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BIOGRAPHIES
HISTORY
OF
LORAIN COUNTY
OHIO
With
Illustrations & Biographical Sketches
of
Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers.
Publ. Philadelphia:
by Williams Brothers
1879
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Grindall Rawson |
Grafton Twp. -
GRINDALL RAWSON. This
gentleman was born in Massachusetts, Feb. 20, 1793.
In 1816, he visited Grafton township, Lorain county,
Ohio, selected a parcel of land, and then returned
to Massachusetts, where he remained long enough to
complete the necessary preparations for a permanent
settlement on his new purchase, upon which he
located in 1817, and continued to reside there until
his death, in 1876, (aged eighty-three years), a
period of nearly sixty years. One year after
his settlement in Grafton, he married Mariah,
daughter of David Ashley, which marriage was
blessed with eight children, - five sons and three
daughters, - of whom six are living. The above
was the first marriage ceremony performed in Grafton
township. He held several offices in the
township government, which he filled satisfactorily.
Mrs. Rawson survived her husband almost two
years she dying Jan. 9, 1878. She was
born Sept. 2, 1796, and was consequently eighty-two
years of age at the time of her death. They
were an excellent and worthy couple, and were so
esteemed by all to whom they were known, or with
whom they came in social or business communion.
 Source:
History of Lorain County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia:
William Brothers - 1879 - page 269 |
H. B. Rawson
Henry B. Rawson,
residence - Grafton, Lorain Co., OH |
Grafton Twp. -
HENRY B. RAWSON, son of
Grindall Rawson, was born upon the homestead
farm, where he still resides, in 1825. For
fifty-four years he has lived in the same place, and
is among the earliest and most influential citizens
of his township. His farm consists of three
hundred and six acres, is well improved, and has
upon it substantial and comfortable buildings.
On the 6th of October, 1847, he married Cynthia
A., daughter of Joseph and Dollie Phelps,
and they had six children born to them,- four sons
and two daughters, - namely, Abbott P., Frank B.,
George G., Kate C., Burt H., and Dollie M.
Rawson
Source:
History of Lorain County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia:
William Brothers - 1879 - page 269
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CONRAD REID
was born Sept. 30, 1802, in the town of Wilkesbarre,
Susquehanna Co., Pa., and was the fourth child of
John S. and Anna Reid. John S. Reid was a
native of New Jersey. His father and mother
spent their last days in Janesville, Ohio, some of
his descendants still living in that vicinity.
John S. and family emigrated to Cleveland,
Ohio, about the year 1806 or 1807, during the month
of February; was a house carpenter by trade; removed
his family from Cleveland to Black River in the
spring of 1811, where he spent the remainder of his
days; died Dec. 3, 1831. His wife died Mar. 5,
1832. Our subject remained with his parents
until twenty-one years of age, when he was united in
marriage to Abigail, daughter of Wm.
Murdock, of Connecticut. By this union
were born twelve children, - eleven sons and one
daughter, - three of whom are living. His
first wife died Apr. 10, 1861; married for his
second partner Catharine Horn, a native of
Hesse-Cassel, Germany, Dec. 25, 1862. During
the early part of Mr. Reid's life he followed
sailing; built many vessels which he sold, followed
the business some fifteen or sixteen years, and thus
derived the title of captain, by which he his
familiarly known. After leaving Lake Erie he
engaged in the hotel business at Black River,
building a hotel in the year 1835, of which he is
still proprietor. He also remained in the
vessel business until a few years since. He
acquired a fine property, and occupies a high social
position in both town and county
Source: History of Lorain County, Ohio - Publ.
Philadelphia: William Brothers - 1879 - page 205 |
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JOHN ROACH was born in Market Arborough,
Leicestershire, England, Apr. 20, 1811. He
embarked at Liverpool, in March, 1857, and landed at
Castle Garden, New York, in the following May.
The ship he came over on had quite a tempestuous
passage, but arrived at its destination safely.
While waiting to move west, the wharf on which was
stowed the baggage of the emigrants gave way, and
nearly all the personal effects were precipitated
into the ocean, and most of the same were lost.
After a brief stay in New York, Mr. Roach
proceeded up the Hudson river to Albany, and took
the cars there for Amherst, where he remained until
the following fall. In the meanwhile he lost
his wife, Elizabeth Eames Roach, of Clipsom,
England, to whom he was married in 1831. They
had seven children, three sons and four daughters,
namely: Mary, who married Samuel Maddock
of Henry county, Ohio; Ann, who married
Henry Townsend of Carlisle township; Joseph,
who married Eliza Bonner, now living in
Nebraska; William, who was killed in the
army, by the accidental discharge of a comrade's
revolver in 1862; Betsey, who married
Henry Montague, and resides on the adjoining
farm to her father; Sophia, who married
Peter Watts, Kingston, Indiana; Thomas,
unmarried, and resides with his father.
In 1860, Mr. Roach settled on Plum Creek, in
Carlisle township, where he remained about one year.
In 1861 he permanently located on the place where he
now lives, which is a neatly kept and well
cultivated farm of fifty acres, having upon it
comfortable buildings, an illustration of which
appears on another page of this work.
In politics Mr. Roach is a republican. He
has held the offices of township trustee, and
supervisor of the road district in which he resides.
In religious belief he is a Baptist. He is an
industrious and economical farmer; honest and fair
in his dealings with others, and one of whom it can
be truly said that he is an upright man, a good
neighbor and citizen.
Source:
History of Lorain County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia:
William Brothers - 1879 - page 205 |
John Rose
Lucinda Rose
Residence of
John Rose,
Kipton, Lorain Co., Ohio |
JOHN ROSE,
grandfather of the gentleman whose name is found at
the head of this sketch, was a native of Virginia.
He married Susan Smith, (whose home was not
far from the resort known as the Warm Springs,) and
six weeks subsequent was drafted into the service of
the United States. Leaving his youthful bride
and his pleasant home on the banks of the Potomac,
for the hardships and dangers of soldier life, he
did not return until the war was over. He was
in the last engagement at Yorktown, and helped to
swell the glad shout of victory at the final
surrender of Cornwallis, Oct. 17, 1782. A few
years later Mr. Rose removed to Ohio,
locating in Poland township, Mahoning county.
Here was born to them four sons and three daughters.
Jesse Rose, Jr., was the third son. He
married Susan Everhart in the year 1816, and
settled on a farm in Ellsworth township, where he
died. John Rose, the subject of this
biography, was the oldest son of Jesse, Jr. He
was married to Lucinda Parshall, of
Youngstown, Ohio, by the Rev. Dillon Prosser
of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which
denomination both were members, Lorain county, where
he yet resides. He was accompanied by his
youngest brother, Preston B. Rose, now
professor in the university at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The children of John and Lucinda Rose, are:
Euphrasia who died when eight years of age;
Eugene, who entered Oberlin college, when
fourteen years of age, enlisted in the army at the
age of seventeen, served until the close, was
honorably discharged therefrom, and is now in
business in New York City; Ezra Norris who
married Mattie Close, and now lives in
Chester, Eaton county, Michigan, and Olin who
remains with his parents on the old homestead.
Of the political history of Mr. Rose, we
learn that in 1840 he came out against the party of
log cabins, hard cider, and coon skins, and his
first ballot was cast for Martin Van Buren.
He continued with the democratic party until they
nominated that arrant rebel, Vallandingham, for
governor, when he became a republican, and continues
to this time a firm adherent to the sterling
principles of that party. He has served as
township trustee and justice of the peace for many
years.
Mr. Rose had been an
earnest, steadfast christian from early life.
At the age of nineteen years he helped to organize
the Methodist Episcopal church at Ellsworth,
Mahoning county, Ohio, and not only he but his
worthy and estimable companion have ever been
foremost in promoting the interests of the cause of
christianity, and are now engaged with others in the
erection of a Union church edifice at Kipton.
Source:
History of Lorain County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia:
William Brothers - 1879 - page 297 |
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