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Source: Washington Post - Washington D. C.
Dated: May 3, 1849
DEATH:
Died of consumption, in Lenox,
Ashtabula Co., Ohio, on the 13th day of April, 1849, Joseph CROSBY,
aged 62 years.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Dated: Mar. 20, 1850
MARRIED:
At Kinsman, on the 21st Ult. by
Rev. Rufus
Parker, Mr. Charles Webber & Miss Rachel Mathews, all of
Kinsman. DIED:
In Saybrook, Jan. 17, 1850, of Canker Rash,
Nicholas D. Stephens, aged 3 yrs. & 3 mos. Also at the same
place, on the 18th of Jan. of the same disease,
Mary Jane Stephens
in the 15th year of her age. Also at the same place on the 21st of
Jan. of the disease, Edwin Stephens, aged 12 years, children of John and Peggy Stephens.
At Madison, Lake Co., on the 12th inst. of
Apoplexy, Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Roger Fowler, aged 74 yrs.
At Buffalow, on the 13th inst. Mr. Paul B.
Harris, formerly of this town, aged 37 years.
(The remains of
the decd. passed through this place on the 17th inst. on their way to
Saybrook for interment.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Dated: Mar. 27, 1850
DIED:
On the 22th inst. of Tubercular Consumption,
Mrs. Jane J. Hendry, wife of Alfred Hendry, of this town, aged
28 years and 5 months.
On the 20th inst.
Harriet, wife of Zebediah Denison, of this place, aged 48 years.
In Jefferson, on the 22th ult. of Consumption,
Rev.
B. S. Knapp, in the 38th year of his age.
In Geneva, Jan. 24th,
Rollin D. second
son of John P. and Elizabeth B. Jones, aged 1 year & 9 months.
(Death of
Capt. John Edmonds - We learned that
Capt. Edmonds, master of the steamer Southern died at Buffalo on
Sun. morning, Capt. E. was a resident of Monroe. We
understand his disease was cholera morbus, strongly resembling the cholera
of last season. MARRIED:
In Harpersfield, on the 21st ult. by Rev. E. Babcock, Mr. G. R. Webster, of Saybrook and
Miss Matilda
A. Bishop of Harpersfield.
On the 28th inst. by
Rev. L. Andress, Mr.
Chauncy H. Covill and Miss Exumy F. Lucas, both of Saybrook.
In Kingsville, on Thurs. Mar. 21st by Rev. W. W.
Maltby, Mr. John J. Fox and Abigail H. Young all of Kingsville.
In Ashtabula, on teh 22th inst. by J. K.
Cook, Esq., Mr. Abner Gee of New Lyme to Mrs. Alvi Lucas, all
of Ashtabula.
Mar. 21st by Rev. L. Andress,
Mr. Mark Morrison, of Saybrook and Miss Huldy Coulter, of
Ashtabula.
Painesville, on the 20th inst.
Nicholas
Powell and Miss Eunice Ann Morell, both of Painesville.
In Perry, on the 2d inst. by F. Haskell,
Esq. Mr. Orrin Treat and Miss Sophia Simons.
DIED:
In Trumbull, Jan. 27th of dropsy on the
brain, Orpha C. dau. of Clark C. and Flotilla S. Loomis,
aged 1 yr. 6 mo, nine days.
In Madison, on the 12th inst.,
John,
only son of Horace and Mary Winchester, ae 6 yrs. and 16 da.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Dated: April 10, 1850
MARRIED:
At East Ashtabula, on the 3d. inst., by
Rev. L. Andrus, Mr. Samuel H. White of Kingsville, and Miss Mary
Hubbard, of Ashtabula.
At Kingsville on the 3rd inst. by
Rev. J.
B. Sacket, Mr. Samuel Holbrook, of Madison, Lake Co., and Miss
Sarah A. Morse.
At Jefferson, on Monday, Apr. 1st, by
E. W.
Hickok. Esq., T. D. Wildman, of Jefferson to Clarissa M. Hill, of Hartsgrove.
At Madison, on the 14th ult. by Rev. L.
Whitney, Mr. Stephen Paplee and Miss Emily H. Young, all of
Madison
At Perry, on the 28th ult. by
A. Williams, V. D.
M. of Painesville, Mr. Hiram Mason and Caroline Nichols,
both of Perry.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Dated: April 17, 1850
MARRIED:
At Geneva, by the Rev. Mr. Flowers, Mr. S.
J. Fowler, of Kingsville and Miss Elizabeth M. Crawford, of
Geneva. (has poem)
At Lenox, on the 31st ult. by
J. O. Crosby, Esq.,
Mr. Daniel Fowler and Miss Rhoda A. Savage.
At Geneva, on the 7th inst. by T. J. Leslie,
Esq., Mr. Edmund E. Ives and Miss Margaret A. Goff, all of Geneva.
At Mechanicsville,
on the 11th inst. by Elder
Heath, Mr. Joseph Warden and Miss Laura A. Palmer , all of the above
place.
At Plymouth, on the 9th ult. by S. Burnet, Esq., Mr.
Cornelius Morgan and Miss Lucy Avery, all of Plymouth.
Also in the same place, by the same, on the 11th inst.
Reuben Rounds, Jr. and Miss Susannah Marsh of Plymouth
DIED:
At Plymouth, on the 15th inst.
Angeline,
wife of John L. Cooper, aged 59 yrs.
A Plymouth, on the 11th inst.
Mr. Joseph W. Wetmore,
aged 27 yrs.
(Ed. note: Flowery tribute and poem was in the notice.)
At Geneva, on the 1st. Feb.
Edgar H. son of Erastus and Beulah A. Carmer, aged 2.
(Ed. note: Poem was in notice.)
At West Andover, on the 7th ult. of congestion of the
brain, Mr. Sanford W. Carpenter, aged 21 yrs.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Dated: April 24, 1850 In this
place, on the morning of the 2ed. by Rev. A. Pomeroy, Mr. George C.
Hubbard and Miss Elizabeth S. daughter of Buckley Hubbard,
Esq.
At Austinburg, on the 11th. by Rev. S. H. Heath,
Mr. Joseph Warden and Miss Laura A. Palmer, both of Austinburg.
In Ashtabula, on the 17th inst. by Rev.
John Hall, Mr. H. T. Smith and Miss Elizabeth Barnes, all of
Ashtabula.
At Richmond, on the 12th by
J. N. Wright, Esq.
at Andover, Mr. Orren H. Powers and Miss Mary Stone, both of
Richmond.
At Williamsfield, on the 10th inst. by the
Rev. E. T. Woodruff, Mr. Seth Hayes, Merchant of Hartford, Trumbull
Co.,
and Miss Margaret, daughter of Mr. H. H. Vernon, Esq.
of the former place. DIED:
In Wayne, in this county, on Sunday morning, on the
14th inst. Benjamin Ward, a soldier in the Revolution, aged 86, 1
mo. 8 da's.
(Ed. Note: Flowery poem and tribute in the article)
On the 13th inst., at Wayne, Mr. Samuel Andrews,
and old and respected citizen.
In Cafe, N. Y. April 2nd,
Ann Judson, daughter of Dr. Aaron and Nancy Long, aged 19 yrs. 7 moo's.
(Ed. Note: Flowery poem in notice)
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
May 14, 1850
DIED:
In Geneva, Mar. 18, Mrs. Almira ALFORD, wife of
D. F. Alford,
aged 50 yrs. In Austinburg, on the 21st. ult. of pulmanary
consumption, Mr. Samuel Ryder, in his 57th year of his age. In Bristol, Vt. Mar. 24th, of Lung Fever,
Capt. David Kellogg, a
resident of Monroe, in this county aged 84 yrs. In
Unionville, at residence of his mother, on the 10th Mar. last, Miss
Fanny A. Woodworth, aged 21 yrs. 7 mos. 22 ds. In
Windsor, on the 24th ult. of Consumption, Capt. Ebenezer Heath, aged 61 yrs. In Vincennes, Indiana, on 2d. ult. of Typhus
Fever, after illness of four weeks, Daniel Dodge, of this town,
aged 21 yrs.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Date: May 21, 1850
MARRIED:
In Austinburg, on the 16th inst. by Rev. Mr. Sullivan, Henry Webb
and Miss Lucretia Tucker. In Trumbull, on the
5th inst. by D. Dodge Esq. Mr. Isaac Vanhoozer and
Miss
Saphrona D. Grinnell, both of Harpersfield. DIED:
At Eaglesville, on the 11th inst. of pulmonary consumption, Chauncey G. Fairchild,
age 24 yrs. In Monroe, on the
15th inst. Mrs. Anna Kellogg, wife of Martin Kellogg, Esq.
in 71st year of her age.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Date: May 28, 1850
MARRIED:
In Jefferson, on the 18th inst. by Rev. Thomas Oliver, Mr. Amos
Button and Mrs. Charlette Bessey, both of Geneva.
DIED:
In Williamsfield, N. Y. on the 20th inst. Leonard STEVER, aged 91
yrs. father of J. G. STEVER of this place, a soldier of the
Revolution. In Jefferson, on the 18th inst. of lung fever,
Davis B. Matterson, aged 43.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekley Telegraph
Date: June 4, 1850
MARRIED:
In Farmington, Mass. on the 2d. ult. by Rev. B. Walker, Mr. Avery
J. Bond of Iowa City and Miss Julia A. Smith of Ashtabula.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekley Telegraph
Date: June 11, 1850
MARRIED:
In Saybrook, on the 8th inst. by Daniel J. Sherman, Esq. Mr. Alvah
Brooks and Miss Sarilla Cleveland, all of that town
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Source: Ashtabula Weekley Telegraph
Date: June 18, 1850
MARRIED:
On the 16th inst. by Rev. A. Pomeroy, Mr. Henry Appleby?
and Miss Lucinda Story, both of Plymouth At Cherry Valley,
on the 30th ult. by Rev. U. T. Chamberlain, Mr. Dwight R. Carpenter
of Andover and Miss Charlotte Cresy, of Cherry Valley.
DIED:
At the residence of Mr. Samuel Strong, in Ashtabula, on the
11th ult. Abner Graves, only son of Joseph P. and Celia
A. Strong of Denmark, Lee County, Iowa. In Windsor, on
the 6th inst. of dropsy, Miss Perlina Grover, aged 20 yrs.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekley Telegraph
Date: June 25, 1850
MARRIED:
In Harpersfield on the 16th inst. by the Rev. W. M. Yates, Mr.
Henry P. Walding, of Mechanicsville, and Miss Maria A. Williams
of Harpersfield.
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Source: Ashtabula Weekley Telegraph
Date: July 2, 1850
MARRIED:
In Geneva, on the 8th of June, by Rev. S. D. Taylor, Mr. Ephraim T.
Mills, of Michigan and Miss Margaret Bixby of
Geneva.
Also, on the 30th of June, by same, Mr. George J.
Walker of Rochester, N. Y. and Miss Fanny B. Chapman, of
Geneva. At Geneva, on the 8th of June, by Rev. S. D.
Taylor, Mr. Ephraim T. Mills, of Michigan and Miss Margaret Bixby,
of Geneva. In Cazenvia, Madison Co., N. Y. on the 24th ult.
by Rev. Mr. Holmes, Mr. James H. Tappan of Unionville, Lake Co.,
Ohio, to Miss Percy A. Roberts of Cazenvia. DIED:
At her residence near Davenport, Iowa on the 14th of June 1850,
Caroline, wife of LeRoy Dodge, in the 26th year of her age.
Mrs. Dodge was the daughter of Col. Matthew Hubbard an
esteemed citizen of Ashtabula and third member of his family whose remains
rest in Iowa. At Iowa City, June 2nd, Mrs. Julia A.
Bond, aged 26, wife of Avery Bond. Died in an epidemic of
smallpox. (this was a large obituary) At Williamsfield, on
22nd. ult. Mrs. Harriet Morse, second daughter of late Aranda P.
Giddings, aged 24 yrs.
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Source: Salem Register (Salem, MA) Pg. 2
Dated: Monday, March 27, 1854
RE MARRIED AFTER AN ABSENCE OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. -
The Conneaut (Ohio) Reporter mentions the marriage at
that place, on the 11th of February, of Mr. Elias Jones
and Mrs. Delia Swap, and gives the following interesting
sketch of the parties:
"There is a little history connected with the above
which may not be uninteresting to the reader. About
the close of the last war with Great Britain the parties
became acquainted with each other, and in April, 1822, were
married, in the county of Genesee, N. Y., against the
consent and wishes of relatives on both sides. A few
weeks prior to the birth of their second son, Bradford,
now of this place, Mr. Jones left his family for the
purpose of purchasing a piece of land, and during his
absence his wife was persuaded by her relatives to desert
her home and husband and reside with them. Mr. Jones,
on learning the fact, and being threatened with violence if
he attempted to claim his family, left the country and went
to sea. On his return, several sears subsequent, he
ascertained that Mrs. Jones had again married, and
removed to the west.
"In palliation of this transaction, it should be stated
that the wife supposed her former husband dead, and did
receive tidings of his supposed loss at sea. Mr.
Jones did immediately return to his vocation on the sea,
and from that period until a few weeks since, lost all trace
of his wife, and his two sons, and wended his steps to this
place, where, to his gratification, he learned that their
mother was still living, and a widow, having lost her second
husband after rearing ten children, and then residing in
Mercer, Pa. In company with his son, Mr. Jones
started for the residence of the partner of his youth, who
at once recognised and welcomed him to her home; though she
could not have been more surprised had he risen from the
grave to confront her. The trials of the past were
recounted, the love of youth renewed, and after a brief
courtship, they were again plighted, and the finale is
recorded at the head of this article.
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Source: Portage County Advocate - Ohio
Dated: Oct. 18, 1854
In Geneva, Ohio, Sept. 28, by
Rev.
Mr. ANDREWS, M. G., HOMER M. TOWNSEND of Penn Van, and Mrs. MARILLA
MORGAN, of the former place.
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Source: Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, Ohio)
Page: 2
Dated: Mar. 12, 1866
ASHTABULA COUNTY.
- H. H. Hunt, Esq., has been re-appointed Deputy
Sheriff by Sheriff Covell.
- Theodore Masculine made a disturbance on Saturday
evening, March 3d, at the stone school-house on the north
ridge, in Ashtabula township, and in the melee stabbed
Joseph McAdams dangerously. Masculine has
fled.
- The closing exercises of Kingsville Academy occurred on
Friday evening, March 2d.
- An ecclesiastical court was held at the Methodist Church
in Ashtabula on Thursday last, to try Rev. J. O. Fisher
on a charge of forgery, for having written a letter to
Bishop Baker, recommending himself for the Presiding
Eldership of the District, and signing it with the name of
Dr. Gifford. The court was constituted as
follows: Presiding Elder Baker, in the chair;
Dr. Gifford, of Westfield, N. Y., Prosecutor, with
Rev. Dr. Clark, late of Alleghany College, counsel;
Mr. Fisher the accused, with Rev. Moses Hill, of
Cleveland, and Rev. _____ Wilson, counsel; Mr.
Merchant, secretary, and a jury made up of six
ministers, under the name of committee, appointed, as we
understand, by the Presiding Elder. The finding was
"Guilty," and the sentence was suspension from clerical
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Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
- Page 1 - Whole Number 1048.
Dated: Jan. 29, 1870, SaturdayHistory of Ashtabula
Township,
Written in 1856 - from the Times.
By the Late Rev. JOHN HALL.
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The following exhibits the
population of Ashtabula in February, 1811 on the diagonal
road from south ridge to Austinburg.
JOHN WATROUS.
Was born in Connecticut, and came to
Ashtabula in 1807. Had no family, and was engaged in
clearing a new farm, one mile from south ridge.
COLLINS WETMORE.
Was born in Connecticut, and came to Ashtabula in 1809.
Had no family, and was engaged in clearing a farm one mile
and a half from south ridge; sometimes sailed on the lake.
On road form south ridge to
Jefferson:
MANOAH HUBBARD.
Was born in Connecticut, and came to Ashtabula in
1808; adults, four; had a family, and was a farmer and
sawyer; had a good mill; was a good and pleasant man.
WALKER RICHMOND.
Was born in Massachusetts.
Came from Vermont to Ashtabula in 1810. He worked hard
to clear an entirely new farm.
MANOAH HUBBARD, JR.
Was born in Connecticut and
came to Ashtabula in 1808; was a trafficker and worked some
at farming on new land.
ISAAC COOK.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came from New York to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, t2; had a
family; was a trapper for wolves; pettifogger.
SAMUEL WHITE.
Was born in Pennsylvania, and
came from Hubbard, Ohio, to Ashtabula in 1806; adults, two;
had a family; was a farmer and skillful hunter; raised a
good share of simple fare for his family.
WARNER MANN.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, two; had a family, and
was a farmer, on a new farm; schoolmaster.
JOHN G. BLAKSLEE.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in 1810; was a young man, to honest and
industrious; worked on a wild farm.
JOSIAH WHITE.
Was born in Pennsylvania, and
came from Hubbard, Ohio, to Ashtabula in 1806; young man
honest and industrious; was a hunter; engaged on a wild
farm.
ELIJAH BLACKMAN, M. D.
Was born in Vermont, came from
Hubbard, Ohio, to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, two; had a
family; the first permanent physician; lived on a new farm.
OBED EDWARDS.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in 1809; adults, two; had a family; was a
farmer and artificer in wood; lived on a new farm.
DAVID BURNET.
Was born in New Jersey, and
came from Hubbard, Ohio, to Ashtabula in 1806; adults, two;
had a family; was a farmer, and hunter; sold his first farm,
took wild land to make another; was a good manager.
JOHN MCCURRIE.
Was born in Pennsylvania, and
came to Ashtabula in 1809; adults, two; had a family; were
an aged, industrious, and poor couple.
THOMAS GORDON.
Was born in Ireland, and came
from Poland, Ohio, to Ashtabula in 1808; adult, three; had a
family; farmer, hard working and poor economist.
JOHN GORDON.
Was born in Pennsylvania, and came from Poland,
Ohio, to Ashtabula in 1808; young man, engaged in clearing a
new farm.
WM. FOSTER.
Was born in Vermont, and came
from New York to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, three; had a
family; was a good farmer on a new farm, just begun.
AMASA CASTLE.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came from New York to Ashtabula in 1809; adults, two; had a
family. He and his sons, who had no families, occupied
the the farm formerly occupied by Wm. Thompson;
all farmers.
DANIEL CASTLE.
Was born in Connecticut and
came from New York to Ashtabula in 1808.
A. CASTLE, JR.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came from New York to Ashtabula in 1808.
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On the road from south ridge
along the west bank of the Ashtabula toward Lake Erie:
LUKE BONSTEEL.
Was born in New York, and came
to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, two; had a family; left soon.
AMOS FISH.
Was born in Massachusetts, and came from
Pennsylvania to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, two; had a
family; was a farmer and salt trader; had the old Gilman
grist mill, the first built in Ashtabula.
WM. GAULT.
Was born in New York, and came to Ashtabula in 1808;
adults, two; had a family; tended Fisk's mill, and
cleared land for A. Harmon, and worked for others.
JOHN N. MURRAY.
Was born in Ireland, and came
from New York to Ashtabula in 1809, adults, two; had a
family; kept school worked out, &c.
BENJ. A. NAPER.
Was born in New York, and came
to Ashtabula in 1809; worked out and sailed on the lake.
JAMES McDANIELS.
Was born in maine and came from
New York, to Ashtabula in 1808; adults, three; had a family;
was a chief laborer among those who cleared land for
themselves and others; was a useful man.
REV. J. BARGER.
Was born in Massachusetts, and came from Sandusky,
Ohio, to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, three; had a family; was
the first minister in Ashtabula; poorly paid, sold his land
in Austinburg, and bMorgan, to live on the proceeds.
JOHN HALL.
Was born in Massachusetts, and
came to Ashtabula in 1811; young man, Hall Smith's
clerk; schoolmaster.
PURCHAS SAWINS.
Was born in Vermont, and came
to Ashtabula in 1807; adults, two. Had a family, farm
and was blind; one eye was put out by a chip as he was
chopping wood, the other by a bush flying up as the sled,
which eh was following, passed over it.
BEVERLY STARR.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in 1808; adults, two. Had a family;
just going where he ought to have staid - Connecticut.
JOSHUA ROCKWELL.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came from New York to Ashtabula in 1806; adults, three; had
a family; was a farmer on the Geo. Beckwith farm -
the first settler in Ashtabula.
CALEB ROCKWELL.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came from New York to Ashtabula in 1807; was a bachelor
cobbler, and carpenter; he lived in J. Rockwell.
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On road from north ridge to Lake
Erie, on the east bank of the Ashtabula:
ANAN HARMON.
Was born in Massachusetts, and
came to Ashtabula in 1810; family left behind; engaged in
clearing the farm on the east bank of the Ashtabula opposite
the stone grist mill of Ed. Harmon.
GEORGE MARVIN.
Was born in Vermont, and came
to Ashtabula in 1810; stayed a short time and returned to
Vermont.
GIDEON LEET.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in 1806; adults, three; had a family; was
a chief farmer - Postmaster, inn keeper, and a good
family, lived well, but sold to much whisky.
JAMES McKELVY.
Was born in Pennsylvania, and
came to Ashtabula in 1808; he was a young man and worked for
Leet to pay for a new farm which he was beginning to clear.
SAMUEL BECKWITH.
Was born in Connecticut, and came to Ashtabula in 1804;
adults two; had a family; was a farmer. He was found
here in Col. M. Hubbard, June 2nd, 1804, with the
widow of his brother, Geo. Beckwith who froze to
death six months before. Samuel lived in
Ashtabula ten years, and then hung himself.
WM. WATROUS.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in 1807; he was a bachelor, farmer, and
cooper.
WIDOW ROSA WATROUS.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, two; lived with Wm.
Watrous. She lost her husband, who was the first
person buried in Ashtabula West Village; she was a good
women.
PELATIAH SHEPARD.
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in 1808; adults, two; had a family; was a
farmer, and worked hard for G. Leet, himself and
others clearing new land.
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On road from present centre of
East village to south ridge:
ISAAC SWEET
Was born in Connecticut, and
came to Ashtabula in1807; adults, two; had a family, and was
a farmer engaged in clearing a new farm.
EZRA KELLOGG.
Was born in Massachusetts, and
came to Ashtabula in 1810; adults, two; had family, was the
first regular lawyer in Ashtabula; kept school in the
winter.
In forty-five families there
were sixty-nine male adults, fifty-two female adults, and
one hundred and thirty-eight minors of both sexes.
Total number of souls, February, 1811, two hundred and fifty
nine.
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State of Ohio - Ashtabula County - ss.
Joseph B. Crosby, Plaintiff
vs.
S. W. Taylor, Defendant
BEFORE I. O. FISHER, Justice of the Peace of Ashtabula
Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio - On the 28th day of
December, A. D. 1869, said Justice issued an Order of
Attachment in the above action, for the sum of One Hundred
and Seven ninety one-hundreths Dollars, which cause will
stand for trial at the office of said Justice, in said
township, on the 18th day of February, A.D. 1870, at 9, A.M.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
CHARLES SMITH, whose place of residence is unknown,
will take notice that on the 30th day of December, A. D.
1869, Sarah Smith filed her petition against said
Charles Smith, in the office of clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ashtabula, and State
of Ohio, charging said defendant with extreme cruelty, and
adultery, and praying for a divorce from said Charles
Smith, for custody of their minor child, Frederick
and for reasonable alimony. Said petition will be for
hearing at the February Term of said Court, commencing on
the 7th day of February, A. D. 1870.
SHERMAN, BURROWS & HALL, Att'ys for Petitioner.
Dec. 30, 1869. |
Source: Geneva Times
Dated: Jun. 26, 1873
The Rev. Frank S. FITCH, a native of Geneva, and
latterly of New Haven, CT, was installed on teh 17th as pastor over
the Congregational church at Stratford, CT. He is an 1870
graduate of Oberlin College.
Also in this day's paper
is an oddly humorous detailed description of an attempted suicide on
Monday forenoon, apparently not the first, by "a Dutchman named
Chas. PRINDLE or BRIDLE (the reporter wasn't sure,
once referring to him as "the bewildered Teuton") a laborer in
the
employ of Charley BARNES, the lessee of
H. S. MUNGER's farm north of this village, and formerly in
the employ of George HULETT of
Unionville." A black bottle and a gun plus lack of bail landed
him in jail.
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Source: Geneva Times
Dated: July 31 & Aug. 7, 1873
7/31 (Condensed here):
Samuel WARD of Geneva was removed to the Newburgh
Asylum on Friday after developing insanity some four weeks ago.
8/7: Mr. WARD died on Saturday evening. His
funeral was attended on Tuesday from the Baptist Church. We
think he was a nataive of Ashtabula County, and his boynood and
early life was spent in Sheffield and vicinity. He was a
builder by occupation, and the M. E. Church edifice and other
buildings were planned and erected by him. He was an excellent
musician. His age was about 55 years.
Deaths. Notice free; additional matter 5 cents per line.
John MARR aged 35 years, in Jefferson, July 25,
1873
Roderick BROOKS, aged 51 years in
Saybrook July 25, 1873
Charles HICKOK,
Geneva, about 10 years old, son of Horace HICKOK,
fell from the roof of his father's barn on Friday, and was almost
instantly killed. He with two of his mates had climbed to the
roof and Charles was venturing down towards the
eaves and bantering the other boys to follow, when he began to slip,
and went off before assistance could reach him. In falling, he
struck upon a stake, breaking his shoulder and as was thought, his
neck. He lived a few moments unconscious, after being carried
into the house. Let it be a warning to our boys, so many of
whom are daily trying their luck in dangerous places.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: January 11, 1877
NOTICES:
Read the timely, thrilling poem on the Ashtabula
railroad disaster, on first page by our gifted contributor, Mrs. G. W.
White.
We note the return to town of Elder James Vernon,
accompanied by Mrs. Vernon. We tender them the compliments of
the season.
Train #6, east, passing this station yesterday morning
about 10 o'clock, crossed the new wooden bridge at Ashtabula, being the
first train over.
A few weeks ago Phineas Alexander, an inmate of
the County Infirmary died at that institution at the age of 96 years.
He had been in inmate for sixteen years.
Mr. A. A. Carey, a former resident of Geneva
sends us files of St. Joseph, Mo. papers. Mr. C. is with the
great lumber dealers, Weston & Co., of St. Joseph, one of the
largest in the West.
Mr. Alex Morrison, one of our oldest citizens,
says the present winter is very similar to the winter of 1826-27, and he
does not remember of another since that time, when the earth was covered
so early and so deep with snow.
The Madison Gazette of the 4th inst. says the following
were eleted officers othe Grand River Lodge I. O. O. F. for the following
year: T. H. Hurlbut, N. G.; A. C. Hopkins, V. G.; L.
Swetland, Rec. Sec.; S. N. Viets, Per. Sec.; H. F. Newcomb,
Treas.
On Tuesday night last week, Mr. G. Rawson,
living two miels north west of the village, had three sheep killed by
dogs. His son hearing the noise of the butchery, sallied forth with
a shotgun and gave Mr. D. W. Westcotts' big newfoundland a
broadside, and claims to have tracked the other dog to the premises of Mr. H. H. Pratt, N. Center, but
Mr. P. is certain his dog was
innocent of mutton. WE understand that Mr. Wescott settled
promptly for the loss.
Mr. W. M. Borwn, living near the Tool Shop,
suffered a dislocation of his right shoulder on Saturday, suffering
terribly from the mishap.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: January 11, 1877
NOTICES:
Read the timely, thrilling poem on the Ashtabula
railroad disaster, on first page by our gifted contributor, Mrs. G. W.
White.
We note the return to town of Elder James Vernon,
accompanied by Mrs. Vernon. We tender them the compliments of
the season.
Train #6, east, passing this station yesterday morning
about 10 o'clock, crossed the new wooden bridge at Ashtabula, being the
first train over.
A few weeks ago Phineas Alexander, an inmate of
the County Infirmary died at that institution at the age of 96 years.
He had been in inmate for sixteen years.
Mr. A. A. Carey, a former resident of Geneva
sends us files of St. Joseph, Mo. papers. Mr. C. is with the
great lumber dealers, Weston & Co., of St. Joseph, one of the
largest in the West.
Mr. Alex Morrison, one of our oldest citizens,
says the present winter is very similar to the winter of 1826-27, and he
does not remember of another since that time, when the earth was covered
so early and so deep with snow.
The Madison Gazette of the 4th inst. says the following
were eleted officers othe Grand River Lodge I. O. O. F. for the following
year: T. H. Hurlbut, N. G.; A. C. Hopkins, V. G.; L.
Swetland, Rec. Sec.; S. N. Viets, Per. Sec.; H. F. Newcomb,
Treas.
On Tuesday night last week, Mr. G. Rawson,
living two miels north west of the village, had three sheep killed by
dogs. His son hearing the noise of the butchery, sallied forth with
a shotgun and gave Mr. D. W. Westcotts' big newfoundland a
broadside, and claims to have tracked the other dog to the premises of Mr. H. H. Pratt, N. Center, but
Mr. P. is certain his dog was
innocent of mutton. WE understand that Mr. Wescott settled
promptly for the loss.
Mr. W. M. Borwn, living near the Tool Shop,
suffered a dislocation of his right shoulder on Saturday, suffering
terribly from the mishap. LETTER LIST:
The following is a list of letters remaining
unclaimed in Geneva Post Office, Jan. 8, 1877:
Mrs. J. Virghina, Mrs. Sara Sanford, E. Reve, Wm. McCune, Mrs.
Liza Larra, Mrs. Charlotte Howe, Truman Alderman, L. Manville, Ashe
Norton, Wm. P. Lams, Miss Geneieve Hixon, Wm. F. Daniels.
H. W. TURNER, Postmaster At
it's first regular meeting Jan. 6, 1877, the North Star Grange, P. of H.,
Geneva, installed it's officers for the ensuing years, as follows:
D. W. Westcott, Master; A. E. Kelly, Overseer; E. Pratt,
Lecturer; D. W. Rouse, Steward; H. F. Morris, Asst.
Steward; H. N. Amidon, Chaplain; F. H. Peck, Treasurer; N. Maltby,
Secretary; C. W. Woodruff, Gate Keeper; Mrs. D.
W. Rouse, Ceres; Mrs. N. Maltby, Pomona; Mrs. E. Pratt,
Flora; Mrs. H. Amidon, Asst. Stewardess. MARRIED:
In Trumbull, Jan. 5th, 1877, by the Rev.
W. Crane, Mr. Adolphus C. Bond of Morgan, and Miss Clara J. Wheeler
of Trumbull.
In Madison, Jan. 3rd, 1877, by Rev. R. W> Braddock,
Mr. Ira A. Parker, and Miss Ada A. Young, both of
Geneva.
At Ashtabula Harbor, Jan. 3, 1877 by
Rev. S.
Streeter, Mr. Cyrus L. Merrell of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Miss Viate
Large, eldest daughter of Capt. C. Large.
In Chardon, Dec. 19, 1876, at the residence of Thomas Rush, by
Prof. Hayde, Mr. W. M. Carpenter of Orwell, and
Miss Eugenie Rush.
In Painesville, Dec. 20, 1876, by the
Rev. R. F.
Randolph, Mr. Frank M. Campbell of St. Louis, and Miss Gertrude
Alice Carlisle of Painesville.
In Perry, Lake County, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1876, at the
residence of the Bride's father, J. W. Cook, Esq., by Rev. R. G. White,
of Toledo, assisted by Rev. H. Woods of Perry, Rev. James
Vernon of Geneva, and Miss Clara R. Cook.
In Jefferson, Dec. 28, 1876, by
Rev. T. D.
Blinn at the residence of B. F. Markham, Mr. Cassius D.
Markham and Miss Belle Campbell, both of Jefferson.
In Richmond, Jan. 1, 1877, by
John Bright, J. P.,
Mr. James M. Lewis and Miss Cynthia Summers, both of Richmond.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: Feb. 1, 1877 It seems as
though the thieves have come to regard the quiet, steady going people of
Saybrook, good subjects to steal from this present winter. On Monday
night the light fingered brigade stripped a clothes line for Mr. A. D. Frisbie, of that town, also one for a Mr. Parter, getting six
dresses among the plunder. Recently Mr. Julius Steward had a
quantity of wheat stolen and Orrin Johnson lost twelve bushels,
which he had stored in Mr. W. R. Beckwith's granery. Chickens
have been roosting high in the township all winter, and especially
since Mr. Metcalf of North Bend Road lost sixty or seventy in a
single night.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: Feb. 8, 1877
DIED:
In Geneva Feb. 4, of congestion of the lungs,
infant son of Nelson and Anna Hibbard.
In Hartsgrove at the residence of his nephew,
Mr. M. Alford, Jan. 25, Mr. Ambrose Slauson of Peekskill,
N. Y., aged 77 yrs.
In Colebrook, Jan. 18, of brain fever,
Frankie L.,
youngest son of Thomas and Sarah J. Parker, aged 13 years.
At the residence of Wilbur Weed in Madison
Jan. 26, Mrs. Lura Talcott, aged 76 years.
In Sheffield on the 11th, of consumption,
Miss Maria
Richards in the 72nd year of her age.
In Chardon, Jan. 17, of consumption,
Lina L., daughter of F. C. and Mary Dudley, aged 17 years.
In Saybrook on the 18th of spinal fever,
Miss Ida E.
Tyler, aged 21 years.
In Conneaut, Jan. 30, 1877,
Ernest, only son of
Isaac and Hannah M. Van Gorder, aged 9 years.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: Mar. 1, 1877
NOTICE:
Ann Eliza, the 19th wife of
Brigham Young, lectures at Austinburg tomorrow, Friday evening March 2nd.
Ann
Eliza is entirely competent to give "19" reasons why one man can't
very well manage more than 18 wives at a time. (Editor's note: Early
Women's Lib.)
Congratulations are in order for
Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Ward, West Main Street, Over the advent of a daughter in the family. REPORT OF THE NORTH CENTER SCHOOL:
Averages of 85% and upwards:
Frank Stow4e, Nellie Chapman, Adah
Coates, Alice Richmond, Louis McDonald, Ethel Spring, Devilla Spring, Cora
Amidon, Ettie Pratt, Perry Wilcos, Hallet Wilcox, Cora Callaway.
Averages of 80% and upwards:
Herbert Humphrey, Rollin Spring,
Elwin Pratt, Jnie? Amidon, Minnie Wilcox, Fred Stowe, Frank Dean, Floyd
Chpman, Ettie Andrews, CArrie Pratt, Willie Watkins.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
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Source: Ashtabula News
Dated: Mar. 7, 1877
MARRIED:
Samuel R. Ransom of Amboy & Miss
Addie D. Allen in Conneaut, 27th ult., by Rev. O.
T. Wyman.
Alvin M. Eaton to Miss Eva A.
Mallory, both of Monroe, in Monroe 22nd ult.
By Rev. O. T. Wyman
George C. Bonney of
Kingsville to Miss Emma Fidler of Conneaut, in
Kelloggsville 25th ult., by C. O. Willey, J.P.
Cyrus C. Butt of Kingsville to Miss Annie
C. Laird of Monroe, in Conneaut 21st ult. by Rev.
O. T. Wyman.
Albert Kinney to Miss L. M.
Gross, both of Monroe, in Beaver Twp. Pa. 22nd ult. by
E. A. Whitford, Esq.
Quintus A. Sprague
to Miss Sarah J. Langdon, both of Jefferson, in
Penn Line, Pa. 18th ult by A. A. Potter, Esq.
Homer D. Potter to Miss Alma S. Hitchcock,
both of Harpersfield, in Austinburg 27th ult., by Rev. S.
Collier. UNCLAIMED LETTERS,
March 6th, 1877:
Lizzie ORMSBY
Francis
LAUSON
Mr. Lon OGBORN
Miss Mary COILE
John PERKINS
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
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Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: Mar. 8, 1877
PERSONALS:
Miss Grace Valentine is visiting
Miss Lucy
Webster in Richmond, Lake County.
Miss Susie Printice is spending several days
with her aunt, Mrs. Frank Fitch, in Ashtabula.
Mr. J. B. Lewis, of Olean, N. Y. was a guest a
few days last week of his son, Mr. Z. F. Lewis.
Mrs. William Hayward returned last week from a two
month's visit with her daughter at Ypslanti, Mich.
The Misses Calar and Isiphene Tawney and brother
Ira, spent Saturday in Cleveland with their sister, Mrs. C.
H. Murphy.
Mr. and Mrs. James Davenny were called to Grove
City, Pa., by the sudden death of Mrs. Davenny's mother, Mrs.
Wm. McConnell. The funeral will occur today.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
(Ashtabula, Ohio) - Page 3 -
Dated Apr. 4, 1879, Friday
LOCAL NEWS:
- Election next Monday
- The Council met last Wednesday evening
- Mr. Andrew Barnes and family have removed to Cleveland to live .
- Wm. F. Swift of Cleveland Herald, spent lat Sunday here
with his parents.
- Next Monday is the day looked forward to by no less than four candidates
for Street Commissioner.
- Richard M. Moore and others are the corporators of the Equitable
Mutual Relief Association of Ashtabula.
- Richard Brothers are erecting a building 18x40 feet on Centre
St., just east of their store, to be sued as a residence.
- The Bloomfield station on the A. & P. Railroad, which is to be put up by
E. R. Hatch & Son, of Conneaut, is to cost $750.
- We regret to hear from the Sentinel that Mr. C. S. Simonds
is an invalid and for several days had been absent from his
office.
- E. E. Rusell, Esq., has removed to Aurora, Portage county, where
he will stick out his shingle and dispense law and equity.
- At the examination of teachers at Orwell on
Monday last, there were 73 applicants, 54 of whom were
ladies and 19 gentlemen.
- Judge Sherman sons have made a
change in location of office, and are now to be found in
Willard's new block - second floor, front room.
- Rev. A. D. Barber will assist Rev. R. M. Keys in conducting
evening meetings at the Congregational church at Chardon,
during this week.
- The council met last Wednesday evening immediately adjourned so that the
members could attend the caucus which wa then being held in
Haskell's hall
- An order was issued on the 25th ult., by the Court of Probate, to send
Albert F. Simonet of this town, an incorrigable of 13
years, to the Reform Farm.
- The one hundredth birthday of Mrs. Lydia Bell, of Lenox, will be
celebrated with a basket picnic at her residence on Saturday
of this week. So says the Sentinel.
- Mr. Kepler of the Erie Store, has got back from the east, and
the result of his labors will be seen in the handling,
marking, shelving and running off and selling now seasonable
goods.
- Messrs. C. M. Rice, of Ashtabula and A. K. Hayeard, of
Conneaut, after passing complimentary examination, before a
committee appointed by the District Court were admitted to
the Bar last week.
- The Sentinel and the Orwell Welcome are in the field as
illustrated papers. The Figi war dance in this week's
Welcome is full of graphic power, and a very strong
and attractive feature of the paper.
- The people of Windsor and region have got their hair to lie down in a
proper manner and the cuticle has lsot its grater quality,
of late, since the frightful cries of that roaming animal
are no longer heard.
- Navigation is now open between Detroit and Cleveland. The steamer,
Northwest, came through from the farmer city on Tuesday
last, making the former city on Tuesday last, making the run
in eight and one-half hours. but little ice.
- The best essay on General Farm Management was read at the recent
Dairyman's Meeting by Lewis L. Hyde, of Lenox, and
the best essay on cheese making, by H. N. Carter, of
Perry, as the prizes awarded at__.
- The traveling between the town and Harbor has
been terrible during the past few weeks, but we notice
Capt. Wright's buss line pulls through regardless
of the roads, and to him the public is indebted for the
accommodation rendered.
- Mr. Lindergreen, of the Times, made us a call on Friday
morning last. We can hardly recollect when we have had
a call from the Senior.
- Mr. Howells of the Sentinel made us a
brief call on Wednesday morning.
- Messrs. Storrs, Harrison & Co. of Painsville, have a special
notice of Hedging Plants with prices, in this issue.
All who deal with this firm can do so with entire
confidence. Buyers get just what they bargain for and
at popular prices.
- George Mygatt has bought the house and a third of an acre
of land, lately onwed and occupied by Wm. Boyle on
the Ridge, next the premises of Paul Ford.
Consideration $1,000. Mr. M. is putting upon
the house some repairs and improvements.
- Mayor Cox having driven across Conneaut bridge at a faster gait
than the law allows, on Tuesday last, was duly arrested and
arraigned before a magistrate, but the proceeding was
unsuccessful and the Mayor was released without drawing his
purse strings.
- We notice that our friends along the North Ridge east, in the
neighborhood of Capt. D. I. Pratt and Dea. Badger,
are removing their front fences and taking in what has
heretofore been considered highway. A slice from both
sides gives the highway a rather contracted look.
- A message from Mr. H. J. Topky, dated Dayton, April 1st, was
received here announcing the death of his mother, Mrs.
Margaret Topky, at that city on Tuesday last. She
was 71 years of age, was born in Fliseheim, France and moved
to Dayton in 1830. Her funeral took place on Thursday.
-----
MARRIED.
In Geneva, on the 10th inst. by the Rev. Darius
Smith, ABEL GERALDS, Esq of Saybrook, to Mrs. A. L.
HUMPHREY
In Geneva, on the 10th inst. by Rev. E. H.
Gilbert, Miss M. A. GETTY to Mr. J. H. KINNEAR
of Kingsville.
In Mentor, Aug. 11th, by Rev. S. M. Knapp, Miss
ELLEN E. HOYT of Jefferson, to Mr. F. A. MEDLUM
of Painsville..
In Geneva, on the 10th inst., by Rev. E. Gilbert,
Mrs. E. B. ARNOLD to Mr. O. W. SARGENT of
Hartsgrove.
In Austinburg, August 9th, by Rev. A. M. Richardson,
Mrs. EMELINE DIBBLE to Mr. H. L. DWIGHT.
In Harpersville, N. Y. Aug.
11th by Rev. Mr. Palmer, Mr. HENRY P. KEYES, of
Conneaut, to MissSARAH M. HUNTINGTON of the former
place.
DIED:
In Plymouth, of congestion of
the brain, ADELBERT W. in his 18th year, son of
SAMUEL AMIDON.
In the township of Boardman,
August 9th, age 10 years FRANK PRENTICE, son
of Dr. W. M. and Sarah Prentice, of Ravenna,
late of the Fisk House.
In this village, on Monday evening last, aged eight
years GEORGE ALBERT, youngest son of SAMUEL
and H. N. BENNAM.
In Conneaut, Aug. 14th SARAH AZUBAH,
daughter of Isaac and Sarah Judson aged three years
and eight months.
In Rome, Aug. 9th, Mr. ____ STURDEVANT,
in his 84th year.
In Geneva, on the 12th inst of consumption, O. W.
HASCALL, aged 30 years.
In Windsor, Aug. 9th, Mr. JESSIE COOK, aged
nearly 74 years.
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LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post office at Ashtabula,
August 1st, 1859.
Ashpoole Fred'k
Barnes Mrs Lucy 2
Habcox H L
Brown T R
Bently iss Emma
Bruzer Edgar O
Baker D V
Brown Betsey Ann
Burnet Carter T
Bently & Wilcox
Bulfinch Mrs Elizabeth
Calaway Doct B C
Carpenter Fred
Craig John
Cowles Betsey M
Cobbs Amos
Cropley G W
Campbell Chamberland
Cumberland Susan
Cowden C R
Cook E R
Calaway Wm
Chadwick Wm B
Doherty John
French A B
Feller Wm
Fox Mrs Mary
Ferguson Mary |
Golyer James W
Giddings H F
Henly Peter B
Harper R
Hall Joseph
Hall A S
Ham Maria
Hall William
Johnson George
Johnson Orsimus
Lane S P
Marsh Geo A
Macomber Fanny
Marfoot John
Martin John
Meyers Chas A
Norton Miss C 2
Northway Stephen A
Owens Miss Mather
Orton Joseph
Phelps Charles
Britt Miss Aindra
Pingree John A
Phelps Seymour L
Phillips Charles
Porter Ralph
Rindhart Hermoine
|
Richmond Maria
Ross Harvy
Robinson J F
Sheldon Wm P 5
Stearnes Sarah P
Sullivan Julia
Shaffer N
Stebbins PW
Smith Mrs. S
Spelman Wm
Smith John S
Sanborn Wm
Shaffer A S
Smith Harriet
Seyler Wm
Smith William
Smith Mrs Louisa
Stevens R H
Terry Delos
Wyngent Lucy
Wells Seth
Webster A W W
Webster Doct H H
Walton Andrew
Wright Mrs H L
Zeller Banbest
Yeomans Joseph |
Persons calling for the above letters, please
say they are "ADVERTISED."
E. C. ROOT, P.M. |
|
Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Page: 5
Dated: Monday, June 13, 1881
- Mr. Gerry, of Ashtabula, has but one thumb.
A buzz saw took the other off Saturday.
(Source: Genealogy Bank - Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio
Dated: June 19, 1881
OHIO NEWS
Mr. Henry Eastman, of Ashtabula, had three
fingers cut off by a planing mill.
Laura Chapman,
an Ashtabula girl committed suicide Tuesday by taking
poison. Cause of the act unknown.
(Source: Genealogy Bank - Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Ashtabula Sentinel
Dated: Mar. 8, 1884
BORN:
A daughter, Alice,
to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. WAY in Luddington, MI,
February 24.
A son to Mr. and Mrs. PUTNEY
in Conneaut, Feb. 29.
MARRIED:
Miss
Emma L. MARCY of Conneaut to Mr. Jesse BEARD
of Meadville, Pa., at West Springfield (Pa) by Rev. N. W.
JONES on Feb. 21, 1884.
Miss Mettie
HORTON of East Trumbull to Mr. Edwin BUTLER
of Saybrook, in East Trumbull by Rev. J. G. SLUSSER
on Mar. 2, 1884.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: Wednesday, October 1, 1884
EDITORIAL:
The other day, we were greatly interested in an old
newspaper brought into our office by Mr. E. S. Watkins of this
place. It was a copy of the Geneva democrat, the first newspaper
ever published in Geneva. The paper bears the date of May 15, 1854.
The editor and proprietor wa B. J. Loomis, Esq., now of Jefferson.
In the business directory we find the following:
F. _. Howe, fashionable tailor; Webster House, Fowler & Gregory,
proprietors, near the old Rail Road Station, Geneva, O.; Jefferson
Exchange, C. F. Wood; J. H. Howe, Atty., at Law, Unionville, O.; George Benham, maker of harnesses, trunks etc.;
J. L. Oliver, Atty. at Law, Jefferson; Wm. R. Allen, dealer in books, Jefferson,
O.; N. B. Johnson, house and sign painter; Asaph Turner, Notary Public; Union House,
A. Bartholomew, proprietor; Horace
Babcock, sadler and harness maker; R. Spring, dealer in drugs;
E. D. Holden, cabinet maker; E. D. Kasson, real estate
agent; E. Mills & Co., dry goods; R. M. Ross, dealer in
hardware; N. S. Caswell, dealer in farming tools; Durfee & Knapp,
boot and shoe makers.
The entire absence of local matters was characteristic
of county papers thirty years ago. Since that day, country
journalism has ben revolutionized. Scarcely nothing but local matter
is now admissible. If it were not for advertisements, the Democrat,
would hardly give a glimpse of the home and business life of Geneva as it
was in 1854. PERSONALS:
Mrs. A. A. Kelsey and Daniel Bishop of Harpersfield,
returned Monday last from the nine week trip to Oregon.
J. R. .Cushing went to Mayville, N. Y. Monday as attorney for
Mrs. Maggie Kehoe, where her suit for damages against the Nichol Plate
on account of the death of her husband last winter, is about to be tried.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated Oct. 15, 1884
Jurors:
Following is a list of Grand and Petit
Jurors down for the October term of Common Pleas Court for Ashtabula
County.
| Grand Jurors: |
| Geo. Palmer |
Plymouth |
George Fuller |
New Lyme |
| J. M. Hipple |
Jefferson |
J. P. Avery |
Sheffield |
| John Ducro |
Ashtabula |
John Olmsted |
Conneaut |
| L. L. Winchell |
Morgan |
George Shepard |
Geneva |
| Henry Pratt |
Windsor |
Clark Martin |
Harpersfield |
| Elias Bush |
Williamsfield |
Peter Wright |
Ashtabula |
| Daniel Sumner |
Harpersfield |
Charles Mills |
Monroe |
Petit Jurors: |
| T. A. Thatcher |
Lenox |
H. A. Mixer |
Pierpont |
| Hiram Spafford |
Trumbull |
R. M. Payne |
Austinburg |
| D. K. Palmer |
Denmark |
P. A. Beardsley |
Andover |
| C. H. Cook |
Saybrook |
Wesley C. Adams |
Monroe |
| F. C. Jerome |
Jefferson |
Milo Austin |
Geneva |
| E. S. Morse |
Kingsville |
E. D. Fenkle |
Andover |
| O. P. Fobes |
Wayne |
C. V. Brooks |
Williamsfield |
| A. D. Seamans |
Geneva |
S. H. Platt |
Wayne |
| William Frack |
Conneaut |
Howard Shaffer |
Morgan |
| Charles Gladding |
Hartsgrove |
J. R. Hatch |
Kingsville |
DIED:
In Geneva, Nov. 28, Thomas Duke, aged 57 years. Native of the
Isle of Mann. In Geneva, Dec. 5, Mrs. Mahala Cole,
aged 84 years. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. T. P. Cary
of this place.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: Wednesday Dec. 10, 1884 The
Congregational Sunday School of this village will have a Christmas
entertainment and tree at the Town Hall, Monday evening, December 22nd.
Following is the programs:
| Music - Solo - Duet and chorus,
Bernice Talcott, Minnie Parker and School. |
| Class Exercise - Miss Thomas'
Class. |
Recitation - Harry Hale
Recitation - Ella Ewing
Recitation - Harry Ford
Solo - Lerria Carter
Violin - Olive Babcock
Recitation - Frankie Jones |
Recitation - Nellie Goodrich
Solo - Bernice Talcott
Recitation - Anna Cowles
Recitation - Frank Martin
Solo - Lillie Jones |
PERSONALS:
In the near future,
Ed. Pratt, of North Center,
intends to sink his gas well to a greater depth, He now has gas enough for
lighting purposes, but will not be satisfied until he can run his cook
stove with gas and perhaps, his other stoves.
Wednesday evening last, Messrs. H. W. Turner, Dan Robertson, Thomas
McGovern and George Mason of Bowers Post G. A. R. attended a
camp fire at Perry. They report a large turn-out, unbounded
hospitality, and a most enjoyable time.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Geneva Times
Dated: May 5, 1886
Josephine M. WEBBER vs. Chas. WEBBER,
divorce & custody of children given plaintiff.
Arthur J. GROVER, found guilty of the murder of
Granville G. LOOMIS, of this county, will be hung
one week from next Friday, May 14th.
Capt. N.
GIFFORD has accepted the position of First Mate on some
large lake craft, the name of which we did not learn. The
schooner E. R. Williams, which the Captain has commanded
for several years past, has been sold.
Geneva
Normal School. Eddie MARTIN, the
colored boy who applied at Painesville last week for teh Naval
cadetship, stands a good chance of receiving the appointment.
He is bright and scholarly and his examination was eminently
satisfactory. Should he succeed it will be a fine compliment
both to the young man and our Normal School, in which he is a pupil.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Page 3
Dated: Jan. 21, 1887
Will Erect a Business Block.
ASHTABULA HARBOR, Jan. 20. - [Special] - It
is rumored that Messrs. Ford, Redhead and
Starkweather, who lately purchased land on Bridge
street, will at once erect a large business block on that
property.
The firm of S. Mills & Co. have dissolved. The
grocery business will be continued by Tim Daly and
the drug store by Mills & Burton.
Mr. Crawford Large has been confined to the house
by illness for several days. |
Source: Geneva Times
Dated: May 15, 1891
BORN:
In
Harpersfield May 8, 1891, a daughter to John H. CHAPMAN
and wife.
In Geneva, May 11, 1891, a son to
Mr. & Mrs. H. L. MORRELL.
MARRIED:
E. A. WISWELL of Windsor, and Mrs. Mary
HUMPHERY of Cleveland on Apr. 30, (1891)
COURT NEWS:
It is positively denied
that Mrs. Stanley JONES signed the petition asking
for commutation of her husband's sentence to life imprisonment.
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Source: Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH) Page: 6
Dated: Saturday Sept. 30, 1893
THRILLING ACCIDENT
The following is from the
Ashtabula paper and is offered as the prize marine item of
the season: "The steamer Schuck departed Wednesday,
light without a tug. While passing the bridge her
overhanging stern hit the shed in the rear of Groggin's
saloon and shoved it westward nearly a foot. This
depressed the side of the rear room of H. M. Kunkle's
Progressive cigar store, and badly warped a large vertical
show case against the wall. Will Kunkle was in
the room at the time and undoubtedly thought an
earthquake had struck the place."
(Source: Genealogy Bank - Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Pg. 8
Dated: Sunday, Mar. 11, 1894
DIED IN ASHTABULA
Death of Mrs. Julianer Stimson, Aged Seventy-Eight Years.
The death of Mrs. Julianer Stimson, wife of
John Stimson, occurred at her home in Ashtabula,
Friday, Mar. 9, at the age of seventy-eight years. She
with her husband came from England in 1852 and have lived in
Ashtabula since that time. Two sons, John and
Frank H. Stimson, are employes of the Plain Dealer.
The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at Ashtabula.
Mr. Stimson, her husband, survives in his
eightieth year. There are also three daughters and
three sons beside those above named who remain of the
family.
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Source: Geneva Times
Dated:
May 29, 1895
Hartsgrove:
Our
schoolteacher, Miss Martha HURLURT (Hurlburt?) is
on the sick list with Quinsy. No school last week.
Mr. & Mrs. H. C. MORGAN have issued elegant
invitations to the wedding of their daughter, Lillian,
to Mr. Hart W. GLADDING on Wednesday evening June
5, at half after eight o'clock.
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Source: Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH) Page 6
Dated: Apr. 6, 1897
ASHTABULA
Ashtabula, O., April 5 - The Republicans made a clean
sweep to-day, electing the entire city and township tickets
by safe majorities. About 1,800 votes were polled,
which is slightly below the average vote. The
successful candidates are: W. G. McCartney,
police judge; H. R. Faulkner, township treasurer;
Crawford Large, E. O. Peck, and S. A. Squires,
constables. Republican councilmen were elected in the
First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth wards, the Democrats
electing councilmen in the Second and Sixth. |
Source: Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, Ohio) Page: 3
Dated: Dec. 16, 1898
Ashtabla, O - Asa E. Fox, one of the pioneers of
Ashtabula died here Thursday of heart failure, aged
eight-three years. He leaves a wife and three
children. |
Source: The Geneva Times
Dated: April 26, 1899 The paintings in the show window of
W. M. Carpenter's furniture store last week attracted much
attention. They were the work of one of Geneva's young artists; Miss Minnie Munger and were very creditable productions.
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Source: Geneva Times
Dated: Sept. 20, 1899
MARRIED:
MISS Nellie BROWN of Amboy and
Homer WOODBURN, of Dayton, who formerly resided near
Kingsville, eloped to Jefferson the first of last week, where they
were married, and from there went directly to Dayton to live.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert ABRAMS returned last week
from Main's Circus, which they left at Seattle, WA. This was
the first vacation either had enjyed during the circus season in
several years. They return to California where Mr.
MAIN will open in San Francisco Thursday, and remain until
Oct. 1st. The show will then go down through the southern part
of the state and will return east by the Southern Pacific, and will
winter in Geneva as usual.
Criminal Acts:
Rock Creek was visited by burglars Wednesday and six places of
business were entered. A few dollars in money and some cigars
are all that was missed. There seems to be no clue to the
perpetrators.
A pair of sleek swindlers is passing
counterfeit money in the south part of the county. They ride
wheels, go to a house and ask afor a lunch or meal, tender a half
dollar, which is a counterfeit, and receive a quarter in return.
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Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Pg. 1
Dated Apr. 19, 1903
Ashtabula Lady Died Suddenly.
SPECIAL TO THE PLAIN DEALER.
ASHTABULA, O., April 18. - Mrs. Maria Madden, an
aged and esteemed resident of this city, turned from the
breakfast table yesterday morning and started upstairs.
Some time later a call to her failed to bring any response
and her daughter started upstairs to see what had become of
her mother. As she opened the door, the lifeless body
of the parent fell out into the room.
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Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Pg 7
Dated: Friday, Feb. 12, 1904
CONNEAUT YOUNG PEOPLE WED.
Member of Public Safety Baord is the Groom.
SPECIAL TO THE PLAIN DEALER.
CONNEAUT, OH - Feb. 11 - Miss Laura Lolita Cook
and P. V. Ford, prominent young people, were married
yesterday at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Cook. Because of the death of the
groom's father a few months ago the ceremony was attended
only by the immediate families. Rev. W. D. Starkey,
pastor of the First Methodist church officiated.
Following the ceremony a wedding luncheon was served, after
which the couple left for a western trip. The groom,
Mr. Ford, is a Democratic member of the board of public
safety, which position he has filled since the organization
of the board. He is also prominent in secret society
work.
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Source: Plain
Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Page: 40
Dated: Oct. 2, 1904
MEN WHO PLIED THE GREAT LAKES IN THE OLD DAYS.
Special Correspondence of the Plain Dealer by W. Frank
McClure.
ASHTABULA, O., Oct. 1, - An entertaining chapter in the
history of the Great Lakes is told by Capt. Crawford
Large of this city, who carried a 150-ton ore cargo from
Detroit to Erie, Pa., in 1853. This was the same year
that Capt. J. H. Andrews delivered the first ore
cargo from Lake Superior to Cleveland.
Sand was used for ballast in those days, said Capt.
Large in an interview. At Buffalo there was a
large dock for ballast, where this sand was kept in store.
Fifty to 100 tons were utilized on one vessel. When a
boat was ready to load a cargo this ballast was dumped
overboard outside the harbor. In 1853 some of the
vessels coming from Sault Ste. Marie began using iron ore
ballast. This was much loss in bulk and, of course,
very heavy. On arriving at Detroit this ore was dumped
onto the docks. These amounts finally grew into a
300-ton pile. Some of the ore was in 50-pound chunks.
One day orders came to take this ore to Erie, Pa. From
this point it was later taken via the old canal to the
present day furnace districts. The Atlas was one of
two boats chosen to take this 300 tons to Erie, each vessel
carrying 150 tons. Mr. Large was captain of the
Atlas for twenty years. He began sailing at the age of
fourteen and sailed until 1874. He is today
seventy-two years of age.
But to return to the early days: The people of
both Detroit and Erie looked upon the 150-ton ore cargoes
with wonderment, for they were the first ones which they had
ever seen. On arriving at Erie, whisky barrels were
sawed in two in the middle and made into buckets, which were
filled with ore and subsequently hoisted to the docks.
Capt. Large's cargoes in those days often consisted
of boxes of cheese bound for Buffalo. Between the
cheese boxes wheat was filled in. Quite a quantity of
wheat was thus carried, in addition to the main cargo.
One thins nowadays that Great Lake vessels run late
into the winter, but it would be difficult to beat the
record of some of the early day boats. Capt. Large
remembers a trip from Detroit to Buffalo and return at
nearly New Years. A cargo of beef and pork was to be
delivered in Buffalo. Numerous captains were at
Detroit having finished their last voyage of the year.
A crew was made up of all captains for this trip, and they
drew cuts to see who among the nummer should be in
command of the boat and who should hold the various other
positions. Each member of this crew received the same
pay.
The passenger vessels on the Great Lakes in the late
'40s, remarked Capt. Albert Fields, also of this
city, were as fine in their appointments as many of those of
the present day. Capt. Fields was in command of
some of these early steamers. In those days there were
no great trunk railroad lines to carry passengers over long
stretches of country, and the travel by water was extensive.
The development of the passenger boats of that day was much
further advanced than that of hte freight carriers.
Some of hte side wheeles of a half century ago nicely
accommodated several hundred people each, while the freight
boats did well if they carried 150 tons. The table
linen on the passenger steamers as the real thing and the
silverware was of the best. There were as aristocratic
passengers then as now. The speed of the vessels, too,
was remarkable. The Western Metropolis used to cover
the distance between Cleveland and Buffalo in ____ and
________ ____ ____ ____ be considered a notable run even in
this day.
Capt. Fields recalls some of the wrecks of
steamers on Lake Erie a half century or more ago. The
Atlantic, late in the 40s was lost within three miles of
Long Point in seventy-five feet of water and lies there
today. On board were some two or three hundred
immigrants, all of whom perished. Then there was the
steamer Washington, built in 1837, when burned to the
water's edge off Silver creek while on her second trip.
Sixty lives were lost. A large per cent. |
Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Pg. 4
Dated: Thursday, Aug. 30, 1907
POISONED IN THE GARDEN.
Ashtabula Woman Died of Lockjaw After Short Illness.
ASHTABULA, OH., Aug. 20 - Mrs. Clark Root, jr.
died last night of tetanus after four days' illness.
She knew of no injury through which she might have been
inoculated and the case is ascribed to earth or vegetable
poison from working in the garden.
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Source: Detroit Times, Detroit,
Michigan - Page 1
Dated: Dec. 11, 1909
HOPE ABANDONED FOR CAR FERRY'S CREW OF 32
Wives and Children Stand All Night at Wharf in Conneaut, But
Vessel-men Say Men Undoubtedly Have Perished.
Tug Sent in Quest of Missing Ferry Returns After Thorough
Search With No News.
CREW OF NO. 2.
MASTER ROBERT R. McLEOD, Conneaut, O.
FIRST MATE JOHN C. McLEOD, Port Huron, Mich.
SECOND MATE FRANK STONE, Conneaut
CHIEF ENGINEER EUGENE WOOD, Conneaut
FIRST ASSISTANT E. BUHLER, Conneaut
SECOND ASSISTANT THOMAS KENNEDY, Conneaut
OILER J. WIRTZ, Conneaut
OILER A. SNYDER, Conneaut
HANDY MAN JOHN HART, Conneaut
FIREMAN J. OLSON, Conneaut
FIREMAN W. WIGGLEWORTH, Conneaut
FIREMAN J. COOK, Conneaut
PURSER R. C. SMITH, Conneaut
STEWARD GEORGE R. SMITH, Conneaut
WHEELSMAN J. CLANCY, Conneaut
WHEELSMAN W. WILSON, Conneaut
WATCHMAN S. ANNIS, Conneaut
WATCHMAN S. WALKER, Conneaut
COOK H. THOMAS, Conneaut
WAITER J. SWARTZ, Conneaut
PORTER G. LAWRENCE, Conneaut
SEAMAN S. BARRETT, Conneaut
SEAMAN E. HARVEY, Conneaut
SEAMAN E. HARVEY, Conneaut
SEAMAN, P. HUGHES, Conneaut
SEAMAN M. SHARP, Conneaut
SEAMAN D. BALL, Conneaut
SEAMAN T. CLEAVER, Conneaut
COAL PASSER R. HINE, Conneaut
COAL PASSER J. HING, Conneaut
COAL PASSER, T. STEELE, Conneaut
COAL PASSER S. PASSER, Conneaut
COAL PASSER J. C. HAGEN, Conneaut |
Source: Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
Dated: Jan. 2, 1910
Early Pioneer Passes Away Mrs. Frank Viets Died Yesterday at Her
Home in Ashtabula, Ohio.
History of Mrs. Viets
and her husband who made
journey to Georgetown in Red River of the North Cart - Some other
Interesting facts regarding the early life here of these pioneer
residents.
The death of
Mrs. Frank Viets,
a well known former resident and early pioneer of Grand Forks, occurred at
an early hour yesterday morning at her home in Ashtabula, Ohio, of a
complication of ailments. Mrs. Viets was known and esteemed
as few women are by not only the early residents of Grand Forks, but of
all the eastern part of North Dakota as well. She was a remarkable
woman in many respects and exerted a wide influence for good upon those
among whom she lived. With Mr. Viets she left her home in
Ohio in 1869 to make a home in the new west. The Northern Pacific
was being built, on paper, at that time and Georgetown was a prospective
point for crossing the Red river, and Mr. and Mrs. Viets located at
Georgetown. The journey for the last hundred miles or more was made
in a Red river cart. During the first year of their residence at
Georgetown there was not another white woman living within many miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Viets opened a modest hotel there and for nearly two
years all of the settlers coming in this direction stopped at the Viets
house there. The Great Hudson Bay company established a trading post
at Georgetown with Mr. Viets in town. In 1872 it became
evident that the Northern Pacific would cross the river 20 miles north at
Fargo Grand Forks was just coming into notice at that time and had perhaps
50 bona fide residents. The Hudson Bay company discerned that it was
to become an important trading point and opened a trading post here with
Mr. Viets in charge. They also erected a hotel which was
known for some time as the Hudson Bay house. Mr. Viets opened
here the first real hotel in North Dakota, with Mrs. Viets as the
hostess. Many a traveler coming to this section in those early days
had reason to bless her name for she was a mother to all in need, and lent
a helping hand to many in distress. She was foremost in every good
work. It was largely through her efforts that the means were
collected to build the first Methodist church in Grand Forks.
Retired from Hotel
In 1874 the Hudson Bay company disposed of
its holdings and retired from business in the United States. Mr.
Viets retired from the hotel and it became the Northwestern hotel.
Later it was moved to a new location and is now the Arlington hotel.
Mr. Viets acquired some land in the south end of the new city and
built a modest cottage which is now a part of the Hotel hall on South
Third street. Guests who had been accustomed to stopping with Mr.
and Mrs. Viets in the hotel at Georgetown and later in Grand Forks,
asked to be taken in at their new home when visiting Grand Forks on
business. At continued requests Mr. Viets built an addition
to his cottage in order to take in a few transients. Later the
demand still being insistent and another addition was built, and then
another. Finally the long disjointed building became Grand Forks'
leading hostelry and was for years the favorite stopping place here.
Mr. Viets also built a flouring mill near his hotel, the first in
the state on a commercial scale. While Mr. Viets was the
agent of the Hudson Bay company he purchased for the stores in Grand Forks
Georgetown and "Frog Point" a bill of goods aggregating $70,000 from one
James Twamley, a New York traveling man, who happened out this way.
The traveling man thought that a town that could place such orders would
be a good place to locate in and a little later he entered into
partnership with Mr. Viets in the general merchandise business.
They acquired the stock of goods formerly owned by the Hudson Bay company
and opened up business on the site of the present Ontario store.
Moved to Minot.
Ten years later they removed to Minot and
engaged in general merchandising there. Mr. Viets also
erected and operated a large flouring mill at Minto. In the meantime
Grand Forks public spirited citizens had erected a mammoth hotel, which
had become an elephant on their hands. At their request Mr. Viets
returned to Grand Forks and with J. E. Dow became the successful
proprietors of the house. The splendid hotel was completely
destroyed by fire in 1896 and there being no prospect of its immediate
reconstruction. Mr. Viets accepted a hotel proposition in
Michigan and a little later Mr. and Mrs. Viets moved to their
former home in Ashtabula, Ohio, where they have sine resided. In all
of Mr. Viets' varied enterprises Mrs. Viets was his constant
advisor, helpmeet and active partner. Her life was largely devoted
to charity work and other good deeds. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. M. S. Titus
of Minto, who was with her at the last.
(Source: Genealogy Bank - Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) Page: 53
Dated: Sunday - Sept. 10, 1911
DID ASHTABULA have a LUCRETIA BORGIA?
From left to right the graves of Abigail, Walter, Lutehr, Arthur,
Julia A., Mrs. Rebecca, Alexander M., and Mrs. Eliza McAdams
in East Ashtabula cemetery. The first six died mysterious
deaths. Alexander was Jeanette McAdams' father.,
Rebecca, her mother, and Eliza her father's second wife,
whom me harried after Jeanette's flight.
ASHTABULA had her centennial homecoming. There were many
old residents who returned and not a few of them who wandered over
to Edgewood cemetery, the burying ground at East Ashtabula.
Six graves in a row. There were many who
remembered it. They remembered vaguely the tale of old
Alexander McAdams. It is all but forgotten by the present
generation, but the older ones who returned - they well knew the
legend. Once more these older ones wandered to the cemetery,
as they used to go arm in arm with their sweethearts, of a Sunday
afternoon, and they looked once more upon the McAdams burial
lot, with its six graves that they knew the story of, and its two
newer ones.
Ashtabula was only a little settlement then, a group of
farm houses, a church, blacksmith shops, factories and some stores.
There are only a few left now who remember it. They were
children playing about the streets then. But they have heard
their parents tell the strange story of the McAdams family;
they remember how old Alexander McAdams with his wife and
nine children came to Ashtabula and cleared away a patch in the pine
woods, and built a house with a big fireplace in it, and how he
lived much to himself and worked quietly at hsi patch of land.
One day one of their playmates died; the youngest
McAdams child. But they played on after a few days just
the same. Then a few years later there were two more deaths in
the McAdams family; sudden and horrible for the agony of the
victims.
Some relentless fate, no one knew nor could imagine
what, was hanging over the McAdams family. Soon another
was struck down, and terror was on the whole village.
Alexander McAdmas, who had come to the new country to hew out a
humble existence, his wife who had seen four of her children die as
she stood helplessly by, and the little children who stood 'round
and watched the lamps by the sick bed, and then the funeral - they
all passed their days in fear and trembling. From sunrise
until evening, none knew when his turn would come; nor whether
mother, brother, father or sister would be the next to join his
kindred in the silent row of graves over in Edgewood cemetery.
The Daughter Who Wandered Away
There was some hushed gossip that Jennette
McAdams had done away with her brothers and sisters. After
the death of her mother she disappeared. It was said that the
day before she left she had given her father a letter to _ost.
Out of curiosity, it is said, he opened the letter and found that it
outlined plans for doing away with him. Shortly after this she
left home.
None knew much of the girl. She had worked in
Cleveland and, strangely enough, whenever she visited her parents
there was call for doctors in the night, excited running about and
shouting, the neighbor women would run in to lend their aid, and
there would be another funeral. After Jeanette's
disappearance the stories of the alleged p_____ were quieted, and
children huddled before the fire listened to their elders talking of
the strange deaths of the McAdams children.
There were rumors that at intervals Jeanette had
revisited her home. Once it was whispered that she came as a
tramp, dressed in man's clothing, wandering about the face of the
earth and other time it was reported that her father had seen her in
a gypsy camp. Again came the rumor that Jeanette was a
____ during the war, and it was later told that she had married, and
lived in some far away city in the west, and that on one occasion
she had visited her father, and was ordered away.
But he si___ave_ in a row tell the story They have been
there a long time, one of them since 1848. There are eight in
all, though, five children, father, mother and stepmother, it is in
a corner of the East Ashtabula cemetery; one of the oldest
corners, in fact, in the cemetery. Around it are quaint old
marble headstones, with names on them that are thought old fashioned
now.
A gray fungus has over-spread the bases of these
monuments, but the inscriptions are clear on the white marble slabs.
The graves are not sunken, nor grass grown; the grounds are too well
groomed for that. The outlines are but faintly defined; over
the graves the grass grows a trifle greener than elsewhere.
The shadows of the tombstones protect that part of the sod from the
burning afternoon sun; the rest of the McAdams lot is dull,
dead gray. There have been no flowers on these graves for
years. Around the tombstones a few shoots of "sheep sorrel"
have sprung up; that is all.
In these narrow cells lie the McAdams family.
The story of their death is mostly tradition now; all the written
record of the story is an old publication, the Lake Shore Magazine,
long since out of print. There are the death notices, also
with poetry, in the yellow files of the current newspapers, and more
recently part of the story was printed in the local paper, signed by
one of hte old residents of the village.
Julia Was the First to Die.
Jeanette was the oldest of the
children. After the family had lived in East Ashtabula nine
years she went to Cleveland to work. None remember where she
worked, and recollections of hte girl herself are vague as they have
scarce. It is said that she was wild, and unlike the others.
She was engaged to be married to a Cleveland man, according to
gossip.
One day she came home for a visit. Julia,
a younger sister, was making ready to go to school in the village,
where she was to board with a family named Holdridge.
That night the family sat around the fireplace. Julia
was hemming a handkerchief. The family retired that night as
usual, and a few hours later Jeanette called to her mother
that "Julia was very sick." Father and mother hurried
down stairs, but the girl died before morning, almost before doctor
could be called.
JULIA A., daughter of A. and R. McAdms,
Died Feb. 27, 1848, Aged 14 years.
This is the story told by the first of the graves.
Two years later Jeanette
came home is spend the holidays. On New Year's even the family
was once more gathered before the fireplace. Arthur,
eating, was lying on a buffalo robe in front of the fire, his dog
beside him. Suddenly he became ill, and in an instant was
writhing about the floor in convulsions. A physician was
called, but the boy died as suddenly as had his elder sister.
At that time Abigail was away from home.
Walter, one of the younger sons, hitched up the team and brought
his sister for the funeral. The white hearse made another
trip, and the second chapter in the McAdams story was written
in cold marble; "Arthur, son of A. and B. McAdams,
died Jan. 1, 1850. Aged 8 years."
The day after the funeral Abigail was helping
her mother with the housework, making beds.
"Mother, did you know that Jeanette has a man's
suit of clothes in her room," se called. The reference
to the suit of clothes is obscure, but it was supposed that
Jeanette was in the habit of clothing herself in them and
leaving the house by her bedroom window, returning before daybreak
unknown to the family. What strange errand she was bent on no
one can conjecture.
"Mother, I wish I had not eaten that piece of candy
that Jeanette gave me," she exclaimed a few hours later.
There is an uncanny tale that as she said this, she put
her hand on the mantel, and that the family saw white blotches on it
- a symptom of arsenic poisoning. These were her last words.
Before physicians and neighbors could reach the little house back in
the pine woods the oldest daughter had died. They dug a third
grave, while the earth on the adjoining one was yet fresh. And
the third chapter of the story was carved in the simple inscription.
And after the funeral Jeanette returned to Cleveland.
The Mysterious Death Comes to Walter.
She did not make another visit until about the 10th
of August, of the same year. Walter, the
fourteen-year-old son, and his father were hauling staves to the
dock at the harbor, when, returning home at eight, the boy
complained the feeling ill. He went upstairs, his sister
Jeanette following him. The boy rapidly became worse and
crawled down stairs to his mother's room. She was hastily
summoned from the bedside of a neighbor of whom she was taking care
and doctors and neighbors were called.
"He died in great agony," writes Lucy M. Cook,
in the Ashtabula Beacon. "My husband helped hold him on the
bed. By this time the sight of the gray team speeding towards
town brought terror to all the neighborhood, for there were no
telephones, and each time a member of the McAdams family was
stricken someone went with all speed for Dr. Coleman of East
Ashtabula.
Another marble slab was added to the row in the corner
of the cemetery.
Jeanette returned to Cleveland, and exactly a
month later paid another visit to her parents. This time
Lluther, who had been playing in the street with some boys, came
into the house and complained of not feeling well. His sister
cared for him also, but he was seized with convulsions, and the team
made another trip, and returned too late.
A few days after this death the whole family went to
church, and Jeanette remained at home, preparing the noonday
meal. all were taken violently ill after dinner, but none died
this time.
About the first of February of the next year, 1851,
Jeanette again came home from Cleveland. Her mother was in
bed, suffering from a severe cold. The evening after her
arrival Jeanette brought her a white powder, telling her that
it was some medicine that the doctor had left for her. The
mother took the powder, Jeanette went to bed, and the
husband, Alexander McAdams, sat by the fire. He soon
heard the woman groaning, and hurried to her side, to find her
dying. It later appeared that there had been no powder left,
according to the story of the doctor.
By this time there was talk of wholesale poisoning.
Neighbors were terrified; nothing of the
kind had ever fallen upon the community. Five of the children had
died, and the mother; only three remained, with the father.
They dwelt in terror, each expecting that he would be the next.
A few months later, the exact time is not known, the
daughter returned home again. The night of her arrival she
gave her father a letter to post. The story as told now is
that out of curiosity he opened it, and found to his horror that his
doom had been sealed. He was to be the next, the letter told
him. Plans for doing away with him were set forth. He
returned to the house, terror stricken and, it is said, ordered the
girl from home.
The Father Dries Jeanette Away.
At this point Jeanette disappears, save for
three glimpses, most of the, however, being no more than merost
rumors now
It is said that she went away, and the only time her
father ever saw her again was with a band of gypsies, which camped
along the creek. Seeing that she was recognized she
disappeared from the camp.
Another story is that during the civil war the girl
dressed in man's clothes, was a rebel spy in the union camps and
hospitals.
Others say that one night a tramp came to the house and
begged food. The father, setting out a lunch, is said to have
recognized the daughter Jeanette, but what his attitude was
no one knows. Some say he again ordered her away.
Again there are those who say that, after many years,
the girl returned for a visit, saying that she was married, and
lived in a distant state.
With these brief glimpses Jeanette drops out of
sight.
And there are only a few now who remember those strange
happenings back in the pine woods.
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Source: Plain Dealer - Cleveland, Ohio
Dated: Nov. 8, 1914
Mrs. C. W. ALDEMAN of Windsor, O.,
announces the marriage Oct. 30, of her sister, Miss MAMIE ADAMS of
10536 Remington rd. Cleveland, and Mr. SAMUEL BENNETT of 3541 Cedar
av. Rev. WILLIS ROWE of Wade Park M. E. church performed the
ceremony at the home of Mrs. ALDERMAN which was decorated with
autumn leaves and a huge horseshoe of white chrysanthemums. Only the
members of the immediate families witnessed the ceremony.
(Source: Genealogy Bank - Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Ashtabula Beacon - Record
Dated: Sept. 3, 1918
Williamsfield
BORN:
Aug. 21, a son to Frank ROSE & wife.
A daughter
to O. K. THURBER & wife.
An 8½ lb. son to Charley SWIFT & wife,
August 28.
A daughter to Vinton
BATES,,,, & wife of
Greenvale, formerly of this place.
MARRIED:
Willie
BATES &
Miss
Mildred
HERRICK, were married
the last of the week. They are attending the sate fair
in Columbus this week.
Master
Allen THOMAS of Richmond is
visiting his sister, Mrs. R. B. COLLING &
husband.
School opens Monday, Sept. 2 with the following corps of
teachers: Prof. C. C. SWITZER,
Principal,
Theressa FIDD.
7 & 8th Grade: Laura
SALISBURY
Kingsville
5th & 6th Grade:
Caroline HAYFORD.
Kingsville
3rd & 4th Grade:
Esther BURR
1st & 2nd Grade: Gladys
KELLEY
One more teacher is needed for the high school
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) Page: 19
Dated: June 22, 1949
NEW DOCK FOR ASHTABULA
ASHTABULA, O. - June 21 - Construction of a new
$160,000 New York Central Railroad dock is expected to begin
this week it was disclosed today. The dock will be
used to load limestone, sand, coke and other materials from
lake freighters directly into railroad cars. It will
be located at the site of the former carferry Maitland slip. |
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