BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Portage County, Ohio
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1885
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Aurora Twp. -
MARCUS TAYLOR, farmer, P. O. Aurora, was born in
Middlefield, Mass., Sept. 22, 1805; son of Samuel and Sarah (Jaggers) Taylor
(see biography of Worthy Taylor). In 1807 he accompanied his
parents to Aurora Township, this county, locating on the farm which he now
occupies, and which has since been in the name of the Taylor family.
In 1828 he purchased the homestead of his elder brother, Samuel, who had
become its owner after the death of their father. Our subject was married
Sept. 22, 1833, to Betsey M., daughter of Josiah and Betsey (Forward)
Hickox (see Biography of
Samuel F. Hickox), by whom he has had two children: Sally M.
(deceased) and Chauncy M., who married Emma Stanton, of
Streetsboro, and resides on the home farm, having three children. Mr.
Taylor is one of the oldest settlers and citizens of Aurora Township, and
has served in several positions of trust.
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Aurora Twp. -
WORTHY TAYLOR, retired farmer, Aurora, was born in
Hampshire County, Mass., Jan. 10, 1797; son of Samuel and Sarah (Jaggers)
Taylor. The father of our subject was a native of Springfield, Mass., a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, and came to Aurora Township, this county, with
his family, in 1807, and died in 1813. His mother was a native of Hebron,
Mass., and died in 1853, leaving eleven children, of whom are now living,
Worthy, Col. Royl and Marcus. The subject of this sketch
received a common school education in Aurora Township, this county, and upon
attaining his majority engaged in farming, which occupation he has since
continued. On Feb. 17, 1817, he was married to Miss Harriet Kent.
In 1872 Mr. Taylor removed to Aurora Center, where he is now residing.
He is a member of the Disciples Church; has served the people of his township as
Justice of the Peace for twenty-seven years. In politics he is a
Republican.
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Garrettsville Twp. -
CHARLES A. THAYER, Justice of the Peace, Garrettsville, was born
in Williamsburg, Mass., Feb. 10, 1825; son of Jacob and Sarah (Porter) Thayer,
the former a native of Braintree, Mass., born Jan. 25, 1793, the latter born in
Hampshire County, Mass., in 1795. They removed to this county in 1832,
settling in Freedom Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives.
Their family consisted of four children: Henry N., a farmer and
stock-dealer of Freedom, Ohio; Mary, wife of E. E. Torrey, a
farmer and mechanic; Edward P., a farmer, and Charles A. Jacob
Thayer was of English descent, dating his ancestry back to the seventeenth
century, among whom were the early pioneers of Braintree, Mass. HE was a
hard-working, energetic farmer, very prominent in the history of his township,
and devoting the best part of his life to church interests. He died Apr.
17, 1884, his wife having preceded him in 1867. Our subject was married,
Dec. 1, 1847, to Mary Nistetter, born in Stark County, Ohio, Jan. 8,
1827. By this union there are five children: Wilbur D., in
the meat market with his father; Albert A., a lawyer at Warren, Ohio;
Byron E. and Andrew A. (both farmers) and Lenora. Mr.
Thayer, a self-made man, has dealt more or less extensively in stock, in
which he is still interested, and, along with his son, also carries on a meat
market. He has held several of the township offices and is now serving his
first term as Justice of the Peace. He is a member of Garrettsville Lodge,
No. 246, F. & A. M., and Chapter of Royal Arch. Politically he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Portage County,
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Streetsboro Twp. -
JEFFERSON THOMAS, farmer, P. O. Streetsborough, was
born July 4, 1842, in Streetsboro, this county; and is a son of Osman and
Lois J. (Matthews) Thomas. His paternal grandfather was John Thomas,
one of the early settlers of Streetsboro. Our subject was reared in his
native town, receiving his early education in the common schools, after which he
attended a select school at Kent, Ohio, and Mt. Union College. He was in
the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting Nov. 4, 1861, in Company K, Sixth Ohio
Cavalry, and participated in the battles of Cross Keys, Second Bull Run,
followed Stonewall Jackson from Cross Keys to Strasburg, and was in an
engagement every other day. He received an honorable discharge, Feb.,
1863, on account of disability. Mr. Thomas was married Nov. 13,
1866, to Martha E., daughter of Eben and Mary (Green) Joy,
of Trumbull Co., Ohio, by whom he has three children: Garrison O., Mary J.
and an infant son. Mr. Thomas is a prominent farmer of Streetsboro;
a member of the G. A. R.; in politics a Republican.
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Streetsboro Twp.
OSMAN THOMAS, retired farmer, P. O.
Streetsboro, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1809; son of John
and Lois (Farr) Thomas, who settled in Streetsboro, this county, in 1829.
They had eight children: Osman; David (Deceased; Julia A.,
wife of Andrew Boyd; James; Maria P., deceased wife of Ichabod Boyd;
William F.; Roswell and John W. (deceased). Our subject was
twenty years of age when his parents settled a mile and a quarter west of
Streetsboro Center, clearing and improving the farm, and on which he
resided until 1850, when he removed to and resided for twenty years on the farm
now owned by N. B. Jenkins. He then went to Akron, but at the
expiration of a year and a half returned to the old homestead in Streetsboro
Township, which he still owns remaining there until 1879, when he removed to
Streetsboro Center, where he now resides. Mr. Thomas was married
Jan. 11, 1837, to Lois J., daughter of William Matthews, of
Westfield, Mass., and by her he has had five children: Willard W., Juliette
(wife of Dr. L. D. Stockton). Jefferson, Millicent (wife of
George L. Andrews), and Delos (deceased). Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas are members of the Baptist Church, with which he has been connected
fifty-one years, serving as Deacon for forty years. He has served the
township as Justice of the Peace three terms, and has held other minor offices;
in politics he is a Republican.
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Ravenna Twp. -
W. B. THOMAS, attorney, Revenna, is a son of William D.
Thomas, who was born in South Wales, Feb. 18, 1810, and married Miss Ann
Davis, of Landowey, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, June 10, 1831, and Apr.
14, 1836, with his wife and two small children - Sarah and David -
left a large number of relatives and emigrated to America. They were forty
days on the ocean. Arriving at New York they took passage up the Hudson
River, through the Erie Canal to Buffalo, N. Y., thence to Cleveland, Ohio, by
boat, and thence, with others who settled in Palmyra, this county, to Ravenna on
foot (have a wagon to carry their baggage), arriving at the old Exchange Hotel
June 10, 1836, unable to speak a word in English, and $30 in debt. He was
a very industrious man. For year he worked for Zenas Kent as a farm
laborer in summer, and threshed with the old hickory flail in the winter.
He was ever grateful to David Jennings and others who aided him when in
need. In April, 1846, he removed to Paris Township, and after some years
of constant labor and economy on the part of himself and wife, who is a good
financier, became the owner of a large farm and pleasant home, where he lived to
the close of his life, Apr. 10, 1881. He was a man of sympathetic nature,
conscientious and honest. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Thomas were the
parents of six children: Sarah A., David W., Mary A., John R., William
B. and Amelia (the first and last named are deceased). Our
subject, W. B., was born in Franklin Township, this county, about three
miles west of Ravenna Village, on the Kent farm, May 1, 1845. He was
brought up on the farm, and knew what it was to milk ten cows night and morning,
and to mow his own swath. He first acquired a common school education,
then attended the academy at Newton Falls, Ohio, then taught district and select
school, saving from his earnings, enough to complete his education. IN
1863 he attended Hiram College, this county, at which time political
proscription and intolerance was indulged in by the Faculty to such an extent
that he and seven others refused to submit and withdrew from the college.
This subsequently caused the removal of the President of the college, J. H.
Rhodes. Young W. B. then attended college at West Farmington
until the fall of 1864, when he entered the law school at Ann Arbor, Mich.,
where he graduated on March 22, 1866; was admitted to practice in Michigan,
intending to remain at Ann Arbor, but was called home by his parents. He
was admitted to practice in Ohio Sept. 12, 1866, at Canfield, Ohio. Again
he taught school and aided his parents upon the farm until April 23, 1868, when
he hung out his shingle as a lawyer in the Empire Building, Ravenna Village, and
has ever since occupied the same rooms at his office. He is earnestly
devoted to his clients and is in every sense a successful lawyer and an
enterprising citizen. On June 22, 1870, at Chardon, Ohio, he was married
to William Abbie Belden, born in Farmington, Trumbull Co., Ohio, July 22,
1850, and daughter of Dr. C. L. Belden, now of Portage County, Ohio, and
by her he has the following children, all living: Winnie B., born
in 1874; Ida T., born in 1876, and Charlie B., born in 1881; and
of his children our subject is very fond.
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R. J. Thompson |
Found in Franklin Twp. Biographies
R. J. THOMPSON
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Ravenna Twp. -
RICHARD J. THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Ravenna, was born Jan.
13, 1809, in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass. His parents, Isaac and
Polly (Campbell) Thompson, came to Ravenna Township, this county, in 1814,
driving from Stockbridge, Mass., with a yoke of oxen, one wagon drawn by one
horse and another wagon drawn by two horses. They had seven children with
them and the journey occupied forty-two horses. They had seven children
with At that time Isaac Thompson was offered land in Cleveland, Ohio,
anywhere east of the square, on Euclid Avenue, for $10 per acre. Their
children were Miss Eliza Swift, who died in Ravenna, Ohio, in December,
1884, at the advanced age of eighty-five; Harry C., deceased; Charles
B., deceased; Rev. Orrin C., in Detroit, Mich., who has been a
Congregational minister for over fifty years; Richard J. and his twin
brother Robert W., latter deceased; Mrs. Mary H. Sabin, and
Mrs. Charlotte Carnahan, deceased. The mother died about 1844, aged
seventy; the father followed her in about 1859, aged eighty five years.
They were upright pioneer people and won the respect and esteem of all who knew
them. Our subject married, Nov. 16, 1834, Miss Adelia Benton, of
Guilford, Conn., and to this union were born four daughters: Mrs. Julia B.
Hall, of Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Hattie L. Hanna, of the
same place; Mrs. Helen C. McLain, deceased, and Mrs. Francis D. Smith,
deceased. Mrs. Thompson a lady of estimable Christian character.
Mr. Thompson is one of the original Republicans of Portage County.
In early days he took a deep interest in the movement against the cause of
slavery. He is one of those devoted men who will be honored by future
generations as the sustainers of the famous "Underground Railroad." His
present residence, where he has lived over seventy years, was the building in
which the first court of Portage County was held. He is now one of the
oldest continuous residents of the township. Mr. Thompson bought
and used the first mowing machine brought into the Western Reserve, one of the
old Ketchum patent. People used to come from all points to see it work.
This would be about the year 1855, or perhaps earlier.
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Atwater Twp. -
WILLIAM THOMPSON, farmer, P. O.
Atwater, was born in Deerfield Township, this county, in 1822, son of Uriah
and Elizabeth (Allen) Thompson, natives of New Jersey, and among the
pioneers of 1810 to settle in Deerfield Township. At that time there were
but ten families in the township, the country was covered with woods, and wild
animals were in abundance. Their nearest market was New Lisbon.
Uriah Thompson secured eighty acres of land which he cleared, but
subsequently removed to Atwater Township, where he and his wife died at the ages
of eighty-four and seventy-nine, respectively. Of their six children,
three now survive: Uriah, Jr., William and Elizabeth.
Our subject has occupied his present farm, now comprising 225 acres, since he
was eighteen years oaf age. He erected a cheese factory on his place, and
has win for himself a wide reputation as a successful manufacturer of this
commodity. He began life empty-handed, clearing his farm of woods and
slowly improving it until he has now one of the best in the county. Mr.
Thompson was married in 1855, to Miss Emily Fowler, of
Pennsylvania. Of the children born to this union five are living:
Louie, Owen P., Lillie, Leona and Wendell.
Source: History of Portage County,
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Ravenna Twp. -
JULIAETTE THOMSON was born in Shalersville Mar. 3, 1823,
daughter of William and Sina (Crane) Thomson, former of whom died Oct. 3,
1852, latter Aug. 26, 1853, in Shalersville, and grand-daughter of Abiah
Crane. William Thomson and Sina Crane were married in Surry,
Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1810, and in the winter of 1812-13 came to Ohio, and
when they arrived in Shalersville they found but twelve families in the town.
Her father removed to Ohio in 1812 and settled in Shalersville Township, this
county, where he encountered the trials incident to the life of a pioneer, and
established a home. Our subject was there raised and educated, and
contributed by her efforts and association to the progress and development of
that township. She was twice married, on first occasion Jan. 1, 1845, to
Levi L. Colton, of Freedom Township, this county, and who died Apr. 27,
1860. Her second marriage, Dec. 8, 1862, was with Mr. Whitney, who
died May 19, 1882. The widow now resides in Ravenna, and, though she has
no children of her own, delights in doing for others, and is beloved by all who
know her.
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Garrettsville Twp. -
A. H. TIDBALL, physician and surgeon, Garrettsville, Ohio,
whose portrait appears in this volume, was born Oct. 2, 1831, in Millersburg,
Holmes Co., Ohio. His father, Joseph Tidball, who was born June 24,
1787, in Allegheny County, Penn., a hatter by trade, died in Shelby, Ohio, Jan.
16, 1884, and his mother, Eliza K. (Linn) Tidball, born in Easton, N. J.,
Aug. 13, 1801, died Feb. 26, 1885, in Shelby, Ohio. They were parents of
ten children. Our subject was educated in the common schools, studied
medicine with Dr. J. Y. Cantwell, of Mansfield, Ohio, and graduated with
high honors at the Cleveland Medical College. He began practicing his
profession for which he had so well prepared himself, at Freedom, Portage
County, in 1853. He practiced successfully for two years in northern
Indiana and for the same length of time in Santa Cruz, Cal., and from 1859 to
1871 in Mesopotamia, Ohio. In 1871 he located in Garrettsville, this
county, where he has merited a lucrative patronage. He is an A. F. & A.
M., a member of the lodge and chapter at Garrettsville, St. John's Commandery,
K. T., of Youngstown, and Ohio consistory of Cincinnati, A. A. S. R., 32°.
During the summer of 1880 he traveled extensively through Europe. Dr.
Tidball was married, May 17, 1854, in Freedom, Ohio, to Lizzie J. Webb,
born in Holley, Orleans Co., N. Y., Mar. 23, 1833, daughter of James Webb,
whose biography and portrait appear elsewhere in this work. To this union
were born the following children: Frank Warren, Fred Luther, Linn
Alonzo, and Stella Gertrude (latter deceased when three years old).
Our subject, in politics, is a Democrat. He and his wife are earnest
Christians, she being a member of the Congregational Church. Dr.
Tidball is an eminent physician, a skillful surgeon, and although his home
is in a small and comparatively quiet town, yet his opinions have been asked
for, and in consultations his influence has been felt, in places of the highest
rank. No trouble is too irksome, and no undertaking too severe for him,
where human suffering is to be alleviated in any way. The Doctor always
has time for such duties. In his intercourse with his fellow-men he is
dignified and courteous, and his sociability gains him many friends. To
all enterprises tending to the prosperity of Garrettsville, Dr. Tidball
has given of his means freely, and the financial interests of any organization
to which he may belong, either at home or abroad, are generously benefitted by
his unstinting hand.
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Garrettsville Twp. -
JOSIAH S. TILDEN, Cashier First National Bank,
Garrettsville, was born in Geauga County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1852. His
parents, A. P. and Harriet B. (Davis) Tilden, were natives of this
county, and had a family of four children, of whom two attained maturity:
Ella H., wife of James Thresher of Geauga County, and Josiah S.
A. P. Tilden was born in 1816, a son of one of the first settlers in this
county. He removed to Geauga County when about twenty-five years of age,
and engaged in merchandising. In 1864 he removed to Chardon, Ohio, held
the position of County Auditor for nine years, and is still a resident of that
place, but has retired from business. His wife died in 1865. Our
subject received a common school and academic education. He was married,
Apr. 17, 1879, to Miss Clara Crane, a native of this county, and daughter
of E. M. Crane. In 1874 Mr. Tilden came to Garrettsville and
engaged as Assistant Cashier in the First National Bank, a position he held six
years, when he was elected Cashier, which office he still fills. He is
also Treasurer of the corporation of Garrettsville. In connection with
banking, he carries on a general insurance agency. He is a member of the
Garrettsville Lodge, F. & A. M., and K. T. at Youngstown, Ohio.
Source: History of Portage County,
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Atwater Twp. -
SAMUEL TOWNSEND, ticket and
station agent, Atwater, was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1836; son of
Jonathan and Ann Townsend of English and French descent, respectively.
They came from Bucks County, English and French descent, respectively.
They came from Bucks County, Penn., and settled in Mahoning County, Ohio, in
1833, where they both died. Our subject was married in 1865 to Miss
Lois Roller, of his native county. He was brought up on a farm and
followed various occupations until his removal to Atwater in 1870. He was
subsequently employed as assistant station agent until the resignation of
H. Hillyer, in January, 1884,
when he succeeded him, and has proved himself to be an efficient officer.
He is well known and highly respected.
Source: History of Portage County,
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Edinburg Twp. -
R. D. TROWBRIDGE, farmer, P. O.
Edinburgh, was born in Palmyra, Ohio, May 31, 1831, son of Carlos D. and Mary
Trowbridge, the former born in Connecticut, Dec. 25, 1804, and died July 24,
1833; the latter born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 27, 1800, died Oct. 11, 1873.
They were married in this county, Feb. 26, 1828, and here settled and remained
during their lives. Our subject was married, Dec. 19, 1852, to Louisa
L. Gilbert, born in Palmyra, this county, Aug. 24, 1832, daughter of
George S. and Electa M. Gilbert, natives of Palmyra, Ohio, and Hartford,
Conn., respectively, the former born Nov. 18, 1807, and the latter in 1810.
They were married in this county, where they settled and remained until their
death. Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge are the parents of six children,
four of whom are now living: S. Addison, Mary E., Olive E. and Alta M.
The deceased are Frank D. and an infant. Our subject is
owner of 240 acres of land where he and his family reside. He has also
been engaged in the sale of agricultural implements.
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Edinburg Twp. -
WILLIAM I. TUFFING, farmer, P. O.
Edinburgh, was born in London, England, Aug. 11, 1839, son of Isaac J. and
Mary A. Tuffing, natives of that country, where the former was born in 1798
and the latter in 1803. They immigrated to America and settled in this
county in 1854, and have remained here ever since. Our subject was
married, Nov. 30, 1865, to Lizzie Forsyth, born in Pennsylvania, June 9,
1835, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Forsyth, natives of Scotland and of
England respectively, and who came to this county in 1835, and here remained
until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Tuffing have had two children:
Arthur E. and Olive M. Our subject, who has been a farmer all his
wife, owns ninety acres of good farming land. He has filled the office of
Assessor of his township. He and his wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
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Franklin Twp. -
TURNER BROTHERS, (Joshua and John G.), manufacturers, Kent,
are natives of Bradford, England, where they served [an apprenticeship of seven
years in the worsted mills of that city. In 1873 they came to America, and
located in Jamestown, N. Y., where Joseph Turner, their father, started
the first worsted mills, which he conducted for five years. They are now
owned by William Hall & Co., and still in operation. In 1879 the
family located in Kent, and embarked in the manufacture of a superior quality of
worsted dress goods. They occupy a building five and a half stories high,
in dimensions 160x45, and thoroughly equipped with the latest improved
dye-house, combing, drawing and spinning machinery, with 114 looms and 2,000
spindles, employing 150 hands. The mills are run by two large turbine
water-wheels, developing 120 horse-power. The Turner Bros., who are the
managers, are gentlemen of experience in all the details of their business, one
of the leading industries of the place, contributing largely to the substantial
welfare of the community.
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JOHN G. TURNER, manufacturer, Kent, was born in England, Apr. 10, 1857;
son of Joseph and Martha (Gill) Turner, who came to America in 1873, and
located in Jamestown, N. Y., where his father, with others, under the firm name
of Hall, Broadhead & Turner, started the first alpaca-mills
in that city, and where he was engaged in business up to 1878. In 1879
Joseph Turner located in Kent, this county, and embarked in the
manufacture of worsted goods in company with his sons, Joshua and John G. , in
which he continued until his death. He died in 1881 at the age of fifty-three
years. The business is still carried on by his sons (see sketch of Turner
Bros.). Our subject was reared in Yorkshire, England, until sixteen years
of age, and was educated in all the details of his present business in that
country, and in his father's mill at Jamestown, N. Y. Mr. Turner
is a gentleman of push and enterprise, and his identity with the manufacturing
interests of Kent has been alike valuable to himself and the public. He is
a F. & A. M. In politics a Republican.
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Mantua Twp. -
LEWIS TURNER, farmer, P. O. Mantua Station, was born, Mar. 30, 1816, in
Wayne County, N. Y.; son of Amasa and Polly (Thayer) Turner, natives of
Connecticut and New York respectively, and who came to Geauga County, Ohio, in
1817, remaining until 1827, when they removed to this county, where they lived
until their death. The father of our subject kept hotel for man}' years
(during this time McCarson was hanged) but finally became a farmer.
His family consisted of six sons and two daughters, four of the former still
living: Norman in Geauga County; Preston in Mantua Township, this
county; Henry in Freedom, this county, and Lewis. Our
subject married Sarah Merriman, in 1836, by whom he had the
following children: Harry (deceased); Lewton, married to Adell
Farr; Lomira M.; Sanford; Charles, married to
Ella Nelson; Stanton, married to Martha Benninger;
Egbert, married to Ida Clark; Emma (Mrs.
Chalker), and Bell (Mrs. VanAllen). Mr.
Turner occupies the old homestead, a large tract of land one and a half
miles north of Mantua Station. He is a genial, hospitable gentleman.
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Edinburg Twp. -
JOHN TUTTLE, of Palmyra, Portage
County, the father of Lafayette Tuttle, was born at Lebanon, Conn., in 1762, and
lived in Sunderland, Mass., where a family of four sons and four daughters were
born, all of whom lived to an advanced age, except the eldest boy, John,
who met his death through inhaling well damp while digging a well. Our
subject served as a soldier under Gen. Randolph during the Revolutionary
war. In the year 1804, when he moved to Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, with
his family, be settled about one mile south of the township center. After
this his wife died, and by a second marriage he had a family of five boys and
two girls. He died Oct. 19, 1829, aged sixty-six years.
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Edinburg Twp. -
LAFAYETTE TUTTLE, an early
pioneer of the town of Edinburg, was born in Massachusetts in 1797, the third
son of John Tuttle by first wife. He came with his parents to
Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, when but seven years old. He was married in
after years to Rebecca White, of Pennsylvania, and settled in the
northeast corner of Edinburg. He was a blacksmith by trade and being
raised in Ohio when it was a dense forest, commenced life with an iron will to
overcome all the obstacles which an early pioneer had to endure. The first
district school in that quarter of the town was taught by a Miss Emla Wilcok,
of Deerfield, in the year 1826, the school being held in a small blacksmith shop
owned by Lafayette Tuttle. He died at the age of fifty-two years
being then the owner of a large farm of about 300 acres of land, on which he had
erected a sawmill and grist-mill on the banks of a stream known as Silver Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Tuttle were both members of the Methodist Church.
They reared a family of nine children, six boys and three girls, most of whom
have gone West to partake of joys and sorrows of pioneer life. Hiram
Tuttle is now the only one of the family residing in Edinburg
Township, born Nov. 3, 1832. He was married Sept. 22, 1854, to N.
Margaret McCombs, born in Pennsylvania in 1835, daughter of John and
Nancy McCombs, who settled in this county in a very early day and remained
until the father's death. His widow resides with her son-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Tuttle have two children: Ellen A., wife of Nathan
I. Thompson, and Arthur H. Mr. Tuttle is a carpenter and
joiner by trade, but has engaged in farming for several years and owns eighty
acres of land where he and his family reside. He is a member of the I. O.
O. F. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Portage County,
Ohio - Vol. 2 - by Warner, Beers & Co. - 1885~ Page 656 |
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