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PREFATORY NOTE.
Following
the settlement, is subjoined the greater part of the
address of President J. H. Fairchild, on the "Early
Settlement and History of Brownhelm, "delivered at
Brownhelm, on the occasion of the fiftieth
anniversary of its settlement. We make use of
this use of this instead of writing a new sketch,
because (1) as a history of the township it is quite
full and remarkably accurate, as we have verified by
personal interviews with the older residents of the
place; and (2) because of its admirable treatment of
some phases of pioneer life of which they only, who
have experienced them, can give an adequate
portrayal. President Fairchild was
himself a pioneer of Brownhelm, and describes the
characteristics of life in the new country from the
standpoint of experience.
The early settlement we have written up more fully but
regret that in regard to some of the early settlers,
but little information could be obtained. Some
additional matter in regard to the churches,
township organization, etc., is likewise
incorporated.
TOWN number
six, in range nineteen, of the Connecticut Western
Reserve was drawn in the draft by Asher Miller
and Nathan Shalor. It originally
extended south to tract fourteen and fifteen, in the
nineteenth range, and included nearly a third of the
territory now embraced in the township of Henrietta.
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
NAME*
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
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* President Fairchild
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[Picture of Residence of George G.
Morse, Brownhelm Twp., Lorain Co., O.]
GEORGE G. MORSE.
Anna Ray Morse
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*Also Colonel Nathaniel and Norman Crandall.
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[Portraits of Col. Elisha F. Peck
and Sally Ann Morse]
COLONEL ELISHA FRANKLIN PECK
[Portrait of Elisha Peck]
(deceased)
[Residence of E. F. Peck,
Brownhelm Tp., Lorain Co., O.]
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[Portrait of Solomon Whittlesey]
[Residence of Solomon Whittlesey - 1824-]
and Residence of Cyrus L. Whittlesey, Brownhelm Tp.,
Lorain Co., O
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Portrait of William Sayles.
Mrs. William Sayles
Mrs. Sarah C. Sayles
Photos by Lee, Elyria, O.
[Residence of Wm. Sayles,
Brownhelm Tp., Lorain Co., O.]
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EDUCATIONAL
The first
school in town was opened by Mrs. Alverson,
in her own house, in the summer of 1819. In
the autumn of the same year, the first school house
was built, of logs of course, on the brow of the
hill
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RELIGIOUS.
[Residence of Chester A. Cooley,
Brownhelm Tp., Lorain Co., O.]
[Residence of Capt. Samuel Flint,
Amherst Tp., Lorain Co., O.]
[Chester A. Cooley
Mrs. C. A. Cooley]
CHESTER A. COOLEY.
[Portrait of Chester A. Cooley]
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TOWNSHIP
ORGANIZATION.
LEONARD BRADLEY.
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LEONARD BRADLEY, was born in
the town of Ellington, Tolland Co., Conn., Nov. 4,
1792. He immigrated to Brownhelm, Ohio, in the
year 1817, located lands, and remained two years,
after which he returned to Connecticut and married
Roxanna, daughter of William Thraw, of
Tolland county, and immediately returned to Ohio,
where he was identified as a pioneer farmer.
By this union were born four children, viz.:
Captain Alva Bradley, now a resident of
Cleveland, and a large vessel owner; William
Bradley a resident of Brownhelm; Betsey
(deceased); and Julia. Mrs. Leonard Bradley
died Feb. 25, 1858.
Mr. Bradley married for his second wife Emily,
widow of William Nye, of Onondaga Co., N. Y.,
and daughter of John Thompson, who was of
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Scotch
birth and ancestry. Our subject was an
ardent advocate of Republicanism during his
latter days, being formerly a member of the
old Whig party; served his township as
trustee and other offices from time to time.
When a young man he carried a lady (who
wished to visit friends, not having seen any
white ladies in several months) over the
Vermillion River on an ox, he riding one and
the lady on the other, the oxen having to
swim on account of the depth of the stream.
Mr. Bradley remained on the old homestead until
the date of his death, which occurred May 3,
1875. His wife survives him, still remaining
on the old homestead, surrounded by many friends and
tenderly cared for in her declining years by her
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GEORGE WELLS
CATHERINE WELLS
MARIA B. WELLS
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES.
DEACON GEORGE WELLS
SOLOMON WHITTLESEY.
HENRY BROWN.
REV. ALFRED H. BETTS.
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