Woman
- The Indians Farewell
- Grand River Intitute (Institute)
- EAGLEVILLE |
| CHAPTER XV - ANDOVER
TOWNSHIP |
243-252 |
- First
Settlement in 1805
- WEST ANDOVER
- Early Families
- Chief Industries
- John Brown's Rendezvous |
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CHAPTER XVI. - CHERRY VALLEY TOWNSHIP. |
253-256 |
- Organization
- Township Officers
- Early Settlers
- Hardships
- Highways
- Pioneer Religious
- Population |
| CHAPTER XVII. - COLEBROOK
TOWNSHIP. |
257-260 |
- Surveying Party
- Area of Township
- First Officers
- Early Residents
- Joel Blakeslee
- Succeeding Families
- First Schools and Churches |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - CONNEAUT
TOWNSHIP |
261-294 |
-
Prehistoric Race
- "South Ridge"
- AMBOY
- CONNEAUT
- Early Churches
- CONNEAUT HARBOR
- Great Bridge
- Adventure of A Pioneer
- Changed Their Plans
- First Family to Winter here
- Car Ferry Disasters
- Pullman's Contract
- First White Settler
- Stage Coach Tragedy
- Plans of Steel Company
- Public Library
- Country Club
- East Conneaut as "Little Hope" |
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CHAPTER XIX. - DENMARK |
295-298 |
- Indian
Territory
- Peter Knapp and Solomon Griggs
- Other Early Settlers
- First Election of Officers
- Hail Storm
- Denmark Woods
- Modest Village |
| CHAPTER XX. - DORSET
TOWNSHIP |
299-305 |
-
Historical Sketch
- Marsh Woods
- First Events
- Dorset Forty-Niners
- First Murder Trial |
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CHAPTER XXI. - GENEVA TOWNSHIP |
306-314 |
- Organized in 1816
- First White Man
- Geneva Village Organized
- First School House
- Streams
- Industries
- Historic Spot
- Platt E. Spencer
- First Shot of Civil War |
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HARPERSFIELD TOWNSHIP |
315-318 |
- First
Permanent Settlement in Western Reserve
- First Settlers
- Pioneer Schools
- Log Church
- Saw Mill
- Shipyard
- Township Organized |
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HARTSGROVE TOWNSHIP |
319-322 |
- Title Litigation
- Half of Township Wedding Gift
- Settled in 1822
- First School
- Hoskin's Mill
- Mail Route
- Township Organized in 1830
- Churches
- Commerce
- Tornado |
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CHAPTER XXIV. - JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP |
323-336 |
-
Influence of Gideon Granger
- Village Platted in 1800
- First Settler
- Name
- County Seat
- Original Court Houses
- Road
- Facilities
- First Court Records
- Wild Animals
- Bank Failure
- Fair Grounds
- Not So Bad, Either |
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CHAPTER XXV. - KINGSVILLE TOWNSHIP |
339-353 |
-
Organization
- "Fobes Dale"
- First Owners
- Early Settlers
- Indians
- Reminiscenses
- Early Day Schools
- Anecdotes By Miss Holden
- First Centralized Schools
- Churches
- North Kingsville
- Whiskey Stills
- Numerous Events
- Infirmary Halacaust |
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CHAPTER XXVI. - LENOX TOWNSHIP |
354-357 |
- First Owners
- First Settlers
- Other Pioneer Settlers
- Roads
- Schools
- Saw and Grist Mills
- Churches
- First Postmaster
- Prof. King's Cornet Band
- Cyclone |
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CHAPTER XXVII. .- MONROE
TOWNSHIP |
358-362 |
- Named From President Monroe
- First Settlers
- CALEB BLODGETT
- Water Power
- Wolves and Bears a Menace
- Rev. Joseph Badger
- Religious Meetings and Churches
- Roads
- First Mail Service
- Ferguson's Settlement |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. - MORGAN TOWNSHIP |
363-369 |
- John Morgan
- Original Owner
- Timothy P. Hawley
- First Settlers
- Grist Mill Erected in 1808
- Pioneer Farming
- Early Homes
- Early Settlers
- Churches Organized
- Turnpike Road
- Industries
- Rock Creek
- Business
- Lodges
- First Teachers Institute |
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| CHAPTER XXIX. - NEW LYME
TOWNSHIP |
370-376 |
- Purchased by Elisha Tracy
- First Settlers
- Organized in 1813
- First Officers
- Road Building
- First Religious Meeting
- Cheese Factory
- Other Industries
- Lodges
- Early Customs
- First Wedding
- New Lyme Institute |
| CHAPTER XXX. - ORWELL
TOWNSHIP |
377-382 |
- First
Officers
- Moses Cleaveland one of Original Owners
- Land Value
- Paine Family
- First Sermon
- Churches
- First School
- Roads
- Early Industries
- Stage Line to Cleveland
- Buildings
- Agricultural Society
- Indians |
| CHAPTER XXXI. - PIERPONT
TOWNSHIP |
383-385 |
-
Pierpont Edwards
- A Good Farming Section
- First Settler
- Other Pioneer Settlers
- School House Erected in 1814
- Post Office
- Hotel
- Village Organized
- Highway Laid Out
- Churches
- Rev. O. Wright. |
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CHAPTER XXXII. - PLYMOUTH |
386-388 |
- Election
Held
- Original Owners
- First White Settlers
- Public Highway
- Topography
- First White Child
- First Frame Building
- Churches
- Post Office Established
- First Storekeeper
- Farming and Dairying
- Woolen Mill |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. - RICHMOND
TOWNSHIP |
389-391 |
- Owners
- Organization
- First Highway
- Early Villages
- Richmond Center
- First School
- Church Organization
- Important State Station. |
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CHAPTER XXXIV. - ROME TOWNSHIP |
392-395 |
- Fine
Farms
- Streams
- Elijah Crosby
- Other pioneers
- First Religious Meeting
- First Postmaster
- Industrial Life
- Township Named
- Academy
- Railroad |
| CHAPTER XXXV. - SAYBROOK
TOWNSHIP |
396-401 |
- Organized in 1816
- Election
- Sale of Lands
- Saybrook Station
- George Webster
- First Settler
- Other Pioneers
- M. E. Church
- Organized
- First Merchant
- Potofice (Postoffice)
- Parks and Resorts
- First Volunteer. |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. - SHEFFIELD
TOWNSHIP |
402-404 |
-
Samuel Mather, Jr.
- Original Owner
- First Settler
- Other Settlers
- Organized in 1830
- First Officers
- Religious Service
- Farming and Dairy |
| CHAPTER XXXVII. - TRUMBULL
TOWNSHIP |
405-409 |
- Organized in 1825
- First Officers
- First White Settler
- Other Early Settlers
- Settlements
- First Events
- In the Civil War
- Reminiscences by Joel Blakeslee |
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. - WAYNE TOWNSHIP |
410-416 |
- Organized in 1811
- Township Officers
- The Home of Joshua R. Giddings
- Titus Hays, First Settler
- Early Conditions
- First White Child
- Establishment of Churches
- Schools
- Cheese Making
- Mounds |
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WILLIAMSFIELD TOWNSHIP |
417-419 |
- First Officers
- Joseph Williams
- School in 1809
- Sawmill Built in 1814
- Railroad Facilities
- Giddings Hotel
- Capt. Stanhope |
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CHAPTER XL. - WINDSOR TOWNSHIP |
420-425 |
-
Organized in 1811
- Early Settlers
- First Marriage
- First Death
- Religious Interest
- Rev. John Badger
- Pioneer Conditions
- Lodge
- Cheese Making
- Other Industries |
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CHAPTER XLI. - MISCELLANEOUS |
426-447 |
- Cheese
Industry
- Great Industry in Glass Houses
- Horses and Horsemen
- Ashtabula County Telegraph Company
- Reclamation of Marsh
- Natural Gas
- Anti-Slavery Activities
- Fairs
- Ashtabula County Society
- Industrial Survey
- Statistics |
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BIOGRAPHIES |
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- ILLUSTRATIONS - |
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Adamson
Hotel, Ashtabula, Ohio |
1080 |
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Allcock,
John |
868 |
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Allen, Riley, G. |
928 |
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Anderson, George S., Dr. |
744 |
| Anderson, Hot Springs Bath
House |
248 |
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Ashley, W. S. D., Dr. |
1088 |
| Ashtabula Harbor in 1875 |
112 |
| Ashtabula High School |
96 |
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Bacon, M.
L., Res. |
960 |
| Bartholomew, Arthur E. |
1048 |
| Bates, L. C. |
924 |
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Behner, L. H. |
920 |
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Bjerstedt, Anton |
804 |
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Bjerstedt, Edward and Family |
568 |
| Blair, Cordelia V. |
560 |
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Blair, Henry James |
560 |
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Brant, Charles H. |
696 |
| Bridge, Ashtabula Harbor |
224 |
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Bridge, New Highway, Conneaut |
80 |
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Brown, J. J. |
800 |
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Brown Memorial Hospital |
264 |
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Buss, Henry A., Mr. & Mrs. |
832 |
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Buss, S. Burkley, Mrs. |
816 |
| Buss, S. Burkley |
816 |
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Candyland, Ashtabula,
Ohio |
984 |
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Carlson,
Alfred |
884 |
| Case, Addie E. Stewart |
904 |
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Case, Charles H. |
904 |
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Case,
Clarence V. |
1008 |
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Central School, Wayne, Ohio |
377 |
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City Hall, Conneaut |
272 |
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Chaffee, N.
L. |
672 |
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Chekouras,
Louis |
984 |
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Chekouras,
Peter |
984 |
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Childs, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus A. |
988 |
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Cochran, C. F., Farm of |
848 |
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Cole, George H., Dr. |
720 |
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Collander, Paul J., Dr. and
Family |
852 |
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Congregational Church, Conneaut |
272 |
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Community Hospital |
312 |
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Conneaut High School |
280 |
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Conneaut Public Library |
264 |
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Conneaut Telephone Building |
944 |
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Court House, Jefferson |
328 |
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Dain, Henry E., Mr. and Mrs. |
820 |
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Darling,
George |
880 |
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Dewey, Carl, Dr. & daughter,
Helen |
728 |
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Dickson, Orr A., Dr. |
664 |
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Disaster, The Ashtabula |
224 |
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Ellis, Robert R. |
752 |
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Gallup, Charles Herbert |
472 |
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Gallup, Edward Parker |
480 |
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Gape, William |
496 |
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Gary, Dorance |
796 |
| Geneva Street Scene |
304 |
| Grade School, Geneva |
312 |
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Graham,
J. P., Store of |
968 |
| Grand River Bridge |
304 |
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Halleen, Charles A. |
520 |
| Hamilton, James |
1096 |
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Harbor High School |
96 |
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Harley, G. R. |
504 |
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Harmon,
Austin A. |
888 |
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Hawkins, Hiram P. |
792 |
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Hawkins, Martha Stevens |
792 |
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Helander, Erik E. |
1068 |
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Hewitt, George C. |
776 |
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Horton, Fred L. |
840 |
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Hunter, George |
936 |
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Hunter, Isabel, Mrs. |
936 |
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Kahne, Alfred |
1032 |
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Kelley, Henry S. |
864 |
| Kendall Brothers' Mill |
912 |
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Kerr, David E., Dr. |
712 |
| Kingsville Park |
248 |
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Knapp, Lewis |
992 |
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Knowlton,
R. W. |
536 |
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Koski, John J. |
860 |
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Kunkle, H. M. |
657 |
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Lake Front Docks and Yards |
112 |
| Large, Moina W. -
(frontispiece) |
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Lininger, Thomas F. |
812 |
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McCullough, Louis, Mr. and Mrs. |
1072 |
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Main Street, Ashtabula |
65 |
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Marble, Warren W., Mr. and
Mrs. |
704 |
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Marcy, Leo
L., Mr. and Mrs. |
1016 |
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Martin, Robert E. |
552 |
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Matson, Frank L. |
784 |
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Morrison, Henry L. |
680 |
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Morse, M. S. |
1000 |
| Mother of Sorrows Church |
176 |
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Niemi, Ivar S., Dr. |
908 |
| Nystrom, Elvira, Mrs. |
900 |
| Oar Boat, Ashtabula Harbor |
144 |
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Orwell Consolidated School |
377 |
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Paine, Amand J., Mrs. |
876 |
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Paine, C. G. |
976 |
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Pellett, C.
G. |
976 |
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Post Office, Ashtabula |
65 |
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Reed, H. P. |
488 |
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Reublin, John F. |
896 |
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Richardson, Clarence E. |
464 |
| Rogers, Alva W., Mr. and Mrs. |
675 |
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Ruggles,
May A. |
688 |
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Sanford, H. P. |
828 |
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Sargent, C. H. |
808 |
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Sargent, Sara L. Rankin |
808 |
| School Building, Jefferson |
328 |
| Schupp, J. C., Mr. and Mrs. |
916 |
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Serras, Charles |
1040 |
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Shatto, H.
J., Dr. |
952 |
| Shreve, W. R. |
1064 |
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Simonds, C. Henry |
584 |
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Spitzig, Edward J., Rev. |
856 |
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Stanhope, Charles R., Sr. |
768 |
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State Road, View of |
192 |
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Steel, Dave
W. |
892 |
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St. Joseph Calasanctius' Church, Jefferson, Ohio |
857 |
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St. Joseph's Church, Ashtabula |
1024 |
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Swaney, George W. |
844 |
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Swedenborg, Alfred |
512 |
| Tourist Camp, Ashtabula |
160 |
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Udell, M. K. |
544 |
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Unloading Oar, Conneaut |
280 |
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Wenner, William E. |
449 |
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Wheeler, William A. |
736 |
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Whitney, E. O., Capt. |
456 |
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Whitney, Fresh Air Camp |
144 |
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Wilderson, James E., Mr. and Mrs. |
932 |
| Woodard, F. A. |
760 |
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Woodman, Charles William |
824 |
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Woolley, John |
872 |
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