CENTER CEMETERY

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Ridgeville, Lorain Co., O.

FIRST ARRIVALS.

THE FIRST SETTLEMENT.

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LOST IN THE WOODS.

FOUR DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE WOODS.

JOHN TERRELL

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"THE INDIAN TAVERN."

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INCIDENT.

HARDSHIPS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.

DRAWING OF UNKNOWN PEOPLE

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     The following are the names of those from Ridgeville who were on duty at the block house, viz.:  Wyllis Terrell, David Beebe, Jr., Loman C. Beebe, Samuel Beebe, Leverett Terrell, Oliver Terrell, Philander Terrell, Tillotson Terrell, Noah Terrell, John W. Hill, and Sheldon Wooster.
     A few additions were made to the settlement during the war.  Stephen Cables came into the township in 1812, and settled on lot thirty-three.  Three years afterward, he removed to Amherst, where he lived the remainder of his life.
     John Reading arrived in the same year.  He located on the farm on which Bradford Race now lives.  He married a daughter of John Barnum.
     Asahel Morgan settled on center ridge, lot sixteen, in September, 1813.  He came into the country without his family in the fall of 1810, driving one of the teams of the party that came at that time - as far as the eighteen mile woods, in New York.  He soon after returned to Connecticut for his family, but was dissuaded from moving at that time by the prospect of war.  Mr. Morgan died in 1837, on his original location.  His wife died in 1832.  They had seven children, as follows:  Asa, Ira B., Sylvester, Martin, Minerva, Eli L. and Maria.  The first three emigrated to Ohio a few years before the remainder of the family, and were among the first settlers in Eaton township.  The rest of the children, except Maria, who died early, married and settled in Ridgeville.  Eli is the only surviving member of the family; he lived in Ridgeville until 1862.  He now lives in Carlisle, and is seventy-four years of age.
     Martin Shellhouse and family, and ....................

     Amos and Samuel Cahoon settled in 1813.

     Moses Eldred came into the township in ...............

     Mr. Eldred served in the war of ...............

     Asahel and Sylvester Powers settled on ...............

     Chauncey and James Emmons were the first ..............

     Borden Beebe, originally from Connecticut, removed from Canandaigua to Ridgeville in 1813, and located on Center ridge, lot twenty-eight.  A few years subsequent, he moved to Chestnut ridge, and bought the farm previously owned by his son-in-law.  Truman Walker, and spent the remainder of his life there.

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     Aaron Sexton, father of the ...........

     Truman Walker was the first ..............

     John Kibby settled here on lot ...............

     Ebenezer Porter settled on Sugar ridge in .................

     Thomas Phelps arrived in ...............

     Isaac S. Terrell and family by the name of McNeal settled on Butternut ridge in 1822.

     Chester Beebe, son of David Beebe, Sr., with the ...............

     William Blain and his family moved into .............

     James Blakesley and his family, consisting of ...................

     Joseph Humphrey and family, consisting of .................

     E. Byington settled in 1822 or 1823.  Oliver Lewis moved into town in 1829.  Otis Briggs in 1830, settling on the farm on which he now resides, aged eighty-one.

EARLY EVENTS

PICTURE OF
MARIA HINCKLEY & N. H. HINCKLEY

PICTURE OF
RESIDENCE OF E. W. HINCKLEY, Ridgeville Tp., Lorain Co., O.

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FIRST CHEESE.

RELIGIOUS MATTERS.


 

FIRST CHURCH.

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THE METHODISTS.

ST. PETER'S (CATHOLIC) CHURCH.





SCHOOLS.

     The first house in which school was kept was built of logs, and stood on ground now occupied by the brick tavern at the center.  The seats consisted of

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PICTURE OF UNKNOWN FARM.

ORGANIZATION.

STORES.

     The first store in the township was kept in his own house by Lyman Root.  There are at the present writing four stores in the town the name of the owners being as follows:  Orson J. Terrell,, NicholasDiedrich H. Ramsdall, M. Brice.

MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.

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THE RIDGEVILLE CHAIRWORKS.

SAW MILLS.

CIDER MILL.

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PICTURE OF
RESIDENCE OF C. L. SEXTON, Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio

CHEESE FACTORIES.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

C. LESTER SEXTON.

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WILLIAM BLAIN