Residence of
M. & J. O. Thompson,
Perry Tp.,
Lake Co., OH |
Perry Twp. -
MOSES THOMPSON. Captain Thomas and Amy
Thompson, who were the parents of the gentleman whose life is
briefly sketched in the following lines, were both natives of
Plymouth county, Massachusetts. They were of Puritan
extraction. Captain Thomas was a soldier of the
Revolution, and participated in several engagements, among which
were those of Monmouth and Saratoga. He died in the East, Mar.
1, 1827. The mother eventually came to Ohio, and died at the
house of her son, Moses Thompson, on Jan. 15, 1852.
Moses Thompson was born in Cornish,New Hampshire, Mar.
15,1800. He removed with his parents in 1816 to Stowe,
Washington county, Vermont. On the 5th day of December, 1822,
he was united in marriage to Rachel Button. The
children by this marriage were Ormond C., born Oct. 10, 1823;
died in infancy. Matthew D., born Oct. 29, 1824; died
July 14, 1845. He was a very worthy young man, noted for his
integrity of character and uprightness. He was amiable and
affectionate; was a promising member of the Congregational church.
Charles M., the next child, was born Apr. 19, 1826.
He married Angeline Gibbs, and resides in Perry
township. Louisa E. was born Oct. 5, 1827; married Newton
J. Watts; resides in Perry. Lois was born Mar. 23,
1829 (deceased). Thomas was born Oct. 8, 1831; married
Corlista Call, and lives in Perry. Elizabeth
was born June 16, 1833; married Alonzo Wheeler; lives
in Perry. John D. was born Dec. 27 , 1834. He
married Mary Tyler, and lives on the old home stead;
and Mary Ann, the fourth daughter, was born Feb. 26.
1842 (deceased). During the winter of 1830 and 1831, Mr.
Thompson disposed of his property in Vermont, and in the
following June he started with his family to seek a home in the
West. He came to Mentor, and upon the solicitation of a
relative concluded to tarry in Ohio. Accordingly, a house was
procured some two miles west of Painesville village, and, moving in,
lived there until December of the same year. During this time
he bought the farm of one hundred and sixty acres, in Perry
township, where he now lives. There were a few acres cleared,
and a block-house and barn built in this clearing; and in December,
as above stated, he took possession of the property. But a
very small portion of the farm was dry enough for cultivation.
By a systematic course of ditching he has brought the farm into a
high state of cultivation. At first he managed as best he
could, but by hard labor, and the assistance of the frugal New
England wife, he has acquired a competency of this world’s goods,
and with his family about him “ enjoys the happy reflection of a
well-spent life, and “lives with the hope of a glorious
immortality." On July 21. 1861, his wife, the companion of his
youth, died, and on Jan. 21, 1863, he was again married to Miss
Aurilla Johnson, of Albany, Vermont. She was ah
estimable woman, but was taken from him by death on Apr. 25, 1870.
September 21 following he was united to his present wife, who was
Miss Permelia C. Crandall, of Hardwich, Vermont.
During the Rebellion his youngest son was three years in the army,
and both his other sons were in the one hundred days’ service in
1864, leaving the aged father to manage two farms and a dairy of
some sixty cows. Mr. Thompson has served a
number of years as trustee of the township. He is a prominent
member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically a stanch
Republican.
Source: 1798 - History of Geauga and Lake
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers - 1878 -
Page 243
(Portrait of Residence on 240a) |
A. L. Turney |
Paineville Twp. -
ASA
S. TURNEY. The subject of this sketch was born in the town
of Reading, Fairfield county, Connecticut, in the year 1804. He
came with his parents to Madison township when five years old, making
the journey with an ox-team and a span of horses. It was a long
and somewhat tedious journey, requiring fifty-three days to perform it.
There were then no roads or bridges, - simply a wild kind of trail
through the woods. The horses and oxen were made to swim the
streams, the goods were put aboard such rude boats as could be found in
those days, and a line attached to the wagons and drawn across by hand.
At the time of his arrival at Madison there were but three houses
between his present residence and Painesville, and only three in
Painesville. Mr. Turney has resided for sixty-nine years on
the farm his father located. At the age of twenty he was united in
marriage to Laura Hoyt, daughter of Isaac Hoyt, of
Madison. She was born in the same town as that in which her
husband was born, and moved into Madison in 1815. They had seven
children, - six daughters and one son, - all of whom are living.
Nancy the eldest, married Frank Wyman, who is deceased;
she resides in Centreville. Polly married Franklin
Fellows, and lives a short distance from the homestead.
Almira married Horace Norton, and lives in Perry.
Amanda is unmarried and remains at home with her parents.
Carlos married Caroline Winchester, and is a neighbor of his
father. Laura married Caroline Winchester, and is a
neighbor of his father. Laura married Willard Martin,
and now lives in Newbury. Louisa married Minor
Allen, a railroad-engineer, and lives in California, near San
Francisco. The family are all members of the Disciple church.
Source: 1798 - History of Geauga and Lake
Counties, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia: Williams Brothers - 1878 -
Page 236
SHARON WICK'S NOTE: The portrait obviously shows A. L.
Turney but the Biography lists his name as A. S. Turney |
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