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FIRST SETTLEMENT AND SETTLERS.
PHOTO OF
RESIDENCE OF JAMES SHELDON, Wellington Tp., Lorain
Co., O.
PHOTO OF
RESIDENCE OF S. D. BACON, Wellington, Ohio
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LOST IN THE WOODS.
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CLOTHING AND FOOD
TRAVEL AND ITS DANGERS.
PHOTO OF
RESIDENCE OF HOMER MASON, Wellington Tp., Lorain
Co., O
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DEATH ROLL.
The first death occurred on August 21, 1824.
Josiah B. Munloy, at the early age of
thirty-two, died of disease incident to the new
country. It was a great shock to the infant
settlement, and a grevious loss to the community,
and irreparable to his family, consisting of a wife
and three children.
Charles W. Sweet died next, Aug. 23, 1826, at
the age of thirty-two years.
Miss Caroline Wilcox married Dr. Hiram Hamlin,
and livd at Wellington most of her life. She
died Dec. 4, 1861, at the age of sixty-two years.
Ephraim A. Wilcox, after filling various
responsible township positions, died Aug. 28, 1835,
aged forty-four years. His widow survived him
ten years. One marble slab marks their resting
place, on which are incribed their
names and date of death, and these words, "The first
family of Wellington settlement. Erected by
early settlers of Wellington."
John Howk lived until Dec. 24, 1869. He
died aged seventy-eight yeas. On the headstone
to his grave is inscribed, "Here lies an honest
man," and in his case it was no unmeaning
compliment, but a deserved tribute to worth.
John S. Reed, one of the earliest merchants,
died in June, 1855, at the age of forty-two yers.
He was drowned while bathing in Black river, and his
loss was a grevious one to Wellington. He was
active in all matters of public intrest, and a
friend to progress. His early taking off, his
untimely fate, his prominence, all conspired to make
the event one of especial significance in the
history of Wellington.
Colonel Francis Herrick lived until 1855.
He died at the advanced age of eighty-six years.
Though one of the original proprietors of the town,
he did not remove here until several years after the
arrival of the first comers.
Loring Wadsworth died in 1871, seventy-two years
of age. His father, Benjamin Wadsworth,
died Dec. 30, 1844, aged seventy years; Amos
Adams, June 19, 1836; Josiah Bradley,
Sept. 1, 1869; David Webster, Oct. 14, 1867;
Alanson Howk, April 9, 1850.
Lawton Wadsworth, who erected the first hotel, -
the American house, - as early as 1833, died Feb.
21, 1867.
ORGANIZATION,
NAME, ETC.
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WELLINGTON
VILLAGE.
HON. JOSEPH H. DICKSON.
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Hon. Joseph H. Dickson, one of
Wellington's prominent and honored citizens,
located there in December, 1855.
His attention was directed early in life to the
possibilities embraced within the scope of
high legal attainments, and entering
accordingly upon a course of study, he found
that his earnestly directed and energetic
ambition urged him rapidly forward upon his
chosen path, and graduating eventually with
conspicuous honors, he was, in August, 1852,
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Directly upon his settlement in Wellington
he began to win popular recognition, and to
make his influence felt in a more than
ordinary measure.
He was chosen to represent Lorain County in the
Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth General
Assemblies of the State of Ohio, whereby he
was enabled to contribute something toward
the legal recognition of the equality of all
men before the law by voting for the
adoption of the joint resolution ratifying,
on the part of Ohio, the adoption of the
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
FRANCIS S. WADSWORTH -
359
SERENO D. BACON -
360
PORTRAITS OF
Russell Smith
Jane Smith
Abner Loveland
Selden Hall
Mrs. Selden Hall
ABNER LOVELAND, JR. - 361
ROSWELL SMITH -
361
HOMER MASON AND FAMILY - 363
JAMES SHELDEN AND FAMILY - 363
SILAS MILLER AND FAMILY - 364
PORTRAITS OF SILAS MILLER &
LYDIA MILLER
Photos by E. M. Platt, Oberlin, O
RESIDENCE OF SILAS MILLER,
WELLINGTON TP., LORAIN CO., O
BERT B. HERRICK AND FAMILY -
365
DR. JOHN W. HOUGHTON - 366
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON SUTLIFF
- 366
R. J. ROBINSON - 366
PORTRAITS OF
WM. H. H. SUTLIFF
MRS. WM. H. H. SUTLIFF
RESIDENCE OF WM. H. H. SUTLIFF,
WELLINGTON TP., LORAIN CO., OHIO
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