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A TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY OHIO A NARRATIVE ACCOUNT OF ITS HISTORICAL PROGRESS, ITS PEOPLE, AND ITS PRINCIPAL INTERESTS BY HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON OF WARREN VOLUME I & II ILLUSTRATED THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO 1909 PREFACE In writing this History of Trumbull County the author has not attempted to present exhaustively any one of its many interesting and important features nor on the other hand to make of it an encyclopedia. She has aimed to tell in a simple way the simple story of an earnest, honest people, believing that when such homely facts are known the readers will be better able to understand the historical significance of the past and the conditions of today. She used as far as possible original MSS., letters, pictures and maps, but in the main does not feel that the volume contains much which is truly new. Even that which has heretofore been unpublished will probably be of more interest to the next historian than to the readers of today. She has done away with footnotes and has quoted liberally from all printed matter obtainable on the subject. She has tried to show what part women played in the early settlement of the county and their standing today. For ages men have written books and naturally have so well portrayed the doings of men that the world understands them. When women write as generally, then will women's part in history be equally clear. She is indebted to the Western Reserve Historical Society for many valuable books and papers to Mr. H. K. Morse of Poland and Mr. Whittlesey Adams of Warren for prepared material and important facts; to the descendants of the early families who were untiring in assisting her to corroborate and elucidate statements, — particularly was this true of Miss Elizabeth Iddings of Warren. She has quoted bodily and used ideas and facts from Howe's Historical Collection, Williams' History of Trumbull County, Portage County History, Kennedy's Early iv - PREFACE History of Cleveland, Whittlesey's History of Cleveland, Mathews' History of the Western Reserve, the reports of the Ohio Archaeological Society, the Historical Collection of the Mahoning Valley Association, particularly the chapter on Warren prepared by Lewis Morris Iddings, the works of Hon. B. A. Hinsdale, Hon. Jas. A. Garfield, the Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, and many others. She has taken great pains to verify all dates, names and facts and yet she knows there will be errors. She therefore begs those of critical minds to do some work of the same character before passing final judgment on this. HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON. |
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CONTENTS CHAPTER I. REASON FOR COLONIZATION. - COLUMBUS. - ISABELLA.-PILGRIMS.- PURITANS - 1 CHAPTER II. SPAIN.-PORTUGAL.-FRANCE.-ENGLAND.-THE VIRGINIA CHARTER - 4 CHAPTER III. CONNECTICUT CONSTITUTION.-CHARTER OF 1662.-CHARTER OAK.-CONNECTICUT IN PENNSYLVANIA.-CONNECTICUT MASSACRE AND LOSS OF CLAIM.--CHARLES II'S GEOGRAPHY.-CONNECTICUT RESERVES PART OF HER GRANT - 8 CHAPTER IV. COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE.-FIRE LANDS. -SECOND COMMITTEE.-ORIGINAL PURCHASERS.-QUANTITY OF LAND ON THE RESERVE.-NATURAL RESOURCES.-MEN WHO PRECEDED CONNECTICUT SETTLERS.-GARFIELD'S SPEECH - 13 CHAPTER V. YANKEES.-PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.-SCOTCH IRISH.-SALT SPRINGS. -JUDGE SAMUEL H. PARSONS - 23 CHAPTER VI. LIST OF DIRECTORS AND SURVEYORS OF CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY.-THE WOMEN OF THE PARTY.-DETAILS OF THE TRIP.- SCHENECTADY.-FORT OSWEGO. - CANANDAIGUA. - BUFFALO. - COUNCIL WITH THE INDIANS AT BUFFALO CREEK.-WHISKEY AND THE SURVEYING PARTY.-CONNEAUT.-JULY 4TH, 1796 - 27 CHAPTER VII. INDIAN COUNCIL AT CONNEAUT.-THE START OF THE SURVEYORS.-SETTING THE CORNER POST.-RUNNING THE PARALLEL.-SUMMER AT CLEVELAND.-RETURN HOME.-WINTER AT CLEVELAND.-WINTER AT CONNEAUT.-STARVATION - 35 v CONTENTS - vi CHAPTER VIII. SETH PEASE.-SURVEYING PARTY OF 1797.-TRIP OUT.-SUMMER SURVEY.-MUCH SICKNESS.-FIRST HARVEST.-AMZI ATWATER. -RETURN HOME - 44 CHAPTER IX. KINGSBURY'S DEED.-SOUTHERN PORTION OF COUNTY SETTLED FIRST. -PIONEERS OF '98 AND '99.-JOHN YOUNG.-JAMES HILLMAN.- EDWARDS.- DOAN.-CARTER.-HONEY.-HARMON.-LOVELAND.- MORGAN.-HARPERSFIELD.- CONNEAUT. - THORPE. - TAPPAN.- HUDSON.-CANFIELD.- SHELDON. - WALWORTH- PAINE. - ATWATER.-HALL-CAMPBELL-MILLS - 48 CHAPTER X. HOW THE FIRST SETTLERS CAME.-CARRYING CHILDREN IN APRONS.- THE BABY'S CRY.-SEEDS AND PLANTS.-CHESTNUT STUMPS AS STOVES.-FIRST OVENS.-FIRST LAUNDRIES.-EARLY HOUSES.-WINTER EVENINGS.-DISHES.-BRIC-A- BRAC.- CHAIRS.-FINANCIAL DEPENDENCE.-BOOKS.-BEST SCHOOLS.-PIES. - CLOTHING. - BIG FAMILIES. - WOMEN'S SHOES. - HORSEBACK TO CHURCH.-SLEEPING ON HUSBANDS GRAVE.-BREAD-MAKING.- BEARS.-WHISKEY - 60 CHAPTER XI. EARLY SETTLERS OF WARREN.-QUINBY STORER.-MCMAHON.-COST OF PARK.- LANE. - CASE. - KING. - LEAVITT. - FAMILIES OF THESE MEN. - ADGATE. - EARLY HOUSES. - COUNTY WITHOUT LAW.-FORMATION OF COUNTY - 73 CHAPTER XII. FIRST COURT HOUSE.-ORIGINAL SUBSCRIPTION LIST FOR SAME.-BRICK POND.-SECOND COURT HOUSE.-SALE OF FIRST COURT HOUSE.-COURT CRIER.-FIRST JAIL IN WARREN.-SECOND JAIL. -DEBTOR'S ROOM.-THIRD JAIL.-FOURTH JAIL.-COUNTY SEAT WAR - 90 CHAPTER XIII. JAMES SCOTT HOUSE.-MRS. SCOTT AND INDIANS.-MRS. MRS. JUSTUS SMITH.-MRS. TOD.-GREATER HOUSE.-PARSONS HOME.-MRS. EDWARDS' WEDDING.-RAWDON HOUSE.-CASTLE WILLIAM.-LANE HOUSE.-HOME OF HENRY AND MARY STILES. -STEVENS-CROWELL PLACE.-WEBB PROPERTY.-DANA'S TUTE.-PEASE HOME.- IDDINGS HOME.-SOUTH STREET SOCIAL CENTER.-IDDINGS MAP - 99 CONTENTS - vii CHAPTER XIV. EARLY LETTERS.-FiRST MAIL ROUTE.-FIRST POSTMASTER.-GENERAL PERKINS AND MAIL ROUTES. - ELEAZER GILSON. - ASAEL ADAMS AS MAIL CARRIER.- CARRYING BULLETS TO GENERAL PERKINS. - ADVERTISED LIST. - LIST OF WARREN POSTMASTERS.-PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE - 121 CHAPTER XV. INDIAN PATHS.-FIRST ROADS,-COACHES. -- FERRIES. - LOTTERY.- CANALS.-RAILROADS - 127 CHAPTER XVI.-BENCH AND BAR. INTRODUCTION. - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. - STORIES. - LIST OF JUDGES - 142 CHAPTER XVII. INDIANS AS WARRIS.- STATE MILITIA.-SOLDIERS OF 1812.-SOLDIERS OF 1861.-WARREN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY - 194 CHAPTER XVIII.-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. CONNECTICUT LAW.-FIRST MISSIONARIES.-FIRST CHURCH IN OLD TRUMBULL COUNTY.- FIRST PREACHING.-BAPTIST CHURCH.- PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH- CHRIST CHURCH ( EPISCOPAL) .-CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH. - FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-ST. MARY'S CHURCH ( ROMAN CATHOLIC ) .-GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.-ZION REFORMED CHURCH.-TOD AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH. -GRACE UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH.-SECOND CHRISTIAN CHURCH - 235 CHAPTER XIX.-SCHOOLS. SCHOOL LANDS IN WESTERN RESERVE.-FIRST SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN WARREN. - WARREN ACADEMY. - SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.-SELECT SCHOOLS.- BEGINNING OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.-.EARLY TEACHERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS. - REMINISCENCES.- -UN COMFORTABLE SCHOOLHOUSES.- OLD-TIME PEDAGOGY. - WARREN SCHOOLHOUSES FOR FIFTY YEARS.-PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.-BOARD OF EDUCATION. - SUPERINTENDENTS. - ALUMNI OF WARREN HIGH SCHOOL - 284 CHAPTER XX.-MEDICINE. FRATERNITY OF TRUMBULL COUNTY PHYSICIANS.-THEODORE SHEPARD, "PHYSICIAN."-WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION.-MIRACULOUS CURES. - JOHN W. SEELY. - JOHN B. HARMON. - DANIEL B. WOODS.-PHYSICIANS OF LATER TIMES.-MEDICAL NOTES - 315 viii - CONTEXTS CHAPTER XXI. MASONS.-ODD FELLOWS. -KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS - 337 CHAPTER XXII.-BANKS. OLD WESTERN RESERVE BANK.-FIRST NATIONAL BANK.-WARREN SAVINGS BANK. - COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK. - UNION NATIONAL BANK. - SECOND NATIONAL BANK. - TRUMBULL NATIONAL BANK.-WESTERN RESERVE NATIONAL BANK.-FARMERS' BANKING COMPANY OF WEST FARMINGTON.-DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK COMPANY OF NILES.-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CORTLAND.-NORTH BLOOMFIELD BANKING COMPANY - 347 CHAPTER XXIII.-NEWSPAPERS. FIRST NEWSPAPER ON WESTERN RESERVE, "TRUMP OF FAME."- CHANGED TO "WESTERN RESERVE CHRONICLE."-PECULIAR CLIPPINGS FROM "TRUMP OF FAMEf-"TRUMBULL COUNTY WHIG." -"TRUMBULL COUNTY DEMOCRAT."-"WARREN DAILY C HR ON-ICLE."-"NEWS LETTER."-"THE CONSTITUTION."-"THE WARREN RECORD." - "WESTERN RESERVE DEMOCRAT." - "WARREN TRIBUNE."-"THE LIBERTY HERALD."-"THE CORTLAND GAZETTE."- - "CORTLAND HERALD." - "NILES INDEPENDENT." - "NILES NEWS" - 356 CHAPTER XXIV.-CEMETERIES. FIRST BURYING GROUND IN WESTERN RESERVE. WARREN CEMETERY AND ITS DISTINGUISHED DEAD.-COFFINS AND HEARSES.-OAKWOOD CEMETERY - 369 CHAPTER XXV. AGRICULTURAL FAIRS.-FIRST MILLS - 374 CHAPTER XXVI. WARREN DEBATING SOCIETY.-MEMBERS AND DESCENDANTS.-PUBLIC LIBRARY.-CIRCULATING LIBRARY.-WARREN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.-THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY.-TRUMBULL COUNTY ARTISTS - 379 CHAPTER XXVII. FIRE DEPARTMENT.-FIRE OF 1846.-PRIMITIVE METHODS OF FIRE PROTECTION.- FIRE COMPANIES AND APPARATUS.-"THE GREAT FIRE."-CITY HALL AND PAID DEPARTMENT - 388 CHAPTER XXVIII. GERMAN AMERICAN FAMILIES OF TRUMBULL COUNTY. - DANIEL BISCHOFF.- CHRISTIANAR, VOIT, DIETZ, SHALER, DERR, GOERING, HUCKE, WALDECK, KOEHLER, ETC. -396 CONTENTS - ix CHAPTER XXIX.-BRACEVILLE. JONATHAN BRACE.-OVIATT FAMILY.-OTHER SETTLERS.-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.-PHALANX.-"BATTLE OF THE SNAKES."-TORNADO - 401 CHAPTER XXX.-BAZETTA. BAZETTA AND THE COUNTY SEAT. - FIRST SETTLERS. - FIRST ORCHARD.- BACONSBURG OR CORTLAND.-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES - 408 CHAPTER XXXI-BLOOMFIELD. FIRST PROPRIETORS. - GRAND RIVER AND BLOOMFIELD SWAMPS.- FERRY FAMILY.-A PIONEER DOG.-MEN AND WOMEN OF NOTE. --BROWN FAMILY.- SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES - 413 CHAPTER XXXII.-BROOKFIELD. "TILE GREEN."-FIRST PERSONS AND EVENTS.-MILLS AND BLAST FURNACE.- SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.-CHURCHES - 424 CHAPTER. XXXIII.-BRISTOL. GERMAN SETTLERS. - BAUGHMAN, SAGER AND BARBS. - SCHOOLS.-MENNONITE AND OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. - TEMPERANCE - 428 CHAPTER XXXIV.-CHAMPION. THE RUTAN FAMILY. - A PET DEER. - WILLIAM WOODROW. - MRS. WALKER'S EXPERIENCE WITH A BEAR.-EARLY SCHOOL TEACHERS.-CHURCHES - 433 CHAPTER XXXV.-FARMINGTON. ORIGINAL OWNERS AND NAME.-THE WOLCOTTS.-TAFTSVILLE.-MRS. JAMES STULL.-LEE FAMILY.-THE HYDES.-OTHER PIONEERS. -CHARLES A. DANA. - SCHOOLS. - FARMINGTON ACADEMY. -SUBSCRIPTION LIST FOR PREACHERS.-CHURCH SOCIETIES - 441 CHAPTER XXXVI.-FOWLER. SALT MANUFACTURE BY INDIANS. - MRS. ASA FOOTE. - "TYRRELL HILL."-AN IMPORTANT MANUFACTURER.-THE MORROW, BALDWIN, DOUD AND ALDERMAN FAMILIES.-CONGREGATIONAL, METHODIST AND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES - 452 CHAPTER XXXVII-GREENE. CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS. - THE WAKEFIELDS, HARRINGTONS AND OTHER PIONEERS. - CHARACTER OF FIRST SETTLERS. - PIONEER INCIDENTS.-EPITAPHS. - R. C. RICE'S REMINISCENCES. - FORMATION OF THE TOWNSHIP. - CALVINIST PIONEERS. - FIRST CHURCHES.-A BEAR STORY.-ATTENDING THE CORWIN MEETING.-THE SCHOOLS OF GREEN E.-THE HARRINGTON SCHOOL - 458 x- CONTENTS CHAPTER XXXVIII.-GUSTAVUS. PELTON FAMILY. - THE GILDERS. - CALVIN CONE. - OTHER EARLY FAMILIES. - JOHN BROWN, JR. - A GREAT INVENTOR. - PHYSICIANS.-SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS - 474 CHAPTER XXXIX.-HARTFORD. BURGHILL, BROCKWAY'S HILL, DUTCH RIDGE.-THE BRANARD AND BUSHNELL FAMILIES. - ARRIVAL OF ELAM JONES. - FIRST EVENTS. - TEACHERS OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS. - CHURCH COMMUNION IN A GROVE.-FANNY DANA GAGE.- ORANGEVILLE - 484 CHAPTER XL.-HOWLAND. JOHN HART ADGATE.-DANIEL HANK.-A NOTED HOTEL.-SEELY FAMILY.-BARBER KING.-RATLIFFS. - REEVES FAMILY. - THE HEATON STOVE.-EWALT.- KENNEDY.- SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. -HOWLAND FLAG STONE.-CHURCHES - 493 CHAPTER XLI.-HUBBARD. SAMUEL TYLEE. - WILLIAM BURNETT. - OTHER EARLY FAMILIES.- ASAEL ADAMS' SCHOOL.-IRON AND COAL.-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.-COALBURG - 501 CHAPTER XLII-JOHNSTON. CAPTAIN BRADLEY'S FAMILY. - TWO MECHANICS. - THE HINE PARTY.-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES - 508 CHAPTER XLIII.-KINSMAN. JOHN KINSMAN.-A PARTY OF FAMOUS MEN.-A CHEERFUL, ENERGETIC WOMAN.- KINSMAN MILL.-DR. ALLEN.-A CENTURY-OLD CHURCH-KINSMAN SCHOOLS - 513 CHAPTER XLIV.-LIBERTY. FIRST SETTLERS.-GIRARD, CHURCHILL AND SODOM.-THE PROMINENT FAMILIES OF TOWN AND COUNTRY.-GERMAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS.-SCHOOLS.-FIRST CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS. - LIBERTY CHURCHES - 523 CHAPTER XLV.-LORDSTOWN. SMALL HOMESTEADS IN THE BEGINNING.-A LAND DEAL.-BAILEY'S CORNERS.- WELL KNOWN FAMILIES.-SCHOOLS.-RELIGION - 538 CHAPTER XLVI.-MECCA. TURHAND KIRTLAND.-FIRST SETTLERS AND EVENTS.-TEACHERS AND SCHOOLHOUSES.-OIL SPECULATION.-"DIXIE."-THE CHURCHES - 545 CONTENTS - xi CHAPTER XLVIL-MESOPOTAMIA. THE NAME.-SPERRY FAMILY.-THE GUILDS. - TRACY. - PIONEER DEVELOPMENT.-FIRST TEACHING AND PREACHING - 551 CHAPTER XLVIII.-NEWTON. NEWTON FALLS.-"PRICETOWN.''-JESSE HALLIDAY.-DR. BRONSON. -NEWTON FALLS VILLAGE. - SCHOOLS. - CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS - 557 CHAPTER XLIX.-SOUTHINGTON. YANKEE SETTLERS. - THE NORTON FAMILY. - AN UNPROFESSIONAL PHYSICIAN.- WHITE.-THE SCHOOLS.-RELIGION AND ITS ADHERENTS - 565 CHAPTER L.-VERNON. THOMAS GIDDINGS' NARRATIVE.-THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES.-"BODILY EXERCISES."-MYTRA K. PELTON'S ARTICLE.-SAD AND ROMANTIC INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE.-VERNON'S NOTABLE FAMILIES.- FIRST METHODIST CLASS IN RESERVE.-OTHER CHURCHES.-VERNON SCHOOLS - 572 CHAPTER LI.-VIENNA. FIRST EVENTS. - BATHSHEBA BURR. - HUTCHINS. - WOODFORD. - WHEELER.- BARTHOLOMEW.-BETTS.-HUMISON. - BALDWIN. - MACKEY.-THE SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES - 589 CHAPTER LII.-WEATHERSFIELD. HARMON FAMILY. - OHLTOWN. - MINERAL RIDGE. NILES. - IRON MANUFACTURE.- THE EATON FAMILY.-FOUNDING AND GROWTH OF NILES.-WILLIAM MCKINLEY.- SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES - 599 CHAPTER LIII. CIVIL LISTS. - STATE SENATORS. - MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. - STATE REPRESENTATIVES.- GOVERNORS FROM TRUMBULL COUNTY.-MISCELLANEOUS NOTES - 613 |
